The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-14
New York Markets.

NEW YORK Dec. 13.-Despite the announce.
ment OF the engagement or $4,000. 900 in gold for
shipment to Europe Saturday next, the trend
of values on the Stock Exchange was upward and
with very few exceptions the closing prices show
an advance on the final sales OF yesterday, rang
ing from "a TO 3Ts. The volume OF business
very large, the transactions In sugar being nearly
two-thirds OF the aggregate sales. London was
heavy seller Of st. Paul at the opening, which
depressed the stock temporarily, but there
good local buying in all the grangers to cover
short contracts which eounteracted the influ-
ence or the foreign selling OF st. Paul.
AT the opening firm tone prevailed In the gen.
eral market and except for slight reaction at the
end OF the first quarter of an hour. prices under
to 1880 Cotton OIL common and preferred,
Minneapolis and St Louis preferred, Lake Shore
and the Grsncers were also prominent in the mar
ket. The attack on sugar checked the advancing
movement not alone iu that stock but in the mar
ket at large and speculation turned into the after
noon rather heavy Sugar was the first TO shake
of the depression but after q recovery of 1875 per
cent reaction set in, in which all but Is of The
gain was lost Lower figures brought buyers to
the rescue and the stock again took an upturn,
followed ny Interest of the shares traded in
Sugar fell off fraction during the early part OF
the first hour. but became very stroug In the final
trading. making gain of 17s per cent, while the
preferred recorded an advance of per cent. The
general market was also in good tone In the late
dealings and closed strong at or within small
fraction of the best prices of the day.
he bond market firm and moderately
active. A transaction OF note was the sale OF
block of 100000 West Shore tours.
The trading in this issue aggregated Sl21 900,
and the total sales of the day were 81, 591 600.
Government bonds, easier; State bon DIS, inactive:
railroad bonds, firm; Petroleum firm: Penn
sylvania oil sales, none; January option sales,
none; closed s91sc bid; Lima oil sales none.
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE.
Wheat-December, 6Uc.
Flour-Steady.
Hops-SUeady.
Mool-Steady.
oranges-weak; fancy box. 81 rs; Others. 75c@
81 81.
Pieron Dull: Scotch. $1,000; American,
TIn-Steady: Straits. sI4 s5@l4s5.
Spelter-DomestIc. S3 30@5 o21s
Lead-FiIm; brokers' prices So: exchange
price, So 1919.
Copper-stron brokers' price, SO 90; ex-
change price, SO 10.
No sales reported.
Coffee-Options opened quiet to Is points net
decline ruled generally dull and heavy in view OF
closed barely steady at 10 to is points net decline
Sales, 5000 bags, including: January. S13 35@
IS 40: March, sl2 6O@l2 80; April. Sl2 So May,
$l2 so.
Spot Coffee-Rio. quiet; No. 7, 1896 milu quiet;
Cordova, 1S14@l9c; sales, 1000 bags Rio No.
at l41ac, and 800 pkgs Jamaica private terms
Santos-Quiet; good avcrag Santos 13$300;
receipts. q 900 bags; stock 40S 900 bags.
Hamburg-Steady; prices unchanged to H pig
decline: sales 900 bags
Havre-Cosed steady at 12f advance Sales
1900 bags
kio-Steady; No Rio. l7$30O. Exchange,
lid. Rec>pts. 1000 bags: cleared for the
United States, 1000 bags: stock, ia, OOo bags
Wareho rouse deliveries from New YORK Yesterday,
1924 bags; New ork stock TO day. 222 j 90 bags:
United States stock, 255.699 bags afoat for the
United States, PHI 900 bags total vIsl hle for the
United States, 471,O0O bags, against 100000 bags
last year.
sugar-Raw, dull; refined fairly active and
steady.