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. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1901. 4 FIRE DRIVES GREW ASHORE American Bark Empire Makes a Blaze Off Hawaii Flames Start in Cargo and Vessel Is Burned to the Water. i Special Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 7.—News was received by the steamer Moana, which ar- d to-night, of the destruction by fire e American bark Empire off Mahu- 2, Hawaill. She arrived at Mahukona 2 the 24th of July after & voyage of sev- y-three days from Newcastle with a argo of coal it the bark = edge a short dis- and everything was first noticed in the vessel, but burned so fast d crew could not go Captain Knack at to the water 2 shore t h fe to mnother vessel at and all hands began to fight to the fire t the cantain tried to beach the ves- assistance from shore, but the = burnirg craft off shore. were mounting high in g and soon the flames spread e heat was so intense that Smoke and flames T n; ite furnace of from shore The Em- J. WITH A BRUSH Pacific Grove Council- man Violates a New Ordinance. R PACIFIC GROVE, Aug. 7.—There is much excitem here over the breaking of the . ¥ enact bsolute Sund: ( Councilman C. that he was the ge of the meas- break it only adds proprietor of the largest d was arrested to- selling other things unday. He pieaded fine without demur. own statement a man ore Sunday morning to sa g that he and his aturday night and en a brush. Tut- | to be urgent, sold | BREN LW ng feeling against the since the Tuttle case persons declare they al if they have to take | Court. According to i thing is closed except liv- sfer and news agencles cified hours and | ale of drugs.only. No wagons are allowed enience is there- | PACIFIC COAST ROAD MAKES IvaEMEN’IS‘} New Double Track to San Anselmo | and Better Line to San Rafael Contemplated. | t vear the North Pacific| been improving its | salito and San Ra- | ng the road between | San Anselmo. On the| San Anselmo and Caz- | rs have been employed restles and smailer | bers have been re- substituted, so that gs are now in first-class shape. a few vears ago the old rails, which of light weight, were taken up be- Anselmo and Point Reyes and and rails put down. The com- is preparing to put down new rafls pany bevond Point Reyes all the way to Caza- | dero This section of country when the road it was a great freight pro- g large quantities of grain, other_agricultural products lis. But changes in erops he working out of the i the road of and, while in former to see loaded b and empty in the week, ness has fallen off to t goes up the road omes back the next. he past few vears a new in- n in that section of the Russian River. built inexpensive ere and the number is| The future pros at_account war- for which prepara- - With the open- the public may look ice to Cazadero and all €. The policy of the road is the facilities just as fast as deman rrants. +he public % A Pullman Palace Car Man O TV C TN AT NN VON Z s o ‘ é GRAPE-NUTS “In the morning, when you don’t have very much of an appetite, just fill your coffee cup about one-third full of Grape- Nuts, then fill up with hot coffee, sweeten to taste, stir well and let seitle. Now try vour coffee. Why, man, it will make your hair curl. After drinking your coffee, add 2 little more ‘sugar and eat your Grape- like a fighting cock until nner time. If you never have, and want ing good, try it once.” above is from a Pullman Palace man who starts out by saying that ape-Nuts are fine with cream, but let me tell you what to do when the old cow goes dry” We would further suggest that persons who have trouble in diges g coffee, use Postum Food Coffee for the morning meal and try the Grape- Nuts with it instead of with ordinary coffee. Both Grape-Nuts and Postum contain certain elements that are of great value in rebuilding the human body. CITIZENS WILL BE CALLED UPON TO PAY TAXES THAT SHOULD COME FROM WATER CORPORATION Oakland Council Purposes Lowering the Contra Costa Company’s Franchise Assessment Nearly $1,000,000 and Raising Assessments of Individuals a Like Sum to Prevent Deficiency in the Budget That Would A R AKLAND, Aug. 7.—If Councilman J. 8. Wixson of the Second Ward had not been suddenly stricken with a chill of the pedal extremi- ties last night, or if Councilman Andrew Ruch had been present, or if City Attorney Johnson had not been so posi- tive in his opinions and statements, the proposed cut in the franchise assessment of the Contra Costa Water Company would have been made, and nothing would have remained to be done except raise the property assessments of the business por- tion of the city of Oakland #n a sufficient amount to supply the revenue that will be lost by the reducticn of the assessment of the water corporation. But City Attorney James A. Johnson - Otherwise Result o WINDOM BLIS TRUST FORMING Combination Will Em- brace All the Facto- ries of the World. gt Two Financiers of Pittsburg Are at the Head of the Project. —_— PITTSBURG, Aug. 7.—The Times to- morrow will say: Another vast indus- trial combination, one of the greatest that has ever been p.anned, is _evidently under way, and two prominent Pittsburg- ers are taking a leading part in the con- summation of the project, that has for its object the world’s supply of winddw glass by one corporation. % The proposed combination is to take'in all of the window glass manufactories of the world, and if effected,’ the business will be conducted from Pittsburg, as the nucleus of the organization is the Ameri- can Window Glass Company of this eity. This company practically controls the window glass business of the United States and the only factories in Europe that amount to anything are located in Belgium. A combination_of these, judding from the item from Brussels, is now under way, and as one of the men. whonls ac- credited with being one of Pittsburg's leading financiers, is one who has par- ticipated successfully in previous deals of a like nature, it is safe to assume L4 SOME PHASES OF WATER COM- PANY TROUBLES Contra Costa Water Company burns its books. Company sues the city of Oak- land to foree it to fix water rates upon a valuation of $8,000,000. Judge Hart is imported from Sacramento to try the case. Judge Hart fixes value of the Contra Costa Water Company at §7,000,000, upon which the city of Oakland must pay water rates. | Possession of the City Council is secured. City Council fixes water rates in compliance with Judge Hart's de- cision. Alameda County Supervisors cut assessment of Contra Costa Water Company's franchise nearly $1,500,~ WHAT IS YET TO COME. Cgfi,‘zf‘“éi:m“:éii:':eé‘;m:;ny";‘: that the' present one will bs consum- 5 mated. be cut nearly $1,000,000 in the city | | “The Pittsburgers who are conducting of Oakland. negotiations are President James A. Chambers and Vice President M. K. Mul- len of the American Window Glass Com- pany. They left this city for Europe about ten days ago. @ il @ TURNS I ON A SPPER Fisherman in Suisun Bay Nearly Commits a Murder. Property valuations of the city of Oakland to be raised nearly $l.- 000,000 to make up for the cut in Contra Costa. Special Dispatch to The Call. MARTINEZ, Aug. 7.—An Italian fisher- man whose name and whereabouts are unknown shot and nearly killed Captain Olsen, the skipper of the schooner Nettie, in Sulsun Bay this afternoon. Although the mariner will recover from the num- erous wounds he received, the sight of his left eye is endangered and one of his arms is so riddled with buckshot that he may not be able to use it again. The shooting was the result of Olsen’s unintentional interference with the Ital- ian’s fishing net. The schooner became entangled in it and the Italian rebuked the skipper. For a few minutes there were warm words between the men. The verbal controversy culminated when the Ttalian raised a shotgun and opened fira on the captain of the schooner. The first charge of shot struck Olsen in the face. A second charge of shot caught himt in the arm and disabled that member. Satisfied that he had wrought sufficient damage or possibly fearful that Olsen’s friends would retaliate with weapons, the Italian made off in his boat and has not | | been seen since. Olsen was sent to San | Francisco to have hls wounds dressed. il e @i RAILROAD OFFICES TO BE CONSOLIDATED ONE MEMBER OF THE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL WHOSE VOTE 1S RECORDED AGAINST THE RESOLUTION TO LOWER THE FRANCHISE ASSESSMENT OF THE CONTRA COSTA WATER COMPANY AND SIX OTHERS WHDO. IT IS SAID, WILL VOTE TO SAVE TO THE CORPORATION TAXES ON NEARLY $1,000,620. g | TSCHRAFFER | | e A 4 talked right out in meeting and said that the franchise of the Contra Costa Water | Company was a thing of value and that it { vas assessabl, and that it should be as- | sed in Oakland and not in San Fran- | sco. The City Attorney supported his | statements with a lot of law that was | very dry and which few understood. but | when it came to his final resume of the | situation he said positively that his con- | clusions were that the franchise of the Contra Costa Water Company should be | assessed, and should be assessed right in Oakland. This caused embarrassment in the Coun- cil, for City Attorney Johnson is the legal adviser of that body. It is true that Emil | Nusbaumer, attorney for the Contra Cos- | ta Water Company, did not agree with Mr, Johnson, and said so in extenso, but that did not help matters very much, for Mr. Nusbaumer represented the corpora- tion anad Mr. Johnson represented the cit and that is what is reputed to have| chilled Councilman Wixson's feet. | President Louis Schaffer, who is wise | in his day and generation, saw that some- thing had gone wrong, and when Council man Bon and Counciiman Courtney want ed to make motions to reduce the assess- ment he ruled them out of order. They did not take the hint, and Councilman Courtney rushed to the front with a reso- jution to reduce the assessment as had | been done by the County Bupervisors. Wixson Wanted Time. | Then the frost became evident, for with five votes to reduce Councilman Wixson | declined to vote with his colleagues, ask- | ing for more time to consider. But as he | would not vote for the resolution, he | Would not vote against it. and so the res- | olution failed for want of votes enough. There were “ut three votes against it, | those of Dornin, Wallace and Fitzgerald, | and two were absent, Cuvellier and Ruch. Cuvellier is sick and would have voted | with the minority. Ruch has been voting | with the majority of late when it is neces- sary, and the course of his vote in this matter is being watched with interest. But the possibilities of this reduction are not dead yet. The reduction was once refused by the Supervisors, but enough | votes were afterward secured to cause a reconsideration and the cut was made, 80 that hope has not been abandoned as to the Council. The matter will come up again to-morrow night and it is confident- Iy asserted that efther Wixson or Ruch will vote with Bishop, Boyer, Bon, Court- ney and Schaffer to make the reduction. A Question of Revenue. There is another side to this reduction. It is the question of revenue. The city of Oakland is always up.” Holes begin to make their appear- ance in the fimancial garments of the city about three or four months before the end of each fiscal year. Then a great “to do” is made about a deficit .and all salarfes are carried over into the next vear and no deficit occurs. But under this system Oakland always starts each fiscal year with a deficit in the shape of three months’ salaries that have been carried over. Oakland started this year just as it al- ways does, with three months’ salaries to the bad. The City Council knows this. It also knows that the annual revenue of the city of Oakland is scarcely more than sufficient to maintain the city with- out an inheritance of debt from the year - be'l"g:i the specter of the high water rates Joom: up before them, for the water bills of the city for municipal pur- poses will be nearly double those of iast year. The hydrant bills, which form the | Cou largest item of municipal water expendi- ture, will be double those of last vear. In tha face of this the City Council Is pledged to municipal improvements. It was a gloomy outlook for the munic- ipal improvements and those in the Coun- cil who could see into the future saw only a struggle for revenue with which to keep | the city going and put on a few patches where it was breaking out at the elbows and running down at the heel. Then came the proposition to reduce the assessment of the Contra Costa Water Company. The financiers of the Councll saw that to do that would mean a decided reduction in the revenues of the city that were already too small. Something had to be done to fill the vacancy that was to be caused, and so the scheme of increas- ing the values of the property of the city was advanced. = Must Make Up Deficit. Tt is argued, and this argument was ad- vanced last night by Councilman Boyer at the méeting of the Council, sitting as a Board of Equalization, that the people would have to pay the taxes of the Con- tra Costa Water Company anyway, ander Judge Hart's decision. While this is true it becomes a auestion of revenue for the city. It is money that is needed no mat- ter from what sources the money comes, whether the people pay it through the Contra Césta Water Company or whether the property valuations are increased and they are made to pay it in that w if the Contra Costa Water Compa s sessment is reduced a million of dollars somewhere about the city that million will have to be made up or Oakland will never be abla to make hoth ends meet this vear. So it has been decided that the property assessments in the center of Oakland wiil be increased about a million, and the il, sitting in its capacity as a Board of Eaualization. has issued a series of citations to property owners fo come be- fore them and show W their assess- ments should not be rais The first of these citations are returnable to-morrow evening, and then the troubles of the City alizers will begin. D to the present time it has heen very plain sailing for the City Counecil and the Contra Costa Water Company. Nothing remains of the burned books but the smoke. Judge Hart fixed the valuation of the Contra Costa Water Company at a most salisfactory figure, and the burned books could not be brought into court to show what the plant cost. The City Council has fixed water rates based upon this decision of the Sacramen- to jurist. . Supervisors Changed Minds. It is true that there was threatened a slight hitch before the Board of Supervi- sors. When it came to a vote upon the reduction of the assessment upon the Contra Costa Water Company’s franchise before that body on July 19. Supervisors Horner, Rowe, Talcott and Mitchel] voted against reduction, while Supervisor :“hurch stood alone for cutting the valua- on. But between July 19 and July 23 Super- visors Horner and Rowe discovered that it would be better to reduce the assess- ment upon the franchise than to reduce it upon the real property and took the ground that the company would fight the assegsment and stood a better chance of knocking out the assessment upon the franchise than that upon the real prop- erty. So on July 23 things were restored to the harmony of their successful way and Supervisors Horner and Rowe voted with Church and reduced the franchise valuations from $1.450,000 to $9000. Now it is “up to” the Council to do like- wise, and great surprise has been ex- pressed in many quarters over the fact that there should have been any hitch last night. That hitch was due entirely to the decided stand that City Attorney James A. Johnson took, which rather staggered the Council. People Must Pay Piper. These little matters of revenue rates all get right back to the people, who have to pay the piper no matter whether it is because the Contra Costa Water Company fixes water rates or the City Council fixes revenue, or both. 1t on becomes a question of how much they have to pay the piper. | Judge Hart gave the water rates a lift on one side by his decision, and now the City Council is going to give the other side a lift and give the taxes a boost. Up to the present time it has been a question that affected the people at large | and the people at large seldom protest, | for what is everybody’'s business is no- | bedy’s business. But when it becomes a question that inveolves individuals there will be a_great, big, generous, whole- | souled objection, and that objection will | be registered to-morrow night when the | property owners along Washington street | will have to come forward and show cause why their assessments should not be raised so that revenue sufficient to supply the deficiency made by the pro- posed Contra Costa reduction can be met. The Council, for the purpose of this in- crease in the assessment roll, created three districts in which it is proposed to raise the value of the reai estate, and one district in which it is proposed to raise the assessments upon mortgages to the faces of the moertgages. The first district comprises the property owners on each ride of Washington street from Seventh to Fourteenth street. The property owners who are affected in this | district must appear to-morrow night he- fore the Council sitting as a Board of Equalization. Property-Owners Who Are Cited. This list Is composed of the following named: Benjamin Ide Wheeler, trustee of the Sather property on the corner of Fourth street, for the University of California; Harrlet W. Blake, Mary Matthews, George Uhl, J. C. Westphal, Harrold C. Martin, Joseph Board- | 3. T. Moran, Grove Investment Company, Masonic Temple Association, John A. Beck with (president). J. and Abrahamson, Thomas Crellin, H. Kahn, Mrs. M. K. Blake, | William R. Davis, Bacon Land and Loan Company, Henrjette Levy, F. W. Schutz. Henry Sévening, F. G. Drum, Arthur Brown, Mary E. Dewing, Isabella A. Baldwin, V. D. Moody, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Joseph' Boyd. The John Nicholl Company, Ann Refer, A. M. Snvder, T. Corder, Paul Schlotzhauer, O. Lamarche, Henry Evers, R. S. Fove. Eletta M. Brown, A. Michel, P. Rocqueraz, E. and R. Hancock, Bdward New- lands and L. Campbell. Following the creation of this distriet there was another, the property owners in which were cited. This second district is composed of the side streets from Sev- enth 'to Fourteenth, Inclusive, running from Broadwayv to Clay street. Here is a list of the property owners af- fected, who have been cited to appear to- morrow night with the Washington-street property owners: Ernestine Delger, J. C. Westphal, Willlam T. Hamilton, Harold L. Martin, president of the Theological Seminary, Joseph Boardman, William Clift, J. and H. Abrahamson, Mary Canning, Edson #. Adams, A. Moller, C. Bechtel, Emily 8. Pardee, Kahn Brothers, B. Leary. 'Bacon Land and Loan Company, M. H. and M. M. Murphy, the Ainsworth Co P ing, . Adrian, 1. A caster, L. Trowbridge. M. Brown, A. C. Iy, the John Nicholl Company, W. G. Wiiten, M. A. Gooding, A. M. Snyder, L. W. Moffitt, M. E. Martin, . Hindman, M. Reading, F. K. Shattuck. A. Mockler, Central Pacific Rail- road Company, E. Newland. M. Newland, Theodore Gler, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, E. L. Hutchinson, A. N. Wachs, S. K. McLean, R. €. Farrelly, E. R. Tutt, J. T. Moran, J. E. Fstale, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany, E. Vrooman, Grove Investment Com- pany, Oakland Masonic Temple Assoclation, Yourig Men's Christian Association, E. Havene, Willlam R. Davis, J. H. Nash, B. 1. Rugsell, C. Rowe, L. M. B. Bdwards, G. H. Collins, Paul Eppinger, M. 8. Rudolph, B. J. Tennon, A. A. Kennedy, V. D, Moody. W. H. Rouse, the Salvation Army, C. W. Burga Quigley. J. ‘A. Wilson, John Simon, I.'T. Seulberger, G. M. Kimball. L. M. Havens, Mrs. M. L D. Brown, E. M. M. §. Rudolph, B. J. Fennon, George Ellls; A Ellis, 8. aring, M. Borland, Anna John- Drum, Loreta Kelley, Danlel E. Martin, H. R. Havens, A. H. Russell, Emil Bluming, Mary Vinest, the F. Galindo Estate, Martin Ryan, M. Longe, Hettie P. Henshaw, E Brown, W.'R. Foye, Henry Evers, O. 5P Bocquerez, Albert Kayser. J. g Halsted, B. C. Farnum, . Remillard Morris, O. R. Smith and J. J. Shoo. The third district that was created is bounded by Tourteenth, Seventeenth and Clay streets and San Pablo avenue, and the following named residents within it must appear before the board on August Barrett Thomas B. Hanson, C. R. Lewis, Martin M. Dunn, Charles Camdon, George C. Pardee, Maria Viard, Charles Jurgens, T. Harding, estate of E. W. Plavter, Emily §. Pardee, Frank G. Dunn, Annfe E. Bushell, 8. H. Pal- mer, Martin V. Sparks. Nellie L. Edwards. J. Faure, A S. Macdonaid, G. and J. Scott. Mrs. Henrietta and Sylvester Clark, Jacob Werner, James Prespo, Claus B. Tackle, Margaret Hart, Central Bank, the Real Estate Combine, Alice F. Blake, James Moffitt. H. F. Witcher, John R. Spring. Bacon Land and Loan Company. Oiive F. Stevens ana Amelia E. Stevens The Council has secured information to show that in the territory bounded by the water front, Fourteenth street and from the Lake Merritt arm to Market street. there are several pieces of prov- erty that are not assessed as high as the mortgages upon them. It is now pro- posed to raise these pleces of property to the face of the mortgages at least. Tt is estimated that $250.000 can be added to the assessment roll by this move. These par- ties will have to appear on August 12: Mortgagees—F. W. Schultz, Thomas D. Rior- dan, Remillard Brick Company, Pacific Surety Company. Thomas Mehan, Henry Busing. John McRae, Catherine Manchéster. F. Ries, Equity Building and Loan Association, Hibernia Sav- ings and Loan Association, A. H. Hitcheock, | L. C. and L. 8. Holcomb, Henry Hayves, Edna J. Alken, Augusta_ Simons, Ella Clunie. G. Rosenck, ' Mac B. Waserwitz, Oakland Bank of Savings; Mary Keenan, Elizabeth Moon, H. €. Morrison, Union Savings Bank, I. L. Requa, W. S. Keyes, N, J. Stiles, J. West Martin Estate, D. Edward ‘Collins, H. L. Tanner, L. L. Solomons. A. Craig. Katherine Brown, Eadith M. Abie. A. Lynde, Husband & Brooks, Elizabeth Mild, J. Mosbeck, Mary E. Powell, German Savings and Loan Society, Minna I Thorne, F. H, Gray, Lowell J. Hardy, W. G. Henshaw, Humboldt Savings and Loan Societ: Union National Bank, J. V. derson, *Marle Hillega: M Hazeltine, H. C. Campbell, Dora B. Hubbard, Sarah M. Dunning, Louise Nordhausen, T. L. Barker, W. J. Dingee, Francis L. Berteline, H. B. Houghton and P. Bocqueraz. Mortgagors—Knight & Littlefield, Pacific Coast Lumber and Mill Company. Elizabeth McNetll, Celia Callthan, Margaret McLaughlin, Lena Christensen, T. Anthony, T. Cress- well, Ingler, Atkinson & Young, J. M. Haven, Sarah J. Richardson. Fred Becker, Paul M. Barker, Germania Hall Association, T. Ringol- sky, John Allman Estate, Methodist Episcopal Church_Extension Soclety, Mrs. F. H. Kelly, A. C. Henry, Charles McCleverty Estate, W. C. Pond, Anna_ M. Johnson, Salvation Army of New York, Charles L. Stanley. A. C. Beck, George H. Barrett, D. Engiish. F. Sen’ ram, The Ainsworth Company, Blanche T. Sherman, Mrs. M. F. E. Farren, George T. Hawley (trustee), J. V. and J. W. Harris, F. H. Rice, D. Husing, A. C. Dietz, Margaret Wythe, Louise Heeseman. Theodore Gier. Lucy P.'and A. E. Lohse, Marie La Flache, Joseph- ine E. Brown, Mary I. Meyers, Anna M. Rol inson, Joseph Hutchinson, Marie 1. Stone, H. Henrietta J. Levy. First Swedl Mary B. Breck, Cutchen, rge Hallahan, Jose] Girard, John R. Glascock, Mary Gilbert, Skinner, Hattie Chamberlain. Loraine Pam- mey. Marc_Reading, Mary Kelley, Josephine B. Healy, Selesta Seering, Morris Wint. R. B. Melauoind, Joseph Harris, Kahn Brothers, a_C. Kelsey, J. H. and A. §. McDonald, V. . Mitchells and L. M. Cobbledick. SAN FRANCISCO FIRM BUYS THE WAREHOUSES Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Make a Large Deal in Washington Grain District. SPOKANE, Aug. 7.—At Colfax to-day a deal was consummated by which Aaron Kuhn, the largest individual grain dealer Mary phine son. C. M. Kielshere, E. Henshaw, J. Barrett, J. McElroy, 8. J. Fearn, Oakland Gas, Light and Heat Company, Inez Demming, F. G. and warehouse proprietor in the State, disposed of his warehouses in the Palouse Southern Pacific and Union Pacifie ‘Will Have New Northern Busi- ness Centers. PORTLAND, Aug. 7.—The Oregonian to-morrow will say: Another step in rail- road consolidation is reported to take place in Portland, Tacoma and Seattle on the first of September. This will be no less than the consolidation of the ecity office of the Union Pacific (O. R. and N.) and the Southern Pacific. The_general offices of the two companies in Portland are not yet to be disturbed. V. A. Schil- ling will be the agent and he will be as- sisted by C. W. Stinger and J. L. Slipp from the Southern Pacific office. _Agent . J. Kirkland of the Southern Pacifie, it is understood, will be taken care of elsewhere. On the same date it is said the offices of the two companies at Seattle and Ta- coma will be consolidated in each placs. This consolidation will be effected by put- ting all the business of both lines in that fleld in the hands of the present Oregon Ralilroad and Navigation agent. who will thereafter represent the interests of the Harriman group and not merely the sep- arate Union Pacific. Wherever known this announcement is interpreted as a pre- cursor of consolidation of the general offi- ces in Portland. The impression is strong that. General Freight and Passenger Agent Markham of the Southern Pacific will be made general freight agent of the combined interests and that Trafic Man- ager Campbell and General Passenger Agent Craig of the O. R. and N. will nold the same offices In the consolidation. Thus the traffic_staff will be Campbell, Mar! ham and Craig and they will have charga of the O. R. and and Oregon and Cal- ifornia business. No date s yet set for this merger of general offices, but it is believed that it will not be postponed be- yond the first of the coming year. 5 = country to Balfour, Guthrie & Co. of San e Francisco and Liverpool. cludes sixteen warehouses located as fol- lows: Moscow, Idaho: Pullman, y, Riverside, Colfax, Mockenemo, Diamond, Lees Siding, Endicott, Meeker, St. John, Sunset, Glenwood, Elberton, Wawawal and Granite Point. All the warehouses are on the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company’s sys- tem, except the last named, which is on the Northern Pacific, nine miles south of Pullman. All are in Whitman County ex- cept the first named, which is in Moscow, Idaho. one mile from the State line. The warehouse at Wawawai is in reality two houses connected with a tramway 9000 feet in length, one warehouse being at the top of the bluff overlooking Snake River, 4500 feet above the other ware- house. which Is on the river bank and from which the grain is to be loaded on Oregon Railway and Navigation steam- hoats. The price paid is sald to be $50,000. The new firm assumes control of the warehouses immediately and will handle this season’s crop. The sale in- Correspondent Arrested as a Spy. BERLIN, Aug. 7—The Berliner Tage- blatt announces that Wilhelm Meyerbach, its correspondent with the Boers, has been arrested by the British on a charge of espionage. Calle. —Now, my little man, what your parents’ genealogical chart for? Bright Boy—To hide a tear In the parlor paper, sir. Rhcumatism Rheumatism is due to an excess of acid in the blood. 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