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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
GERMANS HEAVY BUYERS.
In 1905 Were Uncle Sans Second
larQest Patron.

In 1905 Were Uncle Sans Second
Largest Patron.
Washington, D. CA report issued
by the bureau Of statistics of the de-
partment of commerce and labor says:
"The imports from Germany were
$118.000,0OO in value and exceeded i'm
ports from that country In any earlier
year. The exports to Germany were
194,000,000 in value and exceeded our
exports to that country in any earlier
year except 1904, when the total was
over $214,0O0,O00, this decrease in 1905
compared with 1904 have occurred in
raw cotton and being due altogether
to fall in price, since the quantity in
1905 was greater than in 1904. Imports
from Germany increased $4,000, 900
in the period from 1895 to 1905, and
exports to that country increased
$102, 100000 in the same time.
Germany stands second in the or
der of magnitude of our trade with for
eign countries, both as to imports and
exports.
Manufactures are the bulk of the
100000 worth of merchandise i'm
ported from Germany.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
ROGERS WAS MUM.
Refused to State Where Standard OH
Mas interested.

Refused to State Where Standard OH
Was interested.
It developed from the questions ask
ed by Attorney General Herbert ..
Hadley of Missouri of Henry n. Hos-
ers, vice president and director OF inc
Standard Oil company OF New jersey
that one of Mr.. Hadley's CHIEF pur-
poses in conducting an examination u
officers of that company In THIS CITY
is to find out whether that company
owns a controlling interest IN the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, the
Waters-Pierce Oil company OF MIS-
souri, and the Republic Oil company.
This, Mr.. Hadley said he regards as
a step in the direction OF excluding
the three latter companies from 40
ing business in Missouri.
To most of the important questions
by Mr.. Hadley bearing directly on the
question of stock ownership, Mr.. Rog-
ers declined to give any answer, on
the advice of counsel" and Mr.. HAD
lev requested Commissioner FREDERICK
H. Sanborn to certify the question ana
Mr.. Rogers refusal to the supreme
court of this state for determination
as to whether or not Mr.. Rogers must
answer them or be adjudged IN con-
tempt.
Mr.. Rogers declined to reply to
questions as to whether he controls
any stock in the Waters-Pierce on
company. whether M. Van Buren, OF
New York holds controlling interest
in that company for the Standard on
company of New Jersey; whether the
New Jersey company controls the
Standard Oil company Of Indiana or
the Waters-Pierce company, ana
whether two thirds of the dividends
of the Waters-Pierce company are not
paid to H. M. Tilford, who, Mr.. Rog-
ers said, has an Office at rs Broadway,
this city.
Mr.. Hadley declared that he would
take all these questions to the SUI
preme court of New York state to Sc
sure an order for Mr.. Rogers to show
cause why he shall not answer them.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
TO MAKE TWO MILLION BAGS.
More Indian Jute at WaIla WaIla Pen
Quality Superior to 1905.

More Indian Jute at WaIla WaIIa Pen
Quality Superior to 1905.
Walla Walla.-The last of the ship
ment of $500 bales of jute from Cal
cutta has arrived at the penitentiary.
The quality of the jute is found to be
far superior to that of last year. and
on this account it will probably be
possible to get nearly If not quite 100
more grain bags to the bale from the
stock Just received, which will bring
the number up to about $50 to the
bale.
Warden KEGS says he expects to
work about the same number Of con-
victs in the. jute mills as in 1905. or
about 800.
1t is thought that the total output
of grain bags for the season will
reach 100000.
On account of the increase In price
of the raw material it is expected the
board will advance the price consid-
erably from that of last year, which
was $5.85 per 100 t. o. b. Walla Walla,
while prices elsewhere ran as high as
$3.50.
AS it requires about 13, 100, 900 grain
sacks to supply the demand in this dis
trict alone, the output at the peniten.
tiary will find ready market at the
low price, the price to be determined
by the board of control at its next
meeting.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
OCCURRED In MISSOURI, EASTERN
KANSAS and NEBRASKA.
No Serious Damage Is Reported, A.
though Persons Ran to the Streets
Fearing Their Houses Would Turn.
ble-Vibrations Lasted Nearly a
Minute.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 8.-A distinct
earthquake shock, with a distinct mo-
ton from north to south, lasting from
western Missouri, eastern Kansas and
southern Nebraska at 6:17 o'clock
Sunday evening. The territory affect
ed extends from Nebraska on the
north, nearly to the Oklahoma and
the Indian Territory line on the south.
and from Salina, Kan, on the west to
Kansas City. St Joseph and Joplin,
Mo-, on the east. With the exception
Of the knocking of plaster from walls
at some points in Kansas no damage
was reported. although persons ran to
the streets at some places In fear that
their houses would tumble In.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
at st. Joseph. Mo. Dishes and -tinware
ratified and small children were fright
ened. The shock seemed to come from
the south and lasted 10 seconds.
An earthquake shock was felt at
Marysville, Kan, and every town in
this county makes the same report by
telephone. 1t appeared to be a rock
ing motion and continued about Is Sec
onds.
In Vicinity Of Lincoln.
Residents of Lincoln, Neb., felt an
earthquake shock that in several in
stances shook globes and fastenings
on chandeliers. No damage Is report
ed. The shock was distinctly felt at
Nebraska City and Syracuse, In south
ern Nebraska. 1t was slight in each
instance.
A slight shock of earthquake was
distinctly observed at Topeka, Kan.
and throughout eastern Kansas at 6:15
p. m. In some places second and
lighter shock was noted. Neighbor-
ing towns are reporting similar condi-
tons by telephone, the most severe ex-
perienced apparently being at Manhat-
tan, where citizens left their houses in
alarm. No damage is reported.
Slight at Emporia.
An earthquake shock was felt at EN-
poria, Kan. 1t was too slight to do
damage, but was distinctly felt all over
this part of the country. The vibra-
tons lasted for about 60 seconds.
A slight earthquake was felt at Jop-
lin, Mo-, about $40 O'Clock. No dam
age was done. At first the shock was
supposed to have resulted from a mine
explosion.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
GREAT TRADE FOR BRITISH.
Nearly Four and One Half Billion Dol.
lars in 1905.

Nearly Four and One Half Billion Dol.
lars in 1905.
The trade of Great Britain for the
year 1905 as shown by the board of
trade returns issued recently reached
the enormous aggregate, exclusive Of
reexports, OF $4,476, ,345, an amount
which has never before been approach
ed. 1t exceeds the record figures of
1904 by $217,0OO,0OO. With the re-ex-
ports included the total increase over
1904 is $255, 100000. The imports of
bullion and specie were $257. 749,545
and the exports 1925, 957 1876, leaving
a balance in favor of this country of
over $3O,0O0,OO0. OF over $145, 900, wv
increase in exports $3.50, OOO, 900 are &C.
counted for by manufactures, includ-
ing over $40 100000 of cotton fabrics.
The imports of raw cotton decreased
over $12,500,0OO and the imports of
wool increased over 5000, 900.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
WOMEN DEAD IN FLAMES.
Girl Dashes Into Burning Building and
Dies.

Girl Dashes Into Burning Building and
Dies.
st. Louisville boarding house con-
Quoted by Erskine Reed at 1911 Mis-
souri, avenue caught fire from the fur
mace and three women boarders per-
ished, fourth breaking leg in
jumping from an upper window.
The dead: Mrs. Pauline Hermann,
aged 48 years; Miss Jewel Reed. aged
II years, daughter of the owner: Mrs.
pulvermacker, aged IS years, Of St.
Charles, Mo. Injured: Mrs. Hilger,
aged 10 years.
Miss Reed lost her life trying to
save others.
Aged Mrs. Hilger was lying i'll in
her room when the flames broke out,
and in desperation jumped from her
window, breaking leg. She was par
TALLY caught by spectator, breaking
the full force of her fall, and was pick
ed up unconscious.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
Orchard Wanted in Denver.

Denver, Jan. g. Sheriff Edward
Bell of Teller county, Colorado, has
teleraphed the sheriff at Caldwell,
Idaho, requesting him to hold the pris-
oner identified as Harry Orchard on a
warrant charging him with murder
committed in Cripple Greek, Col,
should the charge of assassinating for
mer Governor Stuenenberg of Idaho
not be pressed against him. Orchard
is accused of having blown up the In
depenence depot on JuAe 6, 1904, kill
ing ID nonunion miners and seriously
injuring a number, of others. It is
stated he fled from Cripple Greek after
the explosion and has since eluded the
Colorado authorities. He has been
traced through several states and
finally into Idaho.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12

Savannah. Ca, Jan. 9.-The cases
against John F. Gaynor, Benjamin u.
Greene, William Gaynor, Edward Cay
nor and former Captain Oberlin M.
Carter, will be called in the United
States court for the southern district
OF Georgia today. The defendants are
charged with having defrauded the
United States government out of some
$2,OO0,0OO in the carrying out of Sa
vannah harbor contracts.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Pat Grove has been arraigned in
the district court on the charge of
robbing E. A. Cudahy of $4,000 in the
kidnapping case. He pleaded not gull
ty and his trial was set for February
Z. His bond was fixed at $1,000.
In Dublin alone where there is such
a dearth of employment it is esti-
mated that 100000 a year-almost
$4,000 day-is squandered in
declared Father Paul in ad-
dressing the Society of st. Vincent de
Paul at Dublin.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
Heavy Sea Swept the Deck.

One man was killed by heavy sea
which swept the decks Of the British
ship Scottish Lochs on November "a,
off Cape F1attery. The ship came
around here from Cardiff, Wales, load
ed with coal. Captain Park Hills stat
ed that he saw the bark Pass Of Mel
fort. which was wrecked December 26,
two days before she went ashore,
drowning all hands. His ship was
caught in the same storm, but being
heavily loaded, he was able to beat
the sea.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
NEW YORK JEWS TO MOURN.

Monster Parade in Memory Of Russian
Victims.
Arrangements have been made for
a parade of more than 100000 He
brews through the streets of the East
Side, New York, on January %, In
honor of the memory of those killed
during the riots in st. Petersburg a
year ago. The parade will mark the
first anniversary of the massacre. A
mass meeting will be held after the
parade.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
Hart and Ryan Not COMING.

Marvin Hart and Tommy Ryan will
not be seen in Spokane in connection
with the theatrical company that has
been touring the country with the two
fstic champions as star attractions.
Hart and Ryan want to come to Spo-
kane independently under the auspi-
ces OF the Spokane Amateur Athletic
club, but Eddie Quinn says he wants
to have little clearer understanding
of their terms before he will give them
q date there.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
LONDON PAPER WANTS DUTIES.

Advocates Preference for Canadian
Wheat in England.
London, Jan. 10.-The Morning Post,
in long article discussing the fiscal
question, points out that retaliation
alone will be practically a useless
weapon against the United States
and the other protective countries. To
be effective, the paper says, retaliation
must be combined with colonial pref
erence. It adds that with the help of
Canada a so cent duty on foreign
wheat would turn every wheat grower
in the western part of the United
States into an opponent of the McKin-
ley tariff.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
WOULD KILL HOPELESS INSANE.
Or. Norton Joins Forces Of Miss Hail
and Mrs. Booth.

Or. Norton Joins Forces Of Miss Hail
and Mrs. Booth.
DIR. Charles Elliott Norton of Cam
bridge has joined forces with Miss Mary
Ann Hall of Cincinnati and with Mrs.
Maud Ballingron Booth in their cam
paign for the killing off Of hopelessly
insane, hopelessly diseaged and victims
of accidents. His views are expressed
in letter to Miss Halland made pubic
here today. DR.. Norton was formerly
professor of literature at Harvard. He
was friend of Longfellow and Low.
ell, and with them made the famous
translation of the divine Comedy"
He heads his letter, IAN appeal to
reason, as we'll as compassion, adj
dresses Miss Hall and writes:
1.-The principle that it is duty to
prolong every human life as long as
possible, at whatever cost, has hitherto
been generality accepted.
'Its main support has been the doc.
trine of the sacredness of human life.
1.-THE doctrine and the parctice have
both been pressed too far. There is no
ground to hold every human life as in.
violably sacred and to be preserved, no
matter with what results to the indivd.
nal, or to others. On the contrary,
there are CAGES to which every reason.
able consideration urges that the end
should be put. Settling aside all
doubtfukcases, no right thinking man
should hesitate to give q dose of lauda-
mum, sufficient to end suffering and
life together. to the victim Of an acci-
dent from the torturing effects Of
which recovery was impossible, how
ever many hours of misery might be
added to conscious life by stimulatns
or surgical Operations.
"Nor should a reasonable man hesi-
tate to hasten death in the case of q
mortal disease, such, for example, as
cancer when it has reached the stage
of incessant severe pain, and when the
patient desires to die.
"The prolongation of life in such a
case by whatever means, is merely
criminal cruelty. ,.t
cor taKe another instance, that of
an old person whose mind has become
chaos of wild imaginings, productive
of constant distress, not only to the
sufferer, but to all who live with and
attend him. The plain duty in such a
case is not to prolong, but. to shorten
life.
"lt is mott to be hoped that q super.
stition so deeply rooted in tradition as
that of the duty of prolonging life at
any cost will readily yield to the argu-
ments Of reason or the pleadings of
compassion, but the discussion Uf the
subject in its various aspects NAV
lead gradually to q more enlightened
public opinion and to the consequent
relief Of such misery"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
SAW VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS.
Negroes, Just Dead, Remembered
Washington's Camp in 1777.

iladelphia-Mary Mcdonald, a
negress, who claimed to be 1875 years
old, is dead at the home for aged and
infirm colored persons in this city.
She often told of the scenes in and
about the camp of Washington's SOL
diers at Valley Forge during the win
ter of 1777-1778.
Mrs. Mcdonald was of robust
physique and was an inveterate
smoker up to a short time ago.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
Hits Him With Lead Pipe.

Hot Springs, S. D., Jan. 8.-James
Long, an inmate of the state soldiers
home, has been arrested on a charge
of assaulting Colonel SGoddard, COM
mandant of the home, with a piece of
lead pipe.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
To Build Yerkes HOSPITAL,

The great hospital provided for in
the will of Charles T. Yerkes, the
traction promoter who died in New
York city, will be built at once. 1t
will be located in the borough of the
Bronx
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
ENGINEER FORGOT HIS ORDERS
Cause Of Wreck in Which Three Men
Were Killed.

Cory, Pa, Jan. 8.-To an engine
mans failure to remember orders Is
attributed the wreck on the Philadel
phia & Erie railroad, when three men
were killed and 20 persons injured
Engineer Kavanaugh, engineer of the
locomotive that crashed into the pas
senger train, when asked how he hap
pened to be on the main track. is
alleged to have exclaimed:
my God, forgot all about the pas
senger train"
1t is believed all the injured will re-
cover.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
Northwestern Wheat.

Lewiston, Idaho.-Club, 56@57c;
bluestem, $4,000. No sales.
Walla Walla, Wash.-Club, &c;
blustem, 63kc; f. o. b. No sales.
Ritzville. Wash.-Bluestem, 64c:
club, Gle.
Portland, Ore.-Club, TIC; bluestem
74@75c; valley, 73c; red, 69c.
Tacoma, Wash.-Unchanged. Ex-
port: Bluestem, 73c; club, Tic; red,
CSC.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
N. p. Train Wreck at Tacoma,

Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 8.-A Northern
Pacific local train, southbound from
Seattle to Olympia, collided in the 1og
with a light engine in South Tacoma
today.
D. q. Driscoll, express messenger,
was thrown against the side of his car
and severely bruised about the Shout
ders and neck. His condition is not
considered dangerous.
Two other men, passengers, left the
train unassisted and walked away.
Both appeared slightly injured.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
One Hundred Persons Burned.

London, Jan. "a dispatch from
Toxic to the Daily Telegraph says that
on January 4 an explosion set fire to
a mine at Akita, on the main island Of
Japan, and that 101 persons were
burned to death.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
BIG HOTELS BAR PuelLlsr.
philadelphia" Jack O'Brien Not
Welcome Guest.

Welcome Guest.
New York, Jan. 10.-Barred from
three fashionable hotels, the Waldorf
Astoria, the Hotel Astor and the st.
Regis, and requested to leave a fourth
where he had engaged luxurious quar-
tiers under his real name, "Philadel.
phia" Jack O'Brien, the gladiator of
149 ring battles, went to bed as Joseph
F. Hagan, the whilom guest Of the
Hotel Netherland, with a greater bit
terness than he had ever before known
in his heart.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12

A farmhouse near Minehead, Eng
land, is situated in so deep hollow
that for three months Of the year the
suns rays do not fall upon it.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12

A monument in honor of Professor
B. Maerckers, known for his contribu-
lions to agricultural science, was un-
yelled in Halle on the oath of October.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
RUSSIA'SCHRISTMAS|
SUNDAY PASSED QUIETLY. The
ChURCES LARGELY ATTENTED.
Even the Radical Newspapers in st.
Petersburg Silence Their Gums
Count Witte Is Optimistic-He Says
the Empire Will Emerge From the
Present Crisis Rejuvenated.

st. Petersburg, Jan. Slime snow
sitting down from a cold sky furnished
ideal weather for the Russian Christ.
mas so far as st. Petersburg was con.
cerned. All the theaters and other
places of amusement. even the res
taurants, were closed. and the day was
given up to the proverbial Russian
hospitality. The dissensions which
have torn and distracted the country
seemed to have disappeared for the
moment and even the radical newspa-
pers. animated by the sentiment Of
peace and good will to all, sileuced
their guns.
The day passed quietly and without
untoward incident. The religious serv-
ices in the churches were largely at
tended.
At the palace at Tsarkoe Selo the
emperor himself presided at the
Christmas tree. Later, accompanied
by the imperial children, his majesty
visited the quarters of his imperial
Cossack escort, to the members of
which he distributed presents.
Interviewed by the Official Tele-
graph agency, Count Witte declared
that he did not believe the reports
that Germany would resort to an ag-
gressive policy in the Moroccan con-
ference at Algeciras. Throughout En-
peror Williams remarkable reign, he
said. Germans policy had been con-
sistently pacific. He believed it would
remain SO, and that the conference
would terminate without any untoward
incident. particularly between France
and Germany. It was his belief that
rumors to the contrary were spread
for the purpose of Influencing the
bourses.
Count Witte protested ag inst what
he characterized as the unfounded and
sensational reports spread in the for
eign press and expressed the convic-
ton that Russia would emerge from
the present crisis rejuvenated He con-
cluded by declaring that france con-
tinued to display toward Russia senti-
ments of friendship and good will, with
Russia reciprocating.
According to the Novoe Vremya the
revised budget, as submitted to the
emperor, makes the revenues for 1906
$1.014.000,O00. as against $1,027 ,00O. 900
for last year. The expenditures are
estimated at $1,009 ,OOO. 900. as against
81, 200, 900, 900 for last year.
The dowager empress Of Russia is
purchasing beautiful estate in Dom
mark with view to a lengthy resi-
dence, but the rumor that has been
In circulation that she will not return
to Russia is without basis.
Claims Of Americans.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
KANSAS clTY's BIG FIRE.

Total Loss 10 More Than a Half a
Million.
Kansas City.-A revised estimate Of
the losses in the recent fire place the
total loss at slightly OVERS 500, 900 and
the insurance at two thirds OF that
sum. The property destroyed and
damaged occupied two thirds of the
block on the west side Of Walnut
street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12
Claims Of Americans.

Mr.. Mayer, the American ambassa-
dor has received from the consuls at
Moscow and Odessa, detailed reports
of the injuries suffered by American
property during the recent riots. A
statement of the damages claimed will
be forwarded by Mr.. Meyer to the
state department for instructions.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-12

It is quite proper, even compliment
tary. to ask lady's age in Japan.