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HIGH-CLASS HOTEL
MAY BE ERECTED
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The erection OF what is planned 10 be
the most exclusive hotel Of the CapItal
City.
Whether lIr- Woodward himself will
organize a corporation 10 build and
manage the hotel, whether he viii buiiE
II and lease IL 10 an operating company.
or whether he VIII lease The ground 10
men whose business II Is 10 erect and
operate hotel properties on d large scale
has not yet been determined
But the intention Of the new owner Of
this valuable property IS clearly indi-
Gated By the character OF the PROPOSE
tons ne is now CouSide-fng- NJ
Woodward viii make his last payment
On the purchase price and take posses
sion on October J.
With the erection OF another imposing
structure at this corner. the improve
ueut Of that section Of the city VIII be
first important structure 10 be reared
of the Union Trust Company on the
southwest corner
On the northeast corner excavations
have already been finished fer the
million dollar Southern Commercial
Congress building
Shortly the Old red brick building Of
the university VIII pass as did old St
Church opposite, and give
place TO Mr. woodward $ ambitious i'm
prov eUeut, completing what then may
Re said 10 be the most highly improved
corners OF any section Of business
Washington
Mr. Woodward Is at present out OF he
city.
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master Ger eral rode in the machine yes
terlav- bat finally decided to give II to
the home as he. being CHARGED with
administering the anti-lottery laws
would not look particularly well in keep
lns o prize he had Won in a society raj
fins contest
Alr. Hitchcock is fond Of motoring and
the chances are that he Will soon be
ruIinlnS a big touring car. PERHAPS. that
may explain why he did. net keep the
rInabout- He relies or Dame Fortune
She never deserts him. Some dav- he
NAV be figuring. the lady viii drift in
with touring car in her wake
he IS her faiT-haired boy and what is
the use OF being q fSir-haired bov if Won
cant be sDOilt TO death with the good
things of the world?
Hitchcock has jumped with lightning
ike CELEBRITY from an obscure place IN
the Government service to nationaI
fame, and a great position Re never
operated or. the runabout scale. he has
come up to the top or the hin in a
touring car. There ore, perhaps he
thought the dame Of fortune dfd not
Guido herself by giving him the run
about
Wanted from the dame-one touring
car
And the chances are that the lady is
already on the job.
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TROOPS ARE RUSHED
TO QUELL UPRISING
Spanish ReactionarieS Be
lieved to Be Seeking Al
fOnSo'S Downfall.

MADRID. Aug. 5.-Ten thousand care
fully chosen troops were dispatched to
day 90 the Basque provinces to queII
the uprising there which mas broken
out under the leadership Of the reac-
tionaries.
It is believed that behind the move
menJ Is a plan for the overthrow Of
King Alfonso and the elevation to the
throne Of Don Jaime. Bourbon pre-
tender, VINO has been in constant com
r, uuicatioI with the cIericals since
the relations between Spain and the
first became strained.
Confirmation was received here to
day Of the report OF the distribution
of arms to the inhamed populace- CT
derS have been issued for the arrest
Of all iEcendiaries, whether priest or
layman
The railroads running to the north
have been ordered to give the troop
trains the right OF way.
AdviCes received here today state that
the disahection is spreading rapidly.
now beng parucuIariy alarming in the
northern part OF the province OF
Navarro
Both radicals and the CarIist clerical
forces are said TO be arming in Nizcava
whefe the striking miners of the Bilbao
district hold crUical position IN the
struggle
In the province Of AIava ard GuipuzcOa
the situation Is scarcely less critical
than elsewhere The pious part-o the
population believes that the govern
ments intention is 10 do away with all
forms OF religion. and feeling is intense
Secret instructions were today sent 10
the governor Of La Mota, the fortress
containing the san Sebastian garrison
The reports arriving today are taken
tC Indicate that clash IS Inevitable and
that the question is largely one Of
whether the clash win be delayed until
sunday
General Azenar, minister OF war, Ibis
morning conferred for more than an
hour with the premier Minister or Pub
JIG Works Calbeton was summoned 10
tie meeting, 10 be consulted regarding
ne running of troop trains
Baron de la Tore. civil governor at
san Sebastian. today requested detailed
Instructions. The situation, however. Is
largely in the hands Of the military
RumorS current here today We're that
q declaration of martial law in the uorta
was not TU1UTOtll bic.
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In some quarters II is pointed out that
for the time being at least, al serious
liquidation is ever S.sat the big inter
ests have taken over q large amount
OF stock at low prices and tI-at a stead
Ter market IS likely at the eE- ense OF
the shorts Shorts have not displayed
their usual agEressiEeneSs during the
last two days. Commission houses con
fined their operations to the leading
stocks. Strong interests have certainly
absorbed a large amount Of floating
stock. and IL will take the unexpected
20 Jar the list agsinst-and II may or
may rot happen
The advances that attended upon the
uneasiuesS Of the shorts varied from
= 20 2iL points Reading was the strong
point, with Union good second Read
ing sold 90 1ls7s. Union 10 165-s. south
ern Pacific better than 112, and Steel
common to &C.. a gain % H. The less
active rails showed q fair tone. but did
not act as well as the ieaders-indeed
speculative activity Centers IN the lead
ers where action is more certain
Chesapeake and Ohio was the frmest
Of the secondary group selling 10 1l1z-
HTI shares were = higher. Ripper show
Ing the best strength. Copper and
Smelling strong,
In the second hour Of the afternoon
y point reactions were general through
cut the list, but the market gave no in
dicatiors OF weakness Proft-taking
was responsible
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CONFIRH IDENTITY
OF GILMORE BODY
Friends Positive That Hair
Is That of Crippen's
Wife.

LONDON, Aug. positive evidence
that the body found in DR.. Hawfey
Harvey Crippeu's home here is that OF
Belle ElmOre. his wife, has been OBJ
tanned by Scotland Yard detectives,
il was learned today. confirming the
announcement made by the coroner
several days ago that the body had
been Identified.
Several strands Of hair found near
the body have been Identified as that
Of Belle Elm0re- II is OF peculiar
color 1t had been dyed. and part OF
the hair mad come back 70 its natural
color Friends Of Belle ElmCre de-
clared- after seeing the strands, that
thay were V4lliu- 10 swear they were
tie hair Of CripFeu's wife.
Walter Pink. a PLAYWRIGHT and man
ager. was among those who were shown
the strands TaUl 1IarIiuetti- another
theatrical man also saw them. and both
declared their belize thar the hair was
that Of Belle ElmOre-
Martinetri and MS wife had dinner
with the CriDDens on January 81 Belle
ElmOre IS believed 20 have heen killed
early the following mCrnlns-
The elatiCn OF the police yesterday
over the discovery that Dr. Crippen.
January IS, few dsvs before the prob
able date of the murder, bought I'VE
grains of hyOSciue al West End dr1r--
store, vanished today, when Il was
learned that Dr. Crippen frequently
Il. ed this poison IN the preparation OF
medicines
Analysists VIII now make another ex-
animation OF the body supposed to be
that Of Mrs Crippen ia the hope of
finding traces OF hEOsciue Unless the-
VII be worthless as evidence against
the doctor
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DISORDERS EXPECTED
AT SAN SEBASTIAN

SAN SEBASTIAN Aug. Iron
shields were today Tut over the win
dOws Of the historic church Of santa
2IaTia, IN anticipation Of sundays ex-
pected disorders
The captain general ordered an eX-
ira guard thrown about the local seat
OF government, the Palace De IA Dipu-
taCiou, and guards were detailed to
the Alan -da, the boulevard connect
ing the ca and new towns
Crowds thrOnged the streets from
early morning. and individual fights
w. ere reported
81 Pueblo Vasco. the leading Catho-
lie paper today urged the devour 20
come 10 san Sebastian Sunday at all
cost ia defense OF the governments
prohibition OF a demonstration The
republicans are doing tneir utmost 20
arrange a counter demonstration for
the same day.
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OZARK DESERTIONS
TO BE INVESTIGATED
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that command HIS resignation was sent
TO General Herries at Gettysburg by
Captain Stratt"n and was accepted
Although this resignation and is &C
ceptance was in good form it IS not
considered strange that Lieutenant Nit
tenUorf considered himself still an Off
Ger Of the battalion II Is explained
that during an UpEeaEai IN the battalion
four or nve years age Captain SJraCtOl
SSked for the resignation OF nearly all
Of the officers and Nltten6OrGs vas
among those received
However, matters were EpatChed I'd
satisfactorily at the time without more
than one or two OF the designations be
ing accepted but Captain SLrarLO7 has
had those designations IN his possession
ever since and according 10 a hIgn
officer OI-Lne guard today, SCrattUn dug
I'D TINS resignation several weeks so,
following q personal C1fLereDCe with the
chief e----leer-- and sent il TO General
HaTTIeS for action This. II IS claimed.
was done without MittcnGorf's kno~I-
edge
Lieutenant 1Iittendorff was considered
by many as particularly efficient and
was the only man in the battalion with
D. marine engineers license he was
chief engineer on the ship now known
as the transport Sumner and the great
CT part Of his life has been spent in
marine service
The alleged bad conditions aboard the
doTff. must have been due 20 the in
efficiency Of the working force IN the
engine rooms He contends that the
ship IS good one and that real sailors
would have no tr0ubls IN manning the
vessel
Major O.. Fred Cook. adjutant general
of the guard said today that he does
not see how the members Of the bat
talon who returned home because they
did not ike the food aboard the Ozark
can be charged with dCSeTtI0E If they
were not duly sworn in as members Of
the battalion as is claimed by them He
cannot account for this omission on the
part OF the executive OF the battalion
He knows CT nc reason why men should
be- recruited and not sworn into the
service II Ills all-impOTtaut service
was not performed, he contends these
lads cannot be considered members Of
the battalion. and therefore. are not
subject To its rules and restrictions.
Major Cook contends that an eX-
PLANTATION from the Ozark officers on
this point would be INST about as ac-
C-ptaDle as would the report on the
cnange Of plans and the alleged deser-
tons
The Ozark was sighted of Indian
Head early this morning where she
dropped anchor and remained the
greater part OF the dav. She Is EXPECT
ed TO reach Washington tomorrow after
noon
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PLAN TO DESTROY
OLD RIGGS HOUSE

On September / viii be commenced
the work OF razinE the old building o.
the National Metropolitan Bank On
May 1 the lease OF the Riggs House cx-
pires and then viii commence the de-
structiOn Of that building The plans
fer the new theater and Office building
to be erected on the site Of these TWO
CID structures have already been made
public
!. H de Sibour. architect for the new
structures has advertised for bids TO
destroy the old bank building lust
south of the Riggs House and opposite
the Treasury, and II is his plan 70 pro-
coed it'll the erection Of the part Of the
building which viii stand there, with
out waiting until the whole rOperty is
cleared
Two familiar landmarks Of the old
city viii thus give way TO the progress
of Improvement which has been going
steadily and rapidly forward on Fiji
teenth street in the nCishbOrhOOd Of the
Treasury
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BAPTISTS PLANNING
CHURCH ADDITION
Improvements Cos ting
$1,000 to Be Made by
Alexandria Congregation.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, AUGUST 8


The congregation Of the First Bap-
list Church is planning extensive i'm
provements TO their church building,
In South Washington street. between
Prince and Duke streets.
The architects are at work on the
plans, and viii place them in the
committees hands within a few days
The improvements, which will cost
between $1,000 and $4,000. wiz in
clude an addition TO the south side of
the church and an open baptistry.
The general committee on arrange
ments for the fremen's convention
VIII meet at the rooms Of the chamber
Of commerce this evening at s o'clock.
II 3. Harlow and wife have soId TO
Mary h kidner a house and lot on
the east side Of CoIum bus street be
tween PendIeton and Wythe streets
The deed conveying this property was
Elaced on record in the clerks Office
Of the corporation court today.
The delayed paw checks Of the Alex
andria Light Infantry for services at
the camp at Gettysburg arrived from
the adjutant general today
Potomac Lodge. OF Odd Fellows, viii
hold a meeting at their han ID North
Columbus street this evening. when the
first degree Of the order viii be con
ferred on a class Of four candidate
In tee circuit court for the city, Judge
Thornton presiding Mrs Minnie r
Peck through her attorneys, CrandaI
Nackey and Nachen & Jesse. today
fled suit for a divorce a mensa ct
th0ro from W H Peck She asks for
aiimOny and the custody of her two
children, William Alfred and Harvey
Thomas Peck
Isabel Cochran Jones. The infant
daughter OF LT- and Mrs. Charles
Jones, died AT her parents home, 3d.
South St ASapn street, today Tie
body viii be sent to Winchester JCmor-
row for burial
The funeral Of George NashinSt al
VIII be held from DemaineS Chapel
this afternoon at O'Clock. Burial viii
be in Christ Church Cemetery
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GOVERNOR DEBARS
SECULAR MEETINGS

SAN SEBASTIAN, Aug 5--The gov
ernor or San Sebastian today issued a
proclamation against any but the regu-
lar Catholic gatherings on Sunday, and
prob biting outsiders bearing arms from
entering the town
This last preCaution was taken as a
result Of the report that the village
priests in the Biscayan provinces were
giving arms and ammunition 70 their
practitioners and urging them 10 march
on san Sebastian
The authorities throughout all the
Northern provinces today began Selling
trains and boats TO prevent a general
movement against San Sebastian on
Sunday
The prospect now is that only a fex
thousand people will attempt TO ca Try
out the plan for q demonstration against
the governments course in the Vatican
dispute The authorities have acted
with much dispatch and have the city
well guarded
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FINANCIER DIES
At LAKE HOHONK
]. E. Simmons, President of
New York Clearing House,
Passes Away.

= LAKE MOHONK, y Y. Aug =
J. Edward Simmons died here early to-
day.
Mr. Simmons was president Of 4he
Fourth National Bank OF New York.
president Of the New York Clearing
House president Of the State Chamber
Of Commerce. president Of the Panama
Railway Company, and was an offcer
and director in many other CORPORA
tons
He was born in Troy. y. Y, Septen-
Der 2, 1871 He was graduated from
William College. and IN 1863 was ad-
mitted 10 the bar.
In 1881 and 1888 he was president of
the New York Stock Exchange. He
was q past grand master Of the state
Lodge OF MasOns-
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Wholesale Produce Market
Eggs, Cheese. and Butter.

Chesse-2Iew York new. IsaI1c-
EgEs-Firginia. I1zc, Southern. &c
Bufter-FanCy. tub. SIC. prints &c high
sra-e. tub 5oizc5 print HE fancy reT.u-
vztsd- tub. S55zc5 PRINT. gle
Poultry.
Live Poultry-Spring chicken. large. -O42ec
per ID; small 1Sa20c per h; bias. I5aI1c
per IL, ROSTERS, 1ez15c per H.
Fruit
ApDIes-15a75c per box California oranges
s. 25s4-00 per box pinespples. $3.50 Per
cate peaches. sane per CraGe- buckle
berries, 1aSc per ct plurs. 5ocas1-50 Per
crate
Vegetables
FS-stoes-SI-s 5a2-oO per Dbl: sweet pota-
toes 5. o1a4 3 per bbL- onions, s. ooa2 . per
Dbl
Green Goods.
Cucumbers. 5Oczs1-G0 Per basket. string
beans, g. 75a1 % per Dbl, beets. sc per dqz. :
eEEpIout. SOC per basket tomatoes. S5a75c per
crate. Uatcrunelons. 15C 70 sc apiece Calta-
Ioupes. S-25a2-60 per crate. cabbage. 5ga75-
Per Dbl
Live Stock
Cslves-Prines Sc; medium. 7a7szc per y. /:
common. 6s61zc per IL: choice beef. sac per
H., medium, fiza5c per ID: hOss. sa10c Per
d
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LENEVE TURNS
AGAINST CRIPPEN

QUEBEC. aug 5.-EtheI Clare Leneve
has turned against Dr. II H CripDer
and the authorities believe she viii soon
give out facts that she has hitherto
concealed in her interviews with IN
speCtUr Dew
She burst into a violent rage when
the physicians name was mentioned 10
her b. a Jail attache this morning. and
cried
Don't mention that man 10 me, 1
hate him"
The Jail empIoye aDoIogfzed and she
then broke down and sobbe1- The girls
mental condition Is causing deep
anxiety
Crippen IS stu calm and is apparently
confident that he cannot be convicted
he demanded the newspapers again to-
day and one was given him from which
all reference 10 his case had been cut
out.
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HOPE TO RECOVER
REVENUE CUTTER

4 cahlecranl received IT the headouar-
tiers Of The United states Revenue ont
ter Service today by wireless from Can't
D. P Foley commander Of the Revenue
Cutter Service feet in BehriuC sea and
dated Nome Alaska announces that the
cutter Perry which was reported early
this week as having been lost July Is of
the Priholon Islands while on seal
pCachin- service Is not lost but merely
has a bad hole stove below the water
line. II IS believed she can easily be
saved
Another cutter has been sent 70 the
scene OF the wreck for the purpose Of
saving The FerIE.
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THE DAYS SALES.

Potomac Electric Consolidated SIS.
s. Co0lt100s, sl.50001c01k
washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred. zGSs- 2dSS
after Cali-Lanston. 5dSI. 5dNL
eHgeuthaler-5TZI5
Washington Railway and Electric
common, asst
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FURTHER ORDERS
FROM Mr.. COBB

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 5-The
Boston Red Sex players claim Ty Cobb
told them he was through playing until
Davey Jones Is dropped from the De-
tr5it lineup.
Cobb says that Jones does not work
WITH him when Ty IS ~ bat. and Davey
On base that Davcy pays no attention
y signals thereby haadiCappins the
Georgian IN his work
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JOE CANS MAY WIN
RACE WITH DEATH
Former Peerless Fighter Praying
That He May Reach Balti-
timoTe Home.

PITTSBCRG. Pa. Aug. 5.-JOe Cans.
but a ghost Of the Old Master, passed
through Pittsburg this morning, pray
ing that he would win his race against
death and get to Baltimore before
tubercU1 osis ends his life
DR.. StoutwOTth, his physician, who
attended him in Arizona, while here
said Cans had a chance Of winning the
race Mrs Cans is with him also
The Dugiiist could scarcely whisper.
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John D. Ryan. president of the Anal
samated Copper. who arrived from
Europe today. said Z found that cop
Der consumption was going on in Ger
many at a tremendous rate. and on
an ever increasing scale Consumption
in France. italy, an6 England, Is also
showing a steady expansion. While
abroad I had conferences with the
largest producers and consumers of
copper in England, Germany. and
France. and the general opinion eX-
pressed at these meetings was that pro-
ductiOn was in excess of consumption,
although consumption is now on an
unprecedented scale Personally
think an Improvement IN the metal
situation VIII be shown from now on
Industrial conditions in Germany are
splendid. although foreign interests be
came frightened at the heavy slump in
our stock market At the time 7 left
europe, their confidence was reviving.
and they had again begun 70 purchase
American shares, believing that the
prices then p eVailing We're attractive.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET,

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NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

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Hartman s. Co.-Have not changed
our opinion. Think the market is go
Ing to be hicher- and il weak would
certainly buy but # lOnS Of them
would let them run
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Up 70 date two emergency currency
associations have been organized one
at Washington and one at New York
Others VIII follow Lhe law was passed
Nay 80 1905 Secretary Cortelvo- i'm
mediaIely ordered S500.000.O0G emer-
ge1cy currency prepared and IL was
stored for months in L e vaults OF the
Union Trust Company There is Irst
a possibility OF a necessity arising for
the placing Of emergency currency il.
circulation during the life Of the law
that authorized It four years from
May 90. 1905.
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LOCAL SECURITIES
WERE VERY QUIET
Four Washington National
Banks in Roll of Honor.
Financial Gossip.

Today's session OF the local exchange
was uEinteresLing, and its record
shorter than the session 4 Ettl--
Hallway preferred sold at IS, and less OF
the common at 3D. Probably more
could have been bought at the same
Dric Other stock sales equally non
indicative OF actual market conditions.
J No SI-UU0 Potomac Electric Con
sOlioated 5s bonds sold at 1900.
That's all
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The sUbtreasury lost S6S5, 900 to the
banks yesterday and since Friday has
lost S., 697, 900 u the banks
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Washington has the honor OF having
four banks in the "Rou Of Honor list
as prepared or the New York F-Inau-
cIer-tIle Riggs National. the Columbia
National. National Capital and the
Georgetown.
Admittance to the roll IS given 70
banks that have a surplus and undivided
profit account OF more than the capital
stock OF the institution
The Riggs National Bank is also re-
cognIzed IN the Million Dollar Roll
made I'D Of banks that have a capital
OF 100000 or over, with a surplus and
undivided profit account exceeding the
capital In the list OF national banks
the Riggs stands tweurT-Oue with a
million capital and S1.7S1,7 55 surplus and
undivided profits Its surplus and ~
divided profits is 1IS,778 per cent Of its
capital
The strongest institution in the na-
uonal bank list. on this test is the I'm
p0rters and Traders National Of New
York
II has $1,000 capital. and its surplus
IS 55i-f8 per cent Of its capital The
Corn Exchange leads in Chicago and the
Citizens National Of Baltimore. the lat
ter's surplus and undivided profits being
1913 per cent Of its capital
This does not mean that other hfgh-
grade national banks are not lust 49,
sound and safe. but the record that
entities these banks 20 admission 10
the roll OF honor is one that their Of
ucials and those who have preceded
them in control OF the institutions may
wei be proud Of
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The steamship Mauritania. which ar
rived from Europe this morning. brought
forty boxes Of bar gold. valued ct
ESS2, 900, consigned to Hazard Ereres-
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Today's Meqv York Stock Exchange Prices

ouo,auus
Building
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BONDS.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET-

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WALL STREET COMMENT

Resources Of 142 savings banks in New
York state increased SIS. ass. 76T TO 81
SO, 1882 in the year ending July
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London Economists July index number
viii tx the priCC of commodities end OF
July at 23S6, a A.: e Of a points