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But the patient, help ful nose is barbar ously treated, and the French name for eye glass, pince-nez (pinch-nose) was well selected Let me show you a new thing In Bye glasses which was contrived for nose comfort. When you wear a pair of my Eyeglasses your nose will be as lucky as your eyes. WALTER REED Er Specialist 133 SIXTH STREET OREGOXIAX' BDILDXXQ WAR ALMOST OVER British View of Situation in South Africa. EVIDENCE OF BOER DEMORALIZATION Lord Roberts Wm "Welcomed to Kroonstad Dutch, However, Hare Suffered Small Material Loss. LONDON, May 14. J A. M. "The war Is practically over," says the Dally Chron-' icle's Kroonstad correspondent, and, in I less definite terras, this Is. the view to be J gathered from all the correspondents.. They picture the Boers as utterly demor- j allzcd and disheartened by Lord Roberts unexpectedly rapid advance, and by hlsl facile turning of the carefully prepared po sitions of the Boers. There was prao tlcally no fighting, and there are no fur-j ther details to give respecting the occupa tlon of Kroonstad. The correspondent ol the Dally Telegraph sajs: j "The Union Jack was hoisted in the I market place by Mrs. Lockhead. the Amer- I lean wife of a Scotchman. Most of the horses of the Boers are in a wretched con dition, but President Kruger declares he will continue the war." It appears that the Boers at Kroonstad had been reinforced by 3000 men from , iaiui iasi rrjoay, ana mat aitogemer 10,000, with 20 guns, trekked from Kroon stad on the approach of Lord Roberts. The Boers made an ineffectual stand at Boschrand. and had elaborate entrench ments in front of Kroonstad, which of fered great facilities for a rear-guard ac tion. Their only anxiety, however, ap pears to. have been to get away safely with all their guns and convoys, which again they have successfully accomplished. The few stores they were unable to carry away, they burned. President Stern la represented, as having been frantic with rage, and as having kicked and cuffed the burghers, after vainly imploring them to continue the fight. Lord Roberts, after a march which is regarded worthy of being ranked with his famous march to Kandahar, has thup cov ered another stage of his campaign, a stage which, although successful and with out the mistakes and misfortunes that characterized the earlier stages, leaves the Boer forces quite Intact, not having lost a gun and having lost very few men. Ex perience has taught the critics to be chary of accepting reports of Boer demoraliza tion. The Times says: "The signs point to military break-down on the part of the Boers, but after experi ences of the past, we cannot accept the renorts of dprnorn.ll2a.tfon without rpsrvc. The game of war must be strictly played I out to the end." Llndley, the new Free State capital, la 45 miles southeast of Kroonstad, half way to Bethlehem, and was probably selected as a convenient rendezvous for tho com mand, that is now .retiring before General Brabant and General Rundle, In, the Tha. banchu district. Brabant has occupied Hoepellok. half way on the road from Tbabanchu to Ladyorand. There Is not a word of news regarding General Boiler's, movements or from tho far western side. Nothing is known, therefore, of the progress of the Mafeklug relief column. From the "War Correspondents. The Lourenco Marques correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Sunday, says: "It is rumored that the Transvaal Raad, In secret session, has resolved to order all residents. Irrespective of nationality, to assist in the defense of the Republic, in accordance with the terms of the amend ed military laws. The Boers recognize that they are now In the last extremity, and all sorts and conditions of men are being commandeered. The merchants here have protested against the stoppage of a consignment of clothing and corned beef, of which the latter was purchased In America. United States Consul Hollls, whose sympathies are notorious, Is said to have remonstrated against what he called "interference with American trade." " The Standard publishes the following from Durban, dated Sunday. "There are persistent rumors here of heavy fighting In Natal. A Red Cross train left last night for the north." A dispatch to the Times from Kroonstad, dated Sunday, says: "It Is reported that President Kruger in tends moving to Lydenburg as soon as he is Joined by President Steyn, who left yesterday with General Botha. The coun try between Bpschplatt and Kroonstad might have been effectively held if the spirit had been willing." WELCOMED TO ICROOXSTAD. Acnte Quarrel Between, the Trans vaaler and "Free-Staters. KROONSTAD. Saturday, May 12. The arrival of Lord Roberts was balled with enthusiasm hv all tha British InhnblLints. Three hundred Free-Staters were anxious j to surrender. The bridge to the south had 1 not been destroyed, but the large bridge 1 near the town had been demolished. The Irish brigade with the Federals yesterday burned the goods shed. The Boers are now trekking to the "Vaal River, where they are entrenched. General French encamped northeast of the town and dispatched a force to cut the line. The project succeeded late at night, but unfortunately after the depar ture of the last tram. Although the troops had .marched 16 miles they were In excel lent form on entering the town. Many arrests have been made, chiefly of those who had maligned the British. President Steyn has gone to Llndley, the new seat of the Free State Government. A number of the burghers are trekking homeward. The opposition In the Free State is practically over. All the pris oners in the hands of the British here agree that the quarrel between the Free- Staters and the Transvaalers is so acute that the Transvaalers have decided to ' leave their allies, whom they accuse of j cowardice and lack of patriotism. I Most of the Transvaal prisoners say that if defeated at the Vaal River the Boers ' will retreat to Pretoria, but there appears to be a growing distrust in the Transvaal Government. In a word, the backbone of , the Boer resistance seems to have been j broken. The burghers are fighting with out their previous stubbornniss They ! seem ready to retreat on the slightest pretext. The prisoners, even the Transvaalers, appear glad to have been captured. They say they are sick of a war which can have only one end. Several have exclaimed: "We have lost our liberty, but why should we lose our lives?" BERLIN, May 13. The occupation of KroonsUnd by Lord Roberts without re sistance has caused great surprise here. The military expert of the Lokal Anzeiger finds an explanation In the fact that many of the Boers have deserted. He says: "Lord Roberts advance was splendldly executed. It is worthy to be placed beside tho Kandahar expedition. The situation is now changed so greatly' In favor of the British that the fate of the Boers Is settled," President's Steyn's movement eastward Is interpreted as confirming the rumors of bickerings between the Transvaalers and the Free-Staters. HOW LONG "WILL IT LAST? Spencer "Wilkinson Expects Boer Ov erthrow In Three to Six Months. NEW YORK, May 13. Spencer "Wilkin son, of London, in an article on "How Long Will the Boer War Lastr which will appear In the forthcoming edition of Leslio's Weekly, says: "In the Summer of 1S51 there were prob ably few men In or out of the United States who foresaw that the "War of tho Secession would last four years: if any held that opinion he gained little cred enco for it at any time. In June, 165, only those who had special opportunities ot knowing the condition of the Prussian army foresaw that the Austrian Empire would be suing for peace wlthm six weeks of the outbreak of the then pending hos tilities. The duration of war depends partly upon the nature of the country In which it is waged, but more upon the rela tivo resources of the two belligerents and the energy and determination which each of them throws Into It. The last named Is probably the most Important factor. 1 have from the beginning expressed the be lief that the Boers would make a desper ate fight. According to their view, the cause for which they are in arms Is that of their Independence or their National existence, and for this cause every com munity will fight harder and longer than for any other. ' "Great Britain is fighting for the unity of her Empire and for the moral exist ence of the British Nation. It is a cause which appeals less directly to the intelli gence of the masses than that of inde pendence, and the disproportion between the resources of the British and those of the Boers Is so great that neither the Boer Government nor the constituencies by whose tone it is accustomed to guide It self are able to realize the Importance of extreme exertions to bring the war speed ily to an end. "In the present case, the British Govern ment group of politicians In charge of the nation's affairs Is not ret more than half awake, and If the provision made for the ! conduct of the war 'should prove insuf ficient there would be considerable delay before fresh exertions by way of prepara tion would produce a visible result. "I hardly expect the resistance of the Boer armies In the fleia to be prolonged for much more than three months. But I should not be surprised if the effective occupation of the whole country required a further six months of continuous ef fort. "There are now under the command of Lord Roberts altogether 190.000 men, and even if the moat liberal deductions be made for casualties of all sorts, for In valids, for garrisons left on the communi cations, and for troops stationed In the districts lately disaffected, and it we allow that there may be in Natal 40,000 to supply a field force of 30,000, there Is still abuna ant material for Lord Roberts to attack the Boers with a force outnumbering their whole army. On the lowest estimate of what the British commander of Natal can do, ho must hold fast a respectable frac tion of the Boer forces. The remainder cannot, without great danger, fight a pitched battle against Lord Roberts, for In that case his attack will certainly en velope them and involve them lq disaster. At the best they can delay him and haras his communications. It Is little moreAhauo ...,,,.u c miutu niu iuomiuaiein to Pretoria. The Boers, by the various ex pedients open to them, of rear guard ac tions and of raids on the communications, may prolong this time by a couple ot months: but in the process, even though they escape crushing defeat, their army would be used up. After that there is nothing left to them but guerrilla warfare, or the attempt at a wholesale 'trek to the north. "This appears to me to be the normal forecast, but I have no personal knowl edge either of the country or of the peo ple, and there are many unknown ele ments which conceal various possibilities which I cannot gauge. The whole of South Africa Is inhabited by Kaffir tribes, who far outnumber all the whlto settlers. If the Kaffirs were to Join In the fight on one side or the other no one can foresee what 1 would happen. A second set of possiblll- j ties lies In the general course of the J ui,uo atLo.no. j.ne lunger tne auration of the war the greater the scope for the occurrence of unexpected events In some other quarter of the globe, which might modify the whole situation." CRONJE'S FALIj A FATAL BLOW. Dutch Wonld Xot at First Believe It Then Co urn pre Left. LONDON, May 5. The Daily News cor respondent, A. G. Hales, who was taken prisoner by the Boers and returned by them to General Gatacre. sends his paper an account of how the Boers' received the news of Cronje's surrender. He was at Burgerodorp when the news came through. He writes: "When the news came the folks would not believe It. They would Just as soon have believed that the sun could fall from the heavens and leave the earth in dark ness as that Cronje, the iron-willed, tiger hearted Cronje, could throw down his arms. Had the news came that he had made a mad rush at our guns and per ished with all his men around him they might have believed it believed It and wept, and even as they wept they would have sworn to avenge him. But they would not, they could not, and they did not be. Heve that he. the man in whom they had placed their faith, had surrendered with thousands ot his men. "Bu at last tho truth became known; some who had escaped from Cronje's laager brought in the fateful news, and then stolid-looking fighting men broke down. They wept like boys, great, rugged, bearded men dashed their rifles on the ground and spurned them with their boots, whilst down their sun and wind-tanned faces the tears poured steadily. Othert took the news sadly, with chins droop ing on their chests, with hard, set faces, while with passionate pain too deep for words they stood leaning on their rifle, with hands hard gripped, until one would think the tightened muscles would leave the Impress of the straining fingers upon the cold steels Others crowded together and looked dumbly from face to face, like cattle foregathered to the shambles. The blow had stunned them. "To them Cronje was something more than a man: he was an JdoL What the great Corsican was to the French sol diery after the battle of Austerlltz, so Cronjo was to these rude farmers; Had Paul Kniger betrayed them to the foes- for the rake of British gold, they would not have felt the shock as they felt this ono man's surrendei. If Cronje had loved his country half as well as his country loved him. he would have marched right on to the point of a British bayonet on that morning so disastrous to the Boer arms, and have yielded up his life in order that, the memory of his name might have remained as & watchword on the lips and hearts of his gallant yeoman soldiery. . "When the crash came, when the Boem knew for a certainty that Cronje had y elded, they felt that their Idol was shat tered. He had been to them a a god fashioned out of marble: they found him at last to be only a man made out of mud. and when he fell, the Cape Dutch cause and the Orange Free State fell with him. When he laid down his arms he launched a thunderbolt Into the Boer camp which wrecked it forever.'' AGAINST A SUBSIDY Report of the Minority of the House Committee. OPPOSES PRINCIPLE AND DETAIL Bill Wonld Pay to Carry Customers Away Rather Than Encour age Carrying Produce. WASHINGTON. May 13. The minority report on the shipping subsidy bill, oppos ing that measure, has been filed in the House by the majority of the members of the Democratic minority ot the committee on merchant marine and fisheries. Rep resentative Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, drew the report, which was signed also by Representatives De Vrics. ot California: Daly, of New Jersey, and Splght, of Mis sissippi. Three other Democrats of the committee Chandler, Small and Rarsdell GENERAL IX COJDIASD OF COLONIAL TROOrS have heretofore submitted their views, up holding the general principle of Govern ment aid to the merchant marine, but pointing out defects In the bill. The present report, therefore, represents the opposition to the measure, both In prin ciple and in detail. x In the main. It Is an argument against Government subsidies, and asserts that most of the proposed $3,000,000 subsidy will go to a few favored concerns without building up American chipping In general or encouraging Ameri can exports. The report quotes a recent utterance of President McKlnley on the remarkable In crease of our shipbuilding, and says, in part: "Our foreign trade, then, is increasing with wonderful rapidity and our shipbuild ing industry is remarkably prosperous without subsidy. "Why, then, should the whole country be taxed to provide gratui ties for industries which are now prosper ous and which have every prospect of con tinuing to be more and more prosperous? "Even If our foreign commerce were in a declining rather than In a fairly pros perous condition, it Is improbable that the present bill would give any relief, and for the following reasons: "Because subsidies are graded according to the speed ami capacity of ships, and are more than twice as high per ton of ca pacity for the swift passenger steamer, which carries but little cargo, as for ordi nary freight steamers, which carry 80 to SO per cent of our exports. The subsidy, therefore, if it affects rates at all, will affect passenger rather than freight rates. As only about 5 per cent of the total ton nage of the world's shipping Is subsidized, and as nearly all of the present subsidy goes to passenger and mail steamers, the hopelessness of trying by subsidy to lower freight rates and increase commerce Is ap parent. Unlimited subsidy would be necessary to lower general freight rates. If any one country attempts by subsidy to secure lower rates, the subsidy must go to all ships carrying freight. Otherwise, the moment the few subsidized ships lower rates for one country, the unsubsldlzed ships (tramp steamers, etc) will with draw to other service, and rates for this particular country will go back to the world's level. Hence It is practically be yond the ability of, any one country to materially reduce by subsidy its ocean rates, and in this way to Increase its for eign trade. "The bill does not sufficiently provide for subsidies based upon the amount of freight carried, nor does It require any de crease In freight rates. "It cannot be shown, from the history of subsidies, that they ever materially low ered freight rates or increased the com merce of the countries granting them. Trade conditions and not trade theories fix the rates which shippers will pay, and which shipowners can get. "Neither does the history of subsidies show that any country has ever built up Its merchant marine in this way. Our experience with the Collins Brazilian mall lines is the experience of all other countries which have given real subsidies. "As the Government could not under the proposed law take American ships for cruisers or transports on any more fa vorable terms than It can now obtain, viz.. by paying for them all they are worth, it will on this score get nothing in return for Its krvish subsidy expenditures. Neither Is there anything In the bill which would provide American seamen for our National defense. In no way, then, would thisblll provide for the National defense. On the contrary, by draining 19,000 000 a year from our National Treasury. It weakens our Na tional defense by taking money which might otherwise be invested In more ships or transports, provisions, ammunition, etc, in case ot war. "Such-a large amount of subsidy prac- . . stmzz. tically put at the disposal of the few who benefit by this bill cannot but tend to unite, even more closely than now, the great shipbuilding, shlpownlng and rail road Interests concerned in this measure. By the time these few Interests bring in their foreign-owned ships and get their ships now being built into the subsidy race, the 0,000.000 limit will undoubtedly be reached. Hence, It will be to their in terest to combine to "stop competition and to prevent their subsidy rates and profits from declining. "We believe that such a combination would be completed soon af ter the passage ot this bill. "We .place no faith In the anti-trust amendment. All the Federal and state anti-trust laws now In existence have proved futile and have not lessened the rapid growth of trusts. "We see no reason fos thinking that this anti-trust amend ment would prove more effective. "By this bill, wh.ch professes to be In tended to Increase the exportation of American produce, the Government Is asked to pay to the stockholders of a single ship line $1,500,000 a year for carry ing .abroad In Its four first-class passen ger ships, not American products, but American tourists, who can afford to travel and spend their money In Europe. That is. the Government is asked to pay. not for the exportation of American pro duce, but for the exportation of American customers." BRABANT. IX THE LAOYBRAXD DISTRICT. The report contends that even if subsi dies are justifiable In building up an en terprise such as the Pacific roads, yet there Is no justification for "a reward to existing lines." As showing the propor tions of the proposed subsidy it is stated that 59.000,000 a year "constitutes interest upon $450,000,000 at the rate now yielded by our Government bonds," and it is urged that the Government could better afford to uso this aggregate to "build ships and give them away than to make the dona tions provided in this bill." Encouragement for Old Ships. It Is stated that $230,000 would go to ships over 20 years old, and therefore en couraging the running of these old ships for the sake of subsidy until they go to the bottom with crew and cargo. The report, while It does not advocate the free-ship theory, points out that in Its investigations the committee found that every Ration except the United States allowed its citizens to purchase ship where they pleased. In answer to the proposition that other nations -are Increas ing their shipping by subsidies, the re port points out that Great Britain, which ha3 the largest shipping, subsidizes less than 3 per cent of her tonnage, and tins Is on mail subsidies, except $1,073,000. The report contains what is stated to be the actual figures of operating the St. Paul, of the American line, and the Cam pania, of the Cunard line, showing an in creased cost of running of the former of $19,900 per year, and this, the report states, would be met by a subsidy of about r,000. The report quotes from the manifests of a number of freight and passenger ships, showing that the freight ers; which carry the product of the farm and warehouse, receive about one-fifth that of the passenger craft. In conclu sion, the objections are summed up as fol lows: Objections Summed Up. L. "The objects professed in the title are entirely forgotten in the body of the bill. 2. "It Is reasonably certain that th most of the subsidy would go to lines already established and prosperous. 3. "Under this bill the ordinary freight steamers, which carry 0 to 90 per cent of our agricultural exports, will get but a fraction of the amount of subsidy which the passenger steamers wou'd receive, al though the latter carry less than 10 per cent of our agricultural exports. 4. "Under this bill a ship can run prac tically In ballast and draw subsidy. "We believe that when freight is not promptly offered It will pay a certain class of chips to run empty rather than to wait for cargo. 5. "This bill could tax all our citizens to provide extra profit for a favored few in this favored industry- 6. "The professions of this bill are In sincere and Its principles are unsound. "We believe that the best Interests of thi3 Nation do not demand the passage of this or of any similar bill." IClplInp; Indorses Appeal. LONDON. May 13.-Rudyard Klnllna brought from Cape Town the appeal ot a well-known Wesleyan minister to the president of tha British "Weeleyan Con ference in favor ot the annexation ci the two Republics. To this appeal, Mr. Kipling 'adds: t "If, through any Intellectual lascivious nes3, we in England prefer to tickle emo tion by being generous once again at other people's expense when the settle ment comes, all this weary, bloody work will havo to be done anew from the be ginning, five or 10 years back. I assume that you have full knowledge of the sit uation in South Africa, but I do not think you can realize how passionately and eagerly the loyalists look to Eng- land for a. sign that the mother country will neither desert them nor betray them to the Dutch." ON THITHER COAST A Plan to Get Gold on tha Siberian Shore. SYNDICATE OBTAINED CONCESSIONS, Expedition on Foot to Examine tk Country American Miners WiH Be Invited to Go There. NEW YORK. May 13. New gold fields' rivaling In richness the deposits ot Caps Nome will be opened to American miners, if the expectations of the members of thai Russian expedition, which arrived last night on the Campania, on its way to Northeastern Siberia, are fulfilled. Vladimir "Wonlarlarricy, a Colonel of the Russian Ijperial Guard, obtained tha concession of the Siberian tract which tha expedition Is to examine. There wera more than 40 applicants for the grant, which had been sought with eagernesa since the discovery of gold on the Ameri can side of Behring Sea. By means o court Influence, Wonlarlarsky carried off the prize. He formed a company in Rus sia, which planned the present expedi tion, headed by A. Bogdanovlfch. a Rus sian engineer. It Is understood that a subsidiary company has been formed la England In connection with the conces sion, but secrecy is maintained in regard to the English and American Interests'. Miners who have visited the Siberian coast by stealth have reported that it la practically the same as the Nome coast, consisting ot a strip of beach, behind which lies a tundra, or belt of gold-bearing sand. Many companies have been formed to work dredges and pumps off the coast of Cape Nome, In order to draw up the precious sand where it reaches the beach. It Is expected that the operation of these appliances will be prevented by the beach miners, and that apparatus in which large capital has been Invested will be idle, unless new fields are opened to W, If the expedition to Siberia finds- what It expects, the company will Invite pumps and dredges to cross to the Siberian shore and operate there upon payment of a royalty. Hooley, the English promoter, has noth ing to do with the plan. George D. Rob erts, who Is a veteran California miner, will be a member of the exploring party. Mr. Roberts has made a study of gold deposits In sea sands, and has a plan for extracting the gold from the frozen tun dra. The expedition will sail from San Francisco about June 1, after the Rus sians have conferred with the Russian Minister at "Washington. It will return about November 1, and expecto then to be able to make a complete report of tho possibilities of the region. Mr. Roberts said today that, from In formation which he had received, the de posit of gold on the Siberian coast prom ised to be the most valuable ever discov ered. No attempt will be made to work tho tundra this year, but the party hopes to be able to make some contracts with American owners of pumps and dredges. " GETTING READY TO QUIT. Congress Will Probably Adjourn About June 20. "WASHINGTON. May 13. The Housa this- week will send to the Senate tho last of the general supply bills the gen eral deficiency and tho Military Academy appropriation bills and will be ready for adjournment as soon as the Senate shall pass them and adjust the differences be tween the two houses upon those already paesed or pending in conference. These conference reports on appropriation bills are to be given the right of way from now until the end of the session. Tho House leaders say they will be ready for the sine die adjournment June 1, but, al lowing for delays and accidents Incident to the closing up of the session, they are not inclined to think both houses will be ready to quit before June 20. Later on If complications- arise in the Senate the House may emphasize Its readiness to adjourn by adjourning over from day to day while the Senate is In. the final throes of dissolution. The general de ficiency bill will be taken up tomorrow, and It will be followed by the Military Academy bilL It is understood) the Senats Army reorganization- bill may be taken up on Wednesday. The remainder of tha week until Saturday will be devoted tar miscellaneous matters. StUI the Clark Case. The Senate tomorrow will resume con sideration of the naval appropriation bill, and it Is expected that the measure wjli be passed dur'ng the day. Senator Chan dler has given notice that he wilL call, up the Clark case on Tuesday, and that he will endeavor to "keep it before tht Senate until a vote Is reached. This pro gramme will meet with some objection, but it is expected the greater part of tho week will be devoted to consideration of this case. Senator "Wolcott some tlms ago gave notice that he would call up the postofflce appropriation bill, and It Is thought that It might be disposed of in a day or two. Thre may be a clash over the Montana case and other business, but the Clark contest seems to be tha only event of importance for the week. ANOTHER ROAD FOR PORTLAND Chicago, Roclc Island & Pacific Hat Already Made a Survey. CHICAGO. May 13. The Record tomor row will sayt It Is rumored that the Chicago. Rock. Island & Pacific will extend its line to Portland, Or. Denver Is the present West ern terminus of this road. It Is said tho final survey has been finished between Denver and Ogden, and tracklaylng o that part of the extension will begin this Summer. A preliminary survey has beea made between Ogden and Portland. t Quiet Sunday for Dewey. KNOXVILLE. Tenn., May 13. Admiraf Dewey passed a quiet Sunday. He at tended St. John's Episcopal Church in tha morning and spent the remainder of tha day in his rooms. GRAND RAPIDsTMich., May 13. Ad miral Dewey has definitely decided to in clude Grand Rapids In his Western tour next month, and has set the day as Juna 1L Cholera Continues to Rase. LONDON. May 14. The Bombay corre spondent of the Times says: The cholera continues to rage In tho famine camps. There have been 400 deaths In three days at Mandive. So numerous are the cases at Godra that it is impossible to collect the bodies, which He for days in the sun. The people have fled and cannot be induced to return. A simllax state of things prevails at Broach. Rooseveltn Gone to Oyster Bay. WASHINGTON. May 13. Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt left today for Oyster Bay, L. L, where they are to stay a short tlm before returning to Albany. - --ju rfaJ - i. -- T f ,.- igjCSaiitli