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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, N. O., June 30-Spirits turron
tine film at zoh a ,31: sales - Ca ks receipts
za3 casks. ,.o ~, ,,a.,.ols
Crude turpentine du hard u ", 81 ~ and
II 10: receiD(e u barrels. $500,
car steady at 81 go: receipts "a nerfeis
CHARLESTON. y. O., June to-Not'oh aiAe
Tur entiu. mar ct II IN at z3A' sal
.osin quiet ta'e On u,..+,,.oan.i,,
ann at 23x: safes 1tO casks: receipts o,iSs.
,aasIn firm and Lncha ged; sales -~
,ece pts 6, 453
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CHICAGO. June 20.
HnAnSnar .noInn,


-Four dull: wheat. No. spring 6ae17i; No /.
spring 6s@l6; No. 2 red, rs; Cor No =
% Oats R Ss NJ NJ No ba rete No. 70 70 oa
81; No. 3. -: No. i, 49,. Flax seed No. J, los.
Frtme Timothy seed $50. Mess pork, per oo,
SO 'a9 30. Lard per 100 lpa 10 " sa5 oIx. Short
rib sides U1Cs9) S5bsa5.5O Dry-s lte0 shoul-
iers (boxedI 44a1. Short clear Sides (boxec)
500 as Is. Wh.skey. oierillers finished goods
or gallon
NEW YORK.
NEW York June 30 Flor, market
Arm and cid hieher ea'ly in The day ut
tin lily sast q off with wheat
WI ter natcnCs 46sa47O.
Minnesota patenT 40
Minnesota bakrrt atal20.
Rye hour quiet 22qaA0
Corn meal du Y now wet rn GS; city CO.
Rye stead; No. western 46aH
harley d l.. westor" re-"ing 33A a35
barley malt dull wwesie 62Gt0
Waeat spnl. fism No. red 8k. OPP ems
No2 red: July closed 81; Septemb r 724:
December closed i3k.
corn. spot. steady: No. 2, 37% options
jury costu 90; sept IN or CLOS. 37H;
Osts, 500 irmer, No. 2, 25h; optionf,
July closed 70.
Rect 4uet rsmily Gil 5Oal2 90: bee hams % 20
Cut meats .ull; picked belli.e f%a?;
~ mcsled shnuluera ~ do. hams IN sI7~.
hay easy. shipping bta3o good to choice
Lara duti: western steamed Sh70: July
g. reSned steady
Fork ,eady; mess sl00GalOsO; family $l2 20
a Zoo
isotter firm western creame~v l3XQ 7; do
c rAe AM iasi42: state ds,~" ,2Xale ''V'
0heese 9 sy IL, &c white. 79s
E1gs firm Suste az Peansy lvantS
l:aiek we.terl fre l:1a3.
Tallow steady: c,'v isz per package) Il
Potatoes quiet new 2EaIc.
Petroleum steady. unILoG ----; -efne0 New
York sa.a6: puia'e phia ar" tmore 1920
Rosiu quiet "f~ained, comnon 10 aUuC
Turpentine quiet.
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r. !. r.
Winston, n. c., May "a, 1893.

Winston, n. c., May "a, 1893.
To The Trade:
We this day advance our prices as
follows:
One cent per pound on all grades OF
II. j. II. tin tag tobacco; one cent pei
pound on Our Advertiser Granulated
Smoking tobacco; and two cents pei
pound on Strawberry twist. Maid OF
Athens, Be- of n. @. and Schnapps.
Please supply your statesmen with en-
closed notices to be attached to our price
list No. SO, effective on and after Jan
LIST, 1898, to which this advance refers,
but there are no changes i'll prices Of any
of our listed brands, except as noted
above.
We will cancel all orders that we are
unable to fill before any increase in the
tobacco tax. Very truly,
II I REYNOLDS TOBACCO co
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator Of
the estate of Worth Bagley, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persons
indebted to the estate to come forward
and make payment, and to persons hold
ing claims against the estate to present
them for payment on or before the Bird
day Of June, 1899, or this notice will
he plead in bar of their recovery.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
Administrators.
iunp3- WGW
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*DailV.

Nos 4O3 and 4O2-''The Atlanta Specials.
Solid Vestibuled Train OF Pullman Sleepers
and coaches between Washington and At
lanta also Pullman Sleepers between Ports
mouth and chester, 50.
NOS. Al and SS--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 immediate connections
ut Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or
nsTexas california, Mexico, Chattan ooga
Nashville, Memphis. Macon. Florida.
For Tickets, SIeepers. etc. apply to
III. 5. Leard, II. T. A, Raleigh, N. G.
70. st. John, Vice Pres. and Gen
Manager; V. IL. McBee, General Super
intendent; II. w. b. Glover, Traffi
Manager; II. J. Anderson, General Pas
senger Agent.
General Offices, Portsmouth,, Va.
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RALEIGH, N. e., June
NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK. June 30 Is p M-MoueY on Ha'I
firme. at lkala per cent; last loan II per
mercantile paper ga. per cent. sterlin.
axcnange strong with actual bust aess ir
bankers htie d. 85sai8S tor tie nap6. al
ard 484at 8ix for 90 days. Posted rates s Ma
sh6x. Commercial bills 4.ss. Silver
tfncates 69le0. Bar snver OK Mexican
dolIarg 4G4. Government bonas .trorg.
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LOCAL srouR MARNnI.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, June 30.-Prospects of an
enormous crop weakened wheat to-day.
after "A sharp rally early in the session.
July closed Nc lower, and September
lost &c. Corn declined &c and oats are
off y to re. In provisions pork left off
2l%c lower; lard and ribs sc.
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NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS La, June 30 Cotton futures
nni sales 8 hul bales.
OTHER MARKETS.

Galveston, quiet. b. 9. 81 bales
Norfolk, stea y. 10 49, 43O bales.
ua,tirnor", nominal, 6s, - baies.
Boston d1ll "a, IL hales
:. ilmingUon, FIR o. 6H ale
PL,Istiel on,A. quiet, IN, Dales.
Savannah, steady. on. IA nsI"s
New Orleans easy. ls-lt, 1854 bales
MOBILE. quie'. 5k. bales
Memphis, quiet. IS 10 AZ bales.
Augusta, qui I. 1876 bales.
Charleston, quiet, - 40 bsies-
Cincinnati, ouier, 6. 81 bales
Louisville, SIT ady 6K, - hslea.
St. Louis, quiet, b 5 ID. 81 bales
Houston. quiet. 1916. Oh bales.
RALEIGH COTTON.
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Coughs and Colds quickly cured by
Goose Grease Liniment. Always guar
anteed.
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CHARLES PEARSON,
: ARCHITECT. =:
Begs to Announce

Begs to Announce
Messrs PEBBLES and SHARPE, Nor
folk, Va, as Consulting Architects.
With increased facilities Mr.. Pearson
is now prepared to furnish competitive
sketches, plans and specifications for all
classes of work; all on short notice.
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SPOT. IN POOR DEMAND
ENORMOUS CROP PROSPECTS
AGAIN WEAKEN WHEAT.
CORN, OATS AND PROVISIONS DECLINE
Dull as The Days Market Was, the 0emant
for Stocks Exceeded The SuppIy-ln
Bonds There was Some
Reaction.

New York, June 30.-There is little to
be said of the dry goods market. out
side of jobbers' bargains there are few
operations in the trade. The jobbin&
trade reports fair success in all parts OF
the country as well as locality i'll clearing
of stocks. which in bulk exceeded the
expectations Of sellers. 1t is believed
that in most quarters the new season VIII
be opened under suspicious clrcum-
stances.
COTTON.
New York. June 30.-The bear crowd
had the upper hand in to-day's cotton
market. and succeeded in scoring a
further decline of points. Less con-
tident shorts covered on the first call.
seeing no indication of renewed interest
or probability of material change in
prices until after the holidays. This de-
mand intended to steady the market for
a time but weakness soon developed
under quite liberal selling orders from
the South. and moderate liquidation Of
the August and October deliveries by
locals. the stronger of whom had held
all during the recent decline in the hope
of a reaction. Liverpool cables We're
disappointing. indicating lower prices
for futures and an Indifferent demand
for spot cotton. Reports from New
England print cloth markets and the dry
goods market were also of an unsatisfac-
tory character and added to the dis
enlargement of the bull faction The
present low prices. however. caused
shorts to proceed with extreme caution
and at no time did the bead crowd make
concerted effort to sell the market off.
The close was easy at a net loss of to
10 points. Total sales of futures $4,000
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LIVERPOOL, June 80 - p. M.-Spot cotton
mode rated dAmsnd prices favor Hyers
American middling fair T-lbd; nats ) %
tales.
futures opened quiet it'll mode ate &c
maud. aud CO sed bare steady.
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United States Circuit Court Fourth CIR
cult, Eastern District of North
Carolina.
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NEW YORK.. June 90 Futures opeps d
y; sales 80. 900 / al {
LIVERPOOL

spot cotton closed quiet: mludUng up
lands OK. mtddling gulf on sales ,G6s bales
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Sun Distilled Water.

NJ. Mouchon is said to have construct
ed a really practical solar machine for
the purpose of distilling water in re-
gions where a supply for drinking cam
not easily be obtained. The apparatus Is
portable. being carried on the back or a
man without trouble. IL viii distill two
and a half quarts an hour or two gall
Ions Il day, enough To supply six or
eight men. In Egypt, India and certain
other parts of the world campaigning
Is rendered much more difficult by lack
of drinking water, and contrivance OF
this sort is likely 60 be OF the utmost
value, furnishing the essential fluid in
"a healthful state and enabling the SOL
diers to cook their food rapidly. In
some countries it is out of the question
to get good drinking water
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18

the summer time. is nearly hidden i'm
flowers on the York road near the
GoVanstown tollgate leadin~~+.lto Balti-
more.
Poe died In a private hospital owned
and conducted by DIR. Moran Oct. 7,
1919 The building still stands on the
west side OF North Broadway, Balti-
more. and is at present used as a home
under the auspices of the Protestant
Episcopal church DIR. GLENN. who Off
ciated at the funeral of Poe. recently
gave his recollections of the event as
follows:
II had prepared n short address which
] had intended TO deliver at the funeral
OF Poe. | truly expected to see a large
gathering at the obsequies. was amaz>
ed Wo Gen ! walked into the hospital the
afternoon of the funeral TO see the
large hall where the coffin was placed
almost deserted. There were only the
inmates OF the hospital present and five
or six other persons. I did not deliver
the address | had prepared for the oc-
casidn. but simply conducted a short
service. Poe was decently clad i'm black
and placed in a mahogany casket. His
countenance wes expressive OF perfect
peace, there being no evidence Of the
dWlul utdlH ne ndu QleQ. Inc tuneral
cortege consisted Of only n hearse and a
hack The hack was occupied by the
late Nelson Poe. father OF Attorney
General John y. Poe; Collins Lee dis
tinsuished lawyer OF Baltimore; Henry
Herring, prominent lumber dealer.
and myself. We were the only ones who
followed the body to its last resting
place. ! merely read the burial service
OF the Methodist Episcopal church at
the grave. Then the coffin was lowered
nto the earth"
Although there is Poe monument
erected upon his grave in Baltimore. IL
is quite fitting that a memorial should
be erected In Fordham where the poet
spent SO many years Of his brief life.
was in Fordham that Poe wrote his
famous verses on The Bells" and also
composed the Universe" r. monu-
nent soon 10 be erected IN n .hory OF
Poe is a fitting mork of appreciation OF
the poets genius.
What was once the town OF Fordham.
Wcstchester county, is now part of
New York city. and the cosmopolitan
now asks the way TO One Hundred and
Hpetieth street instead of To Fordham.
New York police patrol the streets
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18
The Famous Cottage
Where Poe Wrote
His Weird Tales TO
Be Preserved For
Posterity,
and his Poe will be worthy Of their "
Cinity

and his Poe will be. worthy Of their VI
cinity.
AS / have intimated. the plan OF
preserving the Poe cottage includes the
idea of restoring the cottage 20 the con-
dition i'm which il was when Poe occu-
pied IL and placing i'm IL relics and me-
mentOes. our society once gave "A dim
ner i'm the cottage Itself. and the speak
ers and the papers commented on the
fact that where the poet starved the
Shakespeare society ate patties and
drank champagne. But that was not
our fault. / think nobody dined there
without wish that the poet could have
feasted as well in his lifetime as we
We're feasting then.
IF IL is asked why the New York
Shakespeare society has undertaken
this work. / answer. first, because we
are a New York society, and, secondly,
because we are a Shakespeare society
and because Edgar Allan Poe was our
American Shakespeare. l might add.
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warm hearted old lady and did her best
TO protect these two, who were little
more than children. iH her care. 'An-
mabel Lee Poe wrote in Fordham soon
after his wife's dfath, and weird and
imaginative though 1t is IL bears the
impress Of actually in every line even
in the tomb by the sounding see
Mrs. Poe was buried in sight OF the
Harlem river. and there many a night
the agoniZed poet would spend "A weary
vigil, recalling doubtless with sorrow
and remorse the fragile being whose
short existence his own actions had
frequently marred with grief. For that
Poe drank and drank TO excess is.
suppose fact not worth disputing. /
have frequently come home from the
city and found him half seas over in
the public house and sadly In need OF
some strong hand tn rescue him before
it was too late. | can remember well
on these occasions leaving my horse
and guiding the unsteady. silent poet
to his house. at the door OF which he
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18
THE POE MEMORIAL AT THE MET
ROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.


thirdly. because there is no Poe society
and because nobody else has come for
ward TO do this work"
The New York Shakespeare socie.v
was Incorporated II years ago. IN 1857
Every distinguished Shakespearean
scholar i'm Europe and America Is in =,
cluded I'm its membership. and 81
achievements have been very erlire'
Besides saving the Poe cottage. IL has
printed some 20 volumes of origin
matter. including the Bankside Shake
speare the most splendid edition G. et
issued in America and the most unique
ever issued anywhere.
1t IL perhaps because the work cf Pee
resembles that of Shakespeare that the
British public never tires OF praising
Edgar A. Poe. He Is very Ike the pot
American author i'm London. English
writer's have an increased profession
OF admiration for him. because they
seem to regard him as in a sense their
own discovery. The theory is. in Eng
land. that the American people were in
capable OF appreciating Poe's genius.
because IL had attracted less attention
at home than that OF some of his con-
temporaries.
But at last Poe has reached the pin
nacle of public appreciation in his own
country. In recent years We have been
passing through a sort of Poe revival.
and now America is TO do him full hon.
or in erecting a monument To his mem-
ory and by preserving the little. hum
ble home of the unfortunate poet on
the hillside in Fordham.
WILL NJ. CLEMENS.
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would come TO him In his poverty
stricken exile. This hotel Is still stand
ing, though 1t has passed through many
vicissitudes. 1t stlll bears an interest
Ing relation TO the poet, although most
visitors to Fordham overlook il. But
I'm it's barroom the villagers gather and
discuss hard cider. politics and Poe.
Remarkable is the fact that many
Fordhamites imagine the poet To have
reached an advanced age. "Old Poe" he
Is called though whether as a mark
Of cndearment or OF contempt is not al
ways apparent.
When the visitor enters the little Poe
cottage at Fordham. the extremely low
ceiling is the first feature To attract at
tention. Directly opposite the door.
across the scanty han. stands the little
room where Mrs Poe died. The chief
room is larger and more cheerful. AL
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Shakespeare society of New York VIII
be the custodians of the cottage and
will furnish it ms nearly as possible in
the style in which IL was furnished In
the poets own day. In front Of the cot
tage the society viii erect n statue OF
Poe from designs submitted by Mr.. Will
liam Ordway Partridge, valued mem-
ber OF the New York Shakespearean So
ciety and, | think. the coming sculptor
OF American subjects. His Grant. Ham
ilton and sherman are certainly the
proudest works i'm our national gallery,
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during which time / met him fire.
quently. He was very quiet, cour-
teous lsflow, engrOssed in his fervent,
poetic fancies and laboring with con-
scientious care over his writings. about
which he was never at ease until by
Clint Of continued polishing and many
alterations they fulfilled his own fas-
tidious taste. His mind had a strong
bent for mathematics. which ] think is
clearly evidenced in many of his stories.
and yet he was thoroughly impractical
In the ways and necessities Of the world,
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OF New York city, Is to be preserved
and placed in charge OF a caretaker.
while monument is TO be erected in
honor of the genius who wrote The
Raven" and THE Bells"
OF the half dozen people who wit
messed the burial of Edgar Allan Poe
in the old Westminster Presbyterian
church yard In Baltimore on that dreary
day in October. 1910. three only are now
living. One OF these is the Rev. w. #.
ID. GLENN of the Methodist church. who
lives in pretty little cottage which, in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18
A Monument to Be
Erected at Ford
ham, Where the
Poet Lived In Pow
erfy.

DGAR ALLAN
POE, the Amer
e a n $ h a k e.
speare. poet or
misfortune. died
AZ years ago
Thursday. oct. Z,
1S49, and after
these long years
of neglect and
forgetfulness the
American people
will at last do
-ardy justice to
his memory. The
famous Poe cot
tage. at Ford =
ham, now "a part
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18
JSTCE COMES AT LAST TO ME MEMORY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

would dismiss me with a most courtly
bow. for even though intoxicated Poe
was gentleman 10 the very core"
Another elderly resident OF Fordham.
I'm speaking OF the personality of Poe.
says OF him: "One could not help be-
ing strangely impressed by his marked
individuality. lie was genius straight
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caring little and knowing absolutely
nothing about money. While he lived
here he suffered the most abJect pow
erty. The rent OF his cottage, which
~as $50 d year. was largely unpaid when
he left. as was also the case with vari-
Gus bills for groceries. milk and meat.
When his wife died, of whom nc was
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18

poets true home before the first en-
croachment OF a rapidly advancing
city had broken it's quiet Those who
knew Poe during his residence in Ford
ham give ample testimony to his appre-
ciation OF the country by which he was
surrounded
When Poe returned TO his Fordham
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18

devoutly fond. he was unable TO pay
her funeral expenses, and "a number OF
the townspeople were compelled to come
10 his aid with contributions OF money.
Without his mother-ln- law, Mrs. GLENN,
IL is hard TO imagine how Poe and his
child wife could have lived at all But
Mrs. GLENN was a practical as well as
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home after a day in the city, he was in
the habit OF stopping to refresh himself,
according to local account, at the bar
OF the Fordham hotel. then the proudest
roadhouse i'm the vicinity. This was
also the postofiice of the village, and
through the little window looking out
on the porch he received what letters
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-09

a sharp advance In corn made strong mar
ket for wheat today, July closing at an ad-
markets and many of the principal domestic
exchanges made trading here quite small all
day. Corn was very strong, on sudden
%c higher. Oats were dull. but firm, and
advanced &c. Closing prices in provisions
show @ little change from Yesterday;
July starting at 89%@S4c, about where it left
off yesterday. Enough bullish news was to
hand to cause moderate demand to cover
scarcer than buying orders. the market for
time moved upward, July advancing to S4@
S4bc from S3A a $780, where it had sold
Immediately after the opening.
Northw, stern receipts were again light, Min
neapolis and Duluth reporting arrivals of 166
cars, compared with 21S last week. and 364
fully as unfavorable as yesterday. but out
side of this reports were generally favorable.
The figures on the Argentine weekly wheat
shipments depressed the market for time.
Shipments last week were reported at 1,672COO
bu, big increase over the week previous,
and this caused a little more selling pres
sure, putting the price back to s3ssc.
After that, however, the market ruled strong
to the end. The Cuban situation, SO long a
depressing factor in wheat. has now appar-
emily become bullish influence Additional
strength was given to the market late In the
day by the advance which was taking place
in corn, causing more or less sympathetic
Duying, ana SUSTAINING prices against tne oc-
casional pressure by. professional shorts and
the inevitable liquidation which came on
the market during periods of dullness. The
demand improved during the afternoon, the
market becoming quite strong on more gen
eral buying. July finally advanced to S4%@
S4Ac. and closed 1rms at S4Ac. r..,.a--t
There was quite brisk demand for corn,
and the market was strong all day. There
| were almost county offerings, due, it was
claimed, to war apprehension. and this fact
drove In a good many of the big shorts. AS
4 rD1or lot odJyor1 and fhn
eral and was keptHup to the end. May
ranged from SOC toi 291sc,y and closed Ac
higher. at 3Oc. Market for oats was dull, but
&c higher at 25Ac.
Provisions were. decidedly dull. The close
May lard a shade higher at s5.171a, and May
ribs 2kc higher at s5.17k.
Estimated receipts Saturday: Wheat, so
cars: corn, 14O cars; oats, 145 cars; hogs, 49,
000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows: