The morning call., 1894-05-27

change was open to-day. fairly good business
was done, which was pretty evenly divided be-
tween the two accounts. for transactions were IN
the main purchases to cover short contracts and
sales 10 realize profits Very few fresh lines were
paid cut on either side. London was not in the
market TO any extent and the weakness of Ameri-
can securities on the London Exchange had de-
pressing infu ence IN the arbitrage shares here
sugar led IN the dealings, fuctuatng within a
range OF per cent. There was pressure to sell
the STOCK at the opening, which caused break of
1873 per cent, but supporting order coming in
caus ed prompt and complete recovery A re-
he"al OF the selling move meBt, however, resulted
IN steady de cline until loss of 2 per cent had
Deen experience d. which was followed by a
eoVery of IS, the last sale being made at a decline
oI 1913 Announcements made with authority,
Octh mere and in London, that the next divl-
uend in New York Central will be de-
clared at the regular rate, caused the
shorts to cover hastily the early dealing and
caused an advance of IA per cent When the
uemand from that quarter was supplied the
STOCK sagged oil to the close, making loss of
1L2 per cent from the top price.
The granger shares were strong during the first
nour ana rose 1491 per cent, the latter IN Rock
Island. but in the latter dealing declined l4@12
per cent, After an iIr gular opening the general
market became strong, and the tend OF rlces was
! upward till nearly II O'Clock, when the upward
movement was unchecked. During the next hour
| the speculation rather feverish and unset
TED, Tut IN the final dealings recovered It's tone
The railway ana miscellaneous bond market
was strong throughout the dry. Government
bonds strong; State bonds inactive; Petro cum
] finer: Pennsylvania Oil sales none; June option
sales 1000: closed s71 bid; Lima oil sales none.
! tbe exports of specie Tor he week amounted 20
! "a 434.375 in gold and S515,Sl5 in silver. The
/ imports OF general merchandise for the week
were "a, 674,4 52; dry goods. $l0l6, l26
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE
! Whear-May, $3.50.
Flour-Quiet.
| Hops-Fsry steady; state, common to choice,
figircn|Dun; Scotch, $I9 5O@22 so; Ameri-
/ can, SllG1Y so.
COpper-Quet; Lake. 914c.
Lead-Quiet; domestic So 20.
! Tin-Nominal; plates dun.
Spelter-N OminaL
Coffee-OpUious opened steady at 0 to / 5 points
/ decline; ruled dun and generally weak nder
/ net decline. Sales q, 900 bags. including: May
| SO %; June. Sl4 So; July, Sl4 65; August,
! Sl4 %: September Sl4 so; October. $l3 so;
December. Sl4 %.
Spot COifee-Rio. duh. nominal, No. z 1Bc; mild,
! quiet and -teady; CordOva, l9@I9l4.
Sautos-Qutet; receipts 1000; stock. 81 600
bags. Warehouse deliveries yesterday, $3.50 bags;
/ New York stock, 172,275 bags: United States
stock. I43526 bags; ahoat for the United states.
$4,000 bags Total Wis bic for the United States.
/ 3l6,526 bags, against 402 1852 bags last year.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sales II, 600 bags: May,
/ 112pfg lower; Others unchanged TO I1apfg lower
Havre-lrregular. Sales $4,000; prices 12@lf
! lower.
| RIo-Quiet No. z Rio, $4,000: Exchange.
| 5-l6d. Receipts 1000 bags; cleared 5000
| bags: stock $4,000 bags.
! Sugar-Raw, dun and easy: fair refining
| = 7l6c: Centrifugal, 80 test, 2 1876; sales
! Mold A. 4l494 7-16c; Standard A, 81 al Il &C.
Confectioners' A, 1901 l-l6c: Cut Loaf, 4$4 "a
/ 7l6c; Crushed, 4%49+ ll-lbc; Granulated A,
49i34c; Cubes, 414@4 7-l6c