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The news & observer., 1898-05-03
DON'T BE AFRAID.

Even if there should be with SPAIN it will still
be fashionable to pretty Bonncs and Dresses and
where in all this land could you find pretty for
little right here in Raleghs biggest store Don't
get frightened have enough supply troops of pre
ty ladies' and spare Still this talk might effect
prices; can't tell. One thing is can't 20
any lower than have them They could be
forced higher.
Have any objection to buying your Lawns
Chalies White Goods Silks, Domestics, or Wooen Fab
res now? your new Hat?
BY the way received a line of mighty pretty
Slippers and Shoes this morning; cheap too. Yes, in
price, but far from cheap in value Do you like strap
Sandals? We have beauties, just as and
dainty be. They have newest toes and made
OF best materials, with white kid lining $1o5, $3.50
Our word for it. you can't match 'em in town.
Have you bought Waist yet? Where did
you buy it? Have you ours? You'd feel sorry
we showed you q nice Waist at G9c better than you
paid $1.OO for, wouldn't you?
Your best Hat-have you bought it yet? great
many ladies don't get their best hats until the last
in April This is the best you ever find place
where they trimmed hats you as we'll as we
Did hats double prices Ayerc any
prettcr stylish? Don't you believe that you cap
get hat this that becoming prettier and
that suits you better money any store you
saw?
We have some pretty shapes and flowers for you
TO today. Have you looked at the different Was,
Goods stocks yet? If you have don't you think ours
the cheapest you've seen, the pretticst? You see
lady occasionally in dress you don't admire A big
majority have pretty dresses Same way in our Wash
Goods stock You might find one or two stufrs that YOU
don't think pretty, but big majority them you'll say
lovely, and you'll be right too
Did you ever examine our ready made ladies'
lin Underwear and figure how much more the same
garment would cost have il as well made of as
good materlasn IL you'll take the trouble to investigate
you VIII hnd tat you can't buy the the
price we ask for the completed garment Just ask to
see these and notice the prices.
Ladies are very careful about their Corsets They
shouu De corset that don't fit would spoil the fit of
ne best dress that could be made We sell Corsets that
ht that covers the entire ground
The news & observer., 1898-05-03
EVERYTHING IN WHITE!
CALL Send, Compare Our Qualities, Prices,
Values With Anybody Anywhere.

II, 81. 72-inch White French Organ
dies 25c. to S1.00 per yard.
White Dotted Swiss Zoe. to soc. per
yard.
4S-inch White French Batistes Soc. to
J0c. per yard.
4S-inch White Persian Muls, 25c. 20
3Jc.
4S-inch White French Lawns 25c to
40c. yard.
4O-inch. Our Special White Lawn,
71ac. to 1Jc. yard.
White Habtuai Silks 40c to CSC. yard.
4S-inch Evening Shades French Or
CANDIES, 15c. to 25c. yard.
White and Solid Colorcd Pi1ucs, we
will be pleased to price to schools.
We will be pleased to sc
y@ricac 70 c~kNolc
The news & observer., 1898-05-03
A WORD TO SOLDIERS.

Mr.. Jas. /. Johnson has word for
the soldier boys as well as for other
folk. The fatigue of marching and drill
ing will perhaps bring on headache. He
has a perfect cure. the justly famous
Anticephalgine. and he bids the boys
be well. A bottle should be in every
tpuf
The news & observer., 1898-05-03

NJ. L. Yocum. Cameron, Pa, says: 81
was sufferer for ten years, trying most
all kinds OF pile remedies, but without
success. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
was recommended to me. used one
box. 1t has effected a permanent cure"
As q permanent cure for piles DeWftts
Witch Hazel Salve has no equal Heart
a. Heartt.
The news & observer., 1898-05-03

The farmer, the mechanic and the BIZ
cycle rider are liable to unexpected cuts
and bruises. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve is the best thing to keep on hand.
1t heals quickly, and is a well known
cure for, piles. Heartt & Heartt.
The news & observer., 1898-05-03

GLADSTONE RESTS WELL.

Hawarden, May The physicians
announce that Mr.. Gladstone is not very
comfortable to-day, but lie is not suffer
ing pain and had Il good nights sleep.
The news & observer., 1898-05-03
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Forecast for North Carolina: Fair
weather: warmer near the coast; west
erly winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and vicini-
ty to s o'clock tonight: Showers.
Local data for Raleigh; Maximum
temperature 81; minimum temperature
"a; mean rs; rainfall @ inches.
The following table gives data mt Sc
The news & observer., 1898-05-03

Children like it. 1t saves their lives.
We mean One Minute Cough Cure, the
iufallible remedy for coughs, colds.
colds, Group. bronchitis. grippe. and all
throat and lung troubles. Heartt &
Heartt.
The news & observer., 1898-05-03

Trio, the highest attainment in the
realm of plug tobacco. Try it. Manu-
factured by The Dalton Farrow Go.
Winston. n. G..
The news & observer., 1898-05-03

Coughs and Colds quickly cured by
Goose Grease Liniment. Always guar
anteed.
The news & observer., 1898-05-03

Liberty Silk Waist Plissc.
Organdie Waist Plisscs with Lace AMI
insertion.
Plated and Ruf1ed Chiffous.
Plated and Ruffied Liberty Silks.
Liberty Silks, Musline dc Soies.
Silk Ruchings, Silk Plaitings.
Organdie Francais Evening Colors Zoe.
yard.
Imported French JacOnets, Evening
Colors, 1-3c yard.
White Shirtings, Cluster Tucks, three
Tucks and Hcmstiched, 15c. to 2Jc. yard.
White Kid Gloves 75c., $1.OO to $3.50
per pair.
White Slippers, Sashes, Ties, Belts,
Ribbons, Laces. etc.
nd samples and quote special
ndia Silks soc, 75c and $I.oo.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

ing learned what Is most wanted by practical observation American manu- facturers will no longer do business in the dark.
 If they have the enterprise, as they surely will when they learn of the Gp- portunity, to seize upon this great field, their rewards will be proportionately great. China is ready to welcome the United States as a peaceful neighbor and commercial friend. Among the in- telligent public men of the Chinese Elm pire there is absolutely no prejudice against America. On the contrary, there is strong desire for the friend ship of this great republic, and ad- mfratiGn for Yankee ingenuity and" i'm ventive genius is quite as pronounced there as in any other part of the world. l repeat what I said at the beginning of this interview-repeal the exclusion act, which will restore the good will that existed between China and the United States previous to the adoption of that act and the trade between the two countries will increase to enormous proportions.
 What has China done, or what have Chinese merchants done, to encourage trade with the United States?
 That is a difficult question for me to answer. You will understand, however, that when a people are legislated olliol lllC HdliNSo u OulIld nave been, the mercantile interests have not the opportunity or the zeal to encour- age trade as they would if condi- tions were different. A nation is very much like an individual. A man trades where he is best treated. This is human nature the world over. not excepting China. I live in hope that whatever may be the differences be- tween the two countries they will dis appear. China desires to hold friendly relations with all the world, and par ticularly with the United States.
 The commercial relations between the Chinese empire and the Philippines are very great You will appreciate this more strongly when I say that over 100000 Chinese inhabit these islands Steamers run continually back and forth between Honkong and other Chi nese ports and Manila, exchanging the products of the two countries. China has, as you will see, a direct interest in the Philippines. Many of the isl- ands were settled by the Chinese, who have, as matter of course, added greatly in their development It is as if a few thousand or more Americans
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skipped to other climes.
 On cool, wintry morning, December 3, 1897, George R. Blodgett, counsel Cor the General Electric Company, was liv- to do, and his house was liberally fur nished. Just before daylight on that morning his wife woke him, whisper ing that some one was in the room.
 Blodgett attempted to rise, when a tall man ordered him to throw up his hands. He failed to obey There was just an attempt at resistance, when the lawyer fell back dead.
 Still another crime was committed in Providence on March s, 1898. William Q. Hutchins, jeweler of wealth, was Killed in his own house by a bullet fired as Mason always shoots his lead. The porch had been climbed and the win ooW opened for the burglar to enter. Alter murdering the man and robbing his house the thief escaped by the win dow and porch to the ground. Second story robberfes, especially over a porch, are Mason's peculiar copyrighted methods of earning State prison fame
 Much has been printed about the heartless murder of Major William C. Wilson, the aged librarian who was found dead in his book store at No. 1117 Walnut street, Philadelphia, last Aug ust. That crime made a deep impress sion on the police and the community The best men of the force set at work. authorized to employ every resource in QIscoVerlng MasonS whereabouts Warnings were telegraphed to all prin- cipal cities, but the robber must have kept himself well informed as to the situation. AS the heat of the investiga- ton increased he withdrew to cooler quarters and kept himself hidden in the background
 Captain McClusky and his assistants learned that Mason and Coffey had gone West after the Philadelphia mur- der. When Coffey returned to New York recently and opened a saloon in Cherry street, near Pearl, Captain Me Clusky showed his detective cleverness in believing that Mason would soon ap- pear on the scene, so he laid his plans accordingly.
 Detectives Fogarty and Stripp were detailed to shadow the place. Present. ly Red" Spencer appeared. He was but a few days out of prison. The former convicts were shadowed to the West Shore depot ferry, at the foot of West Forty-second street. The officers on duty there were quietly instructed to Tend hand" and be ready for ac- tion.
 Mason drew his gun. Fogarty's thumb flashed between the hammer and the cartridge at the instant Mason was pulling the trigger.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

Jack Moore, an old pal. On Decem- Der IS. only nine days after his escape, he and Moore broke into the house of town Savings Bank.
 They carried off a bag of solid sil- Yer, took an early morning train and reached Yonkers about daylight, went into a little all-night restaurant and were drinking coffee, when the local police, who had become suspicious, ar rested them.
 In the railroad depot the bag WAS opened and the silver bound. The of ficers took the prisoners by first train to New York for identification. Head quarters detectives instantly recog- nized them as notorious ex-convicts. The big, slim six-footer was William Mason, and the short, sandy haired chap was Jack Moore.
 The Yonkers Eawkshaws opened their mouths wide at this, but they were congratulated on their longhead- edness in making the arrest. They had covered themselves thick with glory and were praised. The prisoners were taken to Yonkers, tried convicted and on January Il, 1SSS, sentenced to Aoui teen years in Sing Sing.
 Moore was pardoned August !, 1895. Big Bill" Mason, for good behavior 1t was always declared, got his time" reduced five years and two months. So he soon found himself afoat again in the world, in the full strength of his manhood. so far as muscle and nerve were concerned. How Mason really got out of prison ahead of time will be explained further on in this sketch
 He was next heard of at Terre Haute, Ind. His photograph was sent to the New York police by the Terre Haute chief. Mason, with Jack Frye, an- other New York thief and murderer, and "Reddy the Gloucester" robbed the house of George A. Schall, at No. 432 North Sixth street, Terre Haute.
 On receiving their pedigrees from New York the authorities put them through the courts at lightning speed. The three men were convicted and sent to the penitentiary at Michigan City, Ind.-Mason for four years under the name of William T. Wright, January 28, 1897.
 Mason soon showed the Hoosiers that he was no common New Yorker if he was a thief On the following July he knocked his keeper down, bruisini; him as if he had been hit with a ton of Philadelphia brick Then Mr Mason from New York quietly escaped and
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31
Captured al Last After Committing
 From New York to San Francisco.

With plan of the house clearly in his mind Mason enters and begins oper- ations at once. He relies only on his wits and his 3S-caliber revolver. He never carries a dark lantern, nor does he wear mask; but he has habit of partially covering his face with his left arm, so that his identity is concealed The inmate is warned that he will be shot at the first movement or outcry. Mason always keeps his word when he promises to shoot. He is different from other men and dangerous when at large"
 Mason, in reply to a question, said:
 II deny murdering Librarian Wilson in Philadelphia He was hammered on the head to his death. Work like that is brutal I am never brutal.
 When it comes to using a gun al- ways give the other man the best of it. l tell him to throw up his hands or I'll shoot; that if he shoots and doesn't kill me l will kill him.
 ''In the last run I had with a man offered him the same terms-told him
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if he shot and missed I'd put bullet through him. He weakened and didnt shoot, so escaped with the silver.
 "I have never had business with thieves when I didn't get the worst of it. I am better off when working alone [meaning the division of the spoils], yet my pals always make me custo- dian of the spells Never have l wronged any man in a division of the stuff.
 T realized the importance of getting away the other day. I knew our cap ture meant practically a life sentence" :" (Mason owes seven years in the Michl- gan City Prison and the authorities will add ten more to the term for his get ting away, giving him total sentence of seventeen years.)
 A new incident in Mason's career has just come to light. After the Pittsfield robbery he and his pal Moore, were sentenced to prison. Moore was par doned Then Mason's wits served him a wonderful turn of fortune.
 He planned for pardon, but had no
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

merely to show that there is no connec- ton between him and the coin Imme- diately the larger glass is removed and he waves his hands over the smaller one. The response Is marvellous. The silver coin hesitates but moment. Then 1t quivers slightly leaves its place under the water and slides up the inside of the glass until it reaches the top and topples into his hand.
 A cigarette or cigar Is laid on the table and slid clear across 1t.
 A half-dollar laid on spectators hand. next to the wrist, crawls over the length of tho hand and drops into his hand at his bidding.
 Most of the tricks relate to tho ,nys- teffous power of moving small light objects. weighing less than four ounces,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31
AIT Sorts Of Crimes

idea that he would succeed.
 He wrote letter to Governor Flower that Moore had been released, although an ex-convict, while -Mason-who had never been proved an ex-convict, was still kept in jail.
 His shrewd reasoning was approved by Governor Flower, and he pardoned him.
 It has also. just been discovered that while he was in Sing Sing at that par ticular time Mason tried to escape. He got out of the prison, but was captured on the roof of an extension of the tn, buildings and was returned to his cell. This lost him all his good time.
 But Governor Flowers pardon fully made up for it, gaining for him two years and ten months of liberty The general opinion among the police has always been that it was his good con- duct that caused his early release from Sing Sing.
 A reauisition from Philadelphia now takes him to Pennsylvania for trial for dark crimes alleged.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

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and to the selection of cards.
 The psychic power" and all such ex- plantations are reduced to one: A hu- man hair and a small bit of shoe makers wax
 Usually the performer has several of these long hairs stuck about his person, but the cleverer the performer the fewer of these he will have. To makers wax is fastened Ono piece of the wax serves to hold the hair to tho performers clothing ard keep 1t within reach. Tho other pieec is loft free to attach to tho desired object and give 1t the necessary psychic force" To move q cigar. coin Or card by psychic" or any other kind of rnyster-. ious force. ask a spectator for tho loan
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

of American trade with China
 are excellent just at the present
 time. The material awakening
 of the empire is just beginning, and the volume of foreign trade and or domestic improvements, which Will de- pend largely on foreign enterprise, IS bound to increase with wonderful rap idity for the next few decades. The prejudice of the inhabitants of China against the building of railroads, teie- graphs and telephones, and, may say, a hundred other things that would cause her to lose step in ihe march of modern civilization, is finally dlsap- bearing.
 Thus you can see at once what a large field is opened for shrewd, ener- getic Americans who know an advan- tage when they see it, and are quick to grasp it when presented. If the Chi nese exclusion act were repealed py this or the next Congress the people of the United States would be still more benefited It is hardly necessary to ar que a point like this; 1t is a self-eV1- dent proposition.
 Then, there is no prejudice against American goods, nor any preference for goods of other nations to interfere with the expansion of trade with the United States. On the contrary, certain sta ples produced by the United States have almost the entire field.
 Take, for instance, kerosene oil, matches, American flour, and Ameri- ican cotton cloth. The trade in Ameri can flour is simply immense. No other country seems able to cope with the United States in these articles with my people The Chinese will take any thing which is cheap and good. And in this connection I may be pardoned. I hope, if I make a uggestion-that the manufacturers of the United States study more closely the local wants of the people of China. There are many ways of doing this. One proposition that strikes my fancy strongly is the one advanced recently by the Phila- delphia Museum. This institution has appointed a commission of skilled men to visit China and learn by actual ob servation the exact local wants of the people. Of course, my Government will heartily welcome this commission and will give them every opportunity for gaining the information desired. Hav
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of cigar or coin Lay it on a table or any other desired place and while so passing 1t attach one end of the hair by the affixed wax, the other end be- ing, of course, still attached to your person. Make a few passes with the hands over the object to convey the impression that you are filing 1t with magnetism; then gradually draw away. The object will follow you if the hair and wax attend to their end of the business.
 Some fifteen years r-o "the coin-in-a a. glass trick was much more cleverly doae by q well known magician. Two hairs were attached tc the coin when II was dropped in tho glasn of water, Q short ard T iorg ono. Tho glnss was then covered with nandkerchief
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

of secret magnetism, clairvoyance, psychic and mysterious influences.
 Here are some of the tricks and psychic force" movements performed by these young magicians. The tricks and the way they are done may serve to amuse social gatherings:
 The professor takes a small liquor glass. This he fills with water and drops silver quarter into it. Over the smaller glass he places a larger one,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

Of course the mystery of these tricks is greatly increased by delft finger and hand manipulations of the performers.
 Amateur performers frequently con- tent themselves with performing these hair tricks by simply making the ob- Jects move in one direction, toward themselves, and never trying to move anything heavier than four ounces, the limit of strength of the hair of wo- mans head. By practice both of these may be so modified as to escape the att tention of the spectator.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

When the performer lifted this hand kerchief the short hair began to lift the coin and follow at distance of six inches from the linen. While the spec tators were puzzling over this the per former broke the short hair and the coin apparently dropped away. But the performer always quickly recalled it be- fore 1t reached the end of the long hair. Then, as the handkerchief was slowly waved through the air, the coin under psychic power followed it at a dis tance of several feet.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

A.
 Arthur's house.. 12S Lexington avenue, New York, was robbed
 in 1885. A boy in the uniform
 or a district messenger, called
 with a message. While the ser want went with the note for its answer the boy seized a piece of silver on the hatrack-it was a card case or some lhlng or that kind-withdrew from the house, shut the door softly and took 10 ms heels. The girl returned and found the ornament and boy had disappeared.
 The echo of that robbery came last week with the arrest of Big Bill" Ma son and his gang. His lieutenant, cap- tured with him, was Frank Spencer. alias Red Spencer. the thief who robbed former President Arthur's house.
 Captain McClusky, chief of the De- tective Bureau at police headquarters, performed public service of great value when his detectives, at the risk of their lives, snapped the handcuffs on those four men. According to the re- cord they are murderers, thieves and dynamiters. A more dangerous quar- tet of assassins and safe burglars never infested a great city.
 They were. educated in the sluns To conceal their unlawful pursuits they learned trades and followed honest .u dustry long enough to enable them to get foothold and establish headquar- ters for the trusted criminals who were to be. their associates.
 The records of these men are on file at police headquarters.
 William Mason, alias "Wrignl.' 3 Lynch and. Big Bill" safe and sec ond story burglar. aged 49, native of the United States; carriage maker by profession; married; refused to give his residence. This chief of the gang is a tall, slim mana six-footer, with dark hair and f1orid complexion. He is very muscular, afraid of nothing. a desperate, powerful outlaw His num- Der in the Bertillon gallery is 1898 There they have the length of his fin gers and the measurements of every part of his body, with all the details mercilessiy enumerated.
 Mason, the arch-devil of his class escaping from Pittsburg jail, he ap peared at Tarrytown, there meeting
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HERE IS THE WAY TO DO SEVERAL CLEVER PARLOR TRICKS

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 a bushel basket for the past
 ten or fifteen years. New names have been given the tricks and to the younger generation they have all the attraction of being positively new. Some of these young magicians admit that it is all tricky; others talk
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

NHE prospects for the extension of American trade with China are excellent just at the present time. The material awakening ~ of the empire is just beginning,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-31

T ORMER President Chester A. Arthur's house., 123 Lexington T avenue, New York, was robbed
 in 1885. A boy in the uniform
 Of a district messenger, called
The times., 1898-10-10

The comparative value of these two cards is
known to most persons. They illustrate that
The Ace expresses the beneficial quality of Ripans
Tabules compared with twice as many of any
previously known dyspepsia cure.
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