New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-27
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-London traded both
sides Of the account buying fifteen thousand
shares on balance. German pressure on Northern
Pacific not noted. Total dealings amounted
TO about twenty-five thousand shares.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-Loan quotations
were: Atchison and preferred. General
Electric. Missouri Pacific New York Central
Northern Pacific preferred. Reading 1st preferred,
Rock Island st. Paul. Union Pacific preferred
Continental Tobacco common, United states
Leather preferred Southern Railway preferred
Baltimore and Ohio common. ga; Chicago. Burning
ton and Quincy, 3Q3Ia; Peoples Gas Sugar, Amerl-
Tobacco common Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Federal Steel common. American Steel and WIRE
common, 4; Third Avenue fat Northwestern
102; Northern Pacific common, 2Q21a; Union Pacihc
common. Manhattan. Tennessee Coal and lron S1a
al: Delaware and Hudson Western Union y iii
nois Central l. and Louisville and Nashvills,
$751;
WALL STREET ROMANCES.-C Certain so-caed
newsgatherers whose imaginations substituted
for facts have taken it upon themselves to furnish
a sensation for Wall Street every morning. Ac-
cording to these flights of fancy. the Vander6ilts
have secured control of the Southern Pacific and
Pacific Mail companies. Metropolitan has taken in
Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Manhattan has gone
to the New-York Central 1t may be well look
out for a story that the Bangor and AroOstook has
absorbed the Canadian Pacific. that Bay State
Gas is TO pay a dividend. A big Southwestern Rail-
way deal story was in course of preparation las.
night
\ STEEL STOCKS.-Good buying was reported in
Federal Steel and Tennessee Coal and Iron In
American Steel and Wire fair amount of business
was done but the buying was not considered good
1t is reported that something is going on in the
Gates speciality. good many things have hap
pened in this stock, generally destructive to small
traders margins. After l o'clock raid was made
on the Steel issues but buying the decline
excellent.
SUGAR REFINING.-Sugar stock was bid up by
a pool. but selling seemed to be better than the
buying. Mr.. Paine, who is trying to become
great operator, was active seller. Sugar is
of the stocks hat is selling at price which
ures its actual value The stock, however, seldom
moves in response to actual worth.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.-Southern Pacific was
again an active feature, early buying being at
tracted by the fairy tale about Vanderbilt control
Edey & Sons and A. H. Combs were active sellers
1t may be said authority that the Huntington
and Speyer interests in the Southern Pacific prop
erty have not been disposed Of
BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT. - Brooklyn
Rapid Transit stock was apparently sold for Keene
account and bought by the Consolidated Exchange
following. well as by many prominent Stock
Exchange houses. j. NJ. Amory was an active
buyer.
ATCHISON'S EARNINGS. -Atchison's statement
for the month of September shows increase in
equal to 10 per cent while the net increased
13 per cent For three months the gross increased
Is per cent while net gained o cent. In three
months Atchison has raised the amount earned on
the common stock to 4St per cent the company
having earned 39 per cent the common in the
last fiscal year.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO-Chesapeake and
Ohio strong, owing to the dividend declaration.
The directors declared a dividend of l per cent
from the earnings of the last fiscal year.
COMMISSION HOUSES. - Commission houses
took profits throughout the day. Western houses
sold the steel stocks Selling of the granger shares
for commission house account was heavy.
AMERICAN ICE.-The advance in American Ice
was said to be due to 'Tammany buying. Bell
Co. Rolston & Bass and Body. Mcclellan & Co.
were the heaviest buyers.
COUNTERFEIT SILVER CERTIFICATE.-The
cashier of the Produce Exchange Bank yester-
day detected In roll of bills in his drawer clever
counterfeit of the new IS silver certificate which
bears vgnette Of the Indian Chief Onepapa.
Upon close inspection 1t found that the coun-
terfeit had been turned out by the Photographic
print process. The BILL for smudge here
and there, would pass current readily.