The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-24
BULLS AMONG
THE C0ALERS.
Stock Market Dealt in Railroad
Stocks, Which We're Stronger
NET IMPROVEMENT SLIGHT.
Realizing Towards the Close Cut
Down some of the Earlier Adyan-
ccs- Tabacco Stocks Stronger
and Sugar Closed Lower.
NET IMPROVEMENT SLIGHT.

NEW YORK. March 23.-The stock
market took Ou ana appearance of strength
to-day. and tine dealings of about three
quarters ut Ca million shares were largely
conferred iu The railways Eedlzlng to-
ward tAe close cut Gown some OK the
advance. leaving the net Improvement
generally slight. The expected early add
Jourumcnt ul the New Jersey legislature
was used AS a huil card among the coal
ers on the ground that IL lesscncd The
prospect Of hostile legislation against the
TumOrCd anthracite coal deal. lack1-
wanna made ana extreme advance Of 3t2.
There was talk also OF "a lease of the Jer-
scy Central to the Reading Company.
Peoples Gas gaind %, In anticipation of
the adjournment Of the Illinois Lcgisla-
turc and on gossip of possible CONSOLE
dalton with am electric light industry
The dealings boz Burlington were even in
excess of those in Sugar. the late leader
ST. point OF activity. ana Gdin OF =
points resulted in that railway security.
a large short interest was said 20 nave
existed I'm Burlington. and tine movement
to-day resulted from the covering OF bear
stop--loss orders The other grangers
eNupatniZcd i'm the movement 10 a lesser
extent. strength appeared among such
sow-priccd shares as 81. Louis and south
western and Kansas CITY flttsDurg ana
Gulf but the latter failed % hold us adj
vance. Among tho usually neglected
stocks Chicago and Eastern Illinois bee
c0mc active and moved mp points.
Southern preferred made fractional adj
vance ON rumors that the control or tne
louisville Evansville and st. Louis rail-
road had been obtained. Confidently the
bonds Of the latter company ran OF. Tho
pacinCs on moderate trading hcld their
own. Local transport shares moved mar
rowlv excepting Manhattan. which lost
over "a point. Tobacco stocks We're slight
~ improved. and Sugar left of 3it points
down on gossip that the most active ou4s
had iqudatcd. Air Brake recovered il
points Of it's recent decline.
Bond prices to-day showed Improve
ments in many cases. with an cNcepiohdl
riee in Brooklyn Elevated 5s. The mar
kst In general moved irrcgularly, but
losses were trivial. Total sales, $3.50 90
United States new 3's advanced IS, while
the new As declined as much in the pid
The total sales Of stocks were I'D 400
shares. including 21JGO Atchison pre-
ferred, 300 Central Pacinc, 500 en-
cago. Burlington and quincy, E-Vg beia-
ware and Hudson. g. DO Delaware. Lackd-
wanna and Western: u 49, Manhattan;
Al rs Reading first preferred, 1.t3I MS
souri,, Kansas and Texas pretcrrdi b.-Sp
New Jersey central; ~8.5-D Dnlai lo, . "lit
Western, 1000 Rading, : DO Rock Island
T. 90 ST. Paul: 5.olo southern Pacihci
1900 Southern railway l3.'',o 90, pre-
ferred. 5.TU5 Union Pacific preferred, lH-
orr American steel and Wire. 1850 Fed
eral Steel. As. 30 Peoples Gas. elC0 Com
-.Ifdafed Gas. 3l42p Brooklyn Rapid
Transit: Gi720 Sugar; 1910 Tennessee
Coal and Iron S 735 81 Louis and South
western. II 200 do. preferred; lH4GJ Dhl-
cago Great Western.
MONEY AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on
call firm az 40S per cent. last loan at
a. per cent. prime mrCantilo paper. 3itlt
a.. per cent Sterling exchange steady.
with actual business iu bankers bills no
81 e1is for demand and at 81 S}k04Si4
for sixty days. posted rates. S4Si04Stl
and SfNas. commercial bills. SlN2l r
Sl2, silver certificates nOminally Goa
c0f,. bar silver 59as. Mexican dollars.
az. Government bonds irregular; state