Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-24
Financial and Stock Markets.
MORNING REPORT.

NEw YORK, Sept. 22.-11 a. m.-Stocks
opened weak and lower and prices declined re
~ per cent, Northern Pacific, Oregon Trans
continental, Philadelphia u Reading and New
jersey Central being weakest. At present
writing the market is 75@$5 per cant. better.
AFTERNOON REPORT.
E5onag easy at 2@211 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 519G7 per cent. Bar silver,
sLlO35. Sterling exchange firm at s4.82K
long, &4.8514 sight.
Stocks-Villards Were again the feature Of
share speculation to-day and the general market
sympathized with the course Of these shares, al
though the changes are not especially i'm
p0rtant. At the opening the market was lower,
but in the first sales Wizards improved 35@%
per cent. This was followed by free sales and
sharp decline Of 15@l% per cent, Wizards
leading. From noon until nearly ESQ p. N.
the market was quiet and comparatively firm,
with IN improvement of 4@125 per cent,
Oregon Transcontinental, Northern Pacific,
Trunk lines, Central Pacific, Union Pacific and
Western Union Telegraph being conspicuous.
In the last half-hour of business the 'bears''
made another vigorous onset on Wizards and
these shares broke rapidly to S4% for Northern
Pacific common, to 64% for preferred, and to
81 for Oregon Transcontinental. At these figures
the stocks were 63s, 1913 and 1925 points below
the best of the week. The constant hammering
of these shares affected the whole market IN
favOrably, but the decline, as a rule, was light.
feature of the day was the strength of Trunk
lines, which closed 1s@A per cent. above last
nights figures except Michigan Central, which
was g per cent. lower. As compared with yes
terday's final sales Northern Pacific is IA per
cent lower, preferred So per cent, Oregon
Transeontinental per cent, Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy ! IS per cent, Delaware, Lacka-
wanna q Western ia per cent. and Denver &
Rio Grande and New Jersey Central IL per
cent. each. The other active shares were 1I@T
Der cent. lower. In specialties Oregon Improve
rneat broke per cent. to 500 and Richmond L
Danviue 8 per cent. to g.. The break in Vii
lards later in the day was due to selling by
room traders and reports of inside selling
Large amounts of long stock sold cut and were
bought by some of the leading bears. New Jer-
sey Central and Northern Pacific preferred lent
at 1-64 premium, New York Central and Union
Pacific fat, Louisville & Nashville and Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul at l per cent. and other
active shares at 1@2 per cent. Sales OF stocks
for the week 1920, 1877 shares; increase, 67z,576
Out OF this weeks total Northern Pacific figured
for 537,278 shares and Oregon Transcontinental
for 74,69S. Total imports exclusive of specie
since Jan. were 1881, SIT against $751;
57l,551 last year. Exports of specie for the
week 1851 1923, making total of s11, 2S7, 93S
since Jan. against $40, SIC, 692 last year In
ports of specie for the week SITS, 1862, making a
total since Jan. of 1,s11, O17 against S2,57l,
$50 for the same period last year. Imports at
the port of New York for the week ending to
day 81 974 AS; general merchandise Sc, 1897, 566,
making total OF s9,972,0I1.
The Transactions ae gregated $1,000 shares:
Ce1tral Pacific 1 > %; Delaware, Lax kawanna &