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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
HAYWOOD WANTS BAIL.
Claims He Shot Ludlow Skinner in
 Self defense.

Raleigh. N. C., May 29.-This afternoon in the second days hearing in the case of Ernest Haywood. indicted for the mur- der of Ludlow Skinner. seeking ball un- der habeas corpus, the defense rested. The questions asked show that the de- fense will urge self-defense and that the State will argue that there was no blow struck: that Skinner was shot at as he left the sidewalk and that the second shot, while he was still going from Hay wood, killed him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
WILL REJEcT TREATY.
Believed That Colombian Congress
 Will Turn It Down.

Colon, Colombia. May 2.-From a most authentic and semi-official source from Bogota. the capital, it has been learned that the Colombian Congress is almost certain to reject the Panama Canal treaty in its present form.
 It Is added that open opposition to the measure Is encountered everywhere.
 Senors Herrera, Febrega and Teran, the representatives of Panama in Congress, are now on their way to Bogota. The other representatives will follow next week
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30

The motion to submit the two foot notes to each Presbytery for vote was lost.
 Some of the commissioners went home today. This Assembly has been sitting longer than any other for many years past.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
FOUR PERSONS DROWNED.
Property Loss in Morris County, Kas.,
 Will Reach S1,0OO,OOO.

Council, Grove, Kas., May 29.-rhe loss by flood in Morris County is estimated at $1,oO0,0o0. Four persons were drowned last night. Stacking lime set fire to the M R. Smith lumber yard which was burned. together with the Farmers and Drovers Bank, the Indicator store and Robbins's drug store. loss s50.0O0.
 All the business houses were flooded Miles of the Missouri Pacidc and Katy tracks were washed out. More than a hundred houses are under water and twenty have hoated away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Pneilist FeeleY Dies.

Savannah, Ga. May SO-George FeeIey. the pugilist who was injured in contest with Jim Jeffords Thursday night, died at St. Josephs Hospital at l:t5 this morn ing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Fremont to Command Florida.

Washington. May 29.-Commander John c. Fremont has been ordered to com mand the monitor Florida soon tO be commissioned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Officers Are Reelected.

Denver, Col. May @.-Grand Master Morrissey and all other grand oficers oe the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen were reelected today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-30
Six Bridges ColIapse.

Topeka. Kas., May 2S.-Six bridges across the Kansas river collapsed this afternoon on account of high water.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
THE DnEYFTS DISCUSSION.
Its Renewal Causes Heated bat
in Chamber of Deputies.

Paris, April THE renewal Of the
Dreyfus discussion in the chamber OF
deputies today drew a great crowd to
the house. The galleries were packed
and there was much excitement on the
floor. TIE debate evidently was arous
ing great bitterness.
NJ. Jaures renewed his criticisms OIL
the methods adopted to convict Drey-
fuS asserting that after the COlOneI
Henry incident the war office adopted
the plan of using the discriminating
letter, which was falsely aScribed to
Emperor William. NJ. Jaures' closed
with a demand that the government
conduct an administrative inVestiga-
ton into the letter sent by General
PelleuX to Mr.. Cavaignac, when the
latter was war minister in 1898. h
socialist leader received a prolonged
ovation as he resumed his seat. mem
bers of the right party shouting to
him: Go to Berlin"
Minister OF War Andre confirmed the
facts in connection with the Pelleun
letter as stated by NJ. Jaures. General
Andre amid great applause closed his
remarks with an acceptance OF the
proposition to institute IN administra-
tive inquiry. which. he adds would he
conducted with the assistance Of GER
tain judges.
Former War Minister C~aVaignac
then demanded tina he be heard and
proceeded to speak amid uprOar and
confusion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
NO CHANGE At NEW ORLEANS.
River Continues to Stand With Pre-
dictiOn of Il Slight Rise.

New Orleans, April THE river here
continues to stand at 2O.3, with the
local weather bureau still predicting a
slow rise if the Hymelia crevasse is
closed At Vicksburg, there has been
a slight fall and generally at points be-
low the water is at a stand. Back wa
ter from the Holly Brook break is caus-
ing a rapid rise in Brush Bayou, which
divides Tallulah, La, ana residents in
the west portion of hat town are
erecting protection levees, to protect
their property. Planters and farmers
in Tensas and Madison Parishes are
moving their stock to higher ground.
Red river is falling and no apprehen-
sion is felt by people living along that
stream.
Traffic over the Grand Isle road is in
terferred with by the Magnolia trouble
below the city. Passengers have to be
transferred at that point until a new
line of rack can be laid.
The work at Hymelia progressed
without interruption today.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
TRUE BILL AGAINST TILLMAN.
Slayer Will Come to Trial
Next Monday.

Columbia, S. c., April THE grand
jury today returned a true bill against
James H. Tillman, charging him with
the murder of n. G.. Gonzales, editor
of The State. who was killed in this
city last January. The Indictment also
carried with it the charge of carrying
concealed
The prisoner will be arraigned tomor-
row. which will give him four days to
for trial-the case having been
set for next Monday.
1t is stated hat Tillman has not suf-
fered any from his confinement of three
months and that he is in splendid phys
zeal condition. Judge Klugh will pre-
side during the trial.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
THE STEEL CORPORATION.
Net Earnings for First Quarter Show
Decrease from Last Year.

New York, April 7.-According to a
statement given out today by the board
of directors, the net earnings Of the
United States Steel Corporation for the
first quarter of the calendar year.
March, estimated. after deducting out
lays for repairs, renewals. maintenance
Of plant, interest on bonds and fixed
charges. were $24. 656, 1876. The net earn
ings for the fiscal quarter last year were
SIG, 219, 599, showing a decrease for the
first quarter this e. of ST. 60, 463. AZ
ter ~deducting amounts set aside for
sinking funds, depreciation and reserve
funds, there was a balance of net earn
was a further deduction for interest on
the corporation bonds and sinking
funds for the same bonds, leaving a
balance of SIG, 991, 1S9. After paying the
usual dividends On the preferred and
common stocks, there was left undivid-
ed profits for the quarter of $2,97S, 245
The quarters earnings show a de-
crease and in a foot note. the decrease
compared with the same period last
year was attributed largely to the rail-
road congestion, which prevent prompt
delivery. Unified orders on the books
for manufactured products on April 1
were $40, 719 tons. The preferred div
idend is payable May 10. the common
June 80.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
THE WORK OF CONSTRUCTION.
subcommittee t. Visit the Isthmus
to Appraise Value of the Work.

Washington, April Mr.. Cromwell,
counsel for the Panama Canal Compa-
ny, and Admiral Walker called at the
state department today to "a to Sec
rotary Hay about the work Of the sub
committee which is TO visit the isthmus
TO appraise the value of the work the
company is now doing on the canal.
1t was reported TO the secretary that
the company now employs $50 engi-
neers, about 40 medical officers and
about 1,5OO laborers and foremen on
the canal. These are nearly all at
work in the Culebra cut. Five thou
sand dollars a day is a modest estimate
of the money which the United States
will be expected to pay the canal COM
pany for continuing this work.
Admiral Walkers estimate of the
number of men to be employed on the
Panama canal, when the United States
formally shall have entered upon the
project, is thirty thousand. For all
practical purposes, this government now
is engaged in the construction of the
canal. Under the agreement signed on
March Bird by Secretary Hay and Mr..
Cromwell, the American representatives
of the new Panama Canal Company.
the work of construction was to be con-
tinued by the canal company until the
exchange of Publications of the canal
treaty with the understanding that the
United States should pay for such con-
StructiOn work.
The men now engaged on the canal
construction work are principally ia
malca negroes. One of the purposes of
the visit to the Isthmus soon to be made
by a subcommittee of the present canal
commission is to ascertain a source of
labor supply. The local labor supply
is insufficient to meet the demand. 1t
is probable therefore that laborers will
be drawn by the thousand from the
southern states and the islands of the
West Indies.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
London Education Bill Passes First
Reading.

London, April Sir William Arson,
parliamentary secretary of the board of
education introduced the London edu-
cation bill today in the house of COM
mons and it passed its first reading.
The proposed measure met with a
Very mixed reception. the liberal leader,
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman char
acterizing it as contrary to common
sense and public interest and an offense
to those believing in popular govern
ment.
1t altogether abOlishes the present
London school board and makes the
London council the supreme authority
in both elementary and secondary edu-
cation. The county ounci will be as
sisted by an educational committee
numbering ninety-seVen. made up of
members of the county council borough
councils. experts and women.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
Letter to ID. O'COnnOr.
OF Wilmington. y. c.

Dea Sir: R~ockland. Maine. is a sea
coast town: hard place for paint. About
years g Farrand. Spear
Co., R~ockland. began with Devoe- Their
first sac was to paint the Harrington
residence. we'll known there.
Mr.. Farrand says the house appears.
from the street, to be we'll painted now,
and has never been reprinted.
We should like to know more definite
ly about i job of paint that has lasted
seventeen years on a seaside house.
II is the longest time we have had 2
report on.
Lead and oil lasts three years-a first
rate job-and nobody says it last longer.
We are content TO say that Devoe lead
and zinc lasts twice as long; but we
know of houses innumerable, on which
our paint has exceeded six years.
Yours truly,
F. w. DEVOE & CO.
p. S.-M. W. Divine & Co.. sell oul
paint.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
HANNA MAKES A STATEMENT.
Says Result is Disappointing. But
Will Stimulate Party to Greater
Activity.

Cleveland, April 7.-Senator NJ. A.
Hanna this afternoon gave the Associ-
ated Press the following statement con
corning the results of yesterdays cleo
ton:
while the result in Cleveland is dis
appointing to the republicans, the eff
feet will be to stimulate them to great
er effort in future campaigns. The re-
suit by no means shakes my faith in
the belief that we can carry this coun-
try next fall. The general situation in
the state continues favorable to the re-
publican party.
~(Signed.) M. A. HANNA"
Mayor Johnson had no comment to
make on the result today, further than
to reiterate his previous statement that
the result showed hat the people were
with him in his fight for three cent
street car and tax reforms.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10

Buffalo. y. Y, April 7.-Wallace
Thayer, who was Arthur r. Pencils
friend legal adviser in his life
time. when seen tO1ay relative to a
published statement quoting him as
saying that there was no doubt that
the story of his appropriations was
ture and that Pencils brother. J.
Frederick Pencil, had pleaded with
him to destroy the trust papers, repu-
dated much hat was attributed to
him and made a brief statement which
embodied. he said, all that he cared
to state at the present time. Mr..
Thayer sail: j. Frederick Pennell.
brother to a. R. Pennell came to me
last Friday and told me that Arthur
had left large debts to friends in the
east. These debts, he said, were large
enough practically to consume all the
insurance n he advanced that a rea-
son why l SHOULD turn over to him
h $4,000 insurance money, which A.
R. PennelI left in trust with me. He
said; Unless you do this, there will
practically be left nothing left for
me-
TIL. Mr.. Thayer made this state
ment- I drew the inference from J.. F.
PenEr-fs statements that his brother
must ave made Interpretations of
none. There is a vast amount of
debts against the estate, some several
hundred thousand and l can't see how
he could have gotten into that amount
of debt unless he spent money belong
ing to others"
District Attorney CoatsWOrth said
today hat he had now of the al
legged swindling operations of Arthur
r.. Pencil for u week. Il vas in
formed he said" that Pennell had
been inducing his wife's family and
friends in Wayne to allow him to in
vest their money for them I was
also Informed hat he gave them fake
mortgages on property and kept up
the interest payments, in order to
cover up his dishonest transactions. 1
have not investigated the report in de-
tail, but it came to me on such good
authority that 1 am satisfied of its
genera truth.
MY policy in the Pencil inquest
will be to bring to light every scin-
tilla of evidence which will or may
throw light on the murder of Edwin
l.. Burdick. The inquest will not be in
reality 10 determine how Arthur R.
Pennell came to his death. 1t is not
of any great Importance to know
whether he committed suicide or not.
but it is of the utmost Importance to
discover the murderer of BurdiCk.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
Liquor Question is the Issue.

Omaha. Neb.. April 7--Muricipa;
elections We're held in all the cities
and own of Nebraska today, with the
exception Of Omaha and South Omaha,
both of which work under special
charters. Party lines were drawn in
out few instances, the matter OF per-
hitting h sale of liquor being the is
sue in nearly every town. Republi-
cans were successful in most Of the
towns heard from up to midnight,
where party lines were followed. al
though democratic majorities we're
given in a number of towns tina here
tofore have elected republican officials.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
PARTIES BROKE EVEN.
Results of the Municipal Elections
in OhiO-SOciaIists Made Gains.

Cincinnati, April Z. While the ag-
gregate of pluralities in Ohio cities
yesterday showed republican gains,
the parties broke almost even on the
changes of local administrations. The
most changes from the democrats to
the republicans were at Columbus,
Mansfield, GAINESVILLE, Defiance, Van
Vert and Shelby, the republicans
carrying Shelby for the first time
Among the cities hat changed from
republican TO democratic mayors, were
Youngstown, Springfield, Akron, Troy
and probably Ffndlay. In several Of
the larger cities, the socialists made
gains. There are III cities and Gil viii
lagos in Ohio, of the sixty largest
cities heard from officially, it is noted
that the republicans and the democrats
each carried thirty.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
COTTON.

Liverpool, April s.. p. INJECTION:
Spot quiet; prices 4 points lower.
american middling fair SIS; good mid
ldling $50; middling $40; low mlddling
5.26; good ordinary $40; ordinary 4.:S,
The sales of the day were 5000 bales
lof which 500 were for speculation and
Iexport and included $500 American.
lReceipts 19, 1000 bales including 1880
american.
Futures opened easy and closed quiet.
american middling G.. o. c: April 5.21@
5.22; April and May 5.21@5.22; May and
June 5.23; June and July 5.23; July and
august 5.22@5.23; August and Septem-
Der 5.13@5.14; September and October
LIS; October and November 4.5S@4.59;
November aid December 4.51@4.52.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston firm 10 Lie; net receipts
Il. 705 bales.
Norfolk steady at 10 Lice; net receipts
$50 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 10Kc.
Boston dull at 1915; net receipts 5S3
bales.
Wilmington firm at 9kc; net receipts
I32 bales.
Philadelphia quiet at 1910.
Savannah quiet and firm at 9Nc; net
receipts 2,66. bales.
New Orleans quiet and steady at 10
Lie; net receipts 5,467 bales.
Mobile firm at csc; net receipts 80
bales.
Memphis firm at csc; net receipts So
bales.
Augusta quiet at 1CAc; net receipts
|57 bales.
Charleston firm at 9Ac; net receipts
Is bales.
Cincinnati quiet at 1OBc; net receipts
212 bales.
Louisville firm at csc.
ST. Louis quiet at 9 Lie; net receipts
1850 bales.
Houston steady at Toe; net receipts
p, $40 bales.
New York, April S.-Cotton dull "a
l10.45; net receipts 81 bales; gross re-
Iceipts 81 bales; stock 81, S31 bales.
Total today at all seaports-Net re-
lceipts 1852 bales; exports to Great
Britain 1896 bales; to the continent
b, 913 bales; stock 354, $40 bales.
| Consolidated at all seapOrts-Net re-
lceipts 81, 072 bales; exports to Great
britain 4O.09S; to France $3.50 bales; to
1.-THE continent 5 1855 bales.
Total since September LIST, at all sea-
ports-Net receipts 7,130,O14 bales: eX-
lports to Great Britain 2,545, 661 bales;
Ito France 725, 14 bales; to the CONT
lnent 1852, 1856 bales.
| Spot cotton dull; m1ddling up!andS
l1O:45: middling gulf 1910; sales none.
Futures opened steady n closed
iquiet; April 1922; May 1880; June 9.S7:
July 9.S7: August 9.42; September SIT;
IOctober SAL; November S.37; Decem-
lber S.35.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. 2 spring wheat I6 to
IL; No. 3, 71k; No. 2 red 10 to 74k;
No. ? corn 42h; No. 2 yellow 421a: no.
p oats 33A; NO. 3 white 1914 to 81; mess
pork. per barrel s17.75 to s17.S0; lard,
per 100 pounds 1886 to s9.S7R; short
ribs sides Ooose) $3.50 to 1910; dry salt
ed shoulders Cboxed) 1915 to sS.S7k:
clear sides Cboxed) $1,000 to $40. %;
whiskey. basis of high wines s1.3G.
New York, April S.-FLOUR-Active
land firm.
WHEAT-Spot firm; No. 2 red sos.
|Options throughout the forenoon wheat
was strong and higher on large export
lrumOrS firm Paris cables. small north
west receipts and general covering. In
THE Afternoon it advanced on heavy
buying by a prominent Chicago house
land closed - to 1c net higher. May
1913: July 1865; September 741A.
CORN-Steady; No. 2 nominal. OPP
Ition market in contrast to the west
was weakened this morning by the
settlement of the lake strike and pros
Ipects of large arrivals here. Later it
recovered with wheat and closed firm
Iat a partial &c net advance. April
l52h: May 51$s: July 49A; September
49H.
OATS-Dull: No. ? 391S. Options
steady at first. but weakened later I'M
der liquidation.
LARD-Firm; western steamed 5000.
Refined firm; continent s1o.55: COM
pound ~ to s.
PORK-Quiet.
| R1CE-Firm.
MOLASSES-Firm.
SUGAR-Steady; fair refining 3 LIS:
centrifugal SO test 31a; molasses sugar
? 1916: refined dull.
CHEESE-Firm; state full cream
fancy, small colored fall made 10:
white fall made 14A.
EGGS-Ffrm: state and Pennsylvania
ll5 to 2515: southern 14R.
POTATOES-Steady; southern $50
Ito $500: state and western $50 pounds
ISL to $500; Long Island 800 to 1925;
South jersey sweets 1915 to 1915.
PEANUTS-Steady; fancy ~handpick-
led Az to Az; other domestic % tc AZ.
CABBAGES-Steady; Charleston new
Is2. 90 to $500.
COTTON SEED OIL-Was frmer and
a trife more active; very little good oil
offering on spot. Prime crude here
nominal; prime crude fob mills 33h to
t341s; prime summer yellow 4k; off
summer yellow 37k to 50; prime white
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
Democratic Mayor Will Probably be
Elected.

St. Louis, April IA light vote vas
polled here today. A heavy rain set
in just prior to the closing time, 4
o'clock tonight. The election was for
six councilmen, twenty-eight members
OF the house Of delegates, the upper
branch Of the city council, members of
the school board and an inspector OF
weights n measures. Lightweight
precincts out of 1873 give a democratic
majority of 1O,0 900 for the six council
men to be elected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
May Freight Rates on Sew
eraI Commodities.

Memphis. Tenn, April 7.-Traffc Of
fcials in the lines in the Southwestern
freight association and the Southeast
ern Mississippi Valley association met
in his city today to consider an ad-
vance in freight rates between Mem
phis and southeastern points OH iron,
coa and other commodities. On ac-
count of a number of absentees the
meeting adjourned without taking ac-
ton. The two associations will be CALL
ed shortly to consider h proposed ad-
vance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
LARGE DEBTS
PGnnelI'S Insurance Will
All 90 for Their
Payment
INQUEST SOON

TIE Facts Are Given Out in a State
menI by Wallace Thayer, Who
Was Legal Adviser i'm His
appropriations of Funds by PEN
nell Will Consume all His Insur-
COatswOrth Has O of These
At the PenneII Inquest He Will
Seek to Bring Out all Evidence
That Can Throw Light On urde
of Burdick.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
in Villages and Small
Cities.

ST. Paul, Mimi, April 7.-EIect:oas
were held in villages and cities Of the
third class throughout Minnesota to-
day. They were without political sig
n~ificance. The election at ManEato
was an exception. The contest was
keen and resulted in a sweeping demo-
cratic victory. The republicans elected
two aldermen and municipal judges.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
King Edward Sails for GibraIter.

Lisbon, April liking Edward. on
board the Royal Yacht Victoria and
Albert sailed today for Gibraltar.
King Edward at a luncheon given
aboard the yacht to King Carlos made
an address referring in warm terms to
the two countries.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-10
As: prime winter yellow As; prime meal
$3.50 to $500 nominal.
STORIES.

New York, April S.-Turpentine firm
561a to 57.Rosin steady; strained 1921
to $3.50.
Savannah. April S.-Turpentine firm
soc; receipts Sc casks; sales $50 casks;
exports g. casks. Rosin firm; receipts
451 barrels; sales 81, 800 barrels; exports
80 barrels. Quote A B c D E $500; F
500: >. G $40; H $40 ! s2sS; e s s. 20
Charleston. S. c., April S.-Turoe1-
tine nothing doing. Rosin nominal: A
B c D E s1.95; F $500; G $40; H $3.50:
1 s2,75: K $50; NJ $3.50: w G. 1915; w
w S4.15.