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. THE MOEJSING TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAT2CH 24, 1897 s The World of Business. Yesterday in Wall Street. New York, .March 3. The market for securities today was dominatedby thedecis ion rendered yestord.iv by the United States Supreme Courtin the tranv'MlhSouri Freight Association case. Efforts weiu made dur ing the morning session to counteract the importance of this decibion by according buppoit to certain of the Vandcrbilt stocks, and the bulls were assisted by a rise in Chicago Gas to the best figures yet at tained, the stock named having been pur chased freely by prominent finnb on the belief that the Illinois legislature will thortly pass a bill to permit the constituent companiescomprcbingthe Chicago Gas Com pany to consolidate on legal grounds. Ah the day progressed, however . operators attached more and more importance to the Supreme Court decision, which is. now regarded ai a tcveie blow to combina tions generally, whether railroad or in dubtrinl. At this view of the .case became quite pronounced, the selling piessure in ;reaBed and during the afternoon the stock market had a decidedly depressed took. The downward movement wab ac celerated by continued reports in regard So the lloating debt of the New Jersey Central and Its leased company the Lehigh md Wilkesbarre-which, itwas said, would ead to a reduction in the Jersey Central lividend next month. Theadvices irom Washington to the ef fect that the tariff bill accords less pi ;cctiou fc the American Sugar Kefiniug Tompauy than cxpectcilled to heavy sell ing of that htock, and tliis, too, aug mented the bearish feeling. The shrinkage u values disheartened many weak holders, md the sales on stop orders formed quite an important item in the day's jpcrations. Jersey Central broke 4.1-4 per cent to 84 3-4 regular, and 84 1-2 idler bi.vty days. Sugar, Burlington and Quincy, Northwest, St. Paul, Hock Island, Omaha, Manhattan and New York Central yielded auywhere from 1 1-2 to 2 1-4 ppr cent. Among the specialties, Minuo lota Iron broke 5 1-2 to 42 1-2, and Lackawanna, 2 3-4 to 154-14. A ma lorlty of btocks in the final sales showed merely fractional recovery from the lowest Tigurcs, but Jeisey Central and "Western Dnion gained 1 per cent on buying to cover shorts. The market closed wo-ik hi tone. Total sales were 195.676 shaies, tncluding 27,900 Sugar; 21,400 Jersey Central; 20,900 St. Paul; 20,200 Burling jon and Quincy; i:i,400 Chicago Gas; 11,000 Omaha, and 10,300 Reading. Net changes show losses of 1-4 to ,$ 1-1 per ;ent; Jerscv Central leading. JlinnesotA Iron dropped 5 1-2 to 42 1-2. Bonds were -weak in tone. Sales footed Dp 1,598,000. Colorado Coal and Iron Con. Gs fell 2 1-8 to 92; Missouri Pacific third 7s, 4 3-S to 9Sa99; Norfolk and Southern first 5s 1-2 to 104 1-2; Northern Pacific first Cs 1-2 to 116 1-4; do. 4s 1-2 to BS: Oiegon Short Line Con. 5s certs. 1-2 to 77; Pittsburg and Western 4s 1 3-S to 70 1-8; St. Paul, I. andD. est. 7s 2 to 133; Standard Rope and Twine 0s 1 1-2 to GO; Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Gs certs 2 5-S to G7 1-2, and Union Pacific Sinking Fund Ss certs. 1 1-2 to 91 1-2. In Government bonds $32,000 reg- Is of 1925 sold at 123 1-1, and $1,000 coupon os at 114. New Xorlc Stock Market. Corrected dally by "W. B. Hlbbs A Co , Bankers and Brokers. Members of the . i Stock Exchange. 1421 F street Op. High Low. Clos. American C-ottnn Oil Aincricau Spir ts 1; '2Jft 12 Z2' American Spirit pfd... S3 S3 Hlh -11 1$ Am. Sug.-u Itci.nery..... Ul'i " X X American ugar. pfd... 101 104 101 01 American iouarco . " a Atchison, Top. it S. F i!? H?w IU Atch..ToivnidS.F.prd.. -2'4 22.V 2! ISM nx Baltimore & Ohio Biy SiatoGas Umada Pacific Canada Southern - Chesapeake & Ohio C, C, C. fcJ-t. I Chic, Bur. & Qnlncy... Chicago fc Noihw'n... Chicago Gas Chi-, St.Panl. M. 4- O... CM. and St. P. C,M. & St. Paul. p.d.. C. 11. I. and P Consolidated Gas D 1. Lac. West Del. & Hudson Deuv & U. Uj3JitH',pfU Gonera) Electric Illinois Ccutial..... Lake .-horc touisvillo & NasliMllc. Met Traction Jlauli.ut iu .., Mo. Pacllic M.. K A-T. ptd National Land Co., pfd Nat.onal Lead Co New Jersey Central.... New York Central Noithern Pacific Northern Paciuc p.d Ontario A Western P.ici-c Mail...... ..... PhiU. & Reading Pli adcipuia Tt.tciiou .. 1 X lO.Y ll'X 10f 4S'i 4Sti 4.H 4hU r.n I7ii 17i 17 . !7 31 31 COJi 29'i 1GU. TfiK 74?S 74 15.' 0S4 lX HTJi bl SJ &) MX 0h 59 ; oyjj 77-H, 77-4 tiX "6S "cSi'"os5"L6K CR?i bly,ij-.X 15JJ4 15GTJ sii ViH 15'if i 4'i 10S 1Kb 10;jS 107j 3U'; S9i 29 39 ZiS --iii 34 ZiX 9i 95 95 95 "4b5i"iIK;"4s" 45 1U7 107 107 1U7 s5 si N bi I'V, lb;.' 17i J7J. 31 31 3) 10 'Hji "': ' ' "sx"-sx Sbi Bs;,' SIM boji t01s 1015 99; JW 12 I2?i i2 l-J' 3oi, .6.S 5; 3d UK 1 X H 14 27s -xx WX 2'.;, m'JX -V --j "ji silver Southern Railway pfd... 2s 2s 7X Texas Paciuc ;i MX U Xcnn. Cual &lron........ 17 "-g iO.V Union P.iciUc tj o'j ,yB U. t. Leather pld 57 57;' 5. 'aba:h pfd H 14 l 9.i I34 i;. Wlii-nlinif A-T Krin MA 1'' Us. West Union Te . Co..." t'ali Si bo It has been pointed out in this column several times during the weeks since in auguration That the public is not In the tock market, and that the bentimental rise of pne-es before and after ilr. AIcKin ley became President, vas not assisted by investors. Buch'a manipulated move ment invariably has a stiong reaction. The opinion was expressed here on the day after inauguration that the boom al ready under way might become a reallle Kinley boom, such as had been predicted by u great many bull sharps for a long time, ir the people with money who had been preaching McKinley and McKnley prosperity would back up their belief in him by making investments in railroad and other stocks, it was also suggested In the same paragraph that if the public failed to get into the market it would flatten out The drop in prices yesterday, the Wall street sharps tell me, is to be attributed to just this kind of a reaction. The market was too high, having no sup port from outsiders, and the time came yesterday for the drop. The decision of the Supreme Courtin tho trans-Missouri railroad case was taken by the bears as a reason for their raid. They would have found a reason, however, if this decision had never been thought of. The Cretan situation, or another Cuban ru mor, or fairy stories from Wa&hingtonabout the tariff would have answered just us well. As to just how much importance should be given to this decision of the Supreme Court, there are two views. It would teem, however, that no one need be par ticularly frightened over the chances that the railroads will be wiped outro't exist ence. The Missouri case was relatively a small one. The great Joint Traffic Association Las not yet been caught in the toils and probably will not be for some time to come. It will have plenty of time, in faot, so to amend its agreements that the present decision will not hold ugainst it. A great many people arc beginning to feel some slight cynicism over these anti-trust laws and anti-trust decisions under which the trusts still continue to operate. I am told by shrewd gentlemen of the market that probably rahrcad stocks will not be greatly af fected by this decision for some time to come, and that any flight manipulated drop In prices will have no real signifi cance. Sugar was among the stocks Which fell off most yesterday In the general j decline. It seemed to have no strength whatever, and before the day was out was a couple of: points lower than at the opening. There eeems no question that the Sugar people at least do not object to tiiis. The insiders hold Sugar ex tensively yesterday, and Itwas the opinion of those jvho watch thlb stock with cue and with much joy that the insiders "wished it to go down. Their rumors from "Washington on the bugar schedule were circulated jaud were allowed to have their effect The Havemeyers certainly do not want to bo too brash with their booming Sugar stock ,v paying big divi dends, while the sugar schedule is being decided upon. 1 have it from an authority that there will bo no particular fight on the sugar schedule in the House, and that if any thing is done to ameliorate the sufferings of the sugar barons, it "will be in the Senate. You will hear the opinion on the street now thatChicago Gas is going to par. Earn nigs are increasing, the bill In the Illinois legislature is to rash, and the position or the company is in every way satisfactory. Gas paying 6 per cent is the cheapest stock on the list. People who bought Gas three or four months ago made money, and those Who buy it now will only make less because they get in later. Lucky White makes $900 with every quarter advance on Gas This has been going on since the stock was around 75. The directors of the Jersey Central Rail road will probably act on the May dividend at the meeting to beheld a week from next Monday. There is still a stiong belief that this dividend is to be reduced, though the insiders are non-committal. The New York Times says the combined floating debt of Jersey and Lehigh and Wilkesbaire is $11,000,000. It Is understood that the Vanderbilt hold ings in New York Central are larger to day than at any time since the death of "William II. Vanderbilt. The gossip on the street Is that the stock is likely to sell up to 110 or 115. It is said that the forthcoming annual report of Burlington will be a marked im provement over its predecessors. Washington StocK Mnricet. Sales "Wash. L. I., 1st G's, $200 at 05; Lincoln National Bank, 10 at 102 1-2. 20 at 102; Ohio National Bank, 10 at 90; National Sare Deposit and Trust, 10 -it 114 1-2; "Washington Loan & Trust, 4 at 120;: Metropolitan Railroad, 25 at 109 1-2; Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 100 at 70 cts.; Lanston Monotype, 10 at 7 7-8. OOVSHXMEXT BO.VDSi 111(1. AskCU. ir. s. 4's. it isor ii j no;,' iuj$ II. S -TsC. 191)7 Q, J IU 113" II. S.-J's, 1925 Ii23' 1-3,V U.S.5's,I90 J, V 113 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UOXOS. 5slS!t. "20-yoir Fuiulln;" 10 193 '0-vcv FuikUii-." go d... 110 7'slUJl. "Water Stock," currcne. Ill -'19(0. "uatorSt c-." currency. 11 1 "FuiiUiug," currency. S.oiN 103 JlISCr.I.I.ANKOUa liONU.5 MatRRi's. 1S2". Ill 112 113 Mc: it It Cour. Cs. KM 112; 111 letH H Cert, of Indebtedness.... 113 .... BeltK K5'a, 19-1 63 hckiuirtou 11 Uo"s S3 93 Uolumbi.1 K i;Cs. 1911 117 Wash Gas Co. Ser A. tTs. I'JO.v.T... HI Wash Gas Cj. Sor B. tTs. l!K)l.'i.. 115 Clics. and PotTcl o's lsr-1'Jil Id AmbeciTrJs, Fau;l A 1935.... 101 AmSccitTro's, Amnio, 193).... 101 Wash .Market Co Istu's. l'JOMJli. 7,0(Arretiredatinually 10S Wasn Jlaikot Co iiao Ts. 12-27 ...103 Wash .Market Co ext'ii-Ts. lll-27.. 10S Masonic Hall As-.nct it'n '. UJJ. 1-4 Wash. LtlnflstU'a. 1931 W NATIONAL HANK STOCKS. Bank of Washington V50 250 Uaufc ot Republic. 2.0 210 iletrooolitaiL 2M) 310 Ceutral 2 0 Paruiori aim Mechanics" 175 190 Second 1:4 Citizens 113 Columbia. t , .. 1-7 Capital 120 ISO. estKna. 106K IP9& -Iradors. 94' 100 Lincoln, utH Ohio tS' 9j SAFE DEPOSIT AND TKUST C03IPAMES. NatSafo Ucpusit and Tiust 11 IVf 114' W ash L-oau iul Trust I19,V Axer security Trust. 140 143 asu bate D.-uosit i5 JIAII.UOAD STOCKS. Capital Traction Co i2 .'3 Metropolitan Iu9 WJX columbl.i 0 OA- AND ELKCTKIC L1QUT SroCK-J. Washinctou Gas 44 S0 Ueorgetouu Gas...... 13. a. Licctnc LUIit.. INSURANCE STOCIC3. Firemen's 1-raukliu S5 .... .Metiojiolltau 70 .... uunurau ............ .. oa .... Potomac h14 .... Ailruuton.. 127 143 German American IS .dt.onul Uuiuu. 10J Columuia Ili4 Hijjcs 7i People's. bX LlliCJlu bX Ouiuuicicial...... ............ ........ 'ii TITLE 1NSUUANCE STOCK. Ileal Lstate Title 101. J and J. 67 Columbia Title o,V Washington Title 107 6? b District Utlo 10 I K1.K1M1UNK STOCKS. t cnnsylvanni 93 Lhcsape.iUo xnil Potomac. v9,V American Graptiopliono bh American Urauuoplioiiu prer MX l'ucumatic Guu Carnagu 70 U1SCELL.VSKOUS STOCKS. ilergenthalor Linotypo (new) Bi21 50 122J b ' 125 93 Lanston jlouotyno... 7 Wasmmttouilarkot ... Great Falls Ice Lincoln Hall z-Uividoud. 11 118 Chicago, March 23. Firmuuss ruled in wheat today. For a brief period at the opening lower quotations than yesterday's close were established, but afterward a gradual improvement took place, the close uelng almost the best point of the day. The trade was lacking in vigor, however, the break of yesterday seeming to have left a depressing effect on the minds of most operators. Liverpool responded to yesterday's decline, losing 1 1-4 d., that being the influence notable at the immediate .start St. Louis exhibited great btrength, advancing 2 cents and sending crop damage stories innumerable and buy ing wheat in this market The sentiment locally, does not exactly favor a mateiial advance, and that prevented uggressive buying. Receipts in the Northwest were heavy, at 410 cars, against 250 last Tues day, and 705 a year ago. Bradstrjets re ported a decrease in the world's stocks of 4,063,000 bushels, from which show ing the bullish-inclined extracted consid erable comfort. Bad weather and the pros pect of falling temperatures In winter, wheat sections were factors in causing the slight advance which occuried. Re ceipts at Chicago were eighteen cars, and 49,306 bushels were withdrawn from Btore. Export clearances were moderate at 247,317 bushels All continental mar kets closed weak and lower; May wheat opened from 72 3-4 to 72 1-2, advanced to 73 5-S, closing at 73 1-25-8 cents FINANCIAL. Washington Loan & Trust Co. OFFICE, COR. 9TH AND F STS. PAID-UP CAPITAL. ONE MILLION. Loans in any amount made on approved real estate or collateral at reasonable rates. Interest paid upon deposits on dally balances subject to check. This companyactsas executor, ad- mlun-trator. trustee, agent, treasurer, registrar and In all other fiduciary capacities. Boxes for rent in burglar and f 1 re- proof vaults for safe deposit and storage of valuable packages JOHN JOY EDSON President JOHN A. SWOPE "Vice President H. H. CUilMINGS 2d "Vice rresldeut JOHN R. CARMODY Treasurer ANDREW PARKER Secretary higher than yesterday. Receipts at prin cipal Western points, 216,367 bushels; ship ments, 179,861 bushels. Receipts at East em points, 17,06 4 bushels; shipments, 9,703 bushels. Cliicnuo Grain and Provision Market Corrected daily by W. B. Bibbs & Co., D.inker8 and Brokers. McmberB of the N. Y. Stock Exchange. 1421 F street. Opon. High. Low. '-losing Wheat. May ViX 73JsS 72tf 73 July. 70 :( 70i -ays COBS, May....- -24X -Vk-X '-'4WC 2fi July -laX H &X -X. Oats. May J7.V' 17 rV 17 July. I8 HX-X 1 ii rtX-X PoitK. May 8 G2 S.77 t.C2 S.75 July -.75 8.b7 S.75 8.65 Laud, May 1.15 1.22 4.12 4.22 July. 4.25 4.32 4.25 4.JJ dl'AKH Ruts. Msy 4.C7 4.72 4.65 4.05 Jrlv 4.70 4.72 4.70 U2 Hnltlinoi-e. MiiricetH. Baltinioie, March 23. Flour dull, un changedreceipts, 8,633 barrels; exports, 178 barrels; sales, 450 barrels. Wheat dull and easy spot, 87 bid-receipts, 17,061 bushels; exports, none; stock, 587,282 bushels southern wheat by sample, 88a89. Com easy spot, month and April, 27 3-ia 27 7-8; May, 2Sa28 1-4; .Tune, 28 1-2 bid," July, 29 l-2a2l) 5-8; steamer mixed, 26a 26 1-8 receipts, 221,591 bushels; exports, 365S71 bushels; stock, 1,951,311 bushels; sales, 83,000 bushels southern white corn, 28 l-2a20; do. yellow, 28. Oats firm No. 2 white, 25a26; No. 2 mixed, 22 l-2a23 receipts, 18,234 bushels; exports, none; stock, 131,901 bushels. Rye steady No. 2 nearby, 40a40 1-4; western, 40 I-23 40 3-t receipts, 26,280 bushels; exports, 17,142 bushels; stock, 112,213 bushels. Hay easy choice timothy, $13.50. Grain freights dull a ml weak steam to Liverpool per bushel, 2 3-ld. April; Cork for orders per qunrter, 38.1 l-2d. March, 3s. April. Sugar and butter firm, unchanged. Eggs weak fresh, 9. Cheese steady, unchanged. Whisky unchanged. Now Yorh Cotton Marltet. Open. 7.01 7.03 7.08 7.11 Hieb. 7.1 7.04 7.0S 7.11 Low. 7.01 7.01 7.05 7.10 CIo. 7.01 7.01 7.0 7.10 Mirch.. April May Juno Xuvnl ItMlJcnl Corph Cliniifie. The following changes have been ordered in the Naval Medical Corps: Surgeon T. C. Craig, placed on the retired list; Passed Assistant Surgeon R. M. Ken nedy, detached, from the Naval Hospital at Norfolk and ordered to that at Philadel phia, relieving Surgeon O'Diehl, ordered to the Terror, in place of Surgeon W. R. Uu Rose, transferred to the Texas, relieving Surgeon S. 11. Bickson, tinusferred to the Massachusetts, lellevlng Surgeon C. A. Sleg field, ordered to the torpedo station at New port. CAITIAL KLKCTHIC RAILWAY. It Will Ilo Completed Wltliiu thu "ext Sixty Dayn. Materials for the overhead construction or the Capital Railway have nnived at Anacostia, and President Handle, of that company, has Just returned Trom New l'ork, where, it is stated, he made his arrangements for the completion of the road within the next sixty days. A large force of men have been at work during the past three months laying tracks from the terminus of the Anacostia Railroad to Congress Heights. This por tion of the road is now complete. The Capital Railway's charter renuires it to be completed by May 28. The race against time has been watched with great interest by people in that part of the District accommodated by the Capital Compauy's lines. A mass meeting, it is stated, will be be called by the citizens of Anacostia to petition Congress to extend the time for the completion of tho road, If neces sary, but It grutifying to learn that Presi dent Handle Intends to have his cars running within the charter limtts, and does not propose asking for extensions. Safest Trains in the World. Royal Blue Line trains are safest be cause they are vestibuled from end to end, and the framework of all the cats is re-enforced by Pullman's anti-telescoplng device. Since the opening of the line, eight years ago, not a single passenger has been injured. Travelers for New York, Phila delphia, Baltimore and the West can take these trains at B. & O. btation, New Jer sey avenue and C street. mh24-30 FINANCIAL. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia CORKER 1STH ST.ANDNEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act or Congress. Jan., 1807, and acts of Oct., 1800, and Feb.. 1802. Capital, One Million Dollars. SILSBY & COMPANY, Incorporated. Commission Stock Brokers, C13 Fifteenth St, 'Phono C0.1. Correspondents of Hubert Llmlblom & Co. DSSGXSSS0333S0J AMERICAN SECURITY g AND TRUST CO. 6 Interest on Deposits. Boxes rented oil sizes. Large burglar-proof vault, $5 per annum and upward. , C. J. BELL, President SGXSSSSXi5SC CORSON & MACARTNEY, t - Members or the New York Stock Ex change, 1410 F st., Glover building. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore is. Schley, bO Broadway, Bankers and Dealers in Government Bonds. Deposits. Exchange. Loans. Railroad Stocks and Bonds nnd .til securi ties listed on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and sold. A specialty made ofinvestmentse curl ties. District bonds and all local Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in. American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. mhlti-tf W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS and BROKERS. Members New York Stock Exch.in -a 1427 F Street. Correspondents ot LADENBURG, THALMANN & O j., New York. T. J. Hodgen & Co. Brokers and Dealers, Slocks, Cotton, Grain jnd Provisions, Rooms 10 and 11 Corcoran Building-, Corner 15th nnd F streets, and C05 7th at. nw. SEVEN DAYS MORE During Which the $3 Rate Is Given. Doctor McCoy's Ample Notice of Its Expiration. Given in Accordance Witli His Pub lished Agreement. The good possible or uccoinpiism inent ttiruiiuti tnd nmliiteniiiiLe or tnih exceedingly low rate "iih uoiid: le.sH been ueoompuknea. iiunaretlB iiuvo been uiiow'ptf -rnrowsu it to learn tne ailiureuce between tnu hitiii una tne treatment or tne -Muster una tne metnoas;or tnose who would imitate mm. it ims served us Midi u warning una .re mi ice to tnow wiio would deceive tne sick by iraiiciulcut "free" oiiero as will not oon be iorgotten. in witi: a iu wing tuu $a rate April J. (ex cept, or con rise, to tlioHO nl ready under treatment, wlio are entitled to tne rate until cured), Doctor 3Ie Coy ih simply exercising the right which lie reserved to liiinneir I. e., to discontinue the rate when he round tne number ol piitlents was growing so inrge as to exceed the possibility of personal care and at tention. Doctor McCoy promised to give due and sufticient notice i the puniic prints or tnis discontinuance. Such notice is given and empmislzed in the above. Tnerecan be no catie ror complaint by those who come niter April 1 and are obliged to pay Doctor McCoy's usual lees. The no tice JS emphasized. All patients ap plying lor treatment and all renew ing treatment before April 1 are entitled to tuc rate of $3 a montti, which includes all medicines and treatment until cured. Seven days remain or tne opportunity. CURED OF LONG-STANDING CHRONIC CATARRH. .Miss Aunu Jones, 802 D st. se.: "For eight years I had not been in ab good health as 1 am a t present, since having been treated bv Ur. McCov. 'Tor flftneii vears I had suffered from Catarrh, gindually growing worse year by year. For the last six years It had been very bad indeed. Every time I took cold my nose would bj so stopped up that I could not breathe thioagn It. At times I suffered from violent headaches, and I seemed to have a cold all the time. Every night and morning my uose was stopped np complete ly, and often I would acne all over. "I began to inipiove very shortly after I began the treatment The discharge and L. C. Sanders, 531 7th st. se. Cured of an abscess of the mid dle ear. ' jnucus became less, "until now my nose no longer troubles me: my head feels perfectly clear, and the pains -and aches have disap peared: I feel perfectly well in every respect. CURING SEVERE CHRONIC CATARRH OF THE STOMACH. Fred. W. Iljti.sun, Munnsshns, Vu.: "When I went to Dr. McCoy I could not walk five sq limes' during the day I was so weak nnd run down. Now I can walk five miles every da and do not leel at all fattened. "I had Catarrh nndDVspepsln rorcighteen year-,. Eight years ago t tiati the Urip. After that the mucus, constantly dropping into mv iliroat and. passing into niv stomach, kept It constantly deranged. Nearly every thing 1 ate, no matter now simple it was. distressed inc. I took cold very easily, and 1 became very thin. I would be So sick at times that 1 would have to go to bed. "1 read the statement in the paper of Mr. A. L. Jiickson, HI4 Superior street nw., and as his case seemed similar to mine, I placed myself under Dr. McCoy's treatment. -Myimprovementhas been more rapid than I expected. I have now not the least trouble with my stomacii. Dur ing! the last week I have eaten food the like of which l had not dared to touch ror Tour years." DEAF SINCE INFANCY. AllbS Alice L.vles, 215 Soiitb Alfred street, Alexandria, Va., aged fourteen vears. "I had been very deaf ever since I can remember. Now I can hear again all right, in school and at home. MINISTER'S HEARING RESTORED. Hev. JL. L. Smltli, 00 Slxtn st. sw.: 'T had been very deaf for eighteen mouths. 1 can now hear as well as ever." DEAF SIX YEARS. . Alexander JJercour.r, 337 II st. ne.: "1 had been deaf six years. I could not hear a word that was not shouted in mv eur. 1 hear again clearly." A CHILD'S HEARING RESTORED. .Master Uenry Uehninn, 507 Stan ton place ne. His mother says: "Henry's hearing has been completely restored. He had been very deaf for 'two years." DEAF SINCE CHILDHOOD. Miss Helen Towson, lb Urnut Place nw.: "I had been deaf since child hood. My right ear win almost totally deaf. 1 can now hear distinctly." DEAFNESS FROM MEASLES CURED donn A. Stanton, wi& jL'n. nve. nw.: "Aly deafness was caused by measles when I was twelve years old. I -was deaf in mv right ear. My hearing has been per fectly restored." A DOCTOR'S HEARING RESTORED Dr. C. f . McEnbelmer, 402 Sixth st. nw.: "1 had been very deaf for ten years. My hearing is restored." DEAF FOR FOUR YEARS. ,). w. l'alnier, '1005 G st. nw.: "I had been deaf in both ears for four years. I hear again clearly." DOCTOR McCOY'S' BOOK FREE TO ALL. Consultation Free. McCoy System, of Medicine, PERMANENT OFFICES DR. McCOTS . NATION AX. PRACTICE, 715 13th Street Northwest. OXfice Hours ifto li! a. in., 1 to 5 . va.. O to 8 ii. m.. dally: Sunday 10 . m. 10 4 p. in. ilk. 'TT (Copyright, 1897, by Airred R. Calhoun.) SYNOPSIS. Kate Grier, the daughter of the hotel proprietor at lilaek Hollow, Pennsylvania, has returned home Iroui school, a charm ing and brilliant girl. She becomes a power for good among the people who eke out their hazardous existence in the coal regions. She Is bought after by Dick Urad ford, the mine president's son, and by Rufus Hlnton, an engineer in the mine, llinton is a splendid fellow, but shy, and can cut no rigure beside the gay and dash ing Bradford. One winter's night a dance is given at the hotel. In the midst of the festivities a booming novels heard there has been an explosion In thu mine. Rush Ing out, Hlnton calls on volunteers to fol low him. With Tour men he enters the cage at the rop of the shaft, from which sulphurous fumes are now pouring, and gives the signal to descend. PART II. -- Itufus ninton raised ills hand with an imperative gesture as he shouted his order to the man standing by the engine. For a few seconds the silence was appalling. At length there came a clang. The en gineer had pulled the lever. The sound affected the-crowd like some external force", the people rocked and swayed- With trembling hands pressed to thejr heaving brcabts, the women tried to check their sobs. The men compressed their lips and clenched their hands, and some of the more nervous groaned as an outlet to their torture. The grent drum, about which the cable L "Then Why Don't You Cried. Go?" She wound, began to revolve, with a slowness thnt was maddening. The car dropped do"w n; Rufus Hlnton cried out, "Don't lose heartl" nnd raised his hat to the women bending over the shaft The last face he saw, as the car dropped into the depths, wns the one for which his eager eyes wc-0 searching. He felt stronger, if not braver, for the presence of Kate, and it comforted him to think thnt her heart was with his effort, though her love might be another's. Although the full power of the "ngine was used, and the throttle full open, it seemed an interminable time before the puffing stopped and the drum ceased to revolve. "The car's got to the first level!" "The bosh'll reach 'em!" "Thank God; only twenty men down to night!" "We'll soon know the bestl" "Or the worst." These whispers blended with the prayers of the pious and the others of the profane, though the oaths did not seem like pro fanity tonight. The nwTuI news had spread through tl e lean board shanties along the hillside. Women, half-clad and with streaming hair, burst through the crowd of well dressed dancers They were followed by crowds of barefoot children, frightened beyond physi cal feeling, ignorant of the calamity that threatened. 9 Room was made for these women. About the mouth of the shaft they gathered, and shouted down the names of their beloved ones, then listening, but no response came back. To thoawed people Time crawled on crutches. The strongest was helpless and the bravest Cowed. At length, and when it seemed that even the gallant, rescuers were doomed, a signal came up from the first level. "What doesitmean?" shoutedDick Brad ford to the man at the lever. "It means HoIst awayl' " was the re sponse. "Then hoist for your life!" roared Brad ford. The engineer had regained confidence by this time. He braced himself, pulled back the lever, and looked up at the drum to see that the flexible steel coil fell into place. Puffs of sulphurous smoke shot ahead of the car, and even the frantic women fell back. Up and up, at the engine's greatest speed, yet It seemed but a snail'B pace to the trembling watchers. At length the black car with ten black occupants came in sight, ana a great shout went up from the people. Among those ten there was not a man who had gone down with Rufus Hinton. "Don't bother about us," gasped a stalwart, brawny miner, as he was lirted out, "but send down the carl Send down the carl- The boss and the boys is dyiaM" The blistered and blackened men were Kate Led Him Up to the Crest of tho Hill. JQfUm R-LK0Ufl carried into the store near -by, and again the great wheel groaned, and the empty car dropped out of sight. There was another weary wait a wait that: tore the heat ts of the watchers. Kate, during all this time, except that whi -h she tried to comrort the women whose husbands had not comeup, remained, white faced and calm, near the mouth of the shaft. A second time the signal came to holit. Up aealu the car rose, and the sulphurous smoke puffs shot 'ahead. This time there were fourteen men in the car more than it could safely hold. These men were black er and more burned than theothen. "Lower at once! Rufus Hlnton ia burned and dying at the bottom of the first level!' one of the men managed to whisper, as he was lifted out. Kate gave a cry and would have leaped into the car, but liradford held her back. "Then why don't you go?" shecriedjbut he made no response. In the meantime the car was dropping down with two volunteers on board. Up again, and Kate's white face peered Into the abyss for the last corning of the car. How slowly the drum revolved! How blistering hot the draughts came from the pit! The engine stopped. The car was up, and the two men who had gone down to save the man who might have saved himself at the expense of another's lire, lay unconscious at the bottom. They were quickly lifted out, then a black and smoking heap was discovered beneath them. It was Rufus Hinton. The clothes were burned to shreds. The hands were blackened and blistered, the wavy brown hair was crisped to the skull, and there was hardly a feature recognizable. "Take him to his own room," gried Kate, when the men would have carried him to the store. Mack Hollow had telegraphic communi cation with the outer world; this was used to anil doctors, and swift sleighs, were sent out to summon others. Kate forced some stimulants between the swollen, cracked lips of the man on the bed. "Two men dead at the store," whispered some one. Jtufus must have heard this for he gasped duty still in his mind. "Close the mouth of the shaft the mine is on fire!" When the two doctors came, Kate withdrew to the deserted ballroom. Dick Bradford followed, and tried to comfort her. "Sucn things will happen," he said..: "It might have been worse. The great fear is that the property will be de stroyed." Kate looked at him in a puzzled way, but made no response. He would have been less comfortable had she spoken her thoughts. When dawn came to Black Hollow, Dr. Wilson, who had known Kate since the hour of her birth, came to her and said. "Another man would have been dead be fore he left the pit." "But he wjll lKe?" she asked eagerly. "There is a chance for it, but " "But what, doctor?" "It might be better for himself if the end came now." "What do you mean?" "His hands are so frightfully burned that thev na. never be of use, and his eyes ' "His eyes?" "Well, they appeared to be destroyed. Poor fellow! Crippled and blind, what is life under such circumstances?" "It is everything to me," she exclaimed. "I have eyes and hands, if God answers my prayer and saves him." The doctor 1 ooked at her admiringly, and said: "If Mr. Hinton knew that It would do more than al 1 the doctor's can to hold him to life." The shock, told so on Teter Grier that he was cized with apoplexy and died a f w days after. Kate's character came out wonderfully under the burden of her trials. In her duty to the dead she did not lose sight of her love for the living. P.ufus Hinton's mother and sister came up to the mountains to nurse him. After painful months he grew strong enough to creep about, groping his way in the house and guided by other hands when he went abroad. The company generously paid the doctors' bills, and the young man, po.ir, crippled and blind, felt himself adrift and more than helpless. He was taken to nis mother's humble home at Scranton to face the black future. Kate sold the Luzerne House to the com pany, but It did not benefit them, for the mine continued to burn and was never worked again. "And where are you going?" asked IHok Bradford on the eve of Kate's departure from Black Hollow. "To Scranton," was her reply. "Will it not be better to come to Wilkes barre, as my wife?" "No." "Do you mean it?" he demanded, angrily. "I do, Mr. Bradford. The truth of It. Is, your love is blind; so is mine. That is all." Kate went to Scranton at once. She asked to make her home with Mrs. Hin ton, and was pot rerused. One evening In midsummer she guided Itufus to a grove on a hill. overlooking the beautiful river, and still holding tlja hand, so precious for Its scars, she said. ASirSEMKNTS. pOLU-UUIA TUKATillE. ALL 1VKK Matinees Thursday and Saturday. SHAMUS O'BRIEN A Beautiful, Rruipntlf and Superbly " Mounted OPERA The Original London Company, Chorus or Sixty Voices, Orchestra of Twenty-five. "IXr WKEK- TOMORROW SALE OF SEATS OPENS Henry Miller IN HEARTSEASE. ManagenentCharles Fiolimnn. Inrectfrorn Garden Theater, N. Y. With entire Original Cast. L ArAVETTll TO.NIGUT. MATINEE TODAY. MATINEE TODAY. MATINEE TODAY Orches.. 75c ; Bale y, Ctic : Fara'y Cir., 25o VICTOIUEN SAKUOU'8 LATEST AND BEST TLAl, SP3RITISIVIE, Management Al HaymanandC Frohman. Witn tne Original Custl 3IONDAY, MARCH 29th. Matinee Snturduy Only. E. H. SOTHERN, Under direction of Daniel Frohman, AN EXE3IY TO THE KI3'6 Written application for seats will now be received Seats ordered by mail should be called for not later than Thursday, March li5, when tin box office opens for the regular advance sale of seats - "M"tSV ATXOXAL TUKAT.EB. MAT. TODAY 25, 50, 7oc WILTON LACKAYE Assisted by MAKIE WAINWBIGHT. .Presenting ii no E3E"B g3ABTlT?) M? a . V U tam Boa 4 B V J"ft a Next week THOMAS Q SEABR00KE. J CADKJIV irjce- '45, SO, 75c and SL00 MATIXEE TODAY '25 and GO Tllb O.NLY FRANK BUSH fN TUNEFUL MUSIC. TRDTTY GIRLS. Next week Gus Thomas Comedy Drama. IA MIZZOUKA. ni!AU UI'KIIA IIOUMi. AX KEB.N & KIFK. Man.isors WEEK COMMENCING MARCH 22. Popular Trite .Mats. Wen and Bat. TH03IAS E. SHEA IN THE MAN-O'-WAR'S MAN. "Without d'liilit the !est n elndrama seen here this seaso.i." WasbingtO'i Tost. SATURDAY; NIGHT -By Request, MR. &HLA will appear in the great dual role of I)K. JhKXLIi ANIl .11 K. iiywe: IteguiitrPrUet 15.25.5iand75c All Seats Couponed. NOTE A good seat on first floor for 25 cents. Seats in Box, SI. Next Attraction "Saved from the Sea.' K EUNAV- lATKUH THKATEIJ. ALL THIS WEEK. Matinees Tuts , Thurs and Sat. Sam. T. Jack's ADAftSLESS EDEN Company. Presenting only nrw, novel and up-to-date ftutures 2 SI'iry BURLESQUES -2 .Next Wetk llopmiifr Trans-Pffanicg. BIJOU ALL TIIIl 1Vi:tK. .Monday. VATISPPQ Friday, Tuesdny. UliilhlbUU Saturday. Stowe's Grand Scenic Production, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN A GRAND CAKE WALK. Challenge Open to All. REALISTIC VIEWS. OF THE INAUGURATION. WILLARD HALL. The Bioaoh. ALL THISWEEK. Everything moyea as in real life. DAILr AT 2 30, 4 30 AND 8:15 P. M. Special inducements to Schools, Churches, Clubs and Societies. Boston Instrumental Club Assisted br MRS FRANK A-GARDNER, COLUMBIA THEATER llenent of Homeopathic Hospital. Matinee W bl).NhSO.V V , March'J4.at4 o clock. First lloor and balcony, si; gallery, 50 cents. All seats reserved without extra charge Uox orrice now. mh2f5t-m The Wonder. The Sensation. THE CRYSTAL MAZE. 427 7th St. N. W., Near E St. ADMISSION. 13 CT3. Hie LA WHKACK SCHOOL, or MUSIC GEOKUE W. LAWRENCE, Director. 1 OiCb. (Specialty or Beginners.) PIANO. Studios, 4 and 0,034 Fnw. REASON ABLB TE1UIS. .Natural Method. Volco Trial Gratis. Pupils Kecital, March 31. ma20-tf. "I have long known how you felt to ward me, Rufus." "But it is only of late that I have known how you regarded me," he inter rupted, huskily "I have enough money to keep vs all in a modest way and to completeEHu8 education at the normal school. But, dear heart, I have not given up the hope of restoring jour Fight." Kate led him up to the crest of tho hill. The sun huu gone down in a great flourish of Joy. and the valley of the Susquehanna looked to the girl like a. slnlehs Eden, and she described the sceno to the iimtle.v'5 Adam by tier side. "It Is lovelier through your eyes, dear heart, than if I could see it through my own," he said, with a tremor of joy in his voice. "Wait, my Rufus: the right Is coming; then will follow the rull flush of dawn and the blessing of the sun." Ab Katesi.okeMie pn-ed the strong hand clinging so longingly and hopelessly to hers. And so. as with fingers Interlocked they walked down the hill, their shadows short ened, blended and became one. It was all done as Kate had planned, and It came out as she had prayed. . Rufus Hinton is today a rrtuspeTOUs en gineer. The scarred face is not agreeable to the stranger at flr-t. but to one it is tho most beautiful face on earth The engineer's eyes are not so gcod as they might have been but for the fire, but the sight is sufficient for all his duties. He can see the work to be done, and In hfs home hesees the children growlngup about him. He sees Kate bendingover him when the day's work is done, but eyes are not needed to assure him of her love. THE END. Building Permits. A permit was yesterday iued to C. B. Hornblowcr to erect a three-story ilwi'll ing, at No. 2030 llillyer plncv. at on es timated cost of $14,000. A permit was issued to J. W. Gregg to erect an apart-, ment-hogse, at No. 1 1 IS Firtt street north west; cost, $2,800.