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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-03

distillers' finished goods. Per gallon.
si.2s.
New York. March Flour exceed
ingiy dull with no feature save steadS
ness. Minnesota patents s3.so6425.
Wheat-Spot steady: Nc. 2 red $50
SIC Options opened steady and until
weakened in the afternoon by the bear
ish Thoman report. were fairly well
supported on the cable news, Argentine
damage rumors and crop complaints.
The late market was inactive and rath-
er easy. closing &c net lower. March
closed at S4&c: May closed at 1Sc: July
closed at 16Ac.
c~orn-Spot steady; No. . A-c. op-
tions opened steady with wheat. but
eased of under realizing in the face or
rain predictions and big c~learances:
closed unsettled at &c decline to lac
net advance. May closed at iSc: July
oats-spot quiet: No. . 35c. Option.
quiet.
Lard-Steady: western steamed ss.5s
$3.50: March $3.50 nominal: refined
quiet.
Eggs-Easy: state and Pennsylvania
23R 24c; western fresh e3l4c: south
ern 22lI23.
Petroleum-Easy.
RiCe-Ffrm.
Cotton Seed Oil-Prime summer yell
low 25426c: butter grades ssGSec.
Conee-Options opened steady at I'M
changed prices TO 5 points advance.
ruled generally firm on higher Euro
pean cables. predicted decrease in the
worlds visible supply. decrease in
Hamburg stocks, smaller receipts at
Rio and Santos. large deliveries from
warehouses in the United States and
some decrease in the American sup
by. speculation. however. very small.
Closed steady and unchanged TO S
points higher: sales 1850 bags, includ-
ing May at $40; July 1855. Spot coffee
Rio dull; No. Z invoice 6Ac: No. Z
jobbing sac; milo quiet: Cordova sD
lac.
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining 3Jsc;
centrifugal, 90 test. iAc; molasses SUI
gar 8 ll-16c; IL, 900 to l., ZOO bags Cuba
centrifugal 96c, cost and freight at
Csc; $3.50 bags Surnam centrifugal,
96 test, at 4Sc: refined steady.
NAVAL STORES.
New Y~ork-Rosin steady. Turpentine
firm.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine mar
ket firm at 44c. sales none. Rosin
steady and unchanged; sales none
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS firm at i4c; no
sales: receipts 202. Rosin firm and un-
changed; no sales; receipts 1856.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NANCIA

New York, March money on call
steady at 2k@3 per cent; last loan at
2A2 per cent; prime mercantile paper
at 3@3R per cent; sterling exchange
weak with actual business in bankers
bills at $4.S6@4.S6A for demand and at
$4.S4@4.S4A for sixty days; posted rates
at s4.S4h@4.S5 and $4.S6h @4.S7; COM
mercial bills at $4.S3h; silver c~ertifi-
Gates nominal at 59k@60k; bar silver
at 59%; Mexican dollars at ATS. Gov
bonds steady; state bonds in
active; railroad bonds irregular.
Cotton.
Liverpool, March IA p. m.-Cotton.
Spot, air demand; prices steady;
American middling 3$d. The sales of
the day We're 1000 bales, of which 500
were for speculation and export and in
cluded II, 400 American; receipts $4,000
bales, including 20, 700 bales American.
Futures opened quiet with a moderate
demand and closed barely steady.
American middling. low middling
clause: March 8 19-64G3 20-64d buyers;
March and April 3 19-64@3 20-64d buy
ers; April and May 3 20-64@3 21-64d
sellers; May and June 3 21-64d buyers;
June and July 3 21-64G3 22-64d buyers;
July and August 3 22-64d buyers; Au-
gust and September 3 22-64d buyers;
September and October 3 21-64G3 22-64d
buyers OCTOBER ana November ) zl-ofQ
buyers; November and December
8 21-64d buyers; December and Janu-
airy 8 21-64d buyers; January and Feb
ruary 3 21-64d buyers.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, March 1.-Cottcn dull;
middling s 9-16c; net receipts 40S; gross
receipts 95S; sales 1881; stock 113, 406;
exports to the continent 10, 166.
Total today: Net receipts 11,171; ex-
ports to Great Britain 400; to the con-
tinent 1894; stock S07, 534.
Consolidated: Net receipts 75,545; ex-
ports to Great Britain 81, 429; to France
1,557; to the continent II, sol.
Total since September 1st: Net re-
ceipts 1855, 764; exports to Great Bri-
tain 2,971, 121; to France 634,013; to the
continent 2,174,626.
Futures closed steady. March $40.
April 6.2S, May 6.29, June 6.27, July 6.2s,
August s.2S, September 6.13, October
6.13, November Gil, December GA, jan
uary eli.
Spot cotton closed dull and unchang-
ed; sales 1888 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, March 1.-The leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
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Mount olive Jottings
Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Mt. Olive, February -.

Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Mt. Olive. February -.
Captain F.. NJ. Fits and wife. OF
Oakville. y. g., came yesterday To
visit their daughters, Mrs. J. II. Lof-
tin. Jr., and Mrs. l.. p. Aaron.
Mr.. II. +. Cox, OF Washington, u. G.,
arrived in the city Monday morning
and is the guest OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ. Cox.
Miss Jessie Quinn. one OF Duplin
cohnty's most charming young ladies.
left Tuesday morning for Pelzer, ). c..
where she will spend six weeks before
she returns.
Mr.. H. f. Rowley, representing the
well known commission house OF j. +.
Hobson & Co, Philadelphia, was n
business caller here Friday. Messrs.
Hobson & Co.. are represented at Mt.
Olive by Mr.. Ira II. Cobb
Mr.. j. A. Westbrook has purchased
the corner property, known as the
corner. He purchased IL from
Mr.. d. L. Smith. OF Goldsboro, and
Mr.. Westbrook contemplates erecting
a big brick store on the lot very soon.
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AN INDIAN FAIRY TALE
WaIIa TOnka Under Sentence of Death
Meets His Executfoners at the Ap.
pointed PIaee-A Courier With, a Re.
prieve Arrives lust in Time After q
Desperate Hide of Eighty Miles

Antlers, I. T., February 2S.-The race
of the courier of United States Judge
Clayton's court for the life of Walla
Tonka, the condemned Choctaw Indian,
was won by a hairs breadth by the
courier, who made the wild ride from
south McAlester TO Alikchi.
Walla Tonka was to have been shot
Monday morning for the murder of his
uncle, and had come to the execution
grounds as he had promised to do,
having been at liberty pending final
action by the court.
Last week a reprieve for a re-hear-
ing of the case was ordered by Judge
Clayton and the courier dispatched on
the eighty-mile Journey. Rain was
falling in torrents and there was every
cause for fear that he could not make
Alikchi, as he had but n broncho to
carry him the distance.
1t was after midnight Sunday morn
ing when the rider reached the flooded
Kianuchi river. Here he stopped till
daylight and then with his hand on the
pommel Of his saddle swan the stream
with his pony. The pony was al
most exhausted when Big Greek was
reached and a long detour was neces-
sary which caused hours of delay.
Night anne and more rain and when
the Seven Devils hill was reached the
broncho fell to the ground with the
rider and both slept, though but ten
miles from Alikchi.
Before dawn they were up again and
finally the broncho bearing the courier,
cfa noorod m tho ayoar1finn grounds
where the witnesses, executioners and
stolid Walla Tonka were waiting the
fatal moment. The Indian heard his
reprieve without comment and will ap-
pear before Judge Clayton forthwith.
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NEW BOND ISSDE
Terms of the Bill Providing for Issue of
Bonds by the State
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., February 2S.-Chair-
mar of the house committee on penal
institutions, Mr.. Foushee, of Durham,
today introduced a bill in the house,
which authorizes the state to issue
bonds to the amount of s2O5, 900, s11O,-
900 to go to pay the existing indebt-
edness of the penitentiary incurred by
fusion mismanagement and s95, 900 to
pay for the Northampton and Caledo-
MAN farms upon which the states OPP
ton to purchase expires this year.
This option is for IS per acre. The state
has spent thousands of dollars on these
farms and they are variously estimat-
ed to be worth s12 to 500 per acre. The
bonds are to I'll ten years, bear 4 per
cent. interest payable semi-annually
and to be sold for not less than 104
and free from all taxation.
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Weldon Notes
Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Weldon, y. c.. March /.

Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Weldon, y. c., March /.
William Ridley. a colored barber
here, who has had smallpox is getting
well. His wife and children had tho
disease also. All are now rapidly re-
covering.
The disease has been nipped in the
bud here, owing to the prompt action
Of the superintendent OF health, DIR.
j. Z. Green. assisted by other physi-
clans and aided by the nay and
town commissioners, and no fears OF
its spreading are entertained. Nearly
the entire population OF Weldon has
been vaccinated.
Farmers complain Of being much be-
hind in their work in Halifax and
Northampton counties.
The new iron bridge over Chocka-
yotte creek has been completed and Is
now pen to the public.
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same day last year. 5 Z,
NAVAL STORES.

Prices same day last year. 5 7-lec.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits ~turpentine steady. machine
barrels 4iiec: country barrels 4+c.
Rosin firm at soc and CSC.
"a firm at 500.
Crude turpentine firm; hard si.35;
soft $40.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
pentine S4Ic and sac: rosin $50 and
and s1.25; tar, CSC; crude turpentine
$50 and $500.
Receipts today-14 casks spirits tur-
pentine. 20T barrels rosin. 1I6 barrels
tar. ) barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-50
casks spirits turpentine, sol barrels
rosin. 224 barrels tar, - barrels crude
turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina 60 to roc:
Virginia 50 to COO: Savannah SIS 10 e0c.
Rice-Nothing doing.
Corn-52 to 53c.
Corn meal-9c.
Cow Peas-55 to Coo.
North Carolina B~acon-Hams, &c;
shoulders, &c; sides, Sc.
Chickens-Slow; spring 10 to 1Sc;
hens, % TO Csc: ROSTERS, Is to zoe.
Eggs steady at lie.
IS Shingles-Par 1000 five inch. hearts
and saps, s1.50G2.10; six inch. s2.509
$3.50.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
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NORTH CAROLINA Superior Court.
oSsLow COUNTY. April Term, isos.
T. Q. HALL
II. H LEWTER

II. IL LIZ IEh
To II. II. Lewter, defendant. you win
take notice that a summons IN the
above entitled action was issued
against you on the 7th day OF February
1895 by j. w. Burton, clerk OF the SUI
perior court OF Onslow county, North
Carolina, for the recovery OF the sum
of five hundred and seventy-eight dol
lars due the plaintiff for goods sold
and delivered, which summons is re-
turnable before said superior court In
and for the county IND state aforesaid
on the fourth Monday after the first
Monday in March 1899. at the court
house in Jacksonville. N. G. And also
the defendant will further take notice
that a warrant OF attachment was is
sued by said j. w. Burton, clerk as
aforesaid, on the 7th day OF February.
1899. against the property Of said de-
PENDANT H. II. Lewter. which warrant
is returnable before said superior court
at the time and place above named for
the return Of h summons. when and
where the defendant Is required to ap-
pear and answer or demur TO the com
plant as he may be advised or the ~
lief demanded will be granted.
This Sth day OF February, 1899.
J.. w. BURTON.
Clerk Of the Superior Court
Onslow County, ". C.. .
r G.. Grady and T. e. Gilman,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. :
Feb 10 wst.
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Madrid, March 1.-Senor Sagasta has
handed the resignation Of the minis
try to the queen regent. The cabinet
crisis is expected to last for several
days, as it will be necessary for the
queen regent to consult with the presi-
dents Of the chambers and other politi-
cal leaders. In the meanwhile, the
chambers will adjourn until a new min
istry is formed. The ministerialists
hope the queen regent will support
Senior Sagasta and dissolve the cham
bers.
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A remedy for Nasal Catarrh which
is drying and exciting to the diseased
membrane should not be used. What
is needed is that which Is cleansing,
soothing, protecting and healing. Such
a remedy is Ely's cream Balm. To test
it a trial size for 10 cents or the large
for so cents is mailed by Ely Brothers.
Sc Warren Street, New York. Druggists
keep IT. The Balm when placed into
the nostrils, spreads over the MEM
brane and is absorbed. A cold In the
head vanishes quickly.
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Mahon Fails to Appear Against Mrs.
Moore

New York, February 2S.-The trial
of Mrs. Fayne Strahan Moore on the
charge of complicit with her husband
in the robbery Of Martin Mahon was
adjourned today owing to the absence
of Mahon, who is needed to testify for
the prosecution.
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tried in Justice Fowler's court yester-
day for the larceny Of SIG in money.
Circumstantial evidence showed plain
ly that the woman stole the money
from her employer last Friday night.
SO Justice Fowler bound her over to
the next term of the criminal court and
in default OF bond she was committed
to Jail.
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THE ELECTION LAW
The Bill Passed by the House After Reject
ing Republican Amendments.
THE WILSON INVESTIGATION

Postponed Until Today for Urgent Reasons.House Passes Ru Great.
ing Office OF Insurance Commissioner and Reoroaniz;no the
Agricultural Department and Agricultural CoIege-Om.
nibus Pension Bill Passed-The Machinery Act
Under Dscussion-Bin for Purchase r. Lease
of Brunswick Ferry by Two Counties.
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ECzEMA0 ON HANDS
Water Would Ooze Out and Drop on
the Floor. Doctor Could Not Relieve.
First Application CUTlCURA Stopped
itching and was Enabled to Sleep.
Cured in One Month.

I had eczema on my hands 80 bad that when
shut them, the matter would ooze ont and drop
on the floor. Ny hands were full of water bills
tiers. / was under the care of a doctor for Q
month, but he did me no good. / was advised
to try CUTIcURA remedies, ard IL was wonderful
what effect they had. Tbs first application
stopped that dreadful ticking. slept at once,
and was cured in four seeeks.
n. A. COSGRIFF, Emerald, N. d.
CurIcUHA R1soLvxxr purines the blood and circu-
lAting fluids OF HONOR 0RRM8 and thus removes the
coHse, while warm baths with CuTIcURA Soar, and gentie
a~nointnes with CurIcuIA (ointmenC. greatest Of emol
hsnt akin cures, cleanse the skin and scalp Of crusts and
Tins soothe and heal the mosf toTturing. dikAguring hn-
mon ofths skin, sealp. and blood. with los Of hair, when
Ill else fAils.
Sold throughout the word. PoTfRH D. AHDC. Corr.
Sole Props. Boston. "Hov 20 Cure An Humors," fres.
BABY huM0RS f"; cs1,ss .ns s es,:ss !,
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Chicago, March 1.-The leading flu
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour moderate demand and steady.
No. 2 yellow corn. 3sAq3s1zc; No. 2
spring wheat, s9a71hc; No. 3 spring
wheat, s5G71c; No. 2 red. 73kQ74c; No.
2 corn, Sc; No. 2 oats, 27Aq2Sc; No 2
white, 3oA G31c: No. 3 white, 2sAG
s0hc; mess pork. per Dbl, ss-25Gs.3o;
lard, per 100 lbs, s5.25q3.2IE; short ribs
shoulders, boxed, A.25G4.37h; short
clear sides, boxed. s4-s5Q5.05; whiskey,
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.


Wilmington, ~. c.. March 1.
Receipts OF cotton today-s5 bales.
Receipts on same day last year-S15
bales
THIS seasons receipts TO date-sS5.3os
bales.
Receipts TO same date last year-so0.-
or bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
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Especial to The Messenger.)
SENATE.

Raleigh, N. c., February 2S.-The
senate met at 10 o'clock.
A bill was introduced to provide for
the burning of certain houses in Nc
Dowell which are infected with small
poX.
Senators Williams and Speight were
appointed a committee to select the
aew members Of the board Of agricul-
iure.
The bill passed authorizing the joint
committee on agriculture TO make in
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BABY HuM r'; c ) nd s ss,:s b
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-16

RICHMOND LADIES AT ODDs.-The
trouble which has been brewing iu
Richmond in the Old Dominion Chap
ter, Daughters of the Revolution, for the
past month over the disagreement be-
tween Mrs. William n. Graham and
some of the members regarding the
legality of the election on November
Is eliminated at the meeting yesterday
At the election meeting come of the
members took exception to some OF the
remarks made, and at one time the al
fair assumed quite serious aspect. At
Yesterdays meeting both parties were
represented by counsel, Mr.. Alexander
Guigon appearing in behalf of the chap
ter, and Judge l.. L. Lewis representing
Mrs. Graham.
A great deal of excitement prevailed,
and o. mated speeches were made on
both aides. The controversy was hual-
ly referred to the State regent, who
resides in Norfolk. The chapter will
abide by her deci 1ion.
Mrs. Graham claims that the election
was illegal, in default of proper notice.
She declined to vote and characterized
the course pursued in very plain terms.
The other ladies felt hurt, aud notified
her that she must apologize to the chap
ter or resign. The notice was sent
through counsel, and Mrs Graham re-
tanned Judge Lewis to represent her ip
the fight. The matter has created a
great stir.
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but Secretary Long not being there,
they made similar request to the As
sistant Secretary, who also seemed ia
vorably disposed.
When asked what should be the platform
of the next nationsl democratic convention
Congressman Swanson of Virginia said it
should be that of 1896. should declare against
trusts and imperialism and in favor of treat
ing the Philippines as Cuba has beon PROM
ised to ba treated. To tho same question Cor
gresham Otey OF the same Sst, replied
that he thought the next platform would re-
affirm the former one, aud that snti-imperia
ism and ant ri. IS will be important features
in it. The people of this counir, he said, are
not vet rich enough to have goli mono
m ttllstic III rsncy.
Chai5msn Tsy le. of the Roberts invssti
eating committee said this morning that It
has been decided not to hold u meeting of his
committee Until Tuesday. Mr.. Roberts says
the committee has sent sil the way to Utah
for witnesses, bat it will b. impossible for
them TO adduce mora eY dence than has III
ready been taken
REPRESENTATIVE Lamb of Virgins, at the
reuueI of DR.. Gold OF Richm md, has asked
the Secretary of State to inquire into the par.
tcuaM OF, and seek the proper redress for,
tue recent lluTuoI VI us oIOIucI III 11ouuuiaS'
Captain Arthur Barnes, one OF the eldest
employees Of the Senate, was found dead Ill
his bed this morning. Heart disease was the
cause. Captain Barnes came from Wilsor,
n. c.. and was appointed by Senator Ransom
as doork eeper at the Senate marble loom. be
was prominent man at democratic national
conventions He was captain in the Con.
federste army.
The Senate, it is expected, will transact
little, if any, business of Importance during
the three d4ys only that Congress- will be in
session next week prior to the Christmas re-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-16
Eject of Buller,s Defeat.

London, Dec. l6.-The Eoglish are
dumfounded at the turn of events in
Africa. Gstacre, Methuen and finally
Butler have gone down before the
proves of the Beers. Heretofore it has
been the inclination of Englishmen to
place the blame for the British reverses
on the British generals. 'Wait till Bull
Ter moves and the tide will turn" has
been the cry. Butler tried it yesterday
and met with decided check. The
English papers admit that it will have a
serious moral effect on the Cape Dutch
and rally many of them to the standard
of the Beers. The war oficera has ca
bled its acceptance of the offer of sec.
ond Australian contingent of troops and
will probably accept similar offer from
Canada.
Upon the receipt of the defeat OF the
British forces under General Butler, the
queen sent General Wolseley, the com
'mander-in-chief of the army, who had
spent the night at Windsor, back to
London by special train. Her Ma
jesly is greatly disturbed by the news
Of General Buffers reverse.
Buffers defeat demoralized the stock
market this morning and for time a
panic prevailed. Rands fell from Q to
8 points. American railway shares
we're weak in sympathy declining from
l to 4 points. Later there was sharp
recovery all along the line aud the
panicky condition gave away to a
better feeling,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-12-16
The Warm Africa

Capetown, D C. l6 Dispatches re-
ceived here this mrrbi' G say that the
British and the Beers engaged in a
small artillery duel on the banks of the
Modder river yesterday, hut no details
have yet been received. A copy of the
Bloemfontein Express received here al
ieges that the British employed Indian
troops at Belmont, who gave the war
cry of the Ghookss aud used knives
London, Dec. 16.-The war Office has
received a list of the casualties sustain
ed by the BLACK Watch" in General
Methuen's battalion, at Magersfonteir
This list shows As men killed, 100
wounded end Ill mi siog.
Pretoria, Dec 13.-Niue hundred British
co.oniai troops hive joined the Beers at B *
ly. 1000 al Buhly East and 1900 at Bur.
cher sdorp