The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-16
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
gHE CLOSING QUOTATIONS VI
MONIy.
Offerings aud sales at the hchn""" 4"
bacco Ezchanre-Internal "e'"""e
CoIIections-Foroien Advances

n-,,xv vopK Nov. 15-The Evening
D.. tooaoo financial cablcgram says.
,rno s,oct markets were quiet and fea-
,n,oiess TODAY. except for the rise In one
- 80 s,ccial Rhodslan mining shares
~ sfocks remained steady
A.,,-i''ene onencd good, and gave way a
1fiic as Now York was appf'hut "".tt.
IN Inc decision on the Nebraska i"to
80. gnauish stocks were better. Noun
- defrifc ls really known about the ru-
.,F,rr1 snanish loan. oncy Is easy, buS
uncertain large sums have 10 DC .ln'~
FL fhr Bank of England In the next lhleo
laws. The Paris and Berlin markets WIZ
quiet
wall street has not seen so dull Day
In many months. Even the prolessl13'u
fra1rre were almost ont Of the MARKET
srd tberc was absolutely no inquiry or
tlehf of interest IN the market a iaite
proportion Of the days trahlng WIS III
tlgar. aud this stock fen away az one
ffmc -. points. but closed &l2 above that.
mo rally was due 20 a ruling by the
Treasury Department 90 apply the coun,
lervaling duty clause OF the tarlh blii
20 refined sugars imported from Den-
mark The amount Of sugar available
~ Import from Denmark is not In Itself
large. but tho Trcasury's decision was re-
gardcd az indicating a course likely 10
be- pursued in regard 20 Dutch rchned
sugars. Of which the supply available Tor
import is large. This rally I'm Sugar
helped the market somewhat, and was
hlmoet the only indication of real strength
in any stock throughout the day. In the
closing transactions SuSQuchdnnah ana
Western preferred suddenly mounted up
ward 10 3ii3. "a net rise Of 2;s. ana the
bonds or that company showed some
siieht gains. No erect was eAeIcisea Oh
the general market by this. Northern
baCinc preferred was relatively hrm ma
the railway list on account of the M
crease In earnings shown by us hrst
weeks statement OF Slg3.GS6. or a per
cent. over last year. Last years earnings
for the same period were not larg. and
there was one more business day included
in tho period than this year. but the
showing was regarded as strong one,
dealt iu cX-dividend of ~ per cent. was
q centre Of depression. and closed point
lower The coalers were also weak. New
Jersey Central most COnspicuously so,
falling at one time ~ points, but rallying
"a fraction Consolidated Gas made one Of
SIS characteristic slumps Of q points 10
$50 This was points lower than the
previous low points Of the present move
me stock rallied ~ at the close
Heavincss and dizziness al New York were
hardly n sympathy with London. There
was some disappointment over the failure
~ the Supreme Court to hand down a de-
cisi0n in the Nebraska maximum freight
rate case before its two weeks recess
Closing prices are considerably above the
rcncral list shows net loss of a fraction
in most cases. Selling for London ac-
count added 10 the weakness. The total
sales of AN stocks was less than 10000
shares. of which Sugar contributed almost
Ouc-fOurth.
The bond market was dull but prices
were firm Total sales. 81 32j 600.
Total sales of stocks to-day were lI6 700
shares. including Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy. H. 23O Rock Island. 1860. ST.
Paul 1860 Bay State Gas. 2O.1i3; Poo
Piles Gas 1920. Consolidated Gas, 5,621;
Sugar. % 90.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.-Money on
call steady at 1iy02 per cent; last loan
"a o per cent. and closed offered at l@62
per cent. prime mercantile paper 32nil2
pcr cent Sterling exchange firm, with
actual business in bankers bills at $500
4Slr. for demand and at 4s22sN4N2A for
sixty days. posted rates. 4s3HfI4S6l2;
commercial bills. 49,. Silver certificates,
sss,H59: bar silver 577s Mexican dollars
45is Government bonds firm. State bonds
dun, railroad bonds firm.