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SUNNYSIDE The largest irrigated district in tire beautiful and fertile YAKIMA VALLEY The Washington Irrigation Comyanv offers for sale, lands suited to the .production of high grade crops of diversified character, comprising fruits, grasses, hops, vegetables and garden truck of all kinds. A country of intensive farming and beau tiful homes. Raw land $60 to $90 an acre according to location. With water right. TERMS : One-fifth down, balance in five years at six per cent. These lands are Watered by the great Sunnyside canal. . .. For particulars, inquire of, or write to WASHINUTON IRRIGATION COMPA'Y, ZILLAH.WASH. J. J. We carry a full line of Headquarteis for Cook Stoves, Ammution Ranges and and Sporting Heaters. Goods. Also Sewing Machines. our prices before buying"elsewhere." The Merchant J. H. HAWKINS, - ■ - Wines, liquors and cigars. Only first class goods handled Whiskies and wines for mtdical purposes always in stock at lowest possible prices. Kennewick, Wn. Kennewick Market WILLIAM DIRCKSEN, - Prop. Fresh Meats of kinds—Pork, Sausage, Veal, Mutton, Etc. Poultry, Eggs and Fresh Vegetables. Fresh Ftsh every Friday. Second, Street, Kennewick- The Rennewick Club, C. C. Powell, ■ - - - - Proprietor. Cigars Tobaccos, Candies Fruits and Soft Drimcs. Ice cream and soda water in season. All the popular magazines and periodicals always on hand. Fine Billiard and Pool Tables. KENNEWICK, WASH. Reed & Co., Hardware :: Furniture and Undertaking. The Stag Front street, KENNEWICK. Choice line of ... Liquors Of all kinds. Imported and Domestic Cigars Always on hand. Sylvester & Roseman, - Props. CLIMAX ON WHEAT WILDEST SESSIONS EVER SEEN IN THE CHICAGO PIT. J. W. Gates Crowd Failed to Corner All May Wheat in America—Price Dropped Nearly 12c a Bushel in a Day—Corner on July Wheat Is Look ed for—Millions of May Delivered. Chicago, April 23.—One of the most celebrated deals ever known on the Chicago board of trade came to a cli max Saturday. A daring effort by J. W. Gates and associates to control all of the wheat available in America for delivery during the "month of May was apparently ended with a whole sale sacrifice of prospective profits to escape possible huge losses on ex isting investments. Incidentally there was one of the wildest sessions ever witnessed in the Chicago wheat pit. At one time prices showed a loss of ll%c a bushel for the day, the pries of the option being driven down in a sensational series of rushes to 98% c a bushel. The clos ing was $1, as against $1.23 less than three weeks ago. Scenes attending the day's startling decline were such as are seldom wit nessed in the world's greatest wheat pit. Almost frenzied with anxiety, the traders in the wheat pit, awaiting the opening bell, huddled like steers about to stampede. The sound of the big bell was the signal for a mighty roar of voices, a din possibly never before equaled, according to men who were present at the stormy sessions that marked the most exciting periods in the famous Leiter and Harper deals. Clothing was torn, hats smashed and bodies bruised in the frantic efforts to sell the grain. The gallery was full of spectators, while the floor of the board was crowded with traders and brokers. The din could be heard plain ly in the boulevard below, making wholly inaudible the clatter of horses' hoofs on the asphalt. The crowd in the pit surged and pushed as the break in prices continued, and mem bers on the wrong side, in efforts to cover losses, shouted themselves hoarse, with perspiration streaming down their cheeks as they vainly sought to stop ine runaway market. General opinion is to the effect that Gates and his friends emerged from the battle with but little, if any, act ual loss. Gossip insists that they ef fected an alliance with Armour and other leading traders, whereby the Gates party, while obliged summarily to liquidate May wheat, on an enor mous scale, were nevertheless fully protected by their prior operations of the allies in both May and later op tions. May Mean More Gigantic Corner. Another view of the situation, ac cording to some observers, is that the new group of astute speculators, including the redoubtable Gates, has cleared the road for a still more gi gantic corner in wheat for delivery during July. The idea is that the high price heretofore prevailing for May wheat has induced a scouring of the country by grain traders to secure wheat to sell to the bull traders. By dropping the price 11 cents a bushel the speculators, assumed to be in con trol, have made it clear that if the country is raked over for wheat to bring here they mean to buy it at a figure of their own making. More Drastic Than Anticipated. The rushing of the price down, it was argued, was more drastic action than was for the monent, at least, required by ths Gates and Armour in terests, the result being that they ac cordingly jumped the price back to $1 a bushel. The Gates party, It is said, had fig ured that the movement to market would be practically exhausted before the month of May arrived. The fac tor that is alleged to have caused them to give up the deal was the steadiness with which heavy shipments from the interior continued, and the disappoint ing, long drawn out dullness of the flour demand, and the apparent uncon cern of the millers. Shorts had apparently completely covered, and longs, little ajd large, hurled their grain at the hands that were closed against it. Nobody seem ed to want May wheat above a dol lar. When $1 was reached the wild roar that marked the opening was doubled But while the nearby option was plunging downward there was a steady movement going on in July. Brokers, presumably working for Armour and his associates, whether including Gates or not, were taking on liberal lots of the latter options. In one hour alone it was estimated that these brokers had bought more than 3,000,000 bush els. This buying of July prompted fright ened shorts to cover, they believing that the Gates forces and the Armour crowd had combined to bull the month at the expense of the hard hammered May. Saturday night it was estimated that 5,000,000 bushels of the May de livery were unloaded here and at Min- . neapolis. German Royalty at Messina. Messina, Italy.—Emperor William of Germany. Empress Augusta and the Princes Eitel, Frederick and Oscar, ; who are staying here, are objects of enthusiastic manifestations by the Sic ilians. 1 few WASHINGTON NOTEB. A number of Kittitas valley farmers' will experiment with sugar beets this I season. | Grain sacks are higher in price. Cal cutta product is expected to sell at $6.75 per hundred. James Hamilton Lewis, former con gressman from Washington, is now a lawyer-politician of Chicago. The Auditorium Grand theater, at Tacoma, was damaged by fire recently to the extent of $5000 to $10,000. Work is about to begin on the new Masonic temple at Bellingham. The structure will cost between $15,000 and $20,000. Between 1200 and 1500 church people marched through the restricted dis trict of Tacoma about 11 o'clock last Wednesday night. The census of 1900 gives North Ya kima 3142 people, but it is estimated there are now over 8000 within the corporate limits. A freight train ran over Frank Bol tom while he lay on the tracks a few miles west of North Yakima and he was ground to pieces. September 4. -5 and 6 has been fixed as the date for the annual meeting of the Washington State Press associa tion, to be held in Spokane. • A. L. Stahl, a farmer near Barry, Douglas county, recently caught a large bald eagle in a steel trap. The bird measured eigne feet from tip to tip. A man supposed to be E. H. Minsker, recently from Walla Walla, committed suicide in Seattle by shooting himself through the head in the business dis trict. Former City Treasurer George Hol comb, of Everett, will have to stand trial on the charge of having embez zled $11,136 during his incumbency in the office of city treasurer. Commissioner Elmer E. Johnston of the Lewis and Clark exposition com mission for Washington has selected for his private secretary a young man who bears the name of Lewis Clark. Miss Elizabeth Severance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Severance, of Spokane, was elected assistant editor in chief of the Vassar Miscellany, the college monthly magazine, recently. The special election held to vote on the question of bonding the town of Harrington for $14,500 for the purpose of buying the present water system and franchise, resulted in its defeat. Leslie Zadow, the 7 year old son | of Frank Zadow, a carpenter residing at Spokane, fell into the Spokane river about a quarter of a mile below the falls and was drowned before he could be reached. _ A passenger train struck a section man a short distance bfelow Ellensburg last Friday. The trainmen put him aboard and brought him to Ellens ! burg, but he died as they reached the surgeon's office. At the final contest in fencing at the , United States naval academy at An napolis, Md., held recently, Claude O. Bassett of Sjiokane carried off the championship and was awarded the navy athletic silver medal. Four diamond rings valued at $1000, ; property of Mrs. Frank Kimball, a , wealthy widow, stolen from the fash i ionable boarding house of Mrs. J. C. • Haines last March in Seattle, have been returned to the owner, i E. W. Ross, commissioner of public lands, has departed for Washington i city to represent the state in the pro > test filed in the department of the in terior against the proposed reserva -1 tion by the state of land in Yakima . county for irrigation. Federal Judge Whitson of Spokane i is in receipt of a copy of the recent de cision regarding the sale of liquor to Indians. It is stated that there is no prohibition of the sale of liquor to Indians who have a title to their lands, and all such cases will be dismissed. Wealth of Timber in Russia. The vast forest areas of Russia in Europe, which cover nearly 500,000,000 acres, or 36 per cent of the entire area of the country, are aptly termed "wood ed Russia." Few people who have not traveled through this part of the coun try can form any idea of the country's boundless wealth in timber. Houses built of any other material are en tirely unknown outside of the great cities and wood constitutes the prin cipal fuel. The forest belt in Siberia, called the "Taiga," stretches in a di rect line from the Ural mountains to the Pacific for 4000 miles and is in many parts 500 miles broad. This is all the property of the czar. Christian Japanese. • General Nogi and General Kuroki are members of the Presbyterian church. Field Marshal Oyama's wife is also a member in good standing of that denomination. Admiral Togo is a Roman Catholic. Other instances of high Japanese officials being Christians might be noted. No country in the world possesses today a larger meas ure of religious liberty than does Jap an. That is one of the secrets of her • success and progress during these lat ter years. Crews Can Not Go Ashore. • All shore leave of the crews of the ' British warships has been stopped and the dockyard employes on their Easter holiday leave of absence were recalled so that the ships can be made ready for sea at the earliest possible mo ment. Americans in St. Petersburg. Charles M. Schwab of the Bethle hem Steel company and Charles R. Flint of New York have arrfved in St. Petersburg. The heaviest part of sorrow is often: to look forward to it —E. B. Pusey. I JEFFERSON IS DEAD: 1 EMINENT ACTOR PASSES AWAY ; AT BALM BEACH, FLORIDA. J Had Been Gradually Sinking for Some ( Time—His Family Surrounded the , Death Bed—The Body Will Be Tak-' 1 en to Buzzard's Bay, Mass., on Spe- } cial Train. 1 West Palm Beach. Fla., April 24.— j Joseph Jefferson, the eminent actor, ! . died at his home, "The Reefs," at Palm \ Beach at 6:15 Sunday evening. The , end came after a day of unconscious- j' ness, and after a heroic struggle of days which had exhausted his vitality. At his deathbed were his wife, his sons, Charles B.vand Frank Jefferson; 1 his nurse. Miss Mabel Bingham; Dr. R. J. Potter and his faithful old ser vant, Carl Kettler. The end was not a surprise to his j family. Ever since his last sinking; spell, which came after a rally on! Thursday morning, and which was fol lowed by an apparent improvement until Friday, the family had been 1 waiting for the end. Mr. Jefferson's condition Saturday night grew stead-, ily worse, and the family, who had 1 retired, were summoned from their beds and Dr. Potter was called. The j patient's condition continued to grow worse all through Sunday, and the brief bulletins from the bedside con tained no words of encouragement. Recent Visit to Cleveland. The sickness of Mr. Jefferson which ended in his death was contracted it I is believed while on a recent visit i to his son, Charles B. Jefferson, at Hobe sound, a few miles above Palm Beach, and his friend, former Presi dent Cleveland. It is believed that from a slight -ndiscretion in his out ing there he suffered an attack of in digestion. Since his return to his home his condition grew steadily worse, with slight rallies until the end. The body of Mr. Jefferson will be taken to Buzzard's Bay, Mass., on a special train, accompanied by alf the members of his family who are here. It will reach Buzzard's Bay the even ing of Wednesday. IDAHO SQUIBB3. Wheat condition never looked bet-' ter on Nez Perce prairie. j The town of Payette seems assured of a sugar factory. Of the required 5000 acres, 1100 only remain to be se cured. The Kamiah townsite is to be sold by the government May 8, and the future, of the town hangs on the result of the sale. The appointment of John P. Thomp- i son, the well to do farmer, having 400 j acres near Moscow, as state inspector | and appraiser of farm lands, has been ■ withheld by Governor Gooding. Dana Murdock was selected at the preliminary contest to represent the high school at the oratorical contest j to be held at Pullman in the near fu- | ture, in which the schools of eastern Washington will participate. Arthur Anderson, a bright young lad who was sent to the penitentiary from Latah county for 13 months for burglarizing a hardware store at Mos- , cow, has been paroled by the board of . pardons at Boise. His time would ex- ] pire on June 22, but on account of his 1 extra good conduct while in pris«n' j the board decided to parole him now. _ Although the sheriff's force and the police department are working hard to capture the cracksmen who blew-open the safe of the Wallace postoffice, the men who committed the crime have not yet been taken. A later check shows that the safeblowejs secured $524.47, which includes $11 worth of stamps. The Columbia Pharmacy The best equipped drug store in Central Washington. A complete line of drugs, patent medicines, druggist's sundries, Toilet articles, toilet eoap, brushes, perfumes. Books and station ery. school supplies. Palm candies, chocolates and bons. Come and see us, we are always glad to see you. EDW. SHEPPARD. KENNEWICK. Mcßeynolds & McCane Contractors and Builders— Plans and specifications and estimates furnished on kinds of buildings in the city and surrounding country. Office on Yakima street. According to a to the Shoshone county ass», ,et net profits of the Dunker Hill i "* iivan mine for the last vol 8,4 $938,868. The Hercules owZ reported their net profits for ,?* which amounted to $430 418 a ™ ing to the sworn statement of m* nients, the tons extracted dnri,!" % year were. Bunker Hill, 31812? cules, 12.271. ' Ray W. Nannes. the Indiana »„„ man who was recently the subw ! a practical joke perpetrated by," her of people at I.ake Waha i„ JJS he went through a mock hold,,* who later suffered a nervous shwt? the extent that he was taken toTL pital and was then adjudged i ns 37 has been taken to the Blackfoot inT' asylum. Xannes is in a pitiful 2 tion and his mind is a total bl, as to his past life. * Fleet Has Left The French government has ba» officially notified that Vice AdmS Rojestvensky's squadron has left Kin ranh bay. The destination of S squadron is unknown. Both Kansas Citys Dry. Kansas City, Mo., April 24.-With less than half a dozen exceptions, loons in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansai City Kan., were closed Sunday. There were a few arrests for violations o| the Sunday closing law. PROFESSIONAL CARD! William Pallister, Physician and Surgeon, Surgeon X. P. Ry. Co. | Office on 3rd street, Kennewick, Wash J. W. Hewetson. Physician and Surgeon. General Practice. Special attention given to all a diseases and operations in the eye, ear, nose and throat. Glasses accurately fitted. Office over Columbia Phamacy, KENNEWICK, WASH. C O. Anderson, Attorney at Law. KENNEWICK, WASH. I • C. F. Breithaupt, Notary Public, Real Estate, Insurance. KENNEWICK, WAS& MODERN WOODMAN OF AMERICA meets every first and third Tuesday of each month. Visiting brethern wekxm J. N. Scott, V. C. W. A. Morain, Clerk. Local... J Time Card KENNEWICK West Bound. East Bonai. No. 1» 11:57 am | No. 2* 7«»» No. 3( 3:45 am No. 4 5:17»r No. 5 10:22 am | No. 6f 1:45n L. Frt 7:45 am | L. Frt s;ltH Trains marked * do not stop. Trains marked f stop when CHAS. W. WIE3SEL/ Agt., Kennewick. A. D. CHARLTON, A. G. P. A. PortUnd. 7H»A« 5:17r« 1:45 a* 5:15f«