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THC KOKMNG ASTOMAN. CKIDAY. riillKUAKV I. mi. OUR ANNUAL SALE IS NOW ON EVERYTHING REDUCED C. H. COOPER WILD RUMOR DISCREDITED. Report That Twonty-flve Americans Are Resli'P'tJ by Vpnosudan Revolutionists. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-A speci.U to the Times from Washington says: The state department In inclined to discredit the report from Tort of Fpaln to the effect that twenty-five American, deserted hy their negro employes, are holding out agalnn a band of attacking revolutionists. It is pointed out that if It were true. Min ister Loomis would certainly have no tified the department. It Is stated in the d'spatch that Mr. Loomis was aware of the report, and. while Inclined to consider It exaggerated, had promised to Inform the department This would be his duty, but he has not done it. and the department is. then-fore, skep tical of the report. The story which was sent in some time ago and on the strength of which the navy department st-nt the Scorpion to the scene of alleged hostilities, did not come from Minister Loomis. Since then the department has hesitated to credit reports that do not come from Minister Loomis. Minister Loomis has acquainted the state department with the fret that the Veneturtan governmtmt is willing and anxious to have the merits of the rival asphalt concessions left to the determination of the Veneiuelan courts. The department has decided that that Is the proper course to pursue, and has so Informed the minister. It is true that there has been no lack of insinuations touching the in tegrity of the Veneiuelan Judicial tri bunals, but the state department doe? not feel itself absolved on that score from following the well-established traetlce in such cases and refraining from intervention jintll it shall become absolutely evident that there has been a denial of justice. Therefore the asphalt companies must make their i fight before the Venezuelan courts, to begin with at least. NORTHERN PACIFIC TACTICS. Said to Be Starting Road Toward Ne halem Merely to Prevent P'liM ing of Any Other Line. PORTLAND. Jan. 31. Thr Or-gonUin tomorrow will say: "The real purpose of the projected line of the Northern Pacific i ail n ay from Scappoose to Pittsburg In the Nehalem valley is said to be to pre vent the building of any road to that valley until agreements shall have been reached among the four transconti nental roads operating in the North west for division of traffic or the as signment of this territory to one or another of them, Inability to agree on this matter Is said, to have been the lause of keeping the Nehalem with out a railroad so long. GRADUATE IN THREE YEARS. Radical Changes Made in the Curricu lum of Yale University. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 31,-Rad-ical changes were made in the curricu lum at the meeting of the Yale Uni versity corporation and It will now be possible for a well-prepared student to complete his course In three instead of four years and obtain the bachelor of 'arts degree. Students can, under the LASS of Baldwin's Celery Soda ear. a bndschs at eno. It Is s pleas sat, sparkling, sgarresoeat drink that aotstmmsdlstoly. Itelssn sod par nie th stomach, molly alta tb osrTM ad rilan sll pais. It murm siak sod Mi-row hwtdMhcs, ss.lokni sad mn Ui fsUgus. IOC. 20c, BOc, f I.OO FRANK HART. Successor to Th. Olsen, 600-2 Com. 8t mm new system, carry twenty more hours of class work each year with ease. Only in the freshman vur hereafter will there be "required" or compulsory courses as contrasted with "elective" studies. The course of "psychology and mental and moral .cier.ce" has also been made elective. This was the most difficult work of the Junior year, was sung about in the college glees and has been for many years the single "re ouireii" study in the junior class. It has also been announced that all students will be required in the future to make connected courses In three proup. language and literature, math ematics and natural science, and men tal, historical ami political Sciences. Each student will be required to take connected courses during three years in one of these departments ajid in two years In each of the other two. The corporation ;ll passed the rule that a failure in any course can only be made pu by choosing a course re quiring a similar number of hours "the next year. This ruling abolishes "con ditions." iVifHT OF AKHITIIATIOX. Highest Tribunal in the World Is Now Ready for Rusiness. NEW YORK. Jan. Zl..k special to the Tribune from Washington says: The permanent court of arbitration provided fir by the convention signed at The Hague on July 29, 1S99, is now ready to consider any international dis pute that may be presented. Easily the highest tribunal in the world, with the most numerous and eminent bench of any court ever projected, this sin gle fruition of the czar's peace con ference has Just been completely or ganized for business and the state de partment has officially issued the ros ter of its nv mbership. including its secretaries. Fifteen nations, embracing all the maritime j,f)w.rs, have appointed their I members, and only a f-w countries, J comparatively insignitii ant as Interna j tional factors, are unrpr.-s-nted. These I are Bulgaria. Montenegro. IVrsia. Siam and Switzerland. CT'BAN GOVERNMENT. R-inij Transfened From Civil Hand?. MiM'ary to NEW YORK. Jan. 31. A special to the World from Waihingcon says: Captain E. F. Ladd will be relieved as treasurer of Cuba within a few days when the secretary of finance for Cu ba will become custodian of the funds of :he island. This is in pursuance of the policy recently bRun to gradually transfer the government of Cuba from military to civil hands. j Jt is said authoritatively that th j I proposed change Is not due to dissat" isfaction with ("'apt. Lndd. On the con trary, his work is highly r-ommended. DEWEY HAi? REKN HAZED. Tells Some of His Experience.-- at An- li.'lf-Oli--. NEW YORK. Jan. 31. A sp-cUl to the World from Washington says: Admiral Dewey was aked it he had been hazed whll nt Annapolis. "Well," said he, ' if eating dough, chewing th-? end of a hawser, going around with a shingle down my baek, drinking vin'-gar without putting my nose In tb slas.; and such oth-r trines is bJlng hazed. I should not wondT If I was." DEATH TO THE JESUITS. Stormy Scenes at a Th-at'r in Madrid, Spain. MADRID, Jan. 31. There v. re stor my scenes at the first pet f ,,,, rice of "Electra" by Academician Oaldos. The fifth act of the play. whih was a vio lent outburst again.it clericalism, was interrupted by cries of "a has ultra montains," "death to me jesu;ts." WHEAT MARKET. PORTLAND, Walla, 56. Jan. 31. Wheat. Val;a SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. May, 103; cash, 9S. 31 .-Wheat, CHICAGO. Jan. 31. Wheat, May, opening, TC&TS'i; closing, ",ii",Y4. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 31. Wheat May Cs. ld. MRS. N. P. RANKS DEAD. WALTHAM. Mass., Jan. 31 Mrs. Ranks, widow of Genera) Nathaniel P. Ranks, is dead. WILL KEW I'P SILVER. Mer. Guggenheim Uelleve That the Smelter Company Will Benefit the Miners. DENVER, Jan. St.-The org inltatl n of the American Smelting Company, in which the American Smelting and Refining Co. has been merged w.th the Guggenheim interests and which will control between 75 and SO p.r cent ot the silver output of the world, has been announced by Simon & Daniel Uuggen helm, who arrived In the city yoier dy. The Messra. Guggenheim have giv en out the following statement; ."'Our business has not been absorbed There has been a merging of the two Interests and an exchange of securltU's. In the handling of metals the inhers will be enabled to get the full pruts that are paid and what benelKs the miner is of advantage to the Hivlur. We have kept up the price of lead and I we iropot to do the same with t-ll- ver. "Today silver is scientifically and te cretly bought by four broker in Un don who stand In with eiuh other and the buyer. The seller sells his product from day to day and Is at th- mercy of the brokers. This can and will be changed, as soon as the thing cur. be rounded up. "We believe ihat instead of the smel ter company being a meiuue :o the country It will be a:i advantage. In the first place the receipts of the i ail roads will be IncrenfJ by an incivaM of freight In and out. To the miner " wil1 mean a" en-.u r.i-. us advantage. It will Increase the product of his ore because, under such a large opera ;lon as this will be, the smelters can as sist the miner to mine his. low grade material which he now often times allows to remain In the mine. "We believe the smelter is. in a sense, to the miner what the banker is. T!i. banker supplies him when lie needs funds and the smelter should supply him with low treatment charges. "We have been getting Information from large Institutions like the Krupp works in Germany concerning th ir methyls of caring for their employes. We Intend to apply the best of these methods to the men In our employ. It is our Intention to Improve the con dition of the m-.n and we hope to es tablish libraries and proper homes for them. We do not claim to be philan thropists but believe that an improved condition of the men In our employ tan not but work an advantage to us. There Is no doubt that the thrifty la borers will in time become investors in the securities of the company and that is what we want." j BEET SUGAR HELD UP. Possibility of Serious Complications With Russia Over Detention of Cargo. NEW YORK. Jan. 31 A special to the Times from Philadelphia says: A cargo of beet sugar from Rus sia is held up at this port at the in stigation of American beet sugar man ufacturers who have demanded an In- rea.'ed duty to be Imposed upon the product. The directors of the national board of trade and the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers have held se cret meeting here . and determined up on Immediate action to try and avert a commercial breach between this country and Ruseia. The imperial government created a flurry here among those who have tried to avoid trouble In the premises by In forming the resident consul of Rus sia. W. R. Tucker, that If the extra duty is imposed on the cargo of Rus sian sugar, prohibitive tariff measures would be instituted throughout Euro pean and Asiatic Russia against American-made goods. This caused some- what of a pamc wiinin me circle of those In the secret. Hurried meetings were called, and such men as Charles H. Cramp, John H. Converse of the Baldwin Locomo tive Works, Theodore C. Search and others at the head of great manufac turing establishments held a long con ference. It was determined that the managers of these commercial organ izations go forthwith to Washington and arrange for a conference with Secretary Gage. The trouble Is caused by the demand that the clause of the Dingley law be enforced by which the bounties paid by Russia to sugar ex torted should be added to the regu lar tariff duty on beet sugar. Edward H. Sanborn, manager of the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Russian vice-consul. W. R. Tucker, have left for Washington to consult with Secretary Gage as to when he will give the committee a hearing; The claim is made that the Russian government does not pay bounties on sugar. The consul states that the Rus sian government controls the sugar output of the empire and thereby holds the price up to Its standard rate. In order to do this the revenue tax on sugar exported at times of over pro duction is reduced, and this the best sugar men of the United States assert Is to all practical purposes a bounty. Secretary Gage will be asked to order the release of the cargo and thereby avoid strained relations between the manufacturers of this country and the czar's government. SETTLED OUT OF COURT. Receiver McKenzIe and Alaskan Mine Owners Have Come, to an Un derstanding. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31. The Chronicle says that a complete settle ment has been reached out of court be tween Alexander McKrnzle and the de- fendaiit In the suits over the nine for which Mi Kmle was appointed re ceiver by IT, S. Judge- Arthur II. Noy. f the d'ntrlct of Alaska, In which properly valued at over flO.ivo, IKW is Involved. Hy this settlement all the rlithis lo the famous Anvil and Dexter creek mine are vested In the l'l.nuvr Mining Company and their titles to these prop el tic have been so perf.vted that there Is no pisihllt of further con test. This property Included the famous Discovery claim, which has produced more han a million dollars' worth of dust. Litigation In what me known as the "Chlpps cases" is at an end. This in cludes suits brought recently lit the superior court of San Francisco for sums riuountlng to JtW.lHH) by Linden- berg, Lindblom and Uiynteson aga'nst McKenxie (or damages which they claimed to have sustained by his ac tions while reci! ver of the pi p-r:y. It stops the IHIgatlixi In the cases of Comptois vs. Anderson, and not only takes th- se actions from the state courts but also from the I'nlted States Ustriil i-ourt and the I'nlted St-ites circuit court of appls. Hy the compromise all the accounts of R.velver McKenxie were allowed ami pud, all the debts incurred for the lines by the receiver were paid, all the r ceiver's c h irge.-were settled andast p- ulatlon wi.s eiitci ed Into by which all litigation was t be dismissed. The net for almost h ilf a null' n dollars In the superior court of California will be dismiss,-1 and th suits Instituted In the court at Nome, which have been carried to the circuit court of appials it) San Francisco, will now be dropped. The settlement will also affect all 1 li gation at Nome oer mining property s there. All the chatgis made iefor the attorney general and the president )f the United Stat-- will be dropped , and withdrawn, so there will be no grounds for the talked of congrcs-qou.il investigation. The "ourse of the circuit court of ap peals in the contempt cass .ig iln-; McKwule and Dubois will not lie af fected by this settlement, since It w.is not completed until after all the evi dence 111 these matters had been pre sented. Having been informed of the settlement. Judge Ross, of the I'nlted States circuit court "f appeals, has an nounced that he will decide the con tempt rases on Monday next. It is estimated that over $l.m).Ki ha-i been .-.vpetidel for cxe!ise In the var ious legal contests which hae now been ended. TIN CAN CO.MHINE. It Is Claimed That Pacltlc Cout Man ufacturers Have Given options. NEW YORK. Jan. 31. -The Journal of Commerce says: i "It is learned on excellent authority that the negotiations for a con-n,lda-tlon of the leading tin can munufuotur- ' ing Interests of the country, which have b-en in progress for many months, have reached a point where their sucee.-ts.fu! completion Is practically certain at a very early date. Options .m the var ious properties run until April 1. but from present Indications the deal may be closed up several wi-ks before that date. The capitalization of the new com pany apparently Is as much of a s.-. cret as ever. This question rsis al most entirely In the hands of Judg W. H. Moore, the promoter. However, there seems to be an expectation In some quarters that It will be about ; $50,00o,Oi0. The romixiny will naturally be closely allied with the Am rican Tinplal Company and through It with the other so-called "Moore" steel c..m uanieh. ! The new consolidation. It is under- stood, will take in nearly every can ' manufacturer of Importance In the country. Comnanles in Chicago, this city, Hoopston, Ind., Baltimore, To- "r u" Kl" Grande gold gravel ex , ' ,. , ' ,, , . ' i " eds in many places WW feet, or nearly ledo, Detroit. Indianapolis and the Ta- , three times that of the like beds In eific coast are understood to have giv- California, while the average Value per en options 'cubic yard Is believed to be greater , In the ..-w M-xlco beds than in Bny WHOLE SYSTEM BOUGHT. Syndicate Has Purchased Detroit Siren Railway Lines. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-The Tribune says: Henry A. Everett, of Cleveland, O., at present staying at the Hotel Neth erland, is at the head of a yndl?ate which has purchased the street rail way system of Detroit, of which R. T. Wilson, of this city, was the principal owner. The formal transfer of the property Is understood to have been made yesterday at the office of Davi Stone & Auerbach. Mr. Auerbach that firm acted as counsel In the trans action. Mr. Everett said that the company organized to purchase the D'-troit Street I Railway system Is capitalized at 123. 500,000. of which 112,500,000 is In stock and $11,000,000 is in bonds. The stock j Is now selling at 7-ri. Yesterday it de- : dared Its first quarterly premium of 1 per cent. The company has $400,000 In Its j treasury. j Mr. Everett Is president of the North ! Ohio Traction Company. He came to ' thin city In company with J. R. Nutt I to meet financiers of New York and ! t Philadelphia and close up the deal for I the control of the Detroit system. DALY HORSE SALE ENDED. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-The Daly horse sale came to a close at midnight. The proceedings of the sale as a whole were $405,525 for 18? head. This gives a total average of $2192 per head. DAMNER SALVE. tnomoat healing in the world. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NotabU atni.ng th plur afford ed by the ttauta Rout la tb win ter trltt to Southern California tad Arlioi. Renewed acquainUno with this section W) av(.r develoD fremb point of interval and added Industrie, In Hi prolific vegetation and among Ha numherlrM retorts of mountain, tiiort, valley and plain. The two dally Shut train from Portland to California hart been re cently equipped with th moat ftp proved pattern of standard and tour ist sleeping cars, but the low rutt of rant will itlll contlnu In effect Illustrated guide to th wlnttr re sorts of California and Artiona may b had on application. C. 11. M ARKII AM. O. P. Am Portland, Oregon, 80METIIIN0 NCW. Just Published by the Southern Pa cific Co, la a phamphlet upon the r- source of Western Oregon which In elude an excellent map of tit atat, mi contains information on clluiat lands, education, etc., existing Indus tries and their capabilities. Attention Is also directed t "Uch new fields for energy or capital a promise fair return. This publication fills a need long ex perteneed by Oregonlans, In replying to inquiries of eastern friend. Conies may be had of local agent Southern Pacific Co., or from C II. MARKHAM. O. P. A.. 1'ortland. Or ThM tiny Cipiuld are superior to biiwm ot toptioa, Cubebt or Injections indu-- CURE IN 48 HOURSlAW, th uni diteasei w-th- Out inconvenience. SVA r til fVn-rtVf. AN INCOME FOR LIFE FROM T ;iivO Vt ltKS-9 MII.Krf IN I.KNUTIt- ::.0 MILLION TONH. Richest i;,ld-lM urlng nurti. ground hy it.iuiri'' hand Into gold laden i.n. l. fnun "0 to 6oO ft In depth over tli- entire proiM-rty. In addition the 1,'mi'iuiy cttiiM 11 mile-, in length of not t)eil. eiu h mile of which contains many million of irold. situated n the Rio iluml', In rao county, New Mex Ico. READ THE PROOFS United Slates Official Report MADE TO COMMISSIONER OK THE UNITED STAT1.S. GENERAL LAND OF FICE, WASHINGTON. D. C. by it geologist and mining expert of worldwide tcputatlon. Professor llen jaiinn Sillimu.ii, who spent several months there, then being connected lth the United States surveying corps, and In his oitli ial report says: "Here ure countless millions of tons of rlc h gold quartz reduced by the great forces of nature to a condition r- ady f,ir th- application of the hydraul ic process, while the entire bed of the Rio Orande for over forty miles Is a sluice, on the bars of which the gold derived from the wearing away of the gravel banks has len accumulating lor countless ag-s, and now lies ready for extraction by the most approved methods of river 'mining. The thick- other hu' h accumulation yet discov ered. "I have made a reconnalsance of the whole of this gravel along the Rio Grande, and have examined with all the care pos-dhle In the time at my command the character of the gravel and Its contents of g(,i,. Noth'ng, I am persuaded, inc" the discov ery of California and Australia is com parable for Its Immeasurable resources of gold available by the hydraulic pro es to the deep placers of the Rio Grande." other reports from eminent mining 'Jtperts of national reputation pro-noutic- the properly of this company the richest and most extensive known. OVEH 100 JIILLION DOLLARS For Dividends ;:;!Sapiial lock $2,000,000 FULLY PAID AND NON-AS-SESSABLE, PAR VALUE $1. EACH SHARE One-half the entire capital stock has b' i-ii placed In the treasury of the com 1 any as a woi king capital, To complete n cessary ditches and place on the river be I several gold steam dredges, the compat.y row offers a limited number of Its shares at 50c PER SHARE AFTER SALE OF WHICH PRICE WILL EE ADVANCED TO $1.00 m m&ii Applications should be sent promptly. Write for prospectus. Make checks, money orders payable to Rio Grande Placer Gjld Mining Co. 7 Exchange Place, Boston, lata. FOU1NDBD A. 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