St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-24
100000
To Loan on st. Paul Real ES-
tate.
St. Paul Title Insurance + Trust Co
FINANCIAL.
New York,

New YORK. Oct. 23.-This was one
of the dullcst days on the stock ex-
change OH record for full days bust
ness. the transactions aggregating only
$4,000 shares. With the exception of
some small selling in st. Paul and
Louisville & Nashville. and very mod
crate buying III Northern Pacific pre-
ferred for the London account, the
market was left entirely in the hands 'of
the room traders, and was as unimpor-
tant and uninteresting as 1t was dull.
The commission houses have been COM
planning for months past of lack of Or
ders, but struggling customers have
come along occasionally. Today not
lamb was in sight in the pastures, and
only a handful of small bears,
and very few stunted bulls
veg to be seen in the ring
and it did not require the police to pre-
vent ''Knock-out." for the fighting was
indeed tame. The movement of prices,
sluggish as IT was, was Irregular. Sugar
was in fair buying in the early deal
ings. and rose l per cent to S74, but
that being the closing price. Sugar
preferred lost - per cent. The grangers
moved within the narrowest limits. st.
Paul's range being Is per cent; Bur-
lington's and Rock Islands u, and
Northwestern's q; Burlington losing
& Oh the day. aud st. Paul a; Rock
Island gaining Is per cent. Northern Pa
citic preferred was sold down ~ per
cent by Boston and the LEGAL bears on
the failure to dispose of the 100000
receivers certificates offered for sale
yesterday. The break occurred in the
first hour, and the stock W as taken by
I of hn loo
little was done in the shares during the
afternoon, and the closing figures were
the lowest touched after decline of a
at the opening. Manhattan strength
ened OH the execution of buying orders,
believed to be for the covering OF shorts
put out yesterday. A steady gain was
made throughout the day, the last
being the best price made. and II
above yesterdays closing. Chicago Gas
fluctuated between 741s and 741s, closed
Is below the top. On purchases of 200
shares Pullman rose a per cent. Cedar
Falls 81 Minnesota advanced ~ and
OIL the day were made in PittSburg, Gin
cinnati, Chicago d. st. Louis preferred.
2; Bay State Gas, IL; Minneapolis 81
ST. Louis preferred, IL; Consolidated
Gas. ". and Cotton Oil and Tennessee
Coal and Iron, l per cent. Western
Union and New England are unchanged
OH the day. There was firm tone to
the bond market during the early ses-
sion, but in the afternoon the dealings
were somewhat irregular. the market
closing unsettled. The most notable
changes on the day are:
Advances-Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls
d Northwestern 6s, 5 per cent; Union
Pacific gold Is. 3; Ohio Southern Is, 215;
Ohio Southern tirsts, l; Chesapeake &
Ohio IS of 1901 and Burlington. Iowa
division IS, 2; Louisville-New Albany
general IS, Wisconsin Central frsts. ST.
Paul second Is and ST. Paul Southern
Minnesota frStS. "; Lake Shore firsts,
registered, N; Wabash seconds. *;
General Electric debenture IS, st. Paul
& Duluth seconds, Rock Island de-
benture IS. Toledo. Ann Arbor firsts
and Northwest sinking fund IS, l.
DeclineS-Fort Worth & Rio Gralide
firsts and Atlantic & Pacific As, Is per
cent: Northern Pacific. collateral trust
6s, II, and ST. Louis & San Francisco
consol As and Toledo. Ann Arbor 81
Grand Trunk firsts. !. Louisville 81
Nashville 4s reacted ~ and recovered
the loss.
Total Sales of Stocks Today 10
were 92,O07 shares, including: Amerf-
can Sugar, 32,4OO; Burlington, 2.sJ0;
Chicago Gas. 5.400; Distilling, $500;
Louisville q Nashville. 1850; Manhat-
tan Consolidated, $500; Northern Pa.
cific preferred, 600; st. Paul, $500;
Western Union, 1880.