New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-15
CLOSING PRICES OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.
WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS.
Friday. October lip. n

The buying Of stocks and bonds for European
account has not yet become large that il affects
the rate, Of exchange There Ought 10 he larg"
exports of railway securities by the steamships
which sail tomorrow, but II is doubtful il they
will carry anything in this line. The boxes
which are sometimes hurried across the street.
under vigilant guard, to the safe rec"e,es of the
Stock Exchange vaults, ma be filed with valuable
securities or bricks There is no means of
knowing the character Of the stun which APP
parcntly weighs down the faithful carrier. If
Europe was an active buyer % on securities, The
fact could not long b. concealed. Imports Of
gold would have been begin weeks ago, and there
would be no question whether the next move
ment of the precious metal would be against or
in favor OF this country 1t must be inferred,
therefore, that the recent bus ing for European
account has been largely speculative lhe course
of prices in the last few days and, perhaps, weeks
has suggested sklful nanipulatloh HE cabic
is lust as accessible rs the telegraph, and an
ar6trage business between Ncw-Norl and other
markets which may be reached easily Is IN
evitabic
The stock market was irregular throughout the
day. Some Of the WeSt"rc railway shares adj
vanced from the opening. but, as a rule, they were
stocks which do not ENJOY an lnt"rnatOiai
market. The largest advances We're scored by
Western Union Telegraph, General Electro ana
Chicago Gas. Next to thcec were Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy ana a few stocks Of that
class, which are good !ntrinsically. but do not
have broad market The fluctuations IN the
industrial stocks were extremely narrow.
TIE DAY IN TIE BOND MARKET.
Government bonds were neglected. at thc Stock
Exchange, but the closing quotations were IN
changed. follows:
Us Abs 1891 con r. s.crr.C 6 $500. i9Sis 80
cent ate1 q, |iioo 60. r.S'.eGr.Ssisas ii5 80"
T. ; sl3! couiiie ~ ~ l1 a. M ~ ''
U.s.eur'Gs So 10: 49,.
The recent activity in State issues wa not
continued. TIN. only business Wa, IN Sonth caro-
lima non-fundaGlc 6s al - Small lcnn' So
settlement IS fetched -. OF city bank stocks
Central sold ,jOJ at l3o Il aud Western ~ al
l22
In the general bond market there was some"
what smaller business, but III" upward movement
OF prices MT interrupted. Special Issues
gained anything from Is To per cent Read
ing incomes were comparatively active, but after
an early advance. they closed slightly lover
Chicago and Erie fr,ts were u PER cent higher
at lc3 "a, and incomes gained the fraction ~
44l-2 In spite OF these changes there was not
much of 4 market, ond large sales could not hay"
been made AT current prices. Reference i made
10 our full report Of bond sales
Money on cali was a little dcaIcr, and the bulk
of Che new business done AT Il aud
per cent. The last loans were at the higher
figure.
The Clearing lIous" statement was as follows
Exchanges, $l32 zoe, 81 balances. $5,s3j,5Oi.
The Snb1rea~gry to-day Wa d"btoi I, TIE
CLEARING lIOus.. $685. ,1O3. The business of III"
Sub-Trcasmy for the week ending tonight IN
cluolcs receipts Of Sl9.l9GG39. and payment, of
S2O,3i1 ,095, leaving the general balance ; 2J'-
eJ5.3Pf against Sl25,Oc2.446 on October :. an
apparent loss OF Sl.li4,4j5. But dcductng from
IT, payments $2,2J2, 0O0 and from the receipts
$500, 900 for items which affect only it, accounts
with the General Treasury, its gain affecting
the banks is Ss47,3l5. This result includes Re
cclptS Of ~ 1924, GOO for payment at other points
OF this sum $l,I3i 900 was shipped direct from
this city.
To.day'- operations included Receipts,
S3IjO, jO3: payments S3ssl ,Ge1. with bal
anccs Of Sl13,s89,l19 coin and So,9GS,ol2 cur
Thr Treasury bought 10000 ounce Of silver
bullion al prices ranging from s5.sJ 10 50 cents
an ounce. The Mercantile" Safe Deposit Company
reported on hand l,G9',.20 Ounces -,
The United States Treasury at Washington
received to-day $S1,ei3 National bank notes for
redemption.
revenue receipts $lO3,GGs, and the miscellaneous
To-day Washington Treasury statement of
cash on hand and deposits in banks compares
with the figures Of the last previous statement a
follows:
x Ne; sa t on ni sd s Sc St Inc; 1851
N oi G5ad ""~.'' sssos'a ssosso7 Dec soo75
cCrtGcat ''s l3i s39 79a sI3i 5o7sG7 Inc. s59l4
Deposit, In bank. lL7o@l2 1876, lio Inc @2l9es
Set cash SAG 27s 935 sIiG 500 OO7 Inc s2sI or
The foreign exchanges quiet and steady.
The high rates for money naturally tended 10
deprcss the market. There was no important
change in quotations for actual business: Bank !
cIs' bills "a 50 3-4aS4 So and 81 Sc IA for
long and short sterling respectively; French +
francs. 519 3-s and 5l7 IL; reichmarks, %
and 81 5-S.
In London British consols remained at 81 81 G !
for money and further declined l-16 10 the same
rricc for the account. The Bank of England
lost cl2O,000 bullion on balance. In the open
market money sitter AT Ia ard IA
Der cent for discounts, but abundant at l-2 per
cent for daily balances. Bar silver rose alb !
rnptlv 10 80 lid ounce. American railway |
.ha res continued 10 pursue an upward course. !
Lut the dealings in them were not large At
Paris French per cents fell further II ccntimcs
The United States Express Company has re-
AIMED the payment OF dividends. The transfer |
hooks wIl be closed on October 81
The Ncw-NOrk Guaranty and Indemnity COM |
,any' of Ncw-Yorl< and associate bankers IN the |
,rncira cities offer for subscription at par 90
100 shares of 8 per cent cumulative preferred
took Of the American Type Founders Company in |
under the laws of the State oi
Iew- Jersey, a. advertised in another column |
rhe capital stock of the company is S9oo9'ooU;