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8 THE NEW YORK TIMES. TUESDAY, MAY 1897 --TWELVE PAGES. FtXAXCIAL DIRECTORY. Chemical National Bank 8T0 Broadway. Kational Bank tf Commerce CATV AND tt.SOO.OOa.

as liberty aa st. Hanover National Bank capital, ti.ooo.ooo. surplus. $2,000,000. 11 Kaeea St, The Nassau Bank Coraer Beekaaaa Nassa.

Central National Bank 281 Braiwr Continental Trust Company SO BnU St. ATLAXTIC TRrST COMPASV, SB WILLIAM 8TKKCT. L.V. F. RANDOLPH.

Pres. J. a. SUYDAM. Secy.

EW TORK 8ECIRITY TRC8T CO. 44 Bad 4 Wall Htreet. CAPITAL. ll.ouo.OOU. SURFLLii, tl.300.00a The State Trust Broiwar Washington Trust Company Stewart Balldlaa-, Z80 Broadway.

Fourth Street National Bank PHILADELPHIA. Capital $1,500,000. Sarplas 1,1 30,000. BtUKKRl' CARDS. SPENCER TRASK BANKERS.

Bonds And Stocks Bought and Soli on )' DEALERS IJT Investment Securities. ST aad 20 Mae IL. New York. Alaoay. Stat u4 Ja QEO.

H. PRENTISS DEALERS EC LOCAL SECURITIES. 87 William St, SOS Mesflaerae Xcw Tork City. BreolUya. H.

T. Members New York 5toclc Bxchaagt. xru MAKa a. BPEcxAiyrr os BANK STOCKS. P.

J. Goodhart 6: S.aktni It. T. Stock Eirtiin. SS WALL i HflWSM ft STRUT w-w jww orn oivtk; czcaaB(i HAVE REMOVED TO 1 NASSAU STREET.

Coraer at Wall Street. FIHAJIC1AL. OREGON IMPROVEMENT Reorganization.1 NEW TORK. I BOSTON. (April SO.

WW. Ta Depositor of Coaaoljdated. Mort-aTesre hoads aad Preferred aad Cob atoclc. aaaer tha Plaue aad Asreo eat of ReoraraalsattoB. repreaeated tae aaaeraltraed Coasaaltteet aad To Holdera of Boada aad Stock of tae Orearoa Iaaprovenaeat Osapair, NOTICE IB HEREBY GIVEN: TbAt pursuant to an understanding with the Comraitte reprrse ntlng outstanding minority tn-ttrwti.

he time within -which bonds and. stock mar a deposited under the said Agreement ot Reorganization without penalty has-been extended ta and Including MAY 11. 1897. 2. That the Brat installment of the payment re-a-alred by said Agreement, to wit: fVL60 on each Consolidated Mortgage Bond.

11-25 on each share Preferred Stock, and 11.00 on each ahare of Common Stock, la hereby called, payable at tha MANHATTAN TRUST COStPANT. 10 Wall Street. New Tor, or tha OLD OOLONT TRUST COMPANT. Amea Building. Boston.

Mia, on or tefore MAT 11. Certificates most be presented at the time of payment, that tha same may be noted thereon. JOH7V I. WATEBBIHY, T. JEFFKRSOJI COOLIDGE.

JIL. E. ROLLI.tS MORSE. OT.ES S. BACHE.

CoaaaUttee. BDAPSON. THACHER A BARNUM. Counsel. 10 WaU SL.

New York. OREGON IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. York. AprU 30th, 18T. To Security-Holders: So aaiceaaeat whatever baa beea Saado by this Conceit tee.

repreaeatlaa; the seearlty-holdere, with the Cam. feelttee of which Mr. Waterhary la Caalraeaa. aad all atateaaeata to that ataTeet are wholly aawarraated by the (acta. Seeartty-holdere are aotlfled that thla Coaaaalttee la still reeelTlaK at' tbi Faraeera' Loaa A Traat Co.

de-ioatta of all elaaaea of aeearitlea (la. eladlaar certificate laaaed by the Maaaattaa Traat Co.) oppoaed to the tWater eery plaa. aad that thla Committee will protect la every legal way the I atereata of those it represeata. HENRY AriY, HENRY K. McHARO, Committee.

Mlehael H. Card-tia, CoaaaeL Guaranty TrustGo. of New York. Mataal Life BalUiaa, NASSAU. CORNER CEDAR STREET.

L02IDOX BRANCH. 33 1JMRaRD ST. capitau s2.woe.eoo surplus. A.eeo.eee ACTS AS TRUSTEE FOR CORPORATIONS, FIRMS. AND INDIVIDUALS.

AS GUARDIAN. EXECUTOR. AND ADMIN IKTRATGR. TAKES ENTIRE CHABUE OF REAL AND PER. SONAL ESTATES.

INTEREST ALLOWED 05 DEPOSITS subject to check or ea certlflceia. STERLING DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF BREAT BRITAIN BOUGHT AND SOLD. COLLECTIONS MADE. COR ERCIAL LETTERS OT CREDIT ISSUED. ALTER O.

OAKKAN. Prasbtent. ADRIAN I8ELIN. Vice-President. GEOROK R.

TCRNBUXI, 2d Vlc-Prl(JenL HENRT A. MURRAY. TraoA and Sec. J. NELSON BORLAND.

Aab Treaa. acd I JOHN AULT. Miaaaer Foreira Pept. DIRECTORS. SaaMtel IX Babcock, Cieorfe T.

liakar. Georco a. Bowdola, Aacat Belaoot. rredrrie Trailer R. GilletU.

BvbenOoelat, O. Q. Ha Tea, Ollrar Barriaiaa. JL Hosiara Bayes. Cbart R.

Beadanna. AdrJas tella. Anrwras J. JalUlard, Jaawa N. Jarrle.

Rlcaard A. XcCurdy. Alazaadar E. Orr. traitor (t.

Pair wan. Beary B. i H. UclC Twcmblr, Vredarick T.Vandarbllt. VUliaaa Whitney.

ATLANTIC MUTUAL SCRIP. -J. P. WI.VT-RiNOHAM, So Pine N. V- Telephone.

12SS yoruaoat. oanorai awes oruaaraaa gaainoia THE FINANCIAL MARKETS i Stock narrow and firm. The rapidly extending" conviction that It will yet be a lone time before the pending Tart ft bill la finally passed la effect I re In keeplnc alt stock market lntereata at a BtandatUL Yesterday on the Stock Exchange waa much like the averaga day of last week -transactions few and fluctuations lnconsa- IuentlaL Sugar Trust atock, as usual, waa tha leader In whatever activity waa shown, dealings in It reaching 24.000 share out of a total of 80,000 In other atocks traded In. It was atrong from the start. As has been pointed out frequently here of late, the short Interest In thla particular atock baa for aome time paat been unwieldy, and now quotations respond with but very little effort on the bull aide.

Some traders who have been predicting dreadful things to happen to (Sugar Trust through the action of Congress are now equally confident that Congress will give to the' trust everything that the trust wants. Much to the surprise of the average Wall Street observer. Leather Trust atock was atrong yeaterday, and scored a aubatantlal The 'short Interest In thla atock. like that In Sugar, la much extended, but none of the friends of the Leather Company la expecting much help from tariff tinkerlngs, there having- been arranged a Congressional surrender to the Cattle Trust, wbose Interests are antagonistic to those of the leather manufacturers. o.o Western TJnlon was kept under the hammer all day yesterday, but after showing weakness In the morning the stock became firm and even scored a fractional advance for the day.

Too much Information on Western Union Intended to be depressing has lately been hippodromed in Wall Street to make bear points attractive at the moment Something dreadful may be about to happen to. Western Union, but enough of the stock Is already sold short to keep Its quotations from going rapidly downward. Friends of Mr. Georre J. Gould aver that much of the current Wall Street gossip about Western Union affairs Is gross misrepresentation.

The Granger railroad stocks continue conspicuous, and they are traded In more largely than any of the other outside of two or three Industrials, and in them also there Is a substantial short Interest. Some developments make it look as If Boston has been unloading Burlington, and Chicago has apparently been selling St. Paul. The bad earnings predicted for all of the Granger properties do not, however, come to pass as rapidly as nave been foreshadowed. London sold some stocks bere yesterday, but with a good deal of adroitness, evidently trying to avoid causing weakness In quotations.

Private cable dispatches from London Indicate rather disagreeable possibilities in the Kafir quarter, but. It Is noticeable that these dispatcnes no longer lay much stress upon anything likely to grow out of foreign war snarls. Government bonds were weaker. The fours, 1907, coupon, declined and the fours, 1925, There were sales of 53,000 fours, 1925, coupon, at 1228122. In State bonds, $1,000 funded debt, 2-Ss of 1991, sold at 65.

Net changes in stocks of one-half of 1 per cent, or more were: Stocks Advaaeed. Am. Sua. Louis, i Nah 1 Am. Tobacco VN.

J. T. A 8. pf Nor. Pac.

pf li Bait. A Ohio Paclflo Kali Brook. Un. i8L P. A C.

B. A Southern C. M. A St. U.

S. Leather Chi. A Northwest KV. S. Rubber pf ConsoL Gaa 14! Stocka Declined.

Lack. A VMo. Paclflo Manhattan Tenn. A I. Alet.

Traction 1 Net changes In bonds quotations of 1 per cent, or more were: Boada Advanced. rt.Vr.ttX. C. A Bt-L. lat.14 Bonds Declined.

Chi. E. IU. gen. 6a.

1 (Stand. R. A T. 6a Northwest, con. 7a.l 1 MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

The money market was quiet. Call loans at 11 per cent The last loan was made at 1 per cent. Time money, 2 per cent for thirty to sixty days. 2 per cent, for ninety days to four months, 8 per cent, for five to six months. Commercial paper rates, SV4 per cent, for Indorsed bills receivable, per cent, for first-class single names, and 4Q6 per cent, for good names.

Clearing house exchanges, balances, Sub-Treasury debit balance, Money on call in London, 3 per cent. Discounts in the open market were made at 1 5-18 per cenL for both short and three months' bills. Foreign exchange market very dull. Posted rates unchanged at $4.87 for sixty days and $4.88 for demand. Actual rates were for sixty-day bills.

$4714 $4.874 for demand. for cable transfers, and $4.85 for commercial. In Continental, Paris francs were quoted at 5.16&5.1ftT4; for long and 5.145.I5 for short, relchsmarka at 95 and 95, and guilders at 40 and 40. New York exchange quoted as follows: Chicago 65o premium. Boston 1018 2-3c discount.

San Francisco Sight. 15c pre-mlulm; telegraphic. 17c premium. New Orleans Commercial, 25c premium; bank, $1.50 premium. Savannah Buying, l-16c off; sell-Dig, par.

Charleston Buying, par; selling, premium. St. Louis premium. The money market at the beginning of the week shows no change In conditions. A slightly better demand in the commercial paper department was about the only feature yesterday.

Call money was very dulL A number of small loans were made at the low rate of 1 per cent. The demand for time money continued light. BULLION AND MIXIXG. Silver bullion certificates quoted on the Stock Exchange at 61Vt061c. No sales.

Commercial price of bar sliver, 01c per ounce. Mexican, silver dollars quoted at 48 1-ldc. The Mercantile Safe Deposit Company holds 392.02L47 ounoes of silver bullion. Bar silver in London, 28 l-16d per ounce, The following shows the gold movement from Jan. 1.

as compared with the last four years: Imports, Jan. 1 to date. $1889 230 Exports in same Net exports Net imports, 1W Net exports, ls5 Net ex port a. lmM Net exports. 82.VW 15.972,351 17,584.48 On the Consolidated Exchange 700 shares of Brunswick sold at .00, 200 Consolidated California and Virginia at 2J5Q2.40, 000 Comstock at .05, loo Crown Point at .84, 1.000 Iron Silver at .25, and COO Savage at .250.23.

THE LOXDOH MARKET. American shares were fractionally higher In the London market. The principal changes were: Advanced it, Paul, to LoJtsvtUa and Nashville. to 44; New York Central. U.

to 101: Atchison. to 10. and Illinois Central, to Mft. Ds- cllned-n clflo sold preferred dtng. hi.

to 0. Canadian Pa- kt 54VL Krle at 12. and Erie first at 29. British consols advanced to count. HIV for both money and tha ac- The Bakk of England gained on balance 145.000.

Bar gold In the open market, decline of Vd. American eagles, decline of d. The weekly state- Ha lid, 4 Ts4d. tnent of the Imperial Bank of Germany shows the following changes from the pre- vlous acdount: Cash on hand decreased ll.U20.000 marks. Treasury notes decreased 880,000 riarka.

other securities increased 42,440,000 marks, notes in circulation in- creased 68,760,000 marks. Gold waa quoted at Buenok Ay res at 104. at Lisbon at 50, and at Rime at 105.57. In Berlin, exchange on London. tight days' sight.

20 marks S8S pfennigs. GOLD EXPORTS AND BONDS. The quejstlon of gold exports and how far they are likely to extend has suddenly become a njoet Important one in Wall Street. Predlctloils that the gold shipped abroad will amoi nt to $25,000,000 or $30,000,000 are common, uid much guessing Is being done as. to the effect upon the security markets should th Treasury reserve get anywhere near the bundred-mlllion-dollar mark.

Mr. Henry Kerr of Redmond. Kerr St Co. said yesterday! regarding the effect upon invest ment sentiment of any such depletion of the Treasury' gold reserve in talking of bond market conditions to a representative of Th New York Times: Of cot rse, withdrawals of gold from the Treasury and shipments of the metal abroad cessarily create some apprehension amer investors. We have had in the past such bad results from gold exports that now rhen people see gold going abroad and the 1 reasury reserve diminishing they begin to ieel nervous.

The reserve Is now too far i bove the hundred-million-dollar point to reate any real fear. Until people see that i great deal of gold la demanded and that margin of surplus reserve In the Treas try is becoming smaller, they will not becon really timid. If, however, the reserve sh ould go down and get close to the amount re julred by law, we would probably see the sun old nervousness and fright among lnv estora. Londoi i Is coming Into the market with inquiries lor our securities, and I think It quite likel that in the near future London will be a purchaser of some of our railroad bond i If London can get them, which Is more than people here can do. Good bonds are probably as scarce as they ever have been.

The demand cannot begin to be supplied, nd prices are getting up where it would seen that people would not want bonds. Bt people want to get their money into aome hing; they cannot get municipal securities that will pay them very well; they do not want to take second-grade bonds; an high price consequently they are paying for what they want gilt-edged securities. "It loo; to me aa if prices were going higher. I ould not be surprised to see our railroad nds sell on a 3 per cent, basis. That is ve low, but, considering the small supply an the heavy demand, I think it Is Really, prices are getting so warrant high that makes people a little nerves.

A year or I two before the Baring panic we had just such conditions, and bonds were as they are now. If anything develops thoroughly to scare the Investing public, there will be a bad smash In values. There hlgh-grad a good business being done in bonds, most of it over the coun ter' business. But the market lacks that snap and 1 im that we would like to see in it. Broker 3 can sell all the securities they get and at good prices, but still there is no vigor in tl bond department.

If Europe comes in a a buyer of our railroad securi ties, the dparth of good bonds will be all the more apparent and prices will probably GO STOCKS WEAK. The we ness of the Gould group attract ed conside: ive attention yesterday. It was generally from the elieved that the selling came side. Brokers who have pre- viously Identified with Gould-Sage speculative movements were conspicuous as sellers of 1 the stocks. Their weakness was due el itiriely ver in 1 to this.

There was no news what vef in relation to any of them. -YIELD! OF BIG INVESTMENTS. In his am ual review of the life Insurance business In the State of Connecticut for 1896, Comr ilssloner Befts, in his report made yesti rday to the Governor of the, State of Co mectlcut. discusses in some detail the qi estion of revenues derived by the life Insurance companies from investors. He says: A considerable variation occurs in the rate yieldec by the different classes of investments.

Mortgage loans show 5.10 per cent, gross, bonds and stocks 4.50 per real estate 4 per and other ledger assets retuin 4.20 per cent. The latter includes a lar ge amount of cash on hand and agents' bah nces. When, however, the real estate is larged with taxes and repairs, Ac, thereo 1, its net earning falls to 1 per Irom' which should still further be deducte 1 per cent, for reduction in values mar ced off in 1806, leaving but a nominal earning for the year. Aa much of this unprod active real estate was derived from forecli sed mortgages, the two should be conslden together from an Investment standpoint, which would leave their combined net ei about 4 per cent. The net losses bond and stock Investments were merel nominal, so that there la virtually no dtduction to be made from the gross earnli of 4 per except perhaps about ne-fouTth of 1 per cent, for expenses of handling, supervising, not otherwise educted, and which applies to all investments." SRSEY CENTRAL The statei ent of the Central Railroad of New Jersej for the month of March was issued yestj rday, showing a decrease In gross earnii gs of about $40,000, and a net about $13,000.

Operating ex-taxes show a reduction. The decrease ol pensee and official figui are: 187. Chane-es. Gross earn! $893,214.57 Dec. $40,834.59 Operating pe -and 833.800.32 Dec.

27.670.51 tsxes Net Dec. $13,164.08 FO) Last wee HOPES BLASTED. the Chicago Stock Exchange did consld tie business In New York stocks, mo done than trading of that kind beinir or a long while. Immediately Chicago's fi terics, and arbitrage tanciai writers went into hys- here waa all kinds of talk of sineaa between that city and nd of the beginning of the end New York, of the pri two places. te-wire systems between tha It now appears that all of these been killed.

The President of hopes have the Chicagi Stock Exchange has nubllclv called atten Ion to the following by-law: No sale securities shall be made on islt shall be offered as the limit which a de: of And 1: mch as Chicago's trading in New York it ocas was mostly of a one-nature, or. In other worda. tha polnt-margl business ich Is usually the food of the bucket shop: Chicago's dream Is ended. CROP OUTLOOK DOt'BTFl'L. People qualnted with Rock Island affairs are talking rather discount gin gly of crop ipects.

Seeding has beet, de- layed by th floods throughout the country. and buslnesi generally Is backward. Aa- cording to iese authorities, the outlook for the granger -oads is Just about what it was T4H; Sixty days ago. although, all things considered, railroad earnings are showing up very well. C0BF0BATZ0N ELECTIONS.

New Enolamd Teleorapr and Tl-THOH Com pant. Directors Charles F. Ay-er, John H. Cahill. Benjamin Dean, William H.

Elliot, William Forbes, John E. Hudson, Henry S. Hyde, Albert O. Morgan, David Parker, Moses G. Parker, Stephen Salisbury, Thomas Sherwln; PresidentThomas Bherwln; vice President-Henry 8.

Hyde; Treasurer Wllltsm R. Driver; Secretary Samuel W. Leedom; General Manager Jasper N. Keller. Northern New York Telephone Company.

Directors Benjamin F. Sargent, Charles T. Crosby, Frederick Church, Thomas Sherwln, John H. CahllL Daviu B. Parker, and George A.

Roper; President Benjamin F. Sargent; Vice PresidentFrederick C. Church; Secretary and Treasurer-George A. Roper: Executive Committee-Messrs. Sargent, Church.

nd Sherwln. Trio Gold and Silver Mini no Company. Trustees William M. Dean, Benjamin Collins, and Robert L. Mr.

Dean was chosen President and B. Lancaster Secretary and Treasurer. OUTSIDE SECURITIES. Traction Quotations. i "i Bid.

Broadway A Seventh Avenue, 201 Broadway A Seventh Avenue .100 Broadway A Seventh Aveauo -Broadway Surface lat .115 Broadway Surface 2d. .104 Brooklyn City 181 Brooklyn. Bath A West End OS 5 Brooklyn le vated. Brooklyn, Queens Co. A Sub.

..108 Buffalo Croutown 104 Buffalo Street Railway stock ez dlv. 72 Buffalo Street Railway 1st conaola. Central Park, N. A E. River ....164 Central Park, N.

A E. River Is 113 Dry Dock, E. B. A B. R.

Eighth Avenue .800 42d SL. Man. A St. Nloh. Av 40 2d Man.

A St. Nlch. Av. 42d Man. A St.

Nlch. Av, tM Kings County Traction SS New Orleans Traction 6 New Orleans Traction pf 28 Ninth Avenue Railroad. .1 MO Bteinwar R. R. 6s .113 Second Avenue Railroad atock Second Avenue Railroad 1st 6 Sixth Avenue Railroad atock 15 Third Avenue Railroad ....154 Union Ry.

1st 6s (Huckleberry) 103 Worcester (Mass.) Traction. 17 Worcester (Masa) Traction 92 Ferry Securities. Hoboken Ferry atock. 89 Hoboken Ferry 6s Metropolitan Ferry 5a .10 N. Y.

A E. R. Ferry 6a 89 N. Y. A E.

R. stock 63 Union Ferry stock B2 Union Ferry 6s ..103 Natural Gaa. Fort Wayne Oas stock 81 Fort Wayne 1st 60 DO Indianapolis Oas stock .132 Indianapolis Oas 1st 1T Lafayette Oas Company 1st 6a 92 Lafayette Oas Company stock S4 Loganaport A Wsb. Val. Oas 58 Logansport A Wab.

Val. 6a. 75 IUnmlnavtina; Gaa. Columbus Oas 75 Consolidated Oas bonds of N. -76 Consolidated Oas of N.

IS Consumers' Gas (Jersey City) 75 Consumers' Gas (Jersey City) bonds. 99 Equitable Gas Company of N. Grand Rapida Oaa stock 64 Mutual Oaa Company of N. 248 N. Y.

A B. R. Oaa Company atock. 66 N. A E.

R. Oaa Company 92 N. Y. A E. R.

Oaa Company 108 N. Y. A E. R. Gas Company consol.100 St.

Paul Oaa bonds 74 Standard Oas, New York. 98 Standard Gas, New York. 118 Btandard Oaa, New York, 1st Ill Western Oas Company, 65 Western Oas Co. bonds, 96 Indaatrlals. Asked.

206 100 112 118 108 188 68 106 106 7S loe 170 115 16 826 60 118 70 89H 1 130 110 175 156 104 lit 93 70 101 110 90 66 624 106 83 92V4 135 109 94 88 60 77 78 19 80 loou 212g 66 253 6J1 94 109 102 74 99 120 113 67 96 American Bank American Typefounders' Barney A Smith oommoi. Celluloid Company stock Cramp Shipyard stock Herring-Hall-Marvin Hening-Hall-Marvin pf. Hecker-Jones-Jewell milling Becker-Jones-Jewell Milling bonds Lorillard Company pf Michigan Peninsular Car Michigan Peninsular Car pf Michigan Pen. Car 5 p. c.

bonds New York Air Brake Company New York Biscuit Company. Nicaragua Canal (new) Pennsylvania Coal. Pratt Whitney Pratt A Whitney pf Standard OU Trenton Pottery Tron ton Pottery pf Union Typewriter Union Typewriter Union Typewriter 2d pf. Wagner Car Company. Worthlngtoa Pump The Mlscellauaeoas 42 25 10 60 46 1 15 6T 94 .106 10 43 82 19 ..106 1 61 .299 8 42 644 275, 14 63 1 53 4 20 70 99 108 13 48 86.

22 108 3 840 12 65 800 lO 45 TH 90 74 152 7 87 72 ..150 76 List. e-e 90 ..117 ..166 60 tt 62 2 51 46 ..134 Acker, Merrall A Condit. Central A South America Tel 99 120 170 63 6 ea 55 47 138 169 16 87 Commercial uaJDia stoca Electro-Pneumatic Hudson River Tel. Iron Steamboat Iron Steamboat 6s Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden 2d Metropolitan Chicago, 1st New York A New Jersey Tel New York Loan A Imp. Northwestern Telegraph Company Pittsburg.

Bessemer A L. Trow Directory pf Ex Interest. 40 .106 14 84 BIDS FOR BANK STOCKS lml aa.liM'anh....- 220 Amctican 170 Market A Ipllttstn OiMl Broadway iMechanica' Butch. A Drovers' 125 Mech. A Traders' US Mercantile 1C5 Merchants' 140 i Central National Chatham Chase National.

Chemical City Citlsens Columbia Commerce f'nnt I nent ill .160 .285 Metropolis ...600 ...125 Nassau 158 National TTnlnn qi.k 170iNew Amsterdam 1 u.k .2061 New York "Vtn 130 Ninth National 11m Corn Exchange 285 East River 1.T5 Fifth Avenue S.Otto First Nst. of I 120 Fourth National Nat. R'k Knr An. IK Pacific 175 2 People's 210 r-nenlx 100 Republic 150 Seaboard National Second National ...425 Seventh National. bnoe A 90 Gallatin National Garfield National German American Germania Greenwich Hanover Hudson River Imp.

A Tnrln. ..810 ..6011 ..110 ..350 ..165 .....825 ....156 625 mate or New inira national Tradesmen's United States Nat. West Side 1 Western 90 97 ....140 Leather Lincoln National ..175 ..273 ..114 180 750 THE BOSTON- STOCK MARKET. BOSTON, May 3. The heavy increase In visible supply of copper abroad, with continued sharp fall in G.

M. B. quotations In London, Influenced trading-. Montana opened 2 lower than Saturday, at 111, touching 111 and 110V and selling at 111 in the afternoon, closing at 111; Butte waa off at 14. with rally, and Centennial at 6.

with 4 recovery. Pioneer Gold was less active, but held Arm at As to the market otherwise, it was barren of feature and was decidedly dulL Bell Telephone waa firm, at 224; Rights, 35 30c; United States Oil was lower, at 10. Railroad Companies. Boston A Albany Boston A Lnrall Bid. 214 .213 Asked.

2is 101 Boston A Maine Boston A Providence Chicago Junction A Stock Yards" Chicago Junction A Stock Yards tV 264 1024 106 93 72 93 108 106 178H ii' 1 West End pf. I Wisconsin Central Mining; Companies. Aetna, (quicksilver) Allouez Arnold Atlantic 1 4 .90 19 .15 lilt 151, 865 ii 16 6V, 28S 104 1.1 114 a 4 18 lii 15 10 il 28 lOn 12 .112 14 Boston A Montana Butte A Boston Calumet A Hecla Centennial Copper Falls Franklin Gold Coin Mines Kearsarge Napa, (quicksilver) Osceola Pioneer, (gold) Qulncy Santa label Tamarack Tamarack Junior Tecumseh Wolverine 'a Mlaeellaneons. American Bell Telepiumo IXMnlnlim "oal LKMnlnlua Ooal pf. Eastman Car Heater Edison Electric Illuminating .222 14 83 224 lt 85 25 148 21 .75 102 lMt lO 61 Mmw vns.

Bbre MnUan Telephuae 60 Nw Ens-Una) Tetepboaa United Btatoa Oil UM? Westlnghouse Electrie pf. 50 Unlisted Seearltles. Fort Wayne Etoctrto Mercod Gold Mining ytl Old Lyunlnlon Cupper Mlalna: 14 I 8 14X PHILASEIHIA FBICES. PHILADELPHIA. May from a deullne In afatropdlltan Traction, from 101 at the opening, to followed by.

a rally to 100,. the local. market has been devoid of feature. Business has been on a limited seals and confined to th professional ele ment. Philadelphia Traction opened at aa advance of and gained more on the day's transaction.

Union Traotion was dull, at-90v; Pennsylvania weakened, to 61H; Electrio and People's 4s advanced to 60. The Heat stocks were without special feature. The Wldener-Elklns people were late buyers for Metropolitan. They, could assign no reason for its decline, and are talking 1 higher prices for the stock. Lehigh Navigation declared Its regular semiannual dividend of 2 per cent, Closing quotations of the leading Issues: Lehigh.

Valley 23U 28V Pennsylvania 6l2 614. Read Ins HiZ Reading 1st 19 20 Reading 2d pf. 11 11-18 lit) Reading O. 4a, t. 80 El.

A People's 4s 89 Metropolitan Traction 1004 United Oaa Improvement 701 Electrie Storage 17V4 80' ew 101 71 Electric Storage pf 10 Welsbach Light 40 flat, esilttaet 41 Philadelphia Traction Baltimore Traction 19' union Traction fenn. Heat, Light A is Penn. L. A P. 81 American Railway 4 CHICAGO QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO, May As a rule the market In Chicago was comparatively firm. Of course the leading securities on the local exchange will await the solution of pending matters of vital importance. Match sold at 135 at the opening, and then declined to 134, but soon and on very limited sales advanced to 136; and the last sale of the morning session was at 137, a full point advance from the last previous quotation. The final figure was 138. It looks like the old story covering back stock put out a week ago at 10 points higher prices than now Everything else on the list was slow, with little doing.

Clearing House settlements were aa follows: 21 C. CHI. A D. Co. 68 Brewing A Malting Company 9 Brewing A Malting Company pf.

83 Chicago Pag. A P. Co 25 Chicago Pkg. A P. Co.

48- v-iiuM(u uij vi yimmma aaaten company of 18 Lake Street Elevated 1 inr -i 22 Int. Pkg. Co. pf 40 Milwaukee A Chicago Brewing TI Milwaukee A Chicago Brewing Company pf 83 New York Biscuit Company 45 North Chicago Street 20tf w- Car Line 12T4 esi nicago street Railroad, Lake Street Elevated tr. 10 MINIJfG STOCK O.UOTATIOJJS.

SAN FRANCISCO, May The official dosing Quotations for mining stocks to-day wars as follows: Monday. Saturday. Aixa .07 Alpha 09 .25 Belcher TA Be-t a Beicher. I 'i: By' OS CaledooU .13 Challenge 38 .96 Confidence 1.25 Con. Cal A Va 2.40 Con.

Imperial 01 Con. New York Crown Point 35 Currle. Js3 Hale A Norcroaa Julia 04 Justice Kentuck Con .60 Occidental 17 Overman 05 J1 .68 savage 22 Sierra Nevada 67 .02 Yellow Jacket Silver bars. Mexican" doUara. Drafts Sight.

15: telearanh 171 .07 .08 .24 .37 .72 .09 .13 .24 .96 1.15 2. 25 .01 .33 .96 .04 .06 .50 .19 1.10 .05 .60 .22 .66 .02 .27 .06 .28 4eS0; COLORADO SPRINGS. May 8. Gardner A Co-report closing quotations aa foIlowsT Alamo Anaconda Argentum Blue Bell Consolidated Monday. Saturday .05 .30 .15 .03 .07 .89 .15 .22 .05 .81 .08 .09 .60 a .06 .15 .03 .07 .81 .13 2.

.05 31 .082 .09 .49 .06 .13 .05 ciftiua Gibson eo e.e Golden Fleece Grue Isabella Jefferson Pharmacist Portland Rosa Union OrlS a a a a sm a RAILROAD EARXIXGS. ANN ARBOR 1897. 1896. Mileage 807 307 4th week April 131,840 $29,649 Month 108,244 93.113 From Jan. 408,875 866,768 189S 807 $27,115 93,099 834,822 WABASH Mileage 4th week April Month From July 1...

ANN ARBOR for Gross earnings Operating ex. Net earnings 1.039 1.935 $272,238 $313,603 878. 253 979.108 8.646.667 10,862,436 March 1.935 $296,751 960.122 10.012,908 17,597 1897. 116.722 68,871 47,850 1898. 98,125 from Jan.

1 Gross earnings 310.978 273,280 87 698 -Operating ex. 207,409 Net earnings 103.668 BROOKLYN. RAPID TRANSIT for April: 1897. 180O. 1S5 Brooklyn Heights.

Brooklyn. Queens 828,365 880,288 878.741 Co. A Sub 61,586 59,627 60 811 Total for system 879.952 439.916 439' 668 Ten months ending April 30 Brooklyn Heights. 3.869,657 3,598,982 3,734.361 Brooklyn. Queens Co.

A Sub. 495,373 66S.443 Total for 8,864,931 4.167,428 4.837 OUjT CENTRAL OF NEW JERSEY for March- Gross earnlnra 803.214 934.049 1.039.848 Operating Net earnings From Jan. 1 Gross earnings Operating ex Net earnings 633,800 259.414 2.597.39 1,826.780 770,689 661.470 272.578 2, 855,165 2,013,338 841,827 633.644 406.303 2.686,018 1,811,873 874.643 817.129 499.666 817.503 2.318. 7S6 1.351.519 967.217 MEXICAN CENTRAL for March-Gross earnings 1,145.263 870.400 Operating ex. 743,749 640.973 Net earnings 401.514 829,427 From Jan.

1 to March 81 Gross earnings 8.226.389 2,468.959 Operating ex. 2. 114.1V5 1.602,246 Net earnings 1.111.424 866,713 MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL for March-Gross earnings 291.658 2H2.814 228 259 Operatih ex. 169.934 105.510 137! 798 Net earnings 121.724 97.304 90,461 From Jan. 1 to March 81 Gross earnings 809.874 742.467 635.606 Operating ex.

483.302 463.U24 880.522 Net earnings 826.572 279.448 254.964 SAN ANTONIO A ARANSAS PASS for March-Gross earnings 141,904 126,369 139,979 Operating ex 131.307 1 17,01 2 116.508 Net earnings 10.507 19,857 23,471 From July 1 to March 31 Gross earnings 1.727.449 1.483.368 Operating ex. 1.009.890. Net earnings ttol.957 475.918 WESTERN NEW for Msrch Oross earnings Operating ex. Net earnings From-July 1 Oross earnings Operating ex. Net earnings YORK A PENNSYLVANIA 211.967 184.314 27.653 238.014 250,894 162,110 201,500 75.904 49.094 2,285.333 2.449.429 2.466.069 L541.60-4 1.784.815 L7U9.481 743.725 604.614 756.577 Oregon Railroad A Navigation for March: Grose earnings, operating expenses, net earnings, miscellaneous Income.

$2,648. Total. $102,060. i FISAJSCIAL AX XOt'Jt CEMENTS. The Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company announce a quarterly dividend of 1 per payable May 17.

Transfer books close May 8 and reopen Juno 9. The banking house of N. W. Harris A dealers In Government and municipal bonds, moves this week into Its new quarters on the first floor of the liank of Commerce Building. Messrs.

N. W. Harris A Co. have maintained a high position as dealers In the best grades of municipal bonds, comprising those securities known technically as savings bank and trusts) Investments, snd have a good record in corporation bonds based upon municipal franchises. These securities comprise the bonds of street railways, water companies, electric light and gas companies.

Messrs. Harris A Co. have In do sense oeea promoters of enterprises of this sort, but have a reputation for handling only thorl oughly wetl-seoured and legally Issued bonds upon established properties that yield an assured Income. The firm of N. W.

Harris A Co. while enraged in largo financial operations is not a dealer In stocka or In speculative securities and has therefore decided wisely that Its plaoa is oa Nassau Street rather than on Wall Street. Gold Shipments To-day. Bo far this week only $1,500,000 In gold has been ordered at the Sub-Treasury for export. That will go out In coin on the steamers to-day.

Of this sura, Kidder, Pea-body Co. of Boston ordered fl.UX000, and Jieldelbach. Ickelhelmer A Co. take the remainder. Handy A Herman will shin 200.000 ounces of silver by the La ha to-day OTZmUQ 2JEt7 STHE2T3.

Reports of Commlsslonvrs Coa0naed fcy the Court. The reports of the Commissioners in the following cases have been confirmed by ths Supreme Court! Opening Opdyke Avenue, from Mount Vsr-Bon Avenue to Bronx RJver. Opening Grand View Place, from East One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street East One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Street. Opening Verio Avenue, from Eastc heater Avenue to the city line. Opening Oneida Avenue, from Eastchester Avenue to Mount Vernon Avenue.

Opening Clifford Street, from Eastchester Avenue to the Bronx River. Opening Kepler Avenue, from Eastchester Avenue to Mount Vernon Avenue. Acquiring title to lands for approaches to the new Third Avenue Bridge. Opening Nelson Avenue, from Kemp Place to Boscobel Avenue. Acquiring lands on Sheriff and Wlllett Streets and Broome and Delancey Streets for school purposes, Acquiring lands on Thirtieth between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, for school purposes.

tecretnrr of tie Wool Exchange. The Governors 'of the Wool Exchange have appointed A. Willis Light bo urn Secretary of the organisation. Mr, Lightbourn was connected with the Mail and Express for eight years. He was formerly editor of The Argonaut of San Francisco.

Aucnoar sales of stocks axd BOXDS. RICHARD V. HARNETT CO. BZSRT W. DONALD, AwHammr.

REGULAR AUCTION SALE STOCKS AND BONDS, TUESDAY, 4. AT P. ft at the Real-Estate Exchange Auction Room, 68 TO 65 LIBERTY ST. By order of Alfred N. Beadleston and William L.

Bkldmore, executors of the Estate William H. Beadleston. 485 shares Pacific Bank, $50 each. 100 shares Astor Place Bank. $100 each.

40 shares Oriental Bank. $25 each. 260 shares Knickerbocker Trust $100 each, 100 shares Real Estate Trust $100 each. 100 shares Lawyers' Mortgage Insurance. Cow, $100 each.

24 shares Pacific Fire Insurance $25 each. 20 shares Consolidated Oas $10O each. 40 shares Brooklyn A New York Ferry CCv. $100 each. 23 shares Broadway A Seventh Avenue R.

R. $100 each. 17 shares Bleecker Street A Fulton Ferry R. R. $100 each.

172 shares Norfolk A Southern R. R. $100 each. 90 shares New Central Coal $100 each, 20 shares Monmouth Beach Club-House Company 6 per cent. Preferred Stock.

$10O each. 20 snares Brooklyn A Brighton Beach R. R. Co. preferred.

$100 each. -20 shares Brooklyn A Brighton Beach R. B. Co. common.

$100 each. 20 certificates of Indebtedness. Storm King Club. $100 each, due 1902, Interest per payable annually July 1st. 10 shares Sebastian Warm $109 each.

100 shares Telmlc Manufacturing $10 each. 6 shares Metropolitan Concert Limited. $50 each. 800 shares United Petroleum Farms r-lsMm. $2 each.

400 shares Hoffman Petroleum $10 each. 406 shares Morning Star Mining $10 each. 230 shares Farwell Company. $5 each. $3,000 Wabash R.

R. Co. 2d Mortgaa-e 6 per cent. Bonds, due 1938. Interest February and August.

$1,000 Missouri. Kansas A Texas R. R. Co. 2d Mortgage 4 per Bonds, due 1990.

Interest February and August. $1,000 St. Louis A San Francisco R. R. aad Land Co.

2d Mortgage 8 per cent. Gold Bonds, due 1906. Interest May and November. $1,000 Jersey City Water Scrip. 7 per cent, due 1918.

Interest May and November. $12,000 Jersey City Assessment 8 per cent. Bonds, due 1922. Interest January and July. $10,000 New York and East River Oas Co.

1st Consolidated 6 per cent. Mortgage Boada, due 1945. Interest January and July. $20,000 East River Gaa Co. 1st Mortgage 5 per cent.

Bonds, due 1944... Interest January and July. $2,000 Lehigh A WUkesbarre Coal Co. Consolidated Mortgage 6 per cent. Bonds, due 1912.

Interest May and November. $2,000 Lehigh A WUkesbarre Ooal Co. per cent. Mortgage Bonds, due 1900. Interest quarterly, March.

June. September, and December. $2,000 Brooklyn A New York Ferry Co. 1st Mort-. gage per cent.

Bonds, due 191L Interest January and July. $5,000 American Dock A Improvement Co. 1st Mortgage 6 per cent. Bonds, due 1931. Interest January and July.

Bonds, $500 each, of the Monmouth Beach Country Club. Interest ft per pay- able yearly, October 1st. 1 share Moo mouth Caatno, $500. $1,000 Brooklyn, A New- York -Ferry Co. -Certlfl-cato c4T Indebtedness.

Interest per cent. (May 1 and Nov. 1.) Duo 1911. Pew. No.

3L North Gallery, Presbyterian Church, corner 6th Avenue and 65th Street (Rev. Dr. Hall'a) (For account of whom It may concern.) 42 shares American Food $50 each, (hypothecated) i 23 shares New 'York National Exchange Bank! $100 each. 5 shares Fifth Avenue Bank, $100 each. 13 shares Lead Pipe Coupling $100 each.

16 shares Twin River Silver Mining $100 each. 1 membership New York Produce Exchange. Executor's sale. 10 shares Importers and Traders' National Bank. $100 each.

Lists at Auctioneers', 71 and 73 Liberty Street. RICHARD Y. HARSETT CO, Aae'eert WILL SELL AT AUCTION TUESDAY. MAY IS. at 12:30 o'clock P.

at the Real Estate Exchange and Auction Room. 69 to 65 Liberty St. By order of August Horrmann, William K. Lelcht. aad William Horrmann.

Executors of and Trustees, under' the last, will-and testament of Emily Rubsara, deceased, 67 shares Rubs am A Horrmann Brewing Company of Stapleton. Staten Island. $1,000 each. 60 shares Staten Island Railway Company, $75 each. By order of August Horrmann and William K.

Lelcht, Executors and Trustees under last will and testament of Joseph Rubsam, deceased: 100 shares Staten Island Railway Company $75 each. Lists at Auctioneer's. 71 and 78 Liberty St. L0ULS nESIER, Auctioneer. Regular Auction Sale of -STOCKS and BONDS By ADRIAN NL MULLER SON, WEDNESDAY MAY, 5, at 12 JO o'clock, at the N.

T. Real-Eatate Salesroom, 111 Broadway. (By order of Executors.) 2 shs. Chemical Nat. Bank.

200 aha American District Teleg. Co. 61 shs. Phenlx Natl. Bank.

(For acct. of whom It may eonoern.) 30 aha Toledo A Ohio Cent. R. R. pret.

60 shs. Standard Nat. Bank. 7 7-100 aha Metropolitan West Side Elevated R. R-.

Chic. 80 aha. First Nat. Bank. Brooklyn.

20 shs. Eden usee American Co. 20 sha Celluloid Co. 25 aha Kings County Trsction. aUb BUrn" Mt' 14 shs.

Erie R. R. 1st pref. 1.000 Erie R. R.

1st Cona. GenL lien 8 to 4 par cent. Bonds. 1996. Pew SO.

Rt. Mark's Church. 2d Ave. and 10th St. 80 shs.

Nat. Broadway Bank. 133 shs. 3d Avenue R. R.

Co. -1410 shs. Adams Mining Co. (hypd 15 shs. Guaranty Trust Co, 125 shs.

Mechanics A Traders' Bank. 76 sha- Atlantic Trust Co. COPARTNERSHIP JIOTlCEiS. "''wSXsSawasa THEODORE STEW ART. The firm of THEODORE STEWART, composed of the under! st n't.

this day diasolved by mutual con- The business will be continued by ORORnie IL A. KOHLER and WOENB HACCTL will sign in liquidation and ailfl obllra! Uona Dated New York, May 1st. 17 MAXIMILIAN COOK. 1 OEORGE H. A.

KOHLER. EUOKNH H1UCK. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR FCEL. ETC.

WEST POINT N. April ft 1897. Sealed pVopVuTlr.pU: J4LS f' hero untaia May 7, 1W7. aad then opened, for supplying the Acadamy with iel. Ois OoaL Charooal.

and Gas Oil. required during the fiscal Ju, 18wt- u' airveo rlgui to reject any or all proposabi or any pan thereof Information furnished upon apnlicatW "evsU opes containing proposals should be marked Proposals fur addressed BELLI NO BR. A. qTilT FIWAKCIAU The Bank of New York NATIONAL BANKINO ASSOCIATION. i 48 WALL ST, Travelers Letters of Credit AVAILABLE IN ALL PARTS OF THS WORLD, BR0W.1 DROTIIERS ft N'o.

59 wall st I8SUB COMMERCIAL AND TkAVELUtr EM WVakW FIXAVCIAL. RCOROAXfsfATIO.V OS TUB Droolclyn Elcvstcd Hallroad Company. TO TUB HOLDERS OF First mmM Seeoael llertajaare Boads aad Cssdosi ntau BROOKXYJT RAILROAD CO. First Heads aad Cesses aaa Peeeaa erf are laeaaa Beads the ELEVATED RAILROAD CO. First Merfa-aa-e Beads aad Coepeae ef ae SEASIDE AlfD BROOKLYN BRIDGE ELEVATED RAILROAD CO.

The Cesaaalttee kerehy aaieixti aiat tae plaa aad agreeaitat elated Marea 19, 1SV7. has keesi deelared effective. Mere thast EIGUTT PER ef varleata laeaee Waae prevldeat er aaaer tk plant aave bee ae-poslted. Ketlee im Aereby ajlvea that tae tins far tae deposit of tae abeve-staasesl seearltlee aaaer Ike plaa aad acreetaeal aae laeea eitessed tm a4 iaels4iag Ray IS. 1817, after wktets state aa seearltles will be received -exeept oa paysseat ef seek penalty aa the Cesaaaltte saay lea peso.

Seearlty aeldera may ssacat ta tha plaa ay ei grata the agreeaeat. Application has been made to the New Yotk Stock Exchange to list Central Trust Company of New York Certificates of Deposit lor aome securities. Copies of the Pisa and Agreement may be obtained from the CKXTRAL THl ST COM. PANY OF SEW YORK 64 Wail Street. New York City.

ew xora. May 1897. Mr. P. Oleott, Chalraeaat- 1 Jaaaeo T.

Weed war Charles Panesa, a Erssl Tkalstaaa, Le-easurd Lewlfsks, elttee. ADRIAN ii. JO LINK. J. H.

WALLACE. SoCy. 64 WaU N. Y. Counsel.

ME TUGS AXD ELECTIONS. Mew Terlc aad Barleas Rallraad Caaa. April 17. 1897. The sixty-seventh annual meeting ef the stock holders of this Company, for eioctiua of Directors, will bo held at the office of the Company, Oran4 Central Depot.

New York City, oa TUAj1AY. the 18th day of May next. The poti will opea at o'clock noon, and continue open for two hours KT L. AJ in i also of a special meeting of the stocaboldars, to bo held the same day at o'clock la the after-noon, the transfer books will bo closed at o'clock P. M.

oa Wednssday. April 2a. aad reopened on Wednesday. May 19. lab 7.

EL V. W. RObalTER. Secretary. AflM of Vn.lr mM Rallraad Ce, New York.

April 17. 1897. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting ef the stockholders of the New York and Harlem, Railroad Company has been duly called, and will bo hold at the Company's office in the Oraad Central Station, In the City of New York, ea the 18th day of May. 1897. at 3 o'clock ta the afternoon, for the purpose of considering, voting, and deciding whether the stockholders of the Company shau consent, aad shall authorise aald Company through its Board of Directors and proper officers to execute, aad to deliver aa Issue ttt Its bonds for aa acgrea-ato principal sum not exceeding $12,000,000 payable May 1, A.

D. 2000. bearing interest at the rats of three and one-halt of one per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, both principal and interest to bo payable in gold coin of the United States ot the present standard of weight and fineness; and. as security for such bonds, to make and execute, and to deliver to aome Trust Company ta the City of New York, or to some other Trustee or Traat. ees to bo designated by the Board of Director, a mortgage of any or all of the railroads, terminal and other properties, leasehold Interests, equipment, and franchisee and Income of the New York and Harlem Railroad Company; aad to consent to and approve of any mortgage that may bo presented to said meeting for securing the said bonds; and to ratify the proceedings of the Board Of Directors authorizing such bonds and mortgage, By order of the Board of Directors.

E. V. W. ROSSITER. Secretary.

The Lake Share aad Klehlaaa Beathera Railway Co. CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 6th. 1S97. Notice Is hereby given that the ANNUAti MEETING of the Stockholders ef this Company for the election of Directors, and also for the purpose of obtaining tha assent ot the Stockholders to the perfecting and taking by this Company of leasee of the railroads of the Swaa Creek Railway Company, the Northern Central Michigan Railroad Company, and ths Kalamssoe aad White Pigeon Railway Company, aad the transaction of such otbar burin as may bo brought before it, will be held at the principal office et the Company, la Cleveland.

Ohio, on the Ant Wednesday la May. 1887. (being the fifth day of tha month.) at- 10 o'clock A. if. The polls for election of Directors wm be onenad a.

and closed at 11 A. M. By order of the Board ef Directors. D. WORCESTER.

Tha Mlehigraja Ceatral Railroad Coapaay. DETROIT. April 5th. 1887. The annual meeting of the Stockholders ef this Company for the election of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may bo brought before It will bo held at the principal office of the Company, la Detroit.

on too ftrst THURSDAY after the first WEDNESDAY of May next, (being the 8th day ef St 10 o'clock A. By order et the Board of Directors. St D. WORCESTER. Merehaats Safe Deposit Co THB ANNUAL MEETING of theBtockhcWer thi5-0omPaor held on Monday.

Mar IT. 1887. between the hours of and 2 o'clock P. at the office of the Company, West Broad-way and Beach Street. In thla city, when an election will be held for twelve Directors for too ensuing year, and such other business as may properly com before the meeting.

Ci tIOm 10t A3. W. BURR. Secretary. THB GERNAVIA BAffK OF THE CUT OF NEW TORK.

.1 NEW YORK. April 20. 1WT. The annual election for 15 Directors and 8 la-spec tors Election fox the ensu)n year will a held at the Banking House. 215 Bowery, on Tuesday, May A 1897.

The polls will opea at J. A. MORSCHHACSSR. Cashier. THB ELMIRA AD LAKE ONTARIO RAILROAD COMPANY.

The annual meeting of the stockholders ot this company wli: be held at Its office. Room 15. No. 20 Whitehall Street, New York City, on THURSDAY. May 6.

1S97. at 12 at which an electioa will bo held for nine Directors and three Inspectors of Election. STEPHEN W. WHITE. Secretary.

VHB BANK OF NEW AMSTERDAM. NEW York. April 23. 1897. A meeting of the stock, holders of this bank tor th electioa of Directors and Inspectors of Election will be held at the banking aous -ea WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TK prsx.

The polls will b- open from 8:45 to 10:46 o'clock A. M. Transfer books will cine this 23d day of April and reopen May 6th. t7. J.

BAUMANX. Cashier. The Des Xolaea aad Fort Dodsje Rail, road Compear. The Annual Meeting of the Stock and Bond holders of this company will be held at De Moines, Iowa, at the orac vf th Company, oa Thursday. June 3d.

1897. at 2 o'clock P. M. CARROLL WRIGHT, Secretary. Gernsaa Kxehaaa-e Bank.

New York. April 26th. I89T. The stockholders of this bank are hereby do titled that th annual electioa ot Directors ssd Inspectors of Election will bo held at the Banking house ea Thursday. May 6th, from 12 to P.

M. CHA3. L. ADRIAN, Cashier. NEW April STth.

1997. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK-holders ot the Park Company will be held at the ofAces of th company, 41 Park Row. New Vb am W.w 11.1. lAQf 1 GILBERT E. JONES.

Treasurer. QUARTERLY MEETTNO OF THE AMERICAN Institute. May 6th at 113 West 88th at o'clock P. M. WILLIAM T.

PEOPLES. See'y. DIVIDENDS. rosrtetsta StrVet fiaak. NEAR FIFTH A EN UK.

Depository State of New Vor. New York. April Jeta. 1W7. Th Board of Directors have this day declared a semi-annual dividend ef THREE PfcR CENT.

free of tax, payable oa aad after May X. The transfer books will be closed until that date. WILLIAM J. ORRELL. lash tor.

Th. Aanerleaa Exrhaagje Ketteaal Bask, 129 Broadway. Kvw York, aprtl 20, 1S9T. At a snoeting of fic.r.1 Directors, be4 thla day. a dividend of THREE AND ONS-HALF 3H PER CENT, -we ta capital stoc Waa declared payable May 1 rroxlmo.

Traaafer books w'll cl.we this day sad reopeS May a. proximo. EDWARD BURNS. Cashier. lew York aad Handera Reaarla Mia.

NO. 18 Mroadwat. NKW YORK. MAT S. 1ST.

i Trustee of the company have this say declared a dividend of t-a cents per share ea it capital stock, payable May 24 lh7. The transfer hooka aul be cloeed from May 19 to May 80. 1S9T. 8. JACOiiY.

Treasurer. Tha Raalc the Slate ot Krw YerV. The Director have thla day ueclared a UivW Ssad ot THREE PER CENT, upon th capital stock, fro from taxes, payable May 10ta liaas-tor booaa elosad vaui after that o'a. kV V.J,.