New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-10
WALL STREET AND EACHANGES.

For several DAYS a man has been hawking ABOUT
among the bucket-shops in Wall street "ha' Pur
ported to be lists Of the customers or ieadhs eoA
Exchange houses. The man said he was 'eie-
rranh operator and obtained the lists while oper-
ataing wires In the Offices Of the Stock Exchange
firms The bucket-shops which were reported ~
have bought the lists denied 1t. tut tneir ueh'ai
was not accepted. The firms from whose onices
the names of customers were said 10 have been 3D.
tanned declared that the lists were bogus ana tha'
the bucket-shops which bought them had simply
been taken in. The pretended telegraph operator
produced letters from alleged customers to the
Some OF these letters we're demonstrated 20 De nc
tit;ous. and 1t is supposed they al are inc .eie
said he was employed, IS making an investigation
The McMl!ln syndicate received payment yester-
day for the Universal and Mutual Gas companies.
The amount paid S.i ZOO. and the money was
deposited with the Central Trust Company to the
credit OF the Illinois Trust Company, OF Chicago
BY this deal the Peoples Gaslight and Coke Com
e pany. the company succeeding the Chicago Gas
Trust, was placed in control of the entire gas out
put Of the city of Chicago. except what the Ogden
Gas Company may furnish In its limited territory
at S71a cents a thousand feet to the company
The Peoples company will probably take formal
possession of the Mutual company, while the Uni
versal company will be operated by syndicate
allied with the Peoples company. The capital Of
the Peoples. Mutual and Universal companies is, IN
\ round numbers. S62000.c10
There was general Improvement In the prices %
stocks yesterday. Some OF the net gains were:
American Cotton OIL IL; Bay State Gas, III; Bur-
lington and Quincy rs; Chicago Gas IL; Big
-Four. ia; Consolidated Ice. I; Detroit Gas. S1k:
Erie first preferred. IA Illinois Central. l: Kansas
and Texas preferred IA; Louisville and Nashville.
1ss; Manhattan. l. Missouri Pacific. las; New-Jersey
west. IL; Omaha, IA Pacific Mail !; Panhandle.
j. Pullman, 2ss; Rock Island, rs; St. Paul, ~;
Western Union. Ia.
report that number OF Government detectives
had come from Washington 10 arrest officers OF the
Sugar Trust was declared at the Trusts Office No.
III Wa-st., yesterday 20 be absurd. 1t was said
that the story probably had It's origin in the vis.
of delegation of Japanese merchants TO the
Trusts office This delegation is studying the
sugar ana other industries of the country, and is
accompanied by number of Americans. who
Wheat had another fall yesterday On the New
York Produce Exchange December wheat closed at
9ia. cents. the low price Of the day. which was a.
decline OF IL cents from Monday. May wheat
after touching go cents, closed al s2s cents a de-
cline Of IA cents from Monday Corn closed IN
changed at Slss cents for DECEMBER and IS cents
for May EXPORT sales were nfty.four loads Of
Beginning to-day. the stock Of the Peoples Gas
Light and Coke Company. 0. Chicago. will be dealt
n on the New-H9rK STOCK Exchange in place Of
turned for Chicago Gas cefihcaies SUN may DC re-
Collector Bidwe and Special Deputy Collector
Couch will be In Washington to-day 20 confer with
Treasury Department officials on matters connected
with the tariff
Henry r. Kurhardt Of Kunhardt & Co.. was
yesterday elected director OF the Phcn!x Ma
tional Bank.
The report was current in Wall Street yesterday
that the presidents of the anthracite coal railroads
under rIa IN h.ttc
the condition OF the trade II Is likely that q re-
strictiye policy may be adopted