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Show TELEGRAPHIC Buuk ilx:liiauie uud BtidlneBS Nt'w York. 31. TUetwoliBt weeks' excliaune- hi twelve lertdicg centres, iocliniin Stin Franriaco, Bhow unusual un-usual fluctiuUioGH, with an uggn-K"'" increaae of 23 8-JOiha per cent, compared com-pared with last year. - New York's increase ii over 30 per cent. , a part ol which is due to t pecuUtiun anil the remainder to the improvement ol lenitimitte buMinea, fi.Mtoo and Philadelphia liwe 15 and 17 per cnl reepeetivly, Cincinnati 7 4-10 tin. Chicago gains 19 4 lOthe, Milwaukee 17, both attributable chii-tly to heavy grain movements. Baltimore RHins 57 6-lOlhs, piobably by means of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad' rumored European loan Ol $G,000,-000. $G,000,-000. New Orleans, notwithstanding the midsummer dullness, gains over 17 por cent., probably from the increased in-creased movement by the river, while St. Louie gaius only 5 6 lOths, with which her merchants are much encouraged. Saturday's check: to the great atock upecuUtion here caused by a very slight hardening harden-ing ol the money market is substantially substan-tially maintained. Small holders continue to realize on the recent ud vance, uud any considerable at temple to Bell large lots produce a market decline. No reuaonably sife estimate can be made ot the probable future of the stock market until about the middle of September. The strong bull market n predicated on the aa sumption of increased railroad earnings earn-ings consequent upon the large grain cropn, but the statistics for the three weoks ending on the 18th ebow that the shipments by rail are little more than half as large as a year ago, thB proportion shipped by water this year being over SO per cent., againat 60 last year. Tho aggregate railroad earnings on grain transportation this year, notwithstanding bitter rates, was slightly less than last year. The comptroller of the currency's weekly reports indicate fully $1,000,000 probable prob-able diminution of paper currency during the current month. |