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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE.

Governor Goebel was so Warred upon,
so maligned so bitterly accused by the
northern press and some Of it's imita-
tors in the south, that all men with a
proper sense of humanity and justice
must be interested in the multiplying
evidence from western newspapers OF
his high character n very marked
abilities. The Messenger gave recently
what the old democratic Cincinnati
Enquirer, said of him, and what dis
tinguished Kentuckians said of him.
His crime was he was a peoples man
first and last. He brought upon himself
maledictions of newspapers owned and
controlled by enemies of the people.
The Houston (Texas) Daily Post says
pertinently:
LAS the character of William e.
Goebel comes to be studied, in the pres
euce Of his martyrdom and under the
flashlight of public Indignation. it is
known to be that of a man whose only
offense against the dangerous trend OF
his time was that he stood fearleSSly
and ably for the cause of the common
people against the chicanery and greed
of corporate power. The press of the
country far and wide has come to re-
cognize this significant truth
The leading democratic paper III
Illinois is probably the Chicago Chron-
icle. Recently it said this of that re-
markable man who was of g%igranitiC
type and wondrously self-contained:
THE personality of the late William
Z. Goebel, the aSsassinated governor
of Kentucky, was strong and peculiar.
At the age of So years he had acquired
a power in the politics and public at
fairs of thai state as great as was
welded by Henry Clay sixty years ago
1t was not the power of a boss" II
was that which comes to a great man,
attracted by his genius and his natura
gift to lea mankind.
His character vas most exemplary
He did not smoke nor drink. In all
respects his private life was absolutely
| pure. He vas unmarried, but his name
had never been touched by scandal In
a state of hereditary gamblers, he did
not gamble, and he procured h pas
sage of q law making gambling a
felony. Though not college bred, his
abilities and legal learning were such
that he had been selected by two Of the
greatest lawyers in the state-Steven-
son and Carlisle-as their partner. Al
the time of his death his law practice
was worth SOS, 900 a year. He dressed
plainly n lived in a quiet home at
C~ovington."
1t tells how and why he was so bit
terly. angrily, denunciatively opposed.
He antagonized wrong in all of its
forms. He stood grandly by the people
and opposed trusts and combines and
great monopoiies of all kinds. That
doomed him.. He must be got rid OF
some how for he was in their way. His
bravery, his open fight, his individual
manhood and force brought upon him
destruction.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

St. Louis-Ffrm at size: net receipts
123 bales.
Houston-Quiet at sSc; net receipts
4,105 bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York. February 21.-Cetton
quiet; middling S.c; net receipts eel
gross receipts 5.40S; sales 264; stock
Us, lis; exports to Great Britain 800:
to the continent 2.343.
Total today: Net receipts 81. 5Sl: eX-
ports to Great Britain Il. $50; 10 France
200; to the continent SIT: stock i.0.5.-
80.
Consolidated: Net receipts 129. 1875: ex-
ports to Great Britain a. 04; To France
20. 652: to the continent T6. az.
Total since September list: Net re-
ceipts 5,215,07S; exports to Great Bri-
tain lao. 707: to France 569. $40: to the
continent 1,103.46I
Futures closed steady. February
SGT. March and April s.5S. May $50.
June So. July S.53. August S.39. Sep
TENDER 1.73. October $50. November and
December 7.3S. January 7.40.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middiing
uplands SIC; middling gulf sbc. sales
G64 bales
GRAIN AND Ptk0VISIO%S
Chicago. February 2i.-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

If 1t should turn out, as we hope
it may, hat the criminal statistics of
North Carolina for 1899, will show a
decrease, il will be good for all people.
Crime is not only a constant menace to
property and life, to happiness and
a sense Of safety. but it is a great
source OF taxation upon people who
are not of the criminal class. II every
body did right, if all men were sincerely
Christian and religious, If all people
lived up to the Golden Rule OF God, TO
do unto others as you would be done
by, there would be no use for a jail,
for a court house, for a reformatory,
for a ~penitentiary, or for an unwise
and incapable official clothed with
great power to pardon murderers and
villains and thieves. What a vast saw
ing TO the peoplel
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
MARKETS By TELEGaAPg
FINANCIAL.

New York, February 21.-Money on
call steady at 2 to "A per cent; last
loan at 2 per cent, closed at IL per
cent; prime mercantile paper at 1905
per cent; sterling exchange weak at
$4.S7A for demand and at s4-S3L@4.S4
for sixty days; posted rates at $4.85 and
s4.SSk; commercial bills at s4.S3@4.S3A (;
silver certificates at 59A@60A; bar sill
yer at 59h; Mexican dollars at AN;
government bonds strong; state bonds
strong; railroad bonds irregular
COTTON.
Liverpool, February 21.-4 D.. M
Cotton.-Spot, fair demand, prices
1-32d lower; American middling fair
5 7-32d; good middling 5 1-32d; middiing
4 31-32d; low middling 4 27-32d; good
ordinary 4 21-32d; ordinary 4 b-32d.
The sales of the day were IL, 200 bales,
of which 1000 were for speculation and
export n included 1010O bales Amer
lean; receipts 5000 bales, including
$500 bales American. Futures opened
easy and closed steady at the decline.
American middling, low middIing
clause: February 4 5S-64d sellers: Feb
ruary and March 4 53-64d buyers:
March n April 4 50-64d buyers; April
and May 4 +6-64Q4 f-64d sellers: May
and june 4 E-64@4 A-64d sellers; June
and July 4 41-64G4 42-s4d sellers; July
n August 4 39-64G4 40-64d sellers:
August and September 4 33-6464 3-s4d
buyers; September and October 4 11-s4d
sellers; October and November 4 S-64o
value; November and December { 3-sid
buyers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Quiet at SAc; act receipts
6.357 bales.
Norfolk-Quiet at SAC: net receipts
778 bales.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at SAc: net re-
ceipts 363 bales
Boston-Steady at sEe: net receipts
SCI bales.
Wflmington-Firm at SIC; net re-
! ceipts $50 bales.
Philadelphia-Quiet Al Sic; net re-
| ceipts LII bales.
| SavannaheGiet at S s-i6c: ne; re-
ceipts s,436 bales.
New Oriean-Quiet at s s-1sc; net
receipts 6.Hs bales.
Mobile-Dun at SEE. net receipts
SIG bales.
| Memphis-Steady at SIC: net re-
ceipts 55e bales.
Aususta-Quiet at 9 n-I6c; ne, re-
ceipts 3B bales.
Charleston-Steady at SEC; net re-
| ceipts 1,577 bales.
Cncinnati-Strong at &c: net re-
! ceipts 2,4S7 bales.
Louisville-Firm at ss.c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
BREVITIES.

1t really looks as if ex-Consul to Pre-
toria, in the Transvaal, Charles E.
Macrum, has been very badly dealt
with by the British and the Mckinley
gang.
Taylor appealed to the federal gov
eminent, appealed to have military,
appealed to the courts, and yet he de-
clines to yield to the DEGREES of courts
and to their demands.
Smallpox is visiting several Texas
towns as an epidemic.
The Beers behave nobly on battle
fields towards the wounded. They offer
prayers after victory and sing their
psalms of rejoicing.
At Sharpstown, Nd, a basket factory
had to close because of a religious re-
vival conducted by Methodists. Thirty
girls began to sing and pray and shout.
The proprietor of the factory, who is a
prominent Methodist, was called. He
made no effort to control the girls, but
told them to shout and rejoice, and he
would pay as much for his as for
working. 1t is said 500 people came to
see. Many conversions were made.
Half Of the deaths in Manila from the
bubonic plague are Chinese. OF fifty
one cases in all there were thirty-two
deaths.
President Eliot of Harvard says col
lege sports are too costly.
The celebrated Dr.. Samuel Hahne-
man is to have a monument erected
to his memory IN Washington. a de-
scription says
THE accepted sketch n specifica-
tions provide that the monument shall
be quilt of the finest gray granite,
with statue and bass-reliefs Of stand
ard bronze. The form is that of the
Greek exhedra, and is elliptical in
plan. A sitting statue of Hahnemann,
heroic in size, on a granite pedestal,
is placed in the central portion, which
is composed of four columns supporting
an entablature above which is an at
tica with h inscription Hahne-
Cotton mills in North Carolina at
tract attention down in Texas.
Roosevelt's vice presidential goose
is severely cooked, and most people
should b. glad. He is a blatherskite.
What Sam Jones says of Texas poll
ticians might have a much wider appli-
cation, particularly in the north:
IF you were to gather every old pol
itician tonight in Texas and run them
into a big plate glass case and lock
them UP, the devil woul come up in
the morning and take a look at taem
and walk off and shake his head and
say, Boys, that's ahead of anything
I've got"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
THE WILMINGTON MESSENGER FRIDAY f.

Full many a calculating head
Has racked it's brain; its ink Ia shed
To prove by metaphysics fine
A hundred means but ninety-nine.
While at their wisdom others wondered.
But took one more to make a hundred.
Strange at the eighteenth century's
close
While light In beams enulgent CLOVIS,
When bright iflumination's ray
Has chased the darkness far away.
Heads filed with mathematics lore
Dispute if two and two make four.
Go on, we scientific sages.
Collect your lights a few more ages;
Perhaps as swells h vast amount
A century hence you'll learn to count"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
AN OLD POEM.

Here it is nearly March and the
winter months web nigh gone, and
still there are preachers n newspa-
pers and others who have not found
out whether they r living in the nine
tenth or twentieth century. As was
mentioned more than once in the Mes
senger, the mistake OF these people
was the mistake of other people in 9TH
er centuries who did not know what a
century" meant and how to count.
Poems used to be written about this
and they are extant. Theodore Dwight
was a rather famous man in his day.
He wrote some ines on the close of the
eighteenth century on 81 December.
1Sof. at midnight. We give it:
Precisely at 70 o'clock last night,
The eighteenth century took it's fight,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

Alas. alas. The news from Africa
is distressing to all who are in sympa-
thy with the weak people being assail-
ed by a great and merciless power.
The beginning Of the end Gas come
perhaps. The large forces of the Brit
ish are gathering around the brave
Beers like a net. We may now look for
disasters, retreats. defeats to the peo-
pie who are fighting for existence. for
homes, for the rights that belong to
them. Whether it will add to the glory
OF England for a empire to subdue
a small people-with not more than 49,
600 fighting nativeseand give stability
to its vast possessions will be deter
mined in the future. How it shall ap-
pear in history depends upon who shall
write the history.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
Wilson News Notes
Correspondent of the Messenge

WI ISSPSI0Cht VI the MGSSSn2er.D
Wilson, N. c., February q.
The February term of the criminal
court here promised at one time to be
a very interesting one, there being
three murder trial on the docket; but
for reasons thought sufficient by Judge
Battle all have been continued. It is
believed that public sentiment will
demand an extra term of court to dis
pose of these cases. One of them, that
of John Jefferson, the murderer of CAL
vim Barnes, has been hanging Over the
county for several months. Sentiment
demands a settlement of the case,
and the for N extra term are
good.
The Jail cases nave about been dis
posed of n an adjournment will take
place either tomorrow. or Thursday.
The remains of P. B. Manning, OF
Wilmington, were in Wilson last night.
They were met at the train by a body
of Pythians of the Wilson lodge, and
carried to the Atlantic Coast Line
baggage room where they remained
over night.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist church have selected DR.. J. j
Lafferty, of Richmond, for a lecture
in Wilson. He will be with US on
Friday night. The lecture will be
given in the Kinsey auditorium.
The Christian church here under the
direction of Rev. B. H. Melton, is do
ing a noble work. The latest agency
for good is an organization known as
the Young Mems Prayer Meeting So
ciety. The society will hold regular
weekly meetings at the homes of mem
bers, who are unable to attend the
church exercises.
Miss Sue Sibly entertained the
Chautauqua Book Club last night.
After an enjoyable literary programme
the hostess served an enjoyable lunch.
Messrs. B. ]. Grantham n E. B.
Mayo left yesterday for Durham,
where they will represent the Wilson
council of the Junior Order of Ameri-
can Mechanics. This order is very
strong in Wilson and the delegates
have a good export to make TO the
grand council.
Steps are being taken by the business
men of Wilson to hav the monument
to the confederate veterans begun sew
eral years ago finished. The move
| ment is being directed by a committee
of our most enterpriSing citizens. The
| monument was begun before under
promising circumstances, out through
| some misunderstanding work was
stopped.
Miss Maude Tyree, who has been the
guest of Miss Lizzie Anderson for the
| past month, will "a on Tuesday for
| her home in Lynchburg.
Mr.. SilaS ~Shelburne, a prominent
warehouse man of Wilson, left today
for Richmond in the interest of his
firm.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

Unusual interest is awakened as to
the necessary and important preserva-
ton of the forests in u country. h
government is at work trying to deepen
this interest. Legal questions have
arisen, and the Division of Forestry has
had to make extensive researches as to
what is the law governing. 1t has is
sued a circular about this. We make
this one extract:
The supreme court, however, has re-
Gently ruled that the difference in value
between logged n unlogged Ian de-
ponds not only on the value of the tim
Der removed, but on its probable in
crease had it been left untouched"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

Then follow other incomes large
but smaller tina the above. The
truth is tina the wealth now of the
plutocrats in the north is only rivalled
by a very few in Great Britain, and a
few scattered ones in Europe-possibly
a half dozen. You must go back to
Rome under the Caesars to find paral-
lels Of vast riches in the proconsuls
and soldiers. That was in the decline
Of the great empire. The New York
World says:
1.-The Standard Oil company has re-
Gently declared a 20 per cent. dividend
for the first quarter of this year, or at
the rate of $50, 900, 900 a year. Mr..
Rockefeller's share of this-his income
from this source alone-would be s32,-
900, 900.
I'm MI. Tricks sworn statement of
the affairs of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany he says that Mr.. Carnegie esti-
mated the net profits for 1900 at $40, 000,-
900, and Mr.. Frick estimated them at
$42, SOC, 900. AS. Mr.. Carnegie owns 80
100thS of the concern, his profits for
the year would be s24, 500, 600"
You may read and think. If people
knew history they would know very
much more than is now "dreamt of in
their philosophy"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
EDGECOMBE DEMOCRACY.

Tarboro, N. c., February 2O.-Edge-
combe democratic convention met to-
day. A large crowd was present and
perfect harmony prevailed. The con-
st%itutional amendment was endorsed
without a dissenting voice. A full tick
ct was nominated. Gillian was nan
imously endorsed for congress and al
lowed the privilege Of selecting his del
egates to the congressional convention.
There was great enthusiasm and a
strong ticket was nominated. Edge
co-.he is solid for the amendment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady. No. 2 yellow corn. 34hc;
No. 8 spring wheat. 63@6Sc; No. 2 red.
7o171c; No. 2 corn, SAC; No. 2 oats. 13G
1880; No. 2 white, 25kQ26c: No. 3
white. 25A@25%c; mess pork, per Dbl.
s9.90@10.S5; lard. per 100 lbs. $5.T7hG
1921; short rib sides, loose. $5.S0G
6. 10; dry sailed shoulders, boxed. S6.250
$50: shorf ear sides. boxed. $1,000
Gle: Ae:, distillers' finished goods.
per Gallon. $1.23k.
New York, February 21.-FLOUR.-
Very quiet all day and closed barely
steady with no cuotable changes.
WHEAT.7Spot market weak: No. 2
red 75Bc. Options opened firm on good
local ana -oreiI a-iyi1,g but were de-
pressed later 5y ~ci~appointing cables.
prospects of sno1r the west ahead OF
h expected cold weather. light ex-
port demand, and easier tendencies OF
corn Closed weak at hGhc net de-
cline. May closed al 74c: July closed
at 73%c; September closed at T3Ac.
CORN.@Spot market easy: No. 2
42Zc. Options market opened firm on
warm west weather and light country
offerings. but afterwards declined
through realizing and closed weak at
AGhc decline May closed at 40zsc:
July closed at f0Sc-
OATS.-Spot No. 2 29c. Options in
dClift anu DdFcty Sle6Oy.
LARD--Weak: western steamed
s6-25: refined weaker: continent 81. 40.
PORK-Firm.
BCTTER-Steady: western creamer
20q24c; state dairy is023c.
CHEESE--Strong: fall made fancy.
large l2A 613c; do small 13c.
EGGS.-Ffrm: state and PennsyIya-
MA at mark. HG14kc: southern al
mark. 13AGiszc.
POTATCES.-Steady: New Jersey
Si-25Gls2h: New York sf-sa0l.aA:
Long Island sL50G2.90: New Jersey
sweets s2.259275.
PETROLEUN-Ffrm.
RICE.@Steady.
WORCESTERSHIRE.
CABBAGE.-SteaAy: Long Island
A-0o0s.00 per 100.
COTTON SEED OIL-Unsettied and
rather easy with very little business
doing. Prime crude barrels 35ks
prime summer yellow BIC: OF sum-
mer yellow nominal: butter zrades ss6
Bee nominal: prime winter yellow 500
40c: prime meal $3.50.
SCGAR--Raw steady to dun. fair
refining 3 i5-iS64c: centrifugal. 2S test.
4x9& 7-l6c: moiasses sugar 3x0
> 1910: refined quiet.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady. Turp-a-
tine steady.
charieston-Spirits turpentine mar
ket firm at Sc: sales none. gossa arm
and unchanged. sales nore.
SavannabESpfrits turpentine firm at
SAC: receipts i3T: sales s.: exports 50.
Rosin hrm and unchanged: receaPts
sales 40; exports 1.ss4.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
THE CASE.

New York, February 20.-The appli-
cation for the warrant of removal OF
Colonel John F. Gaynor, Edward H.
Gaynor, William T. Gaynor and Benja-
min D. Greene, the members of the At
lantic Contracting Company, indicted
by a special grand jury in Savannah
Oberlin M. Carter, United States army,
and M. A. Connolly for conspiracy and
having defrauded the government in
harbor improvement work. vas consid-
cred by Judge Brown, of the United
States district court. The arguments
were not concluded.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

The activity in cotton milling inter-
ests knows no abatement The Mes
senger Of yesterday gave several inter-
esting reports OF the planning for three
new>mills, two of them of great size and
value. There Is an u~nmistakable, or
most genuine awakening now, and
with the close Of b year many
counties that were reported last year
without a cotton mill will have one or
more. It is not only a great and grow
ing industry. but it is at present Won
derfully remunerative.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
ARMY

Washington, February 21.-The pres
ident today sent the following nomi-
nations to the senate: Brigadier Cen
eral Gray Otis, TO be major general by
brevet; colonies to be brigadier gen.
erals by brevet: Owen Summers, Har-
ny c. Kessler and Wilder 8. Metcalf.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

ment," said one who understood the
scheme. we want to get away from
this. The masses, the men who do the
voting, have complained that his gov
eminent is run by a selected few"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
MANY DEATHS FROM SMALLPOX.

Jackson, Miss, February 20.-D. L.
Lewis. a prominent planter of Kinds
county, today reported to the state
board of health that fifty negroes have
died in his neighborhood during the
present smallpox infection. The disease
continues general throughout the state.
but has abated considerably in Jack
son.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
GREAT INCOMES.

Depew, who is rich and now in the
senate. said in a speech in 1895, that
he could name ten men within a
radius of twenty miles of New York
city, who in one hour could p~recipitate
the greatest panic the world ever saw,
could stop every wheel in the United
States, paralyze every industry and
send a shock of misery through the
land, or words to that effect. The rich
are rapidly growing richer. Two men,
perhaps one, OWN more wealth than the
property valuations CT North Carolina
with its 1.7OO.Ooo people, amount to.
The wealth of some ten or fifteen of
the Nabobs is 1t must be
above their yearly incomes is so very
great. Here are the figures of their in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

The conferees on the currency bill
w1l prob@osy ssnfe to an agreement
tOoQy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

Same day last year. SC.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE-Firm; ma
chime barrels SAC; country barrels 53kc.
ROSIN.-Firm at $1.40 to $1.45.
TAR.-Firm at 81. 80.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Firm;
hard $500; soft 1925.
Prices same day last y~eaT-Spirits
turpentine Hc and 43kc; rosin 90c
and CSC; tar 800; crude turpentine
$1.35 and $40.
Receipts today-17 casks spirits tur-
pentine, 1872 barrels rosin. 240 barrels
tar, 60 barrels crude turpentine.
SALT.-12h's. SIC: 1905. 74c; 21J :. SOC.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS.-North Carolina, fancy
≻ extra prime, so to S2hc; prime. 75c.
Virginia, fancy 60c; prime, so to sac.
RICE.-Nothing doing.
CORN.-52 to 53c.
CORN MEAL.-49c.
cow PEAS.-75c.
n. c.. BACON.-Eams, Ia l0c:
shoulders, { TO nc; sides. 5 u Sig
TURKEYS.-(Live) 8 to size
CHICKENS.-Slow; spring 10 to ISc.
hens, - to 25c; ROSTERS, 10 TO zoe.
lGGS-At 10 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per 1000 five inch hearts
AnG saps, s1.o0Q3.10; six inch. 81. o0G
$2.5e.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23

John D. Rockefeller.......... $50, 900. 900
Andrew Carnegie............. 26,367, 500
Sen. w. A. Clark, Montana. 100 o 900
William Waldorf Aston. $3.50, 900
Cornelius Vanderbilt estate. 6,625, 600
William Rockefeller. 5000, 900
Marshall Field, Chicago. 5000, 600
John Jacob Asto $500, 600
J.. 3. Haggin, Montana. 4,50O, 900
P. D. Armour. 1900, 900.
Claus Speckles, SanFrancisco 5000, 900
John H. FIagler 1900, 900
J.. Pierpont Morgan........... 5000, 600
H. NJ. Flagler $500, 900.
James J. Hill. St. Paul.. 1900, 900
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-23
WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Receipts of cotton today-S52 bales.
Receipts same day last year -
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-25O, 227
bales.
Receipts to same a t last year
2S4, $50 bales.
The quotations posted at 4 O'CLOCK
today at the exchange: