Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-11-25
REPORTS
MARKET
NEW YORk sroCK N1AREET.


full Of railroad stocks. A few col!sric-
uous railroad stocks pursued an up
ward course, while the induStrialS We're
on the down grade. The movement in
the railroads proved rather NOR" in
ftuential on the general list than that
in the industrials. The undertune OF
the market was Enthusiastically strons,
and in the latter part Of the day thu.
strength became more general Profit
taking before the close reduced prices
from the best. In the body of the ;lc-
tive list net changes are Surprisingly
small and while the majority are.
gains there are important exceptions
on the side of losses The Baltimore.
and Ohio stocks wer. the center of in
tefeSt. The buying of these stocks was
large from the opening. but as the clos
!ts Hour approached t. dealings as
sumed astonishing magnitude. Blocks
OF many thousand shares Of the prefer
red succeeded each other in quick sue
cessl"n and were ieterlnincdly absorb
81 on = constantly rising price. The
bn0yancy of the stock carried it up an
extreme 3A points and the closing was;
only slightly below that The net
gains i'll the common was lTs There.
was Il heavy demand for Union Pacific.
hut rroflt taking met the advance above
Il and net gain was only slightly over
point. Dealings in PENNSYLVANIA.
Were on an unusually large scale ana il
rose an extreme 2M With IL reaction Of
4 4 Hooking Valley stocks gained
oyer a point each on the declaration oc
The first dividend on the preferred
FENE,E>ISH Speculation.
There WAS 4 fcveriSh speculation in
Consolidated Gas before the announce
1n"nt Of the determination not Ia al-
vance the price Of the product thus ne
csssitating the continuance Of the. do
structiNr rate war. Tho stock sold up
~" and then relapscd ~. ANA closed at
fractional recovery Thrr,. were
som" evidences of strength here, ana
there amongst tn" industrials
Reports of British successes In South
Africa We're used with some effect hy
the bulls. although London was a s,l-
Ter on balance in this market st
fduIS third week statement showing
At increase Of nearly S!1l.O0O over last
yea; and other favorable railroad
S,;', 81, IT. rad strengthening effect
on III" list as did the placing Of Hook
ing valley preferred in the dividend
list with the declaration OF th,. FIRST
dividend Of l 4 per cent
IN" principal point Of interest in to-
days trading was the belief that 10
inorT"w'S bank statement will make. a
strong showing ana thus give an impe-
ius +" speculation on Monday The
Sab-1reaSury operations for the wr,.l.
SHOW Il gain by the banks Of SIS. 49,, 900
ttS ne loan expansion DOES not seem 10
have been Very large Il very cons idrr.,-
Cd seems probable.
m" total sales Of stocks today were
S""S 500. Stocks closed as follows:
Alchison ...................... 22al
Atchison, prefd GfE
BALTIC 4 Ohio " 40;
Canadian Pacific " o. :
Canada Southern "a
mesa q Ohio Observation-Disclosures. 2S+s
Chicago Great Western l4l.
Chic Bur. & Quincy 1912
, It1,J O. T
chic Ind. & Louis. pref'd SO
chic & East. Illinois .. %
Chic x Northwestern 1881;
chic Rock Island & Pacific ......ll3.,
&. G. c. X st. Louis .. G35.
colorado Southern ..... 81,
Colorado Southern, LIST prtf'u 4SiG
colorado southern, "a pref'd . 1884
Del. & Hudson 1o1
Del Lack. d Western 1897
Denver & II. G.. pO.s
Denver 4 x. g.. pref'd ...... 7514
49,, -, '.'.....-....... l23s
ere lst rref'd Observation-Disclosures. 3Ga,
Great Northern, pref'd 1-GiS
Hooking Coal 1Sa,
Hooking Valley 34i:
illinois Central Northumberland. 1l57I
iowa t,entral ......... Enthusiastically. 14A
iowa Central. pref'd .. so
l>an. City, Pitts. & Gulf 81.
Lake Erie & Western 81
l.. T. " Western, pref'C .... so
I-'hc 'olloFe 2Hi
Louisville & Nashville ...... sG,h
Manhattan L. 1oa :
Metropolitan st. nv. 1o21a
Mexican Central ,3lT
Mimi & St Louis IS
Mlnn u st. L., pref'd y7lh
Missouri Pacific ,s5Z
Mobile & Ohio A.
Missouri Kan. e. Tex 1917
Missouri Kan. & Tex, ,,rafl 20
New JERSEY Central 1on
New York Central l37M
Norlolk " Western Observation-Disclosures. 27la
Norfolk & Western. prerd .... ilL
Northern Pacific ..-....... :,1s1
Northern Pacific. pl-ef'd 75N
I ,nelilo g Western Observation-Disclosures. 25lA
oregon ny. & Nay, prcf'd ~
pennsylvania l%,fh
- ,'',!iiS ..s.......- ........ :0h
lteat'ing. lst pref'd :S-T
t{eadins. 20 pref'd II :
X" Grande Western " AZ
RIO Grandc Wcste IN. prcf.a %0,h
=. Louis & San Fran. 1c;.
-. i. d San T., lst pref'd -
- -. j.. d san r.. 20 prcf'd 26a,
e. e.. i-'u'~' :""UthE eStern ........... l2Ts
g, inuiS' southwestern, pref'd :. =. 31@,
O. g s'ui .-.:............. 1913
81. Paul. pre6'd 1--.14
St. Paul & Omaha - ne
Southern Pacific tY-z
southern Railway 1873.
southern Railway. Iref'G ,SlS
texas d Pacific 1S.a
Union Pacific .naS
mon Pacific, Ircfd TX
th;ush sA
Wabash, prrf'd " ooso
Mnee!ins & u. f. - l0T
~, x T. r.. "a prefd ~ 2y7l
I" iSH"nsln Central ... 1879
TX FRESS COMPANIES.