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sssflp"e-- Jr-iu"--'" TTTE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1900. CAPTURE OP CRONJE Lord Roberts Tells How It Oc curred. FOUR THOUSAND PRISONERS The Beer General aad KUi Men Will Be Seat te Cape Tohts The bbs Taken. LONDON, Feb 27. T3e "War Office has received Mm foHwag dispatch from Lord Roberts: "Paaraoaorg. Feft. St. H o'clock Tues day Morning. F information fur nished dUly to me by the lateUtgence department. It ,ieeaa apparent that Cronje's force wW betfomfng 'more de pressed, and that the discontent of the troops and discord: among the leaders was rapidly increastni .. This feeling was d-oubtleos aceentue-ted by the disappoint ment onveod -whan the Boer reinforce mcrts winch tried to relieve Cronje -were defeated by our tn ps on February 23. I resolved. tiwrefore, to bring pressure to bear upon tbe enemy. "Each night tbe trenches were pushed forward toward th enemy's laager so as to gradually ooati act his position, and at the same time I bombarded It heavily with artillery, whk h was yesterday ma terially aided by tt e arrival of four six Inch howitzers, wht ch I had ordered up from De Aar. In carrying out these measure a captive balloon gave great as sistance by keeptm us informed of the disposition and movements- of the enemy. "At 1A.X. tod' a most dashing ad vance ww made bj the Canadian Regi ment and wme of tl le Engineers, support ed by the First Got -don Highlanders and the Second Shropshire!, resulting In our gaining a povnt some 609 yards nearer the enemy and -within About SO yards of his trenches, where our men Intrenched them selves and mfcintainied their positions until morning, a, gallant deed worthy of our colonial comrades, and which, I am glad to say, was attended by a comparatively slight toes. "This aira rently cktnched matters, for at daylight a . letter signed by Cronje, In which he staled that he surrendered un conditionally, was brought to our outposts under a flag of truce. In my reply I told Cronje that he must present himself at my camp, and fc&t his forces must come out of their ltteger after laying down their arms. By 7A.EI received Cronje and dispatched a telegram to you an nouncing the fact. 'In the course of conversation. Cronje asked for kind treatment at our hands, and also that hie wife, grandson, private secretary. Adjutant and servants might accompany him vroerever he might be sent. I reassured him. and told him his request would be compiled1 with. I In formed him that a general officer would be sent with him to Csse Town to insure his being treated with proper respect en route. He will start this afternoon under charge of Major-Ge aeral Prettyman, who will hand him vor to the General com manding at Cap Tewn. "The prisonens, who numbered about 90M, will be foraged into commands under our own offlcen.. They will also leave here today, react! lng- Modder River tomor row, whence the;' will be railed to Cape Town in detachments." The above disctch was read in both the House of Lords and the House of Commons today. The reference to the Ca nadians evoked Immense and prolonged cheering. It was later a naounced that Roberts no'lfled tbe War Office that the number of Boer prisoner! 3 approximates 4000, of which about lCvs are citizens of the Or ange Free State. The remainder are clt lsens ( tfce Tram ya.ai. r Twenty-nine Ti ansvaal officers wero captured and 18 I'ree State officers were made prisoners. Ibe guns captured from the Transvaal forties were three 7.5 cen timeter Krupps, 'line one-pounders and one Maxim gun. -Trom the Free Staters the British captured one 7.5 centimeter Krupp and one Maixtm gun. The officers captured by Roberts, be sides Cronje. Induce the following well known commanders : Chief Commandant Wolvcca'ne, membei of the Volksraad; FieldvJornet Fru6, Scandinavian; Major Albrocht, the famous German artillery -msn Major Von Duwltz, a distinguished German officer, responsible for most of the splendid engineering works of the Boers since the commencement of the war. The War Office be received the follow ing from Roberts: "Paardeberg, Feb, J7. In the very suc cessful attack made by the Royal Cana dian contingent on one of tbe enemy's trenches this morning. Major Pellettler was wounded, eight aten were killed and 29 wounded. General SicDonald is ex pected to return to duty in a few days." The War Once has issued a list of 721 noncommissioned ofneon and men wound ed in the Aajhtiag at Pavdeberg, Sunday, February IS, Including S Canadians and Z73 HIgWandet. THK MWS IX 13XGLAXD. BfctoitemcHt Gancft by the Surrender of CiBHJe. LONDON. Feb. 27-The enthusiasm ex hibited in Parllamet over Lord Robeits graphic detalfcMof tho surrender of General Cronje. cpreM qui acty to the streets. Crowds again gather. td about the War Of fice and the other buUet.n places In spite of the rata that haa been falling since morning. Cheers were given for "Bobs," who is the hero of the hour, and one cl! soldier became so excited In recounting the detsnfe of the victory that he fell dead. On alt sides the gattostry of the Canad ians was much commented upon. Cable iMspateVta swurned in from the Colonies and the settlements, announcing that the rtjoictns: in those mwts of the world over Lord Moorsc viator y was not less enthu- istic than In Great Britain Itself. x'he magnitude of the success of "Little l Ss" is'mlmost overta oked In the fact that is synchros wltr. the anniversary of Maluoa Kill, and has 'wiped out a dishonor vl 19 ease standing. "While the afternoon laptns all comment upon the happy co incidence, they do not Airgct the splendid bravery of the enemy. The St. James' Gaaette says. "The splendid courage of the Boers has not been able to wtthstantl any longer the bombardment which few modern soldiors have resisted for so many hours as they have day The influence of the surrender, not onlv upon the jdruattom at Ladysmlth, but on th whole conduct of the war. will be Immense If the news of the relief of Ladysmlth onlj reach England, and It is quite possble this may be the case, tbe cop of National happiness will be full." Further detail of the dramatic surren der of Cronje at Paarooburg are eagerly awaited. Speculation te rtfe as to how soon Robert mill be aMe- to press on to Bloeotfotitetn. but before he enters the capital of the Free Stats, "he will un doubtedly have to overcome a powerful force nod take strong entrenchments. The Qneen immediately telegraphed hex c ngrotnlattocs to Roberts and the troops There wos much more outward display of rejeieteg m the provinces than in Lon don The Glasgow and Liverpool Stock Exchanges were greatly excited. The nf mbero sans; "God Save the Queen" re pAitemhr and cheered for "Little Bobs." Flags were liberally d-sp'.ayed on the mu Hrtpal and public buildings in all the large towns. Windsor wos very jubilant at the news, which the Queen disseminated Immediate ly after reached her. and the Inhabitants sc sed the oocastoa of Her Majesty driv ing through the town on her way to take a train for a That to the woundil South African so Worn at the Nettey hospital, to give went to their delight. The Queen. rte -mm Joafcas rewably well, showed evident signs of deep satisfaction, smiling cordially snd bowing in response to con gratulation and cheers greeting her on all sides. Her Majesty took quantities -of flowers to distribute to the wounded. All the garrison towns and naval ports re ceived the news with the liveliest satis faction, soldiers and sailors vlelng with each other in the display of delight. In tbe war-office lobbies, when a clerk posted the news of the surrender, quite a crowd was waiting and here the tidings were hailed with considerable enthusiasm and In an Incredibly sbort pace of time the news had spread to all Hjrts of Lon don. At the Mansion Housa when the news wei1 posted, It was received with great excitement by the crowds of busi ness men hurrying to their office, and cries of "Bravo Roberts." and "Majuba" were heard. The Lord Mayor of London said to the correspondent of the Associated Press that while the surrender of General Cron je was a foregone conclusion, the news was received with a great sense of relief, and the result of the capitulation, he thought, would be the rapid conclusion of hostilities. At the Stock Exchange there was much excitement and cheering, but this qu'ckly subsided when the house opened. Stocks opened with an upward tendency, but no material improvement in prices, and con sols were slightly weaker. Foreigners Leaving: tbe Trnnsvnnl. LONDON, Ftb. 28. The Lourenco Mar ques correspondent of the Times, tele graphing Tuesday, says: "Many foreigners are leaving the Trans- vaal, and numerous Government officials have started for "Holland." ' FRENCH COLONIAL TRADE. Proportion With the Mother Conn try Is Rapidly Increasing. WASHINGTON, March 25. French col onies show a rapid Increase In the pro portion of the importations which they take from the governing country. An elab orate report on the colonies of France, their government, finances and commerct, forwarded to tne British Colonial Office by its representative in Paris, has just reached tho Treasury Bureau of Statis tics. -It shows that the total value of Im ports Into French colonies, exclusive orf Algeria and Tunis, In 18S8 was 53S.1S9.130, the proportions attributable to the trade with France and French colonies and to that with foreign countries being, respect ively. $14,017,538 and J24.121.191. In 1S97. as far as the figures' go, out of a total of $47,741,416, the Imports from France and French colonics were worth $22,833,921, and those from foreign countries amounted to $24,887,455. These figures for 1897, how over, do npt Include the value of Imports into French Congo, Mayotte and the French possessions in India, which In 1S9G were collectively worth $464,916, as regards France and French colonies, and $1,169, 814 In respect of other countries. Assum ing, therefore, that the imports of these three colonies Increased slightly during the year. It will be found that the total figures for 1897 stood. In round numbers, as follows: France and French colonies, $23,300.26S; other countries, $26.0fO,010. know ing a balance In favor of the latter of ?2,75,742. as compared to, In 1SS8 a differ ence on the same side of $10,108,253. It will also be noted that during the 10 years the total value of Imports from all sources had Increased by approximately $11,241,015, the Increase being almost entirely In favor of the trade with the mother country, slnco the lnter-colonlal trade Is compara tively small. In considering this Impor tant Increase It must, however, not be overlooked that it is probably due quite as much to expansion -and tariff as to de velopment. Tho total value of exports from French colonies in 18SS was $40,051,599, divided Into: Exports to France and French Colonies, $36,120,344: and to other countries, $19,973, 658. In 1897, the value, according to official figures, was $45,711,248, tho share of France and French Colonies standing at $20,526,52S, and that of foreign countries at $25,6S4. 730. During the 12 years from 1SS6 to 1897. inclusive, the total value of the Colonial trade reached. In round numbers, $1,03S, 147,000, about equally divided between Im ports and exports. The whole share of French trade, import and export, in the above sum amounted to $432,703,003, as against $579,000,000 for the trade of foreign countries, the remainder representing the value of intercolonial commerce. The re port remarks that on estimating the prof its of French merchants and manufac turers at 20 per cent on the value of the mother country's exchanges wl Ji her Col onies, It will be found that their gains have amounted to $S6,850,CO0. The following table shows the value of imports of French Colonies during the year 1S96, by principal articles: o?!?68. $10,104,917 Spirits, wines, etc 4.S6S.154 Cereals and flour 4 654 325 Colonial products 3144!o8 Machinery, hardware, etc 2!977.700 Building stone, combustibles, etc 2,47. 472 Animal products, hides, etc 2,162551 Yarns and threads... LS12,'lX)7 Oils and vegetable essences 1,536537 Metals .. 1,485,302 Chemical products 1,208,597 Fish 917,764 Paper, printed matter, etc 862 504 Pottery and glassware 747 621 Timber ..... tmi Live animals 738 262 Vegetables, fruits and seeds...... 6448SS Arms and ammunition 803,818 Furniture and woodwork S96.7&4 Dressed skins and furs 48S.9S5 Drugs 32S.S14 8 Soring matters 184 618 lothing 119,638 Matting, wlokerwork, etc 119,164 Dyes 11L3T5 Sundry products and m'factures. 3,190,881 Total ,,,,., t.t.-MM.,t.M.,,,..?i6,S17l23$ WRECKED IN SNOW STORM TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCTDE.VT XEAR KANSAS CITT. Two or More Persons Were Burned to Death Several Were Badly Injured. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 27. The fast St. Louis aay express, due to arrive In Kansas City at 5:45 this evening, was delayed by a freight train, which stuck In a snow drift two miles south of In dependence, Mo., about 12 miles out of Kansas City. The St. Louis local pas senger train, running 40 minutes behind the fast express, came on through the blinding snow storm and crashed Into the express train ahead, the engineer having failed In the driving snow to see the dan ger signal which the fast train had sent back. The parlor car in the rear of the first train was literally cut In two. When En gineer Frank Raymond and his fireman escaped from the wreck they crawled out through the windows of the parlor car. Fire added to the horrors of the wreck, coals from the furnace of the shattered engine having fallen among the debris of the splintered coach, and soon the whole A DISCRIMINATING STEPFATHER. wreck was ablaze. Two or more persons, it Is believed, were burned. A list of the dead and seriously injured, so far as known, Is as follows: Mrs. J. G. Schmidlapp, Cincinnati, In stantly killed; body recovered. Unknown woman, body consumed In wreck. The injured are: J. G. Schmidlapp, Cincinnati, will recover; Miss Schmid lapp, Cincinnati, scalded, will lose sight of both eyes; Mrs.-J. Balke, Cincinnati, mother of Mrs. Schmidlapp, badly scald ed, eyesight lost, may recover; W. A. Vaughan, Cincinnati, newspaper reporter, scalded and right arm crushed, amputa tion necessary; L. F. Sheldon, Sedalia, Assistant Superintendent of Telegraph of Missouri Pacific, painfully scalded; Brake man Frank McAfee, St. Louis, badly bruised; Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, Kansai City, scalded; Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, Cin cinnati, scalded. All of the injured have been brought to the University Hospital In Kansas City. William Rost, a farmer near whose place the wreck occurred and who was one of the first to render any assistance to the imperiled passengers, Is quite sure that at least three women were burned In the wreck. When he reached the car, flames were crackling through the splintered woodwork of the car at one end, whilo at the other end a cloud of blistering steam was issuing from the locomotive, which had ripped the coach open from end to end. Op every side were men and women crying for assistance. Mr. Rosfs first act was to pull from the wreck a. woman whose legs were sticking out through a broken w.ndow. She was not badly hurt. By the time this had been accomplished, other passengers from the forward coaches had come back and helped out all of those In the burning car who could be Teached. Mr. Rost states that he saw the body of otjo oaian jammed in the roof of the burnlnr coach, and that It was not reached by the rescuers. The body of another woman was con sumed In full view of the passengers who gathered about the wreck. Mr. Rost and others tried to drag her out. but shj was pinned under heavy wreckage. Mr. Rost says the young woman was appar ently dead, as ho reached her hand and there was no response to his efforts at rescue. CINCINNATI, FebTW.-J. G. Schmid lapp is President of the Union Savings Bank & Trust Company in this City. For years President McKinley has been his guest when he visited this city. Mrs. Schmidlapp was a patron of literature and music, as well as all or nearly all of the Charitable oriranlnt!nni In tVin rn-.. rn. ! Schmldlapps left yesterday for a momn's absence at .rasaaena, Cal. Mrs. Balke, the mother of Mrs. Schmidlapp, Is the widow of the late Julius Balke, of the Brunswlck-Balke-Collender Company. ANOTHER ALASKA MYSTERY EUght Men r.nd Their Vessel Unre ported for More Than Trro Years. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. A mystery and perhaps tragedy has been revealed through a letter which has just been re ceived by Senator Turner, of Washington from W S McLaughlin, of Lincoln, Neb! The letter reports the disappearance of a party of prospectors who went to Alaska In search of fortunes over a year and a half ago and whose whereabouts at thl3 time Is unknown to their friends and rel atives. The letter, which la self-explanatory. Is as follows: "About June 1, 1S9S. 10 men purchased a schooner and started from Seattle, Wash., for the gold fields of Alaska. Two of them went as far as Dutch Harbor and returned. The other eight, whose names are as follows, went on: Captan Z. F. Addleman, of Houghton, Wash.; O. D. Butterfield, Jack Donahue, Henry Nelson, Isaac Taylor. Hogan Wicks and Low Johnson were from Seattle and Charles Bakewell was from Devils Lake. N. D. The name of the schooner was the Loyal. Whether thftsp ttti went fiirrtioi- than St. Michaels I db not know, butl we learn from the United States Cua- wM I torn-House at that point that they started i on the return trip from that po'nt to Se I attle on September 13, 1S08, Intending to ' stop a few days at Dutch Harbor. I "That is the last that has ever been heard of them. Whether they froze to death, went down In a storm or were wrecked on some bleak island, is not known. Captain Addleman's wife, Emma C. Addleman, has appealed to me for assistance in trying to learn their fate. We thought you might refer this to some Government official who would take an Interest In the matter. We understand that parties of this kind are sometimes picked up by the Government vessels sent out for that purpose. Every thing on the schooner was marked with the name 'Loyal,' so that If she were wrecked It would seem that something would have been found to tell the story. Anything you can do in the matter will be greatly appreciated. "W D. M'LAUGHLIN, "Box 1422, Lincoln, Neb." Senator Turner has taken the matter up with the Treasury Department, In an en deavor to see if some clue to the missing vessel and her crew has been found. If an Investigation of the reports of the vari ous bureaus of the department show any point that will throw light on this matter, , the Senator will willingly communicate i the news to the waiting wife and friends of the lost party. It Immediately appeared to the Senator that some Information on this point might be gained by having the letter printed In papers In the Northwest. especially those that have a circulation New York World. along the ports on the Pacific Coast and In. Alaska, and he therefore, turned the communication over to The Oregonlan cor respondent, in the hopes that that paper might be able to solve the mystery. a ENGLAND'S ALLIES. Her South African Subjects Would Prove n Formidable Foe. Collier's Weekly. The South African Basutos would be a difficult nation to suppress and bring under control again if once armed. They are a warlike and superior Kaffir tribe, number over 220,000, and have adopted more of the civilized manners and ways of the whlto settlers than any other of the South African natives. Fully 50,000 of thom are said to be adherents of the different Christian 'missionaries who have labored among them. They have never been disarmed, and In an emergency they would prove a formidable foe in the field. The paramount chief today Is LerothodI, a man. of great force and energy, and highly civilized. He Is the direct suc cessor of Moshesh, the famous chief who built up the Basuto kingdom out of the fugitive clans that were driven southward in the first decade of the present cen tury. The English had a clash with the Basutos in 1S4S after their victory over the Boers, and they were severely de feated in the opening campaign, and before a larger reinforcement of English cou'd be dispatched to the scene Moshesh prudent ly sued for terms of nescc. When the war between the Basutos and the Boers of the Orange Free State broke out 10 years later the paramount chief Moshesh appealed to the Governor of Cape Colony, who interfered and settled the disputed boundary question. This was repeated again in 1865, when the Boers made a supreme effort to annihilate the Basutos, whom they accused of stealing their' cattle. This time the English de clared the Basutos English subjects, and the Free State had to settle the matter with the British High Commissioner. , n e FOR COAST DEFENSE. A Kerr Type of Gun Adopted by the United States. Los Angeles Times. The shipment of IS 15-pound guns to the Sandy Hook proving grounds from the fac tories at Derby, Conn., was begun on Jan uary 2. These guns are destined for a new scheme of mine, field and" harbor defense, and are an addition to the 20 slx-pounders and two 15-pound coast - defense guns, which, with their ammunition, have been delivered on contract during the past two months. Each 15-pound guns weighs 9780 pounds, and costs $6000. It is 13 feet long, mounted stationary, and has no carriage. This new type of gun has been officially adopted by the United States as the standard for coast defense. According to th new nian of defen.se, the smaller guns, slx-pounders, are mounted near water level, with the larger guns abevs them. In this way torpedo-boats sent In time of war into a har bor to explode defending mines could be reached by the smaller guns, which even behind a parapet are mounted on field carriages, attached by a V-shaped anchor to bolts In the masonry. When the ships of war followed the big 15-pounders above would come Into action. If It becomes necessary to concentrate the smaller guns upon a given point, or to remove them to the beach, their anchorage chains could be slipped, making them prac tically field pieces, which could be held to any desired position by a spado at the foot of the carriage. An Australian Innovation. New York Telegram. Dispensing tea during divine service on Sunday afternoon is being seriously dis cussed la dissenting circles at Sydney, N. S. W. The expenses of the innovation are expected to be small, as it is calculated that members of the congregation will take turns in providing most of the requisites. LEGISLATORS' ACCOUNTS STA"DIXG OF SOME OF THE HEX WHO VOTED FOR CLARK. Representative Byvrater Explained Hotc He Happened to Have $15,000 After election. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The proceed ings of the Senate committee on privileges and elections in the case of Senator Clark of Montana today dealt with the bank accounts of some of the members of the Montana Legislature. One of these ac counts was that of Representative Stephen Bywater, of Flathead County, who depos ited $15,000 In the Bank of Montana, at Helena, March 3, after the adjournment of the Legislature. Mr. Bywater was put on the stand. He said that he had brought CCOOO of this sum to Helena with him and kept it in his trunk all winter, while $0000 had been received from his brother as purchase money on a sale of mining stock. He declared that he had not re ceived any pay for his vote for Mr. Clark for the Senate, but said that Mr. White side had told him that he could get $5003 for supporting Mr. Clark. Other wit nesses of the day were Clerk Rlckers. of the Montana State Supreme Court; T. C. Kurtz, of the Montana National Bank, both new witnesses, and Attorney-General Nolan. Mr. Whiteside and R. G. Peller, recalled. Attorney-General Nolan was recalled to add to the information already given by him concerning the Montana election laws This ho did, citing all the provisions of the State law bearing on the subject. Nolan stated he had given small sums of money to persons who had gone over the State In search of testimony In this case. The money had been supplied by Camp bell. He had procured $500 from Campbell as a gift from Daly for the editor of an agricultural newspaper In Helena. An other item charged to him was $2600, which had been advanced to pay the expenses of witnesses In the Wellcome disbarment proceedings. This money had been re ceived from Campbell, and meat of It ad vanced to the State Treasurer to secure him for the payment of these expenses Nolan said he had advised the State Treas urer to pay those expenses upon assur ances that the expenditures would be made good. Amorc others to whom Nolan's account showed that he paid expense money for collecting evidence In the disbarment case was the Clerk of the State Supreme Court. Foster seized upon this fact to put tha witness through a pretty severe, sharp crcss-examlnatlon to show that this of ficial was transcending his official duties, the case being before the court of which he was an official. Nolan said the clerk had gone to several points to Investigate evidence. He had paid his $35 purely for expenses, and not as additional to hl3 salary. Tho question of the payment of $500 to a Helena newspaper was also gone into at length. The money was given to a man named Greenfield, who, It appeared, was also a correspondent of some Eastern papers. Mr. Nolan isald that after the Whiteside exposure 52 of the 56 papers in Montana were engaged In denouncing Mr. Whiteside, and this condition of affairs being placed before Mr. Daly, he had volunteered to give a man $500. Mr. No lan also detailed a conversation with Greenfield, in which he said that the lat ter had told him that Mr. Clark had tried to change his (Greenfield's) account of the Whiteside episode, which he had re sisted, and that Mr. Clark had offered him employment at $20 a day. Henry G. Rlckerts, clerk of the Mon tana State Supreme Court, was put on to contravene the testimony given by Thomas F. Lyons, to the effect that Mr. Campbell had offered him $5000 to make false statements before this committee. He said he had seen Lyons the day ot the Whiteside exposure, when Lyon3 told him of his connection with the bribery of members of the Legislature. Lyons then said, according to the witness, he had "fixed" two members of the Legislature, and that another would vote as he wanted him to. In March last, he said, he had another conversation with Lyons, in which the latter had told him that he had made a little money out of Clark'3 election, mentioning $3000, and saying that he not only had that amount, but more. Mr. Rlckerts said that at this time Mr. Lyons nad also told him that the purchase of the Warner property by C. W. Clark was not bona. fide and that the property was sold for taxes In 1899. On another occasion Lyons told him that he had told Mr. Campbell all he knew of the proceedings In the Clark Interest. On cross-examination, Mr. Rickets said that his interest in the Clark matter was due to the fact that he had assisted In the electlpn of State Senator Warner ns an anti-Clark man, and was disgusted with the course he had taken In voting for Mr. Clark. What he had done was done with the view of exposing Mr. Warner's conduct. Mr. Rlckerts said that he had failed to place the facts In his possession before the Grand Jury because he had promised Lyons he would not reveal his secret. He had not told It until after Mr. Lyons himself said to him that he had told Mr. Campbell. T. C. Kurtz, cashier of the Montana Na tional Bank, of Helena, was put on the stand to give testimony concerning the bank deposits made by members of the last Legislature, from August, 1S98 to Sep tember, 1S99. He also brought the accounts of Senator Clark and Mr. Wellcome. All of them were referred to a subcommittee for examination. Mr. Whiteside, the first witness of the case, and who. In some respects may be considered the prosecuting witness, was recalled for rebuttal purposes. He first related his meeting with Ben Hill in Butte, when tho latter made his affidavit as lo tho transactions In Helena while he was there supporting Mr. Clark for the Senate. Mr. Whiteside said he had not suggested to Mr. Hill any statemsntMo be made In the affidavit. Hill had Intimated at that time that he wanted financial assistance, but none had been then given him. He denied that he had given Mr. Hill any money for testifying In the Wellcome dis barment case, or that he had given any money for Dr. Mlnshall. Mr. Whiteside also referred at some length to tho testi mony of Mr. Jacqueth and the witness Rlngwalt. He was ' especially emphatic and sweeping In h's contradictions of Ring wait, asserting practically that there was no truth In any of that witness's testi mony. Referring to the testimony of John Burns, Mr. Whiteside said he had never told Mr. Burns that he mennt to "Job" Mr Clark, for he had no such Intention, his Intention, however, was to show up bribery wherever It appeared. He had never told Burns that he had been offered $100.00(3 to leave the State, as he had received no such offer. Mr. Whiteside said that he had not received any money for his part In the Senatorial Investigation, but that he was in debt to the extent of several thousand dollars. Mr. Conrad had offered him money In his Legislative campaign, but he had not accepted It. In reply to quest ons from Mr. Fo3ter, Mr. Whiteside said he had paid his own ex penses In this lnvpstlgatlon, amounting ta abotit $2009, and that he had received but $50 from -anv other source. Mr. Campbell had loaned him that amount The sub-committee on the papers In Mr. Kurtz' and Mr. Feller's hands having completed its work-and reported that cer tain of the documents should be examined, these gentlemen were recalled and the accounts put In. All of them related to members of the Legislature, and were as follows: By Mr. -Kurtz Stephen Bywater, $15, j 000.. deposited March 3, 1S99- E. C. Day, $.000, deposited March 3, 1S99; MlcbaeJ Shovlin. $8500, deposited March 30r 1803; L. C. Parker, two certificates of deposit, $1000 each, February. 1899; W. E. TIerney, certificate of deposit $14,258, May, 1S89. By Mr. Peller J. L. Jacqueth. two de- posits, aggregating $9800, In drafts from Complete External and IPlSiPlii the United States treasury; J. H. Gieger, V'li'lnilf! raaniATHin) nffaf A Mot! 1 160U ' including a certificate of deposit. May 13, 1S99. Mr. Kurtz explained that the Tierney deposit was connected with the opening of the State bank of Townsend and that i the money had been collected from various ' quarters. Representative Stephen Bywater, of Flathead County, being called, said that he haa deposited the $15,000 shown by the accounts of the Bank of Montana, as ex hibited by Cashier Kurtz. He said that he had brought $6000 In currency with him when he came to Helena and had kept It in his trunk during the 60 days preceding. The other $9000 did not belong to him, but had been handed to him by his brother. Quite a large part of these two sums was In $600 bills. Mr. Bywater said that he was a railroad conductor. with a salary of $123 per month; that he I had saved some of the $6000 from his sal ary and had sold cattle and mining stock for the remainder. He had also bought a ranch for $500 In April, 189. Mr. By water said that his brother lived in tha State of Washington and bad brought with him $9000 with which to pay for stock in the Croton Mining Company, of British Columbia. The brother had romalnod in Helena for 24 hours, but the witness said ho did not know,, where he stiyed. Asked what he had paid for the property, Mr. Bywater said that he was one of the original locators of the mines owned by the company and that the cost to him had been $200 or $300. He had used the money for the development of the property. On cross-examination, Mr. Bywater said that he was a Republican; that he had voted with the Republican caucus and that he had not received any money for his vote for Clark. Speaking Independ ently, Mr. Bywatejr said that Whiteside told him he could get $5000 for h's vote for Mr. Clark, but he had told Mm he would not take It, and after that had warned people against Whiteside. TO PROTECT THE TIMBER. Lieu Lands for Those Skinned In Forest Reserves. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Tbe Secretary of the Interior, In compliance with a de mand made by the United States Senate, has forwarded to that body a statement of the Commissioner of the General Land Office as to what is necessary to protect the Government In the exchange of de nuded lands In Government reserves for other lands on the public domain, as well as the best means of determining the value of the lands to be exchanged The Commissioner points out that the existing law In this connection permits the appropriation of any tract of vacant public land open to settlement In lieu of lands within forest reserves, and that these exchanges have to be made under the direction of the Interior Department. The Department holds that the purpose of the existing law Is to extinguish all titles within forest reserves adverse to the Government, when It can be done agreeably to the wishes of the parties concerned, under a reasonable construc tion of the law, which Is considered reme dial In (Jharacter, and therefore to be con strued so as to advance the remedy and compass the objects sought. It is only necessary for an owner of land within the forest reserves to show full' title to his land and to reconvey that title to the United States, free from Incumbrance of any kind, In order to qualify himself as a beneficiary under the act, it mat ters not whether the tend recon-veyed shall have been denuded of its timber or other natural growth, or be otherwise practically valueless. The Commissioner thinks that the Sen ate resolution was adopted with a view to preventing this unequal exchange, rec ognizing the fact that denuded lands with. In a forest reserve can be made the bass of an exchange, but only upon the condi tion that tho lands selected In lieu thereof are practically of the same relative value. There Is apparently but one authorita tive and definite way by which this end can be accomplished, and that is by a personal Inspection In the field of each 40 acro tract within the forest reservation, making this the basis of an exchange, and in the event the land selected In lieu of that surrendered is unsurveyed, It also should be personally Inspected. Where the lands selected are surveyed, the land office will be enabled largely to determine their character and approxi mate value by an examination of the field notes and plats of the survey. Should this method meet with favor. and Congress see fit to authorize ex changes In question so as to permit of this personal examination in the field, it will require a large force of agents in or der to avoid great delay In the adjust ment of the cases. On the other hand, should it be determined that owners of denuded lands within forest reservations are to be excluded as beneficiaries under the existing law, of course necessitating a communication by Congress to that ef fect, the Commissioner says that the work of ascertaining the values will be ma terially lessened. Lieu selections, he states, should be con fined to surveyed lands. If this be done in advance of the exclusion, there would be no necessity for examination in the field. To allow the selection of unsur veyed lands enables persons to go far In advance of surveys, an cull out the most valuable tracts of timber land be fore they are subject to entry, and sell them under the laws; and at the same time It encourages speculation, which, in Itself. Is contrary to the general purpose of the laws pertaining to public lands, and is therefore very objectionable. In the enactment of this second propo sition the prevention of selections of Infernal Treatment 1.25 Conslsttaz of CUTiCURA SOAP (36c) ie'ekaiMe tho skin of crusts asd scales sad settea the thickened mil c!c, CUTKURA OINTCBNT (3c.), te tastaatly aHay itching, Irritation, and initaatmatiea, aad seethe and' heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (Mt), te eeei and Cleanse the blood. A !ngle jet is often utflclette aura the most tcrtarlnj, dlsflgurm? skte, scalp, and Meed humors, rashes, itcalazs, and krHatiess, with less of hair, when the best physicians aad alt other remedies fall. 5o!d throughout the world. POTTER DRUQ AND CHEM. CORP., Solo Preps., Bostea. "Hew te Cars Baby Humors," free. lands of greater value than that of tho land relinquished would not only be greatly facilitated, but at the same time an obstruction would be removed from the occupation and development of unset tled districts. It te true that unsurveyed lands are subject to settlement under the homestead laws, and homesteaders on un surveyed lands, whore It Is uncertain when the lands will be surveyed, and be come subject to entry, will have prefer ence over lieu selections, for unsurveyed lands cannot be entered under the lawa provided fop the sale of timber lands. o What THgela Means. Chicago Chronicle. The name Tugeta. means "fear," and It has received the name from the rapidity with which It comes down in flood. A thunder storm among tbe mountains In which it rises will raise the river many feet in a few minutes, and a resident on Its banks declares that he has seen it rise 40 feet in a single night! The eurrent is at all times exceedingly swift, and a compara tively light rise is sufficient to make the drift impassable, while a heavy rain will sweep away any temporary bridge that may have been erected. e The AneleHt Mines of Slnal. Philadelphia Press. History furnishes records of the working' of the coppesttmines of Stnal from about 5000 B. C. to oto B. C. These possessions brought on several Woody wars. The Bcepter of Pepi II, of the Sixth Dynasty. Is preserved In the British Museum. The entrance, the ruins of the furnace, the crucibles, the huts of the miners, and some fragments of tools still exist. In the debris have been found remains of furnaces and crucibles, slag and cinders. in Cornell's Mosaic Pictures. Indianapolis News. The largest mosaic pictures ever exe cuted in this country are soon to be placed In ths fl&ra mornorbil chanel at Cornell University. The celling decoration will embrace angels and arcnanceis surrouna lng a cross in attitudes of adoration. ii"Q "What a lovely waste-basket the editor nasi" Von. hn's on kind-hearted, he means the poet's lines shall fall in pleasant places." Philadelphia .Bulletin. 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