Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-23
The World of
Finance and Trade
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The story of how Mr.. Paris home in
Georgetown became last evening the center
of interest for great crowd of excited
people and the rallying point for the entire
fire-fighting force of that section was told
by that gentleman to the members of the
stock exchange today before the call was
begun. The entire incident. with all its
thrilling details. grew out of the adoption
by Mr. Paris of device for dislodging a
cat from the limbs of a dead tree in his
back yard by setting the tree on fire.
Ihere were no casualties except the death
of the cat. Mr.. Paris had the amused at
tention of his fellow-brokers who had in
sisted upon having a first hand report of
the affair
After the laughter had subsidized somewhat
over the cat episode, the call went on with
out interruption until it was brought to a
sudden halt by establishment caused by the
effort of one of the brokers to make "a
self to SELF sale In a single breath. He
was successful. but 1t made his associates
sympathetically GREATNESS for the time.
The trading in the bonds Of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company result
ed in clea ring the market of all bonds that
We're for sale at 993s and less. The range
OF prices was from 9Oh to 90A. and there
eighth higher.
At the close, however. the bonds were to
he had at 9O1a and 9Oss was bid
maint lined Ia the preferred stock of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany. The range of prices was from 90,a
to 91h. The bid of 81 was made not only
any part of 1000 shares At the close that
was the bid and 91h was asked
couple of ffty-share lots of the COM
mon stock comprised the entire trading in
that security. The price paid in both in
stances was 36B Then the bid was 80 and
the asking price 361a.
Four shares Of Washington Loan and
Trust stock sold for 215. The bid for ten
shares rose to 216, but there was no stock
offered for sale at less than 225.
Two hundred and fifty-one was paid for
ntteen shares of American Security and
Trust stock. A bid of 254 was made for
four shares, and 251A was bid for ten
shares. The asking price was 255.
Ten shares of Union Trust stock sold for
10 and the stock was still to be had at
that figure, but the bid was 124B
The bid for American National Bank
stock rose to 100. The lowest asking price
was 195.
For five shares of Riggs Bank $50 was
paid The bid for ten shares was 6471a, and
go was asked
An Offering OF fifty shares of Washing
ton Title Company's stock at was taken,
The bid for 100 shares was 8, with none Of
fered
A block of twenty-five shares of Gas
stock sold for 61A. and then the stock was
to be had at 61%. and 61h was bid. For
seventy-five shares 81 was bid and an OPP
ton was offered at g.
Less than fifty shares comprised the trad
Ing In Mergenthaler. There were no sales
either of odd or quotation lots at a price
less than 191. At the close the bid was on
that level and the stock was offered at an
advance of an eighth. but it was with
drawn and the asking price was then 1872
Lanston sold at 147s and at Is to the ex-
tent of 600 shares, equally divided in
amount between these two levels. At the
end of the trading the stock was offered
at Is, and 14B was bid. The latter, how
ever. was withdrawn and 14A was sub
stituted.