The San Francisco call., 1896-04-29
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, N Y, April 2S.-Trading at the
Stock Exchange was light to-day, only lat. 500
shares changing hands. During the early dealings
the tendency OF prices was upward, and prices ad-
vanced anywhere from Is TO per cent, the i'm
provement being most pronounced In the case of
the Grangers Consolidated Gas and the speciaIties
London bought the Grangers and local operators
also purchased these stocks. The favorable earn
ings recently reported have had stimulating in
fuence In the late training business picked up
but the increase at the expense OF values
Foreign houses were sellers of st Paul and other
international stocks, the developments in South
Africa having induced foreign liquidations. In the
aggregate the sales for this account were light.
Manhattan was rather heavy and fell from 1lO3l
TO lOs@lOSs4. The decline in the active railway
list ranged from "A TO per cent. In the indus
trials sugar the feature. The stock ranged be-
tween l24@ 1884 and closed IS per cent lower on
the day at l2414- Tobacco first rose to 1874 and
then fell to 7l12 Speculation closed weak in
tone. Net changes show losses of 14@Sl per cent.
Consolidated Gas exception, gaining 2
Bonds were higher. The sales aggregated sl,-
3s0,UO0. Oregon Improvement first skies rose 2
10 81. and Northern Pacific Collateral skies certif-
Gates 12 10 95.
In Government bonds $4,000 coupon fours of
IsZ3 brought SYstGl19, and $1,000 coupon fours
OF 9o7, l0s34.
FLOUR - Dull; winter wheat, low grades.
81 20@3; do fair to fancy, so s503 S5 do patents
straits, S393 80; do patents, SO 45@4 35; low
grade extras 81 20@3; city mills. $4 l00l4 20: do
patents. g 5 soS4 80; rye mixture, 50 6o@s so;
dull, steady: common 10 fair extras, So 4O@a3:
good gso 70 s; choice do. s3@3 30 Rye flour quiet,
-40142c.
CORNMEAL-Quiet, steady; yellow Western
az 20@2 20: Brandywine, 81 20.
RIE-Firm; Western, 4614c; State 47sl m4Sc
BARLEY-Quiet, steady; ungraded Western,
BARLEY MALT-Nominal: Western. 4sA53e
WHEAF-Dnll, easier; +. o. b., TIC to arrive:
ungradeo red, 7O@SOc: No. Northern. 727sc TO
Options dull, closing weak at 14C03sc decline.
NO NO red MAY, 7o32c; June, July and September,
c0RN-Dull; easier. No. 2. s5s4c elevator:
36s4c aioat.
Cline April. 351Sc; May, s51ac; July 56ssc;
oATs-ModefativeIy active, easier.
Opuons-Dull, steady: May, 2414c
Spot prices: No. 2. 251ac: No. z, white 2615@
2S1Rc: white state. 26G2S1ac.
FEED BRAN 6OG6211c
MIDDLIN GS-62Q7Oc
RfE-Feeo, 65@7Oc.
Provisions.
BEEF-Quiet easy. Family SO 5O@ll; extra
mess SIgS. Beef hams. dull; $14@l5 80; tierced
Deef. STEADY: city extra India mess Sl46al5 so.
cut meats, slow; picked bellies. ~ fbs 4slc; do
shoulders, 41a@4s4c; picked hams. sls@Sc -
city. $4 SO; May. SO. Refined. quiet: con.
tnent: 80 80; South American. So rs: compound,
PORK-Active, steady. Old mess. ssms so.
BU1I = Good demand: choice. firm state
a dairy' ,s S,esgl4l2S; do creamery, lo@l5c Western
dalIy. old, i9Se; DO creamery, lO@l5c: do held
9Gl1c; do factory 76dlOc; Icigins Inc. tynitatJon
creamery. 93&@ll1 l1sc.
CHEESE Quiet. State large h0oaLc. do
fancy. e12@l112c; do small. 41acoiOc; part sk,ms
3@415c: full SKINS 2Vg21sc.
EGGS Large recelpta Fancy, steady State and
pennsylvania, l1H2c; Southern, 9@10c; Western
fresh, l0@1112c.
TALLow-ouiet. easy. City, 1886: country.
3ss@315c
CoTTONSEED oIL-Quiet, steady Crude. 22c.
yellow, prime, 2b14@9251zc; do, OF grade 23la6,
2512c. - 1zS
RESIN-Ffrm. Strained common 70 good AZ.
TCRPENT1NE-Quiet steady. 29@2e1ac,