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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05

In the libel proceedings which Lon
don Cotton, colored. has instituted in
the United states u against the
Clyde steamship Company the proctors
for the libelant are Herbert McClam-
my, Esq. and William ]. Bellamy, Esq.
Messrs. Rountree and Carr are proc
tors for the respondent company.
The s will De heard at the term of
h United States district court which
convenes in Wilmington April 18th.
Cotton sues for 5000 for personal in
juries alleged to have been received in
January last while at work in the hold
OF the steamship Saginaw. He alleges
that he was permanently injured by the
falling upon him of a hatch while work
ing in the steamer as a stevedore all
of which he alleges was owing to the
negligence of he Clyde Steamship
Company.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
WILMINGTON MARKETS

Wilmington April 3.
Receipts of cotton today los bales
Receipts same day last year .s5S hales
This seasons receipts to date-25z.2Is
bales.
Receipts to same aate last year
271. s79 bales.
The quotations quoted at 4 O'Clock
TODAY a. me -xcEanxe:
COTTON Firm.
OroindrS. - -. >. o-1e
Good ordinary. =. ii. ..6I1-
% middlsng.. >. . /. sic
Middling..... +. IN
Same day last year-3kc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


New York, April 3.-Money on call
steady at 2k@3 per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 3h@4k per cent. Sterl-
ing exchange easier with actual bust
ness in mixer bills at 4.S8@4. ssh
for demand and at 4.S4A "a. S4M for sir
ty days; posted rates 4.S5h and 4.S9;
commercial bills 4.S4@4.S4h. Silver GER
ti1cates 5Sk @60. Bar silver 5S%; Mex
lean dollars ASH; state ponds easier;
government bonds irregular; rail road
bonds irregular.
Wilmington April 3.-Closing quota
tons furnished by Hugh MacRae IL
Co.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
COTTON.


Liverpool, April 3, 1 D. m.-Cotton:
spot quiet; prices firm: American mid
ding 4 SD. The sales of the day were
| 5000 bales. of which 800 were for spec
ulation and xpor and including $500
American. Receipts 16. 900 bales, includ-
ing 5000 American.
Futures opened quiet and closed firm !:
American L NJ c.: April 4 33--64d buy
ers;April n May 4 37-6463s-64d buy
June and July 4 37-64d Sellers: July and
August 4 36-64d buyers: August and
september 4 30-64d sellers: September
4 30-64d sellers: October G o c 4 1b-64d
sellers; October and November 4 I1-64d
sellers; November and December G o
c 4 9-64d sellers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston firm at S 3-1Sc: net re-
ceipts 1854 bales.
Norfolk firm at shc: net receipts
LAST bales.
Baltimore nominal Al 8 5-16c.
Boston qniet at 8 5-16c: net receipts
347 bales.
Wilmington steady at TIC; net re-
ceipts 10S bales.
philadelphia firm at s 1876: net re-
ceipts 1873 bales.
Savannah steady at S 1-16c: ne re-
1856 bales.
New Orleans steady at s 5-1sc: net
ceipts 2.85S bales.
Mobile quiet at Sc: net re ceipts 5
bales.
Memphis steady at SIC: net receipts
277 bales.
Augusta quiet at SIC: net receipts
40 bales.
Charleston firm at I 15-1sc; net re-
ceipts 312 bales.
Cincinnati quiet al SAC: net receipts
Alt bales.
Louisville steady at S 3-16c.
St Louis quiet at Skc; net receipts
1875 bales.
Houston steady at SIC: net receipts
1861 bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York-Cotton steady at 8 s-lsc;
net receipts 6e2 bales: gross 1854 bales;
sales 308 bales: stock 158. z34 bales.
Total today-Net receipts q, 800 bales;
exports to the continent Tbs bales:
stock 773.s9s bales.
Consolidated-Net receipts 81. eo3 bales
exports to Great Britain 31.s46 bales:
France 1856 bales: continent 145. j. 54
bales.
Total since September Met receipts
6,439, 3S1 bales; exports to Great Britain
z, 465, 134 bales: France 2S8. 500 bales; con-
tinent 1.943. 265 bales.
Futures closed steady. April 8.I9:
May s.24; June s.11: July s12; August
ia; September 7.5: October IA; No
vember 7.39: December 7.3S; January
7.3s.
Spot cotton closed quiet &c higher:
middling uplands 8 s-1Sc: middIing
gulf s 13-16c: sales 30s bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET.
Chicago. April 3.-The leading fu- |
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High Low. Clos.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
The New Bank Building

The Murchison National Bank in the
next six weeks will commence the
erection of a handsome 3-story brick
building on the p. K. Dickinson corner,
at the northeast intersection of Front
and Chestnut streets. An architect is
now drawing the plans for the building
and work on il will be commenced as
soon as the plans are ready. The build
ing will be erected right on the corner.
and eonugh room will be left on the lot
for another building.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
The Best Blood Purifier

The o is constantly being puri-
fed by the lungs. liver and kidneys.
Keep these organs in a healthy condi-
ton and IN bowels regular and you
will have no need Of a blood purfder.
For this purpose there il nothing equal
to Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets one dose of them win do you
o good thar a dollar bottle of the
best blood purifier. Price rs cents.
Saples free at R r. Bellamy's drug
store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05

SepI STU Ola
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour $ No. 3 spring wheat ss0I..z'
No. . red, TsG74Ac: No. 2 Germ Tic; No
. yellow Ale: No. oats 2st4c: Mess PORK
per barrel l5.3561540: lard per nunareo
pounds s.6o6sssA: short rib sides
Qoose) sl5Gs.35: dry salt shoulders
(boxed) s.75Ges5k: short clear sides
s.50ESeo: whiskey basis on hign wines
s1.s7.
New York. April s.-FLOUR-Dun
and weake with wheat.
wHEATSSpot steady: No. 2 red Sec-
Options were weak and heavy all day,
reaching decentralization In the after
noon under stop loss selling. q collapse
OF corn prices. weak English cables,
active short selling and total absence
OF buyers, except for occasional shorts
A heavy Export trade made n little I'M
preston on the market in the last few
minutes. Closed unsettled at 1Q1isc
decline. May closed ssc: July dShc;
September TIC
CORN-Spot market weak; No. :
ISIS. Option market experienced g
heavy decline under a bear attack lac
ing big sales OF long corn on stop loss
orders. and promoting active short sell
ing. Prospects for better weather and
weak cables also had an effect. Closed
weak and at %GIc lower. May closed
f7%c; July 4exc: September s4Ac.
OATS-Spot easier: No. . 5oAc. OPP
tons weak and lower with corn.
LARD-Ffrm: western steamed SS.S
refined firm: continent $40; South
American 1915; compound $5.15G5-Sil1=
EGGS-Steady state and Pennsylva-
MIA at mark 1ShGi4c: southern at mark
12&@l3hc.
POTATOES-Steady: Jersey. sI256-
1.5o. Long Island s1.50I1.75. Jersey
Sweets si.50d2.25.
PEANUTS-Ffrm. Fancy handpick-
ed 4ZG5; domestic 4hdiz.
SUGAR-Raw steady: fair refining
3k93 17-32c. Centrifical SO test { lice.
Refined steady.
COTTON SEED OIL~Active again
and a shade higher or steady buying
by n local house. Prime crude barrels
33c: prime summer yellow S5hc; of
summer yellow 34kc: prime white SEQ
40c; prime winter yellow 39c; prime
meal $25.
NAVAL STORES.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine firm
at 33c. Rosin firm and unchanged.
Savannah-Spirits t%urpentin firm at
33Rc; receipts 393 casks: sales 81
exports 3.57S casks. Rosin firm and
unchanged. Receipts 1854 barrels,
sales CAT barrels; exports S.25S barrels.
New York-Turpentine easy at SEQ
36hc. Rosin quiet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05
SUING o $4,000

The Libel Cas- of London Cotton, Col
ored, Against the clyde Steamship
Company-He Claims Damages for
Injuries Received While In the Hold
of the Saginaw.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-05

lSelect, ana tney expected me 10 eAer-
lciSe that privilege.
For the first time in u history you
have undertaken to deny to the mayor
that right, n o have done this not
Iby anticipating his action, but only af-
and for the sole reason that some of
lyou did not get certain chairmanshipS
that are supposed to carry patronage.
Two Of you, Mr.. VonGlahn and Mr..
IHarriss, came to my house after the
Injecting on Monday night and practi-
Ically demanded the Craftsmanship re-
lspectively of the Fire and Police COM
lmittees, and intimated very plainly that
unless I so changed the committees this
hoard would set aside my appoint
iments, and take the matter in their
Iown hands. I told them that I had af-
ter long and careful consideration ar
ranged the committees with the best
Judgment I possessed, as to the capac-
lily and fitness of the various aldermen,
land that each Of them (Mr. VonGlahn
and Mr.. Harriss) was on the commit
ltee of which he now wished to be chair
imam. They said they (and I believe
they said a majority of the board) re-
lgarded my appointment of myself as
chairman of important committees as
la reflection on the board, to which they
lwere not willing to submit-that I had
mot pursued that course with the last
.Iboard-and had thus insinuated the
Iinferiority Of the present board.
Ny reply was that there were salts
factory reasons for my action towards
the last board, but that ever with
them / discovered that / had made a
mistake, and did not intend to repeat
lit. They still insisted on being chair
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NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
doing.
ROSIN-Nothing doinR.
TAR-Ffrm at $40.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Quiet:
hard s1.1o: soft s2.1o.
Prices SAM day last y~ear-Sptrits
turpentine 53hc; and Sc: rosin s1.4o
and sI.45: tar 81. %; crude turpentine
hard s2.oo: soft s3.25.
Receipts today-50 casks OF spirits tur-
pentine. 3s4 barrels OF rosin. 136 barrels
OF tar, 6 barrels OF crude t~urpentine.
Receipts same day last years casks
Of spirits turpentine. s57 barrels of rosin
33S barrels of tar. Is barrels of crude
~turpentine.
PRODUCE
SALT-1OO's sic: Iz5s. SIC: 1s0's.
SIC; zoos, 9sc; zoos +. F.. S1.35: in less
than car load lots.
. DRY SALTED SIDES-9c.
BUTTER-24 TO 26c.
COFFEE-9 to 11hc.
FLoUR-Straights $500: End patents
81 rs; full s4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House. I5c: New Or
leans Brights % to CSC: Porto Rico
80 to 35c; Cuba, % to Bic.
SUGAR-(New York prices, freight
to be added) ~granulated $40; W.X-C.,
No. 5 40; No. 9 s4.60: No. IL $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina, fancy,
IS to soc; prime IS to Zoe: Virginia 40 to
Coo; Spanish 20 to 75c.
CORN-60 to Gle.
CORN MEALS to 57hc.
n. c. BACON-HaLls. 12c: shoulders
&c; sides 10 to lie.
CHICKENS-Steady: hens % to soc:
ROSTERS 20 to Csc.
TURKEYS-Good demand at I0c.
EGGS-Dull at 9 to 10c.
SHINGLES-Per LOCO, 5 inch saps.
SLIGO; s inch hearts, s2.25: s inch saps
$3.50; 6 inch hearts $3.50.
TIMBER
Per NJ Observation-Disclosures 500
Mill, prime ................ $500 7.50
Mill, fair 5000 900
Common mill .............. 1000 500
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
MOUNTAIN TRIOLETS.


IN THE HAVING.
A dainty picture, all will say.
The girls are in the haying:
There's Belle and Maude and Ida, gay
A dainty picture. all will say
And how love to make the hay,
It's all such merry playing.
A dainty picture, all will say,
The girls are in the haying.
While humble bees through August moons
Go booming through the clover,
A scoffing cricket sits and croons
While humble bees through August moons
Are seeking for the honey-moons
Where Cupid played the rover;
While humble bees through August moons
Go booming through the clover.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
The Deer Park Fair.

Friday of last week the fair under
the auspices and for the benefit of
the Deer Park Village Improvement
Society was held in the grove at the
Deer Park Hotel.
The plot of ground upon which the
fair was held was an ideal one and
was roped off in order that none
could gain admittance without pay
ing the requisite fee.
In one portion of the grounds was
situated dairy, presided over by
number of young ladies in peasant
costume who dispensed deliciously
cool milk and other dairy products.
A lucrative trade was transacted here
and the investment proved a paying
one.
Nearby was table where ice
cream, cake, candy and sweets of all
kinds could be purchased. Also,
cigars, etc.
The stand devoted to the sale of
fancy articles, jewelry, etc, was we'll
patronized and the amount of money
realized from the sale of these articles
went well toward swelling the ex-
chequer of the society.
AT another table were vegetables,
fruits, etc, for sale.
The japanese pavilion was the
prettiest and best arranged of the
large number on the grounds. The
ladies in charge were all Hastily ar
rayed in japanese costumes.
The grounds and stands were I'M
usually picturesque and the ladies
and gentlemen in charge of the affair
are to be congratulated upon its
success.
The money sealized, which, we un-
derstand, was considerable sum,
will be devoted to the furthering of
the plans of the association to make
Deer Park and its surroundings more
attractive.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
Sparks Show COMING.

John Fl. Sparks New Railroad
Shows and Trained Animal EXPOSE
ton will exhibit in Oakland on Fri
day, August 30, afternoon and even
Ing. Admission only 10 and 25 cents.
rms show is known the world over
as the largest, grandest and best 25
cent show on the road, with all new.
startling, original and up-to-date fea.
lures. The finest performing lions
wolves and elephants on earth are TO
be seen with Sparks big one ring
shows, together with troupe of
highly educated horses, ponies, mules,
dogs; goats and monkeys, also a fine
acrooatlcand gymnastic performance
and six funny clowns. See Romeo,
the largest lion in captivity, and
Mary, the smallest baby elephant
ever on exhibition. See our grand
tree balloon ascension, with para
chute jump, also free thrilling high
tower dive from ladder so feet high
into net. This is given free to all
from the show ground at and Z %.
M, rain or shine. Don't miss it. 1t
alone is worth going many miles to
see and it costs you nothing. Mr..
sparks offers a handsome bedroom
suite to any couple that will take a.
trip in his big bridal balloon and Get
married. Now is your chance for a
big novel wedding and a handsome
present, and no danger OF any acct
dent at all. There have been hun
dreds of successful marriages in this
big balloon and not single accident.
Now is a chance of life time. Don't
miss it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
Resolutions of Respect.

At recent meeting of the Oakland
Concert Band the following resolu-
lions on the death of Mr.. Bert w
Wolf were adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Divine
Providence to remove from among
us our esteemed brother member,
Bert W. Wolf, whose death came as a
great shock to the members of this
organization; therefore be it
ReSot0ed, By the Oakland Concert
Band, that in the death of our brother
member our loss is keenly felt and we
deeply deplore his taking away, but
submit to the will of Him who doeth
all things well; and be it further
ReSolUed, That our sympathy be
extended to the relatives of the de-
ceased in this sad hour of their be-
reavement and loss; and
ReSol0ed, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the band
and copy be sent to the mother of
the deceased and published in the
county papers.
P. Z. KIMMELL,
LEO J. RASCHE,
Roy HAMILL,
Committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22

gard of business interests, but it is
ready by law to curb and defeat or
ganized trusts which stifie competi-
ton in trade. and to suppress all
combinations which create a mon
opoly. 1t passed the only Federal
laws against trusts, and in this State
will handle these problems with con-
servatism and courage.
The oyster and crab industries of
Maryland give employment and sup
port TO large part of our population.
In the packing houses and on board
the numerous craft that take oysters
from the waters of the State, capital
and labor join hands, and any legis-
lation may be declared unwise and
hurtful that needlessly hampers the
legitimate operations of the one or
burdens or curtails the privileges of
the other.
We condemn the Democratic State
oyster law of 1900, in that it has Gre
ated small army of officials selected
from the mercantile and other avoca-
lions with almost unlimited powers,
and has worked great hardship upon
both the packer and boatman, and
placed burdens upon the whole oys-
ter industry too grievous to be borne.
The oyster beds and bars in some
sections of the State are much worn
and need replenishing; from these
bottoms many thousand sturdy citi-
zens take their livelihood, and bring
in large measure to their communi-
ties what prosperity they enjoy.
The Republican party, as in the
past, pledges its best efforts in behalf
OF this most worthy class, and favors
that legislation which will revive and
replenish these oyster bottoms at
public expense. All the rights which
the oystermen and crabbers have had
in the past shall remain to be enjoyed
by them, and not pass into the pos
session of a certain few who are de-
pending upon Democratic legislation
to abridge ancient rights and grab
public territory.
We appeal to all good citizens to
unite in defeating the selfish political
bosses in their conspiracy, begun
with the extra session, to perpetuate
themselves and their methods, by one
sided elections, and to thwart the
first purpose of that conspiracy by
defeating the election to the United
States Senate of the Democratic
leader who dictated the disfranchis-
ing election law to a servile Assembly.
Their victory would again fasten up
on our State the reign of corruption
and violence overthrow in 1895, and
enable them to entrench themselves
for generation behind a far worse
DISTINGUISHING election law than the
un-American law we are pledged to
repeal.
If We succeed, we will defeat the
election to the United States Senate
of man whose views on tariff and
finance fiuctuate with political ex-
igencies, who is stable only in I'M
varying control of the Democratic
party machine. If we succeed, we
will forever destroy the power of that
Democratic city boss who, beyond
the average span of human life, has
tolled legislation and controlled Balti-
more politics for revenue only.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
NUMBER "a.
SMALLPOX MUCH FEARED.
Conditions Indicate an Epidemic Next
Winter officers Urged to Act.

Conditions Indicate an Epidemic Next
Winter-0fficers Urged to Act.
The regular monthly meeting of
the State Board of Health. which
was held in Baltimore Wednesday.
was attended by all the members
something which has never before
occurred at the August meeting.
The recent outbreaks of smallpox
In Washington and Frederick coun-
ties were discussed, and it was agreed
that the trouble was mainly caused
by the negligence of two physicians
one In Maryland and one in Frank
lin county, Pennsylvania, from which
place the disease was imported into
this State. Steps were taken to have
the Maryland physician presented by
the grand jury of his county.
DIR. John s. Fulton, the secretary.
was instructed to write strong let
ter to each of the local boards of
health in the State urging the ueces.
s1ty OF advance action to meet an
epidemic of smallpox, which, it is
feared by medical men, will occur
next winter. DIR. Fulton said in ex-
PLANTATION:
The boards of health and medical
experts all over the country have
agreed with great unanimity that all
conditions indicate an epidemic of
smallpox all over this country next
winter second to none since 1872.
The temperance of the disease
in any considerable number of cases
is about coincident with the begin
ming OF the Spanish American war.
1t has now been scattered all over the
country, and in practically every
State there are a number of small
foci for the spread of the epidemic.
1t first developed in the South. and
has been carried northward. mainly
by negros.
The summer is the season most
favorable to the spread of the conta-
gion' which is carried by berry pick
ers, harvesters and other nomads.
When winter comes and people are
shut up in their houses the disease
developes. Preventive measures are
less striking in their results, but thew
are better and more efficient than
remedial measures are, and money
can be saved by advance action.
Thus, contracts for medical attend
ance and nursing and for ground of
pest-houses can be made more adj
vantageously when there is no small
pox about than in the actual presence
of danger"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
THE TOWN OF BABYvILLE.

Hon. Lou NJ. Beauchamp, of Hamilton,
Ohio, who lectured at the Park at the begin
ming OF the Chautauqua season and recited
the poem entitled 1.-The Town Of Babyville.''
of which he himself is the author, created
great applause. We have been favored by
Mr.. Beauchamp with a copy OF the poem
and publish it herewith.-EDIToR REPUBLI-
CAM
It's the dearest town, the fairest town, the
prettiest town to me.
OF all the towns in all the lands. this side or
cross the sea-
It's sunshine there, and moonshine there
and starlight all the time.
And it's never cold, and none get old, in it's
lovely summer cline;
There's never ghost or goblin there, and
sin was never known,
And no one ever had pain, or heard
neighbor groan.
And the birds sing always, night and day, in
fact they're never still,
In this airy, fairy, darling place, the Town
of Babyville.
The stores are full of sweetmeats, and they're
sold for just song,
The hobby-horses in the streets are free the
whole day long;
The band plays every afternoon, there's fire
works every night,
And all the babies toddle out to see the
glorious sight
You kiss them as you meet them, and they
kiss you when you go,
And clap their hands, and laugh with glee,
to see you at their Show
The doctor died last summer, and is resting
DER the hill,
For none get sick, they haven't time. in the
Town Of Babyville.
The houses are Of gingerbread, the fences
are of cake;
The rivers full OF lemonade, and a big
panada lake;
You eat whenever hungry, and you drink
whenever dry,
And pay your board i'll kisses-that surely
isn't high;
But if you want to live there you have to pay
toll.
Some pay it very readily, some can't, to save
their soul;
It's not in gold or silver nor yet q paper
bill,
It's Just to bring baby to the Town Of
Babyville.
iOu Neli NC W tLA4 US AOI II d
along,
We want another sunny face, another voice
in song.
For we all sing in our village, from the book
of Mother Goose,
And it takes a babe to teach you how to let
your voice out loose;
So if you think Of coming, just send your
name along,
And tell us when the baby came, and if it's
well and strong.
And tell us when to meet you, Wen be wait
ing by the mill.
And the band will play you welcome to the
Town of Babyville.
God bless US all, and keep us, when heavy
hearts there'd be
If all these little darlings should be lost to
you and me;
There would never be a sunny day in all the
wide, wide land,
And all the skies above US, with clouds could
but be spanned;
But God is good, stop worrying, and join me
in song.
Here's love, and life, and sunshine to the
babies, weak and strong,
Let's cuddle down beside them, and rest con-
tent, until
God calls US all to Heaven, from the Town
of Babyville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-22
HOYES.
Weather very warm.

Weather very warm.
Plenty of rain and the pasture
lands are reviving as result.
Corn is growing finely.
The berry crop is good but the
apple crop is quite failure.
George E. Bishoff is building an
other silo.
Lorenzo Dewitt and Guy McKeen
left last Sunday for parts unknown.
A picnic at Accident on next Satur-
day will be attended by number of
young people from this section.
Harry Fike, who is employed in
the woods by Thomas Flanagan, met
with serious accident recently by
which his leg was broken and very
badly crushed.
William Sterling, of Elder, died on
Monday, after prolonged illness of
typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and
two children.