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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-24
COTTON MARKET
 SHOWS WEAKNESS Before Midday Scare of Bears
 Caused Selling OPENING WAS QUITE FIRM The South and Local Traders Were Heavy Sellers at the close-To-
 tai Sales Were Estimated
 at 225,ooo Bales.
OPENING WAS QUITE FIRM

New York, October 23-The cotton market opened firm, with prices 1 to 8 points higher, and continued to work up- ward for a brief period after the call on pulling and a furry of room covering. for the most part the result of light re- ceipts at nearly all points in the south and rumors that Chicago interests were bulls on cotton. However, before mid day the scare of the bears gave place to a return of former aggressive short sell ing. The cables from Liverpool, public and private, indicated reluctance on the part of the trade there to follow the American advance.
 Tn the afternoon the market displayed weakness and prices ran downward rap idly under vigorous bear pressure, &C., tive liquidation and some foreign selling The south and local traders were heavy sellers at the close. Total sales were es- timated at 225o 900 bales.
 New York, October 2S.-Cotton dull; middling S.7O net receipts 200, gross re ceipts s556, sales 979 stock 41,245.
 Total today at all seaports: Net receipts 14,471, exports to Great Britain 11,695 tc France 6S64 to the continent S995, stock 5s7s77.
 Consolidated at all seaports: Net re. ceipts 259,533, exports to Great Britain 91,20S, to France 40S64, to the continent A. ,620.
 Total since September 1 at all sea- ports; Net receipts 1S97412, exports tc Great Britain 4S0,274, to France 156, 958, tC the continent 59O629.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
PRESIDENT BACK IN WASHINGTON
Enjoyed His Outing at Rapidaa
Notwithstanding had Weather.

Washington. December 22-President
Roosevelt and family arrived in Wash
ington from Rapidsn. Va. at 1l:25
o'clock today. They were met at the
station by Secretary Cortelyou and
were driven directly to the White
House. The trip from Rapidan n
made without noteworthy incident.
At S:35 o'clock, the president. Mrs.
Roosevelt and the ch.iuren arrived at
the Ra ridau station in a big carry-an,
drawn by four horses driven by their
host. Joseph Wilmer. The president
was II excellent spirits and expressed
himself as having had a delightful
outing, Notwithstanding the heavy u
iacessant rain OF yesterday. h tram
started promptly at 9 o'clock
Upon the arrival of the train at the
Pennsylvania station. in this city, tho
president alighted from his car and In
company with Mr.. Cortelyou, walked
briskly along the platform. Arriving
at the locomotive which had pulled the
special train, he stopped and shaking
hands cordially with both the engineer
and fireman, wished them a merry
Christmas and a happy New Year. rh@
president acknowledged the greetings
of the crowd in the station by raising
his hat and bowling right and Left as
he walked. The crowd that had as
sembled outside the station cheered as
he stepped into his carriage.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26

Knoxville, Tenn, December 22.-The
scenes of thts mornings half million
dollar fire is tonight blu a mass of de-
bris. Brick walls of five of the six
burned structures are standing, and
here and there groups of firemen are
playing streams of water on the smok-
ing ruins. The burned district is tri-
angular in form, the width five stores
on the Gay street and three on Com
merce avenue, leaving the corner build
ing standing.
A lucky shifting of the wind was all
that saved the six story McTeer block,
and the collapse of the Brown Hard
ware Company building a " the fire
men their chance to stop the rogre
of the flames westward.
First estimates of the fire placing It
In the neighborhood of one million
were made when the stores of McTeer,
Hood and Company, wholesale cloth
ierS; Haynes and Henson wholesale
boots n shoes and Gillespie, Shields
Company wholesale hats, seemed
doomed. These structures were, how
ever, saved.
Three hundred people are thrown out
of employment temporarily.
The fire broke out in a fol- story
building on Commerce avenue direct
ly opposite the Central fire station aud
occupied by the Knoxville Pants Com
pany. In two hours time, buildings
adjoining it on Commerce avenue oc-
cupied by Broyles. Mcclellan ard
Lackey, agricultural implement deal
ers; the David Commission Company;
the large establishment of the George
Brown Hardware Company on Gay
street; the Shanklin Grain Company
and the r. H. Cattee and Company's
building on the same streets had been
completely destroyed. The six story
building of McTeer. Hood and Com
pany, wholesale clothiers and the three
story building Of the Davies Furniture
Company which were reported burned.
withstood h storm of flying embers
n were but little damaged. Brandal
and Kennedy, retail clothiers; w. T.
Newton. jewelers.; The Whitle-Speace
Trunk Company and other retail stores
on Gay street opposite the burning
structure were considerably damaged
The losses officially estimated today
aggregate $4,000 with $251 900 insur-
ance.
The heaviest loser lis the George
Brown Hardware stock, $50, 600.
Partial estimates on the losses are as
follows:
r. H. Cattee Company, wholesale
liquors, stock and building $3.50. 200:
Knoxville Pants Company, stock and
building $40, 900; Broyles, Mcclellan
and Lackey, farming implements, stool,
and building s25, 200; Spanklin Grain
Company, stock and building S15, 900;
l.. D. David and Company, stock and
building $40, 900; Haynes and Henson,
wholesale shoes, $40. 900; McTeer, Hooj
and Company. wholesale clothing S.
000: Davies Furniture Company, stock
and building $4,000; damage to other
buildings and stock S10.0 600. All the
firms damaged except the David Com
mission Company were insured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
BELL COMPANY ABSORBS
Richmond Telephone Company Has
Sold Out to It's Rival.

Richmond. Va. December 22-Thc
Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
of the independent company known rs
the Richmond Telephone Company. con-
|ditioned on the onsen of a majority #
the subscribers to the home company
stock and conditioned also on the
sent of the city council to the consoii-
IdatioD. There is no reason to doubt
that thu consolidation will be effaora,
Bell Company has thirty-five
Idred subscribers here. and the Rich
Imond Company has fourteen hundred.
eight hundred of whom are also Bell
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
COMBINE IN GERMANY s7TH
The AIIemeine EIeIStrfcItaets Gezei-
Ieschaft and Union EIektricitaets
nlent.

Berlin, December 22.-The Allgeme-
inc Elektricitaets Gazelleschaft, with
so, lbs, 900 capital in bonds and the
Union Elektricitaets Gazellschaft hav-
ing SS5, 5000, 900 capital. have reached
III agreement amounting to a prac-
teal consolidation. the directors OF
each company being elected members
management is Identical, though the
companies nominally remain separate.
The step is the result OF the crisis in
the German electrical industry. After
the subsistence OF the great boom in
electrical companies It was found that
the manufacturing had far outrun the
markets demands. hence various ef-
forts had already been made to organ
ize a combination after the model Of
those in America. The Allgemeine
had taken h lead in such efforts. but
it GUN that most of the other cola-
panies demanded too high a rating in
the proposed combination.
The Allgemeine then entered into
negotiations with the Union which
were conducted SO secretly that h an
nouncement today took the market
| completely by surprise and it's publ
cation cauSed a rise in electricals, ALI
gemeine gaining 6 1-2 n Union 2 is
points. The Union owns the Thomson
Houston patents for Germany and
ueighboring countries.
The technical of the COM
bine is an American, Mr.. Magee. TIE
combinations greatest rival the Re
mines and Haiske Company capitalizei
at s23. $50 900 held it's annual meeting
today M declared a four per cent.
dividend against s per cent. in 1901.
h cOmpany's report says of the COM
Company is able to go on alone, but
after the situation has cleared up a
combination may seem feasible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
BAYARD'S CREW RESCUED
Experienced Rough Weather and
Was in n DismantIed Condition.

New York. December 22.-The Prince
Line steamer Napolitan Prince, which
arrived today from Naples and other
Italian ports. brought seventeen ship
wrecked seamen picked up at sea from
the Norwegian bark Bayard, bound
from Brunswick, Ga, for London with
a full cargo of ~turpentine n resin.
The Bayard was dismasted n in a
sinking condition when the Napolita1
Prince took off her crew on December
18th. She had experienced terrific
weather from the outset of the voyage,
tremendou a boarding her and
straining the vessel so that she sprang
a leak. All hands were at the pumps
continuously until rescued by the Ma
politan Prince. The removai of the
Bayard's crew was attended with great
difficulty because of the high sea.
The wreck was set on fire when it was
abandoned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26

The declaration will have the effect
OF legalizing the seizure Of Venezuelan
warships-
Assistance for Minister Bowen.
Caracas, December 22.-Lieutenant
Marbury Johnston. attached to the
United States cruiser Montgomery, has
reported to Minister Bowen as W.
attachee here. having been landed at
LaGuaira Saturday by the United
States cruiser Albany. which is under
instructions to proceed for Mayaquez.
Lieutenant Johnston will advise Mr..
Bowen with respect to naval questions,
particularly with reference TO the block
ade. His arrival here has aroused knn,
interest.
Netherlands in Neutral.
The Hague, December 22.-The gov-
eminent of The Netherlands has decided
to observe a strictly neutral attitude =,
the Venezuelan trouble. Ships of the
blockading powers will be prohibited
from coaling at ports Of the Dutch -
lonies.
The Emperor's Suggestion.
Berli- December 22.-The blockade
of the Venezuelan coast will continue
until a definite arrangement for arbi-
tration has been reached. Germany
will be we'll satisfied if President Roose-
veit undertakes the task. His accep-
lance would be considered a sufficient
guarantee hat Venezuela would pay if
she lost. Asking President Roosevelt
to arbitrate was the emperor's personal
suggestion. An indirect inquiry three
or four days ago elected a refusal from
the president. a request has now been
made in direct form. Although Ger
many is ready to submit her case to
any impartial tribunal she would prefer
President Roosevelt for the reason that
President Castro is more likely to &C
cept the decision of the president of the
United States than hat of The Hague
tribunal. If President Castro evades
payment under President Roosevelt
award. the people of the United States.
it is claimed here would with positive
I pleasure see the allies compel him 10
pay up.
The United States is considered here
as emerging from the affair with nj
credit. The Monroe Doctrine has been
ACKNOWLEDGED by two of the greatest
!, powers of Europe, President Roosevelt
| las been accepted as arbitrator by al
| the parties concerned and the South
| American states have been persuaded
by events that the United States is the
The only annoying thing to the German
government has been the alleged read
mess Of Americans to suspect Germany
| Of secret designs. The reported extra
| ordinary distrust of Germany has beer
q painful surprise to the emperor and
to the cabinet.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
GENEROUS CHILDREN
Sunday Schools Will Have Christ
mas Trees for Mission school and
Orphanages.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, n. c., December 22.-In-
stead of having Christmas trees for
themselves, the children of all the Sun
day schools in this city have entertain
ments or Christmas trees for others.
st. Barnabas Episcopal will give its
Christmas tree at st. Cuthberts Mission
church at Proximity Cotton Mills. for
the Sunday school children there.
Others will be devoted to different or
~phanages. Westminster and the First
Presbyterian churches will send their
Christmas to the church orphanage at
Barium Springs.
Major Joseph NJ. Morehead. acting
president of the Guilford Battle Ground
Company, returned last night fro~
trip to Washington, in the interest Of
the proposed plan to make this historic
revolutionary spot a national heritage
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
PLANO FACTORY BURNED
The Total Loss Will Approximate
About S25O,OOO.

New York, December 22.-Fire that
big sever story piano factory of Ernest
Gabler and Brothers. in East 22nd
street. did damage to the extent of $780,
900. The factory was almost entirely
destroyed. The tenants were driven
from adjoining tenement houses. and n
panic ensued among the inmates of the
New York truant school in east 21st
street. directly in the rear of the fae-
tory. The A boys in the institution
were removed to a place of safety by
the police Ernest E. Gabler a member
of the piano manufacturing firm
thought the loss would approximate a
half million dollars. This is the third
time the firm has suffered from fire.
Two hundred men are thrown out OF
employment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
Wireless TeieEraphy Across the Sea

London. November 22.-The second
edition Of the Times today prints the
ext of a wireless Marconi message re-
ceived from the Canadian government.
The representatives of the Marconi
company say they have been receiving
transatlantic messages for a week
They add that tie message to Kin Ed
ward n others come through without
a hitch and practically instantaneously.
It is Gale Hated that the company will
be able TO handle 1.001 words an hour.
AS soon rs it is able to get the post
office authoriti - to connect Poldhu
with the INLAND telegraph company will
commence regular commercial business
btweeen Cornwall and Nova Scotia
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
Sale of international Mercantile Ma
rfne Stock.

New York, December "a sale OF
International Mercantile Marine Com
pany's common stock at 10 on the ~'-b
today attracted attention because II was
the first transaction Of the kind in this
city. 1t was made on a contract 9"
liverable, when, as. and IL issued" the
usual method followed where sales are
made before the actual shares come out.
The common shares. after the earlier
transaction, were bid up rapidly TO q.
at which a sale was made. They then
declined TO ID. and for some time uere
Quoted~at - bid and IL offered. The
first Gles OF the common stock were
made in London at II.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26

Memphis. Tenn. December 22.-Geo.
". Geans. a truck farmer living ear
this city was today arrested on a war
rant charging attempted train wreck
ing. Geans Is the nan who tagged the
fast passenger train from Birm-
ingham Friday night, about three miles
from the city. a short distance from 4
point where spikes had been drawn AMI
cross ties laid on the rack. After his
arrest Geans made a written confession
TO the police. In which he stats tn
me tempered with the track and stopped
the train In the hope that he would be
by the passengers and the
railroad officials. He states that he has
been unable to secure employment and
needed money. his family being in want
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26

AsheviIIe. ~. q. Defender zz-In-
formation was received here tonight
hat zeb Wilson. recently elected state
today at y~urnsvflIe by his brother.
Hiram Wilson. IT IL reported thar ~
brothers duarrelled In connection with
the sale Of q horse
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
WANT Observation-Disclosures
Powers Agree on Asking the President
to Act as Arbitrator
UNITED STATES HAS ACTED WELL

President Roosevelt Has Not Been
traitor, But all the lower concern
ed Are Agreed On the D~esirabiIity
OF His Performing That OHce
to Him the Task Would be
Of the Dispute He May Accept the
ResponsibiIity-The Blockade Will
Continue TIL n Definite
sohene Of Arbitration is Agreed
Ca
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
Examining Routes for Inland Wa
teryvay.
Especial 20 The MessenEer.)

Raleigh. N c. December "a. j.
Nichols. assistant United States Pm
gfneer, OF Norfolk. Is here completing
an investigation regarding the propos-
ed inland waterway through North
Carolina sounds. He is examining maps
n reports Of state engineer. He ex-
poets 10 have the report on the wa
ferway completed by next February.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
COURT CIRCLES STIRRED UP
The Mysterious Disappearance OF the
Crown Princess of Sdx0ny
SEARCH SOLAR PROVES UNAvAILING

Europe In stirred Over the Dis
Of Saxeny-Oa This Account the
saxon Court Functions. I~aclaaiass
b New Years Reception, Have
Been Canceiied-The iaas
Been I'm . Very Moody Frame Of
Mind for some Tfme-she Dfsap-
peared from salseburg some Tisae
During the Night Of December IL
12-She Has Been Searched for 60
Whereabouts In ssill uaknown.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
Caused by the Big Fire
In Knoxville Mon
day Morning
PARTLY INSURED

The Fire Gained Very Rapid Head
way and was Extremely Threat
ening when Luckily h Wind
Shifted and Made Possible the
Saving of the McTee Block-Thc
First Estimates of the Fire Were
hade When Certain Big Buildings
Seemed Certainly Doomed. But
Which Were Afterward Saved.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26

You Know has foa Are Taking
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula In plainly
printed on every bottle showing that Il
2 simply iron and Quinine In q taste
form No Cure No pay. soc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-12-26
A Noted Specialist Dead.

viennt. December e2.-Professo- Baron
Won Krafft-Ebb:rg. of the University Of
Vienna, the ceibrated nose specialist a
dead at ~Graz-Styria~
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-01
PERSONALS.

Mr. W. A. Gattis went to Clayton yes
terday
Mr. Geo. D. BOYD, of Greensboro is a
visitor to the city.
Mr. Samuel Watts, of Auburn, was in
the city yesterday.
Rev. John Huske returned yesterday
from visit 20 Fayetteville.
Mr. r. H. Patterson, of Wilson. was
a visitor to Raleigh yesterday.
Judge T. b. Womack spent yesterday
in Golasboro on legal business.
Rev r. S. Stephenson is able to be
out again after his recent illness.
Mr. John G. Skies. of Monroe, was a
guest at the Marlborough yesterday.
Mr. p. B. Beard, of Salisbury, was a
guest at the Marlborough yesterday.
Mr. f. H. Busbee returned to the city
yoaterday after visit TO New York.
Rev DR. A. A. Marshall, of the First
Baptist church, is still confined to his
home By sickness.
Mr.. f. C. Ivey reached the city yester-
day from Atlanta, and is the guest of his
brother, Rev. r. ~ Ivey.
Mr. William Bailey, who has been a
guest al the home OF Or. A. B. Hawkins,
LEFT Tor Louisburg yesterday
Rev. W. H. Moore, the presiding elder
of the Durham District of the Methodist
church, arrived yesterday from Pitts
boro and is the guest Of Rev. j. 4. Gibbs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-01
CAMERON ACCIDENT DUE TO
WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERs.
So States the Answer Filed by s A. L. Attor
neys to Robt Kings Suit For $40,
900 Damages.

The Seaboard Air Line Railroad IN
O. King, asking for $4,000 damages for
injuries received in the wreck at Cam
eron on September 2Sth, declares that
the accident was due to the work OF
train wreckers.
Mr.. King charged, in the complaint
filed 10y his attorney. Armistead tones,
that The disaster was due to the nag.i-
gence and carelessness of the railroad.
The answer now filed by the railroads
attorneys. r. B. Womack and w. II. Day,
states that the train was not being run
al { greater speed than usual, its speed
moi exceeding thirty miles an hour; that
the road he'd and track We're in good con-
aition: that the track had been care
fully inspected the night before, and that
the trestle was all right and the timbers
sound.
Then as 20 the cause OF the accident,
he words % the answer are as follows:
and the defendants further aver that
the said accident resulted not from any
defect in their said road bed or trestle.
bur from the unwarranted and unlawful
act OF some malicious and wanton per-
son or persons who had unlawfully and
maliciously drawn from the cross ties
The spikes that supported them and kept
in position the rails on the defendent' S
road and by reason of such interference
and tamperiug with the track by said
malicious person or persons, and the
Withdrawing of the spikes that protect
and made secure he rails on said track.
the accident occurred, without fault or
carelessness on the part of these defen-
dants and that the injuries complained
| of were the result of acts on the part OF
malicious person or persons which these
defendants could not central, and which
they could not by any prudence or fore
sight have anticipated.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-01
IN AND About THE CITY.

Al its last meeting Seaton Gales
Lodge OF Odd Fellows initiated eleven
candidates.
MAGISTRATE Yearly sent Frank Smith
alias Hinton, TO Jail under $50 bond for
carrying concealed Weapons.
The sanitary officers yesterday served
no warrants on delinquents, the bad
weather preventing. They viii get at 1t
today.
Quite number of taxpayers dropped
in 10 see the city tax collector yester-
day. ana tie receipts were largely in
creased.
The boys are not waiting for March
winds for kites. but a number are al
ready prepared for sailing them when the
rain ceases.
The r,ost obstreperous occupant of the
guard house of late was a dog which
ncwled vigorously and continuously yes
terday afternoon.
Mr.. w. j. Andrews, Sachem OF Deco
neechee Tribe of Red Men, now has
handsome tomahawk which was pre-
scented to him by member of the tribe,
Mr. ". w. Willis.
N Rev. 7. S Wilson. of South Boston,
Va, who has been with his daughter
during her sickness with scarlet fever
at Peace Institute. left for his home
yeaterdaM
Rev. j. w. Jenkins returned yesterday
from Franllinton, where he preached
at Trinity church. He conducted the
funeral services of the late Mrs Philip
Aston al Centreville on Wednesday
Mr.. James House, Of Littleton. is the
latest arrival at the Soldiers Home He
houes to receive treatment that Will
help his eyes. The Littleton Reporter
saws OF him, He is much beloved by
large circle OF friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-01
Stanly Wants SO, roo.

Stanly county has pat in its reminder
for good sized lump of the second $l00,
o00 appropriation for the public schools.
Mr.. r. L. Smith OF Albemarlc. the
superintendent OF schools OF that
county has been i'll the city this week,
and one purpose Of his visit was 10 say
that 81 700 was needed Ey his county TO
ring the schools up TO the four months
limit
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-01
The Harbingsr.

This new paper published by those
popular gentlemen, Il. d. Wicker and P.
". MCGOWAN. has been adopted as the
official organ of the Central Labor Union.
T. is bright, wide-awake, well-edited
weekly, and deserves large patronage
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-01
The Holt Worth Company.

Mr.. Hal NJ. Worth, wno has
leen IN Raleigh for some days has
r.oved TO Greensboro Mr.. Worth is the
secretary and treasurer of the newly
organized Holt-Wortl Supply Company
organized ~ Greensboro; Ernest a. Holt
is president: Edward G. Hclt vice presi-
dent. and Hal NJ. Worth, secretary and
treasurer. Mr.. Giles Mebane is also a
stakeholder and Will take an active inter-
ost in the business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-01
THE WEATHER TO-DAY.

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicinity
to D. M: Saturday, rain.
Local data fer Raleigh yesterday: Max
imum temperature, 50; minimum temper
allure, 81; mean tempera ture. 33; total
rainfall. AZ inch.