The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-08
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York ktoos pt,,.,,

ness at the stock exchange showed some
In provement as compared with the
previous Saturday, but the activity was
at the expense of values. The dealings
footed up 70, 600 shares. Sugar, st. Paul,
Burlington and Quincy, Chicago Gas
and Rock Island being the most active
STOCKS The market was much w,aKrr
/" tooe. aad the bears wer- mure
aggressive on account If tho Lonuon
liquidations and the lawlessness OF the
western strikers. Large foreign houses
SAID that the ir correspondents were dis
appointed at the strength and number
OF the strikers, and reported dribblipg
OF light stocks.
The selling was a'so accelerated by
the stock failures in London yesterday.
At home the bears were able TO shake
out u little more loDg SIT ck, the destruc
ton OF railway property by tho strikers
assisting those operating for lower
prices. Sterling exchange also showed
more strength because CT limited offer
i'gs Of commercial bills. The frclght
blockade mt the West closing up the
moro Important source Of supply. If
the mei chandise movement is to be-
stopped muen longer banks will have TO
follow the example of Lazard Freres
and forward gold to foreign creditors.
a renewal of the gold export move
ment would give the bears additional
ammunition. The decline in prices
ranged from u TO az per cent
Big Four sold down az to "a; Amer
lean Sugar. rs to 93sa; Chicago GAS IN
to 771; Burlington and Quincy ~ 70
74E; st Paul l q to 5S%; Rock Island,
g to 90; Northwestern to lO4; Louis
Vile and Nashville l TO 43%; Delaware
and Hudson / to l2ssl; Lead l to 37H;
DO. preferred ~ to S216; Lackawanna
preferred ~ to 66A and Pullman
Palace to l55. AT the close somv-
what steadier tone prevailed and raily
or g to u Der cent. resulted. Net
changes for the day show losses Of TX
TO IA per cent, except in Pullman,
VIII Gu fell to per cent Railway and
miscellaneous bonds were weak Sales
listed stocks $4,000 shares; unlisted,
30, 900.
Money on call per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 3%04 per cent. Sterling
exchange firm with actual business in
bankers bills at 4s7@4s74 for sixty
days and 4SS@4SS1 for demand Posted
rates 4s716 Case. Commercial bills 1860
4s6&. Bar silver, 623s Government
bonds weak. Silver at the board was
neglected. Norfolk and Western 10
Produce anu Merchanoine.
| New YORK, July 7.-Flour dull, neg
| lected, easy; winter wheat, low grades,
1.s5@2.5n; do. fair to fancy, 4O@2 90;
| do. patents, 40Gn4.l5; low extras, /. IS
@2,5o; Southern flour dull, weak; COM
mon to fair extra, 2.10@3 90; good to
cuoce do, 3 UO@3 so Wheat frm.r.
moderately &C i've; No 2 red, store ana
elevator, 59}1 afoat 59H@50%; options
dull and firm at aMd ADVANCE; No 3
red, July, 59A; August, GUS; Septe III -.
br. CHS; Decem Der, 60
Corn dull flrmer; No. 9. 45% ole
va.or, Aga afioat; options were dull and
wiihout feature. closin. tirm Az 4 ad
vance; July, 45A; August, 46H; Sep.
tt Der, 4os1. Cat. ouIl. weaker; OPP
tions NORMALLY higher; July, 40; Au-
gust, "a: Sept mber, 3216; spot No. 2,
20; No white, 5lA@5a; mixed West
ern, 50h @52; white DO, 5l@57. Hay
quiet, choice, steady; shipping, so; good
to choice, 75@s5. Wool fairly active,
about. steady; domestic fleece, l7@22;
! pulled, 1904. Bcef quiet, steady;
family. l2@l4; extra mess, OO@s so;
beef hams dull, 20@2O so; tierced beef
Inactive; city extra India mess, 17@ls.
Cut meats quiet, firm; picked bellies,
| 7A; shoulders, 6; hams, 1OH@11; mid.
| dies nominal
Lard quiet firmer; Western steam,
close 7.40; city. :; July. Z IS; refined
| quiet; continent, 7.55; South America,
S5 pound, 6@61S Pork quiet, firm;
mess, lao IA 25; extra prime. l3. Butter,
| quief, fancy, firn; State dairy, l2@l7N;
creamery, l5@'S; Western dairy. lOX@
14h; creamery, 14@ls Elgins, is Cot
ton seed oil quiet, firm, crude, 20: vel.
low, 32%@33. Petroleum steady.
Rosin dull, steady; strain ed, common to
| coed, l35@1 40 Turpentine dull nomi.
nal. 30@30X. Rice fair demand. firm;
doms site fair TO extra, 3ss@54; Japan,
4M@4Sl.
Molasses, foreign nominal; New Or
leans open kettle, good to choice, 27@
81, quiet, unchanged. c, flee options
barely steady, lOGo20 points down; July,
IS 95@l5 80; September, IA GOO ID O5;
| Dece N Der, ~ co. spot Rio dull, steady;
No 7. 1873 Sugar, raw quiet. fair
| refining. 2 ll-I6; refined steady, quiet:
off A, 1904; standard A. 4 1-16@4A;
cut loaf. 1905 l-l6; crushed, 4%@
Lilo: granulated, 4 1-16@43s Freighls
to Liverpool dull, steady; cotton, GA
pence; grain, 1Apence.
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Ihe Following is list OF letters remaining in
the postofice nj Roanoke, Va, for the week end
| ing July 7, 1Sll
MEMS LIST.
Almond, j. ID Morrison. W. l..
Ashmore, X. II. Murray. Jon. a.
Butler. j. NJ Moore, W p
Boon, S. L. McGann. T. g.
Blair, Flick Phillipp T. A. (0
| Bryant, +. X. Peters Joel T.
Brown, K. A. Pannill, Price
Clark Olslcy Proiiitt. Anderson
| Carney. G. E. Parker, Evelyn
| Carr, WI. Pool, Jumcs
Cassell. +. L. Steward. Henry
| Cross, Akron Sprew, ". 5.
Dent, james 2) Snead. r.
fitzgerald. Archy Smith, Geo.
Frey, Harry 5. Sherman Edward
Gebhar6t, A. Teasy, J. F.
| IfnrDpr q Vhon,as WiIiiop,