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10 THE MOKSnSt OKEGOKIAls, jJONDA'Y. DECEMBER 1', 190&. THRIFT IN GOQUILL County Seat of Coos Center of-Busy Traffic. NOW WAITS FOR A RAILROAD Tovra la IVeat 1b Appearance "Sew Residence Are Rising Snrroaad 1ns Country Offers OpportHHity for Development. COQUDLLE, Or., Nov. 27. Secial cor respondence.) "How do you pronounce Coqullle, the name of this town and this river?" I asked Captain Moomaro, of the steamer Favorite, as we traveled up the liver from Bandon. "Well," he said, "I pronounce it Co quell, but educated people call it Co ked," was his somewhat enigmatical an swer. If the captain of a steamer, who hp been .for years in the country, is not "educated' in the pronunciation of a namo so frequently used, then who is 'Educated? The majority of the people call it Co-quell, but at the same time are not sure that is correct, and will often tell you "the proper pronunciation Is Co-keel." So the question remains un answered, and it is proper to say "Co quell" or "Co-keel," Just as it suits your fancy. This lack of uniformity in pro nunciation is somewhat embarrassing to a stranger, who naturally wishes to ap pear, as quickly as possible, "as to the manner born," but cannot decide which is the best guide to follow. The old resi dents say Co-quell, and the' "school marms" say Co-keel, and there you hav,e your two authorities and can be "in good form" by following either one. Coqullle is the county seat, and in pop ulation which is about 1200 ranks second in Coos County. It 13 located on the north bank of the Coqullle Klver, where it makes an abrupt, bend, and Is the head of navigation for ocean steamers end schooners, being 28 miles from the Coqullle bar. The Spreckels railroad, which will be a part of the future Rose burg & Coos Bay Railroad, passes di rectly through the main street of the town. Myrtle Point Is nine miles south, Bandon 28 miles west, and Marshfleld 18 miles north; so that Coqullle Is admira bly located as the county seat, and its permanence as such Is assured. A dally boat arrives every morning from Myrtle Point, and every other day a passenger train from there. Twice a day, und once on Sunday, a boat runs up from Bandon, and every other day a train runs, from and to Marshfleld. When the railroad is built to Roseburg which, I believe, will be very eoon Coqullle will be the center of a very busy traffic, and even now it is surprising what an amount of travel and business there is, both on the river and by rail. Trains and boats are crowded. Already. the country is be ing "explored" by people from parts "outside," who are "'looking around" and It is a harvest for the railroad, steamboats and hotels; but Is as nothing to the movement there will be next Spring, when railroad construction actu ally begins. There are several ways of reaching. Co qullle from Portland. One Is to take the Southern Pacific Railroad to Roseburg and a CO-mile stage ride to Myrtle Point, and thence to Coqullle by rail or steamer. Another way is by ocean steamer to Coos Bay, and by train to Coqullle; and still another from Drain to Gardner, and thence down the beach to Coos Bay and over by rail. Coqullle is a neat and clean-appearing town, the buildings having a fresh and new look, which is in fact a truth, as most of the town was destroyed by Are about 10 years ago, rand has been re built. It is located on a sloping tract of land, and there are a number of fine resi dences and public buildings which thus show off to great advantage. As you ar rive at Coqullle by boat, the first object to attract you is the busy life about the Lyons sawmill, down next to the river, where shipments are made by schooner to San Francisco, or over to Coos Bay, by rail. Next Is the main street, with its several blocks of hotels, stores and busi ness houses. This street is planked its full width, and nearly all the streets have a planked roadway, thus adding greatly to the comfort of teamsters and those using teams. Just up the hill from the business portion of town, on the brow of quite an eminence, are the new and stately residences of Attorney Sherwood and Judge Harlocker. A few blocks to the north are the new County Court house and public school, which are fine large buildings. There Is a large num ber of very tasty" private residences" built in Coqullle, and a spirit of home lm--provement is still growing, as there are a number of new residences and other buildings to be built next year. From the Courthouse tower a very good view is obtained over the town of Coqullle. At the present time the roofs of about 20 new buildings may be counted, either Just completed or in course df construc tion. Among: the more important may be mentioned Captain Moomaw's resi dence, Charles Collier's residence, N. Lo renzo's residence, Benjamin Figgs resi dence, new Advent Church, parsonage of Methodist Church, remodeling of Meth odist Church, South. Charles Skeel's resi dence. William Nosler's residence, T. J. Thrift's residence, Bert Dean's residence and A. J. Collier's store buildings, besides which are numerous additions and changes being made on buildings already constructed. Coqullle Is showing a healthy growth. Its population in 1900, as given by the census, was 728, but it has the every appearance of having 1000 or 1200 people now. Coqullle is surrounded by an excellent dairy country, but not orie acre in 20 is now being utilized. The fertile level river bottom adjoining the town on the west and across the river on the south is a body of land, about six miles long and two to four miles wide, embracing about 12,000 acres, which is now bringing in no Income, as it is covered with brush, and part of the year with water. There are 5,000 jhcres of such land adjoining Co qullle. Four-fifths of this land Is not worth $10 an "acre in Its present form. yet it is held at higher prices than that, I am told. When cleared and drained. this same land is well worth $80 to $100 an acre. There is the opportunity here lor the employment of many thousand of dollars in putting this land in shape to make Jit bring in an income. The cost tot clearing is said to be about $25 an acre. I have secured a list of the dairymen near Coqullle, with the number of cows they milk, and the total Is about 800 cows. If there are that number of cows being milked now, what will there be when there are 25,000 acres of dairy land, fully cleared and drained, instead of not over 2300 acres now? The soil is a black loam, very fertile, and will grow feed for a great many cattle, and the dairy business here has a firm footing, and will continue to increase. This list of dairymen is not a complete one, but it will interest somo of your readers, so I give it: J. T. Jen kins, 30 cows; F. Zumwalt, 15; F. Thomp son, 40; Dan Carey, SO; E. Morgan, 35; Fred Schroeder, 60; Peter Deanuser, 50; Judge Schroeder. MB; J. Lett, 20; R. S. Terrlll, 45; E. R. Williams, 40; G. S, Davis, CO; Carl Bros., 40; William KIs ner, 35; W. Discher, 35; N. Terrlll, 30; J. A. Davenport, 20; L. R. Woodward, 30; A. Williams, 30; F. WHIard, 10: S Deramltt, 30; Johnson Mill Company, 15; George Collier, 10; G. W. Wimer, 15; M. Axels on, 25. There are some towns where the busi ness men are lacking in public spirit and enterprise and all they care for is ' the almighty dollar, and to gain that they will allow their family to live in an nn palnted and unattractive residence and themselves spend IS hours in their place of business, Sunday Included. S,uch men are intending to make their "pile." and get out of the country as soon as they can "clean up." The business men of Coqullle are not that kind. They are young, energetic and ambitious, taking a pride, not only in their business ability, but also in the town in which they live, and as they have faith in its future they show their confidence by erecting com modious and even elegant homes. Any person who wlllmake the acquaintance of the business men and women of Co qullle will be Impressed with this fact. Take as examples: George A. Churdhman, H. S. Kribs, F. S. Slagle, M. McDon ald, Mrs. C. L. Moon, Z. C. Strang, P. E. Dram, N. Lorenz. M. A. Pierce, B. F. Tupper, Lyons Bros., A. J. Sherwood, Mrs. V. M. Sugg, D. H. Johnson. T. J. Little, McAdams & Simmons, Johnson Bros., G. W. White, W. C. Rose, J. A. Lamb, Martin Olson, George A. Robinson, William Gallier, W. -Sinclair, C. O. Gll key. Mrs. M. C. Sneed, C. M. Skeels, J. C. Wilson, W. C. Chase, O. C. Sanford, Peart Bros., and others whose names might be mentioned. Many of these business leaders are heirs to fortunes left by deceased par ents, and have good financial backing, while others are building up a profitable COOS COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT COQ,UIXXE. business through their own efforts and capital. It will be Interesting to note what may be the future of Coqullle backed by this class of citizens. This is undoubtedly going to be a great coal-mlnlng country. There are coal prospects everywhere. The proposed rail road to Roseburg and the East has given an. Increased activity to the development of these mines, and they are shipping more coal than ever, with not a tenth of their capacity being used. Five miles from Coqullle are the Beaver Hill coal mines, which are the. property of the Spreckels, of San Francisco. This mine was first opened In 1894, and operated three years, then on account of litiga tion shut down, and opened again in June, 1900. W. S. Chandler Is superintendent, not only -of these mines, but also of the railroad from Marshfleld to Myrtle Point, a length of 30 miles. For the past two years much development work has been done, and now will commence a large in crease in the output of the mines, and I have it from the superintendent himself that It Is the -intention to put at least 300 more men at work and turn out 1000 tons of coal a day. The money being spent on the mines, for' more railroad tracks, more cars, an Increase of the steam plant from 700 to 1000 horsepower, the Installing of electric hoists and lights, and many other improvements, not omitting the placing of the present railroad track and rolling. stock In first-class condition, all point to the early construction of a railroad to a larger market, and It Is not unreasonable to suppose that the Spreckels have posi tive assurance of the building of such a road, and It may be are largely interested in it themselves. The coal company Is ad vertising for more men. A great deal of the work Is done by unskilled labor, but the wages paid are quite low. For 12 hours' work, part of the time all night and part of the time all day, changing shifts every two weeks and the men losing two days' pay each month, the ruling wage Is $2 per day. Out of this Is deducted $4 50 a week for board and lodging and 75 cents a month for hos pital dues, so that on the basis of a day of 10 hours and six days a week, the wages are only about $25 a month and board, and there Is plenty of work at better wages than that In other places. The coal taken from the mines Is a good quality of lignite, which Is In active de mand for steam and domestic use. A rail road from here to the Southern Pacific Railroad and the tlmberless lands further 1 COAL . COAL - SEAVEHtLL jAL L0W;-RANGES OF HrLLS T WW COAL""" CEDAR avo FR rn Coal M . iVr Jf i Ranges , .. jSs ' )IA timber KCOAL 7 A Low Hills Coal ' r, A NX RIVER 3l $T? . II - . ).oTTor &W$i Coal s AeJr COQJJiLLE Low V V River TttiBf? ' Coal Coajl Bottom '$$r cedais. W I- Sy-q;g ) !! J. Coal sp"cfySi " Coal. Jf vtk COAL. . S?$IORWY Vg . y. west would be a paying investment as a coal road alone, and 1000 tons a day would require two daily freight trains for its transportation. It is the activityln the var ious coal mines here in Coos County in get ting ready for largely Increased coal ship ments that convinces me, more than ahy thlng else, that a railroad will be. built to give an outlet to the coal. A railroad into this country will undoubtedly boom the towns, but "boom towns" will not build a railroad. It takes traffic to make a rail road a paying investment, and the coal shipments alone are going to be a great factor In that line. To this will be added lumber shipments and passenger travel. These increased productions of coal are going to give an Impetus to water trans portation to Portland and San Francisco, as 700 to 1000 tons can bo taken out each trip by the class of vessels now operated. The tunnels In the Beaver Hill mine have already reached a length of 1960 feet, and 1000-feet deep, on a 32-degree pitch. There are seven veins of coal, ranging in thlpkness from 16 inches to 10 feet. Only one vein is being worked now, but crosscut tunnels will soon be put in, and later another mine on the hill oppos ite the one where the coal Is now mined will be opened, this tunnel to have a pitch of 45 degrees. There are many dwelling-houses for the use of families, owned by the coal com pany; and the company also owns the merchandise store, hotel, butcher shop and saloon, and "employes are afforded every encouragement to trade at the mines. The coal Is brought out of the tunnels In automatic dump-cars, holding 3000 pounds each, and elevated to the screening-house, which, will soon be done by electricity, a 300-horsepower plant: being now about Installed. When the car reaches the "tipples," men are stationed on the screens, and all foreign substances picked out and thrown away. The fine coal, or screenings, pass Jto an elevator, and are fun through a revolving screen, which makes two grades "nut" and "pea" coal which sell at $1 50 and $2 a ton, while the best grade sells for $3 at the mine. There are a great many small rocks in this cheaper grade of coal, andv it is interesting to see now tney are sep arated. A tank of water is used, and near the surface is a flat screen, on which the coal falls, and . this" screen is agitated by machinery, the crocks, being heavier than the coal, going" one place and the coal up over the edge into the bunkers, entirely free of. rpeks. The verjr cheapest grade of coal is used In the fur naces of the mine, and It Is the Intention of Superintendent Chandler tb put in a plant for still further separating this cheapest grade. The area of land owned and controlled by the Beaver Hill Coal Company is about 2200 acres, and there Is said to be icoal there for working hun dreds of years hence. Work In a coal mine goes on every day In the week, Sunday included, and is con tinuous, day and night. Gang miners are paid by the amount of work done, and their earnings are said to amount to from $3 to $5 CO per day of 12 hours. The men go to work on one shift at 6 o'clock In the morning and quit at 6 o'clock In the even ing, and another "shift" goes on at 6 o'clock and quits at 6 o'clock In the morning. Every two weeks the "shifts" are changed, so that the night gang works only during the day, and the men "lay off" a day, which is the only vaca tion they receive during the year, unless the mine shuts down. Men working In a coal mine should be able to save their mopey, as theru seems to be no oppor tunity for spending It and as a great deal of work Is done by unskilled labor, there is always a chance to "get a job"; land a strong and sturdy man, who be comes "skilled," can earn very good wages. The Beaver Hill coal mine Is spending "MAP SHOWING: COQ-UrLIiE AND THE SURROUNDING many thousands of dollars In Increasing fts output, and, as a railroad of only 60 miles will give a greatly increased mar ket for coal, it looks very reasonable (that the activity in the mines Is in anticipation of early railroad construction. j Coqullle wants a steam laundry, an ice ; plant, a bakery and a foundry (there Is already' a machine shop). The future pos-J slbllltles here of the dairy business sug- gest the location of a condensed milk fac- I tory. A box factory, a cannery fpr veg etables and fruit, and a furniture factory are among enterprises that are open to investigation at Coqullle; also a cigar fac tory and sash, door and molding factory. The Coqullle River, with Its several branches, drains a vast5 country having great forests of fir and cedar timber, which Is loggedIn the Summer and floated out during the Winter, and the logging business along the river employs several hundred men. "Drives" of logs are now being made and in one lot of 5000, which were sent down recently, over 3000 were cedar, and the rest fir and spruce. The sawmill business Is "booming," and mills are behind on their orders, and prices are good. There is room for more 'saw mills in this section, and conditions are favorable for their location here. The depth of water in front of the wharves Is ample for such ocean-going vessels as the. Mandalay to load, and a large export mill employing from 50 to 100 men could be made a successful venture and it Is prob able such, a mill will be built, as outside capitalists nave lately been here looking up a location, and offers are said to have been made to -purchase the sawmills al ready here. The building of good wagon-roads out Into the country tributary to Coqullle has received some attention in the past, but an effort will be made further to increase the value of these highways by planking some of them. It Is the, only permanent solution of the good roads question in this country, as during the Winter the rains render, an ordinarily built road almost Im passable. One plan suggested Is to have a law passed at the next Legislature whereby property-owners along a proposed plank roadway may be allowed to pay one-half the expense of such Improve ments and the county the other half. The march of progress In the Hne of transportation facilities near here can be seen from the cars on the railroad from Coqullle to Marshfleld. Several years ago all the freight was handled over a strap-Iron narrow-gauge railroad from the head of Beaver Slough to Isthmus Slough, which is an arm of Coos Bay. The crumb ling remains of this road can yet be seen, but It has not been In uso for 10 years, as It could not withstand the completion of a modern-built railroad, such as the present one.- TJie electric lights here are furnished from power at the Johnson sawmill, two miles up the river, and the same plant supplies Myrtle Point, seven miles further away. The demand for lights has about reached the capacity of the plant and it will soon have to be enlarged. Coqullle has attempted municipal owner ship of her water works and has already expended about $6000 and has something like $9000 more available to complete a system, but like all towns where a "Council" and not a "Water Commission" handles the business, progress has been very slow. Coqullle can be provided with a ' splendid water system affording excel lent protection against Are and a supply of pure, wholesome water for domestic use. A private academy with Ave teachers and a public school of 10 grades, employing six teachers, give the children in Coqullle excellent opportunity for receiving an ed ucation. The school building erected In 1898 Is among the largest and finest In the country. The Coos County Courthouse was erect ed in 189S at a cbst of $17,000. It Is built of wood, but Js very convenient In Irs ar rangements and modern In Its furnishings. The present county officials are: L. Har locker, Judge; L. H. Hazard, Clerk, with R. H. Mast as deputy; Stephen Gallier, Sheriff, with E. N. Gallier, deputy; J. -B. Dully; Treasurer; J. 8. Lawrence, As sessor; W. H. Bunch, School Superintend ent; Dr. William Horsefall, Coroner; S. B. Cathcart, Surveyor; D. Mcintosh, and R. C. Dement, Commlslsoners. The assessed valuation of the property in C6os County Is $2,852,754, but It should be at least $6,000,000, In which case the tax levy would be about 10 mills on the dollar. Last year Coos County paid out for county expenses $38,000; for state taxes, $19i0C0, and for schools, $14,000, a total of about $70,000. The cost of roads and bridges Is one of the Important items of expense each year In Coos County, and yet the people are demanding more and better roads, and the time is not far distant when the principal towns, at least, will be connected by a planked road the whole distance. The timber, the dairy and the coal business of the county each and all require good roads, and while at the present time Coos County probably has as poor roads as any part of Oregon, the necessities of busi ness and development of the country will In the futuro give Coos the best wagon roads In the state, unless, .perchance, rail roads should supplant the wagon road. The abundance of white cedar, which is the very best lumber for planking a road, makes the cost of . a ' wagon road much lower than In. less fayojred localities. If a plank road were built from Bandon to Myrtle Point, thence to Coqullle and then to Marshfleld and Empire City, Its total length would be about 50 miles, and would connect all parts of the county In one road system. In this county planking a road BLUE MOUNTAIN - nv COUNTRY. is the only way to make it a Summer and Winter thoroughfare for both jjleavy and l!$ht traffic. ' About halt a mile from tho city limits of Coqullle is ah object-lesson in what energy, perseverance and hard work will do In developing a coal mine. The Peart Bros., three In number, discovered coal on their 100-acre tract of land two years ago. Eighteen months ago they commenced work on the mine, and since that time have done all the work, themselves neces sary to run a tunnel In 450 feet and build a tramway for coal cars from the vein In the mine to the Coos Bay Railroad track, and to a steamboat landing, a dis tance of 3500 feet Tho product of the mine has paid all this and given tho own ers a living. They aro now shipping about one carload of coal each weeki of from 25 to 27 tons, which sells, for do mestic uses, at $3 a ton. The coal Is worked entirely by hand, no machinery being In use, and is hauled out by mule power.- There ar ethrea veins, thef one they are working being seven feet. It Is estimated that on the area of land owned each vein has a total of 400,000 tons, and, consequently, there are 1,200,000 tons of coal on the claim, which, at $3 a ton, w.ould amount to $3,600,000, Illustrating what may be the future wealth of Coos County. . According to tho Government maps, the B jlj.r jw PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING AT COQU1LLE. coal belt of Coos County is about 50 miles long and 20 miles wide, which makes a grand total of over 500,000 acres. If this whole area Is as valuable per acre as the coal lands of Peart Bros., which is $36,000 an acre, the value of the coal in Coos County will amount to $18,000,000,000. If coal to the. value of $10,000,000 a year were dug out of the ground. It would take 18 years to exhaust the supply of coal in Coos County. To reach a product valued at $10,000,000 a year about 10,000 tons would have to be dug out each day. I bellevfe I am eafe. in saying that the combined output of every mine In .Coos County at present Is hot 500 tons a day. And yet some people In Coos County are skep tical about a railroad being built. This is my first visit to Coos County, and I am reaching conclusions from my own obser vations and investigations; and it may be that I nm overestimating the resources; but even if the resources in coal are worth one dollar in fiveof my statements above, Coos County will still produce a great deal of wealth. I have made no mention yet of the pos sibility of oil being found In this part of Oregon, but a company of Bandon business men have erected an oil derrick near Langlols, just In the upper edge of Curry County, and have commenced within the past week or so boring for .oil. The town of Langlols Is locally called Dalryville, and a small but thriving village has sprung up, supported by the dairy business there. If oil should be struck there, this country will become an oil belt as well' as a coal belt The coal Is undoubtedly here, and why not oil and gas? This first oil well Is being watched with great Interest by peo ple here, and no doubt by people "outside." I have been asked time and again about the affairs of certain projected railroads. I know nothing about them. I am looking Into the resources of the country to see whether. If developed, they would support a railroad, and the more I Investigate the more I became com'inced that a railroad, or even several railroads, would pay; therefore I can see no reason why men who have capital to Invest should not be able to figure out that a railroad or rail roads could be made to pay, and If they will do so there Is plenty of capital to be had to build them. There was a time not many years ago when the capital neces sary to build a railroad had to come from Europe, but today American capital Is seeking everywhere for safe and profitable Investment and It seems to me these coast counties will not be overlooked very much longer. The coal, dairy and timber resources, when developed, must have railroad as well as water transportation, and such railroads will be bult, not only to the East, but to the North and South. If I am mistaken about the resources, I am then mistaken about the railroads. IMPORTANT TO RETAILERS To the Public: The -attention of the public is called to a circular issued by the Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' Association and published in the Journal of Commerce and Com mercial Bulletin November 14, 1902, read ing. In part as follows: "The executive committee of the Phila delphia Fire Underwriters Association feels compelled to call the attention .of the public to the dangers of life and property from Christmas displays, decorations, signs, etc., In churches, public buildings, mercantile establishments and especially department stores. The use of Christmas greens, harvest specimens and other In flammable materials, such as scenery, cot ton to represent snow, and the like (espe cially In the connection of electric and other lighting systems), Is decidedly an increase of hazard, It being Impossible to make displays of that nature perfectly safe. One of the conditions of the Insur ance policy Is that: " 'This entire policy, unless otherwise provided bf agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void If the hazard be Increased by any means within the control or knowledge of the Insured.' "The making of such displays would, thereforeunder a strict Interpretation of the conditions of the policy render the contract of Insurance void, unless tho policy Is Indorsed with a special permis sion for the Increased hazard, which will generally be granted only in consideration of an additional premium commensurate with the hazard. "In addition to the danger to property from displays referred to, the dangers to life In crowded stores or places of meet ing by reason -of a panic occasioned by a fire, even though it be small and easily controlled; Is so jjreat that the under writers who have made a study of such hazards would only be" partly fulfilling their duty should they fall to give this warning." Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific. By Rollfn M. Kelley, Sur veyor, District D. Man Killed for Two-Bits. MOULTRIE, "Ga., Nov. 30. In an alter cation over 23 cents, Thomas Johnson shot and killed Charles Moore, at Car bottl's mill, near here, today. BLOCKADE OF ORINOCO UNITED STATES MUST, NOTV DE pIiAIvB ITS' POSITION. Has a Ship Ready t Eater, WrVessel to -Coavoy WIU BChey Got PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Nov. 80. The United States is confronted with the question "of declaring Its attitude regard ing the blockade of th Orinoco River, which has. been declared by the "Venezue lan government. The British authorities say they have asked United States Consul Smith what the intentions of the Wash ington Government are regarding the steamer Manzanares, belonging to the Orinoco Steamship Company, which is now here. Some days ago the 'British authorities announced their willingness to convey the Manzanares up the Orinoco, but withdrew their offer on the arrival of the United States gunboat Nashville, on the ground that the United States, then having a I warship In port, should convoy Its own merchantmen. Consul Smith Is confer ring with Admiral Crownlnshleld and Ad miral Sumner, it Is believed, with regard to the Manzanares, but no action is pos sible until instructions have been received from Washington. The United States is the only nation which has not taken a decisive stand re garding" the blockade, and it is claimed that this situation Is embarrassing Amer ican commerce, especially the Manzan ares, which has been here since last June, her cargo spoiling, and the delay Involv ing a great loss to the company. Since the proclamation of the blockade 1375 ships of all nations, except the Unit ed States, and principally Venezuelan vessels, have entered and left Orinoco, and it Is Insisted, that this fact consti tutes the best evidence possible that the blockade Is Ineffective. The Venezuelan gunboats have'left the Orinoco unguarded for periods of two weeks at a time, and the guns of the Fort Los Castlles, which were the only means of maintaining the blockade, of Cludad Bolivar, after the withdrawal of the gunboats, have been removed. NEW MINISTER TO FRANCE! Venezuela Feels the Need of Stronger European Influence. CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 30. Tho Venezuelan General Antonio VelutinI has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France. He will renew the diplomatic re lations between tho two countries, which have been ruptured since 1894. The pre cipitate nomihation of General VelutinI Is due to the fears entertained by the Venezuelan government of complications with Germany. The newly appointed Min ister is of French descent. The news that Germany will send three warships to reinforce the German squad ron lnVenezuelan waters, which already numbers three vessels, has produced a feeling of apprehension in this city, and especially In official circles. The follow ing Is a quotation from the semi-official papers which comment on the cables treat ing of the attitude of Great Britain and Germany toward Venezuela: "We will await confirmation of the ca bles before speaking more clearly, and we must suppose, with respect for the seriousness of the Cabinet of St James and the decisions of the German govern ment, that these cables are unfounded." Political Prisoners Liberated. CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 30. Presi dent Castro has opened all the prisons In this city and at Puerto Cabello and Maracaibo and liberated the political of fenders confined therein. Among the re leased prisoners are: OlavarrI, the brother-in-law of General Matos; Acedo, the latter's confidential agent, and the lead ing traders In Caracas, named Travleso, Volcan and Nunez, who were arrested for complicity In the revolution. This act has produced a good Impression, and It Is reported that General J. M. Hernandez, called "El Mocho," and three others of the revolutionary leaders will also be lib erated shortly. Trylnprto Arrange Venezuela Debt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Isaac N. Se Hgman, the New York banker who saw the President yesterday, was again at the White House tonight He came albne and remained with the President for some time. Mr. Sellgman's visit, as understood here. Is to ascertain whether the United States will lend Its moral support toward the meeting by Venezuela of obligations to Germany and England. He refused to night to say anything about the proposi tion or what took place between the Presi dent and himself. BoerH Martyred. Like Irish. NEW YORK. Nov. 30. F. W. Reltz, ex- anteea. YOUNG MEN troubled with night emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bash fulness, aversion to society which deprive you of your manhood, UNFITS YOU FOR BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE MIDDLE-AGED MTCNT u-iin from A'rccssps and strains have lost their MANLY POWER. 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The only reason peace, terms were signed, he said, lay in the fear that the race would be extermi nated through the death of the women and children in the concentration camps, where- .COO had perished. ft THE . SICK AND THE DEAD Veteran Landscape Painter Dead. "HARTFORD. .Conn.- Nov. 3rt Votwn Augustave Moore, the veteran landscape painter, died at his home in Kensington toaay irom apopiexy, ne was bom in Kensington in 1824. . Andrew Carnegie Up Again. LONDON, Nov. 301 Andrew Carnegie. who has been lying ill here for the past fortnight was able to be up today for the first time. Grocery, Fire of $50,000. TTPTNDERSON. K.Y.. Nov. 30. Fire todav destroyed Lambert & Sons grocery and tho Plerson Drygoods Company store. Loss S50.000. Back of the Cough There's more to a cough than the tickling sensation in the throat There's a cold behind that and a weak spot to be strengthened. - Cough mixtures get as far as the tickling sensation in .the throat; tha is where their work stops. 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