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DELEGATION or CONGRESS
Twenty-Five Members WIN Attend
the worlds Fair edication.

Washington. Feb. 26.-ln the house
the senate amendments TO the house
joint resolution accepting the invita-
ton of the Louisiana Purchase expo
stion, which increased the members
OF the committee TO be appointed to
attend the exposition dedication from
and from eleven to fifteen members
of the house, was agreed To.
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Died Of His Injuries.

Mayor N. f. Hawkins, of morrill,
4 ton, died from injuries received at
! the hands of some unknown party,
/ On the night Of February Mayor
Hawkins was called out to his barn
by some one unknown. His family
ibid not miss him till the next morn
ing when his son found him in the
barn unconscious, with each arm
broken near the wrist, a cash over
the right eye, and also on top Of the
head. He was carried to the house
land regained consciousness long
enough to tell his wife that some one
had his purse, which was missing
with It's contents
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stnpe Of the Rivers.
- FalI, 'Tracc. !" Fr0zen,
THE MARKETS.
THURSDAY. Feb. %
Grnln nnd Provisions.

81 Louis Flour Patents, Sl.i0HS.5l;
other grades, i2.@u3a5. Wheal-No. red,
7ia75c. Corn No. mixed, tWiii4c. oats
No, mixed, see Hay Timo-
ny, 1ll5ogliSoio prairie foVgll.g;
9i5c. Pork New mess, uiGO Bacon
Clear ribs, l0lac Buttcr-Crramcry, 20D
2sc dairy lim2Oc, Eggs Fresh, iSc,
Wool rIb-washod, lsU2yo Missouri and
Illinois medium comblng, lJlau2lc, other
grades, lld20c.
Chicago Closing quotations. Wheat -
May, ihaVAc, july iJkc September,
7lAc' Corn February zee May 80
iGlsc July, Use, September. hec oats
February, Sac. May, &lPci July,
g2lsc, September, 2qAsc Pork May,
,iiigls, July, N1M September, 80 ~
Lard February, $50, May, g6 july
1865, september 1855, Rlbs-May Nlsh
mg1S; July, @5,is September, 800 Rye
May, Ole,
indianapolis Wheat No, ? rod,
T5to No Q rcd, To-, Corn NJ,
white, i6hc, No 2 yellow. bAc onts-No.
mixed, Doe, ilny-Tlmothy, N2WnllbO
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CONSIDERING THE PROTOCOL.
The Allied Powers Considcring the
Draft of The Hague Protocol
Submitted by Bower.

Washington, Feb 90 Great Brit
ain, Germany and Italy are still con-
sidering the rough draft Of Tho
Hague protocol submitted by Mr..
Bowen, in which It is provided that
the ear OF Russia shall select the
personnel Of the court TO pass on tho
preferential contention of the allies.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Bowen is carrying on
negotiations with the other claimant
nations and hopes to finish up The
French protocol this week
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POLICEMAN CAUGHT TARTAR.
Wobber Was Caught IN the Act, Hut
lie Used Ills GUu IF
fcctiNciy,

Denver, col, Feb, 20. Policeman
John Rltchlc is lying In the emcrgcn'
cy hospital dangerously wounded, the
result Of an attempt 90 Interrupt the
plans ~ II lone hlghwHymnn who has
been operating Ia Denver for several
months pnst, The robbcr was dis.
covered IN the act Of holding up the
gnlooon Of Hans Olsen, nut escaped.
after nm exchange Of shots, and
liI,chlc staggered 10 the patrol box,
where he was found aud conveyed TO
The hospital lie has n chance for
recovery,
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AUDIENCE WITH THE KING.
President Francis of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co. Meets
King Edward.
PRIVATE AUDIENCE At THE PALACE,
Ills Majesty Expressed Much Inter-
crest In the Coming worlds Fuir
ut 81. Louis, and Promised to Lend
All Possible influence for British
Representations.

London. Feb. 26.-Dayid Il. Francis,
president of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Co., accompanied by Am
bassador Choate. was received by
King Edward at Buckingham palace
Wednesday. The king was most cor
dial to Mr.. Francis and evinced much
interest in the exposition. Mr.. Fran
els was more than satisfied with the
kings promises TO lend all possible
influence toward providing for full
representation Of Great Britain at ST..
Louis. The appointment Of royal
commission to this end doubtless will
be announced in few days.
President Francis has been in con
ference with a large corps Of repre-
sentatives of the ST. Louis exhibition
now in London. His plans are uncer-
tain, but he will probably go TO the
continent before sailing for St. Louis.
The art interests of the exhibition
are in excellent order under the adj,
mirablc management of Prof Ives
Commissioner Barrett gives an en-
thusiastic account of the work done
in Japan, China the Philippines ano
India. Henry Norman will ask Mr..
Balfour in the house of commons to
state what steps the British govern
ment is taking to insure that the
United Kingdom will be adequately
rpureEpntcd Mt ST Louis
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Another Cornem Typhoid victim.

Mddletown, Conn, Feb. 20, Louis
Hubbard, student at Cornell uni
yersity, died, Wednesday Of typhoid
fever. He was 20 years old. He lett
Cornell two weeks ago on account OK
the typhoid epidemic and was taken
sick shortly after his arrival here.
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The House.

H. b. 1928, the special order, was taken
up and passed. 1t amends an act Great
ing a special drainage district in Clay
county.
H. b. 222 (FutralD, placing control
and management Of the penitentiary
under the same board as that of the
state charitable institutions, was called
up.
An amendment was adopted privd-
ing that one member of the board be
nominated by the senators and repre-
sentatives from each district the same
to be confirmed by the general assem-
bly, in joint session, the board to hold
office for two years.
The bin was then made special order
for the 25th
Mr. Norncet called up H. b. 24i, al
lowing graduates OF the law department
Of the state university to practice in
the supreme court without examination.
The bill passed.
Mr. Cook Of Chicot introduced II. b.
365, to amend section 1880 Of the digest
so as to enable the application of the
general election laws to school cleo
lions under certain conditions.
H. b. l43 (Toney), limiting the rental
price of telephones to $3.50 per month
was read the second time,
Mr.. Gannaway offered an amendment
that companies operating less than T.,
500 phones shall be exempt.
The amendment was adopted
H. b. ga (GantO, requiring street
car companies TO provide separate ac-
commodations for white and colored
passengers in cities Of the first class,
was read third time and passed
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Deaf Mutes Missing.

John Larue and Curtis Sullivan
aged lG and 10 years, pupils at the
deafmutc school in Little Rock are
John Larue is l6 years OF
age, has light complexion, gray eyes,
brown hair, wore cadet gray uniform
and trousers and cap OF same color
His father is william Larue, Of Fort
Smith. Curtis Sullivan is 10 years OF
age, has dark complexion, eyes and
hair; wore black coat and hat and
gray trousers. His father Is Charles
s. Sullivan, of Kasoma, |. T.
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Brakeman Killed.

An Iron Mountain freight train In
charge OF Conductor O'Rourke, with
Engineer Flohr and Fireman DayItt,
went through trestlc near Clarks'
Vile, The engine turned over and
fell into the stream fifteen feet below.
Brakeman Lydell, who was riding on
the engine, was pinioned beneath the
engine and killed The conductor,
engteer and fireman were badly
bruised M,
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Made M Assignments,

New York, Feb, 20, Geo r. Krochl
and pcrciyul krochl who do business
under the name OF Henry kroehl, I'm.
porters and dealers In brIstles, made
an assignment to-day, Geo, r.
kroehl is president OF the First M.
iional bank Of Asbury Park, which
Suspended laal week.
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Cambridge City, Ind. Feb. ga
large barn belonging 10 John ).
Dackey was destroyed by fire.
Wednesday, and II fine race horses.
being held for next weeks sale, were
burned TO death. An had good rec
ords. The loss Is $4,000, with no in
surance.
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Col, MoIitor Resigns,

Mr. T. A. Molitor who has held the
position Of chief engineer OF the
Choctaw since 1895, has rendered his
resignation During his connection
with the system, from the time Il
was known AZ the Choctaw Coal and
Railway Company Mr. MolItor has
supcrntcnded over one thousand miles
OF lrnCk.
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while In the act OF klndllng fire
at her mothers home In Pine Dluff,
Pearl Walters, colored, was horribly
burned. dying In u few minutes, The
girls mother, In attempting to cStIn
vul.h the flames, was badly burned
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klllnd a White Man.

John V, Lane white, was shot and
instantly killed by n negro named
John Harris ut n lumber camp near
TeSarkana, Harris attempted to es'
cape, but was captured by witnesses
10 tho Killing.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY rs.

one of the most important ques-
lions yet before the general assembly
was disposed Of that of the removal
of Hon. James p, Eagle as a member
Of the state capitol commission
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The AlphInlOko Cotton Company
of Little Rock and III Dorado, has
been declared q bankrupt This Ia
the firm whose transactions caused n
big sensation n few weeks ago, and
resulted IA the Bank Of Little Rock
suspchdlng payment
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The Chattanooga Tradcsman reports
the following new enterprises for this
state Augusta, 100000 oil mill;
Hamburg $4,000 lumber company
Little Rock. 100000 mining and de-
'eloplng company; Des Are, $4,000
cotton oil mill, pocNhontns, 100000
light water and manufacturing com
pahy ClOrksvillc, $4,000 coal com
panyi Walnut Ridge S25O,OOO wagon
company Harrisburg, $4,000 handle
factory Newport 100000 supply and
hardware company,
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Fire at the Bluff

The losses from the recent fire at
DeValrs Bluff are NJ follows; p. Il.
Justice, grocer, damage to stock, $500;
no insurance. j, +, stone, meat mar
Ret, 1880 insurance, $1,000; John
Malcolm, restaurant, $3.50; no insur'
ance; II, $. Moore, two buildings,
N2bO; insurance, 5000.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY al,

The senate was not In session, havs
lns adjourned Saturday TN Monday
The house put IN busy day and
transacted considerable business
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The House.

II . Il, 375 (FutralD. empowering
county judges to appoint county boards
of health, to be composed of three ply
sicians. was read third time and passed.
The committee on military presented
bill creating the office of adjutant-
general. to be filled by the governors
private secretary
Mr.. Hinlle's bill providing for the
transportation of conviCts to the peni-
Tertiary by the sheriff expense to be
paid by the state, was taken up and
passed.
S. b. 10 Gotham, exempting cotton
factory insurance companies from the
provisions Of the insurance laws of the
state, was read third time and passed
Mr.. Killough's bill allowing the St
Francis levee board to increase its tax
for levee purposes from TO cents on
the acre, was taken up.
Mr.. DeRossitt, chairman of the house
committee on levees, urged the adop-
tion of the measure. lie stated that the
increased tax was absolutely necessary
in order that the gap Of seventeen miles
may be closed, all the rest of the dis
trict now being protected.
Speaker Moore favored the bill
The measure passed--ayes 60, noes 2.
Mr.. Stafford introduced II. b 37S, pro-
posing TO place members Of the general
assembly ON salary OF VOW per ses-
sion
Mr.. Myers introduced H. h. $40, to
change time of holding probate court
in the eastern district Of Lawrence
county
II. b. $50, 10 limit the time a rail-
way train may block a crossing to ten
minutes was introduced by Mr. Thomp-
son.
Mr. Eldridge introduced II, b, 3st, to
regulate the organization of fire insur-
ance companies and requiring them to
give an indemnity bond and keep a re-
serve fund of not less than 80 per cent.
A message from the governororcmm
a messenger from the governor an
nounced the approval of number Of
local bills
Mr. Keith introduced II. b. 1888, to
amend section 1891 Of the digest The
bin imposes a fine of 500 To $500 for
keeping open saloons on Sunday and
forfeiture of license for the second Of
Tense.
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The Senate.

The Senate.
In the absence OF President Short
Mr. Fletcher presided.
Mr. Whitthornc's bin authorizing the
special school district Of Benton to bor-
row money was passed,
II, II. 1876 the Bonneville special
school district bin, was passed over
the governors veto,
s, Il, ~, to increase salary of mlno
inspector to $1,000 and allowing him
to use free transportation, was intro
duccd
II, -. 27i, to fix time of holding cir.
cult court In the Third district, passed.
Senator Gotham introduced senate con
current resolution No. II, concerning
the distribution OF the Peabody fund,
Mr. Gotham explained that It had been
stated that 1t was the purpose OF the
board TO close their trust and place
the entire fund IN one large teachers
college, to be located at Nashville,
Tenn, lie desired that Arkansas should
continue to receive her pro rata OF the
fund The resolution was adopted
IT, II, III, to amend the four-wlrc
fence law OF Ice county passed
H. Il, 90, relating 20 the examination
of teachers, was read third time ana
passed
The bin providing for court stem.
ogrnphcr for the sixth Judicial district
was read third time and passed.
The senate adjourned TN Monday
The House,
Several petitions favoring the worlds
fair appropriation were rcnd
Mr. Wcaver's bin fixing snlNrIcs Of
officers Of Sebastian county passed
Mr. Poole called up H. II. 10, rcgu.
lnting the examination Of applicants
for pensions, the hearing of evidence,
etc, by the county pension board, It
was read third time nnd passed.
DR. Butlcrs bin tNo, liS), TO pro-
hlbit the manufacture and sale OF cigar.
cites IN this state, was taken NJ ANA
passed
s H. No, ., for the building Of an
annex To the insane asylum, was taken
up, ana after the adoption OF an amend
mont Increasing the appropriation from
$4,000 TO tlSO,O00, the bin passed
s. H. 81, providing for u court stem
ogrnphcr for the First judicial circuit,
was taken up ana passed
n II, 90, repeating act " 1909, pro-
vIdlng Tor the registration OF school
warrants, was read thlrj time ond
passed
Mr. nutta hin 10 protect nsh In the
counties Of Madison, Carroll Benton
and Washington was passed.
Mr. Covinaton's bin providing for a
court stehOgrapher for the flfth judi
chi district WAS passed,
Senate concurrent resolution No IL
requesting trustees of the Peabody fuhd
10 set aside ArknnHns pro rata TO be
devoted to educational purposes, was
adopted
q H. A. authorizing officers Of spec
einl and common school districts 20
naufe tho school buildings OF their re-
Rpoetlye districts, was read thid time
nnd passed,
The bin creating the Seventh chan
Gerry district, 20 be composed of tho
counties of Union, Onhchltn Calhoun,
Columbia, Lafayette ana Dallas was
taken w and passed,
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 40.

This was the most memorable day OF
the present session, inasmuch as the ia
nous King antitrust bill was passed In
the senate without amendment. The
contest over an amendment to exempt
fire insurance companies from the pro-
visions of the measure has been waged
relentlessly from the beginning of the
session.
The senate put to sleep the Collins
dispensary bill only eight votes being
recorded in its favor.
Inc house refused, by a vote of 40
to AS, to reconsider the vote apDro-
priating $4,000 for an annex to the
insane asylum.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20.

The morning session OF the senate
was devoted exclusively to house bust
ness,
In the lower branch the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the erection OF
an annex TO the insane asylum at Lit
tie Rock was passed. An amendment
was adopted increasing the amount
from 100000 to $4,000 The house
also passed the anti-cigarette bill,
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Live stock Markets.

81 Cattle Fancy exports, Ni01
t15, butchers, sJUub.ib; stockers AHD
zoo, cows and hclfers, s. 5oul60. Hogs
Packing 81 s5uf 10; butchers sG@uiD,
light pWuu68 sheep Mutton sheep.
Il 10000, lambs. S00u100
Kansas city Cattle .- Native steers,
" b0ii6 %, Texas and Indian steers, 500
i20, Texas COWS t3opli3u0, native cows
and holfers 81 6D1il 20; atuckors and fecd-
era, pWmiO, bulls, 81 25Nawi calves.
" ibfli %, western steers, GWub0, wcHts
srn cows, 81, Sin30b, lloga-Bulk OF mlesa
w. N5m2 %, heavy, ~ N5fliO6 packers, N1
1850, medium, 81 SondS, light 81 i5pGsD.
yorkera 81 ibi6 W; pigs, Apn9i6N Sheep
.Muttuna, 81 5OuG o., lnmbA, 81 6Oua ~
range wcthots, pWutio, ewes, S!oD
Chicago Cattlo-uood TO prime steers,
o. 2iuhth, poor 90 medium, 81 gluApi
Htprkera ana feeders, s. liuiG0, cows VIC
GlhO, helforH, NOilih, Gamers, II Nlg
200, bulls, s. 2hul hi uHNna, AslNi loi
Texas fed steers ST s,fi ~, iipRH-MiSed
and butchers, iGNuuflU, good to choice
heavy ST. iNuI50, rough heavy MMWIW,
light 81 inuAI u bulk OF HnleH, " %,
phppp.ltiund to choice wpthpra, tj.o0ml 70,
fair To choice mixed. 81 V)n5,Wi western
ehorp, 81 ibn6 %. native lambs, fiI5n1W,
Nrstcrn lambs, N1dniO)
indianapolis Cuttle-Good TO primo
steers, ST ,5n5 So llogs-tlood to primo
hcuylcs, s. lbaj.26; mixed and heavy
sheep, Scal25i lambs, S,oouGD
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The House.

After roll call and reading OF minutes.
II. u. $40 liking time for holding pro-
bate court In Lawrence county, was
taken up ana passed,
II, u, l22 (FutralD, creating board
OF seven commissioners, ono from zach
congressional district 10 hnVo charge
Of the ponltontlury and all the state
charitable institutions, was taken up
and rond the third time Mossrs, Toney,
Whltthorne, Plndnll Atkins ana Arnold
spoke against the bill
a motion to table the bin prevailed
by the following vote,
Ayes--Applc, Arnold. Atkins. Baakln,
Bcll Bradley Brlant, Butler, Campbell
OF Pulaski, Chambers, Chestnut Cooke
Of Phillips, Cfutoher Eldrcdgc, fcrgu.
son, flannkln, Fletcher Fraser, Garrett.
Gibson, Green Of Benton Greene Of
Ouachlta, Grlilln Hail, Holman, Holmes,
Hooker kolsO kcrwln, Lntlmor, Martl-
nonu Morrlman Myers, Moore ~ New
ton, Nowhcrry, Norfcot pindnll, Rod.
man Scflmshlro, Slaughter stevens.
Stockard, stoyer, Toney Weaver, whit.
thorno ana Wofford Is
Hoog-=Allcn. nufk, Campbell Of RAM
dolph, cate Chnppoi Chrlsp, Clement.
Cook OF Chlcot Daniel, Dolioasitt Dix.
on, IA Luuoy Funk Futroll Hale llnr-
rlp, llilli Hogan, Horton, Jacobs, Keel,
Keith Knox MAlhony Michigan,
Parks, Perry Poole, Rowland, STAFFORD,
ThrNtE Thompson, white, whitley,
VIM witt York AMI Mr SPEAKER
as
H. u 22s tWhtieyD. TO regulate the
granting OF franchises by munlclpali-
tics was read the thlrd time and passed,
II provides that before any ordinance
pissed by the council Of any town or
of A. Inn flst
about the streets Of such town or city
shall take effect And become valid tho
council shall give notice OF its passage
FOR fuzzy thirty days, published IN a
Newspaper provided that II after tho
passage Of such an ordinance ana with.
IN hlSty days ten pof cent of the bona
ndo resident taxpayers shall slRn ana
present Ia the mayor u petition asking
that such ordinance DO referred and
submitted 10 the qualified voters, the
mayor shall Issue his proclamation for
an election, AZ which II shall be decided
whether or not the franchise shall he
granted.
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. A thief entered the city hail at lit
tie Rock and stole tho mayors over
wat lie had to pass from the may
VI ofice past the ONCE of chief OF
po.lce to reach the street, but was not
detected
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Of the amendment was TO XIII the OH.
there fore he was opposed to II,
Senator Sengel favored the amend-
ment.
The amendment was adopted by a vote
of is to l3
IL. b. EOS (NorheeD, to change the
boundary line between the counties OF
Scott and Logan. was taken up and
passed after some discussion
II. b. 296 (Mardis). providing for the
taking of census of cities and towns in
certain cases, was read third time and
passed.
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The Senate.

The fist measure acted upon was II.
b. 375, creating county boards of health,
which was passed,
Mr. Norwood introduced $. b. 1874, TO
repeal the act creating the state rail-
road commission.
Senator Kilgore introduced a bin to
repeal the act creating the Seventh
chancery district
II. Il, 3li (GantO, providing for sep
arate street ear service for whites and
blacks, was read first and second time
and referred to committee on corpora
lions.
s. Is. 1il was called up by Senator
King 1t changes the law as to state
elections, providing that bond OF
S. 900, instead OF deposting that amount
i'm cash when an application for remov-
al is filed An amendment that the
bin apply only to Lawrence county was
adopted,
The report Of the committee on tho
removal of Hon j. i. Eagle as member
OF the capitol commission was taken up.
Tho majority report was against his
removal and minority report by Sen
ators Hardy and Rison approved tho
action Of Gov Davis
The qeustion of approving or con-
dcmning the governors action In the
matter was discussed at length by a
number OF the senator's.
Mr.. Wilson favored the majority re-
port
Senator Norwood held that the gov
crnor was the sole Judge as 10 cause OF
removal OF any member OF an appoint
I've position,
Senator Jobc said that no testimony
had been introduced IN the controversy
all
potont to serve on the board therefore
he favored the majority report
vote was taken on the majority
report, which declares that Gov. Eagles
removal was without cause, and the
same was adopted by the following
vote;
Aycs-Adams, Brown, Butt, Gotham,
Cotton, Fletcher llinko Jobc, Kllgorc,
Mards Matlock, Mcl'orrln Mcnrs,
Price, Songel Simpson Vaughtcr WI
son, Wood-l9
Nocs-CollIns, Coylngton, Gray IInr-
dy, lluddloston Killough, King, Logan,
Norwood, Rison=l0,
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Desperate Leap.

oscar Baker, n young white man
!" charge OF nm officer who was on
route with him from Fordyce to Pine
Dun Jumped from n passenger train
going at the rate Of thlrty'hvc miles
w hour and made his escape, lie II
wanted on u charge Of grand larceny
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Cotton,


Quotations for mddlpg rangc as fcl-
lows IT. Louis @c, New York, lOO5ei
Memphis, pAac,
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New York, Feb, "a Money OF caii
steady at D per cent Prime mereantils
paper iAubh per cent Sterling exchange
custer With actual business IN bankers
bills AT ~ bDirisft9l for demand and ht
Ni !.nNitO Tot 80 days. Posted rates SsY
Ntil ana iSsia, Commercial rates, tSJNQ
Ni, Mexican dollars, Us. governments
bonus steady,