The age-herald., 1899-11-24

New York. November 2S-The stock mar ket as a whole continued dull and neg l@ted, while professional operators worked their will with a few stocks, marking them up or offering hhem down successively.
 A singular feature of the narrow market was the number of exetremely low priced stocks usually designated as ''cats and dogs," which were taken up and moved widely. A number of these were traded in at quotations under $1 per share and still others at about $20 or less. Some of these stocks do not appear in the record for months, and usually only on the culmina- tion of furious bull speculation, which picks them out for an advance when every other available stock has been exhausted.
 Some of the individual stocks which rose yesterday reacted today, While the other stocks dominated by identical or closely affiliated interests were moved to a higher level to correspond. There were some points of weakness. notably in the an- thracfte group on account of the discussion ef new line ito be worked independently, but the undertone of the market was firm in expectation of a good weekly bank statement. The strength of individual stocks had natural tendency to keep the general list hard.
 The money market did not reflect any increased lending powers by the banks. The demand for United States per cents. of 1s2o is indication of the transfer of savings bank Investments from the slhort-term bonds which tine government is redeeming. The redemption money so applied of course offers no relief to the money mar ket. Some transfers are also being made from government into New York city bonds, an issue of which has been made this Week. These funds, as soon as they h6pnma la nl Ia tf oit tx,iI e way into the money market through de- pository banks. The bid price of both the ola As and the 5's on the stock exchange has been raised to above the treasury's redemption offer
 The stiffness of the local money rate was sufncient to cause a further decline in ster- ling exchange in spite of hardening of dis counts in London where there is general expectation of higher money.
 Individual movements of importance to- day were advances in the Chicago, Indian apolis and Louisville stocks of 3lz each, which were afterwards practically wiped out; rise of 5A in Consolidated Gas on the restoration of charge by competing com pany, indicating a termination of the war; gains of 1A each for the. Baltimore and Ohio stocks and of 3A and Az respectively for the Metropolitan Elevated stocks. Leather rose conspicuously A, while the preferred reached 14. Sugar was also strong, but did not maintain it's extreme rise. Quite number of minor stocks show gains of point or upwards. Deal ings in bonds were not large, but prices were well maintained Total sales, par value, $2,0a9.0o0. The ss now As and Ss ad- vanced 1s in the bid price,
 New York, November 23.-Money on call easier at 30p7 per cent; last loan at per cent; ruling rate 6.
 Prime mercandile paper, 51a@6 per cent.
 Sterling exchange easy, with actual busi- ness in bankers bills at $4.S5s for demand and $4S0B@4S1 for sixty days.
 Posted rates, s4.S2d4S21h and s4.S61a94S7
 Commercial bills, $4S0A@480A.
 Silver certificates 5Ss4@59kc.
 Bar silver, 59tsc
 Mexican dollars, 47Ac.
 Government bonds strong.
 State bonds inactive.
 Railroad bonds firm.