Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-15
ACTIVE, BUT IRREGULAR.
Wall Street Market Bears Have Tine
q Il Today.


Now York Aug. 1.-THE opening Of
the stock market was quite active but
very irregular a number of Hpecinltlcs
showed sharp gains. tobacco and Amer
lean Smelling preferred reaching
point higher than last ulght The rail-
road ilst us rule was heavy and
aarrod fraction. Steel and Wire, ~.
tof o. small Fain, dropped point and
Tennessee coal tended duwuwurds.
stopluss orders were dlaillEa1 in steel
and wire. which broke t1 0sH. The
general market continued rather heavy
aud Consolidated Gas dropped two.
Brisk buying OF The tobacco stocks ana
Tennessee c0ul lifted them iruin Go a't
p1Infa Severe pressure developed
against Brooklyn Transit and Munhnt-
tan aud thuy lUHt 3 and iH respective
b.. The advance mother special stocks
was checked and the standard stocks
we're held below last nights lry'l
strength in Few spota Induced some
covering tu the local traction stocks.
but renewed pressure drove Hrf~klyn
Transit and Manhattan lower than bee
fore. losses reaching gfs and "a rtHa
pactlyely Srw York Air Brake ran M
points changes in the leading rnil-
ways were fractional but The tendency
continued downward. American Hoop
feli on ~ and the preferred ia The
smelling stocks lot 100 their gain.
The feature of the early bond trading
was the heavy selling uf Kansas city,
plttHhufg a Gulf ones. on tWuuty days
option ut over H point under the rrEu-
lar price. These offerings caused q
sharp IAN in the quotations but rally
90 sth followed.
The baarr renewed. their attacks on
Brooklyn Transit. driving u down an
extreme o. 90 i.Osil aud carrying the
whole market with &c. Peoples gas re-
coded ~. nud American tobacco ia.
Steel and wire frii below the early low
point. and other ron and steel stocks
dropped IN Hympnthy. Tennessee coal
was marked down al and sugar
tlumped 90 GOV uu successive sales
NJ a point apart. The raid was quickly
made and left the market unsettled and
fcyerlsh. The closing was active aud
Irregular few stocks rnllylng on short
covering while IN other cases the down.
ward tendency was renewed.
SUGAR.
New York. Aug. -sugnr-rnw,
weak. fair refining ii-iG, centrifugal
90 tostth. Refined barely steady
MoSEY AND BONDS.
New York Aug Moray on call
steady at o per cent rfimc mcr-
camille paper fhu5 uor cent.
sterling exchange steady with actual
/ bushes ln bankers bills nt ihGua Tor
/ demand and is2hqA Tor sixty days.
posted rates. tA3nUlsl and isiuis,
/ commercial bills. tSis.
Silver certificates, t0aIGi
iiar silver c1A
Mexican dollars, a..
Government bonds steady. q, 3. %
| registered. iOnl. o. g. on registered and
and coupon $50. old A. rgE, ii2h. do.
| and cuupn. i10. old A. req. ii2h3 do.
coupon ii3, On res. ana coupon, iiih.
THE METALS.
New York. Aug. Hooper, steady.
/ unchanged
| Lead, qulet brokers is5. exchange,
l 400.
Denver Aug. -Cattlc-Rocelpts
/ 800 Market active aud strong Hocf
/ steers fOlu5.50. COWS. 2t0utOo; feed
| urH. freight paid 90 river a25uiGj.
utockgrg do. st0ut5i. bulls, stays, etc.
! N 1u5lO.
Receipts. 900 Light packers
iiigiiOi mixed. t5UuL55. heavy A2i
/ ass.
shccp-Recelpis. go. Market un.
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