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the eldest of them, and the battle had

the eldest of them, and the battle had
begun.
The bidding advanced by hundred
guinea stages until an impressive pause
proclaimed that the limit had been
reached and the fall of the hammer
terminated the scene. Lockett Agnew,
the well-known London dealer, had Sc
cured it for $34.500 in American money.
The two other Whitehaven pictures
which were included in the sale-por-
traits by Tilly Kettle and painted some
time prior to 17S3-fetched $1285. The
lot that had been sold for a few shill-
1ngs in 1864 realized $50. .41O in 1904. Such
is the romance of picture buyingi
The Romney picture represents two
little children, one a girl carrying a
doll, and the other mite Of a boy, ap-
parently her brother, walking proudly
by her side, as though intent on pro-
tectlng her with his toy gun. The paint
ing of the two heads, especially that Of
the little maid, is of excellent bloom
But the canvas has been sadly neglect
ed and there are traces of village paint
upon it. After undergoing careful
treatment at the hands of the skilled
picture mender it's appearance will be
greatly improved. When next sold it
may fetch several thousand dollars
more than Agnew paid for it, The
highest recorded price paid for a Rom
ney at an auction sale is S55, 275.
How such a fine specimen of Rom
ney's work originally reached White
haven is a mystery that has not yet
been fathomed. But it's discovery has
led to lot of rummaging among dusty
lumber rooms all over the country, and
every mail brings dozens of letters to
Christie's requesting them to send ex-
perts to examine pictures which the
writer's are convinced are Romney's or
Gainsborough's
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STATES OF GERMANY. MAY
UNITE THEIR LOTTERIES
Plan to Organize a Form of Trust
Under Control of the Gov
ernment.

BERLIN, Dec. 21.-Prussia is ne
gotiating treaties with the other Ger
man States for the collective manage
ment of State lotteries. thus reducing
the expenses. The proceeds are to be
shared nan equitable system per-
centages, avoiding the multiplication
Of agents and advertising and remov-
ing the necessity for costly competi-
ton.
Although to buy or sell a ticket in
one State for a lottery in another is
misdemeanor severely punishable, it
is constantly done. Saxony. has been
Prussia's most annoying competitor
by raising the capital prize and then
conniving at the sale of tickets in
Prussia. Thereupon Prussia was
obliged to raise the prizes and to dis
tribute such tracts as Why it is a
duty to subscribe to the lottery, by a
clergyman" or pictures showing q
young man bringing his old parent his
winnings
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NEW GERMAN TAX LAW
AIMED AT CORPORATIONS
Proposed Measure Will Compel Them
to Pay Where Formerly They
Escaped.

BERLIN, Dec. 21.-The Govern
ment aims in the forthcoming revision
of the income tax law to bring under
its provisions limited liability COM
panies, which heretofore have not
been subject to this taxation The
chief object of the Government is to
increase the revenue to meet the def
icit, but the measure also embodfes
the Governments counter stroke to
the Herne Company, which was or
ganized December IL, with a capital
OF 100000 for the purpose of
checkmating the Prussian Govern
ment in getting control of the Hiber-
mia Coal Company.
In recent years this form of organ
ization has been in great favor with
German capitalists. Heavily capital
lied companies are SO organized that
foreign investors especially have
adopted it, to the detriment of the inn
perial treasury.
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NO EVIDENCE
AGAINST THEM
Men Arrested on Suspicion
of Having Murdered Mes
senger Roberts Released
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 21.-Jarvis
and Schwindler. who were arrested at
Burlingame. near San Francisco. on
suspicion of being implicated in the
recent robbery of a Santa Fe train and
the murder of Express Messenger Rob
erts, were released from custody this
afternoon and returned to San Fran
cisco with their employer. F. J. Mackey.
the millionaire horse owner. The Grand
Jury spent the better part Of two days
investigating the case, summoning wit
nesses from San Francisco, Los An
geles and desert points, but this after
noon the District Attorney advised the
jury that he would file motion to dis
miss the case The men had been in
the car Immediately ahead OF the
robbed express car, attending a lot of
horses for Mackey. but there was moth
ing more than that to connect them
with the crime.
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SCOTS EMULSION.
A CREAMY FOOD

SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver OIL prepared as a food
not a food like bread or meat
but more like cream; in fact,
it is the cream OF cod liver
oil. At the same time it is a
blood-maker, a nerve tonic
and a fesh-builder. But
principally it is food for tired
and weak digestions, for all
who are fat-starved and tnin.
tits pleasant to take; children
like it and ask for more.
Wen send you sample, free
SCOTT a BOVINE. .as Pearl srsst. New ysh
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japanese Fail to
Retain the
EtZe Fort.
NOgiRep0rtSCdp-
tuPe OF Rus
sian Guns.
Continued From Page 1. Column 8.

Rojestvensky's squadron to testify be-
fore the international commission,
made statements during his journey
to Paris that are exciting consider
able stir in official and diplomatic cir
cles. as indicating a rather defiant and
belligerent tone on the eve of the as
sembling of the commission. Some of
Clados statements were strongly an
tagonistic to Great Britain. he declar-
ing that the British agitation over the
North Sea incident, leading up to the
appointment of the international COM
mission, was a plan to delay the Rus
sian second Pacific squadron from re-
lieving Port Arthur.
He also asserted that another cam
paign having for it's object the passage
of the Dardanelles by the Russian
Black Sea fleet would be launched at
an opportune time. In the meantime,
he added, men and equipment from
the Black Sea fleet would be sent to
aid the second Pacific squadron.
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WEALTHY MINER FINDS
CHILD AFTER TWO YEARS
Norman Webster of California Re-
gains His Little One i'm New York
State

NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-Norman
Webster, said to be wealthy gold
mine owner Of Soulsbyville, Cal, has
recovered possession of his four-and-
s-half-year-old daughter, whom he
has been seeking for two years The
child was found by a constable in
Poughkeepsie.
Webster's wife visited relatives in
England two years ago and upon her
return decided. 1t is said, to remain
n the East and found a boarding
place for the child I'm Poughkeepsie.
A constable there heard of the search
by the father and watched the child
until Webster arrived.
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Made Bishon of HeIena.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Dec. 21=Rev..
John P. Carroll former president OF
st. Joseph's College of this city, was
to-day consecrated Bishop of the dio-
cese of Helena. Mont. Archbishop
Keane of Dubuque officiated as conse-
orator. Archbishop Glennon of st.
Louis preached the sermon. Twenty
prelates and 200 priests were present.
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Accused of Aiding Russia.

COPENHAGEN. Dec. 21.-Several
newspapers here charge War Minister
Madsen with permitting Danish gun
factories TO manufacture arms for
Russia. II is expected that the incl
dent viii cause a storm in Parliament
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The cash-on- delivery parcel post
system has worked successfully in
Germany for forty years. France. Aus
tria, Switzerland, Italy, Holland. and.
in fact, practically every country on
the continent, has adopted it. as also
has the United States.
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EARTHQUAKES CAUSE
A PANIC IN PANAMA
Houses Damaged by Shock on the
Isthmus and People Camp
in the Streets

DAVID, Panama, Dec. 21.-There
were ten slight earthquakes, followed
by one strong shock, at about 1890
clock this morning. Numerous
houses here were damaged, and the
people. who were thrown into a panic,
are now camping in the streets.
PANAMA, Dec 21.-Earthquake
Shocks were felt within a radius of $50
miles Of Panama and Colon last night.
The disturbance was slight.
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Russia Buys Drexers YACHT.

LONDON, Dec. 21.-It is said that
Russia has bought Anthony ]. Drex-
els fine steam yacht Margarita, pay
ing $650,000.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
oruggists refund the money II IL falls cure
h. w. Groves signature is on each box. &c.,
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The real estate agent ought to shine
as a conversationalist. He has lots to
talk about.
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ALL WALL
STREET IS
IN LEAGUE
Continued From Page 1. Column Z.

nished 100000 of the money and that
100000 was raised on a note given by
one of the Bay State Gas companies.
Z. Chapman has not said from whom he
got the s225,o00 that he carried to Will
mington, Del, in two dress suit cases.
or grips" Senator Gray, in whose Of
flee the transaction took place. it is
said by Roger Foster, was the lawyer
for Dwight ,Braman.
Henry Wellington Wack's complaint
against Thomas w Lawson. based on
his conduct in depreciating the value Of
stock in the Amalgamated Copper
Company, will not be considered by the
Grand Jury. Assistant District Attor-
ney Smythe, to whom the matter had
been referred by Jerome, told Wack to-
day that unless he produced stronger
evidence than was in his possession
against Lawson the District Attorney
would not be justified in taking any
action c. M. Beattie. lawyer for
Wack, said he would go to magistrate
and seek to have a warrant issued for
I'awson's arrest
;. BAY STATE GAS LITIGATION.
BOSTON. Dec. 21.-Judge Braley. in
the Supreme Judicial Court to-day.
gave a hearing ON the question of al
lowing the demurrer of the defendants
in the suit of the Bay State Ges Com
pany or Delaware against Thomas w.
Lawson and others to restrain Lawson
and Weidenfeld from parting with So
290 shares of Bay State Gas Company
of Delaware stock; 374 $4,000 5 per cent
bonds of the Buffalo City Gas Compa-
ny; lao t$lO0O) debentures of the Buff
falo City Gas Company. 1t is asked
that these securities be delivered to the
plaintiH because of an alleged conspir-
acy to divert the funds of the Delaware
Company to the uses of the conspira-
tors.
Z The answer and demurrer of the de-
fendant, Lawson, are denials OF the al
legations OF the plaintiff. The defend
ant describes many transactions in
connection with gas matters and de-
clares that the Bay State Gas Company
of Delaware still owes Lawson and
Weidenfeld $4Ss, 434, as a result of deal
ings begun in 1895.
Counsel for Lawson presented a mo-
ticn that a paragraph of the plaintiffs
Dill referring to collusion and conspir-
acy be stricken out
Ihe plalntlHs attorney maintained
that the charges of Lawson against the
Delaware Company were excessive and
that the fact that excessive charges
were made and allowed appeared to
show colluslon. He declared that it was
the aim OF the litigation to show Re-
ceiver George w. Pepper of the Della
ware Company the exact relation be-
tween that company and Lawson and
Weidenfeld. Judge Braley reserved
decision.
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Brief Session of the Senate.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-After a
session of four minutes duration the
Senate adjourned to-day until Janu-
ary next.
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MAJOR HARDIN ACQUITTED
OF CHARGES IN MANILA
Found Not Guilty Of Neglect OF DUTY
In Connection With Prison
Break
Ia Dec % Nj

MANILA, Dec. 22.-Major Edward
z. Hardin Of the Seventh Infantry,
L. :. A., has been tried by court
martial and acquitted Of the charge
OF neglect OF duty.
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IS SPRUNG
BY HUTTON

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Major Hardin was charged with
neglect of duty in not having a suffi-
cient guard AT Malate prison, from
which thirty-three native prisoners
escaped recently. after killing three
guards
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WEST FOUND

G. H. Adkins went to Everett this
week
Quite a number of young people
from here attended the "April Fool
dance at Orcas last evening.
Mrs. Frank Chase gave very en-
ioyable party at West Sound hall
Thursday evening of last week.
George Hill spent a few days at
his ranch here last week, having
come over to get three tons of pota-
toes which he sold in Bellingham.
Several of the neighbors spent an
enjoyable evening with Herbert Adj
lzins and family last Thursday. Mu-
sic and lunch were the principal fea
lures.
Will and James Laplante expect to
leave soon for Mt. Sicker, B. G. Jim
has been spending few days with
relatives and friends in Friday Har-
Dor.
While spraying one day last week
Colin McLennon met with quite an
accident. He was removing the noz-
zle from the hose when some of the
solution spurted into his face and
burned his right eye quite badly,
though the injury is not permanent
or very serious.
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DOE BAY AND OLGA

G. N. Culver spent portion of the
week in Bellingham.
jeff Moore was in Bellingham the
first of the week on business.
Mrs, Payton Reddick went to Bell
ingham Saturday for a few days.
ChaS. Carlson went to Bellingham
Tuesday with a shipment of fine
pork.
John Doak has been quite sick for
the past two weeks. but is improv.
ing now.
Mrs. b. f. White and baby Dir
went to Bellingham Saturday for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Willis went te
East Sound Friday to spend Easter
Sunday with Mrs, B. G. Geoghegan.
John G. Viereck made a trip te
Doe Bay on business Monday, return,
Ing the same evening to Bellingham
l.. ID. Savage has just received a
pure bred Yorkshire pig from the
experiment station at Pullman. He
Is surely very fine specimen.
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Lopez leland
PORT STANLEY

Frank Dwight has gone to Bryant
on business.
George Mead, of Seattle, is visit.
ing his son and family.
Fred Strong, of Anacortes, has
been visiting Chas. Biggs.
Mrs. Chas. Biggs went to Anacor-
ties Monday to have some dental work
done.
Mr.. and Mrs, Bert Butts left on
the Buckeye Wednesday for the fish
traps.
Frank fitzpatrick returned to Ana
cortes Monday after spending week
with friends.
John Mead and A. S. Hall, of Fri
day Harbor, spent Sunday with the
family of Geo. B. Mead.
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ORCAS

C. H. Cliff has gone to Bellingham
for the summer,
Mrs. H. w. Ganson is visiting her
son, DR.. Lee Ganson, at Lynden.
NJ. J. Reddig and son Martin spent
Saturday and Sunday at Friday Har-
Dor
The shrimp boat Anna B. was at
Bellingham Monday for inspection.
Martin Cameron, the owner, has
gone to Anderson island and Tacoma
on a business trip.
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San Juan Island
SAN JUAN VALLEY
Outside Of County Seat

J. Dougherty, Jr., is visiting up
Sound cities.
School commences in district No. l
about the middle of April.
J, o. Bergman returned Thursday
from business trip to Port Town
send.
Eddie and Willie KATE are visiting
at c. Rosters for several days this
week.
Mrs. Jno. Frank and children went
up-Sound last week for a visit with
relatives.
Mr.. McNamee and son have re-
turned to Seattle after q brief visit
on the island.
George Beck, who had been visit
ing relatives on the island for two
weeks, has returned to his home in
Spanaway,
Mrs. E. Erickson and son Arthur
went to Port Townsend Tuesday for
visit with her daughter, Mrs. War
rem Dightman.
Mrs. p Madden and son Stanley re-
turned Wednesday from a visit with
relatives and friends in Seattle and
Port Townsend.
/. KATE returned to Port Town
send Tuesday after a brief business
visit here. He has sold the Crook
place to Mr.. Andrews, of West
sound.
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Orcas leland
EAST SOUND

Jack Geoghegan spent Thursday
and Friday at Bellingham.
G. E. Woods is on a short business
trip to Bellingham and Seattle.
BertChalmers spent Saturday and
Sunday in the village visiting friends.
Mrs. Dan Nichols has gone to Bell
inrham for few days visit with
friends.
Id. Pike has ordered the lumber
and engaged carpenters to build
large addition to his house,
L. D. Pike and family started
Wednesday for a cruise to Blaine on
their yacht "White Wings"
Miss Maud Stratton, of Port Town
send. arrived Friday to be the guest
Gf her aunt, Mrs. j. W. White, for
couple of months,
The friends of C. b. Buxton are
Glad to see him out again after being
con inel to the house for ten days
Wtl a sprained back.
]. T. Whitley, who is the leading
d,irvman of Orcas island, has added
+ his herd by purchasing the
mich COWS of l.. y. Pike
Twenty-Five of our young people
It ended the basket ball game at the
Normal school, Bellingham, Friday
night of last week. They report a
fine trip.
The ladies of the Methodist church
are making ready for the Easter ser
SO by cleaning up the church, and
Hiss Eva Nichols is busy training the
SInlay-school children for the Easter
III lsic
Miss Mullis, of Friday Harbor, had
most attractive display of millinery
a. the East Sound house The ladies
Of East Sound, like their sisters the
world over, can't resist pretty hat,
and Miss Mullis' rooms were thronged
with purchasers,
Luther Kimple and family, who
started a couple of weeks ago to take
up homestead east of the noun
t4ins, have returned. They ,got as
far as Wenatchee, where they found
81 much snow that they decided to
come back where they knew the
climate was always fine,
f. z. Newhall, of Phoenix, Gal,
has been spending a few days visit
ing his brother Andrew Newhall, at
Newhall, Mr., Newhall came up to
East Sound Saturday and remained
till Sunday afternoon visiting his
many friends here. He left for his
California home Monday.
A new industry has been started
at East Sound which we hope to see
increased. w. A, Wright and Peter
Stuhr have been busily engaged the
past week in bringing clam shells
from Parker's reef and shipping
them to Bellingham, where they are
ground and used for poultry food
The many friends of Walter Stow
ers will miss him very much He
leaves today Saturday for Okano-
gan county, where he has taken up a
homestead near Twisp, We hope
that the move on his part will prove
to be advantageous, 1t is with re-
greet that we see one who has so long
been identified with the interests of
East Sound leaving us.
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For Sale-A first -olass two seated bug
gy, nearly new. Will trade for 1900 OF
1900 pound horse if taken soon. Il. J
Bruins, Lopez.
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Economical Helps
For Spring Buyers

Here are just few of the hundreds of snaps WHICH
The Fair offers economical buyers who realize that
"a penny saved is penny earned" Not only pennies
but dollars are saved by The Fairs customers:
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right too to dcspsc them when they commit base
actions for money advancement. when they are
harsh UNFOLDING discourteous and obstinate to the
degree of declining to aid good cause or assist
in some benefit the nation at large, merely because
they have not been consulted ways and methods,
they do not deserve to be called Christians at all
They are of that class unhappily increasing IN num-
Der, who cry out: Lord, Lord. have we not pro-
1hesed in Thy manner" and to whom will be gwen
the answer: Il never knew you; depart from Me.
We that work niquity!" Great and noble beyond all
praise are true Christian minsters-and thousands
of them are be found in all parts of the world work
inc silently and travely for the rescue of bodies
well as souls giving practical well as spiritual help
and sympathy to their fellOw-men in trouble But
Just because their abors valuable one resents
all the more deeply the conduct of certain members
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murmur of appreciation from the other side OF the
table And Susie?"
Susie opened one eye To see who it talking
and then she changed her mind about fainting NV
but she was madi She wept. had To- hll her number
on the program with some music. | didn't
By that time it was all a mad seething boiling whirl
pool of managing make something do for something
else. anyhow.
But about Myraa"
''Oh. yesi Well. Myra came and so did all the
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of the clergy who cast dishonor upon their whole
calling and lust because the vocation of priest
IS So high we intensely deplore every action that
tends to debasc II The unChristian cleric belongs
to no spiritual form of faith whatsoever and should
not be permitted pretend that he does. He has
only one reigion-Sclf And from the professor OF
Self, no man need ask either help instruction
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for OCTOBER 9. 1904

professors had idea those so interested
in womens clubs. What do YOU suppose that woman
had done in place of anything earth about Colonial
Virginia.
Something Wild of courseo"
Something wild9 l like your phrase It was
blood-curdIngl She had diagrams l thought I
should sink when she drew those diagram out You
know. she's fanatic on some new ism about corning
the world by sitting down and holding your breath
and thinking about some thing else"
Not bad idea. with carefully preserved gravity.
And YOU put it so luCidly Anne. / think / could
do that myself
oh. Wen. you knowl The kind of thing that used
10 be the front of the first readers when YOU and
were babies at school You sit down and shut your
teeth and saw: n-it-He-is-in-it-'o or
something like that"
No dear; it's assertions that YOU mean You
build them into your character by saying them
that way
as she Isl don't build things into my char
acter. You talk as if it summer cottage Oh.
dear me- haven't shred of character left since Myra
dsgraced she did She got 20 talking about
things that weren't quite nice, it seemed 70 for
a mixed audience: and was IN agony because had
Lily portoned off with the professor there in the
back
Il could the other men trying not to
laugh and felt so apOlogetic-SO abjcet, II / could
have crawed under the busting those mems
boots as | went | should have been glad. Then
came the diagrams, y large pink thing meant your
natural affections Laura 90 You -'tt iStpc III
that shade of pink? Because Il YOU 90. pray never
love any
- blue wedge for your-tar your-ir ,electual
capacity. / think. I hadn't any ty the time that
came Some green streaks. She told -tood for
patience. but mine at end pulled the back
Of her frock and whispered % her Where IS your
paper on Colonial Virginia families Laura, that
aggravaug creature looked across her shoulder at me
as serencly as she viii look at her s7n-i0 when she
runs right over him. and she said. loud enough Tor
everybody to hear. oh. this much more important
matter my dear This concerns The source and
origin Of man and his Cosrlc destiny Laura. what
is a cosuc destiny Do YOU suppose yen and each
have one2'
Her hostess got breath finally from he smotheTed
laughter that had greeted The dag ms. Never
mind your Cosuic destiny. honey. 80. couISeled
Tell me what the professor and Lily
Il was in agony for them Some ot '-a remarks
were very plain and hardly the tl Young girls
to bear let alone girls aCcowpa0-e 90 -oatleHlen
But thcrcl ] might have spared a-' Ty. IL
seems l only plain fool
oh no, demonstrated her friend sE N1'ody
would ever say that of YOU -
I'D rather be a plain fool than one
retorted the other 'and that ht. t. norton
and her like call me- | know 81 ~e.' Yrs
is brilliant woman and that had only ,.'loe
and retarded things. instead of helping
How that2
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it'll fall off III an
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