THE
HMIII
Local Jobber Is Offered
25 Cents.
A Decline of 5 Cents Is Noted on
; Wire Nails--Gold .
Past Deal V
Hop" show additional strength today
v and prioes show aa upward tendency.
This moraine a local dealer received an
offer from , the buyer of an Eeiitern
brewery tor 16 cents a pound tor a large
; quantity of the Oregon crop. Thl la
" one cent over the prloea offered last
-j-week. The demand Isncreaaroa and ad
- dKloiiaXsdvancea.ere expected in ouota-
' . ' VnBSB NAILS DECLINE.
A decline of S cants barrel la noted
today to the price of wire nails. This
make- the base for that product $1.85
and $8,6. ' The usual -, advance over
thee figure are made on the smaller
v sixes. The decline takes effect today. V
. - -DEAL ON GOLD DUST.
( ' Local Jobber have been notified that
wntll further notice, the manufacturers
or Gold Dust Washing- Powder will give
one case of that article fres with every
, e-eases purchased.
, Receipts of poultry were small today
' and ruling prices are strong. The de
mand 1a steadily Increasing and there is
a strong prospect that prices will ad
vance. The market was entirely cleaned
bp of all varieties of poultry at the close
" of last week, . . - v - r -
h4? da'sXfe2r3?2:..
'.- There Is a steadily Increasing- demand
for the strictly fresh Oregon eggs and
van with the rather heavy receipts of
the past few days, the market Is consid
ered quit strong at present quotations.
NO DECLINE ON BUTTER.
' Dealers deny that there is any change
In the butter situation. They say that
the market Is fairly strong and that no
declines in prices are expected for some
time. The price for the best creamery
5 butter stands today at 80 cents a pound.
Other , grades are weak.
A. car of California vegetables arrived
this morning and has been distributed
..among th Jobbers.
Todays quotations as revised are as
'., follows:.
i Grain, now aad feed.
Trtieat Walla Walla. 72o: bluastem.
80c; Valley, 76075HC.
Bari.y Faa t22.tf0; roUed, tJl-OOO
- bate No. White. tl.1601.X7Hr gray.
tL12HOi.l. -
Flour Eastern Oregon: Patents. 12.70
4.20; Diamond W 2186; straights.
f tt.lO08.tOi graham. tl.OO; Valley, l.tt
.OI.46.
MUlatuffa Bran. 119.00 per ton; mlddl
tnga, 624.00; short. t20.0; chop, U.00O
' 2J.00. ....
Hay New timothy, tu.00012.00; clover,
sMoes.. - ,
Kops, Wool and Klfles.
Hops- 24c for choice; 1902 contracts,
. 14 w 15c .
woot Monunai; vauey, uqismo; at
n Oregon. 104fl4o. ...
Bheepaktns Shearings. 14HQlHc:
. abort wool. 26 C JSc; medium wooo. 800
4VUc; long wool, 40c 11. 44 each.
Tallow Prime, per tU, ti.04o; No, V
ana grease,. ayzc
Hides Dry hides,' No. 1. 10 pounds and
p. 16 16 Ho per pound; dry kin. No. 1. 6
to 16 pounds, 12c; dry caU, No. 1, under
6 pounds,. I6V&0: diy salted, bulls and
- etain.-ooe-thlrd less tbast-dry flint; salted
. nioes, sieer, aouuu. pounas or over, I y.
' .o; 60 to 40 pound. 74&So: under 60
pounds, and cows, ic; suga and bulla,
' sound. ItltVic; kip. Hound, 1 to 30
?ounoa. io; vaaj. round. i to 14 pounds,
a; calf. sound, under 14 pounds, 8e:
f reea (unsalted, lo per pound less: culls,
0 per pound less; Home hido. salted,
each. tt.2bQl.16: dry. each, $1.0001.60;
' colts' hides, each. 250c; goat skins.
' common, each, - lOSiuci: Angora, with
Wool efti- eacn, ZMtefuu, ---
, . Mohair 27a,
Batter, "Ass aad Poultry. .
Butter- Creamery, 80c; dairy, 20
Bum, 11c
Cheese
cream,'
twin,- 1516c;
oung Am
144T14HC
- Poultry Chickens, mixed. 88.000 8.60
per dox 10c-lb: hens, i.00i 4.60 per dos;
- broilers, 12.60 &.00; spnnga, 88.00;
ducks, $6,0047.00 per dos; turkeys, live, ,
A
SHOW Ml
. liuiK ureaaeo, ivvo Pr ID, geese.
7.00wt0 per dos.
Keats and Provisions.
Fresh Meats Beet prime. CHBTo:
buUs,804H; cows, 4HJ; pork. 71;
veal, JStt; mutton. 80, groaa;
frea4, 66c; lambs, 6 f fee perl
lb.
Hunt, - Bacon, etc. Portland ; pack
local) hams. II H; picnic. 10c; break
fast bacon, lSV418o; light sides. 13c;
backs, UYsc; dry salted sides, llftc;
dried beef sets, ; lnsides and knuckles.
.. a per lb.
, - Eastern packed hams, under -18 Hs
34e; over 18 lbs.. 13c; fancy, lfkf; pic
nic 12Hc; shoulder, lltfc; dry salted
. sides, unemokrt. 12c; breakfast bacon.
Local lard Kettle leaf, Ei, 18 e; 10a,
- 11 He; steam rendered, 6s, 13c; 10s.
aio.
Eastern lard Kettle leaf. 10-lb tins
- 1V3; 60-ibtin,13; -steam
rendered, 10a, llc; 6s, 13c; 60s, 12c.
Above packing house prices are net
- cash, 16 days.
Fish Rock cod, So; flounders. 7; hali
but So; ling cod, 6c; crabs, per dos..
21.60; rasor dams, iOc do; red snappers,
eo: black coM. 09c; stripped oass.
r lOllHc; salmon. 7c; soles, tic; smelt.
4c; lobsters, llsc; shrimp, Puget Sound.
I69 lb. s .
Groceries, Vuts, rtc.
Sugar, '-sack basis," cube. 36.66; powd
ered. 66.40; dry gfanaiated, $5.80; extra
C. $4.60; golden C 64.70: barrels. in-
k barrels. 16c; boxes. 60c advance on
SSj-SaatT- ,'JB4sV-atwJ Fl tfS"P.SJIS8 -
anapla 14016c per pound -
... iioner 16(le per frame.
Coffee Green Mocha, 21&28C; Java,
fancy, 86t32; Java. good. 20024c; Java,
ordinary. ls02Oo; Costa Rica, fancy. lB
10c; Costa Klca, good. lOOlse: Costa Rica.
ordinary, 10pl2c per pound; Columbia
rua-ni, ju-micKtes li.a list: Lion.
110.16 list; Cordova, $11.85.
' Teas Oolong, different grades. 264966c
, Gunpowder, . IS, S3 to 86c: Knglith Break
fast, different grades, 12H&6c; Spider
lki, gwwrana japan, aubuc; green J a
ptn, -rr scarce. SOSSOc.
Bail Bales. 2a. Ss. 4a. 6s, 10s, $20;
fin (able, dairy and Imported J-JverpooL
60s, 46c; loos. ; ZOos. per bag.
salt Worcester salt, bulk, bbla. 320.
86.00; Worcester 140 2s, $60; Worcester,'-
100 Sa. $6.60; Worcester. 0 6s.
is.2; Worcester, so 10s. s.o; Worcester,
linen sacks, 60s, 86c; table salt, 60s, 88c;
100s. ?4c .. .
6at Coars. half ground. 100s. Mr ton
$14.00; 60s. per ton, 814.60; Liverpool
lump. roca. szv.vv per . ton; &0-10 rock.
it.uu; tvua. iii.tv, ....
Oram baas Calcutta. 88.80 Der i OS. '
, iuu l'iauUt 0i per Ik for raw.
COHfflERGIAL
OlOe for, roasted; cocoanuts, sgtftOe
per a ox : wunun, jsftoiac p
lb; pin buU, 100 l14c; hickory nut,
16cf chestnuts, Eatstern, UOUo; Brestl ;
nuts.Ue: Alberta. ueiM; ItAor dmum,
140uc; aimonos, I4uc -Coal
oil Cases. 23c per gallon; tanks.
Water wwi j,nt;.uuvas, jieaaugni.
MIT) UCi.
Rice Imperial Japan. Ka 1, (Hot No.
. to: New Orleans, bead, toikc
-. Salmon Columbia River. l-Jb taOs,
IL70; 8-lb tails, $2.40; fancy. 1-th flats.
iLbt: u-u tancy rata, ajass
nlnk Si&c nd II 6: 1-lb tlla. 12.
- Beans - Small white, 84.88; . large
white.. I4.O0: nlnk. 88.76: bayou. M.uv;
Lima. sHe,
Tooacoo riug cut. smoaing. i --
packages: Seal of North Carolina, Tie
lb: Mastiff. 8c: Dixie Queen. 41c; Red
PUII ilia: Pedro. 60c: Golden ticSDter.
11.16; nno cut, Cameo, 41c: Capstan. 11.86;
Puke's Mixture. 40c; Bull Durham. 46c:
Old English Curve Cut. 4c; Maryland
ninh Matl Pniirh Sga: Tale Mlxtl
11.40;, Plug tobacco, Drummond's Na
ur.lHr.aaf Plnar Haldalack. t6C
Something JQeodV 46os Btaidard Navy.
88c; T. 62o; 8peaT Head. 43c; Btar,
44o; Fin cut chewing: Golden Thread.
sse; jrast Man. ic
. lroits and Tegatabl.
Potatoes 65080c; sweets; 21.11 2-25
cwt
' Onions Oree-on. 76 fiSOc: rarllc. SO lb.
Fresh 'fruits Apples, fancy Ore-
gon.
76CO1.60: cooking, iOOToe oox.
res. navals. 88.76&8.00 box; Cali
Oranges,
fornia tangerines, f 1.000 1.26: bananas.
ti 0062 76 hiinrh Fall . naara. 86Cf
11.26 box;' pomegranates. 1 1.60 01 box;
cranberries. Jersey, til barrell; huskle-
herrlaa. 1 Aa lh .
Vegetable Tomaties. tl.00Ol.tt box:
turnips. 76o sack; carrots.' 8101.10 sack;
beets, ttiaack; radishes, ltW 0150 dos;
cabbages.- California, 11.8. f60 cwL;
lettuce, - bead, - per -: dos.. 12 14 loc;
green peppers, 10c box : squash,
ll.KO ewti nutnnlrlna. 11.60 It
I horseradish, to lb; celery, 46B86o
dos; hothouse lettuce, i.7.pi per sow
sprouts, to lb; green peas, tOlOo lb,.--
unea . rrvlte Apples, evaporaieu. i
7Hci apricots,. Jtto; peaches, TttV'c;
Dears. IUc: nrunes. Italian. 4V4SVo.
French, H4Hc;-flg, California blacks.
f Hc; da white, 7HOa; plums, pitted.
t$Cc; raisins, seeded, fancy, 1-lb cartons,
60 Packages to case. HO nag; seeaea.
, 8Ho nkg; se
s, 7Ho: loose Mv
K7o lb; Lo
choice, iz-os eartons,
usca-
telles. 60-lb boxes.
ndos
layers, i.7i.oo.
SECONDS aiPPED
FROM RECORD
ttmdoui 1Me:Mie;tf Athlete!
and Horses.
Feb. 81 Henry J. Avery runs 60 points
In 61 innlnas at three-cosnion 011-
llnrrld II Mmuv'i.
April 6 Charles A. Carver sets strength
rtkfnrA at t 727.4 kUorramiL'
April 26 University of Pennsylvania
relay team runs two miles in :U4 4-0;
South Division High School team
runs mile in 8:26; Harvard relay
team runs mile in 8:21 2-6.
May 1 Jerome Magee seta Western
collegiate pole-vault mark at 11 feet
0 inches in dual meet between Chi
nii and IMInnta at ChamDala-n.
May 81 Arthur F. Duff ey runs 100
varde In :08 S-S in International meet
" at Berkeley Oval; Dewltt of Prince-
. ton throws th hammer J?4 reet 19
Inchear-Beck of Yale puts hot 44
feet Inches; Holland. Georgetown,
runs quarter-mile in :49S-6; F. G.
Molony-lets Western intercollegiate
high hurdles record at :16 2-B;
Keachte. Wisconsin, runs mile In
Jiiriii T HlM' Sfffli" Burrett of El
mlra College throws a basketball 181
June 21 Fred Hall, running for First
Kerlment Athletic Club, runs two
' ' miles In A. A. U. meet at Ravens
wood in 1:66.
June 22 Recruits defeat Pittsburg t to
i In 19-lnninar e-ame In Chluaao
June 24 Triple play by Belbach, Will-
lamn ana ucuann in mine uv duili-
. more from Philadelphia by score of
a tn 4. 1
Julv 4 Major Dalngerfletd runs mile
and five furlongs at Sheepshead Bay
In 2:17 8-5. y
July -6 Gold Heels rKns one and. one
fourth miles in 2:03 4-6 at Brighton
Reach. . - I
July 21 F. Appleby, at Stamford
, Bridge. . England, cuts world s ama
teur 15-mile running recor
1:20:04 8-6.
July 28 Hyphen runs one and one-
sixteenth miles In 1:44 4-6 at Bright
July 80 Bonnlbert "(3. MartfnV runs
one and . one-eighth miles In 1:61 in
Islln Handlcan at Brlahton Beach.
Aue-uat 8 Terra Haute and Cedar Ran
lus piay 1 innings 10 a tie, neuner
side scoring.
Auaust -
10 Terr.
Haute and Cedar
Raoida continue.
-playing 16 innings,
. again tying, 1 to 1. Twenty-seven
men struck out In this game.
August 1 Lord Derby trots mile to
-wagon in 2:06, at Brighton Beach.
AuiruHt 18 Musketeer runs 'seven fur
longs In 1:26 aft Saratoga, world's
' record.
September -1 Sclntillant tl (Winkfleld).
r fX Corrtgan's Imported horse, runs
Twentieth Century Handicap, at one
v and three-sixteenths miles, in 1:67 2-6
new world's record.
September 17 Willie Anderson makes
a score of 60 for course of Kuclld
Club. Cleveland, In Western open golf
championship record for 6.000-yard
course: Lord Derby beats The Monk
for wagon-championship In fastest
three heats ever trotted to wagon
September 14 George C.
. i mu In 1:06 and flv
at NarraganBett Park.
time, z:uft, z:us ana z:u.
u. tjannon mages
Ave miles In 6:06
Providence
world's record for steam automobile.
October I Plater runs nve and one
half furlongs In 1 :02 8-6, on Btraight
course, Atoms rarx.
October ' 8 Oianam wins $6,000 Tran
sylvania at . Lexington, in fastest
.six-heat race in trotting history
8
me, 2:0tt. 8:09, 2:07, 2:08, 2:09,
09. 1:08;.
October 87 Prince Alert (2:09) paces
.a hair-mlie in :t7 new worlds
record, in defeating Blr Albert 8. in
match for $18,000 a side at Mem
phis.
October 20 Direct Hal and "Prince Di
rect driven by Ed Oeers, pace in
j-8:04 to-pole; -Nervola (Dean sets
pacing stallion reoora ror two miles
nt 4:24; Calumet bowling team,
Cleveland. O.. average 1.068, with
scores of 1,061. 1,079 and 1,064 in
competition.
October 81 Creeceus trots two miles
in 4:17 at Memphis; Prince Alert seta
gelding- record at 2:00; . Tony W. "sets
mark for hobbled pacer at 2:11 U.
November 6-Ben Stell, of the Rival
bowling team, rolls 800 In league
contest against Murray Kids.
November 12 The Monk (C: K.- Q. Bfl-
lings trots one and one-eighth miles
to waa-on. in 2:26 VI. . . .
wnbar iL-. ycter jth . averages
2G3 1-3 in Dowiing match world's
record. -
SABB CHAJTCT TO TXATXT. ,
O. X. V. Makes Tickets to Kansas
City Oood for Sixty Bays.
Realising the Importance of a large
attendance from Oregon, to the Live
stock Convention at Kansas City, the
O. R. &N . has extended the ticket limit
to 60 ' days. Tickets, $60, on sale Jan
uary. 8, and 10. with stop-over priv
ileges on rfeturn. .Call up-,clty ticket of
'fice. Third and Washington and learn
particulars. : ,
' The Willamette mixing Tast
So isthe opinion of the -consumer of the
value of Preferred Stock Canned Goods.
Try them. .-. k v-m ' ,
Tb little folks love Dr.' Wood's Nor
way Pine Syrup. . pleasant to take; per-,
fectly harmless;" positive cur for
coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma. . ., t
WORD
vnwf pmcts
The Result of Favorable
Crop Reports
Saturday's Bank Statement Raised j
the Hopes of Watt
Street Men. v
CHICAGO. Jan. 6. The Record-Her
ald says: The recent weakness hag re
sulted from the continued favorable crop
conditions at home, from th improve
ment in harvesting conditions in Argen
tina and from a cessation la those other
conditions which kept some1 influential
interests bullish, through, the fall.. There
has been a pause in the flour demand
which was so unusually heavy.: The
small Minneapolis wheat stock has been
increasing until there Is now .over 14,
000,000 bushels there, or within 1,000,
000 bushels of a year ago. Sixty days
ago there was only 8,000,000 bushels up
there, and the supply was 6,600,000 bush
els under last year. At, that time, It
looked as if there wag good reason for
flour men to be anxious about getting
enough to keep them going. The Argen
tine position has developed Into the most
effective circumstance with the specula
tor. If there should develop anything
to inspire buying now there would fol
low a competition among th old bulls
and the shorts to get wheat' It is not
possible to name a respectable holding
left. The Spencer party Is supposed, to
have a line, but It has Its wheat at St
Louis and has probably been short here.
corn - na no lacx or bun leader 11
there Is any merit In that, higher prices
are ahead. Patten is about the only
conspicuous operator who Is not preach
lng higher corn quotations. Th an
nouncement of the biggest crop ever
grown has made no impression at all.
The seaboard Is willing to take all the
corn It can get, but with cars Scarce
it Is reported that It cannot get very
much. Receipts are small for the sea
son, and no view of a great yield, but
the car situation has much to do with
that In fact everyone 1 guessing as
to corn. No one Is in a position to say
how fast the corn would come in or how
fast It would go out If the foiling stock
could be had.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Th Times says:
The bank statement Issued at the close
of the stock exchange on Saturday came
not only as a surprise, wit as innuen-
tlal In many ways upon Wall street sen
timent A bad statement had been much
predicted, and a demoralising December
In surplus reserves was th popular ex
pectation. Thus the exhibit which was
actually disclosed Wet at naught a vari
ety of speculative plan Raids that
had been planned ware necessarily post
poned. 'In this week s market there will
be naturally reflections of this disap
pointment that th bear campaign suf
fered. There is an extended short inter
est In the lesser speculators of the
stock exchange have commitments on
the short side. On room trader boasts
of being personally short 60,000 shares
of local traction stocks, over half 6f it
B. R. T.; 60.000 shares are a good many.
Money market conditions have so -Im
proved In intrinsic qualities that bank
ers of consequence cease to worry over
the outlook.
NEW YORK SUMMARY.
NEW YORK. Jan. 6. American stocks
In London 1-8 to 1-8 above parity. Iron
trade continue to ..report . great acsxclty .
of fuel and consequent delay In deliver- ,
les. Saturday's bank statement consid
ered very good. Banks more willing to
lend money for reasonable speculation.
Reported U. S. realty will establish an
offlc In London. Earnings of T.-C. I.
for year ended December 81, about $!,
600,000, or per cent on common stock.
Reported Westinghous Will get con
tract for new Manhattan cars. Stocks
plentiful In loan crowd.! Expected banks
will relax pressure on exchange tn view
of return of currency from Interior and
gold exports t therefore become more
probable. Fifty-three 'roads la th third
ar.tr t.f ntnihr ihnar an ivmn emaa
Increase of 13.66 per cent Twelve Indus-
trials advanced -R ner cent, and twenty
active roads In December 18 per cent
Cattle aad Hogs. .
CHICAGO. Jan. 6. Union. Stock yards: I
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Chicago ,..17.000 26.000 16.000
Kansas Jlty so.vuu o.uuu Xivvv
Omaha 3.000 3.000 - 1,000
Hogs Opened steady; 6c lower; 7.118
left over Saturday: receipts year ago.
46.000. Mixed and butchers, $6.9006.66;
good. $6.3606.60; rough. . $9.0006.30;
light $6.70Ef6.30.
Cattle 10QM6C lower.
Sheep 10 & 16c lower.
4 -....
drain Shipments. "
CHICAGO. Jan. 6. World's wheat
shipments last week,' 6,208.000; previous
ween e.44U.uuo;uast year, 7,4si,uuu; corn.
8,746,-000; 1,892,00"; 4.001,000.
ZJvsrpool Markets.
-LlVERPOOLi. Jan. 6. Liverpool close:
March wheat. 6-, H up; May wheat.
6-11, H-up; January corn. 4-t,
up; May corn, 4-2. unchanged.
R00SEVHTSJEW CANE
WASHINGTON. D. C", Jan. 6. Presi
dent Roosevelt has received a remarkable
cane from James Atkinson, a former
slave,, of Rome, Qa, 1
The stick was carved by the sender and
bears 103 figures of men, women, beasts
nd1 birds.- Among the carvsdrpsrsonages
are Washington, Lincoln, Grant McKin-
ley. Mrs. McKinley and the Saviour. At
kinson also sent the knife with which he
did the work.
PRESS CLUB MEETS
The City Press Club of Portland held an
enthusiastic meeting' Saturday evening
at the clubrooms and adopted a consti
tution and by-laws. A large number of
active and associate members were elect
ed and a financial report was read, which
showed the club to be on a solid finan
cial basis. Among other provision the
by-laws subdivide the classes of mem
bers into flv divisions active, associate,
noru-resldent, life and honorary.-
The active members ar t be selected
from active newspaper men only, and
the associate members from the promi
nent business aad. profsaloai nea f
Portland- - ' j,' ..,.-'
: ... - - -
L id ' -;y
;.:':-"7 - j.' , ,
- - in. uut
,"Th Wrong Mr. .Wright" a th
6
WHO REALLY WON
THE COPPER WAR
Tills Qtreslioh Is Still Ponlto
. Wall Stmt.
NEW TORK-'-Jan. 6,-New phases of
th long extended fight between the
Amalgamated Copper Company and the
Helnses In Montana are creating wide
discussion In Wail street The Rocke
fellers, who are behind the Copper Trust,
ar old campaigners with the reputation
of continuing a fight until victory Is won.
It has never been part of their policy to
compromise. Henee the stories recently
circulated of an amicable agreement be
tween th opposing parties In this con
test nave not 'been accepted. A rumor
was afloat yesterday that a board of ar
bitration had been considering tho claims
and counterclaims jof the Heinxes and
the Amalgamated, 'and that as a result
both parties would continue in control of
certain sections of the Butte copper dis
trict Attorneys for the Helnzes assert
that they have won a court victory.
Positive statements to the contrary ar
made by Amalgamated Interests.
The Montana Supreme Court has hand
ed down an opinlosMn the Pennsylvania
mining case fnodiiytsg a: decision n the
lower courts In favor of the Helnses. This
modification, however, was 'claimed by
Arthur P. Heinz as "a fine Christmas
gift to the Helnses." It gave the Heinxes
three-fifths of th full length of the vein
claimed by them, granting the Amal
gamated the other two-fifths. The
Heinxes' assertion of victory by the de
cision Is given by Amalgamated Insiders
evidence that their claim tor It all
was not well founded,;: Amalgamated of
ficials refuse to speak of the decision be
yond saying that telegraphic advices are
to the effect that the decision Is favor
ablo to them.
An officer of the United Copper Com
pany says: "The decision will result in
the canceling of $3,000,000' or liabilities,
the Montana Ore purchasing Company's
contingent making good its suits for $3,
600,000 damages against the Boston Mon
tana Company. Th decision is of far-
reaching Importance, as It definitely es
tablishes that the Helnses have an un
limited supply of are, atd that they will
continue in the copper business as long
as they wish." ? . -
LONDON'S MANY
PANTOMIMES
Tj, A, SnariM' PODttlaf FaVOr
u,l .
With Buffalo EilL
LONDON, Jan. -Boxing Day saw 120
pantomimes opened la Lotidon and the
provinces. The subjects of nearly every
one of them were based ' on nursery
rhymes and well-known children's tales.
the topic of no fewer than 22 being Cin
derella. In London and the suburbs there
were 32 pantomime. There . were five
Clnderellas, five Babes of me Wood, five
Little Red Rldlne Hoods, 'three Robin
son Crusoe and three of Dick. Whlttlng-
tvn'M r-ttf in arllttnti A fh. hnirv T .I J 0 ' M
production of Mother Goose, wmch. of
course, was the most Important in the
whole country. I ' ? ' .
It was run bard, however, as the lead
ing London amusement by BiyTalo
Bill's" Wild West Show at th Olympla,
where Col. Cody received -S tremendous
personal ovation yesterday afternoon.The
great building was crowded With 14,000
spectators, inciuoing in uunr mm cr
Itoyal Highness the Duchess of Argyle
and Princess Henry of Batter.berg's chil
dren. Hundreds of persons were turned
away after the building had been com
pletely filled, which was some time oe-
fore the opening of the Show ";
The performance went with snap and.
ginger, especially fne battle of San Juan
Hill, but the thing that seemed to And
4 h -most favor a the-Taasolng Jmd the
riding of bucking broncos. s V
TDM IS SXTEZtDfiB. '
Tickets to Xaasa City Tie O. at, V.
Scad Oood for 60 Says. ,
Those who are contemplating a trio
East wlu be pleased to know, that .the
O. R. A N., In connection with the Oregon-
Short Line and Union Pacific has
decided to make the tickets to the Live
stock Convention, Kansas City, good for
CO days. Tickets. $40, on sal January
8. and 10. Stop-over privilege grant
ed on return trip. Call up Q. R. &N.
ticket offloe. Third ana Washington, end
learn particulars. , -
Social Rates East '
On Januarv 1. mnA 1A thai ranatlan
Paclflo Will sell round-trln tirkata at r-
dueed rates, account National Livestock
Asosclation. to be held at Kansas City
January 13 to u. Call at 143 Third
Street tor full partlculara - - .
T
lnisross
Marquam next Saturday night.
CHOLERA IN CHINA
Worst Epidemic Known for Forty
Years Is Now Raging."
ot sine 1862 has there rased such an
epidemic of. cholera In China as Is raging
at present' Some old residents who pass
ed through that one think that the pres
ent one is even mom extensive and Just
as virulent - It Is sweeping through the
whole empire, from (Santon to Pekln,
and from Shanghai to Sschuan. And It
Is not confined to coast or port " any
longer, but is also sweeping through the
pountry districts, making havoc in ev
ery village It strikes. It seemed to begin
simultaneously In June In Canton, Shang
hai and Manchuria, and from these cen
ters It has spread until there is scarcely
a province In the empire that la not in
.fected. A missionary who has Just returned to
this country says that thousands have
perished In Manchuria, Chill and Shang
tung. In Kwellln, a large city in Kaing
si, people are dying at the rate of 1,000 a
day, and over 40,000 have already suc
cumbed. So great was the death rat
that it " was ""Impossible -to meet-the de
mands for coffins, and tubmakers 'and
other workers In wood were pressed into
service to make coffins. In Shanghai the
epidemic has beetf-especlally severer not-
prdy ;among the natives, but -among the
foreigners as well; over 40 foreigners have
succumbed' thus far. It spares no one,
high or low, old or young. Usually the
beggars and coolie class are the first to
be 'attacked, and 'then the better classes
are affected. It has crept Into th Im
perial palace at Pekln, and some . of the
eunuchs have died of It. As a conse
quence the Empress Dowager has become
frightened. -
The disease seems to be of a. specially
Virulent type, an unusually large per
cent, dying from Its effects. 8ome die
within a few hours. Carriers of burdens,
fruits, vegetables, etc., fall down and
die In their tracks before reaching their
destination. Whole families are wiped
out In a single night. A village near
Cheefoo consists of 60 families. In a
short time 100 members died and the sur-
YivLng ones. .have lost .all. hope, , They -da
iot attend to their business, but simply
wait, until , their tura comes. Travelers
arrange with their muleteers or carriers
to be taken home "dead or alive, as there
is such a strong probability of their dy
ing while on the road, and every China
man wants to be buried at home, If pos
sible. ROUTS THREE NEGRO BURGLARS
WE&T CHESTER, Jan. 6.-Charle
Brown, a farmer residing on an - Isolated
farm In New Garden Township, discov
ered three negro burglars trying to - rob
his home early yesterday morning. Se
curing his shotgun he fired into the trio
as they stood on the porch and killed one.
The dead- burglar, who was shabbily
dreaaedUwaa a stranger. When searched
later by the coroner not a single article
could be found on his person which would
lead to the establishing of his Identity.
When Brown heard the footsteps on the
porch he opened the window of his bed
room and saw three men carrying off sev
eral bags of potatoes. He fired.
With a scream of agony, one dropped.
His , companions fled,-leaving him to die,
ana aropping ineir Dooiy as tney ran.
District Attorney Thomas Jack has
taken the case In hand and is directing
the. Investigation. .Up to this evening the
negroes were still at large, ' -
The burglar's face "will be photographed
by the police, who will endeavor to lden.
tify him. , ,
PELEE AGAIN IN ERUPTION
ST, THOMAS. P. W. I., Jan. t-The
cable ship Newington, which arrived at
St. Lucia, E ,W. I yesterday, reported
having passed Mont Pelee, Island of Mar- I
was then -fit -violent eruption.
Dense clouds of gray smoke end dust
were pouring out of the crater," and as
cending to an enormous height. " Other
advices say that the cone Is. luminous
during the -night;-
Terrible plagues, those itchlna- nea.
tering diseases of the skin. Put an end
to misery- ' Doan'a Ointment cures.- At
any -drug store. .. -
THEY
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OUT".
This ad. sticks out and hits your -eye,
docsat it? If you let s
writs yoor ads they will attract
attention and he mors valuable.
Display and classified adt placed
In any publication in America
at publisher's rates.'- '. "
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: HEADQUARTERS TOR TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS
Special rates made to families and slnsJe jentlemen. The nutnaze'
neat will be pleased at all times to show rooms and. give prices. A
modern Turkish batti establishment In the hotel. , ,'
' - , . - , , H. C BOWERS," lanayer.
FOUND A TRIBE . -
OF BLACK JEWS
Aastralian EipIorcr Tells a Strange
Story. ,
.LONDON. Jaa.-ThChrttli sea
son ha not .passed without furnishing a
topic for. Hebrews fascinating enough to
occupy thelr : minds in ' the holiday leis
ure. The current number ot the "Jewish
Chronicle,' -the most Influential organ of
th race in England, publishes an amas
Ing .account , fey Sidney Klein -of th dis
covery of., tribe of. black Hebrews in the
Interior of Western Australia. . .... ' , y r.1
Klein Is a London Hebrew,- who emi
grated some 'yars ago to Western Aus
tralia and engaged in th furniture busi
ness. From ther' he wnt to Cortgardle.
and with , q others explored the In
terior of the country as a government ex
pedition to report on Its resources.
NEW TRIBE OF- BLACKS FOUND.
At the farthest point reached, about a
thousand miles beyond the .Leopold
rang,, they came upon a new tribe of
blacks, ' - The difference between them
and the other tribes was very marked.
They received th travelers hospitably
and offered them wild apples tand goat's
milk. Their habits - were remarkably
clean, and-they were taller than the
Other tribes.
Klein and another" member of the ' ex
pedition - witnessed the rite", of circum
cision performed on an Infant with a
piece o sharp .flint The tribe had
place of worship made of timber and
bushes, and . at one end there were two
tables which they appeared to prise
greatly. They offered burnt offerings of
goats and birds, but never hunted for
food on Saturdays, which they observed
as a sacred holiday, when they conducted
their religious exercises. '
Although, pigs ran wild they did not
partake of the flesh -of swine and ate
only fish having fins and scales. Their
Taws and prayers Seemed to have been
handed down from generation" to gen
eration,. ' . ,;, i . ., ?
.- ..,s.Ci3JJ'rASEJ4J;. ,HEJ$RE,5, . ..
Mr. Klein showed them a Hebrew
prayer book,' a word or two .of which
they understood, , One very ; old man
said , Jt was - aa extinct language which
their forefathers used to speak. He
could read parts of.it
The men of this peculiar tribe married
only women of their own race and kept
strictly aloof from th ' other blacks,
In Mr. Klein's opinion they were un
doubtedly Hebrews. .
On his return-Mr. Klein was offered
several . hundred pounds by a Christian
missionary to conduct him to the spot,
but In view -of th many dangers he
refused "to undertake the task.
Th "Jewish Chronicle" thinks Klein's
narrative must- be regarded aa wanting
confirmation. Other colonists who have
been tn the country say there Is no
tribe that is acquainted with the art of
reading and, writing,: They are also Skep
tical In regard to the presence in th ter
ritory mentioned of wild apples, pigs and
coats. :-
Klein gave' his remarkable account in
a letter to his parents, .
"PETIT BLEU" TO
. BE FREE PAPER
Novd Idca ;of Its Proprietor About
Circulating the Paper.
w.r - ;.o.-.., ' -
PARIS,-Jani-8. It 1e-ssld -that money
can always be obtained in -Franc for
three things to open a theater, to sup
port a dancing girl, or to found a hews
paper. v- , ' " . . , -A
man has .now ' been found whose
wealth so embarrasses him that he has
undertaken to extend the scope of the
newspaper -business' at his "own ex
pense, i. He -Is Henri Deutsch. the well
known donor of the 820,000 prise for
aerial navigation, ' which was ; won 1 by
Santos' Dumont when he sailed around
the Eiffel tower within a certain pre-
scrioea time. ' -. . ; -; ', ;-'-; ;
It seems that M. Deutsch had a rest.
less, guilty feeling that there must be a
newspaper . around : somewhere - which
might prove navigable and floatable un
der ! the ; encouraging - buoyancy ot his
fortune. - He found -exactly 'what - he
wanted In the newspaper ''Petit 1 Bleu,"
which heretofore has had a very pedes-
train career,). and-threatened to go down
The opulent patron of airships took
f he cripple la hand, and Is now trying to
teach the lively kind of progress he likes
best to see The -eapr announces that
it offers 100,600 subscriptions gratis, sub
Jectto'the payment of 1 franc to cover
the .cost -Of postage andT newspaper
wrappers. This, expense .la estimated at
$100,000 for three 'months,- .- . . -v
"DZAJCtKWAXJg" APPOSTXOHSS.
It Is not tnerely by-lavhthing money
that M. Deutsch testifies to his enure
elation of the possibilities of newspaper
enterprises. -. He has drawn up a list of
the : various .-professions, members ' of
which wili receive the paper free. Officers
on - the active list of the ' afmy, "dress
makers, - postofnee-" clerks and house
keepers will receive 8.000 copies each;
butchers, 1,000; chemists, professors of
the piano,, and dentists," 609 each. A copy
will go to all teachers In tue department
of the Seine, but only1 60 doctors and 10
policemen -are on the free list, j ' ;
- The difficulty of selecting and appor
tioning - 'deadheads' among the - various
professions Is due chiefly to M. Deutuch's
anxiety-to have enough money left to
carry the enterprise-to Its natural com
pletion by. paying-the possessors) . of the
free paper to read It
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MUSIGCHARMS
. SOOTHE SPIDERS
Old Lady of France "Has Discov
ered That Thqr Enjoy Harmony.
PARIS, Jan. 6. An elderly lady who
Jives in her own faouseat Buttes Chau
"Ttiontrand"whS Ts The daughter Of one T
of , tne functionaries under the late Em
pire, has discovered that spiders ar pe
culiarly appreciative of music- She has :
made great pete of them,, and her house
is full of spiders of all kinds, on whom '
she spends much of her. time. ...
Hcr proteges are lodged In a large, airy
room, where She has provided every nec
essary support for their different webs.
Her great favorites are immense black
spiders, which, with their hairy legs and .
great - bodies, - look ..,veryV repulsive - to -others.'
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When ehe Is inclined to Show off their
capabilities for music she surrounds her
self with a -circle, of water to keep off
their too delicate attentions, and playa
slowly, softly and in a minor key on th
harp." From all corners of the room the
spiders . run toward her. Metering with--evident
. pleasure, but Should she strike
up a noisy, gay; Inharmonious strain they
scamper back to their holes ss - though
dUgusted, . - -
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