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. D.I7IO
SUN INSURANCE OFFICE
Or M)NI)ON
THK OLDEST I'UKl'LY FIKK OFI ICK IN TIIK WORLD.
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J. B. F. DAVIS & SON, GENERAL AGENTS
WIN FIELD S. DAVIS HURT L. DAVID CAUL A. IIKNHT
215 Sansomc Street, - - San Pnnclsco, Cal.
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO., AGENTS.
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UNLIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS
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l'ui!-iii Capital, .... 1,000,000
Asm-U, 2,JH5,114
AjwLs in I'liiU'd Slat.-?., . . .'00,000
Surplus to Poliry llol-lcrx, 1 ,7 1 H,7!2
Has bctii LTntK'rwritiiij( on tln 1'iu ilie Const ovti twt nty-lwo )nrs.
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