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Secretary Long and Admiral Dewey bad seats on Ah staSe "with Commander "WainwxightQmmedlately behind whom v ere the fficers of the Gloucester in full unlform.""!PxesIdent McKInley was warm ly received as he came into the house, and Admiral Dewey was given an ovation as, escorted by the committee, he accompa nied Secretary Long and Commander Waln-wrlght to the stage. P. F. B. Sands, representing the committee, made Uib presentation speech. Commander Wain wright responded briefly, expressing thanks ana giving credftjlo the officers and menof the Gloucester "for the work that had "been done. -A Xc-v-nlGhaplj&Ip. Appelated. , WASHtNGoSJan. 24. The president today announced that he would appoint Father Paul Bdnaldo, nf, St-JHahhewJs Catholic church, of Washington, cnajualn In the riavy. to succeed .fattier Sarks, resigned. in. a ,:.. WtdteHouse .Reception" 'j WASHINGTON, Van. 24-Preslaent and Mrs. McKInley gave a brilliant reception at the White House tonight in honor of the judiciary. About 2500 guests bad been invited, Including a large portion of resi dent society and many out-of-town visit ors. Ex-CoRRrrcssman Walton Dead. PORTLAND. Me., Jan. 24. Ex-Congressman Charles W. Walton, for 25 yearsj a justice of the Maine supreme court died! tonlcht S-; tiXYS 'jONLY 73 and 75 first Si, Portland, Or. ons9 126 SECOND ST., near Washington. Established 1S70. PERKINS Single rooms 75c to 5L50 per day Double rooms $1.00 to $2.00 per day C T. BELCHER, Sec. and Treas. American plan. .....$1.25, $1.50, $1.75 European plan 50c, 75c, $1.00 Dilating Pupils Isn't often necessary. In my experience only one out of 200 patients require It. The other J 39 .can be - accurately meas red and fitted without the use f drugs. I do not hesitate to -.recommend it when it will be of the slightest benefit At other times never. Special ists who resort to dilation In every case do so only for an -advertisement My rbest advertisement is GOOD WORK. WALTER REED Eye Specialist 133 SIXTH STREET ORBGONIAN BUILDING Morrison street Portland, Or., is the most reliable specialist for every form of weak ness and disease of men and women. He guarantees to cure varicocele or hydro cele in one week; stricture In 10 days. No Inconvenience; no detention. Consulta tion free and charges reasonable. Home treatment successful in many cases. Tes timonials and question blanks sent free. Hours, 11-12. 2-5. and 7-8 dally. CHINA'S NEW EMPEROR. A N'ine-Ycar-OId Boy Appointed In Place of Kvrnnjr Sn. SHANGHAI, Jan. 25. The North China Daily News publishes an edict signed last night by Emperor Kwang Su, appoint ing as emperor In his place Put Sing, the nine-year-old son of Prince Tuano. The new emperor win ascend the throne January '3L - -. ATTEMPTS TO BLACKMAIL. Pirates Threaten to Blow Up Offices of Forelsn Merchants at Canton. LONDON, Jan. 25. The Hong Kong cor respondent of the Times says: "The pirates, emboldened by recent suc cesses, have been again attempting to blackmail foreign firms at Canton. They have-demanded 10,003 taels from the China Merchants' Steamship Company, and 50,-000-jtaels from neuter, Broenelcelman & Co. .and Deacon & Co., under a threat to hlow -up their offices with dynamite. -"The Chinese authorities are consulting with the foreign consuls. The German gunboat Jtlis was telegraphed for, and is now anchored off Shameen." -YAQUI PRISONERS. , Mexicans Taking; Over Three Hun H&. dred to Gnaymas. CHICAGO, Jan. 24. A special to the Pecord from Austin, Tex., says: . A, dispatch from Ortiz,, state of Sonora. .Mexico, says that over 300 Yaqui prison- Are txrhnTrfi!A nonhtr. V. V lri troops lu recent engagements, are being taken, to jguymas under a strong guard of soldler'Many of the prisoners are women and.boys, and there are less than lOKbraves In the lot 'Theiexican authorities refuse to give out-any Information concerning the re- vcentfightlng. Tt is reported, however, that the number of Mexican soldiers killed in the last .two days' battles ex- irceeded that of thef rebels. 5fr"5SiV BOERS DISLODGED (pcneral Warren's Troops Cap tured Spionkop at Night. COMMANDS LADYSMITH ROAD Notts Reached London This Morning: Account of Wednesday's Opera tions Taking of the First Kopje. LONDON, Jan. 25. The war office has just issued the following dispatch, from Spearman's camp, dated January 25, 12:10 A. M.: "General Warren's troops last night oc cupied Spionkop, surprising the small gar rison, who fled. "It has been held by us all day, though we were heavily attack, especially by a very annoying shell Are. "I fear our casualties arc considerable, and I have to Inform you, with regret, that General Woodgate was dangerously wounded. "General Warren is of the opinion that he has rendered the enemy's position un tenable. The men are splendid." Capture of the First Hill. SPEARMAN'S CAMP, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 9:30 P. M. The British field artillery and howltzprs shelled the enemy posted on the crest of the ridge this morning. The in fantry, under excellent cover, kept un an effective rifle fire. The Boers resigned a kopje, of which the British infantry took nossession. When retiring, the enemy sheltered themselves behind a stone wall on the slope of the kopje, which they held for hours. This afternoon they ran across the ravine. The British artillery poured shrapnel and lyddite into themt and the infantry took the stone wall. The British casualty list was small. WARREN TRIED TO FORCE LINE. Bombarded the Boer Position West of Spionkop. LONDON, Jan. 25. The Daily Tele graph publishes the following dispatch from Spearman's farm, dated Tuesday, January 23, 9:30 P. M.: "Monday, Sir Charles Warren's force cannonaded and fusilladed" the Boer posi tion west of Spionkop, near the Acton Homes road. A lyddite battery co-operated with the other batteries and Maxims. Certainly the fire was heavy, causing the enemy serious losses. The Boers, however, clung desperately to their works, from which they are only being very slowly driven. Today, the enemy fired their guns oftener, using also the cap tured 15-pounders with shrapnel. Our casualties today were tess than those of yesterday. "The fighting began about G in the .morning and continued until dark, but i there has been nothlngliktf a gerieral'en-4 gagement The big naval guns assisted from Potgieter's drift in, shelling the Boer positions." Boers Prepare for a Long: Fight. A' dispatch to the Times from Spear man's camp, dated Tuesday, 9:30 P. M., says: ''The Boers today had more guns and are preparing to fight almost interminably, having entrenched their ridges, which stretch In an almost unbroken line from the Drakensburg many miles eastward. "Firing continued throughout the day. We have not advanced any further, but ' we threw up entrenchments during the night from behind which the musketry i duel continued from exactly the same po sition as yesterday." THE JOB BEFORE BULLER. Plenty of. Work Ahead of Him Be fore He Dislodges the Boers. LONDON, Jan. 25, 4:15 A. M. The as semblage in Pall Mall, outside the war office, and those privileged to wait in the lobbies reluctantly dispersed at midnight after the final word that nothing would be announced. The morning papers went to press with conjectures and forecasts of all sorts, striving to guess out some thing from Spionkop. Topography maps show that Spionkop is the highest part of a rocky plateau. Eastward, about eight miles, are the Boer positions along the Tugela. Northwest ward from Spionkop the plateau runs gradually up to a great spur of the Drakensburg. General Buller's infantry, to reach the summit of Spionkop, must cross a natural glacis, three-quarters of a mile wide, and climb 500 feet up a steep slope. Where Are the Reinforcements t Nobody here seems to know, no even the war office, what Lord Roberts has 'done wlth his large reinforcements. Six thousand troops awaited his arrival at Cape Town, and since then 6000 others have reached there. Military critics are all hoping that a good share of these 12,000 have gone to help General Buller, and they argue that a few days' wait may make him strong enough to over come the deadlock. There are 19,000 troops at sea, and this heavy weight on the British side is expected to destroy the equibhbrlum now existing on every field of operations. The British losses up to date in killed, wounded and captured, according to Gen eral Buller's last list, total 8216 men. Reits Drops Into Poetry. F. W. Reitz, the Transvaal state sec retary, has written a parody on' JMr. Kipling's "Recessional." It is -entitled1 "Progressional," and Is dedicated to "Mud-i yard PIpllng." The first stanza follows : Gods of the Jtaffo, brass and trold, Xords of the world, by rlsht "divine. Unfier "whose baneful sway they hold, Dominion oer mine and thine Such Lords as these have made them rotten. They have forgotten! They have forgotten L United States Ambassador Choate called; twice on Lord Salisbury yesterday, whiqh was the regular diplomatic day. Rand Mines in Danger. The correspondent of the Times at Lour enco Marques, telegraphing yesterday and dealing with the lawlessness of the low class of Boers who are getting beyond' the control of the government and the better class of officials, who are honestly desirous, of protecting lift and property, says: " 'My informants are convinced that the only way to save the rand from the fury of the rabble is to cuUoff the retreat of the Boers in the direction of" Johannes burg. The hot bloods among; the 'Boers are convinced that the war Is' due to the capitalists and that the only revenge possible is to dynamite the mines." Plans of the Bondites, The Cape Town correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Tuesday, says: "The bondltes are preparing to seize the first decisive British victory or the invasion of republican territory as the signal for a violent peace agitation. They will accompany their appeal to magna nimity by covertly hinting that they are unable to restrain the Dutch colonists from rising." A dispatch to the Datiy Mail from Lour enco Marques, dated Wednesday, says: "This morning all passengers booked for the Transvaal were stopped by govern ment order, with the exception of the members of the Russian ambulance corps, who proceeded by special train." ANXIETY IN ENGLAND. Boer Position. Can Only Be Captured at Tremendous Cost. LONDON, Jan. 24. The extreme tension caused by what may be justly designated the most anxious pause since the war be gan has not been relieved save by the, uaaly stock exchange rumor, which today happens to have been started by the bulls, who assert that General Warren has cap tured apionkop. Anxiety in regard to news is visible on all sides. The war office was besieged at an eany hour this morning, and the clubs and other resorts likely to receive early news were crowded with eager inquirers. It is generally recognized that the Boer position, if ever taken, can only be cap tured at tremendous cost A dispatch from Pretoria, dated January 23, somewhat amplifies the dispatch of January 22, from the Boer head laager, cabled by the Associated Press last even ing. It says: "Four or five times during the day the British replaced their wearied soldiers by fresh ones. The Boer casual ties to date are one man killed and two slightly wounded. Our men are in excel lent spirits. There was ta, large slaughter of the British. General Botha is now in sole command, General Cronje having been sent elsewhere." The same dispatch, evidently referring to the situation at Colenso, says: "One of the large Boer Maxims was temporarily disordered, but was soon re paired. The British north camp Is in con fusion. People are observed trekking aim lessly in all directions." Excitement in Pall Mall. As the afternoon progressed the excite ment on Pall Mall reached a high pitch, but the war-office officials reiterated at 3:30 P. M. the oft-repeated statement that nothing had been received from General Buller. The suspense was increased by the belief that General Buller would never have published his intention to attack the Boers at Spionkop unless satisfied that the assault would be carried out before the news could be published, and it was fully anticipated that the news of his suc cess or failure would reach London in a few hours. The cabinet ministers called at the war office after lunch to ask for news. The secretary of the British South African Company has given out a curious denial of the statement that the company is purchasing large quantities of rifles and saddlery for prompt delivery in South Africa. He admits the purchase, and says they were made by himself in his private capacity, but adds they were only for the equipment of the Imperial yeomanry. There has been a growing impression that the company was concerned in the pur chases. The correspondent of the Times at Lou renco Marques, telegraphing Tuesday, says: "The wholesale expulsion of British sub jects now remaining in the Transvaal is expected next week. The French liner I Gironde, has. arrivedere, crowded with mmuiiy-ioojung lorei&ners'uouna jtorr-ine Transvaal. These include 50 Russian am bulance men, with Germans, Frenchmen, Italians and Greeks. Herr Potts, the Transvaal consul-general here, has ar ranged for their conveyance to Pretoria by a special train." Winston Churchill, in the columns of correspondence in the Morning Post, sup plements his cabled narrative of his es cape from Pretoria. Two other officers had planned to escape with him, but they thought they had been discovered by the Boers and returned to prison. "The second day out," Mr. Churchill says, "realizing with awful force that no exercise of feeble wit and strength could save me from my enemies, and that, with out the assistance of that High Power Which Interferes more oftfen than we an prone to admit In the eternal sequences of cause and effect I could not succeed, I prayed long and earnestly for help and guidance. My prayers, as it seems to me, were swiftly and wonderfully answered. I cannot now relate the strange circum stances which followed and which changed my nearly hopeless position to one of su perior advantage." After the war, he asserts, he will tell in what manner this change was effected. Situation at Modder River. LONDON, Jan. 25. A correspondent of the Times at Modder River, telegraphing Tuesday says; "The reports of deserters agree that the situation of the Boers at Magersfonteln is becoming unbearable, because the camp is unsanltarv. enteric fever is spreading and vegetables are wanting. On the other hand, the health of the British camp is satisfactory, although the ground, has been exhausted by the long encampment and-trees have been cut down by insect pests and dust storms." Sniping: RtJKimherley. KIMBERLET3an. 24. The bombard ment has ceased, but the Boers ore per petually engaged In sniping. "Long Cecil" Is doing excellent work, and Cecil Rhodes has personally fired sev eral shells from the gun. INDICTMENT QUASHED. Charge of Attempted Bribery" Against Colonel Whnllen Withdrawn. FRANKFORT, Jan. 24. The indictment against John Whallpn, of Louisville, charging him with Attempting to bribe Senator Harreli, was quashed in the Franklin circuit court today, nn motion of Commonwealth Attorney Franklin. The motion was made In response to affidavits by Whallen's attorneys, General B. Wat Hardin; and Thed. Hallam, setting fotth that the grand jury that returned the in dictment was Irregularly drawji in that when one of the jurors was taken sick two otners served, in his 3teaj2. at various times penaing; ine inning oi eyiaence. Many witnesses were examined before tihe gubernatorial contest boards; today,, 'The evidence related chiefly3 to, the jaf-' leged use of tissue ballots to'democratlc. counties, and' to the se of, militia rib XouiSviiie. ' j. The SaTannah Conspiracy NEW yORK, Jan 24. Th2 hearing In Greene, contractors hite"rested 'Jtf what. Is known as the Carter, conspiracy lp, Bavan .hah, was, resumed, todayfore -United States Commissioner Shields. The.,, 'Con tractors have been indicted"! in Qepra, andthe gpVernmentsdeslred toafelt,e them, there for triah . , 'h-' 'Captain, CJL Gillette an ehjhneer'onl.j'' cer, -who succeeded Captaiif 'Kareif in charge of the work at SavanmahrJ wlsV called bv the defense. He 1hadrnrev!ons' ly testlfieS for the governmem'frbm't'hki Vl!llC IClfWC. WVUllEJCl, LUU LUC UCLCULIiUll said he had called CaDtaln Gillette, to, show by the morithly'Tepprfe'.tbatall tnej wortc aone was reportea oy .several om-, cers. and that-tiie accused contractors li6d nothing to' do-withrthe presentation of the1 alleged false claims , s j ROBERTS MISSED Landis Scored the Mormons and Mormonism. CONGRESSMAN-ELECT WAS ABSENT Several Speeches Were Made In Sup port of the Majority and Minor ity Resolutions. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The second day's debate In the house upon the Rob erts case was less dramatic than that of yesterday. The galleries were almost as crowded, but the ladles were lees demon strative. The president's pastor, Rev. Dr. Bristol, was In the executive gallery the greater portion of the afternoon, listening to the arguments. Mr. Roberts was not present during the day. Had he been, he would have heard the most scathing ex coriation of the Mormons ever delivered upon the floor of the house. Landis (rep. Ind.), the young orator who distinguished himself in the last congress in an oratorical duel with Johnson, of his state, won new laurels today. He charged that Utah had been admitted to the Union as a result of a Mormon conspiracy, and reviewed the history of the apostles cf the church, whom he charged with living in open and flagrant violation of, the stat ute against polygamy, to show that they had basely broken their solemn pledge to the government. The other speakers to day were Powers (rep. Vt), and Miers (dem. Ind.), for the majority resolutions; Snodgrass (dem. Tenn.) and Wilson (sil. rep. Idaho), for the minority resolutions; Lacey (rep. la.) for his proposition to ex pel without swearing in, and Crumpacker (rep. Ind.) for exclusion by a two-thirds majority. The speeches today greatly strengthened the majority resolutions, which seemed in danger of falling after Littlefleld's speech yesterday, and Chairman Tayler was con fident today that they would be adopted when the house votes tomorrow afternoon. Some minor business preceded the re sumption of the debate. The senate bill to grant American register to the steam whaler Bowhead was passed. Opening- Remarks by Powers. Powers was the first speaker. He ar gued in behalf of the exclusion of Mr. Rob erts. The contention of the minority for expulsion, he said, ran up against the very precedents cited in its support It was the universal rule that a member could not be expelled for an offense committed prior to election. While It might be argued, in Roberts' case, that polygamy is a continu ing status, the crime itself, the initiative, took place long before Roberts was elected. "We are not separating wife from hus band," said Powers, commenting on Rob erts' speech of yesterday. "Polygamy has never been legal in Utah, either before or after her admission Into the Union. Polyg amy was" Illegal under the common law ot England. The moment ho took wife No. 2, the marriage was void. Roberts knew the law. He cannot now plead the 'baby act' against the law and stern justice." Cns. a.. . 4F.. n -v . ?.T. A.'L oijyuyruaa zonoweu .rowers, supporting"! the views of the minority in favor of seat' ing and. then expelling Roberts. If we are not to become the exponents of the French system of justice, which presumes guilt until Innocence is proved, he said, Roberts must be accorded his prima facie right to his seat before being ousted. Landis Scored the Mormons. Landis, a member of the Roberts com mittee, who signed the majority report, argued that Utah had violated her com pact with the United States. There had been universal rejoicing in the land in 1S96, he said, when Utah had been ad mitted Into the Union. The people of the United States thought the birth of the state marked the death of the 'system ot polygamy. Yet they were startled to learn in 1898 that Utah had elected as her sole representative in the houes a polygamlst, and that he was moving upon Washing ton with a plurality of wives and a mul tiplicity of children. (Laughter.) He contended that Roberts was not entitled to admission because he had violated Utah's compact with the United States. Landis resented a3 unworthy of belief the charge made, he said, by Senator Rawlins, that the president had appointed notorious polygamists to office. The sena tor might as well accuse the house of in dorsing polygamy since it had passed a bill appropriating $40,000 for the agricul tural college at Logan, Utah. "The president of that college," he said, "is a polygamlst, living in open and no torious polygamy with three wives. One of his leading professors is a polygamlst, living with two wives. The trustee is a polygamistj living in open and notorious polygamy with seven wives (laughter), and they have blessed him with 39 children. (Laughter.) The president is Innocent and we are Innocent, because we put faith in the pledge "and promise of the pious covenant-breakeks." (Applause and laugh ter.) He further asserted that three of the members ot the first presidency, and 10 of the 12 apostles who signed the petition amnesty, were polygamists. Violators of Their' Pledges. "Of these 15 leaders who solemnly pledgecl thejr honor and faith for the fu ture obedience to the law by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, three have probably lept their pledges, namely, Wilfred Woodruff, Franklin D. Richards and Anthony H. Lunn. The two first-named at the time of the signing of the r petition for amnesty were over SO years old, and for all practical purposes were Barred Dy tne statute of limitation. (Laughter.) "George Q. Cannon, first councillor to the president of the church, is also moral ly gufity. On the death of Elizabeth Hcag Hn Cannon, his lawful wife, and after taking unto hiniself three additional wives, Mr Cannon, now claims to be legally mar ried to, one3arpllne.Craxall, -a fifth wife, toy -whom, he hae had twt children, na -he i.and all his wives live Jn a suburb bear Salt Lake, having" no neighbors, and 4t.Jis known as Cannonville. (Laughter.) .Mr". Rawlins might have said that Jo- ,$ph .Fj. Smith, '"second, councillor to the presidency has three women among whom 4ie; distributes the title of wife. Mr. Raw- Alna micht have said that Lorenzo Snow. nuw prppnei, uresmem, see uuu rttvuicv,r ano at. tna time- or tne sizninc or. tne .De-1 ititon f0r ainifesty,,1 president ;of the quorum jut ine .apostles, ,is aiso irampung unuer fooje rtho solemn, "compact made- by the; 'government Ha took his first two wives In. ifauvoQ, HL, over 40ye.ars ago, by nne and the-.samesCerBmony, in a, block of two. t-as Jt-werp: (Laughter.-) IChe-elder of the" two;, women has mcedled, and -he has Blnca married, in the"oruer named Sarah. JH,ni-r!rfft..!EHnar. "Marv. Phoebe. Minnie and'. I iCflroline., (Laughter.) Would not you UKe? iioslt -down -to breakfast in .that family? fLauirhter.li ...' ' noyr Is! nawllvfng,TsIfh ,the"younge3t ;and latJfe; by whom he' had his, young- vears jifter the .manifesto Dlfedefne5- the' fajihand' honor ofthe mreh -had beenj 'MosesTbatche'r, ohejof thVapostles'who signed the petition of amnesty, has three plural wives, two of whom bore him chil dren, one January 8, 1S99, and the other January 11, 1S90. They just lacked three days of being twins. (Great laughter.) Mr. Roberts truly said yesterday that Moses Thatcher was, by a majority of the members of the Utah legislature, tendered a seat in the United States senate, and that Moses Thatcher, having more discre tion than Mr. Roberts or the people ot Utah, declined the honor, stating that It would add fuel to the flames already kin dled by Mr. Roberts. So you see we had a narrow escape from having trouble in both ends of this capitol. (Laughter and applause.) "Pages might be written," continued Landis, "of the violation of the compact by which Utah was given a star. Ah, Mr. Speaker, that star is a fallen star; it does not shine with the brilliancy and luster of her sister stars. It shines by cunning and by deceit, by treachery, by fraud. It speaks of crime and of viola tion of the most solemn covenant ever made between a territory and the Union. (Applause.) Roberts' Record. "We have as a representative from Utah a man with three wives, the last one taken, the report says, as near as we can ascertain, before 1S90. It is In evi dence that he did not hold her out as his wife, nor she him as her husband, until 1S97. Up to 1S95 she lived under the name of Shipp, and under the roof ot Shipp. I don't believe, if any marriage ceremony was ever solemnized, that It was solemnized prior to 1S36. I believe and he did not deny that that woman became his plural wife after Utah was taken into the American Union. And I charge here that Utah came in as the result of a deliberate conspiracy to free that people from the heavy hand of tne federal authority, and then enable them to live their religion unhlnderd. "In 1S96 Mr. Roberts was a candidate for congress, and the church disciplined and defeated him because the time was not then ripe for a polygamlst to come to the American congress. He became a candidate in 1898, and the man who placed him before the convention said he ran by permission of the church. In 1S9S we were engaged in a war with a foreign foe. American manhood was away from home or all absorbed In country. Valor was at war, and virtue was at prayer; tne North and South under one flag. The hoped in this general condition of mag nanimity to come back, and it was then that this perjured cheat attempted to crawl in. Sir, it came by Itself; but it will be hurled back boldly and In the open day by the outraged Indignation ot the American people. (Applause.) And across yon threshold will be written In letters large enough to be read from the national capitol to the Mormon temple, 'No polygamlst shall ever sit as a member of the American congress.' (Applause.) Praises the Missionaries. "The gentleman from Utah (Roberts) has been particularly severe on the mis sionaries. I don't wonder at it. The mis sionary has given attention to the pol & mist, has stood in his path, has scattered thorns along his way, and for his he is branded as a spotter, an informer and a spy. History wilL bear out this statement, that, although these fanatical priests anc their deluded followers put a thousand miles of, trackless wilderness, a thousand miles of desert waste Infested with sav ages, between civilization, between their camp of bigotry and crime, yet the dis tance was"hot 'too great nor .were the VbiI.1.I .3ia M.A . 7n..4.l. a nml.l. utuwuujia iuu ocvcic, m uauut mc avun of the missionary of the Christian church, He tracked polygamy and faced it in its lair. But the Danites, as cruel and piti less a band of cut-throats as ever han dled the glittering steet carried on the murderous work of the church. Still the missionary toiled on. "The blood-atoners silenced forever in death the voice of apostasy, but that hin dered not the missionary. The govern ment practically abandoned the field, con sidering that it was powerless to hinder that monster, fortified in those mountain fastnesses; but the American Christian missionary, with a courage that now seems sublime, with a fidelity to pur pose 'that is now an inspiration, battled on in the fear of God and for the love of humanity. (Applause.) "But the gentleman says: 'We tooS these, women in good faith, and we shoulo. not abandon them. There are 2000 po lygamous families in Utah. Provide for your plural wives, take care of your plur al children, but refrain, for God's sake, refrain from multiplying the illegitimated in the new state of Utah!" (Applause.; Continuing, Landis said: "Mr. Roberts has sneered at a good and noble woman (Miss Helen Gould), who helped, to organ ize this movement against huh: When our boys fell from disease or in battle, her millions wept And who knows but that today the same name that was spoken reverently at Santiago and at Mon tauk point by American soldiers is lisped in reverence out there in Utah by those women, doomed by brutal bigots to the belief that their celestial exaltation will be in proportion as they ministered to the rotten, lustful notions of a corrupt priest hood. (Applause.) "I say that the people of this country expect us to turn him back," said Lan dis, in conclusion. "I protest against his coming in. I protest, on behalf of tha constituency that has read the ten com mandments and the sermon on the mount I protest on behalf of the American homes, made beautiful by love and devo tion, and holy by the virtue of our wom anhood. I protest on behalf of the Amer ican mother and her child, and the Ameri can father, who will never consent to the enthronement and deification of human passion. I protest on behalf of those doomed to illegitimacy. I protest on be half ot the honest Mormons, those who believe in keeping inviolate the condition upon which Utah was admitted to the American Union. The country i3 waiting for us to act. The people are waiting off In New England, whose homes have been made a pattern for this continent They are waiting in the broad sweep ot the Mississippi valley, a section of this country purged of this very Infamy half a century ago. They are waiting in the new states of the West states whose ter ritory has been Invaded and whose atmos phere has been poisoned by this very plague. And way down South in Dixie, where honor is religion, where gallantry is law. and virtue is the high ideal of beautiful womanhood, the states are wait ing today, waiting for the American chiv alry to speak." (Loud applause.) Roberts was not in the house when Lan dis spoke. Other Arpruments. Lacey argued In behalf of his proposi tion for the expulsion of Roberts without swearing him in. If he were driven to choose between the procedure raised by the majority and the minority, he would vote for the former, on the ground that exclusion meant expulsion. While he was speaking, Clark (dem. Mo.) interrupted to say that if he had been Roberts legal adviser, he would have had him, on the first day of the session, ob ject t every member whose name was pn the, roll. He would have had the whola concern in the hole, said Clark, "bat," he .added, "I was neither his legal nor spir itual adviser." Lacey combatted this statement, arguing that the members on the roll could have passed upon each ob jection. T Mlers, a member of the special commit tee supported the majority resolution. He denied vigorously that the people of Utah were-to be charged with disloyalty. (Concluded on Second Page.) A POLITICAL TRICK Pro-Boer Sympathizers Anti-Expansion Men. Are OBJECT OF WASHINGTON MEETING Laws for Cape Xoine Bill to Regulate the Rafting Industry Alaska Collectors hip. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The Boer-sympathy meeting in Washington Sunday night has caused a great deal of talk among the diplomatic corps here, and most of the foreign representatives who can be Induced to say anything at all are very much amazed that such a meeting should be held and addressed by senators and representatives. It is said that it was not only a meeting to sympathize with the Boers, but was characterized by hatred of Great Britain. The diplomats who know the part that Great Britain took when the United States was at war with Spain think it is strange that there should be any such demonstration in the nation's capital against England, without very much provocation. The fact is that In nearly every Boer meeting there crops out an anti-administration party, and it is found that it is organized by persons who oppose the policy of the administra tion In the Philippines, and who are try ing to forward democratic Interests. Tha Boer demonstration was not a nonparti san affair at all, but was conducted al most wholly by anti-expansion and antl admlnistration men. Those opposing the Philippine policy are coupling the Boer Interests with it for the purpose of making themselves strong er, and while the diplomats may bo amazed at such a demonstration as that of Sunday night, those who understand the political situation know that it does not mean that the United States indorses the anti-British sentiments expressed. Every man that advocates interference on the part of the United States between England and South Africa- Is perfectly aware that such Interference would be as offensive to England as the Interference of any nation when the United States had her war with Spain. But Intervention on the part of the United States is not to bo thought of. Loj?-Rnft B11U An effort Is being madQ by the lumber ing and shipping interests to get together upon a bill which will protect navigation, and which at the same time will not pre vent rafting logs in navlgablo waters. Senator Foster has been taking an activa Interest in this matter, and, with those -who are representing the shipping inter ests,, has about agreed upon a satisfac tory measure. The bill as flrst Introduced would have made it Impossible to raft logs In navigable streams, but when final ly drawn will probably allow rafting, al though under such restrictions as to pre vent collisions with vt sels. LaTrs for Cape Xome. Chairman Lacey, of the house commit tee on public lands, said that it will bo Impossible to pass general land lfiws for Alaska at this session, owing to opposition in the senate. He has, however, prepared a bill which will meet the emergency that has arisen, or will arise, m the Cape Nome aM other thickly populated gold fields, which measure, he thinks, will meet the present demands. He thinks hi3 bill will pass without difficulty, as it affords relief for the overcrowded mining districts where trouble will ensue If proper provision is not made. Alakn Collectorthip. There does not seem, to be any doubt that the president will send to the senato the name of Willis S. Dunlway for collect or of customs for Alaska. At the trasury department where the matter is handled, it is stated that the nomination has been prepared for the president's signature. Sen ator McBride says he has not recommend ed an? one yet, though it is known that Smith', of Polk county. Is his choice, as he Is of Representative Tongue. There bus boeij no attempt to get together by the OreJon delegation, and the senators do notfllscuss the subject Ron ConKreMsmen on Roberts. h Representatives Moody and Tonguo vote for the majority report on tho erts case. Representative Moody says tho fine constitutional point raised by majority report and on which tha lawyers are divided, as to whether it should be exclusion or expulsion, he fa vors the majority position, as they pre poso to accomplish directly what the mi nority recommends in a roundabout way, with some risk of failure ultimately. Removal of AInskn's Capital. The senate committee on territories de cided this afternoon to report in favor of the removal of the capitol of Alaska from, Sitka to Juneau. Governor Brady favored Sitka yesterday before the committee, ar guing that Sitka Is a healthy location and central to "Western Alaska. Mr. Price, of Alaska, favored the change before the committee this afternoon. It was agreed that the change might be made or an ad ditional court clerk and other officers would be necessary for Alaska. It is pro posed to remove the land office from Sitka? to Juneau also. Lighthouses for- Alaska. The senato commerce committee will re port favorably on Senator Foster's Alaska lighthouse bill, making an appropriation of 5300,000, to include a lighthouse at Unamalc pass, Foster agreeing to a reduction la tho appropriation from 5300,000. ALASKA MAIL SERVICE. Will Be Extended to Cape York tha Coming: Sprinjr. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-The postoffico department has opened bids for tho Alaska mall service during the coming summer. The service from San Francisco via St Michael, to points along the Yu kon and to Dawson ana Circle City will be continued. Four round trips will bo made. A like service from. Seattle will remain in force, three round trips being made. All classes of mall matter will ba carried by the steamers making these trips, an innovation in this service. Thoso stetimers carrying mall from St Michael to Cape Nome will extend the service to Cape York, making four round trips, be tween June 9 and October 9. In addition to the foregoing, early trips will be mado from San Francisco to Nome, and from. Seattle to Nome, starting April 30, when navigation opens in Alaska, A- later trip between the points mentioned will ba made, leaving Nome October 15. a Race Riot in Alabama. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 24. News has just reached this city of a riot be tween negroes and white miners at Coal berg, a small station 12 miles out A negro was found dead In. one of the mines yesterday. The negroes believe he was shot by a white man, and are arming themselves for vengeance. The white miners have been hunting for them all night The operator at the station left his office, fearing that he would be killed, .'v-i T- Ja.,v. ! , ? AV