The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-07
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York Stock Marhot

NEW YORK, May 6.-The share spec.
ulotion opened for the week strong in
tone and fairly active and during the
hrst hour prices advanced steadily.
Then came slight reaction which was
OF brief duration and the upward move--
ment was resumed and continued in
force until around delivery hour. At
this time Reading began to show signs
OF weakness and other coal shares be-
came depressed In sympathy, resulting
In sharp decline which was most
marked in New Jersey Central. The
general list was affected by the weaks
ness OF the coalers and fell off fraction,
but the declining tendency was quickly
checked, and in the last half hour the
losses were to q large extent recovered
and the market closed strong and in q
majority of cases at advance of final
sales Of Saturday.
Closing stocks were as follows.
Atchison, 5%; Adams Express, 142;
Balsimote and Ohio, 81; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 1sH; Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy, 1879; Chicago Gas. 1883; G Q. G.
and st. Louis, AZ; Del. Laokawanna
and Western. 160; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 1879; Erie, 12as; Erie
ferred, 103H; Lake Shore, 143X; Lead
Trust, 341s; Louisville and Nashville,
81; National Cordage, 6%; National
Cerdage preferred, 10; N. j. Central,
95H; Norfolk and Western preferred,
15%; Northern Pacific preferred, 21S;
Northwestern. 971s; Northwestern pre-
ferred, 141 1s;N, Y. Central, 90; N. Y,
and New England, 41M; Pacific Mall,
24%; Pullman Palace, 174; Reading.
l6s6; Rock Island, 67sS; ST. Paul, "a *;
81. Paul and Omaha. 35s6; Southern
Pacific, 1915; Sugar Refinery, 114X;
Union Pacific, 1917; Western Union,
94A; General Electric, "a; Southern,
l4ss; Southern preferred, 40; Tobacco,
1o3S; Tobacco preferred, 100.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, May 6.-The bears were
winners in tooday's ironing in the wheat
market. July closed l%c lower. The
soaking rains and lowor cables caused
the decline. July corn closed 40 lower
and July oats $50 lower. Provisions
closed practically unchanged.
The leading futures ranged to- day as
follows:
Wheat, No. s-May. opening. esx,
closing e2H; September, opening. sax
@6s%, closing, 62sS@esN. Corr No. 2
May, opening, 49ss. closing, 40; July,
opening, %94@49Mi closing, 49A@4e1;
September. opening, 49X@5oh, closing,
49&@4s&. Oats No. 2-May, opening,
ISIS, closing. 2S%; June, opening, 2sE,
closing, 2s%@2s%; July, opening, ask,
closing, 2sH Mess pork. per bbl.-July,
opening IL 95, closing IL 95; September,
10 1216, closing, 12.121<. Lard, per loo
lbs. July. opening, 626 closing, 6 65;
September. opening, 80, closing, 6 80.
Short ribs, per 1O0lbs July, opening,
o5, closing, o.lo; Septem Der, opening,
40, closing, 25.
Cash quotations were rs follows:
Flour; winter patents. 3.IO@3. 40;
winter stralghts, 2.90@3.15; spring pat
ents .2o@3,75; spring straights, e.4O@
5.95; Bakers, 1 $500 40; No. Q, spring
wheat, 65@o5H; No. spring wheat,
nominal; No. cred, 61@6lH; No. corn,
40; No. yellow, 4s1s; No. oats, 2sk
No white, 32N@34; No. 3 white, a2x
@32H; No. rye, g.; No. 2 barley, SIX
No. g. 50@52; No. 4. nominal; No.
flaxseed, l.24K; prime timothy seed
$50; mess pork, per barrel, IL sO@11. 90;
lard, per 100 lbs, SIS; short ribs sides
Qoose), 6.15; dry sailed shoulders
(boxed) 5%; short clear sides, (boxed)
6A@6ss; whiskey, distillers' finished
goods per gallon. 1.22; sugars, cut loaf
4.40; granulated d 25: standard toL