The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-06
WESTERN STOCKS UP.
$780, Northwestern, and St. Paul
Are Among Them.
OPENING is HIGHER ALL AROUND
Market Closes Irregular the Final
Dealings Being Fee
verish.

New York, March 6-Stocks opened higher
all around. The gains were restricted to
fractions except in the cases Of Des Moines
& Fort Dodge, which rose 2. and American
Cotton Oil, which rose III. The large buying
Of Colorado Southern stocks continued and
they We're advanced from rs to y. There were
large buying orders also for American Car,
| which lifted it nearly point. Trading was
active in many Of the railroads and special
ties selling between the 20s and so, and there
was buying also of the high-priced Inactive
! stocks The market in general was higher,
but there was but little of Importance to the
| fluctuations In the usual market leaders until
| the advance elsewhere was we'll under way.
| Advances reached from ! 60 81 In number
! Of stocks and 51s per cent in several, includ.
ing North Western. Toward II O'Clock the
F.! prominent stocks were taken up and st. Paul,
Sugar and New York Central advanced 1@1A.
| The market became quieter and eased off
| in spots before noon, but strengthened again
when ST. Paul rose to 165a Many other
| inactive stocks We're brought into prominence
| by large gains, including St. Paul preferred,
| Erie second preferred, Hooking Valley, ILL.,
| nois Central, Westinghouse Electric first pre-
| ferred, Pacific Coast, Pressed Steel Car 500,
! the Duluth, South Shore 8 Atlantic stocks
| and Mexican National preferred, when issued,
! which rose from l to ". Lackawanna gained
| 37a, General Electric 3B and St. Paul & Oma-
ha Increased its rise to 6. The preferred lost
and rallied point. The market was easier
| again at noon.s ,~ z IS .ss.sn - =
The market became spotty, the general list
| remaining quiescent while special stocks ad
yanced. Amalgamated Copper rose 1ss on
| large dealings, while light buying served to
lift the others. Pullman rose SIC. jumping
| 5 on single transaction. Evansville & Terre
! p9jpad -
American Cotton Oil preferred, United States
Reduction preferred and the metropolitan
| West Side Elevated stocks point more.
! Room traders took profits in the Changers.
| causing relapse OF a point in st. Paul and
2 in North Western. Delaware & Hudson
! sold point under yesterday and there was
also decline of 21a in Pittsburg, Cleveland.
Chicago & st. Louis with rally OF 1k. The
market generally was dull and sluggish, but
| maintained a good undertone. Pullman con-
| tinued Its sensational rise and gained Is in
| all. Other Inactive stocks that were newly
| brought forward included New York, Obi
| cago & St. Louis and the second preferred,
and American Lirseed, which rose a point
each. Colorado Fuel gained Az, Tennessee
| Coal 19s, and Pennsylvania 1as.
| There was protit-taking in the final hour
| under cover OF the new@upward movements.
/ Colorado oFuel. rose 10 in all, St. Paul &
! Omaha Z, Pullman 16, Rutland preferred 2as
I Colorado & Southern second preferred 3, and
! Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Mis-
souri, Pacific Denver & Rio Grande preferred
Il Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville, Great
! Northern preferred, Mexican National, the
:, preferred when issued, Evansville & Terre
.Haute preferred and International Pump q
+ point ever. The market became feverish in
l the final dealings and the closing was rirregu-
Lar
+ Bonds were steady.
! Stock quotations reported for The Journal
4 by Watson & Co., Chamber of Commerce,
minneapolis. =
/, Closing figures are bid 49,. n, ...t,