The San Francisco call., 1896-08-25
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.


NEW YORK, n. Y, Aug. 24-speculation at
the Stock Exchange dull and professional to-
day Only 100,021 shares Of stock were traded
in, while dealings in railway and miscellane eous
bonds footed up $4,000, both unusually small
totals. The fluctuations par with the
transactions. very few stocks changing as much as
point during the day. At the opening he market
WAS weak on moderate selling for London and
a. The start, 800 shares changing hands at IA 1s@
1912 on SATURDAY the last transactions recorded
at 1888 The selling Of telegraph had little in
huence on he general list and before he expira-
ion OF the first hour OF business the entire list
was the advance once more
The buying was based on the idea that the
Clearing house committee intended to issue
tfcates their meeting to-day. 1t agreed
that this action would be of material assis
merchants who unable to place their paper at
present and that the security MARKERS would re-
feet the Improvement in mercantile circles later
The traders then began to discount probable
issue of certificates and their II oderatc purchases
brought about a general advance in prices
exceptional Western Union recovered from 1917
to 1855. and Sugar, the Grangers, Louisville and
Nashville rose 140111s per cent.
Renewed weak kness in sterling exchange en-
couraged the hope of fresh importatlons of gold
and this also had some influence in bringing
about the higher range OF stock quota ions The
demand from the shorts fell Oft toward the close
ana Ihere was a olsposltlon 10 put out fresh con-
tracts In small way Money on call rose to per
cent, but under offerings by a foreign house the
rate quickly returned TO per cent. After bor
rowers had supplied their wants there were lend
low as 3G)4 per cent. at the close the stock
market was tolerably firm, except for Sugar and
the Changers
Net changes in the active stocks were slight
either way, outside Of Manhattan, which gained
11a per cent, and sugar, which lost per cent IN
the Inactive issues Lake Shore dropped per cent
TO 1897 Bonds were quiet and lower on sales of
only $4,000. Chesapeake and Ohio general
four and halfs fell 80 to 6612; do Conso idated
fives, TO 100; Oregon lien 31z 401z. Kansas
and Texas seconds 212 to AZ; and Wisconsin
Albany and Chicago CONSOLIDATED skies dropped
70 20, ana United States Cordage skies Ala to
fours Of 1898 sold at 1131s0u1l21a: $1,000 do, of
1907 a. l061s: $4,000 registered iours OF 1907
at l05149l057s, and $4,000 coupon fives at l09
@lOs1a.
FBoUR-DuI Winter wheat, low grades, 81 70
a. so: DO fair to fancy, So 4O@3 40; do patents
straight s. 81 S5@3 80: do uatents, So 503 95;
low extras. 81 o0@2 SO; city mills. So go; do
superfae, s. 55e2 10; fine 81 4o91 s5. Rye -four,
cGK., MEAL-DuI. steady yellow western,
RYE-Quiet. No. Western. s21sc.
BABLEY-ouet; &c f. o. b.
WHEAT-Spot market moderately active;
6rmer F. b, 6szsc; ungraded red, 5s96sc;
Options advanced I1z0l!ssc on higher cables,
foreign buying hrmer West, damage to Russian
crop and ID local covering, fell Ssgle on realizing
izing closed firm at 5s@11,sc over saturday with
trading active. December and September most
active. No red may, 7l5sc; August, 64Jsc;
September 647sc: October 65s4c; November,
671sc: December, 677sc
I0RN-spot, duh. firm; No. 2, 2s34c elevator:
2934c a1oat.
o5tions were duh and steady at unchanged
prices TO lac decline local realizing sepem Der
and Decen. Der most active. August, 2Sslc: sep
tember 2S12c; Oc ober. 293sc: December, 3O3sc;
May. 32I3
OATS-5po:, dull: steady
Options weaker, dull: August, 2115c Septem-
ber, u 1ac: october, 2l12c
pot prces No .. 2I1ac: No. , white, 25c:
No: Chicago, 2212@23c; No. 3, 191sc; No. 8
do q l@30c; white State. 21@SOc.
PROVISIONS.
LARD-Easy. quiet; western steam, So so;
city, So SO: September. So 20: refined. fairly