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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-05

NEW YORK April A. Flour was still weak
Minnesota patents AOOl142o; 10. bakers S3'0UG
8 %; winter patents S3.60G4.0O.
Rye flour quiet fair 10 good $2.8003l5; choice
to fancy So. 20GD350
Buckwheat -four quiet at 81 l002 To-
Buc1wheat dull at 60063.
Corn meal steady; yellow western 81; city 81:
brandywine 81 45l12.50
Ryeduil State rye 5eG857; Ne. ?, western 81.
Barley steady feeding 460s4S15 ;maltlng 6C065h.
Barley malt dull; western 61lD72.
Wheat spot quiet; No. ?, red 79H. Options,
May TN July IS; september TIA
Corn spot brm No. 2, 48B. Optic May
4s% July Az September 471s.
Oats spot quiet No ?, SOA. Options fairly
active and firm.
600; packet S9.50a9.00: beef hams Sl85Oal9. OO
Cut meats Brm; picked bellies 82l0 10h; picked
shoulders Z; do hams 9hglo
Lard easy; western steamed $3.50; renned
quiet; to the continent $780, South America
50 10; compound az.
Pork stead; family l6.5WQl.OO; snort
clear S15.O0lG1100; mess Sl05ODl650.
Tallow steady; city (92oO per PACKAGE 59515
country (packges free 5Q514.
Petroleum weak refined New York $40; phil
adelphia and Baltimore S7.65; in bulk, SI,55.
R6sin quiet; strained. common TO good, SLIGO.
-ufpentine dull at 36036R
Rice firm; domestlc,375@64; fair to extra
I Sne ter duh: domestic So. s56l39O
Coffee--spot Rio dui and easy; No. invoice
So mid dull; Cordoya S40i2h. options
April -; May $3.50; June s. 81; uly $50; Sep
tember December
Sugar raw steady fair refining 1898 lI-32:
centrifugal 96-test, l-l6; molasses sugar 1873
a3 .I6; refined stead, mould os5; standard A
5O5. confectioner's 4 800: cut loaf SIS; crushed
powdered $50; granulated5.2o; cubes .. %
Ri tier firm; western creamery, FRESH l6Q22:
factory ll0I5: State daily l5d2l
c!cese rm; fancy large White ll0llH; do
sma / I2tD12l4
Eggs steady; State and Pennsylvania at marx
a. Gll4: southern, ut mark, l22lGDI314.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys 81. 25Qb 50; New orks
sl.4O6pl. 621a Long Island Sl.5o0l.75; jersey
sweets Sl.5OQ2,25.
Molasses quiet; New OrleanS opeu kette
good to. choice 5000.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked 42l@5; do
nestle 4hD4A.
Freights to Liverpool; cotton by steam 10; dc
grain :.
Cotton seed oil was fairly active. Prime crude
barrels 80; prime summer yellow 3o1a; oil sum
mer yellow 3i1s prime white 5000; d. winter
yellow 30; prime meal $500.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-05
NORFOLK pEANrr MARKET.

NORFOLK Va, April T. Peanuts dull; fancy,
q +; st ictly prime, 21l025s prime, 2G215; com
mon. - low grades 1J4nl2{ machine picked,
15612; Spanish, roc per bushel.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-05
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago. April 4--Corn and oats recoy-
cred part of yesterdays loss today. while
neat held steady. The grain trade was
excited generally, shorts covering chiefly
under the influence of cables. May corn
closed 15sc, and May oats &c higher.
Wheat closed 1-S@Ac lower and proyis-
ions at a loss of 5Q25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-05
SWING OF PRICES
TOUGH ON NERVES
The Spirit of Speculation Has
Run Wild.
GOLD AS A SHuTTlECOCk
Traders Play With Millions as Boys
Toss Up Pennies.
SMALL GAINS AND RATHER LARGE LOSSES
Large Advances Were Made by N. Y. Central,
Pennsylvania, Amalgamated Copper,
Colorado Fuel and Iron and la
Few Other Stocks.
Traders Play With Millions as Boy,
Toss Up Pennies.
SMALL CAMS AND RATHER LARGE LOSSES
(By the Associated Press. J

New York, April 4.-There has been
more inquiry for wide grey goods today,
but buyers of any quantity have declined
to pay quotations, that is 3Bc for 3S1s
inch four squares, or 4 Use for 80 inch,
ixty-eight by seventy twos. In brown
sheetings and drills the demand is dull
at unchanged prices. Bleached cottons
and coarse colored cottons quiet and
without new feature. Prints are quiet
and ginghams dull and unchanged. The
cotton Innings market is quiet and irreg-
ular. Hosiery and underwear show a
dull and featureless market.
COTTON.
New York. April 4-Today's conditions
on the Cotton Exchange were the re-
verse of the conditions of yesterday; then
all were eager to buy, today all were
eager to SELL The market opened steady
two points higher to two lower. Later
business developed unusual weakness
with the lowest prices, showing decline
of from eleven to twenty-one points. May
led the decline, but liquidation was gem
eral. The market was more or less dis
luIDGu ny IuIuOI5 that WHdJ6NCI blACl 2
might be of concentrated long interest
was being transferred from May to July.
The greatest decline of May was twenty
one points and on July sixteen points.
Much of the trading was in the way of
evening up accounts in anticipation of the
Easter holidays. In view Of the excep-
tionaI stretch of holidays and the possi-
bilty of some severe climatic changes
occurring before business is once more
under way, the majority of traders re-
duced their responsibilities. Very little
new business was attempted, yet the vol
ume of trading was, with the exception
of yesterdays total, the largest of re-
cent times. The market was finally
steady at a net decline of from eleven
to eighteen points. Large receipts, poor
trade conditions the top heaviness of
Liverpool as compared with New York
and disposition on the part of South
ern spot holders to sell were all the con-
tributing influences of the day.
NEW YORh
NEW YORK, Aprit 4.-Cotton futures opened
steady.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-05

SEABOARD STOCKS AND BONDS.
BALTIMORE, April 4. Seaboard Air Linz
common 27A preferred 471sQ47Ss
Bonds-4's S43sQ $40.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

neral together, and they were driving home
the latter spoke tenderly Of the dead man, gladly
recalling their reconciliation after a long quar-
rel Russell lamented that the two writer's
should have allowed tale bearers to destroy their
friendly relations The novelist made no an
swer for some moments: then he said emphati-
aly: Well, 1 am bound TO say nothing ever
took place between Tkackeray and me face To
face, which was not 10 his honour" Sir George
thought that as a charming companion he never
knew Dickens's equal. He never appeared to
lead stiA less did he monopolize conversation,
but had the Peculiar art Of drawing out the best
from every body. He loved children. and
al children took TO him at once. I remember a
child. so Shy that it would suffer no stranger TO
touch il, allowing him 10 take it on his knee
aId becoming speedily quite at home with him.
Unlike Thackeray. Dickens was not a great
acmlrer OF Fielding. Tom Jones Is always IN
tears and rouses my contempt" he said; and
eAceTtlng Bhhl, there is not an original charac-
ter in TIE book"
I asked Dickens which he regarded as The
greatest work Of prose fiction. Without doubt
have been i Don ouiXote' had never been writ
ten"
Dickens told me he considered Forster's Life
Of Goldsmith the best biography in the Ian
guaSe, excepting always the unrlNa-lec Work of
Boswell.
1 asked Charles Dickens. about q year before
his death which Of his books he considered the
best. "Cnquesuonahly David CoIperheld, he
replied.
Charles Kingsley AID Mary Russell Milford
were among the residents in SwauowfeId parish
and Lady Russell gives Us many delightful
giirnpses Of them. We can quote no more, how
ever, from this beguing book. We commend
il gratefully TO the gentle reader as q treasury
OF historic detail and vivid anecdote set forth
with signal taste, grace and felicity.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04
STEALING PICTURES.
From The London Spectator.

From The London SPECTATOR.
The recovery If the stolen GainsboroGgh r.
minds me of an incident which made great
stir al The tim. now between forty ana fifty
wears ago-the stealing of the Suffolk pictures
from Charlton Park one morning II was found
that twelve canVases had been cut out OF their
frames. All were wei known pictures and cf
considerable value. the most famous being, II
/ remember right l. Raboteur' Of Annihale
Carracci The thief had once been butler IN
the service Of the family. and had obtained a
situation as porter in one Of the government
offices through the influence Of Lord suffolk
He had secretcd himself In a place used for
storing wood which adjoined the central hall
fThis some hat resembles the impluylum Of q
Roman house,. As soon il was light he made
his way to The drawing rooms. where the pIct-
ures were hanging. cut out IN" cauvases. as
has been said, rolled them up. and walked with
them the nearest railway station 'hetWecn
five and six miles Distant. He had often heard
that the pictures were worth much money. but
had not realized that this money could not be
realized
one 10 be cleaned; the cleaner. OF course, recog-
nized ii. and gave information. Ultimately the
man was condemned TO term Of penal seryi-
tude. The curious rUmors that got about were
not the least veXatioUs part of the affair. l
member the late Lord Suffolk Ghen Lord An
doVer) describing 10 me interview which he
had had with a detective in which the officer
had hinted To him, not obscurely, his belief that
he NoTd AndoVer) knew more about the affair
than he chose 10 tell.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

governments hold upon the Territory. on the
other hand. it is denied that Whitman had any
thing TO do with either-it cannot be decisively
proved that h. even --ent to Washington; and
it is asserted that he returned with the emigIant
party solely for the sake of protection. DR..
MoWry's argument, based on circumstantial evi-
dence and citations from contemporaries, is
plausible. At any rate Whitmans long ride
with Amos Laurence Lovejoy, most ad-
venturous episode full cf dangers and narrow
escapes. through the manifold perils Of a IN
tracked wilderness.
In Whitman's absence the provisional govern
ment OF the Territory was begun-a government
in which the American element was to have the
controlling influence after the arrival Of the emf
grants. This emigration, and the consequent
alienation Of the Hudson's Bay Company, and
as Or. Mowry adds. the hostile influence of a
few leading Jesuit priests were the proximate
causes of the massacre Of 1917, in which Whit
man and his wife and twelve others were slain
by the Indians. Under that notable character
John Mclaughlin, aid and friendship hai been
extended 10 the settlers by the great company.
when the London authorities ordered this friend
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

ored ly sincere rathos and indignation. she
makes no single concession to the convention
ality which would spare al least a hero and
Jerome from the tragic fate meted out 20 every
body else. Sienora Serao has ZOO keen vision.
she is too loyal to Tho truth 20 let even Iuno-
cent Blanca Maria CavaIeauj ESCAPE the ten
t1ci,s Of the monster which lrocd- OYER the
scene Besides. sh- knows her Naples. she
knows how difficult th~ peculiar character OF the
social fabric There maxi II for one member of
family To hy from the misery brought about
bF another Their is nothing In this book more
convincing fhan tho sacrifice of H.au,a q. thr
railing passion Of Eer father. the ayarioous o.d
Marquis III Formosa.
The lottery in Naples according L. S.eq.ra
Serao. draws young and old rioh and poor. wise
and foolish into lis terrible NAV She bring.
an enormous crowd into her nrst charter IT,
watch the drawing Il the numbers in the public
square" and then she sh SIS Us. in q lttir gall ~
of wonderfully minute pictures. the rich pastry
cook and the poverty stricken bootbIack the
marquis and the lawyer, the unfrock,d priest
and The slatternly cgarmaker the usurer in
nigh circles ana his prototype in the lowest
siums. all sharing in one way or another in tn.
LrStial riot of greed that goes On from years
end 10 years end among the luckless NrapoIi-
tans. We use the word "bestial" advisedIv for
the author is unhinching in her portrayal If the
basest lines scored across the faces of her per
soEages 10y their ignoble passion. She exhibits
those personages sinking lower and lower into
the rit as The hope Of sudden gain in the lottery
lures them on. Honor goes by the board and
some Of the worst traits of the beast come 10 the
surface one man ana one woman try To stand
aloof from the degrading business Formosa's
pietistic daughter and Or. Antonio AInati who
learns 70 love the sick neglected. rather unin-
terrsting marchrsna. Bu; the lottery driving
the marquis 10 financial ruin. also Kills the ten
derness IN his heart and his cruelty ultimately
leads 10 the death Of MS child Amati is strong
enough 10 pass the lottery office with dsdain.
but he TOO. watching the death of the woman
he loves, stands victim 10 th- prevailing
curse. The book leaves a bad taste in the
mouth, partly because the author does not know
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

when she has given US enough description. and
the chronicle Of squalid details wearies. partly
because the whole composition is painted in too
arbitrary perspective. one sighs for tie quail
tiles Of selection, Of proportion. and above al
for IL note Of universally, which Ba!zac wou
have achieved had the writing of The Lana
Of Cockayne" been in his hands. Yet if the
book falls short of the highest stanC ard. if.
throwing some light on the gambling passion
elsewhere it remains shade TOO exclusively
study Of the passion of Naples, with the artistic
limitations and the narrower appeal which this
excess Of local interest inevitably imposes, We
must still testify to its vitality and interest.
one IS never outside the Neapoltan border; the
author raises no train of thought leading into
the mysteries Of human nature in all times and
places. But one feels that on her own ground
she is working with absolute authority; she may
not have the genius which enables novelist to
find matters of worldwide interest in the soul
Of man, but she can interpret with insight and
skin the soul Of the Neapolitan, half man and
half child.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

illness TO cease. Mclaughlin Indignantly replied.
If such is your order. l viii serve YOU no
longer" and from that time till his death he was
with the Americans. IN the mean time word
had gone around among Inc Indians that The
Americans were coming TO take al Their lands
from them ana the dsanection became wide
spread. IN The light Of subsequent history We
cannot wonder al the fact; but the horror Of thu
massacre in which the patriotic and unselfsh
missionary pioneer yielded his life. and which
he had already foreseea. is not thereby mlu-
gated Almost his last words were. Ny death
may DO much good to oregon ~ Iny lie can"
Or. Mowrys book in its datailed account Of that
If. and the important work it accomplished. is
a significant contribution 70 thu history Of the
oregon region.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04
FICTION.
AN ITALIAN NOVEL WITH \ PURPOSE

THE LAND OF COCKAYNE. \ Novel BY Ma
tide Serao. 12mo, PIP. 36s Harper x Brothers.
The Land of Cockayne' is not so much a
novel as sermon. The book is made up Of de-
scriptive chapters, each illustrative Of a
phase in that process of moral disintegratiOn
which the author traces to the gambling fever
fostered in the Neapolitan nature 10y the Italian
state lottery. Matilde Serao's literary method
is more or less that of the French naturalistic
novelists especially that of Zo!a; tut she has a
field of her own, she possesses emotion which
she is able to communicate to her pages, and
While she was neither the beauty nor the dis
tinction of a creative artist of the first rank it
Is impossible TO deny that her work has the at
tribute Of power. She cannot charm. but she
can convey to the reader a vivid sense of the
reality Of things Following the DEVELOPMENT
Of her thesis in The Land of Cockayne' with a
precision that would seem almost cruelty sci
entinc if the book were not here and there col
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

Like Mr. GiSSns the author Of she" am
KING SoIomou- Mines" is glad 20 vary M
occupation II novelist by the composition 90
work Ia another field Mr. Rider Haggard ha
already shown his EersatiIity-aud divers othe
admirable quaHtl-s-Iu The Farmers Year
"A delightful book. Last year he Journey
through Palestine. Italy and Cyprus. and III
L,urmans have iu press volume which he ma
made out Of his Impressions. 1t viii be- Gale
A Winter Pilgrimage" and viii be illustrate
with thirty-one reproductions from photographs
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Andrew Lang's Christmas book for 1901
IS 10 be called The Violet Fairy Book II viii
be published with eight colored plates-an in
novation so far the Lang fairy books are con-
cerned-and hfty-four other Illustrations.
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

MARCUS WHITMAN AND THE EARLY DAYS
OF OREGON. BY William A. MoWry. Illus
rrated. Octave. Tp ~. al silver Burle1t
New-York tribune., 1901-08-04

Now that Mr.. Austin DObson has completed
his forty-hve years of public service, and has
retired from his position Principal of thr
Fisheries and HarbOr Department Of the Board
Of Trade. he VIII go abroad for a long holiday
When he returns to England he viii devote
himself 10 the writing of a biography Of
Samuel Richardson, a task which he has been
planning for many years
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21

ing ~ Sr9kaT was third with IL points Eoublss
= second: Captain Turner, with 10 points third
ISsi ssilop and walk17-Mrs Harry La
roaen by owner. II H. Kars's NLassizing rid
Gen ey owner second Miss whitcembs Nite ridden
Tourth event (hurdle four hurdles)
~ s9n ny - T. Jaeeeson's Hawk Charles Guyers Bum
2:0S - ~ A'4eAie' 81 : iSefos, 'hi'p- ithe
xas n event rnnng race q mile: weight parse
sgyoI-h Meeiarthys Marhlsnead t. Jacosson's
.1T Seceadi GeorEe Fuaeks Joe cliver. third Time
NA' N~N--Fa- 'N- -S9~fN--7A' a.
event tBalakleya or DonnyoreeS Fair contestants
9ahq tearns OF four men each wearing regulation
ss ceiatons 20 eut purass from adYeFsarses henets
fsasS an & eaptalned by Captain w Rawson Turner de-
ieSted team captatned by ". r Wettash
event wrestling horseback of four
Conoitons opponents touch ground before
four falls = ~ Fs -
s15 h1h ssnt running mile weight for age purse
Ioe Sll'sr second II jacobson Hawk third Time.
1'sSSts., Pesse HOPPE and Lady Francis also
Nlleh event novelty !, mile the regulation
JuP, flesf 70 Alsrobe dummy. himself and
[turh WITH dummy TO starting pont1Won by Charles
Guyer Marshall C1app. Charles Provide
1ehtn event 4pony II mile; all amateurs;
t prize silver loving second prize pair gold
prize, silver riding erop1--J. Green's
nSie Won Max Ftsan's Roland Irving Brokaw
P-io pony, third Time. 0:57.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21
SUMMARIES.

Australian pursuit race (uamitedl-Won by d y
ee-er Brooklyn: John King. Newark. second JED NTw
sfS Chicago third. Floyd Krebs. Newark fourth 4.he
80 Distance miles laps krebs ~ss caustl al
nile ana III laps Newsirk al miles and =. APPS
fEo-tfrd mile amateur fopen1-Won by NJ l. Hurley
.eslRch Nkeslnsn John 5edell- Kings County nneei-
-. sece1d Edwin Ellington. Ns!isburs. third iiine
l.s7% Won By length; length half between sec
enl third
One third mile fuoyice)-Eon by Kohen. Eew-York:
y Jordan. NeEg-York. second; Z Powell. BFooklsn
f Tine 0s5ss Won by three lengths; three lengths
'-aseen second and third.
a.ea fEa0tor paced. in three heats be
wen Walter Smith Kings County Wheelmen and Peter
-. ter. Greenwich WheelEnenlWon by smith: nrst
- nile. Smith by 20 yards; time, l:44ts,
ssrcs competition amateur record Second heat miles.
a. py slnfh, time 502%. by 50 yards. Time Of
As nile. 1879; miles, s:2ssS.
gav ie s amateur fhandespe-Won by Ed~ard Forest.
s,.eH WhssIrnen coo ysras second Charles Hasten
E. hfocsiyn GOO yardsD. third; Edgar Van felsor.
County Nhselmen 600 yarcsD. fourth Time. II 2Gt
a. 1y length; length between second and third.
-1ers Jap prizes. Van Nelsor Kastendieck.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21
THE RECORDS.
GAMES TO-DAY.
ew-York at Chicago. cincinnati at 81. Louis

Chicago July 20 (speciaD.-The dismal exhibition
given by the New-Yerk team in one inning TO-DAY
spoiled what promised TO be an interesting nattie
Cor It was expected that Dsvis's men wculd MAKE
desperate efforts least win one game from tie
orphans who have decorated the tail end of the
league race So consistently throughout the season
As it was, the Chicago men won their tourtn
straight game from the team from Harlem. Ne"-
York has lost twelve of the sixteen games sinc7
leaving the home grounds.
The contest was settled to-day IN the second
inning, where the Chicago men scored half dozen
runs, and took a lead which the team from New
York could not overcome. The first man up Tor
Chicago was sent to first called balls, and then
Strang muffed high fly. This seemed to unnerve
Phye. Three doubles. a triple and single to, 5
lowed in quick order. and when the smoke cleared
away it was found that half dozen Chicago White
legs had the plate The remainder OF ttle
game was a mournfuI dirge for the friends or the
New-York team. The score:
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21

booker Athletic Club. finished named. In the
lss,-yard dash W. c. Miller. Of the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club. who was on scratch from one
Of his teiow +s nem9srS, tbs,ts y tSoodwln 3eI l.
third The big race OF the day ene-mile con-
test ali starting from scratch. that ar easy
win for G.. w. Van Cleaf.
The Golding sisters. Elaine and Ethel, gave sew
erai exhibitions Ethel the elder, ards i'm
I:2s and her younger sister swan fifty yards in AZ
seconds The summaries;
Two hundred yard noviee-~Won by C. Furgueson ir
L. Mortimer, New York A. G second; c. L. westng
pagnee A @. third. Time. s:f2@s
One hundred yard handicsp-Wen by W G. Miller
Knlrkerbockcr A c. scratch: r. J. Goodwin knicker-
bocker A e secondsl second: l. Fitzgerald Nep-York
4 e. Is seconfsl. third Time. lis.
hundred yard exhibition by Miss Ethel Goidng ef
Eath Beach. Time l-H
F0sr hundred and forty yard handcap-Wou by /. J
f,oodain Knfckerbocker A. c. % seconds: G. W Van
c,eaf Knickerbocer A. C. fe seconds, de B
Isndley Knicferbecker 4. g. third. Time $50
Mile championship Of Brookyn-Woa by c. W Van
CJeaf Knickerf,ocker A. G; II. Lienthal unattached
second: O. T. Muiiigan Pawnee A. c. third, Time 3o:oo
Fifty yard exhibition by Miss Elaine Gedins. Time
New-York tribune., 1901-07-21
FREERooTERs WIS rHE sILvER cUP.

Long Branch y. ], July 2When the Freeooot-
ers left the Rur1son Polo Grounds at o'clock to-
night they carried with them silver loving cups
The cups four in number. were recently given TO
the club by F. NJ Wa-burg. The team winning
them twice in succession became absolute owners
The finals this afternoon were between the Kun
son and Freebooters, and the latter team repeated
It's victory of z week ago by a score OF to 2
Four spirited periods of ten minutes each were
played before large and appreciative assemblage.
The individual players on each team were Free
hooters-w strother Jones. j c. Havemeyer, II.
s Borden H L. Herbert; total 6. Rumson-
RAYMOND Herbert, P. :. Straus, II. c Brokaw. n.
z MeekeF; total. 2