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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-05
Thought Diet Meant Die.

TACOMA, April An the police
court this afternoon Judge Arnston
questioned John Starbuck, and asked
his reasons for carrying revolver
Storbuck down under the inquisition
and weepingly admitted that he
bought the revolver to commit sui
eide. On further questioning, it de-
veloped that the man had been a
sufferer from minor ailments for a
long time. He applied to the county
hospital for treatment, and was told
that he needed change of diet. Ig-
norant Of the word and confusing
the advice given him by medical
men. Storbuck understood that he
was abotu to die. Rather than wait
for death to take him, he decided to
end his trouble right away, and pur-
chased a revolver.
Storbuck is being held by the po-
lice until an interpreter can be found
who can understand the trouble with
the man.
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Notice Lecture Course.

Word was received recently by the
management of the Wenatchee Lee
ture Course to the effect that Ed
mund Vance Cooke. who was to have
filled one number, had been severely
hurt in a train wreck and that he
would have to cancel all his western
engagements. Notice to this effect
was sent out by the Great Western
Lecture Bureau some time ago an-
rather than provide poor substitute
for Cooke the management has de-
layed the matter but expects to be
able to report something definite
soon.
On account of the many inquiries
for Jacob Riis of New York, who was
unable to fill his datings on account
of the snow blockade 1t has been
decided to hold TBS number until
August when Mp<Riis will be in We
natchee.
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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HOLD
ORATORICAL CONTEST TONIGHT
Tonight's Winners Will Represent We
natchee at Seattle and Pullman
at Meeting in May

been occasions for extra hard study
and the display of much enthusiasm
on the part of the local students.
The contest of 1905, with eight
entries was won by Ira Collier, who
went to Pullman. At the meet last
year David Sullivan was awarded the
oratorical prize-the trip to Pull
man-and Miss Zelma Reeves. first
place In the declamatory contest.
Miss Reeves representing the school
at Seattle. This year eight students
will vie with each other in trying for
the places both in the oratorical and
declamatory contests. Eleven of the
students entered the preliminary
contest at the high school on Tues
day evening, eight being chosen Tor
the meet this evening. The school
takes great pride in its representa-
tion, and is loyalty supporting the
contestants by assuring meeting of
very high order this evening. Adj
vance ticket sales are very flattering
and a big house is expected this
evening.
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WORK OF COMMISSIONERS
Two Steel Bridges Across Wenatchee
River at Cost of $1O,060.

In response to petitions for bridges
at Peshastin and above Tom Henry's
place near Peshastin, the board OF
county commissioners today drove to
the sites of the proposed bridges and
also to inspect several roads in that
district.
The board has let contracts for
the building of two steel bridges
across the Wenatchee river, one at
Cashmere and the other at Monitor.
I. ]. Bailey & Co., of Wenatchee,
was the lucky bidder. The bridge at
Cashmere is to cost $6S74 and the
one at Monitor $685..
L. v. Wells and ]. E. Porter both
handed in their designations as MEM
bers of the county board of educa-
ton, and C. H. Armstrong and A. L.
Brown were appointed in their
places. - =.
Jas. Edwards has been appointed
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Louis Stevenson, an old prospector
and a pioneer of the West is at the
Hotel Victoria this week. He pros
pected for gold along the Columbia
river from Portland to British Co
lumbia, many years ago when numer-
Gus Indian tribes roamed over Wash
ington and has many interesting
stories to tell of his life and fights
with the red men and the trials he
had to undergo in searching for gold
and other minerals. For a number
of years past he has been in British
Columbia exploring that province
from the coast to the Rockies. His
home is in eastern Ontario, in the
county of Glengarry, and he states
that he Is acquainted with many Of
the characters and the country made
famous in Ralph Corners Man
From Glengarry." He is much sus-
prised and interested in the growth
the country here has made.-Quincy
Gazette.
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The Third Annual Oratorical Con-
test of the Wenatchee High School
will be held this evening at the We
natchee Theater. The contest will
be under the auspices and manage
ment of the Wenatchee High School
Athletic association, whose board of
managers is in full charge of the
meeting this evening. The contest
promises to be one of the most aus
picious events in the history of the
present term of school of the local
institution. The prime object of the
meeting is to secure two delegates
from the high school who will rep
resent Wenatchee at the coming or
atorical and declamatory meets at
Seattle in Denny Hall at the State
University and at the gymnasium at
the Washington Agricultural College
at Pullman. The successful contest
ant in defamation this evening will
go to Seattle May 1918 and the win
ner in the oratorical contest will rep
resent his or her school at Pullman.
Former events of this character have
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Michigan Strong Republican.

DETROIT, Mich, April 2.-The
Republican state ticket received a
majority of about $4,000 in yester-
days election. The successful can
didates are as follows:
Supreme court justices, Aaron C.
McAlvay and William L. Carpenter.
Regents of the state university, J..
e. Beal and Frank B. Leland.
Members of the state board of edu-
cation, William A. Cotton.
Mayor, William Thompson, of Kali
amazoo, Democrat, was reelected, de-
spite a terrible campaign made
against him.
In Bay City Mayor ,Gustavus
Hine, Democrat. was rejected.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL

G. B. Parks is having q i've room
cottage erected on Wenatchee. Con-
tractor Chas. Personnel is the build
er.
L. D. Winters is having five-roon
cottage erected on lower Wenatchee
avenue for sale or rent.
H. E. Carr, manager of the Lamb
Davis Lumber company at Leaven-
worth, is a business visitor in town
today.
|. M. e. Les, the we'll known resi-
dent of Waterville. passed through
town yesterday on his way to Spo-
kane on a short business trip.
1t was jolly but belated party
that reached the residence of Mr.. G.
s. Merriam on Pennsylvania avenue
last night in answer to invitations
sent out last week to few of the
Leavenworth friends of Miss Maude
Merriam and Mrs. Sam Merriam.
Each charged the other with being
the Jonah and bringing late trains
and bad weather, but they all Joined
in for good time. Those present
were: Mrs. Joseph Jackson, Mrs.
Deed Magyar, Mrs. ]. B. Adams, Mrs.
J. Tholin, Miss Carr, Miss Slater and
Miss Tholin.
Mrs. S. G. McCready returned We'd
nesday from a visit OF few days in
Cashmere.
Mrs. E. S. Russell returned from
a months visit in the east yester-
day.
The burning out of a flue in the
rear of the big frame building on
Mission street across from the Har-
lin meat market brought out the fire
department and an excited throng of
citizens this morning. A high wind
was blowing at the time and little
start would have meant a very SER
tious fire. AS it was the chimney
burned out without damage and ii
was not necessary to turn on the
water.
Mrs. Homer Grant and Mrs. Will
Little returned yesterday from Cash
mere, where they have been visiting
for several days.
Bower & Nowlan are having two
very pretty cottages built ON the cor
ner OF Chelan avenue and Second
street north.
i Mrs. e. NJ. Topper left yesterday
for q two weeks visit in Everett
and Seattle.
The free reading room has just re-
ceived a shipment of new books con.
tanning some of the latest works ot
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fiction BY the best authors. Come and
ret vour tickets and enjoy them.

fiction BY the best authors Come and
get your tickets and enjoy them.
s. I. Hopkins, the popular repre-
sentative of the Fales Paper COM
pany Of Seattle, was in the city yes
terday in the interests of his con
Germ.
Mrs. Jas. e. Forde returned from
Waterville this morning, where she
visited relatives for a week, and will
leave for Spokane Sunday.
Supt. e. Riste went up to Leaven-
worth the first of the week to look
into a petition for the division of the
school district at Cascade Orchards.
H. E. Carr offered two propositions
to keep the district intack, one to
furnish transportation for the chill
dren and the other to build a prim-
airy school. The petition for division
was denied and a committee was APP
pointed to accept one of the two
propositions offered.
A meeting or the nre department
will be held in the rooms of the Com
mercial Club tonight.
In Pitcher canyon is school COM
posed entirely of boys. Mrs. Dora
Grow of Wenatchee is the teacher.
The school house in that district was
built entirely by donation.
The family of Geo. Launspach ar
rived the other day from Carol,
Iowa, to make their home in the val
ley. Mr.. Launspach, who is a car
penter by trade, came last fall to
spy out the land" and reported it
flowing with milk and honey" and
the family have come to locate per-
manently. /,
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justice of the peace for Leavenworth.
w. A. Sanders was granted $25
per month as salary for acting as
purchasing agent for the county.
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Report of City Treasurer.

Following it the report of the city
treasurer for the month of March:
Cash on hand Mar. /, $4,S52.44
Cash receiver, taxes. 49,. 1,330.55
Cash received, licenses. -. 10000
Cash received dog tax. 1850
Cash receiver police fines. 1920
Cash reed water receipts. 799,40
Cash reed marshals &C.. 1890
TOTAL 9o,l6o.o9
Paid warrants .........s 2.235.78
Paid state treas license fee 10000
Paid exchange on drafts !. .35
Cash on hand Mar. 81
General fund ........ 3,9SS.92
Water fund ........ 1,543.34
Total $S,l6S.5S
H. O. MANCHESTER,
City Treasurer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
THE STOCK MARKET

New York, Nov. a1.--Liquidation of the same painrui character as for several days ket today and acute dsprsss.on in the stocks immedisteiy affected was occasioned by this seiisns The weakness did not s,n, ns the market showed some @ resiiiency in the late deaiing which susgested 2 responsi- part of the ss asss ssaaes Sa TOT who's. sscurisiss wsrs Selns I sold were not
 process of S,ssn.ns ap sp Of ersdit I as see"unss by the banks was oeiisscd to be in force ana to involve new relations of strietness such as prominent uapita,ists of practical ly unbounded resources have exaeted from the % banks The fact that the Ssnklns sa .. sit- under the centralized control of the clearing house authorities through Its loan commit- house certificates is advanced as an expia- nation for the enforcement of the new rules of procedure, whatever the cause. the fact loans by selling out of collateral in the stock market is In progress from time 10 time. The process is particulairy osylons tions have occurred. The acute weakness yesterday and today of the Atchison con to the fact that some s1s,ooo. ooo of the is sue unsubscribed by stockholders was talk en recently by a syndicate of bankers.
 New York Central Pennsylyania. Baltimore and onto and other stocks were under se- were pressure from time to time. The selling of some of these stocks was partly influenced by fears of the coming dividend
 A decided impression was caused by the report denied later in the day of the can- cellation by the Pennsylvania of a large order for locomotives American Locomo- tive was directly affected by this rumor. The declaration of the regular dividends on the National Lead stocks helped the metal industries to some extent. especially Amer ican Smelling. z
 A rise in the price of copper in London all so condueed to this end. There was feel ing of encouragement perceptible regarding which was accounted for by the views ex- pressed by large numbers of leaders in that trade who were present in the city and en- sass sslys ,bs ssaSiitS of tbs trnas shs
 The maintenance of the premium on cur rency and rise above yesterdays figures was an unsatisfactory item of the days news and call money was stiff again with the calling of loans in progress This was rather vaguely ascribed to preparations for subscriptions to the new Panama bonds and treasury certificetes although no authentic press of these oprations. Increased intr- est isffelt in the prospect of increasing the sold shipments from the Bank of France by the use of treasury certificates as col The increased strength of position shown by the Bank of France in it's weekly state meat today and the abstention of the Bank rate were regarded as corroSeraiive of the Likelihood. of this transaction being con
 Bonds were heavy Total sales par value cent. the &. < per cent, and the 4s 2 per cent on call.
 CLOSING STOCK LIST.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
Nryv voRK coTTON.

New York. Nov. 2L-There was an exctt- ed advance in the cotton market today as a result of small crop estimates based on the census report and the close was ex- cited and irregular at a net advance of 37 d37 points. Sales for the day were esti- mated at 7O0.000 bales.
 The market opened steady at q net ad- vance of SQs points in response to higher cables and the bullish census figures but the upward tendency was checked early by heavy rsaiizing s~d it was not until after midday that the market became excited and scored its big gains. Then there was vary heavy buying by Wall Street shorts. One broker took 20,000 bales of January in a single block. and there was general covering as we'll as bull support based on the census report and talk of better de- .-1nand from New England spinners At the afternoon January sold at 10.6S; March 10.74 and May to.s0, or 50 points net higher, and nearly cent above the low lev ei of the season. The close was off from the best under realizing. The census report showing the amount of cotton ginned to N0- vember i4th was considered by some local authorities to indicate crop of under Ill., b00.000 bales.
 AS the amount ginned to that date was under the figures of 1905 when the crop was about II, 300. 600 bales. and the amount of cotton ginned between October 18th and November 14th. this year and even smaller than in 1903. when the crop was in the neighborhood of 10.00o,O00 bales.
 Receipts at the ports today 54, 4e2 bales, against 4s.6I4 last week and 54.394 last year. For the week (estimated) $40. 900 bales. against s54.423 last week and 4l2,s4s last year
 Today's receipts at New Orleans 1O.s7s bales. against s,17s last year. and at Hous- ton 7,s45 bales, against 1o,77s last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
CHIcAGO IdYE sToCK.
MONTGOMERY CURRENT oroTATIos
(CoRrectad DMaly.l TheMN prices arc at wholesale and not t

(Correctod DmAly.l These prices are at wholesale and not te stsresmcorn srssSesi s01oo; standard goods pearl 4Me: gloss lump 4c: nickel goods ts 1. Lard-Leaf Io%c; compound szc; basi' Ries-Entra fancy head 7Kc; fancy head sh @7c; broken A 05c; Japan Sh @s&e. S,l. SSTl.mLivs5pooI il; VlsEs5is issas. soc sx @ioe; choice l10isc: fancy iseiSKo. ssasssssls5 'ss ssaa t1as sse Xxx -ssFdinss-Amsricau mustard ss.ss: 4-oal cheese--Fuii cream daisies i7';e, ringlss Grits-Per bbi. q 10; per sack s2.00. corn chops T5e; white corn S3c; oats mixed CSC; white e3c; white clipped s5c; timothy hay $1, 20; Johnson grass soc. $500: 20 os. ss.7s; winesap s4.5o: BraEii nuts. large i4Me: medium i4c; soft shell almonds 1sc: Malaga grapes s5.ss; fancy per bu. $1; onions red globes per hu. q; cabbage per crate 91.76; Rutabagas. per bag s2. %; spanish onions s1 50; Two Grown H. P. peanuts 7zc lb.; choice H. P peanuts Tc lb: Navy beans S8 bu.; Florida oranges assorted sizes ss.25; Cape Cod Cranberry, ba., s3.75 crate.
 Eseswax--2Ac.
 weol--clsan 22Mc; bury wool 1sMo to 1bc5 washed wool 1ocs
 Hides--Dry fiints i2c; dry saltad loo; green salted 6kc.
 Prime Cotton Seed MeaI-SaT. .Oo.
 Molasses-Georgia cane bbl., 3sc; gallon; cases, gallons s3 50 per case; maple syrup, Log Cabin Brand. gallons Sl4: M gallons $7 50: quarts S4.25 per doz
 chicksns-Hens a504Oc; flyers 20 Q 25e; broilers 25c: ducks soc. sugar-6ranulated 5%c; EXC, Be-
 Eggs-22hc.
 Country Butter--i5e per h.: Jersey butter sec.
 Basgins-New Juts-So yd. pieces. ID. 11kc; new sugar sack % ID. 9c; ID. eko; second hand sugar sacks Th @shc.
 Ties New Arrow 11 go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
To Drive Out EviI.

ChIcago, Nov. 21-Charges that Chi- caEo Is rapidly becoming the greatest white slave" center of the world, and that powerful syndicate for traffic in young girls exists in the city. has stir red religious and settlement workers to form large organization for the ex- press purpose of combating the evil. At meeting of nearly nifty ministers. lawyers and settlement leaders yester- day, plans were laid for the work. A number of organizations already have expressed their eagerness to join in a crueade agaNlst the tra1ac in RirlA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
CHIcAGo eRAIN AND PRoDUCE.

Chicago. Nov. 21.-Wheat prices on the To- cal exchange declined 2c from the high point today on selling caused chiefly by the weakness of the stock market At the close wheat for December delivery showed a net loss of 1h 01%c Corn was down %e. Oats were unchanged. Provisions were Q
 The weakness in the wheat pit developed after the market had opened firm on active buying by shorts Prices were soon weaken ed. however because of the slump in Wall Street and liquidation in the Decem- Der delivery. Other bearish factors were liberal primary receipts. poor export demand and decline in the grain markets of Eu- rope.
 After prices had dropped two cents from the high point the market rallied on renew ed buying by shorts. The close was weak.
 Firm cables and wet weather in the corn belt caused moderate strength in the corn market earlier in the day. Prices. however. soon weakened because of the decline of wheat. The market closed weak. Local receipts were 14s cars. with 3s of contract grade.
 Trade in oats was small and the market held steady all day. December oats open sS ed %e higher B at 4s%e. sold off to 4sc and r Provisions were weak all day beeeuse of light shipments of meat and lard and lower prices for hogs. At the close January pork was off 17hc at SIP. 50. Lard was down 10c at s7e7h: Ribs were 6@7hc lower at S6.759$6.77h.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
NEW WORK COTTON FUTURES.
wwIv oRT.EANs COTTON

New Orleans. Nov. 2l--spot cotton was firm at an advance of hc on all grades. Middiing 1oKc. Sales were $500 bales on the spot and 1850 to arrive.
 Futures opened barely steady four to eight points above the close of yesterday as Q result of favorable adviees received from Liverpool. Strengthened and steadied rather than anything else by what was construed a bullish ginners report, an nounced shortly after the opening the mar ket chased strong and there was brought about a good upward tendency amounting to an advance of seven to nine points by noon. While the response to the bullish
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22

view taken of the ginners report in the morning was not very market. the market advanced sharply on heavy covering by shorts in the afternoon.
 Considerable buying by locals and for out side accounts sent prices well up and at the close. which was steady. the active months ranged from twenty-eight to thirty-three
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
NAVAL STORES.

SayannRh,-e Nov. 2l.--Spirits turpentine firm 44he; sales l,o4s; receipts 4ss; ship ments 25.
 Rosin firm; sales 3,1ss; receipts 20Ts; shipments 925; stack 104. $50 Quote: ABC $2 s5: DEFG ss. fS; H ts 20: s37S: K S4.75; M s5. 25; " $S 90; we ss 30; wv {s. so.
 Charleston. Nov. a1.--Turnentine and ros- in nothing doing.
 Wilmington, N. C., Now 2i-spirits tur- pentine nothing doing; receipts 20
 Rosin nothing doing; receipts lsT.
 Crude turpentine firm $2.OO and sS. %; receipts 56. :"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
LONDON sTOcu MARwrT.

London. Nov. 2l-Dealings In American we:a 50 narrowing to iiquidation in New oYrk and continued financial uncertainty in the United States. Prices, however, passed parity in the forenoon. declining on receipts of New Yorks opening. The close was irregular and uncertain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
NEW YORK SUGAR ATARKET.

New York, Nov. 21.-sugar raw quiet; fair refining s3. 30; centrifugal s6-test $S so' molasses sugar S2 s5; refined quiet: srso srusSed s0'SOi powdered sS'So; srenulstsS s Petroleum refined all ports ss. .7O0Ss.7E. Molasses New Orleans 3b@4Ac.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
EsissSs e;, oP:esS quiet and closed quist'
SECRETARY TESTERS STATEMENT
 0E ErETGHTG ar fnTTnI

New Orleans. Nov. 2l--secretary Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange today issued a statement of the weights of l. 93i.4e3 bales of cotton handled at outports and across the Mississippi Ohio and Poto- mac Rivers overland to American manu- lecturers outside of the cotton belt for the months of September and October showing an average per bale of 5i5.47 pounds against S25 ss for the same iase~year.
 Detailed averages are;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
H. . B. BEER COTTON LETTER.
By Private wire to (. C: Aesrerombis

By Private Wire to c. G. AbercfOmbie q
 Co., A05z Commerce St.
 New Orleans. Nov 2l.-The nttn on .ss, se, Of cotton gfnped during the season. was published tocay and showed that there was November isth, vs. 1856, 900 last year and 1,0ss, ,0oo year before last. the total ginned thus far this season being only 7,Sii, 2o2 ys. before last. when the actual growth was about ll,000. 600 Texas alone shows less cotton sinned to November iash asa than ass last 900. In other words there was more cot ton glnned in Texas at this date in 1908. than Sos 5sogSht n tba Iae ssason ssass current estimates for the growth of Texas this year have simmered down to about Texas. ginnings total about the same as last season, that Is to say the loss in the valley in Arkansas and Louisiana has been about made good by the increase In the South At % When it is considered that actual con. sumption of lS Ssar ds, was iS7g9SGO E sSSt ,Ss o market did not leap by bounds in an effort to discount such buIlish conditions in ad- statisties on America's output of cotton would have been reflected in an excited and active market and in a much higher level to take the census report seriously because / of the small number of gins having report ed 2s.57l ys 27.soS: last G year to S HoyemSsSs "SaS
 
 the number of gins operated to have been only S3s less than for the season before last 2s,702 vs. 2s.040.
 Then again they are unwilling to carry the bag unassisted since speculative support has been prohibited in many of the south ern states, having suffered consideranIy n the early part of the season for going 1t alone. against the rest ef thel world.
 The financial situation. which threatens to restrict trade is another menace to be considered. In New York the stock mar ket remains unsettled on account of an unsatisfactory movement. There was no change in the discount rate today by the Bank of England. nevertheless. it's reserve in proportion to liabilities was reduced to 3S.7 per cent. vs. 40.b2 last Thursday ano S5 20 week before last
 Very much will depend upon the char aeter of the spot demand to follow today s advance Locally there was more done in cotton. the market reported firm st hc advance, but there was not much doing in cotton to arrive at 70 points on January.
 Yours very truly.
 c. c. ABERcRoMBIE & co.