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MAGISTRATE
CIGAR
CIGAR.

being estimated at 10000 shares ana
gave the bears the needed backing for
their success.
Operations for the long account were
almost wholly relinquished, and when the
Joint traffic decision was announced the
prices crumbled away before the attacks
of the bears without much resistance.
There was sufficient covering at the close
however, to cause some sharp fracuohal
rallies. The principal weakness on the
Joint traffic decision showed itself rather
inconsistency among the Changers. The
trunk lines on the other hand were
markedly unaffected.
The selling of stocks for foreign ac-
count was reflected i'll a violent upward
movement Of sterling exchange the ac-
tual rates rising fully z of a cent for the
pound. The continental exchanges on
London were at the same time rising
quite sharply. and the open market dis"
count rate in London showed harden
ing tendency. All Of this was in line
with the active war preparations reported
from London and showed the effort Of
the British financial centre to call home
its outstanding money resources. Not
ance against the United States London
sold securities freely with the same re-
suit. The midday reaction in the foreign
wheat markets was the only feature of
the day that did not point to threatening
developments, and the later recovery ana
the continued large demand in American
markets for export cOnteracted TINS
The manipulativc rise III Tobacco con-
tinued and helped to sustain the price
of Sugar.
The bond market was active to de-
gree and weakened in sympathy with
stocks, although the New York money
market continued easy in spite of strin-
gency abroad. Total sales S2,310,OO0.
Government bonds were unchanged.
The total sales of stocks were 3G0,9O0
shares, including: 40050. Atchison pre-
ferred; 26, 400, G. Burlington and Quincy;
9,5T2. Louisville and Nashville; 1881,
7,56S, Northern Pacific; o.
325, Rock Island; 30,S01, st. Paul: H.
S44. Union Pacific preferred; 7,15f,
Union Pacific Denver ana Gulf; $3.50,
American Toabacco: 10000, American
Sugar; 4,175, Chicago Great Western
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- 4--.--------. -----------a- 1-7-s.--
LAND SALE.

By virtue of power conferred upon me
by a certain mortgage deed, which is duly
recorded in Registry of Wake county, in
book No. 135 at page 294, / will offer
for sale to the highest bidder for cash
at the court house door in the city of
Raleigh, n. c., on
THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1898, AT II
O'CLOCK, NJ,
all that piece Of land in said mortgage,
described as follows in Wake Forest
township, adjoining the lands of ]. c..
Leigh, Norfeet Kelly, J. G. Freeman,
and bounded as follows: Beginning at
a rock J. G. Freeman's corner, thence
S. IL degrees w. q p to a rock, thence
w. % p to a rock, thence s. % L to u
rock and pointers, thence s. 4S degrees Ii
625 z to a pine, thence )
161% degrees W. 40 40 P
to rock, thence S. II degrees e 81
p to a rock, thence n. 211a degrees e. 153
p to a rock, thence w 70 p to the begin
ming. Containing sixty-six acres, be the
same more or less.
=. +. MONTAGUE, Mortgage.
Raleigh, n. c., Oct. 10, 1893.
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MONDAY. OCTOBER "a, 1898,

MONDAY. OCTOBER "a, 1898,
sell at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash, an undivided one half in
terest in the following real estate, to-wlt:
First Lot Situate on the south SIDE
of Newbern Avenue. between PetsOn
and Bloodworth streets in Raleigh, n. e..
being part of Lot 173 in the plan OF said
city, bounded ON the north by Newbern
Avenue, on the east by the Holleman
lot, on the south by the Sylvester Bett
lot. and on the west by the Litchford
lot, fronting A feet on Newbern Avenue,
and running back 105 feet. On this lot
is a dwelling house with five rooms.
Second Lot Situate in Raleigh town
ship opposite the fair grounds, bounded
on the north by the Hillsboro road, on
the east by the lands of the railroad,
running into said fair grounds, on the
south by Creech street. and on the west
by the w. r. Crawford land and bound
ed by a line as follows
Beginning at stake 60 feet westward
from the centre of the said railroad track
and in the south line of the Hillsboro
road, runs thence S. 16 degrees, west $50
feet to the north line of Creech street,
thence north "A degrees west 200 feet
to a stake in w. r. Crawford's line,
thence north 215 degrees east 597 feet
to a stake in the southern line of the
Hillsboro road CIV. r. Crawford's cor
ner), thence south "A degrees east 346
feet to the beginning, containing 3.64
acres, more or less. On this lot are
three two-room tenement houses.
Third Lot. Situate in Raleigh township
just south of the lot above described,
bounded on the north by Creech street
on the east by the lands of said railroad,
on the south by the lands of the North
Carolina Railroad and on the west by
the w. r. Crawford land, bounded by
a line as follows:
Beginning at q stake 6715 feet south
ward from the southeast corner of the
second lot above described and 60 feet
westward from the centre of the railroad
track leading into the fair grounds, runs
thence enthusiastically as that trac
runs and 60 feet distant therefrOm 450%
feet to a stake 100 feet northward from
the centre of the North Carolina Rail
road track, thence north SO degrees west
and parallel with the track of said North
Carolina Railroad 1871 feet to a stalk
in w. r. Crawford's line, thence north
21a degrees east $40 feet to a stake in
Crawford's line (being the S. w.
corner of Creech street and Sc fee
southwark from the southwest corne
of said second lot above described
thence south "A degrees, east 1856 feet to
the beginning, containing 1.25 acres,
more or less.
The place of sale. county court house
door in Raleigh, N. G. Time of sale,
IL o'clock m.
ERNEST HAYWOOD,
Commissioners.
September %, 1S98.--d. I. s.
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Hotel for Rent.

Having purchased the King House
Hotel in Greenville, / offer the same for
rent, possession to be given January list,
1899. The King House is situated IN
the centre of the business section of the
town, is conveniently located and
draws large patronage. The building
is three stories and contains 20 rooms
(more rooms will. be added if found
necessarily Large lot with stables on
premises. For further particulars apply
to j. A. ADREWS,
Greenville, N. G.
10-7-t
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COTTON.

New York. October 24-Business was
the general drift Of the market decidedly
downward, after the first call, on which
the market was quiet and steady at I'M
changed prices to an advance of
one point. Selling orders began to
come in from New Orleans. and
the market broke sharply in the
face of a considerably stronger
movement of cotton at the ports for the
week. AT the same time Liverpool cables
were better than expected. Efforts to
hold the market were also made on the
ground that exporters were active buy
ers of cotton in the Southern markets.
But the rush to sell overtopped all other
influences and prices were carried down
507 points from the final figures of
Saturday. Selling by Liverpool and a
prominent commission house supplement-
ed the New Orleans pressure. In the
afternoon the market mere steadied up
a little for a time, only to turn easier
again on account of renewed indications
that receipts would exceed early official
estimates, while the South was more
disposed TO sell spot cotton freely with
the result of weakness to decline of
l ZIG in some of the important spot
markets. The market for futures closed
steady with prices 5d7 points net lower.
NETWORK.
New York, Oct. 24.-Cotton futures opened
quiet.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. c., October 24.-Turpentine
firm at 34a34 1-2; receipts IS casks.
Rosin firm at 81 .00al.05; receipts 279.
Crude Turpentine firm at $1.20, $3.50 and
81 80; receipts u barrels.
Tar firm at S1.10; receipts 293.
CHARLESTON S. O., October 2i.-Turpentine
firm at 81; sales
Rosin quiet sales - barrels.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. M.-Turpentine firm at
"a ID; sales 1854; receipts 624.
Rosin firm; sales -; receipts 1915; A, B, G,
d, $IiO; e, 81 20; f, SLIPS; G, $780, H, $1.45: L,
s1.45; K, Si.45; NJ, $1.55; N, $1.70: w q, S1.9O;
w w, $3.50.
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LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, October 24.-Liverpool to-day
furnished the tornado that swept over
the shorts in wheat. Ordinary conditions
were ignored and in the turmoil Decem-
Der wheat climbed 212, closing at
7O1lCI3s. the highest point reached since
the Letter collapse. Corn advanced "a,
oats rose 1saA. Pork left off ~ higher
and lard and ribs gained each.
CHICAGO, October "a.
Opening. Closing.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW York, Oct. 2i.-3 P. M.-Money on call
easier at 1Aa2 per cent: last loan at per
cent. Prime mercantile paper 3A@4 per cent.
Sterling exchange strong, with actual business
in bankers bills at s4.85Aa4.s6 for demand,
and at S4.S2sla483 for sixty days. Posted rates
$483 and $4.86. Commercial bills ASl. Silver
certificates 60a61. Bar silver 602s. Mexican
dollars Az. Government bonds easier. State
bonds firm. Railroad bonds weak.
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Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself of waste matter De
Wits Little Early Risers will remove
the trouble and cure Sick Headache
Billiousness, Inictaye Liver and clear the
Complexion. Small, Sugar coated, don't
gripe or cause nausea. j. Hal Babbitt
and Henry II. Hicks.
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.

OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
Galveston, easy, 5, 25,4S9 bales.
Norfolk, steady, 5 Lilo, 1885 bales.
Baltimore, nominal, ga, - bales.
Boston, quiet, 5 l-2, 557 bales.
Wilmington, firm, 1915, 4,125 bales.
Philadelphia, quiet, 5 5-l6, 1875 bales.
Savannah, quiet, Az, 10, 060 bales.
New Orleans, easy, 1915, $3.50 bales.
Mobile, quiet, 1915, 1873 bales.
Memphis, easy, 5, 1882 bales.
Augusta, steady, quiet, 1-16, S,o19 bales.
Charleston, quiet, "a, $3.50 bales.
Cincinnati, steady, 516, 442 bales.
Louisville, steady, 5h, - bales.
st. Louis, quiet, s, 2,2l3 bales.
Houston, steady, 4 15-16, 1899 bales.
New York, easy, dull, 7-16, 200 bales.
RALEIGH COTTON.
RALEIGH, N. c., October "a.
Receipts 155 bales. Market quiet.
new cotDOn IsU0ts
PRODUCE.
Spring chickens ...,............... 121a0171s
Eggs -..........- ...........,........ IL Ulo
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CYCLONE HIT SHORTS
Wheat Blown Higher Than
Known Since Letter
Collapse
COTTON DRlFTED DOWN
RUSH TO SELL OVERTOPPED ALL
OTHER INFLUENCES.
FUTURES 5 70 7 POINTS LOWER AT CLOSE
FUTURES 5 70 7 POINTS LOWER AT CLOSE
Threatening Political Outlook in Europe and
Supreme Court Decision Against Le-
gaIiiy of JOINT Traffic Association
Drove Stocks Down.

New York, October 24.-The dry goods
market opened for the week with a fair
demand reported both on the part of
buyers present in the market and mail
orders. There was no notable gain in
interest in any division of the market
The stagnation in wooden goods was con,
tinued to-day. In staple cottons there
was noted quickenng interest in brown
goods for domestic use.
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OPIUM g I: z:I: 6: s; H q:
NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Raleigh and Augusta Air
Line Railroad Company will be held at
the office of the company, in Raleigh,
N. c., on Thursday, November 10th
1898, at 1920 o'clock a. m.
JNO. III. SHARP,
Treasurer.
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Stockhold-
ers of the Palmetto Railway Company
will be held at the office of the Raleigh
and CASTOR Railroad Company III Raj
eigh, n. c., on Thursday, November
10th. 1898, at II o'clock noon.
JOHN II. SHARP,
Treasurer.
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VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR
SALE.

By virtue of authority conferred ny
n judgment of Wake county Superior
Court, rendered at its July Term, 1898
in civil action therein pending entitled
Fred A. Woodland and wife against G. ii
Beckwith and others, / will on
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NORTH BOUND

Nos. 403 and 402-"The Atlanta spsesls.'
Solid Vesubued Train OF Pullman Sleepera
and coaches between Washington and At
lanta, also Pullman Sleepers between Ports
mouth and Chester. s. Z.
nos. al and 3S-The S. A. L. Express" Solid
Train, coaches and Pullman Sleepers be-
tween Portsmouth and Atlanta. company
Sleepers between columbia and Atlanta
Both trains make hmm ediate connections
AZ Atlanta for Mont gomery, Mobile, New Or
leans, Texas, california, Mexico, chattanooga
Nashville, Memphis, Macon, Florida.
For tickets, sleepers, ETC., apply to
II. S. LIZARD, Z. z. A.
e. ST. JOHN, b
Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
H. w. i. GLOVER,
Traffic Manager.
V. e. McBEE,
General Superintendent.
Z. ]. ANDERSON,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
General Offices. Portsmouth. Va.
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LIVERPOOL, Oct. 24-4 P. M.-spot cotton,
good business done, prices unchanged Amer
lean middling miduling lid
The sales OF the day were IL, 900 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded II 400 American; receipts $4,000 bales, in
Guiding 81 500 American.
Futures opened quiet with a moderate de
mand and closed barely steady.
Araa I1ur nIa
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NETWORK.
New York, Oct. 24.-Cotton futures opened
quiet.
LIVERPOOL.

Spot cotton closed dull and easy; middling
bales.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-08-06

3The entire regiment followed al
menrners, the officers preceding
the men In single group. The
companies were under their first
lsergeants.
aThe procession moved in this
order slowly down to the railroad
station, which is situated some
quarter OF mile away. Here Mrs
lsneed, thellentenant's mother, and
| her younger son, Mr.. Westley
lsneed, were waiting, and to thom
the body was turned over.o
All. William Mckinley, can yon
not from your easy chair IN your gor-
geous Office in Washington witness
a vision of this scene? Can you
not hear that bereaved mothers
means; witness her scalding tears
over the corps OF the hero boy she
gave to her country's cause and
Whome you sacrificed in the inter-
est of the Plutocrat Flagler? In
the Great Day millions of risen he
roes will speak up for the young
soldier, but what recreant disem-
bodied spirit, vain man, will lift q
voice before the Throne for you
and Flagler?
Henceforth, when the sun tinges
the East with its first golden and
purple rays, and the martial drum
beats the reveille, and the sergeant
steps forth to call the roll of our
gallant boys, no voice from the
ranks, when sneed's name is called,
will answer, aDead on the field OF
glory;;'' = but the rocks and sand
dunes; every tree and flower; the
whispering winds; the fierce voices
of the sweeping sea will respond,
sharp as the lightning and loud as
reverberating thunders. Murder.
ed murdered that his young heart
might be coined to feed the vile
greed of plutocrat with pull on
the ADMINISTRATORS. o.Daily
States.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-08-06
MURDER MOST FOUL.

Murder! murder murder! rings
out on the midnight air, and a
man means and dies in a pool of
blood. Murder! murder! murder! !
shrieks woman's voice from an
alley, and woman is beaten and
bruised and bloodstained. But the
arm of the law stretches out and
grasps the assassin and the vile
wife-beater. A soldier lies stretch
ed on cot in a United States pest
camp; his brow is hot; his breath
comes quick and ia gasps; the
young hero is dying, and soon the
hero heart ceases to beat; he who
came forth at his country's call Is
at eternal rest; and this not be-
cause of the hardships and perils
OF war; he has stood upon no
stricken field; he has not heard the
whistle Of a bullet, nor the shrek
Of . shell. He is dead, though he
should be alive; he is dead because
of the gross neglect and criminal
ineompetency Of his Government
which he started out to serve.
Here, however, there can be no re-
tribution; no law can reach the
criminal President and the stupid
and eowartily Secretary Of War.
There are no jails, no retrlbutive
punishment for those exalted cruz
offers of the country's honor and
glory The only echoes from the
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There were no medicines and nc

There were no medicines and no
a surgical instrument on board th,
Seneca. The wounded men haf
not been furnished knives, forks
spoons, plates or cups for their use
i They were placed in charge of twt
young and inexperienced surgeons
The cooking and nursing devolvet
upon the less severely wounded
No order had been given or detail
made to provide assistants for thf
disabled men.
Just before the Seneca started
seventeen fever eases were sentson
board from the Yale, entirely des-
tituteof any comfortable provision
Such was the limited accommoda-
tion that it was necessary to put
some OF these sick i'm the cattle pen.
The snfferfngs Of all during the
long passage to New York can be
better imagined than described.
The tortures of the fevered, whose
burning thirst could not be allay-
ed; the agonies of the wounded,
whose hurts could not be dressed,
have been pathetically told. Who
that witnessed it can ever forget
the piteous spectacle of these gall
liant men when they reached New
York? Pale, weak, emaciated, they
were in such uncleanly condition
that it was necessary to provide
them with clean clothing before
they could be landed.
Upon whom shall rest the res
possibility for the inhuman and
brutal treatment of men that have
the strongest claim upon the gov
ernment? Who shall expiate the
crime that has been committed
against humanity? Is it to be the
President, who neglected his trust
and evaded his duty by the SUR
render of his power as constitution
al commander-in-chief? Is it to be
Alger, who, assuming the Presi-
IenGs military oDllgatlons, tailed
to discharge them? Is it to be
under whose immediate
command these men lost their
health and received their wounds?
Is it to be Surgeon General Stern
berg, whose corps is charged with
,he care OF the sick and wounded
If the army? Some one has been
:riminally negligentland that one,
whoever he may be, must be held
o the sternest accountability.
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-08-06
GROSS MIsMANAGEMENT
AND CRIMINAL NEGLECT
RANK PARTISANsHIP
EXHIBITED BY THE AD-
tis@sr
MINISTRATION.

s5;s4
Evidences of the utter incom
potency of the War Department
continue to multiply with appall
ing rapidity. Incidents resulting
from the gross ignorance or crimin
all neglect of officials follow eacl
other in quick succession. In thi
reign Of mismanagement the cul
prits are so many that it is difficult
to compute their number. From
Mckinley down through Alger
Shafter and other official lumin
aries, to the lowest of the lesser
lights, runs the same current of is.
norance and neglect, says the Daily
States.
1t would be impossible to en-
brace within reasonable limits all
the evidence in substantiation OF
what we have charged above. We
may adduce sufficient, facts how
ever to establish, the truth OF our
averment.
The President was the first to in
augurate a vicious practice in the
administrator of military affair.
Instead of exercising the powers
nd prerogatives given him by the
constitution, as commander-in-
chief, he weakly surrendered the
right of appointment to his Secre-
tary OF War. Had this man been
of exalted character; had his cour-
age, ability and patriotism been
such as to direct public attention.
TO his fitness for the war portfolio,
the action of Mr.. Mckinley might
be paliated to some extent. But
there is. nothing that can be
urged in defense of the President.
He must have known the character.
and calibre Of Alger, and with that
knowledge he was criminal in
trusting important duties and
grave responsibilities to his charge.
The Secretary of War, to a greater
extent than any other mem Der of
the cabinet, is potent for good or
evil. AS a soldier, the reputation
of Alger was indelibly smirched,
for there is no deeper or more
damning stigma than desertion in
the face OF tho enemy. AS a poll
tician, Alger never rose above the
low level ofa machine manager,
and his CLAIMS to civic virtue are
as groundless as his pretentions to
military merit.
From the time that Mckinley
invested himwith the power OF APP
pointment ana the s5o,ooo,ooo Con-
gressional appropriation was placed
at his disposal, Alger converted the
War Department into q vast poli-
tical machine. All considerations
Of public good /; all regard Tor the
efficiency and welfare Of the army
all pride in the success Of the war,
and all sense of justice were ruth
lessly set aside in order totadvance
the interests Of himself, his friends.
and his party. The first act, sig-
nificant OF the course that he in-
tended to pursue, was the setting
aside of generals Of higher rank
and much greater ability, that his
friend Shafter might be pushed
into prominence. Following the
imposition of this dead weight on
the army, came lesser burdens in
the shape of utterly unfit appoint
ments in all Of the important staff
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CONDUCT Of The WAR. !

publican Senators, of contributes
of the election fund and OF person
al friends were presented with com
missions to suit their respective
tastes.
~ While not occupied i'm providing
for tls rabbis noted above the Sc
cretary occupied his time in NOV
ing troops from camp to caml
without any apparent aim or end
The last selection made was al
ways manifestly worse than the
one that precededit. Soldiers were
taken from the high and healthy
pine plateaus, bountifully watered
by pureperennial streams, and con.
veniently adjacent to ports of eln-
barkation, and We're sent to the
miasmatic swamps Of Florida,
there to remain until the abate-
ment Of their zeal and the lowering
OF their morals. All this grave
birthto a asuspicion that particular
railroad systems and favored land
owners were not without influence
i'm determining the secretary's ac-
tion. The selection OF a camp at
Miami, on the flagler lands, con-
verted suspicion into stubborn
facts.
In some respects the army in
Cuba Jared quite as badly. It had
not been properly equipped before
it left our shores, and to this fact
the torpid and dull-witted Shafter,
its chief, seems to have been total
ly blind. Regiments without sur
geons and medicines, men in the
without food and tobacco,
and wounded men without clothing
or shelter, were some of the indi-
rect results Of Secretary Ayers
and pernicious admins
tration of military affairs.
Ins he hurry Of sudden prepara-
bion, some allowance can be made
for oversights; but when faults are
that could have been
avoided by the exercise Of the
smallest modienm of sense, no ex-
,use is tenable. The army In Cuba
needed pack animals for immediate
use, and Alger ordered a thousand
'our-whee1ed wagons to be con-
,tructed here. The army needed
iiege guns, and Alger sent them
without their sights and without
uses for their shells. The army
good generals and efficient
'taff officers, and Alger sent Shafter
ind Duffield and Astor and his own
ION.
1t is only necessary to recite one
more incident to establish the
character Of Alger's administra-
ion. The troop ship Seneca was
elected to transport wounded sold
ers from Santiago to this country.
No inspection was made to ascer-
ain the capacity OF the vessel. No
;leaning or other sanitary precau-
ions Were taken. The wounded
we're brought on board withoutthe
lightest provision having been
made for their comfort. Some had
10 raiment except the soiled night
hirts that they had worn for the
'ast nine days. The hospital sup
lies for their long trip consisted
i some quinine, some bandages
nd one can of beef tea. There was
N hand, Of course, the usual army
ations, for, belt said to the ever
asting credit OF Gen. Eagan, that
lis is the only 1lanartment Of the