The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-15
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.

Cholor ..........,$ so 17lOntario ..........$7 10
CIoWn Fo1nt... 9Ophlr .........-.. 61
Con. Cal. & Va. l 60lPlymouth 49,. 10
Gould & Curry. Isl Isl do dti' pfd -. .. ! 50 50
Hale & Nor. 3O,Sierra Nevada. rs
Homestake -. 80 O0, Standard ........ 8 90
IRON SiiVer...... So MON Con-. q
Mexican ......... q Yellow Jacket. IS
WALL STREET GOSSIP-New York
stock gossip, reported by II. Hobart &
Son. bankers and brokers' 341 Robert
street, National German-American Bank
wire us: Our market is without feature,
but prices have been irregular ard
through that the traders have made the
larger portion of the transactions. A
continued weakness has been apparent i'll
metropolitan Street Railway and it is
evident that liquidation has been quitely
going on. At 40 the shares pay per
cent and with the new burdens this is the
maximum for some time to come. Hold
efs also dread the future and fear that
e tne present rate is in danger Other
Tobacco, but has rallied few points on
purchases for inside parties While we
have faith in the value Of these shares We
cannot recommend them now for we think
tneY Will be Sympatheticafy affected by
the downward tendency of other indus
! trfals--The steel stocks continue to exert
a most depressing influence on specuia-
tloh and the end seems to be far off 1t
appears to us most unusual that a stock
! Ike Hoop should sell around 20 whea at
that figure and allowing for the Gu;ck as
sets, the plant is selling far below vafIe
But these shares are not in demand -
FOREIGN FINANCIAI-New York
May 1.-THE Commercial Advertiser 5
London financial cablegram says: The
market here was firm during the early
part of the session, the favorable in
huences being the good news from Lord
Roberts and Gen. Butler and easier
money. But the public did not come in
and the professionals, in Their enthusiasm
under the spur of the dispatch telling of
the advance in Natal, went ahead too
iast' precipitatinS reaction and caus-
showed only tTifling speculative com
| mltment. Americans were above parity
all day, and they closed firm, although
! transactions in them were at no time on
a large scale. 1t is thought here that
the slump in these securities is over.
althOugh 1t IS believed too MANY have
iaIten. Contangoes, which began at F@
0, cioSed at 412G512. ST. Paul and Cen
tral Pacific were scarce Norfolk &
western preferred went for a small
backward action. The feature of the set
tlement was the heavy delivery Of scrip
oy aroltragures. Tintos brought ~ TO
ozts on the fall Of 25 Shil.ings in the metal
Inough they showed a big bear account
Inc bank bought eS8, 600 gold in German
com, ana IRON Russia half million is
eNpected tomorrow Call money was un-
TREASURY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ton, May l4-ToGay's statement Of treas
uFy balances in the general fund exclu-
siVe OF the S150000,G00 gold reserve in the
! division of redemption, shows: Availaoie
cash balances $l43, ,402, ,617; gold 81. .73O I43.
NEW YORK MONEY York, Nav
I4.-Money on call steady at 2m2I ner
cent; lest loan, 2 per cent; prime mcrcan-
| tile paper, 3A@415 per cent. Sterling cx-
cnange Irregular with actual business in
bankers bills at $1.SS1sG4SS for demand,
and at $4S4$4Gt4.S47s for sixty days; posted
rates, 4.85e and 81 S9@4. S9lz: commercial
| bills 81, ,s4Q4.S4 silver certificates. An
5g52 silver bars, Gee; Mexican do lars.
4712c.