The San Francisco call., 1896-04-28
NEW YORK MARKETS.
Financial.

NEW YORK, y. y, April 27.-The receipt of
higher quotations from London, which were ac-
companied by buying orders from that center, led
TO strong opening for stocks today. Foreign
houses il is estimated, bought fully ten to fifteen
thousand shares Of st. Paul, Louisville and Nash
vile and the low-priced Southwesterns, which
ought TO put an end 10 the SENSATIONAL talk Oh
Venezuelan affairs at least for "a time. As a mat
ter OF fact, foreign investors and spectators ap-
pear to be paying more attention to earnings of
our railways than our politics just
For instance the stai ements of the st. Paul and
Omaha, Louisville and Nashville Southern Rail-
way ana SO me OF the smaller Southwesterns gust
submitJe for the third week OF April and for the
month of March, all showed good increases, nd
this in a measure explains the foreign and local
commits sion-house buying. The advance in tie
railway group was equal to 14@21s per cent.
Omaha comm on led with sales high 1853.
st Paul, Burlington and Quincy and Rock Island
all sold a. the best feuIeS time past
Manhattan was strengthened by the belief that
the company viii secure important conces sio MS
from the city shortly and advanced to 1l11a@
11015
In The industrials sugar was the great feature
The stock first from 1925 to 125, then fell to
1894 and recovered TO and closed at 1247s Re
cent short sellers on reports of adverse Cou
gressional action were the most eager buyers. The
afternoon break was due TO raid BY prominent
operator, who, 1t is said was miSed by last weeks
rumors from Washington about the abolition OF
the ic differential and who attempted to get back
his stock American Tobacco was in demand.and
moved up from 711a to 733sCG731a.
Chicago Gas and Lead We're also slightly higher.
The advance posted figures for sterling exchange
OF IL was made to conform more c,osely TO che
selling rates and had no influence. Speculation
closed firm and i4@2 per cent higher on the day,
with the exception Of Leather preferred, which
lost IS per cent. The total sales were 174.500
shares.
Bonds were higher. The transactions footed up
S1,427000. Chesapeake and Ohio consolidated
SKIES rose to l12; Peoria and Eastern incomes,
2Es to II Is; st. Louis and san Francisco general
skies, TO loS; Toledo, Peoria and Western
in Goverament bonds. 100000 coupons fours
of 1925 brought llS7s@1l9; $1,000 do regis
l0s&4 1'O''
FLoUR-Dull; steady: winter wheat, low grades.
81 20G3; do fair 10 fancy, 50 S5G3 S5; do patents
S3 90@4 20; Minnesota clear, 81 5Oa3 Is: do
straits, SS@3 so; do patents, S3 45@4 IS; low
grade extras 81 2OG3; city mills, S4 10@)4 20: do
patents 81 s0G4 so; rye mixture, 81 5O(a3 20;
supertine. S2G2 35; fine, $2@2 30. southern hour
good choice do, s3@3 3D. Rye four quiet.
81 40@2 50: BuekwheaI fonr, 81 2O@l %
BUCKWHEAT-40@42c.
CORNMEAL-Quiet, steady: yellow Western
81 20@2 20: Brandywine, 81 20.
BARLEH-Quiet, steady; ungraded " estern,
3s@4lc.
WHEAT-Dull, easier; Z. o. b., 1890 to arrive
ungraded red 70@79c: No Northern. 725sc TO
arrive.
Options were dull and Irregular, closing weak al
1S@12c decline on easier cables, foreign selling
weak, West and local realizing, with a large in
crease on passage. July and May were most active.
No. 2 reds A pril, 725sc: May. 7O1sc: July 7O5ac:
September 7O12c; December; 72c.
.,, Stocks :s Of graz store aud atoa APRIL 25 Wheat
L.
barley. 1885, malt, lZ7, ,62S bushels
CoRN-Dull: easier. No. 2. S71ac elevator:
3S1z@3S34c afioat.
Options were duh and steady, with only a local
trade. May most active. AprII. zsc; May,
3ss4c; July, S612c; September, 3734c.
OATS-Quiet: easier.
opdOns1Dun' easier; May 24l4e; July, 241ac
2S12c: white State. 2662S1ac.
FEED BRAN-6O@6212c.
MIDDLIN GS-62G70c.
RHE-Feed, 65@7Oc.
Provisions.
BEEF-Quet, easy. Family SO 5O0lI: extra
mess. $7dS. Beef hams, dull; $14@l5 so: tierced
beet. steady: city extra India mess, $140el5 SO:
cut meats, slow; picJlicd bellies IL MS 43l c; do
shoulders. 412S4$4c; picked hams, s1295c.
LARD - Duf lower; Western steam SIS 05:
City, "a So; May. $5 05 Refined slow: con.
tinent. IS 45: South American. S5 75: compound
k1l094Isc.
PORK-Steady. New mess, $lO@llO 25.
BUTTER - Good demand: choice, firm state
dairy, S(9l412c; do creamery, l0@l5c: Western
dairy. old, 7@Jsc; do creamery, lo@l5c: do held
9@llc; do factory. IglOc: Elgins. l5c imitation
creamery, SJs&4l1ac.
CHEESE Quiet. State large, 5@sa4c: do