The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-05
aDRAPED IN BLACK
Should Be the National Treas
ury Today,
Where the Robbery of Our Coun-
= try is Going On.
One Hundred Millions More
Dumped Into the Gizzard
'OF THE GOLD MOLOCH.
The Harpies Crowd Thick About
the SpOilS.
Such Throngs From Wall Street
Gather There
THAT JUDAS CARLISLE
Can Scarcely Worm Himself
Into the Room.
The Bond Issue Subscribed for
Six Times Over.
Such Throngs From Wall Street
Gather There
THAT JUDAS CARLISLE
Can Scarcely Worm Himself
Into the Room.
The Bond Issue Subscribed for
Six Times Over.

x OLA lIulCS ON0Is
WASHINGTON, Feb 5.-The secretary of
the treasury today opened the bids for the
purchase of 500, 100000 United States 4
per cent thirty year bonds which have
been received under his call dated Jan
uary 6, last.
By 1915 ?. m. there had been received
3,7O7 bids. aggregating $3.50, 1923, 500,
ranging in price from par to S119 and
fraction. Other bids not vet opened
would probably raise the number to 500,
aggregatiug $75. .0OO. 900 more.
At 9 o'clock this morning a force of
clerks in the loans and currency division
of the United States treasury began the
task of opening and scheduling the bids.
The clerks employed in this work
were not allowed to leave the room until
the time for receiving bids had closed,
SO that by no chance could any iuforma-
ton in regard to the bids be prematureIy
disclosed
The bids were announced from the
schedule already prepared in the secre-
tary's office, where large number of
bidders and representatives of the press
-
The interest manifested at the treas
ury department in the opening of the
bids for the present loan far exceeded
that attending either of the others, and
early as $3.50 O'Clock, the prominent
capitalists from New York and other
eastern cities began to put in appearance
at the treasury.
Many of them called on Assistant Sec
t-retary Curtis, who explained to them
what arrangements had been made for
the opening. Among those who had
rived up to II o'clock were Vim. II.
Coombs, president of the MAJ nufacturers
Trust company of Brooklyn; MIR. Gra-
ham, of the International Trust company
of Boston; Mr. Hendricks, president of
the National bank of Brooklvn; Mr..
Toulmin, vice president of the Hide and
Leather bank of Boston: Mr.. Redman, of
Redman, Kerr q Co., security dealers of
New York; Mr.. Burns, of the American
Exchange National bank of New York,
and 9Ir. Lehman, of Lehman Bros, New
York.
The opening and scheduling of the
bids was conducted under the direction
of Assistant Secretary Curtis by com
mittee consisting of Mr.. Morgan, United
States treasurer, Mr. Eckels the comp
troller of the currency, Mr.. Huntington,
chief of the division of loans and cur
rencY.
Later on the arrivals included Mr.
Martin Erdman of Speyer s. Co., New
York; President John A. Mccall and c.
C. Baldwin of the New York Life Insur-
ance company of New York; l. G.
Hampton, representing John A Stew
art, president of the United States
Trust company of New York; Mr..
Wormser of Wormser Bros, New York;
Daniel Magone of Ogdensburg, N. Y,
and ex- x-collector of customs of the port
of New York, and Mr. E.emp of the Com
m6rcial and Earrnars Of RaItiv,o-c
DR.. George W. Hosmer and Mr. James
Creelman, representing Mr. Pulitzer of
the New York World, Mr.. Burnett of the
Investment Corporation company New
York, and MT. Chandler of Boston.
All the morning bond bids cana in
rapidly, swelling largely the already
long string of bidders, great and small.
Every train and every mail brought a
list of bond bids and at II o'clock the ex-
pectations of treasury officials were ris-
ing and predictions were made freely
that the loan would be largely over sub
ecribed and that the bonds would bring
a good price.
At 1I:3O the large crowd assem- bled
about the secretary's door was allowed
to enter, and all of the available space
was soon occupied
Secretary Carlisle entered the room at
IL O'CLOCK. The room at that time was
so oensely crowded that it was with
much difficulty that he could make his
way to a seat.
The big syndicate bids were not re-
celved until this morning and the result
was that 1t was impossible at o'clock to
give their amounts or prices, the force |
of the treasury clerks being swamned |
with the work of tabulating the vast
number of bids received prior to today.
These earlier bidders with the exception |
of Robert E GIendening, PhiladeTnbia |
100000 at $11275; Albert L. Judson
100000 at $113. 20, all bid for amounts |
below half a million, the amounts rang |
ing from $50 to about 100000. The |
treasury tabulated the bids according to |
the price offered.
There were 154 bids aggregating So
36O, ,45O at 40; "a bids aggregating $685. |
300 at ITO .2992. The Hanover National |
bank bid for $1,OOO,OOO at 1O9; do at
109 80; do at 110. 299, do at no 81; do at
11O .S75.
There were ffty-three bids aggregat-