Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-25
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PARIS, June 81 -Rentes. l13t. l0c.
NEW ORLEANS, June 24-Gold, 1908
@lOl16; New York sight, 3-l6@4 premium.
Sterling, 4S71S.
LONDON, June "A -Consols for money,
95 8 Is; on account, 80; 5 20s of 1867, l07;
10 40s, 1899; new D., los; 412s, 1885;
Illinois Central, So; Pennsylvania Central,
314
NEW YORK, June 24-Money easy at "a
3 per cent Prime mercantile paper, 3@4H
per cent. Customs receipts, 1924 900. Tue
assistant treasurer disbuIsed 80 100000.
ClearinSs, $ll 900 coo. Sterling exchange,
$3.50 4S7 Gold steady at lOOss Borrow
ing rat-s, per cent, fiat, ard It'd ger diem.
Government bonds were firm; COUPONS of
1857, lOols; do. new d, 1858, Il05S;
10 41s, registered, 1861; do. coupons,
1885; new So. l0llf; new AS,
1851 new a., l0Sl currency Is, 1908 State
bonds steady; tennessee Ga, old, 50; len
uessee 6s, new, 35; Virginia 6s, old, 20;
Virginia 6s, rew, "; Missouri 6s' IOI75.
Railroad bonds generally strong. There was
q slight decline in the stock market In the
early dealings, which was tollowe.I by an ad-
vance of to l Il per cent. IN the entire list.
Lake Shore, Western Union, Lackawanna
and granger stocks absorbed most of the
speculative interest In Lake Shore there
were some heavy transactions at 59@594
Atlantic and Pacific telegraph rose IL per
cent During the afternoon the market was
heavy and lower; the decline from the high
est point of the DAY ranged from to 20 per
cent The greatest decline was IL Lake Snore,
based on rumofs In the exchanges that q
dividend would probably be passed; Mlehlr
gan Central was also notably weak. The
general list fell off 16@H per cent. at the
close. Coal stocks We're strong, owing TO the
harmonious action OF the board OF control this
afternoon. Transactions aggregated 1884,
shares, of which 5000 were Erie, 5000 Lake
Shore, 5000 Northwestern common and 5000
preferred, 1000 aJ. Paul common and 5000
preferred, II 100 Lackawanna, 1900 Michigan
Central, 20 900 Western Union and 2OO0 Pa
cifc Mail. Following are closing quotations:
Western Union telegraph company, 81
Quicksilver, AK; Quicksilver preferred, 1874 (;
Pacific Mail, 1881; MarposR, l01; Maripo-
sa preferred, l0l; Adams Express compa-
ny, 1925; Wells 4 Fargo Express COM
paay, 93l1; American Express company, As;
United states Express company, 4Si New
York Central lQS15; Ere. l515 Erie
preferred, 3016 Harlem. So; Michigan
Central, $50 Panama, %: Cnicn Pacific
stock, 64l4; Lake Shore, 575s Illinois Cen
tral, S234; Cleveland ana Pittsburg, 70,
Northwestern, 462l Northwestern pre-
ferced, 7l3s; Cleveland, Columbus, CIncln-
matt and Indianapolis, 26a{. New jersey Gen.
trail, 311z; Rock Island, ia; st. Pau, so;
st. Paul preferred, T9; Wabash, ll215; Fort
Wayne, 9224; Terre Haute, l02; Terre
Haute preferred, I03; Chicago and Alton,
M; Chicago and Alton preferred, l02j
Ohio and Mississippi, le735; Delaware, Lac k
awanna and Western. 57ts; Atlantic and Pa
ci6c telegraph, q; Missouri Pacific, l0l15;
Chicago, Burlington and Quin y, 1851
Hannibal and st. Joe, lll4; Central Pacific
bonds, I07A; Union Paclnc bonds, 1919
Union Pacific land grants, l072i; Union Pa
ci6c sinking funds. l0lSa.