New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-17
CHASING PRICES OF BOSTON STOCKS.
IN DUIIAnrIpHIA STOCKS.
WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.

WHAT WAS DONE IN OIOChO'
Tuesday, August l6-p. m.
Tb. inward movement in the stock market To-
dow would have been entirely encouraging II ~
hod becn accompanied by change in the char-
actor Of the trading. In fact the course VI
nrices was controlled by skifl manipulation ana
NOT by sentiment nor, saving rare lne'anceS' W
actual conditions. The principal buying was wi"
rned 70 two classes of professional spccuiators'
Il, the Western railway shares the shoro in,e'e'O
had bccome so laige that a squad OF the pears
'"N s-;,.o, % cover The advances in these
s,ocks were in fair proportion with previous es
,;n'otes Of the short interest. Chicago, Buriing-
ton and Quincy rose 1-2 per cent, ROCK lsiahu
Northcrn Pacific preferred 7-s and Atchlson
"A no. cent. while Missouri Pacific gained only
- ST. Paul and Northwestern each S-s aho
Union Pacific l-s per cent The other buying
was of specalties and industrial s'ocks a"u ~
uos NJ sucb a character as 70 preclude az onoe
tho suggestion Of broader made By'IMi
:I ss tb per famous 4 the Of ssz
Union advanced % hesVy realizing sales
par r DIf above ts figure and it closed at it,
opening price The long continued ~. sa IL
t9e . s.ec so zoo shares held by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, but the advance may be more sue
cessful In that event the exPecteo uis.Iipu nntii
this block Of stock had found proper Logging
Mace. The movements in General Eiecuio anu am,
the industrial shares ss ash0 %oStby Of mention be.
camsa the prices Of these stocks are under the
absolute control Of professional operators VINO can
put them up or III. aSw rst ACTIVITY in Special
IoSHS Ann Arbor and North Michigan ana
Michigan Central ought not TO 1e Overn1oh in.
gg5 Gense OF theif @ vanderb,
stocks were strong and NewnotN ne mvrcbases Of
So s. anu bnndred shares fhe strength Of Reading
an a. Eric in the face Of the Buffalo strikes was
complete surprise to both factions IN the mark S
Yesterday Louisville and Nashville also cameo
ia DER cent. although the corrected statemen men,
Of the business Of the company IN the paSsS
wear showed deficit of $25,s67, against %''ooo
in the first preliminary. report. .,...
n must he observed that, as q rule, the snalIest
gains were made by stocks which nave an I,,i IN
are not dealt in abroad. A further rally In the
nrice Of silver in both London and New-York may
have had something to DO with n, checking t tae
European selling of securities. While rates foI
foreign exchange were flrm no engagements of gold
for Shipment were made and leading bankers
seemed again inclined to think that the export
home nerhaps. the whole market closed strong
and confident at abont the top prices
THE DAY IN THE BOND MARKET.
Sales at l1e of $4,000 coupon and $4o,ooo
registered 4s exered no perceB1ods nuehss
were unchanged, except IN one Oh the curieh0'
issues, closing AZ az i H.S.S Big. A,t.A
U as::s -, !. ' S:; ss:: sss HE
81; |$; 4IH:>
The transactions in State issues were OF h'' &c
importance There were moderate sales OF
Arkansas "a, issued in aid Of two RAILROADS IN u
tennessee settlement IS small sold at 103 or
city bank stocks Fourth National soid 'i'' Nv
200 IA. ...,u-e-
Ices The transactions were somewhat smaller
than they were yesterday, and. in general, pIces
rallied Atchison incomes rose "a per cent .h 70
so. Reading incomes were auiet ana n dnfsrred
Ia higher at 20. Rock Island debe5tare q
were in moderate demand at % l-s and y. ~ -.
ST. Louis and Southwestern frsts rallied ~ per
cent to 60 IA. On the other hand Erie second
consols yielded IA per cent to 1O4 "a HGcmlIe
Valley IS declined 3-s to 81. General Eectr ,t
debenture IS advanced in the early dealings, o".
lost the improvement. Reference Ii niaoe " oui
full report Of bond sales. .,.,,
Money on call was firm at per cent , with
exceptional transactions at ] 1-2 per cent. lime y!
''J The Clearing House statement was as follows
Exchanges, S1o7,e4o balances. 5IsS;E,
Uouse S0O79i2. Its net loss balance was
81, ,245. The days operations included Re
rcIpts SO, 568,045; payments, Sb,O6s, 30 result
inc in n general balance Of Sl3s,5o3.s72, con-
sg Of 55OO,040 coin and 23o02.o24 cur
rency. c.. nou..;. f,o,n.r, ,onorted
silver bullion OIL hand, to secure outstanding Ger
tifcates at 2023,676 ounces, an increase OF 25,-
W The United States Treasury at Washington re-
ocived today S24s,2s7 National bank notes for
redemption. ,. ,,oro eaoo ea1 Tho. IN.
..,nnI avenue receipts S332,920, and the mis-
cellaneous receipts S3l AZ.
Ta dav,s Washington Treasury statement Of cash
lo-uaJY nd deposits in bank compares with the
aaures Of the last previous statement as follows
s,i nu go i 22io sIi1 10 ia Dec. s7oi 500
Net silver hid. 4oft'-'o ''-'"'''- N' $500
Net legal tenders o,o M, "A s6o ia Inc 7ss O37
hand .......- lfV'~iVoI --,~-, -
| Actual cash IN the
Treasury Wants
over outstanding 49, NJ, a, IN noa Pa psc 1854 2ea
ncrns,,S so hank ii 1926 12os0ll2 Inc SIzsiu
No, cash hal si42s7o97s sito. 400 Dec. sioi 477
The foreign exchanges were dull but firm, with.
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