The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-02


EEw YORK, April i.-koney-on call Is easy
st Ter cent.
Prime Mercantile Psper-s95 per cent.
Bar siivtr-1 CO..
Foreign Exchsnge-Is very dull. There was no
steamer leaving to-day. Posted rates, 81 So and
81 s.. Quotations for actual business are S. sis4
anc g. e.
Government Bonds-Are quiet al unchange1
quotations. except an advance OF 1-26th per ceuL
IA the IS, which are i0i. bid, extra interest
State Bonds-Are very dull, ani quotations
show only slight changes, II ans.
Railway B0nds-Western shore bonds hgve ben
somewhat active aud weak. Erie seconds ara aisI
heavy, me ret CT the market shosing more sym
patty with the activity ia the bonds mentio1et
and symDathizing also in the downward ten
dency.
The total sales today wele 100 0O0 shares, which Is
increase over yesterday OF sbo IT 30 600 shares
but the increase was confined to SINCE stock
P~efe Meu-the transactions in which foot up
81 600 shares against IA. 600 yesterday In other
stock did transactions foot mp 10 as much 600
shares. The general market opened strong first
prices showing in nearly every case A gain az x
20 = per cent. while Central Pacific was up "a
per cent. and during the first hour there
further advances made in the active list. This
was followed by extreme dullness aud only slight
changes IN quotations. which continued until after
O'Clock IL announced that the Pacific
Mail steamer Col IN had been burned Of the in
ssrseIts on the Istnmus. snd the price of that
stock, which had opened a. 81 and solo early up
20 ~, declined IN the AFTERNOON TO 50 shortly
bef e tie ciose OF the board 70 became known
that IL was the city OF colon, and not tie steamer
that had been burned, and notwithstanding the
fact that the steamship com paDys agent mas given
nOts e that no more freight should be shipped 70
he stbnus al present AID ia Al 10 j. c01ce led OF
the officials Of tie company mat tie situation in
i<thmus is serious, the stock rallied 10 505s. st
which figure Ii closed-s net loss for the day OF
Is per cent
Negotiations are now in progress looking to ~
adjusfms mt Of the difertn between the Pacific
Mail Company and the Pacific railroads. aud daily
conferences are being held. Nothing definite
however. has yet been settled. Central Pacific al
yanced per cent from the opening to 80 early in
the day, Yielded fraction, then remained steady
TN after O'Clock. when il sold down to sIss aud
c'oSed az that price gain, as compared win last
evening, OF IL per cent. MON Pacific was heavy
at The opening, but rallied 70 49,, then declined
10 415z. and closed = per cent. lower At AZ Toe
Vanderbilts were quiet. and New York Central
Is a per cent higher at s9is :. with extreme hucsul-
tons OF = per cent, and Lake shore is = per
cent. lower at So after fluctuations OF st
l per cent. There was an effort 70 rally
Central OF New Jersey in the morning aud the
stock sold up 10 52@. but broke in the afternoon
70 3lZ and closed g per cent lower at BIS. No
other stock on the list than those above men,
toned huctuated much as l per cent, and ~
most cases closing quotations are shade higher
than opening. Northwestern, after fluctuations
only - per cent. clio ed at a. the lowest price OF
the day. and gain of 4 per cent over last even
ing, while ST Paul is NJ ent. the lowest quo
friends OF Mr. Gould say they DO not expect
10 take any active part in the 4rket at present,
rs he wilt probably take trip TO Europe ia his
ysehfRt an early day.
were Central Pacific. l5O0J Lackawanna 1i.0)0
Lake Shore. 700 North western, II. eco New Ysrx
Central, 5000 Pacific Mail. ll.00O St Paul. 1000
Union Pacific and {. oOO Western Union.
There was increased activity IN the 10 ming
market during The forenoon. end trsustrtI rs
were better distributed. Bulwer sold NJ 81: Bodie
at t6 Belle Isle at 2les2@; Hale and NlrcrpSse At
200. Navajo at los; Oriental and Miller al 10, AMI
Union Consolidated a. &C. sc Ter 10.