The morning call., 1894-05-09
New York Markets..

NEW YORK, May S.-Were II not for the heavy
transactions in sugar to-day's market would have
been lame indeed. What little OF activity there
In the rest of the list was CONSIGNED to st.
Paul, General Electric and Electric Burlington.
At the opening of the session Sugar was heavy
pressed for sae and declined 31a. The break was
credited to manipulation by the bull pool, with
the object of getting the shorts to increase their
hnes and the shorts did help TO send the price
down by adding to The bulk of the sales When
the low spot was touched buying orders came In
which caused rally OF pa per cent, but renewed
selling sent the figures back TO within
IS of the bottom price of the morning
Later In the day a recovery OF az was
made, OF which1 per cent was subsequently lost
with a final rally of "A, the closing sale being at
decline of IS per cent on the day. Sugar pre-
terred lost IA. st. Paul. after decline of Is,
rose per cent. Then drive was made the
stock on the reported BOND sale. but il was very
firmly held. giving way toward the close Aa per
cent, with rally Of 1s and closing "a over yester-
day. IL has been learned that the IT. Paul Com
pany did yesterday. at a private sale dispose of
S2,OGOOOO OF per cent general mortgage bonds,
10 REIN uurSe the treasury for outiays. for equip
ment and retire maturing bonds. There still in
tue treAsuI$ % ,too.ooO OF tnese pohus sNahdoIe
when occasion requires. burlington and quincy
receded Ss in the morning, but rallied promptly.
selling up rs per cent. of which IS was lost at the
close. ROCK Island is unchanged on the day and
Northwestern n higher The general market
moved sluggishly aud with iTregul srity, IN pre-
vaiing tone being dullness in the fluctuations
which rule being confined to narrow
limits. The speculation was heaviest during the
ast hour and closed weak. 1be railway and mis-
cellaneous bond market generally weak
throughout the day and closed easier.
Government bonds easier; State bonds inactive.
PeIrole um steady. Pennsylvania oil sales none;
April option sales none, closed 9514c bid. Lima oil
sales none.
GRAIN AND MERCHANDISE
Hops-DuIL
Nheat-May. $3.50.
wool-Quiet, active: domestic Fleece, 19@25c
Pigiron-DuL
Copper-Dul.
lead-EaSier.
Tin-Firm: straights. $50; plates quiet
Speiter-Quiet; domestic S3 5212 asked.
COfee-Uptions quiet aud unchanged to points
higher; quiet ana steady all day: closed
steady at o1l0 points Ret advance sales, $3.50
bags. including: June. $40 So; July, SIS 2G@
Is 25 August, Sl4 7U(0l4 70 Spot coffee-Bio
steady; No. 7, l61zc: mild, quiet; CordOva. l9@
1919, Warehouse deliveries at New Ork were
3543 bags: New YORK stock to-day. l93,5S6 bags:
United States stock, 237,773 bs gs; affoat for the
United states, 177,0O0 bags total visible for the
United states 4z4,723 bags. against 3S3,8lO bags
last year.
Rio-Quiet: quotations nominal; none gIven.
Exchange, esd. Receipts. TWO days. 6OU0 bags.
Stock, lO6,O0 bags.
Santos-Quiet: quotations nominal; none given.
Receipts, days, 1000 bags; stock. 20. 600 bags.
Hamburg-Dull; unchanged to 149 ~ pig higher.
LOndon-Ca bles discontinued.
Havre-DuIl; sales, 1000 OaRs; prices "A lower.
Sugar-Raw. active and firm; sales 1912 bags
centrifugal, 96 test 27s C. f.: lO.eSS bags DO.
2zsc: do 500 bags molasses sugar, S-I6c. Re-
fined, quiet and firm.