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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-11

The past week in the stock market has
been one OF the most remarkable In the
history Of Wall Street. The boom on Mon
day was for one thing an unprecedented &C.
currence. Heretofore prices have always
declined on the eve of election But this
showing Of confidence in coming good times
Tor the trusts was as nothing compared
with what has occurred during the latter
half of the week. The public has come
into the market, and has bought millions
OF shares of stocks, for speculation partly,
but to very large extent without a doubt
for investment The cliQues and the pro-
fessionals have sold out tremendous blocks
OF stocks, but they have had almost no eff
feet in stemming the upward course OF
prices. Something like 100000 shares of
stocks have been traded in in four days
Yesterdays business was the largest on
record for a short session. AS result there
has been q rapid advance In prices every
where but especially in those securities in
which the public had most feared trouble in
the event Of the election of Mr.. Bryan. The
Steel and Iron Trust stocks and the other
industrial securities have all doomed in a
wonderful way.
The market is one of those which ii is
entirely easy TO explain. There is nothing
mysterious about 1t. The public has been
confident OF prosperity for the country this
winter. II has been saving up its money to
invest In stocks as soon as the election un-
certainties were out of the way. Prices had
been advanced excellently before the cleo
ton by the big investors, because these
people were confident that there would be
good times whether the Democrats or the
Republicans won. The public, however was
almost entirely out of the market last
"wednesday morning. Despite the previous
ADVANCE this public with its millions of
dollars, began to buy on "Wednesday. and
has continued to do SO. And there are the
best OF evidences that 1t has still an enor-
NOUS amount OF money to put into securi-
lies II is also quite certain, according to
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One thing is even more certain than a
| future advance, however. and that is
| quick and sharp decline in the near future,
when the insiders have unloaded all the
| stocks they wish to- at present. and the
| public begins 10 realize q little itself. 1t
now seems probable that this decline will
begin tomorrow though in such wide and
wild market, with such big public to
reckon with, it is hardly worth while to at
tempt TO say on what day it will occur.
Such buying the public is now INDUCING
in has a wonderful strength, which the
professionals are not able to gauge with
any Certainty. 1t will be remembered that
the professional element was far at fault
in the great boom of two years ago, when
ii began to predict break two months be-
fore it happened. The very strength of the
public becomes a vicious weakness, how
ever, when the reaction does begin. The
public does not know how to get out of its
purchases. 1t becomes frightened and
sells even more recklessly than it has
bought. 1t buys when people do not want
to sell and sells when people do not want
to buy. The taking of profits now may
prevent the securing of larger profits, but
the failure to realize may result in actual
loss. Some of the best people in the street
yesterday advised their customers to take
a part of their profits. but said at the same
time that the advance may continue. The
same advice is given for Monday.
The best opinion seems to be that re-
action now would be good thing for the
future of the market. The advance has
been at 100 rapid a pace. II a de-
cline takes place tomorrow it will not be
likely 10 extend beyond three or four points
and then the bull market may be resumed
with renewed vigor. II prices advance an
other week, and ten points further, the
result in the encouragement Of the public
Conservative buying is advised on any re-
action. Many shrewd traders will hold
part of their stocks even through reac-
tions with much confidence that the gen.
eral trend is to be upward for some time
TO come. .-lnirfIr
The extent Of the advance of the week.
and also the extent of the boom during
the past month, is shown by the follow
ing table. which gives the closing prices
on a number of the more active securi-
ties yesterday and the closing on previ-
Gus Saturdays. 1t will be seen that there
has been great irregularity in the ad-
vance. but that the entire market has
been buoyant. The particular strength
of the steel and other trust issues is
shown in a striking way. Until last Sat-
urday they had advanced comparatively
little since October IS. During the past
five market days their gains have been
more than double those of the previous
three weeks. In the railway list the gains
of the week have been about equal to
those of the previous three weeks.
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THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat Firm and Higher. Corn Strong
and Oats Active

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Wheat was firm and
higher on buying for local professional ac-
count. The influences were 3-4d advance
a: Liverpool and further confirmation of
Argentine damage. Paris was 1-2c higher
Primary receipts for the day were 300, 900
bushels less than last year, and for the
week are 100000 less than last week, and
500, 600 bushels less than Q year ago.
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The TIMEs WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER IL. 1900

also very strong. Tennessee Coal and Iron
| advanced to 6S IL and closed at 81 1-2.
Coo: ado Fuel and Iron jumped up TO AZ and
closed at 46 1-2. The commission business
in this group shows beyond doubt that
people all through the countr... are buying.
| There seems to be a general realization in
the fact now, that has been apparent for a
| icng time to shrewd investors, that prices
in the group have been far too low in COM
parison with the prosperous outlook. An
other advance in steel prices is noted. The
best of these stocks are likely to be the
leaders of the boom. But they will decline
like the remainder of the market on profit
| taking from time to time.
! London became buyer of American
securities yesterday. It's total sales during
the week have been very large. They have
helped to prevent as rapid an advance in
| the railway list as in the industrials. 1t Is
the opinion of some of the best market peo-
pie that this selling has been manipulative
to q large extent and should not be con-
sidered an indication of London pessimism
| regarding American stocks. London has
been heavy seller of the Atchisons, AMI
| this fact has probably prevented the pre-
] ferred from selling at so. 1t went to Is
| yesterday, and closed at a as. The
Atchisons should held their own stanch-
I - u"i ib5 any III the market anu
should be among the leaders later. The
| other grangers nave all made good ga rs.
The street is full of stories of deals"
Such a market encourages rumors of Zig
things, but it is not in the least likely
That there is any truth in any of the neS
crop But 1t should be remembered also
that this market is the first for a long
time that has been big enough to allow
fn afpr
Some of the deals will be carried through
without doubt, and they will be i'm
portant ones, too. One CT the most likely
stories now is that of n change in control
In Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Some of the
versions of this interesting gossip in
clude the Manhattan in the deal All of
the traction securities have had big
boom during the week, but on Friday and
Saturday the selling seemed a trife p,t-
Ter than the buying, and no advance was
made.
There is much talk of the possibility Of
a dividend on Norfolk and Western COM
mon in the near future. The business of
the company seems to justify liberality in
dividends. The earnings of the first quar-
ter of the fiscal year increased $3.50, 900. The
balance. after the payment of the dividend
on the preferred stock was at the rate of 8
per cent on the common The stock has
been buoyant. Its top price yesterday was
A.
One Of the tips is that the anthracite
coalers will be doomed this week. They
have not advanced so far nearly as much
as other good stocks. on account Of the coal
strike.
The quarterly statement Of the New York
Central. published during the week. was a
disappointment to some, showing, as 1t did,
slight falling off in net earnings. The
stock has been strong. but at its present
prices 1t is not considered SO good a pur-
chase as many of the priced securi-
ties. The figures of the statement were as
follows:
nj
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Washington stock Exchange.

sales-U. s. Electric Light, debt, s's:
s1.S0oa102 1-2; U. S. Electric Light, GER
tifcate: s1.5O0G102; Capital Traction: 22o
@103 1-z. 3d1O4; Mergenthaler Linotype:
1871; Lanston Monotype: 100G12 IA, 100
G12 Is; American Graphophone Co, COM
mon: 35G10 Is. After call-U. S. regis
tered as: s5o0G110; Mergenthaler Linotype:
1oG190 So, 2oG1s0 II; Washington Gas:
25G54 IS
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The boom has been most trying one
for the bucket shops. They are falling
by the wayside already and another week
of advances would be likely to bowl over
pretty nearly the entire bunch.
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Yesterdays market was fully up to the
weeks pace. There was enormous buy
ing and sharp advances in prices. Some
stocks doomed in a wonderful way. At
the same time heavy realizing was appar-
ent and in some instances it was sufficient
to prevent further advances. A few de-
clines were shown. The market was most
irregular.
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Clcarances were $4,000 bushels. Cash sales
today were reported at $4,000 bushels. The
stronger tone In the cash situation aGd
damage to the Argentine crop have changed
the local sentiment materially.
The corn market was strong, especially
for November. which advanced over cent
on scattered short covering December aud
May sympathized. The unfavorable turn iG
the weather was factor, as were the light
receipts. Chicago stocks will show another
large decrease Monday.
Oats were more active, closing strong on
purchases by the local bull party A good
shipping demand was reported.
Provisions had fairly good advance, and
closed strong. A further reduction Of
stocks here and a stronger market for hogs
were the dominant influences. Commission
houses have better trade than for some
time past and it locks as though bull
speculation was about to take hold of this
market. Cash trade was fair.
Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. II. EIibbs Co.. mem.
hers Of the New York Stock Exchange, 1919 r
Street
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some of the best people in Wall Street, that
the advance of pr.ces this winter will far
eclipse anything that has yet occurred, just
as this weeks advance makes that Of the
previous week look insignificant Prices
are likely. many of them, to reach record
breaking levels.
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Pacific Mail furnished the fireworks of
the day. The display was a gorgeous one
The statements of this company for a long
time back have been poor and the public
has not cared to own the stock. A large
contingent has been short of 1t. The last
earnings statement showed radical
change for the better, an increase instead
of decrease. The election OF Mr. Nc
Kinley seems to ensure the passage of the
Subsidy bill at an early date, and this
will mean great addition to the revenue
of the company. On top Of these pleasant
facts il has been rumored Of late that the
Vanderbilts have been buying the stock
and on Friday this rumor was confirmed
by the election of Mr.. Hartman to the
directory of the company. The result was
an advance of 10 points in the stock dur
ing the first half hour yesterday to 50.
Short covering was, of course, responsible
for a large part of the advance but there
was excellent buying OF the stock too. Al
ter the first bulge it sold back to SO and
later advanced to SO. within point of the
top price Some decline is likely IL the
general market now has slump, but the
future of the stock is bright as far as
anyone can foresee. few Washington
investors were fortunate enough to buy
Mail Eelow 30 last summer and are now
corrcspondingly happy.
In general way yesterday the advances
were greatest in the industrials. as had
been the case for three days. There was
also big buying Of the grangers the Pa
cities, and many other railway securities |
Next TO Pacific Mail the feature of the
market was again the steel securities. Fed
eral Steel common advanced to 40 and |
closed practically at the top, though the |
selling during the latter mart of tho DIV /
was immense. Steel and Wire. which had |
Jagged back for some days. was taken up on |
Friday and yesterday and became even |
more buoyant than Federal Steel The |
preferred shares Of these two companies |
and OF all the other new steel trusts were |
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One Of the tips is that the anthracite
coalers will be doomed this week. They
have not advanced so far nearly as much
as other good stocks. on account of the coal
strike.
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Expenses of operating $780,, SIS Inc. 1887
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munition, but promptly confiscated it as
contra band of war.
Probably nobody enjoyed the varied
scenes of Easter Monday more thorough
ly than Mrs. Mckinley, whose love for
children is so warm and earnest Short
ly after l o'clock she came out on the
rear balcony of the White House, accom-
panied by the President and several la
dies and gentlemen of the cabinet, Miss
Barbour and others. Her appearance
was the signal for a general waving of
handkerchiefe and clapping of hands,
which she returned with smiles and bows
The gentle lady of the White House is
in frail health this spring, and on that
account it was suggested to the President
that the annual egg-rolling be omitted
this year. or be releSated to some other
part of the city; bur Mrs. Mckinley would
not hear of such a thing, though the long
days noise and confusion would be sure
to tax her nerves severely
The entertainments for Easter week are
varied and interesting and the social cal
endar makes delightful reading for those
who are fortunate enough to have invi-
tations to the junketings announced
Faster brides are almost as plentiful as
Easter lilies, and every day and night
has it's coming-out teas for ambitious
buds" its dinners and dances and re-
ceptions galore. The merry bali was set
rolling on Monday evening, by the Score
tary of War and Mrs. Root, in a dance
for their young daughter, to which us
guests were hidden. The Root homo in
Washington has a beautiful ballroom on
the second floor; which, like the rest of
the house, was lavishly decked with
spring blossoms. The music was fur
nished by the military band from Fort
Myer and the dancers included all the
most prominent young people in capital
society. Mrs. Root returned Saturday
from a visit to her son. Elihu, Jr., who
has been quite ill with fever at Hamilton
College
Tuesday night the Secretary of Agricul-
ture and Miss Wilson gave very hand
some dinner, of twenty covers in honor
of the British ambassador and Lady
Pauncefote The beautiful home in Yer
mont avenue, which Secretary Wilson
and his daughter took possession of late
last winter was decorated throughout
with Easter lilies and palms. The table
was adorned with bridesmaid roses, the
tapers burned under pink shades, and the
CONNECTIONS and appointments were all of
the same dainty color.
The same night the Mexican ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Azpiroz gave a notable
dinner, their guests being chiefly from the
diplomatic and Supreme Court circles.
Among numerous other hosts and host
esses of the week are Representative and
Mrs. Dalzell, Mrs. Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, Senator and Mrs. Elkins, the Secre-
tary of the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock
and Mrs. Jones, wife of the senior sena-
tor from Arkansas; First Assistant Score
tary of the Treasury, Mr.. Vanderlip, en-
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Easter Monday in the White House
1Lot,"

Lot"
Washington, D. c.. April 20.-Nowhere
else in the United States, if in the whole
wide world, is Easter Monday so quantity
and universally observed as in the Ma
tional Capital. The peculiar features of
"egg-rolhng day." as observed in
the District of Columbia, have
been 80 many times described
in print that repetition of its
details for readers of the Morning News
would be superfiuous. Year by year the
crowds that go up to the white Lot
as the extensive grounds back of the ex-
ecutfve mansion are called, increase in
numbers; and this time ii was estimate
that fully thirty thousand people were
congregated in the vicinity. Certainly
every child in the District of Columbia
big and little. black and white was out
in the sweet spring sunshine, and bushels
Of eggs We're sacrificed to the sports of
the day. BY a. m, thousands of small
folk were in the grounds each with his
or her basket of hen fruit" colored in
all the hues of the rainbow; and not I'M
til the brief season of darkness between
twilight, and belated moon, did the trials
of the distracted policemen cease with
the returning of the last child to its anx-
iouS guardians and the closing of the
gates on an Undesirable scene of wreck
age in the always beautifully kept " hite
House grounds. While the little ones
were single in their devotion to the i'm
perial sway of the barn-yard bird their
elders We're no doubt drawn forth by a
variety of motives, chief among which
was the desire to be seen of men in the
fresh glory of Easter toilets, as well as
to enjoy the first touch of summer wealth
err the sloping lawns of the White House,
green as the greenest emerald and starred
with golden dandelions, the beautiful
/ fiower-beds and blossoming trees, and the
music of the Marine Band mingled with
the soft splashing of fountains. Happily
the sod and walks were dry as bones.
so the children could roll on the ground
with impunity; and after a long winter
of restraint, they abandoned themselves
utterly to the hilarious revel. The higher
knobs were solid masses of squirting
youngsters; the descent of an egg whs
the signal for general charge, and with
bushels upon bushels of eggs being reck-
lessly hurled in all directions, the tangle
of juvenile legs and arms can be better
imagined than described. Hour after hour
the fun waxed faster and more furious
Some of the precocious boys and girls
played at being Spaniards and Cubans
+ Americans and Fflipinos, Beers and Eng
fish soldiers-the supposed weaker forces
being granted the advantage of squatting
on the tops of the small kopjes, while
Britons, Castilians and Americans formed
rings at the foot of the mounds. The only
drawback to this warlike game was that
the stronger side never returned the am
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beautiful roads around Savannah. Some
times il is the Augusta, Louisville, Ogee>
chez, White Bluff, Waters, Montgomery
Cross Road, Dale avenue or Thunderbolt
road. Each run winds up with some
form of refreshments, some times an oys-
ter roast, or fish supper, or watermelons,
or ice cream, or fresh bread and butter
milk, or soda water, giving as much va
riety as possible each run having some
special feature.
The club has proven very popular with
the young men, and promises to be pop
ular this season. The dues of the club are
% cents a month, and the money is used
for refreshments. Membership is limited
to the Y. NJ. c. A, and all who expect
to join are expected TO meet Wednesday
night at $50 o'clock