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THE MORNING' OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900. HAuc rnmmiff Alti-rc thft 4-'w wia.m.vvww, Ln "" Hepburn Bill. TEN MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE Application 'of -file Contract System -Tamil TotalCo'st ElmitetX to 140,000,000. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The house committee on interstate and foreign com merce today reconsidered the .Nicaragua canal bHl, -which .had been, reported with cm appropriation of 5140,000,000, and changed the appropriation section so as to make ?10,000;WQ available, with author ity to contract for the entire excavation and completion of the canal at a total cost not exceeding $140,000,000. . Before this action was taken, Mr. Hep "burn, chairman of the committee, stated that, as all the members of the commit tee were anxious for the success of the hill, it was well to consider some objec tions which had been raised. He had Jbeard several objections on the ground that the whole $140,003,000 was appropriated now. and three or four gentlemen had said they would not support the bill if the entire sum was appropriated now, but would .support-it only if a portion was made available at once to begin the work. Mr. Corliss, of "Michigan, thereupon of fered the following new section, which was adopted. "Section 6. That the sum of -$10,000,000 is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated towards the project herein contemplated, and the secretary of "war Is further here by authorized to enter into a contract or contracts for materials and work that may be deemed necessary for the proper excavation, construction, defense and completion of said canal, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be hereafter made, not to exceed in the ag gregate $140.000.00Q., Fletcher of Minnesota said: "When you get that canal half built for $140,000,000, what will you do for the other half?" Corliss answered that the highest esti mate of cost thus far made was $133,000, 000. Hepburn added that in the amended form the bill simply applied -the contract system and limited the aggregate to $140,000,000. In the amended form the bill was ordered reported. The Pacific cable question was then taken up, and General Wager Swayne, of Kew York, spoke in favor of private con struction and operation of the cable lines, as against government ownership. Lewis Marshall, of New York, appeared Jn behalf of the Eastern Extension & Aus tralasian Telegraph Company, the British company which now operates the cable connections With , the Philippines, and stated that he was present to submit a notice of prior rights. He explained the concessions held by this company from Spain, one of them extending until 1940, and one of them, granted in 1S98, giving exclusive landing rights In the Spanish Pacific Islands until 1918 Mr. Marshall said the company maintained that these grants by Spain were binding on the United States, as this government had succeeded -t-e-Spaki sovereignty and had "put itself In-SpaIn's shoes.V Mr. Corliss asked if it was claimed the United States could not lay" a cable to Manila. Me. Marshall .said it was held this could not be done -without extinguishing the existing rights in some regular way. Captain Squler, acting chief signal offi cer, stated that, owing to the assertion of exclusive rights, the war department had secured copies of the original conces sions under which this British company was operating. He said these contro, verted the claims of exclusive rights They were helng translated and would be soon submitted to congress. THE DAY IN THE HOUSE. Bnloffles on the Life and Public Services of Holmrt. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2G The greater, portion of the sessidn 6f the house today was devoted to eulogies oh'Sie life and public services of the late Vice-President Hobart. The tributes paid to his man or' were not the usual perfunctory eulo gies, but breathed the love, admiration and respect in which he was universally held. Those who spoke were Gardner, Stewart, Parker, Fowler and Daly of New Jersey, Payne of New York, Dalzell and Brossius of Pennsylvania, Richardson of Tennessee, and Gnggs of Georgia. Be fore the keulOjgies beganjthje, ranferenc report on the census hill was adopted and an attempt was made to pass a bill to pay the cost of repairing the Manila cable which Dewey cut just after his great victory. Opposition developed, however, and it went over. The Indian appropria tion bill was reported. The urgent deficiency bill was sent to cenference, and Cannon (rep. 111.), Bar ney rep. Wis.) and Livingston (dem. Ga) were' appoint fcfcnterfceg. "3r A resolutfotiw&sfl&Rted5alllng upon the secretary of the inferior for informa tion as to the number of Indians on the Sac and Fox -reservation who were not paid their tribal allowances Xrom 1855 to 1SGG, what such allowances would amount to, and what portion of the salaries of the chiefs due under treaty stipulations from 1S55 to 1899 have not been paid. The house then proceeded to the con sideration of bills on the private calen dar. Mahon (rep. Pa.) called up the bill to authorize the secretary of state to pay the Australasia & China Telegraph Company the amount of tho expenses In curred in repairing the Manila-Hong Kong cable, cut by Admiral Dewey during the war with Spain. This was the first bill carrying an appropriation to indemnify a company for property destroyed "during the Spanish war. Mahon took the posi tion that the United States was not Hahle for loss due to the "interruption of the cable, -hut only for the actual expense of repairing' the; cable. r. if Ray fc-ep. s.' Y)3saiii th"e attorney-general had reported that the company had no claim for Indemnity. There were thousands of claims pending, and he thought it would establish a dangerous precedent to pay one which the attorney-general had reported against. Hltt (rep. HI.), chairman of the foreign-affairs committee, thought the bill should be amended so as to state specific-' ally that the claim was an act of grace. Ray pointed out that since the American occupation of the Philippines the cable company had done more business in a single year than it would have done In 20 had the war not occurred. He thought there was no equity in the claim. Moody (rep. Mass.) argued that the law of nations was well settled that property of neutrals within the theater of war op erations, had to take Its chances. He cited the case of the American fishermen whose M claims had been disputed and held up by Great Britain, and declared that before we paid citizens of Great Britain indem nity as an act of grace, England should he compelled to pay what was due our own people. No action was taken on the bill, and at 2o'.clQck the house suspended public busi ness jfeo 'Jisfeni to tributes to the memory of the late "Vice-President Hobart Gardner (rep. N. J.), who served for several years in the state senate -with Hobart, presented the resolution of re gret, and was the first speaker. In the career of Hobart there was, he said, nothing sensational or episodical. His .aims were definite his course was as steady as the granite hills, his efforts as sustained as the motions of the plan ets. Informed men spoke of his acquire ments, churchmen of his rectitude and deep religious convictions, the philanthro pists -of his unostentatious charity, busi ness men marveled at his business judg ment, politicians wondered at his clear perceptions of the character and the value of issues,, statesmen at his wide and early knowledge of national and International affairs; his sympathy was as broad as the field of human struggle. Payne freD. N. Y.l. leader of tha ma jority, and.;RTchardsdn (dem. TennJ. Iead- St ""ie SSSlzy'ac.!im.-xlauiP .lo t"o swie.vice'-presiaeru.e -i Grosvenor trep. OfTln a warm eulogy. said Hobart was the first vice-president within his recollection who gave dignity and value and executive co-operation to the office. He said that when the pres ent tariff law hung In the balance in con ference, no one man did as much to affect the result as he. Dolllver (rep. la.) delivered an eloquent tribute, concluding: jk aara.tetui' to, -nis . countrymen, ,axuia honor they had given him, he set him self to deliver the office of vice-president from the cheap and petulant Influ ences that had already beset it How well he succeeded all men know, and it is not too much to say that, had he lived, he would have drawn to himself such a measure of. popular enthusiasm thaj his countrymen would "Have asked him to-tep linto the first chair-" T . The other speakers were: Messrs. Stew art (rep. N. J.), Dalzell (rep. Pa), Bros slus (rep. Pa.), Parker (rep. N. J.), Fow ler (rep. N. J.), Daly (dem. N. J.), and Griggs (dem. Ga.). At 4:20 P. M, as a further mark of re spect, the house adjourned. , SHIP .SUBSIDY BILIi. ' Changes Made ly the Senate Sub committee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The subcom mittee of the senate committee on com merce, appointed to consider the ship subsidy bill, today agreed to recommend several changes In the bill. One of the amendments agreed upon limits the amount to be paid in any one year for 20 and ZL-knot vessels to $2,000,000 in the aggregate. Another change places ves sels of 21, 12 and 13 knots speed in the special premium class, this action being taken to encourage low-power freight ves sels. A third amendment provides for the admission of foreign-built ships of certain classes where a majority of the stock Is owned by American citizens. The requirement in the bill as introduced was that 80 per cent of the stock should be owned in this country. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. Bureaus That It Is Proposed to In clude in It. WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. The question of establishing a department of the gov ernment to be known as the department of commerce, with a cabinet officer at its head, has -been discussed at considerable Icnsrth hv thu sfrtnta cnmmlttpfi nn to.otrj- Tmerce. The discussion ivas hased "upon a ery complete report on the subject prepared by Senator Nelson. It Is proposed to include in the new de partment a bureau of manufactures, and to transfer from the treasury depart ment the life-saving, lighthouse, marine hospital and steamboat Inspection service, the bureaus of navigation, immigration, statistics and coast and geodetic surveys; to transfer from the interior department the commission of railway, the census of fice and the geodetic survey, and from the state department the bureau of foreign commerce. The department of labor and the fish commission are also placed under this supervision. MONEY FOR FLOUR TRUST Plans for Providing: Working Cap ital lor the Conibine. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. The Herald says: It was announced last night that the plans lor providing worKlng capital for the United States Flour Milling Company were practically sure of success, and that A. C. Lorlng, manager of the Northwestern Milling Company, of Minneapolis, would r.eturn o fc!s home, Jeavjng this qy this morning fully convinced that there will be no further difficulty in raising the ?1,250,T03 required'hy the mills of Minneapolis under his control, as a "working capital. George Urban, jr., of Buffalo, president of the United States Flour Milling Com pany, also will leave New York tonight for his home, and It Is said that before his departure jvlll sign the papers which will bring to ttie treasury of the Hecker-Jones-Jewett Mining Company the funds re quired. President Urban said that he did not look for any further difficulty, and he -was convinced that the minority stock holders of the Northwestern Milling Com pany would be satisfied with any arrange ment which the majority might make. These statements were made by him in the presence of Jacob Ames, of Syracuse, and Thomas A Mclntyre, vice-president nnd secretary respectively of the United States Flour Milling Company. Later, at a time when President Urban was not present, Mr. Mclntjre said:' "There lsr nb minority interest In tho Northwestern Milling' Company. I am not responsible for what President Urban sajs, and when he spoke of the outstanding shares of stock he did not know what he was talking about. The sfock has been purchased for me by a friend. I shall take it up when I get the money." A. C. Loring, of Minneapolis, who has heen an official of the United States Flour Millings Company, resigned 11 o his offices in connection with that concern on Wednesday afternoon, and at a meeting held yesterday was elected president of the Northwestern Milling Company, of Minne apolis. At that meeting it was also or dered that there should be an amalgama tion of the Minneapolis Flour Manufactur ing Company with the Northwestern Mill ing Company, giving the plant In Minneap olis eight mills, with a total dally capacity of about 17,000 barrels. Mr. Lorlng surprised his associates In New York by his Independence. He is said to have informed them that while he was willing to -nork In full harmony, It was necessary for capital to be provided, and that if it could not be obtained In New York on good terms he would be able to get It In the Northwest. In 'any eventhe wanted It understood that the mills under his control were to be operated with the idea of producing a profit, and not for the purpose of making good the losses in the operation of other mills. As a result of Mr. Loring's position, it Is understood that the Empire State mills, Lat Syracuse, two In number; the mill of tne uroan company, in .uunaio; ine ajaisy roller mill, of Milwaukee, and the Duluth roller mill, of Milwaukee, will be perma nenty closed down, while the six mills at the head of Lake Superior will be op erated only during those months when the lakes are open to pavigatlon. ToUIugr the Chances. From "Aids to Scouting 'for -Noncommissioned Officers and Men," by Colonel Baden Powell. When in doubt as to whether to go on or to -go hack think of that, and of the Zulu saying: ''If we go .forward, we dlej If Tye. go backward we die; betler go iorward and. die." J It is also like a. game of football. You are selected as a forward player. Play the game; play that your side may Win. Don.'t think of your own glorification, or your own risks your side are backing you up. Play up and make the best of every chance you get. Football Is a good game, but hetter than- It, better- than any other game,. Is. that of. man-hunting,. But, like, all other games, It is no use your going in for it without previous training, and I hope' that what I hae said above may be of some use In helping you to take a distin guished part In the best sport In the world, namely, scouting. s c An old authority gives directions for the xnostxestfiil positlonto assume after great -we.aflnet.sr "If very tired lie ..on the back, the "knees drawn up, the hands .clasped above the head or resting on the elbows, the forearm at right angles, and the hands hanging over by the bend of the wrists. d a Zarlna Cigarettes not made by Japs or Chinamen,, 10 cents for 1Q. INTERSTATE COMMERCE SDXATE COMmTTEES'S HEARING ON AMENDMENT TO LAW. ' , i ' X vH ' ' - " " - i '- n , . - ;, Statements by Representatives of Business Organizations Through out the Country. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2C The senate committee on commerce today crave, a hearing to the renresenlatfves nf n nurn- ber of business organizations throughout Secretary of State Hay, Secretary Gage, the country in support of a bill to amend , United 'States Senators" Beverldge, Xodge the Interstate commerce law. and Aldrlch sent letters of regret. The first statement was made by Frank I The'toasts and the speakers were as fol Barry, of Milwaukee. He is secretary of j lows: "The President of the United the National Millers' Association, and ac- States," Charles Denbf ; "The American credited representative of, the National j Asiatic Association," Everett Frazer; League of -Industrial Associations. He j "China, the Greatest Potential Market In commended the pending bill, saying it had J the World," Wu Ting-fang; 'JJttPan iiie been framed with a vlewtto doing justice ' "Pioneer of Asiatic "Progress, "'""jutaro Ko- CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, FIRST D'lSTRICT .;r ,, lljp THOMAS H. TONGUE, OF HILLSBORO. Though confronted by formidable Opponents in the contest for the republican congressional nomination In the first district, Representative Tongue does not Intend to lay down his scepter without a struggle. He Is busily putting up hie fences, and will do the best he can .with the field against him. Mr. Tongue was elected to congress In 1890, and re-elected In 1898. ,ta, both shipper and carrier. He con demned tho present law, saying it had be come Impotent and valueless, and the in terstate commerce commission was noth ing more than a moot court. In reply to questions from Senator Tillman, Barry said the Standard Oil, sugar trust and large flouring mills of the Northwest and grain elevator Interests were not co-operating in this movement. He had no direct Information on the sub ject of favoritism, but called attention to the recent change of freight classification made by the railroads, which, he said, left carload rates on oil practically There they were, while it raised he rate on frac tional carload lots from 200 to 300 per cent. It was not difficult to see that this was In the interest of the Standard Oil Company. Mr. Barry expressed the opinion that the Minneapolis millers were receiving dis criminatory rates from the' railroads. Augustine Gallagher, ' of St. Louis, 6om,J mlssloner of the Millers' National Asso ciation, spoke especially of the interests' of the millers in the proposed legislation. He said the railroads "were not content with controlling the mines and the for ests of the country, but that they were now attempting to control the ballots of the people along their lines. He contend ed that the railroad business of the Mid dle West, so far as the grain Interests are concerned, Is practically parceled out to the large firms in Chicago and other cit ies. Mr. Gallagher, in response to an in quiry by the chairman, said" he believed, the adoption of the amendment proposed by the National Board of Trade would produce results Immensely beneficial to the whole people "You are here today, then," said Mr. Chandler, "to advocate a railroad trust with -$1,100,000,000 capital. Is lt not in effect a fact that you propose to organ ize a gigantic railroad trust, which is, to ahollsh all competition In traffic rates?" "As a member of the National Millers Association and of the National Board of Trade, I deny that I have any such In tention. I do not, and they do not, advo cate anything of the kind," replied Mr. Gallagher. "You understand, I take it," said Mr. Chandler, "that the great' mass of ship pers want an organization similar to the old Joint Tiafflo Association?'. . "They do," repliedcMr. Gallagher.. "If the resolution adopted by the National Board of Trade does' not convey that idea, I ask this committee to prepare one that will." "Well," said Mr. Chandler, "some of us politicians cannot understand why the Na tional Board of Trade and the National Millers' Association should desire the es tablishment of a railroad trust, the idea of which Is to crush railway competition." "We do not want to crush competition," j replied Mr. Gallagher, "and what we ask will not. accomplish such an end." "You want, then," inquired Senator Al len, "to authorize the railroads to main tain rates without the pooling of rail roads?" "That's it," replied Mr. Gallagher. "Well," said Mr. Allen, "that's another name for the same thing." E. O. Stanard, of St. Louis, a flour manufacturer, said the railroads for years had been giving rates to wheat-shippers in discrimination against the.flQur manu facturers. "This discrimination is so great," ho said, "that the British flour maker can make flour from American wheat at least 18 cents a barrel cheaper than the same flour could be made, here." In conclusion, Mr. Stanard ' stated there was nothing in the proposed amend ment which would enable the railroads to consolidate or pool their -interests. . , E. P. WHson, of pinclnnatl, secretary of. the National "Association of Manufac-r turers, said It was essential that, the in terstate commerce law be amended i"so, that the Interstate commerce commission would have some vitality and be able to do something definite L. B. Boswell, of Qulncy, III., repre senting, the Qulnqyrchember, of commerce J apd the Qulncy freight bureau, Urged, con, gress to come to the relief of shippers by establishing an Intermediary between ship pers and railroads, whose action would be equitable and fair. L. W. Noyes, representing the Na tional Business League, of Chicago, urged the proposed legislation. Edward P. Bacon, of Milwaukee, a member of the finance committee of the National Board of Trade, said that while the railroads were anxious probably to pool their Interests, the National Board of Trade was not In favor of pooling. Mr. Bacon maintained that, whi!6 the railroad companies might be afforded some advantages, the proposed law would be of vast advantage to the people. C. B. Cole, of Chester, 111.,, a miller, said: "If this bill Is passed, It will stop the discrimination in freight rates, and it will strike"trusls a Harder blow than any otherlclnd- of legislation5" "" " ' New San Francisco Hotel. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. Plans are being prepared for the new modern hotel to be erected by the Fred Crocker estate on Van Ness avenue, In this city. It Is cal- culated that the hotel will cost at least 1 $1,500,000, and it will' take about two years to complete it. It will be a building Of 11 stories, and will be constructed of brick, iron, stone and steel. It will be as nearly fireproof as modern architectural science qanjnake it. " OUR KADE'WiTH CHINA. Speeches nt ' live American Asiatic Association's Dinner. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. One hundred and two-members and guestb of the American Asiatic Association sat down to the sec ond annual dinner of the organization at IDelmonlco's tonight. President McKlnley, mura; "The South and the Open Door In the Far East," -John L. McLaurin; ''The- Paramount Interests of the United States In Asia," John Barrett Minister Wu Ting-fang wore his brilliant Oriental costume of silk, embroidered with heavy gold braid and decorated with Chi nese characters. The minister from Japan wore full evening dress, after the Amer ican model. Ex-MInlster Denby was the first speak er. He maintained that the United States should not stand Idly by and see other: powers establish hostile camps In --China under the plea of leaseholds. "We have as much right," he said, "to Intervene In Chinese matters in behalf of our missionaries and merchants as we had to intervene In Venezuelan affairs. We have just as much right to preserve and save pur trade rights in China as England has, or Bussia, or any other European power has to protect' its 'own. Why should Eng land and "Russlaand France anuGerrriariy arrogater to themselves the contrbl of Asia? We are the closest to China of all the great commercial nations, except Japan. We have done more to open It to civiliza tion than any country, except England. Our trade is next to England's. Our pop ulation In China isnext to England's. Bs what right shall otiier nations step in?" Continuing, Mr. Denby. said It only re mained for the" American people to go out for the greater trade that awaited"' them, adding: "A new era has come upon us. We have the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and part of Samoa for our own, and we aie holding Cuba today, whether we will or no. These are accomplished facts. The finger of destiny has pointed the way to commercial great nes. Our Western coast Is alive, awake and Is stretching out its hands for the trade of hundreds of millions of people, which is tq make Sn Francisco, Tacoma and Seattle the rivals of New York, Phil adelphia and Boston." Senator McLaiirin, of Soulh Carolina, spoke at length of the industrial growth of the South and its stimulation by trade with the Orient. In striving- for commer cial expansion, he said, he would not fa vor the Incorporation Into our body pol itic of any semi-barbarous races totally unable to appreciate -our system of gov ernment, but he did favor expansion. Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese minister, was ttye last speaker. He said: "China needs many things that are manufactured by the United States. We want your cotton goods and Iron and 'Steel products. But you cannot expect us to buy your products unless we like you. China wants the United States to do fair ly with her. Fair dealing on the part of the United States would mean the ad mission of my countrymen to the United States as freely as immigrants from any other nation. I hope the association will call the 'attention of congress to the In justice of the Chinese exclusion act with a view to repealing It, so that my coun trymen may have the rights of American , citizenship and .become your countrymen." jutaro ivumara, the minister from Ja pan, tnanKea tne assemoiage tor tne in terest taken In the affairs of the Orient e WILKESBARRE EXPXOSION. Pnrtlcnlars of the Accident ly 'Which Five Men Were Killed. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 26 Five men were killed and eight hadly injured as a result of a runaway train and the ex plosion of dynamite that followed, on the Central railroad of New Jersey, at Ash ley last night. The complete list of the dead lsr Frank McLaughlin, brakeman, 'aged 28; Michael Bird, brakeman, aged 22; Peter Frey, engine wiper, aged 16; Charles Haney, aged 15; one unknown tramp. Haney went to the engihe-house to Idle time away instead of going to night cchool. Injured John Roschlg, engineer; John Bovin, Henry G-elsler, engineer; Thomas Rotve, brakeman; Michael Coole, flagman; "John Ruehf, engineer; Edward Hughes, fireman; William Brown, foreman round house. Some of the Injured were taken to their homes, others to the hospital In Wllkesbarre. It is thought all will re cover. Bovin Is a tramp and wag stealing a ride Many houses In Ashley and vicinity were badly damaged and inmates were injured, though none seriously. Many thrjljing es- capes are chronicled. John Thomas, an invalid, was thrown out of bed on to u hot stove. He was rescued by other members of the family. The frieght car containing the dynamite was crushed into splinters and a large hole torn under the roadway. Sk locomotives and 70 freight cars were wrpeked. - Conductor Law and Edward Meehan; brakeman7ftand--R.obert Carroll, were- ina caboose of the freight train and had narrow escapes. The accident was due to a lpng train of freight cars running away and crushing into a locomotive near the roundhouse. The shock exploded 30 boxes of dynamite in one of the cars. " THE BATTLE OF COLENSO BRITISH INFANTRY OFFICER'S AC COUNT OF THE FIGHT. 1 - I" if '. U ; ,r , ,i2Zk 10. , c rj. - r- "- 7 - " - - j Boy Leaders Responsible for Much of the Loss In the Encasement nt Mngersfontein. LONDON, Jan. 17. The following ac count of the battle of Colenso, written by an infantry officer present, was re ceived by today's" mall: "After that most terrible one-sided bat tle of Colenso last Friday I fainted when I got to camp from sunstroke, and on Saturday morning I found I had djsen tery. How any one escaped on Friday Is a marvel to me. We were nine hours and a half under fire, and it was like a severe hailstorm on a tin roof. I could not put up my glasses without hear.ng phlt, phlt,. phlt.' From the very first I saw it would be no go. Directly we got under fire, a corporal said to me: 'I won der how many Boers there are hidden in that wood opposite the Tugela?' "I said: 'I expect It is full of them, as" Buller has neven shelled It at all.' I -was right. Two companies of the Twenty- third, went in and jolly soon came out through us and exposed our camps, to a double fire, and I do not see how we es caped at all. Then I saw about three companies of the Seventh fusiliers go in on the left of the taken guns and they soon came out of it. After that we wero told to advance a bit, and eventually we were called off as. escort to the lost guns, with the result, that we retired (when or dered 6V and 'Tjdmmy' did no.f; .like that word sit all), and had six officers , taken and over 100 rrien killed, wounded, miss ing or prisoners, out of a total of 13 officers and 372 men, with which we start ed at 4 A. M. "I never was in such a veritable fix, and hope I shall never be again. "But poor 'Tommy was simply grand. On the troops went, through It all. They never hesitated one moment; never flinched. On" they went, 'With, destruction and "death and agony all around theni. HE shall never forget the sight. 'A man was 4 hit on the line. A shell fell between two mert at six paces; on they went. A shell blew a poor captain of the Connaught rangers to bits. A oubaltern of the In nisklllings close by looked back but could see absolutely no trace of his comrade left, and I see he Is reported as missing, as they could not find him anl yet on went the JIne. "My own company was most light-hearted. One old soldier, who used to be Quar termaster's storeman at Chatham, was In front of me while we once were ordered to turn In file to the left and wheel to right to double about half a mile to the right flank of the guns, and when a bul let whizzed very close to him he began to play antics and skip about, laughing and joklhg the while. The bullets were as thick as bees, and I had several mighty clbse to my head. .Directly we.halted.and ia.y UUWJl SliUWUlS OI uunyis cuiue. J.ivxu.s truly aorie-sldeugam,' a We'"eoul6f eee, no oneto aim a at all." ' ' The following account of the ModJer i"Iver flght was received oday from one of the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. "We have had some hot fighting with Methueh, but we got through all right until the 11th, when we got a licking. We of the Highland brigade had to march during Jthe night to surprise the Boers. jNoqneT lenew what, wjb were going to ido oP wherV wewere jgbln ' The Train 'came nown in- torrents and -we were" soaked through, and that on empty stomachs. We were led right into the Boer trenches by guides and before we could deploy from column half of us were shot doWn. We all ran for our lives and reformed EOO yards back, when the Gordons joined us and we again tried the trenches. "But It wad no good. All day we lay out in 'the sun. Without -toad, or drlnkT arid'ln the afternoon the"Boer shells be- gan bursting among us, so we made the best of our way "tc the rear. The men were sick arid, dispirited. There was no fight left In them, and they would not Stop for the -officers or any one else. Gen eral WauchOpe was killed hit In seven places. He" Was the right sort. They say it wasstiot his mistake at all and he 6Td not want the night attack. Anyway, ltwasa ghastly failure. ,u''The"camp'at -Moddeiv river- wa's full.ofV. 'Boersples-colbniala and "others" so' our every movement was watched! and Infor mation carried to the enemy. Why these people are allowed to mess about the camp I cannot undertsand. Some of these dislojal colon'als have been caught red- handed fighting against the queen. Why don't they shoot them right off Instead of sending them down for trial they don't deserve it. "-"Most of the feglm'ents here ate full -Of iyouhg' boys" fbrMfncers-artd -the men don't car6 about them. I saw some of them at Modder river fight like a lot of schoolboys, shouting out orders that none of us could understand, so the old hands took no nptlce of them and -went their own way as best they could. Most of the regiments are the same. The guards are the best off for officers. None of us can make out why so many young offi cers are sent out to take charge of old eolcllen?. Why can't we have more of our old officers? Iy late eaptain, who left us at Aldershot, came to see us off and we asked why he was not coming with us. He replied that the war office would not lei him rejoin. He was a good man. We should not have lost half the men we had If we had had older offi cers. "We were a good brigade if we had not been n-essed up, and if only Wau chope,hia heen left to handle us him self. This is a terrible war, and Gqd only4 "knows how It will end. My wound Is not a bad one a shot through the fleshy part of the thigh and I was so excited I did not notice It for an hour or two." The correspondent of the Times with Buller's army, writing from Cheveley camp, December 21, after giving interest ing details of the battle of Colenso, says: "The Boers' position was excellentlv I planned, their trenches and emplacements were wel hidden. All day we were fired at, by guns wJbojje position we. could neyer ibid, and we 'were never sure exactly where the musketry fire came from. It was an exposition of modern warfare. We had to attack ah invisible enemy, whose position could not even be fixed by the smoke of their rifles. It was rifle fire that caused our losses. "Their shell fire, though accurate enough, was not deadly, and during the advances men did not drop until they had come Within effective Tange of the rifles. This was the case in spite of the fact that far" the greater number of the Boers' shells burst, and burst accurately, too, sometimes right in the middle of our men." The Gazette today publishes a number of dispatches from General Buller, received by the war office, enclosing reports from Generals White, Hildyard, Methuen and other generals, regarding their various operations, but containing nothing later than the record of occurrences to the mid dle of December. A dispatch from Gen eral White, dated November 2, says: "I wras so greatly Impressed with the exposed position of the garrison of Glen coe that I determined (October 11) to with draw from there and concentrate all the troops at Ladysmlth. But the governor represented that this step would Involve such grave political results that I deter mined to accept the military risk of hold ing Dundee, as the lesser of two evils." General White then proceeds to describe the subsequent attack by 4000 Boers, of whom about 500 were killed pr wounded, three of their guns being left dlsmounte'd at Talana hill, but he adds there was no pnnprtunjfy of bringing them off.t He. also .describes hqw the Boprs were seen stream 'ing away in bodies of from E0 to 100. Prince of Wnlc Inspected Yeomnnrj LONDON, Jan. 26 At the Life gu-Jrds' barracks this morning, the Prince of Wales Inspected the first lot of yeomanry who start for South Africa tomorrow. At the conclusion of the Inspection, the prince made a speech, saying he was proud of .being their honorary colonel. "I am sure," said he, "although you leave your homes and your country, you all feel that a' grea.t duty devolves upon you to maintain the honor of the British flag." Lord Chesham called for a cheer for the prince, which was enthusiastically given. Among the troops Is. the husband of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the actress. SPION'KOP OF LITTLE VALUE. British Pound It No More Useful Than the Boers. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Dispatches from London state- that the military experts were not so jubilant over the capture of Splonkop as the crowds abodt the bulletin boards were. The Leader says: "No particulars of Tuesday's nocturnal enterprise have been received. With due care It does not seem to have been very difficult. It may be that the Boers in holding so extended a position had, accord ing to that elegaht American expression, 'bitten off more than they could chew. "What If the enemy had been caught in the act of evacuating Splonkop, leaving only a small rear guard to concentrate upon a second position with another posi tion behind more suited to the strength of their forces that could be spared from the attack upon Ladysmlth?" The Morning Post says: "The situation described yesterday was tthat Sir Redvers Buller had first to drive the Boers from Splonkop and the rest of the plateau upon which It stands, and then to drive them before him until he can cover the 12 or 15 miles that separate Splon kop from the circle of Bder guns that are pointed at Ladysmlth.. -She news received yesterday did not, indeed, contain the an nouncement that he had finished the first half of his- task.A' There are two ways of looking at the taking of Splonkop. Some persons believe the Boers too shrewd to be caught nap ping, and think the abandonment of the kop Is part of the Boei- campaign and a strategic move. Others, who take Into consideration the vast length of the Boer lines, 30 miles, say that the Boers did not expect Splonkop to be attacked, and, as they have no men to spare, had a weak garrison gn the hill and concentrated their forces at points-considered to be in danger. Dr. Leyds Is 'blamed for the entangle ments of the British over the Belzure of German vessels, and he Is said to have caused false Information as to the seized vessels' cargoes to be given the Brltlsn authorities. It Is said further that Dr. Leyds circulated the stories that vast quantities of war supplies were being landed at Lourenco Marques in the hope that Great Britain would seize Delagoa bay and bring Russia and France down upon her. BOMBARDMEJkT OF LADYSMITH. Boer CannonntUnir Does Little Harm In the City. NEW YORK, Jan. 2C A dispatch to the World from Ladjsmith, January '22, by runner from Frere camp, January 24, says: "Our principal occupation now is watch ing the bursting of shells firett by "Gen eral Buller s'Tnen" advancing! "from the west. This observation tends to raise the spirits. The heavy artillery makes a most joyful sound. "The Boer bombardment of Ladysmlth has practically ceased, although the Bul wana gun sometimes fires. The Telegraph hill Creusot fired a single shell this morn ing, which wobbled remarkably. It Is probable our howitzers have again dam aged the gun. Recently: the Boers began- to shell Observation hill from Surprise' hill with an eight-Inch mortar throwing a round shot with old-fashioned touch wood fuses. The British field artillery si lenced this gun, killing 20, It. is said: "Saturday afternoon there was some gun fire from the eastward. It came from Dulwana and Lowbardskop. This prob ably was a 'put up job' tor make us think the British reinforcements were advancing from, the east.. Tho fire may have possibly come from scouts T5eronglngto- some'trj'rclejr whlch- erect memtiorastpf tho folraJ rcgular forpes, to whom we -understana Bullor has given a roving- commission. There was rifle fire In the same direction, but further south, Saturday night front 11 o'clock to midnight. It was sharp and intermittent." Benefit for the Soldier Fund. NEW YORK, Jan. 26 Miss Jessie Mill- Lward and.f WuUamEaye.rsham, jding- woman anuieaaing-marr or tne jampire theater company are arranging a benefit at the Empire theater the afternoon of February 9 for the sick and wounded Brit ish soldiers In South Africa, and for the destitute widows and orphans of American soldiers who died during the recent war with Spain or In the Manila campaign. Miss MIHward and Mr. Faversham them selves, with the assistance of the Empire stock company, will present the second act of -qL.6ta "and Lady. Algy" Nat Q. Goodwin, and Miss Maxlne Elliott and William Gillette have already volunteered their services, and It Is expected that sev eral of Maurice Grau's singers will be in duced to take part. One of the features, of course, will be a recitation of "The Absent-Minded Beggar" by Mrs. Langtry. Tolstoi Denounces ihe War. MOSCOW, Jan. 26. Count Leo Tolstoi; In an Interview published In the RusskI LIstok, denounces the war in South Africa as showing the "sordid and soulless com mercialism that rules the world." He says: "I hope dally to hear of a fresh British reverse. It Is Incomprehensible to me that England, boasting herself to be the land of freedom, should wish to crush small republics, which have never done her the slightest injury." BIcdcnfeld Fighting ihe Imglish. CHICAGO. Jan. 26. The Record sayrf; "Word has reached Chicago that Curt Ernest Wilhelm. Baron von Biedenfeld, Is fighting the British with the soldiers of Oom Paul. The nobleman, who left this city last April, following his acquittal of the murder of Constable Charles A. McDonald, Is said to be in the thick of the South African war as a commissioned officer In a Boer regiment." First "Washington's Dead. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. A telegram has been received from the Red Cross So ciety, of Portland. Or., usklng to be given the privilege of disposing of the remains of Chaplain John R. Thompson, of the Washington volunteers, In cuae they should not be claimed by relatives. A reply has been sent stating that George W. Bell, of Olympla, Wash., has asked that the body should be sent to him. 0 1 Duty on Electricity. Syracuse Standard. The question whether electricity Is a du tiable article Is to be considered by the treasury department. 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The Niagara Fall3 Company says that elec tricity Is an article of value and Is to be bought and sold, and therefore measured as any other product, and coming Into this country from, abroad, should pay an Im port tax, for It comes Into competition with American manufactures, and these are entitled to the benefit of the protective principle as applied by the tariff. Elec tricity, the monthly publication, says that the question was presented several years ago to the treasury, and It was held that no duty could be. collected. If this decision be changed, it Is likely that a rate of 0 per cent, ad valorem will be lev led. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. Programme for the Seiilon Which Opens February 1. OTTAWA. Qnt.. Jan. 26. The fifth ses sion of the eighth parliament of Canada will begin Thursday afternoon, February 1. There are only six instances since confederation was consummated 33 yeara ago when parliament has been called earlier than on the present occasion, viz., 1SS0-S1, December 9. when parliament was called to ratify the Pacific Company's syndicate's contract for the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway: In 1884, when parliament met January 17; In 1SS3, January 29; in 1SS9. January 31: 1880 Jan uary 16, and In 1S9C, January 2. It Is. ex pected that the session will be a short one, and that immediately after proroga tion an appeal will be made to the coun try. The bill of fare which I3 likely to bo provided for the session wMl cover soma Important mutters. Parliament will be asked to sanction legislation calling upon Canada to pay In full for all the Camtdlan-contlngents-whlehj-already. have gone and may yetgo to South Africa In the present conflict between the British and the Boers, instead of having the volunteers become dependents upon the imperial pay-list from, the time of their debarkation at Cape Town. A bill calling for the estab lishment of a federal railway commis sion, with power to hear and adjust griev ances between shippers and the railways, will be Introduced. At las a federal law for the relief of Insolvent debtors and tho rdlstrtbution -nS bankrupt estates will not only be Introduced, but will this time be carried and put into force. The high com missioner's office In London, England, 13 to be reorganized, and a commercial agency Is to be opened at the British capital. 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