The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-21

Aug. 10. Aug go Aug. l9. Aug. 90.
A.TasFe. 1874 l4s No Pacific. 3ls 3Os
A.T&sFe 3l4 3OTs NatLead... 35is IS
Am Cot OIL. les4 lQL Nor Amer. 5L 5s
Am S Ref 1882 l4sA Norf & wp 34s 34h
Am Tob.... 92 n w com..llSs 49,
Am sp M. Ia 8 n Pac com. l7s. ia,
Am sp p. 33s4 81 N Pac pr. AGA 49s
Brook T.. 49, 331s n Y Cent. ..lO6ia 100
Canada 30" 64i. NJ Cent. e5 e5
C.c.C&stL 32ia 3~lAlomaha com 67% CT
C.B&o.. 90 'e4h Ont 4 W.. l6's l6h
Con aas...1sea 1882 Par Mail. 33Ns 33s
Ches q o.. 2 23 Rock Island s6is IS
Chic Gas...lo2I 1921 Reading -. 26's 2e+
Oh @ w.. 1874 17Ss Read LIST pr b3h 53A
D. L&w...l624 g st P CON-. e3ss o2a
Del Hud. / l9 L So R'way. los lOs
pr. 47Ts 467s So R'way y 34I 3Ais
Erie....... l6a4 l6A StL SW p. 1913 l3h
Gen Eisc... s SO Texas Par.. 49, l3s
Illinois Cen1O5 l0dhiTc. & r.. 27% 27A
Kan 4 Tex. l4L Union Pac. 1lG lis
Kan a pf. 35's 34a U $ Rubber 17la II
Lou 4 Nash sou 5s7s e s Rubp pr. SO IS
Lake shorel7o l75 Z s Leath p 66a. 67Hs
Laolsde Gas SO 37s wab conn.,. ~ 7S
MANN Con. / los Wabash pr. 8 l7s
MINI q stL 25t gas W I'm Tel. l 81
q l. sdp o61 66aIw&LE.... 2s 2s
sEx dividend.
closed i : cent. higher Bid. railway and
other bonds easier. The feature. were Ameri.
can lOudCCo bCTlp, IRON -hOuHtdln Ob. hbHsHb
Pacific consols. t.r,, Manhattan Railway As,
Mobile and Ohio generals; Oregon Short line in
Ss,n Onion ai f Pasiiie. B 6snet"' s and 79Ga aif Ists s'a AtehI,
son. Kansas and Texas, Oregon Improvement.
and Texas Pacific issues; The more important
caccc scrip ri j. to so; Iron Mountain 81. IL. to SO;
s nsp Tesa rsd 81. i S1 to 81. and n f. Ids 81 IT, to to 81 81; k MoSiis
;ncd0 ohio sene r. "a. + %s to S9 psc 4iSre s9n Short 81 1T Lin line
| and Union Pacific. Denver and (iulf lafa In ~
cent, to AN. The noteworthy advances were
e Manhattan Railway 4s. - cent. to OH;
Texas Pacific lists, Il Y cent. to 15lo.
Commercial, price Of bar silver in New York,
52Ac. Bar silver in London closed at 24l9d.
Mexican silver dollars were quoted at 40i2c.
Exports to Europe tomorrow $4,000 ounces.
Money on call, 14qlla y cent, Time money
ninety days. , i cent, and Ave months. aiq y
dorsed bills receivable are quoted at 3iea4 y
cent, prime 81 single aMs !, Y csn at ! M y cent snnd and first,
4iad5 y cent.
Sterling exchange opened Arm under, a fair
inquiry for to'morrow,s mail. but closed quiet
sterling, $4.s4 for long bills and S4.s6le for
$s.sa; sight htt drafts. si.s5i4s$ft.sS. and cable
transfers 81; s6a$4,s64; FRANCS are quoted at
| q. ZOMD. 1919 IOT lOnK anu D. S'buO.l - IOT bnOTJ,
reichsmarks. 94 l3-l6694 1915 for long and
95as@95 7-l6 for short; R%uilders. 30 15-16d40
for long and 40lse40 3-l6 for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston-5
cents discountda par. Charleston-Buying. par;
selling, is premium. Sayannah-Bnying, LID
of; selling par, New Orleans-Bank, 81 pre-.
MUM; commercial, 90 cents discount. San
Francisco-Sight. s cents premium; telegraph,
ZIG cents premium. st. Louis-sO 10 90 cents
discount. Chicago-35 cents discount. Cincin
nati-Between banks, 40 cents discount. and
over counter. par.
The imports OF dry goods for tho week ending
to-day were 81 .006 .04s, against 81, LOG. 473 last
week and 81. 1875, 7O5 for the corresponding week
OF last year. The amount marketed was 1901,
l7s, against 1896 .739 last week and 81, l9l, 3O1
for the corresponding week of last year.
The Central Fireworks company has declared
a dividend of Ole " cent. on its preferred stock
payable Sept. l.
Brddstreet's reports the number of business
failures in the United States for the week al
22l, against Ola last week and 284 in the CORE
spending week of last year.
The receipts OF the Government to-day were
Customs, $i7l ,497; internal revenue. 1897, 777
and miscellaneous. S3l ,TO2, a total OF 1880. 976
The disbursements were 81, 1872, 600, an excess
of expenditures over receipts OF 1851 .024. Thu
receipts of the fiscal year to date have been $5l,
424, 7l3, and disbursements $7l .623. 9O9, an eX
cess of expenditures over receipts OF $24, 199. 19b
The net assets OF the Treasury at the close o