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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-02
sourHERN RAIImAv

The Summer homes" In The mountains
q Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee are reached with 80 much eas Z
and quick time that they are more popular
than ever. The rates for board have been
made so very reasonable that 1t Ia cheaper
lhan remaining at home, You can secure
any desired altitude from two 10 ten thous.
and feet. For map folders, circulars,
summer homes" booklet. or other infor-
nation. please address j. G. Andrews.
southwestern passenger agent, Hutchlns
House. Houston. Texas.
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summer rates are cheaper and mora
privileges are accorded tourists to Colorado
than TO other sections This viii bear IT.
vestigation and comparison,
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Specials.


20 Gents fine Night Shirts (odds) worth Csc;
Piiec', ..'....,.....
Machine Torchon Laces, actual value SC to 10, va
per yard.
Hamburg Embroideres, actual value &c to Sc yarc
psi yaiu' .........,...
Extra good quality Bleached Domestic, So inches
vide, no starch, 10 yards for. ...........
Beauty Pins
Fancy Printed Dimities (new)
Excellent quality White Dimity Cheeks,
Odd lot fine Corset Covers, regular 81 90 to ST.
N'i'' $3.50 $50. 80.
Choice of our 7sc, csc and stoo
Fancy Neck ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Sewing Silk Yelling, assorted colors, 25c kind;
per Yard. ..................
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DIED.

Died Juno 80 at s p. m. infant son OF
Lance and Margurett Jobling. aged !
months and 20 days. Buried at D. m.
Saturday from family residence, 9Ia
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Healing by laying on OF hands, DR.. C.
Z. Horton, tho well-known human mag
net late OF San Diego. Cal Consultation
ana diagnosis free. 1854 Travis street..
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~ X. pouthist viii address the
4 ea'e eeking y The :. \, o. a. hali this
Z = p'ejoek. Ths bible class
sxsrs sun~sy sftsrneon 4 o'clock.
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Dr, z. T Davis. oeulist and Aurist.
All diseases Of Eye. Ear. Nose and Tbro.t
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Corsets.

Don't worry about how to get proper fitting Corset
Come to US; experienced salesades will show you the
best adapted to your figure, and fit you if you desire
We show P D. Corsets, j. B. Corsets, w. B. Corsets,
Lavlda Corsets, Thomson's Corsets, w. c. Corsets,
r. G. Corsets, Her Majesty Corsets, Ferris WAISTS
Summer Corsets at .......... &c., 5Oc and S. mn
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21

Charleston, S. c., April 19.-The ar
gument in the Lake City case occupied
both sessions of the United States cir
cult court here today. J. P. K. Bryan
opened the las for h government.
His address, which continued for four
hours, was a terrible arraignment of
the crime Of lynching and of the pris-
oners at the bar. During the course
OF it, he declared that human life is
cheaper in South Carolina than 4 cent
cotton. He accused the defendants of
the Lake City lynching and their
friends Of having mutilated public rec
ords in order to protect and shield the
prisoners.
George S. Legare replied for the de-
fence. He declared that President Nc
Kinley himself laid the foundation for
the crime by appointment of a negro
to office at Lake City. He protested
that the defendants were guiltless and
he attacked the witnesses for the pros
ecution most vigorously. Mr.. Legare
was still speaking when the hour Of
adjournment arrived.
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The GeOrgesSaxton Murder Trial

Canton, April 19.-The defence in the
trial of Mrs. George today attempted
to introduce evidence concerning Sax
tons relations with other women The
court barred out all such testimony ex-
cept in regard to Mrs. Althouse.
This, it is believed, will have a ten
dency to shorten the trial.
Prosecuting Attorney Pomerene can
not find in the court records the depo-
sitionS of Mrs. George and two women
in Hanoveron, which were taken in
Mr.. Georges case against Saxton for
damages, for the alienation Of the af-
fections of Georges wife. Mr.. Pomerene
claims Attorneys Sterling and Welty,
for the defence, have them and he has
appealed to the court to have the pa
pers brought into the court Seventeen
more witnesses were called today. It
is thought the defence will close this
week.
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stocks, wheat and Cotton
1Snacinl 10 The Messenger.

New York. April 19.-Cotton-The
opening was lower on weak cables ana
small transactions. The weekly gov
eminent report was about as antici-
pated. The market remained dull and
featureless during h session. Win u
steady tone. The bears are claiming
that the tail Of the crop viii turn out
to be more than anticipated. as the
grade is too low to be delivered in
Liverpool on contract and IL Will De
delivered here. and &c looks as IL az VIII
depress the near months further, while
the bulls. on the other hand. believe
that present low prices discount every
thing. While the new crop Is In its un-
certain condition anything damaging
can dvanc prices to a much higher
level by forcing shorts to cover.
Stocks-Showed declined strength In
the first half our OF the session, but
were heavy n reactionary In the late
afternoon. Money rates were at the
lowest range for the week. but profit
taking seemed to be in order and the
, market closed irregular. with the gen.
eral list much lower. Z OF further
liquidation is holding buyers in check.
F; and stocks will sell lower before con
sentative investors re-enter the mar
ket. From the showing that Louisville
! and Nashville and Missouri Pacific are
7 making and their low price compared
with other stocks, we believe that they
will eventually sell much higher.
3 wheat-Opened easier in response &
lower cables, May 1915 10 1850, July
741a to 74bc. Increased seaboard inqui-
ries, abetted by some foreign buying
and continued bad crop news carried
prices steadily upwards. May 4A TO
75c, July 76A to 76&c, September 76c.
Crop damage reports show little IL any
-exaggeration in previous adviceS and
We think wheat will sell higher.
Coffee-The market was a little
steadier in tone today, on account OF
higher foreign cables and small re-
ceipts, but trading was still very quiet,
switching being in favor. In actual
coffee the demand is still good. No. :
being quoted at csc.
S. MUM. SON & CO.
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Making the Deaf Hear

Reese Hutchinson, a young electrician,
graduate of Auburn college, Alabama,
is exhibiting at Mobile his apparatus
for making the deaf hear words spoken
in ordinary tone and also to hear the
piano.. guitar and photograph and en-
low the music. The apparatus for the
use of the deaf is the size of a pocket
nook and Is connected by wires with an
audiphone which is held at the ear.
Two totally deaf men were experiment
ed with. They stood fifty feet from the
piano and marked the time of h mu-
sic, laughing with delight over the nov
el experience.
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Two suits Against the Government

Washington, April 19.-The Atlantic
Contracting Company today instituted
two suits in the court of claims against
the United States to recover balance in
excess of $3.50, 900, claimed to be due to
it for work done in the improvement
of Savannah harbor and Cumberland
sound in Georgia and Florida. The
contracts with the company were made
on behalf of the government by Cap
tain o. M. Carter, of the corps of engi-
neers. The contracting company claims
to have vigorously prosecuted its work
for a year, or until October, 1897, when
continuation was suspended because the
government was in arrears in its pay
ments and there was no appropriation
from which to make payment. Con-
gress appropriated $450,000 for the
| work in 1898, but the disbursing officers
of the government withheld the amount
claimed by the contractors to be due
them.
The contracting company AYERS that
it is ready upon the payment of the
amounts due to it for the work already
! performed to proceed with the improve
! ments and fully perform its contracts.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
mr.. Frank Newsom Married

Mr.. Eugene Phillyaw returned last
evening from Littleton, N. c., where
he went to attend the wedding of our
young townsman Mr.. j. Frank New
Som who was united in marriage in the
Methodist church at that place yester-
day, to Miss Ostella Perry, daughter Of
Mrs. Bette A. Perry, Of Littleton. The
Rev. ]. W. Jenkins, of Summfield, Off
ciated, and the happy event was wit
messed by a large assemblage Of friends.
Miss Jessie Bell, of Clinton, vas maid
of honor, and MI. Eugene Phillyaw, Of
Wilmington, was best man. Messrs.
E. W. Womac and George Holt, of Lit
Teton, acted as ushers.
Immediately after the wedding Mr.
and Mrs. Newsom left on a bridal tour
to Richmond, Washington, Baltimore
and Norfolk. They will return to Will
mington in ten days and make their
home here.
Mr.. Newsom, is the efficient assistant
observer of the Wilmington Weather
Bureau and is a highly esteemed young
gentleman of our city.
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A BuiIdin. Boom

I'll Atlantic Coast Line Company
has decided upon the plot of land at
South Rocky Mount On which to erect
a large hospital for its employees. The
building will be 9Ox12O feet, three stories
high. The contract has been given and
work on the building will begin at once.
C%orinthian Lodge No. go, A. T. and
A. NJ, has given the contract for a hall
adjoining the Bank Of Rocky Mount,
on East Railroad street. The building
will be three stories, the lower contain
ing two large stores, the second a mod
ern and strictly up-to-date opera hall,
while Masonic hall proper will be on
the third floor. The whole is to cost
s11, OO0.-Richmond Dispatch.
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Cotton Futures

New York, April 1.-the cotton trade
had very little to work on in the way
Of new material today. Gables were
disappointing and the market opened
with prices unchanged to 2 points low
er. Crop news was plentiful and gen
orally bearish- On account of tae
bearish weekly weather. bulletin, so %
traders have been tempted TO sell them1
selves considerably cnort today on a
market believed to be already heavily
oversold. This led some Of the more
conservative bears to cover, and the
decline was arrested when 1t had reach
ed a level 2 10 3 points below the clos
ing figures Of yesterday. At the best,
however, Ii was a quiet market in
which there was very little interest
taken by outsiders. The bear contin-
gent had the advantage, but were
afraid to force 1t n the total of the
days transactions was unusually small.
Private cables indicated that the Eng
lish cotton trade were working on the
hand TO mouth basis perding further
crop news n in view of the increasing
visible supply. The close was quiet and
steady, net unchanged TO 2 points
lower.
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TO Take More DepOsitfOns

Oscar ]. Spears, Esq, Of Ellington,
attorney for Colonel Oliver H. Dockery,
returned to the city yesterday, and this
morning he will take dispositions in re-
buttal for Colonel Dockery in his con-
tesgt of the seat of congressman elect
John D. Bellamy. The dispositions
will be taken before notaries public T.
E. Wallace and ]. j. Fowler. The ex-
animation will take place in the United
States court room. A number of white
and colored citizens will be examined.
Today ex-Chief of Police John R
Melton, Lawyer w. E. Henderson, col
ored, Captain L. H. Beyant and others
will be examined at Raleigh.
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The New York Stocktuarket.

. New York, April 19.-There is a GER
ain contingent Of stock exchange
Spectators who base their ventures for
the day on the tendency of prices dis
played at the immediate opening OF the
market. Today's initial trading gave
promise of an active and strong market
and these symptoms, accordingly, in
duced some outside orders, but there
was a development OF weakness in the
afternoon. The early demand was slim
ulated by the decided strength display
ed by the granger group which was
helped by reputed more favorable cl.~
matte conditions in the wheat belt and
encouraging statement by the govern
ment of the general crop conditions.
These circumstances caused a relapse
in wheat prices which were also infiu-
enced by heaviness in Liverpool. In
terest to railway stocks mainly and to
some financial issues became prominent
particularly Great Northern preferred.
st. Paul and Duluth and Wheeling and
Lake Erie. 1t must not be inferred that
there was an entire abandonment "a
professional operations in the specialI
ties as these properties were utilized
at times as a lever to enhance or de-
! press values OF other shares. In fact
the afternoon weakness could not be
directly traceable to a brisk selling
movement in the high priced special
ties which received momentum subse-
, quently through liberal offerings OF the
grangers on late reports OF crop dam
g The late break entirely eradicated
the gains in the railways and put many
Of the specialties considerably below
last rights close. Brooklyn Transit
Manhattan and Tennessee Coal and
Iron yielded the more readily. Pro-
nounced strength was displayed in Col
orado Fuel and Iron shares which re-
, tain advances Of over s points in
the common n preferred in rumors
! of impending favorable developments.
Efforts to harmonic the conflicting in
! terests in the anthracite coal trade and
the adoption Of a schedule of prices for
the spring caused sharp advances In
these stocks which moved counter to
the general msrket at the close. The
market ended irregular with the rail-
| way list little changed.
Good support was extended to the
bond market and some substantial
! gains occurred on an active demand.
Total sales were $4.140, 900. United
States 3s coupon, new As registered
n old As registered advanced nc in
the bid price. The total sales OF stocks
| were SIS, 100 shares.
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Notwithstanding the driving rain,
there vas a large attendance at Grace
M. E. church last evening at $50
o'clock when Mr.. Marcellus Garrett
Saunders, of West Point, Va, ed to
the altar Miss Annie Royal Hawkins,
one of Wilminston's loveliest and most
popular young ladies, daughter Of Mr..
| and Mrs. William Moore Hawkins.
The chancel and altar were very
palms, ferns, bamboo, cut flowers, etc,
and the wedding was one of the pref
tiest ever witnessed in this city. Mrs.
| Matte L. Chasten presided at the or
| gan and Miss Fannie Corbett at the
piano, and as waiting selections they
played in the most beautiful manner
Prelude Nuptiale (VonHofmann) and
"Serenata" (Moskowski.) When the
| bridal party arrived the Lohengrim
measures swelled in their happiest
strains. The altar was then approach
| ed by the bride along the west aisle.
The ushers, Messrs. ]. c. Shepard, Jr.,
Joe Yates, Ed. Higgins and Guy Card
| we'll, led the way. Then came the rib
| daughter of Mr.. w. C. Craft, and Mas
ter John A. Corbett, Jr., counsin Of the
! bride, son of Mr.. JON A. Corbett, of
| Wilson. The maid of honor, Miss
| Lydia Yates, followed, and then came
the bride leaning on the arm of her
father. The groom, accompanied by his
best man, Mr.. c. R. Saunders, his
| aisle and Joined the bride at
the altar. The Rev. A. P. Tyer officiat-
ed, and the pretty service was impress
| sively performed, the marriage being
with a ring. When the bands had been
pronounced, the bridal party retired
while Mendelssohn's wedding march
va grandly rendered. The bells in
the tower also rang out the joyful It'd
inss.
The bride wore a lovely mulberry hat
and was attired in a stylish tan colored
going away gown, tailor made. She car
ried a magnificent bouquet of bride
roses. Miss Yates, her maid of honor
wore a handsome gown of drab pop
lin, and bore a pretty bouquet of pink
sweetly dressed in white organdy, and
Master Corbett wore a nobby suit OF
white flannel. The ribbons and decora-
tions were red and blue.
From the church Mr.. Saunders and
his bride We're driven to Front street
station, where they took the train fol
Richmond, Washington, Baltimore and
Norfolk. They will return May Isl
and will reside with the brides parents
314 Ann street. They We're the recipi-
ents of man, handsome and valuable
presents.
A wedding reception was given al
the home of the bride on Tuesday eve
ming.
Those who were here from out Of
town to attend the. wedding were
' Mr. John A. Corbett, Of Wilson, uncle
| Of the bride. and Mr.. c. r. Saunders
of Norfolk, brother Of the groom.
The groom is the clever travelling rep
resentative of the shoe house Of Sam
| uels & Co., of Baltimore.
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Markets BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York, April 19.-Money on call
steady at SOS per cent; last loan at )
per cent; prime mercantile paper at
3RG4 per cent; sterling exchange
strong with actual business in bank
ers' bills at s4.S6A G4.S7 for demand and
at $4.S4& @4.S5 for sixty days; posted
rates at S4.S5@4.S512 and $4.S1q4S1R;
commercial bills at s4.S4AQ 4.S4A; sill
Yer certificates at 6012; bar silver at
5912; Mexican dollars at 47A; govern
ment bonds strong; state bonds mac
tive; railroad bonds strong.
COTTON.
Liverpool. April 19.-Cotton.-Spot
fair demahd, prices steady. American
middling 33sd. The sales of the day
were 10, 900 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation n export and included
$500 bales American; receipts $500
bales, all American. Futures opened
quiet with a moderate demand and
closed quiet, but steady
American middling. low middling
clause: April 3 19-64@3 20-64d sellers;
April and May 3 19-64Q3 2O-64d sellers;
May and June 8 19-64Q3 2O-64d sellers;
June and July 3 19-64@3 2O-64d buyers;
July and August 3 19-64Q3 2O-64d buy
ers; August and September 8 1850
3 2O-64d sellers; September and October
3 19-64d buyers; October and November
3 1S-6403 19-64d value; November and
December 3 1S-64d buyers; December
n January 3 1S-64d buyers; January
and February 8 1S-64d buyers; Febru-
airy n March 3 1S-64Q3 19-64d buyers.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, April 19.-Cotton quiet;
middling SIC; net receipts 479; gross
receipts 1926; sales AZ; stock 16l, $50;
exports to the continent 251.
Total today: Net receipts LISP; ex-
ports to the continent 251; stock S02, 95S.
consolidated: Net receipts As, 1863; ex-
ports to Great Britain 6,6S2; to France
III; to the continent Is, 26S.
Total since September list: Net re-
ceipts 1855, ia; exports to Great Bri-
tain 3,177, 359; to France CSC, 1O3.
Spot cotton closed steady at Lice de-
cline; sales 46 bales.
Futures closed quiet and steady.
April 5.73, May SIS, June $50, July, Au-
gust and September SIS, October 5.SS,
November $50, December 5.94, January
SOS, February 6.01, March sos.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, April 19.-The leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos
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Pretty Home Wedding

There was a beautiful home wedding
last evening at $3.50 o'clock at the res
idence of Mrs. Jane Frederick, 40
South Fifth street, the contracting
parties being Mr.. John Bascom King,
senior member of the promising young
firm of j. B. & j. G. King, and Miss
Jane Ellen Frederick, daughter Of Mrs.
Jane Frederick.
AT the appointed hour for the joyous
event, the bridal attendants entered as
follows: MI. T. o. Brown, Of Hull, Fla,
with Miss Bunting Frederick; Mr.. T.
B. King, of Carthage, N. c., with Lucille
friedrich; Mr.. Claude Frederick, with
Miss F9orie King; Mr.. ]. G. King, with
Miss Hattie Fox. The bride and groom
brought up the procession, and the Rev.
John II. Hall, of Fifth Street NJ. E.
church, South, tied the gordian knot
in the simple and beautiful ceremony
OF the Methodist church.
After hearty Fluctuations from their
friends, the bride and groom, accom-
panied by the bridal party and friends,
were driven in carriages to the groom's
home, where a reception was held until
a late hour. MI. and Mrs. King receiv-
ed numerous handsome presents. They
will De ait home to their friends, 622
Dock street.
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THE STORM
An Immense Rain a Here n
Throughout the South atlantic

The warning sent out Tuesday by
the weather. bureau for a northeast
storm, was fully verified. Yesterday
morning about 3 o'clock the storm
struck Wilmington, and it began to
pour down rain in torrents. The rain
fell. necessarily all day yesterday and
it rained more or less all last night.
the rainfall for twenty-four hours up
to yesterday morning at 8 o'clock was
so inches and including yesterday it
must have reached two inches.
A gale blew most all.day yesterday,
and at times the wind blew with such
force that limbs were blown from
trees, and fences were blown down.
Three pannels, or about twenty-fOur
feet of the iron fence at the city hall
were blown down. The fence was badly
broken by the fall to the rock pave
ment.
The storm down the river was very
sever and there was a very high tide.
The steamer Manila took down a lot
of freight for Fort Caswell, but it was
so rough that the steamer could not
land the freight at the fort, and conse-
quently it was left at Southport. The
water in the bay at Southport was ex-
ceedingly rough, and also in the river
all the way from Wilmington to South
port.
There was a very high tide at
WrightSville beach, but no damage
was done. Wrightsville SCUM was a
solid sheet of water from Wrightsville
to the banks channel.
The storm has prevailed throughout
the coast region of North Carolina.
South Carolina and Georgia. The fol-
lowing heavy precipitation in inches
was reported by the weather bureau
for the twenty-four hours ending yes.
terday morning: Jacksonville, Fla.
1.94; Griffin, Ca, liza; Charleston, S
c., 1.22; Macon, Ca, 0.S2; Wilmington
0.99. The greatest velocity Of the vino
was as follows: Wilmington, 80 miles
per hour; Charleston, 40 miles; Savan.
nah, 80 miles.