The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-24

Specie, decrease .,................... 1885 900
Legal tenders. increase ..-......... 2,s.e, go
deposits decrease .............-- o,6t4oO
Circulation, increase ................. 2S7,9OO
The banks now hold $685. 725 in excess
of the requirements Of the Is per cent rule.
The exports of specie from the port of
New York for the week amounted to $10l,-
ss5 in gold and $685. ZOE in silver The i'm
ports for the week were: Gold, $1,272, sos;
silver. $3.50; dry goods, $4.s69,17S; general
merchandise, H,O69, 1856.
Total sales of stocks were 49, 700 shares.
including: American Tobacco, 41oO; Ameri-
can Sugar 9.400; Distilling, 1850; Manhat-
tan, 3.100; New Jersey Central. 2, 100; North
west. 400.
The stock market was very dull during
the first hour Saturday and generally firm.
During the last half hour the trading was
more active, but the speculation was un-
Irregular, the last figures mad being II
o majority of INSTANCES below the final
sales, Of Thursday There were good
many buying orders in Distilling at the
opening. The stock rose 1 per cent on
heavy purchases, but reacted on sales to
the highest point touched. Manhattan sold sold
up ! per cent, lost the entire Improvement
and and. raj rallied Y at the close, American
decisions II pending litisation: The clos ss
bottom price. Sugar rose IS per cent. to
9Sc, but broke l per cent, with subse-
action Of per cent r Northwest u Nla' the ae,
only one Of the granger shares which dis
played any activity. calculating within a
limit OF " per cent. and closing unchanged
The transactions in the rest Of the list
We're very light and the changes In the
Cordage shares were strong and made gains
OF ~ per cent. in the guaranteed, q in
t and Week X the the %arTss was
tremely irregular. The success of the gov
ssrnment four-per-cent; loan was one Of the
bill is dead for this session. on the Other
dustrial stocks have led in activity. but
were alternately strong and weak, as best
suited suited the purposes OF the manipuiators
SAYS subsequently. recovering to S77s, and
then losing y; making the loss on the week
cent. Lead showed considerable strength.
In the early trading and rose 2 per cent.
dend would be declared a break of 81.
resulted. Of which - per cent. was recov-
a decline in National Starch first preferred
q per cent; to So was attributed to
Gas was operated in quite freely. w. and don on
sales for the Boston account the shares
yay TO sows per csnt to % with
l5h. making the decline on the week 2Ss
per cent d The depression dep In the anthracite
by the roads which derive the greater part
of their revenue from this traffic was made
use of by the bear traders to hammer the
market. Susquehanna & Western preferred
was sold down ia per cent. to 81; Lacka-
and to s Se Mu sdsrssy sa to
ter Improvements of possibility OF
amicahle arrangements resulted in a. gem
erai rise Susquehanna & Western preferred
moved up to 80: Lackawanna to 1854 Della
Central to si7s. A growing belief that a
heavy assessment will be levied on stock
holders sent Erie common down Ia to 81
and the preferred 3la to 1854. A partial
rally followed and the net loss on the
weeks is 1as and " per cent. respectively.
Other more important changes We're: De-
cent, and Nickel Plate second preferred, 9.
Advances: Consolidated Gas, 4 per cent:
Quicksilver preferred. 3,4; National Lin
seed, 2
The bond market Saturday was active
western issues We're q marked exception
and made material declines. The sales of
the day were S624. 00O The trading during
the week was animated at times and the
aggregate sales are "a, 1858, 000 The tone of
speculation has, in the main been firm. In
are slight, but some issues show material
losses, notably Susquehanna & Western
refundfng lives, ga per cent; Keokuk e. Des
Molnes frsts and st. Paul, Fl. q ID. sevens.
2; Elint AZ Psre Marquette, skies. 37s. st.
and Northern Pacific thi,,ls and Peoria
DECATUR d. Evansville firsts, 3 per cent
government bonds were firm. State bonds
firm. s
The following table. prepared by James
. r. Berry, Room l6, Board OF Trade. shows
the range OF quotations: