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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1900. 0 EXPANSION STRONG Congressman Barnham States California's Position. NATIONAL GROWTH IS POPULAR CeHtractloBisU Are Enemies of Amer icas. Commercial Prosreii and World Civilization. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. (To the Edi tor.) la California, which I have the hon or in part to represent lr. the lower house of congress, there Is no longer any ques tion about expansion. "We recognize the fact that we have already expanded. For temporary party success there may be some who would advocate contraction of territory and the hauling down of the nag from the PhiUpptne islands. But I think If the question were now submitted to a vote la California, whether we should five up the islands or keep them, 40,000 majority would support the proposition, that the flag shall float over those Is lands forever. The Philippines were acquired In precise ly the same manner as the Louisiana ter ritory was acquired by treaty. Monroe and Livingston were our commissioners to Parle, and agreed to give $16,009,000 for Louisiana, Thomas Jefferson was pres ident, and sent the treaty to the senate. The senate ratified It, and the congress of the United States, the house and the senate, approved the treaty by appropri ating the $lE,9a,G9 to pay for the terri tory, and the president approved the act In precisely the same manner we ac quired the territory out of a part of which the state of California was carved as a result of the war with the Spaniards (Mexico), a treaty was made and $15,000, 600 paid. The treaty was ratified by the senate, approved by congress in appro priating the money, and the act was signed by President Polk. In neither of these cases did the government ask or obtain the consent of the people of Louisi ana or California to the cession of the territory. If we have violated the Decla ration of Independence in acquiring the Philippine Islands, it was violated in ac quiring Louisiana and California. But did Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration, vio late It in acquiring Louisiana? Are we now violating It? What does "consent of the governed" mean? Does It mean the consent of all of the people? Nobody ever thought so. The unnaturalized foreign-born citizens of the United States give no consent, they have no vote, they are net consulted about the form of government which we give them, regardless of the amount of property they may have, or the amount of brains they may possess. So with every young man in the United States un der the age of 2L years, perfectly regard less of his brains or property. We tax him and compel obedience to such laws as we see fit to give him. So also practi cally is the case with every woman in the United States she has no vote. Her consent is not asked about the form of government under which she is compelled to live; and that, too, regardless of the brains she may have or the property she may possess. We tax her as we please and give her no representation nor con sult her as to the form of government under which she would like to live. In other words, out of the 76,000,000 of people In the United States, only 14,009,000 vote. Over eo,ew,09 of the people of the United States give no consent, are not asked for their consent, do not vote, and take no part in the affairs of this government. And yet our democratic friends say that because the administration is trying to nreserve order and. suppress insurrection in the Philippines, we are violating the Declaration of Independence. Was Jeffer son violating the declaration when he was suppressing the outbreaks of the Indians in Louisiana? Now, what Is the condition In the Phil ippines? There are 68 different tribes speaking W different dialects, and only a part of one of these tribes is in rebellion against this country. The other tribes are in a condition of submission and peace and only too anxious to have the protec tion of this government. But our friends on the other side are agitating themselves into a state of con fusion over the question of what kind of government it is intended to give the people of the Philippine islands. What kind of government? The flag which floats over them guarantees the kind of government which shall be given them. A government of civil and religious lib ertythe tight to life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness. They are, as is every cltiaen of e Union, equal before the law from the lowest to the highest. Each 16 secure in hi6 personal liberty. He can acquire, possess and enjoy property. He can worship God acoordlng to the dic tates of his own conscience. As to what form oi government shall be given those people, I only have to say that that question will be met by the wis dom of the present or future congresses. X know the preeeht and past of the coun try is grand and glorious. I have perfect faith in the fact that the future will be grander and more glorious. Whether the form of government to be iven to the Philippine people shall be like that o( Ijfe people ttf 'the Indian ter ritory, or of Alaska, Hawaii. Arizona or the District of Columbia, or like that of our states, the wisdom of future con gresses will determine. We have now within the territory of this country every form of government known to human laws. The Indian territory practically has none. Alaska is hut one step, if any, bet ter. Neither has representation. The peo ple there are oompelled without their con sent to live under such laws as congress sees lit to make for their government. Arisone. New Mexico and Oklahoma are but a step in advance. The people are given the right to sond a delegate to con gress, hut he has no vote there. The people of the District of Columbia have no voice whatever. They have no vote no representation. Congress glyes a rep resentative or deprives them of repre sentation, just as congress shall see fit. The people of Maine and California and of the other states have much more to say about what laws shall govern the people of the District of Columbia than they have themselves. The congressmen elected from the states constitute the common council of the District of Colum bia. They are oompelled to obey Just such laws as congress sees nt to make for them. Thej are taxed without consent without representation. Immediately fol lowing our Independence (1S) the fathers of our country recognised the Inherent power and the absolute right la the United States of acquiring by conquest territory to be held as dependencies, colonies or otherwise. In a treaty made with France which remained In full force from 1778 till nine years after the constitution of the United States was ratified. It was provlued that if the United States should see ftt te reduce the British power in North America or in the Bermuda islands such territory might he held as depend encies of the United States. It therefore appears that to hold terri tory, as a oeloay or dependency of the United States, would not do violence to the Inherent power of this country as con strued In solemn treaties by our fore fathers. Are the rebellious Tagals to be held to have superior rights, privileges and Immunities to those enjoyed by our un naturalized, foreign-born citizens, our young mon. an of our mothers, wives, sisters, daughtoas and sweethearts; rights greater than the pospic of the Indian terrMoor. Arisen, Now Mexico. Oklaho ma, Alaska, Puerto Aloe, Hawaii, or the people at the capital city of our nation, the District of Columbia? In my judg ment, whoever thinks so, will find them selves in the dust of the procession of progress and the advancement of Amer ican civilization. But that will not be at all unlike the democratic party. It seems to have fall en Into the habit of discovering the fact from a quarter to a half-century after the happening of the event. This re sults, no doubt, from the fact that they are engaged In "viewing with alarm" every effort tending towards advance ment and progress. They never "point with pride" to anything, and properly so, for they have done nothing in 50 years to which they could in justice poinfwith pride. Our democratic friends are continually claiming that they are the admirers and followers of Thomas Jefferson, and that Thomas Jefferson was the father of de mocracy. If that be so then he was the father and mother both of expansion. In 1766, while we were yet a confed eracy, and while Jefferson was our min ister to France, and the confederacy was practically east of the Alleghenles and north of Florida, with a population of scarcely 5,000,000, he wrote to his friend Stewart: "Our confederacy must be viewed as the nest from which all Amer ica, North and South, Is to be peopled. Those countries cannot be in better hands. My fear Is that they are too feeble to hold them till our population can be sufficient ly advanced, to gain it from them, piece by piece." (See Memoirs of Jefferson, vol ume L page 443.) He wrote these "words only a little over a century ago, and. In accordance with his prophetic vision, our country has swept from ocean to ocean, from gulf to lakes, over Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines, and our population Js probably 75,000,000. Now contemplate for a moment a hun dred years hence, one more century. At a low estimate our population will reach 300.000,000 of the most progressive and en lightened people on earth, and who will say that the present corporate limits of this nation will then be big enough to hold the American peoole? I want to say that in my Judgment the destiny of this, the greatest government on earth, will sweep onward In Its progress and civiliza tion until It meets the best and truest civ ilization of Europe, and lead the other peoples of the world to know and welcome civil and religious liberty In fact The open door of China Is the very wisdom of planting our flag ft Manila. Whoever would pull It down Is an enemy of the commercial progress of our nation and the civilization of the world. J. A. BAKHAM. THE RUNNING RACES. Wolhurst Won the Washington Han dicap nt Ke-tv Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22. To celebrate Washington's birthday, the management put on a card of seven races today, the George Washington handicap being the star event. Al Fresco was made a strong favorite, but was pocketed by poor racing luck, and the prize went to Wolhurst, the second choice. The results were: Six and a half furlongs, selling Tobe Payne won, Dlggs second, Dolly Hlthoff third; time, 1:22. Four end a half furlongs, '2-year-olds, selling Zack Ford won. Blink second, Daisy Osborne third; time, 0:56. One mile, selling Tip Gallant won. Lady of the West second, Quartan Par ker third; time, 1:44. Mile and 70 yards, George Washington handicap Wolhurst won, Eva Rice second, Al Fresco third; time, 1:48. Seven furlongs, selling L. T. Caton won, Nellie Prince second, Chiffon third; time. 1:30. One mile, selling Bequeath won, Swordsman second, Colonel Eads third; time, 1:43. Six furlongs, selling First Past won, Jamaica second. Wedding Guest third; time, 1:16. Races nt Tonforan. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22. The weath er at Tanforan Park was fine and the track heavy. The results were: Four furlongs Artena won. Countess Clara second, Follow Me third; time, OrBiy. One mile Espionage won, Wyoming sec ond, Tappan third; time, 1:44. Mile and a sixteenth Zoroaster won, Geyser second, F. W. Bode third; time, 1:50. Mile and a quarter Tempo won, Don Quixote second, Tom Cromwell third; time, 2:12. One mile Sunello won. Red Cherry sec ond. Katie Gibbons third; time, 1:46. Mile and a quarter Rapldo won, In verary II second, Colonel Root third: time. 2:12&. The Trap-Shooting Tournament. GARDEN CITY, L. I.. Feb. 22. C. A. Paynter, of Pittsburg, won the amateur trap-shooting championship of America to day, with 94 birds killed and six birds missed. R. A. Welch, of Philadelphia, and Daniel A. Bradley, of New York, each killed 91 and divided second and third money. Harry Kirkover, of Buffalo, killed S9 and received fourth money. Louis Duryea, of New York, killed S7. In ad dition to the $440 cash to the winner, Paynter received the silver cup presented by Clarence H. Mackay, of New York. a GAGE'S OPINION OF MACRUM Xo Evidence to Support the ex-Consul's Charges. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, arrived here to day, and spoke before the Commercial Club at Its banquet tonight, in an inter view which appeared In the Post-Dispatch today. Secretary Gage raid of the case of ex-Consul Macrum and his charges against the English government: "The administration thinks of Macrum exactly what every reasonable man must thinkthat he Is an afs. I am convinced that his charges are absolutely without foundation, and have been made In spite to embarrass the Administration. So far as I have been able to ascertain, there Is not a scintilla of evidence to support his charges. I do not believe that the officials of the English government violated the secrecy of our communications to our ac credited representative, and I think the investigation to be made will show as much. "Of course, if Macrum can substantiate his charges, if he can show documents which will prove that his mall was tam pered with, that will put the case In an other light. If the investigation should reveal that state of affairs, then the Ad ministration would demand an apology for the indignity. But I do not believe there is the slightest possibility of such a crisis arising. As the cose now stands, Macrum is not troubling the Administration. It will not give him the slightest notice un less he proves his charges." e Acquitted of Inciting- a Riot. WILLIAMSBURG, Ky., Feb. 22. Or ganiser George W. Purcell, of the United Mlneoworkers, has been acquitted of the charge of leading a riot Purcell, ac companied by 200 others, went to the Proc tor mines to organize a union. He was met at the edge of the company's land and forbidden entrance. Purcell came on against the orders of the superintendent and organized a lodge, but was not dis orderly. The jury afterXbelng out a few minutes, returned a verdict of not guilty. o a Captain Langvrorthy Dead. WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. A cable mes sage was received at the War Department from General Otis today, saying that Cap tain George R. Langworthy, Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, died at Ballaug. Ba lacan Province, of remittent malarial fever yesterday. Captain Langworthy was ap pointed Captain of the Thirty-fifth Volun teers from California, and accompanied that regiment to the Philippines. HOW RUSSIANS StE US LITTLE STOCK IX THEJ BENEVO LENCE OF OCR EXPANSION. Few In Russia Share the Emperor's Desire to Disarm the Nations Many Favor War. TIFLIS, Russia, Aug. 4. Among the host of Russian army officers I have had for traveling companions and ac quaintances along the line of the Trans caspian railway, in a country entirely un der military authority, as well as here In the Caucasus, there has been but one sub ject of conversation which has risen for discussion with unvarying regularity. That Is the question of "expansion" In the United States. Strangely enough, too, I have found almost unanimous agreement In the opinions held, though sometimes for the sake of courtesy to the American stranger the forms of expression have been modified. Virtually, every Russian with whom I have talked, who knows of the course of events In America, has suggested that the IN THE ANCIENT United States has entered upon its own career of conquest for the sake of pos session. A few of the thoughtful ones be lieve that the American purpose In inter fering In Cuban affairs was a disinterested one, prompted by worthy motives. But they eliminate the Philippines altogether from the same category, and declare that by our course In those Islands we have shown that we "are no better than the rest of the world." Over and over they have jeered, politely perhaps, but still jeered, at my effort to show that we were dominated by worthy motives In our action In the Philippines as truly as in Cuba. "It is pretty business for the people who pre tend to be the champions of liberty In all the world," said one man. "You have had your taste of blood, and when will you stop?" asked another. "Are your sol diers proud of the war they aro having?" was another question. "At least we shall have no more foolishness quoted to us about the high moral purposes of the model republic," I was told. "And so even the United States has yielded to the temptations of territory and trade at last," was a frequent suggestion. Thse th'ncs were particularly notice able to me because they came from Rus sians, the officers of a government with which we have advertised traditional friendship, men who were proving their liking for all things American and their fondness for Americans in every way in their power. From an Austrian or French or Belgian officer the harsh judg ments would not have disturbed me a mite, but it was a bit edifying to learn what our friends think of us. Their po sition, frankly stated, has been that we have entered their own classification at last and are seeking to add to our terri tory for the profit there Is in It and the pride of holding colonial possessions. They suggest that we con no longer talk about Russian slaughter of Turkomans In Cen tral Asia, or the French seizure of Mada gascar, and similar aggressions through out the world, in the critical tone that has been common In America, when we are doing the same sort of thing our selves. They claim that we have stopped our own mouths about such things for all time to come. For all of this they are frankly glad, and they do not see why any one should trouble to deny their con clusions or to argue that the cases are not exactly parallel, and that we are do- ing right while the othars have been do ing wrong. Russians Not Afraid of War. Of all the Russian officers with whom I talked on the question of war in gen eral, .1 found but one who expressed a horror of war and deprecated it In every way. Every other one whom I questioned declared that war was the way to civili zation, and that a military establishment was no curse, but a profound blessing to a country, and would servo the United States well, as It was serving Russia. I have found but one officer who showed tho slightest respect for the peace rescript of the emperor of Russia and Its resulting conference at The Hague. With the one exception, they have declared it not mere ly chimerical, trivial. Inconsequential and ill-advised, but also that Its aims were not to be desired even If all nations would unite in carrying them out to the highest perfection. A diminution of military prep aration, and even of warfare, they claimed, would be a distinct retrogression. It has been said to me by many officials in high station that the influential elements of Russia were not in the least In sympathy with, the rescript and the conference, and the emporer was "virtually alone in his desires. The one exception of whom I speak was " " SIb THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE AT TIFLIS. an elderly colonel with whom I traveled from Merv to Askhabad, or rather to Besmeln, the next station east of that capital of Transcaspla, where the troops of the province were mobilised for sum mer maneuvers. He- had served through the hardest campaigning of the Russo Turklsh war and wore a medal for dis tinguished bravery at Plevna. -He told me of the horrors- of -that campaign, In which more than 100.QOO Russian soldiers and as many )Turks were lost . by battle and disease. "War Is Jfrlghtful.V he said. "Surely your little war in. Cuba, with its Infinitesimal losses,. -sfjOUld- haye proved that to you jf"you haji forgotten. Those losses were-nbthlng compared to the losses of a real war, a great war; but what wide spread grief and suffering they entailed. That war was quite enough. May God preserve my dear mother Russia and your country and the world from warfare." All this fronf'1jtRuT3sian officer whose life career has" been the. army rather Im pressed me. He was one of the most In telligent men with whom I have talked, excellently posted as to the course of events In America and the rest of the world, and thoroughly Interested In the progress of American colonial schemes and their consequences. It was from him, too, that I learned something of the prog ress of Admiral Dewey on his trip through the Mediterranean, of which I have known nothing for some time. He brought me a dally paper from Askha- ' "V. -J t-"JJiita-.P ' GEORGIAN QUARTER. bad, which declared that "the great American General Dewey" had been ln- I terviewed In Bucharest by the corre- , spondent of tin "New Jork" Herald, the ! name being printed in Roman letters In i the midst of the paragraph, and that 1 "General" Dewey had declared that the , United States should at once build a larger and better navy, with more and bet ter battle-ships, in preparation for the war with Germany, which was imminent. There was no doubt that most of the offi cers on the train believed this interview to be literally correct. Sew Americans. Twice I was questioned by Russian offi cers concerning former friends of theirs whose names are known to all readers of works on Asiatic Russia. Governor Me dinsky, of Samarkand, was a friend of Eugeme Schuyler, when that eminent American traveled in Central Asia gath ering the material for his monumental work on Turkestan, knew him intimately, and traveled with him In some of the re moter provinces In 1872. This reminds me that when I was In St. Petersburg I in quired concerning' the former slave boy who was bought by Schuyler In the slave market of Bokhara In that year, whence he was taken to St. Petersburg for re lease, much to the annoyance of some Rus sians who had been relating the complete suppression of the' slave trade. I was told at first that he was a soldier in the Rus sian army, serving well and promoted to some noncommissioned office. Afterward, however, I learned from one of Mr. Schuy ler's former friends lhat he keeps a little shop In the outskirts of the Russian cap ital, has named his son for Mr. Schuyler, and still speaks with gratitude of his lib erator. The other question came from Colonel Agamaloff, In command at ancient Merv. He wanted to know1 about the famous cor respondent O'Donovan, whom he had known during the conquest of Turkomanla, when O'Donovan was with the Russian array, about the time of the wonderful and heroic visit of the correspondent to Merv. Colonel Agamaloff hds had many years of servlc In the Transoaspian provinces, and his sto ries are always worth hearing. - He was with Skobeleff at Geok Tepe, and his de scriptions of the storming of the Turko man stronghold of Dengeel Tepe are arranhlc In the extreme. He denies the I stories of wholesale massacre of women and children) In the flight after the fortress was taken, but says that many of them were necessarily killed In the fortress, where they were so Interspersed among the men that It was Impossible to discriminate, especially as women fought with the same weapons and the same energy. There was a time when officers of the Russian army, who needed to he disciplined for some frailty or eccentricity that re quired concealment, were sent to serve In far Siberia, that being a sort of punish ment. When Russia gained her posses sions In Central Asia a new destination was found for military offenders, and Tash kend and Askhabad became the points to which disgraced officers were sent. For a time the service in' Turkestan was ma terlaly recruited by the officers who had been reduced to the ranks or reduced in grade without losing their shoulder straps ; More than one officer was shown me who ' had been sent' to Transcaspla in disgrace for one cause or another, and who had re gained his rank by specially creditable service. Since the railway was completed and communication has become more rapid and regular, Transcaspla has lost, some thing of its value for this purpose. Ask habad is dismally unattractive, hot, dustj and dulL But many of the posts along the line are charming places. - - - - TRUMBULL WHITE. y TO VLADIVOSTOK DIRECT STEATHSHD? NESS CLEARS WITH BIG CARGO OF OREGON PRODUCTS. Nearly 35,000 Barrels of Flour Changre in Rules Governing Steamship Officers. The British steamship Ness was cleared yesterday for Vladivostock, with a full cargo of Oregon products, shipped by Henry Mett, the local agent of a big im porting firm at the Siberian metropolis. As usual with cargoes for Siberia and the Orient, flour made up the bulk of the cargo, there being 34,900 barrels, valued at $94,230. This was a pretty fair-sized ship load by itself, but room was found for 3S31 pieces or 339,543 feet of lumber, enough to make a cargo for the average coasting lumber schooner. The lumber was valued at $4665. Among the miscellaneous freight aboard was 25 cases of canned goods, eight barrels of wine, nine cookstoves and a lot of ammunition and firearms. Includ ing 11 cases of guns, two cases of primers, seven cases of paper shells, two cases of loading tools, and 38 cases of cartridges. The total value of the cargo was $101,562. Portland commenced shipping' cargoes to Siberia over two years ago, and since that time has sent more cargoes direct -to Siberian ports than havo been shipped by all other American ports combined. The Ness will probably return for another cargo as soon as this one Id discharged, or If she does not return, another steamer will bo substituted to taxe her place, as Portland Is the best market on the Coast for obtaining such products as Siberia 13 in need of at present. RULES FOR NAVIGATORS. Passengers Must Be Excluded From Pilothouse at All Times. Local Inspectors Edwards and Fuller have just received from the Supervising Inspector-General a copy of the amended steamboat rules and regulations, which make some important changes in the laws as they now exist. One of these amend ed rules will work a hardship on. the tour ists who have formerly viewed the scenery from the pilot-house window. Heretofore the Inspectors were allowed to Issue per mits giving steamboat masters and pilots authority to carry a certain number of passengers In the pllot-houso between, the hours of sunrise and sunset. The new rule reads as follows: "Masters and pilots of steamers carry ing passengers for hire shall exclude from the pilot-houses of such steamers while under way all persona not connected with the navigation of such steamers, except officers of the Steamship Inspection Serv ice, licensed officers of steamboats, per sons regularly engaged In learning the profession of pilot, officers of the United States Coast Survey, Lighthouse Service and Engineer officers connected with the improvement of rivers and harbors." The rules governing the appointment of masters and mates are much more strin gent than formerly. As amended, they read as follows: "No original license, as master of ocean or coastwise steamers shall be Issued to any person who has not had three years' experience on steam or sail vessels pre ceding the application, one year of such experience to be as chief mate of steam vessels. No original license as chief mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels shall be issued to any person who has not had three years' experience on steam or sail vessels, and must have served one year as second mate of steam vessels, such service to be immediately preceding the application. No original license shall be Issued to the second mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels who has not had three years' experience In the deck de partment of steam or sail vessels imme diately preceding the application, one year of such service to be on steam vessels. And no original license as master or mate of ocean or coastwise steamera shall be Issued to any person, or grade of license raised or route extended who does not un derstand navigation, and who is not able to determine a ship's position at sea by observation of the sun, to obtain longitude by chronometer, and to determine ship's1 latitude by meridian altitude, of either the' sun, moon or stars." To guard against collisions due to pilots not hearing the signals of an approach ing steamer, it Is provided that: "All double-ended ferry steamers, and steamers similarly constructed, shall have a steam whistle both fore and aft of tho smokestack, or if only one whistle is used, said whistle shall be placed on tho side of the smokestack, so that the steam when tho whistle Is blown can be seen from either end of the steamer." FROM THE LOST DOMINION. Life Buoy From the Mloslne Ship Picked Up on Oregon Const. The only relic that has ever come back from the lost bark Dominion is now lying In the office of Steamboat Inspectors Ed wards and Fuller. It Is a big ring life buoy, with the name and home port of the vessel painted thereon in big letters. This message from the dead was picked up on tho Oregon Coast, between the Umpqua and Siuslaw Rivers, by Hank Barrett, a stagedriver, several weeks ago, and was brought up from Siuslaw by the tug Robarts, when she came up for In spection a few days agu. Tho Dominion was a fine four-masted steel bark, of nearly 2500 tons net register, and was in command of Captain Jones, with a crew of 27 men. She left Honolulu January 9, 1B99, for Royal Roads for orders, and was never beard of again. She was supposed to have been caught in a gale and had her ballast shift; rendering her unman ageable, so that she was soon pounded to pieces by the seas. Ocean currents are so uncertain lni their movements that the finding of this buoy on the Oregon Coast will give no clew as to the locality of the ship when she went down. The gale In which she Is supposed to have perished occurred about a week after she left Honolulu, and under ordinary circumstances the vessel should at that time have been about half way between tho Islands and her destination. Royal Roads. Samson and Wnahtucna, Hale & Kern's big lumber barge Wash-tucna- put in to Astoria Wednesday morn ing, while en route from San Francisco for Gray's Harbor, and while the tug Samson was coaling to continue the jour ney, the barge was Inspected by Messrs. Edwards and Fuller. She was found O. K. in every particular, and yesterday morning resumed her Journey for Gray's Harbor, where she will, load lumber for a Teturn trip to the Bay City. The Samson Is making all kinds of records for fast time along the Coast, and the manner In which 3he Is Jerking million-feet cargoes down the Coast Is a surprise to a great many water-front oracles, who had her slated for a failure when she was first turned out. Will Replace Buoys. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 22. The lighthouse tender Columbtne will leave out at the first favorable opportunity to replace the buoys in Shoalwater Bay. Several of these buoys have been carried away during the past few months, and new ones will have to be moored in their places. New Steamer for Tillamook. Captain Paul Schrader, of Astoria, was in Portland a few days ago, making pre liminary arrangements for the construc tion of a new steamboat to take the place of the Elmore on the Astoria and Tilla mook run. The new craft Is to be 100 feet long, 24 feet beam, and 9 feet depth of hold, and will be constructed on light draft llae3, with a view to entering Tilla- mook at most any stage of the tide, when there Is not too much, swell on the bar. Captain Schrader is one of the oldest men on the Tillamook route, and as he la fa miliar with the neeeds of that port, he will undoubtedly build a boat well adapted xor me trade. I Domearic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 22. Arrived at 805 and left up at 10:30, Steamer Despatch, from San Francisco. Arrived at Knapp ton, barkentlne Tarn O'Shaater, from San Francisco. Arrived down at 8: A. M., German ship Margretha. Left up at 2:30 P. M., British bark Kinfauns. Sailed Steamer Columbia, for San Francisco; barge Washtucna. in tow of tug Samson, for Gray's Harbor. Condition of the bar at 4:30 P. M., rough; wind southwest; weather clear. Bark in ballast ouslde at 4 P. M. San Francisco, Feb. 22. Sailed Steam er State of California, for Portland; steamers Areata and Empire, for Coos Bay; steamer National City, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Tellus. for Chemanus. New York, Feb. 22. Arrived Teutonic, from Liverpool; Eros, from Genoa. Port Townsend Arrived Feb. 21 Bark entlne Newsboy, from San Pedro; bark Agate, from Molokai. San Francisco, Feb. 22. SalledV-Steamer State of California, for Portland: steamer Tellus, for Chemarous; steamer South Portland, for Oyster Bay; bark Ger manic, for Seattle; steamer Areata, for Coos Bay; steamer Empire, for Coos Bay; steamer National City, for Gray's Harbor. Liverpool, Feb. 22. Arrived Cuflc, from New York. Glasgow, Feb. 22. Arrived Anchoria, from New York. Queenstown, Feb. 22. Sailed Germanic, from Liverpool, for New York; Rhynland, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia. Hoquiam. Arrived Feb. 21 Schooner Bangor, from San. Diego, for Aberdeen; barkentlne Monitor, from San Francisco, for Aberdeen; steamer Coqullle River, from San Francisco, for Hoquiam. CANADIAN BATTALION LOSSES Eighty-nine Were Killed, Wounded, or Are Mlsing. NEW YORK, Feb22. A special to the Tribune from Montreal says: The news of the heavy losses of the Canadian batallon created a profound sensation throughout the Dominion. No details of the action have come to hand, except that It was fought by the Canadians on Sunday, while pursuing Cronje's army at a dTift on the Modder River to the east of Ja cobadaL Seven out of the eight com panies were engaged, and tho Canadians lost In killed, wounded and missing 89 men, being about 10 per cent of the force engaged. The losses are scattered over the whole Regiment, and number 20 killed and 59 wounded, the rest being missing or cap tured. No officers were killed, but two Major Arnold, of Winnipeg, commanding a Company, and Lieutenant Mason, of To ronto were wounded, the former danger ously. Flags are flying at half-mast over the city. The spirit In which the public Is taking the news Is shown In the action of J. A. Barry, a rich young merchant of the town. On his way to his office he learned from a bulletin board of the death of his younger brother, Cecil, and proceeded at once to the telegraph office, where he telegraphed the Government, asking per mission to go to South Africa at his own expense to take his brother's place In the Regiment. The newspapers In their comments agree In saying that the blood thus shed will cement the union of Canada with the Empire. Fight on Burmah-Ohlnese Boundary- j RANGOON, British Burmah, Feb. 22. A British official attached to the Boundary Commission, named Hertz, while touring In the Burmah-Chinese frontier with an escort, has engaged and routed two con siderable forces of hostile Chinese from Mlrkawgpa, Wiling the leader of the Chi nese and To Chinese. As a Result of the War. NEW YORK, Feb. 22. At the last meet ing of the Court Unique, Ancient Order of Foresters, Brooklyn, the Court with drew from the British order and Joined the Foresters of America. The Boer flag was unfurled and greeted with much ap- Tlaii?A. C!rmr TTnlnno inc a Trm-mT-n,c!Vil,i of 144, and each member was required to pay the per capita tax of 30 cents each year to the Grand Lodge in England. This tax was increased to 50 cents a head some time ago.' It was said hat the increase USSIAN iitulll With IO ooxrts for XO Monope! Tobacco Works DOCTOR 88 Third Street, Opposite Chamber of Commerce Hours A. 31. to 5 P. 31.; evealnir, T to Oj Saadays, 10 te 3. DON'T PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW THE DUTIES OF TODAY." BUY A CAKE OF SAPOLIO twas In a meatwro a tax upon the order for the Boer war. The meaaeers refused to pay and were suspended. Aa applica tion was made to the American Order of Foresters for admission, which was l granted. Inside the hall of the assembly- rooms is a Mass contribution, box to re ceive funds for the Netherlands Red Crocs in aid of the Boers. a FROM CEBU ISLAHD. Healthy Cltmate-Cruae A&rlealtBra Openings for Capital. Brett Clark, f company a, Twenty-thlra infantry, sends a long letter to his sister, in Coos county, from which the following is taken: "I never had better health In my life than siaee I have been ht the Philippine islands, and all the men on this Island have very good health. Smallpox Is very common among tho natives hers, but the Americans seldom take It, only four sol diers having died from H stnoe this island has been occupied. A man in my company by the name of Welsh died of smallpox about a month ago, but the disease did not spread, and he was In quarters right among the other men until he was broke, out thick. In fact. It is so common here that we do not pay any attention to it not as mueh as people do to measles in the States. "I think that when, this war is over these islands will offer tho greatest In ducements in the world for men of capital to come and invest. Riee and sugar-cane are natural products of these Wands, and! three crops a year are raised. Everything now is done In the crudest way. When the farmer plows his ground be does it by means of a water buffalo and a plow that resembles an old-fashioned single shovel, and when he goes over it one can not tell whether it has been plowed or not. The seed is then dropped by hand, and the weeds are kept down with a knife resembling a oora knife. And when the crop is ready to gather. It is cut with, the same knife by haadsful. "The rice Is threshed out by beating it with clubs, and is bulled by putting It in, wooden bowls and churning it with the end of a stick. Sugar-cane Is all cut by hand, and hauled to the cane mill on ox carts. There It is crushed between huge wooden retlers, whose motive power is tho slow and patient buffalo. The sap is boiled in iron pots, and tee sugar is laid out in the sun to dry, and Is worked ana turned over from time to time, always using their feet. Cornmeai they make by shelling the corn by band and then grind ing it between small millstones, and these stones are always turned by the women. The meal resulting is, of counse, very coarse and full of hulls. To make bread of it they mix a quantity of It with water and bake it in a cocoanut shell before tha fire. The poorer classes eat anything they can procure dogs, cats, rats, monkeys, a species of water snake that abounds in these waters, and the worst-looking oC all, an enormous lizard that is found here, which often attains the length of Ave and six feet, and te about IS or 18 inches across the back." a Can Prove aa Alibi. CHICAGO. Feb. 22. "Pat" Crow, who 1 was arrested two weeks ago suspected of being one of the men. who held up a Northwestern train at Tower 5, October 13, has been released on bail and the case against him wHl probably be dismissed. Special Agent Riley, of the Northwestern, said he was confident Crow was not con nected with the robbery. Poliee Justice Ludwlg, at Geneva, where the prisoner was confined, allowed Crow's attorney to sign his bond for $10,009. The preliminary hearing is set for next Monday morning. Riley say3 that Crow's arrest was caused by the statement of a man who told Captain Lavin and Inspector Hunt, of the Chicago poliee department, that Crow approached him some Urns 'before the robbery and asked him to enter the plot. Since then Riley has found that Crow was at work in the South Omaha, packing-houses at the time of the rob bery. 0 Bonner's Steele Farm, NEW YORK, Feb. 22. The Bonner stock farm at Tarry town, N. Y., is not to pass out of existence, despite the sale of all the trotters and pacers which be longed to the late Robert Bonner, except Maud S. David Bonner will manage the farm, where blooded horses will be bred. The stallions Highland Baron and Baron, Review have been bought from the stud "with a muntoer of Electioneer horses. J At Montgomery, Ala., a federation of the colored women's clubs of the South has been started. ETTF I fai WvwWvvvvw DeYOUNG The Acknowledged Leading and Host Successful Physician and Surgeon The world has ever known for the treat ment of all private and chronic diseases of both male and female. The following ore among the troubles which he will treat with skill, and guarantee a perfect and prompt cure of all curable diseases. Wa treat the following diseases with a spe cial treatment, which to purely medical and scientific: private sar Kleet. Kono. rhoea. tenderness, swell. Ing, quickly cured without pern or deten " tion from business. 9 AFIIFS Who suffer from apathy, ln LtL;i.u difference, nervous debility or diseases peculiar to women, ean consult Dr. DeYoung. SPECIALIST m piece