New-York tribune., 1910-11-04
TOPICS OF THE STREET.

FOREIGN TRADING. - Foreign houses st
dealt in only a few thousand snaies ~ IONS
local stock market, their chief OpeI a0tOli9 3
being in Mexican National, wnlch "d
bought TO a moderate extent
FAILURES IN OCTOBER.-The Oct9DeT
record of business failures. as pH. repoL.'e to,af
Of liabilities of any month or TINS yedt sn.aI
February. and the largest OctoOeno sdo- 'O'n o.
number of defaults. however, the recolH SfI' -
not so unfavOrable- The numDeI @ % 80 80 .
ures during October was LIZ cOinP|.r 20, -
with 1.164 last year, ~! in 1870 anu 1e az - s6s
1e67 The total of liabilities was Slsy.t soso;
as compared with s12.529. So in le sI2,oSo;oo95 o9
I'm 1908 S27414.9S0 in 1891, SlV295 - III 80 80
ever were only slightly greater tnan II
1903, when they totalled s1S.SsI: :56i. Inls
suit was mainly due TO the large NJ NUM- Ss
of defaults-51 for more than SIVV''oSy- s,s :
the total liabilities Of the month or ss1,Se'
977 $50 these large failures repTeSeH' 600
74S3. compared with $9'V9,oo;Ss' ~ or 81
in 1906 and S1.97s509 in 19O9- mere y,s,l WSIo
1901 failures for less than siooVo: tota 70 iana
S. s7021S as compared with S1;4i54' :, o " az IN i
s.. ,346 in 1905. s.. i9esy0 IN lSV'' SO-'O'0
1906 and s4,773,492 in 1913.
CRTCTBLE STEEL-C. g Ramsey mas mas
been elected president of the CrucibIe SteeI
Dupuy The latter remains chairrilsn G-I..or ~
the executive committee. John A sutton
has beer elected first vtce-preSldenl' SUI
ceeding Mr. Ramsey. The once OF secoLo s.
Tica-president, formerly held by Mr.. SuI-
ton will not be filled for the present o. n
| Wharton has been elected third Nice-presii-
| dent and G. W. Sargent fourth vice-presl-
| DENT n 8 a. Stewart, John A sutton
ard II D. ". English have been elected
members of the executive comInittT6S. 61,,'I Ii,9
other members OF which are MI DupuS.
/ Mr.. Ramsey James H. Park and george
T. Shaw
| THE, COPPER NARKET.-Sales OF cop
per are being made for I,Te deIyery bss s reached
/ fairly good proportions considering I@ne @
| heavy sales that have been made over @ lne
/ last several weeks. a large amount OF COP
| ner has been sold on basis OF Is cents .
| hound and the market IS fiTmer than II mas
/ been in several months past producers
| conner for sale believing they will get
/ better prices for their product early % neNL
year If the demand contlnues good gl,,s,I an
/ advance in prices above 15 cents a pcu,.o' p
within the next few days would not ne sur
| prising.
| DIRECTORS ELECTED - Walter F.
Bliss. chairman OF the eAeGqtlLe eAeGLN. - 20 4be ~
| T-nion Trust Company OF New York nav 2
I hlen chosen trustees for the United STATES
! of the Atlas Assurance Company Ltd., oL
| o1don The other trustees are r. J. Cross
/ ~ New York. and Senator John kean' OF
New jersey.
! GRANNY CONSOLIDATED--Th C1rano4
| Consolidated Mines Company mas, ACQUIRES reI
| s.Gt 06O or 81 per cent of the capital stock
/ Of tbe Hidden Creek Mining COMPANY. 10 10
| gritish Columbia The property consists
| OF eight crown grdI!ted cldIih9 dH' O '
of 600 acres OF timber land
| STOCK EXCHANGE NEWS--Osporne
! TJov-es has been elected a n1eTnuer OF tlie
! Eevy York Stock Exchange Members lis
! nosted for transfer: William , scott ,o
/ lanes H ChiIds. William H Jonns3h ~ ~
/ Herbert c. Sierck: Abraham = FayIl7 -
/ Abel !. Culver
! AIJIS-CHALMERS At the annual
meeting Of the AIlis-Chalmers company
! Frank D. Wetmore was elected Ilre.,IoII 7
! to succeed William " Allis. retired u u
o+her directors were reelected.
! IRON STEAMBOAT COMPANY AZ
+he annual meeting Of the Iron steam po3l
| Company F. A Bishop was elected dlrec
| for 10 succeed the late A l. Harrison, anu
| G NJ, Englfs and F. H Cone were adceo
( TO the board
! DIVIDEND DECLARED.-The directors
Of The United Cigar Manufacturers COM
many have declared a dividend OF 10 per
cent on the preferred stock, payable on
| December l.
| BANKER GOES ABROAD.-Hans Win
terfeldt OF Speyer & Co. sailed ednes-
dav on the steamship Oceanic Tor Naca-
ton in Europe. Mr.. Winterfeldt IS eA-
pected to return 10 New York ABOUT me
beginning OF the new year.
HUDSON & MANHATTAN'S NEW Of
! FICERS.-William Everdell, JT.. mas been
I elected secretary of the Hudson & Mar-
haitian Railroad Company and Kenyon =
Conger assistant secretary