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dLB MOKNLNGr OltEGONIAtf, WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY 10, 1900.
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Dixon Loses the Featherweight
Championship to McGovern.
FIGHT LASTED ONLY EIGHT ROUNDS
To Save the Colored Man From a
Certain Knockout, O'Rourke
Threw Up the Sponge.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Terry McGovern
tonight -wrested the featherweight cham
pionship of the world from George Dixon,
w ho had defended it for nearly nine years.
To save Dixon from a knockout, Tom
O'Rourke, his manager, threw tip the
sponge In the eighth round, when the ne
gro was staggering helplessly, bleeding
and weak, but as game as a dying glad
iator. The fight took place before a crowd that
filled the Broadway Athletic Club, and
the victory decided the ownership of a
510,000 purse. "When Dixon and McGovern
fctepped on the scales this evening to make
the necessary 118 pounds, Dixon seemed
to be In the better condition. He was full
of life and energy, and looked as if the
making of the weight had not troubled
him, while McGovern seemed to be too
finely drawn. When they stepped in the
ring, however, McGovern's face showed no
trace of a rigid training course, and as
soon as they stripped to the buff each
looked in perfect condition.
Dixon, from the first tap of the gong,
was on the aggressive, using a left swing
Invariably as his lead, which McGovern
cleverly stepped inside of, and Terry sent
both hands in rapid order to Dixon's low
er works. McGovern's last attack on the
body was a surprise to Dixon, as no
boxer who ever faced the negro was able
to land on the wind, ribs and kidneys as
did McGovern tonight. Dixon Jarred Mc
Govern half a dozen times during the bat
tle with hard cracks on the head or jaw,
but Terry was always back at his man in
a jiffy, relentlessly smashing with either
hand to the ribs or stomach. The sev
enth round was disastrous for Dixon.
Terry almost broke llxon's nose In this
round, after he had sent a right-hand
smash which landed over Dixon's heart
and staggered Dixon, who staggered to his
corner with the blood spouting from his
nasal organ.
Dixon came up as game as ever a man
did in the eighth, which proved to be the
last Early in this round Dixon slipped
to the floor near the ropes from a clinch,
and McGovern earned the cheers of the
spectators by helping him to his feet. A
few moments later Dixon stepped on a
wet spot in McGovern's corner and slipped
to the floor for a second time. It was
seen that Dixon had almost shot his bolt,
md McGovern, rushing, put his left and
right to the jaw, flooring the champion.
Dixon took the greater part of the count
this time, and as he arose slowly, Terry,
who stood scarcely four feet away, was
ready to rush at him. Dixon went down
again from a body blow. He touched the
floor eight times in the round, the last
five times being the result of terrific body
punches.
A few seconds before the round would
have been completed, Dixon stood up from
his eighth fall, but his manager and
backer, Tom O'Kourke, seeing that it was
Impossible for the negro to hold on to his
title, threw up the sponge within one sec
ond of the call of time which would have
ended the round. In this O'Kourke showed
good judgment. Both he and Dixon hire
often said that the latter would never be
knocked out TVhen O'Eourke threw up
the sponge Dixon was practically helpless.
While McGovern was hailed with vocif
erous cheers as the winner and was
cheered again juid again as the champion,
Dixon, the ex-champion, was not 'forgot
ten. Round after round of cheers were
given for the lad who had defended the
title so cleverly for nearly nine years, as
he left the ring bleeding and beaten, after
probably having fought Ills last ring con
test "VThen the contestants returned to their
dressing-rooms, Dixon was badly marked
up, but McGovern showed very little sign
of having come through a hard encounter.
The only marks that McGovern had were
scratches on the right side of his neck,
where Dixon's left swings had gone
around, scratching the skin. Dixon felt
his defeat very keenly and had very little
to say, except that McGovern was the
best man he had ever met and Terry
could have beaten, in his present condi
tion, any man that Dixon had ever de
feated. The betting before the fight was all in
McGovern's favor. There were many wa
gers made at 100 to 70, and so much Mc
Govern money came in sight at the ring
side that these odds were extended to 100
to 65. A local bookmaker stimulated the
Dixon people by placing $3000 against $5000,
he taking the Dixon end, and four others
clubbed together, putting up the $5000 on
McGovern. Sam Harris, McGovern's man
ager, had a roll of bills as big as his hat
betting all along the line, and he laid
three wagers of $1000 to $650 on his man.
The Fight toy Rounds.
Round 1 Dixon opened with a left swing
for the head. McGovern ducked and sent
his right over the kidneys. Dixon tried
another left and Terry blocked and drove
his right once more to the kidnej-s, forc
ing Dixon to the ropes. They broke away
to the center of the ring, where Dixon
swung his left to the breast Terry crowd
ed in, pounding his right on the ribs.
Dixon tried his left for the body, but
Terry stepped inside of it and sent his
right three times to the body. Dixon
swung his left to the jaw, and in a half
cunch Terry worked his left and right to
the body and his left to the head. Dixon
flipped back and sent a straight left to
the face, and they were In a fast mix-up
at the bell.
Round 3 Dixon opened wth a left swing
for the head, and McGovern ducked neat
ly and drove George back with a left on
the body. Dixon planted a left swing high
on the head, but Terry crowded in, send
ing both hands to the wind. George
jarred Terry's head with a straight left,
and followed with a right jolt on the
body. They mixed it up rapidly, and
Dixon almost put Terry through the ropes
with a left on the face. They came to
the center, where George again landed a
hard left on the face. In another mix
up Terry worked well to the body, and,
after they broke away, George landed his
left hard on the face, McGovern re
pUing with his right on the body.
Round 3 Dixon led his left for the head,
but Terry got inside of it and sent both
hands to the ribs and stomach. Dixon
hooked his right to the ear, send.ng Terry
away from him. Both steadied themselves
and Dixon drove his left straight to the
face and sent another on the same spot,
after which he staggered McGovern with
a right swing on the jaw. Dixon played
at the same time and again, with Terry
working on the body. A straight left on
the face and a right swing from George
almost dropped McGovern to the floor, but
he came back with a rush and sent his
right and left to the body, forcing Dixon
to a clinch.
Round 4 Dixon missed a left lead for
the head, and Terry drove his left to the
body, following with a right hook on the
ribs. Dixon tried again, but Terry side
stepped and hooked his left to George's
jaw. Dixon came back, but Terry duckea
aside and dodged the colored lad's swings
and used both hands on the stomach at
close quarters. After they broke away,
Dixon hooked his left to the neck and
Terry drove his right and left to the body.
After a clinch Terry hooked his right to
Dixon's jaw. and George staggered away.
Terry followed, forcing Dixon to the
ropes, where Dixon clinched, and the ref-
araa. had. to senarate them. As they came 1
together, Dixon landed a left swing on
the neck as the bell rang.
Round 5 Dixon opened up with the
usual left swing for the head, but Terry
blocked three of them. Dixon tried again,
swinging his left on the neck, and Mc
Govern. got to the body with both hands.
In a clinch, George pulled Terry toward
him and McGovern slipped to his knees,
but was up Instantly. Dixon led a left to
the shoulder and Terry countered with a
right and left on the body. Dixon swung
a left to the neck, but Terry drove botn
hands to the body and they clinched. Both
returned to their corners smiling.
Round 6 Dixon started as usual with a
left swing for the head, but McGovern
blocked it Dixon sent his left to the
neck, and Terry sent his right to the body
and his left to the" chin. Dixon rushed,
and with a straight left to the face jarred
Terry's head. Terry rushed back, vicious
ly putting his left to the head and driving
Ills right to tne body. He tnen rusnea
Dixon to the ropes, planting his left on tne
ribs and hooking his right to the body.
Dixon missed a left swing for the head,
Terry getting Inside and planting his right
and left to the body. As they broke
from a clinch at the bell, Terry hooked
his right to the jaw, and Dixon looked
bad as he walked to his corner.
Round 7 Dixon made the lead, as usual,
but failed to land, and Terry drove his
left and right to the body. Three times
Dixon missed, and Terry sent back a ter
rific right over Dixon's heart. Dixon
rushed repeatedly, but McGovern blocked
every time and kept his right going like a
trip-hammer on Dixon's chest and stom
ach. Terry hooked a terrific left to the
ear at close quarters. After a clinch,
Dixon landed a straight left on McGov
ern's mouth. Dixon tried this again, but
Terry got inside and sent a hard right and
left to the face, breaking Dixon's nose,
and the colored man went back to the
ropes with Terry after him. Dixon bled
freely as he returned to his corner.
Round S Dixon tried his usual opening
with a left swing, but Terry was inside,
sending his right to the body and head.
Terry drove Dixon to the ropes, whero
George slipped to the floor. Terry helped
Dixon to his feet amid the cheers of uio
crowd, and Dixon backed Into Terry's
corner, where he went down again. Terry
was ready for him, and under body blows
the champion went down again from ter
rific blows. Dixon was up In Ave seconds
and staggered to the center of the ring.
Terry went after him relentlessly, plant
ing left and right hooks on the jaw, and
George dropped to the floor. Dixon tooic
the full count getting up on the 10th
second. Terry was ready for him, ana
under body blows the champion wen
down again, to take the count once more.
It looked hopeless for Dixon, but he was
game to the core, and got up to face a
certain defeat He tried to get away, but
bis legs failed, and Terry closed In quickly
and sent his left and Tight to the body.
Dixon clinched, but was again forced to
the floor, with a fearful right on the body.
Once more he struggled to his feet, and
Terry went to him with his left and right,
and Dixon fell twice. He got up only to
go down again, and he was unable to
stand, although he tried to clinch for
safety. It was all over but the shouting
with Dixon, and when only one second
of the Tound had to expire, Tom OVourke
threw up the sponge and saved Dixon
from a knockout, while at the same time
he transferred the feather-weight cham
pionship to McGovern, Dixon having held
it for the last eight years.
THE DAY'S HACES.
Yesterday's "Winners at Oakland and
A'err Orleans.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. The weath
er was fine at Oakland today and the
track good. The results were:
Six furlongs Braw Lass won, First Shot
second. Miss Soak third; time, 1:16.
One mile Toriblo won, Rlxford second,
Dolore third; time, 1:43.
One mile Tirade won, Sardonic second,
Whaleback third; tlmt, x:43.
Seven furlongs Geyser won, Bannock
burn second, Tarhill third; time, 1:27&.
One mile Dei Paso II Won, Tom Crom
well second, Donator third; time, 1:43&
Five furlongs St. Casslmlr won, Olin
thus second, Frank Bell third; time, 1:00.
Races at Xew Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9. The results
today were:
Six and, a half furlongs, selling George
H. Ketcham won, Banrlca second, Col.
Cassldy third; time, 1:23.
Six furlongs, selling Diano Fonso won,
Caloocan second, Troulaine third; time,
1:16.
Mile and a sixteenth, selling Blue Dick
won, Trebor second, Forbush third; time,
i:feO.
Seven furlongs, handicap San Durango
won. Strangest second, Alex third; time,
1:30.
Mile and 70 yards, selling False Lead
won. Bright Night second, Jim Hogg
third; time. 1:50.
Parks for Chica&ro.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. A plan by which
small park systems may be established
in Chicago has been proposed -by Pres
ident J. W. Suddard, of the West Park
board. He advocates that a number of
the shorter streets In the densely popu
lated districts be closed to traffic, covered
with sand, fitted with swings and other
park apparatus and turned over to the
public as playgrounds. The plan will be
presented to the city council for consid
eration. The Calumet Land & Dock Company and
the West Pullman Land Association have
offered to give to the city 2300 acres of
unimproved land In the neighborhood of
Ninety-seventh street and Lake Calumet,
on condition that It be improved as a
public park, with boulevard connections.
Mrs. Max Davis Dead.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 9. Mrs. Paul
ine Davis, wife of Max Davis, a prominent
merchant of this city, died here yester
day, and will be burled tomorrow. Mrs.
Davis is well known In Portland, Or.,
where she formerly lived.
(Mrs. Davis was the eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Beck, pioneer residents
of this city. She was married to Mr. Da
vis, who is senior member of the firm of
Davis & Schoenwasser, ladies' and chil
dren's outfitters, in San Francisco, about
26 years ago, and leaves three sons and
a daughter to mourn her death, in addi
tion to her husband. The deceased was
sick but a short time, the cause of death
being pneumonia.)
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Charles W. Schoficld a Dankrnpt.
NEW YORK. Jan. 9. Charles W. Scho
field has filed a petition In bankruptcy,
with liabilities of $103,640 and no assets.
Mr. Schofield made an assignment June
15. 1S80, but nothing was realized from
the assets. The schedules of that assign
ment showed liabilities of $2,3C0,0CO.
Years ago Mr. Schofield was one of ihe
best known men In Wall street He built
railroads In Utah, was president of two
railroad companies In that state before
1SS0, was owner of the steamer Plymouth
Rock, and afterwards was interested in
railroads in Florida and Oregon.
William Jackson, the Scout, Dead.
BLACKFOOT, Mont, Jan. 9. William
Jackson Is dead from old age, superin
duced by an attack of grippe. Jackson
enlisted as a government scout at the age
of 17. He served under Generals Custer,
Miles, Gibbon and Crook. Jackson was
the first man to reach civilization after
the Custer massacre, and his report was
considered a remarkably correct version.
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Woman Hanged in London.
LONDON, Jan. 9. Louise Masset. a
French governess who was convicted of
the murder of her illegitimate 3-year-old
son, was hanged et Newgate this morning.
It is said the existence of the child was
an obstacle to a marriage she had in
view.
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Cargo Evans' Ale and Stout.
Received by Sherwood & Sherwood, S. F.
INTEREST IN ALASKA
DELEGATE PRICE SAYS IGNORANCE
IS ITS WORST ENEMY. -
Cannot Sit in Congress, hut Will
Conduct Campaign of Enlighten
ment on the Outside.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Like many
other persons who have come to Wash
ington in the interest of Alaska, Mr, J.
G. Price, of Juneau, "has found that the
great obstacle ir the way of securing fa
vorable and suitable legislation for his
territory Is the Ignorance that prevails as
tj the real conditions and affairs there.
He says that If the real facts could He
brought clearly and comprehensively be
fore congress, there would be little diffi
culty In securing the much-needed legis
lation. The fact that a number of sena
tors and representatives have visited that
territory he regards as a favorable indica
tion, for, as he says, those men are con
vinced that Alaska Is being slighted and
has not received proper recognition.
Mr. Price was chosen at the recent terri
torial convention as a delegate to the na
tional congress, and one of his objects in
coming to Washington was to endeavor to
secure a seat 'n the house of representa
tives. This being denied him by Speaker
Henderson, he has concluded to spend the
season in Washington, and, as far as pos
sible, Inform the members of congress as to
the real facts with regard to Alaska. Were
he admitted to the floor and allowed the
privilege of addressing the house, he
would be able much more effectively to
appeal to the members and bring out the
points he has in view. Not being allowed
this privilege, he will have to work indi
vidually with the members, and make the
best headway possible in that direction.
He will, of course, have the assistance
of several Western men who are acquaint
ed with the Alaska question, among them
Representative Moody, of Oregon, who
has already taken Mr. Price in hand and
made him acquainted with a number of
influential members who are in a position
to be of material assistance in this cause.
The other members of the Oregon and
Washington delegations are interested in
the advancement of Alaska interests, and
will lend every possible assistance -to Mr.
Price.
Mr. Price says that some of the "friends
of Alaska" are so anxious to assist the
people of that country that they are going
ahead helter-skelter, and plunging in
blindly, without regard for what is most
needed and what would be most welcome
to the people of Alaska. Of course, a
territorial form of government would be
gladly accepted, but so strong is the op
position to this feature that the Alaska
people have concluded that if they are
provided with a better judicial system and
given better land laws, they can get along
for the time being without the territorial
government -
It Is a curious fact, in this connection,
that, with all the people working in the
interests of Alaska, none seem to be will
ing to grant a request which is univer
sally made by the people there that the
district court be moved from Sitka to
Juneau. Juneau is now the center of le
gal and business operations in Alaska,
and Sitka is becoming a city of the past.
The people of all sections of Alaska, In
the Cape Nome country, up and down the
Yukon, and even down in the city of
Sitka, have petitioned congress, asking
that the court be moved to Juneau, be
cause that Is now the center, and yet that
request extensive as it is, remains un
heeded, while a number of senators and
representatives are working desperately
along some line which they have laid
down as Important to the Alaskan people.
As In a previous interview, quoted in
The Oregonlan, Mr. Price says that the
lack of sufficient and comprehensive land
laws will be responsible for a great loss
of life In the Cape Nome gold fields next
summer, unless some relief shall be af
forded by the present congress. Under
the present conditions there will be an
unparalleled rush, and the weak man will
suffer. It will be a case where the strong
arm comes out on top, to the detriment
of the under party. Already there has
been a great deal of injustice done In the
Nome country for this very reason. Par
ties have gone In there with powers of at
torney, or what purported to be such, and
have gained control of large tracts of
land, which, In justice, they are not en
titled to. This applies more particularly
to the lands back from the shore. But on
the shore, where the gold seems to be
more plentiful, Is where the great danger
will arise next spring and summer. It is
Mr. Price's Intention to endeav r to se
cure legislation at an early date that will
ward off this wholesale rush, which Is
bound to result disastrously.
When asked as to the sentiment of the
Alaskan people in regard to these impor
tant questions, Mr. Price said they are a
unit They, of course, act together for
the best interests of all concerned, and
may bo said to be nonpartisan, Ignoring
politics almost wholly. All of the citi
zens realize the deplorable conditions
now existing, and are primarily and al
most wholly Interested just now in having
better provision made for the territory.
When that shall be done, they may turn
their attention to politics, but up to this
tlmo the questions at Issue in the States
arouse but- little Interest. The people are
generally regarded as gold-standard sup
porters, and favor the expansion policy
as backed by the republicans, but further
than that, do not enter Into the discus
sion of the public questions-that are of
prime interest here. In the former Inter
view Mr. Price was quoted as saying that,
while ho was a republican, Alaska was
democratic. This was not the Idea -he
wished to convey, for ho says that the
Alaska people are rather nonpartisan, and
If they take sides, do not line up on the
sliver and anti-expansion Issues as do the
democrats in the Southern and many
Western states. For the present, he said,
it would not "be well to raise the question
of the politics of Alaska, when the people
are looking solely to local advancement
and home interests.
When asked how the people of Alaska
regarded the temporary boundary that was
agreed upon last fall, Mr. Price replied
that the people up there were not at all
satisfied with that agreement; they knew
that the boundary as It has stood for
many years Is the correct one, and that
everything to the west of that line Is
American territory. For that reason they
oppose the encroachment of Canada, and
will maintain a fight to have the bound
ary line fixed where It has all along been
recognized up to this time. He said that
the native Canadians living along that
boundary line were the most amicable
and peaceable people in the world. They
did not possess any of that antagonism
that has so generally been accredited to
them, but rather make the most sociable
and friendly neighbors. It Is the Cana
dian government, or Canadian officials, he
says, that are responsible for the bound
ary trouble, and not the people most di
rectly concerned. The natives even go so
far as to rebuke their own government
for the discrimination It has made against
American miners In Canadian territory,
not because they fear a reciprocal dis
crimination on the part of this govern
ment, but because they disapprove of a
course which they hold to he narrow and
unjust. It is the purpose of Mr. Price to
continue the fight, as best he can, against
allowing the claims of Canada as regards
the Alaska boundary, for he says It is
the universal wish of the Alaska people
to have the old line sustained. "Had they
left the boundary question to the people
of Alaska and their adjoining neighbors,
It would have been settled before this,"
he said, and doubtless it would. The
Americans would have concluded an ami
cable adjustment with their Canadian
neighbors, who have not the slightest de
sire to encroach, and the matter would
have ended there.
Opening? of Philippine Ports.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 9. At the cabinet
meeting today the subject of the alleged
corner in hemp was discussed in connec-
tlon with the numerous requests which
have been received to open a number of
ports of the Philippines for the exportation
of hemp to the United States. It seems
to be the settled policy of the government
to open all of the Philippine ports as rap
Idly as troops can be spared to garrison
them.
VANDERBILT RUMORS.
Reported Absorption of the Chesa
peake & Ohio.
NEW YORK, Jan, 9. The Times says:
"At the Vanderbilt offices at the Grand
Central station Monday several important
meetings having relations with various
plans for developing the Vanderbilt sys
tems were held. Only one of these that
of the directors of the Cleveland, Cin
cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Company was formal. The others were
In the nature of conferences "between
Messrs. Vanderbilt and those who are
nearest to them In developing and con
summating their vast trunk line plans.
These discussions lasted until late in the
afternoon.
"One of the day's results was the re
sumption of dividend payments on the
common stock of Big Four, which have
been suspended since 1893. After the meet
ing of the board iof this company, its
president, Melville E. Ingalls, announced
that he was having prepared a declara
tion that corroborates all that has been
said of the plans of the Vanderbllts in
regard to Big Four and Chesapeake &
Ohio. On authority of the highest class
It can be stated that the Big Four Is
wholly controlled by Vanderbilt Interests
and that at the meeting of its directors
definite plans were adopted for the tak
ing over by the Vanderbllts and the Penn
sylvania railroad of the Chesapeake &,
Ohio.
"The acquisition of Lake Erie & Western
by the Lake Shore was also discussed at
the informal meetings, at one of which
President W. H. Newman, of the Lake
Shore, was present Official announce
ment of the deal Is likely to be made
tomorrow."
FlshtinET Railroad Consolidation.
MACON, Ga., Jan. 9. Judge Emory
Speer, of the United States circuit court
for the southern district of Georgia, has
granted a temporary Injunction restrain
ing the officers of the Georgia & Alabama
railway from consolidating that railroad
with the Florida Central & Peninsula rail
road, or any other corporation, on a bill
filed by M. J. Dady, a minority stock
holder. It is alleged in the bill that J. S. Wil
liams is at the head of what Is called a
"voting trust," that controls practically
all of the stock of the Georgia & Alabama
railway, . and is proposing to consolidate
that road with the Florida Central & Pen
insula, of which he is also president, and
that the proposed consolidation with the
latter road Is in his Interest as well as In
the Interest of other persons associated
with him in the "voting trust," and con
trary to the Interest of the road and its
stockholders.
Considering: Tariff Matters.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Seventy-five rail
way executive officials, representing over
bO railroad lines, mostly In the West and
Southwest, met today In this city to con
sider tariff matters at the monthly con
gress, under ,the auspices of the interstate
commerce commission. Action taken at
the meeting practically Insures support
of the present rates by more than one
half the railway mileage of the United
States, at least, until the meeting to be
held in this city In March.
Hill Will Build a Steel Plnnt.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 9. It is reported that
James J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad, is about to add a mam
moth steel plant to his other properties.
This plant Is to be located at Great Falls,
Mont. Its primary purpose Is to manufac
ture steel rails, bridge steel and other ar
tlclesi especially required In railroad con
struction, maintenance and operation, but
to what extent It may branch out beyond
these lines cannot be guessed.
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BLACKBURN CHOSEN SENATOR
Separate Ballots Tnken in the Ken
tucky Legislature.
FRANKFORT, KyT Jan. 9. The house
balloted for United States senator with
the following result:
Blackburn, dem 57
Bradley, rep...., 42
Bay, democrat was absent.
In the senate the ballot stood:
Blackburn 22
Bradley 12
The joint assembly will ballot tonfbrrow.
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
Governor Voorhccs Takes Up Subject
of Taxation of Monopolies.
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 9. The 124th
New Jersey legislature met at 2 o'clock
today, and the house and senate organ
ized by the election of officers recently
decided upon by the republican caucuses.
After the organization of the senate and
house, the governor's annual message
was read. On the subject of the taxation
of the franchises of street railway, tele
graph and telephone companies and gas,
water and electric light companies, whose
use of public poDerty. he says, may not,
In a strict sense, be deemed a. monopoly,
but practically Is such, the governor says:
11 "The question pressing upon your atten
tion and demanding answer Is: Do the
franchises of corporations of a quasi
public nature, enjoying special privileges
in the use of public property, possess a
value which should be the subject of taxa
tion, and If so, are the laws defective In
not subjecting them to such taxation?
This special privilege cr exclusive right Is
as much an element of value as the rest
of the property of such corporations, and
Is so regarded by those lnterestel therein
and by the public"
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Dcpcw'8 Maiden Speech in the Senate
Washington Post.
Senator Depew arose nervously. He
twirled his eyeglasses, adjusted his frock
coat and glanced around the senate. He
was a picture of manly beauty.
"Mr. President," he said, In his soft,
musical voice, like the tinkling of a crys
tal rivulet over the pebbles.
The Senators heard the voice and sat
entranced. Perhaps after all the flood of
oratory was to be loosened.
"I present a bill for reference to the
committee on pensions," said Mr. Depew.
Then silence fell again upon the senate
chamber. The junior senator from New
York had made his maiden senatorial
speech.
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Bevrey's Bounty Claims.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The claim of
Admiral Dewey and the officers and men
of his squadron for bounty arising out of
the destruction of Montojo's fleet In Ma
nila bay was .argued before the court of
claims today. The question at Issue was
the total amount of the nounty to be paid.
The contention of the claimants was that
the force of the enemy was superior at
Manila bay.
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Victims of Cannibals.
LONDON, Jan. 9. Mall advices from
New Britain report the massacre of the
captain and crew of 15 men belonging to
the" British schooner Nukumania, of South
Wales, while trading among the Admiralty
Islands. Only three boys escaped. The
natives, after murdering the sailors, Inau
gurated a feast ashore and ate their vic
tims. Prussian Diet Opened.
BERLIN, Jan. 9. At the opening of the
diet today. Prince Hohenlohe, Imperial
chancellor, read the speech from the
throne, wherein It was shown that the
finances of Prussia are in a satisfactory
condition. The speech concluded with
promising the greatest possible attention to
the interests of agriculture
lO PROTECT SETTLERS
LIEU LAND CLAIMS NOT REALLY
EFFECTIVE AGAINST OCCUPANTS.
Jones' Bill Contemplates Puttlns
Burden of Proof on Railroad, In
stead of on the Settler.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Settlers In the
states of Washington and Oregon, and,
In fact, in .all the states through which
the Northern Pacific railroad passes, are
very much Interested in the rulings now
being made by the Interior department on
the act of congress of June 4, 1S97, which
allows the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany and otners to select lands in lieu or
lands embraced In he various forest re
serves and held by them under patent or
under unprotected claims or squatters'
rights.
In lieu of the lands so relinquished the
railroad company and other3 was au
thorized to select from any vacant lanos
open to settlement.
The department of the Interior has held
"vacant lands open to settlement" to
mean, If necessary, all unsurveyed lands.
Therefore, settlers or squatters on unsur
veyed lands have been very uneasy -for
some time, and many of them feel that
there Is little prospect of holding their
claims.
The land department of the rahroad
company, however, asserts that it Is not
Its purpose to take the lands of any bona
fide settler.
At the same time the department of the
interior encourages the settlers to continue
their settlement, and within three months
after acceptance of the official survey of
their lands to assert their claims thereto.
Upon" both the act of June, 1S37, and
that of March 2, 1S99, the Interior depart
ment holds that a bona fide setter has
rights over any lieu land claimants. Under
the latter act, the department asserts, the
railroad company or the holders of scr.p
must take lands to which no adverse right
or claim shall have attached or have been
Initiated at the time of the mak ng of
such selection. In other words, the ruling
of the department Is that the party first
initiating the right of settlement has the
prior clalm.-
Congressman Jones, who has just Intro
duced a relief bill on behalf of settlers,
Is of the opinion that most settlers would
not think of fighting the railroad com
pany, and, therefore, the law as It was
enacted does grave Injustice to settlers, as
a rule. In an Interview today he said:
"It has been repeatedly asserted that
lands upon which there are settlers have
been filed on by the railroad company
under the present law. To prevent this is
one of the objects of the law. I know
that settlers have their remedy. That is
to fight the claim of the company and
establish their prior rights. This is ex
pensive. The settlers are not wealthy,
The prospect of delay Is discouraging, and
many prefer to abandon their settlements
rather than bear the expense and delay of
a contest.
"The railroad cannot complain at these
provisions. If its claim to a tract of land
Is just it will prevail. Delay and ex
pense cannot hurt It as they do the set
tler. All, It has to do is to Inspsct the
land. If It finds a settler and does not
think he Is there bona fide it can contest
hla claim as any o'her contestant, but
it should bear the burden of such con
test. These bills are introduced without
any hostility to the railroad, but out of
a desire to do justice to the settler. I
believe the government should ba quite
lenient with men who are striving to re
claim the public domain, espscially now
when the choice land Is taken up. If we
had more owners of small tracts of land
we would be better off.
"Under the law now a blanket claim may
be placed upon thousands of acrts of un
surveyed lands. This should not be per
mitted. Let the company wait until the
land Is surveyed and then take its claim.
All will then know where its lands are,
and conflicts will be avoided. If it doesn't
want to give up Its land In forest reserves
upon these conditions, let It do as settlers
therein have to do.
"These laws do away with scrip. This
may be a hardship in some individual
cases, but 1 believe It Is a great benefit
on the whole. The original holder of
scrip gets but little for it, and the specu
lator makes the money."
Senator Foster and Representative Cush
man have each given much attention to
the claims of settlers and their rights,
and In all cases there Is an unqualified
sentiment favorable to the pioneer and
home-building yquatter 'and settler.
DANGERS IN THE TRUSTS.
President Arthur T. Hndley, of Yale,
Points Them Out.
President Hadley," of Yale, delivered tne
chief address at the Chicago university
convocation January 2. He said in part:
"An unusually well-informed foreign
critic, Mr. Mulrhead, has recently puo
llshcd the opinion that the standard of per
sonal morality In America. Is decidedly
higher than In England, th.at of commer
cial morality probably a little lower, ana
that of political morality quite distinctly
lower. There Is reason to think that in
this view he represents the consensus or
opinion of well-Informed observers on both
sides of the Atlantic. The causes for
this condition of things demand serious at
tention. A failure to carry Into politics
the same kind of ethical standard whlcn
Is applied In matters of personal monus
Implies, as a rule, that there Is something
In a people's political condition to whose
understanding It has not fully grown up.
Such a failure Implies a defect In public
judgment rather than in individual char
acter. It Indicates that we do not know
what virtues must be exercised for tne
maintenance of organized society as well
as we know what virtues are necessary to
the harmonious living of Individuals
among their neighbors.
"Organization In business, In local poli
tics and in national politics has brought
with it an inequality of opportunity ana
an unfairness of conditions in which the
game of life Is played. Competitive busi
ness is giving place to trusts. The town
meeting has been supplanted by the or
ganized municipality. The old federation
of states with strong traditions of home
rule has become a centralized nation,
reaching out b'eyond Its old borders to ruie
over other nations less civilized than itself.
"Under these circumstances it becomes
impossible for the community to rest com
placently In that egotistic morality which
seemed sufficient for the needs of a gener
ation earlier. We can no longer rely upon
competition to protect the consumers
against abuse when industry has become
so highly organized that all production is
centralized In the control of a single
body. It 1 no longer true, In the sense
that It was 50 years ago, that each man
may be left free to manage his own busi
ness and that the community will find Its
work best done as a consequence of sucn
freedom. Commerce and Industry are no
longer to be regarded as games where
we have nothing to do but to applaud the
most skillful player when be wins, ana
rest In the assurance that his triumph la
in line with the best Interests of the com
munity as a whole.
"What was once regarded as a game has
now become a trust,. not merely In the su
perficial and accidental sense In which tne
name 'trust' Is now applied to all large
combinations of capital, but In the pro
founder sense as a trust exercised on be
half of the public, which it is In the power
of those who control this capital to use
well or 111, at their pleasure, without ade
quate restraint from any quarter. Where
competition is thus become a remote con
tingency, and where law Is almost nec
essarily inadequate unless It be made so
strict as to forbid the good no less than
the evil in private business enterprise, a
new system of ethics Is a matter of vital
necessity for the American people a sys
tem which shall treat the director no lon
jrer as an Individual pursuing private busi
ness of his own and with the right to re
sent the suggestion that he should con
duct It unselfishly, but as having moral
responsibility to his stockho-Iaers,. to his
worklngmen, and to the consumers that
purchase his goods or his services. In
the absence of such an ethfeal advance,
no political or legal solution of the so
called trust problem is likely to be ef
fective. "Until there is a fundamental reform
In the code of political ethics which the
community imposes upon its members,
public trusts will be no more adequately
controlled than private ones. Nay, they
are likely to be even less adequately con
trolled, because a public official, holding
his power as a tool of a ring, and ac
knowledging no allegiance to standards
higher than those which have made his
organization successful, Is as a rule more
firmly Intrenched in authority than the
representative of any private corporation,
however extensive or powerful. Until
such a. change Is made, the socialistic: ideal
of reforming abuse of private trust by the
substitution of public trust will be but
the substitution of one set of masters for
another.
"If this difficulty Is felt in internal af
fairs, where those who suffer are at any
rate citizens and men of action, with the
power to make their protests heard even
whero they cannot make their resistance
successful, much worse will It be In deal
ing with colonies and dependencies Under
an imperialistic policy our government
cannot remain what It was. It must grow
either worse or better. It cannot remain
the same where the struggle for success
Is as far as possible disassociated from
the moral sense of the participants. It
will Involve either a direct breach of trust
or a direct acceptance of trust
"Our own experience with prob'ems other
than these, and the experience of England
with this particular problem, both warrant
us In the belief that we shaU move toward
a better solution rather than toward a
worse.
"A country which has in so many of Its
parts passed In a single generation from
the lawlessness of frontier life to the ex
treme of legality may readily In a genera
tion more pass from a state where concep
tions of public duty are bounded by legal
ity alone to one where they are inspired
by a moral obligation which will carry
Into the conduct of public affairs the prin
ciples and the sentirrients which we recog
nize as private ones."
FROM TSILLCOOS LAKE.
Nearly 21 Inches of Rain Fell In No
vember Many Edible Eun&rl.
ADA, Or., Jan. 2. (To the Editor.)
This winter on the lakes, northwest corner
of Douglas county, has been one of the
rainiest on record. Mr. Gray, the local
observer at Gardiner, reports nearly 21
Inches of rain for November. December
showed, I think, an average, though I
have not the figures. There was not a
single 21 hours In November without rain.
The last week of December was bright and
fine. The rains have been so constant
in quantity that no great rushes of water
have occurred, hence loggers, far back on
the small creeks, have not been able to
get their logs out to the booms on the
main streams. The Gardiner mill, how
ever, has not been embarrassed for log3,
and has steadily run until about the 20th
ultimo, when It shut down for some ex
tensive and much-needed repairs. The mill
will resume work about the middle of
this month. Navigation, wh-ch was al
most stopped during December by a
shoaled bar, has been resumed, the river
having opened Its old channel, causing
Messrs. Jewett, Captain Cornwall et al.
to smile broadly. Siuslaw river sawmills
are also doing a good business. Those of
us who labor get our small share.
Owing to the prevailing warm weather
stock is wintering exceedingly well. Since
October 12 we have had but little frost,
hence the ranges are fine. Wild black
berry Is In bloom yet, and the hill grasses-,
native, are at their beat. Certainly, wo
have little to growl about, wet as every
thing is. The farmer here who has a
moderate-sized farm, well stocked, and
comfortable buildings, has much reason to
congratulate himself at the opening of the
century's closing year. Had we more set
tlers owning homes and stock, this particu
lar section would soon take a prominent
place.
Portland's Mushroom Club will be glad
to know that this Is a veritable fungi gar
den. There are, perhaps, a greater va
riety here than anywhere else on the coast
of Oregon. Certainly the confirmed my
copaglst could simply luxuriate In these
fields and woods. I have found all the
native edible species here, except the
Morel. This choice species I used to find
In Jackson county. I am told that It
Is found on the Umpqua river, above
Scottsburg. I was delighted to find on
my place tho beefsteak fungus FIstulIna
hepatlca. I could today, January 2, gather
several specimens of It. Here, It 13 not, to
my taste, a very tempting morsel. We
liked the giant coral (Clavarla Flava), bet
ter than any other one tried. Among the
edible Boletl, I find Boletus subluteus and
the cepe. Altogct r, 1 think Dr. Lane
and the rest of the club would do well
to come here next November and simply
luxuriate. They will find at least two
other congenial fungus-eating cranks. I
can show them acres of Cantharellus, be
sides many other edible species not men
tioned herein.
Now, just one more Item of interest to
10,000 Oregonlan readers: The water-hen
or "mud-hen" is a choice bird for a break
fast dish. Follow this recipe: First get tho
bird, of course; skin the bird; soak said
bird, or the dressed carcass thereof, In
salt water for a few hours, say over
night, then fry It well. It Is served hot,
with or wthout mushroom garnishing, a
dish fit for the most fastidious epicure.
This recipe Is won.h much to many thou
sands from Alaska to San Pedro. I should
like to hear from those who try It. Only
poor men, with large families, or poor,
old bachelors are found on coast home
steads. We learn something from very
poverty, and then, true to our Instincts,
tell tho world. We add a little to the gen
eral wealth and then struggle along as
best we can. It were ever thus.
SCOTT MORRIS.
THE OREGON "TREK."
How Hudson's Bay Compnny People
Left the Northwest.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Not alone the Boers have "trekked" out
of a fair country they had regarded as
their own. The British trekked out of the
Oregon country half a century ago. The
Hudson's Bay Company and a large num
ber of Canadian settlers were In the WI1
lamettevalley of Oregon and on the lower
Columbia, before American -(.immigration
came 'into the country, and: had taken
farms and made many improvements. But
the "outlanders" swarmed $F here from
the United States, asserted "Jpelr right to
vojie and set up government; and by a
close vote resolved to run u$ the Ameri
can flag. The election was held at Cham
poeg, Or., May 2, 1S43. and the historian
thus recites the proceedings:
"On tho appointed day. about an equal
number of French (Canadian) and Ameri
can settlers being assembled, the meeting
was organized In the open air by the elec
tion of Ira L. Babcock as president"
A motion was put to the mass meeting
for a political organization to continue In
force until the United States should estao
Hsh a territorial government This wan
thought to be rejected on the first vote,
and considerable confusion followed. The
ayes and noes were called for, but still
the speaker was In doubt. An order was
then given for those In favor of the United
States to file to the right, while the oppo
site party took to the left.
"The first to step to the right was Joseph
Meek, his splendid figure clad In the habil
iments common to the improvident moun
tain men. With a sparkling eye, a voice
of command, and the air of a major-general,
tho hero of many wild adventures In
the Rocky mountains stepped to a niche
In history as he strode to his position,
crying out, 'Who's for a divide? AH m
favor of tho report land an organization
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follow me. Meek could always influ
ence his comrades, and several took their
places in his column, but half an hour
elapsed, with some sharp remarks on botn
sides, before the count could be taken.
When every man had at length decided.
It was found that a small majority was in
favor of organizing: a temporary govern
ment. Not quite half the Americans vot
ed for organization, and but for the sua
of a few Canadians who were friendly
the missionaries, the victory would have
been on the other side."
This bold step was in the nature of a
Jameson raid, because under the treaty
between England and the United States,
the country at that time stood open to
joint occupation. It was a step, say a
Bancroft ,lin advance of the position puD
Hcly taken at this time by the government
itself."
American settlers poured Into the coun
try in large numbers, and the treaty de
fining the existing boundary followed.
"But when the treaty Itself reached Or
egon, the disapproval of the Americans
was general; not because of failure to se
cure the whole of Oregon, but because in
the territory claimed by and relinquish l
to the United States, the Hudson's Bay
Company were confirmed In possession ot
land or other property occupied by them
in the territory, and promised payment
for the same in case they relinquished to
the United States."
Bancroft continues: "Man la a preposter
ous pig; probably the greediest anima
that crawls upon this planet. Here were
fertile lands and temperate airs; meadows,
forests and mountains; bright rivers and
a broad ocean seaboard enough of earth
for half a dozen empires; and yet tluso
colonial representatives of the great Amer
ican nation grudge their brethren, but
little later than themselves from Great
Britain, a few squares of land around th
posts which they had built and occupied
so long, and that when they could not
positively say with truth that these sanv
British brethren had not as good a rlglu
as they to the whole of It And they felt
to cursing."
Finding themselves uncomfortable uncer
American government, the Hudson's Bar
people subsequently sold their possession.
to the United States and "trekked" ouT
Into the north country.
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SMALL FOWLS.
Claim That Poultry Fanciers Have
Reduced Size of Oregon Chlcl.-eu.s-
La Grande Observer.
Portland papers, in passing anconluTri
upon the recent poultry show In that cui,
say: "The contrast between the poultry 1 1
Oregon today, as compared with the little
dunghill fowls of 40 years ago, is marked '
The writer evidently knows not whereof
he writes, and, like many other wri:r:
of tho present day. assume that everj -thing
Is larger and better now than In th
older times. This Is an assumption as 13
the ancient hen of Oregon that will nut
stand before the facts In the case.
In the late poultry show In Portland, th-"
largest rooster is reported as weighing 13' 3
pounds. The grandmother of the editor of
the Observer raised chickens on the 0 1
donation claim In Yamhill county as eany
as 1S51 from a breed she procured from the
Sandwich Islands; the hens dressed from
10 to 11 pounds, and the cocks from 14 1 3
15 pounds, nor were hers the only flock
In Oregon of that size.
The fact Is that the pioneers of Oregjn
procured the start for their chickens from
Honolulu, and any of the old settlers wiu
tell you of roosters that could stand flat
footed and eat from a dining table. Tu"
large Asiatic breeds were common Li
Oregon for many years; It was not wn.1
gllb-tongued poultry fanciers came, and by
their wonderful stories of the egg-prod iu
Ing Industry of the smaller breeds tint
the Oregon hen assumed the present di
minutive proportion.
First came the pert little Black Polard
with Its jaunty topknot The Poland wi3
followed by the Black Spanish and the
Leghorns and game fowl. The introduc
tion of these smaller breeds, with tho v.0"
derful statistics of their egg-produci j
capacity, has reduced the weight of t d
Oregon hen from 11 pounds to scant thre
and this reduction Is attributed more t3
the work of the poultry fanciers than t
the farmers, and If the hen has degener
ated the cause Is to be round elsewhere
than among the rural population.
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IJonton Wool Jlnrket.
BOSTON, Jan. 9. There has been more In
quiry noted in. the wool market here this wfk.
but it has not resulted In much business. T
dull business of the last two weeks seems n t
to have had any effect upon prices, which ar
firm. Territory wools are being sold at 85c ca
the scoured basis for fine medium and line.
while TOc Is being asked for selected star',
Few sales of fleece wools are noted, and valafs
are largely on a nominal baste. For XX abo .
Ohio, 3S38c is quoted. Australian, wools ara
very scarce, and prices nominal. Quotations
Unwashed medium itlseourl quarter-bid I
combine. 27c; three-eighths blood, 27c, braid
combine, 23fi24c.
Territory wools Montana and Dakota, flro
medium and One, 2224c; scoured, 62ie. ,
staple. 0S70e. Utah and Wyomlnpr. fine me
dium and fine. lS21c; scoured. G0ti3c. ataple,
C3eSc. Idaho, fine medium and fine, 1S:JJ
scoured, CO01c; medium, 20923c; scoured, 5-
s3c.
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Ho-nr to Be Up to Bate.
Toledo (Wash.) Tidings.
The Pe Ell Herald says "Yeoman's dink
ey engine arrived Tuesday." Pe EH shoul I
get an amphalulu tree for her dinkey b,rd,
or a woggly bird in a glnko tree, and bo
up to date.
w&
"Will be roused to its natural duties
and your biliousness, headache and
constipation be cured it you taka
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Sold bv pU d-ucel"t3. 25 cents.
fiev. John Held, jr., of
Great Falls. Mont., rec
ommended Ely's Cream
Balm to me. I can em
phasize his statement,
"It Is a positive cure for
catarrh If used as di
rected." Rev. F. "W.
Poole, pastor, Central
Pres. church, Helena,
Mont.
Cream Balm is placed Into the nos.rua, sp aj
over the membrane and is absorbed. Kel.et 3
Immediate, and a cure follows. It Is not Irv
ingdoes not produce sneezlntr. Large size Bu .
at druggists' or by malL Trial size, 10c. by
mall.
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