Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06

nounccd weakness on the publication Of the Little
expert account OF the management OF the prop
zations but most stocks show net gains. chi
cago Gas is up ~ per cent and Lake shore and
closed iA per cent below the final prices OF a
week ago The aggregate sales were 90, 7l5
Tho bond market during the week was active.
with well defined inquiry for Investment Tue
important changes were noted In the usually in
active issues. The comparative figures show gen
cta gains, which were fractional IN the active
bonds. Rock Island dcbentute IS and Denver
& Rio Granle IS advanced per cent Union
Pacific gold Gs. 3h per cent The declines in
cludcd Union Pacific collateral 5s, per cent;
Union Pacific pts. trust receipts, ~ per cent;
ttai Southern extension IS! trust receipts. per
cent; Utah southern general as trust receipts,
90 per cent. and Wabash dcbentures. series B
gA per cent The aggregate sales were s. 22i. 600
The government bond market ruled firm and
new fours Dealers reported large ovcr-thc-coun-
ter sales The transactions on the board footed
cfning committee OF the New York Stock eN-
change to cloge the exchange from Thursday,
December a. at y. M. TO Monday December
The Evening Posts London financial cablcsram
continued cheap. The tone of the stock markets
was good, but business was quiet. Speculation
here was largely confined to home industrial com
panies.
posits OF the New York clearing house banks
current week showing total deposit Of SO2Oi6 !.
0oo. or an increase since November : last OF
400, In other words, tle gam mas iten at
the rate OF SIS 300 600 per week since the Monday
following election. This record II Is unnecessary
to say has never been surpassed In the history
OF the New York banks. There is seemingly no
cessation in the growth OF the deposit item. 1t
reflects in part the How Of money from the in
tCriCr, but large percentage doubtless comes
from the deposit OF boarded funds In savings
banks Then, too. there have been number Of
financial operations OF large magnitude, which
must be taken into crnsd, ration and the treasury
has been losing money to the hanks The loan
feature Is not less marked. The expansion for
the week brings the total loans from Sii2,la,-
200 reported November I, to Si12iilS0O for the
week lust ended, gain of nearly SSo.0OO.CGo, 1t
cannot be said that all this increase represents
commercial needs. Demands of that nature have
fallen Off lately, and the continued expansion
shows the effect of the operations now going
on by which available American capital is
placed to the credit OF London where the rate
is higher 1t has required less than six weeks
to change the market from panic basis to one
where the United States can loan money TO the
oldest and frmest OF foreign financial Centers
This is one of the most noteworthy incidents
that has occurred in American banking. The
other features Of the current statement about
as had been expected. The decrease in specie
represents operations with the treasury. and is
interesting as being the first loss in gold which
the banks have reported since the last of August
whom gold imports began
The following were the closing quotations on
the leading stocks of the New York exchange
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