The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-25
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now Yorh stoek market.

"NsA - SuocElul ruling. OOn-
tinued favorable interest in our securi-
ties was displayed by foreign dealers
ana an encouraging feature was the re.
port OF fairly large business by com
mission houses. The steadily increas-
ing gold reserve OF the Treasury, the
evidence Of the desire of capitalists to
employ idle money, as reflected in the
strength and activity of she railway
pond market, and substantial improve
ments In railroad earnings made up
part Of the bull programme. The
market closed active and strong with
substantial gains infmsny Shares Is
result OF the days trading.
CLOSING STOCKS were as rollows:
Atehison, 17x; Adams Express, l4sr
Baltimore and Ohio, as; chesapeake
n ana Ohio, TX; Chicago Burlington ami
quincy, 80H; Chicago Gas, COX; O. O. G.
and st. Louis, 80; DEL, Laokawanna
and Western, 162; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 1s%; Erie, 17H; Erie
preferred, ASK; Great Northern pre-.
ferred, lilo; Lake Shore, 149; Lead
Trust, 1888; Louisville and Nashville,
55A; National Cordage, 6ss; National
Cordage preferred, IL; N. j. Central,
1O8A; Norfolk and Western preferred,
sN; Northern Pacific preferred, 16%;
Northwestern, los IS; Northwestern pre-
ferred. las; N. Y. Central, 9S&; NY.
and New England, 46; Pacific Mail,
29A; Pullman Psiace, CLEO; Reading,
1875; Rock Island, TAX; st. Paul, 791e;
st. Paul and Omaha, 425S; Southern
Pacific, 90; Sugar Refinery, III;
Union Pacific, SIS; Western Union,
soS; General Electric, 35H; Southern,
10; Southern preferred, 90; Tobacco,
slS; Tobacco preferred, 10lN.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-Money on call
easy at 3@4 per cent. last loan 4
per cent, closed 3H@4 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5@7 per cent; ster-
ling exchange easier with actual BUSH
ness in bankers' bills at 4s74@4 s7x
for demand and 4.s6A@4.s6}s for SIXTY
days. Posted rates S7@487x and
4.sSH@4,s9. Commercial bills, 4s5N.
Bar silver, 67&. Silver certificates,
69A. Government bonds steady. State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds strong
petroleum weak, closed 1873 bid
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Wheat displayed
considerable activity to- day in marked
contrast to the stagnAnt condition
which prevailed last week. The routine
news was almost uniformly bullish and
closing prices showed an advance of
cent over Fridays final figures. Corn
and oats were also strong and gained
7e and 10 respectively. Provisions
were wesk and closed lower.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat, No. 9-February, opening,
62ss, closing, 83A; May, opening, s5,
closing, 65%; June, opening. IS. olos-
ing, 65ss; July, opening, IS, closing,
esq.,
Corn, No. 2-Februsry, opening, -,
closing, 2sH; May, opening. BOX.
closing. 3oS; July, opening. 3lgs.. clos
Ing. Sl%; September, opening, 3sS,
closing, SAX.
Oats No. 9-February. opening, -.
closing, 90; May, opening. 2lN, olus-
ing, 2ls6; July, opening, 2l14, closing,
BIS; September, opening, Six, closing,
slss.
Mess pork, per bbl.-February, op sn.
Ing, 1885, closing. 9.s; May, opening.
1000, closing, 95; July, opening.
1920, closing, 10.12x.
ing, 6.45. closing, $40; May, open
ing, 5.72M, closing, $40.
Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-February,
opening, OK, closing, sos; May,
opening, 5.22x. closing 30; July,
opening, 5.35, closing, $50.
Cash quotations. were as follows:
Flour firm; winter patents. $500
$50; winter straits, 5.OO@3 so; spring
patents, s.40@3.60; spring straits, 9 6O@
80; bakers, 2.10@2.4O. No. spring
wheat, 63@64ss; No. q spring wheat,
6aH@64H; No. 3red, 67%@6SM; No. 2
corn, 2sX;No.2 yellow, ssh; No. oats
COX; No. white. 2lh@s2; No.
white. 2e@slh; No. rye, 3s%; No
barley, nominal; No. 8, 27@a7; No.
4, S7@2s; No. flaxseed. 90; prime
timothy seed, 5.70@3.75; mesa pork per
bbl.. $4,000 90; lard per 100 lbs.. 5000
5.42k; short ribs sides (loose) 5sO5@
$40; dry sailed shoulders, (boxed) 4%@
S; short clear sides (boxed), 5A@5k
whiekey. distillers' finished goods, pei
gallon. 1872; sugars, cut loaf, 5.s7]S
granulated. 25A; standard A, 5.924.
Cincinnati Produce Aarket.
Cd&uNNATI, Ohio, Feb. 24.-Flou,
quiet and steady; fancy, 3.3O@ 8 go
family, 2ss0@3 10 Wheat scarce; No
Q red, 76%. Receipts, 1,70o; shipments
500. Corn active. firm; No. mixed
| 304. Oats firm. No. Q mixed, 22&. Rye
scarce, shade higher; No. Q. AZ. LARD
steady;5se5. Bulk meats quiet. steady
$50 Bacon steady, 5 6251@s.75. Wits
key, quiet, steady; sales 597 barrels q
LSs. Butter scarof; fancy Elgin cream
cry. et; Ohio. Is; dairy, 9 Sugar fairly
active, firm. Eggs steady, lilo. Cheese
quiet; good to prime Ohio fat, 9@9k
Barristers' Wigs.
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