xp& ty'-ip-f.-T' t yi( Trtr i!- "WMgOWW " ? THE MORNING OIBEGONIAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1900. M'COY GOT THE DECISION BUT HAD A XARROW ESCAPE FROM A ICXOCK-OUT. Choynski Would Have Had the Flgrht but for "Wrong: Timekeeping Spectator Dropped Dead. NEW YORK. Jan. 12. Kid McCoy -sot the decision over Joe Choynski in a bout which lasted three rounds at the Broad way Athletic Club tonight. Choynski would have had the light in the second round, were it not for an accident as to t.mckeeping. He had floored the Kid four times, but the timekeeper pulled the brll us McCoy was counted for the limit of 10 seconds, and this saved the Kid from absolute defeat. Choynski's sec onds protested vigorously, but Referee Johnny White, while knowing the round wis j-hort by many seconds, stood by the offl" ial timekeeper and ordered the men to continue when the gong rang again for fh opening of the third round. Choyn ski's cleverness outpointed and outshad owed all of McCoy's clever ring worlc McCoy, having escaped defeat in the second round, was again lucky in the th.rd, as the blow with which he sent Choynski down and out was delivered almost two seconds after the bell had rung for the completion of the third round. There was a great deal of noise in the building at the time the gong sounded, and undoubtedly neither man hr-rd the clang of the bell. In the northeast portion of the build Ir.g there was a tumult, caused by one of the spectators dropping dead. The man was very much excited during the bout, and expressed himself freely as to SI Coy's being out before the bell rang. lTe slid from his scat dead as the bell sounded for the beginning of the third round. Colonel Mike Padden, timekeeper for McCoy, said afterward that the round was clipped by 46 seconds, and that Mc C y was groggy and practically out when the gong sounded. Choynski, while feeling rather sore. Euid that he had no fault to find with the referee, and in a conversation with the latter exonerated White from all blame. 1 1 had him licked good and sure," said Choynski, "'and, had the timekeeper acted ripht, 1 had McCoy out. However, I am iisfiod that nothing was done by either the ceferee or official timekeeper with an intention of doing me a wrong. It was .n unfortunate thing that the'time should have been miscalculated, as I had won, and won cleverly." After the bout Choynski and McCoy signed articles to meet again under the me conditions, the bout to take place at the Broadway Athletic Club February lu. The light by rounds follows: Rund 1 McCoy was first to land with a left hook on the jaw. Joe broke away and McCoy forced him to his corner, where C'lojnMCl slipped to the floor. The Call- fcrnian jumped up quickly and placed a u tt swing on McCoy's jaw, but the Kid Sont "back a couple of hard lefts on the face and a stiff right over the heart. McCoy had all the better of the round. Round 2 Choynski sent the Kid to the floor with a right on the jaw. McCoy touk nine seconds of the count, and when hi get up Choynski sent him down again w th a left on the neck. Twice more Mc Coy was floored, and he went to his corner bleed.ng badly from the nose and mouth. Round 3 McCoy fought like a crazy man when he rushed out of his corner, and Ch ynski was equally erratic. They set all ring rules at defiance, but McCoy got the better of the Western man at close quarters. Choynski rushed McCoy, but thi Kid was too spry on his feet, and Joe slipped to the floor in a vain attempt to land a swing. When Joe got up he ran irti a clinch, from which the referee had to separate them. Then Choynski 1 ltd a right swing on the jaw, and McCoy went down, taldnrr nearly seven &?Ji9ftB e-'ceunt. When -McCoy got nil nuj'iin.i lusucu iii. mm, out jus legs ga way and he fell to the floor, but regained his feet in an instant. McCoy wus queer in his leg movement, but went 1 1 and mixed it up. In a hot rally Mc Coy hooked his right to the jaw, Choynski landing his left at the same moment, and h. th mnn went down. Just as they got up tr n-cn rushed at each other, and the ? 1 rang while they were mixing things up in a l.vely fashion. Neither man evi c 'tly heard the gong, and McCoy whipped his right over on the jaw and Choynski fc.,1. There were wild cries of "Foul, foul," as Choynski was carried to his corner, and the Californian was unable to respond nhen the bell called him for the fourth. Choynski's seconds threw up the sponge as McCoy rushed from his corner for the nnr n ng of the fourth round, and McCoy was declared the winner. The spectator who fell dead Is believed to have been B. S. Sabin, of this city. THE DAPS RACES. Yesterday! "Winners at Tanforan and IV'evr OrlcanH. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. The weath er rt Tanforan Park was fine and the tr;""k fast. The results were: Tl rce furlongs Rathgar won, Dunfiree second, Sig Levy third, Carlonian fourth; tjnr 0.36. Levy disqualified for fouling ar I piaced last. S'x furlongs St. Cassimir won, Mounte bank second, Diomed third; time, 1:11. Mile and an eighth Opponent won. Top mast second, Scotch Plaid third; time, 1 S""'.. FIvo furlongs, selling Sugden won, Es jilrando second, Ann Page third; time, J. mi,. One mile, selling Duke of York II won, Charles Lebei second. Credo third; time, Mile and an eighth, selling, handicap Sardonic won, Dr. Marks second. Facade third; time, 1:55. Races at Xevr Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12. The results d the races were: S.x and a half furlongs Agitator won, Watercrest second, Wiggins third; time, 1.22-4. Six furlongs Polly Bixby won, Major Mansur second, Sadie Burnham third; time, 1:17. M.I a"nd 70 yards, selling Atlantus won, Joe Doughty second, Phidias third; time, 1.49. MJe and 70 yards, selling Uhlers won, Tern Kingsley second; Forbush third; time, JL.4a. Seven furlongs, selling Jeanetta won. Bright Night second, Sister Fox third; lime, 1:3L Eiiznbetlmn Boys. St. Nicholas. They were carefully trained In all cour tesy of speech and bearing, but represser and kept In the background in a way that wou'd be little relished by boys' of today. They were advised to be "checked, for st ance, but never taxed for speech," or, as Sir Henry Sidney puts it in a very noble letter to his son Philip, then 12 years old, "rather be rebuked of light fellows for maiden-like shamefacedncss, than of your sad friends for pert boldness. Tell no un truth; no, not in trifles." he goes on; "there cannot be a greater reproach to a gentleman than to be accounted a liar.' An Elizabethan boy was not likely to te a babbler, and in truth silence seems to haie been much esteemed for all men and Harrison tells us with pride of "the grat silence that is -used at the tables of the honorable and wiser sort, generally ail over the realm." The fathers of that time sent their sons o travel on the Continent when they -Quid, for they believed that "home-kee--vg youth have ever homely wits.V ana that "he cannot be a perfect man, not b--Ing tried and tutored in the world." Bo let him go. said these wise fathers, "prac t ce tilts and tournaments, hear sweet discourse, converse with noblemen"; he will be the more Teady to go out In the world and take his place with other men. The carefully guarded boyhood was soon over, and they were marvelously youns when they sprang from the quiet and se clusion of childhood Into the glow ana aazzie or mat wondrous age those noble Elizabethans who were soldier and sailor, courtier and councilor, in turn; taking time now and then to write a mask or group of sonnets, or to give a helplnB hand to some struggling genius to Spen ser or that promising actor-manager, Will Shakespeare, perhaps. Francis Bacon en tered Cambridge at 12; so. did Lord South ampton (Shakespeare's friend and patron;; Spenser went at 16; Philip Sidney was sent to Oxford at 13, from there went io Cambridge, traveled and won golden opin ions from all men before he was 18, and was sent on an Important embassy at 22. REVISED NEW TESTAMENT. And Some Proposed Advnnces Upon Its Lines ot Chance. PORTLAND, JanTlL (To the Editor.) In view of the recent "Biblical criticisms" appearing in the columns of your paper, the following treatment of the subject j Liuiu u somewuai umereru. pnase iuau any I have there seen, is respectfully sub mitted: In 18S1 the revised version of the New Testament was published. It was the product of the highest theological scholar ship of England and America. The Brit ish committee consisted of 30 members, with the Right Rev. C. J. Ellicott, D. D., bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, as chairman; while the American commit tee, with the Rev. Dr. Woolsey, formerly president of Yale college, as chairman, consisted of 17 members. These 47 schol ars were universally acknowledged to be the best fitted for the task, and their work is the crowning feature of the 19th cen tury in biblical study. The King James, or authorized version of the Bible, published In 1611, was made up from manuscripts, none of which were of earlier date than the seventh century. But within the last 50 years, three still older manuscripts were brought to light, j wnica, accoraing io our oesc critics, De long to the fourth and fifth century. These manuscripts carry us back some 250 years earlier than any which were used" in the construction of the King James version. It was principally their discov ery which made a revised version neces sary; and It was the study of the text of these manuscripts which led to nearly all the changes In the revised version. If any one desires to realize the changes thus wrought In the text, let him run his eye down the marginal notes of the re vised version, where he will find, "Many ancient authorities read," "Many ancient authorities omit this," "Many ancient authorities omit." etc These facts very forcibly show the Imperfections of the text There are several thousand differences, many of them very slight, but some of great Importance In showing that the text has been tampered with to a marvelous extent. For instance, we see that some passages of considerable length are marked as spurious, Mark xvi:9-20, John vli:53 to vlikll, and I John v:7, being the most Important The passage In Mark is the last 12 verses of the last chapter, and contains the only mention In this gospel of the corporal manifestation of Jesus af ter ihe crucifixion. It also reports Jesus as saying: "He that believeth and is bap tized shall be saved; but he that bell&veth not shall be damned. ... In my name shall they cast out devils." (Ver. 16-17, A. V.). The marginal note of the revisors concerning this passage, is: "The two oldest Greek manuscripts, and some other authorities, omit from verse 9 to the end. Some other authorities have a different ending to the gospel." The passage in John covers 12 verses, and. Is the only mention of the woman taken In adultery. This touching epilogue. with Its profound ethical sense. If internal evidence were a guide, might well be affirmed as a typical example of the teachings of Jesus, yet, say the revisors plteously, "Most of the ancient authorities omit John vll:53 to vIII:lL Those which contain it vary much from each other." The verse In the first epistle of John v:7 is the only direct enunciation In the Bible of the dogma of the trinity: "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." This passage Is left out of the revised version without even the compliment of a marginal note. It has been known to be a forgery by all theologians of learning for a thousand years; it is absent from every authentic Greek manuscript; it was repudiated by Luther, and banished from the German Bible In his lifetime. According to Dr. Samuel Davidson, the recognized authority on the subject, the canon, or established subject-matter, of the New Testament was practically set tled during the latter half of the fourth century. Consequently these additions were made after the settlement of the canon. The question, therefore, of Pro fessor Huxley is In point: "If. after an approximate settlement of the New Testa ment, and even later than the fourth and fifth centuries, literary fabricators had the skill and audacity to make such ad ditions and interpolations as these, what may they have done when no one had thought of a canon; when oral tradition, still unfixed, was regarded as more valu able than such written records as may have existed In the latter, portion of the first century?" Undoubtedly changes were made from A. D. 150 to A. D. 350; but what were they? Reuss, the renowned German biblical critic, says: "It may be asserted with tolerable certainty that, the further back we go in the history of the text, the more arbitrarily was it treated." But how can we detect these changes? We can discover corruptions more recent than our oldest manuscripts, but here Is a period several centuries beyond even our oldest texts. Just as our three oldest manuscripts proved the King James version corrupt and Imperfect In many places, so an older manuscript would certainly reveal errors whero we do not now know of them. These three oldest manuscripts enable us to set aside the only direct Trinitarian text in Scripture as spurious; so a manu script dating from A. D. 150 might compel us to drop out Matthew's last three verses, wherein the disciples are directed to baptize "in the name of the Father, and of the Son. and of the Holy Ghost" They show us that the last 12 verses of Mark are spurious; so a manuscript of the year A D. 100 might lead us to set aside all other statements of the corporal manifestation of Jesus after his death. They discredit the statement in John as not only being omitted from most of the ancient authorities, but show us that those which contain it "vary much from each other"; so, also, a true copy of the first text might lead us to reject the ac counts ir Matthew and Luke of the mirac ulous conception of Jesus, so typical of' the legends surrounding the birth of the virgin-born gods of so many ancient re ligions. It may be asserted that these Inferences are not probable. They are certainly pos sible, and therefore legitimate. There Is nothing to exclude them, and the fact which obtrudes Itself upon the attention of every thinking man is that which is so admirab'y stated by David Hume: "It is contrary to experience that mirae'es can be true, but It is not contrary to expe rience that testimony may be false." " OTIS KING. Shipbuilding In Germany Philadelphia Record. Germany, since 1E95, has built and de livered 24 war vessels to other nations, besides vessels of her own, as follows: Three protected cruisers, 30 torpedo-de stroyers, 11 torpedo-boats. There are now 22 war vessels under construction for the following nations: Japan, one protected cruiser, one torpedo-destroyer and eight torpedo-boats: Ital5 four torpedo-destroyers; Brazil, one torpedo destroyer; Rus sia, three protected cruisers and "four torpedo-destroyers. o The 15th annual report of Toynbee Hall, Lon don, shows an encouraElas rxpansTon of social sottlement work. ywwgBr-ffiF"'F''-rniii mir inmwnwnM & i 3KI&& a AJWMZ iMjmmMjmmaAKd T. i .Offfftyini i f ii i mm.igfcYiteSSaafcwW x"-x.. smmaKSxmaZMSZi ffifflWmSBm TnrzW A'Z; & &rtakflQ "SsweS6?? 5i,3.wT&S'Si (11 ' T" raid Jp'&iff- jawuYtW7iL., .v.: iK i ym i&rr.K!. mr Sb;. -jx jLTyAiSKfv.'rjtvM7Lt1jim'm-'ritmtrisrr -li-Htrt- f?v f fuv f ffr"'A mmmmmmmmHmmmLm v ' mmmmmM m "WITH BUSIXESS STARTS OFF WELL THE XEW YEAR. Monetary Conditions Have Grown Easier "Weekly Trade Reviews of Dnn and Braditrcet. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade will say in tomor row's issue: The business of the new year begins well, though there is still much of the usual hesitation. In branches where last year's business was extraordinary and prices have risen greatly, some pause is natural, though nothing indicates decrease of consuming opposition or purchasing power, but there is a continuing rise in wages to promote increase. Monetary conditions have grown easier with the re turn of $4,000,000 from tne interior during the week, and further deposits by the treasury and more liquidation in some speculative stocks has also helped. Banks report an increase in their per cent ot commercial loans, and rates were more easy after the decline announced by Euro pean Danks. The furnaces in blast January 1 were producing weekly 294.1S6 tons of pig iron, against 295,959 December 1, but as several had stopped only for the holidays and others had started, the output now i3 probably larger than at either date. It exceeds consumption at least, as the Iron Age hows an increase of 9256 tons in un sold stocks, but manufacturers apparently consumed, during the jear, 13,831,626 tons les small net exports in December. The increase since 1S92 is about 4,223,003 tons, or 46.5 per cent. Prices change scarcely any, nor is new business significant. The minor metals are strong In tone, but are without much change in prices. Textile manufacturers are more fully employed than for a long time, though scarcity of water has troubled some cotton mills. Trading Is embarrassed by uncertainty about prices. Wool is not active, nor are speculators or manufacturers in haste to buy at current prices, though the goods market shows some advances for the next season, with excellent trade thus far. The effect upon the season's sales cannot ba judged. Cotton goods have been quiet and i no longer advance in prices, as the market for the material Is uncertain in tone. The boot and shoe manufacturer has a similar difficulty, for while shipments arc heavier than ever before at this seasan, in two weeks 179.37G cases, against 118,174 last year, and 171,751 In 1898, as the rapid distribution to corsumers causes most ur gent calls for goods previously ordered, yet dealers are slow to order more in the fear that prices will not hold. Manufacturers insist that still full ad vances are needed to cover the cost of leather. The Chicago market for hides is weaker, with a lower average than at any time since November 1. Cotton moves go slowly that belief in a very short crop is constantly strengthened, but foreign de mands are much reduced also. On Janu ary 5 only G,009,031 bales had come into sight, against 8,001,916 last year, but ex ports had decreased 1,725,000 bales, and European stocks were far below last year's. For the present, foreigners are using up old stocks instead of buying more, and the price hesitates. Wheat has been slow to move also, Atlantic exports In two weeks having been only 4,376,514 bushels, flour included, against 9,452,105 last year, and Pacific, 1-.312.993, against 1,521, 051 last year. The prices closed a fraction higher. Failures for the week have been 271 in the United States against 31S last year, and 25 in Canada, against 24 last year. DEMAND IS QUIET. Trices, However, Continue Steady in Nearly All Lines of Trade. NEW YORK, Jan. 12, Bradstreet's to morrow will say: Quietness as to demand but marked steadiness as to prices is still the leading feature in trade lines, a condition it might be remarke"d not uncommon at this stago of the yeaT, which is a sort of middle ground between stock-taking and inven tory time and the actual opening of the spring season. , Aggressive strength in prices is confined to a few staples, such as pork product?, which are firmly held on a rather tardy recognition of the fact that supplies, both of live hogs and dead meats, are far from burdensome. Tallow, cotton-seed oil and similar products are sympathetically strong. Raw and refined sugars havu both advanced this week, not apparently because of the war .between the refiners being settled, but really because suppllps of raw are limited. Quito a flurry in cor fee occurred as a result of reports of an outbreak of the plague at Rio. The bear ish pressure in cotton has not been re laxed this week, but the disproportion be tween the decline in spot and options would seem to point to the bear campaign having been less profitable than hoped for. What few lines of next season's woolen goods have been reported are at advances ranging from 25 to 35 per cent, and much interest attached to the reception that 'will be given these increased quotations. Penn ing the settlement of this, raw wool is dull but firm, and speculation is natur ally lic-ht. Iron and steel are extremely quiet, but signs of weakness are not numerous, the shading in pig iron being confined to a few grades and markets. Production in Do. 1 comber was below expectations, being ar- maiamaBmmilkxwiim4mii!mmam iimiii i i mrSMrmtm Telephone any- druggist in the city and ask him about Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets the original "one day cold cure". He has sold it for years and can tell you of its merits. Laxative Bromo-Quinine is the only exclusive cold remedy sold by every druggist in the United States and. Canada. Look for this Signature 0 wtL- on every box. a fected by holiday shutdowns, but there 13 ! little doubt that the aggregate production for 1SD9 will not be much below 13,700,000 records, and having a counterpart in the 1 unexampled output of coke also reported S for last year. Stocks of ore on Lake Erie I are reported little in excess ot a year ago, notwithstanding the greatest profiui: I tion on record. The quiet in pig iron ex tends practically to all the finished brancn es of the trade, and hardware is also quiet, but none the less firm, as evidenced by the reports of further advances by Western jobbers. Tin is speculatively high- er this week, but copper has sagged off. The demand for lumber is naturally light, but the length of supplies is nota- ble, as evidenced by the fact that white 1 pine stocks are 22 per cent smaller than a year ago. The mild weather and lack of snow in the Northwest, if long continued, is thought likely may affect the cut this winter. The large yellow-pine order for 10,000,000 feet for the pan-American expo sition at Buffalo, erroneously printed 10, 030,000,000 feet last week, is still unplaced. 1 Cereals have been almost hopelessly dull , this week on the "hand-to-mouth" de mand. Stocks are large, and crop reports are in' the main favorable, but short sel lers are nervous, In view of possible for ' eign complications. Prlco changes not only , in wheat, but in corn and other grains, are the smallest noted for many weeks I past. j Hides are dull at the East, but consid- I erable buying is reported West, and quo- tations are fairly firm. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 4.24S.92C bushels against 2,509,082 bushels last week, 5,G17,0S1 bushels in the corrc- ; spon(iing week of 1S99, 5,'29-1.517 bushels in 189S, 3,94S,la4 bushels in 1S97 and 3,202,124 bushels in.lSGO. Since July 1 this season the exports of wheat aggregate 110,742,805 bushels, against 1S4,036,04S bushels last year and 138.S42.910 bushels in 1S97-9S. The current week's failure returns re flect the annual clearing out of delht cv.er.t traders in a total for the week or '295. as compared with 229 last week, 301 in this week a year ago, 323 in 1S9S, 47S in i 1S97 and 412 In 1S96. Bimlc Clearinss. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows -tne bank clearings at principal cities tor the week ended January 11, with the percent age of increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: Clearings. Inc. Dec. S1.17'J.ir7,000 7.8 ew Y0rlt Boston 14,l,8bt5,uih) 4.0 Chicago 145,u53,n00 I Phllauclphia iW.Uio.OOO St. Louis 34,StD.UUO 4.8 I Pittsburg 18,oJi,0l)0 2J.J .... 1 Baltlmoie l.OJU.oOO G.O San Francisco lS.till.UOO 215.1 Cincinnati 17,471,000 'i.i .... Kansas CI tj 13,341,000 10.0 .... I fev Orleans li,lM5,0U0 1-0.4 .... , Minneapolis 10,013,000 3.0 .... I Detroit. 8,027,000 '2.1 ! Cleveland Il,7o7.uoo lS.b ! Louisville 0,531,000 11.4 Providence i,vo7,000 .... .'J '.Milwaukee 0,Ul4,Lo0 1.0 St. Paul 0,lo7,000 20. liuflalo 5,810,000 ,ai.l Omaha 0,jO5,000 .... 14.3 Indianapolis 7,030, 0U0 5.0 Columbus, O., 5,414, 00J 7.3 Savannah 4,148,000 -12.3 .... Denver 5,i.l4,LUv 4b.l .... Richmond 3,730,000 12.0 Hartford : 3,t30,0A 10.3 Memphia 3,77l',O0O 32.U Wasningtcn 3,110,000 10.15 .... Peoria 2,83,000 20.0 .... Portland, Or 2,000,443 4.0 .... Rochester 1,108,000 0.3 New Haven 1, 002,000 21.4 "Worcester r 1,410,000 .... 18.2 Atlanta 2,13li,000 15.7 .... Salt Lake 2,100,0v0 12.8 Spr.ngneld, Mass.... " 1,501,000 8.7 uort "Worth 2,001,000 2S.3 .... Portland, Me 1,417,000 .... 22.0 St. Joseph 4,103,000 (58.0 Lcs Angeles 2,108,000 40.0 Norfolk l,l!l(5,U00 ..,. 17.7 Syracuse 1,551,000 .... 4.0 Dtt? Moines 1, 08.2,01)0 .... 11.1 Nashville 1,732,000 10O .... Wilmington, Del 801,000 .... 10.4 Fall River 05S.O0O .... 10.0 Scranton 1,212,000 1C.7 Grand Rapids 1,050.000 44.7 .... Augusta, Ga. 1,183,000 52.5 Lowell 05(5.000 21.3 .... Dayton, 0 1,201.000 33.0 Seattle 1.088,313 (55.0 Taccma 023,358 27.1 Spokane 1.30S.4&2 15.0 ... Sioux City 1,145,000 10.0 .... New Bedford 442,000 .... 34.0 Knoxvllle, Tenn 040,000 10.5 Topeka 505,000 31.3 Birmingham 852,000 77.4 AMchlta 423.UJ0 Binghamton 544, 0C0 17.7 Lexington. Ky 41W.O0O 15.0 Jacksonville, Fla 01,000 7.0 Kalamazoo 523,000 27.8 Akron 447,000 13.7 Chattanooga. .' 441,000 25.0 Rocktord, 111 303,000 13.0 .... Canton. 0 318,000 4S.7 Springfield, 0 203,000 1.8 .... Fargj. N. D S8S.O00 207.2 .... Sioux Falls, S. D 177,000 30.0 . . .. Hestingu, Nsb 1S7,0u0 OG.O Fremont. Neb 134,000 .... 2.8 Dawnpcit 1.147,000 77.1 .... Toledo 2,283,000 2S.S Galves:on 7,GtS1.000 .... 3.0 Houston S.OOO.OOO 11.7 .... Toungstown OGd.OOO 22.4 .... Macn 810,000 30.7 TSvansvIlle 021,000 Helena 541,000 .... 2S.5 Little Rock 500,000 3S.1 .... Spilrgtield, 111 -.. 331,000 13.S .... Sag.naw 367,000 Total, U. S $l,Si;7.300.S35 .... Totals outside- N. Y..S Gia;422,017 4.7 DOMINION OF CANADA. Montreal 5 10.771.533 04.0 Toronto '. 13,374,382 3.0 Winnipeg 2,5SS,5)0 37.2 .... Halliax 1.SG0.832 S.2 .... Hamilton '. S3S 300 10.4 .... St. John. N. B OT 1,102 13.0 .... Vancouver , 7SS.330 20.7 .... Victoria 764,551 12.G Totals ? 33,773,601 0.S .... In Flnnncinl UlnrJiets. NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Bradstreet's financial review tomorrow will say: Dullness characterized the stock market 3SSE3ESSSZ iZgjf iw:ferarirM r.ysa: C2s V77M77 in the early days of the week. There was I a manifest lack of buying power, and i commission houses were relatively idle, the ferent and somewhat resembling what I might be looked for in midsummer. Prices, i however, held well for a time, although the operations of the room traders were confined to a few speciulties and revolved largely around the question of dividends, to be declared last Tuesday on Louis ville & Nashville and Federal Steel, though the market took a favorable view of the ( trunk lino deals and the acquisition of the Bls Four and Lake Erie & Western by tll vanderbilts. The relief for the monev I market from the strain In operations of the Januarv disbursements, and the lanre amount of money unlocked at that time, of which a considerable portion is presum ably coming back into Wall street for in ! vestment, seem to have failed to produce , the expected effect upon quotations. Money on call ruled easy, a 5 per cent rate be- ing generally quoted, while bankers' bal ! ances declined Friday to as low as 3V. to j 4 per cent. Time money is, however, firmly held at G per cent, though some 1 lenders show a disposition to relax their attitude to the extent of putting out fundn at the rate of GO days, while borrowers are indifferent and inclined to wait for easier rates. The fall In the foreign money market discount in London, being down to 4 per cent, and the reduction of the Bank of England and Bank of France minimum figures to 5 and 4 per cent, respectively, had a good effect, excepting in New York, showing a tendency to decline, which neg atives the earlier presumption that some further amounts of gold would be shipped. MRS. XAWTON TO MRS. LOGAN Touching: Letter "Written Before Her Own llcrcavcnient. i "Washington Special to New York Press. Mrs. Lawton expects to sail from Manila early in January, bringing with her the body of the general, which will be buried in Arlington. Secretary Root has given orders that the bodies of General Lawton, Major John A. Logan and Lieutenant Led yard shall be brought on the first trans port to sail home together. General Law ton took a fatherly interest in Major Lo gan and Mrs. Logan. 'The major's mother today received a letter from Mrs. Law ton expressing her sympathy. The let ter was written just a?ter Major Logan's death, and it was received here just a week after the death of her own husband. Mrs. Logan has sent a copy of the letter to the war department, and it is made public simply to show how true a soldier's wife is Mrs. Lawton. It was dated Novem ber 15, and is as follows: "My Dear, Dear Mrs. Logan I am per fectly heartbroken for you, and know not what to say. When Jack arrived, so shdrt a time ago, I was ill in bed, but had his room all ready, and I nad given instruc tions to be informed the moment he land ed. Plans were changed, and he did not stop, but went straight on to action with General Wheaton's brigade. "Since his merry, warm-hearted boyhood, your boy has been very dedr to Mr. Law ton and me. and I did not need Mrs. Tuck er's good letter to make me feel that no other home must be Jack's out here but ours. And in case of illness he should bo my pleasant care. I was only waiting to see Jack to answer Mrs. Tucker's letter. "And now oh! what can I say to you? What can I do for you? Be sure, for his dear sake as well as yours, everything pos sible that kind hands, loving hearts and sympathetic presence can d,o I will do for you. You already know where Jack died: that he was magnificent, doing so splen didly in every sense, worthy of his noble father. You may all well be proud of him. I am, and think of you with a very full heart. May the good God give you strength to bear this terrible sorrow. Always af fectionately, "MARY CRAIG LAWTON." TEXAS P,EARL HUNTERS, Some Valuable Gems Are Fonnd in the Lone Star State. New York Post. "Some fine pearls from the Concho river, in Texas, are now marketed in this city." said a local dealer in precious stones. "Of late years pearl hunting in that locality has been developed into a considerable industry. The harvest is brought north by a competent man about twice a year. As a rule the pearls command as high a price as any in the market. No finds of extraordinary value have been made, so far as I know, but the average is very good. Most of the pearls find a sale at between 55 and ?35; a good many come nearer the latter price than the former. Some years ago nobody considered the Texas pearls as important: the growth of the industry has been gradual and quiet. "Men hunt -along the Concho from its mouth to its source at various times; but the most profitable fields seem to be In Sterling, Concho and Tom Green counties, where a number of p:arl-trading compa nies have been organized, both for har vesting and selling. While these counties yield the greater part of the harvest, the Llano river and other tributaries . of the upper Colorado river are good hunting grounds. I have, he.rd it said that some valuable pearls have been found there.'' . a-o- An Ohio man has patented a street-car floor which will prevent people treading on sitting passengers' toes the edges of the floor being double, with the upper thickness supported at intervals on brack ets to lift it high enoujh to allow the passengers' tees to slip under. I i --'-a""iiiiM'ii'M .. vi:uj-.in.t .t-.-.... ,f. - , VMmjmqzEBsm rmmmzsMA aoy x va IMmmMxW AsI vAWA iwJkMA t G&rr'gr y Mi 'xsj-j mi i $?m mmYSuWJ7fm MwmM v ll-Vl. ': : -.' v:' ;::-.:.:-.-. reggarerc SSBPSJimgW LAND OF BIG TURTLES MORE ISLANDS OF THE LIKELY SO OX TO BE PACIFIC OURS. . . Already an American Citizen To Acciuirc by Purchase. It Is probable that before many moons we will have acquired UU another new Pacific territory the Galapagcs group, says a Washington special to the Pittsburg Dispatch. Therefore, It Is well to know something about these Islands in advance. That Uncle Sam wants them was made evident by the recent passage of the Lodgo resolution, practically an otllcial ob jection to their falling into European . win was lare tha it required sS or hands. Furthermore, Uncle Sam has re- , eight men to Hf jt. otners yielded 200 Gently shown suiliclent interest in them to . pounas of meat apiece, exclusive of their quietly dispatch Commander Tanner to j bones and shejL Thls j,.jam rept, nat thcir shores for investigation purposes. . uraiiy tame and inoffensive, Is ood The group is lying idle. Ecuador, the par- j eating. Its delicious meat was what ote- ent state, makes no use ot tnem. w e need them as a means of protecting our future isthmian canal. They are believed to be for sale. Their transfer to any Eu ropean country would be a defiance of the Monroe doctrine. Ergo, they will be ours. The Galapago Islands lie 600 miles west of Ecuador, and If populated would be the natural stopping place for all vessels coasting on the Pacific between North and South American ports. They extend 90 miles north and the same distance south of the equator. They consist of six prin cipal islands, nine smaller and many in significant satellites. Their name Is the plural of the Spanish word "Galapago," which in English means "tortoise." The accent is placed upon the second sylla ble "ap." The great Darwin, who visited them, regarded them as one of the greatest won ders of the world. "The archipelago is a little world within itself." was one o Darwin's tributes. He declared that he never dreamed that islands so near to gether, and surrounded by such a uniform environment, could be tenanted by living creatures so widely different. It was his theory that they had never been united, but had ever been separate volcanic peaks protruding from the deep. Each of the principal islands is a suc cession of peculiarly uniform volcanic cones, welded together by black lava poured from the brlms of. thousands of blazing craters. No less than 2000 craters stand ready to belch forth death and de struction. Only One Unman Occupant. Chatham Island will probably be found more suitable for our naval purposes than any of the group. It is the nearest of all to the South American coast, possesses a fertile soil, and is of considerable size, being 24 miles long by eight wide. It contains several good anchorages, notably Fresh Water bay, an open roadstead on the south side,' and Stepnens bay, to the northeast. It Is the only island of the group where ships can now find abundant fresh water at all times of the year. It is a remarkable fact that the only human occupant of the group Is already an American citizen. This lonely inhab itant's name is Coboss. He is an Ecua dorian by birth, although a citizen of the United States by naturalization. PIo Is monarch of all he surveys In Pro gresso, an inland village whose popula tion once numbered 300, and which is reached by five miles of good roadway from a bay on the west coast. Progresso contains land once cultivated to produce tropical fruits, vegetables and sugar-cane. Herds of wild cattle and many wild hogs roam about Mr. Coboss' lonely retreat. Albemarle, largest of the group, and fur thest but one from the continent, is GO miles long and 15 across at its greatest width. It rises to six huge craters, the greatest 4700 feet high, all surrounded by hundreds of lesser cones. One of the harbors, be ing considered a future station for our navy, lies between this large Island and Narborough, westernmost and highest of the group. This harbor is known as Ta gua Cove. It l:es within the northern part of a strait separating the islands, and Is formed by an extinct crater. Its sides are inaccessibly steep. The interior is hardly perceptible .from the open sea. The Abode of Ruceaiiecrs. Commander Tanner, the officer of our navy who lately visited the archipelago, made some observations upen Charles island, south of Albemarle, and 21 miles in circumference. It is a peculiar succession of round-topped hills, ths highest 17S0 feet. It was once the abode of the buccaneers, who two centuries ago plied the waters near the rich city of Pan ama, and were familiar with all the Gala pages irles. Sixty years ago Ecuador established up on Charles island a penal colony of 200 or SCO people, nearly all colored, banished for political purposes. Their settlement was five miles Inland upon a lava pla'n 1000 feet high. About the:r scattered huts they grew sweet potatoes and bananas. These convicts Pome years ago revolted, killed their governor and fled. leaving be hind pigs, cattle, donkeys and . horses, which became wild. Subsequent to this event, and whilo the island was unsuspected of human occupa tion, a man was repeating a veritable Robinson Crusoe experience thereon. A party from the vessel Albatross, while collecting specimens some years ago upon Charles Island, was surprised to set eyes upon a man nearly naked carrying a pig upon his back. His hair and beard had grown to great length, and he had NO CORE, NO PAY. Price, 25c sssmssszs3sssssssszzszsssnssssss& .K.n.'. 77 f ... Vfri&AMffi. V T-' aSBiSSSS&g&f lost all notion of time. He Informed his discoverers that some years previously he had come from Chatham Island with ,i party In search of valuable mow 11 U companions had deserted him. and amoe that time he had lived alone, subsist in'-: upon fruits and herbs. He had captured j wfld cattle in traps, killing them with a I spear maue oy tying a pocKei-Kiuie io the end of a long stick. lie made u hut , with their hides. The Albatross returned ' thtc Ppircno TSTr tn r'HnHwtian fttlftrwl much to his delight. Commander Taxmcr lately found Charles island utterly unin habited by human beings, although the livestock left by the revolting-' eonrtcts had greatly multiplied. He found a snug bay abounding with rich sea food. Tortoises That "IVeiprU -tOO Ftmtttki. The giants of the land tortoise family are found in the Galapagos. It was from their species that the name of the aiehi pelago was derived. The monster gJa pago grows to -tOO pounds or mere in weight. One specimen mentioned by JDar- jjny attracted the buccaneers to the group. The galapago drinks great quantities of water enough to last him many weeft. Men In the archipelago have been known to kill them and drink the contents of their Internal storage reservoirs, when faced with death from thirst. Darwin rode? on their backs, and timed their speet! or travel, discovering It to be about four miles a day. Single vessels are known to have carried away 700 of them In on load. The result Is that the valuable creator la now nearly extinct. Americans In the Galapagos would en joy a climate considered remarkable, in view of the fact that these isles He di rectly upon the equator. The breezes blowing over them day and night are cooled by the singularly low temperature of the surrounding sea. fed by the chilled waters of the great Arctic current. A TINY REPUBLIC It Has the Smallest Population Any Established Government. el Philadelphia Times. As regards population, the smallest re public in the world is that of Tavolara. an island about live miles long, with an aver age width of little more than half a mile. situated about a dozen miles to the north east of Sardinia. The total population ot the whole of the republic does not ex ceed GO, but they elect a president every six years and a council of six members, all of whom serve the state without pay The women of this island go to the poll- and vote with the men. and ever sine it became a republic, in 1SSS. ail public busi ness has been transacted without tur moil, the elections taking place without any high party feeling or undue excite ment. In 1S36. King Charles Albert of Sardinia granted the island of Tavolara. to a faintly of the name of Bartoleonl, but in less than half a century the inhabitants threw off the yoke of the monarchy and took to themselves the right to be governed by themselves. This little war did not alarm the world, and was quite a peaceful one King Paul I reigned until 1SS2, and on hi? deathbed requested that none of his kin should succeed to the throne, and as no one claimed the honor four years later the poeplo decided to draw up a consti tution, and Tavolara has been a very suc cessful little republic since. Twelve years ago Its independence waa recognized by Italy, and. it is to be pre sumed, other powers would have recog nized It also If they had known of Its ex istence. The Inhabitants Jive principally by Ashing and raising fruits and vetreta bles. Lincoln, England, has In Newport Arch, its northern gate, the oldest gateway in Great Britain, which Is also the only re maining Roman gateway. e9 The Many Fail, t One Succeeds : ! f Liebipf, the great chemist, Jr succeeded in making that sci- ofa ectific marvel, Extract of Beef, f9 v the essence of all that is best j s& in beef. The makers of 1 ( ? ctf ? ? I" nSrfra H" nr S . H ,rflf A.VJ. QVfeV ji. succeeded, over thirty years ago. under his direction, in $ making this product so perfect as tG secure his endorsement Sg? and the right to use his signa pg, ture en every Jar. There have been many imitattoag, mostly fcihiros. but none aparoaeb InK the Liable Comfjts's fbr par ity, strcegth anil tins iliTor. C&ifor&tfoff&r$r49r4r - f ' " , ?- --?7r L&ZSP4m wrm i v Mm ZtSKC'.".! aW- ''. T ' Vvvfc1! 'TEiL bKviV. ' ?(?". 1 fo ' 1 ' ! Lderag 4. ---r -S-T A -P -to. ,!, UJMh'ANYS Beef