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POULTRY AND GAME.

PoULrRY-The only change OF any consequence
Is an Improvement in dressed Turkeys Hens are
steadier. Another car of Eastt IN Will be offered
to-day.
Live Turkeys. 1908 2 n for Gobblers, 12@l3c
ID for Hens: Dressed Turkeys. 1-@l6 p 10;
Ducks, s4 50@5 so fcr old and $6t07 for young;
hens, S4G4 so: boosters, youns, $5@5 so:
90, old, 81; Frvers, 81 50@5; Broilers 81 50@5
LOT large aud $S@4 for small Pigeons, 8. q
20 . dez for Young and S1@l % Cor old.
1AMk-Enelish SniI quo able at So 5O@3;
JACK Snipe, y doz. Hare 50G175c Rabbits.
81 20 for Cottontails and 81 for small: Gray
Geese. 81 so: White Geese, 81; Brant, 81 bU;
Honkers So 5cM4
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FOREIGN MARKETS,
WHEAT IN LIYERPooI.

WHEAT IN LIVERPOOL
LIVERPOOL, ENG, Feb 1.-THE spot m arket
Is quiet at 6s 61ad@6s 71ad. Cargoes are dun at
33s Cd, December shipment.
FUTURES.
The Produce Exchange cable gives the following
Liverpool quotations for No. 2 Red Winter: Feb.
ruary' os Zt4d; March es 212d; May, 6s 534d;
June, 6s 314d; July, 6s 3I4d.
SECURITIES
LONDON, ENG, Feb. II. - Consols ll21s;
silver, 70 ll-16d: French Rentes, 1O2f soc
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POTATOES, ONIONS, VEGETABLES.

Onions are in steadier tone again. River Po a.
toes continue weak. Tomatoes arrive in q decayed
condition.
POTATOES-New Potatoes, p n; Sweet Po-
tatoes, $l@l so; Early Rose 7OdS0c; River eds
70GSUc; Burbank Seedlings. 6O@75c p ctl Tor
Rivers, ,90o@Sl 10 for Salinas and 60@8oc for Pet
mas: Oregon Burbanks, 7b4$1 10.
oNIoNs-$l 5eG1 rs = ctl; Cut onions, 75c@
81 rs; Oregops, 81 50@2
VEGETA BLES-Ho house Cucu N bers 5Oc6Sl
q dozen; Asparag us SG SC u h Tor common and
l0@25c "a h for choice Rhubarb = q box: Los
Angeles Summer squash. 76c6sl q box; os n
geles Green Peppers, 40@75c = box: ii ushroonas
lO@20c q n: Marrowfat squash, S617 q ton
Los Angsles iometoes, losS$s {, oox pried Pep
gees String Beans, 5@1Oc; Dried Okra. S@9c q
n; Cabbage, 4U@50c q cl; Carrots. .5@3Oc y
sack; Garlic, 112@2c p 10.
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shlrrA,~ 4N1AALI~.NCE.
ArriVel.
WEDNESDAY Fahrne

ArriveI.
WEDNESDAY. Februaryl7
Stmr Coos Bay. Hall, rs hours from New
port etc; pass ana mdse to Goodall, Perkins & Co.
Stmr Lakme, Anderson 81 hours from Ta-
Nelson. N ~ mas
Stmr Australia. Houdlette 6 davs and 1s bours
from Honolulu; pass and mdse, TO d Spreckels
& Bros Co.
$500 tons COAL to = Co
stmr orizaba. Won Helms, 12 days from Guav-
mas mas; VIA 5 y use naoa hours; pass and mdse, TO
schr Eliza Miller. Andtrson, flom Pirate Cove.
10 MeCoilum Fishing and Trading Co. Up river
schr Eliza Miller Anderson, 10 days 4 hours
from ohga; t6,s4O Goldfish. to Mcclellan Fishing
WEDNESDAY, February II.
stmr Corona, Doran, Eureka; Goodal, Perkins &
WEDNESDAY, February H.
Stmr Corona, Doran. Eureka
Stmr Queen, Alexander san Diego and wav
ports anu way
stmr State of California, Green, Astoria
Stmr Truckee. Daniels Portland
Shln r. Su,to l. Carter Honolulu
or snin Ananrus Davidson sydney
Scnr Lizzle Prlen. \ AnGerson, Tacoma
Schr Guide, Olsen, Willapa Harbor
Schr MARY &. Campbell Bodega
Schr Reliance, Wilson, FIsks Mill.
1eles srapatc.
fOtNl LOSOS Feb. l7.-lj p 4.-waathar
CIear' WIND w; velocity Q miles
spoken
from Noyo, for London. 'A'A'
Jom-stic Por-,
PORT BLAKELEY-Saned Feb 17-Scbr E~
celsior, for San Pedro tx
GhEENwooD-saiIed Feb l7-stmr Excelsior
SANTA BARBARA-sailed Feb l7-schr Elmo
rah, for Eureka iiO
ASToRIA-SaIled Feb 17-Stmr Geo w Elder.
TOT san Fran 9isco; stmr Til amook, for San Fran
CISCO; br bark Candida, for Queenstown
san PEDRO-Sailed Feb l7-Stmr Passden.
for Eureka. Hoena
EUhEkA- Arrived Feb l6-stmr North Fo-k
hence teo 10; stmr Protection, hence Feb Ia
sailed Feb l7-Schrs Emma Claudina and Marv
Z Russ ''A'4 -u
I GASPAR-Arrived Feb 17-stmr Caspar. hence
MENpoCINo-sailed Feb 17-stmr Pt Arena
for San Francisco.
COOS BAY-sailed Feb i7-Stmrs Czarina Alice
blanchard, Empire and Ar alta Tor San Francisco
ASTORIA-Sailed Feb 17-Bktn lam o. shan
ter, Tor san Francisco.
Foreign Ports.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Feb 7-Rr bark Routen-
Feb 9. ~ eA'e' ASe
Sailed Feb 6-Bark Mohican, for San Francisco.
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DECIDUoUs AND CITRUS FRUITS.

Oranges are queter. Lemons are lower and
neglected
DECGDUOUS FRUITS
Apples, 90c@S1 p box for choice, 81 25@1 so
for fan Red, 6O@T5c for common; Eastern,
81 50@3 p bbl.
BERRIES
Eastern Cranberries, S6@7 p bbl.
Cll lEUS FRU1TS-NaveI Oranges are quotabe
at 81 1892 75 q box; Seedlings. 75c@S1 25 p bx;
Lemons, b )c@$1 for common and 81 25@l SO for
good to choice: Mexican Lines, SIS; California
LINES, 75c9S1 25; Bananas $lg2 q bunch:
Pineappes, $2@4 q doz.
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FOREIGN IMPORTS.

Foreign imports at this port IN January were
50, 2,231 $50 OF which $4SS, 900 came from Great
BTita n. $3l5,l2 from the Haw allan Islands
S294OU0 lrom China, ST sou from Japan. S224,-
$50 from British Columb bla and $l5S327 from
=
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FINANCIAL.
CHICAGO GRAIN, PROVISIONS
And new YORK STOCKS,
WHEEL0Ck & CO.,

WHEELOCK q CO.,
a Leidesdorf ST., Tel Main 1854.
CENTRA l. OFFICE
e25 Market St, Palace Hotel. Purify q Atkinson
MANAGERS TEL Main 5144.
Uptown Ofiice-Bad WIN Hotel (adioinins GrIl
Room). Tel. Main 1U9l.
PURDY, ATKINSON 6 cLAPP, Managers.
Orders instantly executed on latest market ono
tations. Reference 1st National Bank, 5. +.
CHICAGO PRIVATE WIRE NEW YORK.
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SAN FRANCISCO MEAT MARKET.

Wholesale rates for dressed stock from slaugh-
terers are as follows:
BEEF-First quality, &c; second. 5@5 1sc; third
do, 4G412c a ID.
VEAL-Larg-, 5@6c; small, 6@7c y h.
MUTTON-Wether5, 696 1ac; Ewes, 513@6c
e h.
Handspring, 10@l1c p 10.
PORK-Live hogs, 312(6S5sc 2 h for large and
3 "a G3Isc for small and medium; dressed do, 431
G6c r ID.
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STEAMERS 10 ARRIVE.
SUN, Moo> AND TIDE.
FEBRUARY. 1897.

SUN, MOON AND TIDE.
UNITED STATES COAST AND GEoDrTIc SURVEY
TINES AND HEIGHTS OF HIGH AND Low
WATERS FosT POINT, ENTRANCE TO
SAN FRANCISCO BAY. PUBLISHED BY OFF
cIAL AUTHORITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
NoTE-The high and low waters occur at the
City Front (Mission-street WHARF abo ut twenty
five mInu; later than ut Fort Point: the heI Izht
of tide is he same both places
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SPECIE IMPORTS.

Imports OF specie at this port In January were
s279 TAT, against 81 1900 in January, 1896 I'M
ports from Mexico were as follows: Gold Bullion
Sl7,723; Silver Bu lion, $225,l65: United States
God Coin, $3.50; silver DIN, foreign $lO,S7e
Elsewhere, $450 United States Gold Com.
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NOTICE TO MARINERs.

branch OF the United States Photographic
once located in ths Merchants Exchange Is
maintained in San Francisco for the benefit Of
mariners without regard 10 nationality and free OF
eXpense.
NAvigators are cordially invited 70 visit the
Office, where complete sets OF charts and sailing
directious of the world are kept on hanl for COM
parson and reference and the latest inform ation n
can always be obtained regarding lights. dangers
TO navigation and ali matters of interest to
commerce
The time ball top OF the building on Tele
graph Hin ia hoisted about minutes before
noon. and is dropped at noon 12oth meridian by
telegraphic signal received each day from the
United States Naval Observatory n Marc Island
Cal.
notice stating whether the time ball was
dropped on time, or giving the error, II any is
published the same day oy the afternoon papers
and by the morning papers the following dav.
w. b HUaHEs
Lieutenant q. S. NJ. in charge
The Tims Ball.
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
SAN FRANCISCO. February II 1897
The time ball Telegraph Hill was droppei
exactly at noon to-day E.. a. noon OF the l2u.l
meridian Or exactly ~ . <. NJ, Greenw tlms
w. y HUGHES
Lieutenant u : N. in charge
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LICK HOUSE.


r F Allen, Oakland Cohn. Oakvile
w r, Griffith, Oakland J w Henderson, Eureka
A f Graeter & W. Dillon Mrs r. Bake, Eureka
d Brunson. Livermore w Carothers, sta Rosa
w McMinD. san Jose III Eick hon. san Rafael
A Howell Modesto Mcbride, n SON Juan
L Seward, Downieylle + n Green, Milton
w l. Wilsey 81 W, Cal w Ha1ch, AgneWs
] w Smith Oakland E Il Long, Sulsnh
Buffing New City Lander, Sacto
w w Irving Alameda ] A Gouttl, Stockton
Miss Rric.,and shasta Miss n Briceland, Shasta
4 Horner Spokane T G johnson, san Jose
{; r Ko zenstein Sacto It Duffy, san Rafael
L X Walton. Red Bluff G Gunner, BelmonI
Demarest, Gel
BALDWIN HOTEL.
6 Migliavac CT. Nspa Mrs stevens, stockton
p r Ruben Fresno w Farrer Fresno
w Hopkfns d WI MINI G Lighthall, Denver
& w Strine ! Y 3 j Symo. ds Omaha
T. NJ Wolf, : acto Pagan. Sacto
Miss III By ron Sacto G Koenig San Joee
] F offey san Jose y Reynolds, san Jose
A Schni T. san Jose Morton, y
+ Butler Chfcao II Morris, Seattle
B ] Miller, seattle G Jones, Vallejo
Miss Ward, Vallejo e Woods Naps
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early morning tides given in the left hand
column and the successive tides OF the day In the
order Of occurrence TO time. The second TINA
column gives the second tide OF the day, the third
time column the third tide, and the last rIgh.
hand column gives the last tide Of the day, except
when there but three tides, as sometimaI
occurs. The heights given additions to the
soundinss on the United States Coast Survey
charts, except when a minus sign q precedes the
height and then the number given is subtrEctiva
from The depth given by the charts.
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BniIdars, Contrac,s.

JACOB Stein with w. L. Holman, TO build two
elevators In building in of con strnction on
y corner OF ansome and Il aileck streets; Pissis
q Moore. architects; s376a.
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FOR SAN JOSE, Los GATOS & SlETl rRI2

SIEAMEK ALy1so LEAVES PIER MON.
tuesday. Thursday. saturday. at 3p. " FreigSs
an1 I4s ec a5e between San Francisco ana
~ w, santa Clara a.. San Josss S'~s ~ N4A =
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BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

BUTTER-Continues weak.
CREAMERY : Fancy creameries, 20@21c; Sec
onds, lS@19c p ID.
DAIRY-Fancy rolls, 15@16c: squares, 16@l7c
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-o0o' - q Ae' s'e"uy
NEwHYoRK STOCKS.
Bonds, Exchange, Money and Railroad
Shares

Dohus' r~ehahge, Money and Railroad
Shares.
money on call quiet at Az911l%; last loan 1a%
and closing offered at TX Prime mercantile pa-
Per 81. Ear silver. $3.50 Mexican dollars 5Oslt
sterling excha nge dni with actual business in
BANKERS bills at 50 S5@4 sa14 for go dars and
S4 S7&4 STA for demand. Posted rates Sd sbiL
a. ss. Commercial bills, 50 s31z@4 s41a GOV
ernment bonds steady; state bonds ou rail- roao
bonds generally firm. Silver the board was neg
lected
CLOSING STOCKS
Afchison ......... l4as Northern Pacific. 14i1
Preferred ...... 2ass Preferred 3S
Adams Express. Lao NORTHWESTERN. ..... l04
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BOARD SALES.

Following the sales in the San Francisco
Stock Board yesterday:
REGULAR MORNING SESSION COMMENCING q so
Zo0 Andes. .-1295G CC&V..2.05 200 Ovrmn.. go 10
aOVo Belcher. 81 20 2OUl200 Potosi ~
6u0 BG B. 64l3UOO Con I'm OF i 80 savage az
20J Cnauge. ..36l2Uu G&C 42I2Ou : Nv S5
100 Choir ..... S6IlOO H&N ] / $500 Union IS
2O0 -:...... $500 Ophir. o5l3 30u Utan.....O7
800 Point ....2ll
AFTERNOON SESSION. so.
200 Alta. .......04I3sO CC&V.-ls5l4OO Potos 90. . 20
S0O Andes. 100 Conn S5 800 savage 40
!oO Belcher.. .21l650 q q C.....S9200 Seq BeI..06
7UO b d b.. 5eI65O H&N.l O5l 100 - O5
9OU Bullion-.lll l3OO n q & C. 81 300 Union..s3
500 Choir $500 Mxic. 3llOJ IJsexss.2l
SOO ........e5l4O0 Ophir 81 200 ~
20u Challge. sol
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.

SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS.
Silver as usual.
Wheat Futures firmer.
Bar.ey steady. Oats dull
Heavy receipts of Eastern Corn.
Feeds;uffs unchanged.
Beans very quiet
Potatoes easy. Onions steedier.
Butter, Cheese and EGGS weak.
Turkeys firmer. Hens s,eadier.
Oranges qnieUer.
Lemons neglected and lower
Game largely nominal
Dried Fruit neglected.
Increased Imports of Specie.
Cottoleae lower.
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CLOSING Quotations.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 174P.
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.

WEDNESDAY Feb II 2P .lL
UNITED STATES BONDS.
T,n. a ikec- BIZ lsked.
s Is coup.1l2 q s As reg. 10S 11012
DO new lssuelz21a
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FINANCIAL.

FLOUR-Weak. unsettled, quiet Winter wheat
ow GRADES, 81 S0@3 30; fair to fancy, 81 45@
The sun., 1897-12-05
OBITUA r 2.

Mrs Charlotte Garthwaite Pennington died
Mt her home In Newark. n. J.. on Friday night.
leaving one son. She was the widow OF Edward
Pennington, and a daughter OF William Garth
waite who was ono of the most prominent citi-
zens Of Newark. She lived In the old Penning-
ton mansion. in which Gov. William Penning-
ton lived during his term of office In 1s44 His
father, William Sanford Pennington, was Gov
ernor of New Jersey in 1912. Mrs. Pennington
was prominent in charities in Newark, ana was
q member of Trinity Episcopal Church.
Dr. James Olmstead son OF the lato James and
Sophia Richards Olmstead. died yesterday at
the Hotel Grenoble after u brief illness. aged AZ
years DIR. Olmstead was graduated from Yale
in the class of 1872. and from Yale Medical Col
lege in 1874. In 1877 he Joined tho staff Of
physicians at the Connecticut state Hospital
for the Insane, at Middletown, OF which institu-
iion he had been superintendent for tho past
eleven years. He leaves widow and ono child.
Tho Hon. Lewis p. Legg, one Of the oldest
residents of Tioga county died on Thursday ut
his home in Speedsville aged 30 years. Mr..
Legg was n member Of Assembly from Tioga
He was President of the Tioga County Agrlcul-
tural Society.
Thomas b. Wilson. an old hotel keeper. diod
| former years he kept hotels in New York city
| and Hohokcn. For several years no kept q hotel
| at Pine Bush.
Richard Harrison Thurman, one OF tho Oldest
| and best-known residents OF Troy. died yester.
| day of heart failure. He was born In Warrens-
burg. N. Y, on July IL, 1871. and settled In
Troy In 1881.
The sun., 1897-12-05
eoN en1eos y stsrrr
Raitor Wurts er Paterssn says the a6veFnos
Win sucssea Monkannn.


PATERSON. N. j., Dec. A-Gov. Griges still re-
fuses to discuss tho Attorney.Generalship
question, although thore 10 no doubt horo
that 1t 10 within his grasp. Reports that
no has accepted the portfolio aro unfounded,
ns ho VIII not let even his most inti
mate acauaintances know whether or not
the place has been offered him. To those who
called ut his Office In the Paterson National
Bank this morning, and rendered their cougrat-
ulations he simply smiled and said:
No, no; nm not open for congratulations"
This evenings Press, which is edited by
Secretary OF State George wurts, an appointee
and close friend of Gov. Griggs. devotes over
column to the subject under tho caption:
"GrtgRs Attorney General. This fresh honor
Tor, Ior Now Jersey now beyond doubt. His own
Concerning Mr.. Griggs's refusal to give out
This is entirely proper, as official etiquette
would exact from him absolute rcticence In tho
case. Any authoritative announcement OF u
Sabinet appointment must como from the
President, who Is just now absent from Wash
inEton."
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The report that Gov.
GriRgs of New Jersey is to he appointed Attor-
ncy-General to succeed Mr.. McKcnna can
not bo confirmed absolutely. That his
name has been under consideration BY
mss but nUSnE IN va% PSr'sf CT
fact that no denial has boon made by the
Governor OF the report that the portfolio has
been rendered to him and accepted, 1t is assumed
In unofiicial circles that tho report is true. The
nomination however will not DO made FOR pr somo NM
McRenna's qualification as Associate Justice OF
tho Supreme Court.
The sun., 1897-12-05
YOUNG SALMON AT THE AQUARIUM
a Fine Lot from the Fish Commisaion Station
at Grcen Lake, Maine.

a Fine Lot from the Fish Comminaion Station
at Grcen Lake. Maine.
There were received at tho Aquarium last
week. from the Green Lake station OF the United
States Fish Commission, in Maine. q fine lot of
young salmon and trout, including 200 land
locked salmon, 200 auinnat, or California sal.
mon; 200 Atlantic salmon. and 200 steelhead
trout They are fish of this years growth. Tho
Atlantic salmon are from three to five inches In
length, and some of the landlocked salmon arc
six inches long. These fish came from Maine in
ono OF the Fish Commissions cars. and were
transferred to the Aquarium's care at Jersey
City. They were received in excellent condition.
These fishes, when first received. were placed
in reserve tanks. Around all the tanks contain
ing fishes that jump, both exhibition and re-
serve Tanks there are wide. meshed wire screens.
The little Atlantic salmon soon began jumping
screen along the side OF their tank. and it
wasn't. long before they began jumping
through the meshes. 1t was necessary in
their case to place boards along the screens
on tho side and ends of the tank. tho
other side being against the wall. 20 keen them
from jumping OUT. In feeding them. later in
the exhibition tank in which they wore placed.
n scrap of food lodged on the inner side OF the
tank frame an inch or two above the water. A
little salmon saw that and jumped for it., as u
side stream. The first salmon that tried it
missed it. but moment later another little sal
mon tried for 1t and got 1t.
Dr. Bean thinks 1t probable that n good pro-
! the Aquarium. and 1t may be possible finally to
domesticate salmon in one of the large pools on
| the floor Of the Aquarium. in place OF some of
the commoner fishes ordi arily exhibited there.
The sun., 1897-12-05
FOLLOWING THE SHARK.
Tho PromptinEs or tho Little CrevalIes ana tn
Motive OF the spotted Bass.

Tho PromptinEs or tho Little Crevhlles ana tho
Motive OF the spotted Bass.
In the great pool at tho AQUARIUM there is q
sand shark four feet long and weighing may be
fifty pounds. Like all sharks In captivity. 1t is
always In motion. 1t keeps swimming round
and round the pool In the same pool there arc
4 number OF smaller fishes OF various kinds in
cluding a little school of cIcvalles, each about
foot in length. For n time 1t was the custom of
tho crcvnlles often to attend tho shark in its
circling OF the pool, keeping for safety's sake
near its tail, and following it round and round
and round. The crevalles did this In obedience
to tho instinct that in nature would prompt
them to keep near some floating object larger
than themselves. log, for instance. against
which u pursuer might feIch up and behind
which they might scurry in case of pursuit. So
in the society OF this larger fish the crevailcs
feel some measure of protection.
while ago there was taken alive. on the
Jersey coast and brought To Fulton Market. .
spotted bass about three feet long and weighing
eighteen or twenty pounds; The spotted bass -
known also as red fish, red drum, rcd bass, mud
channel bass Eugene q. Blackford bought this
bass and presented II to the Aquarium. There
It was placed in the great pool Pretty soon the
spotted bass begun TO follow tho shark. and
when IL began TO do SO the crevalles fell away.
In the case of the spotted bass II Is not desire
for protection that prompts 1t, but only seek
ing for Companonship. II swims usually under
the shark and-though not from any fear OF it
under the shark tail. Its head and hall its
body lap the sharks body. and its tail projects
ont below and back of the sharks tail. Thus II
swims round and round with tho shark, accom-
modating its speed to the sharks.
The sun., 1897-12-05
Getting steam Goa, ou. or Dir. nsapa.

Tho demand which has recently arisen for
small-sizcd coal for steam making has developed
a new source of profit for the owners of old COAL
mines. At tho mouths OF these mines great
mountains of waste accumulated during the
years when only tho larger sizes OF coal could
be marketed, and these dirt heaps are now be-
ing overhauled and the small coal washed and
screened out. Some OF these dirt heaps are 200
Of ground. At tho old ,kalmia coliiery,
IN the schuylkil Val ley, 1t Is said that
Company washed out 10000 tons OF
pea, buckwheat, and rice goal during
out of il. Rich finds have been made In some
of The dirt heaps which accumulated during tho
civil war. At that time there WAS an abnormal
demand for Jump and steamboat sizes of coal,
and in the hurry to get these sizes to market all
the smaller sizes went into tho dirt piles. where
they were soon covered up ana Forgotten. Ihesc
are now being brought to light and marketed
with large profits.
The sun., 1897-12-05
pREs1DENr ROSS IGNORED.
Conteupiates ResiaBinE as Msmbor OF the
Board or District Commissioners.

WARRINGTON. Doc 4.-The Hon. John W.
Ross. President of tho Board Of District Com
missioners. has intimatod to the President
that he intends to resign, but the mat.
ter Is hold In allegiance for tho pros
ent. It has been an open secret for
some timo that in the board, which consists Of
three members, Mr.. Ross has found himself
constantly In the minority on nll questions of
Importance. Although President OF the board,
no has had littlo influence in determining its
action, and Mr. John s. Wight and Major Black,
tho Engineer Commissioners, in addition to con-
trolling the moro important branches OF the
District government, have boen unit as
against Mr.. Ross.
Mr.. Wight Is tho Republican member OF tho
board. and was appointed q few months ago by
President Mckinley. His vicws are usually ac-
cepte ed by the President as opposed to Mr.. Ross.
especially when Mr.. Wight is supported by
Commissioner Black, who was also appointed
by Mr.. Mckinley. and who, II political prefer
cnces arc allowed army officers. is a Republican.
Mr.. Ross feels this position strongly; according
Nj. Hoss- being high spirited. resented this
state OF affairs and dotormining TO 90 q some,
intiirated to the President that he was contem-
plating handing in his resignation.
under Mr.. Clcvelnnd's first Administration. and
nfter his term expired he was appointed q mem
Der OF thr ISOaTu COII LIS
trict by President Harrison. He served three
y"ars as such, was reappointed by Mr.. Cleye'
land and has been again reappointed by Mr..
Mckinley. He has nearly three years to serve
1t has been the unwrittcn law OF the district
that one of the two civilians on the board shall
crat. The third is chosen from the army and is
supposed to he non-pnrtisnn. Mr.. Wight. being
the Republican member, has always been re-
earded ns the head Of the board. and all OF the
appointments have como through him;
At an early meeting OF the board the difter
1Nrar arn1,n1 nfN Nhs.f "
under the individual jurisdiction Of the sovora
members. Mr.. Wright secured the Fire De
partment, tho Police Department, and othol
branches whcro tho appointments wcre NOR,
| numerous. MIR. Black, as Engineer Commission
er, took charge OF the sewers, Water Department
and other departments involving the largest
expenditures Of money, leaving Mr.. Ross with
/ only the smaller branches and practically no
| power. Since then Mr.. Wight has supportet
! Mr. Blacks recommendations and Mr.. Blacl
| has supported Mr.. WiRht's, and Mr. Ross ha:
| been ignored. This led to relations which were
not cordial,
The sun., 1897-12-05

island, hfibiuk. n possible. the Cuban leaders
moro Tor war purposes, being convinced that
Spain cannot crush the revolution BY force OF
senior IanuSs believes that the autonomy
schome will bo Spsins last effort, How eau
tioss tho Cubens should be-, h;n no added, I'm BE-.
proved by n recent article In El National, con.
scfvailvo newspaper Of Madrid; s S which declared
Cnba without tho consent of tho Cortes and by
royal decrces. When tho Conservatives como
into power again other royal docreees, signed
also without the consent, OF the Cortes, can
abolish the preceding ones; a..
According 10 recent advices from Havana
Gcn. Blnnco showed great npptehenslon con-
nuza. SsHor LanuEa called yesterday afternoon
at the Junta TO offer his services TO Delegate
Estrada Palma.