Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-22
Mean temperature.


NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
NF,yy YORK. August 1.-The railway
and miscellaneous stock market was IRE
.1llar thr0ugh0ur the day, and at the close
Of business u j. fair g. assume that "a ma
,orltv Of operators left the street de-
c.ds,ilv mixed as 20 the future course OK
,,ic.s This ls not 20 DE- wondered az
when the news OF the dag is reviewed.
In the first place, the crop reports
were au that the most enthusiastic n4I
Gould desire. Ia. leading officials Of the
western roads being quoted as saying
that this wears crop tonnage would pro-
ballv exceed that OF l&2, an unusually
profitable y,4r for the transportation IN
terests.
Sterling exchange weakened. posted
,otas having been reduced y cent. 10
St@l-2 and 8e0l-2. and only Sn,'o IN
,,old was taken for export t0-WoFi'".
These factors ordinarily would have Work
"a I'm favor Of those operating Tor
higher prices. bur owing 10 the position
taken bv "A wel.-knOwn plunser In the
Iudu.trials, the importance ~ these ue-
yeiopments was overlooked
Tho operator IN question. II Is under
stood has anta20uized certain lower
Wall-street interests. and as he ~ long OF
, big line Of Sugar, efforts were made To
force uquidation. Tho result was that
10Th SuRar and Tobacco were highly
nervous throughout. Sugar at the START
broke liz, to 10 llOl-s, rallied 70 10 81.
and later dropped % lNl-L Tobacco
rose from o. IS T. oS7-'. and dropped 10
az l-2a9i The other Industrals were
weak. In sympathy.
The Changers were the only stocks
on the list that were nor Influenced by
the eyrations in the lndustrials' and held
stubb0ruly strong from start 70 hnish.
The market closed Irregular the INDUS
trials ruling weak and the railways steady
70 firm Net changes show losses OF
91-4G93-l per cent The Changers, how
ever. gained l-sn7-S per cent.
Total sales. S3S2t7 shares, o. which
olfo0 were listed and 5000 shares UNI
Bonds were lower. Sales $1,000.
Treasury balances: Coin $92 G36, 757;
currency. NN02iNl
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call easy at ! per cent; last
loan at I. and closing offered at 1 per
cent prime mercantile paper. AL IL
per cent.
Bar silver. C. 5-sc.; silver at the board.
neglected
Sterling exchange weaker. with actual
business in bankers bills. NJ sissHsiS IL
for sixty days. and $500 $40 II for
demand. posted rates. $D l--GS4.@ IL;
commercial bills A@ 81.
Government bonds firm. State bonds
steady. Railroad bonds lower.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing Pids.
American Cotton Observation-Disclosures. 2j1Q
American Cotton Oh preferred ........... 73
American sugar -..............-.-.......
American sugar Koilnerles' pref........... i0lla
American Tobacco. Observation-Disclosures. D.'S4
American Tobacco. proIerred.... ....".... 100
Arcnison, Topeka ana SANTA fe..... l7La
Baltimore and hio........................ "a
canada ....................... oo9s
Chesapeake and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
Chlca 20 an Anon Observation-Disclosures. 100
Chicago, burlington aud Quincy -....-.... 90&
chicago Gas Irust......-. ---.............- bOa
peayare. LackGwanna 8nl Western."... It2ls
uistillers ............ 2O}.
Erie...................... ob9
Erie. preferred - -
GenersI Electric.......-....... 3hts
limos Ieutral...-. -.....''...''.''''..' .iOo
Lake Erie ana Is esiern ................... 2OA
LAKE. erie ana Western preferred. II
Lake Snore.-.....- ''''''''-'''''''t
Louisville ana neutrality-suspicious.. 81
Louisville, Naw Albany ADD Cnicago..... 81
Manhattan Consolidated ......... ia
Mempn, ana Charleston ...........-.".. -
Michigan Central................ ..->-.... lOlA
Missouri Pacinc.. +'.s..-'.- ..-... oots
Mobile aud OhlO................. .--.....-.. ~
Nashyllle. CaAt,anooga & NJ. Louis.....-... 70
United sta te8 COTiage ......... lS
United states Cordase. preferred ........
New Jersey Centra,. ..-.........'.....'... .lOoA
New YORK Central. ..-................lOl3
Nes York ahG sew kngand.... ......... 81
No,,ols and Western. preferred ......... 49,.
Northern Paclnv ....-................... A..
Northern Pacific. preferred. ........... liza
SOrtngrslcru ....-...........--...... lO2as
Northwestern. prelerrei..........-. Lilo
Pacific Mail. .........'.''.'....'.'.. 2sbs
Reading ........-.......'''''''''' 1914
Rock I-lapd. SiAs
st PAul..................... 7Sls
ST. Paul. preferrsd.............. ..l2sh.
silver Cer.Iucatcs. .-..-....'...... COS
Tennessee ,OsI and lron..,.. 30
Tennessee Coal and Iron, preferred.-.... 9s
Union Pacific. ..................'.'... -...s l3ia
Wabash. ......-.......'.....-...
WABASH, preferred. ................ss-s... 2lls
Western Union. ..........'''....'s'' 49,. - o'p
Wheeling ant Lake Efle................. t5sS
WI enns and Lake srie nre'errei........ o0is
bONDS
Alabama tCiAss ..................."... los
Alspams Glass bI.t..."s..,.s......"..l CS