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8 THE SEMI-WEEKLY MEfekENkEK: TUESDAI, JANUARY 17, 181)9. THE C F. A Y. V. SMBBsMMaaa rriie Deere r Judge Purnell Usnllrm ln the Sale of This Road to the At lantlc Coast Line, Filed Here Yesterday-Thirty Day or BeaoaabH XI me Allowed to Comply Witla the Term of the Sale Order for the. Co veyanee Deed ; c ' ; J The Messenger yesterday mentioned that at Haleigh on Friday Judge Thos. It, Purnell, of the United States district court, Issned a decree confirming the special masters' sale of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway to the At lantic Coast Line, according to the de cree ci Judge Charle H. Simonton, of the Uaited States circuit court, in the case f the Farmers' Loan and Trust 'r-nm.anv nf Kfr York, trustees for vni Aar-a tro i not i Han Fear I v.,n,in v6iw Pdtttrav fJnmnajav. 7.1 3 n Wm A Jjsh trustee argument alwavs in stock in suchdis- with the University of Virginia. This ed. and good foreign demand is. like et .il, and Dr. Wm. A. sh, trustee, argument always in stock in sucnis I action -was brought about by the con- wise, the secret of strength in cotton. -against tne uape r ear ana jaaus -imu- ley Railway Company -t al. Attached to the decree is a communicatloaT to 5&ige Purnell from -Judge Simonton etatlng that fee is sick and -unable to :'ive his attention toUaislness and there fore requesting Judge-Purnell to act for r&im and enter such decrees and-orflers :aa to him .may -Beem proper daring .Judge Simontari's absence and inability. Judge Purneir "decree confirms the -sale at $3,110,tH30 fortfhe Cape Fear, and Yadkin Valley railway, Its equipment, property, assets, franchise, etc.bld un der the foreclosure Mecree, and $15,000 additional for certain motive frcwer - purchased, since theroad went into the lands' of the .receiver. The decree salso sets forth that the -purchasers bought the C. F. & Y. V. railway for the ;At- lantlc and Yadkin -Railway Company, a corporation be :organized under the laws of North (Carolina; and Jtistrfner- ed that as soon .as all lhe conditions: of the decree of sale and the terms of the sale are complied with that the special masters, the ''Cape 'Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway Company, Dr. w. A- Lash, trustee, .the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, :nd General John GilJ, receiver, shall ign geal, execute, ac knowledge and f deliver ra- proper ded or deeds of tronveyance to; the purchas ers. On exhibition of the proper deed or deeds of conveyance to the special masters thevstre tiered bv udce Pur-1 Vnll. in Vi n-,y l chasers so t.ey (Can takv possession and have absolute ownemhip. From the date of filing this decree the pur chasers are allowed -t-hirty Kteys or such reasonable time as:tbe court may elect to comply with tie condition and terms of the sale. With regard to- liabilities of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway, incurred since it has been in the hands of the receiver, Judge Pur- nel's decree requires the purchasers - to satisfy and discharge the saiue if the receiver has not sufficient assets to pay the same. This was one of the condi tions of the decree of sale. Judge Purnell orders that such mon ies as may be paid by the purchaser to the special masters shall be deposited Tln National-banks in North Carolina, ' in such amounts as will make them tsafe, until further order of the court, CABLIi BHOKE Giant Weight or the First Presbyte rrlan Church Clock Crashed Through Celling and Floor . The half -inch ire cbie supporting the giantweJhts of the clock of the F'rst 'Presbyterian church, broke Fri - day, and the weights fell with lrresist' .able fury, crashingt through the ceiling of the second story, directly over the lobby at the main entrance of the church, and sinkingeep into the floor. The accident happened late in the af ternoon, isvhile the plock was being ."woupd up. Consequently at that time ; there was a great strain on the cable, i greater than at any other time. The weights were seven in number, and weigh0btwsen 500 an 3 1,000 pounds. They .were; ideated belo.w the belfry floor, . suspended from the clock by the cjible, and it was from this height that they fell. The accident was due to the rusty condition of the cable, which Jias . been in service for about - thirty- years v and happenedwhen It did on aceojrit ef th2 strain produced by th winding operation. The eable part ed just about whtTe dt was connected with. the "slights, .fend consequently its dilapidated condition at tis point could not be seen, as it was hidden irom. sight fey the &oot. The weights upon lulling cut. large hole through the ceilivig, but the dam age to the lower floor was lessensd by the resistance .offered .by the matting 4i a ' -Mr. George Konnett, who has the clock in charge, has alr eady had the damage to the ceiling anv! floor repair . ed and the weights and broken cable removed. He will next, Ayithf n abut a fortnight, have tke weights replaced with an all wire, latest improved sa ble, and until then the clocK will not strike, but otherwise It will run ana keep just as good time as before. The broken cable was an old fashioned one ELECTRIC RAILROAD It Is Probable That the 1YlLmlnton Secoast Railroad ?Iay be Converted into a Trolley Llu-A Bill Before Ue Legislature With That View Our Raleigh dispatches last night State that in the house of representa tives yesterday Representative M. S. Willard introduced a bill to revise the jury list of New Hanover county and a bill to amend the charter of the Wil mington Gas Light Company by allow ing it to consolidate its electric light plant with the Wilmington Seacoast Railroad Company. For some time there has been talk of converting the eacoast Railroad into an electric road, and the bill authoriz ing consolidation is with that end in view. The matter has not assumed any definite shape, but the opject in secur ing the passage of the act authorizing consolidation is to put the two com panies in a position to consolidate if it is so decided. We learn that the question of consol idation will come up at the annual meeting of the Wilmington Seacoast SRailroad Company to be held next jjnonth, - A 'LlTTXEtF A3I1 LT DIFFERENCE aaaaaafcaBaaBBB The DtpDMrrMTldet tb0 Ilonte hold PfeyeUevllIe to Have Another Paper Bolletln of Local New (Correpondencie of The Messenger.) Yayetteville, N. C JgfnuaryTli. Ne little of earnest talking and "healed argument, Intensified now and then by crimination al recrimination. is going on here in social, business and Association has severed all athletic re political circles on the burning question lations between the two colleges. Caro- dispensary or io dispensary. A Una's reason -is because of Virginia's 3argely signed petUion for the repeal of the law establishing the dispensary "has already been sent to Raleigh; and. looking over the names thereon, it would reem as if nine-tenths of the citizens influential in business, politics and society were In the ranks of the op- position. But the dispensary advocates I are -aggressive and full of light. Of I course they use the stereotyped moral 1 cusswns ana many or mem verv -strong 'arguments; but, besides, they point s the fiact that the net profits of the dJs- peasary for the past eighteen months have been considerable over $10,099, a large part of which goes to swell the revue -of -town and county. Their opponents contend that these -very monthly .increasing; profits if urnish-. con elusive proof that the .dispensary Is augmenting instead of diminish in liquor drinking, and that-ahis revenue by no means compensates for the dam age kne to the general trade of Fay ettetfille for the past eighteen months. ThejpreYailiug . Impression seems. to be thairthe legislature will pass an .act re pealing the dispensary biV provided J a m&jrity of the qualifiedwoters Of the county favor such repeaL "The Daily Reporter," lan evening paper, published by Mr. H- JI. McDtifiSte, will unake its appearance next Mon day. IMr.. McDuffie is a veteran news- paper. man, weii trainea in an xne at- a i- 9 li a l m tails aof the business. May the field furnish a profitable harvest for both The Oi-server and The Reporter. Jhe 'Bank of Fayetteville's officers forvthfc ensuing year are: Dr. H. W. Lilly, president; Messrs. J. "R. Williams. vice president; J. C. Haigh, cashier; G. G. Mysover, teller; E. J. Lilly, book keeper; -:H. J. Marsh, chief clerk; A. B. Williams, Jr., assistant clerk; Colonel C. W. Broadfoot, attorney. At their meeting yesterday the stock holders ff the Fayetteville Wooflenware Company elected the following direc tors for the ensuing year: Drs. H. W. Lilly, J. H. Marsh and J. W. McNeill; Colonel W. S. Cook, and Messrs. J. W. VC1 W"S. .Used for today to take into considera 1;tion the question of a general stock law :for Cumberland. It has given satis' -faction in Cross Creek township, lout it has its bitter opponents in otter townships. This is a fmi-loving community, aud it can get up a frolic at sthe drop cf a 'hat, without any preparatory frills.. A-pck-up masquerade ball nn evening or sincerat the residence f Mr. and Mrs. A. H. SlGComl) the hospitable scene ofr so many delightful social gatherings afforded a great, jieal of nverriment and enjoyment. There was a handsome widow 'masquerading as a tender thud of "sweet sixteen;" a fresh young 'belle bowed down under the weight .of years of a "mother i-n Is rael"; a "howling swell" with the .shil lelah and red nose of Paddy; two brilliant-society women hiding their gr&ees and charms under the severe garb of the nun, etc., etc. Rev. 6am P. Jones is billed for a re ligious meeting in this city next week. beginning Monday evening, the 17th in stant. A collision &i two freight trains on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad be tween this place and Selma iled the track with wrecked cars. The north' bound train, arriving here at 12:15 o'clock p. m was obliged to turn back and go around by Wilmington, and- the down train due this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock will take the same route south ward. WASHINGTON CONQUERED CiRIP TAKES THE CITY IN ITS IRON GRASP Government Machinery Almost at a Standstill Enormous Percentage of Employees Stricken With LaGrlppe. Capitol at the Mercy of the Plague The Grip epidemic is raging in the Capitol City, and fully one-third of the government employes are sick or suffering from the dread disease. Vio lent headaches, fever and chills, sneez ing and running at the eyes and nose together with the bone-racking aches and pains and a general exhaustion are the rule rather than the excep tion. The best way to fight the Grip is to strengthen the nerves and build up the resistive powers so as to throw off the deadly disease germs, and noth ing will do this so quickly and surely as Dr. Miles' Nervine. It has restored health to thousands of Grip sufferers after every other remedy had failed. "When the Grip left me I wras a broken down wreck, both mental and physical. My nerves were completely unstrung, my appetite failed, could not sleep aid became so despondent that I despaired of ever getting well. I began to improve with the first bot tle of Dr. Miles' Nervine and when I had taken seven bottles I was com pltely cured. Have been strong and well ever since and wreigh more than I ever did before." SAMUEL F. PILSON, Staunton, Va. All druggists are authorized to sell Dt Miles' Nervine on a guarantee that first bottle benefits or money re funded. Be sure and get Dr. Miles' Nerv ine. Booklet on heart and nerves sent .free. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, I d. TfiubT Bringlnsr Good Prices Wfi mvierstand from Mr. H. McL. Green that several rafts of new timber have beea brought on the market dur Ing the past .week, and sold off at good payingv prices as fast as it comes in. It is bringing at least from $2.00 to $3.00 per the usand feet more than" it did last year this season. Mr. Green sas the mills are in great need of timber, as they have not enough on hand io run them a month on full time. Therefore, he thinks tim ber of all grades wiJl bring good prices all the season, for it till take between thirty-five and forty million feet ta supply the mills of thit. city for one year, and as the season hs so far ad vanced that he don't thin they will be able to get more than balf that amount. Captain Frank S. Blair, who was at torney general of Virginia under t2e re-adjuster regime, died at his home InWytheviIle Saturday aged 60 years. TO I VIZ 118 ITT ATHLETICS The SeTeravee of Relatione With the , ITnl verlty " YlrgtnJav, (Correspondence a? The Messenger.) Chpl Hill, January 11. The University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia have played their last game as opponents. This university through its Athletic treatment of our foot ball eleven last Thanksgiving day in Richmond; be cause or cneir repeaiea xauures , to lieep up to the signed contract between the two and because of their refusal to enter , into a new and more binding contract. The committee appointed by I -the athletic association says: "Under oxistinsr -cireiimatanees the athletic as ocia.tion of the University of North Carolina, severs all athletic relations duct of the latter at Richmond last Thanksgiving day, and .because they have subsequently ignored all proposals fo agreements governing future ath letic relations between .the said unl- vesritles." (Signed) J. S. CARR, Jr., Chairman. W. S. WILSON, S. E. SHULL, E. V. PATTERSON, C. S. ALSTON, W. L. KLUTTZ, Jr., R. A. WINSTON, Authorized Committee. 'Early in -December last JMr. J. S. Carr, Jr., president of the athletic as- sociatian here, wrote under the direc l.tion of 'the advisory committee to Vir ginia, jtelling them that unless there was some agreement as to players there could be no further games. Virginia has failed to show willing ness for -such an agreement . and there fore all -athletic relations between the two are severed and the base ball games already scheduled fox this spring are cancelled. While this severing of relations in athletics between the two greatest uni versities an the south is to be deplored, yet, knowing. the facts throughout, it was the anly course left for Carolina to pursue. Virginia has always-been slow to enter contracts and has re peatedly broken them. Carolina has -done her best to wipe out the old marks and to make entirely new agree.' rnents, but again v lrgima has failed to do her part. So the athletic associa tion, composed or an tne students in college, have decided it wise to sever both foot ball and base ball relations with .them. After this Carolina will likely give more of her gaanes to the southern col leges.' Georgia ,has already wriiien for next Thanksgivings foot ball game, and ,it is highly probable that they will $?et it. At ithe same meeting a committee of sevien was appointed to consider the advisability of joining the Southern Inter-Gotlegate Athletic As sociation, composed of most of the best southern colleges and universities. While as yet that tcommittee has not reported, it is rumored that Carolina wrill join. A series of .base ball games 3iave already been arranged wTith prom SLnent southern colleges, for this spring. The abo?e action by this university has stirred up the athletic world in the ettutn and liereafter Georgia will occu py the placet; in North Carolina athlet ics formerly held by Virginia. This Inttr-Collegiate Association doe not only encourage base ball and foot ball, but also track athletics. That id a feature wkich has not bten develop ed here much, shut perhaps ?if Carolina joined with her southern sisters track teams svould become a necessity and, hence, new athletics developed. Whatever is done will be watched with great interest, especially ih the souths for if Carolina should join the Southern Inter-Collegiate Athletic As sociation practically all the large south ern colleges, except Virginia, would be members and athletics would .grow more than heretofore. Bo You Know Consumption Is preventable? Science has proven that, and also that neglect Is suicidal. The worst cold or cough can be cured wlth.Shiloh's Cough and, Consumption Cure. Sold on positive guarantee for over fifty years. R. R. Bellamy. Mr. W. L. Hill for Railroad Commis sioner Warsaw, N. C., January 14. Editor Messenger: Mr. W. L. Hill, president of the East ern Carolina Truckers' Association, has yielded to the pressure of friends and become a candiate for the position of railroad commissioner. He has the solid influence of the truckers of this section to back him, besides he has been voluntarily urged by members of the legislature, who recognize his fit ness for this important position, to try for it. No one who has the benefit of knowing Mr. Hill intimately, can say truthfully there is any man better equipped than he for commissioner. His courtly and affable manner, his brilliant intellect, his peerless charac ter and his intense earnestness in seek ing the right and doing it, draw men irresistably toward him. He is a grad uate of the university, -'a lawyer (but does not practice), has traveled ex tensively in this country and Europe, and is at present farming and trucking on a large scale on his SgG-acre farm at Warsaw. There is none other appli cant for commissioner wTho has come under our observation that is more en titled to represent the farming and trucking class of our citizens than Mr. Hill. J. Red Springs Notes (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Red Springs, N. C, January 13. Red Springs continues to grow. Two more stores and new dwellings have been occupied recently, and there is an effort being made to get a telephone, exchange and an electric light plant TPut in operation here, The seminary re-opened January 4th with all the former students but two, and several new ones. The enrollment is about ISO, and will probably be 200 before long. Rev. L. A. McLean, late synodical evangelist of Virginia will begin a series pf meetings here January 15th. Tell Yonr Sister . A Beautiful Complexion is an impos sibility withovJt good pure blood, the sort that only exists in connection with good digestion, a .healthy liver and bowels. Karl's Clover Root Tea acts directly on the bowels, liver aijd kid neys' keeping them In perfect health. Price 25 cts. and 50 cts. R. a?- Bellamy. The Third Georgia regiment d "vol unteers sailed from Savannah Saturday for Neuvitas on the transport Roum- I na' oniDsTacsrs report The Strength In frier of Staple Can Unite Hear j Exportof tirmin Iron 71111 crowded With Order Cenol ldatlon lu Several Industrie Ntfw York. January 13. Bra s tree t's tomorrow will say; Perhaps the most notable feature of the trade situation at present Is the strength of price3 of nearly all staples, particularly of cere als, cotton, iron and steel, which have apparently gained further ground since the first of the year. Explanation of the strength of wheat is, of course, found in the good cash demand which seems to meet any slight reaction In values and which has plac ed the price at a point as high as at any previous time for three months past. This cereal and corn are both in exceptionally good demand abroad. judging from the large exports report- shipments of which conUnue heavy. A feature of dealings in this staple is the ready demand for good grades and the Indifference Manifested toward low grades, which, owing to the bad weath. er at the south, are in larger than us ual supply. Cotton manufacturers, in deed, have been complaining for some time of the low spinning quality and waste of the present crop. While large sales of iron and steel are not so numerous as in recent weeks, further advances in prices, notably of pig iron, steel billets, plates. and rods, bear testimony to the eagerness of buy ers to secure supplies and the almost corresponding indifference of the trade toward new business, order books of most of the mills being reported well filled. Pig iron production is the heav iest even known, but stocks show fur ther depletion. The successful floating of a number of large consolidations in this industry of late has naturally stim ulated interest and discussion in fur ther consolidations. The formation of syndicates, howev er, is not confined to iron and steel, be cause within the week there are reports of a projected great tobacco sj-ndicate, having for its object the securing of control of the entire Cuban supply this year. Among other rumors of consolidations is the story from the Pacific coast of a proposed consolidation of salmon can ners. Tin plates show the effect of the con solidation in this line in an advance from the low figure reached some months ago. The strength of cotton goods is still a feature of the dry goods market, but the hoped for advance -in raw wool has not yet materialized and tne traae in maruracturea woolens is still slow. The feeling of confidence in the lum ber trade is unabated and an active demand is looked for in the spring, the strength of hardwoods being a particu lar feature in this connection. Prices for boots and shoes are held steadily and the outlook is regarded as favor able. Leather too, is firm and hides are in sympathy. In other industries activity is a fea ture, a notable instance being the heavy iessel tonnage now being built both at the lakes and on the seacoast, aggre gating for mercantile and national pur poses a total claimed to be far in excess of .any previous period In the country's history. Wheat, including flour, shipments, for the week aggregate 5,647,071 bush els, against 6,860,863 bushels last week, 5,299.517 bushels in the corresponding week of 1898, 3,948,150 bushels in 1897, 3, 202,124 bushels in 1896 and 3,564,458 bushels In 1895. Since July 1st this sea son, the exports of wheat aggregate 134,036,048 bushels, against 137,742,801 bushels last year. Corn exports for the week aggregate 3,297,072 bushels, against 4,844,288 bush els last week, 4,641,750 bushels In thi3 week a year ago, 3,757,281 bushels in 1897, 3,336,017 bushels in 1896 and 661,237 bushels in 1S95. Since July lsthis sea son, corn exports aggregate 83,091,999 bushels, against 88,444,486 bushels dur ing the same period a year ago. Business failures for the week show an increase over the preceding week, numbering 394, against 237 last week, but comparing with 323 in this week a year ago, 478 in 1897, 412 in 1896 and 37$ in 1895. Mount Olive Jottings (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Mt. Olive, N. C, January 13. Mr. John Farrior, of Charlotte, N. C, arrived in the city yesterday to visit relatives near here and at Kenansville, N. C, before returning home. Mrs. J. G. Kornegay, of Portsmouth, Va., is spenaig this week as the guest of the family of Mr. C. F. R. Korne gay. Miss Fannie L. Jones, one of Mt. Olive's accomplished daughters, left Tuesday to visit her sister. Mrs. Geo. Edgerton, at Guilford College, N. C. Mrs. B. F. Boykin, of Wilson, came "Wednesday to visit Misses Lelia and Maggie Aaron. Rev. J. T. Boywell and family arriv ed here Tuesday.where Rev. Mr. Bag well will fill his regular appointments on the Methodist circuit in the future. Mr. Bagwell has many friends" here, who gave him and his family a warm reception on their arrival here Tues day. Beyond a doubt, Rev. Bagwell is the best preacher that Mt. Olive has had for many years and we think ev erybody here will strain every nerve to keep him here longer than one year. Mr. B. W. Southerland returned from Richmond, Va., with a car load of horses and mules and has them in his new brick stables, which are near ing completion and will add a neat ap pearance to Front street, 'when they get the finishing torches. Rev. P. Mclntyre, of Faison, closed his services of a week of prayer here Sunday night with one accession to the church, Mr. A. S. Grady. Mr.R. L. Kornegay has moved his Ijr 11 vlll 111 Ail VUUUll J iV M this eitv. His numerous friends well come him in our midst. Hrave men Fall Victims to stomach, livery and kid ney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons In the blood, backache, ner vousness, headache and tired, listless, rundown feeling. But there's no need to feel like that, Listen to J. W. Gard ner, Idaville, Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are Just the thing fr a man when he is all run down, rind don't care whether he lives or din. It did more to give me 2w str igth and good appetite than anything I could taket" I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life." Only 50 cents at R. R- Bellamy's Drug Store. Every bottle guaranteed. Count VCh Munster, the German am bassador to France, has started for Berlin in response to a sudden sum mons from Emperor William. nn Oil DADV'O FACE V Pother Ashamed to Take Him Out. Everything Failed to Curt. CUTI CUBA Caret In Three Day I hart kid toy baby tick with U fee foil cf ringworm, tad tried ereryUtlac sad failed. 1 VMfttbAmedtoUkcLlmcaVforcTrryoMwoaVl look fttbixxu I wuto!4tofvtCrrtcinu. Ifot It on TVed&eaday, aad by Satarday hi fee wm sli dried op- Now I ea Uke him erttywbcf. If peopk car kaetr boot bow LU fM lootfd a week Mro, od m Uio-Lit, tbey won id Bert be wUhtmUU Mat. J. POTTER, 2H So.FlrtgL Brooklyn, 2?. Y. Warn batbs witb Cmccm Soap sad ffrsti &olaUfi wtU CrTicraa (ointment), contUtat tie porest, tweet t, asd mct cfftctiT baaor treatment Ter eonpoaaded, a?d arpal witb trrettetibl tore to motbera, avrae, a&d all bar 1st U care of children aSlctcd witb tkia, acal, a&d blood banorm, witb i9m of talr. 8ol4fTrottbwrt4. rrnii D. wrC.Ceafu foterropaBMtae. How to Of Brwy Httaw.-fmT FACE 111038 ""S'SS""' WlLUIHGTOn niBKETS. Wilmington. N. C. January 14. Receiots of cotton to-lav Vsi bales. Receipts on same day last year 1.064 bales. This season's receipts to date 2T4.0C8 bales. Receipts to same date last year 2S0.266 bales. The quotation posted at 4 o'clock today at the exchange: Ontton firm. Ordinary 3 1-1$ Good ordinary 4 7-1-5 Low- middling 5 1-15 Middlinsr Slj Good middling 5 13-16 Prices same day last year. 5 T-16c. NAVAL, STORES. Spirits turpentine Nothing doing. Kosln quiet at y.1 ana-ti.v.. Tar Fteadv at 11.10. Crude turoentlne firm at 11.25 and 12.4. Prices same day last year Spirit tur pentine 32c and Slc: rosin IMS and 11.20; tar 11.05; rude turpentine 11.40 and Receipts today casks spirits turpen tine, 464 barrels rosin. 2T.4 barrel tar. Darreis cruue iirrpe-nuue. eceipts to same day last year w casics spir rits turpentine. IKtf barrels ros: . ZZi barrels tar. 22 barrels crude tupentme. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Peanuts 45 to 5Cc. Rice Lowlands. Ic to 11.10; upland. 63 to SOc, on basis of 43 pounds to bushel. Corn 47 to ISc. Corn meal 13c Cow peas 50 to COe. North Carolina Hacon Hams. 10 to 11c; shoulders. CU to 7c; sides. S to Mic Chickens Firm: spriner 10 to 12'ac; hens, 14 to lc; roosters, 14 to 16o. Efrgs Steady at 12 ic. Shinples Per 1,000 five inch, hearts and saps, 11.502.10; six inch. tl.Wn 3.50. Timber af 13.00 to 15.00 per l,(wo feet. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. FINANCIAL. New York. January 14. Money on call steady at 2 per cent.; prime mercantile paper at 33 per cent.; sterling ex change firmer with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.$4a4fz4.85 for demand and at 14.82li'fi4-S21 for sixty days; posted rates at 14. S3 and 14 S5'2; commercial bills at ll.Slfi 4.81 14; silver certificates at 59 60: bar silver at 5!4.; Mexican dollars at 474; state bonds stronpr, railroad bonds strong, government bonds iregrular. COTTON. Xdverpool, January 11. 1 p. m. Cotton. Spot, moderate demand, prices favor buyers: American middling 3 5-32d. The sales of the day were ,0"X) bale?, of whieh 500 were for speculation and ex port and included 7,5K American; re- ceipts 44,000 bales, including 42.!X) Ameri- can. Futures opened quiet with a mod- erate demand and closed steady. January. 3 5-64ft3 6-G4d sellers: January and February 3 5-H5i3 6-64d sellers: Feb ruary and March 3 6-64d sellers: March and April 3 7-64d sellers: April and May 3 8-4d sellers: May and June 3 9-64d buy ers: June and July 3 10-64d buyers: July and August 3 ll-64d buyers. August and September 3 11-G43 12-64d buvers; Sep tember ana October 3 ll-64fi3 12-64d buy ers; October and November 3 12-64d sel lers; November and December 3 12-64d buyers. NEW YORK COTTON. New York, January 14 Cotton steady at 6 l-16c; net receipts 450; gross receipts S.1J4; sales 69; stock 109.526. Total today: Net receipts 39.217; exports to Great Britain ZS.oM; to France 6.103; to the continent 29.7S5; stock 1.127,208. Consolidated: Net receipts 309,217; ex ports to Great Britain 38.530; to France 6,103; to the continent 29.785. Total since September 1st: Net receipts 6.274.126; exports to Great Britain 2,493, 427: to France 637.S05; to the continent 1,720,432. Futures closed barely steady :January 5.68, February 5.6S, March 5.69, April 5.72, May 5.75, June 5.77, July 5.80. August 5.82. September 5.75, OctobeT 5.74, November 5.75, December 5.76. Spot cotton closed steady; middling up lands 6 l-16c; middling gulf 6 5-lCc; sales 69 bales. GRAIN AND PROVISION. Chicago, January 14. The leading fu tures ranged as rouows: Open. High Low. Close. w neat May 70? 69 71U 69U 70 6S?4. 71H 69' July ... Corn Jan .... May .... July ... Oats May .... July ... Z4 37V8 28 26 34 37H 37i 28 34i 378 27; l'J.OO 5.50 5.67l 34 37 37S 27 9.85 10.15 5.50 5.724 4.S0 Mess pork, per bbl. Jan 9.S5 May 10.05 Lard, per 100 lbs. Jan 5.50 May 5.674 9. ST, 10.15 5.:.2H Short ribs, per 100 lb3 Jan - May 5.00 o.OT1, 5.00 5.074 New York, January 14. Flour dull but steadily held. Winter patents 3.75tj4.00. Wheat Spot steady; No. 2 red W4c Op tions opened steady and ruled very dull and featureless all the forenoon; closed steady and unchanged. March closed at 7830c. May closed at 75ic. Corn Spot steady; No. 2 4343c. Op tions dull from start to finish and closed steady and unchanged. May closed at 42c. Oats Spot quiet; No. 2 33i34c. Op tions neglected. Lard Steady; western steamed 15.853 5.90: January fc.S0 nominal; refined quiet. Egxs Steady; state and Pennsylvania 21i21i-ic; western fresh 20ic; southern 2JHQ21c. Cotton Seed Oil Quiet and steady with out changes. Prime crude lJliHc; but ter grades ZztZc. Rice Firm; domestic, fair to extra, 4iei;c; Japan 54fj5ic CoffeeOptions opened dull at un changed prices, ruled inactive and fea tureless, with no outside speculation and local trading, indifference in the absence of new features at home or abroad; clos ed dull at net unchanged prices; sales 250 bags, including March at $5.65. Spot coffee Rio dull; No. 7 Invoice 6c; No. 7 lobbing THc: mild quiet and about steady Cordova 7;ftl5c Sugar Raw dull and unsettled; fair refining 3 13-lOc; centrifugal. 96 tst. 4 5-16c; molasses sugar 3 SMSc; refined quiet; mould A 5ie; granulated 5c. NAVAL STORES. Charleston Spirits turpentine market firm at 42c; sales none. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales none. Savannah Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; receipts 275. Rosin firm and un changed; sales 6,171 barrels; receipts 4.207. s New York Rosin dull; strained, com mon to good $LX Turpentine dull at 45 ?I l 45'c. MTVATIO ATjriJaMLA StUU CrUlcl-Ainer1rtt Troop Called '. to irrna b Hrporkd trilBf-pn-lh Iteport of Jttttlny of Amrtn Troop Manila, January IS. The sitQation is undoubtedly critical, tout Major Ocn- eral Oils has u vsui in nana vuu uiw ... a i aW is no such certainty of trouble a many. believe. The rebels are concentrated on tho outskirts of the town and their leaders have issued strict orders that they; shall act only -an the defensive. An accident might precipitate ."rouble, but the idea of a rebel attack uin Manila is ridiculous, as the Americans abso lutely control the position. Agub . . : has repubiisbei the sec ond mai.;esto, In reply to the procla mation of General Otis which was re called on Its first appearance, but It has proved Ineffectual. On Wednesday a false alarm, due t trivial incidents occurring- simultane ously In opposite parts of the city, led to a general call to arms of the United. States forces. In fifteen minutes the entire city was covered. The prompti tude of the Americans! while It createJ a scare for the moment, effectually" re stored confidence throughout Manila and dispelled the excitement due to a passing fear on the part of tho citi zens that an outbreak was imminent. 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