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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
STAGNAT|ON IN TRADE
Stock Market STRONGER With
Upward Tendency.
WHEAT OFF THREE CENTS
Cotton Off to 10 Points Pre-
duction Exceeds Demand.
WHEAT OFF THREE CENTS
PRosPERITYs WAVE NOT HERE
Bad Weather Has Checked Traffic in the
Interior--Rains in india Increases
Demand For Cotton in London
--Trade Dull Everywhere

New York. Dee 4-The failure Of the
decreased movement to stimulate outside
speculative interest in cotton led to active
liquidation Of long accounts to-day in
the face of reasonably good cables and
lighter run of receipts at interior towns
and at the ports than has been seen for
some time past. The first call showed
prices one point higher to six lower
There was a partial reaction, after which
the market became very weak and IN
settled declining rapidly under heavy
liquidation of January contracts. The
weakness continued to the close which
was weak at a net loss of HOG points.
HUBBARD BROS. & CO.'S. LETTER.
New York. Dee. 4.-(SpeciaD-Th ac-
ton Of the market to-day is based on
the idea that with modcrating weather
the movement will increase next week
and as the market is without support
from an active speculation, traders ex-
pect a decline. This view was largely
held in Liverpool this morning when the
demand from the spinners caused the
sales to aggregate the largest for months,
Notwithstanding this demand their mar
ket for arrivals was lower in sympathy
with our decline of yesterday bringing
large selling orders in the morning. Ca
bles under this pressure, the market de-
clined and the majority Of local traders
are bearish on the absence of specula
tive buying. 1t is noticeable that the
trade demand for cotton fer consump-
ton is increasing in England on the
rains in India and the probable demand
in Manchester. Here the American
spinners are the active buyers for the
purpose of accommodating supplies not
acquired during the early fall.
Liverpool continued to sell heavily all
the afternoon catching stop orders and
inducing liquidation on every hand We
estimate the sales of Liverpool since one
o'clock to be upward of $4,000 bales and
this was sufficient to close the market
weak at the lowest prices. The amount
in sight is estimated at 375, 900 bales.
HUBBARD BROS. & co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
RALEIGH COTTON MARKEr
RALEIGH TOBACCO MARKET.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW York, December 4. Money on call
easy at ia2 per cent; last loan ~ per cent,
closed at IalH per cent. Prime mercantile
paper Aa5 per cent Sterling exchange
firmer, with actual business in bankers
bills at $i.SB25Cd 81 for demand and 4.S3A a.
484for sixty days. Posted rates S48Aa4&1
and 4S7ka4 IS, Commercial bills, $4S!4 Bar
silver Is 81. Mexican dollars r.. Silver Ger
tifcates -. Government bonds firm. State
bonds dub. Railroad bonds strong.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
Notice of Sale .

~ W. ~ o"t5 CIlllefIru ol, ne ~
Registry of Wake unity, book Nc. IS. pa e
Ga, will offer for sale at Il O'Clock m, ut
c., on Mon0ay. December I4th, 1896 10 the
highest bidder for cash, fifty acres Of lau d.
more or less, lying in HCu Creek town
ship, being lot No. division of Sue ling
land. At s me time aUC place, one dark
brown mule, ana one Cna horse W gon.
~ &. STRONA II, Mortgage.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
NEW YORK sTOCK MARKET.

New York, Dee. 4-Stock market
displayed increased activity and a broad
er distribution of business. The tone
was mainly strong, owing to a variety
Of influences calculated to advance prices
The market closed steady at slight net
gains in the principal stocks. The rail-
road and miscellaneous bond market
displayed considerable animation on a
broader movement which included many
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
Az ELEGANT SUBURBAN. RzsIpzsoz
FoR SALe.

Desiring 20 move to the city offer for
sale MY place near Raleigh IC contains
about e hundred and sixty acres. ON
which is q small one-stOry dwelling house
OF six rooms. car riage house, barns, stables
etc, and en- elegant new W. O-story Gweliing
house of ten rooms, with water-closets and
other modern improvements. This is the
prettiest place In Wake county Delightful
In summer, comfortable In winter aud with.
In three mites Of the Capitol over - maca-
amized road. Terms easy. Title perfect
SPIER WHITAKER
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
PRODUCE MARKET.

Chicago, Dec Wheat closed to-day
within a small fraction of cents lower
than at the end Of yesterdays session.
The decline was due almost entirely n
liquidation aud poor support, the statis-
teal news not warranting such a slump
Other market were weakened to a degree.
Corn declining Il cent; oats about the
same and provisions 7b010 cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, December 4.-4:l5 p. Nj OF
ton-Closing- good business done, prices
lid lower; American middling fair l9-32d,
good middling ll-32d; American middling
sgd; low middling 3I6; good ordinary
4 Lied; ordinary $40.
Sales OF the day were 1900 bales, of which
1000 were for speoulatioD and export, and in
Guided 1900 bales American; receipts 10000
bales, including 900 American
Futures opened quiet and closed easy at
the decline.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
THE NEWS AND OBSERVER SATURDAY. DEC s. 1896

Of the giltedged issues. The sales were
81. 264, 600.
Governments were in moderate de-
mand, but were generally firm. The
sales were S51 900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05

NEW YORK. Dec. 4.-The following are
the total net receipts of cotton at all ports
since September ], 1896; Galveston, S2I25l;
New Orleans 1132, lar; Mobile ~, 49, Savan-
nah, 493297: Charleston, 26t, 099; Wilmington,
Ia, 1G0 Norfolk, i48s 07; Baltimore, ri 1874; New
York, 2I,0lG: Boston, 1870; Newport News
5,S0S; Philadelphia. 1873: West Point, so;
Brunswick. 46+78; Texas City. 81, $40; 2 Pensacola
1862 Port RoyaI, 32,920 Total, 8, Is5. 6gl
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NEW ORLEANS.
OTHER MARKETS


Augusta, quiet, 31G, 1889 bales
Charleston, steady, 7, 305S bales.
Savannah, quiet and easy, 15-I6 5,393 bales.
New Orleans, quiet. 3-l6, 1863 bales.
Baltimore, steady, "a, 1886 bales.
Boston, duh, ll-16, 437 bales.
Philadelphia, quiet, 1916, 49, bales.
Wilmington, firm, Z, 324 bales.
New York, dull, 9 l6, l,6l6bales
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET
RALEIGH, N. c., December !.
Cotton selling to-day at 64@7h.
Market firm
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05
FRANK a. PIERCE.
CIVIL ENGINE
aREE NsRORE,, s. Q.

Surveys tor water works, sewerage sys
tens, and municipal improvements saui
tary end landscape engineering. DestgnE
and estimates furnished. Work supertu.
tended Ohae l12 North Elm street.
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NEW YORk
NEW YORK, December Futures opene'
easy: sales 10000 bales.
c.,1IN. IL los F1g
PORT RECEIPTS.

Spot cotton closed dull; middling uplands
: Is, middling gulf 49,: sales 2,047 bales
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-05

Factories; Toledo Onto. Tpua,rs .pp .f3lSs
NOTl~., and Toronto Junction, tJtE,
mention Chia I5Hae,i
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

dress exactly as the president OF the road
does, unless a Uniform Is ceemeu ues't-
able.
In that case e may be gold@aced and
as handsome as that OF a captain on III
ocean liner.
The new locomotive Is thiriy-eight teet
long by nine feet wide. IL Is mounted on
eight wheels. fOTty-twO inches IN JUAN
eter. The wheels are OF wrought-hoh
spoke-centered. with heavy steel tIts.
The machine without the motor Weisn.,s,
thirty tons. The electric equlpme"e ""'
add thirty tons. - &. al
a compartment eight feet square IS an
that viii be required 10 opeIate t"v ~, H.
anlfm, and the remaining Spdts "iS' ~"
utilized in any way that IS desired; 60
The electric equipment CONSISTS o. lo.i
2JD-horse power motors. Seadcr - - 80
regulate the speed. Ia alpeaia,,,Se -.
motors are Ike those used or troiicy-cais,
but they are much larger. Vhe ma, W.
run them lie will be called the ui-ft J.
lie VIII view the track from Nliltym
directly I'm front and ABOVE - Io", lt ~
search-lght Air-biakes VIII De o9tFa az,
lust as on the steam engines. mere WI,
he an electric air-pump. ANA II IS claliltI
that It viii be possible 70 stop ~, ia
In perhaps half the space o. ui"e ''''''
now required. " -. ,-,,chf,e
I'm about Two weeks the new t1 ,l..,,,,,,
will be tested on the Turtle Iis nm noeger
OF the Pennsylvania rallIotu -, or
will be taken from an oyerhedn ~ v .,'s,.r,
from the wheelless undeisioonnil..,' =
The new locomotive costs Slo'VV'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18
THE TlMES-RTCHMOND VA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH IL 1895

herself manage. At the same time she
considered that her son was banker.
who could be drawn on to make good all
deficiencies resulting from thevish over
secrs. bad management. and unfdvoraplc
crop conditions. These drafts Washing
ton had met uncomplainngly for years.
and even then sent her the last money
he had i'm hand. : Advising his mo-
Their to lease her estate and live with ono
OF her children he offered her home Al
Mount Vernon. hut as an honest man ana
nllal son he stated clearly the situation
and its alternatives I'm a house constant
Is filled with distinguished visitors, she
must either dress daily for dinner. OF
come I'm her ordinary costume (Which IT
is well understood was M suited for
company. TO the modification or NM
self and his wife. or she must live IN
her own rooms. which would be trying 10
her. There was no suggestion that sne
should not visit him. on the contrary,
the letter urged that she should live with
some OF her children. and, IL she pre-
ferred il. at Mount Vernon"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

A Son Charged with Killing His Father

Jauca-fer's sensation.
LANCASTER. PA, March line cru
ems NJ this town were startled TINS al
.crnoon by the arrest Of William Mlil.r'
aoed twentv-eigft years. charged WIN Tue
,nurder of his father, William M''icl'
seventy years old. on January z'th, "nsn
the champion Forge and Blower "orN,
,,ere destroyed 10y fire ara the aseu
ne r.mains were found I'm the runs
11i,srlos tinker was arrested as an ac-
,rho arrests were made by Detective ;.
4 E;well. OF New York, VINO n'S -,
y,orking on the case since the pesili',ns
~ Februarv. Previous TO the uate VI ~
aucood crimes Of arson and murder '"'
,ov.n had been terrorzcd by numerous
,,candiarv fires. and no trace OF the slliY
onos could b. found. The fire AT ti'
cb,mnlon Works caused a loss OF S1,'Vvv'
A. Tho time the old watchman, Miller :
father could not be found. Ihree DAYS
later his charred body was found aihonS
the debris of the burned building. me
position of the body gave rise 10 s"SP'-
rions Of foul play. and an investigation
was begun by the local police, VINO oher-
al a reward OF 500 FOR the capture OF the
rernetrator Of the double crime. ms
US doubled by the owners Of the works.
There seemed TO be a general absence OF
clues and the police apparently had ac-
compllshed but little when the surprise
came. to-day I'm the arrest Of Miller ana
Tinker.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

One OF the reports from the Commit.
lee on Privileges and Elections 20 the
house OF kepie cn;auyes presented last
week In tho case OF Aidrich rs. Robin.
contains the following passage.
1T is cause OF just astouishment that
mca who arc mentioned 30 often as in.
teliigeDt ana reputable persons in thoi.
comm antilles Will 80 far voluntarily &c.
grace and criminato themselves as ID
descend 10 the political trickery ano
knavery so abund4nuy proved against
them. These elections are blot on the
fair face and integrity Of the country,
and are a cespOiism as complete and in
tolerant as can be found In any II the
arbitrary systems OF the Old World And
the people can only yindlcatc themselves
ogainst the wrong By frowning down aud
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

There is no spring remedy equal 70
Paine's Celery Compound.
Sufferers from debility who find their
convalcscence too slow are joyousiy SUP
prlsed by the brisk impctu, towards re-
coyery that comes from Pa'ne's coDfy
compound Is healing; rerve-rest illsi
Matchmaking. nourishirg powers so 50
directly to the rot Cf the toub ma.
the progre towards health and strength
is steady and unintcriu ted.
No r.. laps s. come when Paine Gel ury
compound has once fairly begun l-s
hcalthu action.
with a stronger appetite, soundor sleep,
and better digestion Ucsults tha. every
one hos experienced who haa tails n
Paine's celery compound, the weak ana
sore kidneys and the tired stomach Cease
10 trouble. and the nerves allow one I'D
work unvexed ly day and 90 sleep n'
night without disturbance. This Us "Nit
nhvsicians mean when they say 'iAl
Paine's celery compound cures nervous
diseases permanently. , ,.,.,l
For disorderol liver and FOR 'i ''','
diseases. physicians use this gf' al i.i-
n,,,is Of Professor Edward r. phelps
NJ D.. LII. d., Of Warimouth Coi.es--
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18
FsLL RACLS ARRANGED.
Dates for the Maryland, virginia ana
neInwnre Trottir lirouit.

Dates for the Maryland, virginia ana
Delaware Trottir Circuit.
A meeting Of representatives or the
NIaryand. Virginia and Delaw are trottlhs
circuit was held yesterday ar the EutaM
House. and dates arranged for the ran
light harness meetings at the various
tracks. Representatives in attendance
were Messrs. Patrick Martin and Joseph
A. ELS. Of the Gentlemen's Driving PARK
g.. 5. Woody and j. NJ Tucker, OF Blk
ton: J. W. McNabb and j. X. stiiler' OF
Belair: f. Cuttings Merryman and Frank
y. Hoen. of Timonium. DR.. r. 5. Hill,
Of Marlboro, Prince Georges county j..
Il. Harrington and NJ. NJ. Higgins, OF
Easton. and J. b. Wharton, of Dover,
Del The dates selected for the race
meetings are as follows: Marlboro. from
September - to October 2; TimOnium,
September ] 10 4; ElktOn. September 5
10 II: Easton. September - TO Is; Gentle
mems Driving Park, September p 10 p,
Dover, Del. September p TO %, and Be
lair. September - 20 October 2. All Of the
associations must give al least six open
races for purses Of not less than 500, but
i'm many instances the number Of races
will be- twelye.-Baltimore American OF
Tuesday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

While the effect Of free coinage OF sh-
,er IN Mexico is under discussion II VIII
lie interesting to read the following iet'er
from Mr.. j. *. Upton, high ana we'll
known officer Of the United States treas
INV Department. to the Washington POST
Editor Post. Referring to the repeated
assertions in your paper that the MeNlV"n
silver dollar will purchase as much III
Mexico as the gold dollar will IN the
United states, permit me- to say tndt 'iiis
is "a question of fact which can easily he
determined and readers OF your paper
would be pleased TO have you state what
articles if merchandise, goods, clolhlhs'
and other necessities of life are as cheap
I'm Mexico. dollar for dollar as In the
United States. / am not able 10 ma any
satisfactory price list OF such articles
ln 1880 when the Mexican dollar was
worth about 81 cents I'm our gold, the re-
tail prices of certain articles in the city
OF Mexico We're reported and published
by the Bureau of American Republics. !
have added thereto a column showing cor
tain corresponding retail prices IN New
York. and the table is as follows:
Prices in
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

While the table IS incomplete there are
classes enough reported 10 Indicate be-
yond doubt that the Mexican silver dol
lar VIII purchase mere Of labor IN the city
of Mexico than tho American gold dollar
VIII in New York. Whether this increase
OF purchasing power is sufficient TO com
ponsate for the diminished value Of the
silver dollar IN the purchase OF coIn-
uo1itics which enter into constant con-
sumption cannot be stated TO the la
borcr IN Mexico. however, there is at
best an evident disadvantage I'm compari-
son with The laborer In this country; or
else tire figures | have given can be dis
proved. The matter is one of no little in
terest, and any reliable data tending TO
eubstantiste your repeated assertion as
10 relative purchasing power OF the dol
iar< Of thu two countries would at once
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18
ENGINEERS or the FUTURE.
they May Wear Kid Gloves and Gold Lace
Uniforms.

The Baldwin Westinghouse electric To-
connective just completed, is the first one
of the kind in the world. and besld the
fact that 1t is expected to make seventy
five miles an hour AZ has other claims 10
attention. says the New York World.
Not the least OF these Is the revolu-
ton that IL will doubtless create In the
lives OF locomotive engineers, and they
belong 10 one OF the most important
classes OF citizens in this country.
Shielded behind the glass windows that
frame them in, with no smoke. SCOT,
giime. or grease. there Is no reason why
the engineer of the future should not
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18
wAsnncroS aND ms MOTHER
Charges That lie wa- Unfiliai VIII be Re
f,t,d nv General Greciy.

-
futed by General Greeiy.
General A. W. Greedy. IA considering
"The Personal Side of Washington in
April Ladies' Home Journal VIII pilns
10 bear interesting light upon him rs
son. husband. neighbour business man.
slave owner las were nearly all Virginia
land-owners in his day. aud Christian.
With respect 10 the charges that WASH
ington was neither Il duuful nor loNins
son. General Greedy viii say
There seems. indeed. 10 have been
what may be called an incompatihihty Of
Temperament. arising possibly from theh
possessing strong and similar cha ac-
tors. III should be remembered that
Washingion's training IN the brjir
schools of poliiics and war threw him not
ONLY in contact with the sturdy, ROUGE
humanity of the frontier, but also with
cultured men of all professions, while
his mothers life vas practically confined
10 a single Virginia county. 10 ms
mother. whose material conditions In mid
die life We're, ~ anything, superior 10
those OF her earlier years. II seemed no
less than proper that the colony OF lr-
g.ria should settle "a pension upon het
for her sons services, and II TOOK WASH
ington's direct influence 10 prevent such
action being taken by the Virginia Leg
islaiure Nearly every letter of the no
Their is a complaint o. the hard times
and the difficulties under which she oN-
lists. the inference being doubtless con-
veyed that ashngton was neglectiul oil
hers The determined old lady. 'nen
some eighty years OF age. persisted IN
maintaining an establishment. and IN CON
Quoting a plantation OF which she was
sole mistress, and which she could not
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18
lie Is n Democrat.

Sir: From a notice in yesterdays paper
II would seem as though Frank q. An
derson was spoken OF as p Republican
candidate for Congress. for the notice
was directly underneath a Republican
one. AS he is q most ardent Democrat,
his mother objects to his seeming to sail
under false colors.
Yours truly,
MRS. ROSALIE ]. ANDERSON.
Richmond. Va, March IL, 1896.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

City of city Of
MeXinO. New York

This list IS not as complete as could be
desired. lut if iis correctness can Zoe de-
pended upon there is information enough
therein TO throw serious doubts upon your
assertion That the Mexican silver dollar
Will purchase in Mexico as much of the
necessities OF life as our gold dollar viii
iu the United States. IL YOU have a
fuller or more recent price lis of Mexican
commodities you would confer great
favor hy giving 10 10 the public.
As labor however. enters largely into
the expenses az living I'm any country
you may intend 10 say that, taking labor
in connection with commodities Mexican
silver VIII go as fai IN Mexico as Ameri-
can gold in New y ork.
The following list Of wages paid IN the
city OF Mexico in 1880 is also published by
tne Bureau Of American Republics. To 1t
1 have added corresponding prices FOR
such lah.. ln New lork in American gold
ald The table is as follows:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18
attract attention. as the belief is gencr-
]. X. UPTON.

attract attention, as the belief Is gener-
ally 10 the contrary.
]. X. UPTON.
March II. 1896.
How can any man, who sells his labor
for wages or salary. tolerate the thought
OF free coinage OF silver with Moxico's
experience before his eyes? Free coinage
OF silver has driven all god out OF cir
culation IN Mexico. the silver dollar has
fallen to the value OF the bullion 1t con-
talns-that is, to fifty cents-everything
to be bought has doubled in value. except
some things produced in Mexico. while
wages have remained what they were
when the money in which they are paid
was worth double what IL NV Is. How
workIngmen can tolerate the idea OF free
coinage is a mystery 10 rs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

The price of The Times Is two cents per
couy and ten cents per week. "'''''''"
,.a,b,r the limit, of Richmond aud hanches
ter. Sunday paper three cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

WASHINGTON BUREAU. ANSsui,S MI
sWEEN. MANAGER, WAol-
INGTON. ID. {.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-18

PETERSBURG BUREAU. BYINNEE ~
HAIIFAX STREETS. GEoiss,a.rr
NEWSOM. NEWS AGENA l.
PHONE III.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-09-16

mark through the column. Then he
starts out ut 4:30, which may be the
next morning or the next afternoon, and
at 6:20 he changes again. At 8 40 he
reaches the end of his journey, but he
doesn leave as much as a dot to indi-
cate where that is p"
Then Cochrane thought it all over
again, refllled his pipe, walked around
his narrow room several times and sat
down to talk it over with himself.
Here's castaway about whose early
life no one knows anything-a rich.
clamlike, cold hearted old bachelor, who
that he has to use the time when he is
getting shaved for rest and sleep One
day, Just as he was dropping off into his
usual nap, chance remark by another
customer tIrn his thoughts to his old
home and he drt ans Of his childhood.
OF what elso have no idea, but what
ever it was 1t changed him as complete
ly us though he had had dangerous
sickness The next morning he turns
philanthropist, doubles his clerks sal
airy, advises him to marry the girl he
loves, makes them a muniticent wedding
present, draws up power of attorney
and puts all his business into the hands
of his clerk. Then he takes supply of
ready money and goes back to where
| there was once father and mother,
brothers and sisters-possibly sweet
heart. But why doesn't ho return to look
after his business and his property? Why
hasn't he written or telegraphed? Why
has he left this poor Kendall i'll the
lurch, to become suspected of forgery,
abduction, murder and everything clsei
"Oh, well, the only thing to do is &c
follow him and find out, but with scores
of railroads and thousands of railroad
connections, and with only a faint clew
to lead me to believe that he once lived
off west Of here somewhere OH road
over which years ago cattle were driven
to the eastern markets i'll droves, shall
have very interesting little chase. y
Then Cochrane went out and searched
among bookstalls till he found and pur'
chased year old railroad guide, which
he brought back to his room for study.
1t was nearly noon when he reached
the Powell offices the next day, for hi
had spent most of the night in pouring
over maps and time cards During {