The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-04


NEW YORK. May 2-KoDey-On call contn-
mes easy Al per cent closing at per cent.
srsme Mercantile Psper-z95 per cent
Bar Bilver-lcs7s.
Foreign STANDARDIZATION are unchanged;
actual business Is done az 5S6@455; there svery
little business doing.
The tales OF stock to day aggregated 1l2ls9
shares, including the following: Delaware, Lack
awaEna and Western, II. 500 shares: Northwestern,
9 2c0 shares: New York Central 10 400 shares; Pa
eff: Mail. 5000 shares: 81. Paul. Is 400 shares:
Union Pacific. s,s91 shares; Western Union, 600
shares.
Government Bonds-Haye been quiet aud strong:
the Es advanced = per cent, while the 3s yielded
70 lo25S bid. At which sales were made; other quo
tstions unchanged.
State Bonds-Hsve been very quiet and quota
tions are generally about steady.
Notwithstanding the extreme dizziness in the
stock market. railroad bonds continue quite
active the total sales to-day being e. 246c00 The
business was not so well distributed. however. rs
for some time past, and there large trading in
Metropolitan Elevated seconds Missouri Pacific
frsis, Erie seconds new and some of the Missouri.
KsDsss and Texas issues. The sales of Erfe Sec
Onds new ANNOUNCED 10 40 co... The tuctua ions
for the most sctire ISSUES. however. were not
wide, and prices this evening OF the bonds traded
in are Irregular.
The weeK closed at the Stock Exchange TO-DAY
without any material change IN the situation.
The stock market continues very dull. but at the
same time IL Is very nimly held the advocates
of higher prices in tile futures insist
that the stocks are nearly all loaded in
stO1g hands, mSking IL practically impOs-
sible for the bears to shake out anV con-
siderable amount by tueir hRmmsring process.
FsIees Were a shade lower this mOrni lg on
ne~ I'd attack by the bssrs upon tee whole list,
but declines were very small, and during the
InaInder OF the day the market continued dull
and strong. until late in the afternoon, when IL
ylslded fraction, but closed firm at the decline,
some idea OF the extreme listlessness OF the mar
ket may be obtained from the fact taat only 40
OF the usually active stocks showed extreme nucu-
lions OF per cent. the Two stocks mentioned be-
ing New York central and -. Paul, eaca OF Whica
WIS traded in within range OF - per cent. Tue
dizziness is indicated OF the statement that the
sales amounted 20 only IL 200 snares. Only ons
stOcE-St Paul-witn Is 100 shares, showing a
business for the day amounting TO mucn -
1900 shares aud 50 per cent OF TIE basiuess ssas
confined TO five OF the usually most active IS.
The result Of the late decline left most OF toe ac-
tive stocks shade lower than last evening. bus
the differences are only = to 3 per cent. onion
Pacific and Missouri Pacific made net gains o. -
some OF the leading tull operators claim 10
have Oecn letting the market alone. simply 20
demonstrate its inherent strength. There il
newed talk OF an effort TO Induce Union Pacific
directors TO resume dividends on July 1. The
total sales Of the week have amounted to only
755, coo shares, decrease of 10000 shares. The
changes in prices ss compared with last SATURDAY
unimp0rtant, being in most cases for less thsn
per cent.