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IMPORTANT SALE.

Under and In pursuance of judgment of the
Superior court of Wake county, duly rendered
at April term, l899 in the action of John Ward
ct al VS.. The North Carolina Car Company ct al,
and under the provisions of a deed OF trust exc
cuted April !, 1897, by said North Carolina Cal
Company to the undersigned Trustees, and reg
istered in the Office of the Register of Deeds OF
Wake county in Book lab, page 7l9. the under
signed will expose to pub lie sale on MONDAY,
AUGUST z, 1899, at IL O'Clock M, at the County
Courthouse door in the city of Raleigh, all
that tract or parcel of land, on which the works
of the North Carolina Car Company are now
located. situated in the county of Wake and
State of North Carolina. just beyond the north
ern boundary of the city of Raleigh, bounded
and described as follows: Beginning on frank
lin Place street at the southwest corner of the
Klueppelbnrg lot and running with his line
north AZ degrees west, 208 I-2 feet to his
thence with his line and the line OF Vass' ,ot
southl8O IL degr ees cast $50 feet to Steinmetzs
line. fnence with Stelnmetz's line north So de-
grees, east 1877 feet to w. A Turks line; thence
with sale line nor.h 81 I-2 degrees, west 3435S
feet to thc right OF way of the Raleigh e. CASTOR
Railroad Company; thence southwardly with
said right II way $50 feet; thence north "a Ia
degrees east 1877 feet with ,he lines of Cole and
Neumeyer's lots thence north degrees, east
"a feet thence north 81 I-2 feet, east with Neu
meyers line l24 1-2 feet; thence north degrees,
east with Undertakes and Heilig's lines 2l5
feet; thence north 81 degrees, east with Franklin
Place street 1I8 feet to the beginning, contain
ing six and 39-lO0 acres, more or less, together
with all privileges and appurtenances thereto
appertaining or belonging, and all the buildings
and structures, improvements and fixtures or
said land, and all engines, boilers and every
other kind of machinery on said land or in said
buildings and all and singular the corporate
rights and franchises of said North Carolina
Gar Company.
Terms of sale: cash. @. Fl. BELVIN,
E. G. SMITH,
Trustees and Commissioners
June 10, 1893 tbs
The above sale is postponed by consent OF all
parties until Monday, October I'd, 1899, at II
O'Clock m, at the county court house door
Raleigh, N. q.
G. II. BELVIN,
e. G. SMITH,
Trustees and Commissioners.
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BEARS CHARGE AND RUN
SOUTHERN FIRMS ABSORB ALI
OFFERINGS.
CROP ESTIMATED AT 100000 BALES
The Recuperat We Tendency of the Stock Mar
ket Gained Force During Yesterdays
Trading. Bond Market Active.
Wheat Advances.

New York, Sept. 22.-Demand for sta
pie cottons for prompt delivery again
in excess of supplies. Advance in raw
cottons causing greater reserve on the
part of sellers for future deliveries. No
advances recorded, burt general tendency
still upwards. Print cloths inactive but
firm. Prints quiet and unchanged in
fancies, staples i'll fair demand. No
change in ginghams. Mems wear wors-
teds withdrawn from sale in a number
of lines. Linens are advancing. Bur-
laps scarce and very firm.
COTTON.
New York, Sept. 22.-It was an ex-
citing day on the cotton exchange.
Speculation broadened decidedly, with
fluctuations at times violent. A con
certed effort was made at the start
by the bear interest to undermine the
position of longs, and success for time
seemed almost certain as Liverpool was
disposed to lend its aid to such move
ment. The selling was led by certain
large export hoses of Philadelphia and
New Orleans. The market opened easy
with prices four to five points lower
Europe sent selling orders which badly
scared scalpers, who had loaded up last
night. BY the end of the first half
hour shorts became frightened by the
readiness with which offerings We're be-
ing absorbed by brokers FOR Southern
concerns. A retreat of the bear forces
was soon in full swing and by ii o'clock
the bull crowd were once more in COM
plete possession of the market. Before
the advance had been checked prices
showed a net rise of ten to fourteen
points and thirty to thirty-five points as
compared with the final figures of Sat
urday. The sudden turn in the market
caused a sympathetic movement in Liv-
erpool and brought in large buying or
ders from abroad, leading markets OF
the South, New England spinners and
outside investment circles. Specula-
ton grew i'll greater proportions than
recorded in many months and most of
the time the market was feyerishly eX-
cited. In the afternoon realizing set
in on general scale, tumbling prices
to about the close of last night. -
the close the market was steady with
prices net unchanged to two points high
err.
The dominant bun influence through
out the day was the firmness of spot
cotton in the South. Supplementing
this encouraging state of affairs was a
waning crop movement. Crop estimates
were further reduced, the average now
pointing to a crop of not over ten mil
lion bales. The weekly changes in the
statistical position here and abroad fa-
yored the bull cause in the main.
NEW YORK.
New York, Sept. 2s.-Cotton futures opened
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, Sept. 22-Today' 5
wheat market showed the effect of yes
terday's failure of leading bear firm.
Relief from the heavy selling pressure
from that source was a big factor in
the advance of 11sc which marked the
close in December September closed
&c higher. Higher cables and big eX-
port demand were influential III the adj
vance. Corn was strong on big export
demand and closed 3s to PC. higher.
Oats advanced "a to 3sc. and provisions
closed 21ac lower to 715c. higher.
OHrolao, September 22.
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81 suffered with piles eleven years be-
fore using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye;
now my health is fully restored. Con
rad STANCE, Pierz, MINI. A soothing,
healing PREPARATION of standard merit;
beware Of worthless counterfeits. Bob
bitt- Wynne Drug Co., w. Il. King q
Co., Adams & Moye, VIM. Simpson.
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NB,f YORK MONEY.

NEW YoRK, Sept. 22.-3 P. M.-Money on call
easier at ga per cent: last loan at 6
per cent Prime mercantile paper 4%a5 12 per
cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual
business in bankers bills at S4.S5L04.851s for
Posted rates S4.sSa4.8il-; and A.S61- a4.S7.
Commercial bills 81 so l-2atS1. Silver GER
tificates IS LA 9 IL. Bar silver 5SX. Mex
lean dollars Az. Government bonds firm.
State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds strong.
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON. N. O., Sept. 22.-rurpentine
steady at AS I-2a47; receipts 81.
Rosin firm at 90a9o: receipts 1913.
Crude turpentine firm at SI.30, $3.50 ands2.50
receipts 8.
Tar firm at S1.30; receipts la barrels.
CHARLESTON, s. O., Sept. 22.-purpentine
firm at 46; sales = casks.
Rosin firm; sales - barrels. Quote: B, 9,
S.15; K, $40; M, $50; N Sl.s5; g, $2.25; W.
ESQ.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept. 22-Turpertine firm
at AZ; receipts S02; sales 662; exports lis.
Rosin firm; receipts 3,340; sales 6,79l; exports
il2. Quote: A, B, O, ID and r, IS: f. $l.O0;
q. Yl0; ii, sl.20 1, s1.2l; x, $1.S0; M, $1.65; N,
81 10: W z, 1910: W W. $3.50.
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BALTIMORE.

BALrTMoRE, Nd, Sept. 23.-F1our dull and
unchanged western super s2.15@2.25:
Wheat strong; No. 2 red, spot and Septem-
her 72k072s&; October AZ I-2072%; December
"a l-2a74%; steamer No, red -; Southern
wheat by sample 65a73; do. on grade =.
Corn strong; mixed, SPOT 3aM bid; September
2. al 9b: October S8h; November and Decem-
Der, new or old, 35h; January and February
an ass; steamer nixed-; Southern white Ala
Al Ia; do. yellow -.
oats steady; No. white western, new, 2sa29;
No. mixed -.
Rye easier; No. nearby SASS; No. west
err 81 I-2.
Butter firm; fancy creamery 23a24.
Cheese; large l2at2 I-2
Eggs firm; fresh l7al8.
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NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 22.-Cotton futures
closed steady; sales ~
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.


Galveston, firm, 81, 1871 bales.
Norfolk, firm, so, 2,t09 bales.
Baltimore, nominal, 81, l,3T bales.
i Boston, quiet, 89s, = bales.
Wilmington, nrm, Ga, 1905 bales.
Philadelphia, firm, 81, = bales.
Savannah, steady, 9, 1913 bales.
New Orleans, steady, OK, 1892 bales.
Mobile, firm, d, 1893 oSleE
Memphis firm, 81, 1850 bales.
Augusta, firm, 6 5-I6, 1,768 bales.
Charleston, firm, 6, 2,t48 Daies.
Cincinnati, firm, So, Dos haies.
Louisville, STEADY, 81, 1875 bales.
st. Louis, firm, OK, 3l2 bales.
Houston, steady, "a, 9,769 bales.
New York, quiet 81, zb6 bales.
RALEIGH COTTON
RALEIaH, N. o., september %
New cotton $500. 49,. 61@6k
necelpts 228 bales. Market quiet.
PRODUCE.
a,oun cbickena .................. 20 @25
youRo chickens ,..................... 12x0Hk
Eggs ..........., ..s...,At.s.s''....s " UIo
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Seaboard & Roanoke SIS ......,.
Carolina Central as .........,... 81
Southern Railway, first, 5's ....... 1917
Atlanta d Charlotte, 7's .......,... 103 Ia
w r LIST, 6's ............ JIG
Ga, Carolina a. Northern, 1st, 5's 102 IOt I-2
Raleigh Water Company 6's -.
Albemarle a. Ches Canal Co, rs 103
Wake county 6's .......,... ....,. l25 100
Raleigh Cotton Mills, 6's.....,... I08
Seaboard IL Roanoke 6's .
STOCKS.
Raleigh n CASTOR .....,....... 80
Raleigh & Augusta Airline r, 30 so
Durham a Northt rn ,............ 80
Southern Railway, preferred -. so IL g
common ......, 10 1-2--
Mechanics Dime Savings Bank. JOG
Raleigh Water Company As IS
Caraleigh Cotton Mills pref -. ITO
Z" g common loo 10
Raleigh Cotton Mills ........... I1s
Odell Manufacturing Company :. 167 Ito
Va, Caro- Chem Co, preferred -. - 1909
common, IS l-2
Citizens National Bank ,...,... 1870
Raleigh Savings Bank .....,...,. $50
Commercial and Farmers Bank. 125
National Bank OF Raleigh 500, II6
N Q Agricultural Society, 6's...... 40
N @ K Il Stock ............ 1900. l60
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Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.

Flour steady; winter patents S3.50a3.60;
do straights s3.10a3.30; do clear -; spring
specials $40; hard spring pat, S340aS.70; soft
spring i No. spring IL; No. red tn.
Corn--No. 2, 84&@3ik. Oats No. 2, 2Sa93A;
No. 2, white 25a25k; No. white 2Ia.5. Rye
No. Q, 56X. Barley-No. 2, 40a46. Flax seed
No. /, H.. Prime Timothy seed S2.85. Mess
pork, per bbl., S7.40as.0 Lard per 100 lbs,
s5.Z0a5 IS. Short rib sides, loose, s5.0ba5.40;
dry -salted shoulders, boxed, 6fG6x. Short clear
sides. boxed. $5.55a5.65. Whiskeg S1.22.
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STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Sept. 22.-The recnpera-
tive tendency Of the stock market gained
decided force during the progress of to-
days trading. The uneasiness abroad
was an element at the opening and
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, September 22.-FIour firm; winter
patents 49, 60a3 so; 40 straight $3.50 03.40; Min
nesota patents 3.S5ai.00; do bakers S2.S0a3lO;
winter extras S2.4Oa2.sO; 90. low grades S2.SVa
| 2.40.
Rye -four firm; good to fair s3.l5aS.5O;
| choice to fancy
| Buckwheat flour quiet; new $2.50a2.60
| BacAwheat steady at 5iae0.
Corn meal firm; yellow western 75a76.
Rye strong. NO. z, western 6i%; state -.
Barley gu ct; feading 4lai2; mating asa 0,
! Barley malt q let; western 55ae5
Wheat, spot strong; No. red 76%; ontionE,
May 800; September "a IL; December TIA.
| Corn, spot strong; No. ., 39k; opclons. May
! s64; September 3D., December S7h.
| Oats. spot stronger; No. 2, 27Aa2s; options
Beet firm; family s9.5O011.OO; extra me, $
| k9 beef hams $21.5t a36 90; packet sS.2'aSloe0i
city extra India mess sl4.5Oal5.0C.
| Out meats steady; picked BELLE 5Ao7;
picked shoulders 6a6h; picked hams sAal0.
Lard quiet: western steamed S5.65; city
| $3.50: September S5.67 l-2, nominal; rehned
quiet; to the continent So.S; compound 4%aa%.
Pork firm; mess $S.75aS.5U; snort GISaf
sl0.501l.76; family Slo.000aIl.0O.
Tallow firm: city 49sa4%; country4A.
| Butter steady; factory lsal, l-2; western
creamery Io02o; initiate creamery II l-2a231h
Cheese, steady; large white lOI; do colored
Eggs steady; state and Pennsylvania 1920,
loss off; western, ungraded, at marx, l3aH;
| southern -.
| Potatoes steady; Jersey Sl.0Oa1.i0; New YORK
| Sl.25al.s0 Long land Si,2Aal75; Jersey SWEETS
| 81. 75a 100; southern sweets Sl.0)al.25
| Peanuts firm; fancy n&nd- picked 1-2a6 l. =
other domestic 1-2ab.
| Cabbages dull; Long Island s2a$350 per lOO
Freights TO Liverpool quiet; cotton by steam
| 264; do, grain -.
| Cotton seed oil steady; prime crude 2ll-2;
crude b mills 17alS; prime summer yellow
Is l-2a2s; OF summer yellow Is; butter grades
| 20; prime winter yellow S0a32; prime white
/ 2oa 70 l-2.
petroleum strong; refined New York, $3.50
Philadelphia and baltimore 1915: do in bulk
/ 1925
Rosin steady; strained, common to good
! $l25al.z7 liz.
Turpentine barely steady st 60 l-:a5l.
Rice steady; fair to extra 49Sa7 ia; Japan
| 4Aa53S.
Molasses quiet; New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 32a36.
Coffee-Opt1ons, September $415; October
| 81 Ii; spot Kio quiet and featuI eless; No. in
voice 57-16; No. Iobbing 1918; mild quiet;
| Cordova 6AalI4.
Sugar, raw quiet and easier; fair refining
! 8 49, is; centrifugal 96-test, 1916; molRssef
sugar 9-l6 renned quiet; standard -;
1 mould 7-16. granulated 3-l6.
Muskmelons, Rocky Ford, Colorado, per case
Slt0a1.75.
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AT % many mans ambition is to
enter the white house. At rs his ambi-
ton is TO keep out of the poor house.
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NEW YORK.
New York, Sept. 2s.-ootsOn futures opened
LIVERPOOL

Spot cottOn CLOSED q1leJi m1O0iinB uplSnos
6x; middling gulf ga; sales 2I1 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 22.-4 p. M.-Spot cotton
fair demand, prices I-32d higher: American
middling fair B '2d; good middling 81; mid
ding 3ss; low middling 3 q; good ordinary ga /;
ordinary l-l6.
The sales of the day were 10000 bales, of which
1000 were for speculation and export, and in
Guided Q, 500 American receipts 5000 balef, in
Gliding $500 American.
Futures opened steady at the decline and
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SALES OF COTTON.

Liverpool, Sept. Following are the
weekly cotton statistics:
Total sales $4,000 bales; American, D.
900; English spinmers' takingS $4,000.
Total export 5000. Imports, 1900;
American, 11,000. Stock, 762, 600;
American, $4,000. Afoat, 81 900; Am
erican, $4,000. Sales on speculation. l.
300. Total sales to exporters, LOO.
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RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.

Corrected daily by Grimes g. Vass.
RALEIGH, N. O., September p.
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Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15
TEA IMPORTATIONS.
Dealers Not Bringing Any More to
This Country Than Necessary in
Hope of Escaping Tax.

Imports of tea for November showed
a decided falling off when compared
with the same period for the previous
Year. This is due to the fact that the
importers are not bringing any more
goods to this country than is necessary,
in the hope Of escaping the payment of
the ten per cent. tax. Tea importations
il November of this year were 6,8O4 1892
pounds, valued at $816,O66, from which
$272,9 revenue was derived, as against
12,239,s $3.50 pounds for the same period
last year, valued at $1,6s5 04O. OF this
2,72S,422 pounds, valued at $376.972.
We're withdrawn for consumption. Tea
withdrawn at Chicago amounted to
576,593 pounds, valued at $75,o32, from
which $57, $50 in revenue was derived
Imports of sugar for November were
IFS, ,SS2,443 pounds, valued at $685., ,495,
from which So, 500, 1862 in duties waspaid
to the treasury, against 123, 1878 s67
pounds, valued at $2,275,407. Sugar
Withdrawn for consumption amounted
to 218, AL ,626 pounds, valued at $4 435, :
710. Importations of wool for Novem-
Der, 1898, were nearly so per cent. small
er than for the same period in 1897.
The importations for November of this
year were 6,50s,461 pounds, valued at
$647,S54, the duties on which were $267,
$50, as against 10, 800, ,644 pounds, valued
at $1,052, 1884 in 1897. Wool withdrawn
for consumption amounted to 5,20O,011
mounds vo1noI a. %sc1 A0O
Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15
UNIFORMITY OF ARMS.
Navy to Abandon the Lee Rife and
Adopt the Weapon Used by
the Army.

It is probable the navy will adopt
the small arm caliber used'ny the army,
thus ending long controversy. A
board recently met at New York and
discussed the question. The board has
sent in it's report, which is unanimous
in favor of abandoning the Lee rifles i'll
the navy in favor Of the so-called Krag-
Jorgensen small arm used in the mill
tary force. Operations of thearmy and
navy during the war demonstrated that
a uniform caliber must be used by the
land and naval forces. The decision
reached was in favor of the army small
arm of so caliber. Naval ordnance Off
GERS do not admit that the army rifle
is better than the navy arm or that it
possesses qualities as weapon which
commend it more than the small arm
of the navy, but as it is probably equal
]y good and the government has large
stock of the army weapons on hand the
board naturally agreed to discard the
arm of which the government had the
less supply.
Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15
NEGLECT TO RETURN BOOKS,
ConEressmen Who Take Books
from Conversational Library.

Walls 60 up from the reading public
at the opening of each congress, for it
means weary waiting and fruitless
search for books from the congressional
library. New members are quite
prompt in returning books to the
librarian, but after the first term books
pass from member to member of the
family, from friend to friend, often
leaving the book shelves on the open
ing of congress and circulating about
until the 4th of March. While there is
practically no real loss of books, only
two or three term, this is most in
convenient habit and one that deprives
earnest readers who depend on the
library of much pleasure, there being
generally but two copies of a book one
for circulation among that branch of
the government so favored and the
other for desk reading in the library.
Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15
CHANCE FOR OUR CAPITAL.
Gulf Ports Awakening to Their OPP
portunities of Increased
Trade with Cuba.

New enterprises in Cuba are for
American capital. The opening of in
creased means of commmnica ton be-
tween Havana and the Florida ports
has clinched this conclusion. Com
munication is now established three
times week with Tampa on the west
coast, and twice a week with Miami on
the east coast. The business may not
be sufficient in volume for awhile to
keep two lines of steamers employed.
The competition for what there is of it
will probably be sharp. But after
time there will be enough for both.
The gulf ports. with the exception CT
New Orleans, are also awakening to
their opportunities. and an increased
trade with the southwest promises
soon to be developed.
Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15

While driving to Norway Lake last
Sunday evening on professional
call DR.. johnson met with what might
have been serious accident. Being
in hurry he naturally let his team
go at brisk gait and while doing so
one of the horses fell, the cutter run
ming on top of the horse. In jumping
up the horse not only tipped the doctor
out of his comfortable seat onto the
icy ground, but broke the neck yoke
and the cross-lines, thus separating e
the horses. they going one in each d.
rection. In some way however he
managed to hang on to the lines and
stop them. He took the wreck to a
neighboring farm house and got the
farmer to take him to his destination
none the worse for the mix-up.
Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15
THOUGHTFUL UNTO DEATH.
Engineer with Leg Torn Oh, Drags
Himself to His Engine to Shut or
Fire and Prevent Explosion.

William Carney, engineer at the Car
penter roller mills. at Richmond, Ind,
while working about his engine the
other day became entangled in large
gear wheel and one limb was crushed
entirely off near the hip.
With his life blood ebbing fast away
and suffering agony of pain, Carney
managed to extuicate himself. He did
not think of his own condition. but
knew no one might visit the engine
room for hours, and in the meantime
the boilers would explode unless the
fire was shut off.
Although the boiler-room was GO feet
away, he dragged himself that distance
and shut off the fire, saving life and
property. Carney died that night.
Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15
BAD YEAR FOR CANAL MEN.
Cannot Compete with Other Meth
DDS of Transportation-Bus
ness Of Other Years.

The past season has not been prof.
table one for the canal men. They at
tribute their losses on the years work
to many causes, but chiefly to the fact
that. with present facilities, they can
not compete with other methods of
transportation. Something Like 24o,-
100000 bushels of grain has been re-
ceived at Buffalo by lake, and the ma
jor portion has been shipped to the sea-
]oard. OF the amount taken TO New
York only 25,0oo,ooo bushels have been
shipped via the Erie canal, whereas in
former years the canal has carried as
high as 7O,COO,O 900 bushels.
Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15
WI1EATHS FROM CZAR'S TOMB.
Sold by st. Petersburg Dealer and
the Ribbons Recovered at Im-
mense Cost.

A dispatch to the Tageblatt from St.
Petersburg says that on the occasion of
his latest visit to his fathers tomb in
the cathedral of SIS. Peter and Paul the
csar noticed that the wreaths that were
deposited by the royal representatives
at the funeral were piled in confusion
and covered with dust. His majesty di-
dected Court Minister Baron Fred
ericks, who accompanied him, to see
that the wreaths were put in order.
Eventually, through a misunderstand-
ing on the part of Baron Fredericks or
his subordinates, the wreaths were re-
moved and sold to a St. Petersburg
tradesman.
When Baron Fredericks learned this
fact he was dismayed. He reported the
matter to the czar, who was indignant.
His majesty ordered that at least the
ribbons from the wreaths bearing royal
monograms be recovered, whatever the
cost might be. The buyer, meanwhile,
had sold majority of the wreaths and
ribbons to foreign collectors for many
thousands of rubles. The purchasers
have since been addressed separately
and privately, with the result that near
ly all the ribbons have been recovered,
but with enormous trouble and at great
expense.
The ribbons bearing the initials of
Emperor William were found at Buda-
Pesth, and were repurchased for $4,000
gulden. Another ribbon that was re-
covered at The Hague cost the govern
ment 5000 gulden.
Baron Fredericks, who is exceedingly
remorseful over the affair, has resigned
his Office, but the czar has not yet ac-
cepted the resignation. His majesty is
deeply hurt by the lack of reverence
displayed by the officials immediately
RESPONSIBLE.