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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-14


alleging, as usual, short supplies of cattle
as the reason.
Wool is stiliy 'hdih At the West. Buy
ing is sllli Sos, ana especially since the
Assabet failure Ind 1.-THE opening of heavy
weight woolens II decline in prices, and
many manufacturers are waiting for bet
ter bargains in material or for more
active demand fpr products. The wooden
industry has been hampered beyond all ex-
pectations by tho PRIZES demanded for wool
with the extraordinary stocks yet unsOld.
The market for cotton goods has been
fairly large and at rather better prices.
The state of business is on the whole as
satisfactory as it has been at any time.
Failures for the first week of the year
were 1851 $50 in amount, manufacturing
Si96i52, and trading 81 1925. Failures
for the week have been 3lS in the United
States, against $40 last year, and "a in
Canada. against 40 last year
New York Jan. 1S.-Bradstreet's tomor-
row will say:
Perhaps the most notable feature of the
trade situation at present is the strength
Of prices of nearly all staples, but particu-
larry of cereals. cotton iron and steel,
which has apparently gained further
ground since the first OF the year. EX-
PLANTATION of the strength of wheat is, OF
course, found in the good cash demand
which seems to meet any slight reaction in
values and which has placed the price at
point as high as at any previous time
for three months past. This cereal and
corn are both in exceptionally good de-
mand abroad, Judging from the large ex-
ports reported and good foreign demand
is likewise the secret of strength in cot
ton shipments, which continue heavy. a
feature of dealings in this staple is the
ready demand for good grades and the in
/ difference manifested toward low grades,
which, owing to bad weather at the South
are in larger than usual supply Cotton
manufacturers, indeed. have been COM
planning for some time of the low spinning
quality and waste OF the present crop.
| While large sales of iron and steel are
not so numerous as in recent weeks, furth
er advances in prices, notably of pig iron,
steel billets. plates and rods. bear testi-
mony to the eagerness OF buyers to secure
supplies.
Wheat, including -four shipments for
the week. aggregated 5,647,O bushels.
against 6,S6O,26S bushels last week. and
5,299517 bushels in the corresponding
week of 1898. Since July, this season, the
exports of wheat aggregate 1874, 0S6.0iS
bushels, against 49,, AZ, sol bushels last
year.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
| 1921 012 bushels against 4S44.2S bushels
! last week. i,G41 $50 bushels in this week a
year ago. Since july /, this season, corn
| exports aggregated S9,091 500 bushels,
against sS,444,4S6 bushels during the same
period Il year ago
Bank clearings for the week are again
of a record breaking character. aggregat-
ing 1910, G05,370, a gain of 10 per cent
over last weeks hitherto unprecedented
total
Business failures for the week show
, quite an increase over the preceding week,
numbering 304 against 237 last week, but
comparing with S23 in this week a year
: ~,
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BREAKING ALL RECORDS
Unprecedented Advance in the
Price of Stocks.
HISTORIC WEEK on CHANGE
Securities sun Advancinr-SiarvcI
Gus Incrensc in Values - RaiiroHf
stocks the Most Active - HroLcTs
Making Millions in COMMISSIONS
snecuIntinu Rampant Tables
Showing the Extent of the Rise.

The New York Stock Exchange is pass
ing through one of the most remarkable
periods of its eventful history. Price
records for securities are broken every
day. Records for the amount of business
done are newly made every other day
The brokers are making fortunes out of
commissions and the price of n seat on
the exchange is advancing rapidly. The
advance in the price of stocks every week
represents billions of dollars. New for
tunes of millions are being made, and. up
TO the present time. paradoXically enough,
very few are losing. That viii come later
when the climax is reached and prices be-
gin TO drop.
Before this week there had been Two
DAYS in the history of the exchange when
the sales of stocks had amounted 10
1000, 600 shares. Those two days We're
at the beginning and the end OF the great
Reading deal. in 1892 and 1898. Reading
shares were only $50 shares and the total
value of the two days business was not
equal TO a million full shares. During
this week the record of Loco. coo has been
passed three times, if yesterdays business
reached that amount, which seems Ger
tain. Or, in other words, there has been
accomplished three times this week what
Dds never peal cone before III the HiS.OIN
of the exchange. The total business for
the week will also far surpass any pre-
vious record. II is believed that it is
likely 10 be between 1000, 600 and 5000, 900
shares.
The value OF this business can be esti-
mated with some degree of accuracy. One
days transactions when a million shares
change hands means that between 500, 600, =
600 and $40, 600 600 are involved. In such
q week as this the total value of the
shares bought and sold will very nearly
aggregate half billion dollars.
1t is easy TO tell which stocks on the
list of the Stock Exchange are now al the
highest price in recent years. Almost
every railroad stock is now at the highest
price since the good times of SIS to %.
Twenty of the active securities are higher
today than they have been at any time
since 1898. Many are at higher price than
they have ever before seen. In general,
the industrial stocks are also at high
water mark.
1t is difficult TO realize the advance in
prices of railroad shares during the past
year. Never before has one month seen
such a rapid increase in values. The
period of lowest prices in 1897 was in
February and March before war was de-
clared but after the Maine was blown
up Following are the most active stocks
on the Stock Exchange list with the low
prices Of that period and the present prices.
in the third column OF this table is the
advance in price.
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Il will be seen that there has been 4
clear advance in price in securities of from
s points in the lowest priced common
stocks to so points in some of the special
ties" Perhaps it is a fair statement 10
say that the entire railroad list has ad
vaneed on an average 20 points. The mag
nitude of the increase in the wealth of the
country represented by these figures is
simply stupendous. One or two instances
will illustrate:
There are of Atchison common stocks
] 020 600 shares and OF the preferred stock
! 200 600 shares. The advance in the price
of the common stock from 10 to -, or So
a share, thus represents an increase in the
value Of the entire stock OF over 81, 000, 0G0.
Atchison preferred was selling in last Feb
rusry at % 1-s. and at present it is quoted
at 50, an advance Of $33 share. The total
issue Of the preferred stock has thus ad-
yanced il value SiO,G00,00o.
The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy has
ss4 600 600 OF stock, or $4,000 shares. The
price Of this stock has advanced not quite
SIS share, or $4,000 600
II may be said with perfect truthfulness
that all the careful students of financial
affairs believe that the present wave of
prosperity will carry prices OF American
railway shares much higher than the pres
ent level. il is realized that there will be
reactions OF greater or less Importance
from time TO time, but on the other hand,
there are conditions in the country at pres
ent which make higher prices almost ALSO
lutely certain. Only some great national
disaster can now stem the advance except
for the logical temporary recession,
brought about by technical conditions o.
the security market.
Chief among these reasons gre the i'm
mense earnings Of the railroads, in man.
cases the largest on record; the resumption
Of dividends by many of the roads an,
the fact that money is at present yer,
much cheaper than II was ten years ago
when the previous high record wa
reached.
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Chicago Grain Market.

Chicago, Jan. 10 Wheat advanced early,
hut lost its Improvement at the close
Liverpool was higher 5-Sa3-4d, while
Paris was about that much lower. Com
mission houses were the principal sellers.
Seventy-fyc loads were reported sold for
export at the seaboard and sales of 10, 600
bushels were made here for shipment by
way of gulf ports. Rye was a cent higher
with export sales at the seaboard OF 30 900
bushels
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-14

GAINESVILLE, o.. Jan. 13.-Three potteries
have combined with headquarters here.
They are the Midland Pottery of Rose
will, Roseville Pottery of Roseville. and
the Clark Pottery of GAINESVILLE. The Off
GERS are J. +. Cole. Roseville, senior man
aging director; d. l.. Mellick, ROseville,
assistant manager. and n. +. Young,
GAINESVILLE, secretary treasurer.
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Accidents VIII riappen.-John Brow

C. 4. n. veteran, Of 2iiG MARSHALL St. Phla-
delphia, SAYS: BY mere accident | came across
DR. AgneW's Catarrhal Powder a great
sufferer from that dread maIdv-C atIHl. This
wonderful remedy effected speedy and per
,nanent cuTc. and have been 50 thankful that /
am willing 20 spend much time in spreading tho
good news sold by 4. :. Williams, Jth aud +
Is. Elmands q Williams, Sd and IA. ave.-II.
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In Grlrre sueees.fuIIy rreated.

81 have Just recovered from the second attack
Of Ia grippe this year. says Mr. James A. Jones'
publisher Of the Leader. NeXia, Texas. Ia the
latter case used ChambcTlain's Cough Remedy
and ! think with considerable success, only be-
ing in bed 4 little over two days, against ten
DAVIS for the former attack. The second attack
] am satisfied would have been equally a. had
as the FIRST but Tor the use Of this remedy as /
had 20 go 20 lied in about six hours after being
struck with it, while IN the INST case ! was
able to attend 20 business about two DAYS be-
fore getting down For sale by Henry Evans,
Wholesale and Retail druggists 93s s. NV,
md Conn. ave. and 81. NV, and li2s Sid. ave.
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Washington stock Exchange.

Regular call-Capital Traction, 3OGS7
rs; Lanston Monotype, 10Oa16. 10415 7-8,
seller 10; Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 1,1OCG
40 cents. After cal-Lanston Monotype.
10@16; American Graphophone, 40d 10;
Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 300d40 cents.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
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The stock market week is over with the
execution of one day, and as yet there has
besn no abatement Of the immense buying
bv the public, and no hesitation IN the
advance of prices. Yesterday was ike All
other days. except that there was al no
time any realizing that could be diSnlheo
with the name. Prices advanced IN all
directions, only faster in some stocks than
others. II is perhaps as well TO give up
the idea of any serious setback in the
market unless there is some bad news
for some DAYS 10 come. There is bear
crowd still but il is not active, and 1t GER
taiuly is losing money where IT does act
Many are Of the opinion that before the
end Of the month there will be reaction,
but certainly it is not yet In sight ana
| these people may again prove TO be wrong.
All precedents this faction say, give warn
! ing that 4 reaction must soon come. but
! IL NAV certainly be set Gown that this IS
l a market that breaks precedents. II has
I broken many already and there Is no rea-
| son why ii should not shatter few more
/ For today the prospects are Of the rosiest.
/ The close yesterday was at the highest
figures and with large buying orders I'M
! filed. There is nothing bad in the outlook
| for the last day in the week. On the con
! trary there is reason to believe that the
| bank statement will be excellent. Money
| was cheap all day. London closed firm.
! The commission houses that have been ad-
yising customers to sell are now changing
their tactics and telling them TO buy
again.
The grangers were the feature of the
market. though their advance was not so
rapid as that Of one or two OF the special
ties Two OF rhem-St. Paul and Burling-
/ ton-again made new high records for this
movement and for the last ten years. Bur
a h.. dow la tor f4tT
1907 and st. Paul only an eighth OFF al
la4 IS Rock Island was for some reason
n laggard though il went TO ZIG IA and
closed at 1l6. There is every reason why
the grangers should advance. Their earn
ings are tremendous. and with money al
its present rate their prices are really very
low, Ten years ago. when money was a
& rer cent and better. all Of the srangers
we're many points higher than they are
now. With money AT ; per cent and such
prospects OF good times ahead, there is
nothing unreasonable in supposing that the
old high prices will be passed and left be
hind. Those who look for reaction in the
grangers with the remainder of the mar
ket consider only this movement and tht
rapid advance that has been made with
practically no recession. The reaction may
come. hut many now believe that IL will
not be bad one. Perhaps point or two
now and then will be all that can be ac-
} complished. The grangers are especially
attractive 10 conservative investors because
of the fact that thousands of shares O
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-14
Alpha Medical Association.

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FOR 50 PER YEAR. Easy payments. Physi-
clan at the Office during business hours.
No extra charges whatever. Nothing TO
pay until you get your certificate. Gail and
inquire about it. Reference TO those who have
been treated.
j. T. ELLIS, Manager.
els F ST \. W. Hours-s:30 4. IN. 10 ) p. IN.
Physicians Sunday Hours, 0 to II a. m. Other
hours by appointment.
GOOD SOLICITORS WANTED.
jsl0-h
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Rock Island is considered one of the best
stocks on the list at its present price by
careful market critics. 1t will be remem-
bered that a few days ago it was only ten
points behind Burlington. Within the last
week Burlington has forged ahead. as has
St Paul, and Rock Island has been left
behind in the advance And yet the road
is not behind the other grangers in any
particular of its good prospects. Perhaps,
on the whole. its position is a trifle more
alluring. Mr.. Flower has eXerted his in
fluence in keeping the stock back. When
it moves its advance will almost surely be
correspondingly rapid.
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hicngO Grain HTid Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. b. Hibbs & Co,
members OF the New York Exchange
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Open High Low Clos

Corrected daily by W. B. Hlbbs & Co.
members CT the New York Exchange.
I.Io f Street
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And the same may be said of the other
industrials with almost as much reason
If there is one thing noticeable in the bust
ness of the last week it IS that traders are
getting out of the industrials and invest
ing in the railroad shares. There will be
a return TO the industrials after little
course and money will be made in them
but at the moment everybody is enamored
of the soldity of the railroads.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-14

The coalers were all strong yesterday.
Delaware and Hudson went to ll3. New
Jersey Central TO 1913, ex-dividend: Lack
awanna to 15S. Reading to % IL. and
Reading first to 81 IL, and all these stocks
closed the day at very near the high
marks for the session. There is very evil
IDENTIFY Morgan buying in them. 1t now
looks rs though Mr. Morgan's visit abroad
will be productive of good results in in
ducing foreigners to buy back American
shares at prices considerably higher than
they were sold.
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TIE PURCHASE in bulk OF THE en-
tire stock of goods and
merchandise IN TIE rHEMIsrs
ALSO ALL the store fixtures
and parapiIernaiia OF TRADE

OF EVERY KIND AND DESCRIPTION IN SAID
PREMISES. INCLUDING COMPLETE CASH
- STEM.
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BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF TIE ST.
PREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO.
LIMBIA. PASSED IN EQUITY CArSE NO
lYssq TIE UNDERSIGNED UNITE BIDS FOR
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
Check Was a Forgery.

Albert drummer and Seton Hurst
were in town Monday having in
their possession a check on the
First National Bank for 5000 with
the name of C. II. Palmer at the
bottom.
They owed J. y. Barall an ac-
count and proposed to Mr.. Barall
that, as it was Labor Day and the
bank closed, that he cash the
check, taking out the amount of
their Indebtedness and give them
the remainder. The merchant in
vestigated the matter and was
informed that the signature was a
forged one. The men, foiled in
their plan, returned to Ravia, where
they were arrested afterward by
Deputy Buck Garrett, and both of
them are now here in the federal
Jail under indictment for forgery
by Judge Bradford.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
Silly SMALLPOX Story.

E. P. Underwood, living some
fourteen miles southeast from Ard
more, between Means gin and Ran,
was in town yesterday evening,
and unbosomed himself to a num-
Der OF our people about the death
of a negro woman in that commu-
nifty from what was SAID to be
smallpox. Mr.. Underwood said the
attending physician pronounced
it smallpox, but we have not dis
covered who the attending physi-
clan was. He further said that on
her dying bed she said she had
stolen her way through the quar-
antine lines at Sherman. and that
her son while attempting to do the
same thing was cruelty shot to
death.
Strange, isn't it, that a thing
like this should have been kept
secret.
Mr.. Underwood is also quoted as
saying that lots of the negroes in
that vicinity who have been exposed
to the malady are frightened and
are scattering in every direction.
Now all this is bad enough if it
is so. Yet while Mr.. Underwood
is reliable man, and the writer
has known him as such for ten
years, we are very much inclined
to think his information did not
come from any reliable source,
and while we present his statement
as made, we feel disposed to say
that it cannot be substantiated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08

The State National Loan and
Trust Co. of Fort Worth, Tex,
has its special agent, w. ID. Breck-
enridge. on the ground. with head
quarters at the Wilmington hotel,
for the purpose of looking after its
interests in the way of loans. The
company has had an excellent board
here since last November, COM
posed of some of our most sub
stantial citizens, and now that the
time is at hand when you will need
money, Mr.. Breckenridge, who Or
ganized the board, is here to help
you out. Whether you have stock
in this company or not, if you are
likely to need some help to buy
your lot or to build on same, call
at the hotel and see the agent. lie
will be glad to see you, and to
give you the facts about their con-
tract, than which there is none
better. If not convenient to call
at the hotel leave word with Col.
Sidney Suggs, Mr.. Palmer at City
National Bank, R. w. RRaudol,
who is president of our local
board, or Tisdal & Tisdal, local
agents. 7tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08

J. E. Gibson has purchased from
H. Moses the White Elephant pool
and billiard hall. and will occupy
the room of the Wilmington build
ing fronting on Caddo street and
formerly occupied as the hotel of
fee. Jim has had charge of the
business for the past year and has
proved himself hustler. He will
now double his energies toward
pushing his business to a financial
success
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08

Homer Boyd has opened an up
to-date news stand in the confec-
tionery of Julius Kahn. where all
news and late periodicals can be
found. 6-3t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
Notice of Removal.

| have now removed my stock of
groceries into the building formerly
occupied by A. c. Young's furni-
ture business, four doors west of
the post Office, where l will be
pleased to meet all my old friends
as well as new ones.
SGT. W. A. PAYNE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
FIRE AT THE GIN
of Blsnton, Rsy & Co.-Seed Cotton on
Fire. Unknown Cause.

Fire. Unknown Cause,
About nine O'Clock this morning
the blowing of whistles denoted
danger and the fire bell told the
story.
While J. w. Shackleford was
unloading his seed cotton at the
large shed of Blanton Ray & Co.,
fire was discovered coming from
the end of the fue in the bin.
Quick as flash the blaze spread
over the seed cotton in the build
ing, and of which it is estimated
there were forty bales.
At the first sound of the alarm
Mr.. Snider at the oil mills close bv,
seized two fire extinguishers and
rushed to the scene, and with them
succeeded in holding the flames in
check until the arrival of the fire
engine which had also made an
extra quick run.
The building for the storage of
seed cotton is a new structure Just
completed and is some distance
from the Gin house-the cotton
being conducted to the gin stands
through suction fiues. The routine
work of the gin is therefore not in
the least interfered with.
It is not known what the loss
will be but it will be light, and
there is some insurance to cover it.
A number of hands were put to
work at once moving the cotton
from the building to the yard to
make certain that all danger was
over.
The fire engine remained on the
scene all day ready to subdue any
smoldering matter which might
remain.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08

Captain John l.. Gait, chairman
of the Territory Democratic Exec
utive Committee is corresponding
with other members of the board
to determine where and when the
next meeting of the executive COM
mittee will be held.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
Here's a Honey.

Wichita has never had more
respectable reputation as a source
of news than now. 1t is the result
of the Beacon's fight OF fake cor
respondents in favor of legiti-
mate news service, Wichita Bea-
con.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08

Blotches and excrescences, which
so often annoy people are simply eff
forts.to throw off impediments to the
proper performance of her duties.
Herbine will aid and assist nature in
her work, and ensure a skin clear
and beautiful, entirely free from all
imperfections. Price so cts. City
Drug Store, w. B. Frame.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08

j. j. Dabbs of st. Louis is oc-
cupying the Pennington & Will
liams building with a stock of dry
goods and millinery today. Miss
Farrow, head trimmer in the mil
linery department, has arrived
from st. Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
A Favorable Omen.

Cast your optics toward the
moon tonight and see how nicely il
hangs to give us a good drenching
Its position, according to old In
dian history, denotes rain. But
we won't believe it until it is rain
ing all around and pouring down
in the middle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
The townsite appraisers sury

The townsite appraisers survey
ing corps was at work on North
Springer street this forenoon. By
the way, there will necessarily have
to be some street Strengthening
done thereabouts.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
Re-Tag Your Dog.

All parties who are using the old
tags on their dogs are requested to
bring the same to this Office and
exchange for new ones. All dogs
found with old tags at the expira-
tion of this notice will be killed.
W. r. ROBERTS,
7-2t Assessor and Collector.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-09-08
Primary School.

The primary department of Har-
grove college is well supplied with
all necessary appliances for start
ing little folks on the road to knowl-
edge. Opens Sept. 4. 31tf