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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

a direct route to Atlanta. A plan to es-
tablish a new direct line from the pa
tionaI capital to Florida by building
into Richmond and securing a connec-
ton from there to Washington, would
take the road toward Savannah.
The Seaboard has been anxious for
some years to reach New Orleans. and
connection into Washington made by
filling up the gap from Ridgeway, n. c.,
tt Richmond, Va, would put the system
in position to make satisfactory terms
for reaching the Crescent city There
has been considerable talk in the past
of an alliance between the Louisville
and Nashville and the Seaboard Air
Line, and it is believed that such an
agreement would quickly follow If the
Seaboard was in a position to furnish
a satisfactory entrance into Washing
ton. There would then be but little diff
ficulty in arranging for through cars to
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
from Washington.
Baltimore Sum-.
The Georgia and Alabama is the short
route from Montgomery, Ala, to Sa-
vannah, Ga, and connection with the
Seaboard Air Line could be made by
building a new road through the belt
Of territory which now separates these
two systems. Mr.. John Shelton Will
liams, of Richmond, president of the
Georgia and Alabama, is one of the
leading spirits in the syndicate which
has offered to buy the Seaboard. Bal
timore capital is heavily interested in
the Georgia and Alabama, and the sec
ond vice president is MI. ]. William
Middendorf, of the banking house OF
Middendorf, Oliver & Co.. Colonel j.
Wilcox Brown, president of the Mary
land Trust Company, and Mr.. Henry A.
Parr are members of the board of di-
lrectors. Colonel Brown is also treas
urer of the company.
The Georgia and Alabama is the re-
organized Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery railroad. Since it's reor-
ganization the property has been stead
lily developing. President Williams is
among the younger railroad executives
of the country and is already r%ecogniz-
ed as a f~ar-seeing manager of such a
property. The recent deal, by which
his railroad large independent
terminals in Savannah, was accom-
plished with notable ability. His as
| ISOLATION with the syndicate that wants
the Seaboard is AIKEN as meaning that
an ambitious project is back of the
move of the syndicate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
Revolution in France Predicted

Paris, January A civil court mas
INDICTED the Comtesse de Martel, a
wellknown writer over the nom de
plume of "Gyp," in 5000 francs dam
ages and costs for publishing in a re-
cent book a libel against Senator Trar-
ieux, the former minister of justice.
The libel was an assertion by "Gyp"
hat M. Trarieux became a protestant
in order to contract a rich marriage.
The comtesse continues, in converse
lions, to illuminate against the Jews,
who, she says, should be driven, not
only out of Paris, but out of the coun-
try. "The rich Jews" she asserts"
are much less popular than formerly.
Many saloons have been closed against
them, while Jewish receptions and
marriages with Jews are becoming I'M
popular.
She further predicts a social and po-
litical revolution in France, asst is i'm
possible that the republican regime
should continue"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
Ryan's New Move against the Hoffman
Faction

Richmond, Va, January. 4.-Thomas
F. Ryan, of New York, filed a petition
in the supreme court Of appeals here
today, for a writ Of mandamus to COM
pei w. w. Chamberlain, secretary, and
John H. Sharp, treasurer of the Sea-
board and Roanoke Railroad Company
to allow him or his agents to inspect
the books of the company.
At the same time Chamberlain and
Sharp, through William A. Fisher, Of
Baltimore, and G.. Hatton, of Ports
mouth, their counsel, filed their an
swer.
The papers in the Ease are very
bulky.
Ryan's petition recites that he owns
1000 shares of stock, and at great
length tells of the affairs of the COM
pany. This is an old fight. Ryan and
his associates have for a long time
been seeking to acquire control of the
Seaboard Air Line. They have been
fighting in the federal courts and have
certain causes pending there now.
The court Of appeals will not render
its decision for some time, as it will
require much time to examine the pa
pers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

Indianapolis, Ind, January 3.-Near-
ly all the members of the general as
sembly have arrived for the sixty-irst
session which will begin Thursday at
10 a. N The interest is centering
around the contest for United States
senator. None of the five candidates
appears to have attained any special ad-
vantages thus far although it is conced-
ed that ]. Frank Hanley, of La Fayette,
will have more votes on the first ballot
than any other candidate.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
No More North state seuston

There is no more fusion between
the republicans and populists in North
Carolina, in my judgment" said a
prominent member of Mr.. McKinley's
administration, who is a resident of
the Tar Heel state, yesterday. I'VE
have gained no practical benefit from
the alliance, and it was only entered
into to bring the democratic leaders
in the state to their sense The fu-
sion crowd got possession of h state
all right, but they proceeded at once
TO out-Herod Herod in the matter of
retaliatory and restrictive legislation.
The result was that g. reaction set in.
the negro domination cry vas raised,
and we were swept put OF power. The
republican party il state will have
to bear most of the odium of h old
alliance. It VIII lie a long tlne before
our party can NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Correspondent Of Eicamond Dispatch.
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'I nave just recovered from the Sec
ond attack Of la grippe this year." says
Mr.. IA A Jones, publisher of of the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. I'm the latter
case / used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, and I think with considerable sue
cess, only being in bed a little over two
days against ten days for the former
attack. The second attack I am salts
fed would have been equally as bad as
the first but for the use of this remedy
Is I had to go to bed in about six
hours after being Struck with it,
while in the first case I was able to
attend to business about two days be-
fore getting down." For sale by r.
r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

nosition ,antnl stimulated again 4 y .
late session by late strength IN wheat
Closed &c net higher. May closed a
4sAc.
neglected.
Lard-Ffrmer: western steamed ss-9s.
January $s.s7 nominal; refined firm
Pork-Firm.
Egrs-Firm: state and Pennsylvania
soc: western fresh CSC: southern mo
CSC.
Cotton Seed oii-steady: prime crude
17az1sc: do yellow 22G22hc.
Ricc-Firm-
Cofee-Options opened barely steady
at unchanged prices TO 5 points decline.
ruled active within narrow changes.
after first call ON mutual desire be-
tween longs and shorts to lfQutdate on
even terms, realixtng on longs being
prompted by easier ruling OF spot cof-
fee and increas a American visible
supply. while sho-tx covered on Eu-
ropean ar BRAZILIAN stability n clos
ed steady. unchanged to 5 points lower.
Sales "a. 500 bags. including January at
$5.S5: February $545. Spot coffee-Rio
weak and lower: No. Z vote SIC:
No. Z jobbing &c; mild easy; cordova
7%61sc.
Sugar-Raw irregular: fair refining
3 I3-16c: centrifugal. e6 test. 4 5-16c;
tied.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady. Turpentine
firm.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine mar
ket firm at 421sc: sales none. Rosin
firm and unchanged; sales none.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine quiet
at 44c: no sales: receipts Asst. Rosin
firm; sales 1854: receipts 3.ooo. Quote:
A b c ID f + $1.00. @ sl.lo. III $50, I
$l.4o, X s1.55. M $1.65. n N.T5. w G
$2.o5, w w $3.50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

Prices same day last year. , s-loc-
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine firm: machine bar
rels 43iec; country barrels 43c-
Rosin firm at s7hc and xL.osh-
Tar firm at $1-10.
Crude t~urpentine firm at $50 and
$3.50 bid.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
t%urpeatine 3o%c and soAc: rosin x-15
and $50: tar s1.05; crude turpentine
$40 and $50.
Receipts today-1S5 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 800 barrels rosin. 2T2 barrels
tar, 40 barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts TO same day last years.
casks spirits t~urpentine. 467 barrels
rosin, 95 barrels tar. IL barrels crude
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-45 to soc.
Rice-Lowlands, soc TO $40; upland,
s5 to soc. on basis of As pounds to
bushel.
> Corn-47 to 4Sc.
Corn meal-45c.
Cow peas-50 to Coo.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams. 10 TO
lie; shoulders. Sh to &c; sides. s to
Skc.
Chickens-Firm: spring 10 to 12i2c;
hens, IA TO 1Sc: roosters, IA TO Ice.
Eggs-Steady at lac.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch, hearts
and saps. s1.50G2.10; six inch. s2.50G
$50.
Timber at $500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
How TO Prevent Pneumonia

You are perhaps aware that pneu-
monia always results from a cold or
from an attack of la grippe. During
the epidemic of la grippe a few years
ago when so many cases resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed that the
attack was never followed by tina dis
ease when Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy was used. 1t counteracts any ten
.dency of a cold or la grippe to result
in hat dangerous disease. 1t is the
best remedy in the world for bad colds
and la grippe. Every bottle warranted.
For sale by r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

Queenstown, January 3.-The steam
err Noramonore, from Sunderland for
Norfolk, previously reported, put in
here December 31st with tiIler broken
and other damage, is making for Liver
pool for repairs.
London, January 3.-The Atlantic
transport steamer Mesaba, Captain
Layland, from New York December
oath for London, passed Prawle Point
today and reported she spoke the
American steamer Catania, Captain
Furlong, from Glasgow December 18th
for New York, in latitude 40, longitude
81, liz distress.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

Richmond, Va. January 3.-News Is
received from Lexington tonight thai
today the superintendent OF Virgins,
Military Institute issued an order dis
missing the entire first class OF that
institution. consisting OF thirty-five
cadets The young men dismissed rep
resent twelve states and their offepse
was a breach OF discipline committed
New Years eve in the face OF special
warning.
III specific offense for which the
class was dismissed was that or setting
off fireworks fror0 the towers OF the
institute building on NewYear's eve. af-
ter their intention so TO do had been
found out and the display prohibited
OF the class, Captain D~erbyyshire-
alone, who was officer OF the day. es-
capped the penalty. The order says the
sweeping dismissal was not on account
Of the act itself. but because of de-
fiance of the prohibition.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
Called to
formerly

pastor of Emmanuel Presbyterian
church, of this city, but for the past
sixteen months pastor Of the Presby-
terian church at Bellhaven, Va, ar
rived in the city yesterday morning &C
companied by his wife. They are
guests of Mr.. Wallace's f~ather-in-law,
Mr.. P. Heinsberger, and will be in the
city till tomorrow, when Mr.. Wallace
leaves for Fordyce, Ark, where he
has been called to the pastorate OF the
First Presbyterian church.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

London, January "a dispatch to
Lloyds says the Italian steamer Voor-
warts, which left Amsterdam On De-
cember 18th and touched at Cardiff on
December goth, has been abandoned
near Trevose Head, on the West Corn
wall coast. She went ashore in the gale
that has been raging in the Irish chan
mel. Eleven members Of the crew, who
put off in boats, were drowned. Nine,
who chung to the rigging, were res
cued by the coast guard life boat.
There is six feet of water in the
Voorwarts' hold.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

Washington, January 2.-The naval
photographic office. in the pilet chart
of the North Atlantic ocean, makes
the following forecast for january:
Stormy weather along the trans-At-
1antic, south, with frequent westerly
and northwesterly gales. Frequent
gales north of the 35th parallel, ex-
tending southwark to h 30th parallel,
west of the 50th meridian; occasional
gales as far south as latitude "a "a;
northers in the gulf of Mexico: occa-
sfonal fog along and to the northward
of the transatlantic routes, longitude
ALTO w. as shown. Ice probable as far
south az Cape Race toward the n
of the month,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

The friends of Mrs. Julia E. Wells
will regret to learn of her death. which
occurred in this city yesterday at 12:45
d. M. She was in the 73rd year of her
age. The funeral will take place this
morning at II o'clock from the resi-
.dence of her ,son-fn-law, Mr. H. B.
Bessent, on Harnett street, between
Second and Third streets. The inter-
ment will be made in Bellevue ceme-
terry.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06

and Fever is a bottle Of Groves Taste.
less Chill Tonic. The formula is plain
ly printed on each bottle, showing that
it is imply Iron and Quinine in a taste
less form. Imitators do not advertise
their formula because il they did they
know that you would not buy their
medicinel Be sure then that you get
Groves al the formula shows what you
are taking.
NC CURE NO PAY. Price 50 cents
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
Mr. DtpsIev Sttli Improvin-

Washington, January 3.-Represen-
tative Dingley passed another comfort
able day, the slight Improvement noted
yesterday continuing, and the attend
ing physicians expressed renewed hope
that the distinguished patient will re-
cover. The crisis in the case is not
expected until Thursday or Friday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
Brice,s Estate

New York, January 3.-Catherine
Olivia Brice, widow of the late Calvin
S. Brice, was today appointed admins
tratrix of his estate. The petition
states that no real property was left
by the deceased and that his personal
estate is valued at $500, 600.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
|etfeVflIe

Wing with reference
l6n foot ball team:
Wilmington team are to
D6lated; from the beginning
"a see nothing but defeat, still
ever quit, and played with as
dash and pluck in the last play
Vfhey did in the first. Captain Sim
Clair played a very strong game for
Wilmington. The game was clean and
free from kicking, and was much en-
loved by the large crowd in attend
ance. We hope to have mother game
soon with the Wilmington boys; we
always find them perfect gentlemen
and fine sportsmen, whether winner
or LOSERS" ,,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06


,fgia and Alabama is the pros
purchaser of the Seaboard. The
&c contained in the offer is guarded
BY all interested, but 1t was limited
THAT 5000 per share would not be far
from the mark.
Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, who
owns more thar 1000 shares of the
| stock and has been endeavoring to Sc
ere control of the road for the past
two years, it is reliably stated, is not
connected with the syndicate. There
has been a spirited contest between
Mr.. Ryan and the present manage
ment Of the property for control. This
contest has covered a period of two
year and the Hoffman faction, which
! controls the system, has been success
full throughout the long legal battle.
The Seaboard and Roanoke reaches
Baltimore by the Baltimore Steam
Packet Company, a majority of whose
a line of steamers between Baltimore
and Old Point Comfort and Norfolk.
The sale of the Seaboard aud Roanoke
would carry with it the control of this
line.
The total length of lines comprised
in the Seaboard Air Line system on
June 80, 1897, was 946.6 miles. The lines
of the Dad are as follows:
Northern Observation-Disclosures, Va,
to Raleigh, N. c., 1850 miles;
Observation-Disclosures branch, Hender-
son, N. c., to Durham, N. G, 41.40;
Boykins-Lewiston branch, Boykins,
Va, to Lewiston, N. c., 35.; Louisburg
branch, Franklin, N. c., to Louisburg,
N. c., 10.
Central Division-Raleigh, N. c., to
Hamlet, N. c., $500; Wilmington, ".
c., to Rutherfordton, N. c., 267.0 3;
Carolina n Henrietta branch, $40.
Pittsboro railroad, Moncure, N. c., to
Pittsboro, N. C.T11.2G; Gibson branch,
Hamlet to Gibson, N. c., 1913; Palmet-
to railroad, Hamlet, N. c., to Cheraw,
S. c., 1920
Southern Division-Monroe, N. G., to
Atlanta, Ga, 266.10. Belt line, truck
age IL.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
The Pope and the Disarmament Con-
ference

London. January 4-The Rome cor
respondent of The Daily Mail says:
The pope will forbid Archbishop Ire
land to represent the United States at
the disarmament conference. because
the vatican is not to be represented.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-06
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

BONDS.
United States new 3s .............10aS
United States new AS, reg ........129A
United States new As, o ........-
United States AS, reg ......-......11112
United States As, cou .............112k
United States IDS ................ 9S4
United States SIS, reg ....-.........ll2es
United States SIS, cou .............112A
Alabama Glass A ...................107
Alabama Glass B .1O9A
Alabama Glass .102k
currency looss
Louisiana new onsol AS .........107A
Louisville and Nashville, Uni. AS. SO
Missouri 6S l0U
New Jersey Central SIS 1877
North Carolina 6's 100
North Carolina As 103%
Pacific 6'S, of '99
Southern Railway SIS .1O3ss
Tennessee new set 3s ............. 9512
Virginia Centuries ............... 81
Virginia deferred .................
FINANCIAL.
New York, January 4.-Money on call
firm at 81 per cent; last loan at 3 per
cent; prime mercantile paper at 3@4
per cent; sterling exchange steady
with actual business in bankers bills
at S4.S4A @4.S4h for demand and at
S ASIA @4.S2 for sixty days; posted rates
at $4.S2k and SASSY; commercial bills
at $4.81@4.S1R; silver certificates at
59h @60k; bar silver at 5SB; Mexican
dollars at 1865; government bonds ir-
regular; state bonds inactive; railroad
bonds strong.
COTTON.
Liverpool, January A p. m.-Cot-
t~on.-Spot, good business done, prices
barely supported. American middling
8 3-32d. The sales of the day were H.
mn Z! 80 - 4 nnA r-,,o Co..
ulation and export and included 10, 600
American; receipts S,00C bales, includ-
ing 1000 bales American. Futures
opened quiet with a moderate demand
and closed quiet but steady.
American middling, low middling
clause: January 8 1-64d sellers; Janu-
airy and February 8 lad sellers; Feb
ruary and March 8 2-64d buyers; March
and April 8 3-64d buyers; April and
May 3 4-e4d buyers; May n June
8 5-64d buyers; June Int July 3 6-64d
buyers; July and August 3 7-64d SELL
ers:@ August n September 2 7-640
8 S-64d sellers; September and October
3 S-64d. sellers; October and November
8 8-64d buyers: November n Deem
Der 8 8-64@3 9-64d sellers.
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, January 4.-Cotton steady
at 5Bc; net receipts 1909; gross re-
SClplS L,OOCs Liz yVV otoSh Oc,~~Sy
exports to Great Britain 10, 639; coast
wise 20, 749.
Total today: Net receipts 56,777; ex-
ports to Great Britain 66, PSI; to France
1907; to the continent IL, 500; stock
1,236, 613.
Consolidated: Net receipts PA, 405;
exports to Great Britain lac, 171; to
France 29, 1874; to the continent 81, 656.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts 1854, 8SS; exports to Great Bri-
tain 2,323,9 31; to France 4s6, ass; to the
continent 1,542, 094.
Futures closed quiet n steady.
February $40, March 5.52. April 5.56,
May $50, June 5.63, July 5.65, August
5.6S, September 5.64, October SIS, No
vember 5.66.
Spot cotton closed steady at the
opening prices; sales 1851 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, January 4.-The leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos.
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New 1OTK, JanudTy again
quiet. but reflected moderately the
strength in wheat.
Wheat-Spot strong: No. 2 red S0xc.
Options a been in a strong position
today. Opening firm On cold weather
they responded a little to bearish
cables and then hardened on the big
~clearances. which for the week are full
ly half a million bushels. wheat and
-four. ahead of last week. Demand kept
up all the afternoon and final quota
tions were &c net higher. Foreign
houses sold heat and otherwise op-
posed h advance during the day.
March closed at 7SBc: May closed at
75%c.
Corn-Spot steady: No. 2 44644zc.
Options opened steady with wheat. but
through cold weather, bearish cables
and unloading, failed to maintain its
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llRKErs.

Wilmington. ~. c., January f.
Receipts OF cotton today-ssc bales
Receipts on same day last year-45s
bales
This seasons receipts TO date-2ss,3 o7
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-.u.-
ass bales
The quotations posted At 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-06
VIRGIN GOLD.
The Discovery at Cripple Creek
That Caused the Great Rise In
Isabella Stock.

That Caused the Great Rise In
Isabella Stock.
A special to the Denver News from
Cripple Creek, Col, says OF the recent
strike in Isabella ground:
"Your correspondent saw chunks OF
sylvanite that were three inches thick
and solid metal, and chunks of the oxis
S %idsb o ssst OF he the Whitfield
with his pocketknife. No assays
have been made on the rock; 1t is not
necessary, but pieces of the free gold
ore, if ore it can be called at all, run
over $500, 900 per ton. The MOliie Glib
son never produced any ore that carried
more ounces in silver per ton than this
Isabella ore does in gold. With every
ours work the streak is lengthening
and widening.
Joining this metallic body there is
six feet of quartz that will run from
81, 600 to 81, 900 per top."
Manager Kilburn said to the CORE
spondent:
will excite the people any more than
they are q present. The metallic ore
body has doubled in size both ways
since yesterday morning. Some of the
pieces of ore are 80 per cent gold.
II never saw such mineral, and do
not believe that its like was ever mine
in this or any other camp in the
world. We have had no assays taken
on the rock. But ton of it could be
picked out that would run anywhere
from $50, 900 to 5000, 900 per ton.
EARNED guards are watching the
property. The strike was made in the
new ore body at depth of 800 feet be-
low the surface. The chute has been
cut at the seventh level, 200 feet above,
and also at the fifth.
''At the latter place an assay was OBJ
tanned in the breast of the drift in two
feet of ore that went better than 81 900
per ton.
''There is at least blocked out in the
one level between the ninth and sew
enth levels, S5, COO, 900 worth of ore.'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-06
J. N. SMITH FOUND.
He Is At Work In chihuahua.

The HERALD stated a few days ago
that ]. M. Smith of Ell Paso was mis-.
sing somewhere in Mexico, aud that
his wife was in distress because she
had not heard of him. In the item it
at Juarez was using every endeavor to
find Mr.. Smith and relieve the anxiety
of his wife.
Smith, it was stated, had accepted q
posi- ion with the Mexican Central road
at Jimulco but had never gone to
work, having disappeared without leav-
ing any notice.
The missing man has now been
lOca' ed and is at work in chihuahua.
Mrs. Smith is consequently relieved
of q very great deal of distress