St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12
New York.

NEW YORK, Nov 1I.-Money on call quiet
at to per cent. closing at asked Prime
mercantile paper, 4@5. Sterling exchange
dull and unsettled; actual rates, S4.S0L for
sixty-day bills. and S4.8t for demand. Gov
eminent bonds were quiet and steady to-day;
state bonds were quiet and firm. The news
OF to-day was not generally OF character 10
offer values on the stock exchange. ana the
usually active shares presented little feature
of Importance throughout the day. The eX-
traordinary interest developed in the low
priced Southern and Southwestern shares,
however. suffered no diminution and they
were again active and strong, incorporating
most OF the interest taken in the stipulation.
The market was active and feverish In the
early part of the day, over one-third OF the
entire days business being transacted
in the first hour. Prices were weak
throughout almost the entire day, heavy
realizations by the room contributing most OF
this effect. Among the usually active stocks
Jersey Central, Omaha and Louisville Nash
vile were given most attention, and among
the specialties Richmond s. West Point, Nor
folk & Western aud Colorado Coal were most
traded in The former WAS particularly ac-
tive and strong upon the usual "bull stories
put OF late, though the association that set
tlement had been arrived atw1th the DanVllie
company probably having the most erect
The Nickel Plate stocks again came into
prominence, and show a handsome advance
this evening. The conspicuous weak stock,
however. was Manhattan Elevated, which de-
clined 80 per cent, although there was no
particular reason given for the weakness dis
PLAYED. The opening was strong, first prices
showing advances over the final figures or
last evening of from 19G5S per cent. gener-
ally The trading was very active, but prices
were feverish and generally weak, and towards
noon the market became dull, fluctuations
being within very narrow range, and the
transactions featureless. There was reaction
after noon and slight activity, but
the last two hours saw the decline resumed
aud the market became weaker as well as
more active as the closing OF business ap-
preached and the final figures are generally
the lowest of the day. Sales. 3S9.247 shares;
Richmond West Point, %, 1855; Reading,
%, 100: st. Paul, 22.26S; Jersey Central. ~
100. Final chan ges in the active list almost
invariably show declines, the most important
of which are Manhattan, g., 026; Lackawanna.
2; Jersey Central rs, Missouri Pacific and
New England, II each; Reading, 11s; West
ern Union and Pacific Mail, each, and others
fractions Railroad bonds were more active;
sales. S2,215,000. The couspicuously active
issues were Hooking Valley 5s, in which the
sales were S2l6 COZ: Kansas j. Texas, 5l64 600,
and Fort Worth & Denver lists, Sl49,OOO
Prices were generally strong through
out the day though weak
ening a little toward the close. Chicago
and st. Louis Is, to 10l; Denver Il Rio
Grande Western Is, to 10: Indianapolis
Decatur & Springfield Is, to log: Louisville
& Nashville, St. Louis division, Is, 3 10 1l3;
New Orleans Pacific. coupon off AZ to 1874;
Texas Pacific consols, coupon off ~ to So;
Shenandoah Valley Is, 2 to 81; Central Iowa
Is, coupon of, lost 31a at 1907. The total
sales of stocks to-day were 399,249 shares,
including.