National Republican., 1888-05-02
srRoNG ANn ACTINE.
The Active List scores Fractional
Gains for the Day.

INV Yonk May +. The stock market was
again strong though only moderately active
to-day, aud, notwithstanding that there was
more bear pressure than usual, almost all the
active list scored fractional gains for the day.
The tact that there was holiday In London
today and no quotations from that cantor wnS
taken advantage pf by the bears and traders
{" bling about further reaction, ,but the dc'
maud for stocks was 81 great 1T the small con
cCs,ion brought nbuut that the bears and
Their allies started In tu cover which soon
brought prices above the lcycl of last even.
ing g figures The news of the dnv was II
anything favorable, and the action ui Ill" Sru.
rotary Ui the Treasury In taking aiI the bonds
u0orCd was uf considerable Influence lat" I'm
the day w supporting the mnrk"i against the
usnu rculiIntiuls
The opening wn- weak for the Nrst tim0 m
many Year.: first prices showing dcrlnc- ui
from tu yer cent generally, and iurthri
imrt.unui lussuS were sustained In tie "drN
trading. though the weakness wa, ui short
dUrltiuu only. while the only dUulin" uI I'm
UuItHuru was IN Missouri Puciliu, Whicl lost I +,
per cent The recovery followed quickly,
There wus more general straightforward nom
huWrYCr. ana the cntiT" list muNcd M, hut
after that time the muriiCi became very quiet
Und sore reaction was seen, though the
changes were IN but few ease, ior more t'ln
insignificant fractions. There Wis n iCycrish
tone Throughout thraiteruoon. but toward the
end uT the session iirru tone prevailed, and
Tie market finally closed quiet hut itriu, gen.
clallyUt fractions better than the urCniu"
Money ON cnll has been easy, rhngiua from
> tU y, last loan ~ ~. and closing unCtru
n e. Sterling exchange Is duot aud
weak. Actual business M iI tu iSi, for
Gc day hills, and iS, in iSS Tor drmaul
| Posted rates isG, to rs. Government bond
hurc been quiet hnt firm. state bonds huN"
Treasury halanccs; coin. sl3l,;1aoGa car
| rcucy sa,GiO3Gn.
The following were the closing bid quota,
| tons:
is. couron. i.G.: is rouuun iuii: Pacific G>
| 'Sj. i9l District %! Columbia B.Gis.iiS; Georgia
| -. new. gold iOI Louisiana j., 0i; Missouri
! Is. ~: Nurth Carolina consolidated is, ill
| do IS. ~: Tennessee new IT,. lui: de-. >. in
| do j.. ~; \hg!uia u. ~ do. y Nat cOupun
| "& Central Pacific iirs's. III; y. II, q. ~ y.
! f.tS an: Missouri Kansas and Texas gen, is
| 'N; de-. lS, ,N,: Northern Pacific first, ~
| dc. seconds. lGA: NurthwcstClu consolidated
| lii Do. dchrnturc. tOSl: 81 l"Uis AMI ~ai
t"1i"r,I. lIi, /, ~. Paul consolidated. 49,; ~
lauI 'hicag" ana rg.ilic tirSiS i2n; south
en- PNc,ilc hNts, III; TcNas Pacific I. g., I!
| Union Pacific trstS. ill; West Shore. iUi
| Adams Express i:N Alton aud rc1o llHuic
| 3s'' do preferred. -; American ENpreSs, lU'
! g; tHnnda Southern. 81: Canton, ": Cuntru
| Pacific, a2!: Chesapeake and Ohio T.: C'icag.
aud Nton, l8G; do, prclcrcd ido; Chiclg.
Darlington and Quincy, l3ii: clev. Colo. hO
c,us ulidutcI Cod. N: Delaware and Hudson
| lW.: Delaware, la,kawHund and Western
~; nrnv"r md lio Grarde, ~; Erie, >.
! wv lIilfll'Nl' N.s lhil NHNlt, llls lidIitnl
elG, lIuuNtnu and 'rrNaS, II; llliuus Central
~: Kansas aud nuNas, li!: Lake Ero aHC
| western. ~: Lake Shore Oii; Louisville AN
| Nashville. "a. Manhattan ton, W,; Memphis
! ana Charleston. ~; Metropolitan Elevated
| ill.: Michigan Central Sl' Missouri Pacific
81; Mob. so. ~ Mm. \ T.. no; NaslNlli,
and Chattanooga, ~; New Jersey Central
s.: Norfolk nnd Western preferred, 80: Nurth
! crn laciic. ~ do, preferred. ~: Nurthwc,'
| cln. M; de-. uiolrricd. ~; New York cen
! trail lOs: New YORK, hragu and 81. Louis
! ~; du. DI''yrrcd bS: ohio aud Mississippi =!
do prrlrrl,d. ~: oregon Navigation, vi, Pa
Ciic Mail ~ rittsburg l0U; Reading. ".
Richmond and Allegheny. >; ltichmoud an,
West Point Terminal, III; Rock Island, ~
- L., \ :. T., 3i': do. preferred, jSs: first pre-
tcrrr1. ll2.: st, Paul, iGl; to. preferred, 10,
-. Paul and omaha. al; do. preferred, ilO
Tennessee coal and Iron, !S,. Texas Pacific
~: Union Pacific ~: United States Express
7d Wabash, 81. Louis and Pacific. Is; do
preferred. rs; Wells Fargo ESpcSS, iia
| Western Union, iS!; Silver Ccrtih"atns, %.
American Cotton oil, III, quicksilver o.; do
! preferred, 3D.
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