Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-03
Great Day ON Wall street -ssies
uepreseutlng &4OO. 600 600

Great Day ON wall street, -ssles
Representing 500. 600. 900.
New YORK, Feb. 2.--Tbe excitement
on Wall street to-day surpassed any
thing witnessed at the Stock Exchange
for a long time. The dealings in some
Of the leading shares were on an enor-
nous scale, Union Pacific leading with
100, 600 shares, an unusually large total
for any stock. The advance ranged from
4 to 3 per cent, and extend
ed throughout the entire list. The
great features OF the market were
Union Pacific. Western Union, Mis-
souri, Pacific, st. Paul, Lackawana and
Lake Shore. The rise was started
under the leadership OF Union Pacific,
which advanced from 79i to S2. As the
buying movement in this stock pro-
gressed it was discovered that the sup
ply was smaller than was anticipated.
This greatly assisted the advance.
Ayestern Union followed closely,
and rose from 7Gi to III on a
business OF over fifty thousand
shares. The movement Of this stock
to day developed that the recent at
| tack on 1t from the officials OF opposition
companies has created a very heavy short
interest, which has not yet delivered,
and several prominent bears were
"twisted." The market closed firm,
many shares close On to the highest
point Of the the day As compared with
last nights closing prices are ] to q
higher. The sales to-day represent
nearly s400, 900, 900.
silver. sterling Exchange and
U0nds
NEW YoRK, Feb. Bar silver per
ounce, 1000 fine, Sl.llg; Sterling bills
on London, 60 days, $4 S6I; Sterling
bills on London, sight draft, $3.50; U.
| s. 4bs Of 1891, interest quarterly, Sl.l4s;
| u. $. A. of 1907 interest quarterly,
81. 233; U. 8. 3s, sl.00s; Western Union
Telegraph, III.
Bibby the wrestler Defeated.
SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 2.-Bibby the
Wrestler was defeated last night by q
miner named Connors. As Bibby went
down he cried ont with the pain, being
literally forced down by the superior
strength OF Connors.
Further Particulars OF the GasOs
line Explosion.
ALLIANCE. O., Feb. 2.-The city hi s
been crowded all day with people from
the surrounding country attracted by
o desire TO see the wreck made by tl e
explosion. The Coroner's jury deve!-
oped that Or kept gasoline in an air.
tight galvanized iron tank for
customers. About gallon ran out on
the floor The fluid WAS wiped up
by Orr, and he had turned to other
affairs when the gas generated by the
gasoline ignited. The tank contained
not more than half a barrel of liquid.
The circumstance which has excited the
most comment is that the Woman 8
Christian Temperance Union appointed
meeting to be held in the Orr block
yesterday afternoon, but some triiing
matter prompted them to postpone it
until saturday. Had the ladies
met as first arranged. the catastrophe
would have been still more calamitous.
An offensive odor of burned flesh still
pereeptible about the wreck, suggests
that all the bodies have not been recov-
cred, but nobody is missed. An eye
witness states that when the explosion
occurred the entire building seemed
lifted in the air, rent apart, and falling
back in cloud OF dust, scarcely one
brick clinging to another
The Winter Carnival.
MONTREAL, Que, Feb. 2.-All the
arrangements for the "Winter Carnival
are complete and the icepalace is finished
and lighted tonight, making a grand
and novel spectacle With the arrival