The San Francisco call., 1895-05-21
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK. y. Y May 20-The week opened
on the Stock Exchange with heavy market in
sympathy with the weakness of American secu-
rites in London and under brisk selling for the
home and foreign accounts. Prices declined dur
ing the first fifteen minutes. Northern Pacific
made the heaviest loss, . per cent. The extreme
depression therein due to the circulation of
reports that reorganization plan would call for
heavy assessments on both the preferred and
common stock. In the rest of the list the reaction
did not exceed per cent in dstilling. Sugar came
into good demand and sold up rs and on covering
OF shorts, Northern Pacific rallied ia per cent,
while the general market moved up q fraction with
the exception OF Baltimore and Ohio, which sold
down per cent, and the Cordage stocks broke
shortly after IL O'Clock prices moved back
triie, but quickly recovered, n. j. Central re-
cording gain of l12, Baltimore and Ohio !, La
clede Gas and Great Northern pfd. 112 and other
shares 1s(11 per cent. Toward midday there was
a renewal OF the hear demonstrations and the
market again gave way, becoming dull and feat ure
less in the next hour and gradually growing weak.
During the last two hours the tendency of figures
was downward, the Specialties which have been
most prominent in the recent advance, the gran
gers and the coal stocks, leading the decline.
Speculation closed heavy. Great Northern closed
6 per cent higher.
The early dealings in bonds were characterized
by the buoyancy of the Northern Pacific issues but
they in common witn The general market broke
were 81, ,s5l 600. Government bonds firm; state
honds inactxe railroed honde x,,aaI- t,at ro,o,rS
strong, closed at 81 79 bid.
Grain and Merchandise.
Flour-Receipts, 1900 bols; exports, 2S,so0
bbls; sales 1000 gkgs. Decidedly stronger
checked somewhat by high asking prices City
mill patents, 81 60@4 20: Winter patents, So 7O@
10; City mill clears, So S5@3 95; Winter
straights So 5O@3 so; Minnesota patents, $40
40; Winter extras, So SOd3 20; Winter low
grades, So 1892 S5 Spring low grades, S2@2 40.
50 s0aS. ' '' 80 = 0OCe e>''A W.
Rye Flour-Frm and active; sales 1900 bbls
Superfine, So SGt93 go; fancy, S4G4 40.
Wheat-keceipts. 253, 200 bushels; exports, 49,
500 bushels; sales, 80, 625 900 bushels; futures,
no spot. Spot, nominal No. red store and ele-
yator 743se; afioat, 75s4ci +; O. b. 76s4c afioat;
gest trade and widest fluctuations in several years.
Prices advanced up to O'clock when heavy real
izings caused sharp break, closing prices showing
account, coupled with cold weather West, heavy
visible supply decrease and strong Euro pean news,
1885; July, 7412(911asc, closed zee: August,
74$491IS4c. closed 76c; september, 74s4@77s4,
closed 76l4c;. November. 773s@797sc, closed
7!$sc; December, 767s@795sc, closed 1890.
Pigiron-steady; Scotch. 1e@2oc: America,
SO 506ll2 so.
copper-Firm: brokers' price. $40 so; exchange
price, $40 50d10 50.
Lead-Firm: brokers price. So 10: exchange
Tin-steady: straits, $14 s5@l4 s5; plates,
quiet.
spelter-Firm; domestic SO 55as go: sales on
Change 20 tons May Tin, $14 S5; 10 tons June,
$l4 S5.
Cofee-Options opened quiet with prices un-
changed to points lower, ruled exceptionally dull
and featureless. Sales the smallest recorded for
months. Closed dull Saturdays final prices.
Sales 1850 bags, including: May, $14 Is; Sep
tember Sl4 so.
Spot Coffee-Rio dull: No. 7. l51ac; mild. quie.
Cordova, lS140l9c; sales, 5000 bags Maracaibo
1000 bags Central American; 1900 bags Mexican,
and 1852 bags Caracas, PIT.
Sugar-Raw, market firm: sales, 5000 bags GEN.
trfugal, 95 test, 21ac $50 bags do test at 33sc
and 2oo9 bags concrete to arrive, 21ac, ex-ship So