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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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