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BIO INSURANCE FRAUDS. A Sensational Trial of Prominent People at Morelicad City. A. special from Morehead City says t The third day of tho sensational trial for conspiracy in life insurance \ras devoted to proving the physical and financial condition of Charles Arthur, ouo of tho olleged victims. If tho evidence of tho prosecution is not rebutted Arthur is proved to have been a pauper and almost a living skeloton. Fraud is proved by the evidence as it stands, but as yot there is no proof of conspiracy. W. L. Arondcll was put on the stand Wednesday morning. He testified that Charles Arthur was a walking skeleton and tho nearest to a dead man ho evor saw alive. The Justice said this did not show conspiracy and further ovi....... ?i-.I vtv. uvu niioiuicu Ulll. It is a matter of record that Arthur was a pauper and reoeivod $2 a month from the county fund, and that ho was an object of charity for the citizens of Morelicad City and Beaufort. Dr. L. W. Perkins, the last man arrested, is mayor of Newport and extown coustablo of Morehead City. At the beguiling of this season Perkins was in chargo of the police department of the Atlantic Hotel. Hero and in Beaufort peoplo are discussing the sensational arrests, but seem to withhold their opinions until all the evidence has been brought out. They say prominent citizens should not be condemned as guilty of these dark crimes until strong proof has been offered. The prosecution claims to have this proof. The attorneys for the defeuce say tlicro has been no evidence to prove conspiracy and as yet no case has been made out. Ou the fourth dAy of the sensational oases of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies the evidence brought out was in the lino with that of the day beforo, but was much more explicit and conclusive. Fraud was proved conclusively iu one case after another. The following shows, first, tho actual ages; second, tho age named in the policy, and third, the real physical condition of the parties named below, who were all insured for good amounts: Flattie A. Davis, first 70, second 40; condition, infirm. Surah M. Gabriel, very old, 45; infirm. Shepard Davis, first 70, second 70; infirm. Emma ?T. Casey, first 70, second 50; infirm. Melissa Gurhtir, first 70, second 50; infirm. John Boyd, physical wreck. Win. J. llicc, Haiti to l>e good rink, lunatic. Mary A. Longhurst, first 65, second 55; poor lien 1th. Win H. Jones, good risk, consumption. Sarah A. Lewis, find over 60, second I'.). Rosanna Washington, first 60, second '15; laid up with rheumatism. Samuel Windsor, lirut 85, second 58; infirm. Thomas Davis; consumptive. Florence Chadwick, iu very bad health. The prosecution attempted to prove that the money received on the. benefit paid at the death of Wigfall was divided between four relatives of the dead man, and that these four relatives insured a man in the last stages of consumption eleven days before death, swearing that he was a good risk, that the insurance agent in Beaufort certified that Wigfall was a "good risk." Most of the day was taken up by wrangles between counsel as to the admission of testimony. A large number of letters, affidavits, applications for insurance policies', etc., were admitted and seven of the hundred witness's were examined orally. The court room was filled with interested listeners. """w / The trial do alleged conspirators was on Friigree |0Jtinued until Wednesday mov Jen,i J agreement of the he con use' j()ji Thursday proof of rand was |( ntsd in testimony of 'witnesses jBoi '"irec(^y interested. On Friday somajotThfl very parties whose Jives were r(Af! cntly insured testi fieil on tho nd to the frauds coininittcd. AppakjUnt forgeries were shown n one ease after another and several fraudulent applications were introluced VKilfiANT WON THEfiOKLETCUP. Defender Forced to Withdraw on Aceoiint of a lirokcn Hall". At Newport, It. I., tlio Vigilant won the Ooetot cup for sloops on Saturday because tho Defender was forced to withdraw from tho race within half a do7. n miles of the lincsh on account of a I rok? n gafT. lint for this accident, tlie Vigilant would probably liavo been nine minutes or more behind the Defender. Ho far as practical the result of the race only reiterated what.everybody knows, tli.it the Defender is the fastest light weather hunt ever built in America. Hie- out-pointed the Vigilant in the heat to windward which was the Itrst leg ot the course and gained much more on her during the s<*-omt leg, a run dead before tho wind, a eon ran supposed to t?e most favorable, to the centre board yacht, tint just as tho mnv vessel undertook a stretch for homo with only t> l-'J miles of tho entire as to cover, her lioliow gaff snapped in two and she was compelled to give up IIKKKNDKH nKAVS VlllII.ANt. The run of the New York Yacht Club from Newport was made in nstilT southwest wind on Saturday. Defender was the winner over Vigilant by about nine minutes. Jubilee did not race. Constellation was winner in the first-class schooners. THE REGISTRATION FIGHT. Judge GoflPs Latest Order and the I Outlook. What Attorney General Barber Says. Tlic Columbia State, says : There . aro some features of tho new registration law test ease, brought by Messrs. ! Douglass <fc Oboar before .Tougo Goff, : which are liable to have quite an effect upon tho coming Constitutional Convention, and the prediction is now | made that a good many of tho superj visors, if not all, will bo jailed for contempt of court, assuming, of ! courso, that Judge Goff will grant his j injunction. If tho injunction is grantod, thero will necessarily bo more or less of a cloud over the convention. This fact stands out very clear?that if Jndge Goff grants tho injunction restraining tho supervisors from turning tho registration books over to tho managers of election, thero is no possible way for the ease to be gotten beforei any higher tiibunal before the general oli>nf.inn iu K'?nn *\f *1?o I J courtH will bo iu session, and there is i no possible schemo by which the ini junction can be set aside. It might be j stated jiitst hero also that tho State cx' poota that the injunction will be grant- i 1 od. Now, Ihis being ho, there will bo j nothing else to do but for the State j authorities to obey or refuse to obey tho order of injunction. It iH safe to I Hay that they will refuse. This being done, tho books being turned over to the managers, the only way the election can be conducted will be for the order to be disobeyed, and then no doubt the supervisors will be jerked up and punished for contempt of court iu disobeying the order. This once done the State can get tho case heard on its merits, before the time for the assembling of the convention, beforo a competent court, by instituting habeas corpus proceedings iu the cases of the imprisoned supervisors . Now, if tho order of injunction is subsequently dissolved by tho Court of Appeals or the United States Supreme Court, then there can be no cloud on the convention. But if the injunction? assuming that it will be > grunted?is sustained by the higher ! courts, then there will be a pretty kettle of fish, and it would appear that the convention will be null and void if it be held. It in a mooted question, however, as to what the exact condition of affairs would be under these circumstances. It is understood that the State is relying ou an ultimate dissolution of Judge Goff's injunction, if ho grants it, because Chief Justice Fuller, in handling the jurisdictional question in. the Mills case, declared several times very emphatically that a court of chancery could only protect civil and' property rights and not political rights. On Monday Attorney General Bar ber returned to Columbia and by up pointmcut met Gen. McCrady hero, the two holding a consultation in regard to this new case. The attorney General would not have much to say about the case. He said that lie was at work on the case and would tight it. He wouh' ask for no postponement, but would be in Richmond on Monday morning. He will make but a briet argument. He said, however, that ho had been receiving a great, many letters from supervisor? of registration all over the State asking him if they must open their books for registration on tin tirst Monday on August. He had in formed all that the law required them to do so. "But are they noteiijoined by Judg? Goff's order lrom doing so?" was asked "No," said lie, "Supervisor Green is only restrained by .Fudge Goff's or (lor from delivering to the hoards ?>t election malingers their books, but not from opening the books of registration. lie has issued a rule to show cause why they shall not be restrained from exercising any of the functions of supervisors of registration, but tin restraining order goes only as far as I have stated." Mr. liarber declined to speak of tin merits of the ease t?11 he had seen tin bill <ii' complaint THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The Conservatives In the Lead and the Parnollltes in the Rear. Tho returns from the elections in the east division of Donegal and tho south division of Londonderry wore announced at London. ITho former elected Arthur O'Connor, Nationalist, and the latter SirT. Lon. Unionist. ijihii niii. hi iuu uvsi j itrii.iiukiii, so iiioro is no change in the representation from those constituencies. But one election is to take place now, that in Orknoy anil Shetland. It will not occur until the Villi of August, but as a Liberal wns chosen in that district in the last election by 1,(103 majority, it is fair to assume that the ne\t member will be a Liberal ali o. Therefore, giving that seat to the Liberals, the new Parliament will be composed <>f 338 Conservatives. 73 Liberal-Unionists, 117 Liberal-, 70 Me.Oarthyites and 12 Parnellitos. Ttiree Hoys Killed. ?T. Waters Blundon, aged 13 years, J. Or Brown. 15 years old, and Charles E. Lynoi 15 yenrs old, were killed near Uivordule Par station, several miles from Washington o the B. O. It. R. The youngsters were walk in on the north-bound traek. To avoid an at Iproaolting train the boys stepped on tt outh-bonnd track, directly in front of a fa. moving "Royal Blue" express train. Ab three were Instantly killed, their bodiee bete* rrtgMteOy mulled. A NATIONAL SILYER PARTY. INDICATIONS WHICH POINT TO THK CALLING OF A Convention to Organize One. Speeeh* es at tlio South Carolina Alliance Encampment. To the St. Louis Republic in a special from Columbia, 8. C., says: The fact was developed at the State Alliance encampment, which adjuorned to-day after a three days' meeting at Tirzali, York county, that a scheme is on foot for the calling of a national silver convention to be held in St. Louis in September for the purpose of forming a national silver party. Congressman Lat imer, of South Carolina ia authority for the statement thnt Congressmen Iiland, >.f Missouri, Tillman, of South Carolina; Marion Butler, of North Carolina, and other silver loaders have agreed upon it, and that the call for such a convention will bo issued. Congressman Latimer says that the scheme has been on foot for some time, but that it is only within the last few days that Congressman Bland has been induced to agree to it. But now that all tilings are ready a call for (be convention will bo issued within tins next few weeks. The hall was set in motion at the silver conference at Memphis, and since then tinpublic pulse has been felt and the leaders Ik* novo, tnlit tlm time is ripe for the movement. At iniy rate tins attempt is t>> Iks made. Congressman Latimer made n<> puhli< announcement of tlieschonie, but in his speech at the Alliance encampment ho went so far .is to say: "Lot .is cull a national convention, like our own March convontiou, and say that wo aro lor hoth metals. Then put a man on a simple platform for silver and make the race and whip the tight. The Republicans say they won't desert their home. I am a Democrat, but I am in favor of this early convention, and f say to you let's hold it and win the light." Senator Tillman said "The only hope is to ally the South and West against the North and E ist, hut don't lot us impose the condition on those seeking the alliance that we go as Democrats alone. Those people despise that name. The hatred is the inheritance of the war. just as we hate the name of itepiih licau. Why. in God's name, shall we stay hy her and go down in the rotten old Democratic ship? I cannot see why any man should, stand hy tin* Democratic party when it is controlled hv such ineft as Cleveland and Carlisle. For myself, I am ready to throw up the name and give up the party. We must join the people of the Northwest. The friends of silver are in the majority. Fortylive million of the 70.000,000 in the dulled States are in favor of it. All they want is the opportunity. Shall we let this matter of a name keep us apart? The gold hugs have bought up all the metropolitan papers and the news agencies, and they are all crying the silver craze is dying out. There was never a more brazen falsehood. There is no craze to begin with. Our people are only striving with the intensity of despair to releas" our government from the grasp of the octopus, to prevent the Tories from selling us in bondage to the llritish gold hugs." OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. First Examination of Government Printers Under Civil Service Rules. By Our Regular Correspondent. The Arst examination of applicants for appointment as compositors in tlio Government Printing Office, since the employes of thut establishment wore placed under eivil service rales, is now boiug hold. There are more than two hundred applicants, and it will take the rest of the week to complete the examination of them all. Those who get the 'required percentage will be placed on the eligible list and appointed when there are vacancies or when more help is needed at tho G. P. O. Judging from their talk the "comps" who have taken the examination are not overburdened with admiration for tho wisdom displayed by tho questions asked. Ono of them, who bad wide experience both 'in newspnper and job offices, and who is ore'dited by all who know him with being a llrst|claas all-around printer, being equally at home when setting type, making up or rending proof, was naked what he thought of the [questions asked at the examination. He reiplied: "Some of them were good, calculated to show whether a man had the knowledge every 11 rst-ohiss printer should have* but others wore, in iny opinion, absolute rot, dealing with matters having no connection nrifl. ...... #1 I ? ...... ..i.j VJl ui<! |ir;?'-| ll'.ll limit I'll OS (II IUII craft with which I am acquainted." A business man who has just returned from a trip through Florida says: ''There is intense interest in Florida over the Cuban revolution, und every scrap of news from' the seat of war is eagerly sought for and1 read with avidity. Everybody down there sympathizes with the Cubans, and if it were mot for foar of Uncle Ham's interference I Iielievo that 10,000 young anil dating spirits wonld leave the Htato at a day's notice to help tho Cubans in their struggle for liberty." A VICTORY FOR LABOR. The Wages of 1 <>0,000 >1 itiers to lie I:iere?.*e<l After October 1. Tho higgc.-t victory ever trade by <rg::.ii,'. p.l labor was won Saturday iti Pittsburg, Pa. oy the miners. Almost every demand was jfrsnted and the operators gave a written guarantee for their fulfillment of Use eontract The papers were signed to-night which increase the wages of 100,000 miners Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. The terms are that the present rate of wages shall continue in force until October I, when every operator in the Pittsburg disrict will pay the sixty-nine lit rale with a Jifferential df live cents in favor of operators who do not have company stores. Tho tgreement further provides for another ndrance on January 1. It is understood that the rate will then be made 70 cents. The Mingo Iron and Steel Company, Mingo Junction, O., also signed the Amalgamated scale for the 1,200 men in the steel plant, rho scalo for the iron mill which employs BOO men was signed some time ago. , SPBOAL DATS At the Cotton Statbe ?l?d International RxpoMtlon. The list oi special days at the Ootton States and International Exposition Atlanta is being rapidly completed. Many of the largest organizations in tho world, and zlmost all tho Slates will liavo special days. All organizations of national roputation, and having wido membership, have boon invited to come to Atlanta to visit tho Exposition in the fall, and are requested to communicate with tho Exposition authorities in reference to special days. Following is a list of tho days that havo so far been decided ou Sept. 18th?Opening Day?Liberty Bell Day. Sept. 19th?Georgia Editor's Day. Sept. 25tli?Kentucky Press Association. Sept. 28th?New England Woman's Press Association. Oct. 1st ?Missouri Press Association,Southern Mining Convention, Texas Press Association. Qct. 2d?Georgia Bar Association, South Carolina Press Association, Southern Mining Convention. Oct. !ld. ?Georgia Bar Association. South Carolina Press Association. Oct. 4tli?Georgia Bar Associative, South Carolina Press Association. Oct. fit li?Tennessee Day. O't. 7th?National Irrigation Congress, North Caroliua Day. Oct. 8th?National Irrigation Congress American Institute Miuing Engineers. Oct. 'Jth?Chicago Day,National Irrigatioc Coiigre.-s, American Institute of Mining Engineers. Oct. 10th? Farmers' National Congress, Women's National Council, American Institute <>f Mining Engineers. Oct. lltli?Farmers' National Congress, Women's National Council, American Institute of Mining Engineers Oct. Pith?Farmers' National Congress, >? uui'-ii s .nuienui i;ouncn. Oct. 11th?Farmers' National Congress Women's National Council. Oct. 13?Farmers' National Congress, Women's National Council. Oct. 16?Farmers' National Congress. Women's National Council, Bankers' Association of America. Oct. 17?ltoad Parliament, Women's National Council. Oct. 18th?Commercial Traveller's Day, Daughters of Revolution, Road Parliament. Oct. 19th?Virginia Day. Orator, Oeu. Daniel; Daughters of Revolution. Oct. 21st? Connecticut Day, Seidle's Orchestra. Oct. 22d?Georgia Association of Manufacturers, Seidle's Orchestra. World's Fair Ladv Managers. , Oct. 231?President's Day, Seidle's Orchestra. Oct. 24th?City of Washington Day, Women's National Press Association, International League of Press Clubs. Oct. 25th?South and West T^ado and Grain Congress, Seidle's Orchestra. ! Oct. 26th?Educational Congress. Seidle's Orchestra. Oct. 27th? Pennsylvania Day. Oct. 28th?Educational Congress, Plant Pystem. ] Oct. 2!>th?Educational Day. Oct. 30th?Wesleyau Female College. Educational Congress. National Association Household Economies. Oct. 31st?Educational Congress, National Association Household Economics. Nov. 1st?Educational Congross, Louisiana Day, Women's Federation of Clubs. Nov. 2d?Women's Federation of Clube Women's Educational Congress. Nov. 5th?Women's Christian Temperance Union. Nov. 7th?Daughters of Confederacy, Southern Female College, Pennsylvania Day. Nov. 8th?Peabody Normal. Nov. 8th?Delewarc Dav. Nov. 11?Association for Advancement ol Women. Nov. 12th?Georgia Day, Women's Tress Clubs, Grady Day, Georgia Editorial Day. Nov. 13th?International League, Women's Tress Clubs. Nov. 16?Kentucky Day. Nov. 20th?Letter Carrier's Day. Nov. 21st?Connecticut Day. Nov. 28th?South Carolina Day, Library Day. Nov. 29th ?Lucy Col)l> Day, Library Day. Dec. 3d?National Briokinakors' Association. 1 Dee. 4th?Na??onal Brick makers' Association. Dec. 5th?National Bri 'kmakors' Association. Dee. 6th? Rhode Island Day. Dee. 10th?Woodmen of the World. Doc. 11th?Woodmen of the World. Dec. 28th?International Folk Lore Association. Doe. 29th?International Folk. Lore Association. A TEXAS FAMILY EXTERMINATOR A Farmer Kills his Wife and Daughter and then Shoots Ills Head OIL Henry Bradshaw, a farmer, living sixteen miles west of Paris. Texas, who has been iu bad health for some time, entered his house with a shotgun the other evening and shot his wife in the back as she was at work in tho kitchen. Ho then shot his four-yoar-old daughter, who was in another room. Tho charge struck her in tho head and literally, blew it off. Bradshaw then reloaded his; gun, went into tho sitting room, and laying down on the floor, placed the gun In hi* mouth, pushed tho trigger wfth the result ofi almost decapitating himself. No other motive for the terrible deed oan be given except Bradshaw had grown weary of living and' did not want to leave his wife and ohlla. MISSISSIPPI POPULISTS. Stale Convention Met at Jackson. Nearly Every County Represented. The Tonulists mot in convention nt tho I capitol at Jackson, Miss. Nearly overy coun| tv in tin' state wasvropresented. Tin' convention nominated Hon. Frank I'. ir!,lit for governor urnl a full state ticket. Forty-seven counties were represented by 12*2 delegates. A ^resolution arraigning the deinoerats for the treasury defalcation and severely eritieising thodemocrncy was passed. The platform demanded economy and declares lor (lie free coinage of silver at tho ralio of Hi to 1. without international agreement. It was the largest and most enthusia.-tie convention in opposition to democracy. composed of white Mississippians, since the war. Three I toys Killed. J. Waters Bluudon, aged 1." years J. Guy Brown. 15 years old, and Charles E. Lynch, 15 years old, wore killed near itiverdalo Park station, several miles from Washington on tho B. O. II. It. The youngsters were walking on the north-bound traek. To avoid an approaching train the boys stepped on tho south-bound track, directly in front of a fast moving "Itoyal Blue" express train. All three wore instantly killed, their bodies being frightfully mauglod. TIIK MARKETS. new york cotton futures. Cotton lirm. Middling uplands 7%;. middling gulf, 7%. Futures steady. Kales 71,900 bales. August I! 94(395 December... .7,10(311 September ..(! 97(398 January 7 15(316 October 7 01(302 February. .7 20(321 November.. .7 05(6)06 March. . ..7 25(326 liverpool cotton market. Middling 313-16 Kales 8,000. Futures quiet. Jan. A Fob. ..3 01 Aug. A Kept. .3 44(6)45 Fob. A March.3 52(353 Kept. A Oct .3 40 Moh.A April. .3 53(354 Oct. A Nov. ...3 47(348 Apr. A May. .3 55 Nov. A Deo. 3 48(349 August 3 44(345 Doc. A Jan. ..3 49(350 chicago ouain and l'uoduce. wheat Aug.... 07% Sept 07% corn? Aug.... 42% Hopt 41%; oath? Aug .... 22% Sept 21%! pork ? Sept 9 65 Jan... -. 10 32% | card? Kept 6 12% Oct 6 07%. iiBs? Sept.... 5 92% Oct 5 90 home cotton markets. Rat- Ch?r- Cot- Charinttn iimldn lABtnn Good middling 7% " 7.'40~"7>(f 0 1-18 Strict middling 7% 7.25 6% 6% Middling 7% 7.15 6% G% Strict low middling G% G.05 6% Low middling 6% 0.05 G 5-lG G 5-15 j Tinges c% a% I ('loan stains G 5 Deep staius and blues.5)^ hea island cotton. Medium duo slightly oft color, 17al8; modioli: lino 22a24; lino 24a28; extra lino 30a35. baltimore produce market. Flour -Quiet, Western so per 2 60(5)2 85; do extra 2 00(5)3 30; <lo family 3 45(5)3 75; winter wheat patents 3 85@4 00; spring wheat patents 3 85<K>4 15 Wheat?Weak. No. 2 red spot and Aug. '05 5-8(5)68%; Beptomhar GO 5-8(5)69 7-8, steamer No. 2 red 65 1-2@G5 3-4 Southern l?y sample, 70(5)71; do on grade 67(5)70. 1 (,'oun?Weak. Mixed spot aud August 47; September 47% asked; steamer mixed' ....; Southern white 49(5)50; do yollow 49(5>5t naval stores. Wilmington, N. C.? Rosin llrm, strained, 1 20; good strained, 1 25; Spirits turpentine quiet, machine, 25; irregulars, 24%. Tar II rni at 1.35; crude turpentine steady; hard. 1.20; soft, 1.60; virgin, 2.00. New York?ltosin dull and easy;strained, common to good 1.52%(5>1.57%. Turpentine quiet aud easy at 27(a>27% Charleston?Turpentine llrm at 24 1-2. Kosin, good strained iirui at 1.10(5)1.15 Cotton Heed Oil.?New York?Cotton soul oil, quiet aud steady; crude 24(5)25; yellow prime 28^)28%; do good off grado 27%(^ * 17%. rice. The rice market was quiet at Charleston. The quotations are: Prime 5n5%; Good 4 a 4%; Fair 3%a3%; Common 2%a3. kiiuith ar.n veoktauleh. Lemons, 360's, per box 4.00. Itaisins,loose, per box 1.75; cluster, per box 2.00. Mixed I nuts, per pound 10c. Egyptian onions, per Img 2.50. Virginia pennuts, hand-picked, per pound 5c; North Carolina peanuts, handpicked, per bushel 1.25. White beans, per bushel 2.50. COUNTRY I'aODUCE. Country Hotter?Choice Tennessee 18a25e, I mou.uui i\i' to iue. Cow Pens?i!5o and 70c. per bushel. Poultry ?Grown fowls, choice 3.00 to 3.25 per dozen. Chickens 2.25u2.75 pur dozen, according to size and quality. Ducks? Muscovy 4at.no. Geese, young 4.50 per dozen. Eggs ? Eggs 0c, to 10c per dozen. Wool?Washed 15c per pound; unwashed Hi-, Hides lie to 12c. Wax 25o to 27c. LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER. Alabama and Tennessee lump lime 85c; Eastern ltockport, Maine, lime 1.25; car-lots, 1.10. Cement?Rosenthal 1.40 to 1.G5; carlots 1.25. New York piaster Paris 2.00. Eaths 1.50 to 2.00 per M. Portland cement D -lgium 2.40 to2.75. English Portland 2.50 to 3.00; Belgium, carlots 2.00; English carlots 2.25. timber and dumber. Merchantable 14.00 to 10.00 forcity sawed; 12.00 to 14.00 for railroad;squarennd sound, 0.00 to 13.00 lor railroad, 8.00 to 11.00 for raft. Dock timber 4.50 to G.50; shipping 8.50 to 10.50. Shingles 5.00 to 7.00. phosphate nock. Crude 2.75, delivered at works; hot air dried 3.25, free on board; ground rock 5.00, Tlie Katuily .Market llaskct. Prices of meat, iruif, fish and vetetablea have cha*i'.*e i but little sinew last week. In the ( iuirl'v-ioii market prices were as followd on S itur iay: P sirs 15 to 35 cents a dozen, pea bes 25 cents a crate and from that up tq 40 .* ,ts a dozen. Niagara grapes 15 to 25 :.fs a basket. Apples 5 to25cents a dozen, M) emits a crate. California oranges 25 to ISO cuts a dozen. California pears 30 to 5d ' cuts a dozen. California apricots 15 to 20 een'.s a dozen. L-mons 15 to 25 cents a do:'.'1.:. Pineapples 10 to 20 cents a piece, faliiornia plums 15 to 35 cents a dozen. Huckleberries 5 cents a quart. Nectarines 15 and 20 cents a dozen, .lanan ulcus 25 cents a down. Cantaloupes 5 to 1!) cents, anil watermelons range from 5 to 25 < ents each. Okrannd tomatoes l."? to 20 cents a bushel. In the market and on the street, however, tomatoes arc 2 till cunts a quart and ok ra 1 to 2 cents. C'elcrv 10 cents a' stalk. Cucumbers 10 cents a dozen, l'ccts 5 cents a bunch. Squashes 10 cents a dozen. String beans 10 cents a quart. Carrots 5 cents a bunch. Turnips 5 cents a bunch. Onions 5 cents a bunch. Corn 20 cents a dozen ears. ltr?|| peppers 5 cents a quart. Egg plant 2 to 5 cents each. Soup bunches 5 cents. Irish potatoes 35 cents a peck. Sweet potatoes 25 cents. |{ed snapper and other large fish sell for 10 to 12! j cents per pound, lllaek lish 20 cents a string. Whiting 20 to 25 cents a string. Nliecphead 25 cents and upward a string, l'orgies 15 to 25 cents a string. Grouper 8 cents a pound. Shrimp 10 conts a paltc. I'ort 'r house steak 15 cents a pound, sirloin 15 ">nts and roun l 15 cents. Itih roast 12J.J cents. Lamb 15 cents. Spring chickens $1.50 to $3 a dozen nnd' fowls $3 to $4 a dozen. Eggs 10 to 12% cents a dozen. Richmond Tobacco Kxchangc. Messrs. Frazor <fc Tompkins, commission merchants, Richmond, Va.. say in tholr comnmnts for the week: Dark Tobaccos? Our market for dark leaf I has been quite aetivo tho past week; medium leaf having boon in special request, sales in this grade foot up heavily; low grades leaf and lugs have not participated, however, in tho demand. Brights All desirable stock in good demand; low grades quiet. Sun (hired -Unchanged; receipts continue 'iglit and market weak and dull. Klin-Cured Tobacco Lugs, ?"2 to ?4; short leaf, $4 to jsti; long leaf, $7 to wrappers, $10 to $16. / Bright Tobacco Smokers: Common, M to $5: medium, $6 to $7; lino, $8 to $10. (hitters: Common, $10 to $12; medium, $16 to $18; One, $22.50 to $25; fancy, $27.50 to /* $;t0. Fillers: Common, 3.50 to 4.; medium, i 4.60 to 6.50; good, 6. to 8.; fine, 10. to 12. ? 'I Wrappers: Common, 12. to 15.; medium, A 15. to 20. good, 25. to :to.; fine 85 to40.:ffl^ M cy, 45. to 50. Wrappers, mahogany: Co/ fl mon, 12. to 15.: medium, 20. to 22.;good, jfl to 52.50; One, 86. to 40.; fancy, 45. to 50. Dark Tobaccos?Lugs, 2. to 4.25;8hoc/ 4.50 to 6.50; long loaf, 6. to 8; 8 doctiot i