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New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
BONDS
THE DAYS OPERATIONS N STOCKS.

Stock market trading was moderately heavy
IN volume on an irregular movement Of values
In the early dealings the general tendency OF
prices was toward a lower level, hut afternoo on
operations were accompanied by rising quota
tions. which were well maintained until the
close Commission houses were not active. Pub
lie operators appear unwilling 10 enter the mar
ket at the moment. basing their position no
doubt on the theory that the bear party is suf-
hciently strong 20 control speculation for time.
and on the expectation that the money situation
may cause speculative liquidation before the end
Of the month. The bear element has increased
its ranks in the last few days, but people who
are long Of stocks on good margins will make
needless sacrifice in selling their securities at
loss in any decline that may develop in the cur
rent month. The very fact that many sold
out bulls are working for lower prices shows
that the professional element and shrewd out
side SPECTATORS are looking forward 20 a re-
sumption Of bull activity at remote period.
Wan Street opinion favors the belief that the
January market viii be a repetition Of the No
venaber market, hut on larger scale.
The good stocks particularly the cheap Sc
curities Of merit will doubtless prove safe pur-
chases on all reactions. This is the opinion Of
the leading investment and banking interests,
and il should therefore be used a guide in
future market operations. Stocks selling well
down the speculative scale are being absorbed
for the account OF capitalists. The movements
that have begun in st. Louis and San Francisco
common, Southern Railway common, st. Louis
Southwestern common and Texas and Pacific
viii extend 10 other issues whose actual worth
is not measured by market values Missouri.
Kansas and Texas securities viii have their
turn in the market. Market movements Of the
stocks Of the Southwestern railroads promise TO
Become features of speculation, owing 10 the
enormous gains in railway earnings in the
Southwest. Aggressive bull speculation in the
Erie issues induced shorts 10 cover throughout
she list in yesterdays market and while the
advance did not attract any important outside
buying, served 10 impress the Street with
the fact that securities in good hands and
that the bear element has no technical or gen
eral market conditions in its favor. The upward
movement In the Erie issues was not accounted
for by any news development. but talk Of some
new railway combination involving the Erie a nd
wabash systems was heard. The most encour-
aging news OF the day was the announcement
that efforts would be made 10 effect change
in the management Of the American Steel and
Wire Company
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN RONDS
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
ATCHISON's DIVIDENDS.

The directors of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad yesterday declared semi-annuaI divi-
dend OF 2l2 per cent the preferred stock ont Of
surplus earnings for the fiscal year ended June So
1900 This makes per cent paid out Of the earn
ings of the last fiscal year Deducting all charges
and the per cent dividend. the company's balance
for the year named AOS0614 In the fopr
months of the present fiscal year. to October 81
gross earnings have increased S2.OS6037 and net
earnings, after taxes and rentals. show a gain or
M,l3b6Ss. Part OF this Improvement in revenues is
due 10 including the earnings OF the Francisco
and Jan Joaquin Valley Railroad. of 3l3 miles since
July ]. No action was taken on the common stock
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

heavy failures occurred during the month. ana yee
the total Of failure damage-that Is. OF liabilities
Is less than the average while the number or iali
ures makes good comparisons with any previous
wear. There SO failures reported BY telegraph
10 ''Bradstreet's' for the full calendar montn OF
November. while the aggregate liabilities were 49,
42s 99l. and the assets were s6.267s25, proporton
OF assets to liabilities of 1875 per cent As regaros
the number of commercial casualties. IL ts round
that they were per cent less In number tnan IN
October while being 81 per cent greater tnan IN
November year ago. but 10 per cent fewer tnan
in November. 1898 AS liabilities they were 80
Der cent larger than those OF October. but only
per cent heavier than in November lsSs ana 70
per cent smaller than in November. 1873
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD

London Dec D. ! ?. m.-The market for American
securities was heavy on realizing sales for New
lork ecoounI Closing prices follow: Atchisop
Ssssi Canadian Pacific, SSia. St Paul 1904. Illinois
Central, l2l19 Louisville Nashville s47s. T-nio
Taclu6 pIeierrec SSs Newly ork Central I4s: Frfs
1osi Fennsylyania 731Z; Reading 10: Erie Isl 1re
TIIeq' "a Northern Pacific preferred 81 Grand
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
FAILURES IN NOVEMBER.
"Bradstreet.s.. of necen. her 8 win -. !

bradstreets' or Decent Der will say:
There were fewer failures but heavier liabjIitaa
in November than In October this year this excess
OF failure damage being due to few large failures
IN the wool ana WoOlen goods trades The entire
excess In liabilities over the month OF October in
fact Is accounted for by three failures one that ~
a WOOL dealer one that of a drygoods Commission
house ana one that OF a manufacturer Of woollen
fabrics the latter two failures being connected and
one Deihs ulrect and necessary result of the
other as compared with November a year ago.
perlou OF exceptionally good and active trade Il
interesting 10 observe there is a small gain In ~
number or failures and in liabilities II might be
noted also th4t the month OF November in normal
years period OF retrospectOn and settling IN in
wholesale trade This year a rather large crop OF
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

RAILROAD BONDS.-Market generally strong
Iotal sales amounted in par value TO S3s54 800
against S.1l.00 on Tuesday. The heaviest deal
mas were in the Atohison and Baltimore and Ohio
Issues Central Of Georgia 6s Central Pacific slAs
and Is, Chesapeake and Ohio 4l4s Chicago ana
Alton S'As, Erie lst general IS. Green Bay and
western debenture Bs, Missouri Pacific 1s+ s.
NoTuern racine IS, Peoria and Eastern lst ana in.
come IS Reading general IS. ST. Louis and Iron
Mountain general 5s, ST. Louis Southvestern 1s,
ano 2ds, southern Pacific IS. Southern Railway LEI
os, Union Pacific Is and Wabash debenture rs
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
sSMo
FNMa
Outside SECTRITTES

Trading 8 the outs de market yesterday Wa
moderately active. General Carriage was traded
in TO the extent Of 1000 shares. opening az "a Il
sold on RAPIDLY 70 ~, subsequently, IL advanced
to SIS Standard Oh declined points 797 Inter-
state OIL advanced = point. 70 74Iz Compressed
Air advanced IA points, TO g. Illinois Transports
tion declined y point. 200 shares were traded IN
at l. New England Transportation sold at gz
Rubber Goods common sold 2S029lk. Nsv-York
Transportation was a fraction of At 81. Brit
Ish Columbia Copper was weak, selling 1ss
Disttlers of America sold 51t053s- St. Louis
Transit sold at 1644167s. decline Of point Five
hundred shares Of American Bridge preferred sold
at S12 Consolidated Equinment declined 70 ffiz
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

san Francisco-sight sc: telegraph. TIC. Cincin-
nati-Between banks. fzlzG15c premium; over the
counter 81, ,rerniun, T3oston-Sc and l0c discount
,bscsvo- -ooc discount CharIeston-Buying. l-lsc;
selling. 1-l6c premium. Savannsh-buslhe' OF"
selling l-l6c discount.
BANK CLEARINGS - New-York - Exchanges
s2a0lsss7s: balances. a20l4T3 IBoston-Exchanges'
s25aSI5S: balances. S2.O25SL Philadelphia - EN-
changes SIS sO7 ISL: balances s222l.sS6 Baltlmore-
Exchanges S2Hls6; balances, &As7lG
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Cah money IL
London . per cent open market discount rat
for short bills S per cent; for long bills SlS-ea4
per cent Berlin discount rate, "a per cent Ioi
three months bills. sia per cent for snort oilis
Berlin exchange on London. % marks 2S24 pfennigs
Paris exchange on London. 25 francs 10 centifneS
Paris discount rate. per cent
FOREIGN SECURITIES--British consoIs ~ s-lo
for money s7 s-l6 for the account Spanish 4s IN
london 6Sss French rentes, l0l francs 80 centimes
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver 64lze; Mex
lean silver dollars. 50lAc. Bar silver In Londoh
closed % lS-l6d.
GOLD PREAfIUM.-In Madrid. No. i-isooh' s'-SV'
Puenos Ayres $50 20: Rome 5-.21z-
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
MISSOURI. KANSAS AND TEXAs.

The Missouri. Kansas and Texas like all the
roads in the Southwest is handling heavy volume
Of traffic made up not only of cotton, but OF gen.
eral merchandise we'll The heavy demand for
cotton this year has added thousands of dollars
the income of the Southwestern roads, but the
pdnsiGn in industries in general has also been
important factor in swelling gross and net returns
For the last week in November the earnings of the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas Railroad increased
SIS 81. compared with the same time i'm 1899
while for the month the increase amounted to
S220S7S From July earnings have increased $57s.-
06 At the current rate of earnings the company
could pay per cent on its preferred stock at the
end of the fiscal year and show surplus for the
common Earnings in November larger than
I'm any preceding November in the company's his
tory. The completion of the Sherman Shreveport
and Southern line TO Shreveport insures for the
Kansas and Texas system outlet Tor Western
traffic 10 the East through the Queen and Cres-
cent system. and an entrance for Eastern traffic
to points reached through the Missouri. Kansas
and Texas
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
FOURTH WEEK REPORTS.

Railroad earnings received yesterday for the last
week in November and for the month showed the
following changes over the same time year ago:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

DOSaEsIlc ExcHASGE.-Domestie EXCHANGE
on Aew-bork was as follows al the places nsr,s5.
e"-orleans-commercisl 81 discount; hsnk mar
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
BUYERS AND SELLERS.

TIE principal buyers and sellers In yesterdays
market were: Wire-Honigman Co. and Hous-
man & Co C2O0O) bought. Manhattan-Fairchid
bought 4,OOO; Sharp & Bryan and D. Lapsley sold.
Federal Steel-Henry Brothers and Content bought;
Kingsley. Mabon & Co and P. H. Minis sold.
Union Pacifc-Day Heaton bought 1000 Sugar
Content Burras & Klopfer and D. Bacon bought;
Armstrong & Co., J. Carlisle and Day Heaton
sold Missouri Pacihc-Moore & Schley C2.O00), ].
H Griesel & Co. Q.OO0) and J. A. Baker bought; c.
A. Harmed & Co sold. Northern Pacific common
Lockwood, Hurd & Co. q 500 bought: Alling &
Reynolds q 00O sold. Chesapeake and Ohio-John
Muir & Co bought. Rubber-Kendall & Whitlock
bought Orvis Bros & &C. sold. Atchison preferred
Moore & Schey u,O0O) bought; Walker Brothers
Keech, Loew & Co. and L. Wormser G.OOO) sold
Federal Steel common-street & Norton and ]. Bian-
chi bought Federal Steel-Goldschmidt. Wolf &
Co. COO and Moore & Schley bought. St Paul
j. r. Williston & Co. Q50O bought. Atchison
preferred-John Muir & Co sold Tennessee Coal
and Iron-A Thomson sold d Bacon bid up Sugar
and Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Amalgamated Cop
per-MaIcOlm & Combes sold. Atchison common
Moore & SchIey Q.5OO bought Norfolk and
Western common-Edey Sons G0OG) bought
sugar-Roston & Bass. q. .OOO) and R. H. Thomas &
Co. bought. Amalgamated Copper-A. II. Combs &
Co. sold 1000 early in the day, and subsequently
bought 5000 Atchison-Wassermann Brothers and
Strong Sturgs & Co. bought 5ONN0. Amalsamated
Copper-A H Combs & Co. bought about 10000
Malcolm & Combes sold about 1000. Erie-Walker
Brothers and Keech. Loew Co. bought. Atchi-
son preferred-Housman & Co. q ,0oO) bought; Her
zog & SicheI sold $500 Texas Pacifc-A. r.
Combs (3OOO and Butler Brothers 50M bought
acknowledgements Brothers sold. Anal
gamated Copper. NJ Amory sold st. Paul
Halle Stieglitz 1,0OO) sold; Wormser bought,
American Tobacco-Bel1 & Co and Waggoner
bought; Moore & schley and Harris Fuller sold.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

Say state Gas Co.
Bing Gas lst mtg SIS. 1898.
do stock ...........
Buff Z Gas lst mtg 5s. Ia47
do stock ...........-.....
c Gas Go Of NJ Ist SIS. 1885
Con Gas Co Of i e. IN c
do LIST IS. 1901 5000.
Colum Gas Co LIST SIS. 1892
d q & 2 Co lisa Con IS. 1870
do stock ..........--.
II W Gas Go Ist Is. 1928. !.
Grand Rapids G L Co "a. +.
do lst -. 1918.
lndi0nap Gas lst Us, ig2D
Lafayette Gas lst Is. Iaea
L & W Y Gas Ist IS I0a5
d. stock &C.. ...........
Mad G. & Z Co Isl 6s 1870
\ r q s. . ist mtg Sc. tag7
d. stock -.....
Ohio * C ist mtg S.. i026
do 4 p c tnewl ........
People : Gas Oswego stock.
do , p c.,...........-....
Syracuse = ist mtg Sc. I95d
90 stock ........
81. Joseph Gas ist IS. 1857.
do stlCk ,.-... ........
81 Paul Gas Con rs. 1914
do stock
West g OF Milwaukee q q g.
do ist -. lWs3 .
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
rHE FEnERAL TREAsrRY.

Washington. Dec. 5.-The condition OF the Treas
ury divisions OF issue and redemption. at the be
ginning of business to-day as follows;
RESERVE FUND.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
STOCKS CLOSE STRONG.
Low PRICED ISSUES ACTIVE.
honey MARKET FAcToRs-BoNDs IN
DEMAND.
STOCKS
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday Of the principal ao-
tive securities and net changes from Tuesdays
arnl .r,,nant tinre rrnre.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington 81 Os5 Os2 internal reve-
nue. receipts s71 149; miscellaneous receipts sS2-
O55 Total receipts for the day s1s1s,247; expendi-
lures a745 600. Receipts for the month to date
81 III expenditures. s170 900: of receipts
81 17a2l1 Receipts for fiscal year TO date s252
5e4 expenditures s2ss O5s 5S3. excess of receipts
S13 2S5OS1 Receipts of National bank notes for re-
demption 1881 ,110
SUB-TREASURY.-The Sub-Treasury was a
debtor the Clearing House SS1s s2S
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
FERRY COMPANIES

----H-
Bklyn F ist Con So. lQIS
~ stuc'E
Hob + lst m;g Is. IalG
y y q 8 " ssrrX 30 II 81
50 LIST mtE ~. ll1S u
M a tiF igt sn ms - HalG
90 stock
NY & NJ + Ist mtg 81 rays
l0thN2.id ; r lst mg ". iai0i
Cntor F of y Y& Btpc
90 os .ss.s..........
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

The following securities were sold yesterday az
auction at the New-York Real Estate salesroom
by Adrian Fl Muller & Son:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

Bankers posted rates were:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
FURNISHED by c. 2. Frothinghan. No 70 Broad-ssJ
ACTIVE STOCKS
Int. Int
rate. period. Bid. Asked

INACTIVE STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE

RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS
Ria- Askea

l@IFtN 1'II|-Nl EI-N NIIs---lIH At heI Closed ]
Final quotations follow:
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

Int period. Bid. Asked
New-York tribune., 1900-12-06

Actual sales -l-Closing- sha5es ,I
open High Lon Fin. Bid. Ask. sold
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-16
GhicagO'S
Home for
=. Cats.

Chicago is to have a home for cats, a
refuge where abandoned felines may
find food and shelter and where those
physically afflicted may be nursed back
to health, or, if this is impossible, may
be humanely killed. The originator of
this movement is a Mrs. Leland Nor
ton, president of the Chicago Cat club.
The institution which she is establish
ing on Grand boulevard will be the
largest Of its kind in III world. and
according to present plans will be for
mally opened Oct. l. Many w~ell-to-do
persons are said to favor the plan and
are willing to contribute financial aid.
Efforts, too. it is stated, will be made
to establish similar homes in other
cities.
1t seems to us. no matter how
worthy the plan, that there are higher
duties and more binding obligations in
life than caring for cats. 1t suggests
itself to us that human beings, stamped
with the image of their creator, are
worthy Of a thought and of an effort
in their behalf. We know that in the
city of Chicago there are nan thou
sands Of human beings, whose lives
are failures, whose hopes are dead,
whose souls are warped in an atmos-
phere Of sin and corruption, and yet
who might be encouraged to regain
their lost manhood and womanhood
were as much effort made for them as
apparently is to be expended in the
ire of cats. We know that in that
great city there are thousands Of
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-16
Discoveries OF THE CENTURY.

It is fortunate, since there are left no new
lands to be discovered on this terrestrial
globe, that inventive man has turned his
mind to more useful things. So we have
steam, electricity and many other advan-
tages not enjoyed by our forefathers.
Medicine, too, has made great strides; for
ever mans old enemy, rheumatism, has
at last found its master in SWansOn's
20 Drops" The success of this truly mar
velous specific for Rheumatism has been as
tonishing n never equaled in the annals
of medicine It gives instant relief, kills
germs, prevents disease and positively
cures all forms Of chronic and acute Rheu-
matism, Sciatica and Neuralgia. 1t Is
also used with unfailing effect in all Nervous
Affections of every description, Catarrh,
Group, Bronchitis, Stomach, Liver
and Kidney Troubles, La Grippe, Ma
laria, Creeping Numbness and kline
ured diseases.
swanson's 50 Drops is sold by agents
and by the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co.,
1874 Lake street, Chicsgo, III. In Tome
places the druggists are agents. II the
remedy is not obtainable in your town,
order direct of the manufacturers. Large
size bottles 900 doses) Si.O0, prepaid by
express or mail. Trial bottle will be sent
on receipt Of 25 cents. Agents wanted in
new territory. Write D"W,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-16
.Lo and *
Electricity
HIS "A SHORT
CIRcUTTBD A
f5OOO,VOLT
CURRENT

The electricians employed at the
station would no more think Of step
ping behind the big switchboard than
they would Of selling hold OF the
wires themselves, for to the ordinary
white man 1t would mean almost GER
tain death. But 10 was not up in the
greatest OF modern sciences, and the
place, therefore, had no terrors for
him. 1t was warm behind the switch
board and that was Just the place he
was looking for. He walked OF sag
gered in and leaned his back against
the wires, which carried enough cleo
tricity to kill a regiment Of soldiers
at one time.
There was a great flash, which for
a second lighted up the station bright
er than a calcium. Then the machin-
cry slowed down almost to a stand
still and the lights all over the city
went out. The men at the station
knew something had happened at the
switchboard and went to look. All
they found was a grimy redskin lying
quivering on the floor. They could
see he was not dead, however, and
they hauled him out and examined
him. There was not the slightest evil
dence about him that he had come
in contact with the current. except
that his hair vas singed.
Looking further, the men discovered
the mystery Of what had happened.
The Indian had worn his hair in a
long braid hanging down his back.
While out in the weather the braid
had become soaked with rain, and
when he went in and leaned up against
the wires the braid touched one of the
wires just at the back Of his head,
and, dangling, came in contact with
another just below it. This caused a
short circuit and slowed down the
plant, and the Indian never so much
as got a shock, but his braid was cut
off as smooth as it could have been
done with a pair Of shears.
If the Indian was not VI to date
in n respect, he evidently is in an
other, as it is stated that he notified
the company of his intention Of bring
ing suit for damages for the loss OF
his braid.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-16


1.-THE Singer Manufacturing Com
pany, Of 149 Broadway, New York.
show their usual American enterprise
by having a very credltable exhibit,
located in Group XIII, Glass 70, at the
Paris International Exposition, where
they show to great advantage the cele-
brated Singer Sewing-Machine which
is used in every country on the globe,
both for family use and for manufac-
turing purposes. The writer was high
ly pleased with this display and OBJ
served with much satisfaction that 1t
was favorably commented upon by
visitors generally.
The Grand Prize was awarded by
the international Jury to Singer Sew
ing-Machines for superior excellence
in design, construction, efficiency and
for remarkable development and adap-
ton to every stitching process used
in either the family or the factory.
Only One Grand Prize for sewing
machines was awarded at Paris, and
this distinction of absolutely superior
merit confirms the previous action Of
the international Jury at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, in Chicago,
where Singer machines received "a
distinct awards, being more than were
received by all other kinds Of sewing
machines combined.
Should it be possible that any of
u readers are unfamiliar with the
celebrated Singer Machine, we would
respectfully advise that they call at
any Of the Singer %salesrooms which
can be found in all cities and most
towns in the United States"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-16

Ex-Congressman A. 7. Goodwin from
Alabama, writes the following letter;
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, o.:
Gentlemen-"Ihav now used two bot
ties of Peruna, and am a well man to-
day. Icould feel the good effects OF your
medicine before ] had used Il a week,
after suffering with catarrh for owe a
year." Respectfully, A. II. Goodwin.
Catarrh in its various forms israpidlv
becoming a national curse. An un-
doubted remedy has been discovered by
DR.. Hartman. This remedy has been
thoroughly tested during the past fortv
years. Prominent men have come TO
know Of it's virtues andare making pub
lie u~tterances on the subject. no save
the country we must save the people
To ave the people we must protect
them from disease. The disease THAT'S
at once the most prevalent aud stubborn
Of cure IS catarrh. Public men Of an
parties recognize la Peruna a national
catarrh remedy Of unequaled merit.
Send to Dr.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
for q FREQ book on catarrh
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-11-16

Mrs. Lucinda Arson, Of Centralia,
ILL.,, Is believed to be the Oldest native
born citizen Of Illinois. She was born
in the old village Of Kaskaskia in 1913,
and for eighty-seven consecutive years
has made her home in this state. In
the early days her father kept a tavern
in Waterloo and there she met many
prominent men in the early history of
the state. She was well acquainted
with Governor Ford, and when La
fayette toured the country she handed
him a glass of buttermilk Of her own
churning. Another claim to distinc-
ton is that she is distantly related by
marriage to "Old Anse," the former
baseball celebrity.
Mrs. Arson remembers that when
she was a girl there was constant dan
ger Of violence at the hands Of the
Indians. One favorite plan on the
part Of the savages was to cover them
selves with bark and lie down on a
woodpile until It's unarmed owner had
come near enough to shoot. To pre-
vent the success OF this scheme 1t was
the habit Of the early settlers to look
out the window each morning and
count the number Of sticks In the
pile before v~enturing out Of doors.
If extra sticks we're discovered in the
counting a few rifle bullets were usual
ly suhcient to dlslodge the Indian.
Mrs. Arson has been a widow for more
than fifty years, and Is still IN good
health.-Chicago Tribune.