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EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT.
YOL. XL. TstO. l tl.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1893.
PRICE, FIVE .CENTS,-
. I1" 0
ill LUnir Rrii n) i firm j
r-
i.
L,.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
Continued till old stock is closed out
at cost. New Goods arriving sold at
liberal discount.
W. W. PARKER, Assignee.
GRIFFIfsJ & REED,
UIk Bargains in
BABY - BLTaGTKS,
Hammocks, and denenvl Fancy Ooods, Picture
Frames, and Albums. Large Shipment, of bird--cages
ex-ship Jennie I rarkne'ss. -
HUSINKSS C'AKDS.
A -gibbons,
. aUJUiIKK OK ACCOUNT mill
PitOKIiSSIONAL OOKKKlilTil!.
Oi-fick: Willi (Senoral Messenger Co,, 515
skiuiii(ue street
A
CLEVELAND,
ATTOUNKK IT LAW.
Olllce-Kinney's new brick building, cotutr
nurd and Uanevieve streets : up stairs.
J Q. A. ROVVLBY,
AfTORMAJDCOlMWlUTLAW
OtllJe on Second .Street, - Astoria, Or.
TOH,1 H. SMI rH,
V A HO It N Elf AT I.AW.
Oillee. In Kinney's ne-v dries Building, over
Astoria National B ink,
w.
W. PARKtR,
HKAli KSl'ATB An INSURANOK AlllCNT
Oitlce Hi Uentoa sliewt, Astoria, Oregon.
DS. EICIV JANSON.
PIIVMCIAN Si HUKUKON. It OM 7..
Olllceovr-r Osgood's Clolliiiig Store, hours, 10 to
12 m, 2 to 6 p, in, 7 to 8 j in. KuuUny, 10 to U In. :
DR. O. B. ESTES, '
PHYMUAiN xHX) SUKOttON. ' !
Special attention to nisea-ses oi Women and
Minwry. office over Ua.zli's store Astoi la. I
rvra-
A. C. and J. a. f ULTON.
1J DlSK Wl'ltS Ul'
i Ul' WO.MEX A Sl'IOCI vLTV.
lui(!ery ny r. J. A. Fulton.
Ollice 178 tj.l-u sueoi, ilniir. 10 to 12 and I to 4
"lAVTIITriCMin
J I'HYSlUIAiN, sUH(iKi)lN'& ACCOUOIIKUH.
Onlet-. rooms 'H. 4 over AstnrhL Nnt.lnii!ii Kunb J
hours, Ul 'o 1U & 2 tod Kesulenoe. Cedar st.
D. WALTER? i.HOWU'D.
lli.i(Jiu'A'f IHO PilYSIClAN & SUK
geou. i, Mien, 431. 1'lilrd ncr.jet. Hoii,s 10 to 12
mid 2 to 4, Sunday 1 to 2 lteldenee 48 3d si reel
T P. MULLINIX, M. D.,
U, (lives speeiui ueainn'iit for Calarrll,
'lliroat I.iIiiks, Kidney inito-lirlnary ornans
Olll
;.si;iiM,.vsi,a hum ot. Hours,!' a.in,u p.m.
KldllAKD HAH KV.
City Surveyor.
0. H. IHOll,
J J ARMY fc ISOIWt, i
- uti'll. UNU1NKKHS i.M) SDnVKYOKS.
I100M8 8 AND 8,
UVKII ASTOUI.V NAllONAU BANK.
B'. T. HI'llNKV,
J. W. PUAFRH
Uiinicy & Dm per,
lltornef,
ilntluvr.
OreRon City, Oregon,
Twelve ye.vrs" experience as reirlster of th
0. S. Land Odire here, reeoiiiineiulH us In om
specialty oi Milling ami all oilier Dimness be
tun; I lie Ijiml ullire or the Conns, and involv
ng me practice oi ine ueuerai i.aua willce.
JROCKi NBROUGH & COWIrtC
LAW OKFICit, OitKGON 1 1TY, OK.
Hpeelal altentlou trlven to land business. Set
tiers on Imiiiesteails or lire-einntlou cIhIiiis unit
timber land purchases shown every advantage
oi ino law. ror as-isianco in making Dual
prool call on us.
rTIHOS. FREPRICKSON,
1 l'l.0 UJ.Ntit.
No n. Wost Slxlli .-neei.
'TheOiiginal and Genuine
(WORCESTERSHIRE)
SAUCE
Imparts the most debdous tuts and tSBt tc
EXTRACT
of a LETTKK from
a MEDICAL GEN.
TLKMAN at Mad.
ru,to his brother
at WORCESTER.
Uay, 1L
Tn
LEA k PEERISS'
that their eauce Is
LUrhly e'tccmed in
soppw,
URATirSr
India, and is to my K
palniat'le. as ttfII T
as the limrt whole- f
't : C Klim uim 19
seo that you get Lea & Perrins1
BlputETB on rrcrr bcttlo of Orldnil k Oenalne.
iOIIN HUM AN'S eiO.NS, M.W V)UtC
&
FISH,
f 'k HOT fc COI.D
p',':.; meats,
. CA-HK,
iPff. 3 n t i.uii.
'si' &e.
II. W. -CASE,
! BANKER.
Transact1; a General Bahkinq Business.
i
Drafts drawn available In nnvnar.nf dm n
p ana turopc, aim on Hong &ong, umut,
' Office Honrs: 10 A. M. to S P. M.
Odd Fellows Building, Astoria, Oregon
L W. CASE,
INSURANCE AGENT
REPRESENTING
Cerman-Aiucrican, New York City, N. Y.
Union Fire and Marine, of New Zealand.
National Fire and Marine Ins. Co., of Harlford.
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., of Hartford.
Homo Mutual Ins. Co., of San Francisco.
PlKEuii, of London. Imperial, of Loudou.
Now York Plate Class Ins. Co.
THE
. otimi V miTinn ii n. . , ,i
ASTORIA NATIONAL BANK
nrurnit niiiinn nnnmrn
ULfiCnAL DARMrtU DUdititb'k,
on Favorable Terms.
Accounts ol Firms and Individuals -ollcltert
IntcrcHt naid on Tlmo Dennetts. Mnnni
Loaded on Personal etairitv.
foreign aud Uoniegtio Kxclmngo bought anA
HUIU.
I. K. Warren, President.
I. K. Illgulns, Cashier.
J.! Drinenf, Vice President
l. K. Warren. 1
V. R. W'rkUt, I
John Holison, i Directors
II. C. Thompson,
Tbeo llracker, J
THE ASTQSIA SAVINGS BANK
Acts as trustee for ;orporatlons and Individ
usls Deposits solicited
Interest w.'ll bo allowed on saviugs dopositt
as lollows;
On ordinary savings h loks i per eon:, nei
annum.
On term savings book 0 per cent, per annum
Ou certllicatcs of deposit:
For threo months, 4 per cent, per annum.
For six months, b per cent, per annum.
. For twelve months, (i percent, per annum.
I. W. CASE Presided'
J. Q. A. HOWLItY Vlce-Presi'lcni
FRANK' PAT. TON Caslilei
W. K. DEMENT e. relai j
directors:
I. W. Cnse, J. Q. A. Bowlby, (lusl Holmes.
C. H. Page, Benj. Youn ;, A. W. keed
F. J. Tayltir.
THE PORTLAND SAVJNCS BANK
1K rORTLAND, 011KO".
I'ald up capital M..y260,000
Surplus and profits : 60,000
pivaiv ii'.iii.i, rresiaeni.
D. P. THOMPSON', Viee-Presidciit
a. v.Bi KA'i iUM, oasuier
T. X3.
Dealer in
Hardware and Ship Chandlery,
Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Hinacie on Cot
ton Canvas, Hemp bail Twine, Card Oil,
Wrought Irou Spikes. Oalvaulztert Cut Nails
Grooorlos, into.
Agricultural Implements, K"tvirg ,Mh
maeliiuex, Palms and Oils.
TEL B. PARKER
DEALER IN
IJme. Brick, Sand, Fire Brick. Fire Clay,
ijeiiiem, jnni reeu.uais, oiraw lair.
Wood Delivered to Vrder.
Driving, Teaming and Express Etuincsa,
JEFF'S RESTAURANT
, 18 THE
Bon Ton Ton Restaurant in the Town
(Aud the Finest on the Coast.'
Dinner Parties, Banquets a Specialu
Tk Finest ITUm aad Liquors.
C. P. UPSHUR,
SIIIPP;NG and COMMISSION
Astoria, Oregon.
Fl
Terrible Conflagration and Floods in
- Omaba Yesterday,
FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF flEEMEN
nearly n Quarter of a Million Clone Up In
Smoke - Heroic Action of the Flame
Fighters. ,'
Associated Press.
Omaha, Neb., June 3. The city re
ceived a dual visitation - from the ele
ments this evening. All day rain was
fallin glntermlttenitly with h. storm
blowing from tho southeast. Shortly
before 7 o'clock the city was sub
merged by one of the most disastrous
floods ever experienced. The rain was
accompanied by a heavy electrical dis
play and high winds, and in the midst
of the flood came a fire that entailed a
loss of nearly $250,000, with the add!
tional horror of four deaths and many
persons injured.
The dead now known are: George
Coulter, B. J. Morris, Cox Morrissey.
AH are firemen.
When the storm was at its height
flames burst from the fifth story of
the building occupied by the Shiver
Ick Furniture Company, on Farnufn
street. In response to a general alarni
all the companies of the department
responded, but the fire was beyond
control. It entailed a loss of $200,000,
fully insured. Tho building west of
the Shiverick building was a two story
structure, occupied by Ed Maeurer's
saloon and resaurant. On the top of
this building six firemen gathered, the
better to fight the flames. ' While they
were there there the west wall of the
Shiverick building fell outward. Two
of the firemen heard the cry of horror
from the crowd and leaped from the
building, ohiy to be buried by the
bricks on the sidewalk. They were
quickly resaued from thjelr p.erllous
predicament. . The falling walls
crushed the two-story building like an
egg shell, and the four firemen on the
rdbf were carried down to an awful
death. George Coulter, superintendent
of the fire and police telegraph system,
was exrtacated from the ruins, crushed
to a pulp. Captain Cox of the hose
company, No. 7, was still alive when
found beside Coulter, but his Injuries
resulted In death shortly after his re
moval. B. J. Morris, the pipe man of
No. 7, and Plpeman Morrissey of the
same company, were found side by side
still grasping the nozzle, which they
had clung to even In death. There are
thought to be a number of others in
the wreck.
LYNCHING IN ILLINOIS.
Governor Altgeld Incensed at the Ac-
. tion of the Lynchers.
Decatur, 111., June 3. A mob this
morning lynched a negro charged with
criminally assaulting Mrs. Hubdill last
Monday near Mount Zion.
Owing to the threats of lynching
earlle' in the day a force of twelve
men were nut Inside the fall, nml
another force outside. About three
o'clock .twenty-five armed men:
marched to' the jail in a solid body and
demanded ad,mis?ilctn.. This was re
fused, and the wooden outside door
was at once battered down, while the
crowd looked on without protest. Once
insldo the lynchers opened the iron
and fiteel doors with a cold chisel. The
city' marshal appeared and forced his
way insldo, but was kicked in the
stomach by the Jynchem and hustled
out, after which he subsided. Finally
tho lynchers reached the cell of the
negro, whose name was Sam Bush
They took him to the telegraph pole
and swung him up. He protested his
Innocence to the last. The men made
no attempt to consult as to his Iden
tlty. The most remarkable feature of
the whole affair seems to be that
iwemy-nve men couia march, into a
town of over a thousand inhabitants
and without a show of resistance bat
ter down the doors of the jail and
hang a human being.
WILL BE PROSECUTED.
Springfield, 111., June 3. Governor
Altgeld is determined to make an ex
ample of the lynchers at Decatur if
possible. He has Issued a proclamation
denouncing the lynching n the most
vigorous language as a disgrace to
clvilatlon, and a blot upon the fair
name of the state. The governor
calls upon all officers of the law. es
pecially of Macon county, as well as
good citizens, to do all In their power
to bring the perpetrators of the crime
to justice. He offers a reward of $200
each for apprehension and conviction
of every man who helped to break the
doors of the Jail, and overpower the
officers, and who assisted In killing the
prisoner. The state attorney said he
would at once commence vigorous
prosecution against those partlclpat
fnjj in the lynchlnc
SMUGGLERS SEIZED.
Well-Organized Gang of Dealers
In
v, Mongolians in the Tolls.
i Washington, June 3. An, Important
disclosure as to a systematic under
ground railroad arrangement for
smuggling Chinese into the United
States by way of Canada Is contained
In a report Just made) to the treasury
department by Special Agent J. S.
Smith, stationed at Boston, Mass. .He
reports the arrest on "a charge of fraud
ulently Introducing Chinese Into the
United States of five persona, namely:
Charles L. Smith, of West Charleston,
Vermont, Wilts Hopkins, of West
Charleston, Vt, Chin Poy, of Lydon
ville, Vt., and Frank C. Park, of St.
Johnsbury, Vt. Warrants have been
issued for the arrest of A. F. Miles,
iof Stanlstead, and Frank Rjoss, of
Charleston, Vt. There Is evidence that
Miles, who undoubtedly is the leading
spirit, also engaged in smuggling
opium and other merchandise. The
prisoners were taken to Burlington
Vt., and arraigned before United States
Commissioner Johnson, and in default
of ball, all were remanded to Jail. It
Is. believed that one of the largest and
best organized gangs that ever operat
edin New England haa been un-
earthed, and the arrests are looked
upofi aa of great Importance to the
government.
WORK OF HUMAN FIENDS.
'1
Port Costa, Cal., June 3. The steam
er Bawnmore, unloading coal here for
the Southern Pacific company, has had
another narrow escape from destruc
tion. When the bottom of one of the
wings was reached, a valise was un
covered containing fifteen pounds of
dynamite and ' a cocked revolver In
geniously arranged so that when the
ship should be tossed by the waves or
the coal removed, the trigger would be
pulled- and an explosion results By i
happy chance a small piece of dyna
mite got under the hammer, thus pre
venting the discharge of the gun. The
supposition is .that the dynamite was
placed In the steamer by Union sailors.
' NOT RESPONSIBLE.
-Pittsburg. June 3. The Criminal
court has dlcided not to prosecute
in tho ' cases against the Car
negie officials for complicity In the
Homestead trouble last summer.
These cases were for murder, riot
and conspiracy, against H. C. Frlck,
chairman of the Carnegie company;
Vice-Chairman Leishman, Secretary
Lovejoy, Superintendent Potter, and
the Pinkertons. The general opinion is
that this will bo followed, by the quash
lug of all the-' indletmeiUs -aearyst the
Homestead strikers.
EULALIE ON 'CHANGE. '
New York, June 3. The Infanta Eu
lalle and party went down into the
busy marts of trade today and saw the
bulls and bears on Wall street. At the
stock exchange a big $rowd gathered
All business was suspended, and the
brokers sjl faced the balcony, hats off,
and 'gave three cheers for the princess
For two minutes they stood gazing ad
miringly at her, and then resumed bus
iness. The princess was amazed at the
performance on the floor, and after
looking at the howling mob for ten
minutes, retired.
VALUABLE DATA LOST.
New York, June 3. Senior Julio Ver-
agus, the historian of the Infanta Ku-
lalle's party, yesterday lost his copy
book containing notes of every incident
which occurred on the trip, and which
It was intended should be published as
an official account of the prlncesj' jour
ney and stay in this country.
RAINING IN CHICAGO. 1
Chicago, June 3. Another rainy day
broke over the World's Fair city today,
lessening the attendance. The Italian
section in the fine arts building was
opened to the public this morning for
the first time. There were no formal
ceremonies in connection with the
opening.
THE SEALERS' MAIL.
Washington, June 8. H. M. S. Gar
net, which sails from Esquimau, B. C.
on the 10th, Inst., for Ounalaska, en
route for Bering sea, has offered to
take on board mall for the Ameri
can fleet In the sealing waters of Alas
ka. ' .
THE FAIR OPEN TODAY.
Chicago, June 3. The world's fair
gates will be opened tomorrow. In the
federal court today Judge Woods an
nounced that he will render his final
decision next Wednesday.
WARM WEATHER EAST,
Pittsburg, June 3. Two persons have
died and many were prostrated by the
Intense heat of the past 24 hours. The
thermometer registered 87 degrees at
noon.
NET GOLD IN THE TREASURY.
Washington, June 3. Th total net
gold In the treasury today was $$9,
929,217. allowing for $1,500,000 taken at
New York yesterday for shipment to
il.. V.
The Net Reserve Is Down Belaw Nine
ty Millions.
TEEASURY OFFICIALS A RL EASY
Cleveland and f'atllste Devising n Was
to Replete the Treasury An Ishiic of
Greenhauks Suggcalril.
Associated Pross.
Washington, June 3. - At no time
since specie payments were resumed,
on January 1st, 1879, has the net gold
in the' trenrury of the United States
been so low aj today. The amount is
$89,939,217. On January 1st, 1879, It was
$114,193,539. Since that period It has
gradually increased until March 1888,
when It reached $218,818,000, which was
high-water mark. Since then the net
ment gold holdings of the treasury has
been on a declining scale. While no
uneasiness Is felt at the treasury de
partment because of the continued loss
from the treasury, still Secretary Car
lisle Is not unmindful of the fact that
a limit may be reached where the con
fldence reposed in the treasury by the
people may be shaken. How to re
plete the treasury with gold has been
a problem seriously considered by the
administration for some time. An Is
sue of bonds Isthe usual remedy sug
gested, but it Is known that tho presi
dent is not In favor of this alternative
except as a last resort, and ' even if
they were issued the treasury officials
are not by any means confident that
the treasury gold repleted In this way
will long continue. It Is contended
that this simply means the govern
ment borrwoln gold at Interest, with no
assurance that the gold so obtained
will remain In the treasury longer than
the time necessary to take it out. The
suggestion has been made that the
secretary of the treasury has power to
issue greenbacks outstanding to tho ex
tent of the gold thus exchanged. The
treasury officials eald the idea was not
a new one, and hud been advanced
at different periods in the past ten
days. No law on the statute books Is
more stringent than that relating to
greenbacks. The secretary of the
treasury' has nr discretion either to In
crease or diminish the volume of green
backs. ANOTHER BANK FAILURE.
Chicago, June 3. - Herman Schaffner
& Co., private bankers, have made an
assignment. The firm was the largest
private concern In Chicago or the
northwest, dealing exclusively In com
merclal pr.'vor. Thi firr.: wai nisi
about tho oldest of Its kind In Chic igo,
No statement of the bank's affair
was filed with the application for a re
ceiver). The assignment was ronde
to tho American Trust and
Savings Bank. To add to the excite
ment, it was rumored that Schaffner
had committed suicide. Investigation
has developed the fact that the assign
ment directly resulted In the disappear
ance of Hermann Schaffner, the senior
member of the firm. It Is said that the
bank had been In sore straits for sev
eral days, and that Its difficulties
weighed very heavily on Schaffner's
mind. He left the bank yesterday after
noon and has not , been seen since,
though diligent penrch has been made
for him. Ills friends fear mental aber
ration. The cause of the failure was too
much commercial paper.
PRESSED BY CREDITORS.
Chicago, June 3. The Great Grant
Locomotive Works, which moved here
from New Jersey a couple years ago,
are being pressed by some of Its cred
itors, and In order to provide ready
cash has called a meeting of stock
holders. The company is solvent, the
assets greatly exceeding the liabilities.
FAILURE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Washington, June 3. As a result of
conference between Comptroller Sckles
and the officials, the failure of the
Capital National Bank of Indianapolis
Is anrtounoed this morning1,,. Tho
comptroller announced that the bank
would probably resume In about two
weeks.
IN THE EXAMINER'S HANDS.
Washington, , June 3. Comptroller
Eckles has Instructed bank examiner
Cleary to take charge of the Merchants
National bank of Tacoma, Wash.
. COLUMBIAN EDITION.
San Francisco, June 3. The Exam
iner will lnsue tomorrow a Columbian
edition of 120 pages, which will exceed
by twenty pages any previous record
In the way of a mammoth newspaper,
either In the United States or else
where. The edition has been a year In
the course of preparation, and In ad
dition to the great quantity of Infor
mation relative to California and the
Pacific coast at large, It will contain,
ct!icr features
COiiii luuiuflitt
upon general subjects from a number
of the best known men In America.
FREIGHT RATE WAR.
New York. June 3. The Southern
Pacific Company tomorrow will meet
tho reduced freight rates of tho Can
adian Pacific railroad from New York
to Snn Francltico. The reduction, h v
ever, Is more serious than Hiipnoi.il,
for they will cut under thi.' r.ites of
tho Canadian road on nil cIuj-'hos,
where the latter quotes a rate of more
thnn $1 per hundred pounds. Tho
Southern Pacific's cut Is 10 per cent
under that of Its rival.
FIRE IN A COAL MINE.
Eagle Pass, Texas, Juno 3. A fire
started tonight In the Fuento Coat
mines, situated in Mexico, four miles
from here. Sixty men are In the mines
and it Is feared nil will lose thr-lr lives.
HOSTILE TO THE BILL.
Berlin, June 3.-The Catholics through
out Alsace-Lorraine are hostile to the
military bill, and will content every
district In the province. Priests will
stand for election In several districts.
GOING TO THE CAPITAL.
Capo Charles, Va,, June 3. President
Cleveland left for Washington tonight
after a successful Ashing cxcui ni'in.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Another letter bearing on the status
of the railroad question has been re.
ccilvcd iat this tfflce. Whether the
author's views are sound or not, it Is
left for the trustees of the subsidy to
determine. Tho communication is aa
follows: . a
Astoria, June 3, 1893.
Editor Astorlan: I want to give my
endorsement to the communication ot
"A CitizeiH"thait appears In your paper
yesterday morning. I can Bee no earth
ly reason for giving Mr. Remington
three months' more time to make a
start in the railroad he has now had
In his hands nearly nlno months. Three
months more would give it to him till
September, and then the rainy season
sets In and no real work Is possible till
next yeur again. It would be virtually
turning the whole future of the town
over to Mr. Remington from tho fall
of 1892 till tho spring of 1894. I cannot,
for one, see what he has done to war
rant such a surrender to him. No
money has been raised, no debts have
been paid off, no work done. We are
Just where we were nlno months ago
except that the railroad enterprise has
been blac'k-eyed by repeated failures.
Let some one elso try It. The rond, I
am satisfied, can be built by proper
work In tho proper directions. Re
spectfully, ANOTHER CITIZEN.
FAVORS THE EXTENSION.
Judging by the tenor of the following
v.'.m'.inlc.'lnn, th ro it ct 1 a one
subscriber to the subsidy strongly In
(jv.)i- i.f granting the proposed exton
i'.:,n to Mr. Remington:
Astoria, Or., May 31, 1893.
Editor Astorlan.
I notice thnt "Citizen" Is very much
exercised lest tho Subsidy Coniany
shall grant Mr. Remington on exten
sion of time. "Citizen," to be entirely
fair, should Inform the public, first, ot
what state he Is a citizen, and second,
how much ho has contributed to tho
subsidy fund. It is pretty generally
understood that "Citizen" Is a gentle
mnn of extensive leisure, who Is
not a citizen of this state, does not
own one foot of property here aud has
not, of course, contributed one cent
to the fund. Now what is his object
In urging the company not to grant
this extension. What Injury Is it to
him 7 la some corporation or com
munity that Is antagonistic to this en
prlse paying "citizen" to write and
cause to be published articles In oppo
sition to our proposed railway line ?
Como out, Mr. "Citizen," under your
true name, that the public may know
and Judge of your motives.
SUHSIDY SUBSCRIBER.
A small school girl in Washington
recently handed In a gem In the shape
of a definition of the difference between
a fort and a fortress. The former, she
explained, was "a strong place where
they put men In," and the latter was a
"similar place where they put womc-n
In."
They are experimenting with an elec
tric cab In Berlin by having It run
races with the ordinary horse cabs.
The reports to date seem to show the
mperlority of the vehicle propelled by
clix-trlcity. A distance of six Engll.m
miles was covered In twenty minutes.
or at tho rate of about three miuiilcx
a mile, by it, "a rate with which no
horse can compete." This, of course,
refers to a cab horse.
The shah of Persia has ordered from
Paris a terrestrial globe which it will
be", perhaps more correct to style
unique than rare, seeing that the dif
ferent countries of the world are de
picted ort It In precious stones. Thus,
for Instance, Italy Is represented by a
taiKU, France by a sapphire, England
by rubles, Russia by diamonds, etc.
The sens are represented by emerald
In short, a valuable curiosity.