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off- GRAND JURY SPEAKS llrlnys More indictments In Con nection wllh Land frauds. I MITCHELL'S LAW PARTNER NAMED - Perjury li Orlmo Charged Ap.atnst ' Him Brother of Btato Treas urer Alio In Tolls. Ji;,'i ,. " 1'orlluiKl, (!. ft. Judge Albert II. TiinniT, law partner nf John II. Mitch- 'll, nml ono of tint most iroiiiliiunt at torneys mid cltltcns u( Portland, wsa Indicted yf fli-riluy ultcrnooii liy tho Federal grand Jury for tho crlimi (it IH'rJury alleged In Imvii boon committee jii Juniiury III while before the grimd jury us u witness In relation to the dealings of Hvniitnr Mitchell with Fred erick A. Krlbs, tho land sM-culator. At I Im same tllun till" Indictment wan returned thrco others wero also re tiorled to tho court, one itimlnst Ham- . I lion II. Hendricks lor subornation ol I'erlury. ono against Oconto 0. Hrowi oil In uinaudmc)it ol Ilia ImllctliK'tit for itiljrnnti)ii of perjury returned n week ago, nml Ua Inut against Henry .Mel drum. (Icorgn Waggoner. IhtvM W Klntiulril, Itultts H. Monro, a lirotlier of Htnti' Treasurer Charles H. Mooros John W. Iluihuker and I rank J. Van Winkle, . for toinpfrauy Id defraud tlic govern ' ilient. , Tlia Indictment ol Judge Tanner la tlio most eciisatlonal returned for some time, for it brings lieforo llie public with unexpected suddenness the name of a imtn heretofore entirely unronnect il hy rumor or fuel with the far-reach ing frauds now being unearthed. Tim indictment further charges that It loyalty to his partner, Henator Mitel ell, uml a wish to oiHirn him from the ahaiiio of tliii rocond indictment re turned a week ago which caused lilm to attempt to hide, according to thu al legations of tho Imllctment, thu trim ctuto of affairs an existing in the hull 1101 ol their law olllce. It l nllt-gcd in thu tmllrtliient that Judge Tanner, while n witness before the grand Jury on January .'II, luO,', mid while under iwth, raid that tho firm had received money mid other i-onipuumtinn for work douo for Fred erlck A. Krllm, in expediting rlalma , through the general land olllco ami pusstng them to (intent, hut that of these sum received Henntor Mitchell hud not received any purl for himself. This the government till Oku in untrue, anil It will attempt to prove that Hen ntor Mitchell did recelvo money, placed to hla account hy Judge Tauuer ut thu expiration of each month. RECOVERED AFTER MANY YEARS One of S3, 000, 000 of Stolen Bond Cauiea Three Arreita, New York, Feb. U. l)r. U-wie 0 Wilcoxxou, who la under arrest here! together with Joaeph A. Taylor, o Whllo plains, N. Y., and Jamea A Hioltli. of thia city, In connection witl the recovery of 10,000 United Hlutea k-overninent lioml atolen friiur thu Man imtUtn aaylnK inititution in 187H, haa resided With his wife and child at ono of thu leudiiiK lip-town hotels hero for nearly tlireo Jeurs. He clulinfl ChlciiKO as Ills native City, says ho owns exten hIvo mlniiiK inleresta in Alaska, am linn an Incoiuu of 0,00(1 a month Keverthelesa ho six'iit tho nlKht In t-il'A prison 1n default of 110,000 lionda re I.,' iiilred by iho Federal nuthorltles. Tho recovery of thu Isind wus madu throui;h tho subtreasiiry in Wall street, whero it had been delivered by & bank lues senT. Thirty of tha snino series wero taken in thu Manhattan robbery, and thia ia only, the third one found Two oihora wero recovered In 1KH0. TIio'toIIco nro now searchiiiK fo HamiierWaron Miller, from whom Wll coxson Rays ha nveivel tho bond part payment for roma Alaska mlnlni? property last Monday. Recovery of tho bond recalls tho rob bery, 27 yeara rko, of thu Manhattan hank, one ol thu richest hauls eve iiiiido In America. Tho burclars se ciiriil nearly 13,000,000 lit cuhIi and neKottablo securities. Red Cross It Reorganized. Wiislilnirlon, Feb. U. In puraunnc :of thu tomiH nf tha act of co nun-en pro ivldlti): for tlio reorRiinlratlonof tho ltcd (irnss, tho lucorporutorii of tho Amorl can ' 'National Ileil Cross met at tho Ktutlg.dcpurtment today. About two dozon"pcronH woro' present, but Mies. Clam'. Itarton wan absent, hecruiary Tufticjlled tho IncorjioratorH to order, Thu following porinnnont oIIicerH woro dectcd! rrealdent, William II. Taft treasurer, Charles II, Keep, assistant decretory of tho treasury: councilor, I. A. l'rndtj rtocrctury, Anltu N. Mctiee South Is Still Demoralized. l3ulavlllo. Fob. 0. With ruin and idcot falling over nearly ovory mllu of country from Ohio to Now Orleans, tho usual avouucH of wlro coniiitunlcutnii, which havo been deinomlUed elnco Kiiudav. todav wont from bad to worse Nourly ovory branch of commercial Ufa felt tha Interruption. Cloudy weather, with rain, sloet or snow, prevails from tho Dakotns 'to tho gulf of Mexico, whore, wlth warm wcatbor, a heavy ralu bus boon falling for 4H hours. Japanese Seize More Coal. Toklo. Fob. 0. Tho HrltiBh steamer KaatryiBbound for Vladivostok, with coal, Vfas caiiturod off Hokkaido yester day. Hha 1b being brought to Yoko. JURY DRAW8 NET. Two Indictment! S.ilil To Da In Order for J. N. Williamson. Portland, Feb. 7. Tho last week of tho present Federal grand jury Ih at and. Tlio long sorloa of lovi-allgn- lloim which huvo been hiking tho time f I lie jury for thu Nst two mouths la rawing to a clnsii ami will end on But rdny, If tha pinna of the. government attorneya carry. Tim profent week will ho a busy ono, for It will bring to Unlit some of thu iilmiglcments of tint" hjgh In the onlltloncu of tint titiito uml thu nation ami will allow Mill further tho extent ml scope of tim In ml friiuda which uve heen carried on In mnny cases to completion uml In othera practically to hat stage during tho punt few yeora. During tho week it wna rmnorcil that iteprcscntutlrvo J. N. Willlainnon will omit under (ho notlco of tha Federal grand jury, not once, hut twlr. It la mi Id that thu next few daya will see tho unlor reprearntutlvit of thu atato In- llrleil for Ida ulln"l connection with varioiia land deala In thu vicinity of ila homo at I'riiinvilln and also for fraudulent transactions In tho Mile Mountain reserve. Juat what tho complaints urn la a mystery which tho government olllciula nlnno would ha nhla, at this time, to ell. They huvo nothing to nay. Hut n mite ol thin reticence, it ia made known from varioiia sources that tho ml nf the wirk will ceo more tiersons mpllcntcd in tha land (minis than have na yet lililtil nl nr thought ni. In addition to the niiniea 01 Air Williamson nru nientioneil thoao nf varioiia of thu former apcciul nRenta of tho itove rnment, and everal of tlio ex apcciul agents who huvo lfn aent to thia territory t.. look Into tint nllfKCO rreuuliirltiea ol tlio lunil ilepartmeni llej'onil a rumor that aevernl of the x.'hil npentB lire under tho eye of tho iiranil Jury, nothiiiK oellnllo can ixi learned. However, It ran bo atateil with a rennonahlo dettreo of certainty that former employe of the Interior de partment In Oregon will lie liroulil to Kxik for Irri-KUlar work ilonu liy tliem lurliiK their term of olllco. It ia further unfit to predict that Saturday will ace tho adjournment ol tint jury until thu March term culla tlio men illicit more to tlio tank ol proinnK lino tho IrrcgulariUc of thu laml trunaac tlonit of Oregon. IMPROVE VANCOUVER BARRACKS Large Allotment from Army Poll Fund Likely To Be Secured. Washington, Feb. 7. The army up prnpriatlon bill, recently passed by con gross, carries n largo appropriation for tho improvement of army H)sts. This money is distributed by the secretary of war, bo approving allotments nliici are madu up by thu quartermaster gen erul. (Senator Ankony and Hepresenta, live Jones havo nrniugcd to cull ution thu recretury of war and ask for a lib eral elicit of that lump sum for making much-needed improvements ut Yuncou ver barracks. IteiHirts which have been submitted by the officers at Vancouver show tho urg. ent necessity for many new bulldinga to replace tho authiuatcd and dilapi luted structures now standing. Of course they nk lor more money man ran be had, something over 1,000,000 In all. Nevertheless, an attempt will ho mado to get a liberal jiortion of thi fund. Tho largest Item recommended 2fi0,000 (or erecting a new building for headquarters offices, a building o brick, with stone trimmings, large enough to accomodate all tho ofTlcccrs assigned to headquarters, together witl tho clerical forco ol thu post. It la also asked that four additional double in (an try barracks bo erected ut u cost 12.10,000, and in lulilltionl quartern for fit) nllicers us follows: One commanding olllcer'a resilience, aix field ofllcore quarters, nino captains' doubloqunrtore unit nino lleutenaiiia- iiouiuo quartern to cost In all uliout (500,000. In nd illt Ion (10,000 is asked for u new main sewer, fn.OOO for cement sidcwalkB, $2,000 for extending tho electric light Ins system, t5,t)00 for water mains. Ho, 000 for grading mid filling, 115,000 for Improving tho panulo grounda and 170,000 for two new artillery stables. Foreign Mlne-s Shut Out. TVklo, Feb. 7. After thu most boat ed debate which has yet taken placo in tho Jnpuneao house of representatives, the mneiidments to the mining law pro hibiting foreigners to work Japanese mines was passed during Monday's ses sion. Tho bill was fought bitterly by tlio foreign residents having mining In terests In Japan, and tho government lias been sovorely censured for udvocut ing n measure which must needs nntag. onlte cortaln influential interests wbos' good will, It Is believed by many, to bo Important and necessary at this time. Japanese Colony In Texas. Ban nAntonlo, Texas, Feb. 7. In an Interview today 11, F. Yoakum gavo out tho following details concerning the re cent visit to Texan of n number of com mlBslonera from the Japanese govern ment: "As n result of this visit a great Japanese colony will bo planted In Bouthwcstorn Texas for tho growing and manufactu.ro of silk. A splendid tract of land baa been secured, and. upon each flvo acres of this will bo sottled a Japanese, family." Reservists Are In Arrest. London, Fob, 7. -Tha London Dally Chronlelo prints dispatch from Its Bt. I'otorsburg corresjiondoiit Btatlng that fl.000 resorvlsts at Vetorhof havo mu tinied and aro under arrcat in their READY FOR PEACE Grand Dukes Admit (nubility to Cope with Japan. TOO MUCH THOUBLE AT HOME With Nation In Rebellion Reserves Cannot Da Sunt to Cope with Thoio Sent by Japan. Imdoii, Feb. 7. Tho bobcat au thority la claimed by the Ht. I'ctersblirg orreaiKiiideiit ol tho Iiinlon IMiiy Chronlelo for thu atatemcnt that thu grand ducal parly baa suddenly decided Unit Russia must suit for peacu. Tho correspondent states that the grand dukes and their suporlcra havo held freouent conferences of lata at which they dlscussi-d thu Fur Fustern war nud cauio to tho conclusion that tho country could not afford to con tlnuu the wnr under tho present condi tions. Tho Immediate cause for this cliahL'o of mind on tho part nf tho very mvn who havo right along atood In the wuv of pouch ia paid to huvo Ix'en tha recent disaatcr to tho Kusslan arms on the Ilun river. Coupleil with tha news of thia defeat has come to tho grand dukea tho reoll r.atlnn that they cannot compete with Japan's ability to throw army after army Into Manchuria, especially in view of the Internal situation, which may render further mobilization of reservist troops almost Impossible. Tho cornsionoent atatea that, ac cordlngly, tho Russian embassy at Paris has been asked to gain tho good will of Great Ilrltain with a view to mitigating thu terms which Japan la likely to iuiose. STREET CAR OVERTURNS. Portland Wreck Causes One Death and Thirty-one Injuries. rortland, Feb. 7. Ono man was killed and .11 K-rsons Injured, some of them fatally, by tho wrecking of a car of tho Portland Consolidated railway company on tho Montavillu lino, at the corner ol hast I wenty-elglilli anil Fast (illsun streets, at 7:L'0 o clock yes terday morning. The acclilent oc- currcd on a slir.rp curve at tho base of u steep incline. The car s momentum was so great that it wub unable to make Uio turn nml was overturned. There wero (10 passengers, on the cur ut the time of the accident, tho majority be ing business men and employes on their way to work In tho heart ol tho city. It Is a question whether the motor man lost control ol tho car or whether ho did not usu tho usual precautions until it was too lata. Five blocks from tint sceno of the nccident the car was running at a speed greatly in excess of the rate specified in tho city onllnunres governing street car trallic. Une paa. senger, Who atood on the front platform of the car beside tho motorman, de. dares that no effort was made to gov. em the speed of the car until it was almost rounding the curve. The street car company says the brakes had been set as shown by tho fact that the wheel; wcru worn smooth by sliding. READY TO FIGHT. Warlike Talk of High British Official Causes Kaiser to Anger. llerlin, Feb. 7. At the foreign ofHco it was said thia afternoon that Ger many would ask England for an ex planution of the provocativo antl-Ocr man speech made at Hast Leigh, I'elv- rtiary .. by Arthur H.Lee, civil lord o tho admiralty, In which bo said that Ilrltain would smash an unnamed en emy in tho North sen lieforo that enemy had time to realize that war had been declared. Tho foreign otUco said: "Wo hope that nothing will result from I-eo's speech. Wo prefer to lie liovo ho spoke more aB n naval expert than as n statesman or cabinet officer Yet It is impossible not to put a polit icnl construction upon his utterances Wo shall, of course, take up the mat tor." Will Fight Ncnr Sandepas. St. rcteraburg, Feb 7. Military operations in Manchuria continue at standstill. No importance Is attached by the war olllce to thu Japanese moviv ments on thu uusslau center ami leu which aru regarded ua merely demon stratlonji. (lencral Heismnn, n war critic, expresses tlio opinion that tho Russians nro not likely to surreniler tho positions captured northeast ol bamle. pas, and that n series ol encounters there will probably contlnuo until the weather is favorable for u general ua vupco. Rivers and Harbors Next Week Washington, Feb. 7. Although the river nnd harbor bill was retiortcd tho bouse today, it will probably not bo considered before next week. Tho nuval uiiiironrlatlon bill Is ahead of It and will bo culled up Thursday, when the railroad bill is disposed of. Iho naval bill will remain under consldoru' Hon three or four days, shoving the river nnd harlsir bill over until next Tuesday or Wednesday. Frobably It will bo pussed about eb. 15. Runla Wants More Money. IiOndon, Feb. 7. It Is stated In well Informed financial circles In London that negotiations havo been completed for floating a now Husslnn loan of 1200,000,000 In l'arla. Tho loan will bear Interest at tho rato of 6 por cent nor annum. Tho date of tho Issue has hot yet boon fixed. - CHANCE OF RATE LEGISLATION. Elklns Bends to the Slorm and New ands Suggests Simple Plan. Washington, Feb. IK. As allowing tho drift of sentiment mid tho effect of thu conalant demand from overy part of tho country for legislation, It la noticed that Heualor Flkins has felt called up on to deny that ho has ever said tliaC there could ho no railroad legislation at this session of congress. On the (tontrary, tho senator ia very careful to pialify everything lie stys in this re gard, wi as to leave It an open question ns to whether ho ohms or favors rail road legislation. Tho general impros- ion is that be does not believe in any thing living done at tills session. Probably thu most optimistic member f thu senate committee on interstate commerce is Ne lands, of Nevada. He see no reason why there should be leg islation, and ho also suggests n plan which might be practicable, and prob ably would he adopted in an ordinary business institution. He suggests that number of prominent railroad men, together with Messrs. llnconand 1-crgu-son, who have heen most active in pre senting thu side of tho shippers, meet with the committee on interstate coin, Inerco and get ,down to business and agree upon a measure that will meet all complaints Ho thinks that in less than a week these men could frame a bill which would pass both houses, ml would lie satisfactory to all Inter eats of the country and would not dis turb business to any great extent. newhinds bus another idea which might be taken into consideration by those who are fighting all kinds ol leg. islation; that is that it would bo better to paas some Interstate commerce legis. latlon at a special session rather than have it wait until tho lung session of congress, when It might lie delayed for many months. He takes the view that something is liound to lie done within tho next year, and it would be belter to havo it done at once, even from the railroad oint of lew. TRYING TO CROWD THE SENATE House Alms to Reduce Unlimited De bate to an Absurdity. Washington, Feb. 13. Tho United States senate seems to have embarked upon a well nigh impossible feat, that ib, of disposing of tho business neces sary before the close of theeeeeion, and nlso trying an Impeachment case where many witnesses will havo to be sum moned and a great ileal ol testimony submitted, to tlx) followed by the nrgu menta of tho attorneya for Judge Snayne mid tlio managers of the house who aro conducting tho impeachment. There is a suspicion that tho hou'o of represenatatives put the impeach mcnt case into tho senate at tuts se slon for the purpose of taxing the rules of that body to tho utmost, anil to snow that its unlimited debate Ib improctlcu bio in a legislative body. Hut what ever mav havo been tho purpose, it evident that the house haa unloaueii unon the senate a lob which makes almost impossible to conclude public business and adjourn at tho time con cress exidres. Senators say there Is no question about this, and that they will bo able to net through with tho Impeachment and also to pass tho necessary legisla. lion, wlilcn must do conciuueu uy noon on March 4. TO SETTLE OLD CLAIMS. Fulton Secures Amendments to Indian Appropriation Bill. Washington. Feb. 13. Senator Ful ton haa succeeded in having several of his amendments attached to the Indian annropriatlon bill by the senate com mittcc. nnd if they stick, various old claims will be settled next Bummer. Tho principal amendment proposes to pay the Klamath Indians 1537,007 for 1121,821 acres of their reservation which they relinquished to tho govern ment. Amendments paying tho Clat son Indians liu.uuu, the ixwor uiu nooks f '.'O.uuu, tho Kiamain uiiiuookb $7,000, and the Tillamooks $15,000, in settlement of claims dating back more than 50 years, wero also adopted by tho committee. Another amendment quieting title to lands purchased from Umatilla Indians is attncheit. More Factories are Idle. St. IVlersburg.F eb. 13. The strlko extended today to Lessners, Tlclmans and a number of other works. Tho men remain unlet nnd determined and declare they will not yield until they win the light tor an olglit-liour ilay A lan:o number of troops aro posti nsult tho Viliorg nnd Nan sky quarters In consequence of tho threatening ntti tudo of the strikers In tho Vlborg quar ter of this city tlio authorities today brouuhl In from l'eterhof additional cavalry, which wero posted about tho Viborg district. Nobody Will Be Punished. l'eoriu, III., Fob. 13. Judge (ireenu today sustained tho motion to quasi! tho indictments against Thomas Noonau, manager and treasurer of the Ironuols theater, in Chicago, and Cum nilngs, tho Btugo carpenter, which grew out of the theater fire catastrophe. An attorney representing 'tho stato attor ney's olllco of Cook county attempted to draw n parallel between the Slocum steamboat disaster and tho lroqiils case, but tho court refused to al!ow it. Japanese Buy Dakota Oats. Minneapolis, Feb. 13. According to Minneapolis elevator men who operate throughout the DakutaB, over 2,000,006 buihels of oats havo J list been bought up hy the agents oi uio Japanese guv eminent. WHERE CZAR'S TROOPS Wl.STl.lt l'ALACK Ol' TlJK C.AH Al' 81' I'LTLItSltUIKJ ltusslana marching toward the CH.rs winter palace fn St Petersburg - . . , l. n Xfnllr .tit.l In Iho nrnno Ipim- were nrea at nrai ar, me unuKe uici: ."-- ---- Ing across the Grand Morsknla to the palace square, where stands tco minnn. The star Indicates! the scene of tho first massacre. The second charge of Cossacks against trance to the square. I'eopie were proapoct, on the Ice of the Neva anil island where the Industrial section of most of the worklngmen live and where the revolutionists, ueninu tneir barricades, defied the KmpTor. CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA COMPARED Willi HIE UNITED STATES. Russia has 30.000 miles of coast line. but half of it l ice-bound. The UnltiM States baa twenty-three time as many factories ns Russia. in Itussli there are onlr ninety daily newspapers, in the United States there are l!,45i. HukaIs's nomilatlon In 1003 was 141,- OOO.OOt); population of the United States. fcO.0 10.000. ltusils nnxlurra one-twentieth as much ronl nnd -iiit-iilxih na much Iron aa Is produced in the United States. Thr Ilnltnl States baa 210.000 miles of railways; Russia haa only 30,000 miles or railways, t wo-thlrils ol It owneu 07 the coTfrmnent, Russia stands next to tha United States aa a crain producinc country, hut the average laborer there sets only one fourth aa much wagea as In the United States. Russia la two and one-half times aa large us the United States and Alaska. Lut America has flftythree tiroes aa many miles of telegraph and aenda tiftten times ai much tnaiL MONETARY BURDENS BORNE BY THE PEOPLE OF RUSSIA. National debt 13,500,000,000 Annual interest on debt.. 80,000,000 Expended ou Siberian and Maucburian roads l,ow.wu,wu Taxes unpaid by peasanta. 1000 CU.UUO.UW Loss by industrial depres sion hi turee rears 3uu.uoo.uuu Loss by famines In Ave years preceding 1W . . . 600,000.000 200.000.000 Eight famines, tire since 1P02. loss Loss to toilers by 150 to 170 holidays each year.. 100.000,000 War losa to date 400.000.000 Expense of holy synod, annually ijj.jiw.uw In relation to these figures a well- known writer saya: "The aluiDle truth Is the linsian peas ant, 100.000.000 of him. is. under present conditions, slowly starving to death. His oerage earnings In the central provinces are 17 and IS copecks (8 to 11 cents) per day throughout the year: during the busiest harvest time they rise to nn aver age of 27 to 3d copecks (13 In ill centa a day); during the whole whiter lie and bis family earn nothine. IIU diet con sists nf meal, flour and grits, cabbage and potatoes; nn meat, ixceplhn: three times a year. His diet is hisultteieiit. and less than In any civilised country. The hoTel lie llvea in I' two anil a half yards long and one anil one-half yards high, harbor ing the whole family and whatever cattle he possesses. These data are taken from ntMclal sources, la it a wonder that the Iiusslau peasant has morally and physi cally degenerated?" DIvlilliiK tl Tips, Tipping haa been reduced to a very flne system in some Eugllsh hotels and restaurants. "I was sitting at ment with tho manager of ono of (he well known London restaurants," says a writer. " '1 am short-sighted and un observant,' I aald, 'nnd na I never know one waiter from another I'm al ways uneasy lest I've tipped the wrong one.' The manager laughed. 'Frlti, bring the book,' he said, The book was opened upon the tablo and dis closed columns and rows of figures op posite the names of waiters. Between them the manager and Frltx explained the system. "Every penny given in tlpsrwns cast Into a common .fund in jshargo of a waiter elected by his''fcllowB. At tho cod of the week tho sum was dlstrlb- SHOT DOWN RUSSIANS. the crowd was at the Morakala en anoi uuwu, nuwevtr, iu iuc in ouier airccta. vassui usirov is uio KL Petersburg la situated. ,where uted. Three classes were arranged by the manager, according to efficiency, and the shares were In corresponding proportions, so that the Junior who hovers with the sauce la by no means equally rewarded with the expert who can advise In the matter of wine. "Walters keep a Jealous eye on tbelr fellows, and the man suspected of pocketing a Up finds his position un tenable. The system Is good for the public, since It diminishes the unpleas ant personality of a charitable action. It Is good, too, for the waiters, since that record of the weekly gratuities showed that the best waiters made about $2,000 n year in tips." ENGLISH DOCTORS' FEES. They Are Hesmlnted by the IloyalCol lege, of Physician. The specialists must be divided Into two distinct classes, tbe surgeon prop er and tbe pure physician. Tbe former unquestionably gets big fees In ratio to his reputation. Tbe famous sur-r geon has only to name bis fee to the millionaire with appendicitis. With tbe fear of death before bis eyes be will write bis check gladly. When he has recovered he will often gram-, bio If he does not boast A younger and less known man will perform the same operation for a tithe of tbe cost, but tbo public, with death staring tbom In the face, will havo the man with the big name, regardless of ex pense. Ilut tbe pure physician Is nn entirely different matter. Ills fees are stand ardized not by act of Parliament, but by that autocratic body, the Itoyal Col lege of Physicians. Ills fees for con sultation at his own bouse aro fixed at 2 guineas tbe first visit and a guinea for each subsequent one. For consultations away from home he re ceives n fee nt tho calculated rate of two-thirds of a guinea 11 mile. Elstree, twelve miles out of town, Is Ipso facto 8 guineas, I.lveriool (201 miles) Is 134 guineas, and so on pro rata. Ilut It must be remembered that nowadays all the big provincial centers have their own specialists, niid the town man Is very n'ldom sent for unless ho be one of the very biggest names and the case desperate nnd rich. If the physician should accept ruoro he transgresses that professional fe tich, "medical etiquette," and Is brand ed n quark by Ids less lucky breth ren. Moreover, when he nrrlves nt a suf ficient standing lu the ranks of his profession the Hoyal College of Phy sicians will not elect him to their all Important fellowship, the crowning qualification and high water mark of his calling. London Mall. Shark a Commercial 1'roiluot. The shark, which ia so nbundant In tho waters of Central America, la to be utilized In commercial products. A company has been formed which con verts sharks' tins Into Jelly and tinned soup, makes tine machinery oil from their livers, handsome leather, equal to alligators', from their sklna, walk ing sticks from their backbones, nnd numerous articles from their Jawbones nnd teeth; Thibetlana aa Tea Drinkers. Tho champion tea drinkers of tho world are tho Thibetans. They buy It In "bricks" and drink it in pluts. Tea bricks are used as currency. barracks, AW'