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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
BUSINESS DULL, CONFIDENCE BETTER
Reports From Trade Agencies for the
Week Just Ended.

New York, Feb .1i.--R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow win
say:
THE weather hinders business, as
does the continued oIoseness of money
and the prolonged inaction of congress,
but confidence increases. The produc-
tion Of pig iron 1875 1893 tons weekly,
February l. is 463 per cent less than
January | and S5 per cent less than No
vember l. while the unsold stocks in
creased l8S tons III January, show
ing an output much exceeding the pres
ent demand. Pig iron at the east and
at Chicago has not advanced. Southern
competition continues at prices so low
that several Alabama furnaces have
stopped but Hessemer is a shade low ar
at Pittsburg. The demand for plates,
sheets and wire nails continues fairly
good and there are more orders for rail-
road cars and bar at Chicago, but no
further sales of rails appear and the
demand for finished productions keeps
about 70 per cent of the capacity en-
ployed. The coke output is again much
reduced. Copper is a shade firmer at
10A cents, while tin and lead are not
active.
safes OF wool nave been SUld1l Iof
the two weeks of February, $500, 700
pounds, against TO- 260. $50 last year and
II, 502, 500 In 1893, put higher prices
| abroad, sustained by heavy shipments
Of goods to this country, caution holders
Of wool here 70 make no concessions,
So that manufacturers have more diff
| ticulty in meeting competition
Produce markets tend downward,
mainly because the supplies exceed eX-
| pectations Wheat has declined "a cent,
/ with western receipts 3,226, 3o6 bushels.
against S75, 1893 last year, while Atlantic
! exports for two weeks have been only
3,369.195 bushels, against 2721,344 last
| year
Failures of the week We're 321 against
270 last year"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE BILL
New plan 10 Reimburse the Government
in the Pacific Railroads.


Washington Feh. a. r. WlhsioW ,.
Pierce, acting for the reorganization
committee of the Union Pacific Rail
way Company, today submitted TO the
senate committee on Pacific roads the
reorganization committees draft Of the
bin for reorganization
This bill provides for
First-Appointment by the president,
subject to the approval of the senate.
of a commission of three members, to
investigate determine and report t.
the president fair cash value Of the
claim and lien of the United States.
Second-Authority TO the commission
ers to subpoena aud examine witnesses
and have process Of courts.
Third-The report of the commission
ers, or the majority, subject to the an
proTal Of the president, is TO be concluz
sire as to the sum which may be paid
| for the claim aud lien of the United
| States. The secretary Of The treasury.
| upon such payment. is 70 execute an IN
| strument of assignment Of the lien and
! claim a reserve sinking fund
| Fourth-Authorlty Ia purchasers to
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
HE KILLED A BURGLAR
A Buffers Fight to Protect His
Employers Property.
WAS HIMSELF BADLY INJURED
q ahbed at the Pistol of the Man Who
Was Guarding Him. and a Strug-
gle Followed

San Francisco. Feb. 14-Frank ].
Franklin this morning shot and killed
John Anderson, a burglar, and was
himself shot through the neck and dan
gerously wounded. When the police ar
rived on the scene they found Miller ly-
ing unconscious ON the floor, with the
dead robber lying across his feet.
Miller has been unconscious all day,
but revived for a few minutes and said
that about o'clock this morning he got
up and went out for the morning paper
In the kitchen he was met by three men,
who pointed pistols at his head and
forced him to surrender. Two of the
men went upstairs to rob the house
leaving Miller guarded by the third rob
ber. After the two men had been gone
a little while. Miller saw 2 chance and
grabbed for the robbers pistol The
burglar jumped back and commenced
firing, While Miller endeaVored to get
out his own pistol. 1t caught in his
clothing, however and fell TO the floor
Miller stopped and grabbed it and fired
Tile two men then grapped and fell To-.
gether.
Al this point Miller again became un-
conscious and nothing more could b.
learned from him.
Four shots had been fired at Close
range from each Of the pistols, but only
two took effect. one passing through
the brain Of the robber and the othei'
through Milier's neck The two burr
glars who Went upstairs fled when the
shooting began. The dead thief WAS
identified by the police as John Ander-
SON, a sailor. with a criminal record.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
TERRIBLE suFfEalNGs OF SAILORS
oat Containing Five Dead and Six Live
Men Drlfted Ashore.


Carrabele. Fla, Feb. IA boat con-
taining five corpses and six men barely
alive has drifted ashore on Dog island.
When discovered by two fishermen the
survivors were lying unconscious on
the decomposed corpses of their COM
panions.
The survivors We're revived, and Gill
bert Holmes. who was the strongest. re-
lated a story Of awful suffering. Last
week the II men left Key West on a
smack to fish on the west coast. When
two days out the smack was wrecked,
the men escaping In boat without food.
water or clothing. Three days after the
wreck Frank Mason died, and soon after
Max Thornton. Alfred Stafford, Joe
West and Nathan Adams succumbed
The survivors We're too weak to throw
their dead comrades into the sea. For
the last two days Holmes was the only
one Of the living conscious, and he does
not remember all that happened The
scene in the boat was horrible. The
living and the dead, without a rag of
clothes. were tumbled together. The
corpses seemed 10 be gnawed in places,
and the fishermen suggested that in
despera tion the survivors tried to sus-
tain life on the flesh of their dead com
panions.
The six survivors are. Jose Rodiguez,
Sam Williams, Henry Johnson, John
Blackburn. Arthur Moore and Gilbert
Holmes. Several Of them seem to have
been rendered idiotic by their suffer-
inps
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
>esr VIRGINIA Rtpl s -leaNs MET
Pre- saring Plans for state ard National
Campaigns.

Pre- Snring Plans for state and National
Gamrai igHs.
ParKersburg W. Va. Feb 14-Mem-
bers Of the republican state central
committee, with the various party lead
ers from the county and congressional
districts. We're here in force this morn
ing preliminary to the meeting of that
body and which was held this evening"
with Hon. William NJ. O. Dawson Of
Kingwood presiding. West Virginia
elects a governor and other state of
fieers this year, but it has practically
been decided to hold Two conventions.
the first of which will simply elect dal-
egates and alternates to the national
convention in ST. Louis on June is.
West Virginia Is generally credited
with having a presidential dark horse
IN the person of Senator stephen 3. Ei-
kins, although the senator himself is
a MckinIeyite as tirst choice, and the
delegation will be nodded after his own
views During his famous 11.000-mila
trip in the congressional campaign of
1884 Major Mckinley, accompanied by
the secretary aud present senator.
went through a goodly portion of the
| state, speaking In its principal cities
and in the hamlets along the oil belt
and was subsequently, regarded as hay.
ing been considerable Of factor in the
| Landslide which sent a solid delegation
| to congress and made the Legislature
over 10 republican majority on joint bal
/ lot
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
Turf MEN AGAINST LONG RACES
Owners Of frottina Horses Want Radical
Changes in the Rules.

oMHSEs OF tFOtttnR fbfSES " ant hhdtSAf
Changes in the Rules.
New York, Feb. 13-The sessions Of
the biennial congress of the National
Trotting Association were continued
today. Among the important questions
that are yet to be considered and acted
upon, those concerning laying up heats
and the prolongation of races under ex-
listing rules will come in for the larg-
est share of consideration. There are
a good many horsemen who contend
that the only sure way of stopping the
laying up of heats, where there Is book
betting on the result Independent Of
the result of the race, is to shorten the
contests, and thus force the "sleepers''
to go ON at the start or otherwise get
!aft in the division of money. Up to
few years ago under the existing rules
of the association the drivers were pro-
hibited from laying up heats without
sanction of the judges, but this pro-
vision as a consequence of strong pres
sure was repealed
The present congress will be asked
To adopt a rule prohibiting all betting
except on the result Of the race, but
the sentiment in favor of betting ON
heats is still so strong that ii lis doubt
full whether the congress will take the
action suggested. Vice President Da-
vid Bonner and II. ID. Mckinney, the
/ latter of whom has for three decades
/ been active in trotting circles west and
east. are the leading advocates oi
shorter races, and they have a good
| deal of support behind them, as senti-
/ ment has been quickening of late years
| against the system of long drawn out
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
DEAcoNEss DELEGATES, PAPERS
Reports ON Work in Germany General
Discussion In the Afternoon.

Minneapolis, Feb. 13.-At today's ses-
sion of the national deaeoness confer
ence of the Methodist church reports
were presented By Miss Dreyer, super
lntendent of the German institute of
Chicago, and Miss Colder of Cineinna-
IT, After a number of verbal reports
from superintendents, and a general
discussion led by Miss Allie Pfrimmer,
of Omaha, Miss Punehard, of Boston.
read a paper upon the organization and
management of the deaconess hospital
of that city At this evenings session
DIR. ]. c. Floyd of Grand Rapids.
Mich, and DIR. W. n. Brodbeck, of Bos-
ton, We're the principal speakers.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
sRockwAY AGAIN IN THE Tolls
Fam Aus Connterfeiter on Trial in a
United states Court

United states Court.
Trenton, N. j., Feb 14--In the United
States court today the case Of William
BroSkway, the famous counterfeiter
and forger, Abbie l.. Smith and William
r. Wagner the two latter being mem
bers of the Brockway gang, We're the
special order for immediate trial be-
fore Judge f. T. Greene. They are
charged upon indictments, to which
they pleaded not guilty, for having in
their possession plates for the manu-
facture of American $500 gold certifi-
Gates and 800 notes of the Bank of
Montreal
Wagner and the Smith woman are in
addition jointly indicted for having
counterfeit plates in their possession,
and again separately indicted for haV-
ing in their possession $50 sheets of
genuine bank note paper of the govern
ment. These plates with the paper
were found some time after Brockway' 5
arrest, in the rear yard of the West Ho-
boken house, where the Brockway gang
made their headquarters. The Smiths,
who occupied the house, had high rep
utation in the neighbcrhood for honesty
and uprghtness, but which was demol-
ished by the confession made by DIR.
Bradford Brockways principal assO-
ciate to a United States commissioner
in New York city Brockway has reach
ed the age allotted to man by the
prophet, and If found guilty upon the
present charge-of which there seems
no doubt-will receive a sentence pre-
Guiding the possibility of his figuring
again in the outer world.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
PENSION FOR DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE
1t Is Understood That pariia ment WIN
BE Asked 10 Give $4,000 a Year.

DC Ashsl 10 UlNe DOOOO ear.
London, Feb. 13.-Although no of
fetal announcement has yet been made
in parliament, it is understood on high
authority that the government will ask
the house of commons for a favorable
vote upon special pension of $4,000
yearly for the duke of Cambridge, uncle
of her majesty, and who recently re-
tired from the post of COMMANDMENTS
chief of the British army. The duke has
already pension of ST., 900 year which
he draws as honorary colonel of the
Grenadier Guards. while he has also
a parliamentary allowance of $50, 900
Year, which was granted to him shortly
after his fathers death in 1850. 1t Ia
figured out that since the latter date
the duke In the way of pay and emoIu-
ments. has drawn from the public treas
ury something in the neighborhood OF
three and one-half millions of dollars.
or million and a quarter dollars more
than the salary of the PRESIDENT of the
United States for the same period of
time
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
HUMAN BRAIN WAS PHoToeRAPHED
pr. simon of New York knows the
MrInkles Of His Own GrnN MaIter.

Wrinkles Of His Own Gray Matter.
New York, Feb. 13.-The human
brain has been photographed Dr.
Carleton Simon exhibited picture of
his own brain. obtained from a process
in which the cathode rays are not
factor. lie has been nearly three years
in completing his experiments. He tells
the story of his efforts as IonoWs:
The brain has been my especial
study and | have worked Independently
In quiet way for nearly three years to
photograph 1t. / first sought to accom-
plish my purpose by passing contin-
uous current Of electricity through the
brain, illuminating 1t by the spark, and
then | tried the interrupted current,
but this produced paralysis Of the brain.
rendering senseless the subject. The
principle il Illustrated by a flash Of
lightning on a dark night, which car
ries images through which it travels 10
the eye. From this it was suggested to
mo thai the same idea might be applied
TO the brain. Again, yon know the fire.
fly is made almost transparent by its
tiny lantern.
4 am still far from having perfected
the instrument by which | am able to
photograph the brain. OF course the
more solid structures are reflected on
the plates, and ! found that the least
exposure that gave to the photograph
ic plate the easier | apparently was
able to photograph translucent mat
ter"
Though in a measure satisfied that
the process was one by which the brain
| could be photographed without risk
Of life, ii may be stated that the expert
tnenter selected himself as his subject
that ne other life might be endangered.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
THE RATES
Farmers Score a Victory Against
the 0. R. & N.
A CHANGE TO Be oROfRfD
Although the Reduction win lie Slight,
he Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion Deems II Just.

Walla Walla, Feb. 13.-Milton Evans,
chairman of the farmers committee,
today received a letter from Washing
ton, through Senator Squire, from w.
r. Morrison, Of the interstate commerce
commission, in which Morrison says
the commission had considered the COM
plaint made by Evans against the O.
II. & N, alleging excessive freight
rates on wheat, and the commission de-
cided to make a slight reduction from
Walla Walla to Portland.
An order to that effect will be issued
as soon as it can be prepared and
printed.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
THE COLD WATER MEN WARMED UP
stormy ssss on OF the Nebraska PROFIT
hition Convention.

omaha. Feb IA special to the Bee
from Lincoln says.
After stormy session the prohtbf-
tion state convention adjourned this
afternoon. The financial plank Of the
platform favors money composed Of
legal tender treasury notes, based on
the credit of the nation, and the full,
free and unlimited coinage of gold and
silver at ratio of l6 to l.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
FIERCE COUNTY MUST uoUlDAIe
Sehnoi Warrants Declared Valid by
Supreme Court Decision.

Supreme Court Decision.
Olympia, Wash, Feb. 1.-THE SUI
preme court has affirmed judgment in
the case of the Holmes-Bull Furniture
Company. respondent, vs.. John b.
Hedges, treasurer of Pierce county. ap-
pellant proceeding instit 1ted to COM
pei the treasurer to pay school war
rant of school district No 10. or make
the usual endorsement thereon.
The case came up on appeal from the
treasurer, against whom writ Of man
damus had been ordered by the superior
court, to either pay the warrant or
make the usual endorsement thereon.
1t virtually makes legal all warrants
held by teachers against the county Of
Pierce.
Fannie E. Bryant, appellant Us. the
stetson & Post Mill Company ct al re-
spondents; from Whateom. Affirmed.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
CAPTURING ELK FOR RICH MEN
Raid in Wy omIng for the Preserves of
Eastern MiIionaires.

Denver, Feb. IA special to the Re-
publican from Landner, Wye, says:
Men said to be agents of ex-Secretary
Whitney and other rich men in New
York, are in the southwestern part of
this county capturing elk The method
employed is to run down the calves less
than year old So far they have not
succeeded in getting 10 per cent of these
calves TO a ranch alive. The destruc-
ton of elk now going on Is said to be
very large.
Prosecuting Attorney Videl will at
once take the matter in hand.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
ITALIANS ENTITLED TO REDRESS
America Cannot Avoid Paving for The
Noisenherg Affair.

Denver. Feb, 14.-Attorney General
Carr's stenographer arrived today from
Walsenburg with a transcript of evil
dence taken by the grand jury ia the
case of the Italians lynehed last March.
The jury. after being out three hours,
found that three Italians and one Amer
lean came to their death a the hands Of
persons unknown. Two of the Italians
had taken out naturalization papers.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
\ Rig s1enmer in the Ice.

Kinesville. ont. Feb. IA steamer
having two smokestaeks and painted a
light color has been stuck in The ice four
miles from here since yesterday. There
Is no way Of identifying ner, and tloat-
Ing Ice prevents assistance being given.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
WILL PROBABLY EJECT A BIG HALL
Exposition Building at St ionis Not
Large Ennnah for Repnhlieans.

Iarge fn0nah Tor KephhIlenhs
st. Louis Feb. 1.-THE committee on
hall of the republican national conyen-
ton met here today. They decided that
the exposition building was not con
strueted to afford the best facilities for
the convention. They also decided that
a Wigwam was not desirable, where
upon the local committee agreed to
erect a convention auditorium especial
" designed for the requirements of the
convention.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
Reported Eng ,eernsnt in eubs

Havana, Feb. ia dispatch Ifom
Santiago de Cuba says insurgent leader
Felix Denis has been killed in an en-
gagemenl with Spanish troops, and ~
of his followers surrendered 70 the au-
thoritles.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
Hanged Tor unprovoked Murder

Washington. Feb. t4,-Johan. alias
Patsy" Harris. a negro, was hanged
at 1887 this morning for the unprovoked
murder of Matthew spruell, colored,
July 4. Harris was drunk when he shot
Spruell.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
BRISBANE RIVER is OVERLOOKING
Eifty Passengers Drowned By the Over
turning of steamer.

Brisbane, Queensland Feb, 1s.-The
Brisbane river has been greatly swoolen
by floods. A small steamer crossing the
river today with about 80 passengers
was eapsized Only 40 persons were
saved. The capsized steamer was the
ferry boat Peral. The current was very
swirl and The river banks and Victoria
bridge were endangered.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
nuNpReos OF HOUSES DESTROYED
usarcr Particulars of the Great Fire at
Gnayequii. -

New York. Feb. IA dispatch 70
tho Herald from Panama. Colombia,
says.
I'm the fire that swept through the
citv of Guayaquil 1--WE members of the
ars brigade were killed and 40 were
wounded. More than 194 houses were
destroyed. The loss Is eonserYatifsS
estimated at 100000
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
eIcYcle RIDERS NOT GOOD RISKS
Accident Insurance Underwriters VIM
Increase the Rates.

Boston. Feb. 13,-The accident risks
to bicycle riders are being considered
in the conferences of the Mutual Acci-
dent Insurance Underwriters, and an
nlt3rnatum has practically been given
ont. IT was agreed thar bicycling II a
hazardous occupation. which the iIisdr-
ance companies can not insure against
at the present rate OF premium
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19
GREENWOOD WAS ARRESTED AGAIN
Another Charge of Passing Coin Not
of Standard Requirements.

Walla Walla, Feb. 14-W. II. Green
wood. an old offender, arrested ON the
charge of passing counterfeit money in
d saloon, was bound over to the United
states grand jury in the sum of $1,000.
Greenwood had two previous trials
on the same charge in the United States
court. and each time the jury trying
the ease disagreed. He was, when ar
rested today, out of custody on his own
reeognizance. to appear at the May
term of the United States court for trial.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-02-19

Minneapolis is receiving goodly mum
ber of orders for spring goods.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-18

cutting, trimming and packing for
market is better learned from a look
at well-packed flowers in good mar
ket than from a newspaper article.
For late caulifowers and for broc-
coli, which so much resembles the
caulifower that it requires an ex-
pert to distinguish them, the meth
cd is the same, excepting that the
seed is sown in the open ground in
May and the plants set in July, or
about the same time as late cabbage.
Like the latter they are hardy enough
to stand through the fall frosts I'M
til it is about 10 degrees below freez-
ing.
Brussels sprouts is another variety
of the cabbage family, distinguished
by having large number of small
heads, scarcely larger than a walnut,
ranged along the stalk. Although it
may be found in nearly all large mar
kets during the fall and early winter,
it never has become very popular
here, although much grown in Eng
land, and is rather a luxury for the
rich than necessity for the poor. It
can be grown quite as easily as cauli-
flower, on any good soil suitable for
cabbages, and the price at which it
is Sold seldom less than So or So a
bushel, should tempt many to grow
it if there were a better demand for
it. Like caulifower, the flavor is not
as strong as that of cabbage, and it
is liked by some who object to the
cabbage flavor or odor.
It's habit of growth allows it to be
set about two feet apart each way.
Cultivate the same as for caulifower,
and pick the sprouts as they form
close heads. From their small size
it requires much labor in picking,
which is an excuse for the high price.
Until the demand is greater than at
present, I should not advise any one
to plant it in large amount, though
valuable in private gardens.-Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-11-18
COMPOSING Manure.

When manure is composted under
cover, it's temperature is raised gen
orally to something more than blood
heat. No better seed bed for the
propagation of germs of all kinds
can be desired than this. So long
as the manure keeps moist these
germs stay in their place. However
offensive the smell, they will not es-
cape into the air. But inevitably I'M
der cover, unless artificial watering
is resorted to- the moisture in the
manure pile becomes dried. AS the
farmer says, the manure "fire
fangs," and when handled breaks up
into fine powder, which in a close,
darkened room flies about in every
direction, lodging on walls and hold
ing in this dust the germs of every
disease that has been propagated in
the fermenting manure heap. The
Cultivator, for the sake both of the
manure, and still more of the animal
making it, should always be done out
of doors. The manure if kept moist
always will decompose it's vegetable
matter into moist mould, that will
help to hold ammonia, instead of in
to dry ash, that will dissipate it
Southern Cultivator.