The morning call., 1894-05-12
New YORK Markets.

The weeks failures, 81.
new YORK Markets.
NEW YORK, May ia more uninteresting day
has not been experienced in Wall street Tor
months. The speculation was stagnant and even
the rumor-mongers were at WORK but little The
total transactions were less than 10000 shares,and
in only two stocks Sugar aud Chicago Gas, did the
sales exceed 10000 snares. st Paul and General
Electric made some appearance in the dealings,
but the rest of the list was sadly neglected. 1t
seemed as If the speculative fraternity at
large had taken breathing spell, await
log developments on which to oper-
ate. leaving it to The room-traders
to get up sembiance of market 1t was ex-
pected that the gold engagements for saturday
would reach 50 OOO, 900 and they did come within
10000 OF that figure. This incident had not,
therefore, any effect on The speculation. All OF
tue gold withdrawn for export came from the
United states treasury.
he trading at the opening was firm, but upon a
siyht pressure to sell sugar gave way hye-eghths
and a few other shares q mall fraction, but the
general market was without movement, except
Chicago Gas and Lake Shore. which advanced
hve-eighths and one-half respectively. During
the first hour the fluctuations were still narrower
and the .Tading in lighter volume. The prevail
ing tone DUH +; the morning was hrmness, but
after midday the market became heavy, and dur
ing the afternoon the tendency of prices WAS
downward. The dealings were very irrek ular
ness and the market closed without change. he
bond market was frmer with small business.
Government bonds duh. Petroleum steady.
Pennsylvania oil sales none. June option sales
none, closed S514 bid.
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE
wheat-May. 5914c
Fiour-Steady.
Hops-Inactive.
WooI-st-ady to firm; domestic fleece, 19@25c;
pulled, 20@2Sc.
Pigiron--DulL
Copper-Quiet.
Tin-Easy straits $40 l0asked: plates dulw
Spelter-Qutet; domestic. SO 90 asked. ales
on Change tons June tin, $l9 30; cars August
lead at 50 371s.
cline, ruled inactive. closed steady al unchanged
to 8 points net decline. Sales, 5000 bags, IN
eluding August, at Sl4 90; September, sl4 6O@
] 4 55; October, $l4 80 @ IA 35, Spot coffee
Rio quiet; No. Z, lS14c; mild. quiet: Cordoya.
Ig14@l91ac; sales. 500 bags Central Americans.
stock to-day. 253.54O bags: United States stock
3O2 236 bags; aoat for the United states, 100000
bags: total visible for the United states. 4O9 Z96
bags. against 383 40e bags last year.
RiO-Market quiet: nominal; no quotations Ex-
change 9$4 Receipts 5000 bags; stock. 1l9 600
Santos-Quiet: nominal quotations. Re-
CENTS. 0,U0u bags: STOCK. 10000 bags.
Hamburg-Market quiet; sales, 5000 bags;
Havre-Market dull; sales. IA, 900 bags; prices
sugar-Raw. firm. Sales. 1870 bags centrifu-
gal, SO test at 278; 1920 bags; refined quiet.
Chicago MARKETS.
CHICAGO. May 1l.-In Wheat there was large
opening trades were at 1sc to l4c advance, but
steadily sold down 1c and lac and closed the
bottom. The action of the market, CONS ider lng
the report of last night. was q great surprise to
many operators. The Government report made
the condition S14 against Sc last month"; but
being generally discredited extreme weakness re-
suited Offerings heavy from the start and
increased as the session advanced, a noticeable
feature being the free selling by the house, which
took large quantities Just prior to the close yes
teIday.
Partridge covered freely on the days decline
and his purchases proved supporting factor TO
the market. The decline czught some Stop-loss
orders around 5S1ac. The efforts on the part of
the BUYERS OF yesterday to realize at the opening
helped cause the marke ct to rule from the start.
The corn market was rather dull Fine weather.
prospective larger receipts and the action of
W eaa opening trades showed bur little change but
srId off under fair offerings $s@12c, rallied 1s@
14c, changed some ruled easy aud closed but 1sc
oats were weaker. There was fair buying on
the decline, but the close was weak at about bot
tom.
Provisions averaged firm light run of hogs
at the yards. The market was generally dull at
the close for pork and for lard ana ribs. The
range of prices was narrow. Estimated receipts
for tomorrow: Wheat. so cars: Corn, 185 cars;
oats, 215; Hogs. 1900.
III leading futures ranged as follows:
" 'i Highest. Lowest Corn No .Nl-''' - '''"''''
ss July nay sss s
Lard per 100 lbs Short Rios per 90 lbs,
Msy....S7 40 ST. May. -
July. Is s7O7Ha July :. Sc 421s s6 40
Sept....S7 1912 81 05 sept. SO 4212 $6 371s
Mess Pork per UbL-
July... ..$l2 45 Sl2 321a
The cash quotations were as follows: Flour
easy. No. Spring Wheat. 56ssc; No.
3 Spring Wheat. no sales: No. Q Red 56sloc:
No Corn. 371ac Prime Timothy seed, $4 20@
IS: Mess Pork = Dbl. Sl2 35Gl2 371a: Lard =
90 lbs. 81 40@7 421a; Short Ribs sides nooseJ
S6 4715G6 SO: Dry Salted shoulders (boIed). So rs
as S71a: Short Clear sides (hoxed). So 81 150
81 5: Sugars. Cut Loaf. IS 81: Granusted. 81 55;
Standard A, 81 AZ.
On the Produce Exchange TO-DAY the Butter
market was firm: Creamery, IO@15c; dairy
s@l2c Eggs-M eak strictly fresh. sc.
CATTLE
CattIe-Receipts IA 600: slow: rather easier
prime to extra native steers 81 1904 90: me,
Hogs - Rec ipts $4,000; native, lOc higher
cary; later advance lost: rough heavy. 81 256
4 90: packers and m xed. $5 1905 20: prime
heavy and butchers weights. 50 z0(95 rs; as
sorted light. S5 COS l5.
Sheep and LamOs Receipts 5000: lambs
higher; sheep, unchan ged; top sheep. 81 2504 so;
top lambs, 81 9005 Is; spring lambs, 8 as 20.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA. May 11.-Cattle-Receipts 24OO. Mar
ket was about unchanged There was a very good
general deman d, and light cattle sold readily at
firm prices while the average grades were a trIfie
slow Cowstuff was in light supply active demand
and firm. The feeder trade was slow, but a bout
steady. Quotations unchanged.
Stoc in London.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Evening Posts Lon
don cablegram says: The markets were lfeless to-