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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNtNQ; CQ"RB&OtfIAN, WEOTESDAT JANpART 4 1900. RAND RONDE AWAKE Will Peed the Rich Mining Coun try Tributary. ALSO REACHING OUT FOR TIMBER Projected Railroad Enterprise Ha Stronc Men BeUInd It and Will Be Carried to Completion. LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 16. The effect of. the mining development of Eastern Ore gon is beginning to T felt in the agri cultural districts. An agrarian popula tion is slow to take up new lines of in dustry. Remaining for years in one place and settllnir Into fixed habits of action, varied only with the seasons, fanners and interior merchants do not readily adapt themselves to changing conditions. Revolutions in agricultural systems often are delayed until imposed by immigrants who infuse fresh blood and foreign ideas into the community. Thoughtful experi ment and moderate speculation bring about development. The Grand Ronde valley, the richest and most extensive valley of Eastern Oregon, is waking up to wonderful oppor tunities. It finds itself the agricultural center of a mineral zone which is attract ing and giving support to thousands of people. The Cornucopia and Snake river mines, GO miles east, and the Baker City, Sumpter and Granite mines, within the same distance south and southeast, are tributary to the fields, meadows, gardens and orchards of the Grand Ronde. And now that the mining camps are making frequent and heavy demands upon this land of plenty, residents begin to have an appreciation of their holdings. So many of them have nad their cupidity aroused by touching the- gold and silver which is flowing in from the mining camps that organization is under way to get more o the precious stuff. It is agreed that Grand Ronde should place herself in po-. sitlon to traffic directly with all the pro ducing mining centers. The Hilgara, Granite & Southwestern Railroad Com pany Is an effort in that direction. The project of a railroad up the Grand Ronde canyon and over the summit of the Blue mountains and down a fork of the John Day river to Granite Is not a result of mining enterprise only. It Is a neces sity for timber and sawmill operators. But the farmers of the Grand Ronde val ley look upon it with great favor because it will put them in quick and close com munication with the best market which a tanner may hops for a mining camp. Interest In the Railroad. As the preliminaries of building from Hilgard to Granite go forwaTd, interest in the project naturally Increases. The citizens of L.a Grande and vicinity begin to talk futures with great assurance. Engineer W. T. Chalk and ills assist ants have advanced a number of miles Tip the Grand Ronde canyon. Their ob servations and line of stakes Indicate easy grades and inexpensive construction. The surveyors and locators follow a wagon road for the entire distance of 60 miles from Hilgard to Granite. This track has been used by prospectors and freighters, since the early '60s. It is much traveled every summer. It follows the water grades of the Grand Ronde and John Day rivers, crossing a low divide between them. It renders the preliminary survey of the railroad aneasy undertaking, and will be a convenience to the graders and con struction gangs which will make their way through the canyons in the summer. One of the Steels, who had the contract for building the mountainous division of the O. H. & N. from Huntington to TJma taia, expresses- the opinion that the route up the Grand Rondo' a.nd down, the John Day offers no great difficulties to either construction or operation of a rallroaa. Backed up with a knowledge of every mile of the proposed route, he says that con struction of a permanent way for rails will not be expensive. The rock forma tion in this region Is soft. The surface Is -decomposed and works down readily. Cuts and grades can be made cheaply. Lumber by the Bullions. In its own good time the Hilgard, Gran ite & Southwestern railroad would have been built if there had not been bags of gold ore hung up at Granite as an in ducement. For several years a railroad tip the Grand Ronde canyon has been in the minds of the sawmill men who oper ate large plants near La Grande. These mills have consumed the best timber in their immediate vicinity. One of the mills has been cuttlnglogsfrom the banks of the Grand Ronde river for a distance of 30 miles above the mill dam and using the current of the stream as a transport. The banks, of the Grand Ronde have yielded this one mill 75.000.009 feet of logs. In the coming spring freshet 1S,000.000 feet more will come down the Grand Ronde for the same factory. To supply this drive exten sive logging is going on this winter In the mountains above Xa Grande. Other mills in the group west of this city are sledding into their yards 9,000,090 feet of logs, so that for sawmills within five miles of La Grande contracts have already been let for 27,CCO.CO0 feet of logs for the run of 1900. The mills near Elgin, Im bler, the Cove and Catherine creek are setting their machinery for 5,500,000 feet of logs this year. The total cut of the Grand Ronde valley for the coming 12 months will certainly reach 32,500,003 feet. There seems no danger of overdoing the sawmill Industry in Eastern Oregon. The mills have sold down so close that a run of six months is requisite for stocking up the yards. There is no probability that the market for Eastern Oregon lumber will be glutted. There are Indications, on the other hand, that the requirements of the mining regions of Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Colorado, where this product is mar keted, will be greater than ever before. The average return for the lumber pro duced In this region is ?lo 50 per 1000 f. o. b. cars. High grades bring far more than those figures; low grades some less, but the average is $10 50. On the estimated export of 1903, 22,503.000 feet, the sum of $341,250 will be realized. Mlllmen declare that sales will exceed $550,000. The returns for the lumber -export th'a year will cover one-third the; cost of the projected Tail way through 60 miles' of forest and mining country. The fact that the Grand Ronde Lumber Company, of Perry, is advancing the mest ol e money lor the preliminary work en the new raHroad is favorable for early completion of the line. Within the last uLyeaTs thia company has sawed up iS,- ' K,OO0 feet cf logs. It has demonstrated -the possibility and practicability of driving logs In the swift mountain streams of .' asiem uregon. For years other mlllmen in Eastern Oregon have claimed that the streams were too turbulent to be used. Lumbermen and the Railroad. L. C. Stanley, who owns a controlling interest is the-Grand Ronde Lumber Com pany, lives at Chippewa Falls. Wis. He is in a position, on account 'of h's standing in the financial world, to secure the co operation cf other Eastern capitalists In the present railroad project. If assistance Is desired. E. W. Bartiett, register of the La Grande land office, and his father of Eu Claire, Wis., are stockholders in 'the lumber company and enthusiastic pro moters ef the railroad. Robert Smith, president of the La Grande Nat onal back and also interested in lumbering, is a prime mover in the railroad scheme. J. m. Church, mayor of La Grande, a banker and capitalist, says that the new railroad will be the realization of a dream which occupied his mind as far back as 1S70. Mr. Church is a pioneer of this region. He was one of the iirst quartz miners in the Granite district, Ms operations in that pur suit dating as early as 1S68. Rail Transportation Cheapest. It Is established In the business of log-cJw- and rawing- that by fall is the cheap est way to get timber from the forest to the yard of the factory. A few years ago it was thought that nothing could compete with driving Iocs down streams and rivers. Sawmill men have changed front on this question. Even In Western Washington, where watercourses and armn of the sea indent the land" everywhere, the railroad Is recognized as the most eco nomical transport" This is In the face of the fact that construction la very expen sive and difficult through the dense forests west of the Cascade mountains. The mills at Klamathon, In Northern- California, which have long used the Klamath river as a driveway, are preparing to substitute steam for current power. The Klamathon logging road will run along the bank of the river for 30 miles as a positive and striking demonstration of the superiority ot the rail over the river for logging. Ten years ago mlllmen might have ridiculed this departure at Klamathon.' Now it will be Indorsed by any progressive logger. At Coos bay, the large sawmills depend more and more upon the- railroad, which penetrates the interior country. In past years the Cooa and Coquille rivers were sufficient for all logging purposes. A few years ago the Sumpter Valley railway was built for hauling sawlogs into Baker City from the forests of which Sumpter was the center. For the simple purpose of logging it proved a paying in vestment. But it has done more than was originally intended for it. Offering cheap transportation, it stimulated development of the mines near Sumpter, and a great industry and large population have re sulted. The 33 miles of narrow-gauge track, besides performing all that was in tended for It, now carry thousands o tons of merchandise and thousands of peo ple to settle a once uninhabited country. The road has built up the country, as rail ioad do nowadays. Besides what it makes from freights and logging, the Sumpter Valley road only 33 miles In length reaps a harvest of nearly 100 a day from passenger fares. The people of the Grand Ronde valley hope for as great results and benefits from the line 'between Hilgard and Granite aa have come to the Baker City district. WILBUR FISK BROCK. CATHOLICISM AMONG BOERS Claim Hade Tbnt They Aire Free From Rellffions Intolerance. PORTLAND. Jan. 16. (To the Editor.) In view of tbe fact that several articles bearing on the question of Boer bigotry have appeared in the columns of The Ore gonian and were allowed so far to pass unchallenged. I deem it my duty for jus tice's sake to a race struggling for the priceless crown of God-given liberty to contradict the falsestatements which have issued from, the pen of such thoughtless writers as Sidney O'Brien, of Washing ton. We are led to believe by strong Eng lish sympathizers that the Boer Is very much of the same stripe as. the A. P. A. in his palmiest days. We are told that the Boer is such a bloodthirsty bigot that he will look down with a merciless eye upon the dying Irishman who in the name of God and humanity calls for a Catholic priest, and that the heart of the Boer is so hardened against the Catholic church that he will not allow the minister of God to approach the dying sinner and console his sou! In that critical moment of life. If these statements were true, the- Boer, I say, would be worthy to meet with the wrath of God and that of nations, and the sooner he and his race were swept off the face of the earth the better it would be for liberty and civilization. But I challenge the truth, of such statements. We call for facts based upon the testi mony of impartial eye-witnesses. I am not prejudiced against the English peo ple, but I am not ready to accept all the falsehoods which are published with some political motive in view to arouse the pre judice of the English-speaking masses" against the Boer and favor indirectly a certain class of political wirepullers. I am not by any means one of those who should wish to see the downfall of the British empire -because I realize full well that in such a case the cause of prog ress and civilization would be checked to a very great extent throughout the world; but let us give the Boer full justice where justice belongs. Allow me to state that the Catholic church has had nothing to fear from the so-called prejudice of the Boer government It is a noted fact, based upon the testimony of Catholic church authorities such as the Oblate Fathers in South Africa, that the church has enjoyed great freedom and has made great strides of progress since she began to establish her missions, some 40 years ago, in. the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The Transvaal is under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of a prefect apostolic who Is a priest having episco pal jurisdiction. The Orange Free State was also made a prefecture apostolic about the same time as the Transvaal republic For 48 years the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate have labored with -extraordinary zeal and have reaped abun dant success in both republics. In 1851 there were only a few priests in the field, but now there are SO Oblate Fathers and five vicariates, a very flourishing monas tery of Trappist Fathers, Christian and Marist Brothers, Holy Family, Augustin lans, Dominican, Nazareth, Mercy, Ursu line and Kermaria nuns. At Johannesburg there Is the largest and best equipped hospital in South Africa, a large boarding school for young ladies, under the direction of the Sisters of the Holy Family; near by a home for old men and women and an orphanage, under the charge of the Sisters of Nazareth. Besides these the TJrsullne nuns and the Marist Brothers teach more than 500 chil dren In their schools. The same thing can be said of the Sisters of the Holy Family at Bloemfonteln and Kimberley, of the Sisters of Mercy at Mafeking. and of the Sisters of Kermaria at Taungs. We find the Oblate Fathers in both armies, because in both there are Catho lic soldiers. Rev. Father Ogle. O. M. I., Is with the British at Mafeking; Rev! Father Morley, with the British at Kim berley; Rev. Father William Murray and Rev. Father James Saby perform the same duties at Ladysmith. Rev. Father Leon Marchal, of Johannesburg, Is chaplain to a regiment of 2000 Irishmen, who have taken the part of the Boers, itev. Father Stephen Hammer, of the same city, Is chaplain to a corps of 3000 German vol unteers. These authorities are all to be found in the "Petltes Annales"' of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate for Decem ber, 1E99. Now, I ask, how do these facts compare with the gratuitous statements of Sidney O'Brien, as quoted in Monday's Oregon Ian? If the Boers were so bigoted as pic tured by such writers would the Catholic church have made the progress and en joy the freedom of action which she does all over the Transvaal and the Orange Free State? L. P. DESMARA1S. JO" Only Two Days Left. Charles L. Young, manager for Emma Nevada, telegraphed Manager Heilig, of the Marquam Grand theater, yesterday, inquiring If the guarantee had been raised and giving Mr. Heilig two days In which to make the arrangements. The sub scription list will remain open today and Thursday. By tomorrow night it will be known whether the great singer will visit Portland. t ' B Fifty Cliiclrens Were Stolen. J. A. Braden, who lives at Glencoe sta tion, had 50 chickens stolen Monday night. He reported the matter to the Portland police, and it Is hoped the thieves will be caught if they bring their booty to this city for disposal. c The Lord Cairns Spolien. ASTORIA, Jan. 16 The British ship Lord Cairns, which sailed from San Fran cisco for Cork December 16, was spoken by the British ship Colony, December 24, In latitude 15:30, longitude 123:30. J-C n The French peasants who live near the sew age farms of Paris hare entered a protest be cause of the contamination pf their wejte, A BRIEF FOR THE BOERS REV. KRUEGER PROTESTS AGAIXST BRITISH INTERFERENCE. Ultlanders Tiot Entitled to Represen tation, as. They Arc Only Tenipo ranily in tlte Country. HUNTSVTLLE, Wash., Jan. 14. (To the Editor.) The population of South Africa today is a mixture of classes. Heie we find the white race- south of the Yambesl river almost as large as the population' of Chicago. Half of these are of Boer .r Dutch origin, whJe the others are Afri kanders and Ultlanders. The Afrikanders are those who were born in the country, but of European descent while the Ult landers, Dutch, Germans and English, are for the mo3t part only temporary or tran sient settlers. The negro claea baa a population of about 6,000,000, ' divided Into many tribes, and spattered over thou sands of miles of territory. All blacks make a common cause against the whites. Unlike Americans,, the people of South Africa are always mor.e or less In strife, and most of this is caused by political ambition and jealousy. The enemy of the Boer Is the Uitlander. The Cape Colonist Is at enmity with the Natallans; yet the Cape Colonists and Natalians make com mon cause against the Boer. Thus strife and enmity are the lot of this country, and a union Is not to be thought of; as lo-V Jf ... - && ?! - ?'Vl5&.v & riXi'.'ksJ r.uifK v -3?.'y.. "v i icistli - 9UKV-JS: 3- -X . -,' ' Rev. P. Krnegcr, HuntsvHle, Waj.li,, long as these conditions prevail. Thus the growth and development of this part of God's heritage Is retarded, and all must suffer. When we consider that the first settlement of South Africa was made about the time America was settled, It seems rather startling, this diversity of paths. Africa, with Its tropical clime, its water less desert, its fertile plains,, its wilder ness of mountains, has less than 1,003,000 people who have, found the country agree able enough to become permanent citi zens. All along the coast, and for -hundreds of miles Inland, the country can yield as much, as any country in the world: the climate Is pleasant, and homes would be most agreeable. Hundreds, of miles inland, far beyond the great Kar- row desert, are the. plains ,of the ivim berley region, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. Here we find, during &e, drv season, the earth, covered with, a- dry grass. Vegetation seems to have died, out entirely. The rays of the sun beat down upon the ground, and very often great clouds of dust hide the horizon from view. Here the traveler finds neither jjtrees nor bushes for hundreds of miles; the riv ers are waterless, and once in- a white one will see a lone Boer looking after his thirsty flock. Upon this seemingly bar ren region the copious rains descend and the scene becomes changed. Instead of barren land, we behold animated scenes, for the plain becomes a tropical garden, and strangers will realize that there are some uses for that part of God's heritage. The Transvaal is the most uninhabitable oart of South Africa. Its only redeeming feature ''is Its underground wealth.-6 TheV Boer's only reason for settling here was his desire to be left In peace. Leaving out the underground wealth, no one but the Boer would have gone there The Orange Free State, the ally of the Transvaal, forms with the Transvaal the only non English possessions in South Africa. It also lies on the veldt, which. ist of no commercial value whatever. Ab'out 35 years ago the Orange Free State was con fronted by the same condition with Eng land as the Transvaal is today, but it aid not have the courage of the Trans vaal to demand its rights from Britain. It was at that time, that the Kimberley diamond mines were discovered in Free State territory. England, seeing the ad vantage, grasped It by buying a native chief's olaims and pushing them as its own. The Orange Free State, being weak, agreed to sell ita claims for $50,000. The mines aro now owned by a large company, of which I believe Cecil J. Rhodes is the head, and they have brought forth the magnificent sum of $500,000,000 worth of diamonds. Thus la exhibited the grasping policy of England. Be It remembered that England would not own the diamond fields today, had it not been that she forced the Orange Free State into the agreement. Before the diamond fields and gold mines were discovered, South Africa was worth less in the eyes of the commercial world. It produced no more than was needed for homo consumption. The discovery of dia monds and gold has made the country wealthy, and it has gone to the front by leaps- and bounds. By consolidation and the formation of a syndicate. Beers ended all this by monopolizing the diamond In dustry and starving out the miners. The country .wco about to lupse into its for mer condition when the Transvaal gold mines were discovered. This marked the beginning of all the troubles of the Trans vaal. The English syndicate, In trying to monopolize the industry, as was done at ! other places, found in the Boers a people j who resisted every effort to defraud them . out of their country. Standing by this j principle, they soon became a strong power, and have held it ever since. It ! seems to me. and it ought to all who know anything about this country, that ' tho hand of God led the Boers to th's j land, censidering that these peoole, being ! purely pastoral ehould settle In a part of , the earth where there is the richest de- i posit of mineral in the world. When we , reflect that these rich mines were found , at places which were the gi-azing-grounds , of the flocks of the Boera. it would seem ' as if the mighty hand of God had direct ed the Boers to the land they claim ns their own, and that the Boers are fully justified in protecting their homes- against insidious, insincere and ever-grasping na tions of the world. In order that we may understand more about the Boers, we must go back a little to their early history. I shall briefly record their history, as space probably would not permit of a long recital. There is practically no difference between the Boers and the Pilgrim Fathers of cur own country, when we consider the com parison, but the conditions are different Both the Boers and the Pilgrims left their homes to seek freedom and liberty at the same tlme namely, in the 17th century. The Dutch and the Huguenot refugees frQm France departed from Holland to seek a now home. The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock and cried out: "Oh, God, jive us here a country without a king, anS ff. -.-m-sv-; xjnm lfrrA3 iimiKiifKBBLytSiiigl,mitt' 1 "I HnlitoiM n i ii mjifaiijjimiMHi a church without a bianop!" The Boers took up the echo, and their prayer was F the prayer of the Pilgrim Fathers. Th.a was the experience of both, though they were widely separated. The Pilgrims had the Indians to contend with, and the Boers the Hottentots. Yet bath peoples reached a reasonable state of prosperity. Religious freedom was extended to all. The little South African settlement coon became known abroad, and Immigrants from Holland, Germany and other coun tries found; homes among the Boers. The very first trouble that arose was with the Dutch East India Company, who tried to enforce a law in which they attempted to stop expansion or enlargement of the boundary. They failed entirely, and the settlers did as they pleased. It was at this time that history claims, and no doubt truly, that right here was a favorable time for the establishment of an Afrikander nation. All that was need ed was a leader, but he was not forth coming. It was'at the tlm that Napoleon Bonaparte-'s pause resulted so disastrously for France that he was compelled to cede; to England France's South African pos sessions. The settlers believed that Uie.r hqur of freedom had come, and they hailed with joy the coming of the Briton. They believed that the Briton would treat thent fairly. In this they were mistaken. Brit ish soldiers occupied Cape Town, and the Boers soon learned that they had jumped from the frying-pan into the fire. England found a friendly people ready to become British subjects, but by exercising undue authority she made them desperate, ene mies of English rule. Tho result of this form of government was that the Boers, who had opinions ot 'their own, became bitter enemies of Brit ish rule. One of the very first causes of the uprising of the Boers was the slav ery question. In October, 1815, a Boer farmer was summoned before a local mag istrate to answer to a charge of abusing a native. He refused to attend, and a lieu tenant and 20 soldiers found the Boer in a cave and asked, him to surrender. The farmer refused, and was almost killed. This news stirred the others to action, find, being greatly aroussd, they armed themselves and determined fo expel, the English tyrants from the country. It "was a singular failure. The Britons took five of their leaders and hanged them March 5, 1816. This story is impressed upon the mind of the Dutch .schoolboy as indelibly as the Boston Tea Party Is upon the mind of the American bey. At this period we find the Boer leaving Cape Colony because of the ill-treatment he received at the hands of the Britons. And here let me say tp those who say so much regarding the slaves of- South Af rica that the Boers emancipated all their slaves in 1S?0. and the British government promised to compensate them, This prom ise never materialized, and many Boers became bankrupt. Not long after the slaves had been set free they began to sweep across the country in gr-eat num bers, spreading destruction everywhere, and in a few months they Inflicted great losses upon the Boers. Arson ran wild. Something like 500 farmhouses were de stroyed by fire Between 5000 and 6000 horses, about 115,000 cattlo and about 14!), 00Q sheep were stolen. This great loss footed up to almost $2,000,000. To cap the climax, after the Boers had pursued the -robbers and got back their property, the British government would not allow them to keep It, but compelled them to yield It up to the government. After such an out rage upon these people by a so-called Christian government, Is it any wonder that these people were ready to leave? Beallzlng that they could hop for no redress from such a government, they once more bid farewell -to their fruitful farms and turned their faces to a coun try of which they knew nothing. With a firm reliance upon a just and loving God, whom they always feared, they set out, and the first trekking party started tor and settled in the Orange Free State. This settlement asked, for the protection of the British, flag. It was granted, but withdrawn again in 1854. Tbe British flag ceased to protect these people, and they were compelled to form a government- o f their own. They -will yield their lives first before hauling down their flag. The second trekkers started from Cape Colony in 1835, with no idea where their destination was to be. They were deter mined to settle eomewhero beyond Brit ish rule, and many were their fights and struggles against the savages and their severe trials of every description. Even In their new homo they had the Britons to contend with. In a battle with Cap tain Smith, commanding the British, they completely routed him. After the rein forcement of the British, Pretorlus, tho leading commandant of the Boers, had to withdraw. Here again we see England's grasping hand. Having cleared the coun try of savages and made Jt habitable, and then compelled to give it up by those vwJio ought to have been th,elr friends, is it, any. wonder that these sturdy farmers hate tbe English? Disheartened and worn out, but not discouraged, these noble peo ple again began their weary tramp to a desirable country wherein they might set tle. We now find tho Boer settling in the Vaal, or Transvaal,, and getting down to the formation of a government. Mar thinus Wessel Pretorius was chosen presi dent of tho republic In 1S64, and Paul Kruger commandant-general of the army. About one year after the organization a savage tribe rebelled, as well as a lawless European element, against the govern ment. Owing to lack of ammunition, the Boers could not subjugate the rebels, and they were compelled to give up some of the territory they had occupied. The Boershad been, free up to this time from, English Interference, but this disturbance led to the formation of a court of arbitra tion, In which the English government fig ured as its head. The result was that the savages received the territory from the hands of the British. The result to the Boer republic was the resigpatlon of President Pretorius and the election of Rev. Thomas F, Burger, a just man. Believing the republic destined to become a power in tbe world, he went to Holland to get teachers and money, In order that he might bring home to his people the chances for a good education. But here again man proposes and God disposes. On his return he found the sav age Bapedl tribe murdering and pillaging his people and country. Burger led his army against the tribe and captured their stronghold, but was afterward, defeated. A treaty of peace was made and the Boer republic again settled down to a normal condition, when England's grasping hand demanded the possession of the country under a flimsy pretext. Burger- resigned under protest, and the Transvaal was de clared an English possession April 12, 1877. The Boers did not like foreign interference, and sent a deputation to England to have the government returned to their own hands, but England refused to haul her flag down. In 1S79 Sir Owen Lanyon suc ceeded, Shepstone as governor of tho Transvaal. Being a hater of the Boers, he soon succeeded In arousing their anger. A rebellion was averted only by Mr. Glad stone's election as prne minister of Eng land. He being friendly to the Boers, they expected from him tneJr Independence. Upon his refusal to interfere in the af fairs of the Transvaal, the Boers elected Paul Kruger, M. W. Pretorius and Peter J. Joubert a triumvirate to run the gov ernment. The Boera took a vow to shad their last drop of blood for their beloved country, and annually they renew thlc; vow. The flag of the Boer republic, was raised, and" a manifesto sent to the Eng lish governor. Ha cursed the' Boers and straightway ordered his soldiers to shoot them. A pitched battle took place, in which the British were, defeated. Lan yon ordered the entire garrison of 264 men, under Colonel Anstruther, to capture Pre-r loria, but at -Bronkhorst spruit ho was met by a Boer force, defeated and com pelled to surrender. Reinforcements were sent to Lanyon, and under the command of Sir George Colley 100Q trained and vol unteer soldiers met the Boer forces, under General Peter Joubert, in battle at Laing's Nek, January 28, 1SS1. Colley was defeat ed, hiB entire command almost cut up. and he had to retreat. During the night of RVvhrjinrv oa riprmrnl Pnllflv drvp.rmini'd to defeat -the Boers, fortified himself on , Majuba bill with m Britons, and Ivtfked A down one Sunday morning into the camp or laager of the Boers. So- positive were the English of success that It is said they counted how many Boers would be left to tell the storv of the battle. The Boers soon discovered the enemy and began a march to the base of the hill. One hun dred and fifty Boers climbed the hill. The British felt rather nervous and hegan 'firing upon the Boers, but the latter dodged and only one of their number was kl.lsd. Suffice it to say General Colley was Wlltd the British were beaten and the terms of peace were drawn up between Sir Evelyn Wood and the government of the Boers. The Boers had gained their Independence. We have seen throughout this narrative the, spirit of the English ever grasping,. never satisnett - Tne present war wan brought on by the greed for gold. Th Ultlanders. over whom there seems to be so much trouble in this present war, went to the Transvaal for a certain purpose, and that to make all they can, little car ing for law or order. Why, I ask, should the Transvaal give-these people represen tation, when their only object is to .get .-!rh in stnv -nrolvthlv four or five veara. I and theri. leave never to return? In our f country we forbid the Chinese to become .naturalized citizens; yet the" United States is supposed, to be a harbor of refuge for the oppressed. Will England go to war witb us, or any other nation? No. And why? We are strong, powerful; but the Uttle South African Republic, whcs-2 peo ple have the same love for home, the i lae spirit of independence, who love l.berty and freedom, as much as we, must bo harassed by a nation which all the world knows Is nothing more nor less than a monster in the shape of human form. Poor Tommy Atkins must give hio l'fe for a flag that Is a disgrace to every Christian nation. He who rules the destinies of the. nations will, even In this hour of peril foe the republic of the Ttansvaal, stand by it, and the patriotism that won the Inde pendence of "this country will also voice freedom for the Transvaal. The question. Is, Have the Boers tbe right to govern themselves as they wish, and to use their own customs and language In a country that they themselves have made what it Is, or shall the English have the right to Interfere witb the government of thii re public, the Independence of which they themselves have acknowledged? Much more might be said, and I may taka.up tho subject under a different head ing. In conclusion, let me define true pa triotlsm, as s.een and lived by the Boerc- a genuine, noble spirit, which raised the life of the naton to the level of Its privi leges, reduced to actual acts the Idea of its institutions, deepened knowledge Into wisdom, and made the love of country per fect In the love of man. I appeal to my countrymen of this great United State- not to forget the spirit in which our fore fathers fought'. Hav.e we forgotten, amid the; rush and bustle fcr power, the placa t wo once held? Must I say with S. L May: "Genius of America! Sp'.rlt cf our free in stitutions! Where art thou? How art thou fallen, O Lucifer, son of the morn ing, bow art thou fallen from heaven! Hell from beneath is moved for thee to. meet thee at thy coming! The kings of the earth cry out. Aha! Aha! Art thou become like unto us?" Truth forevw oa tbe, scaffold. "Wrong forever oa the tfcrorw): Tet that ecaffoM sways the futurev Afcd behind the dim unknown Standeth Gc4 within, the shadow. Keeping watch above Bia own. James Russell Lowell. REV. P. KRUEGER, Financial Agent Washington Seminary. FLED FROM DAWSOU CITY. Pined for Cojntcmpt of Court BJsr Fire in. tbe Klondike City. SEATTLE, Jan. 16. D. W. Semple, a Dawson editor, who, in December last. was fined $1000 for contempt of court on account of an article appearing in his .paper, and who fled the city on learning a second warrant on a similar charge had been issued by the -court,, arrayed bere today. He eluded the -police by cir culating' a report that ho had gone in a westerly direction. He left tonight for Victoria, B. C, where he will lay tho matter before the court of appeals and ask a revision of the territorial court's proceedings. At Skagway, on January 10, a dispatch was roceived from Dawson stating that a l firo Was In progress, but was under con trol. The wires -were working badly, and no particulars could be obtained. Semple is of the opinion It was on the main street, where many buildings are with out chimney protection. Tho weather when ho left on December 2G was 62 de grees below and fierce stoye fires were kept burning continuously. Mny Change Alaska Cuatom-Honse. -SEATTLE, Jan. 16. The treasury de partment is considering the advisability of removing the' United States custdm-houso from Mary Island. Alaska, to Ketchikan, In compliance with recommendations made last September by Special Agent LJnek, Such a change. It Is contended, will meet with tho approval of many if not all of the steamship companies operating between Puget sound ports and Alaska. A transfer of tbe offlee to Ketchikan Is recommended by the treasury's special agent upon the ground chiefly of the tit ter absence of wharf facilities at Mary Isl and. It is further contended that Ketchi kan, which has long been a regular port of call for Alaska vessels, is. more acces sible. Railroad Open Linemen Lost. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 16. Passengers from Skagway on the steamer Danube report the, blockade raised on the White Pass & Yukon Railway, and traveling from Dawson very good. It la feared that F. H. Clayson and Ol sen, TJcminlon telegraph linemen, have been murdered on the trail. Tbey left Dawson on Decemeber 17 with $4000, and have not been heard of since December 21. when they were at Minto, a wayside station. Men who left a week later have arrived here. Loss Estimated nt 8500,000. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 16. The steamer Danube, has arrived at Victoria from Skag way. She brings the ncw3 that a large part of tbe business portion of Dawson was wiped out by firo last Wednesday night. The loss is estimated at over $300, 000. The Skagway operator says, great suf fering wculd undoubtedly follow the fire, ac-the temperature at Dawson, was 4(1 deg. below zer6, with the wind, blowing. The city is entirely without the regular water supply. WHAT WANT Trade lark Registered 24. lb'JO. tfryW rfjrf OXYDONOR APPLIED. "j; sgTl have received much benefit from trie Oxydonor No. 2, this laat year since Feb. 3. 1SS8. 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For a few tefles after leaving Samar' kacd. eaptbound tra-ns pass througn the high.y cultivated and rich valley of thu Zaraishan river, with little villages scat tered among the groves and orchards. I could see Industrious Sart farmers digging vat their Irrisailn ditches, boys guarding tho sheep, and sometimes through an opn gate in a garaen wan s.gna as. corae&t.c life and the women themselves would be- come visible. Next wa entered a country that would be called a verv fol.fr jr nrairie' ot home, the hills &ometlmei evn t;ui.e broken in contour and cf cocsldetaole i height Here the vegetation was grass, which reminded me of the buffalo giass of Southwestern Karxos. Thtn even taij became exhausted, and wo came Into a rougher and more barren distr.ct, showing a good deal of bare rock in the hills, with dry water-couraes like the atroycti of oar Western states. At last,, some 60 miles from Samarkand, the train turned into a rocky defile which, offered another of tht historical sight; which are so iriequ&nt in this region,. The pass through a law mountain range Is the pathway followed by more, tban cne. am-e in i ainV nr rtr in for.trn! .utin ovo.t t tw ,.-, ,.!, .. .... T. . called Djeian-UU pass. At the narrowest part, where the railway Is hersmed be tween two cliff waLs, are two. well-preserved tablets. The inscriptions are cut In the rock face of the cl.ffs. In Persian and Arabic text. One commemorates a decisive and bloody victory gamed by Ab dullah Khan in tho year 979 In his cam paign agarcst the Khjchaks, a Jfocgol tribo from Western Chinese Turkestan. The other relates the return of Ulug Beg, grandson of Tam&rlarae, 500 years; later, fr&m his expedition to the lands of the ' Mongols and the "Djety." The Russians I aro taktog steps, to preserve from de- facoment these Interesting memorials. They are seen plainly from the wlndcwa of the railway trains, and with the arched bridge of Sbadman-ilallk form the mest notable sight along the way. Tbe only place on the line between Sa markand and Tashkend that had a rx.ae before the railway came, is DJlrak, now a little town that is by no means pretty even according to the standards of Rur cian villages. The train reaches it a few minutes after the pass Is lsft behind. During the years of Russian occupation of Turkestan, before Transcaspln and Turko manla were annexed, when access to these provinces was by way of Orenburg and the north, Djlzalc was a posting station on the road from Tashkend to Samarkand, and one of my commercial fellow-travelers had driven over that road many times. But that is recent history. For hundreds of years prior to that period the place was, a post of importance as the gateway to the pass through which armies marchea, and so has had Its fame In ancient his tory. Now It; Is only a dinner station on the Transcaaplan railway. Once beyond Djlzak the country along the line becomes almost a solitude, except at the stations, these from IS to 20 miles i apart Th.'s is the southern limit of tne ateppea which come down from Siberia into Central Asta, where they -pass sometimes by an almost imperceptible transition Into tho desert But just here it is not desert. The grasses are rich and plentiful, except In times of prolonged drought, and aaeep, cattlo, horses and camels thrive on the pasturage. . AH over this part of, Asia are found tu muli which Invite excavation, though ittt effort has been made to discover what records of the pa?t they may' concea'. One pf the most striking of these stands near tho railway, just to the south of tbe track, a verst or two trom the station of Obru chevo. Tbe mound must cover several acres, and rises to a height of at least ltd feet. It is symmetrical In form, and ap parently has not been disturbed since tbe day it was'left to desolation by whatever tnbe of Mongols labored fo construct It, Built fo tbe Future. Obruchevo Is a type qf the newest of railway stations in the stepp2, bul t before the traffic comes that may come some day, and So ready for any emergency. Far to the southeastward the mounta n ranges are in plain view, capped with porpetual snow, the first I have sesn since crossing the Caucasus. These are th? outlying ranges of the Pamirs, ''the rocf of the world," for I am getting ihto the shadow of that mighty tableland which has played such an important part in the history of Asiatic conquest and pollt C3, and is to play that part again when Eng land and Russia begin to fight across Afghanistan for the wealth of India. It ia at Chemayevo. 125 miles east of Samarkand, that the eastern extension of the railway branches, one stem extending north to Tashkend, the capital of all Russian Turkestan, and the other east to Andijan, capital of the- province of Ferghana. The lines diverge at an exact right angle, and trains may be seen for miles over the absolute level of the steppe. The Russians have provided for an Important town at the place they have named Chernayevo. They have built an excellent station. Behind the station, or. rather, in front of It, from, tbe point of view of the town Itself, are the outlines of a little park, with raws of Infant trees and shrubbery that will no doubt help to make it a beauty spot some day. The railway sheds, shops and roundhouses are ample, and I counted more than 20 locomo tives. The town Is growing rapidly, thanks to the railway. Dozens Qf houses have been built or arc now under construction, for the accommodation of the ra-'lway offlc'a's and employes. Everything is of masonry, sometimes brick and sometimes stone, cov ered with plaster. Chernayevo 13 the headquarters of an interesting commercial enterprise. It ia a general store on wheels. An ordinary box car has been fitted with sbelves and a counter and stocked with a supply of simple dry goods and groceries. The shelving runs all the way across one side of the car, the door In the other side b:lng the only entrance. Step3 make it acces nible on that side, and customers make their purchases without difficulty. Tha YOU is an 03CYDONOR, which quickly inducea a natural cure of Typhoid, Malarial and Scarlet Fevers. Diphtheria, Rheumatism. Insomnia, Constipation arid Chronic Diseases of long- stand in r. The Oxydonor makes anyone ab solutely master of any form of fever, and aa Independent of any epidemic as if it did not exist. Oxydonor produces natural sleep, strengthens tbe mind and gives good apjietlte. One Oxydonor will serve an entire family Large book ox instructions with each Oxydonor. HEART TROUBLE. Canyon City, Colo.. Jan. 5. 1S0O. ies, Spermatorrhoea insomnia, Pains Marry kosa at ir-crSTJ! Rnnnin. VarTeoclo. iiuecti aro Jrameaate. BiASLa lmpaitTrojr icd potency w & cats Is at hand. frTMrM R:or-3 u!l. u-i.Wi-tir-H car Is not carried on the through, trains. but on local freight and aeeeKixHMfation, trains, which stop sfieae tfaa at aAtt station. People hav ample opportunity to d,o their marketing, and I am to a that the-istore io proving an exceedingly profit able venture, besides being cf great ssrvlce to railway gangs along tb lin whtra I ther& is no other pla.ee ot any sort for thai purchase of necessities. I saw the first Mongols at Chtrnayevo. Of course, the inhabitaiis f these seppe f regions are all Mongols, aa are many of the pople of the othar prt3 of Central ASfa'l have visited, bst ibey have laade themselves into a new race by their naw environment and conditions of ilf?, ao that they are no longer lilte those hordes tnac overran, tea Western worid trader Chingh.3 Khan and his successors. Th-s Mongols of CbemayevQ have drUted ther? by the routa of the railway since It was extended east to. Andljan. They com from the eastern provinces of Chinese Turkestan, and re ' toot their native jaongouan dress and m?iT'TftrT TTif vntrn.t tvfetwMB Iftem ana their relatives who came "Jfle years ago fc a striking one. f -From the junetten to Tashksnd .'a 95 miles; and for soma 75 miles of that dis- r tance there is not an Inhabitant alonjj the lira except tbe station agsn'a and the trackmen. Tkr are but few sta- tions on the way and at nope of tbem is there any 3 gn ef a vklage except the Jew bouses used by the eesk.ove& ef th rcaJ. There Is one stretch of track that extends without a curv for 3S miles, and then after a sHght bend It reaehes away for nearly 20 miles more without another curve. It is the o$en stepoe. Ralway buildlnc In such a ceunwy U as ilmpla as it Is on tae Nebraska prairirs. Tbe gangs need sly to d.g a Utile drainage ditch on either side o the line, teap tha f earth. btwen tfce two- and lay tee track ii-ifTfce embankment on which the rails lie M. W....&1.. vt-A lCYft tWA AV flhAUA la raraly mor tban two feet above, tha general level of th stepje. Coming; Cattle Com try. Witb tbe dsvel.-vniat of us wa great West as a hlstotieal parage. I am con vinced itl soraje tay. perhaps not fax in. the- future, this w.U fce a e oa to be I reckoned with m tbe cuttle marKets of the world. Tfco plates seem bousdlesB, tbe grass is plentiful axd rich, tbe cllsaate is 'favorable. 1h:re may Ice- j.olm .o so-va In regard to gttig tJe product to lEuro peen markets. bt beyond doubt tb catt-8 can be produced. The station of CoIony Steppe, warb would be irajsslated HuEgry Prairie and sounds almost Amerean, Is the place which marks tbe flrt eCort to make some thing out of this Eegion other tban a mii- t tary utpest It Is tha station on me enorsaous estate cf the Grand Iuke Niche as, covsln of the-' late eaaneww, wfeo la beginning a great Irrigation, enterprise, hoping "to so utl'tee tW wats at Ika Sir Darki, the Jaxatt of tho ancients. that a model rlantattow Kay W created. The works are now under way, but ar3 not yet suffle'e'itly advance to give a good :dea of wnat tho result will be. By the time we bad re: bed tb part of tbe lir.e nlsht wa fallss and tbe rst of the run to Tashkend was m&de In dark ness. The ngbt vra clear, hawever, anl the moon and star3 brlUKm. so tbat In the rare and pure- atoosphsre f tbe strppes it was poMjbte- to study J char acter! :lc features of tbe landscape with out difficulty. There are tutn'ul:' aon? th s part of tbe line, lookhigr particularly Impressive by night against fe 'horizon after the long ride over an. a'asohitsiy un broken stere. I have not been able to learn whether they were ecce Mongo1 burial mounds, fortifications or bttended for sctr.e unknown puypcae. The Kir Darkt te the second great river of Central Asa. A few weeks- as a new Iron brldre was opened for the railway wtfb pte.enticu ccrtmocte5, which browght mest of the officials ef the jwov '.nce to share tbe glory. Tbe river is b no means as wide as the Oxua a Amiv Darla station, but it is a big stream and has its awn Httla fiotllla for mU'ary purposes. I judge tbe bridge to be m thing leas tStan ose-fourtb of a mi'e 'n length. The wootfcn bridge wblcb acrvM before' Iti compietlo Ikw been abandoned, but the structure is stilt standing a f w hundred yards below tbe new one. Thli river crossing is 50 miles from Taanker.d. We passed over the bridge about a o'clock and at midn'gbt descended a tie new railway s-iation. In th city of Tfckand. TRUMBULL. WHITE. NO PAIN! NO GAS! A FULL SET, $5.00 Set of Teetb ?5.0O Gold Fminsr , 91-00 Gold Crown ,...,.... ..$3.00 Silver FlllinET SO rii JM3 rep Of teeta te a Jeatura r A I 111 lS of our work In tho I rtI!llI.Jv7 teBda ot a specialist EXTRACTIONS ESS moralnff until night every day m tbe year at this or.e branch, simply becauw hte fame in th a line bas gone abroad tu such an extent tnat people from far and nar crowd the oiHce to have their teeth extracted at the only placo where It Is done absolutely without pain. His reputation, comes Xrosa. years of successful practice. . . . . . None are so successful ae those that are best prepared and who devote their ontlr Uje to a given work; henc the succeaJ c the w-knwn and Justly world-rer-awned New York. Dentlste. iMO PLATES Kyy BRIDGES Of gold which takat the place pf plates aio handled la our offlca by specialists who have had y&aro of spertne la all prominent cities; antj who are without equals anywhere in the world. These nven nuus the most beautiful work known In this line ot work, rot only beautiful, but natural, durable, anl moreover, meet comfortable t woar. Pleased and rrateful peepks are loud in tfce'r pralse of their work aud every day flnda new -patients in our parlors, rent tlwv by former patient?, who feel that tney awe it a duty to tr-elr frienrU to sand them to. the very be-t place to have their work Kne where they -will receive tbe beet work and most courteous treat inert. All wirk Irwured for 10 years with a Btotect Ive guarantee. New York Dentists N E. Cor. Fourth ani Jhrrs3i Sto:!s Lady always In attendance. Hours. 5 to 8. Sundays. 10 to L fHTAgfr kJfa 15lK, 1 j t t ijv . DR. SIMM'S SPECIFIC FOR WHOOPING COUGH A cerJaln rcHef and cure. SO cents at nil druggists. 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