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VOL. XXXIX. ISO. 12,190. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1900. TWELVE PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ANT SIZE. any quantity. MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL CLOTHING Rubber Boots end Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest and most complete assortment of all kinds of Rubber Goo us. R. H. PEASE, Vice-Pres. and Manager Biumauer Established 1870. ALASKA SALSKINSiiifflffl Latest Styles, Best Quality, Lowest Prices and Best Workmanship. Fine Fur Coats, Capes, Collarettes, Neck Scarfs, Muffs, etc. Robes and Rugs. G. P. Rummelin & Sons Inc. tfregen Phone Main 401. 126 SECOND ST., near Washington. HOTEL PERKSMS Fifth and Washington Streets . . PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN First-Class Check Restaurant Connected "With. Hotel. J.F. DAVIES.Pres. Cfl- PI arses CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON American and European Plan. F - . Special This, Week Misses Shoes, lace and button, sizes !l to 2, $2.00 Values at . . $1.15 $1.50 Values at . . .95 Best Ladies' Rubbers Made at 60c. E.C.GGDDARD&CO. OREGONIAN BUILDING. Cured in One Week. Dr. Damn, 265 Morrison street, Port land, Or., specialist In all forms of chronic diseases and w eaknesses of men and wom en, makes a particular specialty of vari cocele and hydrocele and the weakness that usually accompanies them. His meth od cures them to stay cured in one week HANNA SAYS NO. Not a Candidate tor -Chairman of Re publican Convention. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 3 Senator Han na declared today that, although he had been urged to stand for the permanent chairmanship of the next republican na tional convention, he would not do so. "'There are other men, he said, "who are more ambitious than I, and who value that honor more than I do. I will give way to them." He also declared that he will not be one of the delegation-at-large from Ohio. 'I greatly desire that General Dick shall have an uncontested place in the Ohio delegation-at-large," he explained, "and I am glad to step out in his favor. If I was to be considered as one of the delegates-at-large, precedent giving the place to me as a senator, there would be a contest between General Grosvenor and General Dick. I being out of it, there will he room for both of them, as there should be, and friction will be avoided." It is evident from the foregoing that the plan to make Senator Hanna a dele-gate-at-large and permanent chairman of the republican national convention was formed without his consent Senator and Mrs. Hanna and Miss Ruth Hanna departed this afternoon for Wash ington, where they will again occupy the Hobart residence. Effect of California Earthquake. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Jan. 3 Reports re ceived from the back counties show that the recent earthquake was the cause of a number of strange happenings. The mud volcanoes on the desert near the Col orado river have become active after a long rest and are now spouting mud again. The natural gas wells near Yuma are also in working order since the heavy earth quake. They have been lighted, and the glare at night can he seen for many miles. A correspondent from Moosa writes that a Bumber of fissures were made In tho ground at that place 20 or more feet In length. varicocele! ANY STYLE. ar Rubber Company 73 and 75 first Si. Portland. Or. SMOKE THE mil BEST FIVE-CENT CIGAR HADE - Frank Drug. "dSmSIL. Single rooms 75c to $1.50 per day Double rooms $1.00 to $2.00 per day C T. BELCHER, Sec and Treas. American plan $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 European plan 50c, 75c, SL00 TALK No. 235. To Order. Did you ever try to buy glasses and could not find a pair that you could see through? Did you make up your mind from this that you did not need glasses? Did you go on suffering from headache and eyestrain, because there was no re lief? This has been the experience Of hundreds of people. The secret of the matter is that they need glasses made for them. No ready made glass In the world will ever fit their eyes or prove a benefit. My business is to take the meas ure of the eyes and order glasses made especially for them. If there are weak muscles or defective eyes I see that the glasses put them Into normal condition. If I have glasses in stock that fulfill all re? qulrements I fit them for you while you wait. Otherwise I have them made for you. They must fit per fectly In every way. WALTER REED Bye Specialist 13S SIXTH STREET OREGONIAN BUILDING or he makes no charge. He uses no knife, suspensory or electric belt No pain, or detention connected with the cure. Hun dreds cured without one failure or un pleasant result We Invite correspondence and the fullest investigation, and will re fer you to cured patients whom y6u may Interview. Write a full history of your case,, or come to Portland without delay. Any case of varicocele or -hydrocele placed in our hands which we fall to cure we will agree to pay expenses of patient to city and return. Consultation freehand charges reasonable. COMMANDER CARLIN DEAD. Well-Kno-ivn Naval Officer Died on the Culgoa. j WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The navy de partment has been advised by cable from Admiral "Watson of the death nt Pnm. mander James W. Carlin on board the Culgoa, from an attack of -peritonitis. He -was on his war to the naval hnsnu-ai t at Yokohama for treatment when he died, ictcinDer ou last. The message also reported the death of fontaln r T A T .fc- 9 . corps, at Guam, where he was stationed, December 25 His death followed a sur gical operation. I WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Commander Carlin was among the officers of the navy who were at ApIa.Samoa, at the time of the memorable hurricane March 16, 1SS9 His rank was then that nf lieutenant- He was executive officer of the Vandalia and after the loss of Captain Schoon maker, was In command of the ship. Commander Carlin was 51 years of age when he died. He was a graduate of the naval academy, class of 1868. Peter Wilkes. STOCKT6N. Cal., Jan. 3. Peter S. Wilkes, an attorney, once a member of the Confederate congress, is dead at his home here, aged 74 years. He was born in Ten nessee and moved to Missouri, where he graduated from a university in 1852. A week afterward he was elected to the state legislature. In the last year of the war, Mr. Wilkes was elected to the Confederate congress. At the close of hostilities he' fled to Mazatlan, Mexico, where he remained until about .25 years ago, when he came to this city. Ralph Phillipson. CHICAGO, Jan. 3 Ralph Phillipson, a retired wealthy clothing-dealer, died sud denly of heart disease late last night at the conclusion of an address to the members of the the district grand lodge, No. 6, In dependent Order B'nai B'rlth. Deceased was 67 years old. Hotel FLANKING THE BOERS Pitcher's Raid the First Step in Methuen's Plan. FRENCH IN A TIGHT PLACE Lord Roberta Will Probably Order Him Back Fighting Continues Around Colesburg. LONDON, Jan. 4. The Associated Press learns from an authoritative source that Colonel Pitcher's occupation of Douglas is regarded as merely the first step of General Methuen's carefully matured plans to outflank the Boers. The report of the Boer attack upon Mol teno is not yet confirmed. Apparently General French holds nothing within five miles of Colesburg Junction. His request for reinforcements dispels any present hope that he will be able to seize one of the crossings of the Orange river. It is probable that when Lord Roberts arrives General French will be ordered to quit his present unsupported position and .to con centrate his command at De4 Aar or Or ange river. As the Dally Telegraph says, "General Prench seems to be in a position of a man having a tiger cat in a trap and unable to kill it for want of a stick." A dispatch from Dover announces that Lieutenant-Colonel Pitcher has returned there safely from Douglas. Since Commandant-General Joubert's re turn to tne front, the cannonade of Lady smith by the Boers has been much live lier. Between December 18 and December 29 four shells killed one officer and 14 men, and wounded 13 officers and 11 men. The war office acknowledges the inferi ority of the regular artillery by authoriz ing the equipment of tho new battery" at tached to the London volunteer corps with Vicars and Maxims, the same as the Boers use, and by ordering 100 of these 12-pound quick-firers built immediately. The officers and men of the new battery will be supplied from the Honorable ar tillery company. Eight additional militia regiments have been called out. Seven of these will servo in Ireland, replacing the regulars sent to South Africa. Hon. Sidney Robert Grevllle, equerry to the Prince of Wales, has obtained the prince's commission to go to the front. Recently he has been .acting as Lord Sal isbury's secretary, instead of Schomberg McDonnell, who has gone to South Africa. Among the announcements of those who volunteered yesterday appear the names of a hundred or more sons of gentlemen. Many of these are Scotch. The papers comment upon the fact that, in Yiew of the state of public opinion, it is much easier to go to war than to stay at the clubs, which wear a particularly deserted aspect. All parts of England and Scotland report lively volunteering, a leading feature being the sums raised by private subscription for volunteer equipment 'Some of the counties have given sums as high as 30,000. It is com puted that the provinces have already raised nearly 600,000, while London is raising 120,000 for the city troops. FIGHTING AROUND COLESBURG. The Boers Resist French at Every Point. NAAUWPOORT, Cape Colony, Jan. 3. There was brisk fighting today in the hills around Colesburg. The Boers stub bornly resisted the British at every point, but gradually retreated. The British held the extreme position to the south and e"ast, overlooking the town. Hills around Colesburg are numerous, not in ranges, but in groups, making it very difficult to hunt the Boers out. Sixteen wounded have arrived at Arundel. British Command Norval's Pont. LONDON, Jan. 3. A special dispatch from Naauwpoort, dated Tuesday, Janu ary 2, says the British command Norval's Pont bridge with two guns, and also com mand Colesburg bridge, and that the Boers have no way to retreat except by way of Normberg. The dispatch add3 that big developments are expected to morrow. Colesburg Not Occupied. LONDON, Jan. 3 Latest advices from the Colesburg district tend to modify the estimate of General French's success. The predicted occupation of Colesburg had not been accomplished last evening, while the Boers' guns, announced to have been si lenced, were still active. Boers Attack Molteno. STBRKSTROM, Cape CoIonT, Jan3. Morning The Boers attacked Molteno this morning. A brisk action is now in progress. PITCHER'S RAID. British Public Making the Most of the Miniature Battle. LONDON, Jan. 3. Lacking news from the main British camps in South Africa, whose future action can alone have an Important effect on the larger issues of the campaign, the British public Is mak ing the most of Colonel Pitcher's minia ture battle. Unbounded tribute is paid to the prowess of the Canadians and Austra lians, and graphic accounts are published of the scenes at Douglas as the victorious troops entered that place. A representa tive of the Associated Press with the flying column says: "The immediate result of Pitcher's suc cess is the entire dispersal of the rebels who have been governing the country far the past six weeks." " After Sunnyslde was captured, the To-" rontos occupied the laager for the night and joined the main body the following morning, bringing the whole of the u3oer tents, wagons and loot, and leaving the Cornwalls in the garrison at Sunnyslde. The British force then started for Doug las, the Torontos bringing up the rear in wagons. In the afternoon the troops entered the town, unopposed, and amid ex traordinary scenes. The inhabitants were overjoyed and crowded about the soldiers, shaking hands with them, and when they learned that their deliverers were Cana dians and Australians, the enthusiasm be came frenzied. There were deafening cheers as the troops traversed the main street, and It was almost impossible for them to make progress, the crowds being so eager to shake hands with the colo nials. It appears the land drost and all mount ed rebels evacuated the place the previous night Unmounted rebels are reported in trenched in the vicinity Quantities of ammunition were captured and destroyed. A dispatch from Modder River Intimates that the Sunnysldo prisoners will not be treated as prisoners of war, but as Brit ish subjects caught in open rebellion. At Modder River camp the conduct of the colonials is greatly admired, and all are delighted that they have struck the first b.ow on the western frontier since the battle of, Magersfonteln. It Is believed the relief of Kuruman will quickly fol low. The war office this afternoon Issued a dispatch received from French, under yes- j terday's date, stating that his position was the same as the previous day; that With small reinforcements he could dis lodge the Boers from Colesburg, and In the meantime he continued maneuvering. Buller continues his night bombardment and patrol surprises. As the Tugela river Is again fordable and stretcher bearers have again been requisitioned at Durban and Pletermarltzburg, there is a disposi tion to believe tho British advance will not be long delayed. It is reported at Durban that the cap tured German steamer Bundesrath had on board five big guns, 50 tons of shells and 180 trained artillerymen. Nothing further has been heard from Molteno, which was reported from Sterk strom to have been attacked by Boers this morning. So far as known here, there Is only a small force there. A dispatch from Sterkestrom announces that Swanelef, the Boer commandant at Stormberg, died of his wounds. A 'special dispatch from Rensberg, dated January 2, says a supply train without a locomotive, was set in motion within the British lines near Colesburg and proceed ed so near the Boer position that it was impossible to recover It; and the British guns therefore, destroyed the trucks. It Iff suspected this was .the act of a traitor. The supply train, says another dispatch from Rensberg, ran into a broken' culvert and was wrecked. The Boers began loot ing It, and another Rensberg train was dispatched to the scene in an effort to recover the provisions. The Boers opened fire on the troops and the natives- accom panying it, forcing the second train to re treat after several of the natives had been killed. The total British casualties about Colesburg in two days were six men killed and 20 wounded. It is reported that the particular serv ice squadron, now at Gibraltar, will be ordered to South Africa, as soon as the channel squadron returns to Gibraltar. The particular service squadron of cruis ers is said to be just suited to watch Delagoa bay. The Pall Mall Gazette today announces that Winston Churchill has been appoint ed a squadron leader in the South African horse. Boers Shelled a Klmlierley Mine. KIMBERLEY, Dec. 26 The Boers last night evinced considerable interest in the Premier mine, using their searchlights. This morning they actively shelled the fort. The Royal artillery replied. Our shells were well placed and dropped amid the smoke of the enemy's guns. Last night's storm ignited some of our military mines, but there were no casual ties. Cecil Rhodes has supplied the Boer prisoners with new clothing. Gatacre Turned the Boers Back. STERKSTROM, Jan. 3 General Gat acre today met the invading forces at Cyphorgat, near the British advance camp at Bushmanshoek. The Boers- retired hurriedly shortly after tho British artil lery opened fire. The enemy occupied Mol teno and Cyphorgat today, but the latter place is now reoccupled by us. Patrol Forces' Losses. FRERE CAMP, Jan. 3. Captain Thorn croft's patrol found the enemy in. some force at the little Tugela bridge. ""Their presence was discovered by scouts ! is reported that flva men and a lieutenant of the party have not returned. OPENING PRISON DOORS. Justice in Cuba Under the New Re gime. H HAVANA, Jan. 3. Today General Wood issued an Important order giving freedom to 40 prisoners in the province of Santa Clara. Some "of them had been detained without trial, and others were suffering excessive punishment Reports from other departments are daily expected, and It is believed that be fore the end of the month a large number will be released, especially in the province of Havana. The cases of those who have been held for a long time in detention without trial will be the first to be in vestigated. EXCITEMENT IN SANTIAGO. Cuban Partisans Say a Crisis Is Im minent. SANTTAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 3, The news of the conference at Havana be tween Governor-General Wood and the Cuban leaders, Including General Jose Ml ro, of this province, has provoked con siderable excitement here. This evening the clubs and cafes are crowded with politicians, discussing the situation with more or less violence, and declaring their devotion to General Mlro. The1 Americans and Europeans, espe cially the Spaniards, express great satis faction at the attitude taken by General Wood In favor of restricting the fran chise to intelligent and responsible citi zens, and the wealthy Cubans share In this feeling. The Cuba Libre publishes a, dispatch from Havana summarizing General Wood's statement on this sub ject and announces that It will deal with the matter editorially tomorrow. The violent Cuban pai tisans say a crisis is Imminent, which will decide whether Cuba Is to be American or Cuban, but the possibility of any serious trouble is ridiculed by the American officials and by the foreigners. Army Tug- Sunk. BOSTON, Jan. 3. The United States quartermaster's tug Resolute, Captain George Loring, was sunk in the harbor early tonight in a collision with the steel ocean tu, Swatara. All oY; board are be lieved to have been saved except Henry Ottoblne, who had not been found at a late hour tonight Among the 21 persons on board at the time of the collision were Captain Brown, Seventh artillery, sta tioned at Fort Warren, and daughter; Lieutenant Hatch, Fourth artillery; Mrs. Htch and' Miss Hatch. i e Meat Prices Advanced. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 3. Local and Northwestern retail butchers have ad vanced the price of veal and pork 1 cent per pound. It is stated the advance is to be general all over this section, and that Jt Is due to a scarcity of livestock throughout the Northwest, which has made It difficult for the packing-houses to secure enough for the increasing de mands. 0 b ' Dinner at the White House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 The first of the formal dinners of the social season at the White House was given by President and. Mrs. McKinley tonight, the members of the cabinet and their wives being guests of honor. Invited to meet them were members of the senate and house, and a few other persons. B i Venezuelan Order for Naval Officers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 The Venezuela government has conferred the order of the "Bust of Bolivar" on Admiral Samp son, Captains Taylor, Cook, SIgsbee, Chadwlck, Goodrich and Commanders Mead, Dayton, Symonds and Todd, of Ihe navy, and Representative Hitt has intro duced a bill authorizing the acceptance of the decorations. THREE ARE GUILTY DeRouIede, Guerin and Buffet the Only Conspirators. END OF FAMOUS FRENCH, TRIAL The Sentence Will Be -Between -Five and Ten Years' Detention or Banishment. PARIS, Jan. 3. The conspiracy trial before the senate, sitting as the high court, came to an end today, except for the sentences in the case of those convict ed. Out "of tne 75 alleged conspirators who were thrown into prison five months THE NEXT SENATOR X Joseph C. S. Blackburn, the choice of the democratic caucus for United States senator from Kentucky to succeed Senator Lindsay, was born in Woodford county, Kentucky, October 1, 1838. He was educated at Sayretf Institute, In Frankfort, Ky., and at 'Center college, Dan ville, Ky., from whence he graduated in 1857. Blackburn studied law with George B. KIncaid, at Lexington, and was admitted to the bar In 1853, practicing until 1861. In. 1861 he entered the Confederate army, and sered throughout the war, After retiring from thgarmy at the close of the war. In 18G5. he resumed his practice of law. In 1S71 and 1873 he was elected to the state legislature of Kentucky. He was elected to the house in the forty-fourth, forty fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and fortj -eighth congresses, and to the United States sea ate as a democrat to succeed John S. Williams, democrat, taking- his seat March 4, 1885. He was re-elected in 1890, and his term of service expired March 3, 1S07. ago, and who have been since released in batches, owing to want of evidence, only MM. Deroulede, Guerin and Buffet have been found guilty; and these' three are accorded "extenuating circumstances," which reduces their pnulshment to deten tion In a fortress or banishment. It is understood that the 'sentences will vary from five to ten years' detention. Presi dent Loubet may extend pardons In-accordance with the Berenger law in favor of first offenders. Strong precautionary measures were taken today In the vicinity of the senato house, but there was no sign of disorder anywhere when the judgments were ren dered. All the nationalist organs describe the result of the trial as a fiasco for the gov ernment, after the flourish of trumpets with which it announced the discovery of a great plot against the republic. The high court will pronounde the sen' tences tomorrow. M. Guerin is held to be guilty of conspiracy, and of insults and outrages at the expense of the police, but he is acquitted of the charge of a pre meditated attempt to kill. The trial has cost 800,000 francs In addition to the ex penses of detention. THE "OPEN-DOOR" POLICY. England Pleased "With the Result of Hay's Negotiations. LONDON, Jan. 4. The Times, in an editorial this morning, dealing with the action of the United States government with regard to the "open door" in China, says: "In this matter America has shown her customary shrewdness. Nowhere will the result be hailed with greater satisfaction than In Great Britain. Nowhere will the particulars of the arrangement made be awaited with deeper interest than here. "Our cousins are a wideawake race. They perceived that the trade privileges they enjoyed In Manchuria, and the or ders given by Russia for railway material and the like, were, for obvious reasons, of a temporary nature. They recognized that the powers averse to the 'oper door encouraged American trade only because they could not themselves supply the com modities needed. "The position of the United States was peculiarly precarious, and she sagaciously 'resolved to render It secure, or as secure as assurances could make It America Is the last power In the world to have gone to the trouble of getting proper assur ances and then allowing them to remain paper assurances only. If she has ob tained them she will see that they are observed, and In this she will get the un fallng support of the country which Initi ated the 'open-door' policy." t - .SIX HUNDRED LIVES LOST. A-wful Result of the Earthquake In Tiflls, Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3. The latest reports from Achalkalek, in the govern ment of Tlflis, show that 600 lives wero lost during the earthquakes which visited that district Monday. Afraid of Western Competition. x ODESSA, Jan. 3. According to the lo cal papers, German machinery manufac turers are uneasy at the proposed exhibi tions of American and British agricul tural Implements at Moscow, Kleff and Odessa. The German guilds, therefore, have expressed an Intention also to take part In the exhibitions, in order to retain their hold upon the Russian markets, and, if possible, to drive out their Brlti3h and American rivals. German Trade vrith United States. BERLIN, Jan. 3. The annual report of the Bremen chamber of commerce com ments upon the growth of trade with the United States, expressing the opinion that this will be still greater In consequence of currency reform. Three Thousand Miners Strike. VIENNA. Jan. 3. Three thousand min ers have struck for an advance of wages In the-Koftach coal district of "Styria. British Agent Arrested in Russia. BERLIN, Jan. 3. It is reported the Brltlsn enrolling agent has been arrested at Korbheta, Russia. Austria-Hungary Arming. BUDAPEST, Jan. 3. The Pesti-Hirlap says that the Austro-Hungarian govern ment -contemplates spending 20,000,003 FROM KENTUCKY. $$ immediately for increasing the army and nay, In consequence of the grave Euro pean situation. TO PREVENT PLAGUE. Vessels From Havrr.ilnn Ports Should , Be Fumigated. i WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Surgeon-General Wyman today received a long re port from Surgeon Carmlchael, who is stationed in Honolulu, bearing on. the con dition of affairs there regarding the bu bonic plague. After giving details which have been already published, Carmlchael says what Is considered .the plague bacillus has been Isolated In but two of the cases, although the clinical symptoms were much alike In the first five cases reported. The origin of the plague is obscure, but It is supposed to have been In some article of food, clothing, merchandise or rats from steamers. Oriental foodstuffs and freights have 'been landed and distributed withfn the past six weeks without disin fection. No cases have occurred among the immigrants landed at the quarantine station, so far as known. All those at tacked resided In the city a year or more. He Eays: "I shall adopt all measures within ray power to Insure the safety of vessels leav ing for United States ports, but the ab sence of a plant for disinfection here Is severely felt at the present time, and In view of this fact, additional precautions should be adopted at all Pacific coast ports and such measures should Insure the de struction of all vermin on board vessels." Plague Scare at Hawaii. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. The steam er Australia, from Honolulu, reports the death of a white girl at Honolulu Decem ber 2. arid two Chineoe fouh&T, dead in the Chinese quarter Christmas day. These fatalities started the plague scare again, and every precaution was being taken to stamp out the disease when the boat left The Australia only brought one steerage passenger. On account of the plague, the agents of the vessel refused to carry any of the half hundred people who wanted to come to San Francisco second class. , "Will Not Touch at Honolulu. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. Until all danger of a spread of the plague now prevalent In Honolulu Is. past transports leaving this port for tho Philippines will not stop there, but will go straight through to their destination. I B I i The Wolfsohn Insurance Policy. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 3 Public Admin istrator Kellogg today announced that he will not turn over the $10000 held by him on the Wolfsohn life insurance policy paid by the New York Life Insurance Company until the courts decide that he must do so. Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance $232,778,911 Gold reserve 236,579,235 o Torrens Land Act Valid. BOSTON, Jan. 3. The Torens land act, the validity of which was questioned, was declared to be constitutional by the supreme judicial court today. Wilson's Report Against Boat Railway Sent to Congress. WORTHY OF SOME IMPROVEMENT Moody Says Scheme of Chief of Engi neers Would Operate to Disad vantage of Eastern Oregon. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The reDOrt of General Wilson against the boat railway at The Dalles was sent to congress to day. It is fully as strong as predicted in the dispatches two fweeks ago. General Vilson quotes from, the report of the local engineer officer, saylngt "A portage railway will meet the urgent demands of the wheat district The ob structions to navigation in the Columbia river from Three-Mile rapids to a point above Celllo falls can be overcome tn the mo3t feasible, speedy and economical man ner and in that best adapted to the present interests of commerce and its future de velopment by the constructions of a port age railway. I do not hestiiate to report that In my judgment the proposed Im provement by the construction ofi a boat railway at an estimated cost of $2,264,487 at the present is an unworthy one." "In my opinion," says General Wilson, "the locality Is at present worthy of im provement only to the extent of construct ing a portage road to pass commerce around the obstructions between The Dalle3 and Celllo." What Moody Says. Representative Moody says he 13 glad that General Wilson advises that the obstruction at the Dalles warrants improvement That much Is a valuable concession. But he points out that the ultimate reason for the construction of a portage road would be to decrease railroad rates slightly, but sufficiently to take all the trade from the portage road. In which event It would be pointed out that there being but lit le traffic over the portage road there would be no necessity for a further and per manent improvement. Thus, while it is' better to accept the portage road than have no improvement, it is seen that the portage road would really operate to tna disadvantage of the wheat men and farm ers of Eastern Oregon, and not produce the cheap rates that are desired. No Place for an Oregon Man. Senators McBrlde and Simon were In tne chamber today on the reassembling o con gress. They both reported having had a pleasant time In their vlslt3 to old friends during the holiday recess. The senators do not expect to have an Oregon man appointed sergeant-at-arms of the senate, nor do they expect to s:e Gllfry or Turner, who now occupy prom inent places in the senate, disturbed. Al though Gllfry Is a democrat, his knowl edge, of affairs of the senate makes his services too valuable to be dispensed wl.h. The senators have not been ab.e to agree upon a man for district judge of Alaska, and so the Oregon delegation has made no recommendation. Possibly the appoint ment will be held up to see If the delega tion can get together. Upon recommendation of Senator Simon, Drs. E. H. Thornton and O. P. S. Plum mer, of Portland, have baen appointed members of the pension examining board of Portland, in place of Drs. Fenton and Strong. Dr. Boyce, the third member o the board, will be retained. The Gorman Machine Working. At Annapolis today tho Gorman machine took complete charge of everything in Maryland politics, much to the disgust of Independent democrats who assisted in turning the Gorman crowd out four yeara ago and gave the state such a good ad ministration, but who returned to the dem ocrat fold last fall and restored Gorman to power. They made a complaint In the statement sent out from Annapolis about the way they have been deceived. Gorman was at the Maryland capital today and ran things just as he wanted them, put ting in all his henchmen and giving no show whatever to the independent element. It is known to Gorman's friends here that he Is a candidate for the presidency, but has little hope of success. Meanwhile he is busy laying wires for his return to tho senate. Chandler's Amendment. Senator Chandler has no hope whatever that his bimetallic amendment to the gold standard bill will pas3. A few republi cans may support it, especially those from the silver states, but It is not believed the democrats will cast any votes for It, because they are absolutely eomnnt'ed against international b.metalism. Chandler says that he is making this effort to save the republican party from destruction. Not Coming to Portland. Tho transport Pennsylvania recently sailed from Manila' for San Francisco, and not for Portland, as was reported. STORM WARNINGS. . i Livestock Men, as Well as Mariners, Will Be Notified. FORT WORTH, Tex., Jan. 3. The Na tional Livestock Association, with the as sistance of F. H. Brandenburg, resident di rector of the weather bureau at Denver, has just secured an order from Washing ton which Is of considerable Importance to livestock men in the West Professor Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bu reau, has issued Instructions to the effect that emergency, or special warnings, be Issued when prolonged spells of abnormally cold weather, northerly winds with snow, or heavy falls of snow are Indicated for any section, and that special warnings also be issued when unseasonable or ab normally heavy rains are Indicated for any section. Telegrams conveying Infor mation of the above-described character! will be sent to points in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. - o GUAYMAS THREATENED. Yaqui Indians May Attack the Sea port. CHICAGO, Jan. 3. A special to the Rec ord from Austin, Tex, sa3: A dispatch from Ortiz, state of Sonora, Mexico, says that a courier has reaehed there from General Torres' camp, who says there 13 much activity In the Taqul Indian camps, and that definite Informa tion has been received that the Indiana are preparing for an attack on the city of Guaymas. There is a garrison of a few companies of government troops at Guay mas, and several hundred able-bodied: citizens in the town, who are capable of putting up a strong defense. Unless Tor ies Intercepts the Yaqui Indians, the at tack may be successful, and they may be able to get control of the Sonora rail road, thus preventing the government rushing reinforcements to the rescue. c The Plague In Brazil. RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 3 The bubonic, plague has broken out in tho city of Sen Paulo.