The sun., 1896-10-24
Oct. 2p. Oct. p9.

chicago u. S5ts OSh st Paul pr. j. 24H 126
Don &RGp 43I 13% So Railway. S3s SM
Erie. ..... l4% l4as South Ryp 25% 25%
Gen Elcc... 20 27A SLSw... AZ 4ss
Hook VAL. 10 1854 StLSWpf. 9S 996
Kan s T pt. 25 25tS Texas Pac.. g Sii
Louis & N. d1A 45a T'nC,I&R. 24 23A
Lake shore. 47,t l4sL Union Pac. sx 81
LacedcGas 25M 25N U S Leath.. 9& eH
Man Con-. OIL e2.& Leathp. eoa elA
Minn &stL II l6k! wab &Ppf. l56 l5h
Mo Pacific. 21& 21,e West I'm 7. s4't s5h
Natl Lead. 224 22A whcel&LE SIS g
Northw emil oOk OOs w&LEpf. 27S 2sA
Nor p com. Id 14s
Government bonds steady at unchanged QUO
,ntsps RSi%ny bonds strong The features rs
general lien BIS. Oregon Improvement 5s. Rio
Grande Western lists, San Antonio and Aransas
Pass Pass As. Texas Texas Pacific DDS. Atchson,, Chesa.
issues. The more important net advances were
IN Atchis0n All A.. q cent to ao}s; Chesa,
North Pacidc isIs, I: r.. IL. to 4iIs; Erie
setss to fa e. H HSs'hSsh M to GGe oa and
provement 5s, IL, to iejts;, Reading ist prefer
y; to 3lIS and I'd preference incomes. II. to 30l4
Rio Grand" Western lists. !, to ?l@ san An
tonic and Aransas Pass As. l, TO 81. and Texas
Pacific IDS, II y cent. to 19ls
at 100 ''''N '''N NO -'O '""'e' - WI VI '''N
Sales of silver bullion certificates for a1.Ooo
| 65lo@65s4c. Commercial price OF bar silver in
| New York, 65t8c. Bar silver In London closed
| at so l-l6d. Mexican silver dollars were quoted
| $4,000 ounces.
Money on call 4iEd7. T. cent. and ruling at Q
| and loaning at T. cent. for months to a year
| on good mixed Stock Exchange collateral. No
loans being made at higher rates than Z
cent. Commercial paper is quoted at s = cent.
for prime endorsed bills receivable, cent
Tor best single Names and 10 Y cent ard MP
ward for other grades
Foreign exchange was firm. with another adj
vance in rates on the continued limited supply
OF commercal bills. Continental exchange was vas
sterling. 4S2 for long bills and 81 ssh for
semand. Actual rates are; Long bills si;sl ltgt
5;aa!aa5; ;a2le tor long and 5;aoSsscb5.eo for
| m95is for short; guilders. 39a4I3o 1916 for
| long and 40 for short.
| Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
discounts; selling par. savannah Buying.
u discount selling: a pa, New ,. Orleans BanS &
cisco Sight. par; telegraph, par. St Louis 30
| cents premiums: offered at 30 cents premium
| Chicago-Sl.l0 discount.
| The import, OF dry goods for the week ending
to-day were Sl.55l.146. against 81 l.477. .473 last
week and S2.305. 800 for the CORES ponding week
eef last year The amount marketed was
S2.2TO,ss9 for the corresponding week OF last
| year.
Inc percentage OF reserve ncll Dy national
banks in leading cities on Oct. was MS follows:
MaShhington Sh ing 4os3 per cent; saitimors 30 30 So
6yaan. a ehisaso
3l07. New York 2a.2s. Philadephia 30. "a
CINCINNATI a3i0; O., &C GleyelARd , :sol Detroit
ton 30.s4. Kansas City 42.35, st. Joseph 37.2l.
ST. Paul 39.+4. st. Louis 25.95 Minneapolis
| 34.sO. Milwaukee 3l.1s. Omaha 46.73. and San
| Francisco i3.15
The Pittsburgh. YOUNGSTOWN and Ashtabula
Railroad reports gross earnings for September
76a a decrease OF S50O4s. For the nine months
476. a decrease OF Sl95. .23O as compared with
the corresponding period OF last year. and net
| S3GJ,JOi. dncrei.se Of 81 1928.
The following authoritative statement of the
| settlement of the strike OF the Ohio bituminous
coal miners was published today by the New
bltuminous coal miners in tho Pittsburgh dis
trict voluntarily reduced their pay from 20
cents to "a cents per ton This was done to meet
union men. There has been an agree
ment between Ohio miners and operators
nine cents less than that paid In the Pittsburgh
district This difference Is due to the different
| When the Ohio miners were called upon to
keep their agreement by accepting reduction
to forty-iiye, cents, per ton. to meet the re-
| dnction which had been made in the tsburGh
ay bs % s% SS S. g. ThS
turning TO work at the reduced rate They are
| already at work on the Toledo and Ohio Gen.
tral. and have given notice that they will
and Lake Erie Hooking Valley and Cleve.
enable the OHIO district to maintain its market
as against the Pittsburgh district, which i, has
not been able TO do for the past sixty days
were being paid in the two districts to their
miners"
| Brddsfrcct's reports the number of business
failures in the United States during the week
ending tonight Mt 2o2 against 27D last week
and $50 in the corresponding week OF last year
| r. g. Dun Il Co: compute the liabilities OF firms
at SO, ,s0I 900, against 81, ,624 53i for seventeen
| days OF tho same month last year.
The receipts Of the Government today were
Customs S344, 7os; ,ntsrnai s revenue S+6ss9l.
| 645 The disbursements. including $500, 900
for pensions. were $04s.00O; an excess OF OK
ceipts for the fiscal year to date have been $685.
! 05s 80. and expenditures $l3l 032. $50. an eI-
cess OF expenditures over receipts of 800
The net assets of the Treasury at the close of
business to-day, MS officially computed. compare
with those OF yesterday as follows:
e:: esa ard anu e;
| other assets In excess OF
| demand liabilities. 46.27l,4a2 4G,08+,4l7
ciudng gold balance. S2s7lo7,sso s2se,ssl, ,547
| Money in London 2le y cent. Rate OF dis
count IN open market. for both short and three
| y cents at l0l francs So centimes. Exchange
on London % francs 22>e confines.
The Organization Committee OF the Louis
Olcott, Chairman, announces that the bonds are
| coming in rapidly to the Central Trust Compa-
ny. the deposits already exceeding $1,000. 900.
| classes OF bonds. These largo deposits so early
are taken to Indicate substantial approval OF the
plan BY the real owners Of the securities.