The San Francisco call., 1896-03-25
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, n. Y, March 24.-Stocks were
depressed until late in the day, lower quot ations
from London, the advance in sterling exchange
and the selling of about 5000 shares of st. Paul
and Louisville and Nashville for foreign account
having encouraged the local bears. The advance
in sterling exchange appeared 10 encourage the
latter, and they added to their outstanding lines
There some talk about gold shipments in the
future and this with the revival of the rumors
about a DOWNTOWN bank being in trouble,
terialy assisted those operating for lower prices
= coed deal heard again about the unsatis-
factory conditions of trade but certain officials of
financial institutions in the neghborhood OF Wall
street of the opinion that this feature of the
com merciaI situation had been exaggerated for
effect. The early loss in prices ranged from " 10
per cent and was well distributed, the Indus
trials, the Grangers. Louisville and Nashville.
Reading, Northern Pacific preferred and Western
Union all being prominent in the decline. Wash
ington firms again sellers OF the active list.
In the last hour Chicago Gas bounded up from
651s to 671 on an unconfrmed report that the
company intended resuming dividends The rise
in the stock alarmed the smaller shorts, and an
advance of 14d11s per cent followed. General
Electric the Grangers, Louisville and Nashville,
Manhattan, Kansas and Texas preferred and
Northern Pacific preferred leading. Speculation
closed steady in lone. Net changes were slight
either way. Sugar, however, lost l1z per cent.
Total sales 1880 shares.
Bonds were lower he sales footed up S., I,2l7,
000. Cleveland and Canton fives certificates fell
to s012; East rennesse first sevens, 2 to lO9;
Louisville and Nashville unified fours, 112 to
771a; Northern Pacific frsts, l12 to 1141.: do
seconds, ia to l0s12; St. LOUIS Southwestern
In Government bonds $500 coupon fours of
1925 sold at 1854, and $4,000 do registered at
ll6S4@1l61s.
graoes, So 25@2 S5: do fair to fancy, So s503 90:
do, patents, 50 90G4 25: Minnesota clear, 81 FOG
8 30: do, straits, $3t@3 so: patents So 55t14 rs;
low extras. 81 25@2 So city mills "a 15fg4 20;
do, patents, 81 2O94 20: rye mixtures, 81 50@
3 80: superiine, $2@2 so; fine. s2@2 80. South
ern flour, dull easy; common 10 fair extra,
81 4O@3; good to choice. 1898 30. Rye -four,
quiet, steady at 81 6u@2 SIS.
CkWHEAT-40G4134c
CORNMEAL-dell, steady; yellow Western,
81 2OG2 IS: Brandywine. 81 20.
RNE-Nomina: Western, 49@51c.
BARLEY-euiet: ungraded Western, 4O@47c.
BARLEY MALT-Quiet; Western, 50@56c.
WHEAT-Dull, hrmer No. REQ, store and
s049c; ungraded red, 63@slc; No. Northern,
lowing the West and on local covering. May and
July most active. No. red March, 7O3sc:
April, .01ac;,May and June, 691ac; July, 6919c;
GoRN-DuIl, firm; No. 2, SIC elevator; 3sc
atoat.
Options were dull and steady at 1sc decline on
local realizing and with the w st: May most ac-
tive; March, 371ac: MAY. 3514c, July, S61sc.
OAT--Dnll and easier
May, 2414c. Spot prices: No. 2, 2412 2@2434c: NO.
2 white, 26l4c: No. Chicago, zas4c: No. 3,
25g26c: white do 26g2Sc, and white State,
26G2Sc
EEED-Bran, 6O(db242c.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
RYE-Feed, 6212@65c.
Provisions.
BEEF-Quiet. Family, Sl0@12: extra mess,
81 5e@S. Beef hams dull; $l4 5O@l5. Tierced
beef, inactive, weak; city extra India mess. $3.50
Is so. Cut meats. dull, easy. Pick ed bellies, z
lbs, 47sc; do shoulders, 412@4S4c; do hams s1a
@9c.
LARD-Dull: lower. Western steam, s5 40; city,
ST. SO; May, $5 45. Refined, sseady continent,
50 75 south American. ST 10: compound. 45sc.
PORK-Quiet, weak. Mess SO 5G@l0.
BUTTER = steady. State dairy, l0@20c;
do creamery, 15@1Sc; Western dairy, 10gl4 4c:
do creamery, 12@22c: do held, l2@lSc: do fac