The Coeur d'Alene press., January 27, 1906, Image 3

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ora HO LIVES 10ST
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PACJFC COAST STEAMED VALENCIA
VIEtlED; FEW ESCAPED.
Wu on Way Prom San Francisco to
Fugat Sound—During Heavy Fog
Valencia Run on a Rock, Making
a Groat Mote—She Filled Rapidly
and a Heavy Sea Consumed AH.
Victoria, Jan. 14 —With lit
fan and aboat SO in bar crow tba
------Valencia want aabora aboat 10
alias seat of Capa Baals in a thick fog
aboat If o'clock Monday night. She
la on tbs rooks against a bib* cliff sad
/ U likely to go to pieces at any Bata.
One boat's araw of aU mso raaalied
Capa Basis aboat • p. m. Toaaday.
The sarvivors any that a great nurn
bar ware drowned In trtyug to leave lbs
ship. Bows reports any 100 lives ars
lost. Nias mso got ashois aboat It
■alias from here. Two at mi ore prte
oases oo the fees of tba cliff and can
out get up or back to tba ship. The aaa
will Uksiy reach them whan tbs Uds
la high.
Tbs men report very pathetic scene*.
One woman dropped her ohltd In the
aaa ta trying to hand it In her husband.
A little boy of i year, is ronnlng
utwul the deck trying in And hut
mother who Is among tbs drowned.
There ars eti.l aboat 11* person, on
lit# ship, with almost certain death
•taring them In tba fame Tba
VMM boa left for lbs wreck.
Caps Baals la on Vanaunver island
at tbs soathorn olds of tbs snuanea to
Harelsr awed
When lbs .lasmet Valencia left Han
T t aee l m w at 11 a a, Hetordsy. the
wsstlicr was dear, bat stnes has
thick, and Captain Johnson had ane
■4 neatly to navieaie by reckoning. Til#
unffiar* of ins s tea me r thought they
wars osar tbs I'msttlls isaf lightship,
whan tba vsasel drove ta oo tbs V
Bound logs bed been taken. SO falh
oma having b*M> aseorsd a few mloat
before tbs vessel stracb. When she hit
tba h oke bar aogtaaa wars lev.re. 1
and lbs streams s no oerded In backlog
all into deep water. Hbe Immediately
lagan to Ell, ao quickly that Bis engin
eers and Bremen were driven from Ha
engine room, and the only chance •»
save the life of anyone an board was to
drive the Vessel ssbole
When the sis survivor* who have ar
rived Sl cape Heels left the Valencia
vi. bead on to tbe .es and was about
Ml yards from tba high bluff uo sby,
r with the water over her main deck.
What were left of her passengers, a
i rige comber havtag been prevtoosly
drowned. Were b odd led uO the aatoun
deck.
f U ben the boats were lowered swm
after the veasel wss driven Into the
sttore eh* began to Bit. and there was
great less of life. The boats, filled
with women and children.were smash
r 1 against the aide of the steamer, and
4%all la them were lost Ths lights bad
«4>t» out by this time, sod Uw crew
could not See in work. He vers l bosls
end threw rails wees los.nd. Only
two of them have been beard farm.
There ere thought to be aboat IO0
jervem. still on tbe arrwnfc, and the
survivor, who reached Cape Beale say
al least Vo were drowned aksiaide the
• learner before they left The boats
wain and five seamen were rent to are
core assistance, and are the olny eiws
io reach Caps Beals. The steamer
Veeen CHy passed the wreck wtti.oot
sighting her. The weather was thick
at the lime.
Later Report.
tilths 1*4 par a mi s OH board the
steamer Vale nets when she struck
,, , , . . ..... • i
ateamerbaleneta when she struck te-r
K k'iiwiT rock. Av* mtl«* from 0»j«f
Basle, but IS went roved Hewn p« - I
angers and eight wvr# member* of t >■* j
crew. The dead namher 18*. the gre.-.t
•Micro of tile in the north Par.dc t
since the "Pacific" was U*t in I4T.V I
Ths Valencia, In whose riggiig.'he
ah'Ut SO per*>o. wer. clinging Irani- j
teally waving for saatatew'e. whu-li |
eon Id not ha given when the stean-er.
<duM»t left the scene at 11:80 a. m ,
broke up about ft p m tVedtiead. y.
sweeping to death those few who I sd
survived (hero terrible hours of price
tem, chiliad and nombed to the limit
of humanJrndoraoca by clooda of apr.y
which swept over them. The tog
fjcme, which Mayor Morley of Vie
kpria sent at 11 o'clnk Wadnaaday after
fhe sad news was brought by the tfu-cn
of men clinging In the rigging of the
parti, lie submerged Teasel and the
blue Jackets who wan* on her by order
of Captain Parry of the H. M.8. Kg» via
with surf boats to endeavor to reach
ths wrack, will arrive too late, ae fhe
aaa had claimed all before the tfneen
reached Victoria.
The steamer (Josen. which arrived
at « o'clock Wednesday night from the
( scans of the wreck of the Valencia, re
ports that when tba (Jnaan left the
wreak at 11:80 Wednesday morning,
being relieved by the steamer Olty of
fopeka. from Seattle, there Was attll
from 90 to 80 persona clinging to the
rigging of the aftmaet, the fora part of
the steamer being submerged. The
steamer lay broadside against
Shore. By 1:80 p. m.. when the tide
would be at ita floood, it was expeoted
the greater part'of tbe hall woald be
submerged. With the heavy eouthwest
•es then running the sfterhoaees woald
without doubt he washed away with
the rigging, in which the few remain
tug survivors wars still olluging, Iran
ticaly signaling for assistance. Tbs
only hope when the (Jaeen left waa
that a rescue could be effected with
liana from land, or, if the eea should
go down and the unfortunates Will sur
vive, resooee might be made from
J
mailer tog, which oooM
closer to the wrook than tba tog Csar,
which triad vainly Wadnaaday toraaoh
The right of those who thronged the
rigging and wavad signals to ths
steamer vm heartrending. Nothing
eon Id be dona; tba (Joeenjoould not ap
proach closer than half a mils, and to
Inwar boats In tbs heavy sea weald
liiff mmi niMftn—
Tba tag Oaar ran toward the wrack,
than in a baas, and re turned, not bav
iag assn any one oo Board JThs (Josso
reported the axis ta nos of tba anrvivurs
in tba rigging, hot tba mes s a ge proba
bly was not understood, for soon after
ward tbs tag left, end with tbs steamer
Halvor proosad sd arunad Capa Baala
toward Bant Bald.
Tba aaa roUad high. Thais was
strong wind, aboat Ml miles an boar,
blowing from tba aast, seas at Boom
washing osar the lag Csar, which rol
lad heavily. Tba (Juson stood off until
half an boor after tbs steamer City of
Topafca arrived from Heattls with Cap
tain Patterson, purl captain, and Navi
gating Agent Fbarosb of the Pacific
Coast Ktesmsbip company uu board,
who ordered Captain Cousins beck to
Victoria immediately to oununae his
voyage to Han Frsnotcso, asking him
to report to tba Ity of TopsSa, en roate
oat ward.
MAY GIVE IRELAND PARLIAMENT
Event Foreshadowed by Liberal Vic
tory In Britain.
One of tbe most prominent potHI
clans In England, speaking of tbe tre
mendous victory of the liberal party,
said bi tbe Assaariated Frees
It is useless to minimise tbe pres
ent revolution and we might as well
begin to take a new rip* of tbe alt
nation tu my opinion a parliament
sluing la Dublin may be looked for
witbln tbe next two yware Assured
ly Juba Kedmond. leader of tbe na
tionslist party, and Prime Minister
Campbell Banoermaa have reached
working agreement, and It Is
oelvabie that Mr Kedmond would be
contest with anything leas than
Irish parliament I here ao Idas that
suck a parliament would moan eepa
ration, and have gold masons to be
ileve that a plan la now under coo
•id era lion by which tbe religious qure
ttua can be eliminated from the de
liberations at such a parliament,
which would art under the imperial
parliament and at least try the ex
peri meat of administering Irish af
fairs under the conditions which have
rhangsd IB the last century
Within the last eight days the t«*
titles! complexkio of the Totted King
•tom has hewn changed by the tide of
liberalism, which even now Is higher
■ ban ifce moot sanguine radical dared
hope for The new parliament will
be overwhelmingly liberal Up to this
time the total number of members
elected Is tko. of whom 247 are liber
ale, lit unionists, to labor-lire. *k ns
ttonallat. and one socialist This
leaves 1*0 seats still vacant
The liberals Ihus far have gained
no leas than Iff scats, counting la
bor gains as liberal or government
gains, and If the same proportion is
kept up for tbe remaining 1*0 seats
tbe liberals will have Wi votes In the
next parliament, to which may be add
0,1 those of 42 laboritew. one socialist
and nationalists, which would give
Prime Minister Campbell Haaaermaa
613 votes against Iff tor the couser
vativea
PROMINENT MEN APFOINTEO.
To R.prva.nt United States at The
Hague Cenferenee
Herretarv Root announces that the
American representative* to the ap
pntachlr.g conference to he held at The
Hague will be Joseph If Choate, for
mer ambassador to England; Horace
Porter, former ambassador to France
I (If'Fr. •l ITlv'f BDlDBFRw | l**l H* r IPii'v,
^ Hock Ark
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Wendroua Change. In W Years,
Wondrous changes have come
Northern Pacific company In the
past decade It earned last year, me
cordlag io Its official statement tr
Olympte nearly as much In Washing
[too stale as It was earning 10 years
ago on the entire system
Its gross earnings for the fiscal year
ended Juna 80. 1*95, on the entire sys
Mem in Minnesota. Dakota. Montana
Idaho, Washington nnd Oregon, were
about 118.000,000; and after It had
paid operating expenses, there remain
HI far Interest on the Ixtnded debt on
ly 86,tt6.298. a sum falling short of
Interest requirements by about 12.000.
000 .
According to the compear'e report
lust submitted to the state railroad
commission. It earned in thla state
alone last year over |14.000.000.
Police Killed a Burglar.
One burglar waa killed and another
fatally wounded at Des Plaines,
suburb of Chicago. In a battle between
detectives of the 'Chicago fi North
western railroad and five men detect
sd In an attempt to steal from a re
pair shop
The detectives had surrounded tba
shop and the fight began when the
robber* attempted to escape with the
plunder. The three men not wound
ed escaped after they had exhausted
their ammunition.
Long Task.
Ethel—Yon better be careful bow
yo" klaa me. Jack. Father Juet said
ha waa going upstair* to read a bIL
Jack—Oh. be Is good for six hours.
He la going to read the president
Tbe akriagm banka of Italy contain
over (886,000,000.
NEWS OF NORTHWEST
WASHING rON, HAH, MINTANA
AND 0RE6IN NEWS ITEM!
Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country—Numerous Acci
dents and Personal Events Taka
Place—Fall Trada
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Approximately half of tbs' state
funds will be taken out of tbe Capital
National bank In Olympia and distrib
uted In depositaries delected by tba
state treasurer In other parts of the
state.
General Asbtea of Tacoma, who
went to Han Francisco some weeks ago
in tba Interests of the Ufiahuid pool.
Is now on his way to Chicago to con
sult with railroad officials of the liar'
rlman system as regards tbe ttdelands
wanted for tyrmlnals In Tacoma.
A new industry which may possibly
attain Importance In Garfield county
lias been undertaken by C W, Fits
Simmons and A M Sibley. This Is tbe
cultivation of tbe famous ginseng
plant
Fblkiwlnr the example set by the
Washington Retail Lumber Dealers,
tbe retailers at British Columbia and
Oregon have advanced their list
It is reported that Gov A E Mead
baa decided to turn down State Flab
(Vimmlaatooer T. B Kershaw and to
name a new man to fill that position
when Kershaw's term expires In
March
Professor W J. Spillman, whose
able work at the Washington State col
lege at Pullmaa led to bis employment
by the United States department of
agriculture as Its agriculturist, la es
tablishing object lesson farms In var
ious wet ion. of the United States
Mr and Mr*. John Riga, living on
Rattlesnake fiat. 20 mile# south of
Rlttvllle. recently celebrated tba both
anniversary of tbelr wedding Mr.
Klgg la fi and Mrs Klgg T2 years of
A rousing meeting of farmers
held la Rosalia Saturday morning Be
tween 200 and 400 people assembled,
crowding tbe ball, many being obliged
to stand The announcement by D
C Corbin that he would pay IS 75. or
bo cents more than the present price,
for beets tf be could obtain &S.OOO
ton*, or 8« for W.OOO tons, together
with the announcement that tbe bus!
pros men of Rosalie have pledged
themselves to pay a bonus of tu cents
ton for all beets raised in that vl
tinny tbe coming seaaon, caused much
enthusiasm
Tbe second annual oontrentotn of ths
Washington Live block association w as
brought to a closs at Bpoasne last
Wednesday The association will meet
for its next eon van torn in Hpotane
ensue time between the Ifith and 90th
of Decemtwr. The executive officers of
tee association were unanimously re
elected.
James lladdow of the People's store
accompanied by a friend was walking
np Ninth street daring a heavy rain
other evening. When In
front of the Yellowstone saloon, be
tween K street and Tsc-ma avenue.
IIadow stepped off the sidewalk and
fell into a Rome that serves ss s getter.
The water waa running like a millraoe
and Haddow was carried down in the
torrent for two blocks before being
dragged out by bU companion.
Ti<e Inland Empire Railway com
pany, recently organised in Hpokane
with a capital of Iso.octo.ctoo by Jay P
11 rave, and a rood a tea. is credited by
a Hostile report with intending to build
an electric road from Hpokane to the
tkanogan country and Phoenix, B IX
The body of Alfred Uraoaaoer.a resi
dent of Oman Lake, near Seattle, who
disappeared from his home December 1.
leaving hia wife and e ven small child
era deetitnte has been found floating m
tbe Use. (• reasoner Is supposed to bare
fallen into the lake while intoxicated.
The Phoenix theatre of Tacoma was
burned recently. The fire started ovet
tbe stage and is supposed to have
caught from s defective electric wire.
It was owned by Peter Sandberg- Ixtro.
#90,000; insurance. #8000. It will be
rebuilt.
A 88 caliber Colts revolver, discharg
ed by the Jolt of the horse he was rid
ing, ended the life of Elmer Lathrop,
a young man employed at tbe Maxwell
farms, I* miles southwest af Walla
Walla, Wash.
Lianetoant Horernor Ooon of Wash
ington has takeo np the work of the ex
eoativa.nad (koreCDor Mead 1 as .tarted
for Halt Lake to attend the "Bea Amer
ica" convention.
Ed Paulner. who was Injured al Spo
kane In the Northern Pacific yards
some time ago, and whose leg waa
amputated near the thigh In conse
quence. Is now nble to be around again
Hla recovery le due to fellow mem
bers of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, who gave about 40 pieces
of their akin to be grafted upon the
stump of hie leg. Georg® Onrf gave
17 pieces, each about half an Inch
long. M. V. Pitta gave about the same
number, and Henry Rhoder gave sev
era I pieces from hla arm.
The Milwaukee railroad baa estab
lished tie camps along tbe Bnoqual
mle pass route, 160,000 ties are to be
cut between tbe pets nnd Renton
John T. Aldcraon camp. No. 6, Unit
ed Spanish War Veterans, has been
formed at North Yakima.
OREGON ITBMB.
John R. Gotdaon, n sawmill owner,
whll* hunting in the mountains west
of Bugane, was aoctdsntly kilted ra
aaotly by a shot from bis own rifts in
•outsat with a badly wounded and in*
fstriated pantbar. Tbe rifle stock bora
Marks of tba panther's timet. Goldao*
thought ha bad emptied dm chambers
and struck tba baas then it exploded.
C. H. Walters, a Weston saloonkeep
er, wad convicted in tba circuit court
Saturday afternoon of Bailing liquor
to a minor.
IDAHO NEWS
Frank H. Bnbl of Sharon, Pa, who
is in Chicago conferring with capl
tallsls there for tba sale of the Twin
Falls Land fi Irrigation company prop
erty in Idaho, aays that tba negotia
tions bad been successful, and that
tbe deal would be closed.
Toy Wing, or the Chinaman who
was taken to Boise from Rethdrum
recently to finish serving'his seven
years term In the stmts prison from
which be escaped 21 years ago, may
possibly not be the bad Chi
he was supposed to be. and unless he
la positively Identified within a tew
days he is likely to be turned loose.
It ia announced that a new bank
lug and trust company will begin bus
iness at Boise about the middle of
March. It will have a capital stock
of »6«0.000. L A. Cate, who la con
nected with several enterprises In this
locall y. Is at the head of the project.
A collision occurred In the yards at
gandpoint recently between two 1 rai n "|
on the Northern Pacific A westbound
freight and tbe loent freight, east
bound, came together beadon at the
Hubbard mill, damaging tbe engines
considerably and piling up several
cars.
Senator Heyburn's bowntite bill has
been referred to the subcommittee on
public lands, with Instructions to form
a oca bill.
Sam Story, who worked at the B. R
Lewis company ramp. No. 2, on Coeur
d'Alene lake, met death by n falling
tree striking him on ths head. No
one knows whether be has n family
or not He was practically a stran
ger there.
It has been decided by the supreme
court in the case of J. J. Raaf of
Halley that there to ne appeal from
the derision of the state board of
medical examiners In refusing
grant a license for the practice of
medicine The person aggrieved may
proceed by writ of certiorari In the
district court to detesmine whether
the board baa exceeded Its powers.
MONTANA BQUIBBfi.
Tbe amount of wool produced in
Montana in the year just ended was It
4*6.000 pounds, against 58 . 046,000
pound, in tbe pterions year. The av
erage weight of fleece, in the state to
I ft () p, ltlDdi ln d the number
of sheep showed s decrees , of 85,000.
Fit* recently destroyed Frank Kod
dor's shoe store at Livingston. Damage
about #2600, building and stock; fully
tnsured. U K. Thompson of Tacoma
owned tbe building
Tbe jury in tbe case of Jamc Med
dies, tried st Helens on a c 'J* r ** of
killing Roy Mcl^ren at the Fy.»r In
dvaa agency, reterard a verdict of mur
der in the second degree. _ .
Governor Toole has tssued reqnistem
opon Governor Lntler of Ltah fra WU
ll,B *
^. ofT J » ro^Lv fi CW Butte.,
1 ._ u avooo ru,.M, sh.nl! M'i>
Jan. 9, of #8000. Deputy Sheriff Mike
(Juinn of Silver Bow county will leave
for Salt Lake with documents
It has just been discovered that
Charles Roberts, a laborer in a cyanide
plant at Kendall, Mont., is s nephew
of Lord Roberts, the celebrated Eng
lish general. There is quite a history
connected with Charles Roberts.
Strange as it may seem, be has been
acknowledged as the owner of a prince
ly estate at Dublin, left him by his
fat her s this death, which is occupied
by Lord Roberts Tbe identity west
(wtabltshed through a visit of an agent
of Lord Roberta to Kendall a month
ago. Charles Robert* visited Lord
Roberts in August last at the latter's j
palace tu London. He had an under
standing with hi. uncle as to the
estate, and will leave tbe latter in hi*
possession daring hia life, accepting a 1 ,
stipnlated income in money in lien of
tbe property until the latter * death,!corning
whm he will lake posaeeaion. 1
Roberta was bora in Ontario, Cana
da, is 88 year* of age and married.
Tbe member* of tbe Mooatna Press
Association will leave Bntte Saturday,
February 10, on an excursion to Los
Angeles at tbe guests of tba Oregon
Short Line and tbe San Pedro, Loa An
geles fi Halt Lake railroads. Tbe Mon
•tans rditors st the last annual meet
ing in Hilings were Invited by Sena
tor Clark to taka a trip over the Han
Pedro road and this excursion resulted.
It is expected that 60 or more active
newspaper men will participate in the
exouraton.
"Peter Parson of Helena I* a suf
ferer from cirrhosis of the JJter, and
wblle hi* death I* perhaps only a ques
tion of time, the danger Is not Imme
diate." said Dr. William Treacy. hla
family physician, when Interviewed
The American DeFbrest Wlrelaea
Telegraph company has determined to
enter Montana and will install sta
tions at Butte. Helena. Great Fall*.
l,ewletown. Anaconda, Dillon. Mlsaou
Ia iioaeman, Livingston. Red Lodge.
Billing* and Miles City.
Articles of Incorporation of four sub
sldlary companies of tbe Chicago. Mil
waukee fi Bt. Paul Railway company
have been filed at Helena. The com
pants* are Intended to develop lands,
etc, eking Its seven hundred mttee of
lines, and conduct lumber mllte, whose
lines, ana conduct lumoer mma, mw
product will be used In construction
work.. Each concern Is capitalised
at #100.000. It being tally subscribed,
presumably by ths parent company.
An epidemic of elopement* has brok
en out on the Crow reservation, and
16 bucks charged with deserting their
wives are languishing In Jail at the
Crow agency.
WARM SPELL IN EAST
IEGDIAI SPRING BATS INJREV
YIRI—TERIINT YARN.
fiunshlne Filled the Farits With Pleas
ure gs ska re R emarkable Weather
in New England fttatas—Ohio and
Kentucky Also War m Blkaard
Through Middle Wont.
New York, Jan. 22 —The continued
warm weather of tbe pest tew days ia
this city reached Its climax Sunday
whea. at 2 o'clock In the afternoon,
the official thermometer at tbe v
ther bureau station was 65 degrees.
At night tbe weather continues warm,
a vapor, typical of early spring even
ings, banging over tbe water front.
The warmth and sunshine of the
day brought to Central park, to River
side drive and other promenades
thousands of pleasure seekers.
Nice Day In New England.
Boston, Mass. Jan. It. —In the
greeter part of New England the was
u, er conditions were remarkable 8nn
"| dmy Th*. official thermometer In Bos
, on rtB cbod 67,*, which ia the wi
eat January day, with one exception,
in the history of the local bureau,
warmth at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Jan. 22.—With
maximum temperature of 59 degrees]
and with tbe humidity average more
than *0 per cent. Philadelphia Sunday
experienced the warmest 24 hours of
the winter. The warm wav# extended
throughout Pennsylvania.
Vermont Is Springlike.
Burlington. Vt, Jon. 21.—At a time
of tbe year when Vermont is usually
covered with snow and bra the gov
ernment thermometer here touched 62
Sunday afternoon.
Fine Sunday in Kentucky.
The remarkably high temperature
which broke all previous January
records Saturday throughout southern
Indiana and Kentucky area continued
Sunday Tbe highest temperature
registered today was 72 at Louisville. ^
Warm Winter Day at Columbus. i
Columbus. Ohio. Jan. 22.—The
. .
warmest winter day since 1*78 was
recorded here Sunday when the maxi
mum temperature reached was a
ffaction over 72 degrees
Billiard In tbe Middle West. -
Kansas City. Mo, Jan. 22.—A blit
xard prevailed Sunday night in por-,
tions of western Missouri eastern
Parses and over tbe northern part of
j [ n(tian territory. There was a
m)lr >nd B driving northern wind,
with 'he mercury falling rapidly
, D c . kl>boma thw was a fall In
temperature of 60 degrees in the last
l, 4 „ jh!
snow In eastern
- MiRBOIir1 ,i,ere was a fall in tempera-;
mre of over 40 degrees, with sleet. In
|ow> , h<< «,| n p« T> ture fell 40 degrees,
A , 0maha lhe mProunr registered 8
^ sbove xero. with everything
<* by
morning.
8t. Paul Shivers.
St. Paul. Jan 22-—Tbe mercury
dropped over 30 degrees In 12 hour* in
St Paul, standing st 2 above xero st
S p. m, and with Indications of
least 10 below before morning
WHEAT CROPS OF WORLD.
at
Great Britain's Prospects Not Out of
Ordinary—Yield in Roumania .1
Will Be Short.
The foreign crop report for Decern
ber shows that over large area* of
Europe the prevai.mg characteristic*
were unseasonably warm weather and
excessive humidity Crops lightly
sown have germinated finely and en•
lered on tbe w inter in strong, healthy |
condition Late sowing of crops in
Europe, however, were unusually ex-j
tensive and some anxiety ia felt con-'left
death,!corning them. I
•» r -~"* <b« winter wheat
in Great Britain the winter wheat
sres has been extended. The acreage,
however, is still believed to be dimin
ished, a* compared wuh last year.
The growing crop* have an Improved
appearance
In France the wheat area is the av
erage.
In Germany weather conditions,
were unfavorable and there was
marked Improvement.
in Roumania the area under wheat'
Is about 16 per cent short of last year
The 1905 crop la now estimated
from 60.000.000 to 55.000,000 bushels
The bulk of It Is said to be out of con
dittos, hence ao export movement to
the north of Europe points la expected
until spring.
No Important definite new* regard
ing the conditions of winter sown ce
reals In Russia are reaching the out
side world.
a
Mltchell Satisfied.
Indianapolis. Ind —"There Is no po
litical office In the United State
which I would resign the presidency 1
of the United Mlneworkere of Ameri
r Vh°e "Seat enthusiasm waa
sted when President Mitchell UBed !
these words in Tomlinson hall.
The cattle of Somaliland, say. a|
recent official report, are fattened on
date stone* and milch animals fed oa
aI ,rb a diet are said to produce better ^
and more copious milk than other*
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in n lecture before ths Boclsty of}
ArtA London, Martin Duncan stated
that the cinematograph may he traced |
back to 130 A. D. from a document
In the Bodleian library at Oxford.
MINING NOTES.
Shipments for ail Kootenay. B. C,
districts last weak have a record at
88.764 tons of ora. There were tt
shipping mines In Biocan and Koote
nay. the chief being Bt Eugene. 627
tons; Sullivan, 300 tons; Arlington
Erie, 124 'ana; Black Prince, 87 tons;
La Plate. 83 tons; Reco, 82 tons; oth
er mines. 702 tons; total. 1*01 tons
Marysville smelted 200 teas, the Hall
mines 7*4 tons and Trail 6400 toms
of ore.
A crosscut from the tunnel on tbe
SOu foot level of the Copper Key mine
at Republic, Wash., is being pushed
ahead to tap another vein which trav
erses the country at a abort distance
to the eaurtward.
Ore has been struck In the lowest
level of the Jay Gould, near Cbewe
lah. Wash. It differs from any her*
tofore taken out haring a considerable
value In copper. In addition to Its val
ues ia silver and lead.
Work has been resumed on the Bo
die mine at Bodie camp, near Repub
lic, Wash, under the management at
the New York Gold Mining company.
Charles McAllister Is healing the
new diamond drill to tbe Betts and
Hesperus mines, four miles from
Grand Forks. B. C. It is the Inten
tion of the management of these prop
erties to thoroughly prospeet these
claims by means of this drill.
A new record was made by Boun
dary mines and smelters last week.
Total shipments for week. IS.871 tons;
total for year. 54.476 tone.
All of the details having been com
pleted for the amalgamation of ths
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(Centre Star and War &g!e eompu
D* 1 ®* *< K "** land . B C " ***
!**««» oorporaUon. tbe Cen
t f?* purchasing tbe assets of the
War Eagle.
The owners of the Mabel mineral
claim at Roasland. B. C, who mai ds
in Spokane, have decided to resaae#
operations on it
Boundary smelter* treated: Granby
smelter. 17.02* tons; B. C. Copper
company smelter. 2653 tons; Dominion
Copper company smelter. 4927 tons;
total for week. 26.000 tons; total tar
year to date. 68,172 tons.
Theatrical Note*
Florence Roberts is booked for
engagement at San Francisco the first
week In March.
Edna May is making her farewell
appearance in New York at the Har
opM> ^ Catch of the
~ M . pUy of proroU *> U the oper
L tta "Mile. Modiste." by Blossom and
Victor Herbert, in which Fritxl Scheff
( appears In tbe Knickerbocker, New
York.
j Guy Bates Post, leading man at
( The Heir to the Hoorah" company,
heavy'began his theatrical career as an ush
er In a Seattle theatre and reached
[the stage by way of the box office
route,
I The Washington theater, located oa
Riverside avenue. Spokane. Is first
class in every respect. It has a fine
J bill each week Performances every
i afternoon and evening at 2. 7 god 9
o'clock. Admission to alt 15c. Reaerv
| ed seat. 25c. Children 10c.
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Joseph Murphy, vigorously deny the
reported retirement of the well known
Irish comedian.
Kiss fi Erlanger have accepted a
comic opera by John Philip Sous* and
Harry B Smith, entitled "The Free
Lance." which will be produced la
New York on Monday of Easter week,
with * cast of players to be immedi
ately engaged and large chorus and
orchestra.
That Viola Allen, the actress, has
(been the wife of Peter Duryea, the
horse owner, since last August became
known today. Mr. Duryea and Mias
_
| Miss Allen's professional engagement*
for the season
Allen were married August 16 last at
Louisville. Ky Friends who made the
announcement said that It had bee*
kept secret up to this time because of
George Ade ia in New York, having
his country place at Brooke. Ind .
preparatory to a trip which Include*
some weeks at the Rlveria and a sea
son In Egypt.
Heinrich Conreid has received the
decoration of the Order of the Iron
Cross from Emperor Francis Joseph
of AustriA
A Salon of Music." Is a new Idea
in Paris Musical compositions wilt be
exhibited" like paintings But aa
•
no,they require to be hoard, not see*,
[the scores will not be placed tar In
sport ion on table* but played by aa
orchestra during the hours of the aa
atjion a Jury will examine alt works
wat In. and chooo# the beat for exkl
ipmon. These will then be performed
in rotation When the llat la ex h a n a*
ed the orchestra will begin al! over
again
Wagenhals fi Kemper have arrang
ed tar Blanche Walsh's appearance in
London tar tbe coming aensoA
A Romantic ftlmlta.
They were walking out together aa
a cloudless night under the light ct
the big round moon, which see m e d ao
1 . , Sudd ^ B .
"L^ hl. h*^^
l"!^ at th* moon te
nl(th , isn't u beautiful—magnifi
cent T"
thn. af t B. WBilnm r Us regUad.
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»*k* n big tried egg, aon v. ^
Judy __________________
novoed ths Limit.
Ths Customer lant Smith * cred
«ood with yonrany aroee.
| The Grocer—1 should say nor ns
cant even borrow trouble In tma *»
[ubllshmeut.