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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1900. Thousands Upon Thousands of Tons in Sight. WHOLE MOUNTAINSIDE EXPOSED Remarkable Discovery Scar Prairie City in Grant Connty TUe Ore Is Free Milling:. BAKER CITY, Jan. 2L What Is In some respects the most phenomenal gold find in Eastern Oregon is reported by Cleaver Brothers, of Baker City. The discovery is 7 miles south of Prairie City, In Grant county. The width of the ledge is 600 feet, and the walls aTe broken away for a dis tance of more than S000 feet, leaving tho ore exposed 350 to 200 feet in the air. It is said that nowhere In the world has such a body of ore heen found, standing, as this does, where no tunneling Is neces sary. The value of the ore runs from $3 to 563 per ton in gold, and It is free milling. Thousands upon thousands- or tons of ore, unincumbered "by mountains of dirt and valueless rock, stand uncov ered. Xctt Mine JTenr Sumpter. SUMPTER, Jan. 2L Another' rich find is reported near this place. It Is on Huck leberry mountain, on the old Canyon City road, 6 miles southwest of Sumpter. The discovery was made on the Gold. Pan, owned by H. J. Hendry. Charles F. Hyde and James M. Cole. Assays have been made from test ore takett from three places on the ledge. The three assays show, respectively, ?30 34, 532 73 and $49 CO. DIGITALIS TS OREGOX. Plants That Vex the Farmers hut Have Medicinal Value. In the Druggists' Circular and Chem ical Gazette, of New "York, for January, is the following about plants that are re garded as great nuisances In many parts of Oregon: 'S. Howorth of McMInnvlUe, Or., writes: 'Last summer while enjoying a vacation on the western slope of the Coast range of mountains in this state, I was much surprised with the profusion of the grewth of digitalis purpurea, or common foxglove. Along the roadside, In the hay and grain fields, and on any bare spots in the forest where the sun's rays penetrated was this picturesque plant found 'n abundance. But It is like many other things Introduced in new countries by set tlers to remind them of former scenes .and memories It has become a nuisance and Is generally condemned by the set tlers, who have little or no idea of Its commercial value. " 'To illustrate Its wonderful growth in this region, I cite one Instance where on either side of a graveled road and along the fences in the neighborhood of Nestcc ton, Tillamook count', for several miles it was similar to a well-kept hedge, the height of the plant ranging from three to nine feet, and the mass of blossoms then at their best (the end of July) was a beauteous scene long to be remembered. The colors probably averaged one white to 100 purple. " 'My companion, Mr. Jacob Farrow, of Lancashire. Eng.. whD was here on a visit, Intimate with the characteristics of the plant in his native country, was astonished at its prodigality and vigorous growth, and especially so upon measuring one which was-found to be 10 feet 6 Inches In height and here 310 blossoms! ""As climatic conditions In this section are similar along the coast from Cali fornia "northward to Alaska, it can-read-ilybeseen how detrimental Its growth, will be, as it certainly keeps abreast of the farmers. The plant was found almost on the "beach and up the mountain side to an elevation of 1000 feet" French pink, which has become one of the greatest of -nuisances to the farmer; dandelion, which Is found growing every where: elecampane and Scotch broom, all of which are -caref ully tended In gardens In the Eastern states, are pests In Oregon, al though the last two are only found locally as yet. Dandelion and elecampane possess medicinal virtues, and together with other of Oregon's botanical products, may some day form the basis of a profitable Industry. LOGGING ROAI FROM ST. HELENS. Gerllnsrer Company Said to Be Surveying- a Line to the Xchalem. ST. HELENS, Or., Jan. 2L Surveyors started out from St. Helens yesterday to make a preliminary survey of the Port land, Vancouver & Yakima logging road, which Is intended to run from St. Helens to the Nehalem. valley, via Milton creek and east fork of Nehalem river. For several days past the abstractors have been very ibusy furnishing plats and maps of the country .between StHelens, on the Columbia, and Pittsburg, on the Nehalem river. An air of mystery surrounded their work until this morning. It is asserted that three different parties are pushing for the Nehalem one as above cited, one by way of the Scappoose and tJpper Pebble creek, and the third up Clatskanle and down Oak Ranch creek to the Nehalem. The surveyors for the Portland, Vancouver & Yakima logging road camped last even ing at Eight-Mile Spr'ng, near the foot of Bunker hilL It Is expected that the road will be put in operation at once. It will reach a fine body of timber. Judge T. A. McBride in an adjourned setsion of circuit court, granted a divorce in the case of Charles E. vs. Annie Olsen, by default. A deed for section IS, 7 north, 5 west, from David Dupee to S. Benson, was filed for record yesterday. The consid eration Is SG0O0. Mr. Benson is a mem ber of he Benson logging company, oper ating back of Rainier. Twenty days of registration time have passed, and less than 100 voters have regis tered. CrTTIXG GRAIX TO STOP GROWTH, Hundreds of Acres Thus Treated Conditions in Whitman County. COLFAX, Wash., Jan. 2L 'It is very much of a puzzle to the people of tne Pa louse country whether the winter season of 1S99-1903 will witness any winter weather. With the exception- of three or four days in the early part of December, no enow lias fallen. Even killing frosts have been infrequent, or any frost, for that matter. For days and 'days the weather has been as fair as in summer, and the temperature as balmy as In spring time. Fall-sown grain that has not been pas tured down, In several cases has started to head out, and in the Endicqtt neigh borhood, in the western part of the coun ty, on the first of the year fields could be eeen where the grain was in the hoot that Is, where the grain berry was form ing. Hundreds of acres of fall-sown grain have been cut, for the purpose of re tarding development. In the orchards both fruit and leaf cuds are swelled nearly to bursting. Farm ers and orchardists are of the opinion that severe winter weather now would not damage grain to any extent, but would un doubtedly destroy this year's fruit crop,' and very probably would kill many of the trees. Ticw Washington Incorporations. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 2L The follow ing articles of Incorporation haye been filed TvKh the state secretary during the past week: Lyon & Slater Company. Seattle, 550.003; Washington State Sugar Company, Spo kane. $500,003: Shields' Lumber Company, Spokane. 510.000; Baker City Gold Mining Company. Spokane, 575,000; Cedar Moun tain Coal Company. Seattle, 550,000; Lilly Lake Reservoir Company, Wenatchee, 40, 000; Rico Gold & Copper Mining Company, Tacoiaa, 5500.000; Star Creek Mining & Mill ing Company, North Yakima, $1,000,OJO; "Se attle Lumber Company, $100,000; Spokane Expos-tlon Company 5100,000; James Shee han fi Co., Seattle, 55000; Wash ington Mutual Mlnng Investment Com pany, Seattle, 51,000000; Hercules Gold Mining Company, Republic, 550,000; St. Helen Gold Mining Company, Chehalis, appointment of R. C. Lange, agent: ap pointment of George F. Stone, agent of the Washington Improvement Company, of Seattle: Columbia Abstract Company, Dayton, 530,000; Dyea & Chllkoot Railroad Company, Tacoma, 550,000; First Bank of Colton, $250,003; Shaw Wells 'Company, Spokane, 550,003; Southwestern Hopgrow ers' Association, Chehalis, 51030. Prosperity of Bandon Woolen MIIIh. OREGON CITY. Jan. 2L T. W. Clark, manager of the Bandon woolen mill, arrived from San Francisco this morn ing, arul visited his family for a few hours before proceeding on his way to Bandon. Mr. Clark is highly pleased with the result of his trip to San Francisco, and stated that he contracted the sale of the output of the mills for a six mouths' run at better prices than he has ever received heretofcra. In the past the mill has d s posed of Its products through agents, but this tim sold direct to the parties who handle and use the goods. Mr. Clark said that he could easily have made contracts to keep the mill running for a year, but did not like to risk too much on a possible advance in the price of wool. While there he purchased 50,000 pounds of wool to be made into cloth in his mills. Corwin May JVot Bb Sold. SEATTLE, Jan. 21 Captain W. W. Rob inson, assistant quartermaster Unred states army here, announces that he has recommended to the government the trans fer of the revenue cutter Corwin, which the treasury department has just ordered sold at public action, to the war depart ment for use by the Puget sound division of the Quartermaster department! He cays there will be ample work for her to do In transporting soldiers and army supplies to Cape Nome and other Alaska points, and in delivering stores and supplies to the Puget sound army post and fortifica tions. Vancouver Humane Society. VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 21. At the annual meeting of the Clark County Hu mane Society, held at the city council chamber last night, the following officers were chosen for the ensuing yean President, W. H. Brewster; vice-president, A. C. Chumasero; secretary, Mrs. Scott Swetland; treasurer, Mrs. D. F. Schuelev; humane officer, John C. Ernst. The ."eports of the outgoing officers showed that considerable good work was done. Addresses were made by Messrs. Brewster and Grldley, and by Mrs. Rus sell, Mrs. High and others. Books on Trees. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 21. The library of the university of Washington has re ceived a Christmas gift from a Seattle citzen, who desires his name to be with held. The books are the "Silva of North America," by Charles Sprague Sargent, of Harvard. The set comprises 12 large volumes costing 525 each, making the whole gift 5300. Every species of tree known in North America is beautifully il lustrated. The work Is looked upon as the finest and most complete publication on American trees ever Issued. Funeral of Joseph Willard. SALEM, Or., Jan. 2L The funeral of Joseph Willard, who committed suicide in the county jail yesterday morning, took -place today, and was largely attend ed by friends and by members of the Woodmen of the World, of which the de ceased was a member. Services at the family residence were conducted, by Rev. -John parsons, of the Methodist Episcopal church, and at the grave by the Wood men. Interment was In City View cem etery. r 7io Imprisonment for Debt. COLFAX, Wash., Jan. 2L-nJ. A. Black, the prizefighter, who has been awaiting trial, on a charge of defrauding a hotel keeper, was released from -custody yester day afternoon by Judge McDonald, on a writ of habeas corpus. Black was ar rested under the law of 1899, which makes It a misdemeanor to jump a board bill, and the court decided that the law was unconstitutional, in that it permitted Im prisonment for debt. New Postofflce In Lane County. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Upon the rec ommendation of Representative Tongue, a postofflce has been established at Wend llng. Lane county, Or., which will be sup plied by special service from Isabel. George H. Kelly has been appointed post master. Captain Lane's Remains. SPOKANE, Jan. 2L The body of Cap tain Lane, 'who died here last night, will be sent to Portland on tomorrow's O. R. & N. train. His wife will accompany the remains. Oregon Notes. A telephone exchange Is about to be es tablished at Junction City. Another attempt to get a woolen mill established at The Dalles is being mado by the commercial club of that place. The men working on the Grant's Pass sewer struck last week for higher wases. They were receiving 51 50 per day, but wanted 52, which was refused. Representative Peter Fordney, of Wal lowa county, visited Ashland Tuesday. He Is in the valley to stay and wants a place to raise hogs, says the Ashland Record. Salem papers say it is as good as set tled that the Salem Flouring Mills Com pany, whose plant was burned there last fall, will rebuild in the coming spring. Isaac Rudlock, who was held at Pendle ton on the charge of highway robbery In having held up six persons In that city one evening last fall, has been released. The district attorney, deeming the evi dence against the prisoner Insufficient to warrant going to trial, dismissed tho charge. Speaking of the recent oratorical contest at McMInnville college the McMInnvlUe Reporter says: "It looks as though tho -oratorical "business ought to be handled a little after the manner of bicycle, racing, viz.: professionals should be handicapped or barred altogether from a contest in which comparative beginners are engaged. First place would of course go to Mr. Black, who has had two years of pulpit experience." Before the railroad was built to Moro, a ctage line between that place and The Dalles could never be made to pay, says The Dalles Times-Mountaineer. But now, since Moro has railroad connections, a four-horse stase is being run from hero three times a week, and is Joaded with passengers and freight every trip. Has the railroad developed the country so as to chus increase staging business, or have the people just awakened to the plcaa'arcs of stage Tiding? Ashland is having an interesting time with the saloon question. A remonstrance against granting any saloon licenses, signed, by 214 legal voters and 241 women, was presented at the council meeting Mon dny evening. The highest number of votes polled at any city election was iTi. Four applications for renewal of license weie before the council, but each lacked the requisite number of legal signatures, ac cording to an ordinance previously passed, and the licenses were not granted. The matter was held open for further examlna tlrn, however. Two of the salcon? which failed to obtain llconse have closed and the others keep open, but, t Is said, do not sell liquor. If all sa.toon licenses shall bo refused an extra tax levy of 5& mll.s on property will be necessary. There 13 a disposition to raise the license fee from $400 to ,5003 or $800, CHARGED WITH MURDER EVEAXE MAX WHO KILLED THE CLATSOP' J.GGGEK. Verdict Reported by Coroner's Jury Prisoner Says the Man Was Going to' Kill Him. ASTORIA, Jan, 21. An Inquest was held this morning by Coroner Pohl on the body of Lake Moore, but no new facts were developed otherwise than have heen pub lished, and Matt Hllstrom, his slayer, was not called before the jury. The jury retumed a verdict that Moore had come to his death from a rifle shot fired with murderous intent by Matt Hilstrom, and the verdict nciuded a charge of murder In the first degree against Hilstrom. The funeral of Moore took place at the Baptist church this afternoon, and was largely attended. The Interment was In Greenwood cemetery. Hilstrom is still locked up at 'the county jail and will probably be given a hearing tomorrow. He is rational apparently on all subjects except the shooting, and he Insists that he did this as he thought that the intention was to kill him. Close rel- j atives state that his Insanity Is not only hereditary, but that his mother was v. raving maniac when he was born and i afterwards died in an asylum. He also had a brother who died In an insane asy lum. SHOT AT A HIGHWAYMAN. No Injury Was Done -- Left Only Tracks in the Mud. OREGON CITY, Jan. 21. Last night soon after 10 o'clock Charles Reber, a Trmtnhpr n.t -Pnrknlnrp. Infnrmpfl Officer ! Shaw that he had shot and killed a high wayman at the railroad crossing below the city. He was much excited and stated that he fired three shots at the would-be robber, but the cartridge did not explode when he- attempted to discharge the re volver the fourth time. The officer told Reber to go to the scene of the shoot ing, and If the body of the man should be- found to return at once and Inform the coroner. No 'trace of the highwayman was discovered, except his tracks in the mud where he had climbed over the fence and evidently disappeared In the brush, al though a diligent search was made by a party headed by Constable McCown. Reber was on his way home from Ore gon City, and says that he began shooting as soon as the highwayman gave the or der to hold up his hands. The highway- ) man was standing at the cattle guard, and evidently dropped out of view when the shooting commenced. CHECKS WITHOUT FUNDS. Game Said to Have Been Played hy Young: Man in Southern Oregon. ASHLAND, Jan. 21. H. C. Collins, the dapper young bartender formerly employed in the Hotel Oregon, - this city, who is badly wanted for kiting checks and draw ing drafts on imaginary deposits in the Bank of Ashland, which he found parties in MedfoTd, Grant's Pass and Hornbrook, ,Cal., to readily cash, has again been, heard from, at. Marshfield, Coos county, where it is said he has been operating hla game. On the 15th Inst, he Is said to have drawn a draft for 550 on the Bank of Ashland in favor of John Curran, which was cashed by that gentleman and was on Saturday returned, protested, to him. Col lins is said to be an old hand at this game, having done the same kind of work in Minnesota, where he went by the name of Codder. It is supposed he has left Coos cdunty for California, LEASING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Said to Be in the Interest of Land-Grahhina- Monopoly. Burns Times-Herald. There is not a redeeming clause, line or paragraph in the bill (the bill before con gress to authorize leasing public lands); the whole of It Is bad, very bad, and points directly toward one of the most gigantic frauds ever perpetrated upon the people by a greedy land-grabbing monopoly. It is the first stepping stone to carry into effect the long-desired project of a mon eyed aristocracy to force small stockmen or ranchers to the wall and establish a land-owner supremacy, such as England has toaay. God forbid that such should be the case! If this bill should become a. law it would place In the hands of one man, the secretary of the Interior, ab solute control of millions of acres of gov ernment land. Just as well make him a deed to the whole thing, and , the right, peradventure, to lease per annum or for life the labor of the poor but energetic rancher to this same greedy landed aris tocracy. It Is coming- to this, and any one with half an eye can see It. If this monstrous steal is permitted by a con gressional act. It is all off with the small stockman and rancher. We quote a part of section 3: "After lands shall have been leased under the provisions of this act they shall not be open for filing or entry under any of the land laws of the United States while such lease exists." - And further, in section 5, it states tho lease can run 10 years and the amount ot rental shall not be less than $10, and the rental at 1 cent an acre gives the lessee 1000 acres of land; thus you see by paying a few hundred dollars, a cattle or sheep syndicate has the whole of It, and thl3 will be the case so sure as the bill be comes a law Unless strong and prac tical means are used to prevent, this bill will certainly become a law, because it is backed by strong and unscrupulous corporations of influence, also by Sec retary Wilson and Binger Hermann. Don't for a moment argue with yourself thit wo do not probably see the benefits deriving from such a law to all persons, and It might be, nevertheless, a gooa thing. It is all bad, and the public land la our rightful heritage, to file on and make use of, and any law abridging these rights is, a menace to liberty and freedom and a gross imposition on the legal rights of every American citizen, a step towards oligarchy. NOT MUCH OF A MAN. Deductions From Acts and Testi mony of B. F. Harvey. Cottage Grove Nugget. The preliminary examination of B. F. Harvey on charge of rape upon the per son of Winnie Thorn resulted in his being bound over in the sum of 51000 to await the sitting of the next, term of circuit court. Whether he Is guilty or not evi dence deduced proves that he isn't much of a man in either event In the first place he is of the reckless, dare-devil type of railroad boys, who were more plentiful some 15 or 20 years ago than now. In fact, today he Is a splendid type of thai class, and, according to his statement, he has been railroading about 20 years. If this, man Harvey, m place-of sneak ing Into a box car, where lay a poor, un protected girl, suffering with the cold, and giving her a mackinaw coat, had have reported hla discovery to his conductor, and sought a place for her In the ca boose, by a warm fire in the presence of the master of the train; and then and there given her the "fatherly" advice he was so Intent upon exploding to hl3 honor last Monday, then some dependence could be put In his testimony. The Nugg-ot's Advice to Girls. The young girls of the various towns caan profit by the experience, of W-nnie Thorn, of Latham. These men may be the angel3 they have tried to impersonate, and no matter how the court may deal with them, conclusive evidence has been obtained that some railroad men may be the perpetrators of dastardly crimes, as -well as other people; out when a girl takes it upon herself to frqquent the de pot grounds for the sole purpose of flirt ing with the employes of the road she not only lessens, her standing jn the conjmunl- J ty In which she lives, but she has started on the trail that may almost any time lead her into the vicious hands of men not unlike the brutes who brought disgrace and shame upon the heads of father and mother, shocked a good community "set a' blister" upon the fiir name of the vic tim, and knocked the rust off the 'hinges of the penitentiary. Girls cannot afford to run these risks. Hard Luck of Great .Nations. Colfax. Gazette. The great nations have been having bad luck In their -wars against "Inferior races" recently. Italy got badly beaten by tne Abysslnians two or three years ago, Eng- I' land has met several reverses in its fight with the Boers in the past few weeks, and now France has been badly beaten in a battle with the Chinese. The Unltec i States has fared better than any of the other countries in Its conflict with in ferior peoples. It has beaten the Filipinos I in every fight it has had with them, and j has scattered them to such an extent that I the warfare In the islands is now of the : guerrilla order entirely. Uncle Sam is a. lucky Individual, but he makes a good deal of his luck himself. s Captain Adams Dead. SALEM, Or., Jan. 21. The funeral or Capta'n G. P. Adams, formerly constable tTi tVila ritv snrl whn rtlprl 1nf nltrhf will take place tomorrow. The Grand Army of. the Republic, of which the deceased was a- member, will have charge of tne serv ices. Joel Booth Is Improving. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21. Joel Booth, the medical student, whose skull was irac tured here a week ago, is Improving, and hopes are entertained for his recovery. Mr. Booth's home Is in Lebanon, Or. Washington Notes. Walla Walla people eat 70,000 pounds of peanuts a year. New Whatcom is to have an ice plant with a capacity of 175 tons per day. John Nolan, a Tacoma contractor, has contributed 550 to aid the cause of the Boers. Counterfeit silver dollars and half dol lars are being circulated freely In Port Townsend. Tacoma Is taking steps to provide accom modations for smallpox patients in case the disease shall appear In that city. The new wagon road between Republic mining camp and Kettle Falls has been accepted by the county commissioners, ana is open to travel. Ex-Mayor Belt, of Spokane, Is nearly 60 years of age, and has applied for ad mission to the bar. He admits that he is old enough to knpw better. Yakima county warrants are In strong demand at 6 per cent. Hitherto the rate has not been below 8 per cent, and the re publican county administration is patting Itself on the back. Mortimer Cook, a pioneer of Skagit county, who went to the Philippine islands last summer to engage in the lumber business, died at Ilo Ilo November 22, at the advanced age of 73 years. Company M was mustered in at New Whatcom Saturday. This company com pletes the quota allowed by law, which is 16 companies for the state. E. E. Hardin, mayor of the city, Is the company's first captain. A cqlored woman was under examination as to her sanity in Tacoma, and it was con cluded that she was sane and she was dis charged. She said the cause of her queer actions was that her husband brought home fleas from the hotel where he worked and the pests drove her wild. Mrs. John Palmer, of Dayton, was un ablo to speak above a whisper for several months, due, the doctors said, to paralysis of the throat. One night last week she was riding to a masquerade ball and tipped out of the buggy backwards, striking on her head, When picked up it was found that she was not injured and could talk, as wel as she ever qould. HOTEL ARRIVALS. THE PORTLAND. R M K003, Milwaukee jJolm H Mitchell, city B G Kraus, New York F J Dunne, Chicago J G "Wood-worth, SeatlejJ P Grler, Chicago W H Remington, do EJ C Klauber and wf, do Q P Hall. Decatur W T Solomon. N Y C B Levy. San Fran B Mansfield, St Loula T S Woodruff, N Y B Harstall, N Y rhes Doyle, Tacoma 3 M Donaldson, Baker D P Maltland and wife, Chicago R "Wallace, Salt Lake H A Latta. Battle Crek G Glass, Portland A. M lirant, salt aKe Mrs F J McShane, Omaha Rot M Shelby, Cie eland City. Or W T Graham and wife, Deadwood. S D 7 S Hackley, Louisville W H Powers, S F A McCarthy, San Fran R R Hoge and two C & Ruggles, San Fran ailldren, San Fran jJ U Crowley, tan. mran H Dale and wife, city jMrs G G Lownsdale, Mrs Evans, city Salem Calvin Cobb, Boise 'J T Lighter, Astoria THE PERKINS. B F Manning, Golden- A Howard, Seattle dale. Wash Mrs A Howard, Seattl Miss W Kennedy, do F W Fromen, Seat til C N Jacquet, Moscow (Mrs F W Fromen, do L D Pugeley, Montana H J Miller, Aurora S M Hauptman, Sag- W H Ccpaland, Astoria lnaw, Mich jJ H Danlger, Omaha E J Calley, San Fran jJ W Macy, Dayton, O A Salzmens, RoseburgjG H Temple, DHley, Or C C Matlock, Eugene (Mrs G H Temple, do r B McCann, San FraiifA C Campbell, Des P D Going, Sumpter Moines, la E Jennings, Seattle J D Holton, Boise 2 M Bragg, Castle RckA L Grant, Baker City 2 R Benn, Hood Rlveif E Rose, San Fran. M W Bolshaw, Farm- iJHD Gray, Astoria lngton iF C Fox, Astoria J W Carnella, SumptenP C Franklin, Pullman F H Meade. Moro J B Reed, Chicago A W Ely, Tacoma 1 THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowlea, Manager. L R Searlee, JN Y Mrs Push. Salem M Ertenbach. S F W R Russell, Moscow G E Reynolds, Tacoma D Rrle, Moscow Mrs S J Mix, city Harry Mix, city D ri Gibson, city . A N Gilbert, Salem J W Virtue, Iceland C L Fltchard. N Y M J Llddy,. San Fran C W Fulton, Astoria F L Parker, Astoria Mrs P V Brown, Ore gon City E T Timms, Or City T C Blomer, Or City Dr S T Llnklatfer, Hlllsboro. Or J Somervllle, Dalles Mra Somervllle, do ij u- Mcuugan, Spokane ix w xnacicaDury, Louisville W H Lee, Warm Spngs F Spcrger, S P R Co C Larson. Astoria Miss Williams, Spokne! Miss Richards, do John Fox, Astoria A L .Fox, Astoria A I Hayward, Tacoma Mrs A I Hayward, do J J Dacnport, Salem Mrs Larson, Astoria Roxy Martin, McMinn W O Patterson. Dalles W G Howell, Astoria Mrs H Wise, Astoria THE ST. CHARLES. T Shepherd, city IR P Graham, city S W CMldera. ColumbslO D Saltmard. Lebnort H ii Loyd. Ziontown IA N Reed. Salem Jnu Roach. do U M Graham, Marshlna jH L Warren and fam 1 dy. Clatskanle' R J Dorey and wife, Jno Adams, Astoria Rev E B Lockhart, Dllley Henry Ennls, city C Martin, city Claud Tane, Mist T F Ryan, Or City J M Hunter, city juart-niana G H Maddox. Gray's r p RIce Clatskanle I Arthur Owens, do (Henry Kratz, do IT E Knox. Spokane A J Anderson,' city A W Thornton, Or CityiO L TClein, Spokane W Ward, Sumpter W G Rhude, Gray's R H B Coleman, .Hudson tj w Mcuonaid and wi, J T Andrews, Hudson Clatskanle W H King. Hudson J Colvln, Marshland L B Wood, Marshland L .D Graham, do Miss Orwlg, do S Graham and wf, do G D Sutherland and wf, Clatskanle Mrs J Thorn, do J N Hudson, Marshland a ju. uratiam, do Ed Gibson, do W B Wing, Dallas Dr B Smith, Baker City H C Forney,. Osceola C O Alley. Osceola H W Brower, Clatekne M E Page, do M M Franklin, do J C Douglass, city Mrs Douglass, city Jt W Graham, Marsh land J r Graham. do "R. M Graham. do C Lowe, Clearwater U M Graham and f ana lly. Marshland G H Graham and fam ily, Marshland Jas Wallace, dor A L Woodward, do T J Oeary and wfe, do T Graham ana wi, ao Mrs H L Calvin, do Hotel Donnelly.' Tacoma. Euronean plan; headquarters for com mercial men. Chilberg's restaurant , in connection. - Hotel Bntlcr, Seattle. European. Rooms, with or without bath. Ladies and gents grillrooms In connection. Kruse's Grill Room and Restaurant Stark street, opp Chamber of Commerce. v a t Death of Ne-iv Yorlc Banker. JNEW YORK, Jan. 22. Bevorley Chew Duer, cashier of the Bank of the State of New York, and formerly of San Fran cisco, Is dead, aged CO years. o The Detroit council has voted to pur chase for future elections tho voting ma chines tested there in the munic'pal elec tjqn last month, TACTICS MR THE. SAME SIMILAR OPERATIONS OF BRITISH AT COLEXSO AND NEW ORliEANS. British Losses .in South Africa Up to Date Do Not Exceed Their Cas ualties at Neiv Orleans. Notwithstanding tne lurid descriptions of "desperate fighting" and "bloody work" in South Africa, It Is a fact the British losses in actual killed and wound ed in all their engagements up to date do hot much If at all exceed their losses In tho single battle of New Orleans with raw American volunteers, January S, 1815. Interesting comparison of these South African battles and their mortality have been made with Albuera, Waterloo, Inker mann, and other British battles of the cen tury, but it Is singular that, so far in speculations of the sort the tremendous and speedy- slaughter of Britons at New Orleans has been apparently overlooked. There is a- curious parallel between the recent Modder river and Colenso battles and that of New Orleans, which will be cited further on Meanwhile New Orleans was a far bloodier collision to the British army than the two fights of Methuen and Buller combined. Mbreover, writes Cap tain Leslie J. Perry in the New York Times, It resulted In the Immediate defeat of the enemy's' objective and their speedy retreat from Louisiana. Now, as a mat- ter of fact, the Boers defeated neither Me thuen nor Buller; they were merely re pulsed, though their Immediate plans were completely frustrated and their col umns brought to a standstill. Nevertheless, they remained in the Boer vicinage, ma turing other designs and preparing for another onset. But at New Orleans a force of British veterans of the Napoleonic wars, about equal to that of Methuen at Modder river, In a similarly foolhardy attack upon a fortified and well-defended position, was defeated In 30 minutes by half their num bers of Western yeomanry and unerring shots like these Boers. In that awful 30 minutes 700 British soldiers were killed and 1400 more were wounded. Besides which, some 500 prisoners were captured. The British journals point with sad pride to the great mortality among offi cers in South Africa. It has certainly been great; Methuen, slightly wounded himself, Is reported to have lost 61 officers killed and wounded at Modder river. But at New Orleans the British commander was killed within 150 yards of the .Ameri can lines; Major-General Gibbs was mor tally wounded, dying the next day; Maj-or-General Keane seriously wounded, be sides which eight colonels and lieutenant colonels, si majors, 18 captains, and 54 subalterns were killed and wounded not during the course of a whole day's leis urely fighting, but in a half hour of what the late General Sherman sententlously called hell. New Orleans was more a massacre than a battle, except in the as pect of results achieved, because Jack son's loss, while doing all this killing was only eight men killed and 13 wounded. One stands aghast at the terrible dis crepancy, lost In wonder as to how a combat could be so contrived, even by agreement, that one side should have more than 2000 men struck down and the other only two dozen. It Is almost Incompre hensible. In his 10 hours' "desperate fighting" against the Boers' entrenched position, Methuen's losses pale into in significance besides these bloody figures of New Orleans. But It is to be said in Methuen's behalf that, although like Packenham, he attacked at exactly the point where they were best prepared for him, he inflicted moro serious losses on the Boers than Jackson's riflemen suffered from the enemy at New Orleans. In all the various comparisons and ani madversions, from whatever source, there is no question of the unblenching quality of the British courage. It has been dem onstrated on too many fields. It was just as conspicuous at Modder River and Colenso as at Waterloo and New Orleans. The general idea apparently is rather to show that In the Boer war trie English have not yet been subjected to the su preme test, have not been staggered by any great blood-letting episode like a general battle. In their final, concentrat ed effort a catastrophe like that of New Orleans would wind up the war, and out of the ruins of the British empire would rise the Dutch republic of South Africa, perhaps eventually of all Africa. Who knows? But after the moderate lessons they have already received of Boer pluck and efficiency. It Is hardly conceivable that the English will repeat the New Or leans tragedy of 85 years ago. The analogy between British operations and generalship in South Africa and at New Orleans lies in the utter disregard of strategy and battle tactics, with a view to success as well as- the saving of life, and the hurling of commansd with brutal recklessness squarely against Impregnable positions, with the Inevitable result that men and officers are shot down like pig eons by a concealed foe who comes off comparatively unhurt. That was ever the British way. The parallel lies also In the quality of the foe, and the costly mistake of holding him too cheaply, both In valor and efficiency. The Boers are not drilled soldiers, but irregular militia. Being pio neers in a new land, they are Inured to hardships. They are self-reliant farmers and shepherds, and as hunters have been familiar with fire-arms all their lives. Such, too, were Andrew Jackson's hardy .backwoodsmen, reinforced by a few hun dred regulars and the volunteers of New Orleans. With these nondescripts he beat back Wellington's Peninsular veterans and forced them to retire beyond the limits of Louisiana. These American pioneers were undisciplined, but brave and enterprising. They were dead shots with the rifle. In every fighting desideratum there were sim ilar, and perhaps not superior, to tho Dutch race which S3 years afterward Is contending on another continent against the same enemy, and meeting him precise ly as he was met and vanquished at New Orleans. It may Indeed be that Oom Paul and his general, Joubrt, have read and aro endeavoring to apply the lesson of New Orleans. But in all the other at tributes of manhood and civilization Jack son's Tennesseeans, Kentuckians, Louls ianians and Misslsslpplans were far in ad vance of the slow and thick-headed Boers of our day. Events have made it certain that In all South Africa there Is no Andrew Jackson. Jackson's successes were not the result of blundering accident. He was the next thing 'to a military genius. His activity in preparation, his intuitive judgment and quick decision, the ready ability with which he "adapted his means of defense mest shrewdly to the character of his own forces no less than to that of the en emy," stamp the American leader og the master of any of the African commanders, be' he British or Boer. There was an electrical something about his personal presence that made for victory. With the British fleet of transports off the coast and "New Orleans bare of troops, and no considerable force within 250 miles, Jack son's mere arrival upon the scene Inspired tho desponding with confidence. It imme diately called Into action the latent ener gies of the loyal people of New Orleans. Nor again have either British cr Boer movements been marked with the fierce energy that characterized the concentra tion of the little American army. Jackson at the head of the Bors, a people admir ably fitted for -the purposes of such a commander, would have driven the British to the Avail within four -weeks after tne declaration of war. The very hour the Dutch ultimatum expired, Jackson would doubtless have been ready to strike a de cisive blow. In this the Boers have failed. It is almost impossible to grasp the diffi culties under which -Tackson's defensive campaign wai prosecuted, and the quick wisdom of nearly all his measures, or, finally, the magnitude of his victory. To General Coffee, one of his old and tried lieutenants, then near Baton Rouge coming on .with reinforcements, Jackson wrote In haste: "You must not sleep until you reach me, or arrive within striking distance." Coffee marched 120 mLes in two days, and arrived at New Orleans in ample season. Under similar admoni tions, Colonel Hinds' Mississippi dragoons marched 230 miles in four days. General Carroll was also urged to hurry forward his division. To Carroll, Jackson used this language: "I am resolved, feeble as my force Is, to assail him on his first landing, and perish sooner than he shall reach the city." And he did. Carroll, too, marched with rap dlty and, arrived in time. These officers were inspired by a chief who knew not what failure was. Such was Jackson, and such the ele ments at his command in that crisis. His followers were not veterans, like Pack enham's, but they were fighters. Without uniforms, one-third of them unarmed, in adequately equipped and clothed, a3 they were, Jackson was yet confident of suc cess from tho first. It Is said he believed he could capture the whole British army. At all events his followers were fully convinced that he" was thus confident, and this -was half the secret of his success. It Is recorded as a fact that during the most trjlng period, although weak and 111, Jackson did not sleep for five successive days and nights. The American commander was surround ed by a large disaffected element and many spies. It must not be forgotten that the British invasion occurred only 12 years after the Louisiana purchase. The French Creoles were true and loyal, but there were some expatriated French men who were lukewarm, even secretly favorable to a British conquest, because England had overthrown Napoleon and restored, the Bourbons. There were also J a good many disaffected Spanrards. To mese uouDtim elements jacKson issued an address in which he said in part: "Bcllevo not that the threatened Inva sion Is with a view to restore the country to Spain. It Is founded In design, and a supposition that you would be willing to return to jour ancient government. Lis ten not to such incredible tales: our gov ernment is at peace with Spain. It is your ' vital enemv. thR orvmrnrvn onpmv r man- kind, the highway robber of the world, that has sent his hirelings among you to put you from your guard that you may fall an easier prey." It is true that the English believed they would meet with the sympathy .If not the active support of the greater part of the inhabitants. In this they were woefully decelved. There Is no design and no necessity to go Into a hackneyed account of the battle of New Orleans In proof that nothing like It has taken place In South Africa, except the same bull-headed English generalship which gives battle exactly at the point the enemy most desires It, and the deliberate coolness of the Boers In defensive battle. But there are a few general obsrvations which may be Interesting If not instruc tive. Quite recently I read a learned disquisi tion on the vulnerability of American sea ports to the attack of a maritime enemy, in which the writer gravely cited the easy ap proach cf the British fleet to New Orleans by way of the Mississippi river! Now, the British did not come up the river, as is commonly supposed. There was an at tempt of some of their shipping to do so, but they were repulsed at Fort St. Philip. They came In barges through the shallow Lake Borgne, landing 15 miles away on Bayou Blenvenu, to which point It Is sup posed they were guided by Spanish fisher men. On the 23d of December. 1SI4, they unexpectedly emerged from the cypress swamp3. about seven miles below the city, and Immediately went Into bivouac on the river bank, along which they must move to the attack. There was no chance for maneuvering; the ground was merely a narrow, flat plain, hemmed In by swamp and river. Military experts say the city must have fallen an easy prey had the enemy ad vanced at once. But there? was no Jack sonian energy and. nerve on that side. In accordance with the determination ex pressed to Carroll, Jackson attacked the British advance furiously after nightfall on the day of its landing, on front, flank and right rear, very nearly stampeding the whole force. After sustaining some loss, but Inflicting much heavier losses upon the enemy, ho withdrew In fairly good order. The affair raised the morale of his troops, and correspondingly depressed the British, who were astounded at the boldness and cohesion of this- remarkable night attack. Through these causes it really won the final victory. Not one general in a hun dred under the circumstances would "thus have taken -the bull by the horns and de livered that night assault on the confident enemy. The sway cf indomitable Individ ual will power, confidence, courage and comprehension over the multitude was never moro potently demonstrated than by Andrew Jackson at New Orleans.- It was his hour and his occasion. Between river and swamp the level bottom was about a mile wide. Jackson's task was easy If the British general per sisted in a front attack. He took posi tion across this narrow neck behind an old canal or mill race. Its embankment on the side opposite the British wa3 raised and greatly strengthened. It could not be flanked, because an Impassa blo 'swamp covered the left, and the Mis sissippi river the right of the Ameri can line. The enemy had no other alter native than to go square at it. Jackson's breastworks were not made of cotton bales, as Is popularly supposed. It was a mud work, with a redoubt on the right, near the river. Some cotton bales were at first employed in their construc tion, but the enemy's heavy ordnance, in an attack on January 1, knocked these about like tenpins, setting them on fire, and they were perforce discarded. Our destructive artillery fire also played havoc with the hogsheads of sugar In the British defenses, and they were thrown aside, giving place to earth. Here, then, the English were confront ed with an almost Impregnable line, with a ditch in front In Itself a matter of difficulty to cross. One military officer said that had It been wholly undefended the heavily Incumbered British infantry would have found It serious work to have mounted 'the slippery breastwork. But behind it were some of the deadliest marksmen In the. world. Imbued with a burning hatred of the invader, lying1 In wait for him to arrive within reach of their rifles. Hero was' exactly where General Jackson desired them to come, just as the Boers desired Methuen to at tack their fortified dines at Modder river, and Buller those at Colenso. And ju3t as Buller and Methuen willingly met the enemy's wishes in South Africa, so did Packenham agreeably meet Jackson's in vitation to try the strength of that forti fied line at New Orleans. He bravely charged the fatal embankment, and his army was literally torn to pieces In half an hour, and he paid "svlth his life the penalty of his ill-advised rashness. Will British generals never learn anything? After the sanguinary repulse of Packen ham's forces. Colonel Hinds asked Jack son for permission to go out and assume the offensive. Hinds and others believed the British army was at our mercy, and could be utterly destroyed. But most singularly, Jackscn, the Impetuous, de clined permission to attack. Of course, afterward, "what cculd have "been done" was Tqrvldiy discussed, but the general commanding v,as unquestionably right. In explanation of his caution he said: "My reason for refusing was that It might become necessary to sustain him, and thus a contest in the open field brought on. From the mnerous dead and wounded stretched out on the field before me, I felt a confider.-e that the safety of the city was most probably attained, and' hence that notUng calcu lated to. reverse tjje good fortune we had met should be" attempted." These reasons were valid. But never theless It was curious reasoning coming from such an officer as Andrew Jackson. It w&3 almost exactly the same ground taken by the federal General Meade at Gettysburg, after the repulse of Pickett, for not assuming the offensive against the confederate ,army under General Lee. m m ft i London butter is made from frozen cream Imported fcrom New Zealand. CIVIL SERVICE REPORT INCREASE IN THE NTOB3ER OF PER SONS EMPLOYED. More Examinations of Applicants Last Year Than In Any Previous Year of the Commission. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21: The! Kth an nual report of the' United. States-civil ser vice commission has been presented to tho president. The report opens with a preliminary1 statement In regard to the extent of tho classified and unclassified service, from, which It appears that there are approx imately 73.C0O classified positions and 107, 000 unclassified positions; of the latter. 71,007 are occupied by fourth-class post masters. There are 19,446 positions in the executive service In the District of Co lumbia, and more than 162.000- distributed among the states and territories. The com mission states that the expenditures for salaries, classified and unclassified, is ap proximately 5104,000,000 per annum, a large increase having resulted from the war I with Spain. Of the positions classified, 73 per cent are subject to examination, for which a good common school education 13 a sufficient training, such as clerk in tho departmental, postofflce and customs ser vices, and railway mall clerks, 22 per cent, are subject to registration tests. In cluding no educational examination, but requiring applicants to furnish evidence as. to their ability as workmen, experience, physical qualifications and age. The po sitions of fireman, watchman, janitor, as well as various positions Included in the mechanical trades, are filled in this way. Only 6 per cent of the classified posi tions are subject to technical examina tions requiring special or technical know ledge in addition to a general education, such as patent-office examiner, stenog rapher and typewriter, draftsmen and nat. I tlcal expert. This leaves 34 per cent of the positions in the classified servico which can be filled acceptably by persona who have received a good common school education, which is a surprising showing. In view of the misleading statements that are frequently made in regard to the char acter of the commission's examinations. Durlnir the year, 47,956 persons were ex amined for, all branches of the service, an increase of 244 over last year. Of this number, 35.8S2 passed) and H.274 failed. The total number of appointments made dur ing the year on certificates of the com mission was S056. In addition. 3724 appoint ments were made from different medical examinations to various branches of th service. Certificates were also issued for promotion, through examination, to 73 persons, for reinstatement of 788. for trans fer of 5C6 from different positions, mak ing 10,418 persons appointed, promoted, re Instated and transferred upon certificates of the commission the largest number In its history. The report contains a statement of the work done by the commission In the year In investigating charges of violations of the civil service act and rules. A serious case of fraud in an examination at Nogal, Ariz.. Is mentioned, the Investigation or which resulted In the removal from tho service of the persons Implicated. Refer ence Is also made to the results of the commission's Investigations of charges of political asessments. In whleh connection attention is called to extracts In the ap pendix to the report of debates in con gress at the time of the passage of the civil service law. as tending to show that It was the Intention of congress to pre vent solicitations, either in person or In writing, of persons In the public servico, and also to prevent members of either house ot congress and persons in the pub lic service from soliciting other positions In the public service, either directly or Indirectly. The commission discusses the question of providing a retirement of superannuated employes. Gratifying progress Is shown In the re markably small per cent of removals now being made from the classified service-. , The order of the president, of July 27. 1S07, preventing removals from competitive po sitions, except for just cause, and re quiring that the reasons for removals shall be given In writing and made a part of the records of the office, has had a most salutary effect. The commission contrasts the small per cent of removals from the classified ser vice with the large per cent from the un classified service, and makes this signifi cant comment: "If the removals from the unclassified! positions were made because the occu pants were Incompetent, it was a 'con demnation of the system under which they were appointed. On the other hand. If tr removals weTe made for other reasor3 than unfitness, the welfare of the service could not have been the basis for such action." From the figures, the conclusion must be drawn that either the persons brought In through examination aTe far more efficient than the others or the removals from the unclassified positions have been made fnr other cause than tho good of the service. 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