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4 iiiK mo UN 1 Ml AStoiUAK TuisuAV, ViibKiiAia it io, School Tablets . . 4c each Good Lead Pencils 10c doz. Headquarters for Dry Goods on the Lower Columbia. BIG FIGHT OVER APPOINTMENT Henderson Confirmed City Physician After Hot Wrangle. SENSATIONAL COUNCIL SESSION An Absurd Attack on Appointment of Dr. Henderson Throws Council in a Turmoil. A meeting, hot and racy, was held last night by the city council. In heat of argument and force of assertion it probably surpassed the record of all post conclaves of that august body. The session was held in pursuance to adjournment of a special meeting held last Saturday night for the purpose of appointing a city physician and taking measures toward stamping out the small-pox, with which a patient Is now suffering In the city. At Saturday's meeting a motion was passed appoint ing Dr. Henderson city physician, but the contract and ordinance had not been drawn up and Monday night was set for the time in which to take final action Last night's session opened up on a motion to suspend the rules and pass the ordinance. Upon this motion Brlx, Ccok, Hansen and ULzinger voted in favor and P.-irker, Scherneekau, Sven sen and Agren against. The vote came as a thunderbolt out of a clear sky. Mayor Bergman,' him self, declaring that he fully expected the ordinance to carry without opposi tion. Farker then explained that the matter of appointing a physician had been discussed at length since the pre ceding meeting and that he had had reason to chang his mind. Dr. Hender son's action concerning his bill for services during a previous period of small-pox had, he said, rankled a great deal, and he now felt that the council would be Justified in securing some oth er physician. The bill referred to was one for J1S3, which the council shaved down to 1140. Dr. Henderson has not yet accepted the warrant and it is inferred that he in tends bringing suit to recover the $13 balance. Cook arose to say that the doctor had not said anything to the effect that he Intended bringing suit against the city and that Parker was doing a great deal of dreaming. In the first place there was no reason why the bill should have been cut down, and if the doctor objected to its being done it should not stand in his discredit as a candidate for the official position In which the council were to place him. "This ought to be no jobbing-house outfit here!" he declared. "Iftwe hire a man and he does his work, we ought to pay him for It." Parker then charged Cook with "taTK- Copper Colored Splotches. There is only one care for Contagious Blood Poison the disease which baa completely baffled the doctors. Thej are totally unable to cure it, and direct their efforts toward bottling the poison up in the blood and concealing it from Tiew. S. S. S. cores the disease posi tively and permanently by forcing oat every trace of the taint. I ni afflicted with a terrible blood distue, Which was In spots at first, but afterwards spreaa au over my body. These soen broke oatlnto sores, and it a easy to imagine th iuflerlng I endured. Before I be came convinced that the doctors could do no good I ksd spent a hundred dollars, which IU really thrown away. 1 then tried virions patent medicines, vu toey oia . , 1 not rvach the disease ,.T1 1 I 1 .1 I .. , , i ai nucu i sou umaccu uij JS am bottle of 8. 8. 8. i ' wi greatly improved and ill delighted with the result. The large red splotches on mj Cheat began to grow paler and smaller and before long disappeared entirely. I regained Dy lost weight. Wine stronger, and my atv petite greatly improved. I was soon entirely well, and my f kin a clear as a piece of glass. H. h. M Yists, 1'jo Mulberry St., Newark, K. J. Don't destroy all possible chance of t sure by takiriL' the doctor's treatment of mercury and potash. These miuernls oausc the hair to fall out, and wiii wreck the entire system. 6 for lood The Is purely vec"tabl, and is the only blood rempdy guaranteed to contain no potash, mercury, or other mineral. Books on the disease and its treat ment mailed free by Swift SpecificOorn Atlanta, Georgia. , .- BVj 11 Ing Oiroufih his hat." There had bwn no Jobbing done that he was aware of. Mayor Bergman then Interrupted the colxiiy. "We're not setting at the point, gen lloment," sail he. "Now. I wish to say that these proceedings are all foreign to me and I do not understand it In any way. but that Dr. Henderson was appointed by this council Saturday niviht and that we met merely for the purpose of getting his appointment In to legal shape by the passage of the necessary ordinance and the signing of an agreement. As Mr. Cook has sai l, this is no jobbing-house. I believe you are gentlemen!, and if you are you certainly should be men of your word and do what is richt. You have nt- t pointed this gentleman, and now don't be dishonst with yourselves and go back on your agreement. This Is no place for child's play, and we won't have any." That the mayor was much disgusted was only too manifest by the tone In which he spoke. Parker, who had been leading the op position to Henderson, replied that there was no disposition to fsnre any agreement. He doubted that the ap- point men t had been made and want. d the nomination to go in Pr. Finch, who, j he said, would take the position with j out any ifs and amis" proposed by Pr. Henderson. Cook declared that the proisitinn to substitute Dr. Finch was an after thought and would be an utterly unfair and faithless i roeeeding. Brlx then asked Pr. Hi nderson If he would be willing to sign an agreement without the provisions mude in his proposition, which quite reasonably stated that he was not in do the work unaided In the case of an epidemic. Dr. Henderson replied: "Gentlemen. I have nothing to say further than that if this ordinance Is passed, and I sign it. I will fulfill the contract. "I wish to state further, in reply to the unpleasant implications which have been thrust at me, that I am not seek ing this office. I never asked you for it. You offered it to me. Now. if It Is your disposition to appoint another physician in my place, go ahead and get him. and please get him quick: That's all I've got to say." The doctor's forcible declaration of principles, w hich were made In a tone of deep sarcasm and disgust, put some what of a quietus on the turbulence of the situation and some of the coun ciimen began thinking hard enough to be heard. Brix broke the momentary silence by stating that while he was perfectly friendly to Dr. Finch he did not be lieve he would be satisfied to devote the time to the work that would be nec essary. "Besides." he said. "Dr. Flnrh is to be married in about three weeks and I have an idea that he won't be want ing to mix up with any small-pox cases for a while." Then a motion to reconsider was made and the ordinance passed. Par ker, alone, voting no. ROBERTS READY TO MOVE (Continued from first page.) and commisserating with them their unfortunate predicament. upon "The Boers have been repulsed for seven weeks and without the walls of Mafekins an almost Impregnable de fence has been constructed. Our own defenders are armed with Snyder-En-fields, a few Martinis, and a still less number of Lee-Metfords. These are the more material elements of our de fences and to them may be added the strength of the protectorate regiment, the Bechuanaland rifles, and the na tive contingent, numbering with the town guard some 300 men. Against this we must place an enemy whose tactics are surprising everybody, whose artil lery fire is admirable, whose guns are numerous and first-class. They stand off five miles and shell the town with perfect safety, while under cover of their fire they protect their advanced trenches daily a few feet nearer the town. We have endeavored with our artillery and by night sorties to check their progress but the sapping of Ma fekins continues and is at once a very serious, if not our sole danger. Should their trenches advance much further It will be impossible to move about dur ing the daytime at all, and, although we have thrown up bales of compressed hay and sacks of oats to act as shields against the enemy's bullets and flying : ....... I Bimii icn ui passing gneiiH mere is no hour in the day in which the streets of the town are net sprayed by Mauser bullets. It U not possible for us to ad vance very far from our lines, since the Boers would attempt to rush the town. Vet there Is no doubt that such a movement would be very welcome, affording as much keen pleasure to the volunteers of the town as to Baden Powelt and the newly raked units of the garison. The siege, as It pro gresses, seems to give fewer opportuni ties for coming Into positive contact with the enemy: such occasions as these have been few and far between, although Colonel Baden-Powell holds out th promise of such a venture, It j has been so constantly deferred that ( we are for the most part becoming In credulous." The Mafeking correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, under date of No vember 20, also states some Interesting j features. . ,. , "When the guns first engaged us," he writes, "we passed the time by keep ing tallies of the number of shells fired, but everybody has given that up now. "Ve know that up to date 1,300 projec tiles have flown over us or burst In the tow n, yet the number of persons killed or Injured by the shells only amounts to about half a dosen. "We heard much In London about the precise muikmnnshlp of the Boer. Acres of literature were written on the subject and everybody who knew noth ing about the burgher said that he never pulled the trigger without killing or maiming. The result of the 'bead drawing' around M.iftklng ha shown how unwise It Is. to bo too cock-sure. In the flsht on the Kiimnthhibamn rod the enemy was terribly punished unci our less was slight: in every 'scrap' we have had with them since the same lesson has boon repeated." The hws suffered by UetHTiil French at 'Meshurg. when the Suffolk were cut up. Is a matter of general comment lor all correspondents. TheP:illy Tele graph's correspondent at I'liie Town says: "General French, who was not pres ent, and who has hitherto displayed so much caution, will feel this reverse acutely. Only the other day he re proved the Tenth Hussars for having I 'incautiously approached a dangerous position. To a friend of mine the gen i oral said he would not permit a single life to be endangered without an ado- ' 'puate object to be gained j The Natal Witness rotates that after ' the battle of Cohnso a IWr soldier I came upon the corpse of a private of the Connaught rangers. He had stripped It of valuables when his eye fell upon a crucifix suspended around the hrave fellow's neck. Intently the burgher gaxed on the emblem and then hastily replaced the booty he had an I nosed, covered the dead man's face and disappeared ami ng the kopjies. The . Boor Is strongly opposed to Catholic ; Ism, but he would not tob the corpse of a man. who, at any rate, believed in Christ." i i TIV.FLA'S CAMPAIGN COLLAPSE. ' Sc.illiing Criticism of English General ship Which Has Brought a j Crisis to the Empire. j NKW YOl'K. Feb. 12. -The Ttib ! uin 's London correspondent says: "The astounding collapse of the up per Tugela campaign and the continu ance of the Impasse at Modder river and on the southern frontier of the Or apge Fp-e State have brought the Eng lish people to the verge of an Imperial crisis unpanith led since Yorktown. This Is an ominous word which the leading Fngllsh Journal was the first to use and It has been taken up with one accord by the press. Sir George White's garrison, like Lord Cornwallls' army, Is hopelessly beleaguered and Us fate seen-s to be sealed unless It can break through the enemy's lines and fight its way to the Tugela at the point of the bayonet, and the Kimborley garris on is In an equally precarious condition. The magnitude of the British military prepirations has not Intimidated the little Dutch republics. If Ladysmlth be their Yorktown, with the full force of the analogUs, they are In the way of winning it and bringing their war of independence to a close, and there Is no hostile tleer. to be fought at sea by another Rodney, who may break the force of disaster by restoring the pres tige of the British navy. The soldiers have done their work with splendid fortitude and gallantry, and the administrative departments have supported them with untiring en ergy and amazing resources of organ ization. Th, generals have failed and the military stuff, which has been re sponsible for the conduct of the war, has broken down and brought reproach upon the nation. If their advice was not heeded In June and July, wh-n the mobilization of the army corps was be ing urged by Lord Wolseley, they were allowed a free hand from the opening of the war In October and have them selves to blame If they have been out maneuvered and outgeneralled, by the Dutch commanders who have never studied th.j art of war but had gone from their cattle-breeding farms to the battlefields among the kopjes. With breasts covered with decorations won In conflicts with seml-clvlllzed or barbarous races and their self-esteem inflated with the vainglorious assump tion that they were the only European soldiers with continuous experience In the science of modern warfare, British generals have conducted the campaign :n South Africa as though It were a series of sham battles on Salisbury plain, regulated by drill-book and the formulas of peace. At the opening of the war there was nothing like an Intelligi ble or reasonable plan of military defense. There were between 13,008 avl 20,000 regulars and local levies scat tered along the western and northern frontiers of Cape Colony and In North ern Natal. Military defenses required concentration of these forces at one or two points until reinforcements could arrive. In Cape Colony there w-as no attempt to choose defensive positions or to collect the forces, and In Natal an unsanitary station, Ladysmlth, was heid In force because It was the Alder shot of South Africa and a portion of the garrison was diverted to Glencoe for the protection of a coal mine. The headquarters staff may not have been responsible for the first lines of colonial defense, but it must be held account able for the strategetic blunder of shut ting up Sir George White's garrison In Ladysmlth instead of directing him to retreat, fighting at the Tugela and then at the Mool river and keeping his com munications open with the sea. If this had been done he would have receive? reinforcements by the middle of No vember find the siege and fall of Lady smith would have been avoided. Sir Redvers Buller left England with his plan of campaign clearly outlined. His army corps was to march through the Free State and Sir George 'White was to hold the enemy in check by remaining quiet In Lady- For the Complexion To purify and beautify the skin and prevent pimples, Motchos, buck hxads, redness, roughness, follow, oily, iiiotliy skin, chapping, tan, sun burn, mid imuiy other forms ot rkiu blemishes, noother V' t skin or complexion .vp H for a mo ment to b compared with Ci'tuth ixur, because, no other scin rosiiirs the catm Tli.. fr e'ev 'd, irriMfrif, or nt w1um j condition c( llti) Posts. For Hair and Scalp Shaxfoo with CuTtct'BA SoAr, tins wita warm water, dry and apply a light dreesum of t'UTlCfRA, purest of emollients, gJiitly rubbed Ir.to t!io si-aln. This slmpl refresh- Vf lug, and Inoxpen- 'A V rill sootho ini. V J ' t iled and itching Snrfkvs, stHmlaln tti luir follicles, clear tlie scalp ivul l air of crusts, settle, and d outrun, i upvly i'. . roots with enerj and Hour: 'lie :it, a.td make the hair gmw, w hen all e! o 1 1. Comploto External aril Snroral Trfftri'nt of tvnry Humor. CUTICURA llt-l: ct Ci ru l S.14I-I V t.el."t:1' lh.' , 1 1 TI, , ' lihn.nl c fc V H Ti,.t., lh-Mr.u.l tl lh.k.i. ir .1 t tm n H. vi .r I i, lo f.l i,. tnm lh !. I ni Oil A,l. ..nn.uilWel hi run. Iiimm Imm-r aUo fclflM Ullfc IVitlulWS aid Clin. Voir, Sola llv, iHti. " Uo la Can t'wjr Uumoi." in. smith. Lord Wnlniey, during the tlr,t month of the war. hud one comment to repeat to hi frl-nds. and that wan: "White ha only to stay still and wait for Buller to begin his mirch." These were Aldorshot conceptions based upon peace training, wi-hout ref.snce to the realities of military defense nnd actual warfare with the Boers. Sir Redvers Buller abandoned hi plan of campaign when he reach, d South Africa, substi tuted a march to Modder river for the Rloemfonteln-Pretorla parade, and af ter dragging the bulk of the army corps and Warren' division Into Natal, put 2,0)0 men out of action in two un successful nt tempts for the relief of Ladysmlth. Lord Methuen's attack upon Magers fonteln, In which the Highland brigade advanced In column formation planned as a sham fight would been on Salisbury plain, without thought of an actual hostile force any where In the field. Oolon-I Long's recklessness In carry ing his guns beyond the reach of his supporting Infantry was a sham battle maneuver which would have brought upon him a reprimand even at Aider shot. There have b,-en Mnt attacks, reconnaissances In force, column for- matltins and drill book tactics from the beglnnltiT to the end of the campaign and ' th? generals have never seemed to realize that they were not maneuv ering on Salisbury pluin, but were hading men under fire In battle with the Boer. It Is impossible for Americans, who remember the training of their own civil war to think of soldiers like Orant and Lee attacking strongly l.itrenched positions and, conducting turning move ments after the manner of Lord Me theun and General Buller. They would not have fought three battles without scouting or reconnaissance as Lord Methuen did, and then have flung their army ngalnst a strong position like Magersfonteln In a frontal attack where the resistance was greatest without an attempt at maneuvering; and If defeated they would not have remained Idle In camp for weeks wait ing for reinforcements which were not In reserve. They would not have re treated 'from Colenso or Splonkop after a sing'e futile attack but would have dug their way up to the enemy's posi tions, making closer maps day by day and gradually enveloping them and rendering them untenable. The Brit ish staff has allowed the Butch to do all the maneuvering and all the digging and to choose every battlefield and de fensive position; and when there Is an lmpase It orders the troops back to camp to play football and cricket until there are reinforcements for another frontal attack. It Is Aldershot general ship that has brought reproach on England and created a crisis In the fortunes of the empire. THE FINANCIAL BILL. Senator Elklns Favors the General Bill, But Argues Against One Section. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-More than usual Interest was manifested today In the senate debate on the financial bill. It was known that the opening day of the last day of the financial discussion was to be marked by the delivery of at least throe speeches by Wolcott -Colo.), Butler, (N. C), and Elklns (W. Va.), and In addition to a large attendance of senators, the public gal leries were well filled. Allen's resolution, Introduced laat Sat, urday, expressing sympathy1 with the Boers, went over without losing Its place, Discussing the financial bill Senator Wolcott, (rep.), of Colorado, said: "I rejoice to say that there Is a radi cal change taking place, not only In Colorado, but In all tha far Northwest ern states. Our people are tired of hearing only the ffnspel of hate and sectionalism; we don't pay as much at tention as we formerly did to the prophets of despair.' and doom who are eternally warning us against the wrath For Red Rough Hands Soak the-hand, on r kiflng, in strong, hot l ull, t t! t i n- ci'iu Sojir. Tbonwtjjlily dry, Slid anoint "J Ireely with Cm gl ccliA Ointment, grout t'km choi and imttwt of emol lient. Wear dm lug Iho nielli old, Ihm Md glove. Fur red, ronh. clia'MXHl liiimls, dry, fissured, Itching, and fevetlh palms, liaMdesa imlUwIth painful tinker ends, tlii ouo night treatment U simply wonderful, For Sanative Uses ITS romiukahlo emollient, cleantlng, piirlfvmu properties, iie nvod'from ViTict'KA, tha groat skin cute, warrant the usoot Cuimtha Scur, iu the form of luitht for nnnoyltig Irritation. In llammation,mlchannif, for too free or offensive l rspi.-..tioti, and iilso In the form ot lu ll mil washes ami notation for ulcerative w. liru s.i i, tmd for iiuitiy aimllvo antU !a purpose which n-adily suKgrtl themselves to woim n. mid eseoully to mnt'.ieri. Viio r.soof CrTict'RA Ointment ni'li t'rctiTHx fio.ir will also bo ot ailvant.vy in tlu severer caw to come, that somehow don't come. We ai'- gt'tllug a glliituiiTliig shadow of the Idea that we want friendship and prosperou communltli mid capi tal for our marvelous resources. "It Is my sincere eonvUtl. n that In our lay, and I believe soon, a genu ine and united effort v. Ill be sought by the trading commercial nation to r -store the bimetallic system. The amendment before the somite Informs llio world that wo are ready to co operate. If It Is aecompllshi'd, It. out) only be through the aid In this Coun try of the republican party. Klklns then addressed the s.'iiate. His oH-uliiif sentences were In reference l' the speech delivered on Saturday by Chandl'T. Mo said that It was a seoc-h which wi'idd be "distributed by hun- no was drod of thousands, not by his own po have llticiil urfsocUti-s. but by hi political enemies." Ho commended the geni-ml provisions of the bill, hut criticised the sixth section, which provide for the funding of the public debt. I'pon this provision he said in part: "The refunding of the pi bite debt is not necessarily a part of th- bill. Why mix the establishing ami deilnlng of the muni turv standard and Htreiurtli emmr the mil.,le . re.lli uhh.iie. h Jut best, tindor the provision of the blil to an exi.eiin.ent. and uhlel, If should fail, would prove hurtful to the xom .nl purposs und policy of the m-asure and the nubile lm..r..si ti... refunding of the public debt Is purely a practical and administrative que. tlon. It should have no place In our politic or lie connected in any wise with political question or mensure. The refunding of the public debt should be made the subject f a separate bill, to be considered und passed when our bonds mature and monetary conditions ma be entirely dllt-rent. "Th-s hill undertake too much. It not only defines and establishes the monetary stamtiinl lun scheme to fund the public debt three! years before any of our bonds ma ture, and In order to make this scheme a success, It provide that the national bnnks shall be the most Important fac tors In Its execution. "In my Judgment the public debt should be refunded without any refer ence whatever to the national bunks. Let the scheme of funding stand on Its own merits, and by Itself. Let the government go forward when the time come and borrow money for funding purposes at as low a rate of Interest u ii can, making such a rate as will Insure the bonds being maintained at par, without depending on national bunks or any outside agency, and with out giving grounds for the Impression that a public debt Is to he encouraged ond fostered In order to provide safe currency." "Moreover, It seems to me we should reach conclusions and legislate from the standpoint of vision or the highest Vave of prosperity the country has ever had. The conditions which surround ub In the financial and commercial world are extraordinary. Present fnvon.i.i conditions wll be followed naturally by a reaction which will bring new ex P' rlen es, and these will, enable us with present experiences, to Judge bet ter than now, what may be done In the matter of funding the public debt when our bonds mature." The senator then suggested that the government might find It difficult some time In the future to keep the pro posed two per cent bonds nt par, and asked If it would not be better nnd In the public Interest to make the rate of interest higher and offer no Induce ments to the national banks. It may turn out, he said, that the Inducements nnd advantngea offered the banks may cost the government more than the saving In Interest that will result from funding the debt at two per cpnt. "It seems to me," said Senator El klns, "a safer course would be to allow a margin of discretion to the secretary of the treasury In the matter of refund ing the public debt when the time comes; for Instance, give him author- Ity to refund t a ralo not exceeding my, three per oent per annum, We t annul hope to do In llitf matter of our flmitu'et whitt nil other nut Ions, rspeelnlly Omit ItiiUiln, Iho Holiest nation In the world, :uv failed to do so, 8 he ha never, reached a sm-idard as low as two per cent f r le i' t'liilonnl borrowing. Th' chief ni'KumoiitH if the dlstln- Kiilshed chiilrimin of the llmiuce com-' periods; liiicorehoeit (whites), and nil in lit i'e In support of the funding feu. ' coiiiplli aud i1Ia' pertaining to tmv of the bill It, lnmed largely upon ' eh tnges of life, cured by old lr, ls the supposition Unit niitloiutl bunks will It r, corner H-'ccnd and Yamhill streets, id, I iiiiil 'i'i.'illy In the refunding of tile I'oriland, Three hundred and fifteen public d bl at five per cent; that Iho women culled liisl niniilh. I'oiimiltiuluii provision of the bill allowing nuiioniil free and private, rooms for ladles, If tanks to Urine tiiTiiliitlon up to the can't cull, write, Inclosing to 2-ceut luce vnluo of lioii,l iiinl that Iho reduc tion of lax "ii clieiiliillon will bo of such iiilviipliiije to i he banks that they will nt onto buy the two per cent bonds and lake mil circulation on them. "The circulation of national bank Is not so profitable nor the source of un told wealth, a some suppose. The enp imlliatlon of national hank on the first id Iv. omber last w as about il;'0,M4.:H, to wldeh in ity Iw tidied the surplus and undivided profit which w uld be con verted Into capital If It would pay to do s, J:m,ii'i'.i,3s;l, making an aggregate nf I'.wt.iilS.U.'S, while the amount of na tional bank notes In circulation secured by bond wn only :,07."00,(H)0. "Reducing the tax on circulation on half per cent and permitting the Issue of bank note up to the face value of two per rent bonds may not be a suffi cient luduiomeiit to the national bank I to larg.iy Increase circulation, even If i nil th" circulation could bo kept out ! st.tmllng. A bunk with tliie.iiiV) clrculu- Hon would gel 0 Income from Its j bonds. From this would bo deducted 1 !(it. J'iim, and expense of redemption,! iV'.'',; totil, having an annual prof- i ' It of JU.5. ! "In case the bonds should decline two' ; t cent, what would bo the result?; j ruder the law the secretary of iho' 'treasury would have cull for addttlniiul I I 'iils to secure circulation. This mlrilit happen at a time when the bonis could , 'not raise money. In case of a pro-j ti acted war our bonds might fill even. :n or .10 per cent and this might happen nt a time when national banks could i not ilep sii more bond to sicure ntej 'involution j "This bill makes no pruvUlous und ! ( I don't Is now Hint any could be mude.j to meet such emergencies. Then ni;ui!i, securing uy legislation, low . r.t.e of Inte rest through ptolUablo In- j dm omenta In nut. until bank iiiuy not In tie end be the best thing for the , country. A low rate of hiterest would! In tl o long run tend to make low price ' for commodities. If th" use of money can be lioiight cheaply. It may have the chVt to make everything else cheap. I a i ii afraid it very low rate of Hit -rest i mild t-ipi to reduce wogs." After referring t what he callud the unjust prejudice against mtilonu , b ulks, Son itor Llklus closed by say lug: ' "fniler present conditions and won the oior favorable one promlrcd In the ! hill before the S' linte, the note lireulo- f 1 ' " null .mil hunks may disappear. paitly bemuse It I md profitable now i to the li'WK anil may noi lie. uieicr iiu? Tvll..n f this bill, and partly be.. 'll,M "f ,n'' lr"J","' on the part of a laise portion of people binks Issuing currency; but largely and more than all this, for the teiison there will bo no need of bnnk note circulation In case the Increase of cot till ate against gold deposits In the treasury should continue. To my mind void eertlMralrs and silver certlllcates under proper limitation are the money of the future and the very m nr future. "Till woul! have to the government the sole power of Issuing minify; there fore. I conclude that It I not lieeduil to offer Inducements to national banks t0 ,ttk lW ,"'r rnt 1r th nubile debt before bonds mature by giving u bonus to national bunks and putting out a bond that cannot be n deemed under thirty years." I Come, See. i I ftaniitifitl Premium With Ten With CofTce With 8picc With nuking Powder Come Just to 8ee. Great American Importinii Tea PTOrtES 1M W NUMBER PRICES A WAT UNDER 171 Commercial St., Astoria. TUB BOERS SHELLED OUT. RENSBERO, Feb. 12. Ilohiklrks and Bastards Nek, which the Boers took possession of Saturday, have bfen re-occupled by the British. The Boers were shelled out. MS(a manhood restored for tlon ol is""! yoiis or ti.Rin 1'imiili.fi. LJtilitriHii Constliiutiiin. It ni m of diachnrne, Br mil ... irrr uienorromni imimiKiiry, I rt Ittn K eluauwlt UiOUVur, Hit brwna imsriin kl'liiefaiiiltliiirliiaryorKttiioIlUmiuMUfc rt'Dinvvp .iMnffthana nnd i MU.rii sruall weuk mifariB. Tha ri'iauii suffererii r not eurni by l.iir Is bernum ninety pr wnt r tronhM wllb Prostalltl. C'tJI'lliKNKIs UH0nly.KNowu n-nifd bifsirswlihoutaiiiirieralluii. Wii-Nilni..iil-sin. A wrlicn urnii-ii slvnn aii'l nmni-y ruiurimil If six Iiikk ! nut elfcet iiernittni-nt cue) f JOliv,lxf"r fviw, by ii.aJL bona fur runcclrculurai.il tiniluioinala, Ad(lrnIAYtjMEIIt'IXEC'0.,P.O.Iliiv7g,BunFraiioUcolna), FrHrtiM Bold by CHARLES ROOER3. TRANSPORT MISSOURI ARRIVKB. " HAN FRANCISCO, Feb, If,- 'iht transport Mlsoini arrived tonight from (he l'lilllpplnes with 2S3 sick soldier. WOMliN WANTED. Hlxty-seven women wanted suffering from Irregular, piilnful or stoppage of stamps, Hundred (tented at by his new system of home meiit, homo. trout- tloVKRNMK.vr IMtoi't'HALS wanti:i. Olftee f C, q. M Viineoiivi-r Bar racks, Wash,, l' i bi nary U. I'.hhI; Healed pioposale, In triplicate, will be rocelvrd here until II c'clois. n, m March 13. I:icHi, and thou o etii'd, fur furnishing fuel at the seveuil military pout n tills ilepurtiiieiil, for llscal ynr com meiiiiiig July 1st, I'.msi, Information furnished hero or by hiiui termatei at post. I'. H, reserve rlllllt i) reject or iiecept any or all pi'oposnle or any part theteof, Kn elope containing ploponl should be utili sed "I'l'oposal for Kue at." and addressed to undersigned, J. W. JACt'Hrt. t. Q. M- J. A. Fnstabend, Gcticrnl Contractor iitul Unlklcr. THE PROOF uf th pudding U la U oattag ml the proJ uf 'luor IS IN SAMPLING Thst's an srfanit that' ran rPitv- dm"trathM. Our will tarxl ttt Hwt. HUGHES & CO. . .. 0 J$ (TvJiij;- oj ej i 'ir-- ' THE I .i i Palace Cafe w. w Huirm:. ttt't. J Finul Rrilisriut )rli if !Ui inuri OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Hi At ton live Service, lirsl-l'liis ('illume, I'livaiv lesiin (or l.ielii . i 511 tointtierelill nlreet, ,stiiil. , H.F.Prael Transfer Ca Telephone 21 DRAYG AND EXPRESSING Alt Goods- Shipper to Our Car Will Receive Special Attention. No. MJ Dunne St., Astoria, Or. W. i. COOK. Mgr ft T-1 111. W. B. Edwards I'wry variety of Kutih nnJ Dressed Lumber, Doors. Windows, .MnulelliiH mxi feUur MiliiRles. Wrifiri tt'nin.onH'sb.l'sik.rir, WUUU l!ciiil.,ck,A!iler.ro!oOnk OlTicv Kvvnth Hudl ock Th. Fredeiikson PIANO TUNER ISKTMVVION ON VKU.u AND Viol, IN rhone 2)74. A f miliar name for th Chlcsgo, Mil Huko St Bi. l'ul Railway, known all over th Union as th Great Railway running the "Pioneer Limited" trains 'very day and night between St. Paul and Chicago, and Omaha and Chloago. "The only perfect train In th world." Understand: Connection are made with all Transcontinental Lines, auring to puisegenr the beat service Known. Lux urlou ooache, electrlo light, iteam heat, of a verity equaled by no other line. See that your ticket raa via "Th MUwaukes" when going to any point In the United State or Canada. All ticket igenla sell them. For rate, pamphlets, or other Informa tion, laddros, J. Vf. CAS EC T, C. J. EDD7, Trav. Pais. Agt., General Agent, Portland. Or. Porlland, O r "CUPIDENE ThliiareAtVcjntul'le Vliiillur,liiAnriwrti French physician, will quickly euro you ni all niT. l Oie teuiTittive nrijui,,, mi, u im dml Mntili I, In)miil.l iiliitliiliiii l4,i.ii,lim KmlHKlimii Nervoin pibillly, to Mitrrv. J.:iin.uu,. i,r..i... v...i.,n..uia ,A miip all Itiwtci liyilnr ur IilitliL i'rr emu qiid 1c. wlikb II nutrhvrksii Wis In hnernuiHirrliaiu ami