The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-23

business in bankers bills at $4SSIsG4SS14
for demand. and $4S71sd4S714 for sixty
days; posted rates. S.SS94S9; commercial
bills. $4.s614.
Silver certificates. 64165c. Bar silver
closed at 62$sc per ounce; at London, 2S5sd
The New York weekly bank statement
shows the following changes:
Reserve, increase. Sl72, 20
s@ecie increase. .....................'. -D5eV
Legal tenders, decrease. .-.-..-...----- 4Z5:ayJ
pepoSts, decrease. 800
Circulation, decrease. l3o,20O
The banks now hold s74.113.6eO in excess
OF the requirements of the % per cent.
rule.
Imports of specie at New York last week
were S24.76O. of which $21.065 was gold.
against total Of sl2O. 400 last week. The
banks gained by the movement a,4S5OOO in
gold and legal tenders and lost by sub
treasury operations and gold exports
100000 making net gain of S7S5O00.
Total sale Of stocks amounted to only
As 604 shares. including 24,1o0 of American
Sugar and 1890 of Distilling. With more
than half of the days business in Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company, there was
very little Of interest in the speculation
the Stock Exchange Saturday. So mar
row a market mas not been experienced In
many years. even on a Saturday. Scarcely
1915 O'Clock there a sale OF Chicago
Gas, General Electric or Louisville The
first transaction in Burlington & Quincy
took place at II rs O'Clock, Rock Island at
1l:40, and st. Paul at Ills. Sugar was in
good request in the early dealings and
recovering y per cent. making a gain of
rs from Fridays closing price. Distilling
rose u in the opening trading. but was al
once raided and sold off ~ per cent In
the final dealings the covering of short
The dealings in the rest Of the Rr we're we're
so small and the fluctuations so narrow as
not to call for any special mention. the
market closing steady 10 firm. with prices
about evenly divided between the declines
and advances, compared with the final
sales OF Friday. but in no case was the
change above "A fraction, except Pullman,
which was | per cent. higher. The result
of the weeks trading has been in the
MAN. a depreciation in values the prin-
cipal declines being: Atchison. 1Ss; General
Electric. ~; St Paul preferred, is; Ev
2: Distilling and Wisconsin Central, 6ss:
Minneapolis & st. Louis preferred, AZ. and.
Brooklyn Elevated. per cent Advances
were established of per cent. in Tobacco
preferred and Des Moines & Fort Dodge
preferred, Pa in United States Leather pre-
ferred. Hooking Valley preferred and
Laclede Gas preferred; ga in Baltimore &
Ohio and 3s in Sugar.
The railway and miscellaneous bond mar
ket was fairly active. but was weak in
tone. and declines were made of per.
eral skies, IL in Atchison tours, rs in
AtcEison seconds, Glass "A; Ia in St Louis
& San Francisco general fives. rs, in Erie
second consols trust receipts. and 1 per
cent. in Northern Pacific seconds and
Northern Pacific and Montana firsts. Erie
new sevens advanced 4 and Rock Island
extended fives registered and Fort Worth
* Denver City skies. 1 per cent. The prin-
cipal changes on the week are as follows
Advances-Cedar Falls & Minnesota
frsts. SIS; Scioto Valley & New England
fours, 3: Equitable Gas of New York fives
and Union Pacific sinking fund Fights 4;
Union Pacific gold skies collateral trust
notes, 8; Northern Pacific thirds 334 !;
United States Cordage firsts, 35s; Richmond
Danville stamped hves. 3D. and Union
Pacific Denver x Gulf hrsts. 3s. Declines
Toledo. Peoria & Western frsts, u; Mis-
souri, Pacific collateral trust hves, Z; Wa
bash debentures. Series b. 3; Detroit Gas
fives 4; Atchison seconds. 3ss; Atchison
tours, 27s; Burlington & Quincy debenture
hives. ga, and Northern Pacific terminal
firsts, 3.
Government bonds were strong. State
bonds were inactive.
The following table. prepared by James E.
Berry, Room 16. Board of Trade. shows the
range Of quotations: