The evening world. Newspaper, May 3, 1905, Page 4

‘GAS BILLS PASS THE ASSEMBLY: AFTER BOLTERS Ps bi: 4 ie peot of Winning with Money Against Leaders. , Mny 8—While the Assem= ag Feoommended by the Legislative i Committee, including tho ‘the price at 75 cents, the busi- ‘mess of putting the sorews on five of the @evetors who bolted the Republl- as bills last night gine summoned the upper house to there began an argument to last the greater part ‘The wikdcats are confident of defeat- Benator Coggeshall said F way the gas measures can the Senate ia by Demo- and es the Republicans them party measures I can't any good Democrat can vole them. “"We," added the Senator, referring to Whe bolters, “intend to stick.” The Republican Senatora who were @alled by the Governor were Barnes, ef Renmolaer; Prime, of Bssex; Brown, @f Oxeog., and Davis, of Hrie, The Republican leaders are counting fhe @upport of Senator Marks, of lew York, a Democrat. These five Votes would insure the passugo of the ae twenty-one Republicans are to vote for them, tle to-day, 0 Rapubl. n caucus in line with iw predictions, of the lobby were directed to Democratic side of the House, to Lyfe @ deflection from the minority ae of the bills, antista of the gas combine felt that no argument that Gov, Hig- could offer would swerve the wild- dn the Republican ranks, ere is peanits) action by the the of the itevens oommitteo with reference to and electricity, I shall summon an ordinary session to begin at 2 P, on ‘ES OY is ungualified statement was macs . Higgins this afternoon after ho read the riot act to the boiters, @ Governor would not specity what een’ Jegisiation he should insist pon, but wald he sould insist upon @ final disposition of the report of the committee and the legislation recom. mended. Bache. eld recpmmenied by the in- ing Committee were passed, the only real fight being on that appointing met © Commission to supervise gas af- Fy # dn defending the State Comm! Mr. Merritt, of Bt. Lawrence, sal ion which the Stevens Committ eat had time to enter, He predicted ‘would show that gas yd ee below 7 ein eee ee ‘ amendment of Democratic Leader er, providing that two of the Coiu- Dormccrat. was defeated by a vote of 10.8). The bill was tien Batecs iy vote, fthe other gus bills, relating to inspec- tion and tosts of gas, to the prico of gus orlzing the city to use surplus water Reg, Sleotrio Ughting purposes, Nias of electric lighting curremt tro cents to 10 cents per kilowatt hour west Against the gas bill, fixing maximum price at 7 cents per thou- t there was a wide fiad for Inve: an inquiry by a State Commission 8 joners shall be experts and the third he Ausembly then proceeded to pass nie electricity sold to the ejty, and au- yote on the ‘bill reducing the fwas unanimous, while but one vote was @#and cublo feet, ‘This vote was cast by Mr, Grady, of Ings County, While favoring the 75- "gent proposition Mr, Grady said that » he could not vote for a bill that dis. eerie’ against Coney Island, which in his district. fing the vote on 75 cent. gas WHEAT PRICES YIELD AND THEN RECOVER, Long wheat came out in the market fm considerable quantities at the start @ent, but quickly recovering, W. @nd bearish state weekly reports from Missourl and Ilinlos caused the tiiral @eclines, offsetting the steady cable of re Bigher, influen ontiniied wet irm cable: prices July, $51 ‘May, openin 93. 7-8; 8, | Corn A. Corn—May, oF » ‘(we \ronr ARKIV i Withelm der Grova: INCOMING MSHIPS. DUR TO-DAY pa Orkar, Gibraltar. Ove . cibraltar 1 A W@iineim te iaytt OUTGOING STHAMSHIPS SAILED TO-DAY. Comal, Galventon, Now Orleane White Lower House Acts,. Lobby Jubilant Over the Pros~ (met to-day and passed all the gasy | The pill makes Coney Island one of) > fhe gxcapted districts in, which the price to reduced by flve-cent annual jtages from $1.25 for the balance of this P Fear to Hitt in 1910 und thorentter utile efforts to amend the gas. bill @ made by Messrs. Sullivan, Waln-| ‘wright, Grady and Wedemeyer, 4 whom ‘objected to the price fixe) the outlying districts Mr. ‘3 Interest was in the trot of the Bronx, Mr. Gr ney Island, Mr. Silliv ng Island and Mr, W the borough of Wichmond Later Mr, Grady changed to-day, prices ylelding about 8-5 of a |, er | {! Seplember, | WALL STREET WEDNESDAY, May 8 Two representatives of Rookefeller interests are believed to be elated for election to the Union Pacifio board at the annual meeting of the stockholders of that company ¢o be held in Salt Lake City next Briday. These Rovkofellor men are not going into Union Paoiilo councils ag adherents of Harriman, but because the dominant power in ube Chi- cago, Milwaukee apd St Peul Railroad want them in Mx, Harriman's board, The Rocketellerp osvn a lange alice of Union Paolfig stack, Roswell Muller, Chairman of @e St. Paul board, was o director of Union Pacifico for several years, He vesigned sometime ago be- cause, as he eaid, the Harriman polloy wes inimical to the interests of Bt. Paul, There are acgni-official whispers that Mr, Miller will return to the Union Pacifico directorate backed by an in- fluence that will command President Hariman'n respectful atention, As Union Pacific stook continues to show weakness, Southern Pacific comes to the front with manifestations of in- creased strength. Trading in this last named stock !s taking on a much widor scope than it bas known tor some tine, The financial tements lesued to-day | by the Bout! Pacifico management | were favorable for bullish purpos March earnings show an increase of $559,641 gross and $318,448 net, Hor nine months ending March 81 an In- caddlineperesadee ates BOO AIS ceeeeeeeee MM 1A 200 Allis Ch pf.. 51% 40 Amal Cop, 80% 1400 Am Car & FF 85 100Am C& F pf. 18% 97% BOO ADCot Of1,... 33% vy HOAm H& Lopt Hy 100Am Ice ofe pf 8% 88% 73000 Am Lcd. 49 Bb 100 Am Loco pé...115 Me 100 AM Meliemme 64 106000 Am mehr. ..24K, 1000 Am Smelt pilin 700Am St Way... 14 800.Am Bt F pt... 06 400Am Sugar. ~ 87% 80 Am Tob pt... 974 10 Am Wool....., 85 84% 100 Am Wool pf.105 108 800 Anaconda sell 10% BOA T & 8 B,., 84% wy COAT & BF prio 101% 1600 At C Line....18714 154% 8400 Balt, & Ohio. 1400 Bklyn R. T.... 62 200 Bilyn U. Gel® 195 800 Bruna’kOo . ., 14k Uh 6400Can, Pao, 12% ia 18% ton 86% 6% cxgage of $750,365 net earnings ts re ported, | Trading in Northern Pacific developed curtosity-exciting pecullarities, More of this stock was handled in the Stock | Exchange to-day than hi the market for nearly three yours, the first half hour 1,200 mhares were | sold, mostly in 100 share lots, at prices | ranging from 1791-2 to 18. The buying was apparently competitive, After the ealo of 100 shares at 180 Jacob Field of- fered 188 for 60%) shares, which were not forthcoming, About the same time a brokerage firm that has had affillauone, with J. P, Morgan & Co, sold about 6 shares and the quickly aroused sus! picion that the Morgan interests wore| willing to sell this atock caused the} price to drop to 180. Inquiry, however, | soon dlaclosed the fact that brokers acting for Morgan and Hill were ready not only to protect Northern Pacific, but also to prevent its accumulation by rival interests, Seml-offlcial an- nouncement was made that the stock rights on both Northern Pacifle and| Great Northern will be made public | within the next few days, Room trad- era who watched Northern Pacific close- ly expressed the opinion that thore was no desire on the part of the Morgan- Hill interest to have this stock go any | higher at present. There is considerable quiet talk about an advance in the Northern Pacific divitend ta § per cent Operators who from time to time navo | Aypeared as specialists in Missour! Pa cifle are predicting an active movement | in the Gould stocks before long, 11- teresting developments are expocted| from the meeting of the directors of the Western Pacitic Rallway which will be held here after George J, Gould's re- turn from Washington, Mr, Gould and Edwin Hawley are now members of this boamt, but the Gould representation 1s to be matenally increased, ‘I'he Denver & Rio Grande and the Rio Grande Western—both Gould roads—baye joint- ly guaranteed interest and sinking fund on the Western Pacific's issue of 360,- 000,000 of bonds. In return for this guar- antee the Western Pacifle Company Is to give the Gould roads fifty-one per cent, of its $50,000,000 of capital stock, The new company now has in hand for construction purposes $45,000,000 in cash realized from the sale of its $0,- 40,000 bonds at 20, The U, 8. Bteel shaves resisied an .n-| ciplent bear raid and held unemselyes fairly steady In the' lace of considerable furced liquidation, ‘Lhe officers of big steel corporation are optimistic al- to the polut of entt Dusine most prospects, red, just before uvope yesterday, that b Bleel Company had all of tin on hand that it c year, He thought va tous of ore Would be lakes betore the clos Consolidated Gus picke the news of the Republican bolt the Stevens Gas bills in the Blate Ben: Mf four points over ate, An advance yesterday's clobe was a feature of the first half hour s trading. standar nt thi tt “Ato the tapi decline In nn is derbilt. stocks by the price of ¢ ast Bhown In this ‘Btoc no doubt, that nearly ull aro held hy We K. Vane hall Fela, 1, Melk. Twom. Cc, Frick and a few s « was the active feature of the mn Blocks of 1,000 whiares need hands y remarkable rap.d- While the price mounted up trom Sto about of t very n in Hons that vent |) Van- THE CLO uM Not High. Low, Olose, Chik. — 106% 105% 106% —1 CO 00% A, 15 +8 uy +1 148K 1S 1h SING QUOTATIONS. [COURT ORDER | Net wy, oo ican) TOAIR SCANDAL 100 Pullman P, 2. 240 mo 64] 80 Ry, St. Sp'g.. 3 3 HH — 500. Ry, St.Sp. pf. 9 97i4 99 1400 Rep, Steel..... 18% 18% 164 — % 1800 Rep, Steel pf., Mla 734 T3Kh—% 198800 Roading . 4% 924 99% —wr 18500 Rock Island... 20% 2 2% —% see oak Ta, pe iia to —« Hyde, Alexander and Tarbell Rubber Goods, 81% 814 8l%—% 1000 Blons-Shert. ... 92 84 @ —%/ Must Appear for Exam- 10 8L, & BF, 2 pt 67 66 0 —d j i 11006, I, 8. W. pf. 68 57S ina Ma 100 8t. P, & 0... 0 tion May If. 0 —*s is 80% — %| inttorts made tn many directions to get 4 + 44) James W, Alexander, James BH. Hyde Si —t% | and Gage EH, Tarbell, of Dquitadie oe al Lite Assurance Society, on witness = stand, where they cam be examined un- 400 T, B. Le & We. 81% 8% BT — der onth, are at last to be crowned with OOO T.B.L. & We pt bh BT BT suacess, 1000 Twin OC, RB. B11 110% 1104 —%) a” award Woodnft, who bes been 1000 Un. Bg, @ BP... 19h 1% 1 working for weeks to accomplish this, W0Un. B.& P. pt 7% 7% Th + %l to-day secured from Justias Bischoff, on 1000 Union Pacttiodi4 18% 19 —Is|penalt of Herbert G, Tull, a Philadelphia 40 Un. RY Iny., Wig 6% 40% + % | polloy-holder, an omer for the three 400 Un. Ry. In. pt, 80s 80% 60% + % | men @o appear in court and be examined 70 UBC. L Pipe 81% 80% 81% —%Jon May Li. 100 U. 8. R. & Lin, 8714 874 87% —1%| My Tall wants the examination in WOUBR& RCo 9% 80% —2%| onder to obtain facts upon which to (0 USN Rpt, % 60% 6% —h|draf an amended complaint in his 1600. & Mi otf... 24 1 18 = K|action against the Equitable to de 100 U.8, L, otf, pf.108 108 «108 «~— % | tormine the rights of policy-holders, 800 U. @ Rumbber, Hy 39 89% + %| under the old oharter of the Moolety, etal B, Rab, pf.109% 108 108 1% BAY the adoption of an amended 48100 U. B, Bteel.... % Sh 81% 1h of ratood, ls oleart 4 the 4800 U. B, Bteel pLIOI% 100% 100K 1h | widiemouitable matter will be gone 800 Ve-Car, Ch 5% 3 into if those interested ever get Alex- ie Veetae, fa Mah RS NY Re othe, Be WVA LACH 6 6 +1 | OSs stand, | Ther .t yl fs 00 Wabush s,s. 2K 2% mm 2 uy [Yentathem airing the entre Haultable 100 Wabash pt ih 41% @ —% ene aot Dine iatare gl iN 600 Wes! ghouse ..172% 171% 3724 ROW Ware Re oe f ho the actual 100 Weet. Un. ‘Tel. %% 03 984 i ad ys Tie st pa | HOW. 1. H.1p. 8 8 8 —%/out the facts concerning several finan- 10W. &L. 2p. 2B % 9 —%| clal operauons of the Society In which 900 Wig, Cen... 21 90% 80% — \| tho directors were concemed. 400 Wis, Cen, pt... 47% 7 a — PREY ee edge *| AMERICAN STOCKS an TRADERS UNLOAD AS CLOSE WEAK IN LONDON, COTTON PRICES DROP.| LonDon, say &—Money waa tn in- creased demand in the market to-day for repayments to the Bank of Hng- A weaker tone wae apparent in cotton | iana, but dividend and coupon disburse- to-day, led by the market at New Or-| ments prevented a scarcity, Discounts leans, prtoes there deolining 4 points, | were eaay, This caused oonaiderable unloading by| Trading on the Stock Exchange was conmigalon houses, under which the! inactive, but had a better tendency, ow- local market fell to 4 pointe oon | In ait, tne Recent Lanidation of weak @ 8 holders, The opening prices were: A Americans ed irregular and her- to. 17) June Rao bd) dulys Vie “to | dened to ever parity on. professional 7.58; " August, ‘7.64 to 7.66; September, | support, chiefly from Wall street. The 7.61 to 7.62; October, 7,68 to ‘Novem: | dealings were moderate, In the after- ber, 7.1 to 7.73; December, 7.76 to 7.77; | noon the market reacted and prices January, 7.81 to'7.82; March 7.90 to 7.91, | clowed weak. Grand Trunk was easy on The late prices were: May. 7.44; July, | disappointing traffic returns, Mexican 1.46; August, 7.61; October, 7,64; Decem-| Raila were strong on the half-yearly re- ber, 7.74; January, 7.73. 6400 Chea, & Otilo... 51 49% 19% —1 600 Ohl. de N. W. 128 m6 2600 Chi, Gt, W..,, a 20% 1% — Se Hh 1K 31% —1% E ™% —% 900 Oh! Term pf... 82 82 1OCh. Un, Tr... 8 8 8 +% mccc&e she m7 7 —8 TO Col, F. & In. 4% 4 HK Hh M0Col H.C & Ls UM = % 4400 Col. Bouth vs. 27% 26% 2% +1%6 1000 Col Bo 24 pf... 84% 83K Me — th | 1400 Cons, Gas ..,,197 193 198 400 Corn Prod, ..,, 138% 18% 1% — % 600 Del. & Hud....187 187 —% 200 Den & R G@ pf. 864 86% — % U0 Distillers’ 8 42 41 20 Dul BB & A., 18% 13% 13% 1MDS SHAD. 6% 2% WW At C6100 Erte ves. seeees A3My 42% 48 + Hh 4600 Erle Ist pf..... 794 77% 78% 800 Erte 24 pfs OTM GM 65 +2K 90 Fed M & B pf, 06% 95% 96 +14 200Gen Hleo Co..116 175 178+ 1400 Great Nor pf..277 276 275 1490 TI, Centraf,,..100% 169 159 8% 800 Int. Papem,.... 21 20% 2K 300 Ine Paper pf.. 79% 784 78% — 4% 1900 Kan City Bo.. 28% 28 28 —% 150) Kan C Bo pf.. 614 61 61 —I% 10K CREB pt. 84 8% BY +% 100 Knick Toe, 19% — % 23200 Lou & Nash. 146 1% 800 Manhattan .. 13 1X, | 11400 Met 8: Rwy... 118 118% — % 4800 Met Seou. 7% 78% 78h — 1200 Mex Cent 2% 21% 21% — 2200 MStP & 115% 18% 114 — % 100 MBtP&SSM pf.169 159 159 WOM K & Tex... 27% 27% 2% WOME &T pf... 6 60 60 7300 Mo Pacific... 98% 6% 96% —1% 10 Nash C & BtL.1s1 151 161 2 1:00 Nat Bis Co. 69% 00 — 5900 Nat. Lead. 4% 45% 400 Nat. Lead pf,.107% 106% 107% +214 400 Nat, B, & 8... 27% 28% 27 tO) Nat, RR.Mpf. 35 35 a + 100N-Y. Alr Br,..160 150 18 — 4 15400 N, ¥, Central, 14% 42 142 2% GON.Y.C.& StL. 7% 47 47 2 2200 Nor. & Wee... %% 774 iT —% 100 Nor, & W. pf. 92 93 om 101 10144 — 44 118 179% + % 1 LK — % 3 8 + % 3 «88K 139% 189% + 1% 103% 103% — % QO P.C.C.& StL. 4% 3B Thm —1% 900 Prossed 8, C., 89 35% BH — 4 terials are pure wool, $2.50, 3.50, 4.50 Denry Esders AND TO GUARANTEE ALSO RUGS, PORTIERES AND DRAPERIES, B. Altman & Co. are prePARED TO RECEIVE THE ABOVE MENTIONED ARTICLES FOR STORAGE, THEIR SAFE-KEEPING, THE REPAIRING AND ALTERING OF FURS AND THE | CLEANING AND REPAIRING OF RUGS WILL ALSO BE ATTENDED TO, IF DESIRED, BEFORE STORING, WHEN LACE CURTAINS ARE CLEANED, THEY WILL BE STORED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, Boys’ @ Children’s Suits Style, quality, workmanship —all combined in our clothing for boys and children. It is im. possible to duplicate them at the price, for we manufacture every garment ourselves. Ma- ‘t ht of some kil | 68 88 87 and 59 Ulest 14th Se, t ee a peck tue re 919,000] Write or ask for our illustrated catalogue FURS RECEIVED FOR STORAGE, port, . Atterbury System Clothes are made to fill the needs of him who knows what he wants and wants ready-for-service gar- ments equal to the best custom tailors output. They're but $20 to $45, in five-dollar step- ups, or half custom-tailor price “Ask the Man Who Wears Them” Fashionable Quaker Grey Suits, $25; an honest custom tailor would aay about $50 Sole Agent \ampert & 10 Fifth Avenue Salesrooms 39 & 41 Also at RTLANDT STREET New Have: New York City Connecticut Le Boutillier Brothers Women’s High-Class Suits at Reduced Prices, Women’s Satis {n Votles and plain and fancy cloths, al%o in mix- tures—Blacks and colors—qwere $60.00, $65.00 and $75.00— 15 5 . 0 0 Exceptional Value. Women’s entirely new Eton Votle Sutis—Blacks and colors—hand- somely trimmed—whole suits lined wtth Taffeta stlk— 525.00 Value. $35.00 Women’s fight Homespun and Check. Sutte—new coat model, Taffeta sith ined—pleated skirt— 515.00 Value $22.00 Women’s Tan Covert Cloth Coats—Taffeta silk lined—ten new models—Box or fitted styles— 87.75 *£0.00 *15.00 Values $10.00, $15,00 and $22.00 Women’s Ratn Coats—Oxford and Tan English shower-proof matertals— - 5 1 0. 00 47,79 Were $12.00 and $17.50 Women’s Black and Blae Taffeta Sith Shirts—new pleated and kilt models— WL 75 Value $16.50) Women’s Taffeta and Indfa Stth Watsts—black, whtle and a few in colors—richly trimmed with lace and insertion—taken from| our regular stock and reduced to Special Notice Telephone Directory for the Summer months goes to press Friday, May 12th New listings for this issue must be arranged for before that date. Reduced Rates for Telephone Service Now in Force 23 E. 5%h Se. + ow, 124th Se. New York Telephone Co. Tel. + Tel, 9000 Morningside Silks. May Clearing Sale of Silks, On Thursday and Friday we will offer thousands of yards of different weaves of silks in both black and colors including a good line of Col- ored Taffeta Silks, Moire Silks, in white, ivory and cream; also white, black and a few odd shades of Louisine: all to be closed out at soc. yd., remarkable offering. Dress Goods Dept. Special Thursday & Friday. 3,600 yards All Wool Chalts, this season’s designs, cream grounds with neat dresden figures, also dark and light blue and black grounds, small figures, various size dots; cream grounds, black dots,reseda green, white dots, Alloe blue grounds with dots and figures; hellotrope ground, gray ground and black with dots and stripes, Very desirable for house wear and children’s dresses, Special at 34c. yd. Also a lot of desirable shades of Navy Blue and Black 46-inch Vorle, to close at 34c. yd, Lord& Taylor, Broadway and Twentieth Street, Fifth Avenue, Nineteenth Street, Speciat Sale of Cotton Dress Fabrics. 32-tx, Plain Cheviots in a variety of plain shades, very desirable for dresses and. waists, at 18c, yd., value 250. 27 & 3a-in. Lephyrs, large variety of most desir- | able patterns in plain and fancy stripes, checks, plaids and solid colors, at 12%4c. yd., special value, 10,000 yards, Best Quality Printed Batiste, Dimities & Percales, very large variety of most at- tractive designs and color- ings on white and colored grounds, at 11c. yd., special value. Lord& Taylor, Broadway and Twentieth Street, Fifth Aveaue, Nineteenth Street, $3.98 trom $6.00 and $7.00 Le Boutillier B 10 ay et SOROSIS The Best-Shoe for Women, *® Tan and White Shoes, Some of the Summer models are »~ Women’s tan Russia Calf Gibson Ties, with plain toe, high Cwban heel,four large-oblong eyelets and ribbon laces. ..... e+ ..g.g0spame Brown kid Gibson Tie, with high Cu- ban heel, plain toe and turned sole.g.go:pate Brown kid, low Shoes, with cap tee, Cuban heel and welted sole,.++~ ...«ge50-pair Tan Suede Gibson Ties, with Louis heels and turned sole, four large ob- long eyelets and wide ribbon laces,,5.00 pair Tan Russia Calf or white Buckskin Walking Pumps, with narrow toe, high Cuban heel and welted sole.. 5,00 pair New, imported white Canvas, Gibson Ties, with plain toe, high Cuban heel, solid silver eyelets and welted GOlG 00h 1) vomers ooeene so0ces seemiso POU White English Vesting, Gibson Tie, (fine Polka Dot pattern ) with solid silver eyelets and high Cuban heel.3.50-paie JAMES McGREERY & CO, Twenty-third Street, dAMES McGREERY & CO, Sale of Silk, All Silk Crepe de Chine, superior quality Taffetas to match (a complete range of shades of all colors, and white, ivory, cream and black), Liberty Satin, Habutai, Armures and Foul- ards, and a large stock of Check, Stripe and Fancy Silks (Louisine and Taffetas weaves), in navy blue and white, brown and white, black and white, 55 Cents per Yard, Twenty-third Street, OFFER THE BALANCE OF THEIR IM- PORTATION OF MODEL SPRING GOWNS AT ONE-THIRD TO ONE-HALF LESS THAN FORMER PRICES. 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