The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-09
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
New York STOCK Market.

ieit snort OF yesterdays
| total by about 10000 shares. The course
of prices was irregular, though the
trend was downward. The industrisls
ana grangers were the leaders in ac-
tlvity. London prices came lower and
foreign dealers were sellers in this
market. The domestic influences bear.
Ing upon the speculation included An
easier market for sterling exchange, a
nrmer tendency to rates for call money
ana com eroial paper, reports of inn
pendlng further advances in anthracite
ooai prices and advances Of sharp rate
cutting In Western railroad ra ses, The
general market opened weak and mod
erately active. The losses were con.
lined to fractional once, the most note
worthy being in Chicago Gas, Missouri
Pacific and Tennessee Coal. The
downward movement WAS soon checked
and recoveries followed, extending to
per cent. in Sugar. The improving
tendency was of short duration, how.
ever, as a vigorous raid against Leather
preferred sent that stock down2sk per
cent. and had depressing sympathetic
effect upon the general list. Around
11:3o O'Clock support was given to the
market and covering of shorts stimu-
lated general recovery
closing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, 2O%; Adams Express, $50;
baltimore and Ohio, 62N; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 19A; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, SIS; Chioago Gas, 66SS;C C. @. G.
and st. Louis, AK; Del, Lackawanna
ana western, 166; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 90; Erie, Tx; Erie
preferred. 25; Great Northern pre-
TERED, l2t; Lake Shore, $50; Lead
truss' "a 81 Louisville and Nashville,
61&; National Cordsge, SA; National
Cordass preferred. 15%; N. j. Central,
liz; Norfolk and Western preferred,
IA; Northern Pacific preferred, 1sx;
Northwestern, 1o4s6; Northwestern pre-
ferred, l47; N. Y. Central, lol4; NY.
and New England, 81; Pacific Mail,
30N; Pullman Palace, 172; Reading,
2o&; Rock Island, 1855; St. Paul, 1873;
st. Paul and Omaha. 43; Southern
Pacific, "a; Sugar Refinery, 1855;
Union Pacific, IA; Western Union,
9lS; General Electric, 37sSs; Southern,
l2ss; Southern preferred, 1888; Tobacco,
9o9s; Tobacco preferred, los.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Oct. s.-Money on call
nrm at 2H@3 per cent, last loan
per cent, closed per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 1905 per cent.
Sterling exchange weak with acsu al
business in bankers bills at 4.s7G1
s7H for demand and s6@4.s64
Tor sixty days; posted rates 4.S7@4.s7]6
ana 4.SS@4.SSM. Commercial bills,
4.s51s. Silver certificates, 67%@67X.
government bonds firm. State bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds flrmer.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Oct. S.-The flrmness OF
the Liverpool wheat market to-
day and the nervousness Of the
shorts here and elsewhere caused a
reversal OF the prices. December,
which closed yesterday at 5sM @5a, rose
to 6O}s and cloaed at 59%@59N. Corn
and oats sympashized with wheat to the
extent OF about Il per bushel and pro.
Visions closed practically unchanged.
The leading futures ranged TODAY as
follows
Wheat, No. s-October, opening,
5s1@5sA. closing, 5sh; December,
opening, 59@59sa@50]s closing, 5000
59N; May opening, 63%@65%, closing,
81. Corn, No. 2-October, opening.
29S, closing, 29%; November, opening,
20. closing, 29B; December, opening,
S7%, closing, 271s; May opening, 2s%@
30, closing, 80 Oats No. 2-October,
opening, Tx, closing, 17T; December,
opening l7S, closing, 17X. May. OPEN
ing, 2o3s@2oA,, closing, 2OA@2o96.
Mess pork. per bbl.-October. opening,
8 40, closing, s.37H. January, OPEN
Ing, 9 65, closing, 9.55. May, open.
Ing, $50, closing, 0 sax. Lard, per
100 lbs,-October. opening. 5s216.
closing, $50; January. opening, 5.s5,
closing, s so. Short ribs, per 100 lbs
October, opening, -, closing, S IS;
November, opening, 4 90. closing, 400;
January, opening, 4 30, closing, 4s7h.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; winter patents, 5000
400; straights, 3 40@5. 90; spring patents,
3.9o@4.25; bakers. S.1o@3 so; No. 2
spring wheat, 5sh@59h; No. 8 spring
heat .66H@5936; No Q red, 59A@
3015; No Q oats, Tx; No. Q white,
lSH @2O]s; No. 8 white, 16N@19%;
No. rye, 4OA; No. barley. nominal;
No. g. 25@4O; No. 4. 2O@3o; No. l, flax
seed, 9419; prime timothy seed, AGO;
mess pork, per bbl., s.37%@s. SO; lard
per 100 lbs. 5.sO@5.s21S; short ribs
sides Qoose) 5.25@5.3O; dry sailed
shoulders, (boxed) 5N@5%; short clear
sides. (boxed), 1906; whiskey, dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon, %;
sugars, cutloaf. 5.34; graduated, ATS;
standard A, 4.6s.
Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Oct s-Four
quiet; fancy, 1903 25; family, . $50
2 rs. Wheat dull, lower;No red. t66k@o
81. Receipts 7,1O0; shipments 300.
Corn quiet, lower; No mixed 32%
Oats weaker; No Q mixed 81. Rye nom
inal; No. 2, 45@46 Lard, steady,4.7O.
Bulk meats, steady, S rs. Bacon stead y,
700. Whiskey steady; Gales 495 bar
rels st l 90 Butter steady. Sugar firm.
Eggs firm, higher, lac. Cheese quiet.
THE Norfolk and Western will sell
round "trip tickets to Cloverdale to those
daairinn To a ttand tho EIaaan4ia III.