The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-26
STOCK DEALINGS
WERE RATHER DULL
TheMarket Was Generally Heavy
in the Forenoon.
LOUISVILLE AND SOUTHERN
Were Sold by London in Large Blocks
Tennessee Coal, Iron ard Rail-
road Recovered from Its
Early Weakness.
LOUISVILLE AND SOUTHERN

New York, April 25.-Dealing in stocks
today was rather dull. The market was
generally heavy in the forenoon, while in
the afternoon strength appeared especially
among those stocks which have been most
depressed early.
The grangers initiated the Improvement
co-incident with the weakness in wheat.
London was a seller of the internatonals,
particularly of Louisville and Southern.
Although the professional element was
bearish, speculation throughout displayed
an undertone of resistance which caused
many of the trading element to reverse
their tactics. Among the generally inact-
i've shares very material advances appeared
in Minneapolis and st. Louis, Detroit Gas,
Canadian Pacific and Illinois Central. Ana
conda mining advanced sharply on contin-
ued gossip connecting it with the proposed
consolidation. Sugar, Glucose and Metro
poitan were well supported and Tennessee
Coal more than recovered from its early
weakness. Gossip was revived of some
alliance between the sugar and Glucose in
terests, but nothing definite was made
known in this connection, parties who
should know being non-eommittal. In the
money and sterling exchange markets
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near the close when heavy realizing, espec-
tally in Manhattan, cut off part of the adj
vance, leaving the market weak, although
number of shares retained good advances
on the day.
Business in bonds was well distributed
today and prices were, in the main, higher.
Total sales, 3d. 900.
United States 5s, coupon, declined u in
the bid price.
Total sales of stocks today were 5S1, SAC
shares, Including American Cotton Oil, 3,29O;
American Smelling and Refining, 400;
American Steel and Wire, 5000; American
Sugar, $4,000; American Tin Plate, 31GO
Anaconda, $1,000; Brooklyn Transit, 81 500;
do. rights, 400; Burlington, 1890; Chesa-
peake and Ohio, L, 700; Chicago Consolidate ed
Traction, $780, Chicago Great Western, 81
300 Cincinnati. Cleveland, Chicago and ST.
Louis, $780, Colorado Fuel and 1ron 4.S00;
Continental Tobacco II 400: Federal Steel
$500; do preferred 1900, Glucose Sugar
Refining, 13,900 Louisville and Nashville,
10,o00 Manhattan, % 500; Metropolitan, $780,
Mexican Central, $500; Missouri Pacific, g.
500 National Steel, $780, New York Cen
trail, $500; Norfolk and Western, 400;
Northern Pacific, 5000; Ontario and West
ern, 1000; Pennsylvania, 1900; Rock Island
1900; ST. Louis Southwestern, $500; do pre-
ferred, $780, st. Paul, 26200; Southern pre-
ferred $780, Tennessee Coal and Iron, 12,
100; Union Pacific, $780, Illinois Central, A.
200 International Paper, $500; Silver bull
lion, II 900 ounces; Atchson preferred, H.
500.
Money on call, steady at .S1kQ4 per cent;
last loan, at 312.
Prime mercantile paper, 31sGl4A per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S71s@$4.S71a
for demand, and $4.S51$4S5A for sixty days.
Posted rates. $4.S51a6f$4S6 and $4.S71zQSISS.
Commercial bills, $4.S4@s4S41a
Silver certificates, i61GG1A.
Bar silver, 601s.
Mexican dollars, 47%.
Government bonds easier.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds firmer.