St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-13
FOREIGN MARKETS.
Weekly Resume Of the Money
and Stock Markets of Europe.

LONDON, April 12-Money was easy early
i'll the week, but tightened on successive
ing to $4,000, together with 9D0,U00
gong on Monday. The last Bank of
England returns of diminished reserve
combined with the influx of bullion abroad,
renders an early advance of the banks rate
exceedingly probable. Discount hardened
during the week, and was quoted at PIP
for three months and 2 for short
On the stock exchange there was more
activity, and there was a higher range
of prices in every department. The stocks
shown in the settlement just closed assisted
in Strengthening quotations, and good adj
vices from other bourses and the decided
symptoms of revival in New YORK helped
to give sense of general buoyancy. Special
causes continue 10 affect South American
issues. Argentines, though they recovered
from the scare over the decree suspending
the payment of deposits in the national ana
provincial banks still show all average drop
for the week of sig. CHILEAN securities show
a decline of PA. English railway securities
were strong. and show all average of IA.
American railway securities are nQta-
bly, reviving. The New York bull
here. Operators have been waiting,
ready to respond to any symptoms of a
steady BOOM and dealings both with the pub
lie and spectators have been considerable
during the last few days. every kind being
taken. Variations of the week in prices of
American railway securities include the fol
lowing: Increase -Atchison IL Louisville and
Nashville. 5l2 EACH Lake Shore and Union
Pacific shares 2l2 each; WABASH, ia; Central
Pacific shares, 1l2; Denver IL Rio Grande
preferred, IA: Erie preferred, Sault Ste.
Marie d. Southwestern. New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio first mortgage, and Mexican
Central priority bonds, l each; Denver d.
Rio Grande common, New York. Ontario d.
Western, Northern Pacific and Ohio d Mis-
sisslppi ordinary, IL each; Erie, ia;
Illinois Central. 134; st. Paul common,
40, Iio,,
and in 1air demand. Grand Trunk first pref
erences gained on the week. seconds 2I2,
and third preferences2. The securities of
the Mexican railway were Irregular, second
closidg "a lower Tor the week. Of the mis-
cellaneous securities Guinness gained 3l2 on
the week, while Allsopps dropped 1l2, nj
trates ~, Eastmans Il and Rio Tintos 1S.
There were issued during the week securities
of the Servian Bacon Curing company. The
organization was formed to work The monop-
oily, secured for fifteen years. of the whole
Servian expectation of cured hog products,
and is preparing hog products on The Ameri-
eau system. The direct United States Cable
company announces a dividend of 3l2 per
cent
PARIS. April 12-On the bourse during the
week business was quiet and prices were
firm. Three per cent rentes show a weeks
rise of ten centimes Bank of France shares
rose 80 francs owing to the good report on
the position of the bank and the increase of
gold deposits. Rio Tinto lost Gil francs and
Hanalla canal lt2 1rd1CS Inc new RUSSIAN
loan at per cent-450. 0OQ 900 francs-will be
issued at the end of this month by the Roth
schllds.
BERLIN, April 12-Business on the boerse
during the week was limited, yet there was
tendency to tirmness. The final quotations
include the following: Russian tours, 1850;
Deutsch bank, 155. IS; Mexican skies. 90 40:
roubles, 241.25; BochumeT, 127; short ex-
change on London, 2J.36; long exchange on
London, 20.2514; private discount, 2s4 As
to the Importation of coal from Wales
and America, the steamship compa-
MES whose steamers are each now taking
1900 tons aboard at New York. Baltimore
and Philadelphia plead that coal in West
phalia and Silescia is held at exorbitant
rates. The coal owners respond that this is
due to the eXactness of the miners. II it
were not for the fact that manufacturers
railways and other concerns are accumulat-
ing stocks of coal III fear of general strike,
the coal owners would be forced to lower the
rates.
FRANKFORT, April12 -During the week past
there was little doing OH the boerse. Prices
were weak, but closed tiTmer yesterday after
the receipt of the Austrian emperor's speech
on opening the reichsrath. The closing
prices of yesterday include: Hungarian gold
Tentes, $50; Italian fves, 81. 40; Russian
fours, $3.50; Spanish fours, 1880; short ex-
change on London, 20.35; private discount,
u.s.