The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-24
FINANCEAND COMMERCE
JHE CLOSING QUOTATIONS or
MONEI.
Offerings and sales at tho Richmond
bacco Exchange-internal Revenue
Colioctions-ForcignA Advances.

NEW YORK. Nov. %. -To-day's mar
ket FOR stocks was the reversal OF yestef-
Gay, and represented nothing pu' S"e
operations Of room traders outside OF a
lew stocks. The list generally SHOWS
small net gains on the covering OF SNORT
contracts made yesterday. Ihtfc was
continuance ~ the strength SHOWN -
tcrday in the Northern Paclhc STOCKS
especially the preferred. which rose US
by tho close OF tho day. Meiropohian
Street Railway and the Rubber stocks also
displayed strength, all gaining over A., q
point. Consolidated Gas was no'aoS
weak all day in the doubt which Is per
klstcntly kept alive concerning inc pioa
poets OF the merging OF local corpofalfl III
There was an extreme decline OF W
points. but recovered part of this. bre coz
{vn Gas lost "a point on sympainy. ! ~,
n ock OF the American Spirits toinp"a,H
sb owed extreme weakness on the itfo.li, ~
Of the dcmoralizcd condition OF trade. me
Goa 'ers also in clincd 20 weakness lh9ohi'
they showed me recovery from Wy, 70 %
est. There was some schng OF ,n' ~ tbe
ctfc probably nduCcd by the can lvi wv
paym.ent OF the third = per cent. ASs,eF
ment tomorrow. bat the uecllnt ulN ~. ~
Sxcced -, and N5as recovered ptlyl" 'nSS
lost over a point on the disdppoii,..ilii. a a
that the dividend as declared WIZ iiii'i'i !"
20 l per cent. tn ere was som, ht,ir SUI
Ing Of St Paul and Northern racine pr
ferrcd Tor LOndo q account, but without
pcrcepfible effort ON this market lt"-
lure Of the day was % further rise oi
- i'm the actual rates for sterling eN-
change. This is { n face OF conunuea
very heavy optw; Td moXems nv on M H..
.hapdisc and OF So ling Of securities mere
sor London. The weeks exports OF Iati-
chandise from New York exceeded those
OF last week by : l.j6l. 400 In value. ann
are almost as mucli in excess OF those TOT
the corresponding period OF ihrt Ftll'
The dullncss and IN mness OF the tN'hAns'
market are undoub tedly due 90 the ithu-
ing OF money abr Dad I'm preference 20
drawing on 10 by q. kChangc Dllls. a mi
caco bank official Is authority ior tht
statement that SIEVE raj miiion u9ndIS %,
Chicago money Is n,)w loaned I'M England
and the Continent, and that q large
amount Of money is owing 10 the United.
hut left 10 draw int crest in England. and
amounts mp 10 man y millions though no
accurate estimate O. an well be made OF u.
Trading in bonds Mas active. ana prices
were for the most rnrt firm. Total sales,
E1.525.O0O United States new As rose x
hid and the old As. coupon, and the JS,
registered. declined K hid.
The total sales Of stocks were 1J9.GD
shares. Including Chicago Burlington and
Quincy. SoSS Manhattan Elevated, $40,
metropolitan Traction, 5.32j. New Jersey
Central. 5,SO7: Northern Pacific preferred.
81 90: st. Paul. 1924, American Spi its.
$3.50: BAY State Gas $50, Consolidated
Gas, 0S09, Sugar, lIt2o.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.-Mone on
call easy al 1i4ft2 per cent: last loan AT
"a. per cent and closed offered at llau2
per cent: prime mercantile paper, 3hmil5
per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with
actual business in bankers bills at 4S5i4M
4s5ss for demand, and at 4S2N 04s3 for
sixty DAYS: posted rates. 4S3i4a4s6l5: com
mercial bills 49,. Silver certificates 5Sfi
20: bar silver. $50; Mexican dollars 4j5k
Government bonds irregular; State bonds
dull; railroad bonds firm.