The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1905, Page 12

SING Q JOTATIONS. e Bz ON YC, & Bt Li 40%. ION. -¥) Dock... MQ | 24 100 NYNH & #1,.,206% 206% BSaees FEEF Sse8 oe ee ee = SRKEL SLATE KSEE ZE2e255° treet 41 4+- igs" goREtzery" vest Ll is l+teypsi sites ce ee ee eKKE EE Se a SE°"8 e Fes ¥5e"¥s338 Fe ¥ eggyeesegsesneagecd BRS a3 Fett gets “25-3 S32 Fe FF = ++ = Be %| 1008tan, R.&T.Co, 1% 6200 Tenn, OC, & 1... 90 100 'Tol. Rwys .,,. 26 200 Tol, St. L&W, Bh bo Twin C. R, TAO 00Un, Bag & P. 2% 200 Un. 'B. & P. pl 78% 115900, Union “Pao, .:131%, “1M Unton’ Pao, “pt'99% 600 Un Ry. Th pf. 8) eS se tte eg*3grzas r+ 3 2 58 +t eee) eet ReESE EET 10646 141% 106% + 00,0, 8. Rubber. 43 42h OM t (pti 118% 118% + % M4’) 1900 VarCar. Che! 81! 90 Va,,'T, ©. & CAT 1000 Wabash. 5 20% 0. Wabash pf, .: 41% 900 W. & Ly B.1p:45% 100.W, & LB. 298 600 Wis. Cent,,.. 4 WO Wis, Cont. pt, 62% + eee: 293 oy Fie Eas ee WHEAT CLOSED STEADY * “WITH SLIGHT GAINS, z a: = FESS FSS i~] sBegeesi=g seEeEg® F+it¢ + 44444 41 s = ‘Th wheat market closed very steady to-day at a partial net advance of 1-4 of | Corn also finished steady “and | / {8-8 of a’ cent net higher, were aéven Ivads. New York's opening prices were: Wheat—May, 112 8-4; July, 98 3-4; Bep- Seeeistesisses Sripite ty Sx SESS eRb2e E eggs SS8ss Breas Clitcago's Opening prices were: Wheat —May, 1181-2 to 14; July, 94 to 961-2; $f 1-2, Corn—May, | 48 148 to 48 1-4; July. 48 3-4 to 48 5-8; Sop- 100 Knick, Tee: pe. 67 100,L, B,, & West. 916 Louls, & Nashiitsy 141% 13 asked; July, 98 Met, St. Ry.,128% 1100 Nati Lewd p.107% 108 WONar B & 8... 4% 2% hy — y : $0 Nat RRM pt, "800 Nak RRM 2p,, # GET THE THRILL, \qnere tga. thrill In every tine ot 4 'a Sherlock Molmes, st other in tietion, Read VA World next Sat $7. Sap, Between 22 ged Bre WALL STREET THURSDAY, March 9, Specialists. in’ Sugar caused a mo- mentary, ‘sengation in the Btock Hx- change to-da) @own, furiou the price dropped’ two points and the character of the selling was. such as to arouse auspicions that insiders were deliberately depressing the stock. Low- @r Wall. street interests, however, sup ported: the stock with considerable apinit after the first bear onslaught, and there was a partial ropovery in the prive, Cuitrent gossip oh the. floor of the Exohingé was to ¢he effect that this raid on Bugar was the first step in @ concerted’ bear movement. Had it heen entirely sticcesatyl other stocks wonld have been attacked according. to Hintimetions from certain pessimistic quafters, ‘The general strength of. the market to-day afforded litte encougagement to the forecasters of a reaction. Predic- by ‘selling that stock . Within a few. minutes BON BON DISHES, $1,25, 1.65 WATER BOTTLES, $2,35,'5,95. BOWLS, 8 and 9 inch, $3.95, 4.75 THIRD FLOOR. Stern Brothers © To=inorrow, ‘Sale of ona Rich Dress Trimmings < ' Persian Effects on Linon and Taffeta, in Bands and Irregular Patterns, Fancy Silk Passementeries; peloren peta Bluck Silk Gimps, Black and Colored Beaded ‘Tr at §5¢, 75° ana $1.35. yard Value 85¢,-$1.25 to $3.00 yard i Special Values in’ Hig Brilliant Rich Cut Glass ‘Women’s Shoes . Complete assortments in‘ CORRECT STYLES for SPRING WEAR, WALKING PUMPS, GIBSON’.end “OXFORD TIES, in Black and Tan ' * Rossla’Calf and Kid, Patent Leather, White Buck and Canvas, Also an Exclusive Novelty “Toga Ties” West Twenty-third Street GAS BILL VICTIMS » mmings, LOW FRUIT DISHKS, 8in., $2.75 | COMPOTS, tall footed), $2.95 VASES, 8 aiid 10 inch, $1.95, 3.95 APPEAL FOR HELP TO _ STATE INSPECTOR Latter: Finds Trouble Is Usually Not in Meters, but in Bad Gas and High Ptes- gure, and So Beyond His Authority ests ‘Change in-Law. (Judging trom Jastrow Alexandor’s mil! everyone in New York 1s issatieed with gas, bills. Ar, Alexander is State Inspector of Gas Meters, with offices at No. 1 Hanover Squsite, and everybody beady fault to ae Mi be or a writes to tate A The abet of tottbrs is: nots tie creasing, and thete are from‘sixty to eeventy-fve meter complaints alone daily besides the oral complaints to the test ‘ers and many inquiries from people who Hons were freely made last, week that heave, ap) idea that Mr. Alexander fe a 4 slutip was imminent, but the strong port of & bulligh element that has. the market tn hand evidently bas other plans,..The extraordiiary activity. and; rise. in panjandrim who can male the gaa ios do What' they should, “White, does nat inchede. the compleinte in ipbokiya, ‘where here ls: apeclal Reading indicates the working of, pow- oF complaints from ‘other’ parte erful forces for ‘stil! higher prices. ‘The SF the late Pie HA buying’/ot) Reading, while ona very libera] \scale, i» restricted to a. few brokerage houses, and this ftact.is re- ‘garded ag corroborative of the: theory. that the movement’ te inthe ands of:a compact pool. . . Copper and Smelters were uncom: monly active features of to-day's mar- ket, Lawson, of Boston, was reputed to be a steady buyer of Amalgamated, and a large proportion, of the outside specilative element was attracted to this stock. Two Stock Exchange firms 3,000 shares’ of Amalgamated on ‘a rising soale within twenty minutes after the opening of the market, ‘The strength of Rio Tinto and) Anaconda. in’ ‘Lotdon helped to; bought, more... than strengthen the ‘coppér shares ‘hore. There'\wore also timers of’ a nearby inopease In the Amalgamated Aividend. The | sharp fadvance in American Smelting and Kefining shares ‘wae evi- dently caused ‘by the same ‘influences that operated it, copper. Buying orders from’ Boston and Chicago were muqh In evidence and the upward movement was accompanied by more talk about toereors, On the curb Greene Copper wee the active ‘feature, adyancing 1 boint on héayy trading, | | Both \the Rockefeller and’ the Motgan| interests are bullish on United States Gieel shares, Room traders: who pay eapecial attention to these stocks say that they have high authority for the Statement thit Stee] shares are a good purchase.” With the steady increase in orders for steel products comes a re- yival of the Wall street prediction that dividends on Steel common wil be’ re- sumed within: the year, Much simniti- éancée was attached to the heavy buying of Steel shares by Pittsburg gnpitalists, Henry C. Frick was reported ‘to’ be in- creasing his, holdings, and to-day, there, wore Indications that John Wy, Gates and his, friends had taken up Steg) as one of their speculative spectalties, The Tammany contingent, which’ Is belloved; 16 be largely interested Jn the Brooklyn Rapid Tranait bull pool, took a few. fiyers In Consolidated Gas to-day, | Asgufances, which Wall Street brokers tegard aa rellahje, come from Albany that there will be no anti-gus, legisja- tion this year, On these agsurances an attempt. was made to start a boom’ in Consolidmted shares, party sucedsafitl. ‘Phe continued activity of Union Pa- cific 1s one of the ‘There ig more or ess mystery as to: the pure rs of this stock and much curt, osty t mous dea u ,| management, The most recent» pur- Chases are attributed to the Harriman ‘panty’ Bre ‘ who have beéh netive hn the Un Pacific: movement sav that Mre Harriman found that: Morgan and Hili had accumulated #0 farge an stock his domination ag end ingeved, He 1 his brokers to buy sort that a masonity of » stock Is now owned by n Hill, Vanderbljt and the Rock- n Killed: on: Central, Piller, forty years’ old, of No, r avenues the Bronx, was sirlick vad Killed by a!New York Cen- tral train this @flernoon while ¢rogs- Adventure Ine the tucks at Mortis Heights, Wis body whs taken to the Highbridge station, y but ft was only | ugzzles of thé market, | rding. the effect. of the: enor- | ings upon the Union Paelfie | ‘or him as quictly as pos. | s who claim co have Inside | at. $10,000,000, ‘The. rate will probably | count to-day from, 3 to 21-2 per cont | be a shade higher than 41-2 per cent, | improved the | This'and other conditions ave atiil under Tt appears from the recorde thae it cowte more to keep New York, City on tate on $1.6 qna, All tor can do, fs to test plas Hei ls now testing @ daily’ old meters a month. , \Metere Not to Blame, Of these sixty about a third run too fast and Tosister too many feot of gas, ‘The excesa is not great and averages about 7 per cent, It ts not the meter detects which account for’ the huge gas bills, “Tt is poor gas. and high pressure that makes the gas bills high,’ sald Mr,. Alexander, in an intervie with ‘The. World ter, “Since the com: panies use mofe and more crude, ol! and water in proportion, to the ooal the illuminating or heating yer of the gas has diminished and. it takes a longer Khegalavt bal aya to. ate the amount of light ot heat, rwe can see the cause of the high gaa bills, but whder the law oan do, pothing,to rectify it. All we oan do le to test. the meters, not the quallty of the gas or the pressure in the pipes. phe high méter récoras are made by the great pressure in the pipes. THo normal pressure used to be a little more} 99) than éighteen’ pounds, Since the price of gas was reduced to $1 the companies, have. Increased the pressure until It now runs up.to 28 to M'pounds, and thie addeq to the poor quality of the gae accounts for the higher meter records, These changes for which the gas com- panieg. are responsible virtually: double the cost ‘of gas. The Real Remedy. The real remedy is to put In the hands of an honest man ur a commisklon pow- er to inspect the quality of the gas and to insist upon Its being what it should be, The people have a right to get value for the money they pay.” “Here are some of the letters re- celved by Mr, \lexasder: My gas bill rose from %5.50 in Novem- ber to $10.80 in’ December, and there was nO more was jised. I can get no satis- faction by appealing at the office. It 4g & perfect Imposition, to say the teaat, MARY FLYNN, No. 187 West Sixteenth street, (My gis bills have grown enormous without apparent cause. From Nov. 2 to Dee. 22 my” bill was $9.10, an in- pane. of a over the previous month, for po month ‘tole, beatae we west out a td taking” meal owt and peepee Pion tem Bons No, ' 043: Bh aa ortye ft uadred baie Forty: irae ve mey setae tented salted er 1 calle fir aepiomber wan Hoi, tor 70, for December :34.60, in another obe. At te Ras company lai me the old mete % ta en No, 150 Rast Forty-fifth street, My gae ba ew) ‘month vas $2.10, an Increase of cents, which I consid- ered ‘reasonable, but this month they Sent me @ bill of $5.80, which surely |e unreasonable and even monstrous, L. ISENSTAT, t, near Pearl, I desire to have th J k which flows the uy supply ray cones tent In the Windsor Apantment, No, 1700 Broadway, inspected, The register um od from a consumption of $% worth in: November to over $14 worth in De- oember without apparent reason, My bills are larger here than they were for an entire house in: Harlem for the past two years, P. F. NASH, We hada bil three months ago for #18, the following for $16, then and this month $21.60, We think that there must be something wrong, about the meter ond we aro being overcharged, C, MORGAN & ROSB, No. & West Fifteenth street. ‘ould ydu be kind enough to ex: amine meter in my apartments, No, 183 Beventh ayenue. My gas bills Avoraged for the past five months about f ane bret owt) Bu this pon r $7,80, We know this js an excessive a GOLDBTBIN, charge. ( No, 1 Hanover Square, From $4 to $12.60, My gas bill jumped from # for No- | vember to $lz.u0 for December, , AD . DREYFUS, No, 81, Third avenue, My gas bills have been Increasing every month, I have been using the ras’ a long time, bux never had such jarge bills, H, SEGALI,, No. 205, Wighth avenue, ‘Vhe gas 1 consume is simply for light- ing, ‘fhe amourit: of ny Devember bill wis $9.50, whilg that for January was $8.50, Ic ds my fitm belief that both of these amounts arg ridivulously high, CHARLES TYNG, No, 242 Bast Thirteenth street. RUSSIA’S NEW LOAN TS $100,000,000, Feench Banking Syndicate Qnite Ready to Float It—Rate Almont’ Y 5 Per Cent. PARIS, March 9.—One of the bank- ers forming the @yndicate which Is | BANK OF ENGLAND'S DISCOUNT DOWN. Cut of One-Ialf Per Cent, Due to Gol Imports, Sends Up Stocks and Helps Trading, jane March 9\—Money was in Increased supply in the market to-day floating the new Rusaidn loan sald to-| And rates were ‘easier, owing to the re- day that the negotiations in Paris and | | St, Petensburg were practtoally, om | owing to the Bank of Bi pleted excepting the details. However, | counts were wenkined by | he! added, the issuance of the loan will tlrement of $12,500,000 in treasury bills, although p considerable amount 19 still ngland, Dis- the con- tinited Influx of gold, It Was roported thot neurly $3,500,000 'vaves India Mareh not, oceur before May, dan may be fur- 111 for London, | ther deterred, ‘The amount of the loan js now fixed Aiscusslon, as the French bankers jn- ceptionully favorable in order to secure a ready sale of the bonds, In the meantime the syndicate has privately underwritten the’ entire amount of the loan, which will Not be offered ‘to the public until ita formal Issuance. Mi imostly was cheerful, | business. Consols hardened conalde , | Americans openod 98 sist that the conditions should be ex-| and becuine moivrattly ihe | ane sympathizing. The tone on the Exohangs reduotion of the Bank of Kngland’s vate of dis. tone and stimuls ply, Home rails mostly w firm, Reading and- Atohison, «fo. a Fe wero the features, oloved fit vita Canadl+ deipin, & peka & Ba market Porcigners had on! Ithproyiug tenden- oy on continental advices, Japancsa vere henefited ‘ f p vere be aly by the Russian retreat, | Sepiember, 1004, were ai Lain vornment ed at 1043-2. Double Blue’ Stamps from 8,30 to 12, Single from 12 t0'6 ‘store, and travel North and South’ can be accom- Friday Bargains — . | We have special offerings for. Bare : ‘ i gain Friday of more than usual interest, ft Every. department has joined in the. | effort with values of the most attractive: - | sort, ! Crosstown surface cars from the East and West Side ferries and bridges run directly past this plished without much inconvenience if you plan i your trip via the surface lines outside of the rush hours. . ye tama i _ WOMEN'S DEPT... | Silk Drop Voile Skirt | of fine quality French Voile, tucked from waist, ° forming a pleat to bottom of skirt, giving full effect ‘ over extra good quality flounced Taffeta Leon Skirt; \ in black only; all lengths and waist bands from 24 to 34,. Value $19.50, ea $12.00 \ | Broadway & 13th Street. 2 heal JAMES MCGREERY& 60. Cheviot or Homespun Walk- ing Suite. Eton or blouse models, . Mistral Walking Skirts,| “mounted” on Taffetas| Silk lining Black, blue! or white, White Linen andCotton Can- mf , December 490,| VAS Shirt Waist Dresses. Twenty-third Street, Sixth Ave, and’ &. N. He Ladies’ Suits, Worth Coming | Miles to Get. ‘The Ehrich Store Is very caay_te 19,50 23.00 Bargains | reach from all Ferrice—from all North 05c for Men's $2.00 and ¢: + ~ sample Silk Mercerized Lisle Underwear, for Men's: and Boys’ Soc. 35c i Me $1 (Negligee Shirts Wey to 17, (Basement,) lor Men's 15¢, Golden. 84c brand Socks, black and Pry fi (Basement.) 50c for, Men's Odd Vests, worth for Men's Odd Pants I 5 worth at least $3.00, ! for Men's Odd Coats; 1.9 worth $5.00, ! 14.00 12,50 and 16.50 BROKERS FOR Suspension of 0, L. Simpson & Co., Members of Consolidated |] 6.95 Exchange, with Two Broad- way Offices, Is Announced. \ ‘The suepension of the brokerage firm of O, L. Slinpson «& (o, members of the Consolidated Mxdhanye, with offices at No; 66 Broadway, was announced on that exchange to-day, Py, This firm up to December last was 85c 4 yard for Silks made to sell: Simpson & Sanders and for three years had been doing business at Broadway and 118 Broadway, A ma- jority of {te customers were women, Banders retired in December and Simp- son continud the business under the name of O, 1, Simpson & Co, Raynor Godwin, until two weeks ago manager of ‘the uptown office, where t of the women customers were ro- celved, and since that time manager of both uptown and downtown offices, was in the office at No. 06 Broadway this ing. of the firm were about $110,000, with} nominal aggcts of $15,000, | Mr, Goodwin ta SCRE STS aa AB he reasons for the firm's Insolvency te sounsely Pratt & Koehler, of No, 47) Ceda; strect. gon fad been downtown this morning and sent a communication to the Con- bolldated Exchange officials, notifying them of his ingolvency, and had then re- turned uptown and would not be at his office again to-day, It was possible that Mr, Simpson might | |make arrangements to settle his affairs \satisfactorily and resume business, COTTON DROPPED ON Influenced by firm cables and con- ltinued wey -weather In the Bouth the deal ttton market started deday, with the Ilet 2 to 8 points Higher: he gain was not held, however, owlng Loftered; July, 7.80 tm pst Mere yt és of farney ber ied for Men's $15 Suits, black 7.50 and mixtures; single and double breasted, for Men's Patent Leathi 95c Oxfords; sizes $ to 9, fy 2.20 for Men's $3.00 ‘and $5.00 10 4 Shoes; all leathers, for Women's $20 Taffeta 5 9 Shikt Waist Dresses, for Women's $10 T; ¢ 5 Silk Coats, iildesis for Women's $13. Craven. ettes; small sizes only, for Women's $9.00 Fancy i 5.95 Pedestrian Skirts, for $1.25 genui CR Bia genuine leather yard for 49c, Chitt 29¢ Mousseline de Sole, at colors, for Men's 50c. and 750, B 39¢ briggan Shirts and Dnene WOMEN FAIL 49c ithe” opie 29C frencechtin Butt fom Voc. for 25c. All Silk Taf ie 2c Ine Lining, 49 in, an h for Women's 45c, ‘Allover: Cc Lace Lisle Thread foam 10c ya for loom ends. Rib! ta and sat! 4Sc, values, My up to for Women's Front 29c Hose Supporters, * for $5.00 Natural Wavy tate i 2.0 Ad ct? 24 in a roll for 20¢c, and 12%c%i° Paper; 2, fore No, @ He sald that the. Habilities He said that Mr, Simp- Ho also sald that} Papers, ELECTRIC FIRE 800 FEET. —_—_ Shoot _ Rails om Surface Lines, When Car No. 1889 of the Gixth ay nue and Amsterdam avenue line cross. BEAR HAMMERING. Flamen Along Chanae pteadior pati ext Sixty-fitth street, on a to the peralsten hammering of yur trip Wo-day, a sheet’ of ‘ania 9h | bear Interests, This Hendin fu prot trom, the ‘ghar Falla and swept OF BAS \taking and weakened prices after to} for four ‘an Unbroken iC yesterday's closing level. jfire, Nhe frightened ling of { ning prices were: March, 7.40| to the doors, ‘The flame ay, 1. | bids June, 11449 ‘to 7.59; waa accompained i by 1.63 ‘to. 7.64} | poarkng sound and } Cietiher, Th to wall he Dedewtrtane. A delay Of Mest || re eons alnieg ae canes ‘by 2 REAR; POM ae oe