The San Francisco call., 1895-10-16


except warmer Wednesday in the southwest por-
ton and cooler at Wlnnemucca
For Utah-Generallv fair; stationary tempera-
For Arizona-Generally fair; stationary tempera-
For san Francisco and vicinity-Generaly fair
Wednesday; stationary temperature; tresh west
erly winds. w. H. HAMMoN, Forecast Official!
NEW YORK MARKETS..
. NEW YORK. n Y. Oct. 15.-Speculation at
the stock Exchange took turn to-day, the
railway stocks, and more especially the Grangers
looming INTO prominence The revival OF activity
in these stocks due to reports from the west
Of the improvement in the outlook for business
there which started moderate covering move
men; all along the line. 1t said that consider
able progress has been made toward a settlement
Of the Western Freight Association troubles and
tnat the Colorado matter Will be taken up next
Rumors Of heavy increases In tariff returns OF the
Northwest and st. Paul, however, had more efect
upon the local shorts than the reports OF settle
ment of the disturbances ST. PaulS report
for the second week OF the current month it was
said will show an enormous increase, while the
Northwest TOR September Will probably report a
gain of S50O000
on these stories the Grangers improved any
where from "a 10 Is per cent, Rock Island selling
up 70 ~ 81 Paul to 12 Gh1cago 8ormgtoh % %
1O715. Union Pacific was higher at 1512g161s
the favorable outlook for the reorganization
Atchison, Missouri Pacific and Kansas Il Texas
preferred were also firm Sem[oficial statements
that the earnings OF the Manhattan are increasing
materially reduced caused an advance in the stock
named TO III. In the industrials Chicago Gasr rose
from 6S34 20 and receded to 6912 The reor-
ganization committee has applied TO the Stock
Exchange TO list the Central Trust Company's GER
1ificates of deposit for Fidelity Trust Company
certificates.
The committee controls 14I,6 500 shares in a
grand total of 250000 shares, and it is given out
that the Central Trust Company certificates will
lie placed regular list by the governors of the
the early trading on reduction in the price of re-
fined. Later rally from lOS14 TO 1O914 took
place. Leather sold at 16$4G7S$4, ex-dividend OF
, per cent. American spirits Manufacturing COM
mon, when issued, sold at 1412G145S. This COM
pany succeeds the old Distilling and Cattle Feed
ing Company. Speculation closed strong and $50
15s per cent higher, Rock Island leading.
$4,000 Central Pacific skies Of 1896 rose ! "a 10
Jog: Duluth and Manitoba sixes certificates, to
~: Kanawha and Michigan, fonrs, 3 20 50; Nash
vile and Chattanooga, sevens. l to 1872; Oregon
Short Line. sxes IA 10 1854; St; Paul, Chlcago
and Missouri River, tives, IA 10 1854; do l. and
NJ. seconds, IA to 1876; Savannah and Western,
consols iives, certificates % IA 20 o914' and Union
The Mercantile safe Deposit Company reports
silver bullion on hand. 1885 ounces; deposited,
H4s. 4se' "''"ufA"H' -Os' ''''i 1''''e' O'''''-
Grain and Merchandise.
NEW YORK. y. V. Oct. 15.-Flour firm, fair
demand. Winter wheat-Low grades, 80 50@2 so;
do. fair 10 fancy, 50 SOG3 45: do patents So so
as rs: Minnesota clear, So 1903 25 do straights
So 20613 so: do patents. $3 1904 20: low extras
So 25@2 so; city mills. So S5(94; do patents,$4 20
"a 45; southern -four hrm, quiet: common to fair
extra So lOG2 80: good 10 choice do, So 9O6l3 80.
C6rnmeal-Dull, steady. Yellow Western, 81 sc
a. 50.
Barley-NominaI; No. 2 Milwaukee, 46@5Oc;
Western 45@50c.
Wheat-Spot market. firmer, quiet: No. 2 red in
store and elevator 6Si4c: afoat, $3.50: f. o. b..
$3.50: No. Northern 675Sc.
Options opened strong at 70 advance and gained
IL on free local covering, foreign buying. better
West and light offerings; reacted 14@$s on
Holm iad nf huci
closing steady at 1s over yesterday with mOder
ate business. December and May only traded in
No red closed: October, 6634c December. 6T34 C
March, 701sc; May, 7O1sc.
Corn-Spots frmer, quiet; No. q 37s4c elevator
3S3kc afoat. Options were. quiet and advanced
Is local ouying and closed strong at 14G3sl
over yest erday. May and october most actlve
October closed BIC: November, 365sc; December
Oats-spots quiet firm: Options firmer, dull; oc
May, 20 7sc. Spot prices: No.2, 241ac; No. White
2512c; No. Chicago, 25A2c; No. 3: 2312c; No
White 2394c; Mixed Western, 25(Q26c; White do
25G30c; White State, 25@3Oc.
rigiron-Firm. fair demand; American. $l2 tt
Copper-Quiet. Lake. Sl2@l2 25.
Lead-Shade easier: Domestic. So 3714@S3 40.
Tin-easier. Straghis, S14 so. Plates, moderate
speiter-Dnil. Domestic, 50 1904 20.
S@7c; new. 7@I0c: Pacific Coast, sla@7c.
Wool : Firm, quiet; Domestic fleece, 16@22c
pulled, l5@34c; Texas, 9@l3c.
City. s5 75@5 80; October Sc 1919 nominal; re
fined quiet: Continent Sc as; s. A., Sc 80; com
pound, $45ad5.
Pork-Steady. Mess So 50@1O.
Butter-Fairly active; State dairy, 12@2lc
DO creamery, 221l2@23c; Western dairy, l0Q14c
do creamery, l4Q23c: do June, l6@21c; do fac
tory. s12@l212c; Elgins, 23c; imitation creamery
'11@16c.
Cheese-Firm, moderate demand. state large
614@9c: do fancy, 612@914c: do fancy, 9G14c
do small, 7@lOI4c; part skins, 312@712c; full
Skins. 21adl3c.
Eggs-Quiet; fancy firm; State and Penn
sylvania. 20t92lc: icehouse. l6@17c; Western
fresh. lSG20c: do n case, seas 80.
Talow-Quiet; easy. City, 5-16c: country
43s(145sc.
Cottonseed On-Firnl: moderate demand. Crude
2413c; yellow prime. 2Sc: do, good OF grade 27@
2714c-
Rice-Fairy active; steady, Domestic, $4,000
Japan, 35s(d334c.
Moiasses-Moderate demand: firm Foreigr
nonnal New Orleans open kettle. 26(d32c.
Coffee-Closed dull, unchanged up to point
down. October, $l5 30; November, SIS 25; De
cember..$l5 IS: May, $l4 40. Spot Rio dull steady
No. 4 l6@l61sc
sngar-Raw dull, steady. Fair refining 314
asked; centrifugals, SO test, $3.50. Refined quiet
Lice lower: of A, 5-16@l41hc: mold A. SC
standard A. 434c confectoners' 4, 45sc; cut loa
and crushed. 5ssc; powdered and cubes, SC
granulated, 434@5c.