The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-29
The Etna Life
Has little excellent territory in North
Carolina not yet occupied. Three good
agents wanted Immediately.
ID. BOUSHALL, Manager,
Tucker Building, Raleigh, N. c.

did the squirt in the Chicago and North
western stocks give some strength to
the Changers and Pacifics. ST. Paul was
lifted points over last night and there
were gains of / to points among the
Southwesterns. The gains were not
we'll held, however, and there were con-
slant relapses when the market was al
lowed to become quiet. New York, New
Haven and Hartford was another of the
high grade stocks to move, but it saved
only a point of it's seven points advance.
Among the Industrial specialties there
were wide advances in Pullman, Inter-
national Power, American Express
Pressed Steel Car, preferred, Railway
Steel and Spring and some others which
are even more seldom active. The cot
ton oil stocks, Virginia Carolina Chemi-
cal Company and American Agricultural
Chemical were advanced on talk of con-
solidation. There were stocks of a num-
Der of small railroads, which were
bought on reports of the large activity
of local traffic on the railroads, which
is calculated to benefit especially this
class of roads, and the demand resulted
in wide advances in some of the prefer
red and closely held common stocks.
Reports of railroad earnings received
during the day were generally favorable
and included net earnings for March of
a number of systems. Colorado Fuel and
Tennessee Coal were bid uD late in the
day as the local fractions had been
earlier, but relapsed again without much
effect on the general market. The vary
ing movement in the grain market was
reflected from time to time in the stock
b1It in CT no
usually active industrials were quite gen.
orally heavy. The reduction in the
Calumet and Hecla dividend depressed
Amalgamated Copper, Sugar was affect
ed by lower prices for the refined, United
States Steel seemed to meet the disap-
prevail of the bond issue and United
States Leather was affected by realizing
The frmness of foreign exchange re-
awakened discussion of probable gold
exports, but the money market was I'M
affected. The market closed dull.
The bond market was moderately ac-
tive and strong. Total sales par value
$4,O45, 900. United States bonds were all
unchanged on the last call
Total sales of stocks today were
1,021,500 shares, including Atchison
1900; Atchison, preferred, $500; Canad-
ian Pacific 400; Chicago, Indianapolis
and Louisville $500; Chicago and North
western 400; Colorado Southern 500;
Delaware and Hudson 16, 300 Erie 13, 900 :.
Hooking Valley $500; Illinois Central
$780, Louisville and Nashville $500;
Manhattan 1900; Missouri Pacific $500;
M. X. & T. $500; M. K. & T.. preferred,
II 100; New York Central 40,700; Norfolk
and Western $3.50; o. and Western $500;
Pennsylvania 59,40O; Reading $4,000;
Reading, second preferred, 1900; ST.
Paul 44,900; Southern Pacific 16,400;
Southern Railway II 800; Texas and Pa
cific $500; Union Pacific 26,500; Wabash
$500; Wabash, preferred, $500; Brook
Ign Rapid Transit As, 100; Colorado Fuel
and Iron $4,000; Consolidated Gas $500;
international Power 5000; Pressed Steel
1900; Sugar AGO. T. c. 1. 49, 700; United
States Steel 300; United States
Leather 29,600; United States Leather,
preferred, $500; United States Steel, pre-
ferred, 1900; American Locomotive
Is, ZOO; American Locomotive, preferred,
13 100