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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
GREAT WOMAN DIES.
BARONESS BURDETT COJTTS
OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
Greatest and Most Famous philan.
thropist Of the Country Passes
Away at Age of 90 Years-She
Lived During Reigns of Five British
Sovereigns.

London, Jan. l. Baroness Burdett-
Coutts. who has been i'll at her resi-.
dence since Christmas eve, is dead.
The death of Baroness Durdett-
Coutts, occurring at the age Of 81
years, besides depriving the country of
one of its greatest and most famous
philanthropists, removes from London
a unique personality. AS link with
the almost forgotten past, her life be-
binnlng during the reign of Emperor
Napoleon, she lived durlng the reigns
Of five British sovereigns. Iul eriting
an immense fortune, she so used it as
to die beloved by the whole nation.
Her wonderful vitality led those
about her TO believe as late as Friday,
when she rallied. that her life might
be prolonged, but on Saturday she
grew weaker. She was conscious to
the a5t moment and able to recog-
nize the members of her household,
20 each Of WHOM she babe last fare
well. She died peacefully at 10:30
O'Clock this morning.
During the last illness Of the baron-
ecs, IL merous royal inquiries were
made at her home, Queen Alexandra
sending a specially gracious message,
which the baroness was able to APP
preciate and respond to. All the mem
bers of the royal family have wired
their coincidence to the husband Of the
baroness.
The baroness had been i'll for nearly
two months, and confed to her room
for the last SIX weeks. Her illness be-
san with cold, which developed into
acute bronchitis.
In recenl years she had led a rather
secluded life, passing her time either
at her town residence or at her coun-
try place on the outskirts of London,
near Highgate, where she formerly en-
tertained largely She was a great
patroness Of art. science and Itera-
ture, interfering little in politics.
Until quite recently she was a
well-known figure to Londoners, driv-
ing her donkey chase in the vicinity
of her home.
Baroness Burdette-Coutts was the
first peeress created in her own right
and the first woman presented withI
honorary citizenship in London. II
In 1887 Baroness Burdette -
married William Bartlett, an
can, 37yyears her junior. He ~ 49, |
the name of Burdett- Coutts, bet2he. ia !
British subject and has been and is |
now prominent in progressive move
ments in his adopted country.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Pat ortefla Is Shot to Death.

San Jose, Cal.-Pat Ortega, young
est member of the notorious gang
which for years terrorized the city,
was shot recently and instantly killed
by Daniel C. Hubbard at a meeting of
the Teamsters' union at Maccabee
hall Both men are members OF the
union. Hubbard is outside seotinel
and as such refused to admit Ortega,
claiming that the latter was not in
good standing. Ortega forced his way
in and is alleged at the same time to
have placed his hand to his pocket
with the threat "I'll get you" d.
rected at Hubbard. The latter in
stantly drew revolver and| fired five
shots, all taking effect.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Roads in Northwest,

Nine railroad companies constructed
new lines in Washington in 1906 ag-
gregating 1927 miles in length, ac-
cording to the annual compilation OF
new railway construction made by the
Railway Age and Published December
%. Oregon railroad mileage was in
creased during the year by 52.2s
miles. Idaho added 1850 miles, Cal
ifornia 211.61 miles and Montana 16
miles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
PERKINS HAS BEEN INDICTED
Former Insurance President Held
Under Serious Charge.


Under Serious Charge.
New York--The grand jury which
has been investigating the New York
Life Insurance company returned in
dictments charging forgery in the
third degree against George w. Per
kins, formerly vice president of the
company, and a member of j. p. Nor
gan & Co., and Charles S. Fairchild,
formerly secretary of the treasury,
president of the New York Security &
Trust company, and member Of the
finance committee of the New York
Life Insurance company. Mr. Per-
kins entered a plea of not guilty and
gave bond in $4,000 Mr.. Fairchild
is in Europe.
Six indictments were returned
against each of the defendants. but all
were based on the transaction known
as the "Prussian loan" the specifica-
ton as to forgery being alleged fall
sification of bookkeeping entries. 1t
is asserted that certain railway stocks
were transferred by the insurance
company to the security and trust
company in order to comply with the
Prussian law, but that the transfer
was not bona f1de.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
jap Corners Potato Market.

The people of all California are to-
day paying tribute to a shrewd little
Japanese, Kinya Shima of Stockton.
He has cornered the potato market.
He will be the virtual dictator of
prices until next season. He and the
japanese companies he controls stand
to sell their crop for 100000, and
Shima himself will clean up $3.50, 900.
The market in six weeks has gone
from $1.37 10 per 100 pounds in car
load lots to $1.67 IL.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Big Fire in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 30.-Short-
ly after midnight Saturday night the
fire department gained CONTROL of a
fire that ragged for upwards\of two
hours in the five story building oc-
cupied by the Cohn-Goldwate com-
pany as a garment factory. The dam
age accomplished during the time is
estimated at over 100000, the entire
center of the building being Quilted
and the contents destroyed or ruined
by water
TIE Gre originated on the third floor
and spread above and below. Three
alarms were sounded, summoning near
ly the entire department.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Kuropatkin's Book Stopped.

st. Petersburg newspapers assert
that the book written by General
Kuropatl1in on the Russo-Japanese
war, which has just been published,
has been confscated by the authorities
General Kuropatkin's work is in sew
eral volumes. 1t is understood to dis
cuss frankly the faults of the Russian
system and to set forth the generals
trouble with the war office and his
subordinates.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
MONTANA ITEMS.

On the same day that bandits at
tempted to secure $4,000 from the
railroad in Montana
through blackmail, an attempt was
also made to hold up the manage
ment of the Billings, Mont, sugar
factory for the same amount. Neither
scheme worked.
Montana senator, has returned to the
United States with their year old
child. This is the first time that Mrs.
Clark has been in the United States
in two years. She will go on to Wash
ington for the winter session soon as
conditions permit, When the session
closes he will return to Paris. The
senator said that they would enter
tain at their home during the winter.
The trial of c. D. Schmidt at Helena
on the charge of killing his wife.
which has just commenced, Is likely
| to be somewhat sensational, owing to
the fact that letters were found on
the dead woman which indicated that
she had a soldier lover at Fort ASSN
niboine, who was the direct cause Of
the tragedy.
The Silver Bow Bar association, at
meeting in Butte, has agreed unani-
mously on an increase of legal fees.
The attorneys state that the increased
cost Of living has made the raise in
their scale imperative.
Butte, Mont-A sensation was
sprung recently when Mrs. George w
Bourquinn, wife of District Judge
Bourquinn, one of the best known
men of the city, began an action for
separate maintenance. alleging in her
complaint that the judge had been
untrue to her and bringing into the
case a certain pretty young woman
law librarian.
f. p. Smith has been arrested by
the police of Billings on the charge
Of attempting to blackmail the Bill
ings Sugar company of $4,000. 1t
was Smith who warned the police of
the alleged plot. He asserts his inno-
cence, declaring that he simply over
heard tn conversation relative to the
proposed dynamite outrage
Secretary Hitchcock has entered a
compromise for s156,000 growing out
of alleged timber depredations. This
eoEPh0zaise isrlResputc ome of the suite !
begun several WSrs ago against COM
panies i'll the ntEthwest charged with
denuding the public lands of timber.
A year or more ago suits were fought
in the federal courts of Montana
against the Bitter Root Developing
company, the Anaconda Mining CONT
pany, the Anaconda Copper company,
the Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany, Walter Mackay, d. ]. Henessy
and Margaret P. Daily, executrix of the
last will Of Marcus DAILY; William
Scauon. William w. Dixon, D. W.
Bean, James B. Haggin, Lloyd Tevis
and the estate Of William Hearst, de-
ceased. The department of justice was
about ready to go into cour' when the
compromise was reached inl giving the
payment of $156000 to the govrnment
for the depredations charged
The comptroller of the currency has
declared a dividend of 20 per cent to
all the creditors of the Aetna Bank
ing company of Butte. The dividend
will be paid in about a month.
Frank Donohue and Herbert Bald
win, whose sentences at the Montana
state prison expired Friday, were i'm
mediately rearrested by officers from
Minnesota, where they escaped from
prison while serving indeterminate
sentences.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Jim Goodwin has sold the Harring-
ton Citizen to w. NJ. Miller and ]. D.
Stone.
Walla Walla is to have an amuse-
ment park in which will be many at
fractions.
A permanent organization for a fire
department was effected recently in
Wenatchee.
Isaac Frank was instantly killed In
the Northern Pacific yards at Ellens-
burg recently.
Charles Filpot will be placed on
trial for the murder of Nez Cole in
Spokane January 7.
Harry w. Branghurst has been APP
pointed chief of the Seattle fire de-
partment, vice Ralph Cook. resigned.
approximately $50 birds were ex-
hibited at the second annual show of
the Kittitas Poultry association last
week.
The fine new home which the
Spokane knights of Pythias propose
to erect Is expected to cost not less
than $4,000.
Sidney Sloane, the murderer of Spo-
kane. will have to wear the peniten-
tiary stripes and eat prison fare for
some time to come.
The Great Northern railway is said
to be gradually supplanting it's Japa-
nese laborers, especially in western
Washington, with negroes.
At a recent meeting of Oregon and
Washington fir and spruce door manu-
facturers prices on doors for the east
ern market were advanced 10 per
cent
( The Tucannon river eight miles
fouth of Pomeroy, has been higher
@tring the past week shsp ever
kqpwn.
Stera, a year old dau of Mr.
and Mrs. Jens Jensen, was wned in
the Yellowhawk river recently near
Walla Walla.
A warrant for the arrest OF William
Smith, who is accused of the embez-
element of some $500 belonging to the
Spokane Walters alliance, has been
sworn out.
Jesse NJ. Hall of Seattle, who was
shot by his father in law, William
Constantine. some time ago, has COM
menced suit in the superior court
there against Constantine, placing his
damages at 100000.
The Spokane lodge of Elks made a
happy Christmas at their temple for |
children who had been overlooked by |
Santa Claus. Candy, ice cream, fruit |
and presents were served to the JOY.
Gus crowd Of youngsters. The lodge |
expended $4,000 in giving the treat
Sarah Egan, the IL year old daugh- |
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Egan, liv-
ing about five miles from Olympia,
was carried off recently by a cougar,
which grabbed the child as she enter
ed potato shed at the farm. The
girl was dragged over a fence and
through the brush about quarter of
a mile and then dropped She was
seriously injured.
A peculiar feature of a wreck was
discovered at Little Rock, Thurston
county, the other day A man, his
wife and 1S months old baby were
riding in a caboose WIN it was
struck by light engine bid demoli-
shed. The father was uyAiured and
the mother but slightly The body
of the child was found in the smoke
stack of the engine, burned to a
crisp.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
OREGON souIss.

For the fourth time recently the
postoftice az Jefferson has been
robbed.
Bert Holman. age 13 has confessed
10 the murder of his foster mother,
MRS. Sarah Ayres. near Warren in
revenge for punishment. He shot her
through the head with a rife. The
youth was adopted from an aid So
ciety,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
SPORTING NOTES.

~ 10 hot bSAlSNeut IN seattle In,
Dugdale will join the Northwest lea
que.
Tommy Ryan and Hugo Kelly havA
been matched for fight for the mic
dleweight championship.
Thomas Hueston of st. Louis has
won the pool championship from Je-
rome Koegh of Buffalo.
Yale Saturday night won the bas-
ketball game from the Kansas City
Athletic club by score of 81 to %.
Eugene Hildebrand, formerly the
champion Jockey of the country, de-
clares that he has ridden his last
race.
The Vancouver, B. c., Rugby team
for the second time lowered the card
inal colors Of the Stanford team, beat
ing the Californians by a score of 8
to 0.
Russ Hall, formerly manager Of the
Seattle team in the Coast league, is
in Butte and the franchise of the
Butte baseball club will be rendered
him.
Jack Johnson and Marvin Hart, the
Louisville man who secured a de-
cision over the giant negro in a 20
round bout, will probably clash In a
six round contest in Philadelphia in q
few weeks.
Sweet Marie (2:02) has trotted her
last race. In the spring she will be
bred AMI then used as an exhibition
mare hv her new owner, E. T. Stotes-
bury ~ Philadelphia
Jim Jeffries is to return TO the ring
to clean up a. little purse of 100000
If possible. Jeffries has signed ar
ticles to meet William Squires Of Aus
tralia at Rhyolite in April. The men
VIII box straight Marquis of Queens
bury rules.
MILAN Hoppe. the 10 year old bill
lard champion of the most dif1cult
game played by the worlds most
famous experts-18 inch balk line
has precipitated a dispute with the
powers in the billiard world by an
nouncing the forfeit of his 1871 title
to George Sutton OF Chicago. Sutton
also holds the 1872 championship.
George Douglas, captain of the S.
A. A. c. boxing and wrestling team
which goes to Seattle January %, has
been informed by a Seattle friend
that the Sound club management is
planning to put against him Eddie
Hope. Hope fought draw with
Dranga, the Multnomah crack light
weight, at the October tournament be-
tween Seattle and Portland. Doug
las defeated Draga at Portland a year
ago Against Parsons, the Spokane
1870 FOUNDER, Seattle will put Foster,
one of its newer men, who is regarded
as an uncertain quantity
The annual meeting of the Inter
Athletic association of the
United States in New York has put
itself on record as fayoring the ANAL
gamation of the present football COM
mittee WITH the REPRESENTATIVES ;of
Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Pennstl-
vania, Cornell, Anna polls and Chi ca
go universities during 1907 In case
that can not be ACCOMPLISHED. the
seven members of The football rules
committee of the J. c. A. A appointed
for the coming year were directed to
formulate rules under which football
shall be played by the institutions
joining the association.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

President ard Mrs. Roosevelt's New
Years s reception at the White House
Tuesday was brilliant function and
was attended by about $500 persons.
The members of the diplomatic corps.
officers of the army and navy and rep
resentatvies of the national and dis
trict government and the general pub
lie attended. President Roosevelt
gave each of his callers cordial shake
of the hand.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Wreck in Scotland.

Dundee, Scotland-In railroad
collision. caused a the heavy snow
storm, 16 persons were killed and
more than 30 injured. The accident
occurred near Arbroath, on the North
British railroad, between Edinburgh
and Aberdeen.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Spokane Prices to Producers.

The following list may be taken as a
fair standard of prices paid to local
producers by the Spokane markets for
the commodities named:
Poultry-Live hens, 10c; dressed,
lie; old roosters, Sc; spring chickens,
10c; dressed, lie; fancy turkeys, ITO
18c ID; dressed, 10000; geese, lie;
dressed, ~ lie.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 4Oc doz;
$12 per case.
Butter-33 1-2c lb; second grade but
ter 30 1-2c.
Stock-Live hogs, $606.5O cwt;
dressed, SOS 1-2c lb; COWS, live, 81
cwt; dressed, 4c ID; steers, live, 50
cwt; dressed, SC; hides, S09c.
getables-Potatoes 65075c cwt;
beets, Use to 81 per cwt; cabbage, 10
lac lb; turnips, soc cwt; rutaba-
gas. 81 cwt; carrots, soc cwt; hot
house lettuce, zoe ID; mushrooms, SOC
ID; pears, S1.75Q2 per box; Hubbard
squash, 81 dozen, pumpkins. 40c to 81
doc; dry onions, $1@1.40 cwt; cooking
apples, 50Q75c box; fancy apples,
SIPS; tomatoes, 75c box; red cabbage,
2 lie ID.
Hay, baled-Oat hay, $10012 ton;
wheat hay, $1O@12 ton; alfalfa, $12
ton; timothy. SIS ton.
Hay. loose-Timothy, SIS ton; wheat
hay, $14@15 ton; oat hay, $13@14 ton.
Oats-$1.05@1.15 cwt.
Butter and Eggs, Retail Prices.
The following prices are quoted on
butter, eggs and cheese:
Choice butter, Lakewood, 45c ID;
Yakima Jersey, 45c; Edgewood, 45c
ID; Mapleleaf, 35c; Columbia, 35c;
Premium, 40c; Rosebud, soc.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, $50
45c.
Cheese-Factory, % to Csc; Swiss
cheese. 40c Id.
Retail Fuel Prices.
Tamarack and fir-Four foot, single
cord, $3.50 cord; in lots of five cords
81 cord; in ricks, So per rick.
Pine wood-Four foot, single cord
81; in lots of five cords, $3.50 per cord
| in ricks, $275 per rick.
Slab woodbury. 16 inch. $3.50 PEI
load; green. 16 inch. 1925 per load.
| Coal-Banff semi-anthracite, 5000
Carney, 50; Crows Nest, SO; Rocl
Springs, SO; Bear Creek, So; Albert;
lump, 50.
Wheat Report.
decentralization, Csc; club, 66c
red. &c.
Portland-Bluestem, CSC; valley
&C; club, 66c; red, CSC.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
HURT IN ELECTRIC CAR.
Thirty Cincinnati Passengers Mixed
In in Wreck

Cincinnati o., Jan. AT least 30
persons were injured, one of whom
has since died, in the wreck of rum
away electric car on the Warsaw ave-
nue. hill, this city, Sunday. The enher-
gency brakes failed to work, and the
car, after running a distance of five
blocks, struck telegraph pole and
turned turtle. The passengers were
thrown in a heap in the mud beside
bank Hiram Lester, a passenger,
by operating the brake on the rear
platform, probably prevented much
worse accident, as his action reduced
the speed of the car materially.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Say strike on S. p. Us Broken.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. J.-Many con-
ferences have been helSd between the
locomotive fremen anH the represen-
tatives Of the railroad organizations.
Railway officials say ( that the strike
is broken and that The Atlantic sys-
tenn of the Southern Pacific is receiv-
ing all classes of freight and moving
all its trains without difficulty.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05

Rio De Janeiro-Lloyd c. Griscom,
United States ambassador to Brazil.
has paid his farewell visit to Presi-
dent Penna. He will leave here in
a few days to become ambassador to
Italy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Nearly All Killed Outright.

From the appearance of the bodies
it is believed that nearly all of the
victims were killed outright or died
within few minutes after the acct
dent. OF the dead bodies some were
buried beneath debris, with the result
that they were recovered with diff
Guilty.
DR.. e. o. Bolt, one of the most prom
inent physicians of Washington, and
Sinclair, aged 5, were passengers on
the train. Edwin was killed and the
father and son are missing. 1t Is
feared they are among the list of IN
identified dead.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Ex-seator Cutlery Dead.

New Orleans, Dec. 31.-Former
United States Senator Donelson r.
Gallery died Sunday night. The body
will be taken to his home in Franklin,
La, on a special traiE.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Thew Call vollva Devil.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-Wilbur Glenn
Voliva, general overseer of Zion City,
was denounced as Judas Iscariot,"
devil" and "robber" by followers of
John Alexander Dowie during a meet
ing attended by $500 persons In Zion
tabernacle Sunday right. &
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05

Tonopah, New, Jan. 2.-Joe Cans
fought true to the dope" Tuesday.
After playing with Herman for eight
rounds, the champion landed a full
right swing on the point of Herman's
jaw and Chicago's favorite fighter
went to the mat a beaten man. 1t was
apparent from the start that Herman
had no chance. Cans blocked his
blows with the greatest of ease and at
no time was Cans worried in the least.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05

Robert Mills, a pioneer prospector of
Montana, who worked for years for
Marcus DAILY and was personal friend,
was found dead recently in his cabin
near Silver, Mont. Death was due to
natural causes. Guarding the body
was Mills dog which had been on duty
four days. When the door was opened
the animal bounded in and leaped on
the frozen body and then with a wild
howl dashed ont of the door. When
the body was brought to Helena the
animal followed it, bowling mournfully
all the way, a distance of Is miles.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05
Durand Goes Home

Sir Mortimer Durand, the retiring
British bassador to the United
states, accompanied by Lady Durand
and their son and daughter Miss Jo-
phine Duiand. have sailed on the
ard liner Umbria for England.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05

Six thousand people attended the
football game at Seattle. The High
cshool team of Chicago went down to
defeat at the hands of the Seattle high
school by the score of II to 3.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05

The colors of the Multnomah ANA
teur Athletic club were lowered in the
mud Jan, at Portland by the husky
bunch of lfootballists representing the
Seattle Athletic club. The final score
was six to four.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-01-05

In one of the best wrestling matches
ever seen in Spokane Frank Coleman OF
st. Louis succeed in throwing Joe
Heinrich two straight falls at Spokane.