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Show J FEVEiilSfl MARKET. I Lcitirg Ha7 on tlie tock Market and I I gVery General Slump in I I Prices. )A I gioOKS WERE UNSETTLED. I I Declines Wore However for Very I flight fractions Illinois Central I f Was the Weak Point, I Iff Yokk, Oct. 9. The opeuing of I tock market was made on a large I less, hut with considerable irregu-I irregu-I . Prices compared with those of I I vening, though declines were more I I rous. The changes were goner-I goner-I Ifor slight fractious only. Tho of- s in early trading were large, but V Irtlielessa strong tone developed I the list moved slowly upward and Is best figures. Ii) Uuicn Paciiio and Atchison ltd up ! The woak point was Illi-mi Illi-mi I Central, which dropped suddenly lj against 1)0 last night. An im-.15 im-.15 lenient was made, however, but a 1 Ire drive again was made at the last lent and before the end of the hour T- tithing was below the opening mm Ics again. heni luiington, Rock Island and Western "J' L falling li'. Slight recoveries le made in some cases, but at 11 lele;1 look the market was very active, usu rWcrish and unsettled. At about c,' I time the lowest prices were reached. I EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. m Ldon, Oct. 9, 12:30 p.m. The stock 3m! Iket was a scene of wild excitement, taf stations are entirely nominal. Cana-lnP, Cana-lnP, Ii Pacific declined 1 per cent from wi I evening's prices. Erie i: Erie tT, lad consols, li; Illinois Central, 4J; iim lican ordinary, i; St. Paul common, iw York Ceatra1' li; Pennsylva- m:i I i; Heading, f. J',J 1:10 p. m. The stock market has an In excited since the opening, but m les have partially recovered, r " I large amount of stock was thrown Ithe market through forced sales. iCf; Is induced the fear that failures m.) lild follow. The air is now clearer, ai I '"'"orrew'8 settlement is very anx-'m anx-'m Isly awaited. Consols 94 15-16 for Iney and 95J for account. Bullion in the bank of Eugland de- lised 658,000 pounds during the past : f- I k. The proportion of the bank re- re to liability last week was 33.51 rel I cent and is now 81.51 per cent. I' stock market rallied and closed nc I DIDN'T EFFECT NEW YORK, I'ewYokk, Oct. 9. The excitement ai the London stock exchange did not rn Iterially affect the market here. ei Irge sales of Western Union were lial lie during the first hour, supposed to cm Ifor the account of tho largest hrok-w hrok-w Ije house connected with the ex-l0" ex-l0" luge, concerning which there have lo rumors for several days past. E'en thousand shares were sold dur- I the first h our and the price fell to t! t. The selling was followed by an di; loading for other accounts in Purl-iv Purl-iv Irton, Rock Island, Illinois Central wi Id Richmond Terminal. Also heavy oe lies of bonds for account of weak A I'lers, covering shorts and some sup- Irtitig orders, caused a rally and liidcd improvement toward noon. I THE SITUATION CRITICAL. r New York, Oct. O.PEveryone posted j I the stock market conceded that the I luation during the afternoon was crit-d. crit-d. The last cables from London re-Ned re-Ned an unsettled market there and le current rumors of trouble on Wall feet madd the capitalsts and opera-f opera-f s not already loaded down with I'cks afraid to buy. Liquidation don-ued don-ued with drops of il on single pes. The greatest decline was in Jer- I)' Central, which fell four per cent to " U; Illinois Central 3j- to $.50; Rock land, Burlington, St. Paul and Oma-1 Oma-1 at lowest prices in many years. : I ANOTHER SEVERE PRESSURE. . IXew York, Oct. 9, 2:15 p. m. The l"ck market was again subjected to a f ere pressure to sell, after 13 o'clock, I'th renewed activity. As a rule the Nines are sufficient to bring prices f wn to a lower level than at any pre-f pre-f 'Us time during the present down-wd down-wd movement. I. Paul sold" below 69; Burlington f 90; Rock Island 75. The losses I'm noon figures in the general list IsX but special weakness is shown in fny- Illinois Central fell from 91) to f;- Thelusual feeble rally occurred rvarcl 2 p. m., but the market dis-Iwed dis-Iwed no recuperative power, and f ''trier sharp losses wore sustained. I At 2:15 things were comparatively wt and barely steady at something I tter than the lowest prices of the day. I SUDDENLY BECAME QUIET. I I The stock market after 11 o'clock 'stid-f 'stid-f nly became quiet, and during tho fol-l'ing fol-l'ing hour there was a constantly fondling volume of business, while f ices slowlv improved in the absence I bear pressure, until they were gen-I gen-I aUy about at level of the opeuing; the fost marked being the recovery in Illi-I Illi-I s Central from U6 to 09. I TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS. I Money 5,3 g. I ar silver;$1.10. . I ours coupons 22$; Pacific sixes. Id; I'ntral Paciiic, 30; Burlington 90! ; I'ver & Rio Grande 17; North-l.rn North-l.rn Pacific, 27J; preferred, 7S; forth western, 6; New York Central. I ; Oregon Navigation 94; North Araen-rsa- 32i Pacific Mail, 3f; Rock Island, 1 St. Louis & San Francisco, 32; f faul&OmahaTi; Texas Pacific, 1-1; ln,n Pacific. 5U; Wells, Fargo Ex-pw. Ex-pw. 40; Western Union, 80. |