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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-29

The election Of Senor Vicuna already reported here
some time ago. is again confirmed, and it throws a
CLEAN of hope upon the present trouble in CHILL mat
election is somewhat vitated from a constitutional
point vew since the northern provinces Of the conn
try which have sided with the ConstutionalisS. did
not participate in it. Moreover, It carried in the
southern provinces under the despotc rules imposed by
Dictator Balmaceda. STILL he did not dare TO force
the election of his tool Senor Sanfuentes; and, al
though Senor Vcuna IS also friend OF Balmaceda, IL
is expected that he not be willing 10 prolong the
civil war The question, however, remains open
whether the present Dictator will allow him to assume
the supreme power on the day fixed by the ConStitu
ton September is of this year. At the last moment
~ Balmaceda has not been overthrown before that time
by the Consttutonallsts, he may perpetuate himself
In power under the pretext that the country is In
danger But this is not probable, for he must feel
that his carse is warr- snd he rN r-'f The opr"r-
tunity 10 withdraw from unlawful contest brought
about by his own determination TO respcc the con-
stitutiOnal law Of Chill.
Balmaceda may say what he pleases in his bulle-
tins regarding his alleged military successes over the
Consttutonasts, and although such reports OF VIC
tories been repeatedly proved to be false nobody
outside of Chilli can tell exactly what the situation is
there But there is fact known to everybody, and
not ignored BY the Dictator himself; it is that al
though no foreign nation, Bolivia excepted, has yet
been disposed to recognize the ConsttutionalstS as
begerents, the latter have practically obtained the
svmnatles of foreign countries. France has prohb-
tied the embarkng Of men and ammunition on bOau
tbo Chilian cruisers in England the latter could not
enlist even iremen and the cruiser Presiden'e Erraz-
urz s about 10 leave the Portuguese port of Lisbon
with only part of the necessary crew. IN feru
tbe Government ordered piece OF the machinery 70
10 taken ont from the steamer WapOch0, III ORDER 10
prevent that vessel from joining the Dctators nect'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-29
FOREST FIRES THREATEN 4 CALIFORNIA TOWN.

FUhEoI FIhLo a WHIT VI't'4d IVV ~
Sonora, Cal, July 2s.-Forest fires in this vicinity
have destroyed number Of ranches, houses aud other
property and now threaten TO wipe out the town OF
Columbia. Men have been sent from here to help fight
the flames.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-29
CLAUDIO vICUNA PRESIDENT OF CHILL.
Aspects OF THE RECENT ELEc

CONSTITUTIONAL Aspects OF THE RECENT ELEC-
TIoN-wHERE FOREIGN SYMPATHY LIES.
London. July 2s.-A dispatch received here from
Santiago Chilli dated Saturday last, that Claudio
Ucuna has been elected President of Chill lie will
assume the duties of his Office September IS.
The dispatch adds "The election IS regarded as a
pledge that honor, energy and patriotism will mark
the future conduct of the Government. The Govern
ment has $4,000 troops between here and Valparaiso
and Conception 1t effect junction between these
troops in single day and give battle to the rebels
Numbers OF deserters arriving here. They say
that the rebels are enlstlng men by force"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
HOME SECURITIES.
HOLDERS OF LUsTER TIRED OF WAIT.
ING FOR A DIyvY 4

This Weak Feature Offset by q Number Of
Strong Ones-Trading OF Fair Proper
tions - Prominent Financiers Think
Street Railways a Good Investment.
A fair volume of business resulted from
Yesterdays stock calls. Active stocks were
Pittsburg Traction, Airbrake, Luster, Citi-
zens' Traction and Birmingham Traction.
The only notably weak feature was Luster,
which submitted to q considerable conces-
sion. Perhaps the sellers were in need of
Christmas money. The unlisted fractions
lowered around the previous days figures.
The natural gassers were steady. There
was little of this stock ir sight, showing
that holders are not disposed to make sac
rifice for the benefit of buyers. There was
no demand for Electric, but it was offered at
IL. Switch and Signal advanced fraction,
and closed at the best price of the day. Air
brake also improved its position.
The rapid adoption of cable and electric
power, for street railway purposes, during
the past two years, has called for an extraor-
dinary amount of capital, and has brought
street railway securities more prominently
than ever before the attention of persons
having money to invest. Under these new
conditions that street railway property has
been recognized as a desirable object of in
vestment. has been shown by the large
amount of money invested by the promi-
nent financiers of well known ability. As
an investment, street railway securities
either in form of stocks or bonds compare
favorably with steam railway securities es-
pecially in these days of adverse State and
interstate legislation and cutting of rates.
Sales at the first call were 80 shares Of
Pittsourg Traction at Az, 10 Airbrake at
10O and 100 Luster at TO- Second call, so Citi-
zens' Traction at 81, and 150 Birmingham
Traction at ls11. Third call, 30 Pittsburg
Traction at ~. 10 Airbrake at 9934, and II
Luster at 95S Bids and offers follow:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
.hoiee, 4o@41c; o!d crop. s@ssc; n. o. syrup, t4s

choice, 4O@4lc; old crop. sc@ssc; N. o. syrup $s9
sopA-Bi-carb. in kegs, s1a@azc: bi-carb. in &c.
SIC: bi-carb assorted packages, 5x@sc; sal soda.
in kegs 1Xc; do sranulated. 2c.
CANDLEs-Star. full weight, DC: stearine. per
'tf RICE c1s Head Carolina. Sj4@skc: choice. 5x@se;
s4lsaa sTaRca-Pesr I &c; corn starch, e@skc gloss
LAYERS "a s5: Muscates. 81 75 Caiifornia Muscaeis
81 60Gi IS: Valencia. 7@7isc: Ondara Valencia. SD
Ssc; sutana; lo915c; curr.nts a9 aSSc; Turkey
prunes in 2-b paekag &c; cocoanuts. 100. $ 90;
Almonds Lam. lib, 2c: do. Iyica, 17c: do shelled.
S wsnHs as si:. hsp 4'i asw ssy
nuts. &c; pecans., ls9I7c: citron; p lib. 2sS2ic;
DRIEp FRUITs-Apples, sliced, 6ls@s1Sc: apples.
evaporated, s@ssc: peaches. evaporated. pared. %
@isc: Cherries pitted. i5e cherries. unpitted &c:
Taspberriess evaporated is9l9c: blackberries, 6E@
&c: huckleberries, Sc;
l.fed Aascosoni 4c: H@szc: Soft ~his
aa@a,se: yellow choice; .t,. sa@4c; yellow good
PicKIEs sSMedium, b6fs: q, 2oO). q rs; medium.
mar stGTsNS OPls Io Il 81 b. 9o No. exsr. bb 81 o
Higgins Eureka, 4-bn sacks s. 10; Higgins Eureka.
~ CANNED ED GoopsWstandard peaches. 81 so@2 90;
IDS 5SS1 co. Itr sntra cope peaches 3 ;S Sei 81 Pie
ee @ IS red cSerres 2o s6 Lima
beans, q a5 soaked do: SOC: stringed do. s.@7Gc:
1921 I'll ssaaea ae
PlIms: q 1o greengages p Il. 80; sSg plums 81 90;
81 292 40: do greengages 81 TO- do egg plnms 81 90:
extra white CHERRIES g s5 raspberries. 81 0a1 10;
strawberries. s5c@sl 10; gooseberries 81 coal o5;
tomatoes S59s5c: salmon. ID cans, SG@l 80: black
berries soc: succotash: 2-fb cans. soaked soc: do
green. 2-D cans 81 sol 50: corn beef. 2-ib cans.
81 sal 30; 1b cans S. 80: baked beans, 81 iO@1 S.;
iobsters 1oib cans. 81 .: mackerfl, u In cans. I
Us, 50 80: sardines imported, ~, si1 50G12 50:
dimes imported Us. SIS co. sardlnes, mustard % 30:
sardines, splced. 50 50.
FISH-Extra No. / bloater mackerel. $24 90 per
Dbl: extra No. do mess. so 90: No. shore mack
erel. sls 90; No. large mackerel. s16 80; No.
large inackerel s4 90; No. small mackerel. $40 o.
Herring-.Spt. IS 50:. lake. s3 05 per 10O-lb Dbl.
White fish, a 70 per 100-lb half bDl. Lake trout,
S5 so per half bbl. Finnan haddies 10c per ID. Ice
land halibut, l2c per III. Pickerel half bbl y 90:
quarter Dbl: 81 60. Holland herring. 75c. Walkoh
OATNEAL-s5 OO@5 2.per Dbl.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
Grain, Flour and Feed.

Sales on call at the Grain Exchange to-day
One car No. red wheat, 81 OO1a, 5 days; 2 cars
No. yellow ear corn, SOC, 10 days. Receipts
as bulletined, 40 cars as follows: By Pitts
burg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railway, car
OF wheat, of feed, of ear corn, of oats,
of hay, l of rye, of flour. By Pittsburg
Cincinnati and st. Louis 8 cars of corn, 8 OF
oats of hay. By Pittsburg and Lake Erie,
car of oats, of barley, Of hay, of flour
Of wheat. By Pittsburg and Western, 8
cars of hay, Of middlings. 1 Of bran, l OF
wheat, of flour, of oats. The only feature
of cereal markets worthy of note is that
shell corn is on the decline. No. 2 yellow
shell corn was offered at the Exchange to-
day at SIC and no takers. Our quotations
are reduced in accordance with the facts.
Ear corn, oats and wheat are fairly steady at
former prices. Choice hay is firm at prices
quoted.
track. Dealers charge an advance on these prices
from store:
ysea q Mi Ssh
ss 10 yellow shseS Soss high mixed
ssc; extra No. oats a9@sSc; mixed oats. $50
SIC.
RYE-No Pennsylvania and ohio ss@ssc; No.
Western. 95996c.
BARLEY-6S675c.
$ SOS Is: fancy Winter patents. S. Sos 30: fancy
straiGht winter. $ OO95 IS fancy straight spring
bakers. u 1915 90. Rye -four. s. 25s5 q. --->-
MILLFEED-No. white middlings. go 509.3 90 p
ton; No. white middlings. $50 Oo92l co: brown
mGdings, S13 Goals 90: winter wheat, bran. S17 30
OILS 90: chop feed sl O0925 90.
HAy.Baled timothy, choice. sl2 5o@l3 90; No. I.
$40 oeSlO 50; loose from wagon. sla oaSl5 90; ac-
cortAng to quality; packing hay. 50 OO99 50:
ssTRAw-0ats. 81 5o@s co.; wheat and rye, IS 800
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09

Country Butter Still q Drug-Shell Corn Is
| Lower, but Other Cereals Continue
| Steady Sugars Promise to Go Up
| Higher.
OFFICE OF PrTTsBURG DISPATCH
TUESDAY, Dec. 8.
COUNTRY PRoDUCE-Jobbing prices
, At the Monday auction sales Elgin cream
| ery butter was sold at the same price as it
brought the previous Monday. so that prices
will stand this week as last week. Country
butter is still in supply beyond demand,
and is drug on the market. Anything Of
fered below fancy roll is neglected, oleo
| having the preference. Cheese is firm at
| quotations, and all signs point to an ad-
| vance in prices. The cold snap seems to
| have put sudden quietus on, trade. Trade
at the produce commission houses has not
been SO quiet for many day as it was to-
day. A continuance Of the cool weather
will, no doubt, prove stimulus to trade,
but the first results are adverse to country
produce business
ApPLEs-sl 5O@2 90 per barrel:
BUrTER-Creamery Elgin. 31d32c: Ohio brands,
2s@3Oc: common country butter, lsC92oc; choice
BEASsNNew York and Michigan pea. 81 &sae 90:
marrow. 81 l56G2 .; Lima beans, 4@44c y ib; hand
picked medium; 81 Sea- 60: ,,a
25c.
BUCKwHEAT FLOUR-New. 24CG2&c q 10.
CHEESE-Ohio cheese, u@l11c: New York
cheese. nx@lec; Limburger: ll@1i1sc: Wisconsin.
sweitzer. full cream 12,s@la15c: imported Sweit-
Zer. 26g7e.
CIDER Country cider. ss 5ca5 90 p barrel; sand
refined. s6 5O07 90.
CRANBERRIEs- box. 81 2@c To-.
EGGs-Strictly fresh nearby stock, 26127c; can
died eggs. g4925c; cold storage eggs eltaSsc. ,oa
SOC p fb: mixed lots. 500 f0c.
DRIED FRUITS-Peaches, halves, SIC: evap-
GRATED apples. sG9c; apricots, a9loc; backber1ess
6GI64c: raspbcrries. I7175Sc; dried grapes, 40
SIC; huckleberries, 71z@sc.
GAME-Wild turkeys. 81 5Ga2 90 each: maard
ducks "a 0G05 90 per dozen: teal ducks. Y l59S 90
per dozen pheasants. s. 1906 90; quail 81 s5@l 80;
squirrels. 81 COAL 50: rabbits. 20d25c per pair;
whole deer, 1s@15 per tb: saddles. $4,000 per 10.
HoNEY-New crop white clover, 1Sc; California
MAPLE sYRUr@75@scc per gallon.
MAPLE SUGAR-10c S ID.
PoULTRY-Aliye-Chick 6G9G5c pair, large:
@6Oc pair: dressed chickens. 1a@l4c p ID; dressed
turkey 1a0I5c p ID.
PoTATOEs-Carioad lots. a5d4Oc on track: from
store. 40d45c bushel: Southern sweets, 81 5091 IS
BARREL Jerseys. s. 0NG3 %.
SEEDs-Western reclaimed medium clover job
bling at s. 20; mammoth s5 s.: timothy. 81 45 tor
prime, and 81 so for choicest: blue grass s2GG2 s0
orchard grass, 81 75 milet, 81 00: German. 81 l5;
Hungarian 81 10: fine lawn, 25c per Id: seed buck
wheat 81 406l So
TALLOw-Country, &c: city rendered. &c.
TROPICAL FRUTTS-Lemons. 81 75d4 80: Florida
oranges. 81 0Nd2 % box bananas 81 NDl Is frsts,
2N91 80 good seconds. per bunch; Malaga grapes.
% 5n910 90 Il half barrel; new layer figs, 140l6c
per ID.
VEGETABLEs-Cabbagc. So C0d4 90 hundred:
yellow Danver onions. 81 G0ip2 = barrel; tona-
toes. 81 w per bushel; celery, 2yd3c per dozen;
turnips, 9OcGEs1 0J barrel.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
Wool Markets.

PHILADELPHIA-The wool market is quiet
aid prices steady and unchanged.
ST. s-Wool-Receipts, $500 pounds:
shipments. 1880 pounds; very quiet and
unchanged.
BosroN-The wool market has been
steady; demand good, and the sales foot up
well. Territory wools are still favorites,
and of these fine sells mostly on a secured
basis of 59@6Oc; fine medium, 56@5sc, and
medium, 53Gl55c. Fine washed feeces have
been IN steady demand. with sales of Ohio Y
at 2s@29c; XXX and above at 3O@Sl, and Mich
igen at 2619@27c. No. l clothing woods
are selling at 35@36 for Ohio and at $40
35c for Michigan; No. l washing woods are
dull at 37139c; lint delaine woods sell freely
at 34c for Ohio and at 32@33c for Michigan;
unwashed and unmerchantable fleeces are
in fair demand at 19@23c: unwashed combing
woods have been steady at 24026c for one
quarter blood, and at 29H29c for three
eighths blood; Texas, California and Oregon
woods have been quiet: pulled woods have
been in steady demand at 30@40c for super,
and at 22@30c for extra; foreign woods have
been steady and quiet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
THE BEARS In TROUBLE.

Wheat Takes q Tumble-The Amount of
Grain on Ocean Passage Greatly De-
creased-Corn Advances Slightly-The
Pork Market Remains the Same.
CHICAGO-The bears in wheat were in
trouble to-day. The news was decidedly
against them and they were compelled to
retire before the onslaught of the bulls. The
enthusiasm engendered late in the session
yesterday by the heavy decrease shown in
the visible supply report was carried over
to this morning and reinforced by additional
bullish figuring. The amount of wheat on
ocean passage decreased this week by :, ,544.-
600 bu: the worlds shipments decreased by
00,0C0 bu during the same time; the re-
ceipts in the Northwest were very light;
catles were strong, Liverpool being quoted
q penny higher and Paris 20 centimes up,
with domestic markets stronger; bullish
Government winter wheat crop review was
expected on Thursday, and the export clear
ances were large. aggregating 1881 900 bu for
six ports: New York, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia, Boston, New Orleans and Montreal
The only crumb of comfort the bears had
was a dispatch from New York saying
London house had resold there ut reduc-
tion of shilling per quarter a cargo of
wheat bought for exports There was but
nervous and apprehensive and disposed to
cover.
May opened at 991sG9915c, against 9s9ssc ut
the close yesterday. But some rather heavy
longs who had good profits in their stuff
proceed to realize, their sales breaking the
market to 99c. When this pressure was re-
moved. however, the market rebounded to
$3.50: then it sagged off to 9914c. fluctuated
frequently and closed at 991sc. Late cables
were all higher with the single exception OF
Antwerp.
Corn was fairly active, strong and higher.
The receipts were S56 cars, but included only
% cars of contract. Shorts were uneasy
partly from the poor inspection, and partly
from the strong tone OF wheat and COW
cred freely, though the selling was re-
strcted. The trading in December was very
light and opened at 471sc, touched 47Ac,
held steady for a time, then bulged to 4S5Sc,
weakened to 4S4c, advanced to 1870 and
closed &c lower. May tluctuated between
43l &c and 1876, closing at 1870 against 1890
at the close yesterday. Oats were dull but
firm and closed with n substantial advance
over yesterdays last figures.
The provision trade appeared to be badly
mixed most of the day. The market started
with a sort of bound because the hogs at the |
yards were half the estimate at p, 600 and |
prices 10 cents higher. Later dispatches
from the yards reported heavy hogs l5c up
at s. Is This was CSC higher in two days |
and cut the profits of packers materially. |
On this showing the price of pork went |
again to the best point of the morning. |
early. Toward the close the pit became |
dull and prices held steady at little change |
from last night
The leading futures ranged as follows, cor |
rected by John NJ. Oakley Co. IS Sixth street, |
members of the Chicago Board of Trade.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
Groceries.

Sugars are still very firm, but the expected
advance fails to materialize. At present
prices sugars cannot now be laid down here
at a profit. Coffees are steadyat unchanged
prices. Canned goods are dull and slow.
Choice New Orleans molasses is firm at
quotations.
GREEN CorFEE-Fancy, 2Ia2ac: choice Rio. 20
G2Oi9c; prime, 191:c; low grade Rio, 171&9lS5ac;
old CID Goyernment Java. zao9c: Marscaibo. 2La@
2212c; Mocha, 275(G2S15c; Santos lss6Gs2Ec; Cara
cas-, .21s6523ac: La Guayra, 21J9(G22lsc.
RoAsThD TN papersl standard brands. 2oc; nigh
grades, e3IkGy26ac; Old Government Java. bulk,
s99Slc: Maracaibo, 22ls@aEsc; Santos, Ig3S2!sc; & &
good Rio, lggsc; ordinary, EJ1@lslSc. an,
SPICES (wholel-Cloves, la9i5e; allspce' ioc'
,pErRoLEuM (yobbers' pricesl.l1co test, SHc;
Ohio, 1902 79c: headlight, 1900. 7}Sc: water wnte
Sa9.tc: globe, 1l(9144c: elaine: I5e: carnadine,
lic; royaiiue. 14c; red oil, 1oja@ilc; purity Ac;
oeine. he.
MINERS OIL-No. winter, strained, 49@ilc per
GAL: summer. 35@37c: lard oil, 55G5Sc.
SYRUP-Corn syrup, 2@SOc: choice sugar syrup,
2s9s0c.
n. .. MoLAssEs-Faney new crop, lo0E2c;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
By TELEGRAPH.

Chicago = Cattle = Receipts, ll0OO head;
shipments, :, 500 head: market slow and weak:
choice. 81 00G4 80; others, 50 40@S 20; stockers,
s. 00G2 so; COWS and heifers, s. 25@2 65. Hogs
Receipts, 25,00O head: shipments, 1900 head;
market active and lGc higher: rough and
"a 90: prime heayy and butchers weights,
81 O5G4 10; light, 50 4CGS %. Sheep-Receipts,
5000 head: shipments, 1000 head: market
active and steady; native ewes. 81 50@I4 %;
mixed, 81 50@04 65; wethers. 81 S5E05 95; West
ems, 81 40G4 so: lambs. IS 50@5 80.
observation-disclosures, 6loads through;
II sales: market about steady: good steers.
ia ,5eI4 80; extra, 81 IS Hogs-Receipts, so
loads through, 80 sale including IS held over;
market steady; heavy grades, corn-fed
So 9JG4 90: medium weights. corn-fed. S. so
as 81. Sheep and lambs-Receipts / load
Through. 70 sale. and so loads Canada lambs
reported To arrive; market steady for
natives, CanadHS lower: sheep, extra fancv
81 G.s75 09 good TO choice, 81 15@4 80; fair to
good, 50 l504 0O: lambs, goou to choice
native, s. 5cg5 70: common to fair do. So 90
G0 90: Canada, common to extra, s. 5055 so
New rk-Bceves-Rcceipts, l,2a5 head;
all for exporters and slauShterers: no trade,
feeling firm: dressed beef steady at !6qlac
per D: shipments tomorrow. 5.555 quarters
al beef. Calves-Receipts, go head: market
dull: veals, s. CG@3 co per 100 4: grasseI's
81 7sGs 20; Western calves, g 1908 O1 Sheen
Receipts, 2,li5 head: sheep steady: lambs
&c per h higher: sheep. So 00e04 75 per 100
H.: lambs, s. GOES i215: dressed mutton
at 76S3%c. hogs-Receipts. s, 500 head: con-
signed direct; nominally firm at s3 COCA 90
ler 100 h.
Cinciuna.i-HoZs in good demand and
higher: common and light, SO 25G5 e5: pack
ing and butchers, IS e5GD3 90: receipts, s,a2O
head: shipments, ,.2o head. Cattle easy: lair
10 choice butcher grades. 81 256p4 90; prime
TO choice shippers, s. 756D4 IS: receipts, $50
head: shipments, $50 head. sheep steady:
cothmon 10 choice, 81 51s04 %: extra fat
wetncrs and yeariings, 81 25l4 so; receipts
$50 head; shipments, 5B head. Lambs in
fair demand; common to choice, - 50G4 80
per 100 pounds.
%. ..Iouis-Cattle-Receip 4, 200 head; ship
mcnts, 60 head; market steady: no offers of
native stock; all held for fat stock show sale
tomorrow: Texan and Indian steers 81 90;
steers common, So oG63 So Hogs-Receipts,
900 head; shipments, IL leo head: market
higher: fair to prime heavy SO S0@3 95
mixed, So 4013 S.; light, fair to best, So 50@
; 65. Sheep-Receipts, 400 head: shipments.
400 head: market strong; fair to extra choice,
So OOGp6 90.
Kansas observation-disclosures, $500 head;
shipments, I,600 head: market dull and lc
lower: natives, g 1905 90: COWS, $3 f503 So:
stockers and feeders, s. 4063 90. Hogs-Re-
ccipss, 1900 head: no shipments; market DC
aighcr; bulk 50 5sd3 so: ali grades, So 00@4 50.
sheep-Receipts, 600 head; no shipments;
market strong and higher.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-09
A SLOW DAY In WALL STREET.
GOULD SHARES ARE WEAK, ESPECI-
ALLY WESTERN UNION.
Chicago Gas the Most Prominent With
Western Buyers-Canada Southern Is
Unusually Active and Michigan Central
and Distillers' Strong With 1t.

Western Buyers-Canada Southern Is
Unusually Active and Michigan Central
and Distillers' Strong With 1t.
NEW YORK, Dec. S.-The market acted
more like a genuine bull than it has for
some time, but there was one weak spot. and
that was the Gould shares, especially West
ern Union. That the Vanderbilts are ranged
on the side OF higher fl ,ures the course of
their stocks leaves little room for doubt
London did not do much, but there were no
selling orders of Importance from that cen
ter as far as could be seen; but the West was
again buyer to some extent of its favor
ties, though with the exception of Chicago
Gas none of them was prominent in the
dealings, and the rest of the general list rose
only small fractions.
The Industrials were again remarkable for
strength, and, while Sugar advanced on the
report of an increase in the dividend, it re-
ceded again on the declaration of the usual
amount. Distillers we're active and decid-
edly Strong, scoring the largest gain for the
day. The opening was quiet and firm. and,
while the market displayed disposition to
advance, it was met in the early trading by
a continuation of the pressure upon Mis-
souri, Pacific and Northern Pacific preferred
which in the former occasioned IL loss of /
per cent. The decline made no further
progress, however, and while Western
the list broke away from it and prices stead
lily mounted, though only in the few stocks
mentioned was the Improvement OF any par
ticular importance. Even Western Union
closed with only fractional loss.
Canada Southern was the special feature,
it's activity being something unusual for that
stock, and its advance was steady and rapid,
while MICHIGAN Central kept pace with it in
strength. The rest of the list failed to de-
velop any special feature The important
gains included Canada Southern, Michigan
Central and Distillers, each IL per cent and
Lackawanna per cent.
Railroad bonds showed moderate volume
of business as usual OF late and with wide
distribution of business and the prevalence
of firm to strong tone to the dealings
throughout the day failed to score any i'm
There was good demand for the invest
ment issues and the number of them headed
in was remarkable, the speculative bonds
being quiet and without movement of note.
The total transactions were $l,534 coo. The
highest and closing quotations were: