St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-14

New YORK, June 13.-Money on call easy
at o@2la per cent: last loan 2l2 per cents
closed offered at 2l2 per cent Prime mer-
camille paper, 3@5ls per cent. Sterling ex-
change quiet, but steady, at 4.s7 for sixty
total sales of Stocks to-day were 224, ,O75
shares, including: Atchison, 1900; Della
ware, Lackawana & Western, $500; Lake
Shore. $500; Louisville Il Nashville, $500;
Missouri Pacific. 1850; northwestern, $50;
preferred, 1881; Reading, 23.s5O; st. Paul,
Union. 1851. Clearings. $121. GA; bal
ances, $5.sO1. .2O7. The stock market to-
day was comparatively quiet he,,s less
seven-eighths of the entire business
while the temper of the dealings was reac-
tionary throughout the day. and while the
final changes are generally insignificant they
are in all but a few instances in the direction
of lower figures. The buying in general was
good, and the feeling was rather bullish, but
the realizing tendency was uppermOst for
the time being, and the offerings of stocks
were sufficient to sag the list off slowly. The
only stock showing any real animation was
New England, in which there was marked
speculative buying, though, as usual with
the deals in that stock, the. street is some
Tbste Tbst Was ysfed snP Py Of the pey cent
in netS the %as Price of New Haven Fl from a' It
last recorded sale and it touched 265, which
was said to be on the passage of the bill in
the Connecticut legislature permitting the
road to increase its capital stock, which was
interpreted in some quarters as equivalent to
permission to purchase New England. But
aside from that the news of the day in re-
gard to the latter road was very favorable.
The stock moved up steadily ambrose over
per cent, finally closing at the best figure.
market than of late, and the same may be
said of the grangers. The news from the
West was of neutral character, and the
operators in those stocks seem to be waiting.
low-priced shares, and the trusts, with
the exception of lead, were quiet.
The selling in lead trust was
very marked. and the price was
forced Off about per cent. The. opening
was quiet and firm, but the realizations with
some help from the bears impaired reac-
tionary tone to the dealings Immediately,
and while only Chicago Gas showed any
marked weakness and New England and Big
Four were strong the list slowly sagged off
them throughout the day. Jersey Central
and Sugar Trusts later led the decline, but
the movements were generally for insignifi-
cant fractions New England continued to
rise steadily and acted as a check upon the
decline in the rest OF the list, and toward the
close there was a somewhat better tone devel-
oped in the general list, but the early losses
were not recovered, and the market at
the close was still barely steady at fractional
declines for the day. The final changes are
generally in the direction of lower figures.
but the only important difference is in New
dealings in railroad bonds were Comparatively
large, reaching $2, 153. 900, but as in shares,
few issues furnished the greater portion Of
the business and Richmond Il Allegheny
seconds contributed $685., 200; Denver &
Rio Grande fives, $40, 600; Atlantic 4
Pacific fours. S156,OOO, and Denver L. Rio
Grande fours $4,000 to the grand total.
There was, however, more decided strength
to the market than during the past few days
increased. Minneapolis 4 st. Louis seconds
rose to so and Toledo, Ann Arbor & Grand
Trunk firsts 3 to lib. Government bonds
have been dull and steady. State bonds
have been dull but firm.