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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
THE BILL
The Committee Considered it on Fri
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Interested in
Fishing Appeared Before the Com
mfstee- Arranged

Messrs. w. II. Yopp, D. j. Fergus, E.
last evening from Raleigh, where on
Friday they appeared before the fish
cries committees of the nous and SEN
ate which had a joint meeting to con-
slider the bill introduced by Represen-
tative Carlton, of Duplin county, to
| prohibit stake or stationary nets in
the Cape Fear river at any point be-
low the Navassa Bridge.
The gentlemen named addressed the
committee, Messrs. Yopp and Fergus in
favor of it and Messrs. Freeman and
Taylor in opposition. Mr.. Fergus went
up to represent 300 fishermen and we
learn that he made a very strong speech
in favor of the bill. We learn that the
pilots were in favor of the bill, as they
claimed that stake nets interferred with
navigation.
The committee was in session tWO
hours Friday afternoon but no agree
ment could be reached, so an adjourn
ment was taken till Monday. In the
meantime a compromise was effected
between those interested in the fishing
business, and the matter was laid be-
fore the members of the commottee. 1t
i understood that they agreed to report
a bill embodying the compromise.
The compromise in part is that stake
nets will be prohibited anywhere or
the west bank of the Cape Fear south
of the mouth of Brunswick river. No
such nets are to be placed within a
half mile of the western shore, during
the shad season from January LIST to
April 18th. 1t was also agreed that in
the other positions of the river only
stake nets of 12O yards will be allowed
and tina there shall be a gap of 120
yards between nets. No one fisherman
or crew will be allowed to use but one
row of nets, and they must be placed
at least 100 yards from the eastern
shore.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
GOLDsBORO GOSSIP
Adjournment of COurt-Speight Gets a
Verdict of Not Guilty of Turning In
False Alarm Opera House Thursday
Nfght-Asheville Odd Fellows.

Correspondence of the Messenger.)
G~oldsboro, N. c., February l..
Superior court adjourned today for
the term, Jundge Henry r. Starbuck
leaving for his home. The jury in the
action of the city against Gray Speigh.,
charged with ringing in false fire
alarms, were given the case about Sis
o'clock last evening and were oul till
after 10 o'clock. Their verdict was that
Speight vas not guilty. The case came
up from the mayors court on appeal,
Spight being fined in that court $50.
The great Barlow minstrels are the
next attraction at the opera house.
They appear on the evening of Thurs
day, February 7th.
H. B. Parker, Jr. left this afternoon
for Como on a visit to his parents.
Asheville ID Fellows are preparing
to entertain the grand lodge in May.
A good time is in store for all who at
tend. The superintendent of the home
has received an invitation to a the
little ones up and spend a week.
Walter E. Daniels, of Weldon, was
here today.
Johnnie Lane, of Faison, gave us a
call today.
Miss Eta Sanders, who is at Rich
non taking a business course at the
business college there is quite ill with
the grippe.
The music recital given by the class
of Mrs. JuniuS G. Slocumb at her home
this evening was a most delightful one.
The programme, an excellent one, was
very c~reditably rendered.
At an adjourned meeting of the bar
held at Goldsboro, n. c., on February
LIST. His Honor Judge Henry r. Star
buck, of Winston, presiding, the COM
mittee appointed to present resolutions
on the death Of the Hon. William 7.
Faircloth made their report. Mr.. S. w.
Isler made the presentation speech be-
ing followed by Judge Starbuck and
Mr.. w. c. Munroe in appropriate re-
marks. The resolutions were unani-
mously adopted n the clerk instruct
ed to spread them On his record.
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SMALLPOX AT FAYETTEVILLE
An Official Statement About the Stu
ation-Two of Colonel Cooks Family
Said to Have Contracted ContaGeon
From a Negro Cook

The Fayetteville Observer of yester-
day publishes the following official
statement:
Fayetteville, N. c., January 81.
In view of the alarming reports
which have gained circulation in re-
gard to the smallpox scare in Fayette-
Vile we deem it our duty to state the
exact situation.
Three weeks 6 three cases of the
disease in it's mildeSt form were discoy-
cred in the negro quarter of the city.
DR.. McGougan, the city and county
physician, pronounced it smallpox, but
in the mildeSt form. DR.. Taylor, an
expert, was sent here by the state
board Of health and he concurred in
the opinion of the local physicians. All
the persons in the houses and those
who had come in contact with h in
fected persons were removed to the
hospital, four miles out, in the
Run section, together with h three
cases, given proper treatment and care
fully guarded. The three original cases
and one contracted at the hospital have
recovered or are convaleScent. All
their clothing and bedding were de
stroyed and the houses On Franklin
street thoroughly fumigated and disin-
fected.
Last week the daughter of the wash
woman OF Colonel w. ,. COOK family
was discovered to a the disease and
was Immediately sent out to the hos
pitaI with those who lived in her house.
Last Friday a m of Colonel
Cooks family was found to be suffer-
ing with something similar to the dis
ease, and the doctors thought it a case
of varioloid and, as a matter of precau-
ton and a desire to comply with the
law and the rules of the health author
tiles, Colonel Cook moved his family to
the country. His wife Int niece only
are sick and the physicians say the
cases have not developed sufficiently
to tell what it is. but him 1t may be
varioloid. Neither Mrs. Cook or her
niece are suffering any from its effects
and are up and about the house. APP
parently doing well. Colonel Cook and
them and will remain there until the
danger, if any, is past.
There is not a case in the city and
the physicians have taken every pre-
caution to guard against any spread of
the usual precautions, the physicians
say. there is no danger.
Business is going on as usual. the
schools are open, and we do not see n
cause for alarm il the people observe
cases.
~. VANCE McGOUGAN,
"City Physician.
&C. B. McMILLIN,
Mayor Pro Tenn.
"a. B. WILLIAMS,
"Chm'n County Com'sioners."
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Dun & Co.'s Trade Report.

New York, February 1.-R. G.. Dun &
Cos weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
The week in general business has
been without striking new feature
but in this respect the outcome has
been favorable. Not one Of the great
industries finds any scarcity of orders
for good rise, except in textiles, which
have been affected by the reduction Of
10 to 20 per cent. in the seasons open
ing prices by the American Wooden
company. This cut is expected to be
indefinitely continued.
Developments in the money market,
however, indicate that the dry goods
trade is preparing for a season of activ-
ity and the new wooden prices are not
lower than most buyers expected.
There is nothing d~iscouraging in the
slight decline in commodity prices from
January LIST to February LIST, and rail-
road earnings continue large, increas-
ing Ill per cent. for three weeks Of
January over last ear n 26.2 per
lcent. e 1899.
While steel mills have contracts on
hand for their output from three to
six months ahead, prices naturally rule
firm. Few actual advances are record
led, but there is expectation of a higher
figure soon for Bessemer pig iron, while
rumOrS are numerous a. to a rise in
lbillets, plates and structural materials.
All these lines show a brisk demand.
Wire nails and barbed wire were ad-
ivanced 81 per ton. owing to heavy Or
Iders from the west, and il is expected
that the few mills still idle will shortly
resume. Activity in Texas oil fields
has ar influence on the sales Of pipes
and tanks. Export orders decrease and
the Russian armor plate contract may
not go to an American although his
terms were the best.
Boot n o shops receive more Or
ders, and, although quotations are
nominally unchanged, many makers re-
fuse new contracts without a small ad-
vance. The upward tendency is so gen.
jeral that purchasers are eager to do
business at the current level. Jobbers
have arrived at Boston in great num-
der. and inquiries indicate that liberal
sales will result.
Cotton vagaries have not been re-
lgarded with alarm by spinners, since q
Temporary corner cannot have any i'm
Some mills sent their raw material to
the aid Of short sighted individuals who
had sold cotton they did not possess,
although local stocks were known TO
be light, and the manipulation of the
January option was rumored. For a
few days middling uplands sold at 12c.,
surprising all records for many years,
but with the January deal ended. there
was a sharp decline to q more rational
position
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Hestsr's Cotton Report

New Orleans, February 1.-Secre.ary
HeSterS New Orleans monthly cotton
exchange statement issued today shows
an increase for the month in round fig
ures of 1900 bales. The total for jan
uary was $50, lbs, against 954 .67s last
year. The movement from the first
OF September to January 31st Includes
total receipts at all United States de-
livery ports 5.342.427. against 4,7D.0 5s>
last year; overland movement by rail-
roads. across the Mississippi, Ohio and
Potomac rivers. S52, s14. against 81, 004
last year; southern mill takings. excIa-
sive of quantity consumed at southern
outports 73s.s7s. against 77.645 last
year and interior toc n Excess of
those held at the commencement Of the
season SIS. Ss5. against 437. ALP last year.
These make the total amount OF the
cotton crop brought into sight during
the five months ending January 31st.
7.5So.015 bales. against s.S12.177 last
year.
Northern spinners took during jan
uary Big, 443 bales, against 245. s6S last
year, increasing their total for the five
months to 1,351, s42. against /. ss1. $50 last
year. Foreign exports for the first five
months Of the season nave been 3.e42,.
6S3 bales, showing an increase over last
season OF $40, 142.
Including port and interior towns
stocks left owe from the previous sea-
son and the number Of bales OF the cur
rent crop brought into sight during the
five months. the supply has been 7,712,-
$40. against 7.4s1. OILS last year.
Secretary Hester issued a statement
of the weekly movement for the seven
days ending February list, inclusive.
showing total brought into sight this
year 23s. ss5. against %. 137 for the sew
en- days ending February LIST last year.
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of a Wilmington Lady at Char
lOtte.

The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
says:
Mrs. Eliza Graham died at 3:15
o'clock this morning at the residence
of her husband. Mr.. Archibald Graham,
in East Fifth street. She was a daugh-
ter Of Jonathan A. and Mary Stedman
Barry, Of Wilmington. She was born
April q. 1912.
Mrs. Harry H. Smith. of Whining
ton, the only surviving member of the
family, was with her at the end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Graham
came to Charlotte in 1871. Their chill
dren are Archibald Graham, Jr., Miss
Mary o.. Graham and Edward Kidder
Graham. and were all at her deathbed
side"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.


New York. February 2.-Prime mer-
camille PAPER 3h04A per cent. Sterl-
ing exchange steady. with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 4.ss 70. de-
mand n at 4.4AQ4Sh for sixty
days; posted rates AS and 45sHG14se,
commercial bills 4.83h04.4: bar silver
60A; Mexican dollars a.
NAVAL STORES.
Charleston-Spirits t%urpentine steady
at 37hc. Rosin firm and unchanged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

Recent experiments show that all
classes OF foods may be completely di-
gested by a preparation called Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. which absolu,C ely di-
Igests what you eat. AS it is tile only
combination of all the natural digest
ants ever devised the demand for il mas
become enormous. r. R. Bella?ny.
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Like bad dollars. all counterf eits of
DeWitt'S Witch Hazel Salve are worth
less. The original quickly cures piles,
sores and all skin diseases. r. Il. Bella
nv
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

Millions OF people are familiar with
De Wits Little Early Risers and those
who use them find them to be famous
little liver pills. Never grippe. r. r.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

The schooner S. G.. Haskell. from
Savannah for Boston, experienced a
violent northwest gale January 18th and
lost part of the deck load OF lumber.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
Scrofula the Cause.

Eszema, catarrh. hip disease, white
swelling, and ever consumption have
their origin in scrofous conditions. With
the slightest faint of scrofula in the
blood, there is no safety. The remedy
for this disease in all its forms is
Hoods Sarsaparilla which goes to the
root of the trouble and expels all i'm
purities and disease germs from the
blood.
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Mr. H. T. Greenlop. Of Elizabeth
City. was among last evenings arrivals
IN the city. Iafxl
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

Mr.. W. B. Fort. Of Pikeville, was in
the city yesterday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05

The best family cathartic is Hoods
Pills.
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Same day last year-sxc-
NAVAL STORES
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Firm at
3stxc and sc.
ROSIN-Nothing doing.
TAR-Steady az $50
CRUDE TURPENTINE - So~dy q
s1-3e and 32.3o.
Prices SAM day last year(epArtta
turpentfae SIC and 5sMc: rosin s1.2
and $50: tar. $3.50: crude t~urpentine.
hard si.15: soft $500.
Receipts today-s casks OF spirits
turpentine. $50 barrels rosin. 1o3 bar
rels tar. 5 barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last year@a
casks of spirits ~turpentine. see barrels
rosin. ZOE barrels tar. 119 barrels crude
turpentine.
PRODUCE
SALT-loos Sic: 1883 sc: 1905.
Gle: zoos. $50; zoos F. r. sl.s5: In less
than car load lots.
DRY SALTED SIDES-7Ac.
BUFFERS to &c.
COFFEB69 to 1lhc.
FLoUR-Straights $500: And patents
s4.2S: full A.75.
MOLASSESS. Houss isc: New Or
leans Brights % TO sc: Porto Rico
30 to 35c: Cuba, IS to Sic.
SUGAR-CNew York prices. freight
TO be added g~Tanulated $500: ". y. c..
No. 5 $50; No. . $3.50: No. IL $40.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina. fancy.
75c; prime 60 to zoe; Virginia IS TO Sc:
Spanish IS to soc.
CORN-56c.
CORN MEAL-55c.
n. c. BACON-Hams. 12hc: shout
ders SIC; sides 10c.
CHICKENS-Dull: spring S TO lSc:
hens 20 to 25c; ROSTERS 1Sc.
TURKEYS-Qive) dull at ia TO Sc.
EGGS-Dull at 1s to PIC
SHINGLES-Per 1000. 8 inch saps.
N60; 5 nch hearts. s2.25: 6 inch saps
$500: 6 inch hearts $3.50.
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WILMINGTON MARKETS
Wilmington. Februa-s

NDfKlkxk tOHs
Receipts Of cotton today f.21s bales
Receipts same day last year 1.5Sz
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-s38.e4S
bales
Receipts to same date l0t ear
J7.4I5 bales.
The quotations quoted at 9 o'c1ook
TODAY at the exchange:
- ~
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LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
Wilmington. February ..
Quotations on local securities, fur
niShed and regularly corrected by
HUGH MacRAE & CO. Bankers:
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The Fayetteville Observer of yester-
day publishes the following official
statement:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-03
THE COPPER LITIGATION.

NEW YORK. August 2.-1:06 p. NJ
Amalgamated Copper-The Supreme
Court OF the State of Montana has is
sued a supervisory writ against Judge
Clancy in the Heinz-Copper Trust mat
ter.
telegram to-day says the Heinz
claim is held to have no rights inside
Amalgamated Copper Companys lines.
This refers to the claim made by
O'Connor. by Heinz, and on reflection
of ground. containing very few square
feet. which ne enlarged TO cover large
portion OF the most valuable ground
selinging to the Anaconda and Anal
gamated Company, which have been
patented for years. The issuance OF
the supervisory writ is practical de-
cision that the district judge exceeded
his authority, and disposes of this
claim, as so-called, the most valuable
asset of Heinz and alleged to be OF
millions worth
DOW JONES & co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-03
PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. August 2.-Liquidation of
corn caused a sharp break In that GER
cal to-day. September closed &c lower
and was influential in the other mar
kets. September wheat closed SsG lse
lower. and September oats sc down.
Provisions closed unchanged to l@1 &c
depressed.
At the opening of the corn market the
news was bulllsh from a new source
the northwest. Up in that country 1t
was said the area OF heat and drouth
had extended itself to the detriment of
the plant Nebraska reports also were
pessimistic. September opened with
sales from Csc to soc, the latter figure
being 1c over yesterdays close. Crop
reports from Iowa and certain other
portions of the corn belt were more
cheerful. so that the bulls did not have
everything their own way. Liquida-
ton by longs who had profits in sight
proved. however, to be the factor des-
tined to shape the course OF prices.
Selling for the local account brought
out stop loss orders and September fell
to 57Ac before the bull party asserted
itself ant forced the price up to bS&c.
Liquidation here broke out afresh with
the result that September declined to
57c and closed weak &c undor yester-
day at 57Mc Receipts were 1875 cars.
An advance at Liverpool and sympa-
thy with corn Influenced wheat at the
opening which was &c to &c higher
for September at $3.50 to 69ssc. Trade
dwindled down to scalping in which the
influence OF corn was plainly seen. Tx
cellent prospects for the spring wheat
crop and stagnation in the export busi-
ness were further influences which
worked against the price during the re-
mainder of the session. The market
yielded slowly but surely. and during
the afternoon September touched 6Sase.
he close was easy ss4Re lower at
6s1h M6S5kc. Seaboard elearances were
554 900 bushels, while primary receipts
aggregated 976 600 bushels. against $780,
600 bushels last year. Northwest re-
CENTS were 152 cars, against l69 last
week and 241 year ago. Local re-
eeipts were ESQ cars, so OF contraet
grade.
Oats were inactive. Feeling was nerv-
Gus and trades were governed chieny py
the corn situation. The market aver
aged steadier than corn, however, chief
lv because there was less pressure. tie
CENTS were 201 cars. September sold
between 341ac and $500, and closed hc
lower at 34Mc.
Provisions were dull but steady In
sympathy with an advance at the yards
and ON a slightly improved outside de-
mand. Later feeling was easier with
corn. September pork closed i-Iac
lower at sl427k; September iard IN
changed at $S.75, and September TIDE
2kc down at $7.9212.
Estimated receipts for to-morrow'
Wheat. 800 cars; corn, 1f5 cars oa'S'
275 cars; hogs, $4,000 head.
The leading figures ranged as ioiio"s'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-03
FAILURES IN JULY.
Great Improvement over IeOo-Gafn
Most Striking in Iron Industries.

Great Improvement Over IeO0-Gain
Most Striking in Iron Industries.
From Dun's Review OF August 3. 1901.
Reports to- r. G. Dun & Co. show
commercial failures in the United
States during July 697, with an aggre.
gate indebtedness of 81 035 ,933. Com
pared with the same months last year,
there appears most gratifying improve
ment, as failures were then 1888 In
number and $9,771,775 in amount. The
decrease occurred principally In the
manufacturing class, where last
months insolveneies numbered 155 for
So, 240, 1913, against 1873 last year owing
s5,177, 6S2 Trading failures decreased
in number from $50 to SOB. but in
amount the total was $S,353,914. against
SO, 324 $3.50 a year ago. In the third
class, including traders. transporters,
etc, there we're 81 failures for SAL ,S91,
against 60 in July, 1900, for $l,269,7 27.
Banking defaults were s765,000, against
$201 900 year ago.
Liabilities of commercial failures
each month this year compared with
last are given below:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-03
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, August 2.--Cattle, re-
ceipts, $500 head. Market, dull and
lower. most OF advance early in week
gone Good to prime steers $5.50@6.00
Cows $275@4.60: heifers $2.a5ani.oo;
bulls $2.500450; calves $3.00@5.25.
Hogs, receipts to-day, $4,000 head.
left over, 4 900 head; market active anu
&c to 10c higher mixed and butchers
IS. 60M612h; good to choice heavy
$5.S50D615; bulk of sales $5.65@5.95.
Sheep, receipts, 5000 head; sheep
market, slow and lower; lambs mostly
Csc lower. Good to choice wethers
s3.75@4.00: native lambs $2.25@5.W.
Official receipts and shipments yes
terday:
Receipts--Cattle, 1859 head; hogs
"a, 444 head; sheep. 14,497 head.
Shipments-C Cattle. 5,30S head; hogs
1852 head; sheep, 2,SS5 head.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, August =
Cattle market, steady; prime 5.4o@5.50'
Good bulls and stays $2.00@40e
Hogs, slow and &c lower; prime
heavy s5.9506.00; pigs $5.70@5.75;
roughs $4.00M5.50.
Sheep market slow, and 10c lower on
sheep and 25c on lambs. Best wetbors
S4.10d4.20; yearlings $3.000f.40;
spring lambs $3.00@5.25.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-03

kpecial to the Register.
NEW YORK, August 2.-Business
In London was almost absolutely sus-
pended to-day. The house was empty,
and little was done on the curb. The
market-what was of twas some
what cheerful in tone, however, and
there Is a prospect for a revival after
the holidays are over. The continen-
tai bourses were steady but feature
less, the Paris bourse closing heavy.
Americans in London closed fairly
steady. Steel common and preferred
both declined r..
The local market was dull, almost
without news, and prices were erratic.
Steel advanced on moderate transac-
lions, in the face of bad news. indi-
eating inside support. Other indus
trials were generally off fractionaliy,
and the active railroads went with
them. Money was easy, and there may
be a fair statement tomorrow. The
sub-treasury has gained $24l 600 from
he banks since last Friday. Steel
rumors were thick, including one that
there had been a strike settlement
Judge f. II. Gary is reported en- route
for Chicago. He may stop at Pitts
burg. and IL so IT will be significant.
The General Electric Board met to-
day, but 1t is said only routine bust
ness was transacted. Action on Union
Pacific dividend will be taken next
Thursday; declaration will be per
cent. semi-annual on both stocks.
Appears that no dividend is In sight
on Southern Pacific. Amalgamated
Copper litigation is attracting atten-
ton. Sales, 337,300. Total for first
two days of August, 791 ,9UU.