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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
FIRE IN THE
Mr.. Larkins, of Long Creek, Lost Gin
House, Mill, store and
Yesterday-There was no ~nsuranc

Mr.. S. T. Taylor. who buys timber TOT
the Angola Lumber Company, returned
to the city last night from Long Creek
Fender county. He brouPht news OF d
disastrous fire there yesterday after
noon at 1 o'clock.
Mr.. w. w. Larkins. clerk of the Su-
nerior court of Pender equity, lost his
gin. grist mill. store and a OF
merchandise. Several negroes were
running the grist mill which IS u in
connection with the gin. and the fire
originated from the furnace OF the
steam plant which runs the mill and
gin.
The fire burned very rapidly, and the
flames communicated to the frame
store building ear-by and also con-
sumed it together with about one-th1rd
of Mr.. Larkin's stock of goods valu-
ed at 1880. The fire also spread to N
destroyed a vacant frame store-house
belonging to Mr.. J.. T. Bell
Mr.. Larkins' loss is about $500, n
Ii would have been greater had not the
neighbors assisted in saving about two-
thirds OF his stock. Even the ladies Of
the village assisted h~eroically in sav-
ing goods. He had no insurance.
Mr., Bells loss amounts to probably
$500.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02

Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis, mother OF the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
in January. 1855, saying her daughter
had suffered for two years with irreg-
ular mcnstruation had headache ali
the time, andS in her side, feet
swelled, and was generally miserable.
She received an answer promptly with
advice, and under date of March, 1899,
the mother writes again that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured
her daughter OF ali pains and irregu-
larity.
Nothing in the world equals Lydia E.
Pinkham's great medicine for regu.
lating woman's peculiar monthly
troubles.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
NAVAL STORES.
Testers Cotton Report.

New Orleans, March 29.-Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton
exchange statement issued today shows
the amount brought into sight during
the past week has been 1903 bales.
aginst 1860 6 for the seven days end
ing this date last year; and for the
tyenty-nine days of March it has been
e2o.S34, against $50, 451 last year.
The movement since September Ist
shows receipts at all United States
ports 6,4OO,O43 bales, against 6.O60. 49g
last year; overland across the Missis-
ippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers TO north
ern mills n Canada 95S, SSS. against
l.lO0,65 300 last year.; interior stocks ia
excess of those held at the close of the
commercial year Oil, 952, against 50. 202
last year; southern mill takings 999. 973,
against 1,026,397 last year; 900, o54 year
before last Inc S37, 93S in 1898.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 1896 bales, against I3i, $50 last
year.
during n past seven days Show a de-
crease of 1916 bales as compared with
the corresponding period last year.
STOCKS at the seaboard and the TWEEN
ty-nlne leading southern interior cen
tiers have decreased during the week
i9,l37 bales, against a decrease during
the corresponding period last season of
SO. 703.
Secretary Hester's statement OF the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows
the total visible is 1855, APO bales.
against 3.499, 734 last year. OF this the
total Of American cotton is 2,S5e, 40.
against 2,80l, 734 last year and of all
other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil,
India, ETC., 1,03S, 600, against 69s, 900 last
OF the worlds visible supply of cotton
there is now afoat and heId I'm Great
Britain n continental Europe 1,S91 600
bales, against 1881 900 last year; in
Egypt lS4. 900. against 1877, 900 last year:
in India 53S. 600. against 329. 900 last year,
and in the United States 1.S7s 600.
against 1,103, 600 last year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02

New York, March 29.-Dun's weekly
Review Of Trade tomorrow will say:
The condition of general business
is in most respects satisfactory. The
dry goods trade, and particularly the
cotton division, Is gloomy. with further
reductions in prices Of staple goods
this week and demand failing to in
crease with the shading of quotations;
but from every other department of
business reports are cheerful. and the
outlook for a good spring retail turn
over is encouraging. There Is little
difficulty over collections in any direc-
ton and the mercantile demand for
money from numerous quarters IL
proof of the confidence felt among
manufacturers n jobbers.
The labor situation is more. tranquil
Mining differences in the soft coal re-
l are settled and sober counsels
seem to have prevailed among anthra-
cite miners.
Aside from h expected advance in
structural shapes there Is comparative
steadiness in iron and steel. After
more or less advance every week for
two months IL Is gratifying to find that
Bessemer pig remained seven days
without alteration. The o Ia firm
and producers report all recen sales
for early delivery. While exports of
cruder forms are light, other countries
having reduced prices until their COM
petition Is felt. there IL no diminufiou
In the foreign demand for bridge mate
rial and other finished products. Con-
solidation of the valley furnaces is
practically assured and promises to be
a powerful force in the industry.
1t was not possible to maintain the
small recovery late last week in raw
cotton, and subsequent reaction estab-
lished G new low record for the crop
year. While the decline has been Sc
we're, mills are net ready to purchase
freely and foreign buying for the
g Is far below last years. Efforts
viii be made to prevent the enormous
acreage meditated. but unparalleled
sales Of fertilizers have already occurr-
I'd.
Wheat did not respond to rumors Of
damage, but found reason for strength
In Atlantic exports, including flour, In
four weeks of 1,432. SAT bushels, against
6.07S. 762 in 1900.
Failures for the week numbered 1e6
in the United States. against 203 last
year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New Yrok. March 30.-Money an call
nominally 2 per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper 3h@4h per cent Sterling ex-
change nominal with actual business
In bankers bills at 4.ssM@4.ssA for de-
mand and 4.A& for sixty days; posted
rates 4.85h and 4.S9: commercial bills
4.8404.Gh. Bar silver 59A: silver GER
tiicates 59Z@61. Mexican dollars 40.
State bonds f1rmer: railroad bonds ir-
regular; government bonds steady.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 30.-1 D.. m.-Cot-
ton; Spot quiet; prices 3-32d lower.
American middling fair 5 1-16d: good
middling 4 25-32d: middling 4 1920;
low middling 4 10-32d: good ordinary
the day were 5000 bales. Of which 500
were for speculation and expert and
included $500 bales American. Re-
ceipts 10000 bales. including $500 bales
American.
Futures opened and closed quiet.
American middling L. NJ. c.: April 4
es-s4d sellers: April n May 4 28-e4dg
4 29-64d buyers; May and June 1 28-64d
a. 29-64d sellers: June and July 4 2S-
64d value; July and August 4 27-64dQ4
2s-S4d buyers; August and September
4 21-s4dG4 22-64d sellers: September 4
21-64dG4 22-s4d sellers: October 4 SAD
a 7-64d nominal: October and Novem-
Der 4 2-s4ddf Sid nominal: November
and December aga lad nominal.
PORT RECEIPTS
Galveston steady at sac: net receipts
1853 bales.
Norfolk firm at s 1-lsc: net receipts
S64 bales.
Baltimore nominal at SIC; net re-
ceiptS - bales.
Boston 8 at 8 3-1sc: net receipts
232 bales.
Wilmington steady at TIC; net re-
ceipts z bales.
Philadelphia quiet at s 7-1sc; net re-
ceipts 119 bales.
Savannah steady at SC: net receipts
3,24S bales.
New Orleans steady at SC; net re-
ceipts 7.64S bales.
Mobile nominal at Sc: net receipts 213
bales.
Memphis steady at s 1-1sc: net re-
ceipts 200 bales.
Augusta quiet at SIC: net receipts
338 bales.
Charleston firm at re: net receipts
z19 bales.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
The DuW
of MOzhes-S.

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter
Tradition says woman must suf-
fer" and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
of ~exaggeration in this. If a young
roman suffers severely she needs treat
ment, and her mother should see that
she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to lake their
daughters to a physician for examina-
ton but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham's Laboratory
at Lynn, Mass, and secure from a
woman the most efficient advice with
out charge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
How Sharkey Treated

Tom Sharkey. the prize-fighter, re-
Gently went into a drinking place and
Joined thirty or SO Of his friends. says
The New York Press. Drinks flew
about rapidly, and Sharkey each time
took a cigar. The able seaman was
much preoccupied every time it was his
turn to buy. n he soon a all pockets
filled with perfectos. Sharkey Don be-
a to discourse on his favorite topic
of money, and remarked proudly that
when he got too old to ight he would
have enough to live on for the rest Of
his life.
And if YOU don't have the money,
you'll have enough cigars to start a
cigar store"
The sailor overlooked the thrust. and
when the other fellows had laid out all
their spare change. he turned to the
crowd and said: well. boys. it's my
treat. Have a cigar"
And he handed each q weed from his
X
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
Wflmfngton's Professional Ball
Players.

Manager~H. B. Peschau, of the Will
mington base ball club, on yesterday
wired transportation to the members
who have been signed up for the team
and they are expected to arrive here
tomorrow and at the latest by We'd
nesday. Practice will begin at once.
The work of putting the grounds in or
der is going on, the left field fence will
be move back and the grand stands
and also seats for the colored people
will be erected right away.
Several persons will have the privi-
lege Of distributing score cards on the
grounds during h league games. The
cards will be IL by IA inches and there
will be 500 for each of the 20 games,
making 5000 in all. Advertisements
will be solicited for the cards.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02

Cfnctnnanti steady at TIE; set re-
ceipts 1.271 bales.
Louisville firm at sAc.
st. Louis steady at shc; net reseipts
e61 bales.
Houston quiet at Sc: net receipts s.
80 bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York. March 3o..Cotton easy at
8 3-16c; net receipts 92S bales: gross re-
ceipts sss bales: sales 800 bales; stock
1885, 2s bales.
Total today-Net receipts 1S.lSs bales
exports to Great Britain I.esl bales;
rance S,6s9 bales: continent H,fS
bales; stock Isl. 617 bales.
Consolidated - Net receipts N.l3e
bales: exports to Great Britain 1,G1
bales; exports to France S.e3 bales;
c%antinent 14.450 bales.
Total since September 1.-Net re
CENTS .si4 bales: exports TO 6reat
britain 2,446. 349 bales: France MISS
.hales continent 1.e12. 52f bales
Futures opened asy and closed very
steady: April TIA: May 1.Ts: June ...s;
July $50: August 7.53: Seotember 1.8;
october T.25: November Ia: December
100: January rs.
SPOT closed easy: middling upiands s
s-Isc; middling gulf s 7-lsc; sales ses
bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS MARKET
Chicago March 3.-The leading fu-
lures ranged as follows: ;
l@
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
Saw the Big Whale

Mr.. George Croft. the we'll known
harness drummer. arrived yesterday
from Conway. S. c. While there he
visited Myrtle Grove beach which is
connected by rail with Conway and Sc
cured two hundred pounds of whale
bone from the large whale wh:ci, was
washed ashore there. He shipped it to
a whip factory in Massachusetts, but
brought home a piece for himself. The
whale was sixty feet long. Mr.. Croft
and two other travelling men stood be-
hind its tail and had their photograph
taken. The tail vas nearly as high as
hey are.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
MENTION.

Mr.. Fred Andrews. of Wallace, was
on our streets yesterday.
Mr.. Henry Grimes, of Kenansville,
arrived in the city last evening.
Mr.. w. G. Thomas, of Holly Ridge,
was on our streets yesterday.
Mr.. NJ. Little, of Excelsior, made bus
mess calls in the city yesterday.
Mr.. L. l.. Winder, of Elizabeth City,
city.
State Senator J. T. Foy, of Scott's
Hill, was here yesterday on his way
home from Raleigh.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
Use Aliens Foot-Ease In Your Shoes

Use Aliens Foot-Ease In u Shoes
A lady writes: II shake Aliens Foot.
Case into my gloves and rub q little
on my hands. 1t saves my gloves by
absorbing persporatren. 1t is q most
dainty toilet powder" We invite the
attention of physicians and nurses to
the absolute purity Of Aliens Foot
Ease. DR.. w. G. Abbott, editor Of thu
Chicago Clinic, says "It Is q grand
preparations; I am using it constantly
in my practice" All drug Inc shoe
stores sell 1t, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen 8. Olmsted. LIE Roy,N.y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02

Lieutenant R. o. Crisp. of Elizabeth
City, n. c., assistant inspector Of the
life saving service in the Seventh dis
trict, arrived in the city yesterday
and is a guest of the Orion. He will
20 down to the bar today TO inspect the
Cape Fear and DAB Island life saving
stations.
Lieutenant Crisp in his line of duty
has to cross every inlet from Oregon
inlet north of Hatteras to Cape Ro-
main on the South Carolina coast.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02

Did IL ever occur to you that a little
Perry Davis Pain-Kller on the END
of the finger applied once or twce TO a
MOSQUITO bite would counterfeit the
poison and speedily reduce the swell
ling? Pain-Killer will also cure bites
and stinges of other poisonous insects
as well as reptiles. See directions as TO
use upon the wrapper OF eacn bottle.
Avoid substitutes there is but one
Pain-Killer. Perry Davis. Price Csc.
and SOC.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
Curious Freak of Nature

Colonel F.. w. Foster has presented
The Messenger with what is called a
curious freak of nature. 1t is a cypress
shingle interlaced with a fungus growth
resembling the top boughs of a cypress
tree. When cypress shingles remain
damp for some time this growth ap-
pears and it is said to be natur turn
ing back-the wood taking on the ap-
p%earance of the tree again. The Mes
senger has a pretty specimen, if any
one would like to see II.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02

Mrs. G. E. VanDuesen. of Kilbourn,
Wis. was afflicted with stomach trou-
bic n constipation for a long time.
She says: Il have tried many prepara-
lions but none nave lone me the good
that Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets have" These Tablets are for
sale at r. r. Bellamy's drug store. Price
% cents. Samples free.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
Two Handsome Residences to be
Erected.

Erected.
Messrs. c. w. Yates and 1. Shrier
have purchased from Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Wright. of Portsmouth, Va,
the valuable vacant lot On the east side
of North fourth street, between Prin-
cess and Chestnut streets, paying 81, 800
for the property. The lot fronts IS feet
on Fourth street and has a depth Of EOS
feet. The deeds making the transfer
were recorded yesterday at the Office
of the register of deeds.
Mr.. Yates gets the northern half of
the lot and Mr.. Shrier h southern
half. They will each erect handsome
homes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
A wilmingtonian in the Great Fire at


In the following from the Richmond
Times concerning the fire in the Hotel
Jefferson on Friday night, it will be Cd
served that Professor Agostini.
ly of this city, was unfortunate:
professor 2. NJ. Agostini and E II.
Cooch. who are here coaching the
chorus in the Carnival of Musical Ro-
mances to be put on soon, were guests
AFT the hotel, occupying a on the
fifth floor, directly over he closet in
which the fire originated. They both
lost all their belongings. Professor
Aoostini left a large sum of money in
he dresser. and remembering it start
"a ha ck after having reached the fourth
9oor hut was prevented by the flames
which had spread. and when ne reached
the stairs found his mission useless
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
Amendments In the Navy

Washington, March 29.-The president
today made h following appointments
in the "
Edwin II. Shepard. to be a rear adj
miral; Kossuth Niles. to be a COM
mander; Richard NJ. Hughes, TO be a
lieutenant commander.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02
WILMINGTON MARKETS

Wilmington. March 50.
Receipts OF cotton today Z bales
Receipts same day last year "a bales
This seasons receipts to date-2sl,eel
BATS
Receipts to anne date last year@
2S1 o4S bales.
The quotations quoted At 4 O'Clock
TO-DAY AZ The exchange:
COTTON-Steady.
Ordinary -. .. =. - Lilo
Good ordinary q. d. d. d.. =. =. ..6 s-l6
Low middling =. o.. I-io
AidQllng.- q. ~. .. d. . q. . >. - ~
Good middling =. . . q. =. +. . Z 1916
Same day last year-shc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-02

Good rdinary iS
Middling.. :. d.. . :. =. =. -. Ia
Good middling . . :. :. q. &. q. =. Z 1916
Same day last year-shc.
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Quiet:
machine barrels sac: country barrels
33hc.
RosIN-Nothing DOING.
TAR-Steady al $1.15.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Quiet:
hard sl.10: soft $40.
Prices SAM day last year-Spirits
turpentfne 53I4c; and CSC: rosin $40
and sl.45: tar s1-2o: crude turpentine
hard S2.U0; soft S3.25-
Receipts today-22 casks of spirits
turpentine. AZ barrels of rosin. 40 bar
rels Of tar, % barrels Of crude turpen-
tine.
Receipts same day last years casks
of spirits turpentine. 1o4 barrels OF
rosin, "A barrels OF tar, - barrels OF
crude ~turpentins.
PRODUCE.
SALT-1o0s sic: I25's. SIC: 1905.
Gle; Zoos, ssc; zoos F. F.. s1.35; in less
than car load lots.
- DRY SALTED SIDES-9c.
RUrTER-24 to 26c.
COFFEE-9 to 11hc.
FLOUR-Straights $500: End patents
s425; full 4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House .5c. New Or
leans Brights % to 25ci Porto Plc2
80 to 35c; Cuba, Is to Bic.
SUGAR-(New York prices, freigh;
to be added) ~granulated $40; W.X-C.,
Nc. 5 4.9O; No. 9 $4.G0: No. IL $3.50.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina. fancy.
IS to soc; prime 65 to zoe: Virginia 40 to
o0c; 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: hen % to soc;
ROSTERS 20 to Csc.
THUNDERSTORM demand at 10c.
EGGS-Dull at 9 to 10c.
SHINGLES-Per 1000. s inch saps.
$3.50; 8 incl hearts. s2.25: 6 inc sap
$3.50; 6 inch hearts $3.50.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
Iowa Oarsmen Are at Council
Bluffs Preparing to Race.
THEY WARMED UP TODAY
Weather is Ideal for Preliminary
Work-The Course Staked Off =
Will Be Quarter-Mile and Return -
Races Begin Tomorrow.

Council Bluffs, July 15.-All of the
crews which are entered for the races
in the Interstate regatta at Lake Man
ava have arrived, the Cedar Rapids
men coming in this morning. Sioux
City, Dubuque, Ottumwa and Council
Bluffs crews were out early for a
warming up. AlE the crews are quar-
tered at the club house of the Council
Bluffs Rowing association. The
course was staked off today. 1t will be
quarter-mile and return. Large dele
cations of rooters are coming in from
the vaious cities and all are bedecked
in the colors of their favorites. Today
the sky is partially cloudy and condi-
tions are favorable for the preliminary
work of the men.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
Terrible Outburst of Volcano
in Java.
NEWS JUST RECEIVED
Outbreak Occurred Last Month-For
Many Miles Country Covered With
Molten Lava and Hot Mud-Number
of Europeans Were Killed.

Tacoma, Wash, July Late orient
al advices give the details of terrible
destruction to human life which occur
ren in Northern Java last month by
the sudden terrific outburst of the
volcano kloet. For fifty miles around
all the coffee plantations and other es-
tates were destroyed by the showers
OF ashes and stones, and great streams
OF lava and hot mud. Seven hundred
Americans and number of Europeans
also perished.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
Liquor Men Not to Get Con
sent Petitions.
ABRAMS WORK CAUSE
One of Leaders Say An Attempt to Sc
cure New Consent Petition May Be
Attempted After the Fall Election
A Hornets Nest.

Eve have given up the idea of can
vassing the county for a new petition
of consent, for the operation of sa-
looms outside of the city," said prom
inent liquor man to a Courier repre-
sentative this morning. "We may
conclude to take up the matter after
the November election, but if present
conditions continue it looks rather
doubtful. That man Abrams has
stirred up a hornets nest in Wapello
county, and at present it does not look
as if it would do any good to try to
fight him."
This is the answer received when the
Courier representative wanted to know
what the status of the new petition for
Wapello was. Apparently the saloon
keepers have seen the writing on the
wall, and they have decided that there
is no use trying to do anything as long
as the temperance advocate from Des
Moines was in the field
Is Coming Back.
When Mr.. Abrams left here last
Wednesday, he told Courier reporter
that he would be back the first part
of this week to begin action against
the saloons of this city, to make them
comply with the mulct law. He said
there was not saloon in town that
was complying with the law, and he
thought it was time for change.
Back Doors Closed.
AS result of the interview with
Mr.. Abrams which was printed in the
Courier last Monday, there was great
rush on the part of the saloon-keepers
of the city to close up their back doors
and make a show of complying with
the law All last week all of the bet.
ter class of saloons had their back
doors tightly nailed up, and in ma
jority of cases they would close at 10
o'clock, the time fixed by the mulct
law.
His Action Unknown.
What effect this will have on MI
Abrams work cannot be told He has
had men here all week looking up evi
dshae, and it is not known il he will
tske aognizance Of the closing on q
part Of the saloon men or not He is
expected here today, and will ther
| probably take up the work in person.
Was Surprise.
The information that the saloon mer
4 had decided to abandon their efforts
to secure new petition of consent fol
the county comes as a great surprise
lit was believed that the men had al
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
A BRAVE AMERICAN
OFFICER Is DEAD
LIEUTENANT cHAS. 3. RAMSAY
DIES IN PHILIPPINES.
Was Wounded in an Engagement Near
Lipa, Province of Batangan. Last
Month - A Civilian
Dies.

Manila, July 15.-Lieutenant Charles
r. Ramsay, of the Twenty-first infant.
ry, who was wounded in an engage
ment near Lipa, Province of Batan-
gan, early last month, is dead. The
death is also announced of Solon A.
Massey, formerly lieutenant of artil-
lery, and who was recently appointed
purchasing agent of the insular gov.
ernment.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
FIRES ONE BULLET; WILL DIE.
Dexter j. Knapp Shoots Himself Be-
cause of Failing Health,

Sioux Falls, S. D., July 15.-Dexter
J. Knapp, one of the most prominent
residents of the state, yesterday morn
ing fired shot into his head with sui
cidal intent. The wound will prove ia.
tai Failing health is believed to have
prompted the deed. Mr.. Knapp was a
prominent real estate dealer in this
city, where he has resided for fourteen
years. He was three times appointed
State Fish Warden for South Dakota.
Prior to coming to this city he was a
lumber dealer in Minneapolis. He is
81 years of age.