Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-23

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EVENING REPORT.
Money market easy at 292% per
cent, closing at per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 51S17 per cent. Sterling exchange,
bankers bills at s4.s25l; do. e1. demand,
81 .851i.
vernmente-Strong.
State Securities-Dull.
Bonds-Railroad bonds generally lower.
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 not especially i'm
portant At the opening the market was lower,
but in the first sales Villards improved 36@%
per cent This was followed by free sales and
sharp decline Of 1@@1$l per cent, Wizards
leading. From noon until nearly 2:30 p. m.
the market was quiet and comparatively firm,
with an improvement of 4@15s per cent,
Oregon Transcontinental, Northern Pacific,
Trunk lines, Central Pacific, Union Pacific and
Western Union Telegraph being conspicuous.
In the last half-hour of business the 'bears"
made another vigorous onset On Wizards and
these shares broke rapidly TO 9455S for Northern
Pacific common, to 6i$l for preferred, and to
81 for Oregon Transcontinental. AT these figures
the stocks were ga, 1913 and l2Ss points below
the best of the week. The constant hammering
of these shares affected the whole market un-
faTorably, but the decline, as a rule, was light.
A feature of the day was the strength of Trunk
lines, which closed 1sg14 per cent. above last
nights figures except Michigan Central, which
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terday's final sales Northern Pacific is ~ per
cent. lower, preferred SO per cent, Oregon
TranscOntinental per cent, Chicago, Burling-
ton d Quincy l Is per cent, Delaware, Lacka-
wanna d Western IA per cent. and Denver &
Rio Grande and New Jersey Central u per
cent. each. The other active shares were I9L
per cent. lower. In specialties Oregon Improve
ment broke per cent. to 801S and Richmond &
Danville per cent. to 81. The break in Vii
lards later in the dRy was due to selling by
room traders and reports of inside selling
Large amounts of long stock sold out 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 fiat, Louisville & Nashville and Chicago,
! Milwaukee & st. Paul at l per cent. and other
active shares at l02 per cent. Sales of stocks
for the week 1920, ST. shares; increase 672, 576
Out of this weeks total Northern Pacific figured
for 587,278 shares and Oregon Transcontinenta
| for 74,69S. Total imports exclusive of speci
since Jan. were 1897, SS6,577 against $372,
57l ,551 last year. Exports of specie for til,
week 1851, 1928, making total of $11, 287, 9St
since Jan. 1 against $40, 9lO, 6O2 last year. I'm
ports of specie for the week SITS, 1852, making
total since Jan. of Sll ,811 OF against $2571,
$50 for the same period last year. Imports a
the port of New York for tie week ending to
day 81, 974, AS; general merchandise Sc 997, 566
making total of $9,972, oil.
The transactions aggregated $4,000 shares
Central Pacific 10000; Delaware, Lackawanna
Western 5000; Denver & Rio Grande 16, 900
New York, Lake Erie & Western 1900
Lake Shore 10000; Louisville & Nashville
$4,000; Michigan Central 5000; Missouri Pa
cifc 5000; Chicago & Northwestern 5000
New Jersey Central 12,000; New York Contra
| 1000; Northern Pacific $4,000; do. preferred
$4,000; Ontario 81 Western 10000; Philadelphia
q Reading 29,0O0; Chicago. Milwaukee & st
Paul 5000; Union Pacific 1900; Western I'm
ion Telegraph 10000; Oregon Transcontnenta
$4,000; Wabash, st. Louis il Pacific preferret
1900.
MINING STOCKS.
Mining stocks dull; Homestake sold at Z
Eureka Consolidated 525@550, Chrysolite 1909
125, Robinson Consolidated 1922, Sonora Con
solidated % cents. Sales for the day "a, 81
shares; total for the week, 222, 00e shares Pip
Line certificates fairly active at 11635@1l315
closing on call at Il411.