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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-14

that the performer wears pair Of
iron skates weighing 100 pounds. The
feat had been done only Ave times
when Zimmerman attempted it. Ste
Yens had made the loop four times.
while a bicycle rider named Lefever
made It once. s-',f' IL fSH4g
The trip around the upright circle
occupies only four seconds. the per
former speeding 20 fast that he II
,s6arcaly sSsa b - sposeatee& zam-
norman was closely watched By Ste
veus and the other experts. They say
that when the impetus was obtained b
lost his balance BY looking ct hat edit
teal moment toward TIE spectators.
When he reached the TIP Of thu circle
It was seen that he stopped still for .
fraction Of q second and then tell
henvily the eighteen feet 70 TIE nooe
O. the circle. Al be street, the bottom
the iron skates struck him On ~
hsnA, auahinG hb skuA e.f&sE
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-14


my second engineer. Awkwright by
name, and myself and a crew Of eight
cen natives. ''"
A, more villainous looking lot than
those deck passengers don't think i
ever recollect seeing, though one does
meet all sorts, good and bad, in little
coaster such AZ ours. They were
queer mixture Of nAtiopalitiea. half
Chinese, half Malay, but whatever
their race as great q set Of villains az
ever crossed a ships gangway, A. we
discovered only when too late.
We weighed anchor on Sunday after
noon. which was our usual day of de-
parture, and were due at Kluang on
the Tuesday morning following. lit
tie thought az we passed out beyond
Muka head Of the terrible trial IN store
for me.
Nothing occurred to raise suspicion
on that day or the next. After dinner
on the evening Of the second day
was having a pipe and yarn with the
captain. a man l greatly respected, as
did every one who knew him. The
afterdeck. where we were seated, was
dimly lighted by sickly globe lamp.
whose feeble rays made it just posi-
BILE for us to see each other.
The captains chair was near to a
canvas screen which separated the aft
er from the main deck, where the deck
passengers were located, and we were
both seated with our backs toward this
screen. My chair was a few feet far
Their away from the screen than his,
fortunately for me. We had been chat
ting. and was just making up my mind
to turn in, when. with appalling sud
denness, three men with dahs flashing
in their hands appeared on the deck
behind us and almost as l shouted a
warning pounced on Fairbank. The
biggest Of the three with one sweep Of
the terrible weapon he was welding
almost decapitated the poor fellow.
who slid to the deck dead.
jumped to my feet as the men ap-
peared. My only weapon of defense
was the chair l had been sitting on.
but as the two other fellows made for
me swung this around my head with
all the force I was capable OF, bring
ing it down with q crash on the near
est villains skull. He fell like a log.
Providentially struck the lamp which
was above my head with the same
blow. shattering It.
Under cover Of the daEkness which
now prevailed rushed to the other
side Of the deck and ded toward the
engine room. which reached in safety.
bat ouly to nnd. another terrible SIGHT
swaiting me Outside the door lay the
second engineer stone dead.
What to do now was my spext
thought. ehand l stop the engines?
No: that would not do. for the pirates
would immediately come below to find
out what was the matter. and it was
no use SQUIRTING death in that way.
Suddenly an inspiration seized me.
IN nsa I had no sooner thought of than
I set to work to put it into execution.
We fortunately had q good length Of
hose In the storeroom below. with q
noezIe attached. kept In readiness In
cass Of IRE. This. II fastened on to .
GoAAss11aA on ~ Aaia ~ punlo
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-14

relief Of it after the long night Of dark
ness ana horror was simply indescrib-'
able.
I determined to wait for an hour, 20
% to make sure they had departed be-
tore venturing on deck. and at the end
Of that time cautiously assembled, hav-
ing my trusty friend the hose ready In
case any Of the villains were still Turk
ing on board. though l felt certain In
my own mind AIR, 4 need not feel any
alarm on that =. as. having secured
what they wnn'c,.. they would try to
get away II .ir:c.:iy rs possible.
As reached the deck saw that we
were heading on to the beach. which
was about half u mile distant. By 4
stroke Of goOd fortune IL WAS q sandy
one. Three of our boats lay at the
waters edge deserted. but Of the mus.
lsrszs not q sign eeoad b $500
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-14
Looted
The Ship
HoeO a Gang Of Malay
Firofes Captured tie
Steamer Bang yee.
Plucky FiShs Of the Chief En-
Sinecr--kepf Aur4erers al
Bay eUhh res Of
Boiling Water.

When tile steamer Bang Yee left Pc
nang, Straits Settlements. for Penang
officers, who comprised the only white
men on board, little realized that but
one of them would ever return. The
Bang zee carried little general cargo,
twenty deck passengers and $4,000 in
gold. The story of the dreadful events
which subsequently happened is told
by the survivor, Alfred Norton, the
chief engineer:
Our ships company consisted of
Captain Fairbank, Chief Mate Finn.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-14

TWO MEN CANE TEARING DOWN THE ROAD.
lookout, expecting that Chief Joseph
and his band would come swooping
down upon us at any minute. 1t was
the 18th Of August that the Indians
finally paid their visit to the prairie.
When it was learned that the Indians
were close to the prairie messengers
were sent from ranch to ranch with
the understanding that we all should
gather at the Pierces ranch Tor mutual
protection.
with several others waited at the
ranch until evening, but as few, II any.
other residents Of the prairie came
there, the ranch hands, myself and Mr..
Pierce decided that we had better go
to Bannack. Knowing that my old
mare would travel a whole lot better II
she had her colt with her, l concluded
to ride down to the ranch and let It out
OF the pasture 80 that 1t could follow.
Shortly after 4 had left the ranch 1t
began ID get dArk, and before I had
made mile or 30 heard ZIP, zip.
zip" punctuated with the crack Of rides
and the singing Of bullets. Fx8&
Looking backward through the
cleaning could see two men tearing
down. the road as fast as their horses
could leg it, while behind them fol-
lowed seven Indians, who sent bullets
after the fleeing men as fast as they
could reload their rides. One glance
was all l wanted, The old mare acted
as If she had hurry up appointment
to meet that colt, and dug my spurs
into her sides and induced her to add
still little more speed to her good in
tentions.
Down the Horse Prairie road we
raced, l and the old mare in the lead,
the two men, one whose name was Kel-
~ and the other his cousin next, with
the Indians gaining on all Of US. After
this race had continued for a mile or
two the Indians shot Kelly's cousin
through the arm, another shot struck
Dis horse, and the animal promptly
bucked him OF, and he ran to the
brush and hid, the Indians not detect
Ing him in the darkness as his horse
ran down the road. This left Kelly
and in the race
Il had a good deal the best of the
race. and finally We came to a place
where old man O'Hoolahan had made
change In the road, the new road
which was but slightly travelled at that
ume, forming . right angle with the
OLD one. Ny old mare had been over
the road several times before, and she
made the turn all right. So did KEEL
ya and 1t was lucky she did 80, for
me Indians were gaining fast on him.
ana when his nag shot into the turn
OF the road they were scarcely 100
yards behind and shooting every time
tnetr hosses hit the ground.
The Indian ponies knew nothing
about this turn In the road. and they
to!lowsd the plain track. with the re-
suit that In q ~monent they brought
up with full speed igs1nst ! ovs pole
renee. tearing down at least q dosen
panels and dehorstng every rider. The
night was then 90 dafk that the red
men could not see the obstruction IN
al they got to 1t. and the horses were
song 20 fast that they could not have
stopped even II they had wanted to.
night here the chase, a. far n the In
u.ans were concernsd. was over. but !
u,o not stop to think about It. beard
ne crash Of TIE hroken fence ~ they
ss NJ = - 4ACew Gslli 00es
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A Race
For Life
A, Incident Of the Up
,itins Of CbiefJ0seph's
Band In 1877.
...>oco Roncher:s Wild Ni6hf
hide AcroSS the Prairie.
HotU the Nee Terces
We're EIu4ed.

While IN reminiscent mood recently
On old resident of southern Montana
.o,oted an experience he had with the
~, perce Indians during their upris-
ing in 1877, in which he narrowly es-
canel losing his scalp.
81 was running dairy on Horse
prairin creek at that time, and every
resident of that section was on the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17

New Orleans. May 16.-Cotton flu
lures steady: May, 10. 60ql3.62c; June,
Is. S0dl3. SIC; July, 14.024l4 .63c; Au-
gust. 13.12a13. 13c; September, 1880
II. zoe: October, u13@11 lac; Novem-
Der, 1102a11 .O4c; December, 11.O10
II 02c; January, 1.0id11 .06c.
There was a good inquiry to-day for
SPOT cotton, but buyers and sellers were
apart in their views as to prices. Sales,
$50 bales, including 200 to arrive. De-
iivered on contracts 1000. Quotations
nc higher.
Futures opened steady and ? points
lower to II points higher. The action
of the Liverpool market in sending both
spots and futures up for wide advances
was the chief feature of the day. Pu-
vate cables gave many reasons Tor the
advance, but the one most generally
given was the rumored resumption oil
activity on the part of the New Or
leans bull clique The leading bulls
were at the ring to-day and there was
some nervousness among shorts who
covered freely. This was hastened by
strenuous bidding on the part Of the
bulls. For a short time after the
opening they attacked May and July,
and in a few minutes sent July up TO
IA Csc, which was Is points ABOVE the
closing level of Saturday, and also
above spot quotations. The weather
map shows continuation of the I'M
favorable weather conditions. the tenn
perature being below the normal.
In the trading July first advanced IS
points to IA soc, declined to l3.94c, ana
finally recovered tC IA 02c. The market
closed firm with net gains of Il to 80
points, on the old crop months, and D
to - points on the new.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
LOW ROSIN WENT UP
II GRADE AND BELOW SOLD UP
FIVE CENTS A BARREL.
SPIRITS MARKET FIRM,
RECEIPTS IN BOTH PRODUCTS CON-
TINUE ABOVE THE NORMAL.

Naval Stores Men Do Not Look for
Any Decline in the Spirits Trade,
and Regard the Rosin Market as
Being on Very Firm Basis-The
ROsin Receipts Amounted to 2,62S
Barrels, and Exports 3,67S Barrels.
The turpentine market held its own
yesterday, and spirits opened and
closed at SAN cents a gallon.
The general trend of the market was
firm, and naval stores men do not an
ticipate any immediate decline in the
product. The sales amounted to 652
casks, receipts, $50 casks. and exports
225 casks.
Rosin: The rosin market was never
in better shape than at the present
time, said a we'll known factor yester-
day. THE income is all that could be
expected, and there is a strong under
tone. H and below sold at cents ad-
vance after the official close.
There were no sales reported at the
close, but some rosin was sold in the
late afternoon. All of the offerings in
spirits were taken.
The rosin receipts amounted to q,
62S barrels and exports 3,678 barrels.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
DEMERE a HAMMOND
Say that the Atlantic states Are
wanting in Rain.

Savannah, Ga. May 1.-THE tone
of the cotton market has continued
firm throughout the day, closing to-
night was around the highest prices.
Gables report decided Improvement
as regards to prospective business. in
manufactured goods on the continent,
and even some transactions for China,
'shis, with the unreasonable weather
over the belt has induced some cover
ing on the part of shorts, which has
furnished the principal business of the
day, though there has been some de-
mand for new crop months by commits
sion houses, but altogether the inter-
est and demand is too small to sus-
tain the market at this time in any
very material advance, hence we think
1t only temporary.
The late reports claim that the At
lantfc states have not received enough
rain. The estimates for the principal
points for tomorrow run about half
of last year. Port receipts to- morrow,
about 3,000 against 10000 last year.
Spots in the South 1sc up; New York,
&c up.
On New York's close tonight, Liver
pool is due to come 5G6 points up on
the old crop, / up on new Tuesday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
DAILY COTTON MARKET.

Galveston-Quiet; middling, 1917; net
receipts, 1928; gross, 1888; sales, 237
stock 15,176. stwise, SIS
Norfolk-Net receipts, rs; gross, IS;
stock, 5,675.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, IA;
stock. 902.
Boston-Quiet; middling, 1855; net
receipts, SO; gross, SO. Exports-Great
Britain, 1.46S.
Wilmington-Nominal; net receipts,
/; gross, l; stock, 6,142.
lphia-Steady; middling, 1905;
stock, 1,453. Exports-Great Britain,
1,665.
Savannah-Quiet; middling, 1885; net
receipts, 345; gross, S45; sales, As; stock,
32,S29. Exports-Coastwise, 45O.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling, 1885
net receipts, 1852; gross, l,052; sales,
$50; stock, 1853.
Mobile-Steady; middling, 1875; net
receipts, 109; gross, 1909; sales, 80; stock,
81, 663. Exports-Coastwise, 272.
"Memphis-Quiet; middling, 1917; net
receipts. 495; gross, lob; sales, 500;
stock. S2.7S3.
"Augusta-Dull; middling. 1871 net
receipts. Is; gross, 10; sales, AZ; stock,
1924.
Charleston-No net receipts, 2;
gross, 2; stock. 1858. EXports-Coast-
wise, 9.
"Cincin1ati-Net receipts, 1e5; gross,
los; stock, 5000.
%Louisville-Firm: middling, 10.
*St. Louis-Quiet; middling, 1885 net
receipts, IS; gross. IS; stock. 12.1S1.
NHouston--Quiet nTiddling, 1888; net
receipts, l09 gross, 109 sales, 80; stock,
10, 931.
New York-Quiet; middling. 1880; net
receipts, $50; gross, 1850; sales, $500;
stock, 77,491. Exports-Great Britain,
4,759 continent. so.
Port Townsend-Net receipts, $50:
gross, $50. EXports-Japan, $50.
Total To-day, al All Seaports-Net
receipts. 3,026; exports, Great Britain,
1892; continent, 80; Japan, $50; stock,
322,25S.
Consolidated, at All Seaports-Net
receipts, 1856; exports, Great Britain,
$3.50; continent. 5,202; Japan. $50.
Total Since Sept. l, at All Seaports-
Net receipts, 6,942,O29 exports. Great
Britain, 2.315.704; France, 670,s34; CONT
nent, 2,45S,94l; Japan, 1895; Mexico,
1851.
mot included in totals
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
GENERAL MARKETS.

New York, May 16.-Flour, steady.
Rye flour, steady.
Corn meal, steady.
Rye, dull.
Wheat, firm No. red, 81. Options
were strong to-day from start to finish
on an unsatisfactory weather map, and
good cash demand. Last prices show
ed %@1Ac net advance. May, Y2Ac;
July. 90Ac; September, S3c; December,
S2Hc.
Corn, irregular; No. 2, $3.50. option
market was inactive and without fea-
ture, closing 1ac net higher. May
571hc; July. 531ac; September, 5Sc.
Oats, firm; mixed, Acc.
Beef, steady.
Cut meats, inactive.
Lard. steady; refined, quiet.
Pork, quiet.
Butter, firm; extra creamery, zoo
201ac; state dairy, 13@19hc.
Cheese, irregular; old state, large and
small, fall made, 10%c; new state, small
colored, 7hQ7&c; small white, 6%@
&c.
Eggs, quiet and steady; state, Penn
sylvania and near by, fancy selected,
white, 20@20ac; Southern interiors, 1870
lac.
Tallow. dull.
Rice, steady.
MolaSSeS, firm.
Coffee, spot Rio. steady; No. in
voice, &c; mild, quiet; Cordova, 100
13c.
Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining,
3 5-1663ssc; centrifugal, Sc test, 1850
3sc: refined, firm; confectioners' A,
"a 20; mould A, IS 90 cut loaf, $685.
crushed $3.50; powdered, $4.95; granu-
lated, $4S5; cubes, $50.
The market for coffee futures open
ed steady, at an advance of SOLO points
on a moderate demand in the absence
offerings. Buying was accelerated by
reports of a cold spell in Santos,
threatening early frost, and the close
was steady, net 20 to 25 points higher.
Sales, 1880 bags.
Potatoes, steady; new Southern,
81 50@5.5 so; state and Western, sacks,
81 50qS.0O; Jersey sweets, 81. 1904 90.
Tallow. dull; city, 4Ac; country,
4asc.
Peanuts. steady; fancy handpicked,
$40; other domestic, 3A@6hzc.
Cabbages, steady; Southern, barrel,
crates, $1.00@2. 90.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 12c.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
COTTON FUTURES.

New York, May 16.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm at an advance of 14@19
points on the old crop and COLL points
on the new crop months covering, and
what looked to be local bun support
The firmness was in response to rather
bullish average of early news. Ca
bles were considerably better than ex-
pected, with spot cotton in good de-
mand at an advance of II English
points. While there were further re-
ports of curtailment from Fall River
better export demand for cotton
goods was reported, and private ad-
vices from Liverpool said that Man
chester would resume on full time.
after Whitsuntide holidays. In addi-
ton to these items the weather man
was not considered favorable on ac-
count of cold weather with rains In
the western belt At the initial adj
vance, however, the market met with
considerable opposition. One large To-
cal spot house was said to be Offering
July around lS.50c in large blocks, and
Immediately following the call prices
reacted about 5 points. They quickly
rallied. however. on very bulish wires
from New Orleans, stating that the
market leaders there were bidding for
large amounts Of May and July at
advancing prices. 1t was also reported
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17

Cotton Letter to Hayward, Wick e
Company.


New York. May 16.-Cables were
quite a surprise this morning, and the
sudden advance in Liverpool was at
tributed partly to buying for Ameri-
can account and partly because of ab-
sence of pressure from Alexandria. 1t
seems, however, to be simply a case of
an oversold market turning on its pur-
SueTS.
There has not been any considerable
interest in the market for some time
past, and it does not take very Sc
we're decline under such circumstances
to wipe out the weak longs.
While future prices advanced IS
points, we do not hear of any similar
improvement in spots throughout the
South. New Orleans advanced Is, with
sales of only $50 bales. In the dry
goods district there is some improve
ment to note, as China last week took
about Is, 900 bales of cotton goods, and
Japan. considerable quantity of four
yard sheetings, drills and jeans. The
weather still continues to be cold and
delays the normal demand for summer
fabrics. The closing shows net gain
on IS to 80 points on the old crop, and
II to % on the winter and fall posi-
tons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool. May 16.-Cotton.-Spot in
limited demand, prices II points high
err American middling fair, 76Sd;
good middlng 754d; middling, 746d;
low mlddling, 7.32d; good ordinary,
7.20d ordinary, 700d. The sales of the
day We're 1000 bales, of which 200 were
for speculation and export and in
cluded $500 American. Receipts 1920
bales, all American. Futures opened
steady and closed very steady; Ameri-
can middling g. o. G.: May, 7G4d;
May-June, 7.30d; June-July, 7.25d /;
July-August. 7.21d; August-Septembe
6.97d September October 8.37d Oc-
tober- November, Sid; November-Dc-
cember 6.05d; Dec ember-January,
6.03d; January February, 602d.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
WARE a. LELAND.
Say IL Looks Like n Buy for August
or October Cotton.

or October Cotton.
New York, May 1--we have no
doubt that everybody selling cotton
short lately has wondered why conser-
vative people failed to see what they
thought they saw. This morning July
cotton ran up 80 points with no posi-
by excuse. 1t may run up 80 points
more tomorrow with just as little rea-
son. This is why the best traders in
the market men who have been light in
the past year would not sell short. The
short sellers have been the men VINO
have been bcarish at 912 cents and
since last September. But its no mar
ket to be short of. Some one could
put few buying orders in the mar
ket in July cotton and run the price
to IA cents before shorts knew where
they were.
If cotton enough has been sold to
get out of New Orleans and New
York before July to have d moderate
stock, the trade may be getting ready
for a rise. We have been waiting for
the market to look different, and to-
day it does look different. 1t looks
here as though a fair risk in buying
August or October cotton.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
BARTLETT. FRAZIER
q CARRINGTON's
Grain Letter to Hayward, Wick a.
Company.

Company.
Chicago, May 16.-Wheat traders, es-
pecially the shorts, seemed to stimuli
taneously awaken to the small stock OF
contract wheat here. The anxiety on
the part of shorts to cover and the
eagerness of bulls to replace lines sold
last week resulted in a &c advance in
the old July position within an hour.
The trade was not particularly heavy
and little outside interest was aroused.
In view of these facts, the advance
was surprisingly we'll maintained. The
old September, considering the dis
count and the poor prospects of the
red winter wheat crop, will be the
logical purchase, If sufficient outside
buying interest was created to start
a bull market. Foreign statistics and
advices were largely bearish.
Corn-Corn was bulled solely on the
strength in wheat. The market was
small; prices would have given way
readily had wheat turned down. The
demand is slow.
Provisions-There was a little better
tone to provisions, although the hog
market was weak and prices sc to 10c
the strength in grain was a bull help,
and there was a moderate amount of
covering for this reason.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17

Ike: number ~ Important bids were
received from New Orleans bull inter-
osts May and July options were eager
~ sought by these interests, and It
Was said that certain shorts had
reached their end and were now max
ing a bold attempt TO get under cover.
The firmness abroad continued up TO
the close. and naturally bear interest
here was extremely nervous. The
trade was more active than for some
time past. and the market generally
appeared TO have broadened materially.
spots were firm. with a fair demand
and small offerings.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17

wheat, 92d96c; No. 3, ss9s5c; No. 2
red. $1.0S@1.O6; No. 2 corn, 4sc; No. 2
yellow, 53D531Ac; No. 2 oats, 42B@
429sc No. white, 41@44c; No. 2 rye,
rae; good feeding barley, S5@3Sc; fair
to choice mailing. 45@56c; No. l fax
seed, $1.01; No. Northwestern, s1.09;
prime timothy seed. $500; mess pork.
per barrel, $11.124a@1120; lard, per 100
pounds, $6.3212Q6.35; short ribs sides
0oose), S6.2096.30; short clear sides
(boxed), $6.25@6.50; whisky, basis of
high wines, SIPS; clover, contract
grade, 5000.
Receipts-Wheat, 17,10O bushels;
corn, los, 500 bushels; oats, 191, 400 bush
els.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-17
LOCAL FINANCIAL MARKET.

The following are the Savannah Cot
ton Exchange quotations:
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-Buyi at
SOC discount, selling up to $500, 10c;
$25 to $50, l5c; $50 to 800. zoe; 500 to
$500, 25c; 5000 to $500, 30c; $500 to $780,
85c; $500 to $500, 4Oc; $500 to $500, 45c:
over $500 at the rate of 75c per $1,000
premium.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Market
weak. Commercial demand, sterling
$4S425; sixty days, $4.8075 ninety
days, $4.7925; French, 5.22A; Belgian,
5.23; marks, sixty days, "a 3-16;
ninety days, 93B.