St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-11
New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-Clearings to-day,
1922, ,271 .067; balances, Sc. 237, l66. For
the week: Clearings, $746, So, ,25S; bal
ances, s32, ,541, SIS. Money on call was
easy. with no loans, closing offered at 2
per cent. Prime mercantile paper. Ace
per cent. Sterling exchange dull but
steady at 4.S6 for sixty-day bills and
4.SS for demand. The stock market
to-day was comparatively quiet. and
while there was an inclination to adj
vance it was checked by raids upon the
at lower figures than those Of last even
ing. The depression Of last night was
not over yet at the opening this morn
ing, and first prices were generally from
17a(011 per cent lower than last
evenings figures, with Omaha, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Atchison showing
the largest losses. London had some
selling orders which accounted for the
weakness, though it was generally be-
lieved that the orders originated In New
York. There was arenewal of the buy
ing by commission houses. however, and
the market became active and strong
throughout, although c. G. G. d l.,
while it was rumored that the negotia-
tions between that road and the Big
Four had actually been closed. devel-
oped marked weakness after opening
up s per cent. and 1apidiy lost over a
point. There was considerable anima-
ton in few of the leaders, but the gen.
eral list was dull until the last hour,
when a more general distribution of
business occurred, and the strong tone
disappeared. The bears raided the
grangers. and although the losses in
those stocks were small, the general list
sympathiZed to marked extent,
aided by some realization. Ore
gon Short line was a marked expec-
ton, and it continued strong until the
close, rising per cent. Pullman was
also strong again and it moved up
nearly points. The market finally
closed active and weak at about the
lowest figures, which were but slightly
changed from those of the opening.
Oregon Short Line is up ~, but the
other changes are for small fractions
only and are about equally divided be-
tween gains and losses. The railroad
bond market was quiet, the sales OF all
issues aggregating S1.0S9,O00. with no
special animation. The dealings pre-
sented very little feature Of any kind,
and while there was considerable
strength shown in the early trading, the
list sympa4hized late with the decline
in the share list and declines followed
all over the list, The losses include
Kansas City s. Omaha lists 21a
to s61s. The sales of bonds
for the week were 1921 600,
against $1s,255,000 for last week.
The exports of specie from the port Of
New York last week amounted to $477,-
4S5, of which 1851 500 was in gold and
$125,9S5 silver. Of the total exports,
$500 in gold and S12O,5O0 in silver went
to Europe and s349,000 gold and S., 4S5
silver went to South America. The im-
ports of specie for the week amounted
to S1s5. .sO2, of which $17S,646 was in gold
and $7,156 silver. Government bonds
have been dull and firm to strong.
State bonds have been neglected. The
total sales of stocks to-day were 125, 5,423
shares, including Atchison, $50;
Delaware, Lackawanna d Western,
$3.50; Missouri Pacific, 3,400; North
western, 1856: Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, S.26s; Oregon 1ranseontinental,
$3.50; Reading, 11,45O: Richmond &
West Point. 1880; st. Paul, 1866;
Western Union, $3.50.