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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
ON THE APPOMATT0X.
THE NEWS IN PETERSBURG AND
VICINITY.
ABOUT The PEANUT INTEREST,
Options ON Plants, ana Reported
P~oIicy-The spring EIcctfons-Din-
widdic Court-Reiieving the Poor
High Water. g.

PETERSBURG, VA, February 49,
Special)-WhiIe no money has passed
the Indications are that the proposed
peanut trust, as far as Virginia Is con-
cerned, viii soon be an accomplished fact
Pending organization. options on various
plants here and elsewhere have been OBJ
tanned, and the final negotiations are pro-
crossing fayorably. II the scheme is sue
cessful but two OF the large plants In
Petersburg, it is said, VIII be kept in
operation-those of Messrs. Williams,
Sons d Co. and the Levy Company. The
present management Of these will be re-
tanned. Special attention will be given to
the business in Spanish peanuts. in which
Petersburg does "a large trade.
Much interest H. being aroused I'm the
spring elections in the counties adjacent
TO Petersburg, i'm some OF which lively
contests for offices are expected within the
ranks of the Democratic party. Mr..
James c. Smith, Democratic chairman Of
DinWiddie, and one of the most successful
farmers and respected citizens of the
county, has announced himself a cam
didate for County Treasurer. The incum-
beat Of that office is Mr.. John Y. Harris,
Il man OF great popularity ana universally
known. who will be d candidate for re-
election. The contest between these two
gentlemen-if both remain In the field
will be one OF great interest, and will
bring out a very full vote. In either one
the county would get a 1rst-class officer.
The County Court OF Dinwiddie meets
on Monday, with several cases Of in
terest on the docket-one of these a muir
der case. The probability is that the
bad weather and worse roads will inter-
fere with the attendance at court and
cause 4 continuance OF the trial of some
of the cases.
The store Of Mr.. John H~anrahan, on
Harrison street, was entered last night
and robbed Of about i25 in money, which
the thief found in the cash-drawers. A
negro has been arrested on suspicion of
having committed the robbery, and the
police are working on the case.
The city authorities are making siren
uous efforts to ave wood brought in
from the country to relieve the present
stress among the poor.
The river has risen considerably since
yesterday. but the freshet has not as
yet approached the danger point. The
thaw has been SO gradual that it is hoped
the food will pass off without causing
any damage.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19

Richmond. va. February is. 1880.
Private sales reported to-day were as
follows: Wrappers. 3 hogsheads; nllers'
s hogsheads; cutters. I hogshead; scraps.
the day, q.
United States intcrnal-revenue collec-
lions for the city or Richmond. Va. to-
day were: Tobacco, N,627.65; cigars,
$3i.S6. Total, sl,ss2.i2.
Private salos for tho week ending to-
day were as follows: Wrappers. . hogs
heads: filters. 3 hogsheads; cutters. j
~hogshead: leaf dark, 10 hoSsheads; Bur
leys. IL hogsheads: Jugs (derlD. ~ hoss-
heads; scraps. ) hogsheads. Total number
OF hogsheads sold during week, SIC.
There were no loose sales during the
week.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
SUFFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

SUFFOLK, VA, February 1~S.-CSpecial)
Market active; fancy hand-picked, Bic.
extra hand-picked, 31-Sc.: third grade,
MI ha~nd-picked. 21-2c.; Jumbo. extra
large, hand-picked, Sic; No. l Virginia.
shelled, 43-4c.; No. 2 Virginia, shelled,
z 3-ic.; extra large Virginia. shelled.
3 lie: No. l Spanish. shelled. Sc; No. .
Spanish. shelled. &c. Farmers stock. crop
very short. Market strong and advancing
on all grades. Fancy. 31-fc.; strictly
prime, &C.; prime. . l-2 TO 23-ic.; common,
none offering; Spanish. 90c. per bushel.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.

PETERSBURG, February 1S.-(Spe-
cial.)-Market firm. with good demand
for dark wrappers. both long and short.
Receipts light. Quotations: Common to
medium Tugs. 11a to exc; good to fine
Tugs, 3 to 51ac.. poor short leaf. Sh TO 4lsc. +;
TO good wrappers, 8 10 12c.; good 10 fine
wrappers, II TO 1slac.; medium to good
shipping. TO loc.; good TO fine shipping,
u TO l5c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
DANyILLE TOBACCO MARKET.

DANVILLE. VA, February 1S.-(Spe-
cial.)-The demand for wrappers and
smokers continues very strong, and the
tendency is to higher prices on both.
Prices generally are well sustained on
all grades quotations are as follows:
$40; medium, $2oaS0; common. $1idS9O.
F~lllers-Flne. S7qS9; good. S5QS7; COM
man, $31$5.
Cutters-Flne, s17Q$23; good. s11.50aN7;
common, s7dS1.50.
Smokers-Ffne, slo5OQs1S.5O; good, $500
5000; common, sS.Wq$7.5O.
Nondescripts-Good. S3Gsi.5O; common,
S2QS3.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
nrc,IMoND TOBACCO MARKET.

sQuotations are for bonds maturing IN
not less than ten years.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK, February 1s.-SpeciaI)-
Farmers Market-Fancy, 3-Sc.; strictly
prime, 3 1898 1-ic.; prime. . 7-Sq3c.: COM
mon, 2l-402 9-4c.; Spanish. sc. bushel.
The market is steady. with a continued
upward tendency.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
Bright Weather
Suggests New
Trousers

Our low prices suggest new
Trousers-your old and bcdab-
bled Trousers suggest new ones,
and economy points you to our
great
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.

PETERSBURG. VA, February 49,
(Special)-Spanish strong at s0c. Large
lots would probably bring more.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
SECURITIES.

Richmond, Va, February IS, 1890.
Sales: Petersburg railroad stock, 50
at lis.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

A DESPERATE battle was fought with
the Philippine insurgents by our
troops under Gen. Lawton, Tuesday,
at Las Pinas, in which the American
loss is conservatively placed at 60
men, and the battle was still in prog
ress at last accounts. Companies F
and l were nearly surrounded by a
large body of insurgents, through
which our forces had to cut their way,
and here is where the heaviest loss
was sustained. The rebels had large
gun, from which they fired home
made canister and booms loaded with
nails. The aim was more accurate
than usual. The Monadnock anchored
close to shore and her heavy guns
were brought to bear upon the enemy,
while smaller war vessels steamed
along shore and poured bullets from
the rapid-fire guns into their ranks.
Still the battle seems, from all &C.
counts, to be practically draw so far,
the rebels being pushed back only 500
yards to the Sapol river, while our
troops were compelled to retreat from
the fact that their ammunition be.
came exhausted. The Filipino force
engaged seems to have been the larg-
est and best organized body of men
that has yet been encountered, and it
is thought they were aided by the pro.
fessedly friendly" natives in the rear
of our forces.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16
Murder VIII Out.

George D. Evans, who forged and
uttered State warrants to the amount
of from $1,000 to $4,000, while acting
as Deputy State Auditor, some years
ago, was apprehended last week in
Portland, and brought over Tuesday,
by Sheriff Billings, on q requisition,
and warrant issued by the Governor
of Oregon.
Evans confesses that he committed
the crime, but insists that it was done
after the present Auditor entered upon
the duties of his ofice-that he was
strictly honest during Grimes and
Frost's incumbency, and only became
crooked the last few months of his SER
vice. The warrants were sold in Spo.
kane and Tacoma, and "wad" was
stolen from him while he was ON a
"jag" in the former city. Evans, it
seems, enacted = Jekyll-Hyde role,
during the greater portion OF the time
he was in Office. During daytime, he
was an industrious and evidently
faithful accountant in the State ser.
vice, and at night he was q veritable
"coal-oil Johnny" or Saltwater
Bill" in the magnitude of his dissipa-
tions and the profligacy of his expen-
ditures. He managed, however, to be
always "on deck" during business
hours, and contrived by finesse and
luck to cover up most of his escapadss.
Evans has never been far from the
State since the discovery of his crime.
He was at the time of bis arrest en-
gagged in logging camp on the Cow
litz and had made trip to Portland
to obtain surgical aid for bruise he
had sustained of one his feet from fall.
ing timber. While in saloon he was
pointed out to detectives by Tony
Wolfe, former resident of this CITY,
and was Immediately placed under ar
rest.
1t is probable that the hearing OF
this case will come On at an adjourned
term of this session of the Superior
Court.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

PAY OF Our NAVAL OFFICERs-Ad.
miral Dewey's salary is $13,5OO pei
annum, whether on duty on shore OF
sea. A circular of the Navy Depart.
ment, explanatory of the navy per.
sonnet bill, gives the ratings of Rea,
Admirals Schley and Sampson, abou,
which there has been so much misun
derstanding by the public, as follows
The Senior Rear Admiral's pay is fixed
at $500 at sea and $685. on shore
Rear Admiral Schley is in this list
but only receives the minimum
amount, as he is assigned to shore
duty. The junior rear admirals re.
ceive $500 while on sea duty and
$4,677 ON shore. Rear Admiral Samp
son is in the junior list, but having 8
command at sea, receives the maxi.
mum pay. Should Schley be given an
assignment at sea, he would receive
$1,000 more year than Sampson, but
as it now is his pay amounts to but
1915 more. Captains receive $500
at sea and $2,975 on shore.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16
A WEIRD ROMANCE.
REMARKABLE EVENT ON A CO.
LUMBIA STEAMER.

Fighting Dogs Cause Corpse of Former Lover
to Appear at Maud Cranston's NuptaIs-
Coffin Breaks Open Before the Wedding
Party.
Spokane Special to Post Intelliseucer.
j. A Carson and Miss Maud Grams
ton, 4 young couple residing on kOo-
tenai lake, were married on the 18th
inst. under dramatic circumstances.
The preacher who was to tie the knot
failed to appear at the home of the
bride at the appointed date, so the
bridal couple and relatives boarded the
steamer Klondike on her down trip to
Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, having decided
to get married there.
In passing the missing preachers
ranch down the river, he was found
prisoner on the roof of his submerged
residence, the valley having become
Hooded by a sudden rise of the river
He was rescued and taken aboard the
steamer.
While he was changing his wet
clothes, the steamer made brief stop
at Rice's landing, where two passen-
gers came aboard with a rough pine
coffin containing the corpse of James
Carter, who had been drowned in the
river the day before. A bulldog also
accompanied the men.
When the preacher came upon the
deck wearing a suit of Capt. New
mans clothes, the bridal couple an
nOunced that they would have the
wedding take place then and there.
The ceremony had proceeded almost
to the point where the preacher was to
pronounce them husband and wife.
when Captain Newman's dog and the
bulldog got into fight.
In the midst OF it they upset the
coffin, which had been deposited upon
a couple OF beer kegs. AS it struck
the deck the homemade coffin burst
open, spilling the corpse. One glance
at the dead mans features and the
bride gave q scream and swooned
away in the arms of the groom. And
small wonder, for the corpse was that
of former lover, to whom she had
been engaged to be married.
Capt. Newman vouches for the
truth of tie story.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16
Hotels for Women.

Chicago has taken the lead in an
enterprise which will be OF incalcula-
Die convenience to women who are
travelling alone, or who happen to be
without male escort or suitable
chaperon in that great city. 1t is the
opening OF hotel conducted by wo-
men, exclusively Tor women. A ten
years lease has been secured on 100
room building on Michigan Avenue,
known as the Richelieu Annex, and it
has been placed in iirst-class condi-
ton for atiording all the comforts of a
home for the sojourner. 1t will be
called the Laurel Club Hotel. Four
women form the directory OF the club;
women clerks will be employed, the
cuisine will be under the management
OF women cooks, and of course the
dining-room and dormitory work will
all he done by girls. The only men
about the premises will be porters and
such servants as are required to do the
heavy work. Chapcrons will be fur
nished for theater parties and similar
outings, and twice a month entertain
ments OF a social nature will be given
at the house.
The establishment of such hotels in
the principal cities will, it is hoped. be
the elimination OF woman's freedom
from the environments of senselsss
custom, early in the new century.
The improvement of our railroad SER
vice, by the general adoption of the
palatial Pullman and Wagner cars, in
which the privacy and many of the
comforts OF home-life may be secured
for women travelling alone, has done
much to establish that courage and
self-reliance which are the highest
protection to character. 1t is as safe
for woman to cross the continent
alone, under these improved condi-
tions, as it was few years ago for her
to go on trip Of few hundred miles,
involving time and discomfort, if not
liability to insult from the isolation
due to the primitive modes of travel
and the absence of that chivalry
which custom teaches and emulation
inspires.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

WORSE AND WORsE.-The Directors
of Lincoln Park, Chicago, have voted
to erect q monument to Admiral Dew.
ey, the cost of which is to be 500, 900.
And all this before he dies! So the
great Washington monument was only
q post mortem affair, after all, q recog.
milton Of honor and respect not even
suggested to the mind of the original.
or till after the father of his country
had lain in his grave more than half a
century, Apropos to this folly, we
note the Boston Post proposing that
the Philippine Islands be named the
dewey Islands," which that paper
declares would be such unique
tribute" To this the Baltimore Sun
replies in a scathing rebuke, the bur.
den Of which is that such suggestion
is piece Of pure and simple DAM
phoolishness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16
IN the Superior Court of the State of Washing

N the Superior Court of the State of Washing
l. ton for Thurston county.
In re application for dissolution of the Thurs.
ton County Meat and Produce Company, 9 cor
poration.
Notice of Dissolution.
The Thurston County Meat and Produce Com.
Pany, q corporation, duly incorporated under
and BY virtue Of the laws of the state OF Wash
ington, having on the 22d day Of July, 1898, filed
In my office petition addressed to the ABOVE en-
titled court, asking for dissolution Of said cor.
poration; and the Court having set Monday,
June 6, 1899. at the hour Of g P. NJ. as the time
Tor hearing said petition, now, therefore, public
notice Is hereby given to all persons interested
therein, that the said petition for dissolution
Will come on for hearing and consideration at
the Court house In the said city of Olympia
Washington. on said 18th day of June, 1899 at
the hour of p. n, and all persons having objec
lions to the granting Of said petition are re-
quired to appear before the said Court upon the
above mentioned day and urge the same.
l.. CALLOW,
Clerk Of the Superior Court.
Date Of first publication, April q, 1899
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

WILL Oily explain how it is, under
the boosted Mckinley prosperity, that
our fruit crops are almost a failure
this year? Such nuts are easy crack
ing for his jaws, although it seems
somewhat inconsistent to claim that a
surplusage of wheat is due to divine
favor, and an unprecedented shortage
in strawberries, and cherries, and
plums, and pears, comes as an ordi.
nary natural result.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

ROCKEFELLER, of the Standard oil
trust and Hill the railroad magnate
met at Everett one day this week,
They refused to be interviewed BY the
press, and the enterprising reporters
admitting that nothing could be
learned" assume that the visit has for
Its object a transfer of the Rockefeller
interests at Everett to the Great
Northern Railway.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

Oily says that if PETER has really
come back into the Republican party
swift punishment should be visited
upon the man who left the back door
open. A matter of much more i'm.
portance to politicians of Oly's ilk is
some effective plan for keeping him,
now that he is in, away from the pie.
counter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16
A Gruesome Situation.


There is a growing tendency on the
part OF travellers who visit Tacoma to
regard with wonder and amazement
the fact that no organized effort has
a yet been made by the citizens OF
that ambitious town to raise the sunk
eli ship Andelana and give it. captain
and crew a decent Christian burial.
That ill-starred ship lies at the bot
tom OF what may be called the heart OF
Tacoma harbOr within a stones throw
OF the st. Paul mill companv's wharf,
where she intended to take on load
OF lumber as soon as her turn would
come in the line Of other vessels then
loading. 4 common buoy is all that
marks the place where the gallant
ship was riding at anchor on that
night OF the fatal storm last February,
which with one unwarned sweep, sent
her to the bottom of Commencement
bay. The merry laughter, songs and
shoutings OF moonlight boating par
ties are heard as they so and come
over the great iron charnel ship that
lies only few fathoms below the
lights of the gay and busy world.
The Andelana was a British ship
and although her crew were not OF our
own kith and kin, it nevertheless docs
seem that reasonable courtesy should
be shown by the authorities of pop
ulous city in an earnest and we'll
planned effort to either raise the hull
or bring to the surface the bodies of
the brave men who found watery
graves i'll that treacherous harbor.
There is something painful in the
thought that ship OF three thousand
tons, with her gallant captain and full
complement of men, must be suffered
to waste away in the slow process OF
decomposition on the muddy bottom
OF Puget Sound harbor furnished
with all the appliances of modern en-
gineering for the raising submerged
hulls. Private means to the extent of
Il good many thousand dollars have
been expended to reclaim the sunken
vessel, but there is limit beyond
which such efforts cannot 60, however
wisely planned or generously carried
out in the cause of a common human.
ity.
The city of Tacoma could not by
any other act establish more lasting
prestige in the eyes of the world than
by donating handsome sum of money
to be devoted to final effort to raise
that sunken ship and thus rid her
beautiful harbor of a grewsome wrath
which otherwise must forever brood
over the fair name of the city and har-
Dor.
1t is not question of practicability,
in any sense OF the word, for all nau-
tical engineers declare that with all
adequate expenditure of money, the
ship and all it contains could be
brought safely to the surface. 1t is to
be seen whether the City of Destiny"
will suffer this blot TO remain upon
her commercial escutcheon. One
thing is most certain, and that is, had
there been a safe on board containing
few hundred thousand dollars, the
ship would have been raised with little
ceremony.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

ADMIRAL Dewey's famous dispatch
boat, the McCulloch, arrived at Seat.
tie, Monday, under detail to carry
senator Fairbanks to Alaska, who
goes north on matters appertaining to
his duties as member of the joint high
commission.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

SAM'L L. SIMPSON, Oregon's we'll
known poet, died in Portland, Wednes
day evening, from an epileptic attach
caused by injury to the brain from 9
fall sustained few days before. He
slipped and in the fall his head came
in sharp contact with the sidewalk
He was taken to his room unconscious
and his injury was so severe that hi.
mind did not rally before death. Mr.
Simpson was 81 years of age, son oil
Ben. Simpson, a pioneer of lS45. He
was married and leaves two sons
Some of the literary work OF the de-
ceased will live long after his person.
atty has been effaced from the tablets
of memory.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

OF the $50 applicants for teachers
certificates, before the State Board Of
Examination, at its last quarterly ses.
sion, $50 were successful. Seventy.
two received first grade certificates
264 second grade and 227 third grade
"a were renewals, "a based upon State
papers, life diplomas and college and
university diplomas, and the remain.
der on examination. Two hundred
and two applications were for raising
the grade of certificate, and 1873 were
successful.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

A MANILA dispatch Of the 18th
states that Gen. Antonio Luna, one Of
the bitterest foes of the Americans in
the Philippines, had been assassinated
by the order of Aguinaldo. Luna had
recently found himself in opposition
to the chiefs views, and has not only
disobeyed orders, but at one time
stopped Aguinaldo's peace commits.
sioners while on the way to treat with
the Americans. Aguinaldo ordered
his death and the command was carried
out by his fanatical followers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-16

THE Secretary of War has requested
the executives of each State to desig.
nate some Soldiers Monument Associ-
alton. Post of the Grand Army, Or mu-
nicipal organization, to receive a gun
from the condemned and obsolete or
dinance captured at Santiago. The
intimation is given this State that no
doubt as the troops of Washington
served so CALAMITY in the Philippines
a gun from that field OF service would
he preferred, and if so, the War De.
partment will carefully consider the
request, as no doubt some of the guns
captured there will be brought to thi.
country. In reply, his accidency has.
therefore, made . requisition for a
Philippine gun to be sent to some
port on Puget Sound direct from the
islands, with the assurance that upon
its arrival it will be inscribed with a
testimonial to the valor of the First
Washington Volunteers and placed in
the custody of some organization that
will properly care for the trophy.