The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-10

last week, q in this week a year ago, 80
in 1898. 50 n 1887. ard A in 1886.
BRADsTREET,S FINANCIAL REVIEW
New York, Nov s.-Bradstreet's Ffnan-
cial Review tomorrow win say: specu-
lation awaited the presidential election
wit heonhdence, despite nervousness IN
some quarters and the hardening Of
money on the eve OF the decision. The
! stock exchange community. moreover
has since the eection celebrated the tri-
umph Of sound money principles and
the expectation OF further business. pros
perity. by a strong and active market
At the end Of last week there was q con
servative feeling. due to higher money
and a disposition 10 restrict speculative
obligations though the indications were
that large interests had satisfied them
selves about the result and were giving
the market support On last Saturday
and Monday the market was strong,
owing largely TO the tendency Of the
shorts ocover. was, however a fav-
orite theory with many operators that
the market as in 1895. had discounted
Mr.. McKinley's reelection. Several
houses with London connections made
arrangements osend orders orhat
market on Tuesday night. and as the out
come Of the election was unmistaka bic
the facilities were made use of extern
sively. The New York buying in London
in the early hours was estimated at
5000 shares, and caused a sharp advance
in American rails. The market on this
side opened materially higher than Mon
days close. with a good deal OF excite
Ing, supplemented by selling for Lon
don, with fairly largely short offerings
by traders. The reaction. however, failed
TO appear mainly because OF the large
buying public which promptly made its
apJearanee Commission houses were
conspicuous purchasers. the conclusion
being that the election had brought the
public back into the marke with fun
force. The offerings were readily absorb
ed, and the recorded transactions at the
stock exchange on Wednesday rose to
about 100000 shares. though it is be-
lieved that the actual amount on that
day was fully 100000 shares. making it
the largest single days business in the
history of the exchange. Closing firm
on Wednesday. the next day developed
further activity and large demand for
stocks despite the signs that the en-
thusiasm was wearing or London was
again a seller but there were indications
that the manipulative interests were &C
tive on the bull side. particularly in
stocks like Brooklyn Transit. Manhattan.
or Sugar, IN which the bears were nES-
erous. Large buying orders seemed to ap-
pear at concessions, and the activity,
though on a small scale, was sufficient
to indicate the continued presence of the /
public. The industrlals were featruss.
and there appeared ODE a feeling that
the election was a strong point in favor
of such stocks and gave a basis for dis
counting any expansion in the iron and
other trades.
Geo. A. Points, Upper Sandusky, O.,
writes: II have been using FOLEY'S
HONEY AND TAR for hoarssLess and !
find it the best remedy have ever
tried. It stopped the cough Immediately
and relieved all soreness" G. Gehring, /
400 E Douglas; Geo. Van Werden, 22S Y. /
Main; Wichita Drug Co, 10 F. Douglas; /
Gus saur. 52l e. Douglas.