New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-21

WHAT WAS DONE IN STOCKS

The market al the opening was a shade lower
in those stocks which make the business Of
brokers in these days-the lndustrals ana the
Changers but it gained strength gradually dur
ing he session. The principal performers were.
usual. Chicago Cas- and American Sugar Re
dning Until O'Clock the sales in the latter
were not heavy. but H. ne final it became active.
the sales then exceeding the total of the four
earlier hours by 1000 shares The transactions
were i'm large lots although for the day the stock
was only relatively active, the total trading
amounting t. ,43, shares. The late movement
was little more than the covering II the short
interest, in the belief that the limit Of the de-
cline as planned ty fhe Inanipulators had been
reached in the neiGhborhood Of -. Tho bear
attack on Chicago Gas which has been in prog
Tess for some weeks. seemed " culriNdt" IN IN"
caIly trading The = fert had been flooded with
Iumors indicating The approach OF uniaNofabie
news but with the announcement Or fdrclcal re-
c. iY.rShy pr1cce dngs yesterday the worst seems
10 have been tolt The application In this
suit brought out nothing mat was not long ago
known. and certainly less threatening than the
attack on the property Instituted By Attorney
General Mo!Cney. VIII 80 contentious wer" as
posed Of when the reorganization Of the constiiu-
ent companies was agreed upon. Furthermore.
the Street L. no longer easily alarmed over spec u
lativo rcceiversh'p suits This was clearly
shown. IN III afternoon, Wh' = NJ short interest
iinding that It's Ammunition wac bank. hastrhrI
to cover. thus marking Up thc e"curity more man
. points within an a"ur Inc iulI sdica ~ me
STICK were Il 100 shares. - which over 2o''l
were me between and . O'Clock. The hHhl
price was 81 points better than yesterdays close.
The trading in sugar and Chicago Gas consii-
tu-cd more than half the days business II l7'.?ol
shares The trading in Distling and Cattle
Feeding much less active than usual niue
over 1000 shares being dealt In. II moved All
day within 3 Of d point and closed 5 higher al
Ills.
The Grangers. as usual. led the railway list.
nd
were practically unchanged. burlington was J..
lower and 81. Paul the same fraction higher.
Rock Island unchanged on less than 5000
shares Of business, and in Northwestern only 200
shares were done. at l0ile In the general list.
Louisville and Nashville was up q and Read
ing Is.
There was a scarcity II Influential news during
the day. London did very little. but sold more
than it bought. Those who expected the Rock
Island dividend to be declared to-day were dis
appointed; 1t is expected tomorrow. and "A re-
duction to l2 per cent is looked for In the
produce market wheat and cotton established
new lowest records, but the fact had no inilu-
enca o., the price # stocks. Sterling exchange
was somewhat frmer, although quotably un-
changed. Final prices were within a fraction
OF the best Of the day.
IN THE BOND MARKET
There was no transaction ir Government bonds
and the quotations are unchanged as follows
Z. S AVS 1891 n 81 sae. j lss7 e
IS !. :. s% csi 1 : eG sG. w. is:,!is
s 3. 49,. i S s her. IS 1877 1877 "
cst% g: sS S 10, Gss eT =. =. ls S:
In State bonds there were three sales of Viz
GINA funded debt. 2-3s. 81 1891 as follows: soo-
900 at 5sl2. $4,000 at 5s> and 5000 at 3s's Ten
shares Of Central National bank stock sold AT
The bond market was less active. but it was
generally firm. The sales fell of slightly the
total par value being $4,000 Reading Generals
were most active opening the same as yesterday,
then falling off a. and closing up again at sO,t.
The following bonds advanced: Canada SOUTH
ern seconds ~; Louisville and Nashville, rem
sacola and Atlantic hrsts, l. Iron Mountain hVcs;
!; Oregon Short Line 81, IS, !; savannah ana
Western hrsts. !: Union Pacific collateral trust
notes ~. The following declined: chicago Gas
light and Coke firsts, !; Lake Erie and western
seconds /; ohio Southern hrsts "; Seattle
Lake shore and Eastern hrsts. l; Union File
waited firsts. ~.
Money on call was unchanged at per cent
There was an excess in the supply OF tlihe
money. and the supply Increased win rates as
follows: , per cent for 90 days. 212 for ninety
davs 3 for four months and ~ to for longer
periods. There were no heavy offerings 81 mer-
camille paper~but some good names were notrd
The Clearing House statement was as ioiloWs:
Exchanges SIS. 1851 balances. A.52l,4l
The SubTreasury was debtor Is the Clearing
House s46s.25S; Its net gam on balance was s4z
loss of Sl07 479 in currency. The days operations
included: Receipts, s2.6S5,9sS payments Gos9
sll; resulting In genera balance 81 sifoiooiio'
consisting Of t77S0S.243 Jin and $bZ.35s,S'3 cur
rency. 49, ,. -
The United States Treasury at Washington re-
ceived to-day $1S5 36l National bank notes Tor
r.den1ption The customs receipts were $IO2,OOO;
the internal revenue receipts $251,s4s, ana the
miscellaneous receipts. sS0.sl2.
To-days Washington Urea ury statement OF
cash on hand and deposits In bank compares
with the figures of Yesterdays statement as fol-
lows:
Sent Differences
Net gold hand $,'2>N.5oi >''"i'%' Inc f""'9'-
Ne, !egaenders ..,-, ,o,.s.< =, .o, 49,
hand ....,: - ~ -, 3t.cSS,unss ~
Net silver on hand l3'z'-'oo' 4-'No" Dec '"i'''
Actua! cash In the
Treasury vaults
over outstanding ,.,. ,.,, a.. ,.s
certificates .Al%' 'ttnd. - - ., go
Deposits In bank. llo-oifo "'''''''- ""r o'''''
A.. cash bal sisG ico 752 sI35 ss20oI Dec. s'7s 73i
FOREIGN MARKETS
The Governors OF the Bank OF England al thelr
-, ..oo,i,, mazda M change In its minimum