The San Francisco call., 1896-03-11
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK. \. Y, March l0.-There were
few features OF interest to the railway and mis-
cellaneous speculation to-day. Tobacco, as of
late, monopolized speculative attention, and
100 500 shares. The stock first declined 70 to ~,
and then on heavy transactions rose to 1s, with
a subsequent reaction to 74Ss974$4. The advance
in this stock was ascrbed covering of short
contracts There little doing in Cotton Oil,
and the stocks frmer, the common rising
112 to 15 and the preferred 12 to 6O14 house
credited with Vanderbilt connections was the
heaviest BUYER and II also said that the COM
pany had floating debt.
This started q latent short interest in covering
the result Just noted. Sugar quiet and Gen
eral Electric firm. Leather preferred broke IA
TO 595s and the stock lacked support. In the
railway list Baltimore and Ohio in fair reque st,
advancing to 1S All the Gould stocks were in
of tn. Western Union and Manhattan to make the
usual distribution to stockholders had favora-
bic influence. The report OF the Missouri Pacific
for the year ended December 81, 1896, strength
ened that stock for time.
The grangers. internationals trunk lines and
anthracites were without feature and the trading
in them was Oh an unusually small scale Specu-
lation closed quiet and firm in tone. Net changes
show advances of 1906, Manhattan leading. To-
bacco gained Hs. while Leather preferred fell Ia.
BONDS were dun and firm. The sales footed up
S1,32S,O00 Baltimore and OHIO Consolidated
fves rose ! TO 90; do fves of 1925. 13s to 81;
Lake Shore second consolidated sevens, 11s TO
12055; Northwestern gold sevens l to 1877
Union Pacific skies of 1898, l to l043s; do of
1899, TO 105 and Wisconsin Central fives GER
tificates, TO A.
In Government bonds sl55,OOO coupon fours of
1925 brought 117@1l71s; $1,000 coupon fours OF
1907, ll0l4.
Grain.
FDOU R-Dull. easy. Winter wheat, low grades
So 50G3 do fair TO fancy. So S513 80: do patents,
So 90@4 10; Minnesota clear 81 70tg3 80; Mime
sofa straits S3@13 SO. Minnesota patents So 35td
80; low extras, So 50@3 city mills, S4 1894 %
city mills patents, 81 30t@4 AS; rye mixture,
So 5093 30; superfne, 81 1902 10; fine S2@2 55.
Southern fiour-Quiet; common to fair extra
81 1908; good TO choice, s3@3 80. Rye 1our-Dull,
easy; So 60@2 s5.
BUCKWh EAT-40G41c.
CoRNMEAL-Quiet, steady; yellow Western
81 20(dS2 25 Brandywne. So 20.
RYE-Stare, 49c delivered; Western, 4815c
BARLEY-More active and firm; No Milwau-
kee 45c
BARLEY MALT-Firm. Western 55@5sc
WHEAT-Spot market dull. ess er with options
No rec store ana elevator 1875; afioat, Sic;
1. o. b., s012dS1 12ci ungraded red, 69@83c; No.
Northern 7412c.
options dun and weak at 1a@5sc decline on
easier cables lower West and local realizing. May
and July only traded IN. No. 2 red, March 1880:
April 1884 C: May, II 1ac; June and July 7lisc
CoRN-Firm, dull. No 2, 405sc elevator; All 5sc
a1oal.
Options dull and firm at 1sc advance on higher
w st and local covering; May most active. March
3Sc; May. 361sc; July, SIC.
OATS-Dull. easier.
options dull, nominal; March, 251ac; May
white, 23c: mixed Western, 26@27c: white do
z7G29c; white State. 27@29c.
FEED-Bran 600621ac.
MIDDLINGS-65(67oc.
RYE-Feed, 62 213@65c.
Provisions.
BEEF HAMS-Quiet at sl4 50@15: tierced beef
ste adv, dull; city extra India mess, $3.50 l6 so
meals, better dena and: picked belies, ~ lbs
434@47sc: do shoulders, 412c; do hams. S1a@
sac
LARD-Quiet, stronger. Western steam. IS 6211a
city, So; May, SIS SO. Refined. quiet: continent
90 80; South American. So Is; compound, 45s@
fzsc.
PoRK-Actiye, firm. Mess, sl0@l0 So