The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-14
WALL St. WAITING
Still Does Nothing but Watch Clouds
Roll By.
TRADING UNIFORMLY IRREGULAR
500" Gains Amid II Wilderness of
Losses-DulI and Steady
Closing.

j New York, March 1.-THE majority of i'm
portant stocks showed very small changes at
the opening most of which were gains. There
were very heavy dealings in manhattan,
which rose ~ ex-divdend VirgIna-Ca
lima Chemical preferred advanced l& and
Chicago & Eastern Illinois point
Amalgamated Copper fell off slightly and
then gained a large fraction and Sugar ad-
vanced a point. The strength of these lead
ers combined with q further rise in Manhat-
tan to 1881 impaired a firm tone to the
railroad list, and there was some improve
ment in St.SPaul, Missouri Pacific and South
ern Pacific. Canadian Pacific was active and
rose point and a similar rise occurred III
Lake Erie & Western preferred, Pennsyl.
vania, Rubber Goods, American Linseed, Hook
ing Valley preferred and Virginia-Car
Chemical. Stocks were a trife easier at II
o'clock and the market was becoming very
dull There was a drop of IL in New York,
Chicago & ST. Louis second preferred
The trading was irregular, realizing making
inroads at some points. while number of
other stocks advanced. Missouri Pacific rose
11a and there was demand for Wabash pre-
ferred, which lifted it rs. The announcement
of the transfer Of currency to San Francisco
through the subtreasury induced some selling
Of Amalgamated, Pennsylvania, Sugar, Man
haitian, St. Paul and Southern Pacific South
ern Railway fell TX but recovered nearly all
of it. There was rise of 61a in Westinghouse
| Electric and / tor TX. in American Linseed
! preferred, Northwestern, Hooking Valley
Great Northern preferred, American Snuff
preferred and National Lead. North American
declined 21a points.
| There was a renewal Of active buying O
Manhattan, which carried it 81 over las
night, the other local fractions rising in sym
pathy. National Lead gained 2k and thu
preferred 4. st. Louis Southwestern stocks
and Peoria & Eastern advanced point O.
more. On the other hand, American Ic
dipped 23s and Colorado & Southern secon,
preferred, st. Joseph & Grand Island AM
Evansville & Terre Haute lost a point o
more. The general market was dull and ir
Irregular.
! Interest in the fractions died out and they
fell off slightly but without much effect else
| wnere. Westinghouse Electric moved sen
! satiohally with variations OF points be
! tween transactions. The stock advanced 4
| points to 1892 and broke to 1872. 500 gained
| 2s4; Northwestern "a and International Sill
! yer preferred 1. Virginia. Carolina Chemica
| preferred st. Joseph & Grand Island SECOND
preferred Colorado & Southern first preferred
| and Chicago Great Western preferred de
clined 1@1A. 80
Westinghouse Electric first preferred, sell
ing dividend, rose Il points on three sales
There were advances of a point in New Yor
| Central, Baltimore Ohio preferred an
| 500. A DrSak OF IA III EVdnSVllle q IeTf
! TIaute, and of about 21s each in Colorado
/ Southern first and second preferred unsettle
! the market and recessions reached point il
some cases. THE Southern Railway stock
! then rose on the increase Of the dividend o.
the preferred and the market hardened il
sympathy. The closing was dull and steady
Bonds were irregular, with large dealings il
Wabash debenture "Ba.' . H.
Stock quotations reported for The Journa
l. WATSON Sy Chamber Commerce
Minneapolis.
Closing figures are bid.