Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — BASIS FOR BIDDING. [ARTICLE]

BASIS FOR BIDDING.

WHAT THE NEW 4 PER CENTS. WILL YIELD. Net Rate Per Annum Calculate d from Two and One-Half to Four Per Cent. —Death of Nichols, a Magazine Writer, in Denver. What Will You Offer? The Secretary, of the Treasury Friday prepared and gave out for publication a table Showing the amount which should be bid for the new 4 per cent. biAds in order that the investor might realize any rate_qTlntgrest between 2~% per cent nnj 4 per cent, per annum. Following is the table: 2% per cent 130.8749 2% per cent. 124.9294 3 per cenft .119.3229 3 116 per cent. .7. ■ .117,9749 3% per cent . Z ,, „.. .... .116.6471. 3 3-16 per cent. ~. ~.. .115.3391 3% per cent,.........,. 7..... .114.0506 3 5-16 per cent. .112.7814 3% per cent 111.5310 3 7-16 per cent 110.2992 3% per cent. 109.0850, 3 9-16 .. ■■■■■,. .107.8900 3% per cent. 106.7121 3 11-16 per cent. 105.55 W 3% per cent .104.4082 3 13-16 per cent. 103.2816 3% per ceht. .102.1716 3 15-16 per cent. 101.0778 4 per cent. , , , WODOOO

Dead in His Bed.

Walter Clark Nichols, who arrived in Denver Thursday from New York City, was found dead in a. bed in his room at the St. James Hotel under circumstances which 'indicate foul play. Mr. Nichols was sent to Colorado for the express purpose of writing up the Cripple Creek gold country by the publishing house of Harper Brothers, New York, and was prepared for a long stay. He had long suffered from heart trouble, which threatened to result seriously, Mr. Nichols was supposed to have spent the evening af - tlie“l7niversity Club and returned to his room after midnight showing the effects of dissipation. Closer investigation develops that he missed his way to the club and wandered into the toughest district of the city, where he was drugged and nibbed. He is the son of the proprietor of the Times of Buffalo, N. Y.

Largre Failure at Columbus, Ohio.

A. C. Ady, dwelling house builder, at Columbus, Ohio; assigned Friday. ' Assets, $554,000; liabilities, $400,000. The assignee is Ben Monett. Ady has 160 or TiU pieces of property. He has been a builder of what were called cheap houses. The houses had all modern conveniences, but were put together with nails, looked well, had good tenants when not sold, and his career as a builder was looked upon as remarkable. People all over the city are living iu houses bought from Mr. Adj, and which have not been fully paid for. More local persons are interested in this -assignment than would have be'en in that of any <> 1 lier lirm <>r iullivi< 1 u:i lin the oily. The annual income of the property is $40,629: interest on. mortgage indebtedness, $19,982; valuation of jiroperty. $554,000; incumbrance on property, $279,000; floating debt, $121,515.

Real Battle Reported.

-A, , big Cuban battle is reported, with killed or wounded. Collazo is said to have stormed the’ city of Guira and Gomez came to his aid. Tire Spanish troops wore —tfrireft into —a —cathedral —after a fierce street tight, and the insurgents forced surrender on the threat of burning the structure. ■ _