Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-15
NEW YORK STOCKS AND BONDS
Market Too Dull to Warrant Anything But
Negative Conclusions
MORE sUMoRs OF HARTMAN DIVIDENDS
Traders Seem Disposed TO Await
the Coaarmation of These
Reports Bonds Are
irregular.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE market for
securities was too dull today 10 warrant
anything but NEGATIVE conelusions There ,.sr
throughoSt the recent rise in prices. Ef:
from from and II. market S eft to take care Of
itself to a large extent. This was not
without its effect on the tone. which be-
came intensely dull and rather soggy.
The speculation showed the want Of the
cue tomary stimulant which has been al
ministered at short Intervals, sometimes by
an actual news occurrence, and when this
was lacking by diligent rumors OF expected
developments, which proved even more ef-
fective than the actual occurrences, There
grown positive that this weeks meetings
cino 'ns railroads. ' win 0 take dsSnlte action
| toward the placing Of Southern Pacific
on the dividend LIST and for the increase
Is almost equally well defined OF an an
nouncement OF ST. Paul rights this week
appointed in the past that spirit OF eau
ton and of some degre Of skepticism has
grown UP and was reflected in the day .
tered by the failure to act BY the Cana
dian Pacific dir sctors yesterday on the
supposed plan to distribute bonus to
OF the company's land holdings. That
stock was weak In CONSEQUENCE, IN spite OF
the DIVIDEND. was 8, sss. oss. compared with
emily did not feel compensated by this
showing for their disappointment Of the
expected extra disbursement. A similar
| conservative tone on the question Of in
snces Of James j. Hill OF the Great North
ern. There was comment also upon tone
| OF seeming levity in the quoted references
by that gentleman to the persistent rumors
q the ore lands deal It IL TO S sac ~ ,S p.
| withdrawal Of active efforts toward lifting
prices there was little evidence of dam
were Erected upon v an early decline and
| when these were made effective the market
practically became a drifting match, with
Yesterdays reports OF gold engagements
\ were the cause of some confusion, owing
Ns s f Snf w 70 Sad ss se s
| ment. Foreign exchange authorities pro-
fessed to see only loss In the reported
ToTeisn e eNehan anger advanced ssd today " ana
market, resulting from New Yorks demand
ling exchange at Paris. however, advanced
| again and reports from that center were
to the effect that loans were being secured
| there for New York account This would
| indicate that apprehension IN Paris over
the Russian outlook had so far subsidized
as to permit q relaxation Of the hold upon
the weather bureau confirmed the feeling
| Of confidence over the maintenance or the
| Improvement OF conditions OF the crops re-
ported in the government monthly state
ment. The special strength OF some of the
winter wheat and corn carriers was at
recommendation of the executive commit
tee of the Consolidated Gas company to
maintain the present dividend rate, al
though It would seem to relieve a fear
| which caused recent weakness In that
stock, was greeted by decline. The call
rates for time loans for sixty and ninety
/ days were raised to per cent and for
n mn, ana f sha months I" to per cent, Price;
then recovered to the best OF the day,
closing firm.
value, 81, 500, 06D. United States bonds were
| all unchanged on call ~
The following are the quotations on the
| Stock EXCHANGE: