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rHev SLAUGHTERED CITIZENS.
Spanish Troops killed Them and Claimed
They Had whipped tho Irsursents


Spanish Troops KILLED Them and Claimed
They Had whipped tho Irsursents.
HAVANA, Feb. 28. Refugees from
the towns of Puntabrara and Guayato.
10 miles away, have arrived at Hayana,
and say that reign of terror exists IN
their localities in consequences of sol
diers having massacred peaceable citi-
zens at Guayato. which has already
been briefly announced in American
newspapers.
The official government report issued
Sunday states that fight occurred
near Puntabrara on the previous day
between troops sent from Mariana and
the insurgent bands of Acosta, result
ing in "a great victory for tho Spanish.
Residents at Guayato have identified
tho dead as pacific citizens. Only two
were insurgents, and the prisoners are
said to DO peaceful. One of them,
named Ladisiao Quinteri, claims Amor
loan citizenship. He is wounded By q
ball in the arm.
Admiral Navarro has reached here
from cruise of inspection along the
coast during which tho gunboat Alberts
bombarded tho insurgents at Cabinaf
and Bahia Honda. two ports in the
province of Pinar del Rio, which were
recently attacked by the enemy.
Jose Betancourt, the insurgent leader
who was recently captured by the Span
ish has been tried by courtmartial and
sentenced to death.
The insurgents have destroyed two
railroad oulverts between Cabezas al
Union Deneyas, in the province of Ma
tanzas.
According to official announcements
Gomez and Maceo have been trying tt
effect junction, but have so far failed
to do so, on account of tho close man
ner in which they have been pressed By
the troops. Both of tho insurgent lead
ers, it is asserted, have been continually
compelled to retreat before the advance
of the troops. Maoeo is said to be in the
city of Matanza9 and Gomez between
Colon and Matanzas.
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cuBA,s IRON RULER.
What wcylor Told a German Author
and Correspondent.

ana Correspondent
NEW, YORK, Feb. 20. General Wey-
Ter, in an interview with Herr Bottcher,
a German author and correspondent,
declared that he expects to put down
the Cuban revolution IN a year and q
half Not long ago he told the Cubans
he thought they eould begin grinding
sugar by the middle of next month.
Herr Bottcher arrived in New York
on the steamer Columbia from trip to
the West Indies. He was accompanied
by his wife, who acts as his secretary.
They live In Berlin. Said Herr Bott-
cher;
~ interviewed General Weyler last
Saturday. Before was ushered in an
adjutant sounded mo as to my position
on the war Tho adjutant's card reads:
Manuel s. Argudiny Dombillo, Au-
judante de Campo Gel Excuro, Sr. Capt.
tain Oral, Cuba, 1873. When I ex-
planned that had read his proelama-
ton he said: Then you know that I
adopt iron, and if necessary bloody
measures to give this country peaca?' -
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SALVATION ARMY TROUBLE.
szajor Peter Glenn Resigns and statOo
His Reasons Therefor.

MAJOR Peter Glenn Resigns and Station
His Reasons Therefor.
NEW York, Feb. Standardization
of the much talked of revolution in the
Salvation Army has taken a more def
mite form.
Major Potter Glenn. the oldest officer
in point of service in the headquarters
staff, who for several years has had
charge of tho field department has sent
in his resignation, giving as a reason
the belief that "tho commander and
Mrs. Ballington Booth were dismissed
without just cause"
Ballington Booth is in oommunica-
ton with an undenominationaI COM
mittee of representative men of this
city who are offering him whatever fl
nanoial support he need to carry on in
dependent evangelical work.
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FATAL FIRE At BROOKLYN.
TWO Little Girls Are Dead and Two
Men injured.

TWO Little Girls Are Dead and Two
Men injured.
BROOKLYN, Feb. 98.-Two little girls
lost their lives and two men were in
jured in a fire which partly destroyed
tho big double tenement at 1853 Prispra
street, Wednesday night. ss..s.
The dead are;
Florence Hotohkiss, daughter of w
o. Hotchkiss
Emily Hotchkiss, 9-year-old.
The injured are:
Daniel Gallagher, aged 60, overcome
by smoke and badly cut on the legs by
glass.
Henry Kirk, fireman, overcome by
smoke while resouing Gallagher.
The origin OF the fire is unknown.
The loss will NOT reach moro than
a25OO
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Lillian Lewis will present Credit
Lorraine at the Opera-house
Wednesday night, March 4th. This
will be Miss Lewis farewell appear
ance in this city and her many friends
and admirers will turn out in large
numbers to greet the great actress.
The people Of Pine Bluff and the
South in general love Miss Lewis us
a woman and actress. The clergy
Of all denominations have indorsed
"Credit Lorraine. It is seldom, II
Mt all, that SO excellent an artistic
az Miss Lewis, has been surrounded
with SO superior d company. Each
pnrt il assumed by an az fist, se:oc
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The explosion OF n lamp in one
of the rooms OF the Avenue Hotel, b.
j. Lambert, proprietor, on East
Third avenue last night resulted in
considerable damage to the paper,
capet and furniture in said room.
The fire was extinguished, however,
without turning in the fire alarm.
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Shooting Mt Dallas.

DALLAS, Feb. 30 james L. Wood,
printer on the Dallas New, and Edward
Manning, had an alteration here and
Wood FREQ fve times at Manning,
shooting him once in the arm. I'll
wound is not serious. Wood and his
family were boarding with Manning
and some little dispute a. to Woods
moving ont caused the affair.
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Austria Refuses.

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 28.-The No
VOC Vremya asserts that Austria has
been approached by tho porte with a
view to asoertaining whether she would
support tho endeayor Of Italy to induce
England to evaeuate Egypt. The prop
osition met with sharp reply in the
negative. The same paper alleges that
Russia, Ger'aany and France are pre-
pared TO give their support to the porte
in this matter.
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CATTLE WITH TUBERCULOSIS.

Eight Out of Twenty Head Tanked, the
Others Allowed to Pass.
CHICAGO, Feb. %. Twenty head of
E!s:s. ca::.c wo-o slaughtered Wednes-
day at tho stockyards under tho super
vision of Chairman Bartlett of the
state board of livestock commissioners.
Eight out of the 90 were found to be
affected in some manner with tubercu-
Iosis and were tanked and the others
allowed to pass. The car in which the
cattle reached the slaughterhouse WAS
disinfeoted and sent back into tho conn
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COTTON BELT ROUTE.
Cheap Rates to Fort worth. TEX. and
Return.

Texas Cattle Growers Convention.
For the above occasion the Cotton
Belt Route will sell tickets to Fort
Worth, Tex, and return mt one fare
Tor the round trip tickets sold At
Pine Blufi, $4,000 Dates OF sale.
March Z and s; return limit, March
20, 1916.
L. w. Ia BEAuME, j. w. FARLEY.
" L. ~ L. a. Agent
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THE SAME OLD STORY.
Three Children Locked In a Room and
Are Burned to Death.

CRIsFIELD, Md, Feb. 28.-Throe
young children Of Nelson Parker burned
to death hero yesterday. They were
looked in q room while their mother
went to a neighbours on an GRAND. The
father, who was cutting wood in a
nearby grove, saw smoke issuing from
tho windows, but by the time he
reached the house it was a mass of
flames and rescue was impossible. The
eldest Of the children was years old,
the second years and the other 4
months.
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CARRIAGE CAUGHT BY a TRAIN

Ono Girl Mangied, One BADLY Hurt and
Two Boys Injured.
New BRUNSWICK, N. J., Feb 99-A
carriage containing Laura and Bertha
Childs, daughters of Milton Childs of
New Market, and two sons of Milkman
Dunbar, while returning from party
yesterday was run down by freight
train bound for Philadelphia. Laura
Childs was horribly mangled and
Bertha badly hurt about the head and
body. One of tho young men was badly
injured and the other severely hurt.
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Hon. Frank McGehee. OF Warner,
was in the city last night and today.
We understand that Mr.. McGehee
will be a candidate for the State Sen
ate in the Sixteenth District com
posed of Lincoln, Cleveland and DIAL
las counties.
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GASOLINE STOVE ExPLoOEs.
Fhros Livos Arc Lost and a House Ro-
duesd to Ashes.

EUREKA, S. D.. Feb. 29.-A gasoline
stove exploded here yesterday oaus-
ing the destruction of Frank B. Puck
ett's house and the loss of three lives.
The dead are:
Mrs. Frank Puokett.
Hattie, aged Z.
Clarence, aged years
The servent girl saved the baby. Mr.
Pickett was away from home.
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The 6:20 O'Clock Valley train from
Little Rock was delayed about
FIVE hours last night, caused by
several cars to a freight train
ahead Of the passenger train
jumping the track near Wrightsville.
Further than the delay and iiieon-
venience occasioned passengers.
no damage was done.
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At call meeting of the Hospital
Association this afternoon the fol-
lowing ladies were appointed on the
Committee for Charity: Mrs. 7. b..
Atkinson, chairman; Mesdames Nj.
Cans, j. w. Crawford, w. II. Parker,
b. r. Benton, G. E. Valiant, r. H.
M. Mills.
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punler,s sentenoe Uaehanged.

CHICAGO. Feb. 28.TJudge Grossoup
has declined to ohsngS the sentence of
Joseph Dunlop. editor of Tho Dispatch,
convicted of eending obscene language
through tho mails and fined $1,000 and
given two years in the penitentiary.
The court informed his attorney that an
appeal was left to the president
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Three gentlemen from Little Rock,
whose names the reporter could not
learn. came down yesterday and
rented one of the store rooms in the
Norris building on Second avenue,
in which they will open a bakery in
a short time.
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TRINITY CHURCH.

Chares Il. Cabaniss, Rector. First
Sunday in Lent: Holy communion
S:45 a. m; Sunday school, $3.50 a. M;
morning prayer and sermon, l ! II. m.
evening prayer and sermon 7;30p. I;
service and address Friday 4 D. III.
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When far from the shores OF success
Your business bark doth roam,
Good advertising is the breeze
TO blow you safely home.
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NINETY Per CENT. OF all people
need to take a course OF Hoods Sar-
saparilla at tn season to prevent
that rundown condition of the sys-
TEN which invites disease.
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TEE ROBBERS HANGED
Both Swung to the Same
Telephone Pole.
A GREAT MOB DID THE WORK.

Tho wichita Falls Jail Doors We're
battered Down and the Prisoners
Taken Out and Iynohed For Murder
ing Cashier Dorsey Officers Dared to
Interfere For Their Own Good.
WICHITA FALLS, Tex, Feb. 28.-Fos-
ter Crawford and 1.-The Kid, /" tho slay-
ers of Cashier Frank Dorsey of the City
National bank, who was killed while
tho two men robbed the bank on Tues
day afternoon last. were taken from
Jail here "Wednesday night between 8 and
10 o'clock and SWING to the same tele-
phonepole in front of the bank where
the killing occurred.
The mob was composed of between
900 and 1000 men and were as deter
mined set as ever came together.
They proceeded to tho Jail, battered
down the door and took the men with
out any trouble.
Although the Jail was well guarded,
there was no use for the officers to
make any resistance, except by per-
suasion, against such determined set
of men, and to make matters short, it
was dangerous to resist by any display
of arms
AT 8:45 O'Clock the frebell tapped
twice and two pistol shots wero fred.
1t was like match in powder keg.
Squads of men broke for the Jail, COM
ing from all directions. 1t seemed that
they came from out Of the Garth.
''The KID was hanged first and thon
followed Crawford. Crawford is we'll
known hero, but 1.-THE Kid is strang-
er and just before he was swung up said
his name was Younger Lewis and that
his parents lived at Ne0sha, Mo.
1.-The Kid" died oursing God and
man aud was nervy to the last, but
Crawford weakened and pleaded for
his life.
The mob left both swinging to the
pole.
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Bell & Vernon made several sales
OF city property in The White and
Ringler addition to this city. For a
full list OF the property they have
for sale, read their column adver-
tisement in this paper.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

DR.. Joaquin Castillo, just from the
field, says that the insurgent army
has been reorganized and is in excel
lent condition.
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Mr.. A. L. Langford and wife, who
have been the guests for several
DAYS OF relatives here, left yesterday
for their home at Bentonville,
Ark.
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Coupons in the Dreyfus shoe com
test should be mailed or sent to Mr.
Isaac DreyfasIand not to the GRAPHIC
Office.
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There is one place you are sure To
get just what you want in the way
of job printing and just when you
want it, and that place is the
GRAPHIC Office. Any prices or work
duplicated.
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Mrs. j. NJ. Elliott, accompanied
nv Mrs. X. Carter, will arrive in the
city tomorrow from Mobile, Ala.
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Judge j. NJ. elliott and Prosecu-
ting Attorney Martin returned yes
terday from Warner, where they
have been holdingcourt They leave
Monday for Star City.
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The UnireI States Leather COM
pany report showed a surplus, after
paying dividends, OF sc, 40, 900.
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RRoeKLyss. Feb. 2S.5rTwo children,
aged 3 ami 3. Belonging TO Mrs. Hotofa-
kiss, were burned to death in tene-
menti,eaas FIRE here.
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Senator B. D. Williams, OF Little
Rock, passed through the city last
night enroute to his plantation
at Noble Lake.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Met Jones, Jr., of Memphis, is in
the city to spend few days with
his parents and relatives.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Jefferson, Lincoln and Cleveland
county scrip in amounts to suit. Cali
or write for my prices before buying.
Il 2Id&w4m Z. NJ. ROSENBERG.
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Corner Cherry street and Sixth
avenue, W. X. Penrod pastor. Sun
day school $3.50 Il. m; church services
/ ] a. nj. and 7:30 D. m.
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Mr.. l.. b. Leigh, President OF the
State Raard of Underwriters OF
Little Rock, is in the city today.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Mr.. Orlando Halliburton is calling
mon his friends and customers to-
day.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

The Illinois A. j. A. Convention
protested against placing Mar
quettc's statue in the National Capt.
toll.
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cheap Rates to Lltno Rock and notnrn

Republican State Convention NJ
Little Rock, March 3 and 4, 1896.
Eor tho above occasion the Cotton
Belt ronte will sell round trip tickets
at one fare $1.25 from Pine Bluff
Selling dates March ana 3rd. GOOD
for return until March 5th.
=. W: LABEAuM, j. w. FARLEY.
< q Agent.
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HooD's PILLS are purely vegetable
and do not purge. pain or grippe. All
druggists. Doc.
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An advertisement, like man, will
weaken with age.-Printers Ink.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Art without heart in advertising
is seldom Observation-Disclosures Ink.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Mr.. Mike Russell is confined to his
room on account Of sickness.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Mr.. is. Mcdonnell, OF Altheimer,
was visitor to the city last night.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Mr.. ". L. Blanks, Il merchant at
Parksdale, was in the city today.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

Mr.. w. r. Pearson, of Thornton, is
registered at the Arlington.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
METHODIST.

FIRsT.-Corner Main street and
Sixth avenue, A. O. Evans, pastor.
Sunday school $50 n. m. q. n. Hart.
superintendent; church services II n.
m. and p. m.
IAKEsTDE.-Corner Olive street and
Fifteenth avenue, j. Il. Carr, pastor.
Sunday school $3.50 a. M, N. II. Rob
erts, superintendent; church services
II q. IN. and $50 p. m.
-Mechanicsville, j. r.
Sanders, pastor. Sunday school $50
Il. M; church services II a. m. and
1:30 p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN.
FIRsT.-Corner Walnut street and
Fifth avenue, J. l.. Caldwell, pastor.
Sunday school $50 n. m; morn
ing service, | Il. m. evening service,
80 p. m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Services held in X. OF +. Hall, over
Citizens Bank. Bible School. $50 a.
M; Preaching, 1916 H. m. and 7:30
p. m. every Sunday. Glen McWill-
liams, pastor.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-02-29

The ad. that is pointed leaves an
impression. Printers Ink.
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Mr.. Henry Bernath has serious
attack of pneumonia.
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Mr.. r M. Barrett, OF Sheriff., is
registered at the Truiock.
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afr. e. p. Ladd, Of Sheriff., was in
the city last night
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From Fridays Daily.l

Mr.. f. A. Jarvis was visitor to
the city today.
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LITTLE Rock, Feb 26.-The robbers
who attacked the Merchants aud Plant
ers' bank at Warren, Ark, have not
been captured The have been trace
by posse to near Fordyce and the
chances of a capture are fairly good.
There is no clew to their identity Two
of them were apparently Mexioans and
the third an American. Rewards ag-
gregating $1,000 have boon offered for
their capture Both the wounded men
are yet alive, but there are small hopes
of Mr.. Goodwin's recovery.
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EuPI0N G0AL 0IL.,

Is by far the best burning oil on Pine
Bluff market. 1t makes n good light
aud is perfectly safe. It does not
smoke the chimney or char the wick
as cheaper oils do. Remember that
it is sold only by the following mer-
John II. Talbot & Co.,
Robinson g Co.
H. F. Seveke,
G, Lumpkin,
L. e. Goldsmith & Co,
Thalheimer Bros,
j. T. Lloyd,
Houston q Roane.
Pine Bluff Mercantile Co,
Fox Bros.
Ferguson & Russell.
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CREDIT LORRAINE

Will be Presented by Lillian Lewis
Supported by Company of
Artists at the Opera
House Wednesday,
March 4th.
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CHRISTIAN CUURCu.
ROMAN cATnoLIc.
BAI'TIST

West Sixth avenue, j. NJ. Luces
pastor. Services at usual hours.
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opp lPIl ! ! SIlSilI FEIiiialn.

skin Diseases, Eczema, Chronic Female
Complaints, MercuTial Poison, letter, Scale
P.P.P. is q powerful tonic, and an excellent
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-06
ST. PAUL MARKETS.
Grain Markets Active and Prices
Steady.

The grain markets were steady. Corn and
oats ruled firm and fluctuations were confined
to narrow range. Hay-Demand for good
grades fair. Poor qualities slow.
WHEAT-No. l northern, 6112@61$4c; No. 2
COMING. 5, 24k@25c; No. yellow. ESQ
oATs-No. white, 1s@1sAc; No. 3. 1910
19c; sample, 17@1S1bc.
BARLEY AND RYE-No. 8 barley, 25@27c;
Nc. No. rye SsS ss5s1e; malt, 4ea45c. 80 11'''
GROUND FEED AND MILL sIUFFs-No.
! feed, $lO@1O25; No; 2, $40; O;25@1o: so; No. 8,
@756. shorts, $7.5O@S.5O.
HAY-Choice Iowa and Minnesota upland,
snd Sis sS SG Mp SPand wiid sSSss5 SG No. up
timothy. s9:5O@1O: No. timothy; ss@s.5o;
No tmothE ss@sS straw sgs extra
creamery, 17A@1Sc; first creamery, 1SQ15c;
second creamery, l2g1Sc; fancy dairy. l6g
1ac first dairy 12@14G second dairy @
fancy roll and print straight. 7@Sc; common
roll and print, 61k@7c; packing stock, 614@
CHEEsE-Full cream, IOk@11c; primost, "a
&c; brick cheese. 9912c Limburger cheese,
e611hc; Young America, 10@10hc; Swiss, IL
Q121kc; skins S94c ~ oao,,o.
fresh, cases returned, SA@9c.
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys, selected II
@12c; turkeys mixed, 10911c; turkeys, toms.
9@lOc: hens. 7QSc; ducks. 1OQ12c; geese. 8
VEGETABLES yellow. per bu, IA
onions. onions Minnesota red, per bu. 14S1sc; on,
ions. white, per bu. 1692Oc: radishes, long,
per doz, 2O9S5c; caulihower, per dog. 81 500
per bu ls92Oc; parsnips, per bu. SOc; celery,
per doz 25@35c; lettuce per doz, SOq35c; ruta-
bagas, per bu. 1s@2oc; cucumbers, per doz'
per lb, &c; tomatoes, home grown, per lb,
| 15q2Oc; tomatoes, crate 4-basket, $1,000.
PORK. BEEF HAMS. HIDES, ETC.-Hides,
per ib, 4lk65c; hides. calf. green. per lb. 7c;
salt, per ib. 596c; peIts, 25@sOe; wool, washed
&c: &c pork mess ss50@1o; beef, mess. $500
| g. bacon, $797.50; hams, $10@11; hams. pic
mic, s6@7c; dried beef, slk@11c; lard $6.5o@7
oRANGEs-California Navels. s225@S, ,25
seedlings s292.5O; Messinas. s2.75@S; Mexi-
LEMoNs-Extra fancy. sa9s.5o; fancy s2.75
V VBANANAs-Port Limons. sl.7592; Hondura,
No. 1, S125@1.75; Honduras No. 2. $1@L25;
cocoanuts, per 100. $4.75@5; pineapples. per
coz RERRfEs fSRHfSss AND GRAPEs-Malaga. per Dbl.
Sc;s7@S; strawberries. 5006oc; cranberries,
0Dll AlpPsLEs~Fancy sI standard, Dbl, ss;5o@s75:
POTAToES-sweet Jerseys. per bbl, $SQ3.25;
sweet, Illinois, per bbl $29225; sweet, Kan
sas, ST. 175@2: Minnesota, 12913c
DRIED FRUITS-Apples. evaporated, per lb.
6@7c; peaches. peeled, 1a916c; peaches, un-
raspberries, 20@21c; blackberries, 6@6hc,
prunes. California French. 5@7c; cherries. L
| 016c.
| GAME AND FISH-Jacksnipe, 75c0s1:
ducks, mallard. doz, S3.5004; ducks teal,
doz.. $1.5O@1 :75; ducks, common, $1@1.5o;
black bass, 10911c; pike 5@6c; pickerel. DC;
| DRESSED MEATS-Mutton. packing house
stock, 5@6c; mutton. country, 4941kc; veal,
fancy. 6Rq7c;, veal: medium, 4Q5c; lamb,
spring, 6G7c: hogs. $4@4.50.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-06
Has MORE FIRWNESS
THE REPORTS OF CROP DAMAGES
CAUSE ANOTHER SMALL AD-
VANCE IN WHEAT.
NEWS FAVORED THE BULLS,
YET AN INTENSE DULLNESS PRE-.
VAILED THROUGHOUT THE
DAYS SESSION.
ENGLISH CABLES WE'RE FIRM
And Northwestern Receipts COnsid-
erabIy Smaller Than the Pre-
ceding Week.

CHICAGO, March 5.-Reports of poor snow
protection and apprehensions of consequent
damage created a rather firm feeling in wheat
today, and an advance of l4c was made, in
spite of the intense dulness that prevailed
all through the session. Corn was weak and
receded slightly, while oats advanced frac-
tion. Provisions were firm and closed higher.
Wheat had another dull day, anu the uacLua-
tion was even narrower than yesterday, the
extreme rAAso being only 7sc. There was an
. undercurrent OF trmness, however, and while
the news was rather scarce, there was moth
ing very bearish; but, on the contrary. II
was Oh nature to help the price, if 1t was
entitled to any influence at all. May opened
nrm at from 664q66Ac, but trading was on
very limited scale then, and Tor TWO hours
thereafter, huctuating between 66Ac and
6IBc, with the bulk of the business during
that time at 661sc. Opening strength was due
TO the English cables, which were steady and
nrm, the nrst quotation quoting Liverpool a
turn dearer. Northwestern deliveries of wheat
were 100 cars smaller than a week ago and
" cars lighter than a year ago. while primary
oehVerles at Western points were much light
A er than week ago, or even a year ago. In
audltlon TO this, the weather is generally
hooked upon as very trying for wheat and
crop damage reports are numerous. The
spectators were very cautious, however and
lhere was little urgency in the selling But
Whlle the buying was not especially active, II
was sufficient to absorb the floating lots, SO
that they failed to depress the market ma
terially. Besides, 100000 bu of wheat sold to
go to Buffalo, which was one of the elements
OF the early strength. round lot of No. !
northern was reported near the close of the
Session TO have been sold for immediate ship
ment, and lifted an extremely sluggish mar
ket out of the rut and closed 1t firm at 671kc
the highest point Of the days fluctuations.
Corn was almost lifeless, and what little trad
Ing there was, was within 1sc margin. Lib
rnrpinfS nd hrr5f i
q weak feeling, and May opened unchanged
at 3O$sc, sold off to S014c and closed at that
oats We're fairly active, there being good
buying by shippers and elevator men. May
opened a shade higher at 21Q211sc and held
steady, under good support, closing at that
price bid Provisions were strong at the
opening, due to small hog receipts, but offer
ings were so liberal that the advance was
soon lost: Near the close, some buying start
ed as wheat showed a f1rmness and prices
wound up at the best figures of the day.
Pork closed sc higher; ribs 21Ac higher; lard
closing unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as follows: