New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-18
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WHAT WAS DINE IN STOCKS.
Tho hopeful feeling which was excited in tho
last hour yesterday prolonged. The pmin'st
cause was the ease in rates for money the buying
was chiefly for the short account The bear faction
was freed 10 cover a part of its contracts. bht
in tie active stocks there remains stu hree
sIlor' interest The rise in Northern Pacific pre-
fcrrcl was due partly to the closing of the books
for the special meeting next week and still! NOR,
TO ill.," arrangement Of the ho1finG d"bt OF th'
company which NAV make the meeting unimport-
ant. 4 collateral trust loan may tax" the place
Of sale OF valuable assets Inc price OF Inc
stock rose somehing over per cent ana II closed
actions in Sugar Refining were still larger, out
its fluctuations were somewhat narrower although
It's final gain was slightly larger In sharp con
tradicfion TO the movement in Northern racine.
the last price of Sugar Refining was the highest for
Tho day. Final changes AZ rule were sn1-tnnaiai
Phi adelphia and Reading. which were ccnspicG-
ously weak The decline in the ast-named stock
may have been caused by runors that the re-
ceivcrs were about to issue certificates TO ia"
amount of Sj,000,O00 for ordinary business pur
poses This will mark the beginning Of lit-
cation, the end OF which MAY not he ior"sern
The cpnsr1l mortgage bonds will combat an i-'l"
Of receivers certificates: the holders Of ircomc
bonds may organize similar cpposiflon. ana
change in the reccivership NAV be n"c"ssary BE-
fore reorganization OF IN" company can b' ac'
The tone of the market confident Easier
rates for money, which necessarily involved
the controlling influence. They cnus"d an ai-
vance in the rates Of foreign exchange, but exports
Of gold may not he resumed in large volume for
several weeks.
THE DAY IN TIE BOND MARKET
There were no transactions In Government
bonds at the Stock Exchange, but the market
was steady at unchanged quotations az follows :;
b.dAsA,dt EidAs2cd
cur g. 1879 soS ~. "
ys r. IS ''s
The business in State issues vas limtr r"Iia 70
.ilai lama. class \, at lO2 ana .>or'h ''''''''
The general bond market was duh. and ., al,
though the eOse OF PrS wac e tcroni
sols were prominent feature and after D.. -!
they closed u.s. per cent lower at ~. ,N'r'hcii
Us 10. Philadelphia and Reading ISSUES WEE, were
quiet for the simple reason, perhaps, that thcrc
was really no market for them. 'fen"rai is lcii
dgnre pei First incomes we're slightly. lower at
AZ 81 Reference is made TO Our iuii report OIL
bond sales ..o,, aosv Tho birh.
e., rate was I per cent and In the last hour
balances were offered below per cent
The Clearing House statement was as lono"s'
Exchanges, $I4s,07s,440 balances, S6,9l S,11o.
m" Sni-Treasury to-day was debtor to the
Clearing House 81 ,050J69. The business OF me
Treasury for the S werk snal nS po ost
Sis,s05,34l leaving the general balance Sos,,
i2O7, against On od hrc ~; ram am
tRr naymcntr S2,?i b, 060 and from the receipts
$4,000, for items which affect only us account
with the general Treasury its gain as ahec''hg
| the banks is $1,000 p;.. @,
To,day's operations included Receipts 81,
| so5IGi: payments, 81 ,333,365, with balances OF
sYs'i 5o,s!0 coin and S?o,aGo,257 currency
The treasury bought 100000 ounces OF sl 81
bullion at prices ranging from $3.50 TO s3.41
cents an ounce. The offerings amounted To
GG5, 900 ounces. xv,:. 40
The United States Treasury at Washington re-
ceivcd today $2O7 ,os3 National bank notes for
| redemption. 1900 @, co, non .,o in
ternal revenue receipts S52G,1S9. and the miscel-
laneous receipts $s,106. ,r.. ....,. n,
| cash ON hand and deposits in bank compares
with the figures of the last previous statement az
| follows
March 1G. March IL Dinersne,ees
~ od n, hand si02 sol Az slO3 023 ,5j7 Inc s132lo
Net legal tenders n, ono oc. toc rs
| hand. ......-: ~ nS odo Noe osC olG
| Net silver Oh hand s72o sa3 I'f-'oo- D'' -,