The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-18
Use quotations unchanged.
New York Markats.

NEW YORK, April ia moderate volume Of
business was done on the Stock Exchange to-day,
but the speculation was unchanged ana the ma
jority of stocks traded In recorded decline on
the days transactions. No very great losses were
made. however, and the pressure TO sell was not
al any time heavy. At the opening the tone of
speculation was firm, but a selling movement m
chicago Gas. Sugar and American Tobacco weak
ened the entire list, and for half an hour the
tendency was downward. the los s reaching from
IA TO p. the latter IN American Tobacco. Dur
Ing The next hafhOur the ma krt was firm.
Sugar which mad lost a. rallied So, and Chi
cago Gas. VIII Cd al the opening advanced u, had
reeeded per cent, sold up per cent pur-
chases IN anticipation of favorable decision by
Attorney-Genersi Of Illinois IN the quo warranto
proceedings. After Ii O'Clock the IN srket became
stronger and gradually the early Improvement
was lost, prices in many cases cases CO.
ing below the closing figures OF yesterday.
Electric made a spurt, each gaining 10 and the
general list recovering a fraction. Speculation
then became slow until after delivery hour when
Sugar broke ! IA and the rest of the list move
down to "a he depression Continued until Just
before the close, when purchase to cover short
market air Of frmness which was largely arti-
fetal. Some few OF the active shares scored a
gain OF a fraction but most OF the other stocks
dealt in showed decline. The bond market was
heavy during the morning, became strong early in
the afternoon, but closed irregular.
Government bonds firm. st te bonds in active
Petroleum steady. Pennsylvania oil sales none.
April options sales none. closed S5c bid Lima oil
The steamer Majestic will take ont tomorrow
100000 ounces OF silver and 20 900 Mexican dol
lars I he steamer New York takes out tomorrow
$4,000 ounces of silver.
GRAIN AND MERCHANDIsR
whsst-Aprii. 621ac.
Flour-Stcady.
Heps-Quiet.
PigirOn-Dun; American, Sl2@l4.
Copper-Quiet; Lake, SO 50.
Lead-Quiet; domestic. 80 20.
Tfn-Essy: straits, $19 So bid; plates, market
dull
speIter-Easy: domestic So 40 bid
COffee-ODtionS dull Il unchanged prices % Z
points decline; decline arrested by a few Eu-
ropean orders, but trade generally inactve closed
unchanged TO 10 points ADVANCE. Sales 10 600
bags, including; May, Sl6 O5: July, $l5 rs:
September $l5e20; December. sl4@l4 so. Spot
coffee. Rio. dull: No. z. 17t4e; CoTdova. 1914 @
1916. Sales-75O pkgs; Central America. I6O,-
$50 pkgs. Warehouse deliveries yesterday.
$3.50 bags: new YORK stock. l4S733 bags:
stock In the United States 2O2 924 bags; aoat for
the United States, 293,0OO bags: total visible for
the United States. 295,294 bags, against 1929
bags last year.
Rio-Market steady: No Rio, So SO; two
days receipts. 1000 bags; stock. 33. 900 bags
Santos Market no quotations: two daysi
receipts 1000 bags: stock, 81 600 bags.
Hamburg - MsrAet quiet; sales. 1900 bags;
August contracts 4pfg higher: others unchanged.
LoDdon-Market quiet; April contracts 80
lower: others unchanged.
Amsterdam-The Dutch sale went of at about
sc above brokers' valuation. Market firm
good ordinary Java. 53c.
Havre-Market quiet; rates $4,000 bags; quota
tlona unchanged.
se test. 2gAc cost and freight: 2400 bags OF
molasses sugar. SO test. 21zc. Refined, steady.
Chicago Markets.
CurcAeo AuriI 17.-Whezt after weak start,