The Sunday Oregonian., July 19, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAXD, JULY 19, 1908.
DE1E1TINSPECTS
LANDS IN OU
Commissioner Now in Portland
and Will Visit Vari
ous Offices.
NEW SYSTEM OF RECORDS
Official Explains Benefit to Be De
rived From Revised Method of
Land Filings Declines to Dis
cuss the Neuliausen Report.
Fred Dennett. Commissioner of the
General Land Office at Washington, U
In Portland on his initial tour of Inspec
tion of the public lands and their ad
ministration by the General Land Of
fices of the state. The purposes of the
official visit are two-fold: the Instruction
of the Land Office officials as to the new
system of record-keeping that was in
stalled July 1 and bringing these offices
more closely in touch with the General
Land Office at Washington. Mr. Den
nett is accompanied by an expert from
the Washington office, whose duty it I
to acquaint the officers of the General
Xand Offices throughout the country with
the details of the new records.
"The only purpose sought to be served
By the installation of this new system
of records." explained Mr. Dennett yes
terday. "Is to modernize as much as pos
sible tills important department of the
Government service. The plan includes
l new system of receiving all applica
tions for public lands and registering the
lame, together with each and every
transaction connected with each appli
cation, by a serial number. A new meth
od of bookkeeping has also been Intro
Suced for the officers of the Land Offices
oy which a seperate receipt is required
to be issued for every payment that is
.nade in connection with every transac
tion affecting the same entry.
Clear Vp Delayed Work.
"At the same time the work of the field
Kents Is being systematized to the end
that better results may be obtained. Our
last appropriation included an extra al
lowance of $250,000. which was designed
to bring the work of the field agents up
to date. The funds will be sufficient. In
Oregon, where this work was far behind,
the business of the Department is now
well up to date. We have rearranged the
work of the special agents in the field
In a manner that is already promising
very satisfactory results. These agents
are now assigned to the local offices,
where they remain until the congested
business has been cleared up.
"This arrangement has, a decided ad
vantage other than in bringing the work
of the different offices up to date. It
serves to educate the officials of the of
fice to a knowledge of the plans adopted
by the General Land Office and will facili
tate future business in all offices. By
remaining a definite time in the different
.iftiees. these agents will be able to form
m Intelligent Idea of the conditions in
the various localities, eo that the deter
mination of subsequent controversies af
Tecting the lands In those sections, or at
least many such disputes, can be adjusted
through these agents at Washington and
at the same time avoid the tiresome de
.ay that has formerly been experienced.
Great Demand for Land.
"It will also be my purpose to bring
the offices of the Surveyor-Generals into
.loser touch with the head office at Wash
ington. In fact, everything possible will
ne done to expedite the settlement of con
:ests and the making of surveys, neces
sary to the settlement of public lands by
Donu fide homeseekers. The demand for
.hese lands continues surprisingly heavy,
particularly in Oregon and in New Mexi
co, and it is the purpose of the admin
stratlon to remove every unnecessary ob-
tacle to their speedy acquisition by de
serving persons."
.Mr. Dennett spoke in the highest terms
Jf praise of the work of Chief of Field
Division Glavls. of Portland, who has
upervision of fourteen special agents in
liis state. The commissioner declined to
iiscuss the report from Washington that
Thomas B. Xeuhausen was either to re
sign or to be removed from his present
position with the Interior Department.
When questioned on this subject the com
missioner said that Mr. Neuhausen was
in officer under the Secretary of the In
terior personally, and was in no way con
nected with the department of which he
has charge.
Mr. Dennett expressed his doubts of the
ccuracy of the report that Mr. Neu
hausen s relations with the Interior De
partment were to be discontinued this
Fall. He said that it was his under
standing that when Mr. Xeuhauscn had
concluded his present work, as assistant
In the prosecution of the land frauds in
this state, ho was to be assigned to other
work by the Secretary of the Interior.
Discusses Railroad Suit.
Mr. Dennett was unable to give any
definite Information concerning the im
pending suit by the Government against
the Oregon & California Railroad Com
pany to enforce the provisions of the land
grant In this state. This suit, he ex
plained, was in the hands of the depart
ment of Justice and was entirely out of
his jurisdiction. As to a definition of the
term "innocent purchaser" which was in
cluded in the resolution adopted by Con
gress and authorizing the suit to be
brought, he said that was a question of
law and remained to be determined by
the Department of Justice which was con
ducting the litigation.
Mr. Dennett's home Is at Milton, N. D..
but he has been connected with the ad
ministration of the Government's public
land affairs directly or Indirectly for the
last 11 years. For seven years he served
as clerk of the public lands committee of
the National Senate and for two years
following had charge of the public lands
in Washington. Kor the last two years
prior to his appointment as Commissioner
this Summer, he was Assistant Commis
sioner under his predecessor R A Bal
linger, of Seattle. With such a varied
experience. Commissioner Dennett, who Is
a young man, not being over 3S vears of
age, impresses one that he is thoroughly
equipped and conversant with the impor
tant details pertaining to the responsible
position to w hich he has been promoted
RURAL DELIVERY GROWING
Nearly 40.000 Routes New Rule for
Carriers' Vacation.
WASHINGTON. July 15. The July re
port of the Division of Rural Delivery,
made public by the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General today, shows that
from 57.464 petitions referred. 15.943 ad
verse reports have been received, 39.929
routes established. 00 of which have
from time to time been discontinued, leav
ing in operation 39,329 routes. Of this
number 3J,te render daily service and
6S1 trl-weekly service.
yha 39,323 route were being served by
39.195 carriers. On many trl-weekly
routes one carrier renders the service,
by alternating the trips, thus earning the
same pay he would receive if serving a
daily delivery route of equivalent mile
age. After deducting assignments for estab
lishment of rural routes on August and
September 1, there will remain for action
nearly 1500 petitions, which department
officers say will be disposed of as rapidly
as possible.
It was recently Indicated that the exi
gencies' of the rural service would require
carriers this year to complete their leaves
of absence by November 1. but Assistant
Postmaster-General DeGraw is author
ity for the statement that no change is
now contemplated in the standing rule
under which rural carriers after II
months service are entitled to 15 days'
leave of absence with pay. "to be taken
at any time during the year when post
masters can best spare them," which rule,
Mr. DeGraw added, is essential to good
administration, as it enables carriers on
difficult routes to obtain relief during
periods of intense weather hot or cold
thus enabling recuperation at times when
It is desirable, and. In many cases, quite
necessary from the viewpoint of health.
E TIME REQUESTED
COURSE IX LUMBER CASE IS
NOT DECIDED.
Railroads Declare It Impossible to
Change Tariffs in Time to
Take Effect August 15.
Transcontinental railroads have not
yet decided whether or not they will
fight the decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the lumber
rate case. A decision as to what action
to take will be reached within the next
few days. Meanwhile the Commission
will be asked to allow the railroads
more time in ' which to change their
tariffs in compliance' with the new 'or
der, should they accede to the rates
ordered by the Commission without a
fight.
The Commission ruled in favor of the
lumbermen in their figrht against the
higher lumber rates announced by the
railroads, and when the decision was
rendered, directed the railroads to put
in the rates ordered not later than Au
gust 15. It has been found impossible
to make tfie necessary changes in the
tariff within' that time, say the traffic
managers, and a request will be made
that the time limit bo extended until
October 15.
R. B. Miller, general freight agent for
the Harriman lines in this territory,
returned yesterday from Chicago,
where there was a conference of the
traffic heads of the railroads on the
lumber-rate case. It was reported from
Chicago some time ago that it had been
decided to fight the decision of the In
terstate Commerce Commission by the
railroads, but Mr. Miller says this is in
correct. "The- railroads have not yet deter
mined definitely whether to contest the
order of the Commission," he said yes
terday, most emphatically, "This will
probably be decided within a short
time.
"Our lumber .rlffs name rates to
over 13,000 points from the Pacific
Coast, and It is a physical impossibil
ity to get the new rates into effect by
August 15, on account of the many
changes to be made and the new tariffs
to be issued. The earliest possible date
that the changes ordered by the Com
mission can be made is October 15, and
a request will go forward to the Com
mission within the next few days for
an extension of time until that date.
This refers to the Eastern cases only,
and not to the California points in
volved in the lumber-rate controversy."
Mr. Miller spent some time In Chi
cago and New York, and he sweltered
from the heat in both cities. He wa
much relieved to get back to Portland,
for he says that people who live here
are the most fortunate on the continent.
They do not know what heat is, he be
lieves, unless they visit the cities of
the Kast.
That business conditions are improv
ing in the East is the statement of Mr.
Miller. This improvement is gradual,
fo. he says that a complete return to
the normal prosperity of the country
is a matter of months. However, he is
confident that the better showing now
being made Is sure to continue.
WEALTH OF WEST INDIES
Good Market Which Does Not Bene
fit I s as It Should.
New York Sun.
The islands in and around the Carib
bean Sea. including Cuba, Haiti, Santo
Domingo. Porto Rico, Jamaica, and others
of British possession and the French,
Dutch and Danish possessions, have a
total population of about 7,000,000, most
of whom are supposed to be exceedingly
lazy. Their commerce does not support
this supposition. Its total is not far from
90 per cent of that of Japan, with a popu
lation of nearly fO.000.000. Moreover,
while the people of Japan must devote
themselves more and more to manufactur
ing imported materials into commodities
for export or live In a state of awful pov
erty, the natural resources of the West
Indies are sufficient for the comfortable
maintenance of many times the present
population.
The total commerce of these islands Is
about $370,000,000 a ' year, about equally
divided between imports and exports. The
foreign trade of Cuba amounts to about
j:00.0O0.000 a year, the trade of Porto Rico
to about $55,000,000, the trade of the Brit
ish West Indies to about $75,000,000, of
Hayti and Santo Domingo to about $20;
OW.000, and of the French West Indies to
about $10,000,000. Mexico, with twio the
population of these Islands and with im
mense mineral wealth, does an oversea
business equal only to two-thirds of theirs.
Brazil, with a population now estimated
at nearly 10.000,000 and an area exceeding
that of the United States, does only
some 10 per cent more foreign business
than this group of islands.
The Vnited States takes 74 pur cent of
their exports and supplies 61 per cent of
their imports. Our sales are about JTiS.Ofg.
000 a year and our purchases ara about
Jl?T.iV(W. Sugar, tobacco, ani fruru
form the greater part of our import.
Our exports are mainly manufactured
products. Our business with thest Islands
is nearly four times our business with
China,' more than twice our business with
Japan and 90 per cent more than our
business with Mexico. Doss through com
mercial failures is of rare occurrence. It
Is a good market, and nearly $100,000,000
worth of its trade gets away irora us
every year.
Honors A Kailroad Editor.
Kansas City Journal.
At Its recent commencement Purdue
University, at Lafayette. Ind.. conferred
the honorary degree of doctor of en
gineering on Angus Sinclair, of New
York. Mr. Sinclair is the editor-in-chief
of Railway and Locomotive Engi
neering. Purdue University has for
about 20 years devoted attention to
railway engineering, especially to mo
tive power and rolling stock.
Captured in Harney County.
VALB Or.. July 17. (Special.)
Heck Osborne, who was arrested with
Sam Yarbaur on a statutory charge
over a year ago and who jumped his
$1:00 bail. ws brought back to Vale
by Deputy Sheriff George CUne. Os
borne was caught beyond Stein Moun-
J tain in Harney County.
PUT BAN ON HUTS
Milan Police at War With
Matinee Girls.
EDICT MAY BE RESISTED
Enormous Headgear Bobs in Front
of Them and Bars Men's View at
Theaters German Theaters
Exclude the Hats.
ROM EX July 18. (Special.) The Prefect
of Police at Milan has eolved the diffi
culty of the matinee hat by issuing the
stern edict that no one, irrespective of
sex. Is to be permitted to enter a theater
or opera house wearing a hat. It will be
Interesting to see how the women accept
the order. They are so vivacious, so ac
customed to be supreme, and to have men
bow before them, subjugated, presumably,
by their beauty, that It will be worth
while to learn a littije later whether they
did gracefully bend their heads, hatless,
to the police dictum.
Any one who has been in an Italian the
ater knows very well that women do not
sit still; they keep up an incessant babble
of conversation. Not satisfied with wear
ing enormous hats, decorated with
plumes, they bend towards each other to
whisper, they lean back to laugh, and
they persistently make a complete barri
cade of wide-brimmed hats of thin straw,
laden with the inevitable plume.
Women Put Own Comfort First.
Woman puts herself and her own com
fort first all the world over, but the so
journer In Italy would not hesitate to
state that tne fashionable woman of Italy
is more used to admiration and flattery
than any other, and so less inclined to
consider the convenience of other people.
The fact that the Italian women stick
so stubbornly to their hats is rather sur
prising, in face of the knowledge that
they have such beautiful hair. For real
beauty of hair, both in quantity and silk
inrss of text it re, none touches the Italian
woman. She knows, too, how to dress
her hair, and then she frames the whole
erection in a monster hat. An Italian hat
without plumes would never please the
woman who knows how to dress herself.
Two years ago. during the period of the
exhibition at Milan, hats grew visibly. A
new style of hair-dressing had just been
introduced.
Fortunately Italian styles of hairdress
ing do not -reach other countries. The
style of two years ago consisted of a
heavy roll of hair lying on the bridge of
the nose, and mprely permitting the
wearer to glance through the shadow cast
over the eyes by the massed hair. It
seems superfluous to state that it was
not becoming. The wonder was that so
many beautiful women could so disfigure
themselves.
The German theater manager has : not
been worried over the question of mati
nee hats at all. While the Englishman
and Parisian have been tormented, and
have had to dev'se schemes for 'the com
fort of their patrons, he has been able
to smile with a superior air. Into no
theater In Germany would a woman ever
be permitted to enterwith a hat on. At
the opera she either goes without a hat
or realizes that her place costs her 12
cents more for cloakroom accommoda
tion. The best theaters and opera-houses
have seats so graduated that even with
hats the difficulty would not be so great.
The seats at La Scala in Milan are thor
oughly well raised, but there are other
houses where comfort is not so success
fully secured.
People who know. Italy are well aware
of the immense importance of the hat
with fashionable women when they make
"grande toilette." Elderly ladies never
go with uncovered heads; they wear
draperies of lace, which, of course, at
theaters Interfere with no spectator's
comfort, but it is rather amusing to
think of the consternation of the young
er ones when they find they must con
form to the stern edict.
Chance for More Graft.
Theater suppers take place after the
play, and are a recognized institution,
and the woman of fashion always goes
to a restaurant in an enormous hat,
even when she wears evening dress. The
adjustment of hats after the play , will
probably lead to some new developments
in the matter of dressing-room accommo
dation. Possibly attendants will learn
the art of arranging coiffures and fixing
hats, and so add a little to their sourc
of revenue.
SAVES COMRADE'S LIFE
Seattle Youth Proves Himself Hera
in Canoeing; Accident.
SEATTLE, Wash.. July 18. (Special.
Hayes Folsom and Howard Ballard. 15-year-old
boys, were rescued from death in
Puget Sound yesterday afternoon by Sam
Johns, aged 14, and Allen Saunders, aged
13, after they had been twenty-five min
utes In the Icy water. The two lads were
out in a canoe,, when the craft overturned.
The boys kept hold of the canoe, but Fol
som soon save out. Once he lost his
hold and went down. But Ballard seized
him by the collar and held him up. Fin
ally, the other two boys, who were fish
ing nearby, heard the cries of Ballard and
came out In a rowboat.
When they reached the struggling
pair, Folsom was clinging tightly to Bal
lard's collar, but was fast fainting from
exhaustion. .
When Women Admired Whiskers.
New York Press.
For ages beards were the delight of an
cient beauties. The sight of a shaved
chin excited sentiments of horror and
averj'jn. To obey the Injunctions of his
bishops. Louis VII of France cropped his
hair a la pompadour and shaved off his
luxuriant whiskers.. Eleanor Aqultane.
his consort, found him with this uncom
mon appearance very ridiculous and very
contemptible. She revenged herself by
becoming something more than a co
quette. The King obtained a divorce.
She then married the Count of Anjou,
who shortly afterward ascended the Eng
lish throne, and gave him as her mar
riage dower the rich provinces of Poltou
and Guienne. And this was the origin of
those wars which for 300 years ravaged
France and which cost the French nation
3.000.0(10 men; all of which, probably, had
never taken place If Louis VII had not
been so rash as to shave off his whiskers,
ty -which he made himself so disgusting
to the fair Eleanor.
Hedgehogs Make Auto Trouble.
Kennebec Journal.
Hedgehogs are said to be causing lots
of trouble for Bangor automobilists, who
are fond of the wooded highways a score
of miles from the city. In the evening
these spiny, bristling animals are often
found In the roads, and. fascinated by
the glare of the head lamps of the motor
cars, refuse to budge from the trac, with
fie result that they are often run over.
The danger lies in the sharp yuills which
rierce the tires, making a puncture whiei
cr.iples the car ana is hard to mead.
HALIF-1PMCE SALE
WILL M IN UNION,
COAL AXD METAL MIXERS IX
NEW AGREEMENT.
Two Big Unions Join and Federation
Convention Rejects Direct
Vote on Officers.
DENVER. Colo., July 18. President
Charles H. Moyer, of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, which is holding Its
annual convention In this city, and
President T. H. Lewis, of the United
Mine Workers of America, together
with members of the executive boards
of these organizations, in conference
this afternoon reached an understand
ing regarding a complete and uniform
exchange of working cards and out
lined plans for an affiliation of the
two bodies. Both will report back to
tht regular conventions and ask for
jurisdiction to work in harmony.
The question how to support . each
other during strikes will be settled at
a future conference after the two
boards have conferred with their re
spective organizations
The convention this afternoon de
feated an amendment to the constitu
tion which provided for a change in
the method of electing officers. The
present plan is to elect at the conven
tion. The amendment provides for
nominations a: the convention and
election by locals through' the refer
endum. An amendment taking away the
power of the executive board to sub
mit questions to the referendum was
also defeated.
The charges of Robert Randall, of
he Goldfleld, Nev., union, against Vin
cent Si. John, of Chicago, formerly of
Goldfleld. chief of which Is ' that St.
John is In the employ of a detective
agency, were read In executive session.
Mr. Moyer said he would prefer writ
ten charges against St. John before
the Goldfleld, Nev., local, of which he
Is a member, as the matter could not
be decided by the convention.
The remainder of the morning ses
sion was taken up in reading proposed
amendments to the constitution, which
were referred to committees. j
"MAD ANTHONY" WAYNE
Life Lesson of a Great Soldier of
Our Revolution.
Philadelphia Press.
Pennsylvania discharges a tardy tribute
to one of its greater soldier sons by ded
icating at Valley Forge a monument to
Anthony Wayne, just 99 years after his
bones were brought to St. David's Church.
He was in life probably as much Irri
tated by references to his camp title of
"Mad Anthony" as was Sheridan by ref
erences to his ride to Winchester. Both
gave a false impression of two soldiers,
full of daring valor, but cool, far-sighted
and distinguished above all else by their
capacity skillfully to direct troops on the
battlefield rather than for 'mere head
long onset in a charge.
Wayne, like so many of the leaders of
the only revolution in history led by men
of large means, inherited a fortune large
for the day. His grandfather came to
this country with money and his father
added to it. Of Yorkshire stock, both
grandfather, father 'and son represented
the active, wiry, hustling and somewhat
conscious type which marks the long list
of able men the three "ridings" of York
have given to English and America! his
tory. Dark, sallow, clean-cut. Wayne was
born with fastidious tastes, dressed with
scrupulous care, had, as he wrote to
Washington, "an Insuperable bias for an
elegant uniform," powdered bis hair in
Men's Suits at One-Half
Men's $35 Spring Suits, now $17.50
Men's $30 Spring Suits, now $15.00
Men's $25 Spring Suits, now $12.50
Men's $20 Spring Suits, now $10.00
Boys' Suits at One-Hal!
Every Boy's Spring Suit in' the house,
Knickerbocker or straight pants, all
this season's latest styles, ages 7 to
16 years.
Boys' $5.00 Suits, now $2.50
Boys' $6.00 Suits, now $3.00
Boys' $8.00 Suits, now $4.00
Boys' $10.00 Suits, now $5.00
Boys' $15.00 Suits, now $7.50
Men's Fancy Vests
at One-Hall
Men's $6.00 Fancy Vests $3.00
Men's $5.00 Fancy Vests $2.50
Men's $4.00 Fancy Vests $2.00
Men's $3.00 Fancy Vests $1.50
Men's $2.50 Fancy Vests. . . . .$1.25
DrntinmriAiK No
LEADING
camp and had a genius for enforcing dis
cipline and winning devotion.
A Chester County man, he took to poll
tics, as his father and grandfather had
before him. It Is still a habit of Chester
County men. Before he was SO he had
made his mark In affairs, and was one of
the strong and well-organized body of
Pennsylvanlans who carried the state Into
the Revolution. When war came he or
ganized his regiment and promptly rose
to the command of a brigade, which never
failed to do its work. He had, as so many
Pennsylvania "brigade and corps com
manders showed in the Civil War, a spe
cial power in holding a fighting line and
effectively, moving a brigade, even when
the days of drill had been short.
Wayne died, his work in Tie Northwest
just over, at 51, and his monument will
recall to all who see it one of the fore
most builders of the Nation whom this
state has given to the Union.
No Drinks Between Meals.
Kansas City Journal.
The remarkable success of the Semi
Teetotal Pledge Association of England
was reported at its recent annual meet
ing in London. The motto of the or
ganization is "No Drinks Between
Meals." The association was formed In
January, 1903. and In the five years
and six months of its existence it has
induced 180.000 people to subscribe to
its purposes and sign its pledges. Among
Its backers Is the Bishop of London.
Statement of Condition at Close of Business
July 15, 1908, of the
SECURITY SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY
PORTLAND, OREGON
RESOURCES:
Loans $2,878,218.34
Bonds 1,318,799.47
Real Estate V. .. 1,054.65
Cash and Due. from Correspondents. .... 1,585,739.19
Capital-.
Surplus and Undivided Profits '. '
Deposits
Interest paid on Savings Accounts and Time Certificates of
Deposit. Transacts a General Banking and Trust 'Company
OFFICERS:
C. F. Adams, President.
, E. A. Wyld, Vice-President.
L. A. Lewis, Vice
C. A. Dolph
L. A. Lewis
Men's Straw flats One-Half
Men's $5.00 Straw Hats $2.50
Men's $3.00 Straw Hats $1.50
Men's $2.00 Straw Hats $1.00
At One-Quarter Of!
The following items Young Men's
College Suits, Young Men's Spring
Suits, Every Blue and Black Suit in
the house, Men's, Boys' and Youths'.
Washable Suits
$1.00 "Washable Suits, now... 75r
$1.50 Washable Suits, now... $1.12
$2.00 Washable Suits, now... $1.50
$3.00 Washable Suits, now... $2.25
$5.00 Washable Suits, now... $3.75
Young Men's Outing
Suits One-Halt Off
$15.00 Outing Suits, now .$7.50
$10.00 Outing Suits, now $5.00
Exaggerations Permitted
in Anv of Mv Advertisements
Jl!J fjjj
CLOTHIER
RflGHIN KHAN IS FUGITIVE
PEOPLE OF TABRIZ DRIVE OUT
SHAH'S TROOPS.
Sudden Uprising or Rebels Surprises
Invaders Crowd Loots Houses
of Shah's Supporters.
TABRIZ, Persia, .July 18. The revo
lutionists havp routed Rachln Khan's
horsemen, who are out of ammunition
and have fled to the hills. The fate of
Rachln Khan, who was In command of
the troops by the Shah's orders, is un
known. The revolutionists have gained full
control of the town and are sacking
the houses of the officials.
LONDON, July 18. A special dispatch
to the Times from Tabriz says:
A sudden and unexpected change
took place In the situation last night
(Thursday). The elders in all quar
ters of the town except- one, which is
devoted to the Shah's cause, agreed on
concerted action against the govern
LIABILITIES:
- President.
DIRECTORS:
Joseph Simon C. F. Adams
A. L. Mills J. N. Teal
ment forces, and this morning (Friday)
amid the greatest excitement a great
crowd of citizens surged to Rachln
Khan's headquarters.
Without waiting to parley, Rachln,
Kahn withdrew his forces o the Bub
urban plantation, which he occupied
prior to entering the town five days
ago. The crowd lmmediatel rushed for
the houses of the Shah's richest sup
porters and completely looted six or
seven of these. Including the residence
of the Minister of Finance.
Many of Rachln Khan's horsemen
were Isolated In the town and killed
and the majority of the Shah's Infantry
melted into civilians. Unless Rachln
Khan's move has some ulterior purpose,
it would appear that the Shah's troops
are at a discount and 'the future Xb a
riddle.
Force Colonists to Bear Arms.
HONGKONG, July 16. Governor Tu
gard has issued a circular to the mer
cantile firms of Hongkong to set an ex
ample to England and the Colonies by
starting a scheme that a condition of
the engagement, of British employes
shall be that they join the volunteers.
Sir Henry Berkeley, attorney-general
of the Colony of Hongkong, states
that there is a growing feeling that the
Empire must awake to realize the risk
of disaster.
$5,783,811.65
$ 500,000.00
318,683.52
4,965,128.13
$5,783,811.65
R. Q. Jubitz, Secretary.
A. L. Mills, Vice-President.
J. W. Bickford, Assistant Secretary.
James F. Failing
E. A. Wyld