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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-30

Norfolk, Va, december 2S.-The gun
boats Alvarado and Sandoval, captured
from Spain during the late war, have
completed coaling here and sailed for
Portsmouth N. H. The former, COM
manded by Lieutenant Victor Blue, left
last night, and the later, under COM
mand of Lieutenant Anderson, left to-
day.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-30

A cough Is not like a fever. 1t does
not have to run a certain course. Cure
1t quickly and enectually with One
Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy
for all ages and for the most severe
cases. We recommend It because itss
good. R.R. Bella.ny.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-30

Freight train No. = on the Cape Fear
and Yadkin Valley 90 leave Whining
ton at 400 p. m, arrives at Fayetteville
at 1920 p. m. Passenger cal on this
train.
Connections at Fayetteville with At
lantic Coast Line, at Maxton with the
Carolina Central Railroad. at Red Springs
with the Red Springs and Bowmore rail-
road, at Sanford with the Seaboard Air
Line. at Gulf with thu Durham and Char
lotte Railroad, at Greensboro with the
Southern Railway Company. at Walnut
Cove With the NSfolk and Western
Railway.
]. w. FRY, W. z. KYLE.
Gem NAnaser. Gsn'I Pass. Aren't.
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GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, December 2S.-The leading
futures opened as follows:
Omen. High. LOW Clos.

New York, December fair
ly active with spring patents held a.
shade higher. Winter straights $3.50G
3.65.
Wheat-Spot easy: No. 2 red S0hc.
Options although opening firmer on
cables, Immediately turned weak I'M
der heavy Saneral realizing and were
unsettled all day. Foreign news was
firmer, clearances large and export
trade active, but not until the last
hour did it produce a steadying effect
on prices and then for a brief period
only, after which under renewed long
selling the market broke again. clos
ing irregular at &c decline except De-
cember, which, on q late squeeze of
shorts closed &c higher. December
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COTTON.

Liverpool, December 2S.4 p. M
Cotton.-Spot quiet, prices unchanged;
American middling 8 3-32d. The sales
of the day were 1000 bales, of which
500 We're for speculation and export
and included 1000 American; receipts
40, 900 bales, including $1,000 American.
Futures opened quiet with a moder-
ate demand and closed steady.
American middling. low middling
clause: December 5 1-64@3 2-64d buy
ers; December and January 3 1-64@
8 2-64d buyers; January and February
3 2-64d sellers; February and March
8 2-64@3 3-64d buyers; March n
April 3 3-64@3 4-64d buyers; April and
May 8 4-64@3 5-64d buyers; May and
June 8 5-64@3 6-64d buyers; June and
July 3 6-64@3 7-64d value; July and
| August 8 7-64@3 S-64d sellers; August
and September 8 7-64@3 S-64d buyers;
F, September and October 8 S-64d sellers;
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, December 2s.-Cotton
| steady; middling SIC; net receipts 416;
gross receipts 8,136.
Total today: Net receipts S2,278; ex-
ports to Great Britain 17.01S; to France
$50; to the continent 20, 941; stock 1889, =
COS.
Consolidated: Net receipts PIP, $40; ex-
ports to Great Britain loo, 683; to
France 25.124; to the continent 81, 7S5.
Total since September list: Net re-
ceipts 1858, 173; exports to Great Bri-
tain 2,G74, GA; to France 456, 713; to the
continent 1,46S, 231.
Futures opened quiet and firm. jan
uary 5.44, February 5.45, March $50,
April 5.53, May 5.5S, June 5.62. July 5.66,
August 5.69, September $50, October
$50.
Futures closed firm. December $40,
January 5.49, February $50, March
5.53, April 5.57, May 5.61. June 5.65, July
5.67, Augusta $50, September. October
and November 5.63.
Spot cotton closed steady and un-
changed; sales 200 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, December 2S.-The leading
futures opened as follows:
Open. High. Low Clos
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hlQDde ! North CQlO|Ild R R

Time Table In Eject August 10. lisa
EASTBOUND TRAITS.
Leave Goldsboro 7:1o an. 3:4o .. m
Leave Ktnston s:14 o. m, 4:&4 .. NJ
Leave New Bern 1:3o .. m. S:l6 =. :,
arrive Norehsad 3:le p. m. e:s7 n.
WEsTBOUND TRAINS
Leave 1orehead 7:47 . M e.
Leave KinSton 1o:1a q NJ
Arrive 0old11ore N;U.
= -
An >1
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Cope FeQT 0Dd Y0dkIl TQ|IeJ RQI|TQJ

JOHN GILL. RECEIVER.
Schedule In Effect November Goth, 1898
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-29
GRAIN. rRov1sIoNs. rrc.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Floar. fairly ac-
tive, with spring patents he'd a shade
higher; winter s:raights, &c. 50a365. Rye
-four firm. Buckwheat -four quiet. Buck
wheat dun Cornmeal firm. Rye steady:
No. 2 6SGo63l4c. Barley firm; Western
feeding, 45@46c. Barley malt steady.
Wheat. spot, easy; No. 2 red SOAc; on
tons, although opening firmer on cables.
Immediately turned weak, under heavy
general realizing and were unsettled all
Gay. Foreign news was irmer. clearances
large and export trade active again. but
rot until the last hour did il produce "A
sleadyiug effect on prices, and then for a
BRIEF period only, after which under re-
newed long. selling. the market broke
again, closing irregular at Nc decline OK
cept December, which on late squeeze
Of shorts closed Nc higher: December
closed 1910 March closed 7&c May clos
"a 74%c.
Corn, spot quiet; No. 2. 45hG45szc. on
tons opened firmer on cables. only 10 de-
veiop pronounced weakness under realiz-
ing, which lasted all day. and left final
prices hm@sc net lower; December closed
$3.50. May closed 43ikc.
oats, spot frmer; No. 2, 33lkc; options
very quiet.
Beef steady Beef hams. SIS 00als5o cut
meats steady. Lard weak: Western stoato.
81, $5fo0a62ia; December. &567. nominal.
rehned quiet Pork steady. Butter Gnh
western creamery. l5N2ic; factory. ~,
l4Ac' Elgjns. 2lc; Imitation creamery. IN,
ne; state dairy. 160lSc. Cheese fnarlret
nrm. large white. i0iac Potatoes etoaav.
unchanged. Rice firm. MolaFses 0r,o
Cabbage steady, g2l2hML00 Coffee on.
tons openSd steady az points advnn.'..
closed steady ana unchanged 10 poiut.
nlFh"r, salef were zs119 BAGS includlng
December, 3.a1c. January 650e. apos Ri.
qnift no q inyo ce ehc. so T. l0bhine
Iitci nils quIeii cor9Oya. 7KUlae slear
W Irregular faif refining, gso, oeulrifu-
gal @-ierl tHri m0'nfaes sugar, 1ae. rc-
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FINANCIAL.
Market steady

Money-Market steady.
Foreign EXchange-The market is very
steady. The following are the Savannah
quotations: Commercial demand, S4S41s j;
sixty days $4S1; ninety days S4.79ls {;
francs, Paris and Havre sixty days, 5.26;
Swiss, sixty days, 5.293s; marks, sixty
days, 93%.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buving at par and selling as follows:
Amounts up to $25 10 cents; $25 to $50, Is
cents. $50 to 500. 20 cents; $500 to $500 4
ner cent. premium: $500 to 81, 600, at Il per
cent premium ST. 900 end over SLIGO per
1000.
sacurities-Firmness extends throughout
the entire list, with but few exceptions.
stocks and Bopds-State Bonds-Georgia
81 ner cent. bonds of 1890, 10 bid, III
asked; Georgia So per cent, due 1915, 10S
hid 100 asked; Georgia AZ per cent.
lands 1915. 121 bid, 122 asked; Georgia 4
re, cont due 1920. 115 bid III asked; South
Carolina as. Ill bid, 112 asked.
civ Bonds-Atanta AZ per cent, 1923
tos lid - asked: Augusta 80 1928 10115
hid to2 asked Augusta f2s 1925, 1O7 bid.
1oe asked. Augusta per cent, III bid, 112
ael,ed. Augusta per cent, Ill bid, 113
sized Columbus per cent, 107 bid, 1903
led. Macon per cent, lie bid III ask
oil. Macon AS, 1926, 105 bid. los asked Sa-
,-annah per cent. quarterly January cou-
bons 112 bid, 1924 asked; Savannah 3
ner cent. quarterly February commons,
i11ib bid. 112 asked; Charleston As, 100 bid
1O112 asked.
n.i,road Ronds-Savannah, Florida ard
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
= oor cent. interest coupons, IFS bid. 119
-. savannah. Florida and Western
CIT mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds, due
1o9t f1o hid III asked; Central Railroad
"a Ranking Company. .coliaterais 5s' 96
IA 90 asked: Central of Georgia Railroad
e,,.t mortgage as. 5O-year gold bonds, rs
IA t1g asked; Central of Georgia Railway
erst consolidated mortgage 5s. 922i bid 931a
aelcd. Central of Georgia Railway first
nreferred incomes. 1912 bid, Az asked
l,a,tral Of Georgia Railway second pre-
forred incomes, u pld' IA asked; central
90 coorria Railway third preferred in
- & hid asked; Georgia Railroad
e to1o rs bid III asked; charlotte Co.
49, and Augusta first SIS 100 bid, 1O7
-. charlotte Columbia and Augusta
- r,ortgagc IS III bid IFS asked.
l,.l,s,ia southern and Florida new S. 10
MA m asked: South Georgia and Florida
e,st mortgage a., 100 bid l0l asked; South
i..orof9 and florida second mortgage Is.
IN, Tia i0i asked Ocean Steamship 3 per
bonds 1896 Jos bid. JOG asked; CITY
.rl cuburhan Railroad, first mortgage
,1r font bonds, 100 b'd lQ2 asked. Ala
t,,,a midland per cent? Endorsed. g2 bad
a. asked. brunswick ana Western g. 80
h., ~ asked; e uth Bound galway De-.
sur I'D 9 asked Georgia ana Alabama
or-, preferred 5s. roo bld l0i4 asked, Goor-
s9 ana Alabama cons. 81. lol hid. jog
sshoa. gatoutou branch. 9i Dd. 99 asked
central az Georgia Nidle Georgia t7d
'(.t.rtl. .J.yls.or 5s. g0 ld. w asked
p.rr.af Stocks Augusta ARD Swan
..r I'D b.I H Hrkod slufhWesfefn. iT
.8 ass aahl. cn-div. Afauta and we"
pan. r0.A. lu bid. if2 asked Atlanta anl
N,st POINT p.f clnh cen|hcates i0
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45a5Oc; West Virginia black, 9dl2c; lard
5Sc; neatsfoot, 6Od5c; machinery. 16d25c;
hnseed, raw, 47c; boiled, soc; kerosene.
prime white, Sc; water white Sc; fire
proof, 10c; deoderized stove gasoline bar
rels, Size.
Gun Powder.-Per keg, $500; half key.
&.2o; quarter keg, $125; Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, 1925; Austin. Dupont.
and Hazard smokeless, half kegs, 81 .25:
quarter kegs, $5.75; 1-pound canisters, 81 90;
less, % per cent.
shot-Drop, SIPS; B B, and large, $50:
chilled, $1.55.
Iron-Market very steady; Swede al
41ac; refined, $1.55 base
Naiis-Cut, $l.50 base; wire. $1.9O base.
Advanced national list of extras. adopted
Dec. l. 1896
Lime, Calcined, Plaster and Cement-AI-
ALBANIA and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at 75c per barrel, bulk and car
load lot, special; calcined plaster, $50 Der
barrel; hair, 4@5c; Rosedale cement. q. I06l
L2o; carload lots, special; Portland ce-
ment. retail, 1920; carload lots. S2.O0
Lumber, f. o. B. Prices-AInimI,m ward
sizes, 1920; car sills, $1,000; difficult sizes
$lLOOal200; ship stock, $15O00lG5O: sawn
crossties, 1925; hewn crossties, 29c DER
tie. Market quiet and steady.
Bagsing-Jute, 2H-pound, 71bG8c; Q
pound 7a7hc; 1&-pound, sac; sea island.
sac.
Cotton es-standard Arrow Steel AZ
pounds, large lots, soc; small lots. soc.
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/ 0CAL MARKETS UNCHANGED.
HEAVIER RECEIPTS OF COTTON
AND 4 FIRMER FEELING.

Good Demand for Cotton on
strength of Advance in Futures.
shirts TurDentinc Firm at 424
r.nt~-RoSin Firm and in Good De-
msnd-Other Markets Steady.
savannah, Dec. 2S-The reported trans
ocs5ns in the leading markets to-day were
nal very heavy, but the tone of the mar
l,s+s was somewhat stronger. Cotton fu-
tl-as were at an advance and the demand
for spots increased in the local market.
snr.ts turpentine was firm at 42H cents
WITH light sales reported. Rosin remained
mn hanged. with a good demand. The
Wholesale markets We're steady The fol
lowing resume of the different markets
viii show the tone and quotations at the
close to-day:
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OCEAN FREIGHrS

Cotton-Market steady; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Bostonper bale. slips: New
York, per bale, $l.00; Philadelphia, per hale
SlOO; Baltimore per bale, 81 90: via New
York-Liverpool, SIC; Bremen. 55c: Genoa
Coo; Reval, zoe: Riga, zoe; st. Petersburg
zoe; Havre, 65c; Hamburg, SIC; Antwerp
soc; Amsterdam SIC; Venice, zoe; Trieste
zoe.
Direct-Genoa, SIC; Bremen, SIC: BARGE.
Iona, Csc; Havre, COO; Liverpool, SIC.
Lumber-By Sail-Freghts are ouiet.
foreign business is duh. The rates from
this and nearby Georgia ports are quoted
at &.0Od475, for a range-including Baltl-
more and Portland, Me. Railroad ties
base "A feet, to Baltimore BIC; TO Phila-
delphia, 1415c; to New York, 16lkc. Timber
rates, 50cQ$t00 higher than lumber rates
BY Steam-Lumber-To Baltimore $500.
Boston, 800; New York, SITS.
Naval Stores-The market is steady
medium size vessel. Rosin-Cork FOR
orders, Is Sd for barrels of 80 pounds. and
IS primage. Spirits. Is. Larger vessels
Rosin, Is ed; spirits, IS 3D. Steam. l2c per
100 pounds on rosin, $l0O on spirits TO Ros-
ton and Zoe on resin, and SOC on spirits 10
New York.
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SEE; September, October and November

5.63c
New Orleans. Dec. 2S.-Cotton futures
STEADY, December nominal; January, 3. 06G
9'Vlci February, 5.11d512 March. 5.l4@
9.loc; April $3.50 20c; May. 5.25d5. 26c;
June 0.3Od5 Bic; July. 5.34a5. Soc; August.
9'ofP 53c; September, 5.2Sc bid; October.
New York, Dec. 2S.-Hubbard Bros. &,
Co say Of cotton: Liverpool shows lit
tie disposition to follow the American
market as Manchester does not come 10
me support of the market locally. The
temper of the trade is exceedingly buIish
based on the belief that speculate ram
pant pn The Stock Exchange will be at
taeted TO cotton regardless of the size
OF me crop or of the surplus that all the
trade admits viii exist at the end of the
season. therefore, While the movement ex-
ceeds AL estimates, no attention is paid
70 III or to the Disappointing adVices from
europe. Tenders of about 5000 bales were
mace to-day on January. which are ex-
Pected to pass into the hands Of the Greek
mousse which have been the buyer and
supporter Of that delivery. A small ouan-
MY on contract cotton comes here each
DAY and tenders are expected 20 continue
during the month We are now Drac-
ucally al the same prices az on the 18th Of
November, prices having fuctuated within
narrow range for a month with the
bullsh temper losing no ground and none
wiling TO look foe any decline. in fact OF
The conditions al the outset of the crop
movement"
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The following are the Savannah Boar1
Of Trade quotations:
Bacon-NIarket is steady. Smoked clear
sides 61bc; dry sailed clear sides, 544ci
bellfes. SIC; sugar-cured hams 9124lO12e.
Iard-Market firm; pure in uerces, 614c
50-pound tins, 614c; compound, in derces
4lbc; 5O-pound tins, 4Ac.
Butter-Cooking. lie; gilt edge. zoe; June
211bc; fancy June, 2218c; fancy Elgin, Bic
Market steady.
Cheese Market firm; fancy, full-cream
cheese, 1O1hc; 2O-pound average, 111sc.
Flour-Market steady; patent, %.S5i
straight. $500; fancy 1915; family. $3.50.
Corn-Market steady; white, job lots
5Sc: carload lots, sic; mixed corn, job lots,
SIC; carload lots. SOC.
Oats-Carload lots, 40c; job lots, 42c.
Texas rust proof oats, job lots, 47ci
Southern seed rye, $l.10.
Bran-Job lots soc; carload lots, S5c.
Hay-Market steady; Western, job lots
75c; carload lots, zoe; Eastern, 7212c, job
lots; 671sc, carload lots.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel. $40; per sack
St.12Ib; city meal per sack, boiled, 95c;
water ground, $780, pearl grits per barrel
S245; per sack, H.l5.
Sugar-BquaIty Prices-Savannah quo.
rations: Powdered, 536c; standard granu-
mated, 5.24c; cubes, 5.36c; confectoners' A,
size; white extra c. 4.74c; extra c, 4.6Sc;
golden c, 4l9c; yellow, 4.43c.
Cofee-DuHA Mocha. Csc; Java, 26lzc;
Peaberry. PFC; standard No. ], 1Ohc; No.
,, 10hc; No. 3, Toe; No 4, sec; No. 5, &c;
No s, Size No Z, SC.
Cabbage--6c per head.
Turnips-Sacks. $3.50.
Onions-S1 10000 barrel
Partnerships, S2.0002.25.
COCoanuts-$3.O.
demonstrated steady; $3.5Oa4OO box.
Bananas-$1 .25n175.
Dried Fruit-Apples, evaporated, &c;
common, 5d5l2c.
Apples-B Barrel $4.25G5O0
Oranges-Florda, $3.5O04.00.
Nuts-Almonds Terragona 15cS Ivicas,
12c; wanuts, French, 10c; Naples, lie; pc
cans, Sc, Brazis, &c; flberts, 10c; assorted
nuts. 50-pound and 25-pound boxes Zoe
Raisins-L. H., $L65; 1a-box. 500; loose
6O-pouud boxes. 6l2c per pound.
Feanuts-Ample stock, fair demand /;
market steady; fancy hand-picked Viz
gina, per pound 4Ac; hand-picked, per
pound. 3&4c.
Eegs-Marketl strong; scarce cendled
per dozen. 22n23c; country. 2c less.
Poultry-Steady; an fair demand; half
grown. So@4Oc per pair; three-quarters
grown. 4O050c per pair; ful-grown fowls,
50n60c per pair.
Fish-Mackerel, ha'f-barrel. No. /, $3.50;
No. .. 500; No 3, $500; kits. No. /, Sl.25;
No. 2. 800. No. 3, SOC. Goldfish, 1-pound
bricks. csc; 2-pound bricks &C. Smoked
herring. per box, Tic; Dutch herring, IN
kegs. $40; new mullet half barrel, $3.50.
syrup-Markct quiet, Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 2O022izc; ceiling at
g2Am25c; sugar house at lsn22c; Cuba
straight goods, 25030c; sugar house mo-
Ialaaa frqGNf.
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New York, Dec. 2S.-The general de
maud for cotton goods was quiet to-day
with buyers combining their attention to
imperative requirements until after the
New Year. The tone continues quite
strong and the upward tendency in prices
unchecked. Print cloths are very strong.
There was no business in regulars. Wool
en- and worsted dress goods improvement
somewhat, and some important lines are
practically out of stock for the present
season. Piece silks are firm and the ten
dency of the market favors higher prices
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o. sunday
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-29

Charleston, S. G.. Dec 2S.-Turpentine
market firm; lOc bid; sales, none Resin
firm; unchanged; sales none.
Wilmington, N. c., Dec. 2S.-Spirits
turpentine firm, 421ac and 42c; receipts 65
Rosin. nothing doing; receipts, 334. Crude
turpentine firm, $1.9O, $3.50 and $3.50; re-
ceipts. H. Tar firm, $1.l0; receipts, III
New York Dec. 2S.-Rosin steady. Tur-
pentine firmer; 45d4512c.
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Short Ribs. per 100 pounds
Jan ........ 3 c2& 02A 92la 92ik
May ....... p 27la l2l2 1913
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
firm No. spring wheat. 65d67lkc; No
red. zoe. No corn, 373sc; No. yell
low corn. S8isc. No. oats. 27lsc; No. >
white, 29lac; No. 3 white 2sd29Mc. No.
2 rye. HlkaAMc No. barley. 39Q47c No.
I naxsecd Sin. Prime timothy seed, $780,.
Mess pork per barrel, sS.699S.S0. Lard,
per 100 pounds, S5.3Jlt5.55. Short ribs sides.
loose $LS)05.o0. Dry sailed shoulders,
boxed. 4h04skc. Short clear sides, boxed.
S505QJl0 whisky. dlsti.lers finished
goods, per gallon, SIPS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-29
Plant System.

jth Meridian Tinhe-one Hour slower Than city Time.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits Turpentine-The market remain
ed firm and unchanged with light sales re-
ported AT the Board of Trade, at the first
cali the market was bulletned firm at 4214
cents, with sales of 10 casks. At the last
call it closed firm and unchanged with no
sales reported.
Rosin-There was no change in the quo
tatons but the demand was fairly active
and sales amounted to 2, 1913 barrels, as re-
ported a the first call at the Board of
Trade. There were no sales reported at the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-29

new YORK Closing Stocks-West
Atchison 1873 Pa. Coast ...... 45H
do pref ..... SOS Col. Southern -.
Bait. & o. 67% do LIST pref see. so
Can. Pacific e. So do I'd pref 1Sal
Can. Southern. 56ls Rock Island 90. 1l3s%
Central Pacific Al 5t. l.. & S. +. :. 81
Ches. d -. -... % 40 pref ........ 6712
Chi. & Alton o.. 1895 do I'd do - 327I
Chi. b. & Q. 1895 st. l.. & S. w ~
Chi & Z. III. o.. 5612 do do pref ......17
do pref ...... 10 st. Paul ........ 1lS7s
Chi. 6 w. ~ Is do pref ~ 16s
Chi. Ind, & L. ~ 81 p. q Om.n 90
do do pref 800. 81 do do pref .... 16S
Chi. & n. w. e. 1hsl st. p. NJ. & NJ. 172
do pref ....... 1872 SO. Pacific ... 32I5
CC.C.& StL. e. 1875 So. Railway .... 1OIl
do do pref % do pref ........ 41ai
Del. & Hudson. 1O412I Texas & Pacific 1874
Del. L. & W.. 1872 Union Pacific . 42lb
Den. & Rio G.. 20i4 do pref ....... 727s
do pref ....... 697s Z. +. D. & g.. 1914
Erie new ..... IA Wabash ........ SIS
do list pref. 37l2 do pref ....... 22at
Ft. Wayne ..... 175 Wheel e. IT, E.. 5Is
Ct. Nor. pref 1888 do do pref go. 267s
Hooking Valley. 334 Adams Express JOS
Illinois Central 1884 American Elk . l43
Lake Erie & W. q United States Tx 52i6
do do pref Zee. "A Wells Fargo =. 129
Lake Shore .... 20Al A. Cot. oil . 3rb
Louis & Nash. GA do pref ....... $685.
Manhattan J. q. 97l2 ANN. Spirits - 1874
Met ST. Ry. 1870 do pref ........ 81
Mich. Central III ANN. Tobacco. 1924
MINI. & St L. SO do pref ....... 100
- do do 1st pref 80 Cons. Gas ..... 1919
Mo. Pacific .... H5s Com Gable co. rs
Mobile & Ohio. 3lh Col f. & Iron. 3l2s
Mo. X. & r. 90. 1915 do do pref &C.,. IS
do pref ........ S7M Gen Electric o.. 9jM
Y. j. Central. W Haw. Com. Co.. 50
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-11-17
MAJORITY OF THIRTEEN
Is Claimed in the Next House of Rep
resentatives.

Chairman Babcock, of the Republi-
can congressional committee says:
I've have received cOnflrmatory in
formation from every district in the
United States. This shows that the
Republicans will certainly have thir-
teen majority, and perhaps more than
that, over the combined opposition in
the next house of Representatives. Any
change which subsequent reports may
make will be in the direction of in
creasing our majority. The straight
out Republican strength will be 1876. /"
Word has been received at head
quarters that in the Second California
and Twelfth Texas districts, which
were considered doubtful the Demo
cratic nominees have been elected.
Chairman Babcock has received in
formation indicating that the Repub-
lican nominees in the Tenth Ken.
lucky, Ninth North Carolina and Ninth
Virginia will contest the election of
their Democratic opponents, and that
George II. Higgins, the. Republican
nominee in the Twenty-sixth Pennsyl-
vania, will demand a recount of the
official vote which gave the election to
his Democratic competitor. y
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Suspected Of Murder.

Milwaukee, Nov. 16.--Harry Dun, a
brakeman on the La Crosse division of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
was arrested at Portage on suspicion.
of being implicated in the murder Of.
Emil Lieber on Oct. 3 in the town Of
Lake, south of this city. Dun was
taken before Mrs. Lieber, who posi-
lively identified him as one of the two.
men who called at Lieber's saloon with
a motive of robbery, but failing, killed
Lieber and then escaped. Detectives
are now on the trail Of Dun's ACTON
splice q Sgs5#
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Murder In second Degree.

z BoZenan, Mont, Nov. 16.-The jury
brought in a verdict Saturday Of muir
der in the second degree in the case OF
fathel-in-law, Russell, in a row last
July. The case has been watched with
interest by a large number of people,
and the counsel for the state and de-;
Tense both made a hard fight. An APP
peal will probably be taken to the SUI
preme court
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Penny Postare order

Ottawa, CAN, Nov. 16. The order Of
the Canadian government promulgat-
ing the 2-cent letter rate to Great
Britain did not go into effect .on the.
9th inst. as was first proposed, but has
been temp orarily withheld by the. de-
partment. It was decided not to put
the new law into operation until
Christmas. This is done in order that
the benefit Of the existing rate Of post
age to England and the colonies may.
be gathered from the heavy mails
which go forward just prior to that
time. 81