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ASTOPfAPnpi'CllMwjiRYASSCClATIOIf. Ski? .1 1 1 J ' Tk ASTOfllAN nil thl lirt LOCAL & Jj tirtnlitlMl ttislirgstt Of.NERAl circuit' . tto and th largMl TOTAL clrtvlitlM f A alt tiptn pbliied h Aitorlt. & l1 AAAA AAAAAf TODAY'S wUfHM, F 4 (Wilt for Wiiihlii(lui( ind Of.lMI. EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPHIC PRESS REPORT. ... - - ' " ISftlA, OUBGONri'jilDAy M01LMNO, FEBRUARY U, .1890. 38. 1 1 'lit li 1 MMM,..ttBB1B,t,iiIIs3aB,, - ssssssssssssss Mi i ii iWW . , , . ., , i ,n ,.. ! " "- . The Time and :.,"Xy'!f pla' (ill! rater, t-.v-jrsT.)' ' 'Ot pk; x-it-',- ; us- "i CW ' ..ftJ-tsy Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes. TR WfS Trunks' V alises. Umbrel- il ', ili i L4..V , w The One Price Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers. 1. L. OSGOOD, Maiinger. IOH iw Mill COMMKIU-UL HTKKKT. ASTOttlA. OK. VALENTINES VALENTINES and VALENTINES All of Very Latent Styles. Comic. Sentimental. CuplJ's Darts. Hit "Em Hard and Otherwise. From I Cent to $5. Griffin 8l Reed, Citv Boole Store. THRKK LOTS. In a iltwiralilf lucMtiun. '2 blocks from Hish School. A HARGAIN. CIKJlCi: LOTS IN llll.LS rilt.ST ADDITION. On th ni rix I.in lkuli'T.rl -Jnl lh pluoe for rhtp home. A Hlo,k IN ALDKR MIlOOK. HTHKET CAU I.IN K ill lx itmlo t tliin Niimmor to within 5 mlnoU ilk ol thin i.rly--Vill wll nt d llff. Iwrvaia. ACItKAdK. In 5 or 10 ro' tr"t- liii l (Iik "ity limit', nl' li"mlnK FUI. (UCOIidlC 1 1 ILL.--171 liondSl.. Octnlent Block, MILL'S At. ESTATK RXCH ANTiE. (pi COPELAND Standard Makes Lowest Prices Ask your grocer for mpfiD .....pllinCiirediotsjlty) I Ann H A MSNatural Flavor. LrKL. IIMiUOTcndcr and Juicy. canned HEATS. Place. Tlic linio in now, iiml the - o in !"() aii'I .r0S Commcr Mim't, lit Tni - stee. Sn!e. Of Men's and Boys' Cloth- ing, Furnishing: Gocds, Nv laSi Jjbl.i WIHTC ."HIU Will PIIVC fiiioiifV. whether you uvvd llu'in . ; ..... llflW (IT lib nunc iiiiinr iniii-. Fit Wear Finish Style & THORSEN C HAMS, BACON, CAN ACCOMPLISH One Kay to Let Uastcrn l'ciplc Know About the Mouth of " ' the Columbia. ASTORIA'S WICALTM SET OUT The Stury Tuld it tke 8.U like TribiM ky t J. 9lik-0tfcer Tnultr fliflfct Do ttic hi me tor tke do4 of Tkeir HoBcCity. Tim followlim liitwvlcw In 0 lat lue of Ih. Hall ljk llria. lu.t nrrlved. howl that lom. effort li Imlliv rouilt to Milvnilm A.unlit: K. J Hmlih. (ornn-rly of Oil rlty, but i.ow rmalilmt of tha poioroii cllf of A.torla. Or.. pni ihrouKh tho city Yf. i.nly on hi way horn, from a irlu to Nrw York cliy. Mr. Hmlth h much to my ronrriiln- th future terrain.! of Aiiorla. and from hla mmarlt It la ImrnrU thnt crrlaln iroJcia wlitih aro r.ow uniltr ay In Im tHx In lha way of railroad bulldlnc. man much lo thli rliy. ina.murh a a nw roui will im oiM-nwl lo lh .mlxjuril from ttnll lke ihfiWiy. Ailoria. aa U well known, la alluatrd at thit mouth of Ihn Columbia rlv.r. Homo yrwra ano If qna vnturl tho a mtiIuii that It would nver b"com ono of lh Indlmr w-aiKirta of tho oajtt h would havo Ix-rn lauihrd at fur tm alati! mmt. Th mouin of tho tram culnil natrd III bar, which waa almoat Im l.a.ubln and rwi'lrrtil Ih mlranoa of .hliiplnc nmrly ltno.lblr. Hut of lata I he (overnmni baa aapMidad arrai dral of noiuy ImtitovllK tho condition.. and now lha rlty ha. aa tin a harbor aa ih.ra la on tho WwMwn ahora. It re- qulrrd an outlay of nrarly 3.ou0.otn. but lh tuh waa nxprndrd and a aar harbor ha. brrn rovtdt. A.torln haa twn rnlnu. railroad conn? lion, with baa amily mllltatatl aaalnt lira place: but all till I to b ovm-omr. and in arcurina; Ihi-in tho rlty will b rnalilrd 10 alvo thla rlty and county a ahortrr route lo the araloard by tw-nty-four honr. and brlna; u thrro daya; nrar-r to Japan and other A.t.llc conn- Irlr. I A la well known. th routs lo the! norlhweal at praanl la by tho Urnrom Hhort Una and the O. It. A N. The former Hue takea ona lo IlunllnRton. dr., and the latter from thero to J'ortUnd. From l'ortlaod lo Taooma frelxht and pa.eeniter are taken by tha Northern l"a- rlllr, via Uobel. I'p tu date, all ahtp- I'lng enicrlna the Columbia river haa had to be towed from Atorla 110 mllea up the river to Portland. Thla la an mor mon, exixnue when It la ron.ldered that Iowk charm-, are Co centa a ton. If a railroad were built from Aatorla to con nat'llona with the line referred to. Oil charge would Im obviated and A.torta made the recrlvliw olnt. In.tead of til. rapllal. And tills I exactly what I bclnc done. A company ountoiel of New York and Montana rapltall.t I engaged In build ing a line from Uohcl, tha point men tioned on the Northern raclilc, down Ihe rlvrr to A.tcrla. The contract la being carried out by Cori'y lira., of Oailen, and will be complcltd otn time In Svp trmlM'r. Thl line la tlfty-eiKht inline In briRth and la on a watir irrade the en tln dl.tance. When completed. It be lieved the whnrt room at Aatorla will have to be cnlargi-d, aa the ehlp. will dl.cliarge Ihelr r.ncof there In.tead of paying towime rharKi'i In I'ortlund. Thl line I got nit lo hurt Tai'oma il.o. for now hlie have to be lowed up the Hound a dl.tance of U0 mile In order to reach that iwlnt. liy unloading at Aatorla, thl. can be almoat entirely paved, aa the rullroad charm", the co.t of loading and thlppliiK per rara, will not equal that charged fur the tug which haul the hip.. Hut there I atlll another line which will reach the pluce, and It la the latter In which the people of the city are he mo.t IntereHlcd. Itunnlng aouth from A.torta down the roam la a ahort line, which recently purcha.ed by A. It. Hammond, who la .aid to have behind him the mm of II. I.'. Clattlln A Co., ot New ork. for the aum of tu.ttio. It I called the Sca.hnro road. It I proK.ed now to extend thl. lino ee.tn.nl . far Ontari . ronnectlng with the Hhort Line and iiutlnic out Tortland with her Oregon Itnllrund and Navigation. Thl: new. line pn.ee through CorvAllla, ami penetrate the richest portion of Central; Oregon, a region where there are no rail-1 road, at present. The country I rlol-1 in valuable Umber, and la a mineral an agricultural country combined. Kant o. t'orvallla, the I: 'c pa.ae near linker Clly, where there are aome rich mine. Hun. llelier J. tlrant, of thl city, and other Suit Lake parllea being heavily In-! tenwtrd there. The building of thl line will open up a new field for the meller here, and will place at the dl.po.al of thl aeotlon Immen.e amount of timber which now cornea In a roundabout courae and at tlguree greatly In advance of what they .hould be. That the road will be built Is evidenced by the fact that In all the mountain paaera where oppoatton might have been expected, Iron 1. already laid, the lime having been hauled In by mule team. There waa an object In thla, aa may be Imagined. it li caay enough to get a right-of-way through an open country. but difficult In narrow passe through mountain range, where other line have alrady a footing. , Thl line will be constructed aa soon aa possible, and In a few short month the whltle of the engine will be heard In Aatorla. When completed, thla city will have direct route to the coast hy th way of the Short Line and the Oregon Central A Eastern; will have a direct route to a seaboard town and will have a competing line with the Sunt hern Pacific A has been atated, thla line will bring us three day nearer Japan and other Aslntlc countries. This Is accounted for by rea son of the fact that the railroad will beat the Pacific's time to the coast by at leat twenty-four hours, while all steamers which leave 8nn Krnnclsco have to go as fur north aa Astoria along the coast In order to rejeh the route traveled by ocean vessels. The trip re quires about forty-eight hour. Inasmuch aa there are regular lines from Astoria to Aslutlc ports. Mouth and Central American porta and Australia, It will he seen that the construction of the lines mentioned are of the gravest Im portance to this section. Instead of landing goods and merchandise at the port of San Francisco and paying heavy freight charge to the Southern Pacific company from there to here, or unload ing them at Portland where the towage charge, are added to tha eoit of freight, the Hull I lobbor will have the ad vantage of a shorter and cheaper route. Mr. Hmlth saye tha people of hla town are very enlhuslaetlc over the proapecta. and believe they are going to become a great rlty In a short lpa of time. In asmuch a they have Urn. canning In ure!., the value of Ihe R.h product last year bring over U.OMi.OKi, and that the lumber Interest are aucri a to attract Ihe attention of the entire West, a shorter and quicker outlet for Ihe prod ui-ts, combined with th.apnesa, nwana much for the wtlfare of Ihe place. Halt laka people wUI rejoice at Ihe prcwiiect lo. There I good ground, for believing those Interested mean busi ness, aa offers from the Southern Pacific "octopus," as It Is termed by the mayor of Han Francisco, havs been refused. Thla company realise, that with thla road finished It would have atrong competitor, and for that reason desire to .lop the project. If poaalble. The Northern Pacific, too, would like to con trol the bu.lne... but th.re la every rea son for having faith that the new ventnre will be aold to no one; that It will be carried to a uccesful Issue. lute from the coast to thla city have been too high ever since the road across the continent was first built. Recently appeala have been mad by the bulna men of this city, who want to make a wholixale center of Ball Lake, to have rales made so this could be accomplished, but all effort, have been adroitly re pulsed. With a connecting link of this kind between here and Astoria, bu.lnes would be wonderfully Improved In both place.. It would open up t this rlty a new wheat country, In the heart of Oregon: a new mlnlnr country. In the same place, and would give this section a nrw mar ket for good., which la now enjoyed by Han Francisco exclusively. It would doubtlrae have a tendency to cheapen values on lumber and oilier products re reived from that section, which Is a con dition greatly to be desired. CONSTRUCTION . WILL NOT STOP but Delay It Locating Depot May Keep Back Work 01 City Trout. Rest ot Work Hast Go rorttiri la O.icf t Cone Vt'ltkia tke Teras of tkt Cos trtct Tke lailra Vaata tke 1806 Crtia Crap. Construction will not .tor, even If the depot la ncl Immediately located. It la not probable that a delay of two years will be made In building the line of road because the citizens of Astoria cannot make up their minds as to where they wlali to place the main ata'.lon. Work through the rlty, along the water front, may possibly be delayed until the but, aa no railroad company will undertake extensive construction of Hits nature un til Ihry know exactly what they are go ing to Ua But this ddea not necessarily Interfere with the main -imposition, and In thla particular case It Is quite certain that It will not. While Mr. Hammond haa until the fell of lfeft under his contract. In which to complete Hie Uoblc road, yet hla words are fresh In the mind, of all, only recent ly spuken, declaring II to be hla Inten tion to compute the road by the fall of ISM. He not only stated this determina tion while here personally, but the fact was also tilegrsplied by the Associated Press from the East and from Portland. Many new enterprise are already book ed to bo established In Astoria, and It Is not probable that the bulldlig of the road will be stopped after the completion of the first ten miles. Mr. Hammond haa never been known to break a contract or an agreement, and It la certain that In the face of the assertion made as to the completion of the. road, he will not make any breach of contract, or understanding. From what he aald Just before leaving Astoria the other night, It may be positively stated that he hat not gone East to lie absent several months. He is attending to the business of the Oregon Central and Eastern, and may perh&pa b eomelled to go to San Francisco for a fow drys before return ing to Astoria. The Qoble road Is anxious lo hsmlle the wheat crop of 'M. and no doubt Mr. Hammond will use every ef fort to accomplish this object. The con struction of the line through the city muy and probably will be left until the 'ist. unless the depot site Is decided by he cl I liens. TJ OPEN LANDS IN MINNESOTA. cd Lake Indian Holding to he Offered to Settlers on May i. Washington, Feb. 11 The secretary of the Interior today decided upon May 1 next aa the date of the opening for set tlement of the agricultural lands of the Red Idke Indians In Minnesota, which embraces about ttnO.OM aer?, which will be aold at tl 35 per acre. It look, aa though the re-iueat of the Chippewa delegation of Indiana In Minne sota to reduce the cmppewa intiian com' mission to one member would be com oiled with. Secretary Hoke 8mllh will recommend to congress that It pass a law to this efect. STILL HOP1NO FOR HARRISON. Soma Indiana Republicans Think He May Yet Be the Candidate. Indianapolis. Feb. lt-The more the political friends of General Harrison here ponder the comments brought out by his letter of withdrawal from the presiden tial race, the more disposed they are to believe he Is stronger than ever before in the country. After Uencrnl Hnrrlron had written his letter there waa a disposition among the pnrty leaders to accept It as the last word on the subject, and It was under stood the district delegate to the na tional convention would probably be in structed for some candidate, but now there seems to be a disposition to take the ground that Indiana should not go into the convention so tied up as to be unable lo support Harrlsjn if there seemed to be the least Indication that the convention wanted him. The Impression prevails among those who still cling to Harrison that the East would rather go to him than to Allison. Those Republicans say Oeneral Harrison would not decline the nomination if It should come to him In the way it must com now If It comos at all. He would be under obligations to no one. Having Hos Caita Boap la your kltohea or bath once means always. HAS REACHED THE NORTH POLE Dr. Pridzof Jausea, the Great Xorwe gtai Explorer, Finds Land at Extreme of the Earth. . IIE IS NOW RETURNING HOME Sailed la ia tsptciilly Coistricted Vessel. Vkick Wo.ld Siecessfalljr aitkstaid tke Ice Does of Arctic Itcgisa - Dcscriptioa of Boat. Special to the Astorian. Bt. ePtersburg, Feb. 1.1 A Hegrnn re ceived from Irkutsk, Hibena., says a Si berian trader named Kouchnarrff, the agent ot Dr. Frldtjof Nansen, the Nor wegian explorer, who sailed In the Fram June U, 1W. for the Arctic regions, has received Information that Nansen arrived at the north pole, found land there, and la returning towards civilization. London, Feb. U.-lr. Frltdjef Nansen Is a distinguished scientist ol Norway and an enthusiastic believer in the possi bility of reaching, the north pole. He Is about IS year of age. He entered the University of Chrln'inla in I", and "wo years later went on a SMling trip to Denmark Btralts. on the rat coast or Greenland, In the Viking. Later, In iKO, Nansen was appointed curator of the mu seum at Itergen. which position he re tained until lix, when he led a .mall expedition to Greenland, crossing the southern part of that portion of the globe. It waa probable that during thl. trip Nansen conceived tlie plan of making an effort to reach the north pole in a vessel constructed especially for such an under taking. The Fram waa plannel und con iructeJ. Bhe Is generally classed a. a three-masted sailing schooner, but she had a ID-horse power steam engine In ad dition to her sails. Her displacement waa WO tons, and her sides were so con structed aa to force all Ice meeting the veaael to pass undern.rttn her. thus pre venting "pinching an t screwing The Norwegian parliament allowed Nansen about K.300 to Ot out his craft, and, in addition, he waa assist! In his work by many private subscriptions. Including rnc of ti.000 from King Oncnr. The Fram waa launched October 3, 11. at Laurwlk. near Chrtetlania. A Norwegian, dMcrib Ing the fitting out of the Fram. raid: "Bread Is the principal nourishment of Nansen, and his people. The bread is a kind of biscuit, laree and round, white and very compact- The ration of eah man is lo conisist of four blscul'.s a day. The cabin of Nansen' .hip. the Fram, (forward) la heated by mean of an Eng lish petroleum stove, which consumes three litres of petroleum per day. As the explorer has taken along vlth him a sufficient supply of this fuel to last him eight or nine years, there will be no lack of heating material. The library of the exiiedltlon consists of l.Wtt look. one half of which are sclemtdc works and the other half novels, etc. The creer-mnw-bers twelve men, and all occupy a cubtn which measures only 1J feet squire." WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE? Doctor Csrleton Smith, of New Tor. Has Photographed His Own Brain. New York. Feb. 11 The human brain has been photographed. Dr. Carlelon Blnion, of 114 East SSth street, exhibit a picture of his own brain, obtained from a process In which the cathode rays are not a factor. He has been nearly three years In completing his experiments, Hf tells the story of his efforts as follows: "I first sought to accomplish my pur poso by passing n continuous current of electricity throuSi the brain. Illuminat ing It by a spark: nil ihen I tried an in terrupted current. Inn this produced par alysis of the brain rendering senseless the subjects. The prlnelnle l Illustrated by a Mash of lichtnliu on a dark night, which carries Images through which it travels to the eye. From this Index It was sugaested to mo tH ame Idea might be applied to ;h brain Of course the more solid structuna aro rrle?ted on the plates, and I founi Miat th; less exposure I gave to the j..nror;i4apliic plate the eas ier 1 apparently wa able tj photograph tmiisluceiit inniter.' '1 he expel imenter ntlelted himself as 1.1 subject, that no oilier nle miant : en dangered. New York. Feb, ll-In th laboratory at Columbia college Pmf. Pupln. the pro fessor of physics ot the Institution, Is continuing his experiments In the photo graphing of Invisible objects on the lines land down by Prof. Roentgen, already exnlalned. and obtained very grntlfylng results. There were many atudents of the college present while the professo.- made his experiments and explained the various phenomena as fast as they developed, and all were most deeply Interested In them. The first photograph taken by the pro fessor was of tho hand of one of the attendanta of tho college. The picture was excelent and showed the bones and Joints of the fingers and of the body of the hand very clearly, the flesh apiwar Ing on the plate like a filmy shadow. Next, the professor put some nails In an aluminum box. focused the rays from the Crookes tube upon it, and In a snort while had a picture of the nails In all their details nearly as faithful to tlio originals as if they hid not been en clcsed in a box. The students were greatly surprised and intereeted. but more so when the pro fessor photographed the cog wheels In the works of an aluminum coveroi watcn. Many other objects were photographed with equally gratifying results, and while the professor was engaged In maklm; his later pictures he noticed a iaci tnai struck him as very queer, and that was that an underexposed picture of a hand did not show the bones at all. Ihe ex. plnnatlon of this phenomena the profes sor will try to study out. In sneaking later of his experiments and of the use of Crookes tub in the photographing of Invisible objects, Pror. Pupln said that the whole thing was very slmiile. and that the only uitncuny lay in getting the correct apparatus and In making the pictures undtr favorable con d It Ions. Crookes tubes are very expen- alve, and for that matter they are very scarce also, so scarce, In fact, since sci en lists began photographing the Invisible wltli them, that dealers In the tubes have been forced to cable to Europe for a full supply of them. Test Washing rowder oa earth. Large aloe, IS rents. Boap Foam. ENOL1HII NEWBPAPEn VIEWS. Various Comments Made on tha Success Attending the New Loan. Londnn, Feb. !J.-The St. James Oa iwtte, In Its comment upon the l.'nlted Htatrs bond Issue, regards the success of the new loan ns a useful reminder to the people of Great ltrltnin that Ihe Jnlted States 1 a very rich country, and haa among its people a great store of wealth. In spite of the financial disturbances and disagreements and the vagaries of the federal administration. The auccess. how ever. Is not altogether to be regarded as a basis of br.pe of the settlement of the Venezuela affair, and Is not unlikely to be made a pretext for additional Ameri can bumptiousness and aggressi vre. While endeavoring to be optimistic, the Gazette says it falls to find any Indica tion on tho part of the L'nlled Htatea to make any concessions, and to England la left the alternative of submitting the entire claim of Vrneuexla to arbitration, or making an enemy of the United State. In the circumstances the situation is still very unsatisfactory, not to say danger ous. The Westminster Gazette believe that the president's derision in favor of a popular loan has been Justified. Its suc cess, the paper says, cannot fall to have a good Influence at home and aborod. POPE AND CARDINAL RAMP3LLA. Report of Friction and the Resignation of the Secretary of State Deniid. Rome, Feh. 11 Several newspapers of this city assert that the Pope has had serious differences with Cardinal Ram polls, Papal secretary of state, and that the latter has been obliged to tend-r hla resignation. Thla assertion Is denied, however, by persona inside the Vatican, who declare that r.o friction whatever has arisen be tween Hi tidiness and his secretary of state, ' THE LATE MS FROM WASHINGTON Senate Free Coinage Amendment to the Bond Bill Kas Rejected. roaisest Newspaper Corresposdeat to Be Expelled rroa Csba Military Ap poistee to Be tasiised Tariff Bill's Itepilsc Washington. Feb. IX After a ten days' debate the house today, by a vote) of as to ISO, In committee of the whole, .rejected the senate free coinage amendment to the bond bill and reported It back to the .iouse with a recommendation to non concur and to Insist upon the house bill. Tne strength developed by the sllva jien was disappointing. They had been ocfldently counting on over HsJ voter. After a two hours' debate tomorrow thl inal vote will be taken, Dingley wlli .oee for the majority and Crisp for a.tnorlty. Propositions were offered during the day to concur, with amendments aa fol lows: To coin the American allver pro duct, for the retention of the selgnoroge y tl.e government, and to open the mints to the free coinage of silver at the ratio to IS1 to 1. when Germany and France should have agreed upon similar action. All were defeated by a large majority. The last proposition, offered by Towne. mustered hi voles, the largest number of any. Towne had stated to the house that similar propositions would be sub mitted to the relchstag and the French parliament at the present sessions. Th. most significant statement today came in the form of an Intimation from Ding-, ley that a bill might be reported from the ways and meana committee looking to the Initiation by this country of the pro ject of another International monetary conference to meet within the year. While Dingley said he waa expressing his per sonal position in the matter. It was gen erally understood, from the manner in which he said it. that the suggestion has already matured Into a well-defined in tention on the part of the Republican leaden of the house. Washington, Feb. 11 Although William 1 Mannix, a newspaper correspondent, who is about to be expelled from Cuba 'iy the Spanish officials, haa lodged a orotest with the state department, through Consul General Williams, he wKl certainly not command any sympathy In his case, in view of the record of the proceedings of Mannix, which la now in the possession of the state department This record. In bis own handwriting. Is It the shape of letters addressed by him' to certain officials, and ahowa clearly that he proposed to the Spanish authorities to act as a spy upon the Cuban Insurgents, that he offered to betray the Cuban offi cer with whom he slept, and that hi offered to cultivate a feeling of friendship toward the rlpanlsh cause In the United States through the medium of letters to many newspapers in the United States, and all of this for a consideration. He was negotiating with both sides In Cuba. Washington, Feh. 11 The friends of the tariff bill met an unexpected repulse this afternoon when a vote of 21 years and 3 noes in the senate defeated the motion of Morrill to take up the tariff bill. The negative vote which defeated the motion was given by the Democrats. Pop ulists and four Republican senators, Tel ler. Mantle, Dubois and Carter. The af firmative vote was entirely republican. but Its total of 21 is less than half of the aggregate Republican strength. Tho urgent deficiency bill was passed today. It carries about rS.000.tlty), a con ridable Increase over the bill passed In the house. Washington, Feb. 11 Numerous boards of officers have been appointed by the secretary of war to meet March 2 for the examination of appoit.tees to the military academy, including those at Fort Houston Texas: Jefferson Harracks, Fort Leaven worth, Fort Douglass, Fort D. A. Rus sell, Pre-ddlo, San Francisco, and Van couver Jlurrncks. Highest of all in Leavening AC5QiU)TES.Y PURE THE BIG FIGHT ISP0STP0NED Owing to the Conditio! of .Mahtr's Eyes, Which Are Swollen So He Cannot See. FITZSIMMONS' KIND ACTION Voald fat Cilia Teter's forfeit lader tke Coaditlsss Daa Stsirt's Sckeaie to Brisj Off tfci rigkt-.liker Sadly Afflicted. Et Paso, Feb. 11 The big fight hi post poned until Monday at 'he earliest: and. when that day arrives the future of the matter will be determined. It is the eyes of Maher that th.-eatrn to stop the event. Buck Connelly, one of Maher'a seconds, said Maher's eyes had been so badly Inflamed by sind blowing In them during his training that be cou.U scarcely see. Stuart at once set to work to secure a postponement for the fight ao enable Maher to get Into condition. According to the conditions of the match. Maher and Fltzslmmons each posted a forfeit of ll.(M to Insure their appearance In the ring. Maher came to the city at l:30 to night. His eyes were tightly cloaed and he wore a green shade over them' Over the green abode waa a travelling cap, with the visor pulled down close upon the noae to prevent the light from striking the eyes. Newspaper representatives were sent for by Connelly, and Maher's eyes were Inspected. They were swollen almost shut, and water exuded from the cor-' ners. A raising of the lids showed that 'he eyeballs were greatly Inflamed and natterated. Maher has been training in an old adobe rink at Las Cruces. The dust was so thick when he waa going through his exercises that visitors com plained ot It and warned Maher against -wntlnulrur work in an atmosphere of lust. Sunday, one of his eyes began to pain. It was decided that he had sand In them, but it would only temporarily Inconvenience bim. Tuesday both eyes were affected, and the condition of the fighter had become worse, and yesterday he could not se. Maher's trouble Is not n common In this region. Dr. YandelL the city health officer, who looked at the sufferer, aald Maher would not bo able to enter the ring for a week. Martin Julian and Fltxstmmons were sent or as soon as Maher was placed In his room. Both examined the sufferer's eye. x pressing their sympathy for him, and I 'iinounead that they would not. under . e circumstances, claim the , forfeit. They will give Maher ample time to re--over. The following was posted abjut town "night: "Owing to the temporary affliction of Peter Maher's eyes, the contest will have to be postponed for a few days." The thing upon which Dan Stuart has all along been basing his confidence has just become public Months ago. Stuart secured a concession from the Mexican uthoritlea for a tract of land near thl Ity. Everything was understood, but he formal papers were not made out. eneral Roleceo Rublo, a relative of Pres- dent Dias. was secretary of the Interior of the Mexican government Jlefore the lose of the deal. Rubio died. That de eyed the sending of the papers to Stu- )rt, and during that time the promoter sought Dallas and then Hot Springs. After that failure he determblned to try M Mexican schmie. In November, Gen eral Gonzales Cozio was appointed to the cabinet position made vacant by the death of Secretary Rublo. Stuart has ill along been working upon the belief that in proper time the formal papers would be made out and his carnival thus be an assured fact They are not here today, and, unless they should come in before the day set, he must run the gauntlet of the soldiery If he pulls off the fight SOCIAL PURITY. New York. Feb. 11 A special commit ee of the National Christian League for the Promotion of Social Purity la holding tself In readiness to start for Albany it the first intimation that the legislature has finished up all the work on hand and i sitting around waiting for another Job at teaching New York city morals. The delegation would go even earlier. The news that there was a chance to Mp In the bill for protection of the mar iage relation would be sufficient tnvita Ion for them to start at once and try to lobby It through. The bill, which has spent four years In (he legislature will be presented this year. By this act the violation of the com nandment by either a husband or a wife a punishable In each party to the viola Ion "both by a fine ot not less than tluoo r more than 15,000, and by imprisonment 'or not less than one year nor more than five years," . THE MARKETS. Liverpool. Feb. 11 Wheat, spot, steady; demand, poor: No. 2 red winter, Ss 8d; No. t hard Manitoba. 6s TVd: No. 1 Cal ifornia, 5s 8Kjd. Portland, Feb. 11 Wheat, unchanged, ed. a inrrrER arrangement. h uBgt: -Hello, Klssam, had your hair ?t.t; Klssam Yes, dear boy; I fom l a place, where they cut your hair while you wait. Ilucn:m TUat'a gooel A bvber chip 's usually a place where they cut some other man's hair while you wait. A MATTER OF MONEY. Tessa Sifter. A couple of Dallas geiHIem?n met, anl one of tbem remained: "You lock down in tat moiph. Wat Is the matter? Is It love or business that l. tiiiuhll'ig you.'' "IiiKliie-s. That rich (,-lrl ti whom t have txen engaged for tho last six months has shook ire." Power. 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