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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
LOCAL SECURITIES.

The feature of the market the first part Of last
week was the advance in New Telephone stock
to 30. and sales of eighty shares, in small blocks,
at this figure The stock opened Monday strong
and advanced from 81 to % on the bid, without
higher. on Wednesday with the subscription
rights in the indianapolis Telephone Company
and the following day twenty shares more were
sold at the same figure. The demand was a
little slow at this figure Friday and the bid de-
clined y point. to S91. without any sales.
The strength of New Telephone is shown in
another way besides the sales of nearly $4,000
worth of the stock at 80. premium of $ per
stock. holder OF New Telephone stock is in
position to make a 9 per cent. investment in
a holder of ten shares of New Telephone stock
is entitled TO take ten shares OF common stock in
the Indianapolis Telephone Company, $1,000 par
value and with this he will be given a bonus of
214 shares. $3.50 par value. of preferred stock in
stock Will nav per eent and his dividenSs
upon that Will be $50 a year On the preferred
on his 2 shares Thus on his 500 mt
in the new company he will receive dividends
of per cent. year.
BY the extensions to be made to the property
of the New Telephone Company by the Indian
apolis Telephone Company the earning capacity
of the company will be increased to nearly $780,
600 goo a SeaT no or nearly 20 per- cent gross on
per cent. dividend basis and pays about 6lz
per cent at the prices at which It has sold this
week. The indianapolis Telephone Company will
guarantee the dividend of per cent upon the
New Telephone stock. when 1t leases the prop
erty.
T
The gross earnings capacity Of the Indianapolis
Street-raiway Company is about $500. 600 a
year, which is about II per cent gross upon it's
SIS 900 900 of capitalization Streetrailway stock
this week has sold at 81 and S7lz, one sale being
reported as high IS. Viewed from a purely
investment standpoint, New Telephone stock is
surely good investment Street-railway.
The New Telephone Company has been es-
tabished long the Street-railway Company,
Of course but il has already demonstrated its
earning capacity Viewed in comparison with
Street-railway at its present price the New
Telephone stock surely ought to sell around S. or
better. with the rights off.
Taking the week as whole, the local mar
ket about active last week as during the
few weeks preceding The weeks sales of stock
aggregate 495 shares Bonds have been slow
sale this week. the weeks transfers Of bonds
being only 81 200, par value-slOO New Telephone
second fves and 5000 Street-l ailway tours.
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TRAINING METHODS OF
MIDDLEWEIGHTS DIFFER
O'Brien and Kelly, Who Are Soon
to Meet in Chicago, Are
in Shape.

CHICAGO. March 13-Jack OBrien and
Hugo Kelly. matched for the windup at
Battery ID Friday night, are working
steadily for the contest both having en-
gagged quarters at downtown gymnasiums.
The training methods OF the men are as
different as their modes OF fighting. Kelly
does a great deal OF boxing of the heavy,
laborous kind o Brien boxes but lightly.
never INDUCES IN any furious work against
his spaTring partners. runs on the road
ana works various light gymnastic ma
chimes
The Philadelphia will take no chances
Is ot being out of condition against Kelly.
Twice this winter he given painful
surprise parties-Once by Mike Schreck at
the G. \. a. and again by this same Kelly
at Kansas City-and he will never again
undervalue his adversaries
The preliminaTies will be carried over
from the show which was 10 have been
held Friday night. with one or two unim-
portant changes.
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STOCK MARKET OUTLOOK
SOME SIGNS SEEN OF 4 RALLY FROM
THE RUT OF DULLNEss.
Continental Conditions Have Ceased
for the Present. Apparently, to At
feet the American Situation.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, March 13.-If the action of the
stock market the latter part OF the past week can
be taken safely as guide to what is likely to
take place the coming week there faint signs
of the market ralying somewhat from the rut
of dulnoss
So long as the Northern Securities decision is
not known to the public it cannot be expected
that the market will be in its normal state, but
there indications of a moderate degree Of
activity-that is. activity to the extent of sales
of, perhaps 10000 100000 shares day.
This is not what professional Wall street calls
a good market by any means. but this much
activity on the average will be better than the
way the market has acted for time.
There is large degree of guess work in trying
to forecast the effects the handing down of the
Northern Securities decision will have upon trad
ing securities, but Wall street seems TO be
firmly Of opinion that the uncertainty or the et-
feet OF the Supreme Courts attitude toward Mr.
Hills merger Is the main cause of the stock
market being dreadfully dull.
Casual students OF affairs in the financial dis
trict may be very tired Of reading about the
Northern Securities and its possible effect
factor in the financial matters connected with
the Stock Exchange that it has TO be taken into
consideration repeatedly and spoken of whenever
financial world
Continental financial conditions seem. tenn
porarly. at least. TO have totally ceased to have
any influence upon the New York stock market.
the past week OF enough consequence to change
conditions here any For the present. at least,
the Russo-Japanese is going it's way with
out having any effect upon the financial situation
in this country.
And at present financial problem seems to
be entirely domestic one.
The bank statement Saturday showed a con-
siderable decrease in the reserve and the reserve
required. There is some encoura cement for the
Wall-street Spectator in this The enormity of
the reserve items in the New York bank state
ment the past weeks has been regarded an
unfavorable condition.
Too large reserves show that investors are stay
Ing out of the market. The decrease in the re-
serve, traced through the decrease in deposits,
shows that more capital was used in Wall street
the past week than during the weeks Immediately
preceding. This is a favorable indication.
Saturdays sales and the range:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
FELTZ IN CHICAGO.
Former Bantamweight Champion
Wants Another Swing at Title.

CHICAGO. March 1S-Tommy Feltz, of
Brooklyn. former holder of the bantam
weight championship. is after the title
again. 'Feltz and his manager. j. f. Willis,
are in the city and negotiating with frankie
Neil. of San Francisco, the present king
of the bantams. with a view TO obtaining a
match at the Golden Gate.
In the meantime Feltz is ready to take
on Harry Forbes or Abe Attell for six
rounds before one of the local clubs Last
October Feltz and Forbes fought ten slash
ing rounds at Detroit. and Billy Considine
was So much impressed with Feltz's work
that he offered to match the Brooklynite
against frankie Neil.
FeltZ accepted, but though the Californian
was offered generous inducements TO box
at Detroit he refused 10 leave the coast.
The Eastern boy is in good condition at
present aud would require but little addi-
tional work 10 put him in trim for battle
He can scale lis pounds al o'clock or
Id ringside.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
YANGER IN GRAND SHAPE
FOR GO WITH HERRERA
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indiana polls Journal
CHICAGO. March 13.-The recently re-
organized American Athletic Club will open
its new arena tomorrow with bout be-
tween Benny YangeT and Aurelia Herrera,
OF Bakersfield, Cal. at $50 pounds ringside
1t will be Herrera's first appearance in
this city in a battle, but many of the local
ring followers are familiar with him, hav-
ing made two trips 10 Milwaukee to see
his contests there with Charley Neary
both of which resulted in a draw. Yanger
appears to be in grand shape
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
Foreign Department Rallied, Except
the Japanese Bonds.

LONDON. March l3.-The feature 81 he Stock
EXCHANGE last week was the rally in tie foreign
department which affected most stocks with tha
execution 81 Japanese. These Mere depressed on
minors of further borrowing This revival was
duf a. bl.vinc from Paris and The fact that tha
mii-monthiy settlement revealed muci reduced
speculative position.
'fusIna-s geuerally. however. much r.
stricted the American market was neglected
ana business h said 20 have been less In guam
tity than at any time since the summer OF 1890
Grand Trunks we're heavy In spite OF The supfortl
given al the recent meetins ~ cOnside. tas ~
clnc aCheIas-
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Boxing mt worlds Fair.

NEW YORK. March 13.-James +. Sulli-
van. chief of the department OF physical cul-
ture at the worlds fair. has had so many
requests from all sections OF the country
for Olympic boxing championships that
the department has decided TO devote one
week In September TO the sport I'm order q
bring together the amateur boxers of the
world so that the question OF who is the
real amateur champion may be settled.
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.4FRICANDER TO RETIRE.
Great Runners Legs in Bad Shape
and Track Career Is Ended.

CHICAGO. March BIT is not likely
that Africander. the great three-year-old
of last year. will ever race again. His
trainer has hopes of getting him in shape
for a race. but according TO "A veterinarian
who saw the horse there is absolutely no
hope of his rounding into form.
Africanders legs are bad He looks in
fairly good shape now. due TO light gal
lops and cantering and trotting exercises
on days when the weather permits. He
has not been let down yet TO a good turn
OF speed When he does il is predicted the
horse will break down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
CORBETT ABOVE WEIGHT.
Friends of Champion Reluctantly
Admit that He Is Too Heavy.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14-Talk as
they may the friends of Young Corbett
cannot get away from the obvious fact
that he is at this time much above 100
pounds, which he must make before he
enters the ring March %. 1t was reluc-
family admitted in his training quarters to-
day that COrbett weighed about 1874 pounds,
but even with allowances for several thick
nesses of shirts and sweaters ii was
difficult to figure him at very much
less than the 40 mark The cham
pion looks fat He ran ten miles this
morning and in the afternoon worked
steadily for an hour and a quarter in his
gymnasium.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14

Special 20 the Indianapoli Journal
EVANSVILLE. Ind. March 13-Presi-
dent c. W. Bement. OF the Central Base
ball League. to-day announced Stephen j.
Kane. OF Louisville. the fourth umpire
OF the league. The two substitute umpires
are j. II. Hart. OF Cincinnati and E. O.
SNYDER. OF Pidua. y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
New York Rates.

NEW YORK.-Noney on call nominal; no
loans Time loans steady; sixty days. per cent. :;
ninety days. Az per cent six months 4df4 per
cent; prime mercantile paper, fiza5A per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual business
in bankers bills at 81 Sc. 1904. S. 70 for demand
and at 81 S0G4 90 for sixty day bills; posted
rates. SiS4ls and $4S7l2; commercial bills. ASSA
n S33.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
Second Game in Columbus.

The Barrister and Tishimingo teams, of
the indianapolis Commercial Polo League
will play tonight in Columbus The Bar
risters and All-Stars played in Columbus
a short time ago 10 a well-flled house. The
indications are that to-night's contest will
crowd the Columbus rink to it's full ca
pacity as the contest has been well adver-
tised. Manager WIN Haines. of the Tishi-
mingos. will referee the game.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
koSamo Amateur Lose. nm Eye.

Special TO the sudianapo polls Journal
KOKOMO. Ind. March l3.-Leslie Sailors,
of the Sailors Bros. store. has lost an eye
as a result OF being hit by a ball i'm a
Commercial League polo game here. The
eye remains sightless and specialists say
she loss Of vision is permanent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
Local wheat Market steady.

Wheat steady: No. red. 81 track; No. red
81 on milling freight; No. red, SIC track;
wagon. 99c.
corn hrmer; No. white. Sic: No. white.
45isc: No. white. 43lzc No. white mixed.
sic: No. 5 white mixed. 45Lc: No. white
mixed 43i1c No. yellow. 45i5c; No. yellow.
45i,c: No yellow, sc No : mixed i5c, No.
oats quiet. No. white nominal at iisae. No.
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: white nominal at 4ic; No. mixed. 4sc; No ,

white nominal at 44c; No. ? mixed 42c; No.
Hay steady; No. 1 timothy. s11; No. timothy.
$40. -,
nspections-Wheat: NO red, l car, totai,
car CORN. No white. cars. No white %
No > white mixed. T. No yellow. 3; No yell
low /: No. mixed, l; No. mixed. = no grade
Hav: No l timothy. cars; No. timothy /;
No prairie. l; No. prairie, = No PRAIRIE l.
WAGON MARKET.
Wheat-Sl
Corn-55G5sc
Oats-Sheaf SSd1O: shelled oats. 39G4sc.
Hav-CloVer, SS49; timothy, Sll4iS; mixed,
Sl0al1; miet. SSq9
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Rates Abroad.

LoNDoN.-Money. 2AG2& per cent; dis
counts lie. Consols So l3-16GS5 15-I,.
PARIS.-Three per cent. rentes, 95f csc for the
account Exchange on London 25f l6c for checks
BERLIN.-Exchange on London com 45S4pfg.
Discount rates; Short bills, ia per cent three
months bills, 3Ss.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14

The following games are scheduled in the
Western League for tonight:
Indianapolis at Muncie.
ElwoOd at Anderson.
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Columbus Rnce Meeting.

COLUMBUS. o.. March 13-The Column
bus (Ohio) Driving Park Association has
decided TO hang up $2l. go in purses for it's
race meeting TO be given July II. r. Is. Ii
and 10. There Will be four races each day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
Treasury Statement.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. statement OF the
treasury balances in the general fund. exclusive
OF the $50 600 600 gold reserve in the division OF
redemption. SHOWS:
Available cash balance. 500 50. ols
Gold - ..... 10 2l1 101
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
Central League Games Tonight.

The following games are scheduled in the
Central League for tonight
Lafayette at Terre Haute
Danville at Fort Wayne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14

NEW YORK.-Bar silver. size; Mexican dol
lars. 45c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
THE MONEY MARKET.
Rates on Loans and Exchange-Clear-
ings and Discounts.
IndinnnpoIis CIearings.

INDIANAPOLIS.-Com paper, per
cent; time loans. 5izQ6 per cent
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THE GRAIN MARKET.
ArURDAY's CHICAGO OPTION PRICES.

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour was
quiet but firm winter patents, 81 SOFAS; straights
81 JOd470: spring patents, 81. 50d4 80; straights
81 l0d4 %: bakers, $3G3S0. Wheat--No. 3 spring
s2qS6c; No. red. 94q9Sc. Corn-No. ,. 5I1sc; No
yellow. 52iac. Oats-No. ,. 40d iO7sc. No. 3
white. 40G43c. No. rye CSC. Barey-Good
feeding 36d39c; fair 10 choice mating 45d55c
Flaxseed-No. l. Sl09: No. l Northwestern.
S1l6Ia Prime timothy seed. So 10 Clover-Con-
tract grade. 81 81. Mess pork. per bril- Sl412ikD
1425 Lard. per 100 lbs. S7.2017.22Is Short rib
sides Ooose). S7G7.25. Short clear sides (boxed),
81 37tbG7 30. Whisky-Basis of high wines. 81 2s
Receipts-Flour. 1890 brls; wheat. %. 800 bu ;
corn I37 200 bu: oats 325 700 bu: rye IL 500 bu :
barley, $500 bu. Shipments-Flour. 1900 brs;
wheat 81 400 bu: corn. 70 200 bu: oats 16l 500 bu
rye 1900 bu; barley, 900 bu.
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Wheeling 6 Lake Erie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81
Wisconsin Central fours. S913
colo Fuel COW. nVes ..-.........-........... ~
@Onered.
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Receipts and Shipments.
SATURDAYS PRICES.
Horg

Good 20 choice steers. l.35e lbs and up
ward ..-.-....-: 800 30
plain fat steers l. $50 lbs and Upward. 4i0a AS
Good l. choice l. zoo 10 l30l-lb steers. f-sa 60
pain fat W TO 200 40 steers iOO9 40
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-28
ParIsiun Turbans on display today.
 Alex Rice & S0A
CoIor-BIind People.

An ocuIist discussing some of the various defects of the human eye which are not noticeable to the ordinary observer. has this to say about color-blind people;
 ''The world must be curious place to color blind people, of whom there are TOT ty males and three females to every one thousand persons Some are blue-yellow blind. and everything seems either reu' Rreap or grey to them; others are red7green blind. and all things appear to them to De yellow. blue or grey of various shades and others again perceive no distinction of color at all, but the whole world wears anu unchanging aspect of dull gray
 '.The color blind do extraordinary things at times An officer in the navy went one day to buy material for a coat vest ana trousers He bought a blue coat and req trousers. believing them of the same eoioF' An Admiral painted a landscape, ana was very proud of his performance; but ne maos the trees red thinking it was the same col green. - .4.. ,.
 "A postoffice clerk was always short in his accounts. because he could not disttn- guish ths different -colored stamps. And a sedate Quaker has been known to buy A green coat for himself and red gown for his wife, thinking they were both brown.
 "If YOU see a man in the street with nreposterous display of colors. charitaoly believe him to be one of the color-blind.
 "Just why the eyes of women are less detective in matter of distinguishing colora tban those of a man Is one of the things In nature that is unexplained"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-28

novel in one day. He wrote under sew eral pen names. and found literature very profitable Financially.
 He said that. once asked to write a sensational but inaccurate story. he posi- lively declined because 1t would work an injustice to the subject, although his pub fishers offered a handsome figure for it. He told me that he related to the Newmans and Griswolds, to s. s. Prentiss and Frank Butler, all of New Orleans. and also to the noted Mrs. Maybrick. Be vond these he wrote: My own people are all dead and are scattered He. how ever. left a wife and daughter living in Chicago. and a in Atlanta, Ga. The daughter was recently graduated as teacher in Chicago.
 "The mother a cousin of Jefferson Davs. whom Iraraham always called, Uncle Jeff He told me that early in the civil war he called MT Davis in Richmond, and. after some slight talk said Uncle Jeff can't you give me a commission in the army?'
 ITO this President Davis replied What have you done to deserve it?' As In graham had sen little service at that time he got no commission.
 Colonel Ingraham told me that his highest rank in the Confederate army was that of Lieutenant. but that he gained the rank of colonel in Cuba. when, as Captain on board the Hornet, he was Colonel on shore. His relation to MT. Davis melted in him strong love for Beauvoir, the Con federate Home. he always visited President Davis there. He knew, also. of late that his death was near and freely said he was going to Beauvoir to die; although he did say to me one time that he hoped the sweet, soft Southern air would enable him to do much literary work yet But in this Colo mel Ingraham was destined to be disap- pointed.
 The last concern of this strenuous. thrilling career was to secure the release of Mrs. Maybrick. his cousin, in whose in- nocence he always a pronounced be liever. Just prior to his final sickness he had made visit to Virginia and West Virginia to look after the large Mayhrick estates in those sections. Had he lived to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-28
-oro. T. Knox to Run independently
 Hair.t Representative OVerstreet.

Indianapolis special to \, |. Herald,
 George l.. Knox, editor and proprie tor of The Freeman, the organ of the da1 after having the matter under con. sideration for TssE T@6ptcs, sEat nenG9sI ne W9sd For a Congress in this district. Petitions ara in circulation to have his name 1ieoed on the ballot. The required 200 signatures were gotten in a few hours and now the number has increased to
 Knox has twice been an alternate to Repubiiean National Conventions; With the single exception of Booker T. krown negro in the Northwest There sre hefween 5000 and 1000 negro voters in this Congressional district. and Knox will poll large majority of this vote. EJis candidacy will iniuriously affect Rspresentativs overstreets chances.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-28

Cable. the author
 Tt is extremely gratifying to me to know that I had some part in making his last days as comfortabI eas they were About two months ago. Colonel Edward Owen of the New York City Camp. United Con federate Veterans. wrote me asking if the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir was open. saying he wished to get Colonel Ingraham admitted. correspondence followed between all parties concerned, which re- suited in Colonel Ingraham coming to the Home He reached Gulfport. Miss. Fri day Aug F. where met him. and after some hours chat he went to Beauvoir.
 During that last talk at Gufport he declared his disbelief that his malady was Bright's disease 1 said to him, The trouble with you Is locomotar ataxia !"
 He had hardly reached his room at Beauvoir when he vas stricken down. and Dr Foulke. of Biloxi pronounced his case both those dreadful ailments He had not slept for nineteen previous ghts but while physically very feeble his mind was bright and clear He died in intense suffering at four a. m. Tuesday Aug. l6. His wife was at once advised. and the daughter and her aunt. Miss Langley. came from Chicago Mrs Ingraham resides at No 3sO Fifty fourth Street. Chicago.
 ITO my mind" added MT. Cable to the writer. "Colonei Ingraham stands alone in his class His writings were of the most fascinating If he related his own person. al adventures. he had the product of the most thrilling character.
 "IIe was educated in both the North and the South, going to school when about ten years of age at Pass Christian, Miss Dur ing his Confederate service he was wound ed in the foot at Pains Store, Miss. from which he never fully recovered. and lost three ribs on the right side at Franklin, Tenn He was also in the seize at Port Hudson which he characterized as hell
 colonel Ingraham wrote to me from Chicago last July that he attributed his physical debility to his excessive literary in dustry. In my office in Gulfport he told me that he had written over 1900 novels the greater number of which were of 60. 900 word each, and that often he wrote an entire