The age-herald., 1899-03-16
PRICES WERE
 RATHER MIXED
Stocks Were Under Pressure
 Greater Part of Day.
BOND MARKET IRREGULAR
Showed Yielding Tendency with Ex- treme Weakness in Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Trusts.
 U. s. As Advanced 1-8.

New York, March l5.-The changes in stock prices today were mixed, with losses prevailing. For the greater part. of the day stocks were under pressure, in part due to better demand in the call money market, where per cent. was recorded for some loans, although most of the business was at per cent.
 London, while trading both ways, dis posed of more stock than it took. The selling of Manhattan was attributed to the underwriting syndicate of the issue of new stock, although there was no means of as- pertaining the new source The stock closed with loss of nearly points, after an early extreme decline of 37s. Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf left off four points down, in anticipation of a possible heavy assessment in the plan of reorganization. American Steel and Wire dropped 13s, with a smaller sympathetic recession in Federal Steel issues. There were fractional re- sessions, too, in Northern Pacific, Atch- ison, the Readings and the grangers. Chi cago terminal stocks were benefited by talk of contract with Chicago and Alton, while Colorado Southern was up on rumors of negotiations with the Union Pacific.
 Brooklyn Rapid Transit got within a small fraction of par in expectation that another system was about to be acquired, but the interests concerned largely in such deal were uncommunicative. American Tobacco rose points, but Continental To- bacco, now dealt in in the unlisted depart ment, made compared with the opening, a net loss of IS for the common and for the preferred. New Air Brake jumped 1024 points. Conflicting rumors regarding the probability of the success of certain gas legislation lent feverishness to Consolidated Cas- which, however, rose %. Metropolitan Street railway, Peoples gas and Sugar gave some evidence of strength.
 A slight recession in the strength of call money, although it closed with transac- tions at 31a and 4, induced some covering in the afternoon. The closing tone was un- certain with prices below the best and above the worst.
 The government trade statistics showing an excess of exports of nearly s34,OOO 900 was not altogether favorably received, be- cause of the imports exceeding any since March year ago, while the exports show ed a shrinkage of over 20 per cent. com pared with any of the preceding four months.
 Today's bond market while irregular, showed a yielding tendency with extreme weakness in Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf firsts. Total sales $2,550,000 United States As registered advanced B, and do. Soupoh 4 III tIe Dlu pIiCe
 New York, March 15.--The total sales of stocks today were 54O0O0 shares. including SS,565 Atchison preferred, 5,520 Burlington, S6O54 Manhattan, 5,O97 Metropolitan, 9S5O Reading first preferred, Il, TAO Missouri Pa- cific, $500 New Jersey Central, 10O65 North ern Pacific, 5,103 do. preferred. 14,9OS St. Paul, $500 Union Pacific, 1O,665 do. pre- ferred, 4,35O Southern preferred, 5O5O Texas and Pacific 2S, 1854 American Steel and Wire 6,025 do preferred, 12,765 American Tobacco, 9,663 Federal Steel, 9,65S do. preferred, 917O Consolidated Gas, 56,S2S Brooklyn Transit,
 Money on call firm at 31a@5 per cent last loan at 312 per cent. Prime mercantile pa- per, 3AG4A per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers bills at 4.S5A@4.S51a for demand, and at 4.S3AQ4.S3h for sixty days. Posted rates 4.S4a4S5 and 4S6Q4S7; commercial bls 4.S21s@4.S3. Silver certificates nominally 5912@6O1a; bar silver, 599s; Mexican dollars. 471s. Government bonds strong; state bonds weak; railroad bonds irregular.
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