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STRUGGLEGOES ON

PHILADELPHIA STRIKE

SITUATION GROWS.

CABMEN'S STRIKE AUGMENTED

BY NEARLY 150,000 OTHER

UNIONISTS OF CITY.

Piriladelphia, March 7.-The cam ui of

the quietest day Philadelphia has kuowushims tee earmen's strike begau, more

thati two weeks ago, WRS broken Sundaymight by a series of disturbances inwheal Wired persons were shot, on agirt. /titans.; many mauls' persons werere%exely clubbed by the police and morethan a mime of arrests made.fine turbulence of the night came as

in uuwelcome shock to the hopes of theauttforities that Sunday was to passwitaout serious diem-tiers. This hopehad beet& fostered by the day "ti pacificaspect, which in itself had been sur-pristug, as trouble was anticipated as areehlt of the general strike.

Statement by Strikers' Committee.

'lee strikers' committee of 10 hasiseee1 the following statement:"I he accend day of the general strike

flails labor 'a force militant, with nearly

every organized worker on 'strike, andmany unorganized workers." lo those reported to have obeyed

the strike proclamation thousands willbe added Mosilay, who worked Saturdayto ertiteet the stuck aud property of

t tie r employers.The people are thoroughly aroused

as to the meaning of this light. Theyrea.:ze that it is a,struggle betweenthe mrporate interests and human rights

as guaranteed by the constitutiou of theUmeeil States. Maesmeetings of citizens

heel during the last 48 hours disclose theentuusimsin and determination that pre-

vales among the rank and file of the

esemale, and clearly demonstrate the cor-

rectness of our position."Realizing that the fight has just

begat& (providing the traction companyotliciaLe do not immediately settle theirdile/etre with the carmen or submit the

mime to arbitration), this committee ispreparing for the complete organization

of the entire city.'The strikers will hold a massmeeting

tomorrow afternoon in Labor Lyceum

hall. The committee of 10 today re-

ceived word of several important ac-

comities to the ranks of the strikers.Aiming those who, it is claimed, will quitwoiii tomorrow are the carpet loomweavers, involving 6000 men; the glass-

wutastre, 1500, and shirt and laundry

wisi errs, 5000.

Counicting Estimates.

s Merles A. Hope, secretary of the

Ceoh-al Labor union, predicted that

1:10,./00 men will be out tomorrow, and

that practically every important indus-

try in Philadelphia will be tied up. Thestrikers' estimates of the number now

on strike vary from 100,000 to 125,000.

Amami& the large employers of labor

nearly all the performers in the moving

picture shows and cheap vaudeville the-

aters, vote...1.06i* afternoon to accept noengegementa while the strike is on. This

settee, it is said, will result in closing

ins iy of thistle places-of amusement.

Director of Public Safety Clay this

afternoon issued an estimate of less

than 20,000 persons in the sympathetic

strike.Among the large employers of labor

not affeeted by the strike are the Bald•

wou Locomotive works, 11,000 men;

Midvale Steel works, 6000 men; J. G.

Brel Car company, 2800; J. 13. Stetson

Flat Manufacturing company, 4000;

Diseton's Saw works, 3300; Atlantic Re-

tinue; company, 8000; Dobson's Carpet

mils. 1200. Other large employers of

lob it unaffected are the Bell Telephone

company, the Philadelphia Electric com•

piny. Cramp's shipyards, the WilburChaeolate company, Folwell Brothers &

Co., end the Sanquoit Silk Manufactur-

ing companyAmong the concerns whose men

walked out are the Paddock & MageeTactile company71900 men; the Ameri-

can Lace corupsey, 500; John Blood &CM, hosiery. 150; Dorman Bros., textile,

2.a0Costly Proceeding.

It was stated by a city official thatthe strike is adding $30,000 a day totike expense of running the city. A re-port of the transit company said that upto yesterday the beginning of the thirdweek of the strike, the total cost to thecompany hail been between $750,000 andSh00,000. An oftieise asked how long thecompany ("fluid stand the expense, said:'That is less than $1,1300,000. The com-pany is ready and willing to spend sev-eral millions, if necessary to win out inthe; fight. It is a huge price to pay, butwe have to pay it to retain the privilegeof r•uuoing the company and managingthe property for the stockholders andthe public.'"

Can See All Papers.

Chairme, Nelson of- the Ballinger in-vereigation committee has reiersed theruling whieh had prohibited witnessestram examining the papers Medi in theease. Hereafter the witnesses for bothmelee wit, go over the papers with theeolinaele

Enough Soldiers.

Uncle Sam's army is again so nearlyfilled to a quota that a ban has beenplaced for the second time !Almost with-

' in • year on the acceptance of new re-cruits. None but former soldiers, whowish to return to the service, are nowbeing accepted

SPORTING NEWS ITEMS.

Ted Coy may pitch for Yale.

Jim Jeffriea refused an offer of $40,-000 for his ranch in Burbank, Cal.,that he bought for $15,000.

According to reports Alfred& B., 2:14,will soon be matched to race Mayo,2:16 1-4, at Spokane for $5,000.

• Fred Creel, boxing instructor at theS. A ... . C., Spokane, will file his resig-nation with the club directors onApril 10.Jack Johnson's fighting record is not

a particularly impressive one, but hispolice court record is strong enoughto take your breath away.

The /910 Spokane baseball team willtraiir at Weuatchee, instead of Lewis-ton, where the Indian tribe has beenwout to work off sore arms and painfulligaments.

Owen Moran, the clever Englishfeatherweight, who lost the decisionto Tommy Murphy in a close 20-roundfight at Frisco last week, has signed tomeet Tommy McCarthy the latter partof April.

Tommy Burns, erstwhile heavyweightpugilistic champion, is going to re-enterthe ring. His first tight will be withSam. Langford before the NationalSporting club of London, according toJoe Woodman, Langford's manager.

Wright ffileg machines cost about$8,000 and CiPtiss machines a littleless. There are about 5,000 machinesin this coantry that have been builtand never left the ground. The prin-cipal cause of that is the inability toget engines.

The first of a series of matinee har-ness races to be pulled off at the In-terstate fair grounds, Spokane, underthe direction of G. H. Greer of thatcity will take place Decoration day,when $1,000 will be split in the firstevent.

Fielder Jones, former manager ofthe Chicago White Sox, but nowowner of extensive timber interests inOregon, has signed to each the base-ball squad of the Oregon Agriculturalcollege. Jones will begin work withthe collegians the latter part of thismonth."After my fight with 'Cyclone

Johnny' Thompson in San Francisco inApril, I will be ready for a returnfight with Ad Wolgast. I will makea side bet of $5,000 on the result and$5,000 more he can not stop me in 20rounds." Such ' was the statementmade recently by Battling Nelson.Perhaps the most talked of Indian in

the northwest today is Parson Motsnic,the giant Umatilla wrestler, who re-cently Won a reputation and not alittle admiration from sporting peopleof Pendleton by going on the mat withFrank Gotch, world's champion, whenthe Jeffries all-star troupe appeared inan athletic exhibition.Pete Terway, the running coach at

the Y. M. C. A., easily won the hourrunning race at the Y. M. G.-A. Spokane,Saturday, turning 144 laps for the even-

ing, to 13944 for Jerry Beauchamp, hisnearest competitor. Terway wins thethree-day race with a total of 41914laps to 413 for Beauchamp. Ten run-

ners competed.

Roster of Spokane's Northwestern

league team for 1910-Catchers: Oat-dick, Clark, Brooks, Pierce, Wright.

Pitchers: Smithson, Baker, Hickey, Bry•

aut, Killilay, Collins, P. Brown, Bonner,

Whisman, McInnis, Claflin, McCleary,

McGinn. Infield: Nordyke, Cartwright,

Pendry, Flood, Granville. Outfield: Kip.

pert, Davis, Weed, Keener.

Chocolate Industry in Switzerland.

In stating that Switzerland produces

$8,000,000 worth of chocolate annually,Consul-General R. E. Mansfield, at Zur-ich, gives the following facts relatingto the industry:'The value of the exports is $5,000,-

000, while $3,000,000 worth is consurnedin the country. The population of theConfederation is 3,500,000, which showsthe value of ehocolate produced eachyear to be equal to more than $2 percapita, and the local annual consump-tion equal to nearly $1 for each inhabi-tant. The industry includes 20 large,well-equipped factories, besides a num-ber of small establishments and individ•ual manufacturers, whose products areintended for local market only. The 20manufactories employ 6,000 bands, 3,200women and 2,800 men. Two of thelargest factories are in the Canton ofFreiburg, with 1,800 employees; threein Neuchatel, with 1,300; five in theCanton of Vaud, with 1,250; three inthe Canton of Berne, with 700; one inthe Canton of Zurich, with 400; and enein the Canton of Lucerne, with 200 em-ployes. Other less important establish-ments are in different Cantons throughthe Confederation.Great Britain is the largest purchaser

of Swiss chocolate, taking about one-half of the total exports, Germany, It-aly and France being also large Im-porters in the order named.The year 1909 was a prosperous one

in the Swiss chocolate industry, theexport trade showing an increase ofabout $600,000 over that of the previ-ous year, and the manufacturers saythe/ the prospects are promising for astill greater increase during 1910.Some of the manufacturers have en

deavoreil to inerease their export busi-ness in recent years by making a cheap-er grade of chocolate, but this plan hasbeen abandoned, ras foreign trade hasbeen 'established and maintained by theproduction of superior specialties andthe cheapening of the grades and lower-ing of the standard brings the Swissproduct into competition with inferorgrades' of chocolate manufactured inother countries. Foreign duties beinggenerally high, competition with home-made articles in other conflates Is onlypossible by exporting the superior qual-ities, such as milk chocolate, andesthehigh-grade, pure eating chocolate, whichare the Swiss specialties.The total value of Si Tee chocolates

exported to the United State til in 1909was about $135,000, lees than 3 per centof the total exports. This small show.ing Is due to the development of the

INTERESTING MINING NEWS.

A. B. W. Hodges, resident manager

of the Granby Consolidated Mining,Smelting and Power company, limited,the largest copper producer in BritishColumbia or in the Dominion of Canada,has resigned, and leaves about themiddle of March, with his family, forLima, Peru, South America, where hawill, on April 1, become general man-ager of the Cerro de Pasco Mining com-pany. This company has comparatiselyfew shareholders of its $10,000,000 ofcapital stock, it being chiefly held byJ. B. Haggin, the Hearst estate, J.Pierpont Morgan and Vanderbilt andwealthy friends.

Montana, Arizona and Michigan, inthe order named were the leading statesiu the production of copper last year.

The Adams mine, regarded as one ofthe largest in the Elk City district ofIdaho, both in ore areas and values, hasbeen bought by Spokane people. Thesum involved has not been made public,but the Murphy mine, a partly devel-oped property of the same field, wastransferred this week for $100,000, ac-cording to the dispatches.

Confirmation of the tales of goldtold of the Harmon strike with muchadditional information has been broughtout of the Ten Mile district of Idaho byThomas W. Murray, who, with others,is identified with the Banner, a propertynear by.

Nearly all of the 40 men who strug-gled to make mines in that long hiddendistrict throughout decades have suc-ceeded in a varying degree and are ina position to reap the reward that iscoining to them in a wide and growingappreciation by the public, the' rush andthe transportation facilities promised.A report from Butte states that new

crushers are to be installed at theBasin Reduction works for the treat-ment of zinc ores. Much of the zincvalues in the ores from the Butte andSuperior are lost with the present ma-chinery, although, with the presenthandicap the company is clearing $30a ton on concentrates.

The Trail (B. C.) smelter returns forJanuary total $640,000, about half ofwhich was in gold and the rest copper,lead and )silver. This will bring thetotal for the fiscal year up to $3,400,-000, and if the present rate is kept upit will mean a grand total for the yearending June 30 next of $6,000,000.

Forty-nine' American mines and metal-lurgical works, according to reportsmade direct to the Mining World ofChicago, paid dividends amounting to$10,258,641 for the first two months of1910.

The stock of the Anaconda Coppercompany has been transferred from theunlisted column to the listed section onthe New York stock exchange. Thestatement which accompanied the re-quest for the change showed that theearnings of the company for sixmonths were $12,242,033.

Nelson, B. C.-The Granby Consoli-dated Mining and Smelting company hassecured a bond on the Summit group anda large number of adjoining claimscovering thousands of acres. It is themost important mining deal in the his-tory of the Phoenix camp. About 20full mineral claims and fractions are in-volved, located two miles from Phoenix.The price is $125,000.

With the leasing of the property ofthe Idaho Giant Mining company toGeorge Huston of Mullen, Idaho, a min-ing deal which means, the union of thisproperty with the Boulder Creek Min-ing company and the Bitter Root Moue-tai Mining company properties wasconsummated. In the future these threeproperties will be under one manage-ment and will be controlled by a cor-poration known as the Western Devel-opment company.

Newport. -Recent reports from theConquest mine, seven miles north ofNewport, indicate that the property will

be put on a shipping basis during thecoming season.An expedition has been organized by

an expert diver to raise the steamerIslander, sunk 10 years ago in 320fathoms of water near Juneau, Alaska,while bound for Seattle with $2,000,000

of Klondike gold in her strongbox. Thesituation of the steamer is known, but

the depth of water has forbidden at-tempts at salvage. The plan proposedis to lift the vessel with a huge metalseine.

chocolate industry in America in recentyears, the homefactories being able toproduce various grades of chocolate atprimes which make foreign competitiondifficult when the extra cost of trans-portation and import duties are takeninto account. In fact, Swiss manufac-turers have practically abandoned theUnited States as a market for theirproducts, except for some of their high-grade specialties, as the business is nolonger profitable or even possible underprevailing conditions."

Gasoline in Lamp by Error.

'els Angeles-Visiting his countryhome at La Crescents, John Iminhouts,a wealthy resident of this city, pouredgasoline in a lamp, mistaking it forkerosene, and was driven from the placean instant later by a terrific explosion.Once outfiftle in safety, he rememberedthat Joseph Kerwin, his caretaker, wasasleep inside, and rushed back throughthe flames to reticle+ the old man, whomhe found on the second story sufferingfrom a paralytic atroke. Leinhonte car-ried the old man to safety, though bothwere severely scorched. The house, val-ued at $5000, was destroyed.

A man hurried into a quick-lunch rem-teurtont recently and called to thewaiter: "Give me a ham sandwich.""Yea, sir," said the waiter, reaching

for the sandwich, "will you eat it ortake it with you?""Both''' was the unexpected but ob-

vious reply.

FAST OF DEAD IN SLIDE.

Also Most of the Injured and

Milainili.The following list ofeasualtiea in theWellington avalanche in the Cascademountains has been given out at theothers of the Great Northern railroad:

passengers Known to Be Dead.A. R. Vail, Trinidad, Wash.It. M. Barnhart, Spokane.Miss Nellie Sharp, Spokane.E. L. Leeman, liuntere, Wash., and

Mrs. Ada Lemnian, his wife.W. II. May, Chemainus, B. C.

James MeNeny, Seattle, a Well knownattorney.kraeise

s Starrett and Lillian Starrett(children, sisters), Chemaiuus, B. C.

Employes Known to Be Dead.Traiumaster A. R. Blackburu.Engineer J. 0. Carroll.Brakeman William Dorety.Brakeman A. R. Dupy.Brakeman Charles Jenison.Brakeman J. Kelly.A. E. Longcoy, secretary to Superin-

tendent O'Neill..Engineer T. L. Osborne.

Lewis Walker, cook on Superintend-ent O'Neill's car.

All of Everett.

Passengers Missing.Miss Katherine O'Reilly, Spokane.Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Beck, Pleasanton,

Cal., and three children-Emma, Marionand baby.John Berrk.R. H. Bethel, civil engineer, Seattle;

well known in New York and Cuba.Ernesto Binatole, Portland, Ore.A. Boles, Moberly, Out.J. Brockman, Waterville, Wash.Patrick Brae, Burlington, Wash.John T. Tist, Burlington, Wash.Sortorai B. Vasli, Seattle.H. D. Chantrell, Vancouver, B. C.Nick Cici, Burlington, Wash.Alex. Chisholm, iRossland, B. C.Sol Cohen, Everett.Mrs. Anna Covington, Olympia, Wash.George E. Davis, Seattle, motorenan,

and 3-year-old daughter, Thelma.Gus Ebert, Seattle.Mile Ell, Seattle.C. S. Eltinge, Spokane.I. Fisher, Rossland, B. C.Golord Gat; Burlington, Wash.Mike Goghelm, Burlington, Wash.Joe Guimmanesti, Burlington, Wash.Luigi Guimmanesti, Burlington, Wash.George Heron, Seattle.Mrs. L. M. Latach, Seattle.John Mackie, Seattle.A. 11, Mahler, real estate dealer, Se-

attle.Bert Methews, Cincinnati.James Monroe, Seattle.R. G. Thompson, Vancouver, B. C.Rev. J. M. Thompson, Presbyterian

clergyman, Bellingham, Wash.E. W. Topping, Ashland, Ohio.

Passengers Rescued-None SeriouslyInjured.

Ray it."ForWYth, Monroe, Wash.Starrett, Chemainus, B. C.

John Gray, Nooksaek, Wash.Baby Gray, Nooksack, Wash.Anna Gray, Nooksack, Wash.Mrs. William May, Chemainus, B.Raymond Starrett, Chemainus, B.R. M. Vail, Everett.H. H. White, Seattle.

Employes Injured.

Porter Lucius Anderson.Fireman Samuel A. Bates.Triinmaster William Harrington.Mail Clerk A. B. Hensel, Spokane.Fireman J. D. Kerlee.Fireman George Nelson.Brakeman Ross Phillips.Porter Walter Smith.Engineer D. Tegtmeier.Conductor M. 0. White.The train ernployes all lived

Everett.

Employee Missing.Express Messenger Beagle.Fireman Bennington.Mail Clerk Richard C. Bogart.Conductor Campbell.Express Messenger H. J. Diehl, Spo-

kane.Charles L. A. Due, mail clerk, Hotel

Bernard; single; 26; sister in Sidney,N. Y.; two years in Spokane.Porter Duncan.Mail Clerk John Fox.Fireman Dan C. Oilman.Mail Clerk George Hoefer.Engineer .7. F. Jarnagin.Brakeman W. E. Bovine.Brakeman Gilmore.Brakeman Jewels.Fireman Jenks.Fireman Jones.Brakeman Henze].Brakeman Macdonald.Conductor Ed Lindsey.Engineer Frank Martin.Conductor Parrybox.Conductor J. L. Pettit.Brakeman W. E. Rayeroft.Brakeman Strawrnyer.Hiram Touilee, Spokane.Mail Clerk John Tucker.Two unknown mail weighers.Stenographer, car A•16.Porter, car A-le.

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There was a big convention going onin a small town and the proprietor ofthe only hotel had leased a churchacross the street from the hotel andhad beds put in there to accommodatethe overflow.Two drummers, who had been imbib-

ing quite freely, were given beds in thechurch.About 2 o'clock in the morning the

church hell, which WRIN also the townfire alarm, began to ring. It broughtont the fire department and all the na-tives.When the proprietor of the hotel

rushed across the street and into thechurch he called ont:"Who's ringing that bell?""I am," responded one of the drum-

mers. "Send over two Scotch highballsand a pitcher of Ice water to pew IT.'

A girl hasn't much tact if she can'tindriee some men to tell her that she

Is pretty.

THE SPOKANE_M!rt_ NET REPORT.

Prices to Producers.The followinq list may be taken as

a fair standard of prices paid to pro-ducers outside of the city market forthe coternoVies named;

Poultry-Live hens, 14c; dressed, 17elb; live spring, lice; dressed, 15@16e;old roosters, 10e; dressed, Ile; livegeese, 14c lb; dressed, 17e; live ducks,i4c; dressed, 20e; fancy turkeys, 23c;dressed, 25e.Eggs-Fresh ranch, $10._Mutton - Dressed wetbers, 121/2e;

ewes, IlleSe; lambs, 14e.Live stock-Veal, fancy, small, 14c

lb; large, 8@l1c lb; steers, live, $5(M5.50 cwt up; dressed, 81.42@9c; hogs,live, 9 1.4c lb; dressed, 12e lb.

Fruits and vegetables-Potatoes, 50ccwt; apples, $1 to $1.50 per box; car-rots, 50e ewt; beets, lo lb; dry onions,1 1-413 lb; horseradish, 1214e lb; cab-bage, 2c lb.Butter-ranch, 39c lb.Cheese-Wisconsin and Hazelwood,

19c lb; domestic Swiss, 18Sec; brickcream, 18e.Hay-Baled oat hay, $18 ton; wheat

hay, $13 ton tip; alfalfa, $19; timothy,$21 best grade.

Grain-Oats, $1.55 per cwt; barley,$1.55 per cwt; wheat, $1.70 cwt.

Butter, Eggs and Chew.Eggs-Stamped eggs, 45e doe; local

ranch, 40e doz.Butter-Hazelwood, 45c lb; Yakima,

45c lb; Edgwood, 40c; Mapleleaf, 40elb; Richelieu, 45e lb; Rosalie, 40e lb;Hyee, 40c lb; Home Brand, 45c lb; Jer-sey Bell, 40e lb; Premium, 45e; MeadowHarvest, 40c lb; Cloverbloom, 46e lb.

Fuel Prices.

Fuel-Sawed, tamarack and fir, $8.25;pine, $7.50. Full length, tamarack andfir, $7 and $7.50; pine, $6.25 and $6.50.Coal-Carney, Sheridan, Tabor, $9 ton;Rock Springs, '9 and $9.50; Monarch,$9; Roslyn, $8.50 per ton; Lille, $7.50per ton.

Northwestern Wheat.Portland.-Track prices: Club, CM;

red Russian, $1.03; turkey red, $1.07;blueeteni, $1.12(M1.14; forty-fold, $1.06Ct1.07; valley, $1.05.Tacoma.-Bluestem, $1.11@1.14; club,

$1.05@1.06; red Russian, $1.04.

OTHER MARKETS.

Dispatches concerning market quota-tions, conditions and phases are as fol-lows;

Chicago.Flour-Steady.Rye-No. 2, 78@79c.Barley-Feed of mixing, 60@,64c; fair

to choice malting, 65465 7-8c.Flaxseed:--No. 1 southwestern,

$2.09 1-2; No. 1 northwestern, $2.19 1-2.Timothy seed, $3.70.Mess pork, per bbl., $24.75@25.Lard, per 100 lbs., $13.25.Short ribs, sides (loose), $12.37 1-2@

12.87 1-2.Short clear sides (boxed), $13.37 1-2ft

13.50.Butter-Steady----Creameries 26@31e;

dairies, 21425c; eggs, receipts, 4696cases; strong at mark, cases included,19e; firsts, 20c; prime firsts, 21 1i2c;cheese, strong, daisies, 16 3.4@17c;twins, 16@16 1-2c; young Americas,16 3-4@17c; long horne, 16 3.4@l7e.

Cattle-Market steady. Beeves, $5@8.15; Texar steers, $4.700e5.90; westernsteers, $4.70(46.50; stockers and feeders,$3.60@6.25; cows and heifers, $2.65(ch6.40; calves, $7.50g9.7Hogs-Market 10e lower; light, $9.50

00.85; mixed, $9.55@9.95; heavy, $9.60Ore10; rough, $9.60@9.75; good to choiceheavy, $9.75@10; pigs, $8.60@9.50.Bulk of sales, $9.80@9.90.Sheep-Market strong, 10e higher.

Native, $5.90@8; western, $5.50@9;yearlings, $7.85@8.80. Lambs-Native,$8iCt9.35; western, $8(k9.35.

New York.Flour-Dull and lower to sell.Wheat-Spot, weak; No. 2 red, $1.28

bid elebator domestic and nominal f o bafloat; No. 1 northern Duluth and No.2 hard winter, $1.27 1-8 nominal f o bafloat.Bar silver, 50 3-4e, Mexican dollars,

44e.Local dealers report more favorable

business and a decidedly firmer tone tothe copper market, with Lake quotedat $13.62 1-2013.87 1-2; electrolytic,$/3.37 1-2013.62 1-2, and casting at$13.12 1-2q13.25.

Tin firm, with spot quoted at $32.75.Lead closed steady, with spot quoted

at $4.60@4.70.Spelter closed firm with yr ot quoted

at $5.75@$.90.Iron-Market quiet and easy, with

No, 1 foundry northern quoted at $18.25413.50; No. 2, $18@18.25; No. 1 south'ern and No. I southern soft, $18@l8.50,

San Francisco.

Wheat-Shipping, $1.87 I-2P1.95. Bar-ley-Feed, $1.38 3-4@1.40; brewing,$1.41 1-4@1.42 1-2. Oats-Red, $1.80@1.70; white, $1.62 1-2@1.67 1-2.

Millstuffs-Bran, $25.50@.27.50; mid-dlings, $33@303.Hay-Wheat, *14a19; wheat and

oats, $12@16; alfalfa, $9(412; stock,deq,9; straw, per hale, 50@75c.

Liverpool.

Clare-Wheat, MArCh, Sc, I 7-S(1; May,7s, 11 3-8d; July, 7s, 10 1-2d. Weathertine.

Available Grain Supplies.Special cable and telegraphic commu-

nications received by Bradstreet 'a showthe following changes in available sup-plies RS compared with previous accountWheat-United States east of the

Rockies deerhatied 380,000 hue, Canada,increased 11,3,000 fin.; total UnitedStates and Canada decreased 1147.000hu. Afloat for and in Europe increased4;1100,000 but; total American and Euro-pean supply increased 4,118,000.Oate-United States and. Canada in-

creased 188,000 bu.

'J' remember that my wife and Iwere talking over our affairs one dayand we agreed that it had come to thepoint where we must both economize."" 'Yes, my dear,' I said to my wife,

must both econemize, bothl''"Vety well, Hairy,' she said, With

a tired air of submission, 'you shaveyourself and 411 eut your hair.' "

COMINGTHEATER ATTRACTIONS

AT SPOKANE

THE AUDITORIUM, N. 0. HaywardPost fit., north of Itiverstits Aye.

High-Class Productions-March 8 and 9-Charles B. Fleeter

in "An American Lord."March 10, 11 and 12-Mrs. Leslie

Carter in repertoire.March 20 and 21-May Robson in

"The Rejuvenation of Mint Mary."

THE SPOKANE, Chas-. W. York, Mgr.Post St., South ot Riverside Ave,

Every Night-Popular Prices.

Have seats reserved by mall, sendiug •deposit to manager •,,d statingwabout whereyou desire sorts, naming attraction and date.

' Mrs. Leslie Carter.

Theatergoers will enjoy one of theevents of the present theatrical seasonon Thursday, Friday and Saturdaynights, March 10, 11 and 12, withMatinee Saturday, when at the Audi-torium, Ades. Leslie Carter will produceher ,new play, "Vesta Herne," by Ed-ward Pople, the author of "The PrinceChap."

Vesta Herne, the character portrayedby Mrs. Leslie Carter, is a youngwoman, who at the time the play openshas already achieved a reputation asa writer of brilliant and weird shortstoeies. Her literary work .is done un-der mysterious influences, as mystic asthose which swayed Du Manner 'a"Trilby." These influences, if per-sisted in, mean the absolute destructionof " Vesta Herne," and much of thedramatic interest of the play lies inthe struggle between Vesta Herne striv-ing for right and her ambitions for loveand the world's applause.The players engaged by Mrs. Carter

for her support are all well known andprominent in the theatrical world. Theeast includes E. J. Radcliffe, W. H.Shay, Joseph Graybill, Louis Myll,Alice Butler, Florence Malone and LilyCahill.

The Great Divide."

Henry Miller, seen-known actor-manager, will bring "The Great Di-vide," which has won recognition as"the king-awaited great Americanplay," to the Spokane theater for thisweek, starting Sunday, March 6.

Spices Make Meat Bills Leas.Economy, like many other virtues, is

sometimes to be found in strangeplaces. Possibly one of the last placesyou woufd expect to find it would be ona pantry shelf well stocked with everykind of spice cost what the spicesmay. And yet I have found that thereis no surer way to have bills on expensive meats and similar articles for thetable than to have a big stock of spicesand know how to use them. Mose ofthese wilL not cost a great deal, andhappily those which do coat much goa long way, says Ales. Domicle in NewYork Herald.If there is any one branch of cookery

to which I have found it profitable toturn my attention, it is this matter ofspices. It is no small art to be ableto take a, tough, cheap piece of meat,careftilly cook the -toughness out of itand COOK certain alluring spices into it,and set on the table a dish with an fineor finer flavor than fillet of boot.

If any one hints that that kind ofcookery is really a deceit, I answeremphatically, No. There is sleety oftough meat on a steer that is muchmore nourishing than the tender por-tions. it. it can be made palatable, whyobject because it isn't always so? Well,I'll admit that I don't say much aboutit to my family. The imagination hasa powerful effect, you know, and solong as no questions are asked I volun-teer no information. In the meanwhile„you will observe, I bisect the meat bill.What do I stock out with? Oh, every-

thing I can lay my hands on. Whenwe travel, or when my friends travel,I make them buy me unheard-of spicesfrom southern countries, that neverreach us ordinarily, and I am particu-larly keen on Mexican spices. As forthe general stock, I order from my gro-cer. There is plenty of variety to beginon right there. Celery salt, walnut cat-sup, tomato eatsup, mushroom catsup,curry, kitchen bouquet, Worcestershiresauce, paprika, cayenne, nutmeg, sweetmarjoram, thyme, summer savory, sage,berries, allspice, cinnamon; cloves, pep-percorns, whole mace and bay leaves.There are others, of course, but theseare the important ones.The consistent use of them will be a

revelation to any housekeeper who hasbeen used to depyding wholly on pep-per and salt. Keep them in tightly.closed cans or bottles, and they willkeep indefinitely without loss ofstrength. Herbs, such as sage and bayleaves, should be bought as fresh as

possible, and in small quantities. Theadvantage of such an array of season-ings is that you can have a differentflavor for meat dishes day after day.Thet prevents the sense of samenessof diet when the same meat is usedoften; and if the dishes are skilfullyprepared in various forms there willoften ho no suspicion that it is not someentirely different meat. If you wantto know what can be done in this line,examine the methods of some big hotelin the matter of entrees.In the matter of peppers, white and

cayenne are considered the least harm-ful. It is better to avoid pepper incooking for ill persons. Black pepperis the dried fruit of an East Indiathirub. White pepper is from the sameshrub, with the outer black shell of thefruit removed. It is not as strong asblack, but the flavor is finer. Cayennein from the dried fruit of capsi-cum, andstimulates digestion when taken in

small quantities. Paprika is a form ofred pepper made in Hungary, and hasnot the strength of cayenne.

The animal trainer having beentaken euddenly ill, h wit* reportedfor duty in his stead. •"Have you had any explitrience in

this linet" asked the owner of the cir-cus and menagerie, with some doubt."Not just exaetly in this She," she

said; "but my husband manages thebeasts ell right, doesn't het""He certainly- does.""Well, Toy ought to see how easily

I can anew him."

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