St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-14
FINANCIAL.
New Work.

NEW YORK, March 10 The stock
market has been rather dull today. and
the changes in prices at the close for
the leading shares are, as rule, slight
Speculation opened firm, and in the
early trading the active list advanced a
fraction, and Central Pacific sold up "a
per cent Oh purchase of. 100 shares !;
Great Northern preferred, on sale of
200 shares, broke 3 per cent. When the
buying orders on the board had been
executed the market sagged off, and
Chicago Gas was forced down l3s by a
pressure to self which was removed be-
fore noon. The raid on this stock weak
ened the general list and caused a fur
Their reaction, which did not, however,
exceed a fraction. There were few
stocks which did not share in the
depression, notably New England and
Canadian Pacific, both of which rose l
per cent. The market continued heavy
until after midday, but the movement
Of prices was narrow and the tracing
light. Before l O'Clock the downward
tendency was checked and a rally was
begun, which, with slight Interruption.
continued to the close. The transactions
i'll Sugar, while the largest Of any share
on the list, were much reduced in vol
ume, and the fluctuations were confined
within range OF rs per cent, an ad-
vance being recorded on the day of u
per cent. General Electric, on purchases
mainly for the Boston account,
made a gain of 135, closing at the
highest point touched. Advances on
yesterdays final figures were estab-
10 N
Valley and New England, IL; Cotton
Oil preferred, l, and New Jersey Cen
trail and Delaware q Hudson. &c. In
the list OF declines are Great Northern
preferred, 3; Edison Electric of New
York, ~; Bay State Gas. u; Colorado
Coal, rs: COrdage guaranteed. Cordage
preferred, u. and Chicago Gas, X per
cent. The bond market displayed I'M
usual activity during the day. The
speculative issues were III demand, par
ticularly for the Atchison and Kansas
IL Texas mortgages, the combined sales
of which were $4,000 out of total for
the day or 81, 192, 800.
Among the inactive securities there
were material recessions, notably
Chicago IL Erie firSts, which fell 6sI
and Missouri Pacific thirds So. Other
losses were: Union Pacific sinking
fund 5S, Cordage firsis and Southern
Pacific of Arizona tirsts, 2; Consumers
Gas of Chicago firsts. 10; Louisville
81 Nashville unified fours, 19S; North.
ern of California 5s, IL: Hooking
Valley 6S, Long Dock 6s, Norfolk 4
Western general IS and northwestern
COLD rs, registered, l.
Advances-NUrthwest extension AZ,
reg. AZ per cent; Brooklyn Elevated
tirsts, Atchison Is. 21s: do seconds. IL
Colorado Midland firsts, 2; do seconds,
u; Iron Mountain firsts, I5S: Scioto
Valley & New England As IA, and
Hooking Valley IS and General Electric
debenture IS. International & Grea,
Northern seconds, Kansas Pacific con-
soils aud Michigan Central 5S of 1881,
reg, l.
Total Sales Of Stocks
today were 40. 100 shares, Including
American Sugar, $4,000; Chicago Gas.
5000; Columbus, H.V. u Toledo, $500:
Dlstilling and Cattle Feeding, $500:
General Electric, $4,000: Louisville 4
Nashville, $500; New Jersey Central
400; New York Central, 10, 900; New
York & New England, third assessment
paid. 5.400; Northwestern. 400: St.
Paul, 1O,100; Wheeling q Lake Erie,
$500