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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
TRADE NOTES.

Fruit Inspector d. G. Jenkins advocates
the use of barrels instead of boxes for
packing and shipping.
The aggregate stocks of wheat held at
Portland, Or, Tacoma, and Seattle in
creased $4,000 bushels for the week.
Fourteen hundred tons of salt fish were
shipped from Puget sount ports to Japan
last year, and more was not shipped be
cause more fish could not be secured.
Bunnell Bros. of Sunnysidc bought l25
tons of alfalfa of Emory Thompson at
$3.50 per ton They will winter 5000
head of sheep at their ranch east of town.
An Astoria fisherman who was in Port
land the other day, said that there is talk
all along the river among cannery men
of combination, and that many who
have heretofore been opposed to such a
measure are talking for it now.
Again the single mills of Washington
are shut down for the midwinter season.
Seventy-five per cent. of them, represent
ing larger proportionate capacity, have
ceased production until after the holidays.
Fully 70 per cent. of the wheat crop of
this state is as yet unmarketed That is
the Judgment of well informed men in the
wheat trade who are in touch with the
elevators and warehouses and the inter
Tor operators Much wheat is in store
waiting for better prices before the farm
ers will let 60.
Agents of eastern lines have received
positive advices that rates on all com
modities eastbound and westbound will
be restored January lst to central freight
and trunk line territory. Western lines
expect to restore their rates at the same
time, and transcontinental lines have az
ranged for an immediate restoration in
their territory. Rates have been cut any
where from to 80 per cent, and the
freight conditions are about as chaotic as
were ever seen.
Within the coming two months at
least $500 laborers will be employed i'll
building the Snake river valley line of
the O. r. & N. As many of these men as
can possibly be obtained in Portland or
The remainder will have to be brought
from the east. The surplus labor of the
northwest available for railroad building
is not large, probably less than half as
much as is required for this one enter
prise, so it will be necessary to bring
great many men from the east.
About 10000 boxes of apples have been
shipped from the Nooksack valley this
fall, in addition to the exported product
of the rest of the county. Good prices
have been realized, and the demand has
come from all sides. Last week British
Columbia buyers were buying all the APP
Piles they could find.
Milton Shearer, of North Yakima,
brought in couple of dressed hogs the
other day which were wonders They
were a year old last spring, and one
weighed 39S pounds and the other 434
pounds.
The shipments from Skamokawa,
Wash, for the month of November were
% boxes of butter, estimated to contain
| $50 pounds; 80 boxes of fish, 204 boxes
and one barrel of apples besides potatoes
dressed meats, poultry and hay.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
british Kindn ess.

Chicago, Dec. PA special to the
1imes-lIerald from Washington says:
Great Britain has given another strilk-
ing example of friendship for the United
States and at the same time has taken
action which is looked upon in the light
of recognition of the sovereignty of the
United States over the Philippines. A fiji
clustering expedition organized to go to
the support of Aguinaldo has been sup
pressed at Hong Kong by order of the
British authorities.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
HObsOn Visits Denver,

Denver, Dec. Lieutenant Richmond
p. Hobson arrived here yesterday morning
He was met by a committee OF the Sons
of the Revolution and escorted to the
Brown Palace hotel. Hundreds of people
assembled at the depot to extend a wei
come. During the afternoon he visited
the high school and the manual training
school. At ] o'clock the Sons of the
Revolution gave a luncheon in honor OF
their guest and from 3 to Il public re-
ccption was held in the hotel. At 5 O'Clock
Lieutenant Hobson gave a lecture at
Tabor opera house ON The Attack on
Santiago"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
Gnmners Reelected.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 2l.-Samuei
Gompers has been reelected president o.
the American Federation of Labor BY 4
practically unanimous vote at the closing
session of the 18th annual convention %
that organization. The convention, wni'n
was in session for eight days, adloufh''
sine die at o'clock. Detroit, Mich, w''
decided upon as the next place of meeting
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 20.-Baldins-
vile, II miles north of this city, was Wis
tied by disastrous fire. The fire started
in the plant of the Kenyon Paper com
pany and spread rapidly to the building
occupied by the New Process Rawhide
company, the stone mill of Hotaling &
Co., and the building occupied by Clark
Mercer & Company. The loss is estimated
at $4,000, nearly covered by insurance.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
For n Senatorial Trip.

Washington, d. c.. Dee. Ex-senator
Proctor has introduced a resolution pro
viding for the appointment of com
mittee of five senators to visit the isl.
ands of Cuba and Puerto Rico for the
purpose of ''inquiring into the military
requirements necessary to establish and
maintain order in those islands until civil
government is inaugurated."
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
General sheridnn,s Command.

Chicago, ILL.,, Dec. l6.-A special to the
Times-IIerald from Washington says
1t is rumored that General NJ. V. Sherl-
dan will be assigned to the command Of
the department of the lakes, with head,
quarters at Chicago. He is brother Oh
the late General Phil Sheridan. be VIII
be succeeded on the staff Of Major Cen
eral Brooke by General Caffee.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat Quotations, Wool Figures,
and the Price of Produce.

Following are the local quotations.
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse Country
points, Club, bulk Ale sacked 44c; blue
stem, bulk 45c, sacked 4Sc. AT Spokane:
Club, bulk 44c, sacked dc; bluestem, bulk
47c, sacked soc.
Oats-At Spokane f. o. b., $l.lO Der
cwt.
Barley-Country points +. o. b., S5c per
cwt.
Rye-Country points +, o. b., re per
cwt; Spokane, 75c per cwt
Feed-Bran and shorts, $l2 per ton;
shorts, $l3; bran, $40; rolled barley, 500;
chicken feed, $l5@2O.
Corn-Whole, $l,l0 per cwt; cracked,
$ll5.
Produce-Fancy creamery butter, 40
and 6O-lb tubs, 2Sc per Id; 5, 10 and 20
Id tubs, 29c per Id; prints, 25c per Id;
country butter, in rolls, lie per ID; cook
ing butter, Toe Id; eastern creamery
prints, 25c; cheese, twin, full cream, l34c
Id; cheese, twin, skim milk, 94@l0c Id;
ranch eggs, $6.25@650: selected eggs,
$675; honey, white comb, l3c per b;
fancy, lac per h.
Flour per bbl-Gold- Drop, 1915; Big
Loaf, SAILS; Banner, $3.50; Plansifter, 81;
Superb, 1915; Spokane, $3.50; Swan Pat
ent, $4.l5; Snowflake, 1915; White Lily,
$3.50; whole wheat, $3.50; rye, $3.50;
graham, $3.50. Per bale-Whole wheat
$l.85; rye, $l.85.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight 9@lOc
lb, dressed lO@llc; spring broilers, 500
$50; turkeys, live 9@l0c, dressed ll@
l23c; spring ducks, dressed ll@l2c; geese,
live 10@llc, dressed l2@l212c.
Meats-Beef COWS, live $2.50@2.75,
dressed $5@550 cwt; steers, live $2,75@
3, dressed $4,000; hogs, live $4.5O@4.75,
dressed $6@6.50 mutton, live 4@43c,
dressed 73@8c; dressed veal, 7@8c; lamb,
l21c wholesale.
The following prices are paid in Spo-
kane to farmers and other producers:
Hay-Timothy, $40 ton; wheat hay,
$7@S; alfalfa, $ll.
Eggs-Ranch, $6.25@6.50.
Wool-Fine medium, 6@7c per lb, me-
dunn, safe per ID.
egetables-Potatoes $4,000 per cwt;
cabbage, $l.5O@l.75 per cwt; turnips, 81
per cwt; onions, $4,000 per cwt; beans.
l3@l3c per Id; carrots, ii per cwt; beets,
$l.25 per cwt.
Wheat.
Portland, Ore, Dec. l8-There was
little more life in the local wheat market
the past week, the improved condition
of the eastern markets, together with an
advance in Liverpool options bolstering
the market up somewhat Walla Walla
was quoted as high as 5s1c and valley
was in better demand at 60@6lc Blue
stem was steady at 62c.
Wheat shipments from Portland for the
week ending Saturday were 433,243
bushels.
Tacoma, Dec. l8.-Wheat - Higher;
club, 59c bIuestem, 62@623c.
Metals.
San Francisco, Dec. l2.-Bar silver,
59ge
Mexican dollars, 474c.
DAD 43 40
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
Chinese Blown Up.

London, Dec. PA dispatch from
Shanghai says powder magazine situat-
ed i'll the center of the Chinese camp in
Eankow exploded, leveling a square mile
of houses. 1t is estimated 5000 soldiers
were killed, including the general COM
handing the forces
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
M'KINLEY RETURNS.
Presidential Party Arrived Eester-
day Morning at the Capital.

day Morning at the Capital.
Washington, Dec. 2l.-President Me
Kinley and party returned to Washington
at J. 80 yesterday.
A considerable crowd was present at
the depot at Columbia last night when the
presidential train made a short stop
President Mckinley, General Shafter and
General Wheeler spoke briefly.
Stephens post, l57 G, A. r., OF Lancas-
ter, Pa, has endorsed the president 5
speech relating to the government caring
for the graves of the confederate dead, and
has requested Congressman Brosius to use
his influence to bring about national leg
islation to carry into effect the presidents
sentiments.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24

Washington, Dec. l7.-Willlan lan #
an called on the house OF rePre'e', cordial
Yesterday and was given a most CO. 10
reception by his former coneA
congress.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
American Engines.

LONDON, Dec. 20--The Midland Rail
way company has ordered 20 freight en-
gines in Philadelphia and New York. As
a consequence of the engineers strike the
English firms are only able to cope with
the arrears of work.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
Moonshiners Killed.

NIiddlesboro, KY, Dec, 2Z.-'Aa W.
from Knox county, KY, say that una
moonshiners, Jacob Lambert, Greer aII
an unknown man were killed ana se'' an'
of their comrades wounded in Da'0'
with revenue officers.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
For Confederate Veterans,

Washington, Dec. l7~Representative
Rixey of Virginia yesterday introduced
a bill for the admission of confederate as
well as Union soldiers to soldiers homes
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
Fatal Accident.

Neenah, Wis, Dec. lS.-James Christen-
sen and wife, while crossing the North
western railroad track Saturday, were
struck by a train and killed. They leave
family of eight children.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
Fell tn His Death.

Concord, Mass, Dee. 22.-Colonel r. 60
Barrett, national president OF the NV ~
of the American Revolution, was NJ bore
falling from window of his house ~
Yesterday. He was 60 years OF age
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
Lost I'm n Fire.

New York, Dec. 2l.-Two women were
killed and another woman and man Sc
rionsly injured yesterday at the burning
of the residence of C. H. Raymond at West
End avenue and Seventy-third street.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24
Won HolIeben Returns.

New York, Dec. 2l.-Dr. Won l1O c.ates
German ambassador to the Uniteu ia %a;.er
has arrived on the steamer
Wilhelm.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24

Good players on the harp are the
scarcest of all musical performers.
Glue mixed with skinned milk will
resist water after drying.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24

One gramme of loamy soil contains
3,740,OOO,O 600 particles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24

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formed in Germany.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-24

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-19
Both Eyes to Business.

He was typical street gamin, with
a backing kit slung over his shoulder,
and as he walked boldly into the store
of a Wabash avenue optician his head
scarcely reached the top of the counter
''Say," he asked of an elderly gen
tleman at the desk, "are youse de guy
wot runs dis joint"
81 am the proprietor, was the re
ply. "What can do for you, my boy?"
"Den Eve got one o. dem rcsscrpros-
ity propositions ter shy at youse " said
the urchin Gimme one o. yer chairs
an let me open up shoe shinery in
front o yer winder, see?"
Not exactly" replied the optician
- fail to see what benefit / would de-
rive from such an arrangement.
well, it's like dis, a." answered the
youthful schemer, Eyer see, puts SIGH
a dazzlin shine ON me customers kicks
DAT it ruins dere eyes, an dey'll hat ter
come in and buy specks O. youse.
Savey"'-Chicago News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-19
A Scotsman Who Ruled Russia.

Although not generally known, it is
a matter of history that an alien, a
Scotsman, once held the reins of gov
eminent in Russia, and to him that
country owes her civilization, govern
ment and present position among the
nations. Patrick Gordon was born in
Auchleuchries. Aberdeenshire, March
81, 1875. His father was of the Haddo
branch of the Gordons, and his mother
was an Ogilvie. He went to seek his
fortune in Russia and became a soldier
of great bravery in the Russian army
in the time of Alexis and had now
attained the rank of colonel BY his
bravery and success he gained the love
of the army and the esteem of the whole
nation and had under his control ~, 900
newly formed soldiery, who We're I'M
der foreign officers in the town of Mos
COW. Gordon himself had the czar 9
command not to leave the capital, but
his authority extended over all provinces
except those in which the southern army
We're engaged under General Shein, yet
the latter had express orders from the
czar not to undertake anything of mo-
ment with General Gordon advice
Scottish American.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-19
Paper Bags For Travellers.

Comfort in travelling is an important
consideration, and the newest idea for
a journey is one worth regarding. Dodg-
ing railroad cinders and dust is some
thing not to be thought of. When a
thoroughly clean railroad trip is posi-
bic. the millennium will have arrived,
and this period is still, according to all
beliefs, a long distance off But, owing
to simple thought of a practical man,
the traveller can now protect his or her
bat, which was out of the question be-
fore.
A humble paper bag obtained from
the nearest grocer, is the god of the ma
chine. This is folded compactly and
slowed away in the pocket lin the hand
bag or purse if the traveller is woman
and is pocketless). Before the cars start
the bag is opened, the hat placed there
in, the bag pinned across its mouth and
the whole laid in the rack. Thereafter,
until the destination is all but reached,
the traveller need have no thought of
his headgear, for no dust or cinders can
reach it, 1t will be found in the best of
condition upon opening So simple is
this device that it is wonder it was
never thought of before. New York
Herald
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-19

At dusk in the wilds of the gloomy
Brazilian forest you will think it
strange to hear the clink of hammer
Oh an anvil. You would imagine that
you were approaching some settlement,
and the picture of the ruddy glow of
the forge would come up before your
eyes.
But if your guide wore a native, he
would tell you that the sound was made
by campanero, as they call it, al
though to foreigners it is known as the
anvil bird
This bird is a little larger than a
thrush The plunage is perfectly white,
the eyes are a pale gray color, and the
naked throat and skin around the eyes
are of IA fine bright green, while its
more northerly relative is orange and
black, very much like our oriole
1t is generally in the early part of the
day that the campanero sends forth the
wonderful note that can bs heard at a
distance of three miles. Marvellous in
deed must be the mechanism of the vo-
cal organs of so small bird to produce
so farreaching note, but there is no
doubt of the fact, for many travellers
have heard the strange sound uttered
by the bird when perched ON the top
most branch of some withered tree
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-19
A HARD MAN TO BEAT
THE LIVE RAILROAD AGENT is UP TO
ALL SORTS OF TRICKS.

Circus People Are Pretty Cute Them
selves, but This Story Shows How One
Party Was Cleverly Outwitted by the
Hustling Railroader.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-19

THE PUMPKIN.
Oh. the pumpkins golden glory
Lights the burrows and the stubbc.
And we're full of song and story
AS our faucios boil and bubble.
And we sigh
Ger the attributes cnnobling of the
Pumpkin pie,
The greatness and supremacy of the
pumpkin are universally acknowledged,
and the fact that it is sometimes called
"punkin" does
not detract from E5
its fair fame. A rs ~
golden seed, Al = Nl
golden blossom, SSH
a golden fruit,
and finally WHO SAID PUMPKIN
golden pie that PIE!
lifts one to realms of fairy gold, it is not
wonderful that it should gid our pass.
ing thoughts at this particular season
and fill our spirits with liveliest antici.
pations of the glories of Thanksgiving.
Whether the pumpkin pie be made at
home by hand or in factory by ma
chinery the effect seems to be the same.
You cannot taste the wheels in the fac
tory made pie because the pumpkin pie
is a wheel itself whose magnificence
dwarfs the other wheels into insignifi-
canoe. Furthermore, it is pumpkin pie,
and when you say that you have no
room for hostile argument. The pump
kin pie, whether square, round or OBJ
long, is warranted to adjust itself to
any stomach, the stomach gracefully
exerting all its power of elasticity that
the pie may be comfortably located, to
assimilate with the turkey, until the
spirit is suffused with dreams of peace
and resignation and the diner feels so
kindly toward everybody and every
thing that he refuses to doubt the ac-
curacy of ice scales and gas meters,
while the fact that the plumber is re-
garded as moral monstrosity strikes
him as an empty fantasy. Still he
would doubtless prefer to make bar
gain with plumber while clear headed
and IMPLIED. In conclusion, our opin-
ion of tho pumpkin at Thanksgiving
tide is such that we can recall no proud
or moment than that at which we were
pointed out as being "some pumpkins.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-11-19

According to the latest statistics the
women in Sweden outnumber the men
by las, 800
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-30
Civic Society Elections.

The civic societies in Silver City have
electer officers for the year as follows:
Silver City chapter No. 3, Order of the
Eastern Star: Mrs. w. c. Portertield,
worthy matron; Mrs. S. e. Bretherton,
warthy patron: Mrs. S. A. Alexander,
associate m%atron; Mrs. Eugene Cosgrovc,
secretary; Mrs. Max Schultz, treasurer;
Miss M. r. Koehler. conductrcsS: Mrs.
Mary E. Bailey, associate conductress.
Isaac S. Tiffany lodge No. 10, l. o. o.
f.: Noble grand, John Learson; vice
grand, Z. Rosenberg; secretary, Charles
G. Bell; treasurer, Frank P. Jones;
deputy grand master, James Matthews;
trustees, L. A. Rowlee, A. &. Hood and
James Matthews.
Silver City lodge No. s, A. +. and A.
M: W. c. Porterfeld, w. M; A. $.
Goodell, S. W.: Jas. s. Carter, j. W.;
Geo. D. Jones, treasurer: VIM. +. Lorenz,
secretary.
Silver City chapter, No. 2: Eugene
Cosgrove, H. p; r. V. NEWMAN, king;
j. w. Carter, scribe; W. +. Lorenz, sec
rotary; Geo. D. Jones, treasurer: j. j.
Kelly, c. II.
Tall Pines camp No. 8, Woodmen of
the World: Consul commander, St.
George Robinson; banker, c. s. Fait;
adviser lieutenant, Simon Casey; clerk,
John M. Fritter; assistant clerk. G. G
Fielder; Waterman, E. b. Miner; sentry,
Edward Powell; escort, Leo ROsenfelt;
managers, H. L. Cakes, s. S. Derbyshire
and Price Heather.
Helen Rebekah lodge No. :, l. 0. 0.
F.: Noble grand, Mrs. A. E. Bennett;
vice grand, Miss Mamie HolsOn: record
ing secretary, Charles G. Bell; financial
secretary, Mrs. George Weber; treas
urer, Mrs. L.. II. Rowlee.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-30
Will Meet In Santa Fe.

Mrs. Ella NJ. Dunning, principal of
the city schools; Mrs. Fletcher, kinder
garten teacher, and Mrs. Harvey.
teacher in the I'd ward schools, return
ed from Las Vegas last evening, where
they had been in attendance on the an
nual meeting of the Territorial Educa-
tional Association. Yesterday after
noon the ladies of the w. B. T. tele-
graphed an invitation to the associa-
ton to meet in Santa Fe next year,, and
that invitation was accepted. The
meeting this year was a success in eV-
cry particular, and the results of the
swapping of experiences by the peda-
gogues will be felt, by the public
schools in particular for the better. The
association has As members and Pro
fessor c. II. Jordan of Las Cruces, was
elected president.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-30
Combination Turnover.

The d. & r. G. train hat left here
yesterday morning failed to get any
farther than Tres Piedras, for good and
sufficient reasons. 1t had been showing
again up along the Colorado line, and
blowing great guns besides; so that
the cuts south of Antonito were blocked
in short order. Two engines went out
yesterday morning with a snow pillow
and tlanger and were doing heroic
work when the outfit struck a hard
bunch of snow, and in a jiffy the en-
gines were in the ditch and the tianger
was resting easy, upside down without
any care.
A wrecker was sent to the rescue as
soon as one of the enginemen could
wade through the beautiful to the
nearest telegraph office, which was
some distance; but with a strong wind
blowing progress was necessarily slow.
The north bound train could not get
within 20 miles of the scene. 50 the mas
g and mails We're returned to this
city for another try today