The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-11

selling movement and caused some covering OF
.hor,s The noteworthy transactions in addition
20 those in the stocks already mentioned wore
IN tho Granger shares, in Atchison preferred,
and IN Missouri Pacific. Tho closing was irregu.
lar With tho only decided rally in Sugar Rein
inc and Northern Pacific preferred.
Final sales compare with those OF yesterday
IS follows:
Dec. 0. Dec. 1o.f Dec. o. Dec. 10.
AThsFe. 1917 l3L Norf 4 W D 49, dAh
ATksFep 30h 3 n w com...l23 'l2O
Am 8 REF ..lAoa ldls N Pao com. 2o6 2oh
Am Tob... s8x 67h n Pao Pfc. 8 67s
Brook II T.. 34S 93S NY cent...lost 1914
Can South. sex 66h NJ Cent. sAb Sd
| c,c,c&stL 361 3es Omaha com 7e 77s
cBAo... esS e7s Ont 4 w.. l5N 1914
| Con aas...le4 8 IPeo @ O.. o6h 95h
ches 4 o.. 227s 22h Pao MAIL. 3lA 31t
| Oh q w.. leis l5a Rock Island ella 9os
Della Hud.. ZOE loSal Readlng.... 2lh 81
DkRGpt. 4ek d6s Read LIST pr 47t
| Er1e........ las l4H ST CON-. 8 e4b
Gen Eisc... 3Ah 33isI So R'wsy.. Ga 81
Illinois Cen1o3a lo3hIs SO R'way p 2 32a
Kan 4 T pr. SCH SO stL s w.. as Az
Lou q Nash 67s 67SI st Lsw .. IL lo%
4 WI f 72 II Texas Pac.. 12 11N
Laciede as 14h as rc.I&R r. 26s 25I
Mani Con. 1851 lo7s.l Tn Psc.... CAV "a
Mich Cent. lo4 1o3ia U 8 Rubpf. e6ia az
No Pacific. 49, 34a U s Leath q Cd
Met st Ry. .11eA lleh wabash pr. 1884, lSa
NatLoad... ash 35h W I'm TEL. ooh 90
North AM. 1S al sEx dividend.
Government bonds strong. The As r. OF GOT
closed y v cent. higher bid. and the 5s is y cent.
higher bid. Railway and other bonds irregu-
lar. The features were Ann Arbor 40, Austin
Warehouse 5s, Brooklyn Rapid Transit IS, Col.
orado Midland lists, t r.: Fort Worth end Rio
1ste.f K anSas Pacific consOls. [. r.: Rock Island
extension IS. r.; St; Louis and San Francisco a.
fsn Hn sns Ran nas 4 ei c Gas. Pass I. IS: e. e.. E !. Sss,S St;
$ $ss,os and oS Sa!S; s5Sss H,nl Sas A., Sf $s t
more important net declines were in ,Atchison
81: x Ann n & SSBsi: e e, ~ Z 10 a 80; f BrCofly 4'i R q; iG
Transit IS. s., to 92; Fort Worth and Rio Grnnde
70 s5; Mobile and Ohio generals. 4, to 774;
Missouri Pacific col LIST 5s, L.. to II; Oregon
Snort Lin eonsol 5s, y. to 9sie, and incomes A.,
90; Texas Pacific DDS. Il, to 80; Union Pacific
P. m; Gifts, I. to ITO. and 8. IT. r.. L y cent,
Austinland Northwestern lists, laV cent, to se,a;
c eSsiSasi a Midl Great lf Ncr t ri T. is to g r.. 10 bq 1sG:
Pssife e sna 5 Ssi9 H. ly to g g: i kseS to Island .Gl,a; e Misss%Tl
City 81 i ls to i, s. w e ssla; , Snits Sd states IT. So7 hsa' asS
g II W 1l's w quasi III ~ " q oho
Western Pacific bonds, Z y cent. to lO4.
Commercial price of bar silver in New YORK.
5sc., Bar silver in London closed at 267sd.
Exports to Europe tomorrow sos, 900 ounces.
Money on call lag y cent; Time money is
quoted: Sixty days. gig y cent; four months,
mixed Stock Exchange collateral. Commercial
paper is quoted: Prime indorsed bills receivable
cent, and good names at 4@4la q cent.
Sterling exchange WAS Quiet and steady.
Contincntal exchange was dull. Posted asking
rHtss for ss s stSrlins are: sdixsyy days s.; ss.s and
s3.s2la@s4.s2a; sight drafts. S4.s54a$4 .s5ie,,
and Gable transfers, s4.s5A: Francs arc
5,20asa5;2 20 for short; reichsmarks, 81 clog
"a li-l6 for long and IS 3.16a95 PIG for short:
for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston,
@l0 cents premium, Cha~rleston-Buying. par;
seiiingg.. =, pa Pre% SeW oE 1esns M nan! ;iIdS on:
cial, 1928 discount. San Francisco-Sight, 10
gents premium; telegraph. l2i9 cents premium.
C~hicago-10 cents discount. Cincinnati-Be
tween banks, par, and over counter. 80 cents
premium
Glucose Sugar Refining common is quoted at
S1.sg2st, and the preferred at 9oa@9l,a:
ferred at 77s77 ii:''ssa Standard 1pG Gas COMMON nnS pt at
MStsasl Gas at so6 5ns preferred sSrsslse az Gas ia a. saisS
24l9; New Amsterdam Gas at 28a2s. and the
preferred at 69a@7o4, and the IS at 9s4@ss.
Tho imports Of dry goods for the week ending
, Week AND Me e., se;s .ses fr t hsa aorre ~ sSSSi oeU n 1sSs
Of last year. The amount marketed was 81 $780,
355. against 81. oss.51s last week and $685.
6l5 for the corresponding week of last year.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company has
declared a quarterly dividend OF l y cent. on its
preferred stock, payable Jan. Is. At the meet
President called the attention OF the board to
tho fact that the net earnings OF the company
10000. He estimates the net for November at
$l. 800 900. and for December at 100000,
ina fIas.l net vs.s ss or n IL s4 1877 'o the fl FSs SIX axs %C sbarse of
for the entire year are about SO, 200. 900. EST.
mated surplus Of first six months l.,o oyer oyer
June. 1897. were 81, l45 900. on which basis the
S WouId b eyer at n least f 3. 7sS' 1885, 5o6 'n The e1f Presia Sent
stated. furthermore; that the earnings from
in excess Of those for the same period Of 1897.
and that the surplus for the year may. there.
fore. be expected materially to exceed the figure
Railway gross earnings for November com.
pare with those of the same month of last year
as follows:
eS'SsnaS n canton and So. 'ls 1852 Ine. 1889
Rio Grande Western mann. 2s+.400 Inc. 09.42O
The Chicago. indianapolis and Louisville Rail.
1926, 10S. an increase of $6s. O52 as compared
With ii, the same month Of last year, and net
months ending Oct. 81 the gross earnings were
81. 247.O51, an increase of 1924, S43 as compared
with the corresponding period oflast year, and
net $l60, O36. an increase of $l45,U3i.
The Scranton Railroad reports gross earn.
ings for November of $33. 2S3, an increase OF
$3.0S2 as compared with the same month
~, JOB. For the eleven months ending Nov. sc
the gross earnings were $329,49l. an increase
of $3.50 as compared with the corresponds
Ing period. Of last year. and net $l65 .2S6. ar
increase of Sl3. 16S.
Bradstrect's reports the number of business
failures during the weok at 292, against csc
last year. X. q. Dun & Co. compute the liabili
ties Of the concerns milling for the first week q l