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Show 1 WORLD'SMARKETS WALL STREET. New York, Aug 11 The one fe&-lure fe&-lure of Interest In today's early mar ket session was th announcement by the Union Pacific directors of the sub scnptlou price for Its Southern Pa--lflc holdings 92, with accumulated dividends. Southern Pacific, which, in common with other active issues, had shown some Initial heaviness, fell over a point from last Saturday's price as the subscription terms became be-came known, after which It moved feverishly Elsewhere the market reflected con tinued Irregularity, advances being onflned to issues of minor speculative specula-tive Importance, except Canadian Pa cific, which rose over a point Trading was light and listless and bonds were Irregular Gains and losses were Quite evenly divided at the opening of today's market, mar-ket, although most of the active issues, is-sues, particularly Union Pacific, Amalgamated Copper and Steel, were under last week's final fjuotatlonj Gains Included a point for Canadlau Pacific and two points for Texas com pany Weakness of corn and wheat corroborated cor-roborated reports of Improvement to crops from yesterday's rain The grain carriers moved up sharply and there was a better tone generally io the entire market. The list was left entirelv to its own devices or those of the trading element ele-ment in the later session and that faction fac-tion apparently chose to adopt a waiting wait-ing policy To those who favored the constructive side disappointment was expressed at the market's failure to make a more definite response to later crop developments The market closed 6trong Speculation became lively In the closing hour and prices rose subsequently subse-quently Shorts took alarm at the ap-Ipearance ap-Ipearance of some large purchasing or der for Steel and they covered hasti ly In all directions WOOL. St. Loui6, Aug ll. Wool Unsettled Unset-tled northern and western middling. !" " -'"C blight burry. 15 16c, heavy fine burry. HQ 18c. Sugar New York. Aug. 11. Sugar Raw -Easy. Centrifugal, $3.73; molasses $2.98, refined, steady Crushed, $54"; fine granulated, $4 70, powdered. $4 80. Money. .Wu York, Aug 11 Money on call steady. 2 L-402 j.2 per cent, ruling riie. 2 1-4 per cent; closing bid. 2 1-4 per cent; last loan, 2 1-2 per cent Time loans stead v. 60 days. ! Wfi 4 3-4 per cent; no days, 4 1 2 pr cent; H months. r S-46 per cent Prime mercantile paper, 6 to 1-2 per cent; sterling exchange firm. $4.S2 for 60 day bills. $4.85 for demand, and commercial bills. $4.83. Bar silver, 59 l-4c. Mexican dollars, 47r Government bonds, 6teady. railroad bonds Irregular I , Metals. New York Aug 11 -Copper-Stead) standard, spot and August. I14.6O014.7S; September, $14.75fi 15 75. October, $15 2"fl 15.75 . electrolytic. electro-lytic. $16.7016.00; lake, $lb 00 casting, cast-ing, $15 50 15.62. Tin Firm Spot. $41 90 42.374 -August $41.80 42.25; September and October. $41 6241.874. Antimony Dull, Cookson s 40 fj !r.onf S,eady N 1 northern, $H. tpl6.Z6; No. 2 northern. $15 60(9 15 75. No. 1 southern. $15 8BA16.55; No 1 southern soft. $15.255 13 60. Chicago Grain. Chicago, Aug nCorn price3 broke today account the ending of the drought in Iowa and because of rain Id northern Illinois and some olher parts of th belt Selling was verj free, bearish sentiment being in ureased by heavier offerings, of old corn on the part 0f countrs holders There were signs, however, of many resting orders to purchase on the de line The opening was half to 1 7-8c lower December, which started at i ,Cot0 5,.8C' a lo9" of 11 1-80 to 1 l-2c. IlMJly rallied to 65 3-4c Beneficial moisture nnnhc Hber.il world WlEZtoZSSF! ember opened MJ do.n at 89 l-8c to 89 1 4c and rose to 89 3 Sc Oats weakened with con, Decern ber which at the outset was SKS to 43 l-2c. showing a fall of 3 8 S V touched 43 14c. and then K&ft Although firm early with hoc-K nr visions gave way to'the .nfnce" bearlshness In coarse grains Wraf sales were 2 12c lower to Sc hlghV, with January options as follow Pork. $19,70. Lard, $10 7:'' Ribs, U0.12H Corn The close was nervous uirh September 1-2 to l-afio-net ,ower at 66 1 S66 l-4c. er Wheal The close was firm with December at 89 l Jc. the same as Sa urda night a New York Stock List, (Last Sale) Amalgamated Copper 70 38 American Beet Sufgar ' 27 1-4 American Cotton Oil 43 3. Southern Pacific 90 Southern Railway L'nlon Pacific 153 3.4 United States Steel 54 |