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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-28

Note;-a Daily except SUNDAY daily.
central Time b--Eastern Time
Connections daily at Southern Pines
with all trains for Pinehurst, N. Go
minutes by electric cars.
Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa.
for all Florida East Coast points, and
Cuba and Porto Rico. At New Orleans.
for all points In Texas, Mexico and Cali
fornia
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NAVAL STORES

WILMINGToN N c., April % Turpentine
nothing doing at 331aG134; receipts q
Rosin steady at S1.051ll0; receipts 3o5.
Crude turpentine firm at $l.l0D2lo; receipts
43 barrels
Tar firm at $1.l0; receipts 2S2.
CHARLESTON s. c., April 27.-Turrentine
steady ~ 22H receipts -, safes exports
Rosin firm; receipts sale 200; eX ports
Quote: A. B. c. ST 10; ID, 81. l0 f, 81. IS; f. 81 p
G. 81 80: II, 81 As; /, Sl.55; X $3.50: M Sl95; n,
800; VIC S2.I5; w $40.
SAVANNAH, Ga, April 27.-Turpentine firm at
32As receipts 2,77l sales l.l42; exports 739
Rosin firm, receipts 1882; sales l,SSs; exports
1908
Quote: A, b, G, sI.2o; D, Sl.25 f, $l.37; T,
$l35; G, $40; H, Sl.45; l, S1.65. X, Sl.95; NJ,
a.. 20; n, 80; w g, 2.40; w w, 500.
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NEW YORK.

New YORK, April a7.-Flour active, higher;
Minnesota patents 81 00l04.30; do bakers 5000
Is % winter straights S3.5003.55; winter patents
So G5n4.00.
Rye Hour quetS fair to good 81. S5G53.20; choice
to fancy So. 20Go3.50.
Buckwheat hour quiet at So lo0s.15
Buckwheat dull at 60Q63
Corn meal quiet; yellow western 90; city 81 ::
brandywine s.. 4502.50.
Rye firm: State rye $685.; No. 2, western 81
Barley quiet; feeding 46a4Sh mailing 62a70.
Barley malt steady western 65012
Wheat spot tirin No. 2, red 84%. Options,
May SIX July S04 September 1885,
Corn spot firm; No. g 5S21 optic April
-; May SO; July sos Sc TENDER -.
Oats spot steady; No 2, 3145. Options dull
but firm.
Beef steady; family sll Oo0l2.OO; mess S95o1
Sl0 packet, So 50l9.O0: beef hams Sl9.50aa1 90.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 821Q10h; do
shoulders ~; do hams lOglOh.
Lard steady, western steamed 1856; refined
dull; to the continent $3.50; South America
PORK stead family 18oo0165o; short clear
SIS. 50l0l7.O0; mess $l5000Dl6.OO.
Tallow firm; city $500 yer package), AZ ;
country (packges free) 5(D51s
Petroleum easy; refined New York $50; Phil
adelphia and Baltimore a,i5; in bulk, $3.50.
Rosn dull; strained. common TO good, SLIGO.
Ia pentine Trm at 36h037.
Rice quiet domestic, 32s06A; fair to extra
Japan 424GS4B.
Spe ter dull; domestic 49, 85039o
Coffee-spot Rio steady No Z invoice ia;
mid ouie.; Cordova 816l2H Options Alri
=; May $40; June r ,uly 5.4O; August o4o;
September s.. 80.
Sugar raw firm fair refining Iii: CEN
trfuoal 96-test 1904; moasses sugar 3-l6
refined steady; No. 6, 400; No. Z, $50; mould
$50; standard A 5.25; confectioner's 5.2o; cut
loaf 595; crushed 595; powdered 5.55; grant,
lated 5.45: cubes SO.
Ri tier steady: western creamery, fresh 1903:
factory 11015: State daily 150lSR.
Cheese steady; fancy large White lOa0lOa
do sma ll1s0llA
Eggs weak: State and Pennsylvania at mark
I461lIA; Southern, at mark, l2nDl3.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys 1.50GD2.5O; New
Works Sl.25uM1.75 Long Island S3.OG05. 90;
Havana S3.0005.00; Jersey sweets Sl.50t02.50.
Molasses steady; New Orleans, open Kettle
good to choice, 5000
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand picked 4205; do
Cabbages stealy; State fl21i6 per ton.
Freights to Liverpool; cotton by steam 49, dc
grain
Cotton seed oil dali, about steady Prime crude
barrels 80; prime summer yellow 30; OF sum-
mer 81; prime white 49, prime inter yellow
| 80 prime meal $500.
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS
BALTIMORE, April 81. Flour quiet; western
| super 81 3u0D2 40; family S300D3,2o; winter
! wheat patents S3S5d4.05; spring patents S3SoQ
| 42O: do straights, S3.S5G63.95.
Wheat strong and higher; spot ana the m MT
sO1SaSoA; May sU1sGr9eA Jlne 80 asked; JUN
/ n IA nv; steamer No. red - SoutheFi
| wheat by sam lie 7IGJ8Ih.
| Corn stron0, higher: mixed spot anu tn montt
692lG49%; May G0B070; une July
| southern white corn. 50- @5l: do. yellow
| Oats arm: No. 2, white 33 n33a do mixed =.
/ Rye firm; No nearby, 80
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NO BUSINESS DONE
ON STOCK EXCHANGE
The Consolidated Trades on
its Own Responsibility
THE OPERATIONS LARGE
The Wheat Market Broad and Strong.
Prices Advance.
MAY CLOSED ONE THREE FIGHTS UP
Fear of a Possible Cotton Famine in Jul)
Leads 10 lhs Belief in Higher Prices
For Present Crop Positions
Before Delivery Day.
The Wheat Market Broad and Strong
Prices Advance.
MAY CLOSED ONE THREE FIGHTS UP
Before Delivery Day.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, April 27.-Today's dry
goods market has been without new fea-
ture OF Importance in any direction. The
home demand is dull, while a moderate
business has again been done for export
in heavy brown cottons. Bleached goods
are slow throughout, coarse colored cot
tons cuiet and easy; print cloths mac
tive. Prints and ginghams unchanged.
Demand for cotton yarns has fallen on
and the market continues very irregular.
Wooden and worsted yarns show more
business. Linen yarns quiet but very
firm
COTTON.
New York, April 27.-The cotton market
opened quiet with prices one point above
the closing of last night. Operations du-
ring the first hour were the smallest In
many DAYS and consisted entirely of pro-
fessional weekend settlements A pessl-
mistic review of the week on plantations
By the Chronicle and better Liverpool
cables than expected, induced pit shorts
TO cover soon after the call. Prices were
very sensitive to this buying, inasmuch as
offerings were scarce and the bear fac
ticn was unaggressive. May advanced to
STA, July to S.11 and October to 1882.
Thereafter variations were sluggish
and without special Significance The
weather map was less favorable than OF
late. Receipts were not cutie as large
as predicted. The chief feature of
steadiness abroad was the spot situation.
Continued good demand from spinners
for spot cotton at full former prices was
regarded as a reflection of improving
goods" trade Private cables stated
that European speculative interests were
bearish on the new crop months. ewing
to American predictions for a largely in
creased acreage The fear ORA possible
cotton famine in July and August led
to the belief in higher prices for the
present crop positions before delivery day,
NEW YORk.
NEW York Apri 2T-Cotton futures opened
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SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.

Nos. 81 and 44-Florida and Metropoli-
tan Limited. Drawing Room Sleeping.
Compartment and Observation Cars, and
Through Day Coaches between New York
and st. Augustine-Dining Cars, serving
all meals en-route. Also, Through
Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping Cars be-
tween New York and Atlanta.
Nos. q and 66-Florida and Atlanta
Fast Mail. Through Drawing Room
Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York
and Jacksonville, connecting at Hamlet
with Sleeping Car to and from Atlanta.
Tickets on sale Ia all points PlntmeE
Berths Reserved and reservations made on
outgoing steamers from Norfolk Bag
gage checked from hotel and residences
without extra charge at
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NEW YORK MONEY.

NEW YORK, April 81 -4p m. Money on call
steady at pei cent; last loan per cent;
ruling rate = D cent: Prime mercantile paper
at 4154l per cent Sterling exchange nominal
with actual business in binNers bills mt 4Ssleg
4884io- demand and at 50 a4851s for % days;
Posted rates 485Ka4.s6 and 489 9ommerclal
bills 484A0484A Silver eeriIhcates 60. Bar
silver 60B Mexican dollars 1917. Government
bonds tirmer; State bonds stryns; Railroad oonhs
strong
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! eabOard AirLiDeRy
CAPITAL CITY LINE"

Short Line to principal cities OF the
South and Southwest. Florida, Cuba,
Texas, California and Mexico, reaching
the Capitals of six States.
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WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT

New York, April 27.-The statement of
the Associated Banks for the week ending
Auril 27th shows:
Loans. increased $2,S77 500; deposits, in
creased $3,5S9 300; circulation, decreased
S1Sg, 2O0 legal tenders, increased $1,261,-
200; specie, increased 81, 473. 600 surplus
reserves. increased 81. $50. 675.
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NEW YORK, Apri sz-cotton futures opened
LIVERPOOL.

Spot cotton closed quiet and l-l6c higher: mid
ding uplands $50 .uiddling gulf S9s sales 81
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Leading futures ranged as toElows
lopEN &c. HIe nnsT.I LOWEST. cLoslNo
cash quotations were rs f,rows:

Cash quotations We're as ftI!OWs:
Flour steady; winter oatents 49, 8oG03 90;
straights So G0a3.70 clears 260a3 40: do. spring
Specials $4a4l0; spring patents S3.45@37 20; do.
straights $3,0063.20; bakers 81 20GD2.50 Wheat
= No. 2 spring 49, No. 3, 7lH@72A; No. 2. red.
74d76 Corn No ?, AZ; No. 2, yellow As;
Oats No. ?, 21h; No 2 white 2714Q27A
No. white 279S@284. Rye No. 2, 52Q53. Barley
= good feeding 5l055; fair to choice mailing SO;
No. max seed Sl64; No. 1 northwestern
$L64 Prime timothy seed $500 Mess pork
per- bb. Sl4 506o14.55. Lard, per 100 lbs,
-saited shoulders (boxed) 6B@71s. Short
clear sides (boxed) Ss371z6D8.70; Whiskey l.27.
Sugar cut loaf GA; granulated, 557; CONNECTION
e s 5.44; off ~ $40; clover, contract grade,
S1015
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Ills, April 27.-There was a
broad, strong market for wheat today and
May closed 1%c. over yesterday. corn,
which closed unchanged to II to nc.
higher, was rather quiet. but the oats
market showed considerable activity,
closing " to lAc. higher. Provisions were
dull. closing size. to a shade lower.
Lending futures RANGED as follows
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nEAIINGs IN sToCK.

New York, April 27.-For the first time
In the history of the Consolidated Stock
and Petroleum Exchange that body did
business today on it's own responsibility
without the guidance of quotations from
the Stock Exchange, which was closed
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sEABoARD STOCKS AND BONDS.

BALTIMORE, April &c. Seaboard Air Line
common 262M27: preferred 46K0465s
RoDds-4's 8l9s181B.
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NORFOLK pEANur MARKET.

NORFOLK Va April e. Peanuts quiet; fancy,
| AZ; ST ictly prime, 21&125s; prime, 2021s com
mon, -; low grades 114MlA machine picked,
1502; Spanish zoe per bushel.
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LtyEaPooL. April 81 p. M.-Spot cotton,
limited mand prices firm; American mlddlin2
fair Sgd; good middling 27-32d; middiine
2l-32d: low middlng 5-32d; good ordinary
4 7-32d ordinary 3 81 32d.
The sales OF the day were 5000 bales, OF which
200 were for speculation and export, and inclnd-
ed 4 700 American. Receipts 1000 bales, includ-
it, American.
~ I......aa. :. ,.nr,nd ~. OF and Closed nniat
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09

IS that in which 1t has been assigned by naturalists-thef family of rodents They are about twice the size of or dinary mice and bear almost no re- sembiance to them. Perched on an absurd-looking stilt-like pair of legs, with body shaped like that of an ostrich, a head like a deer, and eyes like an owl, the kangaroo mouse ven- lures from it's nest only in the night. Nature intended this odd creature should work unobserved in the dark ness, and, to that end, built it for utility rather than looks.
 In the deserts of Egypt the Djer- boas Dipus lives on insects and the scant vegetation of that region. It does not eat much, but to satisfy it's hunger this desert mouse often has to travel great distances. The energy which it expends in travel, as com pared with the amount it eats, is shown by the contrast between the hind and forelegs of the kangaroo mouse. The hind legs are strong out of all proportion with the size of the animal. These legs, with an unusu- ally long and powerful tail, are the only means of 1ocomotion used by this animal. The fore legs, whi-h are used only at meal time, are so small as to be unnoticed when the animal holds them close under his chin, as it usually does.
 The kangaroo mouse, says the Chi cago Tribune, notwithstanding it's weird appearance and hermit-like training, is an attractive and friendly animal. It is scrupulously neat, and will not fail to wash it's face before eating when an opportunity to do so is given it. The Djerboas Dipus is harmless, it never bites, and has only one fault--it eats with the nervous haste of an habitual lunch counter patron.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
EASILY MADE HAPPY.
| New York Woman Who Finds Four Dollars Year Is Enough
 for Her Needs.


 There is one woman in New York who is rich on four dollars a year and is an object lesson of content- ment in her daily life. She is Miss Emily B. Elwell, ward No. 57, alms- house, Blackwell's Island. The sim pie needs of her existence are pro- vided for. She has roof over her head, food enough to eat, and gar ments sufficient for the society in which she moves
 Three years ago, when she had to go to the almshouse, she had but one haunting fear-that she wo.1ld fill a pauper's grave. That fear has been removed. The money from which her moderate income springs will be am pie to bury her.
 Miss ElweH was a teacher in the New York public schools for l3 years. Her life was exemplary, her manner was gentle and 1adylike, nobody dis liked her, but she was unfortunate. She had no influential friends, and when anybody had to be dropped from the list of school-teachers, she was the one selected At last the time came when no place was open for her to teach in, and she was com pelled to become an inmate of the poorhouse. sGkSl
 The story of Miss Elwell's life be- came known to a sympathetic wom- an, whose name is a secret to Miss Elwel, and this nightmare of her ex- istence was removed.
 This unknown friend put into the hands of the officers of the Interna- tional Sunshine society $1o0, to be deposited to the credit of Miss FL we'll in savings bank. The former teacher was to have the interest on that amount each year, and the principal was to be used to defray the expense of her burial.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09

of the board of police and fire cons missioners. In 1868 he became as-y sistant foreman. Subsequently he was captain of No. 6, which moved to Maxwell and Canal streets. His conn pany was the first to begin fighting the great fire of 1871.
 R. A. Williams was then chief, John Schnur first, Lorenz Walters second, and Matt Benner third assistant marshall and the city had but IT en-- zines, three of which were out of service.
 March 1, 1872, Musham was made third assistant marshal for his brav- cry during the great fire. In 1879, when Swenie was made chief, he was appointed first assistant.
 Although the hero of countless close calls, Musham has never had a bone broken. From a height of 240 feet he fought the fire in the Manu4 factures building at the worlds fairs and in the basement of the Edelweiss cafe, where Big Tom," of truck No. 6, was stripped naked by an explo- sion. Musham's most brilliant bit of fire fighting was at the Manufactures building at the worlds fair, and it was widely heralded at the time. But Musham generously gave the praise to Battalion Chief Kenyon, Capts. Foley, of No. 5; Lucy, of No. 72; Crapo, of No. 45; McKiernan, of No. 51, and Palmer, of truck No. 20.
 At fire in commission house on South Water street in June. 1865, Musham stood between two fremen when they were killed instantly by falling debris. He was swept into the river by strong wind at the s. K. Martin lumber yard fire in 1894. when Lieut.. McGinn, of the ireboat, was blown on live coals and burned to death.
 August 5, 1897, he was severely in- jured at the fire and explosion in the Northwestern elevator. Six were killed there-Tommy Monohan, Swe- nie's driver, Coogan, Schnur and Strumen, of No. 3, Conway, of No 27. and Hanley, of No. 5. Fifty men were injured. Musham saved 30 lives by moving two freboats in time to pre- vent them from being destroyed.
 John Campion, who will succeed Musham as first assistant marshal, was born in Kilkenny in 1s49, and came to Chicago in 1854. He joined the fire department April 1. 1870. threw first water on the big fire in 1871, was made captain in 1873, commanded engines No. 2, 6, F and 1, was made battalion chief in 1882, and third assistant marshal May k 1895. He has had many close calls, but was never seriously hurt.
 He was an ardent supporter of Musham in the recent contest for Swenie's place.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
AMERICANS IGNORED.
Five of Our Countrymen Get Medals from Royal Geographical So-
 ciety at London.

Dr. A. Donaldson Smith has re- turned from London, where he att tended the annual meeting and din- ner of the Royal Geographical soci- ety, of which he is fellow. The meeting was held at the Hotel Metro pole on May 20, and Dr. Smith shared with Duke d'Abruzzi, of the Italian royal family, the honor of receiving a gold medal conferred by the society for geographical research. Gold medals. are usually awarded at the annual meetings, but never more than two a year.
 Dr. Smith is the fifth American upon whom this honor has been con- ferred, says, the Philadelphia Press. The others who received the decora- tion were Elisha Kent Kane, Lieut.. Greedy, Lieut.. Peary and Commission CT Rockhill, who is now in China.
 The two medals presented by the Royal society this year possess addi- tional value from the fact that they are the last to be struck bearing Queen Victoria's head. In the future the medals will bear the head of the king, who has become the patron and honorary president of the society.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
Aid For Agricu1turaI Colleges.

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The treas ury department has drawn warrants az gregating S1, POO, ,000, or $25.000 each, for 400 state and two territorial institutions, being the maximum amount provided for congress in the act of Aug. 30, 1890, for the endowment and maintenance of col leges for the benefit of agriculture and
 mechanic arts. This act provides a
 minimum sum of S15,000 for that year, with an annual increase of $1,000 for ten years up to S25,OO0. The maximum is now reached, and hereafter each of the states and territories will receive an- nualIy this sum for its agricultural col leges. This money is the proceeds of the sale of public lands. ngl7tr
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
Bad Railway Wreck.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., July g. As an east bound freight train on the Pennsylvania railroad was passing through this place one of the cars jump ed the track and hung on the bridge over the Raritan river. Just at this time the Philadelphia and Washington express, west bound, was passing. The derailed car tore the sides of the passenger coach es the entire length of the train, crashing woodwork, breaking window glass and scattering splinters over the passengers One passenger had an arm broken. On the freight train were number of tramps. One of them fell inte the river and was drowned.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
VERY CLOSE IO ZERO
Prof. James Dewar Secures Jar of
 Liquid Hydrogen.
Enters n New Realm and Makes Liquid Air Seem Hot-Wi1I Next Attempt to Reduce Helium-
 Record of His Life.

It is a genuine pleasure to discuss the triumph of science over nature as recorded in interesting words of the experiments of the Royal society of London.
 It is sufficiently wonderful to say that Prof. James Dewar carried in a jar through the streets of London to his lecture-room nearly two quarts of liquid hyrogen, which until then was the most intangible form of mat ter known to man. On arriving be- fore his audience this wizard of sci ence, who deals with temperatures compared with which arctic cold is like seething furnace, produced marve1s never witnessed outside of his own laboratory.
 He reduced hydrogen to solid which appeared like snow in the test tube and announced that a temper ature had been produced eight de- grees or ten degrees lower, or within nine degrees of absolute zero. There is one substance only now known which has as yet not been reduced to a liquid, and that is the new gas helium. This most volatile form of matter has boiling point four de- grees or five degrees above absolute zero. The hope of being able to iquefy helium depends on subjecting it to the same process as has suc- ceeded with hydrogen, only instead of using liquid air under exhaustion as the primary cooling agent, liquid hydrogen under exhaustion must be employed, and the resulting liquid collected in vacuum vessels surround ed with liquid hydrogen. In this way, by the use of liquid or solid hydrogen as a cooling agent, we ought to be able. to liquefy a body having critical point of about six degrees to eight degrees of absolute zero and boiling point of four de- grees or five degrees. Then, if liquid
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
BOLD FIRE FIGHTER.l
William H. Musham, New Chief of
 Chicago Department.
Hos Been in Hundreds of TighU Places, But Never Had n Bone Brol<en-Joined Force a- the
 Age of Sixteen.

William H. Musham, the veteran fire fighter of more than 40 years, is Chicago's new chief of the fire de- parfiment. Mayor Harrison appoint- ed him D. J. Swenie's successor June 24, and the council speedily ratified the selection. The bond of $25, ,O0O was accepted, and First Assistant Marshal Musham became fire mar shal and chief of brigade immedi- ately.
 Simultaneously the resignation of Chief Swenie was read, his half a century of service acknowledged and the thanks of the city of Chicago ten- dered officially by the mayor as the representative of the people. That was Chief Swenie's formal 'sgood-by'' and the beginning of Chief Musham'a term.
 William Henry Musham was born of Scotch-Irish parents in Chicagoy February. 7, 1889, and is carpenter by trade. At the age of 16 he became volunteer fireman and ran to the fires with D. J. Swenie and others, many of whom are prominent in pro- fessional and commercial circles to- day. He worked at the great Lal1es street fire of 1857, where seven fires men and 16 citizens perished and Swenie recovered the bodies.
 In 1861 he joined the paid fire de- partment organized by Swenie in 1858. He became member of No. 6, 'sthe Little Giant" named after Steph- en A. Douglas. The company's house. was at Washington and Dearborn streets. After time on the Atlantic company at State and Michigan streets he returned to No. 6. He went to Philadelphia and ran with the '.Fairmount,' but, like Sandy" Shay and others, he soon returned and joined the T. B. Brown company, which was named for the president
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
CASTozEAo Baay,fba /, The Kind You HaV8 Always BOqgti asaaf''' sf NHHzzzx,
oAKvILLE HAPPENINGS

Garrett Lynch was injured recently by falling from load of hay. He has been taken to the home of his son, John Lynch, at Wateryille, where he will receive the best medical attend ance.
 The Waterbury Christian Endeayor Union council will hold meeting in the Union church tonight at o'clock.
 Mrs Robert Warner has gone on a vist to New Haven. ~
 MT and Mrs William Babin have re turned from their wedding trip. On their return they found many more beautiful present awaiting them, among them being set of solid silver, a dining room set of furniture, a china tea and dinner set and other more trifiing articles. William received a check for $500 from a near relative.