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New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

FOREIGN TRADING.-Foreign houses dealt In
over 5000 shares in the local market. Of which
10000 shares represented purchases. In London
government issues generally were lower. while
home rails showed no important change. Foreign
discount rates were frmer.
RECEIPTS OF JAPANESE GoLD.-There was
paid out yesterday by tho local Sub-Treasury
$4,000 to the banks on San Francisco transfers
Advices received from Washington stated that
100000 in japanese yen would be received at the
Pacific Coast this week. and that nearly 100000 In
new gold had been deposited in San Francisco for
transfer 10 New-Tork.
EFFECT OF REPUBLICAN VICTORY ON
WALL STREET sENTIMENT.-''The Wall Street
summary said yesterday in its Wall Street COM
ments:
time in some weeks. The large Republican plu-
ralty In Vermont and the heavy gains made IN
of conversation this morning. It IS believed that
seTfip,ept With Tespect 10 the stock market aud
viii encourage buying by the general public.
STEEL BILLET PRICES CUT-FollowIng the
reduction In the prices OF steel plates and struc-
tural materials of from 81 TO s. a ton. the steel
billet pool has decided upon reduction OF - a
ton the FIRST cut since last November. This
brings the price OF steeI bets to $la ton. which
compares with the high price of $50 n ton last
year The highest price FOR biIlets was in June
1902. when under the influence OF exceptionally
urgent demand a quotation of S5I ton made
INSIDERS sELLING.-Evidence OF inside SELL
ing IN various issues notably the Gould stocks.
reported in yesterdays market. It said that an
active insider in the Gould group sold upward Of
5000 shares. while it noticed that brokers who
handle operations for Southern and Union Pacific
spectators were Offering these stocks in 800 share
lots The markets power OF absorption. however
appeared TO be unlimited
INCREASED ORDERS FOR CARs.-orders for
new railroad freight cars I'm July and August
showed decided increase in the demand in COM
parson with the same month year ago. this
being the first time for year OF indications of a
renewed inquiry Tor railway equipment. The in
crease in July and August amounted to 122s4 cars
the largest orders coming from the Southern Pa
cihc the Southern Railway and the Wheeling and
Lake Erie
BALTIMORE AND OHIO To ORDER STEEL
RAILS.-It Is reported in Baltimore that the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad. within the next two
months will award contracts for upward OF $4,000
tons of steel rails for delivery next year.
APPLICATION TO LIST.-ApplIcation has been
made to the Stock Exchange by the Illinois Central
Railroad to list 100000 Omaha division first
mortgage per cent gold bonds OF 1861,
ALTON BOND ISSUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF the Chicago and Alton Railroad, at n special
meeting yesterday. ratified the issue of 5000 600
new bonds for improvement purposes.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
DUN'S INDEX NUMBER.

Duns Index Number OF commodity prices pro-
portioned to consumption s97.S42 September
I. against Ss7227 a month earlier and sas5 81 the
corresponding date last year. Although the net
change during August only about two-thirds
OF per cent. It was another month Of violent
fluctuations in the farm staples. Varying weather
conditions and extensive manipulation produced
some sensational results. but the extrems quota
tions not maintained. and final figures differed
little from those at which the month opened. Meats
responded 10 the more normal situation at Western
packing houses while other food products advanced
moderately. inevitable in view OF the
stronger F'arkets for such important articles as
coffee sugar and eggs. The clothing class fails
TO reflect the speculation in cotton. owing TO the
reaction at the close of the month. nor is there
much evidence Of the downward tendency OF steel
prices in the department embracing metals. Food
products alone supplied the advance OF almost 1
per cent over last years level.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

The market for outside securities was marked
by much irregularity the volume OF business being
fair scale. At the opening prices were In
clned to recover somewhat but after the first
hour considerable pressure was felt in spots and
a sagging tendency set In. The losses sustained,
however. did not amount TO over h9A per cent.
while in parts of the list substantial gains
were reported. The settlement OF the strike ques-
ton caused good buying movement in Inter
borough Rapid Transit at the opening. which re-
suited in gain of nearly per cent from ths last
final At the high figure some realizing caused a
small reaction Seaboard stocks after a firm
opening. broke sharply moderate offerings; this
especially noticeable in the preferred. which
lost pa per cent from the opening. Northern Sc
curities up IS per cent. while both the South
Pacific full psid and % per paid were down
Is per cent Manhattan Transit fell per cent on
fairly heavy offerings. but subsequently regained
part of the less. American Can issues were steady
The copper stocks were more active and slightly
higher Bonds were dull. but steady.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
posted rates were

DOMESTIC ExCHANGE.-N Orleans - Com
merciaL 75c discount; bank. 81 premium. San Fran
cisco-Sight &c: telegraph 7Szc. Boston-9Gc dis
count. Chicago-E5c discount Charleston-Buying
par; selling. l-10c premium. Cincinnati--S5c dis
count savannah-Buying. SOC discount; selling
75c premium St Louis-4oc premium. Mime
apolis-2oc discount.
BANK CLEARINGS. - New -York-Exchanges
81; balances $7,647.045. Baltimore - Ex-
enanges s46ss s7: balances. $5l323s. Chicagc-Ex-
changes Ss2 $50 5s6; balances .6S2 Boston-Ex-
changes s22 s54 754 balances $16S.siS Philadelphia
Exchanges $40. .4ss 3s7; balances. s2,76Se97.
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Call money ip
london. Ia115 per cent Open market discount
rate for short bills. 2Izd2&s per cent: long bills.
29-ls92Ss per cent Berlin discount rate, 31s per
cent. Berlin exchange London. % marks 4SIi
pfennigs Paris. discount rate ils PER cent. Paris
exchange London. q francs 2Slz centimes
FOREIGN SECURITIES.-British consois for
money. ssh: for the account. ssss. French rentes
IS francs 60 centimes.
SILVER MARKET-Bsr silver Ssstc; Mexican
silver dollars. 45Ac. Bar silver in London closed
at 26kd
GOLD PREMIUM.-In Madrid, $3.50 Lisbon. %.
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington. 1854 57s: internal
nue. receipts. $4,000 miscellaneous receipts s2 7sT
Receipts for the day. Sie2isles. EpendItures ST..
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08

RAILROAD BoNDs-Market strong. Total sales
amounted in par value to s5SS90OO against s57ss-
600 on Tuesday. The heaviest dealings were in the
Atchison general Is. Brooklyn Rapid Transit 49,
Chesapeake and Ohio 4Izs. Chicago Burlington
and Quincy 4s Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad IS and collateral trust S. Erie consoli-
dated and general Is. Green Bay and Western de-
benture Bs. Norfolk and Western 4s. Northern
Pacific As, Oregon Snort Line As Pennsylvania
convertible 3lzs, Reading general As St Louis and
san Francisco refunding IS. st. Louis Southwest
ern first IS. Seaboard Air Line gold 4s Union Pa
ci1c first and convertible Is and Wabash debenture
Bs. Consolidated Tobacco Is and United States
Steel As also active.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
IRON TRADE CONDITIONS.
"Ths Iron Age" says:

Our monthly blast furnace statistics make a
very encouraging showing. The productive capac-
ity increased during the month of August from
246 900 tons on the first OF that month TO $4,000
tons on the first OF September. BY far the greater
part of this increase is due to the resumption,
OF the steel companies. which is clear indication
that the demand for steel itself has largely in
creased. This movement is still under way a large
number of furnaces controlled by the United States
Steel Corporation having blown In since the open
ing of the month. The August production Of the
merchant furnaces was 42l 800 tons. as compared
with 411 400 in July. simultaneously the stock
held by merchant furnaces have declined from
go 900 tons TO $4,000 tons, which is eloquent
proof of the fact that at least the consumption
has overtaken production The output Of the steel
companies increased from $4,000 tons in July to
7f7 500 tons in August thus showing that the re-
sumption which started In the month did not OBJ
tain full sway during August.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET-Money on call opened at
per cent; highest, liz per cent: lowest. per cent
last loan per cent; closed at per cent? ruling
rate, per cent Time money was quoted at 20
pa per cent for sixty days. 24 per cent for ninety
days. 81 cent for four months and S1s per cent
for six and months Commercial paper was
quoted at S24d4 per cent tor sixty to ninety days
4a4la per cent for four TO six months and per
cent for others
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Marketc closed steady
Actual closing rates follow:
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08

BY order OF executors
shares New-Yorz Produce Exchange Bank. 10
For OF whom Il may concern.
shares Thirty-fourth Street National Is7 i
~ shares Lawyers Title Insurance Company. 800
$1,000 Allenhurst Club (Allsnhurst, n. j. second
mortgage per cent gold bonds dus 1875
coupons May and November: May, 1904.
coupons on no
o shares Lawyers Title Insurance. Company. sO9.
ca shares Hope Knitting Company. OF Troy and
COhoes y. r. per share .-..-.--.-.-..---. S5g
The goodwill OF the business consisting in tha
porting and importing Of merchandise
commission formerly carried by Lsonce r
Dufourcq. now deceased. at L. No l. Producs
Exchange. New-York City. under the
OF L. F. Dufourcq together with ths OF
the firm name L. r. Dufourco, lOt.-....... 81
81 500 The American Cutlery Company ) per cent
thrty-year first mortgage gold bonds due
october 1. 1881. october 1893, coupons on:
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shares OF the railway equipment companies.
American Car and Foundry and Pressed Steel
Car issues enjoying marked Improvement. The
outlook for the car building companies is much
brighter than it was a few months ago. as the
railroads are beginning to make preparations
for an increase in their rolling stock
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
NEW FINANCING FOR o. AND W.

The annual report OF the New-York. Ontario and
Western Railway Company gives a comprehensive
history of the company under the present manage
1nent and of the voting trust and it's operation,
as well as its present status. and says that II s
sufficient vindication OF the directors and trustees
from any charge that has been may be made i'm
pugning the integrity of their motives and actions
during their period of office.
Thomas p Fowler, president of the company
says:
Acting upon the Recommendation OF the special
committee. the board of directors has determined
track work. and Is considering financial
plan for creating new resources, supplemental 10
those at the company's command, in order TO pro
vide for the present and future requirements or the
company. The plan, when finally formulated;
will be submitted to the stockholders at a speclai
meeting to be called soon after the annual
meeting as practicable. AS shown by the present
account June 80 1904, the OF 3S7. Should
the shareholders the special meeting approve the
plan submitted 10 them the company will be en-
abled to provide means for completing the WORK
under way and making Improvements ana au-
ditonS to the property and extensions OF existing
lines in the future as occasion arises, and 10 le-
imburse the net revenue account TO such an extent
common stock so terminating the right or the
preferred stock to elect eight of the thirteen d.
rectors. The question of the division or future
surplus earnings Will then be left free for dlsposl
tion by those to whom the owners OF the property
may intrust its management.
Detailed earnings Of the company for the last
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08

10000 Receipts for the month to date, ss,OO7s1;
expenditures. $4,000: excess OF expenditures
slSaOs9 Receipts for the fiscal year. Sl0o6s76so;
penditures $124S3o719; OF expenditures, s23,
eSS. .029.
sUB-TREASURY.-The Sub-Treasury was debtor
to the Clearing House S42.SS0
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08

L. e. Johnson. president of the company. IN his
report to the stockholders. calls attention to the
fact that the operating expenses were 6 81 per cent
of the gross earnings. against 80 per cent for
the preceding year. Exclusive of taxes the oper-
atng expenses were 59.97 per cent or 223 per cent
higher than for the preceding year, The gross
earnings 2S3 and the net earnings S4sSi per
mile of road operated The increased ratio Of
operating expenses to gross earnings Is due to
larger expenditures maintenance of way and
equipment and TO increased rates Of wages. taxes
aud cost of fuel.
The general balance sheet as Of June 30 shows:
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
tations were:
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday Of the principal active
securities and net changes from Tuesdays quo
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London. Sept. T. p. m.-American securities were
steady and moderately active. Last quotations
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INACTIVE STOCKS.

CFurushed BY wtiiam E Nichols 60. No. Is wai.s,
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
SECURITIES AT AUCTION.

The following securities were sold yesterday at
auction the New-York Real Estate Salesroom
by Adrian II. Muller & son;
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
NORFOLK AND WESTERN REPORT.

The Norfolk and Western Railway Company re-
ports for the year ended June 80;
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08

brooklyn Ferry stock. .....
Hohoken Ferry ist IS. 1886 g.
do stock ,...----....,
y Y & z Z Ferry Co stock.
do LIST mtg IS, 1872. ....
" Y & III r Con IS. 1916 81.
10th & 2S ST LIST nlg 5s. 1919
Union + of n Y & b stock
y \ i y ] ist me- 0s, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
ACTIVE CURB STOCKS.
BONDS.

as.s7o Total sales. .odd Iots.
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FERRY COMPANIES.

! Int. period Bid. ASKED.
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'V''Ii- Total sales f0s the DAY 'rnIisted-
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STREET RAILROAD BONDS.


CR.portsd by clinton Gilbert no. warrs>
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
Dying Soldiers Words
Told After Forty Years
COnfederate'S Last UtteranCe Conveyed at
Last to His Daughter by Former
Boy in Blue.

WHEELING. W. Va, Feb. 27.-"Oh.
could die in peace; l could die in peace
IL / only were home with my wife ana
little children. but it is so hard TO die
here. far from home and among strang-
ers"
Colonel Delaney, of Cobbs Georgia
Legion. moaneG these words nearly for
ty years ago as he lay dying in Stanton
Hospital. Washington city. He had been
found mortally wounded on a battlefield
by Union soldiers. and had been taken q
prisoner. to She hospital
But Few Hours to Live
You can live only few hours" the
surgeon told him on making his rounds
one day. Calling to his side Johnny
Wright. a boyish Union soldier recover
ing from a wound, Colonel Delaney said
20 him: Read to me from the four
teenth chapter of St. John" The young
soldier. a devOut Christian read the
chapter TO the bronzsd Confederate, anc
when he had finished the colonel took
from his pillow a Gaguerreotype Of his
wife and children and kissed il farewell
for them. The end soon came.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
TRAMP TO WORLD'SFAIR
PUSHING WHEELBARROW
Atlanta Man Makes Bet He Will Walk All the Way and
Get to ST. Louis on Time

whole proposition was hot air, and Mr..
Owens announced that ne would walk TO
St. Louis from Atlanta just to show that
Atlanta people had the grit and pluck
for which they are famous. From this
discussion grew the bet.
Mr.. Owens Will give the order for his
wheeIbarrow early this week. Several
Atlanta concerns have taken an interest
in the matter and will aid him in con-
structing a machine that viii be light
and durable. He had hoped to obtain an
aluminium barrow. but It was impossi-
bic TO have one made in Atlanta and
the scheme has been abandoned
Gate City's Representative.
Everything that Mr.. Owens carries
with him Will be made in Atlanta, and
he win go TO St. Louis as a representa-
tive Of Atlanta. A number of merchants
have offered to ft him out with an At
lanta-made outfit, and their offers viii
be accepted
Mr.. Owens will leave in the course Of
tho next few months. and Mr.. Brum-
field will be present at the depot 10 see
the start. The occasion promises 10 be
an interesting one. Mr.. owens announces
that he will win the bet
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
PIANO IN THE DESERT.

stage heroine who happened at the
same time TO be an able executant on
the piano had to play night after night
the same part at a popular theater. She
anxiously longed TO give the audience a
specimen of her musical abilities. but
her part in the performance afforded no
opportunity for such a display OF her
powers. But her inventive genius came
nObly TO the rescue and she discovered a
place In the action where pianist and
heroine might go hand in hand.
When the curtain rose revealing the
desert of the Black Mountains the spec
tators beheld, 70 their amusement.
splendid plano placed at the foot of the
rocks. The heroine. with the haste OF
one pursued, climbed down the rocky
path, stopped enraptured at the sight
of the piano. and exclaimed The saw
ages have burned down our cottage,
murdered my father and mother and
driven away our cattle. but. heaven be
praised-they have left me my piano.
Music shall comfort me in my distress,
and, II the ladies and gentlemen permit,
will play them a short selection
London Tit-Bits.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. 27.-J. A. Owens
of Atlanta. who is TO walk from the
old depot in Atlanta to the model of the
new cepot at the ST. Louis Exposition
and pish a wheeIbarrow before him, IS
making preparations for his long and
interesting journey.
Ii will be remembered-that Mr.. Owens
made a bet with J. ID. Brumfeld, Of
Charlotte, n. c.. that he would walk TO
St Louis and push a wheelbarrow every
step OF the way. The bet was divided
up. and In order to win Mr.. Owens must
push the wheelbarrow through the
streets OF Atlanta. must make an ay-
erage Of two and one-half miles per
day. and must push the wheelbarrow
into the new passenger station model
in st. Louis.
Origin of Bet.
The bet grew out OF a discussion of
the Atlanta spirit. Mr.. BruInfeld de-
clared that Atlanta would not erect a
model OF the new passenger station in
ST. Louis: that council would not make
an appropriation for such a purpose.
Mr.. Owens upheld, Atlanta in the discus
sion. Mr.. Brumfield maintained that the
The Washington times., 1904-02-28

Years passed. The young soldier be-
came a minister of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, in Ohio. and in his ser
mons sometimes referred TO the brave
Confederate'si death. He now lives at
Bridgeport, Ohio. across the river from
Wheeling. He determined recently TO
attempt to find the address OF the widow
or relatives OF Colonel Delaney. that he
might tell them the details OF the SOL
dier's last moments.
Letter Tells Her All.
He had a statement inserted in the
Confederate Veteran" a paper pub
llshed at Nashville. An eager reply
came from Mrs. Hull. Of Athens. Ga. a
daughAer Of Colonel Delaney, asking for
the particulars OF her fathers death,
They had never heard. she said, and for
years had tried in vain to learn more
than that he had been killed in battle.
And now. In a Georgia home, there is
a letter that will be handed down from
one generation to another. 1t is the
minister's reply. and II tells how a
brave Confederate died.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
LOST HIS JOB
BY THE LETTER {
Quartermaster's Clerk Re-
fused to Spell as Ordered.
WAS DISCHARGED BY TAFT
Declares He Will Appeal Case to Presi-
dent-"Routeing Not to His
photographic Taste.

CHICAGO. Feb. NV. F. Baker. the
clerk in the office Of the quartermaster
at Fort Sheridan. who refused to spell
routing" with an &c" although ordered
TO do so by his superior, Lieutenant
Colonel Miller. received his discharge
from the Secretary of War. to whom the
question OF spelling had been referred.
Baker says that he will appeal to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The word was used in an order relat-
ing to the transportation Of troops, and
Baker was ordered by Lieutenant Colo
mel Miller 10 spell 1t 'routeing." He
said that he could not conscIentiously
spell IL with an sc"
Brig Gen. Fred d. Grant, the COM
mander of the department. Of the lakes,
approves the discharge of Baker, say
ing that he was given Il legitimate order
and was guilty Of characterization when
he refused TO carry II out.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
WIFE UNFAIIHFUL,
HER BROTHER A THIEF
Husband Starts in Search of Runaway
Spouse After Charging Brother-in-
Law With Burglary.

NEW YORK. Feb. 27-James A. Stiles
was an object OF sympathy today when
he appeared In the Adams Street police
court in Brooklyn, where he went to
make charge Of burglary against his
brother-in-law, Wilbur F. Hubbell, tr.
because OF the disappearance Of his wife
simultaneously with a man whom she
met some time ago at Charlottesville.
Va. According to Mr.. Stiles. his wife
and the man are now in Philadelphia
Mr.. Stiles said he had the name Of the
man, and also knows at what hotel they
are stopping. but declined 10 make
either public. After dispOsing OF the
charge against his brOther-in-law who
u twenty-one years old, Mr.. Stiles and a
friend, Mr.. Martin. boarded train for
Philadelphia IA a search OF his wife
Dir. Stiles Is an advertising agent with
good business. He lives In a fashion
able apartment house az SIS Prospect
Place, Brooklyn, n. V
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
UP BARS
AGAINST NEGROES
New Election System to Be
Tried in Frederick.
GENERAL BAUGHMAN'S PLAN
Property Qualification of Five Hundred
Dollars and Grandfather Clause,
But No Educational Feature.
GENERAL BAUGHMAN'S PLAN

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 27.-Gen. L. Victor
Baughman is here with a bill for a
new municipal election law for Fred
erick. 1t is now being engrossed and
will be introduced by Senator Robinson.
The new law embraces most Of the
features of the proposed constitutional
amendment limiting the franchise m
the State. and II it passes the first test
Of the restricted suffrage in this state
will be made in Frederick, Just as the
test the present election law oc-
CURED there IN the spring Of 1901.
Grandfather Clause"
General Baughman's bill provides fog
a property qualification of $500. and
changes the date of the municipal cleo
ton from April to June It embocfss
the grandfather clause" but has no
educational feature. 1t is intended to
eliminate the negro voters. of whom
there are about 400 in Frederick.
a new registration is provided for.
There IS to be one registrar in each OF
the four precincts The registrar is TO
act as one Of the judges of election. in
conjunction with two other Judges. one
from each OF the two great parties.
This pan, ii is claimed, will be less
expensive and less cumbersome than the
present manner of registration, which
corresponds with the general election
law. One clerk of election will b
chosen from each party.
The Washington times., 1904-02-28
An Orderly Tavern.

Mrs. Mary Lee, who has Just died az
White Waltham. near Maidenhead. was
a very remarkable old lady She was the
oldest public house landlady In England,
Tor she was 80 years of age. and The
Bee Hive, which she had superintended
Tor more than half a century, must have
been the best conducted house in Eng
land, for no complaint has ever ssen
made against IL. over the fireplace In
the IaproOm stands the notice: No
swearing or foul language permitted In
this room, or indecent songs allowed 10
be sung. Anyone infringing the above
Onwrinkled face, would walk into the
taproom on Sunday evenings bearing
her old Bible. and read the ScripJures
TO an audience that listened with re-
spect to her explanations and COM
ments.-London Chronicle.