Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-25
THE wIAIHEB IN RICHMOND YESTERDAY
was clear and fair.
Mean temperature. ...........59 l.
NEW YORK sToCK-MARKET.

NEW YORK. Decemper 2L-Stocks
ruled higher again to-day, and feeling
Of confidence prevailed In financial cir
ces. Purchases on a large scale were
made for both long and short account,
under which prices scored gains, ranging
from / TO per cent. This gain was due
to the general belief that Mr.. Morgan's
visit 10 Washington IS Tor the purpose
Of consulting with the powers that be- IN
case, by any chance. the measures for re-
lief OF the Treasury should fail TO meet
with congressional approval.
Another important influence at work
was the comparative ease Of money,
Stock Exchange borrowers having ex-
perienced no difficulty in supplying their
wants AT per cent. and even below
that figure. No demand was made on the
Clearing House Loan Committee for GER
tihcates, and none IS booked for, IN
less the unexpected happens.
An important factor which made the
improvement was the comparatively light
engagements OF gold for shipment TO Eu-
rope tomorrow Less than two millions
were engaged. II is 10 be said. however
that the difficulty IN securing greenbacks
hampered certain spectators.
Features Of the trading were the pur-
chase of small lots FOR investment ac-
count and buying by brokers who lost
their heads in the panic last week, and
closed out their customers accounts.
There was also a disposition TO view
the Venezuela boundary dispute from a
more pacific standpoint, and this led 20
more or less buying OF securities.
The result was an advance in prices
ranging anywhere from l Is to i3-i per-
cent. Rock Island sold up 81; Con-
solidated Gas. 41-2: Sugar. 3 Il; Tobacco,
43-s: Bay State Gas, Az: Canada South
ern. PA: Big Four 3l-4. Delaware ana
Hudson 4: Iowa Central preferred. II;
Lake Erie and Western preferred, 23-4;
Lake Shore, "a: Louisville and Nash
VILE. 23-i Manhattan. 2l-2; Minnesota
and ST. Louis. second preferred. Is;
Kansas and Texas. preferred. 2l-f; Mis-
souri, pacific ~: Lead. preferred, 81;
Pullman. ,: Southern railway, preferred.
,; Burlington. 81; Chicago Gas, ii;
Northwestern, IS; St. Paul. II;
Omaha, ,. and do. preferred. 23-4.
In the final transactions there was some
disposition TO realize profits. and re-
action OF ld2 IL followed; Union Pacinc
and Reading were heavy, and fell I rs
and SIS. respectively.
Speculation closed firm. Net changes
show gains of IL and 1 per cent. Della
ware and Hudson. the Changers and In
dustrials leading. The total sales were
$50, 1874 shares.
The bond market was firm. with the
demand good. The sales footed up 1885,
00o.
The sales Of listed stocks aggregated
277.5ls shares, and OF unlisted stocks
81 .655 shares.
Treasury balances: Coin, $50. s62, 30; cur
rency. SOL, f5,7O5
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call easier at 5n9 per cent;
last loan al ;. and closing offered al .
per cent Prime mercantile paper.
l-2d5 IL per cent.
Bar silver, CO L.: Mexican dollars. 20 Ii.
Silver at the board duh.
Sterling exchange strong. with actual
business in bankers bills at sissasiS IL
for sixty days. and si.ss 3-4dsi.o II for de-
mand. posted rates. "a. ssfsisl; CONNER
mercial bills. Sass Ii
Government bonds weak; State BONDS
ouiet; railroad bonds firm.
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