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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-08
DUTCH DIAMONDS.

Tho influence Upon tho Industry OF n Re-
duction I'm Prices.
Last year was q very serious one for
the Dutch diamond industry, says the
London Times, which was nearly par
alyzed by the action of the Do Beers
Company, of Kimberley, in reducing the
production Of the raw diamond from
four million to two million carats Der
annum in order to keep up prices. The
price of raw diamonds rose more than
one hundred per cent. at the mines, and
1T proved impossible to obtain proper
tomato advance for the cut article.
This state of things, says the British
Consul at Amsterdam in his last report.
coming on top of too great an imitation
III the cutting industry in Amsterdam.
created the greatest distress among the
diamond workers, who, as a class, have
the reputation of being very thriftless.
For several months at the close of the
year orders for cut diamonds were alto
gether wanting, and not only were a
great number of families reduced to abb
solute restitution, but most Of the new
cutting mills, which have been erected
OF late, were closed and will probably
have to be devoted to other purposes.
Since the close of the year the position
OF the diamond works rather improved.
The price of cut diamonds has risen so
Tar as to give some margin for the cost
OF cutting, ETC., but the demand Is by
no means sufficient to keep the mills
and diamond workers of the city en-
ployed. A good deal of cutting is now
done there for London account direct.
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MAYORS COURT.

The following cases were disposed of
by Mayor Evans in his court yesterday
morning:
John Rosser, colored. trespassing on
the Norfolk and Western; fined So.
John Lewis, drunk on Railroad ave-
nue.; fined SIS.
w. G. Bennett, using loud and pro-
fame language and resisting the officers;
fined SIS.
Robert Gamer, loud and profane Ian
guage on the street; fined SIS and Jailed
in default of payment.
General Jackson Bennington, not of
Port Republic fame-fined SIT so for dis
orderly conduct, putting breastworks
across the board walk, and carrying
concealed weapons.
Will Edwards, Lulu Saunders and
Sallie Finnie, all colored, arrested by
Officers Manual and Martin for violating
city ordinance; fined SIS each.
D. IL. Owens, contempt of court in
not standing back when ordered, and
becoming unruly; fined SO.
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PRODUCE AND MERCHANDISE.


CHICAGO, March Especial Cash
quotations firm; winter patents, 4.5O@
500; spring patents, 4.6o@4.oO; No. ?
spring wheat. 9sI@esA; No. red,
99A@ 1.0o4; No. Q corn, SIX. No. 2
oats, 4s79. Mess pork, S9.7O@9.75. Lard,
$50. Short ribs, S4.6o@465. Dry
clear, s4.e5@5.oo. Whisky, sl.14.
New YORK, March 7.-[Special]-
Southern flour firm, quiet; common to
fair extra, S3.50@4.O0; good to choice
do, 81. 1o@4.50. Wheat market b@%
higher, quiet; No. red, Slick, Gle
vator; S1.14H atloat. Options advanced
10 = on better cables and increased
foreign buying reacted A@}6, closed
strong, 14@S advance on near months
no. red, March, Si.1s%; May, 1.O0%;
July, Sl.O4S; Aug, S1.l14. Corn firm,
less active; No. .. Gsl m6ss5, elevator:
options less active, but closed firm;
1s@A lower; March, 6SS; May, 65 80 (;
July, Ga.
Oats firm, quiet; options dull, irregu-
lar, weak; March and April, 56l6; May,
55!s; spot No. red, 56l9@5S]1. Hops
dull, about steady; common to choice,
$1,000. Coffee, options steady, fairly
active; March, 1S.00@1S.OS; April, II. SIS
@17.o5; May, 17.65@17.9O; spot Rio
firm, quiet; fair cargoes. 1881. Sugar,
raw dull, steady; refined quiet; some
grades 1s@4 lower; off A, 13-16@6;
mould a, 6X; standard A, ZIG; CON
PETITIONERS a, Ga; granulated, 6A;
cubes, 69s. Molasses, New Orleans
steady, quiet. Rice inactive, steady.
quiet; refined, 7.1O@7.5O.
Cotton-seed oil strong, wanted; crude,
of grade, 23@26. Resin firm, quiet;
strained common to good, 1850 100.
Turpentine dull, firm, 41N@42. Wool
moderately active, firm. Pork fair de-
mand, firm. Beef quiet, steady. Beef
Tierced beef dull, unchanged. Cut meats
quiet, steady; middles quiet, firm. Lard
steady, quiet; Western steam, 6.O1E;
city, SOS; March, GOT; April, Gle; MAY,
GIG. Freights dull, heavy. Cotton q;
grain Cd '''
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ENpepsY.

This is what you ought to have, in
I;s' you must have it, to fully enjoy
daily, and mourning because they find
1t not. Thousands upon thousands OF
dollars are spent annually by our peo-
pie in the hope that they may attain
this boon. And yet it may be had by
all. we guarantee that Electric Bitters,
II used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and GUST the demon Dyspepsia
and install instead Eupepsy. We recon-
mend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and
all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kid
neys. Sold at SOC. and S!.O0 per bottle
by oudwell, Christian Sc Barbee, drug,
5lsts. tu-thu-sat
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ABE. THE BUNrER.
Remarkable Old Black Man Who rs
Over Century Old.

A Remarkable Old Black Man Who Is
Over Century Old.
Probably the oldest man in Western
massachusetts,, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, Is Abe Parsons, q negro uv.
ing in this place. lie is one hundred
and one years old, and has had ro-
mantle and adventurous career. He
was born slave in South Carolina, and
ran away from his master in Andrew
Jackson's time and made his way to the
Northern States through swamps and
forests, his only guide being she north
star. He reached New York State,
where he again became a slave to a,
New York man. Abe has such pecul-
iarly-shaped head that doctors and med.
ical colleges are constantly asking for
his body when he shall die. On the top
OF his skull Is bunch about tho size of
an egg, which seems to be solid bone.
He is known as ABE, the Bunter.n
Several years ago, when n block Of
buildings In this town was all aflame.
Abe, with bunt of his head, burst In
the heavy door. He also has great
reputation for killing horses and cows.
One bunt with his head is MS effective
rs blow from an axe. He has killed
probably twenty old horses in this
manner. He worked during NIL last
season It planting, haying and harvest
Ing. and can do days work that many
younger man would not find casier.
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Health is Wealth
RRAlM

DIR. e. G. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT, { guaranteed specific for
Hysteria, Dizziness, Convultions, Fits,
Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous
Prostitution caused by the use of alchol
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preston, Softening OF the Brain result
ing in insanity and leading to misery,
decay and death, Premature Old Ago,
Barrenness, Loss of Power in either
sex, Involuntary Losses and 9permat-
orrea caused by over-exertioA- of the
brain, self-abuse or over-indulgence.
Each box contains one months treat
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sent by mail prepaid on receipt Of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
to cure any case. With each order re-
ceived by us for six boxes. accompanied
with $500, we will send the purchaser
our written guarantee to refunnd the
money If the treatment does not effect
cure Guarantees issued only by Roam
oke Drug Co., sole agents, "a Campbell
street, Roanoke, Va. jan25-eo1y
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Remarkable Rescue.

Mrs. Michael Curtin, Plainfield, Ill.,,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; She
was treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told her
she was hopeless victim of consump-
ton and that no medicine could cure
her. Her druggist suggested DIR. Kings
Now Discovery for Consumption; she
bought bottle and to her delight found
herself benefited from first dose. She
continued its use and after taking ten
bS =, found herself sound and we'll,
es her own housework and is as
she ever was. Free trial bottles
Great Discovery at Budwell,
Z sian & Barbee's drug store; large
botIios SOC. and S1.O0. tn, tn sat
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HEBREWS IN AMERICA.
Reouits Announced Of q Special INQUIRY
by the Census Bureau.


by the Census Bureau.
The division of vital statistics of the
Census Office has prepared bulletin.
says the Washington Star, containing
summary of the results of q special
inquiry concerning tho Jews in this
country.
A special schedule was prepared call
ing for details of age, sex, coniural
condition, place of birth, occupation,
ETC., OF each person in the family re-
ported who was living on the 91st of
December, 1889, and of certain details
concerning births, marriages and
deaths occurring in the family for the
five years ended on that date.
These schedules were distributed to
heads OF Jewish families in all parts of
the United States, the necessary names
and addresses being obtained from
rabbis of congregations and officers of
different societies.
NO effort was made to obtain COM
plete returns from all the Jews in the
country, nor to develop any facts con-
corning religious or commercial oues-
lions, but merely to obtain data from q
sufficient number Of families who have
been in the United States five or moro
years to afford some reliable deductions
concerning the effect of residence
under the conditions of life in this coun-
try as contrasted with those elsewhere.
The inquiry resulted in the return of
1898 completed family schedules, en-
braclng 0O,0S0 living persons on the 31st
day OF December, 1889, and in these
families there had been ALAS marriages,
6,OSS births, and 2,062 deaths during the
five years ending that date.
The social condition of tho families ia
indicated to some extent by the number
of servants kept by them, and, rs about
two-thlrds arc reported as keeping ono
or more servants, the families reported
may be said to be in easy circum-
stances.
The average number of persons to
each family on December 81, 1889, was
OH, and the average annual number
for the five years covered by these stat
lstics was SAT. The average annual
number of marriages per 1000 of total
population was much lower than the
general rate, being but IA, as against
10 to % per 1000 in the Eastern States;
and the average age at marriage is
greater than among the general popu-
latlon. The low marriage rate and the
increased average age at marriage are
the principal reasons for the low birth
rate.
The deaths reported for the five years
give IN average annual death rate of
I'll per 1000 of population, being about
half of the average rate for the general
population.
The expectation Of life ut the age of
10years, based upon the death rate for
the year 1889, is Gill and 5000 years
for males and females, respectively, rs
against 1890 and 4S.05 as calculated by
life insurance companies for the general
population of this country.
Contrasting the birth and death rates
for those of nativc-born and foreign-
born parents indicates that the birth
rate is decreasing and tho death rate
increasing with moro prolonged resi-
dence in this country, but tho general
results indicate that the Jews here re-
tain many of the peculiarities which
have been noted among them in Eu-
rope.
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LEMON KLlrxrx.

~--S-----f ~@Aoe&4Atb xhcAl&UI8s go.
Lemon Elixir.
For feyers, chills and malaria, taka
Lemon Elixir.
For sleeplessness, nervousness and
Paipitation of the heart, take Lemon
Elixir.
For Indigestion and foul stomach,
take Lemon Elixir.
For all sick and nervous headaches,
take Lemon Elixir.
Ladies, for natural and thorough orr
game regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elixir will not
IAN you In any OF the above-named dis
eases, all of which arise from a tornfd
or diseased liver, stomach, kidneys or
bowels.
Prepared only by DR.. H. MozsLY,
Atlanta, Ga.
SOC and 81 per bottle, at druggists.
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Eupepsy.

This is what you ought to have; in
fact you must have it to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for it
daily and mourning because they find
it not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars arc spent annually by our peoule
in tho hope that they may attain this
boon. And yet is may be had by all.
We guarantee that Electric Bitters, il
used according to directions and the
use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and GUST the demon dyspepsia
and install instead eupepsy. We recon-
mend Electric Bitters for dyspepsia and
all diseases Of liver, stomach and kid
neys. Sold at soc. and 81 per bottle.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-08
Weekly Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, March 7.-[Speciall The
weekly bank statement shows the fol-
lowing changes: Reserve, decrease,
s2,749,3oO; loans, increase, So41, 900;
specie. decrease, S2,733,2O0; legal ten
ders, decrease, S5O4, 400: deposits, de-
crease, S952, 500; circulation, increase,
S2S,000. Banks now hold $40, $50, 977 in
excess OF requirements of rs per cent.
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READY FOR THE CONFERENCE.
Where the Members Will be
During the Session.

Tho Conference to Meet Wednesday Morn
ing, Bishop Hendricks In tho Chair.
Tho Opening Sermon by Row. MT.
Stump Tuesday Night-Conferenoc to
be Here Tuesday Evening-Large At
tendance of Visitors Expected.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-08

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office Saturday, March z, 1891.
GENTLEMEN's LIST.
Atkinson, Il. N. Kayton, Harry c..
Anderson, Harry. Kleen, Wm.
Berry, q. w. Lambeth, Il. n.
Boleman, l.. E. Lagin, Il.
Glover, Jack. Lashloy, Charley.
Donne, Pietro. Mapes, Oscar w.
Davis, James r. Minnit, c. II.
Dehart, David &. McGrane, r. j.
Diggs, Lucien e. Mathews, John.
Edleblute, John. Nance, Nc. Walter.
Esrldge Dr. q. w. Nance, j. T.
Eddy, William. Plyman, Howard.
Fraker. Charles W.Philips, S. r.
Flack, L. w. Preas, James f.
TUCSON, E. Il. Pendleton, III. King.
Greer, William. Quate, Frank,
Goode, Lorensey. Roder, James.
Nipple, John. Rife, Done.
Happle, George. Sanders, j. B. (2)
Halrston, d. f.. Thompson, r. ii.
Jefferson, Darce. Tinnell, j. G..
Jones, Byrd N. ThoXtOn, Geo.
King, John w. Wilson, Il. 5. (2)
kicScr, William. Winford, G. w.
LADIES' LIST.
Baines, Dora. Jackson, Perlinia.
Booth, Matte. Runell, Lula.
Batche, Bette. Shepherd, Stella.
Diggs, l.. Spencer, Isabella.
Jasper, Polly. Sandridge, Lura.
Persons calling for letter will please
say they are advertised.
a. D. ASBURRG, =. NJ.
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LEMON HOT DROPs

Cures all Coughs, Colds, Hoarsenees,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhags
and all throat and lung diseases. Eie-
CANT, reliable.
rs cents at druggists. Prepared onIy
by DR.. II. Mozely, Atlanta, Ga.
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RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
n i = = A0rfo|kaHesternRR

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JANUARY II, 1881,
Westbound, Leave Roanoke Daily.
7.5O a. IN. Arrives Radford $50 u m; Bristol.
1.l5 p. m.: connects with L. TV s.
G.. X. II. for all points South
lO.lO a. M, Arrives Bristol 40 D. m. Stops nj
all stations. Connects ut RadfOrd at
12.l p. IN. with New River train.
b.40 p. M, Arrives Bristol 1I20 D. M Connects
with E. L. " Il G. Il. r. for ali points
South.
North and Eastbound, Leave Roanoke Daily.
6.sOa. m. for Lynchburg, Petersburg Rich
mond and Norfolk. Connects with
v.M. Il. Il. for Washington.
6.2o q. m. for HagerstOwn, Harrisburg Phila-
delpha and New York. Has through
Pullman seepers.
3 40 pm. Daily. Arrives Lynchburg $50 y. M.
3.45 p Iii. for Basic. Shenandoah and interme-
diate stations.
1l.45 p. III. for Lynchburg, Petersburg. Rich
mond and Norfolk. Connects with
V. NJ. II. K. for Washington.
ll.55 p. m. for Hagerstown, Harrisburg, Phils-
delpha and New York. Has through
Pullman Shoppers.
For all additional information apply at ticket
office or to w. b. DEVILT
General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, We
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.

New YORK, March Observation-Disclosures
hange quiet and steady at 4s6@4ss.
Commercial bills, 4s4}S@4s7N. Money
easy, at 3@3K, closing offered at 3.
Snb-treasury balances-gold, S152, 297,-
600; currency. Ss,6sS, 900. Government
bonds dull and steadY-4s, 121%; AXIS,
1o2. State bonds dull and steady.
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g. HUsTINGs COURT.

The following business was disposed
of in the Hastings Court yesterday:
In the case of Michael vs.. the Roanoke
Machine Works, suit for damages, the
jury failed to agree. j. ID. Smith, one
OF the jurors withdrew, and the case was
continued.
j. Ii. Kennerly vs.. w. D. Myers, as
sumpsit; Judgment for plaintiff.
The estate of Mrs. Mary Budwell was
committed to the city sergeant for ad-
ministration.
On motion OF Ella Russ, the estate Of
Frank Russ was also committed to the
city sergeant.
In the case of w. j. Scrugg vs the
Roanoke Street Railway, suit for dam
ages, the evidence was heard and the
case given to the jury.
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$500 Reward 7

WE VIII pay the above reward for any case OF Livu
Complaint Dyspepsia, Sick Headache INDIGESTION C,s,
stipatiop or Costivcness euro vita Wcst1,
vegetable Liver Pills when tho directions are strctf
fail to givo satsfaction Sugar Coated. Largo bornr
containing 10 Pills, rs cents. Beware of countcrfeina
anu limitations Tho genuine manufactured only I'm
THE JOHN c. WEST COMPANY. CHICAGO. U..
Sold by Roanoke Drug Co., "a Camp
bell street. ian25-eo1v
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The sweet-toned Shaw pianos, with a
full line OF other frst-class pianos and
Estey organs are sold at factory prices
and on very easy terms by Tho Hobbie
Music Co., 10S Salem avenue, C. II. Jen-
nings, manager warehouse also at
Lynchburg, Va, and Knoxville, Tenn.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-08

There is nothing like DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil to quickly euro cold o,
hoarseness. Written by Mrs. M. j
Fellows, Burr Oak, st. Joseph county
Michigan.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining in the Post.
Office Saturday, March 2, 1891.
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TINE WORST DANGER about fsss,n nss s
sure our readers that no medicine equals,
Enn.Timo Cough and ConsUmDfio1s
~"Fe' Try 1T; % and 50e Trial bottles free OF.
Fox &c Christians.
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TIE NATURAL TUNNEL ROUTE

= A. & o. r. r.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
Grain, Flour and Feed.

Sales on call at the Grain Exchange, ]
car Y. e. corn, CSC, spot; 2 cars sample shell
corn, 5Sc, spot; cars W. oats, 5011c; l car
hay and straw, s11 and 81 IS. Receipts as
bulletined 81 cars. By Pittsburg and Lake
Erie Railway,1 car of wheat, 8 of flour, OF
rye. By Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago,
l car of oats, of flour. By Baltimore and
Ohio 8 cars of hay, of oats. By Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and st. Louis, cars of oats. By
Pittsburg and Western, car of corn. Our
quotations on wheat and oats are reduced in
accordance with actual sales. All along
cereal lines the situation continues in favor
of the buyer as 1t has been for weeks past.
Retail dealers only buy as their necessities
require.
wHEAT-No. 2 red, 81 oaGf 10; No. g. 81 0461 o5.
CoRN-No. yellow shell corn. 59G60c; No. 2
yellow shell, 5S959c; high mixed, 695Sc; mixed
ear 67G16Sc; mixed ear corn, 66d67c.
OATS-No. i. 51@51kc; No. white. 5G5011c;
extra, No. g. 4g149l%c; mixed oats. 4SG49c.
RYE-No. Pennsylvania and Michigan, 9Se9N;
No. 1 Western 9S@99c.
FLoUR-Jobbine grlces.Fancy spring and win
winter. Is 25d5 80: Straight xxx bakers, IS 2s@
5 20. Rye flour, s. 1906 co. Buckwheat flour, *
@2.kc p 70.
ton; No. white middlings. So OG92S 90; brown
mddlings, s19 OO919 SO; winter wheat bran. 81 80
@1s 90.
HAY-Baled timothy, choice. s12 o0012 50: No. 1,
S1l 5U6l1 75; No. do, 50 Ooa9 %; loose from
wagon, s12 GOALS %, according to quality; No. .
STRAw-oats, $ O09s IS; wheat and rye, IS 0O@
SE5.
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A DAY OF STAGNATION.
ALMOST NO LIFE AMONG EITHER
STOCKS OR BONDS.

Two Feeble Bear Raids, But Both Short
Chicago Goes Up-No Other Features
Bonds More Dull Than Usual.
NEW YORK, June 3.-The stock market to-
day was dull throughout, with the usual in
significant fluctuations in the general list
and immaterial changes at the close. The
new increase in the capital stocks of the
Louisville and Nashville and the jersey Gen.
tral assisted in creating the heavy tone which
marked the trading during most of the day,
and both stocks sold at lower prices, while
displaying none of the recuperative power
which the general list had under the cessa-
tion of the early pressure to sell.
Reports of compromise between the Chi
cago city authorities and the offices of the
Chicago Gas Company led to a sharp upward
movement in that stock, but the rest of the.
list did not respond, and dullness and stag
nation were the only features of the market
after the expiration of the first hour. The
early trading was marked by the usual Wig
orous rounding of the few leading shares,
and at the lowest figures they were down
from II to III per cent. Dullness followed,
and prices slowly crept up in the absence of
pressure to sell, and the early losses were
nearly recovered, except in Louisville and
Nashville while was heavy all the way out.
The final trading was enlivened by a small
de@onstTation against , Hal1es Put like .,6 the
in the meantime, failed to respond to the
advance in Chicago Gas, and it finally closed
dull and steady, generally at small fractions
below the opening prices, as rule. The
final changes include gain of l1s in Chicago
Gas and n loss OF ~ in Louisville and Nash
Vile, the others being small fractional loses.
Railroad bonds were even less animated
than usual of late, the sales of all issues
reaching only s479OOO. and while the general
list showed only the most insignificant
changes few important losses were scored.
st. Paul, L. & n. and NJ. lost 2 at LA.
The following table shows the prices of active
stocks on the New York Stcck Exchange yesterday.
Corrected daily for THE DISPATCH by WHITNEY, &
STEPHENSON, oldest Pittsburg members of the
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the list. Although the price was put up
there were no sellers. Electric was weaker
The demand for it appears to have been en-
tirely withdrawn The stock is being sur
rendered with reasonable pfOmptness;;
There'are now about 80 900 shares deposited
with the Mercantile Trust Company OF New
York. Cable was clipped another fraction;
While the street railways were neglected
and practically unchanged, there was con-
siderable room talk in regard to their pros
poets, and the opinion seemed to be that
their earnings will depend largely upon
speed where the roads come in direct COM
petition.
Very little is known of the situation OF tne
copper market abroad. The indications are
that Paris spectators have improved tne
occasion of short stocks to bid up the pr1ce.
The French syndicate did that on large
scale and paid the penalty. The present up
ward movement is presumably an ordinary
one, and less pretentious than the last preVl-
Gus undertaking. The statistical situation
favors the movement.
There was opportunity for trading in sew
eral of the specialties, as bids and ofers
were quite close together, but the lethargic
feeling elsewhere was so strongly rehecoeu
here that neither sellers nor buyers were
willing to venture much upon such an un-
certain market. The flrmness of prices un-
der such circumstances shows that stocks
are in hands strong enough to hold them un-
til the foreign clouds roll by. Sales were:
First call-No sales.
Second call-150 Philadelphia Gas at 49,.
Third call-25 Philadelphia Gas at 131
Bids and asking prices at each call are
given below: