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Glertions and 3aeetiuas.
OFFICE OF
TIE CHICAGO, ROCK IsIaNn
AND pAaIFIf RAIIX Az Gnx.1

CHICAGO, ILL.,. December Cd 10,
a special meeting or the stockholders or Thn 10
duly called by tho Board or Director VII tonlpany
the General Office of the COnlnany NJ " y hein az
hurtn street, In the city OF Chicago Tonn,, : . van
nia nihue OF lIllnnis. on the Fifteenth Ghtbr' dSoohs
rvnIuary. ~ lSbs. at 10 o'clock A. M',reypt
me stockholders OF the company viii con ns neither
VIII huthorize the creation OF n bonuoS anu
me iHshe, at such times and In smon ueDt ~
a. irom tihr 10 time the Board OF DIractan niouhts
the Tnited u sta Toads, payable in Gold Coin ~
standard or weight and nnrnsss. and M ~ present
me aggregate principal sum or one hnnat etceeuinS
uoliars leloO'OOO. 900, maturing J.nmar,ncu million
" ~ Dr' w "a rItn OF interest not exceedHn,' ioon.
Trustaan " u mortgage ar deed OF trm,t ani me
nruhlse or trustees AZ may la dest,u't 10 such
hoard OF Directors, to be dated .Ianmarnsnat.u ny tho
,t,o ~ AZ such bonds, which are 10 h =; iSsn.
Or befnr. M .Iuhning'r cdeemlng, or nayina i"s
Cor1unnr,e mnatutty, outstanding obl11atioppa| iss. ~
COMPANY; ana OF such other c1mnn,ta.'ohs OF this
Ioaus shali hereafter be acquired IL whose rail.
putGhase by The Chicago, Rook IsIandI 'oii1at,on or
enIarga,n cU.'inany' and for the purpose az H. ta.ino
erty u thi. Compn nUyeanent or extension OF the prom.
ensWi me tompany Will consent 10 ~, y stpckhOll-
su,n mortgage Tor securing the saId b "nu approve OF.
nrnnnndtn 10 me said meeting, ana VIII ~ nnaii 20
such bnnds an M ,s Board or Directors authnssI,no
~ n.1'ha''nR the property TO be coyerrd ~ Trust hni
~ ~ IuTther purpose OF consInes,ni 'nrr"nyi ana
snI,d ,io ne.hrr Article VII. OF the Ariic,ann'hs ana
Jnns In ~ 'h,s company adopted the D"I v, Oh.
az a.enaed at the annual meeting or t nS.n ArLicle was
81 III Cohbhhy on the 9th dly or Inn ~ s'Vekhoiders
nIa, ne turner amended so a. to read. I'm y. 1859.
s'i'taa u q or FUNDED debt to which the GOMEZ tns hiSnsst
'"@i' not exceed 800. 600. OOO," '"'' '"ahos
W, G. PURDY. Secretary. II Il CABLE. President.
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Tho Southern Pacific Railroad REPORTS gross
crease OF $74s. $50 as compared With tho same
month OF last year. and net 81. s62. 67s. a de-
crease OF S459.292. For the four months end
72s; an increase Of 8 ,l37,Bis as compared
with the corresponding period Of last year. and
The Pittsburg and Western Railroad reports
gross earnings for October of 1924, ST., an in
crease of $i5,467 as compared with the same
month OF last year, and net 1914, 1888, a decrease
OF $i.149. For the four months ending Oct. 81
me gross earnings were 81, l31. 563. an Increase
period of last year, and net 1925 1898, a do.
crease OF $45, 344.
The Long Island Railroad reports gross earn.
$47,352 as compared with the same month of
last year, and net sos. 1885. an Increase Of
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Dec. 10. Dec. III Dec. 10. Dec. IL.
A.T&sFe. 1914 10 NPac pt... z Ssh
A.T&sFep 2es 2e7 NY Cent. ..lo7's 1912
Am S Ref .l4lis ld2s NJ Cent. "a S1s.
Am Toe.... s7A 8 Omaha com z 77S
Brook t. 33h 33S Ont & w.. l6S 6
c.c,c&stL 36s 35s PEG @ q O.. e5b e6l,
c.B&o.... e77s 90 Psc MALL. 3lL 3lL
Con Gas....18l 1907 Rock Island oOa eoa
Ches & o.. 22ia 22asI Reading. 81 2lL
CHI g w.. l54 1eh Read LIST pr AN 47L
DELI Hud. 1887 1851 St p conn.,. d y47s
Illinois cenlo3s 1881 So R'way.. e% o.
Kan ct pr. SO g so R'way , 32h 33L
Lou 4 Nash 67s 57S st l. 8 W.. az a.
Laelede Gas as d6 st l. s p. o IL
MANN Con. 1914. 1o7S| Texas Pac.. Ill., u.s.
No Pacific. 34' 35ls c.I&R r.. 6 251s
Met st Ry..11e 1907 Tn Psc.... 24h 2Ass
NatLcad... 35h 34h U s Rubber l6 leas
North Am. 4's 4ta q s Rubpf. 81 67h
Norf& W 44la al Us Leath p Cd 90
n W com...12O l2OaI Wabash pr. 1871 1871
NPae com. cob 2oslw Tn TEL. 90 eoL
closed O. y cent. higher bid. Railway bonds
strong. The features were Colorado Midland
e%onsols. t; F.. Kansas City. Pitts Nangss and fA GaIf
lists. southern Pacific of California consols. San
Antonio and Arsnsas Pass q. Texas Pacific
Wabash Ist. Atchison and Northern Pacific;
issues, The more important net advances were
tain So. g. to SO; Kansas Pacific consols, t. r.,
L.. to s5l4; Northern Pacific prior As. Il, to 9iss'
and general IS, 1s. to CO.'S: San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass, As. l.. to cole: Texas Pacific eds,
ls. TO SOLE. and Wabash lists. 30. to 1914. The
noteworthy declines were in Colorado. Midland
1st, t. r. 3, to 62a; Kansas City. Pittsburg and
Gulf LIST, as, to S1le; Missouri Pacific col, LIST is.
!. to 20: Southern Pacific of California consolr,
li2, to 92l2,. and Union Pacific C. I. 6s. 62ia y
cent. p. p, u v cent, to AZ.
Sales OF silver bullion certificates for 10. O
ounces were made on the Stock Exchange at
5s'sc. Commercial price of bar silver in New
YORK, 5S4c. Bar silver in London closed Mt
26Isd. Mexican silver dollars were quoted at
464c.
Money on call 1a@2 y cent. Time money is
quoted: Sixty days. gle y cent: four months,
3 y cent, and six months. GIG y cent. on good
mixed Stock Exchange collateral. Commercial
paper Is quoted: Prime Endorsed bills receivable
at 393le y cent. prime single names at 3la .
cent. and good names at 4@4lo y cent.
Foreign exchange steady at unchanged quota.
tons. Posted asking rates for sterling are: Sixty
days. S4.s3i9, and sight. "a. sGlo. Actual rates
are: Long bills. 81. S2lo@$4. S2a; sight drafts.
$4.S5A9$4. 95la, and cable transfers, 81. s5a,
Francs are quoted at 6.22lo95.2lTs for long, and
5.20osd5. 20 for short: reichsmarks, "a 9l89
o. Il-16 for long and SO 316@95 $40 for short:
for short.
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston
B cents premium. Charleston-BuyinR, par:
selling. q premium. S~avannah-BuyinR f.l6off:
selling. par. New Orleans-Bank par; CONNER.
cial. $1.25 discount. San Francisco-Sight, 10
cents premium: telegraph. 12le cents premium.
81. ,Louis-25 cents discount bid, offered at par.
tween banks. par. and over counter. sc cents
premium.
The weekly statement of averages of the
Clearing House banks shows:
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NEW YORK. Nov. "a, 1897.
A quarterly dividend OF y AND ONE.oIIi RTEp
utl FEN CENT. on the capital stock OF tbis CON-.
pAhy VIII Do pald at the office OF the Company 81
Godt,ahdt ST. this city. on and after wednesday.
Decelnber 10, lSpI. The transfer books will be cIossN
from the close or business to-day until tho p,ornIoa
or Thursday. December 10. 1897. ""fhinu
by order or the Board OF Managers.
CHARLES a. WALKER. Treasuro.
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Surplus see. lee. $50 els,ss7.42o Dec. as. aso, sa5

The surplus a year ago was s3l. SOC. $50 and
two years ago $1s.391 1928.
Tho imports of general merchandise, incIud-
Ing dry goods, at the port Of New York last
week were $6.030. 432. against $7.428, SOY the
previous week and $s.5I7,4l2 for the CORE.
specie for the week were $lO7 ,2l7. OF which
$42, 800 was gold. making total specie importcd
since Jan; SIG. 1913 $50. Exports of specie
were: Gold; $2l.305. and silver. 1906, O29, a
week. d Ihs eSSBBoorts Of specie since Jan; !; have
532. a total OF $74.O24.3io.
The total value OF domestic exports from tho
port of New York for November, actual figures,
were:
ESox;;i,:; ssl,sas.'iiss ssy' 1850 Dec, o" s5is.sss
Tt. s57.4 400. Oso s4o.s $3.50. OBS Inc. 1908, sss
Glucose Sugar Refining common is quoted at
Standard on Trust certificates closed at ss4G
1886; American Mailing at 28@274 and pre.
TERED at ~76i2d77ie; Standard Gas common at
ii4al49, and the preferred at l559l60;
24i2; New Amsterdam Gas at 26is@2s, and the
preferred at 7O971, and tho 6s at 0Sia@90l4.
Tho Standard Gas Light Company has do
clared n semi-annual dividend of 3 u cent. and
an extra dividend off y cent. on its preferred
stock, and a quarterly dividend of 1ls y cent.
mon stock. both payable Dec. 81.
The Financial Chronicle computes tho gross
earnings OF l3l railroads for November of $50
ls2.o77, an Increase OF 80. 9Sl Alb, as compared
with the same month last year. For eleven
l24 railroads were $4s4. 0O9. 10. an Increase of
5000 32 as compared with the correspond.
ing period last year.
hallway gross earnings for November com.
pare with those OF tho same month of last year
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Available cash balance,

Money in London 2ie@3 . cent. Rates of
discount In open market for both short and
three months bills. . 15-16d3 y cent. Paris
advices quote 3 y cents at lO3 francs S5 CEN
times. Exchange on London % francs 23ia
centimes.
The sales Of mining stocks at tho New York
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange to-
dny wero az follows.
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'NDITIoNs

provided by Section lao OF the New York City Con-
solidation Act OF 1859, as amended by Chapter lO3
of the Lava OF 1897:
No proposal for bonds or stock will DO accepted for
less than the par value OF the same.
Each bidder must deposit with the Comptroller in
money. or by q certinedtcheck drawn to the order OF
the said Comptroller upon q State or National Bank
of the City of New York. Two Per Cent. of tho
amount OF the proposal. including premium. No pro-
posal will be received or considered which Is not &C.
companied by such deposit. All such deposits will
be returned by tho Comptroller to the persons making
the same within three days after decision as to the
highest bidder or bidders has been made, except the
deposit or deposits made by such highest bidder or
bidders. If said highest bidder or bidders shall re-
fuse or neglect. within five days after the service of
written notice OF award to him or them, to pay to
the Chamberlain OF the City OF New York the amount
OF the stock or bonds awarded to him or them at
their par value, together with the premium thereon.
II any. less the amount deposited by him or them, the
amount OF such deposit or deposits shall be forfeited
to and be retained by the City of New York as lIqui.
dated damages for such refusal or neglect.
The Comptroller. with the approval of the Commits.
sioners of the Sinking Fund. shall determine what, II
any. part OF said proposals shall be accepted, and
upon the payment into the City Treasury Of the
amounts due by the persons whose bids are accepted.
respectively. certificates thereof shall be issued to
them as authorized by law.
The proposals. together with tho security deposita.
should be inciosed in a sealed envelope. Endorsed
proposals for Bonds OF the Corporation of the Citv
OF Now York." and then inclosed in q second en-.
velope. addressed to the " Comptroller OF the CITY of
New York"
For full information SEQ "The City Record
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THE '"'eAso a! nHSn I".sSD q 4cIVI0

,,Omce oI the Treasurer. Chicago nae eo
Director: p sEi!S aomps shS' t BY order otihs board Of
sd' a Ind SloSed a. three o'clock i. II. on ef"FFr FIJI ; DOCKS
Dec. 18th isa1'a ~ az Ten o'clock A. ii. on M3ndsS'
special meeting of the stock SWING notice OF .
w. o.. PURDY. Treasur..
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FOR
$6,243,O7O.55
3l9o Bonds and Stock
City of New York.
Exempt from taxation by the City and
County Of New York.
Principal andlnterest PayahIein Gold.
andlnterest PayahIein Gold.

EXECUTORS. ADMINISTRATORS, GUARpIANs.
AND OTHERS HOLDING TRUST FUNDS ARE
AUTHORIZED BY AN G OF THE LEaIsLA.
URE PASSED MARCH IL, 1889. TO INVEST
IN THESE n ANIL STOCK.
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- ~ . EENL.
tbeEross earnings were Is, sSa, 900, an increase
o. SLLtlzOs s compared with the correepono.
inG pesoo :, o. lsss year. and net Sl'zis'e'z' q
The Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad re-
PorLs Eross earnings for October OF Eioi.oB4 an
increase OF R2s. 0 az compared Will tho Same
m0ntn % issk year, and net soy. 5s0, IN increase
ne Eross earnings were $9sds7o. an increase
crease OF 1887, 166.
The Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste.
MARIE ntellroad reports gross earnings Tor octo-
Der OF SaI9,Ol72, an increase Of $35,12l as COM
R271,57D. an increase OF Si4. OIL. For the ten
months ending Oct. 81 the gross earnings were
W. i2S,ooY an increase of $33, 800 as compared
Win ne corresponding period OF last year. and
net Sit8lo'olo an increase OF S26,0Is.
The Toledo, Peoria and Western Rail EeH re-
ports gross earnings for November OF Ss7,s2l,
an increase OF $2l,712 as compared with the
same month OF last year, and net Sg2.62J.
an Increase OF S179. For the five months end
mn ahR in M9y; So o oee s gross &. earnings GGn,n %SsS $ HitS 10
eorrespsonding period of last year. and net
$l2o.o2s, an Increase of $26.6S5.
The receipts of the United States Treasury
to-day were: Customs. s446,l07; internal rev
e 6 ,oe;, S ~ \ !; a. md miscellaneous, VIZ; 22s;
an excess of receipts over expendi.
turos OF 800 100. The receipts of the fiscal
year to date have been $173.636 ,403, the
80, 900. 1896.
The official count of tho cash in tho Treasury
At the close OF business to-day. compared with
that OF last Saturday. shows:
Gold coin and bnlliou. .sl5s.Sss. 1877 sl5s.Sgo.a1s
fyn,tsS d S,n,ns and bullion 1s'eSs.ass ae'aSs.9Ss
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SATURDAY. Dec. 1.-GRAN- wheat-Spot
was quiet. Tho sales were 80, 900 BUSH, includ.
ing 10000 ungraded spring and 16. 900 No. 2
red on private terms for export. Free on board
afoat: No. Northern spring, New York, Sl.O1ss;
do. Duluth, Shops; No. 2 hard winter, 977sc.;
No. 2 red, 9s7sc.; No. l hard Duluth. 81. O4as.
Futures declined '4c. to Ice. After "'Change"
May on curb was 93asd93 1l.16c., closing e3loc.
Future sales S55. 900 bush. as foilows.
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"oNHH TO LOAN. .. Ala, q 4 CEEI1
Large or small amounts S
IN WEART a co. 7Pins -
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GEORGE II. EARL. Secretary.


23 WALL STREET,
NEW YORK, December 10, 1897
ne ABOVE DIVIDEND or per cent. VIII b. rayabIs
or business on Decemher II. 1897. on the books OF
II Young trustees for certificates of ur ,ferred
bt1ek OF the Northern Pacific Hallway COMPANY.
lhe transfer books OF the Votiny Trustees for Ger.
tnnGates TOT preferred stock will close In New YORK
u I'M III heriih a, y I'm ON December 81. 1897, and
VII reopen at 10 4 d. on January /, 1898.
~ MORGAN a tsb., New York.
DECTsCilf BANK ~ HFRIIN,
Agents Tor Voting Tru.faa.
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Advance Information

Seems 10 be the rage at present to Induce speculative
accounts. We must confess our inability to secure
such a WIsP. and II we could would
use IL for our own persbnal benefit and retro from
the worry and care of Wall street. We do. however,
pride ourselves upon our ability to predict the trend
OF the Stock Market.
ON NOVEMBER 2sTH WE STATED THAT AN oP.
WOULD BE TO OBTAIN
BARGAINS oNTHE FOLLOWING MONDAY. We ap-
pend herewith a few examples. showing that our
prediction was fully substantiated. Tho price Of the
following stocks on that day was:
SUGAR, 1889. since sold at l4ba.
MAN. 1924. eince sold at 1884,.
W. o.. S7ls. since sold ut 9031.
MO. p, 2So4, since sold at 36Te.
Does not this compare favorably with advance in.
formation advertisers, and ought you not to put your.
self In communication with a firm that has such a rec.
ord for accurately predicting the course OF prices in
PRIVATE COD FURNISHED.
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The List or Referees.
The following is q list OF the referees appointed in
eases in the Supreme Court last week:
BIZ Justice Truur
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2liriaends mud 8rterest.
=, OFFICE OF
Northern Pacific Railway Company,
fILIS RTTTIDTNG

NEW YORK. December 10th, 1897.
Alta meeting or the BOARD OF Directors held tiiis
Gay, the iollo~ihg resolutions were adopted:
whereas, The net earnings OF this COMPANY are now
on a OASIS which, after providing for liked charges
ana q reasonable cash surplus for contingencies. lbs.
Try the belief that the Company may, with safety lie.
stock; NO
AND Whereas. The preferred stock certificates OF
TINS company contemplate that any dividends there
on shal lie declared and paid uu lrterly;
therefore,. lie II Resolved. That there be, and thera
hereby IL. declared from the net earnings n diyIdond
OF l per cent. on the preferred stock OF this ComnanI
TOT M quarter ending December LIST. 1897, same to be
paiu January 10. 1895, to the holders OF record OF the
on December ~. 1897; wv"
resolved. That for the purpose OF such dividend
me uahsttr books of this Company be closed nj 8 p.
On january I. 1898.
GEORGE n, EARL. sec.o,,r~
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CONSOLIDATED STOCK OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, KNOWN
AS Traditional DOCK
bonds" Principal payable Nov.
], 1928. Interest pay able May /
and Nov. /.
CONSOLIDATED STOCK OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, KNOWN
AS SCHOOL HOUSE BONDS.''
Principal payable Nov. ]. 1915.
Interest payable May 1 and
CONSOLIDATED STOCK OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK, STE.EET
AND PARK OPENING FUND
STOCK. Principal payable No
vember ]. 1918. Interest paya-
BILE May ] and November /.
CONSOLIDATED STOCK OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK FOR RE.
PAVING STREETS AND AVE.
NUES. Principal payable No.
yember l. 1918. Interest paya-
bic May l and November l.
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SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
by tho Comptroller OF the City OF New York. at
his onice. No. ESQ Broadway. in the City Of New
York, until
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Tuesday, the 18th Day Of December, 1897,

for the whole or q part OF tho following described
REGISTERED BONDS n STOCK OF THE CITY
OF NEW YORK,
bearing interest at throo and one.half Dor cent. nor
annum. to wit,
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RAILROAD AND OTHER sHARRa
Open HIGH. Lou -CIosfne-
9aiss. ING. esf. est. BID. lsked,
s5le6 Am sR. .l4lh l13S l4oh l42T I43
goo AnsRp114S ZIG 1l4a ll4a 1861
$40 Am 8 II. 8 3 8 8 Sk
so Am cabl elh e1h elh - 90
stbo Am Tob. 97S ssh 97S S7A -
81 Am Ex..116a 1l7 ll6a 1l6 III
80 AM 22h 22h 22h 22a 20
100 Atch.TE
ST.. ia Ia Ia l2Ia laL
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BUYERS Nv TOWN.

Moershe & Duffy. Des Moines, Iowa-W. F
Moershell. drygoods. etc. Morton.
Sheehan Dean & Co.. Elmlra, ~ Y.-E. Dean
drygoods. ETC.: F. H. Allerton. coaks and suits. st
George.
T. w. Edwards & Co. Lawrence. Mass-F. w
Edwards drygoods, etc. New-iork
j. ]. Porter Il Co. Pttsburg. Penn.--F. L. Gillett
millinery. Broadway Central
Murray. Sphinx & Co.. Providence r. Up. 3
Murray. drygoods, etc. Broadway Central
D. Mccarthy & Sons, Syracuse. n. Us O'Hara
notions. No. 45 Leonard-st. NewAmsterdam.
Kutz G. Ochs Allentown. PENN d. Kutz
clothing st. Denis.
Flint 4 Kent, Buffalo, N. Y.-E. b. Mann. dress
goods. Holland.
C. Harris & Brother Cleveland Ohio.-C. Harris
clothing. Windsor Hotel.
Shepard & Co, Providence. r. &c. Stewart
laces and embroderies. st. Cloud Hotel.
Ely Walker Drygoods Company, st. Louis. Mo-
d. r. Calhoun. shawls No. IS Chambers-st.
Jordan. Marsh & Co., Boston. Mass.-P. Dougher-
ty leather goods No. Greene-st.
Central City Suspender Company Syracuse, N. Y
Abe Levi, representing, No. 46 Walker-st.
f. NJ Brown d CO.. New-Haven, Conn.,. NJ
Foley, furnishing goods, No. los Worth-st.
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THE RENTING SEASON FOR DWELLINGS AND
OFFICES


This is moving day. II the citizen who doesn't
move has forgotten this fact he will be reminded
of IL this morning when he goes to his business
by the moving vans in the streets. May has long
been regarded the proper day for the dissatisfied
householder TO get together his goods his chattes
and his penates and take up his quarters In lodg-
ings that bigger or smaller. cheaper or costIier,
as the case may be. Many leases Of apartments
or fats still run from May |. but OF late years
October / has been growing In popularity for that
purpose.
Still moving numerous In the streets
Yesterday and there were frequently heard In the
streets the echoes OF that tear-compeiling paiiao
entitled Shall We Move or Pay the Rent?'
This being May Day the Park Board was busy
yesterday issuing permits for the usual May Day
parties The number called for was less than
usual this year, the total running up to only hfty
as against 200 last season Last May Day IL was
estimated that some thousand children frolcked
on the lawns of the Park Possibly the memory
Of the severe weather of last Tuesday and Wednes-
day deferred people from risking a recurrence OF
cold winds on May Day
The opinion generally expressed among the real
estate brokers yesterday was that the spring rent
ing season. far the better class OF houses
were concerned. had been a disappointing not
withstanding the fact that the tendency was be-
coming and moro general for people 10 post,
pone the search for city homes until the usual
summer vacations were over. Desirable nat ana
apartment houses and the less pretcntious PRIV tie
dwellings, the last named renting FOR $2,UO or less,
have found n more ready market
The renting Of offices, especially In the most de-
sira BILE downtown sections. on the contrary has
proved agreeable surprise to both owners and
agents For instance, In the nineteen-story Bank
of Commerce Building all the offices have been
rented with the exception of floor space. having
rental value of about 5000 All but two of the tall
new office buildings. to be completed to-day. are
now ready to receive their tenants. owners have
failed TO the fancy prices at which some OF
them at first held their offices, but II has been
ccmpara lively easy for the agents to secure ten
ants for the modern offices above the first floor at
81 n square foot or Whereabouts. well-informed
broker said Yesterday that. with the exception Of
two new sky-scrapers still uncompeted all the
new office buildings In the downtown section would
paw expenses the first year. and many OF them
would do much better.
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TELEGRdPHTC NOTES.

a large section OF the business houses in town
Loss 600; insurance. half Several people were
injured The families of Simon Simon and j.
O'Neil had narrow escape from being burned In
their beds.
Oshkosh Wis April 9O-In thirty days Oshkosh
will have In operation the first grass twne factory
make binding Irvine from marsh grass, something
never attempted before.
Port Washington, Wis, April 3o-In the height
of the gale on Lake Michigan last night capsized
schooner was sighted several miles OUT IN the lake
off this port. Some OF the crew could be seen max
ing signals Of distress. The sea was running so
high thar tugs were unable to venture out. and Ii
is feared that the vessel has gono down with all on
board.
Dayton Ohio. April 30.-The bishops of the United
Brethren Church are in session at the publishing
the General Conference which meets at Toledo.
Weaver, Dayton; f. b. kephart Baltimore Md;
J. " Holt Cedar pds, Iowa; ~ Castle Elk
hart. Ind. and J. S. Mills, Eugene. ore
Johnson City. Tenn. April 3o.-A report has
reached here that a desperate named Ray had
been arrested on Poe River. Mitchell County, N c.,
to rescue him. Ray and one of his friends were
killed on the spot and of the wouldbe rescuers
was shot and VIII die.
Des Moines Iowa, April So-Both houses Of the
Legislature have passed a law asked for by James
wilson Secretary OF Agriculture. authorizing the
Governor to accept the rules of the Department of
Agriculture TO stamp out cholera. 1t liz proposed
worst inspect all hogs. kill those affected and keep
diseased hogs out. The Federal Government pays
all expenses. II successful 1t Will be applied gencr-
ally.