The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-05
New Iorx Markets.

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The share speculation on
the stock Exchange opened fairly active and dur
ing the morning the business was in moderate
volume. During the last hour a very heavy bust
ness was done. selling movement in sugar was
quickly developed, based on rumor the dividend
rate for the current quarter was to be reduced,
and as result the stock, which had advanced ~
at the opening. iell IA. The general list recorded
asympathetic reaction. but before IL O'Clock the
market bad recovered its tone and again took al
upward turn. Ii WAS not until near noon the ad-
vance was check ed and prices eased off a fraction
Al about O'Clock very general buying move
ment was set In motion. the motive of which was
not disclosed except that the purchasers were
members of professional cliques which have re-
Gently been ebdeaVoring TO built the market.
Ihe reports of the railways for August showed
an Improvement iii gross earnings, and this fSct
helped the advance, which ranged rom A@27s
" U. was in better buying demand than usual
the purchases being on the anticipation of a good
shorts also took occasion TO cover aud as a result
that STOCK moved up per cent, closing within
Is of the highest price touched.
General Electric was bought in Boston, making
a gain on The day OF IS. Sugar recovered during
the afternoon from its early depression, and the
shares sold up to 2Ss9l O53s, with a final reac-
tion OF 1s max ing net gam OF n.
The more important advances were: United
Central, "a: St Pau. ! "A; Rock Island, 1: Bur
lington 15s; Northwestern "a: Lake Erie and
Westvrn an Lead pre- erred, IA: oregon I'm
provement. l; Kansas and I exas pref erred aud
Southwestern preferred. rs. and Missouri Pacific,
l. Some few shares recorded declines Including
New York, Chicago and Louis second pre-
ferred, rs; Minneapolis and ST. Louis, "A, and
Louisville and Nashville, Is per cent.
me pond market was strong throughout the
day and unusually active, the sales reaching the
large total OF $2.225.5U0 Government bonds
hrm; state bonds. dull; railroad bonds strong
petroleum, heavy; Pennsylvania oil sales none ;
october option sales none, closed S214 BID; Lima
oil sales none
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE.
Nbeat-September, 6S1sG
Flour-Steady.
Hops-DulI.
WOOl-Sreadv
Pigron-S steady.
Copper-Frm.
Lead-Firm
Tin-Firm; straits. SIG; plates. quiet
Spriter-Steady: domestic. So 80 bid: sales on
Change, 40 tons; September tin. $l5 90@l6.
Codee-OptionS opened barely steady and IN
changed to 10 points lower on foreign inteli-
ings ana closed steady at 5000 points decline.
Sales, 250U bags, including: september. Sl3 600
] 4; October, SIS 25@13 80: December, $l2 65@
II 40; March, $l2 So; May. Sl2 lO0l2 Is
Spot Cofee-Rio, dull and nominal; No I, 1854
az 3sc; mid, dull; Cordova, 191z@l91ac; sales,
900 mats, Interior, CSC.
santos-weak; good average Santos, l5S70O:
receipts, $4,000 bags; stock. S47 900 bags.
hamourg-Steady; prices "a to l pig higher:
closing September at 81 80; october 81 So; De-
cember So 81
Havre-opeued IL @1af higher at IL noon, de-
clined 14I at P. M, quiet ana I'M hanged quota
tions; closed unchanged. Total sales IL 900 bags.
Rio - Steady; No Rio, 15$450; exchange,
95sd; receipts. p, 600 bags; cleared for United
States 1000 bags: cleared for Europe 1000 bags ;
stock. 257, 900 bag.
Warehouse deliveries from New York yesterday,
509I bags: New York stock TODAY. l36O7S bags /;
united states stock. 1880 bags: atoat for the
United States, 10000 bags: total visible for the
United States 467.35O bags, against 3O7 ,420 bags
last year.
trifugal SO test, "a S37sc: sales none. Refined
quiet.