AT STATE HOUSE. HOUSE TURNED DOWN BUT SEN ATE EEVIVED EXECUTIVE MANSION MEASURE. Death Sentence Hereafter to be Ex ecuted at.the State Penitenti ary Incqme from Convict Labor to be Used on Prison Other News. Salem, Or., Feb. 18. After all the state of Oregon may -nave an executive mansion for its governor, The item of $14,500 for the pur chase of the Cooke mansion for such a purpose, which was stricken out of the special appropriatioo bill in the House was restored in the senate this morning, and unless the bill in its entirety shall encounter a snag, it seems that the House will again be asked to consent to this expenditure. The item for the necessary ap- nrAnriation was introduced in the form of an amendment to the spe' cial appropriation bill by Farrar , of Marion, who spoke in its sup port, saying that the price at which the orooertv was ottered was ex ceedingly low, being about one-third of its original cost, and this was an ODnortunitv which should not be missed for the state to secure a bar sain. During the proposed 1905 Fair the proper place for the dis tingui'hed guests who would visit the Btate t be received and enter tained -ould be the executive man sion. so ul-o it would be u'pou the occasion of the visit of Pxesident Eoos9velt. Salem. Or., Feb. 17. There will be no executive mansion for the governor of the state of Oregon, The house decided that matter this morning by a x vote of 26 to 24 when, On motion rf Gault, the ap propriation of $14,500 for the pur chase of the E. N. Cooke residence was stricken from the appropria tion bill. This action was taken more largely on the ' statement of Governor Chamberlain that he would not occupy the residence than for any other reason. Salem, Feb 16 Death sentences will be executed at the state pen itentiary, instead of the various county seats, after 90 days from to day. : The bill has been signed by the governor, and according f the original bill, would have been ef fective after five days, as is con- tained in an emergency clause but -on account of the referendum and -as it would apply to no present case, mis was omitted. Otherwise, the beginning would have been made by two notable cases, and the first execution at the penitentiary would have been .A L Beldi jg and Elliott Lyons. The attendents at these excu lions are limited. The judgment must be executed by the super intendent, or one of his wardens; but the superintendent must be present. There also must be one or two physicians. The "attorney general, the sheriff of the county io which the judgment was rendered, and at least I2 reputable citizens, to be selected by the superintend ent. His discretion may be used as to the relatives and friends of the prisoner, or ministers of the gospel to be present, the first' not exceed five and the. latter not - to exceed two; also such peace offi cers as are necessary, but none of the persens shall be under 2 1, years -of age. ' ' The execution must take place within 30 days from the time judg ment is rendered and the -defend-ant delivered to the prison super intendent within 2o days from time. Salem, Or., Feb. 18. If Eddy's House bill is passed by the senate, all money received from labor per formed by the convicts will go into a fund to be known as the better ment fund for the state penitentia ry, the money to be used in repair ing and improving the grounds and buildings. Mr. Eddy explained his bill, and said that it had been .pre sented at the instance' of the gover nor, and read a letter from the gov ernor in s which ; he declared the buildings were in a bad state of re pair and needed improvements The bill was passed without opposi tion. 4 ' ; v -r' Pay or no pay, the House of Rep resentatives propose to work -all day Saturday and until 12 o'clock Saturday night. When the Kuy kendall resolution providing for an adjournment of the session- Friday night was reported, it waB with an amendment that the adjournment be Saturday night. There was a close vote on the amendment, 20 to 20. but speaker Harris was with those who want?d as much time as possible, and it was so ordered. Senator Hunt's jo.nt resolution calling upon coDgrees to call a Con stitutional convention for the' pur pose of submitting to the states ior ratification an amendment provid ing for the election of Uuited States senators by direct vote of the peo ple caused something of a breeze in the House this moroing. Some of the Geer teople took, advantage of the opportunity to say the Oregon legislature had been insincere when thev had the opportunity to vote for the choice of the people? and there were others who thought ; it would be useless to ask for a Con stitutional convention ' On the vote, however, 38 favored the reso lution. Those who opposed it were.r Burleigh, Edwards, Eddy,' Emmiit, Gill, Hansborough, ; Hermann, Hume, Paulsen, Test, Webster, Wbealdon. Salem, Or., Feb. 18. The close of the senatorial contest may be de layed until Saturday' night. The senate yesterday adopted a concur rent resolution to the effect that the legislature adjourn sine die, Friday at midnight, that resolution was amended in the House this morn ing to make the day of final ad journment, Saturday, instead of Fuday. there the-matter rests for the present, and it remains to be seen which branch of the legislature is to have its way in the matter. The Fulton petfp.e held another meeting late in the afternoon ; yes terday in President Brownell's room. It was simplv in the inter est of cementing ouce more the ties that bind. If any new plan of ac tion was decided on there was no development today, which would tend so to indicate. It was just a plain '"jollying" party .-5 The dem ocrats also held a meeting last night, and theirs was more important,' judging by the result, for they went on record,- unanimously, as being in favor of standing together firmly to the last, and voting all the time for C. E. S. Wood. Thus are- set ' at naught the re ports of the past two days that the democrats would go' to Geer when ever he should lack but 17 of elec tion, and thus are dashed the hopes of the Multnomah-Geer people that these reports might have some foundation. - Salem, Or., Feb. 18. Geer gain ed one more vote today, that of Bailey of Multnomah. Fulton gain ed none and lost none, Multno mah's scattering votes were cast as usual for various favorite sods. On the whole the joint ballot was rath er tame, more like one in midses sion than one in tbesupposed-to be exciting last week of the session. Bailey voted for George H. Wil liams when his name was reached on joint roll-call. After the call had been completed he asked that his ballot be changed and recorded tor T. T. Geer. His announcement was greeted with ; cheers and ap plause, which President Brownell only subdued with difficulty, and by vigorous, resounding and repeat ed application of the gavel to the block of marble reposing on Speak er Harrison's desk. . An - expectant hush then ensued, but no other leg islator1 followed the example of Bai ley, and after a few . minutes the president anhouned the vote and the joint assembly adjourned. Salem, Feb. 18 ---One flat saiary bill has been launched fairly on the road to success. It is: House bill No. 163, of which Representative Kay is the author, and is now- be fore the Senate,1 having passed the House unanimously, It provides for the turning of all fees into the treasury of the state and makes the salaries of slate officers as follows: Governor, $5,000 per year. A Secretary of State $5,000 per year. State Treasurer, $5,000 per year. Attorney -General, $3,000 per year. Chief Justice, $4,5oo per year. Associate Justice $4,ooo per year. All salaries are made payable quarter!' and the law is to become effective on January 1, 1905. Notice for Bids. Notice is hereby given that the County Court of Benton Coauty, Oregon, will receive sealed bids for an opening of a change in the Kings Valley-Wren Wag On road as follows: A. 66 foot '. right of way. beginning at a point in the center of the County road where the Kings Valley-Wren road crosses the south line of the D. L.C. of H- S. Hallock & " wf being CI, No. 59 T. 11 S R 6 West Will. Mer. th. S 30 East 12 chs more or less to the center 6f the West end of the bridge, across a small stream ' of water running West, ; All bids for opening same to be filed with the County . Clerk and will be received up to Wednesday, March 4, 1903 at 1 o'clock P. M . The. Court reserves the right to reject any and all bids. . . " ; - : ' " .-t. VICTOR P. MOSES, - ' - Couuty Clerk. Dated Feb. 10, 1903. WOULD-BE BOSS. TELEGRAMS THAT EOCKFELLEK SENT VARIOUS SENATORS. -,. - ; Roosevelt gave out the Information Horrible Scenes in Macedo niaStandard Oil Dividend Other News. -. , , . . Washington, Feb. 12. President Roosevelt does not include Senator Quay among those senators who rtceived . objectionable telegrams from John D. Rockefeller and oth er representatives of the Standard Oil Company, The president permitted the sto ry of the Standard Oil telegrams to become public last . Saturday be cause - those eigned by John. D KocKeteiier . and nis son were so peremptory and imperative in their character that they angered him and did not meet the approval of those who received them. These tel egrams were of an entirely different nature than the one sent to Mr. Quay by Mr. Archbold. Substan tially the John D. Rockefeller tele grams read: "We are opposed to , anti-trust legislation. Our counsel, will see you. It must be stopped." . The President authorized the original publication of the ttory that John D. Rockefeller had. sent telegrams to various members of the senate. . . The telegrams came last Friday, February 6. There were 9 of them. Four of the senators named as re: ceivmg them are Male, JMKins, Kean and SpQonerr. Each of ". these senators denisaejjacifically1' that he received the tbiegjams. The-other five senators : ar&-included7 in the republican membership of the. sen ate. . A close canvass of the -entire republican membership shows that none of the members will admit that he received telegrams from Standard Oil officials. These denials are technical. There' were several signatures to the telegrams. . borne of the tel egrams were signed by John D. Rockefeller. One, at least, was signed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Two of the telegrams, were shown to the President on Saturday, Feb. 7. The substance of two others was repeated to him. Vienna, Feb. 18. A tale of hor ror has come out of Erzingaw, in Macedonia. A deed of wanton cruelty, per petrated by Turkish soldiers is de scribed in special telegrams and let ters to the Vienna newspaper,1 Die Information, which gives details of ine airocny inai are appaiung. : . - For. several months a Turkish garrison has been maintained in the district of Erzingaw where the inhabitants are Christians. The people ot the district are not war like and have given little cause to the troops for depredations. Nev ertheless the soldiers of the sultan have lost no opportunity to harass the villagers and this treatment culminated a few days ago in . a wholesale slaughter with a refine ment of cruelty that even the Turks have never surpassed. K' - The tempers of the soldiers " had been aggravated by -the farirtbat they had "received n pa y of ra tiohs for some. time, .and ..tney vented their desperate anger on the inof fensive and practically helpless peo ple id the neighborhood. - ; 1 Armed bands of eoldiers went'in every . direction, sacking ..villages and slaying many of the inhabi tants; ' Women were violated and in many instances tortured. Little children were slain ruthlessly and tossed about , upon the points of swords. ' "'. . '. Vr - ; ' In one village -a number of the young men attempted, to protect their wives and children. This rous ed the Turks, to blood-thirsty vin dictiveness and a terrible revenge was planned. Twenty men and a dozen women with a number of small children were taken prisoners. They were bound tightly and "' taken away from the village to a forest near by. There! they were kept and tortured for hours. As night drew on the human fiends devised a punishment that should strike terror into the hearts of all who heard of it. The men, women and children were taken further into the forest and then 4tied securely to trees. The tormentors then withdrew. The forest in which the outrage occurred is infested with wolves of a ferocious type. When the soJ diers had gone, the wild animal cams about the . helpless forms of the villagers and devoured them alive. The beasts literally tore the flesh from the bones of the prison ers. On the following -morning some of the villagers who had escaped the fury of the Turks went into the woods. They found only fragments of their friends bodies. New York Feb. 16. John D. Rockefeller started to, Florida to night on a pleasure trip, but before going he went to his office,' at No. 26 Broad way and ordered the ; an nouncement of a dividend of $20,0 00,000 to the stockholders of Stan dard Oil stock. This is j ust double what he paid three months ago, hut is the same as paid a year ago for the quarter. . Eight millions of the dividend goes to him, The appearance of Mr Rockefeller caused ' much. . excitement in the Standard Oil . building - where he goes to his office only on momen tous occasions, such as the ; order ing of dividends or . the. manage ment or attempted management of Congrees. Three detectives dog ged Mr. Rockfeller's steps to day, and one. took up every caller . and followed him through the .building to see that he got to the street' with out attempting any violence. This devotion to .the oil dictator was impressive.'.. .... On the curb the stock of the com pany was lifted six points with the purchase of loo shares. It sold at $741 a share. The stock has come up from $640, where it was just before the payment of the dividend of $10,000,000 or 10 per cent tnree months'ago." Last year the stock paid $45,000,000; the year before $40,000,000; in 1900 $48,000,000; in 1899. $33,000,000 51898, $30, 000,000; in 1897, $33,000,000: in 1896, $31,000,000, and from 1891 to 1895 $12,000,000 a year. KNOWLEDGE WAS POWERS How. Familiarity with tit CUaeit : Iaaaornaare Had a Womi ' y CoontcM, . .. .j!j5 One of the unmarriedi women in dip lomatic circles at Washington ia Countess Marguerite Casaini, tie ac complished niece of the Russian am bassador, who i a. countess in her own right, not by heredity, but by spe cial grace of the czar, and a curious story' is" told of the manner1 in which she won her title. It was when Count Cassini had his fateful conference with Li Hung Chang at Peking, long before the Boxer trouble. The count's inter preter was away, for La's call was un expected, and as the Chinese state man could not speak Russian and the i Russian' diplomat did not understand Chinese the conference came to a deadlock. The count's niece, who hadi picked up something of the language, stepped into the breach and the affair was arranged to the satisfaction Of both parties. The Chinese empress loaded her. with presents, the czar's government made a note of the service performed,' and when there wa a, question a couple of years ago of the young lady's precedence at Washing ton, where the count was then ambas sador, the czar himself comnfounded her rivals by. making hex a oounteaa. This was something like rapid promo-' hod tot the lady. . CHIHESE ARMY ROLLS. Thty Inela.de with the lelelen, Their Horses sad livery- Arttele' ef ' ' Eulpmeat. Now thet China has- Russia fora-near neighbor, it remains to he seen how successfully,' or otherwise, the middle kingdom will continue to practice ite favorite game "'of bluff." How It has reenf orced its army-' is shown' by the Swedish explorer, Herdin, aays Youth's Companion. " ; The Chinese have a most .'extraor dinary -way of enumerating troops. They are not content with counting the soldiers only, but reckon in also their horses, rifle a, shoes, breeches and so f orth, so that the resultant total is a long 'way above what it ought to be: They apparently go on th supposi tion that the rifle is at least as valuable as the man, and by an analogous train of reasoning they argue that a man is of little use if he has to travel on foot, that he cannot go about naked,' and id on. .Henoe they count the whole kit, horse, rifle, breeches and all. : ' 7 . By this peculiar process- ! of arith metic they fancy they deceive the Rus sians into, believing their garrisons' much stronger than thley are. - j NEGROES DON'T MIGRATE. Sosa iBtereatlaa; Faets Unt h Colored Rut Revaalad kr. !- . ' Rteeat Ctaiu, There were. 8,500,000 colored pemraos in the United States in. 1880, 7,500,000 in 1890, and 8,800,000, in 1900. A "g-eneral movement" of colored inhabitants from one fa.t to another or from one sec tion of the country to another, due to economic, political or hygie-nic reasons, has been declared to be in progress at intervals- of two or three years since the close of the civil wj,."' V ' But the figures, of each succeeding piue unt we cotorea popula tion of the United States is by no meajis' migratory; it changes little year by year except as- the result of the ordi nary increase in. poplation. Various ambitious projects of ksaders to "col oniae" cej-tiAttes have failed entire ly.' In' Kansas, for instance, th'ere are only 9,000 more Colored inhabitants than there were 20 years ago, though Kansas has long been the. mecca of many colored colonizers. Nearly Forfeits his Life : A' runaway almost ended fatally, started a horrible ulcer 01 the leg of J. B. Oren,' Franklin Grove, 111. For four years it defied . all doctors and remedies But Bucklen's Ar nica Salve had no trouble to cure him." Equally good for, Burns, Bruises, Skin Eruptions and Piles. 25c at- Graham and Wortham'a Drug Store. CORV ALUS & EASTERN RAILROAD. Time Card Number 21. For Yaquina: 4 ' . - Train leaves Albany. ...... 12:45 p. m ' . " Corvallis 2:00 p. m " arrives Yaquina 6:25 p. m 1 Returning:.: Leaves Yaquina... 6:45 a, in Leaves Corvallis 11 :3d a. m Arrives Albany. 12:15 p. m 3 For Detroit: ' ; jeaves AiDany. 7:00 a. m Arrives Detroit... 12:05 p. m 4 from Detroit: weaves uetroit... ....12:45 p. m Arrives AiDany... .......... 5:35 p. m Train No. 1 arrives in Albany in time to connect witn sr.. south bound train, as weu as giving two or three Hours in Albany before departure of S P north bound train. r Train No 2 connects with' the S P trains at Corvallis and Albany giving direct ser vice to Newport and adjacent beaches. Train 3 for Detroit, Breitenbush and other mountain resorts leaves Albany at 7:00 a. m., reacning .Detroit at noon, giv ing ample time to reach the Springs the same day. . For further information apply to Edwin Stonb, Manager. H. H. Cronise, Agent Corvallis. Thos. Cockrell, Agent Albany. Notice for Publication. Timber Land. Act June 3. 1878. United States. Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon, ' N otice Is hereby slven that In comnllance with j any izui. 1VU3. the provisions of the act of cengress o'Jnne 3, 1878, entitled "An act for the sale ot timber lands In the states of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory," as extended to all the fuDiie Land states ay act 01 August 4, 189-2, Adelbert D. Perkins, of Toledo, connty of Benton, state of Oregon, Has this day hied In this orhce Ms sworn state ment No 600K for the purchase of the N? of N K of Section No 23 in Township No 12 51 Kange No 7 West, and will offer proof to show that the land sought Is more valuable for Its timber or btone than for agricultural Durrjosea LRna to estaousn nis claim to Bald land before victor v- Moses, uiers 01 uenton county, Ore gon, Corvallis. Oregsn, on Wednesday, the 8th day of April, 1903: , He numes as witnesses: John W Hyde of Philomath, Oregon. Frank.M tipencer " ' William Brazelton of Toledo. Oregon, Charles Kreger " " Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are - requested to file their claims in this office on or before said bth day of April, 1903. - CHAS. B. MOOBES, Eegiater, Summons. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Ben ton County. Seth H Chllds, Plaintiff, vs B E Longbottom, D D Longbottom, J t Longbottom A Boy, Sadie Roy, Amanda M Longbottom, John Longbot tom, Hallie Longbottom, Defendants. . To K E Lonebottom. J J Longbottom. A Rov. I Sadie Roy, Amanda M Longbottom, John Longbottom, Hallie Longbottom, Six of the de fendants above named: In tne name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby summoned and required to appear in the above Court at the Court room thereof, in the City of Corvallis, Benton County, State of Ore gon on or before Wednesday the 25th day of March, 1903 10 answer to thePJalnthTs Complaint now on rile in said Court in this suit and if you fall so to appear and. answer for want thereof the Plaintiff will take a decree of said Court for the relief prayed for In said - Complaint to wit; That the Plaintiff la the owner in fee simple of the following described premises towlt: Beginning at the S E Corner of the N E Quar ter of Section 2 being the S W Corner of itobt Griar's homestead Claim; and running thence W so rods; thence N 87 and rods; tnence E 80 rods . thence S 87 and H rods to the place of beginning ; also a narrow, strip land being a part of Lot No 3 In said Section 2 and . bounded as follows: On the E by the S E Quarter of the N E Quarter of said Section 2 and on the 8 by the land of William A Slate and on the - W by the land of said Slate and on the north by the land of C C Chandler and being1 a part of said Lo t Sr heretofore sold to CC Chandler by .EM . Belts save and except one-half acre of the above des cribed, given for a cemeteiy and described as follows: ; . .. . , Commencing at the S E Corner; of theN E Quarter of said Section 2, running thence N 22 rods; thence W 3 rods and .16 links, thence S 22 rods! thBce;E 3 rods and 16 llnksu the place at beginning containing Half an acre, also ex cept the lollowing. . . . . Beginning at a point -where the E line of the James Edwards Don L Cl Not No - 7S70 CI No 47 running thence East 61 degrees South I . chain and 64 links thence S 65 degrees W 2 chains to AlseaBtver,: thence following said river to where it Intersects said E line of said James Edwards land claims thence N to the place of be ginning containing one-fourth acre more or less all being in Section 2 T 14 s B 8 W,; Will . Her.j'ln Benton. County, State of Oiegon, and . decreeing that yon have no tipht, claim title or interest of, in orio the same anddebarringanden joining you from asserting any claim or interest therein, This summons is published by the order of Hon Virgil K Watters, Judge of the . County Court ot the State of Oregon for Benton County made on the 10th day or February, 1903, To be published for six consecutive .weeks and the date of the iirst publication thereof to be Feb ruary 11, 1903. . W. S. and J. N. McFadden, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Summons- ' In the Circuit Court of the-State of Oregon for Benfe n county, A Iaws, plaintiff versus Sarah Stewart defendant. To Sarah Stewart the above named defendant, In the name of. the State of Oregon- You are hereby- required to appear and answer the complaint of toe above named plaintiff In the above entitled Court, now on file with the clerk of said court within six weeks from the 17th of January, 1903, the date of the first publication of this summons, and you are: hereby notified that if you fall to appear and answer said com plaint as hereby required, the plaintiff will ap ply to the court for the relief prayed foi In said complaint towlt: The foreclosure of a certain mortgage made and executed by Mary Maud Hoffman through her duly authorized attorney In fact, to plaintiff on the 13th day ef April. 18ft5 to seeure the payment of a certain promissory note of Mary Maud Hoffman, ior $91,46 payable year after date, with Interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum, . from date and which said mortgage conveyed unto plaintiff the following described real property situated In Benton County, Oregon: Lot number 4 In Block 23, original town of Corvallis, .Oregon. And a f urther decree ' barring and foreclosing you, said Sarah Stewart ef and from all right title or interest In or to said real property and everv part thereof. , - - - This summons ie "published by order, of the Hon. Virgil E. Watters, Judge of the County Court of the State of Oregon, made at Chambers in Corvallis. Oregon, January 14th,. 1903. The date ol the first publication of this summons is January 17, 1903, and the last publication there ol Ftbruary 28, 19(13. 1 WEATHEKFORD & WTATT, YATES & YATES.. Attorneys tor Plaintlns. ' City Restaurant. TkT, .1IZ W " xewiy jt urnisnect, First f!lnss . x Oysters in Season. Located in Hemphill Building, Cor vallis, Oregon. C. W. LEDERLE. Willamette Valley any. GOEFAIUS OBEGOJf. A General Banlrfnor Riisfnocc ExchaDge Issued payable at all finan cial centers In United States, Canada and Europe. . rnncipai uorrccpoiicients PORTLAND London & San FrancixcoBan fc Limited; Canadian Bank of Commerce. SAN FRANCISCO London A San Francis co Bank Limited. NEW YORK Messrs. .1. P. Morgan & Co. CHICAGO First National Bank. LONDON, ENGr London & San Francisco Bank Limited. SEATTLE AND TACOMA London & San Francisco Bank Limited. - L. G. ALTMAN, Mi D Homeopathist - Office cor 3rd and Monroe eta. Resi dence cor 3rd and Harrison sts. . Hours' 10 to 12 k. M. 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M, Phone residence 315. DR. W. H- HOLT. DR. MAUD HOLT. Osteopathic Physicians ' Office on South Main St. Consul tation and examinations free. Office hours: 8:3o to 11:45 a. m 1 to 5:45 p. m. Phone 235. . G. R. FARRA, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON OBSTETICIAN Residence In front of court house facing 8rd St. Office. hours 8to9a.rn.lto3 and 7 to S! COBTALU3 OB EGO DR. C. H. NEWTH, Physician & Surgeon Philomath, Oregon. E.i Holgate ATTORNEY AT LAW , JUSTICE OF THE PEACB Stenography and typewriting done. Office in Burnett brick Corvallis. Oree W. T. ROWLEY M. D. Homeopathic Physician, Surgeon and oculist Office Booms 1 2 Bank Bldg. -Residence on 3rd et between Jackson & Monroe, Corvallis, Or. Resident Phone 811 , Office hours 10 to 12 a m 2 to 4 and 7 to7:80 p m E. R. Attomey-At-Law, -POSTOFFICE BUILDING- H. S. PERNOT, Physician & Snrgeon Office over postoffice. Residence Cor Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be left at Graham & Worthatn's drug store. B. A. CATHEY, M. D JPhysiciah and Surgeon. : Office, Boom 14, First National Bank Bnilding, Corvallis, Or. Office Hours, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. E. E. WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. NOTARY PUBLIC. Office in Zierolf Building, Corvallis. Or. J. P. Huffman, v Architect Office in -Zierolf Building. Hours from 8 to 5. Ccrvailie, Oregon. T W McGowan.JJf,. established 1867 commission merchant,, hops, and general merchandise, & 38 . Whitehall street. New Yorb.' Liberal advance made -on all consignments,. Highest '- market prices obtained and quick returns. Ref ferences: B G Dunn's Mercantile Agency, New York; Bradstreets Mer cantile Agency, New Yprk; Bank of :' America, New York, : ' ; ; , . .- .