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THE .MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER, 8, 1906. I v MAD SCRAMBLE om NGSTOGK F Craze to Get Rich Quick Is Spreading Over the En tire Country. FANNED BY GREAT TALES i Curb Markets in Bis Cities Do Im . mense Business and the Public Is Buying Blindly at Enor mous Prices. NEW TORK. Oct. 7. (Special.) America, is now in the grip of a spe ulative madness that recalls the dis astrous South Sea bubble of 203 years ago. Thousands of Americans are en Eased in a maJ scramble for mining stocks and some fabulous fortunes have been made in this wild specula tion. On the curb market in Broad street nowadays, between 10 o'clock and 3 o'clock, several hundred brokers congregate daily and deal mainly in mining issues, which during the last few months have toad phenomenal ad vances. la Boston the fever of speculation In mining properties is gaining. In Jersey City another crowd of brokers, styling themselves the Jersey City curb market, deals in hundreds of thousands of shares of stocks of min ing companies. In San Francisco. Pittsburg and Nevada mining ex changes reflect the great Interest and .growing excitement. Immense Trading on the Curb. In New York crowds of spectators swell the number which throngs Broad street. Many stock exchange houses report that their business on the New York curb at the present time is equal to their business transacted on the k Stock Exchange. One day last week J the transactions on the curb exchange market equaled the total transactions n . v. A Knw York fttork Exchange. Approximately 500,000 shares of va rious classes or stocKS were traaea m nn th. Kaw Torlc curb. In Boston trad ing reached enormous volumes. T'norA ia -nt Hnnhf that thft nuhlio . wfceAn. ia fai mnrn interested in the stories told of fabulous wealth made over nignt in me aiscovery ui ricn suver, goia aaa cuppei uuuea. rr. y TTninn PaT'iflf. Hivision in crease from 6 to 10 per cent, which Btarted an outburst of speculative ter ror in the standard railroad stocks, failed to bring the public into the btock market as did the advances in mining stocks. Greater Than South Sea Advance. When the South Sea stock sold at 1000 per cent advance all London went mad. At the present, however, there are shares of mining stocks which are selling at a higher valuation, compar atively speaking. One notable instance )s that of Tonopah Extension, which was bought for 10 cents a share and afterwards sold up to J15 a share. The par value of the stock is $1. The ad vance between the low point and the Ugh point, reached early this year, represented an advance of 14.900 per cent. - Probably the most interesting mining speculation of modern times is that which is being conducted at the pres ent time in ttve Nipissing Klines Com pany. Tlie stock has advanced from 14 to $24 a share, an advance of 500 per cent. In one month this advance has occurred and the entire country is talking Nipissing mines. Mine Said to Be a Wonder. In the market place one hears stories that the management is now guarding the rich mine with an armed force of men. It is added that the mine Is one of tho wonders of the world. There are statements that the veins five and six feet in thickness are half ore and half solid silver. To further attract tne public statements are made that the stock will sell at J10O a share and that the mine is worth at least $100, 0JO.O00. No statement is too -extravagant to meet the demands of the public. There was recently brought out a property which is "next to" the Nipissing mine. It Is called the MacKinley-Darragh Company. Its stock has advanced 200 or S00 per cent in value, mainly on account of the fact that it lies next to the famous Nipissing mine in the rich Laurentian area of New Mexico. Great Excitement in Copper. In copper mines the same excite ment exists. Last week North Butte Copper Mining Company stock sold up to $115. Its par value is $15 a share. It was brought out at that price and afterward sold at $2S a share. A few persons were aware it contained such rich deposits of copper and even the insiders the men who bought the property were content to sell out at from $40 to $.50 and considered them selves fortunate in making 200 and 300 per cent. These men bought back the stock at $S0 and $90 a share. Butte Coalition, the concern which merged the mess of legal complica tions between the copper trust and the Heinzes. is also favorite at the present time. New discoveries of copper have been nude and the stock has leaped from $."0 to $42 a share. Greatest Craze in Nevada. It is in the Nevada properties where the mining craze is running riot at present. Many persons do not know whether the stocks they are buying are shares of gold mines, silver mines or lead mines. They simply want to get In before the advance. Banks, of course, refuse to lend on mining stocks, except those shares liko Amalgamated copper and others, for which there is a wide market and pos sessing a long record. Many stock exchange houses are refusing also to ficcept orders on margin. They now require cash in full for the. purchases. AMUNDSEN TELLS STORY f Continued From Pag. 1 between King William's Island and Victoria Land, and it is here that all former explorers had gone astray, most of them deciding that the limit of the waterway was reached. Forcing the sloop into Dease Strait and Coronation Gulf, whence Dolphin and Cnlon Straits open into the wide Arctic Ocean, Amundsen at last found the end pf the Northwest Passage, on the. Pacific tide. But he had arrived too late to get put before another Winter. Just to the eastward of Point Barrow the ice had begun to lock in the gulf. The Captain was forced to remain all Winter at King Point, about 35 miles east of Herschell Island, and it was there that the GJoa broke her propeller an accident that caused her to put into Nome for repairs, when finally she was able to sail south ward this Summer. Had it not been for the break, to be sure, the sloop probably would have continued her journey down to San Francisco without ever giving the Alaskan city a chance to be the first to welcome her. "We barely got through in time this season," said Captain Amundsen. "For tunately a strong southeast wind opened up through the ice a passage for us and for the whalers that had been Imprisoned so long in the North." Having been feted and cheered for days at Nome, Captain Amundsen took the train to Sitka, leaving his faithful sloop for the first time in many a month. He and the sloop are to meet again in San Francisco, probably this week, and a re ception in their honor has been arranged there, withone of the California university presidents as head of the committee in charge. Later the Captain will go to Norway, either sailing around the horn in the Gjoa or coming across America and boarding a transatlantic liner at New York. If he adopts the latter plan it all depends upon what he hears from his best friend, Nansen the Gjoa may be sold at San Francisco, and the Nor wegians that sent her out will never see her again, but will have to be content with the return of the skipper and his men. SESSION HELD IN FINLAND CONGRESS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLES. Prince Paul Dolgoroukoff Is Elected President and Electoral Plat form Is Started. HELSINGFORS. Oct 7. The congress of the Constitutional Democrats assem bled here this afternoon. There were present 171 delegates, representing 43 provinces and four territories. Prince Paul Dologoroukoff was elected president. The most sensational feature of the day's session was an impassioned speech by Ivan Petrunkevitch, In which he eulo gized Deputy Hertzenstein, who was mur dered in Finland last July by members of the Black Hundred. He declared Hertz enstein's blood stained the souls of the opponents of the compulsory expropri ation of land and that his monument was found in the gratitude of the Russian peasantry. The committee report regarding the Viborg manifesto, as previously predict ed in these dispatches, contained a formal approval of the document and the prin ciple of passive resistanoe, but recog nized the inexpediency of applying either at the present time. In his address, opening the session. Prince Dolgoroukoff expressed regret that the congress was compelled to ask hospi tality of a people who had known how to win their freedom. He described the con gress as a great historical and constitu tional act. which would vastly strengthen the party In the coming electoral cam paign. M. Nabukoff, an ex-deputy from St. Petersburg, explained the constant con flicts which had characterized the de bates in the late parliament and said it was the first duty of the party to realize that the government could never be sin cerely constitutional. The government views the act of October 30 as an .his torical error explicable only by the theory of temporary aberration. Dealing at length with the growing strength and in fluence of the labor party. M. Naboukoff said he thought the first parliament had committed a very grave error in allowing this party a preponderance of influence In framing the agrarian manifesto. The congress began the work of prepar ing an electoral platform and then ad journed until Monday. NEW PARTY GAINS STRENGTH Regenerationists Are for Peaceful Solution of Russian Woes. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 7. With the publication of the draft of the pro gramme of the peaceful Regeneration ists. who are midway in their belief between the Octoberists and the Con stitutional Democrats, the lines of the coming electoral campaign are clearly drawn. The Constitutional Democrats, several hundred of whom left tonight for their congress at Helsingfors. in tend to stand on the victorious plat form of the last election, which de mands a general measure of land ex propriation, abolition of the Council of the Empire, or Its limitation to purely advisory functions, and the fullest min isterial responsibility before the rep resentatives of the people, elected by universal direct suffrage. The deliber ations at Helsingfors will be confined to questions of tactics, particularly concerning the attitude to be taken with regard to the Viborg manifesto. The Octoberists, standing on the im perial manifesto of October 30 of last year, subordinate land, labor and other issues to the main problem of estab lishing order in the country, and are willing to co-operate with the admin istration In its efforts to institute re forms and pacify the empire. The new party of regeneration, though it now is the smallest is stead ily making Inroads into the Constitu tional Democrats, and has attracted a large faction from the Octoberists; but its capture of the Octoberist organiza tion and a full amalgamation now is improbable. The platform of the Re generatlonists advocates a bicameral Legislature, a lower House, elected by universal manhood suffrage, and an upper House elected by the Zemstvos to replace the present Council of the Empire: parliamentary control of the Duaget and loans; gradual chasge from indirect to direct taxation; installation of progressive income property taxes, and the reduction of the tariff, espe cially on agricultural machinery. On all important agrarian questions the Regenerationists take the middle ground, advocating the surrender of crown and church lands and the limi tation Of great estates, but compulsory expropriation only in necessary cases. Call It British Lack of Tact. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. g.(Spe. cial.) The Russian press takes the most unfriendly view of the forth coming visit of the British delegation wunn it. iu present an address to the ex-president of the' outlawed Douma. The attitude of the newspapers Is in some cases bitter in the extreme. The Novoe Vremya prints three columns of most denunciatory articles charging that the British have meddled. It al leges that the British ha-e taken sides with the Douma against the govern ment, and the newspaper expresses the editorial hope that the delegates from England will meet with hostile demon strations and fall victims to "Black Hundreds." Impartial criticism in the other jour nals take the view that the fturpose of the delegation is a deplorable in stance of British lack of tact " REDUCED KOCND-TKIP BATE, Low Rate Made by O. R. X. to Chicago and St. Louis. Account annual convention American Bankers' Association, to be held at St. Louis. October 16 to 19. the O. R. & N on October 12 and 13 will sell round trip tickets to Chicago and St. Louis at a rate of one fare plus $10. For information re garding different routes. sleeping-car service, etc. apply at City Ticket Office. Third and Washington streets. Portland. Butterick WINDOW SHADES MADE TO Pattern ORDER AT LOWEST PRICES Store Headquarters for Picture Framing MONDAY BARGAIN LIST CONDENSED FROM OUR SUNDAY ADVERTISEMENT Extraordinary October Purchase Sale of New Dependable Silks Over 100,000 Yards of New Fancy Black and Colored Silks at Prices Below Their Present Actual Cost; Standard Qualities At the beginning of the greatest silk season of recent years, we present this unequaled collection of Foreign and Domestic Silks at price-concessions that establish new records for wonderful values in Portland's under-price store. The collection of 100,000 yards and over represents the overstock of several manufacturers to whom we made exceptionally low offers. Not an undesirable weave or color in the entire collection. Absolutely new and perfect silks. Pmhahiy the largest purchase of Silks ever placed on sale by a Western store.: 2500 Yds. $1 Fancy Silks 63c 2500 yards of Fancy Silks for shirtwaist suits, separate waists, petticoats and lining purposes, in a wide range of colorings and patterns; best $1.00 values, fZ2,r per yard JJ Reg. $1.35 Fancy Silks, 85c 3000 yards of Fancy Silks for shirtwaist suits, in checked, striped, print warp, swivel and jacquard effects, in every conceivable color and combination; regular $1.25 O IZf and $1.35 values, in this sale, per yard $25 Long Plaid Coats, $15 $27.50 new long Plaid Coats $17.50 $5.00 Shadow Plaid Skirts $3.95 Great Petticoat sale at $2.45 Women's 65cUnderw'r 43c Women's 75c "Oneita" Union Suits . .47 Women's $1.50 Union Suits 985 $4.50 Lace Curtains, $3.19 $1.50 Scotch Lace Curtains . 98 $2.25 Scotch Lace Curtains ,...$1.53 $5.50 Lace Curtains, all kinds $3.89 $6.50 Renaissance and Cable Net, Cur tains ?4.68 $8.50 Irish Point Curtains $5.98 0 CHEAP ALCOHOL Regulations Controlling Dena tured Product Are Issued. TO AID MANUFACTURERS Government Makes Provisions Against the Perpetration of Fraud by Ordering the Addition of Other Ingredients. WASHINGTON, Oct 7. Mr. Terkes, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, today issued the depart mental regulations controlling the making: of denatured alcohol, the handling of the same and its uses. These regulations follow and render effective a law enacted by Congress at its last session, which provides for the withdrawal from bond, tax free, of domestic alcohol, when the same is rendered unfit for beverage or liquid medicinal uses by the admixture of suitable denaturing materials and for the use of the denatured article in the arts and industries, and for fuel, light and power. The law becomes effective January 1, 1907. This legislation is in harmony with similar enactments adopted by nearly all foreign countries. Mr. Terkes said: The prime object to be attained by this type of legislation is to furnifih for purely do mestic uses and also for what might be called Industrial domestic purposed he&t, light and power, cheap alcohol, -with the hope thereby that there will be a reduction of expenses In the departments. This denatured alcohol will be a competitor with Ulumlnatlne oil. gasoline and coal. Boon for Manufacturers. It will also furnish to manufacturer who use alcohol In the products of their factories, alcohol free of the heavy internal revenue tax row levied on the same. This tax amounts to about ?2 per wine gallon on alcohol at 180 degrees proof. It is believed great benefit win be derivtd by the people by this legislation, unA tht r.erta.lnlv van In th. mln I gress. for few public measures received such hearty and unanimous support as did this. In preparing the regulations it was essen tial to adopt rules that would prohibits as far as possible perpetration of any and all frauds against the revenue of the Government by the reclamation and repuriflcatlon of denatured alcohol through redistillation or other pro cesses through the removal of the denatured Ingredients added and restoration of the al cohol to Its original for beverage and potable rurroees. To secure these ends it will be necessary to use articles for denaturing purposes and also use such ingredients as are most diffi cult to separate from pure alcohol by chem ical or other processes. Cost Must Be Considered. In determining on the denaturing agents to be used the cost of the same is of great mo ment, for to render this new legislation of practical use and benefit it is necessary for the denatured product to pass Into the hands of the consumer at as low a pries as can be secured. Under the regulations now issued, alcohol of ISO degrees proof is free from the tax of $1.98 per wine gallon after being denatured by the use of either some general denaturing material or some specific material adapted especially to the uses of certain manufactur ing interests. There will therefore be two classes of denatured alcohol. First, that styled "completely denatured," which will pass into general use for general consumption, can be purchased at stores without limiting regula tions as against the private consumer; and, second, "specially denatured." In which the material demanded by the needs of manufac turing Interests will be regarded, and with limitations as to the use of this class, con fining It to the speclai manufacturing Indus try for which it Is crenared. This specially denatured alcohol will be kept under strict surveillance and Governmental supervision. Benzoins to Be Added. For the completely denatured ar&ele. ten parts of wood or ethyl alcohol and one-half Good Merchandise part of benzoin will be added to 100 parts of ethyl alcohol; in other words, in every 100 gallons of ethyl alcohol will be added ten gal lons of wood alcohol and one-half gallon of benzoin. The denaturing process will be accomplished on the distillery premises where the alcohol Is produced, in special bonded warehouses des ignated and used alone for denaturing' purposes and for the storage of denaturing materials. These buildings and the operation itself will be under closest Governmental Inspection and control. After the alcohol has been denatured It Is removed from the distillery premises and then becomes a subject either of general distribu tion, if completely denatured, or for distribu tion to the manufacturing establishments whose special denaturing formulas have been approved by the Government. Takes Place of Wood Alcohol. Denatured alcohol will supplant very largely the consumption of wood alcohol for both do mestic and manufacturing purposes, as it will be cheaper. While the price of the completely denatured product cannot now be definitely stated. It is believed It will not be more than 35 cents a gallon. With regard to the specially de natured alcohol, the price of that will nat urally vary according to the cost of the de naturing ingredients selected to meet the ne cessities of te manufacturing ingredients. These special agents will only be used where It is made perfectly apparent to the department that the Industrial interests In volved cannot use completely denatured al cohol, by reason of the presence of wood al cohol or benzoin. In that case some other denaturing agent or agents, which will ac complish the purposes of destroying, as far as possible, the potable or beverage qualities of the alcohols, at the same time adapt the denatured article to the special ends desired, will be determined upon. The manufacturers will be required to fur nish desirable formulas, together with a sam ple of the denaturing agent produced, accord ing to the formulas, and a sample ot the pure alcohol denatured with this special agent. These will all be thoroughly examined In the departmental laboratories and if tt is decided that the requirements of the law are met. then its use is permitted. FOTJKTEEN OFFICERS JLET OUT Result of 4596 Courts-Martial Dur ing the Tear In the Army. WASHINGTON. Oct. 7. During the last fiscal year, according to the an nual report of General George B. Davis, Judge Advocate General of the army, issued today, 4596 trials by gen eral court-martial were held. Fifty of these trials were of commanding offi cers, 42 of whom were convicted and eight acquitted. Fourteen officers were dismissed by sentence. In four cases the sentences were commuted to loss of rank; in two eases resignations, "for the good of the service," were accepted in lieu of confirming the sen tences, and in one case the sentence was disapproved. About 50 per cent of the enlisted men convicted by general court-martial received sentences involving dis honorable discharge and about 5 per cent of these sentences were, awarded in view of previous convictions. The trials by general court-martial during the year showed a decrease of 204, as compared with the previous year. Submarine Torpedo-Boat Board. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. A provision in the naval appropriation bill passed at the last session of Congress author ized the Secretary of the Navy to "con tract for the purchase of sub-surface or submarine torpedo boats, to an amount not exceeding $1,000,000. after such tests as he shall sea fit to pre scribe." To prescribe and supervise the tests Secretary Bonaparte appointed & board consisting of Captain Adolph Marix, president; Naval Constructor D. Tay lor. Lieutenant-Commanders C W. Dyson and Cleland Davis, and Lieuten ant John W. Tymmons, with Ensign Frank H. Sadler as recorder. The board must be ready for trial Februory IS, 1907, at Narragansett Bay, where the tests are to be made; and the trials must be completed by March 29. 1907. The boats will be put through all sorts of maneuvers. Herring Fishery Regulations. ST. JOHNS, N. F., oft 7. A Wash ington dispatch received here stating that the British and American Gov ernments have arranged a modus vlvendi regulating herring fishery In these waters, and savins wnu im u. Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are 3000 Yds. $1.25 Silk, 85c Yd. 3000 yards Two-Toned Messalines, Louisines and Changeable Chiffon Taffetas, for suits, waists and skirting, in a wide range of color combinations; best $1.25 value, QZZf in this great sale only $1.25 Crepe de Chine, 98c 1500 yards 24-inch Crepe de Chine, extra quality, soft finish, smart crinkle; colors pink, light blue, Alice, old rose, lilac, silver, gray, cream, white and black; regular QQn $1.25 values, in this great sale $1.50-g2 Suitings, 98c Yd. New Shadow Plaid Broadcloths. .. .$2.00 New Shadow Plaid Panamas $1.50 $1.25 New Scotch Plaids, yard . .$1.00 October Bedding Sale $6.00 White Wool Blankets.. $4.95 $7.00 White Wool Blankets .$5.95 $9.00 White Wool Blankets .'..$7.50 $11.00 White Wool Blankets $9.50 Many other special blanket bargains. $4.00 Sateen Comforts, onlv... $2.68 $3.00 Silkoline Comforts, only $1.43 $1.25 White Bedspreads, only .$1.00 $2.00 White Bedspreads, only $1.60 Sheets and Pillow Cases at special prices. sumed to be the correct term of the arrangement, evoked bitter criticisms on the part of the press and the public- Flag for Advertising Purposes. WASHINGTON. Oct. 7. General Davis, Judge Advocate-General of the Army, has informed the acting Secre tary of War that there is no law for bidding the use of the flag of the United States for advertising purposes. The inquiry was made on behalf of the attorneys of the Jamestown expo sition, who desire to make use of the flat; for advertising purposes. Hours of Railway Mail Clerks. WASHINGTON. Oct. 7 It is said at the Fostoffice Department the question of railway mail clerks in connection with .the operations of the eight-hour law will be submitted to the Assistant Attorney-General of that department for decision. Channel to Stranded Vessels. FENSACOLA, Fla., Oct. 7. The Navy Department will make an effort to eave the war vessels stranded at the navy yard during the -recent hurricane by dredging channels from deep water to the point where the vessels are high and dry on the- beach. SCHOOL FOR RAILROADERS S. P. Will Establish In Connection "With University of Nevada. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 7. The Southern Pacific has arranged to make a new move in scientific railroading. Arrangements have been made to start a school for the education of railroad employes holding responsible positions, and in this way secure greater effi ciency and a set of highly trained men. The school will be started at Sparks. Nev., in connection with the Univer sity of Nevada. It will be a technical school, under the Joint supervision of the railroad and the university. Two classes of men will be trained for service on the lines, apprentices and Journeymen. The classes will meet for two hours twice a week. The railroad will pay expenses of the scheme, and will, probably force the courses in a class of picked men. The subjects to be taken up will in clude arithmetic, elementary mechan ics., mechanical drawing, link motion and valve motion. PIONEER KILLED BY TRAIN John B. Tabor Was Walking on the O. R. & N. Track in Colfax. COLFAX. Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.) While walking on the O. R. & N. track in the south end of town this afternoon John B. Tabor, a pioneer fruit man of Wawawai, ' for years a resident of the Willamette Val ley, was hit by a passenger train from Moscow and knocked off the track, break ing his leg, hip and shoulder and internally injuring him. He was removed to the home of his son-in-law. W. J. Hamilton, but died tonight. He was 85 years old. Tabor was walking toward the train, coming around a sharp curve, and as he was a little deaf he saw the train too late to clear the track. The side of the engine hit him and threw him into the ditch. He was a hale and hearty man. Off on a Secret Mislon. LONDON. Oct. 8. The Dally Mail this morning declares that Gabriel Essihoff, accompanied by the wife of General Oushakoff, sailed from a British port last Sunday for a,. distant secret destination. General Uprising Is Coming. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 7. The Social Democrats of Cronstadt have Issued a manifesto to the soldiers of the garrison against isolated mutinies and urging them to await the general uprising. Big Beet. Wallowa Chieftain. We have on exhibition at this office some samples of stock beets raised by Mr. A. C. Smith, of this city, one of which weighs 17 pounds. 5 Always the Lowest 85c Colored Taffeta, 68c Yd. 50 pieces of 19-inch Colored Taffeta, newly bought for this sale ; same quality as that of our recent special sale ; colors pink, light blue, yellow, lilac, old rose, light and dark gray, navy blue, Yale blue, reseda, myrtle, castor, beige, tan, cream, white and black; regular Soc quality; tZflf very special for this sale, per yard "Ot Guaranteed Black Taffeta 24-inch regular $1.00 quality, sale special .. T9 36-inch regular $1.35 quality, sale special S1.09 36-inch regular $1.50 quality, sale special $1.19 25c Wash For today only, 2500 yards finest Wash Suiting in exclusive checks; in black and white, gunmetal, brown, tan and maroon effects; regularly 25c a yard; the greatest wash goods bargain of p the year at only Uv Women's 20c Hosiery, 12 V2C Pr. Women's fine gauze black Cotton Stockings, with double heels and toes, seamless; actually worth 200 -tiyL g pair; great Monday sale... 2C Boys' heavy School Stockings, with double heels, toes and knees; always sold for 25c pair; Monday special, Cf three pairs for .' JJ Sole agents for the famous "Wearwell" Hosiery. SEES A RECEIVES ORDERS SOT TO FOUND MEXICAN COLONY. Deacon Arrington Is Commisioned to Raise a Millon to Restore Prophet's Prestige. CHICAGO. Oct. 7. John Alexander Dowie's rIan for a Mexican colony was abandoned in obedience to a command received by Dowie in a vision that came to him last Friday night, and which lasted five hours, according to an announcement made today by Deacon Arrington, one of Dowie's followers who has remained loyal to the deposed prophet. The scheme. Deacon Arrington said, was relinquished to another that contemplates the raising of Jl.OOO.OOO in Chicago for the purpose of restoring Dowie's power and prestige. The announcement was made in a small church In Chicago. All preparation for Dowie's departure for Mexico had been completed when. In a vision, accompanied by a blinding white light, the glory of which could not be described, the "First Apostle" declares he saw the Master and heard his voice. He was commanded, he said, to give up the Mexican project and seek the glory of Zion elsewhere. Dowie then commissioned Deacon Arrington to come to Chicago and raise $1,000,000 "for God and Zion." ACCEPTS CHINA'S WORD British Satisfied With Assurance That Hart Will Not Be Disturbed. SHANGHAI. Oct. 7. Sir Robert Hart, director-general of Chinese imperial customs, has issued a circular to the foreign colony here, saying that he has received assurances that his status with regard to Chinese customs will not be changed and that he is satis fied there will be no undue interfer ence with foreign control of the cus toms. LONDON, Oct. 7. According to a letter from Sir Edward Grey, the Brit ish Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to the China Association, the government has deemed it advisable to accept China's verbal assurances In the mat ter of the retention of Sir Robert Hart as director-general of Chinese imperial customs, and has placed those assur ances on record. The China Associa tion and some London newspapers con tend that this constitutes a diplomatic rebuff, and that Great Britain should have Insisted upon written assurances. Abalones Killed in Sea. PACIFIC GROVE, Cal.. Oct. 7 Aba Ion fishermen have discovered that this large shell fish is dead for miles along the rocky coast near More. Instead of sea moss and the usual marine . growths a viscous oily slime has covered the ocean The Cough of Consumption Your doctor will tell you that fresh air and good food are the real cures for consumption. But often the cough is very hard. Hence, we suggest that you ask your doctor about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It quiets the cough, heals the in flamed membranes. We publialx the fbmmlaa of all our preparation. JT. O. ATerCe., Low0U,Mau. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY Columbia FILLED NEW FALL Yarn CATALOG SENT ON REQUEST Store Suiting, 15c plaids, stripes and bottom, probably as the result of the upheaval of last April, when observers on various parts of the coast noticed geysers of heated liquid ejected high out of the horizon line. Either the resulting high temperature or this bituminous slime killed the abalones. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD G a spar C. Clemens, Lawyer. TOPBKA. Kan.. Oct. 7. Gasper C. Clem ens, a prominent attorney, known as one of the ablest constitutional lawyers of Kansas, died today of pneumonia at his home here early this morning, aged 63 years. Mr. Clemens was a cousin of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). He leaves a widow and a daughter. Miss Grace Clem ens, of San Francisco. Daniel Tarbox Jewett. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 7. Daniel Tarbox Jew ett, ex-United States 9enator from Mis souri, died today, aged 99 years. In earlier years he was a prominent attorney in St. Louis and opposed Abraham Lincoln in several suits at law, defeating him in three of them. A daughter. Mrs. G. A. Wilson, lives in Monterey, Mexico. Shepard Is Held Blameless. NEW TORK. Oct. 7. Justice Remsen, one of the Coroner's jury of North Hemp sted. L. I., said tonight that he did not see how it would be possible to hold El liott F. Shepard for the killing of Burt L. Gruner, of Passaic, N. J., in the Van derhilt cup race yesterday. After exam ining several witnesses he held that Mr. Shepard was in no way to blame. Decrease in Cotton Imports. LONDON. Oct. 7. The September statement of the Board of Trade shows a decrease of $3,320,500 in imports and an increase of $5,873,500 in exports. The prin cipal decrease in imports was in cotton from America. Catarrletsj and heal mucous membra n Best gargle for sore throat. 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