Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-16
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT BUsi-
NESS CENTRES OF THE WORLD.
Prices of Money, Bonds, stocA''
Grain, Tobacco, Cotton C"'"e'
Country Produce, 10, R"reisA
and Domestic.

NEW YORK. May 15.-Chicago Gas anu
Sugar absorbed over one thru Oh 'he
total sales at the Stock Exchange to-uaS,
tho dealings being about equally DIVIDED
hetveen them. There was so little 10 OH
oo,raga selling in Chicago Gas that he
rotive for il must be attributed 10 doup's
~ the value Of the stock being eauai ~
tbe nrice There were evidences OF hea'y
unuidation based on apprehensiohs 'iiA'
- oo,eo,idation measure will fail In
.ho 1uinois Legislature, and with IL the
arrangement for division OF territory wa"
= rival company. Stop orders were
,,or,od IN the way down. bringing large
h1ool,s ~ stock on the sagging market
cre,or also showed weakness, through tne
,ood,,e proceedings against members OF
the company for contempt OF the 0eii@'e
h,t recovered the loss. The GrahserS
u,ere also subjected to special at'acA7
nv the bears, on account OF the weaAiiesS
NJ the wheat market.
There was little announcements 10 puy
- oourse OF the London marhoe,
- Americans were largely negiecteu
a..sf
and nrices were weak. There was n ,i
sast snnrehension, also, as TO what plase
~ Cuban question may have tahcn oIi
NV the time the trading Is resuinSu %.
O 49, IL THE impression prevailed mat
~ tn,an.ions OF the administrator To-
.,,~ Cuha were IN a formative STATE
,'.,tb n nossibillty Of taking on an ass'SS
sive tone. s,.,,o,,ed sonoe
The Anthracite Coalers displayeu so,r,'
e,.,,,ness owing to the covering ol snol =
n,,nr sunday. and only trivial cnaiisSs ~,
curred in their prices. Inc 49, -
ebares also manifested a coil'lnuai'1s ~, y
the strength they dispiayeu 49, ,hoj,
hut II did not outlast the day, az ~ a.,
nrices declined in the later uer,il,s'' ,ra.
p,l'.s tteyn in net losses. There wa
WINS ,,e,.al rally at the close nearly al
.hrorah the list Of from Is to i PEI
e,i. fror, the lowest. the latter in IN
49, &C Some Of the extreme dec.ihe'
go chicago 25-S. Burlington ana GU ny
100 Northwestern I, 81. PAU o., OI'''.
. ord New York, Chicago and 81. LOUIS
- r,a rreferred 1-2, the last-named Win
out rallying. ., so.rr;,ies ar,
u,.hstont,ally lower than week ago ou
49, has not been lacking encourage
-, IN the trading. The subsistence OF
tha fears engendered by the war oetWeei
Turkey and Greece led to Il no'aDIe re
v,val of activity In the foreign marhet'
~ sacnrities and. although American;
~, ,,,,en less attention than other Sc
o,,r,t,es their prices in London improved
"a ,bera were many thousands or share'
hn,,sbt IN the New York market Tor lot
,,' account. The subsistence OF the
h,,,,ing from this quarter was apparently
due IN New Yorks persistent failure &c
raaact the confidence manifested by lot
eigners in American securities. com
r,ission brokers lay stress upon the deai'
ines in bucket shops 20 account lot tn'
- - interest by the outside public In
,ha market. and the Stock Exchange j
tryinq 70 stamp out bucket shops by iega
oroceedings. and to withhold the quota
tons from them and from the puphc a.
large. ,..,.,,, ,,,o,
That the balance on internatlonai Her'
o,,a,,stsa credits was affected by the re-
cent heavy import movement is SHOWN ps
the April trade statement which reports
a,foss Of imports Of merchandise Over
o~norts Of s25 12s 13i. BIT this Still lei
Cor tho ten months Of the financial yeal
an excess of merchandise exported ovei
,,nnorts of $3.50. Sl199i. with net gold I'm
corts for the same period or S1Oo'fol
The enormous import movement seerne1
80 he On fuI force still last week, but the
wee,,'s imports OF dry-goods and mer
cbandjse at New York showed a total o
so as COZ This is still abnormaly large
hrt Is 50 62s. 325 less than last weeks totai
Net declines on the week are general
The early strength In the market resulted
Ia Gains of over point In the Changers
COTTON Oil preferred Chicago Gas. TO
bocco do scrip. Louisville and Nashville
ond Leather. preferred, fractional gains
being general. Subsequent declines IS
tohIished net losses in most of these
excant Tobacco scrip, which maintaine,
It's gain. Norfolk and Western, preferred
gained 334. a..
The bond market was quiet during the
weolr and suffered some sharp declines
In the USUALLY dormant bonds. The UNI
dertone of the general market was fairly
GOOD with purchases for foreign account
exertlng a sustaining influence. The deal
Incs included a large number OF issues
hut the variations in the speculative lines
we're trivial. The principal losses were
peoria Decatur, and Evansville seconds
"a az per cent; do rs. 5; Northern ia.
ciac Terminal. rs 71-2; Louisiana and
Mlssouri-River. is, "a; Western New
York and Pennsylvania. incomes, IL,
Missouri Pacific, consol. 6's. 3 81; and
IJoion Pacific sinking fund. SIS. and Cal
weston. Houston and Henderson. is,
ner cent. Government bonds were quite
largely dealt In, and displayed general
nrmness, with the new as gaming
slightly
n 40 shares, including the Following;
American Tobacco. 100; Chicago Gas.
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