The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-11
I1NaNCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

THURSDAY, Oct. 1O-P. M.-Thore was n
more active business ut the Stock Exchange.
with Lake Shore. Delaware. Lacsawanna aud
Western. tho Northwcs,crns. st. Pauls. md
Western Union leading the speculative list
Tho tonc was decidedly heavy. and prices
further declined. as will be Observed in the table
below. Tho operations In the gold market were
watched with moro than usunl interest. and the
advance In tho rates 81 money. mainly under
the influence OF giGue manipulation. also inn
parted TO tho stock market u feverish and de-
moralized focng.
There is n great contest in progress between
some of tho leading magnatcs II tho street. and
until its termination the outside public had bes,
keep aloof from stock speculation. although.
from indications this afternoon. there ought
soon TO be AN upward reaction. Western Mon
AMI Lake shore arctic obIocuyo points. North
western common further declined 10 So, the
preferred TO 7os. l,nckawanna to y2!s. Lake
Shore to 81 +. and Western Union 10 81 l..
. The remainder Of the hst symp'thE"d with
the downward tendon y. ns will bc Observed
elsswlere, AMI IA" mnrkci clo9cd uns nucd.
The total numbnr Of shares dealt IN was lGi.-
252. 81 which Lake Shore represented 4i.Glj.
Northwestcrn. ago: do. prginrr.d. li9o9;
Western Union 20 $50; 81. Paul, Q.33j 10. pro-
torrrd. $500: New Jersey Central. $40; Kansas
Pacific. 1900: Erie. 300 G.. Is. and Quincy.
Michigan Central. 900; Wabash. 500 Onion
Pacific, Las: Rock Island 49, Onigs. 800;
lActl' .hNll. JUL lhlldlhut 1Wf Nltcu ottAt7
Express. AS 81. Louis and san francisco pre-
ierred. son. 81. L.. X. {. and N. 100; DO. pro-
fOrred. 800; Hannibal and ~. joseph. 400: do.
and Essex 3ju: NJ. X. and Texas, 800; Now
York Central. $50 Cleveland and Pittsburgh
1872 aud Harlem. 232.
In the gold market the interest was renewed
by an advance 10 lOl. although closing at 1OOls.
The following were The principal quotations
io.Di l. NJ iOl'. ~ i a.. iol 800 IN ..iofs
In loans the rates pad for the OF gold 81.
la 3Gs - 81 I. aud r. cent
The total cIcarings at tile gold department OF tie
Stock Exchange s.3 .i1 Oo gold balances ~ GlT
Oi4: balance. 81 7o7 500 The suh Treas
urN redeemed x1sDpt called honds and paid In
interest the public det ssslUn Tie days business
At the United Statss sub Treasury Com receipts.
S1sil Isl coin payments 1921 ~ a. coin balance,
sl5 -. +Is iH CURRENCY receipts Sf2bt- 49, currency
atnrut- $50 StsD currency balance. 80 az ~ -
customs Sa57t'u. r5'rUru cancelled CON cerulcai, :
sent 10 Washington u G.
Ihe Internal revenue receipts at Washington today
wert s'tsut. AMI tlle customs rccripts Sl1nnp Tho
Treasury also received s2ioUO IN national bank notes
for redemption.
The Rank ot England gained on balance to-day elJo.
~. with "A net iucrr as for the week ui Ep-tun
The Imperial Hauk ~ Gc many. however, shows de-
crease Tor ~, wstk uia1ratno mark.
The fUrrlG lrket-. more tfVclAN the London. have
been depressed hrruusc ut rnuors u rhnrruss MS
among the mcrthants. growing out OF the failure the
Scotch bank
Foreign exchange sui quoted at 81 snl, and - IS
for time and dcinanl drafts bur the market ruled weak
Aui hills were dull % sale.
In ihv money markctrnu loans were MANIPULATED up.
ward 90 y cent? te range having been AZ aI. ht sui
scIurntN tc r!osc were Negotiated at2 Discounts
renamed unchanged
government bonds closed quiet although there a
well distributed business observed earlier lu tie dly
a. fu.lu Wa 10 Do q / al.