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AGENTS for Voting Trustees.
Financial NleeilnQs.

MANHATTAN RAILWAY ComPANf 500
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rN pI.nsrANcE oF AN ORDER OF HON.

n PIKSUANIE Of IN OIIDLN Ut IIU-''
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of New York deceased present the with VoIchefs
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ceased CHARLES II. BAILEY Attorney for Executors
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IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF Hon.
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ness No II Montague street Borough Of 9ohyn StIy
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BOSTON & NEW ENGLAND POINTS.
VA SOUND LINES 49,, ,,...
. FALL RIVER LINE Via Newport and ran itEeI
<aye Pier 10. r. foot Il warren st. weeHosys ,, or
Sundays AZ " j. Il Steamers Priscilla and PURITAN
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PROVIDENCE LINE Via Provi1ence-LeaVe Pief -
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s'ssiatrs Rhode Island and Pilgrim. 49, oe
,bLDAlNGION LINE. Via Stouington-Leafe flgII o.
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''s.ite-s Maine end New Hampshire ~ o.,
,.NyNNlCI LINE. New IDndOn--LcaFt .I4I -
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NEW BUILDING PLANS

NEW BUILDING PLANS.
25,h-st Nos $50 and 232 East for SIX stoy
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ALBANY rWgw'wN 1TNg

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T THE GRAND CONSERVATORY, or Mss
y o.n u o3D ST. TWENTY SlXIh , EA A.nDr
r>,50rrOnN Trf) pY ACT OF LEGISl-AI IKE
rbcr5oI and evsteustc instruction IN AL hraho eS .
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HIGHEST ARTISTIC PERFECTION ~ MOI I--1 20 ~ ,5
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rISS ANNIE BROWN.

MISS LIE BARON DR. MMs Boarding ana u az 1,n..
Nj for Girls College preparation Boys IN kindergarten
ana primary ''"S''S 40 West 72i street
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TIME MISSES PAYSON -, ~,
/ Boarding and Dav School FOR ti'rls Hinhl N'o7o0e'
o.e re l-e and 80 West 76th street
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finaneial.

.. Baltimore. Md. May 10TH 1890.
TO THE HOLDERS Of BONDS OF THE
FOLLOWING ISSUES, OR COUPONS THERE
FROM: ,.fs
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD C0MPANY
: IOO-HEAR FIVE PER CENT. CONSULT
DATED MORTGAGE BONDS OF 1883,
BALTIM0EE AND OHIO R Rail PAP CS 3s ~
srERLiSG SIX Pen CENT. LOAN OF 1874:
BALTIMORE. AND OHIO RAILROAD COMM
pa KIN f baHNcH RaiIROxDS
BALTIMORE AND OHIO HAILR0Ap CONTAIN ON An
1 EYE rEF pGlTTTT s SA AND coSSEtLs-
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FOUR AND ONE-HALF pER CENT. TER
MINAL MORTGAGE BONDS.
ANP SElo ASb dSnRSEF sEh
Cent LOAN OF isss. PHILADELPHIA
BALTiMoRE AND OHIO RAILROAp COMPANY
sTERLiNG FIVE PER CENT LOAN q III M
GMICXGo RAiLRoXbE
PrTrsDuRGH AND CONNELLSXIILE hi al
S2AR SG nnoRHSAs az b BON sS'' '''
Under decree OF the U. s. Circuit Court District .,
asrs:nd Tn sts msre.n. fro.. The PsmoI:
and Ohio Raiirosd Company e al Every hSidss q
TaR FL s:: J = n.
R.ses.. Il ne baltimore and Ohio Railroad cergsny
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AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. June 1. p. m.-American railway shares
opened dull with prices below parity. Stocks were
freely offered ana prices broke away sharply, but
there was slight rally. and the market closed
steady Last quotations follow: Atchison. 1874
Canadian. 102; ST. Paul. 125h; Illinois C>ntrsi
NewYork Central, iS2A; Erie, l2A: Pennsylvania.
05 Reading l0h Erie first preferred ,S5is. North;
ern Pacific preferred. TN; Anaconda, lo& Grand
Trunk
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MONEY AND EXCHANGES.

MONEY RArEs.-Money call 2h per cent
with exceptions at 8 per cent. The time money
market was easy in tone. with rates at Sa3'1 per
cent for all periods good railroad collateral
per cent on mixed collateral and above on indus-
trials alone. The supply Of commercial paper was
small Rates we're 3l per cent for sixty TO ninety
davs Endorsements. s%d4K per cent for frst-ciass
single names. and above for names not so well
known. .
FOREIGN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. dull and tr1ne
easier Actual closing rates follow; s,.,A.r
Cables. Sight SLY eoaS'.'-
Sterling $50 assg!sss "a 49, sSsSat 49, lie
rrsncs ,'' osa OK - iedasi5 .. e4hf94 1919 d
R Rs,ehsmks @~ 20 90 4 iSTsol oi-ie640H
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RAILROAD BONDS. Marker moderately active
at small final changes. The heaviest dealings were
IN the Atchscn Issues, Rock Island ~, Colorado
Southern a. Erie prior N, Houston and Texas Cen
trail first Sc, Kansas and Texas AZ. sSorfhern Pa
Srande ws.sstn ls!s q. Leu!: s9uthweSs;rn 2as
csciT. Issues; ana MarsSls and Western r. Total
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Aesd.i Gosh bal '27asooe' s's7's4oe' Dec '''s''''

s.norted from Washington. ss5ii5s; internal reye
nue. receipts. s27ss5t miscellaneous receipts, Nn-
s,5: total receipts, H.Oasao; expenditures, nsl40
Receipts for the fiscal year to date sies'ssss e*
a.,s,s,r.s ss 40 100; excess OF expenditures, N5
maioo Receipts OF National bank notes for re-
demption. F2s.SS.
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pvERrsEMENTs and .ubscrprcns sos srs ITs sss
I'd door north Of sist-s. until o clock m adverys
ents received at the following branch cuess rssh
ear o., iSS Sh-avs. sos. t1tks.i NsaSs sth-Av~
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.

OREGON SHORT LINE.
1897. 1898. y
Month OF April ....... S+3s S1 sS d4 a. 81 %
ATLANTA AND WEST POINT.
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MISCELLANEOUS. SECURITIES.i
,v,,,,.s.a nv Frederic, H. Hatch. No. 80 Broad-sto
BONDS. -.
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THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

The daily washington Treasury statement oos .,..
ing actual results of two days ago. comp~
az !. n, precedins statement. Is as follows
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IRREGULARITY IN STOCKS.
BEARS AGAIN AGGRESSIVE

IMPLICATIONS THAT IMPORTANT OPERA
TORS ARE READY rs WORK FOR AN
ADVANCE BONDS AND MONEY,
CLOSING pr,oes yesterday Of the principal ae-
Give securities and net changes from Monqays
Last sales were:
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DOMESTIC ExCHANGE.-New-O rleans-Copl!
mercial par: bank, 81 premium. San Francisco
Sight lphe; telegraph, i5c.' Cincnnati-Over the
counter SOC premium: between banks. ac premium.
savannah-Buying. l-16c discount; selling. Toe per
5000 premium. Charleston-Buyins. par; selling,
Nc premium Boston-15a2Dc discount.
BANK CLEARINGS- New-York - Exchanges.
1868 40 z1s; balances, yoeo4lsa Boston-Exchanses'
SIS ss7. a5; balances. S.l6o.5T. Baltimorc-Ex-
changes H,ESsli balances s7s7 49, Philadelphia
Exchanges. ns5ss.3s2; balances s2,osssol
FOREIGN BANK eSTATEMENTS-Th weekly
statement Of the Bank OF England shows the fol-
lowing changes: Total reserve increased $500 cir
culation increased I3G 900: bullion Increased e42s.
35 other securities increased E343,oo0: other de-
poets Increased 97020o; public deposits decreased
flBOoo. notes reserve increased $4,000; Govern
nent securities decreased $4,000 The proportion OF
the Bank OF Englands reserve TO liability Ia 8.Is
per cent Last week It was 3s 90 per cent. Bank
rate unchanged at 8 per cent.
The weekly statement Of the Bank OF France
shows the following changes Notes In circulation
increased esl80O francs; treasury accounts cur
rent increased $4,000 francs; gold in hand in.
creased 100000 francs; bills discounted increased
$4,000 francs; silver in hand Increased $1,000
francs. .--
FOREIGN MONEY MAhKETr-cail money in
Isi pea cent PEI for short and long ss Berlin
london london % marks M pienniss Paris exehanrs on
London Is francs 81 centmes. Paris discount rate
Tt per cent. t.
EUROPEAN SECURITIES British consols
100 l-l6 for money and l0@ for the account french
Ientes loa francs 22ss cenmes Spanish IS In Lon
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver. set; Mex
lean silver dollars. +Sitc. Bar silver In Lonoon
Puenos Avres l21 Rome IN.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03

"And you are sure you are not afrait
OF arrest?"
Perfect love casteth out fear. God
will not let his angels cast their feet
against a stone. Blessed are they wher
men revile and prosecute you for His
sake"
Lonnie thinks New York is very
wicked place, for he spoke thus:
Can a man be saved without be
lieving in Christi"
'No; there is no other way.
"The only way for all the sinners in
this Sodom and Gomorrah of New
York-for all sinners-is to wash in
the blood of the Lamb and be saved. u
Can you read or write, Lonnie?"
mo, SIR"
"Who taught you all these things?''
God He tells me what to say and
what to do and what to answer. l
want to be carpenter like him and
save souls"
Come all, bless the Lamb; let us
have meeting"
The men of medicine, on the other
hand, reject the idea of inspiration.
They call it absorption and abnormal
development.
81 have examined Lonnie Lawrence
Dennis" said DR.. Carleton Simon. HE
is a prodigy, no doubt the result of
prenatal influences. The child's weight
is forty-five pounds. The circumfer-
If ip a n
eyes to the posterior portion, is TWEEN
ty-two and five-eighths inches. A per-
son weighing $50 pounds at adult age
has an average cranial circumference
of twenty-one and five-eighths inches.
Examination Of his head bears out
ulty Of religion, when largely devel-
oped, is shown by cranial develop
ment. The highest point of the head,
at the center, is enormously devel-
oped, and the skull at that point is
very thin, showing that the develop
cording to chronological theories this
enormous size is due to a correspond
ingly enormous activity Of that por-
ton of the brain.
"The childs intelligence Is abnor-
NAL. If not restrained and ASSOCIATED
from his life of preacher l believe
he will meet an untimely end. There
is great danger that the brain will not
be properly nourished because of the
insufficiency of the circulation in so
small body. ANY childish disease he
may have will be almost certain to be
complicated by some brain affection.
He should not be allowed to preach
His case is one in point in the history
of evolution. He is prodigy. The
negro race has produced more prodi-
gies, especially since the civil war,
than has aEv other race"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03

The United States Fish commission
has sent the Albatross to Porto Rico
with a company Of scientists aboard
who are going to find out something
about conditions there. They will in
vestigate the fresh water resources of
the island with view to planting eggs
or young fish in the inland waters to
serve as food supply. Some of the
party will investigate the statistical
side of the fish business there; travel
ers returning state that the inhabitants
of the island almost live on Goldfish re-
ceived from Canada, and this trade will
now naturally be turned to the United
States. Some interesting information
may be expected from the Albatross
on the flora and fauna of the island
and it's agricultural productions and
resources.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03

Ex-Congressman A. T. Goodwin,
from Alabama, writes the following
letter:
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
Company, Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen-I have now used two
bottles of Pe-ru-na, and am we'll
man today. l could feel the good eff
fects Of your medicine before | had
used it week, after suffering with ca
tarrh for over year. Respectfully,
A. T. Goodwin.
Catarrh in it's various forms is rap
idly becoming a national curse. An
undoubted remedy has been discovered
by Dr. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the past
forty years. Prominent men have
come to know of its virtues and arc
making public utterances on the sub
ject. To save the country we must
save the people. To save the people
we must protect them from disease.
The disease that is at once the most
prevalent and stubborn of cure is ca
tarrh. Public men of all parties rec
cgnize in Pe-ru-na a national catarrh
remedy Of unequaled merit. Send to
DIR. Hartman, Columbus. Ohio, for
free book on catarrh.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03

when they set out with the baby evan
gelist on his soul-stirring tour.
The mother has Indiar blood in her
veins. Her mother was a half-breed
The father has more of the charac-
teristics of his white than of his black
ancestors. Three races-white, negro
and Indian-make up the origin of the
child. Savants assert that the product
of two or more races is of a much
higher grade of intelligence than the
child who is either all white, all negro
or all Indian. Some accept this theory
as the solution of the mystery of Lon
ME Lawrence Dennis, the child
preacher.
The Rev. George G. Hepburn, the
venerable clergyman, who is the guide,
counselor and friend of most of the
Episcopal clergy Of the city, visited
the boy preacher and interviewed him.
He asked him such questions as are
put to 14-year-old candidates for con-
flrmation. His decision is that the
child's theology is sound, and that he
has been taught of God.
The child appears to be in an en-
tirely normal state, as far as intelli-
gence and the physical being is con-
cerned," says Mr.. Hepburn. Spirit
ually considered, he is a phenomenon.
I am impressed particularly by the
unwavering firmness of his religious
convictions. His theology is sound. 1t
is so phenomenal that a child of his
tender years should have such knowl-
edge that l cannot but believe he is
inspired, and that he is taught of God.
1t struck me as l listened to the child
that his replies were like those of
Joan of Arc, and that he, like her,
was an agent of higher power. The
child may be divinely appointed for
some special mission, probably as
spiritual leader of his race"
A stenographic report of the inter
view between the aged clergyman and
the child demonstrates at least that
the latter has an abnormally active
mind. Here are some of the questions
and answers:
What do you know about God!"
II know what he wants me to do"
what is that?"
preach the gospel"
What is the gospel?"
Gods message of salvation to man
from SIM"
what is sin?"
Stealing and drinking and gam
bling and prize-fghting and bearing
false witness and adultery aud not
goin to church-they are all the
works of the devil and sin. This
sodom and Gomorrah of New York is
tull OF these SINS"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03

Farther along the answers show
something of childish mind, yet are
far beyond what could be expected In
one SO young. For instance. in reply
to the question whether he played
with little children, he says:
II 20 not like to play with little
children. They are wicked and spite
full and mischievous."
Then these follow:
But didn't Christ say, Suffer little
children to come unto me?"
'He never played with EN-"
How do you know that?'
Because there is only one record Of
Christ's childhood in the Bible, when
he COMPOUNDED the doctors in the tenn
pie. Read ST. Luke, chapter q"
But you are too young to preach"
Christ was only IL years old when
all that heard him were astonished at
his understanding and answers
"But no one will listen to you. You
look like a little 3-year-old baby"
when they saw him they were
amazed. He said unto them, How is
it that you sought me? Knowest We
not that l must be about my Fathers
BUSINESS"
Aren't you afraid that the police
men or Mr.. Gerry's men may arrest
you and lock you up?"
Nov, some are pulled UP. fear
only God. Wasn't Paul the prisoner
of Christ, let down through a window
in basket and escaped?"
1t should be mentioned in passing
that the Gerry agents have caused the
arrest of the boy and will test the
matter in the courts. But the boy
seemed to feel no fear. for he expressed
himself thus in the interview:
"Do you believe that old, hardened
sinners will listen to 5year-old
preacher and exhorter to repentance"
"St Matthew, the evangelist, said
Jesus said: "Out of the mouths of
babes and sucklings thou hast per-
fected praise."'
Twill you preach in the churches
always?"
Eyes, or on the sidewalks"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03

Consul-General Gowdy, in his annual
report, states that during the past year
there has been a marked increase in
the adoption of automobiles, not only
as pleasure vehicles owned by private
individuals, but in the way of cabs
serving the public for hire and for
business purposes in the way OF de-
livery wagons, especially those for long
distances 1t is announced that at the
beginning of the next year there are
to be 100 motor cabs driven by cleo
trical power running in the streets of
Paris, and if the experiment is success
full the cabs will be increased to 1000.
With this project in view large plot
of ground has been acquired, where
the building of works necessary for
the housing of cabs and machinery
for electrical supply is being rapidly
completed. We have already referred
to the training ground for cabmen. The
automobiles which use petroleum prod
ucts are objected to by the public by
reason of their odor, noise and vibra-
zion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03
rs A CHILD DIVINE.
ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD AND
YET HE is AN EXPORTER.
Is Little Lonnie Dennis Inspiredf-vary-
ing Opinions About the Negro CHILD
Preacher In New York-Wondcr of
the Century,.

Whether Lonnie Lawrence Dennis is
an inspired prophet or mental prodigy
is disputed question. But be this
decided as 1t may, the colored boy Of
years has created considerable inter-
est in New York theological circles.
He Is the boy evangelist who has gone
to New York to save what he calls the
new Sodom." The boy is anxious to
interest John D. Rockefeller, and hopes
to persuade the multimillionaire to
provide the money to send him to
Africa. He wants to spend the rest of
his life, after he has converted New
York, to saving the heather of his
ancestral continent.
The child is preaching every other
day at African churches in New York
and vicinity He has a keen, eager
face, lit with large. black eyes. He has
the attitudes, the seriousness and the
sonorous voice of man, and his face
has the gravity of mans, too. His
parents say he is inspired. Preachers,
negro and white, agree with them.
Physicians say he has an abnormally
developed brain, with a bias for re-
ligion. Ministers say he is taught of
God, and that he is divinely appointed
as leader of his people. They pre-
dict a long life of usefulness for him.
Physicians say he is likely to die of
brain fever at an early age.
The throngs who, prompted by curl
osity or religious fervor, visit Lonnie
Lawrence Dennis at his poor lodgings,
1874 West Thirty-Seventh street, can
not solve the mystery.
His father. Green Dennis. is an octo-
room, quiet man of feeble frame and
about so years of age. His mother is
a stout, vigorous negress, talkative,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03
JOUR- BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
A Variety OF Jokes-Gibes and Ironies,
Original and Selected-Flotsam and
Jetsam from the Tide of Humor-
Witty Sayings


The old hen surveyed the eggs in
her nest with some concern. There
were twenty-four of them.
There is tradition in the family"
she said, that one of my remote an
cestors, when confronted with a con-
dition of this sort, simply spread her.
SELF If she had lived in this age of
the world, and been thoroughly up
to-date hen, she would have adopted
the policy of expansion"
Whereupon, with cluck of satisfac-
tion, the old hen sat down on the nest
and expanded to the occason-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03
A Misunderstood Man,

Nobody can learn all there is worth
knowing in this lifetime" said Mr..
Meekton, wisely. "And a man ought
never to assume that his education is
finished. I'm going to keep right
ahead with mine. I'm going to study
astronomy"
His wife looked at him sharply, and
then in cold, hard tone exclaimed:
"Leonidas, you'll have to think up
some better excuse than that for stay
ing out all night. "-Washington Star
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03
The Last Straw.

Porto Rican Magistrate Gan Amer.
ican)-Don Senior Robusto de Confia-
gragasto, this court finds that you are
most to blame in your differences with
your negro employees. Don Senior Ro-
busto de Conflagragasto (pleadingly)-
But, eXcellenza, my race are being
bounded by these insolents-my
race" Porto Rican Magistrate Tin
terrupting)-Yes, senior, but let me ad-
wise you to just behave yourself. A
Spaniard is as good as a niger any
day, II he only behaves himself. -
Judge.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-03

A continuation of the strike Of the
molders at the works of the American
Steel Company at Granite City, ILL.,,
will probably stop the progress Of the
Trans-Siberian railway building in
Russia. The czar must now bow TO the
walking delegate.