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TRE MOKNING OflEGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAECH 15, 1900. -3 TARIFF BILL TO WAIT Senators Will Try to Compro mise the Differences. AGREEMENT REACHED AT CAUCUS Relief Bill "Will Be Panned at Once, and Government Measure Disposed Of as Soon as Possible. WASHINGTON, March 14. The Repub lican Senators in caucus today reached a partial agreement on Puerto RIcan legis lation. The House bill appropriating $2, 000.000 is to be taken up and passed imme diately. The bill fpr a civil government of the island Is to be taken up and aisposed of as soon as possible, and the tariff bill Ib to be delayed for the present, "while a committee of seven Senators, selected by Chairman Allison, -will try to compromise the differences on the -revenue bill and secure a measure which Republican Sen tors generally can support. This partial agreement was reached after a caucus lasting from 9 o'clock until 5:30. The temper of the debate today was much milder than that of yesterday. As soon as it was generally understood that the tariff features of the legislation were to be postponed, the discussion reverted to the governmental feature of the bill, and upon this subject the time was mostly spent. Foraker explained many features of the bill, and was frequently Interro gated, so that he was on his feet a rreat deal of the time. He 'was auestloned by different Senators, most of whom wanted to know the tariff or other provisions of the bill. It was Intimated that the bill could be amended if not satisfactory, and Senators opposed to e tariff on Puerto Rlcan products said that there would not be the least objection to passing the Gov ernment bill. Elklns said that he favored leaving not only the question of revenues, but the government of the Island as well, to the President. He thought the island would be much better off under military rule for the next two years than under any government that could be devised by Congress. He particularly counseled de lay. There was general unanimity as to the wisdom of providing for Immediate action oh the J2.O00.O00 relief proposition. Senator Piatt, of Connecticut, who was not heard yesterday, expressed himself as firmly convinced that the principle of a protective tariff In the Interest of the Industries- of the United States should be sustained In whatever was done. Hoar talked at considerable length about the legal phase of the question, express ing the opinion that the Senate could not act -with too great deliberation in consid ering so momentous a subject. Warren agreed with Hoar upon this lat ter point. He had, he said, been favorable to absolute free trade between Puerto Rico and the United States proper, but he had listened with interest and profit to the arguments on the other side, and he did not believe that the subject had been exhausted by any means. He felt that everything was to be gained and nothing to be lost by proceeding deliberately, es pecially in view of the fact that the en tire problem was new. Many other speeches were made in the ame line, notably by Senators Aldrlch and Mason. At this point the suggestion of a committpe was made, and as soon as the authority for Its appointment was given, the caucus adjourned sine die. , BORDER FORTIFICATIONS. House Committee Postpones Action on Sulzcr's Resolution. "WASHINGTON. March 14. In the meet ing of the House committee on military affairs today, Sulzer called up his resolu tion directing the Secretary of War to Inform the House what fortifications Great Britain is erecting along the northern frontier of the United States, especially at Puget Sound and In the Northwest border country. An amendment was made striking out the reference to Great Britain and making It refer "to any foreign power." A motion to postpone considera tion of the matter for a week prevailed on a party vote of six to five, and the reso lution went over without action. Pensions for Ofllccra "Widows. WASHINGTON, March 14. The House committee on pensions today ordered bills granting pensions to the widow of Colonel Stotsenberg, of the First Nebraska Reg iment, killed in the Philippines, at $40 per month; to the widow of Captain Allan Capron, killed in Cuba, at $30 per month, and to the widow of Captain Allan Cap ron, Sr., at 525 per month. The distinc tion in rate in the Capron cases is due to the property owned by Mrs. Capron, Sr. The bill pensioning the mother of Lieu tenant Brumby. Flag Lieutenant of Ad miral Dewey, went over, pending the de cision of the Pension Bureau in this case. THE FAMINE IN INDIA. Gravity of the Situation Made Worse by Drought and the Plague. The latest figures relating to the terri ble calamity that has fallen on a part of India show the numbers employed on re lief works: Bombay, 523,000; Punjab. 111, 000; Central Provinces. 1,173,000; Berar. 199,000; AJmere, 110.000; Rajputana, 203,000; Centrr-1 India, 37.000; Bombay States. 330. 000; Baroda, 61.000; total. 2,747,000. Lord Curzon's telegram to the India Office in London adds to this statement; "No rain; crop prospects becoming worse as the rain holds off, though in the Northwestern provinces and Oudh germination is good, and irrigated areas there and In Punjab are safe." The outside world can have but a faint idea of the disastrous effect of the conditions of things so coldly de scribed in the official statement given, but the following extract from the letter of a Bombay official, dated Ahmedabad, December S. 1S99. gives some slight Indi cation of it He says: "I came here on tour, and find there Is every evidence of famine, but the whole sale mortality of cattle is the most strik ing feature at present. Trains full of hides are to be seen going to the Bombay market, and this splendid breed of Guze rat cattle have already died In tens of thousands. It will take many years to make good the loss. "I am afraid this will, be the worst famine the Bombay Presidency and India generally has had for very many years past, the area is so extensive and the fail ure of grass and crops so absolute. In ad dition to which the water supply is fail ing. In this usually fertile province of Guzcrat-Rajputana and Kattiwar. they have had no such visitation within the century, and in the Deccan. alas! this is tho second acute famine in three years. It really seems as if this battle of saving life from plague and famine were never to cease. "I went to the poorhouse here, which thas only been started a short time, for people -who are picked up about the city precincts too weak to work and exhaust ed from nothing to eat. There are al ready 2:0 In the house little better than living skeletons. Some die every day In the poorhouse. It is only the beginning of what will yet worse, more acute, every month for at least six months to come. "There is not the slightest doubt that were the British Government not here now. whole provinces would get depopu lated, and with all the resources at our command the government is scarcely able tp stand the enormous drain on its re sources. The Government of Bombay has long since, had lo get assistance from the Government of India, for three years ol plague and famine have been too much." iLoihcr lntocmat-on from. yariaussaure.P4-. In India only adds to and confirms what this official describes. The plague still con tinues its ravages, In some places becom ing worse as the effect of famine in creases; the combination of the two scourges also tending to an .augmentation of crime and the spread of disaffection. To add to the seriousness of the outlook the wages paid to the people on the re lief works have had to be reduced on ac count of their increasing numbers and to avoid exhausting the famine fund. ' CANE AND BEET SUGAR. Production Transferred From the Tropica to the Temperate Zone. WASHINGTON. March 13. The transfer of augar production from the plantations of the tropics to the farms of the tem perate zone Is Illustrated by some figures just published by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics. They show that 95 per -ent of the sugar crop of the world was In 1S40 supplied by sugar cane, a tropical product, and but 5 per cent from beets, a product of the temperate zone; while in 1B99, but 34 per cent of the world's sugar supply was from cane and C5 per cent from beets. How much of this is due to the disappearance of slave labor which ex isted In all cane producing territory at the beginning of the period under review is left to the consideration of economists and sociologists; but It is a fact that the world's cane sugar crop of 1S99 would little more than supply the demands of the United States alone, after deducting the home consumption of the countries in which it Is produced. The total cane sugar crop of the world, as estimated by Wlllett and Gray, of New Tork, Is given as 2,862,000" tons, and with a few excep tions "includes local production for home consumption wherever known," while the figures of the Treasury Bureau of Statis tics show that the total sugar Importa tions of the United States In the calendar year 1899 were 1,904,170 tons, so that if all the cane sugar product of the world in 1899 were massed together and the local consumption of the countries of its pro duction deducted, the remainder would little more than equal the importations of the United States alone in that year. It is not to be understood from this statement, however, that the United States does in fact Import all of the world's sur plus of this sugar. On the contrary, our consumption of beet sugar is steadily In creasing, and was In the fiscal year 1899 greater than that of any preceding year in our history, with the single exception of 1897, when the Imports were abnormal by reason of expected changes in the tariff law. The total Imports of beet sugar in the fiscal year 1899 were 723.335,352 pounds, out of a grand total of 3.517,950,6S9 pounds, so that beet sugar, having captured the markets of Europe, s now supplying one fifth of the Imports into the United States, despite the proximity to the United States of so large a proportion of the cane sugar producing territory of the world. The following table shows the produc tion of cane and beet sugar in the principal producing countries of the world in the sugar year 1899-1900: Cane sugar: 1000 I Beet sugar: 1000 Countries tons.Countrles tons. Java 722Germany 17S0 Cuba 400IAustrla 1120 Hawaii 275France 960 Brazil 175IRussla 8S5 Mauritius 150jBelgium 290 Australia 140Holland 170 Louisiana 1321 All other 275 All other S6S Total 5480 Total 2662 Exnorts. The following table shows the world's production of beet and cane sugar at decennial perlocf"from 1840 to 1900, and the percentage which beet supplied of the total world's product at each period named: Cane suerar, 1000 Tear. tons. 1840 1100 1850 1200 1800 1510 1870 15S5 1SS0 1852 1SS0 2069 1900 2862 Beet sucar, 1000 tons. 50 200 289 831 1402 3633 5575 Total Pr ct. sugar, from 1000 sugar tons. beets. 1150 4.S5 1400 '14.29 1899 20.43 2416 24.40 3254 43.03 5702 63.70 8437 66.0S LIGHTHOUSES AND TENDERS Service on North Pacific Coast to Be Greatly Improved. WASHINGTON, March 9. The Light house Board has found, on opening bids for the Alaska tender for which 5100,000 was appropriated that prices have ad vanced and that It Is lmposloIe to secure the desired boat at the price set In the appropriation. The lowest bid secured was for J110.000 by Moran Bros., of Seat tle. The other bids were much higher. When the $100,000 estimate was made by the board the price of the materials neces sary In the construction of the vessel was much less than the figures at which the same can be had at present. Besides, the board dispensed with several desired appliances in order to keep the estimate inside of the appropriation. Included In these Items was 56000 for a towing appli ance and also an electric lighting plant. With the passage of the Foster light house bill, appropriating 300,000 for light houses and fog signals In Alaska, the Lighthouse Board feels the Immediate necessity of securing the services of a first-class tender. As soon as the season opens, It Is propoed to have the sites for the lighthouses and fog signals definitely determined upon, and parties will be sent out under the direction of the board for that purpose. It is also felt that the new tender should be provided at once, and, accordingly, it Is the intention to have an additional 530.000 allowed, which, with tho 5100,000 originally appropriated, will be sufficient to build a -very handsome tender. The Lighthouse Board proposes to erect the first lighthouse at Scotch Cap. tho gateway to St. Michael and Cape Nome. It Is expected by Senator Foster that the first appropriation of $300,000 will result In the construction of not less than 10 and possibly 12 stations. Each station will be provided with a fog signal, as well as a lighthouse. The presence of fog during certain seasons In Alaskan waters ren ders it desirable to have the fog signals combined at each station with the light No Postponement. The Pacific Coast Jobbers' & Manu facturers Association, through George Boole, member of the traffic committee, of Seattle, has asked that the meeting of the Interstate Commerce Commission, March 15, at San Francisco, be postponed until such time as the members in the states of New York and Vermont could be present. This was done in the hope of securing a fair and impartial decision on the ques tion Involved in the suit brought by the Business Men's Association of St. Louis against railroad companies terminating on the Pacific Coast and their Eastern con nections. Martin A. Knapp. of New York, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has notified Senator Foster that he will be present at the hearing in San Francisco. Accordingly, It Is under stood, no postponement will be had. j A t Archacloffical Exploration. .SAN FRANCISCO. March 14. President Wheeler has announced to the regents of the University of California that experts of acknowledged repute have been en gaged to make excavations and explora tions In parts of the world rich with relics of ancient learning. The entire expense of the work will be borne by Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst In Egypt Dr. George Relsner will have charge of the explorations. The materials collected by the scientists will be placed In the Archaeological Museum to be established at Berkeley. Blar Concession of Pulp Lands. TORONTO. Ont, March 14. By an agreement brought about In the Legisla ture, a big concession of pulp lands for 21 years is granted to a syndicate comprised of a number of Canadians, and includ'ng Marshall J. Dodge, of New York. The con cessions Include 50 equare miles on the Spanish. Vermillion and Onaplng Rivers, and In addition to the payment of the schedule of fees, the syndicate agrees to expend $500,000 within three years in the erection of a DUln and nnner mUL PLUMER NEAR HIS GOAL RELIEVING FORCE "WITHIN FORTY 3IILBS OF 3IAFEKING. Another Column Under Colonel Peelc- ham Is Marching: North From ICIni- berley to Raise the Slese. CAPE TOWN, March 14. Colonel Plum er is now within 40 miles of Matching. LOBATSI, March 8. Colonel Plumer's force reached here March 6. It is believed only a single bridge southward has been destroyed, and that otherwise the railroad Is Intact to within five miles of Mafeklng. Plumer has already dispersed several Boer police posts In this neighborhood, and is actively pushing his advance southward. MUST BE ItELIEVED SOON. MnfcUinRT Cannot Hold Out Much Longer. LONDON. March 14. Mafeklng can scarcely hold out much longer. The news of Colonel Plumer's approach has given substance to the rumors of its relief, but those best Informed are Inclined to think the relief is more likely to become ac complished by Colonel Peckham's column from Klmberley. Private advices have set forth that Colonel Plumer has almost giv en up hope of accomplishing anything more than harassing the Boers, though since these were written it Is stated that the diminished number of the investing force may have rendered Plumer's task more feasible. From Horschel comes tho statement that the total collapse of the insurgent colo nists is imminent General Cronje, according vto a Capo Town special, will sail for St Helena March 15, accompanied by all the Paarde burg prisoners. Cecil Rhodes is suffering from catarrh of the stomach, and Is unable to sail for England. Natal dispatches recount that the great est satisfaction is felt there at Lord Sal isbury's reply to the Boer Presidents' peace overture. A dispatch from Pleter marltzburg, published in the second edition of the Times, says: "The reply, especially the last para graph, relating to Independence, has been received in Natal, with a feeling of great relief, and Is dispelling all doubts." A private dispatch from Johannesburg has been received in London, dated Satur day, March 10, contradicting the reports that the mines are flooded, and all the machinery broken, .and asserting that all Is well. In the House of Commons today, the war loan passed Its third reading. JAMESON AT LADYSMITH. The Doctor Found Plenty to D.o Among: the Sick. NEW YORK, March 14. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Dr. Jameson was down with enteric fever and critically ill when Ladysmlth was re lieved. A private dispatch received here by a prominent South African states that he has rallied and Is likely to recover. Dr. Jameson was anxious to have a mili tary command In the campaign, but as the leader of the raid he was excluded from the service for political 'reasons, and was not welcomed when he arrived at Ladysmlth a few days before the invest ment of the town. His opportunity came. When the garrison was fever-stricken, he reverted to medical practice, and did 10 men's work in caring for the fever patients and the wounded soldiers. The peace envoys who have arrived at Lourenco Marques are high officials In the tw6 republics. Mr. Wo'.marans is a member of the Boer Executive Council and a blind follower of President Kru ger, who has Implicit confidence In his fidelity. While nearer 40 than 50 years old, he fought aj a youth in the first war of Independence, and was bitterly hostile to the Ultlandera and reformers. Tho South Africans describe him as an astute and crafty man, who has learned all he knows about politics from Mr. Kruger. Mr. Fischer has been State Secretary of the Free State and has exerted a strong influence ovei the Dutch leaders in Cape Colony. He had the reputation of being a strong advocate of peace a year ago, but President Steyn carried him into the war, and has been faithfully served by him. The Ministers, having the moral sup port of the United States, are Indifferent to the appeals which the Dutch Republics are making for foreign mediation, whether In Europe or America. They con fidently expect Lord Roberts to go from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, and are reso nate in fighting the battle of the United Empire. They will regard the Interven tion of any European power as an un friendly act, precisely as the Americans would have done at the close of the war with Spain, when the British Government refused to meddle in what did not con cern lL THE NEW YORK MEETING. Arrangements Practically Completed for the Pro-Boer Demonstration. NEW YORK, March 14. The arrange ments for the big pro-Boer mass meeting to be held at Cooper Union tomorrow night were practically completed last night at a meeting of the committee, held at the Morton House. Ex-Judge George M. Van Hoosen will preside, and among the speakers will be Montagu White, John E. Mllholland, William McAdoo, Robert B. Roosevelt, John DeWItt Warner and P. L. Van Wes sels. Mr. Van Wessels Is a brother of the Speaker of the Assembly of the Orange Free State. According to the pro gramme. Mr. White will confine himself to a clear explanation of the South Afri can situation, and the other two speakers will appeal to the audience for an ex pression of the people's desire for Inter vention by the United State?. A commit tee was appointed last night to take up a collection during the meeting. The question as to Just what resolu tions shall be offered during the meet Ing called for much discussion. The reso lution offered by Mr. Sulzer to Congress was suggested as a model, but John E. Mllholland, in a speech that roused the enthusiasm of the committeemen, argued for stronger resolutions. He asked that the President be called upon to make a firm demand for an ending by peaceful means of tho conflict. In reply to the conservative objections of another speak er, who feared that any demand on the part of this country would occasion a con flict with England, Mr. Mllholland said: "There will be no war. But the way to get peace out of John Bull Is to pre pare for the other thing. The wisdom of the American people Is greater than that of any Administration, and when the people express their will it will be carried out and carried out successfully." Other speakers took the same stand, and although the committee on resolu tions was not burdened with any Instruc tions, it was understood that the resolu tions to be offered tomorrow night will demand immediate and Arm. action at Washington. Another bigger meeting is being planned to take place In the Madi son Square Garden. LORD SALISBURY'S REPLY. A Firm Declination of the Appeal of the Boer Presidents. WASHINGTON. March 14. The answer of Lord Salisbury to the message from Presidents Kruger and Steyn, which was transmitted through our Government, was received at a late hour last night by Secretary Hay, through Mr. White, our charge at London. As indicated in tne London dispatches, the answer was a declination of the auDeaL It has been transmitted to Adelbert Hay, United States Consul at Pretoria, who will sub mit It to the two Presidents. This marks the end of the first overture toward peace. It Is believed here, how ever, that an effort will soon be made by tho Boers to attain peace, though re course may be had to some other agency than the United States. The President has decided that It Is not proper at this time -to make public tne text of the communications which have passed between Pretoria, London and Washington relative to the peace nego tiations. Therefore, the Allen resolution, adopted by the Senate, calling for the correspondence, must remain unanswered for the present, though there is reason to believe the cause for maintaining secrecy on this point will soon disappear. It is stated, however, that the press dispatches have indicated the salient features o the correspondence, with sufficient accuracy, and about the only omission, so far as can be learned, was the failure to develop the fact that the appeal of the Boer Government that the United States might bo allowed to intervene was accompanied by an earnest expression by .the Presi dent of his willingness to do anything within his power to bring about the ter mination of the war, which he hoped might be attained. Lord Salisbury's reply, while firmly de-. cllnlng the request of the Boer Govern ment, conveyed his appreciation of the commendable sentiments which inspired the President's utterances. Inasmuch as there appears to be some confusion in the public mind respecting the various efforts made by the Boers to end the war. It may be stated that this particular corre spondence, passing through the State De partment was separate and apart from, the note addressed by Presidents Kruger adn Steyn to nearly all the Continental powers, believed to be in sympathy with their cause, and was also distinct from the appeal addressed directly to Lord Sal isbury by the two Presidents, which, with His Lordship's answer, formed the subject of the communication made yesterday by him to Parliament Patrick Eiran's Views. NEW YORK; March 14. Patrick Egan. ex-minister to Chile, and ex-president of the Irish National Federation, has writ ten a letter. In which he says: "I think I know the Irish people as a whole and In detail at home and abroad, as well as any other living man, and 1 can say conscientiously that outside of the Immediate place-holders and hangers on of the British Government, the Orange Fraternity, the landlords and castle shop keepers, and a mere handful of the so ciety people, known as 'Cawstle Cawthol lcs,' making a grand total of not over 15 per cent of the entire population, there are none In Ireland who want Victoria as their Queen, or who have any other feeling for her than one of coldest In difference. If not actual hatred. "The present momentous occasion Is one that demands dignified but unflinch ing manhood on the part of leaders of the Irish people. Let us hope that they will not be found wanting." The Fight at Abraham's Kraal. PRETORIA, March 13. Commander De larey's report of the flgnt at Abraham's Kraal Saturday says: "The British were estimated to number 40.000 men. Their first assault was re pulsed. Only two Boers were wounded. Tho second assault was made on the hills to the left of our position. These hills Tvere of great strategic Importance. Ap preciating this,. I and 300 men defended the position from 9 In the morning until sundown. The burghers fought like heroes, and three times repulsed masses of the British, who kept relieving their tired men. At sundown there was not 50 yards between us. The British lost heavily. No accurate returns of our losses are available." Nearlnf? the Free State Capital. PRETORIA, March 13. A dispatch from Bloemfontein says that, in view of the military situation, the seat of government may be removed to Kroonstaad. Races at Nevr Orlenns. NEW ORLEANS, March 14. The re sults of the races were: Six furlongs Tradltz won, Tlmtlne sec ond, Maggie Davis third; time, 1:14. One mile, selling Lovable won. Belle of Orleans second, Miss Dode third; time, 1:42. Steeplechase, short course, handicap Van Brunt won. Jim Hogg second. Seid enbach third; time, 3:114. Two and a quarter miles, selling, the Bush cup Albert Vale won, Nailer sec ond. Donna Rita third; time, 3:56. One mile, handicap Hurricane won, Florlzar second, Lady Callahan third; time. 1:40. Six furlongs, selling Iola won. Mousel toff second. Kilt third; time, 1:14. 0 Suicide of n Mining Man. EL PASO. Tex., March 14. M. A. Shay, of Marysvllle, Mont, 57 years of age, com mitted suicide here tonight at his room In a hotel by shooting himself through the forehead. Despondency due to" Ill health was the cause. Shay had been a mining man of prominence, and was well known on the Pacific Coast He left an unsealed letter addressed to his wife at Marysvllle, In which he said he had de cided to end his life, and asked her for giveness. MB Senator Goebel's Successor. COVINGTON, Ky., March 14. In the vote of Kenton County today to elect a Senator to the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Goebel, H. L. Harbison, Mr. Goebel's law partner, was elected by 529 majority over L. L. Creasey, his Re publican opponent. The majority for Goebel for this county and district was about 2000. The vote today was less than half the total vote of last November. 0 French Canadians Voted Against It. OTTAWA, Onb, March 14. Late last night the House divided on Bourascc's mo tion that the house refuse to consider the action of the Government in relation to the South African War as a precedent which would commit the Dominion to any such in the future, the vote stand ing 119 to 10 against it. The latter were all French Canadians, six Liberals and four Conservatives. 8 Accident on the Bnrllnprton. CHICAGO, March 14. The Chicago-Denver flyer, train No. 1. on the Burlington road, met with an accident tonight 25 miles west of Ottumwa, la. According to re ports received at the Burlington offlcd here, the engine of the train and the trucks of the first car were derailed. No person was injured. Utah Indian Lands Leased. SALT LAKE. March 14. A special to the Herald from Price. Utah, says Indian Agent Myton today leased 700,000 acres of Government land on the Uintah reser vation to Eastern Utah flockmasters. The leases run five years, and the amount In. volved Is 51S.SO0, which goes to the Uintah Indians. The Chain Trust. NEW YORK, March 14. Representatives of the various companies to be included In the Standard Chain Company mv at pres ent In this city. The company 13 capital ized at 53,000,000, and In addition there Isin authorized bond Issue of 5700.000, of which about 5600,000, It is understood, will be is sued at present e . Steel "Works Burned. FLINT. Mich., March 14. The Arm strong Steel Works burned early today. The loss Is estimated at $130,000. Golden's "brewery arid cooper ship, adjacent to the sieei worKS, were aiso aestroyed. e Plaprnc Situation at Sydney. SYDNEY, N. S. W March 14. Another death from bubonic nlnciip has nrrnrrrt ALL DISEASES $5 A MONTH It Means What It Says It Means Consultation, Painstaking, Careful Examination and a Complete Diagnosis of Your Case It Means All Medicines and Treatment in the Offices for Thirty Days All for the Nominal. Fee of Five Dollars. If You Pay More You Pay Too Much. Great numbers of people suffer from the mallgrn poisons of catarrh, as from other subtle chronic mala dies, without any correct or definite Idea of the nature of their affliction. The folIoTring: symptoms have been carefully arranged, to enable many sufferers to understand Just irhat it Is that alls them. Many diseases, DISEASE DISEASE OF HEAD AND THROAT The head and throat become dis eased from neglected colds, causing Catarrh when the condition of the blood predisposes to this condition. "Ii tht voloa hutkrT" "Do you aplt up slime 7" "Do you ch all oyer?" "Do you nor at ntchtf "Do you blow out cab at n!htr" "It your noi itopped up?" "Doa your not dUcharra?" "Does the nooe bleed easily?" Is thexe tickling In the throat?" "Ii this vore toward nlsht?" "Does tht news Itch and burn?" "Do you hawk to clear tb throat?" "Is thers pain across the ys?" "Is there pain In front of head?" "Is your eenas of smell leaving?" "la the thrott dry la the morning?" "Are you losing: your sent of taateT "Do you sleep with' your mouth opinT" "Does your nose stop up toward n!rht7" SYMPTOMS OF EAR TROUBLES Deafness and ear troubles . result from catarrh passing along the Eus tachian tube that leads from the throat to the ear. "Is your hearlnr falHnr?" "Do your ears discharge 1" "Do your oars Itch and burn?" "Are the ears dry and taly?" "Have you pain behind the arr "Is there throbbing in the cars?" "Is there a. buzzing sound heard 7" v "Do you have a ringing in tne ttrvT "Are there cracVllng sounds heard?" "I your hearing bad cloudy days?" "Do you hare earache oocaolonallr?" "Are there sounds like steam escaping?' "Do your ar hurt when you blow you nose?" "Do you constantly hear noises In the eariT "Do you hear better some days than other?" "Do the noise In your ears keep you awake?" "Whn you blow your nese do the ears ersck?" "Is bearing worse when you have a cold?" "Is roaring like a. waterfall n the head?" Write for Information of New Home Treatment, Sent CONSULTATION FREE. DR. COPELAND'S BOOK THE COPELAND MEDICAL THE W. H. COPELAXD, M. D. J. II. MONTGOMERY. 31. D. TEA TRADE'S BANQUET CHINESE MINISTER AND JOHN BAR RETT "WERE THE SPEAKERS. Ex-Minister Spoke of the Necessity of Reform In the Chinese Empire. NEW TORK, March 14. The members of the tea trade of New York gave a com plimentary dinner to the members of the United States Board of Tea Experts in the Waldorf tonight. Wu Tlng-fang, the Chi nese Minister, -was warmly received. In the course of his speech ho eald: "I am not an expert on tea, but I re member from statistics that Imports from China Into this country are not as large as they should be. Is it because of the Inferior quality of tho tea? You never sco any tea, or If you do, it is so adul terated that you don't know it Is tea. If you Americans acquired the habit ot using tea ns we Chinese do, you would have good tea, and It Is only reasonable that you should impose a tax upon it." John Barrett, ex-Mlni3ter to Slam, re sponding to the toast "America's Inter ests In China," said: "Ono important point in all this discus sion of the open door and vast commer cial opportunities In China has been over looked. Here, In the presence of His Ex cellency, the Chinese Minister, whom we all admire for his abilities, statesmanship and frank diplomacy, I would like to ask this leading question on behalf of Amer icans who are deeply Interested in the future of China: 'What Is China herself going to do? Or, In other words, in view of the recent notable efforts of the United States to keep -open the door of com merce, to emphasize the meaning as well as the letter ot the treaties to prevent or checkmate the delimitation of spheres of Influence, and so preserve the Integ rity of the Chinese Empire, what Is China herself going to do on her own part to take progressive steps to reepect the treaties, to resist assimilation by Euro pean powers through the spheres, and so keep tho empire Intact? "With no harsh criticism intended, and with all due respect for His Excellency and hla great country, we must admit that there are certain unfortunate but not ir remediable conditions in the government of law and order in China that should be corrected if the empire would success fully work out its own salvation. Begin ning with the Peking Government and ex tending to the interior and the provinces and prefectures, it -would seem. In the opinion or those who have the best Inter ests of China at heart, that some reason able changes could and must be effected In tho near future If China would stand with strong moral force and right against, on the one hand, the forward and selflsh movement for territorial aggrandizement by somo European powers, and with, on the other hand, the vigorous, legitimate offorts of the United States to help her at a time when the latter is' practically the o'nly country that has not demanded that she shall alienate apportion of her sovereign dominion. "Will China consider the imperious ne cessity of accomplishing on her own Ini tiative, before It may be too late, conserv ative reform in her general and specific I known under -various specific names, are really of a catarrhal origin and nature. Every part of the mucous memhrane, the nose, throat, eyes, ears, head, lungs, stomach, liver, horrels, kidneys and bladder are subject -to disease and blight by catarrh. The proper course for suf ferers is this 1 Read these symptoms DESCRIBED BY SYMPTOMS DISEASE OF BRONCHIAL TUBES This condition often results from catarrh extending from the head and thront, and, If left unchecked, ex tends down the windpipe into the bronchial tubes, and in time attacks the lungs. "Have you a. cough?" "Are you losing flesh?" "Do you cough at night?" "Have you a pain In aide?" "Do you tako cold easily V "Is your appetite variable?" "Have you i-.ttcnts In side?" "Do you cough until you gag?" "Ar you low-spirited at times?" "Do you r!! frothy material?" "Do you cough on going to bed?" "Do you cough In the morning?" "Do you spit up yellow matter?" "Do you eplt up little cheesy lumpaT "Is your cough short and hacking?" "Have you pain behind the breastbone V "Have you a disgust for fatty foods V "la there & tickling behind the palate?" "Do you feel you are growing weaker?" "Is there a burning pain 111 the throat?" "Do you cough worse night and morning?" "Do you hav to alt up at night to gel breath?" CATARRH OF.THE LIVER The liver becomes diseased by ca tarrh extending from the stomach into the tubes of the liver. "Are you fretful?" "Are you peevish 7" "Do you get dizzy?" "Do you feel fatigued?" "Do you feel miserable?" "Do you hare cold frT" "Do you gat tired easily?" "Is your eyesight blurred?" "Can't you explain where?" "Constant sense of depression?" "Is there a bloating after eating?" "Constant sense of pain In back?" "Have you gurgling In bowel ?" "Do you have rumbling In bowels?" "Hav you pain under shoulder-blade r "Is there throbbing In the stomach?" "Dn you have sense of heat In bowels?" "Do you Miffer from palna In temples?" 'Do you have palpitation of the heart?". DEKUM, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS OFFICE HOUIIS From O A. M. to 12 M.j from 1 to S P. M. EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays. SUNDAYS From 10 A. M. to 12 M. , methods ct government: in facilitating ! legitimate negotiations with foreign pow ers on all questions at Peking; in reor ganizing the essential forces of order in the protection of property and life; in the suppression of piracy and rebellion; In the I honest application and collection of inland taxes; in promoting education; In grant ing and honoring just concessions for ma terial development, and In opening the interior to the commerce of the world?" COWS, OR STEAM-ENGINES? Which Have Done the Most for the Advancement of Mankind t Ernest Seton-Thompson, author of "Wild Animals I Have Krxwn," "The Biography of a Grizzly," etc.. In writing In the March Century of "The National Zoo at Washington," raises an Interesting ques tion as to the relative value of domestic animals and human Inventions. At tho beginning of this century the Continent of North America was one vast and teeming game-range. Not only were the buffalo ln millions across the Mis sissippi, but other large game was fully as abundant, though less conspicuous. Herds of elk, numbering 10.000 or 15,000, were commonly seen along the Upper Mis souri. The antelope ranged "the higher plains in herds of thousands; whltetall deer, though less gregarious, were seen In bands of hundreds; while bighorn' sheep, though still less disposed to gather In largo flocks, were rarely out of sight In the lower parts of the Eastern Rockies, and it was quite usual to see several hundred blacktall In the course of a sin gle day's travel. But a change set in when the pioneer Americans, with their horses, their deadly rifles, their energy and their taste for mur der, began to Invade the newly-found West. The settlers increased In num bers, and the rifles became more deadly each year; but the animals did not Im prove in speed, cunning or fecundity tn an equal ratio, and so were defeated In the struggle for life, and started on the down grade toward extinction. Aside from sentimental or esthetic reasons, which I shall not here discuss, the extinction of, a largo or highly organized animal Is a serious matter. L It Is always dangerous to disturb the balance of Nature by removing a poise. Some of the worst plagues have arisen in this way. 2. We do not know, without much and careful experiment, how vast a service that animal might have done to mankind as a domestic species. The force of this will be more apparent if we recollect how much the few well known domestic species have done for the advancement of our race. Who can decide which has done more for mankind, tho cow or the eteam engine, the horse or electricity, the sheep or the printing press, the dog or the rifle, the ass or the loom? No one. Indeed, can pronounce on these, yet all on reflection feel that there Is reason In the comparisons. Take away these Inventions, and we are put back a century, or perhaps two; but, further, take away the domestic animals, and wo are Teduced to absolute savagery, for It was they who flrst made it possible for our aboriginal forefathers to settle In one place and learn the rudiments ot civilization. And It is quite possible, though, of course, not demonstrable, that the hum ble chuckle barn fowl has been a larger benefactor of our race than any mechani- carefully over, marie those that ap ply to your case, and brine this vrltn you to rr. Copeland. If you live Rxvay from the city, send them Ty mail, and ask for mail treatment. In either instance, and vvhether by mall or office treatment, the patient may be assured of the speediest relief and cure possible to medical science. DISEASE OF THE STOMACH This condition may result from sev oral causes, but the usual cause la catarrh, the mucus dropping dowB Into the throat and being avral lowed. "Is there nua.1" "Are you ccrtlvar" "I there vomiting?" "Do you belch up gas? "Have you waterbrMh?" "Are you lightheaded T" "la your tongue coated V "Do you hawk and spit?" "Is there pala after eating?" "Are you nervous and weak?" "Do you have sick headaches T" "Do you bloat up after eating?" "Is there disgust for breakfast?" "Have you distress after eating?" "Is your throat filled with llme?" "Do you at tlmea :.av diarrhoea?" "Is there rush of blood to the head?" "When you get up suddenly are you dlzjy?" "im there gnawing eensatlon in stomach? "Do you feel as If you had lead In stomach?" "when stomach Is tmpty do you feI faint?" "Do you belch material that burns throat?" 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