The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, NY. Feb. l4.-London selling,
due to the reOpenng of the Trausvaal question, had
an unfaYorable effect on the stock speculation this
morning. The early loss equal TO "A to "a per
cent, and hearty every prominent railway stock
on the list participated in the downward move
ment. The decline was checked soon after the
opening by heavy buying OF Sugar and Chicago
Gas. Sugar moved up from 1l2A TO 115 and
Chicago Gas from 6S to 6914. The rise in the first
named was credited to purchases for lower Wall
street interests. while Chicago Gas was bought by
operators who believe that the Illinois Supreme
committee.
The strength OF the stocks named had good
effect the general list and the grangers Louisville
Hudson and Lead preferred, all scoring higher
figures In the afternoon the feeling was less CON
fident the steady Withdrawals OF gold from the
Sub-Treasury pay for the new bonds. the failure
OF outsiders to respond TO the decisive defeat of the
radical silverites in Congress yesterday and the de-
cline in Government bonds having led TO sales for
both the long and short accounts.
Manhattan was conspicuous, breaking from lOlb
TO lO7. sugar fell from lis to 1872, Burlington
and ana Quincy .59y from sl1a to So Tobacco
69l4 10 67l4, St, Paul from 775.s to 1872 Rock
Island from 1872 TO 72l4, General Electric from
325s 10 81 and Louisville and Nashville from
tias broke s14 TO 1882 and Pullman 212 to l59
Cleveland, Lorraine aud Wheeling preferred rose
21a 10 52l2 and Illinois Steel 10 20. Near the
close the general market displayed little more
steadiness and prices rallied fractopally.
Net changes showed a loss of 1403 per cent.
Sugar and Leather preferred, however gaiued 1C9
lls per cent. Total sales were 10000 shares.
Bonds were higher, sales aggregacing $1.l49-
600. Chicago. Burlington and Northern fives rose
1Ia TO l0412; cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis
ana Chicago fours ~ 10 81; Kansas and Texas
seconds. ! 20 81; Northern Pacific seconds. 11a to
1o9; st. Louis and san Francisco general SKIES
2I2 TO l0612; Toledo. Peosa and Western fours
1%s TO 1873 Missouri Pacific consol rust fives
dropped TO 90. In Government bonds S55S. 600
coupon fours OF 1925 brought ll5 zs9ll6; $4,000
registered 1854.
FLOUR Dull. steady, before. Southern
hour-Dull, before. Rye hour-Ouiet, firm
Buckwheat -four, 30ql 35.
Bt CkM HEAT-4l642c.
CoRNMEAL-Qmet; yellow Western, 81 20
a. %; Brandywine, 80 20.
RNE-Nominal. before.
BARLEY-Nominal. No. 2 Milwaukee, 45c de-
hVeTed; ungraded Western. 3S12@45c
BARLEY MALT-Nominal, as before
WHEA1-Fairiy active. firm. No. 2 red, store
s2c: ungraded red, 67@s3c: No. Northern, 1881 G.
Options opened weak at 14c decline on local
realizing. rallied 7salc with the West fell 7sc
on liquidation, closed weak at 1s@14c below yes
terday May and July most active. No. 2 red,
February, 7324c; March, 745sc; May. 721sc
coRNEDnil firm. No. ?, se1z@3es4c eleva-
tor; 3I12d3734c atioat.
options were dun aud firm at unchanged prices
May most active February, 369sc; May, 3614c;
OATS-Steady. Options uull, easier February.
2512c; May, 255sc. Spot prces-No. 2, 251ac;
No. ? white, 26l2@2634c; No. 2 Chicago 6I2c
Western, 2bg2o12c; white State and Western
FEED BRAN-As before
Provisions.
BEEF-Dun Beef hams. duh, $l5 so. Tierced
beef, quiet: city extra India mess. S15@l6: cut
steady, quiet picked bellies, ~ lbs, 414c;
shoulders, 414G434c: picked hams S12(deS34c.
LARD-QuieI. nominal; Western steam. S5 SO;
city. 50 20; May, So. Refined, dull; continent
$6lG6 25; compound. 81 75d5.
POEk-Quiet, firm: mess, SO 50GSl0 10.
BUTTER-Cho.ce fairly active, hrm: State dairy,
9GlSc do creamery, l3Gl6 l6ly2c: Western dairy.
l0@lsc: do creamery. l3Gl9c; do he'd. 12@19c
90 factory, S1sad12Iac: Elgins, Ice: imitation
creamery. il6ll5c: rolls SG12c.
CHEESE Moderately active and firm State,
large. 1014c: do fancy, l014c do small, 6@1O34c;
part Skins. 314G17c: full Skins, 112(G3c
EGGS-Quiet, lower State and Pennsylvania,
l414@141aci Southern, 13s4@l4c; case, 81 1898;