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[REAT CHINA ^sia DPS Again Says She March on Pekin. BECOMING TOO W ill ACTIVE Requests Recall of Fore* OutaMc W a ll-F irm Denial la Response- China Abandoning Neutrality. London, March 21.— The Standard’s In'Tsin correspondent says that Paul ar, Russian minister to China, has lewed hn protest against the dis- ch of Chinese forces outside the st wall and has intimated that un- thsy are withdrawn, Russia may | com pel led to act on tbs assumption st China is abandoning her neutrali- I in favor of Japan. The minister is ho reported to have renewed his st that on the slightest movement l China’ s part, Russian troops w ill rch on Pekin. It is said that in re- to this, the correspondent adds, ^ina refused to recall her troops. There are vague rumors of unsuccess- attempts of the Port Atrhur and Isdivostok Beets to joi:i forces. SUNK BY LINER. ritlih Submarine Boat Run Down and Her Crew Lost. Portsmouth, England, March 21.— Irish submarine boat No. “ A - l ” w ki down and sunk off the Nab light Ip today hy a Donal Curry liner and persons were drowned including eutenant Mansergh, the senior officer gaged in the submarine work. The |ner passed on and reported that she id struck a torpedo. At the time Bhe was struck the sub marine boat was off the lightship en- aged in the maneuvers, and was lying seven fathoms of water waiting the pproach of a battleship. The boat Fas one ol the newest of the fleet of iibmarine vessels and was built from ^ie latest models, but she had always en a bad diver. She was inspected centlv by both King Edward and the prince of Wales. The name of the liner which struck the submarine boat is the Berwick Castle, from East Ixmdon, South Af- jiea. The loss of the boat was not Known for several hours after the liner had reported to the manuevering leet that she had struck a torpedo, the officers of the liner say that they •aw a glistening torpedo like shape in the water, and it is supposed, there fore, that the submarine boat rose just ~ efore she was struck. There is no oubt that all the members of the crew id in the steel tube. It is thought |at the Berwick Castle, in striking, pact the trim of the boat and spilled gasoline in the tanks, rendering l|er helpless. The crew was battened own and must have met death from bffocation in the absense of air and living to the fumes. GREAT INSURANCE TRUST. Fire Companies W ill Have Uniform Rates In All Cities. Philadelphia, March 19.— The In- lirer tomorrow w ill say the National oard of Fire Insurance Underwriters, *t a meetingg held in New York City day, came to an agreement by which I Are insurance companies in this untry and all foreign companies rep- sented here w ill form a combination. Uniform rates, says the Inquirer, are tp lie fixed for the same class of risks ip all cities, uniform legislation in all •t ites and cities is to be advocated, and •1! technical work of all the companies is hereafter to be done by a central mard, instead of local, state or city loards. as has been the custom. Old insurance men state this is the irrst time the companies have been able agree upon plans, although the sub set has been frequently porposed. A special committee ot seven was ap- lointed at the New York meeting to arry out the plans, and an assessment nade upon each company doing busi- iess in this country to make up a fund f $100,000 annually to carry on the ,-ork. ( Great Building Strike Almost Sure. New Y oik , March 21. — Twenty housand bricklayers and laborers, and ibout 2,000 ironworkers are on stiike, Ind unless a settlement can be reached tt once the strike probably w ill spread Until about 100,000 men are involved. The employers, considering it improb óle that any settlement w ill be cached, are preparing for the strike hich they think w ill follow. Mem bers of other unions who w ill be out of work liecanse they cannot proceed with building without the bricklayers, aie said to be indignant. Cuba Authorized to Make Loan. Havana, March 21.— It is said I that Speyer A Co., of New York, centlv interrogated the United 8ti government as to whether the Cn loan o f $35,000,000 for the paymen the revolutionary war veterans satisfactory to it and in accords with the terms of the Paltt ame ment. The reply received, it is si was to the effect that Cuba wasentii authorised to close the bnriness in cordance with the contract. President Signs Supply Bill. Washington, March 21.— The pre dent today signed the legislative, exi utive and jddicial appropriation bi This is the second of the big supj bills to become a law. GOOD SUM TO FAIR. House Commute W ill Favor S700.000 Appropriation. Washington, March 19.— The house subcommittee on industrial arts and expositions today favorably reported a substitute for the Lewis and Clark ex position bill, recently passed by the senate, carrying a total appropriation of $450,000. The substitute b ill con templates the expenditure of $250,000 for a government exhibit, $75,000 for the eretcion of a government building, $175,000 for the erection of buildings for the Alaska, Philippine, Hawaiian, Oriental and Oceanic exhibits, and $250,000 for an Alaska exhibit, in ad dition to amounts heretofore appropri ated for the Alaska exhibit at St. Louis. A t its next meeting, the full com mittee w ill consider the substitute bill, and may possibly add an appropriation fur a forestry building. In addition to making provision for the various buildings and the govern ment and Alaska exhibits, the substi tute bill provides for free admission of foreign articles imported for exhibit purposes, and creates a government board to collect, install and care for the govei nment exhibit, as was done at St. Louis and authorizes, in connec tion with the government exhibit, a fish commission exhibit and a life sav ing station. The subcommittee w ill further re port in favor of authorizing the coin age of 250,000 souvenir gold dollars, which are to be coined at such times and in such quantities as the expo sition authorities may desire. These coins are to be sold to the exposition corporation at part and may, by them be sold at a premium of $1 each, thus enabling the exposition to increase its earnings. W hile the subcommttee made no rertmimendaton as to Sunday closing of the exposition, it is expected that the full committee w ill amend the sen ate bill by striking out the Platt Sun day closing amendment, and leave the matter entirely in the control of the state. Chairman Tawney, speaking of the subcommittee’s report, says that an ap propriation of $450,000 for Portland is equvalent to an appropriation of $600,- 000 or $700,000 at any other expo sition, as Portland w ill enjoy the ad vantage of having many of its exhibits already collected, requiring only tran shipment from 8t. Louis. He says Portland w ill have a better government exhibit than Buffalo had for $300,000. and should also have as fine if not finer exhibit from Alaska, the Philippines and the Orient than w ill be made at St. Louis this year. PRESERVE FUR SBAL INDUSTRY. Senate Desires President to Negotiate W ith Britain lor Change In Rules. Washington, March 19.— After elim i nating all but three sections of Senator Dillinghams’ Alaskan seal bill, the senate committee on foreign relations hgs authorized Senator Foraker to make a favorable report on the meas ure. The bill as originally introduced was practically the same as had been presented in the house by Representa tive Tawney, of Minnesota. The first scetion of the bill prohibited the k ill ing of male fur seals on the Pribyloff group of seal islands, except 5,500 to lie used as food for the natives of the islands, and this was stricken out by the committee. , As passed, the b ill provides that the president of the United States shall negotiate with Great Britain foi a re vision of the rules and regulations which now govern the taking of fur seals in the open waters of the North Pasific ocean and Behiing sea, pursu ant to the treaty articles of award of the Behring sea tribunal of arbitration made at Paris, August 16, 1893. The revision of the regulations is for the purpose of restoring and preserving the fur seal industry.and to aliate the k illing of nursing mother seals on the high seas. It is provided also that the president shall endeavor to conclude negotiations with the governments of Russia and Japan for the purpose of securing their areement to any satisfactory revision of the rules that may be had. Only Settlers Can Remain. Washington, March 19— Senator An keny and Representative Jones today received letters from General Counsel Bunn, of the Northern Pacific railway, stating that his company intends to deal liberally with bona fide settlers on the lands within the “ overlap” limits, which passed to the railroqd company under the recent decision of the su preme court. Settlers who settled upon these lands in good faith prior to July 1, 1898, and have made their homes thereon, w ill be permitted, un der the act of 1898, to retain title. W ants to Use Chinese Road. Pekin, March 19.— Russian com mis- ariat officers have applied to the Chi nese railway officials at Hsin Min Tun for permission to use their line for the transportation of troops and stores. The officials have replied that the matter presents many difficulties, and that they must refer the application to the authorities at Pekin. Some ques tions were also asked regarding the possibility of purchasing fodder and other supplies. No Hope lor Mrs. Miles. Washington, March 19.— Mrs. Miles, wife of Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, retired, is lying ill at her home in{this city. Her condition has been exceedir.glv critical and although some improvement is noted today, no hope is held out for her recovery. END LAND EVIL Senate Commitee Decides for Re peal of Timber Act. FORESTS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION Secretary Highest Interior W ill Accept the Bid-Funds ol W ill Be lor Irrigation Used Work. Washington, March 18.— By unani mous vote, the senate committee on public lands^today favorably reported a compromise b ill intended to modify the public land laws so as to minimize the opportunity for fraudulent opera tions, and to insure the settlement of the public lands by bona fide entrymen. This compromise is the result of a pro tracted and heated discussion of the public land question, and, to a large extent, carries out the recommenda tions of the public land commission. The b ill agreed upon authorizes the secretary of the interior to sell to the highest bidder the right to cut and re move timber from any unappropriated, non-mineral surveyed public lands after first having such timber appraised and giving due notice of such sale. The funds derived from timber sales in the arid and semi-arid western states are to be placed to the credit of those states in the fund ultimately to be ex pended in the construction of national irrigation works. The b ill repeals the act permitting the entry of timber lands, though it does not affect the acquisition of stone lands. I t provides further that lands chiefly valuable for timber shall here after not tie subject to entry under the commutation clause of the homestead law. This last provision removes the most objectionable feature of the com mutation clause, and the one under which the government has heretofore been generally injured. The commit tee did not feel justified in going furth er in the way of modifying the land laws. The unanimous report on the b ill to day is thought to insure its early pas sage by the senate, and it may get through the house this session, though there are several members of the house public lands committee who w ill op pose it and attempt to prevent a fav orable report. Nevertheless, advo cates of reform in the land laws are greatly encouraged by the action of the committee today and regard it as a long step in the right direction. No b ill introduced in congress in sev eral years has been pushed with more vigor by its friends, or fought more stubbornly by its enemies. For two years the committee on public lands has had the measure almost constantly before it. la s t year the committe re ported the b ill over the head of the chairman, Senator Hansbrough, but he served notice that it could not be passer!, and it died with the congress. This year all the Democratic members of the committee except Senator Du bois and three Republican members, Bard, Nelson and Dietrich, were again against it, making a majority of one in favor of reporting the land bill. Chairman Hansbrough declined to put the motion for reporting the b ill with out having a chance to be heard in op position to the measure. He was charger! with filibustering, but re mained steadfast. Chairman Hans brough talked to members of the com mittee individually, and gave as his view that the bill, if passed, would up set the land laws of the entile country and turn to Canaria the great stream of immigration that was now building up the west. He declared the home stead law vital to the interests of the unimproved west, and suggested to the friends of the b ill that a measure he introduced for the repeal of the timber and stone act only. He won Senator Nelson to the same view, and the bil was introducer) by Senator Quarles and approver! by the committee. On Trial for Soliciting a Bribe. Kansas City, March 18.— Jesse J. Jewell, state senator, of Kansas City, was brought to trial in the criminal court here today upon a charge of so liciting a bribe. The charge is that Senator Jewell went to J. VV. Hess, manager of a baking powder company, and offered for $9,000 to influence leg islation that would be beneficial to the company. E. C. Crow, attorney gen eral of the state, and his assistant, Samuel B. Jeffries, w ill peieonally con duct the case. Trade Sutlers Heavily by^W ar. Odessa, March 18.— The influence of the war on trade, and especially on the coast of foodstuff, is daily growing more marked. The prices of flour, beef and other necessaries continue to soar upward and are already almost be yond the reach of people even in mod erate circumstances. Reports from Kieff, Kharkoff, Pollava and even As trakhan and Caucasian ports show a similar state of affairs existing there. Everywhere trade is suffering. Russian Ounboat New Dismantled. Shanghai, March 18.— The disarma ment of the Russian gunboat Msndjm has now been completed, and all of the essential parts of the guns are in the possession of the Chinese poit authori ties. The officers and crew of the Mand- jur have taken passage on a French steamer for Rnssia, after having first pledged themselves to take no part in the war unlessaflrst exchanged. CANAL-ZONE LEGISLATION. M A K E E A T I N Q A B U S IN E S S . Any Tbat Is Enacted Now W ill Be ol Preliminary Nature. In d ia n a P a r P r o fc a a io n a la t o P c r fo r n a P a a ta o f O a i t r u n o u j , Washington, March 1 7 — Whatever legislation may be enacted at the pres ent session lelating to the Panama canal w ill be largely preliminary in character. The president lias discussed the matter with members of congress and with such members of the isthmi an canal comm ssion as are in the city, but it is understood that no definite de cision yet has been reached as to what are the precise needs of legislation on the subject. General Davis called attention to the provisions for executive regulations con tained in the bill providing for thp con struction ot the canal and suggested that they weie ample to cover all needs in the direction of governing the canal zone. Suggesting the machinery for the government of the zone, he mentioned the appointment of a governor or per fect chosen from the commission. In addition there should be a secretary of state, an attorney general, treasurer, sanitarian, superintendent of schools, justices of the peace, police judge and three judges of courts of the first in stance. The woik of sanitation would cost $500,000 the first year and the polic ing of the zone would necessitate the expenditure of $300,000 a year. Aut onomy foi the people of the zone Gen era) Davis believed to be a thing for distant consideration. The nature of the work would attract the rougher or criminal classes. The total cost of ad ministering the government after pre liminary expenditures had been met would amount to $1,000,000, accord ing to the belief of General Davis. A R M Y TO STRIKE . Japanese are Ready te Begin Their For ward Movement. One o f the most striking customs o f the past tbat are preserved by the Indians of to-day Is found among the tribes on the Devil's Lake reservation la North Dakota. Supervisor W righ t o f the Indian service, gives the fol lowing account of this peculiar prac “ Merely Mary Ann.” Mr. Zangwlll’» tice: now famous novelette, has been pub- | "From time Immemorial the Devil's llahed In a large edition in paper Lake Sioux hare adhered to an old covers. custom In regard to the treatment o f Houghton, Mlffln A Co. report that a guest According to their etiquette. two editions o f “The Oligarchy of Ven It Is the bounden duty of the host to ice," by Mayor McClellan, were called supply bis gueat with all the food be may desire, aud, as a rule, the ap for In advance of publication. Herbert B. Turner A Co. are prepar portionment set before the visiting In ing a novel by John Wesley Johnston dian Is much In excess of the capacity entitled "Paul Bedford o f the House j o f a single man. But by the same of Mllltrum.” It Is a story of finance, custom the guest Is obliged to eat all that Is placed before him else he love and travel. grossly Insults his entertainer. It was The author o f “ Rock o f Ages” — found that this practice would work Augustus Montagu Toplady—died In a hardship, but Instead o f dispensing August. 1778, but not until a few | with the custom the Indian method o f weeks ago was a memorial placed In reasoning was applied and what Is the parish church o f Farehain, where known as the professional eater was he was bom. brought to the front "Beauty Through H ealth" will be "W hile the guest is supposed to eat the title o f the book which Dr. Emma all that Is placed before blm It serve* E. W alker Is engaged upon. It will the same purpose If his neighbor as appear In the Woman’s Home Library, sists In devouring the bountiful re edited by Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster past. the main object being to bare for A. 8. Barnes A Co. the plate clean when the meal Is fin A revival o f Interest In Shelley has ished. It Is not always practicable to been noted In this country and In Eng depend upon a neighbor at table to land. T o meet this revival there Is assist In getting away with a large soon to be brought out a reprint o f | dinner and In order to Insure the final the account o f Shelley's experiences ( consumption of the allotted portion at Oxford, which forms some chapters visiting Indians call upon these pro fessional eaters, whose duty It Is to o f T. J. Hogg's book about the poet. The last chapter has been written sit besides them through a meal and In the life o f “ Loveliness." the little eat what the guest leaves. The pro silver Yorkshire dog whose story. In fessional eaters are never looked upon Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward's In the light o f guests, but more as book by that title made such a stir traveling companions with a particu In antivlvlsection circles a few years lar duty to perform. These eaters re ago. Mrs. Ward now has a new dog, ceive from $1 to $2 and even $3 for each meal where they assist. It la which she calls Fay. stated by the agent at the D evll’a Henry Harland, the author o f many Luke reservation that one o f the pro graceful romances, claims the unique fessional eaters has been known to privilege o f choosing his own birth dispose of seventeen pounds of beef at place. “ Who’s Who” says he was a sitting. That they are capable o f born In 8t. Petersburg, Russia, and eating an almost fabulous amount 1 the legal records have It that he was myself can testify.” — Hygienic Gaz bom In Brooklyn, but Mr. Harland ette. votes for Norwich, Conn., "because he likes the place.” So let It stand that N O T O N A S O U N D F O O T IN G . Mr. Harland was born In Norwich. Conn., In 1861. R u ss ia n R a ilw a y s A r t N o t P a y l n * t h e Wei Hai Wei, March 17.— The ex tensive forward movement on the part of the Japanese army may be expected to be begun at once. The Haimun has encountered very little ice and in skirting the coast line, it is clear they are nearly clear, and that nothing now stands in the way of the Japanese transport fleets proceeding to the landing places selected in the northern part of Corea. The fact that the Japanese have re called all correspondents from the head quarters of the army at Ping Yang also W illiam Morris once heard one of indicates an important movement is his poems read by a famous elocutlon- contemplated. The Japanese com • 1st says W. B. Yeats, the Irish poet. manding geneial, Baron Hasegawa, The reader was carefully obliterating who, with the imperial guards, w ill all the original rhythm In order to give take the lead in the movement against what he conceived to be the proper ex the Russians north of the Yalu river, pression, Mr. Morris sat In uneasy is strongly opposed to permitting any i silence for some momenta, but at last correspondents to accompany his col i he could stand It no longer. “ Young umn until after the first land battle man.” he exclaimed, “ It cost me a has been fought, and it is known he great deal o f trouble to put that into has succeeded in winning over to his verse! I wish you would read It as It way of thinking the members of the i Is written.” staff. A very good Idea of Japanese char General Hasegawa was chief aid to Field Marshal Oyama during the opera acter and life may be had from Laf- tions which resulted in the capture of cadlo Hearn's volume entitled “ Ko- Fort Arthnr by the Japanese in 1894, koro,” which, as Its title signifies, goes and is expected to strike quickly and to the heart o f things. One chapter gives a vivid description o f the condi effectively against the Russians. tions In Japan during the war with China— the Intense patriotism, the W IL L BUY IN NORTHWEST. I calm feeling of national strength. The Japan W ants to Secure Good Horses lor announcement o f each victory resulted ■ In an enormous manufacture nnd sale the Army. Vancouver, B. C., March 17.— Ten | of rude colored prints and ingenious thousand horses for the Japanese army mechanical toys burlesquing the Chi w ill be purchased within the next ten nese. ■ Coat o t C o n s tr u c tio n a n d D e r a t i o n . The condition o f the great Russian railway systems is not what It might be from the financier’s standpoint. The federal roads are worked at a tremendous loss, supposed to be some $200,000,000 a year. The Siberian railroad, which would be chiefly used In case o f war with Japan, Is not yet completed around 1-ake Baikal. Ten millions are asked to complete that link In communica tion and $300,000 to connect the Trans- Baikal with the Manchurian road. Consul Greener, In Vladivostok, re ports that the Ussuri line Is a finan cial failure. The deficits have b ee» considerable. The Pekin-Kalgan llne> Is to be built as a “ Chinese road” and to have Chinese employes, but th » money Is furnished by the Russo- Chlnese bank. Tbat Russifies I t The manner In which trade condi tions are sulmrdlnated to military needs Is shown In this extract from' Mr. Greener’s report to our State De partment: "The Moscow manufacturers seem to The statement frequently appears In have given up all Intention of com months in Eastern Oregon and Wash ington. The contract for the supply of the press that George William Curtis peting with the Japanese, who h a v» these remounts has been awarded to j was editor o f Harper's Magazine. This I taken complete possession o f the Man Dr. Armstrong, of Nelson, B. C., j Is not true, though Mr. Curtis for years churian dry goods trade to such an ex through the consulate in this city. | conducted the "E ditor’s Easy Chair." tent tbat It seems Impossible for the The agreement specifies that 1,000 ani As a matter o f history. Harper’s Maga Russians to dislodge them. mals per month be delivered, and this zine has had but three editors since “ With regard to the transportatlo» w ill make ten months before its expir Its Inception In 1850. The first editor of tea, the Russian Importers are atlll' ation. The price is not mentioned, was Henry J. Raymond, who founded shy o f the Manchurian railway, re- but it is needless to state the quality the New York Times one year after rievlng the product by other ways, fo r of the horBes w ill be of the beat; in ward. He was succeeded by Dr. A l the reason that they cannot get tbetr fact, the announcement has been made fred H. Guernsey, and Dr. Guernsey goods Insured by Russian companies here that none other w ill be accepted. 1 by Henry Mills Alden, author of “ God for transit across Manchuria.” Borne of the horses w ill be procured | In His World” and “ A Study of This seems almost Incredible, and I f from the ranches near Kamloops, B. I Death.” Mr. Alden has occupied the C., and other points in the interior of editorial chair o f the magazine for true It enables the observer to put the province, but by far the greater ma about thirty-five years. Before going his finger upon the weak point In tbe jority w ill be purchased from the to the Harpers he had tnugbt, and had Russian armor. The bear Is not busi breeder B in Eastern Oregon and Wash written editorials for the New York | nesslike. And In the end w sr bows ington, where the strain is better, and Evening Post and Times. He was first | to business. where good horses have been bred with associated with the Harpers as editor I Meanwhile the tourists can have lots of fun with tbe Siberian road. A great care for many years past. o f their "Pictorial History of the Civil \ round trip first-class ticket from I -on War.” and later was offered an editor-1 don or I’ arin to Pekin— either going Statehood Bill Completed. lal position on the weekly. F letcher1 by rail both ways or going by rail Washington, March 17.— The state Harper, who edited the weekly, said and returning by steamship about hood problem today was taken up by to Mr. Alden, then a young man of j Asia, with stop-off privileges— will the Bubcommotteeof the housecommit- 26, "D o you think you could ma nag's tee on territories, recently appointed to the weekly?” And Mr. Alden replied,' soon be svallahle for $201. Consider draft statehood hills for Arizona and with modesty and tact, “ I think I ing tbe distance this Is cheap enough. New Mexico and Oklahoma and the In could help you do I t ” He helped so — New York World. dian Territory. The b ill making a efficiently that six years later he was B o b b le B u rn s. state of the first two named was practi made editor o f Hnrper's Magazine. It The nature o f the Scots has been cally completed. Th difficulty of ad is Interesting to record that the first likened to tbe cold mist and granite o f justing the taxation and other ques manuscript he read In his new capacity their native hills, and perhaps with tions with regard to the admission of j was a short story by Louise Chandler truth; and yet It must be warm hi the Oklahoma and the Indian Territory as ! Moulton. hearts o f a people whose eyes grow a state are the next to be taken dim with tenderness when they sing up. C o n fe s s io n P o s t p o n e d . the songs that were bom over a cen H ere is the way a Benton County tury ago In tbe love-warm heart that Do Not Bslleve Report man confessed at a revival: He uad thrilled not only for the mighty W al Paris, March 17.— The St Petersburg been pressed to repent and finally got | lace and noble Bruce, but also for the correspondent of the Echo de Paris says up and said: “ Dear friends, I feel th e! little dying field mouse whose fright that rumors to the effect that the spirit moving In me to talk and te ll! ened heart ceased beating at his feet. Vladivostok and Port Arthur squad what a bad man I have been, but I j Bums' was the voice o f a silent people, rons have been united are received with can't do It while the grand Jury Is In j giving expression to the emotions they increduilty by the general staff. The session.” “ The Lord w ill forgive,” hide under a cold exterior. correspondent believes the rumors are shouted the preacher. “ I guess that's And how much colder and grayer the probably due to Vice Admiral Maka- rig h t” »aid the penitent, "but He ain’t old Galloway land would seem without roff’ s frequent sorties. He says Gener on the grand Jury.” — Warrensburg the memory of Robert Bums, who may al Zilinsky is now Viceroy Alexieff’ s (Mo.) Journal. be likened to s glowing rose growing chief of staff and is acting under his upon tbe gray rocks; a rose that will orders. L ite ra lly True. never d la for to be forgotten Is tha "W hy, she told me she had a good ! only death.— Four Track News. Colombia May Yet Fight. Job In a -andy store.” “ So she did, but she literally ate her Paris, March 17.— The Paris edition Return* from T r ia s . of the New York Herald publishes a head off.” Returns of the revenue from Indirect letter from Dr. Jorge Holguin, ex-min "H o w was that?"' faxte In France In 1908 show that re ister of foreign affairs in Clootnhia, “ She ate so much candy the boss ceipts amounted to $668,3»'.380, an In and now financial agent of the Colombi fired her."— Philadelphia Press. crease o f $26.557.580 over the estimate* an government, denying that Colombian and $30.175.800 over 1902. P r o d u c t o f M e a t a n d G ra in . has withdrawn its suit against the Pan Since 1840 the world's production o f Th* average man's Idea o f a business ama canal company, or has recalled the troops sent against the republic of Pan meat has Increased 57 per cent aud transaction la one In which be get* grain 420 per cent ama. the best of th# bargain.