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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
Spalding Explodes a Bomb.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Dec. 13.-After four days
of practically an entire absence of Off
cial information as to the inner workings
of the meetings of the magnates of the
National Base Ball League at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in this city a sensation
has been sprung.
All sorts CT statements have been
given out, but tonight Albert G. Spald-
ing threw down the gauntlet. He an
nounced positively that he would not
withdraw his name for the. presidency,
but that he would force the magnates
to vote on it and the vote must be
taken before the magnates adjourned
Furthermore Mr.. Spalding announced
his position in the following words:
when the vote has been taken, when
my election shall be made unanimous
and when they shall come to me and
ask me to be their president, if 1 ac-
cept the honor my one condition will be
that Andrew Freedman must get out
of base ball absolutely and entirely. He
must be wiped off the base ball map.
On his record in base ball, and / speak
only of his base ball record, I openly
and publicly charge Andrew Freedman
with being traitor and a marplot. He
has done more to ruin base ball than
any other four forces that ever existed
in the history of the game.
II will meet Mr.. Freedman on any
position he may take. My only stipula-
tion is that the matter must be fought
out in the meeting room of the Nation
al League. The man that loses must
stipu1ate to get out of base ball for
ever"
The magnates were thunderstruck by
the audacity of Mr.. Spalding's defiance
but there was a tone of pleasure and
exultation over the prospect of a fight
such as has never been known in the
history Of base oall. 1t seemed to be
the general impression that the Brush
Freedman combination was beaten.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
WHITE AND RED

Pale blood-pale face-poor
health; SCOTS Emulsion-red
blood-rosy face good health;
that's the order of events.
Our first lines give a conden-
sed history of many cases, chief
ly young girls at school. For
some reason girls of that age
are frequent sufferers from pale
blood-a real blood starvation.
+ SCOTS Emulsion, a clean,
white medicine, makes rich, red
blood and rosy faces. 1t is
blood food.
Well send you little to try if you like
SCOTT s. BOVINE, 400 Pearl street, New York.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
II. & B. Beers Market Letter.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Obseryer)
New Orleans, La, Dec. 13.-Late ca
bles received last night gave the official
closing of Liverpool yesterday as / to 5
points higher. There was nothing this
morning to work on from that market
but prices here nevertheless opened 6
points lower, advanced 8 points subse-
quently on fresh buying, declined points
later on the interior and weekly move
ment being somewhat larger than ex-
pected. Near the close slight rally
again took place making quotations prac-
tically unchanged from yesterday. The
interior receipts for the week were IL COO
less than last year. and the amount
brought into sight during the same time
showed deficit of 10000, while the ag
gregate marketed to date is $4,000 I'M
der last year. The total stock of Ameri-
can ashore and afloat to Liverpool is
SS2, 900, against 10000 last year, or an
excess of 10000 The fact that Liverpool
has a much larger supply on hand than
last year may account for the apathy
shown by Worcestershire spinners to en-
ter the market The snap and enthu-
siasm apparent since the issuance of the
bureau was lacking today, which might be
accounted Tor by the absence OF Otncldl
news from Liverpool, and in a measure
to the unsettled condition of finances in
New York. Spots continue to be offered
freely from the interior at current prices
and were it not for the absence of or
ders from spinners a larger business
would have been done. The undertone
however, is strong and no disposition is
evidenced on the part of operators to
sell short speculatiyely. The probability
is values will be maintained, unless re-
ceipts increase considerably.
II. & B. BEER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
PEANUTS ARE CLIMBING.
The North Carolina Product Has Made Big
Jumps in Past Few Days.

There has been a big jump in the
price of peanuts during the past few
weeks and this condition has carried
cheer to the hearts of many farmers in
North Carolina.
When the News and Observers special
edition. giving thorough and exhaustive
review of the peanut crop in the State
showed that there was q short crop, the
price of COOLERS began to CLIMB. One Of
the largest growers of peanuts in the
State writes that the Observers edition
showing the extent of the crop is respon-
sible for the present status of the mar
ket price The edition has been in great
demand.
Spanish peanuts, which are so largely
grown in North Carolina, have advanced
in price from 10 to Is cents within the
past few days. They are bringing from
10 to rs cents per bushel.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
BOOKER NORWOOD FOUND
WITH a HOLE IN HIS HEAD
the Charge That They Know Some
thing of the Crime

Booker Norwood, white man form
erly a guard at the penitentary, was
found unconscious with a hole in his head
last night in the rear of Freeman's bar,
on East Hargett stree: just beyond the
city limits.
VIM. Ferrall, white man and brother
colored, a bar tender and Mamie Bell
colored, were arrested ut one o'clock
charged with completely in the assault.
Norwood is at Rex Hospital, and his
wound has been dressed by DR.. Jones
who thinks he will get well. He has a
fearful scar on his forehead, which was
inflicted BY some instrument. He has
mover gained consciousness since he} was
assaulted. an s"1i1 81" t.-o,' u .
A negro iiamed Brown Stumbled over
Norwood's2 Body, and be- at once tele-
phoned to the police. That is the way
the crime was discovered.
Jealousy over Mamie Bell is thought
to be the cause of the assault Persons
in the neighborhood say that VIM. FER
rail- and Norwood were on bad terms al
day yesterday. When the police sur
rounded the store it was fifteen minutes
before Ferrall would respond. The po-
lice found the Bell woman concealed in &
closet in the store undressed.
The most important evidence found By
the police was great pool of blood in
back room of the store. An attempt
had been made to cover it up with sand
Norwood's body was found on the street
All the parties arrested deny any
knowledge of the assault. Terrell says
Norwood was in a back room of the baI
with two men he does not know.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

H. Young, Prof. L. R. Randolph, Rev
w. A. Byrd, G. w. Macklin.
All the old officers were elected. These
are ]. j. Worlds Grand Master; M. D.
Holly, Senior Warden; e. w. Hoke, Ju-
nior Warden; B. S. Stevenson, Grand Sec
rotary; A. R. Middleton, Grand Treasu-
rer; R. D. Bailey, Grand Tyler.
Important work was done in revising
the constitution of the order and plan
was adopted to provide fund for the
family of each Mason who died, by means
of contributions from the lodges.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
Presentation of a Bible.

State Treasurer B. r. Lacy has pre-
scented to Cleveland Presbyterian church
a Bible given to his father, Rev. Or.
Drury Lacy in 1857 for voluntary and val
liable services to the American Bible So
ciety. This was Rev. DR.. Lacy's church
and the gift is a most appropriate one.
The Bible is a very handsome one and
has recently been refinishel. It's origi-
nal cost was unusually large for a Bible
and it was considered the finest i'll the
State
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
EXECUTRIX NOTICE.

Having qualified as executriX of ]. w
Arnold, deceased late Of Wake county
N c., this is to notify all persons hav'
ing claims against the estate of said de
ceased to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 18th day of December
1902, or this notice will be pleaded il
lar of their recovery. All persons in
dcbted to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 9th day of December, 1901.
MRS. OPHELIA. B. ARNOLD,
Rolesvile, N. c.
Executrix of j. W. Arnold, deceased.
1aw-6w .. --...... 90 q ..,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
Death of Mrs. Honnicutt.

Mrs. Elizabeth Hunnicutt died at her
home here, corner of BlOOdWorch and
Lenoir streets, Thursday night The de-
ceased was so years of ae.- Her husband
survives. The funeral will take place
today at $3.50 p. M, from the Fayetteville
Street Baptist church, of which she was a
member.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
Arrested For Embezzlement.
(By the Associated Press.)

Cincinnati, Dec 13.-The Times-Star S
special from Birmingham, Ala, says;
ION warrants charging embezziement,
George Morgan, president, and George
Blinn, Jr., treasurer; of the Continental
Security Redemption Company, for which
concern a receiver was recently appoint
ed. have been arrested. Morgan is
charged with embezzling checks and
money aggrcgating $4,000 and Blinn with
embezzling $4,000. Both have given
bonds"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
COLORED MAsONs ADJOURN.
All Grand Officers Reelected at Meeting il
:Kinston,

Delegates from the meeting of the col
ored Grand Lodge of MasCns at Kinston
passed here yesterday on their way home,
They adjourned Thursday night after a
three days session, held in the hall
room of King David Lodge, No. "a There
were about 200 delegates present. Among
the prominent Masons were Z. K. Dud-
ley, Rev. H. S. McDuffy, of Asheville;
President James B. Dudley, of the A. ard
M. College; DR.. ]. u. Dellinger, James
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

The joint committee of the two houses
Of Congress appointed to make tho
necessary arrangements for a memo
rial service in honor of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley yesterday decided to in
vite Secretary of State John Hay to be
the orator whenever the proposed SER
vices shall be held.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15
ELECTION OF sPALDING AS
PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE
and Informs the Magnates That He
Must Co
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press)
New York, Dec. 14.-John I. Rogers,
of the Philadelphia National League
team, announces the election of A. G..
League.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

Tom Richardson, colored, was before
the mayor yesterday, chared with lar
ceny in five cases. The victims were Boy
Ian, Pearce & Co, G. 7. Tonnoffski &
Co., Joe Cohn, John S. Jones and Penny
& Phillips, all merchants, who were re-
lieved of groceries and dry goods. Rich
ardson was held in $50 bond in each
case.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

Hotel Dorsett has Just employed one
of the best white cooks in the South.
He has over fifteen years experience in
the best cafes and hotels in the North
ern cities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

Sheriff Jordan, of Gqilford, brought the
three famous gold brick" prisoners to
the penitentiary. They are j. l.. Howard,
alias Frank Thompson, A. L. DAILY, alias
Gomez Bono and II. ID. HawIey. They
were convicted of attempting to defraud
Paul Garrett, of Weldons The first two
get ten years each and; Hawley seven
years. EGtt+4-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

FOR SALE, OOO, 900 BEST VARIETIES
cabbage plants, 1,500 bbis. second crop
seed potatoes, Red and White Bliss,
grown from Northern seed. n. 3. Daw-
son. Conetoe., N. C. 13-t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-12-15

= State Auditor Dixon, Commissioner S. L.
Patterson and DR.. F. A. Olds had the
novel experience of going rabbit hunting
In an automobile yesterday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29

was IN the nature OF prairie fires" Some
laundering locomotive would come clumsily
along, scattering It's shower of sparks. and
In a moment there would be a blaze which.
bending with the wind, would go sweeping
through the long and brittle grass. For a
time there were acres of blackened patches
for miles along the right-of-way: apd sew
eral OF these were in the neighborhood Of
the camp. But it was not long before
counter-flres were started. and everything
that threatened destruction was cleared
away.
One Of the prides Of Camp Curtis IS the
chicken farm that has been started. and is
developing most promisingly. Plymouth
Rocks are the accepted breed. There are
other breeds among the locks. but none Of
them get beyond the good frying size'
stage. The patriarch Of the flock was a
diminutve bantam. But he is no more. He
came to an untimely end via the Missouri
Pacific. There wasn't enough left Of him
to make a stew. Mr.. Curtis. ST.. and his
grandson and namesake. Jack. are the
special guardians Of the chickens. Jack IS
especially diligent as a collector Of eggs. He
also tried his hand as an incubator on one
occasion. When the inquest was held, 1t de-
veloped hat Jack had wrapped some prize
Plymouth Rock eggs in an apron and put
them In . dresser drawer to hatch. Certain
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29
FOREST KING,

Among the best posted and best known
fanciers Of the American saddle horse in
! the United States IL D. L. Parrish of st
Louis. Recently Mr.. Parrish had some cor
respondence with an Eastern journal that
has long been recognized as one of the
strongest opponents Of the flve-gaited horse.
In 1t he made this point:
EVERY champion. t~hree-saited saddle
horse in the New York show in the last six
years. with probably one exception, has
been a saddle-bred horse. It seems to me
that It would be a benefit to you and the
New York show to take up the ~five-gaited
horse, II for no other reason than to show
the Eastern people kind Of horses
their champions are bred from"
In conclusion, he said: THE breeders Of
saddle horses do not ask you to ride five
gaited horses, but they feel that they should
have an opportunity to show New Workers
what they look like"
This argument has had the effect of bring
Ing about a movement to provide for the
exhibition OF five-gaited saddle stations at
tie New York show. That permission will
be given to show them except on the hal
ter Is doubtful. however. as the Eastern
horse-show people seem to have al inerad-
icable horror of letting a horse do any
thing under the saddle except walk. trot
and canter.
The reason for this bias against the sin
G%le-foot, or rack, which is the distinctive
quality Of the flve-gaited horse, has a deep
err origin than the desire Of the Eastern
horseman to be English-you-know. The sin
gle-foot is confused by many persons with
the pace, while in fact It is as different
from It as a trot is. 1t Is a clean, straight
forward gait, with absolutely no wiggle, or
side motion. and is the smoothest gait a
horse can 80. 1t is urged against 1t that it
Is not a natural gait. but the same claim
was made against the trot when the Amer
lean trotter was first being developed. Still,
as many gated saddlers ave a slow pace
irstead Of a fox trot for the intermediate
gait between a trot and a walk, there Is an
impression that the single-foot Is a side
gait. such as hsd the old Narrasansett
PAGERS that were much esteemed as mounts
Tor ladies In the Eighteenth Century. As a
natter of fact. the American saddle horse
OF to-day IL no more like a Narragansett
PAGER than he II like q cayuse from the
plains Of Arizona. Some Of the best Of them
retain the slow pace. but that IL being
frownsd upon By the most advanced fan.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29

WRITTEN FOR H SUNDAY REPUBLIC
the f~ve-gaited American saddle horse and
the walk. trot ana canter nag is up for
discussion among breeders. fanciers and
horse show authorities OF the East and
West.
Some three years ago Colonel John T.
Hughes Of Lexington. Ky, said to the
writer: 'It is only in tho Middle West that
the gated saddle horse is properly appre-
cia$ed, but he will come to his own in time.
He 10 not popular in the East. for the rea-
son that people there take their fashions
from England, and English horsemen know
almost nothing about the American sad
dler. A soon a. hey find out his merits
they win make him the style. and New
York and the other Eastern cities will fall
right INTO line.
'The American saddler Is as near perfec-
don a. any horse has been brought. He has
beauty, courage, intelligence. docility. speed
and endurance. He Is the ideal horse for a
Iady's use, and he Is incompatible as a
charger for a dragon. He Is bred to carry
weight with ease to himself and his rider.
md he mas all the gameness OF the thor
oughbred. The prejudice that exists against
him 10 bound to wear away, and in the
course Of ths next ten years you will see
him enthroned as the monarc Of the equine
world"
Since Colonel Hughes made these remarks
thu American saddler has gone steadily
along increasing in value and forcing HIM
self moro and more on the attention Of
Eastern fancders and breeders. There is
still Q prejudice against him in circles that
rule the horse shows Of the Atlantic sea-.
board cities. and some Of the Eastern Jour
mails devoted to the horse foster this feeling
In favor of the t~hree-gaited horse. But
many wealthy men Of New York who are
In q position to mold fashion instead of
blindly following It, have taken up the FIVE
gated saddler as a park mount. Breeders
too. have discovered that the best walk.
trot and canter horses are those of the i've
GATED saddler American blood, and there Is
q movement on foot to Introduce a class for
0aited saddle stations In the New York
show this fall. II this Is done It will be a
great victory for the fanciers and breed
srs Of the West. who ave commended for
ysars for the recognition Of the most dis
tinctively American type Of horse, with the
posstble exception OF the standard bred
tzpttsA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29
No One i. Her.

Az O0C AAS1hn
She stood in front of a telephone IN Q eou.
spicuous corner OF the drug store and hsl6I
the receiver daintily to her ear with o.
gloved hand =
II did not" she was sayfng to some n
visible person at the other end Of the line
Il refused to go because I knew you would
not Ike me to. I said Thank you, Charlie
but you know Jim and I are engaged and -
wouldn't be prop
I'm not talking loud. besides thsee N
only two men and a woman in here. a
they are all buying cigars and things ana
not listening. So Charlie said Well. Nay
you have thrown me down for the lAst
time and then I became eontrite and o1e4s
and he
Il tell you I'm not talking loud, but Of
course IL you don't care to listen TO my
explanation I can go home again. / thought
you'd be pleased to hear my. voice once
more"
A silence. then the young woman sods
her head vigorously up and down In token
of assent and smiles ecstatically. Nofs -
lence.
II did answer you. I said Yes I shost0
think you could SEQ how pleased ! vss -
the idea
OIL I believe I did nod. lovey. Isnft =
funny I never can Get over the idea thse
you can see through a telephone.
"Yes. I'm At Blanks, but really and tx,
there hasn't been a person in here alnc
I've been talking who knows M oood-hy.'
darling. OH! please wait q minute. DID I I'M
you to come up to dinner? Well. come -
and-oh! say, dearie-. 1nd-e-Go
there isn't any one much in here. Il 49,
very strange to me that you're - o3f41o
one will know Ecare for 20. No.
I shall not tell you what I intended - -
until I see you. Good-by until to-night 49,
I wish It weren't i've hours unt1 a.
time. Good-by, dsar."-Baltimxe 1884,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29

WRITTEN FOR n SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The question Of how to enjoy a genuine
summer outing and still lose no time from
business has been solved to the complete
satisfaction OF the head Of one St. Louis
family.
Another Question-that Of being on the
sround to supervise. tho construction Of a
hew dwelling place-was solved at the same
NimA
Therefore It may be reasonably supposed
Jehak The tricornered experiment Of Mr. r.
n. Curtis has been successful.
IAst May Mr.. Curtis decided upon the
Aco0strueton Of a residence at Glendale.
(which II twelve miles out on the Missouri
ePacfno Railroad. The development OF the
-plans came with the development Of hot
1wathr: and plans and hot weather
brought the necessity for the development
Of stili another plan. Summarized, tho
things found to be necessary were:
To b on hand to oversee the construo-
ton Of the now house.
TO get the family-in which there are
four e~hildren-cut of the city for the RIM
mar.
To b In town every day to attend to
bus1ness
The family was called into consultation
e was easy enough 20 settle any ono ques-
tion. but Il was a hard matter to settle
all three. They seemed to be radically OPP
posed to each other. But an argument
about camp fs-on that came up quite in
cidentally-led to a solution. From the sug-
gsstion that one adult member Of the fami-
ly camp" at the site Of the new homo
grew the suggestion that the whole family
-A ~- AA. h0->a and Farpftf,pN and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-09-29
D. L. PARISH.
A st. Louisan who owns Forest
King and is recognized as one Of
the best authorities on the saddle
horse in the United States.

A1Ol sc III tAC OullCu ESlulCSS ]
ciers. and in a few generations It will have
disappeared entirely.
In a paper that he recently prepared for
an Eastern magazine, the proof sheets Of
which are just out. Mr.. Parrish gives some
interesting facts about the history Of the
American saddle horse. He says:
1.-THE American saddle horse was created
by the proper breeding and inbreedfng,
which has gone on for the last three-Quar-
tiers Of a century. All well-bred saddle
horses trace back to old Denmark. who
was sired by imported Hedgeford. Hedge
ford was a four-mile running horse. i'm
ported by Mr.. William II. Jackson OF New
York In 1882. He died In Kentucky In
1870"
After giving the genealogy OF Montrose
and others of the celebrated saddle stai-
lions, Mr.. Parrish explains how 1t Is that
Missouri is now the great saddle-horse
State of the Union. Early in the eighties
running and t%rotting horse breeding be-
came very profitable in Kentucky. ana the
best of the noted saddle-horse sires were
sold to Missourians. Montrose. Black
Squirrel, Artist No. 70. Moss Rose. Mark
Diamond. The King and others were
brought to this State. Black Squirrel had
a series of adventures during his journeys
between Kentucky and Missouri. The train
that brought him to this State was
wrecked and a man in the car with him
was killed. He was badly hurt and 1t was
several years before he fully recovered. On
another trip he jumped from his car while
the train was In motion and escaped with
slight injuries. He died at the age OF "a.
in Kentucky, having been resold to a
breeder In that State. M
From the slres mentioned cane all OF the
most brilliant show horses of to-day. It ID
interesting to note that Of all these several
of the very best are owned in St Louis.
Rex Mcdonald. the most famous gated
saddle horse in the world. is the property
of Ralph Orthwein; Forest King. q royal
" bred animal, conceded to be the perfect
type Of the American saddler, Is owned by
Mr.. Parrish; and several Of the best bred
saddle mares in the country are owned by
st. Louisans, who use as well as own
them
1t Is at Mexico, Mo-, however, that the
saddle horse Is to be seen in all his glory.
Nearly all the noted sires spend their sea-
sons there. and 1t is there that most OF
the show saddlers get their training. Tom
Bass. a colored horseman. who is unques-
tionably n Of the greatest trainers thst