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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01
Sparks

Judge J. NJ. Hart. the presiding
judge of the Texas court Of criminal
appeals, has declined to allow the use
of his name on the popuIist state
ticket for reelection .
At Richmond, Tex, NJ. Morris and
Peter Autre are hanged on a double
gallows. Morris murdered and then out
ragged a 6-year-old girl and confessed
the crime. Autre murdered his mis-
tress.
According TO The National Review
Emperor Nicholas, of Russia. has be
come an advocate of the Dreyfus re-
vision.
A son of Senior Montero Rios. who is
an attachee of the Spanish peace COM
mission, arrives in Madrid and has Z
conference with the government.
The Paris correspondent OF The Lon
don Standard says: The government
has good reason 10 believe that the
United States intend TO retain the Phil
ippines. on the ground that Mckinley
must satisfy public opinion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-01

New York, October 26-Nikola Tes-
la, the electrician, describes in today's
issue Of the Electrical Review a posi-
bility in electric power transmission
His inventions for transmitting cleo
tricity at high pressure over long dis
tances have been successfully applied
at many natural sources Of power.
Probably the most important of these
plants in the United States is at Nj
agara Falls, costing over $4,000, 900 &c
install, which supplies electricity I
many large factories and supplies cleo
trio power for running the trolley lines
of the city of Buffalo, twenty-six miles
distant.
The announcement is now made that
by employing apparatus which he has
invented, capable Of generating electri-
cal pressures vastly in excess of any
heretofore used, located at natural
sources OF power, the current can be
conducted TO a terminal at an elevation
where the rarifed atmosphere is capa-
bic of conducting freely the particular
current produced; then. at a distant
point, where the energy is to be used
commercially. to maintain a second
terminal at about the same elevation
to attract and receive the current and
to convey it to the earth through spe-
cial means for transforming and util-
iZing it.
With the article an illustration is
presented showing streams of electric
ity issuing from a single terminal, Civ
ing an estimated electrical pressure of
two and a half million volts. The
Electrical Review comments on Mr..
Tesla's novel and startling ideas as
follows:
Tesla now proposes to transmit,
without the use of any wires, through
the natural media-the earth and the
air-great amounts of power TO dis
tances of thousands of miles. This will
appear a dream-a tale from the Ara
bian Nights But the extraordinary
discoveries Tesla has made during 4
number of years of incessant labor.
which are au~thOritatively described in
our present issue make it evident that
his work in this field has passed a
stage of laboratory experiment and is
ready for a practical test on an indus
trial scale. The success of his efforts
means that power from such sources as
Niagara will become available in n
part of the world, regardless of dis
lance"
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b itish P~rOtecIorate Over Egypt

London, October PA cabinet coun-
Gil was held at the foreign office today.
All the members of the cabinet were
present and the meeting lasted two
hours. When the ministers left the
foreign office they were smiling and
did not give and indication of serious
apprehension as to the future.
The French ambassador, Baron De
Courcel, saw the marquis of Salisbury
Immediately after the conclusion Of tbs
cabinet meeting.
Paris, October FIT is reported here
this evening that the British cabinet
at today's session decided to proclaim
the protectorate of Great Britain over
Egypt.
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The Charleston Bicycle Races

Charleston, S. c., October 27.-The ra-
cling at the new bicycle park was con-
tinued today. The one mile amateur
event on the card was won by F. NJ.
Morgan, in 3:11. D. A. Kramer cap
tured the two mile handicap, in which
Walthour was a scratch, in 5:52k. The
field was a large one The one mile
amateur handicap was won by Sulli-
van, scratch in 2:33A. The fourth ace
was not concluded, Kramer and Wal
thour both taking a heat each.Tomor-
row Starbuck will try to make a track
record for the new track.
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To select Army Camps

Washington. October FIT is un-
derstood h q a presidential edict re-
upward Of 5000 government Of
ficers from the civil service probably
will be promulgated shortly before
Thanksgiving day. II will include
deputy collectors OF internal revenue
who are authorized 70 become acting
collectors, actually serving in that ca
pacity. There are about 1000 Of these
deputies. The largest class affected IL
the corps OF examining surgeons OF tbs
pension bureau, Of whom there are in
all over 400.
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verdict in the Virde Rio

Carlinville, Miss, October 27.-The
cororer's jury which has been in ses-
sion for fourteen days holding an in
quest on the bodies of nine Of the vic
tins at Virden on October 10, between
miners and guards of the Chicago
Virden Coal Company, returned a YER
dict this evening. The verdict in each
instance was that the deceased came
to his death by gunshot wounds in
flicted by weapons in the hands of
parties unknown to the jury. No one
was censured, and no recommendations
were made to the grand jury. The
grand jury will V November 9th
in special session to investigate the
causes of the riot and indict the guilty
parties.
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To Contract Civil Service Lists

Lexington. KY. October 27-Brigadier
Genera Joseph p. Sanger. accompan-
led by his staff left tonight for Co
lumbus. Ga. Brigadier Generals Wiley,
Watties and Andrews left last night.
The four generals will select camp sites
for the troops now at Camp Hamilton.
General Sanger will continue in COM
mand of the division until the arrival
Of Major Bates. The movement of the
troops from Camp Hamilton will not
begin before November 18th.
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A Case of Yellow Fever I'm New York

New York, October 27.-Colonef
George f. Waring Jr., formerly street
commissioner Of New York, Is sick at
his home in this city with yellow
fever. contracted in Havana. Commits
sioner VIM ]. Jenkins. OF the health
department, made an official statement
To this effect tonight. Colonel waring
returned from Cuba on the Ward Limo
steamer Yucatan two days ago. ,
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London. October 27.-The Rome cor
respondent OF The Times says: II
that Prince Louis Napoleon. who
was supposed to have Joined his regi-
ment In Russia. Is really at Geneva.
where he has raised. on special securi-
T.. a loan of such dimension as ex-
cludes the hypothesis OF its being re-
quired for private Prince
has To-" been a candidate Of the
Bonapartists for the French throne in
preference TO his brother. Prince VIC
tor.
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Late to bed and early to rise, pre-
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But early to bed and a Little Early
Riser, the pill that makes life longer
and better and wiser. r.. r. Bella1ny.
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When you ask for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept a
felt or imitation. There are more cases
of Piles being cured by this. than all
others combined. r. r. Bellamy.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Permanent Value in Realty

According to the San Francisco Real
Estate Circular the fall In stocks and
bonds last month indicated that, in troub-
lous times, confidence in their real value
Is not great. City real estate meantime,
suffered no decline. This was the case
most conspicuously during the great re-
bellion. Government six per cent bonds
then went down to $34 on the hundred.
But, while the best of securities thus fell
out Of sight. real estate in all Atlantic
cities went away up. Crucial periods are
the time to gauge what the best public
judgment Is upon real estate. If war with
a petty power like Spain caused such q
drop In stocks and bonds, where would
they fall to If the conflict was with Eng
land, France or Germany? Values, per-
manent values, are resident in real estate,
II they exist anywhere. This does not by
any means exclude great fluctuations in
real estate values between the high prices
prevailing in times of excitement and the
very low rates to which values drop in
time of depression; but leaving these aside,
real estate is felt to be the great security
when war prevails and paper securities
drop out Of sight.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Criticism from Both Sides

On her way to do some shopping North
Side matron was riding south on cable
car. Although her hair was prematurely
gray, she retained rather rosy cheeks and
the bright eyes of a debutante. Opposite
sat woman and her two spinster daugh-
ters. The matron was reinforced on her
side of the aisle by two young men.
The three women began scrutinizing the
matron's face, and conversed loud enough
for everyone In the car to hear.
II wonder II she's very DID," said one OF
the spinsters.
"She isn't any spring chicken" observed
the other. Look at her gray hair"
IT wonder If that's natural" said the
first.
mo; think she's just got gray little
early in life," the mother ventured. Look
at her cheeks. They're just as rosy as a
child's."
"Yes; but I bet she's painted" sneered
one of the spinsters.
The matron was growing restless under
this open criticism, and she looked appeal
ingly at the two young men. They under
stood.
II wonder how old that woman over there
is," said one of them, in just as loud tone
as the woman had used.
why, she must be go. Look at her two
daughters. They're every bit of 40.''
'"They surely don't live on the North
Side" said the first young man.. II believe
they're from the country. Get onto the fit
of their clothes"
II bet the one on this side has wooden
limb observed the second young man.
Nobody with natural ones could sit the
way she does"
By that time Ohio street had been
reached. The mother signaled the con-
ductor and the three women jumped OFF,
Chicago Journal.
The herald., 1898-05-08
New York Real Estate Market

The condition of things In the Empire
City is thus summed up by the New York
Times of the 1st inst:
After declining steadily for two and a
half months, it would seem that the vol
ume of realty dealings has reached about
the lowest point to which 1t can possibly
go, unless the business is to come to lit
eral standstill. Practically it has reached
this stage now, and there is perhaps en-
couragement to be found in the fact that
things cannot be any worse. ,.
The difficulty of getting money on bond
and mortgage continues to be an import
ant factor in the situation, and is the
strongest reason for thinking that there
will be little improvement in the condition
of realty affairs until cessation of hos
tilities shall bring the loan market back
to something like its normal status. No
where has the scarcity of money made it.
self felt more than in the auction room,
and the scarcity of lot sales this spring Is
doubtless dud in a large measure to this
scarcity.
The herald., 1898-05-08
SAN FRANCISCO MARKET
Call Board Dealings and Prices OF
Produce

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7-Wheat-
Firm; December. 1.721k; May, 1.SO.
Barley-Steady; December, 1.32 3-5.
Corn-Large yellow, 1.071s@110.
Flour-Family extras, 5.75Q5.S5: bakers
Wheat-Shipping is quotable at 1.771x@
so per Genital; milling wheat, 1.85@1.90.
Barley-Feed, 1.S5Qls7h per GENITAL; brew
'6 6ats-Poor to fair, 1so@1. s21s; good to
choice, 1.3511.40; fancy feed, 1.421s@1. 45 |:
grain, 1s2h@1 SIX, d s7'A; milling 1sS@l42'h; sur
pTHlss; Hay;l%Reat 1sSaeet aoo@a55o; wheat and oat.
20 oOOG240O; alfalfa, 13.50@i45O.
Observation-Disclosures. 2S.0O@25.50 per ton;
Potatoes-Early Rose. SO@4Oc per GENITAL; !;
River Burbanks, 100000; River Reds, 400
Soc; oregon Burbanks. 70@75c; Merced
Dry Beans-Pink, 265@2.75; Lima, 5000
S.25; small white, 2.10Q2.25; large white, 205
a5iey; T5ieeyg;etables-onions, 2.5o@aoo per Genital:
hot house cucumbers, 40cQ1.00; green peas,
75c@1.o0: per sack; asparagus, 2.00@2.25; to-
matoes, 1.00@120.
CITRUS Fruits-Navel oranges, LS@2. 30:
Mexican lines, repack, 400: common CAL
ifornia lemons, 75c@100; choice, 1.25@L50
Butter-Fancy creamery. 19@191ac per lb. |;
do. seconds, 1S@1Shc; fancy dairy, 1s@1S1Sc;
do. seconds, 17@171ac.
Eggs-store, 11M@1ac per dozen; fancy
Poultry-Turkey gobblers, 11012c per lb.:
old roosters, S50@4.00 dozen; young roost-
ers, 7.SO@8.5O; small broilers, 2.6O@3 50; large
broilers. 4.00@6.50; fryers, 6.5o@6.60 hens,
a000400; old ducks. &0o@a6o; geasas 1000
The herald., 1898-05-08
CHICAGO MARKET
Prices and Prospects of the Trade in
Cereals

CHICAGO, May Inlay wheat advanced
to $1.7O per bushel on the board of trade
today. It closed at 1.67, net advance of
parently proved himself complete. master
of the situation, with entire control Of the
entire wheat supply, and shorts are at his
mercy. Another surprising advance at
Liverpool today started the wheat market
here strong and drove from the minds of
local scalpers for the time being all
thoughts of the big reaction they were cal
culating upon with great confidence the
at 101, opened with buyers at from 1.02A
to 1.O3, and in the course of forty minutes
it sold up to 1.04%, without material set
from around s4ls@S5c, where it hugged dur
ing the first thirty minutes, to S5A. It's
closing price yesterday had been S3Ac. May
started only n cent higher, at 1.50. The
next short to come in, however, did It at
l.55 The advance in May wheat at Liver
pool was equal to SIC bushel, and in July
SC. The quotations per Genital at Liverpool
showed the price Of May wheat to be the
1141s, and December 103A.
Frantic efforts to buy the golden cereal
began again after brief rest at LOS for
fluenced it. 1t became steady on dsap-
pearing margins with shorts, and aggress-
i've confidence with longs. 1t was bringing
1061s. In the last fifteen minutes of the
swelling pillows Of excited trading, be-
tween LOG and 1.06A. the closing bell tap
cutting 1t short at 1.O6as.
May, after reaching 10, closed at 1.67
an advance of tic on the close of the day.
The net gain in July was SIC. September
rose to s71ac and closed at S7Ac, or sc ad-
vance. Letter reported cash sales of 5000
bushels No. northern to millers.
The trade in corn was not much more
active than usual, but 1t sympathized with
wheat. The days advance was 1c in May
and Bc in July
Oats ruled firm on light trading, May
closing nc higher and July Nc higher.
contend with in addition to heavy re-
ceipts of hogs, and under the double load
prices were maintained with difficulty. at
day, and ribs and lard each 2Hc higher.
The herald., 1898-05-08

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The herald., 1898-05-08
Mouey In Bank

NEW YORK. May 1.-THE weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve, decrease, $5SS20O
Loans, increase, $SS7, 100.
Specie. increase, $1,95S, 200.
Legal tenders, decrease, $1,70S,5OO.
Deposits, increase, $1,113GOO.
Circulation, increase. S344 400.
The banks now hold $43, GIG, AIS in excess
Of the requirements Of the Is per cent cent rule r,,
since the destruction of the battleship
Maine. the loans of the New York clearing
house banks show an increase. 1t became
evident as the eyeek progressed that deal
lngs in mercantile paper were on Q more
liberal scale, but the increase in the loan
item represents for the most part borrow
ing incident to the revival on the stock
exchange. While the increase was less
than $1,OOO,O00 1t must be interpreted as
favorable sign. At this time, when the
turning point seems to have been reached.
it is interesting to note that the falling off
in the loans Of the New York banks since
February 18th last hasr been no less than
s75, 300 ,OOO A considerable part of this sum,
however. represents the liquidation of ac-
cumulated sterling bills incident to the
heavy gold imports.
The herald., 1898-05-08
THE INVESTOR
CONDUCTED BY GEO. DoBINsoN
CONDUCTED BY GEO. A. DOBINS0N

Fl. Thompson to R. W. Brown-Beg.
at NV. cor. of NEH Sec. 28, 2 s. 10,
following s. line of road on W. line
said Sec. easterly 2S rods, tn. at
right angles southerly 40 rods, etc.. 1000
Mrs. a. Thompson to J. A. Murphy
Lots Z and s, e. A. Miller's sub. of
lots 32, "a and 35, Workman & He'll
mans sub Of lot 2, blk u, H. ST.. 3,100
University of So. Cal. to c; A: Wood
and H. L. Kendall-Lot 2, Univ. of
SO. Cal. resub. of part blks S and
Il, w. L. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Mrs. L. and W. A. Nolan to c. L.
James-Lot IL, blk c, Bird trt...... 1,400
II. Granet to Mrs. B. Nolan-Lot 12,
blk G. Bird t....................... 14O0
$. p. Creasinger ct al. to A. ]. Brown
Lot 3T Santa Anita colony y........ 5000
Same to same-Lots q, 20, 23, 25 and 26,
blk A, lots 23, "a and 25 blk B, Lutes
trt ........ .......................... 1000
Same to same-Part Sec. 8 s. 10 W.. 1000
Mrs. 8. H. Muckridge to L. J. Chris
topher-Lot "a, Kinney trt ............ 1000
D. FL. Hutchins ct al. to G. w. White
ct al.-Lot l, University of So. Cal.
University of So. Cal. to D. H. Hutch
ins-same Observation-Disclosures. $500
M. B. Campbell ct al. to w. Z. Wad-
de1l-Lots to 8, blk 8, Clarempnt., 1900
Thirty-one transfers under $1,000, of
which 10 were nominal. 397S
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, .S42 728
The herald., 1898-05-08
British Mineral Production

The Engineering and Mining Journal
quotes extracts from an advance proof is
sued by the home office, containing mining
statistics for 1897 in Great Britain. This
shows that Great Britain produced 2O2 ,119. :
1856 long tons Of coal, the largest ever pro-
duced for that country, and leading the
world. The increase over the previous year
was 6,767.2 long tons. Production of fire
clay 2,6S2,472 tons: increase, 15642S tons.
Iron ore production, 1893, ,16S tons; decrease,
53,41S tons. Oil shale, 2223,757 tons; de-
crease, 1876, ,7S0 tons. While the produc tNCn
of iron ore shows a decrease, the make
of pig iron in 1897 was larger than in 1895,
thus showing that British ironmasters are
ores. Total number of persons employed
in this class of mines in 1897 in Great
Britain was $685. 213, an increase Of 2529 per-
sons.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Stocks and Bonds

The San Francisco investment board re-
ports sales Of Oakland Gas at 54a4, Pacific
Gas Improvement at Si12, and Market
street Railway at 52A.
At the San Francisco stock and bond
exchange board yesterday Hawaiian Com
mercial sold at 20 to %, Hutchinson Planta-
tlon at 4SA, Pacific Lighting at 81, Bank
of California at 240, Spring Valley Water
at 99A to 99Ss for the stock, and 1O1 and
115A for the and G per cent bonds, s. f.
and N. p. Railway SIS at 105%.
The herald., 1898-05-08

tCA LtAA 0AAN&
c h a r g Q ! t
through the
urine. II dis
eased the pol
son remains In
the blood and
increases by
minute quanti-
ties. piling up
atom by atom,
until the Sys-
tenn car no
longer resist its
efforts. T h e
heart is poi
soned. It's ac-
ton fails and
pc ar s. Tie
nervous system
Is poisoned and
c0nvulstonS are
foil o wed by
death. Have
= you neglected
your kidneys?
Have you been
q heavy drink
er? Have you
allowed a cold
y -
The herald., 1898-05-08
"Trustee" Deposits

The court of appeals of Maryland held,
in the recent case of Duckett VS.. National
Mechanics bank, that check deposited
TO the credit of person named as "trus-
tee was sufficient notice to the bank that
he was not the actual owner of the money,
so that the bank would be liable for the
loss to the trust estate If it gave the trustee
credit on his individual account and al
lowed him to check out the funds on per-
sonal matters, but that 1t was otherwise
with check not naming him as trustee,
that it was the balance of purchase money
due him as trustee,
The herald., 1898-05-08
Saan Bernardino Too

Sacramento, San Jose, Stockton, Santa
Rosa. Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Los
Angeles are competitors for the Demo-
cratic state convention. Why not San
Bernardino? It has a big pavilion large
enough to hold all the politicians In the
state, good hotels and hospitable people,
San Bernardino Transcript.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Exports and Imports

NEW YORK, May 7.-Exports of specie
for the week aggregated $791, ,0H in silver
bars and coin, and $4,000 in gold.
The imports of specie for the week were
81, ,916, $40 in gold and s29 ,210 in silver.
The herald., 1898-05-08
MAY WEATHER
Records Of Past Years Show Probable
Future Conditions

Future Conditions
The following data, covering period Of
twenty years, have been compiled from the
weather bureau records at Los Angeles,
Cal, for the month of May:
Temperature
Mean or normal, 63 degrees.
The warmest month was that Of 1885. with
an average of 66 degrees.
The coolest month was that Of 1894, with
an average Of so degrees.
The highest Temperature was 103 degrees,
The lowest temperature was 10 degrees.
on May 16, 1883.
Average date on which last ''killing'
frost occurred in spring, March 10.
Precipitation
Average for the month, .43 of an inch.
Average number of days with .01 of an
inch or more, 3.
The greatest monthly precipitation was
206 inches, in 1892.
The least monthly precipitation was none.
In 1885,
The greatest amount Of precipitation re-
The herald., 1898-05-08
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interpretations
National Bank Changes

The latest bulletin of the comptroller of
the currency, dated May 2, 1898, gives the
following, among other changes:
National Bank Organized-The North
ampton National bank of Easton, Penn,
capital 100000; T. Rinek, president; E. J..
Richards, cashier.
Application to Organize National Bank
Approved-The National bank of Union
City. Penn, capital $4,000, by VIM. War
don, G. G. Smith, S. r. Miller ct al
Corporate Existence of National Bank
Expired-The Northampton County Ma
limitation Nav l. 1898