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The times., 1899-11-21
here was a day Of realizing in lie STOCK

There was day Of realizing in tie stock
market yesterday. prices declining from
the opening to the close with only one
period Of temporary strength. This, how
ever. IS All that can be said Of an un-
pleasant nature regarding the market.
The declines although persistent were not
very large. and there was always a large
volume of orders 10 buy Immediately under
the quoted prices. Careful observers of
the situation look for a recovery today
and many believe that II viii extend dur
ing the entire week. Everything in the
outlook is favorable, so favorable indeed
that there is nothing on which to base a
bear argument. Further purchases of
bonds were made by the Government yes
terday though not in very large amounts.
London was a buyer Of the Americans on
balance. Money was relatively easy arognd
and per cent for call loans. The news
Of the day was meagTe embracing one or
two earnings statements, all Of which were
favorable, and the announcement that the
decision OF the Supreme Court in the
trust case now before il would not be
handed down this week.
Attention was attracted 10 The steel and
iron securities and 10 the industrials gen
orally during the morning yesterday by
the rumor that the Supreme Court would
hand down decision unfayorable to
trusts. Federal Steel and to a less ex-
tent other industrial securities, were so d
of IN price At little after IL O'Clock
IL became known that no decision would
be given out this week. The result OF this
news was sharp rally in this group,
which affected the entire market favorably
for time. Federal Steel common ad-
vanced point and a half. The gain was
The times., 1899-11-21
SEE-SAE GAME In STOCKS
Heavy Breaks From the Opening
and Subs quent Recovery.

Slight Advances Recorded During
the First Hour-A slump in Man
haitian DemoraIizes the Market.
Especially in the Industrial Quar-
ter-IRise in Prices in the Afternoon
The times., 1899-11-21
GOYERNMENr BoNps.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BONDS

6's 1902 "30-year funding" gold. 107 co..
rs 1901 water stock" currency l07 49,.
rs 1903 Water stocH' currency. .... 80.
Funding currency 3Gl's.......... lIGs &C..
~ = Reg .-IO'S lSl}- 1871 ....
The times., 1899-11-21
New York stock Market

Corrected daily by w B. Hibbs & Co.
members OF the New York Exchange,
The times., 1899-11-21

There was a decline in Southern Pacific
yesterday 10 below 43 and the close was
AT this price. There was fine support OF
the stock during the last hour and care
full observers Of the market were inclined
to believe that the movement upward may
be begun again today. Union Pacific,
which has been manipulated more or less
by the same people that have been buying
Southern Pacific, was also weak yesterday,
selling as low as 40 3-S. The advice to buy
both these securities is given with much
confidence. The recent London buyers Of
both have not made their purchases blind
~ one may be assured.
The times., 1899-11-21
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS

Met /, r IS 1928. .................. I2J II
Met X X Cert indebtedness A.. ll6 I!S
Mel Il Cert Indebtedness B. Il6 1ls
Columbia Il K Is. lgl4..-....---.- l2Ii ....
Columbia x X "a mort 5's........ llDls 1lla
City h Suburban u u. ............ lUi ....
Wash Gas Co, ser A. 6's 1867. IIj ....
Wash Gas Co. ser B, G's, 1901 '2s.. ll3
L : ElcC Light Deb Imp, 1907 .... ll6
l. > EleC Light. Cert IndebU ..... .... ..
Ches 4 Pot Tel, 1896 1911. ........ l03 go.
Ches Pot Tel, Con j's.-.......... l074 i08
Am Scc'y q Trust IS, i9U5...-.... lJJ ....
Wash Market Co lst Us, lsG5-lgil
5000 retired annually y..,....... ll3 ....
Wash Market Co. Imp Us, l9l2-'27 llj ....
Wash Market Co, ext Us, l9l4-'!i il3 ....
Masonic Hall Assn 5's 1893 .-.. i09 liz
Amer o raphophone Deb 5's.. .... 1OJ &C..
AuacOsLIa u Potomac 5's. ........ ..., ....
The times., 1899-11-21
Chieago Grain and Provision MarIket

Corrected daily by w. B. Hibbs Co.
members of the New York Excha1ge
The times., 1899-11-21

terday that Continental Tobacco common
( is TO have good advance in the immediate
future Ii was said that a clique of influ-
ential traders had been formed to put it
TO 80 this week if the market proves TO be
in the least favorable. There was nothing
attractive in the movement of any of the
( tobacco securities however American To-
bacco went as low as III, and as high as
lig and a fraction. and closed about where
il opened. Continental Tobacco declined
a full point during the day.
Pacific Mail was one of the weak fea-
lures of the list opening at 49, declining to
46 II, and closing al 46 3-4- The sugges-
tion has been made in well informed guar
ters that despite the fine prospects of the
stock and the great probability that ii
will sell at a much higher level in the near
future, no one should be surprised if it de-
clines several points before the subsidy
bin is taken up. There viii be heavy buy
ing II such break does occur, as. the
prospects of the subsidy bill becoming a
law are Frightening every day.
Sugar made new high price, 161 u,
but declined at the close to $50, about the
level Of Saturdays close. The story re-
garding the sugar deal now is that. the
entire sugar coffee glucose situation is to
be settled amicably, so that everybody can
make money rapidly"
The Baltimore and Ohio securities de-
clined yesterday as it had been suggested
they might in this column after their
sharp advance The preferred closed at
rs and the common at % "a. Both securi-
ties are undoubtedly excellent Investment
/ purchases at this level, and the clique that
advanced them last week is quite likely
to make another movement at any time
that the general market is favorable.
I The grangers declined an average OF
nearly a point net. Burlington sold "ex, %
/ and for short time at the opening it
/ seemed quite possible that the dividend
! might be regained before the close, but
( there was instead Il net loss, the close
! being al 122 Ii
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

PITTSBURG, Pa. Feb. 14.-After battling
against unequal odds with cold weather for
five days the railroads have succumbed. and
not through train has left Pittsburg for
the East since yesterday afternoon. The
last train out of Pittsburg on the PennsyI-
vania Railroad was the Philadelphia ex-
press, which left here at 3:15 p. m. yester-
day, and it got further than Altoona.
On the Baltimore & Ohio the night express
left at o'clock and ran to Cumberland,
no passengers being received for points far
Their east. To-day the officials were all at
sea and were unable to say when traffic
could be resumed, but hopes were enter
tanned that the roads would be opened Up
soon. This is only the second Time IN the
history of Pittsburg that railroad conmUnl-
cation with the Eastern coast has been
tirely cut off. All Western trains NOV
ms, but, all are from one to four hours late.
All through passengers destined for East
ern points are being cared for at the Iail-
roads by the railroad companies.
over two hundred persons who were en-
Western trains leaving here Sunday and
Monday are snOw-bound ut Altoona. a
made-up section of the fast line was started
from Altoona yesterday afternoon ard 1t
stuck in snow drift at Alegrippus and is
still imprisoned there. The passengers were
taken back to Altoona 1t 8 reported that
a cattle train consisting of seven cars on
the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston road
was caught in the storm last nigh and that
every animal persisted. A carload Of hogs
on the same road was frozen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Railways Beginning to Run the
blockade on Chief Lines.


PHILADELPHIA Feb 1.-THE general
railroad conditions tonight show considera-
bic improvement both locally ard through
out Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Rail-
road to-day succeeded in raising the snow
blockade on all it's divisions in this city, eX-
cept on the Philadelphia division, which will
be opened tomorrow. Trains are running
with fair regularity between here and New
York. and also the chief points south In
the State trains on this line are gradually
being put through. There is strong prob
ability that traffic will be generally resumed
tomorrow The Reading Railroad remained
tied up until late this afternoon, when trains
began running irregularly. The Baltimore
& Ohio is still at a standstill, although one
or two trains were sent South this afternoon.
The storm has abated in this vicinity The
snow was falling about . a. m, with a record
of nineteen inches since Sunday night. This
came on top of about ten inches that had
fallen last week. Traffic of every sort in the
city was at standstill most of the day. The
trOley-car tracks We're buried under yards
of drifted snow and the task of digging them
out seems hopeless one. Only minimum
amount of business is being transacted.
Charles j. Summers, "A letter carrier aged
siXty-two years, and Joseph Evans, aged
sixty. We're frozen 10 death to-day.
A dispatch from Pottsville says: Fully
900 men are at work In the coal regions
clearing the railroads. The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has posted notices call
ing for hundreds of men 10 clear the tracks.
The Reading Railroad Company mas called
cut 1900 mine employees to assist IN raising
the blockade. The Iehlgh valley Company
is doing the same. The snowstorm of the
past few days will go down in history as the
worst ever experienced in these parts. The
snow lies several feet deep on the level.
Where Ii is drifted ii Is house-top high,
blockadlng sidewalks, streets, railways and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
SITUATION IN SAMOA
ANARCHY AND REBELLION STILL
PREVAIL IN THE ISLANDS.
Heavy Fines Paid by German officials
DIR. RaffeI and His Native Al
lies Forced to Apologize.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb 14.-Ad-
vices received here from Samoa, under date
of Feb. S, report that anarchy and rebellion
still prevail there. The provisional govern
ment persists in interfering with the British
subjects and also with servants of British
residents. The decision of the powers in the
matter of the kingly succession is anxiously
awaited Annexation is looked on as the
only possible solution of existing difficult
ties. 1t is stated that even Mataafa's fol-
lowers would prefer English to German con-
troll
The British cruiser Porpose returned to
Apia Feb. 1 from a cruise about the Sa-
moan group and reports having found af-
fairs quiet on the other islands. The peo-
pie Of Tutula are unanimously in favor of
Malietoa. In Savaii each claimant to the
throne is strongly supported.
The German consul general, Mr.. Rose, has
notified Chief Justice Chambers that his
government has not upheld his protest re-
garding that officer. The news was received
with great satisfaction
Chief Justice Chambers reopened court to
hear the charges of contempt against Dr.
tonnes Raffel and Herr Fries chief of po-
lice. before releasing Herr Grievesmuhl. Dr.
Raffel failed to appear. Mr.. Rose, the Ger
man consul, has declared that the matter
came within the jurisdiction Of his con-
sulate Chief Justice Chambers considered
Dr. Raffel guilty of contempt and cited him
to appear at the next term of court. when
Judgment will be pronounced. He said that
force would not be used to compel Or. Raj
fel to appear, but that the German consul
could keep him in the consulate If he chose
TO do So Chief of Police Fries was fined
s1OO Herr Grievesmuhl has paid the fine of
81 goo imposed on him by the court
The Porpoise having been boycotted by
order Of DR.. Raffel, and Mataafa sentries
preventing natives from going off to the
cruiser in canoes an apology was demanded
by the British consul Mr.. p. G. b. Make,
for the attitude assumed toward the Brit
ish and also for an insult offered to Chief
Justice Chambers. Mataafa and his chiefs
complied and DR.. Raffel also apologized in
their behalf 1t is understood that every
thing was in readiness on board the Por-
poise for an attack on Mataafa If an apOl-
ogy had not been forthcoming.
Or. Raffal being engaged in organizing
regiments for Mataafa, formal notice was
served on him against expanding taxes for
this purpose. Malietoa Tanus and Tamas
were still on board the PorpOise at the date
of these advces.
The arrival Of 4he United States cruiser
Philadelphia was hourly expected at Apia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
~ South Pennsylvania St.

general subject of Democracy" and his
appearance and remarks called forth hearty
apl .ause. He said, in part:
THE ratification OF the treaty, instead of
committing the United States TO a colonial
policy, really clears the way for the recog-
milton of a Philippine republic. Lincoln In
his first inaugural message condensed an
unanSWerable argument into a brief QueS-
tiOn when he asked: Can aliens make
treaties easier than friends can make laws
The same argument is presented in the ques-
ton, Could the independence of the Fill
pinos be secured more easily by diplomacy
from foreign and hostile nation lhan it
can be through laws passed by Congress
and voicing the sentiments of the American
people alone? If independence is more de-
sirable to our colonial policy, who is there
or what is there to prevent the recognition
of Philippine independence? 1t is absurd TO
say that the United States can be trans
formed from a republic into an empire with
out consulting the voters.
The imperialists may be willing to deny
to the Fiipinos the right to govern them
selves, but they cannot deny to- the Ameri-
can people the right to determine the policy
to be pursued by the United States in the
settlement of the Philippine question. Until
the people express themselves we can only
guess their views, but is it not safer to sup
pose that they will adhere to the ideas and
policies of a century than to assume that
they will go back to the creed of kings
and to the gospel of force?
In commemoration of the fact that
France was our ally in securing independ-
ence the citizens of that nation joined with
the citizens of the United States in placing
in New York harbor an heroic statue rep
resenting Liberty enlightening the world;
What course shall our Nation pursue? SEND
the statue of Liberty back to France and
borrow from England a statue OF william
the Conqueror? Or shall our Nation so act
as to enable the American people to join
with the F'ilipinos in placing in the harDor
of Manila a second statue OF Liberty en-
Tightening the Orient?
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, and Mayor
Bose, of Milwaukee, had been expected but
were obliged TO send regrets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
Blizzard Notes.

Henry Z. Vincent, thirty-two years old,
was found within few feet of his home
at Baltimore frozen to death.
Robert Fowler, aged eighty-three, and
Mary Halstead, aged seventy-four, were
found frozen to death in the Guian valley,
West Virginia.
A tramp named Anthony Boracci was
taken to the hospital at Lexington, KY,
yesterday frozen almost to death. negro
woman was found on Deweese street Lex
ngton, almost dead from the cold Neither
will likely survive.
Yesterday was the most pleasant that
St Louis has seen for two weeks. From
twelve degrees above zero yesterday morn
ing the thermometer registered gradual rises
until at o'clock last night it reached thirty
three degrees above.
Reports to the Houston Post during the
two days Of intense cold show that fourteen
lives were lost in Texas by freezing. In
the past ten days the Post thas chronicled
the cremation of twenty persons, of whom
sixteen were children the majority having
their clothing catch fire from open fire
places.
One of the Philadelphia ice boats at work
in the Delaware river arrived at New Cas-
tie, Del. yesterday with thirty-tive men of
the engineer department of the United
States army who had been stationed at
Fort Delaware. The men were out of pro-
visions, and, being cut off entirely from a
fresh supply, the officer in charge decided
to abandon the fort for the present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
TEXAS RIVERS FROZEN.
Losses of Cattle Raisers VIII BE Large
-Crons Also DAMAGED.

DALLAS Tex, Feb. 14-Reports from all
over north Texas are that the blizzard of
Saturday and Sunday was the most severe
in the history of the State. Loss of cattle
in the Indian Territory and on the Panhan-
die ranges will likely be very large, though
accurate figures are not yet forthcoming.
The temperature has risen about u degrees,
and, though ii is still far below the freezing
point, traffic Of all kinds is moving regu-
larly. Zero weather has been recorded all
over north Texas Snow has been on the
ground here for seven days This is the
longest cold spell for fourteen years.
WACO. Tex. Feb 14-For the first time
enced zero weather. Sunday morning the
mercury showed Z below and yesterday
morning below. The temperature rose
above freezing point yesterday afternoon
for the first time in five days. Oats are
ruined and wheat 50 seriously injured as to
amount to destruction The fruit crop is
from bank to bank and all streams and
ponds are covered with ice thick enough for
skating. Great damage has been done to
live stock.
LAREDO, Tex. Feb. 14.-The continued
unprecedentedly cold weather of the past
week seemed to eliminate last night, when
the temperature went down to is degrees
above zero and ice several inches thick has
stood in the open air during the past three
days. Two MeXicans died from exposure
on the river bank during the night and
there has been considerable suffering among
the poorer classes of MeXcans, who are I'M
able to obtain employment owing to the
prevalence of smallpox among them.
HOUSTON, Tex Feb. 1.-THE thermom-
eter has made a new low record mark in
southern Texas, reaching 4 degrees above
The loss to stock will be very heavy Carly
vegetables are damaged to the amount of at
least N,W0,000 There has been no great
amount of human suffering, but cattle are
in horrible condition, having no place to
lie, as the prairies are wet and the marshes
frozen over. Buffalo river was frozen over.
though Nueces bay, far down the river, is
reported full of floating ice.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 14-Prevalent
weather for the past week has been the
seVerest experienced in southwest Texas for
many years For the first time since 1882
the San Antonio river has been frozen over
and skating is permissible
GALVESTON, ] eX., Feb. I-Galveston's
temperature yesterday morning was 10
above zero 1t was not so cold as Sunday
morning, but there was less wind and the
bay froZe over.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

Sixteen Degrees Below Zero at One
POint-CrOps Ruined.


POint-CrOps Ruined.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-THE weather in
New Orleans has moderated somewhat to-
day, but it is still too cold and damp under
foot to make pedestrianism pleasant. The
mercury steadily rose yesterday and last
night from SIS above the lowest ever re-
corded in this section, but towards morning
it again began to fall. At o clock this
morning it stood at twenty-five degrees.
Throughout the State it has been bitterly
cold. and heavy damage has been done to
the vegetable and orange crops in spite of
the warnings that were sent in advance Of
the approach of the cold wave. AS showing
the severity of the weather Gibbsland's
record may be cited. 1t was sixteen below
zero there at last reports. BayOus Terre
Bonnie and La Fourche are frozen for the
first time since the war. Lake Providence,
in north Louisiana, is likewise frozen Such
an event has not been noted before in the
past twenty-five years. Bayou st. John at
the Esplanade bridge, On the outskirts of
this city, iS frozen, and there was skating
on the ice this morning. Trains on all the
roads are away behind time and there mas
been serious interruption to the mail serV-
Ice. The races have been postponed until
Thursday owing to the treacherOuS condt-
ton of the track. Reports from all sections
of Mississippi indicate very severe weather,
On the gulf coast the temperature has been
below zero. At Meridian it has been as low
four below. Bay St. Louis, which enters
the Mississippi sound, is frozen at Hender-
sons Point. Back bay TO the rear of Ocean
Springs is also frozen. The ice gorge above
NickSburg is causing much distress to
steamboat men. The reports from Florida,
brief because of the partial proStratiOn Of
telegraph wires, are to the effect that the
orange and pineapple crops have suffered
serious damage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
SPEECH BY BRYAN.
He Thinks the Question of Empire
should he Put TO "a Vote.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb 14-Col W. j.
Bryan. of Nebraska. was the guest of honor
at banquet given by Minnesota Democratic
and Populst politicians at the Ryan Hotel
tonight. over 500 guests sat down at the
banquet at o'clock. Preceding the ban
quest a great crowd attended general
reception to Colonel Bryan in the hotel par
lors. After the tables We're cleared Judge
John w. Willis introduced the POSTMASTER.
Humphrey Barton. Gov. John Lind spoke
to THE State Of Minnesota. Major Bow
Ter. of Bird Island who was the fusion can
didate for Lieutenant Governor, responded
10 the toast Recent Phases of Misgovern-
ment Colonel Bryan had been given the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
MANY WOMEN ABSENT.
Programme of the National Council
Disarrangcd by the storm.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE National
Council of Women to-day heard reports
from state and local councils giving details
of the work accomplished by the several
organizations. one representative from
Canada was present. Mrs. Aidai Noodles,
of Hamilton, Ont. She spoke upon the sub
ject of manual training in public schools.
Rev. Anna Garln Spencer. representing
the State Council Of Rhode Island. pre-
scented a report describing the work under
taken in the last two years looking to the
abatement Of sweatshop evils. the suppress
sion of improper advertisements, theatrical
productions and articles in the daily press.
Other work on similar lines was also under
taken.
Mrs. Wulschner, president of the council
of indianapolis, then submitted a report
from that body Mrs L. NJ. Beck Of
Bloomington, Ind, told what had been ac-
conplished in her city through the efforts
of the local council TO beautify and improve
the city. Mrs. Mary n. Fiske, speaking for
the council OF Minneapolis. told Of the good
work accomplished in the direction Of es-
tablishing travelling libraries for the peo-
pie of Hennepin county. Minnesota. ana the
efforts TO have the Legislature aid them in
the project. The sanitation OF school build
ngs had also been looked into. II IS the IN
tertiOn in the future 10 take up the ques-
ton of municipal reform.
The council continued its session IN the
afternoon and again tonight. The absence
of many of the delegates because of their
inability to reach the city on account OF the
storm has disarranged the programme or
the meetings considerably. but nOtWith-
standing this a large number of reports
were read and addresses made The sub
mission OF reports of state and local coun-
ellis begun at the morning session was con-
tirAled in the afternoon, those contributing
including Miss Susan b. Anthony, for the