The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, January 01, 1892, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCirculation, 1,000. ' . THJt ' Li:21:0 Pi?;r of Colombls County, 1 HE,OEEG. 784 Snkrifccrs In Columbia County, ' BKBT . idrertlslnflcdlna ta Cs!:s5! Cs. VOL. 9. ST. IIELHNS. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1892. MIST. Tf i 1 " ' i ' ' 1 " " " " -- - ' " : THE OHECiON MIHT. ISSUED BVBKV VK1MAT MOHMIMfi J. R. BEEGLE, Publisher. The County Official Paper. Sub.srlptlon Kat... On.itopy on, rr In adr.no. On, rapt muiita Hlnf eopr. M ,. Tf. i i .-, Advartl.lnat Hat... : PrnfrMlanal our I. nn, year. SW On, miliiaiu mi, ar - liM H-ilf oolumu uu. war,.. .... 7A Q tartr txihiniu a. iraar i On. Inrh una month Ona Inch thraa month! .......... Oa lnu at, muuUu Iami.I nntlnM, in ant par tin. For flrt lnnr tlnm loenuu pr lln, Iiir aarh lia.U,nt In Mr Inn Ul adr.rtlMm.nl., II M par Ini'h lor Ar t ItiMriiou, and 76outa p t lima lor each aiibaa. qn.nl luwrilou. ' COLUMBIA COUNTY DI RECTO . Count, OIHcara. .....I). J. awl r. Ht. II. lam IWt M I! k K. K unliik. 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H. in, mall rw Varnonla at. H,iau,TuaaUar,Tur.daf aadoatuniaiet. Tba man lo, Mar.hi.Dd. niaPkant, .nd Mi.t jMra.UuioBMiiday.waiina.aaraudrridarat foiJu d t " M 4 "'' Tra.aloiV Uuldc-Klva. Ruuta. eraaan. W. nira-lrn ll-lttn. for I roruauu at li a. M. nHif, 1 b irily aud Hat rdar. U.raaHt. HkIkiii (or Ulai.kaula Moa day. w,diMdav and Krlu.r at n-rnt u. 8ri Juatrn Kuuwii-lnri, m. italam inr rnriiauu dally rirvpt Niinil., at S:W a. a. lUtarnlua, Iwrca Portland at J.3 r. M. PROFESSIONAL DR. H. R. CLIFF, Phylclan and Surgeon, . t U, Ralana, Or. .'J;' DR. J. E. HALL, , Physician v and v Surgeon, Clat.kaaia, Oalaaahla Cm., Or. . t. A. MvBaiDB. ' A. I. Oaaaaaa. ' KcBRIDE tt DRESSES, Attorney . at v Law, On," Cltr. Or. Prompt attontlno slvan to laud offlrw ba.ln.M , A. B. LITTLE, - Surveyor and Civil Engineer, .." Balan,, Or, Ooaaty Snrr jrnr. land .urr.yln,. town plat tlu( and ,u,lnarlu woik piompiljr doiw. W. T. Buaaav. . J. W. Datrsa. BURNKT DRAPER, Attorneys '. at v Law, r.,oa C'ltr, Or. Tw.W rsan' axprrifBC aa RUnr nf thai unttad Sta a. Lud OlAua hra rrominaid, la our ipMtl.liy ot all kind, oi bn.luna. bef r in. ina umiia or in. ratiria, and luvolvluf tb, 1 J. B. BROCKCNBROUQH, . ATTORNEY v AT '. LAW, Or.foa Cltr, Or. (I.nta Snerlal Agont of Orlieral Ijind Offlrr.) I h md.il. l, rr .inpnoi ami Tiieiwr l.nua Ap pil at on. and otber Land omua HimIiim. a HlMMialiy. ofllca, sond Moor, Ijind oilloa I CjlAS. W. pYGEffc Notary . PU b IIC -AND- , . INSURANCE AGENT, If AVOIR, OK. MISCELLANEOUS. D. d. SWITZER, GENERAL INSURANCE -AND- Real Estate Agent, St, Hslcns, Oreoon. ' GO TO ." , John A. Beok, Watchmaker and Jeweler, VAII Vt1t mjnrnMt. Th, FIn.it AMortment of Watahet, Clock, and jaw.tr, oi aii lotion fPPOtlTI THB EIH0ND, . PORTLAND, 0W PIANOS and ORGANS, Nullutt & Davit and Now Softie Kimball Pianos and Kimball Or- 'Bftiw. -1 invite iiuHMXition. and defy L. V. MOORE, I OS Washington St., Portland, Or. t rim lur uaiaiogue mm prices, EVERDING Front Street, Portland, Oregon, DEALERS IN j WHEAT, OATS AND HILL FEED OF ALL KINDS, Kay, Shingles, Lime, Land AND A GENERAL i o eerie s, Which we noil cheap EVERDING Cla,tslca,ziie STEAMER G. J. W. SHAVER, Master. TiAftVAa Pnrt.lunl frnm A LlAr.alraAf. A. Saarnokawa and tathlamct, Wednesday touchinR at Sftuvi Island, St. HolcnH, Columbia City,' Kalaraa, Neer Citv, Rainier, Cedar Landing, Mt. Collin, Uradburv, Stella, Oak Point 1 -ii ! i . .. .. . . . ... ' i . luioriucuiaio iHiinis, returning i ueaciay, Thursday and Saturday, KOW. IS TflE, Tip Tbia desirable property adjoins Milton Station, on the Northern Pacific Kail ONE HOUR'S RIDE And is only 1 i miles from St. Helena, the county-seat, on the Columbia river. Milton creek, a beautiful mountain stream, runs within yards of this property, supply of water LOTS. 50 X ' t ' Ranging in price from $50 D. J. Switzer, St. lOSEPJl KELLOGG Joseph Kellogg - FOR COWLITZ RIVER. ixlorthvest; day at 5 a. mi .1 1 n i i , ... inursaay ana omunmy at u a. m,. . . IACCDU IfCI I in Poland it M- Returningleaves PORTLAND at 2:30 r. m., arriving at 1 r. m. DON'T BUY YOUR DRUGS -ANYWHERE BUT YOU WILL FIND THE Freshest, Purest and Dest of everything , AT THE . ' CLATSKANIE y DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor. TRY1 LEFFEL wheel aaaaMBBBBaaaaaaaaai LiJ iBm3 SaK-' U ' L-3 L-Zl ' """"mmmmmmmmmm and OOWJPJ. ' ' Wirlto fav Maw lUaatistarii Caaalagna at lsel. . THE LEFFEL WATER WHEEL& EKSIE CO. SPRiKCFIELD, 0, U.S.A. cornnntition. . mention mis paper. & FARRELL Plaster. Also Fleor, Bases, ASSORTMENT OF for cash. Give us a call. & FARRELL. V. SHAVER. lock Monday, via Westport, and Friday for Clatskanie lolumbia Citv: Kalama. T4W TO SECURE flJOT road, FROM PORTLAND. furnishing an inexhaustible for all purposes. I OO P E ET j . to $100, can be secured frdm ? Helens, Oregon & ; ' CO.'S ' . STEAMEfiS and NortHwest Leaves KELSO Monday, Wednesday and Frl m. r Leaves PORTLAND Tuesday. T - ' weaves HAINIKK at 5 A. M AT A REGULAR - DRUG '. STORE; pacific coast. -rity of Saints Has a Vis- itation of Footpads. OBDED HIS SISTER-IN-LAW. Whlf.t'lnjf Dick" is Do'ng Truokee Honor He Is Regarded 'aa a Veritable Masoott Spokane ie to have a (600,000 court donae. The 8 ilt Work, at Salton have began leraiion again The cteatner Keweenaw, 164 day, from new l on, lias rcachert Kan Diego, The Portland Smeltinx Works are to be run to their loll capa Ity, nauramenio s ireenoiaers to lorm charter nave organized lor work. A mott important find ha, been made in the uu Abe gold mine at White Uaka, n. M. California will have 409,000 tons oi wneat lor export Detween now and to nrsi oi next jane, The clodine of the Candaller mlnna ha, considerably affected trattlu on the VJarson ana uoioraa j road. So far $8,300 have been paid out as two weeks wage in an effort to raise the steamship San l'edro, on the rocks off Victoria, a. V. A new evening paper is contemplated for Virginia City, "to be ran independ ent of the mining companies and in the interest oi the stockholders." The violators of the game law in Oiegon are many, and an association ha, been organised at Portland which olier, a reward of $25 for the arrest and conviction oi each onender. The celebrated mining suit of Gilpin Tk : V! 1 - I t vs. The Hierre Nevada Company, has ended in favor of the defendanta at Boise 9il ld?ho- ""P"!' injunction, itihm Harrv Out- mine closed three years. Harry Catchall, a well-known saloon proprietor of Astoria, is under arrext for running away with his sister-in-law's diamonds and jewelry and a negotiable note tor fouj. lie was caught in rort- lana. The chapel car Evangel is traveling through the Northwest in the service of Ooapel Army. It has been turned over to the Amer.can Baptist Sunday School Association, under whose charge it will oe wnue on mis coast. Salt Lake City is overran with foot pads. Scarcely a night pastes bnt from six to ten men are held up at nights on the residence streets of the town. The police seem powerless to deal with the fellows. Anaconda is likewise troubled, Johnathan Oldham, a carpenter of Seattle, lost what little cash he had at (dm ai,1 nf aatlaAiul a.iti ill l.fc lorged his wifn's name to a certificate o depo'it pf 2(X1l The paper was cashed !ni Mr,. Oldham will hold the bank reopousible. The officials of that insti. tu,l0n "ri" Psecute Oldham for forgery. BJ ."J? iSS 11" mine was received at San Diego last week from -the Temeacal mines. The i snipmeni oon.istea ot 4ZU pigs, or 30, c' min being rapidly increased, and American tin will be regularly put on maraei in car load lots. Mrs. Delsguerra. the widow o! Don i Pablo Delaguerra. who was a prominent Chararvr in the early history of Call irnia, is suing for the plssa on which lie city hall of Santa Barbara now tands, a valuable piece of property in the center of the business portion, claiming the land by virtue of a grant made by the Avuntamlento of the town In the 4 V.. and confirmed in 18861 bv the uty Council. Whittling Dick Is respected atTrnckee as trie luck eat man who ever entered the town, He has been shot at nine times by men who meant business, and nas scated the s'lghtest Injury. The other day he got in a dispute with a bartender, and was ordered to leave the house. Dick re'used, and called the bartender a bad name. T ie latter pulled his revolver and fired at Dick point blank. Although hsr llysix feet separated the men, the bullet struck the fln-r three in ties Irom Dick s body. Dick turned and walked out of the door. All the compositors on the Oakland Time went out on a strike the other night. They state that about three weeks ago the proprietor of the paper leu non-U on me cases 01 several print ers, saying mat their services were no longer desired anil warning them not, to lAflltd MllfUIIU VUB UU1CV BgHlU. X lit) 11100 walked out quietly. A committee had an ineffective conference with the Timet manager afterwards. It is understood that the printers asked for reinstate ment of the discharged 'men and the manager refused. - The first failure, caused by the un usual condition oi tne grain market and the drop in charters of ships, occurred at San Francisco one day last week. Lowenthal, Livingston A Co., shipping and commission merchants, were at tached by ship owners for money due on unnned cnarters and attachments. Ihis means the failure of the firm The formal attachment was for $10,137, but this Is bnt a small Dart of the money due by the firm. The Sheriff jtook pos session of the office, receiving sime SXUOO or 14.000 on hand in cash. Low- enth.il, Livington & Co. were dealers in salmon, and have an Interest in an Ala-ka cannery. They shinned canned salmon to Robert Crooks A Son, a large ann very a-eannv nrm 01 Liverpool. mr. Li i wen mat sain t i-oav that aa a re sult of the attachment the firm will rither make an astnnment or eo into Inso'voncy for the general protection of all creditors. - "The failure is dueto causes," be said, "the fall in the price nf ralmon, and the fall of charters." Tn debts of the firm are fBD.OOO oi W.U00 to ship owners and S100.000 due Robert Crooks & Son. The amount nl the asets will he learned in the court proceedings. The failure of Lowenthal, Livingston fc Co. is not likelv to canae any bankruptcies among the ship char- IUIQIB. . PERSONAL MENTION. Ives, Convict In the Massachusetts Pen, Hat Translated Eight of - :: Duma,' Novel. Arthur James Ba'fonr. the ftnrT!nh lender, is a bachelor and about 43 years Count Herbert Bismirdk's rmemh. lance to his great father is raid to crow i mure rinsing as years roil on. Captain J. Wall Wilson, a survivor of me Kane Arctic expeilittcii. Is hale and hearty despite the loss of a toe in the ice. Gilbert a' Beckett, the humorist, who recently died, was a man of sweet and gentle disposition, though a life-long invsiiu, ur. unaries U. Ahimtt has torn d a cave of slate in New Jersev in which were discovered vestiges of the life c' pre-uoiumoian man. Professor F. Nicholls Cnneh. the composer of the mimic fir "Kithleen Havourneen." now lives in Baltimore I at an advanced age. Aitiionirn Horace ureelv died nine- i teen years ago, letters to his address are still received every now and then at the new I or jrtbuns omce. The Czar's famous minister. M " de Giera, is now in bad health, suffering trora the piinful disease which carried on the last Emperor -oi .the reach. William II loves homely fare. He in. sists on havinv on his table everv Thnra day a dish of mashed pea, sin iked beef end sauerkraut to he eaten together. In Boston the remarkable shock of hair which Pnderewilki. the pianist. wears has led som tbody to rmtrk that be looks like a human chrysanthemum. Mr. McDermntt. nephew of the late Mr. Parnell, who acq ti red fame by horsewhipping Timothy Healey, is said to ne the best waltzer in Dublin society, Mrs. Hodgson Burnett baa called newshovs' home that she .has founded Lionel's Home," to perpetuate the memory of her son Lienel. the original oi "Millie vara r annuproy," Field Muvh il Yon Moltke was in the service of the Nultun of Turkey b 1H3M and 1841. Daring that ti f?J'9?U. between me he Oriental mil itary affairs and the geography of Asia minor, Mr. Du Manrier, the famous social caricatn ist, ha, been for some time without the siirtit of one eye and the other is considerably affected Hie work is done on a large scale and re duced by the engraver. Dean ftwift d d not consider critics immortal. He once said : ' If the men af genius would re-tolve never tocim plain in their works ot cnt cs and ill rectors, the next age would not know chat they ever bad any. G. B. Ive, the yonng ex avis in t dig. trict attorney ot Uisex county. Miss who is now serving a sentence inUharlee- town State prion for extensive forg eries, has translated eight of Duma, noveis for a Boston publisher since his term of imprisunment began. Story, the sculotor, and Hooker the banker, are among the most conspicuous Americans In Kome, the latter gentle man having liv-d in the Eternal City about forty years. Th American col- ony D there numbers about 15,00'. Dr. William V. Poole thinks there ia nod inbtthit Shakespeare died of too much conviviality at and after the wed ding of his daughter Judith. It is as tonmhinz that there ehould be so mnch certainty about this detail of his life which is otherwise almost entirely con jectural. NATIONAL CAPITAL. To Puchase the; Collection of "His torical Information Concerning the Western Half of America." The office of Assistant Chief of the Weather bureau haa been filled by the anpointinent by Secretary Rnk of 8. S. Kockwood, Uniet Clerk of the Depart ment of Agriculture. Henry Ca.aon, Private Secretary to Secretary Rusk, wai appointed Chief Clerk. The President has issued an order for the removal of Samuel D. Warmc&stle, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Tulrd District of Pennv;yania, Pitts. burg, and deaignating Djpnty Collector Mitchell to perlorm His duties tempo rarily. War mcaatle is charged with neglect of duty. Senator Frve has introduced a bill ap propriating $600.' O K or so much thereof as may be necessary, to Dnrvhase the collection of "Historical Information Concerning the Western Half of Amer ica, conaiating oi oooas, namunieta. maps, mi jscripts, etc., about lu.ouo in number, and kn iwn .as the Bancroft Library, and situated on Valencia street, Kan Francisco. . 8enator Hansbrongh has introduced a bill in the Senate authorizing the Poet- master-Ueneral to extend, when practi cable, tha free delivery system to th, rural and farming districts.' The bill authorizes the Post'naster-Qeneral to ezpend such portion of the amount that may hereafter be appropropriated for the compensation of postmasters and foi the Star Kou'e transportation as may be necessary to carry out tne provisions oi the act. Representative Wilson aavs he feels perfectly assured of getting through one public building for Washington. Rep resentative riweet, of Idaho, who is on the conitnitteH, says that he observes that, the Washington Senators have in- trod. iced hills lor four cities and that he does not think moie than one will pass. In that event he na'urallv I els inter ested in Hnoknne. as it i the city near- e t his home, and one which his people would naturally expect him to tavor. The Treaurv Department haa l ceivei applications of late frnm bankers who wished to have the iyi ner cent. bond" ontinned at 2 pr cent, for the DilTnose of inrreasinir their hanl. nf nir. culation. : The applications have all been refused, as 8eertary Foster holds mat ti pnrmit it alter fits circular, naming the date when such 41$ conld be prvsented for continmnce, would not ne to"', in enect. it would be to revive dead bonds, aa under the law the 4 Vr cent, bonds do not now hear inter est. and cannot, therefore, we ased as a basis oi bank circulation. EASTERN ITEMS. I Scheme to Still the Troubled Waters. THE GRANGE ON UNCLE SAM. Land Containing Aluminium Does Hot Render it jSubjeot to Entry Under the Mining Laws. Keelev's cold cure haa hnn annlied to the tobacco habit, Rabitaare so thick at Rnrleivh. Pa.. that the trains ran over them. An electric road is to he built arnn. the Potomac at Washington. - A movement is on foot to orsaniza a naval battalion at Portsmouth, N. H. Natnrnl m I Kain j;iAw..mt In abundance in Western Pennsylvania. The overhead electric svatem ia to he used by New Orleans street railways. The State debt of Pennarlvanla haa been reduced $2,538,302 during the year. The American District and Mntnal District TeietrraDh Cnmnaniea have been consolidated. The protect of draining the Citv and the Valley of M-xico has been tempo rarily abandoned. Iowa State Granga thinks Uncle Sam should run the liquor business as he does tne poetothce. This year's hon ctod is mnch larger than last year's, but owing to lower prices win nei lees money, The Illinois State Board of Agriculture reports mac winter w nn has been greatly damaged by urouht. The Grand Armv of the Rnnnhlin in Indiana will probably erect a monument to the late Governor Hovey. A rich vein of silver and gold ore has Deen opened on Monad nock Mountain near Colebrook village, N. H, Ex Secretary William Windom's nor- trait dec traces the new $2 note just pnt in circulation by the Treasury Depart ment. A member of a commission to ne gotiate for Indian lands in Wyoming leciares mem to tie utterly useless lor settlers. The railroad and express officials are considering preventative methods to protect their trains from future at tempts at robbery. ; W. H. Winans. a wealthy farmer. prominent in church, social and polit ical circles at Franklin. Pa., has been arrested on a charge of burglary. Abour (27,000.0 10 in go'd has been re turned to the United States frnm En rope since the movement in this direc tion set in three months ago. The Vice Consul from Japan at New York has made an appeal for the assista nce of those who are stiffen mr from ha enacts oi tne great earthquake. The Interior Denartmunt haa decided to pay R innd Valley Settlers whost land was taken for ue as aa Indian reservation about.fiW.tlJO in the aggre- Bh. Harvard's Committee on Athletic. has entered Vrmn itown on ita haahall and football schedule for next season Hitherto Yale only has been recognized ny Harvard. ine great oridi in course of con straction over the Mississinni at Mem phis is to be complet"d by May 1, when it will be opened with formal and im posing ceremonies. . , Millionaire Thomas Cornell, the Hud eon river steamboat man. left a will and cat off his son-in-law. . The legal fight against the will has begun. The estate amounts to 15,000,000. The grin is enidemlc in Phlladelnhia. Physicians assert that the number of casus is almost as great as at any timf Mai. year, ont mat tne disease ia oil much mdder type. The December report of tha Denarb men i, oi Agriculture ffivinu the condi tions ot the crops is not flattering to (he growers of winter wheat. The aver age cogdition is reported at 86 3. John Hoev. late President nf tha Adams Lxpreas Company, has mad. restrution to the company to the amount of about $500,0(0. This is not what Hoey owes, but all the company The railroads of Mexico emnlov alarov uuiuuer oi Americans in positions ot re sponsibility, and when an accident, oc curs that results in the loss of life the uovernment Heals hard with the person w peraons in tauil. A scheme is on foot to prevent de struction of coast lines daring storms bj constructing iron pipes or tabes into tin ocean at frequentintervals and discharg ing uruue petroleum inrougu them into tue irouoieu waters. Ihe recent heavy disbursement for pensions have reduced the Treasury cash balance to $33,138,315, of which amount $13,364,491 is on deposit with the national banks and $13,084,232 ja is auuniuinry win," The eating of dotr flesh to cure eon. sumption is quite a fad at Shelbyville. Ind. In one case the diet is said tc have been beneficial, and now several people who are afflicted with the dis ease are trying the "remedy." William Peake. ex-Citv Treasurer ot Kansas City, who was charged with having embezzled $20,000 of the city'. money, was acquitted Saturday a-eek. It was shown that tha clerks in the office got away with the money. In a decision rendered by the -Com missioner of the General Land Office 11 is held that deposits of clay valnible for aluminium or for the manufacture of pottery ware does not render the laad containing such deposits subject toentry under the mining laws. , . A law suit in Chicago has bronirht out the fact that the various middlemen and promoters of the svndicate'Sale of the Milwaukee and Chicago breweries, nearly a year ago, received no less than $5,250,000 of the $11.0 )0,000 in stock and bonds paid by the subscribers. EDUCATIONAL Kansas to Have a Quaker Collae-a A School of Special Instruc- Hon for Dull People. Yonng women are not a1ln1 In oate from Oerman universities. - The students of Rrnw n TTntvArnttv .M to try the exneriment.nf mnnin. iait college paper. Texas learning haa been marl A ther target for many a shaft, vet the State iiaa b scnool land of $100,000,000. , In Jbucador and aeverul nthar Hnnth American nat.ons, primary education, at least, is compulsory. .; The University of Michinan.had last year 163 morr student than Ilnrv.nl University. Ihis year Harvard has 118 mere than Michigan. Washington. Kas.. la to have Quaker college. When 125.000 shall have been raised a Start will be made on the found-' atlon. - . . At Harvard 210 courses are offered In the liberal arts and sciences. It would take a student forty years to pursue all these courses. Mrs. M. II. Hotchk'ss of I.akeville, Conn., has given seventy-five acres of land and $275,000 to found a preparatory school for Yale College, That is a pleasant innovation of the trustees of Columbia College whereby the public ia to be allowed to attend many of the courses of lectures. . . Professor Totton, in a military lecture at Yale, remarked that the average age of the 110 men in the class was twenty nne.andhe added: "Upon gradnation vnu will have before you about forty "'ght years apiece." - There are at present 132,000 colleges and schools in India for men, with 3, 06 300 students, but there are only to be found a few hundred schools of low vernacular standards and half a dozq colleges for women, with 294,261 stu dents.' . . Three thousand women of Greece have signed a petition to the government ask ing that public schools of art and in dustry be established for women, and claiming that the failure of Greece to meet theexpectationsof its well-wishers -is due to the backward condition of its women and their nonparticipation in public affairs. . - University extension is producing a good effect, not only upon its students, but also upon itsi lecturers and teachers and upon the student body of the uni versities. 'College presidents are al ready finding that the men who go ont as lecturers in the university extension courses are doing better work in their own classes. The eff irt to please and instruct a promiscuous and popular audience reacts npou the university1 class-room; the individual needs of the students are more carefully studied ; the teaching is modined to meet them, anl professor and student come into moro sympathetic relations. All the large universities report increased numbers: and experience is ' proving that uni versity extens-on tends to create a nni-t versity influence, and that university extension means university intension. Bottom TVonacrtjaf ' WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Coal Palace to Be Erected Estima ted That the Fair Will Cost - - All of $31,000,000. , It has been flirnaed nut that the World's Fair will cost $31,000, Ludwig Wieler. a member of tha Lower Honse, has been appointed Com. uiisaioner to tne unicago Worlu a air . by the Cape Colony. . Scranton. Pa., coal operators are aroinar to build a Palace at the World's Fair out of anthracite coal. - - . , The Pennsylvania d'splay at the Chi cago exposition will cost $200,000. The State appropriated $300,000. The Latin-American department of . the World's Colnmbian Expo.itton has received information at - Washington that the Republic of Columbia has is sued a decree appointing a commission to t.tke special charge of its disulnv at Chicago. The members are all well- known, influential persons. Carlos Martinez,is the president, and the other members are Vincent Restero, UonzaieB ' Ruse, Nicholee E. J. Kazaa. Carlos Cal- deron and A. IKcuniuil. The special High Commissioner of the' Chinese Empire has arrived at New Y'ork from Fran. He is Chu Yow Sing, attache of the Legation in Paris. and comes by direct appointment of f a feaing uovernment to investigate the Question of the Chinese exhibition at the World's Fair. To a H'orfot reporter Ch Yow Sing said it was his first visit . to this country. "I do not know the intentions ot the Chinese uovernment," he said, "concerning the exhibit at the World's Fair. I understand the Gov- ' ernment declined to exhibit, hut my in structions are tomasesearcnini; inquiry into the conduct and probabilities of the exposition,'. I suppose the Govern ment s decision would be influenced by my report. 1 want to see what prepar ations have been made,- and above all, to try to learn just what interest the American people take in the fair. If China makes any exhibit I think it will be a creditable one." : Scarcely anything has yet been dons toward securing an adequate represen tation of Austro-Hungary at the Chi cago World's Fair, says a Vienna (I s- Satch. The Reichsrath hasVifed 0,000 orins, but the peoi le- at Jarure seem apathetic on the subject. Delegates representing the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, the Industrial Association, the ExportdSociety, the Arts anil Craft Society, the Museum of Triple Arts and the Merchants' Syndicate. have had a conference, at which the subject of the amount to be appropriated by the cov ernment for the Austro-Huiivftry ex hibit was discussed. Herr llnr-if an nounced that the government w mid ask the Reichsrath for an aIJiunn'tt 85,000 fiorinl, but the delegates rer unanimous in declaring that at 1 itt SOO.fXK) would bereqnired. Ve y strong doubt was expressed of the Rt-ii-h ta h's listening to the snggestiond m l.irve in amount. . A comuimsmn will, prubalny be appointed early in Jaimni-v m u ,n . charge of Ute AnHtro-tliin.;.,'i) si-.-ii,,ri of the fair. It is exon-ted ti'H. t.fie n -st wl President will lie ottered the Ana-- trian Consui-General in New Yoik, tim-r Pahtschek. 7