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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-22
MERCANTILE AGENCY FAILS.
The Mutual, Rival to Dun q Co, Goo,
into Bankruptcy.

Il sus0 0dtNUuHSCys
New York, Aug. 22.-The Mutual Mer-
camille Agency, founded in 1899 chiefly
thru the efforts of Erastus Wiman as
rival to r. q. Dun & Co., finally went to
the wall yesterday when three creditors
of the parent agency here petitioned the
United States district court to declare
the agency bankrupt.
This action followed the closing of the
Offices of the agency in this city by or
der of the directors on Tuesday after the
days business was over
| The whole indebtedness of the agency.
1T is said, will reach nearly $25O,OOO of
which about $4,000 is due to the direc-
tors of the agency for money advanced
to pay expenses, an equal amount to
employes for wages, sud the balance to
tradesmen and to banks.
The Chicago office and state head
quarters in other cities had closed two
/ days before and the home office was the
| last to yield.
1 Erastus Wiman was conspicuous
4 figure among promoters in years Just
passed and Is still an advisory director
Wiman was for many years practically
"a partner in the mercantile agency of
X. G. Dun g. Co, until IN 1894, when he
swas dropped from the firm because of
discoveries which led to his Indictment,
trial and conviction ON the charge of
forgery in the second degree. He cher
ished the intention, thereafter when his
conviction had been reversed by high
er court. of establishing company
which should carry on business In rival
| ry with Dun and with Bradstreet. The
Mutual Mercantile Agency was the re-
suit. Wiman got up the first prospectus
A and it is said that he was the means OF
attracting large amount OF business in
4 the beginning.
Robert Magruder, president Of the
company. said today:
AS soon as possible the creditors will
be called together and a statement for
Reorganization will be presented to them
Just what this scheme will be am UNI
able to say at preesnt, but ii will be
necessary to raise additional capital II
the company Is to continue"
4 The announcement of the financial
embarra sNment of the concern did not
come as surprise. For the last month
Its employees not only in this city but a,
Tits branches have not been paid full sal
aries
capitalized at s2.OCO.OOo, equally divided
between common and preferred stock
About s1,S0O,O0O of this stock has beer
issued. Besides its offices here the com.
pany has sixty-seven branches in vari.
4 ous parts of the United States
4 According to President Magruder the
company now has 1000 subscribers
More than s1,oOo,oO0 wac spent in prepar-
ing data and publishing the book of the
lcompany Franklin Edison, who was the
first president resigned last September
and wac followed by Norman c. Ran
A who kept the place until April. Their
Maurice 1. Muhleman resigned the office
of Deputy Assistant United States
treasurer in this city to take up the
i presidency of the concern. He held i
for a month. He was succeeded by Mr.
1 Magruder, who came from Baltimore.
John II. Flagler, who was one OF the
directors. resigned about two month:
ago because, az he said. things did no
suit him as they were run.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-22
HaNsRatss TO Des Moin,,. ioy,x,.,,i

via the Northwestern line. EXCURSION
tickets will be sold at one fare for the
round trip, Aug. 20 and 21,s:limited to
return until Aug. %, inclusive, and Aug.
20 to 81, inclusive, limited tolreturn until
Sept. 2. inclusive. on account Of the
democratic state convention and state
fair. Apply to agents Of the Chicago 4
Northwestern railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-22
. Dyspop sfa Guro
lt Oan't helm but do YOU I
When you suffer from biliousness OF constipation use tn
pills known as DoWItrs little EARLY nloERe,

FOR SALE BY GEO. P. POWERS.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
IDAHO GLEANINGS.

Frank King, an inmate of the county
Jail at Moscow, attempted suicide the
success of the attempt being prevented
with difficulty.
The death of Judge Absolom K
White at his home in Clarkia, Idaho, OH
the upper st. Maries, about fifty miles
from here, is reported.
The attendance at the Lewiston nor
NAL school has now reached 100, the
largest enrolment the school has ever
had at this season of the year.
Work on the new buildings at the
univereity at Moscow is being pushed
The girls dormitory will probably be
ready for occupancy by the first of the
year.
A -four war is ON between Moscow
and Cornwall grist mills, each of them
selling their best grades of flour a,
81 20 barrel, which is considerably
less than the cost of production.
The man who gave his name to the
leading town of the Occur d'Alenes has
passed away. Col w. R. Wallace died
in Los Angeles recently of Bright's
disease, from which he had been a suf.
ferer for some time.
A wreck occurred on the short line
at Weiser recently, which caused the
destruction of considerable property
but no loss of life AS in the case of
the recent wreck at Orchard, the re.
versed engine dashed away down the
track.
Trouble has again broken out be-
tween the miners and timbermen in the
Camas Cove mining district. Timber
claims have recently been filed over a
large portion of the mining area. in
Guiding the Gold Nugget placer claim,
from which over $1,000 in pure gold
was taken last summer.
Col. John w. Jones, who went to the
philippines in command of the Firss
Idaho volunteers, died last week at his
home in Blackfoot, from heart trouble.
Deceased was so years old. He was a
native of Virginia, and served in the
Confederate army, rising 20 the rank of
colonel. He came to Idaho in 1885. He
had held a number of public positions
In the state, and was regent of the
state university at the time of his
death
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
SPOKANE QUOTATIov.

POULTRY and eggs-Chickens old ~
per 10, live weight; spring chickens q.
@$4 dozen; ducks, loo Der III nT p
weight dressed 12c; geese. dressed '' Y,
VIC per Id; turkeys, live weight 11o
dressed 1Sc; eggs, fresh, So ner ,casn ni'
Observation-Disclosures S5c@s1 no
cwt' onions, 81 per cwt. PC
Fruit-Apples, 5Oc@s1; prurss o.
&C per Id; pears, 5Oc@s1 per 4oIh h Og
LiVestock-Beef, live steers 100 ooA
live cows, 3@81ac; veal calves @ d.o @4c'
ioc; mutton, ewes, &c; wetbers e oSnl
nogs' live, $500 per cwt. 'V''
.. sheepskins-short wool ro,.. ooo,
5O@75c. @0Oc' long wool
Hides-Green hides and calf ..,u.
qOc per 10; dry hides, butcher 1om7. .
rne wheat quotations are as fo,,on,.,,
centennial mill-Club, 42c h nTrio"s'
sacked sac bluestem, 43c bulk 45c Du uan,. 44c
red Ale bulk, 4Sc sacked. ''' sacked;
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29

wrecked Seabright is in darkness,
as the high tide Hooded the electric
light plant.
Driven by the terrific northeast gale,
the highest tide ever known along the
north shore of Long Island swept in
land leaving a ribbon of wreckage
that girts the shore front from AS
toria, in Long Island City, out to
Greenport, on the extreme end of the
island.
Thousands of dollars of damage was
done. Docks, boats and bathing
houses were wrecked, and the fleet of
yachts which had been drawn up in
supposedly safe winter quarters, were
fioated off by the high tide and left
stranded in many instances more than
half mile inland.
Probably the greatest damage was
done at North Beach, on Flushing AMI
Bowery bays, where more than $4,000
worth of docks, paved walks, pavilions,
places of amusement and other prop
erty was destroyed.
In the cove off North Beach, where
the Williamsburg Yacht club has its
Headquarters, the fleet of small boats
were swamped or carried ashore.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
HOLLAND SUBMARINE BOAT
PROVED A PERFECT SUCCESS

potchogue. L. l.. Nov. 25.-ln order to
demonstrate the length of time that the
Holland submarine torpedo boat could re-
main below water and still support HUI
man life, the Fulton, with three officers
and crew of five men, was submerged
in the harbor and will not come to the
surface again for a period of 10 hours.
The test is the severest ever attempted,
and a large number of spectators assem-
bled on the companys wharves and watcE-
ed the boat sink slowly beneath the wa
ter with her daring crew. In order that
there may be no evasion Of the conditions
of the test, and to assist in any emer-
gency, a watch was set upon the com
pany's wharf.
Lieutenant Arthur Macarthur, U. S. N
is in command. Besides this officer there
are on board Rear Admiral John Lowe.
U. s. n, retired; Captain Frank Gable
of the Holland Torpedo Boat company,
and her crew of five men of the navy.
The Fulton is submerged in Is feet OF
water, giving the boats top Il depth of
six feet overhead. Those on board will
partake of supper at midnight. Every
thing necessary for the comfort of those
aboard has been supplied, including light
bedding.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
TRADE REPORT.

R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review O
Trade for last week says:
Never before in the history of the
United States was there such good rea
son for day of national THANKSGIVING
This country has made Unprecedented
strides toward a position of Intention
al supremacy, not only in commerce
but also in finance. To a marked de
gree enterprises have proven success
ful. An idle wheel in mills or factorie,
Is the exception, while labor is we'll en-
ployed at high wages. Transportation
facilities have been unable to keer
pace with the nations requirements
many complaints of tardy deliveries
which alone act as a brake ON CONNER.
cial progress.
Strength is the rule in the mar,o+s
lof farm products. Favorable weather
near the closing days of corn hary asst.
ing fails to bring any reaction from +bo
nlghest price level in many wears
Wheat holds at about 3 cents ahove
iast years price, despite the marked
olnerence in size of crops. Receints
1or the week were 5,O4O,417 husba,S
against 2,6O6,776 bushels last vnar
speculation in coffee has resumed nor.
NAL proportions. --'-
FAILURES for the week numboroa o,o
III tne United States, against 23S last
year and 81 in Canada, against 20 last
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Grover Cleveland Retter

Princeton, N. j., Nov. 24.-Former
President Grover Cleveland will most
probably recover from the illness con-
traeted on hunting trip. When pressed
for statement on Mr.. Cleveland's condi-
ton DIR. j. II. Wickoff, the attending ply
stefan, gave out the following for publica-
ton:
Mr., Cleveland's congestion is broken
up and it is only a matter of two or three
days when he will be fully recovered. AL
though the danger is passed, Mr.. Cleve-
land has been quite ILL.,"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29

Tacoma, Wash. Nov. 81 !.
rains of the past two dss.
Washington have CAUSED
flood their banks, carrying do's'
stumps and driftwood, wbiss 7
against bridges and thrss,. a'''
damage. Many washouts ~
cured. ave
A serious washout, caused I.
freshets in the Cascades.
about complete blockade d !
ern Pacific at Eagle Gorse.
Small streams all over il. "
OVERLOOKED and considerable !.
already resulted to property Il. ;
river, in the southwestern !.
state, is over its banks. a la.a as,|
miles from Kalama turned ,s
rods of the county road in,e 7
and has practically stopped t,.'''
eral landslides have occur,,,
Washington & Oregon railroad
train is now blocked between Il
about five miles south of Kalams
The heavy rains have also e..
wafer in the Chahalis ,;yo
of single bolts are floating i
Chehalis to Grays Harbor. ON h /.
are threatened.
At Centralia 100000 feet i /,
away and the electric plant N
seriously damaged.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Chamberlain Severely Criticize

London, Nov. 24.-Once more has d
Seph Chamberlain, the colonial secreta
proved his right and title to be Che ~
thoroughly hated British Statesman. D
storm now raging in Germany over 4
anlihadVersions on the Prussian army .
mad powerful reflex in Great Biht
where, regardless of party lines, Mr.. Char
oeriain has been severely criticized Z
uSeiesslyy putting his foot in it,
on all sides can be heard circulated q
preSsions of opinion by English budhs
men and politicians, who, while thg
perhaps, believe Mr.. Chamberlain was q
.ecc IN what he said, denounce the ute
ing OF such sentiments. 1t is recalled ID
mr' Chamberlain's utterances regards
Tue car and the Anglo-German allau1
nave been the causes of the only shal
of anti-British feeling on y
in recent times. It was no e
asgeration to say that the financial vdA
" England would be delighted to see Y
o""liDerlaln muzzlei when intending
speak on England's foreign relations
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Great Northern Circular to owner,

"rS"t Noftnern Circular TO Owners
j. j. Hill, president of the Northern
securities company, has issued the fol
lowing circular to the stockholders of the
treat Northern Railway company:
The Northern Securities company, in
oorporated under the laws of New Jersey
with an authorized capital stock of $780,
oOOOO0, and with power to invest in and
hold the securities of other companies
nas commenced business and has acquired
from several large holders of stock of the
GREAT Northern Railway company con-
siderable amount of that stock. A UNI
form price has been paid of $3.50 per
snare IN the fully paid stock of this com
pany at par.
ms company is ready to purchase adj
dltlonal shares of the same stock at tho
same price, payable in the same manner
and will accept offers made on that basis
II made within the next 60 DAYS.
ohers for sale of the Great Northern
Railroad company stock should be made
on the inclosed form and should he az.
eompanied by certificates of the stock of.
tered, with transfers duly executed hav-
ing United States stamps for transfer of
stocks OF cents per share affixed.
Upon receipt of any such offer so ac.
'ompamed, the Northern Securities COM
pany will deliver to the sellers of stock Of
the Great Northern certificates of its own
'toeE to the amount of the purchase
prices above named, or if such certificates
IRE not then ready for delivery its nego-
liable receipt, obliging it to buy and de-
lver such certificates as soon as ready
ror fractional parts of shares scrip GER
iheates convertible into stock in multi
oies of 800 viii be given"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29

New York, Nov. 25.-In the pres
ence of big crowd which, despite the
storm, assembled to witness th,
emerging of the submarine boat Full
ton, that craft rose from the bottom
Of Peconic bay, which is at the eastern
end of Long Island, at 1920 O'CLOCK
with all well and greatly surprised
that there was storm raging. Tho
test of the Fulton's staying qualities
was highly satisfactory, not only tt
the officers of the company that built
her and the naval officers present, but
those who went to the bottom in the
boat. They report there was not the
slightest discomfort to them during
their more than Is hours of submer
sion below the surface of the water.
Captain Gable, who was in charge
OF the boat, reports that there was 2
slight rolling motion to the craft, but
this was ascribed to rolling waves
high on the shore
On coming to the surface the Fulton
1nder her own power, ran alongside
the dock ana tied up.
Rear Admiral Lowe and Lieutenant
Arthur Macarthur refused to go into
any discussion of the performance of
the boat except to say they would be
satisfied to stay down longer. They
are, however, known to be enthusiastic
over the work Of the Fulton thus far.
Members of the crew say they ex
perienced no difficulty in breathing
and that the air was all that could be
desired and much purer and better
than in an ordinarily closed room in
which are several persons. Every
piece of machinery worked to perfec
ton during the night The men ate
two meals while under water and en-
icyed them. Most of them obtained
three or four hours sleep.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Indy Managers Annoini.a

st. Louis, Nov. 25.-Seventeen Of III
ladies who will constitute the bOss|
lady managers of the Louisiana Pun
exposition have been appointed "
national committee. The four vel 81
appointed will probably be selected ID
next meeting of the commission.
As now constituted the board ccr3
of the following: Miss Helen L d
New York city; Mrs. James L. BhitI
Louis; Mrs. L. d. Frost, Winona, Ns
Mrs. John L. Holcomb, Hartford, Cd
Mrs. John A. Mccall, New York {
Miss Anna L. Dawes, Pittsfeld;
Francis L. Porter, Atlanta, Ga;
Frederick Halger, Little Rock, ID
Mrs w. Z. Andrews, Hastings, N
Mrs, Helen Boyce Hunsicker, Phil
phla; Miss Emily Warren Roseling, 4
ton, N. j.; Mrs. Jennie Knott, LOusd
NY; Miss Belle Everett, Atchison, 4
Mrs. William Coleman, Indianapolis
NJ. II. De Young, San Francisco,
Margaret P. DAILY, Anaconda, and
FMS Z. Ernest, Denver, Col.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Turkey IL Broke,

Oonstantinople, Nov. 25.-Never =
Tn sne Turkish government been in sd
"a '"iciai straits as at the present tnl'
- Is impossible to see how expenses tR
OF nco december oe and January, and inyOlTn'
Doo'oCo pounds, can be met. The 0t's
"i"n oank utterly refuses to make an
t nLoIe advances, and the penury is 50 acna
Sn'l even the troops in MANY provInea
L.e unpaid. The consequence is that tns''
rave been mutinies in several distncA
hostile demonstrations here recently has
y, oeen quieted by the authorities hasni
~ Srr"ping together a few Thousand Plas
Tres as something on account.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Yukon Story Is Falsa

Port Townsend, Wash, Nov. 25-Tbe
story OF the proposed instruction in the
Yukon country and the well defined plan
TO seize the country has not reached Sl<ao-
way and interior points in the Northwest
territory, according to Captain Connell of
the steamer City of Seattle and passengers
VINO recently arrived from interior points
ana came down on the City of Seattle
captain Council stated that the press of
Skagway had heard nothing of it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Murder in the First Degree.

Portland, Ore, Nov. 24.-Two Umatilla
Indians, Columbia George and Toy Tow
were found guilty of murder in the first
degree by jury in the United States
circuit court. The Indians killed an aged
indian doctress living on the Umatilla
reservation in eastern Oregon, in August
OF last year, by giving her poisoned
whisky: The jurymen exercised their
right of striking the words capital pun
!shment, out of the verdict, thus sentenc-
ing the Indians to life imprisonment
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29

Bluefields, w. Va, Nov. u
lead bodies of the last party 4 /
we'll known mining men who ~
the west mine of the PocabouI,.l
cries company have been reco,.l
Bob st. Clair and Joseph CadI
we're lying with arms clasped 4.
zach other, cold in death. Tia 4
If O'Malley, Maurice st. Clsh
Price were discolored and IA
lbout the face, showing signs
1truggle, it being very plain II
hat they made a desperate ats
1t retracing their steps to betta|
1ut they had advanced too iarj
the deadly white damp to escape /
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Germany Protests.

Berlin, Nov. 24-Germany continues "a
rmg with protests against the references
which Mr.. Chamberlain, the British colo
MAI secretary, made to the Germany army
N his speech at Edinburgh. Meetings are
oeing held every day and there is no sign
OF abatement of the agitation.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Will Mathis, who is charged with

VIII Mathis, who is charged with
the murder of two deputy marshals
montgomery by name, walked into the
little town of Dallas. twelve miles
south OF Oxford, Miss, and surren-
dered to justice of the peace and two
citizens. Mathis had been closely pur-
sued by a large posse with blood.
hounds, and, realizing that his capture
was certain, the fugitive voluntarily
gave himself up and asked for protec-
ton.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
The Fnn Broke His Neck.

Dayton, Wash, Nov. 24.-Stricken with
an epileptic fit while standing in a closet
at his home in this city David A. Gar
rott fell. his head striking the rim of an
urn and the vertebra swapping, Death
was instantaneous.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
Alexander Bell Is Missing.

Han Francisco, Nov. "a Coroner 9
,ahd has been notified by Thomas Mchus
N n'', contracting agent for the soutn''s !.
acme company at Portland, Ore. INV
sleck Rel of that city has been mls''~
since November Is.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
officials Did Not r..

Pocahontas, Va, Nov. 25-Au
finding the eight mining Official. !.
tered the West mine to search /,
entombed by the recent explos;o !
Baby mine has about been aha.as
rescuing party entered the mins n
able to proceed only 300 yards. n
of Superintendent OiMalley u,
hanging on a peg about 200 ysr5,
mine, but no other trace Of tha NJ
discovered. The mining experts h
have decided upon plan Of n.
rescue, but the mine officials n
give any information to the npbli,
Assistant Superintendent Kinp /,
he rescuing party and who II,
come by black damp, has entisy
cred. He says it is impossible Z,
man being to live Is minutes j. /.
n the condition in which the Il.
When his party entered.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29
WHEAT REPORT

bluestem, SOC. o'hQ5Sc;
S'em' 6S7Ac; club, 571kc. Blue
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-11-29

James R. Keene. the turfman and
Wall street Spectator, is said to look
The Globe-republican., 1901-02-28
Famous Russian
X X Soldier

The death of Gen. Joseph V. Gcurko,
which occurred Tuesday. removed the
most diStin guiShed military captain OF
the Russian empire and the most ia
nous of the commanders who partici-
pated in the RuSSo-Turkish war. Gen
GOurko was born in 1928 and served in
the Imperial body guard of Nicholas
I. He took part in the Crimean war,
became captain in 1857, a colonel in
1861 and a major general in 1867.
It was in the RuSso-TurkiSh war of
1877 that logged perseverance, COM
bined with brilliant dash, placed him
in the front rank of European soldiers
Twice within six months, in the heat
of summer and again in furious De-
ceInber SHOWS, he penetrated the Bal
kans, which the Turks had declared
impossible. On the first occasion he
compelled the withdrawal of a numer-
ically superior body of the enemy, who
for 10 days besieged his intrenched
position in the Shipka Pass
Commanding the cavalry of Prince
Charles of ROumania, he covered the
army besieging PIevna and beat off the
strong force with which MahOmet Ali
Pacha sought to relieve that fortress
The Globe-republican., 1901-02-28
WAS FIELD RSHAL
GOURkO, THE HERO OF
THE TURKISH WAR.

His successes won him the rank of
field marshal, the title of count and
the civil and military command in
Poland, besides other hOnors and pen
SiOnS.
Although of Polish origin himself his
command in Poland is said to have
been one of the most severe suffered
by that unhappy nation Il will
teach you to Dance he threatened Po-
lish mobiles who proposed period OF
mourning to mark the anniversary of
their country's partition. During strike
riots in Lodey, when liberals were
holding meetings in the town, he
waived for once his usual instructions
to count every shot, and wired to the
colonel in command: CLEAR the streets
and do not spare the cartridges His
order resulted in the removal of 270
bodies from the blood-stained streets
Gen Gourko became field marshal
December Is, 1894, when at his own re-
quest, based on his shattered health,
he was relieved as governor general
Of Warsaw and commander of the
Warsaw military district He then re-
tired to his estate at Scharon, where he
lived quietly until his death