New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-22

change was weak in Berlin and money was fairly
STOCK LOAN QUoTATIoNs.-Loan quotations
were; Amalgamated Copper, Anaconda amer
tan Ice Atchtson common and preferred,
brooklyn Rapid Transit. Baltimore and ONO
Cannon Canadian Pacific. Colorado Fuel ana
Iron Delaware and Hudson. Erie common, nFst an"
second preferred. Louisville and Nashville Mai'-
haitian, Missouri Pacific, Norfolk and western
METROPOLITAN Street Railway, Peoples Cas- head-
ing first preferred Rock Island, St Paul Southern
Railway preferred Southern Pacific sugar zen
nessee Coal and Iron Union Pacific common anu
nreferred United States Steel common united
States Leather preferred Wabash pleiei''N
Shelters common and Republic steel common .
ner cent. New-York Central and Pennsylvania, ~
e cent. United States Steel preferred, per cent
Western Union Shelters preferred and RepuDEe
steel preferred per cent; American Locomotive
preferred fiat
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.-Accordins to the hs-
ures lust given out the Southern Railway in the
first eight months of the present year handled
! $50 6s7 tons of coal in Alabama. against l4oS'Soz
tons for the same period year previous In Ten
nessee it handled 1888 tons of coat Tor the hs
eight months of the year against soi'so TOMS t"'
the same period year ago
IACKAWANNA AND DELAWARE AND HUI
sON-The movement in Lackawanna which mas
advanced % points in four days. is predicated on
the earnings and the belief that both that ROAD anu
Delaware and Hudson must sooner or later Hiahe
distribution TO the StockhoIurIS- On t''o'
not go on burying the surplus earnings lhoeli'ei'
The buying in both been of the best knd'
TIN MARKET sTRONG,-Tin was strong on the
overnight rise in London of to ton' "heu ""
caused according to private cables. by continueu
b,11ing on the part of bull operators. The marNe'
here closed strong with sellers shy at 2S'4 10 ZS'
for SPOT and rs bid for futures. hgufes WIN" -
sent rise of about cent last Friday closis.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO AND THE BANklNG
T21-STNESS-At the treasurer's office OF the bai'i-
more and Ohio Railroad 1t is denied tHd' III. -
nanv or anv of its officers contempates the pur-
chase Of any bank in Baltimore or thd' 'iio
many or its officers are to become in any way
identified with any banking institul'o" ~ pEETS2
UNITED. STATES REDUCTION AND hf1r IN
ING PASSES DIVIpEND.-The directors % ~
1-rttad states Reduction and Refining Colnpany
80 -assed the January dividend on the preferred
stock because the business OF the commas - -
rio1sIv affected by labor troubles In the last
year. ..o-.shtn CT
PM which arrived from southampton ouiitaS,
Irorbt about $4,000 in gold. There was deposited
at the Sub-Treasury yesterday $''VVo loi
to New-Orleans, ,,.;o,
WHEELING AND LAKE EFiE1--APp'
has been made TO the Stock Exchange 10 itst -
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad company ~i'0
additional first consolidated mortgage PEI e
bonds of 1919
MISSOURI PACIFIC REGULAR DlNlDr-4SD
7,I directors Of the Missouri Pacific have declared
the regular semi-annuaI dividend Of 2l2 per cent
GERMAN EXCHANGE BANK.-The German
p,,,cbanre Bank has declared a semi annual uiNl-
drd of rer cent out of the profits OF the last SIX
months and also increased the surplus reserve