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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Clouds that move In a contrary direc
tion to that of the surface current Indi
cate a change of weather, because thry
prove the existence of two air currents,
one warm and the other cold, and the
mingling of these frequently causes rain.
Lyddite is nothing more nor lss than
melinite, which is the standard high ex
plosive in both the navy and the army in
France. It Is doubtful whther there Is
any European army that has not an equiv
alent high explosive.
A central station for the production of
acetylene gas Is being tested at Tata
Tovaros, Hungary, a city of 12,000 Inhab
itants. Five miles of pipe covers the cltv
and furnishes gas to 15S street lights and
230 burners in houses.
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Requirements for public school teachers
In Alabama are very simple. Applicants
for third-grade -certificates, which allow
the holder to teach for two years. ro
obliged to be examined In arithmetic only
through fractions, and in geography on.y
through the primary grade.
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