New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-27
MINING STOCKS.
1900. Total sales.
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING-Forelgu houses dealt in
5000 shares IN the local market mostly purchases
In London the market was generally steady ara
rather dull Consols were unchanged and the
ouotat ious for foreign bonds were within a small
fraction OF those OF Thursday. Money was rather
harder in Berlin. but otherwise there was no
change in money conditions IN the various European
centres There was nothing very definite about the
war news but the London Stock Exchange settle
rnsnt passed OF without any announced failure.
and IN this respect the situation was clearer In
Paris and Berlin
CURRENCY MOVEMENTS reported move
rnents OF currency this week. compiled by The
Wall Street Journal" indicates gain Of s3.7asI
in reserve held by the banks. They received from
the interior s. 500. and sent 20 the interior
1911 100 The gain from the interior was SL7S7IW
Receipts OF new gold E.lSo.sO. namely. SSoo.-
go on New-York Assay ONCE checks; SzSS.sO on
san Francisco Mint checks and telegraphic trans
fera and Se4scO on Seattle Assay ONCE cheeks
The ordinary disbursements by the Sub-Treasury
were assS 100. payments by banks TO the Sub
Treasury FOR customs. internal revenue. per
cent redemption fund. etc we're nI.5Nco The loss
on sub-Treasury operations proper was SZl4s"0
The total gain from the interior-SaTSs.70 and new
z "a 81 100 eoo-was N.SSs.6oo: deductng the loss OF
e. 10 800 on Sub Treasury operations proper. the
net gain was 8 rs ZOE. The feature OF the move
nsent Is the large gain from the interior. which
must be accounted for In great part by the ship
rneut OF currency TO New-York BY banks having
United states DEPOSITS Aldh NNE' cAP~~eO~ ~ -
called IN Immediately after the ratification OF the
Panama treaty. The LIQUIDATION In cotton has re-
leased a good deal OF the cash held by banks In
the South and receipts from that section were
about 100000 The greater part OF the gain.
hovyever came from nearby and Eastern points
The shlpments OF currency. less than 100000 FOR
the week were remarkably small for this time Of
the year Last fall the harvest was late and the
weather this year has been so unfavoTaole that
planting must be postponed longer than IN recent
wears The loss OF 1880 on Sub-Trehsury opera
lions proper is due to the falling on In pension
,a,,r,ents which were N655Oo0 comparing with
8. sis 900 IN the preceding week and 70 heavy col
factions OF customs which were S.SS3 400. a daily
average OF s706 coo comparing with daily average
OF s65s.lco In the preceding week
STOCK LOAN QUoTATIONS.-Loan quotations
were: Amaigamated Copper. Anaconda American
Ice BROOKLYN Rapid Transit. Erie common and
second preferred. Louisville and Nashville. Mis-
souri, Pacific Norfolk and Western, Metropolitan
Street Railway. Peoples Gas. Reading hrst pre-
ferred Rock Island. Southern Railway preferred.
Southern Pacific. Tennessee Coal and Iron. Union
pacific nreferred United States Steel common.
United states Leather preferred. Wabash pre-
ferred SHELTERS common and Republic Steel COM
rnon Il. per cent: Atchison common. Baltimore
and Ohio common. Canadian Pacific. Consolidated
Gas Delaware and Hudson and Union Pacific COM
mon. u per cent; Atchison preferred. Erie hrst
preferred and Pennsylvania, per cent United
states steel preferred. Ia per cent? Manhattan and
Sugar liAaI& per cent: New-York Central and st.
Paul IalI. per cent and Western Union. Shelters
preferred Republic Steel preferred and American
Locomotive preferred fiat.
PERE MARQUETTE's GOOD SHOWING
Pers Maruuettes directors, when they declared the
regular quarterly common stock dividend OK l per
cent had before them figures Of the years opera
tions Net profits for the year ended December 81,
after all taxes and charges applicable for divi-
dends amounted to N.6Ol674. and surplus after
navment OF the years dividends on preferred and
common stocks amounted 10 SG0.599. The years
earnings equaIled about S per cent for the common
stock These earnings do not include business
from the Chicago line the extension to Buffalo.
as the former line opened only December Is
and the Buffalo extension will not be opened until
March.
UNITED STATES sTEEL-The following state
Tnent The Wall Street Journal" says. comes from
such a quarter that It Is entitled 20 credence:
r,d1tbs Of the current drarter F,nourb is known
as to the earnings OF those two months To make II
next month, ether to price or volume. the net
earnings for the quarter Will not largely exceed
$40 000GlO. The company is doing a good volume Of
business, but Il must be remembered that its tx
port business Is being done on an ex tariff basis.
which necessarily means that II IS being done quite
largely Eek pronI
GRAIN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reports the
exports of wheat for the week at FOOL ASS bushels
against 57 SO bushels last week and 265ss79 bush
els last year; since July l. f06S29 7 bushels against
159. 1880 bushels last year. Corn for the week
1852 bushels against 12slsls bushels last week
and 2Ss s3s bushels last year. since July so
bushels. against 9oe745se bushels last year
JAPANESE GOLD.-The Sub-Treasury has paid
to banks $75sOoO teegraphic orders against the
deposit OF imported Japanese yen at the san Fran
cisco Mint
UTAH FUEL COAIPANY.-Application has beon
made to the Stock Exchange to ust $4,000 hlss
mortgage sinking fund per cent ponds OF 1881 OF