3 1 - 5; J" "t - . THE PITTSBURG DISPXTOH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1892.- 23 MONEY AND STOCKS. Talk of Gold Exports and the Silver Problem Cause Uneasiness, CONDITION OF THE L0C1L BAKES. Course of local recuritiesand GossiAbout the Leaders. ILL THE LATEST HNAKCtAL NEWS Saiukdat, Dec. 17. All domestic money markets hare held firm to strong during the week, and in New York the course of affairs has been somewhat -sensational, though no one has been embarrassed by sharp fluctuations in ia:es outside the circle or speculators on the exchanges. Gold exports and the silver problem have been named as responsible lorhigh rates ana a scarcity of money, uhich tended, to a certain extent, to un settle confidence everywhere, but good authorities have not been slow to declare they have discerned the hand of manipu lation actively pulling the wires. The out ward movement of gold has been caused principally by a movement ot securities in this direction, but the situation has been complicated and aggravated by the scramble of European countries for the yellow metal and the disposition shown by New York bankers to hoard it. A cry has been going np from Gotham for the repeal of the Sherman law and lor an issue of bonds by the Government to be sold in Europe, but conservative and far-seeing financiers have not been alarmed, and have continued to show confidence in the energy, sagacity and resource o: ttie country to adapt Itself to any Conditions nhicli may develop and to loice its onward march to tho financial and commercial supremacy or tho world. The bank statement to-day did not reflect the gold expoits .or some reason or other, but it fhoned plainly that tbe high rates attracted considerable money to the me tropolis. New Tork Bank Statement. Reserves, decrease .. 84.575 Loins, decrease 7S9.S00 fcpecle. decrease...................... Legal tenders, increase........ Deposits, decrease. ...... ... Circulation, Increase Amount above legal requirements.. Satnedate last fear. 710. WO 191.700 1.851. 00 3, ICO l,Ui.-Zi 19,191,000 OUR LOCAL BANKS. rignres Showing the Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits The Condition or the National Banks as Shown by the Kecent Statement. PITTEBUBG BAITKS. First aUona'. Second National. 'ihlrd National Fourth National. Firth National M.rpheni National... Citizens National. Comniirclal National. J)Ian oul National.... Duquene National... Kxcuauce NatlounL.. Farmers Den. Nat.... Fl-it Nat. Hirnrn'm orlPitt National... German Nalloual...., IrmiCilv National... Liberty Natioual Marine atlonal ..... Mechanics National.. M. 4.11. NaUoual . Met. National &Iiinonraliela N&l'l. l'euna National 1'eoplcs national Pltu. N. 15'k Coin.... Tradesmen Nari..... Union National. ALLEOHKNI 1JAXKS Fir-t National xond National . Third National Gerniau National Alle. baA. Deposit Co Dol bv'B F. T. Co. jilcrprl.e aings. . Nations II'K brings.. Ileal tjslale L X t Ix). orkliiftmaus J-avK STATE AND OTHER liANKS. Anchor saMngs Arsenal Hank or Pittsburg.... Central City Deposit Citrbanijrs 1 lde m T. and T. Co. Filth Avenue Frtelio.d oer sa. and Deposit. GennaHia tarings run .V (j. Dollar say.. Keystone ... .Manufacturers 3lasomc Meicanll eTrast Co.. Md ltlluw& toaings.. IVromes ?aings . . . lltrg Hk lor fcav's It. E M's ilk.. Ltd The D i T Co. of P, The Imlon Trust C"... v et Lna mn;6 ... Ft.Nt L se'ick'v.Pa. l!n.Tk N 'I. Brad'k. Pal It. n. lsrark,Pa. H. N'L Humes'.), la. lt.N'1 B"k,C'lers.Pa. H.X'lirk.WHV.Pa N't-U'k of Tr-m. Pa. it. N L 31cKeesrort. M. l.'k Of JlCIMlVt . P-o'ls Irfc. Mchcrs't I 'rs A Me'cs, bliarp'g Capital. ' ) 7S",O0O iiw.iAiu 5.0.000 3U1.W0 100. 000 800.000 fcO.CKX 33U.W0 am. ooo 200. OuO Lancou 3J0.UX) 110, coo M0.00U IaO.0.10 400,0110 2)0,000 S.W fi'JO.OJO eOOLOOn s,ouo ZOU.IW M0, 000 1,000,000 500. OU) 4lXMtiO 2M.0UU SO. 000 150.U00 I cote a.(ko JUJ.IUU, 11. 1k 1040001 10.1. om 73. uw 50,0001 50. COO 55.000 l,lG4,6oO 10U.OOO 63.CS2 100.100 90. COO 1SU.UU0 auQ.w 100.00 1H0 100. 000 SOU, 0.0 100, 000 ISO. OX 181.35 ioa,tw 3-0.000 75.0JO 10J.0 0 00, UU 1.5.000 6600 50.000 100.OJO 75.000 50.000 50.000 5J.0C0 50.OJ0 tmuuu 150.000 iii.to.i 50, tOO ISO. too 300.000 HH.C0C 7A611 10.000 SX1,000 roaoco 19.000 170.000 100,000 400. OCX) soaooo 1 co. too 100,000 500.000 250.100 15.100 .0.0 soo.000 an. 000 40,000 60.000 31.000 500,000 500,000 500,000 700, WO 100,000 1:3.000 100. oto 1 to, 000 Undi vided Prollta. 5.000 17.000 5o. uo 110,000 It 000 SO.50 555.118 7U.IOU DO. 000 50.101 ""io'ooo 100,100 100,000 30 000 RU.U00 10a coo 30,000 J00.UU0 50.O10 5I.C70 75.0.0 7a, OU0 50,000 23.000 5.000 114,000 liOOO 6, COO 4.500 65. OX M,(O0 91,019 21,500 90,60 108,456 18,531 Uf.CCO 13.768 87,583 61.035 :1.8s: 24.474 4s. 53 37.051 110,187 73.719 83.599 t6,2S It. 465 18.215 14. 0W 185.104 87,7W) 14,700 17,b02 20.G57 2tC,tSl 114. .71 40,3a5 ta,3W 20.729 4G.033 G7.0SI 22. (31 "ii'irs 34.700 4.8S9 15.M7 25,411 1.970 ia553 15.021 4.S 13.4-0 1J.6S3 218.572 7.3 UI.'IO 83.8S9 31AM S7.l"8 l,t5 11.7S8 S9.376 6.510 21'. 355 87.378 54.373 ""3b."75S 2765 2. 792 4.532 25 737 2XI1 1.541 4.750 7.543 4.74) 2L SM 17.312 5.500 2,438 Followins Is a summary or the statements nrilio Pittsbunr national banks as or date December 3, 1EM: ' ncsouncES. Loans and dbcocnts t4L 263,604 Hrerdrafts 72.647 U. s bonds to secure circulation LWo 000 U. S. bonils to secure deposits 250,000 V. b. bunds nn hand 150 blocs and bonds 2.041.225 Premiums paid 166.4U lteal estate 3,t4.V8S KacbaHRes for clcarinff house... 1,640.021 Due from lianks and agents 4.9:4.702 CertlnedTieasury credits 6,C3iOK (62,433,161 LIAEILIIIES. ...S32, 861,433 441. Ct8 116.886 S0.450 .. 6,53 .,.06 axi.jj ..tn.ooci.coo . 8.226,90 1,3.0,000 41.509.79J 173.476 56.500 Capital Surplus and profits Cln-Ulatli.n lndiMoal deposits.... lerliUcates ot dejxisit.. rTlitted checks 61110 checks Due bunks .......... U. s. deposits Dividends unpaid. Kedlscouuts SS2.436.161 An aspri-ejrate surplus or J6 753,612 Is shown D the statements, being an increase ot 496,055 as compared lth the statcmonts or De-cjnber S,!89Lmalc up as lollows: Fourth, 2,e55: AIIesuen.;43XM: Commercial, $i000; Diamond. JM.nOO, Farmers Deposit, $1(W,(K; Liberty, S15.0C0; JLuine, $i,000; Merchants mid Munu uc.uier, $115000; Metropolitan, soOOD; Uononeiinela, $15,000; Pennsylvania, H5.O00, and Union, 75,0U0 Tue undiviaed inodts aprecato $1,651,921, nu inc.-easo or $-47,355. or a total increase or 1CS3 S!W in burplus and undivided profits ror tLe L! months. LOCAL SECURITIES. A TVeck of Heavy Trading and Tflde Flnc tuatlons. Especially In the Street Ball way Shares No Declines as tho Besalt of thv Week's Operations. The transactions on 'Change this week egjrepated 7,576 shares of stock, ajrainst 1,"536 last week and 4,447 the previous week. The market was rather broad, particularly during the closing days, and, while the changes are all gains, some of the shares, notably Duquesue and P. &i B. tractions, closed" considerably below the highest prices of the eek. The closing bids to day, compaied with those of last week, show the tollowln changes. Advzncei JI. & M. -National Bank, H; Philudclnliia Company, 1: Central Trac tion. V: Citizens traction. : Bon Franklin Iii-mance, 1; Pittsbunr traction, 1; Pleasant Valley Hallway. H; Duquesne traction. 1; P. A Ik ti-action, 1; Airbrake, 3; Underground Ca bif, s;. Hec'ines Ifone, Gas Shares. The feature of the week in the gassers was the inciease in tho Philadelphia Company's uivideud rate from 1 to lJi percent quarter'.-. This had a Javorable effect on the entfionoup, with, the exception or Wheel iur Gas, and all showed an upward drill, but ttie trader of tho group closed with soma of tno Rain lost and Iookiii.' a little weak, a lie inciensed rate wus rather unexpected, but it was none the less welcome to stoccnoid' "J era, not alone because It Increased their revenues, but because It refloated x further improvement In the finan cial condition ot the company. It is unilorstood that the stock will he placed on a 6 percent basis early next year. The ftveakness at the close was inexplicable, the 'general sentiment being that the stock ought to -be holding its own somewhere febout 25. There was a little pressed for sale, however, and support was lacking. The Tractions, Trading in the street railway shares was heavy, with Dnquesne and Pittsburg & Birmingham most prominent. The lormer moved up to 30 sales under active buying, presumably tor the Pittsburg traction t crowd, who were said to bo seek- or the combine, but it subsequently de clined and cloed below 28 bid, the decline heliis due probably to realizations stimu lated by an unfavorable monoy market. It was noticeable, however, and considered quite significant In some quarters, that inoie than twico as much of the stock was boncht on the upturn us came out on the re action. Boldes the theory that the move ment was occasioned by efforts or the El-kins-Widener crowd to secure control, a number or others were " advanced, but none were more plausible than the one mentioned, unless it was the one relative to a larther consolidation of the street railwav interests of the two cities. There was a little talk about a dividend, on the stock next month, bnt it was given lit tle credence in well-informed quarters. Everybody on the outside appeared to be hopelessly at sea as to what was up, but all admitted that unless something very im portant was, brewinir the price o( the stock had been unduly advanced. Pittsburg and Birmingham's movement was almost as much or a mystery as that in Duquesne, but the statements that a divi dend or 1 per cent would be paid" In Janna ry seemed to be pretty welllounded, though tho announcement that the company bad Issued $175 000 6 per cent gold 25-year de benture bonds, subject to call at the option or the company, proved to be a weight sufll cient to bear the market down considerably below .tho highest Dolnt. With all its securi ties fo care lor it is not quite olear how the company can consistently begin dividend payments ror some time yet, and the intimation that if a dividend is vaid next month it will bo for the pur poe of increasing the value or the stock as a collateral mav not be far out or the way. Besides the dividend talk it was whispered that P. B. was to flenre in the next move on the street railway board for consolidation, and the fact that it sympa thized more or less closely with Duquesne entitled the whispers to respectful consid eration. The annual report of the Citizens Trac tion Company, which was printed in these columns, was well leceived. It revivecTthe hope that the divideed rate would soon be lncteased, the showing betas an excellent one, and the mere fact that it was made nubile encouraged the belief that the other companies would liereatter make their an nual statements matters lor public Inspec tion. There was an Improved demand for Cen tral and Pittsburg tractions, and both ruled hij-'hei. Kotbing now developed anent the Xorthside deal, but assurances that it was being closed up were given almost daily. Some or the street people, however, were bold enough to declare that it was being held in abeyance pending the shaping or fresh combine affair. Industrials. The advance in Airbrake on the announce ment or another double dividend, the strength or Underground Cable on the pros pects of an extra dividend next month, and the weakness or Electric on the unfavorable decision in the suit of the Edison asainst the Sawyer-Mann Company were the feat ures or this group. Trading whs only mod erately active, but the advances in Air btake and Cable were sustained to the close, and Electric failed to show a recovering tendency, bwltclt and Sienal was steady to flun. and the request tor United States Glass improved, but neither changed their position materially from the close or last week. Conclusions. The movements or the week were a sur prise to many. It was admitted that most stocks were low enough to be good pur chases, but no one entertained the idea, par ticularly In view of the closer working of the money market, that activity would pre vail until after tne turn of tho year. And yet the eek coes upon l ecord as one or the most active ot 1892, as, besides the heavy trading on 'Chanve. the volume or business off 'Chance was unusually larjte. With re sard to the future it is hard to flguro out that, barring something unusual, trading can be otherwise than quiet for a fortnight orfco. The winter holidays ate clean upon us and money w ill likely be rather tight un til alter the January disbursements. SPECIAL MARKET LETTERS. Interesting Bevlew of the Local Situation by Accepted Authorities Wall Street Oracles Send in the Usual Gossipy Budgets. A. J. Lawrence & Ca's letter: There were forces at work in our stock market which, under more favorable mone tary conditions, would have set in motion a ball movement that would have extended well into the new year. Under all the cir cumstances stocks displayed wonderiul strength, and closing prices represent im portant gains, although there were reactions from the highest point. Beierring briefly to the leading events in the order of their occurrence, the deal in Duqnesue Traction was the most note worthy, because it was wholly uuexpected and is silll shrouded in mystery. Of all the theories afloat in the street rearding it, in cluding the one that it was merely manipu lation to enable insiders to unload surplus holdings, none seems plausible to us. At the tamo time we have no theory of our own. but we have this conviction, viz.: that at $28 and $33 per share the stock is high enuugh tor tne present. To an investor w ho looks well into tho future it is a purchase at current prices; but one dependent upon an immediate income irom bis investments can piobablydo better in komcthin else. We say this, not lotvcttins what we have written or the splendid franchise and the tremendous growth of the teiritoiy traversed by the road. Unless there is something more bafk or the present move ment than anyone lias guessed, we do not lcofc ror any rurtlier advance at thi time The activity in Duquesne stimulated the other tractions, but ot the gains established that in Citizens traction was most fully justified by actual merits. Copies of the tatter's annual statement were received by stockholders vesiorday, and it holds out every encouragement lor an increase In the rate of dividend the coming fiscal year. Or all the securities in tur market Phila delphia Company Is the fa vorito of traders lor a quick tutn, and it will likelv continue to be. It is almost invariably a purchase on any material decline and u sale on sharp rallies. From tlic very nature or the specu lation in it, favorable events like that oi lust Wednesday, w hn the rate oi dividend was incrcaxed to li quarteily, will bring out sellers who wilt take their profits on the ad vance in the market and will not wait lor the recript f div Idend checks. Westinghouse Airbrake winds np the old year with another double dividend amount ing to $5 a shure, and the stock is again strong at ISO. The suit ror infringement against its Now York rival has not jet been decided, and while wo all have had experi ence with sanjruine lawyers and blind jus tice we know mat the attorneys In this case are unusually confident or a verdict lor the home company. As already intimated, the monetary con ditions here and in the East have nut been encouraging to speculation or investment. Juit as the activity was getting u'huer way the bank statemcnisappeaied.showing that the reserve held by Pittsburg Institutions was below the average. This was followed by the stringency in New Tork and predic tions of gold expoits that are ptobablyex asgetated. Brokers tell us that lunds are now coming back from the country, and that the local market will be welt supplied within the next two weeks. The couteof events in the East, however, will have a tenuuucv to govern here. In the mean time, wn advise our Irieuds to let the mar ket rest while they enjoy ihe uppioachtng holidays. By the time the latter arc passed the outlook will bo clearer, and, as we be lieve, more inviting to ptotitable opera tions. Henry N. Long writes as follows: Theru ha, been a tumbling among dry bones during the past week, and in conse quence the brokers have thrown anide their brogaus and are wearing patent leather footgear, with gums besides. Business in local stocks has been active; prices have been changing, with the volume exceeding that of many weeki past. Airbrake has demon strnteu the truth of my remark or last week, that it is a good thing to have around; the dividend or 10 per cent coming us n welcomo Christinas gift to many a weary heart. Also, or Philadelphia Company, following the example set by its illustrious Dateinal ancestor, good words can only be spoken its dividend increase showing a continued increase oi prosperity, inuicating mat the timo lor dcclnrinc 6 per cent la not lar off. In price, also, tills uncertain and shifting security has been its tickle as a coquette. lUeliig to 2I. then suddenly dtonpln to -0, with sales, again between the rising and T setting of the sun, advancing to almost S3 could the heart of the oldest speculator be more gladdened by the shirtings in value of any commodity handled? The tractions during the week also par ticipated to a laive extent In the actlvo scenes of the day. Duquesne starting at 2 moving np to SUJ within two days, diopplng back to 23 and there showing evi dence of staying until some new Richmond shall appear to, give It another booit. Bir mingham also took on airs and jumped 2 ton aid par, irom 24 to 26, closing weak, however, at 25. Manchester was steady; Pleasant Valley stronger with sales at 25, while Central was inclined to Join In the general upward scramble. Electric, Switch and others among the In dustrials were neglected, but Underground Cable showed renewed strength, which may take it before long w ell up toward par. The completion of the West End electric road lias not brought any or its stock as yet on, the market. Now ror the future. I have not changed my mind in the least. I think that all or our ti actions are cheat); second, that they -will continue to fluctuate, and, finally, the one wuo holds on longest will perhaps make the most money. Philadelphia Company pays over ten per cent at present uricet, and, so far as I can see, promises to remain a irood payitic investment. Our people are show ing increased confidence in local s toots and bonds, and, in fact, whether as permanent investors, or as specalatois '-for a turn," there seems no longer any necessity to seek the Sew York boatd, as our own field offers abundant opportunities fur both. Besides, it keeps money at home, and adds to the general activity and demand for home money. After January L I repeat, I look for a very active market for local stocks and bonds, with higher prices generally pre vailing. Anything that is worth buying at ail is worth buying now. Fresh From Wall Street. J. S. Bache & Co. to Oakley ft Co.t Tho financial world has been considerably agitated this week by tne export of four and three-quarters millions of gold from Boston and from this port. Money has been stringent, loaning as high as 30 per cent. The bulls tell us that these rates are manip ulated, but we rather think high rates are in consequence or the loss of confldence.and a fear that the present dangerous silver policy may lead to serions trouble. The fact that we are exporting such big amounts of the precious metal at this sea son or the year is being traced to the met that last month's talue or exports from the United States was about $15,10,000 less than during the same month -last ear, and that tor the five months ending November 30, as compared with tho corresponding period or last year, was $&,000.0ca. This, if wo con stderthat the imports show an increase over last year, and the fact that Europe has sold an enormous quantity ot our stocks and currencybonds, will rapidly make np narent the cause or these exports otcold. The payment of $3,500,000 Edison 6s and the lace that the Brooklyn street syndic ite is to pay a like amount, also tendeu to stiffen the money market. Tile bank statement, which was published to-day, shows conclusively that the hUrh money rates brought a big Influx of capital from all over the countty, and these will continue as lonu as money rules at present rates; it will thus happen that, country bankers will lend but sparingly to the coun try. merchants, and tho people ot this land will thus see what a folly is this whole sil ver business. It is uu expensive lesson whioh we are going through, but the sooner we get over it the better it will be lor all concerned. The inteiests ot this country are,so diversified on account ot tho srcitt expanse of territory that the interests or the West are not the Interests or the East, nor the Intel estsot the South those or the North; "O think that when tho country will have had this practically demonstrated to it, it will be willing to repeal one or the most obnoxious measuies ever forced upon it. It is needless to say that the market was quits demoralized all the week, bnt still the short interest thereby entailed was consid erable, and as regards the near luture all that we can say is that it will depend en tirely upon tno domg of the present admin istration. We think an application will be made to Washington soon asking the Government to lssuu $50,000,000 or $100,000,00.) gold oonds to be sold in Euiope, us the Secretary of the .treasury uas the power to uo it, as given him by un act ot Congress some time ago. Ot course, it this bond issue should be made it will create a sharp rally in our market. I( nothing is done the demoralization must continue, and it will be a very severe one. We therefore cantlon our friends to the very utmost only those with big mar gins should trade iu this market. From Spronl & Co.'s market letter: What is technically called a money panic is not necessary to be anticipated but it seems ulaiu tuat call loans will rule iroin 6 to 10 pei cent mid that uneasy feeling will be i eadiiy aroused ut each fluctuation of the exchange market winch, Utieateus to forci UOld shipments. A bull "movement under such circumstances is out of the quo'tlou and the refusal or the market tu,ranv testi fies to tho street's appreciation or this fact. Some attention was attracted to-day to the slhditl v easier tone ot exebamre due to de creased inquiry and the offering of a row loin bins, isaniiers nie now inclined to think that only $J,000,OU0 to $0,000,000 gold will go out on Tuesday. Nevertheless this improvement is considered to be merely a temporary demonstration and it is well to remember that foreign interests take a much more serious view of our currency than is held here. Close of the Market. Transactions atihe last call of the week to-day weie as follows: 10 shares Dnquesne traction 15 tliares Pleasant Valley railway 100 shares standard Underground Cable 50 shares Manuara Underground Cable 5o share Standard Underground Cable 35 snares standard Underground CaDle. lOsharesP., A.". l. traction 50 shares P. .V E. tracJoii 15 shares P. & B. traction , 10 shares P. A U. traction , 10 stiaies Philadelphia Co.npany 20tliares YestiugiioueAlroraKe. 10 shares Westliigliouse Airbrake , Total tales, 385 bhares. Closing bids and offeis: .. 28 .. 25 , 73 . 7S . 7U . 7S ,. 43 . 25 . 2j . 25 .21 .130 .UO BAXK STOCKS. Par. Allegheny National Bank 50 lomuierrial Nailoua. 100 Citizens' National hank oO Fourth Xatlonal BauE 100 Iron City National Bank 50 Irou ana Glass Dollar Savings, loo iler. t Alanmacturers' . Ulu 50 lXEtlUAhCE STOCKS'. ' Alletnannla 50 Armenia 50 Ben Fraululn 53 Citizens 50 (Teutonla , ;... 50 etteru Insurance Co 50 NATCBAL GAS STOCKS. Cuarrlers Valley Gas Co 100 PeinsrlvaiilaUasCo 60 Philadelphia Co '. 50 Vi heedug Gas Co 5J PASSENGEK B'TTOCES. CentralTractlon 50 Citizens Traction 50 I'ltuburg Traction 50 ricasant Valley 5 second Avenue 50 BAILItOAU STOCKS. Charters Railway 50 I'ltuburg, Youngsl'n and A... 3d PittsburR and Castle Sn"n 50 Pittsburg. Wheeling & Ky.... 50 COAL STOCKS. H. Y. JfcC. Gas Coal Co 50 MIXI.-JO STOCKS. Bid. Asked. raw- 16 V5X La Xorla .Mining Co.. Luster Mining Co JIISCELLAXEOOS STOCKS. Mononjrahela Water Co Union Switch and Signal Co.!k Union Switch and S. Co. cref.. Vt'estlnghouse Airbrake Co. Urn Staudaid Underground C Co.. U, s. Glass Company, com .... 25 10 2S 50 50 50 100 100 iox 28X 60 - 50 47 5 50 15s 14 7S 65J 66' 60 175 45 70 35"' 53 40 10 2IH 19 ztr 01 V4" 10 56 20c Hi 31 IS 40 132 7S Financial Notes. Hill & Co. sold Dnquesne traction to-day to W. K, Thompson & Co! John Banisay sold Underground Cable to Kubu Bros., J. T. Patterson and 11 ill Co. Kubn Bros, bought P. & B. from Hill & Co. and McCutcheon. Sproul & Co. were the sellers of Airbrake and Hill & Co. midKuhn Bron. the buyers. IL M. Louz sold P. V. to E. J. stoney, and J. li. Harbour sold Phillie to Hill & Lo. Citizens traction 5) were quoted at 107 bid, Pittsburg traction 5. at 101 bid and Pomt Bildire 2d mortgage 6s at 100 bid. . Unlisted street railway securities closed us follows: P. & B miction, 2425V: do 5s, 103 asked; Duquesne traction, iiii&i Uo 5Sjpar and interest asked. Tne Imports of drysoods at the part of Xcw.YorK 'or the week ended vesterday were $2,354,170 and the amount marketed, $2,305,103. For the corresponding pertod last year the Imports were, $2,228,215, and the amount marketed, $2,13LC5J. - The expoits 0,1 specie ftom the port or Xew York Tor the week ended to-day wer $4,7Eo, U6. or which $1250,00 J in gold and $493,230 iu silver went 10 Europe and $ 10,14(5 In gold went to South America. The Now York Mening Pott says: As for the money market the best that can be said is that the week's experiences present a bank scare agpnivateti by several unlucky coincidents. Tnal the outlook lor a repeal 01 the sliver puronasu law is considerably less promising than it was a CpV- weeks ago must regret. ully be admitted: The efforts to get gold from United States ror Eoropa have not dlmiills.ied, and many bankers ex press confidence In further heavv shipments. AH this has teTved to lirlnz about one of these peculiar mid sudden spasms of trie lit o of ten witnessed In the history of bank management. Bnt.it cannot be tooolten afflrmed that an abnormal money or cur rency crisis sooner or l&ter works its own cure. ' Stockholders of the Linseed Oil Company have been notified that their property is being appraised for tho purpose of reachlng a basis or consolidation with the Rational Lead Company. Tne scheme ror the con solidation of the companies will be officially announced January 4 1S9X . The amended certificate of incorporation nd the certificate of increase of capital stook of the National Wall Paper Company have been filed with the Seoretary or State or New York. The amended certificate of Incorporation elves the direotors of -tho company the power to issue an additional $2,000,000 of debenture stock, making in all' $6,000,000 of that class. The Increase of tho capital stock Is from $14,000,000 to $30,000,000, an ihcrease or $16,0O0,0OJ. President Kink, or the Little Bock and Memphis road, in regard to the printed statement that the Illinois Cential had secured control of his road, says: "The statement is entirely without foundation. Theie has been no such transfer of stock and there is no probability that the Little Rock 1 oad will pass from the control of its ptesont owners. You' may give 'this as my positive statement." The wenkness of Electric second pre feried is accompanied by reports that tba Eastern pool" is in distress, , For the figures showing the condition of the local batiks, presented in this report, we are indebted to ilr. K. J. Sroney, Jr. MONETARY. A steady to firm 6 per cent money 'market prevailed in Pittsburg all week, with but few sums or any chanze of conditions until after New Year's. Eastern exchange and currency traded even. ' NKw,YpHK, Dec. 17. Money on call was nominally 4 per cent. Sterling exchange was easier, bills at 4SS for 60 days.Janrt 4S7? C83 ror demand. Posted rates' 486Q48S& commercial bills 4844S5 and 437 Clearing House Figures. Plttsburg- Exchanges to-day Balances to-day Same day last week: , 2,449.954 02 453,265 29 Exchanges., lialanccs.... , $2,323,220 20 33,23 U Exchanges this week. Balances this wpek.... Exchanges lasfweek.. Balances last week The figures or the past two weeks compare as follows: .-Sl5.cnG.0H &' 2.8.U2 7 01 15J133.513 07 2.612.185 76 For the week or 1891 correspondtns with this week the exchanges were $13,492 493 IS. Total exchanges to date, 18T2, $735,723,552 51: same time last ear, $051,835,335 76; gain this year, $70,843,188 75. . 1 " 5xw Yobk. Dec 17. Clearings, $189.3T0,M6: balances $9 413,359. For the week Clear in irs. $SS 319,333; balances, $38,2.3,589. Boston, Dec. 17. Clearings, $19,253,693: bal ances. $2,026,417. For the week Clearings, $114,&4,3B3: baiuuees, $12 517,512. Money 5 nrr cent. Exchange on New York par to 12c discount. Baltimore, Dec 17. Clearings, $3,242,342; balances, $6(3,794. Money. 6 per cent. Cnicioo, Dec 17. Clearlncs to-dav, $20,180, 651. For the week $111,486,732 attains! $97, 614,137 for the corresponding week lat year. New York exchange, 25o premium. Sterling exchange quiet; 60-Uay bills, $4 86; demand, $4 cSK. Money steady at 5W6 per cent. St. Louis. Dec. 17. Clearings, $4,103,710: bal ances, $413,378. Clearings this week, $27,15L 612; balances, $2,631,933. Clearings last week, $28,207,932; balance'. $2,678,727. Clearings cor responding week last year, $24,610,632: bal ances, $3,333 816. Money quiet ut 6S7 per cent. Exchange on New York, 25o discount. New Okleams, La., Dec. 17. Clearings, $2,611,270. New York sight Commercial, 50s discount; bank. $1 03 premium. JlLMpnis, Dec. 17. Clearings, 439,486: bal ances, $S7,8(L New York exchange selling at par. Cincinnati, Dec 17. Money 487 per cent. New York exchange 402oo discount Clear ings to-day, $2,298,300: lor week, $14,876,300; week last year, $14,214,050. SOME ALLEGHENY DEAL?. The Properly Corner of Pennsylvania Ave nue and Sedgwick Street Sold for 830,000 A Residence Property on Bldg Ave nne Chances Bands for 821,500 The Week's ltecord. Saturday, Dec. 17. One of the important deals in Allegheny realty mentioned in this column yesterday as having been consummated was the sale of the property on the northwest corner ot Pennsylvania avenue and Sedgwick street. Joseph?. Rankin & Co. sold the property for Mr. Henry G. Hugus lor a price close to 530,000. The ground hss a frontage of 155 feet on Pennsylvania avenue, and extends along Soucwick street a distance of 13J leet to Ward street, being one-hair of the prop erty tormeily occupied by Giaff, Ilujus & Co. as'a foundry. This section of Allegheny City will be greatly improved as a lcsnlt or this sale, as the old one-itory iron-clad foundry which has occupied the corner for many years will be razed and several Very fine dwellings will be erected on the ground by the pur chaser. A Valuable Residence Sold. A. Z. livers & Co. report the sale of a resi dence property on Uidge avenue, Alle gheny, to It. C Crawfrrd. being a 12-room brick house, with a lot 30x113 leet to un al ley, for $21,500. Building Permits. The following permits were issued to-day: W. E. Dnnn.tt one-story frame stable, corner Thirty-second and Jane streets; cost, $40. Adeln Fleglubatim, a 1-story lrame stable, rear No. 5221 Butler street; cost, $175. Prof. Fiost, a two-story name dwelling. Wlnthrop street, corner Craig street; cost, $3 500. L;it- Reports From the Agents. Black & B.iircl sold lor J. Lsdlie Glonlnger his residence on Millvale avenue. Ben Venue place, with lot 60x130 feet, tor $10 000. John ICEnlug & Co. sold lor Robert B. Hill to E. C. Ecappel a new frame house of six rooms, hall, bath and attic, lot 20x80, being the property No. 231 Henderson street, Twelfth ward, Allegheny, lor $4,450 cash. Messrs. Piper & Clark sold for D. A. Mc Kee to Charles Addison a house of six rooms on lot 25x113 leet, situated in the East End, for $2,800 cash; also sold for J. L. Somers to Miss Genevieve Emei son lot No- 7"in the Fairmount plan, Nineteenth ward, 33x127 feet, for $900 cah. ' J. C. Alles & Co. sold for Jacob Dlllie a frame dwelling o: four rooms, lot 20x109, on Wyiie avenue, near Duff street, to Patrick Harper, for (2.0J0 cash. JI. F. Hippie & Co. sold tor Frank NImick toWlIlim A urkern lot 40x100 feet, on the northerly side of Urandvicw avenue, Thirty fourth ward, adjoining the Duqutsne In cline Plane ('oiuiaiiy's property, for $500: nlsosold to Adam Mottman two lots, 25x110 feet each, on the easterly side ot Lyile street. Twenty-third ward, tor $1,500. Baxter, JTnomp'in A Co. sold lota Nos. 517, 518 mid 519 In Villa Park plan, Brnshton station, total Irnmago or ICU leet on Beech wood street by 150 feet to a 20-foot alley, for $1,300: also sold a lot on the westerly side of KIrkpatrick street, Ruch Place plan, size 22x100. for 5300. John F. Sweony sold for E. S. Thomas, of Lynn, Mass., a lot on College avenue. Twen tieth ward, liavlmra Montana of 40 feet on College avenue and extending back UO feet to a 20-foot alley. It is the Intention or the purchaser to erect a fine dwelling. W. M. Pollock sold to William Wilson lot No. 6 in Northslde Land Association's plan, Avnlon, lor $600 cash. The purchaser will improve at once. Peter Shields sold in William Fllnn's Greenfield avenue plan. Twenty-third ward, city, a six-room frame house, with modern improvements, lot 36x90 feet, located on Coleman street, tor $3,200. The Burrell and Kensington Improvement Companies lepoit the following sale of lots at Kensington: Henry Stnberr, Pittsburg, lot 72, block 26. $877 50 cash; Kensington Land Companr, Ne Kensington, 40 feet of lot "Q," block 7, lor $700 cash; F. G. Husler, MansdPld, south 10 ieet of lot 31, all or lots 32, 33. 24, 35 and north 15 feet or lot 37, block 4, fur $5,062 50 cash. The Week's Record. The record of the business transacted In realty. circles during tho past week com pared with that of the piecodlng week shows tht real estate transfers de creased both in number and value, while building permits, mortgages and mortgage payments, three very important items, in creased with respect to tne amount of money Involved. Tho largest mortgage was $250,000 given to the Fidelity Title and Trust Company by the Citizens1 Traction Com pany to secure the issue or the Wilkinsburg branch bonds. Tho summary follows: Week end's Week end'g ITEMS. Pec. 17. Dec. 10. Real estate transfer 233 f 437. 053 2S3 $."87,616 Building permit 23 00,725 28 53.333 Mortgages W 453.076 110 247.4s5 Purchase money mort gages $2 100,547 62 .236.893 B. JtL. A mortgages.. 53 79.100 58 H0.77J Mortgage payments..... 152 390.08. 163 270,6)0 Judgment It? S5.no 179 a! 1.872 .execution 73 , 60 117.634 FEVERISH AJJD UNSETTLED Was the Closing Condition of the Nov York Stock Market Bears Do Their Beit to Intensify the Feeling of Uncer taintyPrices Generally Lower. New York, Dec 17. The week cloied at the stock exchange with a feverish and un settled market. Although the rates of sterl ing exchange were sensibly easier than for some days past, yet it wa so generally re ported that the export movement of gold would be resumed next week, thatjoany timid holders were induced to sell out. At the same time, of course, the bears took every means possible to intensi.y. the lectins or uncertainty. The latet re ports, are that between $3,000,000 and A$4I000,C03 cold will be shipped to the continent Tuesday next rezardless or the condition or the roreign exchanges. It is stated that hankers here have received peremptory ordors lor the amounts named. The bank statement proved to be a great surprise, tho loss in surplus reserves having been way bolow expectations. Thoo who were calculating on a heavy decrease ap parently tailed to, taku .into account the heavy influx of money from the interior, at tracted by the higher rates of interest pre vailing at this center. . Oathe publication of the clearing honse exhibit a rally of Ji to 1 per cent occurred in tho stock maraets, but tlierewsa re newed pressure to' sell during tho last 13 minutes ot business and some shares were at the lowest figures or the day and week. As compaied with Friday's final quotations Chicago Gas, Drstillimr and,Cnttln Feeding, Manhattan, Western Union, Lead and Jer sey Central closed at declines of from to 2 per cent. On the other hand, Union Pa cific and Louisville and Nashville were a fraction higher, while Sugar, Burlington and tjuincy, St. Puul, Bock Island, Lake Shore, Missouri Pacific and New York Cen tral left off practically tho same as on Fri day. The market closed irrezular. Hallway bonds were generally lower. Ft. Worth firsts declined 1 to 97; Kansas and Texans 2nds, J to 48: New York Northern 2nd 2J to 6SJ4; P. D. S E. 2nds, IK to 67; Heading deferied incomes, to 15; Wobasli 2nds, sto 79J, and Manitoba-Montana ex tension 4s to 183. Richmond & W. Point Trust 5s rose to 41K and declined to 43; tho' 63 advanced 1 to 75. The sales wore $395 000. Government bonds closed as follows: U.S. 4s reg, , U. 3. 4s coup U. b. a , Pacific Cs or '95 .. Lonls. btaraped 4s Missouri a Tenit. new set. 63., Tenn. new set. 5., Tehn. new set. 3s. , Canada bo 2ds..., Ccn. Pacific lsts.., Den. .tic. Ci. lsts... Den. &K. G. 4s Erie Ms M. K. & T. Gen. 6. M. K..4T. Gen. 5s. .113 Mutual Union 6s 112 .114 S. J. C. Int. Cert.. .HIS .100 rtnern Pac. I8ts..ll8 .1(5 Northern I'sc Mt.AU . 7 North. Consols K0!f .105 Norlh.Debcntnres 5sl04 .103 M.1-. & I. M. Gen.53 S4 .101 5t.I,.iS. P.O. M.1U . 7f.li st. Paul Con sola 130 .102 St. P.. C. Jt Pac lstsll7 .107 T. P. L. O. Tr. Kcts 78 .117 r. l'i It. (i. 'lr. Kcu 27 5 Union Pacific lbts...!03M lil west snore iut,t 79 K.U. W 7X 48 The following tahle shows the prices or active s'tocks on the Ji ew York Stock Exchange, corrected dlly 'or 'jiik DlM-ATCI! hv Whitney i. Stephen son, oldest Pittsburg member or AewYorkB ocfc Exchange, 57 Fourth avenue: American Cotton UU Am. Cotton Oil prefl Aln. sugar iteig uo. A. Sugar li. Co.pref. A., T. ft 8. F Baltimore & Ohio.... Bait. Ohio Trust.. Canadian Pacific Canada Southern.... Central of N. Jersey central racinc... Chesapea'.e & Ohio.. Chicago lias irusi. a, b. jtcj t'.. M. & t. P C. SI. Jfc St. P. p'er u.. k. 1. a: r a. ht. P.. SI. A O.. C.,bt.P..M.0.prer Culcago & ortuw'n Chicago & N. prcf. . C.,0.. C. &I C..C..C. & I. pfd.. Col. Coal and Iron. Col. JfcHocklnrVal. Del., Lack A Wist. Del. & Hudson. ... Den. Kio Grande, Den. ft KloO'e.pref uis x u. X . 1 ru&i E. T. Va. 4 Ga ..., Illinois Central Luke Erie ft W est. Lake trie ftW., pref i,aae snore a 21. s. Lousvlllcft Nash'e Manhattan Michigan Central... Mobile Ohio Missouri Pacific... National Cord. Co.. Nat. Cord.Oo. .prcf. National Lead Co .. Nat. Lead Co.. pref. New York Central. N. Y..C. ft St. L..J N.YCJ.st,L..lpr. N.Y..C.t.L..2pr. N. Y., L. E. S. ... N. Y.. L. K. ft W..p N. Y. ft N. E...... N. Y.. O. ft W North Amer'cin Co. Northern Pacific.... H. Pacific, preld.... Ohio ft Miss Pacific Mall.... l'eo. Dec. ft Evans.. Phllada. ft Ktading. P.C.. C. ft St. L... P. C. Oft st L. tin!. Pullman Palace Car. Klchmoud ft W.P.T It. ft w. P. T.. pfu.. St. Paul ft Duluth... M. P. ft D.. prePd.. St. P.. M. 4-M Texis Pacific Union Pacific Wabash Wabash. prePd Western Union Wheeling & L. E.. W. JtL. E.. prefd... Open ing. 43)4 7 33sj 04 5(114 lii 9l!f 7K 70 13) 83 1H 119 lilM 142V 8i "40 28 150 Ji l.J 6GH. Vi SB W 74 IS0,'j 70 133 lid 34 56'4 "m M3 16), 171,' 54 43 IS", v 1G' 4S1, 214 2S5 IBS 63 li vn 7 37 10' 2H 833 nigb est 40V 7M I07! I"4 33,', St 53K IU 22) Vi S7 1iH 12& 8314 47 118 111M 1421, MX 28) ISOJj jo "m B7H 3 031$ Z2? 74 70 1)4 31 H liOM t3 1WS "J 24 51 43V HH 10?a 16V 48V :t 28 16S 54'. 'A 19.1 w 'uit ick 'C3Ti Low-est. 33 78K liSs 7 33 l 123 "ii S7H 7B 120 82K 47 117V HO 142U 57 "40 y 2J 14S l-7Js "ios S4 3'. 07 22 73i 12SHI ins M'-t 1334 0294! lies'. an 2354 S4 4i)4 184 10 18 47 a ion "efiii 194a 'iisi 37 t iov rr,s, OS' ck'h Clos. lug. 39 78'm 108 33S !M3 89 65'4 122H 27U 22K DIM 97X .01, urn 81 47 117 "57 u so 40Ji ,28 llSt 127 13S SO &7 I1 97'4 M 73Si 1.10 (05,' 13: 104 zn 80!. I31',4 112S 44 k 1 92W 100 'i 17 74 Si 23X IS H 10'4 15M 47 2: Th IB). 63H 19 59 I'M 7M 32 41 103 111 IU, 3C 10,'i 's& 10V 62V Close Dec. 16. 4014 79 Hi 108 , !'8 13.S' S4 nu 83 53 S 27 J4 22 91 87 7614 120 82 47K 118 111 "iWi 28H Wt M 15" 50H KM 3 97; 22! 74 1'K 60 H 134 105 "wis IXh 1124 465 J2H icon 13H 75V 35 US 53 43S is 10 I'Kh, 48 .o4 2CM "fix 19 58 1116 'X 32 41 103 1I1 H 87 1054 hi l'J'4 0J)4 declined a and closed Jc lower than on yesterday. The market wu featureless. For the closing day or the week there was quite an active business in hog product', mainly ctedited to local operators. The market was greatly unsettled nnd prices fluctuated considerably averaging materi ally lower on nil the leading articles. The market opened stronger, but aftor a few purchases, lacked general support and "room traders" toot advantage of the situa tion to dispose of considerable property. At thin Juncture tho "long" interest was credited with rather free offering, and prices declined quite rnpidly, notwithstand ing some prominent mannrnoturers were re ported as making rather liberal purchases. Toward the close, the market exhibited a little more strength in a senerat way. Trad ing was brisk, both in January and May de liveries, and differences were widened some what. The receipts of hogs were fair,. with little change to note in prices selling at the highest figure of the season. Estimated supply for next week only moderate. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, wenk; winter patents, $3 503 'JO: winter straights, $3 203 40; spring patents, $3 7S 4 10; No. 2 snring wheat, 70)c; No. 3 spring wheat, 6166c; .No. 3 red. 70Jc. No. 2 corn, lc No. 2 oats, 3030c: No. white, 3iy,a on track; No. 2 white. 32J.'Kc No. 2 rye, Kc No. 3 barley, 64c; No. 6 f. o. b.. 40G6c; No. 1 r. o. )., 34loo. No. 1 flnxseod, SI 08K Prime timothy seed, $3 0002 10. Mess poric per barrel, $li 73 15 00; lurd per 100 noiindo, J10 00; short ribs sides, loose, $3 253 31; dry salted shoulders, boxed. i7 87KS 00; short clear sides, boxed, $8 8003 83. Wnisk v, distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 30. Sngars, cut lonf, 6K03c; granulated, 15c; standard "A", 4c Flour, combined spring traightV$2 7S3 00; bakers' $2 002 10. No. 3 corn, S8c. Receipts FIour,18 000 barrels; wheat, 1E3 -000 bushels; com. 132,000 bushels; oats, 129.000 bushels; rye, 2,000 bushels; barley, 61,000 bush els. Shipments Flour. 17,000 barrels: wheat, 20,000 bushels; corn, 63,000 bushels; oats, 155,000 bnshels; rye. 1,000 bushels; barley, 62, 000 bushels. On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter market was quiet; creamery, 204529c; dairy, 192Sc Eggs scarce; strictly fresn, 23Q21C Bangs nr tne leading features, furnished by John M. Oakley ft Co., bankers and brokers. No. 41 Sixth street; FEW NEW OIL WELLS. Open- High- Low- Clos- Close. ARTTC1.ES. ing. est. est. lug. Decl8 Wheat. , December TOHi TOM January 70X 70T8 70) 70 7035 May 76, 78H 76M :M 764 July 75 To.S 74J4 75 75J4 conic. December 42 42 41X 4I 42 January 42 42 : 42S -)i Mav .. 47 47!i, 4G 47 47 July 47 47)i 45 47 47i OATS. December 8 7054 January 31 31 roV &)zi SI Mav.... 35 S5K 34M MS 35 FORK. December. 14 70 I43S January 16 17 16 17 15 75 15 02 16 10 May.... 18 50 16 50 16 10 1615 16 40 LARD. December. 9 95 9 85 January 9 95 10 00 0 85 10 00 9 90 May 977 977 965 975 977 MIORT RIDS. January 840 840 82! 832 8 40 May 8 52 8 55 8 37 8 45 52 Car receipts for to-day: Wheat, 193: corn, 151 : oats. 03. Estimates lor to-morrow: Wheat, 197; corn, 237; oats. 200. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Closing Philadelphia Quotations. , Bid. Pennsylvania MM Reading.... ." 23T4 Buffalo. N Y. and Philadelphia.. 6 Lehigh Valley 57K Lehigh Narlgatlon Philadelphia ft Erie 32 Northern Pacific common Wi -v orthern Pacific prelerred 47J5 Electric Stocks. BoSTOW.-Dec. 17. ItpecinL Closing tions of electric stocks to-day were: Boston Electric Light Co Ldlson Electric 111 General Electric Westluglionsc, second preferred .. . estinghouse. first preferred Ft. Wavne Electric Ft. Wayne Electric fA Thomson-Houston Tr. D: Thomson-Houston Ea. Elec. Weld.. BM. in . 135 . HI INK 31) 48)4 IS Asked. 534 26 15-18 64 57), 53;, 1SH quota- AsVed. lis 140 112 31 H 49 13,"4 8 7 8 Bar Silver. New York. Dec. 17. Special Bar sliver in London 3SM6d per ounce. New York dealers' price lor assay bars, 81c per ounce. Foreign Financial. Loxdow, Dec. 174 P.M. Closing; Consols, mnney.975-16: do account, 97; Canadian Pa cific, 91: Erie, 2t: Etio seconds, lot: Illi nois Ceiitial, 100. Kate or discount in the open market per cent. llERLitr.Dec. 17. Tim gold movements have not yet materially affected flnnnco or busi ness here. There ha been some drain from the Hfiiclisbank, chiefly Inrinterniil Durpoc. The Austrian Government is taking gold from London slowly but steadily, nnd has concluded a gold loan of $20,000,COO from a Kothschild syndicate. The money market here and In Vienna is In the meantime un easy. Tho prospects after New Year's are held to be unfavorable, especially If tho ac tion of tbe United States Government re stricts the exportation of gold. Natural gas is railing at Harrlsville, W. Va. Footpads are numerous around Cleve land. Militiamen at Parkersburg refuse to pay fines. The State Bank of Cuba, Kan., has failed for $33,000. New cholera cases continue to develop In Hamburg. This has been the worst cotton season In India for 20 years. Construction of a new railroad In the Holy Land has begun. Vienna police refuse to arrest M. Cottu, tbe Panama scandal fugitive. Two Chilean conspirators atrainst their government have been convicted. There It a general exodus this season of Nova Scotians to the United States. The majority or the now Legislature of South Dakota are for re-submission. A petition urges the Brazilian Govern ment to declare war against Uruguay. An Erie manufacturer, John M. Ormsbee, attempted suicide. Cause, paralytic trouble. All cheap steamship tickets from Europe to the World's Fair are said to be cuncelled. The Canadian Salvation Army has given Commander Booth a "self denial" check lor $12,920. Navajo chiefs will hold a pow wow on the compulsory school question. Trouble is leaied. A Los Angeles Chinaman In jail com mitted suicide by banging himself with his pigtail. Yaqui's are again rebellious In Northern Mexico. A uirl whom they worship Is In citing them to revolt. Marv, tho demonted wife of Baggage mastorTnoinas Safford, at Miles' Grove, near Erie, dTowned herself. Tho Ebensbnrg Jury has convicted Mrs. Klracli, tlm young poisoner or her husband. Anew tnal Is asked ror. Fied Mnguire, tho murderer who Is to be electrocuted at Sing Sing to-morrow, seems to be tesUnod tohls fate. Four leaders of Kussian cho'era riots have been condemned to death, and 73 others received severe sentences. A negro shoemaker and minstrel per former, at Holidaysburg, John Pembrooks, Is in Jail for attacking prominent society ladies. Owen Connerwns found dead at Steuben vllle under suspicious circumstances. A braise on the hip is tho only visible mark of violence. He bailed from Pittsburg. -Frank S. Gray, who lost his snit against Colonel Elliott P. Shepard, proprietor of the Mini ana .xpiar, mr ureacu 01 contract. No OH In the Firth Sand at the No. 1 U.K. Clever light Producer on the Ken. nedy Farm Reports From Outlying Pools. There were few changes yesterday in the local oil fields. The production of the He Donald field was estimated at 19,000 barrels, the same as the day before, and the only well reDorted to be making over 20 barrels an hour was the Woodland Oil Company's No. 2, on the Scott. This company's No. 3 Scott is drilling at 1,250 feet, and their No. 1 Berry Is KO feet deep, and No. 3 was boin spudded In yes terday. The lfneellng Gas Company's No. 1 on the Georgo property was drilled through the s.iltsand yesterday. Knox Bros. & Co. have about completed a rig for No. 1 on the Scott property. Gordnier Co., have finished up their No. i on the Kounody farm, hair a mile east of Oakdale. It Is good lor only IS barrels a day naturally. Sinclair & Co., did not reach the Gordon yesterday in their No. 5 Kirk as expected, nnd tho Belmont Oil Company's No. 3 Mor gan will not bo in befora to-morrow or Tnesday. The No. 10 Bell, of Jennings, GutTey & Co., is due in the fifth sand early this week, and the People's Gns Company expects to bring In a well on the Wallace and one on tbe Dixon farms. Up in tho eastern McCurdy district the No. 4 McCoy, ot GutTey, Stewart & Bobison, was reported yesterday to bo making 20 barrels an hour. The Forest Oil Company's No. 1 Edmund son, which Is 'making 90 barrels a day from tno fourth sand, tins reported yestorday to be delayed by a sand pump having been lose In the hole. The Forest's No. 1 on the D.'K. Clever farm has been drilled through tbe sand, and is dry in that formation. The Forest Oil Company's No. 3 on the Coventry farm, at Murdocksville, was re ported yestorday to be in the sand and showing considerable oil. Fisher & Stnlny's well on the Clouse farm, at Undercllff, Is good for SO or 60 barrels a day. Burson. Wiser & Stevenson will start to drill to-morrow on the Cannack farm, near Dennisoh, O. They are after gas. The Ganges Yesterday. The estimated production or tho McDonald Heldyesterday was 19,000 barrels, the same as the day before. The Woodland Oil Com pany's No. 4 Scott was making 35 barrel nn hour. Tbe stock In the Held was 45.C00 bar rels. Tne runs from tho Sistersville field were 18.867 barrels. Kuns and Shipments Friday. Tho National Transit runs were H 145; ship ments, 29,032. Kuns of Southwest Pennsyl vania from McDonald, 13.271; outside or Mc Donald, 8,160; total runs.21,432. Buckeye runs ot Macksburg oil. not in; shipments, none. Bnokeya.runof Lima oil, not in; ihipnients, 39.444. Eureka runs, not in; shipments, 2,272. New York Transit shipments. 26,203. South ern Pipe Line shipment", 7,212. The rnns or the W. L. Mellon Pipe Lines were 7,853: reccluts from other lines, none; total receipts. 7.8J5; shipments, 7,579 The rnns of the Tidewater Pipo Line Com pany on Friday were 5.1:1: total, 71.909; average, 4,494: shipments, 31,230; total, 174.C19; average, 10,913 barrels. The OU Marker, flange of the January ontion: Opening, 52c: highest, 53c: Iowent. .12c: closing ofc. liefined oil New York, 5.45c; London, 4K ld: Antwerp. 12r. . New Yobk, Doc. 17. Petroleum neglected; notn. single sale was reported. January option offered at 53c; Lima oil, 17c bid. IT WAS NOT A MEIEOB, An East End Han Beads Himself Into a Wreck. A prominent East End gentlemawas seated in a Filth avenue cable car the other evening coming to the city. He was deeply interested In an exciting story ot the deadly work of a falling meteorite out "West. He was completely absorbed in the narrative find had just arrived at the climax, where the meteoric stone had fallen on the driver ot a buggy, when, crash bang A fearful shock and terrible jar, several windows broken, and the dignified gentle man found himself sitting on tbe floor. He looked about for the meteor but found that none of the heavenly bodies had fallen. It was simply a collision bgtween the car and an iron wagon, in which the wagon seemed td get the best of it. The gentle man says he does not care to bare an inci dent impressed upon his mind with such effect as this was. PTJG3 COMING IKT0 FAVOE. The Pittsburg Feminine Mind Disabused of a False Idea. One of the queer facts brought to mind during this week is that lew women had ever seen a pug dog puppy until they saw three or four of the funny little creatures in a store window down town in Pitts burg. The comments of the women as they passed the tiihdow in which 'the little squirming creatures are displayed are amusing, and it really seems as if the pre vailing feminine idea has been that pug dogs "were born grown up." Although this particular description of animal is not fashionable now, it is quite possible that the exhibition ot the little fellows in the store window will bring them into faroragain. If women must have pet dogs, there is much to be said in favor of the pug, for, aside from his GOSSIP OF THE GUARD. nas decided to take big case to a higher ugliness, he is generally a very agreeable court. I mtle loiiow, wnose baric very seldom re- T'e prosecution has completed Its case I solves itselt into a bite. against Zimmerman Ross, the Cliaso. Mich., druggist charged with the burning of his store, which resulted in 'tbe destruction of the town. ' George Gould has been elected a director of the Union Pacific. Railroad in place or bis lather, deceased. Mr. Sidney Dillon BIp'ey was also elected a director in place of Mr. Sidney Dillon. The Russian Senate has promulgated a law requiring Hebrew artisans to reside In only such places where boards" of trade exist. These boards exist only in one-tenth of the towns in Russia. Mrs. Sarah E. Edwards, formerly the resident manager in Philadelphia of the Gianlte State Provident Ass ciatlon, of Manchester, N. H., has been held In $800 bail on the charge of forgery. CHICAGO 'CHANGE. The Cereals Clos? Weak and Provisions itather Irregular. Chioaqo, Dec' 17. There was a good de mand for wheat every time it got down to 76c or Ion er, and millions seemf d to be for sale at 76c for.May. It closed with 76o hid. Coin and oats were easier, oats being the weaker of the two toward tbe close. Corn is about 1 16o loeruudoaisuru office. Prov.lslons.weie on the decline from soon after the opening until near the close. Fork, compared with yesterday, is 15o lower. Jan uary lard is 10c blither und May 2Kc lower. Bibs are off irom 7 to 10c The conditions seum to paralyzo operators In wheat. Prices appeared too low to en courage selling and toow.akto warrant much buying. Cables were again weak mid quoted lower prices. From both coasts the exports 01 wheat and flour ereroDorteil to be about 1,130,000 bnshels smaller than dur-lng-tho precnuing week, while from the At lantic ports the exports of wheat alone weuo about 650,000 bushels. The receipts at pri mary markets ror the week .were ahont 1,000,000 bushels less than lost weok. It nas estimated that the "visible supply might nut show an trsrease of over 1,500.000 to J.700.0OU bushel", rnnngh some parties calcuuitmt nfiiin 2,000000 to 2,500,000 bushels increase. Tue feeling early was tame, and prices di clined 3, then became stronger, nnd the closing u about Jtfc lower lower than ye terday. Some Ht.lu suppbrc was given to market by the taking ot 4 0,000 bushels of wheat at St. Louis at Kc advunco on the price bid for It two days bjo. Corn nas steady for a while and declined La later with wheat and provisions, rallied Mightly, and elose'd with a fractional loss. iTrndlus was llirht. Oats soon declined Jo, then rallied X9Ha, Tne Potomac and Appalachian Railroad. 1 chattered recently in West Virginia, will run through ilampsntre, tliiotun Grant to Franklin und Pendleton, where the head office and terminus 111 be. Tho unknown white man, with his bead entirely severed fiom his body, who was found by n party of gunners In tle Bacon Hill woods. In Maryl.md, two weeks ago, 'has been identified as Win. T. Boblnson, of Washington, D. C Two more women were arrested near Lemberg, Austria, Friday night for baby larming. Inlanta' bodies were found In the gardens and yards behind the houses. Many of the children were killed by starvation, others by exposure to wet and cold. The New York Supremo Court has de cided that the inheritance taxes on tbe bequests to Grace Climcli and the Metro politan Museum or Art, as made in the will or Catherine Lorlllurd Wclie, must stand. The bequest to Grace Church Is $355,000 and to the museum $200,000. Frank W. Koehl, tne young German who butchered voteran Frank Paulsen with a hutchet last September, in a room in Hestor street Ne Yor', und aiterwaul plundered the apartment, has been lound guilty f murder in the first degree, lioehl will be sentenced to death this week. Two striking telegraphers on the Geor gia Central Itailroad. ut Macon, Messrs. stephenu and Haggard, have buHii arrested, charged uith ontemptorthe United Stnies court. Stephen isacoused of conspiracy, and Hazgurd o. destioying the company's property. Tho strikers have be'un counter action. Uabbi Eosenberir, who was expelled by the Congregation Beth-Jacob, "br Williams port, N. Y., denies that he ate pork, und says he will onguge u lawyer to usk.tno courts to lein-uato ulin as Kabhi. Tho reverend gen tleman says that nil tile mcuibors ot the Synnjoitno Beth-Jacob are Reformed lie brews in private and;orthodox in public SICK HEADACHE-, SICK HL'ADACHE- Carter's Little Liver pros. Carter's Little Liver Pills. SICK HEADAC1IE-Carter,4 Lutl(J Utw pmu SlUli UhAuACHE-c,, Little Liver Pills. CMoonm Tex new blonse will be adopted on May 31, 1833. CoxpAirr drills average 22 men to the com pany. New regulation revolvers for officers are now contemplated. There ate ten vacant commissions. Orders to fill them will bo issued upon the return of General Wiley from Mexico. New (runs for the battery are now being agl'ated at the War Department. Colonel Volkmar has recommended them. Several vacancies are reported In the Fourteenth Infantry. The officers ofCom nanv A. vacate their commission on Jan uary ! l'oi. and tho field and staff on March 24,1893. Orders for Inspection have not been com pleted. The new drill regulations are hold ing them back. Tho coming week will see them completed and promulgated to com panies. A number ot changes toccnr this ear and until they are properly shaped, no orders will he issued. General Gbexxlaxd has Issued a'circular that company commanders make a report of their strength on or beforo December 31, and that the report lie sent direct to his office before January 5, 1893. in order that consolidated returns of the N. G. P. may be sent to the War Department. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When sea was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, the gave them Castoria ilKOKEItS F1NANC1AL. JiAhiiUacJ 1004. John M. Oakley & Co., BANKERS AND BUOKEUA 45 SIXTH ST. Direct private wire to New York and Chi I cngo. MmnburNew lone, Chicago and fitti Local socuriiiei bought and sold for cul or carried on liberal maixlnu. Investment made at our discretion aal dividends paid quarterly Interest paid on balance (since 1885.1 Money to Icun un call. Information books on all markets mailed on application. ie7 Whitney k Stephenson; 57 Fourth Avenue. P30-58 A. BIST OF SUNLIGHT. Tho Discovery of Doctors Who Can Cure Where Others Have railed Mrs. Eliz abeth HIpner Suffered Terribly for Months and Sought Every Means to OU tain Kellef Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers' Constant Battle With Disease. How many people there are who go from doctor to doctor, from clinic to clinic, and from hospital to hospital, suffering from a complication of diseases, being treated for one thing and then another, and never re ceiving the rlzht treatment after alL To such tho discovery of a physician who understands his or her case, who applies tba right treatment and relieves the sufferer from pain and distress, is like a burst of sunlight through an apparently Impene trable fog. Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers do not pro tend ttfbe more skillful than all other phy sicians", but the statements they present from week to week frequently show that they have succeeded in curing cases that dozens of reputable physicians have failed in. Tho following statement is additional ovldence in this respect, and is interesting as showing how completely Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers master cases of chronic di ease that come before them. . Mrs. Elizabeth HIpner, a widow lady, r . sidlnx at rear No. 533 Fifth avenue, has been suffering for some time with a complication of troubles which bad battled tbe skill ofner family physicians. One treated hgr for Ilvet trouble, another for heart trouble, and still another for stomach trouble, bat she found no relief nntil she consulted Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. It seems very strange to Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers that so few physicians look beyond the actual seat of pain for the causa of a disease, when they all are taught tha same lessons In physiology and pathological anatomy at the different medical colleges. Now that physiology is being taught In tha schools even a child knows that the pneumo gastrio nerve, which has nerve filaments distributed to the hearr, the lungs and tbn stomach, controls thesn different organs, and that where one is affected the others lira liable to sympathize with it by exhibiting pain, disordered function, etc. If a glass or cold water is drank whllo ona Is In an overheated condition paralysis ot the heart nnd instant death aro apt to occur through the action, or this great nerve. Hence it is easy to understand how n disor dered condition or tne stomach can produce a perverted action or the heart nnd lungs, canslng palpitation or fluttering of tho heart nnd difficult breathimr, nnd ail tbn various symptoms resulting from disordered circulation and respiration, sncli as cold--hands and lost, smothering or suffocative sensations, dizzincsviarvousuess and trem bling ot the limbs and bodv, so bad at times that one staggers as IT intoxicated mid hat tonvenccally sit doirnor j-'rx-p something for support to keep from railing. Tour Nervousness Palpitation, Smother ing Spells, Etc, Aro Not Dae to Heart Trouble! .No! Head Mrs. Hipner's State ment as Given Below nnd Yon Can Then Understand tho Cause, and, Understanding, Seek tho Physicians Who JIavo Obtained a Scientific Mastery Over These Ailments. STOMACH AND HEART TROUBLE. Another Cnre Which Again Proves the Cor rectness or Drs. Copeland, f Hall and Byers' Theory That These Troubles Are Duo to a General Catarrhal Condition of the Body. "I have been troubled since last May with a complication of diseases," says Mrs. HIp ner, "and have tried numerous doctors and patent medicines without avail nntil I con suited Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. My principal trouble seamed to be with my stomach. I had a bad, pasty taste in my mouth every morning when I first got up, with no appetite at all ror breakfast. If I forced myself to eat something then tha trouble began with pain, sickness, a heavy dlstrss3lng reeling, bloating and rifting, etc After awhile palpitation or fluttering of tha heart would set in and I would feel as If L Alrr. Elizabeth Hipner, Rear SSS Fifth Av., CUv. was coing to smother or choke. I would get so dizzy or lhcht beaded and my heart would beat so hard 1 would have to alt down and gasp ror breath. "At night my heart would often beat to hard I could not steep, and I would awaken in the morning sore, tired and aching all over, notn hit rested or refreshed. "I also had a constant headache, stoppaga of the nostrils with drooping of nmcus Into my throat, which kept me hawking and spitting to clear away. A ball would often gather in my throat which I could neither get up nor down, when I would get thesa suffocating spells. "When I called at Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers office I was reeling very miserable and the sympathetic manner in which they talked to me and explained my trouble brightened and cheered me np. Tbey as sured me tbac they understood my tronbla thoroughly, as thev saw hundreds of cases Just like it and knew exactly wbat to do, that my trouble was due to a general catar rhal condition or tbe whole system, mors particularly affecting the stomach, and that the other symptoms wero merely sym pathetic and would disappear as my stom ach trouble was relieved. "The results in my case have proved ths wisdom or their counsel and tbe Justness of their claims and methods or treatment, as all the distressing symptoms have disap peared. My stomach IS now all right, have no tronble with my heart or with my breathing, and I sleep all night and wake in the morning greatly refreshed and rested, 1 heartily Indorse Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers as skillful physicians and kindly and humane gentlemen." Of a Personal Nature. ir Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers are proud of one thing more than another It is the fact that their patients have a feeling of genuine affection and gratitude for them long after giving up treatment,' for the kindly interest manifested in tbolr cases. It is a genuine pleasure ror them to follow a peculiarly aggravated chronic disease through its different phases, noting tba symptoms of each stage, especially as le nears a favorable termination. Next to tho patient and the patient's family theyara best pleased at the approach of this end, for there Is nothing so precious as perfect health, and there Is no happiness so perfect an that or a physician when he can say to a lovimr hnsoand, wire or parent, "here, I hand yon back your loved ona restored to health at last." Catarrh Attacks All Mucous Membranes. It Affects the Ears, Eyes, Nose, Throat Bronchial Tubes, Longs, Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder the Whole Mucous Tract. Cure Diseases of These Organs by Remov ing the Cause. Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers treat suc cessfully all curable cases at 63 Sixth ave nue, Plttsburgv Pa. Office hours, 9 to 11 A. it, 2 to 5 r. 11. ami 7 to Or. M. Sundays, 10 a. X. to 4 T. v. Specialties Catarrh and all dis eases or the eye, ear, throat and lungs; dys pepsia cured; nervous diseases cured; skla diseases cureik Many cases treated successfully by mxll. Send 2-cent stamp for question blank. Address all mail to DKS. COPfcLAND, HALL 4 BYERS, te bixth avenue, rittsburg. Pa. $5 A MONTH ALL DISEASE TREATED AT THE UI.J FORM EATIT OF $5 A MONTH. REUEK BE1L THIS INCLUDES CONSULTATION. EXAMINATION, TREATMENT AND UXU.J v ICINE trOtS. ALL DldKASKd AND ALL PA-.- i XlKNTd. dlU. F M 4 .t 3 -tmjk iiHHBHiiilisMllHMiHiiiilHHHBBMHHHBSHiHHSBBHUjiMiliiH
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