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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26
Carpet weavers Want More Wages

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19.-The power
loom carpet weavers are determined in
their demand for an equal basis of wages
for the whole craft, whether employed on
the fast or on the slow power-looms. Yes
terdav thirty-three weavers at the mill of
Dorian Bros. quit work because the firm
refused their demands of five cents per
yard for PLAIN and five and one-half cents
for shaded work. The weavers employed
by John FL. Milton stopped work this
morning and will remain out, they say,
until the new scale of wages shall have
been adopted by the firm. Joseph Tay-
Tor, Sons 6 Co. have granted the addi-
tional one-half cent per yard on the
shaded work demanded by the weavers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26
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VIII Aid the Strikers,

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - District As.
sembly No. 66 Knights of Labor, at their
meeting last night, pas sed the foil owing:
ResolUed, That District Assembly No %,
Knights of Labor, extend to our bre thern
of the Schuylkill valley our heartfelt
sympathy and earnest hope for the ulti-
mate complete success of their heroic
strike against the hairless tyranny, in
justice and greed of the Reading corpora.
tions, and we hereby pied GO ourselves, as
the representatives of the order in the
District of Columbia, to contribute to the
full extent of our financial ability to
make this fight against injustice a victo-
ry by organized labor.n
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26
ON THE BENCH.

The OatF, Administered TO Associate JUS
tfce Lamar - He Takes His Seat and
Makes His Bow Junior Member of the
AugustsTribunaI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The Supreme
Court of the United States sat with full
bench yesterday for the first time since
the 4th of May, 1885. Mr.. Lamar reached
the Capitol a little after eleven O'Clock,
and proceeded to the Justices room of
the Supreme Court, where the oath of Of
fice-the ordinary modified oath-was ad
ministered to him in private. The
judicial oath was admins tered in public
Immediately after the days session
was opened. The small space re-
served for the general public
was crowded with strangers, but
the space within the Enclosure reserved
for the bar, contained not more than the
usual number of lawyers. Among the
people present of note were the Attorney.
General and the new Secretary of the
In terror, Mr.. Villas.
The judges in their black silk robes filed
into the chamber in solemn procession at
twelve O'Clock, and the assemblge, at
the tap of the marshaps gavel arose
respectfully and remained standing
until the members of the court had
taken their places. Mr.. Lamar,
clad in we'll fitting suit of black, fol-
lowed the court and took his seat hes ide
Clerk McKenny at the right of the bench.
The Chief-Justice announced that the
first proceedings of the court would be
the reading of the commission of Mr..
Lamar and the administration of the
oath. The commission was thereupon
handed to the clerk, who read it, after
which Mr.. Lamar read impressively
from manuscript the Judicial oath, as fol-
lows:
I, L. G. c. Lamar, do solemnly swear that
will administer justice without respect to per-
sons an d do equal right to the poor and to the
rich, and that will faithfully and impartially
discharge and perform all the duties incum-
bent on me as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, according to the
best of my ability, and understanding, agree
able to the Constitution and the laws of the
United States. So help me God.
sentence, and at the end solemnly kissed
it. He was then escorted behind the
screen, which extends the length of the
bench behind the chairs of the Justices,
and after minutes delay reappeared at
the left clad in a new flowing robe of
glossy black silk. The court and the
assemblage arose-the new Justice bowed
to his associates and then to the bar and
TO the public, and took his seat in the
chair of the junior justice at the extreme
left of the bench. The court then pro-
ceeded with its ordinary routine business.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

REPRESENTATIVE BELMONT, chairman of
the House committee on foreign affairs,
said, on the 10Th, that he did not believe
fish would be put on the free list in any
tariff bill to be introduced at the present
session of Congress, aud that certainly
any proposition to admit fish free, or to
reduce the duty upon it, would be I'M
favorably regarded by the foreign affairs
committee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

IT is rumored that Austria is to stand
by Ferdinand as Prince of Bulgaria, and
that in such event Russia will make a
fight, if necessary, to keep him off the
throne.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

Mr. WILLIAM O'BRIEN, editor Of United
Ireland, was released from Tullamore
prison on the Goth. A number of other
similar offenders were sent to jail during
the day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26
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Reading Galleries Still Idle.

READING, Pa, Jan. 19.-The advices
from the coal regions are to the effec'
that all the Reading collieries are still
idle. Only a few small individual col
Iieries are at work. About seventy five
loaded cars came down yesterday morn
ing for Reading manufacturers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

SECRETARY Villas has relieved Assis-
tant Secretary Muldrow of the care of
land decisions, and has taken this class
of work under his own supervision.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

BILL has been introduced in the Ken
lucky Legislature practically prohibiting
marriage with any man whose morals are
not of the purest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

The American Pol and. China Swine Rec
ord Association held its annual meeting
at Cedar Rapids, Ia, on the 18th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

The Italian Government has con tract
ed with Philadelphia firm for number
OF dynamite guns to use in its Ably ssinian
war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

The Secretary of State has received the
resignation of Mr.. Frederick Ellison, of
Indiana, as United States Consul at St.
Helena.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

THE New York Tribune says that the
accident to Mrs. John A. Logan, by which
she was thrown from a carriage, has left
lasting results. Her friends are informed
by letters that she has severe pain almost
constantly in the injured shoulder. Mrs
Logan is said 10 have grown old rapidly
since the Generals death, and to have
lost much of her old-time yivacity and
energy,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

THE Government of Portugal has noti-
fed the Secretary of State that it has re-
nounced the protectorate over Dahomey.
which it assumed by a treaty concluded
In 1885
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

AMONG the petitions presented in the
Senate, on the 10th, was one asking for a
change in the postal laws so that paper
back novels, Observation-Disclosures stories"
shall not be sent through the mails as
second class matter, paying one cent per
pound, while school, law, scientific and
religious books have to pay eight cents
per nound.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

The st. James Gazette announces the
resignation of Lord Charles Beresford, a
Junior lord of the British Admiralty, and
says that other changes in the Admiralty
Office are probable
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

A CONVOY of prisoners, while being
taken from South Russia to the Caucasus,
mut1nied and attacked the engine driver.
The train was stopped and desperate
fight ensued, in which eight soldiers, two
gendarmes and thirty-one prisoners were
killed, Twenty-one prisoners escaped
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

JOHN MADDEN, fourteenth victim of the
Bradford (Mass.) disaster, who was in
jured at the tankhouse, died at the hos
pital at Haverhill on the 18th. He be-
longed in Bradford, and leaves a widow
and four children.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

THE full Corean legation called at the
State Department at Washington on the
18th, and then proceeded to the White
House, accompanied by Secretary Bayard
and Chief Clerk Brown. They were in
troduced individually to the President
who welcomed them to the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

REPRESENTATIVE O'DoNNELL, of Michi-
gan, has prepared for introduction in the
House a bill providing that, after July 1,
the postage On city letters, where the
system of free delivery is establis he'd,
shall be fixed at one cent per ounce or
fraction thereof.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

AN imperial trade has been issued at
Constantinople which enjoins the War
Ministry to use the greatest dispatch in
completing the military defenses in and
around Adrianople.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

THE Mexican Government has for
warded to Washington papers requesting
the extradition of Mayer, alias Bourton,
the Patti concert ticket swindler. There
is great anxiety to have Bourton brought
TO answer for his stupendous fraud.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

JACOB SHARP swore on the 18th that he
expects to die soon, and that he wants to
settle up all his earthly affairs without
delay, in order that he may die in peace.
The suit in which he made this melancholy
affidavit is one brought against him to re-
cover an unpaid bill for wire fence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

POLISH land owners are in despair over
the rapid depreciation in the value of
their estates. They complain that the
government avoids buying army supplies
in Poland, preferring to buy elsewhere at
enhanced prices.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

THE President, on behalf of himself and
Mrs. Cleveland, has accepted x-Govern-
or Corneli's invitation to attend the
twelfth annual commencement of Cornell
University at Ithica, N. Y, next June,
conditioned upon the possible emergen-
cies of official duties at that time,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

THE general passenger agents of the
trunk lines decided, at meeting in New
York, on the 18th, that on and after
January % all the free passenger bag
gage-150 pounds to each passenger-will
be checked through to Pacific coast
points. All excess baggage will have to
be rechecked at the Missouri river.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

FORT KEoGH, Mont. has the honor of
having the widest range of temperature
of any place on earth. During u recent
storm the thermometer marked 65 deg.
below, while last summer it ranged from
100 to 40 degrees above, a total range for
year of 1876 degrees.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

Mr.. HOWARD DOUGLASS, supreme
chancellor of the world, Knights of
Pythias, states that the necessary funds
have been secured for the entertainment
of the mem bers of the grand lodge of the
United States, and that their next meet
ing will be held in Cincinnati.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

SIMULTANEOUSLY with the order of the
Servian Government for the manufact-
ure and delivery of $780, 900 rifles comes
the verified report that 10000 similar
weapons have been contracted for by the
HuupariauS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

Mr.. W. j. LANE, member of Parlia ment
for the Eastern division of Cork County,
Ireland. has been sentenced to a months
Imprisonment without labor for melting
tenants to resist bailiffs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

EDWARD E. LEWIS and VIM. H. Hunt,
of Pittsfeld, Mass, have succeeded in
producing copper by treating iron with
certain acids. Lewis was badly burned
by an explosion in their laboratory on the
18th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26

THE charges made by Irish leaders
against Mr.. Balfour. that he wanted half
a dozen of the most prominent and
physically weakest to die in prison. is TO
be brought to the attention of Parliament.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04

New ORLEANS, March 3-Coffee dull, weak
and lower; Rio cargoes, common to prime 1884
M16Ac. Cotton seed products nomiualy un,
changed Sugars unchanged; louisiana open
kettle, choice DC; Louisiana centrifugals, choice
white 6ssc, choice yellow clarified 5Js6k5 15l6c.
Molasses unchanged; Louisiana open kettle,
choice 3393oc, prime 2192Sc.
NAVAL STORES.
NEW York, March 3, noon.-Spirits turpentine
dull at 40c. Rosin dull at 81 l5@1 70.
500 p. m.-Rosln duh at 81 151l 20. Tur-
pentine steady at 40c.
CHARLESTON, March 3-Turpentine quiet at
S7l6c. Rosin firm good strained SIC.
WILMINGTON, March 3.-Spirts turpentine
quiet at SIC. Rosin firm; strained S2l1c, good
strained S71ac. Tar firm at 81 Is Crude turpen-
tine Arm; hard 81 10, yellow dip and virgin 81 10.
RICE.
New YORK March Rice steady
NEW ORLEANS, March 3.-Rice unchanged.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
This Department Catches the Eye Of Our Lady Friends
LaceS and EmbrOideries.

TORCHON LACES 21ec. to 75c
NORMANDY VAL. LACES 10c. to 80
ESCURIAL LACES 25c. to 81.
BRETONNE LACES DC. TO SOC.
SPANISH LACES fOc. TO So a yard.
CHANTILLY LACES 1Oc. TO 75c.
FEDORA LACES 10c. TO 75c.
ORIENTAL LACES Zoe. to 81 80.
MINCOURT LACES 10c. to 81 80.
DENTELLE LACES Toe. to 81 p.
DUCHESS POINT LACES 25c. to 81 10.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04

253 bales cotton, 76 bales domestics, 1,055 empty
kegs, "a bales paper stock. 50 bbls rice, 1873 pcs
lumber. 600 bbls rosin. 226bbs spirits turpenune.
"a casks clay, $50 bdls shingles 5000 slaves, 90
pS2s ndSe, i,545 pkgs fruit AMI vegetables, 81
bbls old iron, l2l u tons Pig iron, 70 bbs fish, so
obls oysters
Per bark Aurora Nor, for Hamburg S57
hbls rosin, weighing 1,S0S,O6O pounds-Middle-
&
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04

Fine Work Matched Nainsook EMBROIDERIES,
Elegant stock Of Choice NULL FLOUNCINGS.
ALL OVER EMBROIDERY.
HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES from lowest ia
best grade
Our COLORED EMBROIDERIES can't be
equaled elsewhere.
NORMANDY VAL. FLoUNCINGs at popular
prices.
Black Silk SPANISH FLOUNCINGs at popular
prices.
Our TORCHON LACES and NULL FLOUNC
INGS we call your especial attention to-
Don't fail 10 inspect them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.
Fr1it and Vegetable Markets..

New YORK, March 3.-The Savannah steamer
to-day had 100 packages. mostly Florida
oranges. Fancy Indian river fruit is in demand
ard worth 81 506,5 90 per box; choice Florida,
So SOFA 90 per box; russets, So 256D3 % per box;
Charleston asparagus, 50G10c per bunch cab
bage, 81 0003 90 per crate; beans, SO 0O05 90
per crate; tomatoes, 81 O0G2 90 per large crate.
G S. PALMER.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04

"The medical journals had satisfactory re-
ports of the case. But you must not sup
pose that there is anything similar in the
cases. Gen. Grants disease was located in
the back of the mouth, and did not affect
the larynxn Howard FIELDING.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
Spring Dress Goods, Spring Dress Goods.

We just in Cmb Ito myo will
hen only owpcd andmediu
class n Texture In ack
oil of daudBa
B n OIL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04

SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Juniata. Philadelphia.
Bark Candor Nor, Riga.
Bark Victor (Norl, Reval
Schr Allie r Chester. Charleston.
Schr RoOt arr Fernandna
Schr Lillian (Br), Barbados.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Closing.


quiet: Howard street and Western supertine 81 81
m275 extra SO Dogs ~. family 81 0004 So;
city mills superfine So 37dt2 ~. extra 50 0061
8 Is, Rio brands 81 1905 90. Wheat-Southern
firm and quiet; red 90O93c, amber 92@9jc;
Western lower and dull; No. winter red, on
spot S734GtSsc. Corn-Southern about steady
and quiet: white 5595Gc, yellow 54055c. West
ern lower, closing quiet.
Sr. LOUIS, March a--Flour quiet. Wheat
opened strong M1Ac higher than yesterday
and tnen began TO decline immediately, closing
ssc below opening; No. red. cash elaB0Sl11
Nav delivery s21k6 $3.50, closing s2l4c Corn
duh and lower; cash 4694ey4c. March delivery
closing 45slc May 411s6g I73sc. Oats firm; cash
80d30lzc. May delivery 20I1c Whisky steady
81 o. Provisions easy: Pork, new sl4 l5gi4 =.
Lard 81 IS. Dry salt meats-boxed shout
ders S. Is, long clears 81 l219Q7 70, clear
RIBS 81 256D7 371s short clears 81 40Gp7 30. Ba-
con-Boxed shoulders So 25656 37l1, long clears
81 25a7 s7lS, clear ribs 81 S71SGls, short clears
a. O1Ils 1915 Hams $40 80.
" Is, tSSLTf. March 3.-Flour steady. Wheat
stronger: No cred SEC. Corn barely steady; No;
3 mixed b2652I6c. Oats steady No mixed
sslxc. Provlsions-Pork $i4 90 Lard easier at
81 57Is Bulk meats and bacon steady and un-
changed Whisky firm at 81 90. Hogs quiet
but steady.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Juniata. Askins, Philadelphia
Anderson. Agent.
Bark Aurora Nor), sorensen, Hamburg
Hoist & CO.
Schr Taylor Dickson. Lake, Darien. in ballast,
to load for Wilmington, Del--Jos A Roberts &
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
Again We Start the Ball Rolling.

them TIA
forget a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
Need We Mention This?
OWELS TABLE LINENS And NAPKINS

III dec In goods For ele
W
o. an I n he
You White Spreads Also
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

DAY AND LIGHTED BEAcoNs IN APALACHICoIA BAY.
Office of the Lighthouse Board, Washington,
D &, March l, 1SsS-Notice is hereby given that
the following beacons have been established in
Apalachicola Bay;
Day Beacon No IA four sided pyrmid capped
with circular disk Of Stat work and supported
by four iron cased piles. Sides of pyramid of
open Stat work 20 feet high, painted red. Stands
in feet of water at the southern end and east
ern edge Of the dredged channel, on the range
line of lighted beacous Nos and 3 which guide
through the cut. Tearing Of range y by W12W.
Cape st George lighthouse bears SSW16W
Lighted Beacon No "A triangular pyramid
formed by drawing together the tops OF three
iron cased piles, surmounted by lantern box,
from which will be displayed fixed red light
Light about II feet above mean low water.
st nds in feet of water at northern end and
eastern edge of dredged channel. Cape st
George lighthouse bears SSW.
Lighthouse Beacon No 3-Identcal in CON
struction with No 2. 1t is painted white and
displays fixed white light II feet above mean
low water. Stands in feet water on east bank
of Apalachicola River directly opposite the
town. Cape st George lighthouse bears by
W14W.
BY order of the Lighthouse Board.
The Lighthouse Board has ordered a black
can shoal buoy, mark d Al, to be placed off
Nantucket, from which the Nantucket Light
bears WSW The shoal was recently discovered
by a tender. aud at low tide is covered by about
IS feet Of water.
RECEIPTS
Per Charleston and Savannah Railway. March
80 bales cotton. $50 sacks guano, 3 cars coal. 3
cars rail. AS bolts, 412 plates, ~ bbls lime 81
sacks peas, % sacks rice. 100 SACKS peanuts %
cases boot and shoes. q boxes and 23S caddies
tobacco. case cigars, 3 racks me sures, bdls
CASTINGS s, 4 pkgs paper. II bdls spokes, boxes
drugs, I case hats, s bbls paint, ID b crates and
baskets case show cards. and mdse.
Per Savannah. Florida and Western Railway,
March 3-33S bales cotton, ,262 bDls r0sin. 10
bbls spirits turpentine, 1850 boxes oranges. IS
bbls oranges. 81 crates vegetables, $40 bbls do
bbls potatoes, cases hats, - casks bottles,
pcs I beef, II bales hides, 30 Sacks rice, g
bbls syrup. 20 ears lumber 10 cars coal cases
shoes, cases clothing, ~ cases oysters, IS bbls
molasseS, 2 car scrap iron, cars wood car
sand, car cotton seed, IL cases cigars, 25 cases
empty tins, pkgs tobacco, 10 cases preserves,
and mdse.
Per Central Railroad. March 1893 bales cot
ton, q bales warn, 70 bales domestics, bales
hides 81 rolls leather, ~ 700 lbs bacon, 81 sacks
meal, 200 bales hay pkgs furniture. 100 bbls
-four. rs SACKS -four % head cattle, % head hogs,
20 cars IN iber. 2 sacks rice. nbl syrup, cars
slaves. 10 pkgs wood in shape, i37 tons pig iron,
10 Inf casks clay, 6 pkgs Irvine, pkgs vegetables,
pkg wax, pkg machinery, ~ pkgs mdse. Sc
bales paper stock, IL pkgs empties 1 car marble,
81 pkgs hardware ] car bar iron, IS cases eggs,
$50 bbls grits. 81 bbls rosin.
EXPORTS
Per steamship Juniata, for Philadelphia
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-THIS DAY.
DUN Kisses
Sun SETS. ........ ...................5 :43
HIGH WATER AT SAVANNAH. l2:41 A NJ. 1:00PM
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL

FINANCIAL
New YORK March 8. noon.-Stocks dull and
weak Money easy at 2@2I9 per cent. Ex-
change--long, "a 500. State bonds neglected.
Government bonds dull but steady.
Enc G5ie,vo North ,S 95 Ri TsrmfpS = W. Pt %
Lake Shore. =. 9OS5 Western Union. 77s4
Norf. & w. pref. 43
p. m.-Money easy at 2G21b per cent. Sub
Treasury balances-Coin, 1929, 499, 900; currency,
SIP. 900. Government bonds dull but steady;
four per cents 1854; four and half per cents
lOjA. State bonds neglected.
The stock market was fairly active to-day,
but was again weak, declining throughout most
OF the session, and the lowest prices of the week
were reached in many cases. There was a re-
newal Of confidence on the part of foreigners,
and London buying orders made strong open
ing, but traders were bearishy inclined on ad-
vices from Washington in regard to the tariff
bill, and when foreigners were through took
hold of the market and forced it down, with
comparative light offerings The Reading crowd
was the largest on the floor and there were
signs of inside buying, and the stock, after open
ing unchanged. advanced to 641s, but from that
point 1t was forced off Is per cent, though
small fraction was recovered at the close.
Louisville and Nashville, St. Paul, Richmond
and West Point and Northwestern absorbed the
greater portion Of interest outside of Reading,
ana all pursued much the same course, tiuctua-
tlons III none OF the active LIST extending over
range of more than Is per cent. Michigan Cen
tral however, after opening per cent lower
than its last sale, at 49, advanced per cent, and
reacted to its first price Oregon Improvement
opened at IS, retired to 4514. and advanced TO
and closed at A. First sales were made at adj
vances over last evenings figures extending to
u per cent, but the advantage was not re-
tained, decline beginning shortly after the
opening and continuing with but little Interrupt
tion throughout the morning The close was
quiet and generally weak at or near the best
prices of the day. Almost everything is lower,
but declines are for fractions only, the largest
being "a per cent. in Norfolk and Western
preferred Sales aggregated $1,000 shares The
market closed at the following quotations: