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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
Says China is Prenar;na

p. petersburg, Dec. 24.-The Novoe
sremya today publishes sensational
osoiy supporting to give inside details
Oh the Aigoboy society, organized d
among the Chinese by Cinnamon adnl
o "a ID Japan, which is engaged in
SURFING up the population against the
Mancnurlans, the latter being renres
seneeu as being responsible for the
present humiliating position Of the
empire ea;,! The society is preaching the
humiliation of the foreigners who
nave gained foothold in ID MO
vinces. =" II pro-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
weakened and MAY Be nissoluad

San Francisco, Dec. 26. = Purchases
Oh the tour sugar jobbing firms which
nave seeded from the Pacific Traffic
ana commercial association, aggregated
approximately 40 per cent of the snoa ;
bought by the association from the Re-
nnerles' and the dissolution of that
organization seems presaged. The fonr
nrms are Haas Bros, Tillman 3 Rem
qei' oussman, Wormser & Co. and the
Lewlin-Meyer company. Whether o.
not !. th ne association is able to carry on
y VIII be considerably weakened h,
the loss of these firms. "
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31

Pekin, Dec. 2s.-The Chinese vester.
day seized 5000, 900 rounds of Russian
rlfie ammunition near Feng Tai, in the
vicinity Of Pekin. The ammunition
was consigned to a Russian firm at
lientsin, and was evidently destined
Tor Port Arthur. The shipment was
concealed among bales of wood brought
ON the backs of camels from Kalgan.
the caravan being in charge of the agel
of a German firm.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
Big Strike in the koo,...-

vancouver, B. c., Dec. pa Inn.
loot ore chute, three feet wido ona loo-
lug values ranging from 100 10 $40 9so
ounces . OF silver, and from $40 70 e SEQ af =
: gold, with three per cent co yTO d
!; = .lle mining sensation of the md Ri
,,n. lne Aootenays. The big strike r ~
F I,~Ie On the La France group, fa
n lance creek five miles east of Koota
nay nay lake. Americans own the 1 nr",s
ersy, the claims belonging to Ch p.op-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
RAILROAD SETTLING.
Portions of Lucin Cutoff Over Great
Salt Lake Sink Nine Feet.

Reno, New, Dec. 81. - Every avail
able laborer in the employ Of the
Southern Pacific between here and Og-
den is now at work on the Lucin cutoff,
engaged in desperate effort to keen
the treacherous line across the neck Of
the Great Salt Lake open to the heavy
traffic on the line. Late yesterday, d
few minutes after the overland FLYER.
eastbound, passed over this road if
sank nine feet. This condition is not
for the entire distance, but in spots
clear across the lake.
The startling condition of the road
bed was noticed in time to prevent an
accident, and since that time men have
been at work, not to keep the line
level, but to keep the rails in condition
to allow the trains to pass over. Today
every mile of the track across the emf
of, distance of 80 miles, is patrolled
Construction trains are at work haulino
material to build up the sinking road
ped, which now presents the appear
ance, in stretches of mile or more
OF waves on an ocean.
Until yesterday the sinking had been
gradual.
1t is understood that the company is
confident of yet being able to overcome
the strange condition in the lake. and
VIII spare neither effort nor expense in
doing SO. The big force of men now at
work will be maintained until the line
Is again in perfect working order.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
Chance to See the West.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-H. W. uc a
president and director general q !
Lewis and Clark Centennial exposi,~-
has arrived in Chicago on his IL 1s;s
from a trip through the East IN ' y .l \
terests of the fair. 1t is expected i, -
great many Eastern people VINO .. =
never been to the coast will be a'A%
ed by the fair. In addition TO ~.
the exposition, they will have 'n' "a
vantage of passing through the -
interesting scenery in the world
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
BLACK PAIL Gov
ERS ALL ENGLAND
Thames is damned with Ships, and
MaiIboats and Trains are Disor-
ganized-Link Boys with Torches
Furnish the Only Useful Lights in
london.

London, Dec 26.-There is as yet De
sign OF the lifting of the fog Which
envelops the kingdom. The absence OF
wind throughout Great Britain is al
most unprecedented, and meteorologists
do not expect any change in the con-
ditions for another "a hours. Consid-
ering the almost insuperable difficult
ties attending l0comotion Of any form,
the number Of fatal accidents has been
remarkably small
The congestion and suspension OF
business are very general. So far as
London is concerned, the tube railways
are the only concerns benefited, and
their daily traffic is reaching record
figures.
A condition resembling chaos pre-
walls in the postal service. All rail-
way trains are many hours late and
many trains between London and the
suburbs occupy couple of hours in
making the distance of eight miles.
Mail boats in all directions are sim
ilarly disorganized. Only two vessels
entered the port of London yesterday,
condition of affairs such as has not
occurred for go years. The mouth of
the river is jammed with vessels loaded
with perishable foodstuffs of all de-
scriptions.
The streets of London present re-
markable scenes. Nothing is visible
except link boys torches and the occa-
sional flare of big creosote lights which
the authorities are beginning to employ
to assist traffic.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
Treatment of the wo,,,ao,,

Mukden, Dec. "a. = A reoprt ON tho
work OF the Red Cross in the north
eastern district has been suhm;tt l.J' W. l
10 renee eee Vassilitchkoff. During October
~ IO'6Sl sick were treated. OF tSesa
oo.99 per cent We're only slightly IN
ana lo'O2 seriously sick. A LITTLE ora, ,
% per cent of the sick recovered under
treatment. The others were ;nrai ;iSe i
o .l transferred to other hospitals less
, Snan l per cent died. The figures re-
iating to the wounded are conf;ct;re
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
DOINGS IN CONGRESS,
Wednesday, Decemher 2l.

After a session of four minutes an,
ton the senate adjourned today UNI
January 4 next. The proceedings d
sisted of a prayer by the chaplain, 1
reading of the journal Of MonaIl
brief session and the receipt Of nun
Der OF nominations from the PRESIDE
In the house a bill was INTRODUCES
secure the full use of the Unis
States rural mail equipment and !
place the rural service on a pFa
basis Two bills were introdua
providing for a place to care for lepn
The house then adjourned until Jsls
airy A..
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31

az Washington, Dec. 24-sceretarv Tsf,
ana colonel Edwards, chief of the in '
ia o,al bureau OF the War department
20 s4uay practically completed the worr
% pt putting the proposed revision Of tha
to-; na" r tariff in shape for presenta-
saon 70 congress in the form of me-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31

Occur d'Alene - The stockholders of
the Lewis lumber company have held
a meeting here and voted to raise the
capital stock Of the company to $780,
900. The officers for 1905 are b. n.
Lewis, president, who, some years ago
organized the company in Minneapolis;
b. r. Munson, vice president, who is
one OF the wealthiest lumbermen in
the state; Thomas s. Ives, treasurer.
Mr.. Ives ie one Of the firm Of thinner
man x Ives, of Gutenberg, Iowa, a
millionaire lumber manufacturer of the
lower Mississippi. They are expert
enced lumbermen and are well known
in lumber circles throughout the
United States They have just com
pleted at Occur d'Alene one of the
finest manufacturing plants in the
west, and are now putting in a railroad
into their timber holdings, which will
bring the logs right to their mill.
This road is standard gauge, equipped
with standard rails, and will probably
be continued for passenger service when
the timber Is removed from that Sec
ton.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
GENERAL STATE
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items That Are Likely TO interest All
Our Readers.
A Brief Review of the Improvements,
Growth and Development Along
All Lines of Industry Throughout
Our Commonwealth Mining. His
toricaI and Commercial.

Weiser--One OF the largest wool con-
tracts ever made in this county has just
been concluded by Frank Johnson, OF
Boise, when he contracted for more
than $50, 900 pounds Of wool clip. The
contract price was l514 cents, five cents
per pound advance payment. The wool
clip Of this county is more than 3,000,-
900 pounds.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
Torpedo Boat Sightaa

20 9s' petersburg, Dec. 26.- Accord;n.
6sba.. locai paper a number of Englis5
p p'i! have appeared befora ' .sa
, russian consul in London and have s Wv
posed to have seen foreign torned rN eo as-
dan oag Inc Hull fishing fleet Tb beiS
miles, nsiPts,'lons, it is added, will be sinh ,l
mlI'ed to the international =, co oe SUB
T,oa, now in Paris, the circumsta ,,,.s
under which they were obta;n ,,'s' ,.
explained. 0 oo'ained being
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31
Japanese Are Indignant.

London, Dec. 27.-Japanese al IL
Indignation, according to a IoSiO ,,,ss
patch to the Times, is becoming Nv ~,
by rumors that Holland is apo s,ssl
place Sabang GO miles north Of T psa
ca) at the disposal of the Russian -
squadron.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31

Kendrick - Dissatisfied with the
present warehouse conditions in Ken
drick, farmers living on five of the
ridges tributary to the town held a
mass meeting and organized the Farm
ers' Rochdale company, of Kendrick,
and will erect warehouse in time to
handle next years crop.
The warehouse business here has
been in the control of two large com
panies and the farmers claim they did
not get fair deal last season, as re-
suit of which they lost from 3 to 10
cents bushel on their wheat.
At the meeting the following officers
were elected: President, s. w. Bine-
ham; secretary, y. s. G. Evans; aud
itor, Henry Munsterman.
Under the Rochdale system each
farmer is entitled to hold only one
share Of stock, and to provide against
some one buying a controlling interest
no one is entitled to vote more than
one share, should he make outside pur-
chases No proxies are recognized
One of the farmers interested in the
company already owns good ware
house site here, and it is upon his
ground that the buildings will be erect
ed. II is the general belief that the
building of this warehouse will bring
much more grain to Kendrick, as MANY
OF the farmers who have been dissatis-
fled with the prices have been hauling
elsewhere.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-12-31

Los Angeles, Dec. 27.-Fire TODAY
destroyed brick building occupied by
the Pioneer Roll Paper company, en-
failing loss to the building and stock
estimated at 800, 900. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK. May 2S.-Money on call
1KdI1a per cent. nOminally.
Time money. during the week. was
characterized by increasing ease In
rates. and the amount offered by
brokers was quite sufficient 10 Ill the
requirements. There was nothing In the
stock commission business to create a
heavy demand for accommodation. while
the ease I'm cali money detracted from
the demand. except for the largest ma
TURTLES. A certain amount OF business
was done in the renewal Of maturing
loans. Rates ~ per cent for sixty days.
pa per cent for ninety days. 3 per cent
for four months. and 3d31s per cent for
five and six months.
Mercantile paper. this week. was in
good demand for the high grades. but
there was only a limited supply OF this
class OF paper. so that the amount Of
business done was moderate Many Of
the local Institutions We're interested I'm
paper. and there was a fair demand
from other centeTs. Rates 3AG4A per
cent for sixty TO ninety DAYS, indorse-
ed bills receivable. 4G41k per cent for
high-grade single names, ) per cent for
others less well known.
Foreign exchange-The sterling mar
ket was dull and nominal today, with
rates unchanged.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
AAsA~aeaa p :
(Successor to PEARCE & PHILLIPSl
General Agent for the Following
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
of the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
washington, March

washington March ], 1904
i. THOS. L. DRAKE, Superintendent
OF Insurance of the District Of Columbia.
do hereby certify that the
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
FOREIGN EXCHANGES
DOING BUSINESS
japanese Bonds Higher Than
When War Began.
RUSSIANS DOWN 7 IL POINTS
Bank Statement Shows Surplus Re-
serve Almost at Highest Fig
ure of the Year.
RUSSIANS DOWN 7 IL POINTS

NEW YORK, May 2--All American
financial markets observed an extra holi-
day today. and there were no domestic
quotations. European markets. how
ever, remained open, and some rather
interesting movements occurred On
them. The japanese army's success I'm
storming Kin-Chow was greeted. on
London's stock exchange. by rise Of y
point in japanese per cents and a fall
Of \ I'm Russians. TOdays price for
the, japanese stock is not the highest
reached in the present month; II was
1914. against "a on May 10. while Rus
sian As. even with todays decline. are
quoted exactly at the price current on
that day. But during the Intervening
nine days. the European world has
learned OF the loss of Japans largest
battleship and Of the check of Kuroki's
advance in Manchuria. 1t is stin true.
\ however. that japanese bonds sell today
above the price commanded on the day
when war broke out. while the Russian
As are down ~ points This branch Of
the market ought to be interesting next
week
Although the stock markets were
closed. the banks were not. and the
weekly bank return made its appear
ance as usual. Its showing was, how
ever. very much more bewildering even
than tue regent confusing statements
II shows, on its face. an increase of SI6.-
100000 in cash holdings and a decrease
Of Sl6.0o0000 in the loan account. Both
would be exceedingly gratifying develop
ments, If in the regular order OF the
weeks events, they have actually hap
pened- Unfortunately. they did not, and
there is no reason to suppose that hnan-
cial markets will take this statement as
faithful report Of actual movements m
tho money market.
The reasonably ascertained facts are
that the Treasury's 5000 600 check
paid over this week to the Panama
republics bankers. drew that amount of
cash from the Treasury's own vaults
While receipts OF currency from interior
banks were pretty nearly balanced by
the weeks gold exports. NATURALLY
this accounts for SIS, coo gain In cash.
As for the loan contraction, the trust
companies might be able to tell some
thing regarding that. The statement as
10 the growing inadequacy of our week
y bank return Every intelligent hnan-
cial critic, and every banker and fnan-
cier who wishes 10 retain some means
Of judging the money market accurately
ought henceforth to join In applying
pressure 10 the trust companies for a
weekly statement. The time IS in some
ways opportUne for such a request; It
viii come now. at all events. without the
appearance of the clearing house coer-
cion- 1t may be added that. with the
SIG. $4,000 Increase credited TO the sur
plus bank reserve, that surplus regains
almost the highest figure Of the year
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
LONDON MARKET QUIET
WITH STEADIER PRICES

LONDON. May Robustness on the
stock exchange was quiet. and prices
were steadier. Public interest was
manifested in several sections. Gilt
edged securities were In good invest
ment demand COnsols and home rail-
way shares improved.
American stocks we've idle at the open
ing. and later made a nominal. partial
recovery from parity. The default In
the interest Of Detroit Southern created
a bad impression. Grand Trunk attract
ed attention. in anticipation of an ii-
crease of 10000 In the April statement
which is expected Monday.
Supplies OF money were more album
dant III the market today; the demand
was brisk. owing to the payment Of
the new treasury bills issue Tho
hardening OF Paris exchange. and the
increase in the demand for gold weaken
ed discounts.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE..
of the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Washington. March l. 1901
I, THos. z. DRAKE. Superintendent
OF Insurance of the District OF Column
bia, do hereby certify that the
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
WEEKLY STATEMENT
OF NEW YORK BANKS

NEW YORK, May 2s-The weekly
s'7tement of the associated banks. is
seed today, shows the following
-1anges:
Reserve on all deposits. increase. &c.
6Ss. ESQ.
Reserve on deposits. other than u.
s., increase. $16,1s7, $50.
Loans, decrease, S16.070l0 100.
Specie. increase, $13, 272,6o0
Legal tenders. increase. $S.ol2.SO
Deposits. L. s. included. decrease, 81
e12 600.
Circulation. increase. S521. 600
Total loans. 81 .040, 4S3, 400.
The associated hanks now hold in eX-
cess Of legal requirements 500, 692, 325
against S9.6i5.150 last year and 81, 929, 600
two years ago
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
NATIONAL UNION FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY,

located AT Pittshnrg. in the State
Of Pennsylvania. has compiled in
all respects with the laws of the Dis
;rict Of Columbia applicable to It. and
IS authorized to transact In the Dis
trict of Columbia it's appropriate bust
ness OF insuring property against loss
or damage by FIRE and lightning and
tornadoes, and making all Ainds of in
surance or goods and other property in
course OF transportation on land and
water and on any vessel or boat during
the current year. It's condition and
business on the 5ist day of December
OF the year next preceding the date
hereof. Is shown by the statement. I'M
der oath, as required by section 6s7 OF
the amended Code of Law of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. TO be as follows:
Aggresate admitted assets. S.ss2. 100 a
ties Except capitaD, includ-
ing reinsurance-............. 557.4Sl 10
Net assets. ...;...-;;.... 1.O75.275 81
capital ........"............. 10000 90
Surplus ;...........-.-... 325.275 81
Amount of insurance in force 60. $40 O4i 90
Amount OF losses sustained 7O554 IL
Amount OF income for the
year in cash.................. 7s2. 1913 50
Amount OF expenditures for
the year In cash. 5S4693 "a
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my Of
fetal sea- TO be affixed. the day ard
year hrsf above written.
(Seal) THOS. e. DRAKE
Superintendent OF Insurance, District
OF Columbia
Value Good Insurancew
c. Martin Brand, Gen. Agt.. /
i4o4 G Street N. w.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

8 3 3 3 3 80.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
CHICAGO GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS

CHICAGO, May 2S-Grain markets
were weak. Wheat closed / 5-Sc down
for May. lie lower for old July. and
at lac decline for new September. July
corn lost 3-4c and September I-4c. Oats
closed 1-2c lower for July and May. and
1-4c down for September. Provisions
had only slight change. Pork and lard
a trifle lower and ribs a little higher.
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
of the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
washington. Mar

Washington, March ]. 1901.
i, THOS. Z. DRAKE. Superintendent
or Insurance OF the District of Colurn-
bia, do hereby certify that the
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
U. s. TREASURY FINANCES

The United States Treasury statement
issued Friday. covering actual results
OF two days before. compares in It's net
balances as follows with the same date
one and two years ago. The statement
subJoined. for all three years. excludes
the $l5O.OoO.eo0 reserved against Govern
ment notes:
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.
Of the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Washington. March l. 1904
], THOS. +. DRAKE, Superintendent
OF Insurance OF the District OF Columbia
DO hereby certify that the United States
Branch Of the
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
Ill Ame1zcuu Financial Markets
Closed for an Extra Hohaay
PRICE CHANGES OF WEEK.

NEW YORK, May 2s.-The following
table shows the highest. lowest. and
last prices. with the number of shares
sold. OF the most active stocks in the
stock market I'm the past week;
The Washington times., 1904-05-29
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
OF the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WashIngton. March l. 19O.

Washington. March /, 1901.
i, THOS. e. DRAKE. Superintendent
of Insurance of the District of Columbia.
do hereby certify that the POTOMAC
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, located
at Washington. in the District OF Column
Dia, has complied In all respects with
the laws Of the District of Column lia ap-
plicable to II. and is authorized TO trans
act In the District Of Columbia its appro-
pirate business of insuring property
against loss or damage by fire and light
ming and tornadoes. and making all kinds
or insurance on goods and other property
In course of transportation on land and
water and on any vessel or boat during
the current year. Its condition and bust
ness on the 31st day OF December of the
year next preceding the date hereof is
shown by the statement, under oath. as
required by Section Ga of the amended
Code Of Law of the District of COlum=
bis. to be as follows;
Aggregate admitted assets. $50. $50 63
Aggregate amount OF liabiH-
ties Except capitaD, IN
Guiding reinsurance.....s. 216.674 IS
Net assets.................. sSs. SEA IS
Amount OF actual paid-up
capital. ..................... 1900 90
Surplus ...........--.......... ISs.se4 s.
Amount of insurance in force. IS, $50, 31s 90
Amount of losses sustained I21 sos So
Amount of income for the
year IN caSn.s................. 3Q4. 2H II
Amount OF expenditures for
the year In cash............. 262. $50 OF
IN witness whereof / have hereunto
subscribed my name and caused my Of
fetal seal to be affixed. the day and year
first above written.
(SeaL) THOS. F.. DRAKE.
superintendent OF Insurance, Distfi 4
Of Columbia II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-18
RAILROAD NEWS.
Indications of an immigration
Movement in the North.
Railroads to Bring Back Farm
ers Who Settled There.
PREFER KANSAS LAND.
Settlers Think 1t Superior to
that in Canada.
Southern Farmers Also Report
ed to Be Coming Back.
PREFER KANSAS LAND.

Communications received here re
Gently by the santa Fe from immigra-
ton officials of the northern coast
lines indicate that American settlers
who have located in Canada during
the past few years have become dis
satisfied with the country and are
making preparations to return to the
United States.
During recent years the number of
immigrants leaving the west-and es-
pecially Kansas-has been large, but
il now seems that these same people
have discovered that Kansas land. or
that of an- of the other western
states, is far superior as a means OF
support to any that can be found in
Canada The communications receiv-
ed here BY the Santa Fe state that
many inquiries have been made con-
corning the movement and that pre-
paratiOns have already been made to
bring number of families back TO
settle them anew on lands in Kansas
and other parts of the west
These facts together with a report
OF a similar character regarding north
ern farmers who have settled in the
south. have led Santa F'e officials to
believe that immigration business will
be exceptionally heavy during the
coming summer. Local authorities
state that If such a movement should
come the road will be ready for it,
as extensive preparations are now be-
ing made TO handle this particular
class of business