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K'WTi ' 5 saWE-r''-yy -px" . THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, APRIL Zi, 1900. ON THE BASUTO BORDER SEVERAL SKIRMISHES AND COX TINUED MOVEMENTS. Tiro Days' Flchtlnsr at Jammers- berc Progress of tlie Wepener Relief Column. LONDON, April 3.-Gcneral Bundle Is apparently advancing slowly toward Wepener. every step being contested by the Doers. From the Republican side there Is a good deal of Interesting news today. A Thabanchu dispatch, dated Friday, April 20. reports the arrival there of Command ants Dewet and Vlllers, and an attack upon 3000 British under General Gatacre. The latter of course Is a misstatement, and It Is probable General Bundle Is meant. The British. It Is added, occupied some kopjes, but their left wing was driv en back. The Boer loss was one killed and five wounded. From Brandfort comes the news that on Saturday. April a. a British patrol of 10 men ventured near that place, and Buffered the loss of one man killed and two men captured. Including a Free Stat er, who was leading the party. A Pretoria dispatch dated April 21 says the latest official news was that fighting was proceeding within an hour's ride of De Wet's Dorp, with no remits. The Transvaal Government, It Is added, has asked Lord Roberts to be allowed to send a clergyman to EL Helena, and also a neutral consul to watch the Interests of the prisoners In the same manner as Adelbert Hay guards the Interests of the British at Pretoria. A proclamation has Issued, prohibiting the working of the mines on Sundays and Inflicting punishment on managers paying over 1 a month to natives. From Ladysmlth today comes a dispatch saying that all Is quiet and the Boer guns are silent There Is nothing further from Bloem fonteln to Indicate the progress of tho preparations of the main advance. At Cape Town a government contractor named Bam has been arrested for har boring three escaped Boer prisoners, dressed ah clergymen. TJ RESIST THE ADVANCE. Boers Preparing Defenses at Kroon stad. NEW YORK. April 23. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: There was last night the usual Sunday medley of ominous rumors and confused conjectures from the theater of war, with a heavy budget of mall correspondence on minor Incidents of the period of masterly Inactivity. The most serious news was the evidence from Boer sources that for midable preparations have been made to resist the advance of General Roberts' army. The Boers are vaguely reported to have mounted 63 guns at Kroonstad, and to have constructed a circuit of de fenses eight miles long around Pretoria. It Is a foregone conclusion that Pre toria will be vigorously defended, but tne experts are not prepared to accept evi dence from a Boer source that Kroonstad has been strongly fortified. Kroonstad offers strong advantages for defense, but General Roberts, with his vastly superior force, can turn the position by either flank and compel Its evacuation, with a good chance of Inflicting a decisive de feat, which will greatly Impair the Boer resources for repelling an attack upon Pretoria. The Boers are reported as mustering every man capable of carrying a rifle and as taking their ambulance corps Into the fighting line. They are alleged to have from S000 to 10.000 men In the district be tween De Wet's Dorp and Wepener, where heavy fighting Is reported Friday and Saturday. They are also described as oc cupying a line 10 miles long In Upper Natal and as shelling the British positions at Eland's Laagte Saturday with un abated spirit. The motive of this activity Is not clear, but It Is surmised that the Boers are anxious to prevent the trans fer of British forces from Natal to Bloemfonteln and Bochof, which appar ently Is still In progress. The Boers have also been active In front of General Methucn and at Fourteen Streams. Mafeking remains under Invest ment. Tho War Office was silent at midnight. and the results of Bundle's advance toward Wepener were not announced, al though there was little reason to doubt that there had been serious fighting Sat urday. There were details of General Methuen's convoy fight near Boshof, but these dld'not materially alter previous ac counts. Boers Movlns? Southward. WAKKERSTROOM. Sunday. April 22. Evening. After yesterday's shelling It was expected that the Boers would open again, but Colonel Brabazon, with the Yeomanry, made a thorough scout to the left. The Boers endeavored to turn the British right wing, but tho movement was detected by the Yeomanry and Mounted Infantry, and the guns opened fire and drove them off, greatly extending the po sition. None of the Boer guns was In action. There were no British casualties. Many of the Boers are moving southward. Fighting at Jammerslierar. BOER 'CAMPThabanchu, O. F. S April 22. Fighting continues day and night at Jammerberg's Drift. The Eng Huh entrenchments have been so full of rain that tho men have been obliged every now and then to clamber to the banks, only to be shot down. The Boers were so drenched Saturday that they were unable ts sleep, so they started a debate on the tubject of the good to be derived from virtue and courage. The discussion lasted most of the night, shells at inter vals Interrupting the speakers. SALUTED THE DOER FLAG. Incident at Old l'olnt Nearly Caused Complications. NEW YORK. April 23. A special to the Journal and Advertiser from Norfolk, Va., says: f The big Boer flag which floated from the mainmast of the Danish steam ship Polar Star, when that, ship sailed from her Brooklyn pier March 12, came near causing International complications between this Government and Great Bri tain through the enthusiasm of an Amer ican skipper In Norfolk Harbor. Upon the ship's arrival off Old Point Comfort, Captain Colllsen again hoisted the Transvaal flag, and his action caused comment among the masters of a number of British merchantmen anchored off the Point. A mass meeting of a branch of the National Boer Relief Fund Associa tion was held In Norfolk on Monday, April 16. Congressman Smith, of Michi gan, and George W. Van Slclen, of New York, were among the announced speak ers, and they arrived on an Old Dominion steamer. When Mr. Smith saw Captain Calllsen's vessel with the Boer flag wav ing, be got the Old Dominion captain, who was also a Boer sympathizer, to run In near the Polar Star, and then the American colors on the American ship were dipped to the standard of the Transvaal on the Danish ship. One of the British captains saw the com pliment, and sent a protest to the Eng lish Ambassador at Washington, who In turn 6cnt it to the State Department. The State Department declined to Interfere, on the grounds that a merchant marine man has the right to dip his colors to any thing he sees lit. and has also the right to fly -whatever he desires at his mast head. Thus a threatened complication, because of an American recognition of a Danish captain's courtesy to the Boer cause, was avoided. At the mass meeting Captain Calllsen war called upon to make a speech. The captain moved forward on the platform from a box, and his face looked troubled. His appearance made the hit of the even ing, but the Immense gathering was too much for him, and after one desperate glance the veteran sailor turned and fled. Any speech be could have made could not have possibly made mora of a hit than did the courageous skipper, who de fied his British colleagues by flying the Boer flag, but was frightened speechless by an audience of 2000 of his friends. EMPIRE AND FREEDOM. Not the Form Bat the Spirit of Gov ernment Fixes Its Nature. Chicago Times-Herald. Can Democracy and free government co exist wiia empire i This question has been discussed a great deal, but not without prejudice. Yet It ought to be possible to leave politics and partisanship on one side and consider It as a serious sociloglcal proposition. The example is set by Professor Franklin H. Glddings, one of the leading American writers on political science. He treats the subject In one or two essays. In his new work, entitled "Democracy and Em pire," and fair-minded anti-Imperialists cannot Ignore his answer to the question above put or the line of argument he fol lows. Professor Glddings does not apologize for "empire": on the contrary, he cheer fully assumes the burden of proof and undertakes to prove that under modern conditions freedom and true political progress can be best promoted by empire. This may seem a bold thesis at first sight: but candid examination of the evidence adduced removes the suspicion of paradox. It Is true that most thinkers have re garded Democracy and empire as antago nistic phenomena, but has not the time come to revise that view? The trouble Is that old terms havo been used to describe new conditions. Origi nally empire, as Professor Glddings.polnts out, meant the establishment of political and social unity and homogeneity by co ercive methods. Annexed and conquered peoples were compelled to accept the laws customs, and even the religion, of the conquering nation, and empire meant the extinction of liberty and nationality and the enforcement of an artificial sameness. Democracy, which valued Its own free dom, found itself at war with empire as thus conceived. In the words of Profta osr Glddings, the outcome of the struggles for free political Institutions and autono my "was a conviction that liberty and social cohesion could coexist only in states of relatively small dimensions, with well defined natural boundaries, and peopled by men of substantially one blood and Jype of mind." This conviction, how ever, has been disturbed and invalidated by movements and changes which no statesmanship could have foreseen. Lib erty had wonderful industrial conse quences. The freest and greatest nations expanded most, and this expansion pro duced a new conception of national ho mogeneity. "Almost before the most far. seeing of men realized what was happen, lng, the compact little Nation of the 1! original states had become a continental domain, and the homogeneous populatlcs of English blood was becoming the most heterogeneous admixture of nationalities of every speech and faith and political tradition to be found on the face of the earth." Empire had to become democratic to ex ist at all. The revolt of the American colonies against Great Britain and the fate of France and Spain In the New World resulted from bigoted resistance to democracy. Today those countries which are unable or unwilling to found empire on democratic lines fail In the struggle for world-Influence and co'onla development. Empire must be based on Justice and honorable dealing or enlight ened cultivation of the local and national traits. In Proferscr Glddings' formula the essential condition of empire Is this "as it lengthens, the reach of government it must curtail the functions of govern ment. A modern Imperial government must leave most functions to the local communities. Common loyalty to certain common interests and principles is an all sufficient kind and degree of homogeneit? for the stability of a most complex civl 1. zatlon, of a. most heterogeneous empire. A distinction must bo established and maintained between Imperial functions and local powers and responsibilities. The component parts of empire must be al lowed to evolve their own administrations In their own way. This Is the secret of the prestige and strength of the British Empire at the present time. The nation which does not learn this truth, that empire, to survive and flourish, must foster Instead of hampering liberty and democracy, will not long remain "Im perial." Consolidation cannot crush out the sentiment of liberty, and the desire for self-governrJnt. The outburst of loyalty we have witnessed in Canada and Australia, whose relation to the British Empire exemplifies the new conception of Imperial democracy, contains a lesson not only for Germany and France, but even for the United States. The Porto Rlcan question afforded the first test of Ameri can capacity for empire. The people rose to the occasion, even If the politicians proved short-sighted. The popular atti tude demonstrated that democracies are opposed to "imperialism" In the old and offensive sense, to selfishness and co ercion, and that their Idea of empire U progressive and sound. They are not afraid of expansion, but they will not have empire at the expense of freedom. Anti-Imperialism as a movement has failed because there Is no menace to lib erty In the democratic empire. The con. dltlons of the world are becoming such that, to preserve liberty, the weak nations must invite "imperial" protection to guar antee them autonomy and freedom. The Turpitude of Davis. CALDWELL, Idaho. April IS. To the Editor.) It Is asserted here by those who profess to know that Webster Davis. late Assistant Secretary of the Interior, was In communication with Paul Kruger, of the Transvaal, before he went to South Africa, and that he went there to sell his services to Kruger at the highest possible price, and that Kruger offered him 000,000 to present the Boer cause to the American people, whereupon Davis resigned his 17500 Job to take the 1300.000 one. The same parties say that Davis Is a Welshman who had to leave Wales. H. K. LITTLE. The story Is probably a fabrication. It Is not likely that Kruger would pay any such sum for the service, and there is no good reason to doubt that Davis' sym pathy with the Boers Is genuine. He was born in Missouri. HI Never Heard of Our Angora Goats. Chicago Times-Herald. Cat fanciers In Lincoln County, Or., have opened a new postofflce named Angora. The new postmaster's first name Is Tom. and It is expected that he will come up to tho scratch without much trouble. s ' Turkish Torpedo-Boat Blevr Up. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 23. News has been received from Beyrout, Syria, to the effect that the Turkish torpedo boat Schaayl blew up In that harbor April 2. resulting In the loss of '23 lives. s Fort Lincoln. WASHINGTON, April 23. By direction of the President, the military post near the City of Bismarck. N. D., hereafter will "be known as Fort Lincoln. i Millions for Baseball. A million of dollars are spent every year upon the game of baseball, but large as this sum Is. it cannot begin to equal the amount spent by people in search of health. There Is a sure method of ob taining strength, and It Is not a costly one. We ureo those who have scent much and lost hope, to try Hostetter"s Stomach Bitters. It strengthens the stom ach, makes' digestion easy and natural, and cures dyspepsia, constipation, bil iousness and weak kidneys. j REPORT ON CLARK CASE FINDINGS OF THE SENATE INVESTI GATING COMMITTEE. Election of Montana Senator Noll and Void on Account of Brib eries and Corruption. WASHINGTON. Anrll 23. Senator Chandler, from the Senate committee on privileges and elections, today submitted to the senate tne report irom uui com mute in the case of Senator Clark, of Montana. The report Is comparatively brief, covering only about 15 pages oi printed matter. It does not rehearse the testlmonv. but simply presents the find ing of the committee and Its reasons for Its course. The finding oi tne cummiu is stated as follows: "The finding of the committee Is that the election to the Senate of William A. Clark, of Montana, Is null and void on account of briberies. attemDtrd briberies and cor rupt practices by his agents, and of vio lation of the law of Montana .defining and punishing crimes against the elective fran chises. In view of this finding, the com mittee reports and unanimously recom mends the adoption by the Senate of the following resolutions: "Resolved, That William A. Clark was not duly and legally elected to a seat In the Senate of the United States by the Legislature of the State of Montana." The report concluded with a strong rec ommendation for the early consideration of the cane as follows: The Senate should, as a duty to ltseu and to the country, demonstrate by Its ac tion In this case that seats In the United States Senate, procured as Senator Clark's has been procured, cannot De reuuneu uj the deliberate Judgment of the Senate. The Senate owes a duty to the people of Mon tana, who, conscious of the bad repute Into which the state had fallen by reason of vast expenditures of money In connec tion with Its election, manifested such a public sentiment that the Legislature ot 1895 passed a statute, which. If obeyed, would have redeemed the state from Its bad name. For the direct and gross vio lations of that statuto and the conse quent discredit which continues to rest upon the state, Montana has a right to ex pect a prompt and decisive remedy from the action of the Senate upon the report of this committee." The committee states that Its finding Is made In view of the certain admitted or undisputed facts with their attendant circumstances appearing in the testimony taken by the committee, and these are enumerated under 15 headings, as fol lows: "One The expenditures In the contest of 1S95, as testified to by Senator Clark and Governor Hauser. "Two Quotes the law of 1896 relative to crimes against the elective franchise, which limited In purpose and amount the political expenditures which could be made In any election either tiy a political committee or a candidate, especially nam ing, a candidate for United States Senator, who could not give more than 11000 to any one committee In a county, and he could not pay more than 11000 for his personal expenses In lawful ways specified. "Three Asserts that Clark has been constantly a candidate for office and gives his record In that respect and notes tho organization of a committee In his Interest In 1S3S after consultation with his friends In Butte. To this committee, the report says, he gave unlimited authority to spend money, which he agreed, to furnish, an estimate, however, being made that at least 350,000 would be necessary to secure the state convention and that 375,000 might be needed to secure the State Leg islature. In the canvass which ensued, approximate expenditures admitted by various members of his committee and their assistants were as follows: "Charles W. -Clark. 325.000; by McDer mott, 322.000; by Davidson, agent. 322.000: by Wellcome, 325.000; by Steele. 311.000: by Corbett, 35000; by Whltemore. 34500; by Cooper. 32900, mainly furnished by Charles W. Clark, and the amount of these ex penditures Senator Clark hlmrclf paid to his son. Advances and payments made by Senator Clark to his committee and agents as admitted by him amounted to about 3129.000, of which sum Charles W. Clark received on August 12, 19, 333, 000; October 17. 320.000; November 23. 310, 000, and February 13, 1900, 320,693: and In addition to this 3139.000. Senator Clark paid 35000 to McDermott, one of his agents; 35000 to Wellcome, his attorney, and 35001 to E. C. Day, a member of the Legislature. None of the members of the committee nor their assistants made the sworn re turns required by law, nor did Senator Clark himself make any return." Sections 6 to 15 deal with the business transactions of Clark and his representa tives, with members of the Legislature, In cluding the purchase of Representative McLaughlin's property, the tender of 3PXX) to Representative Woods to raise a mort gage on his ranch and the subsequent sale of the ranch; the establishment of a bank after the adjournment of the Legislature largely through the efforts of Senator Tlerney and Representatives Eversole and Shevelln, of Broadwater County; the sale of lots and other property In JefTerson County to a representative of Clark hr Senator Warner; the conduct of Messrs. Garr, Gelger, .Fine, Beasley and Bywater and the present of 35000 to Representative Day after the adjournment of the Legis lature. Speaking of the transactions with Wood, the committee says: "Senator Clark knew of BlckfonTs at tempts to purchase the Indebtedness which Woods owed, and the correspondence shows that thb object was to secure Woods for Senator Clark. Blckford tes tified: "In pursuance of that let ter (letter of November 2L from one Ector), I made arrangements to obtain for the purpose of using It to prevent the Indebtedness of Woods going Into the hands of Daly's friends, the sum of 37000. with which I took up that In debtedness.' On November 2. 188, Mrs. Woods mortgaged their sheep and cattle for 31000, payable in one year, and on April 22. 1SS9. paid the mortgage debt. Woods has left Montana and gone to New Mex ico." Referring to Tlerneys connection with the Bank of Townsend. the report says: "On June If. Tlerney organized the State Bank of Townsend, on a capital stock of 325,000. of which he took JSS00, Shevelln took 31000. and Eversole 31000. nearly all of the 33,000 passing through Tterneys hands In currency. His 35S0O. he says, he took from the money drawer In th,e safe In the office of Messrs. D'Arcy & Co.. but whence this 35300 came he did not ehow by any writing whatever." Referring to Can's story about securing money from his aunt with which to pur chase a ranch, the committee remarks: "He had no previous knowledge of how she had accumulated this money." Reference to Day's connection with Clark is as follows: "F. C Day was Senator Clark's candi date for Speaker, and was defeated In tho Democratic caucus, receiving 25 votes against 30 votes for Stiff. Mr. Day was the leader of Clark's forces In the Legis lature during all the balloting after the second. On February 23, Senator Clark personally wrote a letter directing that 35000 should be given to Mr. Day for his services in the Legislature and as a re tainer as counsel In future. This amount was received by Day through Wellcome and Davidson on the 23d day of March, the day after the Legislature adjourned." After detailing the circumstances, the report says that while the findings are Jus tified by the foregoing admitted and undis puted facts, with their 'attendant circum stances standing alone, these facts are strengthened by additional facts Including various unsuccessful attempts to secure votes by offers of money, which, although denied, are found by the majority of the committee to .be sustained by a prepon derance of the testimony. The committee adds that it would un necessarily encumber and extend this re port to give these additional facts In de tail, but In addition to thess unsuccessful attempts at bribery, certain other alleged attempts are narrated, because there Is a difference of opinion In the committee con cerning them. These later attempts relate to ex State Senator Whiteside's connection with the candidacy of Senator Clark and bla efforts to expose the Senator's methods. The testimony relating to Whiteside, State Senator Clark. State Senator Meyers and Representative' Garr, Is there outlined, and the committee remarked for the major ity of Its members: "The three accused (Whiteside, Meyers and State Senator Clark) undoubtedly oc cupied the position of detectives who wil fully deceived the parties with whom they were dealing and against whom they made charges. On the other hand, the parties against whom they testified and who make denials are charged with crimes to which. If guilty, they would be quite certain to add the offense of false swearing. "A majority of the committee, under all the circumstances appearing, ore not will ing to consider the situation as one of equilibrium between detectives on one band and alleged lawbreakers on the oth er. If Messrs' Clark of Madison. Meyers, and Whiteside testified falsely, they must have contemplated In the beginning, a con spiracy of the basest character, to be followed up by perjury of the worst sort, and they must have Intended to pass through crdeals In the course of the In vestigations which would be made, which It cannot be Inferred they were willing to subject themselves to merely to prevent Senator Clark from becoming United States Senator. "In the opinion of the majority, there was no affirmative disproof produced by Senator Clark at any time showing that the fact In connection with the 330,000 were not true. It appears that the claim that the accusation and exposure resulted from a conspiracy formed and carried for ward by Marcus Daly was a necessity of Clark's canvass and defense; but Daly and Conrad and others who were sus pected of conspiracy denied all knowl edge of the 330,000. of which 327.000 was In 31000 bills which had been produced by Whiteside as money furnished by Well come In attempted briberies. No 31000 bills were shown to have been in the hands of any of the alleged Daly con spirators." The report then shows from the testi mony that these large bills were In the hands of Clark supporters, and adds: "In connection with, the consideration of these last four cases of attempted brib ery, ot Clark of Madison, Meyers, Garr and Whiteside, it Is Important, too. in favor of the difference of opinion, con cerning the credibility of Messrs. Clark of Madison. Meyers and Whiteside, that the whole committee find that if all tes timony concerning the 330,000 and all the testimony of Whiteside and Clark of Madison were laid aside, there would still remain sufficient evidence In the case to lead the committee to find, as they do, that Clark's election Is void. From the briberies which have been established, a majority of the committee feel Justified in finding that there were other successes in procuring by corrupt practices the votes of members of the Legislature, where tho facts naturally cannct be directly proved." Of the conduct of Republican members of the Legislature who voted for Clark the report says: "The conduct of Republican members who left their Republican candidate and voted for Clark, and gave him his elec tion. In the opinion of the majority of the committee, calls for special criticism. There was an absolute deadlock, and no possibility of the election of a Democrat without the aftl of Republicans. It U dif ficult to account for these Republican votes for Senator Clark. Senator Clark's candidacy had been tainted on the 10th ot January by the Whiteside exposure. The facts-exposed had not been disproved on January IS. "The reasons given for tho Republican votes for Clark seem to be pretenses and covers. Clark, who had been negott nttng with Hobson. a leader of the Repub licans, wrote a letter on the Uth ot Jan uary, In which he declared himself to be In favor of the tana on Montana proa. ucts. Some of the Republicans said there ought not to be a deadlock, and that It would be better to have a Democratic Senator than a vacancy. No one pretends that any effort was made to bring about the election of any other Democrat than Clark, against whose agents charges of bribery have been made. "The committee do not say that the votes of all 11 Republicans were improper ly secured, but that those of Gelger, Beas ley and Bywator were has already been found. Circumstances of suspicion against others are numerous. "Senator Hobson Is mainly responsible for the action of the Republican members. He was chairman of their caucus and a leader In the Clark movement. He early began negotiations with Clark, and letters written promising that he would be an Independent tariff Democrat were ad dressed to Hobson under date of Janu ary 16. In the face of all facts tending to impeach tho conduct or so many oi the Republican members, and of the evi dent political reasons why they snould not have contributed their votes to the election of Clark, a Democrat under charges of corrupt practices, the opinion of the majority Is much strengthened by the action of these Republicans, who. on the 4th day of January, abandoned their own party and thus strangely elected a Democratic Senator." The committee says tho direct viola tions by Clark and hU committee and agents of the provisions of the Montana laws are of the first importance In con nection with the conclusions reached by the committee. On this point, the committee adds the following: "He expended a sum vastly In excees of the limit provided In law and failed to receive any return and such return was made by the persons acting in his be half." , Referring to the destruction of checks and vouchers. It Is remarked that "the committee And the case proved without relying upon such destruction of checks, failure to render accounts and disregard of the legal limit of expenditure. But they furnish to the committee strong ad ditional reasons for believing the other facts which seem to them to establish the corruption charged." Only two points of law are presented, as follows: "1 It Is clear that If by bribery or cor rupt practices on the part of the friends of a candidate, who are conducting his canvass, votes are obtained for him. with out which he would not have had a ma jority, his election should be annulled, al though proof Is lacking that he knew of the bribery or corrupt practice. "2 It seems to have been admitted thnt If the person elected clearly participated In any one act of bribery or attempted bribery he should be deprived of his office, although the result ot the election wa3 not thereby changed." Commenting on the legal phases of the case, the committee says: "According to the law, as understood by the committee. Senator Clark cannot bo permitted to retain his seat. He received 51 votes and there were 29 against him. leaving him an apparent majority of 15. If he obtained through Illegal and corrupt practices eight votes, which would other wise have been cast against him. he was not legally elected. More than this num ber of votes, the committee finds from all the evidence, was thus obtained. It also Is a reasonable conclusion on the whole cpse that Senator Clark Is fairly to be charged with knowledge of the acts done In his behalf by his committee and hts agent conducting his canvass. He arrived In Helena from Butte January 4 and re mained there until after his election, and was In constant conference with bis com mittee and agents." Referring to Mr. Campbell's connection with the case, the report says: "Much criticism has been made of the contestants, especially of A. J. Campbell, a member of the House of Representatives and an active prosecutor of the charges against Senator Clark. Some members of the committee cannot refrain from ex pressing their disapproval of many of- the methods pursued by Campbell and White side in the prosecution of the charges against Senator Clark, and they do not approve ot the action of Mr. Daly In agreeing to furnish an unlimited amount of money to carry on the prosecution. While It Is true that bribery can never ba proved by the testimony of the briber nor of the person bribed, and that It Is al most always necessary to obtain the re quired Information from go-betweens or persons who have explored the field and mado reports backward and forward as to the probability ot obtaining results by bribery, yet some members of the commit tee believe this does not Justify the char acter of acts which are proved and es tablished against Mr. Campbell." Some members of the committee, how ever, do not Join In any criticism or Mr. Campbell and Mr. Daly. The majority ot the committee express the opinion that the transactions concerning the Judges of the Supreme Court ot Montana need special consideration, and relating the cir cumstances connected with this episode, they remark: "Upon the foregoing undisputed facts and other facts which are controverted a majority of the committee believe Senatot Clark's agents. In their desperation on ac count of the decision of the court to take Jurisdiction In the Wellcome case, at tempted an Improper approach to the Judges of the court and to Attorney General Nolan, which of Itself cannot but have a certain Influence In the considera tion of the other acts of the agents in con nection with the Senatorial election. A ma jority of the committee, however, believe the transactions were res Inter alios acta and that the evidence does not sufficiently bring home to Senator Clark or his agenU any Improper attempt to Influence the court or the Attorney-General." The report was presented by Senator Chandler for the entire committee, and -was not signed. A minority of the com mittee am not approve ot some ot tne features. Tho views of the minority will be submitted later. Senator Clark refused to make any statement at this time. THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. Boston Inflicted the First Defeat on Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIATApril 2X Philadel phia was unable to solve Pitcher Willi! curves, resulting In the team's flrst de feat this season. Orth, on the contrary; was comparatively easy for Boston. The score: Boston 8 It lJPhtladelphla ..5 10 4 Batteries Wills and Clarke: Orth. Don ahue and Douglas. Atendance. 5775. Um pireConnolly. At Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, April 23. Waddell shut out the locals today, though he was hit hard from start to finish. It was the op posing batsman's misfortune to have a fielder right In front of every ball that was hit. Scott was miserably rupported and hit freely. The score: CInclnnat 0 3 6JPlrtsburg 610 1 Batteries Scott and Pettz; Waddell and Zlmmer. Umpire O'Day. Games Postponed. ST. LOUIS. April 23. St. Louls-Chlcago game postponed, rain. NEW YORK. April 23. Brooklyn-New York game postponed, rain. The American Association. At Chicago Chicago, 7; Minneapolis, 10. At Detroit Detroit, 2; Cleveland, 8. At Indianapolis Indianapolis, 7; Buffa lo, L At Kansas City Milwaukee-Kansas City game postponed, wet grounds. THE RUNNING RACES. Yesterday's Winners on Coast and Eastern Tracks. SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. The weath er was fine and tho track fast at Oakland. The results were: Seven and one-half furlongs Melkartn won. Inverary II second. Colonel Root third: time. 1:3S& Five furlongs Miss Madeline won, Net tie Clark second, For Freedom third; time, 1:08. One mile Captive won, Scotch Plaid sec ond. Horton third: time, 1:41. Four furlongs Rollick won, Diderot second, Moonbright third: time. 0:SH. Mil and one-sixteenth Sir Hampton won, Allenna second. Sliver Tone third: time, 1:17. Seven and one-half furlongs Perseus won, Donator second. Tirade third; time, 1:33. Races at Aqueduct. NEW YORK. April 23. It rained dur ing the first race at Aqueduct today, which made the track slow. The results were: Five furlongs, selling Silurian won. Bil lionaire Second, Russian third; time, 1:03 2-5. Mile and 70 yards, selling Rlnaldo won, Llndula second. George Slmonds third; time, 1:4S 2-3. Five furlongs, selling Gold Lack won. Sunol second. The Benedict third; time. 1:03. Mile and 70 yards Walt Not won. Lampglobe second, Maximo Gomez third; time, 1:16 1-5. Six furlongs Her Ladyship won. Gaze second. Emigre third; time, 1:45. Flvo furlongs Lief Prince won. Rob ert Waddell second. Screech third; time. 1:03. Races at Memhpla. MEMPHIS. April 23. The track was slow. The results were: Half mile Icon -won, Dick Burgess sec ond. The Auditor third: time. -51. Six furlongs Belle of Memphis won, Andes second. Gold D'Or third; time 1:1 Four and half furlongs, selling Wild PIrato won, Zack Ford second, Sard third: time, :5S. Turf Congress, stakes, one mile Thrive won. The Monk second. The Rush third; time. 1:15. MIlo and sixteenth, selling Russell R. won. Hoods Brigade second, EI Derim third: time. 1:51. Seven furlongs. Belling Verify won. Hand Press second. Cathedral third; time. 1:23. Hnvrklns the "Winner In Two Rounds NEW YORK. April 23. At tho Hercules Athletic Club. Brooklyn. N. Y.. Kid Mc Partland, of New York, and Dal Hawk ins, of California, were billed to box 25 rounds, at 135 pounds, but Hawkins re fused to go on. as McPartland was over weight. The club then put on Jerry Sul livan, of Boston, In place of McPartland. Hawkins was declared the winner at the end of the second. round. Pigeons Better Than Christian Sci ence. Pall Mall Magazine. Paris. If tho following facts were not vouched for by a highly distinguished phy sician. Dr. G. Legue, It would be permis sible to regard them as an Invention sug gested by sundry of the marvelous "cures" In vogue In tho Middle Ages. Dr. Legue was put on the track of his curi ous discovery by one of his patients, who Informed him In tho most casual manner, and as If there were nothing extraordinary about the statement, that she had tried tho "pigeon cure" for meningitis and for the first time with limited success. Dr. Legue had to confess his entire Ignorance of the cure In question, and to ask for an explanation of Its nature. It was then revealed to him that In this skeptical age, and In Paris, of all places In the world, there are people who believe In the effica ciousness, as a remedy for certain mala dies, of the blood of a freshly killed pigeon. The head of the patient to bo treated Is shaved, and then the breast ot the pigeon Is ripped open "by the "opera tor" and the warm and bleeding carcass Immediately app'led to the bared skull. The believers In this cruel and senseless cure Imagine that all fever Is drawn out of the body by the hot Ufeblood. and the quivering flesh, of the pigeon. The extra- THE ONLY ABSOLUTE CURE FOR CATARRH This Assertion Is Borne Out by Published Testimonials From Thousands of Cured Patients. Avoid Dan gerous Cure-Alls, and Get Individual Treatment Under the Copeland Light-fee System. We have repeatedly caUed the at tention of the public to the many different kinds and stages of ca tarrh, the symptoms characteristic of each kind, and the method of treatment required In each form and stage. We have made a lifelong study of catarrh In Its various forms and stages, and have mapped out a line PLAIN TALK FROM Mr. John Llndstrom, Mount Tabor I was a sufferer from catarrh for years. It destroyed my hearing and broke down my health completely. I could not eat a mouthful of food without suffering pain and distress. People had to shout right Into my ears to make me hear. I had no strength, but was a weak, almost use less Invalid, unable to work or enjoy life. Thanks to the skillful treatment of Drs. Mr. John Llndstrom, Mount Tabor, Cured of a Serious Case of Ca tarrh. Copeland and Montgomery, I am now as well as any man can be. My hearing Is also greatly Improved. Mr. J. A. Gavltt, Waltsburg, Wash. I had catarrh all my life, with a dis charge from the left ear. Four years ago J had grip, and grew rapidly worse. My head and ears were stopped up. I was short of breath, and had smothering and choking spells. I had no appetite. What I did eat caused bloating, soreness and distress In the stomach. I could not sleep. My nervous system seemed com pletely shattered. I sent to the Copeland Instltuto for a symptom blank and took a course of treatment. Now I am In per fect health. I consider the home treat ment a Godsend to all the sick who live at a distance from Portland. Mr. John Redmond. McMlnnvllle, Or. I had suffered with catarrh and stomach trouble for years. I took a course of treatment with Drs. Copeland and Montgomery, and they cured me. I have been enjoying good health ever since. Coniultation. Fret. I I l fill THE COPELAND MEDICAL INSTITUTE The Dekum. Third and Waihington W. H. COPELAND, M. D. J. n. MONTGOMERT. M. D. OFFICE notIRS From O A. M. M. from 1 to S P. X. to 13 ordinary thing Is that faith In the cure Is widespread and recourse to It frequent. Dr. Legue, who has thoroughly Investi gated the matter, has been able to obtain the address of a shop In the Central Mar kets at which nothing else Is ro:d but live pigeons destined to this strange pur pose. The business done Is so brisk that the late proprietor. Mme. Michel, has been able to retire, after making a small for tune. Her successor declares that the pigeon cure Is considered a sovereign rem edy for Influenza, since the appearance of which she has "been unable to meet the demand that has arisen for birds. They are also used. It seems. In cases of typhoid fever, but In this Instance two pigeons are nece.sary. and they are applied to the feet of the patient. How Consuls Are Mnde. George F. Parker In April Atlantic The following will Illustrate one way of appointing a Consul, says George F. Par ker In the April Atlantic Early In the present Administration the Republican members of Congress from a Western stato of Importance, met nnd preferred claims to a Consul for each district; all to be appointed upon the formal recom mendation ot the United States Senator. They did not pick out Individual posts, with a man of special fitness for each; both Congressman and candidates knew their business too well to make It other than a wholesale Job. The candidates were chosen at random, nccordlng to per sonal Influence, or party Importance, or vnnvn t ...r.t.A ih niffht fulness, aversion to society, which deprive you of your manhood. UNFITS YOU FOR BUSINESS OR MARRIAGE. , , ,,.,.,,- MIDDLE-AGED MEN who frum excesses and strains have lost their MANLT BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. Syphilis. Gonorrhoea, painful, bloody urine. Gleet. Stricture, enlarged prostate. Sexual Debility, Varicocele, Hydrocele. Kidney and Uver troubles, rared VlTHOUT MERCURY AND OTHER POISONOUS DRUGS. Catarrh and Rheumatism CURED. Dr. Walker's methods are regular and scientific He uses no patent nostrums or ready-made preparations, but cures the disease by thorough medical treatment. His New Pamphlet on Private Diseases sent Free to all men who describe their trouble. PATIENTS cured at home. Terms reasonable. All letters answered la plain envelope Consultation free and sacredly confidential. Call on or address Doctor. Walker, 132 First St.. Corner Alder. Portland, Or. 'SAY AYE 'NO' AND YE'LL NEVER BE MARRIED." DON'T REFUSE ALL OUR ADVICE TO USE SAPOLIO of treatment peculiar to each form and stage that cannot fall to cure If the patient trill dally do his part and use the treatment faithfully. The trouble Is that some patients Trill not follow up their treatment continuously and systematically, as they should, for experience teaches us this Is the only way catarrh, can be permanently cured. PEOPLE YOU KNOW Mr. W. F. Helm, 34S Market street, Portland I am 66 years old. I had suf fered from catarrh and a discharge from Mr. W. F. Helm, 345 Market Street, Portland, Cnrcd of Dlstractlug Head Noises. the left ear for CO years. I was almost totally deaf. At times I could not hear anything at alL I was annoyed with constant noises In my head, like the roaring of a thousand waterfalls. Drs. Copeland and Montgomery cured me. IteT. T. R. A. Sellwood, a well known rector of the Episcopal Church, re siding at Mllwaukle My cose was a very severe one. dating back 20 years. I suffered severely with my head. Grad ually my hearing failed. When I began treatment I was very deaf. Today I hear as well as any man could my hearing has been perfectly restored. Mr. Ernest Kroner, 107 Monroe, street. Portland: Our little boy Leo was a great sufferer from catarrh, compli cated with frequent attacks of tonsllltls. His condition caused us grave alarm; for. In spite of all treatment, he grew steadily worse, and his general health became greatly Impaired. The Copeland physi cians cured him, perfectly. HOME TREATMENT. Patients who live nt a distance caa be treated with perfect success by the aid ot the Copeland Symptom blank, sent free on application. Dr. Copeland Book Fret to AIL EVENINGS Tuesdnys and Fridays. SUNDAYS rrom lO A. M. to 13 M. the relative value of the places. At last every district save one had Its repre sentative abroad In thti one. every plaa short of advertising had been tried, for moro than a year, to get a man for a small place In France. Finally, a lawyer In a remote village agreed to accept It He was nominated, confirmed and sailed for his post, without any notice whatever to his predecessor, from the President J or the Department, of his appointment. ' His arrival, with commission and order- for possession, was the flrst notice to I an Incumbent whoso retention had been J promised. The new official had probably not thought of France since he recited; his geography lesson 30 years before in oomo district school, while his manner gave the Impression that he had flrst heard the name of the town to which ha had come, when appointed as Its Consul. "66 HOURS TO ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS" Via the Great Northern Railway. Train leaves Portland dally at 6:20 P. M. Connects at St. Paul Union Depot for Chicago. St. Louis and all points cast and south. For tickets, rates, etc, call at City Ticket Office, 122 Third street. f i ' Montana is said to have mined 340,000,009 worth of copper last year. This beats the gold or silver record of any state In the Union. jipl TWENTY YEARS OF SUCCESS In the treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver. kldn6y and stomach disorders, constipation, diarrhoea. dropsical swellings. Brlgbt's disease, etc KIDNEY AND URINARY Complaints, painful, dtracjlt, too frequent, milky o bloody urine, unnatural discharges speedily cured. DISEASES OF THE RECTUM Buch as piles, fistula, fissure, ulceration, mucous and bloody discharges, cured without the knife, pain or confinement. DISEASES OF MEN Blood poison, gleet, a trie turn, unnatural losses, la. potency, thorougnly cured. No failures. Cures guar- emissions, dreams, exhausting drains, bash- '' - m . . V As'' -4v.. - -.X.' -,- -r