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The Portland daily press., 1897-07-02

AAVclCAy ACSIIds
German Nobody can make a
Stockings. stocking and dye it
like the Germans.
What cheese is to the Dutch, stock
lngs are to Germany born people.
Here's a great lot of fine gauge
Stockings for women. Made in
Germany and dyed there. Stock
ings made to sell for Is and 39c.
Plain black. striped tops. boot pat
They go Friday and Saturday at
Ice
See window No. g.
Mems Furnishings.
White Three choice lines "Sena-
Dress tor that everybody knows
Shirts. has no superior. price 9Oc
unlaundered; $1.0O for
Numbered
BONANZA almost as good as Sen
ators, 75c, 10 cts more when laun.
dered.
81. R. Libby" Shirt, inserted
linen bosoms,
SO inch length Shirt, extra fine, soft
finish cotton. all sizes.
All nicely Numbered, soc
Madras Shirts. Made Of fine.
soft Madras; cuffs
attached, to be worn with white
collar-clear pearl buttons, 10 styles,
CSC.
Silk and wool Cashmere Shirt. for
white collar and cuffs, correct for
Bicycle wear.
Price, s148
Extra fine Madras, s1.48
Gamers Percale Shirts, 75c
Under For summer wear, extra
Shirts fine Balbriggan, French
neck, silk front piece,
clear pearl buttons, ribbed skirt.
Price, 35c
Drawers TO match.
Boys Wool Sweaters, 5 patterns,
75c
Golf Stockings for men, footless
(the Stockings footless, not the men. J
Fancy wool, 69c and CSC
]. R. LIBBY.
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-02
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The use Of fire arms, crackers, topedoes. or
fireworks OF any description between the hour
OF 8 a. M and such hour as the procession may
be dismissed on the day of July 9TH is strictly
forbidden aud the conditions Of this notice will
be closely enforced.
Per order of the Mayor
GEO. W. SYLVESTER.
city Marshal.
Vl Sthpd4t
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-02
"A ParasoI Jubilee!

ParasoIs for Fourth Of July!
ParasoIs a hot August!
AwindowfuI OF Parasols samples of our ParasoI
stock!
ParasoI sale Friday SATURDAY..
Forty-five days Of wetness in NAV and June made
Parasoi manufacturers desperate,
they eagerly snapped up our offer for great lots
We offer you Parasos at Ia off price. Everyone
new, chic and charming.
the ParasoI window.
Better yet, see the Parasol stock.
Sale begins today at two-thirds price,
The Portland daily press., 1897-07-02

ParaSOlS "A liberal lot OF coaching
50 cents. Parasols, plain and
figures, CSC
Parasols Coaching and trimmed
SO cents. Parasols. White, pink,
blue, red, black. etc..
Regular $3.50 kind. CSC
ParasOls Pongees with ribbon in
$1.19. sertion and puffs at top.
Also fancy silks, trimmed
and coaching styles. Great variety
of colors. $500 and 2.25 kind at
$1.19
ParasoIs Printed India Silk-all
$l.69. colors, fancy striped and
brocaded. White coach
ings.
1926 and ESQ kind at $1.69
Paras0Is Lace and silk trimmed.
1925. Also fancy colored coach
ing shades.
Worth $500 to 400 at 1925
1925. Elegant Chiffon and Lace
trimmed white and change
able glace Silk Parasols. Made as
the French make them, enameled
frames and ivory tips
Derby. A great lot of the popular
Derby shapes,many colors,
changeable, figured and MORE Silks.
Price, $3.50 to 600
Outing Made of Linen Batiste
Parasols. with colored Innings, s.
and II rib shapes,
$3.50 to 600
See them in window No. 5.
]. R. LIBBY.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
ALIENS and the Hallat.

The number OF states In which aliens
are permitted to vote at elections after
having simply declared their inten-
ton Of becoming citizens has been
diminished by one. At a recent cleo
ton the voters OF Minnesota approved
a constitutional amendment which re-
peals the provision conditioning the
vote OF persons Of foreign birth upon
a declaration Of intention. Hereafter
no alien a vote in that state who
has not been a resident of the United
States for at least five years, and ad-
mitted to full citizenship at least three
months prior to the election. II is es-
timated that more than one hundred
thousand voters In Minnesota have
never been fully n~aturalized.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
FISHERY.
Pleasant Place from which to fish
Midsummer Day.

H'iuSuubNteF my
John. john shouted the rosy III.
tie wife Of my host in central Florida,
from the honeysuckle porch. John,
II you're going to have fish for supper
~ ume to go up the tree" relates
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Well. now. I've lshed for all sorts
OF hsh and In some odd places, but
mus Tar ] never climbed into a tree
To get them. but | didn't ask any fool
ish questions. John simply replied
over his shoulder, AN right and we
continued our walk through the frost
~blackened orange trees, which were Just
beginning to recover, those that were
alive at all. from the havoc of the pre-
ceding winter.
we passed beyond the plantation and
through the cool shadows of a ham
mock" where cypress and palmetto
trees were matted together and a wind
ing creek was bridged with a single
log. Somewhere along the path John
picked up his rod and n can OF bait.
Then we came out upon the edge of the
bayou. Laze alligators floated at a lit
tie distance or stuck their noses out
from their mud beds In the rushes.
ana having satisfied themselves that
neither John nor the stranger had a
gun they went on doing %serenely. A
heron Mapped away and rested himself
In a convenient tree. a moccasin
snake rolled from n dry log into the
water. None OF these Incidents dis
turbed my friend, who led the way Sc
renely to the foot of a big tree over
hanging the still waters OF the bayou.
UP this tree w walked by a regular
series of board steps, and at the top
we crept upon a well-fastened plat
form, thoroughly shaded by the thick
drapery OF moss pendant from the
framework branches; and, thus en-.
sconced, John proceeded to business.
n In halt an hour VIC had the inny
w~herewithal for a delicious supper.
John enjoyed and | suppose still en-
joys a practical monopoly of fishing
In that lake. for no one Whereabouts
owns a boat, and, anyhow, the alliga-
tors don't approve of boats. the shores
are too sedgy and water too shallow
FOR casting, and fishing trees are not
FOUND In any considerable number
whereabouts. So I borrowed Johns
primitive tackle and thus earned the
right to boast that I had fished, among
other methods piscatorial, from a tree.
top.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
HOUSE IN AN UPROAR,
tlant ans Pacific Bni Causes a spir,
tied Debate.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The House
yesterday witnessed another exciting
and somewhat sensational episode. AT
the end of an acrimonious debate on
the conference report on the bill to
confer the rights and franchises of the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad on tho
purchasers under the mortgage fore
closure, Mr.. Powers of Vermont and
Mr.. Barrett Of Massachusetts G =
changed broad-sides.
Mr.. Powers defended the conference
report against the assaults of a half
score of members, led by Mr.. Barrett.
The latter was particularly severe in
his criticisms, charging that q stock
jobbing operation was behind tho
measure. This drew from Mr.. Powers
a reply in which he charged that Bos.
ton was the home of the railroad
wreckers, and with keen satire ridi.
culed the Massachusetts member, and
continued that perhaps he was Inter.
ested' in his opposition.
Mr.. Barrett in responding vas very
vicious, not only denying absolutely
any interest in the bill, but scoring Mr..
Powers, who, he said, was on the su,
preIne bench OF Vermont when the
Central railroad Of that state was
wrecked under its decree" He was
not called to order, but Mr.. Grout of
Vermont twice protested against the
attack on the judiciary of his state.
The report was rejected by an over
whelming majority-7l to l43-and the
conferees were instructed to insist on
the House amendments. just before
adjournment Mr.. Hardy Of Indiana,
who was refused unanimous consent to
continue a political speech he was
making, declared he would retaliata
by Directing to every request for nan
the session.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
After confidently seating myself I

After confidently seating myself I
played with an abandon to astonish
even the stiocal feeders OF the tiger. |
had no system. No color, no number.
no oiSbination was tried as the result
or any previous thought or sugges-
uon. | was ar automaton with eyes,
placing my money az the divinity scat
ters the scented blossoms. When a
goodly heap OF gold was In front OF
me an old Prussian officer made an
elaborate apology for addressing the
handsome young American, but he had
seen so many give back a fortune after
winning 1t. The devilish fascination of
ne game was the chief dependence OF
Its hackers. Aside from chances In
their favor, lnfatuation was their chief
reliance. Would | not stop while
Dame Fortune was so generous?
But played day and night with the
regularity OF planetary movement. |
won and won till the corps of regulars
were following my plays and sharing
IN my prosperity. when ] appeared a
seat was given me as though | had q
proprietary right, while the poor
wretch who had given the place his all
was ruthlessly put aside. At the
wheel or at the table I seemed to die
late the course Of fortune, and ! had
more than enough to re~-establish the
two men | loved best.
One morning | awoke with a vivid
impression Of a dream that gave me a
clear title to the little principally and
all It's belongings. Straightway ] came
home as nearly as the crow flies as the
facilities OF steam will permit. am
no more superstitious than before all
this happened, and there is nothing
uncanny about the little ones that call
Charley papa" | only know what
happened.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
RBI1RATIONTREATY
GENERAL BILL ~FAVORABLY
REPORTED.
An Amendment Adopted striking Out the
selection of King Oscar Of Sweden ss
Chief Arbiirator-Thc Trenty's Extent
Somewhat Limited.

WASHINGTON, Feb The Senate
sommit'c' ON foreign relations to-day
concluded It's consideration of the gem
eral arbitration treaty between the
United states and Great Britain. and
after a session of three hours agreed
by an almost unanim vote to rec
ommend the ratification of the treaty
with amendments.
All but two of these amendments
are merely verbal. One of the two
which are essential strikes out the
clause providing for the selection of
King Oscar as umpire, leaving it to the
TWO powers to select an umpire when
n shall be considered necessary.
This was agreed upon by the vote of 0
to /, Senator Gray being the minority.
The other important amendment Is
an addition to Article | of the rcatv
reading as follows. 80 question which
affects the foreign or domestic policy
OF either of the contracting parties or
the relations of either with any other
state or power, by the treaty or other.
wise, shall be subject to arbitration
under this treaty, except by special
agreement" This was agreed TO by
the unanimous vote Of the committee.
h six members who voted for the
treaty were Messrs. Sherman, Frye.
Davis. Cullom, Lodge and Gray, and
those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Morgan. Daniel, Cameron
and Mills. This vote was on financial
rather than OF political lines. All Of
the votes for the treaty were cast by
men who had opposed silver in the
Senate and in the last campaign, while
those in opposition. with the possible
exception of Mr.. Mills, were cast by
free silver men. 1t is unde rstood that
the silver men hold that the ratifica-
ton OF the treaty would have n ten
dency to render this country subservi-
ent to Great Britain.
An amendment declaring in explicit
terms that the Alaskan boundary
question should not be included in the
agreement for arbitration was voted
down as being unnecessary.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
The Sultnn's Trade.

According to a writer in the Contem-
porary, the sultan OF Turkey never
sleeps before dawn for fear OF assas-
sins, but sits up reading detective
stories. A good French translation OF
Sherlock Holmes would be quite a
boon to him. OF the sultan's intel
lectual capacity, this illustration Is
given: abdul Hamid is impatient and
of a hasty disposition; he cannot brook
any hindrance to his intentions or ca
prices; when he has given an order he
does not admit hat events can develop
otherwise than In conformity with his
trade. A grotesque instance Of this and
one OF very frequent occurrence may
be cited. When a fire breaks out at
Constantinople or In the environs the
sultan sends an aide-de-camp with Or
ders to the c%ommandant Of the fire.
brigade to %extingluish 1t at once. When
the fire battles the efforts of the fire.
men and spreads, which happens more
usually than not, other aides-de-camp
arrive In quick succession to
that 'Efendimiz is angry to find his
order Is not yet obeyed, and there Is
an trade that the fire should cease i'm
mediately.'"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
OmcIaI Scandals at berlin.

Five German editors have been con-
victed at Berlin OF libelling distin-
guished officials. and have been SEN
fenced to fine and imprisonment. These
sentences and the arrest for perjury
of the chief of the political police have
occasioned a stir In the German capital,
because the evidence goes to show that
certain members OF the Emperor's Of
fetal household have ~conspired to ira
duce and destroy other officials of
whose preferment they were jealous.
Taken in connection with the Bismarck
disclosures. these trials have produced
a painful impression as to standards
OF official rectitude In Germany.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
NEW BILL.
Walters of Labette Introduces q sweep.
ing Bill In the House.

ing Bill In the House.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 1-Representa.
tive Walters Of Labette has introduced
a general railroad bill in the House.
Some of the sections follow:
'The board Of railroad commission.
ers heretofore appointed shall hold
their offices until their successors shall
be elected and shall qualify. At the
general election of 1897 three members
of the board shall be elected, one to
hold Office n year, one two years and
the third three years. Then there
shall be one commissioner elected each
year. The commissioners shall re-
ceive $4,000 per annum, and shall have
power to appoint a secretary, with a
salary of 81, 500.
ut shall be unlawful for any rail.
road, express or freight companies to
enter into any pool or combine, or di-
! between them the aggregate or
net proceeds of the earnings OF such
companies or any portion thereof.
The board is authorized to require
annual reports from all companies
subject to the provisions Of this act,
and nay demand specific to
any. questions 1t may ask the COM
panies.
ANY railroad guilty of extortion,
or making any unjust discrimination
In freight rates shall forfeit and paw
to the state not less than 500 nor more
h a $500 for the first ~offense, nor more
than $1,000 for every subsequent of.
tense, to be recovered in a criminal
prosecution, and the same amounts to
be recovered by civil prosecution for
Unjust passenger rates.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
Unsducsted Mathematical Prodia,c

1fOOlRIe8
Zerah Colburn, born In Vermont 10
1904, at the age Of six was a mathema.
teal prodigy. though he was without
even ordinary intelligence in other di.
rections. and vas a degenerate. with
supernumerary digits on both hands
and feet. Tom Fuller. a Virginia
lightning calculator" of the last cen.
fury, was an illiterate native African O,
prodigious power Of calculation. Asked
how many seconds In a year and a half
he responded In two minutes, AZ, 3O4, 900;
how many seconds a man had lived
who was 70 years II days and ~ hours
old. he answered In a minute and a half,
2,2lO, $500, 800. Dase, an otherwise ex-
tremely dull-witted German, was a
mathematical genius" who, for ex-
ample. multiplied correctly in fifty-four
seconds 1882. 1853 by 93.758.47
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
LET THE NEW WOMAN GO,
Rather Than Have Ma More Comforta
BILE, Fat Old Ladies',

BILE. Fat Old Ladies'.
When all has been said and done,
when the new woman has become an
established parsonage among US, and
has advanced In years as we'll as In
wisdom and honor. there will still be
one thing for the world to regret and
sigh for-we shall have no more fat
old ladies, bless EN-! a y Scribner's.
For Of course the new woman
trained from her youth in the most
approved and effective methods OF
physical culture, with all her superior
knowledge OF how to control bodily
conditions. to put of flesh and take
1t on at Will, will never, ever in her old
age, commit the error Of growing stout.
So that. when the present generation
OF old ladies', our mistaken-some
might say misshapen-aunts an6
grandmothers. are laid to rest, there
will be nobody left to I'll their wide
armchairs by the Preside (the new
grandmothers will probably be In the
gymnasium and the world will know
a want which no superiority OF the
new m can satisfy. This loss will
not be felt at once; 1t will steal gradu.
ally upon us as the shadow steals ovel
the lawn, and there may even be some
In those progressive days 80 thin and
long and slim Of mind" as not to rec.
ognize 1t as a loss at all. But these
persons will be the one who never
knew In childhood-for 1t is upon the
children that the loss will fall heaviest
the blessedness Of having a stout
aunt or grandmother within whose
radiance OF serenity and good nature
they crept as into the sunlight when
the world suddenly turned O bleak ant
cherries face upon their souls. .
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

SAN Francisco, Feb. 1.-The pas
sage by the Nevada Senate of the bill
licensing prize fights has given great
JOY to local sports, and already they
have in prospect battles between noted
pugilists Of all classes. II is on
tended that the imposition of 81, 900
license on every fight will have a ten
dency to discourage dishonest men
from going into the business Of bring
ing off contests, and that square,Aghts
will be assured. 1t Is asserted that
Dan Stuart will make his permanent
headquarters in Nevada and will from
time to time arrang contests between
the most noted pugilists OF the
country.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

To add to the number Of ASTONISHING
things that are made Of paper, Krupp,
the great German manufacturer of can.
mons. has lately completed a number OF
paper field pieces for the use of the
German infantry. Their caliber Is Ave
centimetres, or a little less than two
inches; and the pieces are 30 light that
one soldier can easily carry one. But
the resistance Is greater than that Of
a field piece Of steel OF the same csliber.
1t is not expected that these paper guns
will replace those of steel. They are
intended for use 20 situations where
the movement OF the field artillery
would be impracticable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
WANTS O r PEOPLE.
Frances Decline In Population Alarms
tho Nation Thoroughly.

tho Nation Thoroughly
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The National AL
lance for the increase of the popula,
ton OF France, founded by Dr.. Bertil.
lon, chief Of the municipal statistic de-
partment OF Paris. in view of the
alarming state Of the population OF
France as shown by the recently pub
lished census, Is discussing a proposal
from M. Meline, the Frence pre-
mier, that government scholar.
ships In schools, lyceums and
academies shall only be given to
members OF families with not less than
three living children and that all gov
eminent posts unless requiring special
qualifications or favors like tobacco
licenses, concessions In the colonies,
etc, ETC., shall be similarly given and
that promotions and allowances be
regulated according to the number of
children. The proposal is meeting
with serious consideration.
DIR. Bertillon, early during the pres.
ent month, said that the result Of the
census is simply appalling and that
should take place France would soon
disappear as a great nation. Germany,
in ls4l, II appears, had about the same
population as France, but to-day she
Is accredited with having $4,000, 900
people. Then again, during the
last five years the population of Ger
many has increased by 5000, 900, while
that of France in the same period has
only increased about l?5, 900. Finally,
1t is shown that in 1873 the number OF
young men on the lists for military
service was about the same in Ger
many and France, whereas to-day the
number of German conscripts is $50, 900,
while the French conscripts only mum
Der $40, 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

foolish school companion ever sought
to impress me with the mysteries that
cloud reason until 1t seeks explanation
In the supernatural. ] do not even re-
call ever hearing that dreams go by
c~ontraries. Yet l had not thought
over that dream for a day before / had
an unalterable desire to visit Monte
Carlo for the purpose OF restoring what
my fiance had lost. / would not ap-
not because OF their impaired fortune,
but because l could not defend the re-
solve. had a family physician to
whom ! went for funds and who was
willing to respond without asking any
questions that would have embarrassed
me. He went farther and assumed the
professional responsibility of sending
me abroad, though he could never ex-
plain why he thus compromised his
conscience.
When l reached what seems to me
one Of hell's principalities, | felt as one
going into battle. All my surround
lngs were familiar. ! passed through
the glittering attractions as though
they had been a part OF my whole life.
I could not have delayed to scar the
daily papers or to avail myself of the
fine stationery that suggested a duty
10 those left behind. The fever of the
gambler was upon me. and yet I knew
nothing Of gambling. Entering the
fateful rooms, l passed the trente-et-
luarante table, 1t might be surer, but
L was slower. and I had read as much.
My fight was to be a Waterloo, with
the role Of Napoleon assigned to the
bank.