The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-21
Rise in Elevated and
Loss in Central
Massachusetts,.
BUTTE AND BOSTON UP 8 81.
Copper Share Revival
Ceases in
Boston.

There was a distinct heaviness in the
tone of the Wall street trading yester-
day. Sugar fell 15s. Leather 81 and
Steel & Wire rs, with other industrials
conspicuously heavy and the general
list sharing in the weakness. Trading
was quiet in comparison with recent
days.
Boston's revival of copper share ae-
tivity did not make further Roadway,
indeed some of the specialties recorded
declines, notably Arcadian, with a loss
from 81 to So. There was little interest
in mining stocks generally, and the
nome features were weakness in Bos-
ton Elevated and strength in Central
Massachusetts preferred. Elevated
fell 21a, to 1917, rallying 12, while Cen
trail Massachusetts preferred was up g.
at 65, and common 115, at II. There was
one exemption to rule of neglect and
semi-heaviness in the mining stocks,
Butte & Boston rising 5%, to rs. Cen
tennial was " lower, at rs, and United
States y lower, at 80. Oseeola sold ex-
dividend of So, at 500. The market
was narrow all day, with little change
in prices beyond those mentioned. 1t
did not increase in animation in the
afternoon, but showed steadiness. 1t
was not a bad market by any means,
prices generally holding well, with a
few good gains as recorded.
The New York stock market opened
irregular. American Steel & Wire 1915,
Atchison preferred 665s, c. B. & @.
1925, ex-dividend; Continental Tobac-
co 431R, Federal Steel 5S3s, Leather 251a,
Leather preferred SO, Louisville &
Nashville 81, Manhattan 106, Missouri
Pacific 49ss, Brooklyn Rapid Transit
S91a, Northern Pacific sc, Peoples Gas
1l3%, Sugar 100, st. Paul 1868, South
ern preferred 575s, Tennessee Coal &
Iron It's, Union Pacific sos, Union Pa
cific preferred TN. Changes in the
prices of stocks at the opening We're
gains in majority of cases. Leather
preferred, Glucose and American
Hoop We're up point. Otherwise
changes were small fractions, and a
number of prominent stocks made
losses. Tennessee Coal lost a point. A
raid on Manhattan forced it down ~.
Other specialties fell 1@S points, Ten
nessee Coal leading. Realizations in
Baltimore & Ohio preferred and offer
ings of c. B. & Q. and ST. Paul caused
sharp declines in the first hour, and
promoted weakness in the standard is
sues. Sugar was very erratic but
seemed better supported than other in
There was a marked contraction in
the volume Of business during the Sec
ond hour, but nevertheless prices con-
tinued to sag. Smelling dropped 2
points. Losses otherwise were small,
Most of the prominent bonds were
slightly lower. Weakness continued
manifest for some time after midday.
Leather was conspicuous with drop
OF "a. Expectations of a supreme
court decision in a case directed
against the combination principle was
said to be the motive for the selling.
With news from Washington that the
decision was not handed down today,
there was quite a rally in the indus
trials extending from l to points in
Sugar, Tobacco, Leather and number
Of the metal stocks. G. B. & @. was
the only railroad stock which rallied a
point. Dulness succeeded the rally.
The following quotations were made
on the Boston exchange yesterday, on
stocks held in Worcester and vicinity: