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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
CHICAGO BLAZE
THREATENS BLOCK
TWO Four Story Buildings Destroyed
With Blaze Not Under Control
at 1 O'clock.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO Feb. 81. QSunday.)-Fire
breaking out late last night in the
four story building of the Northwest
ern Stove Repair company, just with
in the loop district, destroyed the
building and at 1890 was spreading,
threatening destruction to adjoining
buildings and a tie up OF Chicagos
elevated system. The loss. 1t Was esti-
mated, will run into the hundreds Of
thousands.
An adjoining foul story building DC.
cupied by the White Sewing Machine
company was destroyed. The loss of
the two buildings was estimated at
s20c, 600. A northwest wind was
carrying the blaze at 12:45 and the
entire block was threatened.
Three aremen had been overcome.
At 1:15 a. m. the fire was still IN
controlled. The intense heat drove
tiremen to the elevated structure
where they were placed in a hazard
Gus position by live rails.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
STRIKE ALMOST
CAME TO END
Hitch Came Just Before Agreement
Was Made and Trouble Now
Continues.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
SIOUX CITY. Iowa, Feb. 26.-Just
as the final settlement OF the packing
house strike seemed certain late this
afternoon, a hitch over the question
of whether the new scale of 81 cents
per hour should apply to new help
disrupted proceedings and the strike
is row likely to continue indefinitely.
The packers want to pay only 20
cents an hour to new help.
After hours Of wranglins between
officials and members of the strikers
committee, Superintendent Dan Cam
o Of the Cudahy company, acting
for officials laid down an ultimatu1n
that the companies would fight to a
finish rather than pay the extra cent
to green help.
TITS a fight to the finish" declared
Chairman Frank, of the strikers COM
mittee.
Strikers will hold another mass
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blows against tho verdun defenses,
but announced tina. for the first time
since the row prince undertook his
great drive, the French are now hold
Ing their own and meeting German
attacks with counter attacks of the
greatest vigor.
a furious struggle is still going on
around Fort Douamont, Paris reported,
but the French all day today resisted
all attempts by the Germans to dis
lodge them from their fortified posi-
lions and recaptured the fort.
The French left. directly north of
yerdun. is maintaining its position
under the most terrific assaults. The
Germans have been unable to bend
the French front at Champ Neuville,
despite desperate efforts to capture
that village. The slopes of Cote Du
Poivre, or Pepper Heights, four and
one-ha1f miles north of Verdun are
covered with German dead. The
French war office reported the repulse
of every charge directed against the
strongly fortified positions on this
ridge.
The night communique from the
French war Office was the first ad-
mission from Paris that Fort Doua-
mont had fallen before German at
tacks. The German war ONCE, in an
official statement issued this fore
noon, reported that Doua1nont had
been taken under the eye Of the kaiser
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with letters OF marque, in or
der to attack the merchantmen OF the
enemy"
The news agency at the same time
made public what purported to be
an extract from the London Telegraph
Of February %. stating tina England
had not the slightest intention OF %
forming to Secretary Lansing's sug-
zestion that merchantmen should be
armed only for defensive purposes and
adding: ,
Let it be distinctly understood
that we shall not limit u action to
defensive measures"
Warns Against Haste.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 26.-The
Frarkfurter Zeitung warns the Ger,
man government to take no hasty
action In the present controversy with
America over armed merchantmen,
according to dispatches received here
tonight.
There is no evidence that b con
fllct with America is nearing the
end" said the Zeitung. The present
situation is the most difficult since
the beginning"
The then warns the
government not to display pan-Ger
| man tendencies which may provoke
ill-feeling in America and further
; urges an examination Of all aspects TIC
an irrevocable decision.
The Berlin newspapers are display
ing prominently a dispatch from Lu
gano. Switzerland. stating that tbs
! American naval authorities are urg
ing President Wilson to acquiesce In
the German program, arguing that II
case of war with Japan, the subala
rina would be Americas best weapon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, Feb. II, 1916.

, Mrs. Rayburn Of Hamilton spent
Sunday with the family of David
Swigelson of Warsaw.
Carroll Hoppe will leave Monday
for Cedar Rapids, Neb. He will spend
the summer there with his uncles
Otto and Walter Hoppe.
Robt. j.. Mckee is the owner Of A
beautiful gold Furnished cornet, #
sweet tone. He received it Tuesday
last and LIS justly proud Of 1t. Robert
knows how to get the music out OF
it, too.
Carl Ortmann, representing Col
lier's Weekly In the III with
headquarters in New Orleans. is visit
ing his parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Ortmann.
Hon. Truman Plantz Is in Spring
field in the interest of NJ. w. A.
Farmers in town today report hor-
ribly rough roads, almost breaks
buggy wheels and haru to keep
seated.
March 2S being the Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth of capt. J. r. Will
liams, the veteran steamboat cap
tain, his friends both here and in
other cities are suggesting that the
day should be recognized in some
unusual manner. The matter was
brought up in the Rotary club the
other evening and referred to a COM
mittee with power to act. A postal
card shower has been suggested. The
captain is enjoying unusual health
for a man of his age. He mas not an
mental faculties good and he enjoys
keeping in touch with the daily news.
especially the European war.
The stork visited Warsaw folks in
Suffer, Peoria and Keokuk. leaving a
daughter with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Miller at the first named town, a son
with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Ltshen of
the second named city (both on Feb.
21) and a son with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Bender Of Keokuk, also on
the 21st. Mrs. Bender was Miss Freda
Somehow Of Warsaw.
Thursday afternoon Mrs. H. e.
Roth entertained the members of the
w. r. C. very pleasantly at her home
Mrs. VIM. F. Stevens entertained
at cards Tuesday and Thursday after
Moons of the past week.
Mrs. Walter Dross entertained at
800" Tuesday and Wednesday after
Moons. Mrs. Jack Tumelty OF keokuk
was a guest Wednesday,.
MRS. G.. Max Kindig of st. Louls
visited her parents Glr. anu MIS-. a.
H. Bott the past week.
Mr.. Fred Eichenaur of The Quincy
Herald Co., was here Wednesday aft
ernoon and evening.
The following Warsaw teachers at
tended the teachers institute at a
thage the past week: Prof. L. Fair
fax, Prof. Lightbody, Misses Mary
Johnson, Eudocia Bardens, May Fioto,
Lydia Jotter, Stella Rife, Lulu Spin
auger, Katherine Kraushaar, Nellie
Louden, Nettie Cress, Ethel BroWn
and Olive Boernson. Miss Marjorie
Baird of the senior class who expects
to teach next year, also
The students Of the high school OBJ
served the anniversaries of Washing
ton and Lincoln OF wednesday after
noon with a patriotic and entertain
ing program.
The pupils Of the fourth grade
taught by Miss Katherine kraushaar,
celebrated the above events TUESDAY
afternoon with a very pleasing pro
gram. There were patriotic reclta'
tons, quotations from both presl
dents, patriotic songs and orchestra
music at both entertainments and the
rooms were beautifully decorated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
AVOID SPRING ILLS
Purify and Build up tho Blood With
Hoods SarsaparlIla.

In the spring your blood needs
cleansing and enriching. You feel
poorly, and there is more or less erup-
ton on our face and body. Your
appetite is not good, your sleep is
broken, and you are tired all the time.
You need Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t is
the ono safe and effective tonic that
has stood the test of 1orty years. It
makes the purest red blood that will
make you feel better, look better eat
and sleep better. 1t Is the old stand
ard tried and true all-the-year-round
medicine for the blood and the whole
system.
Ask any druggist for Hoods Sar-
~saparilla, and insist on having 1t.
Nothing else acts like it, for nothing
else has the same formula or ingred-
tents, and SO there is no real substi-
tute. Get 1t today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27

Officers of the Keokuk Electric Co
were here Tuesday comforting wit!
Mayor Hill ais to the location of tn
white way posts.
Thursday evening h Evangelical
Young Peopleis society gave a sur
prise party to Miss Mary Huechtmann
The entertainment of the evening con
sisted OF games, singing. debating
questions and refreshments. The so
cial gathering gave entire satisfaction
to all present.
Henry Lnnenberger has bought the
Oberlies residence on the south side
for his daughter, Mrs. Charles l. EsS'
ing, and the family will remove to II
shortly.
1t is a rather mysterious topic,
which will be discussed by Judge
Crawford at the mems meeting: II
i Knew You, and You Knew Me-" But
all attendants of the gathering will
be repaid. for Judge Crawford al
! ways knows what he is taking about,
The meeting is held today at 2 p. m.
sharp, at Evangelical hall. Don't miss
this mental and spiritual treat.
The guarantors of the proposed
chautauqua to be given this summer,
met in DIR. T. A. Hartley's office
Thursday evening, February "a. at s
O'Clock and perfected a permanent
organization which was christened
the Warsaw Chautaqua association.
The meeting was called to order by
DR.. Hartley, Mayor Hill presiding,
The following officers wee elected:
VIM. L. Hill. president; DR.. T.. A.
Hartley, vice president; John M.
Hungate, treasurer and DR.. J. Eaton
Johnston, secretary. July IS, Tues
day, to July %. Sunday, six days, ara
the dates decided upon. Several loca-
tons are under consideration, and
the grounds committee will soon de-
eide. On motion, the following com
mittees are to be appointed by the
president, the names of the men,
bers to be hereafter announced:
Grounds, FIVE; concessions, one; f.
nance and tickets, three; advertising.
three. There are forty guarantors. a
goodly number being present at the
meeting. Season tickets have been
put at the low price Of $3.50 for
twelve entertainments (afternoon and
evening OF each Of the six days). There
is much interest and enthusiasm
shown by everyone in this, Warsaw's
new venture, and all, both great and
small, should work for it's success.
The talent engaged, largely mHsical,
is frst-class, highly endorsed and
will give all patrons a rare treat.
Some thirty-two guests enjoyed the
hospitality of Mrs. George T. Bott at
her elegant home Friday afternoon,
at q pleasant social affair.
Frank A. McBain is superintendent
of the Memphis, Mo, button factory
which resumed business Monday
February IA, with thirty men.
Because OF the teachers institute
at Carthage, our schools were closed
Thursday and Friday Of the past week
much to the Joy of the scholars who
like children the world over. never
refuse q vacation.
Julius K. Eymann spent the pas
week in Chicago, buying for tbs
spring and summer trade.
MI. and Mrs. Paul Shepherd will
remove to Sirvis, Ill, shortly, where
their son Frank has been at work FOL
some months, and where Paul has Sc
cured a good position. Their many
friends here will regret their depart.
ure. They have been here long and
are favorably known.
Miss Grace Swigelson spent her
two school vacation days last week
visiting Hamilton relatives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
and emphasized its importance as q
keystone Of verdun's north d%efenses.

and emphasized its importance as q
keystone Of verdun's north d%efenses.
The French war ONCE, in announc-
ing the recapture Of the lost position.
minimized Douamont's importance, re.
ferring to the fort as IAN advanced
element Of the old defensive organiza-
ton OF Verdun," and intimating that
Its retention was not necessary TO y
successful resistance at Verdun.
The French war once made no
mention of the attacks in the Cnam-
payne which Berlin reported net
ted the French an advance or Zoo
yards. ~s~ ~ ~
Great aerial activity. Including a
raid on the Sablons railway station at
Metz, in which nine French aero
planes threw down IA bombs, were
also reported In the Paris COM
munique.
Call Il French Victory.
LONDON, Feb. 81. (Sunday.)-ihe
London Sunday morning newspapers
reflect the general feeling Of rejoicing
felt here tonight over the report from
Paris Of the recapture OF Fort Doua-
mont.
The news from Paris Is displayeo
prominently In all the papers. Mill
tary critics and editorial writers de-
clare that the Germans have suffered
colossal losses In the battling at Yer
dun and that the fighting thus far
must be accepted as a French victory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
NEWSPAPER MAN
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Two Men Probably Fatally Injured ann
Several Others Badly
Hurt.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
ROCK ISLAND, H., Feb. PC. Z.
Carroll, advertising manager OF the
Iowa City Press, and Harry Z. Mona
han, of Davenport. were probably
fatally injured this evening when the
car driven by Monahan collided with q
street car on the government island
of Rock Island. ,
Carroll has a fractured skull and
Monahan is unconscious from his in
turies. H. Cruise, of Davenport, also
was seriously injured and may MOI
recover. Two men riding on the front
platform Of the street car, were bad
" cut by broken glass in the accident
and Ben Naught was thrown against
the brake handle Of the street car and
suffered two fractured ribs.
Monahan's car was reduced 10
spIinters and the escape of the men
from instant death is considered mir
aculous.
The injured men are In a local hos
pital and physicians have been work
ing over them all night
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said Anderson.

union" said Anderson.
Their views are really being con-
sidered very lightly"
Despite their published statements
that large salaries are necessary to
matrimony, several Of the co-eds con-
fessed tonight that salaries didn't
amount to r much. after all. Love
is the real thing, they said.
Geniveve Bernhart, who vas elected
"prettiest girl on the campus last
fall, said she would marry man of
$1,000 a year, .ff she were desper-
ately fond of him." Otherwise" she
added. "he would have to make s10,-
600 at least" I'D marry a man if he
had only $500 a year-if I really loved
him." said Ruth Lampier of st. Paul.
Salary has nothing to do with turn
ing love in a college to misery in a
hut"
One kittenish little freshman said
she'd marry any man who could write
poetry, but she wouldn't take a dare
and tell her name.
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LOVE REALLY COUNTS
MORE H A MONEY
College Girls Admit That Salary a
Man Gets Ia Not Chief Point
OF View,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Feb. pa
few hundred of those Minnesota uni
versity goods who said they wouldn't
marry a man who didn't make at least
$1,000 a year and "a a dream Of
a dancer" one-stepped at Saturday
night hops, with none-too-graceful
youths who had to borrow carfare and
cigaret money today.
The youths said the girls views on
matrimony as published in the Min
nesota Daily, a college paper today,
won't worry them a bit.
George Anderson, at the Sigma Nh
house, said the boys will ignore the
whole thing.
The girls ultimatums do not in
clude demands for recognition OF their
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6Iso ExDensiVe-

Louisville CONFECTIONERY: Long
engagements are dangerous writes a
day-by-day adviser Of lovers. They al
so are expensive. It costs more to
take your iance to the theatre in a
taxicab twice a week than to take
your wife to a picture show in a jitney
bus once q month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27

meeting Sunday afternoon. Father
Thaddeus, priest in a Polish church
attended by many strikers, Will preach
Sunday morning, urging the men 10
accept the terms offered
Because the scale offered does not
include the stock yards striking EN-
ployes, they declare they Will stay
out indefinitely.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
Surprtsind Interest,

Chicago Evening Post: The fact
that Tom Marshall has consented to
let his name go on the vice presiden-
tial petition in Oregon reveals the
surprising fact that someone must
care enough about the vice presidency
to petition about it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
Back In the Fold,

Jefferson Bee: Major Ph,fpott,
former progressive candidate for O n
eress, has fully and completely re-
1sented Of his political "sins" and has
rssurneG to the republican fold. He
is Cow a candidate for the office Of
.heriff Of Webster county, subject to
the will of republicans at their pri-
mary. and is making his opposition
some.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
GATE CITY
TO YOUR FRIENDS

. Why not send The Gate City =
. to your friends during the SEQ .
. Vile revival services? .
. They will be interested, and .
. The Gate City will carry full re- q
. ports of the meeting. q
. Scoville promises to arouse .
Q the town as it has never been .
= aroused. and your friends will =
= be interested in the reports =
. which The Gate City will carry. Z
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27
Ct, LouIs Nav and Straw,

St, EoUl1 nay mo StFaW.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 26.-Hay-
Prices unchanged all round and no
Improvement In the market in any
other respect, II we except the small.
er inflow Of fresh receipts. A mod.
crate quantity of timothy and clover.
mixed was worked off the market, but
unsold supplies Of medium and COM
mon kinds are still liberal. Glover
and ordinary No. 1 and commo alfal.
Ia r dead, dull and low priced;
high grade alfalfa sells readily at
steady prices. Clover-mixed, No. .,
$12; No. i. $13. Timothy, No. 8, 50 to
$40; No. 2, $11 to $14.50; No. 1, s16.59
to $500. Alfalfa, No. 8, Sill; No. 2,
s12 to $3.50; No. /, $3.50.
Straw-Quiet. Wheat, Sc to 81.
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No. 2 red, new. s1.15@1.1s; No. 3 red.
new. $1.10h @1.14.
Corn-No. 2, 73c: No. 8, zoe; No. 3
yellow, 741ac.
oats-No. 2, R@4shc; No. 3 white
4S@43hc; No. 4 white. 43.
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Peoria Cash Grain.

PEORIA, Feb. 26.@Corn-Recefpts
10 cars; market unchanged to hc
lower; No. 4 white, 69Ac; No. 5
white, 6bc; No. 6 white, Goo; No. s
yellow, 60 065hc; No. 6 yellow. COG
Gle: No. 5 mixed, 643h@65hc; No. 6
mixed, 6o@60hc; sample, 61@5sc.
Oats-None; no sales.
Kansas City Live STOCK.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 26.-aoes-
Receipts 500; higher; bulk. $4,000
$50; heavy, : .20@s.35; light, $500
$50; pigs. $6.5007.50.
Cattle receipts 100; market steady.
Steers, $7.0o@9.O0; COWS and heifefs,
$4.50@s.5o: calves, $6.5o@11.o0.
Sheep-Receipts, none; steady;
lambs, $10.5O@11.00: yearlines, 1925
@1o.oo; wethers, 37.B@s.35; ewes,
$7.00@7.S0.
Chicago Live stock
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-Hogs-Re'
ceipts 10000; opened 10c up: ton
$50; 9 a. m, 10@15c up: top, $S.75;
close weak; top, sS.75; light, $1,000
S.65; mixed, sS.3O@8.75; rough, $685.
@S.4o; heavy, ss.25@S.75.
cattle-Receipts, 1000; market
SLeduS sHo.oO. -#
sheep-Receipts 1000; market
steady. ss.4o@1o.e0.
Chicago Live Stoek-close-
Furnished by Long Commission Co,
40s Main. Telephone No. 1901
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-Hog receipts
20, 600; market 1O@15c higher. Mixed
and butchers, s8.300S.75; good heavy
$8.25@s.75; rough heavy, $8.25@s.40;
light, $S.45@S.70.
Cattle receipts 100; market steady;
top. $3.50.
Sheep receipts 1000; market
steady; top $40. Lambs, top $1,000.
St. Louis Live stock.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.-Hogs-Re.
ceipts. 10000; higher: pigs and lights,
80. 00@S.6O; mixed, S8.S5@S.70; heavy,
$S.e08S.70.
Cattle Receipts 350; steady;
steers. S7.5069.50; cows and heifers,
$5.o0@9.50: calves, $6OO@11.00.
Sheep-Receipts TOO; steady: year.
Hngs, $S.O0610.O0; lambs, $4,000
11.40: ewes. $6.501s.50.
Omaha 1.-Two Stock.
OMAHA. Feb. 26.-Hogs-Receipts
1900; higher: heavy. $s.156s.35:
light, $7.909S.20; pigs, $6.7567.75;
bulk, SS.O0@S.25.
Cattle-Receipts 100: steady; steers
S7.00@S.60; cows and heifers, $500
$50.
sheep-Receipts $500; steady:
yearlings, ss.25@9.75: wethers, $7.25
OBS; lambs. $1ob0111.oo-
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-Butter. higher;
creamery, 24h to 33h.
Eggs, unchanged; receipts 4,SS5
cases; at mark. cases included, 20 to
221a; hrsts. 22k; ordinary frsts. 21h
Potatoes, higher; Michigan. Wiscon-
sin. Minnesota and Dakota whites, So
to %; and Minnesota and Dakota
Ohios, Ss to IS; receipts. 25 cars.
Poultry, alive. steady; fowls, 1856:
springs, 17kc.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2G.-Butter,
strong; creamery extras, Sc to 36h
frsts, 80 to a51a; seconds. 80 to So;
receipts $500.
Eggs, unsettled; receipts 1855;
fresh gathered extras, &c to 2C1A: e1-
ira 1rsts, 25k; f1rsts. "a to 25; sec
onds, 2zh to 23k.
Dressed poultry, weak; fresh killed
chickens, 16k to 20; fowls 14h to
1917; turkeys. 20 to 30.
Live poultry, steady: chickens, 1871
to 1917.
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questions at this time are Irrelevant.
The department believes these only
can be discussed when they are not
bound up in moot issues as these very
questions are now bound up in the
whole controversy over submarine
warfare. 1t was emphasized that I'M
til the Lusitania case and all he Is
sues which now reyolve about it, are
acceptably cleared up, there a be
no discussion formally Or informally
of the single point regarding 'arma-
meut on merchantmen
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THOUSANDS OF MEN
PLUNGE TO DEATH
CONTINUED from page L.

like their elbows touched-what we
saw of them. Then u guns began to
cut through them. They bit big holes
in that German regiment and in what
seemed only a second or two, a whole
German regiment had been wiped out.
One Bouche came stumbling OF to-
ward our trenches, unhurt until he
was so close we could see the fright
ened lock on his face. Then he went
down on his face
A French surgeon, back from the
verdun front, brought a similar story.
The German c~annonade, he said, wiped
out French front trenches, buTying
dead and wounded occupants. The
teutons occupied these without resist
ance. but rushing forward, found
themselves In corridors of death.
Shrapnel and high explosive shells.
machine guns and rife fire blotted out
the German lines as if by magic.
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LONDON, Feb. 26.-Recapture OF
Fort Douamont, four miles northeast
of Verdun, was announced In an offi-
cial statement from the French war
office tnnight.
The Paris statement reported not
only the repulse of mighty German
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-27

PEORIA, Feb. 26.-Corn-Recedpts
10 cars; market unchanged to &c
lower; No. 4 white, 69hc; No. 5
white, CSC; No. 6 white. Goo; No. s
yellow, Go @65hc; No. 6 yellow. COG
Gle: No. 5 mixed, 643h@65hc; No. 6
mixed, 6o@60Ac; sample, 61@5Sc.
Oats-None; no sales.
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Chicago seed Market.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-Rye-No. l. 81
094c.
Barley-e4@70c.
Timothy-$5.5008.o0
Cover-$10.0o.
Horse and Mule Market.

'orO0 2Uo "uto NSNVRot.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 26.-Horses-
The commercial trade practically
ended with the close Of Thursdays
auction and a mighty good week Il
has been all around. Southern trade
was the best 1t has been in a long
time. that class of stock selling very
high. Eastern buyers were unusually
active and that trade was also better
than 1t has been in quite a while.
New York, Massachusetts and Penn.
sylvanfa were eager investors, New
York operators alone taking around