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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-22
financial.
Wnitsd STATES
cGtcrtoale & TrnstGa
80 CEDAR STREET, sew YORK.
CAPITAL $1,000. ....... $500 200.
SURPLUS ..........- .................. 100000.

80 CEDAR STREET, SEW YORK.
CAPiTAi SS,Oo'.oOO'
StRBLtS I,lOUsUVV.
Trnnsacts n General Trust business.
Acts as Trustee, RO yi-trar, aud Transfer
Agents Executor. Guardian Adm.nis:ru.
tor, &c. Takes entire charge of Real and
Personal Estates. Acts Us Else al Asentior
States Municipalities, and Corporations
Legal Dcsositnry for Court and Trust
Fuuds. Interest allowed on Deposits.
Checks pass through tho New York Clenr-
lug-Iiousc. Money loaned on bond and
mortgage. Issues First Mortgage Trust
Gold Bonds.
OFFICERS.
G'eor1e w. Young ...............,.,...- rrcsi9out
Iu,heF II ou tLe...-.~--... =, 'cc- Ies1ens
in mns' limpSon ~-''""'"~. "a Trsn.ursr
william l.. ElliO f.... fcrethry
Ulrk William. Ash. Treasnrer
DIRECTORS
Samuel u. Baacock,
Dun0nt Clarke Gustav Z. Hissel,
Charles y pickey IT, Luther kountse,
William T. Dixon. Charlton 7. Lewis,
TgviI bows ir Richard A NcCurey.
Robert A Granpiss Taeodp,e Morfo 1,
q; G.. EAyen,jr, Robert Oiylhent.
Charles II Herierson Charles II. Pratt.
lanes J. Hi James TinrsOn.
Gardiner g. Hubbard. GEORGE !" lounr
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Posted sterling rates were:
e. mi, .........................'. 4o'jf''oI
Domestic exchange was as follows al inc
nlares named: Savanran-BuyinB l-ioc' on
selling par New Oyleans-Comrerciai - -
discount: bank par. Charleston-Buylng' I-luc'
discount: selling 1-16c. premium. san iran
cisco-Slght 15c, telegraph, l'l9c' ChcAs'-
45c. premium Bostcn-J to l2'2c. premium
Bank cearings In this city were' hNSnanse9'
S15Jg1 494: balances SI.y32, 50 Chic15so-
Exchanges SIS ,422 5G1; balances. S2-I4."-..
The commercial price Of bar silver was DC .C;'
against 56ihc. yesterday. Mexican SILVER ooi,
lars. 4J5.c. In London bar slVeV au'ai.ou.
$40 TO 20 1-lGd. silver exports 'o-"'o''0"'
Cos coo ounces and $4,000 CMexcan).
Money on call in London was ~ per cent; ana tnr
omen market discounts l5-lGa3 per cent Tor
short and long bills. Paris exchange on Lohooh'
o. f-ancs II confines. Berlin discount ray ~.
A., per cert British consols closed at IL V-Ir
Or money ard l;2-4 for the account. frehc'.
rentes. l03 francs ia centimes. Paris discouA'
rate per cent.
THE FEDERAL TREASURY
To-day's Washington Treasury statement
covering actual results FOR two days ago. com
nared with the last preceding statement gives
the following balances:
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.

RAILROAD EARNINGS.
CHICAGO AND WESTERN MICHIGAN.
1895 1897
Nur,bor ~ MILES SIS Gsi 6sl
Second K In Dec. s2s,t3I S2bs2n s35 *
Jan. I To Der. Il .... i.6i0,9N2 l5i5Oi l,o0sOO3
DETROIT, GRIND RAPIDS AND WESTERN
Number OF miles,. 334 1874 80
Second Dec. Sl3.1B3 $50 2IS Wv ~
Jan. 1 70 Dec A.. 1897. 0S5 ill7Gi5 l.235,'9l
FORT WORTH AND RIO GRANDE.
Number Of mles 1913 49, 10
Second week in Dec. slOMl slIt9I
Jan. 10 Dec H.. 3ll, 1872 3SI,2lO
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
Number az miles. 2G5 SCI f9l
Second week In Dec. sll3yt 9l51 80 lgh
Jan. ! q Dec. l5..... 469 III 52lO3i lo"ooo
LOUISVILLE. HENDERSON AND ST LOUIS.
Second week In Dee. $500 Ne22
jan. | to Dec. H.. 43l8I2 4s5.O1s
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
Number OF miles. 43SI $50
Second week IN Dec. $3ess32 s30s,1S2 S3ts w
Jan. ] to Dec. a.. Is 4230so lsOs6l 2s ID eJi993
OREGON RAILROAD AND NAVIGATION.
Second week In Dec. sloi SOS fl2t. t34
Jan. l 10 Dec. H.. A4OsOl 4S23,Iol
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fludutlal.
Houston and Texas Central
First Mortgage Bonds.
Notice Of Bonds Drawn for Payment.

The Houston ana Texas Central Railroad
Company. having In It's possession cash proceeds
from sales OF lands covered by Trust Indenture
between Frederic Z. Ocott the Central Trust
Company Of New York and the Southern Pacific
Company. dated April |. 1890. which are APP
plcable to the purchase OF The Houston and
Texas Central Railroad Companys First Mort
gage bonds secured by such Indenture. to an
amount sufficient at the price limited In said
Trust Indenture to purchase and retire 40 OF
such bonds. and II having been found that such
bonds cannot be purchased at or below ITO per
centum OF the par value thereof and accrued
interest thereon. there have been drawn by To-.
under the provisions Of such Trust lndenture.
bonds secured thereby bearing the distinguish
ing numbers hereinafter stated, to be paid for
out OF such proceeds Of such land sales al the
SAID rate Of 10 per centum Of the par value
thereof ard accrued interes: thereon.
The distinguishing numbers OF the bonds so
drawn are rs follows. viz:
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In State issues $1,000 Tennessee Settlement
Railroad bonds were dull and Irregular. with
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GEOEGE II. EARL. Secretary.
THE HANK OF AMERICA.

IIiI' ~ y e t1'' Ta,1,..- e1,, Iso7
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS have today
declared a semi annual dividend OF SEVEN % PER
CENT FREQ ~ payable January 30, Nas to stock
holders OF record ~ this date -
The transfer books will remain closed until January oth
1898 W. NJ BENNET, Cashter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
Graveyard Courtship.
A MISSISSIPPI PILOTS STORY
OF LOvE-1AKINO.
sEARcH-LleHT REVELATIONS.

An old Mississippi river pilot tells
some quaint stories about coorrsaip IN
the little towns and hamless and even
The cities along The Father Of waters.
Yes" he said. "a Mississippi pilot
sees more Of courtship than mos, peo-
pie imagine n the old days OF the pine
torci-,iSht We didn'. see 60 much. Even
then. OF course. We used - overlook an
occasional romance oa the hurricane
deck when the nigh, was dark ana the
young folks sa; en- the cabin skyiixht
and never thought Of the old pilot Up in
TIE glass house with windows on every
side. But in those days il was nothing
70 whas i, is IN these times o: the cleo
tric search-Iight.
You see nowadays every s.ean-ooa.
IS equipped wich powerful searca-ligh /:
with which me pilot can sweep each
bank OF the big river A pilot can turn
IL On or OF oy rhe pressure OF a button.
and make every nook and Granny on
OF the wrist
Counting couples? The funny thing
about r is tia: the tavorise cour,ing-
place. especially in the smaller towns,
appears % be IN the graveyard Why.
Il sesns as though when a young man
nowadays wants 90 talk 20 his sweet
heart soou, love and LIE and happiness.
he eoaxes her OF into some nice. auie.
cemetery and sits beside her on a plump.
grassy grave. with a headsroae handy
20 strike = match on when he wants 20
ligh: his cigar. Then he puts his arm
around her and they hold hands and
look a. the stars. and think ana thrill.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
NO BELGIAN MONOPOLY
In the New Railway to be Boiit In the
Celestial Empire

In the New Railway to be Boiit In the
Celestial Empire
Pekin. May 29-L Hung Chang has
issued an edict sanctioning the loan o.
the Belgian syndicate for the construc-
ton OF q railroad from Pao Ting Fu 10
Han Kau.
A dispatch % the London Times from
Pekin. published May IS. said that IN
Difference 70 the protests Of Grea: Bit
ain, the United States and Germany
the Tsung-Li-Yamen had repudiated
the monopoly scheme entered into By
lg-Tah-Jen, the Chinese director gen
eral % railways. with a Belgian syndi-
cate on behalf o. IRE Chinese government.
but authorized Sheng-Tah-Jen 10 sign a
private contract with the syndicate nor
the construction Of the proposed line O.
railway from Pao Ting Flu II Han Kau.
Under this arrangement the Beisisns
must provide oo0.e9 pounds as 4 pe-
cent nilety-year loan on the imperial
guarantee. The existing railways are
not 10 be given a. security. Shanghai
Jen must provide from other sources the
sum ot Il, 90 600 taels
The Chinese are 70 retain tAe control
of The construction but the personnel or
the constructionists IS 70 be Belgian
Half the material is 70 be supplied by
China. and the other hal, from tenders
from abroad The syndicate IS 70 re-
ceive per cert commission on all
materials IN the contract Is a clause
apparently designed % provide agairs,
the transfer ~ rights under the contract
20 any other nation, but It's terms are
Ambiguous
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
Ali who are afflicted with

All who are afflicted with
Scrofula, Eczema. letter,
Cancer. Carbuncles, Rheumatism,
Contagious Blood Poison,
Catarrh, or any other form of blood
and permanent cure; it matters not
how deep seated the disease, or what
other treatment has failed Carbuucles
are the result Of an impoverished con-
ditiou OF the blood, causing depressed
vitality and such a low state of health
that it IS difficult for the system 10 with
stand even the IuiIdest illness.
Mr.. Joseph (. Mygatt. of No. 400 Han
cock Ave, Athens, Ga says: q con-
tracted blood poison from dye, which
developed such alarming symptoms.
that my life was almost despaired OF.
At one time there were fourteen car
buncles on my body, ard nay suffering
was such that for months was una bic
10 do any work. The best physician
in our city treated me constantly, but
his efforts were Of no avail. ray condi-
ton growing worse al the while.
IS. s. S. was recommended, and after
! had taken the first bottle. an in
proverent was noticed. grew better
every day. aud after taking six bottles
| was entirely cured. The caTbuncles
Ill disappeared, leaving my skin per
feS iy clear, and I have never had one
sin e.
There IS rot disease of the blood.
It matters not how severe. which s
S. 5. Will not cure. Il Is guaranteed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
would not part win Il for av. dollars.

would net part wifh Il for ave dorsras
Eight years ago I was taken down
with Intermittent fever from which !
never fully recovered" writes Mi0
Annie Honesty OF Ormiston. Washing
taken with wha; our family physician
pronounced indigestion and liver and
kidney complaint could oei-her eat
no. sleep, had severe pain IN my head.
shoulders and arms: sick AZ the stomach
al the time: a distressing feeling In my
stomach extending through my chest
and back, a sort o. creeping sensation
I was very weak ard reduced in flesh
from ono hundred and rhir;y-cye 70 ono
hundred and .xeny pounds had
taven medicines from different doctors
with very us;le IL any beaeft. and used
a great many patent medicines. such
was my condition when I wrote 20 yoa.
and you advised ne 20 take Dr. p ierces
Golden Medical Discovery. Favorite
Prescription and Pleasant Pellets Z
commenced Their Use az once. I took
sixteen bottles 90 your medicines. etghc
Of each. and seven % your Pellets
used chem a5ou, FIVE months have
ever since felt Ike \ new person and
cannot say enough In praise OF your
medicines. Ny head does nos pain any
more and my stomach gives ne very
little trouble ! am now able - work
al day. I believe /. :. had act been for
Dr.. Pierce's medicines and kind at-
vice would have been dead"
For fourteen years have been q saf-s
se-er from many ailments peculiar %
women" writes Mrs VI, O. Rearder. ~
S;ogne-. Carroll CO. Georgia Il had
liver complaint. Indigestion and many
other affections. Had been Tor ivo
years 50 III that I sas able - 81 bat
very B,sle: pars o. the time could Do
nothing After reading your medical
pamphlet resolved 20 tTy your medi-
cine. although win on, iistle hope % re-
lief / had become so feeble was sex
al the time and racked with pain.
Could ca; bat very little. I only sirp;
about four hours in the ;veniy-.o1r.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
WILD PEAS FOR FORAGE
II IL Recommended That the Okiahoma
Farmers Try Some of IT.

Guthrie. o. T. May 2s.-The Nanches-
ter Journal says: Most II the country a
Few miles southeast OF Manchester Is
literally covered a. this time with wild
pea ylns>. This vine is very similar 10
alfalfa in bloom and general appear
ance. except tha; the LEAF - much
smaller. TIE wild pea Il in boom now
and the pea pods just setting on. The
peas grow - he about the size % q
small grain OF popcorn. and are greatly
relished By stock os al kinds. The vine
contains an unusual amount OF sacchar-
inc matter and Z put up a; the proper
time Gust when the peas are sbou; full
grown We believe Il would make hay
equally as valuable as alfalfa There 3
a popularity about these Pea vines that
the Journal Is ntireiy unable 20 ac-
cou1: tor. The prairie nay be entirely
free t7o-r ,hem one year and he very
next season. they may cover everything
and almost choke our al kinds 90 grasses
and weeds. They may not eppsar again
for two. three. four Or five years. They
ripen early in the summer and then ne
usual grasses come or the same as -
never having been disturbed by the
mysterious wild pea :. p. Fling. WHO
FOR years ran cox ranch n this coun-
ny. SAYS that about ten years ego he
harvested a 5g crop q Wild peas emf
trey maize toe very fires: g hay. Ma
ture has provided me Mid pea FOR
s1ue purpose. bur NJ ore SENS %
know whst ma; purpose IS We would
advise farmers whose grass land = COW
e-sf wiz Mid peas % ~ q: i; a. the
proper time AMI put up a supply sufi-
cen: % carry their stock through he
win-e-. These pa vi1ss gov p-tncl-
psiiy OF up-az9 covered zita buffalo
grass. ans frcn general aopearancs
ogsa; . y.sii fully che ton 0. hay per
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30

and thrill and think until q nasty steam
/ boat comes caow-chow-chowing up
/ The river. and the pilo, turns on the
| search-ngh;. Then they suddenly get
+ 20 opposite ends OF lhe mound and get
/ out their handkerchiets and Try 10 look
"a II they were mourning over some
{ dear departed"
Think I'm jokinx7 Not Or OF IL
: There's Quincy. IN. there's a lovely
graveyard there. It's riga1 on top Of
one OF the biggest bluffs tina: overlook
! the river don't believe that on a
summer night, there's an unOccup.ed
| mound in that whole cemetery And
! there are orhersBurIlngton Muscatine
and Davenport"
Why. it's court-cour--cou-t-a
say! Did you ever stop 70 think What a
/ thougn;less thing this courtship -?
When ! turn -he lgn- on and see al
these lives making love On the lap o;
Death is makes me shuddsr. Here are
young couples sitting on The graves %
Folly and preparing 20 follow IN Foiiy's
fa.al footstep. no. believe IN mar
riag.. but only between healthy men
and women"
Never we're true- words spoken than
those uttered By this cd pilot-phllo@o-
pher. Colrtshlp Is right ana TIE happy
privilege Of all loving couples. bat mar
r.sge - crime until both groom nd
BRIDE are healthy and robust IN. young
woman who r1ayTies wai!e suffering
from weakness and disease % rhs def
cate organs tSat make z-itehoo1 and
norherhooi posslo,. does hss ccur:iax n
a graveyard aud passes asr honeymoon
facing al open grave o. a lie o. suffer
Ing.
TIE young nan w1o r1srri.~ while n
iI-heslth courts dean and 6oo1ns his
children 20 disease
For a. women single. ~ married. who
suffer from weakness and disease o. TIE
distinctly feminine organism there 10 a
sure and Speedy cure. L Is D. Pfsrrs's
Fsvo-its Prescription. Il acts direc:iy
On the C-gans concerned ard makes
them s--ang ana heal.sy. r silays tn
fsn1z;iou. hes.s liberation zas .oozhes
pan /; fits FOR xi.esoos and rso-a.--
hood. 7. os1sxhss the dlscousorsS g
- expec.zat period and ins1rs- healthy
children Thousands - women hsv=
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30

Stone proved himself TO be worthy, we
might consider the matter.
Then tina. young man became bold
and overbearing. He said 20 my hus-
band. IN this very room. that he in
tended TO marry our daughter whether
We objected or not He was told that
he could not come 70 the house. He
then began 70 bribe the servants and
70 send messages 10 our daughter. He
even suggested to Marie that party
be formed TO visit the monitor, as there
they could be married by the captain
who could solemnize a marriage. Marie
was shocked at such an idea She would
tell me one moment that she disliked
the man, and. then, after she had seen
him. she would be as completely under
mis- influence as she was before.
Mr.. Condo took her 20 Oswego. Be
fore they went away Ensign Stone ask
ed in a matter Of fact way when we
would returne 10 the city. He said.
You are generally back by October. are
you not? Very we'll. the wedding viii
take place then. and tell you that my
friends shall be there. and I have many
OF them
Then / received note from my
daughter, in which she said that she
would be eske5 IN Oswego IL she were
engaged. and that she could not say
No She asked me what she should do.
This circumstance treasures NE that
my daughter was not in any way re-
sponsible for the announcement Of the
when I read in The society column q a
newspaper an announcement that the
welding OF Miss Condo and Ensign
Stone would take place in October. I
tainted when the full meaning OF The
paragraph came 10 me. l Immediately
took every measure 20 deny the report
Of the engagement. Il seems 20 ne that
IL an engagement Is TO be announced.
the announcement dsvoives upon the
parents OF the young woman. I sup
pose there is come truth in the old saw
Ing that ali g fair in love and war. but,
never have seen such audacity as this
young man has displayed. After he
saw that his attentions were unwelcome
10 the family he should have withdrawn.
instead OF that. he persisted"
Ensiyn Stone said yesterday that TIE
welding would take place in October
as had been announced, and that the
final selection o. the date would rest
with Mss Condo
The ensign is a handsome young e.
low. and 3 very popular with his asso-
ciates on boari the nonito-. His fam
ily came originally from Georgia.
NJ and Mrs. Condo have one ., the
Hnes, houses in oswego. Mrs Conde
comes Of we'll known New York fam
lily. She Is the daughter OF Churchill
Tucker, OF Fulton. Y. Y
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
LEPROSY IS NEAR
DREAD DISEASE 30 FARTHER
AWAY THAN BALTIMORE.
Woman Brought 70 the Johss Hopkins
Hospital In That City With Some Skin
Disease Which the Physicians After .
Careful Diagnosis, Find tn be Leprssy-
Patfeas Native of Baltimore aad SUP.
posed to Have Contraeted the Loash-
some Nstady IN the West Indies VIII
be Permanently Isolated NJ Ouc~

Baltimore. Nd, May 2e-Tnere is a
female leper in The JOINS Hopkins hos
p;tal. this city.
She was taken % the institution sew
sral weeks ago suffering from q skin
eruption. but after a careful diagnosis
OF her case by the physicians a; The hos
pital II was discovered that The woman
was a victim OF the terrible disease ot
ieprosy. The unfortunate woman was
then Isolated from the rest OF the pa
tieacs, and in this condition she viii De
kept a; the hospital until arrangements
can be made with the health authorities
70 remove her elsewhere The woman
is a native OF this city and. IL is thought.
contracted The terrible malady a num-
Der OF years ago while In the ives, In
dies After the return from the tropics
she went 70 live in Allegheny City, and
recently returned % This city. 7: was
about that time she noticed a few small
eruptions on various parts OF he- body.
Gradually chey grew in size and the
physicians whom she visited treated her
for NUMBER % ailments. She was Civ
en- medicine internally. and applications
If various kinds were used on the erup-
lions but they were OF 10 avail. and they
continued 20 increase
Her husband prevailed upon her 20 go
20 the JohQs Hopkins hospital. She ala
50. and 1. was several days before the
physicians discovered the fact that q
leper was in their midst
For the meeting last night Dr.. VII
liam Osler was assigned 20 read treat
iss on leprosy and. in addition 70 thai,
The woman was brought before the doc
tors. Dr.. Osler discoursei on the dis
ease IN its many forms, and particularly
dwelt upon the form affecting the wo-
man which. Il Is stated, Is rather a mild
one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-30
Young WOMAN GOES CRAZY
Leaves Her Home Horse Back Ia Order
to Get Married

Guthrie. O. T. May ea.-Says the Man
chester Journal: The lS-ysar-old dsugh-
ter OF Sylvester Watkins. living five o.
SIX miles north % Ma1cheste- in the
state. vas seized with arrangement %
TIE mind few nights ago and lef,
home on horseback. leaving q note u Der
parent stating that when they heard
from her sae would be married. From
the best information We can gather the
unfortunate girl had been wandering
around over n tha vicinity q F-eepor,
and was apparently making her way to-
wards homo when she stopped a: q
farm house east % Anthony 70 xes q
drink % water. She tasted il. after
watch she made cae remark xAat i.
tastes just Ike the drug the 5ocso- ave
ne" She Vas recognized and he'd al 4
her father sent <5r. TIE affair IS =
mos unfortunate ore and equally pAcu-
Ia-. as she vas apparently In good
health up % the tine o. hsr supposed
1e-sagsnsn..