New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-18

Us. sivOi cou.ll3ss ia
In State issues there We're sales of $1,000
Louisiana consol As at 9S&. Two hundred shares
OF the Mechanics Bank were sold at 49, ana
five shares Of the Western National Bank al
1101a
Railway bonds were strong and active The
chief activity was in the Atchison. Northern
Pacific. Chesapeake and Ohio. Missouri. Kansas
and Texas issues. Rio Grande Western hrsts;
Wabash issues The principal advances were
in Baltimore and Ohio IS OF 1926, to 1914;
Pittsburg and Western frsts to u; Denver
and Rio Grande frsts / to IA Atchison adjust
ment As. y to 45%, Chesapeake and ONO con-
sol 5s, VI to 1924; Chicago and Northern "a
cihc first receipts. rs to 4Sh: Manhattan con
sol As q to 96l2; Northern Pacific frst 6s =
to 1861; the first registered. to llbls and the
collateral trust notes, u to 90h. Atchison sec
onds were down 4 to 2sn; Erie general Hen
3-4s. Y to 66h; Northern Pacific consoi o. y u
49A, and Wabash second 5s. u TO 1914.
To-days Washington Treasury statement.
covering actual results Of two days ago, com
pared with the last previous statement SHOWS
the following balances:
Ne, gold on A.ua. As9 Il .i sRG Dec s"ia
Ne: . $sai aai s5:s 5sss Dec Dee: So
Treasury vaults
gs 81 SEQ IS; 80 P ISs ':sT
Available cash s2s7 3sis74 s2sG AZ 1913 Dec s63oi'i
sIiities "'. ' 1sooi4oo 1924. 2ce Dec eo7.i's
Ac,l cash bal $40 4soiG5 s2Ioiisic7 Dec. sai.oos
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
ington were s524,4l9. internal revenue receipts
s5l7257 and the miscellaneous receipts sIoi6S.
Total Government receipts for the day, N,llZ.l5?'
expendtures 81 PSI 900: excess OF expenditures,
sl3ss6O Receipts for the month TO date, sli.2Zo.-
GAP: expenditures. SCI l56.3ss; excess OF expehni-
lures Sc 800 746 Receipts for the fiscal year 10
date. $3.50 1857 expenditures 52os5o' excess
of expenditures over receipts. s2',6s'.i2i- Ihere
were s4OsS5S National bank notes received Tor re-
demption. ,,,..-,.,,.
House. 81 0Ol 1863. Its net loss on balance was
1902 554. made up BY loss In currency OF s-.,.o,
and loss in coin Of SOS 0ls To-day cn
included: Receipts. R,Nb.oIZf, payments sS,on,,
22G resulting in Il general balance OF SlLiszhs.
consisting OF si297s7y74 coin and ssS;oof'f' cur.
rcncy. The business for the week snieu to-.is',,
s2l 1874 6S2 Deductlng from the receipts. S6's.eov
and from the payments Sia2o 900 for Items when
affect only It's account with the general Treasury
It's gain as affecting the banks was sosZ'iSi'
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 3G3is Ter cent. with excep-
tIons at 81. per cent Time money ruled at 3'sT
4 per cent for thirty days. per cent for three
md four months, and Ar per cent for six months.
Commercial paper was 5N5h per cent for all
periods for the best paper. and above for names
not so well known. Little business was done
under 5h per cent, and the majority above.
The foreign exchange market was dun. and
there was no increase In the demand Tor satuT-
davis steamers Rates remained without change
Posted rates were 81 Ssisat SO and 81 Ssitms4 30
for long and short sterling respectively. CLOSING
rates for actual business were as foiio"s'
Cable L s9sS SlIs s snS5' ol,'s,
S S.e,mns '''''''''"~ 5.iG, BIS
kechsmarks -. eS e eo.
Guiders
The price OF domestic exchange was as FOL
lows in the places named: New.oreans com.
.nlx q
San Francisco. sight, &C.; telegraph, ioc,.
charleston buying par. selling &c. premium,
Savannah buying 1-l6 per cent on selling par par
Chicago, 65c. premium; Boston. loalo I-'c u'''
Bank clearings in the city were: Exchanges
se7 2s1 ,es2; balances. s5sss3oo Baltfnore.EA
changes. s2,Si2s ealances sSovs'' issI 2ss
observation-disclosures *l2,oooi oV n nnnt
81. 67s.355 Chicago-Exchanges. slA,SZi'ZIS' pa'-
The price OF commercial bar silver In this
market was 67%c. Mexican dollars were iuo'en
M 54c In London bar silver advanced LID ~
aid. Silver to the amount OF sSo'ooo ouhce' wiz
he shipped to Europe tomorrow -.
NC N.Y. an call IN London was 4gh per cent,
and the rate Of discount In the open marke'
was 9-16 per cent for short ana iohs p'ia. ,',sl
Itch consos were III l1-16 for money ana Ms
for tho account French rentes were quoted AT
i0I francs S. centimes, with excnahge III i. Ill
don rs francs II centimes Inc nisc1u" az nep
In Paris was rs per cent. ana IN ieriiil A1s ~.
nant Further details Of the foreign marhe's
tad
are given in the usual cable report pr'h'eu
elsewhere. ,, ,, US. "rbe sud-
A. ohanye from sIeighng to midsummer neat
Nth fair skies In most cities has tested the prev
aIent idea that good weather only was meoar"
10 hiring general improvement Oh ouan '
Evervwhere there has been more retail puylns,
~ a., snms branches better demand AT Wholesale
and at the works has resulted but 20. as yn, -,
a re, lines There IL no Abatement OF the almost
Universal disposition to deal with unusIa, con-
servatism. and not to anticipate future wants,
aIiu ,tn,,nns have been formed or prices adj
vanced The comparative infrequency OF serious
failures. with money markets less disturbed since
I'D exnorts began, than might have been eH-
500 80 iha,ns to give encouragement but does
not kinde speculative fires so that such I'm,
movement az appears Is mainly OF a he9Itny
snrt Snecial examination shows that New YORK
sonL. ore carving unusually little defauted pa
per. and business depression has reduced me
proportion Of commercial loans 10 o. per cent,
aaainst about II per cent last year, though II is
eu, Increasing In 1S93-94, " per cent OF all