Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-20
Professional specu|alIOrs Do Not
Know How The Lelhargic Con-
billions Will ind.
H0THIA6 TO BASE OPINION upon
The Advances at the closino on
Thursday Were Caused by Hopes
That the London Market Would be
stronger-Bonds Firm-TotaI Sales
and Closing Quotations.
tBy Associated Prrss.)


NEW YORK, April l9.-rhc dav in
The stock market proved uuevcntru!
again, although the appearance WAS
not OF such staSnation as prevailed
lof most OF yesterdays session The
tone was equally lacking in spccula.
i've initiative and the sluggish and
WaverinS price movement throughout
,nc session gave evidence OF tho same
iahSuld interest. Disposition either
10 buy or sell seemed lacking. Events
are sun LACKING to define the prob.
ape future and speculative opinion.
therefore, is uniformed as to when
diEectlon the movement will take
wnen it energies from it's present
leinhrsy. The bidding of prices
"hich occurred just before the clos
ing yesterday seems TO have been
founded on supposition that the
favorable features of the British bud.
Sct statement which was presented
10 parliament yesterday would prompt
Strong tone IN Inc London market
toaay. That market took advantage
oi me budget factor, however, to eff
rect some realizings. The consequence
was some reaction there from the
tate rise OF yesterday. Prices drifted
v.
The feature of the preliminary esti.
mate of the weeks currency move
ment by the local banks was the de-
cisive turn OF the movement in favor
OF the interior, the balance ont or
New York amounting apparently to
between one and two million dollars
Inc gain by the banks on sul,treas
urE operations of SiS2S. 900 will be
reduced accordingly. A further loan
expansion is looked for from the fact
mat several large syndicate payments
nave been made during the week
while the repayment of loans by in.
terror banks and their transfer to New
YORK is supposed to have proceeded
bonds were firmcr. but very dull
lo'al sales par value, $l17S.O 900. II.
y. bonds unchanged. Total sales
stocks 32S.O00. including: Copper
a"uoo; Smelling 2i.lOO: Sugar 600;
tobacco. 200 Atlantic Coast Line
800: Baltimore e Ohio 1900; Chesa.
pcake & Ohio 1,4OO: Louisville {.
Nashville 200; Norfolk & Western
600; Reading 1860; Union Pacific
$500; United States Steel "a, 400:
virginia. Carolina Chemical 100.
ADAMS Express $50
Amalgamated Copper 93H
american Car and Foundry -. IS
american Cotton Oil 30H,
american Cotton Oil pfd 81
american Express 2OO
American Hide and Leather MD 81
anu i''til ice ............. T3
American Linsccd Oil ...1I
American Linseed Oil pfd ... IS
American Locomotive Ga
American Locomotive pfd .. %
American Smelling and Ring. .131
american Smelling e Rcfng pd 1861
American Sugar Refining ......12s
American Tobacco, pfd ccrtif 8, X
Anaconda Mining Co .. GliT
,.i: commentaries. ~
Atchison pfd. "a
Atlantic Coast Line 1ooH
baltimore and Ohio
baltimore and Ohio pid. .. IS
brooklyn Rapid Transit .. 80
Canadian Pacific .174a;
Central of New Jersey .135
Chesapeake and Ohio 4ih
Chicago ana Great Western 10
Chicago and Northwestern .l52as
Chicago, Mil. and ST. Paul .133H
Chicago Terminal and Trans. n
chicago Terminal and Trans. pfd IL
u, C., c. and st. Louis .... 60h
Colorado Fuel and Iron ..... 345s
Colorado and Southern ...... 26T,
Solorado and Southern list pfd. 59h
Colorado and Southern md pfd. A
Consolidated Gas ..I31
Corn Products I3u.
Corn Products pld " rs
Delaware and Hudson IS6
Delaware, Lakawanna and West l73
Denver and Rio Grandc ~
Donvcr and Rio Grande pfd. :. n
Distiilcrs5 Securities G9H
E'N ...' ..-. ............:.. 23$s
Erie LIST pfd. ........ Sex
Eric End Dfd. sc
General Electric ...IIG
Illinois Central
International Paper ...li
international Paper pfd ... IS
International Pump .... IS
International Pump pfd ... ~
Iowa Central pfd. ...... 3Gh
Kansas City Southern ......... "a
Kansas City Southern pfd 80. GO
Louisville and Nashville .l1GM
SMcXican Central ..,......... 21M
Minneapolis and ST. Louis IS
Mimi. St p. and Sault. Ste. NJ. lOI
Mimi, s. p. e S. ST. NJ pfd l33&
Missouri Pacific .......... AZ
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Sc
Missouri, *. and T. pfd. ...... 65h
National Lead ... 6lX
National II. II. of Mexico pfd. SO
Now York Central .l1SH
New York Ontario and Western 38iI
Norfolk and Western 7is;