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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-17
CHICAGO MARKETS.


CHICAGO, Feb. lt-The wheat market opened
easy heavy Argentine shipments and lower cables
NAV Aa4c depressed. at @ia6sSc. There was little
doing in cash wheat. export demand not encout-
aging and May gradually sold OF TO ssid6s3e, The
decline was helped along by the weakness OF corn.
At the bottom some demand from commission houses
caused q reaction TO &C. The close weak.
MAY ac down, at 8sc Except for some activity dur
ina the first hour and the last minutes the session
quiet
The corn market Welded 10 heavy sales for profit
taking by recent heyay buyers, and considering the
deiuge the price held pretty well Country offerings
generally were reported small. May closed tsec
down. AZ safe
Oats reeeced with the other grain markets. The
cash demand poor May closed &c under res
tcriay
tsessed the pruyisions market which closed barely
stsadv Trade was quiet There covering II pork
and lard and a little nihhlins Of lard BY exporters
Nav pork closed 2s85c down: May lard closed a
shade depressed al eoha7otc, and May ribs closed
shade lower
The icadns futures ranged follows,
MheAt No q Opening Hishest. Lowest. Closlng
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DER NJ aas; sprucs logs. Hso; cedar shingis bolts.
'Innhs--rir. rough $50; thick finish. surfaced
an. on two ride. g. 10 and II inches vids. slc91o.
lengths. y 10 ls feet special leng;hs. 5oc per n
nor NJ eItra Flooring -Dressed and matched. III
an; stock boards. s-ineh, ssals; loinch. - 1sn;
i9-tnrh flsals FencinE-So. or tinch nnish.
%, No ? 81: or channel rustic. drop siding.
weight 400 lbs. slitdlt Fir timher-Joists and
.csntiings. rough g sosB =. UscsD;
.ss shingles. $50; standard shinslss nlo; I
tncb anish vi Il and 1s feet. sDg;t; thick anish.
y2sass: cedar squares. l. D. and 10 Feet O4a";
Kiln dried. 81 in advance Of sreen. Drayass. so
Cement lohhng)-Portlsnd. h b. B., VIZ;
Alsep E.75 49,. -
Lime Ciobbingi-Roche Hsrbor. r@; San Juan.
$40
Plaster hair (obhingl-Washsd. 81 80 per sack; un-
washed, $40 per sack.
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Trade was a Htiis hrelsr today. although the
Influence Of the cold weather has not entirely dis
appeared There haze been number d additions
TO supplies and the demand is enough to keep up a
circulation IN trade arteries. Prices firm, with a
general tendency 70 aorance.
Esgs and butter chow no change from yesterday.
but the rise o. lAc 10 Dc Ia Portland win doubtless
be followed By the egg market here
Fruits and vegetable 1so hrm Ia p1ce with
10 Indication Of weakeuing.' the contrary rather.
being expected Poatoea, particularly, have a rising
tendency. and Jong continued caid weatbei present
ing the opening OF ps. win result 10 SHIRT Etock+
Dtbor vegetables coming IN freely aud there Iats
tees conc large recaipts of onions Tho fruit trade
j. rather inactive but prices hrTn, and carload
lots Of oranges received to-day.
In the Ash market the supply o. salmon and small
fsh Is scarce. except heFrings. which plentiful
There Il also a good stock o. halbut. the City II
Topeka having bronght In about sixty tons last
nigh. There i no change in prices in any Of them
Hay. grain and feed practically unchanged,
with tendency to adfance- Wheat maintains the
rise Of few days ago
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SAN FRANCISCO.
dstuHs.


SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. wheat-Easisr: SPOT
spot and duh for futures. Oats. quiet Spot quo
tati0ns
Wheat shipping No /. 81 choice. s-cii milling.
Farley Food, 7ca77Ic; brewing 7Tlsesc.
oats~-Grsy Oregon. sl07Aell24 milling. C.ise
Liz; red, sli24alM.
Receipts.
Flour. quarter sacks r. ios; wheat centsb iS s2s
10 Utah, 1888 barley, csnals ll,ll5; oats centals,
lgaD; beans sacks 523; corn centals, iB potatoes,
sacks $3.50; bran, sacks, 1eS; mddlings, sacks l5o;
hay tons. SO; WOOL bales. z; hides. number f.sso
Produce, Fruit, Etc.
Millstufs Middiings, siTa2o: bran. sl2 tc@lsD per
Hay-wheat. Sc 5oas 90; wheat and oat, 50 5Oss
hest barley. ssa7; alfalfa scar 5o stock. = 5ed5
compressed wheat, Ssgl0; straw per bale, 30d424c.
Potatoes-EaTly rose. s5q9oc river Burbanks, 500
75c: river reds. 75Gs5c; sweet si.7odLs5: Oregon
Burbanks, 75cafSl 10.
Appies~Choice, 81 common &c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 23Aa2ic: do seconds. 10
&c. fancy dairy 2ca2lc; do seconds. lsdlsc
Cheese New. loc; old, s4ssc; young America. lets
lic Eastern. i6!6i7c.
Egss-store. l3dl54c; Eastern. nominal
Wool and Hops.
WOOL Spring; Nevada. 12al5c; Eastern Oregon.
l2aiGc valley Oregon. DSc3c Fall: Northern
Joaquin plains. sdioc; Humboldt and Mendocino.
Hops-crop Of 1899. uslsc for choice
Closing Quotations.
wh.at-Essier; May Noii; Dscembss. nWi;
cash 81
Barley-No sales.
Corn-Larse yellow, Noot9iW
y % 20
NEW YORK MARKETS.
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NEW YORK MARKETS.
General Quotations.

NEW YORK Feb l6 Flour Receipts. u. So bar
rels: exports 1880 barrels; market dull and feature
less
wheat Receipts, $500 bushels; exports. 10000
bushels; spot. weak; No, red. T6Ac Options opened
easier and weak later in the day, owing to
heavy Argentine shipments and besrish domestic
news. Trade slack and prices narrow. May
closed at &c: July. 7iic.
Wool Steady
Hops Quiet
Coffee Options closed Arm 5slo points net sd-
vance; sales, a &c BAGS. including: March, sflSa
I'D: July. 81 5oaIS5. Spot Rio. steady. tending up
wards. No. invoice. ssc, No. iobbing NC. mild
steady 10 firm cardova, l0Gl3tc.
Sugar-Raw. steady: fair refining. steady.
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NEW YORK. Feb I6-rhe Commercial Asrer-
tiser's Lon6Ca dnaneis' -ahler-tn sav..
The news - .he rriief y Ni~AM-,-z -su.-. a
eo'antns opeuins to-day. Ne Bcc~ rising "a Rusi-
ne-s however. was most me@acr rv-rrinriai ORDER
being stoptFd ey Interruptions in the tsiexr4phic
service and prices gradually droppcd
lord RrseherTs sreerh IN rarliarn@-t res4a-7, g
iudcced apprehensiohs in some quarters q i'm
reRding fuTeiEn complications
Couscas, which hcEkn al isil we're r-~.seA a,--,
BY heavy cash sales. o. l0os. and they eln=s-i a.
only better. The selling n canso+s was ssnrsc--.t
N be IN anticipation ~ the financial statement %
- made by the chancellor Il TIE erche,lue- next
Monday
Americans began Ter cent. NJ but IN the All
ienes Of Ssw York support. droppsd away steadily 70
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FOREIGN MARKETS.


LONDON. Feb. -wheat-Caruocs 81 coast
taFefs and sellers apart, earFues passage nuni-
nal and unchanged Nall& Wsns - -. English
COUNTRY markets steady.
LIVERPOOL Feb l6-WheAt- Futures clc-ed
9net Marh. S. SD NAV. IS 1eia; July. Sc ma
Corn Spot. American miycd. new steady y I'D
American mixed. old steady, Is sd. futures quiet
February. T. sd March, - sd. MAY Is ia
MheAt-KUra; wheat and tour IN FsS1a, seal,
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NINE. BEHNHARDT's noe.
Trouble IL Has Got Her Into With
French RAILWAY Authorities

Startling news reached Paris last night
70 the effect that the public prosecutor
Of the Seine had been summoned by the
public prosecutor Of Bordeaux 20 draw up
a report on the position Of Nine. Sarah
Bernhard. who. IT r. hardly necessary 10
say. IS very well known" both In the
Old and New Worlds. The examining
commission OF the procureur Of the repub-
lie asked several questions about the ac-
tress. among them, hrst. the exact civil
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Metals.

u vas rrrv quiet uusntsrestinr Asy IA the iocal
wATert fcr metals IN sympathy vita further rise
IN vanfs IN toa~lrn. in again advanced quite
sharply, hut Displayed no marked strength II ia
or Tbs upflru Afrirrs frcrr the Wet vrr,
not - suesial FiGuffcange
ifou-Fts warrants. ve-4 dul
Currsr-fasfr unchanged Al yIEN
rin-Quirf 81 IS
spelter Unchtnsed "a 81 Nd. Safp asknd
iest-NN I'D N-s atkra TIE hrrr that .r.s
'hs selling rroe foE miacss ard sneltsrS amotes Ieaa
~ tg a. the elc>e
e -
NnnEtG%
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WASHINGTON Fph "a -Tosiny's StAtsrneut ~
ths cnsiaitinr - fhe trsssgrT ths-S:
Avs{ahls cash blanos .-.-.-... ys@ g. ~
Goid reserve ~ - III
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Portland Mining stock Exchange.

PORTLAND. Or Feb N-Articlex n inra-rsya.
toa q the Portland Miains Stock ErchRnze ws-r
t-is- sied TIE cani'sl ssock Il gasn II 70 an
nefrc--s hat the srrhsnE. wi srsnn~see if.frsea
spnn ofsesrs elected and permanent Guar
tery serTtref
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COMPOSITION,

We are now prepared to do composition
for the trade (any meaaurej in NonpareII
Minlon. BREWER and Long Primer sStis
faction guaranteed. Cali or address Post-
Intelligsncsr. Seattle
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Sterling Exchange,

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb IS Sterling London,
sixty days, 81 s5i sterling London. sight. 81 ssi.
Financial.
Silver bars. 5ssc; Mexican dollars, 4s94slc; drafts
sight. Bc: telegraph E1c.
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TACOMA WHEAT MARKET.

TACOMA Feb I5- Wheat--C1ub, SAc; biuestem
s5se for export and DC higher for milling.
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Bradstreers Financial Review.

Bradstreet's financial review tomorrow will say
Activity on speculation decreased this week and
pndertons nf prices was strong and the weakness
which developed was. excerpt in the case Of few
sperialties productive of merely moderate recessons
ia prices which more attributable In realizing
than 10 any renewal OF general bearishness
the part q large traders. The market However.
showed certain degree Of indifference To fsrora.
bic news and even failed to respond to Jundon's
in the movement Of the British fosos in Beer ter-
ritory has been successfully accomplished, includ-
ing tho apparent relief q kimberisy.
There continued 20 be abundance q the same
kind q developments ia regard 90 railroad
aud industrial interests which had served as an
incentive for the recent advance In the markst-
Gross nilrpad earnings for January and for the st
week q February show. IN most cases. large in
grasses and there has hccn further tangible con.
arnAtion q the belief that Industrial companies.
particularly thoec identified with the steel and iron
trade. are making remarkable pToats The pSslim-
a leading example and there we're the usual saR-
g'Iine Fspts about the showing that woald be made
een3s which their common Shareholders unsst en-
pect In some instances the industrial stosks
ports but the gFuGr 4 Whuie. influenced
more BY a disnositi0u 20 take pFoaits the part
the appearance q fresh haying In The nilroad lat,
while the trunk iiae shares eHcep.eGAlly s.russ
and well sgFfrvtrd. their was also goed deal 4
irrogalAnty and WHEN the market a. vas several
times tbs case. became dul. tendency for prizes
70 sAx on drTelaFed sT-Sial;isa and manipulated
stocks frequently attained Prominence, and al
thossh The rsgkst at large particularly in
auruced By The irrvgaiaY fluctuations IN American
sagar g paid attention % TIE rsrfnsmzncs
IN THiiff Avenue sharss ard Thufsday after
nora visihly unsettled When The stcsk hrote quite
sharply on news tht the hAhk-~x vso Wcre "a
fnanos TIE seating DIT had EfsAdrsNn frurh tho
aFTAns -meuts Moacy cc0,tHCrt sufici~niis
~ Wal street 70 dssxArd ths lArge acFsssc r.
leans AMI tscr~ssr IN The surplus reserve srSEn
ty last Saturday tank statement ~ tA~ fntimA-
ttnFs that MONEY H. luugeT coming fFgxn the IN
tertng New lufk rsFp-shts comments tie
probable ~fectt e the rafrsscy hil shosfld Il
srsSs1y bccone law. heard in many quartevs,
out nc mSknt was partially uuzcec.rd By the
weeks Developments Al WsshnEttx IN that quar-
Ter, ard sens 10 have gives TnrTs bod 20 the fac,
rAAt fhe treasury this scsk has haen drawing "a
IS balances IN the depoeisaFv banks ~ New fork
The demand FOR bonds Ia stu sxeeiient ard prices
Tor boh prime Investment securities and secnnd
sr3de q bonds AolA aru, with fair euyins in prog
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wbsat-Erport No. 1 club. SIC; No. 1 bluestem,
SC; milling No. club. SIC; buesten, &c.
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Flour steady
Wheat No 8 sprug. 6ia6Iie. No. red. fosefTlsc.
t'Ugn-No O. NAsca
oats 80 & 5sag1lc: Nc 2 white. sac. No.
white E3MNc
Rive No 2 sSAc
Farley Nc EEI.c
Seed Nc / Gar 81 - prime timothy s. sofs VI.
Tutk Mess peg bot. s. 1ba IS
lard Per ia Ns g. SOS -
fttia- short sixties loose g. Nft ~
shoulder nry ssltsd bowed 6.fttc,
sides short clear haxed. = Gas IS
WHISKY nsiijlgTs hnishsa gools per gall0a. ~
sugar cut loaf Sc q: granuiAted Ns3
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PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND, Or, Feb. Is Seine dealers shaded
their limits on waIa wafs wheat to-day 10 SIC but
others we're stu quoting sc. and valley was easy
al Sc. with light demand bluestem is nominaiiy
5sa5sc
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Bank CIraring-.

The following table COMPILED b. RrAis,reet sh0Es
'he hank eisar1nss q; all principal cities iar the
uesk ended February Is rith ths psrreufAgr - in
rnd decrease a. compared VITA the currsspouA
ire weyk last year
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LONDON, Feb 16.-Canadian Pacific, l0li; Union
Pacific preferred Tsi; Northern Pacific preferred, u
AtohisOn. ia; Grand Trunk 81; Anaconda, %; bar
silver, steady, Eid Der ounce.
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Receipts sad shipments.
Dairy Products

NNtry Frodurtss
90 The produce e1lh1aEr today ths batter market
Was steady, creamery. lAattr dairy. isa2-c Cheese
ain ltsuc Esgs. nrn. fresh. ni&lic
70 2
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the close The trading to this department today was
the dullest We have had for years
Monday nouinslly unchanged. but there was
an easier tendency and few bills offered The
bank lost E2oo.0o gold engaged for shipment to
the Cape. The copper statistics show stocks IN
changed and supplies increased By I.io0 tons.
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MARKET and TRADE REVIEW.


Seattle. Wash, Feb. le, 1900.
he Seattle. Tacoma. Spokane aud
houses TO-DAY were:
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French country markets. quiet; weather in England
unsettled
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Mot inelniea In totals s.eauss containing etaer
items shAa e'eaFinEs.
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Qrese fruit ounxss seciiers. trtEsl n,sel.
s s0A4TS. 1spsnsts NeSS per box. lemons 80
TH stceFfiug &c srAde, bananas f2@gS psn,-
spplss N&NN taei spplss, rscNsl's rsf ~
,rs~r,iaS 20 vaftftft CahFcruiH white afs $3.50 ,
Nrsyrus So is4is prF lh "a ,aeu a. crsrher-ss,
tsssfs vi: Ftriaa taiVs Il fresh ci8sr ~ "a
gaii0a.
Lumber and Bnhding Materials.
inxs superior quality pts M Ne / a. ss9i;
eserrAsntahe A., Sss Ne osds- sac. ts-amcn
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uranuiatsd cy~stsr shells. SIS per toni srauuistsd
eism shells. sis per ton; bone mesi. SIS per ton;
srsnulsisi bone. s. Der ton; hatiet cats, $40 per
ton. J. n poultry food, SIS per ton. beet meal
so. ~ per ton beef meal. ioo-. ss per too; beat
Sos so per ton beef scraps loos So per ton
mica crystal grit SCI Der ten
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FINANCIAL AND
STOCK REPORTS.
SPOKANE.
Mining stocks.

KANE. Feb. 1.-THE closing bids for mining
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rot.,ce. local slF&ts rss tsn, Yakima s,NTai 10,
ton; svsst potatoes s. pes cot. beeta iso psf ,sek
earr~,. Co. tef sack rutAhzsss a. pef 80 t,,r
nlps ge pei sack cabbage. nNaN pef ut. So
.plps sSSstN yer saek garlic iee. iettur. tes
isc par dos dollhouse irttucs Ntsoc. celery Nsse-
p-s Dos fstishe~. ee ter das. hothouss tapsaf1.e.
ski 70 green onioai zoe pef doe siiFsatlas Sss :,
pef ewt eystsr liAAt. sfsec per %. puH,p.iu,
III pef II. squash - California eanlinawse n
rss dos, psrntmui0ns, Soifi ier box
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Meats. Provision. aud ri.A.

Ffrah meats Cow beef 70 per ibl steer hss
'Asse per ID mntton wrtbers IL per 10. part 10
per lhi vest large. Sc per 10 small o. per ID
Provisions Hams isne, lasc small. l3c. hrssh.
fact bacon. lac. dry ssited sii-s, ttc
Lard Rome made, per u. Ac. White star pic.
Cola special 81 lard cosapodnd tlerces 7lc Rss
sics y ~ Co, ~ WA Hass. We
Fresh fsh Hslihnt, Nsc stschsai sslnen To-
fan ssinon, S. salmon trout, Zee; mountain trout
ne, trundev, 24tc solos. e., rock cod s{<c
.hrtmps. 10 smeit, B Columbia river slneit <
hs<rins. seisc; hlaek cod. iAsc oystsr., Olympic.
~ .eh, s. sslieai eisna uH aeh. nungsn...
yFsha liss. 81 %; eeokcd Nsa
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Smallpox Raging.

An official report made to the Mis-
sissirpi board of supervisors reveals an
appalling state or sfAirs in the Jones'
vile neighborhood iu the southern part
of Hirds county. The county is liter
ally honeycombed With smallpox of the
most virrulant and loathsome form and,
during the past six weeks, nearly one
hundred deaths have occurred. On
some days the death rate has been so
large that it was impossible to
secure cofiDs and rude caske,s were
made from rails. Whole families have
been wiped out Of existence and Of
several large families one or two chill
dren are left. Many Of the patients
are now in critical condition, are
without medical attention, aud dying
at the rate Of from three to five per day.
The death rate exceeds Is per cent and
the entire lower portion Of the county
is demoralized. The board Of Supervi-
sors will make an effort to check further
spread aud its morning session carte
blanche was given to the physicians to
purchase supplies and medicines. A
bill for q cofius used within the past
two weeks was allowed.
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placed in the large blacksmith shop,

placed in the large blacksmith shop,
giving the shop the appearance OF q
horrible morgue. The general belief is
that the explosion occurred by contact
with dust wheD they entered with their
light aud that it was not due to fire
damp as has been currently reported all
day. Nearly all the men employed in
the mire are white, only about one fifth
being colored and most Of the men
we're married and had families in the
little cottages near the lipple of the
great mine. A special train arrived
tonight from Montgomery filled with
reporters, physicians, nurses and others
aud one car contaiecd 80 caskets.
After the arrival of the train an order
was sent back to Montgomery for 80
more caskets. Another train arrived
from Charleston with physicians, cas-
kets and relief supplies. Still another
train came in from Hinton, but there
is no need of physicians and nurses as
the victims are dead. There is great
need Of undertakers and expert nine
workers. The work of rescue is being
continued during the night and will be
kept up until the mine is clear.
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STARVING PORTO RICANs.
People Who Made a Good Living Under
Spanish Rule.

A dispatch from Washington ssys
the acting Secretary Of War has re-
ceived a communication from Gen.
Davis on the subject Of food distribu-
tion and the relief of the destitute in
Porto Rico. Gen. Davis had intended
to discontinue the free distribution Of
food about the irst Of this month, but
the Industrial condition existing il GER
tain portions Of the island rendered it
absolutely necessary to continue to
feed the starving inhabitants for some
time longer.
In the centre Of the island, or the
coffee growing district, there is nothing
for the poor to eat. Any dlscon-
tinuance Of the food distribution,
therefore, under these conditions,
would result in large increase OF
sickness and Of the death rate. The
coffee planters are making strenuous
efforts to clearup their fields, but, hav-
ing no money for their payment, the
hands and laborers have necessarily
been laid Of aud are drifting into the
towns, thereby becoming public charges.
Unless fed at public expense starvation
will result and the Military Governor
has, therefore, requested shipment Of
Eve hundred tons Of rice, Goldfish and
bacon, in addition to the Eve hundred
tons asked for about three weeks ago.
Ia connection with the existing iu-
dustrial conditions Gen. Davis is Of the
opinion that the quickest and most ef-
fective way of securing relief would be
through large expenditures upon pub
lie works. Gen. Davis states that if
he could put about %, 600 men at work
for a period Of three months on the
roads, involving expenditures for labor,
tools and supervision Of some s223, 600
month, the period of acute distress
could be tided over. The acting COM
missary general of subsistence was to.
day directed to secure the food asked
for immediate shipment.
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Talbert Was Firm.

Attempts have been made by mem
bers on both sides of the house to ia
duce Representative Talhert, of South
Carolina, TO withdraw from his decision
to insist upon quorum at the pension
sessions on Friday night and thus avoid
the necessity Of bringing in the rule al
ready framed by the committee on rules
to devote two Fridays of each month
to the consideration of private pension
bills. The Democrats who are inter
ested in private claims which are set
for consideration 90 Frid sys, sought to
prevent the appropriation of two Fri
days for pension bills, and the Repub.
licsns were equally anxious to avoid
day pension ses-:nns. MIR. Tal5ert,
however, declined 10 yield. He said
he believed that the position he had
taken in demanding the presence Of a
quorum for the passage of pension bills
was correct, and that he would adhere
lit. The rule that has been prepared
will be brought in as SOON as the Al
drich. Robbins case is ont of the way.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
An Atrocious Murder.

A brutal murder was committed
Tuesday afternoon Of last week about
three miles from York7ille. A negro
named Fred Stewart married about
three months ago, and about month
since he quarreled with his wife and
kicked her, she being in delicate con-
dition. She left him and went to her
fathers house. Fred went there Tues
day to try and get her to go back with
him. She told him she was not able
to do so on account of the kick. She
was sitting in chair. Stewart then
drew pistol and shot her, the ball en-
teriog the upper part of her breast,
passing through the heart and liver.
The woman was singing at the
time she was shot. Sheriff Logan went
out at once With posse and his blood.
hounds, and it is hoped that he will
succeed in capturing the murderer.