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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-29
Windsor County Court.

June Term, 1899.
Hon. Henry R. Start, Presiding Judge
Hon. Char Chsrls' f. Markham Assistant snd It,.
Officers of the Court.
j. r. Pember, Clerk.
Fred B. Pingree, Deputy Clerk.
John G.. Sargent, States Attorney.
R. A. Spaford, Sheriff.
D. G. Jones, High Bailiff.
John H. Mimms, Reporter.
At the conclusion of our last report, thu
case growing out Of an appeal in the Saral
A. Fletcher estate, was on trial by jury
That case resulted in verdict tor plaintiff
of $429.S8, and interest from the time o
the demand on the administrator, Octobel
1, 1898. The case will 60 to the supreme
court on the numerous exceptions takeI
during the trial to the admission and rejec
ton of testimony, and to the charge of thu
court. Both parties to this cause are dead
They were brother and sister and left nj
books or papers relating to their mutua
| dealings and it is in such cases Difficult
matter to get at the truth and right o
a controversy. 1t behooves parties to taxi
warning from this case and put their none
tary transactions in writing, properly signet
and authenticated and not destroy th,
records of their transactions. This is tn,
safer and better way, and will affort
administrators 10 many cases the evidenc
to defeat unjust claims.
The jury we're discharged for the tern
on Thursday, and no court wa. held OF
Saturday and Monday, but came in Of
Tuesday and the trial Of divorce cases an,
court issues proceeded. Results will b
announced next week in our regular report
Bills Of divorce have been granted TO
the causes exhibited by the proofs as fol
lows: Homer W. Beebe from CARR
Beebe, for desertion; Hattie E. Bowe
from Samuel Bowen, for intolerable sever
J ity; Blanche E. Cooper from Charles M
Cooper, tor Intolerable severity; Josie L
Davis from Harry o. Davis, for desertion
Mary A. Quimby from Frank G.. Quimby
for intolerable severity; Myrtle L. Ban
from Will Rand, for desertion; Albert
Bixby from Mary A. Bixby, for Wilt
desertion; Bert w. Wilkins from Edn
Wilkins, for wiltul desertion; Edwin c
Warner from Ada G. Warner, for desel
ton.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-29
Accidental Burns

are quickly relieved by Comfort Powder.
Nothing stops the smart and heals the skin
so quickly. There should be box in every
kitchen.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-07-29
DIED..

In Gassetts, July %, Albert E. Spaford
aged IL years, 10 months.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07

Eureka, Cal, Dec. 4.-The steamer
Weeott lies total wreck ON the south
jetty of Humboldt bay, having struck
the rocks there, and OF the "a souls on
board all are safe but two. One pas.
senger, Mrs. Carmichael, resident Of
Feindale, this county, and Gus Nelson,
a seaman of the steamer, lost their
lives. Mrs. Carmichael was the first
person the lifesaving crew tried to res
cue. She was in the basket which was
on the lifeline run to the doomed ves-
sci from the jetty. A big breaker
struck the basket as she was almost in
the arms of her rescuers, and she was
swept away. Her body was not re-
covered. Nelson was killed by falling
spar which struck him, breaking his
neck.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Storm In Texas.

Rockport, Tex, Dec. 4.-Reports
from points on the gulf in this section
show that the damage to property and
loss of life by the recent severe storm
were much greater than at first report
ed. A number of small fishing craft
are missing, together with their crews.
The bodies of James Sanders and two
other men not yet identified have been
found in the mouth of st. Charles bay
Several thousand head of sheep and
hundreds of cattle were driven into the
gulf by the storm and drowned. One
ranchman, George Brundett, lost over
5000 head of sheep in this manner. In
Refugio and Arkansas counties, there
was terrific fall of hail and chunks of
ice, some being five inches in dame
ter. More than roo head of cattle were
killed by falling hail in the vicinity Of
Lunar.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Shipping Cape Nome Sand.

The steam schooner Albion. which is
now speeding to San Francisco from
Alaska, has ballast cargo of 400 tons
of Cape Nome beach sands. The J. S.
kimball Company, owner of the vessel,
has undertaken to demonstrate whether
the ordinary sands of the Cape Nome
beach cannot he transported to San
Francisco at profit. The gravel is to
be treated by the most modern and i'm
proved machinery. Should it be found
that it contains pay gold it is probable
that next summer all returning vessels
will try for Cape Nome beach ballast.
The Alpha, also OF the Kimball line,
which arrived at this port from the
North en- route to San Francisco re-
Gently, also had SO tons of Cape Nome
sands for ballast
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
How the Khalifa Died.

Cairo, Dec. 4.-Ohicers from the
Soudan who have arrived here say that
when General Wingate's force overlook
the khalifa, the latter tried to outfank
the Anglo Egyptians, but failed. See
ing his position was hopeless, the kha-
lifa babe his emirs stay with him and
die. He then spread sheepskin on
the ground and sat down on it, with
the emirs on each side of him. The
khalifa was found shot in the head,
heart, arms and legs, and the emirs
were lying dead beside him. The
members of his bodyguard were all
dead in front of them. General Win
gates force swept over them without
recognizing the khalifa and his emirs,
but they were identified later. The
khalifa is described as of medium
height, strong and stout, of light
brown, color and wearing long gray
beard,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Southern Oregon Mines,

The Josephine dredger at Sailor dig
gings started up again last week.
Henry Rissue has made valuable
strike ON one of his claims in the Boz
hemia district. The ledge is a we'll
defined one eight feet wide and will
assay $50 to the ton. A large deal was
recently made of $40 acres of patented
land, containing placer and quartz
claims, ON Calls creek, near Gold Hill,
formerly known as the Klippe property.
1t was an all-cash deal, and the buyer
was f. II. Osgood, OF Seattle.
Pass Mining Journal.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Mining Notes.

There is an unprecedented demand
for coal in the East. X. Il. McMas.
tiers. of the Illinois Coal Company, OF
Chicago. says that if the Washington
coal mines could produce four times az
much as they are turning out, a mar
ket would be ready for it III any city
east of Omaha. There is coal famine
in the East, and the Northwest will
have to supply the shortage. Mr.. Me-
Masters says: The mines from which
we have heretofore received our supply
in the East, owing to scarcity of la
Dor and lack of cars to ship, are away
behind with their supply, and we are
forced to get coal from any source we
can. Coal in the Chicago market is
very high, and unless relief comes soon
will go higher.
The prospecting expedition sent out
by the Olympic Mining Company, of
Seattle, last summer, has returned.
They prospected along the Coast with
their own schooner and report having
secured one property of great value-a
copper bearing lode situated so miles
northwest of Wrangel, ON Duncan chan
mel, on Kupreanof island. The whole
vein assays over 10 per cent copper, be-
sides considerable gold and silver.
The ledge is about eight feet wide with
a solid pay streak two feet wide. This
is the fourth shipper which has been
unearthed by this company during the
last four months. The company will
commence shipping ore from this prop.
erty soon.
The far-famed Treadwell mine on
Douglas island, Alaska, paid out, on
October %, the fourth quarterly divi.
dend of 81 4 cents a share to its stock
holders. The amount paid out since
January / to October % was $500, 900,
sum that averages about 81, ZOO for
every working day of that period.
October's gross receipts at the mine
were $l07,0S7, and expenses $36, 500.
The October report showed $40 stamps
crushed 5S, 407 tons, yielding sos, $40,
with a saving of /, 0S3 tons sulphurets,
worth $30,l The ore averaged but
$l.S3 per ton.
The Pacific Coast Company, which
operates the coal mines at Franklin,
Newcastle and Black Diamond, has
recently made several advances in the
wages paid to its men, amounting to
ptal average of Der cent
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Portland Market.

Wheat Walla Walla, 5O@5lc;
Valley, Bic; Bluestem, sec per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, $500; graham,
$3.50; superfne, $2.l5 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 30 a. 36c; choice
gray, 35c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $l6@l6.5O;
brewing, $lS.00@ 1900 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $l7 per ton; mid.
dlings, $22; shorts, $ls; chop. $40 per
ton.
lIay-Timothy, S9@11; clover, 81
as; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 50@55c;
seconds, AZ q @45c; dairy, 371a a 40c;
store, 25@35c.
Eggs-lS q @21c per Dozen
Cheese--Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, lac; new cheese 100
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $1,000
$50 per dozen; hens, 81. 80; springs,
S2. 90 "a 3. 80; geese, S7.00@S. 80 for old;
-. 50@6.50 for young; ducks, - 80
per dozen; turkeys, live, 14@l5o
per pound.
Potatoes-50 a soc per 50 ok; sweets,
2@24c per pound.
Observation-Disclosures, 81; turnips, 9Oc;
per sack; garlic, &c per pound; cauli-
flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, 81;
beans, 5@6c per pound; celery, 700
75c per dozen; cucumbers, soc per
box; peas, 3@ &c per pound; tomatoes,
75c per box; green corn, 121a 20
15c per dozen.
Hops-7@ l0c; 1898 crop, 5@sc.
Wool-Valley, 12@l3c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, So lac; mohair, 27@
Doc per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8 &c; dressed mutton, = 9
&c per pound; lambs, z &c per pound.
ilogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $4 80; dressed,
So. 80 900 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $500 400;
cows, $3@3.50; dressed beef, 8 y "a
7Ac per pound.
Veal-Large, 6k@71ac; small, SO
8 &c per pound.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
HELD UP BY ONE MAN.
Daring Robbery of an Express Car In
south Carolina.

Charleston, S. c.. Dec. Am I'M
known white man, closely masked,
held up the two messengers in a South
ern express car tonight, and under
cover of revolver, compelled them to
give up Size in cash. Eight thous-
and dollars in another safe was over
looked by the outlaw. The train had
just left Branchville when Messengers
Ramsey and Rhodes were covered with
two revolvers. One messener was
made to stand with his hands over his
head and the other was compelled to
hand over the money packages in the
safe. After warning the messengers
not to put foot outside of the car I'M
til the train had got under way again,
the robbcr pulled the bell and jumped
off as the train slowed up. The con-
ductor saw the robber escaping along
side the track, but, thinking him a
tramp, signaled the engineer ahead.
When the train got under way the mes
sengers came out and told their story.
The car was a combination baggage
and express, and the door had been
opened to permit the conductor to
reach the baggage section, which was
in the forward end of the car.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
UnfavorabIe Weather for Distribution Of
Seasonabie Goods.

SeAsOuhDte
Bradstreet's weekly review OF trade
says: The price situation generally is
apparently one OF notable strength.
Farm products, it is true, notably
wheat and corn, have been weak and
lower on unsatisfactory foreign de-
mand, and bearish influence exer-
cised by increasing supplies OF former
grain. Other cereals are stronger,
however. Provisions have been lower,
largely on increased receipts of hogs,
but lard has been steady on good ex-
port demand. Wooden goods have been
strong also, despite unfavorable
weather. Raw wool has again adj
vanced on heavy trading, and what is
additionally interesting, prices at the
latest foreign wool sales appear to have
gained to a parity with recent advances
here.
Crop damage reports from Brazil
have been moving feature in coffee,
which started from very low price
level and, with large stocks carried
over from previous years. The price of
this staple advanced nearly cent in
November. A marked tendency to-
ward higher prices for hardware is re-
porsed at number of markets. Holt
day business in this line has opened
we'll, and the prospect for spring trade
is regarded as encouraging.
Wheat, including flour. shipments
for the week aggregate $500, 400 BUSH
els, against 3,6S3,677 bushels last
week.
Business failures in the United
Sta,s2, as usual at this period are
larger, numbering III for the week as
compared with 202 last week, 2l2 in
this week year ago, $50 in 1897, $50
in 1896, and 3l5 in 1895. Business
failures in the Dominion of Canada for
the week number % against 80 last
week, % in this week a year ago, 81
in 1897, AZ in 1896, and 80 in 1885.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
MINES AND MINING.
Eastern Oregon Copper Prospect Prom
ises Great wealth.

Eastern Oregon Copper Prospect Prom
ises Great wealth.
The three great copper claims which
the venerable Lewis and his associates
have chung to so long are AZ last to be
opened, SAYS the Baker City Democrat.
This means that Eastern Oregon will
soon have the greatest mining property
upon earth. There are lying upon the
surface of the Atlantic, Gigantic and
Pacific, as these claims are called, half
a million tons of ore that will average
per cent copper. besides some gold
and silver. AS copper mine no two
properties in the world can approx.
mate it when developed. The claims
are we'll named, in view of their almost
incomprehensible magnitude. Through
their entire length of 4,500 feet they
are traversed by two mammoth lodges
hugging each other side by side, run
ming down practically to China, and
forming one continuous ledge 100 feet
in width. In the comparative esti-
mates given as to the richness OF the
ore it must be remembered that in the
Calumet & Hecla, and also in the Ana
conda, the ore comes from depth OF
hundreds and even thousands of feet,
while in the Oregon wonder it was
taken from the surface, where the leach
ing process has somewhat impoverished
it. With depth it will increase also in
richness. Nor have we mentioned the
gold. to say nothing of the silver, which
also runs to a considerable extent in
this marvellous ore body. The esti.
mate is staggering already. Suffice it
to say that it is now bonded to com.
bination of Baker City and Des Moines,
Ia, parties, with the controlling in
terest in Des Moines, and that the
greatest mineral deposit known to ex.
list on earth will soon be opened within
20 miles of this city.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07

The quickest mining deal ever made
in the history of Oregon was closed
last week by Mrs. Jacobs, of Portland,
just three days after the bond was
gives to a Baker City firm. The prop
erty sold is the Knapp property, on
Rock creek. The purchaser is j. B..
Dabney and the price paid was $780,
600. Ground has already been broken
for the erection of bunkhouses, black
smith shop, etc. and two shifts of men
working night and day will at once
commence sinking the shaft. Work
will continue through the winter.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Pacific Coast Chat,

Dawson mail and men from the
steamer Anglican have arrived in Skag-
way.
A lone mounted highwayman held
up three men in the outskirts OF Walla
Walla the other night.
Twenty-Five carloads of apples have
been shipped from Pennington, in
Whitman county, this season.
A fir was cut in a lumber camp near
Menlo, Pacific county, Wash, which
produced 32, 900 feet of fine lumber
Arthur Huey, who left his home in
Walla Walla in July to work in the
harvest fields, has not since been heard
of.
Farmers in Eastern Washington re-
port that the fall-sown wheat is taller
for the season than it has been in the
past 80 years.
A literary and social cooperative
club is being organized in Tacoma for
the study of municipal affairs and So
cial intercourse.
The Pacific sheet metal works at
Fairhaven are turning out 1876, 600
cans a day. Clam cans are now being
made for several canneries on the
Sound.
Scalps to the number of 1893 of wild
animals in Lake county, Wash, were
presented to the county court during
its late session, the regular November
term.
The way building is going on in
Grants Pass indicates at least that peo-
pie have much confidence in the per-
manency of the town, says the Observer
of that town.
The Great Northern has ordered 10
more new engines from the Brooks
Locomotive Works. They will weigh
lS2, 200 pounds each, with 100, 900
pounds on the driving wheels.
The o. r. g. n has completed its
cut off from Wallua Junction to Grange
City, distance of 66 miles. BY this
cut off % miles is saved on the main
line.
The loss on the Aberdeen cannery,
which was burned at Fairhaven, has
been settled. Mr.. Seaborg gets about
$4,000 for the loss of his cannery and
stock. He estimates his loss at $780,
900.
Secretary Badly, of the Whatcom
Single Manufacturers Association.
reports that 80 per cent of the single
mills OF the county have closed in re-
Spouse to the order OF the state associa.
ton.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.


Onions, new, $1.0O@1.2j per sack.
Potatoes, new, S16@20.
Beets, per sack. 75@S5c.
Turnips, per sack, coo.
Carrots, per sack, SOC.
Parsnips, per sack, 75@S5c.
Cauliflower, Zoe per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, IS
@90c per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65 soc.
Apples, $l.25@ so per box.
Pears, l.00@ 10 per box.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Watermelons, $3.50.
Nutmegs, 500 roc.
Butter-Creamery, sec per pound;
dairy, 17@22c; ranch, 22c per pound.
Eggs-Firm, 33@35c.
Cheese-Native, 16c.
Poultry-9@ 10c; dressed, IL a 1870.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $1,000;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$l7.00@1S.00
Corn-Whole, $4,000; cracked, $23;
feed meal, 1913.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton.
sci; whole, $22.
Flour-Patent, per barrel, 1896;
blended straights, 1910; California,
1925; buckwheat -four, $500; gra-
ham, per barrel, $3.50; whole wheat
-four, S3. 10; rye flour, $3.80@4.00.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $1,000;
shorts, per ton, $l7.00.
Feed-Chopped feed, $40. 30 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, 1886. 90.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
OTIS Report of Operations.

Washington, Dec. 4.-General Otis
advices to the war department show
that the advance into the interior is be
ing vigorously pushed, and the Ameri.
can troops continue to drive back and
disperse the scattered bands encoun.
tered. He states that Captain War
wick, of the Eighteenth infantry, was
killed in an engagement at Pasi, lilo lilo
province. November 81.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
FILIPINO FORCE SURRENDERS
Eight Hundred Tagals Laid
Down Their Arms.
AMERICANS AMONG PRISONERS
Force. Accepted the Surrender Of
General Conon's Force.

Manila, Dec. 4.-General Conon sur.
rendered 800 officers and men with
rifles, several Americans and 10 Span.
ish prisoners and the garrison at Bay.
ombong, province of Nueva Viscaya,
to Lieutenant Monroe, with so men OF
the Fourth cavalry.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Gigantic Sugar Trust,

Chicago, Dec. 4-The News says to-
day: A 5000, 900, 900 trust is in con-
temptation. There is every prospect
that the American Sugar Refining Com
pany, and all so-called independent
sugar refineries. will be consolidated.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Wood Will Return to Cuba.

Washington, Dec. 4.-Genersl Leon
ard Wood will return to Cuba next
week. He says he expects to remain
in the line of the army as long as he
lives and is permitted to remain.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Commercial and Financial Happenin r.
of Interest to the Growing
Western states.

New Line Taps Wheat Growing Territory.
The Enid and Tonkawa railroad, the
new line which the Rock Island has
been building for the past few months
in Oklahoma, east from North Enid
has been formally opened for traffic.
This new line of railroad is about 90
miles long, and is built through Sec
ton OF the territory exceptionally rich
for wheat growing. Three stations
about equal distances apart have been
established on the new road and have
been named Chopper CARRIER and Bill
ings.
This line gives promise of being one
of the best paying branches of the Rock
Island. Within the past few weeks
during which time part of the road
has been open for traffic over 80 cars of
wheat have been hauled out. At each
of the three stations tlourishing towns
are springing up and elevators and
other buildings are being erected as
fast as the material can be procured.
A few days before the line opened there
were so carloads of lumber and sup
plies on siding at Enid waiting for
the completion of the track to be
hauled to Billings.
This new railroad is already favor
lite with the farmers of the territory
through which it passes and they are
jubilant over its building.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
A Cure For Ieprosy.

Honolulu, Nov. 25, via Victoria, B.
c., Dec. 4.-Experiments are to be
made here with remedy for leprosy,
which is said on reliable authority to
have actually accomplished cures. The
cure is Venezuela shrub, of which
samples were forwarded here by Sur
geon-General Wyman, of the United
States. The shrubs are growing here
under the care of DIR. Carmichael, OF
the United tSates marine hospital SER
vice, who was asked by the department
at Washington to make experiments
with them. The shrub credited with
the power of eradicating the malady,
hitherto found to be incurable, is known
in Venezuela as tantua.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Fisheries.

Fish Commissioner Little has re-.
ceived partial reports from Puget Sound
canneries and places the estimate of the
seasons pack between $4,000 and
90, 00o cases. While the fall pack was
disappointing the total exceeded by
considerably over 100 per cent the pack
of last season and places Puget sound
next to Alaska as the greatest salmon
canning district of the coast.
Three acres have been bought on the
Little Spokane river for a state fish
hatchery, and buildings will be erected
at once to cost $1,000. About 10000
900 baby" salmon will be shipped to
this hatchery from the Chewaukum
hatchery on the Wenatchee. 1t is re.
ported that the fish commission depos-
tied 100000 Eastern trout in the
Yakima river at Gle Elum few weeks
ago.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-12-07
Secretary Hitchcock's Annual Report.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The annual
report of Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock, Lrade public tonight, while
summing up the work in all the bu-
reaus, is OF special interest by reason
of its statements regarding pension
policies.
At the close of the fiscal year there
were 99l ,5l9 pensioners, decrease of
2,l95 during the year. The average
annual value of all pensions was
$l32.74. The Spanish war probably
will increase the pension roll in the
coming fiscal year. The secretary
concurs in the recommendations pro-
viding that no pension be granted to
commence prior to the date of filing
the claim.