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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-12

No Change I'm the Situatfon-F1ags Dis.
played Before Each Regfment-To Or.
ganfze Sharpshooters.

Copyright by Associated Press.)
In front of Santiago July s, 8 a. N.
by the Associated Press Dispatch Boat
Cynthia, By way Of Kingston, ia
macia July 9, 9 a.. m. There has been
absolutely no change in the situation
at Santiago de Cuba during the past
t~wenty-four hours. The Spanish au-
thorities are taking time Il consider
the proposition to surrender and no
answer will be made before tomorrow.
Cable operators at the request OF
the Spanish officials have been allow
ed to enter Santiago and the matter
of the surrender of hat city is now
being considered with Madrid direct.
The general feeling among the Amer
lean officers is that the surrender will
be made, not necessarily tomorrow
Saturday. but they believe that date
will be the beginning of the final ne
gotiations. The Spanish authorities
request that hereafter all communica-
tions to them be made in Spanish as
"the officers who did the translation
for us are no longer with u.s."
nave DCcu lSSucu tldl CdNh
regiment in the American lines hoist
a flag on the trenches in front of the
position it occupies. This gives the
Spaniards an excellent idea of the ex-
tent and location of our lines, but 1t
also makes a ve~ryimposing appearance
This morning nearly a score of stand
ards were fluttering at different points
along the works, which are now nearly
four miles long and enclosing the city
on the two sides.
1t had been proposed hat a battal-
ion Of sharpshooters be formed from
each regiment and battalion in the
army to be commanded by officers Of
practical proficiency is marksmer
and hunters. 1t is said that this bat
talon would be able to clear the re-
gion near the army of the pestiferous
guerillas who, from tree tops or Other
coverts make many attempts, some o.
them successful, to assassinote wound
ed men as they are being carried tc
| the rear. During the truce, which ha;
now lasted four days, there has beer
| none of this murder business going on
The American officers, therefore, con
| cluded that the guerilias have beer
! engaged in this miserable work under
the direct orders or control OF tn
! Spanish leaders. Several commission
from Spanish authorities t.
+, act as guerilla leaders hav'
| been picked up on the battlefields o
| San Juan and Ell Caney.
The story published by a New 4orl
| paper to the effect that the Spanish
| prisoners have been turned owe to tn
| Cubans, who killed them, is withou
| the slightest foundation in fact. n
| prisoners have been turned over Z
the Cubans at any time.
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Free Pills

Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of
Constipation and Sick Headache. For
Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly ~invigorate
the system. Regulation size Csc per
box. Sold by r. r. Bellamy, Drug
gist.
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Paris, July 9.-In the libel suit OF
the three handwriting experts in the
Esterhazy case against NJ. Emile lola
and NJ. PerreuX, the editor OF The
Aurore, growing out Of allegations
made by the later against the experts
who testified regarding the Dreyfus
documents, the court has sentenced NJ.
Perreux to pay a fine of 500 francs and
has sentenced M. lola to sixteen days
Imprisonment and TO pay a fine Of
1000 francs. The Imprisonment, how
ever, is suspended. In addition each
Of the experts is awarded 5000 francs
damages.
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THE WRECKED WARSIIIPS
Report of the Board of Examiners.
Three of Them TO be Saved-SenatOr
CamerOn,s Patriotic Offer.

Washington, July 9.-The following
cablegram vas received from Admiral
Sampson today:
playa del Este, July s.
Secretary of the Navy Washington,
D. G.
"a preliminary report from board
ordered to examine the wrecks states
that a wrecking appliance should be
gotten here Immediately. Think no
doubt about saving Vixcaya, Maria
Teresa and Cristobol Colon, if haste
be made. Colon is much the most
valuable, being in perfect order.
Would recommend most powerful ap-
pliances be sent at once.
SAMPSON"
The department had already ar
ranged with the Merritt-Chapman
Wrecking Company tt undertake the
salvage of these vessels, and two of
the vessels of that company are now
on their way to Santiago. As Samp-
sons dispatch makes out a much
stronger possibility Of saving the ships
than was supposed, a copy of it has
been sent to the contractors with the
request to hasten tue work and be pre-
pared to send additional assistance if
it be found necessary.
The war department received two
dispatches from General Shafter over
night as follows:
playa del Este, With Army Corps
in the Field, July 8.
Secretary of War Washington.
Gable operators were permitted to
go in yesterday morning. The En-
glish cable was in working order and
some of the operators were in the city.
| General Toral wanted these there as
they were the principal men. This
cable has not been cut and the men
I sent in have not taken it up again.
English cable has been working all the
time through tt Havana.
"~SHAFTER."
playa del Este, July 9. Camp Near
Santiago July 8th.
"Adjutant General, Washington:
Complete report received today OF
| loss on July l and 2. Killed, % Off
GERS. POS enlisted men, wounded, 81 Of
icers -,203 enlisted men. missing 70
| enlisted men. The reports giving the
names of the killed and wounded are
being prepared and it is hoped to get
| them off tomorrow.
SKATER"
Senator Donald Cameron, who is
| now in London, has cabled to Secre-
tary Long, offering the government
| the free use for hospital purposes Of
his magnificent estate on st. Helena
Island opposite Port Royal, S. c. The
| secretary has acknowledged your very
| patriotic~off and has notified Sena-
| tor Cameron that the propriety of an
| acceptance has been left TO the surgeon
| general of the navy. The property is
| admirably situated and is convenient
to the Port Royal naval station.
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DEFEAT OF CERVERA'S FLEET
An cOu of the Battle Written by
One of In Spanish Naval Officers.

Copyright by Associated Press.)
Guantanamo, July s, per Associated
Press Dispatch Boa Cynthia IL, via
Kingston, ia, July 9, 1920 a. NJ
Lieutenant Adolphus kenteres, the eX-
ecutive officer of the Spanish cruiser
CristObal Colon, has written to Spain
an official account of the movement
of Admiral Cervera's squadron IN the
fight. The Colon came out last, at full
speed, and tried to escape n BrOoh-
Ign and the Oregon, but was cOmpell-
ed to beach sixty miles west OF San
tiago. The translation of the letter by
Executive Officer KentrereS is as fol-
lows:
about 9 o'clock the squadron got
under way, the ships, one cables dis
lance from each other. At $3.50 O'Clock
the Infanta Maria Teresa cleared the
entrance to the harbOr, without re-
ceiving any fire until she had passed
the MORO. The Cizcaya felt the gre
when at the head of the entrance, as
we'll as the CristObal Colon, and 1t
is certain that the Almirante Oquendo
opened fire while within the channel.
when clear of the entrance the
Cristobal Colon went ahead at her
maximum speed. The infant Maria
Teresa at $50 o'clock, when hardly
clear of the entrance, was seen to
be on fire in her after part and a few
moments afterward was headed for
the beach.
"A quarter of an hour later the Al
mirante OQuendO was seen to be on
fire and she, too, was headed for the
beach at the same point.
1.-THE Vizcaya and the Cristobal Co
Ion continued the fight. The former
about IL o'clock, seeing her self over
hauled by the Brooklyn, ~maneuvered
as if to ram and without at
that moment must have received the
projectiles that started the fire in her
the same as on the other two ships,
and she was seen to head for the
beach in order to strand herself
THE Cristobal Colon alone remain
ed, sustaining the fire Of the Brook
lyr, the only ship within range, but
a few moments later she observed
the Oregon closing up.
THE projectiles of the Oregon be
gan reaching us at l o'clock p. m. and
that, together with the fact that it
was not possible to fight with the af-
ter guns on account of the Colon's
lack of large calibre pieces n the
certainty of being Overhauled by the
whole American squadron in a few
hours, left no other remedy than TO
run ashore in order to avoid use
less sacrifice of life.
"The admiral made no signals at
sea, instructions for forcing the block
ade having been given the captains
at a meeting which took place on the
morning Of the previous day"
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AFFAIRS AT GUANTANAMO
Inhabitants Dying Of S~taryatlO Span
ish Officers Captnred-Fever Amor
our Troops.

Copyright by Associated Press.)
Guantanamo, July 8, by the Associ-
ated Press Dispatch Boat Cynthia, via
Kingston, 1890 a. m.-Advices received
by Commander McCalla, of the Mar
blehead, from the city of Guantanamo,
show that the deaths from starvation
there average fifteen daily.
General Perez, the commander of
Guantanamo, has given up hope of
succor and the town could readily be
taken were it worth while to risk the
lives of the American troops. The en-
trance from the upper to the lower
bay is patrolled nightly by steam
launches. The %gunbOats in the upper
bay have not shown themselves for
several days. E.
Post Captain Fernandez, of Baracoa,
with three officers, was captured by
Commander McCalla as they ran into
this harbOr for news. h did not
use the American flag until too late.
Thousands of Cubans-some estimates
placing the number at &c, 00O-are be-
ing fed at the camp on the west side
of the harbOr with supplies furnished
by the Red Cross society.
The health of the marines at Guam
tanamo is good, but the same cannot
be said of those at Baiquiri, where
forty of the 100 men are on sick re-
port, suffering from low fever.
On July 9Th ninety Spaniards APP
peared on the hills west Of Baiquiri
and opened fire. The gunboat Manning
replied vigorously and her shells soon
silenced and drove away the enemy.
The siege guns n their ammuni-
ton are now being un1oaded from the
transport Orizaba to a large barge.
The difficulty is to get the guns ashore
through the surf. 1t is believed that
the roads to the front at Santiago are
now passable for heavy artillery.
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Madrid, July 9.-Duke Almodovar
de Rio. upon leaving the cabinet
Gil today, denied that peace negotia-
-tions had been opened, adding: "At
the present moment we must talk only
of war
1t is the general impression hat the
cabinet is divided as to the peace
question.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba
announces that American reinforce
ments have arrived there and adds
that the Reina Mercedes was sunk in
order to block the entrance to Santi-
ago.
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Having used three bottle. or p. p. p.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefit from
the same. having gained IL pounds In
weight in four weeks, I take great
pleasure In recommending IL to all un-
fortunate like
JOHN MORRIS.
ONCE Of J. ~. McElroy. Druggist,
Orlando. Fla, April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros. Savannah, Ga
Dear Slrs:-I cold three bottles OF p.
p. p. large size yesterday. and one bot
tie small size today.
The p. p. p. cured my wife OF rheu-
matism winter before last. Ii came
back on her the past winter and a half
bottle. IL size, relieved her again. and
she has not had a symptom since.
sold q bottle CT p. p. p. 10 a friend
OF mine. one Of the turkies. a small one.
ooh sick and his wife gave II o tea
spoonful, that was In the evenina and
the little fellow turned over III b wa
dead, but next morning he wa hollow
ing and well.
Yours respectfully.
J. N. McELROY.
Savannah, Ga, March IL. 1891.
Nessrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah. Ca
Dear Sirs:-I have suffered from
rheumatism for q long time and did
| not find q cure until Hound p. p. p.
which completely cured re-
| Yours truly,
ELIZA JONES.
g Orange At. Savannah Co
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Norfolk-Nominal at sHc: net re-
ceipts 81.
Baltimore-Nominai at sac: gross
receipts So
Boston-Easy at 6 3-lsc; net receipts
81.
wtlminEton-Firm at sac.
Philadelphia-ouiet at 8 1-iSc: net
receipts IS.
savannah-ouiet at SAC: net re-
ceipts a.
New orIeans-Steady at 5Tsc; net
receipts 5i3.
Mobile-Nominal AZ sac; net receipts
IS.
Memphis-Duli at SIC; net receipts
IS: gross receipts rs.
Alphabetically at s 3-lsc; net re-
ceipts IL.
Charieston-Quiet.
Cincinnati-ouiet at Sc; net receipts
Is.
Louisvilie-Quiet at Sc.
st. Louis-Quiet at Sac: net receipts
-: gross receipts 1874.
Houston-Quiet at sac; net receipts
l67.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, July 9.-The leading fu-
lures were as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos
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last year. Isc.
NAVAL STORES.

Same day last year. 7sc.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits ~turpentine firm: machine
barrels 24c; country barrels a3Lc.
Rosin firm at 95c and Sl.go.
Tar steady at $3.50.
Crude turpentine quiet; hard Sl.00;
soft $3.50 and $50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
~turpentine, 23izc and CSC: rosin. sl.e5
and $50: tar. sl.15: crude turpentine,
s1.30, $3.50 and $3.50.
Receipts today-2s4 casks spirits tur-
pentine. 40 barrels rosin. los barrels
tar, IS barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts 10 same day last year-el5
casks spirits turpentine. sl9 barrels
rosin, So barrels tar, 4 barrels crude
~turpentine.
COUNTR YPRODUCE.
Peanuts-65c.
Rice-Uplands. 65GSoc; lowlands,
s1.10G115.
Corn-52 to SIC.
Corn meal-50hc.
Cow Peas-90c.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, 10" TO
lie; shoulders. Ga to &c: sides, S to
Shc.
Chickens-Firm: spring 10G1Sc; lens
1SG25c; ROSTERS, 1SG22c.
~Eggs-Steady at 11h2c.
Shingles-Per 100 five inch, hearts
and saps, s1.50G2.1o; six inch. s2.5og
$50.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour irregular: winter patents Sal0D
4.25; straights, $3.50d3.75; special
spring patents. s475@5.0o; No. . spring
wheat. 75dS0c; No. } spring wheat.
75aS4c; No. . red. 19c; No. . corn.
sea G324c; No. > oats. 23t4c; No. :
white, 263c; No. 3 white, 25Ac; mess
pork, per bbl.. s9.S0@9.S5; lard, per 100
lbs, $50: short ribs sides. loose. $40.
dry sailed shoulders, boxed. A62l2D
t.S7i2; short clear sides. boxed, $5.S5R
sos.
steadily held. Winter patents Sa60D
AS.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. > red Ole.
Options opened easier and were sold
down on the Michigan state report
and favorable spring wheat news, but
finally rallied on "a scare OF shorts
and closed unchanged 10 Nc lower.
No. = red, July closed at S4Ac: Septcm-
Der at 737sc; December at 13LsC.
Corn-Spot steady; No. > 37ac. Op-
tions opened easy from the effects OF
disappointing cables and fair wealth
er news, but later rallied with wheat.
Closed unchanged. July closed al 36is:
| September at 374c; December at 3Slsc.
Oats-Spot quiet; No. > 27iac. op-
tons duh and featureless, closing UNI
changed.
q =
$50; July 1866 nominal: refined quiet.
~Pork-Firm; mess 10000 1880; short
clear $11.50G13.5 80; family $ll. 500 L.. 90.
Eggs-Firm; state and Pennsylvania
12G12kc; western fresh 122Gl3c.
Enthusiastically; new $2.75m3.00.
Petroleum-Quiet: refined New York
S6.25 Philadelphia and Baltimore 81. 20.
do in bulk $3.50.
Rice-Steady; domestic fair to ex-
ira 5AM6Ac: Japan 5En6hc.
Cabbage-Quiet; Long Island s5c to
$l.00 per barrel.
Cotton Seed Oil-Dull and nominally
weak, without important change.
Prime crude 1sm1Si2c; prime summer
yellow 23M2319c; butter oil 2602sc.
Coffee-Options opened steady at un-
changed to a decline OF 5 points; ruled
inactive and featureless with weak
undertone; European sabies being un-
satisfactory and liberal receipts Mt
Rio and Santos offsetting reported
higher quotations In Brazilian markets
in connection with indigenerty 90 spot
coffee buyers; closed barely steady
and unchanged to 10 points lower:
sales 1850 bags, including November
at s5.75: March at $685., Spot coffee
Rio dull but nominal: mild inactive:
Cordova ShGl5c; sales small, jobbing
trade only.
Sugar-Raw dull but steady; fair re-
filming 312c; centrifugal, 90 test, 4hc:
refined steady; mould A SIC; granu-
lated 53sc.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin firm: strained.
common 10 good sI42k01.45. Turpen-
tine firm at 26hG27c.
Charleston-Turpentine steady at %:
sales none. Rosin quiet, sales none
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
24Ac; sales 531; receipts LOS. Rosin
firm and unchanged, sales 1874 re-
ceipts 1891.
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PILES. PILES. PILES!

DIR. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Blind, Bleeding, liberated
and Itching Piles. It absorbs the tu-
mors, allays the itching at once, acts
as a poult.ce, gives instant relief. DR..
Williams Pile Ointment is prepared
only for Piles and Itching Of the private
parts, and nothing else. Every DO is
guaranteed. Sold by druggists, sem by
mail for soc and s1.0O per box. Will
liams Manufacturing Company, pro-
prietors, Cleveland, 0.
Sold by John n. Hardin.
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Arrival of TranApOrfS

lamp Fla., July 9.-The Iroquois
and Cherokee, two transports from
Santiago, arrived here tonight. The
latter ship has a large umb of
wounded who are being transferred to
the awaiting hospital trains. The for
mer vessel has only a few wounded
on board, having left most of her pas
sengers in Key West.
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(Chicago

(Ch1cagO RecOrd.)
Il don't suppose my wife'I1 speak to
me again for a week"
Why"
About a month ago 1 bought a new
razor without letting her know it, and
since then she's kept on ripping seams
with the old n When she found out
last night how she had been fooled
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH
y

New York, July 9.-Money on call
nominal at Ia per cent; prime mer-
camille paper at 3AG4 per cent; ster-
ling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at si.S5A6
4.S6 for demand and at S4.S4hG4S4&
for sixty days; posted rates at s4.S5ia
@4.S612 and s4.S7; commercial bills at
Sassy; silver certificates at 5SA @59h;
bar silver at $50 Mexican dollars at
Asa; state bonds dull: railroad bonds
firm; government bonds strong.
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General Garcia's men were not able
to head off Pando, but there is a pos
sibility of them catching the govt.
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COTTON.

Liverpool, July 81 p. m.-Cotton-
Spot, very dull, prices unchanged;
American middling 3 7-16d. The sales
of the day were 1000 bales. of which
200 are for speculation and export and
included $500 American; receipts none.
Futures opened and closed quiet with
a moderate demand.
American middling, low middling
clause: July 3 23-64G3 24-64d buyers;
July and August 3 23-64G3 24-64d sell
ers; August and September 3 23-64d
sellers; September and October 3 22-64d
sellers; October and November 3 2l-s4d
sellers; November and December
3 20-64d sellers; December and Janu-
airy 3 20-64d sellers; January and Feb
ruary 3 20-64d buyers; February and
March 3 21-64d sellers: March and
April 3 21-64d3 22-s4d value; April and
May 3 22-s4G3 23-64d sellers.
New York, July s.-Cotton dull:
middling S 3-16c: net receipts 107;
gross receipts 1,S45; forwarded e47;
sales S2S: spinners %; stock 102. 7s2.
Total today and consolidated: Net
receipts 1.037: exports to Great Britain
1907; to the continent 1o,524; stock
PSI, AS.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts s,474. 297; exports to Great Bril-
tain 3.440,952: to France sl2, 245; to the
continent 2,940. o25.
Futures opened steady; sales $500
bales. July $50. August col, Septem-
Der 5.S9. October 500, November 5.99,
December col, January 6.04, February
SOS. March eos, April s.13.
Futures closed steady; sales %. 900
bales. July s.02, August SOB. Septem-
Der 800. October col, No-~mbS- 500
December 6.03, January 500, february
6.10, March s.06.
Spot cotton closed dull; middline
uplands 6 3-16c; n,i1ii.1g guf- 6 7-lsci
sales SIS bales.
! PORT RECEIPTS.
! Galveston-Steady at 5@c; net re
ceipts g,
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.


Wilmington, y. c, July ?.
Receipts OF cotton today - bales.
Receipts same day last year bales
This seasons receipts to date-3s3,o o..
bales.
Receipts to same date last y~ear-s34,-
So bales
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton firm.
Ordinary ........... ......... ; sis
Good ordinary 49,
Low middling s sis
Middling ........... ............ 5l
Good miidling s
Gar~a ya~- lao@ ~aar
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THE WRECK
OF Vessels Of Cervera's Fleet as They Lie
Upon the Cuban Shore.
SPANS NAVAL GLORY GONE.

Description of the Vessels as They Lie Beached Along the Coast-Wrecks
of Spain's Most Formidable Warships--GhasIy Sights Witnessed
by Those Sent Aboard the Ships.-Destructono of the Span.
ih Auxiliary Cruiser A1phonzo XIb by Three Little
American Gunboats..Ther Gallant Attack
Waiting for General Miles.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-15
TIoKET ToReERIEs.

BROKER Arrested for Selling fraudulent
Tickets Over the Santa re.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Jan. ia long series
OF railroad ticket forgeries have come to
light here. The tickets were over the
santa Fe road and connecting lines.
August X. Ambe. OF st. Louis, who until
two years ago was engaged in the ticket
scalping business here, has been arrested
The fraudulent tickets were sold during
that time by Walter Young, who was the
city ticket agent for the Santa Ne in this
city. Young committed suicide nearly
four years ago.
After Ambs became financially embar-
assed be deposited the tickets as collat-
sral In the National bank Of 81. Joseph.
He was unable TO redeem them and they
we're placed on sale by another broker.
The sale OF the tickets was slow and that
Ia the reason the fraud had been 20 long
being discovered. The value Of the mil.
cage represented by the tickets runs up
into the thousands.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-15
Coal Thieves Captured.

A. j. Crawford, the local representative
OF the Crescent Coal company, captured
three petty thieves in the act Of carrying
away some Of his coal last night. One
Of the thieves was an old man and one q
young boy, and the third was Charles
Messenger. Age and youth induced the
Judge 10 turn the first two loose after he
had administered some OF his own brand
Of justice upon them. Neither Of these
considerations interfered In behalf OF
Messenger, who was arrested, and this
morning brought before Justice Ribble,
where he was found guilty aud fined 81
and costs.
The practice Of stealing coal Is quite
common, and Mr.. Crawford says that he
has lost as much as two tons out OF one
car load. close watch will be kept In
the future for the purpose OF capturing
some OF whom are said 10 haul away
their stolen booty in wagon loads.