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The times., 1899-10-20

Some dissatisfaction has been expressed
by stockholders of the Telephone Company
at the method adopted by the company in
disposing Of its new bond issue. Mr..
Hibbs' syndicate secured the issue at par,
at which price, as is well known, there
will be an immediate good profit to it. The
price at which Mr.. Hibbs is selling the
bonds Is 1O5. The objecting stockholders,
among whom is Mr. John B. Larner,
large holder, suggested yesterday that in
their opinion this profit should have been
given either to the stockholders or to the
company. A usual method in such cases
is to offer the stock at par to the stock
holders. Another method is to sell the
issue at premium 1t is suggested that
as the old bonds sold at 103 regularly the
new bonds might have been disposed of at
this rate with little trouble The profit
TO the company or to the stockholders at
this price would have been $4,000. The
answer made by directors of the company
to these suggestions yesterday was that
the American Bell Telephone Company.
the parent organization, owns a majority
of the stock and that it found no fault
with the plan adopted. 1t is urged that
any complaints made can come only from
minority stockholders. Hibbs & Co. re-
port that the bonds are selling rapidly 1t
is stated that the issue will be listed on
the local exchange at an early date.
The times., 1899-10-20

shorts closed oats 1-Sc to 1-4c over
Wednesday. The inspection was only
1876 cars, with $50 for tomorrow.
Clearances were 116,O GOO bushels. Easier
ocean freight rates were some help for the
advance in freight rates of late have been
the occasion for considerable speculative
selling of all grains.
Selling by packers, together with liqui-
dation by scattered holders, made proyis-
ions lower and the closing was quiet at
slight reaction from inside prices. A
large part OF the demand was from Gov
ering of shorts.
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MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.
Money to Loan

u you are in need Of money, we desire to in
form you Of cur new method. We can secure you
loan on an easy monthly payment plan, at less
cost than ever before and below the rate Of any
other company in the city You can pay in fun
at any time after the loan is secured. and il Will
only cost you for such time as you have had the
money. Our business Is strictly private, and all
applications are treated c0nfdeutially. II you
have loan with any other concern you can Sc
cure a loan through us TO pay it and get more
money if desired 1t VIII pay you to call and see
us before going elsewhere. We are ready at any
and all times during office hours 10 give iniOrma-
ton concerning our business methods, and you
Will receive courteous treatment
CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO.,
apl3-u COZ + ST. y. W.
The times., 1899-10-20

There was a fine opening in the stock
market yesterday, prices showing good ad-
vances, in most cases on the first quota
tions, and advancing rapidly during the
first hour or more. Later there was some
reaction and the closing prices were not at
the top. The first big gains tempted some
of the shorts TO put out new lines and there
was also some realizing by small people
that have gotten into the market during
the past few days of advances. 1t seems
probable that the decline may extend some
what further, as the market is not by any
means out Of the hands of the profession
ais The careful observers of the situation,
however, believe that the bulls are gaining
strength and that a continually better
market may be looked for from this time
on There viii be talk Of the bank state
ment today, and it is fairly certain to be
hopeful, so that before the end of the
day II there IS decline this morning a
recovery IS likely. The advice OF many
conservative people is 10 Duy stocks on
any further decline.
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and upwards m ade e
on FURNITURE
PIANOS, HORSES.
Loans of Sl0

Wagons. ctc., at lowest rates and on the day
you apply. We are loaniug on the Building a
Loan Association plan which makes the cost Of
carving loans much less than you pay else
where and allows you TO pay it of in any sized
notes you desire running from one to twelve
months You only pay for the use Of money for
the length of time you carry it. If you have a
loan with some other company we viii pay it
off and advance you more money if desired. Rates
cheerfuily given and no cost TO YOU unless loan
Is made Loans made anywhere in the District.
Can and get rates. Front room, first floor, Sci
entifc American Building.
National Mortgage Loan Co.
625 Street N. w.
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The local Security ,IorI,et,

The local stock market was fairly active
yesterday, nearly 500 shares Of stock being
traded in of a total value of about 4O,OO0
Prices held their own well, some gains be-
ing made and decline being recorded in
only one stock
The times., 1899-10-20

The money situation has undoubtedly
grown much less unpleasant during the
past week. The call loan rate has ranged
at e per cent and below every day. It
is the general opinion that the bank state
ment viii show an increase OF reserve and
possibly an increase of cash this week.
The subtreasury account with the New
York banks is In better shape than 1t
was week ago, and the flow of money to
the West and South has been less than
heretofore. The advance payments Of in
terest on the bonds by the Treasury De-
partment have been Of some service,
though no very large amount beyond the
November interest has been asked for by
The times., 1899-10-20

There was a small decline yesterday from
the high price reached by Capital Traction
on Wednesday. Nearly all sales for the
day were made at 81 IL American Sc
curity and Trust sold for 1913. A large
block of Riggs Fire Insurance stock sold
at 9, price that shows an excellent ad-
vance from the level of a few months ago.
Columbia Title Insurance sold for . IA the
first sale for some time
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9HB STOCK MARKET dull
The Rates of Sterling Exchange
Affect Trading Adversely.

The Tension in London May Lead to
Gold Exports-Advances in General
Electric, Peoples Gns, and Some OF
the RaiIroaders a Strong Bear
Raid on BROOKLYN Rapid Transit.
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wushington" " stock Exchange.

Sales-U. S. As, registered, $5O@11 SIS;
American Security g. Trust, 7619S; Riggs
Fire Insurance, 25OQ9; Columbia Title In
surance, 2565 Ia; Capital Traction, 100
"a "a, 3OG94 SIS, 1894 IL; Wash. Gas.
25G56; Mergenthaler linotype, 10q2O7 rs,
6162 209 &
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the bondholders.= It-fs realized however.
that this weeks statement viii probably not
make as good showing as those OF sue
ceeding weeks, watch should be better con-
tinually
The times., 1899-10-20

Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Sugar were
the buoyant features In the industrial list
yesterday morning both making sharp ad-
vances. They dropped their gains in the
later trading. It seems not unlikely that
somewhat lower prices will be reached
by them this morning, but the street IS
inclined to optimismmregarding both for
the moment, and there would be no sur
prise if the week should end with good
net advances. Ii has been said recently
that the Standard 0il5people were selling
out their holdings. It is not believed that
this is true. Att any raoe they have been
buying Brooklyn and other securities this
week.
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The earnings statements published yes
terday were all most satisfactory. Louis
vile and Nashville and Southern Railway
reported good increases in gross earnings
for the second week of October, Chicago
Great Western made "a fine statement of its
September business, and Tennessee Coal
and Iron reported a good increase of net
earnings for the month The Louisville
and Nashville increase in gross for the Sec
ond week of October was S97 800, and thai
of the Southern $715SS The weekly re-
ports of these Southern lines have been
so uniformly excellent that they now at
tract little general attention. but compari-
sons from week 10 week Of the years bust
ness TO date show such a surprisingly large
Increase over last year that careful peo-
pie are predicting fine things for their Sc
curities The South is undoubtedly enter
ing a period of immense prosperity which
will be even more conspicuous than that of
the country in general, because conditions
In the South in recent years have been par
ticularly unattractive.
The times., 1899-10-20
GoYERNMENr BONDS
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BONDS

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BONDA
G's 1902 ''8O-year funding gold... 107
rs 1901 "W Water stock currency. 107
rs 1903 Water stock" currency. 80.
Funding currency 3Gj's.......... lIG4
81 IS Reg. 2-10's, 1898 jl........., ....
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New York s,oek Market.

Corrected daily by ". B. Hibbs & Co.
members OF the New York Exchange
1919 F Street.
The times., 1899-10-20

The Chicago Great Western statement
Tor September was mentioned in this col
umn yesterday. Its showing is in every
way satisfactory. The present rate of
earnings, if kept up during the entire year
as seems likely, will make dividends for
the preferred a. stock and the preferred
b both assured, and will leave a fair
amount for the common stock. The pros
Fects for this company and for it's securi-
ties are extremely bright and many care
ful investors have bought the preferred
stocks especially during the past two
months.
The times., 1899-10-20

The grangers generally were strong yes
terday morning and rather weak in the af-
ternoon. None of the securities made
higher prices in the afternoon than were
recorded during the first hour of the day
and declines of a point or moro from the
best level were made. Atchison preferred
went to 64 st. Paul TO 126, Burlington to
131 3-8, and Rock Island to 113 IA, for
high water marks.
The times., 1899-10-20

The Tennessee Coal and Iron statement
lor September shows an increase in the net
earnings of the company of 1854, 459, and an
increase Of the surplus of $165,3 ,375. The
total net earnings of the month were about
$2l8,O0O, or at the rate of about $500, 900
annually. This average, if it were kept up,
would pay the interest of the bonds of the
company and leave something like 81, S00,0 ,000
for the stock. If the entire back dividends
on the preferred stock were paid out of
this 1t would leave more than per cent
on the common stock. The actual earnings
for the calendar year up to the end of Sep
tember were about $1,000, Geo, the large
increases in earnings having occurred in
the past two months. The statement is
considered an excellent one by the friends
OF the company, and the stock was ad
yanced on the strength of it yesterday.
The times., 1899-10-20
Chieago Grain and rroxIsion nInrI,cl

Corrected daily by W b. Hibbs G Co,
members of the New York Exchange
1A1Q Il Clrnnt
The times., 1899-10-20

There is renewed talk Of a settlement
of the gas war, which, as usual, the officers
of the various companies deny.
The times., 1899-10-20
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The new concerns have no past record,
but their present business is immense and
immensely profitable, and, according TO
the best opinions Of people in the various
lines Of trade which they represent, the
outlook of many OF them is rosy in the
extreme. The steel and iron companies,
for instance, are earning their dividends
on the preferred and paying them and In
addition piling up at the rate of from 10
to 20 per cent annually on the common
stocks. The preferred stocks certainly
seem reasonably safe considering the pros
poets of the steel trade, and yet they are
selling at prices where they pay to 10
per cent on the investment Car Foundry
is making magnificent profits, and the
outlook in the car building field is GER
tainly good, and yet the Z per cent pre-
ferred stock earns more than 10 per cent
for its owner on his investment. The most
important financial people in the country
are behind the Federal Steel Company, and
its business is apparently assured for
years TO come. 1t is earning and paying
per cent dividends on the preferred and
very large amount for the common, and
yet the preferred stock is selling in the
seventies.
The times., 1899-10-20
FINANCIAL.
FINANCIAL.
CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE CO
Amer,caa Security & Trust Co, Trustee.

Having purchased entire of 100000 of the per
cent bonds of the above corporations offer 100000 Of same
balance having already sod the price of 105 and
which they investor 40 per
Copy Of the mortgage full particulars be obtained
application 0 the undersigned.
The right increase the price withdraw the
bonds from sale.
Application on the Washington
Stock Exchange.
The times., 1899-10-20

Much has been written and said con-
corning Initiation Of prices" among the
industrial securities for a long time past,
and 1t is well to make ones self aware of
the facts now and then. American Cotton
Oil has paid per cent dividend on the
preferred stock regularly for six years or
since the first dividend payment. Last
year It paid per cent on the common
stock, and had a large surplus. This year
it Will probably pay 4 per cent, and if it
does it will still have an even greater
surplus. The preferred stock is selling be-
low par and the common around 45. The
Sugar Trust has paid Z per cent dividends
since it's organization on the preferred
stock, and II per cent on the common stock
for seven years. 1t has paid nearly 100
per cent dividends on the common in the
last seven years. There has been no
skipping of dividends. The stock is now
selling at 49, nearly 40 points of from the
high prices of the year. 1t pays something
over s per cent on the investment at that
price The Leather preferred stock pays
per cent and is known to be earning
largely in excess OF this amount. 1t has
advanced rapidly recently, but is still sell
ing at a level, where the investment pays
SIP per cent. Rubber preferred pays s
per cent with great regularity, but is sell
ing at such a low price that the diVi-
dends make the investment worth about
per cent. The Chicago Gas Company
having almost a monopoly on the gas
business Of Chicago, is earning over
per cent on the stock and paying per cent
regularly. 1t is selling at 112 and has
been several points below that price within
the past two weeks. These figures on old
companies that have stood the test of the
past six years of depression so excelIently
do not look in the least like imitation.
The times., 1899-10-20
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10
MAY LOSE THEIR PLACES.
Talk of Removing Some FIandreau
Indian School Officials.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 9.-Secre-
tary Hitchcock is considering the advisa-
bility of removing the superintendent and
matron of the Flandreau Is. d. Indian
school-Mr. and Mrs Leslie D. Davis.
Charges were preferred against the su-
perintendent and Special Agent Jenkins
was sent to investigate. The result was
report in which the charges were sub
stantially proved. Davis Is a warm
friend of Senator Pettigrew, and it is un-
derstood the senator used his influence to
prevent the dismissal of the superinten-
dent.
The first investigation was made more
than year ago, and 1t was hoped by the
department that Davis would mend his
ways, but short time ago bad reports
came as to the superintendent conduct
ana another Investigation was made This
last report is now in the hands of the sec
rotary, and it is scathlng review Of the
methods which prevail at the school The
superintendent is alleged to have adj
nitted that his business methods were
Lax in the extreme, and that he has de-
voted a great deal of his time to the in
terests of baseball club of which he is
president and treasurer.
The Indian Office official is reported to
have alleged that Davis has compelled
the government to pay for his fuel and
light las we'll lis genera. suoplies used in
his COTTAGE Emooyes have been laid
their regular wages while CT playing
baseball, and otaar members of The club
not pupils, are alleged to have been
placed on the school roll in order that
they might be subsistGd at government
expense. The school tailor was required
to supply these outsiders with uniforms
made from cloth belonging to the govern
rnent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

surroundings show that Mr.. White is not
the average farmer. There are no hogs
roofing In his front yard. Neither Is 1t
! q cow pen. The big red barns are far
enough away to keep the odors and other
offenses out of sight and smell.
The modest farmhouse stands in the
| midst of grounds that a city man OF
wealth might envy. There is a strange
sight of a lawn trimmed with a, lawn
mower. A fine growth of oak trees COW
ers this green carpet with shadowy fig
ures, and where the children Of the ma
tive forest have succumbed to the raw
ages of time this lover of nature has filled
the spaces with sycamore trees, which
he Is watching and nursing with infinite
care.
Scattered about the lawn are several
big powders to give pleasing variety and
rest the eye, great "niggerheads" Of sew
eral tons weight that were brought hith-
Ell distance of three miles with enor-
nous labor and difficulty. Mr.. White re-
CARDS them as friends and Is wont to
pat them on the crown as though they
were living pets that could respond to his
caress with wagging tail. He Is even
given to saying ''he'' and him" when
speaking of "niggerhead.
At the foot of the knoll back of the
house he has scooped out a broad hole
that catches the water from the grass
grown slopes, and here is the rare sight
of a flock of black-necked wild geese.
These are the product of single pair
and clipped wings keep them from wan
dering. Mrs. White, with Woman's pa
ttence and sympathy, has won their con-
f1dence by feeding them, but they are wild
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-10

fact, is bound to be different from that
of any one else. Knowing this, I called
upon him at his office to get his consent,
but I was wise enough not to ask it in
direct way.
L suppose you know I began, as the
old man sat on his chair and glared at
me, that / have paid a good deal of at
tention to your daughter. Much to my
regret, it has gone much further than I
wish it had. Your daughter has assured
me that I alone can make her happy,
and l am afraid that she speaks the
truth. l will be candid with you, sir,
and say that at one time I thought 1
loved her, but l have found one whom
I love more, and I have called upon you,
sir, for assistance in breaking off an at
tachment that 1 have found unbear-
able"
What's that?' shouted the old man,
sitting bolt upright on his chair.
Your assistance, SIR I continued. Il
know that you have been opposed to my
marrying your daughter and I thought
that you would be willing to assist me-
in breaking the unfortunate attachment
that your daughter bears for me-
"'Never!' roared the old man You
miserable scoundre1! what do you mean
by playing with my daughters heart
and then casting it lightly aside? By
heavens, you will marry her, or I will
know the reason why! At once, sir; at
oncev
''Well, there is no use repeating all the
old man said, for he kept it up until
he ran out of breath and had succeeded
in frightening me into agreeing to marry
the girl. -
'The old man is all right if you know
how to handle him. have served notice
on him that I don't want him to make
a vulgar display by placing a check
among the wedding presents, and if there
isn't a good fat check there I'll lose my
guess" r.
Dosyou realize that the finest -four mill
ing is done here in st. Paul? The product
is called Apple Blossom Flour, and it is
worthy of your, full approval. You can
demonstrate this by asking your grocer
for it tomorrow.
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He says that the man who was defeated
by Fitzsimmons is the master of Jeffrles
at the boxing game, and that In another
battle for the title Corbett will not take
chances, but will stand off and outpoint
his opponent.
BATTLE OF CENTURY.
Should Corbett meet and defeat the win
ner of the Jeffries-Sharkey go there would
follow battle such as would eclipse all
that have gone before Corbett would
likely be challenged by Fitzsimmons, and
as there would be at least 100000 in such
a battle for the winner, there would be
every incentive for the men to meet. Fitz
would certainly be willing, and Corbett
would find it difficult to refuse an offer Of
that sort after all he has said about his
anxiety to wipe out the Carson affair. 1t
is safe to figure that Corbett and not
Fitzsimmons, will be the first competitor
for the title after the Jeffries- Sharkey
engagement, and that after that, should
Corbett win, there will be fight that
will attract more people than ever be-
fore attended a prize fight. The princi-
pals to it will be Robert Fitzsimmons and
James j. Corbett.
MCCOY AND THORNE.
Kid Mccoy in a measure wiped out the
sting of his defeat by Jack Mccormick
by easily dsposing of the much-touted
British middleweight. Godfrey Thorne.
Thorne was rated as a tip-topper, though
why is mystery, as he is merely an am
ateur whose ambition led him to seek
glory in the professional ranks. He had
done little to entitle him to serious con-
sideration as a victor in a match with
Mccoy. That the Hoosier did his work
quickly and. well is admitted, but there
is no new line on Mccoy to- be gained by
that affair. The Indiana man will have
to do some more work before he will get
back to where he was when he met and
was defeated by Mccormick. His effort
to get on with FitZsfmmons shows that
he appreciates the situation thoroughly
A victory over the Cornishman would
have placed Mccoy right back where
he left off and entitled him to the con-
sideration of the tip-toppers
JEFFRIEs STRANGELY SILENT.
Jim Jeffries has not been heard from
of late. He did say that he was satisfied
with the arrangement to meet the Sailor
but beyond that has nothing to offer
Sharkey is taking light exercise and is
so confident Of vanquishing Jeffries that
he is already perfecting plans for a trip
abroad which will include visit to the
Paris exposition. Martin Julian hints
that there is something wrong with
Sharkey, and states that Fitzsimmons
will keep himself in fighting shape, and
should the Sailor fail to round to in time
for the battle Bob will step into the ring
in his place. Upon what this talk is
based is a guess, but Julian seems GER
tain that Fitz will be called upon as
substitute, claiming to know that
Sharkey's stomach is In such shape that
he cannot possibly get into form for
championship battle. Willie Green
Second City in the British Empire.
The second city in size of the British
empire is Calcutta.