The San Francisco call., 1896-11-01
NEW YORK MARnErs.
Financial.

NEW YORK n Y. Oct. 8l.-The stock market
to-day displayed far more activity than had been
expected. The brokers were busy making their
arrangements for the parade, but still they found
time io'execute the orders that drifted in e
suit OF The decisive action taken by the bankers
yesterday to relieve the stringency in money The
difficulty experienced in obtaining funds was
drawback TO the market from the opening OF the
week until yesterday. Saturday is always on
day in the money market, so that nothing of
I'm portant character looked for this morni ng
in the matter OF call loans
&. The light business done was transacted at 6@Il0
per cent The feeling among operators was de-
cidedly bulish on stocks and they utterly ignored
the decline OF 11s9l5s at London before the open
ing. A the ART here there wss regular rush to
buy and the shorts in their haste to cover bid
prices up on each other. Ar advance of 12 10 41s
per cent recorded rieht through the list, both
fnyestmpnt and speculative stocks sharing in the
Among the notable advances were AS in New
YORK State Gas, due 10 reports that suits in the
10 after of receivership will be Withdrawn and an
anicable arrangement perfected for ending OF
the financial comp ications in which the company
7s15. Atchisou preferred ia TO 24I4. Brook yn
Rapd Transit ia TO 81 Chicago Gas ! TO 7l!s,
10 c0f'9[s'ee 7414. DO pfeferred to i2s; Rocs Gs
Island IA TO 671a, Lake Shore 3 to 149,
Louisville ami Nashville ia to 4sIs. Manhattan
.21z to s4s4, Minnesota Iron 21@ TO 81, Kansas
and Texas "a 10 a2ss Jersey central 1sto rs
Toward the close safes TO realize profits there
s sc I5 z e Per Tsken
the feeling was confident. anI speculation left OF
firm in tone. Net changes show gains Of 1493 per
cent Lake SnOre leading.
Total sales were 122,o79 shares, including
21.lOo sugar, ii, 4UO Reading and 1900 st. Paul.
The bond market active and strong Sales
aggregated SIT GOO. Atchison fours rose TO 40:
Hooking Valley general SKIES, ~ 70 s914: sus-
iO514; oregon Short Line Skies certificates. 1 to
1lO; Reading frsts. ia 10 As; do seconds, rs TO
In Government bonds s25.O00 coupoi fours oil
1875 sold at 1891 1872 and $4,000 registered
fours or 1907 at 1o's4
Grain.
FLouR-steady. Winter wheat, low grades
81 2o@s 81 90 &C., fair a to snGs So 25@4 60
S. s5@4 90: low extras, = zoos s5: city mi Is
81 40G54 so; DO patents, 81 so@S IS; rye mixture
10 Kye four-sieady, quiet: 81 sO@3 10.
coRNMEAL-oulet steady; elbow Western
RYE-Quiet: Western, ss1ac c. i. +. Buffalo
BAkLEY-277s@ 81ac C. / I. Buffalo.
WHEAT-Spot market, dull. hrmeri T. o. b.
s41kc; ungraded red 72@s5c: No Northern
OPTIONS were dull and closed firm at 1sc advance
on hrmer cables, foreign buying, better Western
and local covering with trading light. No. req
NJ arch, SAC; May S3c; November 7S1se; Decem
CoEN-spot quiet, nrm. No. .. 9o7sc ele
options Were dun and firm at Il to s,sc advance
following the West; December 81 9sc; May
0ATs-spots dull. firm.
Options hrmer, dull December, 231zc; May
26J4c.
spot prices: No. 2, 221ac: No. 2 white. Csc
70. Chicago, 2312c; No. 3. ZO14c: No.
white, 23ci mixed esterns 22@24c. white do
22@S2c.
Provisions.
LARD-Quiet, frmer: Western steam. 81 e5
city. 81 S5: December, S4 b5. Refined slow; Con
tnentsI, So; South American, $5 50; compound
45s@41sc-
fORk-Steady; mess, SO b0a9.
BUITEk - Fancy, about ssehdy: western
dairy, 1S12c: do creamery, 121zG2Oc: do fac
tory. 7@1la4c: Elgins, zoe; initiation creamery
lC13Gl4c-
CHBESE-Quiet. steady; part skins, 31s96s4c
fa.l skins, 212(03c
EGGs-QuieL: icehouse. l41z@l6c; western
fresh, l60sI &c: case, 81 1894 20; lined, 1oc.
TALLOW-Quiet, nominal; CITY, 3ssc; country,
Sss g35sc. oo.,
yellow prime, 26c.
RICE-Firnl, good demand: unchanged.
MoLA sskS-Quiet; New Orleans, 25@39c
COFFEE Barely steady, to 10 points down
December. SO z6@l0 05; March, SO: May, SO 40
G10; July, $40 TO- spot Rio dull, hrmi No q
10Tsc.
sOGAR-Firm, fairly active; OF A. 37s@4c;
mold a. 41hc: standard A, 4Ac; coniecton-
ers' a, Alec; cut loaf, 47sc; crushed, 49sc pow
dered, 412c; granulated, 414c; cubes, 412c
Fruit and Produce.
RAIs1Ns-London layers, 81 1901 25; cius-
ters, 81 25Gl 40.
~ IIAChEs-Peeleo boxes 13G14c; unpeeed.
osa1012c.