National Republican., 1888-06-01
EXTREMELY DULL MARKET:
The Business Entirely In the Hands of
the Trnhlng Element.

NEW YoRK, May 3i.-The stock market was
again extremely dun to-day, the business
done being entirely In the hands Of the trading
element, and the fluctuations confined to the
smallest limits, while the tone Of the dealings
was heavy almost from opening to close, leav-
ing the list fractionally lower as the result of
the days trading. There was no news of any
kind TO affect values, and the indispostion to
trade was very marked. Stocks were in good
demand In the loan crowd, but there was no
urgent inquiry for stocks, and the traders did
most Of the selling. There was no animation
at the opening, and most of the active stocks
opened unchanged from Tuesdays final fig.
ures. There was some slight Improvement In
the first few minutes on the execution Of the
accumulation of orders over the holiday
but this movement soon ceased, and u mod.
crate pressure was brought against the list
which forced prices on, the decline being
accompanied by little more activity.
After noon the market remained almost
stagnant.. with u generally weak tone and
with the dealings monopolizod by less than
dozen stocks. The decline became more pro
finally closed extremely dull and rather
heavy, NJ small fractions below the opening
figures, The entire active list Is lower this
Money ON call has been easy, ranging from
Il to 3 last loan AZ o. and closing offered at u
to2. sterling exchange is dun and steady.
400. Government bonds have been dull
and steady. state bonds have been dull and
without change.
Treasury balances Coin, sl33 ,5iT;
currency, sl5,1Gs,2iI.
=. The following were the closing bid quota
tions
Is. coupon. 1871; Dis, coupon 1851; Pacific Gs.
80, llSl; District of Columbia 3.G5s llS: Georgia
IS, new gold, lO5; Louisiana IL. 0Ol; Missouri.
Us, l02 North Carolina consolidated Gs 123t;
90. o. Mi Tennessee new Us, i0il; do. 5s, 0i;
S5; Central Pacific iirsts, 1t5.; D., II. @. Il N.
tirsts, II; Missouri. Kansas and Texas gen. Gs,
"; do. 5s. 81; Northern Pacific iirsts. 1885,
do. seconds, 1904; Northwestern consolidated.
lil do. debenture, 1901; st. Louis and san
Francisco. ~li7;St. Paul, consolidated, 1861; st
Paul, Chicago and Pacific firsts. 1901; South.
ern Pacific irsts, ilii; Texas Pacific Il. c.. go;
Adams Express. 1875; Alton and Terre Haute,
81; do preferred, 20; American Express, 1901;
Boston Air Line preferred, 97; b. c. 81 X. N,
Pacific, 30: Chesapeake and Ohio. III Chicago
and, Alton, 1875; do. preferred, 1856; Chicago,
burlington and Quincy, 1924; Clev. Colo, i6;
CI9nnsolidated I,n1 Coal 20: Delaware and Hudson,
tlOss; Delaware. Lackawanna and Western,
l27i; Denver and Rio Grande, II: Erie, 23l;
do. preferred. 5i; Fort Wayne. 1881; Harlem,
ee5 Houston and Texas, ID; Illinois Central,
Western. III; Lake Shore. OIL; Louisville and
Nashville. 53s: Manhattan Con-. S9i; Memphis
ana Charleston, %5i;, Metropolitan Elevated,
lJig' NNHNLul, iit' mlSsOuIl
10t; Mob. Il o.. s: Nor. Il E., 1i2l; Nashville
and Chattanooga, 75 New Jersey Central,
SCI; Norfolk and Western preferred, 46t; North
ern, 10Ss; do. preferred. liS; New York Cen
tral, ,105; New York. Chicago and ST. Louis,
u; do: preferred, "a; Ohio and Mississippi, l9i;
do: preferred. so; oregon Navigation, 93i; Pa
citc Mail, 32i; Pittsburg, 1871; Reading, 50a;
Richmond and Allegheny, 9; Richmond and
West Point Terminal, 22l; Rock Island, 1851;
81. l.. u 5; F., IS; do. preferred, G6l; first pre-
ferred, 112s: st. Paul, 66t; do. preferred, 10S;
st. Paul and Omaha, 34l; do. preferred. 1881;
Tennessee Coal and Iron. POI; Texas Pacific,
l0i; Union Pacific, 5it; United States Express,
II; Wabash. st. Louis and Pacific, l2i; do.
preferred, -; Wells Fargo Express, 1872;
Western Union, i5!; Silver Certificates, oct;
American Cotton Oil. 3ag: Quicksilver. o; do.
preferred, 35.
*Asked. TEX div.
Washington Stock Exchange.
Tho following list of the most active stocks
dealt In on the Washington Stock Exchange Is
furnished by Messrs. Bell s; Co., Bankers, No.
1887 PENNSYLVANIA avenue: