The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-08

ssse IN sAis stock and szses wers heavy
snd mostly Of the short accoaat srenezsl
Of me rumo-s that the next dividend
would be scaled encouraging the hesr
clique 20 further Efforts 10 depress the
property: gain Of !. had been made in
the shares IN the opening trad inx. and the
selling caused loss Of =. 70 10. IN the firss
quarter of an hour and up 70 noon ire
price ductuated between that and 70l<.
During the afternoon the short interest
began &C cover. with the result. of causing
an appreciation in the values OF shares
which At the close had reacted II. per cent
from the low point OF the morning aud :.
ABOVE last nights closing prices Sugar
quickly recovered the early loss. bat vas
not prominent IN the dealings during the
forenoon. and not until late in the after
noon did il take q leading place in the
trading. There bad been quiet advance
In prices. but AZ O'clock the bull clique
IN the stock, taking advantage Of the
strength Of The market rushed the stock
up TO lo7l., gain of "a On the opening.
Realizing saes subsequently caused re-
action of *, followed by full recovery
and final recession of \. making the
gain on the day ~ per cent. The buying
IN Sugar which started the upward turn
was on Washington City orders, but was
not accompanied. a. is usually the case. by
favorable tariff rumors. In fact there were
little. If any, street reports on the sugar
schedule today, bnt the good buying in
the stock of the trust by the Washington
City house brought the traders
into the market As purchasers.
Distiliing was soId down IL per
cent. during the morning in the
belief that the tariff bill would fail and the
trust would thereby lose the advantage to
be gained by the proposed increase in the
spirits tax. Moderate buying at the de-
cline resulted in q rally Of q per cent.
The publication of the June report of st.
Paul, which showed but small loss in
net earnings. was the means of attracting
buyers to the shares, which after an open
ing loss OF q, rose Is per cent, closing at
the best point touched. Rock Island and
Northwest each gained q on the day.
The general market was in the main firm.
and closed L@l per cent higher than
yesterday. The bond market was easy In
the early dealings. but closed frmer.
Government bonds-Firm-
State bonds-Dull.
Railroad bonds-Higher
Petroleum-Steady; September option
sales. none; closed, bid SOC.
FINANCIAL
Money-On call, easy at per cent last
loan. per cent closed. per cent Prime
mercantile paper, 395 per cent. Ster-
ling exchange, dull. with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at S4SSss @4 ssh
for demand and s4.s7sstt4s71z tor % days:
posted rates. s4ss14G4e91s. Commercial
q
Silver ceruticates-64165c.
BONDS.
U. s. IS. reg. li71a: q. :. IS coup. 1i7l1;
u. s. Is. reg, 1885, u. s. Is, coup, ia:
U. S. Is. reg, So; Pacific 6s, OF '95. loi;
Ala, class A, 100; Ala, class h, 100:
Ala. class c. 92h; Ala. currency, 81;
La. New Consols, A, 81; Missouri 6s. 100;
n. Carolina 6s. ia; n. Carolina Is, SO;
s. Carolina non-fund, /; Tenn. New Set
Set 6s, GO; Va. Cent. IS: Va. Cent de-
ferred. 81; Atchison As. o9s.: Atchison
second A, 81: Canada So, Ids. l06;
Central Pacific lists of '95. 1901:
Den. q r. @. 7s. 1881; Den. & K. @. Is, 70;
Erie DDS, III; g. d. & ). A. 6s, 81: q. III. Il 5.
A. Is. 81; II. & 7. Cent. 5s,. loI; ii.
& r. Cent. IS. I0i: NJ. X. I. first
As. 10; NJ. X. I. second A, Al; Mu-
tnal Union IS. los; y. J. Cent Gen'l IS.
1l6jz; Northern Pacific lists. 100: North
ern Pacinc IDS, IS; Northwest Consols,
$40: Northwest S. f. deb. SIS, 109; Rio
sGrande West, lists, "a; 81. Paul Consols Is.
1251l; St. Paul c.. & p. w. IS. 1061s: 81. L.
& |. NJ. Gen. IS, 50; St l.. q ). +. Gen.
IS. s9I1; Tex. Pacific lists. S21z; Tex. Pac.
Dds. 22s4; Union Pacific Lists OF SO, l04ss
West Shore Is, 104.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Atchison. So: Adams Express, i49; Alton,
Ierre Haute, %: Alton. Ierre Haute pre-
ferred, I6s, American Express ITO; Balti-
more & Ohio, u; Canada Pacific, 631z: Can
ada Southern, 40; Central Pacific, III
Chesapeake & Ohio. III; Chicago & Al
ton, 40; Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy,
7tk; Chicago Gas, IS; Consolidated Gas.
TO; Chicago, Cincinnati. Columbus &
ST. Louis, 56l4; Colorado Coal & Iron. Ga;
Cotton Oil Certificates, n: Delaware e
Hudson. 1889; Delaware. Lackawanna q
Western, 1876; Denver & Rio Graude pre-
ferred, 29I1 Distillers' & Cattle Feeders
Company, lssk; East Tennessee, 90;
Erie, 1875; Erie preferred, rs; Fort
loOjs: Chicago & Eastern Illinois pre-
ferred. e01f; Hooking Valley, 17ss:
Illinois Central. 9lA; 81. Paul e
Duluth. %; Kansas Il Texas. preferred,
2il4; Lake Erie x Western, 1871; Lake Erie
4 Western preferred. SAG; Lake Shore,
1291l: Lead Trust. S93.; Louisville & Nash
a. y. q
Manhattan Consolidated. ia: Memphis
& Charleston. s.; Michigan Central. 81;
Missouri Pacific, 267s, Mobile 4 Ohio. %;
Nashville a. Chattanooga, %; National
Cordage, 21I<; National Cordage preferred
81; New Jersey Central, 100. Norfolk
& Western preferred. 20ss: North
American Company, 81; Northern Pa
citic, SIS; Northern Pacific preferred. l411;
Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf, ~;
Northwestern, 1855 Northwestern pre-
ferred, HOS: New York Central. e7ss New
York & New England, 1884; Ontario Il
Western. Is; Oregon Improvement, 10;
Oregon Navigation. Is; Oregon Short Line
q Utah Northern, 81; Pacific Mail, l41s :
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville. :.
Reading, i7L; Richmond Terminal, 1855;
Richmond Terminal preferred. ISL: Rio
Grande Western, l4k; Rio Grande
Western. preferred. ~; Rock Island, e6s4;
St. Paul, SOL; ST. Paul preferred. ll11l: 81.
Paul & Omaha, "a; ST. Paul & Omaha pre-
ferred, ii21s; Southern Pacific. ia; Sugar
Refinery, tO75.: Tennessee Coal & Iron.
IssE: Texas Pacific, So: Toledo. q Ohio
Central preferred. 90; Union Pacific. So;
United States Express, so; Wabash 81.
Louis & Pacific, ejs Wabash s. Louis
a. Pacific preferred, Is; WelIs-Fargo Ex-
press, ll3; Western Union. s6ss Wheeling
& Lake Erie. los; Wheeling & Lake Erie
preferred. 3Ss.; Minneapolis & 81 Louis.
AZ; Denver q RIO Grsnde, So; General
Electric. 38ss National Linseed. Is; Col
orado Fuel & Iron, 25; Colorado Fuel
q Iron preferred. ~; Houston e. Texas
Central, "a, Toledo. Ann Arbor & North
Michigan, 1: Toledo. ST. Louis & Kansas
City. /; Toledo. ST. Louis & Kansas City
preferred. ~.
eHAREs SOLD.
The total safes Of stocks today were u.s.
ass shares, including: American Sugar,