Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-05-01
More Business Done During First
Sixty Minutes Than for
Many Days Past
Then THERE WAS OLD DullREss
Many Stocks Were Active That Have
Persisted in Refusing to be Re.
vived During the Dull Days-stock
List Rroadened out-rotaI Sales
and Closing Quotations.
(By Associated Press


NEW YORK, April 30.-Morc bust
ness was. done during the first hours
Or today's stock market than in the
same time for many days past Some
of the features of the movement had
commenced to arouse aistrust by that
time and there was a relapse into
dullncss and uncertain fluctuations.
Many stocks were active during the
first hour that have been unrcspon.
sive' to the recent attempts to revive
speculative interest," and the whole
market took on an appearance of
breadth and volume that has been
conspicuously lacking in recent opcr-
ations.
Stocks were but little responsive
to the good showing of the weather
bureaus weekly bulletin Oh the crops
and to the moderate damage indicat.
cd by rains. A plentiful rain for
present needs In the upper MISSISSIPPI
pi and lower Missouri valleys, as the
report by the government bureau,
coupled with news Of additional rains
since and promises of more and the
decided heavlness In the wheat mar
Get itself, the factors in the crop out
look were generally towards rcassur.
ance.
: The rates for money for short ne.
RODS continued to relax but money
z brokers' are experimenting some stiff.
ening of rates for longer periods.
Some effect of the future railroad
earnings is looked for from advances
In freight rates which went into eff
iect In various quarters today.
Bonds were irregular: total sales
par value Sl,446.0oO. U. S. IS declined
quarter OH call Total sales today
10000 shares including: Copper
$500; Smelling 42,7OO; Sugar 200;
Tobacco 200; Atchison 24,4OO; A. C.
L. 400; st. Paul 35,400; c. &. O. 1900:
l., & N. 500; N. C w. $500; Pennsyl.
vania $4,000; Reading 173 900; South
ern Pacific 26.300 Union Pacific 219,-
800; Southern 500; Southern pfd.,
900; U. S., S. 3S,S0O; Northern Pacif-
ic 24,600.
Adams Express .2SO
Amaigamated COPIED ......... %
American Car aud Foundry -. 37A
American Car and Foundry pfd. 9SIs
american Cotton Oil .......... 30A
american Cotton Oil pfd. ...... 81
american Express ............2 200
American Hide and Leather pfd. 21A
American Ice T4iS
American Linseed Oil ~
American Linseed Oil pfd. $50. 81
American Locomotive 633:h
American Locomotive pfd. .lOB
American Smelling and Ring. ..134h
Am. Smelling and Ring. pfd. ..1OSh
american Sugar Refining 1854
American Tobacco, pfd. certif. 92
. Anaconda Mining Co. 62z,
Atchison -. 951S
AtchiSon pfd 96M
Atlantic Coast Line .1O4
; Baltimore and Ohio ggsi
Baltimore and Ohio pfd. $500. 1914
brooklyn Rapid Transit ..... SIX
Canadian Pacific .177X
Central of New Jersey 1856
chesapeake and Ohio 42lS
Chicago Great Western ....... II3s
Chicago and Northwestern 80. .153
Chicago, Mil. and st. Paul ..137h
Chicago terminal and Trans. :.
Chicago Trminal and Trans. prd. 10
g, c., G. and ST. Louis 72H
Colorado Fuel and Iron SIX
Colorado and Southern .... 255S
Colorado and Southern 1st Dfd. 59H
Colorado and Southern End pfd. AZ
Consolidated Gas ~. 1877
Corn Products ...... l5%
Corn Products pfd. 80. 77K
Delaware and Hudson 1887
Delaware, Lacka, and Western. .472
. Denver and Rio Grande 28Ik
(; Denver and Rio Grande pfd 80. "A
Distillers' Securities ......... 7OH
Erie ..... Observation-Disclosures. 24H
Erie LIST pfd. ........ 55H
Eric End pfd. ................ 50
General Electric 1881
Illinois Central ..145
International Paper .... 14X
International Paper pfd $500. T4n
International Pump ........ rs
International Pump pfd. ...... 49,.
Iowa Central $3.50. 1914
Iowa Central pfd. ........ 3GI!
Kansas City Southern ........ 25H
Kansas City Southern pfd. 80. soy
Louisville and Nashville 1907
Mexican Central ......... PIX
Minneapolis and ST. Louis -. 4y1i
Mimi. st. p. and oault. Ste. NJ. los
Mimi, st. p. and S. S. NJ. pfd. 1874 u
Missouri Pacific ............. 1917
Missouri. Kansas and Texas 37X
Missouri. Kansas and Texas pfd. &C
Natioha! Lead ................ 62b:
National r. r. of Mexico pfd. ;. o3E
New York Central .1ISH
Norfolk and Western .......... 77%
North American .............. TAI
Pacific Mail observation-disclosures 6
> Pennsylvania ......... 49,. .12TH
Peoples Gas .............!... 921
Pittsburg, G.. G. and st. Louis 40
Pressed Steel Car ............. Sc
Pressed Steel Car pfd. ....... DBL
Pullman Palace Car f6b
Reading ............ .1I2s
Heading LIST MD. XII J.