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1 ," iW VZ if - r. W - ? THE MOHNINGf OBEGONIAtf, SATURDAY, 'JANUARY 27, '1900. Kentucky Representative Will . Co on Record. NO DISTURBANCE IN FRANKFORT if Goebel "Wins, Republican "Will Slake nn Effort to Carry the Matter to Supreme Court. FRANKFORT, Ky.f Jan. 26. Tomorrow a vote will be taken in the house of rep resentatives that is expected to fore shadow with some accuracy the strength that both sides will be able to muster when the gubernatorial contest comes up. The vote will be on the contest brought by "Van Meter, dem., for the seat now held by Berry, both being from Fayette coun ty. Both the democrats and republicans claim to have a majority on the impend ing vote, and while It -will not, of course, be In any way decisive, It will put every man upon record, and the party managers will know just who is for them and who is against them. The city has been quiet all day, there not being the slightest sign of trouble. There are still quite a number of visiting mountaineers in the city, but they are making no noise. In case Goebel wins in the legislature, the republicans will make an effort to carry the matter to the supreme court of the United States. The Goebel men are anxious to bave the mat ter settled by a joint ballot; and. In case of their being successful in this method of election, the claim -will be made by the republicans that Goebel was chosen Ille gally because he did not have a majority of both houses independently. This possi ble plan of procedure was announced to night by an anti-Goebel democrat. The straight republicans would not discuss It. COCKRAJf AXD BRYAK. The Jiew porker "Will Support tbe Ncbrasltnn If He Drops Silver. NEW TORK, Jan. 25. W. Bourke Cock ran today announced his advocacy, with one condition, of the renomination of "Will lam J. Bryan for the presidency. Mr. Cockran proposes a truce with the Ne braskan on the silver question in 19M, and If Mr. Bryan will agree to the armistice, antl-lmperlallsm will be the democracy's war cry In the 1900 campaign. If Mr. Bryan will consent to postpone the silver fight until 1904, Mr. Cockran agrees to Indorse the Chicago platform in Its en tirety. RIGHT OF WAY DISPUTE. Hlval Railway Claims In. Clark County, "Washington. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2L The interior department nas been in receipt of many letters from residents of Clark county and other counties In the state of "Wash ington along the Columbia river in which the action of the department has been questioned regarding1 certain railroad rights of way in -which Clark, Kittitas and Portland parties are interested. The contention Is between the Port land, "Vancouver & Yakima railroad and the Portland, Lower Columbia & East ern "Washington railroad. The friends of the former company claim the rights of the latter have lapsed. Indeed, it Is said these rights lapsed four or five years ago, and the question is asked -why the In terior department should recognize the Lower Columbia & Eastern "Washington people. The presentarftaUonresulted from the. werXfolumfaa., railroad" "people asking for an extension of their rights. The In terior department, through the commis sioner of ihegeneral land office, the Hon. Binger Hermann, has made reply, and states in part as follows: ""The act of March 3. 1875 (IS Stat, 482) under which these maps were approved, provides that if any section of said road shall not be completed within five years after the location of said section, the Tights therein granted shall be forfeited as to any such uncompleted section of said road. "Such forfetlure can be declared only by congress or by the courts (Schulenberg vs. Harriman, 21 "Wall. 63). This depart ment Is therefore without jurisdiction to paps on the question of forfeiture, and would not be warranted, in the face of this well-settled doctrine of the courts, In igncring -the fact pf the approval of the maps and,:the jesting o the grant of right of way. Moreover, in this case, as In nearly all others, the records of this office do not show that the company has failed to construct, and the law does not make the filing of such evidence mandators'- "'In the controversy between the Port land, Vancouver & Yakima Railway Company and the Portland, Lower Colum bia &. Eastern "Washington Railroad Com pany, the following facts appear: "On March 21, 1899, there were trans mltted to this office the articles of incor poratlon and proofs of organization of the Portland, "Vancouver & Yakima Rail way Company, whlch were accepted by the department as satisfactory on July 1, 1899, and duly filed. ""With the letter from the register of the land office at "Vancouver. "Wash., dated July 3, 1899, there were received a map and field notes showiug the location of said company's road from Vancouver to a point In Klickitat pass In the Cascade mountains, a distance of 99 miles. "In considering the map this office found, as stated in letter of October 15, 1899, that the location shown was on the line of the Vancouver, Klickitat & Yakima Railroad Company, and on that of the Portland, Lower Columbia & East ern "Washington Railroad Company. The map of the former company was returned for correction May 2, 1SSS, and the copy of its articles of Incorporation and the proofs of organization were returned for correction June 1, 18S8. As the company did not perfect its articles of incorpora tion and proofs of organization, nor re iile its map, the application was consid ered as abandoned, when the maps of the Portland. Lower Columbia & East ern "Washington Railroad Company were acted upon "'The latter company had two maps of portions of its line approved September 11, 1893. Two other maps were returned for correction on Autnist 6. 190. and SeD- tember C, 1890, respectively; they were refiled August 15, 1895, and again returned for correction on December 24, 1895. As this office had not been advised of any further action in the matter, the company was allowed 30 days in which to show cause why the map -of the Portland, Van couver & Yakima Railway Company should not be submitted for approval. Such action was taken in accordance with the usual practice of the office to take no final action in a case of apparent con flict without notice to the opposite party. "Upon representations made on behalf bf -the Portland, Lower Columbia & East ern "Washington Railroad Company, deemed sufficient and satisfactory by this office, the lime originally allowed was extended 00 days by letter of December 4, 1899, with the stipulation that a copy of the showing made should be served within the time allowed, upon the Port land, Vancouver & Yakima Railway Com pany. Such a showing Is necessary as a basjs for Intelligent action by this office in determining the question of priority. "It Wbujd be entirely foreign to the' practice of this office to pass upon the rights of the Portland, Lower Columbia & Eastern Washington Railroad Company without allowing It an opportunity to be heard. The practice of allowing an exten sion of the time allowed to make a show Ins before this office, tipon presenting sat isfactory reasons. Is not unusual, and is followed in order that justice may be done to all parties concerned.. "It appears that the required notice was given to the Portlaud, Lower Colum bia & Eastern Washington Railroad Com pany under date of November 3, 15599; the time allowed will therefore expire on March 13, 1900, making the allowance of five days each way for transmission in the mails, as provided by the rules of practice of the department. After receipt of the report of the local land office, with" the papers that may be filed on or before that date, the matter will be taken' up for proper action without unnecessary de lay." a &IGHT HOOK ON THE JAW. "Mysterious Billy" Smltn Knocked Out Frank McConnell. NEW YORK, Jan. 26. At the Broadway Athletic Club tonight "Mysterious Billy" Smith knocked out Frank McConnell, of San Francisco, with a right hook on the jaw In the twenty-second round of what was to have been a 25-round bout. Smith forced the pace from the opening, playing for the stomach, but McConnell sent his left to the wind and head neatly. Smith countered with a right on the face, bleed ing Mac's nose, and at close quarters he pounded the Western man on the kidneys. Smith staggered McConnell in the fifth with a right swing on the side of the head. It was Smith's fight from the seventh, oc casionally McConnell electrifying the spec tators with some clever work with both hands, but none of his blows, although they landed on the face and on the wind, seemed to hurt Smith. Toward the end of the fight Smith's bull dog rushes were too much for the Western man, but at the close of. the twenty-first round It was odds on McConnell staying the limit. However, the end came In the twenty-second. After some sparring Smith forced McConnell Into the latter's corner. There he feinted with his left for the body, drawing McConnell's attention to the pres ervation of his lower parts, and this waB just what Smith had been laying for, as the moment the Callfirnian dropped his guard from the protection of the jaw Smith, with a half-swinging hook, landed his right on the mark, and McConnell fell, with his head striking the floor within a few Inches of his anxious handlers, who threw a towel into the ring and jumped In to look after their man. McConnell lay for several minutes flat on his back, but the club's physician revved him within six minutes, so that he was able to walk out of the ring with the assistance of his sec onds. The time of the last round was 37 seconds. THE RUNNING RACES. Yesterday's Winners at Oakland and Neir Orleans. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 26. The weather was fine at Oakland and the track fast. The results were: Five-and-a-half furlongs Flamero won, Tim Toolln second, Colonel Root third; time, 1:08. . Six furlongs Cormorant won, St. Cuth bert second, Momentum third; time, 1:13. One mile Persus won, Stuttgart second, Alaria- third; time. 1:42. Five furlongs Mldlove won, Lady Helo Ise second, Tiburon third; time, 1:00. Mile and a sixteenth Scotch Plaid won, Merops second. Opponent third; time, 1:4614. Six furlongs Sly won, Afamada second, Ben Led! third; time, 1:13. Races at Nctv Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 26. The results of the races were: Seven furlongs, selling Dr. Walmsley won, Corlalls second, J. E. Cline third; time. 1:29. One mile Duponon won, Joe Wheeler second, Harry Lucasco third; time, 1:43. Mile and an eighth Moncrelth. won, King Elkwood second, Tonto third; time. rK55T ' One mile, handicap Eva Rice won, An des second, Lorlzar third; time, 1:40. One mile, selling Acushla won, George B. Cox second, Domosetta third; time, 1:42. Six and a half furlongs, selling Ben Chance won, Fleuron second, Diana Fon so third; time, 1:22. o PACIFIC COUNTY STATISTICS. Assessed Valuation nnd Taxes Levied Imports and Exports. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Jan. 26. The 1899 tax rolls for Pacific county, which have just been completed, show as fol lows: Assessed Tax Value. Levied, Personal property $ 274,603 $16,041 25 Real property LS49.477 58,41171 South Bend 279,403 4,005 34 Ilwaco 112,465 1,112 69 Special road taxes In county 8,657 40 Special school taxes in county 7,192 47 The Weyerhauser syndicate's list of lands filed with County Treasurer Huson for a statement of taxes due shows that, so far as this county is concerned, the syndicate has purchased only the choicest timber lands, and Pacific county stands third among the counties of the state for acreage held by the syndicate. The com pany has no holdingsIn townships where hemlock predominates, and has all the Northern Pacific holdings in such town ships as 13 north, 6 west, which is reputed to be the best-timbered township in the state. The taxes on these lands for 1899 amount to about $11,000. According to estimates furnished the United States engineering department by Judge M. D. Egbert, of this city, the fol lowing figures represent the commerce of this city and vicinity for the year 1899: Imports Value. Agricultural Implements, 10 tons...? 1,000 Tin cans, 90 tons 15,000 Coal, 150 tons 750 Eggs, 20,000 dozen 5,001 Flour and feed, 900 tons 22,500 Miscellaneous hardware. 100 tons.. 15,003 Logs, harbor towage, 25,000,000 feet 125.0M Machinery, 50 tons ,.f. ,6,003 Merchandise, 1000 tons 150.030 Miscellaneous freight, 100 tons 15,000 Total value of imports 1355,250 Exports Butter, 50,000 pounds -..$12,500 Cheese, 50,000 pounds 6.750 Cranberries, 585 barrels 4,680 Fresh fish, 300 tons 30,003 Furs 500 Hides 1,600 Hops, 15 tons 4,000 Laths, 1,500,000 2.000 Lumber, 23,858,433 feet 182102 Oysters. 90.000 sacks 180.003 Shingles, 36,000,000 46,800 Clams and crabs, 1000 boxes 2,505 Canned salmon, 18,000 cases 45,000 Shooks, 100,000 feet 8 000 Total value of exports .5546,432 NEW ELECTRIC COMPANY. Scheme to Furnish PoTver to Athena and "Walla "Walla. Pendleton East Oregonlan. A movement Is on foot among Athena parties looking to the formation of an electric power company -at that point. The Walla Walla river will be harnessed to furnish the power, and it is the inten tion of the promoters to build the power house at the forks oft that river, some seven or eight miles from Milton. The promoters of the enterprise are: Joseph France. T. J. Kirk and C. A. Barrett, three well-known Athena men. It is claimed that 2000 horsepower can be secured, and at a cost much lower than half that amount of power can be secured other wise. The condition of the river at the point selected Is most favorable. It is proposed, that Athena shall be the first point to receive power. Arrangements will be made to light the town and also furnish motive power for the large flour ing mill at that place. It Is further claimed that sufficient power can be se cured to furnish Walla Walla rind all the surrounding towns of that part with elec tric power n abundance, EFFORTS FOR YAQUINA CONGRESS3IANTONGUE'S STATE MENT OF ITS DEMANDS. . San. Francisco Commercial Organiza tions Urge Expenditure t 91,000, 000 for the Improvement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. In the face of the adverse report of the chief of en- J gineers and the department officers of that department, it is not to be supposed that there is any possibility of securing any fur ther appropriation for Yaquina bay at tills congress, although the matter is very apt to crop out again in the future, especially If the commerce of that locality should take a start, and show an improvement that would warrant consideration. The report of General Wilson on this subject, together with numerous accompanying pa pers, has just been published, althdugn submitted to congress on the second day of the session. The report proper has already been reviewed, but the accompanying pa pers have not been published. The princi pal statement among the accompanying papers is that of Representative Tongue, who has made such a strong but vain flght for this improvement. In the. course of his statement Mr. Tongue said: "First, to point out the occasion that called for the appointment of the present board of engineers, without attempting to" go over the history of Yaquina bay. I care td" go back no farther than to the re port of. Captain Symons, of 1895. Up to that time there had been various sums ap propriated by the federal government for the Improvement of the harbor. The re ports of the engineers in charge had been complimentary on the progress of the work as it had been completed from time to time and carried on from time to time. "I think In 1895 Captain Symons in hla report stated that from an uncertain bar, that had a depth of 17 feet or water at high water and 14 feet at low water, im provements had been fair, but that further Improvement could notbe made at a rea sonable expense. He gave some reasons in engineering that I could not compre hend. In his opinion the further ex tension of the jetties would carry the bar farther out, but leave the bar with no greater depth of water. If that was true, it was useless to proreed. There were, however, people who thought that Captain Symons was not correct and not in ac cordance with observations that had been made by old residents. In obedience to that subsequently .an act was passed providing for the appointment of a boaid of engineers for the furtner improvement of Yaquina bay. Wheener the act was intentionally drawn or otherwise, the board in making Its report said the lan guage of the act precluded it from ex pressing any opinion as to whether or not the bar could be improved. The lan guage in that report has been the cause of .some little trouble for a" great many peo ple. The engineering department were not satisnea witn that opinion, or rather witn the language of the act, that they could not express an opinion; still, however, based on the whole, the engineers sub stantially said that the adoption of the completion of the plan that they provided would cut out the sand down to the rock, and would give substantially a depth of 18 or 19 feet at low water. "Then the river and harbor act, was In troduced., The last administration, took no action, but the secretary reported to con gress that there was nothing In the way for these Improvements. When the pres ent administration came Into power Gen eral Wilson was oalled upon for an ex pression of opinion by the secretary of war, which resulted in the recommendation that the contract be let The secretary of war proceeded to do that. Some delay was occasioned on account of the Span'sh war. Bids were finally accepted, but congress had not passed on the subject- But the claim has been made that there has been nothing shown to show that the report of Captain Symons was not correct, and that further deepening of this channel could not be had; They say that they are not satisfied with the opinion of the last board, and they think In construing it as coincid ing with that of Captain Symons. There is something In the bill to authorize the appointment of these gentlemen, whom congress wants to be heard from -on rwa questions, but principally whether or not the deepening of this bar will be of service, and second, the commercial improvement. "Now, as to the first matter, I am not competent to give these gentlemen any in formation. It shall no be my attempt. I seriously hope that their opinion will be in the line that further improvement can be had. "On the other hand, as to comnierclal Improvement, a whole state haa manifest ed its opinion on that subject on numer ous occasions. I have said in congress there Is no Improvement projected by the federal government in Oregon upon this coast where the people believe so much good will result to so many people as this Improvement. Committee Was Harsh. "The river and harbor committee was very harsh in Us treatment of Oregon. Thanks to the senate, we did receive bet ter treatment in the end. When that bill was, reported to the house its result meant a great deal to Oregon. While the legis lature was In session the boat and railway at The palles was stricken out; Coos bay was left out; the whole state of Oregon was only given the sum of about 5125,000 for river and harbor improvement. The legislature was In session; they accepted everything, except they begged congress not to strike out Yaquina bay. it was one thing in the mind of ,the entire peo ple or tms state. "I was in the office of the governor yes terday and was in conversation with some of the state officers there, and those gen tlemen stated that nothing would have given them more pleasure than to have been present here today to show the In terests of the state. Why is this? I live within 20 miles of the city of Portland; yes, within 10 miles of Portland. Every acre In my farm will be materially in creased in Value by the successful comple tion of this harbor. It Is a small prob lem that requires little professional skill. It is an uncommon thing for an Oregon man to say, 'I am proud of our country; I am proud of the city of Portland. Every citizen in the state is helping to build it up. There is not a sheepherder in the Valley or a man on the plains that is not contributing something to this govern ment; but I want to say that the price for every ounce of produce raised in thp state of Oregon is fixed by the San Fran cisco market and the steamer charges. The Oregonlan said, a short time ago, that people would need stirring up that the moss, was growing on our backs. I want to say, as I have said before, that if Port-, jana win give to tne people of the state of Oregon what the market gives to the peo ple of the state of California, we will have a boom. "You may take up an Oregonlan at ran dom; you may take the market price of every farm product, and you will find the Portland price is lower than the San Fran cisco price by the amount of steamer charges, and you can figure alone by fig uring the railroad charges, and it will av erage from 8 to 10 cents for a bushel of wheat. Today it is about 10 cents per bushel, but I think the average difference in price between wheat in Portland and .San Francisco is practically 10 cents per bushel. Now. the farmers along this val ley must pay railroad rates to take their wheat to the city df Portland, and then it practically finds a market in San Fran cisco. Of course, it goes out on ships else where. You are practically paying to transport it through jthe valley the pro ducer p'ays tha' on every bushel of wheat raised in the state of Oregon and when T say wheat I take wheat simply as an Il lustration, but It Includes -potatoss. prunes, wool,, lumber hay and whatever you have to raise. Now, the man in Albany who has wheat to sell can sell It at the San n A Francisco price, less the cost It takes him I to take Jt to Portland, through the Cohim bia Tlver'and the steamer charges, beinf about 15 or 16 cents (54 per ton from Cor vallis to Portland and ?3 50 this way), "Now, with the successful completion oi this work, it means the difference In, the price "of" tne charges coming this way and through- the vailey.Jtrneans. about $4 to ?4 50 per ton. It is only a 'question ol mathematics to figure what that means to the people of the state of Oregon. When Portland buys it fixes the price for Cor vallls, Albany, Salem, Eugene, Lafay ette, Oregon City, for Hillsboro, The Dalles, as well as it will be fixed here; so I think I am justified in saying with the completion of this work the successful completion of this Improvement means a to 6 cents per bushel upon 25,000,000 or 30, 000,000 bushels of wheat raised In the state of Oregon. It means the same to the po tato crop, apples, hops, cattle, to every hoof of livestock, of every species of farm products In the state of Oregon. You know what that means. These are the reasons in LIneoln county, Albany1, or Cor vallls, or Eugene, Roseburg, Southern Or egon. Northern Oregon, Western Oregon. Everywhere people are extremely inter estedextremely anxious .as to what the report of these gentlemen will be. "I think that Is all I care to say to s'mply give you reasons why we are all watching with Intense interest the report of this board, and to explain why so many gentlemen are here why so many people from every section of the state are interested in this matter; and It means more. "If the harbor is improved, the exten sion of the railroad of the Corvallis & Eastern will be made through the moun tains, where Is the finest body of timber in the state of Oregon, valueless now, because there Is no market It must find its market by San Francisco, or through the Nicaraguan canal. Then connection would be made with the Snake river coun try, where there are thousands of acres J of as fine land as there is In the state df Oregon; now unproductive and valueless because they have no market. It means an Increased price of- Immense value to every farmer in Oregon; Immense increase of the agricultural prdductions and lumber, products of the state of Oregon. "I hope I have explained matters satis factorily. I know I feel intense Interest in your report, and expect that you make a careful and conscientious examination of the bar, and we hope that you will say to congress that, If it can be done, there is an opening here for an immense amount of commercial industry and that the expenditure of the money will be jus tified. Statement From San Francisco. Another statement of considerable Inter est Is a petition of the commercial or ganizations of San Francisco, from which the following Is an extract: - "The objections made during the last session of congress to the appropriation of $150,000 deemed necessary to commence this work under the continuous-contract system, based, we believe, upon the report of the small custom-house receipts of the port of Yaquina during the past few years, were misleading, and did not form a proper basis for making an equitable de cision on a matter of so great Importance to an extensive producing region. "The Corvallis &. Eastern railroad, In connection with the steamship line ope rating between Yaquina and the port of San Francisco, for which it serves as a feeder, affords a competing line to the mar kets on the Pacific coast for this great grain-producing region, and thereby acts as a governor to hold down the rates bet-ween the Willamette valley and Cali fornia. The farmers and producers of the valley are, therefore, granted more than one market for their products with all the accompanying advantages that such an opportunity may afford. "We respectfully submit that the custom-house receipts at Yaquina should not be made a factor in the solution of this problem, for the following reasons: "Since 1594, when the steamer Homer operated on this line, and when an ex tensive business gave Indication of daily Increase, the companies controlling th's business were unable to provide larger and more commodious steamers, which, under favorable conditions, would be re quired to handle the commodities turned over to them, on account of the uncer tainty as to the future course of the gov ernment in improving this harbor, and likewise owing to the use of all available ships on the coast to accommodate the rush to Alaska. On many occasions dur ing the past few years continuous and ad equate service on this line was Impossible, hundreds of cars laden with grain being stalled at one time on the tracks at Yaquina awaiting sea transportation, thereby causing great inconvenience and dissatisfaction among shippers and injur ing the standing Of this route of transpor tation among the commercial communi ties of the coast. In addition, freight rout ed for shipment over this line was di verted upon many occasions to other chan nels for delivery at destinations, when, with proper and adequate harbor facili ties, it would have been easily accommo dated by this route. "It will thus be seen that the volume of business at this port during the past two or three years should be no criterion of what would naturally flow to it under favorable conditions, and should therefore not form the foundation for any decision, pro or con, as to the value of the proposed harbor Improvements at Yaquina to the people of the' Pacific coast. "That the expenditure by the-general government of $1,000,000 In improving the harbor at Yaquina would give to the farmers and producers of the Willamette valley many advantages which they do not now enjoy; that It would mean the exten sion of the present railroad system con necting the eastern and western portions of the state of Oregon cannot be gainsaid after a disinterested study of the situa tion. "Having every confidence, not only in the ability of the board of army engineers appointed for this purpose, but also In their entire disinterestedness and desire to recommend that which will be for the in terest of the people of the Pacific coast and at the same time in accordance with the policy of the government, we place these facts before you, trusting that you will give them the consideration which the subject would seem to demand." The "Wold Wonlc." Good Words. How has it happened that while It ha3 long been fashionable to speak of being "at one," as if the words were written "at wun," no one has ever ventured to suggest that we should make "atwun ment," for our misdoings and shortcom ings? Evidently, "atone" and "atonement" must have passed into acceptance as inde pendent words, the formation of which had been forgotten, before the "w" sound was given to "one." But how did It happen that the "w" got Into "one?" In his en grossing book, "The Philology of the English Tongue," Professor Earle refers to the prodigal disposition In the 16th cen tury, especially in the West, to Impose an initial "w." Hot became whot; home, whome; rapt, wrapt, hole, whole (whole It Is and will be to the end of the chap ter, I suppose), and even Raleigh (Sir "Wal ter), Wrawly; and this West-country hab it got Into standard English. In Somersetshire may be heard "the wonn en 'the wother" for "the one and the other"; in Dorset, "the old oak" is "the wold woak," "oats" becomes "woats," and "once," "woonce," and "one," "woone." One feels tempted to jump to the conclu sion that the Armada and the mighty men of the West and Southwestern shires must have been In a great measure re sponsible for this popularizing of the "w" perhaps, indeed, they were but It must be borne In mind that in the earliest Issue of Tyndale's New Testament,' which Teached this country in 1526, one is repeat edly spelled won. p , The Craving for Stimulant. This question has lately attracted a great deal of attention from the medical profession. The use of .stimulants seems to be Increasing.. This clearly shows an exhausted condition of the nerves and blood, which may be remedied only by strengthening the stomach. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will do this for you. It brings all the energy of a stimulant with no injurious effects. It cures dyspepsia, constipation and nervousness. INCHING IN COLORADO ESCAPED nCOXVICT AND HANGEDAT RECAPTURED FLORENCE. Thomas Reynolds, Who Murdered Nlsht Captain Rooney, Strung: Up to a Telegraph Pole. DENVER, Jan. 26. A special to the News from Canyon City, Colo., says: Thomas Reynolds, the convict who with three others escaped from the penitentiary, after murdering Night Captain William C. Rooney, was captured tonight near Flor ence and brought to th- latter place in a wagon, where he was tauen from the offi cers by a mob and hanged to a telegraph pole. Night Captain of Police Connor at Flor ence, assisted by Policeman Powell, made the capture on the bridge of the Florence & Cripple Creek railroad, near Florence. When word was sent to Canyon City of the capture, a special train with seven guards and a bloodhound was dispatched to the scene. In the meantime Captain .Connor had started overland with Reynolds. Immediately on receipt of the news at Canyon City the fire bells began to ring, and the town was out en masse. It was just 10:45 when the carriage carrying the bound form of the murderer crossed the First-street bridge, under a guard of four armed men. As the carriage passed be neath the electric light at the center of the bridge dark forms emerged from the darkness at either end, closing in rapidly and silently. Before tne guard compre hended what was Intended they were over powered and disarmed. Not a nound broke the stillness. There were several hundred men in the crowd, but apparently not one had a weapon. The doomed man waa dragged from the vehicle, and had no more than struck the ground tvhen a noose Was slipped around his neck and he was led to the nearest telepho-ie pole. A man climbed the- pole, and, throwing the rope over the cross-arm. shouted, "Pull away!" Immediately the noose tightened under the chin of the convict. Before he was lifted from, his feet an opportunity was given him to make a statement. He made no offer to speak, and the signal was given and Reynolds was jerked Into eternity. He was game to the last. He went into the air without a murmur. It was then that a shout broke from the mob. When Reynolds was oelng bound in Florence, it Is said, he asked the guard to .put a bullet through him before turning him over to the citizens of Canyon City. Warden Hoyt was helpless. He had cent his best men to Florence, retaining only enough at the prison to tjuard it. Expect ing Reynolds to be brc-jght back In on the special train In charge of Deputy Warden Sargent, he had stationed .xtra guards at the depot to render aid. In case an attempt was made to take the prisoner. All the guards he could have mustered, however, would have been powerless against the mob of determined men. It Is stated that Wagner, another escaped con vict, was with Reynolds when he was first discovered, but he escaped. .Reynolds and Wagner, with Antone Woode and "Kid" Wallace, made their es cape from the penitentiary last Monday night. Elaborate plans had been made for a general delivery of the prisoners, but It was frustrated by the action of one of the guards, who succeeded In giving the alarm. Night Captain Rooney was stabbed to death and two other guards "had been overpowered and bound when the alarm was given, and the four convicts made a hasty escape, without liberating their fel low prisoners. Wednesday night Woode and Wallace, who are mere bovs, were captured near Victor. Revnolds is under stood to be the man who stabbed Cap talnRooney, Wagner holding the officer. " OLIVER PIKE IS ALIVE. One Detail of the Chicago Trunk Mystery Cleared Array. TOLEDO, O., Jan. 26. The mystery of the life or death of Oliver Pike, and a Chicago trunk tragedy of four years ago, is cleared away, In one detail, at least, by the appearance of Pike at his home In Delta, where he has been received by his mother and other relatives. A body found In a trunk in a Chicago depot four years ago was identified by Mrs. Pike as her son, and also by others, and was turned over to Mrs. Pike for burial at the horhe in Delta. Pike disappeared from a state of Washington insane asylum, where he was employed as an attendant, and could not be located. Two years ago, long after the body had been buried, tle mother re ceived letters purporting to be written by her son, who said he was then bearing the name of Harry Price. The writer did not apply In person, and'Pike's friends re fused to believe him to be alive. Pike declares that he knows nothing of the trunk mystery, and says his disappear ance was due to personal reasons. Mrs. Rich Sentenced. EL PASO, Tex.r Jan. 26 Mrs. Mattie D. Rich, who is alleged to Have shot and killed her husband. John D. Rich, at Ciu dad Juarez, Mexico, last March, escaped to the United States and was extradited to Mexico to stand trial last November, was today found guilty xr. the district court at Cludad Juarez, and sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment. John D. Rich was a son of a prominent banker at Fort Dodge, la., and the prisoner was an act ress. They met during the world's fair at Chicago, fell in love at sight and were married on the instant. Vnrious Small Notes. Thiough the efforts of the Audubon So ciety, a law was passed by the Illinois legislature, which makes the possession of any harmless bird, living or dead, an of fense punishable, by a fine. Not far from the east room of the White House, under tha HmVia nf on an.lnr. -.,, Is a wild" mushroom bed thnf f tha mushrooms grow there without care from the gardener. The mushrooms served on the president's table are from this bed. The father of Augustus St. Gaudens, the sculptor, was a shoemaker in New York. Tho son went to work for a cameo-cutter when he was only 13 years old. To a Georgia Inquiry about the workings of prohibition in Kansas ex-Senator In galls replies: "The temperance people have all the law and the drinkers have the whisky; so both ought to be satisfied." The inkstand which ornaments the desk in the room of the vice-president Is mas sive, artistic and elegant, and It cost $1000. Tea-drinking- and "5-oclock tea" are be coming more and more popular In Berlin. The advocates of tea claim that It is a remedy for anemia and improves' the" complexion. , ' Goat's lymph, as a cure for rheumatism, has been endorsed by a New York so ciety woman, who says she has been made whole from rheumatism by the lymph of a Rocky mountain goat. The latest combination in furniture is the couch bath. On the top of the couch being removed, which can be done very easily, a regulation bath Is disclosed, with a water tap at the pillow end of the couch. The latest craze of cyclists Is to gather cycling relics machines that have broken records, lamps that have done service in a record ride, medals won when cycling was in Its infancy, a bit of the mud-case of a whtsel ridden by royalty, and so on. t 0 A Notable Gathering:. Indianapolis News. ' During the early part of this year there will be a large gathering of representa tives of European royal families on the Riviera, probably at Beaulleu or Mentone. The party will include the king of Den mark, the empress dowager of Russia, the Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, Prince and Prin cess Christian of Denmark, Princess Wal demar and Prince Hans of Glucksburg. for FEBRUARY out to-day THE FIRST STAGE OF THE BOEJ&. ..Ag,, (the first of the Scribncr articles on the war) is by H. J.Whigham,ithe'corecspond-1 cnt who went with the column for the photographs by the author. TOMMY AND GRIZEL. J. M. BarnVs great novel (begun in the January Scribncr) continues "Cause for devout rejoicing among novel weary, readers." N. Y. Evening Post. THE MASTER OF EDGEWOOD (Donald G. Mitchell) by Arthur Reed Kimball will show the American literary man. The illustrations THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S "Oliver Cromwell" (begun in January) deals with the Long Parliament and the Civil War from the point of view of a modern man of action. The illustrations are from, drawings and paintings made for the work by celebrated American and English artists. GEORGE MEREDITHS new poem, A Garden Idyl. JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS'S latest short story, Irene," a tale of Reconstruction days. THE SOCIAL LIFE OF T. Bcntley Mott, who as late Adjutant servations. Illustrated copiously. WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE'S latest shomstory, of Death." AN ESSAY ON CHOPIN, by James Huneker. The Problems of a Pacific Cable by Herbert Laws Webb with a chart show ing the five proposed routes. PRICE 25C.; $2 A YEAR CHARLES SCRIBNER's SONS, NEW YORK. TRADE SECRET DISCLOSED GERMAN GOVERNMENT COMPLAINS OF CUSTOMS REGULATIONS. Consular Officers, According: to Am bassador von Hollclicn, Are Given Too Mnch Authority. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Secretary Hay has sent to Speaker Henderson for sub mission to the house copies of complaints of the German government, presented by Its ambassador here. Dr. Von Hollebcn, against the existing customs regulations of the United States, applicable to mercnan dlse Imported from Germany. These com plaints, as summarized by Mr. Hay, axe as follows: "First That the regulations governing the authentication of Invoices by the con sular officers of the United States confer on them power of obtaining from the shippers such Information as might be used to the detriment of the German trade If disclosed to the American competitors and that in any event the details which may be inquired Into by the consul con stitute a hindrance to the speedy trans action of these businesses and a source of molestation. "Second That In the American port3 of arrival the certificates are merely exam ined with regard to their form, while the market value of the good3 Is finally de cided by the American customs appraisers without regard to the invoice system. "Third That owing to the mode of pro cedure of the appraisers, it Is hardly pos sible to prove the correctness of the dec larations In the service, because their de cisions are rendered on the strength of assertions and facts which never come to the knowledge of the exporters." Secretary of the Treasury Gage, In a letter reviewing the ambassador's com plaints, states that the existing consular and customs regulations cannot be modi fled without departure from the law of ISM, and that such regulations are "equally applicable to shipments from any foreign country, and do not discriminate against or in favor of any particular foreign mar ket." Mr. Gage suggests that congress deal with the matter. Ambassador Von Holleben's letter speci fies that the system is nrghly calculated to Injure the German export trade, and in some cases lead to an entire disclosure of the conditions of reduction and the busi ness secrets of Germany Industry. In con clusion he asks Secretary Hay "to give to the complaints of my government the kind consideration demanded by the friendly re lations existing between the two coun tries." Mnst Bread. Longman's Magazine. In Saxon and medieval times, even af ter the Introduction of wheat and other cereals, there can be little doubt that acorns were regularly used by the poorer peasants for the purposes of making bread, and not only in seasons of scarcity but as a general article of food. Oak trees were then chiefly valued because of the acorns which they produced. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 111G which Is described as a very calamitous year, the crops being spoiled by the heavy rains, which came on just before August and lasted till Candlemas, It Is express ly recorded as an aggravation of the "heavy time" that "mast was also so scarce this j ear that none was to be heard of In all this land or In Wales." The days of mast bread are happily gone forever; and even barley bread. In common use during severe winters not so many years ago. has now everywhere given place to that of "the finest wheat flour." The fruit of one member of the same order is. however, highly valued. We refer, of course, to the hazel, so abundant in our woods and hedgerows. To go a-nutting I3 still as popular a pastime as In former yoars; but the old customs in connection with it are as obsolete as the use of -acorn bread. No one will now be found with the good Vicar of Wakefield and his honest neighbors, to "religiously crack nuts on Michaelmas eve." An Appreciation of Heine. "Literary Reminiscences" by Edward From Grenler. Heine was a man of about 40, rather stout, and of middle height. He wore no "beard and had long, fair hair, a high fore head, half-closed eyes which kept per petually blinking, especially when he was reading. There was ndthing about him of the poet or the artist, much less" of the man of the -world. In fact, he looked like a good northern bourgeois, with a slight German accent. He was not an Adonis, whatever Theo phlle Gautier may say, and his appear ance was certarnly the reverse of dandi fied. His tastes In love affairs led him in to very different surroundings. His fa mous Matnilde, Frau Mathllde, whom he had just married, and whom he described to the Germans as the type of a witty, ir Vlf"..1, - iTT relief of Kimberley. Illustrated with P life and atmosphere of a distinctive type of by A. I. Keller include a portrait in tint. Miss HAVANA as it really is, by Ma. - General there made many novel ob-l The Mercy a fashionable Parisian, was simply a good honest qreature of the dairymaid style of beauty with whom he had fallen, in lov? and whom "he had pleked up, Heaven knows where, on the streets of Pari3. Sho had neither wit nor education, and was as handsome and indolent as anodal Isque. They lived very plainly. I may say shabbily. In a flat in the Faubourg Pois sonnlere. In their home Ufa Germans hardly ever feel the need of comfort or refinement Heine certainly never felt their need, and his flat waa tha acme of second-rate dowdiness. a " Of Scientific Bearlnjr. So great has been the improvement of storage batteries of late that, according to an English engineer, a car now re quires SCO pounds of cells, that two year3 ago needed 1600 pound3. 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