St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-29
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EVENING REPORT.
Money easy at 1909 per cent, closing
202k. Prime mercantile paper 4GG5h per
cent Sterling exchange, bankers bills steady
at S4872l do. ex. demand, S4.89h.
Government5-Firm.
Bonds-RailroGd bonds weak and lower; Den
yer 81 Rio Grande Western frsts broke to As,
Texas Pacific Rio Grande division, fell Oft to 50
and incomes to 1919 Denver q Rio Grande con-
soils offered at 68&.
State Securites-steady; Tennessee com
promise sold at 474 and do mixed II.
Stocks-The Stock Exchange was weak and
depressed. At the opening there was an ad-
vance of 1sQ.% per cent, the latter for Pacific
Mail, which rose to 4Gl. Oregon Transconti-
mental was exceptionally heavy, opening q per
cent. lower at IS and declining to 1873 Coal
shares, Southwestern, Changers and Western I'm
ion Telegraph were the weakest of the other
active shares. Near the close there was a rally
of "a = per cent. in the general list and Il in
New Jersey Central. The failure of Owens 81
Mercer was due to customers not responding to
a call for margins. The chairman of the Stock
Exchange closed out 1000 shares of stock for
their account, of which 400 were Chicago, Bur-
Ington e Quincy, 400 Lake Shore, 300 Central
Pacific, 200 Philadelphia 81 Reading, 200 Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, 100 Indiana, Bloomington "
Western, 100 New York S New England, 100
Union Pacific and 100 Western Union Telegraph.
There was a brisk demand for borrowing pur-
poses and New Jersey Central lent at 1-1G0H
for use, Missouri Pacific, New York Central,
Philadelphia s. Reading, Northern Pacific pre-
ferred and st. Paul, Minneapolis 81 Manitoba at
1-64, and Delaware, Lackaw0nna 6 Western,
Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul, Lake Shore and
Chicago s. Northwestern fiat. "Seller sixty
options were put out in New Jersey Central at
1904 when prices in the regular way were
761%@T714. Compared with Saturday the closing
prices are down A@2h per cent, the latter for
New Jersey Central. Among the inactive shares
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati s. indianapolis
declined y per cent to $50, Chesapeake & Ohio
/ to 10, Illinois Central Ia to 261i, Indiana,
Bloomington & Western l to IS, Manhattan
Beach 215 to 90, Milwaukee, Lake Shore & West
em preferred per cent. to 81 New York, Lake
Erie 81 Western preferred 3 to 80, Oregon In
prOyement ~ to 20G21, Oregon Navigation q
to II, Richmond & Allegheny u to 3, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis Manitoba IA to 901z and st.
Louis Il san Francisco preferred IL to 69A.
Spring Mountain Coal rose to 80.
The ECe1jRg F0st says: The days trading
developed no new features whatever III the gen
erGl situation and the decline in prices was due
to the efforts Of the bears, whose attacks had
been concentrated. Specie engagements by
Wednesdays steamer. 5l,40O,00O.
The transactions aggregated 454, 600 shares:
Delaware, Lac;awanna g Western 73. 900:
New York, Lake Erie & Western 5000;
Lake Shore % Gee; Louisville e Nashville 5000:
Missouri Pacific $4,000: Chicago & Northwestern
5000; New Jersey Central $4,000; Pacific Mail
5000; Philadelphia & Reading $1,000; Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul 81 900; Texas Pacific
10000; Union Pacific $4,000 Western Union
Telegraph $4,000; Northern Pacific II 600; Ore
gon Transcontinental 5000.
MINING STOCKS.
There was only moderate business in mining
stocks, but the market was frIner than Saturday
The sales included Alice at 300Q3O5, ConsoIi-
dated Virginia II, Horn Silver 700, Standard no,
Castle Creek %, La Crosse 10, Bodie $50 regular,
40 seller ten and 440 seller sixty days. Bulwer
s., Sutro Tunnel 10, Rappahannock Il and Gold
Stripe 10.