The morning call., 1894-08-29
New YORK Markets,

NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-After yesterdays excit-
ing day on the Stock Exchange the speculation was
tame indeed by comparison. From the opening
until 10 80 O'Clock the market heavy with
scarcely rally, prices moving downward. Then
came period of dulluess during which only the
specialties ma de any material movement, and
these also sought lower range OF values. Specu.
lation closed barely steady. ne final safes showed
losses on the day OF II TO IA in the general liar
exceptions being st. Paul preferred Delaware and
Hudson, Louisville aud Wheeling ana Lake Erie
which recorded advances of 10 ZACH. DtstiIIing
was again the leader of the market in point of ae
tivity, but the transactions therein less than
a third or yesterdays sales.
There heavy selling in the shares at the
opening which came from holders who hoped up
to the last moment that the trust would be able
The failure of this project did not however, cause
any serious stampede. and the lowest figure to
terday's closing and only "a lower than the bot
tom price OF yesterday. The low price was
reached shortly after the opening, but before
recovery had been made to 1914; during the
afternoon the greater drain 1853, from
WHICH There was rally Of M the closing being 6s
per cent OF yesterdays last sale. Sugar was dealt
In irreguarly. After 1uctuating with narrow lin
us IN the morning it was sold more freely in the
afternoon, closing at the lowest of the day al a
decline Of rs per cent fairly good business
was done In the granRers. st. Paul being sold by
London as well as the traders.
Some gooc-sized lots OF burlington were placed
on the market by Boston houses to realize profits
There WAS also some slight liquidation in Rock
Island, with the result of losses of per cent in
ST Paul and Burlington and IA in Rock Island
Northwest on moderate sales fell off IL ner cent
Pullman broke ia on sales OF 200 shares and
Manhattan l12 on sales of 800 shares.
The bone market was generally weak all day In
sympathy with the stock market. but S me shares
sold at an advance at the close. Government bonds
dull; State bonds. dun; railroad bonds weak
fetroeum-Firm; Pennsylvania oil sales none.
September option sales, none, closed 81 bid; Lima
oil sales. none.
GRAIN AND MERCHANT Disc
wheat-August, 577sc.
Flour-Steaoy.
Hops-Steady.
Wool-Dull.
PiglrOn-Dun; s12@12 so; American, slo@ls.
Copper-FIrm.
Lead-Firm.
Unsteady; straits. SIS 50; plates. quiet
Spelter-Firmer; domestic So IA bid safes on
Change $4,000 POUNDS; October copper at
SO lZ12: 100 tons September tin, SIS So
Cofee-Options opened irregular: prices I'M
under local llquidatlons; closed dull at 50DI5
points net decline sales, 1880 bags, including:
Is S 90: DecembeT' si2 COG So. 90 '0S
spot Coffee-Rio, dun: No. 7, loo: mild. quiet:
Cordova, l4@I414c. Sales, 1000 bags Santos
and 7, at l52sc. i. T.. 1900 bags Maracaibo at 1884
"a ice: good Cucuta.
santos steady: sgood average Santos, / $500:
receipts. two days, $4,000 bags; stock. $4,000
Hamburg-Quiet: prices unchanged to "A pfg
lower; sales. 7O0C bags.
Havre-Opened dull; unchanged TO I4f lower;
at 2 noon unchanged 1T p quiet; August
lower: Others unchanged; closed unchanged 10
10 net decline Total sales 5000 bags
Rio = Steady; No. z Rio, l5$45O; exchange,
9ssd; receipts, two days. 1s, 900 bags; cleared
for the United states. 5000 bags: cleared for Eu-
rope, 1000 bags; stock, 264,O00 bags
7S3S bags: New York stock TO-DAY. 1888 bags;
United States stock. l4b.922 bags; anoat for the
United States, 2SS.O00 bags; total visible for the
United states. 433,293 bags, against 333.9O2 bags
sugsr-Raw. firm: fair refining. 31sC0814c; Cen
triuRa 81 test "a Gle s1i Is S 5ss bags esn
sugar. So test, at 2s4c. Refined hrm