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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10
Cash quotations were as follows:

JlSH QUDIdJIOHS WETt Us IOIIOWS.
Flour dull; winter patent 3.8Sq4 10; Straights
36S@39O, spring patents 3.75@4lO straights
}.6O9380; bakers 22jG31O; wheat No J
s598Sla; No. 3.S2@S1; No 2 red, S89SSH
corn No. 3 AZ; No yellow. az, Oats No 2;
3lGJ7s; No. 2 white, 33e,t2;No. white 31h@32A
rye No. 2. 81 good feeding barley S7%gS
fair to choice mailing 42gSO No, 1 fax seeC
IS; No. 1 Northwestern. l0lla; timothy seed
I35; mess pork per bbl 1880 1897; lard per 100
lbs. 7709772 short ribs QooSe) 6S7d7.i2: dry
Salted shoulders (boxeO .........; short clear
sides boxed) 7l2672j: whisSey. basis of high
grade wines. l.30 clover contract grade 1900
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the northwest had strengthening in
fuence on the wheat market
today. AT the close weat for May
delivery was up 3-S. Corn, oats and
provisions were practically unchang-
ed.
Opening Highest. Lowest. Closing.
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Scarcity of Fish.
CKinston Free Press.)


There is a most extraordinary scare
ity of fish in Eastern Carolina waters
now and it is practically impossible
to get any nice fish. 1t is said that
dealers in New Bern. from which
place Kinston is largely supplied
are ordering fish from Florida to sup
ply their local demand.
Minister" Bobby, do you love your
teacher?"
Bobby (aged 6)-''Yes, sir"
Minister-"That's right. Now, tell
me why you love herr"
Bobby-"Because the Bible says we
must love our enemies. "-Philadel-
phia Inquirer
"Who is your Oldest inhabitant?''
"Old Bill Davis"
"Where is he livingP'
HE lives in Jail. He was sentenced
to be hung eighty years ago, an has
bin fightin' the case ever since. -
Judge.
Wit is like woman-most of the
charm is in the way you dress it up.
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Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL Dec. 9-Cotton. spot quiet.
Prices II points lower. American mid
ding fair SIT. good middling SAB middling
OBS low mddlng 900. good ordinary Sol: or
binary S IS The sales today were 5000 bales OF
which 500 were for speculation and export and
included 500 American. Receipts 5000 bales,
including 200 American.
Futures opened easier. and closed weak
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The Raleigh Banking and Trust
Company

Corner Fayetteville and Hargett Streets
Round
Banking will pleased serve all III
liza
usandac In any whatever
we
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Clas H. Bevln w N
Jones Cr0wder. w a IhnGhHn
III. e. j. W. Harden Jr AhFeu
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DEPARTMENT
Nj. HOST. Commissioner Madison Dec T. 1904
The OF o
N
provisions 1882 State
provides short period accounting and when mas made
OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
L that
Commissioners
paying will have ohs
j. NTER. Raleigh, N O.
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5. a. L.. Stocks and Bonds.
Baltinoree. Dec as a. L. common 3Oia.
do preferred oO1s
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Wit is like a woman-most of the
charm is in the way you dress it up.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-10

The Kenly Manufacturing Company
are making some improvements in
their plant here. They have installed
a. 5O-horse power engine and new
1900 pound general dressing ma
chine, also a rip saw, and viii soon put
down a saw mill.
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Grain and Provisions.
Chicago, Dec. 9.-Small receipts in
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Other Cottox, Markets.

Port. Tone Middling. Recei t
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KaIeIgn SPOT COIIOH.
Receipts yesterday ......... bales
Prices yesterday. 1000. IL 5-S cents
Receipts year ago. 1890. 81 bales
Prices that date. IA to Z IL cts.
Receipts to date. ...... 9,141 bales
Last year same date. -. 10,498 bales.
Quotations by grades: Strict good
middling, II cents; good middling,
II 1915 cents; strict middling
II 1916 cents: middling, IL "a
cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
LONG RACE WITH A GHOST
Bradley, ILL.,, Man Tells of spookish
Contest Which Takes Place
Late at Night.

Kankakee. Ill.-A Bradley man tells
of a thrilling experience with a ghost
as he was returning nome late at night
recently, He was walking up the LII
nois Central tracks from Kankakee
when he first noticed a weiru figure IN
white closely following him. He grad
uallv increased his pace, but the white
snecter seemed possessed of a good
pair of walking sticks, and increased
his gait to correspond.
The Bradley man being late n WISH
ing to get home before his wife missed
him broke into a run, but on CHANGING
hebind saw the ghost without the least
effort keeping the distance just the
same, Up through Broadway the TWO
went at breakneck speed. The man
started to leap the water works often,
missed his footing and fell headiong'
He got up and sat on the opposlIe side
Of the ditch, but there was the ghost
facing him. The Bradley mar drew a
deem breath. The ghost looked MIN di-
root,v in the face and said: That
,ras . mighty good race w had, wasn't
II mister?" "Y-y-yes," replied the man
from Bradley, land we're going to
: hava another as o as | get my
b-b-breath."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01

store here. Russell has a sister, Hazel.
Is years old, and she has declared on
her word and honor she would leave
home ii her papa brought there a nam.
ma a year younger than she is. Fred.
erick Tabor and his bride have re.
turned to his home. Mrs. Roscoe s.
Tuthill, Abbie's mother, has disap-
peared from her home.
Frederick Tabor, a truck farmer,
twice a widower. has four children.
Mrs. Tuthill, a widow, has nine chill
dren, So when Tabor began to visit
Mrs. Tuthill's house everybody said he
was counting her. Besides, Russell and
Abbie kept company up TO that time.
Recently the elder Tabor asked the
Rev. William G. Mcknight, pastor of
the Presbyterian church here, to mar
ry him to Abbie. The pastor said he
would If Mrs. Tuthill consented, and
she did; but the pastor changed his
mind, So Tabor took Abbie to rev
Jersey and married ner.
The school trustees at Orient are
great on compulsory education and
maybe Mrs. Tabor will have to go to
school until she is 16, anyhow.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01

pear4d in Tetuan for a brief visit, and
Mr.. Larkin learned that he would soon
return to Tangier with his caravan.
He made a deal with the Chereef to
take him and his wife with him, rely
ing on the fact that the bandits never
attacked their fellow c~ountrymen, es-
pecially when they were well armed.
Although the Chertef was willing,
there was more difficulty when the
British consul, Mr.. Buak, the only con-
sui from an English speaking country
in Tetuan, objected, because only a few
days before he had asked for and been
refused an escort for a trip only a few
miles out of the city. For a time 1t
looked as If Mr.. Lafkin would be de-
feated in his effort, but he finally
overcame Buak, and, by prearrange-
ment. met the Chereef and his caravan
outside the city gates early the next
morning.
In the meantime the Larkins had
been provided with Moorish costumes,
without which they would have been
at the mercy of the bandits. The
Chereef gave to Mrs. Larkin his ia
yorite mule, an easy going animal, and
they set off. The way lay across the
Angheria mountains, but there are no
roads, and the travelling is rough. Up
and down passes and defiles, across
ditcnes and under !mprovised bridges
they had to go.
1t was about midday when they en-
couatered Raisull and his band. They
are the desperadoes who make a spe-
cialty of capturing Europeans or
Americans and holding them for ran
som, knowing that only Europeans or
Americans with money a indulge In
the luxury of such adventure. The
brigands, armed to the teeth, glowered
at the caravan as it passed, but made
no overture of violence. This was
chiefly because Of the numbers OF the
Chereef's party, and also because they
did not know there we're any Euro
peans or Americans in 1t.
Only a few hours after RaisulPs
band had been safely passed, another
tribe OF bandits was encountered, a
tribe which Is incessantly at war with
the other, but for the same reasons
they, too, were passed in safety. Tan
gier was reached at last and Mrs. Lar
kin fel! off the Chereef's mule into her
husbands arms, glad Of her expert
ence and also that it was over.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
GOTHAM WOMAN
BRAVES BANDITS
DEFIES MOROCCAN TRIBES IN
RACE FOR SHIP.
MEETS RAISULrS BAND
Disguised in Moorish Dress, Wife Of
New York Lawyer Ventures
Where No White Woman
Ever Set Foot.

New York.-To catch the steamship
Princess Irene, which reached this port
recently, a New York woman, dis
guised in Moorish dress and riding a
mule, braved death or capture at the
hands of bandit tribes and travelled for
Il hours through a country in which
no white woman had ever before set
foot. Her name is Mrs. John Larkin,
and she is the wife of a lawyer living
in this city.
With her husband and their two
young sons, Mrs. Larkin left America
some two months ago for a tour of the
continent, with no particular place as
their destination. When they reached
Gibraltar an impulse inclined them to
go across the straits to Tangier, and
when they arrived at Tangier they
wanted to continue in the more or less
irresponsible fashion of Americans, to
any place that offered the most diff
culties.
This happened TO be the city of
Tetuan, which is in the interior of
Morocco. All sorts Of troubles met
them IN the way. Their boat was a
frail one and before they had made
half the journey they saw a British
warship blown on the rocks in the
same storm that eventually delayed
them for several days and compelled
them finally to anchor well out at sea
and go into the African port on a fiat
boat. 1t was merely a spirit of adven-
ture that had induced them to go in
the first place, and for the same reason
they went on.
After spending three days in Tetuan
Mr.. and Mrs. Larkin decided it was
time to return, but found that the
boat which had carried them had gone
back. Thereupon Mr., Larkin set out
to find a means of getting back over
land, but to his disnlay he was in
formed that such u project was impos-
sible because of the bandits infesting
the mountains lying between, chief of
whom was Raisuli, who captured Per-
dicaris.
Just at this time the Chereef of
Wazan, a neighboring province, ap-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01

by the arm. The speaker stirred I'M
easily.
+" s time, get up?" came an unsteady
voice.
But the young man didn't open his
eyes.
"Can'tsh let fellow sleep little while
longer" he murmur5d,
The doctor shook the form more VIC
lently, and at last brought 1t sitting
upright. The young man looked
around In q dazed way, rubbing his
eyes.
why, 7 amt morning ye-"
At sight Of the group Of people the
young man stopped in the middle Of a
word. With opened mouth his eyes
Travelled from one face to another and
then perplexedly down his own pink
costumed figure,
"Wha sh matter?n he finally man
aged &c say.
The company told the young man
what appeared to them to be the mat
ter, and the young man agreed with
the diagnosis. He vas induced TO arise
and con his clothes, the women at this
point strolling on and the men re-
naming as the young mans Wallets.
Duriag the robing he confded to them
his rame, which is that Of a family
resident on the South side and distin-
guished as rich and socially elect.
BY the time the young man was
dressed a cab was waiting at the
curb.
Have you any money! asked the
physician.
The young man, after a pocket to
pocket search, produced q bulky roll
Of bills He started to get into the
cab.
zone moment, please" said the doc
tor. would you mind telling me why
you happened to choose this particular
spot for a bec?"
The young nan steadied himself and
gazed long and thoughtfully down at
the glistening white ~flagstones.
"'Spose I looked like bed-'sposed
I was bed-my bed 7 home q all
white jug like this"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
FIRST BATH mi 30 YEARS.
0ctogenarian Fears for Awful Re-
suit and Admits lie Had Never
Been Scrubbed"

Binghamton, N. Y.-Charles Furlow.
aged 80 years, was taken to the u
ty farm from the town Of Chenango.
As is customary at the admission Of
an inmate TO that institution a bath
was given him. The old man hesitated
to accept the kind Offices Of Keeper
Pollard. II yum! Amt 1t pesky
risky?" he added, Never was In a
bathtub in my born days; leastwise
haven't been scrubbed since | was q
boy, and we used to go swlmmin' In the
old sheep wasbin' hole in the crick.
It's dangerous. Might get a chill and
turn into ammonia" After the scrub
bling and rinsing process the old man
looked pleased, and said to the attend
ant: III I'd a-known that baths dldn't
hurt I'd a-taken one before this. Like
to get IN that tub twice a day while
stay here, If you're sure faint danger
Gus and ammonia won't set in"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
Held at Bay by Wolves.

erystal Falls, Mich.-Hemmed in by
! pack of 80 or more wolves and armed
Oliy with small woodmen's axes, Roy
suiIiVan and Stephen Lowney, land
svokers' passed three nights In the
Nnus Of Iron county. Only a circle
nres maintained until daybreak kept
ne animals at bay. The constant Wig
aance' without sleep or rest, the
asa out and they were forced to break
aap without completing their work.
.a,. wolves would disappear at dawn,
70 return at dusk. 1t is supposed
NY had killed on all deer in sur
,Suhding country and were ,in a fans
SANG condition.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
Waco, in a barren and ugly district.

Waco, in a barren and ugly district.
Her soul revolted, and as she brood.
ed over her wrongs, there grew in No.
1888 mind a bold and daring project,
She was nervous and %captious. Fire,
man jim, all unconscious of the fires
already raging in her iron bosom, piled
in fuel for the afternoon run. He and
the engineer went out for dinner.
What happened during the next Il
minutes none can say with certainty
The railroad yards were deserted, nc
one was seen to go or ome But al
precisely 12:15, with a shrek of rage
like a maniac's defiance, a big black
engine dashed out Of the yards and al
top speed fled toward the suspension
bridge over the Brazos river, which
connects East Waco with the flourish
ing town of Waco.
A stupid but well-meaning engine,
seeing suicide in No. 1885 mein, barred
her path. She hurled it aside a
crushed and broken mass. An out
house yerged upon her Maynard
course. She paused long enough to
demolish it. In another instant she
was laundering across the bridge still
shrieking like a demon.
Once across, she slid over the tracks,
through the heart of the city. The rail
road is u%nguarded; electric cars and
vehicles cross South Fourth street at
will. Yet, in a town of $4,000, with a
traffic commensurate to its size, the
mad engine harmed neither carriage
nor pedestrian.
Straight to the station of the Mis-,
souri,, Kansas & Texas, and, flushed
with triumph, her painting sides alb
solutely unscathed, she drew up amid
a group of engines that had just re-
ported for duty.
All sorts of explanations have been
offered. Some suggest that a mis-
| chievous boy may have crept in and
turned on No. 1855 steam, but Fire
man Jim says it's "the critters spirit
Just kickin' the insides out of her.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01

from the coast Of st. Croix awaiting
favorable weather to proceed to Bara-
Goa to take on a cargo OF c%ocoanuts.
The boy learned that the vessel was
destined for Philadelphia and he at
once resolved to get aboard. Sharks
were plentiful off the shore of st. Croix
but young Stanley did not fear them.
With a knife tightly gripped between
his teeth, the boy waded into the wa.
ter and struck out vigorously for tho
ship at anchor. He had covered nearly
100 yards when he saw not 20 feet
ahead of him II of the dreaded man.
eaters. Stanley turned on the instant
and beat a rapid retreat, with the
shark in pursuit.. Swimming with his
knife In one hand, the boy finally
gained the shore unframed.
During an attempt later he was not
mo}Gsted until he had nearly reached
the ships side, Then his old enemy
appeared again, but by good swimming
he got to the ship In safety. As ne
climbed over the stern he was nearly
detected, as the vessels commander.
Capt. MCKeown, vas on deck.
Stanley made his way below, and
hidden underneath sand ballast was
carried to sea. At Baracoa the ship
ran into q gale and the stowaway had
to show himself on deck. After the
storm he was put to work loading CO.
eoanuts, He proved such an efficient
helper that the captain granted his re.
quest to be taken to Philadelphia.
The boy thought that once here his
pleadings with the immigration inspec.
tors would enable him to land.
He was debarred, however, and Is
brokenhearted at the thought that he
must return to st. CroiX. AS a safe
guard against possible escape, Stanley
was taken from the vessel at Brown
street wharf and locked up in the
Third aud Fairmont avenue police sta
ton until the schooner leaves for the
West Indies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01

Wellsboro, Pa,-Fifty citizens of Lit
tie Hickory, the male population of the
town, participated in a bear hunt and
bagged an animal weighing 347 pounds.
The bear appeared as the village school
was dismissed and the children spread
the news. At the first shot the bear
charged the hunters, who fed to a
nearby barn. Bruln tore down parbed
wire fences and overturned wagons,
while the hunters fired from points OF
safety. After more than 100 shots had
been fred a bullet pierced LIE bears
heart. That night there was a barbe-
cue.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
Takes Swim in His Sleep.

English, Ind.-Deserthlg his bed for
two hours or more, at least twice a
week, and then denying that he had
been absent at all, caused Mrs. Gabriel
Jackson to become suspicious Of her
husband and led her to have her broth
ers keep an eye upon HIM" Recently
Gabriel slipped out as usual and was
followed watchfully by his brothers-in-
law while he travelled than a mile
to the old swimming hole" upon his
fathers farm. where he Invested him
self OF his clothing and swan to and
fro across the pond three or four times.
When he emerged he carefully re-
dressed and then returned home and
to bed. The next morning he knew
nothing Of the occurrence till told Of
1t, and could not believe 1t TIL brought
to the scene and shown the footprints
In the sand. The queer part of 1t Is
that Jackson is not known to be a
somnambulist, though he had been
thus afflicted In childhood.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
FATHER WEBS GIRL
He WINS FROM SON.
The Bride Is Ia, the Groom About 40,
one-Legged and Has Twice
Been Widowed.

Greenport, l. frederick Tabor 10
about 40 years old and o~ne-legged. But
he easily beat his son Russell. l6 years
n t~wo-legged, in the race for Abbis
Tuthill's young affections. Mrs. Fred.
erick Tabor, who used TO be Abbie
Tuthill, is IA years OF age, and two
weeks ago she wore dresses up to her
ankles and went regularly to the gram
mar school at Orient. near here.
Russell Tabor is so mad that his
father cut him out and that he has a
stepmother instead of a sweetheart,
that he has left his home at Orient and
is now weighing sugar in a grocery
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01
CHICAGO YOUTH
HAS QUEER BED
DRUNK, HE CHOOSES FLAG
STONE FOR REPosE.
LAYS CLOTHES ABOUT HIM
Young Man Of Good Family Is
Aroused by Home-Going Party
Late at Night - Residents
Shocked by Incident.

Chieago,-The sidewalk in front OF
the Marine hospital. near Graceland.
is a broad, level and altogether pleas.
ant promenade, much ~frequented by
nurses with their charges in the after,
moons and by strolling couples in the
evenings,
Its tagstones are of q whiteness
which distinguishes this promenade
from all Others in the vicinity. And
near the entrance Of the hospital there
is one particular tiagstone that is
whittier than all the lest.
One night recently a party of Buena
Park residents, one OF whom is a ply.
stefan in the public eye, were returning
to theic homes in Bittersweet place.
The party here had their attention d.
reetel to the marble white fagstone,
ON which reposed an object not at first
identified in the deep shadow of the
great building,
It's a mani cried one of the wo,
men, yenturing closer. So 1t was.
Stretched on the white stone lay n
young man clad only in a suit of pink
undarclothiug.
Surrounding the reposeful young
man was the clothing of which he had
Invested himself or heen Invested. a
gray Newmarket coat lay neatly folded
beneath q derby hat and a pair of
smart yellow gloves. A natty cane lay
alongside. Close at hand were a sack
coat and fancy walstcoat, also neatly
folded, and at the edge Of the white
tlagstone, laid out fat in strict con
Torrance with the creases,, was a pair
Of trousers. A littls farther on a trim
little pile of effects became, on exam
nation, a delicately figured shirt, a
collar, q flowing silk tie, and a hand
kerchief, Close by but not on the
snowy lagstone, stood a pair of shoes
beside which repoSed a pair of socks
and carriers.
He's drunk" said one of the men,
starting to lead the women from the
embarrassing spot.
But maybe he's been ~robbed-may-
be he's hurt--he looks like a good
Sort" persisted one of the women.
At this the physician stepped for
ward and gently shook the young man
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-01

the second section of the shaft began,
20 feet above.
How | got through the next day
have scarcely a notion. | know | chung
there, and listened desperately for any
sound which might hint of coming
help; but as the hours passed and no.
body came | had to recognize that no
body was likely to come near the work
ings, much less down them, and that
unless could save myself there was
no prospect of being saved.
Several times l heard people pass
within a short distance of the mine,
and then | cried out as loud as !
could. but | got no reply. Once | felt
sure heard my little daughter calling
70 me, and | called back with all my
might; but nobody came. | found
aiterward that my little girl had been
mere, but though I heard her she could
mol near me. | suppose my voice was
weak, and that the sound when il
reached the surface was d~issipated In
inc upper air, and so could not be made
out.
Early the. next morning-the sec
ohd morning of my Imprisonment
partly by Shining UP pieces of tim
uefings, partly by 'clawing' and dig
slhg into the sides with my hands
LOT ! had not even a knife with me-
! managed to Chamber to the top. It
was 1O:SO-3S hours from the time
When had fallen.
shall not forget my first look at
me upper world again. I was, OF
course, shaken all to pieces, and when
got home | felt more dead than alive"