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.
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European. Rooms, with or without bath.
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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.
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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.
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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.
English aeronauts are getting accustomed to
( creseinp tre Eiciwn cnannei m oanoena ana
are determining important matters in tnetr
night.
has provided us with Electricity as
her most potent remedy for the
cure of nervous exhaustion, insom
nia, neuralgia, rheumatism, dys
pepsia, weak and lame back,
drains, varicocele, impotency, etc.,
instead of dosing the system with
drugs.
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with attachment for men gives
strength and overcomes the effects
of early indiscretions or later ex
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book explaining all, or drop in at
my office for free consultation and
a personal test of the current.
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