The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-17
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now York stock Market.

NEW YORK, March l6.-The stock mar.
kee To-day was only moderately solve
and the fluctuations recorded simply re.
hected manipulation. Northern Pacific
common and Preferred stocks at the
ontset displayed weakness, the last
mentioned yielding point. Toward
the Close most OF the Losses ware recov-
cred. Realizing sales and q besr raid
csused the loss of most of the early inn
PloVement' The closing was quiet, with
slight Losses general
Closing STOCKS were "a follows:
Atchison, 1879; Adams Express, lat,
baltimore ana Ohio. 1873; Chesapeake
ana Ohio, l6A; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, 77H; Chicago Gas, sc; O. O. G.
and ST. Louis, 35x; DEL, Lackawsnna
ana western, 16ls; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co.,, 1873; Erie, I5%; Erie
preferred, AK; Great Northern pre-.
ferred, l0s; Lake Shore, lat; Lead
Trust s4A; Louisville and Nashville,
os@; National Cordage. s; National
Cordage preferred, 9N; N. j. Central,
LOG; Norfolk and Western preferred,
u; Northern Pacific preferred, lax;
northwestern. 103A; Northwestern pre-
ieried, la; N. Y. Central, WIN; NY.
20; Pullman Palace, 1877; Reading,
llA; Rock Island, Tx; ST. Paul, 77X;
st. Paul and Omaha, 395<; Southern
Pacific, 19A; Sugar Refinery, ll4%;
Union Pacific, rs; Western Union,
eoS; General Electric, SEX Southern,
W; southern preferred, 80; Tobacco,
s3S; Tobscoo preferred, 10OH.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, March 16.-Money on call
easy at 3H@4 per cent, last loan 4
per cent, closed 3K@4 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper soc per cent; ster-
ling exchange heavy with actual bust.
ness In bankers' bills at 4s7M@4.s7N
for demand and 4.s6x@4 SEX for sixty
days. Posted rates 4.S7H@4.sS and
a.SsH4e9. Commercial bills, 4so.
Si!ver certificates. 69@69x. Bar silver,
6S$. Mexican dollars, 55H. Govern
ment bonds firm. State bonds inactive.
railroad bonds firm. Petroleum easier;
closed 1391S.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, March .16.-Whea. was evil
IDENTITY considered q good thing by
sellers to day, and they pushed it along
I'LL 1t closed e below Saturdays final
ngures, after having been ss below that
price. The routine news was almost
uniformly bearish. Corn and oats were
weak and closed &c lower. Provisions
note small recessions.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat. No. s-March, opening, o1x;
closing, 60H, May, opening, SAX, olos-
Ing, 62A; June, opening, 63A, closing,
62&; July, opening, 63%, closing, 6aX,
Corn. No. 2-March, opening, -,
closing, 80; May, opening, 29X,
closing. 2e%; July, opening. sO1, clos.
Ing, 30&; September, opening, Blk,
closing, 31sl.
Oats Nc. s-Msrch. opening. -,
closing, 10; May, opening, COX. clos
Ing, 2oA; July. opening, 203<, closing,
SoH; September, opening. -, closing,
Mess pork. per bbl.-March. opening,
go, closing, $50; May, opening.
0 rs, closing, e75; July, opening,
9.92N, closing, Q 925<.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-March,. opening,
$50. closing, $50; May. opening,
SAX. closing, 5.49H; July, opening,
5.5736. closing, S SIS.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs.-March, OPEN
Ing, FOX closing. 8. O71s; May, opening,
5.2SH, closing, 226; July, opening,
5.s5, closing. a2k.
Cash quotations were rs follows:
Flour quiet easy; winter patents, 8. 500
$50; winter straits, a.OO@3.5O; spring
pasents, 4O(95 oO; spring straits, COG
Q 90; bakers. 2.1O@2.4O. No. Q spring
wheat, 60H@61N; No. spring wheat,
60%@61M; No. red. 6OX@6Ix; No.
acorn, 2s%@29N; No. yellow. 90; No.
oats, 19X; No. Q white. 2O%@21; No.
white. 19A gal; No. Q rye, 35X; No.
barley, nominal; No. 3, 25@3s; No. 4,
25@27; No. l flsxaeed, 90; prime timothy
seed, 2O@3.25; mesa pork per bbl.,
GOGGLES; lard per 100 lbs. 5. 30@5 a9%;
short ribs sides Qoose) 5.lO@5 is; dry
salted shoulders, (boxed) 4%@4X; short
clear sides (boxed), 5E@5H; whiskey,
distillers' finished goods, per gallon,
Lee; sugars. cut loaf, 5.s7; granulated,
5.25; standard A, 5.12.
Cincinnati Produce aarket.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. March l6--Flour
fair demad; fancy, 3.25@3.50; family.
S.75@3 05. Wheat ques, easier; No. Q
red. 71H. Receipts, 600; shipments,
$500. Corn firm; No. mixed, 29X.
Oats firm; No. 9 mixed. %. Rye quiet;
No. Q. Al. Lard steady, SIS. Bulk
meats easy; 5.15. Bacon steady, 6. 90.
Whisky. steady; sales SAG barrels at
l.95. Butter quiet steady; fancy Elgin
creamery. 80; Ohio, 15@1s; dairy, IL.
Sugar good demand, firm; hard refined,
3H. Eggs heavy &c. Oheese quiet;
good to prime Ohio fat. 9@9K.
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