The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-12


Gently ned induced IT N placs large orders
- So So ssoe1 AZ the opening The foresight
isvs sIe - operators IN making the opening
justihed, and t5 sEse 81 high one was thus =.
o es.S quite freely Prices. however, were
LEFTY IA Msi maintained In the first hour. but
Ia splle q me violent activity Of the mar
Aee y SON peSame- evident that the supply Of
stocks was FULLY equal to the demand Room
traders detected evidence of realizing Nv large
interests ana commenced to sell the market
This had the effect of checking activity. and
the market fel into dullness until It re-
ceiyed renewed impetus from the strength OF
special STOCKS The shorts IN Sugar became
nervous as result of the high Ioantrg rate
for the stocks and covered some heavy lines
raising raising the price 2s4, Union Pacific preferred
and Peoples Gas above IL Prices generally
rose TO near the best again In sympathy with
tnis movement, and invited renewed buying
Tor outside account through commission
houses. But the level was not maintained in
tne last hour, when call money was marked
up ozz per cent, and prices fell away
practically wiped out In the gTangers, the
Pacihcs, except Union Pacific preferred. the
southern stocks and many specialties, includ-
ing Federal Steel. Atchison preferred which
was again the leader OK the market, showed
more substantial opposition to the decline
than many other stocks. Dealing In all of the
scale, and IT was accompanied by reports OF
the early entry into the directory OF q 1nan-
cial interest largely dominant in Rock Island.
There was an unexplained advance OF IA
points in Central Pacific, which was not i'm
probably connected with the coincldent
strength OF Union Pacific preferred. Pacific
Mail also advanced notably on account OF
increased earnings The decline of the lest
hour was accompanied by increased activity,
indicating a disposition towards liquidation
The bond market was again phenominally
active and embraced q great variety OF Is
cues. The Atchison adjustment Is were, how
ever, easily the leaders. with total sales or
a par value OF nearly 81 0oo. 900. This bond
advanced per cent, TO 73A, and reacted Y
In the late dealings. The Atchison general As
were also largely taken. Prices are generally
higher than yesterday though the highest OF
the day were not maintained. Total sales,
s, 225.00e. United States 5s declined Is In
the bid price.
Total sales Of stocks today were 73S. 500
shares, including: AtchiSon. 12,oS5; do pfd,
Il, ls5: Central Pacific, 1870; @. o., 300;
Burlington. % $50; Big Four. 1850: ID. d K
G. pfd, 1918; Illinois Central, 4ls1; L. & NJ.
Is $40; Manhattan. S.S76; Met St Ry., 30S1;
Reading LIST pfd l. S25: Missouri Pacific, 10,4T5;
NJ. X T. pfd 5000: North American Co.,
800; Northern Pacific. SO,440: do pfd. H.
ESQ; Rock Island, IS. no; Union Pacific. a. 2le;
St. Paul. &c, $50; Southern pfd. 1885; Union
Pacific pfd, 5sS75; Wabash pfd, s,3l5; To-
bacco. 2s 230 Bay State Gas. g. $50: Federal
Steel. 1910; DO pfd q, $50: Peoples Gas.
81 SIS: Pacific Mail, 1920; Sugar. $3.50: T.
c. q l.. IL 266; Leather pfd, $3.50; Rubber.
LIS: Western Union. 2.575; Chicago Great
Western. $40.
The following were the fluctuations Of the
leading railway and industrial shares. fur
OF the New York stock exchange and Chicago
board of trade.