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.v. "T", ' 1 - "i GOOD EVENING ' "rTT1 v .xrnr wcathes. ;- Fair tonight a-4 Saturday; north-, : wot winifs. t - . " ' :,i V VOL. V, NO, 147. PORTLAND, OREGON; FRIDAY, EVENING." AUGUST. 24, 1803. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE . TWO CENTS. 0 TAXVI "D . TAauS. II t Cm4 - (lib) :gilllAIiP!iOlRS:-: i'.-.'.i ,:.V ' ' ,':vvv ,-.-.- j Ex-Sheriff Storey , Stevens Will - Clear ; Nine! Thousand Yearly If Allowed to Feed Prisoners h at Rate of Three i Dollars Each Per . Week Shows Jlis Ovn Profits. it Anertff bterens succeeds in ex etinf from the county X t week for tne Doard of each, county pruoner en truated to ' hia keeping, ; hie emolu ment , including hit salary, will amount to over $9,000 year. , Even if Sheriff Svrn wr tn V. reive the aame amount allowed N to hia predecessora for boarding; county "priaonera, 25 centa per day. hia office woujd- atill be worth to him. conaid- ; erably over $8,000 a year., i.'. ( , ; Up to the present time thT public haa lvr- knowa ihe xtjih rf the " profit derived from" feeding the r in- . matea or tne county jail. -But ac curate figure have at last "been ob tained which ahow the value of this : pernmaite of the ahertffa office.! . ' That foVmer Sheriff Storey'a profit on feeding the county" priaonera aver - aged $188 a month ia ahown by figurei furnished by Storey himself. And '. when the Drofit on feeding th TJniif .Statea priaonera ia included, tltia per quisite of the aheriff netted him $299 i . month for the' 21 month fromAu i gnat. 1902, t April, 1904. ; ; j ; ; i Whit fitorey'sv.Flgnrc 8bOW V , ;,"Tt6rey'a' own figure show that hi thoae 21 montha his net profit on the cottflty -jpriionera'. . bdardV aggntarated "e nti pruiii guinea iron botrding (he federal prisoners for the ame lime was A3J.50,-making a to tal of $6,273.25, which waa added to the salary of $4400 a.year4hat waa paid by tne county. : , vv,r ( ;t V These figures throw interesting aidelights on the controversy now on between Sheriff Stevens and fudge Yvebsier' and Commissioners Barnes and Lightner over the boarding tf the county priaonera. . They indicate ac curately what a comfortable profit Sheriff Stevena would net if allowed, to feed the prisoners,' more partic ularlyhadAuditor Brandea approved the increase of 22 per cent over the old rate that Stevena sked for. - x An examination of the bills pre sented to the auditor br - former Sheriff Storey shows that during 1903 the Average . number of -bounty pris oners was 46. . Sheriff. Stevens pre sented a bill for the board of 59 pria- A onera for the" month of July thia year, ahowing an increase of 13 rn the nam , ber of prisoners. v $ :'),,; . Deta'U of Cost and iVofit.' ' 1 v .A detailed, statement of the cost qf feeding prisoners, the amount paid for it by the county, and the profit to MPHI CURE IS FOliriD Dr. J. Hunter Wells, Son of Portland Physi cian, and; Located at J?k Accomplishes A "cuA fot "the iinorphtne ' habit hae been dlacoverad by Or. J. Hunter Welle, head Of the Caroline A. Idd hospital U ; tft. Oeorae M. fVella of Portland. Ac- cord Ins; to the Inventor, the remedy cut off . the- habit-- at one and 4ta- nee baa eauaed aomethlng of a sensation - In Pyendrana. which la ' the great empo rium of the north or Korea and tne cen ter of the moot anera-etlo and Independ ent portion of the Korean people. , Phytctn T""ttTt heretorarsThert, kaa exlated no medlotne that could prop rly be railed a core for the -morphine mania.. 1 The -chief Ingredient- or- Dr. Wells' cure la adrenaline, which la Well .known among physicians aa a powerful heart etltnulant, and which la often uaed In caaea of .nose or throat trouble and In caaea qf operation. . ' : ' . ' . SpeaklrC hia cure In a recent laaue f the Korek Review, Dr. Welle eaysr . . "The opium flende or morphine uaers, who becan.br amoklng opium, are a moat, abject lot and neually from the homes of the well-to-do. They use the hypodemle ayrlno and tnjeot morphine dally. I took on one caae and tnatltuted an original ereatment In which adrena I tne-waa the main medicine need and int moil cuv ok oncv. .inn wma w ucoeaaful that It created aomethlng of a furore among too morphine a acre, ao r that In April I had aome. IS appltcatlona for . treatDient .They were ao numer- f. oue that I aent aome of them to a hoe- ltal ot-nditeted by one of mr former - atudenta and he. with the-aame reme- dies I used, la having good succeae." What other Ingredient Dr. Wetla uses In till cure la not known. Acoerd- Shows How Sheriff the sheriff for each "month during the year 1903 follows. ; The expense items - mcluda th aalariea-olhe jailer and -all -hired help. ? is .'; ' . Coat to Coat to Sheriffs . Siontn... . f)hrlrr. Count Januarr . . .. . .S17S.3 S6ST.S Fabruarr . .... t4.)l S04.IO 25T.SS est.si. . sn.es 47S.S 4SS.7 111.04 J2I.S5 April . ;'.V.!,...- S.1 Majr . UJ.40 Juno . SH.Oi July" i. ..J.' I4S1S Auarvat ; v . 40S.S9 1ST.1 144 7 49S.14) 1 1S2.7S 663.4S - 144 Si September . n SSt.JO ST4.4 ; 1I7.J October i-vrfti aso.Tf J 604.SS- - 141 SI November --4S1.4eJS:4(lw4:.0 Peeetnber . u.HS.Ta ' t.S6 , SherUTa net profit for rear ltd. ' eountr prleonere ......... $l,70t.6 IT. 8. warrant, Maoch 188.00 IT. 8. warrant, Juno 264.00 17. 8. warrant, September.....,! 421.40 U. 0. warrant. December , S2S.SS . 8harlfra net profit for rear ISOt. ..v. eountr and U. H. priaonera. tl.2IT.S4 .Sheriff Storey credited hia war ranta from the federal government in the profit cofumru aa the coat of feed ing .the federal -prisoners had already been charged with the cost of feeding the eountr Drisoners and the orofita shoWft'on fne cotsnty-pftson?ra"rc re- aucea tnat much.. i;, . : ,. ' The amount of orofit Sheriff Stev- u mfght have reaped but for the- ac tion ot tne county court in advertis ing for bids, thus taking the boarding of the prisoners from him," cannot be accurately estimated, owing to the in creased number of prisoners. It is well known that, there ia more profit in feedings large number of pria onera than in feeding a email number, i . . t ' . ' r " e . . each additional prisoner cannot be de termined until Sheriff Stevens makes pubttc the amount , it coat him to board the prisoners during July, ;-v I , County May et Profit. As the.UnitedStatea.marshaUmay let the boarding of the federal pria onera to anyone he may choose, it it- considered not unlikely that tne profit of these prisoners may be reaped by the county court lor the benefit of the taxpayers of .the county. . . . . Bids for feeding the county prison ers were advertised for last week, and will be ooened next Tuesday at noon. Sheriff . Stevens maintains complete silence as to 'his. intentions in regard to boarding the . prisoners. Hisv ac tion in demanding an increase to $3 pes. week per priionet-i from the old -t (Continued on Paare Twelve.). ; Pyend-yang, Korea, Ing to -local apeelaltats In nervoue dle eaaea adrenaline (la not wholly unknown aa a 'remedy for the morphine ' habit. Dr. William' Hogua ' of : the CryaUl springe sanitarium, aaid todar: "t know .or adrenaline having been used as a remedy for such condition, but. f will aay that all nrat-claea phy icians ouia conaiaer ita nae a dun reroua method; .'The ahoek to the tier- voua aytem la too great on account of tne midden withdrawal of the morphine stimulant .The nervoua ay at em would be left in . auch a weakened condition mat tne result would not be favorable. In auch a Vase Improvement la always mow aaa orten ne-panent does not get weii. Dr. W. T. Williamson, who nractlcea oaur aiine uoon Samaritan hospital, aald: - .. . s -. .-- , '"'I hava need adrenaline for tha mor phine -habit, '.and only lately, but I did not dlacoyer anything of especial value in . i neae vaunted cure are usually overeatrmated. New remedies are re ceived with great favor for a time, bat It la generally dlaoovered that they do not -amount to ao much after all. 1 would not call ' adrenaline a euro for the. morphine habit In fact, there la no epeclflo euro, t . think, adrenaline will come-to be known aa one of the remeolea," however. It la stimulating to the heart and tlasuea and nelpa to leeeen the craving for the drug, bat on account of Ita nature It 'can't reason ably be. expected that It would really cure.".-'-.1' - - -.. , But Dr. Welle uaea the adrenaline In a mysterious concoction. Thai aecret BREAKING . ) !ri I ' ' - -y - Upper-cut ahowa firai work on conatniction of Southern Pacific brancb if. from Praisi to MarahflclL tmr Vshej at; Drain, to atora 20,000 POLICE 1ID POOL Kl Officers -Secure : Evidence, and;, Arr -leimTrtraTTcHtTJli Fourth BetweenWashinlgtbh and Alder; A -poolroonvon Fourth a treeV between Washington and Alder atreeta, a branch. of tha Mllwaukte elub, was raided by the police a few mlnntea after I o'clock thla afternoon, i. . '- " ... ' . : . Fifteen men were arrested. - Martin Ready waa in, charge of tha plaoa.- !' , Beatdea Martin Ready, tha othara ar rested were: K. Robert, Robert Brady, Oliver Hall, Fred Kelly, J. Joseph. Charles Ready, Henry George, X. Jones, J. Clark. .George' Scott. F. W. 'Wallace, Jamea Hicka, R. L. Johnson. Ball for the alleged players waa fixed at 111, and Ready put up the money for each man. his -own ball- waa- fixed - at $300. ... -..,...', , , ,..'. , The room waa fitted out - completely aa a poolroom. - No telegraph wire waa In evidence, aa the returna of the racea. upon which the beta are made, are tele phoned from the,, Mllwaukte club out- aide of Portland. - .' ' Walklng.lnto the room after a knock had gained him admittance,-Sergeant Baty picked up a 110 gold piece, and aa there waa plenty, of other evidence of actual betting belna; in operation, the plaoa waa declared In euatody or tne police.- - ,' .. , v , Tha doors were locked and the patrol wagon aummoned. - J No attempt to escape ever the roora waa made. Had, not Baty been admitted so readily every man In the room would have had time to eocene through the windows at-the rear of the building. Other windows . reading . into . the Pull man saloon on. Alder atreet could have been easily , entered.. . - - - Baty,- accompanied by Officers Kay, Burke and Meara. marched up the atalr- way at 1;1S o'cMrk. : As aoon aa they were aeen aeverat porting men '.fol lowed, them from the street but- there waa e Interference with the arrest. Braaoh ef MUlwaakle ab. The Fourth street establishment ia a branch of the'Mllwaokle-Country club. owned -hx-Iaaac-Oratton- bettee-kqowa- aa 'Trench jr' Qretton.. Martini Ready, well known amoag the sporting frater nity, waa employed by Gratten to man age the downtown branch, ., i t The "dope-sneer ' issued oy tne cruo rtvea-Information . on .the " latonla and Beattle races, and' beta on these racea have been ' taken at the - Fourth - street poolroom.' - .Tomorrow - the races i at Windsor- (Canada! - .atari, and , these eeuld also have' been played by thoae with aportlng proclivities. , ,- . : Folloe Xstaw Abeat It. V - Tnnt the poolroom waa. In operation haa been known to the Portland police for Mini time, and they . have . ,beea gathering enough evidence for a oon vlctlon. Ita existence tiaa also become known to scores of men about town, and these -were not afraid to exhibit tele grama containing tlpa to play a certain home. , . . .... i While at no time haa any great num ber of bettnra congregated In the pool room, hundreds of beta have been placed through it. If a man wanted to pier the -I .a ton la, races It waa not necessary for htm -to enter the room at all, aa a handbook on the atret comer did quite Mivel-'rvV'lUi Ue eHettle raeea how GROUND FOR; C003 ' BAY RAILROADS - - . 4 'f ! I 1 cut first building being constructed, barrels ccrmtnT for tree on new line - ever., It haa baen-thacuatom- for-lhe bettor to place-bis money In the pool room. Itself,.. !'. v.. ',.'-' "...'.-.-.'.- n All kinds - ef - ingenuity . have , been practiced to evade, the laws, i The race track wire runs from the - Weatern Union office at Third and Stark atreeta Into a room In. the Taooma lodging house on ths aame floor of the same building. Here the race reaulta were relayed ' byan expert operator 'to tha Mllwaukle club, where the' principal poolroom of the Oratton outfit la lo cated ah a past of tha Mllwaukle club. ine roriiand autnoritlea have no con trol or er this poolroom, aa It la In the corporate city - of ; Mllwaukle, and in Clackamaa county. - t . , , i Telepkemed From the Olab. ' From the MIlwauklerThtb the results were aent ever a private telephone line io tne lourm street room. ' - Mere every arternoon between 1 and 4 o clock bettlnsr was In oroarreaa.- Prnh ably a double acore of men visited the room every day. 't . ( The building la a amall two-story rrame structure.' , Oown stalraU the Warwick aaloon, planned aa an ad junct to the poolroom, which waa to rorm.a part of the circuit of Colonel Applegate, . the millionaire ' distiller, racehorse grid poolroom owner of Ken tucky. - Though the place was fitted up compreieiy, every eetau of a poolroom being'-- ready, It - waa never opened, aa the authorities shut down tha Portland clubs poolroom on. the other side of the' same block and Isaued a permanent edtet againat poolrooms. This -waa two years ago and during the Wllllame administration- ' . " ' . . v Upstairs the ' hop office ' ef ' Klaber. Wolfe , Netter occupiea . the three front rooms. Apparently all of tha upstairs portion of the building Is taken" up by the hop dealers, hut one amall room at the rear of the building waa hired montha ago by Mart la Ready. There are two jaindowg opening onJthe roof from thla room. ' A hurried exit could If necessary at any time, be made through these windows, and only a few feet away was a window by which en trance' Into the Pullman aaloon on Alder street oould be- effected. The back win dows of the poolroom are painted and the blinds were always earefuly drawn. Oratton and Jack- Cullleon, another part owner of the Mllwaukle club, have been visiting the - Fourth-street branch every evening to settle up the day's bus iness "with Ready. ' . SAPPERS REFUSE TO ' . FIRE ON JHE PEOPLE ' ' (Jenaal Speetal Serrlee.l Odessa. Aug. 14-A regiment of sap pers attended a polltloal meeting and beat . the - of f Icera who broke it , up. then adopted resolutions that they would not fire on the people In any uprising. Murders and rioting are beyond tha con trol of policy. . . , The cltlsene have petitioned the gov ernor general to increase the forces and require each hmiaeholder to keD three armed, posters' Instead of one, ' ' , ooi;i ii icon i nir IWdUMU VIUU Ull TEDDY ORDERS " UHCLE SAf.1 TO Covernmtnt Thru With Through --Phonetic Spelling Ordered Adopted in All Departments by TroiitayF Will Give Lanortfi-e an Individuality. . . . (Joaraal Bearlal rrteS.) , OyaUr Bay, Aug. 14. Uncle gam la thru" with "through." The preaident todar announced that the apelllng re form reoommended by the Carnegie committee will hereafter be accepted In all departmental correspondence and official documenta. Prlntera, atenorraphers. elerka and cabinet officers are ordered tn "unlearn English aa ahe la writ" The publlo printer la ordered to prepare llata of the moat rreqaently Uaed 140 worda In the Bngltsk language with the new mode of apelllng and distribute them to all department The preaident thinks the reform will give to the American language an Indi viduality that will result In saving time and trouble for the natives and foreigners trying to learn it' RI11AJ1 lVAHTS EMPLOYES TO BUY HIS STOCK SayaJThat-VYorkers-on-RaJIroad Ought to Be Discharged ; : for Not Investing, -v ' - Maaraat aaeetal gerrlea.t New Tork, Aug. 14. A friend of K. H. Harrimaa waa quoted xt Wall atreet today as having been told by Harrlman that "Any employe of tne union Fa- olflo who hadn't any of the eompany'a stock ouaht to be discharged." Ths Idea that Harrlman wished to convey, apparently, waa that Union Pa elflc employes who were ao Indifferent to the steady Improvement In tne physical and financial condltlona of the property as not to wish to take aome personal advantage of It were made up of atuff too conservative for Wall atreet a lateat "Little Wlaard." , - . At any rate, the general Wall atreet understanding la that many - Union Pa- clflo office attaches and employee have made larae amounts through the recent sensational advances or union . -acinc and Southern Paclflo aharea. i FRISCO CAR STRIKE v T . IS EXPECTED SUNDAY ' (SMctat Dtenateh te The Joernel.) gan Francisco. Aug. 14. The United Railroads will today aend a communica tion to the Carmen e union, asking the union to take no strike action until a meeting of the board of directors Mon day, at which President Calhoun will be nreaent. President Calhoun will reach San.Franeleeo Sunday. There la- little 'chance of the union complying with the request, and It Is likely that all tinea of - the company will, be tied up Sunday. ? ' Indications are that tne employes or the Geery and California street lines will also go out, although the men have not yet made any demands. It Is stated on good authority that tha United Rail roads will refuse tne men a demands ror IS for an etght-hnnr day. for all plat form men. A atnae ia apparently in evitable.-- - .', v . ', . MINISTER HALDANE f RESIGNS PORTFOLIO ',;',-',. . " ' Uesraal Itaeelal SniNat ': London. AUK.- Ji. Ai was vxpectea . . . 1 . 11. 14 k 1 Vvar Miniai.r ii.iu.it. nmm rw.irw. Politicians are dlaouaslng the conse quent shifting of portfolios and the ap pointment of a new member of the cabinet Haldane thla afternoon goea to join the king and CampbeLl-Banner-man at Marlenbad. -, . CONSUL ASKS THAT ' BOYCOTT BE ENDED "" . y' - Uoaraal Sseetal Service.) ." Honakona. Aua. 14. The American eonaul-general , hae aent requeet to Viceroy Cannon requesting tne suppres sion ox ins ire yowi i. 1 , BIG CROWD OLD SOLDIER IfrlillliF Delegations Start for Metropolis to Honor Great Commoner on His. Arrival Home. United Party Enthusiastic In Its Support of Democracy's Peer less Leaderndoree31y All States and Practically ' With- .dut.e. Rival for Nominations (Jooraal Special gerrfe.) New Tork, Aug. S4. If reports re ceived by the local committee In charge of the arrangements for the reception of William J. Bryan when he arrlvea here next week are to be railed upon there is going to be an enormous crowd In tha metropolis to greet the Nebraska leader, Advices - are , bslng-vrooolvod dally to tha effect that-thla or that state oontemplatea aendtng a delegation of 100, 100 and even S00 to New Tork for the occasion. In addition to the regular delegatlona there doubtless will be a host of other visitors. Thousands with no interest whatever In the Bryan home-oomlng probably will take advan tage of the low exeuralon rates to make a trip to New Tork. However this may be. It la certain that the crowd of vis itors will be something; enormous. Many are comparing next week' a event to the great welcome given to Admiral Dewey on hia return home after the battle ot otaalla Bay. . ,-- -..v Mr. Bryan arrlvea home to find that he is practically the only man talked of for the Democratio presidential nomina tion. SIX montha ago Mayor. George B. McClellan of thla city, Senator. Bailey of Texas, ; John Sharp Wllllame of Mla elealppi. William R. Hearat, and one o two others were seriously mentioned In connection with the Democratic nomina tion. - Today all have dropped from eight ao far aa the presldencr ia con cerned, with the possible exception of Mr. Hearat. And even the latter de clares that be ia not, seeking tha nat!0iC Mr. Bryan apparently la left In fun possession or tne risia. " ' Sailed aa bata). ' In the numerous states where the Democrats have held their state eon ventlona during the past few montha many of them have given MLBryan en. I thuslastlc indorsement for the presi dency. None haa gone on record aa op posed to hia candldaoy. - - i , Thee Indorsements have not ' been confined (o those atates of the middle weat or far west, where the - Bryaa strength heretofore baa always been moat in evidence. - The Democratic stats convention In Pennsylvania hailed Mr. Bryan aa tha "great Democratic com moner who la now regarded aa the oer- (Continued en Page .Twelve.) , PEOPLE X1 Thousands of Portlanders Nowat Seashdrc, in Mountains and Campingiojig Co-; : umbia Enjoying Summer Outihg. -,- Portland people ere getting the vaca tion habit More Portland residents went to the beaches and mountains this year than ever berore in the. city'e his tory, even In proportion to the popula tion. -All the local transportation com panleg agree upon thla point It la eetl mated that nbt fewer than 10.000 Port landers are now out of town for pleas ure. - Government statistics - estimate that only one person out of every It in the United States goes on a summer vaca tion. - Tha proportion la much larger in Portland. Indeed. It la nearly one-half. If the flan res submitted by various local authorities are to be believed. , Postmaster Mint o says that . he haa been laeulnr from l.SOO to- 1,000 for warding blanks dally. since the first of July and eetlmates thst three-fourths of these were issued to vacationists. If this la a fact 100.600 Portlanders have taken, temporarily -to- the woods or the seashore during that time. .The Aatorla and Columbia River railroad people aay that thla summer they have carried 10, 000 paaeengera bound for beach points alone, while the Vancouver Transporta tion company estimates the number ef IMM x in j- Of the news, of the literary , features, of the prn"1 f.-:' and of the Funnies, furnished by trained corrr?or. t cleverest , writers and -the best artists in t:.; c. .try. I IN THE SUNDAY JOURN. I4eeeeeeee4ee4fet;v:;::: Capt. Ormsby Relates in Federal Court How He Accepted 'Bribe While Holding Office Explains His Crime In Detail on . Witness Stand, Showing That -ffie Feels His Position Keenly ..Declares He ; Is There to - Tell Truth.--v r: ,- An old 'soldier, paat - the allotted . three acore and ten, admitted under oath In the federal court thia morning : that while holding office under the flag for which be had fought ha had ac cepted what he felt In hia heart waa bribe. .. The disgraced veteran was Cap tain Salmon B- Ormsby, forest superln- , tendant hi theeiay a whan.- hia friend. Blnger Hermann, waa oommlsaloner of the general land ofnoe, and now an Im portant wltneaa for tha government at the trial of tha Blue mountain reeerve , caae. . - . .- ... . - , . -, ;-. Ormsby felt hia position keenly. He ; waa on - tha stand not aa an ordinary witness, but as one who had conspired to defraud the United - Statea out ot 100.004 acrea of land and had not been indicted because ha could be used aa a government witness against hia aUeged accomplices. - He gulped - occasionally before answering, but be did not spare . himself. : - - ,- , "I aenr-ot"Cxeusfng myself, ha aald under cross-examination, "and I'm not agoing to. Whatever I did I did. I'm . going to make a clean breaet of It.'' This1 followed his admission that the certificates fortwo sections of school lands, which he expected to receive and , did receive afterward from Franklin . Pierce Maya, through W. M. La Force, hia agent In the transaction, influenced hia official action In reporting In favor of the establishment of the Blue moun tain reserve. '',.''.' . TgoS Fiamlaad tenlency.2 ttomsy W. U.' FeKtdn, attorney f or ' Maya, who la on trial with Wlllard N. Jonea and George , Sorenaon. brought out that Ormsby had been Indicted in ' another land fraud matter, and than. , aaked If he had been promised lenledcy . in return for hia testimony in tha pros- eni No, sir," answered the witness. , - Do you expect lerUencyT No, I hope for it, but I don't ex pect it- - - -- In anawer te questions oy u. u. Hue- ton, one oi the attomeye for Jonea, Cap tain Ormsby stated that neither Blnger Hermann nor Senator John H. Mitchell nor Congressman J. N.- Williamson gVl ever Instructed him aa to whether hia report on the reeerve ahould be favor- . (Continued on Page Two.) On) passengers carried to coast resorts since ' the first of July aa i.000. -- ;.' i " " Of course thia ia only a email per'dtmV. . age of thoae who have gone, on' .a vaca tion. The O. R. N. was unable to estimate the number of vacationists car-, rled thla season, but figured that It waa at least is per eent more than waa car ried two years ago. Last year there was a great- deal of travel, but It waa almost entirely tourist travel: - The ' Portland people stayed at home and en tertained fair visitors. . ,'5 "Portland people have contracted the vacation habit only lately," aald H. r. Whlttler, tha advertising manager of ' Olds, Vlortman 4V Klna-, today. " A much larger- proportion Went o seaside and mountain resorts this year than ever be fore. We keep a cloae tab on the travel and are able to make a very accurate es timate of the people out of town. About the first of Aust.we figured that the number was about 40,000. - They are coming home fast now and there ere a little less ' than - 10.000 yet to return. Very many of these will return within the next week and by the first of the month there will be but a few thousand lingering away from home." ? CREA A, V. - 2 r