The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1903, Page 4

5 wa (OU SEEN ERNE UNCER, HE MARKET ANY SEATS ON 1 SPARED HUSBAND. it tee sand Missouri Pabific| The New sohediie 8 Seems Rich-|Wife of Charles 0s Oshorne, Silk d'Favor i in Improved Deal-| er in Promise than in Realiza-| Merchant, Put Off Serious “on. Statements of Big} tion, but a Better Time May Operation Until He Sailed for td: Earnings. Be eae Europe. LONDON MARKET DULL. The market to<iIny wan ex- tremely quill and lstless. The general tone, however, was firm, and prices throughout were a shade in advance of yesterday's final figures. Home rails re firm, notwithstanding the active demand for money. South African min- Ing Seourities were unchanged and very qu In’ the department for Amertean rat!- Tay mecurition trading waa light. Prices throughout the entire list were fraction- bon a off, owing to anxiety. Tegurding tha ‘ork ‘obable character of the New ROCK ISLAND TO FIGHT. pti ts DERE STILL IN. (BULLS AND BEARS OF WALL STREET THE GOULD CAMP His’ Resignation From Presi dency of Western Maryland). Road No Indication of Break, D. GC. Reed, director in the United States Steel Corporation, and one of the four bce of Rock Island, which purchased control of the Houston & Texas Central, will sail for Kurope next Wednesday ‘ ‘A rumor that John D. Rookefeller, Jr.. Is contemplating @ sensational entry into Is] the stock market within a few days brings to mind his former plunge into the speculative Together with James Keene, young Rockefeller managed’ to rner all the leather #took available and It looked as If the combine would prove a great wuccess, When the stock reached 40, Keene withdrew from the deal, un- loading all hin #haren on Rockefeller, Almost !mmediately the etook slumped, until It was quoted at §, with no buyers in alight. Several attempts have been made to boom the issue, but it has not gone higher than 13 since. + weekly bank statement, ‘The retirement of Winstow 8. Plerce : —_— , from the Presidency of the Weatern James R. Keene J» oil] somewhat under the westher with an affection of the Maryland Ratiroad has given rise to] knee. Though Gonfined to his room in the Waldorf-Astoria, he keeps a close A rumor in poorly informed quar-] Watch on the market and knows Just about all that (s going on in the street. ters that he had split with = ‘ George J. Gould, Mr, Plerce has| Frank Dean, cashier of the Mfth Avenue Bank, has been elected Vice-Prest- long been attorney for and close | dent of the Seaboard National Bank, to auoceed J. F. Thompson, who has become personal friend of both Mr. Gould and | Vice-President of the Bankers’ ‘Trust Company. Mr. Dean till retains his place Mr. Harriman, and wuen the news of {in the Board of Directors of the Fifth Avenue Bank. B. H. Fancher, now as- hla retirement from the Weatern Mary-| sistant cashier, has been appointed in Mr. Dean's place, and W. G. Geston, fore Innde presidency was first heard the com | merly ehief clerk, hag been made assistant cashier. clusion was haatily reached that he had decided to cast his fortunes with Har- riman in preference to Gould. Directly the reverse appears to be the case, Mr: Pierce retains the chairman- ship of the utive Committee of ti Western Maryland and liys down the porition of president only in order to yi L cK QF VIGOR IN STEEL.| THE M. re AFTER EVIDENCE,|THEN WENT TO SANITARIUM. .A Chicago despatoh reads: ‘Attorney i 8. “Miller is retained by the Rock Island to conduct the defense tn the mult fled here against the financial re- adfustment plan. The Rock Island, tn- terents intend ti Loatame otit all foil ity of-@ recurrehte of such attacks bnd no expense will be spared in doin; While Charles Osborne, aw New York silk buyer and Smpor' in Kurope on business bis wife lies at the point of death after a critical oper- ation in @ private panitarium, ‘oo brave to worry him with complaints of her \Ilnews before he sailed, ghe atl! refuses to allow her friends to cable him, .Al- though #he Inelsts she will get well the dootors say it Is by no means certain. Mrs. Oxvorne Is a pretty) Southern Woman, whose home before her mar- The Ol market etaried in unevent- fully to-day, Prices opened about where Whey left off and at first evinced a sag- tendency, but recovery followed thi New Yorkers who are compelled to travel datiy on the elevated roads have been .straining their eyes for the past week to find some evidence of the im- provement promised In the new sched- ule the Manhattan Company was or- dered by the State Raflroad (Seach J to put In effect. “Phe new echeOule provided for more and longer traina In the non-rush hours, 80 ¢ everybody could have a sent be- WORLD WANTS market took on a tone of won Tey anti The Gould {ssues took leadership in statements of dig “Wabash and Missouri Pacific lng sareeacal active at 1-2 to 4 ‘Vice-President J. D. Layng, of the “Big Four,” ts tahelanid to leave, fhe city next week for a trip to the Pacific coast. W. K. Vanderbilt sailed to-iay on La Touratne for “Haves. He wm make an extended tour of the Continent. No man’ tn thia couatey, wth the peabte encdntton’ ot! 4iten, Wada’ es had @s many ups and downs as Thomas W, Lawaon, of Boston. He haw lost| oat appeared ito the very beginning the, expected unfavorable bank tement had been discounted in the inkage yesterday and that there ing more to fear on that ac- eFoteien news was of the quietest inégl It Is given out that malderable Ines of stock sold In Lon- of a few Weeks ago and darried there count of Amer!can purchasers had in or Would be shipped to New York d finafited here. ‘The news was not ; x important, however, and in- ve ves Merely a question of intérest es, Tt has become about as cheap now to carry stocks in New York as in tweeg the orush hours, ‘This they have evident! fafled to do, for as early in the afternoon as % o'clovk paasengere who board trains at the Park place station @re. compelled to stand. As early ax 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when trains Are supposed under the new schedule to run at less than (wo minutes’ headway, passengers on stationa between Twenty nd street, are pelled to walt from five to ten minutes for a Harlem train, and when they do Ret one it is so crowded that there 1s y room to alund on the car plat- servuce during the Is no need to d ililam ‘King, of the Mer- nts’ Association, shid to-day that he) K the time | Bteel Trust stocks displayed @ tack of Vigor. capecially common, but hardened ‘he more thé New Jersey Jec!* is studied the less bullish it seem», holders. of the common shares are inning to wonder open!y if after atl | god Uiing for, thelr | much 1o AS54,000,000" | | chavatig De A mshedulo on any. ral phere, a is Niways ascompanl with con : Pratt, ot them nktets ted with ion, and {t takes some time before BT yinatica es of high finance who ur an'be expected to work well, #0 that glow to ratand Why & Junior equity t can be noticed. a roperty 1s goInk to be, Incr an Waive se ‘ne “Addition of Another t Is explained that,t yet ripe to oriti- | K pone of diacovering .whethe: pany is giving (he improved nav romiged under hey wit ployed 208 extra Hut all the ald cara it shad fell in commission again have bi pe he new 0 \Tast an they are daivered: that. the. compan: opinion try and really improve the extent Biota Tee ots its ability. POOR SHOWING IN ‘BANK STATEMENT. Decrease in Reserve and Big In- crease in Loans Met Fears of Wall Street Men. t number of put on as Am of the are heir pars Ae he gervice to tled down inp: agure of the Rock facific people in gly- ment of the scope und much-talked-of deal, when It seemed as he "street Intended to hold up contro tien and wrest a state. pe thei ‘his. spirit has d a. ‘now, the # mn who have have been voted privilege of eee when they please awa and Union ad Unis out thelr, etate: of = tha hit was thought the bad bank, had been discounte the @n- a4 off when the weekly figures y was activity in St. Lous & ithwestern sowand the close, the com- gaining 1-4, selling at 27 3-4, and the | d showing a ‘again of 1- The bank statement was considered pretty bad to-day. There was a do- lorease in specie and ‘an increase tn lorena, Reserves on all aeposits dropped further than for months, Here are the la decline on the pub} PRtiss Brake bank statement there was all-around recovery, and the Closing strong and animated, the prices ly being the highest of the was gen ee continued the aarket leader, | oF all ie best prices were not main-| the Gould issues, ‘The room | t it detected inside selling ver of the ostentatious bull Hon, posit 99,835,100 on ‘depoalt other ‘than wanted Ont ans | Janel tends. Clreulation x Bank ‘holdings in excess of legal re- Guirements are now $15,645,675, as against ‘$17,896,225 a year ego and $20,992,625 two years ago, A part of the large increase in loans te accounted for by the increase in capital jzation that waa @ part of the merger by the National Bank of the United States and the Weatern National Bank —— PAID TO CITY $9,100. Big Arrears Oheck Presente ent by a Citizen, (Epeclal to The Evening World.) YARK, N. J, Feb. 7.—A promi nent citizen entered the oMce of the Collector of Delinquent ‘Taxes to-day and Jald down a check for $9,100, the amount standing against his name on che books. When the check was placed upon the desk of the cher clerk he was ished, but the under collector, fon on the collection was $273, ned the feature of the ining gi the common one potnt preferred 8 1-2 point: ——— | FINANCIERS GOING TO MEXICO Weeks Will Be Spent Ex: intag Railroad Property. ‘A party of prominent financiers, sey- ‘ot them directors of the Mexican | Railway, will leave on a spe- train for Mexico City, to be gone L) three weeks, to inspect the system and ‘the wharves at ‘Tampico. ae, Tio, the plan for reor- finances of the Mex!- Pai wil bs Drought out. ACROSS THIRD RAIL. Betts In Saved from Death Sheck By Clothing. nk Betts. of No. 217 Bast Seventy- street, is in the Lincoln Hospital with many bruises on his head body, but congratulating himself @ hospital bed and not @ slab In He narrowly Monat dn the DigKest amount we, re: celved this y mald the clerk, “but {OUdoen not beat the record of Tore erin one ump me 19.26."" Mishe time Jimit for the taxes without penalty was HOPE FOR ALASKAN TREATY. Reported Hold-Up Attributed payment of jan 2. itform to the trac! in uv direct Scross the, thind rail athe way of an opproaching train. was stopped and Betis. was peck Northe mintform unconscious, thing, had 5 ved him from tha of third rail, —— SHIPPING NEWS. MAMANAC FOR TO-DAY. WASHINGTON, Feb, Senator Lodge, a member of the Foreign Rela- tions Committee, told the President to- day that he does not regard the ratin- cation of the Alaskan boundary treaty & hopeless task. Indeed, he is of ppition that its ratification 1s quite ely. — The Cottom Market. tat the start to-day 5 to7 points, to the cables than expected and an eratwhile W a r to and it buy’ rf orders Accord: in Europe waa di And a rapla fon lative Soman ‘eatment ong hold b here from that soure JUTGOING BTEAMSHIPS. BALLAD TO-DAY. Mareval, Grenade Madians, 6. Temas, Corenda, Argentina. Caracas, Forlo Rico. Pall jgnniee. 7 inde, Arete. ikon, Supsta here thip morale for profis was active. but fallod’ to 4u the market, which soon after the opa {ng call had woored a further gain o prices were: are, 8.90 to May, 9.07 to 9.08; aa i uguet, 8.60 to 8.51, Medtemper, on ‘losing prices “were Feorust $0; March, 9.06 to eri, a yebrpar AMBHIPS, ¥. Hon | ‘The loca! cotton market waa active at an advance of he gain was largely due di changed front stated that there were large ng to private cables the firmness fo active covering APyty |Tuslon with 1s riage was in Pensacola, Ma, While spending the summer in Atlantic City whe consulted ‘& surgeon concerning an Hines of long standing and was toll that an operation was Imperative. She was urged to enter a sanitarinm at once, Rut she insjated on waiting until her huaband Was away. so that he might not worry avout her. pler and kiseed him goog- amit ver telling of went om the pier aimost rec! the hospital, Keepigyg the mecret from her sister, her © Ld relative, as well as her husb ermit the election of Joseph Ramsey, 1 the , Who ts the executive head of Gould ratiroad propertia isnippl. The mo ma aolely almplify the direction of th Gonia properties ortant factor 1 Pierce was an imp Re aoiner gn! other et tie Feorgamiation of Un urlng prominently in the settle! the Government clafms again road. He js now and has be time a director in Union Pacific ‘and so & director in Missourl Pacific and all the leading Gould roads. tha Union Pacifig directory a9 tive of the Gould int as a Hafrimah man, ted thelr camp he will remain. Shares © fou Alli, Chalm.- pts. 18,300 Anmal.. Cooper + nite Am. Car & Foundry.. 41g Am: lee Go....., rin 300 Arn, WW) Any, OR) Urupawlet 100 Butt, Hoek. & Pitts i) Chew BMI. de Bt. 300 Cite" Ualen "reac, 100 onloage & Allon it 1,400 Mandattan ". 1.200 Manhattan rt 100 Ni 1100 Nortolk te Wet, ) Norfolk & Wast. of.» x. NY. C. & 5.200 Ontario & 1M) Paoific Coast 2 Panto Mt 20K 11.000 Reading G00 Rep, Steel 21, ALT & BP gen ds Balthwore & Onlo Nan 1000: Biba Ve ily “yet 108 Bway 2 7h ie Int com 10000. Bkiyg’ City’ ~ 1000. Nt Norfolk & Weatern hOmC oN » ort Line & 1400) 19000... & Onl Me & at P aM 900) ua4 Col & I conv be 00. ary Conro! Tobacco 4 10000, ‘e 1000), oy Den & Rio Ode 4s on Dist ee Cor be of Dishonest State Ban ee Held, Arnold State Baa ivan a fe with acting | we airee! actin as fa \ ‘au e bat ies Soy ineane Qe 1% t 9 ges Man bee! _ THE CLOSING QUOTATIONS, Low ood (00 Slowt Shermeld Do Golithern Facite.. sw a san Fran . Ing Han Brap.24 3 Coal Iron. ? Sa+ Bs Ss # SssSSsees Amal Amer. An iy | American Sugar % ve. “7, % | ator Paci S| Norfolk & W. N a jon ‘Tel, in| |Wieconetn Cantral, Ge | Witconsin Contral pf i pe oti pipe, 0 AY Bal lo a Brooklyn Rao.) Trad Top. & 178) eat 120% 14, ort ‘entern, Y. Central & Ww SystuneaPss: FP LESTE ES B The total ales of @ocks were 66,000 shai BOND TRANSACTIONS. : te 171000 ator 40000, 15000 WQ0t 70000 wBOE SS. 19000, 3000. 269000 wor .... A 36000, # af SA F5rEe FE Fei -4 -$ot—1 <3 = HEE eaxeawene Pie re; oBRaS see Son 6000 Wabash int bx 0000 Wadanh de it ‘0000 105000 ‘i ‘Total sales of bonds War valu ums a OEE 44, 669, 000. Gove ent Bonds, Anke Bia. A 108% 44 90 10 104 feet im 1i04!D. C650, At MACKAY GIVES AN ENGINE, Hey ie 106% 0 * Complete Equipment to Roslyn Fire Department. Clarence H. Mackay hi Roslyn Villag He bap Bisa Eien we. ca 0 of } GO feet o in. ‘all at ine that the villa wa. quaint fig- (Bs: repre- te and not Hi runes are y with those of the Goulds and in Oloe. rity Cy 130% | Metropolitan, ine presented to a en Mid af more fortunes than can be computed, but the hes also made more money’ than Lee thé average trader ever hopes to eee, A octrious etory is told of his greitest failure, which occurred tert years ago. His ;dpeculationa had all proved disas- trous, and he found himeelf one evening after. the close of business with only {$10 to his credit. As he sauntered from his office he saw a small newsboy who ie ° n Jad to hien, Lawson gave him the $10, the jagt cent he had in the world, remark- Ing as he did eo 1a and work myself up from the very bottom." Procuring a big loan trom a friend the next day, Lawson was soon upon bis feet again, and before the end of the year he had regained his former position’ in the Anancial world. One of the biggest men in the street, who is Dut little known outside of the finanolal district, 1s George F. Baker, President of the First National Bank. (Hd 19 considered the most successful banker in thie country, The dividendy pad ‘by his bank show the results of his management. Two years ago the directors de- clared a dividend of 1,800 -per cent., and the average gains since that time have been over J,b. per cent. He has also personalty-conducted many ‘big ‘stock deals. He js a man of ‘¢; 'y plain tastes, does not care for; society and éntertains only his most intimate friends, although he owns three beautiful residences,’ one on Wifth avenue, another at Lenox and atlll another et Larchmont. to tink that Mr. Baker land the foundations of pomal: accident, in which he was badly Injured. He recovered a lange sum in-dameges. trom: the railroad, and\ with this began to speculate, finally amassing @ great fortune. James Stillman, Prenident of the National City Bank, with $25,000,000, 18 a director in more corporations than any other ns catthtono |\Be is elther manager or director in over twenty-five banks, trugt compantes, | lumber concerns and other industrial organizations, J.P. Mofgan and James Stillman are at loggerheads, Whenevér it te sae at these two leaders in the nrarket oppose each other. Both are peechefdan leans and nelther will brook any interference or take an Hence the coolness between them, fe any suggetion from the other. “Jaley” Field, who led the bear movennt tember, ls proving his versatility by taking the stock tothay, th United States Steel fast Bep- load in the fun uprising’ in thet Washington Seligman is bulling ‘Tentiessee Coal arid Iron. Col. Isaac Ellwood, the on! ly member of the W: crowd alty, la daing tut little in the beige at present tn the market. It is, mevertteless,; evident -t! J ern element ts dul! the market and if the buying je not rey Atal Bllwood {t te probably coming-in trom member of the peas; rapaagiicd we wire John W. Gates or some oth The heaviest tosers in Metropolitan are the members of tire -Tainchatiy crewd, ‘They were bullish on all t! L. L. Johneon, formerly @ governor of the Consolidated Bxctiange, who failed 1n 1898 and was released from this obti tions ‘ough peaines has juet paid his creditors in full. vig si Renesyenry Thomas A. Molntyre, head of the commis commission. house Marsal in engaged in the curtous pastime of ralsing mules. He tas eiec toe of ea valuable animals at Winston, N. C., and whenever he iq takes @ flying trip South to look after his charges. Seb ebare pee ene he the Wabash Rallroad, will succeed. Wins! Maryland Railroad, ple 8: ies te diggest loan’ bpolers in the street, is planning home on Ocean avenue,‘Long Branch. For fe Posts ‘his summers at this celebrated Jersey resort, but Lote Wormer, nee a hioDed at the West End. Hotel cottages. His nephew, in the Lo: and never fails to win blue ribbons with hia See iaiee Stew every year STRIKERS WIK, BUT STILL HOLD OUT, # Montreal Trolleymen Want Full Capitulation by Company, and Trouble Expected. President Ramsey, of President of the Western Iandor Wonmrer, one of the bullding of a beautiful summer | of w cent on May but rose only 1-8 qr July, The weather map to-day indicates roe heavy snowfall through the water y, -) 1-1 ta ‘bid; March, pn ant te , 0 645; July, Wises _sForse «foHNa | prices, acne via? iret as oon ae. offered, 62; July, 4 SPAN MST, ala Help tor Two ferern, Contributions have been received from Michael J. Sullivan, a lawyer at Third avenue and One Hundred and Forty- elghth street, and “EH. J.” and “J. 8." for Mrs. Loulse Thomas, of No, 665 Lib- erty avenue, Brooklyn, and her crippled husband. Mr. Bulllvan sent $5 to The Braning Wa World, and the others $1 each irs. ‘Thomas is a helpless invalid and er husband is not ape to work, The wrory of thelr su: was told in The Evening World a few aye ‘ago. pe 82 1-4; MONTREAL, Feb, 7.—To the surprise of every one the employees of the Mon- treal Street Railway, at a moeting held early to-day, refused to ratify the lib- eral terme agreed upon by thelr com- mittee and President Forget, of the railway company, for a settlement of the strike, which began Thursday night Prestdent Forget met a committes of the strikers Inet nigit at the requ Mayor Cochran. After some discuaston President Forget announced that the company Was ready to grant the men an advance of 10 per cent. in wages, recog: | nize the union and reinstate men re- cently discharged, unless their dismissal | had been for just cause. The committee appeared to be well satisfied with the| terms offered, and it was generally b Meved that the end of the strike wa: near, but the strikers insist on a com: plete capitulation by the company TAeut.-Col, Gordon, deputy ofcer com- manding the Fifth Military District, which takes In Montreal and surround. Ing districts, hme been in consultation with Mayor Cochran, Measures were discussed for the protection of street sallwray, preoer iy in the gyent of the TE, e | Sense Hinears and the Victorie| MOST OBIRABLE. 108UR6 FOR es ifies. who are firat on the roll to be| MEDIATE PURCHASE. failed cut tor riot dutt, have heen use| FOR Bats ACCOUNT WITH a riaiiy informied to be in readiness (9 et T ey he ‘mobilise ata inoment’s notice. AN? x SOF N gente —————_—_— 100 et ‘01 of wt es it ‘tae Pit WAR AN N ME eae , Wal eg, PR SENT. oh Os OF ae was adcustomed to perve him with his morning and evening papers. Calling the | “Here, Willie, you probably need this more than Ido, I want to start again | It is strange |°}° he traction stocks for a fone tre ent, parteciasty ao ot b The Wheat Market, ‘The grain markets generally opened “DAILY #ARKET AND PRESENT YOU W! rather firm to-day led by wileat, which “GUIDE TO INVESTORS. reflected the trong cable news, par- thoularly the advance of 15 to 30 points ENSIBLE TO TRADERS OR PONDENOW BOLICITRD, at Paris, ‘The English markets held HAIGHT & FREESE Co,, strong, closing to 1-4 of a cent high- er, In 0 May sold up to 7# 1-2, but looally most of the trade was quota- tions around last night's final Sgureb. '.] The weather,in the Southwest Is good at, but it is ageinet the One Cent . Buys the Best. Do you read The Mail and Ex- press? If not, perhaps you do not realize how good a news- _ Paper ‘it is, 'Thousends who never read it ‘before have begun reading it regularly since the change of Brite" to) a ONE CENT and have formed The Mail and ‘Express habit. That. is what you are likely to do if you give it a trial. It is an ideal paper for the home. Buy it Monday and see for yourself that ane One Cent Buys the Best. Ot Rooms and Apartments, © READ IT FOR Sunday's Search, bist |