The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-03
NO GOLD SHIPMENTS
Market Closed Weak, with Prices
Generally Lower-Few Changes I'm
Local Grain Prices.

At New York. yesterday. money Oil call
11sa12 per cent; last loan, IA; closed at IL
per cent
Prime mercantile paper. 2lzG3 per cent
Sterling exchange was firm, with actual
business in bankers bills at Ss9lzd4. Sez.
Tor demand and at $4sS5za4Ss3t for sixty
days; posted rates. sASsq4s91s and $500
49o1z: commercial bills. s4s7z@4SS.
Silver certificates. 671sas7ssc; bar silver.
66zc: Mexican dollars sac At London bar
silver was 3o1zd.
Total sales Of stocks were 81, $50 shares,
including: American Sugar. 57.1oO; Ameri-
can Tobacco, 1900: Burlington. 100: Chi
cagp Gas. $4,000; Distilling. $500: General
Electric. 800; Missouri Pacific 400; North
western. 1920; Reading. 245oo: Rock Island,
$500: St. Paul. 24500: Silver Certificates. 90
900; Southern railroad preferred, 1870:
Tennessee Coal and Iron. $500; United
States Rubber. 400; Wheeling & Lake
Erie. 1000
Renewed efforts were made yesterday to
depress values on the Stock Exchange by
circulating rumors Of prospective gold ship
ments- 1t Is true that banking house,
which does business with Cuba, expects
to send some French gold to Paris. which
has been received here, in transit from
Havana. but this transaction Is a purely
commercial ordinary
business, entirely disconnected with the
gold export movement There appears to
be no other foundation for the stories set
a tSs gold and the
not likely that any long stock was sold
on the strength of Them The short inter-
est, which took alarm at the confident tone
Of Mondays late trading. went into the
market at the opening yesterday morning
to cover short contracts. and the commits
sion houses had numerous buying orders,
both OF which incidents helped TO advance
prices In the early dealings the gains
baceo. This IN stock 'n Which hae had declined
per cent. was moved up on denials that an
adverse decision had been rendered against
of the trade prospects Towards midday
realzations set In, due to the approach OF
the holiday: many Of the brokers living
early to-day. The bears took advantage of
this condition of affairs to hammer the gen.
ers. and. with ii'I the exception of a partial
rally after delivery hour. the tendency
throughout the afternoon was in the direc-
ton OF lower figures, the decline extending
TO per cent Northwestern. Rock Island.
St. Paul. Burlington. Duluth. South Shore &
Atlantic, Edison Electric. of New York,
Chicago & Eastern Illinois preferred lead
ing In the downward movement. The mar
ket closed weak, and prices, in the main,
are lower than in the final sales of Mon
Northwestern and Edison Electric, OF New
ICrk, ~, chicago q Eastern ILLINOIS, pre-
ferred. IL: st. Paul & Rock Island, rs. and
Hooking Valley. l per cent Advances;
Illinois Central. q st. Paul preferred and
Minneapolis & st. Louis first preferred,
IN; New England. III, and St. Paul & Oma-
ma, per cent
Bonds were quiet and firm generally. At
the close some slight recessions were noted.
The sales were 1853, 900. The principal
changes are: MISUNDERSTANDING & Nash
VILE firsts, st. Louis division. S1z per cent. !;
Toledo & Ohio Central firsts, Western d.
vision. s: Oregon California fives, s.;
Louisville. Evansville & st. Louis consol
f1ves, 3; Canada Southern fives. registered.
2: Savannah & Western first trust receipts.
H. and St. Paul. C.. & NJ. hves, Burlington
convertibles and Cincinnati, Dayton &
Ironton ives. per cent. Demonstrating
fours trust receipts. Ia per cent: Northern
Pacific thirds. l. Northern Pacific consol
fives. 1ss. and Northern Pacific trust re-
ceipts, lis per cent.
Government bonds were firm. State
bonds were dull.
The following table. prepared by James f.
Berry, Room 49, Board OF Trade. shows the
Snge Of quotations.: