The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01
NEW. YORK. :MARKETs.
H
Financial.

i: NEW YORK N..Ai=. Dec. 3I,--Walk street was
in a walt ng mood to-day and the dealings at the
iStoclc HXGHafge i"ll on materially the sales foot
" ing mp only Is 6.l5 shares, and bonds Sl24S,OOO
-NotyGhs hstanding tae dullness, the undertone of
. fia market.yyas stronger than for week past and
CoiIsidefahy higher figures were recorded for the
: leadIn SISsues. Fhe strength of the market
TJe:jorthe; general impression that the Treasury
n1ent had made all the. necessary arrange
*Irents for placing big block of 4-percent bonds
. :Igith:New. York bankers. 80. -.
All rhe.iudications@ favored the idea that the
Issue Will be 500, 100000, the purchasing syndi
cate TO receive Nan option for 500, 600 900
additional: The leading banks were sounded
IS to their position in the matter. the amount
f<.god they could. furnish, etc. The scramble
- n: isolated cases as high l per cent was
paid by intending. purchasers of the bonds. In
fac, the hehef in a bond issne was 80 strong tina
III outweighed the. lower cables from London and
- ne furry iii the money markets and the trend of
prices for stocks, except for slight hestancy at
fne opening. was upward throughout.
T. ne gain in.pTices ranged from 12 to 212 per
cent and was most prou ouounced in the cases OF
Chicago Gas sugar. Louisville ana Nashville the
= grauEers, soUthNyes5erus, the Nanderbilts, West
strn- Union. I ennessee Coal ard Baltimore and
Ohio. sugar was in demand on the further ad-
vance in refined Baltimore an Ohio moved up
on covering Of short contracts by operators who
expected the company 10 default its January
interest; and Chicago: Gas improved on the ces-
safionl : + liuUidations by weak holders. Specua-
tion closed strong with prices at or near the best
fig res OF the day.. St,sPaul, which was the most
active oc Inquired for 80 500 shares: Sugar fol-
lowed with 6, 90 and Chicago Gas was third with
.Eonds sytre lower sales were 81 AS 900. Chi
~ cago and Erie firsts fell l12 to log; Denver and
Rio Crande fours, l12 TO S612: Iron Mountain
general lives ] to. rs; Lehigh Valley of New York
.- four ana a halls y to lO3; Manhattan Railway
Consolidated tours, 1 10 81; Fort Worth and Den
riry firsts 2l9 10 65IS: Northern Pacific sec
onds ) tosiOe: Rock Island debentnre fives, to
81; Union Pacific skies of 9S. l 10 104. Denver
and Cinif Conso1ated fivf.s i TO 30 and Wisconsin
Central fives TO 40 Wabash seconds rose l112
&c 72I2, and Ohio southern tours, l y to 2612-
IN government bonds $1,000 regular tours of
lrn1 lla-
The Mercantile Safe Deposit company reports
silver bullion on hand POS l3s ounces certificates
outstanding, 20o:<.:-
Hour Rull} steady: unchanged. Southern
C0KNMFiAL, +, Rye and Barley unchanged.
WHEATON,; easier. No red, store and ele-
vator, SOLE ai9s9 s,1 7lS; G. f. OF o b. 69%49g7O12c;
Options fairly active and irregular, closing
steady at isoa5s.; decline on foreign selling aud
active. %. red January, 66t4c; February, 6714c;
March 81 :sc; May, 661 &c ;.June and July; 6618c.
3512c afoat. options were dull and lser with the
West snd local realizing: j January. 3412c May.
uATs-DuIl, firm. Options quiet and strsdy:
Jarrary, 23l2c; February, 235Sc; May, 2412c.
No. 2 Chicago. 2414c; NO. 3, 2212c No. 8 white.
2si4c; mixed Western, 2S1&@2412c; do, white
and state, 24@2Sc: -. .:.-.-:
Provisions. -.
City, 80 II. Janua1yys5 50; refined, dull; CONT
neut ST 10; :. A., So 40; conn ound, "a 6212d5.
PORK-sieady; mess 50 1903 %.
BUTTER Dull unchanged. -
CHEESE Quiet; unchanged :. D. =.
eEGGS-( (hOiCe, firner. state and PENNSYLVANIA,
len26c: southern 1922: icehouse, 16@lSc: do
case. S3 1904: Western fresh, 20d pc do case,
SS 75G4 -; lined, l6I90l7c. -
TALLOW steady; quiet City, 31Sc; country,
37s614 jsc. ..-..
COTT0NSEED lOIL-,Steady: quiet. Crude,
24c: yellow prime. use; do OF grade, PIC
RICE-U nchanged: -: :-s-s
MOf.A -SES-Flrm; unchanged
(OEEEE-BareIN steEdY; lUtG2U points down.
March, $l3 so: MAY $I5; July, S12 SO; Septem-
Der, ST. 10. spot Rio; dun, steady; No z. 141ac.
SUGAK-Raw active; firIner; fair refining
53sc; cenlrfugals go test 33 refined active, 1sc
higher: OIL A. o. $685. mold a, 5J4c; standard
\. 5c coufectoners A, 47sc; cut loaf and crushed,
55sc; powdered and cubes 5H4c; grannlated, 5@
Fruit and Produce:
CALIFORNIA FRUITS: "a Apficots-Rags, 1014
PEACHES Peeled, 15c; :unpeeled, 5s40s1hc.
PKu uHES-Four sizes. .51s4512C.
MuscateI. 3crown, 5C6514 4esdo 4*crown, 4Ca4I4c
ALMONDS - Paper shell, lf@l2c; do,. soft
shell. l0alO12c.'
WALNC1s-standard, .619@7c;. DO soft-shell ,
S12dlUc.
H0Ps-DuIl unchanged. London market il n
changed -:
WCoL-Firm, unchanged. '...<
Merchandise. 49,. 3:
ZIG IRON-Dull, unchanged
COPPEB-Dull. Lake. $40.
LEAD-Easy. Domestic. SIS l21s93l5.
TIN-Dull. straits, $l2 z5Gl3 20; plates, quiet
SPELL kR-N omiEal Domestic. 50 3d. "