The age-herald., 1897-09-29
In Wall straet.

NeW AClk, Sspt. Z6.-1Oday'S market for stocks was asstonis11ingfy dull at times, and the total volume of tramsac- tions asslow as that Of yesterday and were smaller than for many months, the totl sales numbering only about 375, 900 shares. It becomes evident that yester- days dltllness could not be ascribed to the Jewish New eYar holiday. 1t is in fact, believed that the large buying in- Terest which has been so powerful a factor in the recent bull movement has retired from the filed for time and the orders through the custom houses the medium through which the public at large operates, have shown correspond ingly falling off. There are some who believe the large bull operators have al- ready nquidated their holdings and taken their profits. Certain it is that there was no evidence in today's market of any heavy offerings of long stocks. The recent conspicuous buIs neverthe- less seemed to acqufesce and offered lit- tie opposition to the bears Practically all of the professional room traiers have turned bears and their selling is oallsd short selling. Their most vigorous at tack today was directed against the coal CTS on the assertion that the anthracite companies havis been exceeding the d. lotted output and that there was no in- crease in demand that made any ad- vance in the price of coal likely. Some of the prominent industrlals and the grangers, were also under pressure. What spurts of activity were shown dur ing the day were on a downward course of prices and any steadying in the mar ket or recovery brought intense dfullness, indicating the weak undertone. Condi- tions, nevertheless all continued favora- ble as pointing ito a further increase in real values of property. Railroad earn ings all continued to show improvement. London sent the highest prices at the opening and was a buyer of stocks all day, presumably to meet the settlement which was in progress there.
 The repor'a that the government 11ad assented to the foreclosure sale of the Union Pacific on the terms proposed by the re-orga nIzation committee created demand for the stock of thaa company and served to steady the list generally to some extent. The development of dn- 'tersst in the money sf ara ion was a hard endng tendency of domestic exchange on New York in western centers indicated some relaxation of the drain on New
 
 however, continued firm. and foreign ex- change steady. This s.eadiness of for eign> exchange is d hIlbuted to the GOV ering of recent gold importations at San Francisco. The net losses Of the day ex- hend from a fractlon up 10 points.
 Bonds moved in sympathy with stocks. Total sales were only s1,50O,O0O.
 The total sales of stocks today were 373500 shares, dncludhng Atchfson pre- ferred, Il ,955; Chesapeak and Ohio, 10,- 660; Burlington, 23.522; Louisville and Nashville, 9.030; Missouri Pacific, 7,155; New York Central. 6,171; Northern Pa eJfic preferred, 11,94S; Reading, 6,O55; Rock Island. S,740; St. Paul, 40,705; St. Paul and Omaha, 5,92o; Southern Rail- way preferred, ,5.090; Union Pacific, 55,- 9S4; Chicago Gas, 2s,515; Sugar. 26341; Chicago Great Western, 1O,245.. cng, X-s15 ;5d6 znb mIb mb mb mb mbm
 Money on call steady at 2h@3 per cent; last loan, 8; closed at 21s@3 per cent.
 cent.
 Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in ba nasers' bills at $4.S5@ 4.S5A for demand and at $A82%@483 for sixty days.
 4S6k.
 Commercial bills, SASHA.
 Silver certificates, 541s@D561ac.
 Bar silver. 5414c.
 Mexican dollars, 451Hc.
 Government bonds, firm.
 State bonds, dull
 Railroad bonds, weak.
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