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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28
% WALL STREET.

% WALL STREET . .o.
NEW YORK. December 10. 1885,
The above dividend OF q will be payable on January
H. 1898 holders OF the close OF business on
December 21. 1927 books OF the Voting trustees
Railway Company. -.
The transfer books Voting Trustees fer certn-
for prefer stock will close in New York and W
Berlin at p NJ. December 81. 1897. and VIII reope"
at 10 A. NJ. January 4, 1898
j. r. MORGAN 4 CO.. New York,
DEUTsCHE BANK IN BERLIN.
Agents for Voting Trustees.
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OTFICE OF
The SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY,

NO. % BROAD ST. (Mills Building.
COUPONS DUE JANUARY 1. 1898. from the following
bonds will be paid after that date at this once:
Central Pacific LIST mortgage.
Western Pacific LIST mortgage
California and Oregon LIST mortgage ext.
Oregon and California LIST mortgage
Northern Railway Co. LIST mortgage.
Stockton and CoppcropOs LIST mortgage
Southern Pacific Of Arizona Ist mortgage.
Southern Pacific OF New Mexico LIST mortgage
Texas and New Orleans consos
Louisiana Western LIST mortgage.
Morgans Louis. and Tex. r. II. and 3 3. Co IN mort
South Pacific Coast LIST mortgage.
California Pacific lst mortgage.
California Pacific I'd mortgage.
California Pacific I'd mortgage.
Market Street Cable Ry. co. LIST mortgage.
Coupons due January l. 1895. from bonds OF the roo~
ing VIII paid that date by the Central
Trus: Company:
Antonio and Arkansas Pass LIST mortgage !.
Houston and Texas Central lst mortsase.
Austin and Northwestern LIST morteage.
y. r. GMITH, Treasurer
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aurtion 5ales---finanral.
LOUIS MESIER. AUCTIONEEN.
REGIIAR AUCTION SALE OF
STOCKS AND BONDS
Rv ADRIAN II. MULLER Il SON,


STOCKS AND BONDS
Bv ADRIAN H. MULLER & SON,
WEDNESDAY. DEC. GOTH.
$3.50 o'clock sss% e fa is.sssy
1900 American Cotton OH p C. c neo r. r ist Mig.
$1,000 Galveston Gsi Houston Henderson r. r. Co. LIST
5000 M Mo Kansas ina Eastern r. R. Co istMtse
q. os sssi. e g. c. sas Guar
SEQ ssi y ilfs ' ps.x ss9'y Ss'fs
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les .A. D AieA SAINT. +: R Ry P Psstd.
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BsjaTsss nSss09 q Hssl. Co
So E:S;s &C. 6 3d. Scrip
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$1,000 Great Northern Ry. co. p C. Coll. Trust So'
40 sAs Mechanics & Traders. Bank:
o a,.9nq $; e , Tss % cS concern
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80 % s shs. ssandsrd oil Trust,
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500. Is l IS Eaq Fse Rs' K & p''' Coll oe
IA abs importers a Traders Natl Bank
Is chs Bank Of the State 81 Ncw- 10TH
30 shs Market anon Natl. BANK
IL shs. Mechanics Traders BANK ~. pA.
81 900 Genesee & Wyoming Valley ny 70. p e. I~'''
1890 Deer 1897. Coup, on; daypd)
20 shs Excelsior Steamboat Co Preio.
ass chs Excelsior Steamboat co. common .e.s
$ys "a Texas Paclnc X. r. LIST b. scrip; 1882 ~s,-.
$1,000 Woodstock * Centreyile Hwey o. 's' @''Ae
D. G. Gold BIDS, 1886. HvpdD
share Natl. Park Bank
! share Merchants Natl Bank
share Warren X. X. Co. IA. ,oso
1900 Louisville & Nashville r. r. unihed p C. "''''
1910 ~
I share United States Trust GO.
share Phila Trenton r. X Co.
share Warren II. II. Co. -. .oso
5000 Wabash X. r. co. "a p c. nsS'' i'"'
l2s sh. Erie Pittsburgh r. T. p g. oS," "I n ,s,.
Mtse AZ p C. pds Series - 1879 ;oo c1 1Iy
$4,000 Berkeley Oval p. c. "a Mtge Bos.' iSoi' uiSpa'
10 shs Herring Hall Marvin CO. Ireio
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28

HOME NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO.
NOTICE-The Home National BANK or Chl-
~ caro- located at Chicago IN the State Of Illinois. is
closing up IT'S Affairs All note holders and other creditors
~ ,ad therefore hereby notified 70 present
tho notes and claims against the association for pay
80. C. X. q. BiLIlNoS. President.
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Proposals.

STATE OF NETWORK.
CONTROLLERS OFFICE
BUREAU OF CANAL AFFAIRS.
Albany. December IL. 1897.
Pursuant 70 the provisions OF Chapter 70 Of Lave q
1895 proposals Will be received at this once until
Wednesday tho 9th day OF January. le?s AZ ~ ocoos
OF that day for loan OF
Three million two hundred and thirty
thousand dollars
which transferable certificates OF stock registered
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN
GOLD.
Will issued OF tho People OF the state Of
credit OF the sinking Fund established
act bearing interest at the rate OF three per
per annur. payable semi-annualy on the hrse
day January and July and the principal reimburse
BILE on the hrst day Of January. 1918.
pursuant to Chapter so. Laws OF 1897.
Proposals be for the whole or any part or the
loan 000 and such proposals must be a-
tompanied by certified check for cent OF the
amount OF the bonds bid for
the loan Will be required TO be made on
acceptance Of by deposit In the Bank Of
Manhattan Co.. In the city " NewYork. to the credit
OF Treasurer the STAT OF NewYork. account Of
Canal Fund q tie amount Of the award, together with
premium and accrued interest from January !. ls9S
The Comptroller the right TO reject all bids
which his opinion advantageous to the interests
OF the State.
Interest on the first day OF January $685.
will be payable at the Bank OF the Manhattan Co.. u
the city OF New-York.
All proposals must be sealed and endorsed Loan fos
Canal Improvements and directed TO the Comptroller
Of the State Of New-York Albany. ". Y
JAMES A. ROBERTS. Comptroller.
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VALUE.

At the Of the examination when there were out
standing I275OOo of bonds tho Electrical Engineers
state, with regard value:
Leaving OF account the value OF all licenses fran
chses and rghts-of-way estimate the value OF the
property Of the Company based the cost OF reproduc-
ing it, to be at present prices at s4.749.0oo."
above represents tho plant, and in addition the
Company owns, per the Accountants report. stocks.
franchises licenses and rights ofway The proceeds Of
the present Offering will also add 10 the value OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28

THE DENVER q RIO GRANDE r. r. co.
New York. December o. 1897.
THE Board OF Directors has this day declared
- ni-arnuai dividend Of ONE TER CENT. the
Preferred Capital Stock OF the company out OF the net
earnings. payable jan Is 1925.
The transfer books preferred stock will
p NJ Jan. ~ Is9s reopen on the morning OF JAM,
IS. 1893 GEORGE COPPEIL.
Chairman Of the Board.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28
AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

In the territory comprising the States Of Ohio Indiana and
Illinois. with the exception OF few counties in each
State mainly adjacent and including the large cites
such Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland. Evansville etc.
where other local Bell Telephone companies exist.
With regar the construction, the Electrical Engi
in report dated March "a 1897 that great
amount OF rebuilding has been done each Of tho past
three years. In accordance with tho best modern
practice: that IN their judgment the property as
whole is IN good physical condition and that the equipment
generally indicates appreciation OF the advances that
being made IN telephone appliances and methods Az
the result OF improvements and extensions the business
from toll lres has increased In 1897 1906. Of per
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28
E0,3,in0s and Fired Charges.

The Accountant reports: THE net earnings after de-
Quoting all depreciation insurance repairs maintenance
royalties and all other charges except inereso for the
Ave years ending December ST. 1896 amounted 10 $6S3
9a3 an annual average OF sos. ,si" Although owing
extraordinary expenditures FOR improvements ana main
tenance for 1896 below the aver
age ye. the earnings for 1897 furnished by tho
Company.
Nov.rh., f.s,,na,ed, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900
December OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. oS'"'
Making n total Of *S4o 's'
or more than the amount necessary TO meet the
interes, charge Of $4,000 being per cent on the
bonds outstanding including the present issue-in ALL
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The Illinois Trust & Savings Bank Of Chicago.

PROPERTY.
This Company holds licenses all instruments and
apparatus owned controlled by the
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CANADA SOUTHERN HALLWAY COMPANY,
Grand Central Depot. y: y, Dec I'D. 1897.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of this Com
pany have declared a dividend OF per cent. upon
It's Capital sock. payable at this office the first day
OF February Shareholders OF record at p NJ on
the 9lst day December when Transfer
be closed. The books will be reopened Monday.
$500 ALLYN cox
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CAPITAL STOCK.
Examinations and Reports.

The legal nrgnnization OF tho Company. and all is
proceedings this issue Of bonds has been e1-
mined and approved by Mc.ss Story Thornoke coun-
sellor. OF Boston The physical condition has been re-
poted on by Mess.s stone Webster, Electrical Eng-
neers and the by Henry A. Piper. Public 40
countant Boston.
These reports give clear Indication OF the value
Of the security tho taken 10 safeSuan bondhoid-
ers' interests; and examination 10 solicited copies
Of the same being file at each OF our RESPECTIVE
OFFICEA.
WE RECOMMEND THE ABOVE BONDS As A
DESIRABLE INVESTMENT. AND OFFER THE
SAME, FOR sUBsCRIPT-cN AT 1O5 AND IN
TT,REsT SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS WILL RE-
MAIN OPEN AT OUR RESPECfrvE OFFICES
UNTIL WEDNESDAY. JANUARY g. 1898. NO.
TICE OF ALLOTMENTS BEING GIVEN
THEREAFTER As PROMPTLY As POSSIBLE.
DELIVERY WILL DE MADE on JANUARY 10.
1893.
THE RIGHT Is RESERVED TO REDUCE OR
REJECT SUBSCRIPTIONS.
KESSLER & CO.,
O. WALL STREET. n. y.
HENDERSON & co.,
Of CEDAR STREET. n. Y.
STATE STREET TRUST co.,
81 STATE STREET. BOSTON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28

NEW YORK BETTING & PACKING CO.. LIMITED.
25 Park Place. New York Dec Path 1897.
COUPONS due Jan. l. lS3S. on the per cent.
- orgage Debenturs Bonds Of this Company will be
pnd upon and after that date at the Of
nee Of the Knickerboeker Trust Co. CO Broadway.
VIM r. BAIRD Secretary.
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nHE SECOND NATIONAL BANK. NEW

York. Dec. o. ise7,The Board Of Directors have
this day declared dividend oil SIN 90, PER CENL H.,
months payable on and after Jan. 3. 1898.
transfer books will be closed from date TO Jan. 3.
1898, inclusive. j. ;. CASE, Casher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28

THE NATIONAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC.
New York. December 22d 1897.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS have this day
l. declared n dividend OF four 90 per cent, OF
tax payable after January 3D. lsas which
date the transfer books will be closed
N"'' Wv c. II. STOUT. Cashier.
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NATIONAL. BANK OF COMMERCE. IN NETWORK
DIVIDEND. -.
A SEMEANNUAL DIVIDEND OF FOUR az
A PER CENT. has been declared upon the capital
OF this Bank payable on and after January 8. $685.
Transfer books closed until 4th proxmo
W. e. DUVALI. Cashier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-28

RAILWAY CO.
Treasurers ONCE. Grand Central Depot.
New York. December 22d 1897.
T'IIE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Of this Com
pany have this day declared sEMI-ANNUAL
DIVIDEND OF THREE PER CENT. upon Its Capital
Stock payable at this office Tuesday. the LIST day Of
February next TO the stockhoders OK record at o'clock
Transfer Books will he closed TO be reopened the
morning OF Monday, the 18th day OF January next
T.. d. WORCESTER. Treasurer.
The herald., 1897-12-06
COME TO LOS ANGELES

The chamber of commerce has invited
the American Forestry association to
hold it's next spring session in this city.
The association, for some occult reason,
has usually chosen to go to Florida to
hold its spring meetings. Now Florida,
at present. at least, is not particularly
interested in forestry. Southern Cali
fornia, on the contrary, takes large
and abiding interest in the subject, ami
of itself provides a natural text book
that no student of the art of forestry
can we'll afford to ignore. There are
other attractions with which the men,
bers of this association would be par
ticularly concerned should the spring
meeting be held in Los Angeles. 1t is
suggested that the meeting be held about
the latter part Of May, or the first of
June. The railroads have made an open
round trip rate of $50 between this city
and the Yosemite valley. 1t is hardly
necessary to explain that such combi-
nation would give the Forestry associa-
ton the opportunity of it's existence in
the wide range of scenery, and the varied
phases that would be presented of the
very features in which the members of
the association are particularly inter
ested. Furthermore, Los Angeles would
give the association most cordial well
come, a genuine Southern California re.
ception.
The herald., 1897-12-06
The California Lemon

According to the New York Journal Of
Commerce, the California lemon has
pretty nearly displaced the imported
fruit in the west. and Is making extra
ordinary inroads upon the eastern mar
ket. The arrivals Of Messina lemons
are only half what they were In 1885. but
the demand is being fully met by the
product of California orchards. Within
500 miles of the Atlantic coast the Cali
fornia lemon, so lately unknown there
except as a curiosity, Is more than hold
ing it's own, while some sales are re-
delphia. The crop for the current year
is 250, 900 boxes, an increase over the out
put Of 1896 Of 100000 boxes. Next year
1t Is believed that 100000 boxes will be
available. AS the demand stands this
year that supply ought to be enough, but
If not the output can be indefinitely ex-
tended. Probably one of several coun-
ties in the southern part Of the state
which grow lemons to perfection could
supply the whole American market and
yield surplus for export. Where sew
enty trees are planted to the acre with
crop of from three to ten boxes to the
tree, a simple calculation will show what
enormous fruitfulness can be predicated
Of the remaining untitled acreage in Los
Angeles, San Bernardino. Riverside and
San Diego counties. With this made
available and the present tariff main
tanned it can be only question of time
when the American lemon will own the
home market, and fill 1t to such reple-
ton that prices to the consumer, while
still giving the producer fair returns, will.
be lower than at any previous time in
the history of the country.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-12-06
BOSS RULE REVIVED

| A connecting link between that which
Is most odious in the political history of
this country-the iron-heeled rule of the
bosses in the Republican party in the
decade following the war-and the pres
ent era of reason and comparative inde-
pendence of thought and action, is the
creature who at this time disgraces the
executive chair of the state Of Illinois.
In this exalted position he has not only
outraged the decent moral sentiment of
the state by giving unbrindled license
to his bestial habits, but has scandal
ICED his party by giving official sanction
to every rascally job conceived by
venal legislature, including the Yerkes
chise was fastened upon the people of
Chicago for period of fifty years. His
latest exhibition of contemplate dis
regard for the interests Of the common
wealth is in making his sanction Of
special session of the legislature, rem
dered almost vitality essential because of
a crisis in the financial affairs Of the
commonwealth, contingent upon ma
jority of the Republican members agree
ing to go into caucus upon a strictly
partisan redistricting Of the state, both
senatorial and congressional, to the end
that any attempt to oust him and his
gang from control will be abortive for
years to come. With a candor that is
shameless and an audacity born of
assured power, he coolly tells the people
of Illinois that the price Of relief from
an odious tax law which his creatures
imposed upon them is acquiesence in an
infamous scheme of gerrymander by
which the popular will is to be throttled
and the commonwealth handed over
bodily to him and his followers. 1t Is
hardly conceivable that such disgrace
full terms will be considered, much less
agreed to.
The condition Of public morals in Ill
inois is conceded to be deplorable, other
wise such a governor and such a legis-
lature could not have been chosen, but
we are not ready to believe that Tan
ner's ultimatum will meet with favor
able response.
The herald., 1897-12-06
: THERE WERE OTHERS /"

In the good old adobe times Of Los
Angeles the city owned nothing better
than little rathole. where the
Phillips block now stands, In which
to preserve its archives ana keep
the city clerk out Of the wet
when it raired. The balance of the
officials roasted where they could, In
out-of- the-way corners. The police
court held session sometimes In vacant
store, and. when that was rented, 1t
moved over to a hall. where faro had
been dealt until want of patronage had
closed the bank. Wherever the police
court was located, there also-probably
as a matter of economy-the city council
Invariably met on its stated days. And
nothing was so funny as these same
meetings Of the common council. There
were wards principally inhabited by
representatives Of the Latin and Aztec
races, in which 1t would have been con-
sidered heresy and treason to return to
the council an Anglo-Saxon who could
speak English at all decently. These
wards, therefore. always elected repre-
sentative gentlemen who hadn't the
faintest idea of what our great language
is like, excepting always the "cuss"
words, which none of them ignored. In
order to follow the business more or less
each one of these members had to bring
his interpreter along on meeting day.
And some of the sessions were laughable
in the extreme, reminding the onlookeI
of the proceedings at the Tower Of Babel.
In those days the daily crop Of hObos
was not so great as 1t Is in 1897. but the
"vags" were fully as dirty and frowsy
as today, and after Judge Peel had
sent a deputation of Weary Willies''
to the chaingang the chairs upon which
they had been seated appeared like q
geological garden when viewed through
magnifying glass. The court was held
in the forenoon and the council met af-
ter lunch. The well-fed seignors whc
transacted the city's business always
wore broadcloth at their meetings, as
behooved men invested with such i'm
portant duties.
One afternoon, after the reading OF
the minutes. certain member, who was
distinguished above all his fellows be-
cause he couldn't speak any language
even his own. dramatically, addressed
the chair on a matter Of privilege. 81
desire to call the attention Of the mem
Der Of the Third ward to the fact" saie
he, that he Is all covered with rice. -
But he pronounced the last word Chi
nese fashion. The member Of the Thir6
ward glowered at the member of the
Second ward and fixing his glitterins
eye upon couple Of hobo-companions
that were galloplng over the council
mans coat collar for safe hiding placs
in his undershirt. he thundered, There
are others!" AS matter Of fact, ther,
were so many others evenly distributed
among the entire council that hast.
was taken and the Who'll,
crew divided itself up into squads and
literally patronized the baths in tht
nearby barber shops. After that the
council rented a hall for itself alone. K.
The herald., 1897-12-06
TWO SIDES OF AN ENGAGE
MENT

His evening clothes lie on the bed,
Garb of conventionality;
His shaven face is flushed with red,
His damp hair plastered on his head,
And air of frantic haste pcrvades
His masculine personality.
"Where are my ties? It's half-past eight;
Confound the luck, my hairs not straight;
Kates waiting, and promised her
wouldn't be one minute late!"
1T don't care IL it Is past eight:
don't propose to rush at all;
If Tom comes now he can just wait;
Mines too early for a ball.
My hair looks frightful take 1t down
Nancy, you always were a goose);
Don't wad 1t up like cotton balls
But make the pufrs a little loose.
I'm sorry now I dressed in blue.
For Nelrs dress will look just like mine
Toms come? It's nine o'clock? Absurd!
Just tell him we have lots of time"
Boston Globe.
The herald., 1897-12-06
WHY'S ?

1t is said that the chief recommenda-
ton in the financial part of the presi-
dents message will be that gold shall
be paid only for greenbacks and that
greenbacks shall be paid only for gold.
If the treasury department can do
this, why could not Secretary Carlisle
have exercised his discretion and paid
out silver "coin" instead of gold, and
thus have stopped the drain on the treas
ury reserve that necessitated the issue
of bonds?
Under the presidents proposal bond
issue would be necessary for the pur-
pose of redeeming the greenbacks in
gold. There are $346, ,O0O,0 900 in green
backs in circulation. The recommended
tion--if it is made-will be recognized
as part of the conspiracy to fasten
still more firmly about the necks of the
American people the yellow shackes
of the single gold standard.
The herald., 1897-12-06
SAN PEDRo's PERIL

Mr.. Cannon of Illinois. who is chair
man of the appropriations committee of
the house, is credited with the remark
that congress would not pass the river
and harbor bill. This is suggested for
two reasons, the least being to make the
session a short one, and the greater to
cut down expenditures SO as to prevent
II possible, a deficit in the revenues,
which seems to be inevitable under the
Dingley law. It's friends desire to vim
dicate their prediction that it would pro-
duce sufficient revenue by curtailing ap-
propriations
Should there be failure to pass a river
and harbor bill it would be seized upon
by Alger as an opportunity to prevent
In early commencement and speedy COM
pletion of the San Pedro harbor, for he
will surely snatch at any expedient to
carry out his evident intention to de-
feat that work altogether. Huntington's
influence in the house of representatives
Is potential and it may be sufficient to
consummate the suggestion of Cannon.
BY the constitution all appropriation
bills must originate in the house, but
when they reach the senate that body
can amend them. There are eleven reg
ular appropriation bills, each making
provision for different purposes or
branches of the government, and an
amendment appropriating for a river or
harbor would not be germane to any
other bill.
We do not wish to create alarm, but
our people must not shut their eyes
to this danger nor slacken their efforts
to promote this all-important improve
ment. Should congress fail during the
present session to make an ample ap-
preparation to carry on the work, con-
tractors will hesitate, If not refuse, to
bid and enter into agreement to con-
struct the harbor. It must not be for
gotten that it is customary to pass the
river and harbor bills only in the long
sessions. and but rarely in the short ses-
The herald., 1897-12-06
Foraker and Mckinley Compared

Foraker is much the same sort of a
Republican as Mckinley, except that he
has more courage and is not so much of
a hypocrite. Foraker Is the keener,
more active, more openly vindictive.
Probably neither of them has any clear
notion as to the merits of any question
before the country or cares to have. This
is unquestionably true of Mckinley, who
regards every public question and inter-
est from the party standpoint But both
Foraker and Mckinley are self-seekers
first. politicians second and patriots last
Mckinley is more solemn about it, hav-
ing a strong infusion Of Pecksniff in his
mental and moral omposition.-Minne-
apolis Times.