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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
SPARKS

The president appoints Octayia Nc
Lean postmaster at Maxton.
A bed of genuine asphaltum has
been found near Texarkana, Ark.
Governor Sanford, who was taken ill
four days g is pronounced some bet
ter. although he is still a very sick
man..
Bishop William Rufus Nicholson, Of
the reformed Episcopal church in
Philadelphia died at his home in hat
city.
Mrs. Mary Ashland Townsend, whose
nome de plume was Xariffa a we'll
known southern poet and writer, died
in Galveston, Texas.
A delegation of nearly 1000 Georgia
bankers. some OF them accompanied by
their wives. visits the financial districts
of New York city.
Major James H. Littlefield, former
~ a banker in Houston, Texas, is found
dead in bed at his residence in New
York. Death was caused by heart
disease.
The British war secretary informs the
house of m that the government
will not consent to discuss the future
Independence OF the conquered states
with the Beers.
DR.. r. H. Kerfoot, secretary Of the
Baptist home mission board, who was
reported critically ill Thursday night,
is said to be slightly improved. He has
been i'll for four weeks.
a -cablegram is received at the war
department from General Macarthur.
at Manila, announcing that all the vol
unteers nave left the Philippines, en-
out for the United States.
The Austro-Hungary minister Of
foreign affairs informs an Austrian
d%eputation that the government can
not entertain a suggestion of media
ton between Great Britain and the
Beers.
The international association of ma
chinistS has directed the tr1k1ng ma
chinists Of the New York Central rail-
road at Depew N Y. to to return to
work pending arbitration Of the griev-
anceS.
Major General S. B. NJ. Young will
assume command of the department OF
California on the Goth instant relieving
Major General Shafter whose commits
sion as major general of volunteers
expires on that date.
1t is semi-oticially announced that 1t
has been decided hat the selection OF
Count Won Waldersee's successor as
commander OF the international forces
shall be left to the commanders OF
international forces in China.
The members of the rivers and har-
bors committee at Houston, inspect the
Houston ship channel, for which an
appropriation has been asked and de-
part for Galveston. On the way from
New Orleans they stopped at
to see the oil fields
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Dunn News Notes
Correspondence Of The Messeng

Correspondence of The Me.ssenger.)
Dunn, n. c., June Z.
Thursday at 5 o'clock, h Smithfield
base ball team with Foreman. of VIII
jmington, and Honeycutt, Of Smith
field. as battery, crossed bats with the
Dunn team. Jordan and Randall, of
Dunn, were the battery for Dunn. The
Igame was a fine one 4. The score was 3
Ito 2 in .Dunn's avor. About sixty or
iseventy of Smithfield's clever people
land representative citizens came down.
iOur town was turned over to them till
1.-THE 10 o'clock train. when they all re-
turned, feeling that they had made it
lat least interesting to us.
Mr.. Jesse Wilson, n of SIMPSONS
most respected citizens. n one of the
best farmers in upper Sampson, died
yesterday morning.
| Our county lost all h bridges across
1.-The Little rivers. 1t will cause an ex-
lpense to rebuild of about $1,000 to the
lcounty.
| For the past week the farmers in this
lsection have beer staying at home kill
ling grass. The crops were looking rath-
Ter small until the past few warm days
drought about quite an improved
lchange.
| Scott, the house-mover of Goldsboro,
Twas in town last week in the interest
Iof his business. Within the next thirty
tdays some five or six of the old wood
lstores on Broad street will be pulled
laway and nice brick ones erected in
their places. Those who have arranged
Ito build are Mesrs. John E. Wilson,
10. P. Shell, J. D. Barnes and E. Lee.
Mr.. Alex. Webb. vice president of the
North Carolina Home Insurance Com
lpany, was in town yesterday looking
latter the settlement of a loss by fire
lon the night of May 29th. S. T.. Hol-
Hand & Co.'S. stock Of merchandise was
burned and damaged.
Hon. D. H. Mclean has accepted an
Invitation to make a Fourth of July
IOration at Siler City on that date. Mr..
Mclean is a born orator, and his f1uency
Iof speech and gifts of power will hold
Ibis audience. The good people of that
lefty may expect something good for the
I0ccasiOn.
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Uniform Freight Classification

San Francisco, June AT the ON
vention OF the railroad commissioners,
B. G. Wilborn, Of North Carolina, read
the report from the committee on uni
form classification Of freight. The re-
port suggests that congress be asked
to empower h interstate commerce
commissions to establish a uniform
classification of freight in Interstate
business. The hope Of the committee
is that such a plan of the uniform
freight classification might prove sue
cessful in interstate business n hat
then the states would be willing to put
the same classification in force in state
business, thereby securing a uniform
classification throughout h country.
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Lexington, KY. June THE Oats
Sooper shop was burned this afternoon
and the fire communicated to other
buildings so rapidly hat 1t was feared
Tor some time that the city would be
iaid In ashes. The fire was beyond
troll from 2 to 4 o'clock p. m. Twenty
three houses, mostly tenements, were
totally destroyed with their contents.
The loss approximates SIS, ZOO. Only
about one-third Of the property was
insured. st. Joseph hospital was at
one time threatened. The citizens
rushed In great numbers to secure the
inmates, but their services were not
needed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
Association of Railway Commits
sionerS

San Francisco, June THE national
association of railroad commissioners
to-day received the report Of the COM
mittee on legislation. The report ia
lvors the so-Called Cullom bill, or some
measure akin to it, and was unani-
|mously adopted.
The following officers were elected:
president, c. ]. Lindsay, Illinois; first
vice president, J. B. Bortory, South
lCarolina; second vice president A.
lChadbourne, Maine; secretary E. c.
Mosely. Charleston, s. c., vas select
led Is the next meeting place and the
thine fixed was July 1, 1902.
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Allied Metal Trades, Union

Toronto, Ont, June AT the meet
Ing Of the machinists' convention this
afternoon a resolution was passed
pledging the association to form a part
OF a new metal trades association
which will meet In st. Louis next
month. Two delegates were appointed
to attend the convention. The object
OF the new organization is to form a
combination OF all allied metal trades
and make a common cause In any trou-
bic arising with the manufacturers.
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The Dew Goods Marker.

New York, June S.-The week closes
without material change in conditions
in the dry goods market. Some makes
OF export grades of heavy brown cot
tons are flrmer, but for home require
ments the market is easy. Bleached
and coarse colored goods are and
unchanged. Prints are in fair demand.
Ginghams are steady. Printcloths are
quiet at previous prices. American
cotton yarns are in better request, but
still easy. Worsted and wooden yarns
more business and steadier tone
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London. June 1.-The Sun today pup
fishes a sensational story TO the eHecI
that General Botha has arrived at
Standerton, and is communicating by
telegraph with Mr.. Kruger, though the
Netherlands government appealing 10
Mr.. Kruger to sue for peace. LORD
Kitchener is said to have given Botna
permission to adopt this course.
The Sun further hears that 1V,vvV
Zulus have gone on the war patn'
owing TO Boer raids in Zululand.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
The Coffee

New York, June S.-Spot Rio quiet,
No. z invoice, &c; mild quiet; Cordova
SA to 12hc. Slightly higher prices OBJ
tanned in coffee futures today. which
closed quiet. prices net 5 points higher.
Total sales were 1850 bags. including
July at $5.25, September at $40, Octo-
Der at $5.45, May at $3.50.
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Brazilian Naval Omcers at Washing
ton.

Washington, June IA number. of
officers Of the Brazilian navy, in full
uniform, and accompanied by the Bra
lillian minister, Mr.. Assis-B Brasil. called
at the White house today and had a.
pleasant exchange with the president.
Later they called on Secretary Long
at the navy department and on the 9TH
er cabinet officers. They also visited
the navy yard and went to Mount Yer
non. where they deposited a beautiful
wreath Of immortelles on the tomb of
Washington. The visits were express
sive Of the good will existing between
Brazil anc the United States, and were
in return for the courtesy shown by the
United States when President Campos
Sales was inaugurated in having the
Iowa n Oregon in Brazilian waters.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
Five Fishing Boats Lost

Saint Brieux, France. June .-F1V
fishing boats which went on a nshlng
cruise in Iceland waters have been
missing for two months and are now
believed to have foundered in a gale,
April 9Th. Their entire crews. number
ing III men, are supposed TO have per
ished. There is general mourning here
and in the n~eighboring villages.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,
FINANCIAL.

New York, June S.-Money on call
nominal. Prime mercantile paper 81
to AZ per cent; sterling exchange NOM
inal with actual business in bankers
bills at 4.S8A to 4.SS% for demand and
at 4.85k to 4.85% for sixty days; posted
rates 4.S6 and 4.89: commercial bills at
4.S41k to ASS; bar silver 59ss: silver GER
tificates nominal at 60; Mexican dollars
A.; state bonds inactive; railroad bonds
steady; government bonds steady.
STOCKS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
Sarah Bernhardt to Play Romeo In
America

London, June Sarah Bernhardt
will play Romeo for a hundred nights
in America to Maud Adams Juliet.
This important theatrical event was ar
ranged last evening at a supper given
by Sarah Bernhard to Charles Froh-
man, at which Maurice Grau, her man.
ager, vas also present. NINE Bernhard
will play in English and after the
American tour the two actresses will
appear here n on the continent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
Steel and Iron Works Combination

Philadelphia, June THE Evening
Bulletin publishes the following:
Application will be made at Harris
burg on July LIST for a charter for the
1~Conemaugh Steel Company, a. corpora
|tion practically formed to absorb or
merge the Cambria, Pennsylvania,
Bethlehem, Phoenix, Alanwood and
several minor steel and iron manufac-
turing companies.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Combine

New York, June 5.-The Mail and Ex-
press today says:
Negotiations between the Cramp-
Maxim-Vickers group OF shipbuilders
and stockholders of the Bethlehem Steel
Works have been resumed and the con-
solidation originally mapped out has
actually beer arranged so far as that
is possible without the delivery of the
stock"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
A Fire in the Forbidden (y,v

Pekin. June 5.-Lightning yesterday
struck a building inside the gate of the
American end of the Forbidden City.
causing a fire. Three buildings were
burned. The American and japanese
guards did ali possible to prevent a
spread Of the flames. A heavy rain
saved the Forbidden City. One of the
buildings was a library containing
many valuable manuscripts and numer-
Gus hitorical records of the dynasty.
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A Duel Adjourned for Another Trial
Paris. June IA duel with swords
was fought In the Parie des Princes
this morning between Max Regis (the
anti-Semite mayor Of Algiers) and an
Algerian journalist named Laberdes-
que. After nineteen rounds. lasting
two hours n a hah, with no result.
the encounter was adjourned until to-
morrow. Regis challenged Laberdes-
que In consequence Of an article which
the latter wrote In La Petite Repub-
liQue.
There was a second duel, simuitan-
eousiy In another part Of the park be-
tween a writer on The Temps and an
other newspaper a It resulted in
the latter being slightly wounded in the
thigh by a pistol shot.
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p,avtns Golf ON Sunday Not Indiotabl

Playing Golf on Sunday NOT IndictapIe
New York, June IA verdict OF not
guilty was returned by the jury at
onk hat tried Benjamin Adams
a member of the board Of OF
that place. on the charge OF iolatin
the law In playing golf on Sunday.
There was no dispute as to the facts,
but counsel for Adams argued that the
arrest was made under an obsolete law.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
Minister Conger's Candidacy

Dies Moines. Iowa, June THE re-
publican primaries in Madison county
held this afternoon, resulted in a vic
|torw for Minister Conger over A. b.
'Cummins, Of Des Moines. the only can
|didates for governor on the ticket
'veted. Madison is in the seventh dis
trict the home of both candidates.
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NAVAL STORES.

Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
31Ac; receipts 4,42S casks; sales 55S
casks; exports 531 casks; rosin dull
and unchanged; receipts 3,64S barrels;
sales none; exports 1895 barrels.
Charleston-Spirits turpentine firm at
SIC; rosin firm and unchanged.
New York-Rosin quiet, strained COM
mon to good $1.50; spirits turpentine
quiet 80 to 35kc.
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COTTON.
Liverpool, June S. 1 p Motion:
Spot limited demand: prices 1-S2d to
1-l6d higher. American middling fair
D I-S2d; good middling ) 15-16d; mid
ding 4 11-16d: low middling 4 15-32d;
good ordinary 4 7-32; ordinary 3 3i-32d.
The sales of h day were 5000 bales,
OF which 300 were for speculation and
export and included 500 American.
receipts 1900 bales. including 300
American.
Futures opened and closed steady.
American middling L NJ C: June 4 81
64d BUYERS; June and July 4 36-64d4 81
gid sellers; July and August 4 36-64d
sellers; August and September 4 a9-64d
sellers; September 4 29-64d sellers; Oc-
tober G 0 c 4 11-64d sellers; October
and November 4 9-64d sellers: Novem-
Der n December 4 6-6444 7-64d buy
ers; January and February 4 7-S4d sell
lelS.
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Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, June S.-Wheat was quiet
today. July closed sc higher, July
corn X toHc lower, July oats
ed and provisions 2hc improved.
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Same day last year-Nothing doing.
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Steady;
machine barrels 31hc; country barrels
BIC.
ROSIN-Steady at 81 and s1.o5.
TAR-Firm at s1.30.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Steady hard
$1.10; soft $2.10.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
turpentine Ahc and 44c: rosin $1.O5
and s1.10; tar s1.40; crude turpentine
arc s1.70; soft s2.70.
Receipts today-95 casks of spirits
turpentine, SGT barrels Of rosln, AZ bar
rels of tar, 116 barrels of crude turpen-
tine.
Receipts same day last year--157
casks of spirits ~turpentine, 290 barrels
of rosin, 70 barrels of tar. 121 barrels Of
crude ~turpentine.
PRODUCE
,SALT-100s 51c: 125's, &c; 1905,
Sic; zoos. s9c; zoos E. F.. $1.3s; in lees
than q o lots.
DRY sALTED sIDEs-sc.
BUTTER-24 to &c.
COFFEE+9 to 11hc.
FLOUR-Straights $500: End patents
$4.25; full $4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House. I5c: New Or
30 to SIC; Cuba, % to tic.
SUGAR-(New York prices, freight
to be added) granulated $40; W.X.C,
No. 5 4.sO: No. 9 $3.50: No. ii $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina. fancy,
rs to soc; prime IS to zoe: Virginia 40 to
6Oc; Spanish 80 to SOC.
CORN-65 to 67kc.
CORN MEAL-62k to 67kc.
N. c. BACON-HaJls. 12c: shoulders
&c; sides 10 to lie.
CHICKENS-Steady: hens 25 to soc;
roosters 20 to 25c.
EGGS-Dull at 13c.
SHINGLES-Per 1000, s inch saps.
LEO; s incl hearts. $2.2S: 6 inch saps
$3.50; 6 inch hearts $3.50.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS

Wilmington. June S.
Receipts of cotton today 3 bales.
Receipts same day last year@1 bale.
This seasons receipts to date-25S.-
925 bales.
Receipts to same day last year-z7s,-
ATS bales.
The quotations quoted at 4 O'Clock
today It the exchange,
@OTvrOD r
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PORT RECEIPTS.

Galveston steady at Sc: net receipts
1899 bales.
Norfolk firm at Sc: net receipts 4ss
bales.
Wilmington firm at &c; net receipts
3 bales.
Savannah steady at Z 11-1Sc; net re-
ceipts S61 bales.
New Orleans steady at Sc; net re-
ceipts 1906 bales.
Mobile steady at TIC: net receipts
$50 bales.
Augusta firm at SIC; net receipts
236 bales.
Charleston firm at 7Mc; net receipts
707 bales.
Houston steady at Z 15-16c; net re-
ceipts 1,1S5 bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET
New York-Cotton dull at S%c; net
receipts 100 bales; gross 1925 bales;
sales 200 bales; stock 30.O44 bales.
Total oday and consolidated-Net
Britain 1881 bales; to France so
bales; to continent 15,SO4 bales; stock
432, 949 bales.
Total since September Net receipts
7.1OO,2 32 bales; exports to Great Britain
2,S41, 912 bales; to France 697, 307 bales;
to continent 1855, 965 bales.
Spot cotton closed dull; middling up
lands $3.50; middling gulf S%c; sales
200 bales.
Futures closed steady at the decline.
Jun S.04; July sos; August 7.57; Sep
TENDER 1926; October 1922; November
7.20; December 1922; January 7.25; Feb
ruary 1926; March 1923.
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET.
Chicago, June S.-The leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Opop uioh Tnu C1oo
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Wilmington, June s.
Quotations o local securities, fur
nished and regularly corrected by
HUGH MacRAE G CO. Bankers:
The age-herald., 1901-03-18
BURGLARS|MAKE ANOTHER BIC HAUL CoI. J. T. Pierce a Kentucky
 Capitalist the Victim HE WAS HERE ON A VISIT Is the Guest of His BrOther-ln-Law pr. Robt. Jones in Fourth Avenue.
 Believed That He Was
 chloroformed.
HE WAS HERE ON A VISIT

Colonel James T. Pierce president of the Black Diamond Coal and Iron Com pany of Owensbore, Ky, who arrived in Birmingham Saturday afternoon to spend a few days with his brother-in-law, pr, Robert Jones' of this city, was the vic tim of burglars early yesterday morning, and every indication points to the fact that the work was done by experts. , Colonel Pierce was given a room on the ground floor of Dr. Jones' residence at No 22O4 Fourth avenue, and retired to bed about F o'clock Saturday night and being tired from travelling soon fell asleep About4 o'clock Sunday morning he awoke with a terrible headache and noticed that certain papers in the room were in disorder, but on account of the pain in his head paid no special atten- aion to the fact and went back to bed. After a time he again fell asleep and did not wake again until the maid called him for breakfast, when he discovered that his handsome gold watch, containing miniature of his wife and valued at $500, was missing, and with it diamond ring set in a Masonic emblem and $45 in money. He at once reported the fact to Dr. Jones, and an investigation developed the fact that the burglars had forctd the window to the room having previously attempted to enter the house by a rear window.
 I is believed that Colonel Pierce was chloroformed, asthe ring was taken from his finger and fitted it very tight, and had he not been drugged would have been awakened by the attempt to get it off. This theory is further strengthened by the fact that he was suffering with terrific headache when he awoke at 4 O clock.
 The burglary was. at once reported to the police and an investigation is being made.
 pr. Pierce is greatly distressed over the loss of the watch, as he valued the minia- ture of his wife very highly, being the only picture of her in his possession. He authorized an Age-Herald reporter to state that liberal reward will be paid for the return of the watch and no ques- tions will be asked.
The age-herald., 1901-03-18
CONCLAVE OF
 THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

ton ommanderies will probably unite with the Grand Commandery in escorting him to Louisville on special train of two or three sections.
 Speaker Henderson has promised the. committee to attend the conclave unless q trip to Europe during the summer. pre- vents With all of these prominent knights in the city, with the other tenn plars from the District of Columbia. Washington City will play leading part in the coming triennial.
 A letter was received today from Re corder W. Harry Olcott of orient Com mandery asking for the rules that have been issued for the competitive drills the second day of the conclaVe, stating that his commandery would probably enter the contest. There has also been some talk of DeMolay competiting for the grand prize for the mounted commandery. Five corps are already entered in the two drills-two from San Francisco. one from Pittsburg, one from Cincinnati and one from Denver. Columbus, O., which has a mounted and a foot squad. will proba- bly, go in both drills, which will bring together some of the best templar teams in the United States. For this event five handsome sterling silver trophies will be awarded the successful contetants. These will be the first competitive drills since the San Francisco conclave in lSS3, when the grand encampment, as DOuy, ue- cided to discontinue them because of the warmth of the contests. It was only with the special consent of the grand master, Most Eminent Sir Reuben He'd. ley Lloyd of San Francisco, that the drills will be conducted at the Louisville con clave The trophies to be given as prizes will be the handsomest ever offered on similar occasion
 Louisville Is preparing to make the coming triennial the most successful in the history of templarism. covering period of over century. Fifty commit tees are working on the preliminaries, and $l00, ,000 entertainment fund has been raised to provide a program of attractions never before attempted in conclave ity Among the features besides the big parade, with 30000 uniformed knights and 125 bands of music in line and the com petitive drills, will be a grand ball at Confederate Reunoin Hall. a horse dis play, where only Kentuckys equine ar istocracy will be on exhibition; boat eX- cursions up the Ohio river and A00OO spent in illumination and decoration.
 The city is ready to take care of l50OOO visitors From one to three comman- deries, with parties ranging from 90 to 150 templars and ladies' are closing con tracts daily for accommodations. Thirty five hotels, 250 boarding houses hundreds of old Southern homes, tented city for 40O0 knights and a Pullman village that will make room for eighty sleepers are at the disposal of the committee on hotels and accommodations.