National Republican., 1888-05-09
THE BEARS IN CoNTR0I..
Under Heavy Hamincring Prices An
Sag ON.

Sag on
NLw YORK, May S.-.rhc slucl, market
was again only moderately active and gen.
crIlly weak, though there were sp,irts Of
animation during the day, as we'll rs marked
rccoycrcs at times. The influences at work
upon the list were mostly IN favor of "a
lower range Of valucs. the principal one he
ing the selling Ufsiucks In this market bv the
fOrcigucLs induced 10y tile higher rates for
money III London, with the expectation ui
an increase in the discount rate of the bank
of England next Thursday. The local bears
hammered the list, especially In The fore
noon, and much was made Of the engage
mcnt Of S25O,OOO for export. though the
latCs for exchange at present du NOS war
rant sucll shipment, and il is wei under
stood to bC special lot, Other influences.
such rs the illness of the emperor. the re
cent Coleman failure and the small accept.
anrCs Ol bonds hy the treasury to-day. had
me effect in producing u genera! Deaysh
feeling.
The opening was decidedly weak NJ de
ciTcs from last evenings figures ranging
up tU Z per cent, and further LOSSES were
sustained In the first few minutes. New
buying at The low figures. however, soon
started prices upward, hut this demand was
soon satisfied, and another decline sent
Nj animation disappeared from the list
after that time, but Il general Improvements
followed on the removal of the bear pres
sure and prices were once more brought up
to the EcighhOrhOOd of opening tlgurcS.
There was more activity in the last hour,
however, aud the market again yielded
closing heavy. The active list is lower.
The following We're the closing bid quota
tons:
dS cuuuOn 1nGi. dis common IO.., Pacific Gs
'sj, l2l; District Of Columbia 3 Gjs. iis; Gror.ip
=, gold. t0i: Louisiana Is. 0l.; Missouri
Is, lUs; North Carolina consolidated Us. ~,
do. Is oi Tennessee new U.s. lOi; do Is. aG;
do IS. ,O.; Virginia Us. ~; do. \ Nat. coupon,
~: Central Pacific histS liii D., r. q. " n,
iilsts. -; Missouri, Kansas and Texas gen. Us,
C3l; do. jS, 81; Northern Pacific iirsts, lis:
do. seconds, ioG; Northwestern consolidated,
liol; do. dobenturc, 10sl; st. Louis aud san
Francisco, lid!; 81. Paul consolidated, 12i; St.
Paul. Chicago and Pacific frsts, 1901; South.
ern Pacific irsts. 1l3: Texas Pacific Il. c., IL:
Union Pacific tirsts. i'll; West Shore, 1881;
Adams Express, 1873; Alton aud TeTe llante.
Boston Air Line. preferred. %; B. 9. ~ Il. ~,
-: Canada southern. iD! canton, 80: Central
Pacific; 3l!: Chesapeake aud ohio, II: Chicago
and Alton i85; DO, preferred, 100; Chicago,
tonSolidated Coal. 10: Delaware and Hudson,
Jos: Delaware. Lackawunna and Western,
l:o; Denver and Rio Grande II; Erie, ,al,;
do. preferred, 81; Fort Wayne, i3l; Harlem,
2lJ; Houston and Texas, ~; Illinois Central,
III; Kansas and Texas, l3l Lake Erie and
Western. II: Lake shore, ~; Louisville ana
Nashville. 5GG: Manhattan con-, 81; Memphis
ana Charleston. 55 Metropolitan Elevated
1876: Michigan Central, ~: Missouri Pacific,
iGg: Mob. 40. 81: Nor. ~ h., III; Nashville
and Chattanooga, 76; New Jersey Central.
81; Norfolk and Western preferred, Il; North
ern Pacific, "a; do, preferred, i?l; Northwest.
ern, lON; do preferred 1i.t; New York Cen
tral, 1861; New York Chicago aud ST. Louis
~; do preferred, Gd Ohio and Mississippi 2Ol;
do, preferred, so; oregon Navigation, ~; Pa
cihC Mail, 35s; rittsburg, l5g; Reading Goi;
Richmond and Allegheny, !; Richmond and
West Point Terminal, 4iI; Rock Island, 1lO:
s.. l.. & 5. f., 30 do. preferred, Ga; first pre-
fened, ll2 81. Paul ~; do. preferred, III;
St Paul and Omaha, 3rl; do. preferred. l0il;
Tennessee Coal and Iron, ~; Texas Pacific,
2il; Union Pacific. i.ii; United States Express,
-: Wabash. st. Louis and Pacific, 49,; do
preferred, -; Wells Fargo Express, ~;
western Union, iis; silver Certificates, gis;
American Cotton Oil, BIZ; QUICKSILVER. 10; do.
preferred, 81.
Washington Stock Exchange.
The following list of the most active stocks
dealt IN on the Washington Stock Exchange Is
furnished by Messrs, Bell " Co., Bankers, No.