Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-02
Wall Street To.dav

| speeches: after which, the league adjourned to
meet In Milwaukee on September Is, 1888.
Wall Street To-day.
NEW YORK, Oct 2-The POStS financial article
says: In the money market the range for rates on
call loans is to per cent the ruling rate being
per cent. Time loans are nominal, and mercan-
| tile paper moves slowly except at high rates
There is less money going to the west than usual
at this season OF the year. In fact, the shipments
| In this direction since the middle OF August have
been much below the average OF previous seasons.
Now that cotton has begun TO move actively, in
creased currency shipments to that section are to
be expected and as the south has not added to its
currency facilities anything like in degree what
| the west has, the movement TO the south is
| expected to be something like the proportions
OF former years. The chief interest at the Stock
Exchange centers In the stock market which is
| becoming thoroughly demoralized. The power of
| by such developments as have been made in a few
prominent companies, to create thoroughly
6sarish feeling among spectators and
holding The decline of the last few days has
weakened margins so that stock already begins to
be pressed for sale On this account. 1t is believed
that the purpose OF the large spectators who
have brought about the decline and the existing
unsettled feeling, is to get the market into a ship
where they can pick UP line OF stocks at COM
paratlvely low price. SO that sharp upward turn
in the market is among the possibilities,
If not probabilities, at the most unexpected mo-
ment The decline In the market has been more
assisted by the break In Louisville and Nashville
than by anything else There is nothing new in
the way OF reports respecting this company. The
annual meeting is to be held In Louisville on Wed
nesday, the 4th, instead OF in November, as erro-
neouSy published on Saturday, and the facts will
then appear; but, beyond question. the companys
business and finances are disappointing to those not
on the inside. 1t should be said that the October
interest OF the company is being promptly paid
day. The market opened below Saturdays closing,
and has been weak and feverish since, and net
decline in prices ranging from 1a5' per cent, the
extreme decline having been Aa61s, the latter
Louisville at 6aA a 81 The other notably
have ranged as follows: Denver, 56x a 554;
Delaware, Lackawahna and Western, 3S3za137;
Texas pacinc 47a44; jersey, 761:a72k; Lake Shore,
and Trans-Continental, 9l3sas9H: Northern Pa
clf1c, pfd "a &a93K Kansas and Texas Pacific 37a
stocks have been Erie and Milwaukee and ST. Paul
Government bonds are steady, with the Is and ex-
tended IS quoted "Ex." State bonds are per cent
Railroad bonds are 1ka1K lower. The market for
foreign exchange is very weak.
THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT, issued to-day,
shows the decrease Of the debt during the
month OF September to be sos 49, cash In the
Treasury, s2i6s36 064. 90; gold certificates out
Standing 81 907 no. silver certificates outstanding
81 569, 210; certificates OF deposit outstanding,
A06'O,0 900; refunding certificates outstanding
s435 sO0 legal tenders OUTSTANDING s346 6si, O16;
fractional currency outstanding, s., 08 07S7 cash
balance available, sl4I, 6Ss, 4l5.a2
MONEY AND DRAFTS IN DEAD LErrERs.-of the
whole number Of letters and parcels opened in the
Dead Letter Office during the year ended June 30,
1882, 10 $50 contained money. an increase OF
per cent over the previous year: "a, SIS contained
cent; A,73l contained receipts, certificates, paid
notes, ETC. increase OF 17X per cent 80 2i2 con-
tained photographs, an increase OF is per cent;
So. 463 contained postage stamps, a decrease OF
I4k per cent; 90.S42 contained merchandise
bOaks, etc, an increase OF aOK per cent; and
34O6577, or an increase of 17k per cent contained
nothing of value. The reduction in the number
OF letters containing postage stamps is partly due
to the extension Of the money order system, and
To no
tiOus letters. which usually contain remttances
or stamps, have been sent to the Dead Letter
Office during the year.
THE NEW PENSION OFFICE CLEnks-There is
some difficulty experienced In the Pension Office In
the assignment OF the extraordinary force OF clerks
desks and another the tnexperience OF beginners
There have been about six hundred clerks ap-
pointed in the Pension ONCE within a month. For
these as many desks must be provided. The main
pension building Is very much crowded. About
half or the new appointees have been assigned to
corner Of sh street ami
recently occupied by the Census bureau. Most OF
the new appointees who have begun have been as
signed TO duty as examiners
THE "JURY FIXING IHvEsr1aAnoN.-The dis
testimony as to the alleged Jury "hxing" in the |
star route case, and that portion as 70 the ap- |
prOacheS made to Mr.. Dickson VIII be completed |
probably tomorrow.
TIE LETTER CARRIERS SERvIck-To-day the In /
creased force Of letter carriers Of the Washington
Post Once entered upon their duties and all the /
mails being In On time this morning, at O'Clock |
carriers were delivering letters upon each Of the 81
routes, NEARLY double the original number, ana /
the first days work may be said TO be a success
and the authorities at the Post ONCE (Mat Parker
Acting Postmaster are well pleased at the result
There was some little friction In putting the work
through, owing to some OF the men being compare
lively new, but In few days 1t 10 expected that the
carriers department Will be working smoothly.
There has been In division OF the public service
more improvements made than I'm the post ofnces /
In the past few years. and the letter-carrers' sys
tenn has become an institution which would In its /
absence be missed as much as the post Office ITSELF
Col Anger has since his Induction into the Office,
been continually making improvements till he has
now as perfect post o1ce as - In this country or
elsewhere.