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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Opcning, Highest, Lowest Quotntions Following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely, bankers and brokers, g Broadway, Kew York, and 15 Center street street, New Haven:
 nna, ujvh Vnu Yast
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duced an opening improvement here, but it was lost through mere hamilton. Until the last hour there was hardly enough motive power to show any di- rection in the movement with the ex- ception of some special stocks. An active demand sprang up for the Ma tional Lead stocks, due to the expecta-
 ton that the company would benefit from a proposed combination in an all lied branch of the trade. The Ameri- can Linseed stocks rose on rumors of a combination of the vegetable oil inter ests. The firmness of Amalgamated, Anaconda and Smelling was due to the continued reports of the widening de- mand for raw copper both. here and abroad. There was renewal of the recent strength in Canadian Pacific, but when the advance reached IA 1t halt ed. Pacific Mails 21a point rise was un- explained, The George A. Fuller stocks made wide advances and the New York public utilities and Colorado Fuel de- vloped late strength, the latter rising 2A. The appearance of the prelinl- mary figures of the weeks movement of currency awakened more animation than at any time during the day. Out side of those stocks already mentioned the effect was not notable except in St. Paul, Union Pacific and Atchison. The currency figures indicate net gain by the banks on the interior movement of nearly s5,0oO, 900, which Is supplemented by gain on sub-treasury operations of $565,000 Barkers are generally agreed tht there has been further heavy con- traction of loans and reduction of de- posit liabilities, promising favorable bank statement.
 There was a call to-day for 25 per cent. installment of cash on subscrip- tions to the steamship merger syndi- cate, which calls for $12,500,000 of which about so per cent. Is payable in New York The transaction did not cause ripple to-day in the local money market.
 The determined waiting attitude of the market seems to be due to the un- certainties of the coal strike and to the approach of the critical period of the corn crop. Definite news Is also awaited of the result of the Boer peace confer ence Confidence is growing that there will be a favorable outcome.
 The bond market was dull but firm. Total sales par value s2,290000,
 United States bonds were all un- changed on the last call.
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Grand Opera House.

The Grand opera house was cool and comfortable last night and a large audience attended to see Clyde Fitch great play Barbara Fritchie." The play abounds in war time episodes, con- tains most charming love interest, is favored with comedy and abounds in excitinfi incidents which keep the au- dience enthralled at high tension throughout the performance. The scenic production has been widely commented upon as being most elaborate and com plete. Miss Frances Gaunt. long iden- tified with other Frohman successes plays the heroine, Barbara Fritchie" supported by an excellent company. The play will be repeated to-day, matinee and night.
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RATTY,S RESARS.

Next weeks bill is extraordinary in it's number of big star acts. Batty' s bears, five droll creatures who are trained to do a most comical act, will head the lost. Ernest Hogan, the un- bleached American" is also starred in his new monologue. Hogan is the top notch colored comedian of the world.
 Dempsey and Mack company in "A Man of Chance" Crawford and Man ming, comedians; the three Navarros, Allen May and company, song illus traitors, Lyn Welcher, the Tossing Aus tins, Ferguson and Passmore, and oth- CTS will be on the bill.
 Prices: Matinee. 10c and 20c; evening, 1Oc, 200 and BOG; ladies at matinee, 10c.
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MALCoM & CooMBE.

36 Center Street. Members New York Stock Exchange.
 New York. May 23.
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Closing Prices.

CTObTnE FFTccs. by Prince & WhItely, bankers and brokers, 52 Broadway, New York, and 15 Center street street, New Haven:
 Bid Asked
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ENTERTAINMENTS.
Hyperion T'heater.

"Are You 8 Mason?" will be present. cd at the Hyperion tonight. The Bridgeport Telegram speaking of the play says: "Ditrichstein's adaptation from the German, the comedy Are You a Mason? was presented at the Park City Theater last evening. The piece abounds in plenty of comical situations and the fun was well worked out. The play was an agreeable surprise. There has been surfelt of farce comedies running riot in this section during the season, and usually they were so pa- thetic that the fun came In the sadness that was experienced. With this pro- duction, however, there was some real fun, and while the lines were not extra ordinary funny, the situations were de- cidedly so. They were not entirely new either, but they had the merit of fun in them. The story is rather Frenchy in spots but not enough to make 1t de- serving of the appeIlation.
 "John c, Rice had the part of Frank Perry. He fell into the complica tions easily and refrained from buster and made g success of his part. Thomas Wise supplied large share of the fun as Amos Bloodgood, and Charles Ed ward sustained his part we'll Gertrude Whitty depicted the rather strenuous part of Mrs. Caroline Bloodgood Sally Cohen had a good part as Lottie, a ser want and Charles J Greene made a good presentation of music hall usher, George Richards work as a gentleman farmer, rather gullible, too, was satis- factory.
 "One special scenic display sufficed for the entire three acts, and the rem dition was rapid and vigorous and was well liked"
 "The Lady of Lyons" will be present. ed at the Hyperion next Thursday night by Mary Mannering and KyrIe Bellew. The event should .prove a not able one, as Manager Frank Mckee has engaged a remarkably strong cast in the support The names include Mac l lyn Arbuckle as Madas, Edwin Arden as Beauseant, Edward Abees as Glavis, w. H. Thompson as Deschappelles Mrs. W. G. Jones as Widow Melnotte, Kate Patison Selten as Madame Deschappel- l les and May Davenport Seumour as i Janet. '"rhe Lady of Lyons was first ] produced in 1888, sixty-four years ago. | at the Covent Garden in London. It | was also produced in New York on l May 14 of the same year, and Charlotte |
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HUGH BYRNE.

The funeral of Hugh Byrne was held from his late residence, 4S7 Chapel street, at 3:30 o'clock yesterday after noon and from services at the St. Pat rick's church at 1 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. Father Russell and the interment was in the family lot in St. Bernard cemetery,
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The Union Trust Company
NEW HAVEN.

| NEW HAVEN. CHARTERED by the State of Connectl. cut with authority to act as Executor AA- ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Trustee. under will or deed.
 Court and all Public Trust Funds. Acts as Trustee for Municipalities, Corporations and individuals, and administers trusts of all kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds, or other evidence of indebt. edness, manage sinking funds, and do TjI business such as is usually done by Trust Companies.
 1t also does a general Banking business. collecting checks, notes, coupons, and re. is invested by itself and Kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Com. pany.
 This Company is by law regularly exam. med by the Bank Examiner of the State ne
 HENRY |. HoTCHKIss, President.
 EUGENE 5. BRISTOL, Treasurer.
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Cushman played the minor part of the Widow Melnotte. Charles Wheatley, the veteran actor, so well known at Daly's, was the Glavis, Seats on sale Monday. Prices $2, $150, $1, 75c.
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Poii,s Wonderland Theater.

The fine bill of variety at Polls that closes the engagement tonight includes the three Meers Hal Davis and 1nez Macauley, H. V. Fitzgerald, Al Law renee, Julian Rose, Palfrey and Hilton, John and Maud Allison, Howe, Walters and Walters and Armstrong and Wrirht
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Government Bonds.

NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATION Furnished by Kimberly, Root & Day, Bank. CTS and Brokers. 133 Orange Street,
 BANK STOCKS.
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Ft1raneiaI.
 THE STOCK MARKET.

Dull Yesterday 10 Point of Stagnation
 New York, May 23.-To-day's stock market was dull to the point of stagna- tion. The higher prices in London in-
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LONDON SOON TO HAVE
HORSE AMBULANCES.

SPECIAL BY 10 II NEW YORK
HERALD y THE 81. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London, March S-tCopyright. 19oe.eLon-
don will soon have horse ambulances in
regular service to respond to accident calls
and fires. just as in American cities. Ameri-
cans who have visited the English capital
know a really primitive system is in
use for rendering prompt aid to the in
jured. Sometimes the person hurt is taken
to a hospital on a st%retcher. sometimes a
policeman calls q cat.
The intended innovation 10 regarded as a
decided step Onward. AS yet London
doesn't seem ready to appreciate such a
service as that furnished by the splendid
electric ambulances Of Roosevelt and other
New York hospitals.
They haven't any adequate system Of
signaling here apparently. for one daily
gravely gays: The suggestion
that there might be difficulty in distin-
gushing fire alarms and ambulance calls
is met BY the proposal that one ring be
given for fire. two if an ambulance is
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AUGUSTUS ST. GAUDENS.

because OF his services in connection with
the exposition OF 1900.
The Legion of Honor is distinguished as
being an essentially republican institution.
II is the only such in Europe. and. indeed.
IL those American orders are excepted
which may ne worn by all who have served
in certain wars, the only one of its kind
in the world. 1t was founded in 1902 by
the French Republic. the documents attest
ing At its birth being sisned by Napoleon.
.Cambaceres and Lebrun. who then were the
three Consuis. The bloody revolution had
done away with the distinctions which hal
all been based on birth, and this was TO
take their place and mark the gratidue Of
the newborn nation for notable services
In whatever field of activity.
II was at first proposed that the medal
should become purely military. but Napo-
leon himself opposed this suggestion so
II in recognition OF high merit of any
sort. Among the first to receive il were
Cuvier. the naturalist: Laplace. the great
mathematician. and the astronomer. Lee
The first foreigner to. be decor
ated was the German poet. Goethe.
Two points OF somewhat unusual in
terest in connection with the Legion OF
Honor are that I; is one Of the few orders
which have been conferred upon women and
1t has in several instances been award
ed to corporate bodies as well as on the
armorial bearings OF the town and cities of
France. including Paris herself, have beer
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CELEBRATED AMERICAN MEMBERS
OF THE LEGION OF HONOR.
Elaborate Preparations Now Be-
ing Made by France to Observe
Orders Anniversary.
HAS EXISTED FOR 100 YEARS.
Scores of Citizens Of the United
States Have Been Awarded
the Ten-Pointed Star.
BY CABLE

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Paris. March s.-AlI France IL preparing
TO celebrate the centennial anniversary of
tits great national order. the Legion of
Honor. and IL now appears that Americans
are to play no small part in the ceremonies.
In the 100 years of its existence a consider
able number OF foreigners have received
at the hands of the grand master the ten
pointed star on the crimson ribbon. scores
Of Americans having been included. Thai
some of these should be present when the
birthday of the order Is honored was TO
have been expected, but from unofficial as
well as Official acceptances many of the
citizens Of the Western Republic are to be
the guests of Paris during the days of the
festival.
Some of the most famous OF the Ameri-
cans who have enjoyed the right to wear
the bit OF crimson ribbon In their iaDels are
dead. but many are still living. The his
torian-diplomat. Motley. and the artist.
Washington Aliston: Agaseiz. the scientist;
Benjamin Thompson. Count Rumford, who
first proved that heat was a mode of mo-
ton: Francis Parkman. in whose works
the French pioneers IN Canada live Inn
mortally. and Benjamin Harrison. decor
ated at the time of his appointment TO the
arbitration council of The Hague Confer
ence-these are no longer on the roll of liv-
ing members of the Legion. But America
may be represented by such men as John
Ia Fargo, Samuel L. Clemens c"Nark
Twain'). ST. Gaudens and Commissioner
General Peck: the last named. with Mrs.
Potter Palmer, having been given the cross
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certainly Tar easier. was the attempt Of an
irreverent and Junior subaltern who, light
ing upon an old camping-ground. saw in a
dozen empty champagne bottles and a few
dozen pate de foie gras pots traces Of q
certain crack cavalry regiment, and In An
abandoned chest-protector indication Of a
General stan.
some Kitchener Stories.
Naturally enough Lord Kitchener IL The
center of more than one very good story.
Asked by one of his staff whether he did
not regard the mobile columns under his.
command as the backbone of his army, he
replied laconically: yes. they are
one might call spinal columns"
Few people are aware Of the extent to-
which Lord Kitchener 'hustles'' his own
columns. Nc sooner does a column return
from trek and report its arrival In town
than a wire something like the following
arrives from the chief. 'When will you be
ready to go out again. The following
morning along comes another wire: Why
are you waiting?" followed by a few hours
afterwards by why have you not Left"
Then it Is that the column commander
preferring the deadly sniper to the relent-
less man in Pretoria. hastens to get himself
out Of range of the telegraph wire. { 80
A short time ago a cavalry
regiment arrived at Capetown and fastened
to disembark. The Decentralization WAS
carried out successfully and the regiment
was quartered by nightfall at Green Point
Camp. Early the next morning caMeHa
clear the line message from * a
hope you are exercising your horses and
men. I shall want you almost Immediate
ly." To this the commanding oficer REL
piled: Propose exercising horses and men
all day long"
There was an interval Of two hours. theme
ks second message came to hand:
What do you propose doing at night?
EDGAR WALLACE i
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FERDINAND W. PECK.

SO honored. the distinction having been in
each case conferred for stubborn and brave
defense against the enemy.
These distinctions have been gazetted in
the same way as the grants of the decora-
lions TO individuals. and from thenceforth
the order has figured on the armorial bear
ings OF the town and the city in question.
Eight French regiments have their colors
decorated with the Legion of Honor in rec
ognit!on Of their capturing colors from the
enemy.
Fifty-seven women. now living. wear the
crimson ribbon of the order. which. in al
most every case. has been bestowed in rec
ignition OF philanthropic or charitable serv-
Ice. The late Rosa Bonheur was the only
woman artist ever 30 honored.
At almost the same time as this cen
tennial OF the legion. comes the flftieth
anniversary Of the Institution Of the mill
tary medal. "Medaille Militaire." which
was created In 1852 by Napoleon III. Just
after his accession to the throne. This gold
badge. with its warlike DECORATION and the
yellow ribbon. edged with green. is con-
ferred only for exceptional gallantry and
acts of heroism under fire. upon soldiers
and sailors. or upon Generals and Admirals
who have held commands in the face of the
enemy. and who. having already received
the highest grade OF the Legion of Honor,
look upon the grant of the "Medaille Mill
taire' as the crowning reward of their
career
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one OF the most talented and remarkable
Of the members OF the English consular
service. Born in 1855. he has filled the
forty-three years OF his life with SO much
good WORK that he may to-day be spoken
of as an artist as well as a scientist. a
soldier as well as an administrator. Hav-
ing prepared himself for n painters ca
reer. he grew tired of II just when. as n
medalist of the South Kensington School.
his pictures were being hung in the Royal
Academy and success was beginning to
smile. He admits now that the artistic life
was too quiet for him. and so he entered
the foreign service.
All of his billets have taken him to
Africa. In 1855 he was Vice Consul at the
Ctmeroons, In 1887 Acting Consul for the
Bights of Benin and Biafra. and the year
following Consul for Portuguese. East
Africa He went to Uganda in 1888 as spe-
cial Commissioner under the British Pro-
tectorate. and there he has worked for
eight years. actual Governor and virtual
King over a rich country more than half
the size of Texas.
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be preserved they will form a natural zoo
not merely the largest in the world but the
most beautiful and by far the best
stocked"
The vast amount of wild game found
there astonished even Sir Harry Johnston,
who, the first of all the African explorers
penetrated and thoroughly examined the
valleys and plains of the land. Speaking re-
Gently at a crowded meeting of the Royal
Zoolosical Society, OF which he is a MEM
Der, he said:
There is there the most extraordinary
amount Of big game I ever saw in tropical
Africa. My expedition passed through herds
Of elephants. and was continually putting
up rhtnoceros, singly and in pairs. We
could really be said to have been escorted
for stretches OF several miles by zebras and
sntelopes that would approach within ten
yards. Lions were constantly met with. but
We're go hard at work on zebra and hart
beest that they did not interfere with tho
caravan"
No Hunters In Country.
This fearlessness of man, h went on to
explain, was largely due to the fact that
the natives Of the province not only are I'M
supplied with firearms, but that the 800, 90
Inhabitants are located in a few large vii
lagos near the Victorie Nyanza OF on Its
tributary streams. Hunters. moreover,
either black or white. have not yet begun
20 invade the country, and II the present
Governor wins his point as now put TO the
Colonial Office. they will never be allowed
to do 30.
Sir Harry Johnston's idea Is not only to
have the territory barred to sportsmen, but
to preserve and increase its four-footed
denzens through the work of scientifically
trained foresters and keepers. He would
trap or Kill merely such animals as indi-
vidual cases might seem to warrant and
would throw the land open as far as posi-
pie to tourists, students or scientists.
easier matter tina might seem at arst.
Mombasa, the chief town and seaport Of
British East Africa, is only 500 miles away
40 from this city a modern railway IS
toria Nyanza basin. This would land trav-
eiers literally in the Uganda reserve, while
70 the north the so-called Uganda road lies
added to these facts that Cecil Rhodes
who has shown the greatest interest in Sir
aaIrys scheme, announces that, In case
run to. the boundary of the district a spur
from the Cape to Cairo Railroad.
Inc scenery OF Uganda Is described as
me most beautiful and astonishing. which
plorer-Governor brought back to London
oozens or photographs taken during his
trip. and these are everywhere being COM
The Plains of Shayen." The vast plains.
some Of them lightly wooded and all OF
them well watered, are surrounded by great
mountains among which Ruwenzori, its
level. rules as king.
Luxuriant Tropical owt
Its forests are dense and its tropical
growths tuxuriant. In the valleys and the
lower hplands there 10 only slight virfa.
ton In the seasons. and q reafw Winter Il. Of
course. unknown.
Harry Hamilton Johnston. whose title
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condor. March 6.-Interest has been
awakened in tina diplomatic, scientific and
sporting sets hero by q formal proposal re-
Gently submitted to the Colonial ONCE by
Sir Henry Johnston It Ii perhaps not the
least thing done by this brilliant young
has found a subject which has claimed and
held the attention Of three classes Of men
50 widely dissimilar, and this subject is his
proposition that the entire Province of
Uganda. British East Africa, be made a
national park
HIS request is practically for the British
Government to become the proprietor of the
biggest zoo in the world. For a national
park means a national game preserve, and
II the TX. 600 square miles Of Uganda are to
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gave some sort of credence to the story. AZ
last We came to a farm. and the STAN OF
f,cer rode up to the stoop and mace the
usual inquiry. No: no Beers had passed nor
stopped at the farm. The stan officer
picked up something from the ground ana
examined 1t for q moment.
"Haye you any peaches?" he asked at
length. Yes. the farmer had some peaches.
and quickly produced some. very glad to
be OF service to the officer and happy to
supply his needs. do you have a good crop
of peaches every Year, was the next
question. moi such a good CROP" was the
reply, the farmer by no means sorry to get
of the embarrassing question Of the pas
sage OF the Beers, and on to the less dan
gerous topic OF horticulture. DO you eat
nan YOURSELF" was the next question.
No. they were all prepared for market
Tell-Tale Peach stones.
The officer thought awhile, then said to
the astonished farmer. Last night a large
body Of Beers came to your house and
asked for food. You had none. but you en-
tertained them as well as you could with
the best you had to offer"
The farmer for a time protested his in
%nocence. but eventually admitted that
something Of the sort had occurred. Asked
afterwards how he had arrived at the
truth OF the story, the STAN officer pointed
to some over-ripe peaches which had been
half bitten through and thrown away. and
to a perfect litter of peach stones in front
of the armer's stoop.
II could see.' he said, that somebody
had been having a.royal feast of peaches.
and as the man said that neither he nor
his family ate the fruit, II was evident
somebody else had, and a good many some
bodies too. Look at these rotten peaches;
nobody would bite these except in the
dark. so 1t Is evident that the visitors called
after shutdown. A man who derives a GER
tain amount OF his income from the sale Of
peaches does not usually offer any amount
to even his friends, and the inference Is
that the peaches were given in place of
some more substantial food demanded by
the visitors"
Equally successful. although the task was