New-York tribune., 1899-12-22
ur,11 STREET AND EXCHANGES.

-s,nr, SECURITIES MARKET. The market
- steady Standard Oil closed at 45lQ s54
',,et 452T454 on Wednesday. Last prices OF other
"e.I,snt issues were: Havana Commercial 14a
-. preferred 5SHsl; Baking Powder. 92Q92; Bay
s.a,e Gas Iasalh; Pump. i2Gl4; preferred. 5s0so
.,a-kSen Copper. 6isQ7l4; Amalgamated Copper
-. 80: Amsterdam Gas. roar preferred. Ea4s:
oshe- Goods. 23isd2ii5: preferred. 1890; Distn-
~ ~ America 6iAd7; preferred. 2OiRd22le Sloss-
sSeBe,d. 25027is: preferred, 65GSs; General Car
-see rs bid.
rORFIGN SELL1NG.-Rumors Of financial dlf-
,5,ss IN London and Berlin were heard in the
60 Yesterday. but houses with foreign connec-
- received no advices confirming them. Heavy
Wing OF Union Pacific and other Pacific stocks
~, are held IN London for London and Berlin ac-
-, was a feature of the day. Total arbltrage
- amounted 10 about 30 Oo shares.
srocK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Loan quotations
s,e-sav morning were: Atchison preferred
Cr,caco. Darlington and Quincy. Peoples Gas
C..sol6ated Gas. Metropolitan Street Railway
(.re-al Electric. Missouri Pacific. New-York Cen
81 Northwestern. Northern Pacific common and
,-ses-red. Reading. Rock Island St Paul. Sugar
pos,ine Union Pacific common and preferred,
American Tobacco. Manhattan. Southern Pacific
southern Railway preferred. Leather Louisville
- Nashville Jersey Central. Baltimore and Ohio
.orr,on and preferred. United States Rubber COM
,,,p and preferred. Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Fed
81 steo1 common and preferred. s; Delaware and
rIu1eo tennessee
Union. 4F5.
D1sTIIIING PLAN POSTPONED.-The plan
,,- ,be raising OF a larger working capital, which
ms beirr considered by the Distilliug Company
-, America but which had not been adopted ty
,bo directors has not been abandoned, It was said
Yesterday but owing 70 the present financial
,rourles further consideration has been temporar-
uy postponed.
PAMPHLET on COPPER.-An interesting
,sm3hlet entitled Butte" dealing with the copper
c,i,es and copper kings OF Montana, has been
r,,usbed. The author is P. A. OFarrelL who has
made an exhaustive investigation Of the great
conner industry OF the Northwest
ELECTED MEMBERS.-Robert z. Gowen. OF
philadelphia: r. T. Goldsmith. OF Goldsmith &
yvolf Produce Exchange E. Bayard Hslsted' NO
Xassau-st and Rudolph Schalk Of No. 81 Broad
O.av were elected members Of the STOCK Ex-
obanre Yesterday The seat OF the late Hos"eH
p Flower has been posted for transfer 10 John
B Taylor. his son-in-law
To SETTLE CONTRACTS TO-DAY.-The Com
-.,.,eo an Securities gives notice that contracts
.oli,7r due tomorrow must be settled to-day. and
mat contracts falling due on Sunday or MONDAY
must be settled Tuesday.
~11OsF,N A TRUSTEE. Edmund c. Converse
president of the National Tube COMPANY, mas
hec- unanimously elected trustee OF the Nash-
,nrton Trust Company.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED-rhe National shoe
sr5 Leather Bank has declared quarterly diVi-
dan6 Of l per cent. payable January = Weis'
Fargo & Co. have declared a semi-annual olNl-
And OF s per cent. payable January To- me New
YORK Central and Hudson River Railroad company
vii nav quarterly dividend Of IL per cent on us
,.ook January Is The Merchants Exchange Ma
,iorsl Bank has declared sem-annuaI olNuehu
of 8 per cent. payable January , \ semi-a'nua4
eivideDd Of 2ia per cent. payable January - mas
heen declared by the Lake Shore and MichlsaI
southern Railway Company. The NoriolK anu
Southern Railroad Company has declared quar-
terv dividend OF / per cent. payable January -'
The Proctor & Gamble Company has declared
ouarterlv dividend OF ? per cent on the preierreD
stock. PAYABLE January Is Tho Board OF directors
~ the General Chemical Company have declared
quarterly dividend Of IL per cent upon the pre-
ferred capitaI stock of the company. payaOie Jan
navy . 1900 at the Office OF the treasurer NO o.
1,rertv-st Nevs-York City. The preferred STOCK
,ransfer books Will be closed from December = a.
+ n m TO January at 10 a. m Inc boaru %
trustees Of the Real Estate Trust Company nave
declared a seni-annual dividend Of per cent pay
able on January . 1900. TO stockholders or RECORD
Tacernber % 1899 Transfer books close at p NJ
to-dav and reopen at 10 q. N. on January z Inc
American Ice Company has declared quarterly
dividend OF u per cent its preferred stock pay
~. January Is 1900 Transfer books close January