The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-28
THE ROANOKE TIMES, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER a. 1895.
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now York Stock Market.

speculative transac lions TODAY. bur tho
professional character of the market
WAS as clearly marked as heretofore.
apprehension Of further large gold ex
porss In the near future was the chief
lhnueDcs In the trading and had an un-
sessiihB erect upon the speculative
nina. Rumofs were current on the
probable shipment to Germany OF
$4,000 $50 to 100000 OF gold next
week, cut tho commercial house whi.h
tnls week lnitialed the gold movement
10 tnat country refused 10 confirm or
deny the reports. There is good cir
cumstsntial evidence, however, that ct
least one more fairly largo shipment
Will be made to Hamburg
Inc market opened generally active
ana urn, but soon developed into a
dropping tendency.
1he movement from midday up to the
close was apathetic in theextreme. The
closing was firm and; as result of the
transactions, Reading. distilling and
canadian Pacific recorded net gains of
1 A and Lsckawanna l per cent.
closing stocks were as follows:
Atchison, 22X; Adams Express, $50;
baitlmo'e and Ohio, 64k; Chesapeake
ana Ohio, 20ss; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, s5&; Chicago Gas, 69ss;C c. G..
and ST. Louis, As; Del, Lackawanna
ind Western, 17oA; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., "a; Erie, 10; Erie
preferred. s6; Great Northern pro.
ferred, l2t; Lake Shore, l5o Lead
Trust, IS; Louisville and Nashville,
64S; National CordAge, s; National
Cordase preferred, l6; N. j. Central,
ll3%; Norfolk and Western preferred
lax; Northern Pacific preferred, ls1;
North"estern, I04k; Northwestern pre-
ana New England, 81; Pacific Mail,
30T; Pullman Palace, l73; Reading,
20; Rock Island, 70; St. Paul, 77%;
81. Paul and Omaha. 43X; Southern
Pacific a4h; Sugar Refinery, lOsA
Union Pacific, l4x; Western Union,
VIZ; General Electric, 3s5s; Southern,
1919; Southern preferred, 40; lob acco,
1ol y; Tobacco preferred, 1o7H.
New York Money Market.
NEW York, Sept. 27.-Money on call
easy at lH@9 per cent, last loan ~
per cent, closed / i per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 4H@5 per csnt.
Sterling exchange steady with actual
businessi in bankers bills at d $500 sSX
for demand and s7k@4 s7sl for sixty
days; posted rates 4.ss@4 80 and
o9@4 30 Commercial bills, 4.s6%@
4S7. Silver certificates, 67@67%
government bonds firm. State bonds
Inactive. Railroad bonds strong.
Chicago Market
CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-The bullish sem
timent OF the local wheat traders WAS
braced up by higher cables and smaller
northwestern receipts to-day and
December closed Is higher. May corn 4
and May oats 4, but provisions closed
at sharp advances.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows
Wheat. No. 2-Sep,ember, opening,
oo9s@6OH, closing, COS; December,
opening. 6lh@6lX, closing, OK;
May, opening 65@65N, closing, 64]S
Corn No. 2-September, opening, 324,
closing, slN; October, opening, aOA@
30%, closing, 31H; December, opening,
sS@29H, closing, 2ssf, May, open
Ing. 295s@29%, closing, 20k. Oats No.
9-September, opening, 10. closing,
1915; October, opening. 1875, clos
ing, 1871. May. opening, 21A, closing,
SSoH@Sl. Mess pork. per bbl.-Octo
Der, opening, sac closing, $40; jan
uary, opening. 057. closing. $50.
ss5, closing, 593k; January. opening,
s7h. closing, sos. Short ribs, per
100 lbs October, opening, 25. cloa.
ing, 5.37H; January. opening, 4 95,
closing, 499S.
Cash quotations were IS follows:
Flour firm; winter patents, 5000
400; straights, 3 40@3 aspiring patents,
90@425; bakers, 2.1O@3 so; No. 9
spring wheat, G0&@61H; No. 3 spring
wheat, 56M; No. Q red, 614@6a;
No. corn, 3iX@3l%; No. yellow,
3lX@51X; No. Q oats, 1914; No Q
white. s1H@22; No. 3 white, so@2l;
No. rye. 800; No. barley. nom
inal; No. 8, 24H@33; No. 4, %; No /.
faxseed, 06k; prime timothy seed,
sa55; mess pork, per bbl.. 4o@s.5O;
lard per 100 lbs, 5 92k@5 95; short
ribs sides (loose), s 27N@5.45; dry
short clear sides. (boxed). 5@59s;
whiskey, distillers' finished goods per
gallon, 90; sugars, cut loaf. 525;
granulated, 60; standard A, 4,5O.
Cincinnati Produce Raarhet.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Sept. o7-F,our
frmer Wheat stronger, higher, No 2
red, 60; receipts, 3 200: shipments, S. 500.
Corn dull, barely steady; No. 9 mixed
34@34N. Oats easy; No. Q mixed 34@p
34H. Rye firmer No. 2, AN. Lard
firm, 5.75@5 80. Bulk meats lirmer,
$50. Bacon frmer, 6 rs. Whiskey
steady; aales SAT barrels at 22. Butter
Quiet. Sugar firm. Eggs steady, l2c.
Cheese quiet, steady.
II. III. Sutton d Co.
CAPT. D. G Booth, agent Of &. M.
Sutton & Co., OF Baltimore, wholesale
dealers in dry goods and notions, whose
sample rooms are in the Hotel Lee,
Corner Salem avenue and Commerce
street) has just received and opened up
the largest and most compete line Of
dry goods and notion samples ever ex-
hibited in this city. Captain Booth will