St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-27
FINANCIAL.
New York.

NEW YORK. April 26.-The share
speculation today, except for the trading
in Sugar. was dull and unintereSting. In
tho shares of the American Sugar Re-
Inning company the dealings were very
heavy, a purchasing movement having
been developed at the opening which
was continued in force to the close, the
last sale being made within Is of the
best price recorded. The influences at
work in Sugar were cOnfirna;ory re-
ports Of the Oft-re ported rumorS that
the tariff bill as it passes the senate Will
afford ample protection to the refining
interests. The buying was to a large
extent by houses with Washington COLI
nections. and resulted in an advance of
2 per cent to zoos. This was followed
by reaction to 991a, but IN the final
dealings the stock recovered to par,
closing at ain improvement of OH the
day. The preferred shares gained l q.
ST. Paul led the railway list in point of
activity, being, in fact, the only stock
of this group in which the transactions
exceeded 5000 shares. 1t was sold by
London during the morning, and a local
bear made a small drive at it in the aft
ernoon. but succeeded only in sending
it down %, of which q was recovered.
Darlington & Quincy loses Is, aud
Northwest and r. | each g. Disabling
was bought On favorable Washington
advices. it being stated that the revenue
would be modified so as 10 increase the
duty on spirits. AS Il result the shares
moved up %, then, on realiza,ions, a re-
action of q took place, with fina! re-
covery of IS. Chicago Gas was remark
ably steady, huctuating within limit of
r. A gain of % was made Ill the open
ing dealings, which was quickly followed
bya drop Of e, a rally or q was made
in the afternoon. the closing being at a
reaction of 4. which is below yeSter-
days final sale. Fhe trading in the
rest of the list was very light,
and, except for few specialtie:, the
changes i'll prices were insignificant.
On sale CT 100 shares Cordage pre-
st. Louis declined e aud Louisville "
Nashville II. American Express sold
at 1l1L against ll6, the last previous
sale. The rest of the list shows only
fractional differences from yesterdays
closing figures. In the late trading the
market was generally weak on small
business and closed heavy.
The bond market was depressed
during the greater portion of the day
and closed rather weak. The more im.
portant changes being: Advances,
j Louisville. Evansville q ST. Louis con-
sol SIS. 2; Buffalo, New York & Erie lists
and Peoria Il Pekin Union EDS, each. 9;
Cedar Rapids. Iowa Fails Il Northern
Is and East Tennessee cousol IS, each l
per cent.
Declnes-Erie seconds. 2: Atchison
seconds and Union Pacific sinking fund
Fights, each per cent; Atchison, Col
orado d Pacific tirsts sold at 444.
against so Oh April II; Louisville "
Nashville. Nashville, Florida u Shei.
field rirsts sold at S.. against 80 on Feb.
20; st. Paul 4 Minnesota tirsts sold at
la9114. against l2sA on Jan. 20; Toledo,
Ann ArbOr cOnsOi is were 10 bid, against
the last sale at 80 OH March 10.
The Total sales OF Stocks
to-day were $4,000 shares, including:
Atchison, 2.100; American Sugar. ST.
449; American Sugar preferred, 2,50U:
Burlington, 5000; Chicago Gas, 1890;
Distiliing, 10,500; General Electric,
1900; Louisville u Nashville, 2.70o; ST.
Paul. Il. 100: silver bullion certificates,
3O,UO0; Western Union. $500.