St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-06
E.EYernO0I.
FINANCIAL.
New York.

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-Very little bust
ness was done on the stock exchange
today, and outside of Sugar, DistiHing,
Chicago Gas and Missouri Pacific the
trading was lifeless. A firm tone
marked the opening dealings, and eX-
cept for decline of per cent III Louis
vile q New Albany preferred and 13s
in Tobacco and 2I in Missouri Pacific
the market moved upward fractionally
until after IL o'clock. When the tem-
per of speculation and reaction set in,
Baltimore Il Ohio lost rs, Oregon Short
Line and the rest of the list fraction.
Sugar, after an opening advance of Is,
fell off a. closing q above the lowest.
Chicago Gas receded Is, advanced .
and reacted IS 1t was rumored that the
full cash dividend would be declared
on Monday. but the report had little or
no influence on the stock. Dlstilling
moved up IS per cent on the announce
ment of the formation of committee
of stockholders to look after the inter-
ests of the company. but subsequently
lost Il. The placing on the market of
block Of 1000 shares of long stock Of
Missouri Pacific was taken advantage
of by the bears to raid the property, AMI
a break of 2116 per cent was made in the
shares, OF which . per cent was subse-
uuently recovered. The other changes
on the day were mostly declines, includ-
ing losses of 13s OH Tobacco, Ia in
Baltimore d Ohio, l in Oregon
Short Line and Louisville & New AL
bany preferred and Is in Lead pre-
ferred. Of the grangers, st. Paul is
unchanged, Rock Island is down e, and
Burlington and Northwest are up Is
each. Rensselaer, u Saratoga sold at
1S5 against $50 last previous sale. Amer
lean Express shows gain of per cent,
and few other shares have advanced
a fraction After an early improve
ment of IA New Jersey Central reacted
l per cent The market closed about
steady. During the week the share
speculation has been inactive, and the
total sales are only sos, 600 shares. Spec
majority of the shares traded In show
gains compared with the final sales of
Saturday, the more important losses
being:
Consolidated Gas. AZ; Canadian Pa
cific, 39S; New Jersey Central, 3; To-
bacco, ~; Missouri Pacific, 23s; Sugar,
%; Erie preferred, rs.
Advances-R & Saratoga,
per cent; Baltimore q Ohio, 8: Colorado
Coal, 2.
The dealings in the bond market to-
day were very light, and the main trend
of prices was downward. The sales az
gregated s4O6, 500. The only changes
were fractional declines of 2 per cent in
Northern Pacific collateral trust 6's, ~
in Milwaukee. Lake Shore & Western
firsts and 2 in Cordage firsts. and adj
vances of per cent in Chicago & Erie
firsts and IL in Reading trust incomes.
On the week the bond market shows
but slight changes in the active list, eX-
cept for the Reading issue, which was
mortgages the changes are in the main
toward lower figures, but some few
show gains on the week, including De-
troit, Monroe & Toledo flrsts, AZ per
cent; st. Louis & San Francisco trust IS
and Oregon Navigation IS, 4; Minnesota
& st. Louis firsts, ~; Burlington. Dem
yer division, ~. and Colorado Midland
4s, Chicago & Erie flrsts, 2.
Declnes-Atchisoh seconds, Class B,
81; Missouri Pacific trust IS, 50: Read
ing Is, 2; Rensselaer, & Saratoga firsts
and New Jersey Central firsts of 1909,
~; Northern Pacific collateral trust IS,
~, and Hooking Valley IS, Oregon Inn
provement firsts and Peoria. Decatur &
Evansville frsts, 2, The sales for the
week were $500, 500.
The Total Sales of Stocks Today
were 67,4e7 shares, including: Amer
lean Tobacco. 2.700; Sugar, %, 100; Bur-
lington, 1900; Chicago Gas. 800; Ohes-
apeake s. Ohio, 1850; Dfstillefs and Cat
tie Feed, $500. Missouri Pacific, $500:
National Lead, 2,1e5i New jersey Cen
trail, 2.2OO; st. Paul. 2.700.
Closing stocks-West.