The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-26
800 STOCK HIGHER |:|.|'
This in Spite Of Heavin less in Active
Stocks toe,
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DULUTH, S. S. g. A. GAINS ALSO
$500" Increases It's Gain to Points
Dull and Heavy
Closing.

New York, Feb. 26. The opening dealings
in stocks were small and the price changes
narrow and Mixed the majority of shares
showing small gains. There. was no feature
of special note. Many usually dormant stocks
were bid up strongly. and were more active
than the recognized leaders. Detroit South
western preferred Jumped 5A, Chicago Il
Eastern Illinois AZ and Colorado Southern
and the second preferred Chicago Great
Western preferred A, Wisconsin Central pre-
ferred, st. Joseph & Grand Island and the
first preferred, Fort Worth & Denver City,
Detroit Southwestern Ann Arbor preferred,
Duluth, South Shore Atlantic preferred
| and Des Moines & Fort Dodge gained between
|, l, and points. Among the prominent stocks
, fluctuations were small and trading quiet ex-
| cept in Amalgamated Copper and Pennsyl-
! vania The latter rose to ISL and Amalga~
mated, after sagging to H., rebounded- to
/ above u. With almost no demand for the
prominent stocks, the prices fell to last
rights level or below. Brooklyn Transit and
Amalgamated reacted point each. Penn
| sylvania, on the other hand, worked it's way
| up a point and Colorado G Southern 25s.
The heaviness Of the active stocks did not
prevent the bidding up Of new features.
Kingston g. Pembroke jumping ~ and Wis
consin Central Illinois Central, Toledo, st.
Louis & Western, Evansville & Terre ,Haute
| and Soc common and preferred to IL. Some
! Of the .lqW-priced stocks which were advanced
| yesterday suffered from realizing. IT.
There was steadier tone to the railroad
Hist and Rock Island advanced point in
! sympathy with rise of 1@15s in Manhattan
| and Metropolitan Street railway. Business
continued unusually small in the western,
! Pacihc, Southern and Southwestern stocks
! Traders generally following the manipula-
| tive upward movement which developed right
along in the inactive group. New additions
to this class included Denver Rio Grande
stocks. Evansville f! Terre Haute preferred,
Kansas City Southern preferred American
| Linseed and the American Bicycle stocks
| which from 1 to 81, with American
Bicycle preferred leading. Chicago Great
Western preferred "A extended its rise to
1 points, $500 preferred to- 5, ana Chicago
& Eastern Illinois to 81. =
i - The announcement Of an engagement of gold
| for export and reports Of damage to winter
wheat was the signal for a raid by the bears.
l Missouri Pacific was especially Vulnerable
| and yielded about points, to below par
| Tennessee Coal relapsed "a but rallied sud
denly. The downward movement average {
i large fraction, and reached point or more
in some instances. Wabash preferred ad-
vanoed a point, Sugar rallied over a point
and the traders desisted from selling and
bought to cover. The persistent heaviness
| OF Missouri Pacific kept the market unsettled
and the closing was dull and heavy. ~
Bonds were firm, with very large dealings
in Wabash debenture BIS. liz :. :
Stock quotations reported for The Journa
by. Watson & Co.. Chamber of Commerce
! Minneapolis. ... . ~ . ~
Closing figures are BID. Z @s.'s-~5Es 80 -. !