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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-10-19

In commenfing upon the complaints
OF consumers that sweet cora on fAe
ear as found I'm city markets t. entirely
devoid % sweetness and favor. a1
though IL seems frcsh and Juicy. The
Rural New Yorker says thar NO other
farm prusiuct loses favor more rapidly
after gathering than green corn. and u
IL could bc sold more promptly to the
consumer We should hear no more com
paints of its deteriorated quality.
In a Canadian experiment burulnx
the wheat stubble. then dlsking and
drilling in the seed gave n better result
than drilling the seed ON burned or un-
burned sfubbls or on disked unburnesi
Etubble.
In answer 90 the question whether
manure. where sawdust has been usssi
for bedding. u injurious 90 soil Amer
Ican Gardening has obtalusd the cpin-
Ion of such good authorities as Fro-
fsssors Day % Ontario. Canada. CIin-
ton % Cornell university. voorhees, of
New Jersey. Fields 0f Oklahoma and
Dr. n. VI. Wiley of Washington. from
all of which Il appears that. upon fhr
whole. there l. no valid oblection %
the Use Of sawduSt- Professor Day
thinks mn excessive amount ON light
land might possibly inIure the texture
Of the soil
II Is said that In OF regions, where
roads have been oiled by leakage or
otherwise. they are hTm and dusties--
The estimate OF expense Of oil for road
Improvement. according 20 govern
ment civil engineer. n not 70 exceed
s14i.5O pcg mile. one barrel being
enough for % feet OF roadway Il feet
wide IL Is reported that an exp~ri
mcnt In this line = 10 BE- made by the
department Of agriculture In conjuns-
ton with the local authorities Of D~s
Molncs on country roads connected with
that city. Everybody. whether skepti Y
cal or confident I'm the project. win
await IN. outcome with interest
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
MINING NOTES.

The Red Roy mine, thirty miles west
of Baker City, last month had a $780,
900 output.
At Portland is being framed a gold
mining dredge to cost $4,000 for the
Pomeroy Dredging Company of Port
land, Ore.
Calumet, Mich, is now the second
largest mining camp in the United
States, and claims population of 40
900, being next to Butte.
1t is estimated that there is now
S1,OOO,O00 worth of ore in sight in the
Red Boy mine near Baker City. The
monthly cleanups of this mine range
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Another strike of clean galena ore
is reported on the Little Spokane, near
Troy, Montana. Ore is being hauled
to the railroad for shipment to Great
Falls.
There is a persistent rumor that the
Keystone is about to absorb the Gold
flint, in the Yakh district, Montana,
and that one big mill will work the
ores from both propositions.
This week a force of men were put
to work sinking an incline shaft on
the Rebate in Republic to catch the
ledge at point near the bottom of the
Wine, and another force will com
mence a raise to connect with it.
On the Silver King, near Okanogan
lake, and owned by the Canadian
American Gold Mining and Develop
ment company, of Rossland, $50 feet
of tunnels have been driven since Nov
ember l.
A strike has been made at the 10
foot level in the Golden Eagle, on the
north fork Of the Kettle river, in the
Boundary country. The find consists
of four feet of high grade copper-gold
ore, from which assays were had from
$50 to $780,
A carload of red granite has been
shipped to Seattle from A. C. Thomp-
sons new quarry. There is said to be
but one other place in the United
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04

States where such fine quality of red
granite is found Most of the red gran
in this country is brought from Scot
land
The Camp Hewitt properties which
have recently been secured by the Can
adian-American Gold Mining and De
yelopment company of Rossland, COM
prisee10 gold-copper claims situated on
0kanogan lake at the new town of
Peachland, which is located 20 miles
north of Pentleton on the west side
of the lake.
One mile east from the ranch of w.
l.. Davis, just across the Okanogan
river lies what is called q sodium-sul-
phate mine. This deposit covers about
sixty acres, and from samples sent to
the agricultural college of Washing
ton and chemist in Seattle is pro-
nounced by them commercially pure
Another attempt has been made to
find Indian Johns fabulously rich
placer gold fields, said to be located in
Cassiar and which are pronounced
among the lost mines of the world.
This time Californians tried to locate
the gold, but did not succeed. After
two years wandering some of the par
ty have returned to Vancouver.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04

Casualties to Date.

Manila, Feb. 81, 6.l5 p. m.-The casu-
alties to date by regiments are as follows
California, 3 killed, % wounded; Wash
ington, IA Killed, 50 wounded; Idaho, 8
killed, 20 wounded; Fourth cavalry, 2
wounded; Fourteenth infantry, IA killed,
80 wounded; North Dakota, | wounded !;
Wyoming, killed, wounded; Third ar
tillery, q killed, IS wounded; Twentieth
Kansas, 6 killed, 36 wounded; Montana,
5 killed, "A wounded; Tenth Pennsylvania,
? killed, wounded; Colorado, killed,
wounded; Nebraska, killed. "a wound
ed; South Dakota, 5 killed, "a wounded; ;
Utah artillery, killed, wounded:
Twenty third infantry, killed, wound
ed; Oregon, killed, wounded; Eight
zenith infantry, killed, wounded; Med
ical department, killed, l wounded /:
Sixth artillery, wounded; Third artill.
cry, killed, 35 wounded.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
WASHINGTON.

Real estate is beginning to change
hands in Coalee City.
Sol Labrandt, near Nooksack, killed "a
large bear with an AK during the cold
weather.
Neil Murray was struck by Great
Northern train at Wellington last week
and killed.
The debt of Whitman county is less at
present than it has been for more than
two years.
Joseph Ochman fell into well on the
farm of Michael Hilgers near Sprague and
was drowned.
The city jail in Walla Walla was taxed
to its fullest limit last week, it being the
recipient of 81 vagabonds.
Suicide with Winchester shotgun was
the means sought by w. X. Fuller, a
hardware merchant in Everett, to end his
life.
The 2-year-old son of Fl. S. Clyde of
Olympia was accidentally shot and killed
by an older brother recently while at
play.
People living along the Columbia re-
port that the Indian cayuse ponies on
the COlville reservation are dying off by
wholesale
In the United States court in Tacoma
Judge Hanford has sentenced Louis Silk
worth to four years in the penitentiary
for counterfeiting.
On the 9th of last month d. j. Schneb-
ly, editor of the Ellensburg Localizer, was
81 years of age. Mr.. Schnebly is the
oldest newspaper man in Washington.
The record for fast jury work was brol<-
en- in the superior court, in Colfax, last
week, when jury heard two cases and
rendered verdicts in less than 20 min
utes
A. j. Symes, convicted of manslaughter
for the killing of Louis Conlee, in Adams
county, in 1894, returned to the peniten-
tiary at Walla Walla, to serve out his
sentence of Is years, less credits.
About March 8 first class steam siren
will be established at Gray's Harbor light
station, on the seward side of Point Che
halls, southerly side of the entrance to
Gray's harbor.
The Columbia county courthouse found
alton is settling in spots. This fact was
discovered by Auditor Gillian when he
attempted to open the vault doors, which
have heretofore swung easily on their
hinges, but they opened very hard, bind
ing en- the inside corner of their iron
frame.
Whitman county farmers are congratu-
lating themselves over the deep snow and
frosted soil. They see in it rich promises
OF great crops, and as these conditions
have usually brought good yields, it is
not probable that they will be disap-
pointed this time
While Moses Hoyt and Dan Shaner,
two we'll known Mossyrock ranchers, were
driving to Chehalis one day last week
a tree fell across the road while they were
passing and killed one horse which they
were driving .and badly injured another
animal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
GREAT SATISFACTION IN CUBA
EXPRESSIONS OF GOOD WILL.
Gen. Gomez Received with Military
Hcnors by American Generals-He Re
views the soIdiers-insurgent Troops
to Disband-Day of Rejoicing.

New York, Feb. pa dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says:
Cuban patriotism is satisfied The in
surgent soldiers have marched through
Havana streets bearing their arms and
General Gomez has been received with
military honors by the American military
commanders.
Surrounded by them he watched $500
of them deile in the plaza. He watched
these soldiers from the balcony on which
General Brooke and other American gen
erals stood less than two months ago
when the last company of departing
Spanish troops saluted the American
troops and Captain General Castelanos
formally yielded the Spanish sovereignty.
After reviewing the soldiers Gomez
went to Fl Nedado, which is Brool1e's
headquarters, paid his respects and con-
ferred with him regarding the disband-
ment OF insurgent troops. That is the
most important affair, now that the Cuban
celebration has been Lcld. IL is also
true that the result If the celebration aas
contributed to 4 better understanding and
will help the disbandncnt
Expressions of good viii toward Ameri-
cans were universal. The events of the
day were creditable and were also signif-
cant in the lack of resentment toward the
Spanish classes. 1t was day of rejoicing
for Spanish defeat, yet they could not
fail to be gratified at the care taken to
avoid wounding their susceptibilities.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
While Making Firecracker-.

New York, Feb. 2G-Two boys were
killed, another mortalIy injured and sew
eral Others more or Jess injured ~ ter
rifle explosion yesterday in one OF the
mixing rooms in Il building of the Nord-
linger-Charlton Fire Works company at
Graniteville, S. l. The dead and MORALLY
injured are: Harry Morgan, aged 10;
Charles Problem, aged is.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
Minneapolis Tribune Fire

Minneapolis, Feb. 24-The fve-story
building occupied and owned by the Tri-
bune Publishing Company was destroyed
by fire tonight. Everything, including all
the costly presses and type and linotypes.
were destroyed. Fortunately not single
life was lost, nor man injured The loss
to the Tribune company is about 100000;
insurance, $4,000.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
MINES AND MINING CAMPS
METALS OF THE NORTHWEST.
Items From the Rich Rigions Of the Pa
cido Northwest News From All the
Principle Mining Camps-Personais-
Mining Notes.

The new 100000 mill at the Col
conda mine. near Baker City. Ore, is
building. The owners expect great
success with the new bromine-chlorine
process. They are J. C. and ]. T. Eng
fish, of Danville, III. The mill build
ing covers 10 by 300 feet The COM
plete equipment will be in operating
shape April l.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
wheat Quotations, Wool Figure. aud
the Price of Produce.

Following are the local quotations
Wholesale prices are given unless other.
wise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse Country
points: Club bulk 44c, sacked 46c; blue.
stem, bulk 46c, sacked 49c. AT Spokane.
Club, bulk 47c, sacked 49c; bluestem, bulk
Ace, sacked SIC.
Flour-Superb, $3.50; Gold Drop, $3.50;
Monogram, $3.50; Banner, 1915; White
Lily, $3.75; Spokane, 1925; Plansifter,
$500; Big Loaf, $500; whole wheat,
$3.50. rye, $3.50.
Vegetables - Potatoes, $l.25@l.50;
onions, $l.l5@l.4O; cabbage, $3.50 per
cwt; celery, 50@60c per dozen.
Produce-Fancy creamery butter, 40 to
60-lb tubs, 2Sc; lib prints, 29@3Oc; cook
ing butter, l6@20c; cheese, fancy cream,
twins, l4@l6c; eggs, cold storage, Sc;
eastern fresh eggs, $3.50; honey, in frames
l6@l8c.
Hay-Timothy, slO.5O ton; wheat hay,
E@S; alfalfa, $1,000.
Barley-Country points, {. o. b., 85c per
cwt-
Rye-Country points, f. o. b., 72c per
cwt; Spokane, Use per cwt.
Feed-Brsn and shorts, $l4 per ton;
shorts $l3; bran, SIS. rolled barley, $40;
chicken feed, $l5@2O.
Corn-Whole, $l.I5 per cwt: cracked,
Bl.2O.
Wood Ton car)-Fir, So: tamarack,
1915; pine, 1915. Retail-Fir, $3.50; tam
Coal (retail) -Roslyn Iump,$5.5O; Penn.
sylvania anthracite, $ls; Colorado anthra-
cite, SIG; foundry coke, $l6; Cumberland
black, $l7.50@2O.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight, lO@llc
per Id; dressed, ll@l2c; spring broilers,
$3@3.50; turkeys, a@l0c; dressed, ll@
l28c; spring ducks, dressed, ll@l2c;
geese, live, lO@llc; dressed, l2@l2tc.
Meats-Beef cows, live, $2.50@275;
dressed, $5@5.50 per cwt; steers, live,
$2.75@S. dressed, $5.5O@6; hogs, live,
$4.50@4.75; dressed, $6@6.5O; mutton,
live, 4@44c; dressed, 7t@Sc per Id;
dressed veal. 7@8c per Id; lamb, l2ic
Wholesale; yenison, lO@l2c per Id.
Wheat.
Portland, Ore, Feb. 26.-Wheau --Walla
Walla, $4,000. valley, Coo; bluestenl.
6l@62c.
Tacoma, Feb. Wheat Club, 5se;
bluestem, 6l@62c.
Metals.
San Francisco, Feb. 26.-Siver bars,
so I-2
Mexican dollars, AZ l-2 to AS.
Lake copper, brokers', SIS. The firm
that fixes the selling price for miners and
smelters quotes lead at 1920 at the close.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
Combine on SILK Thread.

New London, Conn, Feb. 26.-Public
announcement was made that the Ameri-
can Silk Manufacturing company of New
London has been capitalized at Sl2,500.-
ooo, S5,O0O,OO0 preferred per cent stock
and S7,5OO,OO0 common stock.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
Declares "A Dividend.

Washington, March 1.-The comptroller
of the currency has declared a dividend
OF per cent in favor of the creditors of
the Northwestern National bank of Great
Falls, Mont.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04

Stringent measures are dispeliing the
fears of outbreak. Feeling in the city IS
decidedly improved. The Chinese are still
timorous.
Hundreds Of applicants for cedulas be-
siege the officers, the natives apparently
being under the impression that their pos
session insures them from interferen. and
the ignominy OF being searched for arms
on the streets.
1t is generally thought that in the dis
astrous attempts to attack the city and
destroy property, the Filipinos themselves
being the worst sufferers. will prevent a
recurrence, but every precaution is being
taken to deal with the emergency if it
arises
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04

The "eldest inhabitant' now feels that
his occupation is gone. The younger fell
lows can now refer to the winter of 1899.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04

Washington. Feb. 26.--The war depart
ment yesterday received the following;
Condition of affairs quiet Anxiety
need not be felt in regard to the situation.
VIII send small body Of troops to Cebu,
where the navy took quiet possession.
"OTIS0
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
In South Africa.

In 1897 in the Rand. South Africa,
gold district, there were in operation
1875 stamps; in 1898. 5042; the ton
mage crushed in 1897 was 5,325, 355-
about Az tons per stamp per day. AS
in the United States, the tendency is
to increase the capacity per stamp. In
the past ten years that district has
yielded $320,0OO,O 900 in gold.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
LATE NEWS FROM MANILA
CLASH WITH THE GERMANS.

sharp engagements Are Frequent-A
Raid hy the Police-Anairs in Manila
Are Ouiet-The Rumor About Attack
.on Ge rmans Denied.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
No Row in Manila Ray.

Manila, Feb. 26.-6.2O p m.--No such
emergency exists here as is presented by
reports circulated in the United States
and cabled back to Manila. to the effect
that Admiral Dewey has had collision
of a forcible character with the German
naval commander.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04


the past ten years that district has
yielded $920,0OO,OOO in gold.
The Payne Mines.
The Payne mines are situated in the
SLOGAN division of British Columbia,
says the Toronto World. So far only
one of the four claims owned by the
company has been worked and out of
this claim the company has already
paid s1,000,O00 in dividends, besides
paying all costs of development and
equipment out of the earnings of the
mine.
sulphur.
Sulphur was mined in the United
States in 1898 in Utah, Nevada and
Louisiana. The total production was
about 5000 short tons, valued at $685.
900. The Nevada product was shipped
to San Francisco. Utah produced 337
tons. The production of sulphur in
Louisiana (nade by the French pro-
cess as in previous years.. amounted
to 1,427 short tons. Nothing was done
at the Louisiana mines after May.
The Uses of Aluminium.
There seems to be no limit to the
uses to which aluminium can be put.
The Russian minister of war has APP
proved of aluminium horse shoes for
the cavalry, after severe test as to
their merits. They wear longer than
iron, are less affected by moisture, cost
No 80
er. They are likely to come into gem
eral use in the near future. Within
few years iron will have to take a
back seat for many of the utilitarian
purposes where it is now deemed in
dispensable. :,
Fame of Republic Spreads.
Patrick Clark, the principal owner
of the Republic mine, has returned
from his eastern trip and reports that
he found the fame of Republic camp
has already reached the cities of the
east, and the indications are that con-
siderable eastern capital will seek min
ing investments throughout the north
ern section this coming spring. Mr..
Clark stated that the regular monthly
dividend of $4,000 from the Republic
mine would be passed this month, as
the cold snap had seriously interfered
with the operations of the mill. 1t
is creditable fact, however, that the
net returns of the limited operations
of the mill was more than ample to
pay all expenses of development work
on the mine
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04

Portland, Ore, Feb. 26.-Wheat- -Walla
Walla, $4,000. valley, COO; bluestem
6l@62c.
Tacoma, Feb. 6.--Wheat- Club, 5sc;
bluestem, 81 062c.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
Police Raid Native House

Manila, Feb. 26.-The military police
have raided several suspected houses n
various directions, capturing 30 or 40 per-
sons in each place.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
Anxious TO Surrender.

Manila, Feb. 27, 4:55 p. m.-Two com
missioners who returned from MaIolos UNI
der flag of truce today report 5000 reb-
els are anxious to surrender.
They also express the belief Aguinaldo
is inclined to accept pacific overtures.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04
DesuItOry Firing.

Manila, Feb. 2S.-4:35 p. m.-There has
been the usual desultory firing along vari-
GUS parts OF the line, but the only casual
ties today are Captain David Elliott, Twen-
tieth Kansas volunteers, and private Of
the same regiment. Both are seriously
wounded. They were shot by the enc
mays sharpshooters near Caloocan.
A battalion of the Twenty third in
fantry relieved the battalion of California
volunteers at San Pedro Macati today, and
the latter will be ordered to embark on the
transport ST. Paul tomorrow for Negros.
Additional Wounded.
Additional wounded from the north
west: February 20, in the trenches be-
fore Caloocan:
First Montana, Company G, Private Ed
ward Moore (seyere).
Second Oregon, Company Z, Private
Martin Hildebrandt, finger (slight).
Additional near San Pedro Macati,
February 1927:
First Idaho, Private William II. Lille.
First California, Private Charles f..
Bushman. OILS
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-04

Manila, Feb. 27, ll:55 a. m.-Except
for an occasional volley and some individ
ual firing by the rebels from the jungle
near Caloocan, along the river and in the
vicinity of San Pedro Macati, all was
quiet along the entire line last night
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-02-25
not hold n college diploma.

not hold n college diploma.
The institution Of which he is
the founder and head ~ one of
the largest and most useful in the
world. 1t gets $4,000 a year from
Alabama, and receives about $1O,-
600 per year under the Morrill,
act of 1890, besides aid from the
whole country. Pupils arc there
from eighteen states and from
Africa. One of the graduates from
Africa is now studying medicine
at Harvard University.
President Councill is a forceful
writer. The Atlanta Constitution
commenting on one of hi. arti-
cles, from which it quoted, said /:
I'VE may say here that the ex-
preston Of such sentiments as
find a prominent place in the ex-
tract which We shall quote, go
further than anything else toward
allaying the counter prejudices
which have found Judgment in
the minds Of many white people,"
General Wheeler has taken a
deep interest in President Coun-
Gill for nearly twenty years, and
regards him as one of the most
useful and scholarly negroes Of
this age. The school Ia in General
Wheeler's district. The measure
In which Professor Council ia in.
terested makes donation of
government lands in Alabama to
the negro college. The bid passed
the senate by unanimous vote,
and has been unanimously recon-
mended by the COMMITTEES of the
house. President Council ex-
presses great faith In Speaker
Reeds friendship p for the negro,
and feels confident that the
Speaker will allow the bill TO
come up soon.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-02-25
RISE {! OF AS Ex.asL.AYE.
Rsmarksble Career Of the Rresi.
dent OF the A. and n. Col
lege for Negroes.

Washington, Feb. 22.-One of
the most interesting negroes In
the country ia President W. H..
COunci!l, of the A. and Nj. college
for negroes, Normal Alaba ma,
who is in the city looking after q
measure before congress for the
benefit Of his great q hool. He
was seventeen years old before he
learned his alphabet. and yet to
day he is said tn be one of the
ripest scholars of his race. He re-
Gently published q condensed his.
tory of the negro race.
Mr.. Councill travelled abroad a
few years ago and wac received
warmly by the late Hon. w. E
Gladstone, at Hawarden. and by
King Leopold, Of Belgium. The
London Mercury. in giving a re-.
port of his three lectures at Queen
Park Congregational church,
said: 'Tha mans mind seemed
absolutely a stranger to cant and
clap.trsp, a condition notable and
refreshing to our own country,
old in freedom and culture. DR..
Leach did good service to our
community in setting before it.
in MIR. Council, speciman Of the
handlwork of Il Christian sculptor
from the rough block Of a negro
slave"
The story Of his efforts to rise
in the world and to help his race
is full of interest and would fill
large volume. He worked in the
fields, blowing, picking cotton,
splitting rails, etc. He took ad.
vantage Of every opportunity to
learn. He plowed three days for
a second hand Greenleaf's Arith.
metlc, and then walked four miles
three times week,and paid SO
cents for that many Lessons IN
chemistry. He subsequently
taught geometry and trigonome
try in the State Normal achooI,
and is to-day professor nf chemis-
try. ancient history and mental
science In the A. and NJ. College
Of Alabams, and is the only p,o-
fessor out Of thirty four who does