The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-19

OH, Chicago Gas and Western Union 4
per cent; General Electric 3-8 per cent;
northwestern per cent; Leather pre-
Ierred 1-2 per cent. In the usually neg
lected shares, Hooking Valley preferred
was dealt in at IS per cent. as against
% per cent, the last preceding sale
Around delivery hour covering and, 10 a
! iessened extent, supporting orders c2us-
ed rallies Of d point or therea bouts in
most OF the active shares. Prices again
slumped in short order, however, and
the lowest figures of the day were in the
half-hour, and in that space the greatest
| activity was noted. Aside from the gen.
eral depressing influence of the Wash
| ington news, Sugar was unfavora bly, af-
| fected by the reports of probable bit
ter contest with the Arbuckle interests.
involving the engagement of the man.
| agement of the company in the coffee
business. The iron and steel stocks also
suffered from the Generalization in
/ those industries. The market closed
feverish at a fractional recovery from
the lowest prices.
The total sales of stocks today were
3S3,O49 shares, including: American To-
bacco 3,40O; American Sugar 1890; Bur
Hngton and Quincy $500; Chicago Gas
IZ'oOO; Evansville and Terre Haute Il 500;
Louisville and Nashville 1880: Man
haitian Consolidated 16, 500; Missouri Pa
cine 500; Reading Al, LOO; Rock Island
300; st. Paul 40,3G0; Tennessee Coal
and Iron 10,1C0; Union Pacific 400; Wa
bash preferred 3,10O; Western Union TO-
900; Southern Railroad $500; Southern
Railroad preferred S,1G0.
Zoe railway and miscellaneous bond
market was weak in sympathy with the
stump IN stocks. Liquidation WAS most
severe in the specialties issues. The
clines were in Reading second preferred
3 "a Per cent; Erie firsts rer cent; Erie /
general fours l IA per cent; Kansas and /
Texas seconds and Southern Railway !
3 3-S per cent: Toledo, St. Louis and !
Kansas City first trust receipts Stand /
ard Rope SKIES and Southern firsts . per
cent; Southern trust receipts and Chesa-
peake and Ohio 1 1-2 per cent; Northern
Pacific general fours 1-S per cent: Tex
as Pacific general 3-S; Union Elevated
drsts 1 Ia per cent and Chicago ard
Northern Pacific firsts lis per cent.
Ohio and Mississippi seconds exception
ally rose per cent to lis.
Governments were weak and fraction
ally lower on sales OF $S5, 600.
BRADSTREET'S STOCK REVIEW.
New York, Dec. 1S.-Bradstreet's re-
Tiew OF the stock market tomorrow will
say:
shortly after noon on Friday the mar
let received a shock from the announce
nent that the senate foreign relations
committee had decided to report with
avoraoie recommendations Senator
resolutions recognizing the
Independence or Cuba. Heavy liquda-
ions and marked declines ensued. the
market being apparently without SUD-
,ort. save from the buying to cover
horts. The violence of the break and
ne attendant circumstances recall the
'enezuela episode of last December. and
would seem that the street was To ! 5
ome extent influenced by the memories
. that occasion and were thus. possibly
lsposeo 10 exaggerate the danger of the Q
tuatlon, either as regards political con-
equences or its effect on prices. eiths. +
ere or in London. s
p to the moment that this deveIop- e
lent appeared, sentiment was apparent 5
changing for the Better and nrices q
ward the close of the week displayed
iore or less improvement, mainly ON \