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iSWBHWMcUBMBriSSOCHTOa wit r TODAY'S WCATIKR, j Tlx ASTORIAN km l.'it LOCAL j tllit!w tnlirgit Gf.HBAl eirt.lt- I lo 'IUii-. fatuil he WiiMlM sad Or rt!,lMM(Mlt. 1 tie, ud Ik tirg t TOTAL (Irc.Utl f r pan f Mitkti is Aitorit. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC REPORT. VOL XI,V. ASTORIA, OltEGO.Y, WEDNESDAY MOUNINO, JANUARY 8, 18!)6. NO. 6. 1 &fap Wlmi-n 2rH r r PRESS Well Pleased j llsos, Umbrolla3, Etc. I. L. OSGOOD, Tho One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. .08 and &UH COMMERCIAL 8TKKKT. AHTORIA, OB. Souvenir iluvo vuu M'en it? A containing twmly pai'K iml vieinilv. Ince, ,i0 cent?. Diaries for New Would you like :i nice ct We will M'llthem t i you from per cent discount. Griffin THRICE LOTS. In a doxiruhlc location, 2 blocks from Ilih School. A BARGAIN. CHOICK Um IN HIILS FIRST ADDITION. (u llie now I'lp Line H-iulotrarJ -Ju4l I ho place for rlioap liorue. A ni.uk IN ALDKKHK0OK. HTKKET CAR I. INK will 1 eitenoVI this nmmor In within fi minute. a)k of thU property Will Ml at docl'loil barusio. ACKKAUK. Io 6 or 10 sore Ir't. iiij, tlia oily limit, ale) alj'iiiliir KUtel. . G1COROU HILL. 171 MondSt., Occident Block, HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Big Dry Goods and Clothing Sale ! CotntncnclnK January I. 1896. unci for 30 clnyw only. Great Reductions in All Lines I Prices Smashed to Atoms ! All wool laJlfV cloth ?j Indies wide. A ll-.,..,l .arli.t tlrimirl Alrwooi jkanci iuimmci Ladles' lleeceil lined K'oves Ladles' wool nose Ladles' wool hose Ladles' wool hose Men's black wool socks Men's natural wool underwear Men's rll'bed underwear Men's Jersey overshlrts II I I . no.thlrt., I mm s jnsry ircijimia, caur ncavy.... pi Men's line Fedora hats formerly $1,75 to $3 $1.25 - - Men's Shoes - - $1.25 Space forbids the mentioning: of only a few articles. But every piece of goods in our large and well-assorted stock has been reduced in price from 25 to 40 per cent during this sale. Do not forget to make your purchases now, AT JTHK OREGON TRADING CO., 6)o Commercial Street. With the War Men's Imported Clay now at $y.oi Men's One- viofc and California Cassl more Suits, at $7 60. Men's Wool Suits and Wool Mackintosh Coats, at $5.00. The cheapest place and boat value in tho city for Men's Clothing, Furnish ing Goods, Hats. Caps, Boots, Shoos. Trunks, Va- of Astoria! Wntitiful ami artistic booklet, ultoitt fifty views of Astoria iiml 1896. Year Cards. of hooks by standard authors? now until January let at -'5 & Reed. formerly li.oo now soc .A , y.ird t, pair 1. it 11 each 25c 16 a-jc " 20c 16 a-jc " 10c :: " IOC " 60c " 45c " 60c " 6k " MJ 35c 35C 40c 25c ft. 00 85c $1.00 ft. 25 SOME OF THE WHYS Innitk- History of Mritlt.li Cabinet Pro ceeding In 1H40. KIITIES M)RI HALISUl'KV Great Wealth of Ike Coutrjr TcapUtiut ;to Cjkorble.it Clslau Is Bops rrl Kosltf Stick. H. -lal lo Ihe Astorlan. WvliliKlun, J mi. 7.-tt luu ln learn rl ttml tli urrti'lal of tha (! drparl. nit hav. rwrntly ma) a dmcovery of lii.IKjrl.ru. which throw new docum.n. Ury IlKhi on the llrlll.h conlenllun of uwiwrahli, wol of lh H:hamhurak llnv. mil lr,l Hnllnburr'. rafuul to arM lo ritrallun ra.t of that III). Ill III. opinion of thuM oftlcl.l. who ar rimaicril In .luilyln lh tarlou ihajM of lliv rolilrovrr.y, I III ufTIi IaI ilocutnrnl ilrmonalram that KnulanJ h.l no Lira of rlalmln a lunr. part of V.nrau.la until M. homl.urak . Irnllrtc .xiiloratlon Mini illh'loM4 tha arrat wraith of lh. r (lun, aitil that aha then il.tennltied to iii.kw eiorltllanl claim., tru.tlnf that ..ri of thcn at In.t wulil .ilrk. It I. ! tli. opinion of the offlVer that ili il.x-umriit nulllfle a lara part of Hnll.l.ury'a reply lo Olney l.y ahowlna that th. Knallnh premier ha not been entirely itl.lngenuou In III relation of mnllrra In fart. The newly dlwHivrred document eon. Iu of a letter from Vhu-ount IVeaon lufierwartl l-jirl (Iranvllle), llrlll.h umler -. -ia,y of atata for forelKn artalm, to Hir Jame Hlephen. M-rmanent umler ee retary for th rolonle. written under Inalrueilun from Ior.l 1'almer.tnn, aec miary nf forHan arTnlr. for lh aul.lanr of lirtt John ItiiMell, aerrrtary of War ami rulonlr. Till lmortant letter .how riai tly what went on In.l.le th llrlll.ri r.hltiet at th time. It will h remrmlered that flrhnmhurak had bwn aent out l.y th ltoyal Ueo- r.lil. Horlety In MS, with fund up lle. t,y th aovrrnnirnt. to eiplure th uiliioco muiitry, anil that on hi. return to Kiutland In l3ai, and apiwrently a a r. mill of hi. familiarity with th re. aource. of that rountry. th rovernment . choMi him a the tno.t available person to .eleet th rh'heal territory In Uulana. whirl, would, naturally, conatltut K'n. land', .hars In any .ulweuuent dlvlalon Thn not la a. follow: Korean orrii. March !. 1M0. Hlr-I am dlrwleit hy Vlarount I'almer- amn to aikuowlnliro tha receipt of your letmr or th th Inai., vnrloalnc conle and eiiraoi. of deptrha and their n- elosura from Mr. Llicht. avraor of Hrltlah On lana. reAlllve lo lh expedlenry of an arranaemnnt bln mad with th llrailllan. Vrneiuelan and Nelherlan.t auvernmenl. I,y which the tMundarir of Hrltlah Uulana may be accurately de fined. With refereno to that part of your letter In which you .tat that lord Una aell ronaldvr It to h Important that the iiounlarl of Hrltlah Uulana ahould t ascertained ami aa-reed Umn, It poaaltilr, and that Mr. tdhoniburak' reMarrhe In llioa pari a, hav quajnird him In a Ik-cullar manner lo Ixi of uae, and ahould Ihe .ervlca of any person acquainted with lh aeoaraphy or Hrltlah Uulana he required for lllna lh boundarlea of th Hrltlah territory, I am to atatn to you that th count of procreillna which lord ralmeraton would URiet for th con- lilerallon of lxinl John Itu.wll I that a map of Hrltlah Uulana alinuld b mad out according to th boundarlr dccrltn ed by Mr. Kchomhuritk: that th .aid map ahould b accompanied by a memoir Icarrlhliur In detail th natural feature which dellne and ron.iltiit th bounda-rl- In queatlon, and that coptra of that map and memoir ahould b delivered to Ihe government of Veneaurla, of Itraill, and of th Nclherlan.la. aa a atatement of the Hrltlah claim. That In lh. mean. whll Hrltlah cotnmtaaloner ahould h aent lo ertHt landmarka on tho (round In onl-r lo mark out by permanent erec tion, th line of Iwundury o claimed by Ureal llrlialn. I would then re.t with each of th Hire government abov mentioned to make any objection which they mlxhi have to brine forward acalnat the houiiiliirb, and to alalo th reason, upon which such ohlectioi might be founded. and Her Majety'a Rovernment would then (Iv mien anawera thereto as might iiMnr proHT and Juat. l.ord l'a'ierton further ronalder that It would lw exiwillcnt that th HrailU Ian dntachment ahould b required to withdraw from I'lar., and that the ofllccr In command ahou'd b Informed thai any claim which liraill may Imagln I llarir lo hav to thut villag .hnuld be alated by the Hraalllan government to ' Hint of tlreut Hrllain, In order that li limy be dlacuaecd and aettled between Die two government. J have, etc. taigncd) LEVKSON. To Jamea Btephen, Eaq. In reference to th laat naragranh. II may Ih alated that Braall did withdraw from Plnra, and that the aouthorn boun lury of Hrltlah Uulana haa now advanced more than a hundred miles beyond that point. . Til hi TRIAL PKGINfl. Mr. PxvUlaon on lh Stand In Her Own lreiie. Ban Francl.cn, Jan. 7. When the nro- llmliiHry examination of Mr.. Mary A. aviton, cnargeii with extorting SSoo from Rev. C. O. Brown, was naumed In Hi pnllco court thl afternoon. The court room waa crowded with women, many of them members of th Flrat Congregational church. Mr. Davidson wa firm placed on th atand In her own drfena. She testified that she waa liorn In Hangor, Main. Bh waa mar ried In Huck.port, Maine, to Franklin Pierce, who waa, during th civil war. a major. When he went to th front ahs too, went, and volunteered her ser vice. . working on th fleld and In the hospital.. After the war waa over, alio returned with her husband to Buckaport, Maine, tie nieq in iwa. Hhe sunscnurnt- ly married Thos. Y. Davidson. Bh cam to California on January S. two year ago to show corsets at the Midwinter Fair. Bh v-aa never a member of Dr. Ilrown'a church, but at tho solicitation of Dr. Rrown and th superintendent of the Bun day school, she took a lllble class, and he pralaed her Work In that capacity, both before and after he paid hor. the tiM. He had also euloglied her to other members of the Sunday school. GOLD 8HirXtENT8. Washington, Jan. 7. The treasury to day lost IS.UD.ooo. Thla leavea the true amount of gold reserve at the close of business tf.8,32,10. In financial circles here the fear la expressed that today's heavy withdrawals are but th beginning of heavy exports. It Is recalled that during la.t January withdrawals amount 'd lo Slt.tMMMl. The ftttt that thirty day. muat lap Ixfor th near band laau can b cloud and contract awarded tram, to add to th anxiety heretofore felt, and In om quarters th. opinion la iired that before Kebruary I th gold raaerv. will probably be reduced con.lderably below any point reached hitherto. MAJOR POST DEAD. Taxed Away at lh. nlden' of His Kaihcr-ln-Law In New York. Bpeclal to th. A.torlan. N.'W York. Jan. t.-Mair J. C. Toat, V. M. A., died at th re.Utonn. of his father-in-law la.t night. Major Pot for Ihre yeara waa In chart ft th. river and harbor work on tha Columbia Itlv.r. but rectnily wa. order-) to Lx Iroli. Major Tod died of ipople.y, auperln. duced by rheumatic gout II. will b burled Thursday. WAS IT BI'ICIDE? Han Kr.nclaco. Jan. 7. -On board lh (learner Walla Walla, when ah. left Vic toria, waa a peaaongcr named Mr. L. A. Itoakln. When tna Walla Walla ar rived her la.t night Mr. lUxkln was mlaalnr. 8h did not enter to Uolden (l.le. Whether ah committed .ulcld or accidentally fell overlward no one knows. TO Ot'BT THE KEPUUL.ICAN8. Portland. Or., Jan. 7 -The Democratic tat oommitte met In thla city today and derided to hold th .l.le convention April S. A reaolullon waa paated en doming President Cleveland and the ef fort of Napoleon bavla, aerretary of th. Democratic atate committee, to have Republican ou.tcl from federal office and Iemocraia .ubatltutrd. IMPORTANT DrX'ISION. Omaha. Jan. . Judg Bhlra. of Iowa, In lh federal court at Omaha today, rendered a derl.lon declaring that In caaea where Indiana have become citt ern., with all accompanying prttllrge, th government I (till bound by treaty attpulatlon exl.tlng while tribal relation were au.lalned. lie hold, that It applle on all rrarrvatlona and la wide In cope. JUDGE GRAY'S COURT Matter of the Hridyc Over lewis and Clarke nnally Settled. Represratatioas ol tke Coanlttee Vert Xot CarriH Oat Matter of tlecKoa rrt ciscts Costisaetf Till Today. The county court wa In el?n yes terday, lh principal work hefora It being the conalderallon of the construction of a bridge over the Lewi and Clarke river. Hid. for I hi undertaking were opened, thoae of th Pacific lirldtc Conuwny, of Portland, and Fry Meyer, of thl city, bring th lowest. Borne time ago a committee from the Lewi and Clark vicinity appeared be fore th county court and aaked that a bridge be ron.tructed acrjaa the river. Thl commute represented that a vagon road from Daggett's Point to the Lewis and Clarke would he In proper roi.dltlon. and, with thbi under.tan.Uiur. the court advertised for bids. Now. however. It appear thai th road la In an Impassable condition, so th court decided to await th action of th cltlsen who guaranteed a passable condition. The bid of Fry Meyer waa given the4 preference, and if the bridge Is constructed It will lie by this firm. During the consideration of the bridge proposition Dr. J. A. Fulton appeared and expressed himself as lielng of the opinion that th money required for the construction of such a bridge would be bettor expended for th maintenance of a county poor farm. There would be no Immediate une for such a bridge, said the doctor, and the appropriation of such a fund for the maintenance of a county poor farm would be far more expedient. The aeml-annual report of the county clerk, published In yesterday' Aslorian how. that the sum of tl,3.7 hat been expended by the county for charity dur ing the past six month, and this would be sunk lent for the operation of the poor farm. County Clerk Dunbar also sug gested that the best place for such a farm would b th county S-aere tract at Clatsop. This tract I laid aside for burial purposes, but haa not been gener 'My used, owing to the difficulty In i .'aching It. The county court stands rc-xly to build the Lewis and Clarke bi.i'-n If the settlers In that community will build the road. In such event Fry Meyer will recelv the contract. Hills on th general land fund were enndned and allowed, as also were those of he special road funds. Th application of William Koch, an Indigent person, for relief, was Consid ered ami It was ordered that he be allow ed K a month for a period of two months. A communication from W. K. Seney and others calling attention to the con dition of the road passing the city res ervoir, the same being Impassable, was ordered referred to the city counoll, with the request that the same receive favor able consideration. Tha matter of establishing election pre cincts and appointing Judges and clerks of election for ISM then cam up, and, after listening to the argument of dif ferent persons, representing various po. lltlcal parties, tho court, not being fully advised, continued the matter until 1.30 today. It waa ordered that nn allowance of flO per month be made Mrs, Pise for the ensuing three months. Alexander Ollbert was orranted a liquor license for Seaside precinct for a period cf three months. J. N. Heckard, supervisor of Road Dis trict No. 5, reported that the bridge across McEwan's slough was In a dan gerous condlton, and asked permission to make repairs. The report was taken under consideration. MARKET REPORTS. Liverpool, Jan. 7. Wheat, spot, steady: demand, moderate: No. 1 red winter, &s Id; No. I red spring, stocks exhausted; No. 1 hard Manitoba. Cm 4d; No. 1 Cali fornia, 6s H1. Hops, unchanged. Portland, Or., Jan. 7. Wheat, firm: active; Valley, 67; Walla Walla, Me per bushel. FOR GENERAL MILES. Washington. Jan. 7. In the senate to day Davis Introduced a Joint resolution to revive the grade of lieutenant general In the army, In the Interest of General Miles. CAUSE OF TROUBLE A brief Statement of Affairs lo the Traasvaal. UNDESIRED EMIGRANT CLASS roared Isto the Cosstry ssd Vasttd to Take a fUsd is tk Gomsaxat ssd Spoils of Office. London. Jan. 7.-Slr Hercules Robinson haa Ulegraphed th colonial office under oat. of Pretoria. January 7. as follows, "Tha reform committee .has resolved to relinquish their arm and comply with th demands of th Transvaal government Th. Johannmburger hav placed them selves unreservedly In my hands, and I am confident that I will sea Justice done." THE HISTORY. . Special to the A.torlan. Washington. Jan. 7. The following resume of the Transvaal situation ha been prepared by one who la well poeted In International affairs: 'Th South African Republic, also known as the Transvaal, was originally formed by part of th Boers, who left th Cap Colony for Natal, but quitted that colony on Its annexation to th Hrltlah crown. In lloi th Independence of the Transvaal was recognised. The legislative power of the state is now vested In a flrat and second Volksraaden of twenty-four members each. To the first chamber only those born In the col ony can be elected, while aliens who are naturalised and own property In the stat. can be elected to the second cham bar, whose functions are chiefly for local affairs, however. "The president of th. Republic Is Paul F. Kruger. known exclusively among the Hoers aa Oom Paul, or I'ncle Paul, and he is occupying his position now for the third term. He la nearly eighty years of age, ha carried the musket almot continuously, and through many troub lou. seaaona, against Engltah aggres sions. Of a rugged exterior, untutored a regard, education, he has shown, a rapacity for government that haa been a match for the most finished diplomacy and statecraft. On th on hand, he has had to deal with the Boers, primitive and unprogrenlve; cn th ott.er hand, a larger population of intelligent and speculating English, who represent the mining Interests, and are for ousting old conditions completely and establishing a new state of things to suit their own In terests. It was for the conservation of th. In. terests of th mining class that Pref. dent Kruger Induced th. first Volksraad to establish a second chamber, to which they could send their representative, th Volksraad proper having, however, the power of veto. As an Impartial writ er has said: This Js more liberal than Kngland'a Irish policy, yet It emanates from what the Englishman styles In his contempt " a big-headed Boer." ' F.ad blood has long existed between the con servatlve Boers and the English. The latter have not forgotten the rebellion of th Bers In l&o, when they drove out their hereditary foes. Inflicting at Majuba Hill on of tha most Ignoble snd disas trous defeats recorded In English annala Many Englishmen who own property in the country would not perhaps be thought an undesirable fitment in the Boer government, but the trouble has been with the large and undesirable emi grant class, who have poured Into the country faster than they could be ab sorbed, and are now clamoring for a share In the spoils of office." The latest reports from Cape Town say that the state of affairs In the Transvaal la exciting the keenest Interest throughout South Africa. STATE NEWS. Interesting Items Culled From itregon's Leading Newspapers. A wood war la reported at The Dalles. The price of wood by the competition of the local dealers has been reduced to a lower figure than for previous winter. An unusual amount of wood has been bought up the river during the year. A cooniithout a hair to cover himself with, was caught in a trap at Jamea Cowan' camp, on North Coo river, the oilier day. Among the many theories advanced to explain his bare condition Is cne that he was singed by a stroke of lightning. .Th Increase la the production of oat In Oregon daring the past five years, ac cording to one authority, haa been U per cent. The same authority might have shown In the same connection that the demand has decreased, which will account for the low price ruling. Belter times are overtaking the Eugene, Ore., gun factory, where a young Uernmn mechanic has Invented a hammerless fowling piece of an Improved construc tion. A San Francisco order for W shotguns has been received, which will make th piece known to sportsmen. It Is thought, with this Introduction, that enters will be received so rapidly that a larger factory will be required. The pasengtrs who went to The Dalles on the Regulator last Thursday witnessed a pretty sight. When rounding a bend In the river Just abov Shellrock point, a fine deer was seen battlln with the cur rent of the- Columbia. Their first Im pulse was to run him down and to take him captive, hut his gallant effort In the water softened their hearts, and he was allowed to swim ashore on th Oregon side. A quarts ledge, two miles above Jack sonville on Jackson creek, discovered In im and worked till $18 was taken out and then abandoned because It would not pay, haa been reopened and prospected t y the newer methods, by which It shows a value of H0 to the ton. A new mill has been built snd two other psraMel ledges near by discovered. The proprie tors, Reekman A H titter, think they have a valuable property which extensive prorpectlv. this winter is to fully demon strate. We understand that some of our young ladles have crganlied a new society. They pledsr. themselves not to marry any voung man who drinks liquor, chews to bacco, smokes a pipe, cigar or cigarettes, or gamble. Some of the young men now threaten to orranlse another society nd pledge themselves not to marry any voting lady who chews gum, wears high eel shoe, paints and powders her face Indulges In tight-lacing "What will ' - ' arvest ber'-North Yamhill Riord. depends. If they both hold to thrt . resolutions, there won't he any har vest. If they both back down, snd they will, the harvest will be more gum clirwers and clgaratt. smokers. -Yamhill Independent. 'Thirty mill- per cant-t th total of th tax levy In Portland," remark, th Ea.t Oregonl.n. 'Think of that! Three per cent: a fin. rat of Interest, Indeed. A monstrous rata of taxation. It i prostitution of government that coats so much. Th. burden does not fall upon tha property owners, but It falls upon the people, being drawn Indirectly from tholr productlona and earnings. Th. peo ple of Portland ahould ru. In their might and crush tho. out of power who sr. responsible for such spoliation." The Oregon Central A Eastern Rail road Company, which has employed large force of brtdgemen and other work men during the summer In repairing th. entire lengin of the road, has suspended operation fur. the remainder of the win ter and laid off Dearly all of tha men until next aeason. says th. Statesman. Twenty bridge carpenter, quit work Tuesday until spring. Two gangs of workmen will probably be kept at work all winter, but the main fore, will not be needed until better weather next spring, when It la to be hoped many more will be put to work building Ihe road eastward. REASONS WHY. More Rumor of Secret Negotiations With Turkey. Vienna, Jan. 7. Th. "Polltisch Cor. respondent'." St Petersburg correspond ent emphatically denle that Russia In tends to administer Armenia or to Inter vene In any way In Anatolia. London, Jan. 7. The Standard, comment lng on the atatement that Russia would not take over the administration of af faire In Armenia, recalls the fact that a similar atatement waa made by Aus tria prior to to her occupying Bosnia, and adds that the same may be true In this case, sine Russia, having a pros pect of taking th whole of Turkey through the person of the Sultan, would hot wast, her strength In occupying part of th. Turkish dominions. Persistent rumors ar In circulation to the effect that secret negotiations ar go ing on between Russia and Turkey. Pattern maker In the ship yards of Liverpool receives tS.51 per week. CLOSE TO HAVANA Insurgents Burning aad Destroying Property Eight Miles Away. Soaid of Casio aid Basketry li Xeighkor- lood of Ciasajsjr Isdicatcs la port.st Csgageaeit Havana, Jan. 7. Word haa Just been received that a sounds of cannon and uiuaaeiry nave uvea Bftni ,a ine aeisa. borhood of Guanajay, in Important town of 4.000 lnhabitan'e. In Pinar del Rio, forty-five miles swath ward of Ha. van. It 1. supposed that an engagement Is taking place there between the forces ot General Suares V.ldex and the Insur gents, but the numbers engaged, or the course which the fortune of the fight Is taking. Is not known. The Insurgents are burning and de stroying property up to within eight miles of Havana. AMERICAN WAR SPIRIT. As Viewed by Premier Reld. in Sydney, New South Wales. Sydney, N. 8. W Jan. 7. At a public banquet given hero tonight, which was attended by Viscount Hampden, governor of the colony, and a large number of colonial officers and other prominent men. the prime minister, Hon. Q. H. Reld, made a speech. In tha course of which he Mid. after referring to the Turkish and other problems that had disquieted the world: Even our level-headed cousins In Amer ica hare caught the contagion of univer sal unrest. I fear .there are thousands of Americana who are willing to plunge the whole Anglo-Saxon race Into what would be the most wanton and disastrous war of the century over a few miles of fever-breeding Jungle, where not one sane cltlsen of the United States would aend a dog. I cannot believe that such stupendous crime Is possible. The hearts of the race are to full of kin dred blood. Referring to the question of federation. Mr. Reid said that there was a united Britain and a united Canada, and he trusted they would soon add a united Australia. HE IS A LITERARY BARBER. A New York paper Bays: A barber whose vocabulary of extended words is beyond Shakespeare's, and whose "ton sorial parlors" are In Sixth avenue, al ways adapts his conversation to the abilities and tastes of his customers. One of these customers Is a prominent D. D. of Fifth avenue, who la very pa tient, but who enjoys the barbers' artistic skill more than he does his convent t Im, though he humors the latter. 'Doctor, said the artist, aa he was shaving the reverend gentleman, "a blbliophillst like you must hav. In the extended courfe of years you have de voted to literary study, accumulated an extensive and valuable library." 'l'es," was the answer, which a brush- ful of lather somewhat Impeded. 'I suppose yon have many classical let ters," continued the barber. Yes." "Have you among your books Bell's letters?" Yes, I believe I have," answered the doctor, who would have followed his first Impulse to laugh had it not been for the lather. A DELICATE QUESTION. Truth. Parrot Old Grinder boasts that he waa the architect of hla own fortunes. WlKBine H'h; I wonder If he ulwavs followed the legal building- specifications. Highest of all b Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report HE MADE MONEY Traveled oa a Scalper's Ticket, Which Was Rejected, AND RECOVERS BIG DAMAGES Vss Relssed Cstisj ssd Sleeplig Ittesimo datioisbjr tke Nrser taless Nrst Cl.ss Tare Vss raid. Ban Francisco. Jan. 7. United 8tate District Judg Morrow rendered a de cision today in an Interesting suit brought by a steamahlp pawenger who traveled on a ccalper' ticket and waa (refused accommodations which be offer ed to pay for when the ticket was re jected. Judgment waa given for tao In favor of the libellant, and against th. Oregon Pacific Railroad Company, for. merly Jh owner of the steamship Wil lamette Valley. The libellant filed to recover COM for damages alleged to bar. been sustained by Patrick G. Gleaaon. on a voyage from Yaquina Bay to Ban Francisco. The It. bellant alleged that h. was refused either first-class or steerage accommodation on August 5th and Sth. 1W, although he offered to pay for the latter, and that ha wa deprived of both aleeplnr accommo dations and provisions. It waa agreed to by both aide, th. purser being the principal wltneaa for th defendant company, that Gleason purchased from ticket broker In Port land, Oregon, the return half of a round trip, first -class ticket between Ban Fran. Cisco and Albany. There was nothing to how that It was not transferrable. but the purser took th ticket up and refused to allow him eating or Bleeping accom modations, unless he paid full first -elms fare. JAPAN'S TRADING SPIRIT. Remarkable Commercial Enterprise Dock Yard and Gun Factory Spoken Of. The Toklo correspondent of th New York Herald says: Japanese commercial enterprtae contin ues to show remarkable activity, and something Ilk a mania prevails in the stock market. Manufacturing scheme of various kinds are projected. The es tablishment of a cotton spinning mill In Shanghai has almost become an accom plished fact, a site being purchased and the necessary capital subscribed. A mus lin factory, with a million yen capital, haa also received a charter from the gov ernment and will soon be started In Oakat. If thla factory successfully undertakes the manufacture ot mouascltne detain. a serious blow will be given to the import trade of Japan, for at present three and a quarter million yen'a worth of that ataple 1 purchased from Europe, three millions of It coming from France and Germany alone. A for the share mar ket, a general rise of nearly all kinda of securities, averaging about 2S per cent, took place during the month of Novem ber. The Japanese government do not seem disposed at present to bring from London the large sum of money lying to their credit In the Bank of England, and rep resenting part of the Chinese indemnity. Some Impatience hi beginning to be shown by the people who think, not without rea son, that these millions might be em ployed profitably in Japan, and who see no object In keeping them In London. There 1 a rumor that th Japanese gov ernment have entered Into provision ry arrangement with Messrs. Armstrong for the establishment of a dock yard and gun factory in Japan. The Japanese al ready possess dock yards where they can build men-of-war. Importing the armor plates, eta, from Europe, and they pos ses also arsenals, where excellent weap ons and ammunition are manufactured. But they are obliged to depend on foreign countries for their steel, and there has long been a strong agitation In favor ot starting a steel foundry In that country. A MAN OF NERVE. Chicago Post. He looked admiringly at the tall man who was deep in a game of billiards. 'There's a man who ha the most su perb, nerve of any one I ever saw," ha said. "Really?" returned his companion. In quiringly. 'There Is no possible chance for a mis take." "Did you ever see It tested?" "Well, rather. I saw him at a private theatrical entertainment on night last week" "Sometimes It does require nerve to sit through one." ' The man who was telling the story seemed provoked at the Interruption, but kept his temper. "His fiancee was In the cast," he went on, "and ho sat there and watched an other man embrace her and never so much as gritted his teeth. I tell you It was aa fine an exhibition of nerve aa I ever saw anywhere either before or since." AFTER ALL. A HERO! Cleveland Plalndealer. Scene Capitol steps at Washington. Flash of red lights fall on distinguished leader In regimental and cocked hat. carrying a sword nine feet long. Duck worth Club, In plug hats and linen dust ters, trailing behind. Great Leader Whooro-a-a-y! The president has come to me" (Great applause.) "The people have come to me " (Deafening cheers, making an impact against the side of the capitol like the fall ot a board on a smooth pond.) "Congress Is with me " (Intense roar.) "It is mine! It Is of me! It Is me " Stranger Who In heaven'a name la that? Republican Congressman That? Why, that is Senator Chandler, the man who started this war! (Intense enthusiasm. Procession moves on, to the tune of 'The Girl I Left lie hlnd Me.") A camel driver In Persia Is paid 17 a month and boards himself. fi irMnFn? VV.w''l..-Ctrn'T";f. ;-A 0