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His Ambition to be Chief Executive of the Nation Honorable One Has No Platform to Announce, but Thinks the Pint form of the Ameri can Flag Will Cover Host of the Pending National Qnestlons. New York, April 4. The Brooklyn Eag-le Washington dispatch on. Ad miral Dewey's announcement or hi candidacy quotes the Admiral as fol lows : "I am in the position of an officer, waiting to carry out the orders of the public. The editorial in Monday's Brooklyn Kagle was the means of causing me to come out at this time. It forced the issue and directed me tu let the public know where I stood." Admiral Dewey was then asked to outline the platform on which he would run and whether he would seek the nomination from the Democratic or Republican party. "Presidents," he replied, "do not make platforms; they are formed by the people. I am not in the attitude of forcing issues or platform. I will say, however, that I think the platform of the American flag would cover most of the pending national questions." "The people will want to know what you think of the silver question," was suggested to him. "The fact that I am from Vermont," said the Admiral, "ought to settle that." When asked if he expected a nomina tion by the Republican or Democratic party, Admiral Dewey replied: "I do not care to go into that feature. I stand by my general statement. My ambition to be President is a honora ble one." "I wish you would say for me," con tinued Admiral Dewey, "that I took no offense at the sentiment contained in the editorial in Monday's Eagle. I was really not angry at the publication, of the article, and do not object to it at all." The editorial in the Brooklyn Eagle of April 2d, to which Admiral Dewey refers, says in part: "Not what kind of candidate, but what sort of President Admiral Dewey might make, is an inquiry that raises cruelty to him and calamity to the country to the mind, at least as possi bilities, when the dilemma or despera tion of those who are for him is taken into philosophical account. He might make a fine President. That is a chance. He might make a very weak or ineffective one. There re main other facts. He is not wanted for President for Presidential reasons. He is not wanted for reason of abilities, but of availabilities. He is not wanted for political reasons of a high sort, but for political and personal reasons of a. vindictive sort. He represents, so far as his shoulders are concerned, specu lation in antipathies." The editorial discusses his qualifica tions for the position and declares that he is "admirably innocent as a child" of tariff, banking and politics, and adds: "Democracy or Republicanism could Invest in him only as a speculation. We hope that sort of speculative poli tics will not be presented." Washington, April 4. Admiral Dewey to-night expressed himself as very much gratified over the manner in which his announcement to be a candi date for the Presidency has been re ceived by his friends. His manner likewise indicated that fact as he chat ted with a reporter for the Associated Press at his home this evening. Many telegrams have come to him to-day, particularly from the South and some also from the far West, endorsing his course and stating that he will receive the support of the signers in the cam paign which he will make. The Ad miral was in excellent humor and talk ed interestingly of a number of things in connection with his proposed candi dacy, though concerning most questions asked him he requested that nothing be said at this time, as in due time he would make a statement to the public on the subject. Much comment has been indulged in to-day by the public as to which of the great political parties the Admiral will ally himself with, and from whom he expects to receive the nomination for the Presidency. The questions bearing on this subject he declared that he pre fers not to make any statement at this time. To those who have talked with him privately on the subject, however, and who are fully acquainted with his views, it is evident that he does not expect a nomination to come from the Republican party. A SCHEME TO HEAD OFF BRYAN. New York. April 4. A Washington dis- patch to the Evening Telegram says: It has developed that the announcement of Admiral Dewey's candidacy is a part of a well-laid plan of Eastern Democrats to head off Mr. Bryan's nomination. The Evening Telegram's dispatch continues: "The Admiral will not admit that there is any organization behind his candidacy, or state whether he would like the Re publican or the Democratic nomination. He told me to-day that he was in the hands of the American people, and was as willing to obey orders from them as he has been from his superiors in the navy. He said: " T have every reason to believe that there is a popular demand for my nomina tion. I decline to say whether I am a Democrat or a Republican. " 'I want to be the people's candidate. I fully realize that in announcing my will ingness to become a candidate my troub les are beginning, but a man who has the interest of his country at heart cannot escape his share of them, and I am will ing to risk all that may come to me. " 'From every State in the Union and from all classes of the people I have re ceived gratifying evidence of a desire for my ncznination." " Washington. April 4. Representative Underwood, of Alabama, the Democrat ic whip, has teleg.aphed all absent Democratic members of the House to come to Washington at once to remain until the vote on the Porto Rican Tar iff bill has been taken. "Ill weeds grow apace." Im purities in your blood will also giow unless you promptly expel them by taking Hood's Sarsa-parilla. TRAPPED BY THE BOERS. BRITISH TROOPS WATHID EAST OF IHOi nFOMlIS. Colonel Broad itood's Command Near ly Annihilated by the Anibnscaded Boers Seven Gnns and All His Basreace Fall Into the Hands of the Enemy-Only Two Men of One Bat tery Saved. London, April 34:50 a. m. The latest news from the front adds little to the public knowledge of the convoy disas ter. No credence is given to reports that the Boers numbered between eight and ten thousand men. The general belief is that there could not have been more than half that number, but the mere fact that even so many as half could have been collected so near head quarters without the knowledge of the British commanders provokes much uneasy criticism. The disaster is regarded as a direct result of the inability of General French to cut off the commando of General ciivier and the other comman ders when escaping from the Orange river. Little news has arrived from other points. Kenhardt was formally re occupied Saturday. The report that the Boers ate massing in the vicinity of Taunga and Klipdam is confirmed. Lord Methuen's difficulties are appa rently increasing. He has Boer laagers or guerrilla bands on three sides of him and he will be obliged to watch care fully his communications with Orange river. London, April 212:50 p. m. The War Office reports that Colonel Broadwood lost seven guns and all his baggage in, the ambush laid for him by the Boer3 on Saturday. The casualties numbered S50. ' The War Office has received the fol lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein, April 1st: "I re ceived news late yesterday af.ernoon from Colonel Broadwood, who wa3 at Thaba N'Chu, thirty-eight miles east of here, that information had reached him that the enemy was approaching in two forces, from the north and the east. He stated if the report proved true he would retire towards the water works, seventeen miles nearer Bloemfontein, where we had a detachment of mounted Infantry for the protection of the works. "Broadwood was told in reply that the Ninth Division, with Martyr's Mounted Infantry, will march at day light to-day to support him, and that If he considers it necessary he should retire from the water works. He moved there during the night and bivouacked. At dawn to-day he was shelled by the enemy, who attacked on three sides. He immediately dispatch ed two horse artillery batteries and his baggage towards Bloemfontein, cover ing some of them with his cavalry. "Some two miles from the water works the road crosses a deep nullah, or spruit, in which, during the night, a force of Boers had concealed them selves. So well were they hidden that our leading scouts passed over the drift without discovering them, and it was not until the wagons and guns were en tering the drift that the Boers shov ed themselves and opened fire. Many of the drivers of the artillery horses were immediately shot down at short range and several of the guns were captured. The remainder galloped away, covered by Roberts' Horse, which suffered heavily. "Meanwhile Lieutenant Chestermas ters, of Rimington's Scouts, found a passage across the spruit unoccupied by the enemy, by which the remairder of Broadwood's force crossed. Tney re-formed with great steadiness, not withstanding all that had previously occurred. "Broadwood's report, which has just reached me, and which contains no de tails, stated that he had lost seven guns and all his baggage. He estimated all his casualties at about 350, including 200 missing. "On hearing this morning that Broad wood was hard pressed, I immediately ordered General French, with two re maining cavalry brigades, to follow in support of the Ninth Division. The latter, after a magnificent march, ar rived on the scene of action shortly af ter 2 p. m. "Broadwood's force consisted of the Royal Household Cavalry, the Tenth Hussars, two batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery and Pilcher's Battalion of Mounted Infantry. "The strength of the enemy is esti mated at from 8000 to 10.000, with guns, the number of which is not yet report ed." 4:55 p. m. The War Office has re ceived another dispatch from Lord Rob erts, dated at Bloemfontein, Sunday, April 1st, 8:15 p. m., in which, after re ferring to his previous telegram, he gives a partial list of the missing Brit ish officers. Of Q Battery four officers were wounded, two of whom are miss ing. One gunner was killed and forty non-commissioned officers and men are wounded or missing.. Lord Roberts then continues: "Q Battery all are missing1 except Major Taylor and a. sergeant-major. The two cavalry regiments did not suf fer so much. A report has just come in that the enemy had retired towards Ladybrand, leaving twelve wounded officers and some seventy men at the water works. We are new sending an ambulance for them." It will be noticed that in the fore going advices Lord Roberts says noth ing in regard to t he British guns being recaptured. A special disprttch from Bloemfon tein, dated to-da says: "The loss of the tfuns was attended by incidents of splendid heroism. The leading battery was so near the Boers ambuscaded in the river bed t3 lat the latter said: 'It is useless your attempting to advance. Throw down yo ur arms.' "The sergeant of the hattery, fearing the other batte ry would misunderstand the hindrance rushed through the con voy and warne d his comrades, enabling the rearmost 1 attery to save a portion of the guns, which- came into action later. "Life Guardsmen and a gunner got a gun out und er a tremendous fire and four others were- saved by the men dragging the ;m off" after their horses had bneh t." t BOERS' BOLD TACTICS. AT1E IPTIXO TO INVEST '.ORD ROBtRT AT BLOEMFOXTEIJI A ,i I ri.i ia t'nili nmr In Itrlnr II I, Northward Advance by llarrasslng the- British Elnes of Commnnica ion -The Sitnalion Both Mystify ing itnd Inleres ins to the British -The Euss ot tiie oovoy Gttus nn 1 All of Colonel Er adwoocl's r -Base a Serious Jlni'tr London, April 5. 5 a. m. It looks to day as though the Boers had conceiv ed the audacious plan of attempting to invest Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein, or at least to endeavor to delay ins northward advance by harrassing the British lines of communication. On his side Lord Roberts is concen trating his forces and preparing to take every advantage of the bold but riSKy tactics of the ent ly. He -s not likely to strike at any of their forces until he is certain cf delivering a crushing blow. The situation in the absence of any official dispatch from Lord Roberts is both mystifying and interesting. There is little doubt that Lord Roberts is hampered by the necessity for re mounts and transport and the loss of the convoy guns and all of Colonel Broadwood's baggage was a serious matter. The Boers are now trusting to what they believe to be their superior mobility. The special correspondents at the front are now denouncing Lord Ro berts' policy of leniency toward the Free Staters, and are calling for an abandonment of that policy. A special dispatch announces that Mafeking was still besieged, but safe on March 27th. Berlin, April 4. The Schlesische Zeitung reports that Herr Malcomess, German Consul in East London, Cape Town, has been grossly insulted by a mob which burned him in effigy. The Berlinger Tageblatt, which re produces the announcement, says: "If this news should prove to be true, it will be interesting to watch the Ger man Foreign Office take action." London, April 5. The Daily Mail has the following from Bloemfontein, dated Tuesday, April 3: "Colonel Porter, with ninety car bineers and Scott's Greys and two guns, performed a brilliant deed Sun day. He charged a large body of Boers and rescued ninety odd British prison ers, including eleven offieers, who were captured the previous day. There were no casualties on the British side. London, April 5. A Bloemfontein correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele graphing Tuesday, says: General Clements' force traversed Petrusburg Sunday morning and is now encamped a day's march from here. London, April 5. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Mafeking, dated March 25th, by runner to Gaberones, says: "Last night we received the welcome news of the dispatch of a column by way of Vryburg, to relieve us. The messenger reported that he had en countered no Boers on the road." AN ATTEMPTED ASSASSXATIOJf. The Prince mid 1'rfncess oi Wales Narrowly Escape hieing Killed by a r h n U in RriissoN. Brussels, Belgium, April 4. A sensa tional attempt to assassinate the Prince of Wales was made at a railroad station here to-day by Sipido, a young anarchist, who fired two shots, but the Prince es caped unharmed. The wouid-be assassin Was immediately arrested. The train bear ing the Prince was just pulling out of the Northern railway station, at 3:35, when Sipido jumped upon the footboard of the Prince's saloon car, aimed his revolver at His Royal Highness and fired twice. Hearing the shots, the station master rushed to the scene and knocked down Si pido's arm as the latter prepared to fire a third shot, while bystanders rushed up and threw themselves on the Prince's as sailant. In the confusion, another man, who was innocent, was seized, roughly handled and beaten. Intense excitement prevails for the moment, as it was feared the Prince had been hit, the shots having been fired al most point blank. The railway carriage door was hastily thrown open, and great relief was felt when the Prince himself appeared at the window unhurt. Both the Prince and Princess, however, had a very narrow escape. After the Prince of Wales had ascer tained that the man who fired the shots had been arrested, he declared himself and the Princess uninjured and the train immediately started. The Prince appeared quite unaffected by the incident. He asked whether the revolver was loaded, and on being informed in the affirmative, smiled and begged that the culprit might not be treated too severely. When examined by the station officials Sipido declared he intended to kill the Prince of Wales, that he did not regret his action, and that he was ready to do ! it again if given a chance to do so. Sub- sequently he declared he wanted to kill the Prince "because he caused thousands i of men to be slaughtered in South Afri ca." The would -be assassin is a tinsmith, a resident of Brussels. 16 years of age. His pockets were found to be full of an archist literature. He has a round, boyish face, black eyes and dark hair. At the examination before the magistrate it was ascertained that he had purchased a pen ny ticket in order to reach the departure platform, where he walked up and down quite a while while the Prince was prom enading. NO TIME FOR MILITARY OR NAVAL HEROES. Paris, Texas. April 4. Hon. James G. Dudley, of this city, Texas member of the National Oemocratic Executive Commit tee, in answer to a telegram asking his opinion in regard to Admiral Dewey's candidacy for the Presidency, replied as follows: "Admiral Dewey will not be nominated by the Democratic party. The lesson learned by the nomination of Horace Greeley is still remembered. Nor do I be lieve that he will be nominated by the Republican party. This is no time for military or naval heroes. General Scott's race for the Presidency might be con sulted with some profit. If Bryan cannot beat McKinley this year he cannot be beaten for the Presidi r.i v A BIG BATTLE IMMINENT. J.ORD ROBER1S BI G IXS H 1 M ARCH NORTH WAR O. The Eatest Blkpatcbrs from the Seat or War Indicate that the Oppaslng Armies Hill Soon Meet and a Ter rific Fight Will Erue-Reruees Stranded Robert. Sympathy tor Jonbert, London, April 1. 4 a. m. The War Office issued no further news to-night and the few dispatches received from the seat of war bear evidence of hav ing been delayed by the censor. According to a special from Pretoria, dated yesterday, Lord Roberts has commenced his advance northward. The dispatch says that there are daily skirmishes and that a big battle is Im minent. This, however, may refer to the operations preceding the engagement at Karee Siding, which has apparently cleared the way as well as secured an advantage of position whence the next operations may be conducted. Tuckers' division is now strongly oc cupying the Boer camp at Karee Sid ing with the way clear to Brandfort, which is reported already evacuated. Orders have been received at Cpe Town for the Eighth Division to disembarked and sent north imme diately on its arrival there. The Boer forces in the neighborhood of Paardeberg are reported to be active ly engaged in marauding and in at tempting to capture British horses left on the veldt owing to their weak con dition. Six hundred Barkley refugees sent back from Cape Town are stranded, the Kimberley military authorities re fusing assistance to allow them to Tne transportation of the prisoners to St. Helena is arousing the anger of the Boers, who threaten to retaliate by sending the British prisoners to Koomatipoort, reputed to be the worst fever den in South Africa. Bloemfontein, March 31. General Lord Roberts has sent a telegram of condolence to President Kruger on the death of General Jonbert. Rudyard Kipling has written a poem on Joubert's death, which appears in The Friend of the Free State. London, March 31. Lord Roberts to day reported to the War Office that he had received news from Colonel Baden Powell, at Mafeking. up to March 10th, when the general health of the garri son and its spirits were good, the local ly made gun. searchlight and ammu nition were working well, the food was holding out well and the paper curren cy which the British commander has issued was satisfactory. From Cape Town it is reported that President Steyn has gone to Pretoria after, according to refugees, issuing an order that all British burghers refusing to join the Boer armies shall be shot. The stories of refugees, however, are notoriously unreliable. The news from elsewhere is meagre, though the last reports from Natal in dicated the speedy clashing of the op posing armies. The War Office has posted the fol lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated at Bloemfontein March 30th, evening: "Reports point to the enemy's leaving Brandfort and proceeding in a northerly direction. The casualties in yesterday's engagement were more nu merous than at first reported. Officers killed, two; wounded, eight. Rank and file, killed, nineteen; wounded, 159; missing, 3." Kroonstad. O. F. S.. March 30. General Smuts to-day engaged the British at Mafat Kop, south of Brand fort, and held them at bay for six hours. The burghers fought well. The casualties are unknown. The Free State Raad will assemble at Kroon ptad April 2nd. 'A GIG AN TIC HOAX. New York. March 31. Representa tives of Southern coal companies in this city to-day said they regarded the contents of the New Orleans dispatch announcing the sale of 2,000,000 tons of Alabama coal to an English syndicate at 75 cents a ton at the mouth of the coal pits, with 50 cents allowance for transportation to New Orleans, mak ing the low price of $1.50 a ton, as high ly improbable if not a gigantic hoax. J. C. Maben, of the Sloss-Sheffield Coal and Iron Company, of Alabama, said: "The local demand for coal in the South, particularly in Alabama, is too great to spare any for foreign ship ment. Coal cannot be bought for 75 cents anywhere in those mining re gions. The miners are selling all they can dig for $1.20 to $1.25 a ton. The freight rates to New Orleans were never lower than $1.25, and T dare say they are as high as $1.75 at the present time. The story is preposterous on its face." A GREAT DEMAND FOR COAL. New Orleans, March 31. An inter esting feature of the great increase in the local demand for coal has been a change in the usual coaling practice of European steamers. Heretofore they have been accustomed almost withovt exception to load enough coal at the European end to last for the trip to this port and back again. They are now reversing the process and are coaling here for both ways, greatly to the ad vantage of the home trade. The reason for the change the remarkable in crease in price on the other side, due to the South African war. m t's Cured. usea LiiamDer- m tor rheu matism ' ;cf and I c in re is - splendid lini 41 matism and other e for which we it v tl ruble VV. J. m n CUYLER, Red Creek, N. V. Mr. CuIcr is one of th? lead. e merchants of this village and one ot the most prominent men in this vicinity VV. G. Phippin, Editor Red Creek Herald. For sale by W. VV. Griggs & Son Druggists. FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. TDE HOUSE FIXIMIC9 A HAH") WEEK'S WORK. It Passes tli Frtlflciln Appropria tion Bill After Three Hoar Po litical Dfbmr Mr. fchmitir De nounce Southr ti Statesmen Washington, March 31 The House to-day finished up a hard week's work by passing the Fortifications Ap propriation bill. Not a single amend ment wan offer ea and the bill passed as it came from the committee. A three hours' political debate was precipi tated, many members on both sides being drawn into it. Mr. Hemenway, of Indiana, in charRe of the bill, explained that the measure carried $7,093,488, being $4,695,450 less than the estimates. He said the reduc tion in the estimates had been made because it had been demonstrated that the government could manufacture its own guns cheaper than it could buy them and the appropriations would be sufficient to keep our gun factories at work eight hours a day for the en suing year. The goveriment, he said, manufactured 12-inch guns cheaper by $10,000 than they could be purchased and 10-inch guns $7500 cheaper. Mr. Shattuc, of Ohio, under the lati tude allowed in general debate, follow ed with an hour's speech on general political topics, the tariff, expansion and Southern election laws. In the course of his remarks Mr. Shattuc denounced the inconsistency of Southern statesmen in demanding that the natives in our insular possessions be given all th immunities of Ameri can citizenship while they were using all their ingenuity to r'b the Southern negroes of the constitutional rik'his conferred upon them. He took as bis text an extract from a recent speech of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina. "This distinguished Southern Sena tor," said he, "while pleading for tie people in the Philippines, who are by comparison 80 per cent, less capable of self-government than are any of our people; while claiming for them alleged constitutional rights; while claiming that they h; ve no right to be governed without the consent, is at the same time admitting and boasting of it. too, in the face of the government itself, that he sanctions the oppression of our own people, w ho, under our Consti tution, have the same rights exactly as they have themselves. "Would you shoot a poor Filipino into submission?" he asks. "Would you force them to become citizens of the United States'.'" he queries. "No! Not if every person in the Philippine isl ands should petition to become citi zens, if they were to receive the same inhuman treatment, after submitting and after becoming citizens of the? United States, that millions of our people, who are citizens now, receive in the South at the hands of the Demo cratic party, in shooting submission into them, and forcing them to give up their (political) citizenship. (Applause on the Republic an side). "If you want to learn how the con sent of the governed is obtained in a larger field, right here at home, just read the reports of the contested elec tion cases which come up here annual ly from the Southern States. Why, sir. they vote men down there who have been dead for five years. They stuff bal lot boxes. They bulldose and they adopt any measure and go to every ex treme to accomplish their purpose. "So, Mr. Speaker, knowing all these facts as I know them, I do not attach any importance w hatever to the incon sistent arguments of these constitu tional expounders or to the 'sympathy racket' of the opposition. Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, challenged some of Mr. Hhattuc's state bents relative to the advantage which the latter claimed aoerueu to the coun try from the passage of the Dingley law. Proceeding. Mr. Richardson contrast ed the appropriations immediately pre ceding the Spanish war with those dur ing and subsequent to it, contending that the latter exceeded the former by $300,000,000 annually. "That sum," said he, "represents the- cost of the empire over the cost of the republic." After further debate the bill was passed without amendment. A resolution was adopted re-electing the present board of managers of the National Soldiers' Home. The minority of the committee (.n Merchant Marine and Fisheries were given until April 20th to file their view on the Ship Subsidy bill. At 3:05 p. m. the House adjourned. SENATOR GIBSON DEAD. Washington, March 31. Ex-United States Senator Charles H. Gibson, of Maryland, died at 2 o'clock this morn ing of heart disease at the the resi dence of his brother, Lieutenant Gib son, of the Navy, in this city, where he had resided since his retirement from the Senate. He leaves a widow, but no children. No arrangements have yet been made for th" funeral, but it is probable that his remains wiil.be taken to Centreville. Md., and interred by the side of his father. Charles Hopper Gibson was born In Queen Annes county. Md.. 57 years ago. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fifti-th and Fifty-first Congresses and was appointed United States Senator to fill a vacancy caused by the death of El briarn K. Wilson, taking his scat December 7, 1891. He was elected to fill the unexpired term January 21. 1892. A CELEBRATED ''ASE SETTLED. Alton, 111.. March 31. The jury in the case of S-ott Bib be vs. the Mayor and City Council of Alton, known as the colored school case, brought a verdict to-day for the city. The case is a cele brated one and involves the question of separate schools for white and col ored children. Bib be, who represented the colored people of Alton, charged that the colored children were excluded from the public schools. This is the third time the case has been tried in the Circuit Court. An appeal will be taken to the Sur reme Court. A CHINESE TERROR SURRENDERS Manila. March 31. The Chinese General Pana, who has been terroriz ing and devastating the province of Panay, has surrendered at Legaspi, to Brigadier-General Kobbe, who is bring ing' him to Manila. Ked rom 1 he Gun Was th- bail that hit G n. Stead man of Newark, Mich . in the Civil War. It caused horri ble Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 ears. Then Buck lens Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cts. a box. Cnre guaranteed. Sold by Standard Pharmacy Druggist uAYEllPORT.MORKlS CO., A i.olcs.ile Grocers snd Com mis mom Met chants and I dealers iu -r 1 iluii :il, V si . Consignments f North Caro ma Herring solicited, aud ceeds remitted in cah Ou account of our intimate icqnaintance and frequent trans .ciiou with the grocery trade t ue West and Smith we are able, to handle N. (. Fish t ilic lcst ossible advantage, and we .ue it uown everywhere as the l.ir st distributors iu this market. Batablishcd 1861, Saml M. Lawder& Sons Soft Crabs Terrapin Etc. UfilLimoi", Id. uick Sales ! Prompt ut turns ! REFEkUNCKS : ade Nat'l Bank, Duns Mercantile Agency, Wm Hooper Ac :., 1 u k hut t Co. f be .J Joh&on Company, K MILbl.il & 0. 11 ?LE I OH MISSION r. t. 7 FULTON FISH MKT New Vu.h ircnce . Miller, i Iillei Longhotham. Special Attention (iive.n to : : K SALE OF NORTH CA1JO -. i A . I . itencils i nf Stationery FurnishedoL Application. v. KEMPU Y NO A 1 RNT S.L.STORER & CO V Dealers in and fbi j t 'f kllrln Of IO FULTON FISH MARKET I : W YORK. We work harder for the inter est of the Southern fishermen than any house in the business. If your Stencil is not in tfood del let us know.! ff.e.M. DnVISON&CO V boleaalc Con miMicra fei!s.&ta FRESH FISH Terrapin and Game. 8. W. COB. CHAJILE8 and CAMDKS BT. BALTIMORE, MD. Prompt Returns. Quick Sale. REFERENCES : Third Nati jnal Bank, C. Moito Stew art & Co., J. A Lebron Co. and the Trade in General. Stencils Furnished Free. E. W. ALBAUGH & SON Wholesale Commission Merchants mmm wm TERRIPIN AND GAME rNo.224 Light Htreet Whrf.l BALTIMORE Prompt Returns, Quick Sales .REFERENCE. Citlxens National Bank. W. J. Hoover & Co. Stencils Furnished Free Ite KM You Haw Always BougN tar vfTn?c7Gii r it
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