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Show NtotmuoLi:ui wair to iiow What Bacatu til lli ftarnlae ar ..uou.ooo. Nkw Yohk, Uco. tt. The Uerald tudy eaya: 'l ba atockbuldr of tha Amerlcau Tobaeco eoinoany are very aiiibut for an explanation ir.nu lba dlrect'ira uf what baa become of tbe bl urpiui of mora than f.uod.unu aud tbu apparently audUan cintraiHinn of eaiu-lua eaiu-lua wblcU led lba nianagetnoul te paa tbe next quarterly dlvldeud on the comtnou atork, altbougb tha vague tateiueul given oul on Haturday nit llnclly atated Ibal them would be a urplua of $1,.5U,0ik, or nearly seven per ueul. alter paying tba dividend on tua prererred atok. A reporter called on Treasurer Gtorge Aroiila but bo leruned lo be Interviewed. Mr. A re ute ta a mo in Per of tbe ex obauga and ha la reported to have said thai tha February dividend on tbe oimmon Block of lha Amerlcau To be coo company Wuuld be paid and many brokra advised tbeir chant of tbe fact, llut now tbal tbe manage men! baa announced eevcral woo bfure tba regular lima Ibal uo mck dlvldeud WuulJ be paid, tba chief concern con-cern uf tha itookbeluere U lo find oul wbat la tba matter with lba eompauy that o many eleckbuluer should try to gut mil uf It at oner. The luvetilgailug curaml.tea wblob la to ha urgautard by Muasi. Il jleton and liaa aud J. H Hauba A. Co., at an aarly meeting ol the stockholder Is determined lo elft thing to tba bottom aud Dud out whether thin great company wliu fito.tHHl.UOO of capital is being run In ttie Interaet of speculator, woo told out all their holdings at bigb price aud then waut suurt of the atock, " whether lb manager beve allowed tba revenue of lu company to ba wiped out L-y warfare wliu cow pa I lie to. |