The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-27
NEW YORK MARKETS.
The stock Exchanges.

The stock Exchange.
New York. Feb. 8.-There was q mod
crate volume Of business on the stock ex-
change today but trading was unsettled
In tone and the closing prices were in a
majority Of cases below the final sales
or yesterday. Speculation. opened duh
but Arm and some slight gains were made
A raid on Chicago Gas was soon made
which sent the stock down rs and
weakened the general market Tobacco
and New York Central sold OF Ia. Mis-
souri, Pacific ard Manhattan rs. Sugar
81. and other shares 1-sH5-8 Canadian
Pacific was an exception. advancing l..
per cent. The declining tendency was
current before IL o'clock and a rally OF
! l-sGf Ia took place. led by Cordage. A
drive against the Changers was made
about l o'clock. which was chiefly d.
rected toward Northwestern. that stock
giving away / per cert, Burlington ard
st. Paul 3-s. Rock Island - The depres-
sion was communicated to the rest of the
list, which receded 1-Sai4. After aeiiv-
cry hour the market became firmer ana
a partial recovery took place. which
ranged up TO rs speculation being fairly
steady at the close. SnsQuehanna and
Western broke IL with finai rally OF
IL. American Exchange dropped 2. but
recovered /. Adams Express made a gain
OF IL London was In the market only
to small extent and mainly as a seller
of the international specialties. The mar
ket as a whole is almost entirely In tho
hands of professional traders
There was a fair amount OF trading In
bonds today. sales being $SO6.0oo.
Government bonds-Firm.
State bonds-Dull.
Raidroad bonds-S.eady.
Petroleum-Steady; March options closed
los Ii bid.
Financial.
Money on call easy. i-2 per cent; last
loan. L.; closed. LIZ per cent. Prime
mercantile paper. 8 l-204 i-2 per cent.
Sterling excnange-Strong. with actual
business in bankers bills at Sass a-46a
4.ss for demand, and si.s7q4.s7 IL for 60
days. Posted rates. A.ssa4.s9 I-2. Com
mercial bills. A.s6g4.sS Ia
Silver certificates, 60 5-sc.
Bonds.
q. s. IS. reg. ll6: u. 8. S. COUP. lls:
u. S. Is, reg. lie IL. u s. As. COUP.
liz IL; T. S. Is. reg. rs; Paciis IS of
50. 100: Ala. Glass A.. l04: Ala, Class b..
los; Ala, Glass c.. o.: Ala Currency, Sc:
La. New consols. Is, 50 1-2; Missouri es.
ice' N. Carolina Sc. rs: N. Carolina Is.
100; s. Carolina Non-Fnnd, IL: Tenn.
New Set 6s. 81 rs; Tenn. New Set IS.
100; Tenn. Old SIS, SO: Va. Centuries. IS 81:
Va deferred, IA; Atchtson Is, "a SIS;
Atchison Second A. IL Canada So. eds,
io6: Cen. Pacific lists of rs. 100 IL: Den.
q X. G. as. lis. Den. & r. c. Is. 50 "a:
Erie Seconds, 81 H.: G. II. & s. A. SIS. SO;
q. H. q s. A. as. 100: II. & T. Cent. IS.
10 IL: H. & I. Cent. IS, l02; NJ. K 7. LIST
IS. % l-2; al. X. T. I'd Is, Is "a: Mutual
Union 6s. Ill l-2: N. j. Cent. Gen IS.
III s-s' Northern Pac. lists. liz SIS: North
erh Paeinc IDS g; Northwest Consols,
1884, Northwest s. +. deb. IS. los: Rio
Grande West lists, G.: st. Paul Consols.
as 10; st. Paul c. p. W. SIS, 100 "a;
st. Ia & I. NJ. Gen. SIS. III ST. l.. s. r.
Gen. es' log; Tex. Pac. lists. 81 IA: Tex.
Pac. 2ds, % Is; Union Pacific lists of SO.
l02' West Shore Is, Io4 u.s.
stock Quotations.
Afcnison, 3 7-s; Adams Express, lSs; Al
ton. Terre Haute. s. 1-2: American Ex-
press, los' Baltimore & Ohio, 50: Canada
facific, IL IA; Canada Southern, 4s1-4;
Central Pacific. - 81: Cgies. & Ohio, is 3-s:
lineage Alton. i4s: Chic Bur- & Quincy,
40: cs'sc Gas. 20 "a; Consolidated Gas, la:
Cotton OIL Certificates, Ia: C. c. C. &
St Louis. IS: Colorado Coal & Iron. &: Del.
Hudson, 12s 81; Del. Lack & West.
ISL ia: Den. r., G. pfd. s4l-s: Distiilers A.
Cattle Feeders Co, 10 i-2: Erie. Sis: Erie
pfd. Is; Fort Wayne, is; Great Northern
pfd, loo Chicago & Eastern Illinois ND.
80: Hooking Valley is rs: Illinois Central.
s. L.; 81. Paul & Duluth. 20; Kansas a.
Texas pfd, q ~: Lake Erie q West.
IL IL; Lake Erie & West. pfd, 7oI-s: Lake
Shore. I3s 81: Lead Trust q Is: Louis
vile & Nashville. 80 SIS Louisville & New
Albany. i-2. Manhattan ConsoIlsatef.
iG1 L.; Memphis a. Charleston, TO- Nsslai.
gan Central IS; Missouri Pacific. 1888:
Mobile a. Ohio. "a: Nashville CHAT, s.:
National Cordage. 3-4; National Curd-
age pfa. s 81: n. ]. Central. s.: Norfolk
& West. rfd. IL: North American Co.
; IA: Northern Pacific. "a; Northern Pa
cifc pfd, Is Ga; L. r. Denver a. Gulf. 8:
North western. s. IL. Northwestern pf9,
lss 10: ~. Y Central. 81 rs: " Y. & New
England, - SIS: Ontario q Western. Is rs:
Oregon Improvement. 10: Oregon Nav, II:
Oregon Short Line s. itch Northern
h.: Pacific Ma.l q 10; Peoria Dec. IL
Evans . Ia: Psttsbsrg. i54: Pullman Pal
ace i54 1-s: Reading. . -; Rio Cranie
Western, Is SIS. Rio Granfe Western nd.
g. Rock Island. 81 rs: ST. Paul, st rs: st.
Paul pfd. III ID: ST.. Paul a Omaha. 81;
ST Paul & Omaha psi. 100: Southern Pa
ciac. II f-s: Sugar Refinery. soks: Tenn
Coal 4 Iron. 4: Texas Pacific. SIS; Toi.
& q. Cen pfd. 40 i-2. F'Zson Pacific, Sd:
L. 6 Express ~: Wabash St l.. a. par..
SIG: waaaxts ST. L Pac MD ~ 80;
Wells Fargo Express i9s: Western y-nSnl,
s. "a: Wheeling e. l. r, SIS: Wheeling
a Ia e pfd. s.. MINI. a ST. Louis. -;
Den. & r. O., of-2; Cen Ea@rtrsc. - 90:
Coa. Fuel 4 l., "A: Col Fuel q / r<a s.:
III. 4 Tex. Cent. 2f-2. Tos A. A. & North
fFraa.. ltd s. LOUIS & K c.. /: Tot
S.. Louis & X e. pfd. Z: So r. r.. s.-s:
So. n. r. pa. ala: Amer. Tob.. 81 H..
Amer. Too. pfd. ,G IL
Total Sales.
Tire total sales o. stocks TO-DAY were
10 rs shares srscfDcinS: American Tnfssc-
90 tee: Sugar. es7os. Burlington. 7soe:
CrsAnxo Gas, zses: Dls,ilisay. u 30; L.
& n snss: Mssssfs Pacsfic. $50. y. ].
Central. $50: North sests-s u sse. North
az, FSrs6> preferred. a ss. Rock fsssrSf.
: sa: s. Paul scaa; Unitei States Cord
ar~ : 30: DO. preferre.. $50.
Hops.
Metals.
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