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HY NE NEAI..

NEWTON PARKS Marshall, Texas, Dc
tober 30. Married. Mr. Clinton Newton 10
Miss Bertha Parks, at the Methodist par
sonaCe at II o'clock today Rev j. ].
Smith officiating. Both parties were from
Gregg county.
RADFORD MERGENTHAL - Palestine.
Texas. October 29.--Mr. Jack I,adford of
Corsicana and Miss Annie Morgenthal Of
this city were married last night at the
home of tho brides parent. Nj and Mrs
John Mergonthal, Rev. c. N. Theon ofiici-
a,ing The couple LEFT at once for Hot
Springs to enjoy their honeymoon, thence
they go TO Corsicana to reside
snULTZ- GILMORE Oakville, Texas, oc-
tober 20 Married Wednesday, October 2S,
Il the residence uf the biile's parents, Mr.
John Shult2 to Miss Manic Gilmore, Rev.
]. NJ Caves, pastor Of the Baptist church.
officiating Tn, couple left for the cry of
Mexico After their return they will re-
side at Fall City.
MKfNNON- FRINK-Taylor Texas, Oc-
,oher S0.-Dr ]. X. McKnnon of White
oak. Ga, ard MISS Minlr Frink Of this
city were united In marriage at the resi-
lence OF the brides father, ex- Mayor j. q.
| Frink. at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and
| left on the 1890 south abound International
| and Great Northern train for their future
| home in Georgia
GRAY MGKEGOR-Taylor, Texas, DC
| .ober Con-. + f. Gray Of Fort Worth
| and Mrs. Lille McGregor Of this city were
united in marriage at the residence of the
brides unclc. MIR. G. Mondcl, cashier OF
| the TAYLOR National bank, al 30 p N,
Yesterday. and left an hour later on the
north. mound Katy train for their future
| home Ia Fort Worth.
WALSH sAUNDERS-Hutt october IS
Married. al the Cumberland piesbyteriaH
church this evening at i;3o o'clock MI
" j. Walsh of iior1d Rock al d MISS Mary
saunders Of this place. Miss Saunders has
hoen dcsrrvedly popular and many friends
| yero gathered al the church to Ei,ncts the
! ceremony. SIR. Walsh is young man oil
| hrst business men. They lett FOR Galveston
ami other points, and after week hb-
| Inc will be at homo in Round Rock,
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DUN'S VIEW.
Business Almost Abolished Cotton Holds
LIN Wpll.

Business Almost Naturalization Holds
Up Well
New York. October 30,-R. G. Dun q
Co. q weekly review OF trade tomorrow will
say;
A market without anything but politics
10 rule is not often seen. business Is al
most abolished until after the election by
the extraordinary pressure for money, by
the indisposltion 10y anybody to sell VINO
thinks great change for the better Is
near, by the feeling that II Is now OF no
uso to contract or buy when 50 little time
remains before decision. and by the gen
eral absorption Of business men In political
activity The feature Of the week has been
the pressure In the Now York money mar
ket i'm spite OF the heavy arrival Of gold
Quotations OF call loans at 100 per cent or
more have no real meaning except that
with practically four holidays To como In
succession there Is really no market. Wheat
has declined sharply but is rising again
closing about Iac lower FIR the week The
heavy realizing Of spot sales. extreme
monetary pressure in carrying supplies and
the belief ~ foreigners that they can get
what they want at lower prices by present
nbstontion have materially helped the pow
orful Chicago Influences which have la
borcd 10 1pproHs prices. But the evidence
Of great demand abroad grows clearer, and
Western receipts are heavy. 1852 b2T bush
els ,of the week ana IS, $50 GA for the past
four weeks. against 81 ,l59,9Gi last year
The enormous milling returns are OF espc-
cial value. showing that foreign orders are
preparing great quantity OF flour for eN-
port These returns not heretofore given
elsewhere viii be especially instructive
Whenever the market returns on the Tor
eign demand
Atlantic exports for four weeks flour in
cludod as wheat, have be.n h.O4f,3's buhh-
els against G25h .il2 laft year. liirho'
rrires AMI actual famine parts Of India
bqv, = speculative hearing. but are really
less important TO the American market
than the news Of tn" decreasing supplies
from Russia.
Cotton has hcld up remarkably well In
spite III the trade estimates that the yield
VIM - close 10 9000.00n bales. The trade
believes such estimates enron Aois and
also hopes thnt the present prices VIII not
&c founI too digh with such crop there
should be good brsinosa In this ANA olher
countries The hear are selling staple
gooIs somewhat freely and print cloths re
, shade higher but there Is neither much
ceiling or much EFFORT 10 buy goods oi
nther lei criptiops. The speculation IN Wool
co,tinuog ard has taken during the past
four weeks 2S32l 100 pounds. against ~ =
7sS.A50 last year aud 26.53S. 153 In lfb2, al
though lcss than half the capacity Of mills
he employed
II IA A gratifying feature, however u at
,bout twelve establishments nave started
Turing the week. confident that Dhsin1 SIS
win be larger. There rs ms yet only a
slight Improvement in tho demand for
lightweight woolcns,
Failures for tho week haya been go IN
the unite1 States aaainst 2's last year
,ra 40 m caruda against % last year.
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next Tuesday. Nevertheless the large In
tcrests In the street have taken CON
sorvativo attitude and are unwilling to
encourage any extended bull speculation on
the eve of the event which has 80 far
reaching consequences. The banking com
nunity Is imbued with the same Ideas,
though at the cloHo OF the week the fear of
decided disturbances brought about CON
certcd action by the banks, aud supplles OF
money from this source though only put
out at top rates, relieved the fonrs of the
market and caused prices 60 rally The
foreign markets have shown no nervousness
over the outlook here. London Ans been
RECALLED with contradictory reports Of the
political probabilities In this country. some
of them coming from sources friendly to
free silver. The whole London stock mar
ket IL waiting and American stocks are
depressed while foreign representatives
sold here to some extent, although on Fri
day there was decided better feeling there
and Improvement In quotations for our
stocks. The money markets abroad are
firm and the Bank Of England while 1t did
not advance It's rate has shown dlsp1si
tiou to keep the open market firm.
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NOTES AND PERSONALS,

General Manager Peck of the Texas Car
Service is back from Dallas.
General Agent Krausc OF the Katy was
among the visitors yesterday.
Yesterday was Ghost day" for the Bay
Shores employees at Galveston
Claim Agent Jenkins OF the Katy drop
ped in last night and left tubs morning for
Waco.
MIR. A. Chrsteson OF the Wells Fargo
Express company is back from West
ern trip.
"The MIX White Flag" company went
to Galveston over the Galveston, rrouston
and Henderson.
General Manager Hill of the Galveston.
Houston and Henderson was up from Gal
weston yesterday.
General Passenger Agent Keenan, of the
Santa Fe passed through yesterday TO Gal
weston from New York
Conductor w. L. johnson and Brake
men T. Il. Smith of the Katy are here
from Smithyille attending court.
Engineer Clark of the Central, who was
injured in the wreck near Courtney sew
erai days ago. is rapidly recovering
]. II. Brooks, general freight and pas
seneer agent of the San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass. was in Houston yesterday
Captain j. Farley, manager of the Dal-
las Freight bureau was visitor In Hous-
ION Yesterday and leaves this morning Tor
Galveston.
Travelling Passenger Agent Tuley OF the
Santa Fe and Barney Fcgan OF the Balu-
more and Ohio were callers at the Row
Yesterday and departed for Galveston last
night.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
nowney of The Houston East and West
Texas yesterday issued circular to con
iuc,ors and agents, containing instructions
relative to the home seekers excursions
selling dates, return dates, etc.
No g. the new passenger engine of the
BAY shore line, has been regularly as
signed to the passenger run between
Houston and Galveston and fills the
hin remarkably well. Their schedule IL
one hour and fifty minutes. with thirteen
stops.
The earnings OF the Mexican Nstlona!
rnilroad for the third week In October
we're sg4 705.3a, against $92,lS05i for the
same week last year. an Increase OF
$685. So, for the three weeks Of October.
s3l4.15l.G against $26S.S2S.76 for the cor
responding period of last year, an in
crease of $4532-Ss.
At Jacksonville. Fla United States
Judge James ". Locke has ordered a post
uoncmeut Of the sale Of the jacksonville.
Tampa and Key West railway until the
first Monday in March, 1897 The sale
was to have taken place November .. but
the complainant, the Pennsylvania COM
many. petitioned for the change ION ac-
count OF the dsordered condition OF The
money market.
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WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
Secretary hesters Statement of the
Cotton Movement.
MOVEMENT INTO SIGHT INCREASED.
American Stocks Continue Depressed
Tho Money Markcit Abroad Firm.
Tho Bank Cicarings.

\,,,, p.i... o., "a 90.
s"'' oV-'o@' '0' N''Non otop
movement september 10 OCTOBER 50, IN
elusive.
Secretary ucs,ers vcel,v Now or,,ors
ca,.. ......
N'''V" A-NVH'"so s'"'eine"'' 'ssueu oc'o'e
the close 81 business today. SHOWS that the
700 600 marx Inns oeen passed in The mar
k,,iry q, ,his .ror la, ,o,. ,,,. A., 80,
'' ''". '''S WV NV
o'eu' ""'' INC WcoA ohu'hs NoNomoer 49,
the year before the wc,, ending November
8. nul In 1904 th, wool. ,n,,,n.. Novc,,h,r
- ~, .'.,. -, -,
80 'A' 'V'''''"' INV sisn' 'V1 'nc "eeh
shows at increase compared with he sew
an days ending this date last year In round
acuros u, % noo a a.,,o,s, ,rd,r ,,e SAM,
'."se Ni'''s' '''N '"'"u
u"!s !eaf oo'o'o ias' Oh iSp'op'' anu "huvr
the sane tin'e In 1898 OF a70Do. For The
thirty DAYS of october he totals show
gain over last wear of IA, O0o a loss from
the year before last Of 10000, aud u gain
over 1898 NJ 2dI,000 For the sixty days
Of the searon that have elapsed the aggro-
gate is ahead of the same sixty days Of
last year So 400 ~ the same days year
before last a3s ,o0I, aud Of the same time
in 1898 by 9Sl,01o. The amount brought
into sight during ;he past week has leon
3S3.667. ngdinst 10000 last year. bl3,30O
the year before last and ilO,b16 same time
In 1928. and for the thirty days of october
+; has been 1.St2 sol, against ,6d5. ld9 last
year. 2,02e. col year before last and BIO,
o5i In 1893
These make the total movement for the
sixty days from September ! to date g.,
o3l,t32 against 2l9o.l6 last year. 2t9S.l9l
year before last and 2.050, 500 same time In
1897.
Tho movement since September 1 shows
receipts at all United States Dcr:s 2,Sl2. EOS.
against $50, 1sl last year, 2,0Oi. 466 year
before last ard l.596.a66 same time In
1898.
overland across the Mississippi rrd 20
tumac rivers to Northern mills and Canada
22d,S7S against l19.lei last year. $40. 5s6
year before last aud l06927 same time in
1873 Interior stock In excess OF quantity
on hand ScptemHor II eos against 3l7,-
oll last year. "a ..5i year before last and
ntI k1t in iSp3
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e parties are to be paid pro rata.
a TERRELL FAILURE

Terrell. Texas, October 50. Ellis Brin,
large dry goods merchant. filed a deed
of trust to NJ. w. Rally, trustee, this morn
ing In favor OF the following creditors. as
rendered. Allen, Word a CHARLTON. SEQ,
First National bank OF Terrell. ss306. Har
ris Brin, Terrell. S615o: p Briu. Terrell.
sl075; l.. Brin, $3.50; Brin \ Wartelsky,
5000 Mrs. j, r. Sewers 5000; lssio Briu,
1890; Mrs. Weiborg, $3.50, rabst Brewing
company. $3.50; Anhouser Busch Brewing
company. Slo50; Magnolia Brewing com
pany. $56S Texas Brewing company $bii;
Anheuser- Busch brewing company agent,
$780, Anheuser Busch lee company, S305 .
NJ. n l.. Focheimer Il Co.. sllG0, Sweet,
Dempster & Co. $3.50. The invoice is being
taken and an estimate is given at near or
quite $40 900.
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IN the matter of termination Of tie re-
ownership. The matter is expected 10 be
iuily dlsnoscd of ana The receIVersS;o ter
minated before Judge Greene ,oday, and it
Is expected that the property viii revert
pack to Its original owno-s Ia the riattcr
OF the reorganization o. H." property it is
expected that some chuag g viii result III
officers
Report has II that the present receiver.
Morgan Jones, will become the president
OF the road. Since the recent death OK
Auditor w. a. Ross that position has re-
NAMED vacant. 1t is expected that Il will
soon be filled by the promotion Of one of
the valuable employees now with the com
pany
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Colorcd Veaorer.

Austin. Texas October 81. 1896. Dear
Sir. Replying to your letter OF ne FIST,
hermit me to say that have always been
In favor Of. and am stlll IN favor Of, pro-
fcssiopal normal training for teachers ior
,be colored schools | have done, ana viii
eontinrc 10 90, everything TO encourage the
movement "a that direction. The resent
Characterization. OF which om a part. uu-
rondltionally committed 70 the ejucaiion OF
tho children OF the colored "acc, AMI the
better the teachers are qualified Tor Yofk
IN the schools for these children, the more
good will be accomplished by the educs-
tional system TO which 1t II committed.
yours truly J. ii. CarlIsle.
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ONLY TWO CARS OF THEM.

The eleven coach loads Of United States
soldiers to pass through Houston. as print
ct! in Tie Post yesterday proved to be only
two car loads. They were battery X of
the First Artillery. in command OF Cap
tain pillnnhack. and On route from Fort
Hamilton. n. Y, to Fort Sam Houston at
san Antonio Captain bilionback recently
served on the lower Rio Grande. and with
his lieutenants and families rode in pull
man sleeper on the rear of the train.
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THE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING,

New York. October 20 Bfadstreet's to-
morrow win say.
Business 10 staple llres IS confined to
Immediate wants. interest In the election
absorbing attention. Thc volume OF trade
"a smaller than a wc9k ago an viii con-
tinuo restricted until the resul' OF the cleo
lion is known. Advit,s from impoSaht
Distributing centers report that leading
commercial and industrial houses take n
bopef,l yiey OF the business outlook and
expect an early revival OF demand. based
on the anticipated success Of the gold
standard issue. An encouraging feature
is q further advance In the prices of leath-
er. wool. Besse,ncr pig iron. a,isat indian
corn. lard, raw and refined sugar and for
crude and refined petroleum. 9nly moder-
ate orders have been placed :or woolen
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BRYAN SNYDER PROMOTED.

II is reported on good authority that
Bryan Snyder, at present assistant gem
eral freight agent of the Sana Fe, has
been appoined general Eastern agent for
the Frisco. with headquarters in New
York. 1t is understood that he VIII be
succeeded by W II. Gleason the present
travelling freight apent OF the <oad at San
Antonio. A circular announcing this will
be issued In few days
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for small amounts, and then at con-
vonient time left town. Through the vigil
lance of the Fort Worth police officers,
Brown was apprehended in California. aud
Chief Maddox made tibet rip to san Fran
cisco after the prisoner, Miss fSlemug, a
bookkeepor in a Kansas City bank upon
which Browns drafts were drawn. testl-
fled that he had neither an account nor
crnhlt thora-
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''O NV ''I7'V'' Y" NY 'V'''' ~" IN MT
Boston. Mass, October a0.-'rhe Boston
Commercial imllctin viii say of the wool
IN rlSct tomorrow, The market continues
active. ullcs being swollen to an unusual
husInoss by heavy uranHactons IN Aus
trnliin aud carpet woods. Most OF the do
nestle sold his been Territorial ~ firm
figures. though a large sale OF 100000
pounds of spring Texas Is reported al lie.
ana several large transactions In ralfor-
MIA nro "a be added. There han ncen
nothing doing IN washed neecca, as they
nre Tor the most part belug held for a
rise The saies OF the week are 3.p0l 091
POUNDS domestic aud 2iio.0oo pounds for
cgn, against 3,7ll.o0n pounds 1omcatlc and
53h, 600 pounds foreign hast week, and l,7hl,-
900 pounds domestic and pS5,nDO pounds
tprciEn for the same week last year. The
Gales 10 date show a decrease OF iq.i2s3Rl
the slles of Tie same time In 1880 eAle
receipts 10 date show a decrease of lil&s
bales domestic and ~. Cos foreign.
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OIL STOVE rvr1ns1nN

after .N "a Se Wis, October 3O.-Shortly
reslse1oo, o'clock today an oil stove at the
field ave OF William Altrcbach. Sl4 Green
bprn,n e te, exploded and scattered the
in the t'Gia over the little family group
arms w "neaen' aud his wife and babe in
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FAILURE AT TEMPLE.

Temple, Texas, October So.-s. Gluck.
doing general furniture business here.
fled a trust deed last night assigning his
stock of goods for the benefit of creditors.
naming +. Schwartz as trustee The pre-
ferred creditors are as follows;
A. NJ. Monteth, attorneys Zee 5000; First
National Bank of Temple. $3.50, Temple Ma
tioaal Bank. $1,000 Wiley Saulsberry, sl75:
j. y. Aveut. sioS; T. l.. Hollingsworth, S6I.
Total. $2700.
These parties are to be paid pro rata.
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CnRDMnnD RATE.

Austin, Texas, October S0.--A. II. John
son of Burnet appeared before the rail
road commission today and presented argyll
ment III favor OF applying current rates for
the transportation of Cordwopd in car loads
to shipments of cedar logs and poles n car
loads The matter was taken under advise
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GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT DEAD.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent
Robbins of the Houston and Texas Central
is in receipt of an announcement from the
Clyde Steamship companys office OF the
death Of their general passenger agent.
Albert j. Cole. in the city OF Brooklyn.
october &c, The notice was printed Oh an
ordinary blank for funeral notices, bear
Ing the signatures of ten traffic managers
and generol agonts of the company.
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nANK CIMAEINGA.

New York. October 3o.-The following
table. compiled by BraGstreets. aho -
the total clcaranceJ at the principal cites
and the percentage OF Increase or a.
crease. as compared With the correspond
ing week last year.
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BUSINESS FAILURES.
AT CLEBURNE.

Cleburne. Texas, october 29.-Paradise
6 Co. doing a small dry goods business.
last night made an assignment to secure
preferred creditors to II. Stitchelor, irus-
tee.
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nRAnsrRrET,s REPORT.

New York. October 80 ,-E3radstreet's to-
morrow will say; The condition OF the
market has been dominating factor IN
stock speculation this week. 1t can pot
be said that Wall street entertained doubts
as 10 the defeat Of the free silver cause
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FOR A CoLoRED NORMAL.

Professor Carlisle's Reply to Inquiries As
To His Views and Purposes
The following correspondence explains IT.
self Professor Carlslc's correspondent is
n well known colorod teacher. who modest
10 r,ouests that his name be withheld as
he aoes not want to get into the political
discussion. am, Mt.
Austin. Texas, October 30. Editor iost'
win YOU please publish the subjoined cor
respondence7 Respectfully,
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Hon. j. NJ. Carlisle, Superintendent of Pub
lie instructions Austin.
.-,t,, ,re-as October III 1896 Sir: As

Austin, Texas, OCtobef ~ 1870 PHI ~
t.nrnrr ~ tine rGiolcd race want H.
know II you are In favor Of professional
normal for colored teachers. We have
been trying for some years to establish one.
I'm, have failed and ! have heard it charged
maj the reason we have failed Is that YOU
had no real intorcst In the eolored teache,s
"r coiored schools. An immediate reply
vim he appreciated though ! am warned
not TO EXPECT any reply from Eou wha'-
ever. Respectfully
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u. ]. Booth and wife. Miss Fannie Sans
Herman, Galveston; Henry a. swan. BAL
,ss, X L. Smith, sam Antonio; Charles
nnsrn,ner 7. J. Grady. Donison; sim
n ehp,anc Eva Del5lanc, Liberty; Mrs. W.
|IIanr: Orange; T.. y. Phillips. 81. Paul; ii.
4 Z. hidder Trinity; l.. s, Woods, New or
|GssinnsH \ y. Hiusby, Bay CITY; VIM. T..
CCssanes New York; j. \. jenkins. Waco;
Dol" o. licrcht, New York; w q.
n, up' San Antonio: /. g. Stevens. Ats
mo q. T. r. Davis. John NJ Moore. Rich
,osoa.' !; Is Broolls, Il. q. Drier, san .tn-
| iasco H. W; CHM, A. y. Narlen, We
Foyt " !, ) Rogers, Columbia G T.. Linn.
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NEW HUTCIIlNs HOUSE.

o. r. Alvarez,
Proprietor.
Remodeled and
newly furnished.
Rates. 500 10
sam per daV.
Unequaled IN all
its appointments in
the State of Texas.
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goods for spring delivery but manufacture
crs are disposed to buy some raw material.
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DID NEXT TO NOTHING
Speculation During the Moralng Was as
Tame and UnlntsrestIng as Ever.
BROKERS LAaEA1ED ABSENCE OF ORDERS
Local Concerns Had to Depend En-
atrely Upon Certain of tho Traders
Who Did ScslpinR Business-In
the Late Dealings Sugar Displayed
Some Activity.

New York, Dec. 15.-Speculation at the
Stock Exchange during the morning was
as tame and uninterestng as ever, and
the brokers generally were lamenting
&Ae absence OF orders. The foreign
houses did next to nothing and local
concerns had to depend entirely upon
certain Of the traders who did a scalp
mig business. At the start Sugar ran
or quickly from 1928. to HIS and this
he'd to recessions in the general list of
Is to " per cent, but the losses were
soon recovered. The rally, small as 1t
was, seemed to bring business to a
atandstill, showing clearly that the SEN
timent In the room was in the main
Aearish.
The inordinate dullness finally induced
a few of the leading professionals to
test the market. They raideI Sugar
then Manhattan and meeting with sue
eeSS in these two stocks, soon extended
their field of opera ions. In the last
dealings Sugar displayed something like
Its old time activity, and the stock
Groke from 1l2%t to -l10is eX-dividend.
1t rallied to 1lUS4. but at this figure there
was fresh supply of stock, under which
1t yielded to and closed at 110k, net
loss for the day of 21a per cent 1t was
currently reported that the insiders are
helping along the decline. which is in
Part attributable to the belief that
measures will shortly be introduced in
Congress to take off the Il differentlal
Manhattan dropped 27s to 92k, the de-
cline being accelerated by the execution
of stop orders. The other Gould stocks
were also weak, Western Union selling
down from S6ss to S5h, and Missouri
Pacific from 20N to 1919. Among the
specialties American Spirits Preferred
suffered q sharp break, selling down
from 271s to 90 with a final rally to 241s
Consolidated Gas rose from ISL to 153
and later fell to $50. Metropolitan
Tranction rose "a to 1G9M and later de-
olined to 1T1k. Tennessee Coal and
Iron dropped 1as to 251s and closed at
that figure.
Speculation closed weak in tone Net
changes show losses OF A@2 per cent
for the day, Sugar leading. Total sales
were 19S,937 shares, including $4,000
Sugar. 21,000 Manhattan, 1850 Reading
and 16.600 st. Paul.
The bond market was weak The sales
amounted to 81 PAT 900.