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: m 6 tho world lias had substantially its whole suppiy from Mexico, Honduras, Cuba, and Santo Domin go. Up to within about ten years tho proportion secured from these districts was about 60 per cont from Mexico, 30 per cent from Honduras and 10 per cont from Cuba and Santo Domingo com bined. Now comparatively little is obtained from Cuba, and practically nono from Santo Domingo. Tho product of all of tho four districts belongs to tho samo species, but there aro marked differ ences in tho fiber of tho wood from West India islands and that from tho mainland. Tho Mexi can and Honduras growth is of a better grade than any othor. Tho mahogany of Mexico is worth in tho United States and Europe from $80 to $100 per 1,000 fcot on the average. The value of in dividual logs, howovor, is occasionally very high, single sticks bringing as much as $5,000." TUB coldest city in tho world is said to bo Yakutsk, in Eastern Siberia. Referring to tnis city a writer in Leslie's Weekly says: 'It is the great commercial emporium of Eastern Si borla and tho capital of tho province of Yakutsk, which in most of its area of 1,517,063 square miles is a baro desert, tho soil of which is frozen to a groat dopth. Yakutsk consists of about 400 houses of European structure, standing apart. The in tervening spaces aro occupied by winter yoorts, or huts of tho northern nomads, with earthen roofs, doors covered with hairy hides and win dows of lco. Caravans with Chinese and Eu ropean goods collect tho produco of the whole lino of coast on the Polar Sea between the paral lels of 70 and 74 degrees from tho mouth of tho Rivor Lena, to tho furthest point inhabited by the Chookchoos. Lastear a colporteur of tho Brit ish and Foreign wblo society made a tour of 11 weeks down tho.Lona, a river 3,000 miles long, visiting Yakutsk and selling gospels in their own language to tho Yakuts in tho villages along tho banks." REPRESENTATIVES or Japan In this c country have been told that a considerablo shipmont of arms and ammunition was recently made from New York city to tho Russians. Tho Bridgeport, Conn., correspondent for tho New York Sun says that this information was laid be fore tho Japanese consul general by two young men who wanted ?500 for the full information. This correspondent says: "This story is probably oxplalned by tho departure from horo some time last night of about 30 guns from tho factory of tho Amorican and British Manufacturing company, successors to the defunct American Ordnance company. Tho shipmont was made by the steam lighter Hustler, owned by tho Morritt-Chapman Wrecking company of Now York. The informa tion is that a representative of tho Russian gov ernment came hero early In tho week and bought out ovorything tho factory had in the shape of guns and rapid-flro rifles. For two days truck men have been busy day and night carrying guns, which wore inclosed in heavy casings, from the factory to tho steamer. Secrecy was maintained at tho factory ofllco when an effort was made to day to get a statement concerning the matter. Tho company's representatives would neither dony nor confirm anything. Tho story here is' that tho guns aro to bo transferred to an ocean going vessel which is in New York harbor and will take the shipment direct to the far east. There is said to be a large amount of ammuniti tlon in tho cargo." A RESIDENT of London is said to earn a living by a habit ho has contracted of meet ing with accidents. Tho London Chronicle says that according to a statement made recently m tho Southwark County court, this enterprising in dividual is known to have accomplished five more or loss successful accidonts in tho last year or two and to uso a common form of application for damages afterward. Tho Chronicle tells tho story in this way: "It was a ladder on two occasions a collar flap on the remaining threo. The 'victim' was stated to have claimed 50 unsuccessfully af ter tho last mishap but ono. Then, it was repro sonted ho claimed 15 against a publican, but the solicitors he engaged withdrew on learning .iH8,,1?011111?10 rcconl of accidents, and tho suit fell through. Now a barrister asked on be- SrC, ?.tho Bubllcan and the public for costs on tje higher scale. Judge Addison was sympathetic I remember,' observed his honor, 'once being in a case whore a man used purposely to fall over carpets put down across tho pavement to save WoL bl?1 8hoesA13tc' frm ling soiled. But iw my getting any good by showing that ho had seyoral times purposely fallen over car pets, a noble law lord, who tried the case was very much interested In the manTfaTor InJ The Commoner. thought it was' very hard that ho should havo met with so many accidents.' However, Judge Rus sell decided that ho had no power to grant tne present application. 'But,' argued the barrister, 'you havo power to certify where it is a matter of public importance. And where you get a man of this kind, who makes it his hobby in life to go about and put his feet through people's cellar flaps or coal gratings or to run up against ladders and then claim damages, it is a matter of public importance to resist such claims.' 'If you could stop people altogether from falling down outside public houses it would be conferring a great boon,' admitted the judge. 'That is most essential,' re joined the other, 'but failing that we are trying to stop a man who doesn't fall, but says he does. " CHARLES BEE CHER, at ono time in timately associated with Abraham Lincom, died at Marysville, O., April 11. A writer in tho Cincinnati Enquirer says: "Mr. Beecher was ono of the surviving pioneers of the republican party. The contemporary and close associate of Lin coln, he later became one of the five that with Lincoln first preached rebellion against the whig party in Illinois, and afterward made Lincoln tho first republican president Republicanism in Il linois and the Lincoln presidential boom may be said to have started in the law library of Beecher, at Fairfield, Wayne county, 111. Beecher's library was the county law library. It was here that the legal lights of Wayne met for academic and political discussions, and it was at ono of these' sessions that Lincoln, Garrett, Bloodgood, Ridge- t way and Beecher declared themselves for, and be came the pioneers of republicanism in Illinois. From the library there a few years later proceed ed the Lincoln boom that swept the country and resulted in Lincoln's nomination and subsequent election." AT THE time referred to Mr. Beecher was less than twenty-five years of age, having been born' in Herkamer county, New York, in 1829. The Enquirer writer adds: "At an early date, Mr. Beecher removed with his parents to Marysville. Graduating from Ohio Wesleyan uni versity, and admitted to the bar, he went to Fair field, 111., to practice in 1858. Much younger than -Lincoln, his talent nevertheless attracted the at tention of the latter and he became one of the famous Illinois coterie that was determined to make history. He never accepted public ofllco beyond that of delegate to the convention that nominated Lincoln, and a ten-years membership, from 1858 to 1868, in the republican state central committee. His attitude was always that of an adviser, in which capacity he was the close asso ciate of President Lincoln. His friends say that had it not been for his kind offices the nation would probably have never known of Grant. In 1861, the latter, a late graduate of West Point, came to Illinois and applied for a captaincy in the state volunteer service. For some reason he failed to Impress tho authorities and applied to Beecher. The result was that Grant returned to his homo with the coveted commission. In 1881 he removed to this city, where he lived with the family of Mr. A. Hayward. As the receiver of the defunct Ohio and Mississippi he led the move ment that resulted in the merging of that line with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and built the Springfield division of the latter. He was closelv associated with the late President Harrison and it was through his efforts that Dr. J. M. Crawford received his appointment as consul general to Russia." uu AN INTERESTING contest is on be IX tween the civil and the military authorities in Co orado. For some time military rule has prevailed at Telluride. Miners who were engaged in the strike have been required to leave town Men havo been imprisoned and military authorilv has been very generally and forcefully assert? 3laFZ SiQy!m grantQd a wit of habs cornu ' which required the military officers to brin bP fore his court Charles H. Moyer president of Sfl western federation of miners; whSm he m?l It2? Ho further ordered tho sheriff to anW ? U officers. nuw-m io arrest the two IN MAKING the order referral t t i Stevens severely criticised ttTiettoJS Governor Peabody and tho miiifot. eJnoas of Judge Stevens said: A verv J auth?rttles. presented a8 to whether -it is th! strlk?8" ls or the governor of Colorado Lf Ik ng miners guard that are ViiJU& St . .VOLUME 4, NUMBER 14, bellion against the laws of the 'state. If there Is to be a reign of military despotism in this state, and .civil authority is to have no jurisdic tion, the latter migh.t as well go out of business.'' GOVERNOR PEABODY, when informed of the order issued by Judge Stevens, said "We will not recognfze the writ of attachment and the military authorities will not appear in court. Neither will we give up Moyer. We will claim that the courts have no right to enjoin or arrest the officers or members of the military while they are on duty. They are not subject 10 attachment or injunction at this time. If the district court of Ouray is to bo allowed to inter fere in the carrying out of the plans of the mili tary under martial law, there is no reason why a justice of the peace might not with equal au thority intervene and render the military abso lutely powerless and impotent. The court maoo known its wishes in the matter, and we havo stated our position. It is now up to the court to make the next move in .the matter. What that will be I am unable to say." IT IS apparent that the military authorities have not the slightest intention of recu& nizing Judge Stevens' court. An Associated press dispatch, under date of Telluride, April 11, say?: "When General Sherman M. Bell was informed today that Judge Stevens had ordered himself and Captain Wells arrested and confined in the Ouray county jail on the charge of contempt, ho .said: 'If Sheriff Corbett takes us to Ouray it will have to be over the dead bodies of all the soldiers under my command in this county, lie has not got men enough to do that. The situa tion demands that we stay in Telluride. Mr. Moyer will never be produced in court until Gov ernor Peabody orders me to do so,; unless he es capes and goes over the range on snowshoes.' " A TEXAS newspaper recently criticised for mer Governor Hogg, because he declined to declare for Judge Parker. Governor Hogg wrote a letter to the editor of that paper in which let ter the governor called attention to the fact that some time ago the editor had asked him to sup port Judge Parker. Governor Hogg said that he had no objections if Judge Parker was sound on the leading issues and was a straight democrat. The governor says that the editor could riot then state positively how Judge Parker stood, but said he was confident "he was sound all along'the line." Subsequently the Washington correspondent for tho Texas paper called upon Judge Parker in New York, and, as Governor Hogg says, wrote inter estingly about his home, his library and family, but not a word did he tell us about his political views or convictions. Governor Hogg said when later he met this correspondent and asked him how Judge Parker stood on .several of the im portant questions, the correspondent replied that he did not know. Governor "Hogg says that for several months he has beon seeking information as to Judge Parker and he submits to the editor of the Texas paper a number of questions which he would like to have Judge Parker answer, Gov ernor Hogg saying that if the judge will answer these questions affirmatively he will either sup port him or will not oppose him. NI N E questions are submitted to Judge Parker by Governor Hogg. They are as follows: 1. Is he opposed to the republican colonial policy, borrowed from England? 2. Is he opposed to the Cleveland-Carlisle "financial endless chain," by which the government was forced to issue bonds to procure gold with, which to take up treasury notes? 3. Is he in favor of submitting a constitu tional amendment -to authorize the collection of an income tax? 4. Is he in favor of completing the Panama canal under tho present treaty? 5. Is he opposed to the Aldrlch financial bill, where by the secretary of the treasury is given author ity to accept railroad bonds instead of govern ment bonds to secure government money in tho sub-treasury and depositories? 6. Is he opposed to transferring the power of the government to issue money to the national banks? 7. Is he in favor of suppressing trusts engaged in foreign or interstate commerce? 8. Is he in favor of reduc ing the taxes and curtailing the expenses of gov ernment to an economical basis? 9. Did he vole in 1896 for the "regular democratic nominees," headed by William J. Bryan? Some more soldiers sent-to pacify the al ready pacified sultan of Sulu have "been killed, i he pacification that fails to paciflcate is running a neck-and-neck race with the anti-trust injunc tion that does not enjoin, ' -W 2V, -f. -.., 9