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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
New York Stock Market.

New York, March I'm the early
trading at the stock exchange, the
market was inclined to weakness, ow-
ing chiefly to lower quotations from
London and renewed activity on the
part Of the bears, who were working
for a reaction. The foreign selling was
attributed to uneasiness prevailing in
London owe the South African situa-
ton, but in the aggregate, the stocks
sold for this account were Of insight
ticant proportions. The decline was
also unimportant, except in the cases of
Jersey Central and Manhattan. Jersey
Central dropped 2 per cent. to 1914 on
rates by brokers who have been active
in depressing the stock for some time
past. Manhattan fell to 85B On the re-
vival Of the reports Of reduced divi-
dends. The directors of the
held a meeting today and, according to
rumOr, the dividend question was not
acted upon. The early loss in the gen.
eral list was only "A to r. per cent. In
the afternoon a firmer tone
the result Of the announcement by Lake
Shore officials of the sale of $50, 600, 600
worth of gold bonds. The bonds are
to pay 31a per cent. and run for 100
years. The issue is made for the pur-
pose of retiring $45, 900, 900 Z per cent.
bOnds maturing from 1898 until 1908.
Ai,io SON ~" ~ u
chases of stocks for both the long and
short account and prices advanced to
the top figures of the day. The favOra-
BILE statement of the Burlington and
Quincyfor January added to the bullish
feeling and encouraged purchases of
the western issue. Among the latter
Omaha common was conspicuous for a
rise to SO, the highest price of the year.
Lake Shore, however, was the feature,
jumping from 1877 to 171h, with a SUISSE
quent reaction to 1922. All the other
Vanderbilt railway properties moved up
in sympathy. In the Industrials sugar
was sold at the start on vague Wash
ingtOn juniors of unfavOrable tariff &C
ton by the new congress-. In the late
trading there was some disposition to
take profits and the market receded
~fractionally. At the close the market
was firm. Net changes show gains of
Is to "a per cent. Lake Shore, however,
gained 8 per cent. n Brooklyn Union
Gas 2 per cent. Total sales were Jag, 993
shares, including 49, SOC, Sugar, 20 1900 ST.
Paul, 20, 100 Burlington and Quincy and
II, 300 Jersey Central. Bonds were firm
in tone today. The sales aggregated
81, 81, 900.
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r.

Marion Messenger: 1t may be stated
positively that the Novelty Woodwork
ing Company will locate in Marion.
Winston Sentinel: We learn that the
colored people Of Winston have taken
about $4,000 stock in the cotton fac
tory to be worked in Atlanta by COL
ored operatives.
The Southern railway has bought
5000 tons Of heavy steel rails. This
amount will lay $50 or 300 miles Of
track. Some of these rails will be laid
between Atlanta and Charlotte.
Louisburg Times: Jerry Neal. color
ed, who stole a bale Of cotton from j.
X. Jones' cotton gin last October, was
arrested and brought here last week
and tried before Justice O. L. Ellis. In
default OF bail he was sent to Jail.
Mt. Airy News: We do not under
stand why 1t is that Surry county has
had over forty murders since the war
and not n legal execution. Men do
not e the gallows in our county-it
has no horror for the blood stained,
cold hearted assassin. He knows he
viii escape the gallows and he is not
mistaken.
Salisbury World: Virgil Foard. the
Oldest living man in Rowan county
was in town today. Uncle Virgil" as
he is Familiarity known, was 1O1 years
old last November and still retains
possession Of active mental faculties
and his eyesight is good. He walked to
town this morning, a distance of six
miles, and back to his home this ev-
ening.
Governor Russell has pardoned Geo.
Dudley, who was sent to the peniten-
tiary from Pitt county for killing Red
Blow, coIored, over a game Of cards
some years ago, say The Greenville
Reflector. George ran away after com
hitting the deed, was subsequently
caught in Richmond and brought back
here for trial, a convicted OF man
slaughter and sentenced to fifteen
years in the penitentiary. He server a
few months over five years Of the sem
tence.
Winston Sentinel: Death has remov.
cd another one of Winston's we'll
known citizens in the person Of Mr.. q.
L. Rayle, who passed away at 1920
O'Clock this morning at his home on
fourth street. Consumption was the
cause or his demise. Mr.. Rayle was
born on July Is, 1885, and was there
fore In his 62nd year. He was a gradu-
ate or Trinity cc. &c and for a number
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Cotton
Especial TO The Messenger.)

especial 10 Inc messenger
New York. March 2.-There was d
sharp drop in prices on the cotton ex-
change today. Traders were again dis
appointed this morning by the Liver
pool cables which reported a decline of
lad in that market and prices here
were Z points down at the opening. The
market made a feeble effort to rally
early in the day. but the bull enthu-
siasm has received a check in the last
two days, and when large selling orders
came in from Liverpool, which market
furnished our chief support yesterday,
a quick drop ensued. The execution OF
many stop orders accelerated the de-
cline. May opened at us. advanced to
III, declined to 40 and closed at III
to 7.12, with the one Of the market
steady. The southern markets remain
firm at unchanged quotations. The
liquidation here has been heavy and We
do not expect this decline to prove eth
er serious or lasting.
RIORDAN & co.
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Lard-May $40. $40, s4.O5, s4.05;
July $4.20, 1920, s4.15, s4.15.
Ribs-May $4.22k. s4.25, s417k. SALTY:
July s4.3213, s4.32E, $4.25. s4.27k.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour was dull and firm: hard spring
wheat patents s4a$4.30 in wood: soft
wheat patents s3.90Qs4.10; hard wheat
bakers S2-60Gs3 in sacks; No. 2 spring
wheat 4SG75Ac; No. 2 red S4SGs5Ac;
No. 2 corn 23G23Ac; No. ? oats 16Ac:
mess pork s7.95GsS; lard s3.956$4; short
ribs. sides Sf10Gs4.30: ID S Shoulders
$3.50; whiskey s1.17.
New York. March Flour dull.
steady. unchanged; southern -four dull.
unchanged.
Wheat-Spot market dull: spring
wheat firm; winter wheat weaker: f. o.
b. SShc: ungraded red 70GS7c. Options
opened firm and advanced IL T112c. fell
%d1c on realizing. closing weak at IA
sc over yesterday with trading fairly
active; No. 2 red. March S27sc: May
size; July 7912c: September &c.
Corn-Spots quiet, firm: No. ,. 29G
29Ac elevator: 29a d30c afloat: steamer
mixed 264c; new No. 2. 21hG21Ac ele-
vator. Options were dull and firm at
March 29c: May 2sIkc: July gle.
Oats-Spots dull. firm: options firmer:
May 21&c. SPOT prices-No. 2. 21hc:
NO. Z White 2312c; mixed western oT23
Lard-Quiet. unsettled: western
steam s4.25; city at s3.95ds4; May s4.35
nominal; refined dull; continent $455;
South American SASS: compound 4G4A.
Pork-Quiet, steady, unchanged.
Eggs-LOwer; state and Pennsyl-
vania 14c: western fresh 13613hc;
southern 12k@13kc.
Cotton Seed Oil--Quiet, steady. I'M
changed.
Rice-Fir unchanged.
MolasseS-Moderate demand: New
Orleans open kettle, good to choice 100
Bic.
Peanuts-Ouiet, unchanged.
Coffee-Steady, unchanged to 5 points
up; March s9.05; April 81. 106$9.15 Sep
TENDER 1920: October 1920; December
1928: Spot Rio dull, steady; No. Z. csc.
Sugar-Raw. dull. nominal: fair refin-
ing 2 13-16c: centrifugals &C; test SIC:
refined unchanged. dull.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin quiet, unchanged.
Turpentine firm at 30@31c.
Charleston-Turpentine dull at 26c.
Rosin quiet; strained, common to good
$1.35 to $1.40.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS firm at 27kc;
sales 307; receipts 1O4. Rosin firm;
sales 1900; receipts 1888. A B c D E
F $1.45; G 81. so; H 1.6O; 1 $1.7O: X 81. so;
M $1.S5; N 81. 80; w G $1.95; w w 5 2.15.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

ny local applications as they cannot reach h
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
:ional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in-
famed condition Of the mucous lining Of tho
Tustachian Tube. When this tube is inGaned
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear.
'ng, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition OF
he mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Do"fnesS tCauseG By catarrh) that can.
aot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
ircu!a-s; free.
~ ~T.TNEy g. CO., Toledo, @.
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A Valuable Presentation.

Editor Morrison Of Worthington. IND.
sun" writes: You have a yaluble
prescription in Electric Bitters, and I
can cheerfully recommend it for Com
stipation and Sick Headache, and as a
general system tonic it has no equal"
Mrs. Annie Stehle, 1926 Cottage Grove
Ave, Chicago, was all run down. could
not eat nor digest food, had a back
ache which never left her and felt
tired and weary. but six bottles OF
Electric Bitters restored her health and
renewed her strength Prizes so cents
and $1.0O. Get a Bottle at r. r.. Bel
lamy's Drug Store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04
The Ideal Panacea.

&c, says: Il regard DR.. Kings New
Discovery as an Ideal Panacea for
Coughs, Colds and Lung Complaints,
having used it in my family for the
last five years. to the exclusion of ply
sician's prescriptions or other prepa-
rations."
Rev. John Burgess, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes: Il have been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for so
years or more, and have never found
anything so beneficial, or that gave me
speedy relief as DIR. Kings New
Disco very" Try this Ideal Cough Rem
edy nov. Trial Bottles Free at =. r.
Drug Store.
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Chicago, March 1.-The wheat mark
ct today was noted for sharp fluctua-
tons and no temporary buoyancy. At
one time prices were about nc above
yesterdays close, but the greater part
of the bulge disappeared before the
close. Ina quotations showing but nc
net gain for the day. st. Louis led the
boom and was also responsible for the
subsequent break. May wheat at that
place jumped to &c over yesterday, but
afterwards lost &c. 1t was said hat a
short in the market settled, after which
the price was permitted to drop. Cash
wheat was firm and 1 to 1kc higher,
closing kc higher.
Trading in corn was moderate, with
no feature or noteworthy character
istic. Commission houses were the best
buyers, whilst there was some selling
The independent sentiment in this grain
is far from bearish. Some of today's
selling was assumed to be for a promi-
nent St. Louis long. Cash corn was
steady.
The oats market was dull and neglect
ed, no large orders being executed and
the number Of small ones being limited.
There was no particular change in cash
oats. The trade was moderately active
and featureless.
The provision market was fairly
steady at the opening, but afterwards
became heavy, with trade stagnant. a
decline in hog prices was the primary
motive for weakness. May pork and
lard each closed TIC lower than yester-
day, and Nay ribs &c lower.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,


New York, March money on call
easy at 1k@1A per cent; last loan at
~ n closing offered at " per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 3 per cent.
silver CAS-. Sterling exchange
easier with actual business in bankers
bills at $4.S5A for sixty days, and $4.87@
$4.87A for demand. Posted rates $4.86
@$4.S8. Commercial bills at $.83%@
$4.84A. Government bonds firm; state
bonds dull; railroad bonds higher. Sill
yer at the board was weak.
Treasury balances: Coin 1871, $50, 31S;
currency SCI, 823, 624.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-04

A favorite remedy for many Of the
ills Of this life is Simmons Liver Regu-
lator, the most popular medicine yet
discovered. 1t is a searching cleanser,
and by it's action frees the system of all
impurities, producing a sound, healthy
liver. It is the standard household
remedy for liver and stomach troubles,
and has the unqualified endorsement of
thousands of our best citizens through
out the country. Having been before
the people for many years, it's long and
honorable career is a sufficient guaran-
tee of purity and reliability. Simmons
Liver Regulator is manufactured by J.
H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, and is
readily distinguished by the red z on
each package.
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OF course, Mr.. Cleveland never sus-
pected Fitzhugh Lee had grit enough
to expose the conspiracy by means of
which Olney has allowed the S~paniards
to butcher American citizens and insult
the American flag.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton, dem.
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That Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies the
blood and relieves a vast amount of
suffering is not a theory but a well
known fact.
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NAVAL STORES.
Spirits observation-disclosures barrels
firm at 21kc; country barrels firm at
&c.
Rosin firm at s1.45 and $3.50.
Tar firm at CSC.
Crude t%urpentine nominal; hard 1.30;
soft $3.50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
turpentine at &c and 26hc; rosin 1925
and $3.50; tar SOC; crude turpentine
$50 and $1.90.
Receipts today-18 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 80 barrels rosin, SO barrels tar,
- barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-32 casks
spirits turpentine, 1873 barrels rosin,
359 barrels tar, - barrels crude tur-
D%entinp
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the matter of purchasing the oil por-
trait of Senate Vance, now on view.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.
COTTON

WllmlngtOn, n. G, March 2.
Receipts of cotton today-2S5 bales.
Receipts corresponding day last year
SO bales.
This seasons receipts to date-229, 917
bales.
Receipts to same date last year
15S,S85 bales.
The quotations posted at 4 O'clock to-
day at the exchange:
Cotton firm.
Ordinary ............ ............ Az
Good middling. So
Low middling .....-.... .......... 6h
Middling .-..-...-.. .............. 6k
Good middling ........ ..... 3-15
Prices same day last year INC
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COTTON

y s new 3T6 r6s..123. do COurC
asked. ibid. tsG-div. Ssellers.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
Two Tragedies in Arkansas,

England, Ark, Sept. 2-George
Young. prominent farmer of In
dianola, was shot and killed by his
step-son yesterday. Young had
beaten the boys mother and the son
was determined hs should not re-
peat it This be did cruelty. aud
the son shot Young, causing death
in hour.
Pine Bluff. Ark, Sept. 2.-The
dead body Of a negro was found
hanging to tros line in the Arkan
sas river yesterday near Robroy. A
rope around the neck and several
gashes in the head indicate that the
negro had been lynched and thrown
into the river. There was nothing
on the body which the man could be
identified and 10 lyncbing has been
in that vicinity recently.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
Train Wrecked,

Naeos doches. Tex, Sept. 1.-Th he
south bound passenger train of the
Houston East and West Texas Rail.
way, due here at HAS, was wrecked
near Sterne, twelve miles south, Mon
day night. D. D. Moss OF Chirene
lex was killed instantly and ten
Others more or less seriously ipiur-
ed
A weak bridge is said to be Tie
cause one side giving awav after
the engine and baggage car had
passed safely over. and rolling tho
other coaches down an enhsnkmsn+
of several feet.
u. D. Moss, who was killed bsla
an accident policy for $4,000 One
report says it expired at miduisb,
JUS before the accident
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
The Couple Kissed.
an arrest.

New York, Sept. 2.-The union
OF January and May always excites
interest, but it rarely throwsa whole
community into such commotion as
did the marriage of John Eckhardt
n years, of Elizabeth, N. j, with
pretty Julia Grahle, who is scarcely
out of her teens.
The ceremony was pei formed at
the German Morayian church shortly
after noon yesterday. The church
was filled with curious onlookers.
who by no means sympath;zed with
the principals.
At length the couple emerged
from the church and the pent.up
feelings of the crowd found express.
sion. The men jeered and bissed
and the women and children de
nounced the happy couple.
The demonstration became so
threatening that the newly married
pair would have been stoned if the
driver had not bundled them into
his coach and drove rapidly away.
Eckhardts neighbors are indig
nant He buried his first wife only
two months ago.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
AsWife Traded.

New York, Sept. 3.-Jacob Sch :
reck was arraigned in the Essex Mar
ket Police Court upon the complaint
OF David Sachs, who charged him
with stealing watch valued ut $3.50
Schreck said that he had sold his
wife to Sachs for the watch and
chain, and that when she got tire Il
OF Sachs she left him ard Sachs then
had him arrested. The result of
this tale was that all three were lock-
ed up. Mrs. Schreck is held for big
amy, Sachs for marrying a married
woman and Schreck for stealing the
watch and chaiu.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
By POISON
Is d Farmers Family Of Ten Prasirgi

ed.
Metropolis, H., Sept. IA
wholesale poisoning has occurred IN
the family of Henry Miller, promi
nent farmer, living near here. Soon
after breakfast yesterday, tee entire
family Of 10, excepting Morn Miller,
a daughter, by 6 former wife, was
taken Violently IL A physician was
summoned The illness was at once
declared to be due TO the admins
tration of poison. A package Of
Rough on Rats" was found to be
missing.
1t was soon ascegtained that the
poison was administered through
scrambled eggs, of which all ate
heartily except Nora Miller, who
had complained of cruel treatment
from her father and stepmother,
The baby has died. Heury Miller
the father, is expected to die, and
also his wife. The other children,
Simon, Albert, Oscar, Isaac, jacob
and Agnes, and Sophia Schafer, the
servant girl, are dangerously i'll.
There seems now to be no doubt
that the family OF Henry Miller was
poisoned by the daughter, Nora
Miller. There is no doubt that the
young girl was demented, and all of
the family that are conscious this
morning want her treated by an ex-
pert.
This course was recommended by
her brother, DR.. Andrew Miller, of
this city. There is no thought of
an arrest.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
For SO Years.

Dallas. Tex. Sept. 1.-Two ne-
groes, Tom CLARK and Tosa Williams
who on SATURDAY. night last c>mmIt-
ted criminal assault on Mss Narg
Dooly. a young white woman. were
convicted Yesterday evening, and
each was sen.e1ced to 80 years IN
prisonment
Their guilt was so clear that the
verdict is not satisfactory to the
public, as the popular demand was
for death sentence. The condem.
ed men may be lvncked.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
How's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward tor any case OF catarrh that cannot
be cured bv Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY / Go Pres, oledo o.
We the unders igned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last Is years. ard be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in ali bus
iness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm.
WEST & TRuAx. Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo 0. WALDISG, kISSAS & MAR
Vim, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. Price
75c, per bottle. Sold bv all druggists.
Testimonials tree,
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
M'laurin Wins.

Columbia S C, Sept 1.-The
latest returns 10 the Senatorial phi
mary election held In South Carroll.
ma Yesterday gave McLaurin, 10.
So: Evans. {. 230; Irby, 3,570: a ma,
jority Of l0,062 for McLaurlp
While McLsurins majority viii not
be materially increased By later re.
turns, 1t Is too great to be overcome
by any returns from the back dis
tricts yet to be heard from. Alieht
vote was polled, probably not ex-
ceedlng 10000. Last year $4,000
votes were cast in the contest be-
tween Earl and Evans.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
SPECIAL Commissioner Sale of Real
Estate.

:. ny authority Of q decree in partition made by
M .he etrcalt court Of Bates county, Missouri. La
.tiF case of Adah Fitch, ct al. vs. Louisa Jane
Danieison, ct al. will sell at private gaIE at
.he best pric" 10 be- obtained therefor, the fni-
Ioni.s as-cr1hed real estate situated In Bates
county, Missouri, to-wit:
,, M ne east naif Of lots number Cd and two
!-I oi tae northeast quarter Of section fanr 4 in
-" hrhip forty 40 range thirty-three 1881: also
i .ie soath hali Of the southeast quarter Of Sec
uoh thirt .-thrse f53J in township forty-oae ali
~ range thirty-three 1887: siso the east half OF
iota humber one III and two lg5 Of the northwest
quarter OF section four III and the west half or
Iots number one IL and two 10 Of the northeast
quarter OF section four ~ in township forty 1al
range thirty three ezsJ
Hs terms OF sale viii be cash and said sale
Will be made subject 10 the auuroya al OF the rir-
sais court AZ acres OF the above described
Iahd IS situated in Homer township, and eighty
scres adtoinining il in West Point towasnip
ne wnoie 522 acres viii be sold in a body, or
- VIII De Divided into smaller tracts TO suit
purchaser.
JOHN c. HAYES,
su Special CoSnmis ionsr
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
A Sound Liver Makes Well Man

Are you Bilious, cons'Ipated or trou.
bled with Jaundice, Sick Headache, bad
taste in the mouth. foul breath, coated
tongue, dyspepsia, Indigestion, hot dry
skin, pain in the back and between the
shoulders, chllls and tever, &c. If you
have any of these symptoms, your liver
is out of order and your blood is slowly
being poisoned because your liver does
not act properly. Herbine will cure all
disorder of the liver, Stomach or bowels
1t has no equal as liver medicine. Price
IS cents. Free trial bottles at H. l..
fuckers drugstore. 441y
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
OASTo7IA
TIE sac- n
dmile ~ !s ea
';'s:i'''& % &zZzzsI !::;;:,. :::;E
GENERAL LEE
May Make the Race for the Senate.

May Make the Race for the Senate.
Washington, d. G., Sept. mo
one doubts that Senator Daniel of
Virginia, will succeed himself IN the
United States Senate. No one else
is seriously talked of, but there is
opposition developing against Sena-
tor Marten. He is the target of
much criticism in certain parts of
the State where he is accused Of not
being true friend af silver. 1t is
generally understood in Virginia
that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee refused to
be candidate for Governor in order
that he might make the race for the
United States Senate to succee d
Marten.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
Pledge Safety,


Dallas, Tex, Sept. 1.-The peo-
pie of Mineral Wells held a mass
meeting last night on a call OF May
or Kearns aud passed resolutions
denouncing Whitecaps and Resula-
tors, and p!edging protection to ne.
groes "who conduct themselves as
good citizens
Many speeches were made, and it
was evident from the tone of the
meeting that the term good citizen
ship" meant all it implies to the con
trary to certain element of the ne
groes who have not been so circum-
spect in their conduct. The Kauf.
man County officers have arrested d
three white men. who are charged
with completely ia the Whitecap
lawlessness in that county. In an
interview today County Attorney
Dashiel declares that he will make
the most vigorous prosecution DOS
sible.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-09
General John B. Clarke is Out,

Washington, d. c., Sept. 2-Sec.
retary Gage has accepted the resig.
nation OF General John b. Clarke of
Missouri, who was chief of the ma.
terial division of the treasury. His
salary was $4,000. The position is
no longer necessary and no one will
be appointed to succeed him. Cen
eral Clarke was at one time clerk of
the House OF Representatives.