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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
Wheat, Corn and Oats Close at a Shade
Higher Prices,
COLDER WEATHER HAS ITS INFLUENCE
shorts DO n Bit of COVERING, Leaving
the old Year with
Evened Up-Proyisions
Easier.

CHICAGO, Dec. 3o-There was less thar
an hours business i'm any Of the markets
today. The cold weather and Il slight i'm
proycment in the cash demand stcadicd
wheat, May closing at a shade gain over
yesterday. Corn closed a shade and oats
&c better and provisions unchanged to 2lac
lower.
\ microscopic comparison of yesterdays
final figures for May wheat with the initial
price today showed a shade loss, this OPP
ton being at G94a63asc. This was laid at
the door Of Liverpool, which was off &c.
The tone was steady, however, as the
weather was reported very cold, and $4,000
bu. of Duluth wheat were worked from here
to New York late yesterday. When an ad-
ditional sale of 10000 bu. was announced
today, shorts stopped smashing hats and
throwing grain long enough to do a bit OF
covering, so as to leave the old year with
accounts evened up. May with this enCour-
agement attained the dignity of 69lqc and
though almost completely neglected there
after managed to close steady at $3.50
G9l2C, Il shade better than yesterdays final
quotation. An increase of from 10000 to 500
00 bu. in the visible was predicted in the
pit here. Primary receipts were l56, 400 bu..
against 754, 100 bu. a year ago. Minneapolis
and Duluth reported 36S cars, compared
with sos last year. Local receipts were 7S
cars, 10 of contract grade. Seaboard eN-
ports in wheat and flour were equal to l59,
In the corn market such movements as
We're visible to the naked eye indicated
steadiness, but the range was only lsc in
May, that option opening unchanged at
32&c and closing a shade up at 32S+d32fsc.
Country acceptances were as usual light,
and there was no indication of interest
Improvement in that direction. Local re-
ceipts were liberal-3IS cars.
The oats market. generally distinguished
for being almost indistinguishable. eNhib-
tied n fair general trade and the tone
throughout was firm. one concern sold
some May, presumably against a big cash
purchase, early in the week. Receipts here
were 202 cars, May ranged from 23Ssg23%4c
TO 237sc, closing lsc up at 23%d2Stsc..
Provisions were a little easier, the factors
being liberal receipts and indications of con
tinued liberality next week, together Win
weaker prices at the yards. The marker
was a changing one and resulted in a slight
| narrowing Of the January-May difference,
Commission houses were sellers OF May
pork and lard, and one packer a buyer o1i
lard. Packers reported some sales OF prou,
net. May pork sold from 5000 to $40. As and
closed 2lRc under yesterday at Slo.45; May
lard from $3.50 to s.. S2l2. closing unchanged
at s.. S2Is. and May ribs from s.. 50d5. S2i2 tc
S.. 52I2d5.5 So, with the close 212c under al
Sc. 52H. "a,
Estimated receipts Monday, Wheat, ion
cars; corn, 450 cars; oats, ~ cars hosS
SO, 600 head. ~
New Years day.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Stock in SIGHT.
Enrnncc-unde Grnnhite.

Inventor A. G. Acheson, a pupil OF Edison,
has completed a factory for the manufacture
of graphite in large quantities, and to do it
by natures own proCess-by heat equal in
intensity to that of a volcano crater. The
most important and interesting feature of
the enterprise is the utilization for the
graphite making of a waste product from
the coke regions of Pennsylvania. In the
western part of that state there hre noun
famous heaps Of dust which the cookers have
raked from their ovens and cast aside as
having no value. Mr.. Acheson found in his
early experiments that the best graphite
could be made from coke which was not en-
tirely pure and he found that this waste ma
terial could be better utilized than pure
coke.
Mr.. Acheson's furnaces are not constructed
on the principle of the arc lamp, but follow
rather tho theory of the incandescent lamp,
with the development of which the inventor
had so much to do. The electric current is
introduced into each end of a huge brick box
sixteen feet long, nine feet wide and nearly
six feet high. 1t then penetrates a cone or
channel OF coke dust supported by surround
ing Iaasses of a mixture OF coke, sand ana
sawdust. This cone corresponds to the fila
ment of an inCandesCent lamp, the resist
ancc which it offers TO the passage of the
electrical current producing a high degree of
heat. Indeed, after the current has been
turned on for a time the entire cone glows
white, melting every substane which is
placed near it, including carbon, the most
refractory of all known substances. 1t is in
a furnace of this kind that carbide OF silicon
is made; it is also in an electrical furnace
that calcium carbide, the basis of acetylene
gas, is made, and Mr.. Acheson will use a
modification OF this furnace for the manu-
facture Cf graphite.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
NEW YORK. GENERAL MARKET.
Quotations for II Day on various
Commodities.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-FLOUR-Rece!pts,
u9i4 bbls: exports. 1881 bbls. sales, 1900
pkgs.; inactive and nom.nally Unchanged
Minnesota patents, SS.sOa4,05; Minnesota
bakers, 10; winter patents, S,55a3.15;
winter straights, $3.35a3.45; winter extras,
Rye -four, steady; sales, 200 bbls.i talr to
good, SS,lQll3. p; choice TO fancy, NbjJd5'oo'
CORNMEAl-Dull; yellow western, S2c;
city, ne; Brandywine, S.Zj02.S5.
RYE-Qu!et; No. > western, GoStc, I, o; D.
Aaoat; state, 65c. G. l.. f., New York, car lots,
New York; mailing, 4Hbo5c, C. l. L. New
BARLEY MALT-Dull; western, 5aG5c.
WHEAT-Receipts, S17S5 hu., sales, 10000
hu. futures and 1901 600 bu. spot. Spot, firm,
No, > red, zoe, +, %. D., atoat; No, ] northern,
Duluth, I9igc; +. o. b. atioat tpromPp; No,
2 rcd, 73lsc, elevator, Options opened steady
and unchanged ON reports of export bust
ness to Lisbon thus orsetttns the slight
course, very Hight al day, Although exceed
ingly cold weather prevailed over winter
matters. Worlds shipments were expected
20 be a shade larger than last year. Later
the market improved ON covering and closed
firm at lsahc advance: Sales included No.
c6RNsRsesiPts G,e5 bg EXPORTS, 1914
., H9sc. Z. o. b., anoat, and 3sllc, elevator,
Options opened dun but steady with wheat
and on cables; IN face Of liberal recei?ts at
Chicago: ruled slow and featurelcSs all day
closing steady and unchanged. May closed
oATs-Receipts. Si,SOO bu,. exports, eos
bu, spot. dull; No. 2, 29c; No. ., 2iac; No
2 white, ale; No. 3 white, SOC; track mixed
western, 23uSolac; track white. Slu3i'ac. op.
,HAY-Cuiet; shipping, 65abc; good &c
HoPs-Dulli state. common to choice. 1891
crop &c; 1875 crop tasc, 1893 crop l2alic
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

KANSAS CITY. Dee. 3O-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 100 head; supply too light to make "A
market; weeks business more or less un-
settled by holiday conditions; heavy native
steers. s.. 25HG.l5: ~lightweights, Si.5od6.O;
stockcrs and feeders, 81. i0u5.O 90; Gamers,
s.. 4Oa3.l5; fed westerns, S4.GOu5. 30; western
feeders, 81 .25Ii 80; Texans, $i.50Gi.S5
HOGS-Receipts, 300 head; trade fairly
active; prices 2iac lower; light supply this
week caused an advance of about 20c;
heavy and mixed. A.2ou4. 80; light, A.lIle1
lbs; pigs. 81. 5NH3. GO.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Rcceipts for the
week, 5000 head; offerings of all kinds too
light to satisfy man and advanced
about 25c: lambs, 81. 75Q5.5O; mut,ons, 500
al. 90; feeding lambs. $4.25ui.6O; feeding
sheep, 50. 25a3. IS; stockers, s., i503.5o; culls,
SI IOnI 90.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

DIR. Nansen, the Arctic explorer. came
across an lrishman on one occasion who de-
claTed that ne had Travelled farther north
IMAM anybody, reports a London. paper.
getting angry: why, sir. do you know |
calculate to have Travelled as far as any
human beng can possibly get o.
But still the Irishman persisted, and went
on to say:
Now. listen TO this: How do you know
that we've travelled as far as any human be-
ing can get?'
Because" replied the doctor, 81 came 10
a huge wall Of ice that no one could get
around"
"Wha did sc do them"
We'll, ! conyersed with my staff Of men
on the subject
"Ah, yes begorra," exclaimed Pat, "OI
heard yc. Oi was on tn other soide o. the
waltz
And he walked away In triumph.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
BULLS.
CALVES.

HOGS-Ihe receipts of hogs were of fair
proportions for the last day of the week and
the market as a whole in fair shape. Adj
vices from other market points indicated "A
lower tendency to values and the market
days general market. The trade was
reasonably active at the decline, so that
the most of the hogs changed hands in good
season. The bulk of the hogs went at
A.l23aI.15, while yesterday the hogs sold
largely at $il5a4.17l2, Toward the close,
when 1t became apparent that che demand
was fully larger than the receipts, the mar
ket frmed up and closed a little better
than it opened.
The tendency Of the hog market the most
of the time this week has been upward.
The week started out with an advance Of
7lac, dropped back &c on Wednesday. but
put on sc on Thursday. on Friday the
market was &c higher or &c higher than at
the beginning OF the week. Friday proved
to be the high day, not only of the week,
but of the month as well. The various
fluctuations of the market from day to
day can be seen from "A study of the table
Of average prices. Representative sales:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
81. Iouis Live stock.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 8O.-CATTLE-Reccipts,
700 head, including $50 head Texans market
steady; native shipping and export steers,
81. 75d6. so; dressed beef and butcher steers,
Sc, SOFAS. so; steers under 1000 lbs, So 2OGli.5O:
stockcrs and feeders, $3.OOG4.5O; cows and
heifers, $2.OOa43S; Gamers. $l.5Oa3.OO; bulls,
s.. 60a4.0O; Texas and Indian steers. $3.50
SIS; cows and heifers, S.OOd3.75
HOGS Receipts. 5,iOO head; market
steady on best: a shade easier on others;
pigs and light, &.2Omi3O; packers, $4,000
4.35; butchers, $435d4. i2la.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Reccipts, 800 head;
market slow and steady; native muttons,
$2.S5H4.5O; lambs, $4.S5d5.&I; culls and bucks,
s.. 5OM4OO: stnCkers. $2.bOn2. 70.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

run for the bargains and renewed short
selling at the recovered high level.
The following table Will give an 'dea OF
the speculative movement in the stock
market during the last year and Will ac-
count for the wide vibrations ot the last
two weeks in the attempts to tind the
equilibrium Of the true values Those stocks
have been selected I'm which variations have
been widest, but generally speaking they
are stocks In which transactions have been
largest and hey are representative OF the
market. In the column headed About jan
uary So prices marked with an asterisk lD
are the hrst or listing price OF the stocks
nO9tpd during the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
GnRRn MnnlR f

NEW YORK, Dec. @-COFFEE-The
coffee market opened steady at unchanged
prices and ruled very dull and uninterest-
Ing most of the SESSION !, the absence OF
sudden rise of 5G1O points on a squirt OF
covering by room shorts; otherwise the
market was quite featureless, Large Bra
lillian receipts We're offset by increased
American warehouse deliveries. The mar
ket closed firm at a net gain of from ; to
10 points; sales Were 10,500 bags, including:
January. $6.O5; March, sc. 2OG6. %; May, $b.3o
a6. 30; July. S6.45; August, $3.50; September,
S65O06.J5. Spot, Rio, steady; No. 7, IN
voice, &c; No. I, - obbing, 71@c. Mild, steady;
Cordova, S412l2c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Landau Woo, Imports.

LONDON, Dec. 3O.-WOOL-The a%rriVaIs
of wool for the first series of the 1900 wool
auction sales amount to l2S'924 bales. IN
ports of wool during the week were as fol-
lows: New South Wales, 6,947 bales;
Queensland, 5,145; Victoria, S,O62; South
Australia, 1929; West Australia, 2O4; New
Zealand, 2,0l6; Cape of Good Hope and
Natal. 1919; elsewhere. 1874.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Washington Star: 81 wish this man Rob
erts could have remained at home and at
tended to his own affairs said the sultan
of Sulu, impatiently.
~ don't see how he affects you"
"Of course you don't. You don't know
what 1t Is to have several dozen wives nag
ging at you and saying they don't see why
you can't be sent to congress and get your
name in the papers"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Total receipts
The disposition of the days receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num-


CATTLE-There were only n few cars of
cattle in the yards and of that number
over half were consigned direct to pack
ers, so that there was not enough on sale
to make any kind of a test of the market.
The few offered for sale brought about the
same prices as yesterday.
The receipts of cattle this week have
been very light and the market about as
embarrassing as usual during the mid
holiday season. Prices on killing cattle
during the earlier part of the week had a
lower tendency, under the influence of lower
eastern markets and a moderate demand
for meat productC. On Friday the market
picked up somewhat, thereby making up
in part for the loss.
Stockers and feeders have been good sell
crs all the week. The demand for feeding
cattle OF good quality has been so great
that values have been steadily forced up
ward until the market is now at the high
point of the season. Commission men all
appear to have orders in hand TO buy,
while the supply is small. Representative
sales:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
knnsns City Grain and ProvisIons.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. SO.-WHEAT-May,
66%c: cash. No. 2 hard, 63lgc; No. 3, $50
Gigc; No, 2 red, 6Sa7Oc; No. 3, 6Sa6Sc. Re
ufipts. 6S cars,
2Sa.c; No. 2 white, 2Sac; No. 3, 2Siac.
6ATs-No. 2 white, 2ia24l2c.
RYE-No, ?, A9c.
prairie. S70lQf 50:
RECEIPTs-Wheat, S4,SOO bu.; corn, Al
600 bu.: oats, 2AOO bu.
SHIPMENTS-Wheat, 1920 bu.; corn,
Al,GOl bu oats, 1900 bu.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Detroit Journal: They are PASTE" OBJ
jected the burglar, regarding the diamonds
critically.
The actress was at no pains to conceal
her impotence.
Certainty she retorted. "YOu don't
imagine there's enough advertising IN being
robbed TO pay for genuine diamonds, amy
more, do you2"
Then she laughed, and rallied bitterly at
what she termed the degencracy Of the pub
lie taste.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

NEW YORK. Dsc. 30.-CALIFORNIA
DRIED FRUITS-Evaporated apples were
quiet but firm at unchanged prices; state
evaporated apples, common, 6Q6Ssc; prime,
6st G7c; choice, 74mSAc; fancy, S1ad9c. Cali
fornia dried prunes, 3la0Sc per lb., as to
size and quality. Apricots, Royal. 13a15c;
Moor Park, l5u1Sc. Peaches, peeled, 2O422c;
unpeeled, 7lbnlOc.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

market today was quite devoid of incident
of Importance. Business on spot ruled light
and mail order demand below the average.
The tone in all directions was without
change and there was no alteration in
prices of either cotton or wooden goods.
Yarns continued strong, but the demand
was quieter.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Bank CIeuringS.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Clearings, 1929, 49,
004; balances, $50, 779, GO9.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30.-Clearings. IS, 4S2, 6l1;
balances, $1,2l6, OIL; money, 4G7 per cent;
New York exchange, SOC premium bid, 75c
premium asked.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. a.-Clearings,
SIC, $40, 2l2; balances. 81, 412, iOl.
BALTIMORE, Dec. chickering's, $3,754,-
666; balances, $3.50, SS5.
CHICAGO, Dec. chickering's, 800, SO7 400;
balances, 81, 1881, 1911; posted exchange, &.S212
q4.SS1a; New York exchange, l5c premium.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Oil Market.

OIL CITY. Pa, Dec. 30.-OILS-Credit
balances, $1.66: certificates, no bid: runs
and shipments, not reported.
NEW YORK. Dec. $O.-OILS-Petroleum,
steady; refined New York; $3.50; Philadel-
Baltimore, in bulk, $7.20. Resin, quiet;
strained, common to good, $l.45. Turpen-
tine, steady, 5ll2G52c.
HUI refined. December and April, strong,
1Ss Cd. Turpentine spirits steady, 3Ss,
Ros.n, common, firm, As Cd. Petroleum, re-
fined, 79sd. Linseed. 23s.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Now yorI, Live stock.

NEW YORH, Dec. 3O.-BEEVES-Re-
ceipts, 1,119 head; no trading; feeling
steady; cables steady; shipments, LIP head
cattle and G,036 quarters of beef.
CALNES-Receipts, 81 head; steady; good
veals. SS.5O4S.75; barn yard calves, $3.75.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 4,h0)
head: sheep, dull; lambs, steady to l0c
lower; sheep. $3.OjG4.25; lambs, 5 .5Oa6.15;
canada lambs, S.; culls, S.O0d45O.
HOGS-I2eceipts, 2,4S2 head; firm at $i.6O9
A az
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Now York Imnorts md ENrorts.

NEW YORK. Dec. 3O-The imports of
specie this week were sol, l25 gold and Si35,-
55G silver. Exports Of specie for the week
aggregated S96,S4S silver bars and coin and
S4.aOl, 200 gold.
The Imports of dry goods and merchant
disc at the port of New York for tEis week
were valued at 50, 1906
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
MnKes.

Detroit Journal: The wages of sin were
death, and the walking delegate had
dropped up TO see about "A raise.
II don't know replied Sin, persOnihed
for the occasion, why wages should be
Increased. l have a fun complement of
hands working day and night, and ! have
no fears for the future"
one thing seemed certain; there was moth
ing to arbitrate.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Sugar Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-SUGAR-Raw.
firm; fair refining; 3%13-lGc; cr~rifugai, S6
fined. quiet but firm; mould A, 7-1sc;
standard A, 415-1Gc; confectioners' A.
15-lGc; cut loaf and crushed, ; 9-lGc; pow
dered, SIC; graduated, 53-l6c; cubes,
Il 5-1GC.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Market,

PEORIA Dec. 3o-CoRN-steady; new
~OATS-Steady; No. 3 white, 23a234c.
WHISKY-Firm on the basis of 81. 231b
for finished goods.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Minneapolis Wheat and Flour.

MINNEAPOLlS, Dec. 3D-WHEAI-In
store: No. ! northern. December Aiac;
30. / hard, G67sc; No. ! northern, 659sc; No.
nprt-ern, 63%C.
FI.oGR-First patents, 50. iOq3.5O. second
patents. SO. 20d330; first clear, 81 2Oq230.
BRAN-n bulk, $lL00dll.25.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
!. !: i Il !. {. !. 4. IH&

SIlEEP-Thcrc we're but two loads OF
sheep reported IN the yards, which were
already sold before arrival. SO that IN
reality there was nothing ON sale to make
any trial OF he market.
Considering u isth mid-holiday season, the
market has been In pretty fair shape this
week, The receipts have been light, while
buyers have all wanted 4 few, with the
result that demand and supply have
been about equal. The tendency VI the
market has been pward. that Is, values
have been strong to a little higher every
day. until Friday, when the market was
weak to q little lower.
quotations.. Good to choice fed ycarllngs,
A,3SdA60; good tn. choice heavy. wcthers.
81 lOfi4. 20; good to choice light wethCrs, A25
1850: good to choice fed ewes, SiSUiCo'
fair to good fed ewes. S2lWtS65i good TO
choice native lambs. S52OdSd0; good TO
choice fed western lambs, S5.2lQ6.N; fair TO
good fed western lambs, AN5dSl5; iGeder
wcthcrs. 3. 15H3.gO. feeder yearliugs, N.ONH
4.25; good to choice feeder lambs, 81 25uito;
fair to good feeding lambs A.Ndi,25, feeder
ewes, S2.25aS,0o, Representative sales.
No. Az. TT,
so Mexican wcthcrs ...,.......,. a a 30
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1sao.

legal tenders. increase. sl.l63.ooO deposits.
decrease. SSi>.SCO: circulation. increase, $50
500. The banks now hold $l, l6>,oA Tn excess
of the legal requirements.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Toledo Market.

TOLEDO, o, Dec. 3o-WHEAT-Dul and
steady; No. 2. cash, 6sb4c; May, 1880.
CORN-Dull and steady; No. ? mixed, 32c.
O~ApS-Qu'et; No, ? mixed, &c.
RYE-UnChanged; No. 2, cash, 56iac.
CLONERSEED-Dull and steady prime,
cash. old. $4.5 asked; December, S5.5Tih
asked, March. S.61.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 30. - WHEAT -
crn. G2Ac. "
RYE-Steady; No. /, 55c.
BARLEY-Firm; No. ., 45c; sample, 3C1a
443l2c. -
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-MONEY-Ou call.
steady at Sal per cent; last loan at 6 per
cent; prime mercantile paper. 6 per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-Firm, with
actual business in bankers bills at si.S7i40
4.S7la for demand. and S4.S1&G4.S2 for sixty
days; posted rates. SIS2l9d4.S3 and $i.SSE;
commercial bills, $i.SJh44SO4.
SILyER-,Certidcates, 5S94 q59lac; bar,
59lsc; Mexican dollars, 471sc.
BONDS-State bonds, inactive: railroad
bonds, strong; government bonds, irregular;
p, reg, lO2l2; 3s, reg. and coupon, 40; new
As, reg. and coupon, 1898 old Is, reg, ia;
coupon, ll5; 5s, reg, and coupon, l12&.
The following are the closing quotations
on bonds:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

BOSTON, Dec. 3O-Call loans, 60I per
cent; time loans, sac per cent. Official
closing quotations Of stocks, bonds and
mining ehnrna.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
weekIy Unnk stntement.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve, aucrease, s7S4,0o0; loans, in
J crease, 1880 @pecie, decrease, SOS, 2Oo;
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Woo, Market,
Triumphant Pat.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-WOOI-DulI. do
nestle fleece, 2lQ26c; Texas, 1i0l7c.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
,X-diNidel
London stock Quotations.

BAR S1LVER-Stcady, q 3-l6d per ounce.
MONEY-5d5ia per cent.
The rate Of discount In the Omen market
for short bills. Cu6iq per cent; FOR three
months bills, 5%d6 per cent,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

What severe critics term the speculative
debauCh Of the year will he seen to have
cost security holders dear, since the re-
lapse has generally brought prices below
where they started the year. There are
stocks which had the dividend rate in
creased and which have nevertheless fallen
back below the level ruling before the
speculative rise set in in anticipation of the
increase. 1t Is the realization of this fact
and calculation of the rate Of returns on
money invested that have brought on to the
market "A large element of investment buy
ers, who buy stocks outright to hold. The
large absorption of the floating supply of
stocks thus ~COmpliShe the forced liQui-
dation of doubtful and unsafe accounts and
In the Wall street phrase the squeezing of
water out of the stocks gives basis for the
confidence with which investment buying is
prosecuted. Faith in the continuance of the
Country'S prosperity within the present
horizon of outlook is unimpaired.
Prices of gilt-edged invested bonds were
not much affected in last weeks invcstiga-
ton. but the newly issued or contingent in
terest-paying bonds which suffered last
week have been in good demand this week.
United States is, old IS, old As and 5s de-
clined Il in the bid price.
the Commercial Advertisers London
financial Cablegram says: The tone of the
markets here today was good, but business
failures We're announced. Consols touched
80 His and closed at 1914. Americans were
strong, finishing at the best, well over
parity. A fair amount of business was
done in them. Baltimore & Ohio securities
were the chief feature, but they closed
under New York prices. Spanish Is were
65lS, tintos 1875, Anacondas 3-16 and Utahs
ga. The Bank of England bought G16, 600
gold in bars and 100000 was taken for
Malta. Money was in good demand.
leading stocks on the New York exchange
today:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
New York Mining Stocks.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30-The following
are the official closing quotations for min
ing shares: