The age-herald., 1899-03-24
STOCK MARKET
 SHOWED STRENGTH Dealings were Largely Centered in the Railway Headings REALIZING TOWARD CLOSE Cut Down Some of the Advance, Leav- ing Net Improvement Generally Slight Bond Rates Made Rises
 in Some Gases.
REALIZING TOWARD CLOSE.

New York, March 23.-The stock market took on an appearance of strength today and the dealings of about .three-quarters of million shares were largely eentered in the railways.
 Realizing toward the close cut down some of the advance, leaving the net improve ment generally slight. The expected early adjournment of the New Jersey legislature was used as bull card among the coalers, on the ground that it lessened the prospect of hostile legislation against the rumored anthracite deal.
 Lackawanna made the extreme advance of 311. There was talk also of lease of the Jersey Central to the Reading company Peoples Gas gained 2% in anticipation of the adjournment of the Illinois legislature and on gossip of a possible consolidation with an electric lighting company. The dealings in Burlington were even in excess of those In Sugar, the late leader in point of activity, and a gain of points resulted in that railway security
 A large short interest was said to have existed in Burlington and the movement today resulted from the covering of bear stop-loss orders. The other grangers sym pathized in the movement to a lesser eX- 
 priced shares as St. Louis and Southwest ern, and Kansas City, and Pittsburg and Gulf the latter failed to hold it's advance. Among the usually neglected stocks Chi cago and Eastern Illinois became active and moved up points. Southern preferred made a fractional advance on rumors that the control of the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis railway had been obtained. Co-incidentally the bonds of the latter com- pany ran off.
 The Paciics moderate trading held their own. Loo4a Transportation shares moved narrowly excepting Manhattan, which lost over a point. Tobacco stocks were slightly improved and Sugar left off 3A points down on gossip that the most active bulls had liquidated.s Air Brake re- covered Il points of it's recent decline ana the market left off with fairly good tone
 Bond prices today showed improvements in many cases, with an exceptional rise In Brooklyn Elevated 5's The market in gen. eral moved irregulary, but losses were trivial. Total sales. $3,S9O,OOO
 United States new 3s advanced s, while the new As declined as much in the pid price. ,oo including N 559 Atchison preferred; Szozo Burlington and Quincy; 6,540 Illinois Gen. tral; fl ,26S Reading first preferred; oVso Reading: S295 Rock Island; 12,2l0 St. Paul, ex-dividend 5O50 Southern Pacihc; 90oo Southern; 1353S Southern preferred' o4''@ Sugar; Il 31O Tennessee Coal and Iron
 Money on call firm at 4@5 per cent last loan AZ per cent. Prime mercantile paper 3Aa4A per cent. Sterling exchange steaoy with actual business in bankers bills at 4.S5G4.S5h for demand and at 4s3Aq4.S314 for sixty days posted rates 4S494.s41s ana 4.S61b; commercial bills 4S21a44S2A Sllver certificates nominally 60q6O1sc. Bar silver b97sc; Mexican dollars 411sc.
 Government bonds irregular state bonds easier; railroad bonds irregular.