St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-07

the day. Oregon Navigation broke 8.
and Minnesota Iron 2. Between IL and
IL o'clock the market was very strong
on light volume of business, and
prices rose 4@1T, the latter Mime
apoiiS d st. Louis. Toward noon there
was partial reaction. but after midday
the market became strong again. and
with all occasional reaction continued
to advance to the close, the final dealings
being in most cases at OF near the best
of the day. The grangers were
firmest Of the active shares. Rock
Island gained "a; Northwest lss;
do preferred. /; st. Paul, 1s: do pre-
ferred, q, and Burlington d Quincy. a.
The strength of these stocks was due to
the advance III wheat, and the leading
gains were "a Minnesota & ST. Louis
preferred. rs do common. IL Dies
ferred. Iowa Central preferred, Great
Northern preferred. East Tennessee,
Oregon Navigation lost 3; Minnesota
Iron, 2; New York. Chicago Il St. Louis
preferred, &c, and Central Pacific, |
per cent.
The bond market was firm in the
early dealings, gaining strength as the
day advanced aud closing generally at
the best figures of the day. The lead
ing changes are: Advances-Peoria.
Decatur x Evansville seconds. 3; Seat
tie, Lake Shore IL Eastern firSts, ia
Louisville, Evansville & st. Louis con.
sol IS, 21a; Toledo. st. Louis u Kansas
City first trust receipts, ~; Atchison,
Colorado d Pacific frsts, 3; Detroit nj.
Il NJ. land grants and Union Pacific
firSts of '96. each ~: Chicago. st. Louis
u New Orleans IS, Hooking Valley 6S,
rin Erin dad re RI
st. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba, Mon
tana Extension As, each IL per cent
Ohio Southern tirsts, 13s: Contra. Pacific
Is of '95. Is; Chesapeake d Ohio, a. :
Milwaukee, Lake Shore 81 Western
firsts, Mobile IL Ohio As, Mobile & Ohio
new 6S. st. Paul. Dakota d Great
Southern 5S, each per cent.
DeclineS-UniOn Pacific 415S. 2; East
Tennessee consol 5S and Chicago ~ Mil
waukee firsts. each 2 per cent; Louis
vile & Nashville, Cecilian branch tirsts,
sold at 10SS4, against 101 on Sept. IS:
Galveston. Harrisburg u San Antonio
sold at 1014, against 9S on March Is.
Omaha q St. Louis frsts, extended
bonded coupons, sold at 46, against 36112
Oil Dec. 2. Oregon Peninsu!ar 5s SOLD
at 961a, against l04 the last sale.
'Ihe Total Sales Of Stocks
today aggregated 210,5S0 shares. includ-
ing: American Sugar. $4,000; Burling-
ton. 5000: Chicago Gas, 12,O00; Chess
apeake IL Ohio, 5000; Distilling. 1000;
General Electric, 5000: Missouri Pacific,
5000; National Lead. 5000; B. w. & p.
certificates, 1900; Rock Island. 10000;
st. Paul. $4,000; Wabash pfd, 1000;
Western Union, 1000.
The Evening Post say-: Activity in
stocks slackened TODAY at very much
the same time the days top prices were
reached in wheat. There was, however,
no yielding of security prices, and the
advancing tendency was rather especi.
ally marked in bonds. Outside the
granger group. the noteworthy net
gains were chiefly confined to the in
dustrials and the low-priced London
specialties. Distilling certificateSmoved
about in such aimless fashion as to
suggest complete ignorance among the
spectators of the Chicago quo warrantO
DECISIONS actual scope. Foreign houses
die comparatively little. and are natur-
ally wary of taking large chances at the
present level.