The herald., 1897-10-08

was the first offer, and was sold at prices
ranging from 96 to 95 and the first of these
was the highest price of the day. The
stock sold at one time as low as 92ss, the
pressure of long stock being augmented
by vigorous efforts of the bears. Large
blocks of the stock were sold short in the
interest of the bear clique. with the design
of effecting a sympathetic decline of the
general market. The total sales were over
100000 shares. This purchase was only
partly successful and within the first hour
the shorts were covering and the prices of
many stocks rose a point They declined
again under renewed pressure on Chicago
Gas, and for the balance of the day fell
into a condition of almost apathy. The
available offerings of stock at the low
level were apparently exhausted, but 1t
was equally apparent that buyers wre not
ready to bid up prices to point that would
invite sales in any quantity. The announce
ment that 81 600. 900 more of gold had been
engaged for import to New York was with
out apparent effect either upon the stock
market or the exchange market. London
was a buyer to a small extent on balance.
Net changes are very narrow in almost
all cases. and are distributed between gains
and losses The changes in the prices of
bonds were slight, and the volume of deal
ings was small. Total sales, s120o.O00.
United States new As were advanced Il
bid, and the IS rose * bid.
Closing Stocks
NEW YORK, Oct. THE following
are the closing stock quotations:
Atchison ...... 149s do pfd...... 10A
do pfd.... 315s St Paul .......... 96A
Baltimore & o. 10 do pfd..... .140A
Canada Pacific 81 st Paul & Omaha SOS
Canada South. 565s do pfd......1H
Central Pacific II st p M & M.....120
Ches & Ohio. 23 Southern Pac.... 171a
Chicago & A.. ..163 So Railway .... 1913
C B & Q........ 96H do pfd..... 1874
& Z I....... Sc Texas & Pacific -
C & st L.. 3s1a Union Pacific.... 23A
tIo pfd.... Ssla u P D & Co.. 9A
Del & Hudson 116A Wabash ......... 8
d L & W.......15S do pfd...... q
D & r G........ IS W & L E......... 2H
do pfd.... 477s do pfd......1i
Erie (new) .... 165s Adams Express 1854
do list pfd' 40a4 American Ex.. iii
Fort Wayne. ...1eS u s EXpress.... a
Great N pfd....13s Wells-Fargo los
Hooking VAL. 61a Am Cotton OIL. 2SI4
Illinois Cen. .103h do pfd - Is
L e & w.. 10 Am Spirits ...... 1914
do pfd.... 76ls do pfd......1SO
Lake shore....17s Am Tobacco. SO
Louis & Nash. 1884 do pfd ..112
Manhattan L. 1884 Chicago Cas-. 9SiA
Met Traction. .121 Con Gas ......2O7
Mich Central. .10iR Com Cable Co.. lis
MINI & st L.. 241s Col F &I...... o3ih
do lst pfd 81 do pfd...... rs
Missouri Pac.. 37A Genl Electric.... Sc
Mobile & Ohio 26 Illinois Steel.... AZ
NJ x d T...... 15h La Clede Cas-. 421A
do pfd.... S7% Lead ......... S71h
Chi Ind & L.. 1OA do pfd 103
do pfd.... SO Nat Linseed Oil. 1873
j Central. 30 Ore Imp Co.........
Y Central. .109A Pacific Mail...... 35i4
4 st L.. 14% Pullman Palace.176
Go 1st pfd.. 1Sla Silver Cert ...... 56
do I'd pfd. 30 Standard r & T 81
Norfolk West. 1854 Sugar .146A
N Am Co...... AZ do pfd. d......115h
Northern Pac.. 1885 C & I.......... 29Sl
do pfd.... 53as U S Leather.....
Ontario & W.. 17ss do pfd..... 65
o r & No.. 35 u S Rubber. .....17
Ore Short Line 20 do pfd...... e3
Pittsburg ......159 Chicago & G W.. II
Reading ....... 25% Chicago & n w. .124a
Rock Island.... SS5a do pfd .... 1872
st Louis & F.. 81 Western Union. S97s