New-York tribune., 1900-11-11
WILL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Iondon prices were high
and nrhtraEe houses bought in the local market
1t is thought that this weeks settlement on the
London Exchange will show big short interest
IN Americans" Total purchases for foreign ac-
count amounted 700 shares.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Pre Prevailing stock
loan quotations follow: Atchison common Missouri
Pacific. New-York Central Reading first preferred
Rock Island. St Paul. Union Pacific common and
preferred. Southern Railway and Baltimore and
Ohio common. per cent; Atchlson preferred, Peo-
pies Gas. Sugar Refining. American Tobacco com
mon. Manhattan Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Federal
Steel common and American Steel and Wire com
mon. Sla; Chicago. Burlington and Quincy. Safat
Northern Pacific common. fiat: Tennessee Coal and
Iron. 3qf3I Western Union .; Louisville and Nash
Vile, 2Ghat.
RECORDS BROK EN- Dealings in Yesterdays
market broke all records for a halt-holiday mar
ket, amounting sS9Of shares. All past records
for two consecutive hours of trading also
broken The business was well distributed and
issues made high records
BANK STATEMENT FEATURES-A Wall
Street banker said yesterday that in his opinion
the decrease in loans could be accounted for by
the heavy selling OF stocks In the week by people
who bought before the election and to the large
proportion OF investment purchases in the weeks
husness Another theory that the stocks
which have been carried here for London account
have been sold for cash and loan: based upon them
paid off. The gold received on Thursday counted
for one day only in the statement of averages and
an
shown by the statement
STEEL STOCKS-The outside demand for tho
steel stocks was heavy, and insiders were again
Rctive in Tennessee Coal and Federal Steel. Fed
eral SteeTs prospects favor a price above 60 for
the common stock. 1t is reported that changes IN
the American Steel and Wire management will
soon take place
KEENE BUYING.-Keene brokers were active
buyers. especially of the steel stocks United
States Leather common an active feature in
buy bV brOk nd
& Co. took 25Oo0 shares
HEAVIEST ADVANCES.-The heaviest advances
were made by American Ice preferred which
gained points; American Steel Hoop 2& points;
Ann Arbor 21s points: Evansville and Terre Haute
preferred. points, Laclede Gas. 3 points; Mime
apois and St Louis. III points; the preferred 5H
points Pacific Mail sH4 points, Pere Marquette pre-
ferred. 244 points; Pressed Steel Car 2X noints.
Tennessee Coal, points; Union Bag and PAPER .
points: the preferred. points and Internat,oneI
Paper preferred, IL points
SUGAR REETNING.-Sugar Refining stock WAS
bought by lower Wall Street and by the shorts
including Consolidated Exchange Operators wbo
have been bearish the property Sugar stock
may not be worth it's present price but II has a
way Of moving irrespective OF its actual worth
BANK CLEARINGS.-The total bank clearinps
Of all the clearing houses of the United States for
the week ending November 10 N74s 654 $50
against 81 775 S39 COS in the preceding week and
81. .7a5 .741 the corresponding week last year
TO LIST FOREIGN SECURITIES.-It is said the
question of listing foreign government and mu-
nicipal bonds the Stock Exchange will soon come
before the Committee Securities of the Stock
Exchange.
port for s. P m ns shows % st n s n in P
months of the year gross earnings have increased
$77O70S, and net earnings S335120.
STANDARD OILS RECORD.-standard OIL
an advance of 40 points Fridays close. About
two hundred shares traded in.