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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Joseph Irving has put in 100000 feet
Of logs at his camp at Novelty.
The Milwaukee road evidently believes
in Washington fir. 1t has recently
bought 5000 stringers in this state.
Wheeler, Osgood & Co., Of Tacoma,
turned out 10000 cedar doors during the
past year, SURPRISING all former records.
The Pacific Sheet Metal Works, Fair
haven, has just received shipment Of
100000 pounds Of tin plate over the Can.
adian Pacific.
Six hundred men are now at work on
the Great Northern tunnel in the Cas-.
oades. The work is progressing from
both ends of the>tunnel
The Whatcom Falls Mill Cimpany, of
Whatcom, has the banner record for
shingle cutting for 1893, having piled up
more than 26,OOO,0OO shingles during the
year.
General Manager L. 8. Miller, of the
Seattle & International, is pleased at the
outlook for business along that line. He
stated recently that three new manufac-
turing plants are to be erected at once in
territory tributary to Seattle.
The Phoenix saw mill at Spokane,
which has been idle for nearly three
months, has large log drive on the way,
and will begin operations again in short
time. The mill will start up full capaci-
ty, with about 40 men employed.
The Blockhouse ferry on the Chehalis
river, near Cedarville, on which Chehalis
county has recently spent q considerable
sum of money In improvements, is re-
ported to have been carried away by high
water caused by the recent heavy rains.
A Skagway newspaper says that we'll
known Vancouver, B. c., dairyman is 60
ing to start business in that city with
forty head Of cattle. The COWS will be
wintered in a valley close to Skagway,
somewhere in shelter from the severe
winds Of the north.
Numerous wheat sales are being made
in The Dalles at present, and the produc-
ers are evidently beginning to fear that
the indications are not good for an in.
crease over the present price, which is SO
cents per bushel. Many who could have
sold for better figures last fall are sorry
now that they waited 80 long, and seem
anxious to dispose of their produce at
present quotations.
The bridge across the Potlatch where
the Clearwater line leaves the Palouse
branch is in shape for running trains
over, and tracklaying commenced in that
direction this morning. The company has
been hauling construction supplies to this
point for some time, until many thous-
ands of ties and large piles Of rails are in
that immediate neighborhood and are Of
easy access.
The fuel consumption Of California last
year showed slight increase over 1897
which demonstrates that the manufac.
tories Of that state have done fairly
good business, although the high prices
ruling for coal all through 1898 must
have minimized profits.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
THE R[CONS1RUCT|NG CUBA.
GENERAL GOMEZ IS AN ALLY.
He Accepts the Proposals OF Our Com
missioners-Disband Of the Cuban
Army-Three Millions to be Paid them
Each Soldier to Get His Pay.

Remedies, Santa Clara, Cuba, Feb 2,
via Havana, Feb. 3.-Maximo Gomez,
commander in chief rof the Cuban army,
has placed himself squarely in position as
an active ally Of the United States gov
ernment in the work of reconstruction Of
Cuba.
AS result of the conference which
Robert P. Porter, special commissioner
of President Mckinley, has had with Co
mez the latter cabled to Mckinley this
afternoon assuring his cooperation in dis
banding the Cuban army and in distrib-
uting among among the Cuban soldiers
the 100000 appropriated for the pur-
pose Of enabling them to return to their
homes Gomez also telegraphed to Major
General Brooke saying he would accept
the latter's invitation to go to Havana. !.
The success Of Porter's mission greatly
simplifies the returning of the military
Cubans to the pursuits Of peace. In view
of Gomezs supposed prior attitude Of hos
tility towards the United States, Porter
came here clothed with absolute authority
and the tender Of $3,OOO,000 was practi-
cally verbal ultimatum. Had it not
been accepted no more proposals would
have been made. In brief the compact
follows:
First-Cuban officers in each province
shall assist American officers in distribut-
ing the funds.
Second-These officers shall at once meet
at some convenient point and devise when
and where the settlements are to be made
and arrange any other details.
Third-The sum paid to each man shall
not be regarded as part payment Of sal
ary or wages due for services rendered
but to facilitate the disbandment of the
army, as relief Of suffering and an aid
in getting people to work.
Fourth-Cubans shall surrender their
arms to the Cuban assembly or to its rep
resentatives.
Ffth-The committee on distribution
shall use its best endeavors to distribute
among the population so that all may Sc
cure work.
Sixth-The $3,OO0,O0O shall be placed
subject to the order of General Brooke
and action in the matter shall be imme
diate
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
IDAHO,

John Bansano was held up and robbed
of $45 in front of his own door step the
other night at Wallace.
The Latah County Sportsman Associa.
tion has been revived and held its first
shoot at the ball park last week.
The recent rains have been causing the
Northern Pacific some trouble with the
new track between Juliaetta and the
mouth of the Potlatch.
Mrs. Henry Tobin was drowned in the
Clearwater river at Lewiston last week.
She deliberately walked into the water
with suicidal intent.
The force of men along the route of the
Clearwater line is being increased nearly
every day by the arrival of men from
Spokane and other points.
A little 3-year.old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. T. McCarty was burned to death
last week at the home Of the family at
Melrose, on the reservation, about 20
miles from Lewiston.
The recent rise in the streams played
havoc with the upper part of Kellogg.
The fume built last fall to carry off the
tailings from the Last Chance carries
them all down to its mouth, but there
they quickly filed up the channel and the
water spread out in all directions.
Reboi, the agency interpreter, gives the
news that measles and grip are epidemic
among the Nez Perces. This combination
is causing many deaths. The measles have
been unusually malignant this winter
throughout this vicinity, causing many
deaths among the whites.
A meeting Of the leading citizens Of
Priest River and vicinity was held at the
school house last week to take some &C.
tion with view of having the boundaries
Of the Priest river forest reserve changed,
restoring to the public domain about co..
600 acres on the south end of the reserve,
comprising five townships.
At the opening of the house session
last week the application of the citizens
Of Spalding, Nez Perce county, asking for
passage of the anti-gambling law, was
read, as was also petition from citizens
of Fletcher, Nez Perce county, praying
for the passage Of the free homestead
memorial was passed.
A decision has just been made in the
case of Law vs. We'll in the Occur d'Alene
land office. The case has been running
for the last four years, and involved 90
acres of land near Sand Point, upon which
contestant resides. The case once before
has been through the local office on tech
nicalities, through the general land office
and to the secretary of the interior on ap
peal, who returned it last November to
the local office for hearing ON its mer'
ita The decision is in favor of the con.
testant.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
Volunteers to BE Mustered ont.

Washington, Feb 2.-The war depart
ment has issued an order to muster out
about $1,000 volunteer troops.
The regiments named are the First
Maryland, now at Augusta; Third Missis-
sippi and Second Missouri at Albany, Ga; ;
Eighth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania, at
Augusta, Ga; Fourteenth Pennsylvania,
at Somerville, S. c.. Fourth Texas, at San
Antonio, Texas; Fourth Wisconsin, at
Admission, Ala; Seventh volunteer in
fantry at Macon, Ca; Eighth volunteer
infantry, at Chickamauga; Tenth volun.
teer infantry, at Macon, Ga.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
Murder of Two Arizona Men.

Kingman, Ariz., Feb. 1.-The bodies of
two men have been found murdered near
blackberry, small town east OF here.
The bodies have been exposed three days.
The throats were cut and the heads beat
en- to jelly with stones.
The remains have been identified as
those of James Dowd, a miner and John
Blake, Mormon teamster from Utah.
Blake leaves a wife and children. The
Mexicans who are suspected have been
caught, and are here in Jail. There is
talk of lynching. The bodies were bru-
tally mutilated afer death. Blake's head
was nearly severed from the body. He
was robbed Of watch and small amount
OF money.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
WARRINGTON.

warden Of Walla Walla county.
The commissioners of Cowlitz county
have appropriated $l,5O0 to build plank
road.
w. G. Campbell, charged with the MUIR
der Of James Hardwick, at Colfax, has
been released on 81, 900 bonds.
Pat Farley, of Arlington, Is the discov.
erer of rich coal vein in Clallam county,
near Cape Flattery.
The west end Of the Reardan company's
large warehouse burst recently, letting
out about $4,000 bushels Of bulk wheat
on to the ground. A large force Of men
is at work clearing up the wreck.
Mayor Reinhart OF Olympia has receiv.
ed telegram from Congressman Lewis
informing him that an appropriation has
been secured for the improvement of o..
ympia harbor.
The Red Cross societies Of Washington
have raised $5,556.90 during the last six
months. The disbursements have been
$4,203.40, including more than $1,000 by
the emergency corps.
Adron Peton, an oyster man, was found
dead on Oyster bay beach. A coroner's
jury decided that death was the result Of
natural causes. He was 40 years old, and
nothing whatever is known Of his rela-
tives.
The judge Of the superior court Of Yak
ina county has decided that the bond Of
J. K. Edmiston, the defaulting Walla
Walla banker, was null and void because
Edmiston was not in custody when the
bond was given, and the bondsmen, there
fore, were relieved of responsibility.
The penitentiary jute mill is running
short hours and short-handed, but 4,5OO
sacks are being manufactured daily.
Warden Catron says that the prison pop
ulation at present is only about 800. Two
years ago it WAS 405, and one year ago
364
The loggers who have been at work all
winter on the river from 10 to Is miles
above here, have completed their work
and the camps are deserted. Over l0,-
100000 feet of logs are now lying on the
bank of the river ready to be thrown in
and Aoated down when the spring rise
comes.
Louis Mauserette was accidently shot
in the abdomen last week, the ball pass
ing through his body and striking his un.
dershirt and dropping on the floor when
the clothing was removed. He was oper-
ated on at once by DR.. M. B. Grieve and
DR.. Essig of Spokane.
1t has been definitely decided that the
college to be erected by the United Breth-
rem church of eastern Washington is to
be located at Guy.
Final arrangements have been made in
organizing the Pacific Slope Grain and
Seed Cleaning Company in Walla Walla,
All cases Of scarlet fever in Colville are
reported well, and the prevalence of the
disease in the community is at an end for
the present.
Governor Rogers has received call
from representative of one of the largest
bond and warrant buying firms in New
York. The agent made the offer to the
governor to take all the warrants Of this
state at par value for an indefinite period
at an interest rate Of Al per cent.
The board of state land commissioner
has ordered sold 3l7.75 acres Of timber
in Snohomish county, the appraised value
being $4,SS7.50. The sale will take place
on March 4, 1899, and the land is located
on the north half of section l6, township
20 north, range 4 east.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
Fire mt Columbus.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. "a few en-
gines Were still pumping water on the
ruins of last nights conhagration. The
extent of the fire could not be realized
until daylight and then, while the loss
was severe enough, it was thought to fall
slightly behind the figures which had
been made up last night.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
Cold Wave In the Northwest.

Chicago, Feb. 2.--The cold wave has
moderated somewhat in the central states,
but another cold wave has appeared in the
northwest, where it has caused an addi-
tional fall in the temperature. Williston,
N. D., reports 80 below zero. Exception
ally cold weather prevails in nearly all
sections of the country.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
Want Free Paper.

Washington, Jan. 3l.-The Publishers
Association met here and adopted resolu-
tions strongly urging congress to provide
for free paper and free pulp from Canada
in any treaty made by the high joint com.
mission now in session here. A large part
of the daily press was represented.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
President Mckinley III.

Washington, Feb. 2.-Secretary Por.
ter said that President Mckinley is tired
and worn as the result of the hard work
devolving upon him by the war and
subsequent developments, but it is untrue
that he is in any danger of breaking down.
All he needs is little rest.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04

Detroit, Feb. 3.-The extensive piano
and organ factory Of Clough & Warren
was damaged by fire to the extent of
100000 today. The employees had great
difficulty in escaping. Robert Ferguson,
an employe, fell from the fourth floor and
was badly injured.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
Bound for Manila.

New York, Feb. 2.-The Second bat
TALON Of the Seventeenth infantry has ar
rived. The battalion consists of companies
d, H, X and l.. They boarded the trans
port Sherman, which is to take them to
Manila They will sail tomorrow.
San Francisco, Feb. 2.-Transports
Ohio and Senator, bearing the Twenty
second infantry to the Philippines, have
sailed.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
Tobacco Companie. Consolidated.

ALBANY, Feb. 2.-The certificate of con-
solidation of the Union Tobacco Company
Of America and the North American Com
mercial Company has been filed with the
secretary Of state, the title of the first
named corporation being retained. The
sompany's capital stock is 100000.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
A sudden Turn.

BY sudden turn We may give twist
and bring on Lumbago. By prompt use
Of St. Jacobs Oil the twist lets 60 and
the muscle becomes straight and strong.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04

The North German Lloyd steamer Kais-
er Wilhelm II, from Genoa, Naples and
Gibraltar, has arrived in New York after
q rough voyage.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04

Cocoanuts come from the East Indies,
the West Indies and the Islands Of the
Pacific near the equator.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-04
SITUATION IN THE FILIPPINES.
OTIS Is EASILY IN CONTROL.

He Has Sent All the News From There,
Good and Bad-Says Aguinaldo's Mon
Are About Half Equiped-Our Govern
mont Does not Recognize His Agent.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-14
SOLVING THE FUTURE VEL
FARE OF THE CONTINENT.
This II What Ii Now Being Done On
the Fertile Prairies of
Western Canada.

The rapid progress that is being made
In the settlement of the fertile prairies
Of western Canada is leading to the In
vestigation of its resources by those
interested in having provision made for
those living in the crowded east, for
those who have been struggling for
years on impoverished farms, for the
renter who is unable any longer to bear
up under the strain imposed by the
landlord, and for the farmer who I'M
able to purchase farms for his sons in
his own neighborhood has to look
around for lower priced lands. The in
vestigation shows that it is impossible
to meet these conditions successfully
outside of western Canada. Already
millions of bushels of wheat are being
grown there each year, while as many
as $4,000 head of cattle were shipped
out this year. A representative of the
Germania, Milwaukee, one of the lead
ing German papers in the United
States, recently made a trip through
Manitoba, Assiniboia. Alberta and
Saskatchewan, where lie the free goy-
eminent lands of western Canada, and
in future issue will appear extracts
from fiattering letters contributed to
the Germania and other papers by their
special correspondents.
AS an inducement for immigrants to
make their homes in Canada. the Cana
dian government offers 160 acres of
land free of cost to each settler, and in
formation can be had of agents of the
government
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-14

1t must DE admitted that the Armen.
ians are not an easy people TO get on
with. They are distinguished by an en-
eTgy, a busy-ness and fondness for
acquisition that are almost super
occidental. They are selfish, personally
unattractiye and strikingly lacking in
traits of nobility and self-respect. The
average Armenian is unquestionably
of sharp intelligence SO far as small
things go. The saying is that it takes
ten Jews to outwit one Greek and ten
Greeks to outwit one Armenian. He is
unquestionably extremely irritating to
the quietistic. resigned, fatalistic Turk.
The two have little in common. The
Armenian is clearly pestilent fellow
and the Turk has decided to get rid of
him. The Armenian is a persistent
source of unrest. He is a kicker"
What men dc with "kickers,' in the oc-
cidental scheme of things, is to vote
them down. The Turks knows no other
way than to club them down, cut their
heads off or sink them in the Sea Of
Marmora. He is applying the triune
recipe with patient zeal as occasion Of
fers.-AtIantic
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-14
Curious Copper Mining.

The United States consul at Santiago
de Cuba reports that about nine miles
from that town there are copper mines,
having shafts from 900 TO 1900 feet
deep, which were regularly worked un-
til 1867, since which time they have
been abandoned and have become filled
with water, all but 800 feet of their
depth being below sea-leyel. But in
later years copper was obtained from
the drowned mines in an interesting
manner. The water with which they
are filed holds considerable quantity
of copper in solution. and this water
was pumped out into tanks. Scraps of
iron were then thrown into it, and the
dissolved copper became deposited on
the iron. When the deposit grew suffi-
GENTLY thick it was broken off, and the
ircn was thrown back into the water to
gather a fresh incrustation of the red
metal.-Youth's Companion.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-14
Cost of the War 10 Turkey.

According to expert calculation, the
war with Greece up to date has cost
Turkey o sum of s10,000,O00 over and
above its ordinary expenditures, of
which amount 81, 900 goes to the
railroad companies alone in payment
for the transport of the troops and war
material The damage done by the
Greek feet to the Turkish cities which
it has bombarded does not seem to have
exceeded 100000 all told In fact, the
great powers are of the opinion that
under the circumstances the sublime
porte should not be permitted to exact
from crushed, defeated and almost
bankrupt Greece an indemnity of more
than $10,000,000, and will not hear of
any such sum as s50,oo0,0o0, which is
demanded by the sublime porte.-N. Y.
Tribune
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-14

Experiments of an interesting ma.
ture have been made with the new ex-
plosive, liquid air, and with encouraQ-
ing results, under the conditions of
trial. This is reported as having been
the case with tests made on the parade
ground at Munich, and an exhaustive
test on large scale is reported as hav-
ing taken place in coal mine at Pens
burg, not far from Munich, trials which,
continued for somes months, proved
very satisfactory. The chief advantage
claimed for this explosive is its slight
cost. being simply that of power used
in liquefying the ait. Even the fact
that after a short time the substance
ceases to be capable of exploding is
urged as recommendation in one re-
spect, for, if detonator hangs fire.
there is no danger of the charge going
off accidentally some time after the
explosion is due.-N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-01-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Cloth is now being successfully mad,
from wood.

Cloth is now being successfully made
from wood.
More than 100000 acres of the Sa.
hara desert has been made useful for
raising crops, with the aid of artesian
wells.
The lightest tubing ever made is OF
nickel aluminium. Three thousand feet
of this tubing weighs only one pound
ayoirdupois.
The Dublin Artisans Dwelling COM
pany owns dwellings occupied by 2,19i
families, who pay from 40 cents to three
dollars per week.
BY mixing harmless powder, sub
nitrate of bismuth, with the food, the
movements of the stomach can be seen
by means of the Roentgen rays.
An Austrian statistician has figured
out that in North America the average
annual wages of laborers is about 5000.
Tailors, he says, earn $3.50; shoemak-
ers, $500; bakers, $475; masons, 5000.
Phosphorescence of decaying wood
proves due TO minute vegetation, and is
s'Oe PtiSiy thCuiCdl as suPi,OScQ. Lie
mycelium of fungus from pine has
been cultivated in decoction of beech
bark and Agar-agar, the result being
a white, brilliantly luminous growth.
Experiments as to the porosity OF
thin sheets of metal carried cut in the
United States navy yard at Washing
ton have shown that plate of steel
oRe-thirty-second inch thick is abso-
lutely impervious to water, even under
pressure of 5000 pounds to the square
hhch
Light is diminished by the intercept
ton of glass, as follows: British pol
ished plate one-fourth of an inch thick,
10 per cent; rough cast plate, one
fourth of an inch thick, 30 per cent;
rough rolled, one-fourth of an inch
thick, SO per cent; sheet glass, 80
ounces, % per cent.