The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-15
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONEY AND STOCKS.


New York Ffnaoctai Market.
HEw YORK. April n-Aoney-0 On call contin-
mes easy at per cent. Closing at per cant
Prime Mercantile Paper-4so per cent.
Bar silver-1071z.
Foreign Exchsnge-Is quiet aad unchanged.
A liberal business was done NJ 49, 94s71z.
Gale of stocks to-day aggregated 1e0.950 shares.
Including the following: Delaware. Laekawar.na
and Western. 28.oo0; Lake Shore. 1905; North
western, q 500: New Jersey Central. $780, View
YC-k Central, 1000 Pacidc Mail. 2l.O0o; ST. Paul.
1900 Union Paci1c. 1000. aud Western Union.
1900.
Government Bonds-HaTe been quiet with an
advance OF = per cent. IN the quotations for the
4's and the ~ per cents. and decline OF = in
the SIS. There were sales OF the Is at.12lfs 9llZ
late in the day.
State securities-Haye been quiet, but quota
tons are generally firm.
There was a fairly well distributed business on
railway bonds, none OF which were active except
the Erie second and the West Shore arsts. and
they only 10 the early part OF the day. The total
sales were $50 600. decrease from yesterday OF
$4,000 Prices this evening are generally higher
than they closed yesterday.
SpecuIaIors in Wall Street continue In walt
Ing mood. ead the stock market remains dull aud
featureless. The general opinion is that the nrst
effect Of a declaration OF war in Europe would be
70 stimulate both business and prices, and prob
ably this opinion has 8 greater number OF a1go-
Gates 10 day than week ago, but there IS mani
fest disposition the part OF operators TO take no
further important risks until something more
definite IL learned regaTcing the European situas
ton. There were lew stocks to-day winch huctu-
ated much as Der cent, and the total transac.
tons only 160. $50 shares, decrease from yes
terday of $500 shares.
There were five stocks on the list to-day, the
trading in each OF which amounted 20 more than
20 0O0 shares. and the total was 1lT.000 shares
nearly 60 per cent Of the days business in all toe
western, ST. Paul. Lake Shore and Pacific Mail.
The total sales of no other stock the list
amounted to more than .,2sO SHARES F . prices
quotations OF last evening, but they were follow
ed Immediately by a slight decline and extreme
dizziness which continued with Onlytslight flucfua-
lions until o'clock. In the last hour some aclig-
lily WAS Infused into few of the STOCKS. especial
~ Pacific Mail, the Changers. the Vanderbilts and
Laeswanna. and The msrket finally closed some
what feverish at prices that are pretty evenly di-
vided in numbers bet Teen advances ana declines
comp pared with last evening. IL was given ont
To-Day than the Pacific Nails quarterly meeting
10 consider the question OF dividend would b.
held tomorrow. ana that the usual amo1nt
would be declared, on which the stock rose from
5l3k, at which IL sold earl in the day to IS In
the last hour closing at 52fs "a gain OF per csnt
New Jersey Central was also strong Throughout
the day a general understanding that the
Reading would pay the amount due 10 the Cen
closed - per cent. higher AZ S5ss. The Gran
gers were Vel held ell day. aud clos
ed = pei Polling cent e, h'sesE a6 5N9T'n"ii 10,
IT PAUL. which is within \ OF the highest price
reached. the iuetuatiOn IN neither case, how
ever, amounted TO as much as per cent. Lacks.
wanna gained = pes cent NJ 1871. afterselling az
1925. Lake shore continued weas, and at one
time sold as low 5slS. but finally reached 81 at
The close. less Of only Il per cent New York
Ctntral is unch anged at 9UZ. Central Pacific Tell
y per cent. TO 81 y. and Omaha preferred is "A
lower at IS. On sales of coo shares Manitoba fell
TO So a less OF per cent
The Governing Committee oil the Stock Ex-
chance held meeting to-day and advised the
brokers who colo Mutual Union stock short
Saturday TO settle with the firm of Zimmerman
d Forshay, who bought the stock of them. on a
bsss OF 20 for those who sold at II and received
per cent margin, and % for those who sold at
The same price and received per cent. margin.
II Is stated I'll ( the principal for whom thinner
man & Forsbay bought the stock has authorized
such settlement, and most OF the brokers have
already made settlement on this basis
The market G. osed with the following prices bid: