The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

COFFEE AND SUGAR-New York, May
2S-Coffee-Spot Rio dull; No. 7 invoice,
5-l6c: mild, market dull; Cordova,. SAQ
I212c. ~Sugar-Raw, firm, but quiet; fair
renn1ng, 3Ac: centrifugal, 96-test, 4 9-32c;
molasses sugar, 3Mc; refined, quiet In
the coffee market today a slightly better
uIiae3rcurrent was noted in professional
sentiment, both here and in Europe The
market opened steady with prices 5 points
hlgher on covering and light foreign buy
ing, on Havre and Hamburg markets.
and a Slightly increased demand for spot
coffee in the street market. Trading was
dull much of the session. and while
there was a further advance of 5 points
IN some months soon after the call profit
taking and lack of support allowed
the market to settle toward the close.
The market was finally gus, with prices
net unchanged to points higher Total
sales We're 1900 bags, including: May at
5.4oe; July, 5.50c: August, 5.55@5 .60c; Sep
| TENDER, 5.6Oc; October, 5.6005. CSC; De-
cember, 5.S5c; March, G.10c.
METALS-New York, May 2S-Upon
the resumption of business in the London
metal market today, after a three days
holiday, traders found that the boom
which was in progress when that market
closed on last Friday had completely dis
appeared, at least for the time being.
Liquidation was the order of the day,
! and before the decline was arrested q
/ loss of G2 los was the result with the
! final phases of the market weak, and
! spot quoted at &f2S and futures e126 I7s
!
| lower level of values Here however
! aside from sympathetic decline of about
80 points, nothing in the way of impoi tant
! developments were noted ruling dull and
! easy all day, and finally closed easy with
| spot quoted at $27. SOAPS Copper in Lon
! don declined SIS to ,e69 Is Sd for spot. and
1863 Us Cd for futures, owing TO a dull
! trade at that point. The local market
/ for that metal also experienced an unin-
! teresting session, demand being absent
| ana prices ruled more or less nominal
on the basis Of lie for Lake Superior and
! l69sc for casting and eIectrolytic The
! steadiness of pig lead, however, was
! chiefly the result of the strength in Lon
! don price there advancing Is 3D. closing
! al - 80 81 IS "a me close here was steady
! at $4S!12 for lots of so tons or over Spell
! ter ruled dull here at S.. 9504 In Lon
! don, however, q loss of 5s was scored
closing at 917 15s Domestic iron mar
We're not quotably lower Glasgow war.
| rants closed at 53s 10d, and Middleboro
! 45s Sled.
WOOL-Boston, May 2S-There was a
lttle business doing in the wool market
| mere, put the demand continues only mod
! crate. What sales have been made were
| at f1rmer prices There was a feeling Of
! Steadiness apparent, but while no one
d lGGks dor lower prices there is nothing in
sight at present that would prompt ex-
| pectat1ons of an advance. Territory
| Wools continue to head the list of sales
/ tlne medium and fine, staple in is sell
| the strictly staple article is quoted at "a
! q45c: Fleece wool is also slow; prices
| nominal The following are the Quota
! tIons for leading descriptions Ohio and
| Pennsylvania fieeces X and X and above,
! &}(p24e; Xxx and Xxx and above. 26c; de.
! lame, Is; No. l combing, 25c; No. 2 and
| e blood, 24c; coarse and braid, washed
25q24c. Michigan, Wisconsin, X Michi-
! gan, 20421c; No. l Michigan combing. 2s0
24ci No. Michigan, 23024c; coarse braid.
! washed, 23c; fine delaine, 23024c Terri
toy secured basis, Montana fine medium
and fine, 13Q14c; secured, 42643c; STAPLE
! 40446e. Utah, Wyoming and Idaho fine
medium and fine, 12913c; secured, AGA
! 42c; staple, 44@45c. Australian, secured
! basis, spot prices combing, superfne 7lT
! 72c; good, 6S@10c average, e5$s67c.
BUTTER AND EGGS-New York Nav
| S.-Butter-Receipts, Is, 262 pkgs; firmer.
creamery, 15glsc; factory. 11@i3h. Cheese
Receipts, ESP pkgs; firm; fancy large,
! colored, S3sGGS$4c fancy large white. SIC
| fancy small, coiored, 9A69bc: fancy
small white, Sc. Eggs-Receipts. "a
S92 pkgs; Western ungraded, 1ih6S12t5c:
Western selected, 13d131ze.
| COTTON-New York, May 2S.-Cotton-
| spot closed quiet; middling upland, sac:
nhddling gulf, SIC; sales, 222 bales; FLU,
lures closed steady; June. 7.74c; July.
! Tic; August 7.90c; November. 7.O7c;
January, 702c; February, 7.OSc.