The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-06
FINANCEAND COMMERCE
IhB CLOSING QUOTATIONS OF
MONEr.
Offerings aud sales AZ tho Richmond To
bacco Esohange-inseTnsl Revenue
CoIieotions-- Foreign Advances.

NEW YORK. oct 5.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram says
The stock markets were quleter and
Irregular to-day, tho falling of IN spesSuo
sact that tomorrow will be a strict Jew
IN holiday. Mines we're easier. Amefl-
cans opened lower In sympathy with TOE
New York close OF yesterday. Ihey
sioscA ssronr however. on New York
support aud with a stetdy increase OF
Interest on this side. American bils are
freely offered to-day for discount e ne
Paris and Berlin markets were nrm,
Vienna Bcurse was calm, ctnsioeilhs '"o
heavy failure In Vienna.
Not for many weeks has Wall street
Isb pav Of Atonement called many brokers
and operators from the street. ana was
offered as the explanation; but mere wa,
IN spite Of this. a manifest ulsposition. 70 ~
refrain from trading. and 10 leave the
market ia lie fallow for time fester-
DAYS sharp reaction apparently admon-
ished the bulls n az conditions are not YET
ready for resumption OF the ,,os
The favorable factors which developed
during the day. although they affected Tor
A time the individual stocks TO when tney
applied. were ineffective in causing
general advance and prices OF most
stocks closed lower tonight. Union Pa
clfc was exceptionally firm. ana pracu-
cally recovered from yesterdays oechhe'
owing 70 the discrcdit AttacnlhE 20 re-
ports OF an English syndicates intention
10 outbid the REORGANIZATION Commlttee
NJ the approaching foreclosure sale.
louisville and Southern preferred WcIe
SUSTAINED by their 200 shc ssatements stat At
hand showed notable increases IN earn
ings. but not all OF the stocks OF the
roads affected derived any encht. Union
Pacific was assisted as well ~ n report
that is differences over ttfic exchange
with the oregon Short Inc mad teen al
3usted The latter stock was ''lso strong
during the day. The principal acuVlty
centercd In the spccialties. and the uau-
ing IN them was largely based on vague
rumors that had nothing 10 90 with the
general situation Actual rates Tor steri-
inE exchange fell X for sight rnd a igr
long. This led to increased ttlko OF early
gold imports. In this connection u Is m
teresting 20 know that to-days state,
ment Of the weeks exports or gcneIal
merchandise shows decrease OF $4SO,If3
from last week while that week I'm,
ports. II will be remembered. Increased
81 $50 1854 over the week preceding Aoul-
flonal deposits Of gold which were re-
ceived from San Francisco were made az
a clearing house bank to-day, ana tne
continued increase Of the gold reserve IN
the United States Treasury. even In tie
face of an excess Of disbursements over
receipts Is additional evidence OF the
abundant supply Of gold at present IN
the country TO-day's losses were Tor the
most part fractional l.,
the bond market. but prices for the most
part were steady. and in some cases
strong. Total sales Si,40OO00. United
states new As. registered were advanced
- bid. and do. coupon \ bid. The os.
registered also rose bid. Ihere was
81 sale OF the IS. coupon. at ll5i2.
Tho sale OF stocks were 363.hvD shares,
Including Atchison. 300. Chicago, Bur
Nngton and Quincy. 1853; Louisville and
Nashville. 1880. Manhattan Elevated,
~ 530s Missouri Pacific. II lS5: Missouri
kansas and Texas. 1925, Northern Pa
rifc preferred. ~ 304. ontario and West
srn. 51si: Rock Island. 1921 st. Paul
p6 TO5. Southern railway preferred, $50;
Union Pacific % 900: Wabash preferred
3 665. Bay State Gas, 15,220; Chicago Gas.
g2 QJO. Sugar 23.347 Western Union
1850. Chicago Great Western, 1880
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.-Money on
all easier at 2i5N3 per cent; last loan az
neri cent. and closed offered at 2l2d5
Der cent aprisne mercantile paper, 1910
Der cent Sterling exchange weak, with
,ctuaT business in bankers bills at 4S4N
Tor demand and at 4S2hdtS2M for sixty
laws. posted rates. 4S3d4A and 4Nll2n
lS6. commercial bills 4s1G4sl2. Silver
.crtincates. 55Q56: bar silver. 30; Mexican
dollars 42%. Government bonds strong
state bonds dull; railroad bonds nrm.