The sun., 1898-03-09
March 4. March 9.
March q. March e. 4

March 2. March s.I March 2. March g.
Kan kTps s4s s4h On roc.... eeb s7
Leu Nash SO 5oS Un Pac D.. so 6os
Lake shorcloo 100 U Lenth.. Ga Ga
Lselsdo Gas 4oh dos Leathp eoh cox
hsnh Con-. OoA lo2 wabash pt. l1S 15S
Mich Cent. 1881 1o1 I'm Tel. SO 80
sEx dividend.
Government bonds weak. The as closed ias
y cent. lower bid. Railway bonds iirmer.
soils, Missouri Pacific oonsois, oregon short
railway f IS, Texas % % Pacific sds Union PSoiiia Il.
Union Pacific. Denver and Gulf lists. I. r., Wis
%sanS GeRS ' dxa snd SortSSrn P
cihc issues. Tho more important net advances
were in AtGhison adj. 4s, H. cent. to 5s.
tain IS, IL, to sol; Kansas Pacifo con:
sGls r. e lSSa oSa ss Kansas e. ls ,Ss Snd
Mexican international consols. "a. to 7la; Mis-
souri, Pacific consols. l. to 95; Northern Pacific
Oregon Short Line consol 5s, g. to 10O5s; Road.
ing general 4s. ia, to s2l2; Southern Hallway 5s,
Paee sE Denver Sn Snd GuIf lss to S4a "1d
Wisconsin Central lists. t. r., 9s q cent, to 1919.
Tho noteworthy declines were in Colorado Mid
land lists, r.. 10 cent, TO 63, and as, a. p..
%cent., to 17io.
In Bank stocks 25 shares of Merchants sold
at 146 and 25 shares Of Park at 2S2G2S4.
54isc. Bar silver in London closed at 25 lad.
Mexican silver dollars wcro quoted at 44ac.
Exports to Europe tomorrow $4,000 ounces.
Money on call 2a3 a cent. Time money is
quoted y cent. for four months and 5 y cent.
for six months on good mixed Stock Exchange
collateral. Commercial paper is quoted at 4 y
Good names are quoted ut 4iad5 . cent.
Sterling SXSnanSe wSnEC under in
stocks by London, and offerings OF reserve eX.
change. Continental was also weaker. Posted
asking rates for sterling are: Sixty days. 49,
and sight, - .s5ia Actual rates are: Long bills,
s1Ha$i.sla; sight drafts. $4,s4@Si. s4L,
and cable transfers. 81, s4ie@$4. S4ai; Francs
5.si4s FOR short; reichsmaTks .n a4is@olI @ for
long and 94ia@9t5s for short; guildcrs, 40 1.16@
40is for long and 307s for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
1oai5 cents discount. Charlie ston-B buying. lis
Buying. par, selling. LILO premium: New
San Francisco1 i 90 CENTS premium masked ASKED
telegraph, 22la cents premium. st. Louis-25
premum Se no Ssnks 50 een,s
discount, and over counter, par.
Glucose Sugar Refining common 10 quoted Mt
standSrd oil Trust certcates se Closed @ at gsi s54i
sS5i2; American Talting at 22l2s2slo. and pre-.
issai4i, and the iprefcrred at Us is59ioo; o Ma
tnnl Gas at 3l5@325: Amsterdam Gas at 30ia
%32; preferred at 67@69. and the bonds at
99@l00la. and Equitable Gas at 22Od23O.
Exports of general merchandise from the port
eT Of New York * for the week ending today were
Spsa a. &ssk s in
sponding week of last year: since Jan. l, $751;
6l5,215, against $40, 127, ,0O2 in tho correspond
ing period last year.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway Com
pany has declared a quarterly dividend Of Ia
cent. on its preferred stock. payable April 8.
Oregon Railroad and Nayigation Company
has declared quarterly dividend of l y cent.
on its preferred stock, payable April /.
The American Sugar Refining Company has
declared aquarterly dividend OF y cent. on its
common stock and Ia D cent. on its preferred
stock, payable April 2.
clarsd a quarterly dividend of y cent. payable
April l.
The Executive Committee of the Western
Union Telegraph Company has recommended
the payment of quarterly dividend Of Ia y
cent. payable April 10.
Railway gross earnings for February compare
with those Of the same month last year as fol-
lows:
Eo,9r1do Colo %n,,S %idIana na Ino ssdS.
Western N Y and Penn. I0s.soo Inc. 1900
The Lacle 'e e. Gas Light Company reports net
year.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad RAJ. reports gross
$5O.336 as compared with the samo month of
last year. and net $124.44O, an increase of So.
gross earnings were 80, ,5Os .507, an Increase of
$l95.l 1873 as comparcd with tho corresponding
crease OF S62 sCs.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad system reports
for the year ended Dec. 81:
1877. 1898 Changes
Grearn1ngs &24 500 Adj S22. $3.50 Inc. e2 799491
ope1penses lIi54,ll2 1B.4Dl ,325 Inc. 062. 7S7
Net.earn.. 11.35l.330 S5.52O, s35 Inc. 81 $50 704
Other ince.. S2G.272 532.i02 Inc. 293, 80
Total net. ss.l77Gl! S6.053,l27 Ino. e2. .l24.4S4
Charges..... 7,6S2,4Sl 1,SlI,SS9 Ino. 36s.602
SURPLUS. &+95.l2O 'Sl.2oi. T62 Inc. Sl.75o, $50