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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-08
Christmas Girt
By Frank L. Stanton. in the Christmas
Number of Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for December.

l..
Christmas gift. OF moster. heah we Is in
All desc pickaninnies, fun heah ter dar,
is mine,
Amt no better tun-out in all de Ian dan
dis:
Chris mus sif', OF moster-chr;s' mus gif.
OF miss.
Chris mus gif', OF moster. fer ever lfP
lamb;
En- don't fergtt dey nanny; en- de OF man
want his dram.
He amt drinked none sence Chris mus a
year ago fun dis;
Christmas gif', OF moster-Chr!s' mus gift,
OF miss.
III.
You member Wen de war wuz, en- you
gone away ter fight.
En- LET de OIL plantation? Oar wuz mo min
day en- night:
Wen you kiss de li'l' chiilun, en- march
wild sword en- gun.
You toll me ter take heer er dem, en- dat
des what I done:
".
En- wen come you wuz wounded. en- come
home fun de fight,
De oil man IF you in his arms, en- nussed
you day an night;
En- still stay by you Wen dey say my peo-
PIES time wuz free
En- dey follered Mister Sherman on de big
road ter de sea
v
Chris mus gif'. OF moster! De add!e swtne
ter play
De ol'-time Georgy breakdown. en- "Chil-
lun, C'lar de Way
En- you gwine ter see some danctn wen
filings my foots-Iak dis.
Christmas gift. OF moster-Chr!s mus gil,
oil miss.
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Virninians in New York.

NEW YORK. Dec. T.-Norfolk-1. W.
Martin, Astor House.
Observation-Disclosures He'll. A. March, Mrs.
H. March: Herald Square. y. V Randolph
virgina-Imperrial. C. C. colster; sturte-
want, 1. n. Bell: St. Denis. T. w. Jones.
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8 BALTIMORE MApKETg

" feE. MN INK
BALTIMORE, Dec. 7.-FLoUR-Dull
and unchanged
WHEAT--Easy; spot and December, .
@72Ac.;t January, 1S173Ac.; May. .7I;2sG
TIC. Southern wheat, by sample, 100
sCoRN-Dull; spot, old. 43Ma43Nc.; new.
axe; new or. old December, 431s9l4sl5c
January, 4oo114 G42114c.: February. 45is6
424c.; March, A2lac Southern white corn,
oATsSFirm: No. . white, 2ooa2o9c.;
No. 9 mixed, 261ae12Ic.
RYE-steady; No. nearby, 49c.; No. .
western, sic.
s.Aa!s+rirrn. nv and unchanged.
BUTTEk!- II ana unchanged.
CHEEsE-Firm and unchanged.
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PEANI.T MARKETS

NORFOLK, VA, Dec. 7-PEANIJrs-
Fancy. 22s4c.;;. strictly prime, exc: nran.
211ssg22ll1c.; common. 1hd2c. Spanish. TIC
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NEw YORK DRY Goons ,1apKp.r

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-DRY GOODS
The whole dry goods market has shown
a quiet appearance to-day, and prices
ruled moderate: No change in prices in
any direction. COTTON goods on hand show
Slight irregularity, but market firm on
forward Print cloths dull but firm
Linens are in fair demand at firm prices
Burlaps inactive, but prices maintained
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-FLOUR-Marllet
was rather easy. with less doing and bids
lowered on account OF the irresularltE IN
wheat.
RYE FLOUR-Dull and easy; fair to
good, $2.9Oa3 1O choice to fancy, $3.15Q
$40
CORNMEAL-Firm.
RYE-Firm; No. > western, 5G1ac.
BARLEI-Quiet.
WHEAT-Spot steady; No. > red TSaic.
f. o. b. afioat. Options after d tirmer
opening. which was influenced by small
Argentine shipments and steady English
ca bles turned weak and ruled heavy most
of the session under bearish continental
adviceS and favorable Argentine harvest
news. Buyers were also restrained by
prospects Tor a large increas in North
west stocks, very small cable acceptances
and lack of outside speculative orders. In
the last few minutes second rally oc-
Cured on coverings, and the close was
steady at &c. decline to 1sc. advance.
Sales included No. . red: January closed
at 7Sc.; May, 799lac.; December, TIC.
CORN-Spot easier; No. =, 4Gc. eleva-
tor. Options were generally steady all
day, demand being inspired by cables
rains in the corn belt, heavy distribu
grading at Chicago. Closed firm and Ac.
net higher. May closed at 42a4c.; Deem
ber 46Ec.
OATS-Spot quiet; No. >, 261Ac. Options
quiet and about steady.
BEEF-irm.
CUT NEATs-Easy; picked shoulders,
So.7J4G.
LARD-Steady: December, s7.571a close
nominal. Refined steady.
PORI<-Steady-
BUTTER-Firm; creamery, 1SmoGc
factory, 12@15Rc.
CHEESE-flrm: large September
11Ac.; small September, 11!ac.; large late
made. 103sGr10Ac-; small late made. lie
EGGS-Strong; State and Pennsylvania,
27GI30c.;; western, regular packing, at
market. o2m27c -
POTATOES-Qu IL
TALLOW-Du4.
PETROLEUNI-Quiet
ROSlN-Quiet
TURPENTINE-Dul and weak at 421
42Ec
RlCE-Steady.
WORCESTERSHIRE
ABBAGES-Steady.
FREIGHTS-Cotton by steam to Liver
pool. 20c.
COFFEE-pot Rio weak; No invoice,
Tic; mild quiet; Cordova, 9A1i13l4c. The
market for futures opened barely steady
at 1 TO ID points decline, and ruled active
and irregular under realizing and some
short selling, with a later partial reaction
on covering. But the undertone was still
weak. owing to the continued heavl move
ment and unsatisfactory explanations and
distributive supplies. Total sales We're
$4,000 bags, including February at Sc;
March, $615; May, $500.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining,
, 1a-16c.: centrifugal, 9G degrees test.
4 Site; molasses sugar, :: 11-16c. Refined
steady.
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coTToN-The following are the total

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7;-coTToN-
Futures: December, P.42Gi?.43: january.
9.37d9.3S; February, 9.G'7@9.3S: March,
o3Gd?.37 April. 9.3Gd?37; May. 9.34D
90; June 9.334q9.3o; July, 9.33M?.43
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Ex,raynenntly rcan,ifnI.

miss Frocks is very pretty girl. said
Pretty" repeated Afr spatts. Miss
sFrocks is handsoE,er than her own pho
Observation-Disclosures EACar.
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ROSIN-UncHaHgeu.
SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 7.-sPIRITs OF
TURPENTINE-Qule at 3S:Ac.; receipts,
casks.
nOSIN-Firm and unchanged; receipts,
3,797 barrels; sales, 1919 barrels; exports,
BIS barrels.
WILMINGTON. n. c.. Dec. 7.-sP1R-
ITS OF TURPENTINE-No doing;
receipts, SO casks.
roaIN-sts at s1.2o91.25; receipts
AT barrels.
CRCur 4 URPENTINE-steady at S1.t,
02.40: receipts, los barrels
TAR-Steady at S1.4O; receipts, 257 bar
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LIVERPOOL, Dec. 7.-COTTON-spo
moderate business: prices eap FER: Ameri-
can middling, ) 9-1Gd. The l.les of the
day were 1000 bales, of whi,h 800 were
for speculation and export. and included
$500 bales American. Receipts. 10000
bales, Including $500 bales American.
Futures opened and closed quiet: Amer
lean midoling, ]. m. c., December. . 2I-6id.,
buyers; December and January, :t-64@
5 25-64d.. sellers: January and February.
> 22-64GIJ 2:i-64d.. sellers; February and
March, ) 2O-61d., sellers; March and April,
> 1S-Gid.. sellers; April and May. > 15-64d.,
buyers: May and June, ) 12-t4G3 1:'-64d.,
sellers; June and July. ) 10-64d., sellers;
July and August, It'd, sellers; August
and September, t 81 64d., sellers.
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NAVAL STORES

CHARLESTON. S. c., Dec. 7-TUR-
PENTINE-Firm at Csc.
Observation-Disclosures
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BANK CLEARINGS.-Totalb bank clear
inGs at principal cities of the United
States for the week ending yesterday
were See,22553. gu. 544. an increase of 15.3 per
cent. as compared with a year ago. Total
outside New York, S779, GG4,925. or "A per
cent. increase.
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
Richmond. Va, Dec. Z, 1900.
SALES.
shares Va--Car. Chem CON-. :,3K
$1,000 Seaboard Bond Certif ~ II
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call firm at 4do per cent: last loan at 5
per cent; prime mercantile paper. 4@4%.
per cent. Sterling exchange weak. with
actual business in bankers bills at 81 SIS
cial bills, 81. S0ai@4. S1lz. Silver certificates,
64I65; bar silver. G414: Mexican dollars,
SOS. Government bonds weak; State
bonds strong; railroad bonds irregular.
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and the Merchants Nation
al Rank was accidentally rung yesterday
afternoon. The alarm was responded TO
~ tho snat11,1 wagon and two policemen
The state herald., 1900-10-26
Goal strIkcr. sun ont.

Hnzelton, Pa, Oct. 25.-Presldent
Mitchell last night announced that he
would tomorrow, probably late In the
afternoon or evening, issue a statement
defining the position OF the United
Mine Workers In the present situation
Of the strike. He also said that his
statement would In all likelihood lndi.
cate whether the strike would be I'm
medlately declared on or whether 1t
would be continued.
This announcement was made ms n
result OF to-dny's conference between
the national and district officers OF the
United Mine Workers.
The impression Is that the statement
will contain practically declaration
that the contest i ended. Coal COM
panics controlling about scyenty.fye
per cent OF the anthracite coal product.
II Is learned, hive posted notices. but
President Mitchell viii not say that all
OF them comply with the terms OF the
Scranton convention.
The big companies In this district
that have not posted notices are the
Lchlgh Coal y Navigation company, q.
u. Marklc 4 Company, aud Coke
Brothers n Company The Marklcs
have granted no Increase In wages OF
any kind
The state herald., 1900-10-26
NEGOTIATING FOR
GUGGENHEIM PLANTS

Denver, Oct. 23-Simon Guggenheim,
general manager of the Philadelphia
Smelling & Refining Company, and the
Mexico smelters of the Guggenheim
Bros, and Assistant Manager F'lnny of
the same concern, are in the city, pre-
sumably to make final arrangements
for the sale of the Guggenhcim smell
ters to the American Smelling & Refin-
Ing Company, according to n morning
paper. The belief is general among
mining men and investors that the sale
of the Guggcnheim plants to the smell
ter trust will take place soon after the
election in November. Mr.. Guggen-
helm would say nothing of the transac-
tion, whether 1t will be concluded
soon or at all, but he did not deny that
the company had offered to sell for
S3S 100000 all of the smelter interests,
including the Philadelphia smelter at
Pueblo and the plants in Mexico.
Since the American company was or
ganized, In 1899. negotiations with the
Guggenheims have been In progress. At
first II was understood that they had
fatty refused to sell TO the trust, but
later 1t was learned that there was n
disagreement MS TO the price to be paid.
There was difference of S2,00O,0 900
between the price asked and that of,
fered by the American company, but
this, II is understood, has been sue
cessfully adjusted.
Resident officers of the American
company have expressed the opinion
that the deal will he made, but they do
not look for its consummation for sew
eral months.
Mr.. Guggenheim said yesterday that
he had come home to vote.
The state herald., 1900-10-26
Air Shin Amin Succcs.fnl.

New York. oct. 23.-Count Won Yep.
pclin is satisfied with the performance
of his airship. says n Herald cable
gram from Friederischshafen He says
1t has been proved that II was abso
lutcly under the control Of the steering
apparatus. This apparatus, however
was not In most perfect order on The
first ascent one of the two ruddcrs
below the machine Mt the stern would
not work freely. Thus. instead of NOV
ing parallel with each other, the rud'
ders frequently formed an angle. This
defect hampercd Count Won Zeppelin
very much. indeed.
opinion In general Is somewhat un.
settled. The decisive trial has not YET
been made, for the machine Is still In
an experimental stage. though an un'
doubted step toward the achievement,
of aerial flight has been made. A for.
mcr nautical engineer of Geneva. who
is watching the trials, expressed him.
self as being dubious OF the machines
ultimate success.
"'rhe prime condition OF nnvigable
airship," he said. ''is that II must be
able to go to wlndward. This was moi
done In the present; at any rate not
conclusively. nor do l think II can be
done"
The technical observations noted dur.
Ing the trial trip. and other instructive
details will not he available for several
days yet. and until they are known,
II Is impossible TO do more than regis.
ter Count Won Zeppclln's summing NJ
Of the trial:
ut proved that my alrship is abso-
lutcly under my control"
The state herald., 1900-10-26
NEGOTIATIONS COMMENCED
FOR THE DENVER WATER PLANT

quire 10000 barrels of cement and So
900 cubic yards of masonry. II will he
610 feet across at the crest, hut only
twenty feet at the bottom. The lake
holds 35,O00,000.O0O gallons and is 2o2
feet in depth. This sixth source of SUI
ply will be by far the best, and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars are beins
spent for 1t.
After studying innumerable blue
prints, all explained by Mr.. Harrison
the city officials Inspected map show
ing the city's pipe lines. This map Is
about seven by eight feet in size, and
shows the pipes supplying territory
nine by nine miles in extent. Every
pipe is indicated by red lines, The
drawing allows one to trace the biz
conduits, such is the thirty-foHr-inch
pipe from Platte canon, the thlrty-inch
one from the galleries and the forty
inch one parallel from Matston lake
from the city limits to the dead ends
Of the tiny pipes.
Mr.. Cheesman stated that his com
pany is now furnishing on an average
of 32,0OO,000 gallons of water every
twenty-four hours. At certain seasons
4S,O00,O00 gallons are supplied during
similar period.
The state herald., 1900-10-26
Kentucky Legislature Ad,ourn,.

Frankfort. KY, Oct. 23.-The Ken.
tucky legislature sent the non-partisau
election law passed by II Saturday to
succeed the Goebel law, to the governor
yesterday and adjourned sine die.
The Democrats and Republicans
could not agree on state election COM
missioner TO fill n vacancy ON the board
and adjourned without elccting any
body. Both houses adopted resolutions
Saturday allowing the Republicans to
name the commissioner. and they elect
ed Judge Cochran OF Maysville. The
Democrats refused To Vote for Judge
Cochran because of his indentification
with Ex-Governor Taylor, and also be-
cause of personal unfrlendllness be-
tween him and c hartman Poyntz Of
the election commission. but offered TO
vote for any other Republican. The Re-
publicans declined TO name anybody
else.
The state herald., 1900-10-26
Mitchell, Expect. to win.

Pottsylllc. Pa. Oct. 2i.-liain fell
heavily during the miners meeting
here yesterday. but the large crowd, ~
timn,ed at nearly 5000 persons, did not
seem TO mind the Jownpour. John Fa'
hey. president of the district, presided
President Mltchell's speech was list.
cned TO with great interest. His most
important ntiernnce bearing directly
on the ending Of the strike was as fol
lows:
II believe II viii he but few days
longer until the operators IN the Hazel
ton. Lacknwnnna and Wyoming valley.
Will consent to post notices agreeing IL
pay the ten per cent Increase In wages
until April 1. believe that II you
stand together the rest OF this week
by Monday, nt least. you can return 10
work with everything won you struck
for"
President Mitchell then mad. plea
that NIL rcmn'rr ioynl 10 the orrnnisn.
ton after the contest In over. Just NJ
they nrc doing now.
The state herald., 1900-10-26
END OF STRIKE
SEEMS IN SIGHT

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 24.-The Della
ware, Lackawanna & Western and the
Delaware & Hudson, the Hillside Coal
~ Iron dhe Erie and the Lehigh 4
Wilkesbarre coal companies, through
their general superintendent this
afternoon agreed upon an additional
notice as to the ten per cent advance
The same will be posted at once and
will help to settle the great strike
speedily.
The Forest Mining Company at Arch
ibald, employing 800 men, to-day post
ed notices giving the ten per cent in
crease in wages. reducing the price OF
powder to Sl.50 n kcg. the new price
TO figure in the increse to contract min
ers, and guaranteeing the increase tc
continue until April next, and there
after until further orders. The EN-
ploycs of this company have been Oh
strike since last night.
Notices of like character are OK.
pccted to-day from all the large com
panies IN the region that have not yet
posted them.
Thomas Nicholas. president of dis
trict No. | of the United Mine Work
crs. to-day admitted that the end OF tn,
strike is near and that 1t would come
In very few days. \ meeting OF all
the district and national officers has
been called for tomorrow, he said, and
at this meeting positive action Will
probably be taken, provided. however
that all the coal companies will guar
rantee ten per cent advance until
April !.
The state herald., 1900-10-26
ChIcago In.nrnncr Ernnds.

Chicago, Oct. 23.-F. Wayland
Brown. Frank NJ. Smiley and DR.. Aug
ust NJ. unger, charged with conspiracy
TO defraud Insurance companies
through the death Of Marie Diffenbach,
were indicted by the grand jury.
Three true bills were voted against
each OF the accused persons. One blu
against each charges conspiracy To de-
fraud the New York Life Insurance
Company Of 5000. another conspiracy
TO dcfraud the supreme Lodge OF the
knights aud Ladies' Of Honor OF s., 900,
and the third, conspiracy to defrnud
the supreme Court OF the Independent
Oder OF Foresters OF 5000.
Probably no murder Indictments will
be voted, ms II Is stated by members OF
the jury that the investigation is closed
unless more potent testimony develops
pointing to the murder OF Miss Defen.
bach.
The state herald., 1900-10-26
TRANS-CONTlNENTAL
AND PACIFIC LINES

New York, Oct 25.-rhc Times says:
Control OF the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company changes. Il. ii. Hartman
succeeds Coils T.. Huntington. MIR.
Hartman and his colleagues have tax
en- over majority of Pacific Mail
capital stock Identified with Mr..
Harlman. in this new big deal-one OF
frnternatiOuai siguIucancc-Is WilIiam
X. Vanderbilt
The acquisition of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company makes possible
the Immediate accomplishment Of Mr..
Nanderbllt's cherished plan OF a con
tinulng transportation system-virtu-
ally under one mnnagement-from the
Atlantic through TO the Pacific coast
and thence direct 60 the far East
The New York Central system, link
ed TO the Union Pacific by the Chlca-
20 and Northwestern, with natural
auSillarles already possessed, will now
connect with Pacific Man steamships
for continuous transportation service
10 China and Japan. Philippine trade
is also OF course 10 be incidentally
competed for.
The state herald., 1900-10-26
ANGLO-GERMAN
AGREEMENT SUITS

Washington. Oct. 23.-It was authori-
tatively stated last night that the Unit
ed States government views with dis
tinct favor the principles enunciated
in the Anglo-German agreement relat-
Ing to China, and that formal re-
sponse to that effect will be made at an
early day to the invitation extended to
this government to accept the prin.
ciples of the agreement.
Berlin. Oct. 23.-1he Post contains q
semi-ofiicial communication to the eff
feet that the powers have decided to
communicate TO Ii Hung Chang the
general lines of their claims on China.
This will take place either by identical
notes or by collective note. The
powers Insist on the punishment Of
criminals as laid down in the German
circular note.
The Tageblatt learns that the Anglo
German agreement is the result Of ne
gotiatlons which took place long before
the present conflict In China. 1t is a
kind of payment on account for Ger
man neutrality toward South Africa.
The further payment on account Ia
represented by an agreement regarding
another part Of the world. All this
Is the result of the Kaiser's visit to
Windsor some months ago.
The state herald., 1900-10-26

Denver, Colo. Oct. 25.-The mayor of
Denver and the Board of Public Works
have called on Walter S. Cheesman,
president of the Denver Union Water
Company, with n view to negotiating
for purchase of the plant by the city,
the price of which, ii is understood,
will be fixed somewhere between $780,
600 and 81 100000.
The parties assembled were ]. w.
Shackelford, president of the Board Of
Public Works: w. ID. Todd and An
drew !. Woodside, the other members
of. that body; Mayor III. V. johnson,
Engineer Jones of the Board of Public
Works, ]. b. Hunter, city engineer;
President Cheesman of the water COM
pany, w. +. Miller, secretary, and l..
C. Harrison, chief engineer of the com
pany.
Maps of the five sources of supply
We're closely examined. They include
Marston lake, Mississippi street gal
leries, Cherry creek. and two in Platte
canon Marston lake has more than
700 acres and is eighty feet deep. 1t
holds S,O00,O0000O gallons. Cheesman
reservoir is being built. The dam will
be eighteen feet thick Mt the top and
173 at the bottom. The dam will re-
The state herald., 1900-10-26
Silver Takes N Rise

New York, Oct. %. Bar silver yester-
day In the London market advanced TO
30 lied. per ounce, the highest price
at which the white metal has sold in
four years. The net advance OF the
day was 5-lGi., which is 8 Lied. above
the years low price Of 2Id. per ounce,
reached In January last. Not since No
vember, 1896. has silver sold ms high in
London ms 1t did yesterday.
The New York local market respond.
ed TO the advance. commercial bars
moving up one-half cent to 6iH cents
per ounce.
Leopold Zimmerman Of the banking
house OF Zimmerman Il Forshay. deal.
ers In bullion, said that he considered
the advance in silver entirely logical.
''rhe demand from the East has be.
come enormous" he said. "and In add.
tion to that, every commodity In the
world but silver has experienced some
advance. 1t ls but natural that silver
should In turn have some appreciation,
although 1t has been long delayed"
The state herald., 1900-10-26
John mn,. mnmmnnn-

Denver, Colo. Oct. 2i.-John Hays
Hammond returned from Monterey.
Cal, yesterday afternoon and regis.
tered at the Brown Palace hotel. lie
was interviewed as follows:
81 have been taking needed rest In
Monterey" said Mr.. Hammond. II
have heard nothing further from th,
sale OF the Camp Bird mine. inycstlgu.
tlons are stlll going ahead and the deal
Is still pending, / read In the paper
that Mr.. Walsh has sailed for New
York, and ! presume that he will come
10 Denver. So FAR as know viii not
be asked TO meet him Immediately M.
on his arrival here There ls no hurry
about the Camp Bird deal.
II shall return To Monterey In few
days nnd spend most of the fall there.
| expect to bring my family TO Denver
nnd take n house and spend the winter
here l have not yet decided Ia make
Denver my permanent home"
The state herald., 1900-10-26
Increased Earning. of ID. an a.

Denver, Colo. Oct. 23.-Both the Den.
yer 4 Rio Grandc railroad and the Rio
Grande Western railroad show big In.
creascs for their financial reports for
the second week In October. For the
week the Denver X Rio Grnnde's net
earnings We're S252. 500. mn Increase OF
$4,000 over the corresponding week
OF last year. Since July the net
earnings have been S3,ii7 200, an In.
crease of s56s.1OO over the correspond.
ing period. OF last year.
The net earnings OF the Rio Grnnde
Western for the second week In 0cio.
Der were sii5.20o. an increase OF S2T,.
200 over the corresponding week OF last
year. Since July 1 the net earnings Of
the road have been Si.dS2, ,iO1, mn In.
crensc Of s2i5.isI over the correspond.
Ing period Of last year