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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
THE ST. PAUL DEAL.
Rumor I'm New York That the Terms
Have Been Arranged.

huNe been hrrhh8eo.
New York, Jan. 1.-THE Journal Of
Commerce says: II was reported in
Wall street after the close Of business
tina terms had been arranged In the
Great Northern. Northern Pacific and
st. Paul deal According 10 this story
the first two railway companies named
will issue a s1-2 per cent collateral
trust bond and give /. In exchange for
st. Paul common stock In the proper
ton somewhere betv een lis and 200 In
the par of the bond for par OF st. Paul.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
In BIBLES.

Alleged stolen J.welry.
Chicago. Jam. 27.-With the plumber
of a score of burglaries hidden In hol-
low Bibles and other books, Charles
Gilman, a milkman, vas arrested last
night. The alleged thefts were COM
mitted when Gilman was delivering
milk. The books had been reduced to a
shell by cutting away the inner part
of the leaves, making a hiding place
for jewelry.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31

Severe Gales Along the West Coast,
With Snow Accompaniment.

Glasgow, jar 27-Severe snow storms
prevail over the west coast Of Scotland,
and vessels are experiencing heavy
weather. The Allan line steamer HI
herman. from Boston Jan. IL. for Glas-
gov. grounded in the Clyde. 1t is not
reported that she has been damaged.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
kITcHENER's CLOSE CALL.
Pilot Engine I'm Advance Of His
Train Blown Up.

Pretoria. Jan. 27.-Yesterday a train
with Lord Kitchener and a body Of
troops proceeded toward Middelburg.
an armcred pilot engine preceding. II
was derailed by dynamite ear Bal
moral. The Beers. who were in force,
opened fire and the British replied.
Ultimately the Beers were driven of.
The British sustained no casualties.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
MAN-OF-wAR's MEN KILLED.
Four Fatalities Attended Explosion
of Gun on the Terrible.

Rome, Jan. 27.-The explosion OF n
gun on the Italian man-of-war Terri
BILE killed four men and injured four.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Dealing in Wheat Dull. But Prices
Firm.

CHICAGO, March Wheat was very
dull but firm. The feature of the mar
Set was the buying by the interest which
was supposed to have sold yesterday.
Local traders were bearish, and We're
moderate sellers. Liverpool was 1-iH2-Si
lower: Paris was Ic lower; Antwerp I'M
changed. Primary receipts for the day
and for the week were slightly under
last years. Clearances small. $500. No
cash business here and forty to sixty
loads at the seaboard. The visible sup
ply will decrease moderately.
1t was u traders market in corn with a
disposition to even up over Sunday. The
prominent interest in the market took no
part in it. The weather was in favor of
the holders. country acceptances were re
ported moderate and the cash business
slow Local stocks will increase for the
week Today's CARROTS We're 49, with 400
estimated for Monday
oats We're dull with a range of 1-SC,
Large shippint business was reported
having been uJne late yesterday. 500. 90
bushels Cash was firm. at about yestcr-
days prices. Carrots were 29f with $50
for Monday.
Lighter stocks here than expected
and II stronger hog market gave proyi-
siOns Il small advance. The demand was
chiefly from shorts, and packers. who led
In the buying ycst crday. Were today ms
prominent sellers. The cash trade WAS
fair.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
The FAMOUS kern River DISTRICT!
Where Nature Gives Oil on Grand Scale.
Investors Questions.

/. Are the lands of the
company actually in a we'll
known and proven oil dis
trict? Yes. EASTERN
STAR OIL LANDS are in
Kern River, Newhall, Kra-
mer, and Los Angeles Dis
tricts. The best and most pro-
ductive oil fields in the world.
>. Does the company own
or lease its lands? EASTERN
STAR owns its lands, LOO
acres, undermined with rich
oil sands from 100 to 500 feet
deep.
8. Is the company really or
gained for the purpose of de-
veloping its lands and the
production of oil? Yes.
EASTERN STAR has flowing
wells and are drilling day and
night on new ones.
4. Is the stock non assessa-
BILE? Yes. 1t never can be as
sessed.
.. Is the management of
the company in the hands of
experienced and conservative
business men? Yes. Sue
cessful men, with lifelong ex-
perience in oil.
8. Are the transportation
facilities favorable for the
marketing of oil? Yes.
EASTERN STAR OIL co.
has pipes Laid from its wells
to the railroad.
Z. What guarantee does
the investor have? The
EASTERN STAR OIL co.
gives every investor a written
guarantee whereby you can
get your money back, with s
per cent interest. if you wish
in one year.
What is fairer or more hon
orable? Tell me if YOU can.
w K T f FO X RIDER
BLANK AND PROSPEC-
TUS TODAY. As for our
standing we refer YOU TO
Bradstreet's MercantiIe
Agency and the Banks, or
from letters to be seen at our
Office. where We have been
over 30 years established.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
BANKS AND INVESTMENTS.
Local Business Matters That Are At
tracting Attention.

There WIS published in The Times of
last Sunday an analysis and abstract Of
the reports of the national banks and
trust companies to the Comptroller of the
Currency on their condition at the close
of business on February 5. AS was noted
at the time. this abstract shows the bust
ness of the financial institutions of the
District to be more prosperous than ever
before 1t was also pointed out that this
activity Of the banks is a direct evidence
OF the general business activity of the
District. There are numerous ways in
which this is so. An increase in deposits
means that there is more money in the
city II would probably be shown, If the
books of the banks could he examined.
that the number of depositors also Is IN
creasinC The. large Increase In loans and
discounts means that the money on de-
post is being used actively, and THIS IN
turn shows that there is enlargement OF
old business. ventures and the launching
of new ones.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales--U. s. Coupon rs: $200o9a1O6; U.
s Electric Light debt. 6's: 81, 9o0qlos: Ma
sonic Hall SIS, 10o610S: Union Trust and
Storage Co.: 351lOS2. Mergenthaier Lin
otype: 39N1657s, 2Da1G3sl. 1Odl63ss. 2oG1s.
lonlAk. lGQ164A. lOalGi1H, 45Gi16ia4. 2O5D
l6t;s. f0u1s5. 1Oltl65h; Lanston Monotype:
5Hfl]b4. @5ul42s, 10Galfz; American
Graphophone Co. common: E200d95S a32OfI
~ AFTER call-Washington Gas: 50G57;s
ihu5A; Washington Traction and Electric
152 5: Sl,eofG65; American Graphophonc
Co. common: s1o0Gl0: Capital Traction:
4eTIG5.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The irregular, nuctuating. rather mar
row speculation that has come 10 he
called traders market" was in evil
dence during the greater part Of the - st
week. Prices had little net change Tor
the week in the general list, though
the changes in the specislties We're nearly
al upward. coward the end OF the week
there was an Improvement IN the tone
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

out of town These orders. as well as
those from local sources, seem to be based
on the idea that the company is not going
into bankruptcy after all, despite local
publications to the contrary IL is said
to he probable that in the plan of reor-
gdnfzation authorized some time ago by
act of Congress these bonds will be re-
placed by a first mortgage bond issue. 4
mortgage bond Is, of course, considered
more desirable always than a collateral
bond, no matter how good the collateral
security may be on which the latter is
ISSUED. In this substitution 1t is not I'M
possible that the rate of interest may be
reduced to per cent, but of this there is
no official suggestion as yet.
Mergenthaler and Lanston have both
advanced during the past week. the for
mer from 100 to 165 and the latter from IA
to l.. Lanston sold off yesterday from its
hish price to IL L. The decline in Mer-
genthaler Stems to have been arrested. on
the other hand. the fireworks incident to
the unauthenticated and afterward de-
MED ruI1ors regarding the Monoline pur-
cHiiSe nave died down, much to the salts
faction of the investment holders of the
stock The next dividend payment is due
ON MerSenthaler in April and the direct
9rs Of the company will act on the diyi-
dcnd during the latter half of the present
month. The street is awaiting word as to
their action with much interest. The talk
OF the probability of a reduction is still
iiHhlN anu II - !Thbdbie lilal the entire
cutting off OF the extra dividend has been
discounted" thoroughly. If this is the
case any payment over ? IL per cent
would be a bullish argument on the stock
The statement is made that two LanStou
machines have been secured by local
printing office for job work and it is I'M
derstood that the recent little boom in
the stock is based on this development.
Graphophone common stock has recov-
cred half point from its extreme low
price and is now selling with some steadi-
ness at par.
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and the outlook is now favorable for a
change for the better. IL is not unlikely
that the coming week viii see marked
upward tendency under the lead of stocks
ike st. Paul Sugar, the Southern securi-
ties. | Mon Pacific, and the steels. The news
developments of the week have all been
good and some of them most important.
The net earnings statements for January,
for instance, are excellent almost with
out exception, some OF them showing I'M
menSc increases over the same month of
last year Business generally is large and
expanding. The trade reports are most
fnNnr:, hln
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
Kew York Cotton Market.
interchange OF Confidence.

WIOm the IhlClgo Tfibuuc.t
and now, my hoy. don't have any secrets
from your father. What are your college debt.g
Don't BE- afraid TO tell me the sum total to the
last cent"
Il Won't father Tic whole amount in So
327 80"
II thank you Tor sour confidence, nv bo5. and
I will he equally frank You may pay those debt.
the besi WY you can
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The Erie securities have been strong.
1t is said by insiders that the dividend
on the preferred at the rate of per cent
per annum will be begun Immediately. A
careful market trader recently expressed
the opinion that the common stock should
be bought anywhere below q and sold
above 80, and that this may be done Il
good many times in the next few months.
In time this stock. too, will he put on n
dividend paving basis
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
New York stock MnrI.et.
Open. High. Low. Goa.

Corrected daily by ". B. Hibbs Co., mem.
beis OF tho New York stock Exchange. 1919 F
Si.eet.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The deposits in the banks have been In
creasing steadily for many years, in good
years as well as in bad. but the loans and
discounts have no. always shown eXpan-
sion in the periods Of depression. During
the past four years they have had 4 par
ticularly rapid growth. This is easily
explained Rich men deposit their money
In the banks whether business is duh or
active. but the banks are not able 10 use
il so effectively or to anything like such
an extent In hard times. The figures for
the recent statements Of the banks and
for those of four years ago, soon after
the elimination of the period OF depres-
sion, are particularly interesting in com
parison The deposits in 1897 were $40
Oug. OO9 and at present they are in excess
Of $4,000 900, the increase having been 50
per cent The Increase In loans during
the same period has been from SH,0pJe9O
to SO (sS3 OIa or nearly % per cent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

Heuricl's Naerzen aud Senate Beers are uney-
celled. Phone C3l ioG case.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
FOREIGN MAILS.

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shoule be read daily. as changes may occur at
any tiint.
FoREh;N MAILS are forwarded 10 the port, OF
Siiling daily. and the schedule OF closings is ar
ranged on the presumption of their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending March O.
1901. the last connecting closes will be made rom
this Office follows:
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5 Kaiser VIM. der Crosse. from New York, via
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Of EUROPE must be directed Per $ 5. La
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

heaviest on record.
The prospects of Chesapeake and Ohio
and Norfolk and Western common have
been alluded to on numerous occasions
in this column. Both stocks have been
strong this week, and there is a large
probability that their advance is not yet
over by any means. These two lines are
the first on which the community of In
tcrest plan has been tried, and already 1t
is evident to the promoters of this plan
that il will be a great success. 1t means
already largely increased earnings, but
more than that il means that in poor
periods there will be no cutting of rates.
This ensures the greatest possible return
FOR the outlay in the railway business.
The very low freight rates ON these two
systems the lowest in the country, are
being Increased. Every increase of half
. mill . ton per mile means millions of
dollars greater earnings.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The local stock market has been some
what less active during the past week
than ii was in the previous week, perhaps
because of the holiday between. Prices
have held up well, but there have been
few advances. The amount Of business
done. too, has been less Excitement has
abated to Il large extent. 1t is the gen
eral comment among brokers that the
speculative trading seems to have eX-
hausted itself for the moment at least
and that the business of the last few days
has been almost wholly of an investment
character. In the main this is a good
rather than 81 thing to be lamented. There
were not few among the conservative
brokers who deplored the reckless Jug
Cling with quotations that occurred in
Mergenthaler a short time ago. and in
+ Street generally the matter was com
mentcd on. usually in AN unlavorable way.
The investment buying of stocks con-
tinues on a good scale. and. according to
some Of the best informed of the brokers,
there is an excellent prospect for the
spring market.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The advances IN local security prices
have been very small, if compared with
similar advances ON the New York Stock
Exchange during the past winter. AIer-
genthaIer stock has been going down as
have Lanston and the Graphophone Sc
lurities among the specialties There
have been declines also in Washington
Traction bonds and in the securities Of
the Cnmpanies controlled by this Syndi-
cate Capital Traction stock is selling
well under its high price, and has not at
any time recently reached nearly to that
price Gas has been strong, but is well
below its recent high price. And so the
list might De extended indefinitely the
bank and trust company's securities be-
ing the only ones that have showed any
advance worth speaking Of While this
conditioned things has existed in Wash
has bcrni more huoyant than ever before
in its history and Is now scoring new
high prices every day. There is no rea-
son WHY this disparity should continue
and some of the best Informed local
brokers predict that there will be good
advances in prices before summer.
The Washington Traction and Electric
bonds have been the most buoyant Sc
curity on the local exchange during the
past TIVE weeks. Yesterdays price 90
while not the highest, was at a large adj
vance from the low price recently prevail
ing. 1t is stated by tie brokers that many
OF the orders 10 buy the bonds come from
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

LoansOf $40 an" a% S ssssff; made
PIANOS, HORSES,
Wagons etc at lowest rates and on the day yos
amply. We are loapinS on the Building and Loan
Association plan, which makes The cost OF carry
ing loans Inneh less than you pay elsewhere md
Allows YOU to pay it of in any sized notes you
desire. running from one to twelve months You
Of time yeu carry il. II you have Z loan with
some other company VIII pay it of and sd-
rancc you more money IL desired. Rates cheer
tlIlv given and cost to you unless loan il
r,ade Loans made anywhere In the District
Cali and get rates. frcnt room. first floor. scien.
tifc American Building.
National Nor tgage Loan Co.
625 r St. N. W.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

holders. 1t is said that they will receive
a handsome disbursement in the way OF
rights this spring. The earnings OF
the company for January were again the
heaviest on record.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
HONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.

We Negotiate Loans"
We will loan you any amount from s. up,
in monthly payments for one month or q
year, on HOUSEHOLD GOODS, PIANOS,
STORAGE RECEIPTS, etc. II you have a
loan elsewhere. We will pay It of and ad-
vance ecu moro money. No expense unless
lean is made
EVANS 6 COMPANY,
7O7 ST. n. ".
Room 9, First Floor. Bear. Opp Patent Once.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
6io-F STREET-6io

MONEY To LOAN On APPROVED CoLIAT
ERAL-No delay. CHARLES A. BAKER, Rooms
40 and a.. Metzerott Building. lilo St
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The financial situation f. excellent
Money continues extremely easy. the rate
on call loans during the past week having
averaged > per cent. The outlook is for
plentiful supply OF money for the street
for a long time to come. The quarterly
disbursements Of interest and dividends
al the beginning of March are about $40
O900JO. The promise of an ending OF the
war in South Africa gives hope of an
early opening Of the Rand gold miuos
The bank statement yesterday WAS a sur
prise everywhere and is corrOboratlon
In an unexpected quarter of the promises
of easy money. II showed an increase in
cash whore a rather heavy decrease had
been expected. The figures were as rol-
lows:
RESERVES increased S2Jf, AS
Loans increased OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tC- jly1
Legals increased. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900
Specie increased Observation-Disclosures. ggj 200
Deposits increased ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3 327 100
Circulation increased. $1,000
There. is much bullish talk regarding
the outlook for the Pennsylvania stock
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The better feeling regarding the steel
securities is communicating itself to the
entire market, very naturally, as the I'M
certainty here has been one of the few
clouds on an otherwise very sunny out
look. But in addition to this and to the
excellent general business situation there
are number of very important railway
deals in contemplation, or rather now I'M
dergoing active discussion, that are al
most certain to be big stimulus to the
buying of securities. Further than this,
there are also developments of Importance
in several of the Industrial companies out
side OF the steel group.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The deals talked of by tho friends Of
Western Union ali refer directly or indi-
rectly to the relations of that company
with the Postal One story Is that a
working agreement has been reached
which will be Of great pecuniary benefit
to both This stock has been held up well
during the past week, but il has scored
40 advance, perhaps because the general
market has not been favorable to an ad-
vance in anything.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

The interest ia Sugar Refining has been
greater this week than at any time here
tofore in recent months. The story OF a
proposed increase in the dividend rate
for the stock is one cause of this, but
much more attention Is paid at the mo-
ment to the assertions in good quarters
that there has been an amicable arrange
ment effected between the trust and the
Arbuckles. Sugar has already advan -cd
ten points and it is said that it is likely
to get ahead another ten points before the
end OF the coming week.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

Mails FOR CHINA JAPAN, HAWAII. and PHIL
iPPiNE ISLANDS, - via San Francisco close her.
daily at 40" p. M. up to March ,, inclusive fol
despatch per :. :. Coptic (o)
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except West Australia
which is forwarded via Ewope). NEW ZEALAND
FIJI. SAMOA. and HAWAII via San Francisco.