The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-31
PlgANCE AND COMMERCE
THB CLOSING QUOTATIONS or
MONET.
Offerings and Sales NJ the Bichmond To.
bncco Txchango--intcrnal Revenue
Collections Foreign Advances.

NEW YORK, August 30.-Tho stock
market moved up this morning and down
this evening, weakness being due appa-
rentlv 90 heavy proht-taSing In The
KraugCrs. which had moved up buoyanty
In tho morning. Chicago Great western
suffered most severely from the lQnlct-
zion. and shows net loss OF lil. Dm"iA
showed "a continuance OF SATURDAY
strength. and moved up ~ above satoi-
days close. but lost e an. ROCK lsia ii,
alone Of the group closed fiacuohauy
higher. The selling movement Ut tnt
er0ngcrs affected the whole iift more or
less, and many prominent STOCKS elos'u
below Saturday, after having been mate
rally above 40 one time during the GAY.
Some OF the recent speculative faVoIitcs
fed achieved so large an advantage thdt
the decline left them something 70 tho
to0d. ana Missouri Pacific closed az ihe
host price with net gain or l'2i va
1ash preferred. after ON advance oi IA
closed with net eain Of -. aud 'hcsa-
geake and Ohio closed IFS below thc TOP
with a net gain OF nearly point Atchi-
son preferred Western Union ana Union
Pacific also showed fractional net gam.
These ere tho notable exceptions TO the
general showing of net losses in the list
of active and prominent stocks. me
group Of iron and steel properties were
an strong, Illinois steel. Colorado Fuel.
Minnesota Iron ana Tennessee Coal clos
ing higher. the latter two 20 the extent
of over point There was some some re
markablc gains shown in the inactiVH list.
notably Lake Erie and Western. The
common stocks rose 3 points and pre-
fcrred ia Iittsburg Cincinnati, thicago
and st. Louis preferred also rose TWO
points fn the Industrial group National
Starch shares sold at a point higher. the
first preferred points higher and the
second preferred 10 points higher. Leather
preferred sold up and then sold down.
and Sugar nuctuated in an errauc man
Local gas stocks continued strong on
account or the proposed consolidated IN
terests involved. LaCkaw0nna dropped 3
points ON single transaction. although
90 coolers as group were quite firm.
Inc days market was almost wholly
tcChnicai, the news continuing entirely In
.avor of Increased prices. London prices
.0r American securities same somewhat.
Aut opened during the day without apua-
renty having the slightest erect on this
market The buying was on "a large scale
by prominent operators. supplemented by
commission-houso orders, and the selling
was 20 take profits. the liquidation being
encouraged also by some talk Of damage
10 the corn crop.
The total sales Of stocks to-day were
l18.20s shares. including Atchison pre-
ferred, 1900; Chesapeake and Ohio. 3G.-
30; Chicago. Burlington and Quincy, 10
Go; Laae Erie and Western. 3 0Gs. Mis-
souri, Pacific, 1920. Northern Pacific pre-
fcrred, 62O Reading. l4.lOJ. Rock Island.
omaha. n n9j; Southern railway pre-
ferred, 1925. Texas and Pacific. 1865.
Union Pacific $500. Wabash preferred.
l6s SCI, Bay State Gas, 100. Pacific Mail
l3 ISD; Tennessee Coal and Iron, 1860:
United States Leather preferred. GSO0,
western Union 1902 Chicago Great
Western. 10 230
Railway bonds were strong and eener-
ally higher and suffered less from the
800 600
United states bonds were bid mp H0H
on around.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE Money on
call easy at 1Nlia per cent; last loan.
ia per cent. closed offered at 1N1H per
cent, prime mercantile paper. 3hN4h per
cent Sterling exchange firm. with actual
business in bankers bills at 1855 for
demand and at 4S't0 1891 for sixty DAYS:
posted rates 4sfih01S5i5 and 4SJ04S7;
commercial bills. $50 Silver certificates.
12Njj. bar silver j2k: Mexican dollars.
ana. Government bonds strong: State
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