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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
BURGLARS ON THE ROUNDS.
Bold and Persistent Attempts to Enter
the of Mrs. Burnfe Lee.
Two Other Efforts to Break In

Burglars seemed to be on the rounds
Monday night. At the residence of
Mr.. Burnice w. Lee, 1017 Wooster street
to break in while Mr.. Lee was absent
at his work at the Wilmington cotton
mills. Mrs. Lee and a young lady
were the only occupants of the house.
and about 2.2o a. m. the former was
awakened by some kind of noise. She
listened and to her horror she heard
someone going to all the windows and
trying them. In one of the windows
of h room occupied by her and the
young lady a pane of glass was out.
While. the ladies were watching they
were almost frightened out of their wits
by seeing a hand thrust through the
open pane and attepting to remove a
stick which held down the sash. The
burglar failed to get hold of the stick
and boldly went to the front door and
attempted to open it with a key. He
succeeded in pushing out the key on
the inside inc when it fell on the floor
Mrs. Lee thought it wa lime to give
an alarm. She scream or help at
the top of her voice, al her cries
aroused Policeman B. r. King and Mr..
w. w. Wise, who resided near by.
They hurried over to Mrs. Lees, but
the burglar had fled. Mrs. Lee and
the lady were in a high We state
and being afraid to stay in the house
the balance of the night, they went
over to the residence of Mr.. King.
An attempt was also made during
the night to enter the residence of
Mr.. Jno. D. King, near Mr.. Lees resi-
dence. The burglar was frightened
away by someone's getting up to in
vestigate the noise he made while try
ing the windows.
Between IL and II o'clock Monday
night Mr.. T. C. McIlhenny, Jr., heard
a noise at the back of his residence,
100 North Third street. He got up to
see about it and saw a man running
off across the back lot. He fired a cou-
pie shots at the fleeing burglar and
if he didn't hit the scamp, he gave
him a bad scare.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
MENTION,

Mr.. E. a. Smith,, of Marines, was in
the city on business yesterday.
Mr.. j. r. Allsbrook, of Sanford. n.
c., gave The Messenger a pleasant call
yesterday.
Mrs. L. J. Cooper and sister, Miss
Ruby Seasons, of Waycross, Ga, are
on a visit to relatives at Stedman and
Fayetteville. N. c.
Mrs. John H. Kuck and Master John
II. ktck, Jr., who have been in Ger
many during the summer, sailed from
Bremen on Tuesday on the North Ger
man Lloyds steamship Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse. They will arrive in New
York next Tuesday and after spending
a few days there will come on to viii
mington about the LIST OF October. Mr..
J. 7. Runge and his bride who left here
On their tour last night will meet them
when the steamer arrives in New
York.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


New York, September 19.-Money On
call firmer at 1902 per cent; last loan
IL; prime mercantile paper 4k@5 per
cent. Sterling exchange easy with
actual business in bankers bills at
4.S7k for demand and at 4.S3A 04.S3as
for sixty days; posted rates 4.S4Q4.S5
and ASS; commercial bills 4.S2k@4.S3;
silver certificates 62A @63A bar silver
CPS; Mexican lila 49A. Government
bonds weak; state bonds inactive; rail-
O bonds irregular.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Norfolk easy at 10%c; net receipts
Baltimore nominal at 10%c.
Boston quiet at 10Bc; net receipts 1913
bales.
Wilmington firm at 10kc; net receipts
2,432 bales.
Philadelphia quiet at lie; net receipts
36S bales.
Savannah quiet at 10Ac; net receipts
1921 bales.
New Orleans quiet at 1880; net re-
ceipts 11,147 bales.
Mobile easy at 101kc: net receipts 2S9
baIes.
Memphis steady at 10 11-16c; net re-
ceipts Asst bales.
augusta quiet at 104sc; net receipts
3,CJ9 bales.
charleston nominal at 10Ac; net re-
ceipts 1921 bales.
Cincinnati holiday.
Louisville firm at 10Hc.
st. Louis dull at 10kc; net receipts
81 bales.
Houston easy at 1880: net receipts
10, ASS bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, September 19.-Cotton
quiet at 10Ac; net receipts -; gross
receipts $50 bales; sales 363 bales.
Total today-Net receipts 1875 bales:
exports to continent $50 bales; stock
1872, 1874 bales.
Consolidated - Net receipts 1921
bales; exports to Great Britain Il, 1872
bales; France 11,677 bales; continent
IS, 494 bales.
Total since September 1.ZNet receipts
232, 085 bales; exports to Great Britain
1912 bales; France 12,620 bales; CONT
nent S. 62 bales.
Cotton futures closed very steady.
September 1912; October 1905; Novem-
Der 9.H; December 9.62; January 9.61;
February 9.61; March 9.61; April 9.61;
May 9.61; Jun 9.61; July $50; August
9.54.
Spot cotton closed quiet kc lower:
middling uplands 10%c; middling gulf
lie; sales 383 bales.
GPATN AMI PROVISION MARKET
Chicago, September 19.-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
BIG HAUL OF MULLETS
Mr.. Jerre Hewlett'S Fishing Crew
Catches Twenty Thousand Mullets att
One Haul Of the Seine on Yesterday

Jesse NJ. Hewlett's fishing crew caught
at one haul of the sein four thousand
punches. five fish to the bunch, of large,
fat mullets.
This catch, while large, was not what
it would have been had there been suf-
fcient force to haul the fish in. Mr..
Hewlett claims that the catch could
have been trebbled easily with a
larger force of men. There are TWEEN
ty-two men in his gang, but all were
not at the scene yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
Wilmington, N. c., September

Wilmington, N. c., September Is.
To the Editor of The Messenger:
Many inquiries having recently been
made as to the elevation of Wilmington
above the levels of the liver and sea,
I would suggest the publication of the
following data from h records of this
office:
The low water level in the river at
Wilmington is is feet above the low
water level of the ocean at the mouth
of the river. The main floor of the
p~ostofice is about 39k feet above the
low water level Of the liver at Will
mington, and about 4.3 feet above the
low water ocean level. The average
tidal rise in the ocean at the mouth Of
the river is about Az feet, n in the
river It Wilmington, about 2h feet.
Very respectfully,
L. w. VANC. LUCAS.
Captain, Corps Of Engineers. q. S. A.
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Caah Quotations az Follows:
Flour firm; No. 3 spring wheat 73c; No.
2 red 7s%@S0c; No. 2 corn 40A940hc;
No. 2 yellow 40hG40Ac; Nc. 2 as 21z
@22hc; No. 2 white 5 Q25hc, No. :
white 23k425c; No. 2 y 53hc; mess
pork Per barrel $11-95G12.00; LARD Der
100 pounds $7.Wh@7-10; short ribs sides
(oose) $7.55G7.75; dry salted shoulders
(boxed) s6.25@6.37h; short clear sides
(boxed) ss.05Qs.15; whiskey s1.2s.
New York, September 19.-FTOUR-
Firm again and held al higher prices
on all grades. restricting demand. Win
ter patents s3.70G4.00: Minnesota pat
ents $4.20G4.6o.
WHEAT-Spot strong; Nc. 2 red
S4kc; options opened firm and except
for two or three brief setbacks prompt
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Communicated
Wilmington, n. c., Sept,

Wilmington, N. c., September is.
I deem it an act of simple justice,
amid all the enthusiastic sympathy
for the Texas sufferers to call public
attention to the fact of how exceed
ingly prompt n generous the He
brew and German element OF our
national population have bee1 in rem
dering succor to the stricken people of
the Lone Star state, and this is in eN-
act confirmation Of my own observa-
ton and experience through epidemics
in Memphis as to the readiness and
liberality of this portion of Our fellow
citizens. JAMES CARMICHAEL.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21

"a bv realizing was active AMI strong
ALI day. Sensational strength N the
northwest, supplemented py ooieiui
spring whea cro reports started q
big scare of shorts and INSPIRED aiso
an active speculative demand from
outside sources helped by firm Liver
pool cables. Closed strong SQlAsc net
higher. September closed sc: octooeF
S3Ac; December S5Sc-
CORN-Spot firm; No. . Ehc: OPP
tons market was fairly steady al Gay
but rather quiet with little response 10
the strength In wheat, owing 10 con-
tinued liberal receipts At Cdicaso.
Closed quiet hGSc less on near
months to sc advance on late deliv-
cries. September closed ssEc; october
45Ec: December lLc.
OATS-Spot steady; No. : 25c: cp-
tons slow but steady.
LARD-Ffrm: western teamed $50:
refined firm.
PORK-Firmer.
PETROLEUM-Dull
RICE-Ffrm-
COTTON SEED oIL@ouiet bit we'll
held. helped by the strength in Lard
PRODUCTS: prime crude barrels nominal:
prime summer yellow 37+c: OF SIMMER
yellow 3sLc; prime winter yellow ala
&c: prime white 4oGf1c; primo meal
sec.
4Lc; centrifugal 80 test &C Moiass
sugar &c; refined firm
BCTTER-Firmer state dairy lshsQ
eoc: factory 149leAc-
EGGS-Ffrm; state and P-nnsylva-
MIA Is6eOc: western regular packing
at mark 13G1Tc.
CHEESE-Ffrm: large and small
white lie.
POTATOES-Quiet: Jerseys sIVog
1.50: Long Island $50 and S-is.
and unchanged.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady. Spirits
turpentine firm at 4oG4ohc.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine FIRM at
| acc. receipts 1,133 casks: sales 40 casks
| exports $50 casks. Rosin firm and I'M
changed; receipts 3.60s barrels: sales
1871 barrels; exports 1000 barrels
Charleston-Spirits turpentine moth
ing doing. Rosin quiet and unchanged.
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Wilmington Markets.

Wilmington. September 1s.
Receipts of cotton today 2.4S2 bales.
Receipts same day list yea Ass
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-Sh6Sl
bales.
Receipts to same date .ast yea
26, 30S bales.
The quotations posted at . :socA
today AT the exchange:
CoTTON-Frm. =.
Ordinary .......-........ .... 1-te
Good ordinary t-ie
Low middling l-lo
-.-.--
Good middling 1916
Same day last year-Shc.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Firm:
machine barrels Soc; country barrels
35hc; later sales OF machine barrels at
36Lc.
ROSIN-Dul at sl.15 and si.a0
TAR-F1rm at $l.4o.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-steady At
$1.106210.
Prices same day las year-Sprits
turpentine 47c and 46tsc: Iosin S0c
and ssc; tar $50: crude turpenine
hard $50; soft $3.50.
Receipts today-S5 casks of spirits
turpentine. 261 barrels rosin. 81 barrels
tar, II barrels crude turpendne.
Receipts same day last year-73
casks OF spirits turpentine, 232 barerls
rosin, 123 barrels tar So barrels crude
turpentine
PRODUCE
SALT.-l00's, 49,; l25's, 5sIsc, ise :.
SIC; zoos. Gee: zoos. f. F., $3.50: In less
than a load lots.
DRY SALTED SIDES-7n to SC.
BUTTER.-24 10 26c.
COFFEE-10 TO 11hc.
BAGGING.-2 Id. basis, So 10 SIC
COTTON TIES.-sL40 TO sl.51.
FLOUR-Straights $500; End patents
s4.25; full $3.50.
MOLASSES.--S. House, l5c; New
Orleans Brights, % to Csc; Porto Rico.
80 to S5c; Cuba. % to 31s.
SUGAR-Granulated $3.50: w. Y. c..
No. 5 s5.S5; No. 9 s5.55; No. IL $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS.-North CaroliSa. :arcy.
IS to 6oc; prime so to sc: Virginia a
to sos; Spanish so to S5c.
CORN-S0 to 62hc
CORN MEAL-56c.
N. c. BACON.-Hams. 12c. sL.Jut1era.
SA2c; sides. 10c.
CHICKENS-Firm; spring s TO Is.
hers, 22h to &c; ROSTERS zoe.
EGGS-Steady at Ice.
SHINGLES.-Per 1000, 5 inch saps
$1.60; 5 inch hearts, S2.25: 6 inch saps.
$3.50; 6 inc hearts $3.50.
TIMBER
Per NJ feet-Shipping 5000 500
Mill, prime ............... $500 $50
Mill, 1alr 5.004 6.O0
Common Mill .............. 1000 500
Inferior to ordinary ...... $500 $50
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
DONATION FROM WHITEVILLE.

After the funds had were RENTED,
The Messenger und was increased by
a remittance of SIS donated by citi-
Zens of Whtieville and 81 in cash by
a citizen of Wilmington, making the
total footing of s297.04
The donations from Whiteville came
through Mr.. III. F. Schulken. a weyy
known and highly esteemed citizen and
merchant of Vineland. He accom-
ranied the check with a nice note, and
The Messenger wishes here to thank
him and the citizens of Whiteville for
their aid in this worthy cause.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21

The receipts OF cotton at the port of
Wilmington yesterday were 2.432 bales
against 2.43s bales the corresponding
day last season The market closed
firm with sales at 10k for niddling
as a basis against SIS cents the cor
responding day September last year.
The New Yorw market closed quiet at
10Z cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
Charged With Abduction

Lucy Robinson, colored, was before
Justice j. NJ. MCGOWAN yesterday on
the charge of abducting the child Of
her cousin. The child's relatives want
ed to claim it, but the woman proved
that before the death of its mother h
turned it over to her. The charge was
dismissed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
NAVAL STORES.
THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY FAIR

Officers Preparing tor the Exhibit.
"Indignation'' Meeting In Flea Hill
Township Fire on Haymount-Death
ofMrs. -waddell's Strength
I'm the Upper Cape Fear-Pencilings
by the Way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21

Charlotte Observer: High Point,
September 17.-Dr. L. L. Bodenheimer,
a resident physician and an aged min
lister of the Primitive Baptist church,
died at his home here this morning at
4 O'Clock. He was So years old.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21

If you don't feel quite we'll, try a
bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t is a
wonderful tonic and invigorator. 1t
will help o
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
FACTS

Lucas Writes About the
Height of Wilmington Above the
Ocean and the River The River at
the City Not Two Feet Above the
Ocean.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
PRETTY PINK WEDDING

Mr.. y. 7. Runge and Miss Minnie G1a-
meyer United In Marriage Yesterday
Afternoon at st. Paui's Evangelical
Lutheran Church They Went North
Last Night on an Extensive Tour.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
SENT TO
The Messengers Fund for the Suffer-
ers From the Great West Indian Hur-
ricane Amount to Nearly $500.

The fund which has been re-
ceived by The Messenger for the
benefit Of the Galveston sufferers,
amounted last night to the goodly sun
of 1927. O4.
Yesterday morning all the funds on
hand at the time, $2S1.04, were for
warded. This included several sub
scriptions received yesterday as fol-
lows:
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21

The Hibernian Society of this city,
which has done such a noble work of
charity for years, has sent s25 for the
relief of the sufferers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21

Correspondents of the Messenger.)
Goldsboro, n. c., September 1e.
Miss Leila Cobb was elected a teach
er in the city graded school yesterday
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
THE MESSENGERS RELIEF FUND
More Donations for the Galveston Suf-
ferers-The Good People of Whining
ton Doing a Noble Part by Those in
Distress.

The Messenger takes this occasion
to acknowledge the following addi-
tfonal donations made yesterday to its
funds for the Galveston sufferers:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
NEXT TUESDAYS PRIMARIES.
Local Republicans Continue 10 Meet
and IndOrse Candidates.


A mass meeting Of the republicans of the
fourth district was held last evening at
Odd Fellows hall, on 18th street between
o and P streets. The place was packed to
overlooking, and the meeting was a very
orderly one. Speeches were made by VIII
liam Calvin Chase, Colonel William MurreIl,
w. j. Abrams. William Beason. Adolphus
w oodward and William II. Brown. Several
campaign songs were sung by Professor
l. N. Dickson A resolution was unani-
mously adopted. indorsing DR.. j. E. Jones
and VIM. Calvin Chase as delegates to the
republican national convention. to be held
next June, at Philadelphia. The Mckinley
Club, and the Young Mems Republican Club
attended the meeting in body.
Mr. James l.. Turner. the president of
the republican club of the fourth district
denies most strenuously the published re-
port that Chase victory was not obtained
at meeting held Thursday evening at the
First Baptist Church. in the West End.
The Chase people were largely in the ma
jcrfty, said Mr.. Turner this morning to
Star reporter, "and over the same people,
who go from ward to ward each evening,
attempting to adopt the same methods of
pretended strength for the Saunders ticket.
1 predict a victory in the fourth district
next Tuesday for Jones and Chase"
Another big meeting held at the church
at Sth street and Grant avenue was adj
dressed by Perry Carson. L. NJ. Saunders,
John F. Cook, DR.. Reyburn, DR.. Purvis and
others, and resolutions were passed, IN
dcrsing Reyburn and Lee for delegates and
Perry and Hensey for aternates. The
meeting adjourned to convene again Mou-
day night. at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church.
The Reyburn-Lee republicans of the sew
enteenth district held a meeting at Rus
TINS hall On Virginia avenue southwest
ana after speeches by DR.. Reyburn and
Thomas G. Hensey, pledgng themselves to
work for the extension of suffrage to the
District of Columbia. the Reyburn-Lee, Per
ry-Hensey ticket was Endorsed. Every ref
erence to suffrage was cheercd to the echo.
1t was announced that another meeting
would be held next Monday night at Mt
Zion Baptist Church, 18th and streets
northeast, under the auspices of the Nc
Kinley Club.
A meeting was held at Cars Hall under
the auspices of the Reyburn and Lee Club
Thomas G. Hensey made a speech in which
he declared the election of Reyburn and
Lee would be a great step forward toward
suffrage for the District. After speeches
by Lucas w. B. Wesley, Bill Brazzee, L.
G. Fletcher. c. P. Ortlip and Others the
Reyburn-Lce ticket was unanimously in
dorsed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
That's All!

their countrymen were in their keeping
Continuing, Senator Depew said the OBJ
long IN learning that America does not
possess all the works of art, paintings,
sculpture, etc, in the world, and spoke
about Chicago man who was making his
hrst tour of Europe and who asked him
what he thought of the Cologne Cathedral.
senator Depew replied he considered it,
with the exception of st. Peters in Rome.
lhe greatest piece of architecture in the
world The American answered; well I
don't think much of it, Took them 100
years to build 1t. and we could have put
IL up IN Chicago in twelve months"
Senator Depew described a scene in the
house of commons. in which Lord Randolph
churchill and Bradlaugh were the prin-
cipai debaters, and excited much laughter
ny contrasting the conduct of speakers in
the law-making body of Great Britain with
some of those at Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Away up in the mountain lived a big.
black bear.
This same Monday morning of which wa
speak he also arose early-for he was hum
CRY.
He decided that he would not wait for
Candlemas day, but would travel south
ward at once
Suddenly there was a bang, bang!l In all
most instantaneous succession, and the next
moment the air rang with despairins cries
of Ed. Ed! Help, Droop heard the cry and
singing the rife into firing position. hur-
rled forward in the direction of the sounds
which were repeated almost Immediately.
Droop recognized the voice of Moses, and
although 4 novice on snow shoes he well
knew that his friend was i'm danger and
doubled his energies to be on hand for A
rescue.
We have no space to tell of the feelings
winch narrowed young Droop as he rushed
over snow drifts, logs and other obstacles.
but suddenly coming into a clea ring he
espled his good friend Arthur. back against
Tree. Drandishing a keen-edged hunting
knife IN his right hand, and scarce ten feet
from him mighty black bear
There was no time for thought: action,
was the order of the day, and as Droon
dropped on one knee, preparatory to firing
he discovered that the bear was In direct
line with Arthur's body.
My God, Arthur. | can't shoot. TN I'm
you also" he shouted: and hardly had tho
NILS taken up the echo when Moses REPLIED
L rather have A in the heart than the
pears claws in my throat, Fire, tell WON'T
report
The bullet had fulfilled its errand. and as
the bear tumbled forward Arthur buried the
seventeen blade up to the hilt in the bears
shaggy breast.
The blood spurted all over him. and as
Droop rushed forward in time to catch the
lalnting Arthur in his arms he heard him
family singing Comrades"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Break up half an ounce of fresh COM
pressed yeast and put it into a basin with
just sufficient tepid milk to cover it, and
when the yeast is thoroughly softened beat
1t to paste. Put quarter of a pint of
milk into saucepan with one ounce of
sugar, and when the milk is quite warm stir
II gradually into the yeast. Put one table
spoonful OF flour into a medium-sized mix
ing pasln and pour in very slowly the milk
ana yeast, stirring the flour all the time
with wooden spoon so that the mixture
may De smooth; cover the basin with a
cloth and place it on the fender. The mix
lure VIII take some time to rise, but il
must be carefully watched, and when it
has risen well it will fall" As soon as
this takes place add by degrees half a
pound of fine flour Qess the tablespoonful
already used, stirring il in with the hand
and then work it up to a smooth, soft
dough and set it to rise as before in the
basin covered with a cloth
When the dough is nearly double the or
iginal size, put it into a round tin which
has beenswell buttered and busted with
incur Prick the top with a fork and let IL
rise for the third time. When risen thor
oushiy. bake the tea cake in a well-heated
oven, until it is nicely Drowned: then turn
1t out of the tin on to a fiat Tin which
mas been warmed, and brush the top over
with strip made by dissolving some DOW
oered sugar in milk
Put the cake back into the oven to finish
BAKING and to set the glaze, and when Il is
ready let IT cool on sieve before il is put
away. If the above recipe is successfully
carried out. the tea cake will have just the
same appearance as a bakers tea cake and
it should be cut into slices and toasted and
buttered. II is well to remember that some
Hour absorbs more moisture than others:
therefore certain amount of discretion is
necessary when mixing the dough whico
on no account should be stiff. ard th,.-e
gore, II may be found advisable to use
rather less than half a pound of flour.