THURSDAY, - DECIKBE at, 195.
TIIE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
NOT SO SEN
OUS
Rujjlin PoliUcil Agitation Wilt
Soon Pus.
MINISTER OF FINANCE SAYS
Ht liken tht Prtteat Trouble la tbt
v Empire to Slckneu Which Will Sub
'3 lid It Tint and Ltavt Government
Stronger This Em.
II!
t'Vw York, IVc. Mi-The fit. After,
iurg correspondent of the Herald eutlr
an Interview secured last Saturday with
M. Wilpoff, mlnUter of finance, who wa
tked a to the eitrnt to which the
government sufferrd by lmMort of the
polilkal agitation, especially the recrut
prcl'tarlat manifesto In which the bank
ruptcy of the government a a tiuin-
ltd.
"I do not erk to conceal tli fact,"
tha mlnUter ald, "that the movement
ha had l)f frit among it. "Coming
on the h4 of our recent war It could
not be otb'rwWe. Hut don't think for
moment that wt experience any alarm
r anxiety.
"How often hare yon seen a young
ml sturdy organism prostrated by 111
a which baa lcen Insidiously rreep
ihg on? Hare you not oftn noticed how
an ill man, aided by ft robuit vnt Na
tion throw of ft mealy and after eon
Taletcenc oonvergef rom tlte sick room
alrnngrr and mo capable than ever.
"Thai la the pillion of Rul juat
ow. The illrva I In no way fatal.
r will the eon,alei,eo, be proa,
tratrd. I cannot ay eiactly when the
patient will be able to get otit of d.ru,
fcul rent assured, he will not die. The
rucdiiul attendant are absolutely an re
of thai.
"Tha revolutionary party baa been
trying to make capital, out of the al
leged Impending bankruptcy of the gov
ernment, lut It la going too far to apply
the word bankruptcy to the government
of a great country like Ituia.
"I authorise you to tate positively
that the Ruaalan treasury I In no dif
ficulty, nor do wa foresee any possibility
of financial trouble.
Tba revolutionise make ft strong
ptiint of having touched a weak spot by
endeavoring to bring aUxit a genrni4
boycott of vodka. That U amrther of
their random slatemenU. To show you
how unfounded it U Just look here."
Opening hia portfolio, tbe Minister
pulled out a document showing the re
tilt lo the trea.nry of lhi apiilt mono
poly for the period from January I to
Noeiu1er 30, ltMkV Actiml Income
from that source ceeded by more
than IVOUO.OOO the amount estimated in
the budget for iWri.
"Now you can Judge," continued M.
fihipoff, "how wild U the assertion of
our opponent."
"(ireat uneaineaa pievaiU among
commercial circlea intere(el in Huaxian
bnlnee," a suggested.
"That, unfortunately, I only too
true," replied the MlnUter,, "nd no
doubt it will lake time to dUpel the
diapel the distrust but oit will are that
the confidence will speedily U restored."
MOSS C0HT0RT THAN EVER.
On Sunday, December 17th, tha Den
ver A Rio Grande railroad will Inaugur
ate a dally Hue of standard and tour
ist aleeping cart between Denver and
Lo Angcle In connection with tbt new
Clark road. Both cart will leavt Den
ver daily at 0:30 a. in., and arrive at
Fait Lake City at 1:35 p. m., tha next
day. At Uiia point tht cart will bt
held over until midnight, thna allow
ing through pengere the' privilege of
ft atop-over of ten hour and ft half In
Salt Lake City. Eaatbound, theaa cart
will leave Ixm Angele at 8 p. m., and
arrive at Rait lake City at s30 a. in.,
second morning where they will remain
over until 3:50 p. m thence to Denver
where they wilt arrive at 4:20 tht fol
lowing ftftefVoon. Thli aOop-over at
Salt Lakt City of tht regular lint of
aleeping cart promise to be an at
tractive feature for.,' trantoontlnental
traveler. ' .
T yrtoni Flintlng.
. "For aeven year," write Geo. W.
Iloffmaa, of Harper, Waah., "I had
titter battle; with chronic ttomacn and
liver trouble, but at last I won, and
urad my diteaiea, by tht e of Eleo
trie Bitter. I nnhealtatingly recom
mend thera to all, and don't intend in
tht future to bt without them in tht
bou. They art certainly ft wonderful
medicine, to bavt cured auca a bad cast
ae"mine." Sold under guaranfrt to do
tbt taroa for you, by Charlet Roger,
drupglst, at 60c bottle. Try them today.
W0 BAD EfTECTS.
Chlci Baaker Sayi Recent Bank Fall
am Art Rot 80 Bad.
Chicago, Dec. 20. "Other bank and
financial ctnlee in grnorwJ In Chicago
cannot poaaibly feel any lad effect
front tht fallurt of tbe John It. Welab
banka," aaij Jame It Forgan, prealdcnt
of tht Firat KaUonal Hank ami of the
Chicago' Clearing Aatociatlon Uat night.
"In guaranteeing tha depoalU of the
three bank, the other banka of Chicago
have taken no uaual action. They bavt
not teenmed any great HaUlitlea. In
fact, tht actual liability ftaaumed by
aoh bank I compevatlvely trivial not
more than la met on an average day'i
bualue,
"There la no other bank In Chicago
In tht condition which canaed tbe down
fall of John K. Walah't InatiUition.
No other bank ran bt enVJected to tbt
crltk-lm that it president l engaged
In other Hnc o( buaineaa u WaNh wai,
'Of oouraa tvey Chicago bank hat
bimlnea men in IU directorata. It U
ao all over tlie world. Dub with all
the bualneM men aa director In the
Chicago bank, no other bank U uaing
It' fund for out. Ida Inve4ment a
were the three."
COriVICTAREIIEllOES
Forgot They Wert Convicts and
Do Noble Wort
RESCUE PERISHING WOMEN
U Big Horpital Fiit Oft BlackwtU'i
Ialaad Tht .Praittitlary .Priaonert
Art Sweated to aad ii Saving tht
ImprUcadd Wtmta.
New York. Dec. 20.-Men forgot that
they were coovlcU and rememliered
only that they were men on Mackwcll
I-Jand early thU morning when the
maJe prlaoner. marahaled by their
keeper Into fire-fighting am life
aavlng eorpa, bort from tbt flaming
floor of tht women' wrd Ave hun
dred and ninety-four frantic women and
from the hospital bed fifty more.
Starting In tht aewlng room of the
workhoue and from caua which ba
not Jet lcen definitely decided, the fire
had reached a fierce blate at t o'clock,
when it wa discovered. The Are en-
vine on (he ial'tid proved inadenimte
and a rati for help waa aent to the city
department. Seven enginea were aent
over but were not aufllclent to ave tlie
women' workhouae from detructon.
On the ton floor of thia building were
cell for the. women, and everyone held
one or two iirUoncr when the fire oc
curred. Thee women became frantic
w ith fright and were aoon choking with
the denae mnke that fllh-d all the hall
and their cell.
.That mot of them did nob perlh 1
due to the recent intallatlm of a ya
tern by which In emergencle every cell
In ft tier can be opened lmultnootily
with all the other.
Y)n the extent and danger of tlie
blaxe lieeame apareut the Warden
mnrahaled out hU regulr fighting force
of employe and oon were all at work.
The flume unread ao fan!, however.
that thl fon-e proved hnele-ily Inade
quate. Then It wa decided to trut to
tha male prinoticr en-c of inanluHxl
and they bore the teat well.
Relened from" their relU and mnr
ahaled Into amnll bodic they entered
the burning building and went at the
worp of flre-flghtlng and rewiie with
niter diregnrd of the ditiger to them
aclve. The flame were crackling all
aliout them end they plunged through
the dene amoke wlien they brought out
In their arma the bit of the women
priwucra.
Tbe fire India ami the about of the
men at wock could be heard all over the
Inland and In the hnxpltalt and build
ing of the other inatitutioii there wa
a panic which wa quieted with diffi
culty by the nurnea, phyalrliin and
Keeper. Ihe lire waa connncu 10 me
women's workhouse.
WANT DAMAGES.
flan Francbteo. Dee, 20. The Taciflc
Coaat Company hanied a liliel In the
United Rate Dlatrlct Court agalnat
the RIdon Iron k Locomotive Work
to recover $5337, dmge alleged to
have been utlned by tbe ate-uner
Auncion while undergoing repaira by
tht defendant The complaint recite
that tbe damage wa done when the
ateamcr Corona collided with the Asun
cion at the dock during a etorm , on
THINKS IT'S FUNNY
Stockholder In Broken Chbijo
Bank Jokes.
HE IS NOT AT ALL WORRIED
Say That Oat Had Betttr Takt Thinga
. Coolly and Go Slow and Every Ont
Will Oct .Thtir .Monty .la .tht
Esd.
. ' Chicago, -Dec. W.Tht only Jocular
note heard thu . far oncerplng tbt
WJh fallurt come from D.' K. rear
aorta, pbllantbrojd-t and ttockholder in
tbt Chicago National Bank.
" Mr. Pearson enjoyment of what ba
call "Walah' declina and fall off, la
dut to hi unahakea belief that the new
directorata will bring both depoitora
and atockholdera throush without lo.
That mw'li conced4 tbe college benefac
tor take tha poaltlon that hi $411,000,
tied up in 1-12 abarr, entitle him to
whatever humor ha can find in tlte
ituatlon. '
"John B. Waloh wa a mighty amart
man, but no banker,'' a id Mr. I'camon
lai nlgt. .
Triend John certainly ha mixed
thinga up. , He wa altogether too aan-
gnlne to make a goo banker, and now
ha it reaping tht re writ.
"Of eourae'I would not talking
like tbla if I did not betievt that every
body woMld come out of it untcatbed.
I'eopU can ay what they have a mind
to, but I, who bavt known John R.
Walh for forty llyo year, know that
ba I an honett man and that hi In
vestment ultimately will pan out all
right. . ;
"Left take thing eoolly aod go
At any rata Um4 I going to bt my
motto, notwithstanding tbt liability on-
tailed, in my U hare. That commit-
tee of Chicago banker I doing mag
nificent piece of work, and tha fact that
It ha undertaken to atralgnten out
John' affair npport my belief that
genuine and ufnYient aet are there.
"Poor John I have known him ever
aim he kept that dinky little newa-
ttand on Dearborn street. HI only
mistake ha come rather late in life.
If ba had stopped getting richer and
tried to give away bi money he would
till U a rich man."
AUTOhtOBILISTS RESCUED.
Flagstaff, Aruu, Dee. 20. The search
inir party which left here eterdy
afternoon to locate the loat tranaeonti-
nental automobillat. Percy F. Megar
gel of New York, and David F. Faett
of Lansing. Mkh., found them late lat
night in a deaperat condition, anowed
In, without food or gasoline, thirteen
mile from town, near a deep ravine
in the mountain. In a- few hour
longer they would hva perished from
tha bitter cold.
Both men .suffered from the cold, but
had managed to save themselve from
being frown to death by use f gaso
line to build ft re. Smoke from tbi fire
led the recuer to the spot. By ft
mere chance a squirrel had been hot
during the day and cooked over their
fire. It wa their flrt food for over
thlrtr-six hours. While searching for
the transcontinental autoinobill.t. the
earching party came aero the frown
body of a logger by the name of
Thomaa Smith, who had been lot for
two dayt.
The automobile was towed iuto town
lute last night and will Wave Wednes
day or Thuraduy, providing tho crew I
anfflcicntly recovered from their long
exposure. " . ?
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