New-York tribune., 1900-03-27
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

Buying for the foreign account was again strik-
ing feature in yesterdays market All the STOCKS
that enjoy an International market were IN demand
and the activity in Americans on the LONDON
exchange was the chief feature in the London mar
ket Local banking houses were active buyers
Commission houses had heavy buying orders at the
opening and their purchases easily exceeded re-
alzing sales. Traders worked against the advance,
and as a rule were sellers the theory that
reaction overdue. After the heaviest com
mission business had been transacted prices sold of
from the best of the day, but substantial net ad-
vances were reported the close. Standard Oil
brokers sold for profits, but Flower and Connor
brokers active buyers. Chicago bought the
trunk line shares and Peoples Gas. Baltimore and
Ohio made a striking advance. chiefly
manipulation, and all the standard shares were
we'll taken. Norfolk and Western showed the
effects of heavy realizing sales. Southern Pacific
and Southern Railway issues were features. Erie
first preferred was active. also Wabash preferred
Chicago Great Western showed signs OF life. The
traction shares were heavy Franchise Tax pos
sbilities In the Industrial group good buying
noted in American Car Foundry preferred Federal
Steel and Tennessee Coal and Iron. St. Louis
Southwestern preferred strong buying by
good houses and Wheeling and Lake Erie second
preferred made high record the
character of dealings. Chicago and Eastern Illinois
sold its best price record Pere Marquette
issues over points. Des Mones and Fort
Dodge and Hooking Valley common were features
among the cheap stocks
Some OF the buyers and sellers w. ID.
Hatch bought Wheeling second preferred. Edey
Il Sons bought Continental Tobacco; A. De Cor
dova 81 Co. and e J. Hudson & 60. u,0O0) sold.
Holister & Babcock Qo00I bought Smelter
mon. Price Mccormick x co. and d. Henry
bought American Tobacco: f. L. Segsburg q ooOl
sold. f. l.. Norton t3OOW. l.. Won HOFFMAN & Co.
q 500 and l. < s. Wormser g 0o0) bought Southern
Railway Ashwell & co. u,00O) +. p. Freeman &
co. (2ooo). W. r. Houghtang & Co. (2.oOo) and r.
Underhill (3C00) sold II. L. Horton & Co. (2OO0l
bought Southern Railway preferred; J. W. Davis
L. - n IfsAa c.,
Taylor K Co. and Noble & AIestre sold Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. Hough & Rowland bought and sold
Baltimore and Ohio preferred Northern Pacific
Van Emburgh Atterbury Il O0o) and Jones Maury
Co. bought Atchison-Prince & Whitley and
Housman bought 5. Sternberger sold Southern
Pacic-Halle & SteglitZ bought 1000 In all. Union
Pachc-seigman & Meyer. c. A Harmed and Often
bach bought. Baltimore and Oho-J. NJ Shaw Il
Co. bought 10Oo. St Louis Southwestern-Siden-
berg & Kraus sold. Southern Pacihc-F. w Savin
(SOOO., Housman Q,Oco, and {. / Hudson 600,
bought; ". D Hatch d.5oN and seIlgman Meyer
terbury (2OcO and G. H. smithers e OOO5 bought
BroGklyn Rapid Rapid TransttmWormser m t ser h9ught Union
0hio-MinzeshMemer M sold 5.4eo in all Halle & stieg-
VALLEY preferred. Baltimore and ohio Mines
@ M sSs s CO. NGs'h os 1 Buck 1S1gh
8 Co bought 1000 Werner. Broun 4 Co. sold 90
fousye and D99shs o boSt Loo
Missouri Pseide-r J. Taylor and Oliver bought
Mania t.an-Hane s stlegiitz bought 1000 south lG
ern Railway II Kerr bought. Third Avenue
unental TobaocoaEdey q Sons bought; De Cordova
sold. Chicago. burlington and Quincy-Holsman
Halle & Steglitz (2Ooo) bought; Nicholas sold 81
Paul-De Cordova sold. Missouri pacinc-peari a
Co. ]. d. Probst H. Content and Housman bought
Rock lsland-F- W. Savin bought. sugar-H Zen
and traders bought; q. Loeb sold Irniaa
Pacific preferred -sulzbaeher & co. bought i 600
Chicago Burlington s. Quincy-Halle e StisgTtz
bought 1000 in all. Big Four'-sdenberg a Ksaus
sold. Southern Railway preferred-Tmpson bouSbi
900 Missouri, Kansas and Texas preferrsdNJs,A1t
shaw bought. Union Paeac-Mpir Co. Housmann IN
Thalman q Co bought: ]. NJ. Amory WoTmsss' ~
Annes and traders sold. V'"se''