The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-26
FINANCE AND. COMMERCE.
Now York stooh marhs,

NOW York Stock Market.
NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-The bull sem
sasion OF to-day's stock market wac
Pacific Mail, which transactions were
unusually large, for that stock rose ]s
per cent. Speculation was not up to
yesterday and the distribution of bust
ness was only fair. Market opened
moderately active, but fraction lower
enan generally. The downward move
men soon abated and under heavy COW
erlng by shorts an upward movements
started.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, 20H; Adams Express, $50;
Baltimore and Ohio, 60; chesapeake
ana Ohio, ISIS; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy SSH; Chicago Gas, 6Sss;O. G. @.
and 81 Louis, 42; Del, Lackawanna
anu western 167; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 23S; Erie, 1915; Erie
preferred. 81; Great Northern pre.
ferred, l23; Lake Shore, $50; Lead
Trust, asH; Louisville and Nashville,
59H; National Cordage, TN; National
Cordsge preferred, lax; N. j. Central.
NIX; Norfolk and Western preferred.
1876 Northern Pacific preferred, 1882:
Northwestern, 10656; Northwestern pre-
ferred, 1471; N. Y. Central, 100h; NY,
and New England, SO; Pacific Mail,
3lB; Pullman Palace, ITS; Reading,
ls; Rock Island, 76X; ST. Paul, rex;
~. Paul and Omaha, 42%; Southern
racine s3&; Sugar Refinery, 1855;
Union Pacific, 1875; Western Union,
DIX; General Electric, SO; Southern
IlN; Southern preferred, 36A; Tobacco,
93H; Tobacco preferred, LOG.
Now York Money Market.
New YORK, Oct. 25-Money on call
easy at 2@2H per cent, last loan
per cent, closed 2@2N per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 4@6 per cent
sterling exchange firm with actual
business in bankers bills at 4.Ssh@
4:ss& for demand and 4.s7N@4. s7% for
sixty days; posted rates 4.ss@4.sSH
and 4.s9@4.s9k. Commercial bills,
4:s6S. Silver certificates, 67N@67.
Government bonds steady; State bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds weak.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Ocs. 25.-Wheat lost kc
per bushel to day OF the %c gain yes.
terday. Some OF its previous days
friends gave 1t the cold shoulder by
selling out on the early bulge, although
the drouth was as dry as ever and New
York reported forty boat loads of wheat
for export. Corn would have been un-
worthy OF line OF remark but for an
advance of &c for this months delivery,
PROVISIONS were weak and oats lost nc.
The loading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat, No. 2-october, opening,
500 sos, closing, 59%@59%; December,
opening, 61@6lB, closing, 6oA@6o%;
Msy opening, 651s, closing, 64N@64X.
Corn, No. 2-October, opening, 31%,
closing, BIZ; November, opening, 3o6.
closing, 30%; December, opening, 2sx,
closing, 2S9s@2SX; May, opening, 2991,
closing, 299a.
Oats No. October, opening, -,
closing, lsE; December, opening, 1891,
closing, 1917; May, opening, 2OT, clos-
ing, 2o%.
Mesa pork. per bbl.-October, open
ing, =, closing, sos; January, opens
ing, 22h. closing, 92216; May, open
ing, 9.25, closing. 025.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-October, opening,
-, closing 5.55; January, opening,
$40 closing. 5.67N; May, opening,
| 5.O71s, closing, 5.s5.
opening, 4.6716, closing,4 6216; January,
opening, 4.65, closing, a. go; NAV, ouen-
ing, 4.S73s, closing, S216.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents, 5000
$50; straights, 2. s5@5.95; spring patents,
3.15@3.50; spring straights, 2.65013 90;
bakers, 100000 No. 9 spring wheat,
59T @6o%; No. spring wheat. $1,000;
No. red, ooA@63N; No. corn,
3lh@32A; No. 8 yellow, 3OA@306;
No. oats, 1871; No. white. 2oX@2I;
No. white, 1s%@19H; No. rye, 3s4@
3sH; No. barley, nominal; No. 8, 23@
40; No. 4, 2s@3l; No. /, flaxseed, a1H;
prime timothy seed, ass; mess pork,
per bbl.. s.1Sh@s25; lard per 100 lbs,
57H@5 60; short ribs sides Qoose)
452M@4,65; dry sailed shoulders,
(boxed) 5A@5s4; short clear sides,
lboxed), 5@5k; whiakey. distillers
finished goods. per gallon, 22; sugars,
cut loaf, 5 81; granulated, 4.95; standard
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Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio Oct. 25.-Flour
steady, fancy, 8 05@3.25; family, 500
$50. Wheat firm; No. red. 66@66%.
Corn steady; No mixed, 80. Oats
dull; No. mixed 1917. Rye dull; No.
2, Al. Lard steady; As. Bulk meats,
easy, 500 Bacon easy, 6.25. Whis-
key steady, sales COG barrels at l. 90.
Butter steady. Sugar active. Eggs
easy, 15c. Cheese firm.
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