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ct ur. to Helen G. Keane. 10. 4s. block

ct ux to Helen G. Keane. lot 4s. block
30; $40.
18TH STREET NORTHEAST between B
and streets-George w. Barkman ct
ux. to Chatham NJ. Towers, lot IS, square
1910; $40
DUNCAN PLACE NORTHEAST between
18th and 18th streets-Fannie s. Kathan
to Inez D. Balderston, lot 134. square
1905; $40.
STREET SOUTHEAST between 4th and
9th streets-Charles e. Coliifower ct TX
to Charles e. Collihower. jr., part orig
inal lot s, square SIT: SO.
BACK STREET NORTHUMBERLAND J.
Sacks ct ux. to Frederick ]. and Anna b.
Plant, lot S16. square 1900: SO.
u STREET NORTHWEST between 18th
to simon D. Bronson, lot 80, square 273;
SO.
NO. iii 17TH STREET NORTHWEST
Harry w. Kenner ct TX to Louis 3,
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Schneider, lot &c. square ITS; $40 Louis
b. Schneider to Ada B. Kenner, same
property, So
STREET NORTHWEST near 32d street.
Louis p. Shoemaker, trustee. to Eliza
beth Ray, part lot IS and part lots 10
and $50, Georgetown; So
18th STREET NORTHWEST between L
and M streets-Martin H. Burnstine to
Sarah and Abraham Burnstine, execu-
tors, lot c. square 247; $40.
ADDITION TO LIE DROIT PARK-Harry
C. Weeks ct ux. to Eva e. 6towell. lot
50. block 81; $40.
NO. Ills STREET NORTHEAsT-wil-
liam r. Miller eft ux. to Elisha e. Berry,
lot 80. square 967; SO.
a3D STREET NORTHWEST between o
and streets-Henry NJ. Talbot SURF
wing executor. to Walter L. Palmer
and Cora f. Palmer. part lots 148 ana
l4;. square 124b; SO.
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FAIR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
Slowly Rising Temperature; Light to
Fresh Southerly Winds.
Forecast till 8 pm. Saturday:

Forecast till pm. Saturday:
For the District of Columbia and Mary
land, fair tonight and Saturday; slowly
rising temperature; light to fresh southerly
winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight and Saturday,
slowly rising temperatures; light to fresh
southeast TO south winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 81; year ago, 81.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Cool weather continues in the Atlantic and
gulf states. the Ohio valley and lower lake
region, and frost again occurred over prac-
tically the enlire east of the Missis-
sippi river. except along the south Atlantic
and gulf coasts.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings of the
Thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning
at pm. yesterday:
Observation-Disclosures IL, pm. So; 8
pm As; l2<midnight, 46. October 13 a m.
80: m. 43; IL noon. q: pm. 81.
Maximum, 81. at pm, October ID; mini
mum, SO, at 6:I5 am. October 49,
Barometer-October Il, pm. 1890; s
pm, 1906; II midnight. 5000. October ID.
am. 30.O7; s am, BOLT; noon. 3o.16;
pm. 30.12.
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.


A clever picture artistically done in APP
colors. In magazine, part three,
So The Sunday Star.
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Boys 81 Satin Calf stout
School Shoes. Sizes o to 7dOc
1874 ................ 1USs
Women's and Girls good $50
Kid single or double ST. 10
soied Boots. ....... WEI
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"HRON CLAD"

Boys Shoes are still the most re-
markable values we are offering,
No $3.50 Shoes sold elsewhere
give better service. and these
shapes are right as to appear
ance and comfort.
All sizes in calf an R~
or kid = fer boys ~oVNo
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Continued from First Page.)

from all over the world coming in free,
with the duties laid precisely the same, re-
gardless of the distance travelled by the
ship, how system of discriminating duties
could be devised which would be workable.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
NIXON RECEIVED BY CHAR
terested in the Personality OF
VIM. Jennings Bryan.
(By the Associated Press }

st. Petersburg, Dec. Lewis Nix
on, of New York, was received in au-
dience by Emperor Nicholas this af-
ternoon
The audience took place in the pal
ace of Tsarkoe-Selo and was
unusually long for an audience of a
private character lasting over half an
hour Vice-Admiral Bireleff. minister
of marine. was present.
His Majesty dis played not the slight
est trace of the gloomy detection in
which he is pictured as being plunged
but on the contrary showed neither
physical nor mental traces of the great
strain he is undergoing. He wore the
simple uniform of an officer of the
Imperial Guard without a single or
der or decoration. such references as
he made to events in Russia indicated
that his Majesty had a complete grasp
Of the situation.
The opportunity of talking to an
American seemed to be particularly
welcome to the Emperor. who spoke
in an extremely appreciative vein of
the United States, its people in gen
eral and his great men in partic-
ular linking the names of Lincoln
and Roosevelt. He referred pleas
antly to the visits TO him of various
Americans, especially to the visit in
Bryan, whose personality seemed to
interest him greatly.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
OFFICER ON TRIAL
Capt. Jones for Murder
of Maude Robinson.
J)nes' Defense Will Doubtless be
That il Was Not a Case of
Murder But of Sui
eide.
(By the Associated Press }

Norfolk, Va, Dee. 1.-The trial of
Captain E. w. Jones, of the Seventy
First Virginia Regiment of Infantry
of Volunteers, charged with the muir
der of Maude Cameron by cutting her
throat and almost severing her head
with the same razor which he after
wards used in cutting his own throat.
began here today.
When arranged the prisoner plead
ed mot guilty." Then the examining
of the talesmen summoned for jury
service began. After the examination
of twenty-five or more the necessary
Venire of sixteen was secured, after
counsel for the defense had stricken
from the list of sixteen, four names.
the trial proceeded With the twelve as
the jury.
From questions asked by counsel
for the defense, 1t was indicated that
the defense of Jones will be that the
Robinson girl committed suicide by
cutting her own throat and that Jones
then tried to end his own life i'll a like
manner.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
JOHNSTON AGAIN FIRST.
Sheriff John L. Ellington Settles Up
States Taxes of 1905.

Again, and as usual for nearly
twenty years, Sheriff John T. Elling-
ton, of Johnston county, is the first OF
all the sheriffs of North Carolina to
settle in full the taxes of his county
due the State.
Yesterday, the first of December,
was the first day under the law for Q
settlement and on the first train
came Sheriff Ellington with the cast to
the amount of $16,159.34. the State
taxes, while total amout of taxes col
lected from al sources N Johnston
county for 1905 amounted to $57,-
SS..G5.
1t has been for nearly twenty years
that John t. Ellington has been sheriff
of Johnston county, and only once III
that time has he failed to be the first
sheriff to settle his county's taxes, the
time he lost being the year check
came by mail from Mason, this reach
ing the State Treasurer few hours
before Sheriff Ellington reached the
city
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
TRADE ON A BOOM
Business Conditions War
ranted Thanksgiving.
But it Was Difficult 10 Stop the Wheels
Without Falling loo Far Behind
IN Orders That We're
Booked.

New York, Dec. 1.-R G. Dunn &
Companys weekly review of trade to-
morrow will say:
Business conditions certainly war
ranted a day of gratitude this year
more than ever before but in many
industries it was difficult to take time
for a holiday without falling still
further behind orders and increasing
the complaints of importunate pur-
chasers. An idea of the volume of
trade in November is shown by a daily
average of bank exchanges that eX-
ceeded last years figures by A per cent
which in turn surpassed all previous
monthly records. Yet unseasonably
mild weather in November has post
poned retail business in winter goods.
Railway earnings thus far avail
able for November were 6.5 per cent.
larger than year ago.
Progress is fully maintained in the
iron and steel industry. Quotations
of all forms from ore to finished steel,
are firmly maintained.
In the primary market for cotton
goods it is rather matter of deliv-
cry than of price, the upward tendency
of quotations having little effect on
the attitude of purchasers.
Failures this week are 203 against
245 last year.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
CASES or SMALLPOX.
Eight Discovered in Wilmington and
Precautionary Measures Taken

Wilmington. N. c.. Dec. 1.-Eight
cases of smallpox nave been discover
ed by the health authorities
and promptly isolated, two of the pa
tients being white and six colored One
of the whites is Mr.. E. L. Heath, No.
307 Brunswick street, and he is quar-
antined at the residence of Mr.. j. w.
Peterson, j. ID. Orrell and Jules Mer-
ritt are held until the period of con-
tagion is passed. The other is Mr.. w.
G.. Craig, wife of Mr.. w G. Craig, a
car builder, and he, with five children.
are quarantined at their home, No.
924 North Front street.
A nest of smallpox was opened up
by the discovery of P. Baldwin, COZ
ored man with the disease in Terry's
Alley. The cases traced from this one
were: Dan Jones. colored; Mary Craw-
ford, colored; James Wells, colored,
and Davis Williams, colored, ali in
Strauss Alley The eighth case is
Nash Williams, colored 903 Meadow
street, and all of them were transfer
red to the pest house. A guard was
established on Strauss Alley until all
contacts can be vaccinated.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
FOOT BALL TO-DAY.
Juniors and Seniors at A. ana NJ
College for Cup.

This afternoon there will take place
the first football game of the cham
pionship series to be played between
teams from the Junior and Sopho-
more classes of the A. and NJ. College
The contest is for cup and is to fOst-
er a spirit of athletics. Last year
a team from the present senior class
won.
The game will begin at three
o'clock on the athletic grounds of the
college and no admission will be
charged, The line up will be:
JuniOrs-Smith, center; Tate or
Pittman, right guard; Tiller, captain,
right tackle; Mcconnell, right end (:
Fowler, left guard; McNairy, left
tackle; Jones, left end; Henshaw,
quarterback; Graves, full back :;
Whitehurst. right half Hemphill. left
half.
SOphomOreS-Black, center; Ash
craft right guard; Price, right tackle;
Riddle, right end; Grady, left guard; !;
Stroud, left tackle; Gainey, left end;
Couch, captain, quarter back; Eagle,
full back; Farmer, right half Aber-
nathy, left half.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation
s96Im,

the big stack of tn, So mn 2
adjoining, was being blown - ~
breeZes all over the roof, causiI.s.D
alarm.
But yesterday about the same hour,
another big crowd assembled in front
of the Guilford Hotel attracted by the
stroke of alarm and the rafting and
clapping of the fire apparatus. There
was fire there. A bell boy discoV,
cred a big blaze in a barrel of waste
paper on the third floor. but the re-
sponse by the fire department was so
quick, reaching the hotel in three
minutes that the fire wos extinguished
without damage. Occupants of the
building scampered out in a hurry for
the smoke from the blazing barrel
filled the building in few minutes
and it poured out of the windows ana
doors, looking like the whole build
ing was burning. Some cigarette
smoking guest, or equally careless me-
gro employe, is supposed to be re-
sponsible for the blaze.
There are a great many very hoarse
young men in the city today. They
say they were in Norfolk yesterda and
hollered too much yesterday and last
night celebrating the Carolina football
victory.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
Trenton Aroused by Boom
of Explosion.
SAFE-CRACKERS,THERE
Three BurgIaries are Committed and
Over a Thousand Dollars Secured,
Part of the Funds Belonging
to the Postoffice. Track
ing a Suspect.
ing a Suspect.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Kinston, n. c., Dec. 1.-The safe in
the Trenton Drug Company's store at
Trenton was opened by safe crackers
Thursday night and money and stamps
amounting to $3.50 was stolen and car
ried off. The burglars also paid 81
visit to the store of Mr.. f. j. Loftin.
general merchandise and after blow
ing the safe open with nitro-glycerine,
took about $160 in money. Five hum
dred dollars belonging to the Trenton
postoffice located in the Trenton Drug
Company's building was stolen ana
$3.50 belonging to the drug companq.
The robbers worked the combination
at this place. but We're forced to use
an explosive at Mr.. Loftin's place. The
detonations when the safe was blown
open awakened citizens, but no one
saw the safe crackers as they escaped.
An effort was made to secure blood
hounds to trail the burglars but inef-
fectualIy, and they got away with
their booty
Suspicion rests on a white man
about 30 years of age who has been
seen around Trenton for several days
and was missing today. This stranger
was seen lurking at the rear of the
Trenton Drug Company's place late
Thursday afternoon. and was also seeh
about noon in company with another
stranger driving from Trenton.
The authorities in all nearby towns
were notified. and a description Of the
man suspected in being implicated sent
out. The explosion was heard about
a. m.
The government being interested in
the robbery, will of course use every
metns to run to earth the safe crack
ers and there is hope of capturing
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
WRECK ON WELDON & KINsToN
/. III. KOthler, of Rochester. Conductor
ElmOre and Brakeman Jones are
Slightly Hurt.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
GreenVille, N. G. Dec. This after
noon the southbound freight train on
the Weldon & I<inston branch of the
Atlantic Coast Line was wrecked near
Stations, eight miles north of Green
vile. The wreck is supposed to have
been caused by a coal car breaking
This ear, two box cars of merchandise
and the caboose were thrown from the
track and wrecked. Several passengers
were in the caboose, but only one of
them. |. III. Kothler, of Rochester. n.
Y, was hurt. He received a severe
sprain of the back. Conductor j. G..
Elmore, whose home is in Mount Olive
receibed a scalp wound on the back
of the head and q. severe sprain of the
back. Andrew Jones. colored brake
man, received slight injury. The in
jured were brought here for medical
attention.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02

pany only short while, was in the
act of crossing between the cars on a
siding when a shifting engine plunged
into the cars some disXtance up the
track causing the jam of the cars re-
sulting in the death of Grubb. The
latter was fatally injured internally.
The congregation of the Presbyte-
rian church in Spencer has just been
notified by the officials of the Southern
Railway Company at Wash
ington that the company viii donate
$500 for the completion of house
of worship here. The building has
been in course of erection for more
than a year and when completed Will
be handsome and cOmmOdiouS edi-
flee. 1t is understood that the church
will soon secure a pastor the pulpit
having been vacant for some time.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
IMMIGRATION AND CHOPS.
Editor Roscower. of GOldsbOro Talks
of His Western Trip.

A visitor to Raleigh yesterday was
Mr.. Arthur Roscower the editor Of
the Goldsboro Headlight, who has only
recently returned from a tour of the
west. While here he had a confer
ence with Governor Glenn and Com
missioner of Agriculture Patterson on
the matter of immigration.
He says that he finds the west is
being filled up with immigrants by
the railroads which have agents at
Ellis Island to meet foreign vessels,
and that here the distribution of the
new comers is arranged. Speaking of
agricultural conditions Mr.. Roscower
says that in the west he found alfalfa
and sugar beets so profitable a crop
that he hopes the culture of those
will be pushed in North Carolina.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02

1.-TWO bodies were shipped from the
same express office in w. Va, on the
same train. One was that of a grown
person and the other a child. The
child was to come to Roxboro and the
other to go to North Wilkesboro, both
were marked correctly. Mr. Stephens
CONSERVATION cannot be imagined or
expressed when the father of the lit
tie child came forward to claim the
corpse and found that a mistake had
been made. Bob said he fairly made
the wires burn till he got the matter
Strengthened out. 1t was a terrible
plunder OF some one. The mistake
was made in Roanoke, hence the Off
Gals on this division were not re-
sponsible
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
SLEEPERS SANK
INTO A FURNACE
Nine Men Burned to
Death on a Boat.
TENTH LEAPS, LIVES
Warned by the Cracking OF Burning
Timber, This Man, Awake Through
Illness, Yelled Warning and
Then Plunged into the
River.
(Bv the Associated Press.l

Mobile, Ala. Dec. 1.-Nine persons
whose names are notyet known, occu-
pying a pull boat on Middle River
which runs between the Tcnsas and
Alabama Rivers. were burned to death
today in d fire which destroyed the
boat.
Sidney Wheat. the negro steward,
was the only survivor of ten men who
lived on the craft Wheat escaped
death by being awake, owing to ILL
ness. The cracking of burning tim
bers warned him in time and he
jumped as the boat collapsed. Stew
art and Butt of Mobile who owned
the boat say there had been no steam
on her for three days. They were at
a loss to account for the burning OF
the vessel.
According to Wheats story the nine
men were dumped into a roaring fur
mace while some of them We're asleep.
They were roasted alive. The boat
was used by men who were engaged in
getting logs out of narrow places for
rafting purposes. 1t was constructed
something similar TO a dredge boat
and had u structure for sheltering the
machinery and apartments i'm which
the crew ana employees llVeu. III THIS
case those or the vessel occupied the
second story of the structure
The fire had evidently been burning
some time when Wheat was awakened.
He says he rushed in and yelled to the
others to get out as fast as they could
as the boat was burning. He does not
know whether any OF the men heard
him He leaped from the vessel into
the river, and ngesnent~later the ves-
sci collapsed. preciDitating the other
men ;nto the blazing hull.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
DEAD FROM DRUG
Overdose of Morphine to
Mrs. ]. B. Mathews.
Four Physicians Exhaust Every Effort
to Save the Lady, But Slow
ly She Sinks and
Bies.

Especial to News and Observer)
Greensboro n. c.. Dec. Mrs. j.
B. Mathews, wife of Dr. j. B. Mathews,
q practicing physician here. died at s
o'clock from the effects of an ocer-dose
of morphine administered. it is sup
posed by mistake. by her husband
early this morning to allay pain. Four
physicians had been at her bedside all
day attemnting to arouse her. and late
this afternoon she showed signes of
rnviving but she relapsed into stupor,
She is about thirty years of age and
leaves one child, a boy six years old.
She was Miss Dora Briggs. of East
Durham, and came here with her hus-
band four years ago from Durham.
The remains Will be carried to Dur
ham for interment.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02

RECOUNTING THE BALLOTS.
Lively Exchange Between Counsel for
Hearst and Those for Mcclellan.
(By the Associated Press.


New York, Dec. 1.-The recount of
ballots in five ballot boxes used in
New Yorl<'s contested mayoralty elec-
ton was ordered to be begun today
by Justice Amend in the Supreme
Court The original order to open
these five boxes was granted few
days ago. Today Justice Amend in
ordering the recount to begin modl-
fed his original order so as to limit
the canvassing to the candidates for
mayor comptroller and president of
the board of aldermen, and also to
eliminate from the recount the void
and protected ballots.
Counsel for w. r. Hearst, Mayor
Mcclellan and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Butts engaged in a heated
argument before the boxes were open
ed. Alton B. Parker, for Mayor Nc
CIellan and Mr. Butts. contended that
the court had no right TO make d
recanvaSs of the votes or to recon-
slider the result but could compel the
election inspectors correctly to state
the result they reached on election
night
You mean then" said Acstip CT.
Fox, for Mr.. Hearst, that you do rot
want the true vote ascertained, and
that If vote for Hearst has been
counted for Mcclellan you don't
want it known"
"I mean" retorted Mr.. Butts, "that
l want the true vote ascertained ac-
cording to law"
And how may that be done?' in
quired Mr.. Fox.
by quo warranto proceedings,
was the reply.
"And such proceedings can only be
undertaken after January 1st, COM
mented Mr.. Fox.
ST see."
Mr.. Parker disclosed that the court
had no right to throw out any ballot
which had been counted by the cleo
tion inspectors. Justice Amend
ruled that he is estopped from ques-
tioning the validity of ballots, and
that they must be counted as cast.
The first ballot box was then ~pened
Dy inspectors in the court room, and
the recount was begun with the rep
reSentatives of the newspapers occu-
pying the seats intended for jury men.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
HESTER'S COTTON REPORT.
The Total Visible is Now 4,675, 1897
Against 4,483,957 Last Year.
(By the Associated Press. }

New Orleans, Dec. 1.-Secretary
Hester's statement of the worlds Wis
ible supply of cotton issued today,
shows the total visible to be 4,676, ,697
against 4,546,661 last week and 4,0S3,-
957 last year OF this the total of
American cotton is 3,792,697 against
3,722,661 last week and 3,495,9 ,957 last
year and of all other kinds, including
Egypt, Brazil, India, etc, 884, 900
last week and 588,00O last year.
OF the worlds visible supply of cot
ton there is now afloat and held in
Great Britain and continental Europe
2,109,O0O against zoos, 900 last year,
in Egypt, $4,000 against 165,000 last
year, in India 449,00O against 100000
last year, and in the United States
1868, 600 against 1000 last year.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
Public School Teachers.

An examination for certificates to
teach in the public schools of Wake
county was held yesterday al the court
house.
There We're thirtv-five white who
took the examination. eleven men and
twenty-four women these being in the
office of the county, superintendent,
There We're Twenty-Five colored apph-
cants and these wore in the court
room. AS soon as the papers are ex-
amined the names of those who passed
will be furnished
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
TURKEY GIVEN TILL SUNDAY.
If Demands of Powers are Not Com
piled With Then International
Fleet Will Occupy Lem
nos and ImbrOS.
(By the Associated PIGS. {

Athens Greene, Dec IA Russian
torpedo boat destroyer arrived here
today. Her commander in an inter-
view said that the Turkish Governor
of the Island of Mytilene yesterday
presented to Vice-Admiral Ritter Won
Jedina, commander of the international
fleet. an official dispatch from Con
stantinople in which 1t was stated that
the Porte would accept the proposals
of the powers for the financial con-
troll of Macedonia with notifications.
Admiral Won Jedina replied, according
to the Russian officer, that if by sun
day at midday the Porte had not
definitely accepted the demands of the
international fleet would occupy the
islands of Lemnos and Imbros.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
Fatally Shot While Hunting.

AsheviIle n. c., Dec. IA special
from Marshall, Madison county, says
that Will Capps, a young man, aged
about II years of age, was accident
ally and fatally shot about noon to-
day by Woodard Leanders while out
rabbit hunting. about two miles from
Marshall Leanders ran for a doctor
and Capps was brought to the home
Of his mother in Marshall, but died
from loss of blood about two hours
after he was shot.
The news & observer., 1905-12-02
Cotton Growers to Meet.

This afternoon there will be town
ship meetings of the members of the
Southern Cotton Growers Association
and in Wake county. these will be
at two o'clock at the various voting
precincts Ito elect delegates to the
county convention to be held in Raj
eigh at noon in the court house.