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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 ...
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& 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.
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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
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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.
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