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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-
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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
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l rspi.-..tioti, and iilso In the form ot lu
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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.
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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-
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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.
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Gcticrnl
Contractor
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