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r "m,it&fflpT5sy 'Sw ?-sWt-fl -JiDHIIKH THE MQ-RNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900. DAY OF WRANGLING Stormy Scenes at the Anti-Trust Conference. BLOW AT BRYAN WARDED OFF Attempt te Offset the Partisan Effect of the Resolutions Adopted Tnei- aay Soheiae of Organization. CHICAGO. Fete. 14. Stormy scenes -characterised the DOBotone of the national anti-trust conference preceding the final adjournment tonight. The climax came when Delegate Joseph Parker, a middle-of-the-road popultet, surprised the con ference with a resolution pledsflng the delegates to vote for so party that does not stand for government ownership and the principle of direct legislation. The democrats interpreted this as an attack on W J. Bryan, and were on their feet In an instant to block the movement. A score of delegates took the floor, and all tried to fflk at the same time. ' You must not stifle free speech here," was snouted. "Everybody must be heard," was the warning that came from. a delegate in the gallery. Chairman Monnett was in doubt as to what to do. Disorder reigned for 10 min utes and then Chairman Monnett used the gavel and tnpor&rUy adjourned the com ention. Another whirl of excitement took place after the reading of the report of the ronrmite on resolution, when Delegate Quinn of Illinois, offered an amendment to the declaration of principles calling for the repeal of all laws sustaining the right of citizens to private property, with a view to giving every citizen a free home. A long wrangle ensued over the dispo sition of the amendment. Captain W. P. Black, Tom L Johnson and others ap pealed to Quinn to withdraw the amend ment, but he refused. After much discus sion, during which Quinn was denounced as a disturber by delegates on the stage. Chairman Monnett put the motion to adopt the report. He was in doubt, and two ballots were taken. Finally he de clared the report of the committee adopt ed and the ruling caused a thunder of disapproval. Delegate Quinn, during the uproar, appealed from the decision of the chair and his motion was seconded. The vote was put, and Chairman Monnett was sustained by a large majority. A strong attempt was made at the con ference today to offset the partisan ef fect of the resolution adopted yester day denouncing the pending currency bilL Chairman Monnett made a speech, in which he declared the purpose of public ownership of public utilities was being carried on by the republican party, as well as by the democratic party. "In the republican Northwest," said he, "65 per cent of the public utilities are owned by the public, whereas in many Southern states less than E per cent are eo owned. I would remind the convention that Ohio, which te the state of the pres ident, is also the home of the Sherman anti-trust act. If we have an Attorney General Griggs, we also had an Attorney-General OIney." The convention was enlivened also by an attack by Professor Bemls on "uni lersities whose endowments come from trust magnates." "The processors in these inrtitutlons," said the ex-professor of po ll cal economy at Chicago university, "do their best, but cannot overcome this handicap." As a remedy he advocated the establishment through the state legisla tures of chairs in state universities de voted to the study of the trust question. A number of set speeches were heard at the morning and afternoon sessions, and the night session, which wound up the three days conference, heard as many of the remaining speeches as could be read in the time that was left. Proceedings of the Conference. Professor John S. Commons, of New York, was the first speaker. W. N. Os good, of Massachusetts, followed. Pro ffsor Edward Bemis, of New York, was the next speaker. He submitted the fol lowing propositions! Flist Our patent laws must be so changed as to allow any one to use a patent subject to a royalty, to be deter mined either by the courts or by some commission that shall be selected for the purpose by congress. ' Second The tariff should be material ly reduced in all lines where congress, not the courts, shall decide that a virtual trust monopoly has been established. "Third Such a large tax should be Im posed upon rental values of mineral lands as will prevent trusts In copper, anthracite coal, etc., from keeping out of 'the market enormous quantities of the most valuable mineral lalfes while they raise the prices to the public of what they mine. ' Fourth spasticity must be Introduced Irto our monetary system, so that any one, by depositing government bonds as st 'ur!ty and paving a certain tax. can, at any time, secure an extra issue of green backs from the government. Tifth Discriminations to favored shlp por. which are eating out the very life of business, as we have hitherto known It, must be stooped, and that right speed Iv "Sixth The fullest publicity as to the accounts of ai. corporations engaged in .rstate commerce should be secured to the stockholders and bondholders and to he proper government officials, and all facts important for the general public should be published by the latter. There might be a government tax on net profits, i uplod with sufficient control of the I okkeeping to determine what they are, o- thtre might be a tax upon nominal ut standing capital in order to check u m-apitaltaatlon." Jrccrge Fred Williams presented the re prt of the committee on rules In favor of ordinary parliamentary rules. The re port was unanimously adopted. Louis F Post, of Chicago, replied for tho committee on platform and resolu tions He said the report of the commlt 1 " had been unanimously agreed upon -re ii 'reduced. An address to the American people on 1ho trust question, formulated by the r s luions committee, was read by Pro f .-. r Wills. He then proceeded to read tho platform made public this morning. Bah papers were punctuated with great upplause DeUgate Quinn, of IlMnois, offered an atwrdment to the reeelJ&ons committee's r port, declaring that every person Is en ti lod to a home, but that under our pres t r t s stem of land tenure such opportuni st s are restricted to a few, and demand irg the removal of such restrictions bjt the repeal of all laws sustaining the right of prHate property In land. A single-tax advocate on the floor de r 'unoed this as not being a part of their theory which It at first appeared to be. and the resolution was ruled out of order as not being germane to the subject un der diecuoshn After a protracted debate, the address to the public In the report of the resolu tions committee was adopted. The vote w as not unanimous, many of the delegates ma ntalnlng that under the rules the reso lutions are entitled to two hours' de bate. J R Sovereign, of Arkansas. Introduced a resolution, which was adopted, denounc ing the antf-eoalp bill as a trust measure, discriminating and unjust. Mr Parker, of Kentucky, presented a resolution declaring all members of the conference hereby pledge themselves not to support any political part)' which falls to declare itself for the princples of direct legislation and government ownership of railroads and telegraphs. This precipi tated a wordy war between the opposng factions in the conference. Attempts were made to rut osT the resolution by points or oraer, aro jar. cancer wu pressed to take the platform for & M-ariawte epeeoh. A motion to recess until 2 o'clock pre- bers of the league to boycott goods sold vailed, however, and cut off debate. I by trusts, was read, but Congressman Upon reconvening la the afternoon ses- ' RIdgely and others objected to the resolu slon, Chairman Monnett ruled that the re- tlon. The resolution was amended and port of the national organization com- passed In the following form: mlttee was privileged business, and ca.led "Resolved, That the memhers of tho an the chairman of the committee, J. B. Weaver, of Iowa. Weaver stated that the report bad been unanimously agreed to in committee, and asked the conference to adopt It In the same manner. Senator Norton, of Alabama, read the report, which is In part as follows: "The committPe of national organization ' report that they have considered the ques tion of a national organization to combat the evils of a trust and monopoly power of the land. They have thoroughly con sidered the plan or organization of the anti-trust league, and find that the plan of organization theiein provided for, as amended by this com mittee, is admirably suited to the work before us; beginning with the precinct league and running up to the township or ganization, from that to the county organ ization, from that up to the state organi zation, and from that up to the national organization, the plan being well adapted to the massing together of the men of America opposed to monopolies and trusts, and thereby making their forces effective In driving from the legslative halls of state and nation the tools of monopolies and trusts and putting In their places men in sympathy with the public welfare. We, therefore, present to the conference the following constitution, and recommend Its adoption, and we recommend that the delegates from the several states here represented recommend for their respec tive state a national vice-president for the state and three men to represent their state In the national committee, and that the said body of men composed of the na tional vice-presidents and the three na tional committeemen proceed to organize evry precinct of the United States into nonpartisan anti-trust leagues, In which the test of meirfbershlp shall be that they shall subscribe to the constitution, the declaration of principles adopted by this body. "The name of this organization shall be the American Anti-Trust League. Any American citizen of suitable qualifications shall be eligible, local leagues to be com posed wherever formed of not less than five members, county leagues of five or more local leagues. Local leagues may form state leagues on such basis of repre sentation as is convenient. "Until the first national convention Is held, the national league shall consist of the national committee, tho state legisla tive committees and the national officers. Thereafter, the national league shall be composed of delegates elected "by popular vote of the members of each state. Each state shall be entitled to one delegate to the national league, and one for each ad ditional 500 members. "A national president, to hold office for two years, is provided for, with power to chose the remaining officers. Including a national committee with three members from each state and territory, and a na tional legislative committee of 15, of which the league officers shall be members and shall appoint a committee on ways and means to raise necessary funds." Provisions for affiliating the local leagues with the national organization and levies of dues etc, are made. It is provided that the national vice-presidents shall act as chief organizers of the state leagues, and appoint a chief organizer for each county. The county organizer may appoint organizers for the subdivision of his territory. The report concludes: "The executive committee shall tempo rarily appoint the vice-presidents and three national committeemen, and the delegates In the conference assembled shall make recommendations to the con vention for this purpose, and the vice presidents so appointed shall, as soon as assembled, make recommendations to the" convention for this purpose, and the vice presidents so appointed shall, as soon as advisable, call a 6tate league for the pur pose of electing their successors and per fecting the state organization. The vice presidents so appointed shall hold their places until their offices are filled by the state league, and the national officers un til the national league fills their places. "Your committee recommends that the platform adopted by this body be made the declaration of principles of the nation al organization. "Resolved, That we recommend Hon. M. L. Lockwood for president, H. B. Martin for secretary, C. T. Bride for treas urer, and W. B. Fleming for financial sec retary. Debate and Disorder. General Weaver moved the adoption of the report. Ignatius Donnelly got the floor and pleaded with the delegates to do something tangible. The desired move ment, he said, could not be brought about by leagues. He called on the conference to form a new party and call for a na tional convention. Unless this was done, he asesrted, the conference "would not amount to as much as a last-year's bird's nest." The mlddle-oMhe-road populist faction in the conference cheered these sentiments wildly. Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, followed. He challenged the statement of Mr. Parker, of Kentucky, "that this conference has fallen into the hands of a lot of cow ardly politicians." He declared that no delegate had asserted party preferences, but every one was entirely unselfish. Ho demanded that Mr. Parker apologize for his statement. Instead tar attempting to align the conference In partisan move ments. Simpson was cheered Tepeatedly. "This movement Is," he declared, "sole ly educational. When the people under stand the purpose for which we are here, they will stand by the party that stands for these principles." Congressman Sulzer, of New York, was then recognized. He called on the dele gates to adopt the report verbatim. He denounced Donnelly as seeking personal support, saying this conference stood for principles, and not for men. He faced Donnelly and shouted: -You are doing more than any man here to help Mark Hanna." Tammany, which had been de nounced by Donnelly, was declared by Mr. Sulzer to be doing more for munici pal ownership than any other organization. He closed with a plea for the adoption of the report. Mr. Parker was then recognized on a question of personal privilege. He utter ly disregarded the opinion of Jerry Simp son, he said, and did not propose to take back a word he had uttered. Any one could see the hand of the politician In the hall. This statement was greeted with mingled hoots and cheers. After five minutes of disorder Mr. Parker was per mitted to proceed. He defended his posi tion at length, concluding: "Let us unite for the people, and let the old ballot-box-stuffing parties go to the devil." Judge William Prentiss followed. He deprecated partisan feeling. "We are here," he said, "for one purpose that Is, to fight trusts." General Weaver scored Parker and his resolution as "an evident attempt to bind the delegates to support of the middle-of-the-road platform." Judge Gannon, of Chicago, followed on tne same line. Mr. Parker appeared to be rapidly losing the affection of the delegates. A delegate moved to give him a vote of thanks for his attempt to enlighten the conference. Mayor Jones, of Toledo, followed. He hoped ever delegate would be true to his own best principles. The resolutions al ready adopted were the best that could be framed. He favored this convention because it was educational. "In the word 'education, " he said, is our only hope." At the close of Mayor Jones remarks the report of the committee on national or ganization was unanimously adopted. M. L. Lockwood, of Pennsylvania, was unanimously elected president of the na tional organization. Frank Wentworth, of Chicago, was chosen secretary; C. T. Bride, of Washington, D. C. was elected treasurer, and W. B. Fleming, of Ken tucky, financial secretary. The list of vice-presidents and committeemen was adopted without reading, and the confer once recessed until S o'clock this evening. The Msrht Session. At the night session, a resolution by j Congressman Sulzer, pledging the mem Anti-Trust League shall give practical effect to antagonism to trusts hy g.ving preference, so far as practicable, to non trust products." Edward B. Jennings, of New York, was the first speaker on the evening pro gramme, trarret uroppers, of South .Da- Kota, was Introduced. He denied the cor- rectness of the general opinion that all business requiring high administrative ability should be left to private enter prises. A committee on propaganda was ap pointed. The committee will, It is said, Is sue a weekly anti-trust newspaper. Q. A. Smith, of Michigan, read a reso lution favoring an Income tax, but the convention declined to consider it. The conference closed with five-minute talks by John Isidore, of New York; Robert Neff, of Oklahoma; Q. A. Smith, of Michi gan; H. S. Bigelow, of Ohio, and others. The roll of states was called and each given a brief hearing. Chairman Lockwood declared the confer ence adjourned sine die, after he appointed the following member? of the executive committee of the American Anti-Trust League: George Fred Williams, Massa chuetts; F. S. Monnett, Ohio; P. S. Dow, New York; Tom L. Johnson, Ohio, and W. C. Wettmore, of Missouri. FRESHET IN THE HUDSON. Three Men Drowned and Much Prop erty Destroyed at Albany. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 14. Three men were drowned and $500,000 damage done to property along the Hudson river by the worst freshet which this city has seen since 1857. The dead are: Thomas Shea, of Bath; William Rhienhart, of New York; Joseph Vogel, of Van Rensslaer island. Shea and Rhlnehart broke through the ice. Vogel was drowned while trying to rescue four horses on his farm. Fifty men are imprisoned In the second story of an ice house on Montgomery Island, across the river, but they are in no danger, as the water has begun to recede The flood reached its height at 3 o'clock this after noon, when It registered 20 feet above the ordinary level. At midnight It had gone down two feet. FLOODS IN SEW ENGLAND. Gales Followed by Unusual Rain. fall. BOSTON, Feb. 14. The gales of the equinox have scarcely ever exceeded in force the storm which swept over New England Tuesday, leaving in its wake damage by flood that is almost incalcula ble. For twenty-four hours a heavy rain, after wiping away what few traces there were of snow and ice, brought to a cli max the most unseasonable winter New England has knewn for a great many years. .Tributary bodies of water which a few weeks ago were so low that an al most unheard of drought in winter was threatened, have been changed to tor rents of more threatening volume than in the usual spring freshets. From drought to flood, with all the damage done at both extremes to the manufacturing and lce harvestlng interests, is now added the price of replacing the bridges swept away and In repairing railways and highways being torn away. The most damage reported Is along the Merrlmac and Connecticut rivers. The blow was fierce along the coast, but ship ping had ample warning of the storm. At Manchester, N. H., A. H. Jackson, a mill hand, attempted to jump over a riv ulet, but fell into the water and win washed away and drowned. Washouts stopped traffic on the Boston & Maine line at Nashua and on other smaller lines. Dispatches from various sections of Ver mont and Maine place the rainfall at over three inches. The Connecticut river at Bellows Falls rose nearly five feet during the 'day," and as hioBt of the smaller streams are running wild, a further rise of six to eight feet is looked for by noon tomorrow. In the Champlain valley, rain has lasted nearly five days, so that the after-effects aro expected to bo more serious than now appears. At North Adams, Mass., the Hoosick river is higher than for any time for three years, several mills having their lower floors flooded. The great pres sure of water at the temporary dam of the Metropolitan water board at Clinton, which supplies the Boston district, Is so great that the workmen are preparing for emergencies. Along the Kennebec river In Maine the Ice is so weak that It is likely to break up, and with the ice go all prospects for a harvest this season. From all points come reports of heavy damage to mill property and the destruction of small bridges by Ice jams. o MEXICANS INTERESTED. Believe They Will Profit by Nica ragua Canal. CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 14. The Mex ican papers are giving much attention to American topics, especially the proposed construction of the Nicaragua canal and the Mormons. The latter subject is of special domestic Interest on account of the flourishing Mormon colonies in the northern part of the republic. El TIempo, the clerical daily, censures the government for liberal treatment of the Mormons, saying that here all doors are thrown open to them, lands freely given them, and what is a thousand times worse, they are permitted to open schools. Taking a wholly distinct view of the Americans and their ambitions. El Mundi, the organ of the liberal party, now In power here, comments on the adoption of the Nicaragua canal project by the Amer ican congress, and says that "Mexico, like all Latin-American countries having terri tory on the Pacific, Is "bound to be benefit ed by the canal. The fact that the canal will enable us largely to increase our ex ports of ore is sufficient evidence that it will be highly advantageous to us." The Mexican Herald says that by the construction of the canal the United States extends its southern coast line far to the south and that the canal will be the means of making the Mexican west coast ports prosperous and will enable Mexico to build up Its Pacific coast in preparation for sharing in the commerc wh'ch Is to fill the Pacific ocean, as was predicted by Seward, whose policy Pres ident McKlnley Is consistently carrying out. o - BLIZZARD IN ENGLAND. Trains Snowed TJp, and Many Persons Traveling by Foot Were Lost. LONDON, Feb. 14. The effects of the blizzard which started today were felt throughout Great Britain. Trains were snowed up In all directions, street-car lines blocked, and telegraph and telephone wires are down. There has been a great number of accidents due to falling chim neys, roof slates and similar causes. Mail vans and people traveling by foot in the country districts are Teported missing, and several persons have been found frozen to death In exposed places. The streets of London are in fearful condition from snow and sleet, and many pedestrians have sustained fractured limbs from falling on icy pavements. Horses have suffered greatly, many having to be shot after breaking their legs. Severe gales have swept the coast. e Saved From a Knockout. BUTTE. Mont., Feb. 14. Mose Lafontise defeated Jack Flynn in the fourth round at the Butte Athletic Club, tonight Flynn was "going" at the end and the referee stopped the fight. o Statistics of the criminal population of the United States show that only 6 per cent of the total number of criminals are women. SKIRMISHES ON TUGELA BOERS PUSHIXG SOUTH RIVER. OF THE Actively Strengthening Their Posi tions Old British Camp at Spear man's, Occupied by Tireni. LONDON, Feb. 15. The Dally Telegraph has received the following .dated Tuesday, from its special correspondent at Frere: "Sunday, the Boers advanced down tho Ladysmlth road toward Potgieter s. Three hundred horsemen, with others, proceeded to a point where they began to construct new rows of trenches at right angles to the road. This was about two miles north of the drift. A party of Boers also crossed the Tugela, now very low, about six miles below Potgieter's drift, where they sniped the South African light horse, who re pulsed them. "Several other skirmishes have taken place, and the Boers are evidently anxious about their positions. They have been throwing up defensive works from Trich ard's drift and the Spionkop range east ward to the Hlangwana and Monte Cristo JilLs, both on this side of the Tugela. They have also two, If not three wooden bridges spanning the Tugela In the bend." A dispatch to the Morning Post from Chevely, dated Tuesday, confirms the re port that parties of Boers 'have occupied the old British camp on Spearman's farm. The correspondent who identified the wounded Lieutenant Churchill as the brother of Winston Churchill, says he was shot through the right leg. THE RENSBERG RETIREMENT. Londoners Anxious for the Particu lars. NEW YORK, Feb. 14. The dispatches announcing the British "retirement" at Rensberg are not satisfactory. "Our loss es are not yet known," says the Daily Mail's correspondent. "There was hot fighting all day and at night the British retreated." This news is the more depressing to London, because only a few days ago It was believed General French was able to take Colesberg. If the Boers are able to defeat General Clements in a decisive engagement, they may threaten Lord Rob erts' base of supplies at De Aar junction. This unexpected show of strength by tho Boers at Colesberg has amazed those who were predicting an easy march for Lord Roberts through the Free State. The ex perts who saw in General Butter's cap ture and abandonment of Vaalkrantz a fine piece of strategy, say that General Clements' retreat to Rensberg is part of the same policy, to engage large forces of Boers while Lord Roberts demolishes Cronje. It is believed that General Buller has withdrawn his whole force from Potgie ter's drift and Springfield to Cheveley and is exactly where he began two months ago. Tho London Leader's war expert says: "South African military opinion calls for 100,000 or 150,000 men as soon as possi ble, and this on the ground of merciful ness and ultimate economy. This would bring our strength up to nearly 250,000 men, and this force to put down two small republics whose united white population is supposed not to exceed 450,000 men, women, children and Uitlanders. Nothing but this fact was needed to demonstrate the futility of the ministerial scheme of army reorgan ization laid before parliament Monday. "The precise nature of Lord Roberts movements on Modder river and Orange river are wrapped in mystery. Certain it is that the country General French ma neuvered the Boers out of in Northern Cape Colony has been reoccupied by the Boers. General Buller is keeping his own secrets, but we may look for another move on his part hi a day or two, probably east of Colenso." The Morning Post's war expert says: "The announcement of new appoint ments confirms the supposition that a largo force has now been assembled at Modder river. The offensive cannot be carried on along the whole line and the commander-in-chief must determine the point at which he will act. It looks as if the Boers had taken their forces away from Magersfontein to reinforce the commandos at Colesberg, where a victory would threaten the British com munications between Cape Town and Mod der river." The expert compares the situation to the American civil war at the time when the army of the Potomac held all the Con federate forces In Virginia, while the Western armies moved down the Missis sippi and through the heart of the Con federacy to Atlanta and Savannah and thence north to General Lee's rear. The Dominion Parliament. OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 14. In the house last night, a discussion arose about the departure of General Hutton, commander-in-chief of the Canadian troops. Dr. Borden, minister of militia, said that he was of the opinion that the Canadian law should be changed so as to permit a Canadian officer to fill the vacated posi tion. On the resolution granting $20,000 for the contingents in South Africa, Mr. Mou rassa, M. P., made a strong speech against the government's declaring war by order of the council. Mr. Monet, lib eral, opposed the resolutions. He said that Canada had nothing to do with de claring the war, and should have taken no part in it, and she would not have anything to do with the Indemnity that would be obtained. Webster Davis at Delogoa Bay. LOURENCO MARQUES, Monday, Feb. 12. Webster Davis, United States assis tant secretary of the interior, has arrived here from Pretoria, and sails on the steamer Kanzeler, via Naples, on his way home. NO IDEA OF RETIRING. General Shafter Says He Has No Sucla Intention. NEW YORK. Feb. 14. General William R. Shafter, who has been on a visit to friends in Connecticut, attended a re ception at the Army and Navy Club to night. He will return soon to San Francisco. General Shafter denied that he had any immediate . intention of retiring from the army. He knew nothing of the report that he would short ly appeal to congress to be relieved. A recent statement that he had been guilty of dlsobdience of orders, in Ignoring Col onel Maus, in appointing an inspector of the transport Manauense, General Shafter declared was equally false. "There have been some complaints of the transport Manauense," said General Shafter, "and some demand that the con dition of the transport be investigated. It will be Investigated, and I believe that the Inspector has already been appointed. I don't know who the appointee is, how ever, as he is not appointed directly by me. The appointee, whoever he is, Is not Colonel Maus. "I have no Intention of retiring for some time to come, and certainly no in tention of requesting congress to retire me now. As soon as I have finished my present visit here, I shall return to San Francisco and take up my work again." Asked for an expression of an "opinion of the war in South Africa, General Shat ter said: "The recent achievements of American land and naval forces are in striking con trast with the repulses sustained by the flower of the British army In South Africa." Knock-Out at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 14. At the Na tional Athletic Club tonight. Jack O'Brien, of Philadelphia, was knocked out by "Young Peter" Jackson (colored) at the close of the 14th round. O'Brien, up to the time of the knock-out blow; made a chopping-block out of Jackcon, but his blows lacked steam. lackson took his punishment gamely and waited for an opening, which came just before the close of the round. He caught O'Brien on the jaw with his right, dazing him. O'Brien clinched. The referee had hard work get ting the men apart. Jackson then landed on O'Brien's solar plexus, and put him out. O'Brien had to be assisted from the ring. TRAVEL PAY TO SOLDIERS, Criticism, of the Government's Choice of Options. HOCKINSON, Wash., Feb. 12. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian of the 5th Inst, is an article containing a report of the war department to the military com mittee on Senator Turner's bill provid ing travel pay to soldiers. While the discrimination there mentioned may be Incorrect, it is certainly correct that the government, for some reason, took advan tage of the option mentioned in section 1290, Revised Statutes, and changed the travel pay In January, 1899, from travel pay and commutation ration, to a ticket or transport from Manila to San Fran cisco. The discrimination comes in between sol diers re-enlisting and those who for rea sons of their own do not. Those re-enllst-lng are paid full travel pay from Manila to San Francisco, amounting to from $299 to $1825, according to their rating in the service, with addition of travel pay from San Francisco to place of enlistment, while their comrades are sent home penniless, with a broken-down constitution, as in most cases the expense for extras while in the service in the tropics absorbs their pay. It is either discrimination or a po litical trick to both bribe and force sol diers that have so bravely defended our flag to re-enlist. It virtually says, re enllst, or we send you home penniless. How many accepted of the bribe is seen by the saving of $7,000,000. This would be commended, were It saved from sources where extravagance was practiced: but taking it from an enlisted man, drawing 53 cents per day. and this money not spent In the parlors and gilded saloons, but In the hamlets of the nation to serve as a subsistence while restoring their broken-down constitution, Is surely not commendable. Leaving this argument out, all our gov ernment employes, county, state and na tional, including court witnesses and of ficials, get travel pay I believe 10 cents per mile. This down-trodden soldiers we depend on to defend our flag and nation we not only begrudge, but take away their humble travel pay of some 4 cents per mile, which has been in practice so many years. Why not give them 10 cents per mile straight, as other officials get? This would do away with extra charges on the transport of 50 cents per day when the rations run short. If we cannot afford to pay our soldiers, . let us do without them. I will conclude by saying: My friends and friends of the soldiers, next fall, you w:ll vote. Your vote counts one yours, Alger's and Corbin's. A. G. O. o LEAGUE OF SPORTSMEN. Protests Against the Slaughter of Prong-Horned Antelope. NEW YORK, Feb. 14. The officers oi the League of American Sportsmen met in this city today. There were 22 mem. bers present, and 10 states were repre sented. President George O. Shields, of this city, presided. A resolution was adopted petitioning the legislatures of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and Utah to pass a law prohibiting for 10 years the killing of the prong-horned an telope. The resolution sets forth that the slaughter of these animals will soon ex terminate them, and extols the beauty bf the antelope and the need of a stringent law to prevent further killing. Copies of the resolutions will be sent to all the states mentioned. o Taxation in the Transvaal. To the Editor of the New York Tribune: I have heard during trie last few days some very random statements as to the sup posed wealth of the gold-mining Industry in the Transvaal, and the consequent abil ity of that community to pay tlje enormous burden of taxation. The taxes levied in Sweden amount to 1 per capita per an num, in England to 3, and in the Trans vaal to 22. The annual wealth produc tion of Great Britain is, according to Sir Robert Giffen, about 40 per capita, or, roughly, 1,600,000,000, some 7 per cent of which is the amount absorbed by taxes. In the Transvaal the amount drawn In salaries by a mere handful of government officials would, if distributed among the entire Boer population, men, women and babes, pay each of them -over 20 per an num. I may add that in Ireland the na tional per capita income (that is to say, the annual wealth product divided by the total population) Is only 14 per annum. The product of the gold mines In the Transvaal In 1897 was lees than 12,000,000; tho total dividends paid aggregated 2,729, 000, and the revenue collected was 3,956, 402.. And as 90 per cent of the Transvaal revenue is paid directly or Indirectly by the gold mining industry, It follows that the gold mines paid more taxes to Presi dent Kruger than dividends to their share holders. For the last financial year the total revenue collected in the Transvaal was over 4,000,000, and the dividends paid by all the gold mines was less than 4.250, 000. MORETON FREWEN. i d 0 Jfewppaper Work at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 13. (To the Ed itor.) The enclosures explain themselves, though perhaps you are used to the ways of 'this exalted burg, whose newspapers, like their bank clearances, are padded. I have seen the time when, had not your Sunday edition arrived, Monday's Post Intelligencer, if It appeared at all, would be a blank. AN OREGONIAN READER. The enclosures are clippings from The Oregonian and the Post-Intelligencer, showing that an editorial from this paper, of the 11th Inst'., was used two days later by the Seattle paper as news matter. o "Gladys was silent, but Harold could read her answer in her face." Extract from an up-to-date novel, chapter xxii, page 144. Judge. Famous Wedgewood Ware Bargains. Its 7ortbL Your Coming Jnet to See.-1 Great Eastern Tea- Co. 320 Washington St.. Portland. 223 First St,. Portland. 115 Grand Ave., B. Portland. Mariani Wine World Famous Tonic DOCTORS' OPINIOXS. "It is not only the most effective of all tonics, but at the same time the most agree able to the taste." "Hasn't its equal in Malaria, "Weak Blood, Influenza (La Grippe), Consumption and Stom ach Trouble." Sold b all druggists. Refuse substitutes. TREAT ALL A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION REGARDING THE COPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE. Their Work Is by No Means Confined to Any One Manifestation of Constitutional Dis order, but to All Chronic Diseases. Dm. Copelnnd and Montgomery are specialists not In catarrh alone, not i in dyspepsia, or rheumatism, or ner- i vous troubles, or blood troubles alone; not in any single ntanlfesta tlon of deep-seated constitutional disorder. They are specialists in all those diseases, of a complex na ture, requiring: special skill, special cdncatlon and special training1. To the "family physician belongs the relief or care of acute diseases the averting of immediate and press ing danger. To the specialist he longs the enre of chronic diseases, the lifting of the light and darkness and shadow of life, long endured; the restoration of courage and good cheer, henlth and happiness, from the permanent discouragement, morbid xnclnncholy, weakness and certain abnormal decline of chronic disease. Great specialists could not be re stricted to isolated manifestations of constitutional malady. No impres sion could be more erroneous than that the vrork of Drs. Copcland and Montgomery is confined to any one disorder, like catarrh or blood trou- ble. "Wherever snch an impression I prevails, it should he immediately ! corrected. Their work embraces all ' chronic diseases, which they treat with uniform success. Five dollars a month is the only fee, and includes all necessary medicines. Great numbers of people suffer from the malign poisons of catarrh, as from other subtle chronic mala-' DISEASE DESCRIBED BY SYMPTOMS. CATARRH OF HEAD AND THROAT The head and throat become dis eased from neglected colds, causing Catarrh when the condition of the blood predisposes to this condition. "Is the voire husky?' "Do you pit up slime?" "Do you ache all overt" "Do you snore at night?" "Co you blow out scans at nlghtr "Is your nose stopped upT" "Does your nose discharge?" "Does the noee bleed easily?" "Is theie tickllriK In the throatr "Is this worse toward night?" "Does the r.ose itch and burn?" "Do you fcawlc to clear the throat?" "Is there pain across the eyes?" "la there pain In front of head?" "Is your sens of smell leaving?" "Jo the throat dry la the mornlns?" "Are you losing your sense of taste?" "Do you fleer with your mouth open? "Does your nose stop up toward night?" CATARRH OF BRONCHIAL TUBES Tills condition often results from catarrh extending from the head and throat, and, if left unchecked, ex tends down the windpipe into the bronchial tnbes, and in time attacks the lungs. "Have you a cough?" "Are you losing- Hesh?" "Do you cough at night?" "Have you a pain In aide?" "Do you take cold easily?" "I your appetite variable?" "Have you stltcner n side?" "Do you cough until you gag?" "Are you low-spirited at times?" "Do you raise frothy material?" "Do you cough on going to bed7" "Do you cough In the morning?" "Do you spit up yellow matter?" "Do ou eplt up little cheesy lumps? "Is your cough short and harJc'ng?" "Have you pain behind the breastbone t' "Have you a disgust for fatty foods?" "Ia there a tickling behind the palate?" "Do you feel you are growing weaker?" "Is there a burning pain Jit the throat?" "Do you cough worse night and morning?" "Do you have to sit up at night to gtl orsatnr CATARRH OF THE STOMACH. This condition may result from sev eral causes, but the nsual cause is catarrh, the mucus dropping down into the throat and being swal lowed. "Is there nausea?" "Are you costive T" "is there -vomiting?" "Do you belch up- gas?" "Ha-vo you watrbr muv "Are you ilghtneaded?" "Is your tongue coattd?" "Do you hawk and oplt?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Are you nervous an! weak?" "Do you have sick headaches?" "Do you bloat up after eating?" "Is there disgust for breakfast?" "Hara you dUtrers after eating?" "Is your throat filled with hlime?" "Do you at times have diarrhoea i" "I there rush of blood to the head?" "When you get up suddenly aro "you dizzy?" "Is there gnawing rensatlon In stomach?" "Do you feel as If you had lead in stomach?" "When stomach Is .mpty do you feel faint?" "Do you belch material that burns throat?" "If stomach Is full do you feel oppremd?" SYMPTOMS OF EAR TROUBLES Deafness and ear troubles result from catarrh passing along the Eus tachian tube that leads from the throat to the ear. "Is your hearing falling?" "Do your ears discharge?" "Do your ears Itch and burn?" "Ar the ears dry and stalyT "Have you pain behind the ears?" "Is there throbbing In the ears?" "Is there a buzzing sound hearrt?" "Do you have a ringing In tne ears?" "Are there crackling sounds heard?" "Is your hearing bad cloudy days 7" "Do you have earache occasionally?" "Are there sounds like steam escaping?" DOCTOR 88$ Third Street, Opposite Chamber of Commerce Hours U A. 31. to S P. 31.; evening; 7 to 9; Suadaj, IS to S, DISEASES dies, without aar correct or definite Idea of the Harare of their aWIetlon. The fellevrlna: symptoms have beea carerally arranged, to enable many sufferers to understand Jast vrnat It Is that ails them. Many disease, known Hnder various speelfle names, are really of a catarrhal origin and natare. Hvery part of the raucous membrane, the nose, throat, eyes, ears, head, laags, stomach, liver, bovrels, kidneys and bladder, are I subject te disease and blight by ea ! tarrh. The proper eoarse for suffer ers is this Read these symptoms carefally over, mark those that ap ply to.yearease, and bring this -frith you te Drs. Cepeland and Montgom ery. If yea live away front the city, send them hy mail and ask for mail treatment. In either instance, and. whether hy mall or office treatment, the patient may he assured of the speediest relief and enre possible to medical science. The cost of treatment at the Cepeland Medioal Institute for any ehrenle ailment or malady is at the rate of $5 Per Month. This fee lnclatles all medi cines and the eastant and watchful care el all patients to a anal eare. "De year ears rwt when ym Mow your Efiae?" "De ywt of la May hear seises ta the ears?" "De y btae setter seme days than others" "De tho aetees ia your ears keep you awake?" '"Whori you Mow yew nose do tho tars craek.?" "Is hearing worse when yo have a ooWT' "Is rearing Hke & waterfaH hi the head?" CATARRH OF THE LIVER. The liver becomes diseased hy ca tarrh extending from the stesaaeh into the tabes of the liver. "Ara yea fretful?" "Are yi peevtalr?" "Do you get dtezyr "Do you feel fatigued?" "Do you feel mta-raWe?" "Da yea have cold fer?" "Do you get tir"d easily?" "Is your eyesight blurred V "Can't you explain where?" "Constant oenoe of depression?" "Is there a blonttng after eating?" "Constant sense of poln In baekf "Have you gurgling la howeW?" "To you ha?e rumbling" tn bowota?" "Havr you paia tMdor ahmiMeiMB4?" "Is there throhbtug tn the otomaofc?" , "Do you bare sfe of boat tn howeis'" "Do you Mffer from palno tn XempVtsT' "Do you have palpttatioa of tho heart?" CATARRH OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER. Catarrh of the kidneys and blad der results in two ways, Mrst by tak ing cold; second, by overworking the kidneys in separating from the blood the poisons that have been ab sorbed from catarrh, whloh aaTeeta all organs. "Do yoar hands and feet swell?" "is tMs more noticeable In tho mornings?'' "Are thoy cold and clammy?" "Is there pain mi small of bock?" "Is tho Krino dark and cloudy?" "Does a deposit form when loft otaasteg?" "is there a dootre to gft up at night?" "Do you soe spot floating before tho eyes?" "Are the eyes dull and staring'" . "Is there a bad taste in the mooch?" "Have you pain in top of head?" "Is year hair getting gray?" "If so, la It silvery whiter' "Is the skm dry and harsh?" "Is the hair dry and brlttlo?" "Is there nausea after earing T "Has the perspiration a bad odor?" "Is there pamneso ander the eyosr "Are there dark rings around the eyes?" "Is the shin pale and dfy?" "Has the skin a waxy look'" "De yon see unpleasant things whMe aoteep?" "Have you chilly feelings down the back?" "Do the 4nta pain and ache?" "Do tho legs feel too heavy?' If yon cannot come to the office, write for Heme Treatment Symptoat Blank and Book and be eared at home. CONSULTATION FREE. DR. COPELAND'S BOOK FREE TO ALL The Copeland Medical Institute ram TKKSAm wAsmtmmi W. H. COPELAXD, M. D. J. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D. OFFICE HOURS Front 9 A. 3st. ta 13 31. front 1 to 5 P. M. " EVENINGS Tuesdays aad Fridays. St?NDAY2 r real 10 A. M. to 13 31. DeYOUNG The Acknowledged Leading and Most Succzalui Physician and Surgeon The world has ever kaown for too treat raoaf of all private and ehroaic diseases of both sale and female. The following are among the troubles which ho will treat with skill, and guarantee a perfect and prompt curt of all curable diseases. We treat the following dteoaeos with a spe cial treatment, which la purely medical aad seleBtinc: PRIVATF OMwaaeB. gleet, gonor- rvi "- rhooa, tenderness, sweil lag. quickly eurad without pate or deten tion from bnomooG. I AniP 'Who aaffer from apathy, tn LLMI0 difference. Borveas aoMUtr or disease, peculiar to wocaeo, eaa cooeult Dr. DeYouag. SPECIALIST