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The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
FLOWERS In the sIcIkroOm.

"I find very few flowers, excepting
roses and violets, that have fragrance
adapted to the sickroom, says Mrs. e,
e. Orcutt in Meehsn's Monthly. "Aro-
matte flowers, like the nasturtium, are
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

lever and a couple Of blocks Of wood the
head can be pressed in a barrel with
great ease, the iron reCtangle being
moved back and forth according as the
pressure is to be exerted on one side or
the other. Thus for few cents one can
make barEeling press that will do as
good work as the more expensive presses.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

Overwhelming Causes BegOnla Rust.
Overwhelming is q prolific source Of
rust in begonias, and this disease soon
destroys their beauty. They must ha
watered carefully when indoors, for
while they do not like drought, q aod-
dened soil, badly drained, quickly affects
their foliage, says an exchange.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

Kate ChrySaRthcmumS Made to Bloom.
An ingenious plan for bringing into
bloom obstinate buds Of handsome late
show varieties which mistaken anna.
teurs have planted in the open ground
has been detailed by a Pennsylvania
correspondent In Vick's Magazine; The
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
Protecting Fruit Trees From Mice.

Protecting Fruit Trees From Mice.
Field mice sometimes do great injury
to young fruit trees in winter. They
seldom gnaw the thick bark Of older
trees, but cases are on record in which
a young orchard has been entirely de-
stroyed when planted near meadow or
level field frequented by these little
marauders Coarse wrapping paper or a
few layers of newspaper dipped in ksro-
sene and tied about the base Of tree,
also few pieces laid over the nearest
roots, will repel the mice, and at the
same time prevent tho xavaSsa Of boring
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
ROOT PROPAGATION.
When and How TO Make Blackberry
Cuttings For This Purpose.

For the purpose Of root propagation is
is desirable to have the roots which have
made their growth the previous year.
Older roots may be used, but not so large
q per cent will grow.
In nurseries where a business is made
of growing root cutting plants the roots
are taken up when the fall work is
closed during the latter part Of Novem-
ber or at any open spell in December be.
fore freezing up time.
A writer who gives the foregoing in.
formation in American Gardening fur
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

when barreling
apples, etc. 1t
calls for a REQ
tangle Of stout,
round iron, be.
ing some six
inc es longer
than a barrel, the
longer way Of the
rectangle. With
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
WAS SHOT BY HIS FRIEND.
Frank Farley Expired without Ut
terinE n word.

Tekoa, Dec. 2S.-Frank C. Farley was
shot and instantly killed by Ed AlvOrd at
10 O'Clock Sunday night The eoroner's
jury rendered a verdict of accidental
shooting and exonerated Alvord. Both
men were freight conductors in the en-
ploy of the o. r. & n. Company and were
warm friends. Alvord had been drinking
and was under the influence of liquor at
the time. Farley had Just come in from
his run and was sober.
By order of Coroner Ferguson Justice
Dickinson held an inquest on the remains
The evidence showed that the two men
had started up town to get some oysters
Alvord had "A Smith L WessOn revolver
in his pocket. The hammer would not
stand, and after leaving the house he took
it from his pocket, raised the hammer and
started to turn the cylinder so the ham
mer would not rest upon a cartridge. As
he did so Farley, who was standing be-
hind him, said: ed Alvord turned
around, his thumb slipped from the ham
mer and the weapon was discharged The
ball struck Farley near the right nipple
hanged downward, lodging in the spinal
column The fell and expired without ut
teTing a word.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
IT IS NORTH OF PORT ARTHUR.
Cars Forces Occupy an Important
Chinese City.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 2S.-The Russians
have occupied Kin Chau, north Of Port
Arthur.
Odessa, Dec. 29.-It is reported that
two tirst-elass cruisers with large num-
Der Of extra marines have been ordered to
joint Russia's squadron in Chinese waters.
An Important Point.
San Francisco, Dee 29.--Eh T. Shep-
pard, who has recently returned from
China, where he had an official position,
commenting upon the reported occupation
of Kin Chau by Russia, says:
kin Chau is an important walled city
mot an open portl at the head Of the
gulf of Lau Tung, and it commands the
mouth of the river Yalu, where the bat.
tie between the Japanese and Chinese was
fought, and the other important rivers
which flow into the gulf
at is about equally distant between
the mouth of the Yalu river and the ter
minus OF the great wall Of China. II
commands the railway Of Manehuria and
is Of pre-eminent Importance as a strategic
post.
The seizure Of the point shows that
Russia has practically taken possession Of
Corea, Manchuria and the gulf of Iau
Tung, and possesses a significance that
throws CONSERVATION among the diplo-
mats in the old world. Its situation Is
such that its possession places Russia in
a position to defy the world"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
SALVATION ARMY COLONY.
Commander BOOth-TuekeP on His
Way to California.

New York, Dec 3O.-Commander Booth
Tucker has started for California to com
plete the work of founding the first OF
the Salvation Army colonies in this eoun-
try at Soledad, near Monterey.
Most of the cottages have already been
built and the work of cultivation is well
under way. No families have yet been in
stalled on the farm of 500 acres, but nu-
merous applicants are ready to start the
moment Booth-Tucker reaches San Fran
cisco.
The commander said that there was no
doubt that the experiment would prove a
great success. Claus spreckels, he said,
is erecting a million-dolIar beet sugar re-
fnery in the immediate neighborhood,
which will be able to consume all that
they can produce, and as many more
farms as they may care to start in the
neighbOrhood.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
PRESIDENT OF UNION PACIFIC.
Horace G. Burt of the Chicago Il
Northwestern Chosen.

New York, Dec. 20-It is officially an
nouneed that Horace G.. Burt, third vice
president Of the Chicago Northwestern
railway, has been selected for the presi-
dency Of the Union Pacific. Burt's cleo
tion as president is expected to carry into
effect the policy determined upon by the
reorganization committee, when il was
supposed Clark would be able to continue
in the management of the property, but
which is impossible owing to Clark's i'll
health. The board of directors is to in
elude Winslow s. Pierce, chairman: james
stillman, Marvin Hughitt, Roswell Miller,
f. II. Hartman, Louis Fitzgerald, Henry
b. Hyde, John w. Doane, Otto II. Kahn,
7. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr, George J.
Gould, Oliver Ames, George Q. Cannon
and Jacob II. Sehiff. Oliver W. Mink is
70 be vice president in charge Of New
York Office.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
HOLD UP YOUR HANDS.
walter Craig Accidentally Shot by
ITALIA DFfskeIl.

Moscow, Idaho, Dec. 2s.-Sunday after
noon, about o'clock, while Walter Craig,
who, having attended church, was visiting
at the Driskell residence, near the ball
park, was engaged in a game of draughts
with Walter Driskell, Miss ITALIA Driskell,
in a playful mood, picked up revolver
lying on a shelf and rushed up to Craig
with the cry: Hold up your hands!' Al
most at the word the revolver, which she
supposed empty, was discharged, bullet
entering the left side Of Craig's nose near
the top. DR.. Watkins probed the wound
for a distance Of three inches, finding no
trace Of the bullet. At present he is await
in developments before proceeding fur
Their. Craig, who was not rendered uncon-
scious, or knocked over by the shot, Is
resting quietly, though complaining Of a
severe pain in his right jaw. The ball
may have been diverted from its course
and lodged there. Miss Driskell is almost
distracted by the unexpected consequences
Of her act.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
pRoRAHIY pAY IN ruIL
Closing ~ the Doors ~ = Natlenal
hank IN PhilaaslpAia.

Philndslphia, Pa, Dee. 25.--The Chest.
nut Street National Bank has closed its
doora, and Is in the hands Of the national
bank examiner. Comptroller Of the Cur.
reney Eekels said in regard to the fail.
ure Of the Chestnut Street National
Bank, Philadelphia, that the suspension
was primarily due to shrinkage in the
value Of the bonds and notes OF the Sim
gerly Pulp and Paper Mills, located at
Elkton. Maryland. The capital Of the
bank was 100000. the deposits aggre-
gate about $l.75O.OOO. and its surplus is
about $4,000. MIR, Eckels said there was
not the least suspicion Of wrongioing on
the part Of the bank. and he still had
strong hopes Of arranging for voluntary
liquidation Of the banks affairs without
expense incident TO the appointment of a
receiver.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
HANNA's Bra FIGHT.
The senatorial conteat Already
Fairly negua.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 29.--For the next
three weeks and maybe more, the capital
Of Bnekeyedom win be the political storm
center of the United States. and toward
il win be directed the eyes Of people Of all
political parties interested in one of the
greatest battle for United States senator.
ship that Ohio has ever experienced.
Although the legislature does not meet
until next Monday and the balloting, un-
der the law, cannot commence until an
other week from that date, naerly every
member Of both branches Of the legisla-
ture is already on the ground, together
with two or three good sized regiments
of hustling politicians. OF these good
majority are the adherents Of the king Of
commerce, who last year astOnished both
his own party and its opponents by prov
ing himself one Of the most astute and
successful campaign managers that Amer
lean politics had ever known.
1t is the same irony of fate that many
great public men the world over have ex-
perieneed at some period or other of their
careers that places Mark Hanna, who is
popularity designated as the IMAM who
made president" in position where he
has to make the fight Of his life for an
honor Of minor Importance than that for
which he battled for others. and which,
moreover, is to be bestowed. not by the
people OF the nation, but simply by those
OF his own commonwealth. There is even
more irony in the fact that his battle is
not 50 much against tremendous odds,
but simply for the bare handful of votes
necessary to secure his return to the sen
ate for the full period of six years.
The senator himself is on the ground
and viii probably remain here until the
issue has been decided. He has little tC
say for publication, however, save that
stands as the choice of the republicans
of Ohio as declared by them in conven
ton assembled at Toledo. and that his
candidacy has been endorsed by all ex
| eept four counties in the safe. For his
opponents he has not a hard word. Tbs
republican caucus will probably be held
/ toward the end Of the week.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
wheat Quotations. w0aI Figures
and the Price OF PPOduee.

Spokane, Dee 2s.-FollOwing are whole
sale prices, unless otherwise quoted;
Wheat at the warehouse Country
points: Club, bulk 5slc, sacked ole; blue
stem, bulk 6Iie, sacked, 64c. At Spokane:
Club, bulk sole, sacked 62e; bluestem,
bulk 62ic, sacked Sc.
Oats-At Spokane, T. o. b., sl6@l7 per
ton.
Barley - Country points, 60@62e per
ewt.
Rye-CountTy points, 7O@75c per ewt
Produee-Creamery butter, 40 and 60
ID tubs, 29c per ID; 5, 10 and 20-lb tubs,
3Oc per ID; prints, 9Oc per ID; eastern but
ter, 25@26c per ID; country butter, in
rolls, 20G25c per ID; cooking butter, i6c
per Id; cheese, twin, full cream, $50 l4e;
cheese, twins, skim milk, GA Toe; eastern
eggs, S6@625 per case; ranch eggs, Ssa
$50; honey, white comb l3i@ lac, fancy
l5c per ID.
Vegetables-Turnips, 81 per cwt; beets,
81 per cwt; onions, sI.4O@ $50 per cwt !:
beans, l9@2c per ID; potatoes, 35a40c per
ewt; MERGED sweet potatoes, $3.50 per
ewt; cabbage, lc per ID; squash, $50 per
doc.
FTuit-California lemons, S35OT4 per
box; navel oranges, fancy 81 per box,
choice 1915; seedlings, &3.35@3.5O; cook.
ing apples, 9O@$l.IO per box eating ap-
piles, sl.l5@l.25: pears, 0Oc@sI; Concord
grades, 25c per basket; California, SIPS
CLIO; cranberries, sO-5O@ 10 per barrel;
bananas, Sl.75@225.
Poultry-Old chickens, live weight,
s@oc per ID; dressed, lOc per Id; spring
chickens, S3O0@350 per doc; dressed,
l0c per Id; spring turkeys, live, o I-2@
Zoe per ID; dressed, ll@12e; ducks, $3.50
"A live; dressed, lOc per ID; geese, 9@
Toe live, dressed, 11@12e per lb.
Meats - Beef cows, live, S2@2.25 per
cwt; dressed, $4@4.75; steers, live, s2.50@
2.75; dressed, s5@5.25; hogs, live, 5000
$50; dressed, &5@5.lO; mutton, live
weight, l-4@4 lie; dressed, 93-4@Oc
per ID; dressed lambs, 0cj dressed veal,
ale.
Tacoma, Dec. 2s.-wheat: No l club
75c, No. bluestem 7se.
Colfax, Dec. 2s.--The wheat market is
dull. The price quoted al Palouse coun.
try points is from 60 TO 62 cents sacked In
the warehouse.
oakesdale, Dec. 2s.--The price Of wheat
Is variously quoted from 81 to 90 cents,
according 10 grade.
Garfield, Dec. 2s.-Wheat Is worth from
90 to 62 cents in warehouse, with little
being sold.
Walla Walla, Dec. 2S.-Wheat: Club
Csc, huestem Csc; Zoe bushel IL quoted
for bluestsm for milling purposes.
Metals.
Bar silver SIC.
Mexican dollars 45ac.
Lake copper quiet at sIo.s5@ l0s5.
Lead $3.7O@3.75.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
HAVE OCCUPIED TWO TOWNS,
Decisive Conaict With the Dusky
Foe Imminent.

Paris. Dee. 3l.--The French, II Is an
nouneed, have occupied odienne and Nall
bataliga. II is believed this Indicates
that an advance against Chief Samory IS
imminent.
Chief $amory is west African chief
tain, who, for over ~ years, has been the
most dangerous antagonist Europeans
have had to meet with. After 10 years OF
guerilla warfare he was driven out OF
the Soudan, but he made swoop upon
the fertile region Of Kong, dependency
of the French Ivory Company.
Since then Samory has been repeatedly
heard from. In August last his forces
surprised and routed detachment OF
French troops sent to occupy the terri
tory, which, it is said, Samory had Of
fered to yaeate.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
FORMS A COAL TRUST.
Mining Industry of the East 20 ne
nPeught Under One Control.

New York, Dec, 25---tt has developed
that the big coal selling combination Of
the anthracite railroads whereby produc-
tion is to be doled out by supreme
head. is only part Of vast project for
control OF the entire coal industry in the
east.
j. Pierpont Morgan's plan involves the
creation Of similar central selling agencies
to cover each Of the great bituminous
coal districts Of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois, and
a uniform working arrangement between
them that shall put stop to rate cutting
and Generalization Of the trade. The
companies are to agree upon the proper
tons each is TO mine and haul and the
buying company is to call upon them ae-
eordingly as fast as il needs coal for the
market.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
A Beautiful Thenrr- Rn,

A correspondent Of the Record,
twho does not send his name) suRgests
that the United States should seize nm.
ON the mineral lands In Alaska and 9th.
er parts Of the public domain and de.
velOp the gold fields on behalf Of the
Government, TO the exclusion Of pr,.
vate enterprise. He says that In this
way the public debt could soon be paid
on In gold. and the treasure of the
mines be made to benefit the whole poO-
ulation instead Of fortunate few. This
makes fine reading. II one does not stop
to think. Our correspondent should re-
member. however, that out Of every ten
men who dig for gold not more thaa
one gets more than he earns ia the
digging. On the average II costs dol.
lar TO get dollar In digging gold The
Government ls always a bad manager;
and II would probably cost the Govern.
ment $3.50 TO get 81 In gold mining
Our correspondents theory Is beautiful;
but Il would not pan out In beautiful
results. Uncle Sam had better stick
10 his knitting, and depend upon the
patient taxpayers 20 nh bis treasury
stocking. Philadelphia Record
=
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
CRIME and FAMINE N CUBA
'PrT1TUI CONDITION OF POOR,
Cane Fields Harmed BY snnurwents-
Rehheriea tn Havana-Pando's
l'regreua II slOw-Residents Strip
ped OF Clothlng-DyAamits Acct
dent killiRE seven Of q Party.

Havana, via Key West, Dec. 2T.--Ru-
mors which have been circulated here that
Sylvester Seovell, a New York newspaper
correspondent, had been hanged by the
insurgents, are untrue. 1t is reported that
he and Senior Rafael Madrigal, the Ameri
can consul at Sancti Spiritus, were the
bearers of an important dispatch from
President Mckinley TO President Masso
and General Gomez.
Generally speaking, the condition Of the
concentrates is as pitiful as it was dur
ing the administration in the island of
General Weyler, despite Captain General
BlaneO's DEGREES. A subscription OF $780,.
900 viii hardly give the sufferers 20 cents
each.
La Lueha demands that the amounts
expended by municipal authorities for the
relief of destitute Inhabitants be publish.
ed.
During the last month numerous rob
berries and stabbing ARRAYS are reported
to have occurred in Havana.
1t is officially stated that many cane
fields in Havana province have been burn
Va ~ ehO AAA10A S1AAAos ~ - ANROAtGA bthat
Brigadier General Arangueren was at
Guanabaeoa night before last.
A party of insurgents, it is reported I'M
officially, recently dynamited a eulvert
and bridge on the railway between Sagua
and Remedies.
1t is reported that in various engage
ments with the insurgents the forces Of
General Pando have suffered considerable
losses. The column for several days was
short Of provisions, owing to the vigorous
resistance made by the insurgents to the
advance of Spaniards and many impedi
ments placed in their way. General Pan
dos exact losses are not known, owing &c
difficulty Of communication.
Eighty residents Of Bejuieal, in Havana
province, while foraging few days ago
wree surprised by a band of insurgents
who stripped them Of their clothing.
| The insurgents have burned the cane
fields on the estate Of Senior Cardenas, al
Calabaza Sagua.
/ While a number Of insurgents were car
rying a case containing dynamite in the
/ province of Puerto Principe, the dyna
mite exploded, killing seven OF the party
and wOunding eight others.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
WALL STREET swINDLER.
Geldsmtth Has GetteR Away with .
Halt Miilien by scheme.

New York. Dee. STA warrant is out
for the arrest Of Henry Oliver Goldsmith,
one Of the best known men Of Wall street
The specific charge against him Is grand
larceny in the first degree, for appropriat-
ing check for 5000, the property Of os-
ear Weissner Of brooklyn.
Officials Of the district attorneys office
say Goldsmith managed to get away with
something like half million dollars by
operations similar to those which brought
Il. s. Dean 4 Co. before the public. Gold
smith and a man named Webster operated
under the name Of Hoyt L Go.
Goldsmith is about IS years OF age, and
in the opinion Of the district attorney 5
office, was one of the shrewdest men that
ever engaged in Wall street speculation.
After the mannr of Dean 4 Co, they say
his victims are numbered by thousands.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
cannon REMAIN INACTIVE
WHILE CHINA IS CUT UP.
Earope Proposes 60 FoFm n Gordon
OF Oaense Against American
Cemmeree-senator Morgan Does
Net Like Plnn os Non-Intervention

New York, Dec. 29-AccOFding to
Washington correspondent Of the Herald,
Senator Morgan Of Alabama, Of the COM
mittee on foreign relations has said that it
would be impossible for the United States
to remain eomplaisant should European
nations undertake the dismemberment Of
China. Senator Morgan said;
III the partition involves the ahrOga-
ton Of treaties this country would be left
to make terms with each European nation
separately in the territory to which its
sovereignty extended. Therefore, unless
the powers now ambitious for territorial
extension take into account our CONNER
eial relations with China, it win be neees-
sary fer the government to intervene in
seIfdefense.
IF the eessiOn Is absolute, then Ameri-
can interests must be taken care OF
through the treaties between America
and countries to which the cessiOns are
made respectively. II the territory is
given up merely for time there viii be
a mixed responsibility, mad it is good
time for intervention and the exercise Of
American diplomacy.
~The German occupation of part OF
China, and the prospective occupation Of
other parts by various European nations,
is an effort to complete Gordon of of.
Tense 10 American commerce from Vlad-
livestock to Marseilles or to Liverpool.
That Gordon is being stretched to contract
the trade Of GOO.OOOO0O Of people who
have direct trade and intercourse with
the FAeific ocean There is a great deal
in the Chinese problem that vitality inter.
ests Americans and demands action by
the state department and congress-"
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|H WILL KEEP THE BOND
MESSAGE OF Mr., MxrSIEY,
Republican Conference At tadiaaap-
aIis--speeeh by senator chsFieH
w. FaiFbanks-Vtndieatisn OF 'es
81. LOais Platform.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dee. 29.-flHe huii'
ired representatives of the republican
marty Of Indiana outside the city OF IN
dianapolis attended yesterday confer
enee. The meeting was ior talk and little
else. and was the largest Oh-yeaT meet
ing Of the party ever held. The meeting
was held u little late in the year IN order
that the United States senator and rePnb'
lican representatives Of the state might
be here, and they all came Influential
men in the party were encouraged by the
statement by senators and representatives
that there is hope for currency reform, NOT
ndical legislation, but such a. will tend
to set the party right before the people.
In the hotel Hobbies there was great deal
Of talk against the eivil service law, but
il came largely from men who made aP-
plieations for office Immediately after the
nomination OF Mckinley and have been
disappointed Prominent men OF the par
ty agreed that no one need fear the repub-
leans Of Indiana will ever declare against
the law.
The chief speakers were United States
senator Charles W. Fairbanks ami Cover
nor James A. Mount. Senator Fairbanks
paid high tribute to the president. -in
my humble Judgment, more patriotic
citizen of the republic never graeed the
chair of chief executive"
Referring to the subject Of currency re-
form. Senator Fairbanks said The re.
publican party, with Mckinley AZ our
leader, intends To keep faith, to preserve
the gold standard unimpaired TO the Am
eFiean people I saw me president but a
few days before coming here. ! asked him
ii be had any message for the republicans
Of Indiana. He commissioned me to say
to you that he gratefully remembers the
encouragement and assistance vhish the
republicans Of this splendid state have
given him heretofore, and be further said 1
I am going to keep the bond. am GO
ing to vindicate the sound mSney plank
in the ST. Louis platform
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-01-01
SENTENCE AGAINST UN1oN1srs
nPitiah sailors Given Eight Years
Penal Servitude for Assault.

London, Dee. 25.-It Is announced that
j. Haveloek Wilson. the labor member
Of parliament, will, Immediately upon
the reassembling Of the house Of com,
mons, move a resolution concerning the
sentence Of eight years penal servitude
passed upon two members Of the sailors
and fremen's union at Cardiff for an as
sault upon a non-unionist. The highest
court in the land has just declared that
the law Of the decision was right, but
trades unionists are denOuneing the sen.
tenee as feroeious. Mr.. Wilson Is now
in the United States as fraternal dele,
gate to the convention Of the Federation
Of labor.