The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-28
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market.

NEW YORK, May 27-The Stock Ex-
change markets to day reached . con
aition OF virtual stagna.ion. the deal
ings falling below the usual aggregate
o, even midsummer days operations.
Inc only stock that made 0 respectable
total was Sugar and the speculation at
large merely rejected the scalpiug of
3ae board room eighth chasers" Lon
don practically ignored this market, be
Ing unfavorably impressed by the wait
Ing attitude of the local dealers.
sugar and Tobacco moved rather
wioeIy on manipulation, but left off
without I'm portant net changes. The
Grangers developed decided tendency
toward lower range in the Anal daaI.
ings and closed a. the lowest. The
general market lef, off heavy in tone
with fractional conc ssions as q rule.
Closing STOCKS were as follows:
Atchlson, l4H; Adame Express, $50;
Bsitlmofe AND Ohio, Il; 4 Chesapeske
ana ohio, 1873; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy 7sA; Chicago Gas. 67LS; G. @. G.
ana 81 Louis, 34A; Del, Lackawsnna
anu western, 1908; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., lX7; Erie, l41s Erie
preferred, SO; Great Northern pre-.
Ierrea, lis; Lake Shore, $50; Lead
Trust, 24H; Louisville and Nashville,
49S; National Cordsge. 5&; National
CordaSe preferred. i0A N. J. Central,
loo; norfolk sud Western preferred,
IN; Northern Pacific preferred, l5ss;
North western, los u; North western pre-
ferred, las; n. Y. Central, 96x; N. Y.
and Ne" England, As; Pacific Msil,
25A; Pullman Palace, l57; Reading
loss; Rock Island, 69X; ST.. Paul, 76%;
81 Paul and Omaha, 45A; Southern
Pacific, 49, Sugar Refinery, l22JS:
Union Pacific, ~; Western Union,
sos GENERAL Electric, 81; Sou bern,
y; Southern preferred, %; Tobacco,
66A Tobacco preferred, 90
New YORK Money marset
NEW YORK, May 27.--money on sail
essy at l%@2 per cent, last loan 2
per cent, closed IN ga percant. Prime
mercantile paper 4@5H per cent;
sterling exchange firm with actual
business IN bankers bills at ss%@
Assn for demand and 4 S7H@4 SIX for
Sky days. Posted rates 4Ss@4 50
and s9H@4 90 Commercial bills.
4.S7' Silver certificates, 6sM@6S%
Bar silver, GSss Government bonds
steady. State bonds dull Railroad
bonds steady Petroleum steady, closed
at l02.
Chicago Market
encouraging opening succumbed to
genera sSld late In the session and
July closed u lower than yesterday,
the lowest price OF the season To the
failure III prices TO respond 10 Brad
streets visible supply decrenea is
ascrlbeG 10 the selling movement. Corn
was Gil. cted, but declined only A@4
Osts closed practically unchanged and
provisions made slight advances
The leading tutures ranged to-day as
follows;
Wheat, No. Inlay, opening, ssh,
closing, IS; June, opening, 6O% clos
ing, 60; July, opening, $685. closing,
5s&; September, opening 6O@6O9s Giles
ing, 59}4.
closing 279e; June, opening, 27s<, Clog
ing; 27%; July, opening, 2S}l, closing,
2Sl<; Seplem Der, opening, 295S, closing,
29&
Uave Nc 2-May, opening, 17Sk, clos
ing, ~; June, opening, 1875, closing,
ls% July, opening, ISIS closing,
ls4; September, opening, ls&@lS%.
closing, 1872
Mess posi., pc. bbl-May, opening,
= closing, : Is; July, opening,
Cos, closing, 7.O2A; September, open
ing, 10, closing, 7.2O
Lard, per 100 lbs May opening,
971S closing. 4.l7M; July, opening,
l7H, closing, 42O; Scptem Der,
opening, 32]t, closing, / 3714.
Shor: ribs, per 100 .os May, open
ing, =, closing, so; July. opening.
575' closing, $50; Saptem bsr, open-
ing, 92H, closing, 3 95.
Cash Quotanons were Us follows.
Flour dull; winter psyenta,
z SOGna ctroita 0nC1
so; spcing patents, 1000 so; spring
s'rsish;s, 6O@2 90; bakers, . lO@
24o No 2 spring wheat, 5s No
6!%@6s; NJ. corn. 27X@ss; Nc 2
yellow corn, 2s}s@2s}d; No 3 oats,
Is; No whito, 19IS@2O94; No 8
white, lS19@1s%; No . rye, 80; No. 2
barley, nominal; Nc. g. 3O@34; no d,
-; No ! faxseed, 81; prime timothy
seec $40: mcsn pork per b6l.,
6.9567 90; ard per zoe os. 4IO94 l2]f:
sborl ribs sides Qoosa) 3.75@3 so; dry
saitad shoulders, (bGxed) 4@4I4; short
c.ea: aides (boxed), 3X@4; whiskey,
dis tillers' Finished goods, per gallon.
Lee: sugar., cut loaf o. granulated,
As; standard A. -
Cincinnati Produce market
CINCINNATI. Ohio, May 81 Flour
dull; fancy 3.2O@3.40; family, 27O@
3Oo Wheat nominal; No . red &c
Receipts, 500; sbipmenis - Corn
quiet: No. mixed, 29>5 Oats
s.esdy; No. mixed FIX Rye
dull; No. Q, SO. Lard dull. 4.o5 Bulk
meats, quiet, 400 Bacon, easy. S716
Whiskey, steady; sales 545 barrels a,
%. Butter finn; fancy Elgin cream
cry, 171<; Ohio 1908; dairy. s. Sugar
barely steady; hard refined, 72@597
Eggs frmer. SIG. Cheese steady; good
10 prime Ohio fiat. 9@9H.