The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-24

New YoRK. Aug. 23-The Evening Post
London cabl-gram: The bank return oi
today beat ali the records. Tue reserve Is
nearly 81, 600. Coz pounds and there is in
bullion on hand 81. 90 400 pounds, an in
crease for the week or 1y5.COJ pounds; oil
this, Asa. 900 pounds was gold imported, and
The rest was from home. About l4,OVO
came from Australia, T,C0J pounds from
Paris and the emaiuder WAS bars bought
IL Is believed that very little gold Will
leave here this autumn, The speculative
markets were better today. especially for
Americans, which closed 1T about the best
+ for the Lake Shore leading with "a rise OF
g. per cent.
/ In the New York exchange today the
/ volume OF business was fairly good and the
/ dealing fairly distributed. IL was bull
/ market and AZ the Gloss substantial gains
/ had been established on the days tran>ac-
\ tions in which but few shares failed to par
| ticipate. 4 feature Of the speculation WAS
\ the bIlsk demand for the Vanderbilt,
shares. principally Lake Shore. Of which
there was but u scsut supply. The upward
movement in Lake Shore WIS started by Al
attempt to Ill large order 10 buy the
! stock for short interest. Sufficient stock
was not Obtained ID complete the order.
| but the stock was bid up by the traders,
and bsfOre noon touched l3J per cent, an
advance OF A per Cent on yesterday s
closing sales. During the afternoon, trad
ing in the stock was light rhe closing
prices being At a reduction OF 3 per cent,
but n 33s per cent advance on the day.
| Sympathetic advances were made IN the
| shares Of the group including is per
cent in Canadian Southern, aud Ia per
cent Ia New York Central, with final re
action of 4 per cent in Cansdian Southern
aud - pes cent in Michigan Central. There
was very goOd buying notably In Burning
ton, i'll which it is said bull pool has
been formed. Burlington opened = per
cent higher, roasted "a per cent, sold up
top. at an advance OF ~ per cent on yester-
day. St. Paul, which was bought oy
London as we'll as local operators rose =
per cent, of which all but per cent Was
held to the close. Rock Island advanced
per cent and lost 4 per cent for the day.
/ Northwestern moved up l3s per cent
with a final reaction OF "a per cent.
, The coal stocks were unusually strong
/ on the prospective improvement IN the
trade, Delaware and Hudson recording an
improvement of q per oenl; New Jersey
Central, 1s4 per cent; Delaware, Lacks-
wanna anu Western, per cent; Susque-
hanna and Western, 90 per cent and
, Reading, IL per cent. The other promi'
nent advances on tue days transactions
were New York, Chicago and 81. Louis
first preferred, per cent; second preferred,
! = per cent; Delaware common, per cent;
, United States Leather preferred, %; Coo
so!idated Gas, - per cent; Manhattan, ~
per cent; Great Northern preferred 81 pei
cent; St. Paul and Omaha, ~ per cut
Union Pacific, l1s per cent; LA Glide Gis
and Richmond terminals, - per cent.
Sugar receipts were comparatively neg
lected. fiuctuatiug between 1l4}s aud ll5H
and closing Il below the top but !. 40 oI
the day.
The only declines of moment RECORDED
were IA per cent in Pittsburg and West
ern preferred. % per Cent in Canadian Pa
cite and = per cent in Pullman. Tn
market closed strong.
The railway and miscellaneous bono
D market was strong and very active. tn
days transactions aggregstlng 81, 9O3OO0