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NATIONAL TUBE COMPANY.
NJ. 20 CortlAndt Street, New York.
November 2ist. 1890.
PREFERRED SrOCK DIVIDEND No. 2.
Alta -etiug OF thu D ard of DIRECTOR, held this
DAY AQuart-r-yearly DIV lrnd OF ONE AND THREE
QUARTERS PER c, - II VI anon the Preferred CApi.
out Of the net prots az the Company, payable Janu
AIRY I'd 1900. at the on rs o: the Company. No rs
Cortlandt 9 rect, New r-k city.
The Preferred III rex Transfer ,oks will be closed
on December 18TH lNpH. a. 3 o'Clock p ". and will
Remained closed until January 9TH, 1900. at 10
o'clock A. VI A. + IL NE. Treasurer.
Merchants Exchange National Bank of tho
City of New York.
Deceub-r 2Oth, 1899.
The Board OF Directors have declared q semi
annual divieVt q: Three per cent, free Of tax pay
Ab!r on and a.te- the ecnnl day Of January 1900,
until which date the transfer books will be closed.
A, s. hPGAR, Cashier,
THE COLUMBUS & HOOKING COAL &
IRON co.
Coupons from First Mortgage Bonds Of this Com
pary hue January lat 1890 will he paid and after
that date, at the Central Trust Co. - Wall ST..
New YORK. j. l. KNAPP. President.
THE BANK OF AMERICA.
WV YORK. December -. 1899.
The Board Of Directors have TO-DAY declared q
lemi.annuh dividend OF SEVEN O. PER CENT.
free OF tax payable January ?, 1900. 10 stock
holders ~ re orl OF this date.
The transfer books Will remain closed until Jnnu
aryG 1900. W NJ. BESSET, Cashier.
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One Of the very finest suburbs /:

New Jersey-Sale or Rent.
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(w,H ~ FSrh ar. betpssn F0ur1snA dnd ffoA D,
s2d at, n O. 100 " West End av. looIbS7I
loOI58; The Investment and I'm.
proyement Co To lie Grand Petit ....,.. s1t
bsth 81, .. 40 9TH Nv. 2OKIh5: Edgar NJ
Leventritt, refcrne, to Abraham Eyden.
srth AZ =. sSn W p,h Av 2srps,p; Ciinori
" HArtridgc. referee. to Martin Johman
b-th 1t. . ., 40 With av. 2nr755 Edgar n
Leventritt referee - Ar ham dyenberg 1870
HARLEM.
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90 Ec for ausineps 2urposts.

OFFICES and rooms for lipht business. % upward
JANiToR. e5 Frankfort st.
OK BROADWAY, opposit' City Hail Psrt-Fins
LtO Offices 81 lowest rent yot offered. Seo Jani-
tO
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Awtllins Apusts % 9ft.

HOUSES. unfurnished and furnished. in desir-
"A. able locations rcnt ~, 900 20 ". 900.
FOLSOM BROTHERS. sSb Broadway.
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flats and apartments to gft-nufar-
niSllfa.

A PARTMENTs In the improved Dwellings,. se7
n Esst T2d St. =, s and rooms, all light; bath.
Laundry hot and cold water rent ta to slo.bO halls
heated. FOLSOM BROTHERS, B35 Broadway.
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nee Of yih 90, b-il1ten fourf,,nth and -
scd u, n q, .o2 o I'd nv; GeorgianA Specht
To- ETiyrant Indus savings Bank, | yr...
Ie1inut N az. u " cor n3d ~; Eleanor y
BelLnap and Ello T Palmer to Hugh NJ
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26
The STIRRING TIMES or THE
/ CHINESE RIOTS OF 1885 AND 1886.

during the night TIE Chinese II the
dock regsled themselves wsth bread and
tea and spread their blankets On the
warehouse nogr
ard early Aoaaay morning 20 see the o9s-
come Of the haspeas corpus proceedings
Ire I5fnew IL the st1ck. Esss included "a
ne wr1f- accompanied the others, and
courthouse. cnse she nsnety-seve1 gasnz
inside. Tire proceedings occupied the fore
fEs<ss1 william H. " rite was C1.t@a Ssats-
attorney, add represented .ae s0sernmeus
10Y ally Isa1xs Greene rs dsxtriet isssg~.
through ali these trying TIRES a5msass-
tered sls high Office with graf wisdom
AID with UnfttsctIzg n2eiasy 20 iaw ard
oraef. For assurance of this We need uos
Ess~age IN his statement 10 the ninety
ssEAsz Chinese through Louie kfng the
interpreter. Louie King tell them that
The court has h~.en told thai they are
conln@1 ~ board khs steamship Queen Of
the PacsEae against lasar viii. The c0a-s
= wiling. IL they desire, thar they saoaic
90 a. Passengers. bat no man or set Of
men has right 10 compel them - 60
80 II gsz-g Wis. 70 stay they must let the
court Know X now | Will have tho name
CT each s4sn called separately and let a.m
TEL whether BE Wants 70 go or stay Fell
them rot 20 be &fYaja 10 syreak what Is
IN their hsar;s. TIE government Is strong.
ara VII protect them II they want Il,
stay. lei xasm say SO. and the authorities
vii 90 what they can ia protest them,
tJpon "ol cali 0Ii.y sixteen expressed a
desire % stay. The Chinese were then all
returned 70 he as,ck abous noon Those
desiring 10 go and waa could pEocur.
tickets vent aboard. Money xas ra sed
10 buy tickets Tor others WtiliaEi Coca
rAne gave slee. A note for s.. 80 vas ssxn-
ed By a number and easaea by James
Mcknight Sheriff McGraw az once paid
Sl1 on account Of the note.
When tie Queen had received lS Chi
nese the captain announced that his pas
senxer list mad reached Tie lint allowed
by law and that no more eosi.3 go aboard
TIE Queen then cast OF her lines and
PAT TO ga Quite number of chtnamen
were iefl on the dock. SOME desiring 70
go, others 10 remain. Pending ghe ar
rangefneFat OF other transportation for
Those WING desired 10 go IL MAS determined
20 esscfs the remaining Cinnamon back 70
tassr homes IN the Chinese quarter. Com
pany ID " Tire local militia had been left
on duty al tne courthouse the rifles on
duty al ere dock and the home guards
We're ordered la escort the Chimes
ire expedition proceeded amid some
hootipg ana annoyance by hoodiums 10 shs
corner OF Main and Commercial streets
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\ French frsests called At Alden on its
wav 80 the 8@3 sea. TIE officers were cor
dsa!iy entertained ~ TIE governor t{'sagb-
3ans ard u hen fne3r hearts xere warmed
he good fare and generous wtfae fae sep
sasn Gropf~4 b-ut that ne gosuar to
salaen "A Perrin fas purely scientific ptr~
pcsss, Ta. zsYeFu9Y wiuk@sl 80 his aide
tFssH sqfo. wso immediately stDsa away ard
saiie ne captain wsx ska AZ tne festive
acGFa > 8nJ9 q Ra8-72f-Nag ~fSeA lssa~
EeHNs 10 - ia tns barber. sa8 fnus amtfes-
patTzt IRA gals af Fremesf eao sssj not
fa4xe A23m tsf sas faAaatng uaarEsnE
e~~~s.Na.s- ARA
ether unsx so ssss~1 s4.as~ tfse sarsh's ssar-
face toos place. French agents. oysriaI and
Baefs.c 81 wsre Always travelling seeus IN.
Eass IA ss4Eea Of xsrxtegfcal POSITIONS and
eoaaing ssssinsss.-ssr II /. psagfalr I'm
Chambers Journal
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some arrests we're made fer seiitsosse
language and inf-acssons ~ shs military
regulators. but 10 triaas or runishmessfs
Chars@s @. stewart. one Of the wounded
men, tlsd on the szh or sth A permit wAs
granted for his fnEerxs Theee was ssssnux
apprehension that . demonstration at this
e. .oIn Is I'D = 20 eFS MassS .a-
raised among the Home Guards for the
payment 81 the funeral expenses
Fire arms assort the city IN QUANTITIES
were eeixes.. TIE University Cadets. q
company Of twenty-five, volunteered and
mere sworn into &<yscs-
On me 9Th. petition for the restoration
Of ctvA authority WAS presented 80 Gov
Squire. signed by john kee1e and john
Keenan,. This was no soks 50 tar a. the
names were CONCERNED There were TWO
such ss~n. bat 10 these knextnx them and
i<ssisy. United STATES troops we're urgent
n rNQasStsss. oas President Cleveland was
deliberate. IL wAs made matter II cao-
met Consideration. Soldiers had hssa here
In November and DeeeHbrr- N@yerrae-
less. SIX companies OF United States rsga-
lars arrived Oh the lsstn. 40 usn.
The Issues had however. heen SOLVED
TIE aasllSy o. Seagtls to govern herself
glad nevertheless 80 be released from
further responsibility ard duty. They lad
b+en n service night and day Tor three
Gays with short shifts " ts.sen lodging
caesy and other wives and >weesAearfs
had made generous provision of coffee and
sandwiches TIE sssnss a the courthouse.
when the citizen soldiers were taking their
leave. were inspiring. A fex short adj
dresses were made. Sheriff Mcfsyaw man
ifessed deep feeling. Hs had fsis dread
fas responsibility for weeks. bat his wis-
dom and bravery bore no Iinge OF personal
fear. His hear. was fGll Of appreciation
for those who had stood by him. ana OF
relief that The cr-sss rad passed. Chief
Kellogg and the fire department. had also
carried great responss 6iaty.
These days were fun of incidents which
cannot and space ia brief narrative. On
the night ~ the iath some army officers
were going about town before all OF the
home sentriss had been rep-aGei by regu-
lars They encountered q couple of II me
Guards who refused TO pass them without
permits. Despite ali explanations they
Rad 70 return to headquarters for the
necessary pieces Of paper.
An Irsshmsn VAS heard TO say 10 his
friend on tha day Of the trouble. do ye
see ts1em goonsg They've got lid In EN-"
Ar sta CD
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uS YOUNG JESSE JAMES.
NOTORIOUS HIGHwAYMAx>x SOW
Positively IDESTIFIEDl
Was Implicated In the HssA-tp 81
the Msaseurf PaesA<-WslliaH J.
smith Say. the Youthful Bandit
Ordered HSm Rack Into the Cor.

KANSAS CITY. Feb. sA-'Ths most pos
tive Identification af Jesse JAsassss a. n'ss
OF sae Leeds train -a&esse WAS msas Ia
sa@ eoS.rt roesn toszay by William J. Smith.
of Stack@sherry. Mo. whs Mas Das-esa-
ger On The Missouri Pacific train the nsSht
IL WIS held an Smith TESTIFIED thai ne
60. OK when The train stopped and walked
ap around she Ys.bter>. one eS xsona
paced a gun axaarss, MS breast and or
dssed him bsEx into he car
did that man have anything over his
face
lie had nothing OVER ais Hare. lie had
something black around a.s neck. a. II X
Acre a mask slipped down.
DID sea get good sSek az that man
Yes. SIR.
do yca SEE that man IN the corr
room.
Mr. Smith pointed az Jess james. sit
ting facing him. and said.
Yes. SIR there BE SITS. right over Iasre.
stYou mean the defendant. Jesse James
Yer. Sr IL gas Jesse James
Unusual interest in sf~ trial proceedings
ID beng shown. ana spectators daily
crowd every inch % space in tae court
rosrn-
Several witnesses ~ho testified during
the day carrv5orass tie salient points OF
Loves evidence Of yesterday. snaisfscatinx
James. Ii was airo shown that James had
besn Intimate previous 10 the robbery VITA
Lowe, Ed Ryan. A brother of the notorious
BIT Ryan. and John Kennedy. al Of
whom have been eonnscte1 with the rail-
read roneerses in the vicinity OF kansAas
City.
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GUILTY OF BURGLARY.


After celebrating part OF one day and
the whole OF one night, jury ia Judge
Jacobs department pf thu superior court
yesterday brought In a verdict OF guilty
i'm the case OF r. w. Weston and Charles
kimball charged with burgiarixing the
cigar stand in front OF the California sa-
loon on Second avenue south few weeks
ago. The prisoners are hardly more than
boys. and tn. Jury recommended them 10
the mercy of the court.
The case against the young men was
rather prscarious for the state from the
fact that the goods taken were protected
Only by wire screen or netting. There
was some question whether the breaking
Of such an Enclosure was burglary. The
Jury seems TO have decided that IL was
The crime was "A bcid one and WAS COM
mitted under the glare OF an arc light
and I'm full view of passers-ey.
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HAD LOST HIS RESIDENCE.
Elias Thomas Application for Tftf
srnship Rejected

Elias Thomas, "a subject OF Queen Vie
torla, found cat yesterday that even nm
der the lax naturalization laws Of the
United States IL is sometimes impossible.
10 become an American citizen. He was
an applicant fer citizens pa psrS Ia Judge
Eeusons court. HIS proofs - good char
acser and other similar qualifications for
citizenship were all that could have been
desired. bur when IL came 10 resifisrs.e ne
failed fa make gooa a showing Ills
own admissions were shat he had spent
two years IN the Northwest territory
The court held that Thomas being III
unmarried man, had thereby lost his resi-
sisnce sn the United States and denied
the application for nafHrait9atien
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Tsss snf& plan. ~
AUs,ag tnt0 tffssg
3 = 81 e hacking
tae{T SsAsajs iUto
wagons ana @@s8altng
trfasns-s Aa5s siskxaze
1n saw 2oes where
BE 4uls issfs
lsgfxn ef lhs Pacific
Nas la sEtt. s0a
tu t@skH for sNn
tg& sstsss z his
fastss ar n SaTEsr!<ss,
tST aFFaBE usg sun
.&K saN fsNs
spread sSsawsy bat
faf 5tN sf3s morning
ls SINE faTTSss
&aa~ ktsFs ssTs q
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fN-41NssE- 49, Askss ~
was urged By Il
friend 10 proceed at
~ some critical point
" heD he stepped
aside, saying TO his
friend. YOU lasie.
| IA fso I&der. "
q ne Home Guard
VAS made a perm
snent organization
hy IL younger MEM
hers. ana mustered
into the territorial
militia as Company
r H. NJ. Carr
was elected captain
and Judge c. III.
Hanford, president
of the civil organl-
ration OF the COM
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" here the mob from
the. dock. having run
Up Washington and
along Commercial,
sisterce pte.i the COL
ann at Main street.
and demanded 10
know where they
We're going with the
Cinnamon. at the
same time making a
rust, to take tile guns
away fron the men
at tie head Of the
column \ scuff!e ell
sued. Blows were
struck and shots
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G, G. DICKINSON 8 CO,
MINING BROKERS'.

soa Mutual Ixfe building. Phone Main al.
Seattle. Wash.
hepublic camp = keeping up her reDuta-
ton for being good pace 10 invest your
r,nney Standard stocks have ruai lily In
creased IN values. Butte & Boston. from
90 TO l5e: Golden Harvest. from &c 10 SC.
Waterloo frcm l0c to laasc, md dozen
others. Net Yaiae or HI ssechs OF ahs
sanding have increased. and win continue
10 40 80 for some time, Our advice ts-ro
buy now. We offer 200 Butte & Boston at
Isc; 800 jim Blaine at NC; SD Republic al
"a O. s.eOo Back Rome 4 Gold Standard at
PIC doc Snow Drop and Blue Bird nj exc
om Summit at y4c. $500 Buffalo Hump al
g,-c. 500 Paio Alto al iac. Loco No. |
Consolidated, Joining Golden Harvest, 2s4c
subject to previous sale. Buy Paio Alto
nd Golden Harvest.
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aT resent n1eestnG OF tha Msrsss
rsua ~ sl4s FlyneMtn E1agrs8sa-
IA .seaaI ehal1h sx-Layor ". u.
Weed r.as an Interesting paper on
tAe fansasas Casneas Troubles II i*ss and
10 Tnsss sssfrang syentx wers wea
kasxn - many lis the AtsfseFaes tsas 70
shs grsasFr porff<ss saev ~sr* rev. eessse-
assasig me ss<ssAsv waa sEzsa the so~s
marked q nsiaa tfse roger fo.bozs:
affer sHf4g s.a.ssesssa eaSs xresw passesi a
fssssza9ss F%asrgs4on aEg taking effect In
fs4s Th4s Is "a De dis lag ssSaxa. or course.
fsfssa ssas EXCLUSION 4et noN n force. Oar
r. re sares@Asux three gears 5an Fran
$500 saw gne entry ct Ikgss Cinnamon
s4ssga rsgarn CERTIFICATES ard it,sOg tn
tgsnsst Many o5taInea sitssr rsiesze from
assesssiar by tSfe customs officers under
g. ~vss OF nsseas es.s sssss IN mar fass
e : s5zss II M saR Tnafe va grsat III
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A QUINTETTE OF LVNATICS.


Sheriff Van DE Nanter broke al; previous
10 the insane asylum at one trip five In
sane patients, all committed by the pro-
bate court within less than = week.
When the train left for Steiiacoom II
carried away 10 the asylum In charge of
the sheriff and Jailer Burknan as guards,
Edward H. Coates. Mrs. Henrietta Morri-
son Stephen Raiooch. Owen Gallagher
and Lawrence Siverson.
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Prof Arthur Ranum OF the University
OF Washington, iectured before the Acad-
amy OF Science and Letters Friday even
ing. His subject was THE Common Sense
Of Modern Geometry He did not go into
any difficult mathematical demonstrations.
but discussed rather the "Fairyland OF
geometry"
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Tar fesH1on Daily tShroWiele character
sxaS tas 0astvScgieH If shs Makas aasf
ii~E>saus sinking 81 the MsrrlnsAc as tss
- sssasf ssFtk ss.S wTsHF@ 81 ftss Sfsaeg#h-
Atsssrlsan wAr " cot - shA wear 1895
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LIMITED aua2s~r 81 tickets for La
Hesgsv's celebrated g. per- s!nss.s e4lsG.es.t
pnssas toF E. - cn opening days only
Monday assl TsieSsiaY ffnsn 10 a. ~ 10
Ia T. ~ Ceggeg Ssc0Qd and 1'Q3os gros4g.t
fssssr
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History Of This Remarkable Agitation Told
BY Ex-Mayor W. D. Wood.

n Csfs Dtpsded kso Ocrosdnc Elements.
& IS o4nn- Cbnese Party and tie Der
nr Sheyiffs--.sEx Huadred Cafsens
s yDc,H In 70 UphoEd the Lasp fridge
& Fvke s 1arscus Spseei III fbe Cpeys
& House Meeting Monday, February 8.
! 1856. a Dag Of Excitement and
Boodsh<d Marital Lalo Regime.
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THE Alaska Pacific Express Co. has
completed all arrangements TO start out
dog team from Skagway to Dawson about
March 1. This dog team will be in charge
OF sueciai messenger. and Will carry light
express and ranked letters +. J.. Har-
low agent Seattle Wash; NJ. u, Hall.
general manager. Portland.
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Cleveland bicycles.

The 'ss n odtl ars now on display at fDie
SaccnI svsn4e We have them AT all
rrieas SIS. t;a Gnr SO. chasnless and spe-
Gals at SIS Fohes Est's. & Niles ---acv
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Republic Stocks
JUBILEE GOLD MINING
COMPANY

Is In the hands OF conservative mining
men. Those who contemplate investing IN
this stock should do 80 nj once and get
the benefit Of The rise IN price. This stock
Is sure to advance rapidly as work pre-
grasses We have but few thousand
more shares a, cents The next Shock
will he put on the market at an advance.
A, the rate We sold Jubilee Saturday. one
more day win close ont all Of the stock
that We have n this price.
Write or wire US. Remit BY draft or
money order.
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KELLOGG 81 KING
MINING BROKERS


Srakane ard Buffaio Hump has advanc-
a ~ ai1 cents the block offered at .
80. nayinr been all sod. Buy before the
next advance.
wrs.e Or wire Us before buying or selling
ra,ahIished 1896. we arc one OF the old
ed arms in this business in the North
west.
hawa clients In all the PRINCIPAL cities In
tna Tinted States and Canada
Mans of Republic. Buffalo Hump and
Camp Mckinney free on application
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Write OR WIRE
LTlfD Ngs5Ca nc. ~.s..s va s,s.. as. s.as ca
in RssssiaEa. sses&a. B@aursssrs Regafsisc
fsa-xs@ HUMP and srn&sST A.ene sgsasa
ksess9s4s AGsssEaZs .. EEoaSA@.g
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-22
BERKELEY.

Tho third days session of the Eastern
virginia Christian Sunday School Con-
Vention at Great Bridge was called to
order yesterday at 10 O'clock Religious
exercises were conducted by Rev. Il. H..
Han. OF Sunsbury. y. G. Rev. j. w.
johnson conducted a question box
First question: rs the world growing
Detter?' The question was. by request.
answered by Rev. w. w. Staley. ID. D..
or Suffolk. Answer: Bad men are grow
ing worse and good men are growing
better; If taken both together the, world
is growing better
Second question: How to get mem
bers interested in the Sunday school ?
Answered by Rev. DR.. Barrett. Answer:
The heart filled with the love of Cod
DIR. Staley. Mr.. y. Il. Barrett delivered
an address on ''Pieiy. an essential to
success in the Sunday school work"
Music-"Sunshine in My Soul
Rev. William T.. Hail. editor OF the
Independent, New York. was invited In
IL seat as deliberative member He re-
sponded in n few appropriate words
Rev. J. Y. Kitchen delivered an adj
dress on THE Parable of Nature in the
Teaching of jesus
Mr.. George Whitley sang Il solo
The International work was discussed
by Professor e. l.. Moii..
Rev. j. 7. Barrett preached an earn
est and interesting sermon from REV.
16: 1i-14.
The reading secretary was requested
to have five hundred copies of the
minutes printed in pamphlet form and
distributed among the schools.
on motion of Rev. J. w. johnson the
convention took ten memberships i'm
the Christian Missionary Association nj
ten dollars per membership
the following gentlemen were elected
delegates to represent said member
ships; X. II. Powell. Of Suffolk: O. ].
Cookies, of Surry county; j. a. Bar
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-22
REVIEW OF MARKETS
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Stocks. Honey, Exchange, Bonds, Grain,
Cotton, Provisions, Etc.

q New York. July 21.-The stock market
was dull to-day for the general iist. put
there was a firm tone and nnal pr,ees
were higher than tho-e of last night.
The Changers were especially In good de.
mand and ruled for the greater part Oh
the day at about point ab9VS gss sad ans.
OF manipulation In these two stocks.
~, Much talk was heard of Burlington
e large earnings for une and rumors were
3 afioat Of a coming increase IN kocK Is
I lands dividend rate, which was, however,
without official sanction. London was
decided factor IN The days higher prices,
and buying for tha' account In New YORK
was estimated as i.sh ast1e.eey shares'
Goney conditions were apparently much
easier In London ard the Sterling EX-
change rate here worked lower IN SYM
pathy, in spite of the lower tendency Of
local money rates. All apprehension of
3 shipments Of gold was dissipated early In
che day with beneficial ,i., effect on sPecu-
abroad were all favorable except fall m
French rentes and decline In the Sterl-
ang Exchange rate at Paris. winch sug-
gested increased money needs at that
centre.
n Considering the dullness OF local stocks
the scope of the dealings was remarka bly,
broad, a largeI number of usually inactive
4 stocks coming Into activity and register
ting sharp gains. Among these were
preferred, Mobile and Ohio. National Bis
cult. Des Moinrs and Fort Dodge. Pitts
burg. G. c.. G. and st. Louis. General
Electric Continental Tobacco preferred.
Colorado Fuel, the Smelling stocks. III
nois Central, Lead. Mailing preferred.
Pacific Mail, iowa Central preferred, Chi
cago Great Western preferred and Ameri-
can Hoop preferred. which rose between
and 2 points each, American I.inseed
Oil preferred gained .5is. Not all OF these
(, gains were held, the market dropping
away somewhat in the intense dullness OF
the late trading.
The local traction stocks were all in
pretty good demand, Brooklyn Transit
rising an extreme IA and closing up rs.
Sugar was inclined to be heavy through
out the day on run,ors of new develop
ments in the opposition. Some hesica ton
was caused in the la dealings by doubts
RS to the character of to-norrow's bank
statement, the changes In the cash item
being problematical Prices were mark Ell
up In some cases just before the close
giving a steady tone to the final trans
actions
Bonds We're dull but prices were slight
zy higher. Total sales par value. 81. G09. 600
United States IS. registered, ana the
new As declined &c. while the old rs.
registered, advanced isc. in the bid price
The total sales OF stocks to-day were
Si3,5S9 shares
New York. July 81. Standard Oil. 4.G5.a
Qt.66i4.