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The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18
BONDS.
COTTON.

Liverpool, November Isl p. m.-Cot-
ton: SPOT in limited demand: prices ,
70 points lower: American middling
fair 4.S4; good middlinS 4.48; middling
4.40; low middling 4.30; good ordinary
4.0S; ordinary 4.06 The sales of the day
We're 5000 bales of which 200 were for
speculation and export and included
400 American. Receipts 5000 bales, in
Guiding 100 American.
Futures opened easier and closed
steady; American mi1d'ing G. o. c.:
November 4.30; November and Decem-
ber 1926: December and January 44 TO
4.25; January and February 4.23 to 424: /:
February and March 4.23 to 4.24; March
and April 4.23 to 4.24: April and May
4.24; May and June 4.24; juno and July
424; July and August 424
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18

American T5c: 100 extra 4ec: $50
American ssc: go Rock Cattle sl-ie.
BUTTER-s5c.
DRY SALTED SIDES-1iIc
coFFE@s to lie
FLOUR-Straights A-.5 TO s4-S3 End
oatents s&.5e to $4-15: full Ss-7s to $500.
MoLASSESIS. House l5e: New Or
leans Brights. . TO sc: Porto Rico %
30 s5c; Cuba 5 TO dec.
SUGAR-Granulatei si.75: W. c. X
No s4-e5: No. si.1o: No. 9 lass: No.
IL sass.
LARD-CTierce Ba-is) Pure 11hc:
Compound SIC
COUNTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS-North Carolina 50 TO CSC:
Virginia 50 to e5izc old. CSC ns.. Span-
ish 20 TO ssc.
BEESwAX-25 cents.
CORN-se to S.
CORN MEAL-75
EGG@2s TO 81.
TURKEYS-l0 to lie per pound.
CHICKENSHens a5 to 35c: roosters
p TO See: spring Is to 25.
PORK to Sc per pound.
y. c. BACON-Hams I5c; shoulders
&c; sides 10 to lie.
SHINGLES-Per LOCO; s-inch saps
f2.0e: 5-inch hearts, $3.50: 6-inch saps
$500; 6-inch hearts 500
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18
Cornish Talks bitterly.

Ask your grocer about Fewer gal
Ions: wears longer"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18

Ask your lawyer about Fewer gal
Ions; wears longer"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18
PORT RECEIPTS.

Galveston steady at &c; net receipts
II 1886 bales.
Norfolk steady at 7Ac; net receipts
4,2S3 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 7Tsc.
Boston quiet at $50. net receipts 2s7
bales.
2,536 bales. u
Philadelphia quiet at SIS; net re-
ceipts 439 bales.
Savannah easy at a-l6c; net receipts
10.050 bales.
New Orleans easy at 7ssc; net receipts
1850 bales.
Mobile nominal at 71zc; net receipts
4,47 bales.
Memphis quiet at 7Nc; net receipts
Augusta steady at 7%c: net receipts
1881 bales.
Charleston quiet at 9-1ee; net re-
ceipts S21 bales.
Cincinnati quiet at SC; net receipts
449 bales.
Louisville weak at 75sc.
st. Louis steady at !Ec> net receipts
Houston easy at 11-1sc; net receipts
11,7S0 bales.
New York, November i5.-Cotton quiet
at $50; net receipts 15I: sross receipts
1857 bales: sales 740 bales; stock 2, 2s1
bales; to the continent 1.s03 bales.
Total today and Consolidated-Nst re-
ceipts 51.5S5 bales: exports to Great
Britain $3.50 bales: to France 35.051
bales: to the continent 21.s0S bales:
stock 799. .So7 bales.
Total since September met receipts
z,9S6, ,53s bales: exports to Great Britain
SCI. .225 bales; to France si3.s .sa5 bales; to
the continent sl2, $50 bales.
Spot closed quiet: middling upIands
$50: middling gulf SIS: sales 74o bales.
Futures closed steady with prices net
1 point lower to 4 points higher: Nov
epber 793: December 7.99; January 1856;
February 7.S5: March 7.se; April 7.SS;
May 7.ss: June f.S9. July 49, August
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18
A Golden Wedding.

Ask your Minister about Fewer gall
Ions: wears longer"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18

Friday, November IA.
Receipts of cotton today-1,333 bales.
Receipts same day last year-2,476
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-191. 1854
bales.
The quotations posted at o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
COTTON-Dul1
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18
Cunning for Snipe.

Ask your doctor about Fewer gall
Ions; wears longer"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18
WILMINGTON MARKETS.
Thursday. november Is.

Thursday. november I3
Receipts OF cotton todly-e,sf3 bales.
Receipts same day last year., 735
bales
This seasons receipts to dste-ISs. SEQ
bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock to-
day at the exchange:
COTTON-Dull.
Ordinary 5&
Good Ordinary ............ 81.
Low Middlng ............. IA
Middling NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. "a
Good Middling ......s 9-ls
Same daY last Year-S
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18

Wait for Fewer Gallons; Wears
LC Clger.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-11-18
saAax AND rKovrsaoxs.

Chicago. November 15.-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
Oren- Hikh. lew. Close.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-29

The Palace Warranted Hats at So OO-Made of as m,
good stock agencies $500 Hatsmore shapes,
styles and with much character and individuality 1
Dunlap, Knox Youman $500 hats-a masterfuL
fashionable display of stylish Soft and Stiff Hats
up date ideas-do not pay for trade d. ~ M 49,
mark or neme-you buy the best hat DaD.Vpy) III
best materials and best hat value at. 49, IN
Varsity Hats, ST. 1.oO-You cannot find any other store
the country that will retail them at this prce-they
pure fur Stock silk trimmed and goat sweatsnob-
by shapes pes in. black and eoofs1haye Ct On IN
ing-they are very popular; worth $500 YAoVV
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
CANAL FIGHT BEGINS.
uIcARAGUA BILL TAKEN UP
IN THE HOUSE.
AID HEPBURN ATTACKS THE PANAMA
pROJECT-GREAT INTEREST IN
THE FRENCH COM
PANY'S OFFER.

washington, Jan. THE debate on the Near
s Canal bill in the House was opened in a
,,s,v fashion to-day by Mr. Hepburn. Of Iowa,
rhsirnan Of the Committee Interstate and
r-or,Ign Commerce, which reported the bill. For
,wo hours he held the floor. replying to a volley
a ouestions concerning the recent offer Of the
panama Canal Company to sell it's property and
trsncbses to the United States for S4O,OO0O0O-
The interest in the debate centred almost en-
-irav in this new phase of the subject. Mr.. Hep
brrn maintained that the new offer of the
Panama company was part Of the plan Of delay.
All his utterances along that line were literally
ornIauded He pointed out what he thought
,.ss the suspicious circumstance that the
Panama company held out for S109.OOO,0O0 until
q WAS decided, before the holiday recess, TO con-
si5er the Nicaragua bill, and then suddenly
6rouped the price to 100000.
Mr. Morris Of Minnesota, gave notice that at
,bs proper time he would offer an amendment to
sufhorize the President, il he could procure the
uroperty and rights Of the Panama Company for
sNOO00OO if concessions could be procured
.run Colombia, and if the Walker commission
50 recommended. TO purchase and proceed l"
eomplete the Panama Canal. The other speak
ers to-day were Messrs. Davis. Of Florida; Rlch-
ardson Of Alabama; Mann, Of Illinois, and Ad-
ans, Of pennsylvania
RAILROADS AND PANAMA.
The first notes Of the contest between the MIC
aragua and Panama routes for the isthmlan
canal were heard in the Senate to-day. Mr. Nor
gan offered and secured the adoption Of reso-
luton which indicated his purpose TO have the
Committee on Interoceanic Canals inquire into
the relations alleged TO exist between the trans
continental railroad companies of the United
States and Canada and the Panama Canal Com
pany. In explanation Of the resolution Mr.. Nor
gan declared that the alleged relations We're
wicked monopoly which already had cost the
people Of the Pacific Coast millions OF dollars
The rela tions involve the control by the Panama
Canal Company Of the Panama Railroad Com
pany and the agreement existing between Ger
tain railroads Of the United States and the Pa
c!ic Mail Steamship Company.
The Senate Committee on Intercceanic Canals
has decided to defer all effort to secure action
by the Senate On the question Of a canal across
the isthmus Of Panama until after the House
has disposed of the bill now under consideration
there.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

uunt,ppton w Va Jan Tit is announced that
this citv will erect $4,000 free library building
Andrew Carnegie teegraphed to-day that he would
give s25 900 toward the institution.
ST. Paul Mimi. Jan. 7.-Cole and James Younger
have applied TO the State Board or Pardons for
no,nutation of their life sentences for murder TO
thirty-five years. Allowing good time they have
already served thirtysiX years for their share in
the Mortified raid. They say that friends are
ready TO set them up in business in Missouri their
old home. They are now out on parole, and can
not leave Minnesota
Cleveland. Jan. THE three-cent street rail-
road fare ordinance recently introduced in the
City Council at the tnstigation OF Mayor Johnson
was passed by that body last night, The next step
will be bid for the new lines which, IL the pro-
CRANE Is carried through, will add number OF
new street car routes to the city's system.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
CARINA'S TRIAL BEGINS.

AUSTRIAN CAPTAIN PLEADS NOT GUILTY 10
CHARGE OF SELLING STATE SECRETS.
Vienna, Jan. THE trial began here to-day
behind closed doors of Captain Carina, OF the
Austrian Cavalry. who has been dubbed the
Austrian Dreyfus." on the charge of divulslng
military secrets to the French Government.
from which he is alleged to have received tz,Ouo
The captain pleaded not guilty, and declared he
had never possessed had access 10 the in
formation which he charged with selling
70 France.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
MANY LOST IN NINE CAVE-IN.

BELIEVED TO BE DEAD.
Negaunee. Mich. Jan. From thirteen 70
seventeen miners are thought to have lost their
lives as the result of a Cave-in az the bottom
of the old shaft at the Negaunee mine to-day.
One body has been recovered
Hundreds of at the mine eager to
help in the work of rescue but ii is thought
the other bodies cannot be found within twenty
four hours
The Negaunee is considered one of the most
unlucky properties in the Lake Superior district
1t was at this mine that S1OoOOOO was recently
expended to sink a shaft TO the ledge.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08

ICE BRIDGE AT NIAGARA FALLS.
>-a.h,re likA q anywhere The New York Gen.
tral is the direct route. Frost effects are heau-
fifliL-AdYt
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
Continued on Third Page.)
THE IL.

re HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS
ssuonss sno controlled by L. s. Government. The
r Gin .sedllh and pleasure resort. Splendid win
hsl and p. nolf Elegant hotels: Arlington. East
gW- arr: IA: For information address managers
Sflsdysy TaeoyI q. Il. 2. A. Mo. Pac Ry, 39l
a M Dew YORK; II. 6. Townsend, @. p. g.
rae. Ey.: ct Louis.-Adyt
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08

George Alexander revived last night. at 81.
Jamess Theatre, the witty play, The lmpor-
tance of Being Earnest" and the audience was
evidently pleased with the brightness of the
lines and the lightness of touch Of the actors
The next opening night of real Importance VIII
be at the Avenue Theatre. where Martin Harvey
will mpersonate Eugene Aram in new play by
Wills and Langbridge entitled After All" Mr.
Harvey will produce this play in America next
autumn. l. ~ -
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08

Great interest Is taken here in the arrival Of
Mr. Whitney's Derby candidate which has
been mentioned in the betting at 10 to l. Mas
turtium and his companion, the Peg Wellington
colt, have arrived in the Thames in good condl-
ton They will be landed this morning and
will be Immediately conveyed to Huggins's sta
BILE at Newmarket.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08

Mr.. Kipling's in THE Islanders" at tn
national games of Great Britain has raised
storm of protest. One of those whom he de
scrbes as "fanneled fools at the wickets. re
taliates by calling him "a spectacled fool VIII
an inkpot and muddy Drained oaf with th'
pen"
New-York tribune., 1902-01-08

The first rehearsal OF the royal procession for
the opening OF Parliament in full state con
ductef yesterday with painstaking care. A
heavy brake was used IN place OF the pompous
state coach. but otherwise II was an undress
replica OF the approaching function. with cream
ponies. postillions. outriders walking men and
the Yeonen OF the Guard in line.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31
UsIno nIAoAaA's POWER.
Canadians Now to Begin Generating
Electricity BY u.

New York. Jan. 2S.-Another great
step In the utilization OF Niagara pow.
or Is announced by the Electrical
| World aud Engineer. ON the Amcri-
can side of lie falls the Niagara Fails
Power Company has long had In oper-
alton eleven dynnmos. each driven by
its own turbine md developing 5000
horse power. The wheel put parallel
| with the first one was recently COM
pletcd, and within the last year orders
were given for eleven more water
wheels and generators. When these
are installed the company Will be able
to supply 10000 horsepower In the
form Of electricity.
Operations are now to- be undertaken
on the Canadian side. The Electrical
World and Engineer says that con-
tracts have Just been placed with the
General Electric Company for the con-
struction of three 1O.OO0-horse power
generators for the new plant. whose
ultimate capacity, 1t IL estimated. VIII
probably reach 100000 horsepower.
These negotiations have been con-
Quoted through the Canadian Niagara
Power Company, which had the orig
innl charter for the enterprise. but
whose rights have been acquired by
the American company. These dyna-
mos will be situated. like those of the
Niagara Falls Power Company, Mt the
level of the surface of the earth, while
the turbines will be in n wheel pit d.
rectly underneath. Vertical shafts
over 100 feet long will connect the wa
terwheels with the generators.
1t is asserted these dynamos will be
the largest ever built. The closest ap-
proach to them Is made by those be-
ing installed in the power house of the
Manhattan Railway Company Of this
city. The latter have n nominal ca
pacity Of 5000 horsepower, but are
designed to develop twenty-five or fif-
ty per cent. more in an emergency.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31

EXPRESS CAR LOOTED.
Robbers Go Through the Usual Pro
gram In South Carolina.

Brnnchvilic. s. c.. Jan. 2s.-An cx.
press robbery took place about .
o'clock tonight on the Southern rail
way. when the passenger train from
Charleston reached n point five miles
from Branchvillc. Seven or eight men
were riding on the platform between
the engine and baggage car, concealed
by the darkness. At the ffty-nve-
mile board two men crawled over the
tender and covered the engineer, John
Reynolds. with winchesters. By or.
der of the robbers n brakeman uncoup-
led the express, mail and baggage cars.
which were taken to ffty-eight sta.
tion. leaving the rest Of the cars on
the main line.
The local safe was stripped, and the
through safe was taken from the car.
The engineer was then permitted to re-
turn with the three cars TO his train.
Mail. baggage and passengers were not
molcstcd.
The leader OF the robbers is sup
posed to be Barton Warren. Warren
was arrested charged with having sim
gle handed robbed the Southern ex-
press car just below Branchville in
the fall Of 1890. The case resulted in
mistrial. Bail was furnished. A
few days before the next session Of
the court. five months ago. he killed
Thomas Watson, his former friend,
but one of the principal witnesses
against him. Warren has been Mt
large since.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31
WHAT NEELY STOLE.
An Inspector Says It viii Be About
100000.

Havana, Jan. 2S.-The chief witness
to-day in the trial of the charges grow
ing out of the Cuban postal frauds
was Inspector Gregory, who testified
to having come to Havana when the
frauds were discovered to investigate
the department Of finance of the Gu
ban postotfice.
Gregory said the accounts Of G. f.
w. Neely were examined from three
different standpoints and that. even
with n credit to Neely of the 392, 900
stamps destroyed, there was a short
age in his accounts of $4,000, while
with the exact amount debited against
him by Washington and shown by the
auditors books, there was n shortage
of $1vO,S13. Gregory said the cash ac-
count showed shortage Of $11O,27S,
and estimated the total shortage at
$131,413. Regarding the miscellaneous
accounts kept by Neely, Gregory said
he had discovered several charges, the
amount of which corresponded to GER
tain private bills of Estes G. Rathbone
which Neely had charged to that ac-
count and for which there were no
vouchers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31
$500 AN ACRE.
Large Prices Being Paid for OIL
Land,

Boulder, Colo, Jan. 2S.-Another oil
company has purchased outright sew
en- acres of ground southwest of the
Mckenzie well for $500. The pur-
chasers have not yet adopted name,
, but will do so in short time. 1t has
raised enough money, in addition to
that paid for the land, to purchase n
drilling outfit. 1t will be stocked at
$4,000 with 100000 shares of stock.
At Louisville n cooperative company
has been organized. A number Of bus
lness men each subscribed 81 900 to de-
fray the expenses of drilling two holes,
one Immediately west of Louisville, the
other southwest OF Louisville. The
company, which is known as the Louis
vile Oil and Investment Company, has
secured GOO acres of coal land. If the
oil should fail the company feels it has
the coal, but 1t is confident 1t will strike
oil. There will be no stock fioated un-
til after 1t has been demonstrated that
there is oil to be had.
A new company organized to-day
was unable to decide upon name be-
cause every one selected had been ap-
propriated. Telephone communication
with the secretary of state at Chey-
enne was kept up pretty lively to-day
by people who wanted to know what
name not to chose. i9
The Maxwell OIL and Gas Company
Is another new company. 1t has lands
at the foot Of the mountains north Of
Newlands addition and about mile
north Of the city limits of Boulder.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31

New York. Jan. :..-rhe reserve
supply Of high explosives stored al the
Park avenue shaft OF ID. Rapid Tran
sit tunnel. now Ia course OF eonsiruc-
ton, blew uP shortly after noon To-
day, The giant blast killed six per
SONS. injured a hundred others. and So
rioa.iy damaged all tn. property
reached by the tyins debris aud the
vibration Of the shock
The irregular square formed by the
Murray HIN ho,ei on the west. The
Manhattan eye aud ear hospital and
tho Grand Union hotel on the cas-; aud
the .rund Central station on the north.
was the sccnc OF the explosion. tn.
buildings named sustained the srcat'
CO: damage. hut the ARIA ~Sirnd-i Tot
several blocks in the four directions
from the center.
The killed were:
Cyrus ADAMS. cigar man at the Muf-
ray uiii hotel.
James Carr. a waiter at the ho'-i.
Lawrence Hinc Of Ansonla. connec'
tcut.
J. II. Robertson Of Nelson. British
Columbia. guest nj tile hotel
Ralph Thompson. assistant engineer
tAii outside reports s--m TO agree Hs
10 his death. bu. his body is not re-
ported by the policr or by the bospl'
lnis.l
Thomas Tubbs. master mechanic for
Contractor Ira A. Shaicr.
The list OF injured IL nm exceedingly
long one. but most Of those In u have
only cuts caused by nyin. glass.
Tho sunkcn approach TO the street
railway tunnel used by the Madison
avenue lines cuts through Park avenue.
and the shaft Of the rapid transit sub
way was run down beside Il nt the
intersection Of East Forty.nrst street.
Tho street railway approach was
housed over with a supcrsiructurc used
for the operating plant Of the rapid
transit contractors. Temporary build.
ings for storage purposes were thrown
up against the supcrstruc'urc Mt the
mouth Of the shaft, and there the cx'
plosion occurred.
II tore n great gorge In the street
demolished the temporary buildings
and part of the supcrstructurc and sent
a mass Of earth. splintcrcd timber ana
twisted iron high In the mir. Much oi
Il went battcrin. against the front oi
the Murray Hill hotel. and although
the walls and main structure OF thai
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-31

EXPLOSION in NEW YORK
CAUSES GREAT DAMAGE

building stood the shock. nearly every
room In the front Of the hons. was
wrecked
The Manhattan eye and -ar hospital.
ON the east side ot the avenue. fared
nearly as lad. and had 10 be abandoned
by the management. Th- Grand Union
hotel lost ali OF its windows aud glass
partitions. and practically every front
window in the Grand Central Was
shattered. The sr~at clocks on its
front towers w-r- blown from th-It
eases. Thousands Of windows. some Of
them seven block. from the tunnel
shaft. fell In fragments. u was the
shower Of broken glass and falling de-
bsis that injured the greatest number.
Fortunately the explosion occurred rt
tho noan hour. Not nof- than hun
dirrt persons were in the main waiting
room Of III. Grand Central station.
Home az these were slightly injured by
hits OF glass. -Four ticket seller. w-rc
cut aisau, the heads and arms with
flying debris.
The damage may exceed Si.cpp.SO.
The drst estimate OF the damage TO ;ii-
Murray lfiii hotel pincr. the loss at
xiUDOp. but later the hotel was nban.
,ionci ms unsafe. II the building IL con.
,ismncd the Toss on IL nlon- will nts.
proximntc <i.0S.ooo. The damage TO
the Grand Union was estimated At
$4,000. and that to the Manhattan hos.
pital nt $1,000. The loss nt the Grand
Central station was entirely In glass.
ms was thnt OF the hundred or more
buildings nftcrwnrd affected by the cs.
piosIon. No estimate was made OF the
losses sustained by tho rapid transit
contractors.
Moses Eppcs. a powder man in
charge OF the shnniy where the cx.
pio~ion occurred. IL at Flower hospital.
suffering from commissions and shocks.
He said that ON going To the shnniy
about noon he found candle which
he had left lighted on shelf. lying on
tho floor. and some paper which was
about II was ON FIRE. Close TO this
burning paper were thirteen boxes of
dynamite cartridges. each box contain.
Ing from sixty to scvcniy-fivc car
tridgcs. Eppcs threw pail Of water
over the firc and ran to get another.
on coming back he saw the flames
were close TO the dynamite and drop
ping his pail he tried TO get away
Then cnmstbe explosion and tho next
he knew he was patient In the hos
pitnl
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-13
BRICKLAYERs CONVENTION.
James c. Bahan of This City Elected
 Treasurer.

New Britain, May 12.-The annual convention of the Brieklayers', Ma sons and Plasterers' Union of Con- necticut was held in I. 0. o. F. hall yesterday The convention was called to order by the president, R. N. Buell., of this city. Mayor Bassett was in- ~troduced and gave q cordial address of welcome The committee on creden- tials made it's report, showing forty delegates present representing twen- ty-two unions in the state, with a membership of 2000 and over.
 Joseph Quinn of this city, the secre- tary, presented his report. He gave interesting statistics regarding the membership of the various unions. The conference during the year had been granted supreme Jurisdiction over Plainyille, F'orestville, Bristol, Terryville and Tho1flaston. Treasurer J, J. Bahan made a satisfactory fnan- cial statement. There is q balance of $500 i'll the treasury.
 The following officers were re-elect- ed: President, R. N. Buell.; first vice president, William Moses of Meriden, second president, W. E. Niles of Bridgeport; secretary, Joseph Quinn of New Britain; treasurer, James J. Ba han of Waterbury,
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-13

each with the rank of colonel, and ap- pointed by him; and three aids-ua- camp. each with the rank of major, ap- pointed by him; and one naval aid-ds- camp with the rank of lleutenant-com- mander. These officers shall be resi- dents of tLis state, and hold or have held commissions in the United States army or navy, or in the organized mA~ itia of this or some other state
 2. All commissioned officers shall be appointed and commissioned by tho commanders -in-chief, without formal nomination from any source, and all regimental and battalion staff officers shall be selected and detailed by the regimental commander, sand no officer shall be commissioned until he shall have passed a satisfactory examina- ton.
 5. There should be dress uniform issued to the Connecticut National Guard.
 f. No person should be placed upon the retired list who has not served at least five years as commissioned off, cer in the Connecticut National Guard.
 EDWARD E. BRADLEY, Brigadier-General C. N. G., Retired President. GILBERT L. FITCH, Major Fourth Regiment, O. N. G., Re,
 corder.