The morning news., 1894-10-31

New York, Oct. SO.-Money on call was
easy at I per cent, the last loan was at
/ per cent. and at the close was offered
at ! per cent.
Prime. mercantile paper Sd4 per cent.
Sterling exchange is easier. with actual
business in bankers bills at S4.S6S4 d4-Sl,
for 60 days, and S4S7iRa4S7S4 for demand.
Posted rates $4.SSd4.S9
Commercial bills 81. S5i2d .S6i5.
Government bonds firm. State bonds
duh. Railroad bonds higher.
Silver at the board was quoted at 64c
New York, oct. so.-The treasury bal
ances We're as follows: Coin, 5,745,0OO;
London, Oct. SO.-Bar silver was quoted
at % 3-l6d.
the opening quotations at the Stock EX-
change to-day:
Erie observation-disclosures. l3
Chicago and Northwestern. .1Olis
Norfolk and Western. preferred. ..... q
Richmond and West Point Terminal. u
Western Union NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S63s
Southern Railway common.............1 115s
Southern Railway preferred. ............ Al
New York, Oct. 30.-There was a turn for
the better at the stock exchange to-day,
and except for an attack on the Coalers
shortly after the opening and heavy sell
ing movement in American Sugar near
the close, the market presented much
tirmer front than of late The Coalers at
the start We're firm, an inquiry TO cover
short contracts being noted especially in
New Jersey Central, and a recovery Of !
to Ia per cent. followed. Before the eX-
pirattOn of the first hour, however the
selling was renewed with vigor, and Jer-
sey Central fell 2la to 90l2; Delaware and
Hudson to 1888, and Lackawanna y to
l56. Finding that the attack on these
out long stock, New York Central was
taken hold of and sold down to 97Ss Lake
Shore also dropped 2 points on light trad
ing to 1902. The decline in New York
Central bringing in I T.nn6OD hVViOp Ordfar
the selling ceased and the stock rallied to
g8i4. The strength of sterling exchange
helped those operating for lower prices In
lhe stock market as 1t gave rise to ru-
morS OF gold exports later in the week.
sterling. however, closed easier, owing
70 a marked falling off in the demand.
With the cessation Of the LIQUIDATION in
the CoalerS, the shorts showed more dis
position to cover in other parts of the list.
ms scarcity of stocks in the loan crowd
ana the high premiums eXacted for bOr-
rowing purposes, couplede with a little buy
ing of strictly Investment issues by COM
IN ILlISson @ houses, stimulated the upward
movement later in the day. Jersey Cen
tral rose "a to 99l2; Lackawanna, 13s to
Iol4ql659s Delaware and Hudson, 2H
10 ~ Lake Shore, 1S4 to 1924 Manhattan,
u to lO7l4; Chicago Gas, IA to "A; st. PAUL
II TO 6094; Burlington and Quincy, = TO
!.Z;sii Rock Island, "a to CO.'S; Reading, 4
70 lI12; Western Union, q to 81; Louis
vile and Nashville, y to 53l4, and General
Electric, IL to 35A. Pan Handle, pre-
ferred, dropped per cent, to Al on the
was tolerably steady until the last hour.
When a prominent bear broker sold the
SiioeK Sioeed q1mn low, Is 70 s42S The general list
The Coalers gained u to 2 per cent. on The
day: Sugar lost 13s and Pan Handle,
preferred per cent Railroad bonds were
firm and higher, although business was
less actlVe. The sales of listed stocks
aggregated 10000 shares; unlisted stocks,
follows: "''o %
Railroad Stocks, Bonds, Etc
4@75; Sugar Refinery, S4s,; do preferred
lA; American Tobacco, 9S1k: do preferred
los; Atchison, 7. and S. F., SIS; Baltimore
ana ONO, 6112; Canada Pacific, CPS; Ches-
abeake axe, and Ohio, 18A; Chicago and Alton
~; Chicago, B. and @, 721a; Chicago Gas,
I5is; delaware, Lack and w, 156; Distill-
ers and Cattle Feeders. los; East Tennes-
see, 1012; do preferred, II; Erie, 10. do pre-
ferred, 2I12; Edison General Electric IS:
1iiin9ls IL! Central, S9!2; Lake Erie and W.
Louisville and Nashville, 531s; Louisville
and n A, Z; Manhattan 1861 Memphis
ana aTiChai ChairlLeeston, 1Sa; Michigan Central, 10;
Missouri Pacific, 98; Mobile and Ohio 273l
Nashville, G. and st. L.. II; United States
Cordage, 66; do preferred, 1234 New Jer-
sey Central. 81; New York Central, 921a;
preferred SQ3a; Northern Pacific. 21; do
preferred, 34ls; Northwestern, 1874; do pre-
ferred, lOl Pacific Mail 14A Reading, 10;
Richmond Terminal II; Rock Island, 6O3s;
st: Paul, 609s do preferred, 119; Silver Ger
tifcates, "a; Tennessee Coal and Iron, 49,;
do preferred 7212; Texas Pacific, 9&
Union Pacific, Il; Wabash, s. L. and F.,
6; do preferred, 1873; Western Union $685.;
Wheeling and l. E., 1024 do preferred,
3Sl2; Southern Railway 5s SS; do common,
ll7s; do preferred, 401a.
State Bonds.-Alabama A, 1O3; do B.,
lose; do c., S21a bid; Louisiana stamped
Is, 100; North Carolina As, 100; North Car
olina 6s, 12S; Tennessee, olds, 60;
Tennessee, new set IS, 1871; Vir-
ginia 6s preferred, SA; Virginia Trust Re
ceipts, S1a Virginia Funding Debt 5S
Government BondS-United States As
registered, lis; United States Is. coupons
1l5l4; United States 2s, registered, SO bid