New-York tribune., 1900-04-10
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

Bear pressure in the industrial stocks for the
greater part of the day was the chief feature In
Yesterdays market. Sugar broke sharply. despite
better trade conditions, and although recovery
set in before the close the stock suffered net loss
of four points In the iron and steel stocks losses
of lGI2 per cent made in the daily trading, out
final prices were at smaller net declines The To-
bacco shares were weak also Peoples Gas until the
last hour Declines were not severe in the railroad
list and all offerings taken by good class
OF buyers. Pennsylvania was in demand, also Mis-
souri, Pacific the last named selling at its best price
of the year In the late dealings the local traction
issues were strong, especially Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit. London bought about 25.000 shares on balance
F. W. Savn & Co. were heavy sellers throughout
the day, their sales representing. 1t was thought,
the active bear clique Union Pacific was singled
out as an especial object of attack. but 1t did not
break as bear traders expected 1t would Third
Avenue became active for the first time in many
days and closed at net gain of two points But
ler Brothers were active buyers of Missouri IA
cific. 1t reported that Frank j. Gould was a
heavy buyer. International Paper advanced on in
side buying. The features in the last hour were
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Metropolitan Street Rail-
way Manhattan, Baltimore and Ohio, and Penn
sylvania.
Some of the buyers and sellers were: London and
w. G. Fleming & Co. bought Northern Pacific. H.
Content q Co and /. & S. Wormser Q,CO bought
Sugar. c. NJ. Dodge u GOO w. s. Lamson & Co. and
Ladenburg. Thalmann Co. sold. London and
Moore & Schley bought Union Pacific Post IL
Flagg and f. w. Savin Co sold. j. H. Griesel
& Co. w. G.. Reilly J. S. n. Crane J. Honigman
q OOO) and w. S. Lamson & Co. bought Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Pearl & Co, F. III. Palmer and b. A
Maurer sold. A. De Cordova & Co. bought St
Paul: Bouvier & Co. 0.Oo0) sold. Bell g. Co sold
Baltimore and Ohio preferred De Haven &
Townsend bought Baltimore and Ohio common
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co bought Chesapeake
and Ohio. r. worrar and London. Rudell & Miller
bought Missouri Pacific; Mcintyre &c Wardwel Q,Ooo)
sold. J. Muir & Co. bought Rock Island. Domi-
nick & Dominick and C. l. Hudson & Co Q5oO)
bought American Tobacco: Dominick & Dominick
q 0OW sold. Pearl & Co, G. NJ. CarnOchan & Co
and traders sold Continental Tobacco common
Flower & Co. q ,OOO bought Federal Steel London
and Post & Flagg bought Norfolk and Western
common; Floyd & Moore sold F. w. Savin & Co
q OOO) sold Continental Tobacco. II. Content & Co
(25O0) Van Emburgh & Atterbury Bell & Co. and
Halle & Stieglitz 600 sold Sugar Refining. Taylor
Cutting & Co. Bell Co. Q.0GO, ID. Henry and
Welles Herrick & Hicks bought Sugar Refining j.
Kirkner Joseph Connah, W. r. Houghtalng & Co.
and r. Fl. Thomas & Co. sold. G. p. Butler d
Bro. (about 5000 far) bought Missouri Pacific
Harris & Fuller bought Union Pacific common; r.
Waller, jr, sold. C. B. Thurnauer Q,W0) sold
Federal Steel Adams. McNeill & Brigham Q0oO
and Pearl & Co bought Continental Tobacco; Price,
Mccormick & Co. (20O0) and II. Content & Co. sold
Pearl g. Co (2OO0) and Welles, Herrick & Hicks
Q,5OO bought Sugar Refining; j. ]. Manning Q5Oo)
sold. w. r. Houghtaing Co. and III. Content q
Co q 1000 bought Sugar Refining; Kepper & Co.
and p n. Sproule sold. f. W. Savin Co. sold
Federal Steel. j. McGovern g. Co, Wassermann
Brothers and II. Coolidge sold Wire. c. l. Hudson
& Co. bought American Tobacco; Wassermann
Brothers and Kendall Whitlock sold. w. S.
Lawson & Co $4,000 sold Union Pacific c. L. Hud-
son & Co. 5000 In alb bought American Tobacco;
D. Odell & Co 1000 sold. ]. S. Bache & Co. (2O00)
sold Continental Tobacco. G. p Butler & Bro
4,oOO) and A. De Cordova & Co q .OoO bought Mis-
souri, Pacific; D. Barr & Co. e 900 and E T. Bragaw
sold. Andrews g. Criss $500 sold Chicago. Burling
ton and Quincy J. A. Blair Son, c. l. Hudson
& Co. and O. Kohn bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Edey & Sons, Kendall & Whitock and Day &
Heaton sold. E. Jurgensen and Bell Co. sold
Northern Pacific common. c. l. Hudson & Co t2.510)
bought American Tobacco; A. o. Beebe sold