The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-31
Dull DAY IN TIL
STOCK MARKET | [.
y,or, Reports Of Satisfactory.
Railroad Earnings.
loEDoN's FIR EDDY ATTlTUD:
opering gu 9,a 10 $ Som what 1e,isr
Gou's SOCKS Developed Increased
-engil, speeu atioa Rather
t,rea ulsr-Later Reaction.
ENDlY aTTITUD;

fI,r Associated prcssl


NEW YORK. Oct ss0.-Thes stock ma .,lset
vas again dun and narrow to-day though
OF times there Hsie ind cations Uisi a
some@hat better fes.ins; This may l,ars
sterling. which kesened the Droiability
Of eaIig gold exports. Other favorable
features .nciGdedsone more reports of rail-
read earnings and LonGon'ss more friend-
iS attitude tEols.lt that center dealtyery.
moderately In this market. and sold quite
rs much as 1t bought. Opening auoIa-
lions were generally fraction better
than the previous days close. The strong
features in the carly trading included St.
I'aal Baltimore and Ohio Southern Paci-
lie. Sugar and Amaigamated Copper
Among the stocks that registered deeAEes
Of the same lime We're Reading Louis
tsiie and Nashville and United States steer.
further tendency toward better pra Ns.
was soon shown. and Norfolk and HWest-
cl'n, Missouri Pacific and Manhattan were
quoted a improved PRICES Al,
There was no news to accohnt 1os INC
F'alisfai Improvement other tan VIZ. tiasa-
ers seemed 10 think The narlsat hadEbeen
Eversold. The Gould stocks a II group
developed increased strength under the
lead of Missouri Pacific. and there was q
moderate demand Tor Texas and Paciflc.|
The trading in Penns.l sania, alti'norc
md Ohio Canadian Pacaic, Illinois Cen
trail, Delaware ard Hudson, New York
Central aud Wabash seemed TO have some
foundation Northwest was sensitive
and doclired on small dealings. bu; later
made partial recoEe:.y. In the special
class American q ttDfa OH maze
gain bu, Colorado Fuel and lrcn was dis
tjntstiy heavy United States Realty shares
We're dealt In for the first time. the first
preferred making q. one po.nt advance. :
Speculation became rather irregular and
,eaettonarg toward noon, and business
flwiaaiedto tlles. iinats ST proper ions. While
Inside support was not a'togf Their lack
ing. IL was clea, that any ttenpts iii the
tIii ection of activity and higher level
9ere met with offerings of long stock.
The list held barely firm during the early
afternoon though the reactions we're
chiefly due to room rad.ng ST. Paul de-
ye!eiled unusual strength in the last hour.
nlaa4ng a maximum rise of ga points
but proit-talsing end the failure OF the
issue of extra stock caused general sell
ing. The remainder of the list went OF
in sympathy. and the closing. while easy:
was dull. Demand sterling was quoted
Gail money worked as high as per
cent in the final hour, but most OF the
days loans Were made between Az ana
5 per cent. The advance in demand loans
WAS probably due in a .enaasure to the final
payment on Saturday of ST 033 03D for ac-
count OF the recent bond increase OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad. arrangements to
meet this payment were perfected some
days ago. however. and II is more than
likely that the advance in call money
WAS largely influenced by The belief mat
gold exports must come
The bond market continued very duii;
but prices We're we'll maintained. Total
sales. par value sl.760,691- United States
SIS. coupon, advanced Il per cent. Oh the
!. The total sales of stocks for the day
were 3Gi.lo1 shares.
MONEY AND Money on
call ciGsed. firm at 4n6 per cent: closed.
offered AZ G per cent: prime mercantile
paper. 5lsa6 per cent Sterling exchange
steady with actual business in bankers
bills at s4sG.S75 for demand and $3.50
for sixty days hills: posted rates. s4-si1
49, and sa.s1GI4.SS: commercial bills
81 7aGf4.s3 % Bar silver ools: Mexican
dollars. 39s Government bonds tirmer;
State. bonds inactive: railroad bonds
a :. .