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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-01
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
lures were as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos,

Casa quotations were rs follows; Flour
quiet; No. . yellow corn. 2SEs329c: No. :
spring wheat. soa924c; No. = red. aol.W
l.02h; No. , corn. 2N7sc, No, > oats. sc:
No; white. 70 b; 29h4T2a4c; No. :
bbl.. Ss.4Oa9i5; lard. per 100 lbs. NGU
4.9sis: short ribs sides. loose, NNGSl9ie.
dry sailed shoulders. boxed. 81 .5UAS1i.:
short clear sides. boxed. &25a5.l ~. whis-
S.l9i..
New York. March SO-~.our dun. but
steady.
Wheat-Spot weak. ~. > red. Si.0o.,.
Options opened hrmcr on better cables
than expected and was governed all day
by Washington news. Activity among
shorts kept prices well sustained until
just before the close. when realizing set
In and established a sharp break. final
prices being sc higher on near. but 40
off on late positions. March closed at
!>1ec: May closed at 9Si4c.
~Corn-Spot easy. No. > 25c. Options
opened firm with wheat ma held steady
all day, easing of finally on the late
drop in wheat. closed hc net lower. May
| closed at $3i1c: July closed at 3i2.c.
Oats-Spot firmer. No. > 3oc. options
quiet. bur steady, closing &c net higher.
May closed at 2Jc.
Lard-Steadier. Western steamed 1876
nominal; May S.S nomfTnrTehncd
steady.
P~ork-Easy Mess s~9.25aa.Jo: short clear
Sl0.25nl2.50: family $l1.coull.jo.
Eggs-Steady. State and Pennsylvania
1oi?a1lc; western fresh l0i4c; southern 10
M101ac.
Cotton Seed Oil-Steady. Prime crude
l9@l9l@c: do yellow 22d22lgc.
Rice-Ftrm. Domestic, fair TO extra.
41sm6lkc; Japan 5i4H5isc.
Conee-Options opened steady with
prices unchanged to points higher: ruled
quiet with upward tendency on light in
Vestment buying and favorable turn OF
local spot market: European cables re-
garded as lacking special and Brazil as
tame; close firm at a net gain OF TO -
points: sales 1000 bags, including April
uSa~&@; May at S.25. Spot coTee-Rio
steady; No. Z invoice 51sc; No. : jobbing
6lkc: Cordova S4M9c.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining , 9-lsc;
centrifugal &c test 4 Lice: refined firm;
mould A 3 7-l6c; graduated Csc.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady. Turpcntinc
firm.
Char!eston-Turpentine market duh:
nothing doing. Rosin firm: sales none.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
3lc; sales 3S3; receipts 62s. Rosin firm at
the decline: sales 1900; receipts 1873.
quote: A Il c ID s1.l5: T. $l.G: + $1,000
1.35: q $1.4: II S1.55: | $Iso: * Sl.65; NJ
$1.70; y $1.75; w G. s1.S; w w 500.
When the pianist makes the instru-
fairly talk 1t is called a plano
recital.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-01
BONDS.


Liverpool. March 90 p. m.-Cotton-
Spot good demand and a fair business
done; prices steady; American middling
32sd. The sales of the day were 1906
bales OF which 800 were for speculation
and export and included 1890 American:
receipts 5000 bales including 100 Ameri-
can Futures opened quiet with a mod
crate demand and closed firm.
American middiing. low middling clause:
March 3 20-64d buyers: March and April
3 2C-6+d buyers: April and May 3 20-e4d
buyers: May and June 3 2o-64I3 21-s4d
sellers: June and July 3 2o-s4n3 2i-s4d
buyers; July and August 3 21-64d sellers
August and September 3 20-64n3 21-s4d
sellers. September and October 3 20-s4d
sellers: October and November 3 1851
3 a-64d sellers: November and December
3 1s-64d buyers: December and January
3 19-sid buyers; January and February
3 19-64d buyers.
New York. March 30.-Cotton quiet:
middling 6 3-1sc; net receipts 2s: gross
3.47: to France l.4S: to the continent
4.017: sales 400; forgarded 1873; stock 49,
Total today: Net receipts Il. 423: ex-
ports to Great Britain 3.3G: 10 Franc
1.45: 10 the continent 3s,145; stock s75,-
45S.
Consolidated: Net receipts H,sz7: ex-
ports TO Great Britain 70. sse; to France
1885; to the continent s,04.
Total since September lst: Net receipts
7.s13,N7. exports to Great Britain ASH
2S: I France 72s. ~: to the continen,
2. 4s2, 453.
Futures closed steady: sales 5000 bales.
March SIS: April SIS: May s.m: June sos;
August Cos; September sos: October Sos;
November sos; December sol; January
COG.
Spot cotton closed quiet: middlirg up
lands s 3-1scs middIing gulf 6 Tic; sales
40 bales.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Steady at 5 u-lsc: net re-
ceipts La
NogfoIk-Firm at 5 l3-ISc; net receipts
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-01
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH


New York, March 31-Money steady at
112d2 per cent: last loan at ia per cent:
prime mercantile paper at 312 per cent. f:
sterling exchange firm with actual bust
demand and at s4S04d4 for sixty DAYS:
posted rates at S.s112T4.S2 and &.S41an
Ass: commercial bills at $3.50: silver GER
tificates at 5512d5612: bar silver at $685.:
bonds firm: state bonds dull; railroad
bonds steady.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-01
WILMINGTON MARKETS.
COTTON REPORT.

COTTON
Wilmington. n. G. March 80.
Receipts of cotton today-292 bales
Receipts same day last years. bales.
This seasons receipts TO date-3a. 574
bales.
Receipts TO same date last year-233, l69
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchanges:
Cotton firm.
Ordinary......... ............ :....... SIG
Good ordinary....... ............. is
Low mlOdllnS . o-l6
-hluuIIilS -.--...- -.-...-. ......-. %
Good middling....... .......
The herald., 1898-04-15
The Evening Session

The devotional services were dismiss ed
by DR.. Maxon with prayer. after which
Moderator Fisher, Rev. Stewart and Elder
Dunlop were appointed a committee TO
organize Highland Park church, that
caused such an acrimonious discussion in
the afternoon.
Resolutions of thanks were rendered DIR.
Doyle for his work in behalf of home mis-
sons in Southern California Rev. Stew
art, in biography which he read, euo-
g;zed the memory and the deeds of the la ,e
Rev. G. H. Pollock. Rev. Colmery was ap-
pointed to prepare minutes on the deaths Of
the defuHct Revs. J. Rice Bowman and S.
r. Dennen. Rev. A NJ. Merwin took UP
for comment the report of the committee
on foreign missions. The speaker was a
missionary in the Orient for the Presby-
terian church for nineteen years, and left
1t only after losing two children, who sue
cumbed to the climate.
Rev. H. H. Rice spoke on 'Tncidents In
My Missionary Experience" Rev. r. B.
Taylor on 1.-THE Tenth Legion in Foreign
Missions;" Rev. H. K. Walker on "The
Logical Aspect of Foreign Missions"
Rev. Ng PooN Chew, pastor of the Chi
nese Pres byterian church of this city,
spoke enthusiastically of the work he de-
nomination was accomplishing among his
people.
The present session was then adjourned,
to meet again in October at San Bernar-
dino.
The herald., 1898-04-15
These Prices Good Till 10 Saturday, April l6 1893
JACOBY Bros, Ssas'!a;'1''s's HSf4s ssRmo Street:

been confirmed into the Episcopal faith by
Bishop Potter. This caused a sensation In
Princeton. but It was nothing to the feel
ing aroused when it was learned that
President Patton with Prof. Duffield and
Prof. Cameron of the college had refused
to go as delegates to the Presbyterian gen.
eral assembly. Many persons predicted
that this action presaged the absolute
breaking away of Princeton university
from the denomination. 1t is probable the
college will be entirely without represen-
tation at the convention. The ground Of
the refusal of President Patton and his two
colleagues to serve as delegates is that they
expect the faculty of the college will be
censured on account of the Princeton Inn
trouble. The opinsou is expressed that no
explanation they offer will be accepted by
the assembly. as Prof. Shields action in
indorsing the application for the liquor
license has been denounced formally in
scathipg terms by Presbyterian bodies in
almost every state of the union. President
Patton's present course is held to indica q
that since war is to be declared between
the church and the college. the college will
begin 1t.
The herald., 1898-04-15
PETITION FOR LICENSE
WILL CAUSE WAR AMONG THE
PRESBYTERIANS
Princeton University Is Evidently
Determined to Break Out of the
Fold of the Church

CHICAGO, April 15.-The Tribune's New
York special says:
War is threatened in the Presbyterian
church that will overshndow the famous
controversy over Dr. Briggs alleged
heresy.
The present trouble grows out of the
Princeton Inn incident. when former
President Grover Cleveland Joined with
Prof. Charles Woodruff Shields, who holds
the chair of Harmony and Science and
Revealed Religion i'm Princeton college,
and other property owners of the univer-
sity town, in signing a petition that d
liquor license be granted to that hostelry,
which is a favorite resort for students as
we'll as members of the faculty and their
friends. 1t was told that Prof Shields had
left the Presbyterian church and had
The herald., 1898-04-15
PERSONALS

]. w. F. Diss of San Bernardino is in the
city.
James F. Mckee, tourist of Cincinnati,
is in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Rice of Kingman.
Ariz., are in the city,
Salvador Capdeoila of Barcelona, Spain.
is recent arrival.
Jules Kaufman. a prominent merchant
of San Jacinto, Is in the city.
Mrs. VIM. C. Cluff and daughter. society
people of San Francisco, are in the city.
Mrs. Timothy Hopkins of Menlo Park IL
here. She is accompanied by Miss Hop
kins and maid.
The herald., 1898-04-15

mines are on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, near Cumberland Nd, ship coIsid-
erabe coal to San Francisco for smithing
purposes, and the cost of the coal at the
mines and the price at which it is sold TO
consumers in certain parts of California,
has developed an interesting situation
with reference to transportation charges.
The company gets s. cents a ton for :he
coal at the mines, and then it is sent over
the Baltimore and Ohio to Locust Point,
where it is loaded on vessels and goes
around the Horn to San Francisco. From
there it is shipped by rail to the interior
points, and then placed in sacks and car
ried on mules to the small mining settle
ments scattered through the mountain.
This coal is retailed in these settlements,
some being hundreds of miles from the
railroad, at 500 ton. or cents a pound.
The herald., 1898-04-15

Miss Lydia Eustis, niece of ex-Ambassa-
dor Eustis. is preparing to give a series OF
of recitals in New York in conjunction with
the Adamowski quartet of Boston.
The herald., 1898-04-15

The Boys and Girls Aid society has ar
ranged with Mrs. Eldred of Chicago for a
course of popular lectures on palmistry
astrology and psychometry, on the 10th
10Th and %, at Southern California Music
hall.
The herald., 1898-04-15

Every family is interested In the
navy that is to protect US. Pay for
The Herald one month in advance and
get eight fine half-tone colored illus
trations Of the leading ships Of that
navy.
The herald., 1898-04-15
The Preliminaries

when are you going to begin building
the new church?'
When the building committee gets
through quarreling. g.''-Chicago Record.
The herald., 1898-04-15

There are undelivered kilograms at the
Western Union telegraph office for John
F. Weber, VIM. S. Wood, James A. May,
z. A. Phillips.
The herald., 1898-04-15

A fire hydrant broke at the corner of
Figueroa and Adams streets this morning
about 2 o'clock and flooded the neighbor-
hood before it could be turned off.
The herald., 1898-04-15

Mrs. ]. Conley, wife of the well known
police officer, left Wednesday for Mount
Vernon, Ind, to visit relatives.
The herald., 1898-04-15

Latest styles wall paper at A. A. Eek
strom's, 324 South Spring street.
The herald., 1898-04-15
Afternoon Session

A prayer by DR.. Ewing opened the after
noon meeting. Immediately upon conven-
ing, Rev Stewart of the provisional COM
mittee that has in hand the adjudication of
the Westminster matter reported that he
would need further time to report on the
progress of his work definitely. The hear
ing of-his report was set for 3 o'clock.
Rev. Gage, chairman of the home mis-
sion committee, read the report arrange d
The herald., 1898-04-15
RAILWAY MATTERS
The Colorado River Alligator Circus
Escape-News Notes

The mystery of the twelve-foot alligator
captured in the Colorado river on Wednes-
day by Yuma Indian has at last been ex-
planned. The archives of the Southern
Pacific depot contain the records of the
escape OF an alligator from a circus in the
neighborhood of Yuma about seven years
ago. 1t is a moral certainty that the fe-
low caught there recently is the same one,
having enjoyed a long but lonesome lib
erty. He has been the only one of his class
within a distance of about two Thousand
miles, and is probably glad that he has
been captured, and is now likely to have
the ompanionship that comes from being
in a dime museum. The railway people
have not decided whether to bring the
creature to Santa Monica for a seaside
attraction or not the Irdian's price prob
ably having something to do with the
saurian's future fate.
Notes and Personals
General Passenger Agent Byrne of the
Santa Fe is out on an inspection tour Of the
line.
The Southern Pacific is preparing to build
a trestle across the wash between Chino
and Pomona.
B. F. Porter has been appointed superin
tendent of the Maricopa and Phoenix rail-
way.
The new manager of the California De-
velopment company Mr.. L. A. Packard,
has changed the former policy of the COM
pany, which was 10 buy all supplies in San
Francisco, and has opened accounts with
the business houses of San Diego. The
company is a heavy consumer of AL kinds
of goods and supplies having half dozen
or more stores, and the new arrangement
will cause decided increase of freight 10
San Diego, something the special agents
are already figuring on
| The Consolidation Coal company, whose
The herald., 1898-04-15
Westminster Matter Settled

And now came the Westminster matter,
the looked for affair of the day. 1t had
been set for hearing three times during
the course of the session, but each time was
postponed for another hour or two 1t was
the very last business listened to at the
afternoon meeting, and while the delegates
were noticeably tired, they braced
themselves for the occasion, it having been
rumored that it had been definitely and
satisfactorily settled. A complete verif-
cation of this did not come, however, and it
was true only in part.
Rev Stewart, chairman of the commit
tee that had the matter in charge. was
given the floor and addressed the conyen-
tion as follows:
las a matter of history, it is Intensely
interesting to some Of US. 1t is Just year
ago since the trouble arose in convention
with the First Presbyterian church Of Los
Angeles. Many of us took an active part
The herald., 1898-04-15
How Warm!

Every sacond man you meet 10
aching to ask you us It warm
enough for youi" Foolish men.
They all could be cool and happy by
wearing
The herald., 1898-04-15
Straw Hats.

TO make Straw Hats show which
way the trade winds blow, we re.
mark, for 2 days only, every 76c
Straw Hat in this house to ASo
TODAY and ~
TOMORROW W...............
Sennett Straw aud Canton Braid.
The herald., 1898-04-15
Boys Hats.

Straw Hats will spare young heads
much unnecessary discomfort these
"weather bureau" days. Soft ROLL
ing brim, or straight brim, plain
white or mixed black and white
braid, quality sbc; price. fno
TODAY AND 4
TOMORROW y
The herald., 1898-04-15
Warm Weather
Coolers.


Flannel Negligee Shirts, silk sewn
throughout, full cut, SO inches, fur
nished with every improvement
sSSss:;$ sSSSs ss;ss :: ~ ;s''' sciences So
Lightweight Balbriggan Underwear,
loek-stitchsd seams, pearl buttons,
ribbed neckband, full fashioned, all
sizes, regular value 60c; 1no
per garment TODAY H4
AND TOMORROW. ...... ..~/
Black Lisie-fnished Half Hose, extra
heels and toes, warranted not to
crock, 20c garment; only, 40
TODAY AND I'LL
TOMORROW W...............
Summer Novelties in Club Ties and
Bows, latest aud swellest colorings,
Just arrived from NewYork byWells-
Fargo express, every one a 1ec
soc tie after Saturday ~
night; until then only.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-20
UNANIMOUSLY AGREES
TO SUE FOR PEACE
The Madrid Cabinet Said to Have
Reached Decision That May
End the War.

NEW YORK, July ia cao4egram
to the Sun from Madrid, dated July 20,
2 a. m, says: The council has unani-
mously agreed to seek peace. The re-
sponsibility for capitulation is left to
Captain General Blanco and General
Toral solely. 1t is significant that the
censorship raised no objection to the
dispatch announcing that the Cabinet
had decided to seek peace.
MADRID, July 19.-The evening pa
pers announce that the Cabinet council
to-day was occupied with the capitula-
ton of Santiago de Cuba Ministers ex-
pressed surprise that General Toral had
included the whole military division of
the province in the surrender. When
details have been received the question
of a ourt-martial of General Toral will
be submitted.
Ell Impartial learns from several
members of the Cabinet that, in their
opinion, for Spain to sue now for peace
would be an avowal that she is van
pushed Moreover, they believe that
the United States, f1attered by the trt-
umph at Santiago, would consent to
peace only on unequal terms and there
fore it is preferable to continue the
war in the hope of re-conquering a por-
ton of the lost territory.
AS the Government makes no sign
it can only be supposed" says Ell I'm
parcial, that the Ministers disagree on
the question"
Some papers believe that the recon-
struction of the Cabinet is imminent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-20
BATTLE-SHIP PELAYO
HAS BEEN DAMAGED

MARSEILLES, July ia steamer
which has just arrived here reports
having SIGHTED on july Is, off the coast
of Tunis, the Spanish feet commanded
by Admiral Camara. AS the steamer
passed the battleship Pelayo a column
of smoke suddenly issued from her.
and from the fact that a cruiser had
to take the Pelayo In tow 1t is evident
that the most powerful Warship of
Spain has been damaged.
LONDON, July 20.-The Vienna cor
respondent of the Times, discussing the
advent and probable operations of
Commodore Watson, Says: ut is
taken for granted that America will
punctiliously observe the obligation
of international law. There will, there
fore, be no legal ground for European
protests, and intervention without legal
Justification is practically excluded by
the certainty that Great Britain VIII
support the United States, while the
powers are not likely to risk fastening
the conclusion of an Anglo-American
alliance by any attempt to hinder or
coerce the United States.
Disappointment with the policy of
the Spanish Government is growing
here, and it is BEGINNING to be believed
that Spain can be con--inced of the alb
solute necessity of suing for peace
only by fresh disasters. A great sur
prise was occasioned here by the news
that the odds at Santiago were largely
on the side of the Spaniards."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-20
NO MADRID KILOGRAMS
IN LONDON PAPERS
Severity of Censorship at the Spanish
Capital Is Felt in All
Directions.

LONDON, July Flowing to the Sc
verify Of the censorship at Madrid the
London morning newspapers to-day are
quite without Madrid dispatches, ex-
cept brief messages sent by way Of
France. The Madrid papers themselves
are without dispatches from Paris
London or Havana. Even the Spanish
provincial papers get nothing from the
capital
The Madrilines, it is reported. suspect
that the protracted negotiations at
Santiago de Cuba conceal some sort of
jugglery and 1T is also said that the
Government Yields only nominal con-
troll over Captain General Blanco, his
attitude and that of his army being the
chief obstacles to peace.
The Washington correspondence of
the Daily Telegraph asserts that Presi-
dent Mckinley yesterday (Tuesday)
declared that he expected no peace pro-
posals from Spain until Havana had
been taken.
The morning papers comment upon
the peculiar and interesting situation
developed by the antagonism between
the Americans and Cubans at Santiago.
The Daily Chronicle expresses the
hope that Commodore Schley has been
falsely represented as talking about a
change in European frontiers 1t adds:
IF the United States really intends to
permit the incalculable error of send
ing a fleet to Spain, the less 1t says
about changes of frontier the better for
us ALL"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-20
BATTLING AGAINST
THE YELLOW SCOURGE
Every Precaution for the Protection
Of American Troops Around
Santiago.

SANTIAGO, July IS, via Kingston,
July 19.-Strenuous efforts to prevent
the spread of infectious diseases among
the American troops in front of San
tiago de Cuba were made as soon as
the city surrendered, and for the past
thirty-six hours our soldiers have been
sent as rapidly as possible to the hills
to the north of the city, where new
camps have been established.
Everything possible is being done to
improve the sanitary conditions of the
camps, especially in the case of the
troops which are expected to take part
in the expedition to Porto Rico Of the
regiments here only those which are not
in the slightest degree infected will be
allowed to go to Porto Rico. The others
will remain here for the present, en-
camped on the high ground north of
Santiago. Two immune regiments from
New Orleans and Mobile are expected
here daily, and upon their arrival they
will be sent to the city, forming the
only American garrison which will re-
main there.
The physical condition of our troops
is not considered serious, now that the
number of cases of fever is growing
less all the time, and it is believed that
the disease will disappear with the re-
moval of the soldiers to healthier local
tiles and the extra precautions which
are being taken.
General Wheeler's cavalry division Is
practically free from sickness and
probably will be allowed to go to Porto
Rico to take part in the campaign.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-20

Heath and Fred w. Heath have ap-
piled for authority to organize the
First National Bank of Honolulu. They
presented their application first as
early as February 8, 1898, when it was
supposed the islands were on the verge
of annexation, and they renewed it on
May % of this year
The application for authority to or
ganize the First National Bank of San
Juan is signed by William E. Curtis,
formerly director of Bureau OF
American Republics; John T. Suter of
Washington, Henry w. Cannon, John
G.. Moore and Grant B. Schley of New
York. This application was made on
July 16. Neither application can yet be
granted, for although Hawaii has been
annexed, the annexation resolution ex-
pressly continues the laws Of Hawaii in
force until repealed or modified by Con-
gress, and there is doubt as to whether
it will not require Congressional action
to extend. to the islands the general
laws of the United States. When the
time comes, however, that national
banks can be established in these pos
sessions of the United States. the first
application will be given priority and
will have the right to the title Of First
National Bank
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-07-20

from the channel, but the cable
torpedoes still remain.
From ten to fifteen deaths a
day from starvation are reported.
Forty thousand persons are be-
ing fed tonight by the Red Cross
Corps. Refugees in the armies
are hocking into the city, and it
has been necessary to place a
strong guard about the stores
which are being landed from the
State of Texas.
Fourteen hundred tons of pro-
visions have been brought off
from the Red Cross steamship.
An additional thousand tons are
expected in a few days.
Santiago has been like a city
enjoying a holiday. Famished
Spaniards have welcomed the
Americans and have gone SO far