The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-05
FINANCE AND COMMERCE,
New York stock Market.

anu bonds having an international
range being cUaspicuously weak. The
! moVemen5 was unexpected in Wall
| Street aud cables from the Leading
foreign tnancial centres were more re-
assuring: Inc approach of the election
day holiday, too, had been expected to
pe marked as usual by the evening up
Oh snort contracts. The continued
strength OF the foreign exchange mar.
ker still exerts an unsettling inauence.
although 1t Is alleged that memters OF
the late government bond syndicate are
ready to play an effective part, If
! necessary, to prevent gold exports The
general market opened weak, and aside
from slight hals at the opening and
again around delivery hour the trend of
prices were steadily downward. In the
usually Inactive stocks exceptionally
severe declines occurred. The dis
trioution of the dealings was wider than
for long time pass. Tho close was
weak at the lowest prices of the day.
closing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, 1875; Adams Express, $50;
Baltimore and Ohio, 591S; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 1914; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, SO; Chicago Gas, 661l; G. @. G..
and ST. Louis, 4OA; Del. Lackawanna
and Western, 16s; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co.,, 2l9<; Erie, 1lH; Erie
preferred. 22S; Great Northern pre-.
| ferred, 122; Lake Shore, 147; Lead
Trust, BIZ; Louisville and Nashville,
| 1926; National Cordage, IA; National
| CordaKe preferred, IA; N. j. Central
107; Norfolk and Western preferred,
| II; Northern Pacific preferred, l61s;
Northwestern, 104}s; Northwestern pre-
ferIed. 146; N. Y. Central, 99Js; N. Y.
and New England, As; Pacific Mail,
26%; Pullman Palace, l66; Reading,
lax; Rock Island, 731s; St. Paul, 74H;
st. Paul and Omaha, 30<; Southern
Pacific, 90; Sugar Refinery, loo5s;
Union Pacific, lON; Western Union,
BON; General Electric, 90; u.hern,
1lsi; Southern preferred, SO; Tobacco,
s9%; Tobacco preferred, 1OSH.
New York Money Market.
New YORK, Nov. 4-Money on call
easy at per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper 4@5A per cent. Sterling ex-
change firm with actual business in
bankers bills at 4s8@4sS% for de-
mand and s7X@4 SO for sixty days;
posted rates .ss1s@4.s9H. CONNER
cial bills. 4s6%@4 SIX. Silver GER
tihcates. 6s@6sA. Government bonds
irregular. State bonds inactive Rail-
road bonds weak.
| Chicago Market.
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trade to-day corn improved a email
fraction; but all the other chief specu -
lative markets finished much the same
as Saturday.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat, No. 2-November, opening,
67M, closing, SIS; December, opening,
bsh, closing, 5s%; May, opening, 60 a
closing, 63h.
Corn, No. s-November. opening, % Il
closing, 2sN; December, opening,
90Ss' closing, s7%; May, opening
297s, closing, 29A.
Oats No. a-November, opening
1879, closing, 1917; December, opening
oSx' closing, 1917; May opening
Mess ''i pork, 'Of per bbl.-November
opening, =, closing, $50; January
opening. sax closing, 9l7K; May
opening, $50, closing, $50.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-November open
Ing, -, closing, S SIS; January, open
ing, -, closing, 65; May, opening,
5 s71f, closing, 5.s715.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs.-November
opening, -, closing, ass; January
opening, 4.57, closing, 4.62H; May,
opening, -, closing, 4.s2S.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents, 3.15@
$50; straights, 2.s5@a.5O spring
patents, S.l5@3.50; spring straights
2S5@s90; bakers, 1.S5@2.3O; No. z
spring wheat, 5s@5s%; No. spring
wheat. =; No. Q red, 5s%@61N
No. corn, 2sH@299S; No. yellow,
29H@29X; No. Q oats, 1871; No. Z
white, =; No. 8 white, -; No. &
rye, 81; No. barley, nominal; No. 8
-; No. 4. =; No. faxseed, 9116
prime timothy seed, 3.6O@a.65; mess
pork per bbl.. s.25; lard per 100 lbs,
5.571S@5 short ribs sides Qoose)
55; dry salted shoulders, (boxed) 4%@
AZ; short clear sides (boxed), 4%@4X
whiskey, distillers' finished goods, pc,
gallon, 1.22; sugars, cut loaf, 5.57
graduated, 4.s5; standard a. 4.s2.
Cincinnati Produce Market
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Nov. 4.-Flou,
steady, fancy, s.O0@3.2O; family. 26O@
$50. Wheat quiet; No. red, o6
Receipts, $500; shipments, 1000 Corr
eteady; No mixed, ear new, 81
Oats dull; No. mixed, 30. Rye, nom
inhl; No. 2, Al. Lard active; 5.45. Bulk
meats, firm, 4.s716. Bacon, firm, e.25,
Whiskey steady; sales $50 barrels at
1.22. Butter in fair demand. Sugar
easier; hard refined, 5H@5H. Eggs
| quiet, firm, Ice. Cheese firm; good to
prime Ohio dat, 9@sH.
INDIAN Territory Town Sites.
Ex-senator Henry L. Dawes, tho
chairman Of the Indian commission, SAYS