The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-06
New Ynrt Markets.

NEW YORK April 5-There was a strong I'M
dertoue to the STOCK market all day which seemed
TO puzzle the professional sellers At Intervals
bear raids were made which met such ready
absorption OF tue stocks offered for sale TO
quickly check the ardor OF the shorts AS the
day advanced without the discovery of any par
ticuarly weak spots in the market, there was con-
siderable covering done, which materially as
sis IN the appreciation o. values, which ranged
from fair 4 In the active list, while Interior
Cundu { rose 334 and Electric Edison go. sugar
led in the advances with one of the most active
stocks in the transaction s.
The era gers were amo1Z the most firmly held
stocks he list ami except in the case OF S..
Paul were not largely traded in. Al the close they
showed advances OF l for Northwestern pre-
rerred, "a for Rock Island and c. b and T. and IL
FIR gu PAU. Missouri Pacific was attacked BY the
bears In the early deatHgs, yielding ~ Distiling
broke rs during the first lew minutes OF business
on the report that a decision unfaYOrable TO the
company would be rendered n the quo warranjo
proceedings. ON gooa buying later recovery OF
l3L WAS followed in the late afternoon by resc-
ton OF Is and a final rally OF 70 Dsnver aud R'o
Grande preferred lost l per cent and nearly all
the other shares traded in record gaius. The mar
ket closed generally firm The bond market was
firm II the early dealings, but after midday be-
came easier. In the late deaiags, however.
better tone prevail ed and the CLOSE quite firm.
GRAIN AND hEkCHASDIs@
NEW YORK April 5.-The great short scare Of
the year occurred tn s afternoon ia the wheat
mark ct when within an hour prices shot up &c a
busneI, bringing May 10 $685.. the highest point it
has touched since early Ia February. Wheat has
been nervous all the forenoon, and shorts
easily alarmed over crop damage stories which
came in thick and fast, particularly from Kansas,
but heavy long selling at midday BROKE prices "a
and u and seemed to take ali the backbone out
of the bulls This encouraged ali the bears to go
short 50 wneu the boom came a little later there
was the widest scramble 10 cover that the market
has Witnessed in a good many months. The bust
ness footed IL, 800 900 bushels.
wbezt-Aprii. 605se-
Fiour-Steady.
hops-QuIst
Pigiron Dull; American, sI26l3 So
CopDer-QuIet; Lake. 50 ~.
LeRd-EAsier: Domestic, IS 20.
Tin-Steady; Straits, SIS 10 bid; plates. dull
spelter-Quiet; Domestic nominal
Cofee-OptIous opened dull aud heavy In the
absence OF speculative support; sold of 5@I5
points under liquidation fol owing increase in The
worlds visible supply instead of sn expected
decrease: closed steady, unchanged TO 10 points
net decline. safes. u 900 bags Including Aprii
at Sl6 sOal6 IS: May. $l6 20@t6 20: June
SIS e5 a IS; July. SIS 10 q Is 80: August
SIS so; septembsr, $16 10: December sl4 4U@
middIing, dull; c rdovs. I94@l91zc. sales
none. Warehouse dell veries yes erday, 1864 bags;
New YORK stock to-day, 1e9.25l bags; United
States stock, 2I6 676 bags; arioat for the Uaited
states, 263. 900 bsgs Total visible available for
the United States. 499.676 bags, against 6lS. $50
bags last year.
Rlo-Market firm: No 7. Rio. 1900: Exchange
Santos-Market quiet; good average Santos
nominsi quotations; receipts, 1000 bags:
stock, 20, 900 bags.
Hamburg-Aar. ct higher; prices 9@6d higher
Hayre-Marke sJea0y; sales. "A. 900 bags; prices
unchanged to II higher
sugsr-Rsw. dun refined, fairly active; No g.
55sGS l1-l6; NO. 8. 317@3 ll-Io.