Show 1 SHARP BREAK IN PRICES f Most of Leading Stocks Carried Downward BELOW THURSDAYS LEVEL i There Was Some Anxiety Over Venezuela Situation I orccast of Weekly Bnnk Statement Did Not Promise ns Good Showing Show-ing as Wns Expected e1 York Dec 1Tudty Mock market mar-ket showed the natural effect of the dim Inallon In a very long und short Interest nnd u ronscqucnt lack of sustaining In Huence Yesterdays upward rush operations opera-tions also led CO considerable rcullallona I Tho professional trading on Ibo floor ap proclallng this slulo ot affairs worked I for a reaction all day and was rewarded j In the latter part oC tho day by C ohaip break In prices which carried most of Ihu I leujorn generally below lusl night Some ronowcd anxiety was felt over the Venezuelan I Ven-ezuelan situation owing to Iho provisional t provision-al nature of the reply from England and Germany to Iho proposition for arbitration I arbitra-tion f The forecast of the weekly bank statement state-ment did not promise as good I showing 3 wag counted upon In tho middle of the week 1 und there was some selling due to dlgappolnlmenl on that ncoro London also turned seller today reversing tho i position of yesiorduy Most ot this sellIng sell-ing however was purely arbitrage busl n < N the advance hero going ahead of London and allowing opportunity to cover sale here by buying In London Published reports ot u heavy llolallon of Vail road bonds of the Vandcrbllt system sys-tem In London > attracted some attention Vhls morning und contribute to n sharp rlHo In New York Central This development develop-ment promised such Important results in the exchange Bltuallon that It wan accepted ac-cepted with avidity by bullish traders Unfortunately the rumor mot with dentils de-ntils from authorllntivo quarters and this helped to lurn the market downward St Paul was IL conspicuous center of slrongth with continued rumors of an early Issue of the new Block authorized The advance was accompanied by somo evidence ot manipulation and the gain wua almost entirely wiped out Tho continued con-tinued eager demand for anthracite sustained sus-tained the coalers Gnat Northern preferred pre-ferred rosa sharply without explanation The sharp advance In the price of corner In London l helped Amalgamated Copper These special points of strength served to sustain the market during the early part of tho day In face of tho realizing which was In evidence from tho start and most notably no In those stocks which led tho weeks advance Southern Pacltlc Missouri Iaclllc Sugar Manhattan Manhat-tan and Louisville Nashville were all nufTcrcrs on this score There wan some check to the sclllnir before tho close which was Ilrm The news of tho transfer of 5250000 to Nov Orleans by tho subtreasury was a factor In breaking tho market Tho report re-port of the weekly I exports Of grain was also a disappointment tho outgo of wheat being more than a million bushels loss t than In this week u < year ago r Tho bond market was better sustained III than stock Total Bales par value 13 9JOOOO United Slalos bonds were al lun I chanced on the last call NEW YORK BOND LIST U S rpf 2s rebUI17 L = 2sT unl g1011h U S ref 2s coup ICQ Mcx Cent 4a TJ S 33 rcsrH17 1st Inc 23 > U S 3a coup 107VH lInn St LlB102yt i U S n 4s rcgI25 loXT4str7 U S n 4a coup135 Mo K T 2nds 511 U S old IJI rtc IC Y N Y C iBts 103 U S old Is coupliftfe N Y C K 3 jq 101 I I U S Ds rug 1031 N J C Ien 5s n US 5s coup10351 Nor Pac Jo 103 J Atchison g j 4s lOUd Nor Pac 3s 71 Y jl1stmtnt 13 J N W con Is 100 B 0 4 I01 Hendillg g fn 43 j14 no 2J > K J St L I 1L C fisIU1 B As 0 com 41S1017 8l L S F 11 i n Can So 1I 51OS St L Swesl Isle 95 Cent of Ga C n 10 1h is Sllll I 1st Inc 71 SA Ic A P la 8Ij i CO lfl 101 So Pac 5s IOVg CIII AsLg 1 So Uy ij911 4 C B Q n la 9 Tex t Pxic iBlBllGVt C M SI P g 18113 T I StL W 4n 7GVV I C fr N con 713Y Union Pac 191011 c it i p 4niasii U P con hL101 I C C C Sl L i c 4a 53 AMbaah Istu lie Chi form 4n K Wabash 2n 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31 A PI 01 I Pullman P C i 7 22 Republic Steel 1000 19i lOi 1 10 Preferred C > JO 7Cfe 7Rt 76 Sugar HZrr 125 12STA 12H Tenn C c Iron 22tO CGH KVi 5J ii Uroln E P Co 12 Preferred 71 U S Leather 7tX 32 31i Uri Preferred i 2CO 87 S7Vs S7Vi U S Rubber J5 Preferred 0 U S Steel COSOQ 3IMi 31 2114 Preferred 114CO Sl l Sli 1l l Western Union 1500 SSJi 874 S7 I i Amer Locomotive 12IJS 27 ST7 Preferred iC K C So itO 31i I 31 3H Rock Island 3W IJ It tOJI j 4070 Preferred 3JOO It i S 1 > a Sl Total silica for tho day 75530 shares |