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THE MOKNIXG ASTOKIAS, ATtKim, AI'KIl '.'7. 1001. ... ASK Sair 10c Wuwvn UVVU CJU I CIGARS TWO UN EQUALED SMOKES ALLEN Distributors, ' w.iSysvi-: NEW COL DUTY. British Ministry Has Decided to Make It a Party Question. NEW YORK, April IS.--A dispatch to the Tribune from London rays: The ministry has decided to make t' export duty on coal a party question Sir Michael Hicks-Beach was unexpect edly Arm in dealing with an influen tial deputation of coal owners and ship pern, agreeing to consider the expe dlency of exempting existing contracts If some practicable method could be found for meeting just grievances, but giving warning that the tax would not be abandoned. Mr. Balfour Is equally persistent and the ministry Is clearly determined to stand or fall on the coal duty. While the agitation against the reviv al of export duties continues unabated tnere are signs that the coal owners and exporters will come to an under standing by which the tax can be shared. The government is helped by dispatches from America stating that the duty does not offer a sufficient mar gin for enlarging the export of coal from the United States. POLAR EXPEDITION. Captain E. B. Baldwin was a pas enger on the Deutschland. Prtpara titna for 'his Polar expedition are well In hand and he expects to sail with for ty companions from a Norwegian port In June. Supplies have already been sent from America and his ship is nearly ready for a voyage in the direc tion of Wan Josef Land. GUILD HALL ART SHOW. The Guild Hall Art Show will be one of the chief attractions of London for American sightseers, who are f.rriving In great force. It Is the best exhi bit of Spanish art ever seen in Eng iana. it include works from pri vate galleries of England and the con tlnent. every Spanish painter of any dis unction being represented, one room contains thirty-nine of the work?, of Velasquez. Illustrating vai'ly. middle and late periols of his art. There are tavern Pieces like "The Water Carrier of Seville." and "The Omelet." several landscapes, one por trait of himsc'lf and a splendiil array of portraits of Philip IV., Innocent III.. Don Baltazar Carlos, cardinals, prime ministers. Spanish nobles, queens and princes. These works come from Buck ingham palace. Apsley house. Grosve nor house. Lansdowne house and other private collections. J. Pierpont Mor gan lends a portrait of 'The Infanta Maria Theresa." The effect of this room, filled with portraits In low toot's and of few colors, is remarkable. The painter himself is not present as showman, like the mis ters, of modern portraiture, but Span ish grandees and ladies are there in silvery and black environment of their own. Another gallery contains eleven works- of Murlllo, eighteen Goyas and examples of Coello. Greceo, Zurburan. Morales' and other masters of the Snanlsh school. Senator Clark's "For- tuny," from the Stewart collection shares with "A Spanish Marriage." NICE BABY All babies are "nice," to their mothers. We all love children. Great big men, with hard hands, have soft hearts for helpless new-comers to earth with the smile of heaven fresh on their innocent faces. No man is too high or low, too proud or hum ble, too busy or idle, too good or bad, too great or small ex cept a few very small mean men to throw up their hats at the sight of a plump little cherub ; or to pity a thin one. Plumpness and thinness are accidents. Nature is bounti ful ; parents want to be. Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil cor rects their mistakes. We'll icnd you a little to try if you like. SCOTT BOWNE, o; Pearl treet, New Vot: FOR ... i fa) & LEWIS, Portlnnd, Oregon the place of honor In another gallery with "The Garden of the Poets." m the opposite wall. There are twenty For tuny's and five examples of Alvarex. Pradilla. Salvador and o:her Span ish painters. A fourth gallery, with works of living Spanish painters, ronioletes this brilliant exhibition. NATIVES TURN REPUBLICAN. Hawaiian Home Rule Party Will Am! ate With National Republican Party. (Correspondence of Asso.-lited Press.) HONOLULU. April 19. via. San Fran - cisco. April 26. The proposal which Delegate Wilcox brought back from Washington that the native home rule j dtT,fd b" :ne Calcutta port commission party oecome Repuolican has aroused ; ers- "I'T'te w:lve Burop.'an competl great po'itloai activity and is being J tlon- very mu;h iisoussed in political cir- j Th' I''an authorities Invited bids cles. It Is stated that the plan was j lr"" ooen market for nine locomotives, proposal to Wiicox by Senator Cullom ! The '"west British bid was that of and that the president showed interest j eiL,"n' Reld Company, of Glasgow. In the co.iveriion of the natives of.1 Pric; ,vaa pounds c.galnst Hawaii to Republicanism. j the Pi'tsburg Locomotive Company's The result of the proposal and its ! m1 of 1378 Punds for each engine. endorsement by a majority of the native Thp Pittsburg company also offered party leaders is that both the parties j quicker delivery, undertaking to ful affected are more or less split over lt.'fl" "9 contract insKle of six months. The Republican party has for some time been divided into the elements known as missionary and anti - mission - ary and it is with the latter or anti - administration Republicans that the home rulers may combine locally. At present they have taken action which they think unites them w ith the r.a-! tional Republican uarty but not with the party organization in Hawaii. The opposition of the ex-queen to any plan looking to a reconciliation between the natives and the old Re publican leaders, whom she regards as j her "nemies and who were annexation I leaders, is said to have had a powerful i effect in causing the home rulers to ' carefully turn Republican in such a 1 wav that thev would not be committed to support of the present Republican i oreanization in Hawaii. In the steps they have taken so far the natives have . refused to drp rheir name of inriepen- ! ent home rulers and have onlv add-d Republican to that name. , A complete turn down of all the nom- ! nations sent to the legislature by Gov- j ernor Pole is threatened. The indpen- I dents have been holding cauc-us?s on the I object and :hey would like to turn lown all the men '.he governor named and who ar; now holders of the offices for which the executive renominates them. The home rulers rave a list of thir own of men whom they would Ike to see in office. Under the or- eamc act the governor may lave the j 03 ces unfilled till the legislature ad- I ourns and then appoint his ovn ' choices. Delegaf- Wilcox has come out in "P- j position to the :da of trying to turn down the appointments. He has ad vised the other party leaders not to take su"h action but many of them re- lect his advi-e. CLAIMED TO BE WOK K ING M EN. i against the Independence and Possibly Two Men Se -ured Jewelry orth From ! ,he Conslilu:lon. oTOer of th M000 to $10,000 a-. Utica. N. Y. j Shamrock says he will wait until he I comes to New York before giving a def UTICA. N. Y.. April 26. Two mom in jnite answer, the guise of workmen got away with W. Butler Duncan has also notified diamond Jewelry estimated to be worth j the committee in charge of the races from JW00 to J1S.000 at r.hP home of ! that he cannot enter the Constitution Henry P. Crouse in the fashionable res-1 at this time but he will have a definite Idence district. Mr. Crouse is a mem- ; her of the wholesale clothing firm of; Grouse & Brandegee. j No one but the servants was at home , when a man rang th" bell and said he j had been sent from the electric light i conipany to remedy a defect in the wlr- insr. He was .admitted after some hesi- j tation on the part of the servants. He j was in the house an hour, his partner j In the meantime being on the street j In ca. the family carriage wis seen approaching. The police are active but i have slight clues with which to work. : THREE DEATHS ON VOYAGE. British Ship Dovenbyhall Arrives San Francisco. at : SAN FRANCISCO. April "C.-The j British ship Dovenbyhall. 114 days out , from Liverpool with a generii cargo, has arrived at this port. She reports I three deaths on the voyage, jule Sea- j man, aged 26, a native of Norway, fell : from the main lower topsail overboard on April 15 and was drowned. On February 15 Wm. Curtis, seaman, and a native of the United States, died and was burled at sea. James Bennett, a seaman aged 48, a native of England, died and wag burled at sea on March 3. REVOLUTION KNPKD. IVace Proposals of Colombian Insur gent General Accepted by Gov ernment. NEW YORK, April ;.-Tho Tribune says: Dr. Carlos Martinet Sllva. minister or rorvign nrt airs or Colombia, litis re ceive.) from Bogota, an "lhVI.il accept ance of the peace- proposal made by 19) tM itni.ui i iiiT-i i ue. icaoer 01 - ,..,,.,...,1 !... ..I I-..II... t.-0... t ... I "5 I the Colombian Insurgents. v, General crlb'-Crlbo has been In Washington for :vernl days conferring triwlth Pr. Sllva and Poa Thomas Her- I ran. $ ! Hon, secretary of the Colombian leg.t Hehas returned to New York and he Is to sond one of his aides at one to Colombia with a manifesto addressed to his followers, urging them to lay down their amis and submit to the government. Before sailing the gener al's repres-mtuive will receive a pass ivrt fivin the Colombian legatl n. The only demand made by t'rlbe Uilbe n that the pilltleal prisoners should be set free nnd the war tax abolished. The prisoner had b -en free I before these terms were received In B.v. gota and the people will le asked for no more contributions to m-et the ex pense's of war. The settlement of the revolu'lon. whieh has been glng on for over a year and a half, was negotiated by Pr. Sllva and Don Thomas Herran. who came here on a mission connected with the disposition of the Panama canal. LOCOMOTIVES FOR CALCUTTA. Pittsburg Lo-.vmoMve Company Secure .1 Contract Despite English Competi tors. I NEW 1 sa's' YORK. April :6.-The World An American concern has secured the contract for locomotive recently or- wnlle the shortest time given by Brit- j ish builders was nine months. j The Calcutta officials acceptej the ! ""now "! -he American company. This j i! tne flrst contract for locomotives ! Americans have secured abroad through lower Prices. Previous jontrac ts have rome to tbis coun'ry because of prompt I delivery. The locomotives ordered are of the eight-wheel tank type, weighing about 97 tons each. Thev will be used for hauling heavy freight from the Calcutta docks. SEVEN YEARS IN JAIL Stubborn Ptnn.-ylvanian Chooses Puffer fur Cjntempt of Court. to Si'RANTON. Pa.. April 26. Seven i year.- ago this coming June. Janv-s i Gannon, now 68 years old. was s-?nt to ; jail in contempt for refusing to sign a deed. Governor St n having sign.il i a bill designed expressly f.ir th? release I f Gannon, habeas corpus proceedings j w-re instituted :o get Ginnon before the court that an order might be mad" for his release, j Gannon refused N sign the habeas i corpus petition and furthiT said he j would not raise a hand to ruin his free , dom. To make the art effect its pur- lose it win pe necessary to follow a procedure in which the acquiescence of Gannon will not have to be reckoned upon. PRELIMINARY RACES. j Details of Yacht Races Have Not Yet Been Arrange j BOSTON. April 26.-Sir Thomas Lip I ton has cabled the Hull -Massachusetts j Yacht Club that at this time he can j not say whether or not he will bring i the Shamrock to Boston for the race Pears' What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it clean and not hurt it. Pure soap does that. This is why we want pure soap; and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears' is pure; no free alkali. There are a thou sand virtues of soap; this one is enough. You can trust a soap that has no biting alkali in it. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people use it. answer ready later lit the season. A similar letter has been received from J. Plorpont Morgan, the owner of the Columbia. The special committee of the Hull Massachusetts Club sent to MJt Upton two invitations, one by cable and I he other by mull. The cable tnvlta:loii was answered Immediately. Charles E. Hodges, the seerv;nrv. sail that an ans wer to the invitation sent bv m .11 is expected within a week, as Sir Thomas ma le reference jo the acceptance ,,f tu, Invitation in his pctvh at the launch ing last S.itur.l ty. CONSOLIDATION PRKV ENTEP. I'ital Steps Taken bv Stockholders Anulgamat d Coiper t'ompaiiy. In NEW YORK, April t'ti.-The Herald says: Ltgal steps have been taken prevent ing the ens illdatlon of the Itiwl.m . Montana an.l the lUute and Boston copper companies with the Amalgamat ed Cornier Amipa i.v. A temporary In junction has luvn grunted by Vlce Chancellor Pitney In Jersey City, r s traininv: the Am ilKiimatcd NipMr im puny fr mi pinch ising control of the stocks of the two .omp.inles until the full terms upon which the deal will le made are fully disclosed to the stockholders. The order is returnable on May . Th application for the Injunction 's signed by Ca'vln . Geer. who states that he !s the owner an.1 holder of M shares of st.xk of Ihe Amnlgn matol Copp.r Company. In bis bill of complaint he pray for a writ of In junction restraining and enjoining the Amalgam tt.sl Copper Company, its di rectors anl agents from purchasing or taking over by way of exerting- l securities for cash of any of the stvk of the Boston A Montana Cons .lted Copper A Silver Mininv Comiwnv or the stix-k of the Butte A Boston Con solidate! Mining Company ul'on anv terms whatsoever in xcess of their actual value, and not until the terms offered those conianles have be'n subml'.jd for approval to the stockholders of the Amalgamated Cop per Company. The compi.Unt also asks th.- our; to further enj)!n and prevent the directors of the Amalgamated Vper t'omnny from hyi-th'ei:lng. mortgag ng or cre ating anv lien ixi the prwrty and present aswets of the comiuiny r ere. atlng any Indebtedness whatever to tik over the two Bunion eopp.-r com punies. until the stiH'kholders of the amalgrimateil conipany are fully ac quainted wl'h the terms of th. deal whicn are to be approved bv them. The injunction granted Incidentally prevents anv Increase In the eapltaj stork "f the Amilgamated Cprr Company. A director of the ompany In nn Inter view announced that stubborn opposl- tii.n to the injunction would I- made In the courts. RECEPTION T ' ' NGEI! Use i if lovvH State Hons.. Grantwl. 11.14 B CHICAGO. April ZK.-. six-elal t th. Tribune from lh-n Mnin.-s says: The Iowa exe uti-. council todav passed a res luii m training to th" citizens if lies Moines the us., of th state house for i public teccption io Edwin H. I'ong.-r. minister to iliina. who has arrived it San Erancjico an.l will arrive in ! .Moines in a few uuvs. me sia' nous., n.ts nevr O' en i used before fur a reception tu other J than state officers and r-turnlng s"l- j diers. A special train of twelve co;ihes Will leave U s Moines for Council BIuiTh on the lav of Minister Conger's arrival in Iowa. Governor Shaw. Adjutant-General M. H. Beyers and other state officials will make up the n-cep. tion committee with Major Iloyt Slier man, onlv surviving brother t, the late John Sh-rman. and fifty prominent Des Moines men. S'veral hundred peo ple from points all through Iowa will make the trip to Council Bluffs on the Conger special. LAUGH ARMY NOT NKKDED. General Merrlam Says Small U'e-Dis-clplitH-d Body Is Better. DENVER. Col.. April 26.-Th- Rocky Mountain News this morning Prints mi interview with G-neral H. c. Merrlam. commander of the department (,f the Colorado, in which he is iuot. .is being opposed to a large standing ar my. According to the Interview, the g' n era! said: As to the regular t.rmy, th number declf'ed upon by the Washing ton authorities is quite enough. Wu do not ne-d 100.000 men In the regular army. What w-e do :ieei iH a small and thoroughly drilled, disciplined and equipped body 'hat is not afraid to work anl Is ready for any emergency. A lazy soldier is a b-i l soldier and It would he a menace to Ihe country to fill the Doits with thousands of men with nothing to do. Officers nnd men i-houl l be Kept constantly en ployed and they are then kept out of mis chief. We have no need of a large standing army." DRACGHT OF SHAMROCK. GLASGOW, April 20. --The measure ment of Shamrock II. at her dock i-hows she draws exactly nineteen feet. The draught of Shamrock I. Is tWenty four feet. FAILURKS FOR THE WEEK. NEW YORK, April 2G.Dun"s Review will say: The failures for the week number 215 In the United States against 204 last year, and 25 in Canada against 22 last year. BOXER UPRISING IMMINENT (Continued from pg on.) that Oenertl Ballloud and Colonel Marclianl foipe .line ago contemplated tin atl'inpt to no I n the v'hlnese em press ,m court. General Ballloud np pronehed I'olonel Mai, hand and uked him If he would undertake a certain enterprise, which would very probably h:is.-it the i n, of hostilities. The col onel rolled that he was willing, and General Balllou.l and Colonel Marchand diwv- up a pl'i'l, (he execution of which wi venturesome but feasible. The di plomats however, oppose,) the scheme ai d It fell thi'inuh, CM1NKSK AGAIN TRESPASSING PEKIN, April :'H-The Chinese regu lars who retired beyond th- gtvat wall have re-aipenro .it another point wlthbi the Intern itloii'd area. Strom; n presentations have been rude to the Chinese plenipotentiaries In ivuard 'o the neivsslty for their Immediate ie- t rement. The Krench fore. Is In read iness to renew the operations, but lias been ordered to await the result of he Imperial edicts. RUSSIA TO RETAIN MANCHURIA PARIS. Apr. :.-Th Courier ,u Solr. which Is generally well-informed on mlnlst mI.iI Intentions, siiys t(mt the set tlement of the Chinese situation Is a (luentloll of finance. The newspapet says tint Russia, repenting tbat opern t ion which has hal the greatest suc cess, will advance China the sum re quire! to vay the iudemuitliii and that French uivlngs will piovl.le Uussla with the n-nuislie funds, The European troops, except the legation garrisons, will ttwn leave Pekln and a esh period will begin during which Chi nese patlene will strive to tin- out the British and German government In their claims regarding the opening of (he ports and customs. Itussla vv l! re tain Manchuria as a pledge for the huin This appears t b,. td.. general scheme of the project that the French foreign minister. M. I).'lcu.ssi.. Is discussing In St Petersburg with Couiu limsdorff anil M. Wine, resie'ctlvely Itusnian min ister of foreign affile and finance. REFORM PARTY A FAll.l'Ri: MONOLITH'. April 1. via San Kiun ciscu. April 2 Dr. Sun Y.n Sen the exiled Chinese revolutionist, airlvcl m Honolulu lust night on the steamship Nippon Marti. Dr. Sun was lhrn In Hawaii und graduated fmin Oahu col lege. He was the leudlng spirit In the attempted revolution try coup d'etat In Canton In '94. since which time he has bren an exile frmi China. His views mi th Chines,- situation and of the Bow Wongs or reform society, which Is suld to have nearly W.0xi member In Ha waii, will b" a tximhsliell to many l al Chinese who have been l.-, to loin Hi" organization and support It. Dr. Sun siys that the Bow Wong Wul Is us less and will end tin ineffec tual career amid Internal dissensions that have already begun Alte.-dv some of the millionaire mcmlm In Singapore have withdrawn their sup Port from K irig Yu Wei .uid members :le asklint what there Is to show for the million tb-v have suImci ibe , Me- society. The revoliri in.irv irty has the real s'length f (he reform and pmgr.Thlve e merit In r'hlmi. according t.i Dr. Sun lis ni'-ml) rship extends tlirooghout China in secret societies that are ! awaiting their chanee, Instead of Btrlk- ing fir the return if the Empetiir ' Kvvung Hsu tu ewer und trying to ! Induce him to Issue again ihe reform edicts that are supitosed to have caus ed his dethronement, the revolutionary narlv wants absolute abolition of the Manchu dynasty and establishment of a republican form of government in China CONGER DEFENDS MISSK NA HIES SAN FRAN'CIXCO, April 2 In ref erence to the accusations made agilnut missionaries. Enlted Htatcs Minister Conger, who arrived last nlghi. makes the following Htaternent: "The Americans have a larger num ber of mlsslonarlm out here than anv other nation and I am frank to say that there ar" very few things which 'hi mifrsionarli-s have done. If any. for which there need be any apology what ever. The stories of lber looting ore false, to my knowledge. ''Believing that our government would riot demand 11 monetary Indem nity for the murder und pillaging of native Christians, I advised them that wherever they could make a settlement themselves with the villagers where these murders or destruction of prop erty had taken place to make them on their own responsibility. L Hung Chang and Chang Yen Mao suggested that the settlement might b; made. In this way with the least possible fric tion. There whs no going out und corn- Cfelfo Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. This preparation containx all of the digostants and digests all kinds of food. It rIvch instant relief and never falls to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive Btomachu can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything- else failed. It Is unequalled for all stomach troubles. It can't help but do you good Prepared only by K. ('. DkWitt&Co., Chicago The II. bottlitcnnUilnHZH tlmcntlieDOc. six. CHAS. ROGERS. Druggist. pilling ihe people p piy anything, It was atloitcihcr voluntary on their part, "The mliNionailcs have been criticised very soyeivly for itolnit, Immediately f. Id' the siege was raise. I, Into abandoned houses for h.'lli'r for thomclvi nnd the native Chrlstlatiii who had been expelled from their houses 1 said 'If there Is a Boxer's habitation uhitiiilom d. like possession of It st ymi can have a place In which li shelter and take care of Ihe native Chi inllnnt ' ' Speaking of tlie sl' g , Mr. Con Mid: "It look every white man wo hud to Maud bv the miiis. Without the nils Klutmrtes the legation w ml I not have been saved and without the native Chtlstlnns none of us would have been Mived. The missionaries were no the in-line cause of the trouble; thev wriv only one of the causes. The missionar ies were inn rcspiiiih'hlo for the bullitliiit of Ihe railroads r for any of ihe for. elgu Innovations niialnst which the hatred of the Boxers se -tiled lo be ill recti d." AMKNT DEFKNDS II IMSKl.K. SAN FRANCISCO, Apr'l M-ltVy W. S. Anient, of tl-.. Am t h' in ll ar, of l'oielifi Missions of the Conge ,.ga 1 1. mill church, who. collection nf Indemnity for d unavrex done bv Boxers In China have caused considerable discussion, takes vigorous exception t, the criti cisms made bv Mark Twain and othi r ar t.i ihe aMi'Kcd misconduct ,,f the .ulssi iiinri. s. He navs' "We found ourseivrs u( Ihe close nf the siege with ''Hi' native Christians iip on our hands, no food, n.i ilo'hliiK, no money ami . vei v Christ Inn binisi. burned "On the very day of the arrival of the allied fon-es we were Informed that e must leave the British h'gmlon us It was to be u"d s hertdiuai ters for the orllccis uf the British army. I lin mel'ately thought i.f a Mong.it prince, lis, Ling, who wns an nil V of (he Box ers and win.- place vvs thi- hnu lunar tcis of the Boxers and lilncklegs. We f'UIld the prince's pl.'ice elltll.-ly empty and the next day we brought up our native Christians un. . copied the de serted place. In that li'm,- (M, lis neighboring hou- that wi. .s-i opll we inn more than 4") iteuple We took only abandoned pro.rty ' The only f sh In tin- prince's plm e whs a ht of rice We il.s4.le,! U sell the cl.ithlug and curios found uli (be premise and rvull.t. :'.'ssi In gold, They wen- b.iuKhi bv British und Amer ican nlllcers m a private sale of tvvo weeks' duration. "Native Christians brought up furs and sibles which they had purchased at ,i low prhv from wealthy Chinese who feii'l thev tnlgbt be lxte, by " mint irv is-cilc aiiit who were ntixlotis to dispose i.f them for i little uioileV. These articles wen. suld at our place lo Biit.su and other ultlceis. ton. sldered that tint was a fair, hotii-st peculation which minted n. .). x y and that leneili.-d m.tuv is-opie, "Tin-re may have lie,.i smne loot taken, but If so was without tnv knowledge. The Itusni.ins mi. I .Sikh o diets vv le NelllniC off Ull'k etv cheap but my p- ipl. .p. I not do ih,- I 'ijdng." j jl KS'I'D NABI.K 1"!!.TCK t 1 i Imporb-rs and Johhei of l-iuoiM n, manges Will St. ip Taking in I 'llvliu' lti li.i:i s. N'KW VnltK. April .'ii The Joimnl of Ciiuinien e s iys A petition or gl et Is belli); Cll- ciilal-d for signatures anions lnipoiteS and lubbers of green fruits with par ticular ivrei-ni .. to I, in ms jiml oriuiKes. h ivlnit fur Its purpose ihe elimination uf the pr.i.tl,.. ,,f Klvlng and taking re bates It is pointed out In the petition that th.. evil his grown t.i sin li pro. purlluns that It I- working punitive In jury 'a ih- 'ri le and It Is sought bv m. ans of the is tillua to obtain such support for In- inoveineii" tu ! : m Inn i e the practl,.. that this menace uf Ih business Will be reinuVeil The iietltlun. which ,i(s ulr-adv t" Cfiveil a large hllllibei ,,f sign iturcs. is similar o the movement begun u year or so ago against rebating. It Is claimed n certain quarters that the giving of rebates by import. os has been ii gre.il rii uNi of demoralization l the auction sales. "In sotlie casi-H." said n broker, "the rebates given amount to thirty cent a box. Til" object of the rebut,. Is to stimulate prices on the fruit when it Is offered at auction, the Mist offering being lo a certain extent a determin ing factor at the sales. In their own Interests ImiMirters should combine to stop Ihe practice. To a great extent the renn-ly exists with them us :t thev do not give rebates there can b,. no one to lake them. The evil has grown to hrge proportions and should be look ed Into, hut under present conditions It Is doubtful If Ihe movement will re sult In anything." DISASTBDHH BUAIIMH FIHU. Buildings of a Cattle lUnich Wiped Out !n Nebraska. OMAHA. April 'MA special to th" Be from Val-nlliie. Neb, .says: Word Is rere.lved from the southwest ern part of this (Cherry) county that disastrous prairie Ann are raging there; rhtit the buildings of one cuttle ranch have V"n entlrdy vvImm1 out und thai other ririch's are threatened. RKVISION OP CllKKD. I'li-Hbyterlan Commill' Is Now For mulating IU Boport at I'lttsburg. PITTSBHBO, April 26. The sub-com-rnlttoe of the committee on revision of creed, appointed by tlie general bh sombly of the rrenbyterlan church. Is In session In this olty formulating Its report which Is to be presented to the general assembly In l'hHad"lphl I, May Id. The ootnmlll-'o lias decided upon three important features of a plan for revision which will be presented to th general assembly. These features, which iiro as follows, are most urgently dciuau ted by the pivshylertci; I - New statement of doclrliio lo m lssii"il a i supplement to the confes sion of faith. 2 lt Isl.'ii of Ihe confession lisulf, either by the addition of a dccld'at 'iy paragraph or a clunge In the text. It These returns Indicate that It Is Ihe uilii. I nf the chinch libit the con Ten sion should Ho Intel piele.l throughout In hiriiiouy with the lending of scrip lure ilmt io, Is not willing (hat any one should peibdi. nor is It the ieTen of loi. but the w lcki ies of their own hearts which shuts some men out fiiiin the salvation fieely an.) lov ingly offered III 'lulst Jikus iii all sin ners. The report Is a cotui'iniulsc to satis fy two great elassen of opinion among the great pivshvicrtes A large num ber wish the reinstatement .f the i' '.! and otll'm wish levlsal of the whole The iiiestlou of f.n idlnatloti and nredesiluailon is insibsl In chapter three mid the cicuiiilile.- recommends Hull these sube ts be amended by :i culiiiul'tiv lo be iippoln'oil by the g"ii- ral assembly. N'KW CANAI. TltlJATY. Admiulstraiiisi His lien Securing Views uf Henalois on Subject, WASHINGTON. April ." -The ad- liiuilslratlun has succeede at last In "curing a coll i tloa of opinions from leaders of th-' senate of all pollilcal parlies upon which 'o I use negui kit ions fi r a new Isthmian canal tcaty a a "Ulistlliite for ih Hav-I'aiilicefute trea ty III oilier words. It Is .male uf (lie wishes of must .if ihe seimlorn and dm only problem Is-fme the stale drpttt'l. inent Is Vi frame i "teuiv that will lied I heir vle.vs liisurlug n two. thirds vol.. for ratification, and yet shall In- .tcceplaole to the British gov -crtiin.nl. If. as tvs;l"l Troin Uoidon. Ih.. sllle '111.1 I ill Is tile letiay luU'"'. , ottb lils heif fe.. lhat siiii rsn n th' :nnt s.enis within reach. U l rx--ce. lhat iwu drafts of the ttxtv vll be fl.une.l iM.fore long lit ' i; 5 1. A U WAH DltOWNKl J'uisinnl by C mstabl.-s He Jumpisl Into the M ssinin Itlver, CHICAUO. April : A se lul to th Tribune from Omuha. N'eh., say: Hard pressed by the ismstiibles, a burglar, "h nigh" to Ih- . (". Worli-. leajMil Into the Miss.. oil rlvrr ut I'm fit, la, and ix-ilshed In mldstrram In full view of his i)iiu.rs By chatwe a fa'iinr had rmne iisu the burglir's booty, hidden In his field, and fur two nights several men lay in wait sui. pilslng .he th-f bisl night. The thief made a lsild dash for lib erty and was chased !.. the Mlss oirl river where h' plunx -I In The ,..n stable had set "fr from shore when they saw their man illMippeiir Tie current washed Hi- bu,v Into shallow water wheie It WHS I.I ..Vel. d Some tbl'i- afterwards A Isi-.k In the deal man's pocket bote Ihe name of , C. Wolley. l ltAI DI I.KNT CSK iiK MAIU- rresi.leiii and s...-r.i.iry of Healing Ins itu;.- Heavily Magieoi,- l''Hl'-d KANSAS crrv A. Welinier ni l J. mer president and "W'eltmer Insiituo. April St-pben I'h A Kelly. f. Secretary of (,e f Magnetic Heal ing. " at Nevada. Mo., who recently plciiiled guilty ,u Indl. tncnls chaiglng Hielll with IH'ng th,. mails lo defruud, Wei'.' i-haU lllleil ll.'ilNI by Judge Phil lips, III th" I'lllled Slabsi district court. The men gave "ahs-rii H.-Mlni'iit," and ihelr mall, which retched a t'ciiien iloiis volume, whs stopped by (he mi. ofllce deii.iiim nt el Washington on a fraud order. i ' I.NTKST iiVK.t MA Vil! ALl'V. ST. IOI'IS. Apni .'ii Noil, ,. ,,f e. t"si was served today on Mayor Holla Wells by l-e Mei'iwetlier. the munlrl pul owiieishli parly's candidate f ir that till e. VdC.N. HAV ItKSlUNS. WASH IN'! TON, April -Albert Hay, son of the secretary of state, Iiim resigned his iosltlon as I'nlled Stalen fonsiil-giiieral at IMeiorhi. WHKAT MA UK I'M'. I'ttltTI.AND, April I'll -Wheat. Walla Wall i. 8(1, SAN KIIANCISCD. April M.-Wheul. December, lOS'i,; iish. in:!1;. CIIICAH), April Jil.-Wheat. July, opening, TPifi T. ; closing, TilXfii 7,'l'i. UVKUPOOD. April L'U-Wheat, July, 3s. 11 'id. S3 These tiny Cipiulei are superior o oaisam of v.opaiba v-udrds or injections andA,,-,,' CURE IN 48 HOURSlAuOr the same diseases with out inconvenience. Dr. Rhoda C. Hicks, OSTEOPATH 1ST Consultation Free. 573 Commercial St., Aatorla, Or. C. W. BARR DENTIST Bucceesor to Dr. Ball. 57S Commercial St., A8TORIA, OR. TELEPHONE, RED 2061.