The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-02
WHEAT MADE A;GooD GAIN NAY CLOSING 7cIsT
STOCKS GO SlGGING.
Movement Irregular and Specialties
Rather Feyefish.
PARTIAL RALLY LIFTS THE $500
Grass Irvine Rise in the
Last Hour.

New York, April 2.-The opening move
ment OF stocks to-day was irregular and in
some of the specialties rather feverish. United
States Steel hardened fraction, but the
STOCKS OF minor steel corporations were easy
and American Car dropped more than a
point. Sales Of $500 shares Of Amalgamated
Copper We're made. at 6e and 65k compared
with 657s last night. United States Leather
preferred advanced sharp fraction.
Sugar became heavy and declined ~ and
stocks generally sympathized The move-
1nent drifted to below last nights level in
many stocks. Northwestern, Evansville G
Terre Haute preferred. Wisconsin Central
preferred, Hooking Valley, Smelling pre-
ferred, Bicycle preferred and Leather pre-
ferred rose 1@2 and New York Dock pre-
ferred s2k Twin City Rapid Transit lost a
point. Sugar recovered sharply later ana
there was some Improvement in the South
western group
Losses of from l to ~ were made after
IL O'clock by Steel Car preferred, Republic
Steel preferred, Smelling preferred, Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg preferred, Rock
Island. Pacific Coast the Rubber Goods stocks
and New York Air Brake. New York Dock
preferred reacted 3, but the common jumped
4: Amalgamated sold down from 66 to IS
while Anaconda opened AZ higher There
were increased dealings in the Western and
increased their earlier advance. Hooking
Valley rose over points. Colorado Fuel
Sugar aud 500 recovered 1 to 11z from the
lowest, while Leather preferred rose 21a in
all. Other net gains of 1 to 2 were made by
Colorado G Southern, Consolidated ); Gas,
Hooking Valley preferred heather, General
Electric and Toledo, ST Louis & Western
preferred, ST. Paul & Omaha gained 8. rs
Business became more. active and the mar
rot hrno NJ cI,o,
ial stocks stimulating interest all around
Hooking Valley was very active and gained
in all and ST. Paul & Omaha common and
preferred made gains of and S points re-
spectively on few transactions. Sugar
turned an early loss Of more than a point
into substantial fractional gain, but did
not hold it, and Republic Steel also wiped
out IT'S loss. st. Louis & San Francisco, St.
Paul preferred, American Bicycle preferred.
Hooking Coal and International Power were
lifted to ~, but American Ice preferred
dropped b.. Amalgamated was supported
around 65 and became dull and Colorado
Fuel also became quieter when it reached
1OS.
The advance in prices was checked with a
falling of in demand but recessons werr.
slight asa rule. 4. American Ice lost III, Pere
Marquette s. onga single transaction, Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg preferred 2 and Ana
conda reacted -. American Car preferred
rallied point and Railway Steel Spring pre-
aferred gained as much. Some Of the railroad
stocks hardened again. 7s
The only notable movements were in minor
stocks. Toledo, st. Louis & Western pre-
ferred extended its rise to 1B, New York
Dock to 5, Lackawanna 3, the 500 stocks,
st. Louis & San Francisco second preferred,
Minneapolis & st. Louis, and American Grass
Irvine to y. On the losing side, Canada
Southern, St.. Louis & San Francisco first
preferred and Sloss- Sheffield Steel preferred,
which declined between and points. Profit
taking by room traders reduced prices all
around, The closing was dull and heavy.
Bonds were steady on an increased demand
Stock quotations reported for The Journal
by Watson & Co.. brokers, Chamber of Com
merce, Minneapolis: - -
i Closing figures are bid.