Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
STOCKS AND BoNos.
Securities on Chrng Opened Dull
md Lower Saturday.

NEW YORK. Oct 6r-The stock market opened
dull and lower. The reactionary movement did
not make much Roadway, as good buying in Chi
cage Gas. sending that stock up / per cent.
served to rally the general list. Toward the close
OF the session an effective drive was made at the
coalers, In which L~ackawanna lost IA, per cent.
New Jersey Central Is per cent, Reading and
Delaware & Hudson z per cent and Susnuehonnn
q western preferred u per cent. Tobacco also
displayed considerable weakness. droppinp Ia nor
cent ON the lack Of confirmation OF the reported
settlement between the trust and the large manu-
featuring interest. The general list. more espe-
ctally the grangers. were sympathetically i'm
pressed. Speculation left of weak in tone. The
course OF prices for the week has been downward.
At the outset a drop in foreign exchange occurred,
caused by Increased offerings of cotton bills. and
stopped the gold export discussion, resulting in a
moderate rally in the general market. The i'm
proyement soon eliminated. however. and the
market became stagnant. vita usual effect Of
such conditions, a weaker tendency to prices.
An important negatively unfavorable influence
upon the speculation has been the concentration
OF interest at foreign financial centers in the
boom In kafiir gold mining shares. when has
not only distracted attention from domestic Sc
curities, but has also compelled sales by foreign
dealers to fortify their position. Europe is also
susceptible to any indications of "a resumption OF
discussion relative to the currency situation.
Railroad earnings. and the news generally bearing
upon prices has been mainly favorable. yet the
volume Of business is lighter than that of the
previous week. and the month has oscillatcd
most prominent, both in point of activity and
extent OF the fuctuation. Chicago Gas has ad-
vanced on the execution of a favorable outcome
of its legal difficulties. which has enabled the
company to resume dividends.
Distilling did not reflect the reported settle
ment of the fight between the reorganization
committee and the former; Sugar was irregular
ment. Among the features of the week have
been an advance OF 3n per cent in Lackawanna
quent reaction to a point / per cent below the
closing OF the previous week. 1t left off at 1874.
A temporary advance in call money rates To 3 per
cent, which was not sustained, was also an incl
dent. Further advances in anthracite coal prices
are regarded as evidences that the controlling in
tprpStS in the great cDrDDlHtiOng have bprpmn com
tralized. Chicago Gas, Tennessee Coal K Iron
and Illinois Steel closed for the week, The first
declined to 10 and rallied to 7O&, establishing a
net gain of Y per cent. Tennessee Coal lost a
fraction early in the week. then jumped AS per
cent and reacted TO 43& in the final dealings.
leaving a net Improvement Of rs per cent. iii
nois Steel was prominent in the speculation. 1t
rose 5A per cent and left off Az per cent higher.
New Haven q Hartford advanced s per cent.
sale of the preceding week, with the more ma
terial loss in the speculative issues, as follows:
Maute; sh; Chicago & Eastern Illinois preferred.
~; Tobacco, 2%; baltimore & Ohio, ~. and
were l.ST7,SOo shares.
Bonds were quiet and as a rule easier, with
Were: Oregon Improvement consols, ~ per cent,
and St. Louis Southwestern / per cent. Some
per cent; Denver & Rio Grande lists. ia per
cent. and New. England Is. l per cent. The
movement of prices was somewhat irregular dur
Ing the week as regards the speculative, and they
ieft OIL fractionally lower than the final quota
uhs oI the previous week.
Government bonds were active and strong. The
sales were 1858, COO, chiefly of the new As. In
state securities sales were recorded of 500. 900 Viz
ginia, $4,000 Virginia centuries, s. 100 Alabama
as. 5s. class A, and $1,000 Louisiana consols As.
silver certificates were dealt in at 67hQ67&c for
The Evening Posts financial cablegram says:
Americans and all other stock markets were dull
IN sympathy with Kanirs. These. however. closed
above the worst. and although dullness is looked
Tor. a measure of recovery is expected as soon as
influential support is forthcoming al the decline.
Inc rates OF discount at the following centers are:
Paris. IA per cent; Berlin. 2 per cent; Hamburg,
2 per cent: Vienna. q. per cent: Frankfort. 2H
per cent. Berlin exchange on London at s days
sight is 20. 43h. New South Wales announces the
issue of a loan of E.OOO.OO0. This may slightly
stffen prices this week. Paris markets We're
dull, closing rather better. At Berlin there was
a quiet and steady market.
The following were the closing quotations on
the leading stocks OF Tie New York exchange
today. s''.