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Of our new and up-to-date Air
tight Heaters nro still on hand.
Wo figured on considerable cold
weather and purchased an un
usual quantity; but tho weather
has moderated, consequently sales
have been slow. .Wo nro over
stocked and must have tho room.
From now on these snlendid heat-
431. BOND STREET, ' ing stoves will bo sold at a reduc-
DeUecn Ninth md Tenth Streets tion of 20 per cent FOR CASH.
W. J. Scully,
HARD,
Commission. Brokerage,'
Custom Hohm Broker.
ASTORIA. ORE
I osiirance and S h toping. AiBt W. F. A Co. Md Pacific- Kxpiwm Co t.
NONE OF MINERS
CAN BE ALIVE
Twenty Whites, Nine Japanese
and ThirtyTwo Chinese.
WATER FILLING THE SHAFT
Premier el Brlllib Columbia, Who Is Prla
clpal Owaer l Mine, Haa Arrived
oa Susa-FIr CoaUouei
to Bara.
VANCOUVER, II. C. Feb. VI. M No.
0 abaft, Cumberland mine, whore over
three rcoro minora are entombed, the
-olllrry management la now lighting
fir with ilood. A H'clal from Union,
It. ('., thin uf'ernoon states that No. 6
luft I cloned. Firehose stream are.
pouring Into No. gutter, constructed
to carry wttt-.T hy an eight-Inch main
Into tho mini.
All thtj unfortunate mln'-r are mill
i-Mi'iiih.'J. pending tho rvHiilt of the
Mending no further uctlon ea i be tak
en. All hop" linn l.nir since b'n -given
u,i that any f the men In the nhaft
of N. 8 art,- hi Hi alive. The fire c n-li:iu'-
to burn fiercely. No nm 2ould
eutly Iwn revolving the aubject In hla
own mind for the past month and for
that -length ot tlm haa talk -J more or
km ix-l'tf-'Jly with oflli lil t-allers.
(cnatura and representative have,
however, thought until within the pant
day or two that an extension of th
kppnii, could be avoided. Even now
th ru are many who refuse to le-lli've
that a call will be laaued. Those v. ho
hive talked with IIk prt-nld-nt In th.?
pant tiny or two are not oft''iln opin
ion. Thy aay that he annou ic-d d'-fl-
nltfly tod,xy hU defrmlnatlon to ak
condrcra to rome tofthcr aa oon af-
tt-r the completion of th- Cuban con-
atltullon Hi inlifht aem rxpdliit.
Th.t only apparent ohj.-M of tho r..... nnr.mrBl
i. . hu.,. il.. . I....
tlon conaPJorod and It la hla d'-nlre to
have cona;r'a xtutre the rfMiKumihlllty
c.f (llllng what atop Khali bo Uk-
in with rofor-t.ic to t'.'uba re-
KflrillcHK tf the d-.-tallii of th? (Minmitu-
tlon. He haa not aa yet Indicated the
time wlfn hw ahoul'J npoi-t fotiKroia to
nicft and thin bt la not to do
unt'l the Cuban conathutlonal c inven
tion ahall hav rompMed I'" work.
j ViUi; OF I'AUMAMKNT.
jAtlimpl Will Ik- Mad- t ('"iin-iildale
j 1-irit JhIi Colonl" on a Cumiii'-r-;
clal Ila.lif.
U'SIMIS. Fob. 1 The pr.wnt k
thin of parliament prowl-- to b- oon-
lln.-d rhb-fly to anny and Irb-h attain, I will he : IncrVaue by K) pr cent tha
IhouRh ttw klriK'a Itu-otiu. and Improve- j July on A;nri-an ma'hln ry, n.el and
nicnt! In tho Condition of the j o r ' 'ror. nU. Iiou-rhly ctat.-d, th L'nlted
may fik- up' aome time. jstatoa Ih naid to have exported goods of
DUTY ON AMERICAN
GOODS INCREASED
Russian Raise of 5) Per Cent Is
Practically Prohibitory.
ANNUAL LOSS OF $30,000,000
lea a Daty oa Raiilaa Saxar - Oar
Sieel and Iroo fioodi Shot
Out.
WASHINGTON, K b. lC.-Ount Caa
dln, the ItiiKHla-i ambafad'-r, thW even
InK rfelvd a ciblegram from the Kua
mIoii I relKii fm:n c onnrtning the re
port of the lusue of a dw rcc Impwing
loci j'-1 duties on American Imporia
Into I'.uM'a, and t'ik att-pa in inform
Ihe utate d-partnient accordingly.
It U realized that a grave criplx haa
lx-r") roai-hed In the trade relations of
th-1 Un't-d State and Hi-msi. The
Immediate eff.-ot of the Itu"l?n decree
when It 'com-'x operative March lt
uppnm. h within on tiun.lrtd f-.-t of the j xh war In South Afrlia ha- bec-n'thlb iKccrlption to Ilusfla latt year to
Pin- wlor.. the explonlun occurred t j talk-.! threadbare. The determination
Horn of the aha ft. The cauao of . ,,f .), KV(.rnment not to alter !,, tlw
tli- .'Xploid.in In kiIII unknown, r at
le.ift un.uin miii-ed.
Hon. Jutiiea Iiuiinnulr, prend T of
Krltlnh Columbia and preald'Tit and
principal owner In the Union Colliery
Company, went over to Union thla af
(einixiti Immediately upon iila arrival
allt.tt denr- Its attitude toward th
noei Im reiM pn'xod m all nld - and,
though thla will not mop the futile
debute, the country 1 not lik"!y to fol
low It wth any Intercut.
Colont I 8lr Charles HoHard Vincent.
CoiiM'ivatlve. la (roln-r to move that
the amount of $70n)'J,000.
1 An addition of 50 t cent to the duty
iwlll. It In thought, prove practically
prohibitory.
There In an expectation ihat Ameri
can importers of Kuian sugar will
mcke a flht on their own interests.
Some cargoes of llunslin sunar are
now afloat and on the way to the Unit-
riotn the ha. ICanaOU.. Australia. New Zealand, South t ed StateH. It In not doubted that the
The report of the .uperlntendent r-i Africa and other Hrltlnh colonies be j conslf-nees In the United States will,
duces the number of miners account ,-d c.,nt(oiliiaied utxm A tomnieiclal hwls. jaiher than pay a countervailing duty
dead from 8J to 61. Th - report U dated !anJ ,ha, CannauV example be follow .which woulJ make It lmp.H.sihle to coin -
today and says: j by Br,ntnP the mplic'i, prmlucts
"After consultation I decided to '.ryfl-.... r..feren.e rtih ,u!rtle. oner-
to g.t air from the No. C shaft, unlng Ly. HKrl, ,hltt ,. of ,hg Bn
Is mN-efary but nuthlttfr .'s like'y to
result, the leaders maintaining that the
V.. t in the up-cant. We tried (hat
until 4 o'clock this morning when she
exploded again, not heavily, 'hen all I
said It would be better to flood No. S i
above the door head at once and after
ward try to work through from the ;
nr.-.
"All Iioim of any being alive was !
(flveti up before we arrived here. None J
of ii h who came up hnd any hope j
either. A nur a I can gel at the ,
number of men ther were twenty
whites, -ilne J ipaneKe and thirty-two
v'Miiinnen down below. 1 cannot tell
h w I' uk it will take to Mil the shaft
to the roof. At the bottom No, 5
shaft an I the work apJ all good.
I.otl. rhafts are covered until ih t water
gets up. Th.'re appears to be conald
cialile lire In No, t.
The names ot :h- white men who
are new dead in No. ( ahaft. with one
nam-- lacking, are as follows:
W. Walker, overman; leaves a
widow and two daughters; hU sons,
George and William having be-'n k ll.-d
Mill him.
John White; 1,-nvc? a widow and four
children.
Thomas Loci, unmairlej.
Jaiio-s Halt, unmarried,
Duncan Monroe; leaves a widow and
tare- family.
. SifiM-n: leaves a widow and a
In IK-- fanil!y.
I'eler Jtardoir, ltaes a widow and
two rhllJnn.
C. lon unmarrlt d. .
K. Fleck, married.
L Flnionda, married.
Andrew Smith, single.
P. M. Davis, single.
A. M. Aft'o, single.
I. McOinnls, single,
Jim Crossetto, single,
Jo", Allison, driver of the firm shaft.
aliiKle.
Oeorg" Tumbull, tlmberman; l.-aveg
widow and two children.
time and rondltlona are not yet rl-e
for such an Important, step.
pete with other tuRars. make up a
test ca.te. If the lue favors the Rus
sian side then the obnoxious decree
will bo am- nd-d. thouish It Is not de
nied that the ltuss'an government fels
offended.
ADCI'T KAlSKft'S Mul'STACIIK.
Imd
NO END IN SIGHT.
Harbers Hard at Work Alter
ing Direction of Puih-s"
Voustachen.
It-er War Is Likely to
definitely.
Co.itinu In-
LONDON, Feb. 16. The hopes that
the turning point of the war in South
Africa is within sight, now permeating
Ii.npun. i-.u. 16. A humorous re-;tho jitorials and Inspiring the mar-
sull of the lirillsh-Orman ' entente- i.f kl.tJ are probably doomed to dlsap-j
evident in th.- mouacichea of the in- j p,,ntmcnt. The pacification of the'
hah taut f the w est end of London, j tioers, If accomplished, will I a slow i
hi. . i ..... - ' I
matter with which deciMive engage-;
voluntary contributions. The great
majority of the people cutsldo of the
heathens, who number a few hundred
thousands, and the Mohammedans, who
number a few hundred thousands moie,
aio Cathollta. The church presents no
auestlon, but the religious orders do
present a fpjeatlon, because they are
landlord.
"The situation la much the s"me an
In Ireland. The land la held by thoje
who gained It by right of the sword.
The religious ordera of the Philippines
have come Into possession of these
lands and It la for u to enquire, th lr
rlgptn and title to them, whether the
Flllolnos are not doing the orders a
great l:)ustlee and whether or not th -y
re forgetting thi great benefits of civ
ilization w hich the orders gave to them.
Uut th situation la, the Filipinos don't
like the religious orders as landlords.
We cannot take the land from the orders
and we would not If we could. We
commcid that the land be purchased
and sold to the people In small hold
ings. "Just as in Ireland' today." he con
tinued, "T. E. Russell Is putting him
self at the head of a new order of
things, has left tho old Ideas about the
holding of property and is making him
self a new champion, so thousands of
Filipinos jre Imbued w ith the same idea
and wlnh to get away from tho land
lord system. There is no neej for any
religious controversy In the question.
It Is a question of landlord and tenant."
DISTKIBUTIOM'OF VESSELS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. H.-A cable
gram fr-in Admiral Kempff to tho navy
department announces tho following
distr'butlon of ves.-fOla In the waters of
the Phllippints:
Calamiana and Princeton at Cebu;
Nashville,-north coast of Luzon; York
town, Callao, Alva and Om ord at Ca
vlte; Vlllalobos. operating at Leyte;
Painpansa, coasting Cebu; Don Juan
de Austria, on south coast of Luzon;
Isla de Cuba, at Zamboango.
The Lancaster has arrived at Cura
coa on her way to St. Lucia from Lag
uayra. The Farragut his sailed from
San DleRo for San Francisco. The Buf
falo has '.eft Colombo for Singapore.
The Mayflower has arrived at San
Juan.
HOSE TURNED ON
TEMPERANCE MOD
Wanted to Cut Hose But Were
Kept Off by Revolvers.
ARRESTS RESTORED ORDER
Juitice Brewer, of Sapreme Court, Declares
Eaforctweat ol Kaaiat Prohlhlior Law
Would Hive Prevented Rlic ol
Mrt. ffalloi.
TOPEKA. Feb. 1.-There waa a fro-for-all
fight at Belolt thla afternoon,
raultln;f from the feeling over the -clwing
of th Joints.
The tmperance men and women lu
anted ou making an Inspection of tho
Places to ee if the orders regardlnr '
closing rad been observed. An alarm
of lire was aound d and a hose cart
dahed up and commenced ' throwing'
water cn the croud. Some men at-t.-nr.pted
to cut the hose but were bre
ver.t'd by a display of revolver.
After Bomo persons had been more or
hs nurt, wire arrists were made and.
quiet was restored.
SHERIDAN SAILS FOR MANILA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.-The
transport Sheridan will sail at noon
today for Manila via Honolulu, with
1400 soldiers for the
and Twenty-seventh infantry ivgt
ments, in addition to a number of re
cruits and cabin passengers.
Among the latter are Oscar E. Wil
liams. U. S. consul-ger.oral to Singa
pore, ac-companied by his son a'.d
duughter. C. O. Abbott and an as.-is-
LAW3 SHOULD BE ENFORCED.
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 16. In the
cour3e of his lecture to the student
of Yale University, Justice Davll J.
Brewer, of the United States suprem
court, referring to the prohibition law
of Kansas, said:
"If every man (and woman) in Kansas
had done his best since 1880 to en
force the prohibitory legislation of that '
state. George Washington would not
have been asked to divide his hatchet
reputation with Mrs. Nation.
"The problem of government by the
people depends upon the way servie
at the primaries Is performed. To the
man who has a solemn sense of what
government by tho people means, the
primary and the polls are a(red
places. The college graduate can make
no excuse. He Is the last man In the -world
who can plead Ignorance of his
Twenty-sixth ; duty In citizenship. He leaves coll 'ge
an ambassador from the court of learn
ing. "Unfortunately, no one can doubt
that money Is becoming factor, a
harmful factor. In our politics. There U
a temptation for an officeholder to go
out of omce at least no worse than
tant observer representing the Snith- when he came In. Thl9 Is an evil, ana
ft) at upward avid outward twist so as-
s.H'lHted with Emperor William's mous
tache has bi-en extensively adopted,
espviallv by those having pretensions
to military appearance. Interviews
with west end barbers reveal the trou
ole thev are encountering in trans
forming life long droops Into upward I p,,buc eXcept that the stem laconic
curis.
SPECIAL SESSION CERTAIN.
Will He Called Upon Completion of
Work of Cuban Constitutional
Convention.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The presl
dert has seldom been known to talk
so freely with members of congress
and other public men on any ques
tion he had 'n contemplation as he
now talks with them concerning an ex
tra session of congress. He has appar-
CROKER OUT OF POLITICS.
Will Return to America but Will Turn
Over Tammany to Tounger Hands.
LONDON. IVb. 16-Intlnmte friends
cf Richard Croker openly dechre lie
will never re-enter active political life
In Ancrlca. Those who have se n Mr.
t rokcr recently noticed his general phy
sical weaknesa. which is .-a d to be a
forn. of nervous .ne'ancholla, entirely
opt osed to his usual activity.
A number of American racing 'rlends
who kn w Mr. Croker Intimately say
that while he will probably return to
the Urlted States during the coining
suirmer he Is utterly tired of politi
cal work and w-mld gladly pass over
son Ian institute are to sail for Sumatra
to observe the total eclipse of the sun.
Mrs. Bernard Moses, wife of Professor
Moses, one of the Philippine commis
tsoners and tho wives of seveml officers
of the transport and of officers in the
Philippines ere also on the list.
The Sheridan will take a cargo of
about 2000 tons of supplies for th
commander of the troops of South AM- j '
cu is busily enxar-d In systematic g ! ' K-- M n to pay
Ilka t en, nr. In hA Dkll
his huge forces for an extended cam- ' 7 "T"'"
ments can effect but little.
The war .office exacts from Gvneral
Kitchener no stroke such as settled for
ever the future of the Soudan. The
heads of Grea; Britain's war depart
ment acaicelv know more than the
TANFORAN RACES.
jalgn. In him they trust implicitly.
The cabln.-t ministers in private con-
....m,I..i ronlrlv ...mfea fhnt lr lq lit
, V , ... Itl'll iinnij v .... - - -
terlv In.nosslble to sneculate on the San Francisco Handicap
time which must elapse before the end
Is achieved.
Mile and a
Quarter Taken by Waring.
it is more of An evil than it was In days
gone by. I appeal to the value of high
conscientiousness to cure this. Let
every one see to It that by keeping him
self aloof from its contaminating touch
he is doing all In his power t i remedy
these conditions." . t
In conclusion, the eminent Jurist
made this prophecy:
"If the people of the. United States i
ever believe or ever come to ' b -Hove
that commercialism controls politics,
they will rise and will rid themselves
by forcing aside all those who they '
believe are responsible for these condl-'
tioirf?' :
FL'LTON HAS HOPE.
SUICIDE OF COLONEL HART.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16. At Tai-
jforan today 'the San Francisco handicap
j mile and a quarter, the richest ever run
Gei crally Relieved That No Se ator ,n California, was taken bv Sam Hil-
Will Be Elect d Unh-ss on the jdreth's Waring with Jotkey McCue in
Last Night. I tne saddle. Waring won easi y by thie? ' "
J. lengths from Vesuvlan. who was th- by j"
SALEM. Feb. 1.-The s-natorial , same distance in frcnt of Specific. The
problem seems no nearer solution than vpnt ws wonh 112.000. The winner s
't was on the first day of the session. :snar was over S000. Time-2 -05'i.
It seems to be the oninlon that Corbetfs 1 T-'e Lady, ridden by her owner. Tod
forces will stand solid, that the Me
One of Most Widely Known
Men In the Northwest.
Mining
'Sloan, was the favorite, with HUdreth,
tbi con;iol of Tammany hall to young- a(Hierent9 wu ot -g0 t0 Corbett "ar'ng and Vulcain, second choice.
r hands
WILL LIVE AT SAXI'RINGH VM.
Will Be Favorite R -silence of Eng
lirul a King and Queen.
and that the Democrats will not step
in and settle the Republican fight. In
other words, there are many who be-
! lieve that there will be no elect'on.
; There Is talk of Mitchell entering the
i flRht and it Is evident that Fulton and
his frle.ids have some hope, but as
llong as Corbett and the D.nocrats
TROOPS TO COME HOME.
Twenty Thousand Will Return From
Manila Before July.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. The offlceis
of the quartermaster's department
LONDON. Feb. K -Sandrlngham is
natiy to oe to tne King nnci queen ui h together neither of these have prepared a schedule for the trans-
Bar- .. ...'i. nrlnllnn Ca T t.. ...-.li.n-
The Corbett me.i claim that since i teer troops m the Philippines. It shows
they are a majority of the Republican j that all troops can be brought home
members they cannot reasonably be in time for discharge by the 30th- of
asked to give in to the minority and) June next, which is the date fixed by
probably will not do so. If there shall : law for the disbandment of the vol-
be an election It will probably take , unteer army. It la estimated that there
Osborne was to Quvn Victoria.
racks will be shortly er.-ctod nt this
royal residence, alH' long connected
with the name of Prince of Wales,
whore household troops will be ac
commodated. Osborne, however, will
not be rtglieted, for the king Intends J
to make It his headquarters when grat
Ifylng Ms keen tast for yachting.
REMOVAL SALE
Commencing Motidny, Februory 4,
Wo shall make the following pricos;
Iron Beds with brass knobs $3,00
Iron Beds wltti fulibrass mil 6.00
Extension Tobies $4.50 and up
Our Combination BooV- Cases and Writing ; 'Desk,
we ninko a 20 per cent discount from regular prices. .Par- . .
lor Chairs Reduced in price. On Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum, . -Window
Shades, we give, 10. per cent from regular prices,
which includes, Sowing, Laving and Taper. . ,
CHAPLES HEILBORNi & SON
place on the last night of the session,
which closes next Saturday.
aa
AMERICA'S IRELAND.
Filipinos Do Not Like the Friars
Landlords but We Cannot
Oust Them.
BINGHAMPTON, N. V.. Feb. .16.
Speaking at the board of trade banquet
in this city on the subject of the re
ligious, troubles in the Philippines, Pres
ident Schurman, of "Cornell University,
sakl:
"In the ordinary meaning of the terni.
there Is no religious trouble In the Phil
ippines. The Catholic -church, hitliert-
has been a part ot the state and was
supported by state revenues and It Is
now:' on "the same footing as the other
chwrch'ei , ajid rmust . t support?;! by
I
are nearly 20,000 troops still to be
brought to the United States before the
first of July.
TEDDY TAKES A BATH.
May Go on a Wolf Hunt Before Leav
ing Colorado.
Cor.rTiAnr opprw.a --..i t.-..i. 11s I
Col. Thee. . Roosevelt, v'co-presIJent-elect,
arrived at Rlfle'col., from Meek
er by stage this afternoon. He stopped I
at Glenwood Springs to take a plung-?
in tho sulphur pool and will reach thi: '
city tomorrow, morning. He reniai! ?'
here for several days and will po.'l-!
biy go on a wolf hunt oVr th divide.
BOISE. Ida.. Feb. 16. Col. W. Thoa.
Hart committed suicide this morning"
mtlpg from a freight train Into
the Snaki riv;r while the train was '
crossing a bridge near Huntington.- -
Colonel Hait was one of the most
w idely known mining men and promot
ers In the Northwest. He was formerly
connect-d with bimetallic properties at
i Phillipsbur. Mont. Recently he had
beer. Interested In the Seven Devils
canp and had h?en promoting a rail
way tc ruu Into that section.
He w is 6T. years of ag a native Ot
Georgia and an ex-confederate colonel
His body h'ls not yet been found.
EXEMPT FROM FASTING.
Cn Account of Prevalence 'of Grip
Catholics Allowed Special Priv
ileges In Lent.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16. Archbishop
Kane has Issued a letter, wh'ch will
be rend in all the Catholic churches
tomorrow, stating that, owing to the
prev:.V nee cf grippe, all Catlicllca in
St. I.ouii' a I the eastern ran of Mis
souri l-icld-.-d in this diocese may "con
kier tliems.-lves entirely eximpt from
the obdf.ation of fa-ting during 'Lent
but not from the obligation of a,btln
ence enly on tha advice of their physi-
; cum
. PRICJ3 OF SILVER.
NEW YORK.. Feb. 16. Silver,. 61' v
WHEA MARKET. .
PORTLAND. Feb. 18. -Wheat,-Walla
Wtlla, BJ&w'.i. - '
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16. -Wheat,'
.May, l'Xi'.i; cash, .
CHICAGO, Fob.
opening, "Sli "57514:
16.-What, . May.
closing, 7514. "...
LIVEF.POOL, Feb. 16. Wheat, May,