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I f ASTORIA PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 1 V ' j The ASTORIAN Mi to Inrrert LOCAL TODAY'$WtATHIII. 4 rfst.t IV WiihllM in ((. ' J rain, gain to.il, i4 fimnnoxi OTSiag' ur.sinni amiu- f tfMi an4 Hi lirgs.1 TOTAL clrtnlitHM tf VW V W W V-V EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLV. ASTORIA, OUEUO.V, HATUBDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 181)0. NO. 21. tie Mmlm&mMmt mm 1 1 A TRUSTEE'S SALE. ) 3 ir a M er ni ( i Boota, Shoc3. Trunks, Valisos. Umbrellas. Etc. Tho One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. I. L. OSGOOD, Manner. M) iwl Sim COlillKliCtAL HTttBKT. ASTOUU. OK. Blank Books School Books Miscellaneous Books Novels, io Cents Sheet Music, io Cents PACIFIC COAST SoMVCitlrti Griffin & Reed. THREE LOTS. In a cWirahlo l-c;itioii, 'J Mocks from Hiqh School. A UARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HII.LS FIUST ADDITION. Ou th lie I'll Lino Bu.lcitr.l-Jtil the plane fur climp boms. A IHock IN AI.DKRlUiOOK. 8TKKET CAR LINK will . itoii.l.vl this amuraer Io williiu S inimitcs walk o( (Ilia pmpr-rty Will sell at uVI-ll. linnrnm. ACKKAUK. In 5 or 10 aca U.'U in.i.K. Uii oily llinil., nla-i a. Ij until Vltrtl GEORGE MILL. 471 HonJSt, Occident Block, HILL'S HEAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Big Dry Goods and Clothing Sale ! Commencing January 1, 18Q5, and for 30 dnyti only. Great Reductions in All Lines I Prices Smashed to Atoms 1 All-wool InJIes' doth 52 inclirs wide All-wool scarlet Annuel Ladles' flcecec lined gloves I allies' wool hose La Jits' wool hose....1. Ladles' wool hose Men's Mack wool socks Men's natural wool underwear Men's ribbed underwear Men's Jersey overshlrts Men 'S Jersey overshlrts, extra heavy... Men's line Fedorn hats formerly 1.75 to fj.oo " t.4J $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 OREGON TRADING CO. Ooo Commercial Street. Now clothing just o)(!iied di rect from the nmtiufiicturcr now offered in a Trustee's Sale, At factory iric.cn, in Men's Black and Grey Clay iWorsted Suits, in Sacks and Frocks; also, py.) and fancy mixed Cuasirnerca, which for iiitikos ami ytduo arc unex celled; uUo all kindx cf Men'fl and Boya' Clothing, Fur nishintr Good3.Hata.Cam. TIDE TABLES of Astorlu ..formerly $1.00 now 50c yard pair I I. II II each JSC " if) 3-3C aoc 16 2-)C IOC ISC 2K 10c fl.00 " 60c ll.oo " 60c I.2J " 65C THE ACTIVITY DISPLAYED Depot Site Occupies the Attention of I'vcry one. ;ooi I'Kosiuxrr or stums Mccllsg ol C'umailitec Called for Two O'clock Today. Vbd It Is txptcltd That Questlo. Will De Settled Tho ll-lorliln loplo yMlrnlny wu tho quoallun of liKsllitn or Hi. depot for lhi railroad In I ho 'city, Th. .rwi'ial commlllro apiioliilrd by I ho Urnem! Com-mltti-a waa lianl al work all day on th. roullln. Hy l"-cll Irliicraplilu tv guft XI r. Bhlnry lr, of I'orlland, and i:. A. Hot-ley. of III. White Collar Lino, wer proaonl. I'rorn Iho bout of Information th wliolo quel Ion mrana wliolhor or not tlin Ini mnllal coti.trortlon ahall commence within th. elty limit, of th. bulhlln ot th railroad. Th. delay In th location of th. depot may moan two year.' po.t-iKirx-mrm or th bulhlln- of the lln. thruush th. elty. It aluo moon that If It I finally dorldrd to lorato th dopol at Ahlrrhrook, that tho valura of iniHrty In tha rmtral portion of th. elty will ilot.rlorat In proiortlon a. Iho value of proiwrty In Ahlorhrook and In th vicinity of Tonitu. I'olnt approrlatu, Pndor th term of th contract II I not nwraaary for Mr. Hammond to con struct th road within th. illy or com plot th lln. throtiah to Oolilo, until and It would aoom that ovory Inducomotit ahould ho onvred for tho commoncomont or work within th. city limit, at an rarly dalo. It la known on Kood authority that If th. drpol .It . aottlod at one. In favor of th flattop Mill location, that th work of ilrlvtnic pllra alone th. city water front, sill b. commncel rlht aay. QI'KBTION OP TWO YKAK8. la It drlrahlo that active work mlthln Ih rlty limit, .hall I delayed for two rr Thla It th quMtlon which now la hrfor th ponple, arol It la rcaomMy rwrtaln that If th depot alt I. docldml uioii today, work will prord -at one. On. ha. only to look back ami ron.ldor hat, Hpokan and Kcattl. did In ordr to aocur favorable depot location In their mldal. under condition, which ar not to b compared to th. clrcnm.tance In fa vor of Am or I a arantlnir th. Iwat alt poa lbl for thla ppnx.ee. In order to net a precldent. Hivokane aav tl.. .t,nM for terminal facllttlea to th Cret nurinern railroad, and Heattl donated more than Uui,tti for water frontaxe lormlnala, to th ram line when It built It tranaconllnenla) road to th North We.t Cuaat. hy ahottM Antoria I be hind th. proceuion? CHAIRMAN'S CAM Ve.ter.lay afternoon Dr. Alfred Klnnnv chairman of th old committee of twenty one, l.aued a call for a meetlnir of- that body at J o'clock thla afternoon, to tak-t nnai action on th depot matter. At th nam time he telegraphed to th I'orl land har holder, of th Columbia 1-and and Truot Company, who ar own-r. ol Tonmia I'olnt properly, to b prevent at ituay a meetinit. It I. evident to the moat ea.ual observ er, that every poulhlo effort I belnn made to adjuet thla que.tlon Immediately. REPLY TO W1NOATK. Th followlnic r-ply io the renort ot Mr. Wincntc'a vlewa of the claims made by thn Clatsop Mill Company as to th valtio of Its prooerty, speaks for Itself: Th f 'element In this mornlnn's Asto ria n mad by Mr. Wlnnate. chairman or the depot alt In regard to th Clatsop Mill Co.' front as e betaa- only 11 feet. Is absolutely false. Certainly Mr. WinK.t. hsd not Klven the matter proper study before muklnir a ctntemrtit for publica tion as chairman. In order to bring tho matter before th public, In tho proper light, we otter the rollowlna; facts: That th Clatsop Mill Co. ha on shore two block 11 feet and a f rontstie along the bulkhead line running- east and west of full fc feet. Th portion of this frontnen wanted for depot site covers a space vx W feet or equal to thirty-seven full 60 fet lots If you wish to calculate them that way. It there were no Improvements on th Clatsop Mill site we mlKht Rive this frontage free for a depot. But this site wus bought within thirteen year for a mill site at a coet of J1S.W1 Tho ground Itself Is now pralwbty worth ISi.wo. but the Improveinenls, wharfage, machinery. I'netury, etc., could not be duplicated today for bs than I'VOn. making a total of over IhW.OOu. .Mr. Win- gate's estlmste of he value of the Im- . provcmenls Is thei. fore too absurd for any business man to ninke. and shows , that he has no Idea ot milling operation. ! Destroying this frontage would so Impnl' the property as a mill site that In a short time it would oi-.-;-el us to secure another location for the mill, llefore making h proposition to Mr. Hammond of the esti mate of damage, we carefully went over the whole matter with our mill engineer and we are fully persuaded that fc.T.(X0 would not conpensate us for the Injury of the proicrty as a mill site. Hut few people In Astoria are aware of th full extent of the Clatsop Mill Co. 'a property. It la today one ot the largest Institutions of the kind In the state, and with the new p-rtthlnery which we have already contrn-ed for, It will make this mill the mot complete Institution of the kind and employing more hands than any other saw mill in the state ot Orcrron. H. F. PRAFTL, L. C. KINNrOY, M. J. KINNEY. "11 la apparent to all." sail a well known business man yesterday, "that paramount to all other questions of city parks, atrcet Improvements, the location of manufacturing Industries, the building of new hotels, etc., Is the settlement of where shall he placed the principal depot Ot the new railroad." ' EARIJKRS BY DEORKE. A University to Turn Out Genuine Knights of the Raior. N. Y. Herald. . From time Immemorial the barber has labored under the great disadvantage ot being an artist full of artistic feeling but without artistic training. From the humhlo position of coat brimher and boot burnlser he has arisen by slow degrees to the more Important and illgnltled posi tion of "lathering clerk" that is, one considered by the imperious and Imperial head of the establishment as being emi nently qualified to suffuse, the face with lather, but not sufllcier.tly deft to run the blade over the patron's face like a club skate. Hut this has all been changed, and the barlier of the futuro will be a man of culture and refinement, whoso tonsorlal walls will be hung with rare works ol art, nnd whoso tablo will he covered, not with police papers, hut with tho quarter- Ilea and th classics. Th Center Hlra-I Tansnrlul I'nlverslly hus been opened with a Kood-slied freshman class, which, when graduated, will open up a new era In th world of rasor and scissors. Th artist who la an adept in the moral phil osophy of stropping, and whosa knowl edge of th coil of ethlca of hi profes sion la ouch that h would never make Ih blunder of telling an agricultural story to a seafaring man, la sure to be come a great favorite with veiy patron, even th on who shampoos himself when he takes his weekly bath. These students will also be dermatolo gist!, and be thoroughly, familiar with th pathology of th close shave. They win oe ante to res a enss-acter in whla kers, anil distinguish th Colorado bl nvttalllst by his paint KVush beard as easily as they can detect -fh Scotch but ler by hi red side whiter that hang down like bonnet atting of th Dun dreary wattles of an antique gobbler. Ot course, these students will be trained in elocution and grammar, that their ad dress may be of the beat while perform ing the professional function upon any kind of Vian, from the haughty prime .minister and plumber to the humble mer chant anil professional man. He must be able ta discuss the beauties ot Muo and Han Christian Andersen to the 'iall boy who come to have his hair cut: and to th man who Is dyeing his whit hair black, because he Is In full mourning, he must be able to talk with gentle dignity on the aubb-ct of the fell destroyer, who rails upon king and clown silk without the formality of sending me cam. ( As an Institution ot Uertini the Center Afreet Tonsortal University should take It place with the proudest In the land. Center street should be as wll known as the Palo Alto, Yale. Harvard and the I'nlvemlly of Pennsylvania, even If It haa to descend to the level of football to attain It. The old-time barbers, whose Instincts have never been developed by an Intellectual formula, will go hence to the rtalm whl-h suddenly becamo the abiding place of th ear t orse when electricity was Introduced as a street car motor. Many a profession which haa been looked down upon from time Immemorial has suddenly found an Impetus which has placed lis adepta upon a higher so cial footing. And so the tentorial knight may, when Center street has graduated Ita first class, rise to the dignity of a specialist In medicine, and realise aa handsome an Income from his deft touch and subtle method of wagging his Jaw as la enjoyed by the champion pugilists. We congratulate Center street from the bottom ot our hearts, and trust that Pwlnburne may be selected to read the Phil Iteta Kappa poem at the first com mencement. We also congratulate the faculty, from the Professor of Thera peutic Shaving Against the Grain to the Murphy Lecturer of Shaving the Dead In Silence. i . Ixng may fortune smile upon Its classic bowers and make It an Intellectual power In the land, and an Institution which shall enshrine the barbs e In a halo brll llantlne and give him an equal chance with the foreign count who ta a barber In the race for the hand of the beautiful mill lon-helress. R. K. Ml'NKITTRlCK. IT WILL BE MOVED Hand Street Nuisance Kill Occupy a Location on Fifth Street. Dirtiness Mat Claims It Is Xot the Oily Ollcntlisj St rail are sod Vaats Hove nest Made General, Banishing All. The tlond street nuisance Is liclng re moved. This structure has been the cai.se ot a great deal ot discussion, both In tho newspapers and In the city council. As It was reported to have been erected for Immoral purposes a policeman has for the past month been stationed In front of the house and has taken the names of all persons entering It. In conversation with an AMorlan reporter yesterday a councilman said he had hail heard that visitors to thla house had given the names of about every prominent man In the city. The name of Smith, he aaid. appeared a great num ber of times, John being the surname most numerously given. The councilman said he waa surprised the house was not moved to a different locality before this, for. as a business proposition, with a police ofticer continuously at the door. It was anything but a paying Investment The house would never be taken for a othcl. as during the day It has been I' habit-of a number ot children In the r. 'rhborhood to amuse themselves by illc ixr down the bannisters. The Iocs-i-n to which the offending structure has K-n removed Is on Sixth street, between A for and Horn), about a block from the oilylnal site. Workmen were busy yes te.i.ay raising the building, preparatory to removing It to Its new locution. In speaking ot the. removal ot this house yesterday afteiioon, 4 merchant aald that It was not tm only offending place In that part of theViVy, but that the movement should be ma.lo general, and tho building on the corner of Seventh and Pond should also be removed. "But," said the reporter, "this house Is In al together a different business." "That may be true," responded the gentleman, "but the fact remains that It la more of a nuisance than the place now being removed. When this place applied for a license a great deal ot opposition was shown It and the common council peti tioned against allowing It: and the oppo sition was not without good reason. Be consistent and remove them all If they are nuisances to Astnr street, where they will not conflict with the rights and liberties of others." GOLD IMPORTS. New York, Jon. U. The Evenlns Post's London cablegram says: It Is reported that the shipments of gold to America tomorrow will probably exceed a quarter of a million pounds ster ling, ond that more Is going next week. This gold Is taken almost entirely from the open market, nnd from supplies ar riving from New York. It Is sent from here apparently not by American finan cial, houses, hut by two continental banks one' representing German Interests. It Is Impossible to say how much ta oomlnur next week. THE MARKETS. Liverpool, Jan. St. Wheat, snot. Ilrm; demand, fair; No. 1 red a Inter, .la 3d: No. I red spring, stocks exhausted: No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5a "d; No. 1 California, 6a 3d. Hops, unchanged. Portland, Jan. 84. -Wheat, unchanged. nest Washing Ponder on earth. Ijxrge slxe, IN cents. Soap Foam. LOOKS BAD FOR CUBA Another Alleged Hatch of Spanish Victories Over the Patriots. aassaaass LTBAXS CLOSELY 1'KESSEI) Ciail Spanish Victory Dsllelin, Like Into Daily llessagt of the Snblimc fortt Cabal Resident Vint Ceice. (Copyrighted, VtA. by Associated Press.) Havana, Jan. 24. According to reports from th front. Gomes la being sharply pushed by the Spanish troops and la get ting little or no rest now, day or night The effect la that his movements can now be marked by the trail of tired out or lame horse that the Insurgents leave behind them. The opinion Is expressed her that th Insurgents ar In desperate straits, and for Gomes now everything depend upon the safe arrival In the province of Havana of the Eastern or second army of Insurgent under Gen eral. Joe Ma ceo and Itabl. Gomes yesterday for a time appeared half Inclined to risk a decisive engage ment with the Spanish troops. He was bivouacked at the village of Ptaxolle, not far from Quinvlcan, south of this city. Colonel Galvla. In command of the Span ish troop at Qulnvlcan. gathered togeth er all the government troops available and moved with a strong column upon the enemy. The latter, contrary to the custom, awaited the approach of the Spaniards, but after a half hour's fight ing, during which a number were killed and wounded on both aides. Gomes sud denly divided bis forces Into two col umns and commenced to retreat Colonel Linares pushed on after Gomes forces and had a skirmish with the ene my's rear guard. When last heard ot Linares' column was closely pressing the enemy. New received from the front early this morning showed that Gomes apparently re-united his forces laat night but broke camp this morning when Informed of th approach of the Spanish troops. A dispatch from Cienfugos said that Major Alonzo. with XM men of the Alava Battalion, had been engaged for three hours at Las Jacas. In the Clenguesos district, with a strong foice of the In surgent, and that vthe Insurgents left twelve killed and fifteen wounded on the field and retired. Only a few Spanish soldiers were wounded. The prices of all kinds of provisions are going up rapidly every "Bay. In aplte of thla. people are flocking Into Havana from the country districts and other pro vinces, and In many cases the refuges are people who have lost everything they possessed, ami a very large number ol them here and elsewhere are dependent upon charity. The cost of the war haa been enormous, and the drain created by provisioning the army has been very great Business la almost at a standstill and commerce la practically a thing ot the past The feeling In favor of some com promise arrangement Is steadily growing, and all eyes are turning toward the United 8tates as likely to be a factor In bringing peace and prosperity once more to unhappy Cuba. ANOTHER BPANISU VICTORY! This Time They Accuse Gomel of Hav ing Consumption. Special to the Astorian. Havana, Jan. St. It Is stated upon ex cellent authority that General Maximo Gomes, commander-in-chief ot the insur gent forces, has consumption In an ad vanced stage, complicated with fever, and doctors are agreed that he cannot live but about two months longer. TOWN WITHOUT A WOMAN. Village In Wisconsin Where No Member of the Fair Sex Lives. Eagle, Wis., Jan. It The little hamlet of Aliceton, Jefferson County, enjoys the distinction of being the only Wisconsin settlement of any n without a woman resident or inhabitant. The village was platted a year ago. Immediately settled, and named after Alice Aspinwall Metcalf, daughter of J. A. Aspinwall, one of the very first set tlers of the county. At present it has a "star route" mall aervlce, daily, a dry goods and grocery store, butter and cheese factory, black smith thop and repairing shop, and a res ident population of perhaps a hundred men. It Is known as "the town without a woman. The town Is of historic Interest because ot ita location within the limits of the ancient "canal" strip, of 1M0, a ten-mile wide tract ot land extending from Mil waukee to Rock river, in which the even sections ot land were given to Wisconsin territory providing a canal were dug con necting Milwaukee and Rock Rivers, for the convenience and necessities of com merce when Wisconsin had not a single railway. Inthose days land purchasers In this "canal strip" paid Ji'.W per acre for land In the old sections and 11.25 per acre for land In the even sections, purchasing the latter from the state. There still reside near Aliceton two of these first settlers, J. K. Porter and wife, who In 1M4 purchased eighty acres of their farm from the general government and pre-empted another adjoining eighty acres in the "canal strip" territorial lands. ON BROWN'S TRAIL Roseburg, Or., Jan. 24. The latest re port from Dora, Coos county, concerning the pursuit ot the murderer, Sam Brown, was brought by the mall carrier between Myrtle. Point and Dory, who saw a man supposed to be Brown, three miles west of Dora yesterday at J a. m. Seeing the carrier, he ran across a field and disap peared In the brush. The sheriff of Coos county and a posse, are all In pursuit. FORTY-NINERS ANNUAL BANQUET Chicago, Jan. 24. Seventy old '4!ers with their wives and daughters, met at the Sherman house today, the occasion being the seventh annual banquet and business meeting of the Western Associa tion of Pioneers, held In commemoration of the discovery of gold In California. HOMER ARRIVES IN PORT. San Francisco, Jan. !4. The steamer Homer arrived this morning, after a long, tedious trip from Coos Bay. with one engine disabled. Captain Drlska re ports that his vessel luckily fell In with frlr weather soon after she became dis abled, and with the aid of her sails, and one screw, she reached the Golden Gate. lb 'ng Hoe Coke Soap in your kitchen or I with once means always. IS IT THE CADZOW FORE8TT A Large gquare-Rlgger Reported Near Llayquot Head. Port Townsend. Wo., Jan. 24 -Th schooner Bailor Boy and the barkentlne Portland, which arrived today, reported seeing a large square-rigged vessel at an chor close to the breakers near Clayquot Sound. Tugs have been sent up the coast of Vancouver Island to render assistance. Portland, Jan. 24. Tha vessel referred to In the Port Townsend dispatch Is be lieved to be the British bark Cad sow Forest, 1M0 tons, which sailed from Csllao November 7 la ballast for this city, and arrived off the Columbia river January 4. She took on board Pilot Orasroan, but the weather was rough and she put to sea, since when she has not been report ed. RIBSO-TURKEY ALLIANCE. London, Jan. 24. In spite of denials, official and semi-official, that have been made from many quarters, the report of an offensive and defensive alliance between Russia and Turkey, which was Printed by the Pall Mall Gaxette on Thursday la not viewed with entire cre dulity. Special dispatches published by London newspapers this afternoon from European capitals, notably from Berlin, Paris and Vienna, show a tendency to sdmit the possibility that the Ruaso Turkey treaty has been concluded, and It Is pointed out with obvious plausibility that Turkey's lmpecunioslty may hav driven her to seek an alliance as the means of obtaining a loan. WELL DONE. O CONGRESS! Special to the Astorian. Washington. Jan. 24. After a brief, but stirring debate, the senate today agreed to the concurrent resolution urging de cisive action by the powers against Tur key, and pledging to the president the support of congress In the most vigorous action he may take for the protection of Americans In Turkey and redress for Injuries to American persons and prop erty. NOT ENOUGH. San Francisco, Jan. 24. Eugene Par dlni. one of the gang ot old men arrested for outraging little gtrls, was today sen tenced to ten years' Imprisonment by Superior Judge Wallace. POPULIST NOMINEE Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 24. Arkansas Populists who attended the recent na tional committee meeting of that party at St Louis, have returned with the In telligence that Western and Southern Fooulist leaders Jiave centered upon Judge Henry C. Caldwell, of the United States circuit court formerly of Little Rock, as the man whom sTty will nom inate for the presidency of th convention to bo held In St Louis July 22. WEST RIVER OPENED Chinese Government Throws Open to Foreign Trade a Kich Country. The Large Cities of Canton nnd Bong Hot Are Sitnated at Vest River Bay--Mnch - S.t s action in Hong Kong. Peking, Jan. 24. The government has agreed to open the West river, provided that China la allowed to retain the terri tory ceded under the Burmab-Chlna convention in lfc4. The opening of two porta on the West or 81 Kiang, river, namely, Shao King and Wu Chow, waa stipulated for by the Japanese as part of the terms of peace. The cities ot Canton and Hong Kong are situated at the bay Into which the West river amp ties. The news that the West river waa to be opened to foreign trade occasioned no small amount of satisfaction in Hong Kong. The trade of the rich province of Yunnan had begun to be diverted by the activity of the French in Tonquln, from Its natural channel down the river. The river traverses one of the richest and most densely populated portions of South China, and the Chinese have long guarded it against the entrance ot for eign commerce with a sort of supersti tious reverence. The territory on the Me kong, which has recently been acquired by France from China, by treaty, opens another route to a part of thla rich country, including the tea districts. France's success in securing this terri tory was the part of the situation in the far East which has been moat trying to Great Britain, since the decline of her diplomatic prestige with the Chinese Japanese war. SHERMAN ON FORAKER S SILVER VIEWS. Washington, Jan. 24. Silver men In the senate have been felicitating themselves over the prospect of an Influential addi tion to their ranks in ex-Governor Fora ker. of Ohio. They derive this comfort from the tone of his remarks to the Ohio legislature when informed of his election to the senate. But a careful reading ot his speech justifies no such confidence. Senator Sherman was asked today what he thought ot the silver sentiments ex pressed by the man who Is to succeed Mr. Brlce aa his colleague. He said: "Ah! he Is not the kind of a silver man they want," meaning the sliver party In the senate. Mr. Sherman said further that he was pretty much the same kind of a silver man as Mr. Foraker and could see no objection to his declarations. He said he was now and always had been In favor of using as much silver as possible while maintaining It on a parity with gold, which was the position also of Mr. Foraker. The senator sold there was more silver in circulation at this time than ever before. A hntmaker In Venice realizes from 21 10 to 14.80 a week. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report ' U AS6atw3EE.Y PUCE THE TRADEREVIEWS Considerable Irregularity in Trai'e Throtighont the Country. STAPLE PRICES ADVANCE The Week Ran Showa Decided Improve stent. Bit the fiilire ol Congress to Act Injirts Bisliess. New York, Jan. 21 Bradstreet's tomor row will aay: An analysis of the special telegra-ns to Bradstreet's from the Important busi ness centers throughout th country shows considerable Irregularity in trade, the most favorable feature being the ten dency of staple prices to advance. The advance la wheal again raises the question whether the beginning ot the end of a long period of depression of cereal prices has come. The supplies of wheat fur leading Importing markets ar now controlled by Russia and th United States. India's, as well as Argentine's, ability to ship Is much restricted as com pared with previous years, and Australia left I be list of exporters wh-n sho begi,n to import wheat from San Francisco rc- tently. Domestic wheat stocks are larger lhn the earlier olToal unl tradj esti mate of It but the export demand has Increased so far beyond what was antici pated, ted gives so much promise of b lie continued, that bull p.-ulntor make investments counting ou klgher prices New York, Jan. 24. Bradstreet's Review of the New York stock mar-t says: leddedly less consideration was given to the condition of the government bonl issue this week. It Is assumed that it will be somewhat over-subir-io;-I, though .be prevalent opinion Is that the bulk of the loan will be taken oy the same Interests which formed the defunct Mor gsn syndicate, and that the "public" sub scriptions, so-called, will t scattering and relatively unimportant The most significant figure In this connection is the evidence afforded that th larger in terests among presumable subscribers have already prepared themselves, thus decreasing the pressure to obtain gold or greenbacks, and visibly relieving the strain upon the money market. Gold and legal tenders still command a premium ot per cent but the in quiry has slackened and transactions ar on a smaller scale. New York. Jan. 24. R. O. Dun A Co. 'a Weekly Revkvw of Trade tomorrow wilt say: Tha week has been marked by improve ment apparent rather than reaL Prices of some products have risen, but only be cana supplies are believed to be smaller than was expected. The senate still In jures business by doing nothing, and the treasury cannot expect to gain in gold aa yet but . loses less than was expected. It is generally assumed that the new -oan will be placed without difficulty, though successive payments may cause a con tinued disturbance. The deluge of foreign reports favorable to wheat speculation found a ready an swer In an advance ot over five cents. In spite of which the reeeints have been fifty per cent larger than last year. At lantic exports for tha week were also much larger than last year, for the first time in several months, but for the crop year to date, all exports have been about ll.aoo.000 bushels smaller than last year. -rne tenures this week were ITS in the United States against 262 last year, and si In Canada against 59 hut year. FOR PURE POLITICS. Philadelphia, Jan. 24. National Chair. man Harrity thla afternoon issued the official call for the Democratic National convention. Each state Is entitled to a reoresenta- tlon equal to double the number of Ita senators and representatives in congress, and each territory and tha District ot Columbia shall hav two delegates. Th call says: All Democratic conservative cltiiens ot the United States, Irrespective of party political associations and differences, who can unite with us in an effort for pure, economical and constitutional gov ernment are cordially Invited to join In sending delegates to tho convention. TO BE DISCHARGED. London, Jan. 24. A Times dispatch from Pretoria, dated Friday, says that all prisoners held there on the charge ot complicity in the recent uprising, ex cept Messrs. Phillips, Rhodes, Farrar, Hammond and Fltspartlck. will be re leased on ball today, and their prelim- nary examination will be held on Wed nesday, after which It Is believed the bulk of the prisoners will be discharged. VENEZUELAN COMMISSION. Washington. Jan. 24. The Venezuelan commission held its first regular weekly meeting today in accordance with the program arranged. McKINLEY CLUB MEETING. Ten Delegates Elected to Attend the Portland Convention. The members of the McKlnley Club. met last night on a special call to elect ten delegates to represent the club at the coming convention of the Republican Clubs in Portland. There was a fair attendance. Mayor Taylor was voted to the chair and immediately opened up the business of the evening by calling for nominations. The following gentlemen were nominated and unanimuosly elected: Mayor Taylor, C. W. Fulton, H. J. Wherlty, Frank Dunbar, F. L. Parker. F. J. Carney, J. L. Carlson. W. Bever Idge, J. C. Clinton, and Martin Johnson. It was suggested that the club, being without either a president or vice-presidents, should proceed to elect these offi cers, but on motion, it was decided to watt till the regular meeting next Wed nesday night, when the whole list ot officers for the year will be balloted on. President Bayles and Vice-Presidents Geo. Nelson and Rllpa are all In Californ ia, mm m ' I 1 1 V 11 . wMvwb. a v V w lea ' (j ii J : i i t 1