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sy,"-roiggqr"y-'g'W' - -rn-E ? TJ wtw-fr-eyr-5TrrI7PrsKWi Y"V?" A'-Vw wVv, '7rp!&'!"lfr- JV' "'ft THE- MOANING -OREGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBETJAJRY 5, 1900. S THE WE LIVE ISSUE Present Democracy Wrong as to Expansion. WHAT THE WISE FATHERS TAUGHT Letter of HeB. William H. White, Democratic ICatlenal Commlttee- xnan From State of "Washington. SEATTLE, Wash Feb. 4. Hon. William H. White, democratic national committee man for Washington, makes public the following letter indicating his purpose to ifae the democracy because of its atti tude towards expansion: The republican party is about to crys tal) ze into law, not only the single gold Etanuard, but a national-bank system that in the end will result in one great bank conunatlng all other and controlling, in one gigantic trust, the money of trade and commerce. A majority of the American people have resolved to give this measure a fair trial, and no headway can be made against It at present. Not until several jcars will the evils of this bank legislation be made apparent. Mr. BibTey was right when he an nounced, in the house of representatives not long ago, that the great production of gold for the past iew ytars and its future production, which" la apparent to all, had settled, in a measure, the silver Issue. The advocates of the Chicago platform hae always claimed, and the writer thinks logifpllj, that the quantity ef basic or redemption money regulates the price of labor and commodities the less basic money In drcitfatton, the cheaper labor and the price ef commodities, and that legislation, like the demonetization of eli te r diminished the quantity of basic money, lowered the price of labor and the value ot all property, except debt obliga tions payable in money. Undoubtedly, if the production of gold keeps increasing as at present, and gold coinage laws remain unchanged, the price of labor and commodities will continue to rise. All thinking men perceive this. With this state of affairs existing, the silver is sue cannot again become as prominent as In 1886. 'The democratic leaders are now seek ing to make another issue for the contest In 1900, and unwisely they have permitted thf tr ancient enemies, the Hoars, the Car negie and the Atkinsons, to make that tesue for them. They have raised the cry of 'imperialism,' and under that cry de clare that the trade and markets of the T'nlted States shall not be extended, and that the commercial supremacy of the -t-acinc ocean snan not Belong to us, dui fiat Russia shall be aliowed to control til's mighty trade, now in its infancy, but expanding each year with mighty strides. "The cotton growers of the South must l.ok only to the spinners of Manchester to fix the priee of their commodities, while the wheatgrowers of the North must look alone to Liverpool for a market; machin ery and other manufactured products must or.'y find a market within the limits of the United States. We must not hold the vant age points in the Pacific ocean like the Ph lippine islands, because the half-civilized tribes of that archipelago, in their ig rorance, prefer the rule of a few despotic leaders to local self-government under American control. Democracy Twisted Word. "The Immortal word: ot the Declaration of Independence have been twisted from their true meaning to uphold this modern democratic policy. The present attitude of the majority of the democratic leaden on this question , is antagonistic to the policy of the part In the past. Sneerlngly these leaders new say that It is commer cial greed only that demands the retention ot these Islands, as if for the first time in our history the commercial reason has been Invoked for the acquisition of new territory. Why, Thomas Jefferson, In his tn rd message to congress, in speaking of the Louisiana purchase, said: "Whilst tne property aad BOerelgiity of the Miftsifvlppi and Its wafers secure an lndepend-e-1 utlet for the produce of the Western states, nnd an uncontrolled navigation through their whole course, free from collision with other pen era, and the Aang-s to our peace from that course the fertility ot the country, its climate and extent, promise In due season Important aids to Air treason . an asMe provision for our posterity and a wide, spread for the blessingo of freedom and equal laws. Was Jefferson , guilty of commercial greed when he wanted a free outlet to the world for our products, and what did he mean when he talked ef 'the fortuity' of the new pooeocalMts, 'an ample provision 1 t our prosperity and a wide spread for the blessings f ftpeedom and equal laws,' a'ld aids to our treasury. Further on m the same message, he saif ith the wtedoii of congress It will rest to t ke those uHertnr measures which may be ro c-sary far th tenneolato occupation an tmpcrart sWerament of the country: for Its 'ic- rp ration IntOjOur Union, for rendering: the c1 tr ge of government a otesalng to our newly a'"1 ted brethre; for securing to them the r rVs of oonedeoee. and or establishing friendly a" 1 c-mmerclal ratattoM with them. " Not one word In the message about the cor sent of oar 'newly adopted brethren to the form of government congress should g'e to them Not one word as te ascer ta ning their views as to how the 'rights i conscience and of prosperity should be rro'ceted and preserved to them.' DeuRlan Democracy Tx let me quote from a later demo ci1 leader en this question of expan se n. In MR Stephen A. Douglas visited ,v'- t of New Orleans. He was about to nse hi speech m explanation of his ra'se upn 'LeeoctptMttera' when there v ' -ud cries of "Cuba, Cuba. from the a a i "nee , In response te these calls, Mr. T iglas said: mr dwttny te have Galea, and it la folly 5 Mt the question It aaturaHr belong to Ve imMlc continent. It guards the mouth le M!-iwtppt river. wWoh to the heart of the merlea continent, and the body of the American nation It aeeulsltlon la a matter of t me onlv Our government should adopt 'N pOilcy of reclvtrJCuta an Boon aa a fair met onoortwutty be- PTweated. Wbcth- tr at oDnortamltr occur suet year or tne year a' - whenever the oeeasten arlsei. ana tne -r r'unltr presents Ksetf. It should be em bxd Te same Is true ot Ceotral America and Mcv h It wit! not do to oay we have territory c- ig When the conmttutloa was formed !-e a enoMKk, yt la a raw years af terwart ' needed more W acquired Louisiana and F ("a Tteu and California, Just as the ln isc in our population anc our -Interests de rriijed 'Wnen In 185 the Clayton-Bulwer "ti was mm te the wsnate for ratification. 1 'KigM it to tbe end. Ther then asked what 1 v. in e wttn Central America. I tW them t' s' I iM n want It then, nut the time must n n hen we rnuet have H. The then asked wV -mx OBteettan to the treaty was. I tote i m that I an acted to that, aowmg other r- auw .if K. wfcteh Mid that neither Great ;;- J i Mf the United statee should buy. an tx colontoe or acquire, any portion of emril marten I mid I would neer eonsont t a t-ety wKfc any foreign power pledslnj? I urtht not to no in he future whatever in"et or neeewatr mnght aotnpet us to do. I mas then told bt veteran aenatora. as m dte tlnrnwhei Mend well known Oooktar toward V Soule) that Central America was m far off that wa should never nnt It. I toM -them then Te a goo way off hah waj to CaM f rnla and on the direct road to It." I mid l naa our rlht and out) to open alt the higfe v py between the Atlantic and the Gulf states. isri i our poaseeeiona on the Paesfic and that I vjid enter Into no treaty wtth Great Britain r sn other government eonecrntag the affair f the Amaricno continent. If experience shall continue te prove. What Tr-r pest wJr fe noMMered te have ' demon- s rated, that tbape little Central American pow- r eMMX main In MK-sovernmenta, the lnter- ' of Chrteteodotn require that some power miM pre rv order for them. Hence, I main rx r ha we ftfuould adopt and observe a line of p .icy Is union with our ews laterals and our destiny. I do not wlah to force things. We 11 e in a rapid asre. Events crowd upon each ether with marvelous rapidity. I da not want territory any faster than we can occupy, Ameri canize and civilize It. I am no filibuster. 1 am opposed to unlawful expeditions I am in favor of expansion aa fast as con sistent with our Interest and the Increase and development of our population and resourcttf, but I am not in favor of that policy unless the great principle of th right of the people to decide domestic questions for themseHes shall be maintained. If that principle prevail, we ha e a. future before us more glorious than that ot any other people that eer existed. Our republic shall endure for thousands of years. Progress shall be the law ot lta destiny. It will -gain new atrength with every state brought into the confederacy. The more degrees of latitude and longitude embraced beneath our constitu tion, the batter. The greater the variety ot productions, the better; for then we shall have the principles ot free trade apply to the Im portant staples of the world, making us the greatest planting, as well aa the greatest man ufacturing, the greatest commercial, aa well aa the greatest agricultural, power on the globe. "Stephen A. Douglas had no hesitancy about taking uncivilized countries and civ ilizing them, and he preached the good old democratic doctrine that the more degrees of latitude and longitude under the flag, the sooner free trade would be possible. "The writer has noticed that the only republican paper on this coast opposed to expansion Is the San Francisco Ar gonaut, and one of its principal arguments is that the tariff laws of the United States will be stricken down and free trade 'will prevail. The writer has no doubt that this is the secret of Carnegie's opposition, and the secret of the opposition of the sugar and tobacco trusts of the United States to the retention of these Islands. But he Is surprised that the democratic leaders are being used like the proverbial monkey, to pull the chestnuts of these trusts out of the Are, Look Into the Future. During the next decade, the great Chin ese empire will be opened to modern civ ilization. Russia Is seeking the trade of that empire. She now controls the nar bor of Port Arthur In the Yellow sea, and also the harbor of- Vladlvostock in the sea of Japan. The Siberian transcontinental railroad is nearlng completion. She is our real competitor for the commerce of the Pacific Progressive man still keeps his conquering march westward. The commerce of the Pacific is a prize worthy to be contended for. It must be carried under the starry banner of the Great Republic, or under the eagles of the czar. Which? While the democratic party is opposed to plutocracy, it is not opposed to prog ress. In the commerce of the Pacific., we J win rebuild and rehabilitate our lost mer chant marine. The vast coal fields and water-power of Washington and Alaska will be utilized for manufacturing pur poses. Cities will grow on the Pacific coast, rivaling London, Paris and New York. Our laboring classes will find re munerative employment New fields will ba opened to the enterprising. In the Orient we will find a market for the prod ucts of the farm and factory. Demo cratic leaders in the past have been the pioneers ot expansion. With the pros pect in view that I have briefly attempt ed to set out. why should we now reverse the history of our party? "The history of all national contests in this country for political supremacy, Is that one controlling Issue dominates all others. In 1S60 it -was the nonexistence of slavery in the territories; In 1864, the preservation of the Union; in 1896, the remonetlzatlon ofnSllver; In 1900, It will be the retention and control of the Phil ippine islands as a part of the territory of the United States. "The indications are that the democratic party will fall to declare emphatically for the retention of these Islands, in the only practical way, under the sovereign control of the United States. They will probably declare for the formation of a government 'by and controlled by them selves." In other words, these Islands are to be surrendered to a people inca pable of maintaining a government, to ultimately fall into the hands of Germany, Russia or some other European power. thereby in a great measure destroying our commercial supremacy in the Pacific ocean. On such an issue the party will go down to defeat, and Its final death knell will be sounded. "The writer Intends to do all in his power to prevent the party taking the course that he believes it will take, until it finally determines on that course, and then he proposes to place the advance ment of his country above party demands, and will cast his vote with the party that is right on this great question, and will leave to the future the right determina tion of the financial policy of his country. On the immediate settlement of this ques tion of expansion will be determined the future greatness and world-wide Influence of the United States. We cannot put it oft for four years. The American people must speak now. For, as in the affairs of men. there Is a tide in the affairs of nations which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. W. H. WHITE, "Democratic National Committeeman for the State of Washington." Killed in "White Pnas Train Wreck. VICTORIA. B. C, Feb. 4. The steamer Tees arrived tonight, "bringing news from Dawson up to January 3. Dawson men report the trail open and the railway clear and In operation. On January 29 a train wreck occurred a mile and a half from Skagway, in which John Phillips was killed and several others, all Indians, in jured. Oregon Note. A carload of potatoes was shipped to California on Friday, by L. C. Skeels, of Eugene. In 1S99, 26 marriage licenses were Issued In Klamath county, 13 less than In the previous year. A number of Lane county people are talking about taking a trip to the Caue Nome gold fields In the spring. About a month ago, W. N. Brown, of Condon, sold a 1680-pound horse to Mr. Holcomb, of Seattle, for $150, at Condon, sajs the Fossil Journal. Holcomb sold this horse recently in Seattle for $350. A young man giving the name of Allen Edwards is in jail at The Dalles under the charge of forgery. He had a letter in his pocket addressed to George Slm- mons, which Is supposed to be his true , name. Sam T. Phillips, a resident of Dry Creek precinct, near Weston, Umatilla county, was born at Cay use station, now in the Umatilla reservation, in 1S53, and is be lieved to have been the first white child born in Umatilla county. Eugene had a fiddlers contest last Fri day evening, and nearly every one of the score or more of participants carried away prizes, as prizes were given to the home liest, handsomest, fattest, leanest, tallest, shortest, poorest, best, bald-headed and left-handed fiddlers. It was said the noise of the fiddling could be heard for miles around. Mrs. J. R. King, who resides on "Wild Horse creek, near Weston, has kept ac count of the year's returns from two cows from January 1, 1S99, to January L 1909. She sold three rolls of butter a week, or 155 rolls at 40 cents a roll, making $2 49. Besides, the family had all the cream and butter they ccuhi use. and plenty of milk wns left for the pigs and chickens. The will of Mrs. Mary A. Stewart, of Jackson county, who died at Los Angeles recently, has been admitted to probate. The estate is valued at 521,000. and the cash is willed to the children of the deceased F K. Deuel, of Medford. and Mrs. W B. Stevens, of Albany, and Fred D. McCul- loch, her grandson. The two first-named get JJGOM each and the third J50M. The reat property, etc.. Is bequeathed to Cap tain A. J. Stewart, husband of the de ceased. Sailors' trousers, or "trombone pant" as they have sometimes been called, expand in bell-shape at the bottom, no ai to I the more eaMly kicked off in ca of the wtarern fall lac lato the water., WHERE IS CLEMENS? QUESTION THAT PERPLEXES WHIT MAX COOXTY AUTHORITIES. Murderer of George Boland Thought to Have Come to Portland to 1 Sail for a Far Land. COLFAX. Feb. 4. Rumors of the arrest of Samuel R. Clemens, the murderer of George Boland, are prevalent through out the county. The officers report, how ever, that they have no trace of him, and the theory they have been working on during the past week that he was en deavoring to reach British Columbia has been discarded. The theory advanced at present is that, after killing Boland, Clem ens rode into "The Rocks," as the sec tion west of Pampa is called, and went Into hiding until friends could bring him money, when he caught the O. R. & N. southbound train, probably riding as a hobo down the line to Portland, from whence he would take boat for South Africa or the Philippines. It is rumored here that the horse Clemens was known to have ridden off has been seen on the range by several men in the last few days. Deputy Sheriff Steward, who for the past five days has been following the trail of the man suspected to be Clemens, report ed to have ridden through Sprague last Tuesday morning, reported by telephone from Coulee City this morning that he had made a thorough search of the coun try north of Sprague, and had fully de cided that the -man seen was not Clemens. Ben Manchester, who Is noted irr the eastern part of the state as a tracker of men and animals, returned last evening from a four days' search of the western part of Whitman county, and gives it as his opinion that Clemens for two days after the killing remained in hiding near the Davies ranch, 15 miles west of Pam pa, and while there was visited by friends and given sufficient money to take him out of the country. So convinced ot this Is Mr. Manchester that he has given up the search for Clemens. FERRY HALL PAID FOR. New Dormitory Taken Possession Of, hut Not Fully Accepted by Resents. PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 4. The board of regents of the agricultural college held an adjourned meeting yesterday and took possession of Ferry hall, the new boys' dormitory. The remainder of the contract price of $33,000 was ordered paid to Con tractor A. B. Barrett, of Tacoma, together with a bill for $286 SO for extras. Of this extra bill, the regents decided that Ar chitect George Wesley Buller, also of Ta coma, should be responsible for $138 10, and that amount will be taken from his salary of $4500 per annum. Contractor Bar rett's claim of $4095 damages, on account of the college's failure to deliver brick on time and as contracted for, was re jected. Although the building has been taken Into the possession of the state, and the contract price has alt been paid, the re gents have not finally accepted the work as satisfactory. Several charges are made that Contractor Barrett has not used as good material In places as is called for by the plans and specifications notably in places where the material Is covered from sight. This is denied by both Barrett and the architect, but the regents refuse to accept the building finally until full Inves tigation is made. Ferry hall, the boys' dormitory, Js a three-story brick structure, planned to ac commodate 196 young men students. The furniture for this building has already ar rived, and the students expect to move into their new quarters next Friday. THREE UNFORTUNATE BEARS. Unseasonable Debut Resulted. Fntnl ly to TSnch of Them. Tacoma Ledger. H. McGavlck, a well-known cattle deal er, who owns a ranch at Rosedale, had an Interesting experience Thursday, which resulted In the slaughter of three large black bears. He was searching for some young cattle In the woods, and came up on an old cedar stump, around which the grass and ferns were tramped down. The stump was hollow, with an entrance at the bottom. Thinking he had discovered a good coon tree, he called his dog, which entered the hole, was forced back by a large bear, which followed him half-way out, and then drew back at sight of Mr. McGavlck, who was standing close to the tree, with only a shotgun in his hand. He called to his wife to bring his rifle, the stump being but about 20 rods from the house, and just as she arrived, the bear sprang out, and was instantly met by a ball from the rifle. He was able to run a short distance, and a second shot killed him. At the report of the rifle two other bears sprang from the stump, and Mr. McGavlck kept his nerve steady and his aim Irue and succeeded in killing both of them, all three lying within 30 yards of the old hollow tree. With the assistance of Mr. Williams, of Alaska, who Is wintering here, he got the bears to an open field to dress them, and yes terday he brought two of them to Tacoma and sold them. The hides are valuable at this season. "FATE OF JOHN L. AYER." Warning Against Attempt to Use the State Lengme. Forest Grove Times. If any man Is desirous of destrojing the usefulness of the state league of re publican clubs, let him undertake to mak& it an instrument to further his political ambitions. There are many persons who now think that the league convention is a useless thing, because it Infringes on the prerogatives of the regular party conven tion, and that club work should be con fined to local organizations. In order to Increase this sentiment of dissatisfaction, let the friends of some aspirant for con gress, for instances-undertake to boom him for president of the league In order to bull his stock, and there will be trouhle. A state club, to do effective work, must be free from "entangling alliances.'f The state club may be useful in getting leading men of the party acquainted with each other, and to give the delegates a chance to feel that they are a part of the great party organization, and that the success of the. party and Its policies depends largely on their Individual efforts; that is all, and when It seeks to get beyona that, It undertakes to perform the work that usage has given to the regular party machinery, by way of the primary, the county conventions and the state con vention. Let no man undertake to make for himself a stepping-stone of the state league. Remember the fate of John L. Ayer. CODITIOXS IN COEUR D'ALENES. Governor Steunenborgr Gives Assur ances That State Will Keep Order. Boise Statesman. Governor Steunenberg did not make an appointment of a county commissioner for Shoshone county to succeed Scott Ander son, as he was unable while in the north to induce any suitable person to accept the place. He left the matter In the hands of citizens there, who will make a recommendation In the premises. Regarding the conditions in the Coeur d'Alenes the governor said yesterday they are most satisfactory. The people there understand that the state does not pro pose to turn back after having put Its hand to the plow, and that it will not leave them to bear the brunt of disposing of a partially completed undertaking. With the assurance of this knowledge the substantial citizens of the county have taken hold of the matter with great ear nestness and are doing everything possible to aid in carrying out the great reform that has been Inaugurated. Business In the Coeur d'Alenes is In a flourishing con dition. ' The mines are making a greater output than at any previous time in the history of the districts and there is a brighter prospect for the future than that county ever experienc ed In the past. IS THERE A "HORSE RING?" The TrlcU of Selling Cavalry Ani mals to the Government. Walla Walla' Argus. There are some queer things in the buy ing of cavalry horses at Fort Wnlia Walla for use in the Philippines In many cases It has been observed that horses which Were rejected, when offerea for sale by their owners, have been ac cepted when offered by certain Individ uals, who either have a wonderful pull or a remarkable streak of luck. The fact that horses offered by the same favored Individuals are nearly al ways accepted leads to the suspicion that a little ring has been formed to get a "rake-off" from Uncle Sam. Such things have occurred In the purchase bt canned beef for the army, and It is just possible that some crooked business is done in the purchase of horses. If so, it is not the first time that the government ha3 been cinched In transactions at the gar rison. In times past there was consider able loose work In the quartermaster's department, and suspiciously large quan tities of groceries and provisions were sold In competition with home merchants. Not many months ago an officer of tne quartermaster's department was called to Washington to answer charges of dis honesty. . rt UNCLE SAM'S MAIL. Accident That Befell Carrier and Pouch in Lane County. Eugene Register. T Report reaches here that Mr. Plckard (a carrier on the Sluslaw mall route) re ceived quite an injury at Mr. Tallman's last Wednesday. He had saddled a vicious horse, strapping the mail 'bags on h m, and was leading him out to let him get over some of his pranks, when In some man ner his foot caught in some brush, throw ing him to the ground. The horse, already rearing and plunging, jumped over him, striking him on one of the lower "limbs, inflicting a severe wound and barely miss ing his head. After two or three more plunges the horse went over the bank into the river. When he struck the water the cinch broke, the mall floating down the river, lodging against a log, the horse swimming out on the opposite side of the river. The mail bags were re covered by a son-in-law of Mr. Tallman, who swam out to the log with a rope at tached to his body. NORTHWEST DEAD. Hon. R. A. Irvine, Pioneer and Prom inent Citizen of Linn County. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 4. Hon. Robert A. Irvine, one of. Linn county's most prom inent pioneers, died suddenly this morning at 6 o'clock, from a paralytic stroke, at the age of 75 years. He was born in Kentucky, moving from there to Missouri when a young man, and thence to Oregon in 1852, locating In Linn county, where he resided on a farm near Lebanon until several years ago, when he moved to Albany. He was prominent in politics as a democrat, was sheriff of Linn county two terms, and state senator one term. For many years he was marshal at the state fair. He played a leading part in the development of the county. He was a leader In the establishment of the Patrons of Husbandry In this county. The deceased left a wife, two sons, J. H. Irvine and Dr. E. L. Irv ine, and three daughters, Mra. A. B. Slauson, of Washington, D. C; Mrs. E. L. Thompson, of Portland, and Mrs. L. Bll yeu, of Eugene. New Washington Incorporation. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 4. The follow ing articles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of state during the past week: Oakland Gold Mining Company, Spokane, $50,030: Golden Gate Mining Company, Loomls, $1,500,000; certificate of increase of the capital stock of the Holden & Wilson Furniture Company, of Seattle, to $35,000; Baker & Baker, Walla Walla, 5100,000: St. Louis Shoe Company, Fairhaven, $10,000; Buster Creek Hydraulic Mining Company, Seattle, $1,500,000; Republic Exploration & Cyanlding Company, $1,003,000: -tack Sup ply Company, Republic, $100,000; Wapello Gold Mining Company, Spokane, $500,000; Tempest Mining & Milling Company, Spo kane, $100,000; Buffalo Plump Gold Mining Company, Spokane, $100,000; Icy Straight Packing Company. Seattle, $125,000; West over, Stevens & Brown, Everett, $10 000: Daniel Lambert Mining Company, Seattle, $500 000: Climax Land Company, Everett, $5000; Star Mining & Milling Company, Davenport, $50,000; Gordon Mining & Mill ing Company, Spokane, $100,000. William Collnrd, of Marion Connty. SALEM, Or., Feb. 4 William M. Col lard, who represented Marlon county In the legislature In the '80s, died at his home at Mission Bottom, 12 miles north of Salem, this morning; after one year's ill ness with consumption. Deceased was 65 ears of age, and had for a long time been a resident of this county. He leaves a wife, three sons and a daughter. Farmers' Institute for Colfax. COLFAX, Wash., Feb. 4. The faculty of the agricultural college has fixed on Friday and Saturday. February 9 and 10, for a farmers' institute, in Colfax. The institute will be on the same lines as those held In Tekoa and Garfield last week. Washington Notes. A deposit of potter's clay has been found near Walla Walla. The preachers of South Bend are soon to take a Tellgious census of the town. The Aberdeen Bulletin says that $35,000 is paid out monthly for labor in the mills and factories of that town. A tree cut In Snohomish county was nine feet in diameter at the butt and yield ed five logs each 34 feet long. A Chehalis lumber dealer has been of fered $27 per 1000 feet for all the lumber he could furnish to an Eastern firm. The Cowlitz county Christian Endeavor convention will meet at Kelso, February 22, and continue In session three days. Chehalis county began 1890 with $29,000 in the treasury. It disbursed $210,000 in the year and then had in the treasury $55,300. Puget sound oystermen receive- $4 per sack f6r their output this season, with a prospect of considerable advancement yet. Last year tho price was $2 50 per sack. We understand that Lester Coffin of fered William "Vessey $4 per head for 10,000 sheep, says the Proeser Record. We do not know if Mr. Vessey will accept the figures, but if he does it will be the big gest sum of money that has changed hands for one band of sheep. The First Is Correct, PORTLAND, Feb. 3-(To the Editors Kindly informed me, through the columns ot your paper, which, it either, of the following is correctly punctuated: Sec 25, Twp. 16 N., R. 45 B.. W. M. Sec 25, Twp. 16, N., R. 45, E. W. M. INQUIRER. To all readers It may not be apparent that "W. M." signifies Willamette Mer idian. With this In mind, It Is not clear how there could be any doubt about the punctuation. e a Poor Showing of Assets. THOMPSONVTLLE, Conn., Feb. 4. The financial statement of the R. D. & R. E. Spencer Banking Company, which sus pended January 23, shows liabilities of $103,177, and assets of $10,S25. R. D. Spencer has personal holdings of real estate In Denver Colo , which are said to be valued at $66,000, though no val- i ua on la given in the statement. LETTERS FROM THE WAR DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES ANTT INCI DENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. Sews of Buller'a Check Caused Deep Disappointment in the Array Julian Ralph's Story. - LONDON, Jan. 24. War letters from Ladysmlth monopolize today's London papers. The Times' correspondent at that place writes, under date of December 19: "It Is impossible to express the feeling of consternation with which the news of General Buller's check on the Tugela river was received. All had made up their minds that the period of enforced inactiv ity was at on end. No one for a moment imagined that the southern force would be anything but successful. On December 12, heavy firing had been heard in the di rection of Colenso, while on the following day the pickets on Caesar's camp and Wagon hill had seen the smoke made by the bursting shrapnel. Then we waited for news waited breathlessly for orders to be given to the flying column,- com posed of the Devonshire and Manchester regiments and the Gordon Highlanders, to leave camp to complete devastation which the southern force had begun. ""'Men and women congratulated them selves in the streets when they heard that one of our heavy guns had been sent to Wagon hill to cover the movements of tho advancing columns; but the silence was prolonged, though the heliograph winked ceaselessly from the hilltops, but rumor had Its way, and stories were told of a splendid -victory, of deserting Boers, of fleeing Dutch and slaughtered burghers: but nothing from headquarters. Decem ber 16 was Dingan's day, the anniversary of the declaration of the Independence ot the South African Republic by the tri umvirate, in 1880. It was thought that this would be a suitable date for us to crush the power of the rebel state. "Day dawned, and with the advent of the sun the big gun on Buluwajo opened a spiteful fire. The 20 rounds were fired Into the town. The Boers had remembered the salute which we had fired on the Prince of Wales' birthday. Grimly on Din gan's day they returned the salute, and with the effect that there were three casualties from the fire. This salute was the song of the dying swan. In a fit of bravado, the- enemy had fired Into us before removing the gun to escape the advance from the south. "A story came In from. Intombi camp that the Boers had sent them a number 6f wounded Dutch for treatment. Excite ment ran high, and a speculative photog rapher circulated a notice to the effect that now the siege was practically at an end, he would be happy to make a mass group of the civilians who had survived But on Saturday night a sinister order appeared. The batteries attached to the flying column were sent back to their po sitions in the line of defense. On the mor row the following general order was pub lished to the garrison: " 'The general officer commanding the Natal field force regrets to have to an nounce that General Buller failed to make good his first attack on Colenso. Rein forcements will not, therefore, arrive here as early as was expected. Sir George White is confident that the defense oi Laydsmlth will be continued by the garri son in the same spirit and manner it has been conducted, until the general officer commanding in chief in South Africa does rellev It.' "The news was received with blank dis may. The disappointment was overwhelm ing. Then, as the situation began to be studied calmly, the tension was relieved." Traitors and, Spies About Ladysmlth. The Standard's correspondent at Lady smlth devote3 the greater part of a two column letter to the subject of spies. He writes: "That there are traitors and spies, white as well as black, In the garrison of Lady smlth, Is evidently certain. The enemy neve- falls to receive notice of our move ments. General Joubert, Indeed, is said to have been angry because on one occa sion he had not heard of the order coun termanding a night attack. He complained of General White's want of consideration in keeping the burghers out of bed on Mournful Monday (the name given by com mon consent to the day of Nicholson's nek), when the Boers gave disastrous proof of acquaintance 1th our plans by with drawing their m n body from the center of our attack, and by preparing an ambush for the Gloucesters and Irish fusiliers. The reconnolssance ur er Colonel Brockle hurst also showed that they had been warned In time to change their position. In short, it Is Impossible to avoid the re flection that we are in an enemy's country. The loyalty of the British colonists Is be yond suspicion, but the Dutch element In Natal Is very strong. Several farmers have been caught red-handed, and many civilians and volunteers have brothers nnd cousins fighting on the other side. Every project Is known and discussed in the vol unteer lines long before the regulars have any Idea of it, and, of course, have re ceived countermands of orders- that have reached them. "Our horses and oxen have suffered, the supply ot fodder being exhausted and the limited area of grazing ground hav ing been cropped to the last blade. Gro ceries have run out; pure water is scarce; whisky sells at 35 cents a bottle and milch cows are commandeered for beef; but more oppressive than all the hardships we endure is the dreadful monotony of the siege. We have ceased to take any In terest in shells, and even the most timid valk up the street to see the damage done by one Long Tom's best effectiveness. The opportunities for vast exercises are re stricted, and a gallop on horseback Is possible only under shrapnel or common shell. There might appear to be one resource left, and that Is to sleep the time peacefully away. Even this consolation is denied, for Ladysmlth Is afflicted with a plague of flies more terrible than any that oppressed the Egyptians. They de scend upon us in clouds. Every dish on the table Is black with these torments, so that it is often literally impossible to see the food or carry it to the month without the risk of swallowing scores of the insects." Jnllnn Ralph's Story. Julian Ralph, the American correspond ent, writes from Modder River to the Dally Mall tinder date of December 30: " 'Did you ever see any Boera?' an of ficer calls out to us. " "Very few,' say I, 'just the prisoners we have taken for we are fighting an in visible foe, as everybody knows by this time.' " 'Well, have a look through this," he tapped a gun telescope as he spoke, and we looked through. " 'Heavens, are those Boers V " We see them all over the hills in numbers like plant lice on a leaf. They are all over the hills Tiding, walking, sitting in groups, looking over redoubts, digging trenches, passing water up the slopes, the little ranee of purple breasts is alive with Boers. Then we must have been mistaken about the peacefulness of this place. Peace where all those Boers are? There has been no peace In Africa since the Boers came here, no peace for the British since they became the Boers' neighbors. "We are to lunch with the guards. Wel comed, and places .made for us; we seat ourselves and are served with soup. Boom; soof-soof-soof-soof-oogh." "The boom is the noise of a big gun, the Lsoof-soof is the shell tearing through the air. The oogh-preclsely like a cough is the bursting of the shell." " 'Boom' from the Boer gun on the right; 'oogh from their shell, which sent up a fountain of spray of sand near the grangers hut. " 'Didn't burst. says a captain. " 'Devilish strange,' though ' says an- other. And we are all out of the tent. sending for glasses, forgetting our lunch, intent upon this gigantic duel. How frequently does this happen? How often Is this vale of pastoral peace stertfod by such sounds and actions? Oh, as a rule. "every morning with a shot er two; every afternoon with from half an hour to two hours' firing and then again at odd and unexpected hours en odd and unlooked-for days." Ajssanlt of January G on Ladysmlth. A Ladysmlth correspondent, describing the assault upon the camp. January 6, gives some interesting incidents. "McNaughton, of the Gordons," he writes, "was taken prisoner on Wagon hill early In the morning, and was re moved in charge of an old Boer to a place of safety half way down the hill. The enemy were on all sides of him, blazing away at our fellows on the top. They evidently took everything very coolly. They would crawl about among the rocks until they found a suitable place for cover and then fire away for about an hour, after which they would crawl back for a smoke and a chat. Some of them would even go to sleep for 30 min utes. "They were perfectly confident of vic tory, and had their tents ready to pitch im mediately they had captured the ridge, which they said would be before night. 0n Sunday they declared they intended to take the town. At 5 o'clock, however. In the middle of a terrific shower of hall, which swept over the ridge when the Devons were making their charge across an open plateau, an old Boer rushed down the hill, shouting something in Dutch, upon which every man retired, leaving their prisoner to attend to himself, which he promptly did, successfully rejoining our troops. McNaughton supposed that the old Dutchman called out that the soldiers were upon them with the bay onet, and as they cannot face cold steel they quickly evacuated the position which they had held all day. "The enemy Is supposed to have been about 7000 strong, although many of them, in fact, the majority, were acting as sup ports." SOLDIERS' TRAVEL PAY. Statement of the War Department Unfavorable to Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. The report which the war department has made to the military committee of the senate on Senator Turner's bill providing for travel pay for Spanish-Ameriean war soldiers is as follows: "The within bill, in effect, provides for the payment to all officers and soldiers of tho volunteer service who served in the Philippine islands and were returned to the United States for muster out, and who received transportation in kind from Manila to San Francisco and travel pay and commutation of subsistence from the latter point to the place of their enlist ment or muster In, additional travel pay and commutation of subsistence from Ma nila to San , Francisco, minus the actual cost to the government of transportation and subsistence, and the monthly pay for the period in transit. It Is based upon the assumption that officers and soldiers of the regular army discharged In the Philippine islands receive travel pay and commutation of subsistence from the Phil ippine islands to the place of their enlist ment, and hence would seem to be prima facie a measure of equalization. "This Implied discrimination, however. Is Incorrect, as there i3 no discrimination in the payment of travel pay between regular and volunteer soldiers. It seems that prior to January 1. 1899, a few sol diers, both regular and volunteer, dis charged in the Philippine Islands, re ceived full travel allowances from place of discharge to place of enlistment, but after that date all soldiers, regular and volunteer, received transportation and sub sistence in kind for the sea travel ana travel pay only for the land travel, and from this fact an impression appears rto have gained ground, among volunteer sol diers in particular, that they have a vest ed right to a day's pay and allowances for every 20 miles traveled, while. In fact, they have no option whatever in the mat ter; such option resting altogether with the government (section 1290, R. S ). "The effect of the passage of this bill would be to authorize payment to all men, whether traveling singly or by regi ments, of one day's pay and travel sub sistence for every 20 miles traveled from Manila to San Francisco, deducting there from what it would cost the United State to transport and feed them during the time consumed in the voyage. The dis tance by shortest route, via Nagasaki (7203 miles), is equivalent to 365 days, while the actual time consumed In the voyage does not exceed from 28 to 40 days. I and the pay for sea travel alone would amount, In the case of a private soldier, to $299 30; In that of a corporal to $328 50: a sergeant, $372 30; a second lieutenant of Infantry, to $1419 44: a first lieutenant of Infantry, to $1520 83; and a captain, to $1825. "The paymaster-general of the army has? estimated that the passage of this bill would Involve the payment of more than $7,O00,C0O. and to this It Is to be added that It would Involve a gratuity that was in no manner a promise at the time of the enlistment, and 13 entirely uncalled for." Senator Foster's bill for a naval training station at Gig harbor is as follows: "That the secretary of the navy be and he Is hereby authorized to establish a training station for naval apprentices at Gig harbor, state of Washington, provided a suitable site therefor, consisting of a sufficient number of acres, to be approved by the secretary of the navy, be donated to the government of the United States, the title to such land to be in fee simple and approved by the attorney-general. "Sec. 2. Thatall apprentices of the navy, whether at training station or on board an apprentice training-ship, shall be ad ditional to the number of enlisted persons allowed by law for the navy. "Sec. 3. 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