National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-08-06
THE MARKETS
Tho Feeling stlll Dullish, but not Much Do
ing--Bcars Advising Customers to Steer Clear
Of tho Market.

OF the Market.
Special Dfspdicn.
NEW York, Aug. b.--Therc ia still an unset
tied feeling among brokers and operatives con
corning the market. Prominent bears expect
n reaction OF several points, but tell friends
not 10 sell either Western Union or Union Pa
cinc. The difference In tho earnings Of 81.
Paul, which showed largo decrease, and
Northwest, which showed large increase,
causes much comment The absence Of promi-
nent operators causes inactivity In Vanderbilt
stocks.
Cammack Is reported bullisb on Union Pa
cific. II Is believed that tho detection OF q
prominent bear operator to the bull side was
only temporary. II Is known that shortly be-
lore the lowest figures were reached ho I'D
Viscd his customers to turn bulls
Foreign bankers report the question oflargo
gold importatlons Is somewhat premature. IL
u generally conceded that we will receive
rom Europe the greater portion OF the gold
exported during earlier part OF the year. Mt,
Hamilton, OF Hamilton e Copnor Gays; "Thoro
" u very marked decrease In the demand for
stocks In the loan crowd. To-day have had
returned 1900 Delaware Lackawana and West.
cases getting l-Gi for It," The market opened
duh andhlghcr. Western Union, Reading, aud
81. Paul were the features, The morning.
dealings were rather light, but tho market al
o'clock, when top fgurcswcrU reached. Atol
this hour Trading grew dull and a fractional do
cline followed 10 tho close. Tho closing tone
was strong. Tho bulls seem 10 have control %
Bonds active and higher West Shores gained
nearly per cent on the day.
Sterling exchanged dun and unchanged
Money 2 TO ~.
BY Associated Press
NEW YonK, Aug. b,-Spoculation nj tho
| nNnhanUa n. Iay lrr.t,,tiar IN
| Western Union and Pacific Mail, which werI
| again strong and In good demand. The hest
fancy in the remainder OF the list was not o
long duration, and Immediately after IL n. IN
| u strong buying movement set In, which lasted
| well into the afternoon. The prices recorded
| for many shares were tho highest attained fol
a long time past and the dealings were at
tended With confidence; Western Union ant
chief speculative attention, md advanced rap
| idly. notable feature was the buying o
| Western Union In small lots, and Mt one tim,
| o majority OF the brokers had orders for ON,
the announcement that several California cap
itnlists had added materially to tholr holdings
Western Union advanced 20 per Get, TO g7h
stocks was the Immediate cause for tho improve row,
mcnt In the remainder Of the list The advanc,
with Denver, the grangSis. ,ackawanna
and Union t rSSaS being mos, nIS
and prices reached a TO per cent, Northern
Pueblo preferred falling OH to 63i4, Lacka
wanna TO ll5A,. Western Union to OCls, an,
| Northwest to l03H. At the close thoro was
| recovery; the market len oil steady.
Railroad bonds were strong and higher.
The sales OF stocks To-day aggregated SJi ~
shares, including the following: Delaware
Lackawannu, and Western, 1900, Denver an,
Rio Grande, S,53S; Kansas and Texas, 5,2y0
| Lake Shore, 1920; Louisville and Nashville
$3.50; Missouri Pacific, 600Oj Northwest, 2O,lJt
Northern Pacific, 1905; Pacific Mail. II, 300; st
| Paul, $4,000; Texas Pacific, b,gU3; Union Pa
citc, $1,000; Western Union, $685.; Northern
Paciho preferred, O,VDl; Oregon Transconti
mental, 1850
Treasury balances, si23 l5l, 7O5; currency
Sl0,li0,O3I.
Quotations OF Tuesdays Stock Sales.
The following have been furnished by Date
| man Il Co., bankers, li1l + street, being tn
most active stocks In tho New York exchange: