Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-12-14
MARKET REPORTS BY TELEGRAPH
Iudustrials Were the Feature on Wall
Street.-The List Declined

trlalS. BEFORE the expiration OF the lTSL
hour an effective drive was made against
the industrials and together with the sell
ing to realize profits, caused a decline.
Share speculation opened moderate, ac-
tive and generally lower. Tobacco was
a feature of initial trading, opening with
sales of 5000 shares from 63 to &c, and con-
tnued to fluctuate between those figures.
The closing price last week was CTS. Chi
cago Gas and leather preferred also dis
played exceptional weakness, yielding IA
per cent each. Sugar was in demand at
the opening and gained q per cent, but
subsequently lost all the rise. Reading
sold off &c Tobacco preferred came into
prominence after 1915 through a break of
82i to 9 and subsequently recovered to SO.
The general market displayed an upward
tendency. Tobacco common rallied to Go
and leather preferred IL, sugar rs and
the general market a fraction Reading
declined to 81, a net break of 49, and later
reacted to 99s. The market at II o'clock
was dull and steady.
The room traders made an effective DEM
onStration against the induStrialS after
II. Leather preferred was the chief suf-
ferer, and receded 3A sugar 4, tobacco
IA. The railway list was neglected, but
ruled a fraction lower. Towards midday
covering of shorts caused rally of IA
in tobacco sugar Is and leather preferred
q per cent. Trading in volume al u
o'clock gave the market an upward ten
denCy. The dealings in tobacco was 49,
800 shares.
Government bonds-Flrm and higher.
Money-Nominal at 2A per cent
Sterling eXchange-Steady; %.887s0
4.89 for demand and $4.S7&@4S8 for GO days.
TACOMA WHEAT.
Tacoma, Wash, Dec 9.-Wheat con-
tnues firm. Prices today are: Club, soc;
bluestem, 53c.
PORTLAND WHEAT
and firm with a free movement to tide
water. Walla Walla, 5O451c; Valley. 500
53C per bushel.
SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN.
San Francisco, Dec. 9.-Wheat-Ship-
ping, 81 per Genital for No. 1 and $1.10H
Tor choice; milling, $1.05010712.
Barley-Feed fair to good, 66AQ671&c;
choice, 6624c brewing, 75Q180c.
Oats-Milling, 70Qt75c per GENITAL; Sur
prise 9G@97Hc; fancy feed, 8OQ85c; good to
choice, 6714QS0c; black, for seed, $.l0Q
100; gray, 70475c.
CHICAGO GRAIN.
Chicago, Dec. 9.-Wheat started its ca
reer for the day at decline of from Is
to Nc per bushel. The price took a squirt
up after the visible supply was shown to
have decreased $4,000 bushels instead of
increasing 100000 bushels.
The first decrease in the visible last
year was on December 20 after the total
had reached 1901 900 bushels. This sea-
sons first decrease starts from 60 900, 900
bushels, or 260 100000 smaller than that of
a year ago.
Chicago, Dec. 9-Close: May wheat
CSC; corn, 291sc.
Receipts: Wheat 115,OOO corn $4,000,
oats 248,000.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
u. S. As new Registered and coupons)
1904, u. S. 5s (registered) 115A, do 5s (cou-
pons) 114%, do As Gegstered) 110A, do As
Coupons 1925, Pacific IS Of 1885, SO.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS.
Atchison 1872, Adams Express 148, Amer
lean Express 112, Canadian Pacific 55,
Central Pacific 1872, Burlington S21A, Dis
tillers d Cattle Feeders 49, Great North
ern preferred III, Illinois Central 9612
Kansas & Texas preferred 1894, Lake
Shore 1875, Lead Trust 80, Michigan Cen
trail 1O0 Missouri Pacific 2912, National
Cordage GA, do preferred 49, North Amer
lean 53s, Northern Pacific 4, do preferred
10, Northwestern 1914, do preferred 14712,
New York Central 1894, New York & New
England SO, Oregon Short Line e. Utah
Northern Z, Pacific Mail 3113, Pullman
Palace 1853, Rio Grande & Western II, do
preferred 40, Rock Island a. st. Paul 77s,
do preferred 1874, Southern Pacific 22A,
Sugar Refinery 1865, Union Pacific s,
United States Express A. Wells Fargo Ex-
press 100, Western Union S75s, General
bleclrlc 0o12, Natlonal LlnSeed 2212.
METAL QUOTATIONS.
New York, Dec. Bar silver 66hc.
Copper-Easy; brokers' price, $108712; ex-
change price, $1O.65Q10.75.
Lead-F'irm, $3.271a.
MINING STOCKS.
New York Dec. 9.-Bulwer &c, Chollar
&c, Crown Point 30c, Con. Cal 6, Va. 81,
Deadwood SOC, Gould & Curry 40c, Hale
& Norcross soc, Homestake $20 Iron Silver
$2.25, Mexican S5c, Ontario IS, Ophir $1.25,
Quicksilver 81. do preferred $3.50, Sierra
Nevada COO, Standard $1.55, Union Con-
sOlidated soc, yellow jacket 25c.