The age-herald., 1898-09-07

Mixed Oats-31c white S3935c.
 Bran-Mixed, $125O; pure wheat, Sl3.oo Cotton seed meal. $16.50
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 New York, September 6.-Today's stock market was variable and irregular at all times, but was more or less under the con tinuing influence of the shrinking surplus reserves of the banks and the stiffer rates for money. General speculation was al- most at standstill and the movement of the market was confined largely to special stocks. the trading being highly profess sional throughout. The opening was higher in sympathy with London. It quickly became evident. however, that no outside interest had been enlisted here, and the professional bears attacked the list in weak spots, notably Manhattan, Peoples Gas and Tobacco, and soon wiped out the earlier gains. number of individual stocks showed conspicuous strength all day, and rally in Peoples Gas drove the bears to cover and made them more eau tious. The strength became general in the late dealings under the leadership of St. Paul, and the close was strong at the best prices of tie day and generally at level above Fridays close The fear of inter-
 
 antine was factor in the early weakness, especially in Southern Railway, preferred, put at the same time there was an advance Of 2Ss in Illinois Central, and conspicuous hrmness in Louisville on the prospect of resumption of Havana traffic. Baltimore ana ohio was heavily bought by banking interests all day, and showed an extreme gain of points
 tuner strong features were Denver pre- ierred, Atchison preferred, Beading first prererred, Denver and Gulf, the Pacific Coast Improvement stock and the grangers m sympathy with St. Paul on the very ad- Vantageous showing in the latter's annual report. The dominant factor in the stpa- ton continued to be the absorption of money by the United States treasury on account of subscription to the new bonds. Call money continued quite firm at 5 per cent, the ruling rate, and with no apparent effect and from the treasury announcement that. the currency sixes due January I next, would be redeemed at once. It is somewhat remarkable that with money holding firm at a level market higher than the ruling rate in London and with exs change falling under the pressure of grain and cotton bulls, there should be an easing of money rates In London. The phenome- non is the more remarkable, as there was continued buying of stocks In New York for rade account The condition of the money market had it's reflections also in the extreme dullness in the trading in bonds, but prices were in the main firmly held. Total sales 2,440, ,000 United States old 4s regular and the 5's advanced 4 and the new 4s and 3's when issued B per cent in the bid price.
 Money on call firm at 2@3 per cent; last loan, 2R per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, 3%@41s per cent. Sterling exchange easy at $4.841s@4 S4N for demand and at $4.s2A@4S for sixty days. Posted rates, s4S3k@4.& and s4S51sG4.Se Commercial bills, s4.S11s64.S2.
 Silver certificates, 591s@6O1a.
 Bar silver 60B.
 Mexican dollars, 46%.
 Government bonds strong.
 Financial.
 New York, September 6.-Evening Posts 5 London financial cablegram:
 The stock markets here were generaIy yood today on the clear political horizon, such declines as have taken piace Fl, AT gentnes and a few other stocks being merely due to profit-taking. Americans opened above the parity, but except for Central Pacific the market was uninter- esting until the close, when a sharp rise in Baltimore and Ohio was the feature. The general outlook for Americans is good unless public opinion should be seriously diverted to mines. The position at the mo- ment is that the capital Is buying. Kaff1rs early. and Adelaide is buying West Austral- ian mines New York Is buying gold in, Paris, as also here. although much mys- tery Is observed here as to the actual buy CTS. The price Is about ITS 10 %d. The h. dia government is renewing 100000 pounds