The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-16
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now York Stock Market.

NEW YORK. juno 15.-Strength, in
cressing graduslly as the day wore on
ana eliminating in positive buoyancy,
characterized the share speculation to-
day. The volume of business was fairly
large compared with recent averages
ena the dealings were unusually we'll
distributed, although Sugar and ST.
Paui overshadowed any other individual
stock In extent Of trading. The initial
sumuIus to the market WAS received
from London, where general advances
in the prices Of American stocks were
reported.
Ciosing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, l5H; Adams Express, l47;
Baltimore and Ohio. 10; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 16H; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 80; Chicago Gas. es3S; O. O. @.
and st. Louis, "a; Del, Lackawanna
and Western, 1874; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co.,, 16sl; Erie. lax; Erie
preferred, 81; Great p Northern pre-.
ferred, lis; Lake Shore, 1853; Lead
Trust. SAX; Louisville and Nashville,
5lH; National Cordage, 5A; National
Oordsge preferred. 10X; N. J. Central,
io.A; Norfolk and Western preferred,
1lB; Northern Pacific preferred, lax;
Northwestern, 1O4K; Northwestern pre-
ferfed, 14s; N. Y. Central. 81; NY,
and New England, 40H; Pacific Mail,
2oX; Pullman Palace, 1877; Reading,
9; Book Island, 71x; ST. Paul, 7sX;
-. Psul and Omaha, 44x; Southern
Pacinc, 1ex; Sugar Refinery, 122H;
Union Pacific. SIX; Western Union,
86; General Electric, s3H; Southern,
az; Southern preferred, 29H; Tobacco,
65H; Tobacco preferred, 81.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, June 15.-Money on sail
easy at 2@3 per cent, last loan az
per cent, closed 2@2H per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 4@6N per cent;
sterling exchange easier with actual
business In bankers bills st 4ssH@
4.ssh for demand and 4.s7A@4,s7N for
sixty days. Posted rates 4.ss@4 ssN and
4.89@4 s9H. Commercial bills, 4.s6H.
Silver certificates. 6sN@6e. Bar silver.
6S%. Government bonds strong. State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds strong.
Petroleum closed strong ut l16 bid.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, June 15.-The nervous feel
ing OF the local wheat market WAS
| shown to-day when July jumped IN
on few buying orders after selling Off
on big Black Sea shipments. The clos
Ing WAS NJ sc loss. Corn closed un-
changed. oats 80 lower and provisions
unchanged to &C lower. A very moder-
ate speculative trade WAS noted. the
market ruling slow and dull az times
| within the range of 5000.
The leading futures ranged to-day AZ
follows;
Wheat. No. s-June. opening. Sc,
closing, 56H; July, opening. 5s@5sN,
closing. 56x; September, opening,
| 56X@56%, closing. 57%.
Corn. No. 2-June. opening, 81,
closing; 27A@s7H; July. opening,
27k, closing. 97x@27H; September,
opening. ASA, closing, 2sX.
Oats Nc. July. opening, TX,
closing. Tx; September. opening,
17H, closing, 17X; May, opening, 2oN,
Mess pork. per bbl.-July. opening,
7.o5. closing. 7.12k; September. open.
Ing. 7.s2H. closing, 7.Se.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-July, opening,
AIS. closing. <.17K; September. open
ing, 4.a0, closing. 30.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs.-July, OPEN
ing. 3.s2k, closing. 1856; Septem Der,
opening, 3.97H, closing, 400.
| Cash quotations. were As follows:
Flour dy;winter patents, straights,
2.6O@2.9o; bakers. 9.10@3.5o; spring
patents, 3.40@3.60; spring 3.5O@3.s0;
winter straits, 8.O0@3,4o. No. Q spring
wheat. 5616; No. spring wheat, $50
Sc; No. red. eO@6osl; No. corn, 27H@
97A; No. Q yellow corn. 27x@27X;
No. oats. 17H; No. white, 1888;
No. white. 17S@1s%; No. rye.
SO; No. barley. nominal; No. 8, 23@
30; No. 4. s2@24; No. fiaxseed. 81;
prime timothy seed. sos; mess pork
per bbl., 7.05@7.10; lard per 100 lbs,
4.12k@4.15; short ribs sides (loose)
3.so@3s5; dry sailed shoulders, (boxed)
4@4H short clear sides (boxed), 4@4H;
whiskey, distillers' finished goods, per
gallon. La; sugars; cut loaf 95; gran.
ulated, 5.32; standard A, -.
Cincinnati Produce market.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. June I5.-Flour
quiet; fancy a.1O@3.4o; family. 2.55@
275. Wheat quiet; No. Q red SO. Re-
ceipts, 500; shipments. 1900. Corn
quiet. dull; No. Q mixed, 2sH. Oats
steady; No. mixed. 19H. Rye
quiet; No. Q. 81. Lard steady, 4.O5.
Bulk meats easy, 400. Bacon quiet.
AIS. Whisky. good demand; sales COG
barrels st Lea. Butter steady; fancy
Elgin creamery. IT; Ohio. 1898;
dairy. 8. Sugar active, firm; hard
refined. 3.e5@3.9 90. Eggs quiet, &c.
Cheese steady; good to prime Ohio fat.