New-York tribune., 1895-12-28

U; o;:on,,rnsa S at at's 3 90 US cur. es 1897 lo2
sss'ssss lsr Iis s e cur ss
reg lay , 1,s Cher Cher Is Is issic
lI$ is 1s Cher Cher =: =: iss 1888
In state issues there We're sales Of 5000 Ssd Ten
essee settlement IS at 49, $40 900 Virginia FUNDED
oss OF 199i at 60s. $1,000 at 61ia $4,000 at o. ana
$ll 900 Virginia 6s deferred trust Ger -
business in railway bonds was small with prices
generally sagging. The most important uecitnSe 80
were in Atchison rs receipts. which decinsu 1t .2
TO 70: Atchson second receipts, to A% Cnesa,
neake and Ohio general 4iss, Y TO 49, Cncaso anu
Northern Pacific first receipts 10 lVt pac;S ss con-
sol IS ~ to S21a: Oregon Short Line ana Ctat s.
Northern consol receipts to oS; heaanns ne A.
preferred Incomes II. to 2t' rs, Meaas 5s as to sl
Isn,on Pacific Gs of 1897. 50 to lo5ts; Union Pacnc
SIS of 1855. to 1864: Wabash frs's = 10 10 It' aot
Wisconsin Central first receipts "a " rs. rs
and West Shore registered as. ~ 10 loi3..
Advances in the more prominent issues VIZ Wso
scored by Kansas and Texas hrSl 81, ~, ~ % oi6
gon short Line 6s. IS to 104i4; Texas ana Pacillc
frst Is - to slss United States Cordage hrst re,
ceipts. X to SOa4 and Union Pacific Denver ana
Gulf firsts IS 10 80. ,s 80 aav
sIs4 4ss National bank notes for redemption. Gus
toms receipts reported to-day from Wasnihss9n sago
were $7SOOSl. the internal revenue 9 ss
S57 and the miscellaneous receipts SzsSo !o.aI
Covsrnment receipts for the day. sIsOosl; eX-
pendtures siil.0O0 excess OF reeepts: S sSssooi
1aoceipts for the month TO date. S23lso'45'' eH-
nenditures s24 1885, 900: excess of expenditures Si
k.a 5sS Receipts for the fiscal year to date, sl64
47455s expenditures slSlSssMSs ,sS 80 sao excess u
To-day's Washington Treasury statement. GOV,
ering actual results Of two days ago. compare
with the last previous statement SHOWS 'he ioi
lowing balances;
~. cold hand g Dec
n .sss sa sSs ss Dec bee
Actual cash the
ss& 81 5ss Be-: Dee 'li;s5is
Available cash $50 537 so2 sIo7s2,o Dec sl7i2es
pSnnds ses n.no. 24osa5os % 7oa Dec i72o7l
Ae,ua, cash baisi75 lss si75.47c25c Inc sisoe7
To-day's gold Withdrawals reduce the net gold
The Sub-Treasury was debtor al me Cleal @
sng House s617,731. Its net gain on palance "as
s2a1ss2S made up by gain In currency ol
81 s52 9Ol and n gain in coin Of $l.o6oSZ Io-dd!
onerations included Receipts. $oO'SeH' pay
s2ssoo4s resulting in ,s g, Han cn and
STOP 094 4lO currency The business for me week
ended tonight includes receipts or sZo.s."Vft
and navments Of s17.s3S.0l6. Deducting from the
receipts $11.ls2 600 and from the payments s4.oit
600 for items which affect only its account win
the general Treasury, us gam as ahec'ins the
banks was s2.17402s
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Call money ruled at 5G6 per cent. There was
,,.t,a ai dnin, in time money. contracts for all
periods being made at per cent. The CONNER
cial paper market was without feature feM
transactions were made and ouly the hghest
grade paper was marketed, rates for all periods
ruling at per cent ~,
The foreign exchange market was firm. with
NO material change In general conditions. Gold
10 the amount Of $2.0Oo,O0o was taken for export.
Closing rates for actual business were as foi-
lows:
Sterling ssslss 90 'ass iss'ass o sS
Reichsmarks ......... s3i. s gSs
The price of domestic exchange was as fol-
lows at the places named: New-Orleans. COM
mercial 250 discount, bank par; San Francisco
sight 1-16 premium. telegraph hc.; Boston par
10 25c premium; Chicago. 80 premium.
Bank clearngs in this city were: Exchanges.
S1l397 1882: balances. NS3O0G3
The price of commercial bar silver in this
market 66l2c. per ounce. Mexican dollars
were quoted at 52la. In London bar silver
was unchanged at 80 Lied Silver to the
amount of jGl000 ounces will be exported to-
Money on call in London Y per cent
The rate Of discount in the open IN, market was
bills British consos were lO1 for money ana
the account. French rentes were 100 francs
72ls centimes. Paris exchange on London. 20
francs "a centimes. American stocks in Lon
don irregular and generally lower Fur
1her details of foreign markets are given IN
the usual cable report printed in another col
The New-York News Bureau tomorrow
will say: President Thomas M King. of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
makes the following statement in relation 70
the persistent rumors affecting the hnancial
credit of the company: You may unquaiiiieuiy
DENY the rumor that the Baltimore and ONO
Railroad Is selling its holdings OF western
Union Telegraph Company stock; not single
share of the stock has been disposed or; also
the reports OF an impending default on the
part of the Baltimore and OHIO Railroad oon,.
1any or any of its affiliated lines. The money
TO meet all interest charges due January l, 1880
for all lines has been provided for, ana Is no"
in bank. Finally. the report that the manage.
ment has discussed the issue of from SlOoooooo
TO $4,000 900 Of preferred stock IS entreiy
without foundation in fact.
'Dun's Review for this week has this 10 say
of the business situation Tine sudden PANE
checked business in many departments. and the
Improvement until the new year begins. Orders
have for months been much smaller than they
were In the summer when production was ex-
handing and prices mounting rapidly that new
causes of uncertainty have the more influence
Ressemer pig has declined 20 cents more al
pjttsburg the Bar Iron Association has reduced
tts prce not yet TO the rate at which steel as
we'll AS iron bars actually sold. and In
most departments this industry suffers from the
speculative advance in prices and production
last summer T. is noted that Bessemer and
omen hearth steel were offered at the same price
in bids on 5000 tons which a Pittsburg mill VIII
produce for appraisers stores here. Minor
metals are a shade lower. Coke makers, after
three meetings, decided not TO fix prices except
by months and combination OF Messaoi ore
producers IL no longer expected. Anthracite coal
is selling at $40 in New-York harbor. In the
great textile manufactures the usual holiday
dulness is Increased by delay Of orders. though
there is some accumulation of goods for the de-