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THE SUNDAY , OREGOISTAy. PORTLAND, JU205 3, ..liHHJ. .-z-f EXTRADITION BILL Senate Passed It After Long Debate. GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL, ALSO Siewart of Nevada Spoke for Ex pansion Other Proceeding of the Upper House. WASHINGTON. June 2. After an ex tended debate, the Senate today passed the hill providing for ihe extradition of persons who have committed certain crimes In Cuba from the United States to the Island. As amended the bill provides that the alleged criminal shall be pun ished under the laws of Cuba as admin istered by Cuban courts. The last of the appropriation bills, the general deficiency bill, was passed, as also was the emer gency river and harbor bill, providing for numerous surveys and for certain other public works. Clay (Dem. Ga.) and Stewart (Sil. Nev.) addressed the Senate at length on the questions involved Jn the government ot our insular possessions. Soon after the Senate convened, a con current resolution, was adopted providing for the .printing of 16,000 seta of messages and papers of the Presidents, 10.000 sets to be sold at actual cost of , publication.' and COM sets t be placed at the disposal of the Senate and House. Morgan Dem. Ala.), chairman of the committee on interoceanic canals, made a request that the Nicaragua Canal bill should be made a special order for con sideration at 2 P. M. Monday, December 10. Morgan said he realized the improba bility of obtaining consideration, of the bill at this session. His request was agreed to. When the morning business was con cluded, the Senate concluded considera tion of the deficiency bill. An amendment was offered and after some discuss on agreed to, paying an extra month's sal ary to employes of the Senate and Housa of 'Representatives. Several other minor amendments were agreed to and the bill was passed. Allison (Rep. la.) then called up the bill calling upon the Secretary of the Treas ury, Secretary of the Interior and Attorney-General to make a settlement with the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad" for Its n debtedness to the United States. Harris (Dem. Kan.) offered an amend ment providing that the commission cre ated "by the bill should not accept less than the full claim oL the United States, principal and interest. In support of hla amendment, Harris contended that an el fort was being made to settle a debt of 54.200,000 due by the railroad to the United States Uovernment for ab6uf $500,000. The amendment was rejected, 16 to 32. Harris then offered another amendment providing that the commission created by the bill should report to Congress In or der that its work might be reviewed. Thlr amendment, too, was rejected, 18 to Zl The bill was passed as It came from the House. A conference was ordered on the sundry civil blU appropriation bill, anjl Allison. Hale (Rep. Me.) and Cockrell (Dem. Mo.) were named as conferees. The emergei'cy river and harbor bill, providing for numerous surveys and for other purpose, was taken up and read, the committee amendments being agreed to. After being amended slightly by In dividual Senators, It was reported to tho Senate and passed. The substitute proposed by the Senate Judiciary committee for the House bill pro viding for the extradition of, alleged crim inals from the United States to Cuba was called up by Fairbanks (Rep. Ind.). Stewart (Sil. Nev.) proposed to strike out the provision that the. ;fudge "shall be satisfied that proper provision exists for securing for the accused a speedy and fair trial for such offense where he will be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation and be confronted with the witnesses against him, and have compu' sory process for obtaining witnesses In his favor, and hae the assistance of counsel for his defense." Hoar (Rep. Mass.), chairman of the com mittee on judiciary, antagonized the amendment, holding that every American had the rights assured to him In thli country, as It was proposed by the pro vision quoted to give him In Cuba. In a somewhat caustic speech in favor of striking out the provision. Teller (SIL Colo.) maintained that the alleged crimi nal -ought to be satisfied to be tried by the courts now In existence m Cuba under the authority of the United States. Tillman (Dem. S- C.) said It seemed to Iilm that when -an American. accepted an appointment In Cuba and broke the law and brought disgrace upon his country at the same time, he ought to take the con sequences as- they might be meted- out to him by tho laws of the country- where he had committed his crime. Bacqn. (Dem. Ga.) referred to the.alleged conspiracy of Captain Carter with Gaynor and Green, at Savannah, Ga., whereby he said the Government was swindled out of about $2,000,000. He said Gaynor and Green were the men whd had committed the of fenses, while. Captain Carter was In prison. A Federal Judge In New York had refused Te'cehtly to extradite Gaynor and Green to Georgia for trial, and they were free now. He cited this instance, he said, to indicate a. fear that a majority of criminals at which the pending bill was aimed might escape. Fairbanks said ha was willing to. accept the amendment. There had been. a diver gence of opinion in the judiciary commlt Jleo as to-tho provision, but he had favored Its elimination from the bill from the be. ginning. Rawlins (Dem. Utah) doubted the deslra blllty of eliminating the provision from the bill. Chandler (Rep. N. H.) said ho was .satisfied that It ought not to Tie In tho measure. Hale opposed the amend ment, declaring we ought not to extradite any American citizen to a country which had a system of laws different from ou: own. Hoar said the plain issue was as to whether an American citizen, presumably Innocent, should be taken to Cuba and tried as Dreyfus had been tried. Tot. as the session was nearing an end, he was not disposed to prevent the passage of the hill with or without the proviso. The proviso was stricken out, 46 to 10, and the bill pased without division. The Philippine bill was then taken up, and Clay (Dem. Ga.) made a speech, on the tremendous growth of public expendi tures since early days. Stewart then addressed the Senate on the Philippine question. He argued that the treaty of Paris was the law of the land. Every American citizen is bound by It. To advocate the cause of Aguinaldo Is to oppose the law of this country. Sym pathizers with Agulnaldo's cause cannot extenuate their course by the employment of such terms as "Imperialism" and "mili tarism." The advocates of Aguinaldo have challenged the forces of the Administra tion to a battle at the polls and that chal lenge has bten accepted. The result can not bo doubtful. The American people will support the Administration. He said Cuba was tho key to the Gulf of Mexico. anl should always be controlled by the United States. He was Inclined to the belief that Cuba eventually would be annexed to the United States by the wish of the Cubans themselves. Allen presented resolution in memory ot the late "William L. Greene, a Representa tive from Nebraska. Eulogies were pro nounced by Senators Allen. Turner and Thurston. Resolutions expressive of the sorrow of the Senate were adopted, and then, as an additional mark of respect, the Senate, at 5-45 P. M., adjourned until Mon day, at 10 A. M. Cocar d'Alene Reports. WASHINGTON, June 2. The report on the Coetrr d'Alene Investigation, will be ( submitted.' by the ,Kouse " committee on military affairs, Monday, and wlUrob- i aDjy he maoe public then. The majority report Ss expectbj! to acquit General Mer rkun and the United States military au thorities from lesponslblllty. holding that they were thero to maintain order, with the state offi-Jals directing affairs. The minority report, on tht other hand, will be an arraignnHTit of the United States au thorities, holding that they did not va cate their functions to the state, and that they Tver responsible- for the treatment of Imprisoned strikers. CHINA'S TRADE. Commerce of the Flowery KUHgdom Shows a Rapid Increase. WASHINGTOTC .Ttino ? TTnHorf BfntA Consul-General Goodnow, at Shanghai, THIS MAT; EXPLAIX THE REPORT THAT THE AIRSHIP HAS BEDS SIGHT ED AGAIX. St. Loula Globe-Democrat. has transmitted to ,the State Department an Interesting statement in regard to the Chinese commerce last year, -which the Consul says was characterized by an as tonishing development- The Jiet value of the import trade for 1899 was $183,103,778, double that of 1890. The importation of opium was over 1,000,000 pounds in ex cess of the imports, during the preceding year.- The trade Jn cotton goods, which had remained practically stationary for three years, made a great advance, rising from $51,255,557 In 1B9S to $73,571,917. In piece goods a great Increase in the Imports of American .product was noted, although It was considerably checked by the high prices' ruling during the last quarter of the year. The Importation of sundries rose-irom $60,G38;167 to $79,31S.7T6. The value of the flour imported was &2CG.13S, and all of it came from the United States. The value of last year's exports from China is estimated at $189,105,123. and this amount, as in the case of the Imports, Is more than double that shown In 1850. China's exportsv-it Is said, .are at present checked by price, and Inferior quality, due respectively to the coBt of transportation and the heavy taxation, and to adulter- 157. Three Judges Enough The Judicial amendment to, J the constitution (No. 157) is m a mere increase of the "pub 9 lie pay-rolL If it, is neces- sary to relieve the Supreme Court, It should be dona by decrease of tho number of appealable causes. The rem a edy lies with the Legislature. 157, Vote Against It atlon and faulty methods of preparation. Prices will come down, and the demand for Chinese wares Increase, says the Con sul, when railways bring the goods more cneapiy ana tne uovemment takes steps to prevent the adulteration now rampant. The exportation of tea to the Unltea States was 5,000,000 pounds in excess of the amount sent out in 1S3S. "It Is a humiliating fact," says Consul General Goodnow, "that of the, total ton nage of vessels entering and clearing from Chinese ports last year, the United States only contributed 1 per cent of the total tonnage, the American flag floating over only 3 per cent.' QUEEN'S GRAND-DAUGHTER. Visit of Princess Arlbert of Aubalt -to America. NEW TORK. June 2. Trnvellnc Inpoir- nlto and attended only by a lfdy In wait ing, the Princess Arlbert of Anhalt, eldest daughter of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Christian, and grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, arrived in New York on tne .Majestic Wednesday evening. Her hlchneSS is now at the Waldorf-Astoria. where sire. Js registered as the Countes of Munstefbiirg. It is the first visit the Princess has made to America and her coming has been known only to a few personal friends of herself and her mother, the Princess Christian. Who. before her mnrrtnM n Erlnce Christian of Schleswlg-Holsiein. was the Princess Helena Augusta, second daughter of the Queen, The Princess Arl bert is here xis a tourist, solely for pleas ure, and has preferred to remain Jn- cognuo, dui as sne leaves iew Tork today for Washington, where she is to be re ceived at the British Legation, her iden tity can scarcely he kept a secret here after. Tli? Soon el (I Mine Disaster. SALT LAKE. June 2. State Coal Mine Inspector Thomas late today submitted to Governor Weils a statement of the condi tions surrounding the explosion which oc curred at the Winter Quarters mine Mav J. together with a list of the killed and Injured. Mr. Thomas finds that the ex plosion was caused through the accidental igniting ot a keg of black powder, by means of which the dust exploded. Th total number of killed is placed at 199, and the number of injured at seven. WHOLESALE HOLD-UPS HOLD BASDITS 0!S THE YOSEM1TE ROAD. Robbed Three Stages, a Private Car- .rlage and Two Cavalrymen" More Troopers Clone By. RAYMOND, CaL. June" 2. One of the boldest robberies ever committed in Cali fornia occurred today, when three of the Yosemlte Stage & Turnpike Company's mages, a private conveyance and two soldiers were held up by two highwaymen, who were evidently not aware that Major Rucker and Captain C. E. Wilcox. In com- mand of 67 men of Troop Ft Sixth Cav alry, from the Presidio, were close be hind, en route to the Yo:iimlte National Park. Tho hold-ups occurred at a point two miles this side of Grub Gulch, where the country is thickly grown with cha parral. Sergeant Buchanan and another trooper had gone ahead of tho cavalry to make arrangements for selecting a camping place. Tho highwaymen suddenly ap peared, masked, and, getting the drop on the troopers, took away their guns and held the troopers till the stages arrived. The robbers handed the driver of the stage a card reading "Bjack Kid." and ttiid: "They fooled me on the Big Oak Flat road, but you can't this time." One robber then took a bat belonging to T. H. Griffiths, of the Southern Pacific Com pany, a passenger on the stage, and col lected $150 from tho passengers, after which he ordered the driver to go on. Each stage was successively held up, the robbers getting about $350. The mall and express matter were not molested. Among the passengers robbed was Professor Ben jamin Ide Wheeler, president of the Uni versity of California. Postmaster Graham Convicted. SALT LAKE, June 2. In the case of John C. Graham, on trial charged with unlawful cohabitation, the Jury this after noon rendered a verdict of "guilty as charged." accompanying the some with a recommendation for mercy. Graham was formerly postmaster at Provo, Utah, but was recently removed by the Presi dent on account of polygamous charges mado against him. Convicted of Perjury. BUTTE. June 2. Fred Barilett, convict ed of perjury in connection with his bank ruptcy, toh sentenced toady to 10 months In Jail by Judge Knowle of the United States Court. It is the flrnt case of the kind here. LETTER FROM A MISSIONARY Growth 6t the. Anti-Foreign Senti ment In China. ELLSWORTH, Me., Juno 2. Dr. Mary L. Burnham, daughter of O. R. Burnham, who has charge of the hospital or "com pound" connected with the Presbyterian Mission at Chlnan Fu, China. In a recent letter tells of the work of the Boxers In that vicinity. The letter was written a few daya before the massacre of several native Christians in (owns near Chlnan Fu, and the killing from ambush of 25 soldiers In a regiment sent from Chlnan Fu to the scene of the massacres. Miss Burnham eas: "The new Governor at Chlnan Fu has succeeded In quelling all outward signs of tho Ta La Hui (Big Knife Sect, or Boxers) In the city. We cannot go from the city, however, without a guard, and much of the mission work Is at a stand still. The English Consul, Mr. Campbell, is till here. He had two menjiut to death for the murder of Mr. Brooke. It was n cold-blooded affair, and was only possible because of the anti-foreign feeling at Pe king. I fear we have not heard the end of the Big Knives yet. The new Governpr Is doing his duty, but is crippled by his subordinate officers. The head of the Board of Punishments (Judge) has given Mr. Campbell, .the English Consul,, .much trouble. Both the English and the Ameri cans have asked their representatives to Insist on his removal. "We are quite safe here now but It has come to our ears that we had a narrow escape during the old Governor's term of office. Tho Big Knives., emboldened by official favor, had decided to loot our 'compounds' here. This came to his oars, and he beheaded two or three men whom he had in custody. From papers It would appear that the move- iment was going north, and slowly out decidedly gaining ground. I fear there can only be peace In China If it is partitioned, and If partitioned there will be a long period of unrest and un quiet." New SnRnr Company' Incorporated. NEW YORK. June 2. The organization of thi National Sursr "Rofimlni- Onmnmi- of Now Jersey was completed today in I Jersey City. The- new company-Is a corn I blrratlon of the National. VoIWkntntiof !ni ' Docscher Companies. The stock is divld- &ihtQT MTMf writ. I) rAftifcrat O rrjl ed Into 510,(00,080 of common and $10,000,000 of preferred shares. The assets comprise all the plants of the three companies in the combination, and several million dol lars In cash. ENDED HIS OWN LIFE. (Continued from First Page.) occupied tt durinjr the night, and if he was in the room Friday morning no one saw him. Friday morning, between 9 and 18 o'clock, a young man, answering the de scription of Moss, walked, into the second-hand store of D. Dorfman, next door to tho Owl saloon. He selected a. gray sack coat, a vest, shirt, collar, tie and cap, which he purchased, giving in part payment therefor his old black coat and brown hat He put the new shirt on over the old one, saying he did not care to caVry the other around with hrm. He appeared cool, and In no hurry, staying In the store more than 15 minutes Dorfman thinks. While In there he remarked that he had worked in a sh!rt factory In West Virginia. He said he lived only a few blocks from the store, and admitted that he was rather short of funds. Before leaving ho remembered that he had left some papers in his old coat pocket, and hastened to get them, re marking that he would not take $200 for thoso papers. Tho reason Mr. Dorfman thinks this man was Riley Moss is because the same man came Into hlt store the evening be fore at 7:30 and bought a 32-calIber pis tol. In a short time he returned and exchanged it for a 3S-calfber. saying he could get 3S-caliber cartridges. Mr Dorfman thought no more of the cir cumstances until next day, when the man was buying the clothes, when he asked him if he was not the one who purchased the pistol Thursday evening. The fellow said that he was. Borrowed the Cartridges. Aside from the fact that the man who bought the pistol and exchanged the clothing answers the description of Moss, there were other circumstances which prove that he was the man. Between 7 and S o'clock Thursday even ing Moss walked Into the Owl saloon and asked Fred Giesler for some cartridges. Tho saloon-keeper replied that he had only 3Ss. Moss said his pistol was a S2, but that he could exchange Jt for a 38. He stepped out and in a few minutes returned with a 3S-cal!ber, when Giesler gave him four cartridges, for Which he offered to pay. Giesler told hlra he could pay him back when he bought a box. Moss then left the saloon, saying he wa3 .going to Vancouver, and that some of the boys over there did not llko him. PeTr Knew Him Here. Few persons can be found who knew .Moss Intimately. Last Fall he roomed over the Owl saloon for about one month. Then his companion was John Bragg. He and Bragg appeared to be success ful at gambling, and are said to havo made some good winnings then. When Moss was married he is said to have taken $S0 of Bragg's money. Since that time Bragg has been looking for him Bragg was last seen in the Cosmopolitan saloon Thursday night- He, like Moss, came here from Virginia, as a volunteer soldier, and they were mustered out at Vancouver. Moss called on a woman friend at tho Saratoga House Wednesday. He told her he was married, but said little about his troubles. Mr. Clute does not know much about Moss, and thinks he bad few acquaint ances here.. Xot Married Here. Diligent search at the County Clerk's ofilce falls to show when Moss pro cured marriage license here, and there are some who think he was never mar ried to the woman he murdered. The fact that he did not procure the license here does not prove this. The girl's father was opposed to the marriage, and did not know of It when, it toolc place. It may be that the license was procured and that the marriage took place at Vancouver or at Oregon City. The funeral of Mrs. Moss will take place from Flnley Bros.' undertaking parlors this morning at 10 o'clock. The remain will "be interred at Lone Fir Cemetery. Wlint a For Costs London. Contemporary Review. The cost of a day's genuine fog In town can be estimated In different ways. About a dozen years ago, I. e., just before the electric light had seriously interfered with the street Illumination by gas alone, the calculation in" pounds, shillings and pence worked out thus: Statistics furnished by one chief company showed that 33,000,(XB cubic feet in excess were consumed on a single day of fog. This was computed to be a quantity sufficient for a year's supply of gas to a town of tO.000 or 12,000 Inhabi tants. Adding, to this the extra, supply demanded at the same time of two other metropolitan companies, the total -excess of gas amounted to Ifo.OOO.OOO cubic feet, or, put in another way, the cost of the day's fog to London could not be put at a less figure than 7000 or 8000. Then, as to the cost In health, we have a statement In the Lancet, from a health officer, who is prepared to take the lenient view that In spite of a few day's discom fort people after a fog live on pretty much as before. He is ready to admit that to counterbalance the bad effect of mechanical irrftation there- Is possible good" to be derived from inhaling carbon aceous matter by reason of such matter being a disinfectant,, while, as the result of actual measurement, there Is shown to be "present all the while pretty much the normal amount of oxygen. For all this, the writer Is convinced that the mischief wrought goes far beyond streaming eyes and smarting nostrils. There are other products in the baneful air besides the particles of simple Foot, sulphurous am mqniacal acid, and organic, particles which, when added to the usual accom paniment of a lowering of temperature, must tell materially against the infirm or aged. But this question has -been approached In yet another way. Professor Oliver, in a preliminary report to the scientific com mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society, a few years back, details the result of scraping 20 square yards -of the roofs of glass houses at Kew, and also at Chel sea, which had been carefully washed down previous to a visitation of fog. In both cases tho weight of deposit was about the same 30 grains per square yard, or six tons per square mile. Proceeding to analyze the deposit collected at the more densely inhabited locality, there was found aboiit 10 per cent of mineral matter to 35 per cent of carbon, while the analysis yielded 5 per cent and 1U per cent of sulphurous acid and hydrochloric acid, re spectively. There was also a considerable proportion viz., 15 per cent of hydrocar bons, to which was attributed the familiar oleaginous character of fogs as $ve know them. The Salon of the Old Reffirae. Longman's. "There used to be In Parte." says. Syd ney Smith, "under the old regime, a few women of brilliant talents who violated all the common duties of life, and gave very pleasant little suppers." There Is no wit tier description of the Salonieres. The Salon, as an institution. Is wholly and exclusively French. The practical mind of England always wants to be do ing. The mind of France is- more easily content to talk. In Its Salons- It talks to some purpose. They are the forcing houses of the revolution, the nursery of the encyclopaedia, the antechamber of the Acadcmle. Here are discursed free thought and the rights of men. intrigues, politics, science, literature. Here ona makes love, reputations, bon-mots, epigrams. Here meet the brilliancy, corruption, artificial ity of old France, and the boundless en thusiasm which are to form a new. The Salonleres have passed, like their Salons, for ever. In the rush and hurry of modern life there Js no time even for women to make conversation a cultivated accomplishment. Famous Generals Recommend Perund Of the great Generals of the Confederate Army In the United State3 few re main. The most conspicuous figure among these. Is General James Longstreet. of Gainesville, Go, His loyalty and courage in defending the lost cause, won the admiration of the world. As a survivor of that splendid chivalry peculiar to our Southern States two generations ago. General Longstreet is one of the most unique men of thie age. Ho is a man of few words, but when he does speak hts opinions are accepted by law i "wMx &7E?vg3 medicine General James Longstreet. Hub The Spring Is the hest time to treat exhausted serves. Nature renews herself every Spring:. The system Is rejuvenated by Sprlnjr weather. This renders medicines more effective. A short coarse of Peruna, as- slsted by the balmy air of Spring:, tvIH care old, stubborn cases of STRIKE ALMOST SETTLED CITIZENS PROPOSITION ACCEPTED BY ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY. lint the Union Men, After Long Con sideration, Insisted on Certain Alterations. ST. LOUIS, June 2. Developments loday ln the great street-car strike situation caused hope to bound high in the public breast, and In many quarters confidence was expressed that the curtain was about to be rung down on the prolonged strug gle between capital and labor. But just as the shades of night were falling the word was passed around that the citizens' committee, which has labored so zealously to bring about an amicable adjustment' ot affairs, had failed to consummate Its ob ject, and again hope gave wa to bitter disappointment. Early In the day the citizens' .committee 159. Danger In This The proposed irrigation amendment (No. 159) is an invasion ot private property rights. The power to exer olso the right of eminent-domain Is conferred upon any person who wishes to ap propriate a stream or other water supply on any pretext that It is necessary for "the development of the natural resources ot the state." The dangers of such an exten sion of corporate and per sonal authority over the lands and property ot an other are obvious. 159. Vote Against It e a (eit(etattii8 909 submitted a proposition for a settlement of the strike to" Edward Whlttaker, presi dent of the Transit Company, and to ex Governor W. J. Stone, attorney for the Railway Men's Union, the salient point of which is the railway company shall agree to restore to Its employment not less thaa 1000 of Its former employes "Immediately, and not less than 500 additional of them within 90 days after the proposition 13 ac cepted. The proposition further" provided that as soon as the first 1000 have been provided for, the company" shall re-employ as many more ot Its former employes as there shall be places for either by reason of vacancies that shall occur, or the fur ther extension of the company's business. This proposition met with the entire ap probation of Mr. Whittaker, and" he ap proved It forthwith. Governor Stone called the members of the strikers' griev ance committee together, and they went Into secret session to consider the .propo sition. The conference was a long One, continuing until 6 o'clock this evening. At the conclusion of the conference, Mr. Stone stated that the committee had mdde no 1 rogress. He said: "We have discussed this proposition ex haustively, and I want to say right here that the members of the union commit tee have shown most commendable con servatism and breadth of y(ew In their discussion of the proposition. We reached no conclusion because I desired some in formation that it is absolutely necessary to have before we can act. I have asked these gentlemen to furnish me this lnfor n.ation. and th,ey will do so some time'to-mp-row. I cannot state the nature of this information -at this time. I may say. how ever, that the proposition, as submitted, cannqt be accented by the union., I do not care to specify the points that prevent acceptance, but, speaking generally, the proposition will have to be changed be fore we can accept It." Members of the First Missouri Regiment, X. G. M.. have received orders to report at the armory at 9 o'clock tomorrow morn ing, j Depths of 3IInes. Nineteenth Century. The produce of a coal seam five feet thick Is 6000 tons per acre, and taking this as an average thickness, the area of coal annually worked amounts to nearly 33,000 acres, or four times the area of the County of London. With this rapid rate of consumption, anxiety as to the dura tion of the British coal fields is well found ed. Professor Hull estimates that the total quantity of coal within a depth of 4000 feet still remaining is S1.6S3.000.000 tons. This estimate Is reassuring, although It is not In accord with the less optimistic and divergent views on the question expressed by Professor Stanley Jevons, by the Right Honorable Leonard H. Courtney, by Mr. R. Prlce-Wllllams, and by Mr. T. Forster Brown. All these estimates are of slight value, owing to the Impossibility of pro phesying either the rate of increase In production and consumption, or the limits at which mining may be carried on with profit. Early In the last century a shaft 100 feet In depth was an object of wonaer, and a glance over the history of the depths hitherto attained clearly shows the remarkably rapid progress that has been made In this respect. Al the present time the greatest depth at which In Great Britain mining operations are carried on has been reached at the Pendleton col- hla fellow countrymen with profound respect, if not rev erence. In commenting upon Peruna, the old General made use of the following language: "I Join vrltk Bay comrade. General "Wheeler, in testifying: to the merits ot Peruna, both as a toale aad a catarra. remedy. Peruna enjoys the greatest rcaatatlon as a catarrh, remedy of any yet devised." James Longstreet. General Longstreet's reference to General Wheeler in commenting upon Peruna was oc casioned by a public statement of General Wheeler some time prior, in which he had praisedPeruna as a catarrh remedy and ton ic. General Wheeler's signed statement was as follows: "I Join with Senators Sullivan, Roach and McEnery In their good opinion of Peruna. It is recommended to me by those who have used It as an excellent tonic and peculiarly effect ive as a cure for catarrh." Joe Wheeler. Almost everybody needs a tonic In the Spring. Something to brace the nerves. Invig orate the brain and cleanse the blood. That Peruna will do this is beyond all question. Every one who has tried It has had the same experience as Mrs. D. W. Tlmberlake, of Lynchburg, Va., who, in a recent letter, mado use of the following words: "I always take a dose of Peruna after business hours, as It Is a great thing for the nerves. There la no bet ter Spring tonic, and I hae used about all of them." llery, near Manchester, where the deep eat workings are nearly 3300 feet below the surface. This enormous depth has, bowever, been exceeded In other countries, notably In the Lake Superior district, where the Red Jacket shaft of the Calumet and Hecla copper mine has now attained the record depth ot 4900 feet; and in Belgium, where a colliery at Mons is 3937 feet deep. Depths such as these show that the limit ot depth of 4000 feet adopted by Professor Hull and by the Royal Coal Commission ers In 1S70, though ridiculed at the time, -was well within the bounds of possibil ity. In view of the marvelous efficiency of modern winding engines, no considera tions ot a mechanical nature need limit the prospective depths of shafts. By far the most Important obstacle to very deep mining Is the certain and proportionate increase of temperature according to depth. At the Paruschowitz borehole, In Silesia, the deepest In the world, recently put down by the Prussian Government to a depth of (373 feet, this Increase of tem perature with depth has been found to be 1 degree Fahr. for 62.1 feet. Taking this as a fair average, a coal seam at a depth of 4000 feet woujd be, without the cooling action of an artificial ventilating current, 64 degrees warmer than ground near the surface. NOTHING ELSE TO STAND ON Democrats Mnst Go Back to Their "Woe-Begotten Platform of 9G. Springfield, Mass., Union. One very good reason for believing- that the Democratic National Convention at Kansas City will reaffirm the platform ot 1S96 and make the Issues of that National campaign those of the one soon to com mence Is that that course Is practically a matter of necessity with the Democracy. That party doubtless would be glad to drop the Issues upon which it was de feated so overwhelmingly In 1S96 If they could invent something new or could find anything In the record of the Republican Administration at Washington during the past three jears upon which they could appeal to the country with any hope of success. But neither course Is open to them, and they are obliged to fall back upon their old platform and their old Is sues because they have nothing of any consequence to substitute for them. They cannot make an "Issue" out of the condition of the country, for it is precisely what the Republicans prophesied In 1S96, if they were given power, and wnat the Bryanltes declared It would not be. They cannot delude labor again, as they did In 1S92, into believing that a Democratic tri umph would mean higher wages, for one object lesson on that subject such as wage earners got from 1S93 to 1S96 Is sufficient for a generation. They cannot, as they did In 1864. declare the war a failure, for the war concededly was a great success, and what remains of the Tagal rebellion In Luzon certainly affords no basis for a political campaign. Cuba Is making progress toward complete reha bilitation, and Porto Rico Is more than satisfied with the presence there and the significance of an American civil Governor the first civil Governor of any nation ality the Island ever has had. During the years since 1S96 the Demo cratic party has been standing still. It has taken no part In shaping events or In conducting the affairs of the Nation. Its only part has been to sit on the fence, see the procession go by, and make faces at the Republican marchers. Meanwhile, the Republican party has been accomplishing Important things. It has been in charge of the legislation and the administration of. the Government, and it has been achieving results that have proven emi nently satisfactory to the people. It has disposed of and passed beyond the old Is sues of 1856, and has raised new ones upon whlcli It Is equally ready to meet its op ponents before the tribunal of the people. It Is a party of action, while the De mocracy is a party of agitation; It Is a party of progress, while the Democracy is a party of retrogression: It looks ahead while the Denjocracy looks back. These are the reasons whythe Democratic party never catches up with the times, and why It will go back to 1S96 to find its issues for the campaign fo the present year. Russian Progress. The National Geographic Magazine. What the warrior monk Ellas uttered long ago receives confirmation every pass ing year: "This progress of Russia Is mysterious and profound. Before she moves she neither betrays her plan nor hesitates nor boasts, but none can hinder her arriving where she has set her will." Not long ago I received a letter from a Bulgarian friend, a leading member of the Sobranje. or Bulgarian Chamber of Deputies. He uses theso words: "In the near or distant future I see only two prominent nations the United States in the West, and Russia owning the whole of Asia and exercising a preponderant ln- nuence over tne -European Continent- The whole of the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Mi nor, Persia, Central Asia are her natural and Inevitable inheritance. Above Asia and Europe I see the "White Czar of Holy Russia. Your people need have no con cern. The interests of Russia and the United States nowhere conflict. Natural ly, they are friends and allies. Together they are to regenerate the world." Thus the Bulgarian statesman utters his own conviction and the great political credo of the Slav. The one necessity and the chief ally of Riissla is time. How far the peace mani festo of Nicholas I was prompted by phi lanthropy or by profound but selfish statecraft it Is Impossible to know. If nervousness that have resisted treatment for years. General Marcus Wright, 1724 Corcoran street Washington, D. C. a prominent Confederate General, who Is In charge of getting up the records of the War of iaa Rebellion, has the following to say In re gard to Peruna: "1 take pleasure la. commendlag Peruna. .It is a remarkable medi clae, and should be used ny persons who are in need of a good toaio and sufferers fiora catarrh." General W. W. Duffleld, General In th Mexican War and General of the Union Army In the late Civil War. in a letter written from "The Cairo," Washington, D. C., says the following of Perunat ."I have used Peruna lu my fam ily and have found, it a -valuable medicine, and take pleasure la recommending- to all -who suffer from catarrh if ihe stomach or who re quire a tonic of efficiency.' General S. S. Toder, ex-member of Con gress,, from Lima, O., In a recent fetter to Dt. Hartman, speaks of Peruna as fol lows: "I desire to say that I have found Peruna to he a -wonderful remedy. I only used it for n short time aad am thoroughly satisfied as to lis merits. I ennnot find words to ex press my gratitude for the results obtained. As a catarrh cure I shall gladly recommend It to all suffer ers." Those desiring a book on Spring ca tarrh should addrees The Peruna Medi cine Co., Columbus, O. philanthropy, that manifesto remains tho noblest and most memorable document ever issued by a Christian monarch; it political sagacity, that manifesto is in appreciation of the future the astutest utterance ever made by the occupant of a Russian throne. But It is unbecoming to question the hidden motives of a deed In Itself sublime. History will record no more than this: That at the close of a century more crowded with bloodshed and war" than any other since time began, Russia, through the voice of her autocrat ic Czar, put forth a plea to all mankind in favor of universal brotherhood and peace. a STOLEN RIFLES RECOVERED STOLEN niFLES RECOVERED. Am) Taken by Filipinos Were Re-r captured. MANILA. June 2. Lieutenant-Colonel Emerson H. Liscum. of the Twenty-fourth, Infantry, at Tarlac, Island of Luzon, re ports that the efforts ot the local presi dent have resulted in the capture of 31 out of 33 Krag-Jorgensen rifles in good condition, stolen from the regiment De cember 9 last. The search for the rifles has continued unceasingly since they wero lost Some scouts Tuesday very nearly recovered the rifles, but the enemy re moved them and concealed them In the hills. A Captain and 30 rebels armed with rifles have surrendered at Cuyapo. Nueva, Eclga, a town In Candaba, has been burned, and many poor famlHesare homeless. General Wheaton recom mends government succor, The Are, It Is supposed, was accidental. . The Power of Artillery Contemporary Review. The power of artillery, property handled and sufficiently numerous. Is now so great that It Is Impossible to- conceive an enemy capable of maintaining an aimed fir a against it at alL If 100 guns -concentrate their shrapnel on a front of trench of, say S00 yards extent, the number of bul lets delivered is so great that every man's head and shoulders showing above the crest will, on an average, receive four hits a minute, and. if that Is not sufficient to hinder steady aiming the blinding clouds of dust and smoke from tne burst ing, shells effectually screen all the at tacklrg objects from the occupants of the trench, and under such conditions It Is absolutely Immaterial what forma tions they adopt, or what colored uni forms they wear. They will meet a storm of bullets certainly, for the enemv wil contrive to fire at them somehow, but their Are will be so absolutely random that the number of hits -will vary simply as the amount of square feet of vulnerable area exposed and the duration of such ex posure. The longer you are out in the rafn the wetter you will get. and you will ber Just as wet In khaki as In scarlet. Boers Lst Stand. CAPE TOWN. June 2. A dispatch to tlw Argus, of this city, from Delagoa Bay, says: "Pretoria will surrender. President Kru ger, according to this correspondent, la said" to be at Mlddelburg, and., he adds, the last stand of the Boers will be made at Machadodorp." . Captnln McGownn's Sentence. WASHINGTON. June 2. Secretary of the Navy Long has accepted the recom mendation of clemency of the court-martial in the case of Captain John McGowan and has reduced the sentence of susp?n--slon on half-pay from two years to six months. REDUCED RATES. June 12 and 13. On above dates the Great Northern will se.ll tickets to Philadelphia and return: rate, JSS5Q: tickets, good 60 dajs. City ticket office, 26S Morrison street. Vote for Russell E. Sewall for District Attorney. Battle Is On Fight Between Disease Germs and Blood Corpuscles Science Throws Light Upon the Cures by Hood's Sarsaparllla. Recent discoveries Indicate that disease is a battle between deadly germs and the corpuscles In the blood. If the corpuscles win, the patient recovers. Hood's Sarsaparllla 1j? the grand rein forcement which make3 victory sure. It Increases and vitalizes these corpuscles, expels all poisonous germs, neutralizes uric acid, and cures all diseases having f their origin In Impure blood. Its wonder ful cures, of scrofula are well known. It absolutely eradicates all traces of this disease. 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