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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
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MIDWAY HORSE MARKE1

Barrett & Zimmerman's Report-Market
opened fair, with a large assortment of horses
on hand. A good demand for heavy horses.
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RANGE OF PRICES.

On Track-No.-1 hard new yI1sc. NO. I
northern. 957s@967sc NO. 2 northern, 91N6D
$3.50; September cats, H12c; faxseed. a.05.
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MARKET SUMMARY.
FINANCIAL.

FINANCIAL.
Bar silver, New York.. So 81 /
Call money, New York. .1@1A 1902 |
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TUMBLE IN PRICES
EVERYTHING TRADED IN ON THE
CHICAGO BOARD SOLD
DOWN.
NEWS FAVORED TIE BEARS.
NET Loss TO WHEAT ONLY A
TRIFLE SHORT OF TWO
POINTS.

OATS COMPARATIVELY STEADY.
Corn Radically Weak During Entire
Session and Provisions Unable
to Resist Depression.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
EASTERN STAR.

A reception and banquet will be rendered
Braden Lodge A. F. & A. NJ, next Thursday
evening at Masonic Temple, by st. Paul
Chapter No. "a, Order of the Eastern Star.
All members of the order are cordially in
Vited to be present.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12

sheep-Gocd steady, common dull. Bulk of
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
Toys. TOYS.

Well. Dolls for little girls is the prin-
cipal toy. and we have very nice Dolls,
with hair, jointed, pretty eyes, at sc;
longer Dolls, jointed. at 10c; indestruc-
table Dolls, s inches long, with gown
and ruffle, at 1Oc; kid body, bisque
head, hair. at 15c. All prices in jointed
Dolls. A lovely Doll, IA inches long. at
25c; a large dressed Doll at Csc; very
fine kid body Dolls from 25, so, rs cts,
81 n LIS. I ave about 100 Dolls that
I brough over from last season that I
will sell at half price. Dolls, "a inches
long, kid body and bisque head and
hair, worth $1.00, now at Soc; worth
Soc, now Csc. We have all kinds of
Toys-Pianos at 25, so, Is cents and 81.
Skin covered Horses and Carts, Milk
Wagons, Drays, Delivery Wagons. at
prices, from 25c to $3.50. A B c Blocks,
Picture Blocks, Doll Carriages, from
rs, so cents, SIPS and $3.50: Express
Wagons, so and IS cents: fine large
Express Wagons, iron axle, with seat,
at $1.O0. Tea Sets, in China, from 10c
to $1.50; a set of China Cups and Sau-
GERS for 10c; metal Tea Sets from 20 to
25 cents; Japan Tin Sets at Zoe. rur-
niture-Bureaus, Beds, Cradles, Chairs,
Horses, Swings, all pri es, from 25c to
$1.00. Tables, Stoves, Iron Trains,
Hook and Ladders, Trucks, Guns. All
kinds of children Santa Claus. We
want your Christmas trade and stand
ready to divide the profit at all times,
with YOU.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
A GROWING DEFICIT

THE certainty that for some time
perhaps for one or two or three years
fhe Dingley-McKin1ey high robber tax
cannot bring in enough revenues to
carry on the government is hardly
to be questioned. Dingley would like
for his party and credulous northern
democrats to believe that his robber
scheme will do the work for which he
and Others planned to have it do, but
failure is certain and belief hard to ex-
eTcise. That the robber tariff Of the
republican gang is a deficit-producing
serted and essayed to show. So far as
the passing of the days relieving the
new robber schedules OF failure to
raise sufficient revenues, it becomes
more certain that of all previous tariff
measures the new one is the worst,
both as to enormdty of taxation and in
capacity to produce revenue. 1t stands
at the cad and it is hoped will be the
high mark Of the robber principle,
Through all the coming ages. The rob-
DER ser up TOT UuSlneSS Ol Une ZfCn OIL
July last Tt has been at work over
1--we months. For the first six months
Of 1897, the deficit was $22, 036, 526. OF
This period, Mckinley was In office
fOur months. It is believed that the
11rst six months Of the robber tariff
will reach quite $25, OOO, 900 in deficiency.
If so. McKinley's first year will close
with more tina $4,000, 900 added to the
Indebtedness of the United States. Ex-
Dendjtures IA steadily run ahead of
inc the new tariff started
Separations. It is now published that
the actual deficit to the 30th Of Novem-
her. for the current year, is $4S, 0Oo. 600.
What a .prodigfous humbug and fraud
Is the McKinley-Dingley robber tax.
what "a yenal party is the party of
the robbers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
Clothing.

handle Clothing for everybod, prices
to suit. Should you need q new suit.
cometo us for 1t. / paid the spot cash
for my stock and got the full discount
and can n will sell Clothing as cheap
and cheaper than anybody. i sell
suits from $500 to $40 {. Boys suits
from 75c to $3.50; Youths suits from
1925 to 5000, sizes from IA to - years
old. Underwear for Children, Ladies
and Men. Some CVhildren and Ladies'
Union suits to close out. will sell for
20 and 40 cents a suit.
Remember to get your card punched
so you get you a new chair by
Christmas. / have a nice line on hand
now to fill you order. Bring the card
and get for a $25 purchase a nice Chair,
Book Case or Table; with a $40 rur-
a have your picture enlarged: with
a SIS purchase a nice Oak Table: with
a IS purchase I will give a nice Silver
Plated set OF Spoons. Bring your card
and get ii punched n buy your goods
at the right place and at the right
price. We do q cash business and
want the cash trade al Wilmington
Big Racket Store. IN Front Street, op-
pOsite h Orion Hotel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
THE PENSION BURDEN

There are two very important things
The Messenger would like to see the
scongress undertaking: to cut down and
reconstruct the vile , rascally pension
IRONS and to reduce the government ex-
spenditures by not less han 800. 900, 900
nor the first year, and $3.50. 600, 600 for the
1econd year. The politicians viii not
do 1t, the newspapers will not general
II favor it, n unless the people de-
mand It. there is no prospect OF its
ever being done. And yet 1t il a posi-
Rive necessity and is thoroughly prac-
1seble A congress and cabane. OF gen.
e1fnsl ref6fmers and detefSlaned
xeronomists could and would do thMc
The robberies perpetrated d tM
-mrcsent scheme Of pension iniQudty the
--n6essenger has sought again and again
- reveal. The New York Sun, q paper
.ve do not trust, but able. now tran1ns
I'm the republicans, having completely
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
THE STATE IN TME HANDS OF A
MOB

Since the colony of North Carolina
became an Independent, sovereign state
nothing so disgraceful has occurred
within it's borders as the high-handed
outrage perpetrated in the capital town
by the present governor, placed in his
high and responsible place by a COM
bination of radicals, deceived populists
and the ready tools of demagogues, the
black and tan allies. If ever a state
has been Inundated and DETAINED it is
North Carolina, and by the bold usur-
patton and bravado spirit and turbu-
lent course Of Daniel l.. RUSSELL. He
has disgraced himself, and brought
great reprOaCh upon the good name of
the state. His conduct on asst Friday
night was most outrageous and indie
fensible. It had in it a defiance of
law, of usage, of decency, and showed
an anarchic purpose and spirit I'M
worthy of any official, muchless of the
highest functfonary in a great common
wealth. He openly defies law, auuhori-
ty and the decision of the supreme
court of his country, and in the dark
ness of night, shielded from public OBJ
servation, he cause or connives at or
authorizes or agrees to, which ever may
be the right term to describe his action,
a deed performed that was as palpably
wrong and infamous as was ever perpe-
trated by a sneak thief robbing a hen
coop.
The action Of Governor Russell and
his own ~appointees as railroad commits
sioners will be a tremendous shock to
intelligence, honor, sense Of propriety
anr regard for aw and constituted
power. IF a little obscure official in
some county does wrong, invites crit
icism by his course, how quickly he is
scourged by the expressions of popular
indigntion. II any half equipped pettA
logger, accidently raised to the bench by
a strange combination of good and bad
elements, bears himself so extensively,
conniving at wrong OIL clustering and
bullying, or holding the scale OF justice
in unrighteousness, how quickly he
catches it, from the outraged public,
and richly deserves the castigation.
But when the chief executive Of a great
state, one OF the Oldest, wantonly.
wickedly. de1antly violates the pro-
prfeties and restraints OF his high office,
and sets al naught the decisions OF the
highest state and national Judicial TIL
bunals, and takes unto himself the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
ytlrssr1prr.
rHE DEATH OF A FRIEND

We are unwilling to let the oppOrtun-
fly pass without writing briefly o
@Ensng our departed brother and
nfend, Charles F. Bell, whose earthly
journey ended on Saturday, "the Day
Spring from on High" Owing to our
uWn misfortune on the 9Th inst, we
were unable to visit him during his
sickness, and could not be with him in
lis closing hours, He was unquestion-
ably one OF the truest, most devoted
friends we had in this city. We have
been quite close to him for a decade in
personal friendship and Christian ties
oF fellowship and affection. We think
we know the man; we are sure we
know the Christian, the humble disci-
pie OF the crucifed and risen Lord.
In the last decad or SO we are conf
dent we have been with him in an
hundred meetings-in class, in prayer
meetings, not counting the regular SER
vices OF the sanctuary. The last meet
ing bu one in which we were with him.
private home on Castle street.
He had come nearly a mile to
be with us in the services, and his tes-
4imony was Like all he gave. full OF
4crrptural vitality, full of humility and
love-, and with firm trust in
through Christ. He was an earnest
sincere believer, looking unto God the
author and finisher of his faith. He
wa really, as his pastor, whom ne so
much admired and loved. as we know,
aaid of him in his touching m
~he was peculiarly spiritual and gifted
IN prayer" He prayed with as much
srue JUNCTION and impressiveness as any
hyznan of our acquaintance. We were
often impressed profoundly with the
nervor, appropriateness and moving
mower of his ~supplications and prayers
70 our Heavenly Father. He often WIS.,
He'd his pastor at his study. We learn
<ahat on Sunday Mr.. Mcclure mention
ed these visits, their reading together
b Scriptures, and the visits always
closing with prayer. Mr.. Bell was a
man al good sense, of sound judgment,
Of strictest integrity perpendicular,
honest, straight forward, genuine man
without deception or guile, frank, open,
true in all his friendships.
An excellent man has gone to his re-
ward. We have held with him
many familiar talks about rell-
zion and the blessed home be-
yond, and we doubt not his
spirit is at rest in the mansions of the
blest. May God bless and provide for
his children and grand children, and
may they emulate his example of Chris
tan activity, conservation and fidelity,
and atlastreceive the Christians reward
from the munificent and tender hand
OF the Almighty Giver Of every good
aas1d perfect gift.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

abandoned all pretense Of being slight
" democratic, calls the pension taxes.
.'robbfng the nation" It is a pfllaging
system, and plumbers the south largely
It tells its readers that 1t has examin-
ed the rolls and finds 10000 rascallly
suckers who are draining the blood of
the people who have nc right to be on
the pension rolls As h Messenger
has before stated, there are hundreds
OF applicants now although the total
roll is already very nearly 100000.
The Sun gives the applicants at $4,000
That too, over thirty two years since
the war closed The Sun gives the
figures that will refresh the memory if
not new to our readers. It shows that
in 1873 there were only 23S, AL names on
the pension rolls; at the present time.
in spite of the havoc which death has
wrought, there are 976, Ola names on the
pension rolls. In 1873 the amount OF
pension money paid out of the govern
ment's treasury aggregated only $685.
SOP, SIS; at the present time 1t aggre-
gates the enormous sum OF $139, 949,717,
and still there is no immediate prospect
of it's diminishing. In fact the next
fiscal year will require more than $144,-
O00, 900 to meet h suckers. The sum
paid for pensions alone is more than
two-thirds OF the war debt of 1865. 1t
has already reached the enormous
figures of $2,17S, 1855, 269. Here are the
6p,rraS of the Sun to show how the
pensions have grown as We recede more
and more from the war-a fact that
shows both fraud and demagogy. The
republican party is responsible for the
robberies and expressions under the
Accountable plundering system:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
Shoes.

Should you need a nice pair Of Shoes,
come to us. We carry a big stock and
can and do, sell the best Ladies' Dom
COLA, Patent Tips, Ladies' Shoe In the
city for $1.00. Mems Calf Skin Shoes,
nice stock, at $500 and $3.50. Russet
and Tan, nice Kid Shoes, at $500.
Boys Spring Heel, Dongola Lace
Shoes. best goods, at $1.00 a pair. Mems
Brogans, solid, high cut, Creedman's,
at 50 cents; low cut. solid Shoes, Bro
gans, at rs cents; Pebble Polish. good
honest Shoes. at s. cents. Ladies' very
fine Shoes at $1.5O, $500 and 1925. A
job in Ladies' Shoes, hore est goods,
sizes, one pair Of a kind, to close.
at so cents. Shoes / sold for $1.0O to
$500 a pair, now so cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

The files OF The Messenger will show
that it not wavered in the ouinion
that the RAIDS and pops will fuse"
again next rear. Not all of each party
will vote with the incompetent gang
who leads to the injury and degrade
ton of North Carolina. Honorable, in
tellfgent, patriotic men in both Of these
parties will refuse to be a party to
further wrong doing, usurpation and
injury to HE state. They will vote
with those who seek to restore order
and liberty, and law and just govern
ment, and honesty to the ruling pow
er-to save the state from further detri-
ment. But the combine will combine
again. Ohio Wilson, a pop, trains
with the anti-Russe1s, a little squad
of malignants. Loge Harris, Man Fri
day to Russell, predicts a fusion" So
the white people must get together,
train together, fight together and re-
deem and disenthrall this famous and
grand old state-North Carolina for
ever.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
Hats and Caps.

Should you need a MIC Baby Cap. or
Hood, Boys and Girls Caps, Mems
Hats. Ladies' Hats, before Christmas,
come and see us. We have a nice line
Of new Hats just received, that we can
sell from %, 30 and so cents: Sailors,
narrow backs, bell crowns. n all
kinds. We trim all Hats free when
you buy the Hat and material from us.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
HandkerchiefS.

We have just received a big lot Of
Xmas Handkerchiefs for the Christ
mas trade. We have nice embroider-
ed Handkerchief at 5. 10, Is and Is cts:
Silk Handkerchiefs at Is. Is, 35 and
SO cents; Children Cotton Hard ker-
chiefs at 2. 4 and 5 cents; Ladies' and
Gent Handkerchiefs, hemstitched, at
5 and 10 cents: Linen Handkerchiefs at
Is cents.
A big reduction in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

Who wishes to spend the winter in
Alaska? The Thermometer at Skaguay
on the 18th inst. stood at 20 degrees
below zero, and starvation was star
ing square in the face hundreds of the
hungry. "A bag Of flour in worth more
than a gold watch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

The error in a heading in yester-
days Messenger, where Russell is SUBJ
stituted for Russia, was not mail
epropos II a misprint. It read-"Can
defy the world-Russe1ps strategic
move on the China coast" Substitute
b Supreme Court for the two last
words and it is not a misf1t.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
SOON Old SANTA CLAUS +!

Will be on full dress parade, going
from house to house, carrying presents
to the little people. He has made my
store his headquarters this season and
he welcomes the letters from the chill
dren, telling him what they want. Come
and get your selections before he has
bought them all.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
Capes.

We are selling Silk Plush Capes for
next week at $2.98; our $500 line at
$4.25; our Flannel Fur Trimmed
Double Capes, full size, grey, at SLIPS;
black at $3.50; Velvet Trimmed Beaver
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

The best salve I'm the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chi1biains. Corns. and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It L. guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction OF money refunded.
Price Is cents per box. For oAle by
r. d. Ben ~
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

A great failure in Massachusetts of
a, wheel company for nearly a half mil
lion in another sign of business strug-
giles in New England.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

And this time it is Japan to have a.
ministerial crisis" They are as COM
mon among nations as colds among
children, it looks like. Are they as
easily cured?
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

Cloth Capes at $2.25 and $3.50. Bead
Trimmed. better quality. lovely goods.
at $2.9S. We are selling a big lot OF
Cloaks, OF all lind and at all prices,
from $1.00 to $500.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

Spain is waxing wrroth and the Span
ish newspapers seek to bring OF a war
between Spain and the United States.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

The big newspapers continue to write
it suicides" while the smaller sheets
indulge in ~"execerted."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
SNAPS.

Two deaths from freezing occurred
in Philadelphia on the night of Christ
mas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

What a tremendous constitutional
governor in h Fat knight OF Bruins
wick. Hear him talking as IL he were
autocrat OF all lands and king of North
Carolina. If Abbott bothers me. I
will jump him, too" Verify, he is a
tremendous expression of the popular
will n a fine example OF the chosen
chief executive Of a sovereign COM
monwealth where the white folks once
ruled in peace and Righteousness.
Shakespeare, who knew men and al
most all things, said long ago, Eau
thority bears a credent bulk" Put
emphasis on bulk and yon have Rus
sell strutting in his little brief au-
thority'' and blowing like Boreas
80 Place! o Form!
How often dost thou, with thy ease,
thy habit,
Wrench awe from FOOLS"
In North Carolina Russell is without
an organ or a party. His hand will
be against every man, and every mans
hand against him." Prophetic.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
NUMBER OF PENSIONERS.

The Messenger has been fighting
these frauds and rascalfties for years.
1t has again and again sought to make
them odious and patent in so far as it
could do so. It has more than once
shown how greatly in exces t all other
pensions known the system in this
county a become under corrupt re-
publican connivance and practice. It
has before shown how much the PEN
sions of the United States exceed the
war expenses of European monarchies.
The Sun gives this to show how the
present expenditures in pensions exceed
most other nations in their war costs:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

If the Spanish buzzard should pull
eagles tail there might follow a
scream for revenge that might be
heard around h world.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

We publish g short contr1hution to-
Gay relative to the fall of Fort Fisher.
It = from an unusually Intelligent
source, q gentleman Of ability and un-
common Information. It will beseenthat
MS view confirms what va said brief
~ ! q recent editorial IN The Mes
senger.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31

erson friend. a lawyer who sev-
ed on General Clingman's stan, writes:
I was greatly pleased by your high
comimendatfon Of his speeches. The
opinion you expressed has been re-
echoed by several gentlemen to me
since And moreover. General Cling
man deserves to be praised for having
published his speeches. We are. poor
in such North Carolina literature"