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, Tie thought of founding an associa
tion tbat would prefer e the friend
ships and memories of their common
trials and dangers among the men who
fuujjbt for the L'nion during the Civil
War wan conceived by the Her. Will
lam J. Itutledg, of Petersburg, III.,
who, during the war, was -haiita!n of
the Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. Chap
lain Itutlole wai the teutmate and
Intimate friend of Dr. It. K. Su-pheusou
aflt-r the latter Joined the Fourteenth
l: g;iii iit In ' To bliu he suggi-Kt-td
hi idea, and I be; agreed to work to
gether for the purpose of organizing
such ao aMX'iatiou after the close of
the war.
" After pear had '.";!; rector- both
were muntered out and returned to
their bomea. They kept up a lively cor
renpoudeme, however, aud in March,
IMi, met, by appointment, In Spring
Held, HI., to consider the draft of a rit
ual for the organization which they In
tended to found. Ir. Stephenson had
prepared aucb a draft and consulted
many former officers of the l'n!on army
In reference to It, amoug them Col. John
11. Snyder, Governor Oglcuby's seer'-ta.-y;
Ur. Jainea Hamilton, Maj. Rob
rt M. Wood. Ma J. Ribert Allen, Col.
Martin Flow, Col. Daniel Cram, Col.
Edward Prince, and many oilier. '
The ritual was finally adopted and
printed In the offic e of the Decatur, III.,
Tribune, which wax owued by I. W.
Colirln and Joxeph Pryor. Both men,
an well ait nearly all their employe,
bad been In the military service during
the war. They were all pledged to the
'utmost secrecy, fapt. John H. Phelps
uerintendel the printing of the rit
ual. MaJ. B. F. Stephenson was the mov
ing spirit of the movement, and de
voted himself to Lift tank with great
nergy and enthusiasm. Hl friend
ucceeded In Interesting many other
officer and men of the Union army on
behalf of the proposed organization,
and It was finally formed In Springfield
In March, 18iJ.
i ue nri post wa founded in
eat'ur, 111., through the efforts of
De
Dr. WOMEN WHO SELL PAPERS.
Comparatively Few of the Pea
ii. .i ... .
In the
in micaifo.
There ore not many women In Chi
cngo who follow the business of selling
newspaper oil the street, but those who
do are not lacking In persistency, gay
me cnronicie. They have several ad
vantage over boy, one being their
aex aud age, w bleu appeal to buyers of
pnptis; another Is a commotion on the
atreel doe not divert them from their
calling. I heir memory of face Is re
niarkablc. When a man buys a paper
twice or a woman he Is looked upoti a
a regular customer, inul If he does not
keep it up from day to day she puts on
the look of one who la Injured. This
little trick works well. Not a few men
will make It a point to defer purchas
ing uhiii uiey reacn tier street corner.
Not a few men regard the putronlzlng
of such persons as a sort of charity and
that makes them like to put themselves
out a little, to do It. All these charac
terlstlc of men the woman vender of
newspapers understands, and with ev
ery sale there goes with the paper i
t I. a .
iook ami a smue wiiicu mil tie ttie buyer
feel lu his soul that he Is ameliorating
the condition of the poor and he comes
again.
Nearly all women street Tenders of
newspapers In Chicago are consider-
WOMAN NKWRPAPRB DKAJ.EH.
ably piist middle age, and their make
up Is one of genteel poverty of "I have
seen belter days." Some w ho sew dur
ing the day Kpeud au hour or two lu the
luter afternoon and early evening sell
ing papers, because they need the reere
ntion and air, besides they make a lit
tle money out of It, which Is a great
help to them In meeting expenses.
Thcie are a few newspaper sellers
who fetch a child with them to the
titrcet, which serves as a manufacturer
of sympathy. The child may belong to
the woman who has It, and It may be
borrowed for the occasion.. The latter
becomes a pretty self-evident fact when
the child does not always put In it
appearance, and especially so wheu the
child bears no likeness of the woman
mid they act one toward the other as If
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IrfPSft
fete
there was uo bond of relationship exist
ing between them. The child's part In
the play for sympathy aud trade Is a
conspicuous one. If It Is not too large
It Is carried lu the woman's arms while
she stands and on her lap while she
sits, but In any event It Is kept well
to the foreground as a childish appeal
for patronage, it Is a good card, and
even meii and women who believe It Is
all a play cannot always resist the
prompting of their sympathy. Such
'women move from place to place. They
are on one street corner to-day, another
to-iuorrow, and somewhere else the
next day. They do uot work for regu
lar customers that Is, those who bor
row babies tor tiie occasluu.
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i
2 j?? fewtVLMi &KRri-pri
L ri'-i '.t-i- rr-'ri " ' ' 11
J. . Itotith and Capt. M. F. Kanan. of
that city. It wa organized by Major
Stephenson and Captain I'help on
April C, 1 Si. The officer were mm
tered In by Major (Stephenson, who
then declared the pout duly organized
anil rearly for the tranaction of any
awl all business that might c-ouie be
fiiV It. At the regular meeting on
April 10, S. (i. Burn. Henry Cor
man, X. K. Winholtz, V. II. Amlrewa
and V. II. H. Kowe were mustered In
a new member of the post.
In the meantime Major Htephenaon
ami hi comrade worked hard to per
fect the constitution, which wa finally
accepted at a meeting In Springfield,
May , 1WJ, It wa printed In Spring
field, and eople were sent to the Deca
tur Tout So. 1 on May 15, followed
shortly after by copies of the revised
ritual. According to the constitution
the name of the national organization
wa to be "The Craud Army of the Ite
publle," aud precinct, county and State
organization were provided for. , Trior
to the formal Institution of Font Xo. 2
at Springfield a departmental staff had
been agreed upon to pronecute the work
of organizing post.
The first State convention or encamp
ment to form the Department of Illi
nois was held at Springfield, III., on
July 12, MM. At that time there were
already thirty-nine Orand Army post
in the Mate of Illinois that had re-
wived their charter. The call for the
conveulion wa signed by many of the
most prominent former army officers In
the Stale. The convention was lulled
There are
tlie trade us
a few women who are In
a business. They are out
early and late, always on hand for the
hist Issue of the "Extra," and they
push themselves forward quite as ac
tively as the newsboys hustle. Such
women do not resort to subterfuge.
They do not play for sympathy, nor do
they clalmny favors because of their
sex. They rely upon their push, en
ergy and perhaps love of the excite
ment. . Anyway, they go about It like a
merchant who knows his goods have
merit and that It is his business to
proclaim that fact far aud near.
There are a few quite old women In
the busluess of selling newspapers on
the street, and their age aud feebleness
oblige them to have a regular place to
sit dowu. They have regular customers
who buy of them out of honest sym
pathy because It Is their chief If not
their only means of support, and rarely
ever Is change asked when a nickel Is
given. This class, as a rule, are neat
and clean In appearance and express
their gratitude with their eyes rather
tlmu In words. It may be said that
there are no young women In the busi
ness of selling newspapers on the
streets In Chicago, but there are a num
ber of girls ranging lu age from 8 to 12
years, and nearly all of them are bold,
persistent and always chewing gum.
They look untidy and seem to have no
ambition to better their condition.
BIRDS THAT DO NOT SING.
They Fur Outnumber the Musicians of
the Feathered Family.
Singing Is applied to birds In the same
seuse that It Is to human beings the
utterance of musical note. Every per
son makes vocal sounds of some kind
but niauy persons never attempt to
sing. So It is with birds. The eagle
screams, the owl hoots, the wild goose
honks, the crow caws, but none of these
discordant Bounds can be called sing'
lug.
With the poet, the singing of birds
means merry, Ijgut-hearted Joyousncss,
and most of us are. poetic enough to
view It In the same way. Birds sing
most In the spring and the early sum
mer, those happiest seasons of the year,
while employed in uost-bulldlng and In
rearing their young. Many of our most
musical singers are silent nil the rest
of the year; at least they utter only low
chirpings. It Is uatural, therefore, that
lovers of birds should regard their sing
ing as purely an expression of Joy In
the returning spring, and lu their happy
occupations.
Outside of what are properly classed
as song birds there are many species
hat never pretend to sing; lu fact, those
far outnumber the musicians. They In
elude the waterblrds of every klud. both
swimmers ami waders, all the birds of
rcy, eagles, hawks, owls and vultures;
ami all the gallinaceous tribes, compris
ing pheasants, partridges, turkeys and
chickens. The gobble of the turkey
cock, the dctlant crow of the "bob-
white,'' are none of them true singing;
yet It Is quite probable that all of these
sounds are uttered with precisely simi
lar motives to those that inspire the
sweet warbling of the soug-sparrow,
the clear whistle of the robins or the
thrilling music of the wood-thrush.
But naturalists have set apart a very
large group ui soug birds, aud even
among these there are many species
that never Blng at all. Birds are group
ed according to their anatomical char
acteristics, the structure of their bones.
bills, feet and wings. And tans we
have the souglcss song birds, looking at
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mm,
to order by Major Stephenson and Col.
Waller B. Scates, of Chicago, wa elect
ed president. The Department of Illi
nois was formally organized.
The first national encampment. In
which the national organization of the
Grand Army of the Republic was jH-r-fected,
was held at Indianapolia, Ind.,
on Xov. jo, lsiw. It was caMed to order
by Commander-in-Chief B. F. Stephen
son, .and Ceu. John M. Falmer was
elected permanent president of the
convention. The war Governor of In
diana, Oliver I. Morton, attended the
encampment and wa received with
great euthusiasm.
The second national encampment of
the Grand Army did not take place un
til Jan. 15-17. iH-iH, aud was heid at
Philadelphia. John A. Logan, of Illi-
no., was elected commander-in-chief.
He wa re-elected at the following tw
national encampmeutsat Cincinnati ami
Washington. D. C. ' The fifth natloual
encampment was held at Boston and
elected A. E. Buruside commander-ia
chief.
During the first year of It exist
ence the growth of the Grand Army of
the Itepubllc wa comparatively slow
and not until the latter part of the '70
did 11 marvelous growth really begin
In 18.8 the Grand Army comprised but
31.0KJ members, while at the present
time It comprises 7,184 post, with 28f,
4't3 members. The greatest number of
member wa reached in 18!Xt, when
the national organization comprised
10!,4M!) members In good standing.
After this It Is expected tbat the uiim
ber will steadily decrease, owlug to the
mortality among the veterans.
rouowiiig is a list snowing the num
f . ,. ...
tier or memhi-rs of the Grand Army
during the years from 1878 to the pies
ent time:
1ST8
187U ,
1880
1SS1 ,
1882
.. 31.010 ISfJO
44,752 18!il
. . ti0,C4 18!J2
, . 85.85II 18!
, . 134,701 18!(4
.. 215,440 I8t)5
.. 27:5,'1liS 1S!J!
. . 21)4,787 1807
.. 323,571 1S'.I8 ,
.. 355,!tll! 1S!I! ,
, . 372,:)C0 1000 ,
. 307,074
. 400.483
. 407.781
, 300.880
,07,223
300,083
188.-I ,
1884 ,
357.03!
340.010
310,450
305,003
i8.sr
1SHIS ,
1887 .
1888 ,
1880 ,
287.308
280,453
the matter from the standpoint of the
classifying naturalist. Philadelphia
limes.
Starting In the Chicken Businesi,
there Is a story told of a shrewd
Yaukee who liegau In business without
any capital at all.
He borrowed a broody hen from one
neightior and a setting of eggs from
another.
Having set the hen he soon had
fine brood of chicks, but was now In
dilemma as to how he could pay back
those egg.
tie unaiiy solved the difficulty by
keeping the hen until she had laid the
required number of eggs, when he re
turned both the hen and the eggs, and
guessed he had as fine a lot of chick
.ns as anybody. And aba it as cheap,
too. There are men In western Ne
braska who claim a good start from a
borrowed cow, but the operation can
hardly have been as smooth as this.
Exchange.
Silencing; the Boaster.
A certain man was very much given
to bragging about grand relations aud
connections, though he was not al
ways quite convincing.
On one occasion he was particularly
tiresome, holding forth about "Lady
Blank, whom I met yesterday, a con
nection of mine through Lord So-and-So
and the Earl of Nobody," and so on.
A Scotsman present said, quietly:
"That reminds me o' a mau l knew,
who said he was a relation o' the Duke
o' Argyll, and explained It this way:
'The duke's piper's sister's wee laddie
has a wee doggie that's aln brlther to
my aunt's wee laddie's doggie.' "
The boaster was silent about his
grand relations for the rest of the eveu-Ing.-London
TIt-BIts.
China to Outstrip Japan.
When the outside Interference which
is now Inevitable shall have removed
or modified the existing bars to trade
China will leave Japan far behind from
the Industrial standpoint. The Chinese
are as remarkable for their commer
cial' morality as the Japanese are for
the opposite; they are more solid, better
balanced, take longer views, and are,
In short, more merchants aud less ped
dlers than the same class In Japau, aud
the natural resources of their Immense
eouutry are such as Japan cannot hope
to compete with, poor as she Is In min
eral wealth and subject to the most
disastrous uatural convulsions.
Boats to Hun in Six Inches of Water,
Two distinct curiosities In American
shipbuilding have been recently com-
pleted In San Hanclsco. They are
stern-wheel launches tbat, when load
ed, will draw but six Inches of water.
They have met all tests so far success
fully, aud with their light, compact
little engines, easily make seven knots
au hour In a six-Inch water basin.
They are to be used In the A moor
river, Liberia, a shallow stream of local
commercial importance.
Only Three Kciiilnole Hands.
Tl ere are to-day but three bands of
Semlnoles left In Florida. So complete
ly have these people been disintegrated
that no tribal relations now exist be
tween them; they have no acknowledg
ed chief, and they recognize no man's
authority. They number about COO.
Xext to a nagging wife la a father
who la always reminding his eblldrei
of what they have cost him, and that
they ought to pay him back.
111
Mitt!
FALLACIOUS PSCFITS.
mistake of a Bookeepcr ia Yearly
Balance Sheet.
It 1 doubtful If any modern promoter
hat hit upon a simpler scheme to swell
tie asset on bit balance sheet than
that which has been employed by a
humble bookkeeper of this city while
the century was young.
ice year iwi bad been a very pros
perou one for the merchants of New
York, and all looked forward with in
teres i to tne nrst mouth or the new
year, whtn they would be able to ascer
tain bow much better off they were
then than at the sauie time twelve
month before.-Notwithstanding his
high expectations. It wa with a feeling
of grateful surprise that the frugal
Scotch bachelor, John Macintosh, re
ceived the new from his bookkeeper
that he wa 2.000 richer by the tran
action of the year. That wa a large
kuui In those days, aud Macintosh
thought the Increase in hi Income war
ranted a change In hi mode of living.
Accordingly he engaged more com
modiou lodging and Invested In many
long-desired luxuries.
Still he could not make out bow be
had succeeded in accumulating such a
large surplu. He ran over the figure
again and again to convince himself
that they must be right, and every time
checked hi bookkeeper's totals. Yet
the doubt haunted lilm with a persist
eucy a truly Scotch a himself.
He was about to retire one night In
early March, when he took out the bal
ance sheet, which he kept handy, and
once more endeavored to convince him-
self of hi good fortune. Without wait
lug to put on hi hat, with balance
sheet In hand, he hurried to the lodg
Ing of hi bookkeeper.
In those day all the good folk of the
town retired at the stroke of 9. But
Macintosh's pounding succeeded In
awakening the blissfully unconscious
clerk, who threw up the window aud
demanded:
"Who's therer
"Who's here, you dunderskull?" ex
claimed the Irate merchant
Do ye
ken what ye've doone? Ye've added
the year of our Laird to the credits!"
New York Mall and Express.
HOW CHINESE ARE ARMED.
They Have Great Faith in Lantern.,
Which They Carry Everywhere.
A large part of the success of Chinese-armies
in times past has been
due to their ability (o strike terror to
the hearts of their enemies, so every
corps has Its regiment of "terror strik
ers," dressed in the most prejiosteroiia
costumes' and drilled In outlandish
oses, acrobatic feats and facial grim
aces.
Another peculiar part of a Cbluese
soldier's equipment Is his lantern. It
Is not to be supposed that they- could
see their way by night unless each car
ried a light, aud in one of the recent
attacks on Tien tsin the Chinese forces
advanced, each soldier carrying his
lantern. The allies waited until the
Chinese were wltMn easy distance and
then opened on them with a rapid-fire
gun, whereupon the Chinese fled, leav
ing their lanterns on the field.
Still others of the Chinese forces are
armed with their ancient glngals, the
first of firearms Invented, loaded with
powder and shot and touched off at the
vent with a stick of lighted Incense,
These old guns have been In use among
the Chinese for upward of 1,500 years.
But alongside of these same regi
ments are others using almost every
known kind of modern arms and drill
ed In the tactics of all the. great mili
tary powers. Over fifteen makes of
modern rifles and muskets are known
to be In use In the Chinese armies, aud
great demoralization has frequently
occurred. by the dealing out of ammu
nition for one kind of gun to a regl
ment that used another. In the maju,
however, the Chinese have been apt
pupils, and whether trained by Bus
Klaus; Germans, French or English of
ficers they have come to use their wea
pons with deadly effect. Leslie's
Weekly.
"She's My Mother.-
It was at the close of the Knight
Templar festivities in Denver, aud the'
depot was crowded to Its utmost capac
ity the platforms were packed with
humanity like sardines In a box. It
was Impossible to move a foot In either
direction.
Suddenly a through train backed In,
and what a scramble aud rush there
was. It resulted, of course, In a solid
wall of humanity.
At once a lane began to open up in
that almost Impregnable wall, and the
wonder of those there was how such
a seeming miracle was possible.
Looking to his right, the gentleman
who related the incident, told me that
he saw coming toward him a hand-
I.l l , ... . l,l I i,i i.t
uia inrnii, a a iuiu, 6iaJ-iiraUcu UlU
woman, in the last stages or the dread
mouster-cdnsumptlon. As ho came
along, he kept saying:
She's my mother, boys; she's my
mother."
Caps were off; laughter stopped.
"Stand back, boys; stand back; It it
bis mother," passed from Hp to lip.
That's what opened the lane for this
big boy and his mother, as he held her
to his breast, where In the yeargone
by she bad held him and nursed him
wnen tie was as ueipicss as she was
now.
Maybe she's gone by this time, and if
she has, I'll wager that she's up there
near the gates of pearl, and when that
big, young fellow approaches It she'll
say:
Lord, please let him In; he's my boy
forget 'his mother.'"-!
and he didu t
Denver Times.
She?
There are certain attractions for
which I kind-hearted person would,
perhaps, rather uot be responsible.
It Is said that some one remarked to
Count d'Orsay, concerning his wife:
What a charming, pensive expres
sion Ijidy Harriet has!"
"She owes that to me," was the reply.
. Golf anil Prolanity.
McJigger The last time 1 saw
Xiblack he spoke of swearing off golf
again, but that looks like him going
over the links now. '
Thingumbob Yes. There he Is, -off
wearing again. Philadelphia Pre,
, j every n(mr 0, v4 (J,e W0.ti,.
fellow, at least 0 feet 2 In height, broad- three shifts. Everv 24 hour? 1 5oS
chested and a giant of healthy young cubic yards of gravel is taken from' the
nianhmul In Vita a,,ta Itul.l nln.. , a ...
MINES OF TlirinWT
IRONDALE WORKS SOLD.
r... I,,., th. Hand, of Mr. BUI,
Great Sorthent Kin;.
r, I- , l . in Tt,
j on lownsenu. ej.
nounced sale of the Jrondaie iron iur
. . TJ;ll
usee to an agent oi James
which is .aid to have taken place
f-an rrsnclsco, teptemoer i, n
.. .. . . n.u.-l
no little eonimeni nere. ueuii
..... ,J ih tdant
luenu Kitv dir., auk " Y w
Stfain, or wnetner wi. piu.v
lten parens ea mereiy lor ujd
1 1 I A Vv a
frnntaiB and other i.nrDOfces U a Ques
liuu 01 uroaie.
F.,r th rust mr neeotiation
tha ula of the nlant have goue for
ward. The deal wa to have included
valuable iron deposits on Texada inl
and, B. C, but the owners of the lat
ter property, the Paget Sound Iron
Company, which la composed of the
stockholders of the Irondale proi erty,
refused to dispose of tha uland iron
mine, so the furnace machinery and a
lare amount of land at and near Iron-
dale was sold without the iron mine;
in British Colombia.
On the lands included in the dal,
but lying some miles from the furnace
at Irondale, are valuable iron deposit
and ore from the mines there wasjsert
in connection with Texada ore daring
the time the furnace wa in operatian.
The combining of the two ores made ex
cellent iron, and a large amount of it
wa used in the construction of the
crusier Charleston, built by the Union
Iron Works.
There are other valuable deposits of
iron in Jefferson county, in the Olym
pic mountains, bordering on Hood
canal, and easy of access to the Iron
dale works. These iron ' deposits have
been thoroughly prospected by experts
during the past six years, who wcte
here in the interest of Mr. Hill, and
the be I it? f here is that tbe works at
Irondale will be put in operation again.
The iron works, including machinery, I
eost iiau.uuo. not at present are not
Iworth half that, and to put the furnace
in operation again wouiu require an
expenditure oi f.uu.uuo. Alio not
oven is a wieck, the stack out of date,
tbe air compressor being about all the
machinery that could be utilized to ad
vantage. It is doubtful if the woiks
whi u run. again as a smeiuug pi.ui,
",u7"ra,K ' ir"' '"""out by James Brown, who was not,
"".r,- , puiwiiK'" i'
ouuoiua pwiu.
Dr. H. C. Willison, one of the
stockholders, who returned from San !
rrancicco a few days ago, when seen
about the sale of the property, said he
bad not before beard of the deal being
closed, but admitted that agents were
negotiating for the work. He also
said one of the men representing .Mr.
Hill passed through Seattle, August
24, on his way to San Francisco, and
the deal mi'ht have been consummated
September 1 as reported.
Some of the finest water frontage on
Port Townsend bay lies at Irondale.
It is securely sheltered fiom all storms,
and the water is of a depth of from
eight fathoms at the shore to 32
fathoms in the centei of the bar. The
place lie about seven miles up the bay
Iroin this city.
VAN ANDA PROPERTY SOLD.
Attorney Bannon Now Bat Fraetical
Control of It.
Baker City, Or., Sept. 10. Attorney
P. J. Bannon, formerly of Portland,
now as practical control of the Van
Anda property on Olive creek. At the
execution sale, held in Canyon Citv.
he bid in the property for $700 in the
interest of the judgment creditois. As
only four of the sis claims constitut
ing the Van Anda group were levied
upon, the deficit of judgment, amount
ing to $400 will have to be met bv the
sale of the remaining two claims.
William Turner, one of the original
owners of the .Van Anda, has hopes of
raising the money necessary to redeem
the property before tbe time of redemp
tion expires. It is also understood he
will take up the building improve
ments, which were some time ago sold
as personal nrooertv on execution
This mine at one time ranked as a val-
table property, aud this it may be yet.
vbout $1,200 worth of develooment
work has been done and about 11.000
has been spent on buildings. Tht
mine is located on Quebec mountain,
and is surrounded by a number of other
promising properties.
DREDGING THE GOLD.
Big Operation 011 the-Franer River In
British Columbia.
Kamloops, B. C, Sept. 10. The biu
gold dredge on the Fraser river near
Lvttou, B C, has been in operation
for the past month aud the owner i
mote than satisfied with the results
attained. The dredce is in onr:irin..
Ill and naamH
- uru
me UeatlUB table. This mow tw, o
pear to be a large amount at first sight
but when it is understood that thu
understood that this
means in the neighborhood of 2,000
tons dead weight, and that during th
day over 10,000 tons of water are used
in the washing process, it will !.
dent to anyone the workings of the
dredge ib an uudertaikng of great mag
nitude. Blf Sale of Mining Stock,
rurriHUO, fept. JO. The atnrh
uiu.uu.ick inning & Mi ins Com
Pan.v "ft of the best-known properties
1,1 lne Khemia district, was placed on
sale at tna 0regO" Mining Exchange
snares . were sold during
tna h est a. ill a. n
; " "r" " IU cenl8 per share.
" 1 " a sood Prdoc:er, nearly
.000 having been taken from that '
property. A stamp mill is in operation !
at the Musick. 1
BIG
SUIT IN IDAHO.
V.laabl. M.n. . WMtert b, Differ.,
-iieged Owner. u,IIere't
"to uouom oi me strea
Weiser. Idaho. Sept. 10.-A suit foJtIahoP claim. on Jerome creek, ahnnt
partition and seven-sixteenths of the ?. 111168 from pl"nse, will begin to
Peacock, Helena aud White Monument i P 800n- A rate of $5 Per ton to Ta
minea in the Seven Devils, valued at v?'?a ,or Evere" baa been secured
$800,000, has been commenced at : .y laok of capital prevented the
Weiser. The remaining nine-six- lmne,form sbiPPing earlier in the sea
teeuths of the property is under bond i f ' for the" several hnndred tons
for $1,500,000. and the payments on i 0re on 0x6 dumP-
it have been made regularly for some! Th. Tv,. i
time. It is one of the most important 1 iJtiLA ,?Utj board of gl
oaming suits ever begun in Idaho and i li n- 08,1 the assessme,t of rail,
soma of the most valuabl. property in I !u 8tock ir0m 68 to $500 a
the Saa Devils i involved. 7, . m atrial changes wera
I mad U tha rolls.
POKANE MN FEELS RICH
..l. , m. vina In Jackion
County
.-..via.u.. "'" " " . Wunn.r.
"r"
an. I finrfcane. Sei)t. 10. H. C. .ye,
an
.;'"-'- ntnr. hag com
- , oia rpou, y ,
u. h.inaino With llim S SatRIUl
of
, " aa tjlkn frola
a ilabu ous.y rxc -.
u ein
TH-eirnn. TUB 0W 8BaVS
m,, ..B - - C,,.. (l
1 000 in eold to the ton. In fpeakin ot
1 " . - - i ,
. j.inhes
tar i " I hi rrTfU T. 1.1IU ID o
" .i. f-i- - ,.iil,l l
- , wide an.i tue d'
Itbrooghit. On July 25 I Louded the
. B - ... . i,..
for claim for ffiOO and by August U 1 ha
- j taken out f 12,000 in gold ore,
DIADEM GOLD ORE.
Good Showlne M"de at tha Ilaker Clt
SauiuliHf Work.
Baker Citv. Or.. Sept. 10. Returns
from the Baker City sampling works
for the last carload shipment made by
the Diadem Gold Mining Company
show a net value of 31,018.94. Tin
rerjort eives 6.20 ounces of gold, uim
nnnce of Bihar and 1115.80 value to
tbe ton. The company' property
located in the Greenhorn district, about
flea miles from Uobiusville, and the
owners are Montana capitalists. Th
previous shipment ran $130.50 to the
ton and netted f 800.24.
Samples of ore from tha copper
ledge on Goose creek, near the Dolly
Varden. are on display in Baker City
Thev show rich deposits of the red
metal, and those who have visited
there say the district shows a won
derfnl surface indication, and it ia the
opinion of those who are making the
investigation that the district will be a
great produce! of copper whenever cap
ital and practical mining are employed
GOLD KEEPS COMING
Klondike Shipment to Seattle Do Not
Fall Off Much.
cm. c.. in i
700iooo worth of Klondike gold was
bron(?ht to thia citv bv th steamer
by
City of Seattle from Skagway. Tin
shipment included a single consigu
meut of $539,760 by the Canadian
. Bank of Commerce of Dawson to tbe
. Seattle government assay office. A
. steej containin? $4330 is shipped
1 however, passenger on the vessel
VflurlY 2(1.nnn worth nf k'lfin.likfi
treasure was received by the steamer
. . - r -
Aberdeen from Skagwav. The bulk of
this wealth was owned by three men,
Frank E. Skagerlind, II. Carlson and
William PricharJ.
CAPACITY OF FIFTY DRILLS.
Standard Mine at Wallace I Putting
In a Bi( riant.
Wallace, Idaho, Sept. . 10. The
Standard Mining Company is putting
in a new air compressor and electric
plant at the mine. The foundation is
completed and some 0 f the machinery
is on the ground. Tbe new compressor
will have a capacity of 60 drills, the
present being only of 15 drills. In
putting it in the company is looking
far into the future. The 15-drill com
pressor is nearly large enough at pres'
ent, and the company does not desire
to work over 20 drills if they had ever
so much power, but to put in such a
compressor would only mean the addi
tion of still another new plant a'uiost
before this one wonld be running, so
it was decided while the change was
being made to get a machine that
would be larjje enough to do the work
for years to come.
STEVENS PEAK PROPERTY
Honded ror 840,000 and Development
worn Begins at Once.
Wallace, Idaho, Sept. 10. A deal
has beeu made by which William
Williams and John W. Perglase, of
Milwaukee, undertake to develop the
Wonderful group on Stevens peak, se
curing a working bond from the own
ers for $40,000. This s the group on
which 16 feet of galena was struck a
few weeks ago, when ground sluicing
bunting for the location of the ledg
where it crossed a creek. Since the
ore has also been found in another lo
cation. The group includes three
claims, the Wonderful, Oro Fino and
Aguinaldo. Work begins at once in
cutting a trail from the Northern Pa
cifio to the property, and is to be pur
sued continuously during the year for
which agreement runs.
To Develop the White Crons.
Moscow, Idaho, Sept. 10. An offer
is said to have beeu made by a Spokane
man to drive 535 feet of tunnel and
shaft on the White Cross for a half in-
terest in the property. Mb nm.
to sink 200 feet. The White Cross is
located in the Moscow mountains, six
miles from Moscow, and has of late
been showing some good surface indica
tions. Dr. Withycombe. vice-director of the
Corvallis, Or,, agricultural college ex
periuaent station, has departed for Sac
ramento, where he ..is to act as one of
the judges of the line stock display at
the California state fair. Shortly after
his return to Oregon he will leave for
the Eaet, for a two months' absence,
during which he will visit the princi
pal stations of the country.
Good Dividend forman'Mine.
Nelson, B. C., Sept. 10. The Ath
basca mine near this place will declare
a dividend of $25,000, which is 5 per
cent on the new capitalization.
Wood promises to be wood m La
"'" ur-. mis winter. sav h
Journal. The
1 .
market is begging a!-
ruauy, ana one
man who onaht to
cords in T.ilthL ' J'T "e BOt 80
- acres of timber within
uu'u w miles. Large loads are
11IIW I MM 1 1 1 17 nillllAf 4 .
now being hauled from Summerville.
P-l 3 " Sn S1"P 0pe-
Palouse, Wash., Sent. 10 Th.
!.
tabor' Condition Anectln. Bail
the Earn.
R. G. Dun & Co.'a
trade says: "
The volume of business doet b
terially enlarge at the East, and f
is only moderati improvement
IV not and Smith, but If w. . .. 1 l
greater activity when politics ce
disturb are realized, current oww
will be found to have laid a ubstaw
foundation. The most important,,
of the week in the industrial worl
the agreement on the tin plg(,
scale with the amalgamated J"
tion, granting about & per centdiJ!
to 35.000 hands long idle. ,
Prices of grain are little altena
good crop reports coming in fm
the effect is being neutralized by tu
foreign estimate of a world's crop l
low requirements.
Busine.-'s in iron and steel
eteatlily increased, and mills are
actively employed. October 1 a
tioned as the probable date of a
resumption.
Railroads have lefased to make a.
ductious in freight rates, which U
hoped would increase exports. '
Last week's shipments ol boots n
Fhoes from Boston were only 70 Jc
cases, against 71,277 in the prevjJ
week, and for the year thus far tin 4
crease, compared with 1899,.
amounted to 254,315 cases. '
Sales of wool at the three chief
ern markets declined to 8,833,0k!
p-unds, against 4,234,700 poandi I i,
the previous week; 9,245,200 last year
In the woolen market there lu
rather deceptive appearance of grettI
activity. Bulk of business in u,
lines recently put out a substitute k
standard goo is and a lower price.
Failures for the week were 145 1,
the United States, against 133 i,,,
year, and 24 in Canada, against 101m
year.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market),
Onions, new, Ui'c. ,
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per orate,
Potatoes, new. $15.
Beets, per sack, 85c (2$1.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Squash 4o.
Carrots, per sack, $1.00
Parsnips, per sack, $1.25,
Cauliflower, native, 75o.
Cucumbers 1020c.
Cabbage, native and Calitornli,
2c per pounds.
Tomatoes 40 60".
Butter Creamery, 2Gc; Eastern JJc;
dairy, 16 19c; ranch, 14o pound.
Eggg 25c.
Cheese 12c.
Poultry 12c; dressed, 14o; iprinj,
1315c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, f ll.oo
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $16.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, 25;
feed meal, $25.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.M:
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; git
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.8O4.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $18,00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton," $30.00. "
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel
steers, price 7 Mc; cows, 7c; mutton
3 1
pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 99
11c.
Hams Large,
13c; small, 13
12c; dry salt aides,
breakfast bacon,
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 6656t'c;
Valley,57 c Bluestem.GOc per bushel'
Flour Best grades, $3.10; graham,
$2.50.'
Oats Choice white, 42c; choice
gray, 40c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $ 1 5.00 15.50;
brewing, $17.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13.00 ton; mid'
dliugs, $20; shorts, $15; chop, f 15 pet
ton.
Hay Timothy, $11 12; clover,?;!
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 455W;
store, 272C
r-ggs lac per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 1!!
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,008
.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
2.00 8.00; geese, $6.00 7.00 po
ducks, $3.00 4.00 per dozen; turkeye.
live, 14 16o per pound.;
Potatoes 40 50o per sack; eweew.
22ic per pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, Ii
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; w
bage, 2c per rjonnd; parsnips, ?l!
onions, 1 ic per pound; carrots, fi
ll ops 2 80 per pound.
Wool Valley, 1516o per po
Eastern Oregon, 1516cj mohair,
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wetnen
and ewes, Sc; dressed mutton, i0
7)ic per pound; lambs, 6)40.
Hoes Gross. ' choice heavy, Is-""'
light and feeders. $4.50; dressed,
o.006. 50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00 4.50;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 6ft
7?4 0 per pound.
Veal Large, 67)c; small, 81
8J40 per pound.
Ban Francisco Market,
Wool Spring Nevada, 1 1 13c p
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 14c;
ley, 16 18c; Northern. 910c.
Hops 1899 crop, &VAc
crop, 1900, 1012c.
Butter Fancy creamery J3C'
do seconds, 21s22c; fancy du7
20sc; do seconds, 19o per pound. .
Eggs Store, 17c; fancy
22c.
Millstuffs "Middlings, $17-00 i
20.00; bran, $12.50 13.50.
Hay Wheat $8 12; wheat
oat $8.0010.50; best barley $8-58.
alfalfa, $6.00 7.50 per ton; etr.
25 37 He per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 30 75c; Ow
zon Burbanks, 90c $1; river Bf
banks, 85 65c; new. 1 14 2c-
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenc
$3. 75 3. 25; Mexican limes, HO"
5.00; California lemons 75cfl-su'.
do choice $1.75 2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, f1-
8.50 per bunch; pineapples, w"
inal; Persian dates. 6 60 F"
pound.
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