Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-19
Wax jopld Over lhsIf Success d
Dsestas The Stock Harriet
Professionals FOLLOW the LIST
Slightly More Hopeful Tone on thu
Weekly Statements OF Railroad
Traffic-Engascment Of Goid-Total
Sales; Closing Quotations.

New York, May 1S.-The specula-
tive spirit was rampant about the
Stock Exchange today and there
were ebullient outbursts Of what the
trained operators In stocks calls bull
lish enthusiasm. The professional
traders threw off the reserve they
have maintained towards the rise IL
prices through much OF its course
and were quick to follow any signs
of an incipient movement in what
ever quarter OF the list.
There was traceable slightly
more hopeful tone in the weekly
statements Of railway traffic offci'ls
but this was admittedly based a"
much on the promise Of revival Of
fered by the stirring in the stock
market as by any actual develop
msnt in the traffic situation itself.
Railroad gross earnings for April
are reported 1885 per cent less than
last year. compared with decrease
of 1876 per cent in March. 1911 i
per cent in February and S.74 per
cent in January. The engagement
of more gold for export to Germany
and France was without effect OIL
sentiment, especially in view of opin-
ion Of Berlin bankers that the move
ment was artificial and at concession
Of an extra profit to those surren-
dering the gold. After the late peri
cd of profit taking the market closed
with the bull faction apparently In
coneinued control.
Bonds were steady. Total sales, par
value, $6.O40.00. United States bonds
were unchanged on call. Total sales
To-day were I.125.200 shares. inclu1-
ing: Copper. $1,000: Smelling. 3.4O0:
Tobacco, 100: "A. c. L.. 700; st. Paul.
$500: l.. and NJ, $4,000: Missouri
Pacific. $1,000: Pennsylvania. $4,000:
Reading. $4,000: Southern Pacific.
1880: Union Pacific. 181. 100: Nor
folk and Western. 1000; Southern
Railway. 1900: Southern Railway
preferred. 500: United States Steel.
$500: Northern Pacific, $4,000.
Sloss- Sheffield. SEQ
Adams Express :. :. 49,. ..16'
Amalgamated Copper >. SO Y
American Car and Foun :. :. S7%
American Car and Foun pfd :. 91ss
American Cotton OIL >. :. =. :. 81
American Cotton Oil pfd =. :. 80
American Express 80. =. =. ..190
American Hide and Leather pfd 10
American Ice :. :. -. Z'N
American Linseed Oil :. =. :. 1l$
American LiRseed OIL pfd A1e
American Linseed Oil pfd :. :. 24h
American Locomotive olhs
American Locomotive pfd :. LOB
American Smelling and Ref .. 77ts
American Smelling and Ref pfd 10l
American Sugar Refining :. ..131
American Tobacco pfd cent :. =. 927s
Anaconda Mining :. :. .. :. 45la
AtchisOn =. ofH
Afchison pfd :. -, :. Szh
Atlantic Coast Line :. :. >. =. 933A
Baltimore and Ohio :. =. =. =. 934
Baltimore and Ohio pfd :. =. -. SO
Brooklyn Rapid Transit =. :. :. So
Canadian Pacific -, :. =. =. ..1SO
Central of New Jersey =. :. ..1s5
Chesspe axe and Ohio >. :. .. =. AN
Chicago Great Western :. .. :. n
Chicago and Northwestern :. ..157
Chicago. Mil. and st. Paul :. .13I%
Chicago Terminal and Tran. =. :
Chicago Term. and Tran. pfd :. 10
c c c and St. Louis =. :. :. -
Colorado Fuel and Iron -. :. :. 2s%
Colorado and Southern :. :. =. 32S
Colorado and Southern LIST pfd .9a
Colorado and Southern End pfd s0+s
Consolidated Gas - >. E. :. ZEN
Corn Products =. :. isN
Delaware and Hudson =. .-1e'
Delaware Lackawanna and West $50
Denver and Rio Grande .. - -
Denver and Rio Grandc pfd =. ssi1
Tis:iIIcrs' Securities :. q. .. =. "a
Erie - :. - =. :. ga
Erie ist pfd - - 4ot5
General Elcsric 80. ....tS9
Illinois Ccatral -. - - - III
international Paper -. =. =. 1fh
International Paper pfd =. -. =. 81
International PsIp E. =. e. 2sz
International Pulp pfd -. =. =. ~
Iowa Central :. =. =. ia
Iowa Central pfd =. :. :. 3'b7
Kansas city outhcrn e. =. =. 2sh
Kansas City Southern pfd :. =. SIN
Louisville snd Nashville .. ....i11if
Mexican Central - - fss
Minneapolis Nnd ~. Paul e.. E. ~
MINI. 81. p. and SAINT Ste ".
MINI. Sc r and Sa 81 " pfd ..i2f
Missouri Pacific e. e. ct. E. ~
Missouri. Kansas and Texas 2"
Missouri. Ransss and Texas pfd ssh
National Jssd :. ss~
S,,toosl n r. Of Mexico pfd .. W