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Tide Tables
Calendar Pads
Blank Books
World's Almanac
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Griffin
Krt'jt hfiilthy anl iihc plenty of
Dried Fruits, Canned Fruits
Canned Vegetables
FOARD & STOKES GO.
"WE SELL EVERYTHING."
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Tho largest iiinl-fincsl Mock of Ciirjols and Furniture carried
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Reduction Sale...
To close out our overstock wo offer at Big Reductions
Fancy Columbian Soups, eight or
ten varieties.
Fancy Sliced Peaches and Apri
cots, in small cans.
Fancy Evaporated Bartlett Pears.
All tho ftbovo strictly fancy goods.
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Blacksmiths
Boilermakers
Machinists
Foundrymen
Logging Engine Uullt nnU Repaired.
Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty
Sole Manufacturers of the Unsurpassed
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Manufacturers for the Pacific Const for the
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yearn (xicrii iic. If you wont a
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Metal Works
TK liCf spice
Loggers
Supplies
Kept in Stock
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W r miklnir K sroat cut In arxclal
Hum. Your optmrtuiiliy It at hml. You
are bound to no'-.t .ili.ic.i nj ihoiiM buy
nw while thp n.lv!HHKo I go obviously
In your favor. Tin s ihoc ar pot back
numbers of uncrrliiln . to nj
quality. They're all utandnrd atock and
l-ood valuci for twice what w aak.
I-alnl. SLhobcr Co.'a reducd from $(.50
and fS.OO to 12.50 and UTS.
Petersen & Brown.
THE PROOF
of tba pudding w la tha aatlnj
and tha proof of Uquora
IS IN SAMPLING
'i'ht'a ao argvmant that's cob.
olualya a damonjtratlon.
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Carpenter and Builder
General Contractor
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Will Raoalva Bpaclal AttanUoo.
N Ol Doaaa Bt, W. J. COOK. Mar.
Aatorla, Ora. Baa. Tai Ul
WARN NG
TAKES BACK
HIS ROAST
General Eagan Revises His
Statement Concerning
Gen. Miles.
HE EXPLAINS THE EftEAK
Wis Held Up as Having Fed Sol
diers With Poisoned Meat
and Lost His Temper.
NO ACTION AGAINST HIM
Several Unci of Procedure Are Talked
of. tut Nothing is Yet His Been
Officially Done.
WA8M1N0T0.V. Inn. l.-:ommlar.
(.eneral KKn I'May ont to the war In
verdKatlon comrnUnI'm a rrvliied nuts.
"H iit In plac of that orlKlnully m.id In
ri'Mifini to Mll-' chrKn. Tho revUid
dit.-nwnt U alxjut X pr cat horur
than thut which wu ordered withdrawn
Im auia of II vloleiil and ahUHlvc char
actt r. Tlic c'nnijuilon nt Iiit6 aven-t
(alon to read in document and deM(l
whether. In In vrmivnt form. It hua been
expurRulid iumcleiilly to ernill It to
ix! mada a purt of th uommliiMon rec
ord.
AccompanyinK KgaJi't revlicd alatc
nn'iil km a Idler from the c-ommi.t.ary.
K' ncral In which he dliclalma Any In.
tendon In lil farmer U.tlmony of din.
rnocct to tho conimlmlon. Tho writer
In eicuxfl for hla vituperative Unfrua
tt. that he had teen placed before tho
whole country ki a mun who fed the
army on polnrl meat. He aaya It la
out natural that wrmn prr opwrtunlly
wua Klvrtt him to mwt and refute the
charge h aliould charactertte thftm In
harth l.insuK and In tcrma that ar'
dcvnitJ Iropruprr, no mutter what the
provocation. lln voncludea:
"t therefore withdraw the Imnruaife and
matter ao obJectlonaUe, and rexuhmlt
to you a aworn atatrment. with ubidlnx
faith that your comml.lon having all
the facta befor. it will decide the point.
at Imuo JUMly."
The commlaaion, after a brief tecret
elon. decided for the preaent to make
public only Banan a letter and not tha
matcment accompanying It.
NO ACTION AGAINST EAGA-V.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-In anawer to
a direct queatlon, 6ecrvtury Alger, at
the cloee of the oftlclal day, aald that the
war department had taken no action In
the rase of Commtuary-Oncral Eaan,
but when th Inquiry wai puriued ha de.
cltned to aay one word aa to hla tnten.
tlona In the mutter.
It waa apparent during the day that
this matter waa receiving attention, and.
In fact, tho commissary-genera! himself
pent some tiny closeted with the accre.
tary. i nrv uitinci tinea ot action were
talked of aa within the lino of probabll.
Ity. The llrat waa a strong letter of rep
rimand, to lw addreniied by the president
himself to General Eagun, stating that.
ut for the immunity he had promlsd all
witnesses before the commission, he
would have court mnrtlalcd him. The
second linn was actual ' courmartlal,
while the third waa a court of Inquiry.
The purpose of the latter would be. It
waa said, to place upon a military trl.
humil the responsibility for deciding
whether or not General Euan ahould t
tried by courtmartial. Of course the
court of Inquiry might go a long way
Into the matters which led up to the
attack contained In General Eaan's
statement, possibly involving a determin.
atlon aa to the correctness of the
cnarges, touching the character of army
beef, preferred by General Miles, though
this would appear to be appointing a
socond tribunal to investigate the meth
ods and results of tho first, organised
already on lhat work.
It was stated that General Miles would
not prefer charges against Gene-pU
Eagan for the utterances delivered by
him before' the war Investigating com.
mission last i"rlday, but Intends to let
the war department deal with the mat
ter in Its own way.
MiNrsTEna commend miles.
BOSTON, Jan. 16,-Oeneral Miles today
received an Indorsement of his course
In the controversy with Commissary.
General Eagan from the Baptist minis
ters of Boston. At their meeting Rev.
J. D. Fulton offered the following resolu
tion, which waa passed:
"Resolved, That the Baptist ministers
of Boston and vlolnlty recognise with de
vout pleasure the magnificent bearing
of General Nelson A. Miles In the cruci
al ordeal throutrh which he la passing as
a friend of the soldier, as a cultured of
ficer and as an illustration of American
manhood."
ENGLISH MONEY MARKET
TS GROWING CHEAPER.
The Ranks Complain of a Low Rate ot
Discount and Imports from the
Continent are Weakened.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-A dispatch to
the Times from London, says: A rapid
transformation has taken place in senti
ment in our money market this past
woek. We began It In trepidation lest
you should take away too much of our
gold, for there wore orders in our market
for New York account, so blllbrokerl
sold, and In fear of this they tried to
sorew the discount rate op to DH P"r
cent.
The Paris rate of exchange, too, was
dipping ominously near the gold export.
Ing point and we could not be at all sure
that Berlin might still develop a crisis
r - i i .
of Its own. All time loans from Aay to
day or from week U w-k wr growing
chimper nnd cheaper, until the banka had
to nwept !i per rnt for seven day
money.
This struggle twtw.en nvriey rates and
discount rate lasted until Thursday
morning, when Improved exchange quo.
tatlotis. both on your side and on the
continent weakened the bill market even
be Tom the bank of England return ap
peared. After that came out th-r was
an endeavor to maintain the discount.
The bank nt Kngland Is not rich by any
means, but Its market balances were
shown by the return to be tl.m.'ffl larger
than the week before, a sum quit suf.
nent, ofri-r change being favorable to
Induce case In loan rates at 1'aat. And
discount Inviu-lably follows money down
when Immediate prospects do not forbid.
We end the week, then, with bill rates
falllrrg rapidly toward 2 per cent, with
money I to l'i per cnt, with gold passing
Into the bank Instead of Waving It and
with the prospect thus established that
th bank rsfe next Thursday will be
lowered to at least Vf,, and probably to
per cent.
Kor the bank to resist the current la
useless, because at least a month must
pass before the In.gatherlng of revenue
places us In position once more to die
tate to the open market. On this basis,
cheap money is destined to endur for
some wee ks.
Politics on the continent, apart, I there.
fore look for considerable development
In the stock exchange speculation. Thus
for market activity with us has been
rather of a frothy description. We have
had an Immense amount of noise, not
only In the department of stock devoted
to American securities, but also else,
where. I find, however, that the most
Important class of stock brokers and
also dealers la the stock exchange have
not been doing much, Investors holding
aloof or come to the market to sell
The Impression In Thonnorton street
up to row la that Wall street has been
going loo fast. Tha tired out holders of
A re hJ son, Reading. Erie, Northern Pa
cltlc and similar cases of storks kept
srlllrittsa you drove prices up and they
have not yet nut their money back Into
other American railroad securities of tha
better class.
Iluylng got on undoubtedly, but It
I the buying of the curlmtone punter,
who Is In one moment of the day and
out the next. For this reason the great
upward movement on your side has,
up to the present, had no other conse
quence than to keep up our exports of
your securities.
HAVANA POLICE FORCE
ENTER UPON THEIR WORK.
The Homeless Are Provided With Shelter
While the Criminals Are Put to Work
Sweeping the Streets of the City.
NEW TORK. Jar.. 1S.-A dlcpatch to
the Tribune from Havana, says: The po.
lice authorities have begun the moral
sanitation of Havana. Vans have been
provided ar.d last night, after midnight.
hey made the rounds of tht city, pick
ing uo vagrants and homeless persons.
Since the time of the reconcentration
the parks and porticos have been filled
Ightly with these unfortunates, a few
of whom are criminals. It has been one
of the distressing features of the prevail
ing conditions for which no remedy was
found.
Under the Cuban -American administra
tion, tha building known as the San
Isidore asylum has been obtained as a
shelter. Persons picked up hi the streets
are taken there and provided with lodging
and food. If they are able to labor
they are turned over to the municipal
public works and are put to work sweep.
Insr tha streets. For this they are paid
M cents a day. Those unable to work.
who are the larger class, are provided
for at San Isidore and In the hospitals.
In a short time It Is expected that the
treeta will be cleared entirely of these
people. Provision is also made for the
are of the urchins who are without
homes. In San Jose asylum. Formerly
this asylum had a manual training
hool, and this will be revived. Some
forms of vice which have been demoral
izing to children beggars and which
ould come within the province of the
Gerry Society, cf New York, have also
been taken hold of by the police auth
orities with beneficial results.
Jose Mlro, a former Inspector of po
lice and later a captain ot Spanish guer
rillas, has written a letter to the insur
gent Colonel Alfredo Arango, In which
he gives particulars of police practices.
He Bays that under Spanish officials, doc
uments were regularly forged to convicts
nd for this purpose a special stamp was
made and spccUl paper prepared for forg
ing tho documents. He gives the names
of the chief of police and Inspectors by
fhose connivance this was done. Among
them are Cubans as well as Spaniards.
Mlro says that, while the criminals were
ported, a false Nanlgolsm was estab
lished which was used aa & means of
deporting Cuban political prisoners.
Mlro'a letter la In the nature of a contus
ion. The degree of credence to be riven
It Is uncertain. What he says ot the de
portation of Cuban political prisoners
as Kanlgoes Is known to be true.
Other allegations affect persona who are
seeking employment on the present police
force. As General Menocal Is the head
of the police force, he Is In a position to
utilize whatever Is true In Nlro'a state,
ments regarding Individuals.
TWENTY BILLS INTRODUCED.
SALEM, Jan. 11 Both houses of tha
legislature convened this afternoon, after
three days' recess, Tho Introduction of
bills was continued, about SO being Intro.
duced into each house. The state printer
still unablo to keep up with the house,
nd business Is somewhat delayed.
THE MARQUETTE OVERDUE.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-The Atlantic
transport liner Marquette, which left
London for New York on December 29
last, has not yet been reported. Nona ot
tho Incoming trans-Atlantio vessels of
the flrsteloss, which left the other side
week later than the Marquette, saw any
trace of the belated steamer. She has
now been IS days at sea.
MACHINE A GAMBLING DEVICE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Jan. 16.-The first
decision by the appelate court In this
state that deals with the element of
gambling In the operation of slot ma
chines waa made today by the Kansas
City court of appeals, which held that a
slot machine, where a chance of winning
or losing is taken by the operator, is a
gambling device, pure and simple.
FUSIONISTS
MAY ASSIST
Washington Senatorial Con
test Assumes a Remark
able Phase.
WILL HELP A REPUBLICAN
But Jost Which One of the Can
dldates Will Receive This Sup
port Is Not Stated.
A SCANDAL IN CALIFORNIA
Charres of Bribery Result 'in i Lltel
Salt-Boss Quay's Figbt to Be Re-turoed-Ia
Other States.
OLTUPIA. Jan. 11-The fusion mem
bers of the legislature tonight decided to
cast their entire vote, 27, one being ab
sent, for James Hamilton Lewis, for
United States senator. This vote will
be cast for two days, when another can
didate will be selected. "At the right
time." It Is claimed among some republi
can managers, the fuslotiists will support
a republican. This apprehension la
strengthened by the action of the fusion
caucus tonight in falling t give united
support to any ono member of their party
until the conclusion ot the content.
Practical politicians say they do not be
lieve the sending of J0 people here to-
day from Seattle to boom Humes brought
tangtlble results. Humes lutlnuues be will
have more than S votes tomorrow on tho
first ballot, but his opening strength is
here given at 21 or 21 The Foster, Wil
son and Ankeny men say they will not
go Into the fight with a full dhow ot
strength, and each may cast 23 or X votes
tomorrow. Ankeny will probably go In
with from S to li Only 83 out of the K3
votes will be cast, as one of Foster's
men Is sick and Is not expected to be
present
At a meeting of the legislature this
afternoon resolutions were Introduced
asking the president and congress to
protest agauust the Canadian government
bills excluding aliens from the Lake At.
lln mining district, and requesting the
president to consider the claim of tha
Pacific northwest in appointing a succes
sor to Nelson Dingier on the American-
Canadian joint high commission. In the
senate the latter resolution was referred.
because of an expressed desire to see
Dlngley buried before action waa take.i.
SENSATION AT SACRAMENTO.
SACRAMENTO. . Jan. 18. -Sixteen bal
lots have been taken by the legislature
In Joint session for the selection of a
United States senator without result.
The 18th ballot waa practically the same
aa the first, and there Is no indication
that th deadlock will be broken within
the next few days. The last ballot re.
suited as follows:
U. S. Grant Jr.... S
IX M. uurns u
W. H. I Barnes 10
R. N. Bulla 9
Scattering 12
The sensational charges made against
Speaker Wright, who has been accustd
by a San Francisco newspaper of selling
his vote to Grant, resulted In a resolution
being unanimously adopted by the house
today calling for the fullest Investigation
of the charges. A committee of seven
waa appointed to Investigate the mat
ter. Today Wright affixed his signature
to papers bringing suit against the San
Francisco Call for JSO.OuO for libel.
THE BOSS' HARD FIGHT.
HARPJSBURO, Pa., Jan. 1-The battle
for United States senator will open in
earnest tomorrow with the taking of the
first ballot in the senate and house. The
fight Is between Senator Quay, backed by
the 109 senators and members who took
part In the republican caucus, and George
A. Jenks, of Hrookvllle, the candidate of
the democratic caucus, and halt a dosen
"favorite sons," nominated by the anti
Quay republican legislators. With tha
democrats and antl-Quayltes voting for
their candidates, the Indications are that
there will be a deadlock.
State Chairman Elklns and Senator
Penrose are directing the Quay cam
paign. They said tonight there was no
doubt of the speedy re-election ot the
senior senator. Neither side will give any
figures to show how they propose to
elect or defeat Quay.
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
CHARLESTON. Jan. 16,-The West
Virginia senatorial contest tonight pre.
sents a few changed aspects. Two can
dldates have withdrawn. The chief de.
velopment, however, waa the action of
the house today in the contested case
from Monroe county. Via, republican,
was unseated and Logan, democrat, was
seated. The democrats In the house also
declared vacant the seat ot Brohard,
from Taylor county, pending a contest.
THE DREYFUS CASE.
PARIS. Jan. 16. M. Loew, president of
the criminal chamber of the court of
cassation. In an interview with a repre-
Makes the food more
aovAi skiwi
i 1 J St 1 1 k
I " fXJI P.
tentative of the Journal yeiterduy, er.ll.
mated that three weeks would lurno he
fora the court of cassation would hold
a public hearing In the Dreyfus rose.
M. Loew declared also that It was In
x;ie7t to say that the court was In powiK'S.
'Ann fit documents bearltg on the rase
furnished by Comte Ferdinand Ester,
busy.
TO CONTROL COPPER
MINES OF THE WOULD.
Gigantic Corporation About to He Formed
, In New York Which Is Expected to
Revolutionise Copper Industry.
NEW YORK. Jan. 14,-The Hersld soys:
Negotiations looklnar to the consolidation
of th copper mining Interests of tha
United States have been In progress In
this port for a week.
With a reputed backing no less power.
ful than that of the Standard oil Inter.
ests. tho American Copper Mining Com
pany, in Its combination of sic plants.
expects to revolutionise the copper ln
dusrry of the world. In which the United
States already figures aa the chief fa
tor.
The Boston ac Montana and the Butta
k Boston Mining Companies, the Old Do.
minion Copper Company, of Artxona, and
the Arcadia, Tamarack and Osceola Min
ing Companies of Michigan, ar named
as the component parts of the new or.
ganitatlon.
It Is understood that the American
Company will reach Into Canada and
absorb Important copper mines there,
thus making tho combination Internatlon.
al, but the Calumet ft Heckla Company,
the largest producer In the Lake Superior
region, has so far declined to enter tha
combination.
Disinterested observers ot tha traiia.
actions In copper mining stocks for Wt
declare that a small coterie of men have
added O.OOO.WO to their wealth through
this channel.
The combination springs from the re.
cent upneaval In copper. Prices have
soared to the highest figures known. In
face of unprecedonted consumption. The
employment of electrical energy has
caused an enormous demand for copper.
The European countries alone last year
used 43, 7$. i.9 pounds and when It Is
considered that American mines supply
most of the foreign requirements, In ad.
dltlon to home demands, tho possibilities
In the copper sllua'on become apparent.
Hints ot a consolidation, received pub.
llcly Brat through the protective com
mlttee of the Boston ic Montana Corn,
patty, stockholders were asked to deposit
their shares with a Boston trust com
pany in order that they might be "avail
able for protection against attacks on
the company's propurtv - The matter
was in charge of A. 8. Blgelow, head of
the Blgelow-Oark Mining syndicate of
Montana; Sidney Chase, head of a brok
erage firm, recognised aa being repre
sentatlves of the Standard Oil Company;
Samuel Untermeyer, an attorney for the
Standard, and Edward C. Perkins. This
request for the hypothecation of tha
stork has all along been regarded as a
cobcentratloo preparatory to effecting the
combination.
Tha Montana mines' are the socond
most important in the atate which heads
the Hit of copper producing states, be
ing exceeded la importance only by tha
Anaconda mine, owned by Marcus Daly
and J. B. Haggin. The Arcadia, Tarn.
arack aad Osctola properties are the
Hancock-Houghton copper belt, in tha
Northern Michigan peninsula. The Ar.
cadia mine has not been worked to any
great extent although its shares advanced
at the mention of the ' consolidation
schema from S to T5 pclnts.
The Portage bike district, where tha
Michigan mines Involved are located, la
in the throea of a copper erase that ap
proximates the Kaffir mania In South
Africa. Brokers from Boston, which la
the American copper exchange, are doing)
a rushing business at branch offices
opened on the ground, and people are
buying mining shares as fast as stock
certificates can be Issued.
Lewisohn Bros., of thla city, are credit.
ed with being the principal factors in in.
spiring new investments in American:
copper mines. They have agents at
London and Paris and have encouraged
the export trade. They are said to have
had their first experience with copper in
an investment in Boston & Montana
stock years ago, when no railroad pene
trated the .Butte country. They held tha
stock for years and when a railroad final,
ly did enter Butte and the mine could ba
operated with a show ot profit, they
found a fortune at their command.
The Rockefeller Interests, after heavy
Investments in Iron ore fields, were en.
couraged to Investigate copper mines,
with the result that they 'bought heavily
In the Michigan district. It Is one of tha
persistent reports of the day that tho
Rothchilds have made overtures to them
looking to a syndicate control ot all tha
copper mines in the world.
THREE TWENTY-ROUND SCRAPS.
BCRANTON, Pa.. Jan. 16.-"Doc"
Payne, Kid McCoy's sparring partner,
and Tim Hurley, of Susquehanna, fought
a 20-round draw tonight.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 18.-Kld Wo
Partland. of New York, secured a de
cision over Jack Carrig In a 20-round
bout tonight
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Jan. i8.-John O.
Cavanaugh, ot this olty, and John Flnnl-
gan, of Wheeling, heavyweights, fought
20 rounds tonight. The referee ffava Cav.
anaugh the decision.
SAMPSON'S FLEET NAMED.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-The navy de.
partment has designated the following
war ships to form a squadron of evolu
tion which Is to go Bouth under direct
command of Admiral Sampson: The flag-.
ship New York, Brooklyn, Indiana, Tex
as, Chicago, Newark and Maehtus.
When a politician holds the key to tho
situation It may be of gome use In a
deadlock, but never In cav ot a bolt.
n Baking-
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delicious end who!csG.?.3
cMm en. nm yrm.
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