New-York tribune., 1909-03-09
TOPICS OF THE STREET

voPFIzN TRADING.-Foreign houses bought
- 00a shares on balance in the local market
Io15cn the general market stagnsnt
a. a. -E-o,,r rhs day consols and foreign bonds re
.S1f-a. their Improvement OF last week Money at
y T~ftigh capital IN fair demand, and Up 20
Is -er cent was paid Short time bills were finn
- Tho Bank cf England secured all OF the South
It--s7 gold offered il the local open market and
- n addition. f227 900 bar gold and received
80 $500 400 from Egypt and the Continent.
-o1 n F-xPGRTS-Heavy shipments Of gold -
- Argentine viii be made tomorrow. Speyer &
r. having engaged S1.o00,ooo in coin; Heidelbach.
Tsrbefu7e- &. CO. S250o0o; hidder. Peabody & Co,
to9S 0nn -re anglo-South American Bank $500. coo.
-z-+he National Bank Of Commerce, S500.000 max
a. a. ro+s1 On the South American movement since
-Is.- SIS 600. Inquiries regarding the abil-
.. - the local Assay Office TO supply gold bars
a. .-oort % London were made yesterday. but no
.+-gJ engagements were announced although ster-
Il1~ exchange enjoyed q sharp advance. closing
ssts- under The influence ot an offering Of bills
o7zr+ ont by the rise There is little gold in the
80 n bars available for export, and if the
.+-ss 0-5ru-srd movement Of the metal TO Lsndon
LsTs FOR shipments IN large volume gold coin viii
- se-r provfding sterling rates warrant the TAX
ing & tae coin. It vas thought at the close OF Of
ts,-ess Yesterday that from S3.oo0o0o TO $4,000 600
1-55 le shipped by the Lucania tomorrow
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HAMBURG-AMERICAN WILL PASS DINI-
pEND-A Hamburg cable dispatch says ne olIec- @
toTate Of the Hamburg American Steamship COM
pany purposes 70 pass THIS year o4'ldei-o' = NV
dend Of Per cent was paid last year
sTcss- SHEFFIELD REGULAR DIVIDEND
71recrors of the Sloss-sheed Steel and Iron Com
psny have declared regular quarterly dtFldena
ri 81 per cent en- the preferred Stock PaHao-S
April 70 stock Of record March 20
ATTRACTIVE BOND CIRCULAR-SWart"out q
sTTenzeIlar have sust issued complete bond CIR
~,,,sr v-hicr enurerates over three hundred bonds
.-9rz detailed information and naming the states
e --S,cb +hsv are legal for savings bank invest
,.srtz v,ich they vii be glad 10 send 10 bond in
vestoTs - 49,,
PTTTsBRUG. BESSEMER & LAKE Ek1h DlF i
rFS0-Directors of the PittsburG- BessenaeF q
~ Erie Railroad have declared the SeTfl-aIaIlaI
5;ziSerd of > per cent on the common STOCK. Ihe
saue as z year ago, payable April 70 s'O0A u
record March 15.
roTT0N EXCHANGE SEAT soLD-B, koeh!er
h.s sid his Cotton Exchange membership to y.
eenar for 81 81.