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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-23
THE TRADE ~ CHICAGO

Chicago March % (SpeciaD. Wheat closed q 49,.
over Tuesday and was AZ one line NC over Ma.
opened at s91sd63 sold between sts and sa,1 49,.
closed at 6sl4GssA. on the curb the price wa. :.
7OIkG70i. and ST. Louis was reported I'D Nc on ~.
curb To-day's strength was in spite Of a good a.,
Of proht-taking by the big buyers OF Tuesday a.
in spite too Of rather more favorable crop nsu,
Liverpool futures were / TO lad higher but .n,.
wheat at Liverpool off ID Paris future, v.,.
up slightly. but private advices from Paris war.
fine weather. ample supplies and poor demand n,
outsiders, however. seemed 10 be impressed with
the crop situation. and to-day's buying den,nd
was a scattered one small in each Instance IA,
large in the aggregate. Barrett Farnum. the Las,
gest buyers OF yesterday. were sellers to-day Mom
Of the big people who were buyers Monday O,
Tuesday were on the selling sde but the scattered
demand, particularly for July. was sufficient 10
care for the offerings. There more denials ~
crop damage to-day than damage claims. seabosra
clearances were only 2S go bushels The weather
was OF the mean March sort. cold North raining
through this section. cold wave predicted Tor
tomorrow. Possibly the weather fears were a
potent as any of the other influences Minneapous
reported $1,000 barrels -four sold Tuesday, making
10000 barrels sold IN three days. Flour peops
confirm the improved demand. The Northwest had
40 cars, against 324 last year At primary points
there were 10000 bushels compared with sNW0
bushels last year. Here there 80 cars, against
local professionals sellers. the outsider wa
taking a considerable share In the trade On The
buying side. The seaooard reported only losds
for export.
Corn closed sc over Tuesday. and closed at The
top. Receipts down 10 wonderfully small e..
ures-Only Sc cars. with IS FOR tomorrow. Ths
West Is offering practically nothing. BaltimoN
has taken a lot Of corn here this week. probably
million bushels. Cash transactions to-day wsS
light because Of the independence OF holders here
possibly $4,000 bushels Liverpool was hag1d
higher Seaboard clearances were 10000 bushes
The seaboard reported Is loads for export Nay
sold 95c and at 35l2c, and closed at SSAgaSaa
1t was 35asc the curb.
oats closed nc over Tuesday, at the top for he
day. May. 265sc; July. 247sc. Small receipts were
the influence only IS cars, with g for tomorrow.
New-YOrk must have done some business because
IL was buying the May here Patten selling July
Seaboard cearances only 1900 bushels Cash sas&
5000 bushels.
Faxseed was steady. May selling at & % and u
81 2OI. and closing al 81 20. The close last night
at 81 90 Minneapolis had 10 cars; Duluth 4
Chicago 80 Shipments were 5000 bushels.
1t was mere changing market IN provisions, and
that Is likely TO be the experience for the next few
weeks. May holders are selling out and getting
into July Prices were steadied to-day by the
grain markets. Pork up Sc; lard and ribs up The
There were 1900 hogs. with $1,000 for tomorrow
on the curb puts May wheat closed at 300
calls. Tic. Puts on May corn. 35ssc; calls Soc
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mixers posted rates were

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE. - New-Oreans-Corn
rnercial DC premium; bank, 81 premium. San Fran
c,sco-sight 12lzc; telegraph. bc. Cincinnati-Over
the counter. Soc premium; between banks. par and
4oc discount Savannah-Buyng, l-l6c discount;
selling 75c per 1900 premium. Charleston-Buying
mar: selling NC premium Boston-l6 2-3n25c. dis
count St Louis-2c. discount. Chicago-fc. dis,
count
RANK CLFARINGS. - NewYork - Exchanges,
saaO so ss5: balances. N4.55s9O9. Philadelpha-Ex-
changes ST. AZ: balances. S7s5.66. Chicago-Ex-
changes $40 s5 sss: balances. 81 09s.g3 Baltimore
Exchanges s. 64s.597; balances, &@.Sf Boston
Exchanges 81 751 SGT: balances. S.o53.S39.
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Ca money in
London. III per cent. Open market discount rate,
1916 per cent for short and long bills Berlin
discount rate ~ per cent Paris 70. per cent Ber
lin exchange on London. % marks q pfcnnigs.
Paris exchange on London. g francs "a centimes.
EUROPEAN SECURITIES. 49, British consols
closed at u01 for money and l10% for the account.
French rentes 102 francs 30 centmes. Spanish IS
In London 57&
THE SILVER MARKET-Bar silver, $3.50 Mex
lean silver dollars. 47%c. Bar silver in London.
N7-led.
GOLD PREauUM.-In Madrid. $3.50; Lisbon. $50;
.BuAnos Ayres. n9.70: Rome, 100
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THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS
GOVERNMENT BONDs-Market Arm Final

quotations follow:

RAILROAD BONDs.-Marke; frm and moo
sra,e,v active Total sales amounted in par value
TO s2&Sco against S2.s7ScD on Tuesday. Inc
heaviest dealings were IN tho Atchison issues zen
trail Georgia IS Chesapeake and ONO 4'ss hro
nror As Kansas City, Pittsbure and GUN lsts'
Louisville Evansville and 81. Louis general -,
New-York Central Lake Shore S1E7, Norio'N al"
Western As Northern Pac'ho general Hen IS. Read
,na As s., Louis and Iron Mountain 5s, ST Louis
Southwestern DDS Texas and Pacific 2do. Union
Pacific Denver and Gulf st receipts and missouri
Pacific cOnso 6s.
In miscellaneous issues Standard Rope ana IRVINE
incomes were strong and active These Dords are
h.Ing hought by interests who generally make
handsome profits In speculative deals The Dull
factor in the property is found in increased earn
tngs and the oompanys practical control OF the
Manila trade
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AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London March %. p. m.-The market for AmeH-
can securities opened firm. Later there was frac-
tonal decline but upon the receipt OF Ne"-l ork
advces there was rally and tn> market closec
firm with light demand Last prices follow
Atchison A%; Canadian Pacihc' SS4' 81 raul
1slI1 Illinois Central. 1f7.; Louisville and Nasn-
willie s5s.; Union Pacific preferred, So; New-York
Central 40: Erie 14s!; Pennsylvania s.; Reading
IN. Erie first preferred 4ot; Northern Pacific pre-
ferred sss and Grand Trunk. 7S
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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY RATES.-Money on call. AZ per cent
with exceptions at and per cent The close was
at sl1a4 per cent Time money. S14a4 per cent for
s,xty DAYS. per cent for three months. per cent
for four months. and per cent for six months
or,srcial naper rates were Prime Endorsed bills
raoe,vahlA 9.MSs. per cent; high-grade single
names sna4h. per cent. and other good names,
laG5 per cent.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Market dull and
ready Actual closing rates follow:
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GuarantyTrustCo.
of New York.
NASSAU. CORNER CEDAR STREET.

NASSAU. CORNER CEDAR STREET.
CAPITAL, s2,0OO'coV
SURPLUS, S3,oo"o"
ACTS AS TRUSTEE FOR CORPORATION
FIRMS. AND INDIVIDUALS. AS GCARDiAN.
EXECUTOR. AND ADMINISTRATOR rAhtS
ENTIRE CHARGE OF REAL AND FEN
SONAL ESTATES
INTEREST ALLOWED on DEPOsiis
subject TO cheque or on certificate.
DRAFTS on ALL PARTS or GREAT bhr
TAIN. FRANCE. AND GERMANY BoCShR
AND SOLD. COLLECTIONS MADE.
TRAVELLERS LETTERS OF CREDIT AVAIL
ABLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AN
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT IsSthA
WALTER G. OAKMAN President.
ADRIAN ISELIN. JR. yice-Presdent
GEORGE r.. TURNBULL. "a Vice-PresidenI
HENRY A. MURRAY. Treas and Sec
j. NELSON BORLAND. Asst. Treas. and sea
JOHN GAULT. Manager Foreign Dept.
DIRECTORS.
Samuel D. Bahcock. Charles r. hendsrs'~
George F. Baker. Adrian Iselin. IT, |
George s. Bowdoin, Augustus u Juillisrd.
August Belmont. James y. JArvis
Frederic Cromwell. Richard A. McChrub
Walter X. Gillette. Alexander F. orr
Robert Goelet Walter c. Oakman.
G. c. Haven Henry " Rogers.
Oliver Hartman. II Mex. Twomniy'
X. somers IIaves Frederick ". yanderout
Harry pavna whitney
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$40. 462 IA 10
SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

The following securities were sold yesterday at
auction the New York Real Estate Salesroom
by Adrian H. Muller Il Son:
- shares Hanover National Bank. ............6 $50
~ shares Niagara Fire Insurance Company. o.. ISL
20 shares Continental National Bank. .........l3ln
p shares Importers and Traders National
i25 shares Chatham National hank " - . ' SiS
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Outside SECURITY MARKET.

STREET RAILROADS IN THIS GILL
Reported by C. l. Hudson Co. Nos IA n 10 WIN n.y.
BONDS.
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900 shares ph.n,x National Ran,

300 shares Phenix National Bank. .,...
2 shares Clinton Hall Association ''''''ss..ii7A
30 shares New-York Central and Hudson p,.... 70
Railroad Company ............... WV"
100 shares Chicago and Northwestern psr,...i1
Company common ................. "V
100 shares Pennsylvania Coal Company ''''' iIA
100 shares Consolidation Coal company ~ w.,... 1
land ........................... - mary
u shares National city Bank Of Brooti,, '''''' -
~ shares Brooklyn Trust Company I'D
40 shares New-York Life Insurance ana r.-.....~
Company Observation-Disclosures. ''s"
~ shares National Butchers and prov.,-,;; i~e
20 shares Harvey Steel Company .. 90 gA
% shares Brooklyn Trust Company ''.r
II shares United states Trust Company 'ssx
shares Title Guarantee and Trust Cornn.,., "a
20 shares Bank OF New York National BsnLi,..'"i
~
is shares National Bank OF Commerce. 80 - -
10 shares National Park Bank .......'''' ~
si2O 0OO Chicago Gas Light and Coke Connpanv A.. -
mortgage per cent gold bonds due iasT.
from January last to he charged 70 ~.
$3.50 Omaha and 81 Louis Railroad nrs, No.. NV
4 cent bond. scrip
70 shares National Broadway Bnnk ... ~
10 shares National Bank - Republic ~ ID
40 shares American Exchange National RAM ~
100 shares Syracuse Gas Company ...... 81.
shares Home Insurance Company % New ~
York .................. ................. a..
shares United New Jersey Railway ara ~
Canal Companies .................... ossu
10 shares American Union Life insurano. 'A
81 600 Retsof Mining Company hrst rnor,gsx.
per gold bonds due 1925; coipo,.
January and July. ...................'.. q.
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STOCKS GENERALLY FIRM.
RAILROAD ISSUES S1RONG'

noNn MARKET IMPRovEs-MoNEY AND
EXCHANGE
Closing prices yesterday OF the principal "e
tive secur,ties and net changes rrom iueso''
quotations were as follows:
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BOSTON STOCKS.

.As per Official report Of January /. 1890 tAs per
official report OF January |. lsis
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DELAWARE AND HUDSON'S REPORT
Tho annual report Of the Delaware and HUDSON
canal COMPANY for the year ended December 81,
1908 shows a net profit OF S87o.Sl9, equal TO o04
per cent on the stock. The details OF operations
,nnarod with those OF the preceding year follow
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'Ex dividend.
TRUST COMPANIES
comparative table OF capital. surplus. etc, re-
rorted by Clinton Gilbert:
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SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
RAILROAD AND OTHER Slo'hH'

Actual Share
o,en ItrhIIow. Fin. BID. Ask. sold
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LONDON BRANCH.
IS LOMBARD STREET. 4. O
Buys and sells exchange on the pr'nop-'
cities OF the world. collects dividends ana GU
pons without charge. issues travellers ano 'oH.
merclsl letters OF credit. receives anu p"s.
interest on deposits subject TO cheque al So
or on notice. lends money on colateras' ueAS
American and other investment securities
offers It's services as correspondent and neAn''"
agent to corporations. bankers. aud me'eHA
Bankers,
BANK OF ENGLAND.
CLYDESDALE BANK. Limited
NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANh VI
ENGLAND. Limited.
PARIS BANK. LIMITED.
Solicitors,
FRESHFIELDS AND WILLIAMS
London Committee,
ARTHUR JOHN FRASER. Chair0so
DONALD c. HALDEMA
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ERNST THALMANN, Chairman.
LOUIS FITZGERALD,
j. LOMBER WELSH,
j. DE GOENEN, JR..
WILLIAM l.. BULL,
AUGUST HECkSCHER,
ARTHUR f.. sTILWELL.

WILLIAM c. CULVER. Counsel 10 Committee IA.
McDOUGALL HAWKES. Counsel for Foreign eec1'
Holders
ALVIN W KRECH Secretary. 100 Broadway New So'1'
March l3. 1899.
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He. too, remained unwedded. If he
had been asked why he would very like
~ have said TINT he was too much aud
too well occupied to make room for any
thing 30 absorbing aud 80 uncertain as
marriage. How could 1t be- supposed that
he Ind avoided matrimony from loyalty
to Leila since she Ind discarded him ~
cnpriciously, and he would not admit to
himself that any sentiment even bound
him to her? Yet nj the bottom Of his
mind he felt certain pride In the fact
that lie was still single, as though he
were n man Of one deep affection. which,
being broken, could never be replaced.
At times. too. though far apart, In the
stretches Of night hours or In lonely
places, the rustic Of the dead leaf would
come to him unaware, mysteriously. and
seem ngnin to call him back to Leila.
But. II all this meant anything, why
had he never nnde inquiry about her or
resolutely set about discovering what had
become OF her, whether she Ind lived In
sorrow or Joy and whether she hnd un.
dergone any change OF feeling toward
him3 Or, II there wns fate In II at ali,
why had not that fate ever drawn them
together again, IL only for once?
One day he was In Washington. with
time enough at his disposal TO go through
some OF the great department buildings
OF the government MS u sightscer, some.
thing he Ind never done systematically
In any Of his hurried visits 10 the capi.
tai In the evening he dncd with \
friend OF not very long standing. an Of
fetal In the department of the interior
who was inclined 10 be hospitablc TO 80
important n nun us Richard Malvern.
As they sat before mn embrasure fire Of
wood In the library after dinner, with
their cigars. conversation turned lazily.
AZ beftted their leisure, upon the cnor
nous work of the government machinery.
"Onc OF the most interesting things
here" said Malvern. lis the postoficc
department
Yes" his host admitted. In some
ways. suppose. II comes nearest 70 the
people,
Especially" Malvern unused, "thc
dead letter office. In fact. that comes n
little too near. II is intrusive. sort OF
compulsory confessional. Just imagine
some communication OF yours or mine.
full Of condolences and even sacred sent.
ments--if men b, the world, like US, were
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commercial interests spread ont around
him--httle, fNOff Wtudhury came 10
seem to him in the distance Vt memory
like mere Fragments Of broken mold
from which all this large existence had
emerged.
Mrs, Malvern and her daughter had
held risidN To- his desire while they re-
mai0e1 ther' of having NO further inter,
course with the GN'yS, The breach made
was abrupt and completes Ii Leila Won.
dcrcd N his swift action W WAS tortured
by his silence and abandonment, she savc
the two women no way Of Knowing t.,
and the tenor W rumov VAS that she had
been glad to break on the affair So easily.
Nevertheless in all these rapid and busy
years no report ot her marriage had
come to Malvern, lie thought it natural
enough that IL She had heeu married he
should not hear W il. tor they had grown
10 hc as far apart MS though they lived in
different sky worlds
Once, quite by accident, far h. had little
to do with poetry now, he came upon the
old book in which WAS hidden the faded
leaf that recorded the day NJ their final
parting. II tluttcrrd out trom among the
pages. and with sudden imratirucr he
was ON the point OF throwing It into his
wastchaSkrt when the mcrr SiugularitY
VI its having been preserved So long
through all the changes and mnviugs vt
his career Staid his hand, \ voice scrm-
Cd to murmur distinctly into his ear,
"Evcu dead things have life"
lie had felt very sure the old love was
dead 50 sure that he seldom gave II even
the artificial vitality ot thinking about It,
Could II he possible that there was still
any spark VI il Smolleriug down there
in his HEARTY Why did he feel something
like an atlcctionNtc association with the
faded leaf? His lite should he rich
enough now to do without the company
ot tattrred, diugy memories. II was re.
plrtc with interests, with wealth, luxury
and the excitement of great practical III
dcrtakingS in which he moved as ritl.
zen OF weight and influences.
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lean u hlw w',A cltDcaty and beg him
20 stay, IL, she &,.ded oI.Iy, And going
alone. Nj MaNrn;'
BUT She did not wait for him to answer.
The thought OF his leaving hrr 50 easily
made her flush rrl, and, slipping of her
tiny, sparkling cugagemcut ring, She
handed il u him.
There" she said, Il release you.
Go"
He took it in silence, haushtily, hut with
grief and rage and with 4 sensation as
though all the life within him had broken
To pieces. lie did not dare u say
"Goodhy." He did not dare 10 speak.
One glance only they exchanged, and il
the eyes OF each the fire Of war and the
lignr.nf peace mingled, contcuding. Then
he withdrew toward the door and paused
there Il moment with an involuntary
gesture half despair, half struggling
nope, hut Leila had turned partly away,
with her hand resting unStcadily on the
chair nearest her, and II she felt his heSi-
tation or his gesture she did not show II,
The sunlight beyond her still Started
across the pale garden, hut there was no
rcspoudinS bird song III the house. lie
closed the door noiScleSSly as he passed
out.
Where does this climate ot the mind
come from that holds us in its grasp rs
firmly, that Swaps and ovcrcomcS us as
unpityingly, as the elements without,
with fierce changes Vt heat and cold,
flood and drought of storm that ,rrnds our
tenGerrSt sentiments and deals misery on
those we luyr hHSt2 The straugrst thing
about this mental meteorulogy Of ours is
that we ourselves often seem to create
and hurl those very storms that 50 clutch
us anu"@cvaStatc our hearts.
The wreck had come IL them, 50 Nal
vcrn and Leila thought. and from with.
in themselves, though neither had de-
sired it. For him all life and color pass
cd ont of the day and left it like that
withercd leaf which he picked up on the
path homcward faded and with only a
blush of remembered joy upon II. Why
he wondered now, why had he not been
impulSivc enough to obey the whisper
of the leaf, which had seemed almost
to be coaNing him to turn back to Leila
But how was it meanwhile with her.
Left alone, she wept without restraint
She throw herself upon the couch and
buried her face. Again, wringing her
hands. she PACED the room, hut out OF
her grief there Sprang a sudden hope
She had been wrong; she knew ii. At
least She had been the first To he wrong
and she would forgive Dick now for be-
ing in the wrong uttcrward. lmpulsivc'
ly she unelaSpcd the gold chain FROM
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When jayljSht came again, he was con-
WINGED he had bSrN Wise in So doing, for
TIN morRiuE brought nothing ~ alter tho
situation no word tyNm Leila no sight
Of her, no pretrNt FOR going 10 her and
discovering that the awful thing Of the
afternoon before - the brca&lug and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n drrary deluSion, 10
We hauiShrd and replaced by joy. Nal
SerO was always inclined ~ reason So
vVyrly. briefly and drCisjvrly in Important
matters, which is sometimes mistake
In matters that are not emily important,
but also vital. In this case also he was
under the serious disadvantage OF reason
iDs without the most important link "
ALL the circumstance Of l.cila's having
written e. him, Life and rayt and acct.
dent are sometimes slow in eNplaiuinS
themselves, l.eiM'S letter simply did not
arrive. She could not know that, and hc
did not even Know ~ is existence,
"Surriy,' he arSucd, III she were ever
going to acknowledge her haStmeSS and
her mistake She would do it now With
II not NOW then she viii die before She
will bend"
He waited until afternoon no mes
sage, no sign. ENcrything was in rcadi.
ness for his departure, M, he waited.
Once or twice he thought taReftully NJ
the dead leaf which had followed hin,
and of its whispered mnuition, What il
he had gone back when il came 10
him, though it meant uothjug, and had
rcSolutvly. NaliNntly, madr one last effort
To- SIT everything right
BAH He shrddrrrd at thr thought OF
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her neck an flung it away. Still sob
bling, she sat dowl at her pretty cscri
toire in the corner and wrote to Nal
vcrn quick, impassioncd, contrite, i'm
ploring natc ending playfully with the
words And don't forget the Thanks
giving dinner again, Dick ! shall wait
for you" The note finished and sealed,
she decided to intrust il to no hand but
her own. TO give it to their man Saun-
ders to carry to Dicks house would be
somewhat like sharing with the batter n
sacred confidence. OF course he could
not guess anything of the confession
and the hope concealed under the en-
velope, hut Leila had n feeling that her
letter was secret which had better DO
borne by an impcrsonal agent. So,
throwing on n hooded cloak, she slipped
out from the house almost furtively,
tucked the missive herself into the near
est post box and came back happier.
OF this Malvern, Of course, knew moth
ing, and as he sat here In his lonely
room, brooding into the twilight over
the thing which had happened, he won.
dered how it came about, why il had
happened and what ii had TO do with
their lives. which had seemed so happy
a few hours earlier. The scene with
Leila was like page torn out Of book,
which he read and rercad without un.
Outstanding it because the rest OF the
story was missing.
Before their simple supper was an.
nounced that evening his mother and sis
ter heard an omnous sound Of his trunk
being dragged from its retirement across
the floor, the shipping and banging Of
sundry objects and the impatient steps
and movements with which an active
man goes about his packing
Yes. | am going away In the morn
ing" he said 10 them in answer 10 their
inquiries when he came out-''a journey
on business. mother, which will take me
some time"
But how sudden"
What. And on Thanksgiving day,
tooT added his sister.
Yes" be said again. 1T IL immediate.
| shall 70 positively unless well. Of
course. something might happen TO keep
me"
He was thinking that IL by remote
chance any word should come from Leila
he would have to change his plan, but
against the hope u: this be steeIed him.
self.