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THE DAILY ASTORIAN is the fclffest anl test paper on the Columbia Fiver THE ASTORIAN has the largest circulation of any paper on the Columbia Fiver FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XLV1. AST0JI1A, OIIKCOX: NATIHDAY MOUNIXO, JIMS Hi, 1807. NO. 14fu Special Cash From now on ' extraordinary TO CASH PURCHASERS The list of articles which come under this head Is too Ions: to publish, but a trial order will show that we mean business Some Things Complete Salmon : Lawn Mowers : 1 and I J LAWN HOSH J 5 FOARD City Book Store, HEADQUARTERS FOR Fishing Tackle, Base Ball Goods, Hammocks, Lawn Tennis Sets, Etc. LATEST PERIODICALS, PAPERS AND MAGAZINES. Blank Books, Stationery, Type Writer Ribbons, . Carbon Paper and Office Supplies. GRIFFIN W. F. SCHEIBE, A lull Him ol Pipes, Tobacco, and 5mokr' Artlclts. 4T4 Commercial Mt. Cut! Cut! Cut! We have postponed tho auction Bale until late in the season, and have cut tho prices OH Alih GOODS Iff THE STORE So as to mako them lower than any placo in Astoria. Space too small to mention prices. Come 19 and see, the Goods and Prices Everything marked in plain figures. Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Etc. FRIEDMAN'S, commercial bt. Sale - - - we will give inducements Ross, Higgins & Co. in Season Nets, Knitted Web J Hardware" 'Carpenter's Tools? & STOKES CO. RED IHEfi'S EXCURSION TO . . Seaside,-Sunday, -July -4th given by C0NC01BLY TRIBE NO. 7 The Astoria Military IIhihI will bo in nUttuilunoe. Roand Trip Tickets, . . $1.00 Cliililron between rnieaof 12 Aiul 5 yearn, HALF FA UK There will lx plenty of roihI sjHirt on the prouruin. & REED. MnnuliictMFtr and Dealer In FINE CIGARS! CORNELL STILL HOLDS THE RECORD The (ircutcst limit Kmc Which Eur Occurred in the I'nitcd Mutes. American methods ijest Harvard's New Coilili Tr jiainfj and Heavier Vcl'ilitt Hut la It Ik-femea la Same Maancr an Last Icar. ('xitf tike N V.. Ji.im 5. Curru II won; linn-. Ju.2-1. Vale wu second ly tin. v . iiiilln and n luilf; tlnn i : 14. 1,'ni url I rim- In third, five 1-1 it I h anlerl) (if Valt-; mm-, 21 'iiiifir llnif by nillt-tt wan. Flri-t itillf, .i..l mil.-, ttlt-l mil.-. fourth wile. ';!(. Tin. niriikr; Tht- inrt 'riifll 3;. Yule J: H.tminl St.. Jinn t.-t mil.-, S.1, U. i: 1. ;' 'lively, tinlf imlf, i.'. i:, tin... iHiii.r.. u, SJ. x. lulli'. :.. j. 111;.' uml 11 half mill i.. J! '.. 3., io milts, ;,, 5I, to and a liulf mili . J.', r.f. 3:; ihr. r mll. it, K. Ji. Ihim iiii'l a tiii If tiillio, II, 21, thru' am Hi r. o '.i.irti r mili-n. til, II, ; lliiif.li, U. 21, , nil lliirvar l drlfi Ihk mnn Hi. line. Tli r.ii:r wait ittut uf AtniTtcjtn Krli, Aiii rl 111 MliMhmlit uml Am. rliiiii Inilnli'K. I lltiiltllnt Aiii-rli.ui KIM .- Mlll.-.l Ullll CiikIIhIi tni'thii'lit nliil KmkIIi Irnliilr.k' A 'T' o( Amt-riciti toll. 111 ou tm. Iiiilri.-I umii r urj Aim-riiMn l oam, I10 Intin lu oilur Aniii linn rt.lli'Kr inn, ill i lKM-i'MI-itl rnlHi 'I, Klf 10 Dill' r ri' h.nln tiiuillril, otif i.n!i r an Ai'iir dun cmi li !lh 11 -jjiKiiin- of l.neiln 11 nil Am, rl, nn im lhiv1.., an l llu oilu r. .llr.K.ir.liiitt .ill Aniorlnin tiii.-lilnK nnd iiii'iliixU iul lmi"irUT, 111 KiitlUh rou 'h In tin fnilr.ivor t.t (iio'.r tl.r Mil rial liy for ili nli y m.'ihol. No "iitli fonii-itl i-i it i-'-iirrtl In ll:l rouniry. (.'orm-ll nnl irmliy lii.i. not 11 n alili" 10 inwl VuU ln.- lsT, :iinl nlw lost llwn, 1ml toiluy ihf If fiuit-l ih. vrtstrcra uf Ihr Milt'. Af.r yuar u( bit ki lim. Vul ujii rmily ronm tiuM, un.li r I'ttwirr rroin l!nriiril. lo utiulii nif.'l C orm-ll. Tho Hint 1 li hk iirrumtril, un.' tmluy the U-n1-!m( ir tit of tlii-itt- trir-.- I.. 1. linn mnrt.-.l tloHii ttm fuur-trillr ntn-ti-li tv K i-l li. r. Vult llnlhi'il tht-utiil. Hint- end 11 Imlf iKLit-U'tiKlti" Mi'iir;iti:i In r from I'urni ll. Ilnrt iir.l, lih In r n ly 11? iiilri KukIIsIi nutluxl-i, rliilinl ililnl. 11 ml hIk- w.m ovt-r vlKlit mnl a Imlf ln!V Im-IiiiuI Cornill. I!i-r I'lslit t'r- tliorouK'h ly t xliaimtt-.l. while thr xHMitnt of the Anitrliiiu tlu-ory nill.tl t- the iro iullutl of ftitrit-rmrt , ht-IU llnliilit-t! .it 11 hot pace, wlthtuit niiy iliKtr-M Wng appurenl. The tl.l.- mm ltk. the wlml fnvort-il no purtloulur en . and Blmolute- ly no f.itor of iiny kiml vim shown hy nntiire lownnj the rtitnlt. The moo wua rowed ttnlnly on It nn-rlt. Th riirr ulro net ! cont lunlon upon the Ui;i,-mooii'.l nut-mioii toiu-vrnl-iif w -tj;lit. Villi- utrlppiil Into th.-ir Unit lit un uv-i-ru of III imuihIm; Cormll, IX Vule umiI i-tt-ry K)und of It "lnHf" unJ U v-t-ruiiit of n imm. mill at ilim-s with a lurtounntnK whU-li ni.ule the Iwwt fuiiiy lift from the water. Cornell employed her tr.ilned down mum-It- In 11 leisurely, i-onlldi iil ni inntl- that pulle.1 her nt every Klroko towiird vtetoiy. It w.ut a ulnn'i Lir eolneldi-i.cB that the Knll.th-traliied irew, Harvard, pui-sued exaetly the annie methods us to number of stroke per minute as ilttl the wIiiiiIiik erew, and ul thoiiKh they welttheil 011 un uveruge ten lioiin.ls heavier than Cornell's moil, that extra weight told for nothlii!. and either from too much "llnenesr" In tmultiiK or luek of alilllty to pull the stroke set for them, they were prtu-tlcally "dead" after (he set-olid mile. It U also curious to nole that Cornell pulled exactly tho same kind of a stroke and the same number of strokes to the minute as she pulled hint year when she won In record-break-UiK lime, and that Harvard, while adver tising that she hud entirely new methods, was defeated In exactly the same manner that defeat met her lat year. Hrlelly. the result of today's race Is that Cornell asserts her superiority In rowlmc, method of training and capability over th'f two larger universities, and shu still holds the record. FEELS BOURY FOK Bl'LLlVAN. Fltaslmnions Makes Lltrlit of John U's ChalletVk-e to F lht Him. New York, June Si. When questioned by a Journal nnd Advertiser reporter con- emlng John U Sullivan's challenge, Rob ert Fltuslmmons aald: 'Yes, I saw John's challenge In the Journal, and It really makes me ft el merry. Ha, ha! John 1.. Sullivan hack in the ring again, and says he means It! Sometimes I feel sorry for John. Don't he understand Uuit there Is no possible show In the world for him to win a fight with a man like me? Perhaps I should not say tlutt, however, liecnuae he Is evidently sincere In what he Imagines lie n do. And then, again, he la over there training with Billy Muldoon, and If any man alive can put htm In condition to make a fight, Muldoon Is the man. le knows more about physical development and training than any other man living, and he may be able to do wonders with John. I will accept the challenge to thla extent: First of all. It Is not to be a finish fight, ao far aa I am concerned. Do you think I want to Jcopardlae my Iil.eriy by liiuiny John I.. Hulilwir. Iiird 1 tumuli In krio'-k I1I111 )!" moiiM 'Imply drop dead. To l-Kht a filiUli flfrht Willi HhIIIviiii would be n.mmllilriK fii;. n-laiiKliii-r. and I do not ink 11 fanry to It I will ku fiirtlier and i;!vo Mm a -liiiri' that no oilur pUKllUt has ever hini. nnd If II Is not the squares! prvin IMkii you tvi-r hMird. IheB siiuifist some tliliiif else thHt Ir. and I will i.Kr-e to It. First of all, I will not n ht him to a finish, but ls-tti r still, hi- run fight rnc to a finish If h can do It In u four-round or six-round KO I will spar for points and treat htm nl'ely while he ran fight for 8 knotkoul. I will positively ngr". to let lilm try )""' as hnrd as be ran 10 toii me In that time, and as an addl tl0n.1l ass jrance to John that nothing dis astrous will hniM-n to Mm. I merely In tend tu keep a any from Ids smashes and allow Mrn Unit inn bit him at will." uahk. v.-.uu s : ji:;:k. U'ajililiiKton, June S. Washington 6, New V rk 11. H.-.-ind gme Washing ton fi. New Voik I I'ltts'iurg. Juni JJ.- rtttibutg 6, Bl. : 4. Jiofttn, Jum- , -lu-ston I", llahlmore '. I'.rotikl) n. Join r. -Prixklyn II, I'hlla i't l.dila II. CIIAMI'I'.iN H'.VIliUKUS. Ban Francisco. June C . Lun Ittntar aii.1 H. T. Hrewi-r, the ctiuinplon snltn iners of this eoitit. have slarlitl lor Chl (ago le piulliipalt- In the luternatloiuil rhamplunshlp swl'iimlng tournament til it 111 take place on July 1 under the aus pices of tht- Chicago Athletic Association of the Amateur Athletic t'nlon. KlTLATHiN UltAVIi Natives In !ndU fatiiollng the tittic-rs on Duty. lloiiil-uy, India. June 2S. The successive shouting of li rill h plague commissioners a 1x1 other civil anil military ollletra by natives Is regarded with grave apprehen sion us an u111111M11k.il. I sign of revolt In a.lillllon to the killing of Lieutenant Aycoft at Cmvutklnd Tuesilay. and il.e sltuultaneous shooting of Commission) r Mum!, who Is In a critical condition, other a t tempts bn the lives of ollleers are r.-rted. Civil C'lllcer Hos wa shot at l't-Kliawar Tuwiilay night a he was re tunilng Iroin the Jubilee felt and can not recover. An attempt was made upon the life of Ueutt-nant William lasst even ing, ajt he was entering the mess room Ht l'uonuli. Fortunately the bullet struck only his hand. The authorities have of fered S',im ruecs for the arrest of the natives concerned. The assassins track ! their victims and shoot them after night fall. KuroH-ana are very uneay. The oulragi-s are due to the dlsconunl of the Hruhmlna. FAMOCS ARTIST DF.AD San Francisco. June iC. Fortune do Come, an artist, highly educated, on- c Itatrtrtilx.-d by New York's aristocracy, erstwhile diiin of the art department of the university of Southern California, and for some six months past an earnest worker here, Is dead. I'.iralysls Is given as tho cause of dculh, but It Is believed he was the victim of starvation. l'rof. iv Conte was a mem'orr ol the F.tudlant di-s Heaux Arts do Fruno.ih-; Society of Arts, Southern California: Hop kins Institute of Art, San Francisco. So ciety of Artists, Chicago. Kit Kat tir.d I'alette. New York. Tapers found among his effecU Indi cate that he was a member of the fa mous Orleans family, and tnat his name us Salnte Salm de Conte. His father was Carlos de Conte. at one time am bassador to England, and who died about thirty years ago. l'AN-AJ! KRICAN F.X POSITION. Albany. N. Y., June 21 Articles of In corporation of the Tan-American Expo sition Company were filed here and In Buffalo today. A meeting1 of the board of directors will be held at the transporta tion club In New York to effect an or- ganlxatlon. It has been decided to hold the exiwsltlon In 1SK, commencing May 1st and running for six months, and the place selected Is at Lasalle, on the Niag ara river. HONORARY DEGREK8. Madison, Wis., June 25. President Ad ams, 'of the university of Wisconsin, at the close of the commencement exrc'ses announced that the board of university regenta had voted to confer the honorary degree of doctor of lawa on Harry Burns Ilutchena, acting president of the univer sity of Michigan: D. E. Fenaw. chief of the division of forestry at Washington, and John Muir, of Callfofnla, ths emi nent discoverer bjuI scientist. TO DKTKCT SMUGUUNU. Paris. June 25. The government has adooted X rays to check smuggling. T - rector Pallaln, of the French customs service, has ordered 'that Crookes tubes be kept In all the large customs ofllces. Hitherto vast quantities of Jewelry have btttn concealed In the legs of tables and nk receptacles, it Is believed Lhat by X rays the presence of such articles will be readily detected. THE HOFFMAN INQVF.ST. Ban Francisco, June 25. The coroner' Inquest Into the mysterious death of Isaac Hoffman was concluded this morning, the Jury returning a verdict to the effect that the deceased was murdered at the hands of some person unknown to the Jury. NO STEP BACKWARD IN BUSINESS Improvement Continue; Gradual and on Prudent Lines. CONFIDENCE IS WIDESPREAD TfcmtodSrplasol Viiter Vbcat.Spriag V'keit Doing Remarkably well aitk ia lafciofci lacreaK of Acreage . New York. June 23. R. ti. bun it Com pany's Wtekly lK.-vlew of Trade will ay tomorrow : There Is no step liuckward In business, ulthotigli the season of mlddurnm.r quiet Is lu re. Improvement continue gradual and prui.'.-ntly cautious u before, al though In many tranche It 1 evident here no sign of It appeared a few weeks ago. business men of the highest stand ing Ir. ull parts of the country having gradually perceived that the tide has be gun to rise, are regulating their contracta and Investment, and their plana for the future with a confidence ;ulte unknown to them a short time ago. Great change before the adjournment at congress are hardly to be eXiected, but the removal of uncertainty Is with reason expected to bring Into oix-ratlon buying forces which have been restricted for month. The main factor at this time U the steadily brightening prospect for crops. The harvesting of wheat has alreudy be gun In some winter wheat states with surprisingly good results, and In the cen tral region of California, so that '.! tons Is now called the minimum from the Litter state, ami statisticians of repute calculate on CO.iwO.Cm) bushels of winter wheat beyond the government estimate. Spring wheat Is doing remarkably well, with practically an unknown increase of acreage. RKALiSTREKT'S REPORT. New York, June 23. Bradstreet's tomor row will say: Misrepresentation of the actual state of trade throughout the counry during the past month. In an apparent endeavor to make the prospective Improvement In bus iness to appear to be Its present condi tion, demands an examination a to the facts, and Bradsuwf presents the con densed results of Interviews with repre sentative manufacturers and merchants at more than fifty Important commercial and Industrial centers east of the Rocky mountains. The demands, except In a few lines. Is less pronounced than It was two months ago. There Is no material increase In tlie volume distributed com pared with a year ago, and the prices for many staples are lower, but there has been an Improvement compared with the situation prior to the presidential elec tion of last year, ami as contrasted with List January. Many of the larger mer chants and manufacturers characterize the business record for the first half of !i7 as a disappointment In contrast with the anticipation in Decern Iter. 1SW. On the other hand, confidence l widespread In the revival of demand thla fall. THE HOUSE COMMITTEES. , Slieaker Reed Announces the Chairmen of tlie Most Important of Them. New York, June 23. A special to the Journal from Washington says: Speaker Reed will name his commltlets the day the present session closes. The 1st as it stand of the most Important chalrmasnhlps of committees are given below: Accounts, B. B. O'Dell, New York: ag riculture, J. V. Wadsworth. New York: appropriation and currency, J. H. Walk er, Massachusetts: claims, C. N. Brumm. Pennsylvania; coinage, weights and meas ures, C. W. Stone, Pennsylvania: Dis trict of Columbia, J. W. Babcock, Wis consin: education, G. A. Grow, Pennsyl vania: election, No. 1. L. W. Royce, In diana; elections, No. 2, G. W. Prince, Il linois: election of president, vice-presi dent and representatives, W. C. Arnold, Pennsylvaia: enrolled bills, A. L. Hager, Iowa; foreign affairs, R. R. Hltt. Illi nois: immigration, R. Barthold, Missouri; Indian affairs, J. Sherman, New York; Interstate, W. P. Hepburn, Iowa; Invalid pensions, Wilfred S. Kerr, Ohio: Irriga tion of arid lands. W. R. Ellis. Oregon; Judiciary, D. B. Henderson, Iowa; labor, J. J. Gardner, New Jersey: manu'ac tures. G. W. Farrls, Indiana; merchant marine and fisheries, Sercno E. Payne, New York: military. J. A. T. Hull, Iowa: militia, B. F. Marsh, Illinois; mines and mining, R, G. Cousins, Iowa; naval affairs. C. A. Boutelle, Maine; Tacinc railroads, H. H. Powers, Vermont: patents. Jnsluh D. Hicks. Pennsylvania: pensions. H. C. Loudenslager. New Jersey; postofflees and post roads, Eugene F. Loud, California; public buildings and grounds, David B. Mercer, Nebraska: public lands. John F. Lacy, lowa; railways and canals, C. A. Ohlckerlr.g, Ntw York: rivers and har bors. W. B. Hooker, Near York: terri tories, W. S. Knox, Massachusetts: war claims. E. M. Mahone. Pennsylvania. WOOL SCHEDULE COMPLETED. All Important Schedules of Tariff 3111 and Free List Canvased. Washington. June 23.-The aenate today completed the wool silk and tobacco s hedulr of the tn rl IT bill, and with this ucrompllidimcnt the tariff l fillers had the satisfaction of knowing that all III sched ules of the bill and the fre list had been gorwj over once. There now remain on'y to go through the Mil the second time. pausing on the Items passed over. Then are very numerous and Important Includ lug hides, gloves, coal, tea and beer. After that the Internal revenue feature will be all that remain. Progress wa rapid today, although every paragraph relating to carpets wa stubbornly con tested. The comdderallon of the silk schedule led to a strong contest against the proposed duties on silk fabrics. Sen ator Teller and Mantle Joined with the democrat in the opposition. The para graph wa passed by a majority of two. The tobacco schedule Went through wltri little friction, after the committee had advanced the duty slightly on wrapper i:nd leaf tobneco. CORBETT8 CASE. Washington, June 2T.. (Special to the Astorlan.) The senate committee on priv ileges and elections today considered the report preisireil by Senator Hoar In the cae of H. W. Corbet t, recommending that Corbett be sealed as senator from Oregon. The committee declined to act t'pon the report, but ordered that It be printed for the use of the committee, to gether with any views which might be submitted by the members opposing Cor bett. The result of this proceeding will be to postpone further consideration of the Corbett claim until next session. OAKLAND'S LILLIPUT. She Ho Been Engaged a a Member of a Theatrical Company. Oakland, CaL. June K.-MIbs Mary Bar rail, the smallest woman in California, has been aceptcd as member of the Lilliputians. She will Join the company In September, going from here to New York. Thence she will go to Europe, where a thorough training In music and elocution will be given her under the tutelage of the best instructors. Mis BarraJl Is a native of Germany and Is now In her 21st year, and her stature l only four fe;t three Inche. She look like a child of nine years. BIG CONTRACT FOR OGEGON. Millions ofTlea to Be Furnished the Chinese Railroad. Portland. June K.-The Pacinc Export Lumber Company ha been awarded the contract for 9.MO.0OO feet of ties by the Chinese government for the new railroad now tinder construction In Manchuria. TWELVE SAVED. Quebec, June 25. The steamship Ant werp City ha arrived with shipwrecked men. the survivors of the crew of the Norwegian bark Magnhild, lost oft New Foundland. When about 70 miles north of Bird rocks the Magnhlld encountered a dense fog and lay to. She rolled heavily and the cargo of conl shifted until water began pouring Into the hold. The captain or dered the long boat lowered anl 12 of ttie IS men aboard entered It . The captain refused lo embark and remarked to five others. Including the first mr-.te: "The boat will swamp !f we go aboard, and we may a well die here as anywhere." The boat pulled away. Ten minutes later the Maur.hlld gave a heavy lurch and disappeared. The llnt mate was seen clinging to a hatch, but could not be reached. The men In the long boat were picked up 21 hours later by the Antwerp City. THE CHANNEL CHANGED. New Orleans, June 23. A dispatch from Natchex, Miss., says: The steamboat Leathers groundtd last night at the foot of Natchex l.dand. a few miles below here. In four and a half feet of water. She was following the old channel where there was always from 12 to 13 feet of water. The channel has changtd to the Mississippi side and cuts close to what is known at Carthage point light. There 1 plenty of water In the new channel about seven feet across t'na held of the Island on the Mississippi sid.r The Leathers was still aground at last ac counts. NO DISCRIMINATION INTENDED. San Francisco, June 23. Superintendent Jaynea says that the Western Union Tel egraph Company doe not propose to dis criminate in rate against the proposed race track at Can Clemente In favor of the pool rooms. He declares that no one has been authorized to make such a state ment HELD UP A SALOON. Ouray, Col., June 25. Ora Jones and an other man, a stranger, entered Chase's saloon this morning and after having ilrinks drew their guns on those present. picked up sacks containing about JMO, backed out of the door and escaped on horseback. BURGLAR COLBY SURROUNDED. Uktah. Cal., June 23. George Colby, who escaped from the Lakeport Jail about a year ago, while awaiting sentence for burglary, was surrounded by a posse-near Middletown last night He was accom panied by his father, and when ordered to throw up their hands they began firing. The elder Colby and one of the pome were mortally wounded. AMERICANS IN GREAT FAVOR The English Showing Appreciation of ! President McKinley's Courtesies. WILL HELP BIMETALLISM Royalty Has Set the Style ana Every Ret ereice to America ia tke rress Is Sym pathetic aad Appreciative. j New York, June SI. A dispatch to the iTrtbune from London says: j The favorable Impression produced In England by President McKlnley In Bp I pointing a special ambassador for the (historic occasion of the queen's JulAlt t 'emphaUed by the distinction with whirls (it ha been received at court and in Ue 'highest social circle. All the member jof the special embassy share In the ex ceptional honor and attention paid to jthem a representative of the L'ntted .State. Royalty ha set the style, and 'every reference to America in the publlo press 1 sympathetic and appreciative. iThe fact la generally recognized that America has departed from her usual j half-hearted methods of diplomatic lnbr ' course with foreign nation and taluia I her place with dignity and ditlnetlo In the world's court of honor opened, i i London for the purpose of congratulating the queen and her empire on her long and prosperous reign. Good feeling has been promoted by this exceptional demonstration of Amer jlcan courtesy and appreciation, and the jway may have been opened for the ad justment of several questions vitally aflecting tho United States. For cxam 'ple, the three silver envoys, with Senator jWolcott at their head, will arrive In Lon !don next week, after entering upon their Iwork In Pari on the most favorable con ditions. Their main object 1 to Interest 1 the leading power of Europe In the !quet!on of bimetallism and to secure their assent to reassembling the mone tary conference. The French govern ment"favora this 'project "arid Germany only awaits the action of England In order to fall Into line. I The house of commons ha passed an academic resolution In favor of bimetal lism, but the ministers are divided on th subject. Mr. Balfour l a convinced bl ,'metalllst, and several of his collcngues are of the same mind. Ixrd Salisbury .himself I known to share Mr. Balfour a views, although he is more cautious and moderate in expressing them. Mr. Cham berlain and others are on the fence and there is only one pronounced monomrtal tlst with conviction unclouded by doubt. This Is the chancellor of the exchequer, 'with financial London behind him. The Important fact which Is well understood In the best circle of Information is that the ministers, while unable to agree upon any other point, will consent to aeudlng this to the new conference. This may be statod with the utmost posltlvenee. j These delegate, moreover, will not be hidebound monometalllsts, convinced In advance that nothing can be done for silver, but open-minded men ready to dla 'cuss the complex question In all Ita bear ings. j The reopening of the Indian mints Is also a possibility. ' I Senator Wolcott and his colleagues In pressing their arguments for fresh Inter national action will nave many influences -In their favor, and one of the strongest I will be the good feeling produced by American hearty participation In the Jnbl lee celebration. Ex-Secretary Foster will also arrive next week from St. Peters burg, where, it ia reported, he met with considerable success tn negotiating with the czar's government tn regard to pel agic seal fisheries. His appearance la London will be premature, since he can not reasonably hope to secure the reopen jing of the seal fisheries question thla j year, and especially when he ha sent to .the foreign office a needlessly aggressive 'presentation of the case. I Other questions are unsettled between 'England and America, and the exchange jof good offices and Jubilee congratula tions over the event in which the queen's (subjects are profoundly Interested ca 'hardly fail lo be helpful In securing a 'satisfactory adjustment of theni. Absolutely Puro- j Celebrated (or ita great leaveninar strength, and healthful neea. Assure the 1 food against alum and all forma of 1 adulteration common to tho cheap brand. ROTAXi BAKING POWDER , co-jnrvr tork. 0W IP