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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
Wrecked by u Breaker.

Eureka, Call, Dec. 4.-The steamer
Weeott lies total wreck Oh 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, q resident OF
Felndale, 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 YES
sci from the jetty. A big breaker
struck the basket as she was almost i'll
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
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
HELD UP az ONE MAN.
Daring Robbery Of an Express Car In
south Carolina.

SCUM ONrOIbn8s
Charleston, S. c.. Dec. Am un.
known white man, closely masked,
held up the two messengers in South.
ern express car tonight, and under
cover OF revolver, compelled them to
give up 81, 700 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 un-
til the train had got under way again.
the robbcr pulled the bell and jumped
off as the train slowed up. The con-
luctor 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 combination baggage
and express, and the door had been
opened to permit the conductor to
reach the baggage section, which WA
IN the forward end of the car.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
STAPLES REMAIN FIRM.
Much Underlying Strength In the BuseS
ness situation.

Much Underlying Strength In the BuseS
moss Situation.
Bradstreet's says: A striking illus.
tration of the underlying strength Of
the general business situation is fur.
nished this week by the course OF
prices. Almost without exception val.
ues of staples remain firm at previous
quotations or manifest still further
pronounced tendency toward higher
level. This, too. has occurred in the
face OF a rather smaller distribution In
the ordinary trade channels than has
been noted in recent weeks. So far -
autumn and winter trade is concerned,
the complaint Of unseasonably mild
weather, restricting retail distribution,
Is reported from many cities.
But rising superior to this and to the
unquestionably smaller distribution at
first hands, is the accumulated strength
of textiles, particularly cotton goods,
which reflect some additional strength
of the raw product, due to smaller re.
ceipts and better foreign advices, bus
in large measure also portray the Inc
fluence OF active demand coming on .
market exceptionally bare of stocks. A
further advance in print cloths, fea.
ture of this week, has brought the quo
tation for standard grades up to
cents, point not touched for fouS
years past.
Raw wool is higher at all markets on
active demand, shared in by the manu-
featured material.
Wheat, including -four, shipments
for the week aggregate 3,6s8,677 BUSH
els, against 4,54O,OO7 bushels last
week, and 1924, 726 bushels in 1898.
Since July this season, the exports
of wheat aggregate IS, 46S, SAG bushels.
against 80, 124,0S3 bushels last year
and 1O1, 43,679 bushels in 1897.
Business failures in the Dominion OF
Canada for the week number 80, 40
compared with 10 last week, p in this
week year ago, 81 in 1896 and 81 in
1895.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07

New York, Dec. ga successful
test was made tonight OF the Pollak.
Virag system OF rapid automatic tele.
graphing between this city and Chi.
cago. The dispatches We're sent from
the World Office, via Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne, to the Tribune of Chi.
cago. Joseph Virag, one OF the in.
ventors, handled the New York key.
Although the wires were not in perfect
working order, he managed to send
four messages at the rate of about l 200
words minute.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
Portland Mark ct.

Wheat - Walla Walla. bO@ 52c:
Valley, sic; Bluestem, sec per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, SO. 90; graham,
$3.50; supertine, sails per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 81 q 36c; choice
gray, 33 @35c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $16@ 1850;
brewing, $1S.O0@19.OO per ton.
NIillstuffs-Bran, $l7 per ton; mid.
dlings, $22; shorts, SIS; chop, SIG per
ton.
Hay-Timothy, $9@11; clover, 81
@S; Oregon wild hay, 1907 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, SOC 65c;
seconds, 421a @45c; dairy. S7}a @40c:
store, 25@35c.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 1Sc;
Young America, lac; new cheese loo
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $1,000
$50 per dozen; hens, 81. so; springs.
$2.OO@3.5O; geese, $7.OO@8.50 for old;
$4.5O@6.5O for young; ducks, $3.50
per dozen; turkeys, live, l4@15o
per pound.
Potatoes-50 @6Oc per sack; sweets.
SW S4C per kOuu't.
Vegetables-Beets, 81; turnipe, coo;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cauli.
flower, 75c per dozen; parsnips, VI;
beans, 5000 per pound; celery, roo
75c per dozen; cucumbers, SOC per
box; peas, 3@4c per pound; tomatoes,
75c per box; green corn, 12H@
loo per dozen.
Hops-7@1 Oc; 1898 crop, $500.
Wool-Valley, 12@l3c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, SO lac; mohair, S7@
soc per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $40; dressed mutton, SO @
7c per pound; lambs, nc per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $500;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed.
$5.50@6.OO per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, 3.5O@ LOO;
COWS, $3@3.5O; dressed beef, 61@
714c per pound.
Veal-Large, e1a@71ac; small. SO
s}ac per pound.
San Francisco Market.
Wool-Spring-Nevada, 100 15c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, l2@ Ice; Val.
ley, 10000; Northern, 1O@ lac.
Hops-l699 crop, 1l@l2c per
pound.
Onions-Yellow, 75@85c per sack.
Butter-Fancy creamery 24@2bc;
do seconds, 22@24c; fancy dairy, 81
@22c; do seconds, 10000 per pound.
Eggs-Store, 42@43c; fancy ranch,
4Oc.
MillstufYs - Middlings, $3.50 Q
1850; bran, $3.50 g 1880. =
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
MINES AND MINING.
Eastern Oregon Copper Prospect Prom.
iscs Great Wealth.

Bastern Oregon Copper Prospect Prom.
iscs Great Wealth.
The three great copper claims which
the venerable Lewis and his associates
have chung to so long are ut 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
II million tons of ore that will average
3 pei cent copper, besides some gold
and silver. AS u copper mine no two
properties in the world can approx
mate it when developed The claims
are-Hel named, in view OF their almost
incomprehensible magnitude. Through
their entire length Of 1900 feet they
are traversed by two mammoth lodges
hu,.ying 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 rs 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 a depth OF
hundreds and even thousands OF feet,
while in the Oregon wonder 1t 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,
H., parties, with the controlling in.
terest in Des Moines, and that the
greatest mineral deposit known to ex.
list OH earth will soon be opened within
20 miles of this city.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07

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 be 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.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 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
hernia 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 GAO 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 +. ii. Osgood, of Seattle.-Grants
Pass Mining Journal.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07

hington, Dec. AIN the first an.
report OF Secretary Root, just
public, frequent reference is
% the report of General Otis to
he magnitude OF the task set for
the Philippines with the made.
forces ut his command when tho
ak came, and a high tribute is
b the courage of the troops who,
face OF great hardships, volun.
consented to forego an imme.
return to their homes upon the
ltion Of their terms of service.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
ITS LAST LEGS
Government Is About
10 Fall H ard.
SIDENT SURRENDERED
All Connection With the
Mon and Asked for an OF.
kbinet Minister Caught.

bee. 4.-General Conon sur
DO officers and men with
hi Americans and 10 Span
3 and the garrison Mt Bay.
ovince of Nueva Niscaya,
nt Monroe, with so men o!
cavalry.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07

Ion. Dec. 4.-(ieneral Otis
the war department. show
tunce into the interior is be.
bly pushed, and the Ameri.
continue to drive back and
|e scattered bands encoun.
states that Captain War
D Eighteenth infantry, was
] engagement at Pasi, lilo lie
fOvember 81.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
Mining Notes.

There is an unprecedented demand
for coal in the Fast. X. r. McNas-
ters, OF the Illinois Coal Company, OF
Chicago, says that if the Washington
coal mines could produce four times as
much as they are turning out, II mar.
ket would be ready for it III any city
east of Omaha. There is a 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 IL 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 50 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
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 2S, the fourth quarterly divi.
dend OF BY cents share to its stock.
holders. The amount paid out since
January | to October % was $500, 900,
sum that averages about 1000 for
every working day OF that period.
October's gross receipts at the mine
were $lO7,0S7, and expenses $3.50, 500.
The October report showed $40 stamps
crushed SO, 4O7 tons, yielding yes, GAG,
with Il saving OF | ,OS3 tons sulphurets,
worth $50, l73. The ore averaged but
$l.83 per ton.
The Pacific Coast Company, which
operates the coal mines ut Franklin,
Newcastle and Black Diamond, has
recently made several advances in the
wages paid to its men, amounting to q
total average OF per cent.
State Mine Inspector G. F. Owen es-
inmates that Washington's coal output
for the year to December 81 will be
over 100000 tons, II per cent in
crease over the 1898 output shown by
reports received to September 30, 1899.
Ore similar to that OF Index, and in
large quantities, is reported to have
been found in the Leavenworth dis.
trict, on the east side OF the Cascades.
The Qui!p mine at Republic has been
sold to Canadian capitalists for $70,.
900.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
Advance In Wages.

Fall River, Mass, Dec. All cot.
ton manufacturers in this city repre-.
sented in the Fall River Association
decided today to grant an advance OF
10 per cent in wages beginning Decem.
Der IL. About 2,S0O hands will be
benefited.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
CAPTURE OF CONON.
Lieutenant Monroe Worked Bluff on
the Filipino.

Manila, Dec. 5.-The capture by
Lieutenant Monroe and 80 men of the
Fourth cavalry OF the Filipino general,
Conon, with 800 men AMI officers, with
rifles, several American and 70 Span.
ish prisoners, at Bayombong, in the
province of Nueva Nizcaya, was sue.
cessful bluff. Monroe tapped the rebel
wire, telegraphed to Conon that he was
advancing with large force, and de.
manded his surrender. Afetr negotia-
lions, Conon consented to capitulate to
the superior" force, whereupon Mon.
roe telegraphcd that he would enter
the town with small guard and re-
ceive the garrison's surrender. He
captured the whole Filipino force, and
secured their arms, the rebels suppos-
in, Monroe had All army behind him.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 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 retineries, will be consolidated.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07

Elgin, ILL.,, Dec. 4.-The Elgin Ma.
tional Watch Company today surprised
it's 2.4OO employees by giving notice of a
restoration of the wage scale OF 1892.
the advance being unsolicited.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
Mining Property Sold.

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
given to 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.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
WAS ASSASSiNATED,
tarex stirred the People W
Point Of 1nsurrcctiOn.

karex stirred the People W
Point Of Instruction.
Dec. 4.-The steamer Sal.
IN Zamboanga, island OF
which has arrived here,
ills OF the occupation OF the
)mmander Very, OF the Uni
gunboat Castine.
utionists i'll Mindanao were
Iarez and Calixto, who LETT
time ago and for the last
|hs had been stirring up the
ming a considerable follow.
commercial depression anc
| food resulting from the is.
kade set the people against
honists and eliminated in
3nation OH November 10 OF
firebrand and the real leader
lolutlon, by Mldel, mayor OF
Tetuan.
hder a pretext, secured Calix.
be in Tetuan and where the
lon guards. The latter free
4 killing Calixto instantly
ice repaired to the Castine
yed with Commander Very
occupation OF Zamboanga.
Very asked that Dato
Eh 500 of his followers, sta.
n neiyhboring island, come
hga.
bwing morning Midel raised
IAN flag over Zamboanga, the
offering no resistance and
the town. The Castine
bd with 21 guns, and Com
Dry landed 100 blucjackets
possession of the town and
lbs. Datto Mandi's men ar.
Ethe afternoon. They We're
b wooden shields and swo, DIS,
psed on picket duty.
bder Very dispatched the
anila on November Is to Jolo
troops to reinforce him. A
\ the Twenty-third regiment,
balm Nichols. arrived on No.
and two more companies
hem shortly. Mandi's fol.
q returned home and Alvarez
Orange for a surrender OF the
he artillery pieces.
afternoon OF November 20,
ID a meeting OF the local
b formally deposed Alvarez
II the revolutionists in the is
lected Midel president of tho
lar government established
brican sovereignty and con.
chiefs formally requested
pr Very to grant exemption
j until the re-establishment
Pcial relations, permission to
} in the mountains, religious
nd the power to conduct local
1t as they had previously
Oh requests, pending the ar.
rigadier-General Bates, the
'overnor OF the district, the
Dr. granted.
nder Very then effected an
reconciliation between AL
Midel and their followers,
gning a formal resignation Of
III OF revolutionary leader on
90, at n point on the coast
ebel town OF Mercels. Al.
vered ii Nordenfeldts and
with ammunition, which
red on board the Castine.
denfeldts and Maxims were
to the army at Zamboanga,
so 200 rifles and ammuni.
e artillery came into posses.
The revolutionists from six
unboats bought by the army
lin, which the revolu.
'oted before the Americans
possession.
and only a dozen followers
emainder of the revolution.
2 scattered and returned to
pations. Commander Very,
lrted to occupy Zamboanga, is
to have handled the situa.
many phases with energy
natic skill.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07

hington, Dec. 4.-Genersl Leon.
>od will return to Cuba next
lie says he expects to remain
Zine OF the army as long as he
nd is permitted to remain.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Marke cts.


Onions, new, $l.00@1.25 per sack.
Potatoes, new, $1,000.
Beets, per sack, 75c.
Turnips, per sack, COO.
Carrots, per sack, Zoe.
Parsnips, per sack, 9Oc.
Cauliflower, 75c per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, 70
@ 90c per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65@SOc.
Apples, $1.25@ so per box.
Pears, $1.OO@1.25 per box.
Prunes, COO per box.
Watermelons, $3.50.
Nutmegs, 5O@75c
Butter-Creamery, SOC per poundS
dairy, l7@22c; ranch, zoe per pound.
Eggs-Firm, 800 35c.
Cheese-Native, 1870 lac.
Poultry-9@ l0c; dressed, IL 12c.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $l2.OOs
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$17.OO@ls.0O
Corn-Whole, $23 90; cracked, $23;
feed meal, 1913.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$2l; whole, $22.
Flour-Patent, per barrel, 1895;
blended straights, 1910; California,
1926; buckwheat flour, $3.50; gra.
ham, per barrel, $500; whole wheat
flour, SO. 90; rye -four, 1878.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $1,000;
shorts, per ton, $1,000.
Feed-Chopped feed, $40. 80 per ton;
middlinps per ton. 1922: oil cake meal.
per ton, $500.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 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 lumber camp neat
Menlo, Pacific county, WASH, which
produced 1000 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 1875, 900
cans day. Clam cans are now being
made for several canneries on the
Sound.
Scalps to the number of 393 OF wild
animals in Lake county, Wash, were
presented to the county court during
it's late session, the regular November
term.
The way building is going on in
Grants Pass indicates at least that PEG.
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
$4,000 pounds each, with $50, 900
pounds on the driving wheels.
The o. r. & N has completed its
cut off from Wallua Junction to Grange
City, a distance OF GO miles. BY this
cut off 20 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
$40, 1000 for the loss of his cannery and
stock. lie estimates his loss at $40.
900.
Secretary Badly, of the Whatcom
Single Manufacturers Association,
reports that 90 per cent OF the single
mills of the county have closed in re.
Spouse to the order OF the state associa.
ton.
With the exception of a small spot
opposite the railroad warehouse, Lake
Bennett is frozen over at Bennett from
the southern end to point mile to
the north, but the ice at the northern
end is not thick.
The people OF Ashland. Or, sub.
scribed and paid 81, 1888 to pay in.
debtedness of their normal school be.
fore It could be decided to the state.
All claims were paid, and balance Of
$62. 70 was turned over to the regents
with the title to the new school.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07

Cincinnati, Dec. 5.-There is a
movement on this side OF the river rs
we'll as in Kentucky, to present the
name OF Governor Bradley for the nom.
nation for vice.president on the next
ticket with Mckinley
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-12-07
A CurN For LpurOSy.

Honolulu, Nov. %, via Victoria, Il.
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 Venezeula 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 DR.. 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.
Secretary Hitchcock's Annual Report.
Washington, Dec. 4.-The annual
report OF Secretary OF the Interior
Hitchcock, made 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 991, $40 pensioners, a 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 ia
commence prior to the date OF filing
tho claim