Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-21
THE VENEZUELA BILL A LAW
President Cleveland Signed the Vene-
zuela Boundary Commission Bill
this Afternoon.
CONJECTURE As TO The COMMISSIONERS
Gladstone Thinks Common Sense will
Settle Dispute-A Chicago Anglo
Maniac-London Stock job
bers Disturbed.


bers Disturbed.
Washington, Dec. 20.-The president
signed the Venezuelan commission re-
solution at 1926 this afternoon.
GLADSTONE NoN-ooMM1TTAL.
New York.-A local paper cabled Mr..
Gladstone for an expression of opinion
as to the best method of assuring peace
between Great Britain and the U nited
States and the successful adjustment of
the Venezuelan difficulty. The following
reply is published:
"Hayarden, Dec. 20.-The sole possible
reply: Dare not interfere. Only COM
mon sence required. GLADsToNE."
COMMISSIONERS AGREED UPON.
New York.-A local paper says: Ex-
cellent information is that the three COM
missioners, who the president will ap-
point at very early date in the Vene-
zuelan boundary case, will be: Ex-U. 8.
Senator Geo. F. Edmunds, of Vermont;
Hon. Andrew d. White, ex-president of
Cornell university and ex-minister to
Germany, and Hon. Edward j. Phelps,
ex-minister to the court of st. James.
AN ANaLo-MANIAo TALKS.
Chicseo.-The Times-H Herald this morn.
ing publishes an interview with Prof. j.
Lawrence Laughlin, of the University of
Chicago, which holds President Cleve-
land to blame for the panic among the
holders of American securities. The
professor deplores the pronunciamento
of the president concerning the Vene-
zuela boundary dispute, as one of the
worst moves ever made by an American
statesman, and declares that it is impossi.
BILE to discover motive behind the belli-
cose action.
LONDON STOCK JOBBERs.
London.-Public attention here is al
most entirely diverted from the political
to the financial aspect of the Venezuelan
situation. A rumor, circulated in this
city, that Rothschilds had deci 1edly i'm
mediately to withdraw 95,000,O0O $685.
OOO,OOO) from America is attracting at
tention.
Rothscbilds informed an Associated
Press agent to-day that this report, as
well as the report of the collapse of ne
gotiations for United States loan, were
utterly untrue; that no negotiations were
pending in regard to loan, and that no
Withdrawals of gold from the United
States had been ordered on account of
Rothschilds.
Bankers regarded the situation more
favorable. The manager of house,
whose influence is felt in every big finan-
cial transaction, remarked: "If European
investors take everything seriously, there
is no knowing where the decline will stop.
But the outlook ia somewhat more favor
able to-day"
MONEY AS BULLDozER.
After all, the merchants and bankers
must make their influence felt, and we
have Indications that the really serious
business men of America are anxious to
undo the harm the jingoes have done.
to panic. All classes of securities were
freely offered, foreign government secur-
tiles were heavy and Americans we're
quite disorganizeG. In fact it was diff
cult to obtain quotations.
NEW YORK MARKET RECOVERING.
Wall street, II q. Misrepresentation con-
tinues unsettled with occasional signs of
returning confidence. The offering of
shares even in small blocks served to
break the market.
The selling has been largely on stop
orders, but the volume of business has
not been large compared with yesterday.
This ia regarded as reassuring.
Brokers for big foreign houses have
not operated heavily and the total of
sales for foreign account is not likely to
k,o hn inn w.t. ho |
are: Consolidated gas broke 81 per
cent to 1856, and is now LAO; Chicago
gas fell off, 81 to 57s4, recovering to go,
and is now 59s6; Louisville &New Albany
preferred dropped per cent to 151s,
with rally to 10; lead preferred recov-
cred per cent to 80, reacting to 79H;
Wheeling & Lake Erie preferred broke s
per cent.
Granger stocks have been decidedly
better and vanderbilts are we'll support
ed, New York Central and Canada South
ern recovering 8 per cent from the lowest
point touched. The market is still
irregular but the trend of prices is up
ward.
THREAT OF FOREIGN DEALERs.
Boston.-The stock market prices to-
day opened from s to 8 points lower than
yesterdays closing quotations. The lead
ing foreign representative house reiterate
the opinion that gold will now be steadily
shipped to Europe.
VIOLENT LIQuIDAT1oNs EXPLAINED.
New York.-The Evening Post says:
The most violent liquidation and the
most serious decline during the day came
in securities not dealt in upon the Euro
pean market. This .outpour OF local
holdings had double origin. The ar
rival Of selling orders from out of town
customers, to whom panic had spread
since Yesterday, and the sales at any
sacrifice for local brokers on the verge
of bankruptcy.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET AFFLICTED.
Chicago.-Wall street conditions domi-
mated the local grain market, wheat going
down steadily from the opening to 68% O.
At this figure there was good rally on
buying BY Partridge, Armour, Cudahy and
other big dealers. The price reached to
675s and SIN.
SENATOR HoAa's OPINION.
Plymouth, Mass.-.The 275th anniver.
sary Of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
was observed here to-day. Senator Hoar
delivered an address. He said that the
business men and the religious sentiment
Of the two great English speaking ma
tions would force settlement Of the
Venezuelan dispute BY arbitration.
Weekly Bank statement.
New York, Dec. 21.-Ths weekly bank
statement is as follows: Reserve, de-
GREASE, $780,, ,625; loans, decrease. eS,344,-
300; specie, increase, 4860, 700; legal ten
ders, decrease, e8,104, 800; deposits, de-
crease, S6,764,7OO; circulation, decrease,