The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
MONEY AN0 STOCKS.


New York Efaaseiai Market.
Jew YORK. April s0.-xoney-On call contin-
ues easy At Ie1x per cent. closing a. per cent
Prime Mercantile Psper-4go per cent.
Bar siiver-lns%.
Foreign Exchange-Continres very dull: actual
business ~ sss@sss.
The teles oil stock 10 day aggregated 1905
shares. fncIuaing the following: Delaware. Lack
awsEna and Western, 10 500 shares; Kansas aud
Texas. 10 lCo shares Lake Shore. 5000 shares;
Northwestern. ESQ shares; Pacific Mail. 10. I00
shares; 81. Paul 900 shares; Union Pacific, l. 100
shares: Western Union. Loco shares: Oregon Trans
continental. $50 shares.
Government Bonds have been quiet and gro
fatiops unclaimed, except for As which = per
cent. lower Their was sale Of Ss at 1927, and
OF As coupon a. ~
State Bonds steady. There was a sale OF Mis-
souri, OF 1859 a: ll3.
Railway Bonds-There was about the usual
amount of business OF late in railroad bonds total
sales being 1881 00 but there was more activity in
few issues, and the business was therefore more
poorly distributed.
The stock market hai been little more active
today, and there has bee q somewhat better dis
trbution of business. fsces we're strong at the
opening, p chc Mail being the feature, and later
Ia the dag toey were steady and & en- heavy. Be-
fore O'Clock they became strong again an1 closed
N elignt reaction Tor many stocks at prices
which show net gain OF from \ TO q per cent.
for the hctIve list, and from y 10 per cent for
tome OF the iEscuve stocss. lev stocss are
ktsce lower.
TIE European news this morning was inter
preted generally rs indicating 40 inevitable con-
hiet between England and Russia at a very early
day. Later. there were vague reports THAI the
outlook was less waTlike. but beiOje the close of
the board the indications as received on the street
were that peace could not much longer be m4in-
tanned.
The total sales to-day were lSS.O67 shares, of
which Lackawanne, Pacific Mail. st Paul Union
Pacific and Missouri. Kansas and Texas contrib
uted IS cent Over 81 per cent. OF the business
of the first hour was IN Pacific Mail, which made
net gain OF ~ per cent. IL IS stated the amount
Dussnets sight Tor the company is nov
greater than at any time heretofore In its history;
also, mat on the lne from san Francisco TO China
shippers are Withdrawing freight from Euglish
bottoms and sending oy steamers under the
American flag. The tODnsge already offered BY
the Pacific Mail taxes Tvs capacity 10 The Utmost.
UniSn Pacific was also strong closing - per cent.
higher. The NJ, X. ana T. shows gain of u per
s,.t and the other advances for the active stocks
are for smaller fractions. The oregon Railway
p rtes OPP sed 10 the lease of the Oregon NavIsa-
tl0n claim tEaf the UniOu Pacific mas no egal an
CIV for making the lease vftnnut the cons nj
OF Congress. ! ne stocks which show declines are
t-e AOfihefn P&C4ac. Missouri Pacific and 81
The total sa'es 81 stock fer the noah or April
hsV' nsee 1921 657 share. decrease rs COM
pared Wits Asrcn. I,o.a ,355 and Tnere WAS
PIikss this eveaIng, es npared win IGJnlh
sgO, are higher for nearls all the active *.
To- sTeste,t gain being ia Usion Pss.dc.
which IL up 10 "a Der cent Otasr advances are
50 yer Iepf lof pac.He Mali and Missouri Pae.fc:
Ter cent Now elsey Csnirsl; n per cent for
Delaware and Hud-On 2ts Der cut for Western
lnlcD, sEd smaller smOuDtS Tor otaer stock.
lake Snor- IS The oDl5 active stock tina. is lover
rlrfcrt.