The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-13

lar dividend of 1h per cent, payable
April 10. Books close March 20 and re-
open April I.
Corn is dull. There were some good
sized lines sold at the opening.
Today's Stock Board.
WALL STREET, March 13, 1915 a. m.--
The initial sales were generally above the
final transactions OF yesterday, and the
subsequent dealings recorded further
advance. Sugar and New Jersey Central
improved q per cent, Wheeling and Lake
Erie and General Electric, x, and l.. a. N,
Central Pacific advanced IA per cent. TO
1851, and Great Northerns preferred sold
down 3 per cent. to 100. The trading thus
far has been very light.
Provisions.
Counselman N Day say: "If it had not
been for the strong Wheat market yester-
day we should have seen a much lower
provision market. Return Hogs are
large for the time OF year at all packing
points, and quality is improving. We
%dvise sale OF Lard and Ribs il we get
10000 Hogs, or more, today"
Later, Hogs $4,000; weak.
Wheat.
Wheat opened firm. There was some
long wheat sold out, but the crowd are
eager buyers.
CHICAGO, 1 p. m.-Omaha wires the
worst blizzard of the season now raging
there. The shorts are covering and the
crowd turn to bulling Wheat.
Indications point TO a very cold wave
over the winter belt within 80 hours.
Rosencranze just offered TO sell a million
May wheat at 6lz.
Wheat, receipts 1900; sales 1,S65, ,0O0
Market for options No. red opened
firmer on the cold wave west, reacted
sharply under foreign selling and dull
cables, but rallied again at noon. May,
81 11-16 to CPS; July, 81 1915 to CPS;
August, 81 to Is
Liverpool Cotton opened the same as
yesterday; sales, 1900.
J. s. Bache a. Co. say that the Cotton
market looks as il it would sell tritle
lower today, Commission houses have
few buying orders, and are trying to
steady the market in order to liquidate.
New York cotton futures opened steady
at the decline; sales, 5000 bales:
March, $50; April. 5.S2; May, 5.s5;
June, 5.si; July 5.s7; August, 5.91; Sept,
5.9i; Oct, 600; Nov, 605; Dec, 6.10.
Cotton spots closed steady; mid up
lands, 6; mid gulf; 6 Ia. Sales 250 bales.
Railroad Earnings.
Mex. Cen.-1st Mar, s163,74l; dec,
$3735.
l.. & Mist Mar, $500, ,23o dec, s10,9 $50.
Wabash-1st Mar, s225, 800; inc, 1904.
n. ", o. q W.-1st Mar, s66,645; inc,
sl1,379.
Q. P.-1st Mar, s264, 900; dec, $4,000.
M. p. q 1. Mist Mar, si01, 600; inc,
5000.
N. & W.-1st Mar, s2o6, 500; inc, s7050.
c. q O.-1st Mar, Sl6S, ,7s2; dec. s1767.
st. l.. q s. W.-lst Mar, s93,99o; inc,
5000.
NJ. & C.--Feb., s1oo, POI; dec, s45i
Telephone Company Dividend.
BosToN, March 13.-The directors of the
American Bell Telephone Company today
declared the regular quarterly dividend of
,3 per share payable April 10. No extra
dividend was considered.
The Market is Heavy.
The market continued heavy after IL
o'clock and prices declined X to q in the
active list, New York Central, North
west and Sugar leading the downward
movement.
Some few shares made advances 3-4, i'm
cluding Rubber, Illinois Central, Alton &
Terre Haute and New England. The market
now is quiet and steady. Sales to noon,
7i,70o shares, including $4,000 listed and
Is, 700 unlisted.
Todav's Stock Hoard
WALL STREET, II a. m.-Speculation
has been more active since 1915,
aud the trend OF the values down
ward. Chicago Gas was subjected TO
considerable pressure and receded
1% per cent. to 705s. The heaviness OF
this stock was communicated to the gen.
eral list and New Jersey Central gave
way Is, st. Paul, Sugar, Leather preferred
and New York Central y. The
rest of the list receded a smaller traction,
outside of New England and CanadianPa-
cific, which improved / per cent. Silver
certificates are 6lk.
Kent a. Stanley Company.
1t is stated that the "plan" which most
pleases everybody connected with the
Kent Il Stanley embarrassments, and
which will undoubtedly be adopted this
week, is that exclusively stated in The
NEWS, viz, to reduce the capital stock
and issue preferred.
Providence Clearing House.
The clearings of the Providence banks
A a. 4s-I 80