St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-02

sixty-day bills, and s4.SS& for demand.
The total sales of stocks to-day were
ISL, 4S7 shares, including: Atchison, Co.
6i2; Delaware, Lackawanna d Western,
$500; Louisville IL Nashville 800;
Missouri Pacific, 5,310; Northwestern,
1881: Reading, 1880: st. Paul, 1920;
Union Pacific, 10,950; Western Union,
4,5l5. The stock market to-day was
dull throughout, and two or three
stocks monopolized all the interest
there was in the transactions, of
which they furnished about half.
The market seemed without inter-
est at the opening, and the general list
continued throughout the day to fluctu-
ate between the smallest limits, few
stocks being traded in over a range of
more than Is per cent, and little feature
marked the dealings. Atchison was
again the pivotal point in the list,
and the pressure was renewed upon it
with the first sales, and at its lowest
point, which was lower than any price
yet seen on the present depression, it
showed decline of 2 per cent. New
England was taken in hand by the
bears and knocked down u, and some
pressure was brought against Missouri
Pacific. and it was let Off per cent, but
in none or the other leading shares was
there q movement of Importance. A
few of the SpeciaitieS recorded marked
changes, and chief among these was
San Francisco preferred, which
dropped per cent OH the re-
ductiOn of the dividend rate
to per cent. The common
stock also suffered drop of 81 and
Perry Coal lost 3 per cent. There was
hour and the rate on call was bid up to
10 per cent, which is the highest rate
paid this year. simultaneously there
was another drive at the weak stocks
and Reading. but the last named stock
was well held, although Atchison went
down to its lowest figure. The rally
was sharp and many of the list were
carried up beyond the opening figures
for the first time during the day. At
the opening the market was feveriSh
and irregular though the majority of
stocks were lower, declines extending
to = perc cent. Atchison and Union Pa
cific showed marked weakness, and the
general list sympathiZed to limited
extent in the decline, but the bottom
was quickly struck and on the rally
most of the list was brought back to
opening figures. Dizziness then became
the most prominent characteristic of the
market, but New England was taken
in hand by the bears and depressed
u per cent, but with no response out
side of Atchison and Missouri Pacific.
Prices in the general list after
that remained Stagnant. though San
Francisco preferred, Perry Coal and
and one or two others showed marked
weakness. After the last drive toward
delivery hour the Improvement was
general, and Atchison recovered II
per cent. the market closing dull but
firm, and generally at close to opening
figures. San Francisco preferred lost
II per cent. but the other changes in
the active shares, including Atchison,
were for fractional amounts only, with
a majority of advances. The railroad
bond market, like that in shares, was
very dull to-day, although the dealings
were distributed over large amount of
issues. The dealings were without
feature of any kind, and the final
changes were small and generally insig-
nificant. st. Paul Hastings Il Dakota
IS rose to l0113, Ohio, indianapolis IL
Western DDS to 43, and Louisville &
Nashville 1,040s 4 to 1861. Government
bonds have been dull, but steady to
firm. State bonds have been dull and
steady. Petroleum opened weak at soc,
and after slight rally in the forenoon
declined to S91a. Light buying by
Standard Oil brokers then caused an
advance to 90Tc, and the market closed
steady at 901a. Sales, 100000 bbls.