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Show Mouclarj' auil Commercial. New Y'orb,- 23. Tho Treasury gold bids aguregate $2,370,000 at 0:63 (. 9:91. 1, 000,000 government gold was awarded at from 9:81 to 9:91. Washingron, 23.- A largo number of proposals for the balance of $174,-000,000 $174,-000,000 of the five per cent, bonds or any part thereof, were opened at the Treasury to-day. The doors were locked and everyone excluded. Secretary Sec-retary Bristow states in reference to the expressed wish of many bidders that no publication of ofle-rs will be made until the awards shall have been made, which will probably be to-morrow. The Secretary will leave here to-night for Long Branch where he will have a consultation with the President on the subject. The Geneva court of commissioners commission-ers met this morning and considered tho rules which govern their proceedings. proceed-ings. The amount of national bank notes received to-day was $2oG,69S. NewYork,23. From carefui inquiries inqui-ries it is estimated that bids for the 6 per cent, funded loan forwarded from New Y'ork, representing those filed by foreign bankers for European markets as well as those for domestic holdings, will aggregate not less than $SO,OOO,0OO and not more than $100, 000,000. Large bids will come from syndicates which have been formed, the principal ono representing a combination com-bination of German bankers' and to each of these bids wiil be attached he condition that Jllic bidders are I to have a call on the entire remainder remain-der of the loan, so that should the ' Secretary accept any one of these bids jit would be to the exclusion of all I others. |