Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-28
STOCKS AND BONDS.
Temper of Speculation WINS Feverish
and Unsettled.

NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-The temper OF spccu-
lation today was feyerisA and unsettled. a
variety OF influences contributed to bring about
depression. In the first place. instead Of a
higher range of prices for American securities
In the London market. rs the local traders ex-
pected, although upon what basis could not
center showed declines in the internatlonals ex-
tending to * per cent in Louisville & Nash
revenue bin. TSis criticism met With only par
ably affected, sympathetically, AMI material de-
clines were recorded at the outset of the bust
To account for the Weakness stress was also
laid upon the estimated shipments of gold by
verified. upon the unsettled financial conditions
E ,nTs u hy ,b upon Sni a aisap ,Si I,nn,or sx : oui Of e'i fr
November and the eleven months up to December
~; and l., finally aSS g,,, p IInaro the b d 5Smo ,s,,T nasetlns the
A specific denial OF some OF tacse reports was
ses%ned Tf by F so"s1ins pur % + i6r W sSsr, 'g ss,
count, and, to a moderate extent, commission
ever, inconsiderable. except in one or two in
stances. Chicago Gas responded to the news
make ornament per- the Injunction restraining the
company from perfecting the plan of conso!ida-
tack on Baltimore & Ohio resulted in a decline
of ~ per cent, and incidentally caused a drop Of
ence that the alleged financial difficulties of
the first mentioned company would compel the
ing to $4,000 shares. A. decline of G per cent
in haekawanna, following the annoaneemsnt
dividend OF I4 per cent would be declared later
in the day, was one OF the anomalies of the
tRstu' she De.awa %aS & a'I Hudson canal COMPANY niaSay
wil! maintain LIS 4 per sent dividend rate in
be due to the decidedly unsatisfactory condition
of the anthracite, The market during the last
hour of trade displayed pronounced heayiness.
Gas lost all of the early Improvement, and other
leading shares lost from I to 2s per cent net,
the last in Louisville & Nashville. The closing
was fairly active. and at the lowest figures OF
the day. The early trading in bonds was char
ever. a break, material in some instances, &C.
CURED. The dealings aggregated slSl5.op. The
dc dsS adn r in s9 ws1a ne not b1nds ob agsresIi, m rrf only
The Evening Posts London financial cablegram
says; ! understand that t,a active neS G,s are
loan here. 1t says much for the Improvement
in the general situation that the matter appears
tain quarters a 4 per cent coin bond at par is
spoken of. and it would go here, but 1T is be
a 5 per cent loan. Much. of course. depends on
politics. An official utterance from the United
States of friendly and peaceable sentiments is
all that is required to insure the successful
floating OF a loan here at a rate not much below
askanee at the matter. The markets were bet
ter all around today. closing at the best. except
for Americans. which have been well under
foreign stocks and mines on continental buying.
The general settlement has commenced. Con
ences are to be met in that department, but
no trouble is feared here. All the continental
lead. Owing to holiday requirements, cash has
gone largely into circulation. The Bank of
England's coin and bullion are down this week
f944, 00). and the reserve notes and coin are down
Il, 500. 1000; ESQ 0 gold net was imported for the
f9, 900 imported from Holland. and fl9.O 0O from
Lisbon. and f1l6,ooo exported to Argentine and
The Following were the closing quotations on
the leading stocks of the New York exchange