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THfa.' UUIUMMG AbTOlllAJt ,TESDA. , INOYOlihR 7. UH. KITCHENER MADS COMMANDER. Hu Appointment- Will Not Be Official ly Announced Till Roberts Withdraws. NB.W YORK, Nov. 26.Accordlng to the London correspondent of the Tri bune, a proclamation has already been primed appointing Lord Kitchener to commandershlp In chief of the Nrltlsh forces In 8nuth Africa In succession to Lord Rooms, but owing; to the post rnnement of the reparture of the Bold marshal for home It has not yet bew niadd public. The proclamation will be Issued Im mediately artcr Lord Robert can tlx a deflnlt dnte for hi return. It It ex pected that he will relinquish the com mand about December W and. In the vent of Lord Methuen not coming Whck until the operations are finished. It Is said that Lord Kitchener will receive the temporary rank of general In addi tion to the substantive one of lieutenant-general If a statement that the treasury ob jects to a request by Lord Robert for 20,00) more troops on the around of expense should be verified, there will b a howl of Indignation from all parts of the country. The average Englishman has the utmost faith In Lord Roberts and would pr.fer to have bis wishes carried out, no matt-Jr what the coat might be. British veterans In comfortable cor ners of military clubs In London con sider that the war haa been over for some time but that truth has not been recognised by Lord Roberts, who con tinues to Issue long bulletins day after day which are po-'ted In the war office and transferred to the newspapers. Seme of the most astute officers In Loudon state that his policy will be a bar doned as soon as General Kitchen er succeeds to the command. There will be a proclamation affirming that the Dutch territories are completely occu pied and at peace and there will be a suspension of the daily bulletins from headquarters recording petty skirmish es and Insignificant acts of brigand age which cannot be classed as incidents of real warfare. Such polioe work as remains will pass without observation and the Boers themselves will be con vinced that the war Is at an end when they perceive that there Is no longer any notice taken of what goes on there. HORSES FOR KITCHENER. NEW TORK. Nov. 26. Horses to the number of 50.100 are to be purchased In this country in the next six months by agents of the British government for the use of Lord Kitchener's forces in policing the Transvaal and Orange Free State. This news has ben announced by John S. Bratton, of St. Louis, who haa sup plied directly and Indirectly to the British army In the last two years many horses suitable for cavalry use. He has received a telegram from one of hi rranagers stating that the British mili tary purchasing agent win be at his Stock yard this week to select saddle horses for immediate shipment from New Orleans to Durban. Mr. Brat ton's brother Is a member of parliament from the Liberal constituency of Magheragh, County Tyrone. Ireland. PHILIPPINE FORESTS. Bureau of Forestry Reports an Im mense Acreage of Valuable Timber. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21-The divis ion of customs and insular affairs of the war department baa made public a summary of the first report of the Philippine bureau of forestry, organ lied in Its present form under an or der of the military governor dated April 14. 1900. Its first work was confined to ascer taining the conditions of the records received from the Spanish government under which that bureau had not only DAD BLOOD, BAD COMPLEXION. The skin is the seat of an almost end less variety of diseases. They are known by various names, but are all due to the same cause, acid and other poisons in the blood that irritate and interfere with the proper action of the skin. To have a smooth, soft skin, free from all eruptions, the blood must be kept pure and healthy. The many preparations of arsenic and potash and the large number of face powders and lotions generally used in this class of diseases cover op for a short time, but cannot remove per manently the ugly blotches and the red, disfiguring pimples. Cternal vigilance the prloe of a beautiful complexion when such remedies are relied on. Mr. R. T. Shobe, 3704 Lucas Avmue, 8L Irats, Mo., says : "My daughter wa afflicted for years with a disfiguring tmption on her face, which resisted all treatment, fche was taken to two celebrated health spring, but received no bene fit. Many medicines were prescribed, but with out result, until we decided to try S. 6. 8., and by the time the fi ret bottle 11 is fi niinrd the eruption began to disappear. A dozen buttles cared her completely and left her skin perfectly smooth, fine is now seventeen years old, snd not a sign of the enibarrasiug dieae has ever returned." S. S. S. is a positive, unfailing cure for the worst forms of skin troubles. It is the greatest of all blood purifiers, and the only one guaranteed purely vegetable. Bad blood makes bad complexions. purines and invigo rates the old and makes new, rich blood that nourishes the body and keeps the akin active and healthy and in proper condition to perform its part towards carrying off the impurities from the body. If you have Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Salt Rheum, Psoriasis, or your skin is rough and pimply, send for our book on Blood and Skin Diseases and write our physi cians about your case. No charge what ever for this service. s:n tTcciFic csspswy, Atlanta; (a. sss had the care of the forests but also the survey of the public lands. The laws In force at the time of American occupation are said to be in line with the moat advanced foreign legislation of Europe but were not fully enforced, and licensed the cutting of any and everything. The result was that valuable rubber, gutta porvha and yland- Inng trees were taken and even ihe most valuable used s fire wood. The old regulations were translate! and revised, taking effect In their new form on July L last. They prcvide for a system of licens ing by which permits to cut timber can be secured, the fee being based upon the different varieties, of which i are named in the order. After the'regulatlmis were promulgated more than 50 additional specie of tree be came knon and others are being brought to the knowledge of the bu reau almost every week. The director. Captain Albern. esti mates the total number of tree spe cies In the archipelago at nearty S00. There are no pure forests of any one specie, rarely more than three or four trees of one variety fmnd grouped to gether, so that a lumberman looking for a shipload of one kind of timber would find It practically Impossible to cut that atid no other, and cargoes must be assembled from different points. Captain A hern states that from dif ferent sources of Information he Is led to believe the public forest land cm- prl from one-fourth to possibly one half the area of the Philippines, or from twenty to forty million acres There are fully five million acres of virgin forest owned by the state In the Islands of Mindoro and Paradua. The Inland of Mindanao, with an area of some twenty million acres. Is almost entirely covered with timber and even In the Province of Cayagan. In Luxon. there afe more than !.0fl0.000 acres of forest. In napy other provinces of Luxon, especially In the country close to Ma nila, much of the timber has been cut and to fill larjre contracts the lum bermen are obliged to go quite a dis tance (Mm the city In order to find a suitable tract. Captain Ahern mentions tracts of vir gin forests to be seen on the southern islands, where from 10.000 to 20,000 cubic feet of magnificent timber per acre was standing, with trees more than 150 fee: in height, the trunks clear of branches for 40 feet and more than four feet In diameter. He states that In those forests there are millions of cubic feet of timber which should be cut out In order to thin this dense growth so that the maximum annual growth could be obtained. There are a large variety of valua ble gum, rubber and gutta pen. ha trees, seventeen dye woods and th? yland-ylang, the oil from blossoms of which latter tr-e is the base of so many perfuWs. There are no forest roads or river driveways in the Island considered worthy of mentioning. At present the trees are felled from any road and hauled out very slowly by one or more caribaos with the result that' many tracts are left untouched. CONSUL PERSONA NON GRATA. Sultan Claims to Have Good Reasons for Rejecting Dr. Norton. NEW TORK. Nov. 26.-The Constan tinople correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt. says a Herald dispatch from Iierlin, states that the reason why the Port" refused an exequatur to the new ly appointed United State consul at Harpoot is because when a missionary he showed himself unfriendly to the Turks and spread untrue stories about massacres. The consul will, however. In spite of the decision of the Porte, leave for Harpoot to take up hi new duties. As the American battleship Kentucky Is on her way to Smyrna it is extremely probable that th Porte will give way. A Washington dispatch to the Herald says: Mr. Griseom, th? charge d'affaires In Constantinople, will jrge the Sublime Porte to iKsue an exequatur In order that Dr. Thomas H. Norton may enter upon his duties as consul at Harpoot as promptly as possible. Some surprise was expressed at the departure of the Kentucky for Smyrna ahead of her schedule, it having been Hated that she would probably remain at Naples until Monday. Officials de clare, however, that no Instructions were given to Captain Chester; that she remained at Naples as long as dl rectel and having completed her stay there had start 2d for Smyrna. FAMOUS MOUNTAIN CLIMBER. Proposes to Ascend All Pacific Coast Peaks Not Yet Climbed. VANCOUVER, B. C. Nov. 2G.-Ed-ward Whymper. the famous mountain climber of the Royal Geographical So ciety of London, has arrived here. He proposes to ascend all the notable peaks of mountains on th Pacific coast not already climbed, among them Mount Baker and the Lions of Vancouver. INDIANS ARRESTED. Believed to Fa Murderers of Mexican Deputies. SAN DI13GO, Cal., Nov. 26.-Antonio Carpinters and Manuel Dublo, both Co copa InJiuns, have been arrested below the line in Lower California on suspic ion of being concerned in the murder of Acuba, Sotello and Marettl, three Mexicans who were sent out to pursue Indian cattle . thieves and were them selves murdered. COALINO STATIONS WANTKD, America Haa Approached Four Gov eminent for Sit, NE.W YO.'iK, Nov. Il-Four govern went, says a Washington special to the Herald, have bin requested to au thorise the United State to establish coaling station their territory and a fifth U to be approached. Becau.e of the Importance or domi nating the termini of the proj.vled Nicaragua canal, the authorities are unxious that the navy shall have con venient bUes from which to operate for the defense of the waterway. It has, therefore, been trying to acquire the Danish West Indies and Bite on the Isthmus at Chlrlqul Lagoon and the Gulf of Dolce and one of the Islands of tho Galapagos group. Up to this tliw its efforts have not met with suc cess, but during th next few weeks It is propesed to renew the attempt. In the cao of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuator was seemingly susplclou.i of the purpose of the. United State and Matty refused. In naval circle there I apparently no anxiety with reference to these Islands, the principal object of the HubtvlsRion of the prop.wo.tlon to display an interest in th.' group and prevent Germany or Gnat Britain from acquiring (.--having been at tuined. American Interest In China will re quire, In the opinion of th naval offic ials, the maintenance of a sailing llett In Chinese waters, and Renr-Adnilr.il Bradford Is anxious to treat for a coal ing place at Che Foo. Here a station would be within the circulation of the American flug, considering MantU as tne enter. SWINDLER ARRESTED. U Believed to Have Madi a Profit of J300.000 In One Year. NEW YORK. Nov. 21.-H.nry Seelig. alleged to be a swindler and fugitive from Justice for four years, has been arrested here and held at police head quarters. He will be nrraigned In th.' court of general sessions today to an swer complaints from persons all over the country. Four year ago. It I charged, a "B. Blank" he did business In this city, obtaining goods worth more than half a million dollar which he disposed of for what he could gvt, making no re turns therefor. He Is believed to have made a clear profit of 1300.000. The first day after the police took charge of his office that year letters came from 772 business firms calling for settle ment for overdue claims. Liter Seelig was In Brooklyn and still later In several of the large cities of the west Captain McCluskey suspects that ho or his associate are even run ning a swindle with headquarter in Chicago. He said that his arrest was an out rage and that he was the victim of mistaken identity. When taken to po lice headquarters he said that his name was Heinrkh Seellg. He gave his age as forty-six years and refused to say where he lived. He was locked up with out any Information having been ob tained frorn him. The jollce are now attempting to trace his brother and a man named Matsener. ORIENTAL SOCIETY. Formed by Japanese and Chinese Stu dents in America. BERKELEY. Cal.. Nov. 26. Native Japanese and Chinese students of the University of California have formed an organization which they expect to extend among the colleges of the United State to Include a far as possible all the Intellectual people of their respec tive races In this country. The oreamxatlon Is called the Orien tal Union. It has been formed under iho direction of Prof. John Fryer, of the chair of Oriental languages in the univer-iiy. and O. Yoshloka, the Japa nese consul at San Francisco. Its ob jects are to promote aoclal Intercourse and intellectual culture among Its mem bers and to foster an accurate knowl- fle of Oriental affairs and a mutual good understanding between Orientals and Occidentals, IMPORTANT COAL DISCOVERIES. In Alaska Near Tidewater and Only Five Miles From a Sheltered Harbor. TACOMA, Nov. 26. Coal outcropping! have been traced 18 miles along Chlgnlk bay. 325 miles this side of Unlmak pans, Alaska, Claims covering the best part of these vast deposits have been filed by miners employed by Thomas Ma- gon. The manager of the Apollo gold mines employed at Unga says the veins uncovered to date are four and a half, five and nine feet thick, con taining excellent lignite and bitumin ous coal. In the spring, diamond drills will be employed to determine the depth and continuity of the deposits and develop ment will commence on a large scale. The veins are situated near tidewater and only five miles distant Is, a shel tered harbor where steamers or sailing vessels can load In safety. The de posits are so large as to make cer tain a permanent supply tor Alaskan towns. This alone will affect the Pa cific coal supply. BANANA DEALERS CONFER. Plans Discussed for Relief From Al leged Unjust Treatment by United Fruit Company. NEW YORK, Nov. 26. The Journal of Commerce says: A conference has been held between ., , 1 ears It .3 a wonderful soap that takes hold quick and does no harm. No harm I It leaves the skin soft like a baby's; no alkali in it, nothing but soap. The harm is done by alkali. Still more harm is done by not washing. So, bad soap is better than none. What is bad soap? Im perfectly made; the fat and alkali not well bal anced or not combined. What is good soap? Pears. ' All sorts of r:i il.s.pstially dravglstaj kll sorts of psools u. it. the committees representing Indepen dent banana growers of Nicaragua and J. La Motte Morgan and ot hers to dis cus plat for relief from allege, un just treatment by the United Fruit Comiany. The committee consists of 3. W. Seeion and Frank K. Turner, of Rami, HlutrH-lda river, Nicaragua, Mi. Morgan, formerly of Birming ham, Ala., but now of this city, wu Ideiitilird with the lie to the company f Nicaragua Int.-reiH at the time It was formed. He Is at present Inter ested in a movement which may r-1-ult in th- eMablishment of a direct steamship lint from Nicaragua Inde pendent of the company. The atten dance at the iiiettlng whs small and western Jobbers who were exacted were not prvseiit. No definite and tli'al a--.ion was taken st the nuvtlng. The complaints made agnlnst the I'nited Fruit Company or Its distribu tor, the Fruit IVsputch Company, nre among others: That the company has gradually Increased prices until they ure fron. 50 to 75 per cent hlsher than when the company assumed practical control of the trade; that prices are so high that Jobbers cannot handle th' fruit without a loss; that di aler are oblige! to sign contract, which, while binding on them, are not binding on the company; that Jobbers seldom know what Is the prke of the fruit until they get the bills; that the company has re duced Importation until the supply Is not sufficient to meet tho demand. One of these present at the meeting said that the committee had been ap proached by New York representa tives of financial Interests of London to estalilsh a direct steamship service. Independent of the Unltd Fruit Company, from Nicaragua to New York or other American ports. No definite decision has been arrived at, however. It Is said, nlm-e the capitalists referred to wish first to consult their Lo.iilon houses. Another interesting feature In con nection with the conference Is that, al though the Nicaragua committee came osttn-iblv to consult with the Western Banana Jobbers' Association, no mem ber of that association were present &nd this part of the committee's pro gram seems to have been dropiied. The New York Jobbers are not organised, as are the western Jobbers, and seem ingly are not In great sympathy with thib movement ngainst the company. The western Jobbers are among the chief complainants agoimn the United Fruit Company and It adjunct, the Fruit Despatch Company, and have al ready taken step to establish a steam ship service whereby they can Import thelr'own fruit Independently. It is reported that the Arbuckles have established some iort of a connection with the United Fruit Company at New '"Tlear:, affecting their sugar Interests, and that the American Sugar Refining Company may become Interested In th new steamithlp enterprise with the ob ject of competing with the Arbuckles and thus become a formidable rival to tho American Fruit Company. SILVER ISSUE NOT DEAD. Senator Teller Says It Will Be a Live Question for Years to Come. DENVER. Nov. 26. Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, who leaves for Washington tonight, speaking of the effect upon the silver question the de feat of Bryan will have, said that he did not Intend to abandon the tllver question because of the result of the recent election. "The silver question Is not dead," he continued, "and will be a live ques tion In American politics for years to come, and I am firmly of the opinion that we will ultimately return to the blmetallc system, In my Judgment the only system that can secure stability of prices and equity between the cred itor and debtor." Speaking of Important legislation to be enacted by cogress during the torn Ing Hcwlon, he said: "I anticipate that there will he an attempt made to Increase the regular army, Independent of any force that may be necessary for the Philippine Islands, to the extent of 100,000 as a permanent army. I doubt very much whether suctya measure can be passed during the wort session. So far as I am concerned I am very much opposed to it and will do all I can to prevent It. I am quite willing that the govern ment should Jiave all the foroe In the Philippine Islands that may be peres sury to conquer a peace If it Is the policy of the administration to dispose of that question In that way," "There will also be an effort to pass what I known the subsidy shipping hill, which will Impose a burden up 011 the people of anywhere from $10. 000,000 to 120,000,000 a year for u num ber of yenr to come, I do not be lieve It I a wise measure but rather expect to It passed during this ses sion. For a while there will be, I think, a great waste of money. It Is not as ohjcvtlonuble aa the kmty bill, "I think there will tie, as there might lo be. an attempt to reduce the pres ent war revenue tux and to net lid of some of the wry ohjivtlonahle fea ture. I notice that the action of the cabinet uppeur lo have been In that direction. I hope It may be ibnie, "Aside from these mutters, I doubt whether there will b very much other legislation attempted during Ihe short session." Senator Teller doc not expect to par ticipate In the senatorial contest In Colormlo but consider that the fusion force should hold the ground In mak ing A selection of senator. OFFICERS DKOIUDKD. Severe runlshni'nt for Offender at West Point Military Academy. NEW YORK. Nov. M.-A special lo the Heiutd from West l'olnl says: Solitary confinement and degradation to the rank was the severe punishment ordered for thri oltWr and one pri vate of the United States Military Academy after a recent breach of dis cipline on the "two hundredth" night before cuiiimeneenient. Acting First Captain (luthrle, of Col oradi., for ih'rndttlng a brunch of or der ii the mess hull and for rul iient insulx rdlnution, whs sentenced by a committee of ;rmy officers to solitary cjnfliiement and the removal i'f Ills chevrons. He was transferred to Com pany F, Cudot Commandant I), 1, (itvgory, of Missouri, was sonl'Miced to confine, ment and clcgnvlatl mi lo the ranks. Cadet Lieutenant William F, llu.sell, of New Hampshire, for breach of dis cipline was reduced to 'he ranks. Private Dowd. cadet at largo In the fourth das, was tl-mrltcd ami or dered to confinement for causing a breac h of discipline !n ihe mess hall. The punlshm-.-nt came for one iilght's sport with the "plebea" In the mess hall. The plebes were ord-red to "sound off the number of days until June, when the classmen will become se.-ond lieutenants In the army. In West Point parlance a "sound oft" Is to answer tu om-e the question put by a superior. In the book of tactics it I the com mand given at dre-s parade by the adjutant-general of the battalion to th band. When een lust night the KU-rlntiid-cut ot the military acanemy tali) In an Interview: "The punishment of the cad -ts wn merely a matter of discipline. They were punished In tho way such breach es nr? usually ch-all "vlsh. It was not a case of haxlng." Lleuteuunl Russell, the SIIIN-Hntendi'Dt suld, wns dlselpll.-vj for a br.uch of refutations untissniiited with the dis turbance In the mess hall. AMERICAN BKKIW IN ItfSSlA. American Manufacturer and Export er Are Ckttln Russian lluslness. (Correspondence f Associated Tress.) ST. I'KTEriSRL'RQ, Nov. H-The card catalogue of American exporting merchants and manufacturers which was sent to Cnnsul-Qeneral Hollow oy recently has already proved Its utility. Colonel Kollnwny not the newspaper to Insert a notice about the matter and received Inquiries for addresses within twenty-four hour, He has already had Inquiries from a dozen persons, all of wrwim deHired three or four classes of addresses. One Moscow merchant submit ted a list of twelve classes of exporter whose addresses he d'-slred. Minister of Agriculture Termaloff Fisher's Opera House L. K. NEMO, Lrssse anil Manas. rr. ...THKEENKiMTS... I iuiuuni Novemter 26, 27, 28 THE WORLD'S WONDERCOMPANY Prof. Clias. W. 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Our stock includes tho thrco greatest American pianos tho Kim ball, the Chick crin and tho Wclcr together with eight other good makes. ...eiler's piano House... laht year requested Ambassador Tower lo procure for him an assortment of American seeds for experimental pur poms. Ambassador Tower sent for cot ton, apple, corn, apricot, peach and other seeds and plants. Minister Ter mulolT, In a conversation with Mr. Tow er this week, Informed him that hi ex periments had resulted far bettor than hod been anticipated. The peaches and I apples are flourishing in the Caucasus and Central Asia and the cotton In TurkeMan, Colonel Yermaioff, the brother of the minister,, has Just returned from the United States, where he had been re cuperating since the close of the Cuban war. He spoko In the most compli mentary terms of the' Amorlean com manders , whose acquaintance he had made as Russia's military representa tive rn Cuba, and of the hospitality of th! 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Or W.A WANS Hrc 1 of r'seuliy OSCAR ANDERSON. Man.s-r, J. C. fKMiKUAHT, CMol Cl K $.000,000 1,000,000 2.HM14 300,000 1,7 18,71)2 Pacilie CWt ov i twenty-two ymr railway has Just been published, Tho first 0000 verms east of Irlkustk will be covered by express trains at the ra',1 of 27 versu per hour, not counting stoppages, which are endlessly long even In European Russia, and will re quire five and a half days for the Journey of about 2000 miles. Ordinary trains are Hchcxluled to make the trip In six and a half days. WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, Nov. 20. Wheat. Walla. Wallu, M54. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26,-Wheat. December, W; cash, 96, CHICAGO, Nov, 26. Wheat, Decem ber, opening, 70, 71;- closing, 70!4. LIVERI'OOL, Nov. 21-Wheat, De cember, 5s, lid,