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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

The feature of the week has been
the sharp advance in egg prices: The
demand has shown an exceptionally
large increase both from local and out
side call. The comparatively cold wealth
er has undoubtedly had some influence
in curtailing production, or else ship
pers at country points are holding back
shipments, as they are not running aa
large as at the opening Of the month.
some lots show evident manipulation be-
fore being forwarded. Those who do
this will find it a losing venture in the
end, as buyers will be suspicious Of
their goods and pass them up, refusing
to bid on them. Retail meat dealers
report that there is large consump-
tion Of eggs at present, which cuts
down the demand for meats percepti-
bly,, and especially noticeable during
Lent, when the demand for meats is al
ways moderate. Shipping orders are
more plentiful, the advancing market
giving increased activity. The future
onjecture, but PROBABILITIES point more
toward lower than to higher price.
Butter is not moving out as freely as
ten days ago, and sentiment is some
what easier on the entire list. Creamery
extras are half cent lower, while some
receivers occasionally find it necessary
to grant further concessions in order
to keep stock moving sufficiently well
to hold their supplies to fresh basis.
Diaries are in light arrival, which has
been favorable to their holding to a
and weak, but quotations have held to
last week s figures. The outlet is mar.
row and heavy arrivals would have
! pounded down values easily.
Cheese is holding to steady basis
Supplies are increasing on choice grades
but fancy lines are firmly held, as the
offerings do not seem excessive.
Arrivals Of both live and dressed
poultry are very light, and values con
sequently hold firm. Extra nice lott
quite frequently bring a premium above
to whom price is no object if quality
is satisfactory. Goodsized receipt
would move out readily at strong prices
and more should be forwarded Will
the market is in good shape to receive
them.
Supplies of beans are heavy and Their
is disposition shown in some quarter
to shade quotations in order to ge
goods to move out more freely.
Old vegetables are advancing in price
especially on beets and carrots. Pota
| COeS DIT SlOW, Will 1O CHduSS LII P11Co
shown from week ago. The move
ment is confined to local retailers, tn
call for seed stock from outside point
being virtually over. Most Of the ne!
vegetables are higher in price, the col
der weather having restricted arrivals
The entire fruit list is unchanged i
price from week ago.. Apples are
scarce commodity and best stoc
brings outside figures readily. Orange
and lemons are steady. Bananas al
good sellers, but there has been a seal
city of stock ripe enough to ship, an
a good many orders will have to b
carried over into next week. Can fO
strawberries is increasing. Prices, al
no lower, but quality averages bette
with each succeeding days shipments.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18
AN OPINION OF WHEAT

"This wheat,' says former officer
Of the Chamber Of Commerce usually
identified with the bull side, twill one
day be higher. I would not hesitate
to buy it right now for a long pull,
except that I am afraid I might have
to stand considerable punishment be-
fore I would win out. What [ am
and bought at rs cents, most of them
little shoestring spectators. Their
wheat is probably worth IS cents all
right, but if we get it going down
again they will be falling over their
own feet trying to sell out quick. It
didn't look to me like the right kind
of buying at IS. I may be wrong.
but T think that break to that point
It hss Gets H a cent or 50 under Is You can
buy it all right, for it's worth the
money"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

management which has been going on
in the interest of corporate directors
eventually will lead to an actual en-
hancement of American investment
issues. But the investment situation
should not be confounded with .specu-
lative conditions affecting market move
ments Of securities. -
State Senator Grady's bill providing
that every person who "makes a false
or pretended or so-called wash sale of
stocks' should be punishable by fine
of $1,OO or Imprisonment for not over
year, causes much unfavorable COM
ment in Wall street. Under such a
law stock market transactions would
fall off materially and incidentally like
wise the New York state receipts from
the transfer tax. Stanley Schroff.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18
LEWIS NOT SHORT HERE

Charles 3. Lewis, of the Hot Springs
crowd Of wheat market operators, who,
with Patten and Gates has been
credited with having been on the right
side of a very successful campaign, is
parentiy is still a con Conservative bear, OIL on
legitimate supply conditions, but while
believing in the futility Of trying to
bull wheat at this time, is not antago-
nistic to price recovery upon any change
in the situation. "Tell the north
western farmers for me- he wired,
responsive to inquiry as to his opinion
Of the market, 'that have not sold a
bushel of wheat short on the Minneapo-
lis market since left there February l.
The future of the market depends upon
export demand. Present crop condi-
lions are good and we must get rid of
our surplus. In my opinion if we can
not move it out at these. prices, we are
bound to go to lower price level.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

Holders Of Chicago securities are very
nervous in view Of the recent court de-
cisions covering the public-service cor
porations, which are taken to be averse
to any new financial plans for the ex-
tension of stock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

Fargo is. sending out reports of the
large crops expected by the farmers
thereabouts. It is too early yet to talk
about it. The outlook, however, is GER
tainly very favorable for the time Of
year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18

WHEN local stocks begin to de-
crease says John Marfeld, 81 will be
bull on wheat. I cannot bull it when
there is more in sight here every day. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18
Commission Orders Executed in
All Markets of the World.

BRANCH oFFICES-St Cloud. Fergus Falls,
Comstock. Duluth. Minnesota: Fargo. Cassel-
ton, Hunter, Hillsboro. Grand Forks. North
Dakota aud Winnipeg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18
MINNEAPOLIS PRODUCE

TOTAL SAFES, TO, 7UU.
Money closed at per cent; high 8; low, 8;
uling rate, per cent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
SENSIBLE REPUBLICANS.

The republicans of Walla Walla city
and county are to be congratulated on
the good sense displayed at the pri-
maries yesterday in standing up for
their United States senator as against
the traitors and knockers. They are
to be especially felicitated upon turn
ing down and getting rid of the rene
gade machine of the treacherous
Evening Bunc" and its would-be
bosses.
The escape was not so narrow that
it should cause any thrills yet the
crushing defeat given to the leaders of
what would undoubtedly proved to be
a corrupt, matchmaking political ca
bal, is so satisfactory that more than
passing comment is its need.
The demonstration of the voters
against the professional politicians
who would have led them estray is
a decisive rebuke to the men who
have been kicked out of one organiza-
ton and are now eliminated" as a
factor in the local political field. 1t is
a death blow to those who would rule
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14

even at the expense of all that is de-
sired for Walla Walla.
There are many good men among
what is now known as the Boxer fac
ton, but which, in reality, has not,
for some time, been the legitimate
Boxer organization. These men have
stood by the self-constituted bosses
who captured the faction, more for the
sake of the old name than anything
else.
1t is time now for those old line
Boxers to resume charge of their
own affairs and conduct them without
the unrequested aid of the Evening
Bunc" and it's coterie of curbstone ma
nipulators.
By so doing they will regain the re-
spect which they won through stand
ing up for what they believed their
principles, instead of weakly yielding
to traitorous bossism.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Louis James PLAY.

1t is rather significant to note that
of all the plays Ellen Terry has ap
peared in during her long career upon
the stage, she should have selected
1.-The Merry Wives of Windsor as her
jubilee offering, and also that Louis
James should have announced over a
year ago his intention of returning to
comedy in this self same play.
The fact that an actress and actor
edy to justify both using it as a We
hicle in which to star, attests very
elements it contains, both from a dra-
matte standpoint las well Of the well
balanced distribution of its principal
characters. Mr. James, cognizant of
that fact, has chosen a splendid COM
pany to support his "Falstaff." Nellie
McHenry has been specially engaged
to play the ebullient Mistress Quick
ly' and Norman Hackett has been Sc
lected for the jealous Master Ford"
while Aphie James and Charlotte
Lambert are entrusted with the exact
ing characters of the two "Wives" and
VIM. Chrystie Miller and J. Arthur
Young are respectively" Justice. Shall
low" and pistol" Lillian Lancaster
is Sweet Anne Page" c. D. Burt,
"BardOlph.' etc. etc.
The production is said to be an es-
pecially elaborate one and the scenery,
costumes and accessories absolutely
correct as to period and locale.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Value Of Farm Telephones.
The Farmer.

A woman farmer who sells a great
deal of her produce in a large manu-
featuring town few miles away. and
who has many regular customers, told
me that she often had half her load
sold before leaving home. How? By
telephone. Many farmers do not real
ize the immense advantages and labor
saving possibilities in the telephone.
By it's use one may learn from city
or village the state of the market, the
probable demand, any shortage that
exists. and be prepared to take advan-
tage of it promptly, while Mr.. Slow
poke is finding out TOO late that there
was a brisk demand for the very goods
he had to sell. Market reports in
weekly papers are ancient history
when received these days. What we
want is advance information. The
telegraph also comes in handy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Pure Food and Official Food,
N Y. World.

1t grieves the packers sorely that a
secretary of agriculture should think Of
enforcing the new meat-inspection and
rure-food laws as they read. 1t would
be so much easier to let things drift
along with a promise from the pack
ers that everything will be all right.
Secretary Wilson intends to have
better assurances and in turn to be
able to give the public better assur-
ances. Not only must food products
be pure and wholesome, but the labels
on them must state the facts truthfully
whether sausage, for instance, con-
tains all pork or part pork and part
beef, and what else, or whether lard
has been compounded with beef and
mutton fats or cottonseed oil.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
RooseveIt's True Position.

While the world was acclaiming the
between Japan and Russia, the remark
was made to him that one certain out
ment would be a mighty popular de-
mand that he succeed himself. With
simple candor he rejoined that he
thought not, and he added that he had
no illusions regarding the mater; that
at that moment he was at the apex Of
moral authority and personal popular
ity; that he could not stay there, and
could not hope to go higher; there
fore, in these respects he must nee
essarily take the down grade. What
ever his conception of duty should i'm
pei him to do, in the effort he was
bound to make to solve great prob
lens, would engender bitter feelings
and make enemies. There was no es-
cape from that result. Consequently,
as proS1OonI, he SHOULD De ldT less Ell
ficacious and far less popular at the
end of his term than at that time. He
had appreciated that certainty on the
day of his election, and he realized 1t
more fully then, when at the pinnacle,
than ever before. In view of these
circumstances, it would be surprising
! if it should not be apparent to the
next convention that another could
bear the standard with better pros
/ pect of success In any case, he per-
sonnally was convinced that all he
could accomplish as president would
i be achieved during his present term,
and he simply would not accept a re-
mination.-George Harvey in The
North American Review of Sept. 7.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
IRON PIPE DROPS.
EmpIoye at Book Nook Has Narrow
Escape From Injury.

EmpIoye at Book Nook Has Narrow
Escape From Injury.
Considerable damage was done In
the Book Nook by the downfall of 20
feet of four-inch iron pipe from the
ceiling to the floor.
Plumbers have been at work upon
the pipe which is hung along the top
of the roof in brackets and had sec
ton 20 feet long loose at both ends at
the same time.
The weight was too great for the
sole bracket which supported it and
it fell with a crash causing consider
able excitement and smashing up the
glassware near the soda fountain.
w. S. Brown, an employe, had very
narrow escape as he was standing In
the exact spot where the pipe fell,
only an instant before.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
ADJUSTMENTS
Not Duplicated.

AS a Charles Frohman star, William
Collier who is underlined at the Key
lor Grand Theater, for next Tuesday,
Sept. IS, for one night only, seems to
be holding his own in the professional
progress Of the same managers other
stars, among whom are Maude Adams,
Ethel Barrymore, Ellen Terry, John
Drew, Edna May, William Gillette,
Fay Davis, Seymour Hicks, Elaine
Terriss, Hattie Williams, Otis Skinner,
Francis Wilson, w. H. Crane and
others. Mr.. Frohman is said to have
no ordinary task finding a suitable
play to follow Mr.. Golfers present
Augustus Thomas, one of ION The
Quiet" when the usefulness of the
same shall begin to wane, if at all.
While Collier is not easily fitted with
a part, his breezy self enables him to
float along acceptably with even a
misfit, especially when. his associates
in the cast are congenial and accus-
toned to his dry drollery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Boy of 10 in Rage Kills Sister.

MAUSTON, Wis, Sept. 14.-Alfrod
Schmidt, 10 years old, it is alleged,
shot and instantly killed his sister,
Lillian, Is years old, during a quarrel
on the farm Of the Schmidts near the
town of Marion.
The parents of the children were in
town, leaving the boy and girl in
charge of the younger children. The
two, it is said, got into a dispute in
which the boy threatened to shoot his
sister. She ran into the road, the
boy following with a shotgun. The
boy discharged the weapon, the load
taking effect in the back of her head
and killing her instantly. He went tC
the woods, but was found there the
next morning and arrested.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
THE MAYORS DEFEAT.

No more remarkable defeat mas ever
been administered to a political crown
than that handed out yesterday In the
primaries to the would-be bosses anu
the Evening Bunc" The most unusual
feature was the fearful throwing down
of our boyish mayor and those OF MS
associates who. in the city election,
stood for what appeared to be extra
ordinary personal popularity. That the
mayor. of a city like Walla Waila
should not be permitted to represent
his own precinct in so important
county convention as is to be held To-
morrow demands explanation.
The defeat of the bosses in their own
precincts, while hardly expected, is
easily accounted for in the reputation
by the voters of the self-constituted
leaders who would build up an organ
and a machine at the expense OF all
Walla Walla deems valuable In a po-
Utica way. The Overwhelming defeat
of Warden KEGS and the Evening
Bunc" is merely the peoples rebuke of
what those professional politicians
stand for.
But in the case of the mayor there
must be some other cause. Is it that
the people, even his own neighbors,
feel that Mr.. Kellough is proving a
disappointment?
When the mayor first took office it
seemed as if he would be a real exc
cutive, free from cabals, and deter
mined to do his duty fearlessly and
independently. He had the unanimous
support of every property owner and
taxpayer. all of whom were growing
enthusiastic in praise of the execu-
tive.
But at the first serious opposition,
the mayor weakened. He fastened to
cover at the first fire, and has since
permitted "Bill' Kirkman and his fell
lows to dominate in all matters in
which the property owners are inter-
ested. Instead of exposing the pipe
line scandal, he assisted in secreting
it from public view. In the paving
matters he has been equally weak.
In street affairs he still permits Glas-
ford and his associates to dominate.
Bridges are out, street paving is
held up, bulkheading of Mill creek has
gone over into the very teeth of the
storms and in every department there
is a slipshod laxity which demonstrates
the utter lack of an efficient head.
Undoubtedly, even the mayors
neighbors have seen these things and
have lost faith 1t is the real explana-
ton of the defeat of the man who
could-and yet can-prove a dOmi-
nant factor in all things political and
municipal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
Seeds Sown by Shot.
M. A. P.

The story goes that the present Duke
of Atholl devised a most original meth
his property are some inaccessible
rocks, which have been guiltless of a
green leaf for centuries. Some ancient
cannon happened to lie near at hand,
and by the dukes order these were
charged with tin canisters filled with
seels of hardy plants and shrubs and
fired straight into the cracks in the
rocks A little soil had collected there,
and the experiment is said to have
been crowned with success.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
WASHINGTON State Medical AssoCiat.
ion Chooses Officers
ASK LEGISLATURE FOR A new LAW
WANT THE FEE FOR EXAMINING
INSANE PEOPLE FIXED
AT $40 EACH.

DR.. E. E. Shaw was elected second
vice president of the Washington
State Medical association at Spokane
yesterday. DR.. c. P. Cannon was
elected a member of the nominating
committee and DIR. c.. N. Suttner was
selected for a place on the judicial
council, which is composed of some OF
the best physicians in the state.
A resolution was adopted at the
meeting asking that the state legis-
lature fix the fee of physicians for the
examinations of persons charged with
insanity at $40. The resolution was
passed at the instance of DR.. Semple
Of Spokane, who stated that physicians
who were responsible for the commit
ment of persons to the insane asylum
were liable for any mistake they might
make and they should be given suita-
BILE compensation for the responsible
ty thrust upon them.
The Officers Chosen.
The election of officers for next year
of Seattle, president; Dr. E. L. Kim
ball, of Spokane, first vice president;
DR.. E. E. Shaw, of Walla Walla, Sec
ond vice president; DR.. c. H. Thomp-
son of Seattle, secretary; DR.. G. H.
McGeer of Tacoma, treasurer.
Nominating board-G. S. Peterkin
of Seattle; c. P. Cannon, Walla Wal
la; DR.. C. ]. Lynch, Spokane; DIR. A.
E. STUNT, Whitman county; DR.. G. w.
Overmeyer, Pacific county; DR.. R.
Markley, Whatcom county; w. c.
Cox, Snohomish county; D, ]. B.
Smith, Skagit county; DR.. w. H
Moore; H. w. Dewey, Pierce county;
DR.. J. M. Semple, Spokane.
Judicial councillor. c. w. Suttner
Walla Walla county; DR.. Scott of
King county; DR.. R. M. Reed, King
county; DR.. F. H. Luce, Pierce coun-
ty; DR.. J. YOcum, Tacoma; DR.. R. l..
Thompson, Spokane; DR.. H. w. De-
wey, Pierce county; DR.. G. w. Over
meyer, Pacific county; DR.. L. R.
Markley, Whatcom county; DR.. w.
Johnson, Whitman county.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
ABOUT OUR FIRE BILL,


! The Fire Proof Magazine prefacing
that fire is the most unreasonable tax
the public labors under, argues that
nearly all the efforts to lessen this
drain on resources are misdirected.
They tend toward water and more wa
ter rather than to the elimination of
the main source of the drain, poor con-
struction. says the Minneapolis Jour-
nal.
The International Society Of Building
Commissioners and Inspectors makes
a memorandum that of 11,50O,000 build
ings in the United Statese, valued at
s14, 500, 900, 900, only 1000 are of fire.
proof construction and that only as to
the outer walls. All of them can be
damaged to from 20 to 80 per cent in
a conf1agration. The others can be to-
tally wiped out Of existence. The way
to do this seems to have been found,
too In 1905 buildings to the value Of
$500, OOO,0 900 were erected and buildings
to the valus of $200,000,000 were de-
stroyed by fire. On top of this loss
was $3OO,OOO,OOO expense incurred in
maintaining fire fighting forces. The
fire loss was presumably covered by in
surance, but the insurance was a tax
upon industry added to the cost of
keeping up fire insurance companies.
This year we are erecting $725,000,-
600 worth of buildings, but including
San Francisco, our fire loss will not
be less than half billion. This says
nothing of the loss to firms and cOrpor-
ations from the interruption of bust
ness, which, in San Francisco alone,
is estimated at $1,000 10000. 1t will
take $3.50, 100000 and twenty years to
rebuild San Francisco. For all of this
the country gets back $135,000,0 900
from insurance companies.
The figures are surely suggestive
enough. They bring the country back
| to the unanswered question, 'Is there
| a fireproof building to be had?" Some
| authorities are clear that it is to be
had at a cost of about II per cent.
greater than the cost of the alleged
fireproof buildings. 1t is to be had
by building sanely and scientifically.
By using wire glass and fireproof cas-
ing and window frames, by inclosing
stairways and elevators, by having
self closing doors and by cutting the
floor space up into as small areas as
possible. To encourage fireproof build
ing the commissioners believe that the
man who builds carefully and at en-
HANGED expense to himself should be
rewarded with a lower tax. AS the
tax laws now stand the more money
a capitalist puts into building and the
less demand he makes for fire protec-
ton, the higher his tax, while the poor
er shack he erects and the greater his
demand upon the community. the less
his tax A scientific mode Of taxation
should reverse these conditions in the
interest not only of justice but of the
general welfare.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-09-14
mo KiIIa Da Man."

Il killa de rabbit that's alr' said
Angelo Colombo to Deputy County
Clerk James Williams this morning
when asked if he believed in killing
other government. Colombo also was
sure that he did not have three wives.
Later, before Judge Brents, he re-
nounced his ALLEGIANCE to King Victor
Emmanuel II, of Italy, and swore to
uphold the constitution OF the United
States.