The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-24
CROWDS H RECORD
YESTERDAY ON NEW YORK 'CHANGE
ONE OF THE DULLEsT KNOWN.
F~Iuctuafion Narrow and None but
Professionals Taking n Hand
Local arket Inactive.

At New York, yesterday, money on call
was easy at / per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 2%Qf1a per cent.
Sterling exchange firm, with actual busi-
ness in bankers bills at A.s7A for demand.
and 1854 for sixty days; posted rates.
$4.7kG4.8 and sLS51k44.59; commercial bills.
s4s54; silver certificates, 62izc. Bar silver
closed at 6sAc per ounce: Mexican dollars,
5lc. At London bar silver closed at % 1-16d.
Total sales of stocks to-day 90. 700. in
GLIDING: American Sugar. 1880; Burning
ton. $3.50; Chicago Gas. 500: Distilling. g.
600; Louisville & Nashville, 1880: Manhat-
tan. $500; Northern Pacific preferred, 500;
St. Paul. $500; Western Union, 300.
Yesterday was one of the dullest days
on the Stock Exchange on record. For a
full days business the transactions ag-
gregated only 5000 shares. With excep-
ton Of some small selling in st. Paul and
Louisville & Nashville and very moderate
buying in Northern Pacific preferred for
the London account. the market was left
entirely in the hands of the room traders
and was as unimportant and embarrassing
as 1t was dull. The commission houses
have been complaining for months past of
lack OF orders. Only struggling customers
have come along occasionally. The move
ment of prices. sluggish as 1t was, was ir-
regular. Sugar was in fair buying in the
early dealings and rose / per cent. to S7ls,
s6H, that being the closing price. Sugar
moved within the narrowest limits, St.
and Rock Island. r., and Northwestern, Is,
Burlington losing * on the day and st. Paul
4, Rock Island gaining Is per cent; North
ern Pacific preferred was sold down 1s
per cent. by Boston and the local bears on
the failure to dispose of the 100000 re-
day. The break occurred in the first hour
and the stock was taken by London houses
at the decline. Very little was done in the
shares during the afternoon and the closing
figures were lowest touched after a decline
Of 4 at the opening. Chicago Gas huctu-
low the top. On purchases OF two hundred
shares Pullman rose IL per cent, Cedar
Falls & Minnesota advanced IL and To-
day were made in p. C.. c. & St. L. pre-
.ferred. Western Union and New England
are unchanged on the day.
There was a firm tone to the bond mar
ket during the early session, but in the
afternoon the dealings were somewhat ir-
regular. the market closing unsettled. The
vances-Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls q North
western ives skies. 3 per cent; Union Pacific
Ohio Southern firsts, 1, Chesapeake & Ohio
skies of 1901, and Burlington, iowa division,
fves. wisconsin Central frsts. st. Paul
second sevens. ~; Lake Shore firsts, reg
istered, IA; Wabash seconds. IL; General
Electric debenture fives, Rock Island de-
benture fves. Toledo & Ann Arbor frsts
and Northwest sinking fund fives, 1. De-
clines-Fort Worth & Rio Grande frsts and
Atlantic & Pacific fours, liz per cent; North
ern Pacific collateral trust skies, IL, and st.
Louis & San Francisco consol tours. Toledo
& Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk frsts, y.
Louisville & Nashville fours reacted IN
and recovered the loss.
Government bonds were strong. State
bonds were steady. Railroad bonds were
irregular.
The following table. prepared by James
f. Berry. Room 1e, Board OF Trade. shows
the range Of quotations:
Open High Low Clos