Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-25

tanty as to the final result of the Congressional
deliberations upon that subject. Ihe pears
bought heavily to cover their shorts IN tne
ranges of Missouri Pacific and other stocks:
while the bulls showed renewed courage and
the buying for the long account was more I'M
portant than any day since the last rise began.
Together with this there was marked dlsposi-
tion shown by the foreigners to again invest In
our securities. Cable orders to buy at the mar
ket were received in all the leading favorites.
1u the market to-day the coal stocks were es-
pecially conspicuous. and Delaware and dud-
son led the upward movement making the
largest net advance for the day. although a
spurt in Oregon Navigation stock carried II up
nearly per cent, it could not hold that I'M
provement, and sagged away later. Inc Gran,
gers came next, and St. Paul and Rhode Island
were most prominent, both showing large gains
at the close. and the transactions running up to
big figures. The covering of shorts was more
prominent in this group than in any other part
of the list, and gave those stocks their position
in the market
The Gould shares were moderately active,
only all were strong. Oregon Short Line and
Evansville and Terre Haute made especially
sharp, upward movements.
In the unlisted department sugar was again
the feature. Bullish feeling in them continued
while the outsiders bought literally The
shnSe aked % 'ne bc Wa
upon news of further litigation against the
trust by the holder of ten shares who brought
previous suits, but the decline went only a
short distance. The whole participated in the
Improvement, and dealings reached larger
figure than in any day during the recent rise.
The upward movement continued with but
slight Interruptions. The last hour, when the
realizations upons profits accrued during the
day, caused Slight sagging off of prices. The
reaction amounted to but little, however. The
close was active and firm at the best prices OF
the day.
The final changes show almost an unbroken
line of advances and Delaware and Hudson is
up q, Oregon Navigation "a. Oregon Short
Line 25, Sugar 2h, Lackawanna 1es, Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy ", Union Pacific
per cent each. The Atchison issues, the KAN
sas and Texas issues and the Reading incomes
were most prominent IN the deal. The Atchi-
son incomes contributed S459 900, the firsts S227.
0OO the Kansas and Texas general rs SSS5, 900.
the Rio Grande Western firsts Sl33. 900 and The
Reading first incomes Sl42 600 to the totals, st.
Paul and Duluth rs rose "a. Evansville and
Terre Haute frsts 81 to l21aa, Green Bay incomes
to Is. Government bonds have been dull and
steady. State bonds have been dull
The Post says the advance IN prices during
the forenoon was due principally to purchases
for the spirit account induced by the silver
commission on bill for an increased monopoly
purchase of silver. The other factors in the
advance were continued ease in money both
here and abroad, the large earnings of rail-
roads, the heavy volume of business in sight.
Bearish reports from the West are entirely in
correor.
The following table shows the prices OF active
day Corrected daily for The DISPATCH by
WHITNEY STEPHENSON. oldest Pittsburg mem
bers of New York Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth ave