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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
POLITICAL.

POLII1CAl.
The soldiers orphans commission bill was
amended in the Senate of Pennsylvania by
striking out the fifth section and inserting
section giving power to the commission
to rent buildings and to appoint all officers;
provided, however, that nothing in the act
shall be so construed as to permit the said COM
mission to contract with any persons for the
care and maintenance of the children under
his care. The bill went over for final passage,
and now compels the commission to operate
the schools under its own immediate super
vision.-During the meeting OF the Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution in New
York last week Maj. Halstead, of New jersey,
objected to the nomination of Gov. Green OF
that State, on the ground that he was Copper
head during the late war, but Gov. Green was
nevertheless elected one Of the Vice Presidents.
Southern cotton manufacturers have form
ed an organization in Augusta, Ga, Tor the
purpose of fostering the foreign trade, and it
was resolved to pay 10 cents per 100 pounds
more for cotton baled in cotton bagging than
in ute, in order to break the jute trust.-The
new license law went into effect in Boston last
Thursday. Instead of 1886 liquor saloons as
formerly, only $50 were opened.-The debt
statement shows that the reduction of the Ma
tional debt during April amounted to Sl307S,-
23i.11, with total cash in the Treasury of
$6l9, $500 l555.-Gen Newberry turned
over the Chicago postotfice to his successor,
pared at the Treasury Department shows that
there has been net increase of SI769,653 IN
the circulation since April 1, and that there
has been net increase of $4,903034 in the
money and bullion in the Treasury during the
same period-The Secretary of State has
been informed that the President 'of the Ar
gentine Republic has appointed three dele
gates to represent that Republic at the Congress
of American States to be held in Washington
in October next.-The President made the
following appointments: United States Attor-
neys-Samuel w, Hawkins for the Western
District of Tennessee; John Ruhm, for the
Middle District of Tennessee; De Alya S. Al
exander, for the Northern District of New
York; Thomas B. Borland, for the Eastern
District of Virginia; Andrew j. Fans, for the
Western District of Texas. and VIM H. Clay
ton, for the Western District of Kansas
United States Marshals-Joshua b. Hill, for
the Eastern District OF North Carolina; Carter
b. Harrison, for the Middle District of Ten
nessee; James w. Brown, for the Western Dis
trict of Tennessee.-The sentence of the
courtmartial in the case of Maj. Lydecker, who
was tried on charges arising out of the Wash
ington Aqueduct tunnel frauds, is that he shall
forfeit 500 per month of his pay for nine
months and to be reprimanded in orders
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the new British Minis
| ter, presented his credentials to the President
on Friday last.
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Pennsylvania Monuments.

A meeting of the Survivors Association of
the 56th Pa will be held in Corp'l Sicily Post
ROOM Gettysburg, Pa, on Monday evening,
May 20, when a report will be made by the
Committee on Monument, and for the transac-
ton of such business as may be brought before
the association. Arrangements for dedicating
the monument and program for the same will
be made at this meeting The monument will
be dedicated on May 81. Col. II. A. Laycock
has been selected marshal for the OCCASION and
Gen j. VIM Holman will be present and de-
liver an historical address A Reunion of the
regiment will be held Tuesday evening at the
same place at o'clock. Headquarters of tho
regiment will be at the rooms of Corpl Sicily
Post, No. 8, during Pennsylvania Days-May
81 and %. The Secretary will be there on the
afternoon of the goth, and it is earnestly re-
quested that every eomrade will report there
upon his arrival III Gettysburg.
The monuments of the Pennsylvania Reserve
regiments at Gettysburg will be dedicated on
May 81 and %.
After much talk, the members of the Wash
ington Grays of Philadelphia have Endorsed
the proposed removal of their monument from
Broad and Girard avenues to Washington
Square
A monument will be placed over the grave of
| Gen. VIM McCandless the former Colonel of the
| I'd Pa Reserves, in Mount Moriah Cemetery,
| Philadelphia by the survivors of that regiment.
The memorial will cost 81, 600, and will be ded-
icated on May Is. There will be a military
and civic procession on the occasion, which will
be participated in by the First Brigade, Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania Department of
Pennsylvania, GA r., particularly the Penn
sylvania Reserve Post, No. l91, and the Phila-
dephia Posts generally; the Survivors Asso-
| citation of the Pennsylvania Reserves, and in
vited guests in carriages Among these will be
! President Harrison aud Cabinet, the Governor
of Pennsylvania and staff ex- Gov Andrew G..
| Curtin and Robert Z. Pattison, Mayor Filter,
| heads of departments and City Councils. The
shaft is constructed of dark blue Quincy gran
lite. The base is square aad one foot high.
! Upon this successfully rise sub base and die
! five feet high, upon which are the inscriptions,
and upon the front face fine bronze bust
medallion of the General On this rests tall
Corinthian shaft, upon which hangs a sword
and belt. The cap is surmounted by polished
ball. The entire hight of the memorial is 16 it.
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GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

At Hartwel o., Mrs. Prossman, wife of the
ticket agent of the Bee Line Road was sand
bagged at the Office and cholled into insensbil-
ity by thief, who stole $3.50 from the drawer
and escaped. The woman was unconscious for
several hours.-Fifty people were seriously
injured and thousand crushed in panic on
the lake front. Chicago, Friday last, where
100000 people had assembled to see the fire.
works. One of the pieces exploded and burned
its way among the crowd, causing the panic.
Many persons We're also injured by panic in
Lincoln Park, caused by the falling Of plat
form.--AIiss Ann Theresa Coin, OF Williams
burg, n, Y, was struck and fatally injured by
brick thrown by Martin Welsh at a police
man.-Wilhelmina Stohl, aged 81, died in
Chicago of rheumatism of the heart a week ago,
but the corpse remains so life-Ike that the girls
mother viii not permit the burial to proceed,
though the physicians have shown by every
scientific test that life is extinct.-Patrick A.
Nealon, of Binghamton, was found last Satur-
day with two bullets in his head in Detroit,
and accused Charles Sergeant, a saloon keeper,
of having shot him. Sergeant said Nealon had
shot himself and as circumstantial evidence
was forthcoming in proof of this, Sergeant was
released.-Henry Il. Saith, the Paymaster
of the United States corvette Essex, who dis
appeared with 81 200 Government money during
the Centennial celebration in New York. was
found at his mothers house. where, it is said, he
attempted to commit suieide.--Walter Harris
and Robert Williams, both colored, were hanged
| together at Emporia, Va, for murder, last Fri
| day.--Guthrie, Oklahoma, has been laid out,
and good deal of friction has resulted. Miss
/ Nannita Daisy, the LADY boomer" was shot
| by an engineer named Stafford, who jumped
her claim.-A colored Jack the Ripper I"
| has appeared in the vicinity of Ocala, Fla
| At Blair, La, merchant named Alelwick shot
| his wife and two children set fire to his resi-
| denee and burned the bodies of his victims
with it, and then shot himself.-Dick Halves
was found guilty of murder in the first degree,
last week, for killing his daughter May. Eff
forts to lynch him occasioned the riots in Biz
mingham, Ala, some time ago, in which II
| people were killed.-The President granted
a respite until May II to Nelson Colbert, who
was to have been hanged in Washington last
Friday for the murder of Philip Wentzell.-
A mutiny took place among the prisoners in
the workhouse of Kenton County KY
| Henry V. Rosenbaum found a mans leg pro-
truding through his parlor window in Great
Jones street, New York, on Saturday, in the
middle of the night, and threw limb and owner
to the area below. The supposed burglar had
a leg and arm broken.
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Ex-PRIsONERs OF WAR.

IHiaois-The Chicago Association at their
annual election, held recently, chose the fol-
lowing officers President, d. w. Howe Y.-P
c. d. Noble; Sec. and Treas +. A. Cleaveland ;
Chap, c. ID. Ramsey; Committee ON Pensions,
f. a. Cleaveland (member of Executive Com
mittee of National Assocation).
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Dullard-There's that old Stocks again
He's always round, isn't he?
Brightly-Yes! I'd like him better if he
were always square
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22
TOBACCO DErARTM ENT.

RICHMOND, VA. November Y.-Oner-
ing. on tobaccos at auction on Change
TO-DAY Were light.
Private sales reported to The secretary
to-day: Wrappers, 6 hogsheads: hllers'
ho.sheads: smokers. Il b0gsbeads; dark 10.
bacc0s. hogshcads. Total sales reported
to-day. ~ bogsheads.
Office Of the Tobacco Inspector reports
to-day: Inspections. bright. ~ hOgsneads
dark. 30 hogsheads. Reinspections, bright,
II hogsheads; dark. , bOgsheads.
Farmers. Wilson's. >bOckOe. Blanch-
ards. Centre. SeahroOk's. Allegheny, ana
>helburne's warehouses report 81 hogshead'
delivered to-day.
Registered at the Tobacco Exchange: e..
II. Warnakcr, Paducah; W. j. Duke, Han
over. y. 4. Crump. New Kent; u. J.. An
dersOn. Farmyille: W. u. BOYD. Warren
ton. y. c.; J. y. Watt, Reids,lle; Thomas
Y. Mason, editor Western Tobacco jour
nal. Cincinnati. o.; W. +. johnson, GoOch-
land: r. W. scott. brakes Branch.
Office Of the collector of the United states
internal revenue reports collections for the
city Of Richmond today a. follows: Tax
paid cigars and cigarettes. SI9l.ij; tax-paid
ObaccOs. $i.027 40; taN-paid. special. $40.
Total collections for city to-day. s4.s2iUJ.
Mcssrs. Vaughan 4 Sarvay announce
that there will be "a sale of loose tobaccos
on the floor Of Crenshaw's warehouse To-
morrow.
The Richmond tobacco market was quiet
to-day. {. Mel.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22
CURES WI H0UT TINS U { or RAU-
SEATING DRUGS.
YOUR PLY sicIAN PR-~CRIBEs IT AND
KNOWS IT- NALlE.

After the discover and introduction Of The
/ waters of the celebrated Healing spring O
/ ashe county. y g.. hold and a mUci
more strongly impregnaied spring Of watel
was found higher up the valley ON the land'
| Il Major J &. Plum mer.
For Blood Disease. Cancer0us Affection,
/ an kind. of Disease OF the skin. implies
/ BlOtche- Koughn -, ~a iuWncss. Molo and
/ I ad tOmplt zion. aides vino. from loss al
| rest. oNef-eNertion. aud too m ch disSipa
/ flOn. become lau-uid and blasc. will lind the
Plummer Brcminc Arscu.c Waier "a g.eIi
/ Don and rcstOfer OF freshness. sufferers
wit Dyspepsia. Indigestion, or ANY ~t1ula h
| or Kidney IrOub :. viii nud tn RUNNER
BfOmine Arsenic " ter gives immed ate re
| lief how the ANALYSIS o. he plummrr Bro
mine rsenic alter 20 YOUR physician aud
ask him sill il help YOU.
| .ur leadln1 oc 0Is are prescr bling this
wonderful water ana receiving the beet re-
| suits from It's aciiun. 10 ls faily growing ma
/ favO with the medical frat ruty, aud The
demand for Oh wat DE- rapidly increasing.
/ IN the near future the IlNmmer Bromi 1e
Arsenic Wa er win become .he 'eajine
/ lie ling Water OF thr world Tor an Blood,
= omach, Kidney. and skin Diseases.
WHAT TTiE "pLUNMtR MINE ArSE-
Nc WATER Has done FOR \ RICH
MDND LtDl, nND HAT she SAYS
AB1t 1T.
being great sufferer from in iges ION,
and being unable to eNi either irNlt or veg
tables. ON M kiuu my trouble known Co T.
] nndOn A. Edwards uc ADVISED me io use
Pummer Bromiue Arsenic Macr now
10y my regular plrsic.lu, Hunter Me-
uirc. had pre~cf bed ine same water. J
rOcuregp case of the piummor brmine
| Arsenic Water. 0ni am glaI iO say ssh cn
using This water could "a uHyhius. ir lbs
and vegetables included. AMI my skin while
rsin. the water WAS cIc D ami free nom
llmplps. HlOtches. and letter which always
cimc vince eHting fruits Withnu Or mixing
Hummer BrOmiue Arsenic Water. g|a'lv
give my ttsl mOuV % the value of flummer
Brum 70 Arsenic Water Tor aiding digestion
an CLEANING aud purifying ihc skin.
see that you get tie liummer brOmine
Arsenic Water from Asle comfy. &C.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22
INSURANCE STATEMENT.
A NNuAL STATEMENT Ft

4 NNUAL STATEMENT FOR THE
"A Fiscal YER kNIING THE 3Isr
DAY OF DECEMBER, 1883, o. NE AC-
1UAL CONDlTION OF THE WASHINGrpN
LIFE INSURANCE COHPANI. ORGAN
IZEp UNDER THE LAWS or THE STATE
or NV YORK MADE To THE AUDITOR
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS FOX TuE COM
MOSWkALIH or VIRGINIA. fUR~ UANl
10 THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, CHAPTER
80, ~EC,IOs ]. $50 AND .1s3. ktGULA1-
ING IHh REPORTS OF INSURANCE COM
pANlE-.
Name OF the Comp. ny in full-THr WASH
ISGToS LIFE INsURANCE CONPANY, Of New
YORK.
Home or principal Office Of said company
NJ. u TOUR L Nd SHEET, -. \.
Character Oi the company. ~hether Life.
Accident. Casually CITY to-OperatiVc AssO-
citation, Brotherhood. livestock. or any
other As Ociation b. surf ~ life-iIFE.
residcnt-N. a. BR WE. JR.
Nice-Pres,dcnt and secretary WILLIAM
HAXTUN.
Assistant Secretary-CYRUs MANN.
Ac.uafy-IsREALC &. PIERsON
Organized aud OrpOmted-JANUARY,
1860.
Commenced busincss-FFB RUARY ID, 1850.
Name Of the General Agent IN Virginia
THOMAS l.. ALFRfAND.
Residence OF the General Agent in Nir-
GINA -kICHNOND. VA.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22

TIN phosphate lands Of Florida aFe - ~
developed by New York company. They
are said 20 be- very rich.
ONE firm alone IN Newark, New Jersey,
makes a hundred and nny millions Of cork
screws every year Now a corkscPew II
moi thing that wears ont rapidly, and .
r.cent writer. who has collected the Stats
.irs of the manufacture j. at loss 10 ur-
a .r.tand how the demand ycar by year
1uials The supply. In Newark alone erons b
-orkscfews are manufactured to supply
ever, man, woman and child in Europe and
America with one cOrkscfew year. what
becomes Of The old onesy be asks,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22

NEW YORK. November n.
Neither side had much advantage to-day,
and the speculation was liielcss. The bulls
seemed 10 pin their faith 10 ontario and
Western. Tnion Pacific. Jersey Central and
Pacific Mail. while the leaders had Reading.
sugar. Missouri Pacific and Louisville and
Nashville. RumOrs that good many bonds
would be presented TO the Treasury helped
in the afternoon. London was a buyer and
seller. bat its trading is purely professional.
The news was meagre Of little Importance.
The bears seem TO be deyoting themselves
almost wholly to the trust stocks 10 Read
ing. II would seem a. though the liquida-
ton in the trusts is nearly complete.
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New York Produce Market.
lRy Telegrspn.l

KEW YORK. November 2l.-Flour close
duiet and generally firm; winter line grades.
S2.15m ). 80: spring, Sl.15@ $40; Southern.
steady and unchanged. Wheat frmer;
spot sales No. red. Si@ Sll4c.; No. red,
winter. November. S4l3c. Corn firner; spot
sales NO. 2miXcd. ~ &C.: do. November. f2c.
oats higher: spot sales No. l white. Boo;
No. mixed. November. 81 &C. Pork dull
inspected mess. Sl1.WWSll.jO. Lard closed
feaiureless; November. $3.50 S6.j2 sugar
Raw strong. light demand; refined firm
and unchanged. Cohee-spot lots steady (
fair carg0es Rio, 1880.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22

ground alum from store. per sack. s5c.. Il
$l.". Liverpool salt scarce, two cargoes OF
steamers TO arrive.
Sagur~-Granulated. ~ TO ne; confec-
TONERS A. Ic.; soft A, eye; sugar. 81
to sc; Ex. c. 9 to 6I<c.; {, 81 10 jAc.
Large demand and tendency upward.
Teos-Black. ~ ~ j'c.: OOl0ng, Is to
Doc: gunpowder, ~ TO sc.
Cogec-Rio. II 10 204c.: Laguayra. 10 10
2Dlsc.; Java. ~ 10 nc. Market very strong
and tending upward.
Backcts-Painted, two hsops, sl.lS ;
three hoops. <l.j0.
IufiOH-ic.
Ldrd-Pure. re. pressed. SIC.
NOidsscs-Extra, hogshead. IL 10 Lee.
barrels, 10 10 &c.; genuine golden syrup.
per gallon, II to 32c.; New Orleans prime
to choice. - 10 SOC.
Soop-W ashing, 81. to &c.; per posnd.
Flour and Meal.
FlOur-Richmond patent roller family.
$3.50 to 81: fancy family. -; family.
$3.50 ~ $40: choice extra. $3.50 10 $40.
extra, S3.2j to $3.50; fine. $3.50 TO -.
NedI-City. per husifpl. 5jc.: country soc.
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MARKETS Ky TELEGRAPH,
by Telegraph,

BALTIMORE, Nd. November 2l.-Csttsn
auiet: mddling, lO@lOlsc. Flour steady
Wheat southern quiet and firm; tultk'
Longberry, 7iQ sic,i Western quiet; No.
winter red, spot, aud No'eiiIer. ls'.@ y,sc
Corn->outhern steady3 white, 4lsei4c:
velIow. 4la 43c.: Western steady; mixed
snot 1880 lOI<c.: November, 40Ac. Oats
firm: southern and Pennsylvania, ESQ
25gSc.s Western white, 2s@ 2sl4c.; do. mixed
sog2sc.; graded, No. =, white, sec. bid
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-22

ST. LOUIS. November 2l.-Flour quiet
and easier. Wheat firm; November. - &C..
Corn higher: November, 323.c bid. Oats
weaker: January, 200. bid. Pork stand
mess. 500: dried salt meats. shoulders.
Nc: longs and clear ribs. j34@j5sc.; short
clear GGGl,c. Bacon-BoNed shoulders. ~:
longs and clear cribs. 81 @G.lO; short clear
81 n
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New York Financial Market.
[By Teleerarh.l


NEW YORK, November 2l.-M0ney closed
at per cent. the lowest rates; highest,
per cent. Exchange closed steady; 'osted
rates. 4S1iIm 4SG; actual rates, 1901 a. $50
for sixty days and 800 1871 for demand.
Governments steady. Currency. Gs, llllz
bid; A., coupons, ~ bid; AS do, lO11a
bid.
The early prices for American stocks m
London this morning were EM15 per cent.
lower than the closing figures here last
night. and this caused sharp selling IN
this market TO realize the profits Of yester-
DAYS advance. Prices broke. and at J.
o'clock more than One-half the list was
lower than they closed Yesterday. The
bears took advantage of the general selling
to raid Reading. which fell I per cent
Forty thousand shares were sold during the
morning out of total Of 10000 shares OF
stock sold up 10 that time. In the after
neon the general market was dull and only
slightly changed Reading was the con-
spicuOus feature. the trading in il up TO 2:ll
O'Clock amounting 70 over GO.VOO shares.
and the price fluctuaiing between 1915 and
~ after O'Clock. sugar trust was weak
i'm the final hoursand closed at decline Of
~ per cent. for the day. Closing prices loI
the general market were. as a rule. - to
per cent. lower than those Of Yesterday
Sales to-day amounted 10 299, BOG shares.
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COTTON REPORT.
Market firm.



CHICAGO. November 20.--Baldwin Il Far
mum telegraph 10 Thomas Branch a Co. a.
follows. " heat market has been narrow
and without any particular feature. North
western market easier, and when December
mere was SO7. and Nav -, il looked IL
though il would have break. The crowd
sold freely, but the close is rather firm.
Liverpool has been I'd. higher and firm.
Clearance of flour quite liberal. The pre-
diction that receipts i'm the Northwest will
soon fall of il looked upon as bull argu-
ment, but when they do we think II VIII
have but little effect. COrn-NONember has
been strong, other months shade easier
than Yesterday; trading light. Gables firm,
demand good, per cent. higher. Oats
dull today but steady; after the Hurry Of the
past few DAYS they are quite likely 10 ease.
The demand for consumption II very large
at present prices. Provisions have been
firm all day. The market Is very dull 50
far rs speculation is concerned, and We
would not be surprised 10 see il sell on
az in. We feel strong in our position IT.
garding price. and on weak spots believe
them a purchase. The price Of hog, 10 be
packed has been discounted, and Of course
ips the packers interest TO keep prices down.
but they will be bulls later and this market
will sell up sharply. Cash trade good, es-
pecially in lard and meat. Estimated hogs
tomorrow, 1900.