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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08

Some years ago says the Popular
Science Monthly, Grifnt made some OBJ
servations in a closed gallery on the
speed attained by ''blue-rock' pigeons
and English p~heasants and cartridges
The two first mentioned few at the
rate Of only 1928 miles per hour. while
the partridge made but 2S.4 miles, and
these rates were all considerably in ex
cess Of what they made in the open.
The carrier pigeon is a rather fast
flying bird, yet the average speed Is
no very great. Thus, the average
made in is matches was only IS Eng
lish miles an hour. although in two OF
these trials a speed of about So miles
was maintained for four successive
hours. In this country the average
racing speed is apparently about g
miles an hour, although a few excep-
tionally rapid. birds have made short
distance fights at the rate of from A
to 50 miles an hour The longest re-
corded fight OF a carrier pigeon was
from Pensacola, Fla. to Fail River.
Mass, an airline distance Of LIS
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In a western Kansas paper appears
the following protest from a man whose
marriage to his stepmother some time
ago caused considerable comment in the
columns of the press:
Dear Mr.. Editor: / hear that the
tongues of all the old mother gossips
are waggtng because I married my
fathers wife. I don care about IL. but
1t does cut the heart out OF my wife.
who prayed to Dur Father to be guided
rightly. / will say to our friends thar
the matter came about In this way:
When my father died my stepmother.
being much younger than my father
and only five years older than myself.
had no place to go to except my farm
She came to me and W. We're getting
along we'll, when she came home one
day crying and said a neighbor had told
her that the gossips were saying that
it wasn't right for her to live with a
bachelor that way, ever IL It was her
stepson. I told her we would fix that
mighty quick by getting married. She
was not pleased at first. but / argued
her into it, and married We We're. Now,
Mr.. Editor, I don't think IL right for
the gossips to grieve the herat Of a fine
good woman. and IL they don't let up
on my wife they'll hear something drop.
G.. W. TROBRIDGE."
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Regard for His Dignity.

Evarts. even when he lived I'm Wash
ingtnn as President Hayes secretary OF
state. was VIGOROUSLY unkempt with re-
gard to his clothes. and looked like any
thing else tina the nations brilliant
attorney, says the Philadelphia Times
His hat, in particular, was a wosful bit
Of attire, and made him look like an
actor ''made-up'' for Marks In "Jncie
Toms Cabin" Evarts, on n occasion,
registered I'm a Philadelphia hotel OF the
first class about s O'Clock in the even
ing. and Immediately went out. Re
turning a few hours later, he stepped TO
the desk for his key. and fouad the
night-clerk had come on duty:
"Eyarts-Mr. Evarts," said the Secre-
tay OF state. briskly. to the clerk.
The latter eyed the guest for a mo-
ment evidently obtained an umavora-
BILE impression, and replied:
sMr. Evarts - very i1 I'm his room.
and has left positive orders that he
will see nobody"
Mr.. Evarts, wild with Indignation,
sought the manager, and entered 2
complaint. The manager rushed to the
desk and holly demanded TO know why
Mr.. Evarts had been reported as Ill and
in his room.
why. SIR" responded the clerk. II
didn't like the looks of the man VINO
called to see him, and didn't think
man Of Mr.. Evarts' Importance wouio
care to be bothered by a shabby oid
panhandler like that"
The explanation that soothed the sec
rotary of state was ingenious ratnef
than truthful.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York, July 5.-SterlinG exchange
nominal at s4.s7% for demand and at
$4.S5R for sixty days. Posted rates
$4.S6k and s4.SSk to $3.50. Commercial
bills s4.S4A to SASSY. Bar silver ozZ.
Mexican dollars AZ.
COTTON.
Liverpool, July 81 D. m.-Cotton
Spot in good demand, prices 1-16d high
er. American middlins fair 5 7-16d;
good middling 5 S-16d; middling S 3-32d;
low m1ddling Sd; good ordinary 4kd;
ordinary 4ad. The sales Of the day
were 10000 bales. of which 1900 were
for speculation and export and included
$500 American. Receipts none.
Futures opened steady and closed
quiet; American middiing G. o. c.:
July 4 57-64d sellers: July and August
4 55-64d sellers: August and September
4 $3.50 buyers; September and October
4 3i-64d44 3S-64d sellers; October and
November 4 30-64d buyers; November
and December 4 27-64d buyers; Deem
be rand January 4 2s-64dQ4 26-64d
value; January and February 4 25-64d
buyers; February IL March 4 25-s4d
sellers: March and April 4 25-e4d sellers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston holiday, net receipts 2ss
bales.
Norfolk holiday; net receipts 4 bales
Baltimore, holiday.
Wilmington holiday: net receipts /
bale.
Savannah, net receipts 157 bales.
New Orleans, net receIpts II bales
Mobile nomina at 5Xc.
Memphis holiday; net receipts "a bales
Augusta puiet at SIC; net receipts Is
bales.
Charleston holiday: let receipts 4
bales.
Louisville firm at SIC
st. Louis, holiday.
New York. July 5.-The following are
the total net receipts OF cotton at all
ports since September LIST: Galveston
2,031,098 bales New Orleans z,235,637
bales. Mobile 152, 3ss, Savannah 1,127, 213,
Charleston 263, 35S, Wilmington 277. s9S.
Norfolk AS. sos. Baltimore 9S,3s3. New
York 160. 408, Boston 110,342, Newport
News 22.044. Philadelphia 1883. Bruins
wick 1872, Fernandind 1850. Pensacola
I72.zs4, Port Arthur "a 207, Port Town
e 109. Sc, San Francisco q. 1888. Port
land, Ore. 1883. Vancouver 2.5sL FL
Paso 1850, Eagle Pass $50, Laredo
$780, Total 7,4s3, 665.
New York. July Holiday: net re-
ceipts $50 bales; gross receipts s3s bales:
stock 150. 742 bales.
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In Either Case

A small party OF lawyers lunching
together the other day were relating ex-
periences, a y Cassei's Journal. One
story concerned Mr.. Justice-but v
mind the name. 1t WAS at the outset
OF his lordship's judicial career
A couple OF young fellows had plead
cd guilty TO a charge OF larceny and
had been remanded awaiting sentence.
One morning they were brought to he
court house and lodged In cells await
ing to appear before IRE
court. Finally one was sent for;
Have you anything to say in extern
uation OF your crime?' sternly demand
ed the Judge.
My lord, l was drunk when l did II"
replied the youth.
Drunk, That makes the onense All
the worse. Three years."
On the way back TO the cell the SEN
fenced youth met the other culprif go
ing in the direction OF the cour ROOM
For goodness sake" he cautioned
him, don't tell the judge you drink
The other promptly took the hint.
This Is the dialogue that according TO
lawyer, presently ensGed:
What have you to say for yourseffg
Nothing my lord. T.Cekly.
DO you drink
Never In my life, my lord
'what-not eve that Three
years and six monthsi"
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EVIDENTLY INCENDIARY.
Mr.. G. s.. Reid Lost His Residence,
StOrehOuse, Barn and Stock at
on the Night of July
th-He Had $1,000

Mr.. G.. S. Reid. one of the most en-
terprising and successful of the truck
planters at C~hadbourn. suffered a
serious loss by fire on the night of July
4th. His residence and it's contents. his
~storehouse. barn and stock were burn
ed. The residence caught fire between
II ard II o'clock at night and while
the cause of the fire is I'm known. it
was evidently of incendiary origin. as
the fire was first discovered on the out
side of the house
Mr.. Reid left Chadbourn hal night
about 10 o'clock for the city and upon
reaching here he received a telegram
informing him of his misfortune. He
had 49, 500 insurance with Col. Walker
Taylor's agency.
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SENATOR SIMMONS EXPLAINS.
Some of His in His Re-
cent Card Too Severe to Suit Judge
Purnell.
Especial to The Messenger.o

~ ~ AhNS NANSS$ASNA'
Raleigh, N. c., July E.-Judge Purnell
on July End wrote to Senator Simmons
the following letter:
I'm this mornings paper, wired from
Washington, there appears what pur-
ports to be a statement authorized by
you in which I find ;ne following Ian
guage:
Success of this scheme requires also
The prostitution of the judiciary for
purely partison purposes, but republi-
can officials down in North Carolina is
a close corporation ana this part Of the
programme presents no practical diff
culties.
1.-The preceding part of the state
ment makes this language applicable
alone to the federal judiciary. I desire
to know if you are properly reported IN
this language and respectfully. request
torney in the courts this district and
hence an officer of the court, I have a
right to ask this
Today Senator Simmons replied as
follows:
II ave the honor to acknowledge the
receipt Of your letter ard to say, after
reading my interview tn which you re-
fer, it seemed to ne language used In
that interview "a Liable to an interpre-
tation which I did not intend should be
given it and it was a pleasure to me to
give out interview, yesterday which
a.
clear I intended to say that In the opin-
ion Of the republican managers a deci-
sion in their favor was confidently ex-
pected and not that couI IS were parties
to the conspiracy.
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Did Roosevelt Snub Senator Burton.
President Roosevelt is said to have
snubbed Senator Burton, OF Kansas
whom he dislikes. as effectually as he
did General Miles at West Point COM
mencement. A Washington correspon-
dent.is responsible foc the following
story describing a visit of the Senator
and some friends to the White house:
Senator Burton introduced the Kan
sans to the president, and n of them
formally requested the president to at
tend the fiftieth anniversary of the ad-
mission of Kansas to statehood. The
president replied, saying that he would
AXE the invitation under consideration
Then, as the Kansans were about to
leave the White hous- the president
shook hands with each in turn until he
came to Senator Burton. The senator
had extended his hand, but the presi-
dent, after giving MIN a hard look,
turned and walked away. Senator Bur
ton was deeply embarrassed by the
presidents snub. and The other Kan
ans were astounded at the incident.
The president, his friends say, is angry
toward Senator Burton. Senator Bur-
ton had been informed. it is said, that
he need not look for any patronage IA
vors from the White house, as none OF
the men he had recommended for pub
lie office would be appointed by the
Observation-Disclosures Observer.
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BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Swift and Co.'s Main Building De-
strOyed Loss a Million.

Chicago, July 5.-By a fire which
yards tonight, Swift and Company suf-
fered a loss which is estimated by the
officials at 81, 1000, 600. The fire was con
fined to one building standing at the
intersection of Packers Avenue and
Broadway. This structure was -four
stories high, built of brick, and was
three hundred feet square. The first
floor was occupied by the wholesale
mea market of the company, the Sec
ond by the shipping department and
the third and fourth by the general
offices of the company. The latter are
said to have been the largest single
offices in the United States. more than
500 employees working on one of the
floors in a single room. The cause of
the fire is not known, but it was dis
covered near the engine. 1t spread so
rapidly through the building that it
was found impossible to save any
thing in the structure.
The burned building adjoins portions
OF the plants Of Armour and company
and Libby, McNeill and Libbey, and
for a time the fire department had a
desperate fight to keep these buildings
from the flames.
w. j. McGonigle, the superintendent
Of the plant said tonight that the loss
will aggregate fully one million.
The loss is fully covered by insur-
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Time.

The race began at 4:30 p. m. n the
south shifting to southeast and it kept
up at about the same gait to the fin
fish. The race was a very pretty one
and all the boats were beautifully
sailed. The Yonalee's time should
have been 4.34-l9, but in order to avoi
a collision she was started ten seconds
late.
AS will be seen from the record above,
Captain Cowan's smart boat, the Sadie,
won the race, with Captain Parsieys
Question second, and Captain George
Harriss' Eugenia won the BOBBY prize.
The Sadie was defending h commo-
dore's trophy. a handsome sterling sill
yer pitcher, which she won in previous
races. and which Captain Cowan offers
to the a h a wins the two best out
of three races. The Sadie well defend
ed the cup. and some one of yachts
will have to beat her in two straight
races il h future to TAX the trophy
away from her.
After the race was over, the yachts
men and a large crowd assembled at
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A decision has been made by the de-
partment of justice, with the approval
Of Attorney General Knox, to the effect
that p native Of the Philippines who has
failed TO preserve his allegiance to the
Spanish monarchy cannot be permitted
to file his declaration Of intention to be-
come a citizen OF the United States.
Congress has not provided for the natu-
ralization Of persons who hav adopted
"the nationality OF the Philippines
therefore none such can gain admission
to American Observation-Disclosures
Record.
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WEEKLY RANK STATEMENT.

New York. July 5.-The statement OF
the associated banks for FIVE days and
for the week ending today shows:
Loans ss1e.sSS. 200. INCREASE ST., oil. 400;
deposits ssss. s47. 500. Increase ss.S1s.foo
circulation ss1.s S3,seo. increase Sse7 500:
legal tenders $1s,ssa.s 500. decrease $l.6sl,-
400: specie, sI1s. 1850 decrease $751;
zoo: reserve ss4s. 800. decrease $2.1Ss. ZOE:
reserve required s,sS,ss1 SIS, increase
s7o4.sas: surplus s1o.tsi.1s5. decrease
$3.50. ss5-
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Congressman Bartlett made the charge
the other day that "in the northern dis
trict Of Georgia the expenses Of the
bankruptcy court amounts to AZ per
In involuntary cases and 16 LIS per cent
in voluntary cases and IN the southern
district they amounted to 81 Per cant
in cases Of involuntary and Il per cent.
should be borne in mind that courts
like those OF Judge Soccer and the MI
kado Of Japan : come high.-Atlanta
Journal.
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Total today at all u. s. porte COZ
bales; stock sos.5ss bass.
Consolidated net receipts so1 bales.
Since September Met receipts 49,
sss bales: exports to Great Brita1n r.
s7s.1e7 bales: France ifs,4zl oaless 70.
the continent =. ss7.sos bsles.
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the club house, where the prizes were
presented to the winning captains by
Thos. w. Davis, Esq, who did so in
happy remarks as the winners were
called UP. Besides the trophy, which
the Sadie still has a cinch on, three In
dependent prizes were offered. The
first prize, a handsome chatting dish,
was awarded to the Sadie the second,
a beautiful silver candelabra, to the
Question, and the BOBBY prize, a pretty
flask, was handed over to the captain
of the Eugenia-
The boats were limited to two hours
to get around the course and all made
ii inside the limit with the exception
Of the Teal and Eugenia which were
allowed mo time"
The race excited a great deal OF en-
thusiasm and there Were strong hopes
that the Sadie would be beaten. Mr..
Geo. Rountree got so wrought up over
il that he offered suppers to the crew
hat would beat CAPTAIN Cowan, but
Percy says Jack didn't get his sup
per-" He wished somebody would beat
him so he can ave some fun. This is
the fourth successive races for the
Sadie, and it is believed that a new
Richmond will have to be brought in
to the field TO take the honors away
from her.
The C has excited the old time
enthusiasm in yachting. and it is on dit
that Messrs. w. l.. Parsley, George
Rountree and A. B. Shedding will have
challenges in the field next season.
They propose to get boats that will
downthe Sadie.
The Greensville Sound yachtsmen set
quite an example to the others. The
crews Of their boats were handsomely
uniformed and it is hoped that the
crews of all boats will have some dis
tinctive uniform.
During the race we observed that
several sharpies with ladies' and gen.
tlemen aboard sailed o the
course n were in and out among the
racers. OF course this interfered great
ly with some Of the yachts as at times
the sharpies got ahead of the boats and
cut the wind out of their sails. 1t
didn't give them a fair showing and
the sharpies hould be ruled off the
course at future regattas.
The Sadie seems to be about the
slickest thing since the days of the
Idler, when Captain Pembroke Jones
used to fly the champion flag. Some
course in 1.27, which is the fastest
time on record over the course. An
old yachtsman says that in those days
there were no houses on the beach to
interfere with the breezes.
OTHER FEATURES OF THE DAY.
The Seasore Hotel was crowded with
guests and Manager Hinton enter
taine at dinner and supper more peo-
pie than eve sat down to his tables
at any n time before. In the after
loon the Carolina orchestra gave a
magnificent concert on the ocean
piazza Of the hotel and it was highly
appreciated by several hundred people.
AT night there was d display Of fire
works in front of the hotel.
At the Ocean View Hotel, manager
A. A. Nathan also entertained large
crowds.
BIG DAY WITH THE STREET
CARS
There was no celebration of any
kind in the city but there were two
games of base ball at Hilton Park be-
tween the Wilmington and New Bern
professional teams. With the people
going to the games and heading for
the Beach the Street Railway did the
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LOCAL SECURITIES.
Quotations on local securities fur
nished by Hugh MacKae & Co.
STOCKS,
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NAVAL STORES.

SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Nothing
doing.
ROSI S-Steady at SI.l0 to si-i5.
TAR-Firm at S1-50.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm: hard
81 40: yellow dip $3.50; virgin $3.50.
Prices same day last year - Spirits
~turpentine nothing doing; rosin csc and
s1.O0. tar $50, crude turpeotine s1-1o
and $40.
Receipts today-52 cacks spirits tur-
p~entine, IS barrels rosin. AZ barrels tar.
80 barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts same day last years casks
spirits tu%rpentine, 140 barrels rosin, 1I9
barrels tar. 1872 barrels crude turpentine.
PRODUCE.
~SALT-100's 40c: 1905 zoe: zoos s5c:
E r Sl.35: in less than car lots
, DRY SALTED SIDES-11hc.
BUTTER-S5c.
COFFEE-S to lie.
FLOUR - Straights si.25 To $3.50:
IND patents $3.50 to "a IS: full s&75 to
s5.Gs
NOLASSES-S. House. Isc. New Or
.e8us Brights. % to Csc: Porto Rico 30
=. CSC: Cuba. 2s to ACC
SUGAR-Granulated s4.75; W. c. X
No. 5, s4.25; No. Z. s4.10: No. 9. 1886: No.
II. s3.s5.
LARD-(Tierce Basis) Pure 111sc.
Compound 9hc.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina II to SIC:
Virginia So to 75c; Spanish 20 TO 75c.
CORN-S3 to S5c.
CORN MEAL~Th.
EGGS-Steady at 15c.
CHICKENS-Hens 50 to S5c: ROSTERS
25 to soc; spring 10 to %.
n. c.. BACON-Hams 13c: shoulders
&c: sides 10 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per 1000. 5-Inch says
$500: 5-inch hearts, $3.50: s-inch saps
$50 6-inch hearts $500
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THE FOURTH Ut JULY.
HOW WILMINGTON CELEBRATED
INDEPENDENCE DAY.

More Than $500 People Took in the
Celebration ut Southport-Captain
Harper Alone Carried 2.13I Pas
sengers on His Steamers-About
2,5OO People Spent the Day mt
WrightsviIIe Beach-The Regatta.
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VI. slHGfOh MARKETS.
Wednesday. July 2

wednesday S1s
Receipts Of cotton today bales
Receipts same day las. yeaI-S casks
This seasons receipts TO date-zfi,s5t
bales
Receipts same day last year-s51,5s
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange
COTTON-Ffrni.
Ordinary y lv-io
Good Ordinary ....-.- -----..--.
Low Middling .........-- .-....... ; 1V-le
Good Niddlinr 3 LIE
Coco la- Last xan~--
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BIG DAY WITH THE STREET
CARS.

There was no celebration of any
kind in the city but there were two
games of base ball at Hilton Park be-
tween the Wilmington and New Bern
professional teams With the people
going to the games and heading for
the Beach the Street Railway did the
biggest days business in it's history.
The electric cars handed 5000 people.
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Impressions and Lessons
Drawn
ByEn;.u Reunion at Greensboro

Drawn From The

that ''yell," that terrible yell that in
battle times broke opposing lines almost
like bullets or bursting shells. ] saw
the great gathering in the large opera
house and i watched the imposing street
parade. l saw the stars and stripes
and the stars and bars, floating
together in the breeze, and there
were lessons here for those who cared to
learn. The scene had in it history, happi
ness and hope. 1t had in it grandeur,
gloom and glory. 1t was reflective of
the most terrific and disastrous internal
warfare that was ever waged in a ma
tion-a siege of internal strife that would
have torn away the very pillars of any
government on earth, but thi.-and yet
it was illustrative of the most profound
peace that ever enveloped common
wealth or a country. Here were men
who helped to fan out of the embers of
war, the very last flicker, and the same
men were ploughing and planting the
battle fields before the smoke had cleared
away. Here were those who helped to
kindle the last camp fires in the forest
at Bentonville, and were rebuilding
homes that had been destroyed before the
echo of the cannons roar had died away
Here we're men who had fought until
comrade, cause and country had died, been
lost. or laid in waste, and who submitted
then only because of overpowering forces
and facilities on the one side, against
almost total exhaustion Of each on the
other, and then help to rebuild on the
waste of war, grander country than
ever before. Here was gathered a clus-
ter Of men recalling and revering the
name of Lee, of Jackson and the other
martyrs of a fallen Confederacy, keeping
green the memory, of both the dead Con-
federacy, and it's dead heroes, at the same
time as loyal to the flag Of the reunited
country, as full of patriotism and lofty
aims and purposes as any there be- in
any part of our country. Here, too, were
thousands of the sons and daughters
of these old veterans drawn hither to pay
tribute to the tottering old heroes, all
Joining with heart and soul into the ova-
lions of the day, but not one that was
disloyal, either to the memory OF the
cause that was lost, or, to the flag un-
der whose folds, Union veterans and
Confederate veterans and their children
and grand children. are quietly and har-
moniously enjoying the blessings OF
peace and prosperity.