The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 1S.-The stock mar
opened a shade lower, and during the first
fifteen minutes slight loss made. Reading
was a notable exception and recorded fractional
advance on good buying, by the report that the
Vanderbilt interests had gained control OF the
This story, however, was promptly denied by
Cornelius Vanderbilt, but by noon it had been
instrumental in attracting speculative attention to
the entire group of coal stocks and caused sharp
covering movement therein. AS result New
Jersey Central rose 23s. Delaware and Hudson
1ss, Reading l and Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western So.
The general list was also strong, but only ma
terial gains were made in the specialties About
II so a realizing movement was set on foot which
became great In force, and sent shares down
sharply from 214 per cent down to rs per cent.
The depression continued, and the last sales were
made with but few exceptions, at declines ranging
from IS to 11 per cent in the active list and per
cent in Great Northern preferred
Some of the specialtieS show gains the day,
including st. Paul and Duluth, 112 per cent;
Starch preferred ia per cent, and Tennessee Coal
Northwest preferred, per cent
The bond market was steady. Government
bonds firm: State bonds inactive; railroad bonds
easier.
The exports Of specie from the port of New York
for the week amounted to $2O3,S22 in gold and
silver, s55,osO: dry goods, $1,6o7,424; general
merchandise, s7,47s,6s6.
Grain and Merchandise.
Flour-Receipts, l2,7O0 bbls; exports, 5000
very firm. The excitement in wheat retards
buyers from operating their whests unsold. City
81 3oG4 so; Winter patents, So 60@4: Winter
straights SIS 3Ot93 65; Winter extras, So 1898;
Winter low grades. 50 25@2 20; Spring low grades,
Rye .Flour-Firm; sales, $50 bbs. Superfne,
So 65@S 75; fancy, So S5@4 %.
Wheat-Receipts 21S,O00 bushels; no exports;
sales 5,77oOOo futures; no SPOT Spot strong;
f. o. b. 7414c afioat; No. hard, 1870 delivered.
Options were active, eased under heavy realizing
by both outsiders and professionals. Gables were
firm, crop news oullsh and another cold wave re-
ported in the Northwest. final partial rally left
prices 14013sc lower, but on the curb there re-
newed excitement with outside buying and
@731sc, closed 727s; July, 7S1s97S 1890, closed
731sc; August, 7314(9731sc; September, 1910
7412c closed rs 5-16c; October, 741sc; Novem-
Der, T45s974Tsc, closed 74s4c; December, 1850
76c closed rs 1sc.
Hops-Weak; State common to choice Old 3@5c
1894, 4@9c: Pacific Coast, old, 3@5c; 1894, 4d9c.
Wool-Firm; domestic fleece, 16@2Sc; pulled,
19@24c.
Pigiron-steady; Scotch. 19@20c; America,
So 500l2 so.
Copper-QuIet: brokers' price, $40 So
Lead-Quiet: brokers' price, $3.
Tin-Plates market quiet.
Coiee-Options opened quiet, with March higher
by 10 points, and other months unchanged to 8
points lower. The market ruled generally firm on
Flora Cuna & Co.'s crop estimates, and some foreign
buying orders. Closed firm at unchanged prices to
10 points net advance. Sales, $3.50 bags, in
cludng: May, s14 1O915; July, $14 rs: September,
December, sl4 e0@14 TO- March, sl4 4O@14 So.
Spot Cofee-Dul and weak; No. 2, 1o12c; mild,
quiet; Cordova, 1S14@19c.
Sugar-Raw, firm. fair refining, &c; centrifugal,
No. z, S7s@4f 4f-i6c; No, s, $500 il-l6c; No. g.,
3 1-1694c; No. 10, 33463 11-16c; No. IL, 3 IL l6
@97sc; No. l2, 8 9-16G3szc; No. 13, $3.50; of A,
: 1lS@a5ge; mold 4, 4 ll-l6@47sc: sta, standard
cut loaf, 1-l6@J614c; crushed, 5 1-16@51Ac; pow
dered, 434@4 15-16c; granulated, 7-l6@45sc.