| Show CLAIMS 0UW STOCK Suit Filed by Mrs Rogers Against Col Ferry RECITALS pF HER COMPLAINT L J 4 Sho Sets Forth That He was Her Agent and Used His Power of Attorney 4 At-torney In His Own Interest to Her Detriment nnd DamageAsks the Court to Decree Thnt He Was Acting Act-ing is Her Trustee in Acquisition of 35000 Shares of Quincy Stock Martha Washington Stockholders I Coalvlllc Dec 7Some interesting particulars concerning the formation 0 ofthe Quincy Mining company will TIT blbly be brought out at the trial cc a suit 1IJed In the District court today Ida I-da by C C Dey of Salt Lake for jrarcrarcttu V Rogers of Park City The complaint sets forth that the plaintiff intrusted William M Fern also of Park City with 500 shares of clock In the Putnam Mining company and charges that Ferry used his power of attorney to vote the property into his own hands and thence turned It Into the Quincy for 33000 shares of Quincy stock Mrs Rogerss Putnam stock was given her according to the complaint In the summer of 189C to satisfy a claim for S50 she held against Ferry with the understanding that Ferry should have a power of attorney to volt the stock and that he should protect vote and control the stock as he would his own He represented It Is alleged that the property was bonded for 300 000 I and that If the bond was taken up she would receive about S3 per share From that date until December 18 lS19 Mrs Rogers heard nothing more about her Investment and on the latter date she received a check for 24250 as a dividend from the sale of the Putnam r And eleven other claims of the Putnam company She avers that before cashIng cash-Ing the check she went to the olllcesl L of the company and was told by the secretary Montague Ferry a nephew of the defendant that the bond had been reduced from 300000 to SDOOOO and that Ferry had received the same 1 price per share as the other stockholders stockhold-ers and no stock In any other company com-pany Thereupon Mrs Rogers cashed the check Later she claims she learned that the defendant and his associates had secured and taken up the 50000 bond on the Putnam and turned in the Putnam Put-nam property as full payment the stock of the Quincy Incorporated November No-vember 27 1800 with a capital stock of 7GOCQ It Is alleged that the defendant defend-ant came out of this deal with 30000 or 35000 shares of Quincy worth 20 per share as well as the dividends on his holdings of Putnam stock It Itf l stated that the Quincy is now worth 70 per share and has paid 7 per share In dividends Mrs Rogers asks that the court decree de-cree that the defendant was acting as trustee for the plaintiff in obtaining and disposing ofr the lease and bpnd while voting her stock and that she he awarded Judgment for her proper proportion of MI Ferrys Qulncy stock and dividends > Martha Washington Hot I Tho shareholders of the Martha Washington Mining company met In special session during tho afternoon elected directors to tho vacancies arid I adjourned to witness a scrap with bare knuckles In which Broker Child and Alvlras E Snow were the principals The mcetlrtg within had been a stormy one and In the debate which was led on the one side by Mr Child and on the other by Mr Snow not a few rhetorical blows were exchanged It was all over the fair name of Judge Bartch the Imputations with which he was assailed by Snow finding an J avenger over in Childs corner This concluded Richard Dreyfus and Frank D Hlgglnbothan were elected to the board and the regular order of business busi-ness concluded the shareholders ad journed Chafing under the rebukes that had been addressed to him in the meeting Snow as the hallway was reached challenged Child to an adjourned session ses-sion and as an exordium tapped the latter on the beak With this the slugging begun and in less time than required to tell It the scrap was ended c Child landing about where he pleased it until his adversary resorted to his I feet and the shareholders Interfered There Is life In Martha Washington yet t A BEARISH WEEK Stocks W Viciously Attacked Tho Abolition Futures The week on tho mining exchange closed with the transfer of CCG295 l c shares of stock for which 37535625 vas paid and upon a record that was 1 it Intervals full of dramatic Interest Never was bear more viciously aggres Blve than at the opening All restraint cast aside the verge oC absolute mu tilation had been reached when the governing board Interposed and wiped out tho right to deal In futures While the action of the board met with municd remonstrance from tho bear he was yet undaunted and heavy selling con tinued On Friday came the canard by way of Spokane that the Utah pro W aucer was to receive but 330 per undrcd In 1002 To aggravate this was thc passing of the dividend of the Uncle bam and the bears were again abandoning themselves to most heart less revelry Beneath their vicious plows everything receded The out I Icok was more forbidding perhaps than at any period since the protracted oynnaty of declines was begun Relief came during the night In the news from thc itad I conference however and day dawned on slightly improved condi tions By not a few It was believed I that the longcherished bottom had been reached California that had been I faltered down to Jtj11 ccntu was quickly elevated to 51 cents while Uncle Sam which had heen reduced to 66 w cents Hold back to 703 cents with arlsa In active demand up to 78 ccntBalthough It I had closed a neglected object the previous afternoon at 7i4 tonts DalyWest sold at 3070 on the open board and May Day up to 72 fonts or on a basis of 258000 for the Properly at TUttle and several others registered small advances vances Yankee COn on the other hand which closed the week with a production of fifteen cars ° S ore weakened and i changed 11an hands down to 325 while Tetro filled orders at 834 cents Boas Tweed was allowed Ve to rolax Its energies prellml n Hllry to V ° another run for Its WMI money hUc Con Mcrcur ut i KC changed hands at 168h SitiviaVd Ben Butler at 13 cents Ku V1or coming out too bid ° r I cents The oprn board brou brought out La a Rome at 27 cents and Lower Mam moth the nt I110 with the day closing on i sale of 52200 shares for which 33 26812was paid and thc following mar ket I Bid Asked l AJax f J 71 711 Albion 66i Alice 40 Boss Tweed 74 74 Black Jack 160 1S5 Burton 1C 25 Ben Butler 13 HIh Cnrlsa 77U 771 California B0i Gl Century e 100 iSO Con Tuorcur 1i71 lCO DalyWest 3000 C07R e Dexter 25 100 Kmcrald 05 10 Eaxlo Blue Bell 03 112 Golconda 02 Galena 2u tfi Grand Contral 375 Golden Eagle 02 03 Horn Silver 170 Inset 4 014 Joe Bowers 03 Qj1iJ I I Little Chief 23 Lower Mammoth lfiO I i La Relro 27 2034 Manhattan 0111 01 May Day GDIS 7014 Martha Washington 01 Northern Ught 03 0o > l Ontario 7DO 1000 Petro 06 10 RichmondAnaconda 30 Sunshine 14 I 15 Swansea 133 I 250 South Swansea J 34V Star Consolidated 32V4 I Shower Consolidated 17 Tolro 32 3TIit Tesora 01 W Vuleo 20 West Morning Glory 05 1 05 = H Yankee w S25 350 Undo Sam 70Vt 71 Victor SOVt 57 White Rock CO THE DAYS SALES AJax 2000 at The 200 at Olfcc Carisa 2000 at 77c COO at iilho 200 at 7Cic 2000 tit 7Gc 2300 at 7HV4C5 1COO at 7Cc 1COO at 76c COO at 77J4e 200 at 77c 1 Con Mcrcur 100 at 5158A DalyWest I 100 at J30GO May Day 100 nl 24c 1400 at iOc lSOOnt Tic 00 at i1c 100 at 7F c iOO ati2 wo at iOe 1iOO at IJAc GO nt i1 ¼ o 100 It IIisC i jovj n ivnvi WA > UL uac 500 at IOYiC Star Consolidated 1000 nt 32c Undo Sam 1200 at C6c 200 at GSVsc 300 at C1iYc 100 at G7c f 600 at 67c 200 at CSc SCO nt roc 700 at Oyc SOO at G9c 1200 atC at-C COO at 70c J2 < X tit 70Hc 800 at 70AC I COO at 70i Ben Butler 1000 at 13c Boas Tweed 300 at 7Cc 100 at 74ic = 100 at 71c 100 at 74tfc California SOO at 49c 1100 at 49VSc 500 at 4Sc I 1500 at SOc 12 > X > at Sic 1200 at CO cr 3v6tl at G04c Manhattan 1000 at lc Tetro 5W at 3te bOO at 334c Victor 100 nt 55c 1200 at 5GC West Morning Glory 3000 at 5c Yankee Con 100 at 32Yi1O at 325 Shores sold 52200 Selling value W32GS12 I I OPEN BOARD Carlja SO at 7Sc California COO at Sic Daly West 25 at 3070 Boas Tweed 1100 at 71c La Heine GOO at 27c Lower Mammoth 100 at 140 May Day 200 at G94c Tetro 200 at 33c Shares sold 1975 Selling value 2212S7 The day on change and open board closed with the sale of l17ff shares for 53561099 The week on the open board and in the pit closed with the transfer of 582490 shares of stock that brought 10749572 Copper Stocks TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boston Mass Dec 7Copper shares were under further demoralization during dur-ing the short sessions today There was a renewal of heavy liquidation in Amalgamated with forced liquidation and much lower prices In the general list the recovery from which wus feeble There were no new reports from the copper trade but the absence of support except from the covering of shorts In the leading copper specialty spe-cialty were accepted by traders as foreshadowing a reduction hi tho next dividend payment Market closed at slight recovery from lowest Horn blower Weeks brokers 53 State street Boston and 10 Wall street New York furnish the following quotations Sales High Low Close Amalgamated 12570 C300 6500 GC00 Blnpham 130 230 k Coehltl 100 350 DalyWent 55 COOO Utah Los 2050 2000 2000 United States 3950 1487 1400 1100 Mercur 1017 150 Mohawk GOo 3300 3700 3700 |
