Show I THE REPORTS FROM BOSTON They Relate to nn Alleged Option of the United States t lOlucldatlng the reports from Boston Bos-ton that every holder of bonds in the United States Mining company had signed i the agreement relinquishing the option that gave him the right to take the stock at 1750 a share a writer from Boston says It means nothing more than a move on the part of the companys friends to protect the mines from Injury that might be done them through some misapprehension The facts are says the writer that the bondholders to whom was extended the option at 1750 a share have not intended to exercise It the option maturing ma-turing on May 15th Before that date the Messrs Deveroux who made the recent examination of the mines at the solicitation of Eastern shareholders sharehold-ers will have submitted their findings f For the bondholders to have followed this report with a refusal o the op tion of which they never Intended availing themselves would have made it appear that the report of the Messrs Dcvcreux was unfavorable to tho mines no matter how favorable It may be and to avoid this the bond holders decided on the relinquishment of their privilege This in brief Is all there Is behind the report Tn the meantime tho shares on which the option was held are in the hands of JL trust committee consisting of consistng of President Evans and Messrs Richter and WInslow and will be held by themso that the thnt shorts can derive no comfort tram stories that it will be dumped upon the market The death of President Thachcr of the great wool trust of apoplexy last week in Boston leaves n vacancy In the United States Mining companys board of directors that will bo supplied at their next meeting His home was at Salem Me and for many years his his been a prominent figure in tho financial circles of the Igure England States His nephew a prominent min InS engineer of St Louis wnq here miring the recent visit I of President i Evans of the United States company |