The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-18
in THE STOCK MARKET.
Union Pacific Was the Most Conspicuous
Of the Stocks.
IT RESUMED UPWARD MOVEMENT EARLY
Higher Quotations from London
Helped the Advance aud News
from Tien Tsin Encouraged Ii.
fsneoiaI 70 rha Post.l

New York. July lis. Num- Son Co.
say. Stocks ~oro dull bu; higher. sales &C.,
GoU shares London was hrmer and bought
$500 shares here. Including 81 Paul. Nor
folk and Western. Atchison. Northern Pa
cine and southern Pacific. Bonda hrm with
Western New York and PENNSYLVANIA the
features. Baltimore and Ohio received pool
support aud was firm. in spite OF denials
ihat dividend Is TO be declared on the
common There is some doubt OF a 2 Ter
cent dividend on Union Pacific. but insiders
BOUGHT, ana i. = said that the annual state
ment will show per cent earned. Pacific
Mail advanced on the belief that tho gov
eminent Will charter some OF its vessels to
transport troops anu men TO China Gran
gers were strong on good rams at the West
WEN tnleaRo inc p1Aelpai buyer. There
was pool buying of Mis.Curl PacllC. Buying
Of brooklyn Rapid TRANSIT was better than
tor some time past; believed tnat some large
interest is absorbing the stOCk. Fec eral
steel was depressed by the closing down OF
the plant At Loraln. partly for repairs ana
partly because orders arG slack according
to President Gary. There was good buying
oil Southern Pacific. Boston shorts covered
St Paul Peoples Gas was hrmer on a
more hopeful outlook Tor the deal with the
Chicago municipality Southern Railway IS
expected to pay IL per cent IN September.
The Chinese minister at Washneion SAYS
foreigners Ia Pekin were safe on July =.
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~" lorh' July l''-iu ne Stock MAJ Net saw
evidence TODAY Of operations by an influential
bull party. Their Efforts to reduce prices
met with considerable success and were FOL
lowed by sharp upward movement IN
number OF individual stocks. IN which an
ou.atepdir- h. ,,.ora. ,yas drt,or 10
suO4s
cqNeF' butiEthS continued lu iai|e paIt Al
Professional hands The general list was
rather ne.,lecfed and ts price movements
-. -,
were unlm poIlsht Sue he' EalNS "r.e keH
orally registered at the close OF tho day,
Tns manipulatlye character was evident from
the circulation from dine TO time OF some
rather extravaganza rulnoIs But tna result
ing gains we've pretty well held and the
pressure OF DIofii-taking with the advance
was not sufficient 20 cause any very notable
setback The tone OF tho market al the close
however was rather easy and dul at con-
cess ons rom ;hs best This was due rather
10 pause To- bull manipulation than to any
large large seliug Union Faciic was the
most conEpcuos stock ln the list and re-
suaed It's upward movement early in the
day. Higher quotations fro.l London heued
The adyanre the news OF the fail of Tien Tsin
encouraging the sentiment period OF dull
iLg, which ws5 Apparently due 10 the check
10 tho upward tendency in Baltimore and
Ohio. some doubts were cast on Yesterdays
confident prediction Of early dividend ac-
ton on TINS stock. The market maintained
an attitude OF Indifference for some time TO