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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
LAKE SUPERIOR SLUMP.
Company's December DiUidend Can
ceHed-President Resigns
I,O0n Secured.

pbu.deInbia Dee 12-There were three inpor
tant developments to-day in connection with the
collapse of the shares of the Consolidated Lake
Superior Company. which began yesterday ana
continued during to-days operations the Stock
Exchange At a meeting of the directors OF the
company the resignation of President f. ;. Lewis
was received and accepted. His successor was not
chosen. The directors issued a statement an
nouncing that the last quarterly dividend of 1sa
per cent payable December To- had been deferred
and il was learned that the board had succeeded In
arranging for a loan of 81 10000 The money will
probably be paid into the treasury of the company
next Monday. Mr. Lewis had been president OF
the corporation only since October 25 when he was
elected to succeed E. V. Douglas, resigned. The
loan is 10 be made by number of local trust COM
panies and banking institutions. with the aid OF
Speyer & Co and the Morton Trust Company. of
New-York, and the Mercantile Trust Company, of
Baltimore 1t is to be secured by notes, presume
bly, on the Algoma Central Railway and the AL
gonna Steel Company, subsidiary concerns of the
Consolidated Lake Superior Company, and by the
preferred stock of the company
In the market to-day Consolidated Lake Superior
preferred stock dropped to S3s4 decline sSi %
a share since the decline began Common sold at s.
a fall of s13 50 a share In the period
The of the companys financial dirucupy Is
the existing money stringency. When the last quar-
terly dividend declared the company had prac-
t;caly arranged for large loan. This was to he
to he about ] Of and the to needing
obligations 1t is said the conservative clement in
the directorate favored passing ulNluenn rather
than pa wing II with borrowed money.
The closing Of the companYs steel rail mill at
Sault Ste. Marie, which appears to have pTecipi-
tated the spectacular decline of the stock is said
by officials be due to the non-completion of blast
furnaces steel plans and other improvements the
contractors being nearly two years behind in their
work
F. II. Clergue. general manager, wired the direct
from Sault Ste. Marie to-day that the rail mill
had temporarily closed because of the failure
to receive pig iron, which must be secured from
other sources until the Company'S new furnaces
are ready He announced also that he had closed
a for large order Of steel rails at go
for the Intercoonial Railway. which is
troled by the Canadian Government. During the
last five years the company has expended S6es)000
irnnrONPmentS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
NETWORK CITY.

The leaders for the Fulton Street Noon Meeting
for next week are as follows: Monday, Roger H.
Lyon: Tuesday. c. D. Wood: Wednesday, e. D.
Sniffen: Thursday. George III. Corheld; Friday, G.
c. Swift; Saturday, Superintendent Jacobs.
A ball for the purpose of obtaining funds for
clothing Door children of the city is TO be given
on Monday night at Lyric Hall. Forty-second-st
and Sixth-ave The ball is given under the auspices
of the New-York Charitable Clothing Association
and the proceeds to be handled by the Col
legiate Church, at F1fth-ave. and Twenty ninth-st
The Thirteen Club holds its 22lst regular dinner
at the Cafe Boulevard tonight. Colonel Abraham
Gruber will give address on "Hoodoos I'm Poll
tics" and Walter Scott, w. c. Mclaughlin. Lee
Fairchild. Charles o. Mas. Ernest Jerrold and 3.
Russell Throck will add to the entertainment.
officers of the club for the year TO be elected.
lecture THE Contribution of Statistics to
Political Economy will be delivered next Tuesday
at $50 p. H. in No. 800. Havemeyer Hall.
Columbia College, by Francis Y. Edgeworth, pro-
fessor of political economy at Oxford. The lecture
is open TO the public
Postmaster Van Colt announces that mails from
China, Japan and Hawaii of the following dates:
Hong Kong November Is; Shanghai. November II;
Yokohama, November 2o and Honolulu December
9, due in New-York Tuesday morning. Re-
mails will close the Postofice advertised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
CONDITION OF COMPANY.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Dec. 12.-Francis H.
Clergue, general manager OF the Consolidated
Lake Superior Company, to-day stated to The As
ISOLATED Press that he knew Of for the
sensational decline in Consolidated shares. The
steel plant he said, had closed down because all
orders booked were filled. Last night the company.
Mr. Clergue declared. received orders from the
Canadian Government for steel rails sufficient to
keep the mills in continuous operation prices
satisfa Glory to the company.
He further stated that tho companys various
operations going forward with entire salts
faction; that the company owns outright all the
various mines and plants. free from bonds
mortgages. and that the only hank loans those
for current and operating expenses and that these
have never been equal TO the material and stock
on hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Friday, Dec. IL, 1902

Steamer Hindoo 'Br): Clark. Hull |oyem6er - With
mdse ssnderson Son Arrived at the Bar at IA
Steamer British Princess sr Frse,h Antwerp Mt Moyem
Der &c and cabin passengers to Sanderson &
Arrived at the Bar at ,nn,,n. S.,. Noe,bsr
IS Pernam9uco "a T sd mdse to the seaser Co
sesme at Brannia r) Antofogasa October
M9nedeo % S L tba rs nens
Refining Co. yesss to HrcSso ndad %
Grenada with dEe and p cabin s to R sne
steamer Talislnan (Br Berg Gaadaoups Sqvember TO-
to l. " Armstrong. Arrived at the Bar at o4s m
msTsnhsm IA MANAGES 80 Para q
J. with mdse and II passengers to Booth & Co Arrived
s csoseE s Dss sse s5i %s9
seh ne to James Arrived the Bar
sS5P.ssea 70 ss % sn s.
at the 6a Ct a ao with
's Steamer FL Paso Paen New-orleans December e.
"i Steamer amer chesapeake Delano with mdse to
e aa Sd s.
steamer Kaaahdn chsho Boston for
s G anchored n Sandy Hook Bay at 74o m for har
Hook ,s,1s Ps se 2 outside "ind northeast
SAILED
Steamer CITY Philadelphia. Baltimore: 1enox tsr).
cienfsss9s CUBAN sanas" Mansa9llo
Para and Manaos Mexican
News and Norfolk: Niagara Tampico.
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS
Liverpool Dec f1-Saied steamers Philadelphia CBr).
Thornton New-York 18th. Cevic G3r). Clarke. New
York.
Mizen Head. Dec II. 1155 m-Passed. steamer Cam
nania tBrD. Walker. New-York for Liverpool
Lizard De: i2-Passed Brilliant Ger, Keller,
from lew-York: Trojan t5r), Thorkdson, New-York
and Philadelphia for Hamburg.
Prawle Point 12Passed. steamer Consuelo (Br),
Watson. Neu-York for Hull
Bristol, I2-Arrived, steamer Landau City Br).
Andrews. New-York.
London Dec 11-saied steamer Minneapolis Obi. Gates
New York.
Rotterdam. Dec 11-sailed Diamant Ger.
Schleemilch Nepr-York.
Stettin sArrived. steamer Ncomeda Ger. Fake,
Naples 12-Sailed GER Prayer from
Genoal. New-York via Gibraltar.
Genoa. Dec r. Arrived steamer Aller Ger. Bote
New-York via Gibraltar and Naples. Dec g sailed
steamer citta di Milano utaD. Iaverelo New-York
prev1ouslyl.
| suez. Dec 1.-Arrved. steamer Rapallo Ger Lavene
Yokohama. etc, for New-York.
Queenstown Dec IL 2:52 rl-Arryed. steamer Cam
pania tEsr. Walker. New-York for Liverpool land
proceeded.
Adelaide. Dec 12-Arrived previousIy steamer Anglo
Canadian tBrl Parsons New-York via Vincent CIV
Para Tee l1-sailed steamer Cea-ense sr Couch
York = - - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
WHAT is GOING ON TODAY.

Last day of bicycle Madison Square Garden.
Samuel STRIKES League for Political Edu
cation. No. % West Forty-fourth- st. II a m
Address Professor THE Moral
of Well Planned Secondary Education School
Association. No II West Forty fourth
1890 a m.
Opening of first Carnegie library Seventy
nnth-st. $3.50 D.
Conference on sweatshops Church Missions House
Alpha Delta Phi 35
st. evening.
Commissioner Woodbury. Clean Public
Health" Mendeissohn Hall. evening
Art exhibition a I>otos Club. evening.
The Shakespeare Club weekly meeting, Carnegie Building,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

AsToR- Professor Kfnsley, Lanius. of Denver,
CAMBRIDGE-Countess Lalla r. Palm. of
Vienna, and A. Neber German Consul General at
Pittsburg. FIFTH AVENUE-Coone NJ. Hooton
L. S A GRAND-Captain G. T. Emmons. l. s. A.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w NJ. Crane of Massa-
chusetts PARK ANENUE-Iieutenant J. G. Chat
fee. L. s. A WAL.DORF-Ferdinand ". Peck. of
Chicago: George f. Baer. president Of the Reading
Railway: ex-Postmaster General James a. Gary
of Baltimore: General Fitzhugh Lee. of Virginia.
and T. II. Watkins. of Scranton, member of the
Coal Strike Commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13

John LeaI. New-Jersey; treasurer Dr. F. P,os w.
Wright of Connecticut; secretary, DR.. C o. Probst,
Columbus Ohio executive committee. John l. Full
ton Maryland: John Amyet, Toronto. and Jose
Rameriez, Mexico. -, -.
Washington was chosen the next place OF
meeting Resolutions were adopted faVorlng a
sanitary exhibit at the coming st. Louis Exposi,
ton. and urging that illuminating gas be placed
under municipal control
A resolution by DR.. Z. L. McGhee prevailed ask,
ing for legislation would require railroad ana
steamship companies and hotels to furnish pure
drinking water 90,
DR. G J. Pagan. of Victoria. British Columbia
in a sneecb before the association. said that the
bubonic plague situation in San Francisco is alarm
ing. and steps must be taken to stamp OUT the us
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
HEALTH ASSOCIATION OFFICERS

New-Oreans, Dec 12-The American Public
Health Association, after four days convention
mere concluded its work this morning The follow
ms officers were elected: President. DR.. Walter
Wyman. surgeon general of the United States Ma
rine Hospital service; first vce-president, D. P
Wilkinson. New-Orleans. second vice-president, Dr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
All Yachtsmen

will be interested in a collection OF anec-
dotes about c. Oliver Iselin. who has
been chosen to manage the new Cup de-
fender against Shamrock Ill Tales OF
his early yachting days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
The Protestant Episcopal Cathe-
draI of st. John the Divine.

a page photograph of this large struct-
ure on Morningside Heights, showing
how it looks after ten years work on II,
and a description of the work vet to be
done. with estimates OF experts that IT
will need century to finish il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Bridgeport, Conn.,,

will be greatly improved and benefited
when the work Of eievating the tracks Of
the New York. New-Haven and Hart
ford Railroad. which runs through that
city, is completed. Description and
photos of the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
BOWDOIN COLLEGE,

Brunswick. Me-. has Just been presented
with a splendid library building mt a cost of
$500. 900 by General Thomas II. Hubbard of
New-fork. In to-morrov's Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Lehigh Valley Railroad VS.. Lake
Hopatcong Land Owners.

Their legislative wrangle over the
Morris Canal, the abandonment OF which,
the lake property owners claim, means
the breaking TIP of one OF the countrys
finest summer resorts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
BoWdoin CoIIeue,

at Brunswick, Me, has just been pre-
sented with splendid library building at
cost OF 100000 by General Thomas
II. Hubbard. OF New-York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Jersey City.

What Mayor Pagan has to say about
his city as an ideal town for a New
York business man to make his home in.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD VS.. LAKE Ho-
PATCONG LAND OWNERS.

Their legislative wrapHIc the Morri.
Canal. the aban donu,ent of which. the lake
property owners claim means the breaking
mp Of one of the cauntryss finest summer re-
sorts, I'm Tomorrow Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Christian clergymen in Society.

An interview with the new president
of Oberlin College. the Rev. Dr. Henry
Churchill King. on the standing Of
Christian clergynen in society to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Alton B. Parker,

Chief Judge OF the Court of Appeals. is
being talked about by the Democrats as
their next candidate for President of the
United States How he spends his vacs-
lions at his summer home, in Esopus,
Y. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Uncle Sans Free Boarding
House.

Opened for the purpose 81 feeding
twelve young men chemically treated
foods. With pictures of the men eating
and the experts OF the Department o.
Agriculture who are conducting the test
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
c,,-;se 7.1srsunset SO Moon $40 Moons 13
HIGH WATER.
M Sandy Hook 5;S7I Gov Island 500 He'll SIS
sud, Hook sos Gov 6:S5 He'll Gate SPA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
BRIDGEPORT. CONN.

will he greatly improved and benefited when
the work of eIevatinE the tracks OF the New
York New-Haxcn and Hartford Railroad
which runs through that city, is completed
Dissertation and photos of the work in to-
morrOw's Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Physical Culture for Women.

First of series of illustrated articles
on physical culture will be published IN
tomorrow Tribune.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
A New and Greater Waterbury

has sprung from the recent IRE ruins.
Illustrated article on how the city IS ex-
periencing an era of prosperity as never
before.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Fillmore House,

The splendid country seat OF George
w. Vanderbilt. in North Carolina, de-
scribed and pictured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Ex-Attache

will discuss the British Admiralty
scheme OF granting commissions to men
before the mast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Three Prizes for Children.

See Children's Page. which viii also
contain stories, puzzles. comic pictures,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
The Oldest Protestant Church in
America,

is at Plymouth, Mass. Pictures of this
church. and OF another which has also
claimed to be the oldest in America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13

Literary Reviews, Sports OF
Saturday and the Week,
Matters of Special Interest TO
Women, Entertaining Mis-
ceIIany from The Tribune's
Foreign and American Con-
pOraries, a Page OF
Humor, Special Correspond
ence from London and Paris,
the News of the World.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Cows and Oxen That Do Tricks.

The hobby OF Edward o. Spooner. Of
New-Bedford, Mass, which is the train
ing of cows and oxen TO do various
tricks and stunts. Photo of Mr.. Spooner
In the act
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
Announcements.

ICARIA.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-20
THE GEORGIA TROOPS.
THE FIFTH REGIMENT COMING
HERE TO CAMP.
The Officers of the Fifth Regiment
Here Yesterday to Inspect a
Camp Site for the Encampment.
They Unanimously Decided Upon
the ammOck

Major Barker, Captain Parrot and
Lieutenant Hadley, representing the
Fifth regiment of Georgia State troops
arrived here Sunday to make a final
decision as to the encampment of the
regiment this mmer Accompanied
by Mr.. A. B. Shielding, general man
lager of the Consolidated Railways,
Light and Power Company, they
visited the encampment sites at
Wrightsville and the Hammocks, and
decided to select the Hammocks for
the encampment if il is put in con-
Idition for the purpose. 1t will require
about $500.
The officers had inspected st. Simons
Island and two out Of the three had
decided to recommend that place. but
after seeing the Hammocks it became
the unanimous choice. They returned
yesterday to Atlanta to so report.
If the Georgia troops come here
there will be about 600 Of them and
they will go into camp about the mid
die of July and be here 10 days.
1t is understood that our citizens
will be called Dor to raise a fund to
put the encampment grounds in Or
der
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-20

the City-The winn b Corpus
Case-A PROPRIETOR I'm the City.
remon oil Mills.
Correspondence OF The Messenger
GoIdshoro ~ q lime II

Correspondence OF The Messenger
Goldsboro. ". c., June Il
The deed of transfer for the electric
light plant was made over TO the city
this morning. and the purchase price Of
$4,000 was paid over the the stockhold-
ers on an order drawn by the city clerk
n countersigned by the mayor. This
closes up the electric light question
The next deal is the transfer Of the wa
terworks to the city for the sum Of
$4,000. This will be done about July LIST.
According 10 appointment Judge w.
>. OBJ b heard the evidence at
the court house this morning in the
Winn murder case. II admitted Frank
VIM TO bail in the sum of s., 500. The
trial was held under habeas corpus pro-
ceedlngs, and b evidence for both
sides was introduced. The defendant
was represented by Mr.. l. r. Dortch
and Messrs. Allen & Dortch. OF this city,
and the prosecution was represented by
Mr.. John Z. Woodward, of Wilson, and
the state was represented by Solicitor
Armstead Jones, who came down from
Raleigh yesterday afternoon.
Frank Winn was brought 10 the city
last Saturday and placed in Jail for the
murder OF his cousin Charles VIM at
III OLNS ldSl night was d week ago.
The only eye witness to the tragedy is
a negro boy about seven years of age.
He gave a very straightforward and in
tell1gent decription of the murder when
on the witness stand, and looks to be
a very bright boy. Frank Winn, who is
worth some property, had little trou-
BILE in giving bond and he went back
to his home at Mt. Olive this afternoon.
Mr.. A. j. Cooke, the popular manager
OF the Hotel kennon who has been
spending some time at Seven Springs
and at Morehead City for his health,
arrived home today, very much bene-
fitted.
Mr.. H. E. Stewart, of Roanoke. Va.
is in the city on a prospecting trip. He
came to look into the manufacturing
and trucking interests of this section
and is favorably impressed with Colds
boro.
The friends of Professor j. 1. Foust.
former superintendent of the Goldsboro
graded schools, were glad to see him in
the city today. He is now located at
Greensboro, where he holds a position
on the faculty of the state normal.
Mr.. John B.. Exum. the general man.
ager Of the Fremont oil mill, was here
today on business. He says that his
mill will be ready for operation by the
1st of October.
Mr.. c. N. Edgerton, secretary and
treasurer of the Whiteville Lumber
Company, arrived home today to spend
Sunday.
Major W.. T. Hollowell, keeper of
records and seals, n his assistant,
Mr.. c.. G.. Smith, have returned from
attending the grand lodge, Knights of
Pythias, at Asheville.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-20
SCHOLARSHIPS
In the Teachers College of Columbia
University-TvO From This State.

New York, June 13.-Dean Russell, Of
Teachers college. Columbia university,
announced today the appointment Of
the following persons TO southern schol-
arships: Mary Grace Venable, Ashe-
vile, n. c.: Marion Garnet Ryland,
Richmond, va. Julia Marshall Raines,
Columbus, Ga: Annie Linton, Athens,
Ca; Elizabeth Avery Cotton, Camp
bellsville, KY, and Bruce Ryburn
Payne, Durham. n. c.. These scholar
ship have been given for the rear 1902
03 by ". ESerit Macy, George Foster
Peabody and John Crosby Brown, New
York city. They are of the value Of $500
each. Upwards Of 200 applications were
received durlng the month of May from
teachers in all Larts of the south. The
successful candidates were chosen from
an eligible list Ct ITO names.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-20
OUR GREENSBORO BUDGET.

Correspondence of The Messenger
Greensboro, N. c., June 16.
Professor Samuel c. Smith. n of the
educational landmarks of this commu
nifty died very suddenly Saturday
night. His health had been precarious
for several years. Saturday night at
tention was attracted to him by loud
breathing and in a few moments he
was dead.
For many years he had been one OF
the principal teachers n superlnten-
dents of the public schools of this city
and was greatly respected and beloved
by two generations. He was IL years
of age.
On last Friday night at Lynchourg
the employees of the Southern railway
presented ACKNOWLEDGMENT n. j.
O'Rrien with a fine watch and chain as
a testimonial of their esteem and an
evidence of their regret at losing MIN
from the official force The preSenta-
tion speech was made by Hon Charles
NJ blackburn. counsel for the company.
Today at 10 o'clock over a hundre
ladies and men employees or n south
ern railway gathered in the Y M "a.
rooms OF the Southern railway station
here and presented MI. OBrien with
another testimonial of regret es-
TEEN in the form Of a m~agnlncen1 ala
mond ring, that cost S5UO
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-06-20
Death of MIR. George w. YOpp.

We regret to chronicle the death Of
Mr.. George w. Yopp. a we'll known
citizen of Wilmington, who passed
away yesterday morning at 500
O'Clock at Wrightsville. He had been
in bad health for some time. and
though the end was not unexpected,
his many friends will learn of his
death with sincere sorrow.
Mr.. Yopp was born in Wilmington,
and was aged SO years, 5 months and 10
days. He was a son of Mr.. S. L. Yopp,
who survives him, but his mother pre-
ceded him to the grave some years
ago. He leaves three brothers and two
lsisters-Messrs. ST. Yopp, WE. Yopp,
A. j. Yopp, and Mrs. 9. NJ. Murrell, of
this city, and Mrs. c. B. Ellsworth. of
Portsmouth, Va.
A bereaved wife and two sons are
left to mourn their loss of an affec-
ltionate husband and father. One son
Mr.. Hugh Yopp, is a young man about
l22 years of age and is a resident Of
salisbury. His other son is Jennings,
jagged 5 years.
The funeral will take place this af-
etrnoon at 5 o'clock at St Andrews
presbyterian church. The interment
will be made at Oakdale cemetery.