St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-18
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To Loan on St. Paul Real Es-
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St. Paul Title Insurance ! Trust Co
FINANCIAL.
New York.

NEW YORK. April IA moderate
volume of business was done or the
stock exchange today, but the specula-
tinn was unsettled i'm tone and the great
majority Of the stocks traded in record
ed decline for the days transactions.
No very great losses were made. how
ever. and pressure to sell was not very
heavy. At the opening the speculation
was firm. but selling movement in Chi
cago Gas, Sugar and American Tobacco
weakened the entire list, and for half
hour the tendency was downward. the
losses ranging from u to ~. the latter
in American Tobacco. During the
uext half hour the market was
firm. Sugar. which led. lost
II, lied Is; and Chicago Gas
which, after all opening advance of 4,
had rcceded l per cent. sold up Oh
purchases made in anticipation of a
favorable decision by the attorney gen
eral of Illinois in the quowarraDto pro-
ceedings. After IL o'clock ;be market
became heavy, and gradually the early
Improvement was lost. prices in many
cases going below the closing figures of
Yesterday. Shortly after midday Sugar
and General Electric made squirt up
ward, each gaining ! u and the general
list recovering a fraction. Speculation
then became steady until after delivery
hour. when Sugar broke l a, and the rest
of the list moved down 55G@s4. tile depres-
sion lasting until just before the close
when purchases to cover short contacts
caused fractional rally and gave the
market an air of calmness which was
largely artificial. Some few of the act
i've shares scored gain of fraction,
including Chicago Gas e, but most OF
the other stocks dealt i'll show a decline
on the days trading. including Amer.
lean Tobacco and Chicago 81 Western
illinois preferred IL. G. G. G. u st.
Louis. Union Pacific, Kansas & Texas
preferred, Illinois Central preferred.
and Hooking Coal, per cent. OF the
grangers, Northwest is up Is, aid the
others are down 1S@s4. The weakness
OF these stocks was mainly due to the
announcement of the cut in passenger
rates by Union Pacific, and the deter
mination OF the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION to meet ii.
The bond market was heavy during
the morning: became firm in the early
afternoon, but closed irregular, the
principal changes being: Advances
Omaha s. st. Louis firsts. 3; Tennes-
see Coal and Iron, Tennessee division
firsts, 219: st. Louis, Vandalia &
Terre Haute firsts. IA; Harlem coupon
Iirsts, Morgans. La. q Tex. Is. North.
west CdL ia anu JILL ouis
NJ q NJ, Dakota extension frStS, each
u; Chicago Gas frsts, 1a5; Chicago &
Eastern Illinois consols, Chicago, b T.
lington d Quincy debenture 5S, Toledo.
ST. Louis u Kansas City trusts tirsts,
per cent.
Uec!ines-Wabash debentures, series
B. IL: Northern Pacific firsts regis
tered, "a; Cleveland & Canton firsts.
Minnesota & st. Louis seconds and
Northwest consOls, each per cent. st.
Louis and San Francisco trusts SIS sold
at 6711a, against 6s Sept. 9: Duluth d
Montana frsts sold at IS, against 81
Jan. 16.
The steamship Majestic will take out
tomorrow 100000 ounces of silver and
%, 100 Mexican dollars. The steamship
New York takes out tomorrow $4,000
ounces of silver.
The Evening POSTS financial dis
patches from London say: The budget
was we'll received in the city and COLI
soils have risen. Nevertheless, the mar
kets generally were deadly idle and dull.
principally owing to the continued fall
| in Americans, where the disguised bulls
| utilized generally, prices closing quite
at the bottom. The future course of the
speculative markets mainly depends on
| the course of Americans. Better news
| on the tariff bill would lave ali imme-
! date effect here. Silver was 2S7sd and
weaker Oh increased supplies.
The Total Sales of Stocks
today were 1sO,53S shares. including:
| Atchison, $500; American Sugar. 1880;
Burlington, 5.0O0; Chicago Gas. $1,000;
| DstiIing and Cattle Feeders, 1850;
| General Electric, $500; Missouri Pa
| cifc. $500: New York IL New England.
800; Northern Pacific preferred. 300;
| Reading, $500; Rock Island, 1900: st.
Paul. 24.939; Union Pacific, 1870; West
| ern Union, $500.