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THE MOimXG OlffiGOlttAtf, gATOfctVt, ECEMBE1 I, . i65,
Ti -i - -r
WEATHER A DRAWBACK
FAI.L TRADE SLIGHTLY AFFECTIXG
JOBBING DISTRIBUTION.
Iron and Steel Bnnlnew I Booming
Xovember Failures Week's
i Bank Clearing.
NE.W YORK. "Nov. SO. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say:
Unsettled weather and holidays aTe a
drawback to retail and Jobbing distribu
tion In many markets, but the general
situation Is still a most satisfactory one,
and the Iron and steel, coal, boot and
shoe, and lumber trades arc conspicuous
ly well maintained. The industrial situa
tion Is also deserving: of note, because of
the striking: absence of complaints as to
idleness or as to pending or future labor
troubles.
While the volume of new orders in crude
material continues moderate when com
pared with the enormous activity for
come time past, business In iron and steel
is steadier, and as a rule held better In
hand. Advices from the "West are of large
business doing. In pig Iron, while rails,
structural material, plates and bars are
being ordered In heavy volume. Mills
turning out finished products are general
ly ordered six to eight weeks ahead, and
January. 1901, deliveries are being called
for in some cases. Whatever changes are
expected arc looked for in the shape of
advanced prices.
Southern pig iron has been sold heav
ily, and an advance to $11 25 for No. 2 is
predicted for December 1. Tin plates are
reported selling well. Export trade In
Iron and steel is less active, owing to
lower prices abroad and active demand at
home, but American railmakers this week
have received flattering Indorsements In
the matter of prices, quality and deliv
ery from English railway authorities.
Among textiles, the situation in woolen
goods and wool is perhaps the least en
curaging of any. but even here the
strength of the raw material Is notable".
Relatively the best trade Teports borne
from the south and southwest, while the
most backward are from sections of the
East, where unseasonable weather Is com
plained of, and from sections of the
Sprin wheat region which suffered most
from the shortage In yield. It is notable,
however, that the better situation in lum
ber has stimulated trade in Northern Min
nesota. The feature In .the grain markets this
week was the carrying to a successful
conclusion of the November corner In corn
In Chicago. Following the private settle
ment of the shorts at a basis of 50 cents
perbushel, came a drop to 41 cents. At New
York, the Influence of this corner one
of the successful corners on record was
to advance prices slightly. "Wheat has
been Irregular, but with the undertone
bearish, because of large supplies and
discouraged speculative liquidation.
"Wheat. Including flour, shipments for the
week aggregate 2.497.SS0 bushels, against
327,296 bushels last week, 3.699.400 bushels
5n the corresponding week of 1S98, and
7.(183,959 bushels in 1S9S.
Failures for the week number 184, as
against 215 last week. 177 in thii week a
year ago. and 212 In 189S
Canadian failures for the week number
28, as against 31 last week, 25 a year ago,
and 37 in 1S9S.
NOVEMBER FAILURES.
"Wool and Textile Industries Snffered
Worse Titan Others.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
Commercial failures In November were
S50 in 'number, and 512,300.316 In amount
of liabilities, against 7S2 in October for
$9,007,791, and S86 in November last year,
when liabilities were only SSMS.S4S. Man
ufacturing defaults were but 192 in num
ber, and J3.SS3,1G3 in amount, the bulk of
the mortality occurring In trading con
cerns, of which 617 failed for $7,506,338.
There were 40 other commercial failures,
with liabilities of $910,793. Four banking
and financial companies defaulted for
5S53.000. At first glance, the November
htatement appears very unsatisfactory,
but It must be remembered thai a few
heavy failures in wool and other textile
Industries account for a large share of the
reported liabilities. Aside from this one
branch of trade, which has naturally suf
fered heavily from the tardy approach of
"Winter, the figures show business to be
on a good foundation.
Holiday retail trade starts off well.
The week has been characterized by many
advances In prices, but the most signifi
cant is the small rise in boots and shoes.
Which of all the great Industries has been
slowest to conform to the general im
provement. A larger demand for goods
of current consumption is the report from
nearly all directions. The dry goods trade,
recovering after recent liquidation, shows
business expanding, but irregularly and
slowly. Cotton goods show the best re
sults; fine brown sheetings advanced from
6 to 6.20c: bleached shirtings from 7 to
7.62c. and brown sheeting from 5 to 5.12c.
There is little curtailment of output of
cotton goods, but some mills which usu
ally run on export trade are diverting
machinery to light weights for home use.
Railroad earnings for November to date
show 1 per cent gain over 1899, and 11.1
per cent over 1SSS. Good news continues
to come from iron and steel sections. Sales
of pig Iron In these weeks have aggregated
200.000 tons at Chicago, and idle furnaces
are going into blast. Indicating a much
larger capacity now than on November L
Buying of all finished forms Increases,
and some orders are placed at slightly
higher quotations. Railroads are purchas
ing most liberally, and machinery Is In
special demand. As yet the advance In
cotton goods Is not at all In proportion to
the gain in raw material. The wool mar
ket Is recovering from the shock of heavy
failures, and sales of three chief Eastern
markets Increased about a half million
pounds for the week, but prices are some
what easier, particularly for the cheaper
grades.
Abundant estimates that the cotton
yield will not reach 10.000,000 bales failed
to affect prices, for traders are beginning
to .appreciate the fact that a decrease
In consumption is an unavoidable con
comitant of unusually high quotations.
Wheat is further from" a dollar than at
any time since that price was predicted
by a high authority, and the usual
rumors of damage from Jointing before
frost fall as flat as they have done In
previous years. An ample corn crop did
not prevent a clever manipulator from
securing control of the available stocks at
Chicago and forcing the price up to 51
cents for the current month's delivery.
Heavy receipts of cattle at Chicago de
press the price, and the average in this
market for live beef fell to $470, against
$3 C9 a year ago.
Bank Clearings.
NEW TORK. Nov. SO. The following table,
complied by Bradstreet. shows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the week ended
November 20, with the percentage of increase
and decrease, as compared with the corre
sponding week last year:
Clearlnrs. Inc. Dec.
New: Tork $1.2O3,!2..0O0 12.1 ....
Boston 11S.001.000 14.0 ....
Chicago 113.323.000 S.1 ....
Philadelphia S0.440,O.'X 3.7 ....
St Louis 29.748.000 14.D ....
nttsburg 30.427.000 27.1 ....
Baltimore lS.22tt.000 7.0
San Francisco 17.0tfO,4C8 .... 0.0
Cincinnati 12.701.000 2.3 ....
Kansas City 14 S96.O00 34.4 ....
New Orleans 14,525 VK) 41.2 ....
Minneapolis -lO.434".O0O 11.2
Detroit 0.047.000 7.8
Cleveland 8.2S5 100 2.0
Louisville 0,030.000 2.8
rrovldence 5,044.000 5.8
Milwaukee 5.137.000 CO
St raul 4.5JKJ.O09 22.0 ....
Omaha 5,C33,000 17.4 ....
Indianapolis 5.003,000 20.1 ....
Columbus 0 4.OC0.O00 .... 16.0
Savannah 5.561.000 50.0 ....
Denver 3,884 000 15.3 ....
Hartford 1.400.000 .... 17.6
Richmond 3.150.000 9.0 ....
Memphis 4.1PGO00 40.0 ....
"Washington . 1.0S3.000 . .. S.2
Peoria 1.037O00 29.1 ....
.Rochester ,,,,,. L70J.003 23.4 ,,., ,
20.7
"io
5.4
21.5
2M.9 '
12.4
2.8
1S.it
2J.1
24.1
(LI
I4I.U
C.C,
27.8
7.;
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37.3
1S.S
10.1
(5.3
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30 0
fl.1
.1.0
0.0
22.S
23.3
21.8
IS.!)
70.5
Fremont, Neb 1TO.OV)
uaienport ns4.
jToledo 1.702 000
uaivesxon ........... i.uiirxi
Houston ll.iCKCno
Bvansvllle S52.00
Macon flC7.Cr0
200
12 0
CO
15.5
8.4
37.7
"Little Rock (TtSOCKi
I Helena 514.000
Springfield. Ill 31.001
Toungstown tt).'X
0.4
0.1
Colorado Springs .... 738 001
i Totals V. S 51.7R2.74l.om 21.0
Totals outside N. Y..? rr7S.SH.rC3 9.8
DOMINION OF CANADA.
Montreal $ 13.S75.504
Toronto 0 T-J.OfW fi.0
Winnipeg 2.B03.272 ....
Halifax 1.540.132 1.8
Hamilton 708.710
St. John. N. B CSS.433 20.2
Vancourer 3:7.042 ....
Victoria 507.131 12.4
7.0
147
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"2T4
Totals
.$ 30.0R3 435
STATE PRESS COMMENT."
An Oregon editor, who has been trou
bled all along for fear that continued Re
publcan ascendancy would jeopardize our
liberties, has new cause for alarm for
our form of Government because of the
alleged fact that within the past year
salt has nearly doubled In price. Of
course, this Is a dangerous tendency of
affairs, but since the entire Democratic
party Is" now 'sojourning on the head
waters of the stream where that com
modity Is spontaneously generated, un
burdened by the cruel grasp of the trust
magnate. If Democrats do not lay In a
lasting supply It will be a conspicuous
example of neglected opportunity. Salem
Statesman.
France is doing her best to entertain
Oom Paul. What all this show means la
not easy to guess. France, as a nation,
cannot lend any assistance to the African,
and his mission must portend some
thing entirely a stranger to securing
money or arms to carry on the war.
More reasonable suggestions are that
Kruger Is fixing to make his home In
France, and while he enjoys the sympa
thy of the masses, there Is no more op
portune time. Should the war end soon,
as it seems now It will, the name of
Kruger will soon be forgotten and French
sympathy goes hand In hand with the for
getfulness, therefore, now Is the seedtime
and harvest for the wily African. Baker
Republican.
The shrewdest, soundest views on the
question of trade with the Philippines
that we have yet seen are those of Hon.
H. W. Corbet, as published In our last
Issue. His lifelong training, habit and
temperament carry him intuitively and
unerringly to the very heart of a business
proposition. There are "none better than
Mr. Corbett on a question of business or
finance, and this, coupled with the fact
that be is known of all to be honest and
upright, is sufficient reason why he
should be elected to represent Oregon In
the United States Senate. With Mr. Cor
bett In the Senate, Oregon will have a
champion who will never rest until the
barriers militating against our trade wltn
the Philippines are beaten down, ana
we 1 ave an open door to our own posses
sion?. As to appropriations for our own
state, another great desideratum, no one
has ever excelled the record made alons
this line by Mr. Corbett when he was In
the SenatP before. It Is not ornaments,
nor pyrotechnics, nor profound erudition,
tha Oregon needs In the United States
Senate, but men of strong character, re
sourcefulness, business and financial
knowledge and force. Our crying need is
expansion of commerce and enlargement
of trade. The rest will take care of It
self. Fossil Jo'irnal.
Touching the question of Senatorshlp,
there is a unanimous desire on the part
of party 'eaders. as well as the vast ma
jority of the voters of the state that the
man who represents Oregon in the Sen
ate as McBride's successor must be am
ply qualified to handle successfully the
larger Interests of Oregon brought about
by acquisition of the Philippines. Those
who are studying the question carefully
readily see that the next 10 years will be
the most momentous In the history of the
Pacific Coast and to meet the responsi
bility of bringing about the developments
that will forge us rapidly to the front, we
shall have to ask largely of Congress
that our cup of needed legislation may
be full. In order to secure National leg
islation on behalf of the Coast we must
have the strongest men we can command
In the National Senate. Eugene Regis
ter. The Tlmes-Mountalneer does not ap
prove of extending state aid to normal
schools or higher institutions of learning,
for the reason that it is taxing the many
for the benefit of the few. and because
such Institutions cannot come within the
reaco of all. It does not believe In fur
nishing free tuition for doctors, lawyers,
blacksmiths, carpenters or mechanics In
any line. If a person Is determined to
become proficient In any of these
branches, he will secure the necessary
learning, if given a common school edu
cation, without state assistance, and
there is no more reason for aiding In the
fitting of a teacher for his profession
than there Is for helping the ambitious
boy to learn blacksmlthing. The Boys
and Girls' Aid Society, started In Port
land b a number of its best citizens, us
a private institution, has undertaken to
do for abandoned children what their
parent, either through disinclination or
Inab'JIty, have failed to do. provide them
with homes. Better, indeed, maintain
this institution than the several normal
schools and colleges, or, in fact, the re
form school, which Is conducted at a
heavy expense and is made a political
machine. Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
The optimistic alrcastles .which the old
line Democrats are building relative to
the resuscitation of Democracy are ruth
lessly squelched by Bryan's cheerful as
surance that he is in politics to stay. And
when It is considered that he Is a young I
man, of dlscouragingly good health and j
fine physique, with an unquestioned 1
abundance of eco and self-assurance. It
wou'd seem tht he has the bulge on the
old-liners, who have grown gray In the
Democratic harness. It should also be
considered that possession always counts
nine points In the case, and that Bryan
enjoys the possession of that fraction of
the Democratic party to date. The old
leaders can meet and reorganize to a fin
ish, but as long as Mr. Bryan can point
with pride to the rank and file of Democ
racy as "my .personal following," he can
snap his fingers at the reorganizes and
live to fight another battle. It's truly a
strenuous condition which the Democrats
are up against, and all the more an In
teresting one from the Impartial stand
point of outsiders. Newberg Graphic.
For all Irritations of the skin. th most sooth-
Ing and comforting cure is Grevefs Ointment.
Parker's Hair Balsam Is life to the hair.
Biliousness, dizziness, nausea, headache,
are relieved by small doses f Career's
JMOfi WVr FuJs.
Nen- Haven 1,19.000
Worcester ... 1.13CQ90
Atlanta 2.5l.00."
Salt Lake 2.&27.0ia)
Springfield. Mas.... 1.11.T.OX)
Fort Worn ' 1.88.000
Portland. Me 044.000
Portland. Or 2.02124S
St. Joseph 3.OS4.O0O
Lo Anrcies 2,17D.
Norfolk ... 1,144.00 J
Wilmington. Del OTn.OJO
Fall River S2-1.00)
Scranton TiSOM
Grand Rapids "JO),)
Augusta. Ga 1.403.0)
Lowell 5S1.C03
Dayton. O U07 00i
Seattle 1.K00.117
Tacoma 1.23 37S
Spokane !H2.4lS
Sioux City 1,211.000
New Bedford .tS5,Of0
KnoxUlIe. Tenn 411 K0
Topeka SftO.OTO
Birmingham fgm)
Wichita SJCCV)
Blnghamton 41SO,V)
Lexington. Kv STklCO
Jacksonville. Fla 2i.(XU
Kalamazoo 34fi.K)
Akron 42.00i
Chattanoora .......... SIT.OfO
Itockford. Ill ,. r.12.000
Cantoi 0 22V"00
Springfield. 0 23RO0A
Fargo. N. D 423.001
Sioux Fall. S. D.... lat.OOJ
Hatting. Nb 17KV3
BAKER COUNTY HORSES
MANY BOUGHT FOR CAVALRY" PL'R
I'OSES. United State and Gcrwnn Govern-
ments the Pnrcliancra Eight Cnr-
londn Skipped Wednesday.
BAKER CITT. Or.. Nov. SO.-Eight
enr'oads-of horses were shipped from Ba
ker City yesterday by McDonn"d &
Kldwell. to the United States Purchasing
Officer, at Walla Walla. Three wecki i
ago Captain ainwright was In Baker
City, and received 175 horses for the Phil
ippine cavalry. Those leaving here to
day numbered 2C3, and are for the sam;
purpose. As the Government has stables,
branding places and wther facilities for
handling horses at Wall- Walla. It Is
more desirable to receive them there than
anywhere else; The snow and Inclement
weather usual In this section of Eistem
Oregon during the Winter also renders
work of receiving more disagreeable. A"l
horses turned in between now and Spring
will likely be delivered at Walla Walla
by the vendors.
McDonald & Kidwell have taken out
of Baker County fr the United States
cavalry service TiCS horses within the past
year, and 7T for the cavalry of the Ger
man Government. .NeaTiy all the horses
and mules purchased by" the Government
from this countv have been handled by
this firm. When they are Informed that
another lot of horses are wanted, they
commence gathering them up from dif
ferent sections of the country, breaking
them for the market. From $45 to $63
are paid the farmers and stockmen for
each animal. All must be broken to the
saddle before received.
The constant demand for good saddle
animals for the past two years makes
the work of gathering them up more dif
ficult. Members of the firm state that good
horses are still to be had and at about
the same prices paid when Government
purchases first commenced, but vastly
more work Is required to locate the stock.
The regularity with which the Govern
ment calls for more horses affords a cer
tain market. Another lot has already
been asked for. and McDonald & Kid
well have advertised throughout this sec
tion of the country that thy will be in
Baker City and John Day SO days hence
to purchase all desirable saddle horses
offered. Horsemen have come to believe
that while the Government Is Using cav
alry In the tropica, there will be a con
stant, demand for Eastern Oregon and
Eastern Washington horses.
It Is not widely known that the Ger
man Government bought several cavalry
horses In this field. The firm of McDomld
& Kidwell alone sold the German offi
cer wh.! came through here a total of 233
horses, 75 here in Baker City, and 160 In
Walla Walla. These were Intended for
use In the Orient. Should the Kaiser's
soldiers be able to manace the bunch
grass stock. It is believed that there may
be other calls from the same source. With
the two governments buying In the same
field, the Eastern Oregon horseman will
find a demand wholly lacking prior to the
prevailing military operations.
"Washington Industries.
A Tekoa company sold 50.000 bushels
of wheat to a Portland firm recently.
Everett is to have an opera-house to
be built by the Everett Improvement
Company at a cost of between $45,000 and
$50,000.
The Simpson Lumber Company, of South
Beach, has ordered complete machinery'
for a new plant. Its dally capacity will
be 100.000 feet.
Mr. Kruts, who managed the fishing
business at Hoqulam this year, reports
that 37.753 salmon were handled In Ho
qulam this season.
The Centralla Council has made a con
tract with the Gouger Lumber Company
to furnish wood for the electric light
plant In exchange for lights.
W. M. Miner, of Aberdeen, who has In
vented several articles upon which he has
secured patents, among them being n rail
way spike and fishplates, has Just com
pleted a burglar-proof safe, which' the
bankers there pronounce superior to any
thing of the kind they have seen.
Frank Hall, of Ford's Prairie, has sold
his crop of dried prunes for 3 cents per
pound. The crop was light the past Fall,
but the quality excellent. He says he can
make more money raising prunes at this
price than in raising- grain. Several large
fruitgrowers have again become Interested
and they will endeavor to make the In
dustry pay.
Reports from Whitman County show
that a number of farmers and fruit
growers lost a portion of their apple crop
In the late cold spell, which came on so
suddenly and so unexpectedly. The loss
Is but a small portion of the total crop,
and will cut little figure with the aggre
gate yield of the county. The amount
of apples shipped will aggregate from 300
to 500 carloads.
Work on the new shipbuilding plant at
Tacoma is expected to begin immediately.
The site for the works Js near the old
naphtha launch works property on the
mud flats. Machinery for the plant is
already on the ground and in readiness
to be set up as soon as the buildings are
constructed. Mr. Hill expects to have the
works completed and in readiness to build
ships by the opening of Spring.
B.'F. "Wasson, of the Everett brickyard,
has purchased 10 acres of land lying north
of Evergreen cemetery, which is under
laid with good brick clay. He wilt dis
continue his old yard opposite the Everett
Hospital and at once begin the construc
tion of the necessary sheds, yards and
water supply at the new yard. Among
other improvements he will receive a ma
chine from the East that will turn out
20.000 .bricks per day.
W. A. Thatcher has been surveying be
low Pomeroy in order to ascertain
whether water power can be secured to
operate an electric light plant of suffi
cient capacity to light the city. A survey
has been run from the creek at a point
near the east line of the school section
adjoining town o the west line of the
same section. The power that could be
obtained by running a water ditch along
the course of this survey would not be
sufficient for the purpose, but Mr.
Thatcher thinks that by running a little
farther down the creek a good and srufll
cient fall can be secured to meet all de
mands, even during the lowest stages of
water.
"Wnnhlngton Polltcal Note.
A ccnvcntlon of the temperance voter
of Garfield has put up the following
ticket: Mayor, F. L. Gwlnn; Councllmen,
J. C Lawrence, Charles Whistler and L.
W. Carson; Treasurer, H. Irwin.
Port Angeles citizens have nominated
candidates as follows: Mayor, Captain T.
H. Bradley: Clerk. J. A. Smith; Treas
urer, Charles E. Nailer; Attorney. James
Stewart; Health Officer. Dr. F. S. Lewis;
Counc!lman-at-large. Patrick Mathews;
First Ward. H C Miller; Third Ward. Al
bert Smith; Sixth Ward. Byron Bowman.
Democrats of Everett have nominated
the following municipal ticket: Mayor,
C K. Green; Council man-at-large, R.
Athowe; City Clerk. Jesse Jones; City
Treasurer. E. C Rea; City Attorney, B.
E. Padgett; Health Officer, James La
frienlere; Councilman. Third Ward. T. B.
Curtlss; Councilman, Fourth Ward, W. M.
Stallsmlth; Councilman, Fifth Ward, L.
A. Ricmann.
The Republican ticket at Olympla Is
as follows: Mayor, V. S. RInehart (re
nominated); Treasurer, William Hage
meyer. Clerk. D. K. Proud (renominated);
Attorney. M. G. Royal (renominated) ;
Health Officer, Dr. J.W. Mqwell; Coun-cllman-at-large.
John P. Bethel; Second
Ward, E. O. Free: Fourth Ward, E. M.
McCllntic; Sixth Ward. W. W. Work. The
nonpartisan ticket is: Mayor. John R.
Mitchell; Treasurer. Dr. David Mitchell;
Clerk, J. J, WUS03; Attornev, A. r. j
Ftch S Health Officer, fir. H. ft. Klncaldj
Ci)uncUrnaa-at-large, J. M. Lammon; Bee.
oad AVard, H. W. Sawyer Fourth Ward,
R. Frost. Sixth Ward, E. McReyHolds.
Cltlaens Of Aberdeen haVe made the
following nominations: Mayor, William
Ahsttc: Treasurer, P. Clark" Attorney. K
E. Shields, Cordner, fir. Paul mits;
Councilmeh. E. 13, fiaton, & Bi Bemi, M.
R. Sherwood, Ross Plckney. Jeff More
head, Charles KnudsOiI. tile Opposition
has named: Mayor, Eugene Prance; At
torntj, J C Hogan; Treasurer, J. Pat
t J-son; Clerk, A. M. Balewj Coroner, Dr.
William Seamel;-CoUncllmen. E. E. Eaton,
W F. Ehtrap. H. H. Carter, J. Llnd
strum. J. Morehcad, and C. KnUdson.
The following city ticket has been nomi
nated at Hoqulaln: Mayor. James A.
Kerr; Clerk, James Lyons; Treasurer. Al
bert Rockwell: Attorney. Frank L. Mor
gan; Health Officer. H. Kini Councilman,
at-large, J W. Hull; The Rtpubllcad
ticket is as follows; d. L. DriVIs. Mayor)
F. A. Powell. A. Polscn, E. . Ogden. J.
A. Soule, F. E. StcV nj and D. E. Lyons,
Counciimen: R, E. Dowdy, Treasurer: F.
G. Tilley. Clerk; J. H. King. Health OfI
cor. and J. H. Parker, City Attorney. Th
Republican caucus was the largest eve
held in Hoqulam. there being over 12-)
voters present.
W'.nnKlnjTton Notes.
It is reported that the Walla Walla
Statesman has been leased to F. R. Mar
vin. The Northwestern Lumber Company, of
Hoqulam, distributed 223 turkeys among
its married employes.
The Swede wno was found dead in bed
at Eveiett Tuesday was named Nels Cox.
He committed suicide with morphine.
Tom Barry, recently lost in a snow
storm "between North Yakima and Pzos
ser. has been found. He lost his way and
came near freezing while In the mount
ains. The Grocers' Association of Everett has
signed agreements with the new Everett
Coupeviile Transportation Company for a
steamer between Coupevllle, Everett and
Seattle.
The labor unions of Tacoma will send
delegates to the labor congress at Olym
pla instructed to take a radical stand
upon the question of Asiatic pauper im
migration. The School Board of Olympla has re
ceived word from Professor F. J. Dcl
llngcr, who was recently elected City Su
perintendent to th effect that he cannot
accept the position.
A highwayman tried to hold up Patrol
man John Freeman, at Seattle. Thursday
evening. A battle ensued. In which the
latter was wounded In each arm. The
robber was arrested.
A cult for damages aggregating $25,000
has been filed against the Wllkeson Coai
& Coke Company by Mrs. Sophia Kromo
go and her three children. The death of
John Kromogo. husband and father. Is
the basis of the suit.
H. B. Scudder, independent weather ob
server of the Moxee. reports that the
thermometer dropped to eight degrees be
low zero during the recent cold storm.
This Is unprecedented for November In
the Yakima Valley. Many of the old-timers
predict that the Winter Is over.
The State Auditor's and Treasurer's bi
ennial reports have been passed upon by
the State Printing Board, and are now in
the hands of the printers. These reports
will be printed In full, as they are con
sidered to be Yery Important. The Aud
itor's report will be about the same length
as last year. The Treasurer's report will
be fchort.
There was an interesting demonstration
the, other day jver the grave of Judge
David Teuse, who was murdered on the
Tulalip reservation last January- A hand
some monument was erected to his mem
ory by Judge Charles Jules, his predeces
sor. About 40 Indian friends of the dead
Judge were present when the monument
was placed. and several laudatory
speeches were made in the native lan
guage. A fatal accident occurred near Rock
Lake, In the extreme western part of
Whitman County. Tuesday, In which
Frank Hambl'n lost his life by the explo
sion of a shotgun. He was three miles
from home and was knocked unconscious.
For three hours he lay on the grouna.
He recovered sufficiently to walk home,
and after being washed and having his
wounds dressed felt much better and ate
a hearty supper, after which he retired,
but was taken violently 111 and died about
mldn'ght. He was 22 years old.
City Attorney William P. Reynolds, of
Tacoma. has handed down a decision
which blocks an arrangement being en
tered into between the Board of PaTk
Commissioners and S. C. Donnelly and
otheri. by which the park was to be ex
tensively Improved by swimming pools,
scenic railways and other attractions.
Judge Reynolds hold that the Commis
sioners have no power to lease the park
untl given such authority by act of the
City Council. Even then he does not con
sider that the lease would be exclusive.
The grocers' associations of the state
are Interested In two measures which will
bo brought to the attention of the com
ing Legislature. The first bill will bear
upon the matter of credits along the Unci
proposed by the grocers. The other bill
will be one rqulrlng manufacturers or
wholesalers shipping goods to retailers
to mark plainly all packages with th
correct amount of the contents. At pres
ent, it Is said many articles are shipped
In packages which are considerably short
on the" weights, as announced. Syrups
are a striking example of this misrepre
sentation. H. S. Barnct. known throughout the
Northwest as Frisky Barnet. has been
advised that a fortune awaits him tn
England. New York papers are advertis
ing fpr Barnet's address, but so far the
amount of fortune is not known. Barnet.
has s'x sisters In England. All of them
are rich, and he believes it is through
the death of one that he will come Into
riches For several years Barnet has
been In the show business In Spokane
and other Northwestern towns. He had
p. rather wild career when young, and
left England many years ago for Amer
ica, w.iere he has followed every branch
of the show business.
Since the state revenue law of 1R37 was
passed allowing certificates of delinquent
taxes to draw 15 per cent Interest about
J20O.OW worth of certificates have been Is
sued In Pierce County. Much of this has
been redeemed. It Is estimated that the
amount now Invested In these securities
that Is unredeemed Is about $73,000. No
tax deeds have yet been Issued under this
Itw. It provldss for a foreclosure on the
certificate three years after the date of
delinquency of the tax; the 1S97 tax be
comes delinquent June 1, 1SSS, and in three
years from that date the certificate Is
foreclosed. The taxes of 1SS and prior
yearn were delinquent when the law was
passed, and the certificates of delinquen
cy on those taxes are foreclosable after
December 1. 1P00.
State Horticulturist J. E. Baker says
Washington fruit this season will not be
more than 80 per cent of a full crop. The
most striking failure has been the loss to
the prunegrowers in the southern part of
the state, particularly In the region
around Vancouver, where growers did not
have more than one-third of a crop.
In Eastern Washington prunes .were a
full crop. Peaches were damaged in
some Instances. Apples were a
"ull crop in most parts of the state. Mr.
B-iker says that a singular feature of the
Washington fruit Industry Is that pears
are becoming a drug upon the market.
They are sel'lng In Sound cities all the
way from 50 cents to $1 a box. These
prices are not remunerative to the farm
er. The trouble Is that growers are
growing more Winter pears than is war
ranted by the small demand, pears not
being a favorite fruit such as apples. In
the Sound "region the apple, pear, peach
and umne crops were streaked, but ev
ervwhere sufficient was raised for hom
consumption and some for market. There
was a fpll crop of berries and small
fruits In Western Washington. This In
dustry, Mr. Baker says, has become very
remunerative, especially in the Puyallup
Valiev, A lajTO' family can live, comfort-
1 '5ft-
.s ?r!ir x
mmiFJ
0
"For two years I endnred the tortures of nervousness, headache,
muicuar weaknc and loin of appetite. Mr welzbt xtn only 78
pouuds, while I had welched over 1U) pounds. 1 wns subject to teren
handacupx, motlr In tlio morning, aad at times I was so dizzy that I
could srn'ccly dlstlngnif h one object Irom another.
"I peut n sreat denl of money experimenting with different
physician, but none of them gnvo me any relief. Last winter I got
so much rrorso thntl nu ouIIch! to go to a hospital for treatment,
and after six Week of care and shlirul attention 1 was but little, If
chy. better. Aft r leaving the hor.pltnl 1 1 egnn to take Dr. Williams'
I'lnJc PIliH for I'al IVnr to updit the recnmmendatioa of a friend who
hnd b-on benefited hv thchii and tuey hae dona inoro good than all
the docon combined.
I hr.d only taken a. few dojeswhen I began to feel better and
within nno week had mined three pounds I could enjoy my break
fuel, which waomeilitiisr t had not been nhle to do for n longtime.
'I have no much confldenrrln Or. Williams' l'ink rills for Tale
renpletlmt I recommend Ihem whrnorer hii opportunity presents
lUeif, cjxd all tho-to who have Used them peak very highly of them."
(Signed) Mis. Dicma. Willis,
U3 Vracent Street,
5fiMB
.ur. wiiiiams
Pm&Pills
MePeople 'fw
M Arosolrtl" tws (ptit in loom, htilk) at "O eentnal TsNli, 3fl'S" I
box, or x boxen for St-'O. anil inr b hurt ol U 1 ?F7 vGA J 1
drnrzlsts. or direct hj mull from Dr. "Wzluxua Sj EM vv A ! I
SIxfiieixK Co.. Schenectady. KY. ?? 3 litif
ably off the product of a few acres, and
It Is done.
Idnho Xotes.
It Is probable that north and south Sho
shone County will be divided by the next
Legislature.
Mrs. H. Hecker attempted to horse
whip J. H. Dauer. a groceryman of Mos
cow, Tuesday. The trouble was over a
small bill.
The newly elected directors of the Idaho
Intermountaln fair met In-Boise and elect
ed the following officers: President. John
McMillan; vice-president, L. L. Ormsby;
treasurer. John D. Springer: secretary, C.
S Loveland. The directors are: J. S.
Bogart. J. F. Koelsch. Albert Kohny. J.
B. Morrow. Robert McAfee, John Ken
nedy and E. E. Forshay.
Seventy-nine instruments were filed with
the County Recorder at Wallace last
week, with an aggregate valuation of $34.
767 56. Of the 22 deeds five were for the
nominal consideration of $1 each. There
were seven mortgages filed and one re
leased. The mining locations Included 13
quartz lodes, four placer claims and three
water rights. Three new companies filed
articles of incorporation and two marriage
licenses were issued. The total number
of Instruments filed for record to date this
year Is C5S1. as compared with 2414 for the
same period last year, an increase of al
most 50 per cent.
The Murray Mercantile Company, Ltd.,
has filed articles of incorporation at Wal
lace. It Is authorized to deal In merchan
dise of all kinds, to do a general bank
ing business, to erect, lease and operate
"water, air, electric and gas plants for
light, power and telephone, to deal In
stocks, bonds and debentures of other cor
porations. Murray is the principal place
of business, and the capital stock of $23.
000 Is divided into 5000 shares. The direc
tors and Incorporators are Wlnfleld Ervtn,
Barry N. Hillard. Charles W. Betts. Ben
jamin W. Wells and Charles H. Cole, Jr..
the two latter of Boston, and the other of
Murray.
BRITISH TRADE THRBATIHED
"War In South Africa Open Markets
for America and Germany.
London Express.
The British manufacturer Is waiting Im
patiently for the end of the war, so that
he may step forward for his share in the
great industrial "boom" that is to roll
through South Africa from Cape to Zam
besi. The sooner he understands clearly that"
he will have to fight for It. and fight des
perately, too, the better It will be for
his future prospects In South Africa,
which. In the opinion of those having some
knowledge of the furious competition that
will be set loose upon him as soon as ac
tive hostilities are over, are not at all
of a roseate character.
He will be required to face no mere
phase of transitory rivalry: his whole
strength, energy and skill will be called
upon to deal with a deep-seated policy,
long maturing by his commercial rivals.
In order to understand properly the po
sition It is necessary to Tcmember that
there are now three great, manufacturing
nations, whose common object Is to sup
ply the rest of the world, or as much of It
as they can, with their manufactured
products.
Year by year Germany and America find
their productive resources augmenting;
ye?r by year they find their existing mar
kets less and less sufficing, and as ex
ports follow the line of least resistance,
practically the whole weight of their rap
Idly growing competition must fall upon
the manufacturers of this country, and
in the markets to which they might con
sider they possess a preferential claim.
Jnpn Be Arable FIjrnres.
There Is one thing which strikes -a for
eigner as being particularly strange in the
uniform of the Japanese soldier, says a
writer in Xorth American Notes and
Queries. This is that the numerals which
he wears- upon his shoulder straps, to de
note the number of his regiment, are
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1900
The Judges at the Paris Exposition
have awarded a
COLD MEDAL
to
Walter Baker & Go. -
the largest manufacturers of cocoa, and
chocolate in the world. This is the third
award from a Paris Exposition.
BAKER'S
G000AS M CHOCOLATES
are always uniform in qual
ity, absolutely pure, deli
cious, and nutritious. The'
genuine goods bear our
trade-mark on every pack
age, and are made only by
Waiter Baker & Co. i.
COftCHESTERMASS.,.
TRABC-UAKK
L- J-1.-LI 1JH
I 'IfflR
amtmmmmm
Blinding
Headaches
todtiont
European numbers, not Chinese or Japan
j esc Ideograph. For Instance, the soldiers
of the Third Regiment Just wore a 3 upon
! their shoulder-straps. I found upon In-
qulry that this was because the European
numbers were so much more quickly and
I easily distinguished from each other than
the complicated Chinese characters. A
truly practical nation the Japanese!
' For a Cold In the Hcnd,
Laxative Bromo-Qulnine Tablets.
It la the speediest and snrect cars for rhsumsUfci,
Kidney tronbla and weak back. These dlseuo can
not minstanaiuearaUTaandrestoraUTS
powers.
Kidney Troubles and Rheumatism Cnr.d.
Durlnc tbe elrll war I contracted
rheumatism, kidney tremble and weak
hack of which I was cored by Dr. Bark
hart's Vegetable Compound. Durtnr my
extenslTo trarels for the M. E. Church I
heard Dr. Bnrkhart's Vegetable Com-
Donnd Dralsed sterrehsru.-Her. N. O.
Bnrkhnrt. Hnbhard Snrlnir. '".
Tor sale by all dnircl'U. Thirty da ji treatment
for Be: Serenty days' treatment 50c: Six months
treatment 11. CO. la day' trial trtatmtnt free.
. In Tablet Form Pleasant to Take.
DR. XT. 8. BUKKHAKT, Cincinnati, Ohio.
There is no hog fat in
WHITE COTTOLENE
Animal fats (and more es
pecially hog fat) are mostly
impure, and are condemned by
eminent physicians as being
unwholesome and unhealthful.
WHITE COTTOLENE
is pure vegetable oil, refined
I and clarified, with just enough
( cnoice Deer suec to give it consistency-
Food cooked with it
j is wholesome, delicious, appe
1 tizing, and will not distress in
I the slightest degree the most
delicate stomach.
Try a pail and you will not
be satisfied with anything else
thereafter for shortening and
' frving.
The NXFairhank Company.
Ct"S2Q Sole Uasojactarers.
PPP? 7 "f dainty booklet
KE,.!..A rami z.ztetr
malld f -e t- " nddrM. For
MWW!vAwJ 1"S mn rwfnc hook. Homa
UcIds. edited by Ita. Horsr.
AI( Styles to Suit the Finest or Boldest
Hand.
ISO Vanities. For sale by all slatitncrr.
THE ESTERBR00K STEEL PEN CO.,
Works. Camden. N. J. 26 John SL, N. Y.
THE
ROOT
OF YOUR
HAIR
should look
like th!;,
but If you have
m&mgm
DANDRUFF
the GERM
destroys and with
ers it like this.
"D estroy the caus
you remove the
effect"
Ns Dandruff, m
railing Hair, no
Sildness, if yea
KILL THE QERM
with NEWBRO'S
HERPIOIDE
Fer sale by all drai(jists. Price $1.
t rifiJL
srfi
STEEL PENS I
it lip is
HmKM
m
"THE PALATIAL
OREGOIN BlUf
Not a dark ofllce la the bnlldiasp
absolutely fireproof; electric llcfats
and artcaian -vrater; perfect sanita
tion and thorough vcntllatloa. Kle
-ratora ran day aad alsUa.
HOOtBJV.
AINSLIB. Dr. GKORGE.PhrsIcInn 603-009
AXDERSOK. GUSTAV.,Attorny-at-T-aw...813
ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Msr..80a
AUSTEN. F. C. Manager for Oregon aad
Washington Bankers' Life Association, of
. Des Moines, la... 302-503
UANKERS" LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DES
MOINES. IA.: F. C. Austen. Manager. 502-501
UATNTUN. GEO. R.. Mr. for Chas. Scrlb-
ner'a Sons 013
REALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U.
S. Weather fturtau ............310
BENJAMIN. It V.. Dentist 3U
J11NSWANGER.DR. O. 8.. Phys. k Sur.410-ill
BROOKE. DR. J. M... Phys. & Sure 703-700
tjROWN. MYRA. M. D 313-314
BRUERE, DR. G. E.. Physician ...412-413-41-1
CANNING. M. J , C02-CO1
CAUKIN. a E.. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Ci 713
OARDWELL. DR. J. II 505
CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J 71C-717
COFFEY. DR. 7 C, l'hyj. & Surgeon.... 700
COLUMBLV TELEPHONE COMPANY
.- ooi-(os-Gi;c-iiu7-m3-ai4-Gi;
CORNELIUS, a . Phys. and Surgeon.. ..20O
OVER F. C. Cashier Equitable Life 300
COLLIER. P. F.. Ijbllsher: H. P. McGulro.
Manager 415-411
DAY. J. G. 4 I. N 310
"VIS NAIULEuN. Pfeaident Columbia
Telephone Co..... COT
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714
DRAKE. DR. II. B.. Physician.... 012-513-314
DWYER. JOE F.. Tobaccos 402
I"DITQRIAL ROOMS Eighth floor
EQUITABLE LiFE INSURANCE SOCIETY;
L. Samuel. Manager. F. C Coer. Casbler.3C
EVENING TELEUl.AM 323 Alder streeC
I- ENTON. J. D.. Physician and Surseon.5o0-51i
KENTON. DR. HICK C. Ee and Ear...31t
KENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 3tU
jALVANI. . Ii.. Kng.neer ui.d Draughts
man oou
.it.N. A.. President Oregon Camera Club.
214-2I3-21C-217
JEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. PhysicUn and
Surgeon 212-2L1
GEliME P'tB. CO.. Ltd.. Fine Art Publish
ers; M. C McGreevy. Mgr. 51S
oinsl'. A. J., 1'hyMclan ai.d Surseon:..'iA-71u
GUDDARD. E. C. & CO.. Footwear
Ground iljor. i:j Mixta street
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM, yiuaager iiannatUix
Life Insurance Co.. of New Yorlc....L'U0-21b
GRANT. PL.vMC S.. Atlorney-at-Luw..,.iir
KAMMAM BATHS; m. Cockbrn. Prop..
.-. -00-I-2
HAMMOND. A. Ii :v
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phja. it Sur. .504-605
IDLEMAN. C. M., Attoraey-at-Law.. 410-17-Is.
JOHNSON. W. C ...315-JlC-3ir
1CAUY. MARK T.. Supervisor vt Agents
Mutual Reserve Fund Lite Ass'n iU4-tiCS
LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President mid Gen
eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co.....COtt
LITTLEFUSLD, H. R.. Phys. and Surgcon."aWJ
MACKAY, DR.. A. E.. Phyi. and Sur..71t-71:
MARTIN, J. L. A CO.. Timber Lunds.....oO
MAXWELL, DR. W. E.. Phys. & tourg.7ol-2-3".
McCOY. NEWTON, Altorney-at-Laiw "43.
McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer....20L
McdlNN. JlHNi.x E., Altorc--y-ui-i-aw.j3tl-li':
METT. HENRY 213.
MILLER. Dl". HERBERT CV, Dentist and
Oral Surgeon Cua-G03
MOSSMAN. DiL E. P., Dentist ."312-olJ-Jt4.
MANHATTAN LIKE INSURANCE CO. of
New York; W. Goldman. Manager 2UU-210t
MUTUAL RESERVE FLND LIFE ASS N;
Mark T. Kad. Supervisor uf Agents..CU4-tX3
McELROY, DR. J. C. Phys. Jt Sur.70l-7lC-703.
McFARLAND. E. B.. Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co CCHIi
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier,
Publisher . 413-41C
McKlM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law M
MUTUAL LIFE 1N&UKANCE CO. of New
York; Wm. S. Pond. State Mgr....4O4-403-4X"i
NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Atfj-al-Law .713.
NILES. M. L.. Cashier Manhattan Life In
surance Co.. of New York 203:
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY;
Dr. L. B. Smith. Osteopath 4US-403-
OREGON CAMEItA CLUB 214-213-2lr-217r
PACIF1C CHR.STIAN PUB. CO.; J. F.
Ghormley. Ms" '. ..303!
POND, WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Life
las. Co.. of New York...., 404-403-40a.
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY. .
Ground floor.. 13.5 Sixth street:
PORTLAND MINING & TRUST.Cp.i J. H.
Marshall. Manager ;.-. 318.
QUIMBY. L. P. .. Garaa and Forestry
Warden ,...71t-7tr
ROSENDALE. O M.. Metallurgist and Min
ing Engineer ................515-518;
REED & MALCOLM. Opticians. ..133 Sixth 't.
REEU. F-. C. Fish Commhuluner 407
RYAN. J. B.. Attorney-at-Law 417
SAMUEL. L-. Manager Equitable Life 3wJ.
SECURITY MUTUAL. LIFE INSURANCE
Co.. H F. Rushong. Gen. Agent for Ore.
- and Washington SOU
SHERWOOD. J. W- Deputy Supreme-Commander
K O. T. M 3V
SMITH. Dr L. B.. Osteopath .408-400'
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.:)
STUART. DELL. Attorney-at-Law C17-18.
STOLTE. DIl CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-703.
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 709.
STROWBRIDGE. THOS. H.. Executive
Special Agt MutuH .Life of New Yor"c....40fl.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 201:
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F. Dentist GlO-tilU
U S. WEATHEK BUREAU 007-008-903-010.
U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 13TH
DTST.: Captain W. C Langfltt. Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A 8Wi
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS; Captain W.
C Langfltt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A..310
WATERMAN. C H.. Cashier Mutual Life
of New York 40S
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Physician
and Surgeon ..3O4-30S
WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg..70G-7or
WILSON. DR HOLT C. Phys. & Sur. 507-508-
WOOD. DR W. L.. Physician 412-413-414.
WILLAMETTE VALLEY TELEPH. CO... CIS.
A feir more elcjcant office mar he
had by applr'nc to Portlaad Treat:
Company of Oregon. IOO Third at., or
to the rent cleric ia the building-.
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arlcocele. lmpotency. etc Men are quickly re
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. PR. GROSSMAN'S
SPECIFIC MIXTURE
For the Care of Gonorrhoea Gleets
Htrlctnrra. nnd nnmlagnnm comptnlHta
or the Organ or Generation.
fr'cc fla bottle, for sale by drugsitfU.
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