Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-26

Exchange the share speculation continues 20 be.
feverish and unsettled. and prices have further
Colorado coal. s. per M cent. IT, Aside from the
general liquidation of ''bull accounts. which In
the case OF many stocks which have been carried
on margins Is forced. there are two special
reasons assigned for the depression. The
nrst is the quoted declaration Of Mr..
Vanderbilt that he has neither bought nor sold
any considerable amount of stocks for more than
a year. and the second is that the Presidents
condition Is again critical. The significance OF
the nrst reason Is that II Is construed as a gen.
erai denial OF the reports recently current that
ne was large buyer Of Lake Shore between
III 10 lSS. which reports had the support OF
market indications that such was the case.
Moreover. Mr. Vanderbilt is quoted from another
quarter as declaring that he does not Vet see
the end of the railroad war and il is intimated
that regardless OF the price OF stocks he is de-
termined TO sicken the projectors of the rival
roads 10 ms own In this connection IL is worthy
oi mentlon that the stock OF the Continental
Construction Company which at one time sold
as nigh as l2o and ruled at about IFS. is TODAY
quoted at IS 50. But whatever NAV be Mr. VAN
ueroiit real purpose. reports of the kind named
are amply suffcient I'm the present demoralized
condition of the market to induce holders of
stocks. whose margins have been weakened to
unload. and to encourage the scalpers To sell for
future delivery. Respecting the second reason
that is the condition of the Presidcnt-many
private dispatches have been received in Wall
street and made public, and all are OF
discouragng character one was that another
surgical operation had been found necessary
and that the President was very much weakened
10y IL. How far these dispatches were trust
worthy we are unable 10 say al the time
OF writing. but We find that the opinion IL
held by those who are considered good Judges
OF the effect of news on the markets that
the Presidents death would not of itself have
out slight and temporary influence
on prices, and stranger things have Happened
than Tor such an event To he the signal for
extensive buying by influential spectators The
weakest stock thus far to-day have been Colorado
coal. which fell So Missouri Pacific 3Is Ches-
apeake and Ohio 2ss. Northern Pacific preferred
"a, Denver and Rio Grande 2Sz W. L. Telegraph
rs, Louisville and Nashville ia. wab and Pac.
= and * respectively. Tex. Pac. 49, Kan and
Texas 1 a and Rock Island Ia. The trunk line
stocks notwithstanding Mr.. Vanderbilt is not
buying, continue to be very steady all things
considered. The Elevated railroad stocks have
also declined comparatively little As we close
the market is advancing and prices are 1sa2 per
cent above the lowest the eatterColoradocoal US.
bonds are 5s lower for the As. 7. for the ex-
tended 6's. and II for the extended SIS and 4lsfs
State bonds are neglected. Railroad bonds are
dull at a decline of 14a4 per cent.
The Repudiated Minnesota Railroad Bonds.
ST. PAUL. MINI. July 26.-The judicial tribu-
nal for the determination of the constitutional
questions growing out of the adjustment of the
repudiated Minnesota railroad bonds will meet
to-day i'm this city. The tribunal was provided
for at the last session of the Legislature and Is
composed of five Minnesota district judges.
Attempt to Asassinate Collector of Customs.
GALVESTON. TEXAS. July pa special Of
yesterdays date TO the Ntrns from Eagle Pass
says: "A dastardly attempt was made yesterday
morning TO assassinate j. B. Pgnemith collector
of customs at Piedras Negras. by parties who
fired through window into his bed, which he
had luckily vacated for another"
The Markets.
BALTIMORE. July 26-virginia 6s deferred.
past due coupons, 9l1a; new ten-forties, So. bid
BALTIMORE: July ss-Cotton frm-mid-
ding. IL. Flour active and firm. without
change. Wheat, southern easier and active:
western easier closing steady-southern red. LIS
red, spot and July la4a1 PAY; August. INxa
-; September, l.26 l.83; October, l2ssa
l2sas. Corn. southern lower and quiet; western
steady and firm-scuthern white 6l: do. yellow,
%; western mixed, spot and July, 56a.a57;
august 5ss-a56,t; September. SIX: steamer. seq
western white, 4sa4i: do. mixed 4la42: PENN
sylvania, 4. Rye quiet. Sass Hay unchanged
and duh. Provisions firm and unchanged Butter
qnlet-western grass, BALI. Eggs duh, H. Petro-
leum unchanged. Coffee firm-Rio cargoes.
ordinary to fair. sAall1s Sugar dull-A soft,
s,s: Whisky quiet, lli96al.l2. Freights un-
changed. Keceipts-four 2.04s bushels: wheat.
26i1 bushels; corn. los. u, bushels: oats. l330
bushels; rye, 100 bushels. shipments-wh
wheat. @S5.6 6S3 bushels corn. ia. $50 bushels
NEW YORK. July 26.-Stocks weak Money!
3a3E. ENchange-long, is2h short, 4s4k. Gov
ernments unchanged
NEW YORK, July a6-Flour dull Wheat xa
% lower Corn, cash and July. a shade stronger.
LONDON. July ~. 1870 p.m.-U :. bonds As.
ll9h; ~ s, llsA Erie, 434. New York Central
lik. Atlantic ana Great Western second mort
Central, 63A. Reading, 3oIs. Milwaukee and
5St. Paul. 1l5h.
NEW YORK MARKETS THIS. AFTERNOON
The following quotations were current i'm New
York to-day at 2:30 pm, as reported by III. H
Dodge. of a9 18th street. 10y special WIRE
western Union. S5l4: do. new stock, -: New
York Central, l42:: Lake Shore, 121A: Michigan
Central, 81: New York. Lake Erie and Western.
4l5s; do. preferred, s2h; do. seconds. l0l:
Delaware, Lackawsnna and Western. ll9. New
Jersey Central 92ss: Delaware and Hudson lO7:
Reading. ~: Northwestern. l22l.: do. preferred
:; s.. Paul. l0ss4: do. preferred, :; Wabash
Pacific, lsels; NJ. X. and r.. a.; Hannibal
and st. Jo. VI: do. preferred 10.7s: St LOUIS and
Iron Mountain, =; Ohio and Mississippi 3. X;
do. preferred lo9; Pacific Mail. 4ss4; {. {. and
i. c.. 9s4: Northern Pacific com, 36is: do.
preferred, '4ass; San Francisco CON-. =: do.
preferred =; do. first preferred. =; Central
Pacific. $685. Rock Island l36 Chesapeake and
Ohio. % -: Louisville and Nashville. l0l Nash.
vile and Chattanooga, IS: Ontario and Western.
2es.; Manhattan Elevated. ID: Illinois Central.
Ias Canada Southern. 651E; District Of Colum-
bia 1856 bonds, -; Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy. l55 Denver and Rio Grande. 81;
81 Paul and Omaha, 3d. do. preferred. gesl: c.
ST. Louis and New Orleans. -: Col. Coal. 81;
Ohio Central. 2is; Texas Pacific. So Texas
Pacific L. e., 134.
Closing Government Bonds-6's extended l0e
lUia: coupons, =; SIS extended l0l s.al0l a;
coupons :; 4K's. = coupons, iI4aIli !; fs,
1l5s .all6; coupons. Il5x.