The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-11
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.



New York, Oct. TO- 4 p. m.-Money on call
has been easy, ranging from to 21a per cent.
Last loan at per cent, and at closing of
day per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 900 per cent.
Bar silver 1850.
Mexican dollars 5Sh
Sterling exchange is steady with actual
business in bankers bills at "a s2as04 50
for sixty days and 81 $4,000 IS for demand
posted rates 5 Sf204 So.
Commercial bills 81 s1ha04s14.
silver certificates 735sai4c.
Government bonds firm. State bonds
dull Railroad bonds firm
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
ne elected
Sub-treaSury balances: Coin, S51 ,726 900:
currency, IS, 1865, 900.
New York. Oct. 10 noon.-The following
were the opening quotations.
Erie. Observation-Disclosures. 1879
Chicago and Northwestern.......... 1914
Norfolk and Western preferred ........,. 21%
Richmond and West Point Terminal. 80. 3B
Western Union. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 81
New York, Oct. IO-The speculation on the
stock exchange to-day was characterized by
an increase of activity, and the transactions
were in heavier volume than for week past,
but there was nothing healthy in the tone of
the market and the movement OF prices was
not concerted. I he dealings were spasmodic,
and while good buying was in progress in one
pool there was brisk selling In another. AT
the opening of the days business the general
list was unsettled Jne ufSJ
sales showing fluctuations both up
and down, Louisville and Nashville making
break of IA per cent, followed by recovery
of p per cent to 45B, then reactlng 10 45s8'
rallytng to 44l2 and closing at 439s, decline
of ia per cent on the day While there was
some selling Of this stock for London &C
count. the sales were mainly for local bears,
and were Lased on the new issue OF shares,
there being no other known unfavorable in
ftuences. During the early morning the rest
of the market moved upward, but before
o clock reaction set IN. which carried
prices down fraction. his was followed
by rally, which was quickly succeeded by an
other downward movement, which ran
through the afternoon, the preya ling ten
dcncy being toward lower figures, and the
close was decidedly heavy, prices compared
with yesterdays final sales being decline IN
the active list, ranging from 4 to 3ls per
cent, the exceptions icing WHISKY, Northwest
and Sugar. common and preferred which
show an advance on the day Of q to per
cent. As noted before, Louisville and Nash
Vile led in The downward movement. Evans
vile and ere Haute followed. with drop.
Z he railroad and mlsCellane' u7 sOnd market
was very steady, without settIud tone
Theclosng bias were;
Atcnlson, T.&S.F. 1875 Mobile & Ohio. .. II
AuonN ere H.. 20 Nash. e. * ST. L.. 80
do do pref loo Natl Cordage. 23la
Baltimore Ohio. 6S dQ 90 pref 10
Canada Pacific. IA \. ). central. ;..llU
Cau.lda onthern. 4Gll Mort s. West. pfd.. p
Central pacinc... 10 North Am n Co.. 5l8
Ches. & Ohio. tcJi Northern Pacific. g.
Chicago Il Alton. ~ 40 preferred lSi4
Cbicsgo Il 4 O. $40, Northwestern .... 1922
ChiraSo Gas. -. co.'s do preferred 1877
C1us07 idatpdGa 1904 ~ Y. Central.....1Ol 3
G. &c a. ~. L.... 33'i n. !. q y. E-...- @1'u
Co,ton ON rertif,s 454i Pacific Mail. 10
be- a.. hudson. 1914 Pullman Falaee.-lo9
Del. Lack q w ...lj2 Reading. 49, 10
East srennessee a do do pref IS
- 49,. Rock Island. ...... % o
tr,e rreferred 49, s|st.i.& ,an r. pref
Illinois Central .. 95 ~ Eau! 800. .'''' ~
go. I'aIl .- i'm IA g 't ~, fuul pref. .'slt1
IaIte Isrie 4 W H. sugar Refinery 81.
Gn do pref 81 Tenn Coal a Iron. -
LaLs shore .tg5ls Texas Pacific. o.