The evening world., 1894-07-03
LITTLE TRADING IN STOCKS,
Bulls More Confident aud Frices
Higher as a Rule.
Chicago Gas StrGng Owing to q
Legal Decision.

The volume OF business at the Stock
Exchange this morning was extremely
light. many operators having left for
the country yesterday to he absent over
the Fourth. The bulls were disposed to
lie n little more aggressive. owing to the
receipt Of higher prices from London,
ana more particularly because of n
growing belief that the prompt action
Of the Government authorities viii!
make short work Of the strike
The latter Is embarrassing trade most
seriously and an amlcan.e settlement
would be hailed with satisfaction by all
classes.
St. Paul rose L., to 80 IS; Chicago Gns
5.s, to p IL; Missouri Pacific -, to
q Ia; Pullman ~ to los 2, and Union
sugar feil VA, 10 soi-2 ami recovered
to lOo II. Rock island declined -. TO
G6 l-oj Wheeling d Lake Erie pref 81
S s i, 1's and General 'i'' Electric is, "a %
In later trading stocks continued firm.
Chicago uas was the feature, being
decisluh- which Is now REGARDED as a
victory. for the Trust The dealings
otherwise were small and devoid OF In
terest.
Money easy at ! par cent. oh call
The available supply Ia being Increased
by the Government payments on lc-
r rTMn OF . intereat on the public debt
Clearing House this morning in the
large sum OF 1881 col.
Foreign exchange Is dun end steady
at i.s7 a 4sil.t for bankers, et-day bills
and Ass n LIS IA for demand
Commercial bar. silver sold at 62 y,
ana Mexican silver dollars at 81 SO. Bar
silver IN London Is q 3-id per ounce.
ond mort gage bonds has been requested
by the Reorganization Committee to in
stitute foreclosure proceedings. ani the
same will shortly he begun. In fact, II
drawn. One of the counts In the bill
| says that the reorganization and second
mortgase committees are working In
Receivers Thomas C. Platt and Mars
den J. Perry, of the New York 4 New
England Railroad. pursuant to orders Of
! the United States Circuit Courts, an
est payable Jan. l. 1884. on the first
be paid at the office of the Boston Safe
Deposit 4 Trust Company, Boston,
! for the month of May shows q surplus
of s27. 1870. decrease of s5l,ll6 after
the month Of May were si0s,Ss2, de-
The net ei.rnlnss OF the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Company for the 1--WE
s n9nss: e =, ,T,,s Nay 81 were 's"4
The exports. exclusive Of specie. from
the Pert q New YORK fsI the for ws ss
| CORRESPONDING week of 1893.
The Treasury statement OF the month
| ly receipts from customs at New, YORK
and the percentage of each kind OF
money received. shows for the month OF
| I,,t, rnH Nxlt
ceipts, s5,1s,i7s against ss,Sa7 ,79s; per
ceritaEe, gold coin. 10 against 90, silver
coin, 90 against 90: gold certiiicat &c :,
90 against 90; silver cert. cert'ic nd,.. 81,
ssainst sS unltea STATES Treasury Treas y
! notes, 10 against $50.
i. 4 W. Scotsman e Co; will shlI
! 80, 900 ounces Of silver on the steamer
Britannia. which sails tomorrow,
a London special says Brown. SIMPLE,
G. Co. to-day offered for sale ssl640o
m;"S Sonds 9R h. s BART sG Of the
adelphia' Baltimore. Washington. Pitts
burg and elsewhere. The price Is 100
The seln IN ,.nls of the issue is retained
Checks in payment of the Brooklyn
City Railroad July dividend OF az pei
cent. were mailed to the stockholder'
by the brooklyn Heights Railroad to thu
brooklyn City Railroad. the former re
ceiving the $3.50. 900 guaranteed under tn
| lien on which default was made early
! last week
At public auction to-day u shares
/ Sixth Avenue Railroad Company sole
/ at 1a9.
Outside OF Chicago Gas and Sugar
spc culat ton was practically neglected
The market In the main was firm.
! 'rhe sales OF listed stocks were 81, lS
! shares In the unlisted department 49,
! 7oo shares OF Sugar and 800 Lead were
| traded In.
The Closing Quotations.