The age-herald., 1897-08-17
In Wall Street.

New York, Aug. 16.-Today's market for stocks had an appearance or actual dulness. But this was only by eontrasR with recent markets. The total sales fell. below half million shares bysoNer 50,O00; shares, something it did nol do for any whole trading day of last week. There was large falling off also in the activiF ty in the bond department. Whatever' striking animation there was, was in the first hour of trading.
 The buying during this period was brisk arlbtrage brokers joining wiih the commission houses to swell the total. These represented .he working off of the accumulated orders over Sunday. Lon-i don bought some shares at the same time 1t was selling others. AS result of this lively demand prices bounded up lightly new. record prices for the year being made in number of prominen stocks, The grangers were actively traded in at the higher level, Burlington showing the sharpest gain, but St. Paul being most actively dealt in. St. Paul was the leader of the list and was quite largely bought for London account Burlington touched 99A in the opening dealings, but closed point below that The other grangers moved over much narrower range but closed but little above the lowest. The upward bound of prices at the opening invited reaEizat ton sales. The profession- al bears added their u. most efforts They had in their faIvior some reports of crop damage in the west and tEhe result was soon shown in reaction of prices for. the grangers and St. Paul and North western, which had a sympathetic effect upon the whole list. Prices of many stocks were carried below Saturdays s close and consequently prices of most of the; active leaders of the market show only slight changes from yesterday. The. met changes though slight are mcstly gains one or two of the grangers being exceptfons The undertone of strength in the market was again 5trikingly manl- fes. ed by the dulness that set in up@4 the declhna in prices. Sugar again asst n- ed a prominent part in the dealings and touched new high record price at 149H, but reacted nearly point before the close. Tobacco was also largely deaA in opening at a sharp gain, but selling offl during the day. Chicago Gas also show ed some signs of renewed activity, but 1t suffered from ,ahe re-ac. ion to the market. although the early strsngth carried many stocks to a point or over above Satur- days colse, the gain was in most cases practically wiped out. The Vanderbilt stocks, particularly Chesapeake and Ohio, land Cleveland Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis were notably firm all day, clos ing near Glhe top The latter's preferred stock was bid up five points. T'
 The total sales of stocks for the day were 413161 shares, including Atchison preferred, S,132; Chesapeake and Ohio, A,- 590; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 24,- 210; Louisville and Nashville, ,530 New Albany and Chicago, 7.450; New York Central, 8, ,130; Northern Pacific, S,S9G; do preferred, 1S,3S0; Rock Island, S,700; St. Paul, 34 ,275; Union Pacific. 15.050 Ameri- can Tobacco, 1S,S50; American Spirits, 7,-i 750 Chicago Gas, 17,970; Sugar, 30,l2G; Chi cago Great Western, 17,420
 The bond market showed marked dminution in the volume of trading as. compared with recent averages, the total falling short of $2,00o,0oo. The specula- tion also lacked the aggressive strength, but the market was fairly well SuppOrtsd d and some substantial gains were register ed in the less known issues. The aggre- gate transactions Were s1,793,00o.
 Governments were heavier, and re- ceeded g. fraction on light offerings.
 Money on call easy at log per cent; last loan 1@11s per cent; close offered at IF per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper 3h@4 per cent.
 Sterling exchange weak. with actual business in bankers bills at s4. .S51s9A for demand and at $4.23H@9 for sixty days.
 Posted rates. s4 S51h@$4. S61sG$4S7.
 Commercial bills, s4.S21z.
 Silver certificates, 551ac.
 Bar silver, 553sc.
 Mexican dollars, 415sc.
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