The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-14
$1, ,151.07 $3O7, ,7S7.91. $1,47S,13S.. 40 ,ecrease week of 1898, five days, s69,-

Decrease week of 1898, five days, $69,- 9S7.3S
 Balances week of 1897, $2S2,860e0.
 Increase week of 1898, five days, $24,- 92s.71.
 Clearings week of 1896, $1,49O, ,443.34. Clearings week of 1895, $1,14S, ,063.53. Clearings week of 1893, s1.374.O17.S7. New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. stock continues to sell in small lots around 1O5. The convertible De- benture As are more in demand from 155 to 156.
 Diamond Match Go. has been steady at 142, with only a few sales. Swift & Go. offered at 951a. Boston. Electric Light Co. stock since the rights were offered to stock holders has advanced from in price to no bid, which is as high as it sold a few weeks ago with the rights and dividend on.
 United States Rubber Cos stock, in whic many New Haven People are in- terested, has advanced from 65 to 72 for the preferred stock and from 15 to 20 for the common stock, closing price being 119.
 The recent action of the Adams Ex- press Go. is of special interest to many of the older New Haven investors as a large block of the stock is owned here. The Adams Express Go. formerly had local director in the person of ex- Governor James E. English. The com- pany declared a special dividend of 100 per cent, in addition to the usual quar- terly dividend of per cent. payable to share holders of record on the closing of the transfer books on Feb. il. For the purpose of this dividend, $12,000,0 900 per cent collateral trust 50 year gold bonds will be issued and distributed among the share holders, dollar for dol- lar of their holdings. The bonds will be in denomination of $1,000 and $500 each, and will be secured by a transfer of property under deed of trust to the Mercantile Trust company of New York. Interest will be payable serni- annually, beginning March next. For the purpose of identifying the share holders from personal liability, as in the past, lien or charge will be re- served on the property in the hands of the trust company. The extra dividend was determined on in view of what the company reports as excessive and bur- densonle taxation in some of the vest ern states,
 Dividends soon due are:
 Boston and Montana Mining con- pany, per cent. payable February ls; books close January 20.
 Boston and Maine, preferred, per cent, payable March 1; books close February 15 able March 1; books close February 10.
 Delaware and Hudson Canal com pany 1A per cent. payable March 15: books close February 23.
 Diamond Match company, 2h per cent, payable March 12; books close March f.,
 Erie Telephone and Telefiraph, per cent, payable February 15; books close February 5.
 Illinois Central, 21s per cent, paya- ble March 1; books close February 1.
 Lake Erie and Western preferred, 1A per cent, payable February 15; books close January 31.
 National Lead, per cent, payable February IS; books close January 22.
 Norfolk and Western preferred, 1 per cent, payable February g; books close February 15.
 New England Telephone, 1R per cent, payable February IS: books close January 31.
 Northern Pacific. preferred. per cent, payable March 8; books close February 10.
 Omaha, preferred, 31s per cent, pay- able February 21; books close Febru- ary 5.
 Omaha, common, per cent, payable February 21: books close February 5.
 Pullman. 2 per cent, payable Febru- ary IS; books close February 1.
 Proctor & Gamble, 6 per cent, paya- ble February IS; books close February 1.
 Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, 1A per cent, payable February 15; books close January 21.
 Rio Grande and Western. ex-prefer- red, l per cent, payable February 15: books close December 31.
 St. Paul and Duluth. PIE per cent, payable March l; books close Febru- ary T.
 Standard Oil, 10 per cent, payable March 15.