The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08

Government bonds steady at unchanged quo.
tatiOns; and FS aa,;%s. H TSo 9 faStnr sSn %srs %so anstlS
cago 5s, Columbus and Ninth Avenue lists:
lists, t. r.; Detroit, Mackinaw and Marquette
land grants, Galveston. Houston and Hender-
s sas. S Mctr r5po aSp street r. Riai kaHs" Ss AM Ma aSnas
tan Railway As. Mobile and Ohio generals. Mis-
souri, Pacific consols. Northern Railroad Of Cali.
s sepS and II Grand HiS i Isians a Meisef Southern i ! II Rail:
lists. :" r.; Union Elevated lists. t. r.; Union
I Pnaclac' Denver TTvy,esr,an;dd Gull lists. t. r. Wsst
Northern Pacific, Oregon Railroad and NavigS.
Iion. Oregon Short Line. Oregon improvement,
cisco. Texas Pacific, Union Pacific. and Wabash
issues, The more important net advances were
erai Is. s.. to sseis: Austin, and Northwestern
lists. !; to IS; chIeasS: Burlington and Quincy Sa e.
Gas OF Chicago IS. y. to 1o1; Columbus and Ninth
Avenue lists, q, to Il9lo; Chicago Terminal lists.
to 81; Detroit, MacRinaw, and Marquette land
grants, e. to 10; Galveston; Houston and Hen,
s s7a; Kansas Ssi 81, and al Texas eds, I. to s4,a; Metro.
tan Ks!iysy = a., y: f. sSs; p M9siis sa and 6h {
and general $. il. to gu; northern Railroad
r. Is. s., to 967s; Oregon Railroad and Naviga-
ton lists, q. to l16: and As, y. to 93io; Oregon
Short Line eonsol o.. e. to 9sas; and income As
Sanis f;aiiroa ID; AS. IL. to 1i5a. and 4,as. r.
GraHde Wsistern lists, ! to ssiss: st. Louis and
San Francisco general 6s. la. to liz. and general
s e. !; to to, 1851 10 e; T s.; Soi PPeid nnd is Gr' n. to 1' s79si
and eds. g: to so's; Toledo St. Louis and Kan.
sas &c city H. i'. t. s s6 i: l. t 70 81; P PniGn E1 6snSsf ' sna
ESsa is asa |: IDS d; 8 &. to 70 G sofs: Wess' sho 1ss' is. s l. TO
11la, and Wisconsin Central lists. t. r., q y
cent, to Sale.
In bank stocks 10 shares Of Bank of Com
merce sold at 2os and AZ shares Of Tradesmen's
soc. Bar silver in London closed at 27ad.
Mexican 1Sae,s - silver Rnnon do inlmoE were sSs oSo o at 1s,sc'
aa %snsy s sa sal a. 1ss g. = ! cent cent; T fosr T %osyh !:
8 cent: and six months; sis = cent: on good
%ipSa Is ss Saote a.fPP 9i%s inaorssa bilI S sPeoeissSie
cent. and good names at 4@4la . cent.
Sterling exchange opened with a steadisr toAe,
inside figures. Continental exchange was dull.
Posted asking rates for sterling are: Sixty
a aas: f Hcss bi Hnd stsssa sassSss; s Asfsat ar rssss
s 4.s5l2@$4. 1884,, and cable transfers. St.s54@
sa;se and Gr s'.oss sss 20 spG 9oe sS St S;sl rsieSsmast for
94Osa94a for long and 95A as5as for short: gull
ders. 40@4o lie for long and 40 3-16@40A for
short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston-5@
10 cents premium. Charleston-Buying. par;
selling. ls premium. Savannah-Buying. lie
morcial, $i.55 discount. San Fr~ancisco-sight
7la cents premium; telegraph; 10 cents premium.
ChicaRo-Par to 5 cents premium. Cincinnati
Between banks. par. and over counter. so cents
premium.
Glucose Sugar Refining common is quoted at
29d29l2. and the preferred at 91@02. Stand.
ard Oil Trust certificates closed at 334l2d345;
A, erican Mailing at 24@254 and preferred at
and the preferred at i&7@i5a: Mutual Gas at
330@340;, Syracuse Gas at 2l@22; New Am.
7oa7iia and the IS sslaa99A.
Exports of general merchandise from the
port of New York for tho week ending to-day
IN T' the vS pressd IL si week ana ana $ sss'nse y S n 5Se
| corresponding week OF last yenr. Since Jan. /
1864. 972. 900, against S35O.41O.O5s.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Com
pany has declared q quarterly dividend OF Ia
dividend Of DO . cent, on its common stock
payable Jan. z.
The Executive Committee of the Western
Union Telegraph Company has recommondet
the declaration OF tho regular quarterly divi
dend of Ia y cent.
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railwa,
Company reports gross earnings for thu
fourth OCrsaso week &c si Il q SSvS ss sgm of $2s M AZ 4, {,
corresponding period of last year, and max
ing the total for tho month $70,778, an increas,
OF 1876, 1854. For the five months ending Nov. 81
the gross earnings were $227,7l an increase o.
$S4,557 as compared with the corresponding
period of last year.
Railway gross earnings for November com
pare with those of the same month OF last yea
as follows:
Great Northern +ss Inc. .s32e. Js!
New York Central. ......., q, 9B0, T52 Inc. rs. Az
Northern Pacific. .......... $500 $40 Inc. 988. 81:
st. Louis Southwestern. $4,000 Inc. 20, S0I