The San Francisco call., 1896-09-22
NEW YORK Markets.
Tinancial.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Sept 21.-The railway
and miscellaneous stock market was strong and
higher to-day. Business not active by any
MEANS but the trading well distributed. The
demand from outside sources of late light,
but the professional element generally
arrayed on the bull side of the account The latter
was more favorably impr ressed with Saturdays
bank statemen the easitr condition of the
money market, the arrivals of gold from Europe
and the repurtS OF the starting up OF mills in New
York and Pennsylvania Money on time was In
be ter supply and few transactions were reported
at 6 per cent on good stock eXcnanRe collateral
without a commission
in regard to gold imports it was announced that
42O3, 600 American eagles had been sold by the
Bank of England Tor Shipment TO New York
The opinion obtained that at least SIS, 100000 ad
dittonal viii be forwarded to this country in the
near future This would bring the total impora-
tons since August % up to $4,000. 900. AT in
tervals operator. were disposed 10 take profits
but The offerings were quickly absorbed and near
the. close number OF stocks sold at the best
fgnr res OF the day. The unfayorable reports of
the Northwest roads for August and OF the
Northern Pacific for the secoOd week of Septem-
Der were generally ignored.
Manhattan the special feature. and after an
early decline TO S514 jumped to SS@S75S A re-
port was current that q deal on fool with the
Metropo an Traction. Sugar, leather preferred,
Lackawanna Erie first preferred, the grangers.
Reading, Northern Pacific preferred and Western
gained APPOINT a story that the officials Of the
various companies In Chicago were eadeavoring
TO arrive at an understanding in regard o the
rates. In he final deaiiEgs the grangers and the
low-priced issues particularly good request
Speculation left on strong, with prices any whore
1Ion "a 70 "a hgher than az the close on sat
urday. Total sales were 173 OF shares. including
$4,000 sugar "A, 100 ST. Paul, 17,70U Manhattan
and 3. 100 burlington.
Bonds wrre active and strong. Total sales were
$l,OOO.0OO. East Tennessee consols fyes rose
! ~ 10 lU5. Kansas 4 acfc conso id aIed skies 21h
TO 63 Kansas and Texas seconds l 10 551a Nickel
Plale tours az to lO91s teoria and eastern con-
soiidated fours TO 741s, Redding first preferred
Us 10 1875, do thirds IA 10 Is, Texas Pacific
fists 1 to 1884 and Denver and Gulf fives to
3012
Ia Government bonds $50, 500 coupon fours of
1925 sod 1t l16Gll534, $4,000 90 of 1907 at
1874 and $4,000 coupon fves at l104a@11O3z
Grain.
FLoUR-DulI held firmly Winter wheat low
grades, 81 1902 80; do, fair 10 fancy, 81 4Oe3 40
CITY mills, So 5U@3 25: do, patents, $3 50 a so
winter fair TO fancy 81 4O93 4O city mills, SO Is
"a 25; wia.er patents, So so @5 So 80; city mill
patents; 81 10 a 81 20; Minnesota clear. 81 3OG
80; rye mixtures, 81 90 a. 90; Minnesota
Minnesota patents, So 70 a 20; fine. 81 40 a
90 Rye flour, steady, 81 25@2 rs.
CoEN NE L-Qutet; active. Yellow West
RYls-DuIl: firm. Western, 4Oc, If
BARLEY-Firm. <S pounds, S11Ac.
WHEAI-Spot market opened weaker closed
stronger with options duil /. o. D. S1sc: ungraded
red 7oGS2c; No. Northern 681kc.
options opened weak and declined lMl1hc on
decidedly lower cables, Increased supplies and an
incr ase of l,5200O0 bushels on passage, with
1896, with the West and on late foreign buyi1g
closing strong 1s@14c over ss uTday, Wi
trading fairly actiue; December and May most
active. So red closed January, o93Lc: Nav
7Iszc: September. 665sc OCTOBER, 66Jac: Noyer5
Der, 81 7sc: December. oS5sc
CoRA-Spot, fairly active; frmer. No. 2, 261lc
elevator; 2712c ahoat. ~
Options declined 1sG3ac on increased sunnlv
and easier cables, with longs reaiiz ng: ra lied
1s91Ac with he West, closing Irregular with
near months unchanged, and May quiet and lower