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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1897)
Shi fflMtesiPi&lif mm THE ASTORIA! has tha largest circulation of any piper on the Columbia River THE DAILY ASTORIAN Is the tlggtst and test paper on the Columbia River KULX, ASSOCIATED PKKSS KBPORT. VOL XLV11. ASTORIA, OREGON: NATL'KDAY MORNLNO, JL'LY J7, 18. NO. 1. WILLIAM GADSBY ....The Housef urnisher. . . cadsby Blocks PORTLAND OREGON Washington and First Streets runiLAnu, uncumi Parlor Rockers Tim larj(r aftil liuml iliwlralilo aortinviit III (hi city. I.nn arm Itmitleiiimi' riN-kiTM, IiIkIi Wk, luti or .ilk U'lry anal, frame UnUlioJ in rtah, diirk ma hominy, lit $3.90 Each Luilu nckcr to muti'li tliabova at f-'l forgo wiliMor, leather ! rur Ingiiiair at 1'2 50 rnoli. a Dining Chairs Wo niiliMnleil two erli'li of dm- J lug rlmlrM last wwk, ami can now oiler the, gmula At price. 25 jxr cent leu than our ctmitl ton. Vim hnvft a H'xxl inlMitnn llal dining cliair in mix rat ultli trnwl arm, making thorn ery ttnut and iluralila, (or 75c Each EVF.KYTH1NO IN STUCK TO Kt'KNISII A IIOtT8E THItoriilf. OUT. WE I.EAI IN I'KICES. WILLIAM The Houscfurnisher. Sole Agents for Knox and Wauburton Hats BUFFUM s PENDLET9N Hatters and Puri-iishefs 94 Third Street, PORTLAND, OR. ....The Only Exclusive SEASONABLE GOODS Baseball and Tennis Goods Boxing dloves Croquet Sets Hammocks Now Novels and Magazines received as soon as published GRIFFIN & REED Special Rates N DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING AT FRIEDMAN'S .... See Our Men's Suits or $5.0 0 See Our Men's Suits for $6.50 See Our Fine Suits for $10.00 Remember that Friedman is ; Cutting Prices AT 600 COMMERCIAL STREET Babies Ar Mug prtxlupi'il In constantly inrri'imiiitf iiiiinU-m ilttrltig lh liiinl lima. V r rfjiiloril no-oo-rilingly, mul hr nv 1I hahy enrrintfv. mul lmty chair, galora to meet tlm heavy ilctnniiil, Tim lruf nr. way down. llltfli ('hair., linrdwi!.. llixh Chair, ('lie seat . . ltohy Cnrrlim, v-ry imble, Hi 7,va Iron Beds W can tulk imn heL with any tmi, tmrtnir t ho limit litis in tbo Market. Can avll von in Iron UhI, uWilr ciiBini'iii with bmiMi k a ob At $4.50 Carpets Many 4l prefer tlnir cnrMt mini, up iu the hn of rutfe. W ar making Hieiii that way cvxry day ; no extra clinrc. Hanfon!'. tajieairlea, with Iwr lttni 75c Yard Art K.tmrf. ami Japanese Hog Tli tuft Mmortiurnt o( (tattorna In town. NO MI&KEI'llESENTATIONS ALLOWED. EASY payments! CAN BE AKUANUED FOR. GADSBY First and Washington Sts Men's Furnishers.... Fishing Tackle Baby Carriages Children's Wagons Garden Tools NOTHING TO EQUAL THEM IN THIS CITY it IN A DELIRIUM OF COLD FEVER Scuttle Turned l'ilc Down by the (ircnt Excitement. AM. CLASSES Kt SHIM; NOKTH tea lbrokiliu I p Their l'ofiitr. ad Tcle- jjnpbioy r riend ia tbr Kjm to Joia Them ia :t ut (.old. H.alllr. Jl.ly 11 - N UT 1:1 lt l'ltiry I.ji H mil. xi"tli' i i ll tx-'i u li.'m''i'U)ii rxru. tin-ill ii II In i ds' ko-' Ii.K ehiomli. l;.-t..rii4 uf ih" ruimlrain illmovrrlrt of iM In itn Klomlyki- illn trl'l, Attokn. hu trtit the town up xl.lf ilimn. mul nil cl.i-- ff mm nrv in a .l. lirlum ut gull v.r. Ann.iir tlimw Ho it UHllllH vi Uil-Ir t:.lti:i'J.l of KOL'lK In O.r (1iM t; rl-ncriMir Jotwi II. MHiuw. uii.l M m. )'ullcrmwi ur- r' nr:iiiiiC (rtm 1 hi- forc, i.-ry tri.-i cur duhi lint cn;t rulw a 'itkv, liiia tlvr.a noll-v to bll cointui.iy lli.it li will If.vr. In fait, nil ilay of no. i-iy rvjituM nii-1 in tlm ( v-.r-lull runli lu Kit nurili. Mun iiikIh! llulr l.u.i:ui a.tt ro.ir..it? I'l Krou In llc irvl In ixrltr-l iIIwumIoii, l' iii,. !r-ftrililttf uVIr frl-ni nnJ nlj llr In llic Kl l c"iii"' nii'l J 'l:i llu in 1 1 llio in-w Kliloniilo. TMp aiRtmrr 1'ortliia.t. of ttu North Aim ricun Trult & Trani.i.orl.itlon Co.. uue from Kt. Mlrtnu-1'a Hh IT.i'".'"" In KoU dui on tnmr1, In "XiHi'lrJ to arrive lomorrow. UoLti FKO.M ALASKA. Wimh ilk-ton, July K Mr. rrraton. dl ncior of thr mint, ti-crivwl n liliKmin i'liitrt tor nopi-rt itcvli'til of the San u'K-o mint Mntliiii tlmt .'', t In liylil h.i'l nrrtvl nl th.it kI a from Alim hii. ami tlmt an nn nmount waa f-x-(H'.'tiil to nrrlv ntxt wiW. FRANK HVTLKK KXKITTKP. Hi 'o .f. Mk ii Hi tiullt of th- MurJ-r Cliarg'il Ak.iI:i1 Hint. PV'imy. N. S. V.. July 1. -John NV. nu!i. uliim JrnK Itutlrr, i "nvl.-t.Ml of tho nmnliT of Cni'tul'i t.f WVII.r In the Itluv mouiilnln illMrli-t In lss n liunu r bvrr jfntfrlay, Ho broHi- dow.i tt lnt, tlt.i nmnrknble sloK lnra whli-h hp hint hlMtil Iik- hln arrcat In Ban Fr.i.iolio'O lal Frlinmry Klvlnif way. uml hr conffwii"! hl ftullt of thin m w;'II othiT nhocklna orinn-. lie admt't! (hut hi rlirhl name wiui John Ni winn, and tha.t hr wa bori of irocnt family In SliilToriUlilr. IV.Klaml. In ISM. He lnfriti-il th profounilrat Hnltenre for hl mlMlmli', anl at the last moment willingly n-tvlvi.it th n-llRlou conolu tloi tmiiiilly orfi-ml tn condi-mmHl. Thr cxii'Ulloti wru rffiH'tiil without Inoldont. Fiv (wiatr wire prmlttwl, thows tirth-nt In-lnB prlm-limlly ofllrcr of tho court anil attvmlunta directly con ,-rnd In curijl e out tin1 lnv,'' tU-cri-e. The i waa one thiit Im excltiil lnfif Inturevt throtirhout ttte cohnli, and IcriNit NitUfuctlon I exiirwunMl In ihe thorough work iM-rformi'il ty tho deti-c- ttvi-a in ecurlinr evldonce Iradl.tf not only to the rapture of Newm.ui. Iut lit lee.y oiivlotion p iil execution. tMSTIXOUSHKP JAI' COMING. A Ni p'.li w of the Emperor Will Tour the ViutvJ Stivtea. N.-W Vork. July lH.-l'rl ce Tukeiiltu! ArlmiKiiWa, K nepiiew of EniH-ror Mut mililio. of Japnn. will be In this eountry within ten ilny. Prince Ariuiriiwa 1 one of the r!chvni men In Japan, and hi-. .In the nv.k of retir udmlriU In her navy. He I described a a handsome mwii of military npiernnot, and I about So year old. lie ia now In Inlnd, where he waa iHMit by the emperor aa a apeclal riiprrnentutlve ihirlUK tho liiu-e ;' Jubilee. According to the protrrum mapped out thu far, It la the. Intention of the prince to take lmyiwifB on the Etopreas of India from Vancouver on Auguat 1 for JapAn, In that event lie will have but u few daya to antral In New York. Thorn la a lwsllilllty, however, that he will chance hi pinna, iuM travel throupih 'i. I'iiH I'd Suite. It la thouKht the prince will make n tour of Inspection of the varioua naval Mat Ion In thin conn try, iiuil peoUibly visit aovrrnl riilpynril :i. nl nrmor-mnklng planta 1NSCRANCE RATE WAR. Northwestern Preparing to Meet the Cut of the Wiftern Union. Milwaukee. July 1C The situation In Pp lnsuri:ice Is ,'ettl::K exciting. Pres lil.i. t Alfred JnmeH, of tho Northwestern Kntlomil ln.suranec ComiNiny, of Milwau kee, doing business ill over the United State, ha Isaued tnatructlona .o loc.il inannger and agents In territory from Eualern Ohio to Colorado njid l.-om North Dakota and MLnnoapolla to Ten nessee to meet the proposed reduction from W to 50 per ce:it on nil preferred risk authorlxed by the Wiatorn Union. The agents of the NorthweBter.i Nutlo.ial um lomruPtwl to m t nil mi':h rwluc-iH-tm 'on all liiiKlm-iw; thnt la, to r"'Hi-i tli rit on m tt br) k triprwtll" I-'illl- I K tut wi ll hji UHn audi m cornv utidi r IImi lu it'l of "pri-fi rrl rlnkn." If lil iollry of On- Nortliwcutt-rn Niillonnl l crrlil out, u It will be If tr-c Wmti-rii l.'nlon ordtm tiiku rttecl, II will riult In Klvlmr all vliiawa of tn miriil i(ri rty tlx i;imc t.-it-flt Ihi Wrutirn l.'nlun ropo to (tlve to a i . i't fi w Itnoirlna j.rop. riy knjwn ua "iriTfi-rriil rUkn." If the Vt-tn t'n Icji firrta out I'n tlircBt'rtH iwllry cf rxlurlton of r.f'-rr"l hunlmim In fll wnuke lh Mllwaukie Ixmrl of nndif wrtti rn. It l mild, will no to plwa. I'.AHTK UN CliAllH A.VI FI8H. A Cu jtlg:imo(it for Tninsiilantlinf lt reived ut 'Frlwo. Sari Ft a.vlwo, July 11 A coni!it!'.menl of fi.li lu this iwoit unit of crabs arrlvwl till niornlnc from the East. They r wnt h-re by dlrwtlon of Com-rulsluni-r lirlce, of the I'nltnl Slate Fish CommlftKlmi, ojhI arc en route In car No. i of that branch of the gover&rm.v.t. The fiali are the tuutotis, nrnl are to tx 1 lanleil on llu- rn f of Ihe 1'iuillc ocean nir tlm Farallonea, while the cruti which ure of the bluo hill variety and i'ikr,o-n on thin cnit, will be con slifiKil to the wuter of the hay, but In u spot to I kept wciiil. In order to irlve them time to arcllmntlxe them-x-lve ami multiply and wjiread before th.-y fall Into the net of the local llu ermwi. THE rilTEItS HITTEN. lyondu-i Teu lmMiru-r Caught by Ctuuitfe In Our Tariff i'rogram. Iinlun. July 1 The Time nay the lmorter In thl city are confronted by the proH'Ct of a hivy loss on their importation of from flfu-wn to twenty million pounds of t'a, which b:g.ui arrlv lr.g In thl city about the first of July. It was ordered h the genrral (lmprea sloa wa tlmt congreas would put a duty on lea. It I of lh flint crop., the tlrust tea of the year, and to forestall tho tan IT the Importer took all they could get. When the tariff waa aluindoned It left a iKcontl crop and every Inferior grade of tea to come In. a jd ulicucntly there I a large stock of high-grade tea to lie mild at a aacrtfloe. SHIP CANAL. Not Few-able, According to 6ymoxV Re port to Cong res Washington, July 16. The aecretnry of war to.lay tnun.mUt.il to rongress ilv? rejKirl of the chief of engineer on pre liminary rxamlnntlo.) made by T. W. fiy ..ic.als, of the corps of engineer, of thj hip canal from the great lake' to the Hudson river. The, work wa done In aeocnlance with the pravlslnns In the lunt river and harbor bill. Mr. fymonds exirosscd the opinion thiU the ronatruetlon of ruch a aldp can.U Is not a project worthy of being u klertnkfn by the general government, for the nnson that Ita benefits would not be commensurate with Ita coat M KIXLEV COMING WEST. He Will Visit Yellowstone Park ami Miiybc San Francisco. '. San Fra-wisco, July II! - President Mo Klriley has tl:: om) to visit Yvtlowtoa Pnrk nixt ScptemV-r, and ate have -cm taken to Induce him to exnd the westward Journey to San Francisco. A meeting of cltUena waa held to consider the beat form of presenting the pre. unit with an Invitation to San Fmrv els.-o at bl earliest convenience. A com mit toe was npiolnted to co to Washing ton and personally present to the pros:- j di.u an Ivvltatlon ta visit the Pncl.lc const, JUIXlK SCOTT'S Pl.CM. Port Tow-nwml, July 18. A telegram rt reived here today from Washington brings the news of the appointment of J. N. Scott of this place to the position of Indian claims agent for the state of Washington. There Is a moderate salary connected with the ' position. Judge Scott, who Is a brothcr-ln-law of ex Prvaldcnt Harrison, has been In Wash ington, since two weeks after President MrKlalcy waa Inaugurated. Ho expe-ued to be the first asslstark secretary of the treasury. T.OTH MARYLAND SENATORS ILL. Cumberland. Md July 16.-SenatorWJl-llngton Is a very sick man. It Is stated that he la suffering from congestion Oi the lung.- Laurel. Md., July 1 The frlids cf Senator Clormnu have appr'henslons for the senator's health. His nervous sys tem Is badly shattered, and Instead of gaining, he Is losing strn.isr'.h. CAL1FORXIAN DROWNED IN MAINE. Portsmouth. N. II.. July 16 Herman Maus. ut;el 22, a Harvard atuili.-:it, whose home was In California was drowned In the Plseataqua river tonight at Eliot, Me., while bathing. It Is supioaed he wa seized with cramps. PEORIA MIXERS JOIN THE STRIKE. Peoria. 111., July K The miners of Pe crla district have voted to Join the strike- In consequence several factories will be forced to shut down, throwing out of employment a thousand men. iimiiAirnirvT BUSINESS OUTLOOK More Adhlty in building than any Year Since Wl. MONEY MARKETS L'NCLOLDED Strike bill aot Last LoosCrop i. friaic Coiditloi bemaad tor !ome Goods 51uk bat Brisk lor Other. New York, July K R. O. Iun' Week ly Review will nuy: Exoepling th; cool strike, which limy U-rnilnate ut ny time, there 1 Ciirci-ly a fii.ture of the business outlook which Is not encouraging, the seanon consid ered. Crop prox-ct liave been Im proved by netili-d rut in wmc r glons, arxl foreign ailvlcin continue to promise a large demand, la many home Indus tries, particularly 'in building, there 1 more iictlvlty than 1 1 any year lnc 1K-.12. and the Week bus brought a better (b-mand In boot and shoe and in wool ens, while ihe movement In freight, ir;i!r.!y Irov ore. through thr Baulte Sue. iUne canal. Is the largest In it history. With money markets unclour, there ia nothing in sight to hinder a rapid Ira irovem.nt when the uncertainty abjut legislatlan has lei-n removed, for the mln..r' strike could not tat lor.g If busi ness and industries should bec.me act ive. The advance ti wheat to SI 1-S wa rot due to the government estimate, which waa followed by a decline, but to foreign advices and considerable buying for export. The demand Is already felt from Australia, South Africa. Brazil and evu Argentine, while the promise for European cropit la not considered bright. Tbo disposition of farmer to keep back wheal for higher prices may affect the outward movement. BRADSTREETS. New York, July 1.-Bradstreefa tomor row will ay: The dullest month In the industrial year la duller than usual, notwithstand ing the Improvement among Importer and others. This la due to tbe reaction In" Iron ad ateel. the prices of jrhlcb are back to the lowest points on rec ord, a drugging demand for clothing and shoes, a.-.d the threatening famine of bituminous cool. There are more min ers out than last week, and notwith standing the assertions that arbitration will ond the strike sooa some of the large operators in the Pittsburg district declare there la nothing to arbitrate. The manufacturer of cotton t;uods and their agent report trade slow, owing to the condition of cotto: and the low prices for goods. This has shut dowrt a number of mills In Massachusetts and Rnode Island. WHEAT GOINQ UP. San Francisco, July IS The prospects of a short crop in some of he wheat producing center, of the world and the prolabllity o( a rellaw.ee upon that of California have advanced the price of that staple very materially the past few days. Today W.W 1-4 was btalruble for December, a gain of 6 S-4 cents slace the 10th. Today'a sales amounted to 13.2U) tons, an Increase of 7.T0O over those of yesterday. While May has not been ao active, the price has adva'.ed almost as sharply. Today spot wheat brought ll.ai ier cental, while the millers pay J1.33, and the Indications are that the upward movement has only commenced. UNCLE SAM ON GUARD. War Ships Will Be Held in Readiness for Japan. San Francisco, July '16. The Bulletin says this evening that It has iwcelved Information that the navy department has determined not to be caught napping m the event of trouble with Japan over the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. All orders of the deportment which would have resulted in moving the ships of rtlo Pacific and Asiatic squadron from their headquarters to distant polnta have been temporarily suspended. While the nu thoritlos at Washington deny that there Is ajiy effort to keep all available vessels at ports where orders can reach them at shorvj notice, tho naval oflicera admit that auch a scheme Is being carried ottt amd that orders fiave been Issued to the Asiatic squadron requiring the fleet to make no move and hold themselves in readiness to return to the coast or proceed to Hawaii on short notice. The report that the coast defense mon itors Monadnock and Monterey will be sct to Honolulu Is denied and the -uite-ment Is made that they will lie licld on the coast. DECLARED INSANE. .Irsie Mansfield'. Husband to Be Put in an Asylum. New York. July 16,-The Herald says: Robert Livingstone, Read, a Yale alum ni, a lawyer once reputed a millionaire, has been pronounced Insane by a, sher iff's Jury. HI fortune ha dwlm'.bd down until hi Income: I Inconsiderable. He owns a lot of vuluiksn stock and Wester; property mortgaged for nearly a mui'h a It would bring In the markd, Mr. IU-i.il' menial Infirmity I due to excessive drink ami chloral. He I ac tually confined In tho Bloomington asy lum, ami a committee will tie appointed by the court to lake charge of hi p-r-on and estate. The petition to nave him declared Insane waa made by Mn. Read. Mr. Read waa Jole Manslleld, a woman whows career wa a subject of world-wltW gossip 2 year ago It wa on her account that Edward 8. Ptokf. killed Jarne Fixke. Jr.. on the stair of the Grand Ce.ral hotel.. Read met tier in the sumnur of 1M1, ai.d thiy were married In October of that year in London. They soon dlnagrei-d and In November Vparaled. Read com irijr to New York and the woman staying In Purls. She obtained a divorce In S -vember, 1M. Reail is a man cf excellent family. HI father wa a wealthy re' (lent of Minneapolis, and the son ha I plt..iy of money. He practiced law Ihere and lived In lavish style. 1 It mother' wa a cousin of Mr. Levi P. Morton and ht. sister mtrrled Lord Falkland of Yorkshire, England. R,od bos attempted aulclde Mid would proba bly kill himself, the doctor ar. If un r strained. CONVENTION WILD. Oratory and Confusion Mark the Tran Mlsslsslppl Congress. Salt Lake. Utah, July 1 Today was a day of excitement, oratory', and at times cox-fusion in tne session of the trans-Mbtslsstppi congress. Tbe subject k a free silver, and the prtcclpal factors la tho discussloo were California and Colorado. Tbe latter state, with a host of silver advocate., won the day after a gallant struggle by California dele gate under the leadership of L. H. Ford. The co. gTess, by a vote of nearly live tq one, adopted the majority resolu tion declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to L without the co-operation of any foreign goveoament. This actloo was preceded by about twenty speeches, the principal ones being delivered by C. S. Thomas, of Colorado, and T. L. Ford, of California. ,W. J. Bryan spoke In favor of the majority report arvd the convention went Into a wild state of en thusiasm. A PLACE FOR CLEVELAND. Is to Be Tendered the Prsliiency of the Virginia University. Washington. July 16. It la reported that ex-Preetde.it Cleveland will In No vember be tendered the oftlce of presi dent of the University of Virginia. Heretofore the chairman of the faculty has been at tbe head of the university. The invitation would have been made to Mr. Cleveland after the finals last month had It not been for the warm dlwus slons that rant the meetings of the faculty fci twain and successfully thwart ed a-iy action for the pr-sivt. PANA MINERS DECLINE A RAISE. Spriiigfleld, 111.. July 16. The raln;rs" wage. In the Pana district have been Increased by the operators, but they de clined, and the men will not return to work. The families of many of the miners are destitute and the atrlkjra bave onrac.tzed a commissary and are soliciting provisions of business men and funners. Over a hundred families are being given rations dally. There are 2530 miners Idle In the Par-.ii district. RICH CALIFORNIA STi.i-viJ. Jamestown. Cal. July 16 Tills town aind the e.itlre county is excited on i.c- count of the rich strike In the Ta,wv mine, onerated under lease by Colby & Beckwlth. The mine la located on the mother lode. Just this side of Sonora. The workmen struck a pocket, and In tea hours they bad taken Wl.WU In gold from the pocket, and there Is more to follow. THE UNITED STATES SENATE, w., -Mas-ton. July 16. The open session of the senate was brief and uneventful today. The Harris resoultloo relating to the Union Pacific was further dis cussed. At 1:30 the senate went Into exe cutive seslon. remaining behind closed doors until 8 o'clock and then adjounie... until tomorrow. ' O'BRIEN DEAD. San Francisco, July 16. Information reached this clly of the sudden deatlt of J. J. O'Brleu, one of the best-known dry goods merchants on the coast, at Highland Springs, hi Lake county, where he was visiting. THE GUIDELESS WONDER. Detroit, July 16. Marlon Mills, the guldelesa wonder, paced an exhibition mile without a break In 2:06 1-4. a second and a half slower than yesterday's mile. She went the first quarter in 31 1-4: half, 1:02 3-4. SANGER WINS. Denver. July 16. Walter Sanger, of Milwaukee, today defeated W. W. Fiam Ula.iv of Denver, In the two-mile race paced by tandem at the Decuver Wheel Club track. The time waa 4:00 3-5. DON'T LIKE SHER MAN'S DISPATCH The English I'apers Regard It as too Aflgresbive. A BLOW BELOW TIIE'BELT Bat Seijotiatinn are Still iarroijrts Kit. the lriinhilitr tbat Cay laid Will Yield. Now York. July K A dispatch to tho Trlou from London aays: The. publication of Secretary Sherman's dispatch on the Behring sea question elicit momentarily In the English press tbe smoldering ember, of recent criti cisms of American diplomatic methods. The text of that dispatch I not pieasa.-.t reading, as the Pail Mall Gaxetu ami other Journals frankly admit. If iu for mer In re had been combined with :ia vlter In modo there would have been no cause for complaint. If 100 words had be.i taken out of the dispatch It would have been accepted as an unobjectionable slatemert of the American cause. As the matter stands, the Implication that E. gland has not acted with good faith is considered a blow' below the belt. The petulent comment of tne London press today oughr not, however, to be taken too. seriously. The action of the foreign oftlce has dlscloaed willing ness on the part of the gover.-.ment to discuss the question without Irritability. This dispatch waa one of the earliest state paper presented by Ambassador Hay to the foreign office after his ar rival in London, and while the reply of Lord Salisbury wa a refusal to set aside the expert testimony of the British agent employed la the case, there was no Indication that unfriendly feeling had been excited, either before or after Mr. Foster's return to London from St. Pe tersburg. The mgoilatla a have remained In progress with an Increasing probabil ity that tiie British government will ul timately consent to aeod a representative to the contfereace at Washington when Russia and Japan have been drawn Into it- The situation remains unchanged and Is not affected by the comnie a of the English journals upon a few phrases la Secretary Sherman's dispatch which are considered here unnecessarily brusque and aggressive, although mild and In nocuous In comparison with PrtjiUtnt CleveUuid'a Venexueia message. The negotiations are controlled by Am bassador Hay. and bis tact and ability have tended to minimise the effect of two or three passages In the original dispatch which critics In the London press consider objectionable In form and courtesy. The protection of the eal herd Is really a question not of interna tional law, but of titer.auional comity and natural history, and there Is no reason for undue txcltement over It on either side of the Atlantic. Both Colonel Hay a d Mr. Foster de cline to discuss the question, cr to say anything except thct the negotiation are making satisfactory progress. MISSOURI'S rRl'IT CROP. Worth More Than Wheat in Both Illinois a..d Missouri. St. Louis, July 16. The Republic says today: The fruit crop of Missouri this year Is roughly estimated to be worth 000,000, and many who ought to know what they are talking about say these" figures are too low. The Importance of this crop may be better understood when It la stated that It Is worth mere tlw.n the wheat crop of Missouri and Illinois combined, with the cotton crop of Mis souri thrown In for good measure. ONE POINT SETTLED. Washington, July 16. The house today agreed to a partial conference report on the general deficiency appropriation bill and concurred t.v the senate amend ment fixing the limit of cost of armor plate for the three battleships now building at 30u per ton. This was the point still tn dispute between the two bouses. Royal mmxefl th food par. wholesome ud delicious. Absolutely Pur fKmu- avMima powoc oo., nam thl