The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-13

Sterling exchange was firm with actual
business In bankers bills at $L.SS%94.s9 for
demand and at M.s7%MLss for sixty days;
posted rates. AssAM4.S9 and ALS9kQ49o;
commercial bills, $Ls6M.
Silver certificates, 60isc bid; no sales.
Bar silver. 59%c; Mexican dollars, 49c. At
London bar silver was 27asd.
Tho weekly bank statement shows the
following changes:
Reserve, increase. .......... s., 932, $50
Loans, decrease. 3,0I3,i O0
Specie, decrease. ....... $354,UOO
Deposits, increase. .................. 2,5o5,0O
Circulation, increase. ................ y, 400
The banks now hold 81, 1872, 200 in excess
Of the requirements of the % per cent.
rule. The exports OF specie from the port
OF New York for the week amounted to
81. O99, 300 in gold and silver. 81. 1871. 17s. The
imports for the week We're: Gold, $11, l31;
silver. 81. ISL; dry goods, $685. 5S7; gem
eral merchandise, So sos, 104.
Total sales of stocks were $3.50 shares,
including the following: American Sugar,
$500; Burlington, LOO; Chicago Gas, $500:
Delaware Hudson, 2.100; Distilling, 1900;
New Jersey Central, 1900; St. Paul, 81, 100;
Western Union, ,M0
During the two hours of business Sat
urday Speculation on the New York Stock
Exchange was irregular and unsettled,
with Chicago Gas most prominent in the
trading. There was heavy liquidation in
this stock, and under brisk selling a de-
e eline Of q r All to to 1 5sE. W SoIlow sffsc by a rasn
ton to 1919. and a final rally to 765s, MAX
ing the loss on the day only a. Sugar.
comparatively neglected. fiuctuating be-
tween 9Oas and 80, and closing at the lower
ngHIe; win a net loss or a. me coal
the entire list. Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western, after an opening decline of "a,
to l59. sold up to 1854, closing at 1927, a
gain on the day of ~. Delaware & Hud-
son rose Ia, to 1872, the last being the best
price touched. New Jersey Central, after
93A, with a final reaction Of ~, making "A
Improvement from Friday. National Starch
vious sale. The movement in the rest of
the stocks traded in was very narrow,
and the changes at the close, compared
with the final quotations of yesterday, are
merely. fractional. The market closed
rather heavy.
For the week it has been a dull market,
the aggregate of the sales being only Dol,
Col shares, and, as a result of the trading,
prices are in the main higher than at the
heavy trading sold up to Isl on Friday, a
quently brought the shares down to 75s4,
with "a later recovery to 1928, making a gain
of Sr', = S SggaIE ais o} = to &c. o widely MS;nd and
advanced to 81 on Friday and closed Satur-
DAY at 80; gaining : per Sent sent. on the week;
ing were advanced from Sc. the nnal sale
OF last week. to 1894 yesterday. a rise of ~,
with a subsequent reaction of l. Delaware
& Hudson was forced up from 126 to 132.
closing at the highest of the week. Lack
awanna was advanced from 1855, the low
figure of Monday, TO 1917 on Wednesday,
saTsr Sa tU DAY d srG 7 drd to r iSs; with = q ,sg re-
making a clear gain of A per cent. Con-
solidated Gas was sold up from 127 to 1914
and closed at the best. The other more inn
portant changes are: Advances-Northwest
preferred, 31a; Illinois Central, 3i9; Hooking
Valley. preferred. 21a; Tobacco and Sus-
clines-Metropolitan Traction, Az per cent.
on the week.
The bond market ruled strong and active
s162.5O0 and the principal changes are: Ad-
vances: Toledo, st. Paul a. Kansas City
frsts. ; per cent. Declines: Peoria &
& Lake Erie irstas, Wheeling division. Is.
On the week the course of prices was
generally upward and material gains We're
recorded in a number of instances. The
sales are 81, 1866, 400. The more noteworthy
advances are: Baltimore & Ohio South
weterns consol four-and-a-halfs, IA per
cent; Chicago Gas frsts, Toledo. st. Louis
Tours, 3; Ohio Southern frsts. ia; Gin
cinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago
fours. Evansville & Terre Haute frsts,
Ann Arbor tirsts. trust receipts, 2. Declines:
Lehigh q Wilkesbarre Coal fves, 10 per
cent; Omaha & st. Louis frsts, trust re-
& New Albany general fves. g.; Cleveland
Il Canton firsts, 2i2; Wisconsin Central in
comes, 2s; St. Paul q Northern Pacific
SKIES, registered certificate and Mutual
Union sinking fund skies. 2 per cent.
Government bonds were firm. State bonds
We're inactive.
The following, table, prepared by James E.
Bdrry, Room 16, Board of Trade, shows the
range OF quotations..