St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-24
New York.

NEW YORK, May 23-Money on call easy,
ranging from 3l2 to 6 per cent; last loan,3l2;
closed offered at 3l2. Prime mercantile paper,
5@7. Sterling exchange quiet and steady at
81 S3 for 6O-day bills, and $4.SoA for de-
mand The total sales of stocks to-day ag-
gregated 33S, 706 shares, including: Atch-
ison IL los: Delaware. LackaWanna d west
ern, 5000: Louisville Nashville, 3'9Z9;
1872; Oregon Transcontinental, $50 };
Richmond Il West Point, $4,000; st. Paul,
515l5; Union Pacific, 81 600. The stock
market to-day showed marked fall
ing off in business and cor
responding decline in the interest
taken in the speculation, very few
shares to-day tiuctuating over a range OF
more than fraction, while the movements
in the general list were devoid OF feature or
interest. There was no excitement what
ever. such as has marked the dealings almost
every day for the past MONTH and only III
Sugar Reconsideration. with Citizens Gas. OF
Brooklyn, was the only stock showing any
wide acknowledgements there an approach 10
any such thing. The manipulation on the
surface seems to be weakening, and The real
iZatiOns again caused a sharp downward
movement in the last hour, which left 1t ma
terialy lower than last evening. In the regu-
lar list the grangerS were still the most prom
inent features and soon after the opening to-
day they became strong and advanced upon
the reports that there was 10 be an increase
of rates. BY noon, however, 1T became
known that there was nothing in the ru-
mors. and the grangers sold down again.
ST. Paul, Rock Island and Lake Erie west
ern common were strong features TO DAY,
and the first named moved up sharply
toward noon. but failed to maintain its ad-
vantage during the latter portion of the day.
The belief in an Atchlson-Gould quarrel is
not so prevalent as few days ago, and to-
day the Southwestern stocks were stronger
Oh rumors of settlement Of the differences
between the two interests. Atchison, how
ever was, as rule, weak, and
with Richmond d West Point sagged
away slowly, but steadily, though the latter
received good support around 26 until late IN
the afternoon. In the afternoon the list
possessed less animation and showed smaller
fluctuations than at any time within the past
mouth and at times became positively dull.
The usual Friday realiZations, with some
selling by London, caused the market to give
Way in the last hour, though Sugar was ex-
tremely weak at the time, and the close was
quiet ana generally weak, at Insignificant
changes for the day. The final changes are
irregular, but the declines are i'll large
majority, though in no case among the
active stocks tor more than fractional
amounts. On the other hand Colorado Coal
is I'D l per cent. Railroad bonds. like stocks
were very quiet to-day, and the same lndlf-
ferent tone marked the dealings, the changes
in quotations, except in an extremely Limited
number of issues, being confined to insight
icant fractions The sales reached only
81 291 900. while the Atlantic d Pacific in
active speciality The important changes are
very few in number, and Minneapolis d ST.
Louis Iowa extension rs lost at SO; Peoria
Il Pekin Union DDS 312 to 20. Government
bonds have been dull and steady. State
bonds have been entirely neglected.