Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-10
MARKET QUOTATIONS,
REPORTS FROM ALL GREAT BUSI-
NESS CENTRES OF THE WORLD.
Prices of Money, Bonds, Stocks,
Grain, Tobacco, Cotton, Cattle,
Country Produce, &C., Foreign
and Domestic.

NEW YORK, June 9.--This has been
another extremely quiet day With the
Stock Exchange, the transactions footing
up only 1896 shares, OF which Slsop
were i'm Sugar. So far as the remainder
Of the list was concerned. it may be SAID
that Tobacco and Tennessee Coal ana
Iron ranked next in point Of activity, ana
the dealings in each OF these amounted
to only 800 shares. The fact that early
cables from London reported quotations
there slightly above the parity Of our
closing on yesterday impaired steadiness
to the local market at the opening this
morning, but q reaction soon set I'm, In
sympathy with a fairly heavy selling
movement I'm Sugar. due to report that
T.. c. Potter, a prominent broker, and
son-in-law of Theodore a. Hayencyer.
had met his death yesterday while play
ing polo. The story was accompanied by
another that the firm Of Il. c. Potter q
90 were closing out their holdings OF
Sugar. II subsequently transpired that
Potter. while sustaining serious injury,
was still alive, with a fair chance OF
recovery. Nevertheless. Sugar stock ce-
clined ] "a. to l22 Is. and closed at IL S-S
Some Of the other specialties were raid
Oh notably Colorado Fuel and Iron, and
Tennessee Coal and Iron. the former sell
ing off 2l-i. TO Iii. and the latter 5-S'
10 % 3D. on reports that the earnings
of both companies We're falling or IN
consequence of dull trade. Consolidated
Gas declined ,. to 153 and recovered TO
t55 In the remainder of the list the
losses. after an early advance Of 1888
per cent. were only Is to 81, followed
by n partial recovery in the late trans
actions The declaration of the usual
dividend by the Manhattan Elevated d.
rectors. and the recommendation by the
Executive Committee Of the western
Union to declare the usual dividend on
that stock served to keep those shares
firm.
The continued dulness IS attributable al
most entirely 10 the desire on the part
of both large and small operators TO
wait for definite intelligence with regard
to the action of the st. Louis convention
on the currency question
Speculation closed barely steady In tone.
The net changes show declines Of la
11-2 per cent, the latter in Tennessee
Coal and Iron. Rubber stocks were weak
throughout. on the reiteration OF reports
of internal dissensiOns and the common
fell >. to 10, and the preferred g. TO %,
both stocks closing within fraction OF
the lowest recorded.
The railway and miscellaneous bond
market was more active and weak. The
transactions aggregated E.03S,0o0.
Treasury balances: Coin, SlOIoiJo6;
currency Ss9.095,51O.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call firm at l-2Q2 per cent. I;
last loan at ?. and closing offered at
per cent Prime mercantile paper 4l-Zqo
per cent.
Bar silver, 6S IL. Silver at the board
steady.
Sterling exchange flrmer. with actual
business I'm bankers bills at SiH La
sis7f-2 for sixty days, and Sass LA
stSS1-2 for demand. Posted rates, $3.50
$50. Commercial bills. 1856 l-2nsis6 81.
Government bonds steady. State bonds
quiet.