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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-23
FINANCIAL

Especial to The Messenger.)
New York, March 20.-It is no often
that we have a less interesting week
in cotton than the one just ended. This
cannot be attributed to a lack of fea-
lures which usually affect prices. Thd
unfavorable planting prospects report
ed from every section Of the south
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-23
NAVAL STORES.

Spirits observation-disclosures barrels
steady at cSEc; country barrels steady at
&c.
Rosin firm at s1.45 and $-5.
Tar firm at 800.
Crude turpentine quiet; hard N-5o; soft
S1.9.
Prices same day last year-Spirits tur-
pentine at 25l~c and &c: rosin N.S0 and
S-&; tar soc; crude turpentine S-@ and
S1.V.
Receipts today-50 casks spirits turpen-
tine. $50 barrels rosin. las barrels tar. Is
barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same date last year-30 casks
spirits turpentine. It's barrels rosin. - bar
rels tar, L barrels crude turpentine.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-23
WILMINGTON MARKETS.
COTTON REPORTS.

Wilmington. y. c. March D.
Receipts OF cotton today-SS bales.
Receipts corresponding day last year
81 bales.
This seasons receipts to date-ssi.5..
bales.
Receipts to same date last y~ear-Is2. Al
bales
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock today
at the exchange.
Cotton steady.
Ordinary .... ~
Good middling 6
LOW MiuUnLls VIZ
MiQCllns .--.......-. -...........-....-. =
GOOD miGIi1ng & S-1o
Prices same day last year TSc-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-23
POSTAL TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
SENATOR BUTLER INTRODUCES
A BILL THEREFOR.

A Flood of Bills in the Senate-A Conn
munication From the Governor of Ore.
gon Confirmation by the Senate-Indi.
cations of a Lively Session in the House
Democrats Divided as to Leadership in
the House-Time Fixed for Passing the
Tariff Bill Two Appropriation Bills
Passed.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
CIVIL SERVICE LEAGUE.
Carl schurz Reelected I're.idcnt-rh,
Resolutions Adopted.

Carl Schurz Reelected Presitlcnt-Ehc
Resolutions Adopted.
Cincinnati. Dec. 49, The Nationa!
Civil Service Reform league reelected
Carl Schurz president by acc,amation.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions, which reported through it's
chairman, Charles j. Bonaparte, of Ball
timore. was adopted as follows:
~ The National Civil Service Reform
league. assembled in this. its seventeenth
annual meeting. reminds the country Of
the specific and emphatic pledges Of the
last republican national convention thor
oughly and honestly to enforce the pres
ent federal civil service law. and to ex-
tend its operation wherever practicable.
The league confidently expects from the
president and demands from every re-
publican senator and representative a
faithful fulfillment Of this distinct and
solemn pledge.
(0 The league denounces any attemp. on
the part Of republican members OF either
house of congress to repeal the law or
embarrass its administration. or any mod
ification Of its provisions. except to the
end that the merit system Of selection
for public officers and employees may be
extended and personal or partisan favorit-
ism in their choice more thoroughly erad-
icated. and declares such attempts not
only unpatriotic and unwise. but gross and
shameful breaches of party faith of which
no man of honor would be guilty.
go The league recognizes in the order Of
President Mckinley. forbidding removals
in the classified service unless for good
cause and after due notice to the per-
son accused. a wise and just measure, fully
indorsed by an enlightened public opinion,
and 1t demands for this order fair con-
struction and a practical enforcement, with
adequate punishment for any officials who
may disobey or seek to evade its provi-
Inn
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
NATIONAL LAW makers.
Proceedings Of the Fifty-Fifth Con-
gress in Annual Session
in Washington.
BOTH HOUSES SETTLE DOWN 70 WORK.
lis the senate Many Bil,s ana i'cti-
liOns Are Introduced aud Dls-
cusscd-In the House Important
Measures Are brought Forth - a
Dpily Summary OF Proceedings.

Washington, Dec. 15.-After the In
PRODUCTION of few bills in the senate
yesterday an adjournment was taken
out of respect to President Mckinley,
who was in attendance upon the funeral
of his mother.
Washington, Dec. 16.-A bill was
passed in the senate yesterday provid-
ing for the prohibition of pelagic seal
ing by Americans. The session closed
with spirited civil service debate upon
the bill providing for the appointment
of director of the census.
Washington, Dec. II. - A bill was
passed in the senate yesterday appro-
priating $250,000 for the relief of Amer
lean miners and other sufferers in the
Yukon valley in Alaska. a resolution
was adopted for holiday recess from
December is to January 5.
Washington, Dec. IS. - A joint reso-
luton accepting the invitation of Nor
way to participate in an international
fisheries exposition next year was
passed in the senate yesterday, also 1873
private pension bills. Resolutions on
The death of William Steele Holman,
late representative from Indiana, were
adopted.
Washington, Dec. 20. The senate on
Saturday received and adopted the con-
ference report on the bill appropriating
100000 for the relief of miners in the
Yukon river country. The nominati
of William Penn Nixon as collector of
customs at Chicago was confirmed.
Adjourned to January5.
Washington, Dec. 14.-In the house
yesterday the legislative, executive and
judicial bill was reported. 1t carries a
total of $21, ,562 ,425, being $7sO.S6l less
than the estimates.
Washington, Dec. 15-The legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
tion bill was discussed in the house
yesterday, after which an adjournment
was taken as token of sympathy and
respect for the president.
Washington, Dec. 16.-The house
spent the time yesterday in the consid-
Grafton of the Legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill and SO of the
112 pages of the bill were covered. A
resolution was adopted for n holiday
recess from December 1s to January 5.
Washington, Dec. 17.-ln the house
yesterday bill requiring all immi-
grants on reaching here to be able to
read or write was favorably reported,
and bill was passed appropriating
$4,000 for relief of people in the
Yukon valley.
Washington, Dec. IS. The consider
alton of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill was COM
pleted in the house yesterday. except
ing the paragraph relating to the civil
service.
Washington. Dec. 20. - The confer
ence report on the emergency relief
measure for the Klondille country was
presented and agreed to in the house on
Saturday. Adjourned to january S.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

For the Week Eenaaag Dec. 20.
Slight shocks of earthquake were fel:
Mt Ashland and Richmond. Va.
Snow fell to the depth of two feet
over the greater portion of Nebraska.
Alphonse Daudet. the famous Ffench
novelist. died in Paris. aged 81 years.
In q blizzard in Schleicher county.
Tex. hcrdcr and 10000 sheep were
| lost.
The sultan Of Turkey and the king of
Greece have finally ratified the peace
treaty.
Twenty-Five horses were burned to
death in Joseph Badenoch's barn in
Chicago.
Charles L. Child, an ex-member of
| congress from Illinois, died in Pitts
burgh, PA.
Fire wiped out nearly the entire busi-
ness portion Of Duryea, Pa. and two
| lives were lost.
John Morgan was hanged at Ripley.
w. Va. for numbering three members
of the Green family.
At Ardmore, I. T., fire destroyed the
courthouse and many valuable court
records were burned.
The Northwestern overland limited
train was wrecked at Vail, Ia, and 10
persons were injured.
Thirty-three men were injured, two
fatally, in a collision on the Rio Grande
road near Castle Rock, Col.
Mrs. Dinah Sutton, the last of the
slaves ever owned in New Jersey, died
in her home in Paterson, aged 105 years.
The Canadian government has decided
to permit Americans to ship goods into
Alaska through Canadian territory in
bond.
Tom Waller (colored), implicated in
the murder of the Brown family, was
lynched by a mob at Bankston Ferry.
Miss.
A gasoline stove exploded in Ho!-
yoke, Mass, killing Mrs. Amelia Koegel.
aged IS, and Alfred Kenell, aged two
years.
The Let's Fletcher company's whole
sale grocery store at MarsEalltown, Ia,
was destroyed by fire, causing loss of
$4,000.
For the last nine months the increase
in the exports of merchandise was $751;
901 ,435 and the gain in imports was $685.
492,194.
The total output of sugar from the
Hawaiian islands for the year Just clos
ing is 24s,567 tons, against PAS, ,555 tons
last year.
Jacob We'll, aged SO. one of Chicago's
best-known real estate owners and cap
italists, shot himself dead in his office
while temporarily insane.
The Citizens bank at Oelwein, Ia, II.
c. sturgis & Co., proprietors, made a
voluntary assignment and closed it's
doors. Liabilities, $4,000.
In Chicago j. Hanrahan and Patrick
Ferris, Judges of election, were con-
victed sof falsifying returns and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary.
Charles Doring. enc of the best-known
bandmasters in the United States and
organizer of the famous Doring's band.
died at his home in Troy, N. Y.
Alurderers were hanged as follows:
Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks at JEFF
ferson, Ca; Bud Beerd (colored). aged
IA years, at Carrollton. Ala; William
johnson at Covington. Tenn, and Will
liam Carr at Liberty, Mo.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

For 40 years the old stone house at
Tappan, N. Y, which was converted
into a prison during the revolutionary
war, and about which cluster memor-
les of one Of the most tragic incidents
of that dark time, has been closed to
public view. It was behind those gray
walls that Maj John Andre spent the
last days of his short life, and it was
from that house that he was taken on
October 2, 1850, and executed as a spy.
Now it is being converted into pub
lie resorted, and those darkened rooms
will re-echo with merry laughter and
the rhythmic shuttle of dancing feet.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
THE BIG DITCH.

Chicag0's Famous Drainage Canal
to he Opened in 1SO:D.
Chicago, Dec. 1G.-Autumn, 1899, is
definitely set as the time when the
great sanitary canal of Chicago is to be
finished and put to the use for which
it is purposed. President Boldenweck,
of the drainage board, made this state
ment in his first message read to the
trustees Wednesday afternoon, and this
is the first authoritative expression
from the board on q point so important
to the people who are paying for the
enterprise.
So far over 5000, 900 have been cx-
pended in the work. extending over a
period Of five years.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24


notes. u shall be the duty Of the conptrolleI
OF the currency to levy upon and collect
from from every rational banking .ssoc!anon
sue such Which saId ,ea az
10 the the p OF she United % s..se! pain il
and July Of each year. and when 90 col.
Of witch The United States shall 10 r REIN. I'M
bursed for any redemption Of said unse-
Shall be invested by the secretary Of iae
IL such bonds 2, he
psa on 70 .he ,es q e
per annom On
.ocietioa shall dspo;it ,Iaad .s m.intain d
of lawful money equal 70 ten per centum
Of ITS aggregate &C, circulation. said aid sum to
and ana 10 be subject to all the provisions 81
fand rsi not Inconsistent With the provisions
Ct this ast and in Of the
Gates. and the tax Of two percentum on
the unsecured circulating notes Of national
banking assoeiations ad 2, Of the dePcsit
Gh the fseh of Gntea states ].
pledged to the redemption in lawful money
Of the at al tine
tions.
Withdrawal OF Small Notes.
''sec. y That the comptroller of the cur
this act shall take effect. any OF the circu-
e
than ten dollars shall be redeemed pr re-;
States. they snail Be Cancelled and 'tee de-.
stroyed. and other notes Of lawful demons
TO- That I on ane after she da,e when
notes Of the nationa! banking associa tions
New York. and at such other s1b-treas- s.
she eurreney Wsh ts ap
And !he eirealating notes q which national
charged to the ten per centum redemption
fund OF such ASSOCIATIONS under such regu-
trolier Of the Currency with the approval Of
the secretary OF the treasury.
Tax OF National llnnlks. :
'sec. II. That in lieu OF all existing taxes
notes. noses shall pay y to TIE treasarer 81 the
United States In the months of January
and July of each year tax Of one-fourth
the % average amount Of its notes in Cir. Cir.
culation. provided, however. that during
The deposit q United @ states j. notes: treas:
substitution OF bonds by the secretary Of
the treasury. as in n.s:. this aSt. provided the
for and secured by said United States
notes, treasury notes. or silver certificates
shall be exempt from taxation under the
provisions Of this act.
Capital Of National Banks.
"Sec II. Section 5l3S Of the Revised Stat
utes shall be amended to read as follows:
mo association shall be organized with
q less capita. than slo6:oeo. except
than $50 900 may. with the approval OF the
not exceed 5000 inhabitants, and except
$4,000 may. with the approval 9t the sec:
exceed s.oo6 Inhabitants: No association
shall be organized In a city the population
Of which exceeds 1000 persons. with a less
capital than 100000
''This act snail take effect on and after
the day of-1S9-: and all acts and parts
Of acts inconsistent with the provisions
Of this act are hereby repealed"
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

AMoNa the bills introduced at the
present session is one which proposes
o'put on the retired list as officers of
the United States navy, without pay,
past, present or future all surviving
active volunteer officers who served
for year or more in the rebel.
lion. It is further provided that
each of these officers being on the re.
tired list shall be presented with a
regulation sword, with the inscription:
Presented by the United States in
recognition of services in the United
States navy during the war of the re.
ho11iOn -
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

The agricultural department is now
engaged in series of experiments
with the laying of steel tracks ON
country roads which open up possibili-
ties of economical hauling of which
past generations never dreamed. It
appears that roads may be equipped
with these rails at a cost not greatly, il
at all, in excess Of macadamizing, and
perhaps much more cheaply. Private
experimenters are working along the
same lines, and the results obtained by
some of them are truly astonishing.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

The Belgians are extremely careful
of their historic souvenirs. In the
front of a house situated in the Eau.
bourg de Shearbuch, in Brussels, there
is to be seen, half buried in plaster, q
cannon ball which was fred from q
Dutch cannon some time during the
revolution of 1880, and has ever since
been permitted to remain where it
struck. Recently it was determined
to restore and refront the house, and
it was decided to make the repairs
without disturbing the cannon ball.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

CHARLES Hv4su1zER, an Erie railroad
engineer, who's rups:6ne Of, the. fastest
trains over the Delaware division had,
an exciting experience in three-mile
race between a deer and his engine,
No. III. Just as his train bowled into
Sinners cut he saw q noble buck
standing on the railroad track in ad-
vance of him. As the train reached
the animal it started to run. Hull
shizer let ont his engine, but the deer
kept fully 20 yards ahead Of him, and
for threcfmiles kept up pace equal to
the train, and finally jumped from the
track, gave . snort and disappeared in
.thee woods &.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

MAINE has 1s starch factories, the
largest number of any one state. Over
1900 persons are employed in this in
dustry in the United States, and the
annual value of the output is SIC, ,0o0,-
600. About 1884, ,512 bushels of potatoes
are used yearly to produce 21,ooo,0o
pounds of starch, the value of which il
$S54,697. In the west starch is made
chiefly from wheat and Indian corn.
In respect to the amount of capital
represented in starch works New York
stands away and beyond all others.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

Two thousand dollars deposited. by q
man named Samuel Lord has been pill.
ing up interest ut the Somersworth, N.
H., bank for sc years, during which
time nobody has appeared to claim it.
The fact was published, and after in.
vestigations and other necessary de-
lays, Mrs. Lucy S. Towle, of Newfeld
a granddaughter of MIR. Samuel Lord,
of Parsonsield, has been proved the
lawful heir, and comes into the inher-
itance of the $4,000 plus the sum Of
S., ,667. 81 interest.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

BEFORE sailing for Europe and en-.
countering the perils of globe -trot-
er, George w. Vanderbilt took out
100000 insurance on his life. The
policy was taken in the Mutual Life
Insurance company. It is the largest
policy ever issued by any company in
the world. The next largest policy
ever written is said to have been en-.
tered into by an English concern,
which reinsured much Of the risk in
other companies. The policy is in the
straight life, twenty-year class, and
the annual premium is $685.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Jewelry burned.

ST. Louis, Dec. 2o.-A fire started in
the basement of the building occupied
by the Mermod & Jaccard Jewe!ry COM
pany at the corner of Locust street and
Broadway early Sunday morning and
in an almost increditably short time the.
five-story building was completely gut-
ted. The total loss will reach $685.. 900.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

The Luke Bros, who received the
contract for manufacturing postal
cards. have completed the building for
the plant at Luke, near Cumberland,
Md. 1t is estimated that {, ,0oo, 900 cards
q day will be about the capacity of the
plant. This is the first time that postal
cards have been manufactured south
OF Mason and Dixon's line. There will
he two sizes of cards, the larger meas
uring five and one-half inches long and
three and one-quarter inches wide. On
the larger card the profile Of jefferson
will be printed, while the smaller;tard
will carry the likeness Of John Adams.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
nu.ine.. Men to Mee,.

Washington, Dec. l6.-The conven-
ton of business men which met in In
dianapolis last January and authorized
the appointment of the monetary COM
mission will be called together again
OH January 25 for the purpose of con-
sidcring the commissions report.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Mccoy ls Champion.

New York. Dec. lS.-Norman Selby,
of Rush county, Ind. better known in
pugilistic circles as kid" Mccoy, is
undoubtedly the middle weight cham
pion pugilist of the world. He met Dan
Creedon, of New Zealand, Friday night
in the arena of the Puritan Athletic
club at Long Island City, and after
fighting Is lively rounds made the for
eigner throw up the sponge and ac-
knowledge the "Hoosier's" superiority.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Ha. Her Eye ON Congress-.

Great Bend, Kan., Dec. 20.-ln a let
ter to friends here. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Lease states that her lecture engage
lnents are not proving as profitable as
she expected. aud announces that she
expects to return to Kansas and be-
gin an active canvass for the populist
nomination for congress in the Sew
enth district.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
A Cnrcles. Farmer.

Lima. o., Dec. 2O.-John Strawman,
Seneca county farmer. threw car
fridge into the fire. 1t went off. filing
Mrs. Strawman's breast with shot aud
causing her death. Strawman's right
hand was blown or by the explosion of
i,he percussion cap as he was taking the
she'll from the fire. :
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
DIED SUDDENLY.

Washington IIcsinE, of Chicago,n u Vic-
tim of Heart Disease.
Chicago, Dec. 90. - Washington Hes
ing, head of the Illinois Stats Zeitung,
one of the leading German papers in the
northwest, and postmaster of Chicago
during the last term of President
Cleveland, died suddenly Saturday
afternoon of heart disease, aged 40
years. Mr.. Hesing had been i'll for sew
eral days with severe cold, but was
rapidly recovering, and his death was q
heavy shock to his wife and friends.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Aassigna.

: owensboro. KY, Dec. .ao.TR. Mon
arch. for himself, the Glcnmore Dis
tilling company and tie Eagie- Dis
tiIling company, assigued t6the Column
bia Financial and Trust company of
Louisville. The assets and liabilities
are estimated to be each about $3.50 900.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Mr.. l,ehren. Sentenced.

Davenport, Ia, Dec. 2O.-Judge Wat
erman overruled the motion for new
trial of Mrs. Christine lsehrens, con-
victed of the murder of her husband.
and also denied an arrest of judgment.
He sentenced the prisoner to lmprison-
ment at hard labor in the penite ntiary
for life. She was taken to Anamosa
Saturday afternoon.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Snort I'm Mexico,

+. Guadalajara;; Mexico. Dec. 20. In i
bill fight here: three persons were
killed and nine Others seriously injured,
and in a similar performance in the
City of Mexico ten horses and six bulls
were killed. .->4
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Hi.toric Duildinr Durned.

Lowell, Mass, Dec. IL. - The Merri-
mac street depot of the Boston & Maine
railroad was gutted by fire. The build
ing was constructed in 1883 and has
been to Lowell what Faneuil hall is to
Boston. 1t was here the body of the
late Gen. B. F. Butler was laid in state
and many historic gatherings occurred
in the halls above.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
bomb for Gen. Ice.

Havana, Dec. 16.-An internal ma
chine was found on the ground floor of
the house in Cuba street occupied by
the consulate of the United States. For
some days Gen. Lees Office has been
guarded by four Spanish soldiers of the
military police and two detec-
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Schooner ana Crew Lost.

Portland, Me-. Dec. l6-The schooner
Susan +. Thurlow, bound for Hillsboro,
n. b., for New York with q cargo of
plaster rock, went to pieces on Cushing
island. about three miles from this city,
at eight o'clock at night and the captain
ard five members of the crew were lost.
One sailor managed to reach land.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Put to Death.

Havana, Dec. 20. - The Cuban insur-
gents have given further evidence Of
their grim determination that death
would be the portion of every envoy
sent TO them with offers of autonomy
or with efforts to secure submission.
The latest victim of this grave measure
is Col. Ruiz, who was sent by Blanco to
induce the insurgent leader Aranguren
to surrender.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
No Moro senl.kins.

Washington, Dec. 1s. = 1t has devel-
oped that the bill relating to pelagic
sealing, which has just passed both
branches of congress. prohibits the fur
ther bringing of sealskins into the
United States from any source what
ever.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
rerisl,ca fran, Cola.

Sioux City, la, dec. 2O.-ln her tepee
on the river front. not stones throw
from the heart Of the town. Mother
Humphrey" a squaw. froze to death
Wednesday night. The tepee was sup
posed to be vacant and its occupants
death was only discovered Saturday.
George Humphrey. her husband, was.
once Winne ebaro chief
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
Russia. Grip Felt.

ST.. Petersburg, Dec. 2O.-It is an
nounced that Russian squadron under
Rear Admiral Reounow has entered
Port Arthur, on the Chinese coast, with
the entire acquiescence of the Chinese
government.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

ATTEMPTS to evade the death duties
act are causing queer complications in
England. An old man transferred all
his property by deed of gift to his
young wife, not expecting that he
would survive her She made will leav.
ing it to q former beau of hers, and
then was killed on the hunting field.
The husband was thus left dependent
on the lovers generosity.
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24

A sourHERNER says that the daisy
was not known in the south until after
the war. Now every part of the south
visited by the northern troops is full
of daisies. Sherman's march to the
sea can be followed in the summes
time by the track Of the white flower.
The seed was brought in the hay sent
from the north to feed the horses
Griggs courier., 1897-12-24
lslaneo Niay Resign.

Havana. Dec. is. - Gen. Blanco says
that if, within q reasonable time after
the establishment of autonomy in
Cuba, it is seen that it has no practical
effect in the restoration of peace, he
will resign and return to Spain.