Show FINANCIAL REVIEW I Speculative Market Shows Utter Absence Ab-sence of Public Interest New York Aug Brndstrcets Financial Review tomorrow will say I While the speculative stook market shows the utter absence of public interest in-terest It also presents further evidence of a scarcity of floating supplies of securities se-curities and of a decided Indisposition to decline under pressure from bear operators The volume of business Is still very small and was further restricted re-stricted this week by the fact that the stock exchange holiday Includes today to-day as well as Monday It Is however noticed that this fact led to some oven Ing up of contracts by the traders and that the short covering from such sources probably exceeded the selling of long stock At any rate the market after showing a rather weak tone on last Monday and relapsing Into total dullness on Tuesday was on the whole 4 steady to strong on Wednesday and Thursday but showed a heavy tendency ten-dency with decided dullness on Friday The Chinese complications have apparently ap-parently passed Into the background although both London and our own speculative markets are watching the attitude of the powers toward each other with closo attention Tho Influences Influ-ences In this connection at the end of the week wore however considered as more favorable London however Is also very dull and Its dealings on the New York market were on a trifling I scale Its purchases being a little larger I than Its sales The easing of Londons money rates caused by the receipts within a fortnight fort-night of 520000000 In gold by the Bank of England has been checked by the bank which seems to be taking funds from tho open market to prevent an undue decline and a withdrawal of RnorIf in Mir cnrltll1nt lI li A K vl i r I of < discount there has i been hold to Indicate Indi-cate that further gold shipments may be made from this side This did not apparently produce any impression on the stock market and money continues too easy to cause any serious misglv l ngs on this score Domestic politics have certainly re tained more earnest attention this week on the part of the street There has been much discussion as to the absence that the progress of the Presidential I contest may be attended by a break In irlces It Is also recognized that the holding aloof of the public from the market Is In part due to a feeling of thIs kind or as some put It to a tendency on the part of capital to wait for such a decline In order to acquire stocks on favorable terms Bank Clearings Now York Aug lTho following ta ale compiled by Bradstrcct shows the bank clearings at all principal cities for tho week rjiidcd August COth with the per centage of Increase and decrease nu com pared with tho corresponding week last year New York 1 3 C30152051 Inc Dec 307 Boston v 51147811 319 Chicago 100022571 35 Philadelphia C7CR37S1 137 St Louis 25930177 20 PJlsbiirK 25720118 286 Baltimore 15195330 210 Siii Francisco 19811932 115 Clnclnnull 1277IGO 55 Kansas City 1 10005070 230 New Orleans 613S750 71 Minneapolis 9277SOS 110 ms1s Detroit I 1 GG1SS2I 35 Cleveland 9915303 29 Loulsivlllo 5S017CO 171 Providence 4520 00 113 I Milwaukee 5ll5iil2 HO St Paul 3SOI70S G2 Buffalo 3937979 13 I Omaha 6C5SGS3 Indian ipolls r G10M2 111 Columbus 0 1752 100 70 Savannah 2518423 D99 Denver 3V1151 75 Hartford 1592701 13f Iwiclunond H 23G5jl3 219 I Memphis 1337015 CS Washington 11516IO lifi I Pcorla lSOSCSI 91 Rochester 1200207 zI8 New Haven 1103710 32 Worcester S7S320 39 Atlanta C07307 5S 3 SALT LAKE CITY I 1933511 211 Sprlnqflcld Mass S9IOOO C5 Fort Worth 1513031 119 3 Portland Mo 90IFG9 275 Portland Or 301C5t 3S St Joseph 0 i 3066911 169 Los Angeles 1071215 99 Norfolk 916665 19 Syracuse If G7I225 106 DCS Molnes 1770713 G52 Nashville S3S03S IS7 Wilmington Del > 7J9U12 113 Fall River 4G901 117 ScrantOM or MSITT 4S Grmd Rapids 95I3SO 12 Augusta Ga 010701 123 Lowell 3S01SO 19 Dayton < 0 S4G440 41 n callie GJWI j J Tacoma S2170 79 Spokane 1017530 9 8 Sioux City 816852 Now Bedford 1iG35 38 Knoxville Tcnn liS3l3 14 Topeka 937012 S5b Blrmlnghnm r i65IOj 111 Vlchlla 531301 51 Binghamton OiOO 58 Lcxln lon KY 3236 i Jncicsonvlllc 110 1G7ls 61 Kalamazoo tW1 157 Akron WI 180 Chmattanoogn 1 3QIH 07 Rockford Ill 2311 57 Canton 0 235000 19 SprlngHchl 0 261661 Il Fargo N D oj 72 Sioux Palls S D 11411 21 Hastlngs Neb 1Si3 23 Fremonl Neh 1212 100 Davenport 526310 3G Toledo J57017 191 Galveston 110000 21t rfowston L i227 85 lclcna 515527 1 gansvlllo CmSljl 81 Mncon rIoo 83i Little Ror1c 3T742 bii Spninglield Ill 35G6 121 oulIslown 0 3H737 11G lolnlu U SIl2S91G193 21S Totals outside New York 1QS7Oilbi 1 65 DOMINION OF CANADA Iontrell S 1151813 IS 9 loronto 7hG70 J 21 1 Winnipeg 1lTIiG3tJ 21 Halifax 1121920 618 HamllLon 6ro731 112 Sl John N B 71SNl 31 Vancouver B C 1013015 45 Victoria n C 6102ci 81 Totals 2712110 i2 |