Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-09
OPERATIONS IN STOCKS AND BONDS.
Prices Close strong, with Most of the
list HIGHER.

NEW YORK. Feb. S.--Stock prices closed
strong, with most stocks ruling above yes
terday's closing although for the greater
part Of the fornoons session extreme
weakness prevailed in practically the entire
list, partly the result of the impetus of yes.
London bought and sold alternately and
on balance sold about 10000 shares, the
carrying rates there indicating a fair sup
ply Of stock. Pract tically all the local COM
mission houses had realizing orders at the
opening, a large part of which sales were
apparently due to exhausted margins
Many stop-loss orders were caught on the
decline and q general level was reached
of / point and over in the railways and IN
below yesterday. There was a drop OF
about points in Great Northern preferred
and National Biscuit, while Sugar and
American Steel were down points each
Monetary conditions remain easier and
there was no important news except Agui-
naldo's request for suspension of hostil-
tiles. to which was attributed some i'm
provement to American stocks in the Lon
inent trader. had sold 10000 shares of a
leading stock which 1t was understood
were absorbed by brokers who usually rep-
resent a. very substantial interest. Some
large bull houses were buyers on the de-
cline of stocks. with which they are fire.
noticed, caused some covering by traders
and by noon the market started to rally
and the movement gained considerable
were recoveries in practically every stock
that suffered a decline. Chicago Indian
apolts Louisville preferred was ag--
gressively strong throughout the day and
sold up 3la in expectation of an early div
idend. To the same influence was attrib~
uted a 3-point rise in Reading first pre-
was constantly supported and moved up 4
points on favorable gossip. National Bis
cult. which had broken 4 points early, be-
came buoYant toward the end and Jumped
from points to So.
Other stocks in which very material rail-
lies occurred late in the day were Great
gas stocks, Tennessee Coal, Rubber To-
bacco and American Steel.
The bond market received fair measure
of attention from the bears in the early
trading, but subsequently developed an i'm
proved tone under the leadership of Wis
western seconds which rose strongly. To-
tai sales, &50O,000 United States new As
registered, advanced Is, but United States
new As, coupon declined ss and the 5s a
The Commercial Advertisers London
financial cablegram says: The markets
day in sympathy with Americans, which
was the weak market throughout the ses.
sion. London sold steadily, partly on short
account. New York followed and the close
was rotten. London, judging by English
precedents fears that the Philippines are
an ugly mouthful. In general contangoes
were lower. In Atchison, Denver preferred
and New York Central the rate was lighter.
Paris was feverish, Tintos touched 391s
and closed at $93s Anacondas were Sas:
IT'S output to the Lewisohns has been ar
ranged, but the critics here assert that the
Utah mine has no output to sell. Fifteen
thousand pounds of gold in bars was
bought by the bank and G100OO was taken
for Brazil.
Following are the closing quotations of
the leading stocks on the New York mar
ket tOday