The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-20
Open No. lH1aHx IT. LOWEST. loLos1Ne.
Cash quo,atlona were AS ,o,,ows


straights o. eoass5; clears 2.i0ss 80; 40. sprlns
,ecials %. 40D4,5J: spnng patents - er0?. 80
do. straights &3 lea 40; baker, =. 90s26O Rye
ss ssa No. "ssAs rad. :sas ssT. Cori- No.
8 @nh; No 3 yellow ss@a74 oats-No. 3
2i4@s.n; No. 2 Write si.@g5; No 8. white
sn@ RssNo osoi ao@5n l n.,ssgS 1s
seed Sl.65: No. northwestern Sl.66. Prime tim
othy seed &c :. Mess pork per hbl.. 81 b.s50l N9J
Lar =. pei lvo hs., ". D73'1a. Shor, ribs siues
06k Short clears sides tboxedl s7.2507 IS. Wins
key Si.27.
WV YoRk
New vork, Jan ia.--Flour was weak; btr
sta patents y4.0Oa4.25: Mjp~ esota oakers q. 90
a3a5; winter patents e3.65a4 o.; do. stYai. 90
80 do. extras sz.o5a2.sv; do. low grades
Rye aour s.eady; fair to good saSo0a IS; choice
to Aiicy e5. Ioa36J.
/ Buck wheat dour doll ~ %. 1902 %.
.u.skwheat quiet at C0062
Corn meal dull; yellow western 90; city -;
branuywtne S2.40a250
pc quiet; State rye 5i@5s; No 2, western sex
Barley quiet feeding 4s0sO' maltirg 6O065.
Barle, malt Gull western U5a72
Wheat enc dull No. q red 7a4 Options
January 78H; March 7Ss day 1914: Jny 1917.
'iorn-s:e. steady NO A; Options jan
uary &; March An }; May Az July 4t1a.
oats-spot quiet, No. 2, Bun Options inactive
bat STEADY
Beef 6rm; family .e1l0oe12.O0; extra met
60 O0a9 so; Eoef hams s,9.5oaa0 81: packet $1,000
loo: city extra India mess sl4.0oal85o.
Cut meats Staadv' pick io1 bellies 11aQDS1S;
ptekled shoulders 5Ad6; picked hams s1sD04
Lard dull. western steamed rs, fonhed
steady; TO the continent U.S5; South America
$500; COMPOUND 51<G05ss
PORK steady; family si5.M@l5.5 sho,, clear
1i.50QDl7.O0; 'ucss Sl3.75O137o.
Butter nrm: western Creamery extra 1923;
factory llGI4, imitation creamery =; State and
PennsylvEnie -; State dairy l412l.
Cheese nrtn; large, fell made, liAa2iK; small
1!x0i X -arge, late made, iux1 .0A; small, fall
made, ll%Ollh
western, regular packing, at marx 22G2sS
Potatoes STEADY, Jerseys oil. 25Dl.75; New York
o.. 5O0l s7h; Long Island el7S02.0o: Jersey
Tallow steady; cit, CSC. per package), 5;coun-
try (packages free, 5G5x
Petroleum. duh refined New York B7.t5; Phil
adelphia and baltimore "a 30 in bulk, ASS,
Resin dull; strained, common TO good oi.70
TufpentIne ull ~ 4G@l0N.
Rice steady; domeslic, fair to extra 37s06lf;
Japan sA0tB.
Molasses steady New Orleans. o, en- kettle
good to choice, 4o05S.
Peanuts steady; fancy hand picked 4105; de-
m 3stlc ..
Cabbage steady; florida per CRATE -; Long
Islands per lOV &5.00l4 90
Freights to Liverpoo, dull; cotton by steam
-: do grain 81
quiet; Cordova 80lan Options-Jannary -
NJ uch : May
csukas--raw, was easy: fair refining, IS; Gen.
trifugal. o6-test l6; moasses sugar g. Is; Ie-
fine quiet No 9, 1896; No Z. 4.6O; No. B, 400;
No. 8, 4.,.J, No. ~, AS; No. IL, 4.40; No. IL,
IL; No. 4.35; mould A rs; standard A 53);
confectioncr's A, 500 cut loaf w. crushed
b %; powdered 500. granu ated 300; cubes . ~.
Cotton seed oil Was slow hut stea PRIME
cru IT, barreis, u, prime summer yellow S0M;
OF aVmmer yellow 29h; prime winter yellow
STOCKS AND BONDS.
NNew York Jan. 19.-The stock mar
ket was excited and nervous through
out the short session today under the
varying fortunes of the speculative
contest waged between the bulls and
the bears. The bulls made a determin
ed stand in the early dealings. boldly
supporting he weak spots by liberal
buying orders and causing sharp adj
vances in special stocks, which had
influence on the general mar
ket. The unwieldly short interest was
made uneasy by this show of strength
and bought III gently to cover. When
the bank statement appeared there
were mixed opinions as to the bearing
of the large changes disclosed, but the
bears detected selling to realize by the
which had been opposing them
and they fell upon the market with
Prices broke violently
under a flood of selling orders for both
accounts and the market closed active
and semi demoralized with prices for
the most part at the lowest. The adj
mittedly serious ill health of Queen
Victoria caused uneasiness as to the
possible bad effects on foreign securi-
ties markets, which might be reflected
here The bears also circulated reports
afterwards shown to be groundless)
that President Mckinley had had re-
lapse with the grip and the professional
tactics were manifest in
other canards which were put afioat
At the opening of the market there was
an urgent demand for some of the Steel
on the report that the Federal Steel
Company would absorb the American
Steel and Wire Company. American
Steel and Wire was advanced an ex-
treme two and three-eights points and
Federal Steel one and half. Missouri
Pafiic, Wabash preferred and debenture
bonds and Texas and Pacific were also
strong at advances of three and an
eighth for Missouri Pacific, Wabash
preferred two and Texas and Pacific
one and an eighth. The violent break
in Anaconda and Amalgamated Copper
had the rst unsettling influence on the
market. The weakness was attributed