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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-18
The Money Movement.

IA Especial to Tue Times. Dlspatch.)
ss NEW YORK, April 1.-THE result OF
sub-Treasury operations has been more
favorable to the banks SO far during April
than last year, and present Indications
are that disbursements will exceed re-
ceipts at least for the next week, @
The daily Treasury statement. shows
that while collections OF revenue this ms.
cal year have exceeded the collections OF
tho last fiscal year by about s. 900 0Oo up
to the present time. the expenditures nave
been larger by over $50. 900 900. SO that the
surplus now Is bout $50 900, 900 less than at
this time last year. Gs "
The actual cash In tho Treasury Is less
by over 100000 than at the beginning OF
the fiscal year. Deposits OF government
funds IN national banks have been In
creased over S2A 100000 since June 80. 1907.
Tho surpluR revenue H. therefore, mere
lly nominal so far MS Its effect upon the
money market Is concerned, having been
practI cnlly wiped out through the bond
purchases of last fall and the Increase q
deposits Of public money IN national
The castor tone OF the money market Is
due In part to the Increase Of bank res
serve through Treasury disbursements
and through the receipt Of currency from
the Interior and partly also to the fact
that 1t does not take as much money to
carry securities at present quotations as
It did before the l!auidntion that. followed
the decision in the Northern Securities
case, ef 45s3ATs fllla +5Hl tisWets.4Gtf q
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TOBACCO MARKET
Trade Welcomes Il. G. Williams Buyer
8 Back-No 7 idngs from Navy n

Concerning the conditions OF the tobac-
CO market at the close Of the week,
Messrs. L. B. Vaughan q Co.. OF Cren-
shaw Warehouse, says: ti53 !
4 The market ruled higher and closed
strong on all grades, some lots selling
for $3.50. Our trade welcomed with
pleasure the return on tho market OF Mr.,
James T. Parkinson, buyer for the =.
e.. williams Company, who has for the
5first time in these long years been absent
only for a short while, pending negotih-
tons. No tfdlngs from the United States
Navy contract bids for which were open
ed on the 10th OF March. The mills OF
tho gods grind slow. Several big tobac-
ca representatives on the market this
week. Spirit and tons Of the market
good. s} IS ss 45-
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GOVERNOR WHITE IN TOWN
West Virginia Executive Here for Few
Minutes an Route to Launching.

.
Minutes en- Route to Launching,
Governor White, OF West Virginia, on
his way to the launching Of the cruiser
West Virginia passed through the city
yesterday AFTERNOON. travelling In the pi-
yate oar OF Superintendent G. G. Walker.
Of tho Chesapeake and Ohio. This car
was attached to No. 4, and reached the
city shortly before I o'clock. It was
tackled on to the end OF the train about
to leave for NeWiori News, and was
taken without delay to the shiphuilding
city
The West Virginia Executive was ao-
companied by his daughter, Miss Gathers
inoe. who Is to christen the cruiser, and
q number OF other ladies' I.
In the day coaches Of this train also
came a number OF West Virginia citxens,
Two entire train-ioads OF West Virgin
Ttsn1 passed through this morning about
$50. travelling in sections q few min
utek apart, They came from Wheeling
and other sections Of the State. Some
OF those who came on the Governors
train stopped over In Richmond to see,
the sights. and will 80 down this morn
Ing, N N n y.
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siderable strength was displayed.
market closed Arm.

Il The Mail and Express says: A sensa-
tional incident occurred on the late after
noon stock market in the shape OF
outpourinE OF stock. Third Avenue. which
is rarely dealt In. curiousl y enough sus:
talned similar loss. Metropolitan had
been weak Throughout the morning J,, di i !.
there may have been concerted selling
movement against the stock. the weak
ness can DO traced d!rcctlyfto the alleEa-
7Philbln statement. s., 7{i i. ~. W Z, !.
Tho break IN Metropolitan naturally UNI
settled the general market, Which h, tdis =
rrradual "improvemen which reached a
Basis OF fqiE in tho ,divldend-paying rail-
ways and even more In special cases;
5Lackawanna rising points. General
10 - hot m
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PROTECTION OF DOCS ]
Passage Of Interesting Bl''s Secured by
u Senator halseY. {gs!


Senator halsey. 4. E{is
Senator Halsey. OF Lynch bury. Ii being
congratulated generally ON having got
ten through the Senate in one day two
measures OF Importance. ono to the pso-
pie Of all the cities Of the State and the
other to the people OF tLynchbur1. Both
( bills were taken and pressed / to- their
passage, III the Senator explaining a way
4 all objections to immediate action Ono
Of these Is a general law for the proteo-
ton OF dogs. making them assessahlo
for taxation and therefore personal prop
erty. for the larceny OF which the thief
may be punished under the statutes
against theft j5 @ Il b Y
The other bill Is one authorizing the
city OF Lynchburg to Issue bonds to the
amount Of 800, 600 to secure AN adequate
supply OF pure water and sufficient grnv.l
sity pressure for fire protection for that
i city I'm order to secure this ample sup,
ply Of pure water the city after extensive!
and exhaustive research and investlga.,
ton determine1 to secure such water
supply to go to Peilar II river, a cteat
and pure mountain stream IN Amherst
county, twelve or more miles away and
across James river. The City ngtnesf
ana tho expert employed BY the city td
look into the project have reported to the
Couneil that the sohene is entirely fsass
tble, and the Council has decided to sub
NIT to the people at the spring election
tho question OF Issuing bonds to the
amount OF 100000 to meet the exponssei
OF carrying out the project.
In order that the city might have ths
requisite authority to acquire md HnainSi
tain this new water supply bill am9ad..
Ing the charter Of tho olty was offered
4 in the House by Mr.. Jennings and yes
terday Senator Halsoy secured the pas
sage Of this bill by the Senate under sus.
pension OF tho rules stating tho necsa1
sity for expediting the matter. 55
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Property Transfers.

Richmond: Elizabeth Byron to r, II,
childrey. Is feet on. On north eide Plsasants
st snyder rSJ nlandina to G, X. couil,ns. II
feet IN south s,de Ivy Street % feet east
OF " ~ f aeeher. s il. and wlfs ito Virginia
Main Street, between seyenteenth a .na
Eighteenth Streets grantSse q as Mgs aas
A Mary =. ana e. 81. Imbaden 70 sy'ysss.
T1s,yyentt fith Street. los feet south OF ~.
aa,,hiisef to deed Of trust tor $500, 81, 80.
Henrioo: Mamie g and j, 9 H AZ g
Cav Street, 10 feet west Of Thirty fth.
''tseorRa r, Dunkel and Wife to "A bert
s Fl IL Street, (s5 feet south q WInds'.
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THp CLOsE:
WORLDS \, COTTON SUPPLY
Statement Of Visible Made by Secretar,
: d r.TFl I9TT-7 ~
fBy Associated Press.)

NEW ORLEANS, La, April H.-secre-
visible supply OF cotton to-day shows the
total visible to be 3,343 III against SALTY
bales last week and 1856 $40 last year Of
this the total OF American cotton Is 2,1S6.-
III against .2,262.774 bales last week and
2.6e5. $40 last year. and OF all other kinds,
including Egypt. Brazil, India, etc, ]. POS
0ooagainst 1,oos.00 bales last week and L.
10000 last year. s35g
or the worlds visible supply OF cotton
there is now ahoat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe 1.ss2,OW
aga Inst 2.05SO 900 bales last year; in Egypt.
10, 900 against 10000 bales last year; In
India, $693 900 gainst 81, 900 bales last veal.
and In tho United States 65l, 900 against
$50 900 bales last year. LElIl .ls. A. IS lE.A&
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
HIDES AND TALLow MARKET

III HIDES AND TALLOW MARKET. q
& Co.'s Hide and Leather Lottery Pack
ers hides strong on heavy and light Texas
and brand cows. and steady on light M:
tive cows. Heavy native cows are, dull
eleven quarter for February March, with
bids of eleven, declined. Butt brand steer
hides are neglect and Colorados In mod
crate demand. Thirty-slx hundred Feb
ruary native steer hides sold at eleven
quarter. Seven hundred February heavy
native cows sold at nine half. Buff mar
orders here at eight three-elghths and
none to be had at that price Two cars
were reported secured that basis but deal
both cows and Bluffs Car extremes sold
atN eight half and seven half. fifty per
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EDITORS VIEWS
What the New York Afternoon Papers
Say About esterday's Trading.
1spec,.l to rhe Ttmes-D,sp.tch.)

NEW York. April u. The CONNER.
cial-Adyertiser says: To-days marker
g ys aa9shs he Shoa Was quite
siye. Anticipation oe favorable bank
statement tomorrow and easier money
rates were the nuenees chiey y, at T %
was that q conviction that the Larger IN
ierests had again assumed an attitude IN
favor OF higher prices and that iiqui nc a.
seken hold upon the outside community.
The buying orders upon which to-days
advance was founded emanated mostly
Of 81 ii the PROFESSIONAL oliques were actively
at work. their operations being concen-
trated upon the favortte railroad STOCKS:
halt point and more from last night,
and without the least reaction continued
to move upward steadily. UP to the last
Of afu a set setback were .discerna bio. At this
Y 1uncture heavy selling was thrown into
metropolitan stock. under which the price
fell Violently an extreme sM Re1nttfb sFGm
Elected any genuine apprehension regard
ing the result Of the investigation now
proceeding in the company affairs. or
iative manoeuvrs. observers were not
In Wall Street undoubtedly Is. however.
must mus be S some IRE. The rest Of the mar
ket relapsed for brief space While Me-
tropolitan shares were falling, but II re.
covered with remarkable ease IN the last
quarter hour,
The Evening Post says: To;;day's stock
market was strong In all sections TN the
closing hour, Then a heavy break In Me-
tropolitan caused some excitement, which
Increased as the selling OF the stock be.
came insistent. Although prices resisted
we'll for time, they finally yielded, the
E ossss II ma ass see easanbE une
Her trading heavy buying OF the Granger
lhares INDUCED general aaseinGes a. shroPg gn
and the Atchison shares were features OF
strength In the Granger group.
baltimore and Ohio was heaylly taken,
as was also Pennsylvania. Southern Pacl.
fio and Manhattan. LackaWanna advanced
points on the sale Of a thousand shares.
This movement reflected nothing more
than the scarcity OF the stock, haying "
tie to do with the general strength Of the
market, While there was not muoh COM
mIgsion business. there was some IN
crease In outside interest, most Of the
activity, however, being due to pool buy-
ing and operations of professional traders,
Xithough London quotations wers fr rac'
eigners did little In this market, except to
take on balance q few hundred shares
The market rallied Just before the close
With gains In other sections OF the list
Under the lnauence Of this recovery con-
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day. April 18th. were compiled BY the New

York Cotton Exchanged:
year. 5s,632 bales !; last year. 70,624 bales.
Overland to mills and Canada, L.. 73s bales;
last year. II ,5s4 bales. Southern mill TAX
last year 1925 bales. Loss Of stock at
interior towns. this year. 1874 bales; last
year, "a s4S bales Brought Into sight for
the week this year. 1856 bales: last
Total Crop Movement-Port receipts,
this year. I. hs,eo1 bales last year. ,oss 1853
bales. Overlanc to mills and Canada, this
Southern mills takings testimated). this
year. / ssA0 900 bales Il; last year. 1,4470S5
bales. Stock at interior towns in excess
OF September LIST, this year, 129, 142 bales;
last year. 100, 5s2 bales. Brought into sight
thus far for season, this year. e.960SS.
bales last year, 9,704.1t1 bales.
Crop movement is for 22s days against
go last year. 8
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4 RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
Richmond, Va. April II, 1903.

First National Bank-1s shares a. 200.
seaboard Air Line s sd 900 at 1o3.
Virginias Carolina Chemical preferred-lO
shares at i2aA 40, shares at s122lz5.
State sECUR1TIEs. Bid. Asked 70 q :,
V gary: IS, new, g. and r.. 1884,. g g
va Centuries 49, G. and R..... 81 90
RAILROAD bonds
a. 4. u. r. r Consol. r. 4's.... 81 945
Char. Col. and Aug. I'd rs. c.. IL
Georgia Pacific LIST IS, c.. 1899. l1 -
Ca. Southern and Fla. 1s!5....2 ~ ~ .'-
Norfolk and Western Ry. 4s.... 81
n. and W. Ry. Pocahontas a.. eoA
Pet. Class A SIS, r. c., 1926. ~
R P1tk c ana Mee ss i St e. 1sis s.
s. A. L. Con. LIST As. 1850. 60 S11a
S. "A. Z. Collateral Trust 6s..a1o2& log iit
5 RAILROAD sTO t1ar.
Atlantic Coast Line "A"....1oo 1H -.
Atlantic Coast Line com....lC0 "a Z! VI
Norfolk and Western com.'!m q q ~
seaboard Air Line com .......lU 2SA z4h
southern Railway pfd.......lm " "
Southern Railway corn.......loo ~ ..s
BANK AND TRUST cos. 95
American National 5...........1@ L. .;
Broad Street Bank .........:3 2s q
Southern Trust Co.....,...... 400 ll2115 go.
y INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Va. Fire and hlarine.........8 S77h -.
K MISCELLANEOUS. y.
Amer. lob. Co. pfd., p c...1o lo
American Locomotive pfd....1G % 9i1s
American Locomotive com. 100 z ~:
.Va--Cr Chem. pfd., p. c...lG o l2 Z; lS 81
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Dry GOODS .MARKET,

FALL RIVER. MASS. April 17-T1e
sales in the print cloth market for the
The market has been Quiet and somewhat
in buyers favor, Standards quoted on q
basis OF 81 for. regulars In the face Of
the the market for the past two or three
weeks. the market still maintains firm
undertone. 4fg VI !, B
NEW YORK, April 17.-weather condi-
lions have tended to the betterment Of
tho dry goods market. Prices are held
Without change margins OF profit being
claimed as TOO small at present.
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To.pAY's GREATEST EVENT. Il

Rheumattcs In Richmond and ytcinieV
viii DO thu recipients Of . rare treat to-
day. Saturday. APril 18TH. RTou a, !. -,
wonderful discovery that cures rhsS
tisrn In all Its forms. will 30 presented g
all applicants at the once Of the EesAs
Ming News Leader, Rheumatic saAsrsA
Don't miss thAs sR1ortunaty e . Hfsfanaa
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I PEANUT AND PEA AfARKEr.

4 NORFOLK. VA, April 1.-THE peanut
market Is quiet to-day. The only. change
In prices Is Spanish nuts, which have
dropped In price to THO Q bushel The
= Fancy, quiet at 80. strictly prime.
2Nc.; primo. 2Ao.: low grades. e.; ma:
chine picked. 2@2Ac.: span!ah, n 10, pef
snd speckle peas. 81; clay and red peas.
soc. Peanut bags In bales-8S In: Joe
s PETDRsBURG, VA, April I7.---PDA-
NUTS-spanish now. market very Arm at
Tive: sellers asking more. VirGinia's-
Culet at So. SO CPS }r7. ,t stss
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cOTTON MARKETS..

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE cotton mar
ket opened steady at unchanged prices
what better cables than due and rather
disappointing estimates for the days res
ceipts. The expectation was for bearish
ever, and the weather reported over the
South continued very favorable for crop
preparations. so that after further az.
vance Of about s@4 points the, market
Ing some irregularity as a result Of con-
tinued clique control. ruled generally cas-
Ter. "A 5s7 m II
z points to an&Advance Of points. the
gains being on the late options Will oh we're
affected by covering just before the close.
The English market his morning was due
to show a decline Of from sg5 points de-
cline, instead of which there was an ad-
vance of ~ points, Another otor N the
decline was the continued reports OF I'M
satisfactory conditions In the dry goods
trade. III 5 a3li'
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WALL STREET GOSSIP
"A Sharp Break In Metropolitan Good
Buylng in General Electric.
Especial to Tho Tlmcs.DispatchO

!spesi1l to Ths her Times; r Hspa1Gn, .,
the Stock Exchange this morning was
day and ths HIGHER range e 81
ment was bulllsh and was the principal
factor In the trading although commits
sion houses reported a moderate improve
ment Ia the outside interest IN the market
AMALoAhfATED COPPER FIRM;
"A. C.NP, was firm In sympathy With
the advance In the copper stocks N Lon
don, III
MANHATTAN, q MDTROPoLlTAN7:
Ths nsn ws II
strike effective, had an important influence
In the advance N Manhattan' p0pbpae WMo
Metropolitan was weak on the dlsclos-
ureD at tho Amory trial when, " was con;
b6ook-keepinG. 5t
NORFOLK & WESTERN:
The Western or9wd was at'll v ~ gT'hc G
W VI wsll-iniormed people are also bull:
'sh ad Vance IL IN tn the dividend Ia June.
RAJ, r1MoRH & OHIO CHEAP:
,n Fh naftmors ana OHIO, but not on any
a NACtAl1Cn Ok III luGtodh0 IA VIZ hAstaSAAs
Thev aay that with earnings Of per cent
on the stock It u cheap ct ~ present
price,
sTDnLi BOND IMPROVEMENTS; -. ,
The Improvement In United States st g !
ia IN the curb was encouraging ana naQ
favorable effect on the Steel stocks and
specially the preferred,
MISSOURI PACIFIC STRONG;
Missouri Pacific showed some strength
and there was perhaps q little buying TOR
the interests associated with tho property.
This was the first DEVELOPMENT OF the
kind tor some time past, and had some
favorable influence on other Gou'd stocks'
SUGAR TRADE I1PROYING;
Lower Wall Street WAS q moderate buye-
Of Sugar on the improving trade on tlook'
THH SECOND HOUR,
There was a generally strong tone
Throughout the second hour, and It look-
ID as if the aldorf- Astoria crowd, to.
x1thSg with the Keeas and Gates brokers,
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Cotton, quiet; n,iddlinE 90, sails, y
Total to-day at all seap9rts-Nst r.
i.ias Bales les; s gf, sss.Bs bales
Consolidated at all seaports-.Net 70.
ceipts, b97N bales; export TO-. Great
Britain, 1854 balesj TO France. 81 bales
TO the Continent. 2l,e2s bales.
Total since September lst AZ a.! SEA.
ports--Net receipts III ,oo4 bales s1port
TO Great Britain, 2;67o, s72 bales 20 srances,
e2s, 700 bales; to the Continent aaepe,4a
bales, atS@
5 MW 1R1RA w., A as. tcdsS Quota
trading III wv was light and conaned almost en,
tireiy to professionals, Al the, opening
prices were 2ds points higher than yes
e 81. good liverpool cables. Which
Reported futures down only ! points at
the opening, In spite OF the feeling IN the
American markets yesterday. a
Soon a fter the opening the Prices eased
few pr1nts, the board at the close show-
Ing net losses Of 1. points on May and
June, 5 on July. while ths new crop posi-
Cotton futures quiet PEI, 70 0o@!0,o;
May, 10. o1Qsl0. 0S; JuHe, y: 70l0 g July,
10 Ii&l0. IL; August. sGo9S,al eeptember,
s s@gs q 6 ost9Ras s sss8s%
ment Of cotton TOR the week sndipx Vrt-a
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NAVAL sToREs.

WILMINGTON, N. c., April 17-sPIR-
IT'S TURPENI NE Nothing doing: re-
eeIpts i easSs Aosie rGe g. re-
Quiet at 81, $3.50 and ss,75; receipts, 1888
barrels. Tar--F!rm at Sl,65i receipts, l6
ba 4 EsseM]si;NNAH GA Apr,, 17-ru tr,,1,tp
TiND-Ste ady at AGO.; receipts, 500 casks;
sales. 455 casks; exports, SIS casks, Rosin-.
Dull; receipts. 1913 barrels; exports. 20
p1 e5HIIAisRiI.EsToN. 8, G.. April 17,-TTR-
pENTIN e Nominal at 4S,hc.: GALES. none.
Rosin-Nomlual- igs 4}i} FIJI.
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RALTIMORE, MD, April 17.-6eaboard
Air Line common. 2a,a023N; do. preferred.
S9MG4O Seaboard As, S11bQSlH. ag3
Atlantic Coast Line common, LIS; do.
preferred no sale. 81, FL 3s
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But the Raid on Metropolitan
Caused Them to Drop.
VIOLENT RAIL- FOIL OWED
IIlfE MIX l N '-7.a M .LI17 MIX u.
Some Stocks Rallied to the Top Level
and the Close Was Strong II an IL.
regular Way-Bonds Little A.
(; fected by Furry. Nm
tBy Associated p,ess.)

III NEW YORK, April 17.-Prlces OF stocks
mpTard
the market showed itself very sensitive to
the unfavorable effect Of 2 violent slump
IN Metropolitan Street Railway. az It, did
haitian when q strike first seemed ilnmi.
mont. To-day the market displayed much
great reslliency and the ai reG9sery
politan. was rather violent in some cases.
The reaction had practically wiped out
ths advance, but some conservative stocks
few minutes OF tho trading, and tho clos.
i ing was strong in an irregular way. The
day,s movement Of prices was largely pro.
large resources and by confident opera
lions. This was clearly shown by the ag-s
gregsive way In which prices were BID up
raid III Upon sa s Beiated t eoyerng
OF some large short accounts was n cyl
dence and was an important factor In the
strength 5Of some stocks. " II SyEl ,s &.
F The ADVANCES seemed to have come TO q
pause before tho sudden 3dropi In Metropoll-
\ tan Street Hallway, and PRICES gave way
quite readSy In sympathy With that move /,
long supply OF this stock In the market:
and the bears planned their fiorco rail-
11dsr. ths IurpNss 81
price fell rapidly 81 points, but the sub
loss. Metropolitan Securities fell. an ex..
Il ~ Ai0i q - AsAuA
trene Of W and rallied 4 points. The loss
IN Third Avenue extended to- ~ on COM
paratively light dealings. and there was
( no tranBa elton In the stock after the mar
ket rallied. Manhattan ouened hrm and
turned strong, rising 2 points over last at
one time Some OF the standard railroad
stocks were comparatively late coming
into the days movement. and there was
4 an unusually large number OF industrials
embraced IN tho advance. Colorado Fuel
Peoples Gas advanced ~ Just at the last,
and the list Of 1Q2 point gains amongst
y the industrials was a long one General
I considerations apparently ruled the specu-i
The figures OF the week grain export
were somewhat disappointing, showing an
increase over last week Of wheat OF 34e.-
l92 bushels, but Q decrease In corn exports
of nearly, million bushels. 23.2ti
Sub-TreAsury operations Indicate g gain
by the banks on that account OF 81 .GS9,-
900. and II Is estimated that Nlis figure
will be expanded by about million dcl-
lars from other sources. In view OF the
stock market liquidation considerable
loan reduction Is confidently expected In
to-morrows bank statement. n
Bonds were firm and were little affected
by the furry in stocks. Total sales, par
value. g. COS. 0oo United States new 4's adj
Yanced 4 per cent. on the last call.
Tho total sales Of stocks for the day
were 7t6, 10 shares. 5F 5S3
t4sa MONEY AMT nxc-T4A KGE-fTn Sn.6
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TORPEDO HEROES
Photograph of Monument on Battery 9
q G harles ton Presented to MIR. Moody.
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, D.. c.. April 17.-ssnfs-
tary OF the Navy Moody, in 2 cordial
letter OF acknowledgment. has caused z
pleasant interchange Of tokens OF Eood
will between the North and South
on the battery in Charleston, 9, c.
there Ia handsome granite monumane
to the men who lost their lives Ia thS
operation Of the Confederate TORPEDO poev
$Hunley. called by the Federal officerS the
David. On the secrotnry's return FROM,
tho West indies la received from Mayos
smythe, of Charleston. a handsome dos.
bio frame containing photographs OF the
two inscribed faces Of the "torpsdo naoAs
ument" 5