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The times., 1897-11-16
DULLNESS IN THE MARKET
Deferred Decision in Maximum
Freight Case Aided Sellers.
Statement of Baltimore and Ohio
Showing Deficit in Traffic
Receipts.

New York, Nov. 10 Excessive dullEess
part of the day. The favorable conditions
governing The general situation, which re.
suited in more confident feeling at the
close Of last week, had suffered no change,
but there was a continued indispositIon on
the part Of prominent Wall street interests
to operate aggressively on the buuish side
If the market
The newsfron Washington that the hand
inP down of o decision by the United states
supreme Court in the Nebraska maximum
freight rate case woulu be further post
Loned rcsultedin sone selling, though Wall
street generally had not anticipated that
the decision would be handed down today
Ia the absence of support the market as
sumed heavy tone, with. quota tions gener-
ally registering fra actiOnal declines.
The weahness of Sugar Refining was the
feature of the morning dealings and helped
III causing heaviness in the rest OF the
list. Sugar received sharp decline on a
bear attack based upon renewed talk re
! garding the preparations for competition
| by rival interests. In the early afternoon
| news from Washington that the Treasury
| Department had imposed a cOuntervailins
| duty upop Danish sugars influenced Iar-
tial recovery In the price Of the certificates.
| London houSes We're moderate sellers Of
the sros, on balance.
The hiItimoreand Ohio statement showed
(, deficit FOL the year of 81, 177,120. The
! offici;i statement making the deficit pub-
| liz says:
The total expenses of the line were
| $50 0I3. 3.G93. an increase OF S2,42S .6T3-
! This increase is explained by the statement
OF the large sums required in maintenance
| OF wa y and ma intenance of equipment. Had
it not been for the Increase in expenses OF
maintenance OF way and maintenance OF
| equipment the earnings would have been
more than sufficient 10 have paid the
interest on the bonded Indebtedness OF
| the road
In pleasing contrast 10 the b. 4 o. report
was the statement OF tie earnings for tie
| first week Of November made today by the
Northern Pa"Ific road. II announced an
increase eomparcd with the corresponding
week last year, of SI93,686. Like Other
| earnings OF important systems reported
recently. the comparison is made with a
| period 1f poor returns last year. In the
| nal dealings the list showed a bett er tone.
| influenced by tie rally in Sugar Refining.
The close was duh hut fairly steady.
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"The sign of The cross"

4 hearing Of The Sign OF the Cross
brings home an astonishing fact. We are
supposed TO be Christian people, i'm a
Christian land, Vel our drama is for tile
most part, almost exclusively, as pagan
as the patTicians OF ancient Rome. Thu
idea expressed or negatively embodied in
everything Oh our stage is present in.
dulgenc,s, FOR the morrow is mystery, ar
there Is no morrow. Wine is god. woman
is 10 life only as mans instrument or
carnal joys; SeEsuuus song and riotous
danes are virtues, for they make MS for.
get care cyen as in the da vs. when Pacchus.
the harot Venus. and Terpischure were
invoked Love IS supreme, the love OF
passloE, the amor not "charitas" Of
the Latns.
Wilson Aanett's play is a violent break.
ing away fiom the convent ionaI Graa.a.
which is not only unreliGious, but irrelig
ious. II excited no interest or its first
presentation here several years ago bnt
the audience at the National last night
Sat IL reverent establishment at its lofty.
even sublime, religious sentiment. MFR
Barrett has IN this piece conceived the
brilliant idea of giving Christian Senti-
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Three highly popular conediennes, one
of vaueeville's daintest sketches a de
liEEtful t-ayesty team, aud a long line IF
specialists are among the tempting bits
SD cad out before the patrons o the Bt bu
this Week. The attractions served 10 bring
out crowded aoHses at both performances
yesterday, and the mana cement wa S again
complimehted upon the excellence OF it,
;ull amt at sJch verylow cost OF a e!,nission
Among The features were Mr. and Mrs
Willian' Rohyns ia their comedy, The
Counsel for efcnSe. winch was presented
II, their usual artistic manner. Another
stellar colI bIndti0n We're the world-re
nowned Pauline Markham aud Kathryn
Dana in the cIeytr acc, Just offthe Road
which served to show their versatility in
az ENJOYABLE manner This marks the local
debut on the vaudeville stage OF these
talented performers.
VIII ana Edith Browning, in "A Bunch or
Nons'uSe; James Richmond tilenroy more
than ever funny; George Fredc and Lew
Dale musical artists, introducing all sorts
Of instruments including their rog city. the
elccirubaloo bells; the TauukaS, with their
sensational speciality: Daint Mabel Craig
ana Willard and Herbert pla yed, talk ed
and sang themselves into favor. Bingham
repeated his sn.cess Of last week Us i
ventuloquiSt and Clara Cole ana Kittie
Bingham appeared in songs and dances.
and Lillian Curtis in character songs
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ment hearing. Heretofore, godliness
has been eliminated from play writing, to
save the einba rra ssnent of weak believers
whJ do nut care To exhibit their religious
sympath hies, or To spare the annoyance
If the skeptic. Sin is not represented as
a crime against God, bat against society.
The virtues are niggardly dealed out To
maternity and at rare intervals TO a
Clergyman, thougl for the most part this
calling is caricatured, aud all acts OF
sacrifice or hcroism are executed i'll the
name of personal love.
''1uc sign OF the Cross is almost Il
miracle play il its use of the supernal
powers il the achievement OF its granuatei
points. Nero havingIssueda particularlyse-
we're eGict against the Christians and placed
it in the hands of his project, Marcus
Superhus, for execution, the officer falls
in love with tie first Christian maiden
who crosses his path. At the risk Of his
cwn life hc would save her, that she may
become his wife. His passion is 60 over
power!Ig that he braves the ieers OF all
his pagan associates for her. But she VIII
not forSaE O her faith, preferrng rather to
die. Such heroisIn, SO sublime m assertion
OF courage for principle he ha not before
known. It SINKS into his soul and he be
gins Ia appreciate the power uf her enc
God for such miracles Gf strength, when
all of his are impoteut for anything. She
mas divine courage for 10th of them, an,l
as she promises union in a life beyond
deatl, AMI life tere with her gone S un
thinkable tie goes with her To the arena
and nlartyrdom.
The piece is an object lesson, a Bible
in. no SIR ffrsrla # f1as -
Roman persecution, a sermon on the peace
OF the pure Of heart aid the sublime courage
which comes TO even the weakest hen
faith is their sustendnce. This, OF course.
the unChuchly VIII repudiate. THE Sign
0f the Cross" VIII have to find its Audience,
for its public, though large, is not as i
body 1T home in the theater. Every prac-
teal active Christian win find desirable
novelty in tlis play. II is not only
drama without bushes or compromise, II
is asscrtiye in its moral and religious posi-
liveness. AS play apart from its ethics,
IL is a suWptuous melodTama. The historic
luxury Of ancient Rome furnishes ma gRifi-
cent pictorial back ground and the ascetic
followers o: the NaZarene contrast against
it strongly. StructGraIly it is as strong as
most melCdramas with less sensation and
better language. Miss Boswell as the
Christian boy, Miss Rookie as tie Christian
heroine, ard Mr.. BOnney as the practically
suspicious and indecisive Nero were eX-
cellent. Charles Dalton reads well, but
il is to be hoped his arms are not as
troublesome TO him as 70 tile audience.
The other actresses are not to be accounted
for, but The men in tn. minor parts are all
capable.
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.rhe secret Enemr.n

The SeeIet Enemy held the stage aG
the Grand last night, and attracted a fair
sized AMI eery appreciative audience 1t
is a Fiercn melodrama, concerned chiefly
with the stealing of a Will The part Of
the heroine, Marcelle Beauchard, is well
taken by Eva Mountford and the double
role OF Louis Rumaine and Pierre Beau
chard Skillfu!lg played by Elmer Grandin.
There is net very much oppOrtlInity for
character work in the minor parts, and Il
one or two points the long conversations
necessary to the working cut of the plot
somewhat hinder the action. This is nota-
blv true in the third act. where the audi
encc is halted at an especially thrill
ing point III the plot to listen to
considerable discussion, terminal ed. how.
ever, by strong scene, as the soldiers
break down the door and Marcele vainly
endeavors to save her father from death
In spite of the smouthness and quietness
Of "Ihe Secret Enemy" compared with
the ordnary melodrama it met with much
applause from the audience and all OF
its wiz, humnl and moral sentiment, Of
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AT THE PLAY.

"Ihe Belle Of New York"
''The Relle Of New York the latest
Gotham lnuSical comedy, from The Casino
was prodnced by the Lederer forces On
tie stage OF tie Lafayette last night.
Belle" is a variation on the unrenittinS 3
Girl, and the present piece is a varia-
tloa ON the usual article OF Which il Is
a type, bat there's about as much dif-
ference IL both cases. The Belle of New
York is n letter entertainment chan The
GIL From Pans" To be sure, that's 4
dyubtful compliment. But one must have
syrIet ling to y hich 10 compare these musi-
cal COMEDIES, they stand 50 alone and
apart from any critical, ethical or eSthetic
dogma or canon
The wide chaSIn which separates the
Belle from the Girl is her un-blush- provoking
c.ranlin, Bellies. That's the dis
lirction. Otherwise there is the same
musical giaziness, cynical spUrJincSs and
irrational nippancy which bubbles and
bursts, ard leaves no trace but the CON
sciousnesS Of color, motion and noise. The
scenic artist and the costnoer are the
stars IN a way. Tie pictures are beauties
Tie dressing Is in taste, and the color
schemes harmonic admirably.
The suspicion OF a story is all bout ali
ug-io-date young man, who is threatened
with three brides, butcnly gets disinheritei.
He is seen at various places in New York
and riosc places are where the show
Apologies Cor itself Harry Davenport
plays the young rome, and he grasped
his SHe chance TO anything with both
hands, and bore himself victuriously. IL
Z inn
many missed il. They should not Judge
hHn foI what he did arterward. The role
dwindled into d mere feeder His early
opportuHity gave him chance TO do a
carousInr scene with real art and mini
mum Of vulgarty.
The others OF the cast, who stood out
boldly. were Little Adelaide, in ber pas
senl; VIII Cameron, who did d Bow cry
acrobatic dance with agility. Ph yllis
Rankin. who gave an imitation Of Anna
Hello in comedy, Dan Daly without his
moustache. but cadaverous, impurturbable.
aud iu u"sistibly funny, as ever, and Edna
Aay. THIS last name signifies nothing
80 those who didn't see her.
To those Nbo did il means a new little
ingunue, who las come into the scene.
pretty, fresh dainty, and attractive az
the m, st epifBTean recipe could have
suggested her. She is a young woman
with a lhild's face, silvery little voice
and an absence OF brash and impertineHt
professionalism which Won her instantly
the affec5ion of her audience. She has
d wide range IN her role OF salvation Iassie,
working Dayy Garrick's historical ruse,
aud She coinpassed All the exigenries Of
her pant with grace and sweet persuasive
ness. Edna May has established herself
Let Us hope that experience aid praise
viii not Iouehen her delicate, refined, and
refTeshngly shy manner.
Consult the program for the long list
Of sources which were drawn upon TO-
tie parapheualla. 1t is sufficient 10
record that Hugh Morton wrote the words
snd Gustave KeTker the music Of The
Belle -
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people cau,o in, and they cam. in, and they
kept on "nuing in, until II took a police
ran TO eXtricate ths queue from the rest of
tile crowiin ia the lobby. They filled every
at IN the house and stood up in i
fringe rJur OF rive deep all around the
edge And tuey all apparently tried To
hurt themselves with laughing.
The fun was OF sort TO be appreciated
without opera glasses or ear trumpets. Il
was acrobaliC fun. athletic fun, buZZ-sa "
fun; it was full of prancing and dancing
and facial gymnaStics. From the Using
Of the curtain u tn going down thereof, the
eutire hous. was in condition OF applause.
There is Il candidate for alderman PLAYED
by John T. Tieruey. and lis political mana.
ger, pIayedby Mark Murphy. and there is j
marvellous tramp with face like ii nut
cracker. played by Nat NJ. Wits, 4 Wash
iugtou 10y. Nnen Mr.. Wills lid his
topica. snHgs and dances the audience dill
hot wart him TO 90 Off the stage al all;
they sreIned 10 want him to stay there
for che entire evening and the same was
true Of sever al otner characters in the per
formancc.
In fact. the only thing which prevented
q continuity OF encoTes from being sub
stiuuted for the program announced was
tine physical truth that several bodies
cannot cacupT the same space at the same
time, and consequently the entire com
plny could not always be in the center
Of the stage.
The fact is that if flames are seen
bui sting from the roof Of the Academy
during ;he week, no surprise should be
felt. as 'McSorley's Twins is surrI-
cientiy warm show to cause spontaneous
combustion almost anywhere The house
should carry double insurance for the next
few GAYS Some of the lines which caused
the laughs are as follows:
The street cars on the Avenue, they make
Il lot Of talk,
They 20 about fast as d leglesS man
can walk.
But the company are not to blame, they
mean To do what : right -
There was hot time in the old town one
night
Did you ever hear of Campanini?' says
the tramp. Il m a great musician, too.
I'm his brother, Camper-out'
The boy stood on the railroad track,
He didn't hear the bell.
Pf-pfi Vow a-u-w-w! expressive ges-
turesl
FaTewell!'
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Hnrrican IN prhe Grin.n

Tie old combination of Edward Harrigan q.
supported by Annie YeamansaGdtheir New
York Company was greeted bya fair down
stairs audience at the Columbia Thea ter
last night in their presentations OF Mr.. Harri
Edn's comedy, The Grip" which, quoting
the program, ran over one hundrednights in
Mr. Harrigdn own theater in New York.
Perhaps the difference geographically, and
the late loss or one grip line, may account
for 1t, but il is safe to say tina The Grip
could fardly rspeat in its entirety it's New
York sncC eSs in tbis city.
Mr HarrigaE is very favorablv rernem-
bered fY the old theatereoers of this citv.
and has scored repeated successe IN Irish
plays here. He is his worst enemy in
the play he has written for himself, for
he mas not supplied such good lines 1or
situations for the present Comedy AS he has
50 long Furnished American audiences.
But be has rot been severer on himself
than Oh the Others in the cast AIRS.
Yeamans put all the life possible i'm her
role, and, in dialogue with Mr.. Harrican.
maze the few bright scenes in the play.
One song OF MI Harrlgan's, NV Little.
0nid Dudeen.'' > called for a hearty en-
core aud the otner musical numbers were
we'll received. Each person in the cast.
thongh SINE 1re UNKNOWN here, did con-
scientiOus work, and tried hard to make n
Success of the play. Eliminating the dull
lines aud pointless situations, they made
fair success, aud with more opportunity
would doubtless make "a decided success.
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The market was weak again yesterday
ana prices dropped rnpleasantly. TIE
curious fooiishness of tae average trader.
which is always asserting itself. IS strik-
iugiy shnH'n in the days movements, which
were entirely nthe hands of the traders.
The Nebraska freight case decision was
not handed down by tie Supreme Court.
The early weakness Ct the market was
caused BY fear that the decision woCd
not be given out, and an aCceleratiOn OF
the sIInu followed he certainty. \ month
aeo nobody Thought anything about the
decision. The traders had forgotten that
such a case existed. Ii the Supreme Court
had never handed down the decision these e
people would have been none the wiser.
Some newspaper writer who never made a
ten-dollar bill on the mark ct in his life
reminded the Street that there was Sur!i
{. case. The professional eosSipers took Il
Ip. Then the traders became wonderfully
Interested. They have bothered themselye5
out of sleep over it for month, and tie
market haStrembled With expectation from
one Monday TO theEeXt, waiting Tor word
from the C8pi,g!. The decision did not
come down and tie opinion is general now
that nothing more will be heard Of it
uHtil January.
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Columbian Burlesnuers.

The latest bidder for local support AMI
favor in burlesque, Seribher's Columbian
Burlesq1e's ouened at Kernan's last night
TO house packed to the doors 1t promptly
added its stamp of approval. The com.
binatirn Is bright and attractive and pre-
seHts features not seen in similar shows
1t is thoroughly up-to-date ana a little
beyond, and VIII soon have place in the
front rank III its line.
The curtain-raiser is a breezy burletta
The Columbian Reception" The after
piece. Mike from Klondike." presents
very ENJOYABLE concoetion of music, dane
ing and clean fun. In both these features
Miss Marie Richmond and Ada Demar and
Joe Welch and Lester Pike are the leading
spirits.
The olic contains number of higli -cIass
specialists, including Frank Moran, III mon.
ologue; Joe Welch, in clever Hebrew imi
tatiUns: Clarice Vance, i'll her 'Tag gtime''
melodies: Thomas aud Quinn, in a little of
everything in very amusing manner: the
Millar Sisters in a lively bit of singing
and dcrobatic dancing, and the famous
Bison Quartet, introducing "A Soldier S
Life in Camp and harmonious selections;
and limitations.
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S5.o0aS5-2 .; spring wheatstraight, S4.s0a
50 UO-reCeiptS, l2.11S barrels. exports,
none, sales, 225 barrels. Wheat STEADY
spot and month, 81 I-4aS7 IL. Decem-
ber, 81 -2aST "a; MAY, 81 bid. steamer
No. red, % l-4aS2 I-2-TeceiptS, 75.0IS
bushels exports, none, stock, I,7O0,5 ,576
bushels; sales, $1,000 busheiS-southeTD
wheat by sample, 9zaSS do OF grade
81 1-2a9T 12 Corn eaSy-spOJ. month,
aid december, 30 3-4a33 November or
december, new or old. - n 80 81.
January, 80 3-4a33, Steame TmiXed, 80 3-fa
80 .941 bushels exports, -
2S6 bushels, stock, $50 500 bushels. sales,
100000 bushelS-SOuthern White and vel
low corn, 81 asa Oats very nrrn-NO. .
white, IS sales, No. , mixed, 25-TeceiptS,
%, ,12S bushels, exports, 20 900 bushels;
stock, lST ,5S3 bushels. Rye steady
No ; nearby, 53a 53 1 ,, No. western.
81 saleS-Teceipts, u ,553 bushels, exports,
102, col bushels; stock. 242.611 bushels
Hay quiet-chGice timothy $500 asked.
Grain fTeights quiet, not much inquiry
steam TO Liverpool per huShel, Id
IS 10 12d-a4S. November, 3S. I -2.l 2
uiated, sos. Butter ady-faney cream
ery, .3a24, do. imitation, Gal :, do. IatiIe,
Sal 4; good ladle, l2ai3, store packed.
Gall Eggs firn-fresh q. Cheese
sIeady-gauCy New ! Ork, large, Q 3--ia ~
do. medium, 10 4a10 ! :; do. small.
10 I-2a1 l. WhisEy-$1 25aS1 % per
gallon for finished goods in ear loads,
SI.27aS1.2S per gallon TuU jObbing los.
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The CHANGERS are unquestionably among
the best things on the list. IL 0ne mas
money enough to buy anything the srangels
should undoubtedly come in front There
has been buying in Burlington and Rock
Island for investment during the last
unontll, wher nothing else has been touched,
The savings to the Rock Island under the
proposed refunding + Ian win tie large Bur
lingron is in excellent condition
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The point made IN this column last week
that with the raising of the yellow fever
quarantine and the resumption Of business
in the South Louisville and Nashville
should have rally, ought TO be borne in
mind. This week viii probably see ad-
vances in this stock, unless the whole
market Is very weak.
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Lincoln, Ncb., Nov, 10 Reports to the
State banking boarh indicate that tie
large surplus OF funds III The banks Of tie
S tate IS rapidly diminishing, and that q
brisk demand exists for loans all over
Nebraska. SIX months ago over sc per
per cent of all bank assets in the state
were in cash and more money was in sight
tran could te handled Now the bUE
rowers are numerous. Most Of the money
is going into farm Improvements.
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tics very bearish, but with foreign news
rather bul,sn, wheat today was steady.
The December was 5-S over May without
any support rrom any direction taking care
of itself. Liverpool was up $50. The
I ondon Times estimated the damage ia
Argentine from the recent frost at 10
per cent. Cash wheat i'll the Northv est
kept strong at large Premium over me
December.
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Delicate children! What

Delicate children! What
/ source of anxiety they are
The parents wish thenl
hearty and strong, but the9
seep thin and pale.
To all these delicate chi
lren SCOTS Emulsion {
cd liver Oil with Hypo
ohosphites comes with tt
oest of news.
1t brings rich bloo1
'trong bones, healthy nerve
md sound digestion. 1t j
growth and prosperity
hem.
No matter how delicat
he child, it is readily taken
soc. and sl.oo all druggists
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New Yor&
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cured by ChambeTlain's Cough Remedy
writes W. II Norton. of SutteF Creek. Cal
This cold left uls with cough and was
expectOraang all the time. The RENE ~
cured re, and / want all Of nay friends
when troubled with 1. cough or cold 10
use t, for it viii do them good" Sold by
Henry Evans, Wholesale and retail drug
gIsts, s3S st and COun. ave. and 81
NV. and I42s Ne avu. ne.
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POCR CIRCULATION

of the blood is the cause OF Rheumatism,
Eieefety tonesE IN ana He static n
strengthens it. At the j. II Woodbury.
Dermatologlcal Institute, 127 w. 42d ST.
~ T., thcy have q large, powerful, in-
fiuence machine, for the treatment OF these
diseases Charges moderate.
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1t is the general expectation that 1 per
cert dividend VIII be declared by the di
rectors Of the Leather Trust at their meet
ing next Tuesday
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of 81 93.7oO. From July the increase was
$1,i62,50O. 1t is reported that the net
earnings OF Illinois Central Tor October win
be about $3.50, 600.
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New York Cotton Market.
BALTIMORE Markets.

Baltimore, Nov. 15.-FIour dull west
ern super, So 27Oa$3.10; do extra, S3.35a
$40; do family, $4.50aS4.T5; winter
wheat, patent, 81. 9OaS5.1o; spring do,
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Chicago Grain aud Provision Market
Corrected daily by ". B. Hibbs & Co,
Bankers and Brokers. Members Of the
n. Y. Stock Exchange. 1927 T street.
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Yesterdays was traders market en-
tirely, without any other eature that de-
serves u;enton. Fluctuations Were, with
one CT two exceptions, narrow and made
by the Professionals. The unsupported CON
dition of a nInber of stocks led To sell
ing by the room traders. At the end Of
the day the market was unchanged.
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wnshinqton stock Excnanpe.

Sales-CapitaI Traction, 20 at % IL,
20 az 5s / /, and 40 at 5s. American
GraphopEone, 80 at Ii. Pneumatic Gun
Carriage, 60 at 90 cents. Mefgenthaler
Linotype, l9 at 139 IL.
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New York Stock Market.

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co.
Pankers and Brokers Members OF the
n. Y. Stock Exchange. 1927 F street.
Open High Low Clos