The evening world. Newspaper, March 25, 1903, Page 9

"D SHORT CHECK TO (COTTON DROPS ON [CONSOLS DROP TALK OF STAKE STOCK DECLINE. Market Ragged and Trading \) ‘Limited, but New York Cen- \ tral Deal Acts as a Tonio to Speculation, /PRICES DROP NEAR CLOSE. \ ‘The decline on stocks was’ checked for time to-day and, although the market was ia ragged affair most of the day, a eight goneral average improvement in orices took place, the advance’ holding ‘well until broken near the close. The ‘publi¢ation of the virtual consolidation of the New York Central and Pennsyl- vania Raflroad systems gaye to the Stocks of these two roads the leadership in point of strength. An active demand for pth Penfsylvania and Central sprang wp and quotations advanced ebout 1 per cent. dent Newman, of the Central, profess- fme ignorance of the deal,” tended to jdineredit the story. but it was never- ‘theless. generally believed throughout {the financial district. In fact the prog- tress of the deal has been an open @ecret for a good while and the dis- closure occastoned Might surprise among the wet! informed. ‘The publica- fon of to-day had a decided tonic ‘effect on the general market, however, and gave outsiders considerable cour. age. There was a break in Amalgamated Copper in the last hour, however, and prices sagged in sympathy, the closing dealings being weak. ‘The bearish elements gave widest cur- rency to reports of labor disturbances @nd also had more or less to say what might happen if Keene and Harriman continued their fight; also what was Ukety to result from the bear campaign fwhich is supposed to be waged at this ‘ime by the Gates wing of the Western Brokers Hear that Lowell Fac- tories Will Be Tied Up and Early Advance Is Lost. Stimulated by large busing orders ‘from Continental cotton prices advanced rapidly early to- day on the local Cotton Exchange. Good support was offered the May and July options by the bull clique im Liver- pool and New Orleans, and heavy cov- ering by the short Interests, based on a rumor that the Lowell mill troubles had been séttied, encoa a still more bullish feeling. Prices advanced 2 to 6 points. 2 The recolpts at interior and seaboard points in the South “Continued small, and export clearances were heavy, while the late Liverpool quotations Improved materially With all these faotora in their favor, the bulls controlled the local market and the’ May . option again Teached 100, ‘Reports that four out of the six temtlle unions at Lowell, Mass. “have voted ‘A statement emanating from Prest-,'0 strike {f their demands for increased | price waa constderably abot wages are not granted on or before Monday caused @ slump in the eutton market about the ‘noon hour, which brought prices down to the level of Be previous close. Conditions in the cot- ton belt remained unchanged, but the bulls did not assert themaeives very torcibl; ui ‘Marek dropped leading bear sata a oda 8 wha in the fooal Marke to Taunton and New in all some 00,000 opera Redtorss siecting Trading Quiet, with Steel ana Northern Seearities In Lend. weak to-day. Steel fs declined 1-4, to Northern Securities sold at 106. bid ft prin- cipal outside weouritlen ton ay wel “ egntingent. fe ‘The volume of business was not large tuna speculative activity was confined to Teas than a dozen iseues. Reading was| pr mubjected to a severe attack, and Union Pacific was slugged by Keene brokers. Tbe: alert room traders thought they Giscovered evidences of professional covering by shorts, but thia ts not be-| La lieyed to have been done to any great | M! extent. The bear feaders are still wed- @4d to that side of the market, and look | Stee! upon the recovery to-day as an unim~ portant incident: One of tile ‘Wail Fotzect news’ sthiioe M@iguified with a dental a report that the {Rock Island people are heavy, borrow- ‘ers of money. It was stated that the jeompany has on hand in cash and in ‘pankes $15,000,000 to $80,000,000, and that it ‘carries reepleompsrenl this amount at jell Lal iy Rock Istand has been a tar- for eat sharaboution for several Brooklyn Rapid ‘Transit was bought by gome jst ilinformea people ae } operating expensen, con: saving of ne enlary use of eiectr.ctt oe con ee treed of the elevate | } i The Waldorf crowd and the yy geese made # combi attack wu) Paul on theory that it could fooae te used to the rest of the market, There ‘@ppeared to be a rather weak bull account ir this specialty. Pye) pousharn Facihe ay! mroporteg stock well on t ie ae wes believed hat th Bo as to Hv the stoci ae meeting for voting purposes was 1 being pursued, The soft coal Tabor sista ton. Bir enced some Philad sales ocks of the roads interested "ad pa iflcalariy in Norfoik.: * Buying siackened sd gradually as prices weached a higher level in the afternoon, ‘but the undertone remained firm. Some ‘atocks made subbtantial progress up. yard, particularly Sugar, which touched tan scored a A ain of 2 points, etropoliien av vanced 13-8 @ gain Gd American Barrel American Pi eeeres De Forent 144 Writing Paper 5% Writing Paper Evy itish Columb: 5% Bivctrie Vehicle 8% Brie 4s, AR _ASSSERS, Fess, ® RFE seca ‘The cotton market opened steady to- day, with prices unchanged to six points higher. Fair support was received by May and July from bull operators in. contrast to relative neglect and heavi- ness of late positions. Fine weather in the South and speedy farm operations | affected the jatter. Considerable caver- ing attended the start here, but as of- | 7, feringe seemed to increas: fell off at- fer the call on estimates for Houston recelpts, which were small. Local prives The o ni rices Were: Mi 9.99 to 10.00; Stiy, 818 to 98.7; ‘Augusi, 946. to September, October, 852 te Mist ‘December, 8 4 ti The Wheat Market. Wheat was steady and unchanged | 2? here, but corn displayed weakness which checked much buying. July in ‘St, Louts sold up 1-4 presumably on | eovering. ‘Heaviness.incorn was all in May at Chicago, but ermoted. May = July here. Liquidation has been ther the sumed partly on clear weal ew York's nh wices we Wheatalay, 7 dae duly, 14 to 169. Bept 7-3." Corn—May, » 5a Awe kc cee ye toon eh sul, papremibat, M6 3% Corn— es aes VETS 431-4 to 43; | a curren rea tayg Just heard t 1 consider pee fa ts nage woraered tions STOCKS WEAK ON THE CURB. |" ‘Trading on the curb was quiet and | Po! to highest points and trade| tion AGAIN IN LONDON, Down Below 90 on Heavy Sell- ing, and Monetary Outlook in Britain Is Blue, LONDON, March %—The chief fen- ture of the transactions on the Stock Exchange t ¥ was the continued sell- ng of Consols, which showed a ¢urther sharp fall, During the morning Coneols fell to 99 and even a shade below that figure, the low quotation being 89 7-8. Later there was a rally to 90 3-16. There was practically no home support, but the continent kept buying small lots, High money rates 1@ still given as the cause of the drop, together with the contemplation of large borrowings of the first cl nd the statement that the Trans loan will be in 23-4 per oente, at 6. The posstbility of congols bethg In the eighties has! oreated coheternatton, not only among speculators and investors, !but in the great banking interests, who for years have written down their con- ; Sol holdings at 90, though the market par, being considered lowes! price the hela was tal to KO to, Should con: gown to and remain below ritish: bani will be obliged to wwery. be its reserve and get balances, upon a fresh basis. h a serious contingency, however, 1g scarce); iieved possible. A report that the Government may jn as @ buyer of its own securities, Which would immediately restore the national credit, But Bs ateingenky in the. ney mar- expected to de alle wiated for it the Bank of England eases its condi- the Continent, which is a fender, @ill withdraw loans In order to wet more favorable terms elsewhere. ‘There was some slight American buy. ing on the Stock Exchange to-da; the belief that rock bottom had i a One purchase of erfoan firm cause fase -8, which, however, was erated by" Investors’ selling. Pique tion was general in the mar- ket, one unfavorable factor being A re- rt of a pending large issue of Penn- | Sylvania stock. Rilo Tintos were de- ‘The relapse In console faulted to French ‘Tqutdation, eiped ty née Minister Rouvier’s reported pp becsestan| to enforce the stamp duty in the of new scrip. There was @ recovery iin stocks at the close of the market, but was regurded as being tempor Aareritars Faliied in the last Sour. ——-— BANKERS NOT UNEASY OVER DROP IN CONSOLS ‘Wall street discussed with interest to-Cay the decline in consols which has been carried to such a point as to: at- tract tho attention of the 5 financial world. “ Various explanations afe offer- ef, One theory is that the shrinkage: ie almost wholly due to the fact that uc! Another explanation is that jeolder; consols ire belting out in o1 to Into the new issue of Transvaal b ich offer great Pldep heist aio ‘arsvaal bonds indorsed by. ‘Government ai and yield better re- {Uhne infuston, of ¥990°000.000 to $800,000,000 in gold into the world's money 's every year {s producing universa fm values, and the tendency of terest rates seems to ‘be upward. In every commercial country on earth. cape low-priced bonds are fall- ‘9 disfavor, not only in Europe, bat In America, Ca f goctetens for console. nah jal circles the decline occa- uneasiness or alarm, but the public int Jarge looks on the phenomena with @ fear that it may Misgnie ‘| ignity This tendency 1s re- disturbance, . fi 7, bowers, “but as masses. yet concealed Wanted i. BROKERS. By & vote of 109 to 2 the Cotton Ex- change members this afternoon decided to observe Good Friday and Holy Sat- Urday, April 10 and 11, as holidays. Je peqoabs, the Stock Exchange will tele similar action, as the matter of suspending srading Gn those days ts now being agitated. WALL STREET CHAT OF MEN York Central showed peut: i final are terday, and nsyivasia 1 wea ss Spsiieae ied at LH - bcage= 7. pa Pacific, a old ide far Laniee fae beggin ® Quotations.’ ih! Uri t+ eerre err Ti were BizarecsBicysters 28: = ratladt # Fer eeeeces3 +4H 11 iit if ee (Serpe sepeeneengees get Page 4 200 outbreaks of epidemic diseases to Buenos Ayres to-morrow, ACTIVE IN FINANCIAL DOINGS. ‘The local agent of the London and River Platte Bank will ship $500,000 in got c Chartes Bradiey has been elected a Btate director of railroads in New Jersey’ President Smith, of the Crucible Bteel Company of America, who hae just returned from the South, says that he kk penter Gteel Company, of Reading. A.W. MoOune, a prominent railroad steamehip Seguranca from Colon. John H. Crawford, the road, was appointed to-day Cause Tiassa ba to eral Dastern fi ral freight agent, while P, J. Flyan mad freight trafflc manager of the entire system, saad ig Secretary Leslie M, Bhaw has returned from hin trip South and will in Washington for several days before he starts for the West. isemele George P. Butler was foremost in supporting Missouri Pacific stock fo-d 6,000 BABIES DIED nows nothing of any deal with the Car- operator in Peru, armived to-day on ‘the ht agent of the Lackawanna Rall- the! known medicines. lovest only what In tevely," Wel, Peat, great deal about the m lege students. fessor . who H the wedding-belli was rolling. reasoning about It, and do not know | the word romance, they feel it and act | it all thoir lives and are content.) wife, mother or daughter. doing with legs and less physical ex- the women to suffer from womanly ills, Every woman should know what: ary. |right ving ts—for perfect health and a fair complexion she should occa- sionally tak vegetable laxative, such as Plerce’s Pleasant Pellets, Jf you want to know what ails you the United States mail will bring you the best medical advice for only the cost of writing materials and stamps. Many people owe their present good health to the fact that they consulted Dr, Pierce by letter, giving him all possible information about their con- t uleey symptoms, etc., and received mn good medical advice tohich coat Tac This is why we Dr, R.V. jem nothing. eaves you to write to Plerce, the founder of the Invalids’ pean and Surgical Institute, at Buf- Dr. ‘loree by. no means confines himself to prescribing his well- He tells you in the most common-sense, way what alls you, what you ought to do, what line of treatment should be followed out in your particular case, and jf your lease does not indicate the need for his proprietary medicine, he tells you plainly and frankly that you do and the best possible method of im proving your health. If you are young woman just entering upon duties of life, you showld ha medical advice of a confidential na- ture. If you're a mother of children, you may want advice about yourself and how best to put your system in order that your children may be healthy. To sufferers from chronic diseases which do not readily yield to treatment, or poppies whe are the youthful stage fe an eh, confidential advice about their ailments. or their physical conditton, Dr. Pierce offers to carefully consider your case and give you the best medical advice within his power, free of cost to you. Dr. Pierce, during a Jong period of practice, found a prescription made up entirely of roots and herbs, with- out the use of alcohol, which was positive in its attion. After using this remedy for many years in his private practice he put it up in a form that would make It easily pro- curable, and it can be had at any store where medicines are handled. $00 REWARD FOR WoMeN WHO CANNOT BE CURPD, Backed up by over a third of a cen- tury of remarkable and uniform cures, a record such as no other rem- edy for the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to women ever attained, the proprietors and makers of Dr. Pierce's Favor Prescription. now feel fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in legal money of the United States for any case of Leucorrhea, Female Weaknes,. Prolapsus or Falling of Womb which they cannot cure, All they ask is a fair and reasonable trial of their means of cure. “T suffered for almost two year writes Mra, H. F. Smith, of Larwil Ind,, “with an annoying female trot ble, nervous prostration and a co! plication of other diseases, for which 1 was treated by good physicians, and they failed, I then wrote to Dr, R. V, .| Pieree and found that he understood New York’s Im-| pure Milk Supply. Recent Investigation in New York eppalling uncleaniiness pre- valling- in the dairies, and the milk warming with disease germs. Over are debilitated or run down, John's Medicine will supply ev ment for the blood and tissues, It has ® gentle laxative effect and strengthens the stomach to natural action, driving out all impurities, It and wholesome and free from opiates or warcotics, which deaden the nerves, weaken the body and 0 disease, it igh tye such cases, He advised me to take his ‘Bavorite Prescription,’ ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ and ‘Lotion Tab- lets.’ After six months’ use of these remedies I feet like a new person, 1 am strong and well ahd can do my housework, which I did not do before for over two years. I am very grate- ful to oe fae for his advice and prompt and respectful attention, and vise every suffering woman ly to him and be curs will write and let you know that 1 have now the best héalth I have had in twenty years, and that ts say- ing @ great deal,” writes Mrs. Julia The Marriage Question “Never marry but for love; but see that thou HIS year we have. heard a riage question, from men and women of letters and professors addressing col- The pro- announced thet “love and romance die out with the sound of the first to start the ball) It would seem aj brave woman who mar- ries with this echo in her ears, yet| we have nat heard that there were big | fewer marriages during the year. Al- though many people marry without) There are unhappy married lives, but| a large percentage of these unhappy ‘homes are due to the illness of the The more |civilined or cultured a race becomes, ercise in the out-of-doors air, and with the wearing of corsets and other modish customs, the more likely are THE WORLD: Witotneiay EVENING, MARCH 98, 1903. “NE WS OF THE BUSINESS WORLD.. a a ‘Favorite Prescription,’ also some of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, and used some of your ‘Lotion Tablets’ and ‘Suppositories.’ I think there has been time enough now to know whether the cure is permanent. I do not remember to have seen one day in all of twenty years that I could say I was well. Do not think that any one could be more thankful than I am. “Can walk as long a distance as [ wish, and it does not hurt me in the least. When I began to use your remedies T had displacement of womb and had not been able to stand on my feet for three weeks. 1 can tell ‘ou I suffered very much indeed, and am thankful that I am now well. Am going to travel now, not for pleasure, but for work.” Doctor Pierce's “Favorite Prescrip- tion” cures headache, backache, ner- vousness, sleeplessness and other consequences of womanly disease, “Favorite Prescription” makes weak women strong, sick women well. Ac- cept no substitute for the medicine which works wonders for weak ‘women. KNOW THYSELF. Your most important knowledge is knowledge of yourself. You should read The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, by R. V. Pierce, M. D. Send 21 cents in one-cent stamps for this 1,008-page book in paper covers, or 31 cents for the cloth- bound. Address Dr. R. V. Plerce, Buffalo, N. Y. Credit to All, MichaelsBros, GthAve, & 9th St., Brooklyn Noted for Fair Dealing. 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