The evening world. Newspaper, May 24, 1905, Page 12

“Mall, ORDERS PROMPTLY WOMEN'S. HATS TRIMMED FREE (For'Thursday Only) 3 “Ready to Wear Hats BIG TOY BALLOON = REE NOON DAILY. ‘As illustrated—this very jaunty, EL) 15¢ Step Chairs. Step fii Chairs, of¢m d wood, for pantry ty 1d Library use, stronyly. put together, Regularly Ao sold at Y #1, 50,spe- efal to. o Ra ELIS PP eR Mec ROLL SAAS a es A JI Ah Radical “Drlke Badcioas Beductione. Several important purchases secured at remarkable price-concessions, together with our own extraordinary May reductions, combine to make this an event seldom equalled strikingly stylish straw hat—fully 50 Buys a Stylish ‘ in value-giving, The sale continues to-morrow. 4 for 25c trimmed and sold formerly for Ribbed Wa $2.49. In Black, Navy Blue, Brown, Reseda, White, Cardinal, | ind Champagne. We have 25 dozen of these modish specialties, a while they last they are to 98 WOMEN *S DEPT. 1,000 Covert Cloth Coats. All of excellent material, quality of Tafieta made by man tailors—to close quickly at oY aa Former Prices $12.50 to $29.50, lined throughout with fine “15. Broadway & 13th Street. DEPOSITORS OF TRUST CO. TO BE PAI |Superintendent Kilburn Says He Acted on His Best Judgment. Otto T. Wannard, President of the 'New York ‘Trust Company, one of the wecelvers of the Merchants’ ‘Trust Com- |pany, took charge of the affairs of the Jeoncern to-day and inaugurated his re- Jeeivership by announcing that the de- |posttors will be paid in full. : Mr. Bannard made his announcement after a long consultation with State | Bank Hxaminer Judson, who has been investigating the affairs of the Mer- | ohants’ ‘Trust Company for the past ‘three weeks, Mr. Judson has arrived At the consiuslon that the depositors {twill lose nothing if o fair return is realized from the securities on hand, Whe stockholders, he said, will be as- @pmsed for whatever deficiency may ap- ar. | ousias Robinson, President Roose- elt's brother-in-law, the other re- eelver, was not at the office of the f@ompany when the work was begun lay. Superintendent Kilburn, of the State Banking Department, sald to-day, in efenso of his action in refusing to re- port the condition of the Merchants’ +|Mpust Company two years ago that he ‘had acted on his best judgment. “Phere never was @ time since I ‘Vgiret discovered the trouble when the epositors were #0 sure of getting pald they are now," explained “—pwo years ago the do- posits in the Merchants’ Trust Com- Ipany aggregated $5,000,000, To-day thoy Vere only $2,000,000, If I had put the jeompany th the hands of a receiver in 14008 the depositors would not have ro- ved 60\cents on the dollar, \ When first discovered that loans the Virginia property had been and, guaranteed I was convinced | talk o: to;put that property on the mar-~ then, would have resulted in a fall- ‘to get the sum which can be in the event of a mle now. “UHave Done What Was Best.” ‘A phe questionable investments were ade between. examinations by the de- and after the department | / lacovered them, the question then was how best to meet the eltuation. I have | desire to appear in the Nght of de-| fj) fending any action I tmve taken, I am it have done what was case, end am willing I have done” “change of the main office of the ‘Merohaats’ Trust Company, at No, 846 ‘Broadway. Alexander 8. Webb, of the New York Trust Company, took the mahagement of the branch at No, 200 \{Weat, Witty-ninth street, ‘The apparent determination on the ‘part of the recelvera to assess the bg) 4 tockdholders in order to make up any pat boa fay be necessary to ; will undoubt- da trove arte te a 4 mt of “me, he Rater ‘erch: be aired in the son, founder and first eng of pan ‘Morebanta’ Trust Com Dy rest ilibps with re enpone Met The: trast ratterrded'w & meth Birectore to-day, a: ar: ely be conalderable Girectors who ’clonatod for some time, litps made had tha mean time, anid he, we thing further to do with the ni on Bay nojning., ag the a ROW In the hands of WALL STREET WEDNESDAY, May 2%. Reliable information that James 1 Hil, E, H. Harriman, J, Plerpont Moi- gan and William Rockefeller hav: Agreed upon terms of a permanent railway peace in the Northwestern ter- Titory atrengthened the atock market greatly to-day, Gains of trom one to three points were made by all of the active stocks and the leaders of the market were the Hartman and the Morgan properties. An important con- ference was held this forenoon by representatives of the Northern So- cunitles interests, the Union Pacific, the Chicago and Northwestern and the St. Paul railroads, A general plan for the adjustment of all differences was agreed upon and the working out of the details was left to a committee of three, of which James J, Hill Is one. Tt ts asserted on good authority that this prospective © agreement will not only eliminate all friction between the Union Pacific and the Northern Pa- cifle-Groat Northern interests, but wil also vatisty the desires of the St. Paul management in a way that will obviate the neceasity of building a St. Paul ex- tension to the Pacific coast, It is inti- mated that Mr. Hill has made import- nt concessions to both the Harniman and the St. Paul interests involving trackage rights on the Burlington and Great Northern systems, The Harriman following were exceed- ingly bullish on Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, and half na dozen of | _he strongest houses In the strect bought | Thoee stocks lberally, ‘he Up was} Quietly passed around that southern | ucific is to be marked up several points and that some favoratie nows legarding this proporty will be made public within a few days, Much of the buying of Union Pacific to: to be for insiders who a: vantage of the low price of this stock to secure it as an investment. Kuhn, Loeb & Co, and afitated Interests have tuken large blocks of this stock out of since the slump in peices, revival of the report that the fic directors will Increasy tho dividend rate to 4) per cent, per annum at thelr June meeting Western apecuintors are coming back to the support of Bt. Paul, and there’ of the formation of a new pool this Stock. “Steady buying "went the rice up to-day nearly two points, A etter feeling regarding the oron outs look has developed recently, Chairman Roswell Miller, of the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St, Baul directorate, who has just r Bet aay from a trip through the West, gays: “The condition of crops 00d, ‘Phere haw boon rather too. mu Wet and cold weather, but not sufficie injured sis hing growl very well, Corn panting the West ts all done parts only partly done, 1 conditions wre’ favorable, Ratlway freight craic is better than It @ year ago at this time.” Brokers who have recently had orders to buy Northen Pacific and Great Northern, way that it is dimcult to find these shares whenever wanted, Sin the distribution of the Northern § Hiles holdings began, there has been 4 steody tion of ‘the ed Gi Northern and Northerp Paatie ahi by investment holders, These - stocks ure beyond the reach’ of speculators Less than @ score of men own nearly all of the Great Northern stock, and number of Northern Pacific share: holdera i@ rapidly growing less, On 1 transactions both of theac stocks advanced in price to-day, Great North- ‘om 205 1-2 and to New York firms foreign connections also bou the ‘Ateels Union Pacitic, Southern cific and Bt, The arbitrage pur- vers, satiated ae ‘igh as 40,000 A feature of the foreign bu ing was the unusual demand for Balt more and Ohio etéck, The pronounced Incrense In the freight traffic of th! Tallroad ts a fryiacsisat ettracting a tention abroad as well as at home. ‘Nhe total rales of stocks were 947,000 shares and of bonde $2, TRANSFER TAX JUNE 2, transfer tax law will not be effective until June 2. instead of taking effect June 1, a2 baw beon ensrally, expooje In answer to y De tollor Kelvoy, Attorney-Guneral Mare y formally declared this to be his Interpretation of the new. law (or 1905"" Is, the ex- the, fret day of June, 1305/ Dress used in 1e the law, ALBANY, May %~Dhe new stock | LinenSuit, Such as You Usually Pay $12.75 for. <2 This Cut Represents . the Style of Dresses which we offer to-morrow at $7.50 in spite of the fact that they are regular $12.75 values and never sold under $10, It’s a Bargain That You'll Rarely See Matched Anywhere. We are headquartérs for everything In the linen suit way, As a spectal opening offer wo shall place on sale to-morrow strictly tallored suits, made of union linen, fitted 45-in, coat, with 27 straps and button through a full pleated skirt; in white, blue, green and natural; $12.75 valu nd 5 sale pri 1.00 and 1,25 Qualities 2 Ba 0 The merit and beauty of the shirts we are selling at 5c. and 69c, are the real reasons for the phenom- enal demand, We have another magnificent lot of the same desirable kinds that have been selling s0 rapidly; this lot includes French Percales, with madras set-in bosoms, and Printed Madras Cloth, Piain or Plaited Bosoms; hundreds of choice pat- terns, all sizes; Sensational Offering Cc C Women’s $1.00 and $2.00 Lisle Hose We have just purchased from one of the leading importers 800 pairs of the finest Jotpore lisle thread HOSE, The majority are fine i French novelty lisle hose, in the richest combinations, open work and plain effects—also sheer lisle lace ankle hose, in solid black—not one pair was imported. to sell for less than $1 ,00 and 50c from that up to $2.00 a pair. Sale price, for choice.... Four Hour Sale of Men’s Clothing Starts Promptly at 9 A. M. and Finishes at 1 P. M. Thursday. None C. 0. D, No Mail Orders. $18, $20 & $25 Suits for 4 Hours $ 1 0: .50 at This value may sound incredible, but it is the positive truth, In this lot are silk mixed worsteds, through and through worsted serges, tweeds, cheviots and cassimeres, every one a merchant tailoring pattern, handsomely tailored and trimmed and miade in the latest broad-shouldered, single and double breasted models, The Rochester maker's name from whom the goods come is in each garment. Do not miss it, a6 it means two suits for the price of one, Vests. And these are 260, Vests; some we sold 1p to last week at 19¢, each, but that was ( cents be- low their value, Now we put them all into one big group 1 5 each, Desertption-:1,000 Women’s Rib- bed Lisle Thread or Cotton Vests, low neck and sleeveless, the neck shapes are round, square and V; all 15° have silk tape; the regular 26c, values, for the Improved Spenser Hand Sewing Machine, firat-clans —machine—ean i cloth plat abactutely een HH MODHL BUST Fiq- with wire skirt attached oe same; bust jersey cloth cov- ered; come in chy 32, 84, 36, 38, 40; worth $3.50; special ; ; | 98 SILK CORSET LACES, ee long; worth 25¢. pair; especial 25c paris for. SEWING COTTON, black and I5c white, 200-yand spoqls; worth 26c, doz,; special, doz Lawn Swings. Extra strong and nicely finished; just the thing for your city or coun- try home, No, 1, holds two adults......3.75 No, 2, holds four adults, 4.75 Toy Department—étte Floor. Window Screens Hardwood and Adjust. able, Will Fit Most Any Window. #4 Inches high, will open to 87 inches, 28 inches high, will open to 87 inches. 23c Not. Sales |. Low, Close, Chg, | Sale 10). Am Beet Bu, 5 wt 19 1433 162! 9 14% 142 “ingig® 162 lsh 6 16 19% 19% 4 14 68, 100 Am Mait 5t600 Am Smelt 1 60) Am BSinelt pf. 100 Am Snutt 1 100 Am Snuff p' 70 Am StF p 6300 Am. Epa iw Am Woolen 600 Ain Woobpf MW Anigcunda on AT WAT ASE 2100 At C Line 12100 ale & OF 19800 Bidyn Re lito Can Past. 0 Chee & Onto 2000 Rep Steel | e3700 Heuding 90% 100 Reading 1st ‘pt 90% 5700 Rock Island... 25% 1 8M 300 Rub, Goods’ pris 400 Blons Bhart... 70 & G1 It 7 Carn Prod 20 Corn Prod. NW Del. & a mi 100 D, Ww, Dt 5% 11g . 314 nse bes wt pt Fy ‘ei ay Fai | 000 Bou. Pacitio,.., & BR. pf Rae e United wy 1100 Distillers’ he 100 Bou, RY Co, pt guid 8 4 1s 208. K. & 7 Go 14 7% 5 O43 400 Tex, Pe 92% 4-144! 1200 Tol. Bt... 1 44 wa «& (0 Fed, M. 400 Gen, 700 Gt, Ni 100 Hock 9000 TN, Central 166 400 Inter, Paper ., 19% 300 Inter Pap 7 int. Pump, 200 Iowa, ‘Ceak, High, R.co i “mm e a . Rub 00” 1054 | Bec e ot a Snead D ae % pt. 1300 Weat'g hae + 5 wea b bl pote aaEttG ON THE COTTON EXCHANGE, Trading was on an active ecal le in [fs Cotton, market to-day “wit the |Bouth, Gurope and spinne Srop doeitivns irom former bull spey tors, demand nations of the Rion slow! rmer bulls: = exceeded the cas traders and sent haat steadily, until 10 ing. prices were une, 7.96 to. 7,00; Jus, hoa es to September, 8, 8.15 tay The late prices Were: 18.14; August, ber, 827; January, 8.30, aie WHEAT ADVANCES ON BRISK DEMAND Heavy raine in the f kept the bulla allve in the whee ment Kot to-day, July delllng whove dh catty aon after ng On “a demal 0 acted ‘on tho {dea that ‘the set-back lale tering” marked ‘the ‘beginning 0} “4 alge, saat ane Wan otiy “ Sra eee rl s ry te rh fk get Boge pulses were: ‘Wh oF es mber, 823.4 tg | 19 Artif to wore: January, ‘B24; Suty, 119; Decem: ‘8 closing. pri we go te Pasa Big gene ty Ldapterabety | git 2 a gop: . Furniture Sideboards, like Mlustration, highly Polished quartered FF oak, bevelled French pate, 22x28 tnches, avy round cok umns and canopy top; lined silver drawer, large linen drawer and wine closet. Value $25.00 a | 6. 6.75 .,, ber tire XX Cork Linoleum, in a variety of at exclusive carpet stores at 90c.; on sale here to- morrow as one of the greatest bargains on record at, per square yard,,.. Sale of Rugs green, onk and tan; perfectly t rey 36x63, value $3.98, special at.. a Lhd steel Funnine ges inlaid and tile effects, suitable for offices, stores rooms and halls (nu plecing necessary), $13.50 Smyrna Rug, $7.98, 100 patterns. Orfental, floral and Persian designs; biue, red, 75 Seamless Wliiton Rog Superior quality andkoty lea, Speci i Imported Axminster Rugs at as Than the Halt, {1.98 shih {3.75 nuttin 14.08 JAMES McGREERY & CO. Ladies’ Summer Dresses. Hand-embroidered handker- chief Linen Dresses, Dotted Silk Mull ‘‘Princess’’ Dresses, trimmed with] lace, 18,50 Dimity and detted Lawn Shirt Waist Dresses, 5-50 7-50 and 13,50 Linen Walking Skirts, i 6.50 A variety of white dresses (sheer fabrics), suitable fer commencement exer- cises, Twenty-third Street, —_—_—_—_—a—eoeoee = CORN TAKES A SENSATIONAL JUMP, CHICAGO, May %4.—Corn for delivery duriig the month of May sold here to-day at 66 cents a bushel, an advance lot 7 1-2 from yesterday's olosing quo- tations, The sensational woward jump 6 whi filed ‘with freely lar (rah at the Droapect contl tN th camp the May ‘ae cember, at tl ‘yay, Bet Bret department contributes liber- ally with money-saving opportunities of the rarest kin Big Matting k Garpet Sale. China Matting, very good quality; Tokio rl ill & 4.50 * $6.00 per roll of jue $12 per roll 40 yds,; speciafat 0 Linen Warp Raia la value $14.00 per _ roll of 40 a lot of Far Below Real Value. $17 Bed Outfit at $11.66, Stee! Beds, as {Mustrated; also a combination Hair Mattress, In ‘one or two parts, and a double woven spring with cable Golden Oak or Mahogany Fine ished Morr Chair, with patent veneer seat, adjust. able back, including aq set of cush. lonscovered on both sides with figured den. im va tue $4.7 sale price, com- plete, at 2.98 Golden Oak Dresser, like il. lustration, t wo large and two small drawers; serpentine top, shaped French plate glass mir. ae value i supports and heavy bronzed iron frame. If you were to purchase the parts separately, you would do well to get the outfit for $17. To-morrow you may have it, com: plete, with a bed in any size, at wheols, 7 adsutot have full rol ak beautiful English Enamelied Olicloth, 2734c, English Enamelled Floor Oitcloth, 10 differ. ent patterns—s yard, 1% yards and 2 yardswide, value 42c, sale fuurateed to ou wat 1 ne per ae a 2 Z 2C. at Record- Breaking Prices, $30 Seamless Wilton Rugs, $19.75. (see Taa and 9 ft. wide and a 19.75: id assortment; value $30.00. ses JAMES McGREERY & CO, Heavy American Cut Gla: Tall footed Comports, Sim- ple and handsome cut- tings..........,75¢, 1.75 4.00 and 4.75 8 and 9 in, Bowls, New handsome cutting, yelun 2-09) 3-50 and s.50|Fine French Batiste Corset, vaiue 4,50 and7.50/ for slender or medium: Water Bottles,....2.25 each| figures, Finished with Footed Punch Bowls, 12 in,{ lace. Hi 21,00 formerly 28.00 Tumblers,—strawberry and fan pattern.......2.75 doz, | formerly 4.50 A complete stock of glass, drinking glasses, bowls, comports, trays,—suitable for country cottage fur- nishing, JAMES McCREERY &60, Corsets, | ‘ |Corset made of fine Batiate, High bust and dip. hip model, Suitable for Te age figures, 9s¢ ‘ 1.85 value 4,00 “La Vide” Cardate ooinads by hand and filled with | genuine whalebone, — “La Vida" modele of th’s season have the sharply curved waist line and provide for every type ¢ figure. | 3.00 to 12,00 Twenty-third Street, Twenty-third Street, —_—«_———X«X—XKXSs_s_ AMERICAN STOCKS FIRM Ih IN LONDON. LONDON, Ma 2h—Raton for mono; were easy In the market Ronny and mand was moderat thily hard Discounts were snbinin IN WTEC STE RTE TIITD a