New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-18

The price of domestic exchange was follows
at the places named: Chicago, 25c. premium;
Boston par: St. Louis. 100 premium bid Charles
ton. buying par; selling Ito premium san Fran
cisco sight 12l2. telegraph. -; Savanna. buy ing
lie discount. selling l-l6ai. premium; New
Orleans. commercial l25dl0O Ills ,onn', bank par.
Bank clearings were follows At tne places
named: New-York Exchanges $S2i2tsJ3. Dbl
ances s6,OO4,l94. Chcago-Exchanges sl5oOfl 2s:
balances 81 500 266. Philadelphia-E Exchanges,
sl2S4449I; balances, 81 $40 81 Boston-Ex-
The price of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was 59la. nominal. per ounce Mexican doI-
lars were quoted at 4sa.. In London bar silver
unchanged at q 3-l6d. per ounce Ing
market was fair.
The market for foreign exchange. both sterling
and continental. was strong. Bills OF al ciass.s
were lacking, and the demand ir':n DahkcTs
and importers was active. Gold t IN, an"uf,
OF ST. 100000 was taken from the sub treasury
for export on Saturday. 1t - prcpspl" 'hai ~
tween two millions and 'hr-e miiiionS WIN go.
The close was duh but strong. Win the t"h1thVy
against buyers. The following table shows 'ne
rates at which business was ACTUALLY done
s,.,., s s.sii So. 4s s@s e. sssa S;
Reichsmarks ........ ~ 20 ~. 81.
In London money on call was 4 per cent the
rate Of discount in the open market Tor SNORT ana
long bills was Is per cent Inc amount OF DUH
ion received a. the Bank OF England on balance
was s. 900 The bullion in the Bank increased
f724s53 in the last week The proportion OF the
reserve TO the liability. which last week was
* s6 per cent IL now 62.12 per cent,
against an Increase from 1916 per cent
"a 1899 per cent in .he corresponding
week OF 1894 The Banks rate OF discount was
unchanged at per cent British consos further
advanced Lilo for money to lO+Hs. and a IKE
amount for the account 70 lO4 l1-l6 American
securities were again decidedly strong. ana al
though Reading receded Il To oss 81 fau rose
n. 10 57a. Canadian Pacific = 10 os>s. Erie @ds
/. 10 6tis the stock !. t. lO'so Louisville ana
Nashville u 10 56t-. Illinois Central. 10 so't'
New-York Central ,. to 1921. and Achison y 10
As. . ., -. 49,
French rentes 102 francs 10 confines al the
close Paris exchange on London 20 francs lt.-
centines Berlin sight sterling 20 marks -:
nfennings The weekly statement or the bank 81
France shows the following changes as compared
with the previous account: Notes In circulation
Increased % So. 900 francs; treasury accounts
current decreased 6.l25. 0Oo francs: gold In hand
increased II $4,000 francs: bills discounted De.
creased Il 600 600 francs silver In hand decreased
600 900 francs. o.,
Cold premiums to-day at Buenos Ayres. .ol .
q, Madrid 10 90: at Lisbon % IN: ~ ST. Peters
burg 80; al Athens -: at Rome. S'': AT wen
ma. 2. ,,. 49,, =,
The Toledo and Ohio Central Railway mas de-
clarcd a quarterly dividend Of Ia per cent ON
the preferred stock -,
A semi-a annual dividend II 2if per cent mas
been declared by the Illinois Central Ra'road
Company -, ,.,,,
The oiiarterly interest on the preferred stocks
~ the H. b. Claim Company Will be PAID on
February !.