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New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
MONEY MARKET FACTORS.

Money is extremely easy al this centre, and a
reduction by the Bank of England in its official
discount rate to 31a per reflects the growing
ease of monetary conditions abroad. Local bank
ers believe that to-morrow's bank statement will
show further gain In cash and surplus holdings
The banks will doubtless gain from Sub Treasury
operations enough money offset the sS5OO00 that
was withdrawn from the United States Assay Office
for shipment to Europe. and money is understood
to be coming in from the interior IN larger
volume than in the two preceding weeks The
s35, 10000 Third Avenue Railroad bond payment is
expected to be redstributed among the banks al
most Immediately after 1t is made, that the
transaction will confuse the technical position
of the banks. Neither is the S. 100000 call on the
depository banks likely to figure in the various
changes in the bank statement this week.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
A TRADERS VIEW.

prominent trader said yesterday In speaking
of the market:
Money market conditions a home and abroad
are in favor of bull speculation but the apathy of
the public and the approach of the vacation period
do not encourage the hope of active bull market
out of town, and many going away in the
lators are arranging for extended trips. Several
well known dealers are now abroad, and announce
ment of the coming departure of several other
active operators was made yesterday. 1t is not
likely that they will concern themselves with the
market While they are away. and the current talk
that Mr. keene and Mr.. Gates are working" the
market from London is moonshine The present
volume of business reflects the absence of i'm
portant speculative dealers and trading is signifi
cant of the operations of the small fry" only.
Passing fluctuations in the greater number of
curities represent the constant switching Of small
traders from one side of the market to the other,
and under present conditions decided movement
IN either direction appears improbable. The grow
ing ease Of money the world over is seen in the in
creas1ng supplies at this centre and in the reduc
ton >, by the Bank of England in its discount rate
TO S12 per cent London does not need American
gold and the shipments to Paris are an incident
OF the flow of travel to that centre than
matter OF trade necessity. Money is coming to
New-York from the interior in round amounts and
this weeks bank statement will doubtless show a
further addition to cash and surplus holdings.
Holders of good stocks selling. and conf
dence is general among conservative interests in
the stability of intrinsic values.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago May "a (SpeciaD.-To-night's wnsaf
prices the last; the range within ~
The market acted firm until the news from New
York OF the big cotton failure The whole LIST sui'
fered little when that announcement was mnce
July opened &c sold between 61c and size. ana
closed at 6I1sc 20 size May closed at SSAsc Tns
Northwest had very little additional rain-ony
few light showers Crop complaints were nurnsf
Gus. and came from both directions. Excellent az
thorites said the spring wheat States have not naa
sufficient relief from their drouthS- Minneapol'
wired the general lack OF moisture was well ilS
trated by the fact that its sawmilis were eossS
down because the Mississippi River was so io'
logs could not be hoated. There We're crop cos"
plants from Illinois and Kansas The latter r
ports serious instances of rust Illinois sen'
dozen reports OF loss by fly. Liverpool was cos'
because of the Queens Birthday; Paris was cor
because OF Church holiday. London prices vs,s
up a fraction. Shipping sales We're about W.
bushels; seaboard clearances were $4,000 ousass
Minneapolis and Duluth had ASS cars. against :"
last year. primary points, 4Is.ooo bushels cenp~e-
with $4,000 bushels. The mood here is rather u'''
bullsh than IL was, with capital class OF oayins'
based crop damage claims. :.
Corn closed kGsc under "Wednesday. July so.
EHqssc. and at ssho- and closed ~ ssssc' A'
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

BUYERS AND SELLERS.
The principal buyers and sellers in yesterdays
market were
p H. Minis & Co Q5o0) and Eningwood Gun
ningham sold. 1. S. Wormser e. 500, Honig-
nan % Poppes ssz Stern hogbt WI s. sSaT Gurnee eenns
Roston & Bass Q.oO0). ], J: Manning Q,Wo1 A; A.
Housman & Co. Q,Oce), w, B. Wheeler, A. De Cor,
sod. Kendall & Whitlock and Keeeh. L9ew GO CO
bought American Tobacco; II. L. Nicholas CO
d.Oo0] sold H. Groesbeck q OoO bought ST. Paul;
Pacific; ". L. Stow & Co n,5Oo) sold Halle
stiegtz (2,oOO in alD bought Sugar; J. J. Manning
De Cordova & GO. G.5o0). Provost Bros: q GO; Co
c. I. Hudson & Co and ]. & s. Wormser sold
badenburg Thalmann Co and = ,iz kfkner hoSbt s2d
Smelters. A. De Cordova & Co. sold American
Sugar Refining in lots from the opening. amount.
ing to 4,O00 shares in all; l.. w Wormser oought
5000; W. B. Coster offered the stock down from 115
to ia. There large selling around the room by
houses which for the last fortnight had been con-
& Co. Q000) sold Missouri Pacific, and Lawton,
Flint & Co. O.0oO, sold Northern Pacific. w: L.
1t is thought that the stock Is the 5000 block
bought at So from H. Content & Co. two weeks ago.
Mendham Brothers sold Federal Steel F.. G. Pot
ter & Co; bought Sugar; John Muir & Co and G. !,
Hudson & co. (2,500 in alb sold. w; L. Stow & co;
sold Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Q.0oC and
Peoples Gas Q,0OO The rise in Missouri Pacific to
took stock freely from 5614 up. Seymour. Johnson
& Co Q,OoO) bought American Tobacco. George
w. D.. Hatch QGOO bought Northern Pacific; Pro,
yost Brothers d,OoN sold. Traders sold Federal
Steel The lowest price for Federal Steel was made
by Van Emburgh & Atterbury, who sold 1,5oO at SS
to ]. H. Griesel George B, Thurnauer bought
heavily on the way down. H. T. Imbre, J; F: Car
r. Worrall q 600 bought American Tobacco; j. A.
Blair Son Q000) and f. w. Savin & Co sold.
Paine Schuyler & Co. sold st. Paul.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
BONDS.
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN STOCKS.

The failure Of an important commission house
caused moderate selling and small declines In
yesterdays stock market. The commitments of
the firm In question were principally in cotton,
but the purchases and sales on the Stock Elk
change under the rule on account Of the firm
unsettled the market considerably Industrial
issues were decidedly weak. Railroad shares
were not particularly active, but bear traders
took advantage Of the general weakness to force
out weak bull accounts in the railway list 1t is
understood that the firm which failed had more
contracts the short side Of stocks than on
the long side. despite the fact that the attitude
of the house before its customers supposed
10 be bullish. And IN connection with this It
may be said that despite the bear activity on
the short side of stocks the bear position is ex-
tremely dangerous, and likely to suffer serious
damage the minute a good demand for stocks
develops. Stocks have declined for long time,
and the fact that yesterdays failure did not
produce a severe break reflects strong technical
conditions; IT indicates that stocks in strong
hands and that the principal owners Of securi-
ties are not willing TO sell good investments at
going prices.
Outside OF the operations in connection with
the failure, the market intensely dull.
Commission houses were not active, and traders
transactions made up the greater part of the
days business. The traction shares were we'll
bought on the decline, the demand apparently
coming from careful traders and good commits
sion houses. The local surface roads ap-
preaching period of heavy traffic receipts. and
buying Of the various stocks for rise is proba-
BILE. The decline In Brooklyn Rapid Transit in
the last year and the concentration Of the stock
In the hands of men who take into consideration
the future possibilities Of the company, should
serve 10 make this security attractive. Metro
politan is already selling at price that dis
counts much Of the future value of the Stock
but the Brooklyn issue is about so points lower,
while the transportation prospects on Long ISL
and suggest that the future actual worth of
Brooklyn Rapid Transit stock will not be meas
ured by Its existing market level The market
closed Gull. with general declines. but above the
lowest figures Of the day.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

reported from Washington. s6n 40: internal reve-
receipts, sl.o977s2 miscellaneous receipts. sA,
4s6. Total receipts for the day, N,7s367e expendi-
lures, 81 $4,000 Receipts for month to date. $34,
Is.679; expenditures. S3sl00OO: excess of receipts,
s33S 679. Receipts for the fiscal year to date, So7,
1852; expenditures SAT ga of receipts.
sS011sS7s. Receipts of National bank notes for re-
demption, s55S, 557.
SUB-TREASURY. The Sub-Treasury a
debtor the Clearing House $s29,0s9 Its net loss
on balance 1896, $50. made up by gain in cur
rency of $3.50 loss in coin of $62S, $50 The
days operations included Receipts, A.113,212 pay
ments, s. 709.172 resulting in general balance of
S236 OS7 consisting $3.50 40S 5S5 coin and $751;
COZ currency.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
IRON TRADE CONDITIONS.
THE Iron Age" says:


Exaggerated Importance is now being given
everything of bearish character concerning the
iron trade The temper of buyers is influenced
by these conditions that II Is impossible TO expect
any improvement in the situation until de-
cided change is made to affect the entire trade
Conditions have changed remarkably within a few
short months We have passed from apparent
scarcity of all kinds of material and finished
products 10 a supera bundance of everything 1t is
mace companies to secure satisfactory supplies of
coke Furnaces We're being operated irregularly
because the producers of coke were unable to fur
nish sufficient quantities to keep furnace plants
in operation their capacity. 1t is found that
this essential material has been reduced. The
conditions present themselves upward through
1t therefore appears under the circumstances that
the time has arrived when the production of iron
ment TO reduce production has already been made
in some directions and it is understood that much
more will be accomplished in this way in the i'm
mediate future quite a number of proprietors of
blast furnaces, who have made considerable money
during the last have announced that 1t is their
intention, just as quickly as they see that iron Is
accommodating on their hands to blow out their fur
naces. and the risk of losing a large part
If not all, of the profits they have Just secured
Manufacturers of finished products also short
ening their time in various parts of the country, and
are arranging their operations to correspond with
better for a movement of this kind be
Quoted. even regardless of concerted action among
with the reduced demand. than to continue in full
operation and accumulate stocks to be forced on
greatly reducing prices The condition of the
try generally is satisfactory. and many argu-
ing character. which might lead the presumption
of possible Improvement in prices if buyers were
timely to call attention to the evident necessary
means of bringing about better condition of the
trade 1t is a good time to go fishing, as promi-
nent iron manufacturer says and watt patiently
for the change for the better which is desired No
Improvement can certainly be expected If manu-
facturers persistently force their products the
market.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

RAILROAD BONDS.-Markst firm. Total sales
amounted in par value E52 200 against 81 01s 200
on "Wednesday. The heaviest dealings were IN the
Atchison and Baltimore and Ohio Issues, Chesa-
peske and Ohio 4i1s, Colorado and Southern first
ts, Mexican Central first incomes. Missouri Kan
and Texas second IS, Northern Pacific As Read
ing general 4a. st Louis and San Francisco gen.
eral bs, St Louis Southwestern 2ds. Southern Pa
cthc Is, Southern Railway first 5s Toledo, ST. Louis
and Kansas City trust certificates, Union Pacific
ts, Wabash debenture Bs and Wisconsin Central
general
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
BANK OF ENGLAND STATEMENT

London, May 24-The weekly statement of the
Bank OF England shows the following changes:
Total reserve Increased $4,000, circulation de-
creased f1SSco0. bullion increased f17s242 other
securities decreased $4,000 other deposits Increased
f17ooo. public deposits increased HS5O0 notes re-
eerve increased f41.OoO Government securities un-
changed The proportion OF the Bank of Engiands
to liability is ~ p per Last week II
42 IS per The rate Of discount was re-
duced from 4 31s per cent
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD

London. Maya, p m--American railway shares
ruled DUH and inactive all day. Last prices were:
Atchison. 2sA: Canadian Pacific s5; St Paul 11S7s;
Illinois Central. 1l5la; Louisville and Nashville, g.
Union Pacific preferred. 75Fs; New-York Central
1S4s-; Erie, 12as; Pennsylvania, 661t; Reading So
Erie first preferred, 81; Northern Pacific preferred
761k: Grand Trunk, 7h. and Anaconda, ga
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-New-Or Orleans Buy
ing 5oc discount; bank, 81 premium. San Fran
csco-Sght, 15c; telegraph 17hc. Cincinnati-Be-
tween banks. l5Gf2Oc premium; over the counter 5Oc
premium. Boston-Par Chicago-1Oc premium St
Louis. 25o premium. Savannah-Buying par: SELL
ing 81 per $1,000. Charieston-Buying. par: selling
&c premium.
BANK CLEARINCiS. - New-York Exchanges
sl5s 1872 s95; balances. s6s5957o Chcago-Exchanges
SIC s30102; balances. s2sS7.044 Phadephia-Ex-
changes. S4562.l27; balances. S.460O6 Boston
Exchanges. SIS. .ss3 223 balances 81 5S7sSz Balti-
Exchanges, Ss,2co'72s balances, s3s4572.
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Cau money in
London, per cent Open market discount rate
for short bills. per cent, and for long bills sls
per cent Berlin discount rate, ~ per cent Ber-
lin exchange London 20 marks IS pfennigs
Paris exchange London 25 francs l71z centimes
Paris discount rate. 2A per cent.
FOREIGN SEcURITES-British consols for
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
WITHHOLDING EQUIPMENT ORDERS

The President of the Norfolk and Western said
yesterday in referring to conditions affecting rail-
road operations. that he had recently counter
manded orders for 800 cars, of the high
prices of materials.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
AMERICAN wooLLEN's BALANCE SHEET

The American Woolen Company has filed GER
t1cate of it's condition April IS with the Secre-
tary of State of Massachusetts, which shows:
Assets-Real estate and machinery s3s. .sO7 aOl
and bills receivable $11 39S stock In process
So s94 1885, total, SCI. col 1856 Liabilities Capital
stock. $40 29 6O0 debts, s12 30 5s total Sol
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
THIRD WEEK EARNINGS

Railroad earnings received yesterday for the third
week in May showed the following changes as COM
pared with the same time last year:
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
COLORADO SPRINGS STOCFS
Bid Asked

Closing quotations on the Colorado Springs Mln.
Ing Stock Exchange. furnished by William P. Bon-
bright & Co. of Colorado Springs.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
CHICAGO STOCKS.
FURNISHED by Walker Brothers. No II Broadway


MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.
FURNISHED by Frederic H. Hatch. No. 30 Broad-st)
STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY RATES.-Money call, l%q2 per cent
per cent being the ruling rate. Time money 2S4aS
per cent sixty days, Per cent for thee months
3l3h per cent for four months and 3s.64 per cent
for six months on railroad collateral Commercial
paper 8xG4 per cent for three four and six months
for the best names. and above for not SO
well known.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Market barely steady
Actual closing rates follow:
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
STOCKS AGAIN LOWER.
COMMISSION HOUSE FAILURE.
AND MONEY

BEARS CONTINUE AGGRESsIvE-BONDS
AND MONEY.
Closing prices yesterday Of the principal ac-
tive securities and net changes from Wednes-
days prices were:
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.
GOVERNMENT BoNDs.-Market firm Final
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. NAY 25. 1900.
BUYERS AND SELLERS

divided profits s2.5o4sso deposits ss.s2s.ns; total
s13 333. .0e7.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

money 1M sic: for the account. 1m& French
rentes. 100 francs s5 centimes. Spanish Il closed
at 72ss.
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver Coo. Mex
lean silver dollars, 471zc. Bar silver In London
q e-16d
GOLD PREMTUM.-In Madrid 242o; Lisbon, $3.50;
Buenos Ayres. 127.4o; Rome. s<7,1
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
S4N FRANCISCO STOCKS

San Francisco. May 24--The official closing quo
tations for mining stocks to-day were as follows:
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

FURNISHED by r. L. Day & Co. No Froad-s-,
Yesterday Today Yesterday To-ssv
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
SALES At THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
hAILtOAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

n-Actual ssles-I-Closins- Shares
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
BOSTON STOCKS.

.And interest. TEX dividend. tex coupon.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
Cables.
.ri{nr 4 SS e. IA G

Cables. Sight. days.
Sterling 4. SIS e a. ssiz 4s7& 4s4R
Francs 5i5 5.l5%-1-16G5. 1914 51s3s- -1-lea5is%
r marks 8aa95 7-lo 80 8 l6d95A 948Q94 ll-16
Guilcess z03-16 81
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
SMOOTH SCHEME TO
ROB BANKS FAILED.
I've Kansas City Telegraph Operators
Came Near Getting $500 at Law
son. Mo.

Kansas City, Oct PA shrewd
attempt to rob the City National
/ Bank OF Kansas City and the Com
merciai Bank of Lawson. Mo. of So
800 was nipped in the bud to-day.
and, as a result. Harry Turner and
Robert OConnor, telegraph opera
tors. both OF Kansas City. are under
arrest.
Iurnet and OGonner went to Law
son early this week and pretended to
be looking for land O'Connor. who
went under the name of r. J. Ref.
bore letter purporting TO be from
the Lombard Investment Company
of Kansas City. and gained some
standing.
Last evening it appears a telegram
was sent to the Kansas City bank.
signed Commercial Bank. asking that
$500 in currency be sent by express
to Lawson.
The Kansas City bank wired this
morning that it had sent the money.
but the telegram never reached the
Lawson bank
Instead of that, O'Connor present
ed telegram, apparently from the
City National Bank, ordering the
Commercial Bank to pay him the
amount stated
The bank officials. becoming sus-
picious, telephoued Kansas City, and
oConnor was placed under arrest in
the bank while writing a draft.
Later Turner was taken in.
Investigation developed that the
two men had telegraph instruments
located outside of Lawson, and that
they had sent the tele@rams them
selves
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
GLAD TO GET BACK.
Bates County Boy Home From the War

Bates county Boy Home From the War
X c. Times, a.
There will be Joy in the Shields
household at Amsterdam, Mo. to-
day. The idol OF the home will be
there and his coming will be a sur
prise. For three years past Walter
{. Shields has been serving Tncle Sam
as Il soldier. As a member of Com
pany II, seventh regiment, L. 5. A.
he has fought in Cuba. but for the
past year or more his most serious
duty has been to guard prisoners on
the island of Alcatraz. in the harbor
OF San Francisco. He arrived in
Kansas City from the Golden Gate
last night and with his comrade,
Albert Nj. Thompson of COvingtOn,
Ky, he registered at the New Albany
hotel.
81 am tired, said he, 'and | pro-
pose to rest tonight Early in the
morning | am going home to the old
folks. There | am going TO remain
for awhile. | am tired OF soldering.
| am tired of guarding poor devils
from the Philippines whose most
serious offense has been insubordina-
ton"
Then the boys displayed their dis
charge papers, which said that their
conduct during service had been ex-
celIent.
Mr.. Shields, in 1898, had the ex-
perience of reading his name among
the dead at Santiago. The news
reached the old folks at Amsterdam
and the Shields homestead was in
mourning for sixty days.
"The Kansas City papers were
very kind, ;" said the soldier. "They
gave me Il good send-Off, and said
that as a soldier had been "A credit
to old Missouri But they've kept
me dead ever since, although | re
turned home on sick furlough in
time to keep my folks from putting
up a grave stone in my honor in the
family plot. In the morning | am
going to surprise them again
Then the Missourian raised his
head until he stood six feet two inches |
Tears were in his eyes, but he did
not brush them away. AS they roll
I'd down his cheeks he slowly and said |
mpressively: I'm glad to get back
to the old folks and to old Missouri" " |
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
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you for some time" writes Mrs. W. D.
Benson, of Maxton, Robson Co., n. c.,
"to let you know what wonderful thing
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
did for my little boy. He was taken
with indigestion when he was a year
and half old, and he was under the
doctors treatment for five long years.
We spent all we made for doctors bills,
and it did no good. He could not eat
anything only little milk and cracker,
and sometimes even this would make
him sick, and he got very weak; could
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of his ever getting any better. Looking
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
CLEVER SKIN GAME WORKED.
The Bank and Merchants of Herrin
We're Easily Gulled.

Carterville, H., Oct. PA new
confidence game was worked on the
bank and merchants of Herrin, "A
mining town four miles north of here,
on Wednesday, when three smooth
individuals arrived there in quest OF
John Swatzell, a well-known coal
miner. They explained that they
brought news of fortune left to
Swatzell by an uncle in Kentucky,
who had died, and that he should go
there at once. Swatzell cashed his
time. threw up his Job and found
himself short of the required amount
for expenses. The fakirs told him
they would furnish all the money he
needed. and gave him some checks
to cash. As he was we'll known, he
had no trouble in cashing one check
for S1O6 at the bank of Herrin. The
Files Store Company cashed another
for S2O4. and the bank of Carterville
one for 800. When the fakirs got
this money they gave Swatzell few
dollars and skipped. Swatzell was
arrested for his part in the affair and
is in iail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-10-18
A Thousand Tongues

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when DR.. Kings New Discovery
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for many years had made life a bur
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can scarcely remember doing before.
| feel like sounding it's praises
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