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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1900. BIG ORDER FROM MANILA MlliUOX DOLLARS WORTH OF CLOTHIXG FOR THE SOLDIERS. Xearly AH of It Is on Hand and Will Be Shipped at Once Otis' Casualty Report. WASHINGTON. March 19. Colonel Pat ten, of the Quartermaster-General's of fice, today completed arrangements for the shipment of about $1,000,000 "worth of clothing and equipage to Manila for the use of troops In the Philippines during the next six months. These shipments -will be made by way of New York and San Francisco by the first available transports, and are In response to cabled requisitions from the Depot Quartermaster at Manila. Among the principal articles cabled for are 130,000 khaki coats. 122,000 pairs of kha ki trousers, 100,500 pairs of russet shoes, D0.000 pairs of black calfskin shoes, 220.000 pairs of cotton stockings. 75,000 nankeen shirts, 65,000 cotton undershlfts, 70,000 pairs leggings, 50,000 chambray shirts, C5.000 dark blue flannel shirts, 53.000 campaign hats, 75,000 pairs nankeen drawers, 61,000 pairs jeans drawers, 10.000 linen collars. 10.000 waist belts. 75,000 hat cords. 1500 tents (in cluding 200 hospital tents), 2000 blankets, 12.000 brooms. 8000 scrubbing-brushes, 5000 barracks chairs and 10,000 light woolen stockings. With the exception of the light woolen stockings, all articles are In stock at the various military depots, and will be for warded with no more delay than neces sary. "Woolen stockings have not hereto fore been considered as an essential part of the outfit of a soldier in the tropics, and consequently were not kept In stock. These articles will be purchased In the open market in San Francisco and for warded with the rest. In addition to the articles already enumerated, 500 field ranges are called for. Even these were in stock, and will be sent forward. Under the policy adopted by the Quartermaster Department arrangements will be made Immediately to replenish the stock In all depots up to the maximum amount at the time of the receipt of the mammoth order from the Philippines. OTIS CASUALTY REPORT. Long: List Sent to tlie War De partment. WASHINGTON. March 19. The "War Department today received the following long list of casualties from General Otis, at Manila: Deaths Dysentery, July 31 last year. Henry Haze. First California, at Tayabas. while prisoner of war; March 7, Timothy O'Here. Twenty-sixth U. S. V.; Earl It. Bates. Thirty-seventh U. S. V. I.; March 12. Edward Bauman, Third Infantry. Malaria Feb. 2C, Willie Chestnut, Twenty-second Infantry: March 11. Will lam Tappe, Twelfth Infantry: March 13. William G. Burns, NinthTfnfantry; March 10. Hugh Mclntyre. Fortieth U. S. V. I.; March 15. John Nordln. Forty-sixth U. S. "V. I. Fever February 8, C. J. Paxcn. Thir teenth Infantry. Variola February 23. B. I. Reed, Third Infantry: February 18, E. J. Hurbough. Thirty-third Infantry; March 18, Hudson Simpson. Thirty-ninth Infantry: John Avs t'n. Twenty-fourth Infantry: Romeo Jackson, Twenty-fourth Infantry; March H. Daniel Lyons, Twenty-fourth Infantry; March 14, John Moore, Thirty-second In fantry. Nephritis March 12. Abram L. Mauk. Fourth Cavalry: March 10, Harry B. Stranahan, Third Cavalry. Diarrhoea March 8, George W. Day, Corporal Eighteenth Infantry; John S. Klensky. musician Eighteenth Infm'ry. Berlberrl March 13, John E. Deasy, Twenty-first Infantry. Tuberculous March 12, Walter G. Webb, Seventeenth Infantry, t Typhoid fever March 14. William Dow ell. Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry: Ed ward Barth, Twenty-first Infantry; March 10, John O. Cameron, Forty-nlntli Volun teer Infantry. Pnoumo-thcrax March 16. Patrick Dow dall. Sergeant Sixth Artillery. Pneumonia March 4. Thomas A. Taylor. Frrtlcth Volunteer Infantry. Drowned February 6. Jacob Brardt, Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry: March 6, William M. Brown. Twenty-fifth Infantry; March 13. Edward Beattie: March 15. James Duddy, Twenty-eighth Volunteer Irfantry. Killed Luzon, Hospital Corps. March 2. Lynao. Thomas D. Dare. Hospital Stew ard: Third Cavalry. March 14. Bagnotan, Arthur Hardiwek; Sixteenth Infantry. March 2. Lynao, Thcmas F. Brady; Twenty-second Volunteer Infantry, Jan uary 22, Qulnagan. EdwaTd Harrfeldt; March 9. Bangued, C. A. Cross. Wounded Luzon. Third Cavalry. March 14, Bagnotan. Mlchpel J. Cooney, chest, moderate: Sixteenth Infantry. March 2. Xynao, Major Henry O. Ward, leg; Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry, March M. Los Bonos. Elmer A. Carr, wcunded In breast, serious; Herman H. Frlsch, head, serious; Noa. W. Bullard. thigh, seiious; Forty-second Volunteer Infantry, March 4. Paete. Louis H. Talbell. side, severe. Panay, Eighteenth Infantry. February 1C, San Remedlo. Harry Gaylo-d, knee, flight; Cavltan, William McNaulty. Eighteenth Infantry, knee, slight: Nineteenth Infan try, February 16, San Remedlo. James C. Garrazer. ijreet. slight; George R. Ros. leg. severe: George Therrien. Corporal, leg. severe: Thomas Hosty, arm, serious; William Nelselberger, leg. severe. Settlement of Snln Disputes. NEW YORK, March IP. A special to the Herald from Washington says: To prevent friction with the Sultan of the Sulu Archipelago, measures have been taken by the American authorities In the Philippines for the adjudication of any questions that may arise which cannot be disposed of By th provisons of the treaty which he and General Bates entered Into several months ago. Colonel Pettit. who succeeded General Bates as Commanding General of the De partment of MIndano and the Sulu Archi pelago, has Issued this order, a copy of which has just reached the War Depart ment: "It is directed that all cases In dispute between the Sultan and his subjects and the United States which come In conflict with the provisions of the treaty, be re ferred by the commanding officers at S'AssI and Bongao to the military com mander at Sulu. who will take such action as he may deem best, making a full re port to the district commander." Smallpox on the Xewark. WASHINGTON. March 19. Advices to Surgeon-General Van Reypan indicate that the number of cases of smallpox on the cruiser Newark was limited to two. as originally reported, contracted by two sailors who mingled with the natives at Vigan. in Northern Luzon. The report of Assistant Surgeon Russell, attached to the Newark, indicates that these cases were successfully treated and the spread of the disease prevented. That the small pox has been entirely stamped out on the Newark Is evidenced by the fact that the vessel started from Manila for Hong Kong, to convoy the Monadnock. Calnmliln Renamed Ronecraus. WASHINGTON. March 19. The steam er Columbia, recently purchased by the Government for the Pacific transport service, has been renamed the Rosccras, In honor of the late General Rosecrans. The vessel Is to be used during the sum mer to transport supplies for the troops In Alaska, and material for the erection of frame post buildings in that territory. When the work is concluded she will be put in the Philippine service. Inspection of Transport Service. WASHINGTON. March 19. Major Charles Bird, Quartermaster U. S. A.. Just returned from Manila, has been or dered to make an Inspection of the trans- port service and other matters relative to the Quartermaster's Department at San Francisco and at Tacoma "and Seattle. MRS.STRUBLE PLEADS GUILTY Was Fined Two Hundred Dollars, Which. She Refused to Pay. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March 19. Eliza beth T. Struble, editor of the Nautilus a Christian Science newspaper, plead-d guilty In the Federal Court this aftcrroon to sending obscene literature through the mails, and was fined J200. Mrs. Struble refused to pay the fine, and tonight was taken to jail. The Nebraska Polsoninic Case. HASTINGS. Neb., March 19. The trial of Viola Horlocker, on "the charge ol sending a package of poisoned candy to Mrs. C. F. Morey, April 10, 1E99, was taken up in the District Court today. The attorneys for the defendant withdrew the plea of "not guilty," provisionally made, and moved to quash the Indictment on the ground that it did not allege a crime. The attorneys put In most of the afternooi. arguing this motion. During the after noon session. Miss Horlocker was told to arise while the State's Attorney read the charges against her. She stood with head and eyes drooping, and was perfectly calm. When asked If she was guilty or not guilty', she replied. In a firm voice, "Not guilty." Caujrht the Wronpr Man. JOPLIN. Mo., March 19. It developed today that the negro spirited away from the city Jail last night to prevent his being lynched was not the man wanted for assaulting 7-year-old Juno Sims, and he was released, after having been got ten out of the range of the mob. The real culprit is still at large. Feeling still runs high, and there will undoubtedly be a lynching if the right man Is captured. Woman Killed Husband and nerself. SANDUSKY, O.. March 19. Some, time last night Mrs. Leonard Wagner killed her husband and then shot herself. The double tragedy occurred at the Wagner home, about three miles from here, and nothing was known of It until this even ing, when neighbors entered the house and found the dead bodies. Jealousy Is believed to have been tho cause. Restaurant Casliier Murdered. CHICAGO, March 19. Miss Annie Strother, cashier in a restaurant at 150 Twenty-second streert, was shot and In stantly killed tonight by a well-dressed, heavily-veiled woman. Charles Smith, pro prietor of a saloon across the street, has been arrested. The police declare he was attentive to the cashier and that his wife was Jealous. BISHOP POTTER'S IMPRESSION Filipinos Unfit for Self-Govcrnment He Prnlscs Otis. NEW YORK, March 19. Bishop Potter, who has just returned from a five months' tour, which Included visits to the Philip pines. Japan and India, talked today re garding his Impressions. Referring to the Philippine situation, Bishop Potter said he went to the islands in an attitude of antagonism. He declined to say If his opinions had altered, but said he recog nized the question as a purely academic one. "Whatever we might have done," he said, "a year or more back, there Is but one thing for us to do now, and that is to hold on to the islands and assume the responsibility for their future. The mili tary administration of the Islands Is be yond praise. General Otis has not re ceived ha'f the recognition to which he is entitled. His position has been one of ex treme delicacy. New questions are aris ing daily, and he has handled them all with discretion. "One thing Is evident, and that Is the Filipinos are In no condition for self-government. If a civil government were Im posed It would need a large military force to maintain It. "Several friends of Agulnaldo," contin ued the Bishop, "called upon me in Hong Kong and told me that they were satisfied that there could be no success for his un dertaking. The better class of Filipinos are satisfied that American occupation means Increased prosperity, and are not raising any objections." Bishop Potter told of a visit he made to a factory in Manila where about 450 Filipino boys and girls are spinning cot ton cloth. The overseer told him they had learned to work the looms in about six weeks, whereas Irish and Scotch chil dren took as many months before they were of any service. The natives seemed to take kindly to the confinement of fac tory life, but they objected to the orders against smoking In the factories. t ' ' FAST MAIL WRECKED. Cars Went Down an Embankment, Injuring Several People. MONTGOMERY. Ala., March 19. The fast mail on the Plant system, which left here last night, was wrecked about a mile and a half from Ozark. William Kcllar, a commercial trave'er from Savannah. Ga.. and Conductor Reed were Injured fatal y. Others Injured are: R. L. Todd, division passenger arrent of the Plant system, Montgomery: Jack Cornalzer, Southeast ern passenger agent of the Mobile & Ohio. Montgomery, and C. L. Mitchell, a mer chant of Ozark. Tho train was slowing up for a bridge when the rear truck of the tender jumped the track and the entire train, except the last sleeper, left the rails. Two passen ger coaches and two sleeperss turned over and Tolled down an embankment. a "Wheat in Benton County. Corvallis Times. Wheat continues at 40 cents per bushel. The flcure is low, but the farmers are compelled to grin and bear It. Some of them are selling off a part, and In a very few Instance all of their holdings. In most cases they are compelled to sell In order to procure ready money for pay ment of taxes or for other purposes. So far, about five-eighths of last year's crrp has been sold. Of the 290.003 bushels stored with the two Corvallis flouring mills, about 175.0G0 bushels have been pur chased by the millers, and the remaining 115,000 is in the hands of the farmers. e Released of His Indebtedness. CHICAGO. March 19. Francis P. Ow ings, who formerly owned the Owlngs building, the first "sky-scraper" in the West, and who recently filed a petition in bankruptcy, was released of his Indebt edness today. His schedule of assets ag gregated $5,564,917. the largest ever filed here under the bankruptcy act. 9 Victoria "Wheat Crop Short. MELBOURNE. March 19. The official statistics of the wheat crop in Victoria show only 15.000,000 bushels. Instead of ri, 000.000 bushels, which was the estimate before the harvest. The exportable sur plus will bo 6,650,000 bushels, Instead of 12,000.000. 9 f Reconstruction of Theater Frnncnln. PARIS. March 19. The Chamber of Dep uties today adopted a credit of 2 403,(00 francs for the reconstruction of the The ater Francais. recently destroyed by fire, and for tbe providing of a temporary home for the Comedle Francaise at the Odon.- t . Xew Use for Wireless Telesrraphy. Wireless telegraphy has had a new dem onstration of usefulness by the captain of a lightship, who used It after ordinary signals had failed, to notify the shore authorities of danger. In a like manner Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the famous dyspepsia cure, acts when all other medi cines fail. Its superiority is quickly felt In the renewal of strength. It regulates the bowels, Improves the appetite, and cures indigestion. Try It, ' BY WAY OF RUSTENBURG RdBERTS MAY ADVANCE OX PRE TORIA FROM THE WEST. Possible Object of General Metliuen'a Presence at Wnrrenton, North of Klmberley. LONDON, March 19. Judging from Lord Methuen's presence at Warrenton and tho capture of the near-by passase of tho Vaal at Fourteen Streams, keen ob servers believe Lord Roberts meditates an advance In force on Pretoria by way of Rustenburg. This might start either from Fourteen Streams or Klensdorf, ar.d would probably coincide with advances by way of Bloemfonteln and Natal. Thus Lord Methuen may be given tho chance to redeem his reputation as has General Gatacre. Commandant Olivier has accomplished another feat in his retreat from Northern Capo Colony, evacuating Roucheville and going towards Kroonstad, where President Steyn is. POWERS WILL NOT INTERFERE. England's Position Too Plainly Stated. NEW YORK, March 19. "Great Brit ain's declaration that she will not tolerate the Intervention of any power effectually prevents Europe from attempting to end the hostilities in progress in South Africa." This statement was made last night In Washington by a well-informed diplomat, who had carefully followed International events transpiring in the Old World. "The European horizon," he continued, "Is remarkably clear for England. Had in tervention been contemplated, action would have been taken when British pres tige had suffered such a severe blow by the reverses of General Buller before Lady smith of General Gatacre at Stormberg, and General Methuen at the Modder River. The fact that Russia did not at that moment Interfere shows conclusively, I believe, the truthfulness of the peace sentiments entertained by the Czar, which he endeavored to have Incorporated into international law by the conference held at The Hague. I think It may be set down as absolutely correct that Russia does not propose to take advantage of Great Britain's present preoccupation In South Africa. "It Is true that the loan Just made to Persia will Increase her Influence with the people. That loan, however. Is not due to the South African War. Negotiations for its subscription were begun before the war commenced. Great Britain knew of It, but did not try to prevent Persia from obtaining the money from Russia. It Is untrue that Russia has been massing troops on the frontier of Afghanistan. Those reports were probably put In circu lation by persons desirous of distracting attention in England from events occur ring in South Afrlcat "It Ik to be expected that the Presi dents of the South African Republics will endeavor to secure peace through diplo matic means. They probably fully under stand by now that there is no prospect of a second Majuba Hill and that if peace comes before their governments are wiped out. It must be achieved by diplomatic ne gotiations. Just how this is possible, however. In view of Great Britain's posi tive declaration, I cannot say. The note from the United States enabled Lord Salisbury to play a strong card at the right time. His declaration has done much to clear the atmosphere for Great Brit ain and has shown the world the inten tion of the British Government to destroy the two republics. "Undoubtedly the governments of Eu rope have discussed the prospect of com pensation, but there is no talk of con certed action at present. It seems to me that had the decision been at all serious, action would have been Inaugurated by the other powers when the English troops were in such a desperate plight In "South Africa. The Boers now seem demoralized; the English have an Immediate force with which to conquer them and it Is hardlv probable that the rebuffs sustained some weeks ago by the British troops will be repeated." VICTORIA'S WISDOM. S. P. O'Connor Writes of the Queen's Concessions to Irishmen. NEW YORK, March 19. T. P. O'Con nor, M. P., In the London Daily Mall, writes: "I am asked to state my views with re gard to the momentous announcements as to the proposal by the Queen of the wearing of the shamrock by Irish soldiers and as to Her Majesty's visit to Ireland. "As to the wearing of the shamrock, it Is a tribute to Irish nationality which will be greatly appreciated. The symbol ical things of life are all apparently In themselves small things. The shamrock materially Is a small plant, but the wear ing of it means to an Irishman centuries of cacred memories and country's wrongs resisted, and hopes maintained. The sanc tion of the wearing of it by tho Irish sol dier, then. Is a concession I had almost called it a tremendous concession to Irish sentiment by the British throne, which must have vast consequences. "But. speaking assuredly In no spirit of carping objection, but as an illustration and a lesson, may I point out that the conduct of English Ministers toward this small question is a very remarkable and significant example of the slowness and dullness of wit, the want of Imagination, insight and sympathy which have charac terized all the relations between England and Ireland? While the Scotch soldier could wear the thistle without interfer ence, while the Welsh soldier could wear tho leek, the Irish soldier year after year was sent by some stupid officer to prison because he wore the emblem of his nationality. "And when an Irish member, session ar ter session, called attention to the fact In the House of Commons, ho was howled at by many English members, and re ceived either an abrupt or a positive answer from the Minister. And now, af ter all the bitterness of these years; af ter the Imprisonment and the snubs and all the rest, the trouble is ended by order of tho highest and greatest figure in the realm. I will not say, as can be said about so many other concessions to Irish feeling, 'Too late, too late,' but assuredly the concession has not ccme too soon. "And now as to the visit of the Queen to Ireland, 1 nnd tins act a touching ana. If I may use the word, a statcsmanllko and eloquent proof, added to the many others, that the present sovereign Is one of the wisest that ever ruled these lands." Pretoria Prisoners' Xevr Quarters. NEW YORK, March 19. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The British officers now In Pretoria have been removed from the prison where Win ston Churchill left them, to new quarters In the outskirts of the town under Dasport Ridge. The reasons for this change are not stated, but It Is evident that Gen eral Roberts' army will have to expose a number of Brlt'sh prisoners to exceptional danger when Pretoria is Invested. Decreased Missionary Contributions. Chicago Tribune. Missionary contributions in the churches are becoming less and less, according to statistics printed In the Standard, the or ?an of the Baptist denomination in the West. The decrease is for home, as well as for foreign missions. The Standard says that of 981 white Baptist churches In Illinois 5S7 gave nothing to the home mis sion society of the church, and C61 gave nothing to foreign missions last year. The percentages of de'lnquezts were small er In Wisconsin, but even there, of 2C9 churches 77 gave nothing for home mis sions and 6S nothing for foreign missions. Of 425 churches In Iowa, 172 gave nothing for home missions and 203 nothing for foreign missions. Of 236 churches in Min nesota, jh gave nothing for home and 117 nothing for foreign mis sions. These statistics are for the Baptist denomination, but it Is prob able that much the same conditions exist In other churches, and they show a d2 creased Interest In missions. Tho Stand ard accounts for It by the failure of pas tors to order collections for the purpose, but the real reason must be deeper than that. Probably churches are showing an increased tendency to spend their contri butions under their own jurisdiction ,in settlement work or charitable labors in their immediate vicinity. Hence they give less to societies. This Is the case hi some Chicago churches, and it may in part ex plain the Standard's statistics. 8 f THE DAMMING OF THE KILE A Grent Fcnt in Engineering and Its Prospective Benefit to Ejrypt. John Ward In Ainslee's Magazine. When the Nile reservoirs planned by the great Willcocks were first made known to the world, and It was found that he, al though offering six or seven sites for his cyclopean designs, really only highly rec ommended one. the construction of which would wipe out the Island of Phllae, the loveliest spot on the Nile, there was a universal howl of opposition. This got to such a height that Sir W. Garstln and his engineers may have felt a grim kind of re lief when they found that the French would allow them no money from the Caisss to realize their schemes for stor ing the blessed water, and they had for a timo to abandon the whole affair. So when one fine morning John Alrd, Sir Benjamin Baker and their friends unex pectedly called at the office of works in Cairo and offered to make any amount of dams, canals and locks, wherever they pleased, for no present cash payment. In accepting their wonderful offer the gov ernment cut down the level of the great reservoir by nearly one-half. Willcocks wanted to store up 120 feet of water; Sir Benjamin Baker was told to content him self with 20 meters (about 65 feet) of Nile storage. And so the artists and the tourists and the general opponents to the drowning of Phllae were appeased, or at least silenced, and the greatest engineering work that the world has ever seen was quietly started, and within a year 20,000 men were em ployed at Assouan and at the supplement al dam of Asslout. When the dam Is completed and at Its high level, Phllae will have its temple pylons and a few of the higher ruins standing out of the water, just to mark where Its ancient beauties were; but all Its loveliness, Its verdure. Its palms, sev eral of its temples, Its storied walls and Its Nllometer, Its colonnades. Its Roman quays, will disappear beneath the waters. An Island will be lost, but a continent will bo saved! For my part, I would rathe! they had made Willcocks cyclopean gran ite barrier of about 150 feet (where the wall crossed the Bab el Kebir), and that the whole Island had been sacrificed. The fragments left will only serve to reopen the sad affair In peoples' minds. However, we must make tho best of It. Even with the 65 feet of water In the reservoir great advantages will be gained for up per Egypt. If we lose Phllae for the tourist and the artist and the archeologist, we will gain millions of arcs more for the fellaheen's agriculture, and the reve nue from the Irrigation it will afford will double the return of annual Income to the finances of the Government so much so that lf the British were allowed a free hand, "this increased revenue could be made In a short time to clear Egypt from debt. The works at Asslout are under a talent ed engineer, G. H. Stephens, who is a born ruler. He has had 11,000 men work ing night and day at his great dam, and the huge wall and the navigation canal which accompanies it. This may seem, when compared with Assouan, a compara tively small affair, for It has only to "hold up" 10 or 12 feet of waier to supply abundantly the great Ibrnhimleh canal, which In Its course supplies tho ancient BahrYusuf, and will thus vastly Increase the cultivable land on the margin of the Libyan desert. But in many ways the Asslout weir is even more remarkable than a wall of granite founded on a rock. It Is built on the bed of ibi Nile itself. Never once has rock been touched for the foundations. Mr. Willcocks has shown In his saving of the old barrage that a permanent floor could be laid down on the river bed, which, properly constructed, would carry any weight of masonry fit to resist the pressure of any stream above It. This system Is practically the one used Id the Asslout barrage. The Asdiout dam Is half a mile long, and has a navigation lock at the west aide. The river has been coffer -dammed In sections, and a masonry and concrete floor (40 feet below level of high Nile) laid down as a foundation, S7 feet wide by 10 feet thick. On this floor the super structure is built At both up and down stream sides of this floor cast-iron sheet piles are driven down to a further depth of 13 feet, the joints of which are her metically sealed by cement grout, so that no percolations can get below the founda tions. The barrage has 111 openings of about 16 feet each, which will be sup plied with ordinary sluices. The naviga tion canal lock will be 50 feet wide. This last year (1E39) one-fourth of the whole work was done, and the wages paid (dur ing June and July, for Instance) were 1500 per day. The outlay at the Assouan dam was even greater, so that immense sums are spent among the natives of the country which the works are Intended to benefit permanently. All the work done at both reservoirs was left safely above the high est water level until next season, and at Asslout no more coffer dams will be need ed. There were 11,500 men employed at Asslout (and S500 at Assouan), when the work had to be stopped for the rising of the Nile. The walls at both places are of stone and cement. The blocks of stone were frequently so warm, owing to the fierce sunshine, that the men's hands were blistered In lifting them, and the heat of the place In June was 160 degrees In the shade. But all has gone on. with scarce ly an accident. There were a dozen cases of sunstroke, but only a very few deaths. It was remarked that those who drank too much liquid of any kind were most lia ble to It. OUR GROWING NAVY. The Number of Men Almost Doubled by the Late "War. Leslie's Weekly. Something of the pace at which we aro moving forward may be Imagined when it is stated that, roughly estimated, the ex isting naval fleet represents an expendi ture for construction of about J125,00l),000 and yet there are und&r construction, or awaiting formal acceon-'e by the Gov ernment, more than ha.it a hundred war vessels, the contract jjnee for which, ex clusive of armor and :i rmamo.it, is in tho neighborhood of 110,090jW. The war almost doaea he aggregate of men on our wr vessels. At Its outlet the complement was 12,r0 men. but In tho summer of 1S9S It cached tho maximum figure of SJ.123 nvn. Since that time it has, of course. deri'd considerably. But the incoming Congress is expected to au thorize a permanent naval strength ot upward of 20,000 men. For the future bright hopes may be based upon th2 mest favorable Indications. Many Congress men have been spending the summer of 1S99 In the study of naval science abroad. New battle-ships, armored and protected cruisers, are to be constructer-1, and each class Is qulfo certain to mark .stcp for ward in tho science of builhtit; v.ssels of war. Rear-Admin: I Ieor.TO W. MelvIHo declares that the new ba.itlc-i.hlps should be of 20 knots of speed, that thoy slvu'd carry large batteries of rapid -'Ire guns, havo ample coal bunker capacity, and be fitted with triple screws radical revolu tionary measures, all, but vital In In fluence If successful. c Contract for Government Seeds. WASHINGTON, March 19. Secretary Wilson today awarded the contract for supplying the United States Department of Agriculture with garden. Held and flower seed for the year 1901, to the New York Market Gardeners' Association, of New York, at their bid of J6S.S74. a A FRENCH CURE FOR GRIP. Dr. florae's Remedy Hns Been Suc cessful In Paris. After having nearly recovered from Its usual epidemic ot influenza, London re ceives from Paris a "safe cure" for the complaint, says a London dispatch to the New York Sun. The discoverer is Dr. Borne, Deputy for Doubs, who cured M. Waldeck-Rousecau In tnree days, and wa3 also successful with President Loubet, M. Deschanel and several of his brother Dep uties. Dr. Borne's remedy Is as follows: As soon as one feels the symptoms of In fluenza one should have the two following prescriptions made up, firstly: Chloroform water, 2 ounces. Water. 2 ounces. Magnesia, 2 drachms. Betol, 15 grains. Anthcbrin, 15 grains. Syrup of orange flowers, 1 ounce. This must ba well shaken and a table spoonful taken every 15 or 20 minutes dur ing the first day. On the following days one should take two cachets on rising In the morning and two en going to bed at night, composed as follows: Magnesia, 24 drachms. Betol, 75 grains. Salol. 45 grains. Terplne, 45 grains. For 20 cachets. Dr. Borne, who made no d fliculty about rendering his efficacious prescriptions pub- He, said his principle wa mat all the digestive, respiratory tubes, etc., should be disinfected. He had experimented with all the antiseptics capable of combination, and had eventually arrived at the kinds and doses given in the prescriptions. Of course, the doses were modified according to the age, condition, etc, of the patient. Dr. Borne considers the replacing of antl pyrlne as antlfehrln to be important, ns antlpyrlne often affects the kidneys. 0 I Manifold Telesrraphy. PARIS. March 19. M. Mercadlcr. a French inventor, claims to have solved the problem of sending a number of dispatches simultaneously on a single wire. His system, which was explained yesterday before the Academy of Sciences, was re cently tried successfully between Parl3 and Pau. Twelve Independent currents were sent on the circuit at once, and in each direction, making a total of 24 telegrams. i O v Plajrne Spreading In Australia. ADELAIDE. South Australia, March 19. Five deaths have recently occurred here from what is suspected to be the bubonic plague. SYDNEY, N. S. W., March 19. Another death from bubonic plague has occurred here, and two fresh cases are officially re ported. o Secretary Root Homeward Bound. CHARLESTON, S. C. March 19. Ellhu Root, Secretary of War, arrived In Charleston on board the transport Sedg wick, this afternoon, and left tonight for Washington. s o ' Trylnpr. Baltimore American. The Rev. Mr. Boresumm Ah, Brother Sinner. I trust that you are observing Lent properly. Sinner Well, I am going to hear you preach every Sunday. i a Southampton, March 2-). Sailed Kaiser Wllholm der Grosse, from New York for Bremen. Young Ladies' Farorila. TRADESMAnK IS BRANDED OH EVERY V SHOE. ja, Oxfords, Other Styles for V $2.50 otreet, Dress, House, Outing;. Sold exclusively by ':. C. GODDARD & CO. Qregonlan Building. rHywlfo had pimples on bor face, but sho has been taking CASCARETS and they have all disappeared. I had been troubled with constipation for some time, but after tak ing tho first Cascaret I havo had no trouble with this ailment. Wo cannot speak too high ly of Casoarets." Fbed Wautman, biud wflrmantotrn Ave., i'aliadalphia, Fa. Ploasant, PaiataDie. i'otcnt. Taste Good. 1 Good, Xorer Sicken. Weaken. or Gripe. 10c 25c, 10c. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... BltHlag Rrned Conpinj, Oleifs, Voattri), Stw Tsrk. 1U CID TFl Rf Sold and cnnrnnted b.T all drnu nU" IW'EAU gists w CUKE Tobacco Uablu MUNYON'S GUARANTEE. Stro'ajc Aaaerttonii ax to Jnst What tho Remedies Will Do. Mucjron guarantees that 'til Rheumatism Cure irill cure nearly all cases of rheums tlsm la a terr hours; that his Dyspepsia Curo will cure lndlgeitlan and all itoraach troubles; that his Kldner Cure will cure 00 per cent. of all cases ot kldner trouble; that his Ca tarrh Cure will curo catarrh no matter hovr Innr utandlcp? that hl UESEuS&Efcj HemUche Cure will curt .. J Wff any kind of headache la J I $' a fen mlaixtrs; that ' his Cold Cure mil quickly break up any form of coM and so on through the entire list of remedies. At all drucglit. 25 cents a rial. If ycu need medical adrlce vrrtte rrof. Munycn. 1505 Arch t . Thlli It la ahxolnifly trs. BI Gut non-To!;onorj ' remedy for Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Spermatorrhoea, 'Whites, unnatural dis charges, or any Inuamma- (PnT.au nnHflii. tton, of silicons men; tJEEYAMjCHEHlllU.lA branes. Iion-astrlngcnt. Sold by Srsg&ist. or sent In plain TrTarper, b7 expreM, prepaid, fot t.m. or 3 bottles. J2.75. Circai&r sent on rsqusit. tSEE THAT THIS KAC3 1 m vj$)k yffifo THADt MASK RtOlSTtRtD- cj t? "vi - 3" ty ."oimroN 1 Xlalto5dJ. I fr) i lneTl r VClHCUI.'UTl.O.I "i O.3.A. y p ALL DISEASES THE COPELAND SPECIALISTS REFUSE TO RAiSE THEIR FEE. Their Wonderful Success in Curing Ability to Command Big Fees Induce Them. to Place the Reach of Notwithstanding the phenomenal nuccesH thnt has attended the Cope land npeclnlintn in their treatment of chronic diseases of all Icinds oincc the Copelnnd Medical Insti tute -vas established in Portlnndand despite the fact thnt their reputa tion for skill, carefulness, fidelity to their patients, and snecesn in cnrlns diseases other physicians admit their own Inanility to cure, has be come so firmly established that they mlprht abandon the poor nnd devote themselves to trc&tin&r only those who could afford to e pay his ces for their services, they will utill continue to Rive the benefit of their sreat skill to all, rich and poor alike, for the merely nominal fee . 1 IJi.J' .. -!! -i i clnes free. While they are doing more Brood than n dozen charity hospitals, those who receive the benefit of their marvelous slclll are not recipients of charity. They pay the full fee asked for their treat ment. It Is the rejgulnr price, and the Copeland physicians want no more. They do not feel thnt their possession of special knowledge, skill and methods in the treatment of chronic diseases entitles them to demand such a fee ns wonld de prive the vast mnjorlty of suffer ins: humanity of the opportunity to be cured of their distressing: mala dies. On the contrary, they continue INSTANCES Catarrh of Head and Throat, Cured Mr. IT. ICrnmer, a well-known log ger, now- residing at Maygers, Or.: After a short course of treatment at the Cope land Institute for catarrh our daughter Clara la entirely well. She Is now 16 years of age, and had catarrh since her 6th year. She was Always Taking Cold. She complained of her nose being stopped up. She breathed entirely through her mouth, and had a dull, heavy pain through the front of her head. She had a short, hacking cough, and In the morning her Miss Clara Kramer, Maygers, Or., Cared of Catarrh of Head and Thront. throat was dry and parched. We thought she would outgrow It, but as she grew older she became worse. She lest all energy and ambition, and became dull and languid. On the advice of a friend, himself a pa tient at tho Copeland Institute, we took her there for treatment. She began to Im prove right away, and now la Entirely "Well. I am glad of this opportunity to testify to the worth of the Copeland treatment In catarrhal troubles, for it deserves all the commendation I can give It. Catarrh of Stomach For Twenty Years, Permanently Cured Mr. Al Thornton, a well-known farmer, Vancouver, Wash., residing In that vicinity for over 20 years; I am sure the Copeland physicians never treated a worse case than mine. I had Catarrh for 20 Years. There was a constant dripping of mucous from behind the palate Into the throat. I had to sit up all night for fear it would fill up the throat and choke me. I had pain through the eyes and a ringing In tho ears. My stomach became Involved, and I suf fered all the distress of catarrh of tho stomach. X had pain and soreness In the stomach. The stomach filled with gas until I thought I would smother. I was unable to belch up this gas, and suffered terribly. I had vnTTTca xrev trmihtpd with night fulness, aversion to society, which deprive you of your manhood. UNFITS YOU FOR BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE. MIDDLE-AGED MEN who from exceeses and strains havo lost their MANLY POWER. BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet. Stricture, enlarged prostate. Sexual Debility. Varicocele. Hydrocele. Kidney and Liver troubles, cured WITHOUT MERCURY AND OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS. Catarrh and Rheumatism CURED. Dr. Walker's methods are regular and scientific. He uses no patent nostrum or ready-modo preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent Free to nil men who describe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All lotters answered ia tdaln envelop Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address Doctor Wolker, 132 First St., Corner Alder, Portland, Or. IN A WORLD WHERE "CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS" NO PRAISE IS TOO GREAT FOR APOL jBT All Chronic Diseases and Their for Their Services Will Not Their Skill Beyond the Masses. I to Invite all who suffer from ca tarrh, asthma, bronchitis, lung trouble, stomach troubles, liver trouble, kidney trouble, diseases of , the skin, or any other desperate I chronic aliment or malady, to avail themselves of this special skill at the same low rate which haa beca 1 paid by the hundreds who have , been cured by them since the In- Istltnte was established in Portland. During- this time a firreat many who have been cured of disease from . which they have despaired of galn j ins: relief, among them some of the best-known people in the city and J state, have been impelled by their t joy and gratitude at being restored to henlth, to submit to newspaper i interviews rcgnrdlnjr tneir cases, nnd Itave given their portraits to be printed as an evidence o tho I truth of the statements made. The ' same opportunity to be cured is open ; to all, for the Copeland specialists will not follow the uiual course !of physicians who gain a special reputation for skill nnd success In treating chronic diseases, and j charge such fees as would exclude all but the rich from the benefit , of their services. They will con ' tlnue to place tho highest attaln I ments of medical science within the reach of all by charging tho merely nominal nnd nniform fee ol ?5 a month, Including all medicine and personal attention. OF CURES Heart Palpitation And a deep boring pain under the shoulder-blades. I had 110 appetite or relish for food. In the morning I vomited and felt miserable. My bowels were consti pated. I was very weak. I could not walk two blocks without breaking out in a perspiration. For several years I was unfit to work or look after my affairs. I had spent hundreds of dollars In doc toring, but got no relief. I Had Lost C,onfldenee In doctors, when, upon the earnest ad vice of a friend, I began treatment at tho Copeland Institute. A short course ot treatment cured me thoroughly and per manently. It Is five years since I finished my treatment, and I had not felt so well in 20 years as I have since that time. HOME TREATMENT. To hosts of sufTerers everywhere Doctor Copeland addresses to one nnd all the following Hit of question to enable those who live nt a distance to niiderstnnd the untarc of their affliction. "Is your nose stopped up?" "Do you sleep with mouth wld9 open?" "Is there pain In front of head?" "Is- your throat dry or soro?" "Have you a bad tasto In tha morning?" "Do you cough?" "Do you cough worse at night?" "Is your tonguo coated?" "In your appetlto falling?" "la there pain after eating?" "Are you light-headed?" "When you get up suddenly ara you dizzy?" "Do you have hot flashes?" "Do you have liver marks?" "Do your kidneys trouble you?" "Do you have pain in back or under 3houlder-blades?" "Do you wake up tired and out of sorts?" "Are you losing flesh?" "I3 your strength falling?" INFOItMATIOX OF XEW HO 313 TRKATMEXT SEXT FIIEE OM APPLICATION. CONSULTATION FREE. DR. COPELAND'S BOOK FREE TO ALL The Copeland Medical Institute 1HEDEKUM, THIRD AND WASHINGTON W. H. COPELATiD, M. D. J. H. 3IOKTG03IERY, M. C. OFFICE HOTJKS From O A. BI. to 13 31. 1 from X to 5 P. M. EVEJttXGS Tuesdays and Fridays. SIIXDAYS From IO A. 31. to 12 M. TWENTY YEARS OF SUCCESS In tha treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver, kidney and stomach disorders, constipation, diarrhoea, dropsical swellings. Brlght'a disease, etc KIDNEY AMD URINARY Complaints, painful, difficult, too frequent, milky e? bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. DISEASES OF THE RECTUM Such as piles, fistula, fissure, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain or confinement. DISEASES OF MEN Blood poison, gleet, stricture, unnatural losses, Im potency, thoroughly cured. Mo failures. Cures guar- antpfld. emissions, dreams, exhaustlntr drains. h.-h.