The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-09

show Of animation ana vigorous upward
tendency. gains being uniform pretty much
throughout the list II MAS evident that
Ing strength displayed by the market yes
ssEaay lad brought orders 20 the commits
SION aoGses 10 5ly stocks There vas al
% o0ylIg Tor LCaGcr account for the first
4fns IN several days. the advance In prices
hsss apparently falling 70 tempt arbitrage
4lokers 10 sell. Their purchases OF ST.
raul were on quite 8 large scale and they
$50 bought Union Pacific nus there were
s&iss or LOUISVILLE and Atcaisor for Lon
Con account.
Sugar was the one exception In the
strength OF TIE market at the opening but
rs loss soon wiae1ed and heavy IiQuliS-
ION IN the stock st IN, offerings being very
he@sy. ard active support being of No avail
80 recover It's losses. Yesterdays runner
OF an extra dividend was Thoroughly dis
esscited this morning. ard yesterdays gain
@As consequently completely wiped out be-
lore the announcement of the regular divi-
denc- Tie stock was very feverish all
gay and Tuctuated widely and frequently
cas worked constantly toward a lower level
i7sc-
Total sales were 10000 shares. Consof-
ua.sd Gas was also a marx for the reae-
I.onists and dropped az one time AZ points.
Iae consequence was that the market was
Kept unsettled all day. When general ad-
sIcs came 10 stop, dizziness inseryened
atd laere Were frequent rallies. Early IN
Tie unai hour prices OF many stocks were
az she best. but the mai drop IN sugar
again weakened prices ali around and left
sans conlnsd 10 fractions In almost all
cases and fair sprinkling OF losses all
through the list Union Pacific was heavy
on account Of the steps taken by the gov
sas Pacific sale.
The activity displayed BY the bond mar
kes was quite remarkable for the first
hour. approaching one and thrae-ouar,er
,illlhon collars IN par value and IL is said,
breaking the record for one hours b,lsinesscs
- hsre was some decrease In activity later
IN the day, but the prices of number of
nonos OF the middle grade moved up from
one 70 several points. Some OF the high
grade bends showed heavy gains Total
sales. 81. 259.06o.
Old Is registered declined u and old a
coupons Il bid bur IS rose y bid; the new
- - COUPONS sold at les. which Is higher than
Honey and Exchange.
Money on call. easy at 1iaQs per cent;
last loan; 2. closed 1904 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper. Ss5s per cent Sterling
exchange, weak. with actual business in
Dankers. bills at si.s5hSt.SsSs for demand,
mercial bills. sis2a. Silver certificates,
595saeo12c; bar silver. 59lac; Mexican dol
4eSsc; government bonds. firm: state bonds.
ouli' railroad bonds. strong.
Available Supplies.
Special .eiegraphic and cable dispatches
10 BFadstreets, covering the principal
points or accumulation, indicate the follow
ing changes IN the available supply last
Saturaay as compared with the preceding
Wheat--United States and Canada east
or the Rockies, increase 2Ss 600 bushels;
ahoat for and in Europe. decrease, 70o,o0o
GU oasnels; worlds supply, net decrease. H.
Corn-united States ard Canada east of
the ROCKIES. decrease. 9Ss.0o0 bushels.
,oatS-united States and Canada east of
the ROCKIES, increase, 30l 900 bushels.
A decided shifting OF the available stock
OF wheat hs Indicated by the. reports 10
bradstreets this week. The larger Increases
include 100000 bushels In northwestern In
terror elevators; 132.o10 bushels at New
Orleans; l2i 600 bushels in Chicago private
elevators; aS0eo bushels at Cleveland, and
decreases. however, include falling off
or ABOUT 10000 bushels In Manitoba and
al az Fort William and Keewatin. Ont; r.
Mlwankee private elevators, and 5000
bushels at Port Huron.
bonds.
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F1veS, reg ....1f4aI Fours 80. 49,. 81
f1ves, coup ..115&INY.C. & St.L.4s1 1854
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Ala-Cll,s Los n. w. Consois ..14tl4
Glass c $500. 50 Or. Nav. lists lisa
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Ches, q Ohio IS li2 Pac. 6s of 80 ..102Ss
chi Terminal =. 4JAlReading As ...... s5$s
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u. q r. CT. lists .lds14 SLI.. & I.M.C.5s. S1@a
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Fours 49,. 80. 81 Deferred :. 3
n. Y. Cen. lists 1l9
Observation-Disclosures.
Atchiscn :. $50. 1873 Chi. Ind. & l.. 81
Preferred :. =. 3D4l Preferred :. -. 81
Bait & Ohio -. 1ei4lN. J. Central -. SIS