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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-29
lands s 1-16c; middling gulf s 5-1ec;
sales LASS.
PORT RECEIPTS.

PORT ECEIPTS.
Galveston-Quiet at 5 1i-1sc; net re-
ceipts $50.
Norfolk-Nominal at 5Nc; net re-
ceipts $40.
Baltimore-Nominal at SIC; gross
receipts us.
Boston-Quiet at 6 Lie: net receipts
so: gross receipts sos.
Wilmington-Steady at 5Sc.
Philadelphia-Quiet at s size; net
receipts 81.
Savannah-Quiet and steady at 5Nc:
net receipts IS.
New Orleans-Steady at SIC: net re-
ceipts Isl.
Mobile-Nominal At 5%c: net re-
ceipts Z.
Memphis-Dull at 5Ac: net receipts
so; gross receipts 237.
Augusta-Steady at &c: net receipts
"A.
Charleston-Ouiet.
Cincinnati-ouiet 1t &c; net receipts
ISL.
Louisville-Quiet at &c.
ST. Louis-Quiet at 5 1S-leC; gross
receipts 200.
Houston-ouiet at 5 l1-1sc; net re-
ceipts Il.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago. July 27.-The leading flu
lures were as follows:
Open High. Low. Clos.
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New York, July 27.-The steamship
Ardandhu, of the Tweedie Line, trad
ing between West Indian ports and
this city, came up the bay today with
a heavy list to starboard and the car
go stored in her lower hold on fire.
The fire of the ship made it's appear
ance Monday night when, if the ves-
sci had made an uninterrupted voyage
she should have been off the New Jer-
sey shore and close to Sandy Hook.
But leaky boilers and the breaking
down of her engines delayed the
steamer at least thirty hours, and at
the time of the discovery of the flames
in hold No. 3, the steamship was off
Fenwick's island on the coast of Mary
land. The widest excitement follow
ed the outbreak of the fire, and several
passengers endeavored to seize the
life boats. Third Mate Percy Sanders
was forced to draw his revolver to
prevent the men from the steerage
leaving the burning steamer in three
boats which could have easily &C
commodated the other forty-five pas
sengers and members of the crew.
The three life boats were lowered in
to the sea which was quite calm and
the ships officers stood by the rope
ladders. Thus a panic was avoided
and the safety of the ffty-six persons
on board the Ardandhu rescued.
The heat was SO intense and the
smoke was so heavy that it was for a
time unsafe for the passengers to re-
main on the upper deck. They were
all ordered forward and the women
and children were first put into the
life boats, each of which had a full
supply OF food and water on board
and was supplied with compasses and
signal rockets.
It was nearly midnight when Cap
tain Walker considered that he had the
fire under control, and decided to con-
tinue on his way to New York. The
ONE and children were taken back
to the steamer and the life boats were
hoisted to the divits, but were not
taken on board. The officers from
that time on kept watch over the life
boats to prevent the eleven Jamaicans
who appeared to be terror stricken,
from deserving the burning steamship
in them. Two of the steerage passen-
gers, however, slowed themselves in
the small boat astern and remained
there until the Ardandhu reached the
narrOWS.
On the trip up the coast Captain
Walker brought the steamship to a
standstill to ascertain if the steam
was getting the best of the flames in
the lower hold. Although it was ap-
parent that the flames were being held
in check, it was also clear that the
fire in hold No. 8, was an extensive
one. Between decks the heat was un-
bearable and when the covers from
the ventilator holes were removed
smoke rolled out of the opening. The
fire continued. to burn and the Ar
dandhu, on account of the water
which had been let into holds 3 and
4 had a heavy list to starboard, pre-
venting much speed.
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Our Hold on Porto Rico

Berlin, July 27.-The National Ga
zette says: Although Americas haste
to obtain a footing in Porto Rico rs
rather contrary to the strict canons Of
military usage, IL is perhaps justified
by the assumption that its conquest
Will place America in a better posi-
ton to dictate terms OF peace. AS
Spain is unable to pay indemnity,
America has a right TO demand an en-
forced compensation"
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Same day las year, sSc.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doing.
Rosin steady at s2l3c and s7isc.
Tar quiet at sl.1o.
Crude turpentine steady; hard s1.o0:
soft $50.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
tu%rpentine, CSC and 24hc; rosin. $50
and LIS; tar, s1.15; crude ~turpentine,
$3.50, $50 and $3.50.
Receipts today-l23 casks spirits tur-
p~entine. 664 barrels rosin, l2a barrels
tar. 50 barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts to same day last year-l2e
casks spirits turpentine, 225 barrels
rosin, So barrels tar, so barrels crude
~turpentine.
COUNTR YPRODUCE.
Peanuts-S5c.
Rice-Uplands. s5Gsoc: lowlands,
$I.1091.15.
Corn-52 to 53c.
Corn meal-50hc.
Cow Peas-9Oc.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, To- TO
lie; shoulders, 615 to &c; sides, s TO
811c.
Chickens-Firm: spring 10q1Sc; hens
1S@25c; ROSTERS, 1S@22c.
Eggs-Slow at 10c.
Shingles-Per 100 five inch, hearts
and saps, $1.5oQ2.10; six inch, s2.50q
$50.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-29

II have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in my family for years and
always with good results" says MI.
w. B. Cooper, Of Ell Rio. Cal. For
small children we find it especially
effective" For sale by r. r, 6euamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-29
4 STEAMER ATTIRE At SEA
PerilOus Situation O
Those on Board.
PASSENGERS In A PANIC

Fire Breaks Out In Hold OF the Ar.
dandhu, West Indies for New York
An Officer With Drawn Pistol Pre-.
Preparations Made TO Abandon the
Ship-Wfth Fire Still Burning She
Stcams Into New York.
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COTTON.

Liverpool, July 27.- D. m.-Cotton.-
Spot, fair demand, prices 1-32d higher;
American middling fair 3 29-32d; good
middling 3&d; American middling
3 7-16d; low middling 3 5-1Sd: good or
binary 3 5-32d; ordinary 3 1-32d. The
sales Of the day were 10, 600 bales. of
which 500 were for speculation and
export and included 8,40O bales Amer
lean; receipts 1000 bales, none Ameri-
can. Futures opened quiet but steady
with a moderate demand and closed
firm.
American middling, low middling
clause: July 3 23-64d sellers: July and
August 3 23-S4d sellers: August and
September 3 22-64d buyers; September
and October 3 21-64d buyers: October
and November 3 20-64d buyers: No
vember and December 3 19-s4d buyers.
December n January 3 i9-s4d buyers:
anuar and February 3 19-s4G3 20-s4d
sellers; February and March 3 20-s4d
buyers; March and April 3 q -s4d SELL
ers; April and May 3 21-64G3 22-s4d
buyers.
New York, July 27.-Cotton quiet and
steady; middling s 1-1sc: net receipts
none; gross receipts s27; exports TO
Great Britain 500: to the continent
1,161; forwarded s22; sales l,43s; stock
SO, 1872.
Total today: Net receipts 1903; ex-
ports to Great Britain LOST; to the
continent 1,S72; stock 264,103.
Consolidated: Net receipts 1900: ex-
ports to Great Britain S,64S; TO France
2,64S: to h continent 1854.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts 5.495,244 exports TO Great Bri-
tain 3,493, 494; to France SIS, POS; to the
continent 2,955, 1874.
Futures closed very steady. july SIS.
August SIS, September $50. October
SIS. November $50, December 90
January sos, February 6.07. March
Gil. April 6.15. May 6.1s.
Spot quiet and steady; middling up
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
n

New York, July 27.-Money on call
steady at Ia @1h per cent. last o
at IL per cent; prime mercantile pa
per at 3h@4 per cent; sterling ex-
change firmer, with actual business in
bankers bills at s4.S5@4.S5h for de-
mand and at $4.S3& CASA for sixty
days; posted rates " @4.S5 and
81. S6@4. S6k; commercial bills at S4.S512;
silver certificates at 5SA @59h; bar
silver at $50; Mexican dollars at 45h;
government bonds strong.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.
Wilmington, N. c., July

Wilmington, N. c., July q.
Receipts Of cotton today bales.
Receipts same day last year.
bales.
This seasons receipts TO date-S23,1 log
bales.
Receipts to same date last 'year-234.-
40 bales.
The quotations posted at 4 O'Clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton steady.
oEUlIldIS
Good ordinary .......-........
Low middling 5 Sic
sfiddlfng .......... So
Good middling ................ SIS
Same day last year, SAc
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

that will bring Ia 800. 600, 900 a year.
1t means The authOrlZltlOn-and |
measure my words, LAYING my hand
On the shoulder Of the Chairman Of
the committee on WAYS and Means
Mr.. DingIey that We are 10 bQrrow
at least 500. 000,O00. 1t means the
putting Of these burdens upon the
country. Let the amount be thou
sand millions if necessary increase
the taxation TO whatever extent may
be Deedful fer the well-being of the
country; but let Us not spend a single
dollar, or authorize single dollar Of
expenditure, unless to equip ourselves
for the fight that seems to beJust in
front Of us. [Applausp.l AND the
reason | do not want to join in adthOr-
izing three battle ships is that long
before they can be launched. let alone
COMPLETED. the war will be over and
l fear the battle ships Will be
obsolete.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

world has ever seen. The battles
they fought were won as CALAMITY as
any recorded in history.
"And yet the peril which our sol.
diers had cause to dread was not
bullets, but disease, which swept
over our camps and destroyed hun,
dreds where bullets killed one. Our
soldiers entered into the fever strick.
en- camps as they went up the hill
in the face of the enemy, with a
courage and devotion that must open
to them the GLORIOUS pages of history
"Those who say that these men
sickened and died because thew
wished to; those who blame the
soldiers and officers Of our army for
the disease and death that devastat.
ed the camps and thinned the ranks ;
those who assert that our soldiers
suffered through their own fault, in.
suit a quarter Of a million of the
bravest men that ever carried arms
beneath the sun.
"These men did not suffer and die
because they liked it, and whoever
says they did insults our army and
the men who Differed it. Its an
affront to reason. have nothing to
say of the blame for the death of
those brave men,"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
Miles For the Volunteers.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 90
General Miles, at reception given
at his home last night to his COM
rades efthe Medal Of Honor Legion,
denounced as false the claim that
voluntcr, officers and soldiers were
themselves responsible for the sick.
ness in the camps.
"The volunteer troops Of the
United States in The war with Spain"
said he, "were as brave and as pat.
riotic a body OF soldiers as ever
took the field in any campaign the
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
DECIDED TO PAY ALL.
Custom Of Fire Adjusters to Scale Down
Policies Gets a Backset.

A school house at Vincent, Osborne
county, was burned in July of last
year. 1t was insured for $500, but the
insurance company settled for $3.50.
Some time ago the directors wrote to
Insurance Commissioner McNall about
the matter and he 10 turn wrote to
the insurance company, asking why
they did not pay the full amount oil
the insurance and thus comply with
the valued policy law. Today McNalI
received reply from the manager OF
the company, 10 which be said.
1.-THE claim was adjusted by an ex.
ira man USED during the rush of losses
which always come at that season 10
Kansas, and we find that the adjuster
reported that the directors conceded
that $3.50 was the full value of The
building, and they would be entirely
satisfied with that amount.
However, as they now desire pay
ment Of the whole insurance, In COM
pliance with your request we will for
ward the additional $50 as soon as we
ascertain the names OF the present
directors"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
Campaign Claptrap.

1t is bosh, pure claDtrap, for fix
republicans to claim that republi.
can congress is essentially necessary
in the settlement of matters connect.
ed with and growing out of war
President Mckinley will be assisted
by patriotic congress no matter
which party may have majority in
that body. These questions should
not be delt with in partisan man.
ner, but in an American way. The
democrats and populists may be re-
lied upon to stand by the president
in protecting the honor of our be-
loved country, and in settling in a
humane way all controversies that
may yet arise, Should the presi-
dent be given a strong republican
majority in congress, with the impli-
cation that his wish should be law in
the premises-aS would most likely
be the caSe--then the whole matter
might as yell be left solely to him,
and let the congress in a preiunctory
way endorse his acts. A congress
man is not sent to Washington to
become as clay in the potter's hands.
He IS sent there in the capacity Of
legislator, and not to be the subser>
Went tool of a partisan president.
The thinking voter will not be
caught by the chaff thrown to him
by republican organs and speakers.
In fact conservative voter will be
more likely to conclude that an op.
position congress will be Of inesti-
mable benefit to the country just now
in preventing international questions
being settled in partisan basis. In
such cases the interests of the whole
people should be subserved as near
y as may be, and not merely those
Of the republican party. The mon,
opolies. trusts and combines should
be relegated in TIL, instance, and
he whole people be given represen-
alton in the settlement of such mo.
nentous questi0ns.=NewtQn Jour.
lal.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
WHICH Do YOU ENDORSE?
Here Is Brief Comparison of the Records of the Popust
and Republican Parties Upon the Subject
of Stock Yards Legislation.
REPUBLICAN,.

The following from the pen of Sol
Miller, whose Republlcanism was nevel
questioned, appeared in the Troy
Chief of Thursday, March IA, 1895
and has reference to the action of til,
last Republican legislature, that of '95
upon the subject of stock yards legis
iation:
complaints had been made
concerning the stock yards at
Kansas City. II is said the ship
perS of Kansas bad suffered
wrongs or extortionS. Whether
the charges were we'll founded or
not we are unable to say. The
legislature appointed acOmmittee
to investigate, and it was theiT
duty to do so. People who are
guilty of no crookedness should
not shrink from investigation.
When the committee went down
to investigate The Stock Yards
Company set them up grand
banquet of food and wine, and it
is said they all got as drunk as
billed owls They came home
and reported that they had not
time to investigate, or some other
report that was SO thin that even
the Legislature was ashamed of it,
and either centured the commit
tee, or CLOSED over the report"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
POPULIST.

The PopuliSt legislature of 1897
passed what is known as the Stock
Yards Law, which applied particularly
to the stock yards at Kansas City
The law reduced the yardaSe charges
on cattle at those yards from 25c tc
i5c a head; on calves from iOc to Sc;
on hogs from &c to &c; and on sheep
from SC to &c. II also eliminated the
charge OF 81 per buShel for corn, and
81 per hundred for hay, and provided
that the company should not charge
to exceed 100 per cent. above the mar
ket price. This legislation has been
resisted by the stock yards company,
and is at present in the supreme court
OF the United States awaiting a deci-
sion upon it. The company has re-
its offices from Kansas to Mis-
souri, in order to be able to continue
without any legislative interference, to
rob Kansas farmers by extortionate
charges. The Populist party, in the
platform of 1898, demands that the
state of Kansas shall erect its own
stock yards and operate them at cost,
for the benefit of the people, and par
ticularly for the benefit of the stock
shippers of this state.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

Real estate transactions: ]. G,
Struble has bought Of Frank S@ag'
CART the northeast quarter Of the
northwest quarter Of section 10 In
Falls township, for 900. John
Knisely has bought Of H. j. McNail
let II in block s, town Of Perth, fol
$500. IN. A. Stolobarger has bought
of c. G. Rulings lots "a and 36in bloch
l19, Willsie's addition to the city o
Caldwell, for $3.50. =. Sarah @. Cum
mings has secured a school patent II
the northeast quarter Of section 36 IL
Morris township.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

For the want OF something to talk
about Stanley is advocating the op-
ening a market for clothes where it is
so hot that people wear nothing but
breech. cloths, for hay where grass
grows the year round, for fruit where
fruit grows natural, for ice in Green.
land. As he grows more luny he
will be shipping coal to the moon
and bottled lightning to the stars.
His wild vagaries are making him a
laughing stock, and some of the Re-
publicans are advising his immedi-
ate withdrawal. But what can the
fellow do, they have no policy'-
Exchange.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

The Mail and Star says. appeal
to Reason" is the name of one of the
most influential POpulist papers in
Southern Kansas and then proceeds
to quote from that paper a COM
plant that the Populist party is
lacking in educating the people
more along socialistic lines. Gap.
peal to Reason" is a socialist paper
and'is supporting the socialist ticket
which gained Its place on the official
ballot by the assistance Of many
Republican petitioners. "Appeal
to Reason" has 100000 circulation
all over the United States.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
Postmaster General at Wichita.

A private Car trimmed with gold
trailed the regular Rock Island trair
into Wichita this morning. 1t was
the car of the president Of the Rock
Island railroad, but the president
was not in it. He had placed it al
the disposal ofCharles Emory Smith,
member Of President McKinley's
cabinet, postmaster general, and ed.
itor Of the Philadelphia Press.
The car is one Of the most beauti.
full on the Rock Island system. Iti
interior furnishings cost $4,000
the price of a quarter of million
bushels Of corn. Its wheels nave
rubber bands to prevent them from
making the least noise.
~ ~ **
Weeks ago plans were made to
make the coming of Mr.. Smith the
greatest event of the year. A deter.
mined effort was made to bring
$4,000 people TO Wichita. The Re-
publicans had an ambition to con-
vince the people that postmaster
general is bigger man than Bryan.
There were four men at the Carey
hotel when Mr.. Smith arrived.
"Wait," said one, until the New
ton train gets IN"
The Newton train got in and
Ralph Faxon, Bill Puett and Tom
Jackson got off. All Of them had
railroad passes.
"Wait," said the still hopeful
heart, "till the train from the south
gets in"
That train also arrived and
brought Andy Richards, Of yelling.
on, Tom Hubbard, OF Rome and
John Nyce and Bob Simon, Of Cald-
well.
AT noon there were fully forty
out Of town persons in the city.
They were enthusiastic. They were
postmasters and ought to be.
Chester Long was in the city but
he did not appear in public, He re.
naiRed in bis room as usual. That
is Chester's way Of imprassing his
particular style of greatness. Lutte
Axline Of Medicine Lodge, and W.
NJ. Wallace Of Kingman were his
inner and outer guards. Nobody
could approach Mr.. Long without
their permission. He gave them
particular instructions to refuse en-
trance to Editor Simons Of Caldwell
and Editor Snyder Of Mcpherson
He betrayed these two men in post.
Office fights and he doubtless
thought they had come to Wichits
to throw dynamite bomb at him
or do him bodily harm in som.
other way.
1t was the first time in history
that a cabinet officer made a speech
in Wichita and he could not attrac
enough people 10 6ll the Auditorium
1t is probably the first time in his
tory that a cabinet officer of tn,
president Of the United States coult
not get more than 900 to hear hin
in city having over 10000 inhabi
tants. And yet they say this is
republican year in Kansas.-Wichi
IA Beacon.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF figs

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity OF the combination, bat also
TO the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known 10 the CALIFORNIA Flo SYRUP
70. only, and we wish 10 impress upon
al the Importance Of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup Of Figs Is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA Fro SYRUP Co.
only, a knowledge Of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing OF the CALI.
FoRSIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions OF families. makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
OF the excellence of its remedy. II is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as 1t acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
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effects, please remember the name of
the Company
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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

Miss Daisy Cummings spent Sunday
at her home 10 South Haven.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

In the clamor to praise Nc K inley
let US not forget the business ad-
mlnistration" of Old Man Morrill,
and his gang. And let US not for
set that it is state, rather than ma
tional affairs that are on trial.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-10-13

]. Fl. Gregg, Of Dundee, Kas.,
writes: "My little daughter who has
been troubled with Group ever since
she was three months old, l never
found anything to relieve her until l
tried Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup, and
that has cured her entirely. l think
1t is the best cough Syrup on the
market. II. +. Smith. II