The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-20
ACTIVITY In THE MARKETS.
Wheat and Other Cereals Very Active
and Strong on the Crop Outlook.
The Prospect Of War in Europe Is Not Lost
Sight of, and Still Has Power to In
fluence Prices Of Grains.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
The New York Market Active and Strong
Railway Bonds the Leading Feature.


The New York Market Active and Strong
Railway Bonds the Leading Feature.
NEW York, April 1s.-Money on call con-
tinuss easy at al per cent, closing at per
cent f ~
Prime mercantile paper, 405 per cent
Bar silver. $l.07s.
Foreign exchange is dull at unchanged quota
tons. Actual business is done at 81 $50 and
As7s
The sales of stocks today aggregated 205. IA
shares, including the following Delaware,
Laekawanna & Western, 8, 100 Kansas e. Texas,
400; Lake Shore IL 900; Northwestern. $4,000;
Pacific Mail, $4,000; st. Paul, $4,000; Union
Pacific, 400. s.s.sss
Government bonds have been quiet and strong,
with gain of per cent bid for the threes and
Tours
State securities were neglected
Railroad bonds were moderately active and
prices were strong until late in the afternoon,
when they yielded fraction in some cases.
With the exception of one or two
stoeks, the stock market has been dull
to-day the total sales being 205, TIA shares.
The Gould stocks were prominent for their
strength, while the grangers were weak, the lat
ter on reports that the settlement of the troubles
between the roads in the Northwest had again
been postponed with little prospect of reaching
an adjustment The Gould following is talking
very confidently of higher prices. The
impression is growing that the recent
meeting of Messrs Gould, Woerishoeffer and
Cammaek probably had more significance than
appeared at the time. Late this afternoon there
was decided break in the Omahas occasoned
by 2 further Yielding Of prices in St Paul and
tinuing till just before the close.
when theirs was o slight rally in
some Of the most active stocks. In
some cases, this evening, the prices are the low
an advance of to from the owestquotations
With only two or three exceptions they are from
Z to Il per cent. lower than at the close vester.
day. There was some trading in Omaha com
mon in the forenoon, but the price
suddenly broke in the afternoon, and closed
closed at q loss OF 81 per cent Chicago, Bur-
hngton & Quincy is down Iii Lake Erie 81 West
ern II: Michigan Central, /; all on limited trans
actions. Union Pacific persistently adj
manned steady until o'clock, when it
yielded and closed at All, a gain of ! per
cent. The other Gould stocks were quiet
and strong until near the close, when they
gained small fractions, and closed shade off
from yesterdays prices. except Missouri Pacific
which is still higher. Sales of Pacific
mail were limited to IL, 600 shares, the price
rising in the forenoon. but declining later and
closing at a loss ofs per cent. The Vanderbilts
were very dull and steady. 90
Comparing prices this evening with those of a
week ago. the changes vary from decline of 4
per cent to an advance of GO, the latter in Man
haitian consolidated. But Union Pacific is up
80 and Pacific Mail q. Omaha preferred
Is down A. the common 3: c. B.. e.
@, 81; st. Paul 2, and Northwestern.
II. The total sales of the week were ], 1854 COZ
shares. but of that amount six Substitution
Pacific Pacific Mail, Lackawanna, st, Paul,
Northwest and Lake Shore-contributed 926 400
shares, leaving only 100000 shares for the re-
mainder of the list
The market closed with the following prices
bid 81 1@