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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-12-31
New York Stock Market

New York, December Birthdays
market was a professional traders
market throughout and the Industrial
with the bull clique, showed the effect
Of realizing today. All of the local
TRACTION stocks were heavy, but the
selling was not coupled with any news
and the declines were wholly technical.
In Manhattan the fall reached 2 points
and in Metropolitan street railway
more than that. Brooklyn transit ad-
vanced a fraction, but fell again over
a point. Consolidated Gas is 3h points
lower than last night. Tobacco was
notably active all day and rose strong
ly on an irresponsible published report
that the quarterly dividend on the COM
! mon stock had been advanced again to
3 per cent. Disappointed holders sold
the stock down 2 points When it became
known that the rate was retained at 2
per cent. New Jersey Central and the
coalers generally did not escape the
weakness of the other specialties and
! that showed sharp losses. AN indica-
| tion Of of the market was
| the fact that until neal the close there
was not a single sale of such usually
| active stocks as Missouri Pacific and
Chesapeake and Ohio. Burlington
| showed a degree to firmness in the rail-
way list on buying invited by yester-
days decline. The Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg stocks were both con-
spicous for strength, the common adj
vancing 2 points and the preferred 4
points. Fractional net declines were,
however, the rule in the railway list.
Today's clearing house statement
showed the sub treasury a debtor again
to the extent of 81, $50, S39, a reflection of
the additional redemptions of Pacific
bonds. Still the money market declined
to yield it's firm tone in any marked de-
gree, and it was only in exceptional
cases that the loans were below 3k pei
cent, and in some cases 4 per cent.
was paid. Demand sterling AIS har-
dened a shade today. Reports from
other domestic centres show that their
bank reserves are at present unusally
high, but exchanges continue to run
against New York. 1t was reported
today, however, that Philadelphia and
] Boston had repaid large loans as the
I result of the high rates here. The largf
balances at the Daring house show
that there is quite an extensive shifting
; of loans still in progress.
Prices Of Americans declined in Lon.
don today and selling here was quite z
factor in the decline.
Activity in the bond market was con
fined to middle and high graders. thu
speculative issues being stagnant
Prices generally advanced. Total sales
were 81, $50, 900. The total sales O
stocks were 219. 100 shares.
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REBORN Tn FUNERALS.

AT the meeting oe the pastors con-
ference in Grand Rapids, 1t was de-
cidede TO unite the forces of the clergy
men for the reform in the conduct OF
funerals, and a formal set of resolu-
ions was adopted, to he read before
thee Congregations next Sundey morn-
ing. 1t was recommended that no Sun
day funerals be held; that h sombre
black mourning attire be discarded en-
tirely; that funerals be more private.
and h a public displays be avoided:
that the people do not go TO such a
nancial extremes in funerals when
they cannot afford 1T: and that funeral
sermons be shortened, as the clergy
men do not belfve that funerals should
be made n occasion for extended
oratory.-Detroit Free Press.
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Gompers's Reply to S-cretarg Gage

Washington, December
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, has replied in an
open letter to Secretary Cages recent
letter taking exceptions to the resolu-
tions passed by the federation with
reference to the Gage financial bill.
Mr. Gompers simply r~eiterates the
former criticisms made by h Fedora
tion Of Labor. He disclaimS amy intent
to make discourteous structure upon
the secretary Of the treasury, but re-
iterates his claim that h people at
large have a perfect right to criticise
the official acts of their federal officers.
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Corn-Spot steady: No. 2 3sxc I. o. b.
afioat. Options opened easy with wheat.
rallied on good all around buying. but
reacted finally with wheat and closed 10
May closed al 34Hc; December closed al
8Ac.
Oats-Spot dsIl: No. 2 2szc. Options
fairly active and strong on export de-
mand. closing at &c net decline. with
SSc: December closed at 2sAc-
Lard-Ffrmer; western steamed A.9o.
Pork-Dull.
Eggs.Quiet: state and Pennsylvania
016kc: western fresh 2GGc.
Cotton Seed Oil-Steady: prime crude
1Sd19c: yellow &c.
Rice-Steady.
MolassesQuiet.
Conee-Options opened steady with
ruled generally steady. but quiet: selling
checked by large United States ware
house deliveries: buying checked by in
creasing receipts at Rio and Santos. slack
steady with prices unchanged to 5 points
net lower. May SS: November $3.50
$50. Spot coffee-Rio quiet: No. & in
voice csc: mild quiet; Cordova S17G15c.
Sugar-Raw strong: fair refining sac:
centrifugal So test &c. sales. rumored
sale of d. merara to arrive. on basis OF
&c for centrifugal; refined strong; No
II 4 Slice.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady. Turpentine
steady at
Savannah-Spirits turpentine closed
firm at 30Ac: sales 900 casks: receipts
675. Rosin firm: sales 4.270: receipts 500
Quote: A B c D $40: E F SIS: G s1.3s
II $.50G1.60: / H.I5; K SIS; NJ 800; n
SIS w G $3.50; w w 800.
Charleston-Turpentine firm at Soc;
sales none. Rosin firm and unchanged,
sales none.
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THE EXTENT OF THE UNIVERSE.

Ok AAS SsN siNtEA
1 have seldom felt a more delicious
sense of repoSe than when crossing the
ocean during the summer months I
sought a place where / could lie alone
on the deck. look up at the cons;ella-
lions. with Lyra near the zenith. and,
while listening to the clanks Of the
engine, try to calculate the hundreds
of millions of years which would be
required by our ship to reach the star
Lyrae, If she could continue her course
in that direction without ever stop
ping. 1t is a striking example of how
easily We may fail to realize our
knowledge when l say that j have
thought many a time how deliciously
one might pass those hundred millions
or years in a journey to the star a Ly-
rae, without it's occurring to me that
We are actually making that very
Journey at a speed compared with
which the motion of the steamship Is
slow indeed. Through every year. ev-
cry hour, every minute, of human his
tory from the first appearance OF man
on the earth. from he era OF the
Hide OF .ne P~yranaids, Through the
times of Caesar and hannibal. through
the period of every event that history
records, not merely III earth, but the
u and the whole sola system with it.
have ben speeding their way toward
the star or which / speak on a journey
of which We know neither the begin
ming nor the end. During every clock
beat through which humanity has ex-
listed it has moved on this journey by
an amount which We cannot specify
more exactly than to say that Ii Is
probably between five and nine miles
per second. We are at this
thousands of miles nearer 10 a'Lyrae
than we were a few minutes ago when
/ began this discourse. and through
every future moment for untold thou
Sands Of years to come the earth and
all there is on IL will be nearer to-
a'Lyrae, or nearer to the place where
hat star now is, by hundreds of miles
for every minute OF time come and
gone. When shall we get there
Probably in less than a miHio years.
perhaps in half a million. We cannot
tell exactly, but get there we must, if
the laws OF nature and the laws Of mo-
tion continue as they are. To attain
to the stars was the seemingly vain
wish of the philosopher, but the
whole human race is, in a sertain
sense, realizing this wish as rapidly as
a speed of six or eight miles a second
can bring ii about.-Simon Newccmb
in Science.
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A HONEY BEES RESTLESS LIFE.
1t Begins Work When Three Days Old
and Dies at Forty-nve.

It Begins Work When Three Days Old
n Dies at Forty-nve.
@. w. Reynolds. OF Los Angeles. CAL.
one OF the Oldest travelling men In the
United States. IL n years cf are. Mr..
has a ranch, OF which he en-
joys telling even more than he does OF
the experiences through which he has
passes during his half century upon tho
road. The ranch IL near San Diego. Cal.
The chief product 10 honey. This product
Reynolds visits every time his business
permits him to go to southern California
In my aptarics. which are cared for
by my son." said he. there are 100
stands OF bees. The honey season lasts
from April to July. This season my bees
yielded forty thousand pounds OF honey.
which sells in that country in bulk at 4
over five hundred pounds each. For ten
years 1 have been Interested in bees In a
small way. but ! take greater interest in
them every year. A hive or stand OF bees
IS worth se5. In 1t are the queen, the
drones and the workers. a total popula-
ton OK from twenty thousand to twenty
five thousand bees.
This very good-sixed colony he con-
tinued. resides In a hive or wooden box
In the hive are a dozen frames Il by Z
inches. In these the bees make or deposit
the honey. a foundation OF wax having
been first placed In each frame by tho
beekeeper. so that the bees may have
something TO build upon. The honey 10
TAKEN OUT OF TIE iEranes every other
week during the honey season. While
doing so there Is little need OF protect
ing the hands. The bees seem to be
most inclined 10 sting one In the face.
So. as a p~recaution. the man who L. re-
moving the honey from the hives wears
a straw hat. from the brim OF which L.
hung a silk veil. like they have TO do up
in The klondike country TO ward on tho
summer mosquitoes.
The queen is N absolute monarch
within her dominions. She Is the undis-
puted boss OF the job. An ordinary 0cO
lives during the working season only -
days. Young ones are being hatched
all the time. a bee goes TO work at thu
tender age OF three days. and hustiea
like a veteran for forty-two days. Then
Ii Is just naturally all tired cut. I sup
pose. for 1t dies. The queen lives longer
and when a young queen comes into cx-
istence in the hive she drives tNe old
queen out. Her loyal subjects follow her
in the Punishment, and hat Is what
makes the swarm.
In Southern California the bees mako
water white honey when the black .Sgo
Is In blossom. When the white sa.s ~
towering the honey has an andre tinge.
In winter the bees make no honey. Sew.
enty-ive car loads OF the article aret
shipped out OF San Diego county In
good years.
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Railroad Building IN 1897

New York, December 29.-The figures
compiled by the Railroad Gazette show
that the new railroads built in the
United States in the year 1897 amounted
to about 1888, miles. These figures are
partly estimated and subject to small
change. The new railroads Quilt In
the year go was 1897 miles n in the
year 1895, 1922. California built more
miles of railroad than any other state
in the union in the year just closing;
namely 1879 miles, and the largest
amount built by any one railroad was
$685., by the Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Gulf.
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Chicago, December 29.-Wheat today
was apparently held UP for a time by
a buying furry In oats. In the last
half hour the heading brokers of the
bull clique in wheat started to sell
some May and the crowd emui4ted
and in the end surpassed their efforts
in that direction. December wheat waS
left at a decline Of SIC and May NC
Corn declined &c. Oats In the end
were left at practically yesterdays
closing prices. Provisions ruled strong
AFTER q weak opening end made sub
etantah1 gains IN prices.
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The A. s. VI. College Board of Trustees

IA WIN
The semi-annual meeting Of the
board of trustees of the "A. & M. col
lege was held last Wednesday. There
were present IT. b. Keogh, president Of
the board; Hugh Gale, of the First
congressional district; w. w. Long,
Second district; H. c. Tyson, Third
District; w. F. Debnam, Fourth Dis
ltrict; Jas. F. Post, Jr., Sixth district,
and Chas. E. Lane, of the Ninth dis
trict.
All business was transacted in one
day. The reports of officers and COM
mittees gave details of the changes
and improvements during this session.
The attendance was the largest in the
history of the school. The progress of
the students in the different Depart
ments is good and their department
excellent. The trustees are Well salts
fled with the management of Presl-
dent Dudley, and particularly we'll
pleased with the interest manifested
by instructors and students.
With the completion of the barn
and dairy now in course of cOnsttruc-
tiuN every department. will be equip
ped.
additions have been made this year
IN the mechanical department. WHICH
Bring everything UP to date. The
chemical laboratory has been housed
in the main building and the
third floor of the dOrmitOry building
has been furnished for the
dation of the increased umb of stu
dents.
The trustees mad provision for the
summer school for colOred eachers in
1898. The first, which was held last
summer, was a decided success. That
was gotten up on short notice. Presl-
dem Dudley will have ample time to
prepare for ext summer.
Under a new regulation of the board,
Professor Moore, as chief of the Eng
fish department. becomes acting presi-
dent of the college in the absence OF
President Dudley.
The colored people of North Carolina
have now the highest standard agri-
cultural and mechanical college any
where to be found. The people Of
North Carolina have done this with
the aid OF the money furnished by the
United States government. There is nc
private money in it. 1t is a credit tic
every state, and the citizens of Greens.
boro will be surprised at its develop
ment and Possibilities if they Will visi'
it.-GreenSbOrO COR
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Havana. December D.-Captain Gem
eral Blanco has issued a decree announc.
ing the lines upon which the home ruIo
government Is estaG1l ed. The governor
general and executive Cfax1a -
with the five astronomical secretanee az
supreme justice and the interior (Anance
public instruction. public works. posts
and telegraphs. and agriculture and com
constituting the responsible govornmenf
The new officials win AXE the oath az
Office at clock q. m. on January IN.
and VIII Immediately assume charge e
their ofcIces.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
firm: No. 2 yellow corn, 27G27Ac: No. 2
Spring wheat. sAc; No. 8 spring wheat.
@ @as7s; IN No. . . se OATS ss4 ssHazS Eco : No corn :
white. (. o. b., z4Ac; No. 8 white, (. o. b..
24h@25c; mess pork. per bbl.. $7.S5G7.9O
lard, per 100 lbs. A.62h: short ribs sides.
$4.5OQ4.I: short clear sides. boxed, A.70Q
4.S0: whiskey. distillers' finished goods,
per gallon, $1.19.
New York. December 29.-F1our quiet
and steady, closing easy with the inal
break in wheat.
Wheat-Spot weak: No. 2 red n.0oN.
Options opened easy under disappointing
cables, rallied on covering. fair clear
ances and strength OF coarse grains, but
liquidation at Chicago; closed at x@1xc
net lower. No. 2 red. January closed at
96hsc: May closed at sexc: December
closed at $1W.
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D~..tructtve Fire in Port au Prince

Port au Prince. Hayti, December 81
., o'c1ock last night a fire which assumed
- nousiderabie proportions on account OF
lack of water to supply the pumps, de-
stroyed 500 houses, including a bumper no 8 OF
oaanh and It's parsonage. About 5000
neonle were rendered homeless.
This morning at $50 o'clock there was
an earthquake, the disturbances cunning
Sr,m NORM to south. lasting half q min
a,.a and causing slight cracks In the
.earth. There were no fatalities.
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HOIST ON HIS OWN PErARD.

The Kansas City Journal tells this tory
concerning the trial OF a case I'm the cir
cult court in that city: An incident In tho
trial Of a lawsuit In Judge Henry's court
made the jury burst out laughing. ALA
Downend was suing Kansas City for
500 because OF injuries she received
by ripping over a step In the sidewalk
on Twenty-third street, near Woodland.
Attorney George Jones. representing the
city. said all through the trial that the
step was no more than the step to the
witness chair in front OF the jury, and
a person would be no more Liable to
stumble over IL.
And you know. gentlemen. that no
person would De likely TO trip over that
step there" said Mr.. Jones. pointing to
the step before him.
a moment later Mr.. Jones started To
go to the witness chair and stumbled
over that very step and fell sprawling.
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Cincinnati, December 29.~James J.
Corbett. who Is spending the holiday
week here. is tonight writing q chal-
lenge to Fitzsimmons. Corbett eayU
when Fitxsimm0ns announced his re-
tirement, he did not feel At liberty to
challenge HIM Now that FftSstmmons
has announced that he 10 still In the
ring the challenge win be prepared
within q DAY. OF twoA
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The SQUADRON Neerlv Ready to Sail South

New York, December 29.-The last
touches in the repairs of the ships Of
the North Atlantic squadron are now
being applied at the Brooklyn navy
ward n the fleet will be able to san
for the south before January 18TH. II
was stated today that the pattlesnlp
iowa might get away this week. The
Ma ssach1lsetts and the Texas Will be
ready to go some time next week or
aar lv i'm the second week in January.
T1here is some uncertainty about the
Brooklyn.
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A PRETTY
DR.. Robert Duval Jones. of Newbern, Mar.
ried at st. James Church Yesterday At
High Noon to Miss Kate Whiting Walker.
of Wilmington

Dr. Robert Duval Jones, Of Mar.
ried at st. James Church Yesterday at
High Noon to Miss Kate Whiting Walker.
of Wilmington
lat high o o yesterday, Mr.. Robert
Duval Jones, a prominent young ply
stefan of Newbern, led to the altar Miss
Kate Whiting Walker. one OF Whining
toms most charming young ladies,
daughter of the late DIR. Joshua C.
Walker. The wedding o place at
St. James Episcopal church, which
loked beautiful in it's Christmas decora-
tions. The church was crowded with
the relatives and friends Of the couple,
and when the bridal party arrived, Mr..
E. H. Munson, the ~Organist, rendered
the bridal chorus from Lohengrim, as
they entered. The ushers, Messrs. r.
3. Mason and Richard Bradley, led the
way. Then came the attendants, lit
tie Miss Amoret Lord with Master
Frederick Munds, and following them
was the maid of honor, Miss Cammie
Lord, cousin of the bride, alfred in a
handsome tailor made grey-brown
suit, and carrying a bouquet of pink
carnations. The bride, wearing a be-
coming gown of dark green broadcloth,
and carrying a lovely bouquet Of pink
carnations, entered, leaning or arm Of
her cousin, Mr.. F. "A. Lord. The groom,
accompanied by his best man, MI. D.
r. Davis, of Newbern, came in from
the vestry room and Joined the bride
at the chancel. hence they presented
themselves before the altar, with it's
hundreds of burning candles, and there
the ceremony was beautifully perform
ed by the Rev. DR.. Strange.
When the marriage had been pro-
nounced, the bridal party retired to the
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, while the bell in the tower rang
out HAPPY peals.
From the church., the party went to
the residence of Mr.. F. A. Lord, on
Front and Ann streets, where an ele-
CANT wedding breakfast was served.
The wedding presents we're numerous
q. and handsome.
DIR. and Mrs. Jones left on the 2:25
p. m. train for Newbern," where they
will make their home. I'm that city,
last evening, there was a reception and
German in their honor, at the desidence
of K. r. Jones, Esq, on New street.
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Columbus, O., December Sd. G.
Reed, of Richmond. Va. and MT. Ha-
gen, Of Chicago, tin plate men. r here
waiting for others, the purpose being,
if possible, to restore rates agreed upon
at a previous meeting, but which were
violated by part OF the members
thereof.
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PRODUCE.

Peanuts-North Carolina. prime 55G6Oc
per bushel; extra prime. 65c; fancy 72hc.
Virginia-Extra prime, 40G45c.
Rice-Uplands, 654Soc: lowlands. $1.101
$1.15.
Corn-72G50c.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, 10G11c;
shoulders, S061zc; sides, 7h4Sc.
Chickens-DulI; spring 1O11Sc: hens
1SG25c; ROSTERS, 1S@22c.
Turkeys, Qive), &c to 10c per pound.
Eggs-Dull at tic.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch, hearts and
saps. $1.0542.1 10: six inch, 81. 5O13.5 so.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
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NAVAL STORES.

v STORES.
Spirits turpentine Machine barrels
steady at &c: country barrels steady at
31zc.
Rosin firm at $1.15 and $1.2o.
Tar firm at $1.6.
Crude turpentine quiet: hard $40;
yellow dip 80: Virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits tur-
pentine 24ac and 2Ac: rosin $1.5 and
$50: tar 500: crude turpentine $40.
s.. so and $3.50.
Receipts today-5o casks spirits tur-
pentine, 3S barrels rosin. 23 barrels tar.
IS barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-S4 casks
spirits t~urpentine. 574 barrels rosin, 154
barrels tar, 16 barrels crude turpentine.
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COTTON.


New York, December 29.-Cotton quiet;
middling 5 15-16c; net receipts 1, 1874; gross
receipts 6,519; experts to Great Britain
1,16o; forwarded 1880; sales 100; stock
114. $40.
Total today: Net receipts ASH; ex-
ports t. Great Britain 1,16O; to the con-
tinent 10,SS9: stock 1909, 400.
Consolidated: Net receipts POI ,131; ex-
ports to Great Britain 46,0S6; to France
1884; to the continent 50,470.
Total since September LIST: Net receipts
5.4O1 252; exports to Great Britain 1,713,-
500; to France 1883; 20 the Continent
Futures closed steady; sales 1852, 700
bales: January SIS; February 5.7S; March
5.s2; April 5.S6: May 81: June 5.s6; July
800: August SCI: September 500; October
6.C4; December STA.
Srot cotton closed quiet: middling up
lands 5 15-16c; middling gulf 6 3-16c; sales
100 bales.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-steady at SIC; net receipts
Is, 1853.
Norfcik-Quiet at SIC; net receipts
2,S12.
Baltimcre-Nominal at 55sc; net re-
ceipts 800; gross receipts 1888.
at 5 15-16c; net receipts
2,547; gross receipts 4,I6.
Wilmingtcn-Firm at 5 7-16c; net re-
ceipts 764.
Philadelphiz-Net receipts 11s.
Savannah-Quiet at 5 3-16c; net receipts
1858.
New Orleans-Ste21y at 5%c; net re-
ceipts %, 443; gross receipts IA, 191.
Mobile-Quiet at SIC; net receipts $3.50.
MempLis-Steady at 5 5-16c; net receipts
1929: gross receipts 1852.
Augusta-Firm at 5 9-16c; net receipts
$50; gross receipts S21.
Charleston-Quiet at S Slice; net re-
ceipts 1872.
Cincinnati-Quiet at 51kc; net receipts
sos.
Louisville-Firm at 5kc.
ST. L~ouis-Quiet at 5asc; net receipts
| S25; gross receipts S,154.
] Houston-Steady at 5kc; net receipts
| 1924.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, December 29.-The leading fu,
lures were as follows:
Opeu. High. Low. Clos
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BY TELEGRAPH


New York, December 29.-Money on call
stiff at 2M4 per cent; last loan at 2z per
cent; closed offered at 2Ea per cent:
prime mercantile paper 3k44A per cent;
ness in bankers bills at 81. S4as@ .S4Ha for
demand and alt $4.S1A@4S1A for sixty
days; posted rates 81. SO and $4.&51a4
4.S6; commercial bills $4.SOA; silver certifi-
Gates 5614@57A; bar silver 56s; Mexican
dollars 46; government bonds weak; state
bonds dull; railroad bonds firm.