Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-06

MARKET FOR THE MOST PART
VERY ApATHErtC.
BULK OF TRsDE n SPECIiLYIES.


NEW YORK. September THE buoy
ant tone Of a handful Of individual stocks
gave an appearance OF considerable
strength and activity % the stock mar
ket, but outside Of these few stocks The
market was narrow and apathetic TO the
last degree. Shortly after the opening
Northwestern was marked 40 sharply
and the usual response was made i'm other
members of the Vanderbilt group. Union
Pacific also following the lead As was
the case last week. the heavy offerings OF
Union Pacific brought out on the adj
vance checked the enthusiasm Of buying.
and operations Were for the most part
discontinued
New York, Chicago. and s.. Louis
stocks odvanced from ~ 20 points. on
a rumor that judicial aid was TO be sought
to enforce asserted rights TO dividends.
The Coalers We're in good demand. Lack
awanne leading. Gains in this group were
not maintained entirely. other railroad
stocks which rose a point or over were
81. Paul, preferred; Colorado Midland,
preferred: Wheeling and Lake Erie, pre-
ferred; Hooking Valley and Chicago Great
Western, preferred and Z stock. Trans
actions in the railroad list were quite in
significant.
THE SPECIALTIES.
There was a slight response in the
early dealings 10 the depression in the
London market. The bulk of the trading
was more i'm sreCialfics Tennessee Coal
and iron vas the most conspicuous figure
IN the days market. Aitcr dropping Il
fraction il was aggresslvelv ltfted up sue
cessive stages full points. ana closed at
JOS. the top price. Colorado Fuel appd-
rently sympathize with this movement.
and rose an extreme 5A. There was good
demand for Republic steel. at an advance
OF 2i5 and Federal Steel rose point.
Otherwise. the Iron and steel stocks
showed but a slight response. The New
York municipal stocks. including the Gas
and Traction stocks. were quite buoyant,
and show gains Of from 20 5 points
the latter In Metropolitan. American
Tobacco rose an extreme points ana
Sugar rs.
Rates for call loans were fl at per
cent. or over. and the first deposits Of
money ~ the Sub-Trcasury for shipment
TO the South amounting 10 SlHOp. were
made this morning.
TRUST COMPANY WITHDRAWAL
The announcement last week OF the
withdrawal Of trust company from
clearinghouse Dr,vile ses with It's decision
to discontinue the practice OF charging
for the collection or outside cnecks, mas
brought the subject prominently INTO mo-
tice. one eject evidently will he TO SHIFT
part Of The demand for money to move
the crops from New York 70 other cltles'
which have changed their accounts.
United states bonds We're unchanged In
bid quotations.
The total sales Of stocks to-day were
4l9. go shares, including Atchison, 2,52o;
Chicago and Northwestern, 6.45O; Cleve-
land. Cincinnati Chicago and 81. Louis
: 200: Louisville and Nashville $50; MIS-
souri, Pacific. $500 New Jersey Central
POO: New York Central. $50; Northern
Pacific 5000: Pennsylvania. SEQ; st. Paul
eos: Southern Pacific. 9.6 Union Pacihc'
20 500: linton Pacific, preferred lao;
American Tobacco 301i0; Brooklyn kapd
Transit. 38.760: Colorado Fuel and IRON;
IS 600; Continental Tobacco $50; Federal
steel u 100; Sugar. 1l.0jo. Republic steel
n 4sO: Tennessee Coal ard Iron @i7'.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call at gas; last loan at so
per cent; prime mercantile paper 44o per
Gems. -, .a,
business in bankers bills at $LS5u$iS5i ,
for demand and al SL3A4$tS5ie for sixty
days: posted rates, AsfaH-H12' CONNER
cial bills, $i.s3. -.~.-,.,. ,,-..io,,, 10,
lars 47i2.
Government bonds steady.
nnnspfions