The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-31
THE MARKET A
VARYING ONE.
But Left or Firm at About The Same
Strength as Saturday,
SOME SENSATIONAL ADVANCES
Wcrc Made ia Spccialtics Which Gave
the Market Strength Despite the
Bear Aggression-Th Bond
Market an Irregular one.
SOME SENSATIONAL ADVANCES

NEW YORK. Jan 5O-Ihc movement
OF stocks to-day was extremely varying
and after alternate strength and deprcs-
sion The market left on firm. with mixed
changes. averaging about Saturday
final quotations. The supply of money
continued abundant 40 reasonable rates
and was unaffected by February dividend
and interest requirements. Gold % thc
amount OF $4,000 was engaged fOf lm-
port and cable advices were that three
and "a half million dollars of gold had
been purchased in London for America
The periodical railway earnings reports
chat Appeared were gratifying. Tho
volume of business was again over mill
Hon shares. and because of The continued
activity of Che market 20 number OF come
missiou-houscs now work employees in
SHIFTS. London was a purchaser ou bale
ance to-day. particularly of Northern Pa
cilc ana Readings. and sold Union Pa
Cinc and Louisville. There was cOnsid-
cradle shifting of cOmmissiOn-hOusc ace
counts from one stock To another, with
a. prcpondcrence Of buying orders. Whlcn
more than onset the attacks or the reoc-
tiouists. Sugar was lively traded in, and
lifted On some rumorcd arrangement with
the Glucose Sugar Refining Company AZ
the same time there were denlals from
various sources of prospective agree
menf with local rival cOmpauics Discl0-
sures made by the Pittshurg. Cincinnati
and Chicago and ST. Louis that minority
interests We're construed as favorable,
and resulted in "a sharp advance. pant ol
which was lost on realizing. Gossip had
80 that Northern Pacific was Doc control
of the party Of the larger dividend, and
chat tho stock WAS receiving pool sHp-
port Consolidated Gas jumped points
on assertions that q partial union of ihc
gas interests ON Manhattan island ndd
been effected. Other seusatiOnal advances
were those of Tennessee Coal and Iron.
30, Great Northern preferred tH ana
colorado Fuel and Iron %. Realizing and
renewed bear aggression brought about
hoavincss. bat strength i'm the specialties
and the sputhWester group stcadicd the
market. which resumed it's upward
course. Tho grangcrs. after periods of Inc
activity. rose moderately Ihe Reading
issues were also lifted. Proht-takne
again encouraged a smart raid ON values.
affecting numerous declines General rec
cOyorics cnsucd in the final dealings, and
fhe market closed firm.
The bond market developed considerable
irrogularity to-day Dat the variations for
the most part We're inr0nseueutial Total
sales. S624J.OOO United states SIS reeis-
tered declined Is n tho bid price. and SIS
coupon 's.
Tho total sales of stocks were 1000 loo
shares. including 10 $50 Atchisou. 500
do preferred. 39 GOO Central Pacific. g41o
Chesapeake and Ohio. 12.32u Chicago,
burlington and Quincy. 22.2l1 Louisville
and Nashville De-. eN-diVideud. 1879 Man
haitian. 6.J53 Metropolitan. 1910 Read
inc first preferred. 1900 Missouri Pa
cidc. II 93O Missouri Kansas and Texas
preferred. 81 ggJ Northern Pacific, oG1'
do preferred. 900 ontario and Western,
$3.50 Rock Island. 2j105 ST. Louis and
SAN Francisco preferred, DISCO Union Pa-
ciHc. 394l7 ST. Paul. 1850 Southern Pa
cihc. 1920 southern railway. 20gsj do.
preferred. 1OU-j Texas and Pacific. 3d.
G15 Union Pacific preferred, 2l.loO Amer
Jean Cotton ON. 1900 Federal steel. 49,
ID. D.. q o.