New-York tribune., 1900-01-10
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

Stock market trading was confined to the limits
Of a holiday market, with traders transactions
making up the bulk of the dealings. Commission
houses were not active and substantial market IN
terests. outside of Mr.. Keene were not disposed to
enter into speculation Brokers who usually act
for Mr. Keene were heavy sellers and the small
fry naturally followed. The short interest was
increased a result of the days dealings, and
technically the market strengthened. Com
mission houses carrying few weak accounts
most of their customers owning stocks outright or
else on margins which require small advances from
the brokers to carry. On the Exchange seVeral
bear regarding South Africa were circu-
lated. and in the absence of real news they serVeu
the speculative purpose. There was good buying
in Brooklyn Rapid Transit and a few other Issues
but rule the operations were without Iealui C.
Some of the buyers and sellers were: Pearl q
Co., A. H. Combs and D. Lapsley g. Co bought
Manhattan: c. Minzesheimer and W. L. stow
sold. Mendham Bros, c. L Landon and WorraH
bought Wire common; Bell & Co. sold l. q D
Wormser sold st. Paul ]. Fl. Griesel oought
Baltimore and Ohio common Moore Schley
bought Baltimore and Ohio preferred W. H. Mot
ley bought Pacific Mall George Dimock sold j.
]. Manning F. D. winslow. A. A Housman & co.
and Halle & Stiegitz Q,ocO bought Brooklyn Rapid
Transit; F. H. Palmer sold E. T. Bogert Dousht
Union Pacific common; Bell & Co. and e. Anness
sold. H. Content & Co., Rolston & Bass, Walsh
& TAYLOR Wassermann Bros Halle Stiegtz
and Ladenburg, Thalmann Co. bought sugar
common; Tunstan & Co., Ellinswood & 90.
Feuchtwanger and ]. F. Carlisle sold. Z. M OeI-
rchs bought American Tobacco; F. l.. Seigsoerg
and C. 1. Hudson & Co. sold. Mendham Bros
F. w Savin, London A. a. Housman. La Mon
tague and Sdenburg sold Union Pacific common
J. Goodchild Q,OOO sold st. Paul. H. D. Lewis
q, ,O00 and T. ]. Taylor & Co. (20OO sold Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. Chauncey Bros. bought BrooK-
1yn Union Cas- ]. W. Davis g. Co. sold e. A.
Harmed & Co. q 0OO sold American Tobacco T.
C. Roumage and Grant Bros. bought Chesa-
peake and Ohio; H. CIews & Co. sold Strong. Stur-
gis & Co. sold American Tobacco. Wassermann
Bros sold Sugar common. ]. S. Bache & Co
bought Rock Island; w. H. Motley sold Post q
Flagg Maxwell & Scoville ]. F. Carlisle. Bell &
Co.. Grant Bros. and II. Content & Co. sold
Sugar common Mendham Bros. $500 sold Chesa-
peake and Ohio. c. Head & Co.. Worden & Co.
and e. B. Havens bought Atchison preferred;
Eames & Moore Oppenheim and traders sold F.
W. Savin (2,OOO bought Baltimore and Ohio COM
mon Mendham Bros 600 sold Southern Pacific.
E. T. Bogart q COO bought Union Pacific common;
e. La Montague 5000 sold. Traders bought
American Tobacco; Thayer 600 and Werner &
Brown (5Oo sold. George Dimock bought Pacinc
Mail; W H. Motley sold Mendham Bros. sold
Sugar Sussdorf Bros. and Herzfeid bought
Pennsylvania; Ladenburg, Thalmann Co. and
c. L Hudson ;old. Eames Moore. j. R. Willis
ton & Co.. H L. Horton & Co. and Mendham
Bros sold st. Paul. Mendham Bros sold Leather
common. F. P Freeman d,5Oo). D. Henry Q,0OO
and Rolston & Bass Q,OOO bought American To-
bacco; traders and A. H. Combs Q,OON sold