Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-10

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THERE WERE a large number of Congressman
especially members OF the House-on business at
| the several departments to-day.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE VIRGINIA sENAToRsHIp
Collector Brady and Representative Fulkerson, OF
Virginia, yesterday had an interview with the
| President on several matters; among them was
the question OF the Virginia Senatorship. A gen.
teInan from Virginia, who is personal friend OF
Collector Brady, to-day told a STAR reporter that
President Arthur expressed himself as unwilling
In any way TO interfere In the contest for Senator
| in Virginia, but that lie thought the candidate
| most acceptable to Senator Malone should CON-
mand the support OF the republicans in the Icgi :
lature. Capt. RiddebeTger is senator Mahone's
candidate. Other sources OF re lie inform alton
confirm this as the position tlken by President
Arthur in the matter.
GOOD FOR AMERICAN CoaMERcE-President
Arthur signed yesterday afternoon a convention
for the exchange OF money orders with Victoria.
Day before yesterday conventions for money order
exchanges with New South Wales and New
ZeaanG were signed, and all OF them Will go into
effect on the list OF next January. The Australia
sian colonies or Great Britain, says Superintendent
Mcdonald, OF the money order system, have been
very anxious TO establish these exchanges, because
they can buy manufactured articles, notions, etc,
from the Unit States to better advantage than
In Europe. Under the present system they are
forced TO get bills of exchange in London with
winch to make payments In this country; but
under the money order exchanges they viii be
able to remit In what is virtually the same as Us
currency. There is a monthly line OF steamers
from San Francisco to Sidney, New South
Wales, thence 10 Orkland New Zealand,
and and thence back to San Francisco. These
with hides, WOO, tallow. ETC., and in return carry
back agricultural and other machinery, tools, va
riouS kinds OF implements and notions DIR. Nc
Donald says the system OF money order exchanges
now established with the ant:podes viii do more
to extend American commerce than anything the
Post Office department has been able to accom-
nished for exchange additional lines OF steamers
will, no doubt, soon be necessary. San Francisco
VIII be the exchange Office for money orders with
the antipodeS, as New York Is with Europe
Girl Fatally Assaulted.
ANsosIA, CONN, December 10.-Mary Bowling,
who was so brutality assaulted here on Thursday
night last, is not expected to survive her injuries
and it is the opinion that they belonged to a gang
of southern negroes recently brought to Ansonia
to work III Wallace Sons factory.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE. December l0.-virginia Cd deferred,
11tl do. consois, 76a; do second SERIES l0s.: do.
past due coupons 81; do new ten-forties. A
aha, BAIT Is I, December locoton s.eadynia
eeaas re do amber n1ss a
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February. :45aI ass; March. f.4saf. 45a corn,
Ieesmber So January Soao Febru s. s5s a
5la53 do. mixed, 5Oa51: Pennsylvania. 5Ia53. Rye
dull Local 03. Hay unchanged. Provisions quiet and
unchanged. Butter firm western packed, 1sa4O; ROLL
23a3o. Eggs firm. 2Sa29; lined. 22a23. Petroleum
nominal. Coffee fri-Rio carsOes ordinary to fair
s,4aio'f SUGAR qaiet;zA soft sss Whisky hr@. LIZ
Receipts nour 1908 barrels wheat 81 $50 bushels:
corn AZ. 10l bushels oats, 200 bushels rye, 100
bushels. Sales-wheat, 3I9. $50 bushels; corn go 600
bushels.
NEW YORK, December 10.-Stccks generally strong.
Money, s; Exchange-long. $50: short. 4Si. State
NEW YORK, December l0.-Flour quiet and steady.
Wheat quiet and 4ass cent better. Corn without
decided change. Pork dull and weak, II. 25alS %.
Lard weak, IL. - 54all.3 80
As l2i1% Atlantic and Great Western first mortasge
rastees sertiHeates s:.s Erie ~; do seconds
Great Western seconds. 19a. Ontario and Western,
3lA.