National Republican., 1883-10-13

BALTIMORE, Oct l2.--Nirginia 6s consolidated
iO new l0-l0s, 33 new 3s 6l; North Carolina 6s
old, l05l5 bid to-day.
NEW YORK MARKEL
NEW YORK, oct. l2.-AIoney in oxocss Of tho
demand; call loans quoted at l19g2, closing az 2
per cent. on call. Prime mercantile paper, G6D7
per cent. Bar silver, ll03s. Subsidiary coin, =
discount buying; selling par. Foreign exchange
weak al 4sll6 for long aud 4SiI1 for short sght
nominal rates are down to iS2tB4S5. State bonds
duh. Governments strongeri the As rose to III
bid, the iI2s registered to ll4s5 bid and DO c9u,
West Shore iirsts which railied to 77 after selling
down to 76Is Kansas and Texas seconds lower Mt
81, and Texas Pacific incomes at 4y@i0A. Tho
stock market opened weak to- day and declined 4
to per cent, but this decline recovered
Northern Pacific preferred monopolized the spec
ulatiye attention in the early trading After II a.
III. the little support accorded the market was
Withdrawn, and speculation continued weak un-
til after p,m. Prices declined n to ~, the lat
ter in Oregon Transcontinenal which fell off to
Az. Denver fell l5s Northern Pacific preferred
"a TO 635s, and the other active shares " to u per
cent. This was succeeded by steadier tone,
buoyancy. Many shares advanced to the highest
point of tho day. Northern Pacific rose TO 20js
preferred to 6i4, Union Pacific to Ss1l Northwest
ern to 12OlH ST. Paul to 90R preferred to l1715
Louisville und Nashville 10 471s Lake Shore 10
90H, Missouri Paclc to $50, and Western Union
to 79l4. Just before the close there was sudden
raid on Lake Shore, which fell oil IA and caused
q sympathetic decline of "a to "a in tho general
market. The raid was based on n report that the
PENNSYLVANIA road had issued n circular making
sharp reduction III rates from Pennsylvania points
to points in New York state along the wost Shore
road in opposition TO the New York Central The
decline IN the market was brought about before
the report could be investigated. Alter business
hours 1t was learned Mt the offices of the compa-
MES concerned that the reports were made OUT of
whole CLOTH aud that the incomplete state of the
West Shore road If nothing else. preoludod the
possibility ofany such action us was attributed TO
the Pennsylvania company. The donial was made
on the highest authority Here 1t may be said
that a prominent bear operator who had been
credited with o desire to cover was indirectly the
A al NJ
ports which attracted considerable attention were
TO the effect that the West Shore road had been
leased to the Grand Trunk of Canada, and still
later to the Pennsylvania. No Official contirma-
tlon of which could be obtained. 1t is admitted
that negotiations of importance to the West Shore
are in progress, but they uro not yet sufficiently
advanced 10 permit Of any positive statements In
rIgard to the matter 1t Is intimated that the diff
Guilty between tho Texas Pacific and its dissa;is-
missed by the payment of back interest claimed,
partly in scrip and partly in cash.
Denver was weak on the issue of So 100000 new
bonds and S5,0Oo,OoO new stock. As compared
with last nights closing prices are Il TO ~ lower
for Denver, the trunk lines, Oregon Trahsconu-
MENTAL and the Gould stocks Chicago. Burling,
ton and Quincy. Lackawanna, Manitoba, and
Union Pacific however, were "a to 5s higher. The
changes in the speeialties were again important;
Chicago, st. Louis and Pittsburg fell off 3H to IL
and the preferred Ga to 3S: The former subse-
qpently rallied to = bid and the latter 70 40 bid
81, milwaukee,, Lake Shore and Western preferred
so to S6I, Minneapolis and ST Louis to q, Ore.
gOn improvement 2H to 10, Colorado Coal u to
1871 and New Central Coal to o.
Transactions aggregated S2O,975 shares, includ-
ing Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, q 800;
Denver and Rio Grade, 20 200; Erie, II, 1J0 Lake
Shore. 20600 Louisville and Nashville $3.50; Mich
igan Central, 1920; Northwestern, $500; Northern
Pacific, 3O,2s5; Reading. 02O0:, ST. Paul, 10 500;
Texas Pacific, 1878; Union Pacific, 2560O; Oregon
Trsnscontnental, 47,ll0; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, 27,625; Wabash preferred, 6,3OO.
-,.,--s BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Oct 12.-Cotton steady middling,
1O}Sc. Flour quiet and easy; Howard street and
western supegne, SO 25D3 Co. do. extra, So 1904 70;
do. family, S5 00@6 CO.; city mills superhne, So 00GD
500; Patapsco family, SO 50 do superlative patent
500. Wheat-Southern steady and quiet: western
higher and active; southern red. 81 l001 10, do.
amber, 81 1901 16 No. Maryland, 81 151991 l5aI;
No. westorn winter red, spot, 81 070l071E oc-
tober, 81 07GO1 OH; November 81 0S9E@l 0S: De-
Corn dulk southern white, 65@67c; do. yellow, 60
@6G; western Mixed spot, 6Oc asked October,
5SH9G5o; November 6Sl5cbid: steamer, SOC asked.
0atsfrm southern, 35a3Jc; western white 37CD39c;
do. mixed, 3jGD86o; Pennsylvania 36@S9c. Rye
Pennsylvania and Maryland, sl4 OO@l6 90. Pro!
visions quiet, with lower tendency mess pork
Sl3 90; bulk meats shoulders and clear rib sides,
packed, 7@Sc bacon. shoulders, 712c clear rib
sides, $40; hams l6@l7c; lard, refined 0s4c. But
22Sc, Eggs quiet at 2S@2lc. Petroleum. dull re.
nary to fair, il@l2lGo. Sugar quiet aud easy; A
soft, $40 Copper, refined firm at l413@l4Nc.
Whisky steady at 81 1901 1819. Freights to Liver
pool per steamer quiet cotton iiOid l5o -four Is
wheat, 2l,Coo bushels; corn, 5000 bushels M oats
corn, 600 bushels Salas-Wheat, 563 900 bushels /;
corn, 5000 bushels,