The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-13
NEW YORK MARKETS.



NEW YORK Dec Ia-Ssocks made very
material progress today in the present up
ward movement and left of ouoyaB1 with
advances in standard stocks ranging from
10 points. while this rise was exceeded
IN many less prominent issues. notably
FlllfIsaT. Third Avenue and Edison Iliumi-
mating. The transactions for the day in
STOCKS and bonds We're on an enormous
scale. immense blocks OF securities chang
fiag naads al rising ngures. Early quota
TORS were in strong sympathy with Lon
doh Where there was scramble for stocks
even after the closing for the new account,
which opens tomorrow Commission houses
were in receipt OF many orders 10 buy at
ene market, and the volume OF business
onset frequent efforts to depress values.
Reports OF traffic earnings for the first
week in December were Amos; uniformly
favorable. as were several beIated Noyrnl-
Der statements of gross earnings. An in
cldent exerting favorable effect was the
receipt OF over S.uV.GE6 I'm gold from
France and London The immense demand
for bonds. in which the transactions reach
ed over Ss.0eeee. exerted a favorable infiu-
ence in stocks. as dsi a tendency To dis
count January dividend Disbursements.
Atchison preferred, on transactions OF l5oeeo
were made by brokers' identified with prom
inent interests active in other properties.
The drift Of speculative activity in the
GranCer'S Interrupted favoFably. High
priced investment stocks like the Changers.
Great Northern preferred. New Haven X
Hartford and Albany & SJsequehanna, rose
".
ed upward New York Ceatrars price
crossed that of Pennsyly ania. The coalers
on favorable trade outlook we're conspicu-
Gus for advances. General Electric respond
Ell 10 sales of It's products abroad. PaciEics
were strong with the rest OF the market.
Northern Pacific overcoming the early
heaviness. due to the reports that the conf
pany favored extensions into oregon Nay
gation Company territory.
The market fer bonds was one OF the
strongest and most active OF the year, there
being many advances OF point or more.
A renewal of foreign buying on consider
able scale was noticeable.
Atchison issues expanded and great
many other noteworthy gains were chroni-
cied in leading mortgages Total sales
were S. ,0c0 United States new as, the
old Is coupon. and the IS registered adj
vanced y in the bid price.
Money and Exchange.
Money on call. 2Aq2ia per cent; last
loans. y. per cent; prime mercantile paper.
3AI4 per cent. sterling exchange. easier,
with actual business In bankers bills at
81 Sii. m4sss for demand. and at S4sl.eG
ISL; commercial bills. s4sea2 silver GER
tificates 5si56fossc: bar silver. ssasc; Next
can dollars. 46txc.
Government bonds, strong: state bonds.
frmer; railroad bonds, strong
bonds.
U. s. SIS ... .l0SsslN J. Cen IS liza
New As. reg .1es4 North Car IS LIZ,
New is, coup .12Sia Fours -: ....'m4
Fours, coup ..1l3 Threes ea92
Twos, reg -. ANssi .fours ,',,'t0-.
Elves, reg ....n3 lNf.C. az ST LIS togTs
Fives coup ..1127sl Nor. & West. es IL.
District 8 Gas his IN. w. ConsoS LIZ
Ala.-ClasS A ..19 DEB. as -.-.-'i,H
Glass B .lo9 Ior. Nav. lists lii
Currency :. ..11f iOr s. l.. es, |. ri5e
Adj As .... 77s+iPac SIS Of '95 ...lo2l4
Can. So. eds -. Nos Reading ~ .. SOS
ches. d o. 4'2s 9e&s T. e. w ISIS :: =. ,ss
chi. Term. is . 9ls, lSt.L. & ST. CTS. i23Ss
G.. III. Il p. siss. 1n4ssiSt Paul Con loZe
D; s. X. G. lists 9S lstPc. Pis's iSei
East s9uF Tenn lists io9isIs ' z. Non-Fand
Erie Gen. As -. 70 $50. Railway IS los
p W&D Iststr Sc Istand r. & L. s. 19t2
Gen Eiec 5s ..I07Ie Tenn. new set IS 9a
G.. II. & S. A. es.l os P l. @. ls's'lee.s
II. & r, Cen. ss .ii2 Union Pac. as. lns
Con IS ........lil IUP.,D q G.ists 81.
Iowa c. lists lot Wabash 1st IS lib
Ia New Con Is f07 ! Seconds =. siis
L. & n Uni. is. 81 west Shore Is .llg14
Missouri is - 100 iva Centuries 81
Mo. X. G. T. eds G. | Deferred :. si2
Fours 49, -. eoi4IWis. Cen. lists %
y. Y. Cen. lists .li4l
stocks-Railroad.
Atchison .... -. l7lzlN. ]. Central g
Preferred . . 5Dssi y Y. Central ...12Dss
Bait. a Ohio - 5sI, N Y. G. &. St. l. "a
Brook Rap. TT. 1875 list preferred 80
Canada Pac -. s4s4 "a preferred $eA
Canada south @7f2f4Nof- htSS
Central Pac -. sFfsi North Am. Co e.s
Ches. & Ohio -. 26tsE Nor. Pac .....-.- 9lTa
Chi. & Alton ...l6l%l Preferred -
chi en- p = ii s Tor. Raj 4 Nav 3
Preferred . Iil&lOr. Short Line 8
Chi. CT. West :. IFS Pac. Coast list p q
chi. md & l.. :. 7ia. "a preferred %
chi & \. wesl1Ss5s Reading -. -. lss.
Preferred ..lS LIST preferred SOS
pTefsrrsd >. :. 90 Preferred :. =. SO
ne, e Hud -. '10sIkIRock Island HOS
Del. L. l. w .lis fsi l. & S. F., So
Den q r. G. -. 1sss LIST preferred sSia
preferred :. :. CAS- "a preferred -. 5Sss
t-ria (newl . 1afziSt L. Il 5. w Is
lst preferred . S6TsI Preferred -. Is
Fort Wavne .l75 tSt. Paul -. lifts
Git. Nor. pre- ..-iSss@i Pref.rrea .'-lsss
Illinois Cen ...-.1itfsl Preferrsd .''es
I. r. & West :. 1assist. p, NJ. & MIA
Preferred :. :. $3.50 Pae ......... 2sA
T.aks shore -. .ls5 SO. Railway -. lois
Louis 4 Nash cas- Preferred -. sess
Manhattan I, . gaSlzlrex Il pac l6+s
Met ST ny .'.'lsS On safo- Ia 1900 as
MINI. l. St l. :. 2Si5lr, p. ID. & G. le.s
Ist preferred s5i+ Wabash -. ~
Missouri pae - 427sl Preferred =. @Z4
Monte & ohio . al wheel. & l.. z. =,
Mo X * r. =. Ia Preferred - ga
Preferred 36ae
Express Companies.
Adams los limited States -. =
American 49,. III Wells Fargo LII
Miscellaneous.
Am. Cot. OIL -. sHajLead -. ....-..- g
tSrafer~e-f , sea-; Preferred :. lib
Amer Spirits =. l2a4 Mimi. Iron $500
Yref4rred :. :. 8l4l Nat In OIL 49,. ~
~ robarc, LIZ Pacific Mail 49,. 437.
Preferred . .l2s Peoples Gas ....lIesA
Cen. Gas 1874 Pullman Pal ....ifs
Com Gable Co 10 lSilver Ger ...s.: s.9
"a. Tslel 4 I =. 9l4 Island. Rope & T ~
Preferred 81. =. q sugar 49,. .-.. l%sse
Federal steel e. g Preferred LIES
Preferred o.. =. ~ Tenn. Coal Il 5s@s
Ga Electric " s37&lC 8. LEATHER 80. SO
ffssy com CO - Preferred D.. 80. sssx
Tfsrois Steel go IL 8 Rubber -. a.
IaternatI Paper g Preferred .,.ll2,*
Preferred sS tWest. Union 49,. s9s2
Ia Cleie Gas -
Mining stocks.
r,ntvver 49,. ...... ..iCufario -. ...... 30
C65llar 49,. 49,. .zoph!r -. 81
crown Point -. l1.P.ymou,h Ie
con cal 81 Na 1z4 Quicksilver 49,. lE
f3esssvyoci . 80. -. Preferred -. i5e
s,os,I,l * Garry 28iS.erra Nevada 100
so