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t WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN",. .FBI DAY.; OCTOBER ID, 1000. 1AHA IN TIE He Made Many Speeches in Minnesota and South Dakotq, Yesterday. Large Crowds Gathered to Hear the Republican Chairman Genera! Carr, of Illinois, Addressed a Large Acdlence at Portland J Last Night The Bryan Dinner.; WATERTOWX. S .D, Of t. 10 With the original program of live stops ia .today' Itinerary, Senator Hanna's tiala stopped at fourteen towns In Minnesota and South -Dakota. 'during -the day, with Watertown for tit- prin cipal toping place. So much pr-ss-tire was brought to bear liy the com mittee from th varhu point along the line jnt included in tin itinerary, and by the Minnesota and South Da kola Congressmen through w!mw dis-trk-t the train ran. that Senator Han ira consented to make lri f talk at a ipauy ftuikniD a. h wan jiossible to 'iiehnk? in live day' travel, ami nearly every town of any importance through' tlie valley of the Minnesota rJver hii.1 across tlm prnirk'S of Western , Minue--ta anl Eastern South I Dakota, 'Sena tor Ilanna amL Frye ami Victor Iiol ilver made s'ceeckes, varying In leugtli from two to twenty minutes. " Irge crowds tw present h t nearly every slopping place. " ENORMOUS CROWDS. Columbus, O., Oct. Hi. Not sine the great Blaine-ftemonst rat ion in i INNi, han tlil. -tfy Ien i cmwdiil with vbitors, n. it Is tonight on tin -kIou of Uie appi'itrauce licro of Jov eriMr Hoos-velf. EvtTy lntel 1 full, and hundred! of I host' who i-rime to or hear the vernor are I-iii artl fiM at the lioiirt-s of t Ux n-sidciit.-i of Coluiifbiis. Ten p he, made to tiw OPERATIONS IN CHINA. imiTlSH WAR VESSFZUS SHELL. A BAXI OF REBELS. IMiM-e Tuan's font i nuance in Power , taus Anxiety Banks in Shans- liai in Oittlcultie. LOXDOX. Oct. 17. TIhtc is no con firmation or the reMrtil capture of Pao This Fu, of 'which, according to tin Shanghai Echo. M. lKKhIue, the French ivnsul here, has. rvcelv1! .news.' TIm- rviort Js geijieraily dis cretliteit Itt jAlidoil. i i Tlw Iloiitf Ktwis nMTC"ion(leul of t)i-! Dally Express sends' a, report, tliat tle British torpedo licat destri'yr Handy Klrelkil 'Jftujfr rels'ls who were advauc lm? tm Ka'n (.lirni. killing forty and voiniiHnir ' hundred. The evklem es of I'rinee Tuao ctnitihuanct In power cause an x let y. Actoidijin to the Shanghai cHTesiHimleiit- of lie Morn-' Injf Post, it has proiMicel a serious de pression lu trade thlnl. Two Chitiese Kinks have failed; oilier are exisn-ted to ctose,aud It is rumoritl tlKit the UusM'hiut'se Isiuk I in difficulties, owinc tii Uie removal of tlx Chinese court to the province of Shew St. WILLCYE ;00H OIIS. MUwaukio Man Wants to Bet tn.no chi SIcKItey. -Puts I'p ihe Moiwy Oflers It in Sums of $ltm,or Mote . at to 1. v l - Milwaukee,- Wis., Oct. H. A well known Milwaukee man who has heu IrjiHiJ for a wek or two to pet some I k-inociatie mncy on an o?T-r of '2 t T that "McKinley would be' elect tl. de-poslt.-d $ttMtKi with John McCoy with instruct Ions to pl:w-tl:' saim in sums f .$! o rmore at the. rate of 2t to 1. or the entire fio.itai against $4.ih)i. When the money was turned over to Mr. Mtioy its wt;er said he was pre-i pari'd to lake some- nior.' at iW satin' rate If It cul.l ii found. - i Tlwre is plenty of "ready money In Milwaukee at odds of l'i ti 1 o;i Mt-Kinley's ebetlon -euoujih 4o aci 'oitnotaU all comers, it is KH'vimI, In fact, it is tuub rtood that the tm-a Avho have been unable lo secure Iwls here ha ve authorizetl fiiemls In otlwr cities, iucludfmr Chh-aKo, to plaoe a few4hHisand dollars for them if tb.'y have a chance. j From lMlri to IMOt! tln wrklnrmen of Milwaukee liad llttl to do but ro ti-(ishin. and it was no common thing: to rve all the way from lm to l.otiO men sitting on the; ;ocrument break waier with jitde.- in their hands trying to eatcli tlieir. dinners from tin water. It was a ease of catclv a mess of tlsli or po hunfiry with uiauy a family in Milwaukee tho d.iys. r as a very last resrt a trip to the soi!plMust. A resident of tho lrospHt a venue dis trict askel amnu with A -fish Kle 4i !iy to explain why It is o fact that so few fishermen wvre noticed n the breakwater this season. This was his explanation: The truth of the matter Is that an idle man is a curiosity .In Milwauke. and this has Itcen the slt iiation practh-ally from t lie- moment the Olnsley lUl lHMain a law. 5 TICK ETi, TICK ETS. Tike Number Issuel by One Railroad in a Year. - i ' "Tickets, tlcketsr I ! The ijisseugen dng down In their respective hiding places for the bits of pastelioard necessary for a rl.le.f A lrummer, who wa Celling an old sto ry to a new man, pulled his mileage lmok out of the first pocket tie put l is hand into. The old man across the .n Isle had less experience and mine trouble. Rummaging around in all tlie pockets of his coat, rest and trousers. without catchlne a glimpse of his tick et, he turned frantically to hi oTer- coat. r.uisiKked that garment in valn,' pbmgod Into his valise., scattered its contouts. and tlnnlly sauJack Ju. bis ".1H'W.s, . : dekeiedj exhante.L iiVi : 1 ,T 0,V,u,tor fame Ion s?nJ puked Ue old uiau'a ticket out of hs TJORTmiWEST large - audiences since leaving Cincin nati at 8 rf'eloek yd norlg. Lad oo Impaired tbe Governor's 'vocal organs, nor did lie show, any evhk-m-e of fa tigue when he was introduced at the Acdltoriwn tonight. liKXKRAh CARB'S CAMPAIGN. Portland. Oet.i 10.-JeucraI C E. Carr, of Illinois, who 1 campaigning in tin West under tlw auspice of the ItepuMh.-au NatUmal Committee, ad dressed a large audieni-e at tle Talier nade here tonight. General Carr paid esjieclal attention to the subject of Xa tioictl exiiauskm. lie said: "With op!ort unities for commerce now being opened up in tle Orient, the Pacific coast cities in a. few years will rival New York, Boston, Pliila tleiphia mid Iialtluiore.' i THE IHtYAX DIXXER. . , Xew York. Oct. The dinner ten dered W. J. Brj-an at the Hoffman Hoii!e,roiii r:4-" to 7 o'clock thU even ing, was an elaborate' affair. Covers were laid foe fifty. Mayor Van Wyck presided. On tltlier side of Win, two and two. wen tlte sc ial cliairs on wbieh eat Mr. Itr-an. Mr. ("rokcr, Ail la I II Stevenson and Wm. IL'Ibarst. Atthonsh Mr. Rryau did not drink his wine, glass- -were ' provided just as for the oiImt Rwsts. At "each plate was plaeel . souvenir program. lxuid in Ifry lark pajs-r with the name of en-h fuest in gold letters on the cov ering. The nint h disputed cost of the dhtiwr was settled by the Hoffman Houe inanajremenf. who xald the cost was $V2 jsT plate, exclusive of wines. hat hand, where it lad first lieen plac h! so it con id not be forgotten. The Incident had lieen observetl and enjyed by two other jiassengers. The itn versa! ion turned toward railroad tickets, and one of the iiair remarked: lt seems strange any one should have difficulty in locating his ticket; surely -the Burlington prtnts enough of theru. i "Yes. I supiHise it does print several tliousaiHl. ! "Sevc'ral thousand! .1011 want to juess again! I have lxHn doing a lit tle figuring, and 1 find that the tick ets tlie Burlington issued last year, if placed end to end, would reach from fM. Paul to Chicago, a distance of t.'to miles. After articling the route of Its rloctrie-llghted limitetl liettt'een tliesi? cities, there -would In five . -inilett -of tickets left over. to cover the sidi? tracks," ' , ''. I "That's a pretty long strip of )aier." I 'I know.it. Init I think my icaleula tious ane eorre-t. I have some figures In my note took. and. if you like, we'll !sk over togetiher. Tlwse figures sliow the nunilMT of tickets isnned by the lurlington from tla Omaha general offices during the last year. First, let us look at the mileage hook. I find fhere were ll,rsn of these hocks put our. Some of -them, those- containing :t.iHMi uiilt-s, measure just t wnty-Kix feet, when pulk-l out. But the t.oMi mile books, more commonly siimi. art nine feet long. These strips of :nite iie are prAiied off one piece of pajwr nowadays, ami the counterfeiter has not as ias.y a task as when several strips of paper were pasted together 10 iiNike up one 1h Nik. If we iijnce rlwse lt,rsNi ntriM of mileage end to end. they u ill exieud slowu the track for twenty miles. "Perhaps It would be'' more' fun bi idle the mileage liooks one on top of another, as 'we used to do with blinks. If the- mileage liooks would remain on top of each otlier we should have a stack higher than any church steeple yon ever sav-S7's feet. SupiKso you undertake to use up these mileage hooks. Some of tliem contain, !." miles; others 2.IKIO miles, n ml a few, "!.twiO miles. In the lot there Is; trans lnovtation for 10,.Vsmhm -.mile.' If you ride rs miles a , day for sixty years you'll Jnst nlsiut use all your 'books, or snpisise you want lo study all the Burlington lines. TIiwp an- .H.oim; miles of railroad In the Burlington system, ami yon could make 1MIS trips over It all lnfore your mileage gave out. ; -j "But mileage tickets are not the on ly ines In the ticket case. There ii re others. Tlie tickets most eomuion'y usihI by Burlington station agents for travel lietween isiints on that line are known as Look tickets. One lmn.lrcl of them a?e tMximl together in the foi 111 of a Instk. , and ou issuing the tk'ket the agent writes In the name of the starting point and of he destina tion. Of t bene the Burl in gl oil's ticket man at Omalia nsel 4-;.niio hist year. Allowing 2tm for one inch Jn height. w Kiiould have a mouument f tickets towering 1X fect liv the air. "Wherever the ticket .iles fnvm one station to another are very numerous, and the demand regular, eard tickets takv' the place of I took tickets. Of the former jnst alnnit l,0mt,ln)0 were used hist year. A stack of 2Ts card tk-k-s measures, eight Indies in height. By a little csjcnlatloii we find the year's supply would pile np over "!TuaIf mile -qulte n piece of statnary. f -Of eonrse. the tickets In this paste lioftrd monument wouM not Im-Judt the thousands of card -tickets prlntetl for special excursions. If on top of tne muiionem eanl ticket were pl.ice.l tbe excnrshm tickets, iasnod during cue year for eonnty and state fairs, expositions, conventions, picnics and similar occasions, our -card tower wonkl le nearer a mile high, and the Washington monument would seem likt a Itoys" sixe tosnlistone in cbmoar lsou. :'' i :- i ' ,,f ;. - "Rnt tlie Barlingtrid sells many tick ets to point off Its own lines Thee through tickets are made by pasting together as manr strips as are called for. by-tlto. different lines over whlcii the ti:tss.nger will travel. -I hare- sei t1lt R'Tliiigton ticket man ste np! one of these coupon tickeu til It reacir- I 1 of tlii ticket, an you mar gncsft,w going to lo considerable, tfaveliug. over a nuniler of line, and make uu- f nMHmi Map:- overs. Sixty-- inches of j paper M qnlte a strip for one ticket. ut it? 1 in 2knr every ticket jsn t that size, els onr pocket -liooks would resendlc dress-snit cases. . - "," '. "About ltKtjnvt coll J k hi tickets wr; i.stiefl last yean If they all uad m-en Ioiik as my frlemr ticket, five feet. rtiey would liave stretched, out over I." miles, or ! UHre than covered- tlie distance lietwecn New ork and Phil-, adoiiiia. ; i i; -w: In ad.Iiti.m to the tickets iiiH from Omalia are tliose eiit out by tle Cliiueso and by the St. Ixuis gen eral offices. , In orxler, to flno out how many, miles of tickets were Issueil by the entire .Burlington Route last year, let us multiidy tin Omaha - issue by three. From the fcitfer oliii-e we find' twenty ami one-half miles of niileasre tickets, seventy-one and one-liaif miles of Iniok tickets, venu-en and, oue- Isalf miles of couMn tk-kets ami rhttv-five and oue-balf miles of card tickets, in s.ll 145 miles of paper and eardbcaid jrooil for t ravelins. . Thre times lids amonnt gives us 4m miles of tickets, or toniewlKre near what is ustl by t he entire Burliustou Uoute. The BHrliustun is rcinnniins us lieadouarters in Omaha, and the im- provenwnts. will, Include larger qunr- ters for tlie ticket teparnueut. I iiiK you can rea'fity sot. mat a puni oeai of sKice is risiuiretl tor tn sio-k hi tickets." liie train slowed down, and th gentleman who had given his compan ion so much information closest his noteltook ami iwde him a wnrtvous goislbve. A little Liter the lone traveler, nieu-itatliiit-nisin the Immensity of one sicali department of the llmlingwm system. iUl: - "Say,. Conductor, who was that man?" ; . - "That Oh! That was John Fran c's,' general passenger agent of tlie Burlhigtou." 5 THE f AFRICAN SLAVE -TRADE. AWful Suffering of the Victims of tlie r , Tratlic in Humanity, Every oi knows how wearisome it is to lie for any great length of time n one posi-tion, even on a well-made bel. We must needs turn over when we are 'awakened in the night. " But he slaves weie chained down naked n tlie planks of tlie decks and shclvi-s planks that were rough just as they aine from the saw, aud had cracks betwtvn them. . No one could turn roiu side 10 side to rist the weary ody. They must IK there on their Sacks for eight en hours-at a 'stretch 'wii iu pe;iant wv-nther in iort. Hard as that fab' was, new tortures were addiNl witli 'tl first junii of the dwp over the waves. For she must oil to the presiu-e of tlx wiud on :n sails, so tlyit tliose oil the weathered- fo.niil their heels higher tlian heir he,tds.: and when the shin- .an-' ;Ie Jneuased under tii,' weight of a mart invite the unfortunate some times Fagged down to leeward, unt'l hey were s-topjed by the Irons around inkle nod. wrbd. Tlney were literally oispeiKhMl-rneifled in their shackle.. Even toatrwas not. the worst of vbeir sufferings that grew out of the motion of tlie ship, for she. was rarely steady wheo ht'ele! by 'i.lio wind. She had to rolh-ijind. as she did so the slavossometiines slid t oand fro. with inked bedieslon the rough and splin ery de-ks. Tlicre was never. a vov tse even in the liest ships wliere tlie flCTORS Evan Evans, Srerintcndent of the D. L. & W . " L : m Where the miners work. -d a length of fire feet. The purchaser ""!. '-V Jt'Wt- - . , -3?-. -W: ' v Vv .teg r" u $mk jj ; ;a vK t is ZJf ' " i ak fl'fSi7 JLjf -- . . -- V I i. T4 j I 'i fit, Mankind at large; is interested vitally in the outcome of the. mammoth strike, now waged by. the coal miners of Pennsylvania. If the mmers wm, as seems probable, the anthracite operators are apt to make the Nen vS ctnt ' o ' j.vm.i slave did not suffer torture from tiH-if contact with the Ltve-ileck. To the mifferlngs due to thiw -ause were added other torments, when tlie wfathef Mas . stormy. For ' then ifvas necessary to iver tho hate hi's Ut tlh wave that swept across the dek nour down and tl'J tlie shii. Ti sLive were -onfi nisi in niter darkness, audw tln saBt veutilati(u afforded by the hatchways wa shut off. Seri ous as that was, still worse must be told. The- negroes were made , vlo bntly seasick nion readily than white people even they sometimes died in Ueir convulsious. The heat and fonl air quickly brought on more nrlons ilinesn: but thero tlie slaves iver lpt in tneir. chains Tor ilays at a stretdi whollr helDles and wlwdlr ed. Serlbra-r. - - . ' - 1 -vi . Fred B. MTiitney, campaign mana- er of the American Republican Col- H-,'e iw reports mat m wur cr college clubs have lieea orgauixcd in thirty-four leading colleges, nvkk-h have 'MJitll student. A careful poll of each eodego I lelng taken una from reports at hand Mr u hit my estimates iliat on-ih?nl of tliw college utiMbnts are voters, and 4 hat N5 pt-r tvnt. thereof ar for McKinley and Rssevelt, and the roiaimUT divhbtl. A is!l of Harvard's prof, ssors gives McKiuley 4 ier cent of tlieir voti-s. luter-0-eau. -. - ilOXEY IS BET OX MAKYLAXD. Wascr of $isn Even That McKInley CarWs the S-!ie Is Laid, , "PaltiiiMM Md., Oct. it. A wager of eA-eti Iliat .McKinley will carry Mary land 'bjw Iteeiii iilan-d i by Calm, Ilobliti.e!l ,V Co, bankers and lrbkH-s. It was placHl ft a ieut. , Tlie Bryan Vnd was taken by Xew ;Ybrkcrs; Messrs.' Ca nil. & Hoblitze: Cptf;ap nHince that they have lrtsii tsumuis sionc!" by. -IH-nts t iraH- $j.oOO at othls of 4: 1m to ' that McKiuley w ill carry this stale. This money, they ay. will te lsl In rums' to suit. Linn. Wall . o. have jneu authorized to wag.-r ,vio -against t.tioir; in sums. of JiVI and upward., that Maryland will give Jim eiecloral yote U..VIcKiii ley. '-". ' - A XVnv ! ' Yoi-k tirokera go - house' ha telegjaphed its Raltiiuoie correspond ents that it has SIO.lKi -to wager against a. similar; amount 'that M"f- Kinley will carry .; Xew Yrk state by Wi.(io majority. CUSTOMS' FRAI'MS. Cliinefu ainl Japanese Are Smuggling Oyi'-'in in from Cauadaw Vaiicouver, B. C.. f)ct. ld.t-Large customs frauds, cnrrkMl on by Chinese; ami Japanese, are reported to . luive UkTU umartlwd by the American olfic iak at the lsnriidary lim iKtween V:!iiwuxr and Whatcom. Several hundred Cliluesi' a month are said to have-liecu rai!roadd through liy .the Cauadiaiii. ..wiio ail paid- from to $'jr a lK'ad. TlH'y 41 U. cany more or k-ss opium. OHIO'S TRAMP LAW. Columbus'.' O., Oct. .TC Tit? Ohio Snpreme Court tolay held the Ohio tramp' act consi-itutional. A man found liegging outside of hi's home county, and refusing to work, is liable to froiii one to three y-ars iu prisAu. TO AID GALVESTON. Inidon. Oct. lt. The ;alv. sion re lief fund benefit ierfo.rma nee. packed the Drury Iine Theatre to the utmost tliis afri-nnsm. Sir Henry Irving ic citl "Ir'ani of V'ugene Aram." OAINS ARE NOTED. Taenma. Wah.. Oct; B". At .tlitf close f the registration liooks tonight. S,.Vll Toters registeriNl Jn this i-ily, a i gam of li2H over two yirs ago. CARNEGIE IS l.IBEBAL. ; ;Iyonlon, Oct. 10. Andrew Carnegie has presented 10.000 to the town of Ha wyck. Roxburgh county, Scotland, for a public library. SHE HAS PROPOSED. The Hague. Oct. 10. Queen Wdlhel- IN THE GREAT COAL f i Mr. Ditcher at work. i,aiui uuiitik auiniiu 111 iiic '1 ICC Jl mina of Holla wl. ha procLilnnsl her lietrothal to Duke Henry of Meckkm-burg-Son w-erin., 'f Seattle. Wash., Oct: U The regis tration look ckseil tonight, with ap proximately lfl.l name on the Imoks. Registratiou m 1S0S wa 11. OSS. O Saontb ; f ilta Kind Yra Man Ahtai Eoaj?' ; '7 We learn from : the esteemed Whit sett t'ourier that "a lineman, while ?"ingmg a wire. rei to mother earth. broke two legs and his neck.; and died im nied iately.,,-r-A tla n'ta Constitution. Fine Job printing. Statesman Office. the campaig:; WORK RErVBLICANS AT RCOTTS . MltXS . ORGANIZE A CLIP Splrodld Frapct for Blc Majority for t M KlalTssd Roosovolt la u!m . County. " 1 From Ially" Statesman, Oct. 17. S-otts - Mills Reiiubllcaus have, re ported to Hon. F. T. Wright m .111. chairman of the Marion county Repub lican central committee, the organ iza tioii of the "McKiuley .lrepublican Club." -wiJli alsiut seventy uiemliers, Ollicers were electeil as follows: PresiTleut,' S, I. Adkius; secretary, WY F. Iirager; treasurer, Chas. Nor dyk; eseciitlve conimlUee, O. D. llart irac. P.' A. Ininnisau. I. I . Thomas. Fred Van Tre, Wi F. J. Wager,.' The club nieets. every Frklay evening. ; Chairman .Wright man ald yesterday that he was wvii pkawd with the out look. aid had every reason to believe that Marion county. will give; a major ity for the lieptibli-au ticket of nat less than KKJO voh-s, aud it might run over llMHl. Tlie central com ni it tee Is very busy la distributing literatuiv, there Isdug hmidrls of jKMinds of Lcnuiia-ign ma-tt-Hal bviiiig siMit out. Diwiug the past thus weeks over 2'MMi cojkk-s of j- -.A '.-iM have Is-en distribubsl , in Marion comity. Hun. Claud (bitch sjicaks at Suuu' siV', Portland, this evening. " Hon. Frank Oavey Kaks at Butte vilk on '-Saturday night of tliis wtek. ( Ho4i. Oeorge C. Bi-owm-II AVill,-siiejik ;Iji Siayion mi AVinlnesday evening, Oe- folsr 44tb. and iri this city ou Friday, tlx- 2t'thV I Judge S. A. Lowell will aldr;'SS the Citizens 'of Woodburn on Friday, Oc tol;r lt;tli. Hon. J. C. leisure and (Jen. 0. M. Jjilieinaii . will i-amp.igit in the. north owl 'of tilu coiinty 'during tlie latter pare of tlie month, Uiough no elites have yet lieen set. RECRFITS FOR MAXILA. ftin Fiandsco. O.t. 10. The Uni'teil Stati-s transjMirt Crant saikd for Ma nila today. On Ih:ii1 the vessel are rsiT re-rui'ts. INCREASE IX FHICE OF SALT. On the 1st of July, lfHtO. tho price of salt in Germany was advanced fiom S marks to H.TO marks (ifi.ntt to ?U.07) per 120 iMiunds. Tlie salt mines of the country are owned and oper ated by the government. The Increase is attributed to the rise in -the' price of labor. ' HOBOES ItAXISIIET FROM FREIGHT CARS. The X'W Central Has Announced That Tliey Are a Costly Auuoy , aik-e and Must Go. j ' . Alliany. X. Y.. Oct. C It is sfntl on gootl "authority that the various rail way lines of the-country speml each year 'more than a million dollars in attempts to keep their lines free from tram 11s. A few day"f ago the officials of the New York Central found it necessary STRIKE. Fred Dilcher, Me nber of th? National Board T UUU . to issue siicial orders to clear their i .'no or tramps from Xew York to Al 1 lie t.Vntral ' road's detect I reii n.1 oilier employe are how busv Sn an eftort to carry! out these order dnd to freo this partfcular. mail, for t hi time being, at least, from tln plague of traJijrs. The detective themselves acknowleilge. liow'yer. hat this will ' a difficult tua tier, for so grt a Mking has thei out-and-out "lioW con cviveil for using 11m' railway is his avenue of fray! that none of the n-i'risores permUtel by law seems likely jo wenn him from it. j " It is -ay to understand why tho "holio prefers the railways to tho highways. Itf the first place, they of fer the . mo&t direr-t routes between I owns, and, in spit"i of 'lk'lk'fs not to t lie contrary, tLe genriine 'holto" pre fers not to stray any further thau H 1 .- mcssary from these centers of iop- nlatlon. It is easier to count ties thai to pick .one's way through the nin-er-ta hi tie of country dirt roads. I The railroad Is never innddy in wet weath er, nor very dusty in I lie dry season. Moreover there Is always tlie alluring iKissibllity of stealing a ride ou the truck. tl "blind liaggase." oor with in tho friendly slwdter of sme lx car. -' ' - ' ; A .lugk line of railway ono of tiw more imorlant tttnii:inies--stuls up wanl of $40.(kh every year in fighting lraim.K and It -is iirtdialik that mot of the tbJ-ouglL lines pay out not h-s Ihan fjr.tiiti npiii-e in nttempts to ksp tlndr linos cbar of tiieseinnwel rtih' travelers. The ill success which atrends tlieir efforts in .spite of this out la j- Is sufficient prtMtf.of 4 he iniin lier ami iiertinacily of tlie tramps. There Is hardly a line in tlh country that is n.t at Ibis' reason of the year infested .-with tramps lieatiug .-flieir way -liack from the s-enes uf IMr sunimer waaidi-rlugs to tlie- various cities in whk-h I lwj" choose to hilw-r-i:i'i'. ; . - '-. .. t If fhee tnen are driven jiff one train they calMi on to the next that comes along. If they an sent lo the jieni fcnCarv tlwy Mrve their terms and letiirn to tho riKid. No j anion 11 1 of I lA-ating or imprisonment serve to dis courage thenw and the! piiilikiu of I dealing iith thm is a suirc of enn-1 tinual jsrplexity to railway officials'. The ito of the railways by tin- hi- S vi-terate holios menaces not akme prop-rty of the coniiKinw'S llienis. lve. lint alo the saiv and s iu-ity of tlie sections ihroiiigli which ilwy pass,! which is practK'ally the samn as say ing of the whoh nmtry. FEMALE CLERKS IX JAPAN. The latest innovation in Japan is the formation of commercial sch mIs ior i ne ir;iiiiui 01 leiuaie eierKS, tliH one of the Jargi'si railway ctHincinies in NipiHiu lias Jmiuiuicd that aftec.a certain date women only will lie em ployed in its clerical department. ! "I ihiuk I, heard the shortest stump sieeeh mi recrd tod.iY."" ' j "What w-.'.s if?" j ' "A strctt urchin said to me: 'Give us a smoke,' niisterV " Pliiladelphia Press. The Latest Yarn A Pittsburg drummer tells this new yarn: I always carry -a bottle of Kemp's Balsam in my grip. I take cold easily and a few doses of tlie Balsam always makes me a 'well man. Everywhere I go I sKak a good word for Kemp. I take hold of my customers I take old men and young men ami tell them con fidently what I do when I take cold. At druggists, 25c and ;50c. A JUDGE ARRESTED. WASHINGTON JURIST CHARGER WITH SERIOFS-OFFENSE. Snliornntlon of Perjury the Groun'ds on Which Judge Win. McDonald II as Been Inearcvratod. ? 'iJi'iJ , COLFAX:. Wash. Oct. lit, Judge Writ. . McDonaM, of the' suiH-rior com r of this county was placed under arres;: this afternoon on two witrrair.s. emerg ing him with attempted snlsirnatiou .if iorjury aanl will be Inf.tBght l.for JlrsUi-e KirKl'JIliI loinoirow. uw cmii-plalnt-Tv-re sworn to by'J. E. Xessly. tra velinir coriesnoiident of the Spokatn SiiokesMiau-Rev'iew. and rs ite that.; early in 1 Sits, Mc Donald, while judge: of tlie sujierlrtr court, emhvors-d to Induce and cotc !I- v- Harrington.: then tin inmate of the county ja li awjuiting trial on a cjiarge of biw glai y to icstifv that Nes5y lci l 1 wen an n' distant ''in the fuirglarly, iMcDoniahl proniising Ik wtwild s-nwiM-iidi wntieiic.f on Harrington if lie won Id lielp to: coii ( k t Xessly.) . J , L It is clwrgod -tihat McDonald at timt..t it induce one Win Kee I Clu m test if v falsely, that: Xessly had llM-e ill member wuth himself of a cattlej horse thkvlng Iwnd. ! ! and HYPNOTISM AND .Pl'GILISM. Easy Subjei-t BiK-omcs a Tough Cus tomer When I'nder the Iufiucuce.j: One of Hip must remarkable i-ast-a. of hypnotism yet icportiil Is attrac ng the attention (if iniilk:til men lieie. says the Baltimore Sun. The vlctitii, loo, for a time made things ' mighty -lively for alstut twenty nrsnis ! who were attending a lea in Ike West End last evening, j The- sci-tie of the singu lar actions of ihe vk tlm of hypnotism -w ! il.. ' I uclil i llr', nf r W. .1. Gilman. Xo - i XV est Marshall slieet. The sebJii-C of tlie h.vpindists wa John Sweeney. the'' son1 of a well- known livery man. ; i : During the evening it was ngge.it cd as nu additional tneans . of ent'-r-iainlng the guests that souk ne lie liyjnitizcil. Young Sweeney, who i nuite a powerful ung man. offered bis -rv ices, and , was soon under the inllrenee'.of a young opra tor ii.ihse;! Cook. In a few nimpeuts it was svii that the young ntau was complct! ' ruder Cook's inttuence. The coiiip.-iny iHs-auie annoyed and suggcstid Iliat the s.'M-lf be broken and the victim released. . This was attempted, but i vain. The young man cut up all sort of antics. In his efforts lo, release his patient the operator was terribly sluc "d ndn several of his front tei'tti knocked - out. Eweeney nianlfeslcil wonderful finals of strength At 'limes', half n dozen, or moie men attctntiJcdi seize and. bind him. but could not do.so. " The wrvlces of a stalwart f Uceican -re called npon. Whi-n he got within' reach of the latter's fist lie received terrific blow, which sent him spinning away more than twenty feet. Sweeney, under tla wcullar In fluences, opieared to Imagine himself, a prize fighter, and for a time It wfl well that few disputed this ooint with him. - ..-:' A4hTfcin wa finally summoned, and after a long struggle the young man was iinnaeiineu. lie wa n-m" etl to a hospital for treatment. Swee- . , . ill lii ney . reiiiameii in a srinor nui nuirn ins: about 8 o'clock. j V : II E MrST RETURN. I San Francisco. Oct. 10. Tho TnHcl States circuit court of appeals tonhiy affirmed the decision of the district corrt in the case of J. T. BkWnIP Atnold. who. was ordered extradited to Englend. where '.lie Is chargeil with appropriating funds of clients. Arnold must now rvturn to England. ; .: