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Show SILVER SITUATION CRITICAL. Vatara af While M-lsl eslit to llepsnd en I nHrd Stairs. , A London dispatch saya the onllook on the atock exchange waa somewhat lrighler during the past week, owing to the measage from President lloose-Telt. lloose-Telt. the apeech nf the Prince of Wales and the unexpectedly heavy captures In South Africa. These latter alao helped the market for mining aharea, and Kafllra rose slightly on indefinite! predictions of the termination of tlie rioiith African war. The money situation waa aatisfac-ory aatisfac-ory and there waa no prospect of atrlngcncy In Now York, Paris and Merlin hills. It ia thought thla promised prom-ised situation, combined with the prea-ent prea-ent low price of all stucka. will atimu-late atimu-late both invcxltncnt and speculation. The volume of business to date la allll llmlled. American securities were lethargic, III apite of Improvement Improve-ment of Wall atreet. The allver altualion la atlll critical, although allver haa recovered slightly from Ila lowest qiiotatlona. The future of allver la saidt depend entirely upon whether the ( nlted States refrains from preaaing further aales. |