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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-19
STOCKS AND BONDS.

| New York, sept. 1S.-Ihe stock mar
| ket demonstrated it's inertness again
today and the effort to continue yes
terday's course of recovery fell nat.
| Prices were at one time advanced
considerably above last nights level,
but they did not hold and the closing
showed some of the gains completely
wiped out and all of them reduced to
small proportions. The announce
ment during the day of failure of
stock exchange house had rather de-
pressing effect, although the suspen-
sion seems to be due entirely to pri-
vate causes. About 1000 shares of
stock were sold under the rule for
the account of the suspended firm on
the exchange, and the quotations for
some of the stocks sold were consid-
erably depressed. They recovered
somewhat after the sellin~ under the
rule was completed but IN the late
dealings Consolidated Gas was forced
down again and sold 23l under the
high point. Laclede Gas fell as much.
London was inclined to buy stocks in
the market Notwithstanding the gem
eral depression in the market, and the
demand from that source was factor
in the early rise in the market The
expectation that a portion OF the
American subscriptions to the Ger
man loan will be paid by the transfer
of sterling exchange bills helped to
weaken the London market The
strength of Americans in that market
in spite of the general weakness and
of the further rise in discount rates
was distinction for that group of
securities Notwithstanding the buy
ing here for London account and the
continued large exports of merchan-
disc the rise in London discounts was
effective in causing q sharp upward
Jump in sterling exchange, the price
for demand bills rising quite Zee in
the pound. The New York money
market showed a hardening tendency
and call loans commanded IA per
cent. Time loans were also more
firmly held. The movement of money
to the interior continues large both
by express and registered mail and by
telegraphic transfers through the Sub
Treasury. The amount transferred IN
this manner to New Orleans today
amounted to $625,000. On the other
hand, the Sub-Treasury was a debtor
at the clearing house today to the
amount of s., 091 ,4SS. This was mostly
represented by orders on klondlke
gold deposited at Pacific coast points,
but the payments for pensions were
also large today. The incidents OF
the last week strengthened the convic-
ton that the controlling interests IN
the various leading stocks will lend
no countenance to efforts by specula-
tors to bull prices pending the solu-
ton of the various uncertainties hang
ing over the market but they are
equally prepared to support prices
and protect stocks when unfavorable
factors develop.
The bond market was duh and ir-
regular in sympathy with stocks. To-
tai sales (par value) $s45,000.
United States SIS advanced IA in
the bid price.
The total sales of stocks today were
114,300 shares, including the follow
ing: Atchison preferred 1870; Phila-
delphia and Reading first preferred
5.400; Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Paul $500; Union Pacific 6,425; Amer
lean Tobacco $50; Brooklyn Rapid
Transit 6,185: Peoples Gas $4,000;
American Sugar 1O,9S5.
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BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.

ern family S33OQ3.65; do. super g.. 400250; do.
extra 81 60a300; winter wheat patents 81 7504.00;
spring patents S4.0O04.25 do straghts, S36004.OO.
Wheat steady; No 2 red -; spot 740l741s Sep
TENDER 74Gl741s; October 74AG74B; December
77A178; steamer No. 2 red -; Southern wheat
by sam pie, 70Q7j; on grade -.
Corn weak; mixed and spot, loAg4oh; sep
December, new or old, 39A040; January S9H0
39%; mixed steam -; Southern white corn As
or.
ed 241s6525.
Rye frmer; No. 2, nearby, so; No. western
20
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NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. IS Peanuts steady: new
fancy, IN strictly pr line, 2% prime, 2&O2A
common, ihG2.; Span ish, t0c per bushel
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

Chicago, Ills, Sept. 18.-Unfayor-
able news from the Northwest and
strength in the markets of that sec
ton were mainly influential in an adj
vance III wheat today, October clos
ing u to 3sc over yesterday. Corn
closed l-3c higher, and oats a shade
lower. Provisions closed unchanged
to rye higher.
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK MONEY.

New YORK. Sept ls-s P. M.-Moaey on call
steady at 1h0iA per ce' t.. last loan - per cent
Prime mercantile paper 4G05A per cent Ster-
In exchange strong, with actual business in
ba ,ers bills at Si.o. ssG1i8Th FL demand and at
81 $685. for 10 days. Posted r,tes A.s4S14sIH
and 81 " Comm rcial bills a.e2MQ483. Silver
cerlhsa es DzAdnH33l Bar silver oZA. Mexican
dollars '1a. Government bonds st,o1g; Stat
Lends ina. tive railroad bonds irregular.
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Dining Cars tween New York and Richmond,
and Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. 81 and
Central time. eastern time.
Dining Cars between New York and
Richmond, and Hamlet and Savannah on
Trains Nos. 81 and Al.
Central time. Eastern time.
For tickets, rates and sleeper reserva-
tions, apply to-
II. S. LIZARD, T. P. A., Hamlet, N. c.
CHAS. GATTIS, C. T. n, Raleigh, N. G.
f. ST. JOHN, V.-P. AND G. M.
V. f. McBEE, General Superintendent.
L. S. ALLEN, Gen. Pas. Agent.
General Offices: Portsmouth. Va
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LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Spot cotton closed quiet; mlddIlng upIands IUIs
middling gulf liz sales 44 bales
LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 81 p. M.-STct cotton.
very dull; prices /, wer; American m ddhng fair
= 3-led; good middling l5-16d; mlddlinp 6Bd;
l,w middling tAd; good ordinary5 1891; or
dina-y 25-32d
The sales OF tie day were 1900 bales, OF which
ed $500 American. Receipts 5000 ale in
clu ling 800 American.
Futures opened easy and closed steady.
American middhng, low middling clause:
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NAVAL STORES.

Wilmington, n. c., Sept. 1S-Turpentine
steady III 3IG135M; receipts 81.
Rosin dull at 81 l5a1 20; receipts 400.
Crude turpentine steady at 81. 1907 20; receipts
40 barrels.
Tar firm at Sl.4o; receipts 203 barrels.
Charleston, S. c. Sept l8-Turpentine firm at
81 sales 80.
Rosin steady; receipts -; sales ESQ; exports -.
Quote: b, c, d, $1.20; E. e120; F, e140; G, LAO;
H, N.50; |, 1885, K sl65, NJ, t1.75; N, 600; W g
215; w w, $3.50.
Savannah, Ga, Sept. 18.-Turpentine firm, 35M
Rosin hrm; receipts $685. sales $3.50; exports
LOCO.
quote A, B, C, D, 81 3d. E, s1.3O; F, VLS5;
G, 1.4O H, ef.40; 7, S145; K, 81 50; M, S1.55;
N G1.75; VIC, 81 10; WV $3.50
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For Bladder Troubles
Use STUART's GIN
and BUCHU,

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
iousness, indigestion, headache.
Easy 80 take, easy to operate. 26cc
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-19
PRICES WTHER
UNDER SELLING
The Cotton Crop Report Less
BuIIish Than Expected.
a DDCAH IA lNIE D00I
A BREAK IN LIVERPOOL
Due to an Offer of 10000 Bales Of
September Delivery.
THIS OFFER CAME FROM THE CONTINENT
During the Last Hour The Market Here Was
feyerish With Weak Undertone. A
Steady Close Eight to Fifteen
Points Net Lower.
Points Net Lower.
(By the Associate Press.)

New York, Sept. 1S.-Demand on a
quieter scale To-Day, owing to the diff
hculty of securing quick supplies and
the advances asked by dealers.
Bleached cottons unchanged; print
cloths quiet but strong; prints still
selling well; staple ginghahs tending
upwards. Silks are dull and barely
steady. Lines of cotton underwear
and hosiery being withdrawn from
the market.
COTTON.
New York, Sept 1S.-The forenoon
in the cotton market was spent IN Siz-
ing up the situation and in PREF ring
for the Government re Ort, du at /
p. III. After a steady tart I'M
changed prices to a dc ne three
points the market woI ed vo to
three points lower, under ORC n sell
ing and room liquidation 1t con-
sidering the extremely l. tenor
of English cables the market
here was remarkably ste The To-
cal trade was natural low to be-
lieve thoroughly in II Dear move
ment in Liverpool, ina Ich as it was
known that the Euro cotton trade
was in no position assume the
shortside owing t. semi-cotton
famine prevalent .roughout the
forenoon fuctuati in the local pit
did not exceed tie .oints and at no
time did either 81 have positive adj
vantage. The .vernment report
proved to be de edly less bullish
than the trade prepared for and
as a result sci became general.
Prices wither rapidly under the
,N,acc,,ra 41-.. OuUbt tO hear de-
clining tou Pc Us by 2 p. m. Addi-
tional intiueng.s tending to create
prejudice aga st the bull side were
estimates for avy receipts at the
more importaI centres tomorrow,
encouraging CT reports from the
Central belt anC refusal on the part
of the speculate publlcito support
the market. Late Vices from the
other side explai 4 the English
break as due to of ings of 10000
bales of September livery cotton
from the Continent. ing the last
hour the market was It 'ish with
weak undertone. Tradin. vas spas
medically active with Wall street a
liberal seller. me market closed
steady, eight to fifteen points net
lower.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Liverpool, Sept. 1S.-The cotton
market was quieter today and there
was a decline in prices, principally
due to an expected movement in cot
ton in the United States.
NEW YORK.
New YoRK. Sept. 10 Cotton futures opened
The sun., 1900-02-09
A CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS.
Many Injured In Great Windsform
Not Far From St. Louis.

st. Louis, Feb. S.--The town of Col
linsville, Ills, II miles from fSre, on the
Vandalia railroad, has narrowly escaped
destruction by tornado. Many persons
were injured in the immediate vicinity of
the village, some of them fatally, and
there was much damage to property.
The miners who live on the outskirts
lost most severely by the wind. A group
of three fine residences standing on hill
We're reduced to splinters.
The storm was first felt at a point one
mile south of Collinsyille. The first house
demolished was that occupied by Frank
hobart. He, his son and daughter were
buried in the debris, and it was some
time before they We're rescued. bruised
and bleeding, from the wreckage. They
were carried to a neighbours house and
given such care as could be had until
physicians arrived from the village.
From this place the wind swept to the
north, its path being west of Collinsville
by quarter OF mile. and the last trace
of the storm is to be observed at Heights
vile, manufacturing suburb, one mile
away.
The great smokestack of the Hight
Club Coal company building was leveled
to the ground and the walls were
damaged. From there the wind swept to
the Nandaia tracks, laying waste tele-
graph poles for distance of quarter
of mile. Beyond the Vandalia tracks
several large frame houses We're leveled,
and nothing is left save a mass of tangled
Wreckage
The sun., 1900-02-09
General Situation of Yesterdays
Stock and Money Mar
ket Reviewed.
CANNOT DIVIDE COMMISSIONS
Philadelphia and baltimore Broker
no Longer Allowed to Divide Com
missions---Hxarkes Firna and
Active -. Forei9a Houses
Have Large Orders.

The market yesterday opened firm and
active and although no great gains were
made, bnyers showed AN unusual in
terest. Sugar held its own and Brooklyn
Rapid Transit gained nearly two points.
The belief ia that at the next meeting
of the directors of the Union Pacific
Railroad dividend OF from one to. one
and half per cent. will be- e+deelared on
common stock.
AT a.meeting of the governing COM.
mittee, of the Baltimore Stock Exchange
held yesterday, the following resolution
was adopted:
SIN view of the act that the PhiIadel-
phia Exchange no longer permits its
members to divide commissions with US;
therefore be it resolved, that our mem
bers be no longer permitted to divide
commissions with Philadelphia brokers.
To take effect on and after February 10,
1900."
The news in London, officially cor
| firmed by the war Office that Butler is
making good progress on the Tugela and
that Lord Roberts and Kitchener have
gone to the front, is having COED effect
on all markets. Bank of England rate Of
discount remains unchanged, but the
street rate is easier. Indications are that
speculation in American stocks will
broaden. ST. Paul, Atchison, Louis
vile, New York Central and Southern
Pacific, averaged three-eighths above
closing prices of Wednesday, Louisville
being particularly good at so bid. For
eign houses in New York will buy about
20, 600 shares ON balance.
The sun., 1900-02-09
nestitution to rarr.s Bank!

I4oud0n, Feb. S.--'rhe sum OF t20,000,
the balance Of f60,Gr stolen from PARIS
bank a year ago, has been mysteriously
returned The notes were found inclosed
- customers passhook. AS cabled
jar ~ 1899, bank notes to the value of
about 100000 mysteriouats disappeared
from Parr's bunk limlted, Bartholomew
lane,. london and il saS, supposed they
were stolen The affair took dramatic
tHrn Ian. 2G, the same year, when the
chairman Of the bank, at a meeting of
ihe shareholders, anAonnced that f40,,
miO, III the biggest notes, had been re.
turned to the bank ~ post. The re-
uninlcr III The money was in notes of
smaller amounts. which could he easily
passed, and was therefore considered
lIst
The sun., 1900-02-09
The PIngne In Manila.

Victoria. b. c., Feb. S.-According to
news brought by the Empress of China,
the plague is gaining much headway in
Manila. kilograms to the Japan Daily
Mail, under date of Jan. II, are to the eff
feet that there We're II cases on one
street on that date. 1t is said that the
outbreak is causing great excitement.
The Manila Times Of an earlier date
says that some excitement was caused
by the reports of two eases of the disease
believed to he hubonic plague. The vic
Tins were Chinese, who came by steam
ship from Hongkong. The patients and
the houses in which the cases occurred
were isolated. The plague is raging at
Hongkong. The total number of cases
of plague in Hongkong in 1899 was
1,4SG and the deaths were 1,42S.
The sun., 1900-02-09
losing prices:
General Markets.

New York, Feb. s.
FLOUR-State and western moderately ae-
tive and held higher; Minnesota patents, S3.s5
a4.l0: winter straights, S3.40a3.h0; winter eX-
tras, S2.6ua2.35; winter patents S3.55a3SO.
WHEAT-Opened steady and developed
strength on higher Paris cables. foreign buy
ing and fears of crop damage owing to the
cold wave west; March, i6s6ai7c.; May, 745sa
159sc.
RYE-Firm; state, 56c., c. l. f., New York
car lots: No 2western, 6l14c., f. o. b. afloat,
CORN-Strong and fairly active on cover.
ing, tile rise in wheat and bullsh crop news
from the Argentine: May. 80 l1-1dal95sc!
OATS-Dull, but steady; track, white, state,
3la35c.: track, white, western. 3a}5c.
PORK-Firm; mess, $l0.75all.2j; family, $13A
1850.
LARD-Strong: prime western steam. 6.45c.
BUTTER-Steady; state dairy, 1Sa24Iec.;
state creamery, sla2ic.
CHEESE-Steady; fall made, fancy, large,
12Aa13c.; fall made, fancy, small, l2s4al3c.
EGGS-Firm; state and dfennsylvania. l5l6c.;
western, ungraded at mark s13al5c.
SUGAR-Raw strong: fair refining. 4a
41-16c.; centrifugal. 96 test, 416cs refined firm;
crushed, 5.60c.; powdered, $50.
TURPENTINE-Firm at 56a5616c.
MOLASSES- Firm; New Orleans. 44a55c. :
RICE-Firm; domestic, 4a61ec.; Japan. 43ls
&c.
TALLow-Firm city. size. country, b54a
bssc.
HAY-steady; shipping, s5s7ec.; good ti
choice, SOa85c.
The sun., 1900-02-09
GOVERNOR TAYLoR's STAND.
He Demands Changes In the Ken
lucky Peace Agreement.

He Demands Changes In the Ken
lucky Peace Agreement.
New York, Feb. S.-A dispatch to The
Sun from Frankfort says:
Governor Taylor has not signed the
Louisville peace agreement, nor will he
as it now stands, nor will hny action be
taken at once. This was determined at
conference that lasted Tor hours. All
of Governor Taylor's legal advisers were
present.
Z Judge Yost made a vigorous protest
against Governor Taylor's signing the
agreement as drafted at the Louisville
conference. He pointed out that if the
governor did want to sign an agreement
with the Democrats it should be one OF
his making embodyfng this provision:
"First.-The convening of the legisla-
ture to repeal the Goebel election law
and pass new and fair election law,
pending which matters concerning the
gubernatoriai contests should remain in
statu quo. tAs
"Second.-tThe settlement of the con-
tests by vote of the house and senate in
separate sessions, and not. In joint ses-
| sion, as the Democrats PROPOSE.
"Third.--The settlement OF contests for
minor Offices by trial before the state
election commission, the Republican in
cumbents at the same time being allowed
to take any legal steps they might think
proper" g. q
| After making his statement Judge Yos'
| left the Office and was accomplished by
Captain S. G. Sharpe.
Governor Taylor said:
"The situation remains absolutely un
changed. The peace treaty will not b'
signed at once. There is necessity fol
further deliberations"
While this was all the governor woult
say, it is known that the ground wa
thoroughly gone over by the conferees
| Those who advocate the peace treaty ex
planned their position. They hold tina
Taylor is confronted with this problem
In defiance of the fact that talented law
yers hold that the alleged sessions of tn
Democratic legislators We're illegal, tn
courts will hold otherwise and declar
Beckham to be governor. If Taylor car
therefore, exchange the governorshiI
which is rightly his, for fair electio
law which will belong to the people, b
will make the most of bad situatio
and will earn the gratitude of the people
1t can be said that the digests of tn
agreement have not made sufficient
clear one phase of it. If Taylor doe
acquiesce. it will be with the distinc
pledge that fair election law shall b
enacted. 1t may also be said that, Will
the governor may submit counter proI
osition he is still not unlikely to sign tn
agreement practically as drafted at Lo,
isville, with only slight notifications.
The sun., 1900-02-09
A Historic building Burned.

Atlantic City. Feb. S.-The Somers
mansion, historic old landmark built in
1875 at Somers Point, near here, was en-
tirely destroyed by a fire of unknown
origin. and many valuable relies asso-
ciated with the history of its original
owner were consumed. The mansion
was the birthplace of Richard Somers,
who commanded the United States man
of-war Intrepid, which was blown up by
an interior explosion in the harbor OF
Tripoli in 1904, when all on board, in
cluding the commander, were killed
Among the relics lost were the resolu-
tions of coincidence by congress following
the destruction of the Intrepid. The
house was unoccupied. The building
was valued at $4,000.
The sun., 1900-02-09
Want Arid Lands Leased,

Denver, Feb. S.-Secretary Martin of
the National Live Stock association an
nounced the special committee appointed
by President Springer to prepare and
present to congress bill for the leasing
of the arid lands, Hon. Jesse G. North
colt of Trinidad Colo, is chairman.
The national association at Fort Worth
has declared in favor Of leasing law,
hut none Of the bills pending in congress
is satisfactory to the live stock inter-
ests
The sun., 1900-02-09
The Sun delivered at the
deer. 6 cents aweek.
THE DEWEY ARCH
Subscribers TO Fund Slow, but Conn
rnfttee Not Discouraged.


New York. Feb. S.-The reported de-
spondency of members of the Dewey
arch committee over the lack of interest
evinced by the public in the project to
perpetuate the arch is denied at the COM
mittee's offices.
1T is true that subscriptions are COM
ing in slowly" it was said, ''and in small
er amounts than was expected, but we
have not given up the plan and count on
seeing it brought to a successful conclu-
sion."
To the question why, of the 80 trades
committees. from whose members so
much was looked for, only one had given
material aid the reply was made that
personal business affairs had kept the
committee members from active exertion
for the arch fund. From the metal trade
committee $4,000 was received; from the
others nothing.
The fund has remained at the $200,00O
mark for two months, and it is thought
that its failure to increase eXerted some
influence in determining the committee TO
set $4,000 for the sum requisite for the
memorial, exclusive of foundation and
site. 1t was said that the city might fur
nish the ground for the arch.
1--WE should be glad to raise $1,000.
000," it was said, but with half that
sum the arch can be erected, according
to the Sculptors' society"
The list of subscriptions will be made
public in a few days. Much reliance
seemed to be placed on concerts, such as
| the one just given, from which $4,000
was cleared. Other entertainments
would. ii was said, be given in future fci
the arch fund.
The sun., 1900-02-09
Local Quotations.
Another Stay For Clinord.

Jersey City, Feb. s.-A dispatch has
been received from Lawyer Charles III.
Peshall at Wilmington, Del, to the eff
feet that Judge Gray of thesSUnited
States circuit court has granted an order
which will postpone the execution of Ed
ward Clifford. 1t was stated in the dis
patch that Lawyer Peshall first applied
to Judge Gray for a writ of habeas cor
pus, and when this was denied counsel
at once gave notice of appeal from this
decision. Judge Gray recognized this as
regular, and the case is put off until Oc-
tober for argument.
The sun., 1900-02-09
A CycIone In Vancouver.

Vancouver, b. G., Feb S.-A hurricane
ragged here causing property damage all
over the city. The wind, which became
almost a cyclone, attained a velocity Of
55 miles an hour. Along the water front
the waves broke over the wharfs and
bridges, sweeping away lighthouses.
wrecking boats and dashing steam
launches against a pier. scattering the
craft into total wrecks. Trees We're torn
up by the roots. hagstaffs and chimneys
fell, and a cottage on the Westminster
road was crushed like an eggshell by a
gigantic tree
The sun., 1900-02-09
Events Tonight.

Vaudeville. nocl lstadet's
y 1lmiDgton Court, +. Of A.
Washington Council, T. i. iif A..
Canton Delaware, p Nh /. o. o. r.
Lady Jt II .rson Home Communion.
Philo-Celtic society. 4s$
Command No. /, y. S. r. A. ana NV.
BrandywiAe Lodge, S of II.
Laurel Council, u. #. A.
Liberty Lodge, A. o. U. w.
Emmet Association.
Logan Camp, of v.
Fidelity Lodge, A. o, u. w,
Guardian Loan Association,
immaculate Conception, B. S
delaware Lodge, No. 23l, B OF J.. F.
Camp No. 4, p o. s. of A.. 6l2 Shipey street.
Excelsior Lodge. X. of p, 70s King street.
Hyatt's Military Band. Ninth and King
streets.
Fairfax lodge. TO. o. f., odd Feilows S
st Georges Castle, K. G. E., Smith Bnilding.
Coiumbia Lodge, /. o. .. F., odd Fellows
Tempt. Council. L. o. R. c.. Red Mems
Building.
sr.ndrwine csstle, K. G. E.. sss Market
: American Lodge. A. o. U. W.. wortman's
Friendship Oonclays, q, ". NJ, Masonic Hall
MAnitou Tdbe, 1. o. R. ~, Seventeenth and
Union streets
Delaware Tribe. !. o. R. NJ, Red Mems Hall. ;.
Constantinc Council, L. o. r. c. Fourth and
King streets.
:, washington Council, QUA. NJ, Fourth and
King streets.
: Telegraph Council Jr. O. u A. NJ. Eder
Hall
The sun., 1900-02-09
Pirates Fire ON Bluejacl,ets.

VictoriR. B. g, Feb. S.--Advices from
China aay the British torpedo boat de-
stroyer Tweed went ashore in the West
river while chasing Chinese pirates, and
when the steamer got fast the pirates
came hack md opened ffe on her. One
bluniaclSrt was killed. It was not know,
how iuans pirates were killed ~ thp
TwveAs enu5. Piracy !, more than ever
i mrnacr tu commerce On Dee. II the
stpan launth .sang, while towing il nas.
s,hser boat. VAS sci2el lear KHnahuck.
'fht pirat. escaped although pursued by
ttIe British steamer Silicon