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The herald., 1894-12-29
GENERAL FINANCIAL NEWS.
Speculation in Wall Street-Foreign an,
Domestic Exchange.

Domestic Exchange.
BY the Associated Press.
New YORK, Dec. 2S.--The stock market was
less active than yesterday, sales aggregating
less than $4,000 shares. Outside of coal shares
and the Baltimore and Ohio trading was unim-
portant. Immediately after the opening an at
tack was made on the coalers. New Jersey was
the main point OF attack, and was sold freely,
with the result of q break of 29s per cent in the
stock, 21s in Delaware and Hudson, pa in d ell
aware, Lackawanna ana Western and 15s in
Reading. At the lower figures there was some
buying in the stocks. causing advances OF per
cent in New Jersey Central, q il D., L. e. W.,
~ in D. & H. and u in Reading. In the later
dealings New Jersey Central lost part OF the re-
covery, closing at a loss OF l per cent on the
day d. & H, was offered down to 52l, put no
again heavy, opening IA per cent lower, al Ol
aud making further Decline OF "a on sales OF
only 600 shares. I he stock closed at ]s per cent
above the lowest point touched
The general market moved within narrow
range on a very small volume OF business, Dur
Ing the morning the speculation was wa steady TO
ened in the final trading, the market closing In
good tone. General Electric, after all opening
decline of a. rose ~ per cent On buying cred
tied to an IN side interest. report WIS current
of the entering into an acre ement by the Cen
eral Il ectric wi Ii tho Westinghouse company
70 maintain prices SO as to admit % Of iair pf9i-
per cent of the early improvement Sugar
moved within arrange of Ia per cent, closing
at an advance of "A per cent on the day. De-
clines were established OF 334 in lIilinois Gem
trail ION sales Of 100 shares), in 6t. Paul aud
Omaha and u in Lake Erie and Western, and
advances were recorded of 1ss in Cbrdage guar
anteed, in American Tobacco and Il in La
clede Gas preferred. The grangers were neg
lected. moving within range OF q "a per cent
and cio sing UNCHANGED for Burlington, q down
for st. Pau and 1ls add IA up respectively for
Rock Island and northwestern. There was d
moderate increase in The volume of trading to-.
day, with the main trend of values toward
lower figures. The feature Of the dealing was
the pronounced weakness in the Reading is
sues. The transactions in these securities
reached the large total of 1878, 900. The tot al
bond transa ctions were $1.27S, 500 oregon
improvement frsts advanced 2 per cent.
Govern nment bonds--Steady, except for fves,
which were weak and lower.
State bonds Firm.
Railroad bonds-Easier.
The herald., 1894-12-29
Dun's Weekly Review.

NEW YORK, Dec 28.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s
weekly review OF trade will say;
Commercial failures in 1894. already re-
ported, number Ia, 292 against 15 242 last year
with Liabilities of $163, 23s, ,40l against $780,
779 9S9 last year. Next week the final report for
1894 will probably include about 400 more fail
these accounts banks, bankers, financial and
transportation companies are excluded. Manu-
featuring failures already number 1926 against
3442 last year, but liabilities are only $64,-
491, ,297 against $176, ,O9l last year. The
trading failures already mum ber IL ,314 again st
1912 last year. but liabilities are only S97,
800, ,0S7 against $3.50, ,062, 1913 last year.
The statement by sections shows decrease
of about two-thirds in defaulted liabilities in
the middle and central northern states, one.
half in the west and southwest and third in
other sections
Failures for the week have been $50 in the
United States as against 551 last year.
The herald., 1894-12-29
Cotton Market.

New YoRK, Dec. 28,-CotLon closed quiet;
middlings, . 11-16e Net receipts, 1865; gross,
1890; exports to Great Britain. 1876 to the
spinners; stock. 125, 52s.
Total today-Net receipts, 47,405; exports
to Great Britain. l2,324: to the continent,
1918; stock, 1,282,97
Consolidated net receipts. 254, ,S27; exports to
Great Britain, 9O,362; to France, 81 ,007; to
the continent, Co. 1873.
Total since September l: Net receipts; 4,275,-
214; exports to Great Britain, 1,6i s, ,929: to
France, asa, ,435; to the continent, l, 227 1906
New ORLEANS, Dec. 28,-Cotton futures are
February and March. $5. 36Q15. 37; April, 50 36
(G5. 80: May, e5, ,4305, ,544; June, $5.49Qa5. so;
July. $5.54Q5.56; August, $5.59@5,6I; Sep.
tenn Der, $5. 80 bid; October. So. .65 bid.
The herald., 1894-12-29
MONEY, STOCKS AND BONDS.
Meeting of the Bear Valley
Stockholders.
Bradstreet's Clearing House Report
and Review of Trade.
Domestic Exchange-General
Financial Review.
Los LNGrLEs. Dc. %.

Los ENGELES, d &C. 70,
stockholders meeting OF the new Belr Val
ley Irrigation company was held yesterday
morning at the ONCE OF Hon. Jefferson Chan
dler in the Bryson block. large representa-
tion of the stock was present, but owing 10 the
development of certain important matters now
pending, an adjournment was TAKEN without
transactinS any business, until 10 o'clock on
Friday, January 4th. The meeting will be an
important one, as the question OF issuing bonds
to the extent of $2,500,000 will come up for
consideration. The new company is getting
in shape to carry out the contracts OF the cd
organization. 1t is improving and enlarging
the irrigation plant and Will no doibt be a
great factor in the development of the bea III
fui valleys ut the base of the san BernardinO
mountains
rhe local clearing house exchanges yesterday
amounted 10 $l2l,60l.94; balances, $l9,-
13O0 02
The herald., 1894-12-29
Chicago live Stock Markat,

CHICAGO. Dec. 28.-Cattle--Most of the fair.
light and medium steers went at $Y 5Cl04 go; 4
few plain light steers sold around @3. 25 and
some OF the fat cattle around $4.75, soine thin
around $500, and thrifty, we'll bred feeders
but xood ssyy sen rsse SR 70
sold chiefly e eks50 ~; plain mix a7ound
"a. 80, and, liane wei - largely At $SSO@x 20.
Trade was light but I'm,
sheep-Choiee fat wethers sold at $3. $50
3.65; most of the good medium stock, So S501
3.25, and thin to fair mixed lots at So. OO1
lambs went ut 81. 35; most OF the good to choice
lots 81 6OQD3 so.
Reeeipts-Oattle. 75o0; calves, 200; hogs,
10000; sheep, IL 900.
The herald., 1894-12-29
GRAIN AND STOCKS.

Pointers on the Markets by Private
Wires
Az supplementary TO the Associated Press
market reports the following bulletins, fur
nished by De Van & Rutledge, grain and stook
brokers, are published for the benefit of local
apeculators;
Los ANGELES. Cal, Dec. %.
The Chicago grain market today was feature.
ket is as follows:
wheat-cseh. 5ssz, So. closed ss,S; May,
The herald., 1894-12-29
Liverpool Markets.

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2S.-Wheat: Spot, steady;
demand poor; No. 2 red winter, Is Cd; No.
2 red spring, stocks exhausted; No. | hard
Manitoba, 5s Sd; No. California, 5s I'd
Futures opened quiet, with near months 2
farthings lower and distant months 2 to 3 far
things lower. Business was about equally dis.
tributed. December, AZ Cd; January, As Cd ;
February, As ,91ad; March, Red American, 4s
9Ai; April, As 1O1ad; May, As 1Od.
Corn-Spot steady; American mixed, As 415d.
Futures opened quiet, with near and distant
positions farthings lower; cloaed easy With
near and distant positions 2 to 8 fsrthings
lower; business heaviest on nearby POSITIONS;
December, 4s 9tad January, zs 3D.; February,
As 3D. March. As 3d. April, As Sd; May, As sgd.
Blour-Dull; demand poor; st. Louis fancy
winter, at IS Cd; Canadian, As lid,
H0ps-At London (Pacihc coast) f2 los.
The herald., 1894-12-29
Goes to the Wall.

NEW YORK. Dec 28,-The dry goods and mil.
linery firm OF J. Leichtensteln G Sons, 275 TO
275 Grand avenue and 81 and "a West Twenty
third street, has gone to the wall. The lfabiii-
ties will probably amount to &l5O,0OO, while
the assets arc not expected 10 reach more than
half that amount.
The herald., 1894-12-29

Sterling bills on London, bir kers' 60-day
bill, $f. S67s.
LosDas, Dec. 2S.-Bank of England discount
rate, p ,rcAnt
Consols-103 7-lj,
MINING SHARES,
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 28.-Tne oficial closing
quot atoms for mining stocks Today were as fol-
The herald., 1894-12-29
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Course of Business on the Chicago Board
of Trade.

Course of Business on the Chicago Board
of Trade.
CHICAGO, Dee. 2S.-Wheat, corn and oats each
closed in the doleful dumps at respective de-
clines OF from u to 1Hc. After a struggle Of 80
minutes in the wheat pit this morning &c was
rubbed off the pr CO OF that article. The early
cables quoted Liverpool shade lower and
steady at the decline. The additions to the crop
of the country yesterday. were not in todays
receipts. Chicago got Al cars, % OF which
were transferred from private to public ware
cars. minneapolis reported i47 cars and Du'
luth 10 or 2l7 in all, compared with I'll last
Friday and 36l a year ago. me primary mar
ket receipts in this country were only 24l 600,
against 1872, 600 on the corresponding day last
week and 4lG,OO0 year ago. Export clear
ances OF wheat and aoar no from the a Atianoic loS
ing cables were in line with those received at
the opening. Paris quoted 20 c. ntimes decline
IN Tu ama as oMes Msy
VIII sat opened at 5712c, first advanced trihe to
572s@57a4e, and followed that up by decline
to 571ac. 1t afterward bObbed up and down be-
tween 57lsc and 573s G57lac
Corn was moderately active but weak The
demand was again very limited for May corn,
but for No. and No. 3yellow to go into store
there was rather better inquiry, The range OF
fuctuarions in May was narrow. The opening
price was 4S4, showing no cnange since the
previous afternoon. 1t was fairy steady and
firm for a short time, but weakened when wheat
began to decline. 1t sold sparlngy as high aa
4essc and declined 10 4oc, ~ whlcn price, now
ever, not much could be bought Ihe latest
trading was at 4Sla94S4c.
Oats were purely sympathetic market. Prices
were cOnsiderab bly, lower but only fairly act
i've session WAS passed May started where It
ended yesterday, at 3lAc, SOLD down to 31Isc
and closed at 31b6c.
Provisions-May pork, which yesterday closed
atal 60, opened with sales from that uown to
$1l.57l2 aud the latest trading was at $ 80.
May lard opened at $500 and closed at $500.
May ribs started at So 90 and closed at $500.
Leading futures closed as follows:
Wheat, No. 2
December. ..,...............55s
May.......... .''.'.,.''.''.'..'. '....oooas
July ...................,.of2s
Corn, No. .
Decem ber. .......................45 .4513
January. y.................... ....4oI2 -.
May y............................ .4Sla(9464
Oats No. q
Decemoer.. ............,......... zo54
May ......,....,............ ............ olt2Dolss
Flour-Easy; Winter patents So. 02 80;
straights, $2.25g2.6O; sprlng patents. $3 10 o
800; stralgnts, .$2.20@2.s0; bakers, 81. 500
2.20.
inal; NO. 2 red, 531s sg54c
osts-No. 3. 5sc; No. white, s1slc; No. 3,
white, 31l4@31lac.
Barley-No. 2, $50; No. 3. 52}1@55c;
Flax seed-No. !. sl.ss.
lmothy-Prime,$ ,$5. 5.B2M.
%ess, pork Per bpl, $li's71S@11,5o.
Short ribs-sides, loose, $57O@575
Shouders-Dry salted, va. .0U(95. "a.
Short clear sides-Boxed, 81. 00(96. I215.
gallon.
On the produce exchange today the butter
market was quiet; creamery, 12923c; dairy.
EggsNEirpo ot I o6n1oo
The herald., 1894-12-29
Bank CleapingS,

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-The following table
compiled by Bradstreets. shows the total clear
ings at the principal cities and the percentage
of increase or decrease, as compared with the
corresponding week last year.
Per cent Pr cent
The herald., 1894-12-29
Petroleum,

Petroleum.,
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Petroleum, firm:
Pennsylvania oil sales, none: January option
sales. none; closed offered at 9514c bid.
The herald., 1894-12-29
London Money Market

NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The Evening Posts
London cablegram says:
TIE settlement was satisfactorily concluded.
The general tone was very good today. Prices
finished at the best, with an upward tendency.
Americans were mostly steady 10 firm, but
Readings were fat on the adoption of the OlcOtt
scheme. Baltimore and Ohio was down 81 at
the close,
The herald., 1894-12-29

Gold for Export.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-Lazard Freres will ship
$3.50. 900 gold tomorrow.
The herald., 1894-12-29

Silver Bullion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28-Silver bars, $3.50
591ac per ounce.
Mexican dollars, 50h051c.
NEw YoRK, Dec 28.-siiyer bars. per ounce, I,
61c.
LoxDoN. Dec, 2s.-silyer bullion, per ounce.
n1l< T :
The herald., 1894-12-29
SHIPPING NEWS.

SAN PEDRO, Dec. %.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Bangor; Asp, master; from Port
Gamble; 54OM lumber to s. G. i. Co.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-09
At Mimi Novgorod.

"a crafty Persian set this stone;
A dusk Sultana wore II;
And from her slender finger. sir,
A ruthless Arab tore II.
"A ruby like drop of blood
That deep-in tint that fingers
And seems TO melt, perhaps was caught
From those poor mangled fingersl
"A spendthrift got it from the knave.
And tost it, like a blossom.
That night into a dancing girls
Accurst and balmy bosom.
And so IL went. One day a Jew
At Cairo CHANGED to spy IL
Among one-eyed peddlers pack,
And did not care TO buy it
yet bought It all the same. You see,
The Jew he knew Jewell
lie bought II cheap to sell IL dear;
The ways Of trade are cruel.
But I-be Allah's all the praise,
Such avarice. scoff IL!
II j bought cheap, why-I sell cheap,
Content with modest profit
This ring-such chasing, look, Milford,
What workmanship! BY heaven,
The price l name you makes the thing
AS If the thing were given
"A stone without flaw! A queen
Might not disdain TO wear IL.
Three hundred rubles buys the stone;
No kopeck less, / swear it,
Thus Hassan. holding UP the ring
To me. no eager buyer.
A hundred rubles was not much
To pay so sweet Hart
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-09
ALEXANDRIA LIGHT INFANTRY.
Annual Inspection by Colonel 10 Lane
Stern-Permits for Schools Issued.

Annual Inspection by Colonel DO Lane
stern-Permits for Schools Issued.
ALEXANDRIA. VA, September s.
Especially THE annual inspection OF the
Alexandria Light Infantry Company F,
Third RegimenD, Captain George a. Mush-
bach, took place in the armory Of the
company, on south Royal street, Thurs
day night. Colonel 10 Lane Stern. IN
spector-General was the inspecting ofli-
Ger. and the eighty-twO men in line pass
ell excellently, and were highly compH-
mented by Colonel Stern. The money re-
ceived by the company from the state
for the inspection will be devoted to
further improvements in the armory. The
inspection was witnessed by a large
throng of ladies and gentlemen. friends
OF the Alexandria soldier boys.
II IS thought that the Light Infantry
will enter the competitive drill at the
State Fair in Richmond next month.
Clerk Herbert Snowden, Of the City
School Board, finished the Issuing OF per-
mits 10 the children who wish 70 attend
the public schools. over 1900 permits
were issued to white children. and about
800 to colored. This is a large Increase in
the number OF pupils over last year, and
a new school for girls will have to be
opened In the Peabody building. At the
meeting Of the City School Board held
last night, the opening Of the new school
was authorized, and Miss Grin Bruce
was elected its teacher. Regular work
in al the schools will be begun on Mon
day next.
Miss Jennie Henderson, wife of Mr.
Edward Henderson, of this city. who has
been spending the summer in King George
county. Va, while out riding day or
two ago, fell from her horse and broke
her ankle The injury is quite serious
and the lady will be confined to her bed
for some weeks.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-09

homeless tramps, we have nothing but
pity: for the men who loyalty supported
their corporations we have everything Of
praise. But out OF IL the wise men should
seek for the cause OF the evil and the
cure. II the system OF proht-sharing
among employees could be adopted.
have always believed that II would be
cure for these evils: but before this can
successfully adopted. we must secure the
profits. There must also be n better
feeling built up between the railways and
the communities they serve. The situa-
ton Is much improved now. and 1t is
not as fashionable as II used TO be for
the newspapers and public bodies to abuse
railways and their Arrangements; but
there are many states and communities
to-day where there exists a great hostility
toward railway corporations. This IL un-
fortunate and II is the duty OF railway
managers and statesmen to discover
wherein lies the trouble. and endeavor to
cure 1t.
'oThe railway managers themselves are
responsible in many cases and TO a great
extent for this trouble They have man
aged their railways arbitrarily; they have
endeayored TO maintain that they were
private corporations and could not be
controlled by the public; but that day
has gone by. The wise manager to-day
has accepted the situation; he fully re-
Allies that n railway corporation Is not a
private partnership; It Is great public
institution. with public duties to perform,
and with responsibilities to the public
and subject in certain ways to public
control Even the interstate commerce
law. which was bitterly opposed by the
great majority of railway managers. has
been accepted; they all believe II has
come to stay, and that IT will take the
Mace OF the disjointed legislation Of the
different States. and out OF 1t future good
TO the business communities and OF the
RAILWAYS can be obtained. The great
mass of our people are also waking up to
the fact that, while the railways are pub
lie servants. the people who have invest
ed their money in them have certain
rights which must be respected. The time
has gone by when the wise statesman
thinks that he can make two blades Of
grass grow where but the blade grew be-
fore by a legislative act affecting a rail-
way corporation. Finally. better state Of
feeling between employees and the man.
agement. between business communities
and the management. should be built up
by association, by an accommodating
spirit on the part Of each"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-09
A "SMOKlNC CONCERT"
How Naval Onicers Beguile the Tedium
of Foreign Station.
(Bost0n Sunday Post.)


a smoking concert on board ship.
Always Il novel kind OF entertainment,
It is nowhere more so than on one Of our
great mcn-of-war. where the officers and
men alike feel-when they are tied down
for many weeks to some desolate foreign
station, high up among the mountain
marshes and oZzy eddies of a Chinese
river. or in the melancholy overheated at
mosphere of the West Indian tropics
the irresistible need for amusement.
II they are fortunate enough TO be
near some city, Oriental or Occidental,
which boasts OF any kind of theatre.
they may enlist In the programme of
their concerts the services of dramatic
artists. more or less clever. who Will
sing for them the songs which were in
vogue in London some two or three years
before. or will dance for them the skirt
dance" as If ii were a supreme novelty.
III they are off the Sandwich Islands.
perhaps they will have a company of
fowcr-garlanded and sparsely-e!ad young
native beauties 10 dance for them the
Hula Hula"
If they are on the southern seas, and
pause at Samoa. they can levy upon
the plastic beauties of the famous islands
Tor one VI lNtil plSiNAtSt'~N Nst'ANN'' W h'Nh
is quite sufficient entertainment for any
smoking concert anywhere.
II they are lying at Villefranche. they
can bring from the cafes chantants
troop OF those over-dressed singers who
always bawl their comic or pathetic
songs out Of tune, and seem TO think that
shouting at the top OF their lungs is the
climax of art.
But they are not often In position to
bring artists from the outside world TO
participate In their entertainments be-
tween decks, and sometimes they provide
their own talent.
Now and then a young sailor or mid
shipman will do the skirt dance as well
as the sprightiiest feminine artist could
perform II.
In the English ships. and especially in
those on the Oriental stations. the
smoking concerts are very brilliant
The officers, condemned to long inaction.
exercise their ingenuity In devising all
sorts OF novel features for the programme.
Not long ago. on board OF the EN-.
press Of India, the flagship of what Is
known as the "Red Fleet" In Chinese
waters. hundreds of officers from va
rious ships assembled at one OF these con-
certs. making a most brilliant spectacle,
and several nidshipnen. In long fiaxen
wigs and black robes. performed eccentric
dances with great success.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-09
prcuNOND RELLE.
SEARCHING FOR A WIFE.
The Young Man Found Gem, But Didn't
Gain Much by 1t.
IbdIIITIIUIE III dIN4'I

He made up his mind he ought to
marry. and then started out on sun
hunt for a good. sensible girl for wife.
II.
He saw a young lady on a crowded
street-car, who was not occupying two
seats and he thought: This is promis-
ing. I'll keep my eye on her"
III.
He met a young lady on the street who
wore a gown that did not trail in the
dirt, and he thought shes worth
watching. She has some sense
".
He was accidentally pushed against a
young lady in a crowded corridor. who
did not stare at him and mutter: "Awk-
ward brute when he apologzed, and he
thought: There's gem"
".
He was introduced TO a young lady at
a ball who was not oyerdressed. and yet
who wore a waist that was visible to tho
naked eye, and he thought: Taste,
modesty. and sense. That's a good CON-
bination."
He sat behind a young lady In thea
ire who took off her hat and let him get
q glimpse OF the stage, and he thought:
consideration for others is a great
point. l must find out who she is.'
VII.
He stood behind young lady in a dry
goods store who did not paw over every
thing in sight and keep one clerk busy
for an hour that she might buy a spool OF
thread, and he thought: "She must really
be treasure"
He noticed a young lady at the street
corner in the business part of the city
waiting for a &C, and he could hardly
believe his eyes. sc bearded the same
car and followed ker tg her home.
Three days later, after he had secured
an introduction. he said:
"A few days ago l saw you at a
crowded street corner waiting for a car
Yes" she said, with some surprise.
You stood at one side OF the crossing
where you would not be in the way OF
people who wished to cross the street"
Il always do that" she said.
Queen OF your sex"' he exclaimed Inn
petuously. Beacon light in the darkness
OF woman's ways. Shining star Of pro-
gress toward a better conception OF the
courtesies OF city life! VIII you be
mine?'
And she said she would II her husband
would let her
But he collapsed.