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patches, is that there was a clause in the
old contract which prevented the MICA
ragua Government from applying the Tune
limit for the expiration of the agreement
If causes beyond the control or the MARI
time Company, like civil disturbances,
should prevent the continuous prosecution
of the work AS a matter of fact there
have been such disturbances, and out
breaks have taken place both in Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica by which interference
has been occaSioned. The Nlcaraguah
Government will not dispute that there is
such a clause. At the same time 1t is a
fact that the contract entered into with
the Cragin-Eyre people fixed day when
the old contract should be considered TO
have terminated. That date was tuesday
of the past week.
In the Cragin-Eyre contract are the fol-
lowing words in article W 1.-THE State of
Nicaragua shall grant in perpetuity to
the Interoceanic Company (organ1Zed un-
der the Cragin-Eyre concesSion) the eX-
elusive right to survey, locate, excaVate,
construct, enlarge, extend, use, maintain,
own and operate a maritime canal and its
accessories between the Atlantic and Pa
cific oceans through the territory of Mica
ragua. AS long as this agreement is in
| force the State (of Nicaragua covenants
not to make any other contract for the
construction of a canal between the two
oceans"
The issue of fact is made up simply.
The Nicaraguan Government contracted
with Cragin-Eyre that the old contract
| should terminate October 8, 1899. The old
contract provided that the time limit
| should not be applied If domestic disturb
ance interfered with the progress of the
work under the old contract. Disturb
ances did take place; nevertheless the
| Nicaraguan Government has applied the
time limit and another company to con-
| struct the canal has been authorized by
! that Government.
The persons interested directly as in
in the United States are numerous
| They are in nearly every State in the
| Union. San Francisco's share in the in
! vestment was comparatively small, al
| though 1t may represent a quarter of a
million in total New York invested much
more. AS far back as 1895 the actual ex-
penditures Of the old company in canal
| construction were between $4,000 900 and
! s.. 600 900. Behind President Hitchcock,
| therefore, will be powerful influences to
the entire matter may take on an inter
| eSting shape
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S|DEL|GHT ON
THE CLAIMS OF
CANAL RIVALS
Nicaraguan Issue Is
Interesting.
BIG FIGHT MAY TAKE PLACE
Statement Of the Status Of Two Con-
tracts for Digging the Ditch.
To Come Before State
Department.

The announcement in the dispatches
from Washington that President Hitch
cock Of the old Nicaragua canal enter
prise is preparing to interest the State
Department in his contention that the
Nicaragua Government was not entitled
to annul the Cardenas- -Menocal contract
may preclude very interesting proceed
ings. Business men in this city have kept
close track of the various steps attending
the different efforts to finance the canal
under the old contract and also the strug
gle to get Congress to take hold of the
enterprise and nationalize It. Probably
there is no place in the United States out
side of the offices of the Nicaragua Mari
time Canal Company in New York where
more definite knowledge Of the facts is
possessed than in San Francisco.
Some inquiry was made yesterday con-
corning the rival claims now advanced
for the ownership Of the privilege to con-
struct the canal to connect the two
oceans. The claim of President Hitchcock,
which was not fully set forth in the dis
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HAS COME TO ADJUST
LABOR DIFFERENCES

AMUEI. international Topographic
~ from Angeles
will be his headquarters
81 ing the eweekor ten lays he
of this city meet the
and the organized forces OF
the Of the an
welfare
employ and
Pacific Coast dis
by
. brethre who
goft
skilled white labor and to what the
ewr of his researches American
Detroit next December
the following committee
,andar
president Typographical
Jenner, E. Hawkes. j. X Phillips, L
Francis Drake Lee and Frank Wandress
Trades Union at
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INSTALLED THE
NEW OFFICERS
OF THE MASONS
Grand Master Selects
Assistants.
NEW STANDING COMMITTEES
Lieutenant Governor Jacob b. Neff
Was Not Forgotten, Nor Was
Grand Secretary George
Johnson.
NEW STANDING COMMITTEES

The iftieth annual communication Of
the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Nasons was called OF yesterday afternoon
after closing of the file. the announcement
Of appointed officers by Grand Master
elect Charles I. Patton, the installation
OF elected and appointed officers by Past
Grand Master Angelotti, assisted by Past
Grand Master e. c. Atkinson of Sacra-
mento, acting as master of ceremonies,
and presentations. The appointed OIl4CeIS
are: Edward 3. Church Of san FRANCISCO
grand chaplain; Carroll Cook Of san
francisco, grand orator; William II. I'd
wards Of san Francisco, grand lecturer;
John Tonningsen OF San Francisco; grand
marshhali j. 3, Richardson OF pdSd S1lsunSi n
Sacramento, grand sword-bearer; samuel
Prayer of Los Angeles, grand standard
bearer. Z. J. Louis of San Diego, senior
grana deacon; T. J. Richards of Mendo-
cino, junior grand deacon; Walter Jansen
of Liyermore, senior grand steward;
Philip Davis of San Francisco, junior
grand steward; Samuel D. Mayer grand
organist, and George 2. Adams grand
The following are the committees
named:
Committee on Jurisprudence-E. NJ Preston.
n n Rucker, F. NJ. Angellott, William John
Finance Committee-Edward Peabody, E S.
Valentine. Elmer 3. Stone, william L. LUZ
F6reIrn Correspondence- William A Davies
J. P Greeley, {. W. belsHa"s - L. ANAN--S--'
c. P. Berry. ~, - r,,s
F X Lippitt Stanley A Smith, George W.
EoIriffes on Returns-c. W. Pendleton.
George H. Munroe J. D. Pillsbury T. 3 King
. conynit-ee on Pay Of Mernbers-C. W. Nut
ting. A. stevens. william Kettner. n. h. Flint
charity Fund-W. E. Sloan, Ralph Lowe, J.
A Laughton, Curtis J. Munroe, w. II. Slnord.
COMMITTEES on Auditing - Henry Burner,
rhomas Kyle. Henry Ascroft, William FIJI
mer and Andrew Christensen
past Grand Master w. A. Davies, on
behalf Of the Grand Lodge 7PE3e presented Ito to
the retiring grand MASTER Judge Anget- 4Rtei-
was followed by the PTesentfttSn, en- baSg,f by 2F
fbe Grand Lodge, Of a very fine hall clock
10 Lieutenant Governor Jacob II. Nett,
fhe retiring chairman Of the finance COM
mittee. -.
of the order, without ceremony, presented
to Grand Secretary Johnson, wishing to
show his appreciation of that gentleman
fairbfui services, a paper-weight in the
shape of a miniature silver anvil
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BLUE GRASS STAKE DECIDED,
Axmere Wins the Harness Feature at
Lexingt Track.


LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 1.-THE talent
signalized the closing day of the Lexing-
ton fall meeting by putting favorites
through in all three races. The track was
in good condition, though a little lumpy
near the rail.
The first favorlte to land the money
was Miss Edith, in the 2:20 pace. The
mare sold at $15 the field at S25 She won
the first two heats handily and lost the
third by a bad break at the half She
landed the fourth heat and the race with
little trouble.
Axmere, even-money favorite for the
Blue Grass lost the first heat by a break
on the backstretch, but won the second
and third handily The fourth heat was
a nose finish with Royal Baron, but
Phelps got his horse home first.
In the Lexington, for two-year-olds
Endow scored q hollow victory. In the
second heat Marvin drove the gelding a
mile in 2:14s4, the fastest mile by a two
year-old this year and a new worlds rec
ord for a two-year-old gelding. Results:
2:2O class pacing. purse s1oOO-Miss Edith won
first second and fourth heats Time-2:12, 2:11
2:lGll Tim Wilkes won third heat in PIT and
was second. Christabel third. Dandy Saul,
Vesper Billy George and Norselet also started.
The Blue Grass stake. 2:19 class, trotting.
s20CO-Axmere won second. third and fourth
first heat in 2:15 and was second. Royal Baron
third. Jack D. also started.
The Lexington. for two-year-olds, trotting,
( s2o00-Endow in straight heats. Time-2:1S,
( 2l44 Nervena second Frank Kennedy third.
Confidence and Ida Dee also started.
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a Great Sufferer

1 was great dyspepsia for two and was
Lehigh
gnawing, aching about all
recommended trouble
my conduon was more sluggish ana weak
th all the At
in condition
seemed as If had hardly blood In whole
habby, Suffered
wrote to number OF medical nrs Tor
of asked
AT last came across an advertisement OF
him received
t mail the substantial advice that before read s
Worlds Medical
aoVe all remedies
Pleasant Pehes useq ABOUT
III bottles of the Discovery which brought
nearly to state OF hear-
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Its future power for harm depends chiefly upon the
condition Of the stomach and organs of digestion and
nutrition. When food is perfectly digested and assm-
lated when the blood is pure and abundant disease
finds oothod DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery
makes the body practically mpregnabe against disease
1t heals diseases of the stomach and other organs of
digestion and nutrition 1t increases the activity of the
boodakng glands and increases the supply of pure
blood 1t carries off the waste and poisonous accurnr-
lations from the system. 1t makes strong, healthy
body, built up of sound flesh instead of fabby fat
Even when the lungs and respiratory organs have
been attacked, and there obstinate cough bron-
chits hemorrhage weakness and emaciaon vGolden
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pets" Says a scientific writer, " Act
ual tests have shown that twenty per
cent. of the dairy COWS of the United
States are tuberculous," and again,
"the average grade of milk sold in
large cities often contains as high as
100000 bacteria in a cubic inch"
These facts are appalling. The
very existence of the human race
seems threatened, as indeed it is but
for one defence To quote again
from a standard scientific article: So
fast, indeed, are new parasites beng
produced that were not science con-
stantly celebrating counter-checks our
boasted civilization would soon come
to the end of its tether"
One of these great scientific
counter checks to germ disease is
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
ery. The germ generally finds en-
trance. into the body through the
stomach. 1t enters. by the door of
the mouth in our food or our drink.
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home in Boston. He comes to the coast
on one of his regular pilgrimages and Will
hold several meetings before he leaves.
Mr.. Mills has always been a favorite
with the general public Notwithstanding
the unfavorable opinion that different
ministers have seen fit to express from
time to time and there is no doubt that
his revivals will be as well attended this
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and so on, the ninth hole being on the
home green, as usual. BY adopting this
order of play strong element of novelty
was introduced. the drives that were for
merly downhill becoming uphill, and vice
versa The course is said to be improved
by being played in this way. dozen
players entered the competition and hand
ed in the following returns:
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indigo merchant and swindler OF banks,
has shaken the dust of San Francisco
headquarters yesterday morning and Cap
tain Seymour learned during the after
noon that he left for Portland on Friday
evenings train. Where he got the money
to pay for his ticket is a mystery.
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Medical Discovery" has restored the
sufferer to perfect and permanent
health. If you are sick begin to
use vGolden Medical Discovery" and
you will begin to be well.
There is no substitute for the vDis-
covery" and nothing "just as good"
Any attempt to sell you any other
preparation in place of DR.. Pierce's
medicine has only one object, the de-
sire of the dealer to make an exces-
sive profit.
There is no alcohol in wGolden
Medical Discovery" and it contains
no cocaine, opium or other narcotic.
Persons suffering from chronic
forms of disease are invited to con-
suit Dr.. Pierce by letter free. All
correspondence is strictly private and
sacredly confidential, and all replies to
correspondents are mailed in plain
envelopes bearing no advertising or
printing of any kind. Address DR..
r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.
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IE parasitic germ is measured under the microscope
i by the twenty-five thousandth part of an inch Its
power measured by the cholera scourge the plague
consumption and other decmating diseases. The germ
lies in wait for human life every sde in earth, air,
water and food Attention has of late been drawn to pets
as disease dissemnaors Many boy has taken dptheria
from his pet dog; many girl owes consumption to her
canary.
In London, England, they legislating to compel
monthly examination of eathered pets by the board of
health, because the experts consumption say that
originate from the deadly tuberculosis germs which breed
with such startling fecundy in these supposedly harmless
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Her Doctor was Hssosasgs

when taking medicines months health
without
Medical Discovery,
Golden
Discovery Prescription
with moeea forme WaA."
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GssSaea lin Ono HSossSas


in
the
before ewith the best
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Jubilee Celebration at Notre Dame.
Tomorrow afternoon the Twenty-fifth
anniversary Of the Sister Superiors life
In the order will be celebrated by an en-
tertainment given by the pupils. All old
pupils are invited to attend
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Trappers OIL cures rheumatism and
neuralgia. All druggists. Soc flask. Rich
ards 6, Co., 406 Clay.
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Mills, the Evangelist, Here.

MIIIs, Cut LVaIS5II5I, dtI5'
B. Fay Mills. the noted evangelist, is
guest at the Palace Hotel, where he ar
rived yesterday registering from his
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ROW ON
BROOKLYN
DIAMOND
roubIous Ending to the
Baseball Season In the
Leaders Town.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
CORRECT STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

BROOKLYN, Oct. 1.-THE season ended here
in to-day. In the second inning Shep-
ard assaulted Umpire Hunt for calling him out
on fuke and refused to retire from the game
when ordered to do So Hunt appealed to Cap
tain Smith and Manager McGraw without eff
feet. He then appealed to Hanlon, who occu-
pies the peculiar position of president of the
Baltimores and manager of the Brooklyns
Hanlon told him he would support the umpire
in any action he might take, whereupon the
game forfeited to Brooklyn. The score at
the time was to in Baltimore's favor.
A game postponed from Baltimore then
played to apBease 4gsase,, the crowd Brooklyn
Orioles tried to delay the game by throwing the
ball ever the NJ, lot in the fourth inning, but
to 6, thereby taking every league SERIES At
tendance, 2500. Score:
Clubs R. H e
B1tiISHs B9ooHSn ::::......:.::.:. lS :
Batteries-Howell and Smith; Kennedy and
Mcclure Umpires-Donnely and Hunt.
PITTsBURG, Oct. 14.-Pittsburg lost its last
game of the season by the effectiveness of Rube
Waddell. hit and base on balls gave the
that only man reached second Gray was
easy for Louisville. Attendance $500. Score:
Clubs R. II. E.
Pttsburg ............................1 p
! Louisville ............................4 10
Batteries-Gray and schrver; WaddelI and
Latimer. Umpires-swartwood and Manassau.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 14-washington closed
, the season to-day by winning with Garrison
! finish. New York secured a big lead early in
| the game, but Gettig went to pieces in the
| seventh and errors assisted the Senators in
! winning out. The game was called at the end
| of the eighth inning account of darkness.
I Attendance, s00 Score:
Clubs r. H. e.
| washington ...-.-..-..-...-.........IS ~
New York .....-.....-.--..---..-.. IL
| Batteries-MeFarland and Powers; Gettig,
Wilson and Fleming. Umpres-Snyder and
| Latham.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 14.-The Reds hit Hughey
| of will to-day and won a very uninterestng
| game. Attendance, 400 Score:
Clubs r. II, E.
! Cincinnati .......-................R II
| Cleveland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Batteries-Hawley, Kehoe and Wood; Hughey
| and Sugden. Umpire-McDonald.
| BOSTON Oct. 14-Philadelphia wound up the
season to-day by defeating Boston easily Nee
/ lin's pitching was much better than the score
/ Indicates, many hits going through through
1 dumb work by the Boston infeld. Attendance,
| 2c00. Score.
Clubs r. H. E.
! Boston '''......'...'s...........
/ Philadelphia ....-.....,......,........6 IL /
Batteries-Meekn and Merritt: Bernhardt and
Mcfarland. Umpires-Emslie and Dwyer.
FAMOUS GOLF EXPERT
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4s2

time as they have always been hereto
fore.
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FAMOUS GOLF EXPERT
FOR OAKLAND CLUBMEN

The San Francisco Golf Club opened the
winter season yesterday with an eighteen
hole handicap, medal play. The course
was taken in the opposite way to that
hitherto pursued, the eighth hole becom-
ing the first, the seventh becoming No. q,
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AS shown by the above table, S. L. Alb
bot Jr. won the first prize and Charles
Page captured the second trophy Had
the latter's second round equaled his first
his gross score would have brought him
out first, and his net score would have
been five below Mr.. Abbot's total. r. G..
Brown. the secretary of the San Rafael
Golf Club. did not do himself justice with
a gross score of 116.
Several ladies have been out lately on
the Preside links. On the 18th inst. Miss
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Has Gone to Portland.
~'iAIlo A Advani. the alleged Indian
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-02
IN THE NATURAL GAS DISTRICT,

n very Unattr1ctive Place WherS
Many Accidents Occur.
Passing through a gas-belt one will
see near the roadside. in a farm lot, g
mud-bespattered. weather-beaten der
rick. with the apparently rickety ac.
compartment of crude appliances made
familiar years ago in the oil regions
small reversing engine, rusty loco
motive boiler, usually without stack
and leaking at every seam; the pom.
derous wooden walking beam slowly
oscillating night and day, stopping only
to give place to the use of the bull wheel
when the drill is raised and the sand
pump is lowered, or a anewly-dressed bit
is put in service. Crude as the rig and
all its details may seem at first glance,
every part is soon seen to have it's use,
and the journey OF the bit from the
surface TO the unknown, and perhaps
barren. depths, is always accompanied
by interesting and ever-varying devei.
opments. says Casters Magazine.
At night the measured beat and clat-
ter OF the rig in the dim light of few
hlckering torches of gas. piped from
some neighboring well: the trembling
derrick, its lofty top lost in the dark.
ness; the driller carefully manipulat.
ing the temper screw after each stroke,
controlling the bit at the end of rope
perhaps half mile below the surface,
all form weird sight. Accidents are
frequent, and the slirhtst carelessness
may result in dropping the tools, the
recovery of which requires patience
and often great ingenuity.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-02
CHINESE DRUGS
Dried Snakes, Plump Lizards and
Fearful Smelling Medicines
Are Included. e

The employees in the Office Of the ap-
praiser of customs were busy examin-
ing shipment of Chinese medicines
and the place smelled like fertilizer
factory, says the Portland Oregonian.
There were the usual number of dried
snakes, the looks of which would be
certain to kill or cure any intelligent
patient. There were also number OF
plump lizards. spitted on rods and ex-
panded with strips of bamboo until
they resembled tennis rackets; lot
of 'sea horses" long, slender fish,
with head like a horse and a prehen-
sile tail; bundles of centipedes, fat
tened out and pasted on sticks; cans
full of preserved pollywogs and angle
worms, and many other curious pana-
ceas, each of which smelled worse than
the other. There were pills as large
as prunes, handsomely decorated;
roots and "yarbs" of many kinds,
which would paralyze Quaker doc
tor, and boxes and bottles of unknown
mixtures which would paralyze any
body. The 40 separate and distinct
smells of the town of Cologne are moth
ing compared to the odors arising from
that $100 worth of Chinese medicines,
which made some of the men handling
the stuff sick. Foul smell seems to
be a requisite in most medicines, and
if the beneficial effects of medicines
are proportionate to the odor. the med
icines of the Chinese should be the best
in the world.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-02
LOCKED IN DEATH.
Buck Deer whose F1eres
Conflicts often Result
Fatally.

E Although it is generally known how
the buck beer fight and how sometimes
in consequence their antlers become IN
extricably entanglcd. there. are few per-
sons who have seen them when so inter-
locked, says the New York Times.
At certain seasons of the year when
the does are breeding their young the
bucks are both very fierce and coura-
geous in their protection of them and the
approach of another buck is signal for
battle. In these conflicts it frequently
happens that one or the other is killed
and there are occasional instances In
the course of these struggles OF the
antlers becoming interlocked between
each other, which results in the deatn
of both animals. One instance Is on
record where three pairs of horns were
found thus entangled together, the
skulls and skeletons lying as proof Of
the deadly outcome of the battle.
It is in October and November tha'
the buck becomes so combative and II
a few weeks thereafter he loses hi
sleek condition, sheds his horns and re
treats to the denser forest.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-02
VAUDEVILLE vApORINGs.
War Talk Furnishes a Fine Field 70,
the Merry Punsters of tho
Variety Stage.

'Ioolcs like war this morning, sure
enough. 1 see they have sent for Lee
cleared the decks of the ironclads and
closed the Congressional library, for the
first time in 40 years."
"Closed the library. What for?"
"Afraid the magazines would ex.
plode."
eyes, and see they have sent for Mrs
Bradley Martin. Such good hand to
get up balls"
"Better send for that man that lives
on the sea coast, for he's great at gath
ering Shells"
81 see the Episcopalian preachers
have to go, too. They know all about
canons."
II heard that Busters boy whipped
his school teacher. Got mad because
she told him she would make him walk
Spanish"
That's not as bad as Grubb. His
cook got mad and left because he
brought home some Spanish onions"
TOO bad. Hear about the trouble
they're having with the smokestacks of
the Spanish cruisers. No? Too smut
ty."
"That 2ss is worse than that" .
"How so?"
'Two gross"
"Girls are going to war, they say"
'Too dangerous. The powder on
their faces might go off,"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-02
AGAINST IMPERIALISM.
Debating Club Decides 1t Would be Bad
Policy to Hold the Philippines.

Debating Club Decides 1t Would be Bad
Policy to Hold the Philippines.
The question before the Students
Debating Club at meeting last light
was Resolved that it would be Bene-
fetal TO the United States to Retain
Possession of the. Philippine Islands"
The affirmative was taken by Clyde
Riddell, Frank Sexton, Harry Curtis,
T. Brownhill and 81. Gourlay and the
negative by Sam Stark, Burnside Tay-
lor, John Gavin. Joe Macarthur, Ernest
Starr and DR.. Sanders. After heat
ed discussion, in which Uratory and
argument fourished like water the
judges, F. G. Sexton, Rev. U. F.
Hawk and J. R. Barnett, decided the
preponderence of argument was pro-
duced by the gentlemen opposing the
resolution, the vote being two to one
in favor of the negative. The debate
was full of interest to all. and was as
warm a dii icussion as has eyer been
heard in The Dalles.