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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
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humors, rashes, itcalazs, and krHatiess, with less of
hair, when the best physicians aad alt other remedies
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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.
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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.
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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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I lost flesh and strength very rapidly for
several weeks, when I commenced taking
Dr. Miles' Nervine. It eased tho pain and
the cough almost at once, and that night
I slept so peacefully I began to mend
from that day. aad In a short time was
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19 Orchard St, Now Haven, Conn.
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