Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-30
WALL street To-day.

STEADILY INCREASING "sHoRr" INTEREST
New YORK, oct Sa.-The PoSr,s financial article
| says: The money market is easy al 3 86 per cent
for call loans on stocks, and Sa4 per cent United
states bonds Time loans are 4l6 per cent ac-
sorIlng 10 The quality of collateral and the time
loans run The prime mercantile paper IS 6Sas
| pei cent The stock exchange markets are
inlL United states bonds are unchanged,
| except for the extended IS, which are
a lower state bonds are nominal RR bonds
| are strong at an advance OF L a l per cent The
stock market Is irregular hut The foremost or the
stocks 1t all active are lower than Satur
1 days closing prices. A majority or the active
| market are "beariSh." and the rank and file OF
| room traders is decidedly 'sbcarish" The result
Is steadily increasing ''Short interest :" which is
already so large that several stocks lend ? per
cent below the current rate for call loans OF money!
The general impression is that there VIII be no
| important change In the market uutil after the
| eieclionS next week. The market for foreign ex-
| change Is rather weak.
| BErTER.-Mr. y. p. Gage. princlual or the puhlio
| SCHOOLS ot the second district. has ben seriously
rn m tpr some weeks and WaS last week very low.
are that he VIII soon be At his post
THE CHARGE OF ROBBsRY AGAINST . FRENCH
| 1oNERSEs&-lhiS morning I'm tie Police Court
MT Moore called Judge SMELLS attention 10 two
chargeS or grand larceny against Loader Pom
| mard the French goycrncSS. who was arrested
last Friday by Policeman Mcnamara, (as stated
! AT The time In THE STAR) FOR rObung Hercules L
| Dousman, at Gov. Sturgis' house at Soldiers,
| Home, Mr.. O. 5. Il. Wall appears for the ,iefend-
| ant Mr.. Moore stated that in one ease She "a
chaIgeo WIN stealing "A ian valued at $50 and a
lot Of velvet valued at So. lie said that the roh-
oefy consisted or diamonds. silk dresses, etc TO
the extent or several thousand dollars and he
intended To issue another warrant (makinC threel
| charging her with grand larceny Mr. Moore
asked that the bail be fixed at s. 600 Mr. Wall
ASKED mat tue bail be not fixed so high. MIR
Moore said that the prisoner was bad woman
am mas been practicing the game on other
! people. The court refused TO reduce the bail and
sue was committed Ia default OF bail 10 appear for
| trial next Thursday.
SENT TO JAIL FOR SMASHING A wrrpow.-A
young man named Edward Kennedy was before
Judge Smell today, charged with stealing an um-
Drella from a young man named JAS Walsh and
also with destroying private property without the
consent OF the owner. The testimony showed that
ne picked up an umbrella ia a restaurant Saturday
night, and when pursued he threw a brick at his
pulSuer ana smashed plate glass I'm the window
OF Henry krdak'S store on the Avenue Judge
Smell sent him to the workhouse for 60 DAYS In de-
fault OF fne OF 800 for breaking the window and
dismissed the Charge of larceny.
IN CRITICAL CoNDITIGS.-Wm. williams the
coored man VINO was stabbed at the corner OF
18TH ana streets about one week AGO, Is reported
this morning aS Sti living, but is not expected 10
recover. Peter Banks ana Ell MumfoTd, charged
with being engaged in the affray In which VIII
llalnS was stabbed, are held Tor hearing, which
has not yet taken place Another cOlored man
named Edward johnson has been arrested for as
sault and battery with intent TO XIII Williams and
was committed without bail TO await The result OF
the woun ded mans Injuries.