The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-06
STOCKS ARE STRONG
SOME DECLINES CAUSED ny SELL
ING ron PROFITS BY sCALPERs.
Sugar Trust Shares Again Lead I'm
Activity ON 'ChanEe-LocuI Mar
kefs Slowly Improving.

At New York, yesterday, money on call
was easy at 1isG2 per cent; last loan, p
Prime mercantile paper, 3a4G41z per cent.
Sterling exchange was strong, with actual
business in bankers bills at 81. 1914 14s91s for
demand and s4.s7%@4ss for sixty days;
posted rates. s4.sSg4.Ssh and s4S9ikQ49o;
commercial bills, s4.sss4 @4S7.
Silver certificates. 60s4c; bar silver. 607sc;
Mexican dollars, 4Si5c.
Total stock sales were 163 036 shares, in
Guiding: American Sugar, 2S.900; American
Tobacco, 5000: Burlington, 4600; Chicago
Gas, 1900; Distillers. 2.100; General Elec-
trio, 1850; Louisville & Nashville. $500;
Missouri Pacific. 800; New Jersey Central,
LEGO; Northern Pacific preferred, $500;
Northwestern. $500; ST. Paul. 1880; West
ern Union. 3.0oo
Only moderate volume of business was
transacted on the Stock Exchange yester-
day. At the opening speculation was active,
and higher figures were made, as rule.
the market continuing to advance for fully
three-quarters of an hour. Cotton Oil pre-
ferred sold up per cent, to 671A; Tobacco.
21s, to 92az; New Jersey Central and Cotton
OIL common, 1as, and the general list
fraction. Chicago Gas was a notable ex-
ception. breaking ~ on Mayor Hopkins
signing the franchise of the opposition
companies. There was quick rally of zs
per cent. on covering. Toward Ii o'clock
sales to realize depressed the market, and
decline of hQ2 took place, the latter in
ST. Paul. Minneapolis e. Manitoba ~ in
Canada Pacific. IN In Tobacco. ! in New
Jersey Central and General Electric, A in
Missouri Pacific, Sugar and Cotton Oil and
"a in Northwestern, Distilling. Denver az
Rio Grande preferred, New York Central
and Susquehanna e. Western preferred.
Shortly after midday there was renewal
TIaC he ORG ,eynx
shares advancing %@B; General Electric
and Distilling, 81; Louisville and Nashville
and Delaware e. Lackawanna, *: Missouri
Pacific, Cotton Oil, Great Northern pre-
ferred and Tobacco, l, and Pittsburg &
Western Preferred. ~ per cent. There was
o'clock. but the depression was of brief du-
ration. and the final sales were made at or
near the best prices of the day, the only
notable exceptions being Delaware & Lack
awanna, which lost Us in the last SALE and
Tobacco. which fell off 1 at the close
majority of the stocks dealt in are up on the
day, including Cotton Oil preferred. 2ss |;
Ia; Pittsburg & Western preferred liz; To-
bacco. Ia, and Consolidated Gas and Great
Northern preferred, per cent. In the list
ada Pacific, liz, and Chicago Gas, 1 per
cent The market closed decidedly strong
The bond market was moderately active
were generally firm. In the Inactive mort
cages there was pronounced weakness
and a number of material losses were re-
CORDED including International & Great
Northern thirds. which sold at 2i5, against
29lz an Jan. IL. The aggregate of sales was
$742,5O0. Erie second consols declined 8 and
Peoria; Decatur & Evansville seconds ad-
Government bonds were steady. State
bonds were dull.
The Following table. prepared by James
the range OF quotations.