Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-28
Little Vigor in Dealings Of
Stock Exchange.
APATHY IN MARKET
TRADERS BID UP SOME ISSUES
BUT FEW OUTSIDE ORDERS.
Granger Shares Show Some Improve.
ment-Coalers Make Few
Gains.

NEW YORK, August 2S.-Opening deal
ings in stocks showed no change from re-
cent conditions. Only few securities were
dealt In at all. and In these the price
changes were narrow and irregular Ana
conda rose Ia. Otherwise there was no
change In excess of "
Several OF the leading stocks were bid IN
and the room traders took hold of the gen.
eral list Union Pacific and AmaIpamatad
were the leaders with gains of a point each
Rubber Goods preferred and Anaconda rose
~. Rubber Goods and Realty preferred =.
Wabash preferred. Consolidated Gas and
faper preferred ~ and Leather preferred
l. Republic Steel preferred declined a point
put made a full recovery later. Northern
Nehtrai sold at 100, compared with 246 the
previous sale on September % 1902
The market fell back into an apathetic
conultlon. and only few specialties moved
perceptibly. Consolidated Gas rose 5l,:
anaconda. 3la; General Electric, IL. and
evansville and Terre Haute. IL; Des
MONIES and Fort Dodge lost Ia. and Cam
ada Southern a point. Bonds were irrep,,-
lar at noon.
Buying orders were more plentiful after
IL o clock, and the demand was much bet
ter for the grain-carrying stocks ST PAM
Atch1son and Southern Pacific improved a
point or over Union Pacific and Amalga-
mated increased their earlier rise the latter
points. and Reading. Erie. New York
Central. Missouri Pacific Illinois Central
Denver and Rio Grande preferred, Colorado
and Southern first preferred North Amert-
can. Colorado Fuel and Linseed moved up
l to IA. st. Paul preferred fell back l and
Peoria and Eastern w.
NEW YORK. August 2sAPrioes Welded
slightly on protit-taking, but the advance
was soon renewed at new points and the
entire list reached a higher level than be-
fore. The Pacfics were taken freely and
there was also a demand for the graneers
and few of the specialties. Union Pacific
advanced to 151a dividend Other gains
of to ~ were in Rock Island Louisville.
Chesapeake and Ohio. Brooklyn Transit.
Pennsylvania. Metropolitan Street Railway.
United States Steel preferred. Tennessee
Pullman, 2lz in St Louis Southwestern pre-
ferred. 3 for the Linseed stocks and 4 in
Rubber Goods preferred.
Cotton Market
NEW YORK. August 2s.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm at advances of from 3 to G
points on the surprisingly higher cables and
renewal of active covering in connection
with fresh bull support which seemed to
center In the near positions and forced Sep
TENDER to 1l.26. October to 1O4S and tho
general list net 3 to IL points higher all
within the first few minutes. At this level
realizing, encouraged by the generally IA
Vorable weather and the better average Of
private crop accounts. set In and check ed
the advancing tendency
At noon the market was irregular and
well off from top with prices net to 10
points higher.
Spot. quiet: middling uplands. 1915 mid
ding gulf 13c.
Estimated receipts at the ports: Today.
400 bales, against 2S6 last week and 10 1856
last year. For the week. 800 bales
against 1.642 last week and GO, OOi last year
Todays receipts at New Orleans were g.
bales against 2.113 last year and al Hous-
ton. II bales against 6,17S last year