National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-14
THE MARKETS.
A Fairly Active Day and an Advance in Prices
In Wall street--IIow Ohio May Aheet
Stocks-Chicago and Baltimore Prices.


NEW YORK, oct. l3.-The feeling on the
stock market last night was rather bearish for
the moment, but fow of the representative
brokers or traders believed in any material
improvement in prices until Wednesday, amer
which some thought there would very promo
bly, be another advance. no matter what inc
result OF the election might be. Some OF the
brokers said Gould had been selling the gen
cral market for two days past, and to-day or
tomorrow he would probably let his own
stocks down II necessary in order TO buy ~ MS
shorts In the grangers, coalers, and trunk.iines'
Morgan said he did not sell his stocks, and,
Notwithstanding the market had been out
rageously manipulated and thimbleriggcd. a
higher range of prices presently was sure: NO
matter whether Ohio went republican or demo-
cratic, there would be an advance. woeris.
hotter said he thought the approaching cleo
tions and their effect had very little to do with
the weakness in stocks on Saturday, IL was
only part OF the game to use their influence
| in the market. lie agrees with the Travers
aud Twenty.third street party that stocks are
going lower this winter than before this
| year, &c.
The railroad news this morning 10 not
| quite so warlike, and Chicago dispatches say
| the western rates are already 80 low for pas.
sengers that they cannot be further reduced
| without carrying people for nothing. Besides.
| the shrcwdcst bears don't like to sell short on
| passenger war which only affects fares In
one direction full rates being required for re-
turn tickets. The Boston dispatches declare
I
| agree, and this will have good effect on the
| Iowa lines in day or two. The eHst.bound
tonnage OF the trunk lines increased last week
5000 tons, and on Nov 1t is proposed TO ad-
vance grain and provisions rates . cents per
| 100. The railroad people think that as the
troubles Of the Pennsylvania Central and the
Baltimore and Ohio have just been carried TO
the courts, no hasty, action Is probable which
would ondanger the trunk line pool. The
| business relations between these roads romuin
unchanged pending the Injunction.
Soligman's private Ohio specials this morn
ing elaims a republican majority tomorrow
by 1000, but X. I. Flowers dispatches from
the democratic chairman claims Ohio by
10000 majority.
The dispatches from people who are not
preiudiccd say the outlook Is not especially
flnttering to either party aud Others sny the
republicans are only confident OF eleCtlng the
head OF their ticket
beginning this morning, and pending In.
junction proceedings between Baltimore and
Ohio aud Pennsylvania railroad companies
the former will sell Mt all of its eastern Offices
tickets from New York to Chicago by West
shore, via Niagara Falls aud Detroit. in con
necton with the Great Western, OF Canada
known as the Niagara Falls short lines Two
trains will be run through daily by the SAINT
prices as heretofore.
Some of the Gould brokers In the stock boar,
, said II was not the policy Of the bulls TO pu
up prices to-day, and no advance was probabl
until tomorrow afternoon. II ohio goes re
publican 1t is said that Gould, for tho mora
r effect, will surely advance the market, and
| otherwise, an effort will be made to put
. down. Conservative brokers doubt that tn
5 election will have any marked effect on stock
1t is reported from Philadelphia that II
tacitly agreed by tho Reading TO make no al
tempt to pay the general mortgage bond intel
est.
Quotations OF Mondays Stock Sales.
| The following have been furnished by Bate
man 4 Co.. bankers, liIl street, being tn
, most active stocks In the New York exchange:
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