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Hie Associates Do telieve It Necessary to pot the Stock Market nd Jan. 16. ; THE STREET. of the Financiers te meral “All. Along the’ # that the morietary situation yell within Wall street's control “bankers in the $69,000,000 —tort to pfotect the mar- it a disastrous finanolal i eh settlements—will to ble combination, time ret for J, P, Mor- Pgaieas and George F. Of the pool, to render Hing fo the eleven, bis Wall Which combined ;to form $50,000,000 pool for market ‘that the manacers of the think it necessary to re- Of life. and thie fact was Ible for the «reatly in- | of cheerfulness ant confi- ‘Thavired to-day's broad and farwued that it Messrs. Btiiiman and Baker can find for jonger musintaining the pool, then the real cond!- be better than the «eneral is ‘been let to believe. “the opening the market was ant, and there was scarcely a check my but ‘advance througn- ly. The railroad stocks shared with the industrials, which aps Heome time have been neglected. In wading many of the latter greater gains than the rallwoys, wf the Harriman stocks were fet on the current report that @ 2 tice between Mr. Harriman ‘strikers had remulted in a com- aderata which would end ali ¢ ‘on the Union Pacific, E rence ty-the prices of all af -waflronds wid the constantly ing eotivity in the demand on tho roads of having Mexico on eative for ‘bea, 3 cena zi ell-keno} ta, mil ¥_ absorb! th They are how. in a. a by the sativity on the pa: eate wi nae <4 | MARKET STRONG. market was strong and } atl departments, Prices were well th advance of yes- and the generdl tone was much improved. The only ® the market was in South pecurities, which were lly on heavy Paris selling. home investment stocks was ong. nt for American rall~ d pe was active and WRENCY DINNER, Pommitteer to Be Ad- ‘Lyman J. Gage. tf the Sound Currency the Reform Club will be elub-house, No. 23 Fifth : uraday evening. _ be dinner the subject “Assets V will be glscussed. It is ai ry BLAME A RIVAL, Montgomery & Co., Visited by Police, Who Were Suspicious, Talk of Business Jealousy, who were visited “Montgomery & Co,,’ yesterday by the pollo, went right on with thelr business of placing margins for women customers on stocks tn their three the St, James uBjiding fo-day as though nothing had happened. The police explained their visit by saying that it had been reported to them that the plage was an illegal Ducket-shop. TWé young men who ere managing the place and thelr attorney, Paul Bheldon, insist that the business is as legitimate as the Stock Exchange and defy the police to raid it. The po- lice did not take the dare, Customers of the place sald that the place was run by a Mrs, Strummel, who in handsome apartments in Cen- irk West, but Lawrence Burton, in charge of the women's room of the place, says that Mr. Montgomery owns it. “His Initial ts @.," said Burton, “Tt isn't Henry, It ts a funny name some- thing like Helsenwhitzel, so him Montgomery. ada, now." Burton blames the visit of the police on fo @ woman who wants to start a rival shop and secure thelr women cus- tomers: THE CLOSING Just cant joycle Bicycle. pt. Gar a F. Zs Zaks: Seqe eRe E "38 =, = aEen zee aaa ts ete BEaei Se Bei ae pt ‘ae = SigSsESTES8SE28: SoParnRr 3 -, Fe = a = ashes pip Bs BROKER WANTS TO GET BACK | @lenry B. Lockwood Asks instated, Henry B. Lockwood, of Hurd & Co., ha» appiled to the New The firm suspended at the time of Webb-Meyer Syndicate collapse several | J onthe, age. flett{loment has Anally been made with all creditors and the appiloation for re- inetatement is expected to be favorably ected upon at the meeting of the Stock Bachange Listing Committee Thursday, Be Ke- | Mi Lockwood, | 7 FEAR OF CONGRESS, Threat of an Extra Session Causes a Decided Feeling of Uneasiness Among Financiers — ed immediately convening the new Con- gtees In extraordinary session, is caus- ing decitied uneasiness in Wall street. Individuals representing big and influ- ‘ential interests in the financial district are quietly going té Washington ‘sing’ ahd In groups. At the capital they a seeing the persona who have moat to do with framing lation and are ¢xplain- Ing to them vately the Wall @reet view. ome of the views on trusts which are held by well-known individuals in the financial district would astonish pro- | § moters and trust organizers if they would cansent to authorize their pub-| exce Meation. Anti-trust legisiation, even of a dra tio character, would not be regarded an unmitigated at by all of Wall street because many of the big facto ‘here as certaia yoon the enactment I think he 4s in Can- | ¢, t. Stocks of corporations which refuse ail Information concerning their methods, resources, business, &o., are beginning to be wified in the and’ dog” lat. HURT BY STRIKE Believed Now that They Will Fall $3,000,000 Below Presi- dent Schwab's Estimate. ‘The Board of Directors of the United States Steel Corporation will meet late this afternoon to declaro the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, common #took and 1 3-4 per cent. divi- dend on the preferred. ‘The $6,000,000 dividend to be pald on i preferred stock will be ab! RS, 16, while the dividend on the com mon will be paid March 9. At tq-day’s meeting the earnings for the quarter ending . 8L will be ane nounced, Because of the cont strike and the early closing of lake navigation, the earnings for the quafter will not be a# Ma ih WAR expected. a Nhat for October the estimated 000. for November ‘ember $9,000,000, oF 000 for the quarter, he year will large! yut they will of President according to 0) net earnin: for the was before the Anthracite coal strike became such a factor in check!ng production and re- A It In now asserted that He predic! for its emergency fund, In- total surplus year's reserve, of ne: e1 Uny $90,000, ( | A member of the Finance Committee | that the profit-sharin, Nan y growing In favor an | fully 29.000 emplovees had signified thelr | intention of complying With the terms. (ERS TWALL STREET IW ISTEEL EARNINGS. TRUSSIMNS TO FIGHT THE STANDARD OIL Czar's Government Back of a Big Company That Is Openly Opposed to Rockefeller. VIENNA, Jan. 6—The Levant Herald gives prominence to-day to an article in which {t Is asserted that a Russian oll syndicate has been formed to fight the Standard O!l Company. The Czar’s Government, the paper adds, has granted the new enterprise 4 big supvention and will support it in every way, § $$$ CURB TRADING ACTIVE. tire Market. ‘The curb market opened strong and with great activity noticeable. North- ern Securities wae the leader, advancing to 114 Md and 116 asked in the first hour, while Standard Of) early lost 3 points from yesterday's highest price. Quotations fer the active stocks were: rly | Bo Stal Mai 4B. QUOTATIONS. Hi 61,000 Reading .. i s3ee8 se iat ee eer Si a eee SSE ee r 2: BoE: series = : a Sees: suseGreveatizertt as S. Foot ee sB g2¢scecnscees Fe, retoe tis eee ieee aaeese eeRasene aad SSERESSEESSESSESES eee syepeibegzeeyss: Sales, Low. Close. Uy aot ek 36% Detuth, Brie. i MH, Central Towa Central Lawte, ie ae ¥ Boudern Batlwey Fra S8no8: S555 SRseece: eee & bs Wheat—May, 7 bid. Corn—Ma Chica to i , B Hd to ki ‘k's closing prices wi M9 1-2 bid: duly, offered, $6 1-2 bid; Pep 2 3-8 bid; May, bid, a Weed ate alty, offered, 41; 42 04; September, edi Hs fo The © The local cotton market opened steady to-day, with prices 1 to 5 point rr, oT The Wheat Market, ything in the grain ling was at Neamt pteady to-day at the opening. Corn was rather frm and « shade higher in the West, although wachanged here. ‘The continued poor quality of corm ar- iiving at Chicago causes bears wore or jens Bpprekension, especially as to near months, in spite of the big crop. The in wheat was in part due to steadiness jAr8 te Inf a@yance in cables and part to ‘Trade Wap of moderate it feature, except 4 ne Although weakened a little by unsatis- factory cables, enough toying orders sp: peared of the early decline to effect a partial recovery within the first ten minutes, late positions being partioular- ly attractive to buyers for January showed the greate: slart apd the most reluctance in pale os rainy eon revall, ‘openine prices mere: danotys +64 ‘ebruary. to 8.08; Ci jt to 8.60; Mu: BOND TRANSACTIONS. 4 "Lae MS Sie LS & MS dhe ree 38-88, 2, e-8 =3 SEEESSE2 BSSENNShS5eq: BPESE CLES TS ss S223555 BB = keres=: PERETEE = P3338 BE SERREFLRLERE Z: eset FFF pai tt Hs = EEF a a gE Si scsteeegseieuis inne. 2 Hiner ——————— AVAILABLE GRAIN SUPPLY. Bpecial cable and telegraphic ¢om- munications received by Bradstreet's show the following changes in available auppiies as compare’ with the last ac- count: jallable eupply. Bushele, 8. and Banking and Financial. HAIGHT & FREESE CO, 63 BROADWAY, WN, ¥. STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN, COTTON. ‘We will be pleamed to send you upon request our 40-page cloth-bound Mlustrated “GUIDE TO TNVESTORS,"’ also STOCK AND COTTON MAR- KES LBTEVIS, Issued gratis, mailed tres, Interest and Divider | Notices, Dry Dock Savings Institution, 341 AND 343 BOWERY, NEW YORK. ‘The Trustees Geclared @ dividend for the six months ending Decambes » 1902, on alt Aeponite entitied thereto under the by-laws, at the rate @f THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CBNT. per aanum on ali sims not excveding ‘Three Thousand Dollars; payable on and after January 19th, 1908. Deponits made on or before January 10th will be eulitied to interest trom ANDREW MILLA, Fresideat, CHARLES MIRHLING, Beoretary, ¥, PATTMREON, Secretary, HE AMBRICAN SAYINGS BANK, M01 VIVE AVENUE. COR, 4D STRnST. iat ft ite a, TURES AND op. GMA) per annem will for three ths December 31, 1 $8 all sume warable, daauaty Hh,“ Bank vee Jab be sock.’ Glosse, 12M. oa" Bat- wi a WAND. V. CMW. Prudent CLARENCE GOADBY, Treasurer, Secretary, BXCRLSIOR SAVINGS BANK bay Y Vl o , Judge of District Court Plainly Speaks His Mind,’ It is with pleasure that I give my hearty endorsement to’ Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It is the most suct cessfal remedy that I know of for the weakened condition of the digestive organs which excessive heat or overwork some- times brings, causing indigestion, sick headache, a disagreea- ble or bitter taste in the mouth, sleepless nights and a com- plication of unnatural conditions, making one feel ote all over, Your remedy is scientifically prepared and well calcu- lated to renovate the entire system, cleansing and vitalizin; the blood and assisting the stomach to perfect assimilation ol the food, which will.soon restore health and harmony. Sincerely yours, 6 Oolliy Judge of 11th District, Duval County, Florida. ‘The “Golden Medical Discovery” restores the long lost appetite; it strengthens the weak stomach and corrects the impaired ‘digestion ; it promotes the flow of digestive juices and facilitates the assimilation of the life-giving elements of the food into the blpod. ‘When the blood is pure'and rich, old inert tissues are torn down, carried off and excreted, and new, healthy- muscular tissues replace them. In this way it puts on healthy flesh up to the normal weight and fortifies one against all disease-breeding germs, It allays flike the weavin, Will be cheerfully ‘paid, in lawful money of the United States, by the World’s a aged Medicat- Association, of Buffalo, N. BR fore of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical ‘covery; df they cannot show the original statement and signature of every testimonial among. the thousands which they are con- stantly publishing attesting the superior curative properties of their several medi- cines, and thus proving the gentiineness and, reliability of all the multitude of testimo- nials volunteered by grateful people, in their behalf, *T feel it my duty to write you as I have received eo much benefit from the use of your. medicines,” a Mrs. me eo Gh Elon, Gy “I was a ith liver, indigestion, and neryous pro: tion, fortabout eighteeen months and lost drength so that I was unable to do any work. Consulted several dottors but without receiving help, They advised me to have an Grete for gall stone, which I thought would be the very last step I would take. I then sat down and wrote to you for atvice, soma five or six months ago, and have since been taking your ‘Golden Medical Discovery.’ Can now’ pay that I am well and able to do all my work, besides doing lots of weaving. In the last two months I have woven about four hundted yards of ci and feel now that I will nae on with it as I business so well, I took only eight bottles of the ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ and some of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. I will be glad if I can say anything to those who are suffering as I did.” “I was taken sick nine years ago with fever.” writes Mr. M. M. Wardwell, of Linwood, Leaven- worth Co, Kans. “Had the doctor and he broke up the fever all right, but I took diarrhea-right away ; he couldn’t cure it and it became chronic, and then he gave up the case, I got so weak with it and had piles so badly I couldn't lie down, nor hardly sit up. Was that way two or three months; thought I would ‘never be well again,’ but picked up one of Dr. Pierce’s Memorandum Books one day and saw your description of catarrh of the stomach. I thought it hit my case. We had a bottle of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery in the house that was got for mother. You recommend it for catarrh of the stomach, so I an taking it. The one bot- tle nearly cured me. ot two bottles next time and took one and one-half and was well, I haven't been bothered with diarrhea since.” — A FEW PENNIES will pay the expense of mailing Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad- viser, Send 2r one-cent stamps for the book in pu per covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address: Dr, R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. ¥. 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