The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
THE DAYS TRADING.
|N01'vG:..R||'Y||' HEAVY {! \
Below That Of Recent Days (. 'ltit I
Limited5to Stocks That Lave: Lave
Been So Active.
NEW HIGH RECORDS 'I MADE 70. s:
These Registered by St. Paul and md
SsAtclisorl Large Engagements
of Australian Gold.

I NEW YORK il IA August 271New high.
records were registered by st. Paul ana
2Atcllison In the course Of to-day4s to osAt
market. which was for tho most part
irregular and dull, rejecting further pro-
sfit-taking In the Hartman issues ana
other stocks whose recent advances nave
been most meleorIc.3 htchsons high-
water mark was attributed to tho re-
turns OF that system for July, winch
show d net Increase OF s42D, 900. ,flle lists
tendency toward K hcnvness, hoWcverifre re- 8
3nccted tho disappointment shown at u INC
failure OF our bankers to secure \ even a
share of the South African gold $lnnden
in london. Am matter OF fnct, III ING
days known development suggested ID an
3ni,scnce OF anything Ike urgent demand
for the metal from ills quarter. There
5,.aa lie change IN the foreign cxchanRe
situation, although the ratio weakened
some more later III the day. ana he only
feature regarding this phase
was the announcement Of m engage
8,ncnt or $Tb0.0D0 Australian gold, which
Will not bn received here for som G weeks.
3,rte days trading vas below that OF
recent days, and WAC again largely llin-i
\ tied I'd tho same stocks that made up
the great bulk or last weeks remark
able tnovcmcn Onion and Southern Pa
Ecific AtchIson. ST. Paul. Reading. United
States Steel and Aralgamated ii Copper.
10 thi8E 1st might be added sugar, which
was Il pronounced figure In Tho cnrly
trading. BY reason Of Its sharp advance
%; relatively large transactions after 9
@protractcd period OF inactivity. SUGARS
dividend time Is approaching. and It ls5
mot unlikely that torday's r1ovein ent was vas
mn attempt To discount that event.
I'm Persistent selling OF tho active list be-
{ gan to show In the general decline OF
prices early In the afternoon. The feat
t,,rcs or greatest p9ea knnsH we're st. Paul.
II Smelling, Chicago Northwestern, Union
Paclnc, Northern Pacific and United;
States Steel, while a number Of special
ties registered market rccesslons. The
movement was accelerate by cling from
+ London wnIcl, reported sharp declines
+ in Russian securities. The closing was
weak. \ at about lowest priccsiof the day.
4 Noteworthy railway returns Of the day
besides that OF Atchison were LouisylllG
md 4 Nashville and Is Southern 81 Railway
/ showing gross increases for Jnly OF $GeD, a
q 0o and Ss2s, oo0, respectively. s s5s
Bonds we're easy. Total sales par
value. S,.Sl0o0o. United states bonds
were all unchanged on call. 81
Total sales Of stocks to-day were IL
4 500. 100 shares. ss iS l 81 sg
s$8 MONEY Il AND ExCHASGE-CLOsE
! Money on call, arm, 3 1-ea51-2 per cent:
ruling rate, u az: closing bid. 4. offered
5at a II Time loans, strong. sixty days.
I Gao 1 p both rates paid: ninety days, g
SO 7.5SbothEralcs paid 81 six mont ~; 81.
strongly bid oireringa light. Prime mer-
camille paper. 9 per GENT; sterling ex-
change. weak, at 81, si2ofl 1925 for demand.
aud at si.sia5 Tor sixty-day bills. Posted
rates, s4.s2 1-2 and s4.s5 AZ. Commercial
bills, s4.s91-3fl4.s0 DIS Bar silver. 60 5-s.
l0l La 81 L Il 49,. 49,. go .-..N