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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
Death of MRS. Laura p. ROthweiI

The venerable Mrs. Laura Perrin
Rothwell passed away at her home, 100
North Third street, yesterday morn
ing at z o'clock. The deceased lady has
been an invalid for several years and
has been b~ed-ridden for the past two
years.
Mrs. Rethwell was born in Whining
tor December %, 1915, and was So
years old o. her last birthday. She was
the daughter of the late Mr.. Robert j.
Rankin and Mrs. Ann Jennings Ran
kin. She a been a school teacher in
this city for sixty years and many Of
Wilmington's leading citizens were her
pupils. She leaves n daughter, Miss
Henrietta Rothwell, and several grand
children, Mr.. Walker w. Wick, Mr.. Al
fred w. Wick and Miss Mary Wick.
Captain John T. Rankin and Messrs.
r. G.. Rankin and N. B. Rankin are
her nephews.
The funeral will take place this
morning at 8 o'clock from the First
Presbyterian church, of which Mrs.
Rothwen vas the Oldest member up to
the time of her death. The pallbearers
will be some of her former pupils, viz:
Colonel Walker Taylor, and Messrs. R.
r. Bellamy, Sam W. Wick, w. Fl. How
ell and w. NJ. Cumming. The session
of h church will attend the funeral
as a mark Of respect to the memory Of
the dead.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

Farewell TO Sc. James, church. WIZ
mington. North Carolfna.
(By Rev. Edward Octayus FTagg,
D. D. LIZ d.
Twice called within my latter years,
thy rector's place to fill,
The second summoning was met with
cheerful, ready viii.
The twain in wedlock I have Joined be-
before thy chancel rail,
Preceded 1oved mes down the aisle
amid bereayement's wall,
Have sprinkled with baptismaI rite,
the bud and bloom of life,
Have brought to Combinations seal
the VOW to breast sins strife.
The bread and wine distributed to help
along the way,
Where enviOus darkness hovers near to
blot the eternal raw,
Have shared the hospitable board with
those thy Courts that seek,
Mid pastoral rest and duty linked,
within the encircling week.
And now as birds, when winter melts,
no longer southwark roam,
Do I forsake the sunny land to seek
a northern home.
Farewell ST. James-within thy walls
may peace continuous reign,
And one so long endeared to thee, may
health bring back again;
Thy kindness I shall ne'er forget, a
graceful artless power
Like plants that spring spontaneous
in Cardinals bower.
The record of a sojourn brief can never
be effaced
For not upon the mind alone, but on
the heart it's traced.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
As If from the Dead

Especial to Baltimore Sum-
Derby, Conn, June 22.-Thomas Null
cahey, a young man from Ansonia,
with David Lovett, of this city, started
for the Klondike a year ago. Lovett
returned to Seattle in September, and
reported hat Mulcahey had been
drowned by the sinking of a ship,
which had gone down with all on
board.
Mulcahey's sister, Miss Margaret,
who was slightly i'll, became rapidly
worse when the news reached her of
her brothers supposed death, and died
within a week. A large double head
stone was erected on her grave bear
ing her name and that Of her brother.
Richard Mulcahey today received a
letter from his brother Thomas, writ
ten in Dawson City, announcing thai
Thomas had survived the shipwreck
and other dangers and had become
rich. The inscription on the tombstone
was rubbed out today. =
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
Ordered to Meet Dreyfus' Ship

Brest, France. June 23.-The French
first class cruiser Tage, now lying in
the harbor, has been instructed to put
to sea on Sunday evening, and it is
thought she has been ordered to meet
the Sfax and have Dreyfus transferred
to her, but Admiral Barrera says the
Tage's mission is 80 experiment with
carrier pigeons.
Despite the fact that a big crowd will
be present TO witness the landing OF
Dreyfus, no disorders are expected. a
detachment of secret police has arriv-
ed here from Paris.
Patty du Clam probably will be taken
to Rennes to confront Dreyfus.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

The Meeting Of the Methodists at
Southport the Past Week-Delegates
Elected to the North Carolina Com.

Wilmington District Conference Of
the NJ. E. Shurch, South, which has
been in session at Southport since
Wednesday, closed it's business yester-
day. The presiding elder, the Rev. r.
F. Bumpass, presided.
During the session, the regular rou-
tine business was transacted and dele
gates were elected to the North Caro-
lima conference which holds it's annual
session al Washington, n. c., next De-
cember. The following were the dele
gates elected: Mr.. w. H. Russell, OF
Rose Hill, Duplin county; Mr.. A. F.
Parker, of Parkersburg, Sampson
county; Mr.. r. DoZier, of Southport;
and Mr.. w. B. Cooper, Of Wilmington.
The district conference adjourned to
meet next une at Bethlehem church,
Sampson county.
The following delegates who have
been in attendance came up from
Southport yesterday: Rev. B. B. Gull
breth, and Messrs. E. F. Johnson, j
S. Punches, A. r. Merritt, and w. B,
Cooper, of Wilmington; A. J. Johnson
of Taylors Bridge, Sampson county; G
H. Johnson, of Garland, Sampson
| county; w. H. Russell and J. H. Fus-
sell, of Rose Hill, Duplin county. The
Rev. T. N. Ivey, editor of h Raleigh
| Christian Advocate, who has also beer
attending the conference, came III
| with the party.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
NEW STEAMERS LAUNCED
At the Newport News shipbaildipg
Company's Docks for the Morgan
Line.

At the Newport News Shtpbuilding
Company's Docks for the Morgan
Line.
Newport News, Va, June 24.-Sev-
eral thousand people saw the launch
ing at the yard OF the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
this morning of two more new vessels
of the Morgan line Of steamers the
tug Ell Amigo and the big freighter
FL Rio.
Miss Miriam l.. Post, OF Albany, N.
Y, sister of General Superintendent
w. A. Post, was the sponsor for Ell Rio.
Ell Amigo was ehristened by Miss Min
ME Rowbottom, daughter of Mr.. James
P. Rowbottom, superintendent OF the
machine department.
Ell Rio is a sister ship of Ell Norte
and Ell Sud, which were launched in
April and are now nearly ready for ser
vice, and also of Ell Cid, which Is now
building, but will not be ready to go
overheard for some time. All Of these
ships are freighters and when COM
pleted, will be the best vessels of their
class plying In the costwise trade. They
will run between New York and New
Orleans.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

Chicago, June 24.-It is reported that
a close traffic arrangement has been
made between the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Southern railway. Under it
the Southern railway will get an outlet
at Baltimore and also a western con-
nection at Chicago. In connection with
the report 1t is stated hat the South
ern has for a long time past desired
more direct connections with the West
Indies, n those il can now make
through the Baltimore gateway. 1t is
also stated that the Southern has Sc
cured control of the Florida Central
and Peninsula road, by which is secur-
ed a direct connection with Tampa so
as to complete the proposed route
through to Cuba.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

Last fall J sprained my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes. The doc
ton I called IN said at first it was a
slight strain and would soon be we'll,
but it grew worse and the doctor hen
said I had rheumatism. 1t continued
to grow worse and I could hardly ge.
around to work.. ! went to a drug store
and the druggist recommended me to
try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. I tried
1t and one-half of a 50-cent bottle cur
ed me entirely. I now recommend it
to all my friends.-F. A. Babcock, Erie.
Pa. 1t is for sale by R. r. Bethany,
Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York. June 24.-Money on call
steady at 2@2R per cent; last loan at
212 per cent; prime mercantile paper
at 3@3A per cent; sterling exchange
steady with actual business in bankers
bills at s4.SS@4.SSA for demand and at
rates at s4.S6k@4.S7 and S4.S9; COM
mercial bills at SASSY; silver certifi-
Gates at 60k@62; bar silver al COZ;
Mexican dollars at 4Sk; state bonds in
active; railroad bonds irregular; gov
eminent bonds steady.
COTTON.
Liverpool, June al d. m.-Spot cot
ton moderate demand, prices easier;
American middling 3 11-32d. The sales
of the day were 5000 bales, of which
1000 were for speculation and export
and included 1900 bales American; re-
ceipts 1900 bales, including 1900 Amer
lean. Futures opened quiet with a mod
crate demand and closed barely steady.
American middling, low middling
clause: June, June and July, July and
August 3 16-6463 17-64d buyers; Au-
gust and September 3 16-64G3 Had
sellers; September and October 3 $500
8 16-64d buyers; October and November
3 14-64G3 15-64d buyers; November and
December 3 13-64G3 14-64d buyers; De-
cember and January 3 13-64Q3 14-64d
SoA1Gy liz l1-Vfu
sellers; February and March 3 14-64G
3 15-64d buyers: March and April
3 15-64d3 16-64d sellers; April and May
3 16-64d buyers.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, June 24.-Cotton quiet:
middling SIC; net receipts 200: gross
receipts LAO; sales 4S2; stock 179,415.
Total today: Net receipts 3.4se: ex-
ports to the continent 1,426; stock 573,-
$50.
Consolidated: Net receipts 3.4ss: ex-
ports to the continent LAPS.
Total since September 1st: Net re-
ceipts 8,224,065; exports to Great Bril-
tain 3,403,0SS; to France 769, 1896; to the
continent 2,66S, 140.
Futures closed barely steady. June
5.s4, July 5.55, August $50 to $50, Sep
TENDER 5.57. October $50, November
5.s4, December $50, January 5.74, Feb
ruary 5.T, March $50, April 5.S4, May
SIS.
Spot cotton closed quiet at 1-1sc; de-
cline; middling uplands 6 1-1sc; mid
ding gulf 6 5-16c; sales 4s2 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, June 24.-The leading fu-
lures ranged a. follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
A Card of

I wish to say that I feel under last
ing obligations for what Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has done for, our fam
lily. We have used it in SO many cases
Of coughs, lung troubles and whooping
cough, and it has always given the
most perfect satisfaction. we feel great
Iy indebted to the manufacturers of
this remedy and wish them to please
accept our hearty thanks.-Respectful-
For sale by R. r. Bellamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

A powder to be shaken into the
shoes. our feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t coolS the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen,
sweating feet, improving nails, Bills
tiers and callous spots. Relieves corns
and bunions Of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try it today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for Csc. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, ". Y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
HI. Ii. Plant TO be Buried in BranfOrd

New York, June 24.-The funeral ser
vices in New York of the late Henry 3.
Plant. the founder of the Plant system
of railroads, will be held in his late
home on Monday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
d.. George Smythe, Of East Orange,
will officiate.
The body will be taken to Bransord,
Conn, Mr.. Plants birth place, soon af-
ter 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning. An
other funeral service will be held in
that city on Tuesday afternoon and the
interment will be in the family plot at
that place.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

h North German Gazette an
nounces that DR.. Mumm Won Schwarz
EinStein. minister to Luxembourg, has
been appointed to replace DR.. Won Hol-
ieben, the German ambassador to the
United States, during the latter's two
months absence from Washington.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
Charged With EmbeZzlfng Bonds

Cincinnati, June PA warrant was
issued today for Albert Meter, ON an
affidavit of Lewis Metesser, represent
ing the Greenville (Miss.) Waterworks
Company, on the charge of misappro-
priating 1913, 900 of bonds consigned to
him to negotiate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

Reports that Armour & Co. and n
or two big fruit handling concerns are
in combination to control all the fruit
and early vegetable trade of the coun-
try are vigorously denied by the houses
concerned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
WILMINGTON MARKETS.
Wilmington, n. C, June

Wilmington, n. c., June "a.
Receipts Of cotton today bale.
Receipts On same day last years
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-299, 1888
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-323,-
029 bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton steady.
OroiIdry ...... D I-to
Good ordinary ................ 4 1916
Low mlddllng ................. D 1-l6
MlOdllng ............ ............ 6B
Good middling ................ Ga
Prices same day last year., 5Nc.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine-Nothing doing.
Rosin steady at 90c and CSC.
Tar firm at $1.30.
Crude turpentine firm; hard $1.35;
soft $40; virgin 1920.
Prices same day last ~year-Spirits
turpentine 23k and 23c; rosin $1.00
and s1.O5; tar $1.3O; crude turpentine
$1.0O, SLIGO and s1.7C.
Receipts today-149 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 374 barrels rosin, 35 barrels
tar, 80 barrels III turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-196
casks spirits turpentine, AIS barrels
rOSln, 100 barrels tar, 40 barrels crude
turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina rs TO S5c:
ia so to CSC; Spanish soc to soc.
Rice-Nothing doing.
Corn 56c.
Corn meal-5Ic.
Cow jeas-65 to ~.
North CaroEt:-I !;.-uu-Kams, 8 TO
10c; shoulders Z to TIC; sides s to SIC.
Chickens-Slow: spring 10 to 1Sc:
hens, q to 25c: roosters, Is TO zoe.
Eggs steady at 9 to 10c.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch, hearts
and saps, $1.50@2.1e: six inch, S2.5OG
$3.50.
Timber at $500 to s 100 DER LOCO feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
Open. High. Low. Clio.


Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour easy. Winter patents, s3.65G3.75:
straights, $3.15Q3.45; spring specials,
SASS; spring patents, s3.40G3.S0;
straights, s2.so@$.3O; bakers, $4,000
go; No. 2 yellow corn, 34% Q34Ac; No.
2 spring wheat, 74c; No. 3 spring wheat.
72@73Ac; No. 2 red. 74c; No. 2 corn.
white, 27h@29c; mess pork. per bbl..
S7.506S.20 lard, per 100 lbs. s4.92h@
5.02k; short ribs sides, loose, s4.45m
Ass; dry sailed shoulders, boxed, A.75@
500; short clear sides, boxed. 5000
$40; whiskey, distillers' finished goods,
per gallon, s1.26.
New York, June 24.2Eggs firm; state
and Pennsylvania 15G1512c; western
fresh 14h@15c; southern 9G11c.
Parliamentary; refined New
York 1920; Philadelphia and Balti-
more s7.15; do in bulk $4.65.
Potatoes-Steady.
Cabbage-Steady.
Muskmelons irregular; fancy steady;
undergrades pressed for sale; Florida,
per case, soc to s2.25; do Charleston, per
basket, $1.00G1.50.
~Rice-Firm; fair to extra 4A@7c.
Japan 4AQ5hc.
Molasses-Firm; New Orleans. open
kettle, good to choice. 32dSec.
Cotton Seed Oil-Dull, but held
steady on light offerings; prime crude
21c; do T. o. b., 17G1Sc.
Coffee-Options opened steady and
unchanged; ruled spiritless in view of
confiif ting foreign market news, unim-
portant statistical changes and lack
of interest in outside circles; closed
barely steady and unchanged TO 8.
points lower; sales IA, $50 bags, includ-
ing July at S4.65; October $3.50; No
vember s4.95; December $5.30G5.35;
January $5.35. Spot coffee-Rio dull
and easy; No. Z invoice -; No. Z job
bling 6kc; mild quiet; Cordova SG13c.
Sugar-Raw steadier; fair refining
4hc; centrifugal, SO test, 45sc; molasses
sugar &C; refined steady: standard A
sac; confectioners' A 5%c; cut loaf
5Ac; crushed &c; powdered SIC; gran
ulated SIC; cubes 5Ec.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin quiet: strained.
common TO good, S1.30G1.321k. Turpen-
tine steady at 39d391c.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine mar
ket steady at 36c; sales none. Rosin
firm and unchanged; sales none.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
36hc; sales 312; receipts 1.s47. Rosin
firm and unchanged: sales 3,2S5; re-
ceipta 4 DAT
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
PROM ME-. WooDWARD,s HOME.

FROM NIX. WOODWARD'S HOME.
The following communication was re-
ceived yesterday afternoon:
Warsaw, n. c., June %.
To the Editor:
Your today's issue contains an ac-
count with large display heading of the
brutal attack on one of our most re-
spected citizens, Mr.. J. F. Woodward,
at washington, yesterday morning. The
good people of his native town are in
terested that the world be apprised Of
the other side of the story, and to this
degree render tardy justice.
MIR. woodward has lived here all his
lie; is known and respected by all, as
a jovial and courteous gentleman of
unimpeachable honor, and in the forty
odd years of his life no breath of scan
dai has eve been allied with his fair
name. None that know him can for a
moment believe this shameful story.
and all are alike indignant over the
barbarous treatment he received. with
out opportunity for explanation or de-
tense.
1t is a ease of mistaken identity that
is likely to get the perpetrators and
Others in endless trouble before they
are through with it, for it is not to be
supposed that these valiant defenders
OF insulted womanhood can set upon a
defenseless, ansuspecting man, and by
their overpowering numbers brutality
beat him, and then vaunt their heroic
deed through the columns of your pa
per. and go unscathed of righteous pun
ishment.
Mr.. Woodward states that on the
day previous to the assault (the day the
insult "a delivered), he was on the
dock until late in h evening; that he
went straight to his hotel in COM
pany with three gentlemen. whose
names he has; that he remained at the
hotel the remainder of the evening and
night, in the meantimf settling his no.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

Mr.. J. F. woodward, Of Warsaw,
who was assaulted with horsewhips at
Washington, N. c., on Thursday, is
determined to prove his innocence of
offering an insult to the lady in question
He went to Washington yesterday, ac-
companied by his counsel, ex-Judge w.
r. Allen, of Goldsboro, and H. L. Ste
vens, Esq, of Warsaw. He also took
along Mayor w. l.. Hill and MI. Jo-
seph E. Johnson, and other friends at
Warsaw.
MIR. WOODWARD BELIEVED M
NOCENT.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
The POWER or AUTHORITY.
Lack Of Respect for IL Causes Numerous
Political Crimes

Prom DonOkoea Magszins
The authority VI the state f. az sacred
u IT'S own place az the authority o. me
nome, and that nation which above 81
personal and individual rights holds q 2
law OF the land and the .,oyefntarUf y
the nation In the highest esteem DO ne
nation which will insure is final proc
peFity. And yet there aTo those az
they are not small In number. Co. this a.s
other lands. who rebel against the g.s-
sutgted authority Of their gOVernursa
su1 ~ the same time consider IhemsH.F-B
good citizens. European rulers have been
assasblndtef. TWO attempts have Dr~a
MADE upon the life OF England G.rtt'
and IN our country Presidents I.r-1.l
and Garfield we're fOuily murdered 81
what was the primary cause o. ihsse lrf'
TiDle tragedies Nothing more nor ..sa
thsh lack u respect Tor courfl'-i-s ~
thoTity- And there are those to-day ~no
" hNe perhaps they would not resort %
suCn deeds Of violence nevertheless have
hatred Of the government " The na-
uOn. because. forsOOth. the political l4t.f
which they favor does not happen ig p
IN power. Win such people. ~ ma i-'
what the Chief Executive ~ The rai..H
does. Il u wrong No matter hD" ear
fully political aMalTs the sNalFs " .i-'
nation. are planned and MANAGE t-9
hole government IN their opinion ft.f-
Thing but a humble opinion b. 'n~ 0sV
money -gTabbers. and The Ike. who atr
only al the seat Or government Win RI.
enc intention ~ seeing What th~f .H-
make out % their term 81 0flcr. in s3i-
cases this may be more OF les true. a-.
~ Il II. it certainly does not excuse az,
loysl and patriotic citizen u this great
rspebllc from belng bound 20 pay o..
need % homage and respect 10 the :,
Etituted authority Of the goEcTumeH' .
his country.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26
A Farmers Hard Luck.

81 had sold a piece OF land" said the
old farmer. as shade OF sadness crossed
his face. "and received 500 in cash. When
/ had the money in hand l said to the old
woman:
Mary. If We put this in bank the bank
may bust
Jest so says Mary.
But If We hide 1t in the ashes in the
parlor stove there can't be no Dustin
about it, says l.
That's So says Mary, and we hid it
in the stove.
Along in The fall came up from the
field one day and found that Mary had
built fire in the parlor stove ] didn't
say nuthin' fur awhile, and then 1 keer-
lessly remarked:
see you've got a fire In that stove.
You took them 500 out first, Of cOurseg'
'Sakes alive but ] didn't yells Mary.
and up went her hands and she tainted
dead away.
Il got the Camphor bottle and worked
over her and brung her TO- and as she be-
gun TO cry and take on / bust out laffin'.
When / had got over bein' tickled. ] says:
Don't worry about that money. Know
in how absent-minded you be, l took it
out Of the stove a week ago
Bless me, but did your gasped Mary
Yes, took ii out Of the stove and hid
it in that old pewter teapot in the pantry
/ says.
OH my soulr screams Mary, and
down she falls in another faint
What's the matter now? says /, after
had brung her to agin.
Why. 1 sold that teapot to tin ped
der the other day for cents, and never
looked inside OF itT"
There was period Of silence lasting
four or five minutes, and then the old man
SorroWfully said:
Banks bust-stoves bust-teapots bust,
and if me and the old woman are found
busted some day nobody need be surpris-
ed"