National Republican., 1888-04-26
AN -ACTINE NiNRISEr.
The Total Sales the Largest for ScVcri
nuys,

Nrw Your. Apr 9j- The stock market WIS
more active to-day. the total salcs b.ilg the
largest seen in .umc time. While the deal
ngs were distributed over u very large nun-
Der Of stocks, and the upward movement
lnudc further progress, though meeting some.
what ul q setback IN the last hour. much was
made of the fact that the London market came
higher this morning thun our last NIGHTS fig.
ulc>, and the buying In this market assumed
larger proportions than on amy previous day
this WCcI The advance then made steady
lrugtcsS with scarcely rcnctiDn throughout
most Of the day. Among the causes for the
advance to-day were the reported increase In
the earnings uf the giHngcrs and reports from
Washington that some agreement With the
government would be- reached and the iniuuc-
ton against the oregon lensc dissolved made
Union Pacific un early iavoritc,
First prices We're generally from 10 per
cent higher than last nights close, Hul In the
CHlly trading the market began tO rise.
Prices toward noon were generally from 10
per cent, above the opening. but In the last
luur Pacific Mail WIS hammered ! / per cont,
The rest following slowly, and large propur.
tiUn uf the gain, Of thu forenoon were wiped
out, the market finally closing rather heavy
aud active.
Money on call has been easy, ranging from ;
70 b.. lat loan NJ ., AMI closing az TO y
Prime mercantile paper u OBJ. Hdr silver Is
weaker at 0!i, sterling exchange Is dull and
firm Actual business at iSBi to i.G for 60
day bills aud iSS To- iSN' for dcmanL Posted
been quiet hut firm State bonds have bccn
dul and steady.
Treasury balanccs Coin, $i3l,iotiso; cur.
The following were the closing bid quota
tons:
Is. coupon. i2i.; is, coupon lO7,; Pacific Is,
~. l2li: District Of Columbia 365s.1isl: Georgia
Is. new, gul. 1Oi; Louisiana Is, 0li: Missouri
o., iC2; North Carolina consolidated us, 11Ol (;
DO IS, WI; Tenncssec new Us. lOl do. -. 90;
do. 3s. 20; Virginia U.s. Is; do. y Nat coupon,
~: Central Pacific tirStS. III; -, r. G. " ~.
iir,t., iS,; Missouri. kansas aud Texas gen Is,
oj.: do. As. 5ji: Northern Pacific iir,ts. llS;
DO. seconds, lU5; Northwestern consolidated,
lE!: do. dcbcnture. lln.; st. Louis and san
francisco, 1lh,; 81. Paul consolidated, 1855; st.
Paul Chicago and Pacific frsts. 1l0,; South.
EN- Pacific ir'ts, il!; Texas Pacific r. G., Gg,;
Union Pacific iirsts. ~; West shore. 1921;
3N; do. preferred, ~: American Express, lOD;
Boston Ah Line, preferred, 0,; u. G. y r. N,,
Pacific, 81: Chesapeake and Ohio. Il; Chicago
and Alton, 135; do, preferred. 80; chicago
Burlington and Quincy, 1.O; Clcv. colo. ~;
CONSOLIDATED Coal, .o:. Delaware aud hudson,
lCH: Delaware Lnckawanna aud Western,
13O.: Denver and Rio GrHndc, lSg: Erie, 2G.;
do. ncfcrTcd. 500: Fort Wayne. lal: Harlem,
2lG: Houston and Texas, II; Illinois Central,
1901; Kansas and Texas, l8s; Lake. Erie and
Western. III: Lake Shore, W; Louisville and
Nashville 56.: Manhattan Con-, ~: Memphis
ana Dhgrlcston ~; Metropolitan Elevated,
;O.; Mob, o.. n; Nor 4 T.. ilo!; Nashville
and Chattanooga. 10; New Jersey Central,
80; Norfolk and Western preferred, i'i; North.
crn Pacific, q: do. preferred, la,; Northwest.
crn. lG.. do. urcicucd. III; New York Gem
trail lO',; New York. Chicago aud St. Louis,
lGl; do. preferred, o.; Ohio and NsSi'>ipi, q;
do: preferred 50: oregon Navigation, OBJ Pa.
cihc Mail, 33} pltt,burg. 100: Reading, G1!;
Richmond and Allegheny {; Richmond and
West Point Terminal, %: Rock Island, 1l2l;
St. l.. a $. r.. ~; do, preferred, G;I; first pre-
fencd, ii2,: ST. Paul. ID: do. preferred, 1t9
St Paul and omaha. l0.: do. preferred. 100;
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 10; Texas Pacific,
il!: Wabash, II. Louis and Pacific, III: do.
preferred. 20: Wells Fargo Express. i3j;
Western Union, iG9; Silver Certificates, O;s;
American Cotton Oil, 81; Quicksilver, ~; do.
preferred 81.
Washington Stock Exchange.
The following list of the most active stocks
dealt in OF the Washington stock Exchange Is
furnished by MessiS. Bell u Co., Bankers, No.