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THE MOENItfG- OKEGONIAN, FEIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1900. mOTM SITKA Foster Names a Washington Man for the Place. BUT BELIEVES DUNIWAY HAS IT Ullls for Alaslcn Mshthonses and Lightship Indian War Pensions yiie Cliarsres Asrainst Clarkson. WASHINGTON:, Jan. 23. There is little chance ia the situation regarding the col lectorehip of Alaska. Senator Foster saw the president today, and made a '.recommendation of a Washington man .for the plaoe. This recommendation was In dorsed 'by both Representatives Cushman end Jones. Senator Poster had oulte a conversation with the president regarding the place, and while he does not say what the president told him, he told The Ore gonlan correspondent that he believed that Duniway would be appointed. Senator McBnde today authorized the statement that he had not made any recommendation regarding the collector ship, and whether he should do so or not depended upon future events. The infor mation that Senator McBride had a can didate came from reliable sources, and it is probable, should the senator make any recommendation. Ira Smith would be the man, although Senator McBride does not give any intimation as to his choice. The Char&es Asalnst ClnrUson. There were no charges against James S. Clarkson before any of the caucuses in the senate. Quite a number of senators have made the statement that be was very objectionable to them, and that they -would not support him if he was nomi nated. These objections, it was found, dated back to the time when Clarkson was in the postoffice department, and also Tolated to other features concerning the campaign, tvith which he has been Inti mately connected. There were also inti mations that Clarkson was interested In various business enterprises which would make his selection as secretary undesir able. All of this was talk among sen ators, but none of it tyos brought out in the caucus. Pertaining: to AlnsUa. Senator McMillan today reported the bill appropriating $300,000 for lighthouses and fog signal stations at the following points In Alaska: Ralston . island, Point Re treat, Point Gardner, Cape Crumaney, Point Stanhope, Fairway Island, Guard Island, Mary island. Cape Fox, Cape Fan shaw, and the entrance to Unlmak pass. The senate committee on commerce to day favorably reported Senator McBride's bill appropriating $5000 for the purchase of a launch for the use of the customs of ficials at Astoria. .Favorable Teport "was also made on Senator Perkins' bill appropriating $80,000 for an additional lightship for the Pacific and Alaskan coasts. Indian "War "Pension Bill. Senator McBride's Indian war pension Mil, favorably reported today, extends the privileges of the pension system to the veterans of the Cayuse Indian war of lSi7-48, and of the wars in Oregon and Washington from 1852 to U6, as well as the surviving widows of such veterans. Populist Plans. The selection of Bryan's home, Lincoln, Neb., for the meeting of the populist na tional committee would Indicate that the populist committee is resolved, as it was four years ago, to support Bryan, and to nominate Mm If the populist convention is held before the democrats meet. It Is well known that Allen of Nebraska Is very anxious to have Bryan nominated. Allen lenows that he could not be a presidential candidate, although he might win the nomination. But be could not get the democratic support necessary. He pre fers to have Bryan's assistance to ieep him in the senate, rather than antagonize the Nebraska demo-popullsts for the pres idency. To Reimburse Shnvr. Senator McBrlde today introduced a bill reimbursing Benjamin F. Shaw, of Van couver, the owner of Hayden's island, in the Columbia river, $15,000 for damages done that property by the engineers con structing a dyke in the river to deflect the current. Ross' Appointment Confirmed. James Ross, formerly a. captain in the First Washington regiment, after meeting severe charges made against him by Haz zard of Tacoma, was today confirmed as captain in the Forty-fifth infantry with out a dissenting voice. The senate mili tary committee made an exhaustive in vestigation of the charges filed, 'and found them to be without just cause. Bills by Congressman Jones. Congressman Jones today Introduced Senator Foster's Alaska lighthouse bill and Senator Turner's travel-pay bill for soldiers serving in the Spanish-American war. He also Introduced a bill to pre vent further extension of the forest re serves without act of congress. If this bill is not hastily enacted, further exten sions of forest reserves will be made in the Cascade mountains. Another of Jones' bills provides for a return of $1 25 per acre to settlers where double the minimum price ($2 50) was paid with the understanding that a railroad was to be built, but where railroad man agers failed to construct a road, as in uie case of the Northern Pacific along the north shore of the Columbia river. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE Committee Reports Submitted and Resolutions Adopted. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. The first busi ness which came before the National Board of Trade today was a report from the committee in regard to additional cable service to Cuba, presented by E. C. Prestoa, of Boston. He stated that the -SOTnge-Iga'Ua-T&Qusivay-m the hands of the Western Union, and additional facili ties are needed, and reported a resolution urging upon congress the passage of legis lation which will allow the laying of a competing line between Cuba and the United States. The report was adopted. A report from the committee on railroad transportation was submitted by F. B. Thurbor, of New York, in which It was pointed out an adjustment of rates "ad vantageous to shippers and to railroads could be made if the law permitted the railroads to make agreements under the supervision of the interstate commerce commission. Mr. Thurber asked that the action of the board last year on this sub ject be reaffirmed. This was agreed to. He also submitted a report indorsing sen ate bill 1439, Introduced by Mr. Cullom, with an amendment allSwTng railroads to have associations for the' maintenance of fair rates for the transportation of per sons and property, said rates' to be filed with the Interstate commerce commission, 'After a Jong discus&Ion, the report -was adopted. A resolution was also adopted favoring the passage of an antl-scalplng bill. The board also adopted a resolution favoring legislation by congress remedy ing abuses of second-class mall matter, which stand in the way of the adoption of one-cent letter postage. A resolution was also adopted favoring the immediate adoption of Joeal one-cent letter postage on drop letters. 'i a Savannah Conspiracy Case. NEW YORK. Jan. 25. The examination in. the case of Gaynor brothers and B. D. Greene, members of the Atlantic Con tracting Company, indicted in Savannah, Gru, for conspiracy and defrauding the government, was resumed today before United States Commissioner Shields. Oftn8l for the .defense asked for an ad journment until Tuesday.in order that further effort might be made to procure essential witnesses, among them being Brigadier General W. P. Cralghlll, United States army. The commissioner granted an adjournment until Saturday, January 27. Counsel for the defense said that Monday next they would have to be in Washington in connection with the carry ing of the appeal in behalf of ex-Captain Oberlin M. Carter to the supreme court of the United States. o ROBERTS SENT HOME. (Continued from First Page.) Cochran (Mo.) Norton (O.) Cochrane (N. Y.) Norton (S. G.) Connell O'Grady Cponey Olmstead Cooper (Wis.) Ote Corliss Otjen Cousins Overstreet Cowherd Packer Cox Parker Crawford Payne Cromer Pearce Crowley Pierce Crumpacker . TPearre Crump " "Phillips -Cummings - "Polk Curtis 'Powers, " TJahle .Prince ' Daxy -. Pugh JD.alzell Quarles Davenport, Sam'l Ray Davenport. Stanley Reeder Davidson Rhea (Va.) Davis RIdgely Dayton DeVrles Denny Dick Dolllver Dougherty Uovener Driggs (N. Y.) f Driscoll Eddy Emerson Epes Esch Farls Finley Fitzgerald. (Mass.) Fletcher Fordney Foss Foster Fowler Freer Gaines Gamble Gardner (Mich.) Gardner .(N.J.) Gaston Gibson Gilbert Gill GIHet Gillett Glynn Gordon Graff Graham Green (Mass.) Griffith .Grosvenor Grout Orow Hall Hamilton Haughen Hawley Heatwole Hedge Hemenway Henry (Conn.) Henry (Miss.) Henry (Tex.) Hepburn Hill Hoffecker Hopkins Howell Hull Jack Jett Johnston Jones (Va..) Jones (Wash.) Joy Ketcham Kleberg Kluttz Knox Iacey Lamb Landls Rlxey Robb Roberts (Mass.) Robinson(Ind.) Robinson (Neb.) "Rucker Ruppert Russell Ryan (N. Y.) Ryan (Pa.) Salmon Scudder Shackleford Shafroth Shattuc Shelden Sheppard Sherman Showalter Sibley Small Smith (111.) Smith, H. C. Smith, S. W. Smith, W. A. Southard -Bperry -Sprague Stark Steel Stevens (Minn.) Stewart (N. J.) Stewart (N. Y.) Stewart (Wis.) m . Stokes Sulloway Sulzer Sutherland --Talbo Tate ' Tawney Tayler Taylor Terry Thayer Thomas (Ia.) Thomas (N. C.) Thropp Tompkins Tongue Underhlll Van Voorhls Vreeland Wachter Wadsworth Wanger Waters Watson Weaver Weeks White Williams, J. R. Williams, W. E. Williams (Miss.) Wilson (N. Y.) Wilson (S. C.) Wright Young (Pa.) Zenor Ziegler NOES, Lester Lewis Llttlefield Livingston McClellan McCulloch Maddox May Meyer Newlands' ' Ramsdell Rhea (Ky.) Richardson Robbins Robertson (juo? Slnis Slayden Adamson Allen (Ky.) Allen (Miss.) Bailey (Tex.) Ball Bankhead Bartlett Brewer Broussard (La.") Burleson Catchlngs Chanler Clarion (Ala.) Cooper (Tex.) DeArmond DeGraffenreld DInsmore Elliott Fitzgerald (N. Y.) Gayle Green (Pa.) Griggs (Ga.) Hay Howard Kltchln Smith (Ky.) Snodgrass Stephens (Tex.) Swanson Turner Underwood Wheeler (Ky.) Wilson (Idaho) At 6:45 P. M., the house adjourned. Captain Mahan's Letter. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Following Is the letter of Captain Alfred T. Mahan, which has caused discussion in the British press: "May T suggest to your citizens gen erally and to the Boer sympathizers es pecially the inadvlsability of public meet ings on this question. There are very many among us, myself certainly one, who feel strongly In favor of Great Britain as others do of her opponents. Let us all be careful not to provoke one another by Immoderate expressions of opinion, to which public meetings tend. Those on one side provoke retaliation on the other; nay, they make It necessary, for In the problems of the near future a good under standing with Great Britain Is too im portant for us to permit the impression that we are all against her here, and we may flnd ourselves in the unseemly 'state of party divisions for and against forT elgn states, as In the beginning of this cen tury between the French and British parties. "I avail myself of this opportunity to say that In my judgment not only Is the ! .cause of Great Britain just, but to have iauea to uphold It would have been to fall In national honor." Died From Bite of Reptile. GHJGAGO. Jan. 25. Word has been re ceived here of the tragic death in South America of Ervin Hopkins, jr., son of Ervln Hopkins, a veteran member of the Chicago board of trade. Hopkins was in terested lna rubber concern, which had obtained concessions from the republic of Golombla. He represented his company at Bogota, where he had made his head quarters for a year. While on an exploring expedition in the interior his boat ran aground on a sand pit. It is supposed that In trying to float his craft, standing In the water himself, he was bitten by a poisonous reptile, death resulting quickly. His body was found several days later by a native em ployed by the company. Indications bf a terrible struggle were apparent. No Excursions Wanted. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The passenger carrylHg trans-Atlantic steamship lines are almost uniformly refusing to book Jarge excursions for passage to Europe this summer. Parties have been formed to go to the Paris exjosJtIonr and 'some of them number as many as COO persons. It was said at several steamship offices that the refusal was caused by the desire of lines to refrain from overcrowding- their steamships and to be able to provide ac commodations for their regular yearly patrons vtho might not apply for state rooms so far jn advance. Molineux Juror StUl Sick. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. The trial of Roland B. Molineux was today adjourned until Monday, Juror Manhelm Brown be ing still ill. His phjslclan sent word to the court today that Mr. Brown would be unable to leave his house before Monday next. Acting upon the physician's re port, the recorder announced that the case would be adjourned until Monday. o r Ttlurvclous Champasrnc Figures, 109,303 cases of G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry were Imported In 1S99, being 72,495 cases more than any other brand. Car rying an immense stock .of choicest wines, its quality will always be maintained. Its 1895 vintage now imported Is excep tionally fine. (If H Ql AVIPDV ftllPQTJHW the Proposed amendments were constltu ULIF OLA? LSI I r yuLJllUll tlonal, because many other states had embodied In their constitutions a qualiil ,, . ' cation for suffrage, and Prltchard had ad mitted that there were 50.000 negroes in IXJECTED IKTO THE DEBATE IN THE SEXATE. Chandler Refutes the Charge Made by Morgan and Reiterated Tby Other Southern Senators. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Just at the close of today's session of the senate, a liberty. Money stated that In no colony .speech delivered by Money of Mississippi of Great Britain, except in New Zealand, on the race question in the South pre- did the blacks participate in the govern cipltated a heated colloquy between him ment The plan had been tried, but the and Chandler of New Hampshire, In which i white race had found it impossible to the latter alleged that the Southern sen- share the government with the blacks, ators, by Intemperate statements, were Some controversy arose over responsi reopening the whole Southern question in i hility for bringing up race and sectional the senate, after It was supposed to be j questions, and Chandler said, with much uea.u. xnq crurge wnicn nunaier panic- l veiieinen.ee, mux lue wuuie ouuuicm quco ularly noticed was .made 'by Morgan of tlon had been opened by the remarkable Alabama, who Is absent .at present, but as speech1 of Morgan (dem. Ala.), in which THE POSITi'ONS AROUND LADYSMITH. ; ., , - : ' '"" ' 8 fP $ lllft BRITISH WWi ,7tV sjfti e -ill6Il samp mm, tailwsMiTH lift. wfW,i,raviiiii(,w,jV-,A SICETCH MAP BY AN OFFICER IN THE BELEAGUERED CITY, SHOWING THE DISPOSITION OF THE BRITISH AND BOER TROOPS. 1. Maiden's Castle, Caesar's Camp and battery In redoubt;" two companies of Wagon Hill Manchester battalion, Second King's Royal rifles and one battery; Gor dons In support. 2. Range Port Ridge Two companies of Royal Irish fusileers. 2a. Rifleman's Ridge King's Royal rifles. 3. Rifleman's Port detached signal sta tionHeld by King's Royal rifles. 4. King's Port detached signal station King's Royal Tlfles. 5. Cove Hill Rifle brigade. 6. Junction Hill Lelcesters and naval 12- pounder. 7. Tunnel Hill and Cemetery Hill Naval Jt had been" reiterated 'substantially, lri'1 declared he did not purpose to permit it to go unrefuted. The charge was made that the civil war had been precipitated by designing politicians of the North for the purpose of putting the slaves on a political and social equality . with the Southern whites. Chandler's refutation of the statement was made wltji character istic vehemence and aggressiveness, but as no reply was offered, the Incident end ed there. The urgent deficiency bill, carrying about $9,000,000, passed without division, and j practically without debate, The Procedlngrs. At the beginning of today's session, Cockrell (dem. Mo.), from the committee on military affairs, reported a substitute for Pettigrew's resolution calling for in- formation regarding the Coeur d'Alene mining trouble last year. The substitute calls upon the secretary of war to submit to the senate copies of all orders given to to tne senate copies oi au oruers Bivea tu General Merriam, and to all officers under him. and especially any proclamation of Merrlam as to the treatment and care of civilian prisoners. The resolution was passed. The house bill authorizing the Rock Is land railroad to use a certain right of way through the Fort Reid and Fort Sill military reservations was passed. A joint resolution authorizing the secre tary of war to receive for instruction Alaemada Alfarro, of Ecuador, at the i West Point military academy, was passed. A resolution of Allen's, calling on the secretary of war for all orders and Infor mation concerning the collection of cus toms and revenues In the Islands of Cuba, Fuerto Rico and the Philippines, passed' I with a slight modification. At the conclusion of the morning hour, Hale (rep. Me.) called 'up the urgent do- j ficfency bill, and the senate propeeded to i Its consideration. After the adoption of the committee amendments. Hale, in re sponse to inquiries from Pettigrew, said the bill carried about $9,000,000, and that It contained no provision for payment of rental of the old custom-house In New York; He could not say, however, how citizenship and give American boys their much was devoted to the Philippine war. "sea legs." He presented resolutions Pettigrew said he would not refuse to adopted by the American Federation of vote supplies, but he desired to enter his Labor opposing all subsidies, and stating protest against this Philippine war. that the shipping Industry was able to The bill, with its senate amendments, I take care of Itself and specifically op was passed. I posing this bill until the shipping Inter The senate decided to adjourn from to- , ests withdrew opposition to the eight day until Monday next. ' hour measure. He presented also a gen Chandler (rep. N. H.), chairman of the eral measure to amend the laws relating committee on privileges and elections, said to American seamen and to improve the he had expected to call up the Quay ques- pexsopnel of gthe merchant marine. He 'tion'th'is week, "but, owmjf rottie absence- wll,he heard further at the next meeting. of Turley (dem. Tenn.), a member of the A delegation from the national board of committee, the- case would not be called up this week. "I hope, however,." said nhnnrt'piv "in onn of thfi nftr'nr"ci rf thn senate's indolence to get this question , nn nt nn Priv rinv ' up at an early day " The financial bill coming up In response' to a statement by Teller (sll. Colo.) to the affnt tViot tVinl nnnFTfnt,t?l woe i-Vio nr-nt. . uct of a caucus and represented the views only of those who constituted the caucus, and that it was most remarkable that the republicans had not defended the meatf- ya Alllcnn fr-an To VOT-.HoI tVi o V. V.a i lieved there would be full and free debate ' ,By 9ay' ,t0 Jepeal ,tn0 "f reyenue on the bill by members on both sides of, f,tamLta: !?anna; tovMtltt lnco,rDOra the cHamber. Referring to Teller's speech' n h J" ' T ?hnl M&n" thce SJS SF&JK? ISLETS the Colorado senator to say that the re, the United States. A blllwad reported suits of the blirs parage would be the from tne comnilttee on commerce for the withdrawal of the greenbacks, .silver cer- erection of 12 lighthouses and fog signal tificates and silver dollars. "I deny the 1 stations in Alaska. statement," said Allison. "The house bill does that," said Allen (pop. Neb.) i "I am referring now to the senate sub stitute," said Allison. "That may be true of the house bill; I shall undertake j later to show that these senate amend ments are so made that it would not be possible for any secretary of the treas ury to impound the greenbacks, silver certificates or silver dollars." Money (dem. Miss.) then replied to the speech of Prltchard (rep. N. C.) relating to the proposed amendment to the consti tution of North Carolina. He maintained North Carolina who could read, and con sequently the amendment did not discrim inate against the negroes. Money said he did not believe the negro could be edu cated to such a condition as would enable him to carry on such a government as ours. The ability to govern to domi natewas born In the white race, and had been In its blood for thousands 6t years. He Insisted that the demoralizing element of negro suffrage should not be injected as an obstacle to the onward course of Gloucesters and the Liverpool retgiment, S. Helpmakaar Hill First Devons .and one battery field artillery. 9. Convent Hill. 10. Headquarters. 11. Intombl Spruit, camp for sick and wounded and noncombatants, close to Boer lines. Shaded portions show heights held by the British. . The Boer positions are shown as forming a complete circle of heights outside these British positions. he' mistakenly maligned the people of the other Southern senators in the same vein. Chandler read that paragraph of Morgan's speech In which the Alabama senator charged that the civil war had been pre cipitated by designing politicians of the North, with the idea of thrusting upon the people of the South the negro in so cial and political equality. "I denounce that," shouted Chandler, "as a slander upon the North, and- Pettus (dem. Ala.) If the senator will permit me, would it not be better, would it not be more decent for him to wait until me senator (Morgan; returns Deiore criticising him? Chandler I Intend to wait, but I want the senior senator from Alabama, who Is , absent: I want tho liinlnr spnntnr frnm Alabama, who is now here, and I want the senators from the Southern states. who have reopened this question, which I supposed was forever dead, in the senate, to tell me whether the North Is to be ex- pected t0 allow a ch ma(Je tWa flnnr tn n nr.wrori tw v,o ,,. t the UnJ whIch was '& war growI out of a .Northern determination to prevent the extension of slavery into free terri- i tory, was a war of ambitious politicians with a cruel design to put negro slaves on a political and social footing or equal ity with the Southern whites. Now, if ( the Southern senators wish to discuss that question, they will have plenty of time before the session ends. That ended the incident, and at 4:45 the senate went into executive session and soon afterward adjourned until Mon day. SUBSIDY BILL HEARING. Seamen's Union Protests Against the Measure. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. The hearing on the shipping bill was continued by the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries. A. Fersuth, of San Fran cisco, in behalf of the International Sea men, spoke in opposition to the bill on the ground that jt contained nothing to restore American sailors to American ixaao suDmmeu resolutions aaoptea yes terday favorable to the bill. Similar res olutions by the American Association of Master Pilots also were presented. T Committee decided in executive session The uuiuuutiee uemueu in bmcuuvb session 10 S2,ntlnu the hearing next Tuseday and h"rsd,a1y V &ttJL WhlCh n? further hear" ""& "" " fo . Nevr BlUs In the Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. The import ant bills introduced In the senate today are aS fOllOWS: General Stanton's Funeral. OMAHA, Jan. 25. Tho residence of the late General T. H. Stanton was crowded this afternoon by Intimate frjends of the aeceased both m and out 0'f tne army, when the simple and Impressive funeral services were- held. The services were con ducted by Rev. T. J. Mackay, rector of Ail Saints' Episcopal church, assisted by Rev. Newton Mann, of Unity church. This evening the remains were placed on the eastbound train, and will be taken to Washington for interment in "Arlington cemetery. POSING AS A PARTING WORDS FROJI THE E-CONGRESSMAN-ELECT FROM UTAH. Roberts Says He WiU Obey the Iiavra of the Mormon Church Rather Than.,Thoscof United States. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Brlgham H. Roberts gave out the following statement tonight In relation to his exclusion: "Our griefs are past when remedies are ended, By seeing the worst which late on hope de penaed." "I was elected by the people of Utah as their representative by the substantial plurality of 5665 yotes. An effort was made by what I believe to be an unconstitutional and unprecedented process to exclude me from the house of representatives. In be half of.myself and my constituents, comprising- the entire population of the state of Utah, I did all I could to maintain the position to which they had elected me; but the house- of representatives, under . the whip and spur of popular sentiment, has decided to exclude me from the house. I have contended for my rights and the rights of my constituents, single-handed and alone, to the best of my ability, but have been overwhelmed by force of 'num bers. - -- "Notwithstanding all that has been said, the people of Utah are not a lawless peo ple. Those of them who have been In volved in the past in the plural marriage system one taught and sanctioned by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are not wanton violators of the laws; but, finding themselves in the posi tion where the laws command them to do one thing, and moral obligations, sa credly entere'd Into under the sanction of the Mormon church, command them to do another, they are placed in a very trying situation, and some of them, including the member from Utah, may have found It necessary to regard their moral obligations as more binding upon their consciences than their technical obedience to statutory law. Such a positon, however, Is but tran sitory in Utah, and comes down to the Mormon people from conditions growing out of the plural marriage system of the past. The condition here referred to, how ever, Is rapidly passing away. From au thoritative figures officially collected re cently by the Mormon church, it has been ascertained that at the time of the discon tinuance of plural marriages, under the authority of the late President Woodruff's manifesto, In September, 1890, there were 2451 polygamous- families throughout the whole Mormon church. Since then it has been ascertained that 90S of these families have ceased to exist through death, dl yorce or abandonment, leaving at the pres ent time but 1543 polygamous families in the church throughout the world; and as most of these are -ell advanced in years a.nd air beyond middle life, the , system will soon be obliterated from the earth; and under these circumstances there has been little excuse for the extraordinary efforts-put forth throughout the country to crush a system of marriage already practically dead and abandoned. "The election of (he member from Utah to the house of representatives was no ef fort on the part of the Mormon church to revive polygamy or stuff it down the throat of the American congress or people. Nothing of the kind was contemplated in either his nomination or election, all re ports to the' contrary notwithstanding: The alleged -statement often quoted to the effect that-Brigham Young, July 22, ISip, or at any other time declared that he 'would have the American people follow Mormonism, polygamy and all,' and that the election of the present member-elect from Utah was an effort to fulfill that prediction Is absolutely untrue. He .made no such utterance, and the recent agita tion respecting Mormonism and Its being a menace .to the nurlty of the Apaerlcan home is utterly' unwarranted by the facts in the case. Congress has been made to believe, however, that such was the inten tion of Mormonism, or, at least, has been awed into acquiescence that such was its intention, and hence has been led to vote to exclude the member from Utah. "There is not virtue enough, it appears in the American house of representatives to stand for their convictions as to what is right in this matter. Only this morn ing the representative from Utah received a communication from a person who Is evidently a member of the house of rep resentatives, since the letter is written upon house official -stationery and sent to him In an official envelope of the house of representatives, although' the signature Is a 'republican friend.' After citing the member from Utah to a speech delivered by the Horn James G. Blaine- in 1872, with reference to polygamy, he says: 'I regret that I am not at liberty to vote as my con science dictates on this question (the Rob erts case), for reasons which you fully un derstand. President McKInley and Speak er Henderson have made the support of the Tayler resolution the test of repub lican orthodoxy, and I am obliged to wear the yoke.' "So far as this matter Is a personal af fair, I may say that, whatever happens, the member from Utah can congratulate himself that from obscure birth and the conditions of iron fortune, and In spite of having espoused an unpopular faith, he has fought his way upward until he reached a sufficient prominence to be the decided choice of the people of a sovereign state to represent them In the American house of representatives. From that sum mit he was hurled down by the house un der a spasm of prejudice, arising from misrepresentation and falsehood as to con ditions existing In Utah. That action will not ruin him. Conscious of the rectitude of his own intentions, he will face the fu ture undlscouraged by this incident in his career, and will weave again his fortunes. He will face the future with a light heart and a determination to succeed. "No, he will not stand for re-election as a vindication to himself, even should his people desire It; he will ask that his ex clusion shall be permitted to close, for the present, this incident in Utah's history." THE RUNNING RACES. Yesterday's Winners at Oakland and Nevr Orleans. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. The weath er was fine and the track fast at Oak land. Tho results were: Ffve furlongs Jael won, Mainstay sec ond, Almoner third; time, 1:02. Seven furlongs Andrisa won, Rachael C. second, L. B. McWhirter third; time, 1:27. Mile and a half, selling Topmast won, Forte second, Weller third; time, 2:3G. Three and a half furlongs Dunfree won, Sqfola. seqqnd. Luclda third; time, 0:42&. Mile and a sixteenth Dr. Sheppard won, Dr. Nembula second, Flamora third; time, 1:45. Six furlongs Novla won, "Ventoro sec ond, Good Hope third; tlmp, 1:13ft. Races at Nerr Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 25. The results were: , Six furlongs HImtlme won, Diggs sec ond, TrJadltza third; time, 1:11. One mile., setting Dr. Fannie won, Sor rel Rose second, gadje Burnbam. third; time, 1:44. Selling, mile and three-eighths Donna Rita won, Jim Conway second, Admetus third; time, 2:25. Handicap, mile and a sixteenth Jolly Roger won, Koenig second. Laureate third; time, 1:49. Uhlers finished third, butwas disqualified. Seven furlongs Glenoine won. Lady of the West second, Tobe Paine third; time, 1:30. Six furlongs Uncle Bill won, Colonel Cossidy second, Manlius third; time, 1:16. Jeffrles-Corhett Match. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. At 'a. meeting between representatives of James J. Cor bett and James Jefffles,-lt was decided to set' February 1 as the closing day for bids from clubs for the boxing contest be tween those two" men for the champion ship of the world. Bids must be made, sealed, sent to Al Smith, at the Glls'ey house, and will not be opened until 6 o'clock the evening of February 1. o RUNAWAY FREIGHT. Three Men Killed and Several In jured on Willcesbarxe Mountain. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 25. A freight train on the Central Rail road of New Jersey, coming down the Wllkesbarra mountain, this aft ernoon, ran away. At the foot of the mountain, near the Ashley siding, the cars left the track, and were piled high In a big wreck. There was dynamite in ono of the cars, and it exploded with great force. The shock was felt for a 'distance of 20 miles. The windows in nearjy every house in. the town of Ashley were broken. Three men, all of them brakemen, were killed, two unknown men were fatally injured and several others were badly hurt. The cead are: Frank McLaughlin, of Mauch Chunk, aged 27; Michael Bird, of Ashley, aged 22, and Will Jam Buckley, of this city, aged 28. Excursion Train AVreclced. THOMASVILLE, Ga., Jan. 25. The spe cial train bearing the Indiana lumbermen on their Southern tour collided with a freight train in a dense fog In the Way cross yards today. Several people are re ported injured, among them three or four ladles. The Injured were removed to the Plant system hospital at Waycross. LIVES LOST IN A FIRE. Serious Blaze in a Town In Western New York. DUNKIRK, N. Y., Jan. 25. Fire this morning did $200,000 damage at Fredonia, a village three miles south of Dunkirk. The power-house of. the Dunkirk & Fre donia Street-Car Company was destroyed, together with all the cars, and traffic has been suspended. Miss Alice Huntington was burned to death in the homo of Fred W. Case, while trying to save het personal effects. Warren Bretsgkl, a printer, lost his life In the Pan-American hotel, while asleep in his room. The fire stated In the hotel at 3 o'clock, from some cause unknown. a a i The Kaid Sold EI Gliull. From "In Moorish Captivity," by Henry M. Crey. A fat old man between 60 and 70 years of age, with a short, vblte, pointed beard and fair complexion, he gave no sugges tion of being the fierce and intrepid war rior that the stories of the Sbooyas had depicted him; yet it was said that in bat tle he displayed the activity of a young man and the courage of a lion. His faci wore on almost benevolent expression, and I thought I detected the embryo of a smile upon his thin lips as we ranged ourselves before him. What struck me meat was that his eye lids were darkened with; kohl just upder the lashes, his cheeks were painted like those of some old Jezebel of the streets at home, and the tips of his nails were stained brown with henna. His dress was su perior to anything I had yet seen in the country; his jelaba was of cashmere of the finest possible texture, having almost the appearance of white silk, ornamented with a broad olive-green scarf, over whlcn he wore a sulham of dark-blue melton. On his bald or shaven head", of course, he wore a large white turban. Such wa3 Kaid Said El Giluli. t o Helen Gould's Charity. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Details of Miss Helen Gould's benefaction to the naval branch of the Y? M. C. A., Brooklyn, have just been made public She has given $125,000 to the institution and has secured title to adjoining property for a site for a new five-story building. The new building will be a memorial to Miss Gould's father and mother. It will have a frontage of 90 feet and will combine the features of a mission, hotel and gymna sium. There will be a good library, a swimming tank, baths and restaurant, where meals can be secured by sailors for a nominal sum. Judge Toney Will Be Heard. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 25. Judge Ster ling B. Toney said today that he forward ed to the committee certified records of his court with a letter stating that he doubted the propriety of the judge of the circuit court appearing to testify concern ing matters involved In this contest, but that If the commission disagreed with hlra as to the proprieties of the occasion, he would promptly respond to their sum mons. He will appear tomorrow. Iowa Monuments at Shlloh. DES MOINES, la., Jan. 25. The Iowa Shlloh battlefield commission, after a hearing before the appropriations commit tee of the houses of the legislature, has Introduced a bill to appropriate $65,000 to erect monuments to the Iowa troops who fought at Shlloh. The bill is practically certain of passing. It provides for a $15,000 state monument and a $4000 monu ment at the point where each Iowa regi ment did Its hardest fighting. a B Dynamite Outrage at Denver. LEADVILLE, Colo., Jan. 23. Another dynamite outrage the fourth since Sun uay -was committed at 4 o'olock this morning, when an explosion in the rear of the Western opera-hous caused slight damage. When the police arrived, they found two sticks of giant powder that failed to explode. The city is greatly ex cited and a force of night watchmen will be employed. n r r California Cattle KInjf Injured. GILROY, Cal., Jan. 25. Henry Miller, the California cattle king, was thrown from his buggy today and sustained con cussion of the brain. It Is feared tle Injury Is extremely serious. Miller Is one of the richest men in California, and conducted the enormous cattle business of Miller & Lux. The firm owns over 1,000,000 acres of land on the Pacific coast. o l ' m - Escaped Convicts Recaptured. DENVER, Jan. 25. A special to the Times from Canyon City, Colo., saysr Tnri-. nf th fniir convicts who escaped from the penitentiary Monday night, af ter killing Captain Willjam C. Rooney. were captured this morning neorVIctor, and have been returned to prison. They are Antone Wood, the boy murderer, and Kid Wallace, a tralnrobber: . o Short in His Accounts. MARSHALL, Mich., Jan. 25. Hon. Au gust O. Hyde, superintendent of poor of Calhoun county, In whose accounts a special committee, which has been Inves tigating the accounts of county officers, discovered an alleged shortage in the neighborhood of $5000, was arrested today, charged with embezzlement. a i In Ponce there is an American free school, partly supported by the military government, and partly from private en terprise hy the citizens of the city. It has about 350 pupils and is doing excel lent work, being a thorough-going school according- to American ideas. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of BRYAN SiV PENNSYLVANIA tr. rji STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTES NAMES HIM FOR PRESD3EAT. Convention In April "Will Adopt a Platform on the Lines He Laid Down. HARRISBURG, Pa.. Jan.. 25. The state democratic committee set the pace for tha democracy of the other states today by (making Colonel William J. Bryan lis I choice for the presidency in 11)00. Thuj j action was taken by the committee wh..o Colonel Bryan was on his way to Har- rlsburg from New York to attend tha meeting and confer with the party lead ers. This is probably the first time in the party's history that the democrats of Pennsylvania have indicated their cho!o J for president In advance of the state con vention. There was a large attendance of democrats from over the state to meet Colonel Bryan and hear him discuss the Issues on which the coming campaign wUI be waged. The state convention will be held in this city April 5, and will adopt a platform along the lines laid down by the Nebraska orator In his speech tonight before 5000 people at the Keller-street hall. The platform will Indorse the Chicago declara tion of principles, denounce the trusts and imperialism, advocate ballot reform ord pure elections, and condemn machine pol itics. The convention will also nominate candidates for auditor-general, congress-man-at-large and presidential electors, and elect eight delegates-at-large to the na tional convention. Colonel Bryan reached here at 3 o'clock and was escorted to the board of trade rooms, where the state committee was la session, by a committee representing tho state and local democratic committees. He was introduced to the assemblage by State Chairman Rilling, and made a short speech, which was received with much en thuiasm. "When I come to talk to Eastern demo crats," he said, "I feel It is my duty to give them every assistance I can, and to tell them that we appreciate the. odd3 they have to contend against. It Is easy to be a democrat In the South, and it ia easier to be a democrat In the West than, it used to be. I believe the time will come when the Chicago platform democracy will be as popular in Pennsylvania a3 it Is out In Nebraska. While no republican can remember what was In the republican platform of 1SS6, and while no gold demo crat can repeat the Indianapolis platform, every democrat and republican remembers the Chicago platform. The democrats ought to make progress in this state, be cause the republican party Is more corrupt in this state than in any other state In the Union. Unless the people have forgotten to think and act for themselves, they ought to rise up and wipe the republican party out of existence. If the voters of the democratic party speak now a3 they did in 1S96, they will send men to the n . tional convention who will write a pla. form like that ot the Chicago declaratioi of principles. I believe we are going to win In the campaign In 1900. The yourg Ta.Qn who are coming to vote this year for the first time are beslnning to believe that the republican party Is1 a good thlrg for the monopoly and a poor thing for tho young man, who, as things are going now, can only hope to be a poor clerk for soma monopoly." At the close of the meeting he held an Informal reception at the Commonwealth hotel, and later he was the guest of Mayor Frltchey at a dinner party, at which Colo nel Guffey, Chairman Rilling and other party leaders were present. After tonight's meeting he attended a session ot the local lodge of Modern Woodmen, of which he Is an active mem ber at his home, in Lincoln. Colonel Bryan will go from here to Smyrna and Wilmington, Del., and from there to Washington, to meet the national leaders. Populist Committee Called. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Senator But ler, chairman of the national executive committee ot the people's party, today Issued a call for a meeting of that com mittee to be held in Lincoln, Neb.. Mon day, February 19, for the purpose of nam ing a time and place for holding the na tional convention of that party. The ex ecutive committee consists of three mem bers from each state. Masters nnd Pilots Resolutions. WASHINGTON. Jam 25. The national convention of Masters and Pilots of Steam Vessels has adopted resolutions on the following subjects: Favoring the construction of the Nicaragua canal by the government; legislation prohibiting the towing of rafts on the Pacific coast, because of the great danger to naviga tion in the event of their breaking up; and opposing legislation placing the grant ing of pilot's licenses under federal gov ernment supervision. T&Mg$life$ Just before retiring. If your liver ia sluggish, out of tune and you feel dull, bilious, constipated, take a dose oi &ds And you'll be all right in the morning. Bohemian Chinawarc Bargains. It's Worth. Yoiar Coming: Just to See. Great Eastern Tea Co. 320 Washington St., Portland. 223 First St,. Portland. 115 Grand Ave., E. Portland. Liver Ills. Doctors Say; Bilious andlntermittentFevers which prevail in miasmatic dis tricts are invariably accompan ied by derangements of the Stomach Liver and Bowels. The Secret of Health. The liver is the great " driving wheel" in the mechanism of man, and when it is out of order, the whole system becomes de ranged and disease is the result. Jr I S. .03I1T & LrfiVCJi v7raiiO Cure all LiveE.VRdkMes. 1 t-ff ) Jt