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cftnxufiaI.
10 wall Street.
New York. october II. 1892
To the Holders of the
First Mortgage Four Per Cent.
Gold Bonds
OF THE
PITTSBURGH & WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY
DATED JULY 1, 1885,


Referring to our notice OF December Is. 1893
we have to announce that holders of moro than 80
per cent. in amount OF the First Mortgage Four
Per Cent. Gold Bonds Of the Pittsburgh and West.
ern Railway Company have deposited these bonds
with us In accordance with the terms of said
notice.
We have further TO announce that we have made
arrangements with the Reorganization Managers
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
whereby. in case they issue any Plan of Reorgan.
hstion OF the Pittsburgh and Western Railway
Company prior to December II. 1899, they under.
take to give all our depositors whose bonds shall
not have been aod to them for cash. stated In the
neatparaRraph an option for at least thirty days
after such Plan is issued TO take par and interest In
cash. or to have their bonds included In tho Plan
the basis Of new securities They also agree that
the expiration OF such option. they will purchase
from us for cash at par and accrued interest up to
the time OF delivery all bonds held by in respect
OF which the option to take securities shall not
have been exercised we agreeing to sell them such
bonds. II no Plan shall have been issued by that
date. the foregoing arrangements will continue In
force thereafter until said Reorganization Managers
terminate the same by notice to uS.
ANY holder of our receipts or certificates, rather
than await such Plan, desires and shall elect to ss
his bonds for cash Thereby losing his right OF cleo
tion to take either cash securities after issu.
ancc OF the Pianl said Reorganization Managers
further agree that at any time prior 10 December
I<.1sae land also thereafter until notice from them
TO u.s. such holder may present his receipt certia
cate at our oico for proper annexation OF such cleo.
ton thereon. and that at tho expiration Of thirty
days from the date OF such annexation, he shall
receive par and accrued interest In cash therefor at
our Office upon surrender of his receipt or certificate
properly endorsed.
j. P. MORGAN & co.
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IArrar LONDON ouorAr1nra.

Government bonds strong The As Of 1907
and s25 OG% sors cent higher bid each
burg and Gulf lists Norfolk and Western con-
Southern Hallway s.. Union Pacific %. RtchHf..
son. Baltimore and Ohio. Central Pacific, North
ern Pacific. St. Louis Southwestern and Wabash
issues.
Commercial price OF bar silver in New York.
59c. Bar silver In London closed at ~ 3.16d
Mexican silver dollars were quoted ut 47Ac
Money on call 3t6s per cent. good demand
edged collateral Is reported. While banks and
trust companies will not lend for sixty DAYS. as
fer TO lend for six months at q per cent. and
these offerings are fairly well taken. On en-.
tlrely industrial collateral money can BIO had
for 4, B and months at q per cent, plus y Of
] per. cent. to per cent commission, depend
ing. OF course. upon the strength Of the maker
81 per cent, for bills receivable: acceptances
and prime single names. 5hfd6 per cent. other
names. 0GI per cent.
Sterling exchange opened firm and further
closed with an easier tone and at tho inside
quotations. Continsntal exchange was quiet.
drafts. $751;, Actual rates are long i,i
sl;Sl JS$4slS slight drafts, s. - ,;las4sJs
quoted at 5.23,G95, 22S for long. and 52O0
5lo', for short: rechsmarks, ~ 1;16lao4 $40
ers. 30 1918 GAO for long. and 4OAi04O 1915
for short.
Domestic eIchangeon New York: Boston-5c.
(G10c discount Observation-Disclosures. par: SELL
lpg, LILO. Savan h-Buying. sofr selling. par.
New Oreans-Bank. par: commercial $1,000
81 75 discount. San Francisco-Sight. 10. pre-
MUM telegraph. Zoe. premium. st. Louis-25c
discount. Chicago-3Oc. discount. Cincinnati
between banks. par; over counter. Soc.
premium.
Tho Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Company has declared dividend OF IN per
cent on its preferred stock. payable Feb. l.
The American Sugar Refining Company has
declared q quarterly dividend OF 3 per cent on
its common stock and on its preferred stock
Y per cent on that part entitled to quarterly
dividends and3 per cent. on that part en-
titled to semi-annual dividends payable Jan. 2.
The National Steel Company has declared
quarterly dividend OF ] Y per cent. on its pre-
ferred stock payable Dec. 30
The Maryland Coal Compan has declared q
semi annual dividend OF per cent. and an ex-
ira dividend OF per cent on Its preferred
stock payable Dec 80.
The Commercial Gable Company has de-
clared a quarterly dividend Of ] . per cent. and
a bonus OF per cent. payable Jan, ..
Railway gross earnings for November COM
oil re with those OF the same month OF Last year
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Total .s57. s6s. 2ol. SO
l. GEO. 3. HICKOK. Cashier of the aboye-name ed
bank DO solemnly swear that the above statsme nt
Is true to the best OF my knowledge and belief.
,, GEO. g. HICKOK, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 9th day
OF December 1899. W. A. MAIN,
Notary Public, Kings County.
Corrcct-Attest:
S sRS sHf Hzi SS3S Directors
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Former Bank President Goes to Jail.

MONTREAL. Dec. Civilian Weir. president
OF the defunct Vile Marie bank was sentenced
oy Judge Wurtele this afternoon to two years,
less one day, In the common jail Mr.. Weir.
VIII otner bank directors gave the Govern-
ing OF the bank some time before the smash
came. Inc less one day" saves him from
gong 20 tho penitentiary. The trial OF the
other directors will follow Wv
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Public 9lotires.
j. P. MORGAN & co.
NOTICE TO rAYpAYR

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BUREAU FOR
THE COLLECTION OF TAXES No 81 Chambers
street Stewart Building. New York December I'd
1900.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN 70 all persons who
have omitted to their taxes for the year 1890 to
pay the same to the Receiver OF Taxes at his Office in
the Borough in which the property Ia located, as fol
lows;
Borough of Manhattan. No. 81 Chambers street.
Manhattan, n. y;
Borough OF The Bronx corner Third and fremont
avenues The Bronx, y. y;
Borough of lry oklyn. Rooms =, 4, and Municipal
Building. Brooklyn, N Y;
Borough OF Queens, corner Jackson avenue aud
Fifth street Long Island city. n. VI
Borough OF Richmond, Richmond Building. New
Brighton. Staten Island, n Y;
before the frs day OF January 1900 az provided by
section ~ OF the Greater New York Charter
as, Laws Of 1890.
Upon any such tax remaining unpaid after the nrst
day of December 1850. one per centum will DO
charged received and collected, In addition 10 tho
amount thereof and upon such tax remaining I'M:
be charged. received and collected upon the amount
thereof at the rate of seven per centun per annum
to be calculated from tho second day OF October
1900, on which day the assessment rolls and war;
rants for the taxes Of 1892 delivered 10 the said
Receiver Of Taxes. to the date OF payment pursuant
to section plb Of said act,
DAVID f. AUSTIN. Receiver OF Taxes.
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Ridpath's History of the
World, which John Wanamaker
is selling at half price, is an ideal
Christmas present.
If a book is appropriate at all,
Ridpath is a safe choice.
Only one dollar need be paid
now. Balance may be paid
$500 month after the Christ
mas buying is over.
A grand Set-o massive volumes,
nearly 1000 pages, 1000 illustrations,
over 100 maps and charts. A com.
plete historical library all by itself.
Call or write for particulars.
The DEAF CURED FREE
AT CARNEGIE LYCEUM 18th Al. and Tn ..
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alillinrry aud nrrssmakiua.


A IL furs redyed, remodelled, repaired; latest
"A styles; moderate prices. Specially soaisti.
Persian. BARKERs. iii West seth st. '-'
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oats We're steady but less active. Receipts here
1920 bush. exports, $500. Chicago rec eiyed
$4,000 and shipped 24s5I3. Spot sales here
10000 bush; No, 2 white in elevator. ale: No. D.
3Otoc,; No. mixed SOC. No, 9, poe; Ingradod 81
s36c, for white and 20@3ie. for mixed. Rye was
firm at 55h for Western c.i Buffalo and doe c. {. T.
state. December in Chicago closed at Gle. Harley
was steady AZ ao,gStio, Tor teed and 44stsc. for
bush including 900 at the out ports No. 23SIac
Futures advanced VI to &c, but reacted later and
May closed nc; lower than last night The sales
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Situations 5fanted-Nlalss.

INEXPERIENCED. BRIGHT JAPANESE wants pod,
- ZION as assistant cook or butler; good place
HAIKU. l6t Sands ST.. BROOKLYN
IooD REWARD for securing position as shipping
clerk, porter; collector. janitor ,watc Ii m AMI
salary $40 monthly: II years experience. BRAN
DIES Sid Washington St. Hoboken. N. J.
PAPER RULER wants situation to take charge in
-. or ont or city; experience in all brapches al
blankbook binding; moderate wages. Address
ID. b.. box 2o4 Sun ONCE,
EoUNG MAN. II. would like chance 10 obtain
employment in foreign country; railroad work
preferred experienced or would like electrical
WORK In city. Address &. A., box las Sun ONCE.
NoCSG MAN from country wishes clerkship:
good habits; college education; references for
position OF trust; willing to work.
WILLING. 238 East l2th at
WANrED-By middle'aged man. position as COZ
" iector or watchman: bost references As 10
honesty industry and sohriety. Address
WILSON. 83 South 9th ST., Brooklyn N Y
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Wheat advanced on a rise Of sd in Liverpool and
20 centmes in Paris, and light receipts but reacted
sharply on the BradstIoGt statement OF worlds
stocks which, instead Of showing the expected good
decrease, actually increased 400, 900 bush. Be
sides, thG export demand was disappointing, The
seaboirl ClearancGS were $50 900 bush, aud the
primary receipts only 10000 bush, Or but half as
large Ms IL year ago. and English milling supplies
according 10 Broomhall, arc becoming depleted.
Corn strengthened for u tmo by light receipts
only 1875 cars at ChicagO-and rise in Liverpool
OF hld. to Nd but fell or with whoat later. though
also affected by larger country offerings and ane
weather for moving tho crops, The seaboard clear
ance+ were dO5 900. Russian supplies of oats are
increasing,
FLOUR-Tho market was quiet, partly owing to the
increased hrmness of holders, especially on spring
patents Nevertheless, there was somewhat better
trade. Sales. 900 bbs Receipts were H. SO bbls
and loSnb sacks; exports 10 .'9n bols, and ls,9p4
No. 2 extra. s265@s2.66; clears. S3l0@s3.2O;
strnights. So 259S3,4O patents. So 6o9S3 10 Spring
in bills, Clears, 2HO@$B 10; straights So 1885 5O
patents So 7O@tS,s5, rye -four, 50. loSs3.5oi buck
wheat -four, S2.ooS$22 5i grain ooc' nominal, c. l.
T. New York.
CoTroN.-spot WAS I.l8c. lower hero and at New
Orleans. Mobile. Norfolk and st. Louis; LIDO to Nc
lower at Augusta and re lowec az as a on and
1900 ~ New Orleans. coo At Mobile aud none st
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Wanted-Malrs.

- =
ROOK EDGE GILDERS-A few good m on who nm
- derstand laying.on and burnt hing
EDWIN IVES SONS. ~ Howard ct
BOY; 90 q week. 1873 West 32dst.
COFFEE AND TEA Statesmen, expecting "a
change on Jan. l. may ind it to their advantage
10 address, In confidence,
IMPORTER. box 1872 Sun ONCE
pRINTER WANTED on Job work and feeder in
l. cigar box factory.
l., WALTER. 1914 Az. A. cor 10th ct.
WANTED Skilled workman on sheet and plata
w steel, three sixteenths TO No. 10.
+. Ii. EVANS. 59o Kent av.. brooklyn.
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Hank Reports.
mo. 9AI6.l

mo. 8415.1
REPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE
at New York in the State Of New York ct the close
II business December I'd, 1899:
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AvaI1AbIe cash bal, IN.
Guiding gold reserve. s2s0.I1o. lo< s2ss ,25 SAC

Money In London 4 per cent Rates OF
discount in open market for short and three
months bills, 5h05n per, cent. Amount OF
bullion gone into tho Bank OF England
on balance to-day fl4.0OO. Pnrls advicos
quote . per CENTS at 100 francs rs centimrs
Exchange on London % francs ~ centimes
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Galveston. Middlin1 here 11-1eo.; Gulf 90. Liver
pool declined LIED the spot with sales Of 10000
bales. Futures fell points there The movement
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row....,1O.oOo to 1I,OOC

Augusta shipped to-day 1,423 bales; Memphis.
6,g5s 81. Louis, e,sp2. and Houston, 1910, New
Orleans closed to points lower and New York
to points OF on the active months. with estimated
sales hare of balea.
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The st, Joseph Z Grand Island Railroad re-
ports gross earnings for October of Sl3S.22
q decrease, Of S5.l AZ as compared with the
decrease OF Sl3.345 For the four months end
ing Oct ~ the gross earnings were S54l.4l
an increase OF SOL .502, as compared with the
corresponding period OF last year, and net
sl56.Il4. an Increase Of S4S,53S. Fixed
charges were $4,000, leaving a SURPLUS OF
$l2l.4 14. an increase Of SS6.S71.
The Mexican National Railroad reports gross
earnings for October OF 1854. 100. an increase
OF S5S,63S. as compared with the same month
OF Inst year, and net s3l7.3l7. an increase Of
the gross earnings were SJS2l ia. an increase
OF SB9I. SS7 as com pared with the CORE spond-
ing period OF last year and net S2,SOO,037. an
increase OF SiOS.O4T
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| These securities among others we're sold by
| auction TODAY at tho Real Estate Exchange;

auction To-Day NJ the Real ESTATE E1chanRe:
100 shares United States Trust Co............ls5o
20 shares Colonial Trust Co 3p5h
10 shares Bank of Man haitian Co............ 2a5l
10 shares Merchants National Bank"....... 1855
shares Bank OF America ..,..........,..... 454h
30 shares American surety Co................ 2uOl
rs shares Title Guarantee ( Trust Co. 400
10 shares Corn Exchange Bank .............. s7aL
shares BANKERS Trust Co, .,.......,....... 2ia1s
10 shares Morton Trust Co. .............. Gee. AL
&c shares Westchestcr Trust Co. ofYonkers.. 1877
shares city Trust Co. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. spl
10 shares Trust Co. OF America ......... .22Sa23o
1B shares Intern' Banking Trust Co IL tOaiaO
10 shares TIldcu STATE Bank, Tilden. Seb 90. No
10 shares LIST National Bank OF Douglas Wy. so
400 shares StuyNesant Fire Insurance Co... FAX
shares Homo Insurance CO................ 224ls
100 shares Central Coal Coke Co., prefd .,. 10
The receipts Of the Government to-day were:
Customs. $3.50. AL internal revenue. So3l-
SS4 and miscellaneous S143344: q total OF
$lS55.7 700. The disbursements were 81, 30
600. an excess OF receipts over expenditures OF
$4,000. The receints Of the fiscal year 10
date have been s24S.727. 52s and the expen-
dltures S233, 320. 900: an excess OF receipts
over expenditures OF SIS. 40l .52S
The official count OF the cash In the Treasury
to-day compared with that OF yesterday
shows:
Gold coin and bullion. sass ,o5s,s77 sass.oS5. $50
Silver dollars and bull
lion ................... .e9ie,eis e.eo2.5se
U, ~ notes. .............. 1b,4tb,SS& 1b,54p,Sl8
Other assets, less de-
mand liabilities. 22.s9o.625 2c.7oT.4Os
Available caEh hal
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New York Stock EIchanGe-saIes Dec. 9.
UNITED STATES AND STATE BONDS I'm 81 .ooOs)
Uss DON ITO
. 3 Is. r. 1928, .....--.......--.-....l3 San

CLOSING PRICES OF UNITED STATES BONDS.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-17
A PAINTERS JEST.

To Jan Steen, the Dutch painter, 4
brilliant practical joke is ascribed.
Having accepted a commission from 4
notable burgher OF Leyden to paint =
mural picture representing The Chill
dren Of Israel Crossing the Red Sea.
Steen, as usual, requested a consider
able advance, and, as usual, disappear
ed. to have a joyous time, his patron
also having gone on pleasure trip
Stems return took place Il day before
the patrons. and the wall Of the stair
case had not as much as been touched
Steen simply painted it a dark red all
over" What is this?" asked the as
tonished and irate merchant. That. y
replied Steen, lis The Children of Is
rael Crossing the Red Sea-" Where
are the Israelites?" was the next ques-
ton They are over" was the an
swer. Where are the Egyptians -
They are under.'-Current Literature.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-17

east and west coasts will be opened up
by lines connecting with the through
route from the Cape to Cairo. It is by
far the most impressive mapping out
of modern lines of communication and
transportation that has ever been
made, and practically redeems a whole
continent from barbarism. 1t seems
now that the apparent bIockage Of the
line by the Anglo-German treaty Of
1890, which cut the proposed route by
securing an intervening strip of terri
tory to Germany, was a benefit in dis
guise Unable to connect the extreme
north with the extreme south without
German consent, Mr.. Rhodes probably
arranged a settlement with the kaiser
in that interview of which we have
heard so much; but instead of a rail-
way deal, it has actually become a po-
litical partnership on the grandest
scale. It has brought two almost alien
ated nations together and recast the
European situation.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-17
\ BRAVE AND GENTLE KNIGHT.

Dying two years ago, General Guy v.
Henry would have passed into the mil
itary history Of the country with Light
Horse Harry Lee and Custer as Il dar-
ing captain Of horse. Dying now after
the brief governorship of Porto Rico,
which failing health abridged, he
leaves the more interesting example of
q man who could put the whole Of Il
strong nature not into fighting alone.
but whatever was his duty. Whether
it lay with the most intractable or the
most amiable Of American peoples. it
was done thoroughly and in keeping.
He was sudden as thunderbolt. fierce
as a hawk. when he struck the savage
Sioux. Re was patient as a teacher.
consideratc as a parent. when he gave
the kindly Porto Ricans their first les=
sons IN self government.
once It would have been said that
such a combination was impossible in
one man: that the cavairyman could
no more change his nature than a cen
taUr discard his equine findquarters.
But man grows complex in modernitx
and 50 in General Heury's case
realize what was little more tha
ideal of chivalry-a very braL
gentle knight,-N?w York Press
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-17
Remember the mass meeting,
HOW BALzAC WROTE.
Preparation of Details-Proofs That
Came Back Time After Time

With no Unborn literary facility, with
an Unborn artistic conscience that drove
him on in untiring pursuit of perfec-
ton, he filed the vast chasm between
his thought and it's vast expression
with countless pen strokes, and by
methods Of composition all his own;
the exact reverse of these of Dumas,
writing at white heat, never rewriting;
or of Hugo, who said, II know not the
art of soldering a beauty in the place
, of a defect. and 1 correct myself in
another work" Balzac began with q
short and sketchy and slipshod skele-
ton. making no attempt toward Sc
quence or style, and sent il, with all
its errors, to the printer. Proofs We're
returned to him in small sections
pasted in the center of huge sheets,
around whose wide borders soon shot
from the central text rockets r and
squibs OF the authors additions and
corrections, fired by his Infatuated Est.
The new proofs came back on similar
sheets. to be returned to the printer
again ike the web and tracks of u
tipsy spider This was repeated dOZ-
en- times or, it is said. a score of times,
always with amplifications, until his
typewriters became palsied lunatics.
He overheard one of them, as he en-
tered the office one day, say: I've
done my hour of Balzac; who takes
him next?" Typesetter, publisher. au-
thor were put ont of misery only when
the last proof came in, at its foot the
magic Bon a tirer.'
This stupendous work had been pre-
ceded and was accompanied by as stu
pendOus preparation of details He dug
deep to set the solid foundations fol
each structure he meant to build. 81
I have had to read so many books" hC
says. referring to his preliminary tot
on Louis Lambert" So real were his
creations to him-Inore alive to his Wis
ion than visible creatures about-thai
he must needs name them fittingly
and house them appropriately. In
vented nomenclature gave no vitality
to them. in his view. and he hunted
on signs and shop fronts wherever he
went, for real names that meant life
and a special life. "a name" as ns
said, which explains and pictures anC
proclaims him; Il name that shall be
his, that could not possibly belong Il
any other. "-Scribner's
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-17

The silence in South Africa means
the strain of preparation on both sides.
Meanwhile troops are
SOUTH landing in Durham for
AFRICAN relief of General White,
SITUATION. without abandonment
of the original plan for
a march north from Cape Town, though
it may be deferred till the arrival of
the new division to take the place Of
the troops diverted to Natal. White is
expected to hold his own till Butler is
strong enough to take the field, when
the fate of the Natal campaign will
probably be decided in battle to the
south of Ladysmith, unless the Beers
raise the siege and retire to the border
passes. It is a race between artillery
from Pretoria and troops on the sea.
This points to a decisive struggle in
Natal, though the condition would be
changed were troops to arrive fast
enough to relieve White and march
from Cape Town to the Orange river at
the same time. Then Joubert might be
manoeuvred into retreat without fight
ing
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-17

In New York state on election day
voting machines were used at Buffalo,
Rochester. Utica, Ith-
VOTING AGA and some of the
MACHINES smaller towns High
A SUCCESS. praise of the machines
came from all quarters.
They have met every promise of con-
venience to voters. speed in voting. au-
tomato and instantaneous footings of
the total number of votes cast for each
candidate and promptness in announc-
ing the aggregate result. In Ithaca the
results for the town were all collected
and summarized in seventeen minutes
after the closing of the polls. In addi-
ton to the advantages OF speed and ac-
curacy the machines are so constructed
as to make It impossible to cast a de-
fective vote, to repeat" or commit any
fraud or irregularity. The voting ma
chine is one of the inventive triumphs
of the age and is as sure, in the near
future, to displace the printed ballot
as steam has displaced the stage coach.