The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-01
FINANCE AND coMmERcs
Now York stook Marhet.


NEW YORK, Dec. aI-The etcck mar.
ket to doy was essentially PROBES
eional one, as was to be expect ted in
view OF tho closing Of the year and the
evening up OF contracts incidental
tneretc. The dominating influences WAS
the impending Government bond issue.
concerning which for, asts were made
moro definite than heretofore. Messrs,
y. +. morgan IL Co. are the menagers
OF the syndicate and will apportion the
al!otmenss to the other mem bers, re-
ceiVlnR com mission Of per cent. The
Important point about the deal ia that
the syndicate does not guarantee TO
guard the Treasury gold reserve.
Inc confident sentiment that the
treasury relief measures would be
eheotive caused the traders to disregard
lower quotations for Americans In the
London market. The dealings for that
account by the arbitrsge houses were
Insignificant, prices In the local mar
ket improved sharply, chiefly on the
covering OF short contracts and some
STOCKS, however. on special influences
attracted buying for long account.
Sugar, for instance, gained tx per cent
on reports OF advances In prices of
foreign and domestic sugarn. Only
$4,000 in gold was Withdrawn for shin.
ment to South America. The market
closed strong and at the beat prices Of
the day.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, 14E; Adams Express, 143;
Baltimore and Ohio, so; chesapeake
and Ohio, SO; Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy, ~; Chicago Gas, 65%; O. O. G.
and ST. Louis, 35k; Del. Laokawanna
and Western. 159; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 15Ai9Erie, 14N; Erie
preferred: saN; Great Northern pres
ferred, ITO; Lake Shore, 140A; Lead
Trust, 25Bi Louisville and Nashville.
45S; National Cordage, SIS; National
CordaHe preferred, 1O3s; N. ]. Central,
10O8; Norfolk and Western preferred.
8; Northern Pacific preferred, 36x
northwestern, 99ss; Northwestern pre-
ferred. las; N. Y. Central, OF; N. Y,
and New England, As; Pacific Mail,
26%; Pullman Palace, 1853; Reading,
4fh; Rock Island, 679s; St. Paul, 6sX;
81. Paul and Omaha, 35sk; Southern
Pacific, COX; Sugar Refinery, lO2X;
Union Pacific, 3H; Western Union,
o9N; General Electric, 25sz; Southern,
"a; Southern preferred, 2s6; Tobacco,
TIN; Tobacco preferred, 100
New York Money Market.
New YORK. Dec 31.-Monev ON call
at 3@35 per cent, last loan per cent. i,
closed easy per cent Prime mercan-
tile paper ego per cent; sterling ex-
change dull and lower with actual bus.
mess In bankers bills at 4ss%@4 SO for
demand and 4.S7H@4.s7& for sixty
days. Posted rates 4. 1904 80 and sa@
4.s0N. Commercial bills, 4.s6h. Silver
certificates 67@67%. Bar silver, e6M,
Government bonds firm. State bonds
dull. Railroad bonds dull.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3l.-Wheat bid the
old year goodbye with It's bull hat
cooked on the side OF its head and its
nose In the air IN derision at the dis-
comlorted bears. 1t closed with gain
OF ", after an early decline of Il.
Corn and oats did not change their
value materially for future deliveries,
but the cash stuff was weaker. Provis-
ions sold off on increased receipts of
| hogs.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
| follows.
Wheat No. 2-December, opening.
56S, closing 56Sl; January. opening
56S, closing. 56s<; May, opening, 5000
| 59sA, closing, 59%.
Corn. No. 2-December, opening, 25x,
closing, 95E; January, opening, esq;
| closing, 25N; May, opening. 234,
cloeing, 2sBiJ July, opening. 20, closing,
| 80.
Oats No. 2-December, opening, -,
closing, II; May, opening, 10, closing
19@19A.
Mess pork, per bbl.-Decemb Der,
opening, -. closing, 775; jan
uary, opening, $40, closing 571f; MAY,
opening, 9.o5, closing, s.771S.
Lard, per 100 lbs December OPEN
ing, -, closing, 5.22H; January
opening, 27N, closing, 5271; May,
opening, 5.55, closing, 5.55.
Short ribs, per 100 Dec em Der,
opening, =. closing, 4.17k; January.
opening, 25, closing, 4.l7k; May,
opening. ASS, closing, 4 52]s.
Cash quotations were as follows:
3.15@5.4o; soft. 3 1O@3.aO. No. spring
wheat. 57@57%; No. spring wheat,
56H@561; No Q red 6lX@62, No. 3
corn, 25h@25%; No. . yellow. s5%@
s5%; No. Q oats, TX; No. Q white. l0H;
No, white, 17@l9; No. rye. 32N;
No. barley. nominal; No. 8, 22@ SO;
No. 4. 20x@22; No. flaxseed, oak;
prime timothy seed, 60; mess pork
per bbl.. 7.7S@7.871S; lard per 100 lbs.
5.27h; short ribs sides Qoose) 4.2O@
4.25; dry sailed shoulders, (boxed) 4&@
AS; short clear sides (boxed), 4s6@
~; whtskey, dissillers' finished goods,
per gallon. 1.22; sugars. cut loaf, $50;
graduated, 4.S7; standard A, Ats.
Cincinnati Produce Ran-kes.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. Dec. aI.-Flour
steady; family. ASSOC 80; fancy, 5000
a15 Wheat quiet; No. Q red. 81;
receipts. $500; shipments, 2,1OO Corn
firm; No 2mixed, 2sE. Oats steady;
No. mixed, 90. Rye quiet; No. Q,
49, Lard steady; 22S. Bulk meats,
HYr A g.