The St. Louis Republic., 1901-04-28

the day before. The market then weak
ened and rs shares brought only 1865, but
later $685. so was paid for rs shares. and at
the close $Y65. "a was bid ana $S65 asked. Mer-
camille Trust was rather quiet but strong
er than ever, a sale OF ~ snares being maoe
at 1884 or ~ points up. Lincoln Was sss. aisI anI
better, so shares selling early at va ana
closing at $223 bid ana $224.6O asked. 81.
Louis made new record price, Deing saa
BILE at S14 points advance at $WI.O, viii ,v
sales and none offered. Title and Guarang alnG
was some stronger al $15s bid ana $iSl ASKED,
and Missouri was quoted at $lZ4 pio, Will
rights on, and offered at $l2l, ex-rights.
A lively market was witnessed in bank
stocks and the position of several uhoeai ,d
went a change, some for the better ana
some for the worse Continshtai ,,,rns1 Maslo hri.
day. showed increased strength, p opemns
with sale of 50 shares at $2ld an aavance
of points from the closing BID OF the uaS /,
before and at which 1t closed buyers Will
STA asked. National Bank OF Commerce
shows little signs OF weakening. ana was
largely traded m one broker s,di aisnf aIer AT .ns
small lot OF 10 shares brought $2sS.S9. ana aiis,
the close was slightly off at Szs3 bid and sssA
asked. Third National. on the otner !aae naha, a
at s221. and the market closing at !ZO Dlo
and S22s asked. or 4 points OF. Another
stock that DEVELOPED SOFT SPOT BOT AM t,ons %as
al. This stock got the hardest jolt, 80 shares
selling at a decline Of - points. at EsI. ~
shares selling later AT $Si.5O, anu the mar
ket closing at $z37 bid and S23s asked. Amer.
ican Exchange was in quiet demand, ana ~
shares sold at $25O, which was bid for more
and $500 asked. Boatmens was also higher.
a 1O-share lot selling points up at $2O4, and
sos being bid for more State National was
up to $l67 buyers. and Fourth National to
s2A, while Merchants Laclede was salable
at Soc, and German Savings ct s2Sa, aeither
Of the last named being offered.
There was nothing to the market for
railways. less interest being taken in. them
than for many a long day. and they were
not in it for one minute with the more
active stocks mentioned above. Orders to
both sell and buy were scarce, or II there
were any no great effort was made to exc.
bid and none offered; Transit or common
stock was quoted unchanged at $23.7O BID
and $24 asked, but was not traded IN, anu
sales of preferred were only !2S shares at
$3.50, while the best bid at close was *'s'
and $79.75 was asked.
There was a very good and lively demand
for Missouri-Edison stocks, but sellers were
very few and far between. Nothing was
done in the common. which was wanted 20. at as
30 shares had changed hands at sol, wa. Dld
up and closed at $57.75, and was OF red .or
sale in a small way at $5S. The bonus were
not mentioned during the session.
During a lull in the proceedings broker
who had orders for several hundred shares
of Granite BIZ Metallic managed to maee
himself heard and succeeded in getting SOU
shares at $780, bidding $2.271s for more.
taxable weakness for some time: were very
| sick Saturday, the best price obtained ZOE
| "a OOO being SIS. Is, the lowest they have SOLO
| for in several months.