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The times., 1899-12-11
STOCK MARKET GOSSIP.
New York Views Regarding the De.
cline in Prices.


NEW YORK Dec l0.-It is popular at
the moment to be a "depressionist" on
stock values, and it is difficult to find any
one, among the smaller public spectators
at least, that can see anything hopeful In
the market situation II there were no
other reason in sight this fact of itself
alone should be considered a very encour-
aging one TO those who believe that in
trinsic conditions must in the end deter
mine prices in railway and industrial Sc
curities as well as in all other commodl-
ties. For it is an axiom in speculation
that the way to be right is to do the oppo-
site to what the public is doing. But care
full financial men were saying today that
the definite and logical reasons for an i'm
mediate rally in the market and for an
early permanent recovery are excellent,
Prices have been declining steadily, with
no recovery whatever. for an entire week.
Among the active securities the loss has
been from 4 to 16 points. The greater part
OF this decline has been the result of bear
manipulation and has no foundation in in
trinsic conditions Numerous misstatements
and fiat falsehoods have been put out by
the cliques to aid them in their work. Two
influences Of a different motive must now
soon come into play There will soon be
heavy investment buying of securities.
i HIS Will ldht StONhS Out VI ilit maj MT
and it will send money TO New York, two
things entirely inimical 10 a continuance
Of the bear campaign When the pro-
fcssiOnal bears see this movement begin
they Will hasten to cover with remarkable
expedition There is nothing that they
would so much fear under the present
market conditions Stocks are none too
plenty even now. as they know.
The present crowd of non professional
rriFr
the large bear interests the chance to cover
without heavy loss of profit which is a mat
ter that they always consider with much
care Expressed in street slang, there is
too much company on the bear side for
them
1t should be remembered, too, that Wall
Streets disposition 10 discount everything
good or bad will soon lead spectators TO
remember that January / is approaching
with it's great disbursements of cash foI
interest and dividend payments These
disbursements will relieve the monetary
situation quickly. and they will also cause
immense reinvestment in stocks.
As to the present monetary situation, il
cannot be doubted thai the banks are in q
better position than the statement would
seem to indicate. Transactions on the
stock exchange last week aggregated three
/ and one-half million shares of stock a
/ goodly portion of this total represents liqui-
datiou. and liquidation means that the loar
accounts of the banks were reduced heavily
/ One careful estimate places this cut q
/ $40 OOO OO0 at least. Further than this, New
. York exchange in Chicago ST Louis, anC
other Western cities has advanced to {
/ large premium which is more thar, likely
( to result in the receipt of gold from th'
/ interior early this week.
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new BASEBALL CIRCUIT
Washington, Baltimore, Louisville,
aud Cleveland May Be Dropped.
National League Magnates Talk of
Freezing out Four CIubs-Frced-
mans plan 10 Eliminate "Syndi-
cHtes'' and stop Rnvdyism - The
Opinions OF Brush and SOden.

NEW YORK. Dec 1O-The annual fall
meeting Of the National League of Profes-
sional Baseball Clubs will be held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, beginning Tuesday.
Nearly all the delegates viii be in town to-
morrow. to indulge in the usual lobbying
and wire pulling The meeting bids fair
to be of unusual importance because Of a
game Of freeze-out expected to be played
by number of clubowners who want to
reduce the tweIve-club circuit to one Of
eight.
Washington is ready TO do the bidding Of
the leaders. no matter what it may be If
the circuit is reduced with the consent of
all the clubs it will consist Of Boston,
Brooklyn. New York Philadelphia, Chica-
20. St Louis. Cincinnati, and Pittsburg.
What will become of the other Ci,i=s has
not been decided.
Not long ago there was a love feast
between Freedman, of the New York club,
and John T. Brush. President OF the Cin-
cinnati club. Having smoked the pipe OF
/ peace. Freedman, Soden, and Brush con-
cluded TO talk for publication. Freedman
opened fre with the information that at
/ this meeting of the League he would see
to il that the circuit would be summary
reduced to eight clubs, that syndicate ball
/ would be crushed. that Brooklyn would
! be left out OF the League, and, last but
/ not least. that rowdyism would be stamped
/ out.
Then Soden said that everything was
1 lively in League circles that ne would
( like to see the circuit reduced, and that
( at this meeting he and his new allies would
! drag Manager Tebeau, of St Louis, and
/ Manager HanIon. of Brooklyn, before the
! League. charging them with fostering un-
/ fair tactics on the diamond. But be dis
/ agreed with his New York associate by
declaring that Brooklyn should remain IN
! the new circuit.
/ From Mr.. Brush. however, comes state
In5nt that is based upon sound judgment
! He says the circuit cannot be reduced
without the consent of every club member.
+. and that legitimate means Will be en-
pIoyed 10 bring such a state Of affairs to
/ a focus, Brush sensibly explains the neces-
! siry OF so-called syndicate ball, with the
statement that the joint ownership OF clubs
/ by the Brooklyn Baltimore and St. Louis
/ Cleveland svndicates is the basis for q
needed change in the organization of pro
/ fessional ball. Brush strikes the keynote,
though, by once more calling attention 10
] the existence of rowdyism and the need foT
/ its suppression
/ 1HS seneliAe ~ AeAl1NV 'NS
another season is this: Lop of four clubs,
two in the West and two in the East.
! Cleveland is ready 10 quit without recon-
pense. Dreyfuss, it is reported, is trying
TO sell his Louisville team. The schemers
want Brooklyn to remain, but they will
advocate its withdrawal TO take place at
the end Of two years, with the idea that
Abel, Vonderhorst, Ebbett, and Hanlon
will be frightened into letting the Balti-
more club go for nothing, for the sake OF
a compromise.
The times., 1899-12-11

Net earnings Of the Colorado. Fuel &
Iron Company for the month of November,
which will soon be published, VIII be about
5000 GOO. This is the largest of any one
month in the history of the company.
This surplus will provide for nearly one
half of the entire amount of back dividends
due on the preferred stock For December
the work in hand promises to keep every
mine running and every iron plant of the
company in full. operation with large pro-
fits No contracts are being accepted by
the company for delivery within twelve
months The full capacity of the iron and
steel mills at Pueblo have been contracted
for for all Of next year. OF the recent in
crease in capital stock voted by the share
holders. portion has been sold to a syndi-
cate at a price considerably above the pre-
vailing market quotations. The money re-
ceived from this sale will he used in GER
tain extensions and improvements, which
will materially increase the earnings Of
the company. Within a very short time
the cumulated dividend on the preferred
stock will be paid in cash and a distribu-
ton will be made TO the common share
holders Such are the prospects Of one of
the trusts.
The times., 1899-12-11
THE HEALTH HABIT.
Just as Easy to Form as Amy 9th


We do not deliberately form our pet
habits but they are uncOnsciously ac-
quired and grow as we grow, and by the
time we learn they are hurting us, We find
them too strong to be easily broken.
Then, why not form a good habit.
habit which will counteract the many bad
ones. in other words contract the un
fashionable habit Of being always well.
The best health habit TO get into is to
have and keep a vigorous stomach if you
have healthy digestion you can drink
your beloved coffee, smoke your fayorite
brand of tobacco, with little or no harm;
the mischief begins when these things are
forced upon the faithful stomach, without
any assistance
Form the habit of taking after meals
some harmless but efficient digestive which
viii relieve the stomach of so much extra
work
Nature furnishes us with such digestives
and when they are combined in such a
pleasant preparation as Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets. they give the overworked stomach
just the necessary assistance to secure per-
feet digestion without any Of the harmful
effects of cathartics and similar drugs
The habit of taking Stuarts Dyspepsia
Tablets after meals is as necessary to the
weak stomach as foor itself. and indeed to
get the benefit from food eaten. nothing
better and certainly nothing safer can be
used.
Many families consider Stuarts Tablets
as essential in the house as knives and
forks
They consist entirely of natural digestive
principles without the effect or character
istics of drugs; they have no cathartic
action but simply go to work on the food
eaten and digest it,
Take into account your bad habits and
the expense they entail and then invest
fifty cents In a box Of StuaTt's Dyspepsia
Tablets and see if your digestion for the
next month is not vastly improved.
Ask the clerk in any drug store the
name of the most successful and popular
stomach remedy and he will say 'Stuarts.'
The times., 1899-12-11
Nem orIeans ResuIts.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9.-TTack heavy.
First Iace-For all ages; six furlongs. J. Lucille
CBolau0 even, won: Hayeiock DicCann), to
], second; swamp Angel (NicholsOp), to /,
third Time, l:20z4.
Second raee-For tw0-yesr-oids; selling; five
and one-half f1rlongs Macie Marie (MitcheiD, .
TO 3 won; Belle OF Orleans CB0land), to o,
second: water Bottle CMoody), TO J, third.
Time. I:I2la.
selling one and one-hah miles. Our Nellie
lSlsckJ. ? to /, won; JacksBapes lBoland), 3 TO
/, second George Lee lshepard), 20 J. third.
Time, 2:35~
Fourth race-The Palmetto Handicap; one and
oue-siztecuth miles. Eva Rice tNcdderstrand),
/ j. to J. won: Duke Of Niddieburg NitchelD, 70
o second Laureate (Dupee), 10 j, third Time,
1852
Fifth race-For threc-y ear-olds and upward; one
mile. Col Cluke lIIsFshberger). to ], won;
Aclshla lBcland), 70 j, second; Frank Nc
1 ConneIl IL. Tbompson). 10 ], third. Time,
I -45&,
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Brave Men Fall

Victims to stomach liver and kidney troubles as
well as women, and all feel tie results in loss Of
appetite poisons 10 the blood, backache, nervous
ness, headache, and tired. lstless down feel
ing. But there's need to feel like that. Listen
TO j. W. Gardner, Idavile, Ind. He says: "Elec-
trie Bitters are just the thing for man when
he is all run down, and don't care whether he
lives or dies. 1t did more to give me new strength
and good appetite than anything | could take.
| can now eat anything and have new lease on
life Only so cents at Henry Evans Drug store,
s3s f st. Every bottle guaranteed
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- orIeans Entrie..

NEW ORLEANS, Dec lO.-Following are the
entries for the Crescent City Jockey Club ior To-
morrow:
First rsce-For three-yesr-old~ and upward; sell
ing: SIX and one-half furl0ngs- DeBride, ia;
Iackman, III; LRGTange r0m Collins, los; Judge
WardeN lU7: Jim Gore II, Red Gidd Chancery,
Tcbe Paine, l03; Sir Blaze, l0li Bulgarian, Jun
setta 100; Trust Ne and Meddlesome, %.
Second raCe-FOT three -year-Olds and upward I;
SIX furlougs-Bn Chance, ll3; Julia Rose, no;
Silver Coin, Crane, Doponan, Wandering Minstrel,
Scotia, Chamberlain, los; Vain Glory, Pythls,
Opheia Bugg, Iva Moe, Polly BiSby and Big
Pat. J0j.
Third race-For ree-year-olds and upward;
selling; one mile and twenty ysrds-LeNington
Pirate. Eldad, Joe Shelby, l05; Everest, lo8;
Chantilly. Tine Brewer Samiyel, Good Order. For
bush. Jennie T., Dr. Withrow, l02; Eudorpha,
leg: Mis- Dooley, %; Harry Preston, and Pros
peTo g3.
Fourth race-For thfee-year-olds and upward;
selling: one mile and twenty yards Glenoine ll5;
Moucreith, III; Jimp, Astor Manlius, l06;
Traveller Hampden. IO5 Nckauis, Kisne, l04;
Koerig l03; StTaugest, I02; Lillian Reed, l0l;
Evelyn Byrd, g.; Brown Vail, ~: and Col. Ciuke,
gG
Fifh race-For three -year-olds and upward;
selling; seven furloHgs Jim Conway, TTebor,
Cayallo Can ] See Em, Sallie Lamar, Jim Hogg
100; Lord Neville. l03; Tom Kingsley, Mamie
1 Davis, Kilt. Sedan. Recier McAbut, Swamp
Angel. and Belle of Holmdel, 100.
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no f0r the week ending-

The Financial Chronicle" computes the
gross earnings of seventy roads for
the third week Of November, 1899 at S10,-
500 $50, an increase of $1,O64,S39, or l1.05
per cent: siXty-eight roads for the fourth
week Of November al $l2 ,972, $50 an in
crease of 81, SAT, ,243, or 1884 per cent, and
ninety-fye roads for the month of Novem-
Der at $50, ,221 ,4O9, an increase OF s., ,443. .995
or 1912 per cent. There is no diminution
in gross earnings, but even a large gain
as will be seen from the figures for the
fourth week Of the month compared with
preceding weeks and with the entire
month These figures, taken with the net
earnings statements, and with increases in
dividends made by four principal railway
systems in the past week, show the actual
increase in prosperity and the actual en-
hancement In the real value of securities
as compared with the rapid decreases in
market prices under the influence of ma
nipulation. No student of railway history
and no student Of market fluctuations
needs to be informed that intrinsic condi-
tions are certain to prevail over manipu-
lative speculation in a very short time.
One or two of the bubble stories circu-
lated during the past week by the bears to
help along their campaign should be pune
tured. A chief factor in the weakness of
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The accurate record Of the active securi-
ties during the week is most notable in
the marked difference between the de-
cIines in the industrials and in the rail-
way stocks. 1t will be seen that of the
stocks mentioned six industrials show a
decline, the average being nearly nine
points each. The railway securities, I'VE
in number, declined an average of about
21-2 points each. The traction securities
are included with the industrials as being
more allied to them in their usual market
movements. Such securities as the Pa
cifcs have declined very little, and reed
have caused holders very little anxiety
during the week
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Catnrrh for twenty Years and

turcd In q FeEE UhNs s.--N0INIHg Too Simple
nothing too hard for DIR. AgHew's Catarrhal
Powder Eo give relief in an instant. Hon George
James q Scranton, Pa, Says. y have been a
martyr 10 Cstsrfh Tor 20 yeaFs, constant hawking,
dropping iH THE throat and pain in the bead, VERY
offensive breath. ! tried Or. hgnew's Catarrhal
Powder The fEsr application gave instant relief
After usug few bottles all these symptoms Of
Csfarrl left me sold by +. 5 Williams.
Ninth and 7 Streets, Edmouds b Williams, Third
and Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Proper Age of Beer.

The best preseUatiye oi beer is to give il proper
age The storage capacity oi HcurcRs brewery
is Of such dimensions that Senate attsins an age
of nearly one year, MaeTZen over eight months,
and Lager six months before leaving the brewery.
For case OF beer having proper age, phone
6}4 Arlington Bottling Co.
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Money to Loan
on
Household Furniture, Pianos, etc.

II you are IN need Of money, we desire 70 In
form you Of cur new method We can secure you
other company ii the city. You pay in iull
at any time after the loan IS secured. and it viii
only COS. you for cuch time as yoC have had tha
money. Our business is strictly PIRATE, and all
applications are treated CUnhdcntially. If you
have a loan With any other concern you can Sc
cure a loan through US to pay II and get more
p-Jney + desired Il viii pay you 20 call and see
US before going elsewhere. We are ready az any
and all times during office hours &c give infcrma-
tion concerning Ous business methods and you
VIII receive courteous treatment
CAPITAL LOAN GUARANTEE CO,
nnI9-tf COZ = St y. w.
The times., 1899-12-11

Sugar stock has been the widely quoted
statement that f. o. Matthiessen, "one Of
the most able men in the sugar business,
IS to resign from the directorate of the
Sugar trust. The fact is not disputed The
gentleman has siguifed his intention not
to put his name up for reelection. 1t is
said that he has not been in harmony with
the Havemeyers for a year or more. The
absurdity of considering this a bear factor
lies in the fact that Mr. Matthiessen has
been out Of the company, practically, for
nine months or more. He has been in Eu-
rope nearly all of this time As 10 the
possibility that he will join the independ-
ent refneries in their campaign against
the trust. people in the best position to
know state that the idea is absurd. Sugar
has been depressed by the Sugar specu-
lators for market purposes. It's advance
viii probably be quite as rapid as its de-
cline when it begins The stock has paid
II per cent dividends in recent years with
quite as much regularity as the majority of
preferred railway securities have paid 3
and per cent Il has paid 101 per cent in
dividends in the past eight years, not in
cluding the 3 per cent quarterly dividend
soon 10 be paid.
The times., 1899-12-11

Transactions on the Stock Exchange dur
ing the week just ended aggregated
3 500, 656 shares. OF this amount 2,1l6,254
were furnished by twelve stocks leaving
.3S4 412 as the total of the other POI
properties in which there were dealings.
Here are the twelve
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selections

Gore II.
Second rscc-Ben Chance, Deponan, Crane.
Third race-ForbusL Samivei, Lexington Pirate.
Fourth rscc-Col Ciukc, koenig. Strangcst,
Fifth Ea,c-kilt, Trebor- Jiia Hogg.
The times., 1899-12-11

The activity of general business is shown
in a very gratifying way by the immense
clearing house exchanges for the week
The figures compared with those OF pre-
ceding weeks are as follows:
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New York stack Market.

Corrected daily by ". B. Hibbs & Co,
members of the New York Exchange,
l419 + Street F.f'
The times., 1899-12-11
6tO f Streer NV.
n,o5 and upwards mad .
n3ffS nj Mill on FURNITUR
PIANOS, HORSES,

Wagons. etc. at lowest rates and on the day
YOU spply. " are loaning on the Building 8
Loan Assoc alton plaE, which makes the cost OF
eoTT,,;rg loans much less than you pay else
where and allows you to pay it OF in any sized
totes you desire. running from one 10 twelve
months You only pay for the use Of money Tor
loan with some other company we will pay It
of and advance you more money i desired Rates
cheerfully given and no cost to you unless loan
Is made Loans made anywhere in The District.
Car and get rates Front room, hrst door, Sci
entifc American Building.
National Mortgage Loan Go.
625 f Street n. W
The times., 1899-12-11

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs Co.
members of the New York Exchaag=
,s1u Il Cfraat
The times., 1899-12-11

The chief reliance of the bears during
the week. however, has not been either the
Sugar story or the Tobacco yarn, but the
talk Of prospective congressional attacks
on the trusts in general. Here in Wash
ington it is known that this business is
fiction of the purest kind. The Republican
party now in power has no more intention
of wTecking THE best business interests
than it has OF giving up the Philippines,
say the party leaders in confidence. at
least if not openly. The utmost that will
be done will be in the line of restrictive
legislation against abuses" of industrial
corporation power overcapitalizatiOn at
tempts to control markets, to bolster up
fictitious prices. These things Mr. Hanna
and other important Republican business
men profess to be as anxious TO stop as
anyone else. Such legislation the honest
industrial corporations will welcome as
any decent business welcomes the over
throw of competition from the Franklin
/ Syndicate Such legislation cannot have
/ any permanent effect on the securities OF
! the trustworthy concerns except to enhance
( their value
The times., 1899-12-11

The chief bear story against the Tobacco
securities has been that of the new st.
Louis opposition company. The company
will be known as the NJ c, Wetmore To-
bacco Company and will have capital of
$3.50, 600. The stockholders are Col. Moses
c. Wetmore, Philip j. Heuser w. 5. Lo-
gan, H. d. Barry George H. McCann, Fes-
tus j. Wade, and George \. Medill. The
amount Of money which this new organi-
Zation viii have as capital can hardly be
considered 10 establish ii on a plane where
it viii be a menace to either of the big to-
bacco concerns. Colonel Wetmore has. of
course. had a wide experience in the to-
bacco business and Will no doubt be able
10 secure some trade from the present Gus
toners of the trusts.
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EIIIIIIllIIIElIII]

IAIIF VOU Sore Throat. PlmpIes. copper
NAVE luU eolored Spots. Aches, OLD soFaA,
Ulcers in Mouth. hal- fallings
Write COOK REMEDY Co, l6ol Masonic Temple,
Chicago, III. for proofs OF cures Capital, s50o,-
COO Worst cases cured in 10 . 20 asyS l03-
page book free
The times., 1899-12-11

HONEY To LOAN at s1A, sA. 4, and 4la per
cent in sums Of $1,000 to $1,000 on d. G.
real estate; pay OF and per cent mortgages
and begin anew; all transactions conducted With
economical consideration fer borrowers WN- h
sAUNDERS & co. I407 ST. iy1-u-em
MONEY loaned salar:ed people and retail mer-
chants upon their own names without Sc
curitv; easy payments. TO4MAN. Room IS. pos-
e14 ST. oe-1lyE
The times., 1899-12-11

NEW ORLEANS, Dec lO.-Following are the
entries for tie Crescent City Jockey Club ior To-
r5,rrr7y-s
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-03-23
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Besty Bell, aged SO years,
died at her home four miles west OF
Darlington, on Sunday, March Il.
1t is expected that Bishop Nichol-
son will visit Trinity Episcopal
church on the 1st of May. The object
of this visit is not only to confirm and
preach, but, under the canons, inspect
and advise upon parish affairs.
Mrs. Cobb, who has been away at
Waukegan for the winter, arrived
home on Monday. She reports that
they have had great deal of cold
weather, but otherwise the winter has
been delightful.
F. C. Weidenfeller, artistic painter,
has been at Highland granting and
decorating the two side altars in st.
Anthony's new church, to match the
high altar. The work is in imitation
of butternut and gold leaf, and II
would require an expert to tell the diff
ference.
Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Cobb and
children arrived this week, for a visit
with their mother, Mrs. Cobb. During
the last year Mr.. and Mrs. John z.
Cobb have spent the greater part OF
their time in Europe-business and
pleasure combined.
Mrs. Snow has been at Kenosha,
Kemper Halll, and Chicago during
the past week. We regret to say that
Miss Agnes Snow has been quite sick
and this called Mrs. Snow unexpectedly
to Kemper Hall.
Mr.. Edward Fitzsimmons has been
laid up with the grip, but is around
again.
Richard Jackson has purchased the
Stephens house, nearly opposite John
Knights. 1t will make him a fine
home.