The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-03

New York. Jan. 2-Bus.ness IN stocks
vas again restricted today By the holiday
interruption. but the tone of the market
was strong throughout. with the sreciait.es
the feature OF the speculation. Higher Lon
Den prices Off American securities, cover
ing OF SacrtS and the expectation OF an Ia
creased investment inquiry for securities
as a result OF the January disbursements by
the government. railway corporations ard
banking institutions. estimated IN The sg-
strengthening influence. Sugar improved
slightly on reported advance IN The do
nestle refined product and strength IN for
essn sugar. The closing was strong at tn
portant fractional net gains in most shares
The total sales OF stocks today were s. al
shares. including: American Sugar Soess
Burlington s,5e0; General Electric 6Seo, 81.
Paul 4.lco; Reading n.eoo. and Rock Island
s.2o.
DURING THE WEEK.
Although the volume of speculation dur
general tendency Of prices was toward i'm
pEovenent. The movement included some
notable fluctuations N the usual leading
shares The considerations bearing upon
the apparent inclination OF the marke, was
rot clear, despite the improvements record
ed. as transactions 10 a considerable eX-
tent reflected the evening up Of contracts
The bears laid stress upon the western
financial and commercial disturbances. as
exenphncd in frequently reported suspen-
sions. upon the unfavorable railway trat-
Der and diScoura gtng November statements
of the ST. Paul and Burlington. the chance
of disturbances In connection with the Gu
ban trouble ard the lack of outside tpter-
est. The bulls drew favorable augur.es
on account OF the exceptionally strong In
ternst.onai trade position or the United
States. the high price OF wheat. Which ian.
foreign demand: the disbursements by The
great corporations. aggregsting upward OF
500 ee.cco considerable part OF which sum
t. I'D h 4et.ss e414 IN nd
stocks and bonds. ard the relaxation of
financial strsngrncy at the various foreign
oenters. sssging tendency IN sterling ex-
change was also favorabiy regarded A
good local investment demand was noted
in the government and railway bond mar
kets. a striking exception being Long Is
previous sales. The narke, closed strong.
at slight general gains. as result OF the
weeks trading. The aggregate sales were
4s5.e4S shares.
Dealings IN railway bonds today were on
n limited scale. but firm tone was d.sccrni
BILE. The sales were si5s,0o.
The bond market of the week exhibited
decided strength although the Improvement
was interrupted at intervals. A good In
vestment demand influenced material gains
In the giit-edged issues. The aggregate
sales We're S. 5000. The advance irclus-
ed: Omaha and 81. Louis frsts trust re.
ceipts ~ per cent: Chicago, Burlington and
Northern 5's. bi2 per cent: Northern Ia
cine COlaterat trusts -, per t~nt-
Governments were fairly active and adj
vanced sharply. The payment OF pr.net-
pal and interest of the Pacific SIS OF ~ -
expected to cause Increased ACTIVITY 10 TINS
department. The sales were Ns2eo
FOREIGN STOCK MARKETS.
New York, Jan. 2--The Evening Posts
London financial cabiegram says;
THE tone OF the stock markets was gen.
orally good today, but Americans were nfe~
less. awaiting New York's lead. The Cape
kilograms received affected the markets.
but consols closed under the best The
money market Is easy and Is HOODED with
cent. The best opinions consider that tho
fall was overdue and look for a recovery
later In the month. The PARIS pourse was
quiet The Berlin market was disorganiz-
ca By the sudden announcement OF the de-
tails OF bourse reforms, to become opera
tive from yesterday.
London. Eng, Jan. 2-Cios'ng: consois
for money IL: Canadian Pacific 571: Erie
49,: Erie frsts preferred 81: Illinois Gen.
trail s4IS: Mexican Ordinary 27.; 81. Paul
common 751s: New York Central sys: Penn
sylvania ISL: Reading 1921 Atchtson 1tf:
Mexican Central new as. Tea.: bar silver
@Gsd per ounce: money 2Gzi+ per cent. Tho
rate OF discount In the open market for
short ana three-months bills. i5-is per
cent.
New York. Jan. e--Clearings. tiei. 20. SIS:
ti2.5S.6s3.
Boston, Mass. Jan. 2-Ciearings S-..iss.-
As: balances. SS9s. 7si.
Philadelphia Pa. Jan. z-Clea-inzs. 81.
s4s 333; balances. Sl.sss.71.
Chicago Ill. Jan. 2.-Clcar.nEs. ys.Tn.H1
Money steady al eS7 per cent. New YORK
exchange l5c premium. Sterling posted
rates sisSa4tk
81; Louis No. Jan. 2-cleariugr. Ns17.0l7:
balances ss34.IA Money san per cent. New
York exchange &c premium bid: soc prem
ium asked
WEEKS EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
New York. Jan. 2.--fThe imports OF dry
goods ana general merchandise NJ this port
this week were valued ct V0fs.h5. Ths
imports OF specie this week were f7ef7o Of
which Seo.s were gold The exports OF
specie were $50. 30 silver: 10 xoli-
BANK STATEMENT
New York. Jan 1.-The weekly bsnN
statement shows the following ehanEesf
decrease sl.0z2. SO. loans. inerszss
s. 7o2. go; specie decrease 50. NC: legal ten
d.rs. increase 80. 100. deposits. Increase a.
81. 500; circulation. decrease :i5sso. Tbs
banks now hold ~ ~, SO IN exce.s os the
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