National Republican., 1884-03-06
THE MARKETS.
A Foatureless Market in Every Line Of Trade
and Speculation.
violent Snow storms Help 90 Mako tho
Dizziness More Intense,
Spkcial Dispnlch.

Special DRp1tch
NEW YORK, March 5-The market has
been dull, steady, and without special fea-
ture all day. Stockwell's failure was insig-
nifcant. He has been impecunious for
long while Most of the trading has been
in Louisville and Nashville, Northwest, st.
Paul, and Union Pacific. There has been
Vanderbilt sustaining in his specialties, and
the traders sold short. This is the story of
the market in brief. Bonds were steady.
Tho Union Pacific people are delighted
over the showing of Ia per cent. on the stock,
as per annual report. Everybody last night
attributed the afternoons decline to realizing
by traders who went short for turn. Bulls
admitted some realizing, but said thoy woud
buy again.
Vanderbilt brokers predict $50 for Lacka-
wanna and 40 for Reading. There is said to
be trouble for shorts in Lake Shore, as Van
derbilt brokers yesterday Intentionally made
the stock plenty in the loan room to induce
free short interest coming out, and q squeeze
sharper than the Lackawanna one is alleged
to be at hand. Gould buying orders ad-
vanced Louisville and Nashville yesterday,
it Is said.
The drectors' party in st. Paul say there
are more buyers of st. Paul on reactions than
at any time since last summer.
Boston officers of Union Pacific issued a
notice yesterday, saying that hereafter the
company would issue an annual report and
no other information in regard to earnings OF
other details would be given out
Mr. Vanderbilt is said to have bought the
one million Omaha consols allotted to Hollins
Insiders in Union Pacific say that Dillon will
be reelected president, and that the road will
be divided into four great Departmental under
the charge of Ames, Clark, and two others.
This is Gould's plan. Wheeler Il Co.'s Chi.
cago special says there has been big pile OF
short wheat covered this morning, supposed
to be for account Of Rouse, of Baltimore, and
the "big two" here There are no new
features in the rest of the market.
The market is steady aud strong. There
is great scarcity of stocks in the loan crowd.
st. Paul is particularly strong
A Boston special says the new directors O.
the Union Pacific will be Hugh Riddle, of tn,
Rock Island, and j. A. Rumrill, vice presi
dent of the Boston and Albany railroad, in
place Of Solon Humphreys and Augustu
Schell.
There has been no changes in government
bonds or sterling exchange from yesterday.
ST. Louis stock OF wheat posted, 1100,O0I
bushels, which, according to western figures
will increase the visible supply 100000 bush
els
The market is dull and traders are sky
larking to keep busy. A violent snow storm
helps to make tho dullness more intense
The Union Pacific meeting voted to ratify al
the acts of the directors for the past year an,
to send a copy of the government director
report to the shareholders.
Sales of stocks to-day aggregated 237, so
shares including the following: Central Pa
cific, $500; Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern. 3i,S00; Erie, 20, $50; Lake Shore, 1850
Louisville and Nashville, 26,900; Northwest
ern, $500; Reading, 5000; St. Paul. $4,000
Union Pacific, 2S,2O0; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, 11,o17; Oregon Transcontinental, 10
S00
STOCKS.
Following are opening and closing prices O
principal stocks, as corrected by special wir
reports received by Bateman & Co., bankers
No. 1411 F street northwest