The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-27
FINANCE AND COMMERCE,
New York Stock Market.

New York Stock Market
| NEW YORK, July 26.-There WAS e
| sharp upward movement on the stock
exchange day in which the great ma
lority OF the stocks traded in partici-
pated. The understanding reached by
the Trunk Line presidents by which Il
10 believed rates will be maintained in
drced purchases OF the railway list. An
other fac tor in the improvement was the
| good crop news. The short interest
which had been increased lately to un-
wieldy. proportions, took alarm and
| covered In haste. swelling she volume
OF the buying. Prices OF the railway
| group advanced through the morning
and very nearly up to delivery hour
with the Grangers as the leaders.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atchison, lax; Adams Express, I4s;
Baltimore and Ohio, 64S; Ohes apeake
Quincy, eoss; Chicago Gas, SAX; G. G. @.
and st. Louis, Avn; Del. Lackawanna
and Western. 16i; Dissillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 21H; Erie, 10; Erie
preferred, 22A; Great Northern pre-
terred, 1877; Lake Shore. 15Ik; Lead
Trust, 34H; Louisville and Nashville,
5sX; National Cordage, Is; National
Corda9e preferred, .lA; N. ]. Central,
lo3H; Norfolk and Western preferred,
a.
Northwestern, 100X; Northwestern pre-
terred. LAG; N, Y. Central, 101X; Ny,
and New England, SAX; Pacific Mail,
29a; Pullman Palace, 17e; Reading,
l7$; Rock Island, 771s; 81. Paul, 7Ox;
st. Paul and Omaha, 4O9a; Southern
Pacific. $3.50; Sugar Refinery, 11sX;
Union Pacific. l2%; Western Union,
VIZ; General Electric, 355S; Southern,
! l4B; Southern preferred, 42x; Tobacco,
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO. July 26.-Because OF the in.
creased prospects for heavy spring
crop wheat got another section of We'd
nesday's heavy rise taken off to-day.
The decline at one time amounted to
l%c per bushel and at the close the price
was SILL 40 lower than at the cores
ponding time Of the day before. Corn
was weak and closed 10 lower for Sep~
TENDER, end September oats lost &c.
PROVISIONS declined also although hog
receipts were very small
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows
Wheat, No. s-July, opening, roo
II 4, closing 6s%; September, opening,
71@7l4, closing 60%; Deoem Der, OPEN
Ing, 72S@73, closing 7iN. Corn No.
July, opening, 43H@4aA, closing.
closing. 431s; May. opening. s51<. clos
Ing, a51. Oats No. 2-July, opening,
e3A, closing. "a September, opening,
S3%, closing, 2s}S; May, opening, ASK,
closing. 1855. Mess pork. per bbl.-Sep.
tember, opening, 1918, closing, 10 67}s;
January, opening, 1880, closing, 10 67}6.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-September, opening,
BAN. closing, $50; October. opening,
6.37H, closing, 6 s7K; January. opening,
$50, closing, e52x. Short ribs, per 100
lbs. -Septemb Der, opening, 512x, clos
Ing, 6.19x y; October, opening, $40; Gloss
Ing, 12H; January, opening, $50. clos
Ing, 5.62H
Cash quotations were IS follows:
Flour steady; winter patents, 5000
400; straights, 4O@392; spring pat
ents, a.90@4s5; bakers, 2.IO@3. so; No.
spring wheat. 6S%@7l%; No. 8 spring
wheat -; No. Q red, 6sss No 3 corn,
43B@4396; No. Q oats, "a; No. white,
s7A; No. white, 26N@26A; No. 3 rye,
4s%; No. barley, nominal; No. 8, 33@
81; No. 4, -; No. faxseed, 1870;
prime timothy seed, IS; mess pork, per
Dbl, 10 6o@lO IS; lard, per 100 lbs.,
6.221S; short ribs sides. Qoose). 6.O5@
10; dry sailed shoulders (boxed), 5&@
o%; short clear aides, (boxed), 6%@6A;
whiskey, distillers' finished goods per
gallon, 90; sugars; Gu. loaf, 5.l3; gran.
ulsted, 4.69i standard 4, 4.56