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No Quarter Tor the IIcathen Chi
nRn.

SAN FaAscIsco, May 3.-The South
San Francisco Anti.Coolie Club and
Young Mems Universal Reform Society,
held meeting last night endorsing the
destruction Of the Chinese quarter, Anti.
och, and advocating a similar course In
this city unless the federal government
should take immediate steps to abate II,
Letters we're read from societies in the
interior seeking cooperation. The
Sergeant-at.Arms received telegram
from New York saying twenty.six hun;
dred stands Of arms could be delivered
here at ten days notice, while such talk
and action universally deprecated by the
great mass OF thinking people in the city
can be no doubt that il meets the approv.
al Of large and dangerous class In the
community, and that in the event OF no
action being taken in the matter by the
general government, there is grave rea-
sons to fear serious disturbances at no
distant day.
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TnrNew York Central cut loose from

THENcw York Central cut loose from
the railroad combination the other day
and fixed a schedule oil prices
lower than was ever before known
In consequence of this great re-
duc,iop in carrying charges, New York
ci,y i,now filled up with Western grain
-c,neeinIly corn, much OF it awaiting
sbipmrnt to Liverpool, to which portit is
virtually billed by the Central at low
rate Of freight. According to this M morn'
ins'. dispatches the steamship companies
are going to punish the Central for bring
ing them Nil this freight, for which they
have been hungcring, by suddenly double
Ing their rates, thus rigging corner OF
the old Commodore, as it were. When
the old fellow, who ia sick, secs this cxhi
bition Of cheeky ingratitudc, We fear he
will turn over in his bed and die, exclaim
ing with julius Caesar, Oh, you bru,c'
yOu
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CINCINNATI, May g. Cotton = Dull
at l2c. Flour-Quiet and unchanged.
Whcat-DulI at 81 l5a1 27. Corn-Helda at
4sc. Oats-Firm Mt S7aiSc. Rye-Firm
aud unchanged. Barlcy-Dull and nominal.
Pork-Quitt at S2l 90. Llrd-Firmer;
steam / Nc; kettle 1Sl4a13kc. Bulk Meats
-F,rmer; shoulders Sc; clear rib lie; clear
lIAal29<c. Bacon-Quiet but steady at Q
al9al2Nc. Whisky-Exeited at 81 W.
HOGs-Easicr; common 10 good light
50 75a7 90; fair to good heavy 81 10a7 20.
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Meeting OF Lake shore stock
holders.

CLEVELAND, May Sat the annual
meeting Of the Lake Shore g. Michigan
Southern Railroad Co. held in this city
to-day, the following Directors were eho, i %
sen for the ensuing year: Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Wm. II. Vanderbilt, Angus
tus Schell, Samuel +. Barger, Robert l.
Crawford, John E. Burrill and Francis
P. Freeman, Of New York; Henry g.
Payne and Amasa Stone, 2f Cleveland;
VIM. l.. Scott, Charles NJ. Reed and Ju.
dah c. Spencer, Of Erie; and Albert Keep,
OF Chicago. Nearly S37,O00,0OO OF the
stock was represented. ~.
AT meeting OF the new Board oi Di-
rectors Of the Lake Shore Il Michigan
Southern Railroad Company this alter.
noon last years officers were reelected.
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BALTIMORE, May 4.-Ths General Con:
ference Of tho Methodist Episcopal
Church to-day, Rev. Simpson presiding,
took up this morning the report Of the
Committee on resolutions. Rules were
adopted, and several committees appoint.
ed. Rev. W. S. Pope fraternal delegate
from the British Wesleyan Conference
was presented and cordially welcomed
and made short address. A message tC
the African Conference at Atlanta, was
referred to the Committee on Correspond
enee, and an actionof the Bishop in ap
pointing iraternal delegates TO that Con
ference was confirmed. The order o
business was made and Conference ad-
;,n.noJ 81.
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FIRE RECORD.

New York, Mays,-Straiten 8 StOms,
l7S Pearl street, were damaged by fire
early this morning to the amount oil
SO, 900; insured.
John Laureyille's moulding and plan-
ing mills, First avenue, were burned to-
day. Loss S60,000; insurance SS2, 600: :
SAN FRANCISCO, May ga Gre at Pho
che this morning burned 20 buildings
mostly dwellings. Loss notstated. I
The Willamette Mills, at Salem Orc
con, burned this morning. Loss $l5O,OO0
insnred S67, 900.
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Mr.. BLAINE's CAsE.-Therc is some
thing bordering on the mysterious in the
relations Of Mr.. Blaine to an unexplained
something known to one or two editors
at Cincinnati and Chicago. Deacon Rich
ard Smith, Of the Cincinnati Gazette, says
in his paper OF yesterday, that Mr.. Medill
Of the Chicago Tribune, Mr.. Boynton (tht
Ga.eltss Washington correspondent ant
himself, did meet some time ago "to con
suit about thecharscs against Mr.. Blaine
Of which the $4,000 story was not onc''
lie says further that
OF the result OF that conference Mr
Blaine was fully advised by Mr.. Smith
but Mr.. Blaines explanation was not full
and conclusive. In fact he did not ex'
plain at all, nor has he to this day at
tempted to explain the transaction ther
under consideration, except to work upor
the surface, as he did with reference tc
the $4,000 operation. The truth Is, Mr
Blaine did not answer the letter sen'
to him with reference to that conference
Furthermore, the first publication with
reference to the Cincinnati conference was
in dispatch from Washington TO the
Chicago Inttr. Ocean, and that Information
must have proceeded from Mr.: Blaine
In that dispatch the Cincinnati confer
encs wa, spoken OF as Bristow con
spiraCy against Mr.. Blaine, when, Ia
fact, Bristow knew nothing what
ever about ii, while Blaine knew
all about 1t. Besides, II is not usual for
conspirators TO advise the person against
whom they consplre. Mr.. Blaine knew
perfectly we'll Il was not conspiracy
against him, or in the interest Of anybody
but conference Of Republicans who IN
tend to support the nominee Of the Gin
cinnati Convention to ascertain whether
in view Of the charges against Blaine, II
would be safe 10 nominate him as the
Republican candidate for the Presidency,
That was the object OF the conference, and
twas so stated 10 Mr.. Blaine, and letters
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PHILADELPHIA, May 3.-Flour- Firm;
extra 81 25a5 90. Wheat-Firm; Pennsyl.
vRnia red 81 80: amber 81 50. Rye-8GaS7c.
CUrn-Yellow 6OaG9c; mixed 60c. uats-
Dull; white 4lAiSc, Lard = lS24a14Hc.
Clover Seed = l6I5al7Nc. Petroleum -
crude TO- Hal0Nc; refined 1880, Butter
Quiet; New York and Bradford county ex.
trus S2aSSc; frSts S0aSlc; western extra 27
a20c; tirsts 2Sa24c. Cheese-Firm at l2Aa
l4c. Eggs-Steady aud unchanged. Whis.
ky-Held at 81 l2,
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Tole.io.

TOLEDO, May 3.-FlOur--stesdy. Wheat
Steady; No. 2 white Wabash 81 SIX;
No. l white Michigan $i2sIS; extrII white
Miehigan 81 IS; amber 81 221<al %; ;seller
June 81 22Aal %; No. red 81 M.
Corn-Firm; high mixed seller May 81 Nc;
seller June Soc; low mixed 50hG Kansas
5lo. OAts-Quiet; No. 2, Ae; seller June
95c: Michigan 348a35c.
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nonhIe rreIrhts on Corn.

New YoRK, May SIN view OF The
large supply Of corn in this city await
ing transportation TO Europe the steam
shfp companies have doubled their
charges for freight, they knowing that
the New York Central road had agreed
with The owners Of this grain to transport
Il to Liverpool, and they have the road in
their power. .r.r .,H
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A CuRloos ClRcuMsrANcE.-A few
days ago grand jury in Richie county
found an indictment against Judge Cyrus
Hall for forgery. The charge against him
wa4 that he had added the last six words
to the following receipt;
Received Of Cyrus Hall, draft on the
Exchange Bank OF West Virginia, for
SISi 80, which am to pay him.
JAMES TAYLOR"
1t seems (accOrding to to the Richie
County Ga:el.e) that long ago James Tay'
lor and Cyrus Hall had for years contin-
ous business transactions together; and
that since the war litigation had been in
progress between them; and that as n
proofof Mr.. Taylor's Indebtedness ohim
Judge Hall had filed in the case the
above paper. .s. .r, ,-s.
On Thursday afternoon jury was i'm,
pnnnelled, and the trial began. The in
dictment contained five counts, the first
three embracing the charge the prosecu,
ton expected to prove. On the last
six words hung the first three counts OF
the indictment. It was charged that
Judge Hall had added these. To these
counts the counsel for Judge Hall de-
INJURED, claiming that even il he had
added them they were not to Mr.. Tay-
lor's prejudice, and that there was no ad-
ditional obligation placed upon him by
the last phrase. Judge Monroe Jackson
sustained the demurrer, thus virtually
saying that II Judge Hall had done oil
the prosecution charged no legal penalty
could attach. The case then hung on
the two last counts OF the indictment,
charging the forging Of the whole paper,
which the prosecution did not, in fact,
expect to prove.
On the trial. Mr.. Taylor was the only
witness. He acknowledged his signature
but not the last six words preceding j.
and was Of the opinion that they had
been added since he attached his sigma
turc. However, lie did not remember
particularly that they were not on the pa
per when he signed it, and claimed that
his strongest reason for thinking they had
been added, was the appearance OF the
paper itself. The paper was then offered
as evidence.
After the counsel on each side had ad'
dressed the jury, okey johnson asked fol
instruction on the points bearing on the
first three counts Of the indictment
Judge jackson promptly gave the instruc
tions TO the effect that il the jury be
lieyed from the testimony that the word
which II 6as claimed had been added
were not to the prejudice Of Taylor, tha
is, II they did not make the writing an!
more nm obligation on him than it wa
before, they were 10 find the ..defendan
notguilty. As he (the Judge) had alread,
decided in the preliminary proceeding
that the words had no legal effect, it wa
evident that there could be no conviction
Still, although the jury retired abou
midnight, IT was after dinner on Friday
before il returned a verdict. That yer
dict was, Of course, "Nor GUILTY" I'm
der the instructions OF the Judge it coult
not be otherwise. Thus ended mattCl
which, according to the Gazette, has causet
great deal Of talk in Richie county.
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CLEVELAND, May3.-Everything was
quiet at Massillon and other mining dis
tricts this morning. Last evening sew
eral shots were fired at the Warrington
mine, but nothing more was done. This
morning number Of new miners went
iuto the Warrington mine, and are
working under the protection OF the mill
tia. The strikers still declare they will
never 20 to work under the reduction.
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written 10 him on the subject he is at full
liberty to publish at any time, or In any
nlace These letters will show not only
The noints which Mr.. Blaine has not yet
explained, The questions he has not an
sxersd bn, also the names OF the persons
nreseut their object, and the motives by
which they were moved.
This Is all that need be said'upon the
,nh;anI H \
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wheeling Live stock Market.

wnRELING, May a. The following
are the arrivals at the ChriStman House
yards during the past week, and the prices
received for them by Dillon q Co.. com
c4TTlE~Arriyals, lst head sold atS'za
III liHfoees-Arivals, e ia head sold at S'la
Ike per b. :,
Cows were several arrivals Of
fresh cows during the week, which were
sold nj prices ranging from $50 TO $40. 81
CALyfs-lhere were 70 arrivals Of calves
which sold at from 81 so TO So 10 per head
sHHRP-Arriyals butYery few; sold atSh
nIlkc nar b. ----------
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BALTIMORE, May S.-Flour-UnChauged.
Wheat-Dull and heavy; Pennsylyania red
81 45a1 4s. Ryo-S0as5c. Corn-Very nc;
tive at GlAc. Hay-Pennsylvania and
Maryland $2l 0Oa26 70. ProvisiO1s-Quiet
and unchanged. Petroleum = Nominal;
crude sKc; refined l4e. Butter-Firm and
unchanged. WhIsky-ouiet at 81 y.
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Nev YORK. Dry Goods.

EEw YORK, May a. Domestic goods
onIst % in drst hands. Foreign fabrics dull
md heavy. Woolens In rather better de.
%I ,nSnd by clothefs. Prints quiet, HartePsI
Sncies are reduced to Get Oriental and
Washing ton tancies to 6Ac. Ginghams IN
steady request Dress goods in moderate
demand. ~ .o7.-aHu, ''"
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FOREIGN NEWS
ENGLAND.

LONDON, May S.-The Government will
DO qucstio oned In the House Of Commons
tonight il the United States has protest
ed against the action taken in the Wins.
low case; IL its demands are in harmony
with existing treaties, and what course
the Attorney General will advise in the
nremisea.
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INICo IlU PtI tVIIVs
GovERSAfENTs-Steu
STATE sEcuRITIEs-Quiet.

| HAILROAD BONDS-Qulet ana urn.
STOCKS Opened dull and irregular.
There were many sales on sellers options,
especially In Western Union and New
York Ccntral-the former at half per cent
and the latter at 9a2A per cent below the
regular price. During the last hour the
market was firm with recovery Of n II
per cent--the latter New Jersey Central,
which opened at csc, declined TO SO and
closed at OK. Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western continued weak. Among other
investment shares New Yark Central was
quite actively Traded in. The brokers re-
port the sales for account Of investors,
who have held the stock for some time.
These sales have been influenced ay the re.
cent report about the Commodores health
and the various rumors about railroad
war and the fluctuations in the stock the
other day. In the late dealings there were
continued sales OF Michigan Central aud
W.stern Union, sellers 90. at difference
Of about Y per cent The transactions
were 109, 900 shares, OF which $4,000 were
Western Union, 5000 st. Pauls, 5000 Erie,
10000 Lake Shore, 5000 New York Cen.
trnl and 5000 Michigan Central,
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The Indinnnpolis Riot.

ISD1ANApoL1s, May 3.-Itis ascertain
ed to-day that no one was killed outright
in the riot last night butt two or three were
probably fatally injured. A number OF
arrests have been made Of the leaders Of
the mob to-day.
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NEw YoRk, May 2.-The New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com.
pany to-day made reduction Of 10 per
cent in the salaries and wages Of all per.
ons whom they employ, @ i,45t ,,s
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Obituary.

NASHVILLE, May 3.-James J. o'sul-
liyan, for long time connected with the
Nashville press, and one Of the editorial
staff of the American, died this morning.
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GheGntelIiaetrcer.


Is view Of the great importance OF the
Chinese question TO the future OF the
country, we publish this morning the
speech Of Mr.. Sargent Of California, in
the U. S. Senate on Monday, on this sub
icct. 1t is a speech that will compel Sc
rious reflection in the mind Of every In
,elligent American citizen. The Chinese
question is dark cloud upon our weS'
fern horizon, 'and one that threatens 10
overspread our whole heavens.
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Obituary.

New York, May 's.-Mrs. Mary 4
Ford, wife OF Augustus Ford, oi the
Itiah World, and known throughout the
country as poetess under the non de
plume, OF "Unu," Ia dead. 1'.3i 8 ''
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Receiver appointed. 4

New YoRK, May S.-The POst says that
a receiver has been appointed for the
Loaners' Bank, Of this cityIir the suit Of
Henry Prentice on a certificate of deposit
for $4,000. The total liabilities are
$500, 900. The bank Is expected to re-
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The application for the release oi
Winslow made to-day was resisted BY the
officers Of the crown and denied. Wins
low will be held ten days longer, awaiting
u reply from Washington to the latest
English note. The application for his re.
lease will be renewed on the 18th.
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BY 1ELEGRAPR.


NEw Yoax, May S.-MoNEY-ol Closed
easy at 3a4 per cent. Prime mercantile pa.
per A LSa6.per cent. Custom receipts S247,.
zoo. The Assistant treasurer disbursed
1854 900. Clcarings SEC, 10000, Sterling
4S6a4.s9M.
GoLp-Dull at 11eNall9N. Carrying
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ACCEPTED.

Mr.. Wilson returns to England owing
TO the acceptance by Egypt Of the French
financial scheme.
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EGYPT.


| ALEXANDRIA, May 3.-Thc dairy pro-
pcrty of the Khedive's private estate has
been adjudged liable TO execution.
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wINsLow STILL HELD.

The Guineas stake a. New Market 10.
day was won by Patrick, Julins Cesar
second. Kaleidscope third. F.
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1lour HOUSE APPROPRIATION.

Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine, called up the
House bill authorizing the transfer Of
$4,000 to pay lighthouse keepers and
maintain the lighthouse stations on the
Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri rivers.
Passed,
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weather Report
WAR DEPARfMKNT,
OyyIcR oP TiIR CIIIEP SlaNAL OYRIcHR,
WASHINGTON, DC, May t-i A. n.

For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, q
falling barometer, warmer southeast &c
southwest winds, increasing clouds and
possibly occasional rains, followed BY
rising barometer and colder north winds
For the Lower Lakes, falling follow
cd by a rising barometer, warmer south
winds shifting to colder northwest winds
cloudy weather and light rains succeeded
by clearing weather.
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Inalugurated.

HARTFORD, May S,-Govcrnor Inger.
sail, was inaugurated to-day and Legisla-
ture convened. All ra aJ5
= ...-,.- =. 80, =, o..
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PITTSBURGH, May ysS.-Petroleum-Dulli
crude q o0A2 % y lat Parker'S refined at
1870, Philadelphia delivery. 81 .s
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.RpAr1tpps-.Dull: diva Veese, 81

Dali; live, geese, SOC! ''ig..
lFRulTAfhe market for Apples Is very
dull, and with limited demand AMI q
strong desire to realize, pr. ces are weak anu
barely maintained; sold In jO5bing way
ut IS 90 g ~ per barrel Orang splenty "
"a O0a4 80 per box, Lemons at 81 5va5 w
per box. ,,... II. II. .4,.,,t
GkAtN-The grain markets are weak and
inactive. Old Wheat may be quo ed ut 81 10
Al CO. new, 75ciSf 80. tidts-No change to
note; quoted ut 4Oc. CoTS-The supply Is
about equ Il to the demand; "a les at 4bn5'lc.
Rye-Quiet at Zoe. Bdriey-Not much de
maud. F., .gt- .-Ig
GROCERIES Trade continues to keep up
well. Country orders are coming forward
freely, but the lendiog starles present no
new features u which reference has not
previously b en- made In these columns.
Quotations: C0fees- Good Rio quoted
at 2lu2!c; prime to choice 9?a22 W;
Java SSc: best roasted 26Ha27kci yel.
low Rio 25c. Syrups-Common 45a6Uc ;
prime 65a0oo, nov Or cans MOla srS,
good Doc; prime CSC; choice 6Uc. ST.
ours = Refined, hHrds aud crushed lie;
pow dered aud granulated llc a uetr-4
l0hc; B lOS6c; Commercial A Sugar l,lci
extra M = M VIZ. si"ss.. ss ~, .,;;s;sn, & sE,,
HAY-iialed Il in light supply, with
steady cousumpuse p dem nnotsh,a % =. SIs Sb,
% 0O per ton.
NAiLs-Thc following are the card rntcs:
Nails, Brads and Fencing-lO 10 God 81 10;
90 ana ~ ~ e ~ IA az @ M. Bsrrel~x In 81 Sj
W. ~ *. * ~ in n ~ io liz in ~ 35: :iSS
! III: a. 20 90 i1 ~ ~, "a a. F;n;sL;ng n,
ia' ~ % ~ a. az II T;n IL siS5. . in. "a 90
r. e a.: az. Si S;S NJ "a iG CSsInSclOd 10 SOi
M an 81 81 o.; - Ok, M ~ sit0. ~ al ii S5. Fine
g W o. g %, G Sd % e e az. ~ o. ss ~ tjnine
SIT; S";tsT;n AZ. Tobacco fIhd26d and
ga ~ 90 gu 20 ~ SIsu I'll 20 ~. H.,
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BY telegraph
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
TO THE DAILY INTELAIGENoER
CONG E SIS. z
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May

"AhhANNAbAft NAey o'
The Committee on the Pacific Railroad,
to-day authorized Representative Phil
lips 10 report o bill providing that II
shall not be lawful for the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, to charge any spec.
ial or greater rate for transportation Of
freight or passengers over the Omaha
bridge, than that charged for like dis
tance, over other portions Of It's road,
nor shall It charge other companies more
than S. for every freight car and two
passenger carr, and contents transported
over said bridge, and In case Of transpor.
TALON Of coal, salt, grain, or lumber not
mnre than 50 so per car shall be charged.
In the other case in the opinion Of the
Committee, the enactment Of this or
some similar measure is required to
give effect TO the recent decision OF
the Supreme Court, that the Oma.
ha bridge should be considered and
operated as the continuous line OF the
Union Pacific Railroad. The committee
agreed that amendments may be offered
to this bill by several members when it
Is reported to the House for action. The
committee also took up Culbertson's bill
for the extension OF time for the compile.
ton Of the Texas Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. ThrockmOrton offered substitute
providing that fifty miles Of the road per
annum shall be constructed westward and
twenty miles a year eastward from the
respective termini. No action was reach.
ed
Messrs. Randall and Hale, subcom:
mittee, charged with the preparation Of
the Naval Appropriation bill,lcompleted
it to-day. II foots up about Sl2,7OO,O00,
rs against about $l7 0000 000for last year,
reduction principally in items for
bureausof construction, steam engineer.
ing and repairs. --l-4