Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-31
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT BUsI-
NESS CENTRES OF THE WORLD.
Prices of Money, Bonds, Stocks,
Grain, Tobacco, Cotton, Cattle,
Country Produce, &C., Foreign
and Domestic.

NEW YORK, August 30-The stock
market moved up this morning and down
this evening, the weakness being due APP
parently to heavy pront-taking in the
Changers, which had moved up buoyantiy
in the morning. Chicago Great Western
suffered most severely from the liquida-
ton, and shows a net loss Of II. Omaha
showed a continuance Of Saturdays
strength, and moved up Ia above Satur-
days close, but lost it all. Rock Island
alone of the group closed fractionally
higher.
The selling movement in the Changers
affected the whole list more or less, and
many prominent stocks closed below
Saturday, after having been materially
above at one time during the day. Some
of the recent speculative favorites had
achieved so large an advantage that the
decline left them something to the good,
and Missouri Pacific closed at the best
price, with net gain OF l IL. Wabash
preferred, after an advance of ga closed
with a net gain Of / IL, and Chesapeake
and Ohio closed 3-s below the top, with
a net gain Of nearly a point Atchison
preferred, Western Union, and Union Pa
cinc also showed a fractional net gain
each. These are notable exceptions TO The
general showing of net losses in the Ist
of active and prominent stocks.
The group Of iron and steel properties
were all strong, Illinois Steel, COLORADO
Fuel, Minnesota Iron, and tennessee Coai
closing higher, the latter two to the eA-
tent of over a point.
There were some remarkable gains
shown In the inactive list, Rotably In
Lake Erie and Western. - common
stock rose points, and the preferred "a.
Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago, and 81.
Louis preferred also rose points each.
In the Industrial group, National Starch
shares sold a point higher, the first pre-
ferred 5 points higher, and the second
preferred 10 points higher. Leather pre-
ferred sold up and then sold down, anu
Sugar fluctuated in an errauc manner
over narrow range. Local gas STOCKS
continued strong on account of the pro-
posed Consolidated interests involved.
Lackawanna dropped points on a single
transaction. although the Coalers as
group were quite firm.
The days market was almost Wholly
technical the news continuing entirely
q
was on a large scale by prominent opera
tors supplemented by commission-house
orders. and the selling was to take profits
the liquidation being encouraged also Dy
some talk of damage to the corn crop.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
az. 2sS shares, including Atchison pre-
ferred 24O0O; Chesapeake and ONO, o.
go. Chicago. Burlington and Quincy To-
GlO: Lake Erie and Western, 1865; MIS-
souri, Pacific, II ,2i0; Northern Pacihc pre-
ferred, $500; Reading, 14,1O5; Rock island,
% $50; St. Paul 1850; st. PAU ana
Omaha, 1895; Southern Railway pre-
ferred 1925; Texas and Paciilc, A'oe1'
Union Pacific, $500; Wabash preferred
6,s67: Bay State Gas Iloo; racine MAI,
~ $50: Tennessee Coal and Iron, 1850;
limited States Leather preferred, $500;
western Union, 1902; Chicago Great
Western, 1890
Railway bonds were strong and gene
rally higher, and suffered less from the
reaction than the stock list. Sales, $500
900. United States bonds were bid up l-S
to Ia all around.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call easy at 1al IL per cent;
last loan at ia per cent; closing Oh
fered at lG1 IA per cent; prime hero''i-
tile paper. 31-2d41 IL per cent.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual DUST
ness I'm bankers bills at si.S5 5-S for de-
mand and sl.Ss S-S@s4.Ss 1-2 for sixty DAYS;
nosted rates, sLSi 1-2QAS IL and si,So
and ASl-2GSAS7; commercial ollis, Sf's-'
silver certificates sass; bar siiVer'
70 Is: Mexican dollars, Al Ia.
Government bonds strong; State pohds
dull. railroad bonds strong.
NEW YORK sTOCK QUOTATIONS.
Closing stocks