The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-13
MONEY And INVESTMENTS.
Doinqs Of a Day with Wall Street
Operators.
GENERAL APATHY IN STOCK MARKET.
Limits, hut an undertonc Of
Firmnesn Prevailed.
New York. March 1a.-Dur.ng the grent-

New York. March FIGURING the greftt-
er part OF today the stock market was
given over 20 the same apa,;ee;ic cond%-
ton that has characterized Il for the past
few days. accompanied by the same uii-
dtrtone OF iirmness. which kept mos1
prices up. This firmness in the market
assured Il sharp sivance In prices as soon
as any activity developed, which happen
ed IN i,odey's deahrgs.
Tho Vanderbilt stocks enjoyed the prlif-
opal advantage from the buying move
mont. Omaha showing an advance OF
points and New York Central IA on
large volime of trading, greater in each
case than IN any other railroad stock.
The transactions in Omaha were only ex-
ceeded by those in American Tobacco, the
leader in THE marke.. The large dealings
IN Tobacco which have been lecture for
several days past continued TO-DAY anu
the pnces received an upward impetus
ftom the directol OF inc dsslsion III iaNor
OF the company of the New Jersey SUIT
which sought to annul the charter OF tho
company Under the buying induced py
this news tho stock advanced Us, rms
rise induced roIEzahon5. under which the
stock lost the ad' pn'age and r1lned quite
feeby. sugar WIS cotnpdrIt.vciy uesseti-
cd aud fell to sixth pace on the volume
OF tfausaitlons The nuotuNt.onfs werd
within fractional limits AMI the close
showed no change on the day. Western
Union came forward n prominence IN the
buying and in the last hour was pul'e
largely bought. with u ssu.ttng ai'ance
OF points IN the i9cu There was no
news regard ng the pioTeny ana the
movement seemed to be the result OF pro-
fess oral cascuiai' Ion5 to eu1lize tho
value OF tho stock on the bass OF > per
cent dividend with that Of Munhattan on
a per cent dividend. The lm't"r CON
tinues to seil higher than Western tn-on.
The effect Of the buying OF Western
Union. however. IS Ito stlten the other
Gould shares. Missouri Pac.hc being cs-
pecaily affected. Rubber proved To be
above the heaviest point in the market
aud lost y for the common stock and IA
for the preferred. The ostensihle ground
for the selling of Rubber was the news
OF ihp closing down Of some of the COM
rlnys pTants
There was quite II market inquiry in the
late dealings yr the authricHo coliers
New Jersey Central lost a fraction IN tho
early dcnlines, but under the support OF
tho later buying 1t rose IL, Delaware
and Hudson also ,n1 le an advance Of /,
graf Cers ana Southwcs' erns showed a
strong close. with frack.o nal gains, al
though the roNcment II thsir prce was
oltal during the lay. In the speoialties.
soliiated Gas per cent
There vas nothing N the record or the
day 70 show that the trading was other
than professional aside from come buy
AK of the investment stocks, which. to-
kethcr with The buy ny OF bonds. has
been going on for some time. The mario,
Is sittll extremely narrow and largely san
iect to manipulate We efforts.
The keen Investment demand for high
grade mortgage was mlniieStei in the
DAYS bond operations. in which many
assures recorded substa ii'nl improvements
The mprSo~ was also broader than for
some vim with she speculative ISSUES
q, protecevo committee in tho interest OF
tho AtchisCn Jewell County ami Western