The San Francisco call., 1896-04-15
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, n. Y, April 14.-SpecuIation at
the Stock Exchange is broadening, the dealings in
stocks to-day having aggregated 213,9o0 shares. A
more confident tone also characterized the trading
The recent official statements from Washington
tha, action the Cuban resolutions is likely to be
postponed for some time again e1erted stimu-
lating effect. The further reduction in the posted
rates OF sterling exchange and belief that there
VIII be no gold shipments this week added to the
bulllsh feeling. Furthermore, the i'm preston that
the more seasopable weather is bound 10 aTfect
trade favoraby, led TO buying by the more ven
turesome of the bull and the purchases assisted the
upward movement during the early session. AS
of late. the industrials were most conspicuous in
the transactions sugar rose to l23 the best price
attained since the current upward movement set
In. The stock was taken by lower Wall street in
teres;s on the favorable outlook for the trade. In
the late dealings the stock on to l22(Gl 2214.
Tobacco after declining to SsS4 rose to S61a and
later broke and closed at 81. The break was due
to the revival of the rumor that the scrip dividend
Will be enJoined. Chicago Gas rose 10 703s II was
stated that the company intended resuming the
payment of DIVIDENDS, but nothing authentic couId
be Oh aimed and the report not generally cred
ited. General Electric was weaker than the other
industrials and fell to 3734 In the railway list the
Vanderbts, Goulds, Grangers and Reading stocks
were In better demand. Michigan Central at one
time showed & gain OF nearly % at 81 while Man
haitian brought 1925 In the late trading when
Tobacco weakened on the injunction rumor the
entire list OFF on realizings and the market
closed rather weak in tone. Net changes show
gains of 1sGl% in the general list and losses OF
about nluch in Tobacco, General Electric and
Northern Pacific preferred.
Bonds active and strong. The sales footed
up $i,9S7, 900 Detroit Gas consolidated ives rose
/ TO rs; Duluth and Iron Range fves, l to lO3 <
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago first SKIES
to l04; St Louis and San Francisco trust tives 31
TO 80: St. Paul Southwestern division skies, to
1l6
In Government bonds $4,000 coupon fours OF
19 8 brought 1l71st6ll7A; 1880 registered
bonds 1925 brought lI714@ll7ss
Grain.
FLOUR-Firm: winter wheat, low grades,
50 25G2 90; do fair to fancy, So s5@3 80:
DO patents, So 90@4 25: Minnesota clear, 50 30
as 5; do straits, 1903 so; do patents, S3 45
@i 50; low extras So 25@2 80; city mills,
81 1C@4 20: do patents, 81 a094 so: rye mixture,
50 50@3 80; superfine S2@3 25; fine, $2@2 80.
Southern flour dull. steady; common to fair ex-
ira So 40613; good to choice do S363 80. Rye
-four. steady at 81 65@2 80. Buckwheat flour,
S4@4 Is.
BUCK WHEAT 4O@4lc.
CORNMEAI-Dull, steady; yellow Western,
81 2GG2 %; Brandywine 81 20.
RYE-Nominal; Western, 46c.
BARLEY-Firm; ungraded Western, 39@4lc.
WHEAT-Dull easier, with options closing
frmer No. red, store and elevator nominal:
afoat, nominal; Z. o. b., 7S14c; ungraded red, 63
@S3c; No. Northern, 7534c
options advanced 12@s4 on firmer cables and
foreign buying with the West higher and local
shorts covering: declined N@lc on local liquida-
tion and closed firm at unchanged prices to Sc de
cline from yesterday. July and May most active.
No red: April, 7i34c May. 7214c; July, 7lMc;
Jnly and September 715sc; December, 7312c.
CORN-Spot dull firm. No. 2, 40c elevator;
4lc ahoat.
Options were dull and closed firm at 146ssc ad-
vance, following the West and better cabres. May
aud July most active. April. 37ssc: May, 36ssc;
July, 371sc: September, 3S14c.
OATS-Firm.
Options dull: steady. May, 245kc
Spot prices: No. 2, 2514c: No white, 261hc:
No. Chicago, 2614c: No 3, 241ac; No. white,