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, .-.' ". . v.. i ' '' 'V . as 5-a Wife a, , r p.: , J TIE DAILY ASTORIAN Is the Mfjeit and test paper on the Columbia River TRElASTORIAN tus&ttie larfest circulation of an wtr on the ColumtialRiver KUM ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. VOL. XI.VIII. ASTORIA, (MIKfiON. FRIDAY MORNING, FKHUl'AUY 11, 18U8. NO. 86. A uuuuuuu Klondike Supplies MlticrtV Ontfltn m CiimpcrM' UtcnMllH mid ProvInlotiH W. F. SCHEIBE, A lull Mm ml PIpM. Iufcetfe. aa. .,' Ailkle., A1A Cammtrtlal J. M. THE SISTERS OF THE Convent of the ...Holy Names ASTORIA. OREGON. IUVK (U'KNKIi TIIKIK IIO.WUHMI AM) lA V MClllMlL For rmVoa, ia, vlilraa tb. HuporiormM riTii.B HMONIVKU IN TDK PHiUAHY. ORAMUAH AND. AOADEU1U OHADRlt - Mams. - cuici n t (brand , k If Tb. Dart. Abtxiluttly Pur. Ry. Whis ror Sal. at Th. Occident ItoUt Bar, Tb. Ofllo. Saloon, Asd all tit. laadlnc ban in Attorla. San l'nincisco iiiii I'oi tland , The Choicest Table Wines... For Famlllat A 10 for Uediolnal ana Cooking Purpoaa. Prlvat Stock, Cream Rye, Old Hickory, Pliil. of Kentucky and HermltHf) Ray old California Brandiet. Carlson's FamilyLiquor Store 101 TWELFTH STRBOT Mount Angel College MOUNT AHOIL Msne Cowl' OREGON, Ttiia It Jut th. paw for 7 T bo-. Ixllghlful location, Urge building, and ground, good maul plant? of naallnf sisrcla, tltwllfint trarhart and oarefui training- (hi It what they til My of MT. ANGKL COIXISGtt. Send for Cat. alofue and special Urn. P. F, PLACIDUS. Director. Foard & Stokes Company M.nulmlurtr anil Dealer In FINE CIGARS! INMTKU- MENTAL MUHIC. J'AINTINO AND VOICE CULTURE KOHNI A SPECIAL DEPABTMKNT Kopp's "Best" A DELICIOUS DRINK.... and ABSOLUELY PURE Tb. North l'tcitlo Urrwcry, of wbicb Mr.Joliu Ki'i'p it proprietor, nuke for ilotDNtic kihI rir tride. lottlsl txrr for family uar, or keg ltfr tapplirJ t uy time, delivery in tli. city frr. NORTH PACIFIC BREWERY UNION MEAT COMPANY A 1.1. KINI OKCANNKD MKATU Bacon and 11 Strictly Pure Lard Th llwl In tli Murtct Cor. roirtb and Clisaa Streets rortlitd. (Irti(it. "Keystone Monogram" key SHERWOOD S- SHERWOOD PACUnO COAST AQBNT8. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY February 22. ANNUAL, Masquerade Ball OF THE ops op HfljPW Foard & Stokos Hall SENOR DE LOME SAYS HE DID IT CtlilcH His Kcsl'jniit ion to the Span' lih Government. DIPLOMATIC KII.AIIONS l.SU Mpil.k I c4t ' it fltd til rifil Stiff ictiry Jtats JtbiUil Our tke Cp ttir of I he Itllfi He Mytiriv. Madrid. Feb. lo-AI it meeting of the Hpnul.h cabinet huil today, under the irnllrm V f Ihe quc.ti ri 'l, the minu ter fr foreign aftulrs rend dlsputi h fiom M'lmr lmu I Imie, m'Ik that thr published letter l Hmor Cuiiclulu. , written I. y Mm and t.-ndrring lu n'.lk-uitlon. The isbln.t d-rld.d Li tt M III re.lg l,u Hi. n. and h- " notified Uii- lega tion M be i iiirumiit in ih- first rctur) IIIJI.ATK'NH AT AN KM). Ni Y"rk, l-Vlini.iry 0 -IMj.liiniBlle r.-liilli'iin Ih-ihti-ii Ih'- fnll'd Hinl- and Hp.ilti tliniiiKh Minll.-r Ixmi arr at an .ml uii. I riirr.-M-md.-tn will conduct..! .arlu.lvrly throuah Mlnmur WovU.-jri hi Mmlrl.l imlll 8wln m n.l a new niln l.trr l.i WuhiiiKl"ti r di.licniit. a . liurK' .I (iffult. . ay Ihc llrrulil'. u ..i.liiii.-i. .n 1 urn -MHirid. nl MlnUti-r di- Umu- h.i .iil.ir.l hl rH.lgiiulli'ti t hln .irriiini iil AlUtil Cen tury of State tmy admit led llit lhl w Irur by any liiit thil Mlnl.trr dr l.m. did Ml d-ny lhi aiilli'-nllrlty .if Ihr Irtl'f In annlrjua and l.y atatlnar that a riili!. (rmni h.-id bcfti rnl l.i Slliilli-r Vu.lfiiril In Madrid, tni n.iiiriii. of whlrh would not tw madi lulilli- utilll II hud r.aih.d In drat I mil ion While n. im. lul p.it.nn-nl will lw mudt- u in Ihi rcmlrtiU if IM raldrfcram until ll ulilanic ha b-n commutil i-nl.d to Ihi- flinn!iih mlnmtrr of forli;n ITlr. It Infurma Mlnlntrr A'oodford of the puldli nllon f Ihr letter, any. thill d.- linir di- not deny U auihfntlcHy and illre. t him lo auarat. t to the Bianlh fnreian nfrii that Minlaier d- l-ome ean not l.maer be rardd a. iirromu r4ia and to atiKient that an.'lhur mlnlater t. -nt 10 Wahltiitn. Whili; naturally r.sr.itmK the un t.l.-a.iinl Imidenl whl. h ha lermlmit"! hi. illidimiiitl.- carrrr in waaninaion, Minl.ii r de l.nte will n.d n irret t elms n- lleV.-. of the iinerollil dulle. whlrh hliVr ,. v.ihe.l iiix.n him n ihe Hixmlah rvm eiit.itlve hire diirliiB the Itimirreclloii In fillia. Aa a.Min ua he U-arnrd that the Liter hud been ohliillied by the junta he readied that lla publli nllnn would muke hla .iirii-l.il uy In Wn.hlnwti.n aa 8utf li.h mlnlaler lniK)Mltle iind he Immediate ly rubied hla itovernni.nl lh facta and 11 ndrr.-d hl renlgnii'lon. When the letter upiieured he aa-nln cabled to hla govern ment etatlnn that the letter had ucn liubllahed and ix-lterntlnit hla reaUnatlon. Thla la no the. ttrat time that D. Lome l.ea idai-.il hla realunatlon at the dlfpoaal of the S.wmiI" nilnlatry. When Htmor 8u itn.lu cime Into jHiwer Ihe mlnlater being of the opoliiK parly In Suln tendered hla re.l(inutl.n. and he him onered ni realKnalloti aiiiiln In nil Itve aepuriitc no-i-ii.lona alnce that time, lie luia bcu r' lnlne.1 by H.-iior 8.iil.i. Imwevi-r. on nr. omit of hl Intimate knuwlodise of the fuban nm-allon and of the altu.itlon In Ihe t'lllliil Statca. Till". JfNTA Jl lllUANT. York Keb. in -The member" of Ihe Cuban Junta lire jubilant over the cap- tura of the Utur of uupuy uo im Tln-y timbered In larce numbeni nt their heiidiiuiirtera hint nlBhl mid talk.nl freely of the outcome of the dl.lurea mnd from Ihe letter. T. Katrada Tnlinii and rolonel Xlunei were no! ul the head- iuurlera and It J aald th.it they were In WnahliiKlmi prepared to art on mo KlvlnK out of the letter and pimh the lalnia of fulm. Jir r-uteiio. woo m hues.. rr th.. headimartem n'fuaed to dlHi'iia. the letter and referred nil tncpilr era to Horatio S. Uuben. the counael for ih.. Ionia. All aorta of rumor were nllont iiroiind Ihe Cuban headnuurter. tine of them v.rt to tne rn.i t irau a o"i" ber of rffofla had been made to got the letter mil of the poaaeaalon of the junta and that ua hluh n U" had been offere.1 for It. O illlrlal it hendiuarters wild: "t have a rhatiee to make and three nihi'i-M have received almilur offer. The nfr..e una mini., to Ua If we would work together and "ton! the letter and give " to the men who npproa. lied me. Thla la, however, dlacmmtcd by the fact that the letter haa ulreiidy been forwnrded 1., ih. .i.,i. .i,iiiirtment. How the Junta oblnlned the letter U bilnit cnrcfully Kimrded, nnd the exael rnets lire Known In only n few lender. AVho Ihe man la who brought It to New York remain n niyatery and also tho manner In which he obtained It from Ihe pnpera of Senor Cnnelejn. One put It that tho letter wn atoion In Havana, only the envelope being for wnrded to Madrid. TllR ritOOli 01VKN. Now York, Feb. 10. The Herald' cor respondent In Ountenialii confirm tho re nnet of the aaaiiaalnfitlon of rresldent Jnae Murln Relnn HarrUm, president of titmtemuln. The dispatch say the as snsslnatlon took place nt 7 o'clock last nhrht within 150 ynill of the ptvsliient' piihice. The nssassln Is a German named Oscnr Sollnger. First Vlce-rresuumt Manuel Kstra.ln Cnbrcrn has assumed the presidency. All I quiet In the city, the dispatch say. ORDERED TO JOIN. Hole. Idaho, Feb. lO.-Lleutenant Leon nrd of the Fourteenth Infantry who ha been on duty with the Idaho Nation" Guard, ha been ordered to rejoin his reg Iment at Vancouver Barrack for ' vice In Alaska. THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS WIN l'roMSc4 Chtinge in reunion Law Dc fcatcd In the Committee 1101 si: was in had tk.mi'F.k ItilW ul mall Import Make a K-Stisa- , Lileil St Iron iUka- ".jltm it l)ih lint i ike Scare Atlca Au.ik. J e. (Jiitt tail ill ul ;h iacr. Speakir Kced Seitirl) WaahliiKlon, Kfb. lft The contest whbh has be.-n waged In the honor committee on Invalid p.'iialonii ever alnre the utfm Mine of conare.l on the qui-atlon of harr In, from the Mnalon rolla the widow and chlldr.-n of aoldlrra who marry hereafter. arn In an end today In the defeut of Ihe proportion. A motion to thl. end waa Introduced by Brnlth. of New York, to day, and II hud Ihe Indorsement of Com mlsiiloner of I'analona Kvana. The gurallou had lH-.n agllutlng th committee ai all of It. meeiik- and to day after a very ajilrlt.-.l dlarua.inn Hep ream l ut I v.. Norton hroucht It tu n ul den rloae by drmundlng a vole on the Muestluti i,( fuvoralily reporting II tu the house, Tlie vole tlia- liiit.il five number of ihe r. .filial tlii- In favor of II and aoven ua.ilii.t It, the derlalon not being on party line. The vole wa: Ycaa-lluy, Wartu-r, Henry. Sinllli. r publli una; and OrlitKs. demiw rat. NiH-a-Hulloway. Kerr. tJllnon. Sturte i.inl. republicans: Norton, democrat: and llotkln and Caatle, popullsta. Thl. prnrtlcalty ends the effort to -iuie ihe enactment of a general measure lilting these linn al this araslon. IIOFSK IN HAD TKMI'K'R. Wushlngton. Feb. M. The house wa In i .ry bud iempr toduy and the whole! ..-.inn was consumed In filibustering agnlnst two bills of minor Importune, one tu laxue u dupllrnte check and the oth.-r to mskr Kocklund. Me., a ul-irt of entry. Neither got farther thun en grossment, nnd In the third reading trou ble arose over the enfor.-vmoM of tlie rule against the discussion of Irrelevant subject, when Handy attempted to re - I ly on the fhsir during the consideration of those bills to a recently written article ly Thomua F. Ilayard. In denunciation 01 free silver democracy. Hull call followed roll cull all duy long and the purtlaan spirit reached a high pitch. Finally when It became evident that no progress could be made with the bills presented, an ad journment was taken until Monday. fil'KAKKH HKKD ATTACKKl. Washington. Feb. in Pnrlng the entire lime of the senate toduy the Indian ap propriation bill whs under consideration. The reading of tho bill wu completed and till commit too amendment were adopted, and uhcu.urutly several amendments of minor rhuracter were attached to the measure. Allen enlivened the proceedings a tew minutes before adjournment by making un attack un Speaker Hoed for pievent Ing the enactment, as tho Nebraska ten ator declared, of meritorious legislation sent to the house by the senate. He de nounced the speaker's action In this re gard as "a disgrace" to congress and to the American people. When a point ol order whs made against him for tho use of Improper language concerning tho oth er brunch of congress. Allen ald he was stating only the truth and that he was responsible here or elsewhere, at any Unto, for hi statements. GK.UM ANY'8 INTKXTIONS. Washington. Feb. 111. The slate depart ment today sent to tho senate the corres pondence with Germany regunllng the ex tuslon of American fruits. It show that Ambassador While and the alato depart ment both took vigorous nnd prompt stoji. on learning of Germany's action and that Germany disavowed any Inten tloti to avert competition, saying It mere ly Intended to prevent tho Introduotlor of Infected apples. INDIAN AITKOriilATlOS. Washington. Feb. Ii).-The senate com mittee on appropriations Ivis reported the Indian appropriation hill. The In crease Is 173.lVH over tho houne bill. A proviso Is made In rogerd to the detailing of army officer for agents at nuch agen do as In the opinion of the president may require the presence of an ofllcer. The number of Indian Inspector I In creased five and each one shall be compe tent In the location, construction and maintenance of Irrigation -works. Tho On we commission Inorensod to four and the provision Is made for th- commission to make up the rolls of tho five clvlllxed tribe and it Is declared that when the rolls are made up and approved by the secretary of the Interior, they shall be final. The time tlxed for opening the t'neompnghre land In Vtah Is extended six months. Tho legislation of tho house hill regarding the rottnwottnmlea and Klckapooa In Kansas U atrtcken out. FO't FE.VCE. Washington, Feb. in. A memorial ha been nroMcntcd to the president hy a dele gation of New York business men repre senting a large number of well known firms In that city asking notion be taken by this government looking to the re establishment of peace In Cubl. NEW VORK'S POPULATION. New York, Feb. 10. Tho health depart ment todny made an official estimate of the population of tho greater city. The number of person In nil five boroughs Is fixed at 8,438,890. ROBBERIES AND HOLDUPS DAILY Skigwiy ind Dyei Oterrun by tke LdwIcm Rlcment. I'KTITION FOR MARTIAL LAW I Baty il Work, 1 Heattlc. Keh. 10.-W. Kenny, who left I'awio.i Clly January 1J arrived here to night on the ateamer City of Topeka. H rrporta cvrrylhlng at Dawon quiet ana all of the miner busy at work. nr. iturua Kmitn. or Uyea, who wa also a pusM-nger on the City of Tope brings with him two petitions whlrh are signed by leading cltllrti of Hkugway nd liyva. asking the war depurtment to dcelitrr martial law In those plurea lr. Smith tat.-a that rubhrrte ami hold-ups arr of dally orcurrenre. In hi opinion the lawless elenujit outriumU-ni the law-ubldlng two to one. Th oftlcer of the City of Topeka re- lirt that a body can be seen floating around In the wreck of tbr atrumcr Co rona; It could not Im? Ideiulll.-1. OKF KOU KLONDIKE. I'ortlund. Or.. Feb. lo.-Tlie government p.n k train left for Seattle tonight an loute to Alaska. The park train con- slms of 21 men and 1M animals MINERS FltOM Al'HTHA I.IA Rin Frunrlsco. Keb. IK Among the paa senger on the ateamshlp Marip which arrived today fnim Acstrallan port were fifty tulwart miner who are on their wuy to the Alaskan gold fields. Borne of them slated that at least U't) people would l.-ave Australia for the gold fields during the next few months. IN GAI TEMA1.A. I'., tierul Morale Uet lured Ihe People. President b New York. Febi W A dispatch to the Time from Mexico ay: New reuched here that General Pro. pern Morale, formerly secretary of war under General Itarrlo. and later head of the unsuccessful rebellion, has been de- lrliired president of Guatemala. General I Morales Is preparing to leave for Guate- mala. He gave the following to the newa. papers: j "I huve this day received telegraphic new from Guatemala relative to the j deuth of General Itarrlo. president of , Guatemala. A a ritlxen of Guatemala and a member of the republican party I slnrcrvly regret hi tragic end. Flrt the honor of the country Is stained by a crime; second, a a loyal opponent of Gen eral Barrios. I would have preferred to have met him In a fair tight, and de feated him on the field of battle. Never theless, as this Is an Inevitable fact anil much to my regret, the rvssnslble par ties nre only those who with their anil- patriotic sentiment contrlbnt.il to blind the man who now passes away and by his death obscured the true situation of that country. As yet I have no detailed fnct of how General Barrio met death, but whatever they may be. I both de plore and condemn the crime, aa It re flect on clvlllxation and dishonor my native country. I wa a personal friend of General Itarrlo. and although If aft erward I have been hi political oppo nent. I would huve perferred many time to have writ him die on the field of but tle lighting for the liberty of Guatemala." IUM.I.ETS IN OfK FLAG. Central Americans Believe Revolution Will Soon End. New York. Feb. 10. Special cable dis patches from tbo Herald's correspondent at Rlvas says that SOO Insurgent evacu ated San Juan del Stir on Monday even ing. A thousand liberals reached Rlvas Tuesday and there was hot fighting for two hours tu the streets. Several were killed nnd wounded on both tide. The Insurgents attempted to take Cuartol, but were folllcd and driven from the city In disorder. An attempt was made by Insurgent leader here to ship some arms today, but the agent of the Pacific Mall Company re fused to receive them. Tho steamer Costa Rica sailing tomorrow will be allowed to call at San Juan del Sur, as that port Is again In the hands of the constituted gov ernment. Several bullet hole were put In the American flag over the canal commis sion's headquarters In Sun Juan del Sur during the fighting. The liberal are happy over the victory and believe the revolution will soon be at an end, while Zelnyn 1 still In power. The canal commission has been unable to ciosa the river as the government has used the steamers for transports. The commission will probably get out In a few days. Nlcaraguan revolutionary cxll" here were much crestfallen when tho news of the rout of tho rebel foroes at Rlvas ar rived. Some of them left today for La L'Rertad. They have not given up hope, however, nnd say that the greater numbor must have retrested to the Costa Rlcin fron tier where they will reorganise. They also entertain hope of success "n other parts of the country. NICARAGUA CANAL. San Francisco, Feb. lO.-The chamber of commerce of San Francisco, the oldest commercial organisation on the Paclllc coast, through Us ottlcors and trustees framed two urgent appeals yesterday In behalf of the speedy construction of the proposed Nicaragua canal. One Is ad dressed to President Zelayo., of Nicaragua and tho other to President Igleslas, oj Costa Rica. AWFUL RECORD IN PITTSBURG Victim of the Uig IMrc which Oc curred Wednesday. LIST OF DEAD AND INJURED nay )iiit, Vki Are Sap., fo be it tke Kaiit.f tke Ill-Ute. taiUiagv Pltiburg. Pttin.. Feb. M.-EIrn peo ple dead. 27 missing, and Pi Injured, and a property lost of lw.i0 U th awful terord of the big Are of last night. The following Is a revUcd lUt of the dead. Injure. and missing: The Jad. Folic Lieutenant A. J. Berry. John McHanna, William Scott. Jr.. Stanley Stltt, John Dwyer. Oeorge Love leM. William Smith. Albert A. Wolffe. Thomaa Claffry. William R. Habenateln. and an unknown man. tupposed to be John Scott, a younger son of the presi dent of the Chautauqua Ice Company. The Injured. Robert Roaamond. tingle, aged . lieutenant of engine company No. 1: right foot eruihed; amputated be lo the knee. He waa also brulied about the body. Owen N. F!d?r, aged IS. com pound fracture of the right leg. George Douglas, years old, from Bellevue; an-t-onsclou: Internally Inlurtd. Owen Mul ligan, married. Ji year old: lacerated nalp. William F. Lemlng. C years old. Ingle: contuulon of the body and scalp wound. Joseph Headley. aged &5 yeurs; bruised about the body and head. Kit Wilson. i year old. Padurah. Ky.; re ceived injuries about the head: not fatal. Robert Dobson. JT. year old; badly In jured about the head and body. Captain A. J. Brown, superintendent of the bu leau of building Inspection: right leg cut ard bruised. Peter Malone, aged SO years, sllghtlly Injured about the leg. Dartd Stewart. year old; badly cut by fau lt g brkk. William Jmuke. S year old. Injured about the head and should er. Charles Wilson, struck by falling brkk and seriously hurt. Peter Mahon. Ug broken. Police Officer Hodges, cut and bruised and Iniured Internally. Mrs. Mary Pesmukv, St year old; cut about the head and arms and Internally In jured. Charh- Simon. 36 year old. trav eling salesman of Cincinnati: badly cut on the head. George King, engine corn luny No T: scalp wound and bruised. John Hunter, engine company No. 7: botn ankles sprained and bruised. Th Mlslng. Nathan Cleour. account ant in the Dullmrir building, supposed to he In the ruin; Thomu Lynch, Ice man In th employ of the Chautauqua com pany. supHied to be in the ruin. How ard Barry, watchman of the storage building. RIOT IN PARIS. Muttering Heard on All Side In the Zola Case. New York. Feb. 10.-The Herald's Paris correipondent describing the turbulent stem's attending the trial of Emlle Zola says: The uneasiness a to the author, while reflected In the pre. I much deeper thun the newspaper care to admit, and an nntl-Semltlc leader ha gone so far as to declare that France might have an other Saint Bartholomew In which the jew would be the sufferers. Certain It I that the cries "Aba Zola." have been succeeded by those of "A morte" (to the gibbet with hlml. The Echo de Paris says the "hoarse voice of riot l mut tering." Wiille every" scribe' report I colored according to the opinion of himself and hi paper. It Is a matter of extreme diffi culty to diagnose the public feeling through the press reports. Wednesday afternoon possibly 15.000 people gathered In the neighborhood of the Palais de Jus tice. Crowd were wuitlng for the court to rise, orderly and not even excited, the immense majority were apparent ly there with the object of seeing rather than of making trouble. Here and there hot-headed memliers would vociferate opinion and when these a was the case, nearly always, unfavorable to Zola, they were frequently couched In the form of a menace. In neveral Instance where a rartlsan of Zola ventured to uplift hla voice It waa drowned by opposing clamor. M. Zola 1 the object of the bitterest personal animosity. The vilest names have been hurled at him. HI attitude I diversely described. Ul Petit Journal reporting hla exit for the Palais de Jus tice yesterday say he held himself on the defensive, carrying a cane as It de termined to defend himself ngnlnst at tack. Le Gattlols, on tho other hand, thought he looked absolutely limp and de spondent and deaf to Maltre Lft Borie's encouraging words. In the eyes of the Eclair It is reported that he was fear fully pale and almost green with his features contracted by nervous tremors. THE RICHEST YET. Wonderful Discovery on the American Side of Alaska. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 10. It Is reported that a great gold discovery has been made on the American side In the Yukon coun try. Frltt Behnsen, of Victoria, writes to his brother, Karl Rehnsen, ns follows: "We have struck It rich on an unknown creek across khe border never before seen by man. In the crevices of the rocks In one day wc picked up JoO.000 In coarse gold. Sell your business or give It away and come quick with 10 men." The Behnsens have largo Interests In Vancouver and are said to be reliable. Several Klondlkers were Interviewed aa to the probability of thl report being true. The richness of the reputed dls covery seems so fabulous aa to create In their minds a doubt as to Its truth fulness. THE VANDERBILT'S NEXT MOVE All Their Northwsttro fropertle Will Be Consolidated. NEIf BONDS TO BE ISSUED Terms ef Cxckisf. Liberal K.Oppetitlot. oi tkt Nrt f Saulfer Scciriijr Holders. Chicago. Feb. 10. The Post today aays: The consolidation of the different corn pan Ira whlrh go to make up the Chicago and Northwestern system hat been defin itely drdded upon. The chief road art the Chicago and North wettern. the Fre mont. Elk horn and Missouri Valley; Chi cago, Minneapolis. St. Paul and Omaha and Sioux City and Pacific. Together these lines embrace 7Xt mile of road For years they hare been operated la th' closest harmony, th connection being al most as close as though the consolidation had actually taken place. The action of all have been directed by on head Marvin Hughltt Is president of all tne companies. It I now proposed, however, for Brian clal reason, to consolidate all Into on company and make one set of tecuritlet for all. In carrying out the pltn therr will be an exchange of the present se curetle of the smaller rompanle foi tho of the Northwestern, the large In crease of whlrh will be an Issue to meet the requirements of the deal. The ex change will be liberal enough to prevent any opposition to Ihe plan on the part of ecurlty-holdera of smaller properties. PEART TALKS. Cripple Creek. Colo.. Feb. 10. Prof. R. E. Peary has been the guest of Cripple Creek for several days. A committee of citizens escorted him through the mine, of the district. Speaking of Andree't Journey by balloon In seach of the north pole. Peary expressed grave apprehen sion for Andree't safe return. He la of the opinion that even should Andre, land on the Ice In the Arctic be would expe rience great difficulty In again gaining control of his balloon so as to continue to the north or return home. Peary think the chances meager for Andre, ever again reaching land should he de scend Into Ihe sea. fule which he fears ha already overtaken th explorer. Peary leaves for San Francisco today. He Intend starting In July for the polar region. WORDF.N'8 CASE. San Francisco. Feb. 10. Th confession made bv 8. P. Worden relating hi con nection with the Yolo trestle tragic wreck and Implicating Harry Knox and other members of the American Railway Un ion, has caused much comment. The gen eral Impression seems to be that It will much effect Influencing Governor Budd to grant executive clemency. Those men who he says, planned and executed the crime emphatically deny the truth of his story and asserted their Innocence. It appears to be the popular Judgment that Wor den' confession amounts to an actual abandonment of the plea made to th. governor In behalf of the prisoner's In sanity. THE STORAGE CASE. Washington. Feb. 10. The Interstat commerce commission In an opinion b Commissioner Yeaman. ha announce Its decision In the case brought h the American Warehousemen's Associa tion against the Illinois Central Railro. Company and K other carrier, known a the free storage rase. It holds that common carriers with no general duty t act a a warehouseman tor Indefinite pe riods. except It primary obligation at common carrier, cannot assume to pro vide shipper with valuable warehou' facilities which are not essential to I business as a carrier, without furnlshlnr them for all shippers at all times an upon the same terms and notifying thi public L. A W. ELECT OFFICERS. St. Louis. Feb. 10. J. B. Potter was to day re-elecbil president of the L. A. W J. Keenan. of Pittsburg, first vlce-presl dent; E. N. Hlnes. of Michigan. secon vice-president, and J. C. Tattersall, o New Jersey, treasurer. Secretary Abbott Baett In hla repor said the year 137 had seen the memhei ship grow from 72.000 to 103.000. and thi finances had shown a very healthy coml tlon. The membership roll shows a gal of 42 per cent. The largest percentag" shown in the past was 87 per cent In 1S9 The gross Income for 1S97 was 1165,042, at Increase of 141,546 over 1896. Providence R. I., wa chosen as the next place o meeting. Royal make the food pure, wholesome tad delicious. FflVDEO Absolutely Pitro sovAk sum eawsta Co., hiw voas.