St. Paul daily globe., 1890-11-22

the upward movement, and there was no
real interruption of the advance until the
close of business. Slight reactions were
frequent, but each advance carried the list
farther in the upward direction, and the
final prices are generally AZ or close 10 the
best Of the day. The market closed active and
strong. The final changes are Invariably in
the direction of higher figures and the
gains are all large in the active stocks The
most important are Sugar Reineries, lssc;
.ersey Central, 4H; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, 3s4; G. c. G. d. St. Louis, 3ss: Mis-
souri, Pacific, 3H; Western Union and Chi
eago Gas, each ga Louisville 4 Nashville,
2l2; Lake Shore, 23s; Union Pacific, 2ss !;
Lackawanna, 2ss; Reading, "a: Burlington
& Quincy and Rock Island, each 2Is; North
western and New England, each per cent:
ana others smaller amounts. The buying OF
railroad bonds was not the least marked
feature of the market to-day, and for the first
time in weeks The final changes of note are
all in The direction of higher figures, the
strong tone prevailing from the opening to
the close without break. The
ing TO So, ,253000, and of that amount
Northern Pacific 5s furnished Sl7' 900;
Atchison incomes, $l45.UOO; Kansas Il
Texas 4s, Sl24, ,OO1, and the Texas Pacific
Zds; 81 600 The active issues are mate
rally higher. Northern Pacific 5s advanced
rs to 81; Ohio Southern is. 3 TO So; Rich
mond d West Point 5s, 2sS to 81; Kansas &
Iexas Is, TO 76; Wisconsin Central. in
been dull ana heavy. State bonds have been
dull and without feature. Petroleum opened
hrm. but soon became dull and remained SO
until near the close, when, OH covering by
shorts, the market became firm and con-
nnued so until the close. Pennsylvania oil,
spot opening, 6S4; highest. 6Ss4 lowest.
oSA; closing. 6Ss4; Pennsylvania oil, De
cember CEN option opening. 60; highest,
Lima oil no sales. Total sales, $4,000 bbis.
The Post says: In the afternoon the stock
market was strong and higher. Money was
plenty at 8 per cent. and the remark was
heard III various quarters that stocks were
scarcer than money. The general expecta-
ton to-day is that the bank statement TO-
morrow will show a great improvement
whenever the foreign exchange market gets
into normal condition, so that cotton ship
pers will be able to sell their bills against
shipments without paying such heavy dis
counts. money will become more abundant
than it has been at any time this year; an
index of the extent to which stocks have
been bought and paid for outright ana taken
away by investors who seldom come
into the stock market is fur
nished by the business of two commis-
sion houses" who make an exclusive spe-
clalty of selling broken lots of stocks viz,
in amounts less than lOD shares, and having
them transferred on the books OF the com
panles. The business of these houses indi-
Gates that the total amount of ''broken LOTS
transferred to new and comparatively perma-
nt nt investors in the last twoweeks is not less
than 200 600 shares. These stocks have been
paid for in cash and taken out Of the street
The total sales of stocks to-day were 331. .457
shares, including: Atchison. 1854 Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western. l3325 :;
Erie, 4,O25 Lake Shore, 6755; Louisville &
Nashville, 1899: Missouri Pacific, lO.6n0;
Northwestern, 80 5; North American,
13. IA; Northern Pacific, 1870; Northern
Pacific preferred, 1913; Pacific Mail, 4 U6O; !;
Reading, 13, $50; Richmond & West Point,
11.64S; st. Paul, q, $50; Texas Pacific
3,l35; Union Pacific, 500; Western Union