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REPUBLICANS OF
The BAY STATE.
The Government Party Of Massachu-
Setts Meets in Convention.
6OVernor WoIcutt Renomlnated by EGGlar1a-
tlon for Chief Magistrate.
The Platform Commends the Ma
tionaI Administration for the
Conduct of the War With Spain,
and Afhrms Support for Sound
Money.

BOSTON, Oct 6.-The State conven-
ton Of the Republican party was held
IN Music Hall to-day. There was a
large representation of delegates, and
the proceedings of the session developed
along the lines mapped out by the Varl-
Gus committees last night.
The platform commends the Admins
tration for the conduct of the war,
comments upon the generally favorable
industrial conditions, reaffirms the st.
Louis platform and indorses the plan
for a stronger army and navy and
the reorganization of the National
Guard. Concerning Cuba and the Phil
ippines, it calls for a policy (which
shall insure them the fullest blessings
of freedom and self government"
I'VE affirm anew our support to
sound money. Through the pledge of
the St Louis platform and Congress,
earnestly and in good faith, we strove
to secure an agreement with the great
commercial nations for the coinage of
silver and gold at an established ratio
The attempt has utterly failed. All our
currency must rest upon the single
gold standard.
THE time has come for the reform
of our currency in the direction of the
ready conversion of its different forms,
each into the other and the redemption
of all in gold upon demand, with ade-
quate provision for the extension OF
banking facilities to the agricultural
and sparsely settled portions of the
country to the end that in those sec
tions capital may be responsive to the
demands of business and lower rates ot
interest prevail"
Referring to the war, the platform
says: ''While we do not wish to in
terfere with the diplomatic negotia-
tions now in progress, we desire tha'
they be so conducted and terminated
as to secure to the Philippine Islands
and to Cuba in ample measure the
blessing Of liberty and self-government
THE building of the Nicaraguan Ca
nal. controlled and operated by the
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California Fruit Sales.

The Earl Fruit Companys auction sales
of California fruit yesterday resulted as
follows:
At Chicago: Tokay, 60cG$1. .S5, average
sec; Muscat, 70Q86c. average S3c; Fererra,
zee; Malaga, $1.40 Five cars sold. Wealth
er COOL
At Boston: Tokay. 95cQS170 average
S1.3; Bartletts, $2.55G305, average 1892;
half boxes, $1.63; Salway Peaches, 55c1
S1.O5. average Sic. Four cars sold Weather
pleasant.
Porter Brothers Company sold yester-
day at open auction California fruit at
following prices:
AT Boston: Grapes-Tokays. S11002 05
per single crate; Cornichons. S1.S0; Assert
ed, 81. 50; Muscats, $1.05d150 Peaches
-Salways 75c0$1.15 per box; Georges
Late, 576p70c. -Four cars California fruit
on the Boston market yesterday. of which
Porter Brothers Company sold cars.
At Chicago: Grapes-Black Morocco. 50
per single crate; Tokays, 75cG$1. .65; Mus
cats. S0c0$1.20; Assorted, $1.15. Five cars
California. fruit on the Chicago market
yesterday of which Porter Brothers Com
pany sold l car.
AT New York: Grapes-Tokay. 49cQ$1 60
per single crate; Black Morocco, 81.
Cornichons. s1.25; Muscats. 50cG$115; As
sorted, 75cGs110; other varieties, 45Q70c.
Peaches-Salways, 40G90c per box
Georges Late, 40Qe5c: Edwards Clings,
CSC: Mitchell Clings, 40c. Fourteen cars
California fruit on the New York mar
ket of which Porter Brothers Company
sold four cars.
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!. &c; sultanas,, bleached, No. 2. 5Rc;
Thhompo sesess se9dlssS beae So Se
Thompson seedless, bleaheshed, No. z. &C.
special brands, higher; seconds, 27029c.
Dairy-Fancy, nominal ether grades, 200
tub, 224221ac; Eastern, do. 21922c; Picked.
21g22c; Eirkins, 1929 -
California Cream Cheddar. .@-c: Young
America, 111ga12c;; ;;.Is5.s Eastern. l2@l4c:
nominal; Eastern, 1Sd21c for ordinary and
22023c for fancy.
POULTRY-Live Turkeys, 15@16c per 10
for Hens. 17d19c for Gobblers; Roosters,
425G4 SO for old and 81 5oG5.50 for young !;
Broilers, s3Q35 50 for small and s3.50a4 for
large; Fryers, $4G4.5o; Hens. s495.5o;
Geese $.25Q1.50 per pair; Goslings. 81 ESQ
1.50 per pair; Pigeons, s1.25 per dozen for
old, 81. .50G2 for young.
aGAME-Ducks. .Mallardd; g. 59Q7 per doz;
S25G53: Small Ducks, $50; Quail, 50 per
doz; English snipe, sS Common Snipe,
80; Gray Geese. $50; Hare. 81; Rabbits,
$111 so: Doves 75c.
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ventilating pipe from the cesspool. Pro-
Vided, however, that any house or build-
ing may be connected directly with the
public sewer, without any intervening
vault or cesspool, whenever in the judg-
ment of the Board of Trustees il is nee
essary and eXpedient that such direct
connection be made.
Before any such direct connection with
the public sewer shall be made, applica-
ton for permission to make the same,
shall be made to the Board of Trustees
who shall then pass upon the necessity or
eXped1ency of such direct connection, and
II such permission be granted, that fact
shall be spread upon the minutes of the
Beard.
Section 2. All Ordinances or parts of
Ordinances I'M conflict with this Ordinance
are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after it's
passage.
Passed February "a, 1897.
CHARLES e. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved February 27, 1897.
c. II. HUBBARD, Mayor.
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ORDINANCE No. 49o.

An Ordinance to amend Section
Seven OF Ordinance Number One
Hundred and Forty-one, regulat-
ing the time for using City water
for the purposes of irrigation IN
the City of Sacramento, and pro-
viding that fire pressure be MAIN
tanned by the City Water Works
during said time.
The Board of Trustees of the
City of Sacramento do ordain as
foIlows:.
Section /. Section seven of ordi-
nance number one hundred and
forty-one is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Section z. No person or persons
shall use, or cause to be used, any
City water for the purposes Of ir-
rication in the City of Sacramento.
except between the hours from
Five to Eight o'clock a. m, and
from Five to Nine o'clock p. m,
except at the City Cemetery, State
CapitoI Grounds, Federal Building
and the Plaza. And it is further
provided that during the foregoing
hours fixed for irrigation, the City
Water Works, and the Chief En-
gineer thereof, shall maintain fire
pressure throughout said City.
Section 2. All Ordinances or
parts Of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force from
and after it's passage.
Passed August i, 1898.
d. MCKAY,
President OF Board Of Trustees.
Auproved August 2, 1898.
VIM. LAND, Mayor.
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The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. Section l of Ordinance NO
345 is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows, to wit:
1t shall be unlawful for any person to
open set up, conduct, deal, play or carry
on in any public or private place what
ever in the City of Sacramento, any au-
tomato quotation exhibitor, or any sim
liar contrivance or imitation thereof,
whether operated by means of a clock, or
by any other device, or any system where
by goods in name only, and that do not
exist are bought and sold on commission,
or whereby the rise and fall of price of
goods are dependent upon automatic
operation, the result of which are by
chance or otherwise, whether called an
automatic quotation exhibitor or grain
and stock exchange, or any clock game,
Ferris wheel, niclxel-in-the-slot machine
or imitation thereof, or any device or
scheme whatever for money, checks
value provided, however. that any slot
machine kept and played solely and alone
for articles of merchandise shall be and
is hereby excepted from the provisions OF
this Ordinance.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall take
effect from and after its passage.
Passed January 4, 1897
CHARLES f. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Disapproved January II, 1897.
c. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
Passed over Mayors veto January 49,
1897.
CHARLES E. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
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Knights Templar Conc1ave.

PITTSBURG, Oct 6-With the ar
rival of Grand Commander H. H. Kunn
of Pennsylvania to-day, and the open
ing Of the headquarters at the Monon-
gahela House, the triennial conclave OF
the Knights Templar may be said to
have fairly commenced. From this
time on small hands of Knights will
arrive and by Saturday night the first
commanderies will be here. The lat
est estimate of the Knights expected
here places the number at 10000. The
Hotel Committee has placed about T.
600 of these in hotels and residences
at reasonable cost, and quarters are
still on hand for 10000 more Nearly
everything is now in readiness for the
visitors
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0MMERCiAl.
WHEAT FIRM-SPOT PRICES
ARE UNCHANGED.
Barley Easier-Oats Coming in
Freely and the Market Active
at the Quotations.
San Francisco, Oct 9Th.

san T fTdICISCO, OCl- DlII.
Wheat is firm; spot is unchanged; fu-
lures opened lower. Barley is easier; spot
IS quoted lower; futures opened lower.
Considerable wheat and barley arrived
from the north to-day. Oats are coming
in freely and the market is active at the
quotations. Corn is easier; none arrived
to-day. but there is considerable reported
on the way from the East
Bran and middlings are firm. The hay
market continues firm and dealers look
for an advance in day or two; the only
weakness is for alfalfa
Fruit receipts are not heavy. Prices
show but slight changes. Bartlett pears
are disappearing. Peaches sell well, but
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
cases from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-First quality. 6Q612c; second
quality, size; third quality, 4Q5c per 10.
VEAL-51a66c for large and 60712c per
MUTToN-wethers, 6a7c; Ewes, s@61zc
per ~.
LAMB-71ac per 10.
PORK-Live Hogs, 37s@4c per ID for me-
dium, 3AG31hc for small, 3120334c for
large; dressed. 514G6Ac per 10.
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco. Oct. Ct

San Francisco Oct 9Th.
Morning Session--B & B. 25c: Chollar. 1Sc;
c c Va, 1Sc; Confidence soc; Ophir, 51Q56c;
Savage, 10c; Jacket, &c.
Closing charlottesville, SC; Alpha, &c;
Andes, 10c; Belcher, 15c; B & 3, 26c; Bull
lion. 2c Caledonia, 2Sc; Challenge, lie;
Imperial, 1c; Con New York. 1c; c Point,
lac; & C, 21c; H & n. sl.10; Julia. 1c;
Justice, 1Oc: Kentuck, &c; Mexican, 2lc;
Occidental. 74c; Ophir, SEC; Overman, DC;
Potosi, lie; Savage 10c; Scorpion Sc;
Sierra Nevada, Sic; Union 26c; Utah, &c:
Jacket 20c: Standard, SLIGO.
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Closing Grain Quotations.

Chicago, Oct 9Th
WHEAT-October, 62l4c; December
623sc; May, 64Ac.
New York Oct 9Th
WHEAT-December 6S15c: May. GS9sc.
San Francisco, Oct 9Th.
WHEAT-December $1.175s.
BARLEY-December, 81. 2212.
CORN-Large Yellow, $1.10.
RRA AN-S12 50M15
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ORDINANCE NO. 461.

An Ordinance Requiring Cement Side
walks to Be Colored a Dark Slate
Color.
The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. All cement walks, which may
hereafter be constructed within the limits
of the City of Sacramento, shall have col
oring matter introduced into the finish or
surface coat sufficient to give it a dark
slate color
Section 2. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet Immediately.
Passed March 2, 1897.
CHARLES f. LEONARD,
President of the Board of Trustees.
Approved March 25, 1897.
G. H. HUBBARD, Mayor.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-To-day' s
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
$307, 720, 161; gold reserve, $244, los, ,057.
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

Water rates, including irrigation,
also city Licenses, are now due and
payable at Office of City Collector,
room 8, southwest corner of Fourth
and i Streefs
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ORDINANCE NO. 455.

n Ordinance Amending Ordinance No.
345, entitled, "An Ordinance to Pro-
hibit Gambling by Means of Automatic
Quotation Exhibitors, Slot Machines,
Wheels, or any Similar Contrivance or
Imitation Thereof, or by any other De-
vice or Scheme" Approved June Is,
1894. by excepting from the Operation
of said Ordinance, such Slot Machines
as are Played for Articles of Merchan-
disc.
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The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. Section of Ordinance No.
2S1 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
Section Z. Every house or building must
have a water-tight cesspool or vault be-
tween such house or building and the
public sewer. CWhere the public sewers
are inaccessible, cesspools shall be con-
structed in conformity with Ordinance
No. 2O0. Such cesspools shall be con-
structed of imperishable material, and in
no case. where practicable, shall be placed
at a less distance than ten (l0) feet from
the exterior walls of an inhibitated build
ing. or at a less distance than five 90
feet from the lines of an adjoining prop
erty. Connection shall be made between
cesspool or vault and the public sewer by
q yitrified irou-stone pipe, four inches in
diameter. laid with water-tight Joints, in
cement mortar. composed of one % part
Portland cement to two ~ parts clean,
less than one-eighth % of an inch. to the
foot. and be so arranged at the cesspool
or vault that only the liquids can escape.
Each joint of the pipe when laid must be
properly cleaned on the inside with a
suitable scraper before the succeeding
Joint is put in place. Every cesspool shall
have a separate ventilating pipe not less
than four (D inches inside diameter ex-
tending at least three go feet above the
highest part of the roof or coping; said
yentilating pipe shall be constructed Of
cast iron above the ground; under ground
the connections may be made of IRON
stcne pipe No other pipes of any other
description shall be connected with the
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ORDINANCE NO. 457.

An Ordinance Amending Section Z of Or
dinance No. 2S1, entitled, Concerning
Plumbing and Drainage in the City of
Sacramento" Passed July 27, 1891; by
Providing that when the Board OF
Trustees Sees Fit, Direct Connection
with Public Sewers May be Made,
Without Intervening Vault or Cess
mol
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at no better prices. Good blackberries are
scarce and sold higher Wine grapes are
rather frmer; there is no reason why they
| short crop. Cantaloupes are very weak
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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

New York, December S.-Quotations in
the stock market rose the greater part of
the day but in the late dealings lost part
of the early advance, closing easy with
slight gains in most stocks. The initial
tendency was hestatng and timid, per-
haps sympathetcally with the irregular
tone of London, which was a moderate
seller of Norfolk and Western, Union Pa
cific and Louisville and Nashville. The
grangers shook off their recent lethargy
and gave confidence to the rest of the list.
Americas strong foreign trade situation,
with its probable effect on values as inter-
preted in a widely published optimistic
statement of an operator who usually con-
trolls a large following, was not without
sentimental effect. Reports of improve
ment in both the hard and soft trade and
the possibility of the enactment into law of
the ant-scalping bill were subjects of dis
cusslon and acted as a tonic the rail-
ways.
Moreover important interests were OPEN
ly buyers OF properties with which they are
identified, large offerings being really alb
sorbed and the market weakened materi-
ally. In the later dealings the grangers
receded sympathetically with the weak
ness in wheat and business slackened until
near the close when there was evidence of
weakness in a few railways although Met
ropolitan and Brooklyn Traction continued
tive and strong and rose four points with
out any new developments in the property
becoming generally known. Missouri Pa
cifc's recent cancellng of its floating in
debtedness was assigned as a reason for
its rise A dividend on the Mobile and
Ohio being asserted as being not improba-
ble advanced blocks. Heavy business of
the Pacific in the last hour was largely re-
sponsible, together with realizations in
other properties for the recession in values
before the close.
The easy conditions of the money mar
ket furnished abundant evidences of the
vast amount of capital stock invested
which is now being employed fr1the rail-
way miscellaneous bond market. The
transactions in this department were On a
very-extensive scale, and considerable i'm
provement was made in many issues. Total
sales Sc, 400, 000 United States new As, coupon
and the old As, coupon, advanced * in the
bid price.
Sales of stocks today were 542 700 shares.
including 26,100 Atchison preferred; 10.76S
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; 7.916
Louisville and Nashville; 1920 Missouri
Pacific; 6.241 Northern Pacific; $3.50 Rock
Island; 22,234 st. Paul; 1862 Southern pre-
ferred; 1880 Tobacco 1898 General Electric;
1920 Sugar $3.50 St Louis and Southwest
ern; 337S ST Louis and Southwestern pre-
ferred
Money on call steady at 2a2k per cent;
last loan 2R per cent
Prime mercantile paper, 3h64 per cent .
Sterling exchange firmer. with actual
business in bankers bills at s4S41a04S4%
for demand and at $4.S1%64S2 for sixty
days..
Posted rates. $4.S2a4.S215 and $4.S51a04.S6.
Commercial bills, $4.S0ls.
Silver certificates 5S1A@601sc
Bar silver SO 9-16c.
Mexican dollars, 46i9c.
Government bonds strong.
State bonds dull
Railroad bonds strong.
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jackson & co.'s Grain Letter

BY Private Wire to Jackson & Co.
Birmingham, Dec S.-The wheat mar
ket today continued to travel along in the
rut of dizziness. The market at times was
completely neglected. Trading was almost
entirely of a local character. The weak
ness was more attributable to lack of sup
port than to any selling pressure. North
west markets were a shade higher but at
the seaboard the market moved sympar
thetically with Chicago. Private houses
sent out a lot of contract wheat today,
Deliveries of wheat on December contracts
aggregated 10000 bushels late yesterday
afternoon. Weather map showed cold
weather west and northwest a very high
barometer and light snow flurries in the
northwest. 1t was good weather for grain
movement. Northwest receipts 91S cars
against 1888 last week and S15 last year.
Chicago received 142 cars, of which seven
graded contract quality. Corn was firm
at the opening with light receipts firm
cables and small country acceptances. The
market later showed a weakening tendency
on the sluggishness of wheat and on the
Price Currents declaration that the sup
ply would be ample for all requirements.
Oats were exceptionally quiet. There was
some firmness at the opening but strength
was not held. Provisions were firm early
with a good local demand, the market
showing a broadening tendency. Offerings
were light.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09
QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.
Shortest and Quickest Line to Cincinnati-Con-
venient Schedules to Louisville.

The Alabama Great Southern railroad.
with its connections, formerly the Queen
and Crescent route. is the shortest and
quickest line from Birmingham to Cincinn-
att A solid vestibule train leaves Birming-
ham at AIS a. m, daily, carrying Pullmans
handsomest drawing room sleeping cars
to Cincinnati without change. arriving at
ton car on this train from Chattanooga
to Cincinnati Close connection at Lex
ington with chair cars for Louisville, ar
irving az Louisville at 1850 p. m.
Train leaving Birmingham at 4:2c p. m,
carries Pullman sleeping cars from Bir-
mingham to Louisville. arriving at Louis
vile at 1921 a. m. Pullman Union sleeping
car Chattanooga to Cincinnati on this train,
arriving at Cincinnati at 1880 a. m.
r. NJ. ELLIS
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traders who have been playing for reac-
ton apparently gave up in disgust after
INSIDE gave them a shock on Sugar to-
day, which was elevated 81 a share. Rail-
way list generally showed better prices at
the opening, which was followed by further
advances which continued throughout the
session. Brooklyn Rapid. which was
started upward yesterday by Flower crowd
buying 10000 shares, was again the feature
advancing nearly 50 on the day. Coming
report will show Nassau deal and already
there is talk of assured dividend in the
spring Low priced stocks are also re-
ceiving attention and the street say this
will be greatest bull market since 1897. Con-
ditions were never so favorable in all re-
spects.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

By Leased Wire to T. G. Hewlett, Agent
Birmingham, December S.-Liverpool final
cables were in response to bullish feeling
here and closed I'D higher than yesterday.
Spot sales 10000 bales There was no
genuine explanation for todays advance.
Weather conditions and port receipts which
were 5000 greater than last year ordinarily
should have caused some liquidation, but
the local crowd turned buyers early and
the Germans covered. This gave strength
and the market responded with an advance
from to 10 points, which was held through
out. The market is honeycombed with or
ders to buy on scale which alone Is a
bullish feature. Closing prices firm.
By Leased Wire to T. G. Hewlett. Agent.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-09

BY Pr1Vate Wire to Jackson e Co.
Birmingham December S-The market
was not attended by any particularly new
features although sentiment apparently
continued to favor the bull side, who are
inclined to take advantage of every point
offered. Some of the more confident bears
are still making efforts to interest specula-
tors on the short side of the market. but
their arguments are so inconsistent with
actual condition that outsiders generally
prefer listening to the advices of the bull
element tis4 i.
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When He Works.

From the Chicago Post
He was sitting with his feet on the desk.
industrously smoking, when the taxpayer
entered. Under the circumstances it seems
hardly necessary to say that he was pub
lie official.
'You are remarkably well paid for this
job" suggested the taxpayer.
mot when you consider the work neces-
sary to get it, answered the official.
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New York. December S.-The Evening
Posts London cablegram:
The stock markets here were stagnant
today with an irregular tone The forth
coming holidays are beginning to have an
effect. Americans were good. Norfolk and
Western being again feature. The buy
ing was led by New York today, bond is
sues being steadily bought by that mar
ket Mexican Central was also a feature
here today. Grand Trunk was fiat being
sold from Glasgow. where a big failure
had bad effect Spanish Is were firm.
The London market discount rate Is 81
per cent, and weak, although the Bank
of England's weekly review was considera-
bly, less favorable than had been expected.
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DAILY MARKET REPORT.
At Home and Abroad.
DryGoods

New York, December S.-Dry Goods: The
market today has been fairly attended, spot
business being fully up to previous aver
age and mail order demand for general as
sentiments of cotton goods well maintained
Tone of the market firm. with few excep-
lions and the general indications are in IA
vor of higher prices on leading lines Print
cloths strong and some odd goods rather
dearer. Wooden goods without change in
price. but demand fair in volume