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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
CHICAGO, January Is
openinr. Highest. Lowest, Closing

Cash quotations were rs follows:
Hour steady; winter patents S3.40a3.50; do.
stnights S3.O0a3.20; do clesI SIS 10; spring
specials s4tO; spring patents s3.3oa35o; spring
str.ights s2.65ss.Ol; bakers si.9oa2.e0. Wheat
No q spring -; No, spring at3;
No red 66a67 l-2. Corn-No. 2, 81. Oats
ND 2, 2ga23A; No. 2, white IS 1-2a2s 3-s; No.
white 8la3l 1t Rye--No. 2, 59a'Sl-3. Bar
Iey-No. 2, 3Sa43 Flax seed-No. l. s. Gu: Prime
Tiuothy seed, 1855 Mess pork, per Dbl 50 s.
5000. Lard, per 100 lbs, s5.92S a6.05; Short
rib sides. loose, 1857 Ka5.92; dry -satled shout
der, boxed, s 1-2a5 3-4. Short clear sides
boxad s58ja5.90s whiskey, on basis OF high
vines, Sl.23M.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16

*Daily,
Nos. 403 and 402-"The atlanta Specials"
Solid Vestibuled Train of Pullman Sleepars
and coaches between Washington and Atlanta,
also Pullman Sleepers between Portsmouth AND
nos ii and SO The S. A. L. Exnress," Solid
Train, coaches and Pullman Sleepers between
Portsmouth and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate connections at
Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans,
Texas California, Mexico, Chattanooga, Nssn-
vile, Memphis, Macon, Florida.
For tickets, sleepers, etc., apply to
Fl. S, LIZARD, T. P. A.
z. P. SMITH, c. T. A.
Marlborough House, Raleigh, n. c.
E. st. John, Vice-Pres. and General
Manager.
Fl. W. b. Glover. Traffic Mang'r.
Y. e. McBee, General Supt.
+. S. Allen, Gen. Pass'rA Agent.
General Offices, Portsmouth. Va.
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GRAIN And PROVISIONs.

Chicago. H.. Jan. ia formidable
array of bearish statistics and news and
tie lack of demand gave wheat another
sow ON its downward course today,
Nay closing 1c. under Saturday. Corn
cosed "a to Ne. and oats Nc. lower
Provisions closed 21A to 10c. higher.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-16
NEW YORK.
New York, Jan. 15.-Cotton futures {
Futures closed steady and quiet

Spot cotton quiet; middling upIands 5-3;
middling gulf rs; sales 1850 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
LIv sRPooL, January 15.-l p. M.-Spot cot
ton fair demand American middling fair at
I'D; good middling 4 932; middling
lid; low middling 4 I1-32d; good ordinary
-, d; ordinary 8 3l-3Zd.
The sales of the day were II, 900 bales, OF which
500 were for speculation and export, and in
cluded 5000 American recejnts since last re-
port, 1000 bales, including 3,40o American
Futures opened easy and closed quiet at the
decline.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
PEKIN AN INFERNO
Streets Running in Blood-MaSSacre
and Torture Of Christians.

London, July Ga Shanghai special
of July 5th says that vag soldiery
butchered at Pekin 5000 natives. Ro-
man Catholic converts. Respectable
Chinese who arrived from Chan Flu
describe Pekin as an inferno, the
streets literally running with blood.
They confirm numerous stories Of ex-
ecutions and unknown tortures infiict-
ed on isolated foreigners and Euro
pean soldiers captured by the mob.
Tuan, King vi and Tung Fuh Sian
have issued fresh edicts ordering the
merciless determination Of all foreign
ers. They completely efaced the au-
thority of Yung Lu, the Chinese i'm
perial treasurer, who advocated mod
Grafton.
INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENT
EXTENDING.
Washington, July "a dispatch has
been received at the state department
from Consul General Goodnow, at
Shanghai, dated July 5th, in which he
says that the situation is serious and
the insurrectionary movement is ex
tending. II the allied forces in the
north, he says, hou meet with re-
verses the disturbance certainly will
extend to central and south China, re-
sulting in h expulsion and murder
of foreigners in the interior and the
ruin Of trade A strong force, he says
is necessary to check the viceroys in
the north and to support the viceroy:
in the south.
! 1t is understood that the cousuls o
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
AN ESCAPED CONVICT
This state Foun fu Tennessee
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. seems Hacked.
Big Democratic Rally I'm Richmond
County.


Raleigh. N C. July s.
United States Marshal II. c. Dockey
returned today from Nashville. to
which place Re took sixty-eight con-
victs from the penitentiary here. latter
having ceased to be a federal prison.
Marshal Dockery said: " had no
trouble transferring the prisoners.
They were handcuffed and shackled
and then chained from one nd Of the
car to the other. Every one vas glad
10 be transferred. They were very
ha~-- at the change. We intended TO
cave thirteen here. but the officials
swore they would not receive or keep
that unlucky number, 50 we left only
Twelve. i had twelve guards. so there
were thirteen OF Us. but We are back
save two"
Marshal Dockery brought an inter-
esting piece OF news from the Nash
Vile ~penitentiary about Reed. a no.
torious federal convict who escaped
from the peniientiary here last year.
Reed Is now in the Nashville peniteu-
tiary under an assumed name. The
warden there asked the marshal IL he
did not think he would know Reed.
and the reply was yes" Reed was
brought in and spoke at once. saying
that as long as so many OF his fellow
conylcts from the North Carolina pen
itentiary had arrived il was useless
Tor him 10 try TO conceal his identity.
Reed. Miller and Wright were convict
ed Of blowing open ~postofnce safes at
Winton and other places. They made
their escape one evening. going through
some planks in the stockade which had
oeen SO sawed as TO give them an easy
cnance 10 depart. All are desperate
men. They had robbed postofices In
virginia as Wei as in his state. Reed
and Wright agreed To plead guilty IL
Miller We're discharged. AS soon as he
was discharged he was arrested for
another offense.
The state today chartered Good VII,
Lodge. L. Q. o. F., 1t Wallace. Dublin
county.
senator Butler is now spending about
nalf his time here. He looks worried
and hacked n has little TO saw. HI.
dquart here, in the Academy OF
MUSIC building are crowded with
clerks and people sending out circulars
and speeches.
Democratic State Chairman
mas returned from Ellerbe Springs. in
fsichmond county, where he and ". A.
Guthrie OF Durham, spoke on the 4th
of July to the largest and most en,b,-
slastlc audience he ever saw in the
country, there being at least 5000 people
present. A procession vas formed ar
fSocklngham and rode out To fha
springs, twelve miles distant, the line
Oh horsemen being a mile and a quar-
ter long There were 1000 aides pres
ent. representing all parts of the
county. The enthusiasm and interest
We're unbounded- This gives an excel
lent idea OF democratic zeal and inter
est IN TINS most memorable campaign.
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creased the ripple to a wave OF ap-
plause.
Pennsylvania sixty-four votes for
Stevenson" caused the adherents OF
the Illinoise man to shout until the
rafters rung.
The Hill people cheered wildly when
Tennessee went solid for the New York
man n the Stevenson people ans
wered their cheer when Texas came
to their man.
Tennessee was up soon as the vote
from Hawaii had been announced, and
declared that il changed its vote for
Stevenson. The convention recogniz-
ed the significance of the action and
cheer after cheer went UP. Stevenson
was nominated without question and
all over the hall delegations were on
their feet shouting and waving their
arms in the effort to secure recognition
from the chair in order to change their
votes. Washington was first to change
its entire vote to Stevenson, n IL
provoked wild enthusiasm.
After Washington came North Caro-
lima, and then job L. Shea, OF New
York managed to make his voice heard
as he called out: New York changes
her entire vote from Hill TO V
son." This simply pulled out the plug
and broke in both ends and all the
slaves at one time and the roar that
went up was deafening. Then in rapid
succession. the following states chang
ed their votes to Stevenson in the or
der given: California, North Dakota,
Nebraska, Hawaii, Florida, South Da-
kota, Montana, Connecticut. After
that they all made a rus for the COM
ing candidate.
The vote of the three leading candi-
dates before any changes were made
were as follows: 559H2
Hill, 200; Towne S912.
While changes of the various states
were being made, pandemonium reign
ed in the hall. Delegates and alter
mates stood on their chairs and
throughout all of the galleries people
were standing and cheering, Practical
ly the entire delegation from New
York headed by Mr.. Croker left the
hall.
AS soon as quiet was restored, j.
Milton Turner, a prominent negro OF
Missouri, the chairman Of the CONVEX
ton of Afro-Americans which only
recently nominated Mr.. Bryan tor
president, was invited to the platform
and briefly addressed h convention.
The usual formal resolutions OF
thanks to Kansas City and to the Off
GERS of the convention were adopted
amid the greatest confusion n then
at 3:21 o'clock on motion of Chairman
Jones, the national democratic con-
vention of 1900 adjourned.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
THE SILVER REPUBLICANS
Nominate Bryan for President But no
Candidate for Vice President.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 6.-After a
long and exciting debate, during which
it looked several times as if Charles A.
Towne would be nominated for vice
president in spite of his protest against
such action. the national convention of
the silver republican party adjourned
sine die without making a nomination
for vice president, the whole matter
being referred to the national commit
tee with power to act. W. j. Bryan was
made the unanimous choice of the con-
v~entionsfor president, and during the
morning session the platform was
adopted and it was the intention to
complete the ticket in the afternoon
by the nomination of former Con-
gresham Towne. The action of the
democratic convention, however, in
placing Mr.. Stevenson in nomination,
took delegates off their feet, but most
of them asserted their determination to
nominate Mr.. Towne Notwithstanding.
For two hours Senator Teller, former
Congressman Shafroth, of Colorado,
Cheadle. of Indiana, and others made
speeches in favor of endorsing the DEM
ocratic ticket but it was not until
Towne himself appeared and appealed
to the convention not to nominate, but
to concentrate their forces that the
delegates Gained down and h vice
presidential nomination was referred
to the national committee.
The national committee of the silver
republicans organized. The selection of
an executive committee was deferred.
Senator Dubois offered a resolution
pledging the support Of the silver re-
publicans to Adlai E. Stevenson, but
there was opposition and action was
postponed until after a conference
with h committee appointed by the
democratic convention.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
THE AGONY OF SUSPENSE
State Department Unable to Secure
News From Pekfn.

Washington, July 6.-The state de-
partment is waiting with almost an
agony of expectation for news from
Pekin, but none comes. Heart-rend-
ing appeals are being received from the
relatives and friends of the persons
supposed to have been in the United
States legation at Pekin, praying for
some information as to the fate Of
their people, but the department is I'M
able to give them any satisfaction.
Secretary Root was in conference
with Secretary Hay this morning and
it was admitted. that, though no more
troops have been ordered directly TO
China, yet greater activity has been
decided upon in the matter of dispatch
ing the regular troops from this coun-
try to Nagasaki, where they will be in
readiness for the Chinese or Philippine
service.
Nothing more has been heard by
the state department from any OF the
governments respecting the
Chinese situation and no answers have
yet been received TO the Identical notes
defining the position of the United
States government. None may be re-
ceived as the note was so phrased as
TO make it unnecessary for the recipi-
ent 10 respond.
Consul General Goodnow's message
respecting the probabilities Of the ex-
tension of the Boxers movement under
certain conditions was made public in
substance today. but the officials Were
careful to explain that they regarded
il merely as an expression OF opinion
on the part of the consul general, not
an incontrovertable statement Of fact
London, July THE Times Tien Tsin
correspondent telegraphing July Bird
says:
Sir Robert Harris messenger report
ed hat the British legation on June
oath had nine soldiers killed and many
wounded. The women and children
were safe, but the food was bad and
the ammunition low.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
GRAND DEMOCRATIC RALLY
In Scotland County-An I'M
minse Audience Turns Out to Hear
NINA Speech Worthy of the sub-
Ject-Good Results Evidenced.
Correspondence OF the Messepear

OF the Messenger.)
Laurinburg, N. g.. July ;.
Inc fourth of July furnished an op-
p~ortunity to the white voters OF Scot
land county TO turn aside from their
daily vocations and devote one day To
the political emergencies which are
confronting the people of North Care
lima.
The services of Colonel Alfred NJ.
Waddell. and whose very name gives
impetus TO the people who ollowed
MIN to victory just thirty years aga,
were secured as one of the speakers.
he was then a young man and lust
entering the arena Of politics.
At IL o'clock Colonel Waddeu was
presented TO the vast audience assem-
bled in the Scotch grove at Laurel
Hill, situated about five miles from
Laurinburg, by Mr.. Frank b. Gibson.
chairman of the county democratic
executive committed. in a few we'll
chosen remarks.
In a graceful ana eloquent manner
the speaker began and soon warmed
up into a style so filled with enthusi-
asm and force as to catch and hold the
vast assemblage (the largest of the
kind ever assembled in his part OF the
country for an hour. He struck
sledge hammer blows from the tongue.
heart and brain with telling effect. in
as much as many who had intended
to oppose the amendment came for
ward n pledged fidelity to the white
supremacy movement.
This speaker eloQuently emphasized
the superiority Of the whites over
blacks yet without bitterness. His
backward glance at anti-bellum days
when the wings and democrats strove
with each other a only friend strives
with end public treasury, the
laws the general welfare were all pre-
served in the hands OF either party
they were white ok on both sides
Of the political fence He showed the
necessity Of two political parties and
the healthful restraint that the one
would have toward the other in the
| general management Of the state, county
and township governments. Zach par
ty selecting good white men as leaders
The name of Alfred Moore waddeIl
ts dear to us all n made dearer from
the date of his speech to u yesterday
That his argument convinced and tina.
the eloquent speaker found a warm
/ place for himself In the hearts Of the
| 5000 who listened to him was proved
by the immense crowd springing to
their feet and giving three cheers for
the prince OF democrats and North
Cardinals greatest son Alfred II
| Waddell.
The ladies were present 10 cheer and
encourage with their smiles and com.
fort and trengthen with their well fill
| ed baskets those who a appetifes u
enjoy this splendid dinner.
We are united on the amendment
question ard viii prove IL TO you later
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
A SPLIT TAILED TICKET
Bryan Advises Populists to Keep
Towne in the Field-Free Silver Re-
p%ublicans Will Endorse

Kansas City, July Ga p~rotracted
meeting of the conference committees
of the democratic, populist and silver
republican parties was held at Lyceum
Hall tonight, at which the vic presl-
Dental situation was discussed Win
a view to bringing about an agreement
between the three parties. The mem
bers of the democratic committee urg-
ed the populist and silver republican
representatives to use their influence
in urging their parties to support
Bryan and Stevenson.
The conference developed a peculiar
situation in some respects. The demo-
Gratis were anxious for the withdrawal
of Towne from the populist ticket, and
the silver republicans said that so tar
as they were concerned they would,
through their committee, nominate
Stevenson, although profoundly disap-
pointed that Towne was not nominated
by the democratic convention. The
populists asserted that if Towne should
be withdrawn and they should not put
another man in his place, their organ
! ization would be endangered and such
action would result in populists going
! over to the middle-of-the-road ticket
nominated at Cincinnati. This would
lessen the NJ of carrying states
in the west, and in the inter-mountain
1t was also said that Mr..
Bryan a been apprised of the situa-
ton and that several men had receiv-
| ed word from him to keep Towne in
| the field and run a double-tailed ticket
in order to hold the populists and sill
yer republicans in n western states.
When the conference broke up no
conclusion had been reached, the pop
ulists and silver men going back to
their respective national committees
with the understanding that the three
| committees should meet in the morn
| ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10

HannA on the UemocrAtIc FIatfor1n
Cleveland, July 6.-Senator Hanna
when asked for IN expression on the
democratic platform said:
From what I ave read, I can see
that IL Is a cunningiy devised scheme
to catch the unwary and the unthink-
ing votes. I think the most labored
effort in their document was to create
a difference between expansion and
Imperialism II Is rather amusing TO
Sc their line OF dem~arcation: they ap-
parently rely upon constitutional ques-
ton to establish the differences as 70
whether the flag follows the constIu-
ton on the constitution follows
the flag. We are pertsctiy
willing to meet that issue on their
own hypothesis So far az Inc Tree
silver plank Is concerned. think an
republicans will be satisfied Win tnat.
It is certainly s~attssacsory 20 me.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10

Don't go of half cooked. Conserva-
rism is the greatest force in b world
it and truth nearly always win out
in the end.-Durham Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
Wages Increased.

Norfolk, Va, July S.-The manage
ment Of the Norfolk Railway n Lignt
Company today made a general raise
in the wages of all motormen who have
been in its employ on the street ran
ways and Ocean View railway Tor one
year, or two years. All in its employ
for one year get a raise OF one cent an
hour, all employees for two years get
a raise Of two cents an hour Inc m
creased wages give these two classes
s1.62 and STA respectively.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10

all the powers In China have e an
Identical dispatch to their respective
governments
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10

% cents.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-10
On the Track

This means disaster and death when
applied to a fast express train. It is
equally serious when il refers TO peo-
pie whose blood is d~isordered and who
consequently have pimples and sores.
bad stomachs, deranged kidneys, weak
nerves and hat tired feeling. Hoods
SarSaparilla puts b wheels back on
the track by making pure. rich blood
and curing these troubles
Constipation is cured BY Hoods Pins,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13

small excuse for errors. Among the dip
lomats, precedence is determined by se-
niority in point of service in Washing
ton, as well as by official rank. All
confusion and uncertainty is avoided by
giving to each male guest, before he en-
ters the dining room, an envelope enclos-
ing a card on which is printed a COM
plete diagram of the table, with the vari-
Gus seats numbered. The name OF the
lady whom he is to take i'm Is also
written on the card, and cross is drawn
through the number of the seat he Is to
occupy. Besides ell these precautions
the possibility of mistakes is further OBJ
Waited by placing at each plate another
card, with the guests name written across
its face.
Unlike most tables, the seats of least
honor at the White House board are
those at the ends. The President sits In
the center Of one of the long sides. and
the guests next in honor Is seated direct
ly opposite. Hitherto II has been the Gus
tom at diplomatic dinners, which are al
ways the most gorgeous affairs of the
year, for the Presidents wife to occupy
the opposite seat, escorted to dinner by
the dean of the corps; but as Mrs. Nc
Kinley is an invalid her husband keeps
her always by his side. She sits between
him and the British ambassador, while
Secretary Hay has the pest OF honor on
the other side. There are never any
todSsb VI 5ptecheS Ut u Sttto uliieT, anu,
as rule, very little wine is drunk. When
the repast is ended, the President and his
wife give the signal by rising; the ladies
pass to one of the pariors, and the gen.
tlemen retire to the smoking room, where
coffee, liquors and cigars are served. II
IA an nnwritten law of etiquette that TO
guest shall go away until { ose highest
in rank have departed Tt refore the
latter, out of consideration for the pos
sible desire of the rest, very soon take
leave of the host and hostess, and by II
o'clock the White House is like any other
banquet hall deserted" Ia is unneces-
sary 90 add that an Invitation 10 the
White House is equivalent TO a command
and sets aside any previous engagement.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13

cessscs he had had on 1.-The street" turned
TO failures, these, too, began the "cut-
ting process-"Fellows l wouldn't have
in my house, DENLY said.
Then there came the dreadful day when
the dear old General surned as adamant
lily.
But his mother, in the graveyard, could
not know--or did she know?
In town things went from bad to worse.
If sullen pride often held him up, there
were other days when shame tore Den
by's heart. His friends were gone; his
family was gomez he was snubbed at his
clubs he had become one of those who
disappear" You see them about for
some years and then they vanish, and
you wonder where"
OF a day at this period of his career
ne passed Annie somewhere near Wash
ington Square. She bowed as graciously
as ever. He replied as stifny as he could.
But she looked back and called out:
why, Jim; why don't you ever call
now?"
II haven't time; and you know-you
know you ought not to want to see me-"
II will prove that. You simply have
to persist-not to give up. It's work
YOU want-work-work AS for you, Jim,
have known you too long-not to want
to see you at any time-under any cir
cumsfances."
She spoke rapidly and her eyes and
words were earnest, and he was out of
her class, utterly out of tia man un-
classed.
He broke away as soon as he could.
He did not want to have people see her
with him: there was TOO much scandal
true and untrue, about him; and thank
heaven, he had something of the gentle
man left.
But her words rang in his ears, IT'S
work you want-work."
He had dawdled and fooled and thrown
things away; but she had recognized him
with no forced smile. And there was
way-the way of work. But what work
could he do?
yet the thought cheered him, and he
took pains for some days to return I'M
cheerful mods by those as uncheerful.
Again he began to look at DENLY as of
line of men who had led other men, He
dropped certain acqualntances who had
shamed him.
And one day he went to Bronson, who
knew him slightly.
He made no explanations--nor did Bron-
son require them--he knew the case; for
DENLY was the talk of the town. He knew
his family.
you think you want to get away to
learn a trader"
Where am quite unknown. l want AN
apprentices chance--that is the reason
am here. ! want a letter to one OF the
managers in a company you are interested
in--simply introduce me; without saying
anything In my favor or disfayor-if you