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



New York, Oct. 9, p. m.-Money on cali
has been easy, ranging from to "a per cent.
Last loan at per cent, and at closing of
day per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 100 per cent.
Bar silver 733ac
Mexican dollars 5SB.
Sterling exchange is steady, with actual
business in BANKERS bills at "A s3s0D4 80
for sixty days and 81 $1,000 S44 for demand;
posted rates 81 s404 So
Commercial bills 81 SlI4@ts115.
SILVER certificates 73%8i4c.
Government bonds strong. State bonds
dun. Railroad bonds firm
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
neglected.
Sub-treasury balances Coin, S50726 600:
currency 81 ,365 900.
New York, oct. O. noon.-The following
were the opening quotations:
Erie Observation-Disclosures. IL
Chicago and Northwestern.''......'.''''.ii 1914
Lake SlOr6 ISEt2
Norfolk and Western preferred ......... p
Richmond and West Point Terminal. 81
| Western Union. Observation-Disclosures. S23s
New York oct. 9-At the opening of bust
ness at the stock exchange us morning
there was a promise Of activity which fell far
short of realization, as the day progressed.
There was quite rush of buying orders in
the early dealing, under the influence Of
which sharp advance was recorded. At the
+ end of the first half hour realizatiOns set in
which brought about reaction that was
merely fractional and the upward movement
was quickly resumed. SHORTY dlIGI IL . CLOCK
the b lying became easy and with it the gen
eral list After midday another period OF
strength set in. but the sustaining influence
of the purchasing movement was la
ing and during the afternoon prices saggeu
of until at the close a decline from the high
est figures OF the morning had been estab
lished, which ranged up to IL per cent. II
did not, however. wipe out all OF the early I'M
provement and the final sales compared with
saturdays closing figures, show subStan-
tial advance, the leaders in which were:
] A fHf.ffE fnF
Cordage 23s, Edison Electric ,. Northwest IS,
General Electric Linseed Oil sugar and
Lake Shore ", Chicago Gas and Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg Ia. whisky, Man
haitian and American Tobacco IA, Sugar
common IA and st. Paul and Duluth
and New York and New Haven per cent.
American Cotton Oil opened at %, rose , per
cent. to 81, subsequently reacted to ana closed
at 35h Lead, which closed Saturday at 26ls,
oDened at 26s and advanced to p, fell on to
81 and recovered TO g Wheeling and Lake
-rie opened 4Sl{ the next sale was Al, then
4214 4}ia and asa, making de
cline ( ON the opening of 2B per
cent. The common stock fell of rs
Dsr cent. Among other shares which de
rliued on the day = Transactions were New
Jersey Central and DesMoincs and Fort
Dodge per cent. Z he railroad bond marhe
was irregular and some heavy advances and
declines were made, the most Important OF
which were: Advances-Clevelanda and Pitts
burg sinking funds "a; Pitts5urg, Cincinnati
and NJ. Lous hrsts 80; Toledo, 1t. Louis ana
Kansas civ drsts Mexican International
ursts Long island tours. LehIgh and wilkes
barre assented . per cent
TheclOslng bias We're;
AtchlsonT.& ST. 1879 Mobile & Ohio. 90. l.
AIIo15 4, ilsrrs Il - Nash. G. Il ~. L.. 81
all, dp prcf 40 Matt COrda g. ..- -
Baltimore Ohio. q, dd 40 pref -
C9nada pa inc - n j. Central. geo. 10
--II,il southern t6 .Norf. INVEST pfd.. 26.-
.f...,t.r.l JDasfYc ID North Am n Go. 5'a
Cbcs h ohio. td Northern Pacific 6A
chicago 4 Alton l3i do preferred. ga
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