The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-10
TO BRING "FITZ LEE" BACK.
TAe Owner Of The Celebrated Racer 10 Take
Him to Virginia.
TB CONDITION OF WINTER GRAIN.
chinAman NIurdered-The Escaped Gillian
vessel Itata-The Demand for Dimes.
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON. d. c., May 9.-ISpeciaLl J.
The races ended here to-day and Holiday
bought back the old horse Fitz Lee. Yester-
dsv when the horse won a selling race he was
boncht by d. A. HONG for $780, He was en-
tered At $500 and Honig bought him for $500.
To-day the horse was entered at $780, and
after winning Holiday bid him in at S1.05O.
Holiday was happy at getting his horse
hsok. He said he would take him back TO old
Virginia. where he belonged; that nothing
hearing the name Of Lee should live outside
that State.
The horse showed great speed and bottom
in his two races. lie won two straight heats
inROOd time yesterday, and won again to-
dsy.
CONDITION or WINTER GRAIN.
Tho condition of winter grain on the first Of
Nav Is reported by the Department
III Agriculture as follows: Wheat 9Ly;
rye, 9L2; barley; %.2. Tins lis IS
during April and of quite as much in rye.
gain in wheat is reported IN New York, IN
some of the Southern States in Michigan and
slight improvement in Illinois, Missouri and
some other States. The uniformity of the
condition Is somewhat remarkable. no State
moving lands is also high. averaging ~ and
ranging from 80 10 100. Iheayerage for spring
uastIre is 0S, ranging from % to 100, except
drop IN Utah t) SO and IN New Mexico 70 3d.
The Eastern slope of the Rocky mountains
comes within four or five points of OF tuu
condition and the Pacific coast Is near the
maximum.
SPRING FLOWING RETARDED.
Tho progress of spring plowing has been
sIrrr go la1 l.tra Of
central and southern belts. The proportion
planted is 6S.8 per cent. The average OF sew
eral previous years has been n per cent.
Tho Eastern States report favorable
condition for spring work and fair pro
rress o. date. In all the Southern States 1t
has been delayed by heavy rains and later by
drought. which has rendered plowlng difficult
and imperfect In the Ohio valley excess OF
moisture delayed plowing through March
and ruteretered with its progress IN some
places during the first two weeks of April.
a oHRASIAN MURDERED.
james Marr. United States Chinese Inspec-
tor at El Paso. Texas writes 10 the Treasury
department that a Chlnaman, name not gwen,
IN the employ Of the United States, had re-
Gently been murdered The Chinaman was en-
ploved by the Inspector 20 assist IN detecting
Cinnamon crossing the border from Mexico
and entering the United States IN violation of
the Chinese Exclusion act. He was laundry
Action VIII be taken 10 apprehend the
murderer
The sailing Instructions of the revenue cut
ters Rush and Bear were mailed this afternoon
from the Treasury Department to San Fran
cisco. The special instructions 20 Agents
Brown and Williams viii reach San Francisco
Thursday morning. So fir Secretary Foster
declines 10 divulge the nature of either the
sailing or other Instructions.
THE ALIEN CONTRACT LAW.
Secretary Foster has written letter to the
DollectOr of customs at Burlington. Vt, N
which he defines his position on the operation
Of the alien contract labor law along tie Ca
madam border. He says that the employment
N the working parties by the Canadian Paci-
&c Railway Company does not come within
the prohibition Of the alien contract labor.
IL Is also held that the engineers, the
conductors and the brakeman are not TO be
changed every time the Canadian cars reach
the border. The ruling applies to the other
Canadian railways crossing into the United
States The department for obvious reason
has not prepared 10 extend this ruling 10
stationary employees such as station agents,
telegraph operators or yard-men at stations of
any Of the Canadian roads on this side of the
line.
CAPITAL NOTES.
The demand for dimes on the United States
Treasury is so great that it cannot be met
Within the past ten days S174 900 in dimes
has been shipped and orders for 5000 are
now awaiting TO be filed. There has been
ordered, smeted and coined into dimes at the
several sub-treasuries, 23l 900 of debased
silver coin.
A court of inquiry has been ordered tc meet
OF Port Walla Walla, Wesh., May 18TH 10 in
quire into and report upon the facts concern
ing the killing of citizen of that city by
soldier of the United States army on the night
Of tho oath Of April last
The Navy Department received a dispatch !
nom San Francisco this afternoon stating
that the United States Charleston had left the |
haTbor for the purpose of trying her guns |
She will return this evening and await instruc- |
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