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HE PRETENDED HIS JIMMY VAS 4 PISTOL
THE BURGLAR WHO TRIED TO ROB JOSEPH A.
BLAIRs HOUSE MADE CLEVER FEINT.
RIFT WAS CAPTURED


BLAIRs HOUSE MADE A CLEVER FEINT.
BUT WAS CAPTURED.
George Clark burglar. twenty-five years old.
was held at the Yorkvlc Police Court yesterday for
mn ATTEMPT TO rob the house of Joseph a. Blair. a
broker and IL member OF the stock EXCHANGE hvins
a, No. 34G West Fif,y-siNth-si. Early yesterday
morning Mr. Blair who sleeping on the second
Aoor Of the house. heard a loud crash below He
,ook,d out Of his window and saw two men trying
20 get in the library. They had cut Il hoie i'll ln'
window but. much 10 their modification, they had
dropped the pane Of glass the hoor thereby wame
up the household.
Mr. Blair promptly gave the alarm, and the burglars
made an energetic effort 10 escape
Policeman Mangin and Night Waterman Mctough''"
ran toward the house. Mclaughlin coming up from
behind. The two burglars were on the Top OF the
fence In the real, with open lot Just before 'h'h
Mclaughlin told them TO surrender. Clark whlpprn
out his burglars Jimmy and pointed II nj the ohc'
who stopped short for a moment. The Other bnrplir
took the opportunity TO escape. but clark, alier Il
cnuse. was captured.
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penns e' ransc and clo-c today and closing bid the

N"v.YorA gio-, receipt S53 bale. -t"'k lt'.e1o
Total pot receipt, today, 80 bllr- mus
fsf th, wrtk l. -G- hil'~ against 1850 iil'> last
week. FNp"rts TO-DAY 'rat Britain. l'"0 bales on
tiuenf % bil.- tnu.o!cst'd net pot ffcits - lar
nj, week l.. sos Bale cNpoits "r.'i hf tain -
France. 100 bales Continent %. 40 bales total
Il .sG tales. Liy' fpo'. - Nl"t cotton quit o..
easy. AGrrc1n nlddiing- a. -'i'. 500 ba,. D.
,rlif. POO balr. including 100 bales Amer an FUTURES
otsn.d -cad, a. par;a lld advance. cn-"i srnd' at
.G3 ut- drcllu- compared with closing ptc'~ ni A''
Ia closing Liverpool quotations August, 4ojt 49,
S.ifcuhrr 4OfiuJ pteuh root br. fO-d4l5'
o,f .No,cuiir 90 IiOJ Soy mh' u s'Inh'r rtii
,ot: D,crnib. January foja 900 January bfu1}.
inG. February March. 4Osa 100, MarchAprl, ilOb
Apill.May. Alb
COFTEf-lhc coffee mar@ct At Nr"-fofk was -
active, and lower - Ipiu. ~ t1c opening on lover
To,rs,n market, and heavier receipts >ant", and Ri"
To local l.Dpl" did must ~ "a" trading. Jnfol'ii
ourrai1r. wcf. trading ~ th. market Ih'i" were
no spec ally Interesting fratur's The spot market - m,
Ia easier. with klD frlpitd ol'rtl AZ
-ar> Yesterday on N" ht-l- "t l'-u.'
Ihr iIasfc market '20'i lower Oh tlr nir months
but distant months were . higher l"hhuh Wa "
hanged AZ 81 lower. and Hamburg '.d'2 htihrt
Na,g cnsac b,r.ly .t..iy and 10 pnln- lower,
.",a.d Mn, ,r.terdn,'. nnal prices. the tJtIl sales
for future deliver, Nrir 2j.2lJ bags.
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HEMP AND III MaF'ct W. a"n WIN v,n na.,
hemp SPOT 5i,dGc shipment. 52d5rci -l-al
hrnp spot and 10 arrive. 3sdic; Jut" spot 2i2d29,c
shipment .gdlc jut. butts and reflections spot l.lG
d.c arrive. 3.ldd@c
HIDES 4 slow aud unlmporan. demand was reported
for ma, II hind> aud quoted prices les
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METALS-iRON- local market for iron In the
general may BE- said 10 sho" faint symptoms OF ~ Is
lut l. ally" !. Cnn
irrtur on IIrt - the trade. lolphla
reports exhaustion OF stocks l. beginning & ma A.
TT itscf that buying IN small lots J., nor general
IL has been for some tim" pa, IN that market Prices
are num5aly and any dsio- Of runI
lot. feeling l. still inherently weak. FOR
steel hllrs there H. Increasing activity a small WY
further concessions In prices be- secured. Re.
cent sales have ne,n it ircr> below anything
cnrurl from 100 TO - 30 delivered o. mills h th
vicinity Of lhiladc'Ihia FOR the time being tne
pre- ng requirements appear been net ana once
NOR, market SENS Iiput 10 relapse into
Hulcrs ana >cl"is ore alike waiting T. wha.
proposes u do fur mn shed iIls
and easier market aud chance pla good
WoId he met at lower prices only lot
,rung For old material there /, demand but
tn, general situation presents connd'ucc
All buyers persist IN naming thsr own Quotations and
irces quito nominal Tine phladc pha market clos.s
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CORNMEM-The naTSct fnnly act,c Siles 800
"a n: southern whit, baes. II i5asi p BNG
MEALS adv. bu' cu ono'at ous ! PC white A o6f
Market nrm. 9uot,ii@aa-, Of wc'tcm N oare..,
soas,r. sharrs 95dsl rye feed 75asoc nominal:
bomIny chop co'tonsecd meal ~ - per 100 n oil
,e..i .Cogl 45. CITY IN quoted ia hays.
Sae. were bags Of city s2iac T. Tho trade 10
bran for export AZ 80 ana 80 Of m. iflinss
at Ell.
FOREIGN DRIED FRuITs-rhe market is
dull and prices are practically unchanged
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LEATHER There was important demand from for.
cien buvcrs the trade indifferent
toal OF the business Tor the last two
or very moderate. Prices are nominally
We quote
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Rio on the eIot va, quiet. but closed steady on ihc
and end. we're sold that basis Md coffee ~, qnt,
Ht aoi st S3,5 go '' sdod T oSonG nominal Ia,
price. II 500. ENchanfc, - l-l' l:r,ripts looV
2G5 900 bags market weak good average Shto'
u 900 rrciT' 300 na ono '3gA ,n n}cd S; to-
dav j. 600 hac- total Visible snpyy Of nal conrr
I;io sanio, ctc $1,000 nag, total ogt IN NV hoFs
stock Ncw-jIlcan- 1851 bags; In baltimore "l'''o
lat two or tcc day. the drug market aud the "a, ing
Lusinc., CONTINUES 10 hc Of odins charet r. bny,s
very good bargains holder, arr more than wihs "
e, ,9 al i r e ' do not seem to be disposed
Hence Win stat Of affairs the narke! can be moth;
Ing els" but g%' ob @t i, G'' nr am me H pricc OF
Mnc nice Qalninc l. nuct At the nominal price Of
cia.able something IKE lc less No important iorian
FIsm-Thc marn.t for maekerl was quit strady, ny
M fun Price. aeh,d IoN hcrlns "crr IN fair demand
viz SALE within the P1?td range .,dn,h W., IN it
Ma'sachu'ets ,hcre naekeieI n.% 10 s3i"f:t IA "a
elsesl2a NcrwnS s%,tr' \" o,t :iIo. ~
new so 3 rmmcd, 81 toai$ b,N herring MrauI'
i RarrSicd herring brador new. % 5cGo Port and
round no%"a "a g. ori srascn ' arr y @
Holland new Whit hoop $40 80 IN bblS GO in Accg';
nIr ST. Soaf3 med'gn sic. ~ 5oasi 70;
FLOUR AND MEAI-rhe market ia, rclarred into
ordinary Of Gunc~- again. after
drX. Sa"> ~ Grade prIIg
Transact ions Of The ordinary c1rot quaI,ifv
,hc tran running through in small way, 81
The radcs 81 wheat hour aud the better lrai> ~
srrnr wheat. Total sales II 600 PKG, including OF
winter wheat four. 900 bbl~ Inrnts 1t ~ Coz - 20
900 bblt do city mill. ~ quotaton,. 100 bbls
,r,,cht nj - ICdfy - O0j Lbi, extra NJ at -
0.sC5; 200 This extra y . AT - 30; bbl- SUPER
nc at - 25os2 20 80 NJ. me u. ani Of s?e
wheat nours. 1000 BIB, ln'cnt NJ - 10. go hil.
strairht at ~ CO. 1io0 bb.s clean IN ',k, - -
80 iii. Al ~ % 300 bbls = - cur 10
30 sack, fne ~ -. The mare >outh,rI h,ur
--aotinues Ncfv quiet - RYE FLOTH-Tho ma~s,t Tor
rye aour H. quiet. with sao' Of 200 hb, AZ slat3:5.
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lIEMIOCK.

UNION TANNED-SLAUGHTEK.
Light backs.... 26d23 Seconds. backs 25a96
idle backs.....-.2 7d29 Bellies % 9l2
Nddlo backs. heavy - d2o
OAK.
Dressed 3.dss Bellies ............lial2a
Seconds .. ............21d33
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documents to show that Mrs Catherine McCor-
mick, charged jointly with Drs Minkler and
Gile with granddaughter in causing the death
OF Wright had offered Luther $l75 and had paid
him SIS not to appear as . witness for the state.
In Saturdays issue 1t is said that it IL consid.
cred very peculiar by Chief Jackson that the
authorities OF Lewis county allowed this ma
terial witness to escape from their clutches
when q new trial had been granted MinkIer
The reason is obvious, the authorities knew
this jailbrd, Luther, and that on account of his
history in that county his evidence would be
valueless Mrs. Mccormick never offered this
man one cent, never paid him one cent to leave
or 10 keep out Of the way. Instead of trying to
keep him out OF the way, when he first left
Lewis county and came to Seattle, MInkier
swore out a warrant against him for obtaining
money under false pretenses. and had him
brought back. He escaped however, BY a legal
Technically. This did not look much ike an
attempt to hire him to leave. Luther came 10 Sc
attic at one time to employ an attorney for Dr.
Minkier, and went back and reported that he
had paid the attorney retainer, ana that he
was engaged, when there was not a word OF
truth in the statement, and he stili has the re-
tainer in his pocket or has sQuandered it
JAMES NJ EPLER
Counsel for Minkler and Mrs Mccormick.
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under the supervision of the ladies of the
family, and hams, sausages and "spare-
ribs" were prepared In the most dainty
manner.
Pork. sugar. sorghum molasses, corn
meal, fowls, eggs. butter-everything pro-
duced on the piantation-were exchanged
with grocers for other commodities. Any
surplus OF cottons. buttons and such like
diapers stores, were exchanged in the
same way.
Few sauces were invented to add zest to
our poor fare, and some Of these have
been accepted by the world Of gourments.
Wine was made of elderberries, bitter
oranges or wild cherries.
Hundreds of gallons Of blackberry
brandy were manufactured and sent to
the hospitals for the soldiers.
In order that the wounded might have
tea and coffee, substitutes" were made
for home use of sassafras leaves, balm or
sage. and even orange leaves were STEPPED
in hot water sweetened with sorghum
molasses.
For coffee parched sweet potato shaw
ings, parched corn or wheat and parched
carrots were used.
All the coffee, tea, white or brown sugar
and every other scarce luxury was sent TO
the soldiers. Real coffee and sure enough
tea" were for the sick and wounded-nos
for people in health.
ne etlOUk tciisiol UPON INC uctNcs vi
the women Was not relieved by pleasant
new books or magazines. The news
papers were annals of ardent endeavor,
some triumphs, but also OF sorrow, wounds
and death.
During the war the first volume of lies
Miserabiesh Was Struggled into the Con-
federacy. The educated women eagerly
read it between stitches. The more igno-
rant men and women read the title, and
one At least said, Now | wonder who has
took 10 writing about Lees miserabies.
We knowed they want comfortable, bus
what's the use of teliin' it everyw herer'
All work aud no play began to tell upon
our nervousiy organized women. Some of
them turned for relief. when any of the
soldiers were home. to reunions called
from the absence of any refreshment save
cold water, starvation parties"
To these came the young officers, who
danced as gayly IS though there were no
serried ranks of the enemy confro. tin 2
them TO do battle to the death, perhaps on
the morrow. There we're charades. private
theatricais and tAbleaux. One lovely
Young oman. who has since bloomed into
an anthoress of much renown, personated q
marble Mote embracing her children, and
the scuiptors of antiquity have lett US no
more beautiful statue.
The hospital nurses were largely women.
What they did is recorded in the book Of
life" bur mortal pen would fail TO depict
their loving service amidst the horrors of
military hospitals near the bastlefeIds.
The food WAS generally prepared by pri-
vats families; delicate breads, strong
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The first public test OF the Brown ssgmsntal
wire wound gun was made ct Birdsboro. Pa, on
April Is and was entirely successful.
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TALK FOB DIVISION.
British Columbia Secessionists
in Mass Meeting.
WANT A MAINLAND PROVINCE.
Fair 8epfesentation and Equal Rights
Demanded = Clergy Make Fiery
Speeches - Boundary Survey.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. April 15.-[Special. i
An immense mass meeting was held at the
city hall tonight, but Premier Dayie was not
present. and the chair was.taken by ex-Al-
derman Templeton. The first speaker was
]. C. Brown, member of the provincial
parliament. who opened by saying that he
had his Winchester with him. He at
tackled the government for half an hour,
and was followed by Rev. G. Il. Maxwell.
who read the declaration and appeal to the
mainland of British Columbia, COM
mencing as follows:
The absolute Moral Governor Of the Universe
has placed in nature principles OF . moral bal
ance. These principles Christian nations &C
knowledge a. eternal laws. These laws entitle
all men and all communities to justice. and
upon the laws of God the laws of Christian
people claim to be based. Under these laws the
people of the mainland of British Column
bia have q right to justice. But
the majority Of the people of the
mainland OF British Columbia are subjected to
extreme injustice by denial OF . just proportion
of representation in the provincial Legislature.
Representation in . responsible legislature
elected by the people 10 an established form of
government In the province. The population
of the mainland has increased so largely that
the legislative assembly il now representative
Of the mainland in nothing but name.
The manifesto then went on to show
how the mainland had been given gross
injustice in the matter Of representation,
and it called on the people to assert their
rights and separate from the island if nee
essary, 30 as to have control of their own
revenue, which is now going to enrich
Victoria.
A resolution was then passed, forming .
Constitutional League. the duty of which
is to seek the veto of the government
buildings bill. This league will be or
ganized in every village and hamlet on the
mainland. Maxwell followed in fiery
secession speech.
Rev. J. w. Pedley also declared for
mainland freedom, and Rev. II. g. Nc
Kay, an American citizen of st. Paul, on
behalf of the United States clergy. dared
the people to assert their rights. He said
it was = parallel Of the time when Pitt
tottered into the British house of COM
mons, and that if Pitts advice had been
taken the union jack would now Do flying
instead Of the stars and strips. Loud
cheers.]
]. Balfour Kerr, minister of education of
the provisional government, in mixed
metaphor urged the people to cut down
the deadly upas tree which the govern
ment was ruthlessly and relentlessly nour-
ishing from the PROSTATE vitality Of the
mainland.
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49, southern women acknowledge with
= .ae good oondact of the rank and file
hkeoss on the breaking ont OF the war
aer generally remained true to the
n. .a.aes ieii In their charge. and protected
-, semen and children to the best of
soaiiiy. In short. their course Was 3
- s'ai testimonial TO the lifelong kind
l.ss exercise Of their masters power
a. .er, the crops failed frequently,
AZ 20 oes grew 10 partake more or less
vAss'e excitement which pervasied the
"a. country, aud this interfered with
49, eusai routine Of their labor. Then.
a. Nae work horses were levied upon
US o. the government Thus
Ne means OF cultivation narrowed.
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selves, Of quinine and such other drugs a.
were needful for the diseases of q warm
climate, was gradually relinquished for
the use Of the soldiers. Keplenishment
was impossible. Quinine had been pro-
claimed by tho 'blockaders ''contraband Of
war;"
The women turned undaunted to the
indigenous materia medica. Decoctions
of willow bark, of dewberry root. orange
flowers and leaves, red pepper tea, and
other ''tisanes" took the place of the
drugs.
One heart-broken woman wrote to her
husband: Twenty grains of quinine
would have saved our two children; they
were too nauseated to drink the bitter
willow tea and they are now at rest and
l have no one to work for but you. Do
not think of coming, am well and strong
and am not dismayed. l think day and
night Of your sorrow. have their little
graves near me-"
The sheep were sheared; the wool was
cleansed, carded and spun in the house.
Small looms were set up and the warp
adjusted under the eye of the practical
weaver-this being the mistress generally:
all the clothes for the plantation, ~ we'll
rs some cloth to exchange for other COM
modities were woven for the winter use.
summer Pretty homespun checks brown.
black. blue. or red and white were manu-
featured for the ladies' and chiidren's
frocks. The ladies spun the wool and
knitted the stockings and socks their chill
dren and husbands wore, also many for
the soldiers.
When the longing for the silk stockings.
habitually used, pressed upon refined
women, the old pieces of black silk were
picked to . 'frazzle" and spun to make
stockings and gloves for themselves and
their daughters. Said one, putting out
her nattiiy-clad slender little feet, II could
not bear to wear coarse stockings-my
husband takes such pride in my small
feet"
Towels and sheets were spun from cot
ton to replace the house linen which had
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Southern household, and the men, anx-
ious and absorbed in the progress Of.
events. read them to and with the women
Il the family, and both attempted to ar
i've ct an independent judgment and un-
dsrstanding of our rights under the con-
&itution. the infraction of them, also the
6aagers to which the women Of the South
would Be exposed in case OF war. and all
shrunk. while they could not escape from
Aeir gruesome conclusions.
Many women thought there would be no
m, because they believed in the sacred
~ Of the constitution. that, to the peo-
- Of the South, was an ark of the COW
snant which to touch would be sacrilege.
others noted the depression of their hus-
lands and heard signs and warnings from
he head of the house which filled them
With the most dreadful forebodings.
The women of the South did not shrink
from the prospect of great and painful
economies; they also appreciated that
their own patriotic duty was as cheerfully
= possible to bid farewell to the men of
heir family who must 60 to the front, per-
hsps never to return; sometimes hope
huoyed them up. and they looked on the
sunny side and believed that their dear
ones would be spared because their cause
vas righteous.
They did shrink, however, affrighted
Rom the prospect Of being left alone with
multitude OF ignorant negroes who might
= instigated to rebellion. without ply
dcians to attend their children or priests
. bury them if they died. These horrors
oppressed them.
Many a woman, buckling on her hus-
hands sword, asked him to show her how
70 load and shoot pistol, adding. mot
That am afraid of anything. but in case
q need" Her next problem was how to
handle that pistol, which was an object Of
almost as great dread a. would be the foe
Was to repei
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been cut into band.ges. or scraped into
lint for the surgeons in the field. One
handsome young woman, the daughter OF
an ex-minister 10 Spain, rises before me
out of the haze OF by-gone years. stepping
lightly to and fro. winding bandases on
the spindle OF her wheel and talking pleas
antiy 10 her visitors. while her patriotic
mother sat by. cutting up the table linen
which she had treasured for forty years
The daughter showed great caIions knots
on her shapely hands made by scraping
lint and mentioned them with an ex-
preston of gratitude To God that she
could procure material for so much work.
general officers wife called 10 see the
wife of the president and brought her, rs
the most acceptable present . paper pat
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ALASKA BOUNDARY SURVEY.

Government Engineers in Port Town
send-British Commission.
PoRr TOWNSEND, April l5.-[Special. +
The United States coast and geodetic sur
vey steamer Hassler is expected to arrive
here next Monday from Mare island. The
vessel will have eighteen government sur
veyors, who will be taken North to
to engage in the boundary survey
between Alaska and British Columbia.
Four expeditions will be organized under
the leadership of Fl. g. Ogden, O. H. Tett-
mann, J. e. McGrath and Prof Dickens.
Tettmann's party of eight men will 60 up
the Stickeen river ffty-four miles and
then work south At . distance of about
thirty miles from the coast They will
come out to salt water near Fort Wrangell.
The work will be entirely new, with the
exception of where an old survey was
made on the ice several years ago BY the
government.
McGrath and Ogden will each take q
party inland to the boundary line from
the outlet of the Taku river, and Dickens
will work inland from Ennuck. Each
party, in addition, will have represents
tive of tho Canadian government, and the
Canadian parties will be augmented by tho
presence of American representatives.
When the surveys are finally completed,
which will be about the latter part of 1894,
the field notes and data will be submitted
to q joint commission appointed BY the
United States and Canada. W. r. King
has been chosen by tho Montreal govern
ment, and DR.. Mendenhall, of Washing
ton City, 10 the American commissioner.
These officials will choose q third person
and then the commission will proceed to
determine the precise boundary line be-
tween Alaska and British Colum.
bia. This work il important to
the United States government for the
reason that it will necessarily determine
the jurisdiction exercised over the Stickeen
river and its various tributaries on the
northwest, where some large and valuable
salmon canneries are at present located.
These canneries. from which the Domin-
ion government derives considerable
revenue are at present owned by British
Columbia citizens.
Some valuable mining claims, quartz
lodges and placer dIggings are located 30
near the boundary that it is impossible to
determine which side of the line the prop
erty is on. The difference between the
two lines, as claimed by each government,
is very small, and no DOUBT an amicable
settlement can easily be arrived at.
Several government surveyors have ar
rivad here from Washington City, and an
other large party of Canadian surveyors
are in Victoria, preparing to go north on
the Quadra. Work can be prosecuted as
late as October 1, when the rainy season
commences.
VICTORIA, B. c.. April 15.-According to
Prof King. the chief astronomer Of the in
terror department at Ottawa, who is in
town, the Canadian survey force will be
divided into seven parties Of eight men
each, two Canadian surveyors accompany
ing the Americans. They go north about
April D and will be away five months.
They 60 on the steamer Quadra. Further
arrangements will be perfected when Prot.
Mendenhall arrives.
The first public test OF the Brown ssgmsntal
- nf~Aa hoe De-
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AlAaka NeKA.

PoRr TOWNSEND, April 1a-[Special.l J.
The steamer City of Topeka arrived from
Alaska tonight and proceeded up Sound.
Gov. Knapp left Sitka last Sunday on
tour of Western Alaska on the steamer
Crescent City. He will visit all the settle
ments along the coast ~ far west a. Una
laska and gather data for his annual re-
port.
Deputy Marshal Jack Dalton, accused Of
murder, was taken from juneau to Sitka
to be confined in jail.
No spring term of court will be held In
Alaska this year, because the funds have
been exhausted. and much litigation and
several important government condemns
ton suits against seized sealers were neces-
sarily adjourned until tho autumn term.