New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-04
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WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.


that the only stock in which the transactions
exceeded 10000 shares was Distilling and Cat
tie Feeding The extreme fluctuations in this re-
cent favorite were considerably less than l per
cent. but its last price was the lowest The
industrial stocks were weak a rule but the
final losses were fractional On the contrary, rail-
way shares were strong as they were duli'
Erie gained l-s, St. Paul 3-s and New-England
and New-York and Northern preferred "a per
cent There were signs of life in stocks which
have not been active in several years. News was
lacking. but the refusal Of the Bank OF EnGIahu
TO raise It's discount rate was an argument III ldNo
of higher prices. The open market r'tes h iot
money were about up 10 the bank rate, pui
unless they had been manipulated, the babk would
have raised the price Of money. 1t IS, evident
that the supply of idle funds in London IS $50 so
great that even urder powerful influences there
can he nothing which may h. called strlngency.
In this market money is distinctly easier, ana on
time the supply is very mnch 'Tt'sr I,nii .ie
demand Ii should not be overlooked, moreover,
that q large amount of grain Is being carried
in NewYork and that exports Will bnns money
TO this country.
tendency but the largest advances were recorded
by stocks which are not dealt in abroad. II 1t
had not been dull the closing would have been
extremely confident
THE DAY IN THE BOND MARKET
There were no transactions in Government honde
at the Stock Exchange, and the final quotations
were unchanged follows:
u Is "a ss Sss1s lsss 1
81 $3 III 'ss
State issues were neglected, but there was no
reason why Southern State bonds should not have
been active and higher There were no sales
Of city bank stocks .. ....
The dealings were smaller than they were yes
terdav hut several issues made advances. west
Shore registered As IA higher at O3, and
Philadelphia and Reading second incomes cios.d
3-s Der cent higher AT 20 LIZ. tn" declines were
small ana exceptional reference Is made to
our full report f bond sal es -
Money was easier, but the ruling rate for call
done at lower figures. ,.,,.....
The Clearing House statement was as follows :
Exchanges, Sl401l1,0 34; balances, Ss,9oe,ls3;
House SOL ,632 It's net loss on balance was
S22g.a1i. made up by losses of s. o3,379 in coin
and S3j, 1872 in currency; The DAYS operations
included: Receipts, S3256,'1O; pay mch'S;
S3 4S5,q61: resulting in general balance OF
SIia7lO,O22, consisting Of 81 l2,5od,323 coin ana
So, 203 ,607 currency - vr..ti,ou
The United States treasury at MaShine, ,'
received today S26!,744 National bank notes
The customs receipts were S93s s37, tho internal
revenue receipts S53e,O6O, and the MISCELLANEOUS
receipts Sl35,2S4
To.day;s Washington Treasury. statement OF
cash N, hand and deposits in bank compares
r,;,h the figure, Of the last previous statement
rs follows: -
Ne, god on So q & Inc ssSS..
Net Silver on h'd @oi7'oo 7'-''0"' i"'' '-'oo'
N cH l Slnd ''1o'N eooi5o: ooos5i5 Inc 1858
A1 4,ls.S GSSh n Tad sne
bank 81 'aa H bss sS s sSs
Net cash bal STA s7s 797 s144 $50 .aoc Inc 1855
The foreign exchanges were firm, and, although
there is no fast mali before Saturday. the demand
for remittance exceeded the supply of commercial
bills. Appended are quotations 10Y actual pusl,
ness Bankers bills, 81 SO l-4a$4 80 l-2 and
respectively: French francs. $50 and 5.l7 l-2
rechmarks, 95 and % -.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
The governors OF the Bank of England AT Their
weekly meeting made no change in its minimum
rate of discount which remans at per cent In
thS week the hank lost S54l 900 bullion. but the
promotion OF reserve 10 Liabilities wac raised IRON
4 35 10 1913 per cent. against decline IRON
3s 80 to 80 ~ per cent in the corresponding week
las, year when the discount rate was unchanged
at per cent The bank to-day gained 100000
bullion on balance. At the London Stock Ex-
change British consols further advanced lilo to
% 1916 for money and Is to % Tor the 40
count In the open market money was firm
at 7-sa3 per cent for discounts, ard dearer al
1-2al "a per cent for dailv balances. Bar silver
fell 3-l6 10 38 l5-lGd. an ounce American rail-
way shares were dull ard irregular, but qeneray
strong At Paris French per cents were few
centimes lower at 0S. % 2. sight exchange or
London falling 10 2516 frarcs 10 the c Norling
The weekly statement of the Bank Of France
showed decrease in specie Of 2,1 100000 francs
gold and 2.550,000 francs silver.
|, The Chicago and Alton Railroad will pay a
quarterly dividend OF 2 per cent on both classes
of stock on December l.