The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-18
FINANCIAL AKD COMMERCIAL
x0NgY AND STICKS.

HEw YORK April 17.-Koney-On call contin
essJ .. 1931z Pr cent. Closing a. flz'92 per
e.BL
Prime Mercantile Psper-4e5 per cent.
Bar e5ivtr-l071z
FOREIGN Exchange-Aore active and strong. ra'es
fer actual busiuess advancing 20 70 4s5sFgfSsf.
sslc OF stocks today aggregated 24l,S6l shares,
Including the following: Delaware. Lsckawanna
and Western, 1920: Lake Shore, 20 200; North
western. 1850: New YC-x Central, 800. Pacific
Mail q coo. ST. Paul. 50 900. Union Pacific eo.0Jo
and Western Union, 0O0
Government bonds steady at unchanged
quotations. except further advance IN Is 70
1919 bid.
State Bonds-Hsve been quiet, ana quotations
in some cases a shade lower.
The railway bond market has been somewhat
more active, the business being well distributed
with total sales OF ST. lO5 Prices are irregular
this evening. but in many cases higher The
peaceful tenor of early cables ana the advance 10
sritis eonsols led TO a depression of prices on
tre stock Exchange this morning the first sales
being a. decline OF = 70 q per cent, and In the
eaIly dealings still lower prices were made for
Oct Of the active List. bat the decline was quickly
checked and there was fractional reaction be-
fore the close of the first half hour. The market
then became less active without the develop ment
e'sny special feature and 80 continued during the
ere1 ter part OF the day with a slight Yielding in
quotations In the afternoon LackaHanna de-
veloped decided weakness, and the rest OF the
renewed strength all along the line. aud the
market closed steady n the sdyaI &c, which leaves
quotations tbs evening generally about mid way
between the highest and lowest price OF the Icy.
There were not many stocks in which the extreme
fluctuations reached per cent, and only four
show decline OF as much as / per cent, as con-
pared with last evening All the active list Is
lower. however
The total Sc les were 242,76 shares an increase
over yesterday OF $500 shares but OF to-days
eufiness. a per cent consisted Of transactions In
Union Pacific. which opened al 49, sold early at
49,. and then declined until about midday. when
10 reached 451s rallied 20 4614, again declined 10
45sf and in tae last hour sold al 46, the closing
qu0tetlons, loss OF u per cent.
The Executive Committee of the Union Pacific
Company met to-day and approved the plan re.
Gently proposed for the settlement OF the difficult
ties between the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
psny and toe Pacific railroads, az the Office OF
the Central Pacific Company in this city. lt is
also believed that communication has been
ceived from President Adams. of the Union Pa
cihc, IN regard 10 the proposed plan Of settlement
and that the matter has been referred to the L.ac
managers OF the different roads Tor consideration
and report There were SIX stocks on the list
Union Pacific, LackEwanna III. Paul, Pacific
Mail, Northwestern and Lake Shore which In the
order named contributed so per cent. OF the total
days business the transactions in the different
stO, Ks ranging from O.lU0 TO 2a3l0 shares The
finding in no other stock on the list amounted %
rInE = per cent. lower than 10 closed yssserily
Ind 81 Paul IS down only y. Pacific Mail n rs
decline Of a. Western Union -; Lake Eue and
western fell from IL 10 So ana closed a. on r.
ports thai The mpGry was in trouble and q al
there was prOos Dility that the interest o. tbe
lafayette. Bloomington and Muncie lists would
not be paid.