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THE IHDIAHAPOLIS ISTEWS, BATUBDAT, ilAECH 1, 1902^^'

IIT DEILIIGII SB

ysUow, 2 can; No. 2 mixed. 2 cars; No MtabUsbod xnule. 1 car; oar^. I car: to-

tal, U can. Oat»-None.

Ua]r~-TtaM>U]y, 1 ear; total, 1 car.

The Wagon MaHcet.

The receipts tor Saturday, March 1,

were Uabt.

’ CortwSellina at

~ ta-«heaf, 212.00^00; shelled. 46048c. Timntity. tl3i}^a.0(», clover, 110.00

m/mnm.

fHK'XtIfi Mareh 1—May opened 'shade hlaber to shade lower at TTc The (lUctuatlona early were narrow and !he feeltBf somewhat firm. There was iamiH good oommianion-houa# buying at the start on the prospectt of colder w^Ather, c’ahles were only fairly flmi, ■and th- local crowd subjected the pit to '‘a drive oti the bearfsli influences of the rains. The Southwest still is dry, and fe^lhat kept the market fairly strong, so I .that though May sagged to It easily iVWorkad back to W%©77c. lA>cal receipts ^Were twealy-foar cars, none of contract

grads,

Senfhnent In wheat later turned bearish :wlth the weakening of com, Vnd there :was a fair amount of liquidation. May aid off to TP>yc, and closf d easy, %c lower

,at 76V^6%c,

I'orrt opened firm on good buying by

he Southwest and on covering. The cales were steady. J»ut the weather still threatened a breaking up of country trar-

Tberd was no pressure to sell, though

caipeTs iold Hghtly on the temporary

keat w^dtnesa. May opened up a shade down at dl%c td* 6^,' ttked to and then reacted to 62%Q42^ On the gmxt early buyh^ May com

[Imld at 62%c, but proflt-taking on a large

turned the market, jailing ensued lay fiid off to closing

, lower at 61“^

, fl«irry In oats had a bullish eflSect. . oaM wars in very good demand, the Wis tiSMrrous. and prices shot up with

and bounds. Fluctuations were

and the crowd covered and bought the prospects of the leading long-holder

out contract oats. May opeived igher at 44%#4fic. eased during a I^4^c, and then shot up to

in an hour's trading,

ve artcas in oats were short lived, rr the early scare which had as Iti factor the fear that the big buyers forcing value# prior to a Oovern^report on ^e 10th inst.. May quieted ?ll back Trade was very heavy for 0.000 buahels were bought b; at The selling that

fssed May back to 44t^.

K flrm, May Sc higher at 44%c. «8 were higher on lighter hog

rcelptS and better prices at the yards. It’cmmiwtfon houses bought and covering

small rtdvance#. May pork

ted 2t#e to 10c up at |16l» to |}S.fi7>4;

ir«l .02^ to .06c higher .at 0-4<m

QltOO; mixed. . 8traw-M.OO^OO.

Shredded Fodder—f7.00@€.00. To-Day’a Primary Markatt.

^ Primary market receipts; Wbegt. 841,000 I bushels, against 636,000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago; com, 341,000

bushels, aaglnst 760,000 bushels.

Primary market shipments: Wheat, IBO,000 bushels, against 2M,000 bushels the cor> reaponding day a year ago; corh. 326,000

bushels, aaglnst 306,000 bushels.

Minneapolis received 287 cars of wheat end iFiluth 71 cars, a total of M9 cars, against 0(16 cars the corresponding day

Isrd .02^ to .06c higher at 0--^c, und May ribs .01^ higher at 8.45c

OHsed to 6.43^11^.^.

6.43^^.

(By A. W Thomson’s Wire.] Iclwt. Open.Hlgit i^w

SAT

—Close.—

Mar 1 Peto28.

77 m-H 76%-% 76TA.77 T7H-% 78%-% 76%-77 77% 63% -81’4 61% «%-%

m 61 50' I, . SO'.*

61% 00

ra-

lly

44% 44%-15 44%

STiijj i ^

.May

JiiH

I,Attn -

May

15 57 LI J5<45‘*l.i47

36^4 31

a year ago.

it. Louli: Recelpts-Wheat 21,000 bushels, against 36.000 bushels the corresponding day a year ago: com. 48,000 bushels, agamat 126,000 bushels; oats, 52,000 bush-

els, against MfiOO bushels.

Chicago carlots: Wheat, 24 cars; com.

204 cars: oats, 84 cars

Estimated care at Chicago for Satutday: Wheat. 36 cars; com, 180 ctus; oatf, 96 cars. For Monday: Wheat, 26^rs; <wrn, 126 cars; oats. 88 cars, hogs./33,000 mhid;

for next week, 186,000 head.

Clearances k Wheat, 184,000 bushels and flour, 21.814,<i0 packages, equivalent to 327,384 bushels of wheat; corn, 87,422 bttsh-

oats, 2,664 bushels.

A. W. Thomaon’s Grain Letter.

—March I.—

tVheat—Idverpool higher; Antwerp onrhonged. No U>erp^ advices in regard to world's aliments, or changes In amount on passaga Tna Indications ara that the tislble supply on Monday will abow only a~ small (flange In Chicago the tone of the market was easier. Nothing serious in the way of a cold wave has niaterialtaed so far, and local fseiing was. therefore, aomewhat bearish. There le plenty of ^moisture over the winter wheat belt, except In Kaneaa and Oklahoma, and rather extravagant oompiainta atli! coma from that section as to the •outcome of the IflWtng crop. Cash demand ta very little In evidence and receipts are liberal. We are inclined to think, however, that tor the immediate future It will be largely a weather mailcet and action confined to scalping operationa On this assumptAn we would buy wheau for moderate profit* on any sharp breaks. Corn—Idverpool 14d higher The market showed some strength early, but closed weak. Factors of supply and demand are not urgent, and the market seems largely controlled by speculative oparationa. The recent advance haa eliminated a good deal of the short intwest, and the tone Is easier in consequence. Oats—The controlling features are afl local. The May option is oversold and the owneraldp is concentrated in one mao's hands An evident dlcpaeitlon on his part to ship out the small stocks of contract oats—lass than half a million bushels—caused a sharp covering of shorts today, This being over, the tone turned easier. July closed MffdgHc against J*%c yesterday. Csah operations are confined to very limited

volunK

Fipvlsfone-Mipket is steady to a shada easier. Re.'eipts of hogs, SS.onO head, against 45,000 head last year. It 4s a dull market in every rtspeot. There hke been a fair covering of shorts during the advance of the last two days, and this was the principal support during that time. We do not ourselves look for any permanent modification in the movement of bogs W'e think,after a few dajw the receipts will

come in again.

Wegk’t Local Grain Movement. The report of the eetiretary of the Board of Ttad* ehowe the following storks In store and movement of grain for the week: /

—Output of Flour.— /

Barrels.

March 1. 1802 8,981 1 March 2, 1801 12.105 j March 3,1900 7,778 Februarj' 22. 1902 10,200 —Inspections for Week.—

Bushels.

tTheat 3,000 Oom 48,380 Oats 6,000 Rye .. 750

—Brocks In Store D W’heat. Com,

PRICE CHANGES SMALL, EXCEPT IN TRIVIAL ISSUES.

HIGH-PRICED ONES HEAVY

Rattroada Fell Back—Bank Statement Stronger Than Expected—^ Close was Dull.

NEW tore:, March l.-Open!ng deeltngs in stocks were very small and only unimportant Issues showed wide changes. The Kansas City Bouthem shares and Minneapolis. BL Paul & Sault Bte. Marie showed sharp fractional gains, and Wheeling A Lake Erie first preferred was oft %. 'fhe majority of chants otherwise did not exceed %. High-priced specialties, grangers. Pacifies and Readings became h^vy, but the pressure was not severe or offerings large enough to make much Impression on prices. American Cotton OH advanced 1% on large purchases. New Jersey Central also geofted 1. Evansville A Terre Haute preferred, Minneapolis. St. Paul A Sault Ste. Marie preferred, iK. Worth A Denver Cltr stamped and Westlnghouse Electric lost from 1% to 3 points. There were gains In Pacific Coast preferred of 3% In American Cotton OH of 2% and in Colorado Fuel, Tennessee Coal, American Tobacco preferred, Mexican Central preferred when issued, and Kansas City Southern of 1 to 1%. American Snuff dfopped PA and United States mbber preferred, Chicago A Northwestern and Denver A Rio Grande 1% to 1%. The bank statement was not so weak as had been feared and shorts covered lightly, hardening the market. The close was veo' dull and Irregular. '

The Week’s Review of Trade.

BEST PH II li TEIBS

IIIIJ iMirii^iifaVilulii

Dun's weekly review: Although the shortest month of the year was farther curtailed by two holidays and handicapped by the most severe storms of the winter. Indost^^ and trade results were most satisfactory. The closing week brought a general resumption of activity In lines that suffered from the weather, and preparation for an exceptionally heavy spring business was rq^orted at many polnta, Bouthem cities alone being back-ward.*

LOAD OF HEAVY BTEERS BOLD FOR $e.4« TO-DAY.

COKE, COTTON, COPPER.

Insufficient motive iK>wer and bad weather combined to restrict the movement of coke from Connelisville, and pig iron production suffers at a time when a maximum output would not be exceenve. Pressure for structural material ^ already Is severe, and probably ■will be still more so as the regular building

Further hardening of quotations is reported, and in-

•season draws nearer.

IBy L. W. Loals's-Wire 1

Atchison .. Atchison pfd Amer. Bmelt .... . Amal. Copper .. .. Am. Loco. Anaconda B. R. T.... Bal. A Ohio... Colo. F. A I Colo. Southern .... Chicago G. W,:,.,. C. A O Chicago A Alton .. Erie Erie let pfd Illinois Central .... Leather Leather pfd Tx>uis. A Nash Mexican Central... Man. Con Metropolitan Missouri Pacific M. , K. A T. pfd.... Monon ....... N. A W O. & W Pacific Mall Pennsylvania ...... Read Read. Ist pfd. Repub. LAS.,;.... St, L. A 8 F Bo. Ry. com ...... So. Ry. pfd Sugar Refinery .. . St, Paul Bo. Pa Tenn. Coal Texas A Pacific..... Unlpn Pacific UnlCn Pacific pfd.. r. 8. Bteel r. 8 Bteel pfd Waba»h Wabash pfd

Open.Hlgh, .. 75% 76%

.. S»7 ...47

.. 70% 70% ..3l\ 81% ..32% .... .. 64% 64% .104 1CI% .86% 88 . 22% 22%

. 24

. 45% 46% i% »% . 68% 68% .139% .. 11% .81% .103% 103% ,.28% .... .132% 132% .168 168% . 99% 99% .54% .... , 63% . 57% BS . 38% 23%

, 47

.150% 150% . 55% 55% . 81 81 .16% .... . 60 60 . 32% 32% ■ 95% 95% .128% 128% .162% 162%

Low.Close. 75 J5%

r.''. 47% 68% 70

31% 31% m “ ei "

103% 104

86% 87% 22 22%

.. 24% 45% 46

38 68

.... 11% - i.103% 106% 132% 132% 168 168% 99% 99%

57% .57% 33% 33% 15^ 15g

66% 80%

1«

40%

68 40% 98% 87% .... 43% 43% 94% 95 23% 24 42»4 43

B9% 59% 32% 321^ 95% 96% 128% 12>^ 162% l«2% 63% 63% 68 68% 40% 40% 98% 98% 43% 43% 94% 94% 23% 23% 42% 43

Weekly Range of Prices. NEW YORK, March l.-Th« range of prices for the week for many of the leading stocks follows:

Name. Open.High.Low.Close. Atchison 7^ 76% 75 ■«% Atchison pfd ^ 97% 96% 97

89% 81%

. .15 50

15 57 . ..16 S| 15 87-70 IS 00

15 63

9 40 fl 42

, V

, « S3 niBB-

March f; Ca*=ii w heat- N6 *2‘*4c; No. S red. 7li%eil%e

4 « '.37 9 37 a 37

« 60 9 30 a 47

x r. 8 ir> >. :r,.37 « 35-37 8 42 .s te-oT 8 55-iff 8 4T K 47 8 52

2 red.

_ . No. 2 bar.

Mint* r. 75%'<s7e%**, No. 8 hard winter. 74%® , N'.i 1 Norilurn spring, 7^Q78%c: N*. North»ni spring. No, 3 71W6C Corn-No. 3, B«%ffi9%o, To 4, 44%5f4o('; No. 3. 44.|H4%C.

Chictgo Broom Corn. [It'AGO. i March 1 —Broom Coro— ialr io good, a ton. 680«P85; __ common. tT06|75; stained damaged. 870^; dwarf corn, accordto length and color, a ton, 01109160: common, rough, coarse. 175^90; gm^ r, leoTOiMmiy smooth end good, |95o cholwt, line, green, HseeiiL Bmall •cle^d to till orders bnng over these a

bu. bu

March 1. t902.,246,86l 97.6Sfi March 2. 1901..192,644 86,700 March 3, 1900. .250,3^ 'J4,345

Oats,

50,800 29.000 43.000

Rye,

bu.

1,700 2.000

^ Liverpool Stocks. LIVERP<X>L, March 1.—The following ^re the stocks of breadstuffs and prq-j visions at Liverpool: Flour. 49,000 sacks; jB 'a heat, 1,188,000 centals; corn, 879,000 centala: bacou, 20,800 boxes, hams, 8.600 boxes; shoulders. 8.000 boxes; butter, 2,.K)0 -rwts.; cheese. ^100 boxes; lard, prime Western steam, 3,900 tierces; lard, trther

kinds, 240 tons.

The stocks of wheat and corn In store and on quays (railway and .canal depots not Includedi are as follows: Wheat 1,618,

two centals: corn, 882,000 centals.

Chioa^e Rya.

CHH'AQO, March 1 —Rje closed at 57c re March. S8ti^%c for May and S$^%c

July.

Chicago Flax.

rHiu.Vtjo. Marrh 1 -Fiax-Cash K. W., .68, a. W.. »Lb3: Maj-. 11.68.

Other Grain Marketa.

O^ILWATKEI^ March 1. — Bariej-—

“y; No. 2. 620; sample, S5(9fiEi%c. pINNATl, March 1.—Flour-^teadv, t**-Flrmer. S6%<^c rorn-Bt««idy, Oats—Firmer, «S€H6%c.' Rye—Steady,

. I'ro% Istone—Firm.

ylTTH. March 1.—Clow; Wheat— hfo. 1 hard. 76%c; No 3 Northern, No. 1 Narthero. 7S^; May. T5%c;

no l Northern,

May, iMic;. No. 2 Northern, ®%c,

Datii MR quoted,

Haeeh l.-Wheat-Dull; low-

adsh. Sfcu May. »4c; July, 80c. Com

aiJlvK lower: 6S%c; July, Oala-flcm. May. wic: July 37%e,

dull; March, |A57%:

Grain Qoaaip. The shipments of flax from Argentine last week were 1,816JiOO bushels, as against 796,000 bushels the previous week and 653,000 bushels last year. The Missouri State board reports an ineressed wheat area of 54 per cent, over

laet year’s.

Modern Miller says wheat has been greatly benefited by the rains, and the condition Is fully up to a good normal, with the root growth vigorous. Offerings of old wheat by farmers and elevators are

Mrly liberal.

Closing prices year ago—May wheat, 75% com, 41%c; oats. pork,

lard, 7.4

riba.

Rejected alsyke, 19, arch 1.—Wheat—ktoot

id;^.

llHXa:..

1 Northern spring. «s l%d

Wekt*rTi wtster, *b No. \ Call nq st(K^; futures (jeaed steady; ' I%d; May. 6s, %d; July. 6e %d. t steady ; Amertoah mtimd spot. l%d; do, aid, is3U: futures,closed

; Said. M^ich l.—Floup-Mora

Wheat—Bteedy;

3 red 63%c. Soutl^^y

_ l^ru on srrade 3l4M4c, user; Btixrd spot, the maath Mp . staw mixed vgthmm wMts oom ilVIfc. dcuth»w com Oe;^h>8trottg ana Na,A whit* No. t mixed

Rye^>Dull, ^Ahd esMea

irby 66^7c, N«r f WeeWpa g

^ tom

"wnd“

eomragx

No. i

No. %

Adr«ne|»ej4r'<i4utii Prices.

—Mandi I —

^ No. » red, Me; track No. mtiteg freti^; No, 3 r^,

wagon. Sc.

1 whNs. Cfe: No. 2

I whiter 6|^ wMtSv dffte tatmA Wig: No. S Ike; No. 4,sate atismL

SSfat; *1^

’'Vi'

1 riaB>thy. mufltrinj

• ^-GnspeettoiM.—

‘ ■cted. I~eapM|(a(aJ. I ear. . white, 1 1 white, g white inbceC Not a

Oaah business In Chloego yesterday In wheiU was ^,009 bushels No. 2 hard and sales of oats 50,000 bushels. At the seaboard exporters bought 16,000 bushels •irheat and 33,(»0 bushel# com. St. Louts reported 130,000 bushels sold to the South-

west.

Tlicj* are talking of small country offerings of ciTTO again. wood Davis, the -wellrknown Kansas statistician, reports that the wheat In Kansas and Oklahoma has seldom been In worse condition. inJTaiuipoiia Produca. EGQB-Kasler at 20c. POULTRY-Chickena. il%c; hens. I%c; roosters. 4c; ttrrkeys, 10 pounds or over. lOo; old toms, 6c a pound; geese. 95.4006.00 a dosen. BOTTKR-Country steady at ll©17e a ^und^ JoMwro selling 8tat« creamery at BUTO?RlNE-8«lHng for 12c to 18cCHKE8B — JobMng prices: Im^rted Swiss. 37o a pound: new domestic Swiss. i$Qi7ci Wisconsin cream. U914c: New York chedadrs. juUttlic, domeetio Urnbmger, 14c: brick; ISc. ClN’CfNNATL Mwch L-Eggs-FIrra. 82r Butter-Steady. Poultry—Firm; chickens, 8%GUc: turkeys, 94^U.c. Cheese —Steady LOUISVILLE. March t-Butter-Bricks, Me; ilbpound, tubs, asc; 25-pcHuid tubs, WPA Eggs—Me. Poultry—Rena 8Ii^; spring chlckeps, 19916c; turkeys, 9910e; duties. Me. BAI.TIMOIUB. March 1.—Butter-Firm and lower; fancy imitation, aotiac; fancy creantflTi 394^; fancy ladle, Ueilc; fancy roll, 19^; good roll. 161^: itoro MckM. lipSc. E|i»—Firmer; fresh, 26c. Cteeae—Firm; unchanged, ll%eil%c; medium. 12»t2%c; small, a%4|ib%c. CHICAGO, Mareh L-Butter-Ilrmer; creasaertcMi, 18^a%o; dairies. 184||R«. ChMse—Firm; twins. 1]EI%eit%c; dslrie#. Ui^lM|c: young Arnicas. ll%4|92%e. EMN—Easy; at mark, cas«4 includ^ Sc. Dressed Poultry—Steady; turkeys, I6%fi l^c; chickens, 9610^

Trade Topica.

In the face of the continued preaaure'for iron and WteM products and the InabUlty of prodtmera to fill orders it Is said the reason that the prices do not go up la that

^ 4|-BUHM^4RnnMS have booked their output

so far ahead thaet th«F would gain nethtng hy adviaelnf pHcea. The American Steel and Company haa made a amall Advance on its export goods beof the recent advance <m steel in

Germany.

Bradjp^t’s: IteMncas failures In the United testes for ths week nnmlMw 294. agarnst te last week, 177 in this week last

year ud I79 In isee.

American Smelting Amal Copper ,.. Am. Locomotive Anaconda

Brook. Rap. Transit. 61% Baltimore A Ohio.,.. 103% Colo. Fuel A Iron ... 86% Colorado Southern .. 30%

20%

Chicago G. W 23»» Chesapeake A Ohio.. 45% Chicago A Alton 3^ Erie ST^i Erie 1st pfd 68% Illinois Central 1,79% Leather 11% Leather pfd 81 L. A N 108% Mex. Cent ^

Man. Con •. Metropolitan ...

Miaeourt .Pacific ... .102 M , K A T. pfd .... 54% Monon 64% N. Y. Central 16:{i4 Nor. A Western 66% •Ont, A Western 33% Pa. Mail 47 Penn ....149% Read 66% Reading Ist pfd 81% Rock Island 162 Repub, Iron & Steel 16% St. L. AS. F 61 Southern R’y com... 32% South. Ky. pfd 96 Sugar Ref 129% St. Paul .....163% South. Pacific 64% T. . St. L. A W 21% Tennessee Coal 67% Texas A Pacific 40% •Union Padflo 100 •Union Pacific pfd.. 87% ••U. a Steel °43% U. a Steel pfd 94% Wabash 23% Wabash pfd 4S Western Union 90%

46% 69% 31% 32% 61%

103% . 35%

20%

25»4 .23% 4(rii 45% 37% 35% 39 37% 68% 68

140% 139%

12% 11% 82% 81

104% 103%

29% 28%

...133% 134% 132% 168% 170% 16T% - 10G% 99%

.=»% 64% 67% 62%

163% 162%

68% 56% 34 33% 47% 46

151% 14.9%

57% 55% 91% 80%

162% 160%

167* 16% 61% 69% 33% 32% 99% 96% 130 “

164%

65% 28% 71% 41%

naroening 01 que

quiries for driivery in 190S are not exceptional.

Cotton ruled fairly steady at the South, but supplies in first hands are reported v^ low. Wool has been taken less freely by mills, but dealers show

no latuc of confidence In tho future of that staple.

Copper has displayed some strength this week. Prices show very little

Important change.

WEEK'S WHEAT EXPORTS. Bradstreet’s review: Wheat exports, including flour, for the week aggregate 3,234,540 bushels, against S,609,w last week and 5,233,313 In this week laet year. Wheat exports from July 1 to date aggiegate 180.166,433 bushels, against m.348.678 last season. Corn exports aggregate 312,664 bushels, against 247,830 last week and 4,186.4tii last year. From July 1 to date corn exports were 23,119,-' 254 bushels, against 180,575,698 last season. crisisTin textiles. In textiles, cotton and cotton goods appear to be facing a crisis. Demand continues active, particularly from Jobbera in prints and ^nghams, but staple cottons also display exceptional strength. The chief complaint, in fact, is of the slowness of deliveries and the paucity of supplies. Woolen goods display good activity, though labor troubles are still unsettled Wool Is steadj, ulth supplies held within narrow limits. H OGS—CATTLE—8 H E EP. HOGS—The steady decline in prices during the early part of the week has been followed by a reaction, and the week closes with values only about 5c lower than at this time last week. Conditions have been fairly satisfactory, the market generally having been acti\e. The supply has been slightly larger than last week, but the quality has been just about the same. The relative position of the light and heavy grades continues unchanged The inquiry from both local and outside sources has been steady, but the shipping demand has fallen off some The extreme range to-day was from 85 00 to 86.42%, as against 84.00 to 86.45 last Saturday CATTLE^-The week has been a good one in the cattle market Prices S on butcher stock are not much changed from a week ago, but choice fat 2 cattle are fiHly 25c higher. The demand is stronger for all the different kinds, S and more general. The supply has been light but shows an Increase of over S 500 head over last week’s run. Few choice cattle have been offered. The top A of the week’s market was 88.75. - SHEEP—Over BOO more sheep were received this week thtfn last. An ordiA nary grade was offered, but everything has found a ready market. Prices A and conditions have not changed.

roa4 bonds steady, U. 8. refunding 2#, registered, 10^; L*. 8 refunding 2b, registered, coupon. 109; U. S Ss, registered, 109; coupon, 109; new 48, registered, 139%; coupon. 139%; old 48, registered, 111%; coupon, 112%; 68, registered. 106%; coupon,

106%.

Indianapoti^Clearlngi. L/March-l. Feb. 22. Clearings 81.912,100 70 Balances ,mi92 66 —For the Week.—

March 1. CHearings Balances

Feb. 22,

$9,568.846 12 88.080.262 50 11.111,139 S3 1,062,797 51

Clearings Elsewhere. NEW YORK. March 1.—Exchanges, 8276.196,601; balances. 812,699.815. PHILADELPHIA. March l.-Clearlng». $19,128,294; balances, $2,792,906; for the week, clearings, $116,461,982; balances, M3.9%563 CHICAGO, March L—aearings, $28,781.639; balances, 82,250.091. BALTIMORE. March l.-Clearings. 85,061,012: balances, 8882,1X7, For the week; Clearings, $21,603,847; balances; $2,524,627. BOSTON. March 1.—Exchanges. $23,101,573; balances. $2,357,253. STOCKS

Weekly Bank Clearings.

NEW YORK. March L-Bradstreet’s table of 1>ank clearings In the principal dues shows an increase of 11.8 per cent, over the corresponding week last year. New York $1,272,948,689 Inc..13.1 Chicago 152,640,0% Inc. .28.0 Boston 115.829,746 Inc..11.1

Philadelphia St Louf«....

Pittsburg 39,529.566 Baltimore 17.066,241 Clndnnati 19.848,700 Kansas City 16,515,841 Cleveland 11,799,686

Louisville

Indianapolis Milwaukee . Buffalo Toledo Dayton. O... Evansrille ,,

74.'68l.488 Dec..32 9 62,321,761 Inc..57.6

Inc.. 5.7 Dec..l4.6 Inc.,12.3 Inc..110 Dec..U.7 Inc.. 7.0

7,885.273

7.810,906 Inc..365 6.314,689 Inc..159 5.061,823 Inc.. 72 2.068.660 Dec..l3.4

1,131,708

753,525

Inc. .30.1 Dec..l8.8

’Si

•Ex. dividend 2 per cent., February 24. ••Ex. dividend 1 ijcr cent., February 27.

Btd.AskerL

....108

105

140

.... 49

.... 38%

38%

....130

... .

160

....119

122

,...107

110

140

....196

....195

...

...uo

... 145

ii? .

Local Securitiea.

—Stocka.— Rallwayo—

Belt common

Belt preferred - 122 Indianapolis Street 49 Union Traction 38%

Union Traction pfd

Banks and Trust Compauea-^ American National Capital National 156

Central Trust Company. Columbia National Indiana Truet Company

Indiana National 1 ..........1’^ Marion Trust Company 196 Merchants* National 157

Union Trust Company ..

Miscellaneous—

Indianapolis Gas Company 60 Ught aiKl Power IndlanapoUs Fire Ins. Co

Indiana Ina, Co 91' A-.ierican Central Lif* 94 »7 Indiana Guaranty and TtU# 78 80 New Telephone 50 55 New Telephone. Long Diatanoe. 46 50

90 79

J70

108%

106

Co. pfd .110 Indiana Hotel Co. pfd /

-Bonds,— '

Broad Ripple 6e 90 Indianapolis Street 4s % Indianapolis Gas Co. 6b 100 Ind*p’l*s A Eastern Traction Ss.... Cltlaens' Street 5s 109% Union Traction 5a 99 Indianapolis Gas Co. 68 100 Indianapolis Imiwovement 6s....100 New Tel. 6e, Ist series...,.....-., 90 New Tel 6a, Sd aeries W Indianapolis Cold Storage 5s.....

Chicago Stocks.

[By Gmoger Farwtil’s Wire]

—March 1.—

laiw Building Indianapolis Cold Storage Home Brewing H. P. Wasson pfd T. B. Layeock Mff. Co. pfd.

J. T. Polk “

Waldorf Letter. NEW YORK. March 1.—In view of the partial suspension of telegraph service, the depressing weather and the heavy loss of cash by the banks, commission people say that the market acts weil. The short Interest is increasing steadily, the hulk of the selling being professional and there Is a firm conviction that stocks should be bought on a scale This belief obtains not only among some of the best houses, but also in banking circles, w^here the factors on which bearish room traders rely are not regarded as a menace to values Thus the opinion is held, that even the probability of large gold exports and a further depletion of bank reserves may be easily overestimated as Influences of depression, though good information is that Europe will take an unusually large amount of gold this apring unless foreigners buy stocks heavily, which it Is not believed they will do with so good a security as British consols obtainable below par. The departure of big capitalists for the Botith Is thought to foreshadow a dull period in speculation and a trading market with specialties prominent features. That Is the usual order of things in March, but the present Instance may prove an exception. some large operators say, owing to extraordinary conditions and the fact that It Is the Intent of the banking combinations to keep the market active.

COMPARATIVE RECEIPTS. I

The following table shows the receipts for the week at the local ^ yards, •s'lth comparisons: ^ This Last Tear 2 week. -week. ago. S Cattle 3,93!) 3,494 3,279 ^ ± HogB ...... 21.816 19,891 28,061 ^ S Sheep 1,761 1,165 1,720.2 £ Horses ....^951 .... .... S Local packers took 14,260 hogb this » ^ wwk. against 16,300 one year ago. »

cloths are hard to buy. Linens are very firm, but quiet. Burlaps dull at previous prices. Of interest to Speculators. The Metropolitan’s report shows an earning capacity of over 6 i>eT cent. The buying of Norfolk A Western and B. A O. Is said to be based on an increase in Pennsyh ania’s holdings of the shares. Dividend!) declared: Evansville A Terre Haute, 5 per cent, on preferred, 3 per cent, on common; Continental Tobacco, regular quarterly, 1% on preferred and 2% on common; International Silver Company, regular quarterly, 1 per cent, on preferred; Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company, 1% on preferred: American Window Glass. 1% on common and semiannual, 3% on preferred. injunction Refuted. CINCINNATI,'March L-Judge A. C. Thompson, of the United States Court, to-day refused" the Injunction asked by the Chicago Board of Trade to prevent the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company and the Postal Telelraph Company from delivering stock and grain quotations of trausfictiona on the Board of Trade to the Odell Commission Company The Court made the statement that the injunction should be refused, one ground being that the Board of Trade, by the statement of Its president, did not edme Into court with cle.an hands

HOGS FIVE TO TEN HIGHER

Bulk of S*lM Abova t«—One Small • >*a Bunch of ShMp—Other

Markets.

Indbtnapolis Union Stockyards, Match L CATTLE AND CALVES-Receliits 1« head. Shipments none. Outside of one load of choice heavy steers, averaging over 1,620 pounds, there was only a few small mixed lots of ordinary butcher stock offered. This load sold to Eastern dealenr for 16.76—the highest price paid „ in over two jisars for full load. Buflness was as quiet as usual on Saturday, and little interest was shown In the operations. The supply was too small to attract all the buyers to the pens, and as a result U was not as easy as desired to effect transactions. Prices, however, on all sold were considered steady at yesterday's figure. The martlet closed quiet and steady. Good to prime export steers, 1,850 to 1.500 Ibe. average ...It QOO i 75 Pair to medium export steers. 1.200 to 1,400 lbs. average 6 500 6 00 Good to prime butcher steers, UOO to 1,260 lbs. average 4 750 160 Qo^ to choice feeditig steers... S4 SO Fair to good feeders '600 to LlOO lbs; average ........1. 8 Light Stockers 8 Good to prime heifers 4 Common to medium heifers.... 8 Prime to fancy export co'ws.... 4 Fair to good cows 8 Canners and commoa cows 1 Good to choice light veals 6 Common to good heavy calves. 4 Good to choice fat bulls 8 Common to fair bulls.... 2 Good to choice cows and calves 30 Common to medium cows and calves 20 00i@30 00 HOGS—Receipts 801 head. Shipments email. The market was 6c to lOc higher than yesterday. While the upwm^d movement was general, a better feeling existed on the good mixed hogs than on any other grade. Business was active from the beginning and ill a short time the light run had been placed. Both local packers and shippers were in the market, but the bulk 1 -went to the tormcr The quality of the hogs averaged fair, showing some little Improvement over the receipts for a few j days The extreme range of the market, outside of pigs and roughs, was 85 75 to 86 42%. As there was a proportion of mealum and heavy hogs among the offerings, the bulk of the sales to-day was ' above $6.00 The top for light grades was j 86.10, the 180-poiind hogs going at tha,J figure Ordinary light mixed sold generally from $5.80 to 86 00. The supply was unu- ' eually small e\eu fur Saturday, less than I one-haif as large as the run a week agoI The market closed steady at the advance. Good to prime heavies... $6 25te 42% Mixed and heavy packing 5 90^ 26 Good to choice Ughtwieights.... 6 95^ 10 Common to fair'lightweights.. 5 60^ 90 Common to good pigs.; 4 50te 60 Houghs .'f 4 BoS« 00 SHEEP-Recelpts 61 head. Shipments small. The one small bunch of sheep and lambs that arrived to-day sold promptly at steady prices compared ■with those of yesterday. The usual shipping demand was reinforced by a small loom inquiry. The outlook for the near future Is favorable. The market closed quiet and steady. j Fair to choice lambs ..4 85 50^25 Common to medium lambs 4 OOro SO Good to choice vearlings 4 OO^ 00 Good to choice sheep 3 00^ 00 Common to medium lambs 4 60^ 30 Stockers and feeding sheep .... 2 0003 00 Bucks, per 100 poundh 2 OiV^a aO

Real Estate sf 'lliiiwanQe m mcvRXSY %i reil tOBt <^43^ investmenis in dowxMxm ytite'nt'te-L IMk184,4dd or aev. Minape will call 00 you. » -wInsurance jdaced for cUtett in aeiccted oat»> panka. Renttdt eoUected at tlie lowest''!*^ and fikoper* tke caned for on cspexicnced 2tiMi.iGi SECURITY TRUST COMPAf^T. 40 N. PenngylvwiaSc*. i’093El!(MRPi€&)'

Crude Oil. NEW YORK, March 1—Crude oil prices now are: Tlona, 81 30; Pennsylvania. 8115; Corning, 98c; Newcastle, 90c; Whltehouse, 96c; North Lima, 85c; South Lima and Indiana, 80c; Somerset and i,acy, 69c. The Cotton Market. NEW YORK. March 1.—The market for future* closed steady •with prices net 4 to 8 points higher. , , The range for futures was:i Open. High. Low.Close. May 8 56 8.65 8.56 8.62 July 8.57 8.63 8 56 8.®

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Name. Open-High. Low.Close. Am. Can 15% 1^ 15% 16% Nat, Btacuit 47% 47% 47% 47% Nat. Biscuit pfd —.107 107% 107 107% Diamond Match 134 134 , 184 134

The Money Market. NEW YORK, March l.>-Mooey on call Steady at 2 p«r cent. Prime mercantile paper 4#4% per cent. Bterllog exchange steady, -with actual basinsM in bankers’ btils at 4^9488 for detnand, and at 486% for sixty days; posted rates 4869488%; ooramerdal blils 4S4%^486<||. Bor silver K. Mexican doilara 48% CHICAGO, March l.-Posted exchange, M8 for sixty days, 48S% on demand: New York exchange. 10 discount. U. S. Bonds in New York. Nirw YORK, March L—(Sovernraent bQ!»M steady. State bonds iaacUve. Rail-

London Closing Stocka. LONDON, March L—Consols for money, 9411-16; Consols for account, April, 9415-16; Anacbnda, 6%; Atchison, 77%; Atchison pfd., 89%; Baltimore A Ohio, 106%: Canadian Pacific. 115%; Chesapeake A Ohio. 47%; Chicago Great Western, S4%; Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul. 16^ Denver A Rio Grande, 44%; Denver A Rio Grande pfd., 9^; Erie, 39%; Erie 1st pfd, 69%; Brie 2d pfd., 57%; Illinois Central, 143; LoulsvlUe A Nashville, 106%; Missouri. Kansfus A Texas, 24%; Missouri, Kansas A Texas pfd., 56%; New York Central, 166%; Norfolk A Western. 59%; Norfolk A Western pfd , 92%; Ontario A Western, 33%; PenneyIvania, 76%; Reading, 28%; Reading 1st pfd., 41%; Reading 2d pfd., 34%; Southern Railway, 33%; Southern Railw^ pfd., 96; Southern Pacific, 66%; Union Pacific, 101%: Union Pacific ^d., 89: United States Steel, 44%; United States Steel pfd., 97%; Wabash, 23%;'Wabash pfd., 4^; Spanish 4s. 76%: Rands. 11%: De Beers, 45. Bar silver dull at 26%d per ounca Money 2%93% per cenL The rate of discount In the open mayket for short biUs is 2%&2% per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for three months' bills Is 211-1^2% per cent. lO The Day in Wall Street. [By Meyer & Kiser’s Wire } NEW YORK. 3larch L-As was to be pectsd. the market continued limited for •liart session to-day. rtesllnsa with the ceptton of the Kansas City 'Southero, were very much restricted, bat In the main shoved a firm undertoae. The bank statement more favxsvble than was generally expected, in so far that the changes were considerably smaller in the tmportsmt items than during the pievious weeks, but wrhile the market strengthened somewhat it did not create soy

enthuslssm.

Trsametions rsmalned small and tbs changM, eoropsnd with ysstsrday’s close* wees only frsctiODSl The prewore sgslast Miasoart Faeifle. which was euoh a promlnsnt (actor during the last few days, sesmed to bars ceassd for the moment, but the etock showed 00 signs of rallying as yet. Xhrerybody appears to be waiting for eomething to take ptaoe that will UR specutation ont of the rat it is now In sad until su^ «\sat-happene we are likely to witneea a continuance of the naroow market in which <^y limited opportunities |ar« offered.

New York Bank NEW YORK. March

of the associated bank)

ending to-day shows: tbotaa 89S8.1tL300; ^ crease |1,4S3.6M: depaUtf^917,488A(». <tocrease 81,966.990; cinrtllatlon IS1J06.700, Increase 134.489: legal tenders $71.914400; decrease 8611.909; spsete $l98,4l3,ai(K^ dscrssas 82.46IL409; reserves 8214.S«,900, deersaso I8.977J09; reserve requlr^ $2644724)75, decrease $492,475; surptUi $9,972,986, deersaaa

$2,4».?X.

TreaOury Statement. WASHINGTON. March l.-Natlonal bank notes received to-day for redemption amounted to $489,846; Gkivernment receipts from Internal revenue, $680,475; customs, $812,379; miscellaneous, $22,059; expenditures, $1,280,000. German Bank in Mexico. BERLIN, March 1.—The Deutsche Ueberseeische Bank has decided to open a branch In the City of Mexico, about the middle of April, under the title of the German Transatlantic Bank.

SL Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. March l.-Wo^ Territory and Westera mediums, fine, 12@16o: coarse, 12@15c.

■'/ower; 17^;

Whisky. CINCINNATI. March l.-Whisky-Dls-tlilers’ finished goods lower on basis of 81.30. Fruitf and Vegetablea. FRUITS—Lemons selling at $2.60 for 300c or 360s, fancy. [email protected] Bananas, firsts, 8126 a bunch Cocoanuts selling at $2.00 a hundred. Apples, 83,75 a barrel; fancy. [email protected]. Grapes. Malagas, keg, $6.00; cranberries. Jerseys, $6 50; boxes, $2.25; Cape Cods. |9 00 a barrel Florida oranges. ^ 5U. California navels, fancy, $3,000 $.25; choice, $2 50. VEGETABLES-Onlons. a bushel, $160; Spanish, $1.76 a crate. Cabbage, a barrel. 81 SO; a ton, $26.00. Celery, fancy California. fOc Potatoes, 86c a bushel. Sweet potatbes, Kentucky, $3.75. Washed parsnips. 76c a bushel; $2.00 a barret; 'washed turnips, 50c a bushel. Beets, 90c a bushel. Carrots. GOc a bushel. Canada rutatmga turnips. 40c a bushel. Onion sets, yellow, $1.60; white, $1.75; red, $1.75. Early Ohio seed potatoes. $1.25; Early Rose, %c: Early Bliss Triumphs, $135. SOUTHERN STUFF - Hothouse lettuce. 10@12c a pound, rhubarb, 40GSOc a dosen; strawberries. 46^600 a quart; Florida tomatoes, $3.60 per e-basket crate: N. O. shallots, 404745c a dozen bunches. Florida head lettuce. $2.26®2.SO a hamper. New radishes, GOc a dosen bunches. Boston hothouse cucumbers, $1 60 a dosen; new beets. 80c a dozen. Cauliflower, a crate, $2.25. Pineapples, a dogen. $2.25.

Interstate Live Stock Market. Interstate Stockyards, March 1. HOGS—Receipts small, shipments none. A straight advance was made in all quotations from yesterday’s basis. There was no market, as no cOr lots arrived. Choice heav'y hogs wt^re quoted at $6 30 to $6.40, with the figures for choice light hogs placed at $6 W to |6 10. Everything Is finding a fair market. Good to choice heavies $6 30^40 Good to choice medium grades.. 6 00^ 30 Common to good lights 6 76^ 30 Light and heavy mixed 5 75^ 30 Pigs, 110 pounds and up . 5 00^ 60 Ught pigs and skips 4 50^ CO Roughs 4 60<8< eo Other Live Stock Markets. CINCINNATI, March l.-Hogs—Active and higher, butchers and shippers, |6 3G# 6.40, common, $610@615, Cattle—Quiet; fair to good shippens, [email protected]; commom $2 50. Sheep-Quiet at $2 50@^. Lambs—Steady at $4 50@6.^. EAST LIBERTY, Pa, March l.-Cat-tle—Receipts 10 cars, market steady. Hogs—Receipts 10 double-decks; heavies, 8i:tti@6 50: mediums, $6 40(^46; heavT yorkers, 86 30^6 40; light yorkers, 86.00@ 6 20; pigs, 85 50#5.65 Bheep and lambs— Receipts 5 double-decks; sheep selling from 86 50 down; lambs, $6 60 do'wn; yearlings, from 86 75 down. ST. LOUIS, March l.-Cattle-Recelpts 600 head. Including 300 Texan?; strong; beef steers, 84 604^6 75, Stockers and feeders, $2 60»^ 90; cows and heifers, 83 25©4 80; gr&ssers, 83 25(0410; fed Texans, $4.26^50; Texan cows and heifers. $2 [email protected]. Hogs —Receipts 2,000 head; market 5c to 10c higher; pigs and lights, 85.75@6 00; packers, 85.75i9«15. butchers, $6 IStfO 50. Sheep —Receipts 100 head: market strong; natives, [email protected]: lambs, t5 25#6.75. EAST BUJFALO, N. Y., March L-Cat-tle—Receipts light; steady; veals tops $7.50 @7.75. Hogs-Recelpts 4,260 head; fairly active and 5@10c higher on all grades except pigs, which were alow and lower; heavy $6 50@'6 60, mlx^ $6.40^J0, pigs 86.66 (36.75, roughs 85.60@6 00. stags [email protected]. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 6,400 head; sheep easier; Iambs steady but slow; sheep common to fair $3 50^25, wethers 85 25(35 GO. yearlings |[email protected], top lambs 86 40@t SO, fair to good 86.16@)6.35. KANSAS CI’TY, March l.-Cattle-Re-celpts, 200 head; market nominal; native steers, |[email protected]; Texan dnd Indian steers, [email protected]. Texas cows, 13.2^.50; native cows and heifers, 83.00@!5 40; stockers and feeders^ 00@4 80. bulls, $3 2G@4 50; calves 84 50@6 60. Hogs—Receipts, 2,500 head; market 5c higher; bulk of sales, 85.90(^.30: heavy, 86 30@)6.35; packers. 85.80^.30; medium, 86.00i3«.20; light, 85.40@«05: yorkers, 86 50^ (S, pigs, $4.3005.40 Sheep—Receipts, none; market nominal; muttons, [email protected]; lambs, $6.30#6 50: Western wether*, 5.60; ewes, $4.50@6 40. SOUTH OMAHA. March 1.—Cattle.4leceipts 500 head; market steady; nativ'e steers, 84.0006.50; cows and heifers, 83 250 8 46; Western steers, $4.0006 2Ei’^Texas steers. $2.7504.75; canners, $1 ^3 ()0; stockera and fevers, $2 7504.75: calves, ^500 6 75; bulls; stags, etc , 82.7504.76. Hogs— Receipts 4.600; market. 5c to 10c higher; heavy', 160006 25; mixed, $5 96(S«.06: light. 85 5006.00; pigs, 84.2506.50; bulk of sales, 85 960610. Pheep—Receipts 600; market steady; fed muttons, 85 0005.75, Westerns, K2506.OO; ewes, common and Stockers, $3.25^.50; lambs, 85.5006.40. CHICAGO. March l.-Cattle-Recelpts 3U) head; steauy; good to prime st^rs, 86 6007 00; poor to medium. $4 0006.40; Stockers and feeders, $2.2505 00; cows, $1 28 05.00; heifers, $2 2506.25; cknners, $1.25^ 2 25; bulls, $2.5004.60: calves, $2.50^00; Texas fed steers, $4.5006.75. Hogs—Receipts to-day 12,000 head; Monday 35,000 head; left over 4,183; 5c to 1^ higher; mixed and butchers. $5 8606 36: good to choice heavy, |6 2006 46; roughs heavy, $5.960615; light, $5 7506.00; bulk of saleA $5.9506.30. Sheep—Receipts 1.000 head; sheep steady; Iambs weak; good to choice wethers, $4 6505 25; fair to choice mixed, 83.80(^50; Western sheep. $4.5O0§.9O: native laml^ $3.7506.40; Western Iambs. $5.25 06.60. ^

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Dry Gx)<ta. NEW YORK, Marel l.|-There has htm no t^ianga In the characcer of the general demand for cotton go<^ to-day. TKe tone Is firm throughout, hut, sellers are got quoting any higher prices. Print

BRIEF lljlDIANA TELEGRAMS. HILLSBORO. March L—Daniel Pickering, a prominent woman of this place, was buried yesterday. She died of pneumonia. NBWCJ^LE, March 1.—Albert Bond, a pioneer of Henry county, is dead near Cadis. He was seventy-four yearn old and died from the effects of a fall on the Ice. His wife and three children are liv-

ing.

Mrs. Martha Bandlemon, sixty-five years old, dl^ uf heart disease at the home of Lewis Miller. The body was sent

to Muscatine. la., tor burial.

Mias Etta Kissel, twenty-seven years old, died of consumption while on a visit to ClnclnnatL The body was brought here. THORNTOWN, March L-Charies Welch, who went to Salem, Ore., eleven years ago from here. Is dead. He was

eighty-one years old.

John Allen, seventy-two years old. Is dead at his home In this city. He bed

been an Invalid for years.

As a Safeguard. (Chicago News ] Diggs—1 helped my wife put down a carpet yesterdav. ^^19—What part of the job did you doT Diggs—Oh. I did all the work. My wife merely stood by to see that I didn't put my thoughts into words Knew the Symptoms (Cblcago New# 1 Boardli2g House Landlady—You may send me only half the twual amount of meat unfil further notice. Batcher—What's the nmtter—some of your boarders leave? B. H. L.—No; but three of my star catera are in love.

In the Year 2060. (Ohio State JounisL} Young Man—Are you a soldier? Old Man-Yes, sir; I have fought fifty years to the South African war and my father and grandfather both spent tbefr Uvea helgitig to lick the Boers.

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Id Hill Mining Company SHARES $60 EACH . A oombinatioa of txuineee man with Imfc holdings of the tiiLst mlBing claims in the heart of the KiBiidUiB QbM HYDRAULIC MININS has proved a soccas in the Klirndike. This is the method we propose tor ptursue in tedodng D0|$i Hill, This is atrictlY a mtitual companj. Ewy one owning atech has paid for it. Gr I] Invest yaar money where it will bring yron the beat xetonu. Call i[|t the office or write for Pronectoa. < ^ " - Building.

ANOTHER BIG OIL CONTRACT

FOR BECKY SHARP

In a letter just received from R. W. Norton, general manager for the Becky Sharp Oil Company, he states that another large contract" for the sale of our oil has just been completed, and that negotiations ara now on foot to sell the FUl.L AVAILABLE OUTPUT of our well, which NO Ol’HER company In the field has

yet been able to accomplish >

The sales of BEX1KY SHARP stock the pa*t few days have been so ENORMOUS that we would not be stirprised at any time to receive notice by wire or mall to ADVANCE THE PRICE AT ONCE, and we are confident that this Will be dow within a VERY FEW DAYS. u w BUY NOW before the price advances. You make no mistake Irt investing to BECKY SHARP. The price to-day is 5c per share, which is jx»st one-half its act-

ual value.

$5.00 Buys One Hundred Shares. $60.00 Buys One Thousand Shares. BEAUMONT INVESTMENT COMPANY, Fiscal Agents, 316 E, Lincoln Trust Bldg., 8t. Louts* Mo.

blumbia Ifflationai tHank

1>1 RSO'TOStaSa

A. A. BARNES, WM. H. COLEMAN, A. G. DAILY, T. B. LAYCOCK, LOUIS H. LEVEY, MORTIMER LEVERING,

H. W. MILLER, L. P. NEWBY, ALEX F. RAMSEY, ERNEST H. TRIPP, R. P. VAN CAMP.

SAVE YOUR$$

INVESTING IN THE Southern Indiana Fruit Company They grow while you sleep. DIVIDBIVD^ ^SSURBO Call or write for Prospectui. Room 920 Stevenson Bsilding. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

rORCIO TO SILL GOOD DiVIOCROPAVINO OIL STOCKS. I have 2,(»0 ahare# each of ‘’LrCKT DIME” and “OLADTS OF OALVESTON” OIL STOCK —In lOO-.hare certificate# Through neceaslty I am forced to sell—both companies pay a 5 per cent, dividend In March. I prefer borrowing money with the stock os security. If 1 con arrange it, or I will sell any part at 8 cents a share Do not send money. Will deliver stock C. O. D . through bank Address MRS BLVA NICHOLSON, poatoflice box 200. Oalveeton, Texas

EDGAR PARK BMMKOi « Government. Municipal and other high-grade Bonds. Ouaronteed Stock and Investment Securities yielding from 8 to 6 per cent., a specialty. Statistics .furnished In regard to all securities. 130 Broadway New York THE BEAR SAW NO SHADOW. \ But a Kind-Hearted Hunter Cured Hia Oiaappojntmcnt. SARATOGA, March 1.—'T only know of one bear that came out to learn whether he could see his shadow or not on groundhog day," said B. F. Newman, of Eeechwoods, Sullivan county, "and he might have better let his curiosity remain unsatisfied, for be will never see his shadow again on groundhog day or any other day. ‘"This bear had his wintering place near the headwaters of the Reaverkill, and Sam Newman knew it Bam also had a suspicion that the bear would poke bis nose out of doors on the 2d of February, so be happened around irt that neighborhood bright and early that morning, with his gun. I "He got there In time td see bruin walk deliberately out of his hoBe In the rocks, stretch himseSf and yawn.! Just like a ^rson would on waking out of a sound sleep, except that the bear yawned uftener and a good deal longer. Sam said. That was reasonable, though. be<».use a man wouldn’t have been apt to he asleep more than one night, while that was the first time the bear had waked up since he went to sleep maybe four months before. “Sam let the bear shamble away some distance from the mouth of the den, to give him all the chance in the world to eee his shadow, and consequently, according to the rule, his sleep was over for the winter. "The bear seemed so disheartened and discouraged over it that Sam waS sorry for him and waited quite a while In hope that the sun might come out and give the bear warrant to go back and sleep six weeks lonm. But the sun didn't come out, and Sam, not having the heart to see the bear go wandering around disconsolate, socked a bullet through bis head and ended the trouble right there "The bear wasn’t so awful big. but It wasn’t so tittle but what Bam got three gallons of clear grease out of it and a skin that peeled off big enough to be wofth $26.'*

BMKIIIQ MOUSE OF A. M. Fletcher 128 BROADWAY, REW YORK. MEIIBIR RgW TORN STOOR ilCMAROI. Transacts a general banking btukasai Receives deposits stib|ect to draft. Diridenda collected and remitted. Acts as fiscal agent for corporatious, asd n^otiates securitr issu(es of railroads and other companies. j Deals in Government bonds and other investment secoritiez. I Commission orders ex^ntted.

Acceoata of Bsakt, Baators. CsrponMifiS and Indiridagit SoUdtad:

Morcbants\ National Bankmmm mnd^SurpImm, $1,300,000

UnHma Stmimm DmgnmiiofF Aooomtm Sollottmd

The Boston Valuation. ITenksrs Statssmsii.] Bacon—They never say In Boston that a child is bom with a stiver spoon In its mouth. Egbert—Wnat do they say, then? "That It come Into the wfirid with goldrimmed glasata."

The Central Trust Coflipauy BOND DEPARTMENT We offer, subject to sale: Indianapolis aiiU Eastern Traolion Company, Gold Bonds...S pw cent Indiana Hotel C'omitanyt Fraferred Stock ....S per cent T. B. Layeock Manufacturing -ComMny, Preferred 8tock....S per eeoL J. T. Polk Company. Preferred Stock s per cant Jndian^lts Fire Insurance Co. Stock. H. P. Wasson Ik Co. Preferred Stock ....6 ner cent Circulars and prices on application. Offices: ISO East Market Street

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