The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-31
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.


New York. March 80 4 D. m.-Money on call
is easy at per cent. The last loan was at
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 8}l0r5 per cent
bar silver o. Sc.
Sterling exchange is firm with actual bust
sixty days ami s. 8 "a 8554 for demand;
posted rates 81 s7'a04 g.
Commercial bills "a S5I414 96is for sixty
days and -- for demand.
Government bonds steady. State bonds dull
Railroad bonds u tive.
Silver at the Stock Exchange to-day was
New York March 37.--The following were
the opening quotations a. the Stock Exchange
to-day:
Er e......................... 1875
Chicagoa1d Northwestern. .............. 1854
Norfolkani Western preferred. ........> "a
Lichmondand West Point Terminal ... 6A
estern Union. ...'-...,.... ....... Sin
New York March 3O.-The stock market
to-day opened steady, then declined on ac-
count of sharp attacks by lrokers usually
Identified with the Camaack interest. and
finally advanced sharply because the raids Of
the bears failed to disodge long stock. fore.
ing the shorts to cover, with the usual result
Of higher prices all around London did little
or nothing and as for news aFe. ting the mar
ket there was none. The bears yesterday
were quite confident Of being able to start
liquidations. hey interpreted the veto OF The
SegnlOraSe bill as meaning another free
silver crusade. and dwelt on the evils
that were to follow. expecting to disturb con
tidence they sold heavily OF the C4rangers
and certain of the industrials, nat rally with
the hope OF getting back their contracts at a
profit. he plan was well conceived. and
would have been successful If holders of
stocks could have been frightened into sell
ing, whi, h, however, they refused to do. In
consequence. the bears after an assault early
in the day, when Burlington and Quincy was
forced down to ei7s, Western Union TO slls,
St. Paul to g. 70. Sugar to 500. and General
Electric TO Al 55. without bringing out any
stock 10 speak Of. made a complete change
OF front. This was discovered Nv
the bulls. and the efforts OF the shorts
were impeded at every poiat. Again the sup
ply of stock was much smaller than the early
sellers had caloLl4ted upon and his IN Itself
proved OF assistance to the bulls. he i'm.
proveme MT from the lowest point of the day
was equal to is025s per cent. Important
gains followed. American Sugar rose ? 4. do
preferred. Ia; Cotton Oil. ,, do preferred .
American obaccO. 70; Big 4 our, I; Chicago
Gas, rs; Burlington and Quincy III; s.. Paul.
ia Rock Island, l; Consolidated Gas, 2is:
Delaware and Hudson, l3e: General Electric,
Ia Lake ,-rie and Western, X: Louisville
and Nashville, II; Missouri Pacific /:
Lead 1Ls; do preferred 26 Reading, z
Northern Pacific preferred, ~; Omaha. /. and
at arout the hig nest point OF the day. The
sales were 800 D. against l7200O shares yes
terday. Chesapeake and Ohio was active,
300 shares changing hands at 190173{61iS5s,
tie activity icing ascri ed in some quarters
to liguidations. while others contended that
the selling was due 10 an effort 10 checkmate
a small pool. The demand for bonds continues
active. although the sales were not as heavy
as yesterday. q he tone was strong sales
OF listed ocks were 1872 900 shares: unlisted
28.C0O shares
The quotations at the closing were as fol-