The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-05
FINANCE AND
Now York stook nrarh,t.

Now York Stock Market.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-The stock mar
ket with hardly an exception worked
WI to day. The volume of business
vas considerably lighter than on Tues
Gay: The dealings in Sugar stock were
naiI as large as yesterday, but consti-
tuteo ABOUT one-third of the total.
Eariy In the day general advances in
foreign and domestic grades of sugars
served as an argument TO bull tina stock
gain OF Q per oent was recorded in
~. at the top figures realizing sales
were encountered and u%nfayorable
rumors were current in regard to prob
able legal attacks upon the mpa in
this and other States. In the afternoon
the rumors orystslized into the Sowing
OF papers upon the secretary and treas.
urer 9th company in suit to restrain
IL from doing business in the State of
New York. The movement was regarded
as largely speculative In charsoser'
The stock was practically unaffsctsd by
The news and left of at q net gain of /
per cent, being sustained by expec,a.
lions that the regular quarterly diyf-
dend on preferred and common stocks
will be declared tomorrow. The olos-
Ing was quiet and heavy at the lowest
OF the Gay ae sharp concessions in some
INSTANCES Railroad bonds were mod
erately active to-day and firm in lone
despite some irregularisy in prices.
CONCESSIONS as q rule, were only made
IN tue aotlVe class. The sales were
ST., 49,, 200.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, 1873; Adams Express, 14s:
Baltimore and Ohio, 81; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 17S; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, S2%s; Chicago Gas, 64x; O. G, @.
and Sc. Louis, Al; Del, Lackawanns
and Western, 166; Dissillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 1915; Erie, 12x; Erie
preferred. 3d.; Great Northern; pre-.
lerred, III; Lake Shore, $50; Load
Trust, 80; Louisville and Nashville,
S2H; National Cordage, Z; National
Oordase preferred, IA; N. j. Central,
1Os5si Norfolk and Western preferred,
l0%; Northern Pacific preferred, 154;
North western, 10sN; Northwestern pre-
ferred. $40; N. Y. GENITAL. 100; N. Y.
and New England, SC; Pacific Mail,
32S; Pullman Palace, 1853; Reading.
9B; Rock Island, 74M; st. Paul, rs;
St. Paul and Omaha, AK; Southern
Pacific, 90; Sugar Refinery, 1O3X;
Union Pacific, SH; Western Union,
SIS; General Electric, 3O%; Southern,
lOB; Southern preferred, 344; Tobacco,
77H; Tobacco preferred, 99H.
NOW York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Doc. 4.-Money on call
easy at 1H@2% per cent, last loan
Ia per cent, closed 1%@2 per cent;
prime mercantile paper az a. per cent;
sterling exchange dull with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at 4 s9@4.s9h
for demand, and 4.s7M@4 So for sixty
days. Posted rates 4 SsX and 4.s9%6
400. Commercial bills 4s7. silver
certificates 674@67N; bar silver GIN.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO. Dec. 4.-The grain markets
were very weak during the greater part
of to-day's session. The corn and oats
market were first to be afflicted with
the failing Sickness" and the con,
tagion communicated itself to the wheat
market. They were all in n state OF
cheerful convalescence ns the session
was coming to an end and closed
slightly higher than they did yesterday.
Provisions were lower.
The leading futures ranged to- day as
follows.
Wheat, No. 2-Decemher, opening,
55E@o6, closing, Sc; January. opening,
56H@57. closing, 81; May, opening,
60A@6O%. closing, 60A.
Corn, No. 2-December, opening, 25%,
closing, 25N; January. opening, 25X,
closing, 26; May. opening, 2sX@2sN,
closing, 2s%@2s%; july, opening, 2sM,
closing. 29%.
Oats No. 9-December, opening, 16M,
closing. 1917; May, opening, 2OI, olos-
ing, 20.
Mess pork. per bbl.-December,
opening, no, closing, TO; January,
opening, $40. closing, 8 GIN; May,
opening, 90, closing, 9.O5.
Lard, per 100 lbs December open
ing, SIS. closing, 5 Tx; January, open
ing, 5.57N, closing 5.37H; May. open
ing. $50, closing, $50,
Short ribs. per 100 lbs-Decsmber,
opening, 4.25, closing, 4.25; January,
otening, 4.37M, closing, 4.37A; May,
opening, 4.6ah, closing, AGO.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour nominal; hard wheat spring
patents, 3.15@3.4O; soft. 3.1O@3.3O {. No.
Q spring wheat. 56@57; No. 8 spring
wheat 55A@56H; No Q red, 6O@6i,
No. Q corn, 26@26A; No. Q oats, l9H;
No. Q white. 17@17A; No. 8 white,
17N@17%; No. . rye, 35N; No. Q bar
ley, -; No. a.; No. 4, -; No.
l faxseed, 92N; prime timothy seed,
8 go; meas pork per bbl.. 7.75@7 s7x;
lard per 100 lbs, S 32@5.35; short ribs
sides %(loose) 4.35@4 40; dry sailed
shoulders, (boxed)4H@4%; short clear
sides (boxed), 4E@4A; whiskey. distil-
lers' finished goods. per gallon. 1 %;
sugars. cut loaf, 5.45 granulated, 4.7O;
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