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10 MONDAY MORNING TIIE PHILADELPHIA TIMES. JANUARY 15, 1900. jrf financial J'tnanoial NEW YORK STOCK SUMMARY SATURDAY, January 13. Net PROFESSIONALS CONTROL MARKET 1825 SEVENTY-FOURTH PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE COMPANY 510 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA Net Low. Clos.

change. Sales. 1000 Am. Car. A.p.

High. J.T4 1 13 .100 Am. Cntt.ni 400 Am. lee Co; 7.V Am. 1224 Am.

Smelting 200 IH). pref HROO Am. Steel ft Wire. I i Do. nref 33 34 134 36 8S no 11 301, lis; lti-ii hoi r.sw; 33T4 344 13'4 37 "i SS 'a -1 U4 VS v4 is 2 1 1 '4 as'i 37'.

4S: vo 12. Pi 101 no llua, SOU 00 sna; lint; BOVl 48225 Am. Sugar 750 Am. Tin 1HM5 Am. Tobacco 1'M.

Anaconda Copper. 500 Atchison 5X70 Po. pref Baltimore ft Ohio. 212.14 Brook. Hap.

l'a (1S1.J 14514 145'i IIBI, ll4 li uronfc. C. .200 Central of X. nno Canada. Pacific.

2HOO Ches. ft Ohio. 6700 Chic, ft 6. 145H. 117 92 i 122 3 1C: 29 121H, 37 12 2')j 12P 30 12 800 Chic.

Con Tr 700 Chic. Gt. West. 400 Chic, I. ft 12 l.V I414 15' SOIHI M.

ft St. P. 400 chic, ft Northw. 3160 Chic. H.

I 1ac 11HK 1C1 lWi 1171., 117U, nl lotW. Chic. Term. Tr. 700 C.

C. ft St. 1550 Col. Fuel ft Iron. XOO fol.

South fili mu, 43 5i iwi'4 324 R51; 50 115 17Bi 17'. tiSUj 32T im 51 74 51 IKS'; 23 35 HI HI. 43 514 1 DIM, 3214 8.V.. 50 ll4 17(lUj 17' C.S14 100 Consolidated Gas. Snsu Cont.

Tnhacco 2oo Iio. pref 250 L. ft W. pf. 2oo Pel.

ft Lack ft 3.t's, 50 ll.Vj 177 '4 4 200 Den. ft Itlo 200 Ho. pref 2O0 F.rie 1st nref IK lW'4 33 1041 74'4 123 51 limvi 24 32- a 500 F.rle Tel. ft Tel 51)00 Federal 1041 311 741 123 4- -f l'i Vt .125 Po. pref 200 General Kleetrlc.

Glucose 5oo (it. Northern pf. aoo Inter. Paper Laclede Gas txiula. ft Naah 2X20 Manhattan 3H Mel.

St. Itwy 10O Mexican 200 Minn, ft St. nun; 234 son, SO 114 1(17 IP, 51) 1KS4 1B5 tP4 1P4 59 51) A Postal Card Containing Your Name Address WILL bring you full information regarding an opportunity to' provide a certain life income for yourself and family. Money refunded in case of death, if desired. An Investment secured by real estate deeded in trust to a trust company.

An Investment that will return very large profits for generations. An Investment that costs but $2.50 per month as much more as you desire. An Investment that will return large annual dividends, commencing the first year. An Investment founded upon known results for centuries, and proven by government reports. An Investment sure, safe, certain, profitable and lasting.

An Investment safeguarded, and one where all are equal no possible way to freeze out or injure the smallest investor. A Great Enterprise worthy of investigation, and certain to be a wonderful cash dividend payer. Call or write at once. It's fast being taken up. Mexican Plantation Company 725 DREXEL BUILDING, Philadelphia Hon.

WM. H. ARMSTRONG, President, ALEXANDER K. McCLURE, Vice President, S. RAILROAD, COMMISSIONER.

EDITOR PHIL. TIMES. C. M. McMAHON, Secretary and Treasurer.

ASSETS Real Estate, unencumbered S222.500.00 Bonds and Mortgages, first liens 719.900.00 Loans on Collateral 169.900.00 Accrued Interest 11,363.41 Cash in Banks, Office and Agents' Hands 432,552.77 Railroad and Olher Bonds and Stocks 3,615,090.00 $5,171,306.21 LIABILITIES Capital Stock SWO.OOO.OO Outstanding Claims 193.215.0S Reserve lor Reinsurance 2.396,243.87 Public Operators 'Are Not at the Moment Active Participants. PRICES MOVEIRREGULARLY As is usually the case after such a flurry in stocks 'as was experienced during the third week is December, the. market has fallen Into the hands of the professional traders, who now control it almost absolutely. The result is an irregular movement of prices, rallies succeeding declines and reactions following recoveries, according to the character of the news received from time to time. Such a market we had last week.

I'rlces were erratic decidedly so. with the trend downwards, especially in the Industrial and traction stocks, which, for some renson or other, have lately moved together. The leading speculatives were the active features of the week. Amerlcau Sugar, for example, was dealt, in to the extent of shares about one-fourth of all the sales made on the New York Stock Exchange while the dealings In Brooklyn Rapid Transit reached 'JRXJtHr, shares and in American Tobacco 203.0I1S i shares. Thus nearly one-half of the week's total sales of 2.00S.7S2 shares was in these three stocks, while twelve stocks furnished 1.8H2.79U shares of the total, leaving shares as the total of the olher 1711 properties in which there were dcnlings.

The twelve active stocks were: Net. Shares. Change. Sugar ftS.l.lll.-, Tlec. 14 Brooklyn Rapid Transit 2ti1.nM.-i 1'ec.

X't XOK.OtiS Bee. 24, SURPLUS DIRECTORS CORNELIUS N. WEYGANDT RICHARD M. CADWALADER EFFINGHAM B. MORRIS A BULL FIGHT IN MEXICO I'lOoll Pacific UK.

501 Ativ. 1 Burlington Ki.tUX Iter. southern Pacific si'. two Adv. Atchison preferred H-Vtos Adv.

1 Federal Sice! 7.27i lec. 1 Burlington HS.llti Adv. Steel Wire KS.I.V. Adv. 1 St raid Dee.

New Yurk Cenfral 61.M77 let-. 2, PHILADELPHIA STOCKS Dellaven ft Townsend, stock commission bro kers, 428 Chestnut street, furnish the following quotations: Clos. January 12. Clos. January 13.

Past Net, Shares. Stock. Hid. Bid. Ask.

Oucn. Bleb. Low. sales, changes. lAmerlcan Alkali.

2Vs 2 2 2'i 100 American Cement 7 8 8 8 8 100 lAinerlcan Rallnar 5 5 5 54 5 5 i 5 5 435 Asphalt Co. of $5 124 12 12 13 12 12'4 12 12 4- 15 Iron 584 5S 51) 58 5'j 4- 20 Gas ft Electric Lisht, paid 4 4 4 41, 4 4 4 4 2 Hank Northern Liberties 110 11" Ho IK) 122 Cambria Iron 44 454 45 45 45 45 45 45 4 i 1850 Cambria Steel. 3 paid 21 21 21 14 21 2114 21 214 214 200 Choctaw. Okla. ft lilllf 33 34 33 34 34 34 34 34 Choctaw.

Ukhi. ft Gulf pf 44 444 44 444 25 Consolidated Lake Superior 17 171, 17 18 IS 18 18 Is Consolidated Trae. 27 27 271 27 4-4 icons. Trac. Plttsburc 01 1 01 1 4- 14 200 M.anTllle Hessemcr Steel 3 34 3 3 3 3 34 34 15 ipiamoud State.Steel.

5 pd 5 54 5 5 5 5 5 4- 4 337 IKlectric Company of America rets. $74 paid 13 IS', 13 134 134 134 134 ,13 2 IKlectric StoraRe Battery 81 81 81 81 125 i.Jeneral Kleetrlc Automobile 3 3 3 34 3 34 Greger Manufacturing 4 4 4 4 4 4 50 Highlander Mill ft Mining 2 2 2 2 87 Huntingdon ft Ilroad Top 51 52 52 52 Ins. Co. North America 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 4- 52 Lehigh Navigation 43 43 43 43', 43 43 43 43 305 Lehigh Valley 24 25 24 25 24 24 24 24 IMnrsden 14 10 K'j 700 Northern Pacific trust ctfa 51 51 51 514 51 514 51 4- Nor. Pacific pref.

trust ctfa 73 73 73 74 4- 4 500 Philadelphia Company 3(1 3(4 34 34 Palmetto Company P4 1 1 1 4- KS3 Penua. Allotments 13 13 13 13 791 Pennsylvania Railroad H44 (14 64 4 4 65 4 65 4- 350 Phlla. Klec, S24 paid 5 (S 5 5 5 5 5 5 125 Philadelphia Traction 5 OH 85 It 06 06 l)ti 96 4- 1060 Reading trust ctfa 8 13-16 9 1-10 8 15-16 0 116 8 15-111 I) 3-16 1500 Reading 1st pref. trust 25 9-16 20 254 25 25 2.1 13-16 25 25 1-10 Reading 2d pref. trust 13 15-16 13 13 13 1-lli 200 ISitsquelianna Iron ft Steel 4 4 4 44 44 44 414 44 100 Tidewater Steel, 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 40 Cnited Companies New Jersey.

272 272 272 272 30 nited Gas Improvement Co. .154 155 1534 1544 155 155 155 155 14 20 if. S. Pneumatic Horse Collar. 14 4 14 4 3640 Villon Traction.

174 38 38 384 3S, 38 39 3S 39 4- Vi Warwick Iron ft Steel 10 I04 104 10 600 West. New York ft renna. ctf 54 54 514 54 iWetabach Light 42 45 42 45 4-. 1600 West. New York ft Penna 5 6 54 5 514 5 514 5 4- 10 Southern Pacific 37 37 37 37 IPullsted.

4Increase. Decrease. 1900 ANNUAL STATEMENT .52.181,845.25 JOHN L. THOMSON CHARLES E. PUGH HARRY F.

WEST JOHN L. THOMSON. Vies President CHARLES W. MERRILL, Assistant Secretarj GEORGE TUCKER BISPHAM. Solicitor CECTniTY KROM LOSS or Brp.rci.ABY, f5 ROBBKRY, KIRK OR ACCIDENT.

THE FIDELITY INSTRANCE, TRt'ST AND SAFE PEPOSTT OF I'HII-AOKLl'IIIA. IN ITS MAKLK FIR -Pit OnF BUILDING. 323331 CHKSTMT STRKKT. CHAUTKIt PF.RI'KTl'AL. CAPITAI sriwuis KKi rRlTTEK and VALt'ARLKS of every description, including Bonds and Sroobn, Plate.

Jpwelry. Dffja. rtc, taken for SafV-kepning. on Spclnl (iiuiraiitop at the Lowest Rstps. Thf Company also rents Safs inside Itn Bur-plnr Pm-if Vaults at prices Taryins from $5 ta arrordinjr to size.

Rooms and desks ad jolnine Vaults pmTidd for Saff-renters. Deposits of money received on interest. Income collected and remitted for a moderate cliarpe. The Company m-ts as Executor. Administrator and Guardian, and Receives and Kxerules Trusts of every description from the Courts, Corporations nnd individuals.

All Trust Funds nnd investments are kept separate ami apart from the assets of the Compan. As additional security the Company has a Trust Capita nf primarily responsible for its Ttust obligations. Wills receipted for and. safely kept without eharpe. JOHN R.

GFST, President. CHARLES ATHERTON. Vii President. ROBERT M. SCOTT.

Treasurer. II. OORDOX McCOCCH. Sc-retary. GEORtiE S.

CLARK. Safe Superintendent. CHARLES H. BANNARD. Real Estate Officer.

Trust Company cf North America 503, 505. M17 CHESTNUT ST. PHILADELPHIA. CHARTER PERPKTCAL. CAPITAL.

$1,000,000. Aets as Kxecutor. Trustee. Registrar, etc. Becomes Surety.

Complete Set of Safe Deposit Vaults. Interest on Deposits. Saving Fund allows 3 per cent, on lo days' not fee. President, EDWIN S. DIXON, Vice-Presidents: IOIIN CADWALADER.

CHARLES HENRY JONES. Treasurer. HENRY O. URENGLE. DIRECTORS: John Cadwnlader, Lloyd.

Edwin S. Diion. Willium F. Read. Harry C.

Franeis. Adam A. Stull. ieoie II. Crazier, Edward D.

Toland. Henry L. Oaw. Jr. Joseph R.

Wainwrlpht, Howard S. Graham. William D. Winsor, Samuel F. Houston.

Isaac J. Wistar, William Wynne Wister. BANKERS Beg to announce that they have REMOVED TO 505-507 CHESTNUT ST. (Trust Company of North America Building) WALLER a Brokers vUIT Walnut st. Orders executed, cash or margin.

at Phi la. N.Y. ExchdnGcs. iovc-simeots a specialty VICTORIA'S CHRISTMAS CARDS Tbe Queen Sent Out a Smaller Num. tier Than I onl Till Season.

The London papoin have eommcutud upon the fact that Queen Victoria sent out few of her favorite Christmas canls this year. She had spent her pocket money on chocolate for Tommy Atkins and had to economize somewhere. These Christmas cards, which cost about each, are made of Ivory and ornamented by famous painters, says the New-York Sun. With the addition of the Queen's autograph, they make attractive souvenirs. They are, however, a far cry from the Christmas card which suggested them, which was the most valuable one ever desigued.

lr, too. was of ivury, twelve inches by ten Inches, and was made by Calcutta Jewelers for the (iackwar of Iiaroda. A great many elephaut tusks were tested before piece of Ivory the richt size and perfect enoueh to suit' the Indian potentate was secured. After It was obtained the four most skilful ivorv carvers of Calcutta were set to work decorating the plaque will) scenes from the life of Buddha. They worked upon It for six months, and after they had finished the jewelers set the Ivory lu a frame of large diamonds.

The valuable curio was Intended as a Christmas card for a titled Englishwoman who had made an Impression on the heart of the tiackwar. The poor woman was unfortunate. His Royal Highness of narod had playful nays of which the English authoress disapproved, and just before his Christinas card was to be dispatched to England he decided to lavish more diamonds upon his English friends. This time he had them ground and stirred into the food of the British Resident, who had developed habit of Interfering with the (iackwar' simple pleasures. The plot was discovered and an unfeeling government deposed and Impri oned the generous nnd playful Gackwar of (iaroda.

Si the Christmas card stayed lo India. CURE YOURSELF! CKKA Mif for unnatural jaltSitu. innaoimanoni. Oatrn4 lrriTHioiii or uuertuom itricivr. 9l Dii-eu nieiDDrnet.

Irrriiu eotvufioa. PinlM, and not aatm-theEvhsChemt-iOo. eBt or my ipranmnatm. or ifnt In plan wrapper, fxprM. unpaid, for or 3 bottles, 2.T.v Circular teat oa rea.uit.

nr THFFI R01 North Sixth St. Piltf lT Phil 1 IdMi nJ ol ffiBln I i pc1Uittih t4 year' praetlral Guarantees 1 Safe, Sure, Speedy Sour in F.rlT Akas. Bli Pl. TsrlMW LM RirHwi rr.ko.. rarrJ In 4 10 Ur.

rrllrf--tlN PIUTCHII r.n. Smd br KUt ll quell. Priist tau.aM flrf St. DR. HOBENSACK ft IV.

EIOHTII PHII.A.. FA. Trrata ill dltna a prlTgi nature pertain Inn to ron. Ho urn Ma 3 and 6 to ft P. II.

buDdsj-, 9 to 12. Writ for fre book. PILES AND ALL SKIN DISEASES. Bur ear. Dr.

UOMGOUEBY. 208 N. MMB 6. Sales. Hlch.

Low. Clos. change. loo Kan. ft T.

of. 32i 32si 32 V. 2500 Missouri 40 4(rj 1O0 Mobile ft 40 40 40 225 National 37'i 37 37 500 National 2 27 150 Po. pref 105 105 450 National Steel 4214 42 12'i 2O0 N. V.

Air 137 135 137 4755 X. V. Central 133'i 138 100 N. C. ft S.

L. 2d pref 34 34 34 300 N. (Int. ft W. 22 21 21 'S -r4 l'i 1720 Norfolk ft 2414 24 24 830 Po.

pref (19lj, 300 North 14 1, 14'a 1870 Northern Purine. 51S ''P 550 Po. pref 74 73" 73L, 100 Pa. Inc Coast 5 So 5( 2350 Pacific Mall 44 44 44tj 1251) Penna. It.

It 12!) 1211'i 121. 4 4500 Po. rights 2 2'i 2 KM) Pec. ft 2's 2', 2', 4150 People' Gas 104'i 103 103 50 C. C.

ft St. 78 7K 78 R40 Pressed St. 5714 200 Heading 18 IS 18 lflo Po. 1st pref 51 51 3IM) Rep. I.

ft 21 30', 20'i 100 St. L. ft San Fr. 1)' 'j 100 Do. 2d pref 324 324 324 KM) St.

L. Southwest. 1014 104 104 500 po. pref 25 25 25 5sO0 Soul hern Pacific 38 37 37 1200 Southern Hwv 11 114 114 8(M po. pref 541-, f.4, 54', 1350 Tenn.

Coal ft Iron. 85 4 84 854 80l Texas ft 154 l.HJ 15 (UK) Third Ave. It. 11.1221, 120- 1224 125 P. Hag ft 2414 244 2414 100 Po.

pref 74 74 74 RWi() Union Pacific 47 4'4 4(14 1725 pn. pref 75 74 4 74 4 3150 U. S. leather 1'1'i Kl'i 14 710 Po. pref 75-S 74 74 41 42 4-1 41 140 S.

Hilhher 42 42 42T 300 Wabash pref 20:4 20-1, -jo-, 200 Western 54 281.4 100 heel, ft K. 3fM. Po. 1st pref. 800 Po.

2il pref KM) Wisconsin Cent 4-Increase. --Decrease 0 54 284 184' 41 4-1 27 14 184 Total sales New York stocks, 244, 71S shares. fancy, Greenings, choice to fancy, Spies and Gills, choice to fancy. $2.50 a2.75; York Imperial, Rome Beauty and Ben Davis, choice to fancy, 2.50a2.75; Winesaps, as to size, choice to fancy. mixed winter varieties, choice to fancy.

common and 2. bulk. Der bushel, as to quality, 63a63c. cranberries. Cape Cod.

fancy, large, late varieties, per barrel, S7a8: Cape Cod. average alzed, per barrel. Cape Cod. fancy, per crate, Jersey, per crate, choice and fancy, leraey. per crate, fair to good.

1.50: Florida orauges. per box. Call fomla oniuges. per box. per box, goud to choice, VEGETABLES Offerinis were moderate of whlt potatoes, and choice readily brought top prices.

Swect were little wantt'd. Choice on loos were scarce and firm with fair inquiry. Cabbage and Southern vegetables were quiet aud unchanged. We quete as follows: Potatoes, New York and Western, choice, per bushel, ti0ai2c; potatoes. New York and Western, fair to good, per bushel, Jersey sweet potatoes, per basket, prime, bouse stock.

40a45c. Jersey sweet potatoes, per basket, mediums. Jersey sweet potatoes, per basket, second. lsaiWe. onions, Yellow Globe, per barrel.

do. per bushel, Yellow Pun vers, per barrel. 20; do. per bushel. cabbage, Uanish.

choice, er ton. $2a25; cabbage, domestic, per ton. la20; lettuce. Florida, per bnlf-barrel basket, T.V.aM.50; lettuce. North Carolina, per basket, lettuce.

North Catullus, per barrel, choice, 3a3.50; lettuce. North Carolina, per barrel, ordinary to good, cucumbers. Florida, per banket, $3a4; ejjit plant, Florida, per barrel, $4att do. per half-barrel box. tomatoes.

Florida, per crate. la 1.50: Florida, per box or basket, peas, Florida. pr box. f.iaS squash. Florida, per crate 1 U5a2.

COTTON The market was quiet but steady on a busis of per pound for middling uplands. L.lve Stock Price. The receipts for the week ending January 13 were as follows: Beeves. Sheep. H8.

West Philadelphia 2Mml 14 5.874 Nertn Pennsylvania yards. 5m 526 Totals fur the week 2.7H 6.7:;:; H.4ot Trevious week 1.801 5.S41 It KEF CATTLE were a trifle lower on the best stock: 200 were shipped to lilaagow on the steamer Carthagenluu. Quotations: Kstra. 5-tt good, 5a.V'v. medium.

rmSc. common, NHKKP were ateadfly held; B. H. Ceok aold 1. lrtO bead.

Quotation: Kitra. 4 a.V. good, medium, common, 2a.i15 taint's. 5aHUc. UOGS were strong ami prices adranred.

We quote: Western, at Oa.JV'. FAT COWS were steady, at 2140. THIN COWS were firm, at $10 to $20. VKAL CALVES were active, at 4U.aSc. MILCH COWS were sold at LKESEl BKEVKri were active at Gatc.

Method of a Marrlae Club. A MarrlaRe Club, organized soniPthlnp iu the manner of the notorloua nulotde clubs. It tho latest thing in W. aroordlnff to tho Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. The membership la limited to fifteen, and no new candidate can be Initiated uurll a member ha either died or la married.

Drawings talie place every six mo tbe, and the member drawing the fated number must either marry within the next ix months or pay a large sum Into the trean-ury toward the club's maintenance. Should he prove that he ha proponed to two different ladles and been rejected, and that he naed due diligence In his endeavor to keep his oath, the fine will be remitted. The names of the members and the details of their plans are club eerrets. which were, In part, given away by a confirmed bachelor who, when urged to Join, the club, declined "because be would tHke no chance of losing his personal 4 Twentieth Century StatUtlra. The twentieth century, which will begin on Tuesday.

January 1. tsays the New York Tribune, will have twenty-four leap years, the greatest number possible. February will have five Sundays three times 10', 104B and 1i7. The earliest possible date on which Faster can oreur Is March VJ. The last time It occurred on that date was 1S18.

The latest that Raster can occur Is April 15. will occur but one time In the coming century on that date If43, The middle day of tbe rentury will be January 1. UM. There will be 380 eclipses during the coming century. In 1935 there will be seven eclipses.

There will be eight solar eclipses visible In the T'nlted States 101 1WH, lPii. 11145. 1054, 10S4 and W.4. There will be twelve transits of Mercury. There will be no transit of Venus until 2.M.

Only and Origin! Seelej's Truss Estab'ment CHESTERMAN 4 STREETER 56 quUi lltb tKlow Market HA S1 SOSKR twiisufs. DECLINED. Am. Car ft 1 Am. Steel Hoop 14 Po.

pref 1 Am. Malting 1 Po. pref 1 American Ice 1 Am. Sugar Refining 14 Am. Tin Plate 1 Po.

pref 2 Anier. Tobacco 2 Brook. Rapid Trans. 3 Brooklyn t'n. Ga.

2 llru.iswlck CttT 14 Chesa. 4 Ohio 1 Gt. W. pf. 1 Gt.

Weat. deb. 1 C. M. SI.

P. 214 Chi. ft N. 3 Chi. l'er.

Trans, 1 C. C. ft St. 34 lKi. pref 1 Col.

ft Hocking Coal 1 Consolidated 34 Des M. ft Ft. D. 1 S. S.

ft A 1 Krie Tel. ft Tel 3 Federal Steel 1 (treat Narthero 1 Hocking 1 Iowa Central 2 Laclede Gas 2 Lake E. ft 2 Po. pref Manhattan 1 Met. Street Railway 9 N.

Y. Central 2 Pacific Coast 2 Do. 1st pref 24 Pennsylvania 2 Reading 1st pref 1 Po. 2d pref 1 Rep. Iron ft 1 Do.

pref 2 St P. ft Duluth 5 Third Avenue 11 S. Rubber 1 Wiscon. Central 1 Following Is a list of the bonda that are changed as much as 1 per cent, on the week's trading: ADVANCED. Ann Arbor 4s.

1 Brook. Lu. Kl. 1st. 1 Col.

South. 4S 2 Mannattan 4s 2 Omaha ft St. 4s 5 ftrooklvn Gas C. of Ga. 3d pf.

Inc. C. R. ft Q. deb.

5. C. B. ft 111. dir.

1 acme coaaL jbi. 1 St. J. ft Gr. I.

1st. 1 1 St. S. W. 1 1 St.

S. W. 1 I South. Pacific 4a. 1 C.

M. ft St. So. M. 6s Stand.

R. ft T. 2 Chic. Term. Trac.

4s 1 v. eoi. tr. oa. 14 Wilkes, ft F.ast.

1st 1 Col. Midi. 2-4s 1 DECLINED. Cl. ft Pitt.

s. f. 7s. 1 1 S. ft w.

ref.Ss 14 Ft W. I) C. 1 Ore. Sh. Line 1 K.

ft T. elf. 5s 1 I 1st t.r 2 Saturday's Produce Markets BUTTER Demand was light, and the market was weak and lower. Receipts, though not large, were fully equal to requirements. We quote: Solid-packed, extra.

27c; firsta, 26c. prints, fancy, wholesale. Jobbing. 29a32c. CHEESE TRADE WAR WITH CANADA LIKELY Lumbermen Want Retaliatory Duty Fixed by Secretary Gage.

THE SITUATION IS ACUTE From The Times Bureau. Washington, January 14. Trouble is again brewing with Canada and unless speedily settled may result in serious eonsoquoneos. lrior to the passage of the Illngley law. and because of the virtual extinction of the great forests of Michigan, the Michigan lumbermen Invested some in lumber tracts in Canada, principally in the province of Ontario.

This lumber, in the shape of rough logs, was towed across the lake to Michigan, where it was cut up into lumber In the Michigan mills. A year or more ago the Dominion Covernment. by an order in Council, provided that no lumber should be exported except in a finished condition, which amounted to a prohibition of the export rough lumber trade. As the Michigan lumber men have great mills on their side of the line they could not afford to have their lumber dressed in Canada, nor could they afford to pay duty on dressed lumber. They protested against this order in Council, claiming that it was virtually a confiscation of their property, but the order was not rescinded.

They then went into the courts, alleging that it was illegal, but they were beaten and the legality of the order was sustained. I'nder the provisions of the Iiingiey law. in case of a discriminating duty being charged on any product, the Secretary of the Treasury has the authority to impose a retaliatory duty equal to the amount of the discrimination, and. as the lumbermen could obtain no relief from the Canadian Government, Secretary Gage was asked to impose the retaliatory duty, lie was not certain that the action of the Canadian Government amounted to a discriminatory duty and he referred the matter to the Attorney General for his opinion. The opinion of the Attorney General has never beeu made public, but 1t Is understood that he held that the action of Canada was.

in substance, discrimination, which gave the Secretary of The Treasury power to retaliate, because It was hoped the High Joint Commission wou'd settle all differences between the two Governments. Pressure Will be Brought. Secretary Gage was requested by the State Department not to impose the additional duty, but now that: there appears no chance cf the High Joint Commission reassembling, nnd as the lumbermen must either go out of business or else move their mills over to Canada, they have determined to bring pres. Mire to bear upon the Administration to enforce the retaliatory clause. A delegation of Michigan men are 1n Washington this evening and will to-morrow be conducted by Senators McMillan and Harrows to the Treasury and State Departments to discuss with Secretaries Gage aud Hay the economic and diplomatic features of the ease.

These men are all prominent nnd wealthy, and are understood to have lieeen liberal contributors to the Itepubllcan caniaigu fund In They are determined to secure relief If it can be obtained, and they believe they are powerful enough to force action. The imposition of a retaliatory duty will not. restore them their property, but it will make It Impossible for Canadian lumber to compete with American, nnd therefore deprive the Canadians of their most profitable market. It la now cheaper to bring lumber from Canada to Michigan than it Is from Die Southern States to Michigan, but if lumber has to pay the retaliatory duty the oper- atlon will be reversed. Thin it Is thought will bring the Canadians to their senses.

It Is feared, however, that It will not end there, but that Canada will seek revenge by imposing retaliatory duties on American products, and that each move made by the one side will be met with a corresponding move by ihe other hich will lead to a war of commercial reprisals, perhaps even going so far as to cause an abrogation of the bonding privilege nnd once more bringing our relations with Canada to an acute form. The ballenitrr Expedition. The last stage of that great scientific undertaking known ns the Challenger Kxpedl-tlon. which has added ro largely to our kuowlcdge of marine soology, may he said to have been renched In the distribution among the leading scientific. Institution of the country of portion of the collections brought home by Ihe expedition.

During the progress of that monumental work, the Challenger's report, these collections have been kept at the Natural History Museum Bt South Kensington, but the authoritlin have, so I understand, recenlly resolved, with the concurrence of Sir John Murray, that the time has arrived when the peclmcna nut required for the national collection may very well be distributed among the recog'. nized scientific centres of the Cnlted Kingdom. iilrmlngham Post. EDWIN N. BENSON Ft.

DALE: BENSON J. TATNALL LEA R. DALE BENSON, President W. GARDNER CROWELL, Secretary WILLIAM J. DAWSON Secretary Agency Department rpHE rilll.APEI.PHIA TRUST, -L SAKE DEPOSIT AND INSURANCE CO.

F1UE ANI -I'ROOF MA HKI.K FRONT KTIMUNU. Nos. 413, 415 anil 417 CHESTNUT STREET. CAPITAL, $1,000,000 SURPLUS $2,000,000 For safe kpeplne of fioTernitiPnt Boorls and nthor aecurHles, Family Platp. Jewelry and othr valuables, unilur special guarantee, at the lowest rates.

The Companv offers for rent SAFES OF AM. SIZES IX THE lU Kdl.AR PROOF VAULTS, tna renter alone boMlne: the key. Deposits of WILLS reeelyerl upon the Company's Ortlflont WITHOUT CHARGE. The Company Is by law empowered to art as EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR. TRUSTEE.

C.I AHDIAN, ASSIGNEE, RECEIVER OR COMMITTEE. MONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT AND INTEREST ALLOWED. All trust investments are kept separate and apart from the Company's asset. DIRECTORS: J. Uvlncston F.nlnger.

William 1j. DnRnis, Renjanjin B. Coineg-s, John Story Jenks, Atiprustus Heaton, Lincoln Godfrey. James M. Aertsen.

John H. Converse, William S. Grant. Samuel Y. William Welfhtman.

William H. Lambert. J. LIVINGSTON ERRINGEIt. President.

WILLIAM L. DUBOIS. Vlrc President. BENJAMIN B. COMEOYS.

Second Vice Tres. EDMUND D. SCHOLF.Y. See'v and Treasurer. HENRY B.

RUSSELL. Assistant Treasurer. HORATIO G. LLOY'D. Assistant Secretary.

HENRY B. UELFKICH. Sec. Aas Secretary. GEO.

A. HUHN SONS BANKERS BROKERS BULLITT BUILDING 143 S. FOURTH ST. Branch Office, 334 Land Title Building STOCKS AND BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION. MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGES STOCKSBONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION.

Order executed promptly and satlafactorlly. Vtembeta of tbe Philadelphia aud New Yrl Stock Bicbaoge. Exelnslv private wire between eur Pniladtl-pbla and New lurk Offices. DE HAVEN TOWNSEND 441 Chestnut PUUalelpliU. 40 Wall York.

GEO. L. SONSEBORN. CHAS. JACKEL GEO.

Bankers and Brokers, 132 S. Fourth St. Stocks and Bomls Bought and Sold on Comtnls-ftlnu. lutorcst Allowed on Deposits, subject to chock. Direct private wire to New York.

ORIGIN OF "HOW! Why It nine to Be Vied in Connection ith Drinking'. They wore nil sitting wrounrl a labio in the (iib.sou House cafe, Farny nnd a fow other congenial spirits, the Cincinnati Enquirer. Someone ordered a drink, and when It came and everyone was about to raise his class Farny ald: "How!" It is an expression that Is heard In a cafe hundreds of times a day, aud yet few people know Its origin. Seated In the crowd at the table in the Ulbsua House was an army officer, and someone said: "Where in the world did this expression 'how' come from?" Then the army offlVer laughed and mild: "Draw close, my children, aud 1 will tell yon." And he did. How' is an expression used by every man when he drinks, but it had its beginning in a Joke.

Years ago, when the army was eugaged in drivlug the red man further aud further towards the setting sun, the officers had many experiences with the In. dians. Many pow-wowa and meetings were held and at those assembled many Indian who could spenk but a few words of F.ug-llsh. Army officers are proverbially hospitable, and at these pow-wows they always produced a bottle and asked the chiefs to drink. In those days the officers said to the chiefs: 'I drink to your good The chiefs, who knew but a few words of Kng-llsh.

always replied The thing started as a Joke, but every army officer fell int.i the hnbit of saying aud now it is recognized as the proper thing to say when drinking, particularly when doing so with the sons of Mars." Ingenions Tippling In a Poorhonar. It is laughable to see how the inmates at the Oneida County Home plan to get the best of Superintendent Mittenmalr. When they have hard colds they are given a bottle of cough syrup, which Is made at the home in large quantities, containing rum and mo-lasses. One of the Inmates devised a scheme whereby he could extract the rum from the molniwcfi. so that he could get the rum out without contaminating his stomach with the molasses.

He placed the bottle on the win-dowslll in the sun, and discovered that the molasses came to the top, leaving the rum at the bottom. Procuring a straw at the barn he Inserted It In the bottle below the moists and proceeded to drink the rum from the botlotu of the bottle. It lea observer. Acrtyllne for a CH. The scientific progress of the day I evidenced In the establishment of a central station for the production of acetylene gas at Tata-Tovaros, Hungary, a clay of some Inhabitants.

According to the account published, five mile of pipe cover the city, these furnishing gas to treet lights and burners In houses, but. tbe generating siatlon Is located more than feet from the nearest house. The gas Is pro. duced In four generators by the fall of the carbide Into the water. The gas for each group, on leaving the generators, passes Into a eultable cooler and then into purifier, finally going Into two gaeometers of lis: cubic, feet capacity.

The generating plant requires the service of only two men. and the total cost of the Installation is stated to haro been 30,000. I A Revolting; Seene In Which Several AnlmalN Are Killed. From the Oregon (Mo.) Sentinel. "The great bull fight was pulled off 4 o'clock.

Everyone on the excursion, of course, went to see the hull fight, but I tell you I was disgusted and have seen my last bull fight." writes Will Zook. of Holt county, who Is now traveling in Mexico. "The great arena was tilled to overflowing with people at fifty cents per head. American money, nnd the attendance was esti-maed at 10,000. The arena, walls nnd all, was constructed without a single nail, everything being tied with rope.

"When the arena was filled Mexican policemen were crowded In to keep order. The bugler sounded his trumpet, the toreadors and matador dashed into the arena, gaily bedecked in beaded uniforms with bright-colored silk mantles over their shoulders, saluted the cheering crowd, and throwing their tine mantles to the attendants, took older aud soiled ones and faced the entrance, where a furious bull was just entering, several sharp, bright-bearded bandoliers, with bright paper attached, being thrown into his body by attendants to infuriate him. "The bull ring where the fight occurred was about 240 feet in circumference, surrounded by a high fence of stout wood at the foot of the tier of seats. As the maddened beast rushed forth the toreadors on foot waved their bright mantles, and he rushed first at one and then at the other, the man jumping gracefully to one side, the bull only striking the mantle. 'Hie bull's horns had been nicely polished and shariv ened.

and you couhj see the first thing they hit would suffer. This happened to be one of the first two horses which entered the ring. There was a man on each horse, and they wore heavy steel coverings on their legs to save fhemselves. The poor horses, though, had no show to protect themselves In case the horseman failed to stop the bull with his long spear, which Is seldom done. The horse has his right, eye blindfolded, or; perhaps, would have a chance to save himself.

"It was a fight to bring out all Ihe brutality lu a bull ring, and consequently the man waited until the bull rushed at him. head down, before he tried to use his spear. Then the man would brace himself, and as the mad bull would rush toward him stick the animal in the neck with his spear and suppose to hold him away. The first bull that made a plunge toward one of the horses was not stopped by the man. and the bull struck the horse's side.

Horse and man fell together, the man under the horse. Man not hurt. but. of course, horse killed. They helped the man up.

the torea-durs attracting the bull's attention to the other side of the ring. "It was only a few minutes until the other horse was gored to death; then the toreadors and matadors went into the fight. The matadors each had two bandoliers, which are wooden sticks about the sl.e of a walklng-cane and about two feet long, with a bearded spear point at one end and colored tissue paper pasted over the outside, and holding them up. one man at time attracted the bull. As he dasJied at the taunting paper-covered sticks held aloft, the man jumped nimbly to one side and stuck the things into the animal's nock, nt Ihe same time breaking for one of the retreats inside the ring for safely.

"After eight of these sticks had been thrust into the bull, the matHdor for bull killer) steps Into the ring, sword In one hand and a scarlet blnnket in the other. He had the blanket on his left arm. and as the bull rushed toward it. Jerked it down nnd plunged the sabre Into the bull's breast about two feet, but failed to down him. Then the crowd yelled and guyed the matador, but Ihe next time he killed the bull, as well as the three succeeding ones.

"About the same programme was carried out In three more battles, with little variation. The last bull, though, was the most vicious, killed three horses, making five horses and four bulls killed during the fight. Only two of the fighters were struck during the light. One of the toreadors hud Ills uniform ripped and the matador was strcck in the arm. making quite a wound.

It was a ghastly sight and exciting enough, even for the Americans. The majority of us. though, were stayers, and stuck through the tight, hut I will venture to say no one of the 2.0iH or more Americans who went waut to witness another such sight." ZWICK'S ELECTRIC SERVICE The Current for Street Cars Is Made With Gas Engines. A notable feature of the pnbllc service of Zurich and Its neighborhood Is mentioned, namely, the power plant at Oerllken. which furnishes current for the street lines of rail-way.

The Installation at present Includes one gas generator of 2)0 horse power and two of 100, the generators burning Belgian anthracite. The gas Is washed and pusses through coke scrubbers nnd sawdust, while no smell of tar Is noticeable, and no trouble arises in the gas engines, which, like the generators, come from the Mnsehtneiifahrtk The three englues of 125 horse power drive, each, a compound four pole continuous current generator of volts, at 10 revolutions: a battery of 280 Tudor cells Is connected In parallel to the dynamos, nnd the regulating cells are changed by a motor gen-eralor. Conspicuous on the switchboard is an automatic cell switch for cutting out the discharged cells. This unique apparatus comprises two heavy selenolds anil appears to be used at night only. Submarine Roata.

In discussing the question of submarine boat construction In Its present aspects, a writer In the Marine Review remarks that, notwithstanding tbe Indifference so generally manifested In England regarding such craft of every description, France has been the one European nation that has steadily endeavored to realize If development to the most perfect degree, despite the numerous failure which have taken place. Those failures have, of course, produced much discouragement. It was not so very long ago that public gratification was at a high pitch over the Gustave Xede, but It appeared later that the range of action of the vessel was limited In the extreme: the French authorities derlyed no little satisfaction, however, out of the fact that Zedc had nt least demonstrated the practicaWIIfy of the submarine boat. Attention was next turned to the tioubet boat, and after It had proved thoroughly Impractlcshle.lnterest centered as generally In the Morse, but. as Is well known, with similar disappointing results.

Some of the AVeek's Features. Of the week's Important features, none was more Important, more far reaching in effect. than the sensation sprung by President Havemeyer. of the American Sugar Company, at the annual meeting of the stockholders last Wednesday. He told the shareholders that if it was necessary dividends would be reduced or passed altogether.

Wall street pretended to be astonished, although, as matter of fact, this is not the first time such statements have come from the executive head of the Sugar trust. Furthermoreand this Is a fact which Wall street knows, or ought to know the American Sugar Retiniug Company, nor any other company Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, cannot pay dividends that have not been earned. If they do and the fact Is discovered the company is liable to forfeit its charter. We have yet to learn, however, whether the Sugar Tru6t has ever violated this law. Indeed, no one, save President Havemeyer and his close associates In the directory, knows Just what the company's earnings are.

It Is a "blind pool" to stockholders and public alike. They know no more about the operations of the property than do Standard Oil stockholders. All they do know is that their dividends have come to them regularly and with this fact they seem to be content. Probably should Sugar dividends be reduced or passed the public might gain more knowledge of the company's financial position, for there is hardly a doubt but that some of the stockholders would force the management to render an account In the courts. It is equally certain that President Havemeyer and the directors would want to avoid such a pro-cedure, so that Wednesday's statement must not be taken with too much seriousness.

Its effect upon the stock market, however, has been quite marked, especially In the industrial list. Sugar declined an extreme 25 points or more aud closed the week with a net loss of $14 a share. Out of 47 stocks which declined a polnl or more net, as a result of last week's trading, no less than 18 were of the Industrial class. When the fact Is recalled that there are only about one industrial stock to every ten shares of railroad stocks, the proportion of Industrial shares which declined a point or mor.e last week is very significant. It is not surprising, however, that such a result should be shown.

If confidence is to be destroyed by such developments of last Wednesday in a property like the American Sugar Refining Company, admittedly one of the best man. aged companies of Its kind, what must be the harm to the late-comers, which have been striving in every way possible to establish belief In them? Take American To-bacco as an illustration. It was, only a year or two ago. a plaything for the biggest gamblers on Wall street. But since then men of millions and brains have taken hold of the management.

Nearly $25,000,000 of the company's stock is owned outright by five meu. One of their alms Is to make the security a valuable collateral a stock which will not only be acceptable to financial institutions, but sought for by them as an Investment. Their efforts have been untiring iu this direction, aud some progress has been made, as Is shown by more willingness to accept the stock as collateral in loans. The recent developments In American Sugar, however, will serve only to make their task a more difficult one. as it will also in the attempt to create confidence in other goisl industrial securities.

Money Situation Easier. The money situation has improved decidedly the past week, both at home and abroad. The Bank of Kuglund found It convenient to reduce Its rate of discount to 5 per and this was followed tbe next day by a reduction In the Bank of Germauy's rate to 4 per cent. Europe is no longer looking this way for gold, and its money markets are In the most satisfactory position tot many months. Speculation In London is slow, however, for new from South Africa has not been sufficiently encouraging to start active pun-basing.

It Is generally thought that a few British victories would bring much activity, now that the stringency In the money market has disappeared. At Xew York conditions were decidedly better, the range for call loans having beeu between 7 and 2 per averaging about 5 per cent. Money flows from the Interior In steadily In creasing volume. These receipts were from nearly all parts of the country, and the condition of the Interior exchanges promises a continual flow In this direction. The Northwest can easily spare money.

It's markets are generally called Arm. but there Is little doing In grain paper at any of the points where such business centers. The call loan market was made easy by the large loans of the small brokerage houses, who found that they did not require all the funds they were borrowing on time. The demand for time loans on collateral In short loans. Six per cent, was bid nearly all the week on good collateral for loans from sixty days to three months.

For longer dates up to nine months the offerings of moucy were heavy at tt per with little demand. Tho Week's Xet Itosults. The following Is a list of the stocks that are changed 1 or more per cent, on the week's dealings, comparing Saturday's clos-Ing prices with those of Saturday, January 6: ADVANCED. Am. Pint.

Tel 1 Am. Steel ft Wire. 1 T. SUnls Ke )M, THv nrcf 1 Balilmnre and Ohio. 2', IW.

pref 1' Canadian Too. Traction CI. lr. h. P'.

1 rol. Fuel A- 1 ls-l. llnilann 1 tieneral Electric. 1 Kanawhs A 1 Knickerbocker Iritis. St.

Nnslir. 1 National Blsci.lt Co. 1 New Jer. N. T.

Air Brake. Norf. Weat. pref. 1i, Northern Psrlnr 1 Hunt hern Rwr, pref.

1 Tenn. ft l'i Wn. ft 1st pf. 1V Was quiet but firm, with light offerings of fine goods. We quote New York, full cream, fancy, new, small boxes.

13al3c; fair to choice, new, 12al2c; Swiss cheese, cream. No. 1. new. 14c: do.

No. 2. new, part skims, new, as to quality. Ual04c EGGS Supplies were fairly liberal, and market was quiet at former rates. We quote on the following basis: Pennsylvania and other near-by.

fresh. 19c Western choice, fresh, in free cases, loes off, 19c; fair to good. 17al8c; ice bouse, 12al4c LIVE POULTRY Was In ample aupply and quiet at former rates. We quote: Fowls, heavy, medium, 9e old roosters. 7c: spring chickens.

8a9c; ducks. 10a 11c: tin keys. 8a9c. geese. 9a 10c; plgeuus, per pair, I8a23c DRESSED POULTRY Was steady on desirable lota, which were in fair demand.

Quotation ranged aa follows: Fresh-killed fowls, Western, choice. a9c: fair to good. 8a84c. old rooaters. near-by chicken.

911c: llllnola chickens, fancy, large selection, 104Hc: llllnola chicken, good to choice. BalOc: other Western chickens, fancy, large. 9al0c. do. chicken, medium, 8 9c; Western chicken, common to fair, 7s8c: near-by turkeys, fancy.

11c: do. choice lOe.j do. fair to good. OaBiic; Western turkeys, choice hen, 1041 lc; do. do young Toms, choice, do.

fair to good. do. Inferior, 78c; ducka. Western, choice and fancy, lllellc. do.

average receipts. Saftc; geese, Western, choice, 9c; do. rdlnary, 7a8c. PROVISIONS Met with fair Jobbing demand, and mled steady. 00 1 basis of the following quotations: Smoked beef.

In et. 1518c; smoked beef, knuckle and tender. is20c: beef bam. 22a 22.50: pork, family, hams, sweet pickle cured. In tierce.

9aluc; smoked, as to brand nd verge, lde. ribbed. In salt. 6ac; do. smoked.

7a7c; heul. der. pickle cured. 7a7c; do. amsked, 74a7c; picnic bms.

S. P. cured. 7a7c. smoked.

74a74c bellies. In pickle, according to average, looae, flUaSe. breakfast bacon, as to brand and average. Ra9c. lant.

pure, city refined. In tierce. 6c; lu tubs, 7c; butcher', loose, 6c. REFINED SUGARS There was a moderate Inquiry nd the mrket ruled firm. Prices.

ubje.t to a rebate of l.V. per 100 pound, payable In 30 day, and 1 per cent, for cash In 7 day, ranged a follow: Cubes. fi 2oc; inxenge. 5 2oc; powdered. 15c; grsnttlatcd.

6.05c.; crystal A. 5.05c crown A. 530c; confectioner' A. 4. 80c; No.

16 to 1, 4.25S4.70C GREEN FRUITS Apple were In limited supply and choice fruit readily brought full prices. Cmnberrlr were ersrrn nd choice stock was wanted at full prices. Onlona were quiet and unchanged. We quote on a basis of tho following: Apples, per hsrrel-Splts. choice to fsncy.

$3 25s3 Kings, ebole to fancy, f3aS.0O; Baldwins, cholc to I Why He Didn't Go. At a Scottish fair a farmer was trying to engage a lad to assist on the farm, but would not finish the bargain until he brought a character from the last p'ace; so he said: "Run and get It and meet me at the crossroads at 4 o'clock." Tbe youth was there In good time, and the farmer said: "Well, have you got your character with ynu?" replied the youth, "but I've got yours, and I'm no' comln'.".