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K ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. r TODAY'S WEATHER. fr f. VaiSt ftu j." t The ASTO" IAN h. i'm. i ,. cin.UUtlvfl, the Uu ' I'.-l ' I tlon, and the larri-it (OiALtii.ii': !l Dauers DuL'ii .iie..' In A:lo. a. Q Forecast for Oregon ind Washington, 9 J fair weather, EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. 1 J .1 VOL. XLIV. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1895. ' ; zzzzzzzz-" -w- 1887 Eight and a 'Half Years 1895 On June 1, 1 87. I opened business in this ity under tl e following methods, viz : 1st Cash; no credit; no books; no losses. . 2nd One price to all alike--rich and poor. 3rd Goods from manufac turersfew, and often. 4th Straight goodsno elop made garments. 5th Small profits and low expenses. 6th Cheap ivnt and insurance as to location. While'l pay less than 2 per cent, for insurance, others pay from 5 to 9 p.-r c -nt. While others in salaries nd other expenses pay from 10$ to 25 per cent, to do business. I do business on le-s :bm 10 per cent, (no more than others pay for insurance). Where others follow I lead. wmm Mnnnnvnnnno HMHRS H B H n If BHD HflBQ U Y I 1 We have the largest variety of Ribbons in the rifv w, i,. l.-l I i A. J ( - . v cumpicie assortment 01 iancy goods tor Amas. Evcryihhi suitable for fancy work at SHANAHAN BROS. 1. U OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. fiOfiaiid 50U COMMERCIAL STKRET. ASTORIA. OR. Read in Both Houses of Con gress. ' MONEY QUESTION IS TAKEN UP Vijforons Measures Proposed-Caban and Venezuelan Questions Re ceive Attention. School Books! chool Supplies! flt Greatly Reduced Prices. Oregon Books Pencils Pens A Ft'I.r, LINE OF Slates Tablets Erasers Sponges Everything Necessary for School Use. Washington, Dec. 3 The senate plung ed Into real business today. Naturally the president's message attracted many or tnose attending today, but aside from this there were stirring resolutions on the Monroe doctrine and the Cuban revolu tion, and after that the usual deluge of bills and resolutions, running far up Into ine nunureus. At the conclusion of the reading of the message, Lodge, of Massachusetts, offer ed a resolution, vigorous in terms, m. affirming the principles of the Monroe doctrine, and presenting them In such a form as to permit their enactment as a permanent law, rather than as the ex pression of policy advocated by President Monroe. In the same line was a resolu tion by Cullom, of Illinois, and another by Allen, Populist, of Nebraska. The Cuban situation received attention from the Florida senators. The Call reso lution will be called up tomorrow, so that Cuba and the Monroe doctrine will receive early attention. At the executive session the nomination of Olney, as secretary of state, and Har mon, as attorney general, were confirmed and that of Rufus H. Peckham, to the supreme bench, referred to the judicial committee. Griffin & Reed. THE MESSAGE. President Cleveland's message to con gress deals with two subjects, foreign re lations and lucal financial conditions. He says: The present assemblage of the legisla tive branch of our government occurs at a time when the interests of our peo ple and the needs of the country give THREE LOTS. In a desirable location, 2 blonk from Hih School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HHLS FIHST XDDITION. Ou the ne Pipe Line B;iltwtrJ Imt i lie place for a cheap home. A Block IN XLDER.iROOK STRKET CAR MNE will heejfende I thin Mtimnie-r to within 5 miuiitt-M walk of this property -Will sell nt deiided buruaio. , ACREAGE.. In 5 or 10 ace. tr.mu inside tho -ily limit", hIs adjoiritu, Fluvel. GEORGE HILL. -471 UondSt., Occident Block, HILL'S HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. a special prominence to the conditions ot our foreign relations and the exigencies! tariff policy, which in principle is based country Is Jointly bound with Kni-lnn.i and Germany to assume management of Damoa, .'Attention Is called to the situation In uuba, and strict neutrality of this ov ernment Is advised, despite the Bentl- mentat sympathy and adventurous sun port aroused In Americans by stories ot crueuy ana the natural love of libertv. Military arrests of American citizens, the rights of the American consular officers , to protect property and the Alllanca Inci dent have been recognized and exp alned. Occurrences In Turkey, while exciting concern, information Is hard to obtain, but our consulate Is Instructed to Investi gate. It Is not the Intention of this government to become entangled In the Eastern question, but simply to care for those entitled to protection. Instructions have been sent In case of actual disturb ance, and on the demand of our minister orders have been Issued by the sultan that Turkish soldiers shall guard an es cort of American refugees to the coast. It Is earnestly hoped that prompt and eftec tlve action on the part of the great Euro pean powers will not be delayed. Owing to the growth of American Interests In foreign countries the Improvement of the consular service Is urged, i In accordance with the recommendation of the secretary of state, It has been de cided to fill consular nosltions nnvlnir from $1,000 to J2.500 annually by a Dromo- tlon or transfer from some other position In the department of state. These nrn- motions are to be made by examination ana inciuae I'M places. Legislation Is needed for consular In spectlon, the president recommends that ambassadors and ministers at foreign courts De provided with official residences, He advocates that while averting the gilt ter ana snow of foreign nations, this country should nft suffer by comparison through the shabblness and parsimony ot Its diplomatic corps. As we turn from a review of foreign relations to the contemplation of our national financial system, we are Imme diately aware that we approach a sub ject of domestic concern more important man any otner that can engage our at tention, and one at present In such Der- plexing and delicate predicament as to require prompt and wise arrangement. We may well be encouraged to earnest endeavor In this direction, when we recall the steps already taken toward imnrov Ing our economic and financial situation and when we appreciate how well the way has been prepared for further pro gress uy an aroused and Intelligent popu lar interest In the subjects. By command ot tne people a customs revenue sv?tem designed for the protection and benefit of favored classes at the expense of the .great mass of our countrymen, and which, while Inefficient for the purpose ot revenues, curtailed our trade relations and Impeded our entrance to the markets of the world, has been supersod-d by a ucen able to hold the two metals together in tree coinage at a ratio of appreciable difference from that which Is tstablished In the markets ofthe world. A change in tne standard to sliver monometallam would bring a collapse to our entire credit system. INGERSOL ON CLEVELAND. Thinks He Needs Praying for by the En- deavorers. Minneapolis, Dec. 3. Colonel Robert O. Ingersol lectured this evening at Ottum wa, Iowa. The colonel was Interviewed on the three thousand prayers offered for him on Thanksgiving Day. He Is not visibly disturbed by the prayers which the Christian Endeavorers of the nation are causing to be made for his salvation. When asked If he believed In the efficacy of these petitions he said: "Oh, I will have to wait and see what will be done. I suppose that God la busy yet with the people's prayers of thanks giving of last year, and has not got around to that yet. We will have to wait and see what will be done. If these pray, ers are effective, then the Endeavorers ought to go after Grover Cleveland. His message reads like he needed it." INI I! New York Reform Club Com mittee's Work. PAYMENT AND RETIREMENT for Tacoma, to load lumber for South Af rica. It now seems probable Iii:it lin. steamships Stratlinevls, Ksdnie, .. ihn--sedd, and the Urlttsh ship Lord .r... y. all foundered In the same storm. i-uusl.-i: the loss of 150 lives, and one million uuK a quarter of money. THE SULTAN ANGRY. Italy Arming Her Whole Naval Force. London, Deo. J.-The Vienna correspond ent of the Dally News says a telegram to the Turkish cmbajsy last night (Tuesday) says that the sultan has resolved to break all diplomatic relations If the powers force the Dardanelles. A dispatch from Rome to the Dally News says that there la Trent nrtli'Ittf in Of Bad Legal Tender Notes Will Bo ''."L1" n 8ennls o prepare thi whoio '" v H113 country, ine cruiser Agitated Favors Improved Banking System. Peldemont, the newest and fastest In tho jiouan service, has been ordered to the Levant. RUFUS W. PECKHAM. Nominated to Succeed Jackson on Supreme Bench. the ALL MEN'S SUITS! ALL wool Boys' Suits! WOOL Come and See Them I They are Bargains! We will discount any price, for the same goods, advertised by any store in the city. cr our national finances. . I, therefore, deem It my executive duty, adequately perfomed at this time, to present to congress the Important phases of our situation lis related to our interests with forelcn nations and a statement of the financial problems which confront .is. President Cleveland notes the opening ot the free wool market In the Argentine Republic, and also that the boundary dif ferences between that country and Brazil have been settled by arbitration, in which this country acted as prbltrator. The resumption of ppecie payment by Chile Is regarded us evincing the ascendancy ot sound financial principles in that repub lic. The close of the Chinese war has developed a domestic condition In the Chinese empire which has called for prompt attention, owing to the manifesta tion of the aversion of the Chinese to for eign ways and undertakings: mob attacks on foreign missions, causing much loss of life and property, have been the result. Although but one American suffered, It Is plainly the part of this government to tke prompt action, unci a special Ameri can commission has gone overland from Tlen-Tsln to demonstrate the readiness ot our government to check similar out breaks. The cordial relations with France have been undisturbed, with the exception of a full explanation of the treatment of John L. Waller, formerly United States con sul at Tamatave, Madagascar, remains to be explained. Mr. Waller remained In Madagascar after his term of office ex pired, having procured business conces sions of vr.lue, and upon the declaration of martial law by the French he was ar rested upon various charges, tried and convicted by a military tribunal and sen tenced to two years In prison. j This government requests the records I of that tribunal; the record of the court upon a denial of the right. The com. pulsory purchase and coinage of silver by me government, unprotected ard regu lated by business conditions and heedless of our currency needs, which for more than fifteen years deluded our circula tion, undermined confidence abrca-1 in our financial ability, and at last culminated in uisireas an panic at home, bus neon recently stopped by the repfal of the laws which forced this reckless scheme upon the country. The things thus accom plished, notwithstanding their extreme importance and beneficent effects, fall far short of curing the monetary evils from which we siifrer, as a result of long inuuigence In Ill-advised financial exncdl ents. After explaining the resumption cf payment and the creation of the gold reserve fund of JIOO.GOO.OH the president erives a brief monetary history of the United States, quoting the fnct that In July, 1890 congress provided for the pur chase of sliver I ulllon, but decided that Fold and silver must be kept at a parity. The redeemed treasury notes, tn-ated as gold obligations In 1805, amount-d to 1M, 000,000, with $500,000,000 outstanding. Tills helped to deplete the gold reserve in April, 1803. to !7,011,330, and the president ascribes Its further depletion to the high tariff laws In vogue until the passage ot the Wilson bill, together with the Infu sion of silver into the currency and the Increasing agitation for Its free co'racre. In consequence of these condlt'ons the reserve had fallen In February, 1RM, to tt5 4W 377, a decrease of $31,000,000 In nine months. To relieve this state of affairs $12 000,000 In bonds were Issued In three periods un der the redemption act of 1895. President Cleveland exp'alns the neces ty of the Morgan syndicate contract, ; ' d declares If at Its session In July con ptpps had authorized the Issuance rf 3 proceedings and charges have been pro-1 ne -ent bonds, $10,000,000 would have OREGON rRADING CO 6oo Commercial Street. TO Real Estate fflen, Barkers nj Easiness Jffen Of Astoria Gene ally. R POINTER! - Call into the Astoria office nit get amplc copie ol our ltu lar Commercial edition. It Means Money in Your Pocket. The Resort 473 Commercial street, is tb plnoe where the biiHitie-smao and the lniioriug man fin for wbat is called "BK.ST N THE COAST. ""or a nic- cool driDk of the evlebr.ted 0Hml)rinus beet. Saud wi he of every kind made to order, hdI n eU-irant free lum-h served evety dav. Hot EWtoo l'akel IVans served every other afiernoon. You are welcome. rnred, hut the evidence Is still miuslng Meanwhile, It appears M. Wa'ler's con finement was not onerous. The president recommends the acceptance of the French invitation to participate In the Paris. ex position of 1900. He especially recommends the recent resolution of the French '.hambers favor ing a permanent treaty or arbitration be tween the two countrl". The r'ose rlva' rles of competing Industry, and In the influence of the dcluclve doctrine that the internal development of a nation Is pro moted and Its wealth Increased by a pol icy In whlfh In undertaking to reserve Its hrn;? markets for the exclusive use ot Its own people necessarily obtmcts their sales In foreign markets and prevents free access to the products of the wor'd, Is the present summary of the trade con ditions with Germany. Tho exports af feeied are largely American cattle and food products, but Insurance roanles are also suffering. The president sug gests retaliatory measures should an ex amination warrant them, while declaring the policy of this country as a producing nation should be marked with national good faith and reciprocal forhea-a-ce. An appropriation for the survey of the Alaskan boundary i re"n""""'d Is alf-o the sum of $125,000 In full settlement of British sealing claims. A commission "een saved. Despite these efforts, tbr Id reserve is about Ir the same condi tion, there being but $79.333.D16 In hard at pre-ent. Between 1879 and 18S0 but $'8, 10 ) of gold was withdrawn,, while be tween 1890 and 1895 the amount Is $375,000. 000. This Is attributed to the Increased purchase of silver. The government has paid In gold nine-tenths of its notes and owes them all. It has Incurred a bondea Indebtedness of $95,500,000 In establishing the gold reserve, and expended $I6,315,400 in an effort to maintain it, besides an nual Interest ot $11,000,000. Immediate legislative relief Is aked. Qreenbacks and treasury notes should be retired by w-hanging the bonds with small denomi nations. Tne secretary of the treasury should be empowered to sell notes abroad for gold in order to cancel these notes. The amount of currency thus withdrawn would not be over $tK6,000,000, whi h would be supplied by gold. The president sug gests as a relief to circulation that banks be allfiwed to Issue notes to the full amount of bonds deposited, and the tax on their circulation reduced to one fourth of one per cent. As a further relief it is suggested that revenue collec tions be made payable In gold. Not to pay out United States coin and treasury notes on demand and to Insist In paying Special to the Astorlan. Washington, Dec. 3. The secretary of war today directed Major J. C. Post of the United States corps of engineers, to take charge of all public works In the vicinity of Detroit. The president today nominated Unfit W. Peckham, of New York, to be asso elate justice of the supreme court, to succeed Justice Jackson, deceased. Peckham is Judge of the court of ap peals of New York, and it Is bel'eved that he will be satisfactory to Senator Hill, who prevented the confirmation of Wheeler H. Peckham and Judge Horn- blower when they were nominated by the president two years ago. ENGLISH COMMENT What the Press Thinks of the Message. Times Says His Money Policy is All Right Chronicle Agrees With Arbitration Plan, to settle the boundary lines with Canada I llver notes, the president declares, would ts urged. In reference to Venezuela, the president maintains the Monroe doctrine In oppos ' In he forcible Increase by any European power of Its territorial power on this con tinent, snd stirirests that Great Britain Grosbauer & Brach HbTORlfl PUBLIC IiIBrWl injure the parity between gold and silver which the government is bound to main tain. An exces of revenue receipts would not alter the question of national solvency, as In the struggle to ma'ntaln the gold reserve the treasury could not submit Its claim to arbltntloi. The pay debts with the money It bad. but nmMr-nt tnnotiu K.-1 .1 M . u 1 1 - i i . l. i .. . i . . 1. m , read. so boom fkee to all. Open every day from 3 o'clock to 5 :30 ml:3iito9A p. m. nU-cription rates $3 per aDDdra. SMtawest or. Elcvtata sua Daaae SU. president touches briefly on the Hawaiian question, ending by saying Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister, furnished abun dant reasons for asking that he be re called. A change In the alien laws la suggested which will check the vicious system which at present overcome the Immigra tion and contract labor law. Th- presi dent has no suggestions in the Nlcara gitnn cae. b-tt experts a peaceful settle ment, with such consideration and Indul gence toward Nicaragua as are consist ent. . I The president asks -legislation to break only with gold that to the foreign In ventor Is the only concern. As the with drawal of gold Is a direct result of frla-ht, there is nothing to alleviate the situation so much as legislation which will lessen the desire for gold. It Is not clear how an Increase In revenue, unless It be In "old. cen satl'v these whose rnlv desire la to draw old from the governnnl store. Therefore a revenue Increase ts drnrerlate.1. Speaking of the proposlton to relieve th financial situation by the free colnaere of liver at the ratio of 16 to L the president aeciarts that no government no human the treaty or agreement by which this contrivance, no act of legislation ha. ever London, Nov. 3. The newspapers to1 morrow will very generally conialn ed itorial comments upon President Cleve land's message to congress. . The Graphic says: "The cruillt'es and Indiscretions of President Clevi land's present prontinclaniento on foreign affairs might have been evolved by the late Jlr. Blaine in his worst mood. Can anything be more absurd than the proposal that the Schomberg line (In Venezuelo) should be submitted to arbitration? inference to Cuba Is Infinitely more injudicious. It Is virtually an expression of sympathy with the flllbusterers." The Times editorially says: "President Cleveland has drawn a startling picture of the difficulties created by a vicious currency system, and wo should he great ly surprised If the plans he suggested are not warmly welcomed by business men throughout tho states. The Dally News, a liberal oriran, will Bay: "President Cleveland knows better than to treat the Monroe doctrine. as it It were a rule of international law. If is neithei dignified nor politic for the ad ministration at Washington to titke up he quarrels of South American communi ties which do not deserve the notice ol Ivlllzed nations. America will llnd som ay that this sort of patronago Involves corresponding responsibility, and they will not like that at all." The Standard, the conservative organ, -mys: "We cannot but regret the tone f President Cleveland's references to Venezuela." The editorial in the Chronicle says: "It is very doubtful if congress will accept President Cleveland's currency p'an. The message sounds cautious, but there Is e welcome note In the direction of free trade. Few honest critics can say any thing against President Cleveland's ref erences to Venezuela. We agree w In him that the boundary dispute Is eminently suited to arbitration, and undoubtedly our government will take the same view. Our ar!ds are full enough without Increosing our burdens in America, but especially ai the rink of creating a serious strain be tween ourselves and the one great powei whose friendship Is more valuab'e to us than of all others together." BRAZIL ACTS. The committee on sound currency of th Iteform Club, of which Charles 8. Fair- child Is chairman, i.aa just issued an In teresting report of Us campaign In the Interest of honest currency, through John uewitt Warner, chairman of the execu tive committee, which was published In the New York papers. The report says that at the time the campaign was undertaken in last March "it was apparent that the Issue of free coinage at 10 to 1 was being forced to the front In many parts of the country. It was appreciated, however, that this Issuo was but Incidental to the main one that of flat money: and hence, while It was understood that your committee was au thorized to devote the funds and energies at Its command In whatever direction sound currency propaganda seeemed most needed, It was not thought best In any way to narrow what It was unanimously agreed must be the ultimate scope of our work. "Events have Justified this decision. In the six months last past the free silver Issue has been aggressively pressed as never before, and has been so success fully met through this organization and other sound money agencies, political and otherwise, as not merely to have roused and brought Into concord tha hitherto timid and almost unorganized opposition to free silv.-r, but to have so defeated the free silver movement at every important point as to have given It the first gen eral setback which Its friends have appre ciated as such. The way has been cleared for an Lggreslve movement on our l-art In favor of sound finance, the withdrawal of our government from the banking business, and the renunciation by tha United States of the flat money n u-esies, by which, for a generation, our pontics and finances have been cursed. 'This committee, propones to agitate foi the prompt payment and final retirement of our legal tender notes. It proposes to uo this without reference to what. It any new plan of bank note currencey shall be adopted. On tho other hand we are con Ident that, with our present banking and credit facilities, any possible unfavorable results from the retirement of our legal tender paper as faBt as It could be with drawn by redemption would be more than compensated by the accession of busi ness confidence which such a programme would assure. The committee, however, recognizes that our bank note system Is rigid, Inadequate and fatally vicious In Its nntaglement of political and financial con siderations, and It therefore hopes and expects that a safe and adequate system will be promptly developed. But It con siders the adoption of some definite plan for the retirement of our legal tender notes as the aim first and foremost to be kept In mind, and to this work invites he co-operation of every friend of sound currency. "The current year of the committee's work closes December 1. The funds In hand already subscribed are sufficient to arry It until that time. Subscriptions are now invited for tho ensuing year tiat ending December 1. 1896. The fact that but six months now Intervene before the national conventions, platforms and nresldentlal nominations for 1898 makes It peculiarly desirable that our propaganda he pushed as vigorously as po.'slbla dur- ng the next few months." BILLS INTRODUCED. Senate Flooded with New and Old Meas, ures". Washington, Dec. t-There were 272 bills and 28 resolutions Introduced In the sen ate today, but a large majority of the bills were reprints of measures which failed to pass last session. Many of ahese as also a large proportion of the new bills, were for private purposes. Senators Poffer, Stewart and Squire re Introduced their bills of the session per taining to sliver coinage. PROPOSED MINING EXCHANGE. New York, Dec. 3.-A meeting of the organizers of the proposed new mining exchango was held here. Interest In mln. Ing securities Is growing steadily, munv Coloradoans being In Wall street for the purpose of disposing of mines or ornn lalng companies to operate them. Among many brokers there is an effort being made to secure properties to he aiin-kwi and dealt In here. ) Tl UEBRY W Freight and Passenger's Car ried for Almost Nothinar. Ilundreds Cannot Get Berths nd Tons of Freight OtfVred ut the Dollar Rate. FOR A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE. Dr. Sheldon Jackson Offers $50,000 for Al aska. Now York, Dec. 8.-The Woman's Ex- cutlve Committee of home missions held heir regular meeting today. An offer of (50,000 toward the erection of a Christian ollege in Alaska, made by Dr. Sheldon 'ackson, the government sunerintondeni cf education in Alaska, was made and lll probably be accepted. KILLED BY THE CARS. Pendleton, Or., Dec. $.-Harry Pond, th Ight foreman of the Northern Pacit.c at Pasco, was killed this morning. Ele er 'relght cars passed over hi body, cutting him In two at the chest. Pond was thirty years oiu ana unmarried. She Will Not Submit the Disputes to Ar bitration. Buenos Ayrea. Dec. 3.-A Rio Janeiro dispatch says that the Brazilian council of ministers has decided lo refuse to nbmlt either the Trinidad dispute with Rngland or the Amapa dispute' with France to arbitration. The Trinidad dlputo rCate to the soveirelenty of the little island of Trin idad and the Amapa dispute to the boun dary line of French Guiana. JUDGE PECKHAM.- Leading Democrat and Warm Friend of Cleveland. Albany, N. Y.. De.. n.-.Tud-re Rufus W. Peckham was born In Albany In 1M7. 'lis father. Rufus W. Peckham. of Al bany, was Judge of the court of appeals and he Is a brother of WheeL-r II. I'et k- ham, of New York City. Judge Peckbam Is a member of the ap pelate court of the rtate. and before his elevation to the position In Novemlier, 1881!, was active In Albany politics, being at one time a leader of the Democratic narir. He la a warm personal friend of President Cleveland. IN THE HOUSE. ip'clal to the Astorlan. Washington, Nov. S. The session of the nouse today was consumed ent'rely by he resdlng of the president's message. The house adjourned till Friday. SURPRISE EXPRESSED. Washington, Dec. 3. Bolh curiosity and interest were manifested by (he member nf the house in the president's message The members expressed surprise that no recommendation was made for a supply of the treasury deficit. HEAVY SHIPPING LOSSES. Port Townnerid. I lee. S. Much a"ore henslon Is felt for the safety of the Brlt lch steamship Gorsedd. Cupt. Mead, now 45 day out from Singapore, In ballast. Tho S.in Francisco Call of Saturday says: The rate war goes merrily on and the public is taking advantage of It. The ute.imer Columbia sails for Astorlu today, and her shtiinera will have to mv $3 per ton for their freight. Next Thurs day, however, the State of California, lu scheduled to sail, and that will Inaugur ate a new state of affairs. On that day the Oregon Navigation & Improvement Company will make a regu lar slash in rates, and ft eight wl'l he carried at $t a ton. If the Southern Pn clile Company has any intention of put ting on an opposition tramp steamer it will find a poor field to work upon and not even a $2 rate In sight At the present time the steamers an-ca'-rylng cabin passenger for $5 and steerage pasengers fur $2.50. This in cludes a berth and mealB, and a groat many people In Sun Francldco and Port land have come to the conclusion that it Is cheaper to travel than to keep house. The Columbia, which sails today, cannot "arry all the people who want accniniro 'latlon. Every Inch of space that the law ollows is taken up, nn-1 still ih-re are hundreds who want to travel on her. The time -story will have to be tola ibout the Slate of California n;xt Thurs day. She Is the handsomest an-1 one of speediest steamers sailing In and 0'.. of an Francisco and the traveling public 'Ike her. In consequence nearly all her cabin accommodation Is engaged. As to her freight, the dollur-a-ton rate has pro duced such an avalanche of inrch-tndiee thut the company is seriously thinking of putting on a freight steamsr to toko lome of It. "We are In the fight to stav," Bald Secretary Evans, of Goodall, Perkins A 'o., yesterday. "Tho Southern Pacific Is running extra trains every day and ot course they get plenty of freight and nassengers. They can handle more than all the freight ofTerlng, so that makes mn Mnk there Is nothing In the story of their putting on a freight steamer. Aru vn making money at the reduced rates? Well, that Is a question I cannot answer. " next trial balance will tell Hie slnrv We're Just snylng nothing and sawing wood. I won't even say that the State f California will continue at ihn t'ollur "te. but I do know that she will carry all she can hold at that figure iu-t Thursday." The rntfl war to Vallein l still in fuM blast. The Sunol carries nearly nil the nasHengers at a W-cent fare. -hPe tlie Southern Pacific Coniimnv's 'f.iM Is al most deserted. Even freight .loei rot "o In her direction, and her "linn to .id 'rom Vallejo and .Ware 'sland nr.. ;pt ho nttt-h dentl Ions to tho company. At her T-eent rule the Monllcello Is tlutiiir !',ur!y well. Last nlt-ht slio took nwev nl-cut fifteen passengers ami onsld ,,1,1.. "relght, and Owner Ifal-.-h shv hi- h .-. R 'ew dollars left In the bank mid v be will win tho tlh'lit or bum. i'.n -r, Aden, loodall & Co. say the same thl"v. 'he Southern Pacific simply s.iv linl ir Is better that the Herald shou1 1 "n-.-.r-.t t" than "rot out." And so the tinny war goes on. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't R?f o: l If In town. I'' the beat; Won't burn nor roiwrhen the skin; Won't "re'.iow your clothe." Yiu wll be agreeably surprised, B irr you didn't know It oonr. Torramn' Soap Foam, tarr package. j t r-i f vr f i y 5 4 mJi , V