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If they are put back In the frames wrong It will mean an injury to your eyes. I make a specialty of repairing compli cated lenses. WALTER REED Eye Specialist 13S SIXTH STREET OREGOM.U BOH.DIAQ BULLER'S BOLD MOVE Successful Turning of the Boer Position in Natal. HE IS EXPECTED TO PU5H ON Heater Operatlnc In TraBrraal Ter ritoryFree Staters Wealeenlas Treatmemt of Prisoner. LONDON, May 15, 3:45 A. M. General Bullet's, turning of the BIggarsberg posi tion was made by a bold movement. The Boers had evacuated Helpmaaker, but were making a stand Monday evening at Blespoplaagte, seven miles from Dundee. The corps on the spot "regarded this as a rear-guard action, Intended to cover the retreat of the army. At the same time General Hildyard took Innoba. and it is reported that the Boers withdrew in dis order. General Buller, who seems to be employing his full strength, is expected to push on. His first marches were 40 miles in three days. He is thus breaking Into British territory which has been admin istered for six months by the Transvaal era as though It were part of the repub lic, they holding courts and levying taxes. His success, therefore, has political aa well as military consequences. While Lord Roberts' infantry are con centrating at Kroonstad, where they will rest for a day or two. his horsemen have penetrated IS miles northward. In the squadron which cut the railway 15 mllea beyond Kroonstad was -the American scout, Frederick Burnham. Two hundred Boers who bad hidden In the river Jungles near Kroonstad to es cape service have surrendered to the Brit ish and taken the oath of allegiance. According to a dispatch from Bennett Burleigh to the Dally Telegraph, dated Thursday. May 10, Paul Botha and Mac Donald, members of the Free State Volks raart, demanded that the chairman should call a meeting to sue for peace, as further resistance was suicidal, and proposed to make President Steyn a prisoner. Nothing definite has been heard about the expected relief of Mafeking. The Cape Town correspondents continue to wire that relief Is imminent, fixing Tuesday or "Wednesday as probable dates. Inquirers at the "War Office are told that the news of the relief will be made public immedi ately upon its receipt. No word had come to hand at midnight. The latest supposition concerning Gen eral Hunter Is that possibly he Is march ing up the north bank of the Vaal, with a force sufficient, in co-operation with Lord Roberts, to render Boer defense ol the Vaal frontier Impracticable. East of Bloemfonteln, General Rundle Is advancing toward Ladybrand. His troops and those of General Brabant are stretched over a distance of 30 miles. Tho Boers are described as quite disor ganized and as retreating northward. President Steyn's Lieutenants trying to rally them. The same stories of rising disintegration come from nearly everj point where the English correspondents are. Mr. Hollawcll, formerly a corre spondent at Mafeklng. who was put over the- Transvaal -border,, telegraphing from Lourenco Marques, Sunday, says: "Judging from talks I have had with the Boers, the end of the war will come In a month or six weeks. Mr. Stelnkampf, chairman of the 8econd Raad. who trav eled with me, said If the burghers were pressed from Pretoria they would retire to tho district of the Leydenberg Moun tains, which had already been provis ioned. He remarked that he hoped the burghers would stand firm, but he feared that they were too broken In spirit. I gathered from him that the whole avail able force of the Transvaal is now In the field, the final commandeering having taken place last Thursday, and that It Is only the powerful magnetism of Presi dent Kruger that Is getting his burghers together." At the British hospitals In Bloemfonteln deaths from fever average from S to 10 dally. The War Office has published a dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Kroonstad, Sun day, May 13. giving the correspondence between Lord Roberts and President Kru ger relative to the alleged Ill-treatment of Colonial prisoners. The Transvaal's reply was .to the effect that there was no dif ference In the treatment of the prisoners, and that only a few who had contro verted martial law, or who had tried to escape, or who. It had been suspected, might try to escape, had been placed In Jail for security. Otherwise they had been treated like the other prisoners of war. Regarding enteric fever, the Government of the Transvaal said It was prevalent among the prisoners, and every remedial measure had been taken. Lord Roberts replied April 22 that he was glad to receive President Kruger's assurances, and pointed out that no dlf ferencewas made by the British authori ties In regard to the Boer prisoners against whom there might be reasonablt ground for suspicion that they would try to escape, adding that such exceptions gave room for abuse by officials without the knowledge of the authorities. THE CAMPAIGN IX NATAL. Bailer's Movements, as Reported by the Boers. PRETORIA. Saturday, May 12. VIa Lourenco Marques). A war bulletin has been Issued here announcing that the British are advancing against the Feder als at Helpmaaker and Tonders Nek. The burghers this morning attacked Mafe klng. The telegraphist at Malope says that a heavy rifle and cannon fire was heard before 6 o'clock today, and that the Kaf fir location was In flames within an hour, and was totally destroyed. At 10 o'clock, he adds, everything was quieter. At a meeting of 350 Afrikander women, held yesterday, it was resolved to ask the Government for arms and ammuni tion, and suggest that they do the work of the men officials In the town, who they declared, "ought to be fighting at the front." The resolution was carried unan imously. The Vojkstem asserts that the British .prisoners In the hands of the Boers will first feel the effects of the embargo placed on tinned meats and c'othlng destined for the Transvaal at Delagoa Bay. GERMANY'S COLONIES. State Department Investigating: In the Sonthern Republics. WASHINGTON. May 14. In view of the significant references to the enforce ment of the Monroe Doctrine by Secretary Root. Senator Lodge and other promi nent men, the State Department has taken steps to secure data on the subject. The burden of these speeches has been the startling increase of the German col onies In South and Central America, which have been regarded as menacing the Monroe Doctrine. It has also been asserted that these German colonists maintain 'their home customs In the new land," deal almost exclusively with Ger- many, use only the German language, have almost autonomous governments within the limits of the American Repub lics and are, In fact, little Gcrmanys wherever located The Sate Department has addressed Instructions to every Minister and Con sul In South and Central America to In form the department fully on all points to which reference has been made. Of course. Germany is not referred to by name, for such a direction might natur ally give umbrage to the German Gov ernment. The circular applies to colo nists of all nationalities, though It Is, of course, expected that the Consuls, in com piling their reports, will differentiate the colonists. GENERAL CONFERENCE. Important Matters to Be Considered This Week. CHICAGO. May 14. The M. E. Con ference today adopted a motion, made by Bishop Hurst, that a commission be cre ated by the General Conference consist ing of one delegate from each district to select 129 delegates to the Ecumenical Methodist Conference In London. A lit tle politics was Injected into the pro ceedings by a resolution to allow dele gates the privilege of vacant seats In their delegations for their friends. This was opposed, on the ground that It gave too much operation for lobbying, and was defeated. The time of the session was extended to hear Chairman Buckley's report No. 2 from the committee on episcopacy, the report being on the effectiveness of the board of general superintendents. The re port, which was adopted after a short debate, recommended that the whole list of present acting bishops be declared ef fective. The conference then adjourned for the day. Following the choice of bishops will come tho election of editors for the var ious Christian Advocates and of secre taries for the different church societies. The book concern committee is expected to report on the consolidation or aband onment of several of the unprofitable weeklies Wednesday, and the number at editors to be voted for will probably be smaller than at any previous conference. The questions of the right of women to seats in the general conference and of laymen to representation in the annual conference will. If possible, be taken up later In the week. Following this the committee on the state of the church will deal with the question of amusements and what to do with the discipline on this point. The committee on temperance, of which Samuel Dixie, of Michigan, is chairman, and of which Congressman Johnson, of North Dakota, author and champion of the anti-canteen law. Is a member, adopt ed resolutions today which. In the minds of a. number of the committeemen at least. Is a direct slap at President Mc Klnley because of his acquiescence in the decision of Attorney-General Griggs, de claring the law Ineffective. The resolu tions are a portion of the report of a sub committee into whose hands the task had been placed, and were adopted In the face of a motion to substitute for them a minority report from Dr. Jacob Price, of the New York conference, after a two hours debate. In which tho members al ternately arraigned and championed. Pres ident McKlnley in his stand on the anti canteen law. The report reads as follows: 'We are. however, chagrined, humillat- edHand rxasnera'ted "bv the tiuprfte'flnd absurd construction placed up"on t"fie ant!-' canieen jaw, so cauea, Dy me Attorney General of the United States, and with all due respect to his exalted station we record the fact that we are pained and disappointed at tho course of the Presi dent in accepting as final and satisfactory an opinion without binding force. Such an abuse of power Is nullification in Its most dagerous form. Upon the President, as Commander-in-Chief of " our Army, rests the responsibility for the canteen saloon, an evil which he has ample power to suppress, and which, to quote the epis copal address, 'la a more deadly foe than bullets or tropic heat.' We urge upon the i President an early exercise of the power vested in nlm trt Via anH flint iv -itVi.- itv f th, r..n,.nt r.7:..;r?fc.i.-LM ..-... i- . . ., C, A. . I y usuce wnue, ana .nose relating to i AVnite said used to place temptation before the sol- n ,.', v.. t..-... o. . ."l.e saxa ... dier shall' be used to save him as far as! possible, from the moral hazards Incident to military life." After a stormy session the committee on episcopacy today decided to recom mend to the general conference that two new bishops be elected, to provide for pos sible deaths on the Board during the next four years. The time limit for Methodist preachers seems doomed. By a vore of S2 to 21 the committee on Itinerancy today decided to presant to the general conference a re port favoring the abolition of the time limit pow before the conference. IN CENTRAL AFRICA. Germany Selxlnfj Congo Free State Territory. LONDON, May 15. Lionel Decla, who Is conducting a Cape-to-Calro expedition, fitted up by the London Dally Telegraph, sends by wire and steamer from Uvlla, north of Lake, Tanganyika, tho following: "The situation bere is critical. The Germans have forcibly seized all the Con. go Free State territory up to Ruzlzl Riv er, occupying 3000 square miles of Congo Territory with 1000 soldiers,. 15 officers and cannon. "The Belgian officer withdrew from his station under threat of instant attack. The Germans burned the station. Their officers acted on instructions from Mer lin." Bomb Explosion In Paris. PARIS, May 15, 5 A. M. Some commo tion was caused about 9 o'clock last even ing on the Avenue des Champs Elysees by the explosion of a bomb under a car riage of M. Raphael, the banker, who was accompanied by his wife. The explo sion occurred Just as the carriage reached the Junction of the avenue with the Rue Bolthle. Although considerably fright ened, the occupants of the carriage were not hurt. Dreyfus In Paris. NEW TORK, May 14. Captain Alfred Dreyfus left Geneva last evening and ar rived with his wife in Paris this morning, says a Paris dispatch to the Herald. The Government Is much worried by this journey, which was quite unlooked for. and will take measures to have him leave as soon as possible, owing to Its fear of demonstrations. Tne German Torpedo Fleet. BERLIN, May 14. The torpedo flotilla arrived at Mayence at noon today. The' Grand Duke of Hesse went on board the! vessel or ine iiouiia commander, and the guns of the fort saluted. Immense throngs lined the shores. Two steamers containing the military and civil author ities greeted the arrivals. Ashnntee Rebellion. ACCRA, May 14. Runners who arrived here today report that Kumassie Is still closely lnested by theAshantecs, but that the garrison is holding out. The Adasis. .neighboring tribes?, threaten the BekwaI,'who arc loyal to th'o govern ment, ' THEINHERITANCETAX Supreme Court Declares the Law is Constitutional. IT APPLIES TO LEGACIES ONLY Aad Not to Estates As a. Whole Ex planation of the Progressive Feature of Ike Law. WASHINGTON, May 14 The Supreme Court of the United States today an nounced opinions in the cases arising un der inheritance tax provisions of the war revenue act, and also In a case Involving the applicability of the state Inheritance tax law of New Tork to estates com posed of Government bonds. TheTe were five decision under the Federal law, and one under the state law, but two In the former class applied, as did one of. tho latter class, to tho taxaUbn of Govern- SHELBY M. CULLOM, OF ILLINOIS. . v rt -ft "WHOSE RE-ELECTIOX.TO THE UXITED STATES SEXATE IS ASSURED. ment bonds. The court held that neither ' argued that It cannot operate with geo under the state nor National enactment J graphical uniformity. Inasmuch as testa were National bonds exempt from taxa- I mentary and Intestacy laws may differ tlon. The validity of the general Federal I in every state. It is certain that the law was affirmed, but It was held to be J same degree of relationship or want of purely applicable to legacies and not to relationship to the deceased, wherever the entire estate of deceased persons, the i existing. Is levied on at the sams rate court holding that the tax Is on the pass- I throughout the United States. The tax Ing of legacies or distributive shares of. j is hence uniform throughout the United personality, with a progressive rate on states, despite the fact that different con each, as separately determined by the sum ditions among the states may obtain as to of each of such legacies or distributive I the objects upon which the tax is levied." shares. The decisions dealing with the ! "With reference to the. ohteetlons to the feature of tho law. Justice Justice White reviewed the law at length, considering the question whether the law applied to entire estates or mostly to legacies. The opinion took the ground that It was the intention of the act to Impose a tax on legacies only. He also said the contention that the tax was a direct tax and was. thprpfmv iminntl. tional. was untenable, as also was the ! contention that the matter of inheritance taxes was one for- state regulation only. e wjmuu .au u . lHe uimurmuy provision of the Constitution was not Mo- lated by the law, as that was merely geo- . t.?.m ci.. ... .u . nflio raSi Plnon c7ffd thf Phase ?n 6. aPply,n? 'T? SclWhlh H tatcs. consisting of United States bonds, . fl nr.J TW. nntn.nn ,1A ,. !, u w . U. JL. MU UUllllU'l UC1U bAi4t. fblAO bonds were subject to this tax. 11... nMHM..nHl ..,. t a- ,,-a -. wn hv T,,V?iVrVt nJ .oc down by Justice White covered the case of Eben J. Knowlton and Thomas A. Buf- fum, executors of Edwin F. Knowlton, brought here from the eastern district of New Tork. The opinion of the Circuit Court was adverse to the validity of the law, and accordingly lt was reversed. The dplnlon is a very luminous one, and dis cusses exhaustively every phase of the law. Referring to the "progressive" feature of the act. Justice White said that it was conclusive that it created no new subject of taxation. "It simply provides," he said, "for the progressive rates on property mentioned In the opening sentences, which is de scribed exactly as It was In the act of 1S64. Now, as the act of 1S64 taxed not the whole estAe. but each particular leg acy or distributive share, the conclusion cannot be escaped that the present law does the samo thing, except that there ls added thereto a progressive rate." Then he took up the question as to wheth er the law commands that the progressive rate shall be measured by the amount of a legacy or the personal estate, the con clusion being reached that it was not the Intention to tax the entire estate, but the "separate and distinct sums or Item3 of personal property passing." The conclu sion then was announced that the tax is "on the legacies and distributive shares, the rate being primarily determined by the classifications establishing progressive Increases, according to the amount of tha legacies or shares." Continuing on this line the Justice said: "As the whole amount of such personal property as aforesaid relates to the sum of each legacy or distributive share con sidered separately, lt follows that all leg acies below $10,000 are not taxed, and that those above that amount are taxed pri marily by the degree of relationship oi absence thereof, specified in the fle clas sified conventions contained in the statu e. and that the rate of tax is progressively increased by the amount of each separate legacy or distributive share. This being the correct Interpretation of tho statute. It follows that the court oelow erroneously maintained a contrary construction, and therefore, the tax assessed and collected was- for a larger amount than tho sum actually due by law." The decision held that the tax was not a direct tax within the meaning of tho Constitution, but a duty on an excise tax. Within the point of "uniformity," as re quired by the Constitution,. Justice White said the. Constitutional requirement as geographlcal, "considering the text." He continued: "It is apparent that the word 'uniform means 'equal and uniform,' in the sense. now asserted by the opponents of the tax. the words, 'throughout the United States,' arc deprived of all real signifi cance and sustaining thy contention must hence lead to a disregard of the elementary canon of construction, which requires that effect be gfven each word of the Constl tlon. "One of. the most satisfactory answers to the. argument that the uniformity re quired by the Constitution Is the same as the equal and uniform clause which has been embodied In so many of, the state constitutions result from a. review of the practice under the Constitution from the beginning. From the very first Congress down to the present date. In laing duties. Imposts and excises, the rule of Inherent uniformity, or. In other- words, intrin sically equal and uniform taxes, has been disregarded, and the principle of geo graphical uniformity consistently en forced." On. another point of uniformity he said: "It is yet further asserted that the tax does not fulfill the requirements of geo graphical uniformity for the foliating reason: "As the primary rate of taxation depends upon the degree of relationship or want of relationship, to a deceased person. It Is xne review wnicn we nave made ex hibits the fact that taxes Imposed with reference to the ability of the person upon whom the burden is placed to bear the same have been levied from the founda tion of the Government. So also some au thoritative thinkers and a number of eco nomic writers contend that a progressive tax Is more just and equal than a pro portionate one. In the absence of Con stitutional limitation, the question wheth. er lt l3 or ls not is ief-isiame and not Ju- diclaL The ge consequences which, lt ls must , In the future ,f r,ght to ,evy a pr0Bresslve tax be! recognized. Involves In Its ultimate as- t the mer6 asscnlon that free and reprcsentatUe government is a failure, . ,,.,, ,, 0, ,K r -,. nrl . "" "'"- "' .- w"- . f " - " foreshadowed, unless the courts usurp a , i PUim lCbUiautu xutiuuuii. ii .ihrt: ! should eer arise where an arbitrary and ...,., --.. . .,,,! a , a J,0' bfrJ i " "J " Jr', "' 7. '" . .., other form of tax. It will be time enough to consider whether the judicial power can afford a remedy by applying Inherent and fundamental principles for the pro tection of the individual, even though there be no express authority in the Con stitution to do so. That the law which we have construed "affords no ground for the contention that the tax Imposed is arbitrary and confiscatory Is obvious." Concluding, he says: "It follows from the foregoing opinion that the court below erred In denying all relief, and that lt should have held the plaintiff entitled to recover so much of the tax as resulted from taxing legacies below $10,000, and from increasing the tax rate with reference to the whole amount of the personal estate of tHe deceased from which the legacies or distributive shares were derived." Justice Brewer dissented, on the ground that the progressive feature of the tax is a -violation of "uniformity," but con curred on all other points. In cases Involving the right to tax in heritances consisting of Government bonds, which were handled, in an opin ion handed down by Justice Shiras, the court said: "We think the conclusion fairly to be drawn from the state and Federal cases is that the right to take property by will or descent ls derived from and regulated by municipal law, that In assessing a tax upon such right or privilege the state may lawfully measure or fix the amount of the tax by referring to the value of the property passing, and that the Inci dental fact that such property is com posed In whole or In part of Federal se curities does not Invalidate the tax or the law under which it Is imposed." This opinion was rendered in the case of Piummer vs. Controller Coler. of the City of New York, and Involved the state law of New Tork. Solicitor-General Richards, who conduct ed the case for the Government before the Supreme Court, later In the day made the following statement in explanation of the provisions of the law: "The tax on legacies and distributive shares. Included In the war revenue act of 1S0S, Is graded In two ways, according to the degree of kinship of the legatee and according to the value of the legacy. TO ADJOURN EARLY No Hopes for Passing the Nicaragua Canal Bill. ALTHOUGH FAVORABLY REPORTED Quarter of a Million for Improving tne Month ox tke ColmaTaltt River. WASHINGTON. May 14. Senator Mc Bride, speaking of the action of the com mittee on tho Nicaragua bill, said that he had always left Instruction with Sen ator Morgan that whenever the canal bill was to be voted on his vote was to be counted in favor of the bill. He onlx consented to hearings on tho statement that they would onlyvjelay the matter two or three days, but also stated that tha hearings would not change his opinion. k and that ho would vote for the Nicaragua route. He says he- will vote to take up the bill at the first opportunity. Not withstanding the report on the bill, thers ls not tho slightest possibility of lt pass ing the Senate at this session. Already the notice has gone forth that Congress must adjourn by Juno 15, and a- statement said to have come from the White House today confirms this, which means that the canal bill cannot pass. More than this, tho President Informed the Pacific Coast delegation that called on him some time ago that while he had no objection to the bill passing the House, he did not think it ought to become a law at this session. Hanna's vote against the bill Indicates the purpose of the Republican leaders who are opposing the bill while the treaty la hung up and before tho Walker commis sion reports. Money for the Columbia., Senator McBride today offered an amendment, favorably reported by the commerce committee, appropriating 250, 000 toward improving the mouth of the Columbia. This amount is to be expended in repairing the existing Jetty and in do ing other preliminary work in anticipa tion of a full appropriation next year. He also offered an amendment, favorably re ported b" the public lands committee, appropriating &000 for making an Inves tigation with a view to adjusting the claims of persons who entered lands within The Dalles military wagon road, land grant. Cnmpnlfrn Material. Representative Lacey, of Iowa, has con tributed a very interesting chapter to the political literature of the day, which will be of benefit to the Republicans in the coming campaign. He has printed, as a part of his speech, statements showing the conditions of the country under the Democratic Administration of four years, taking occasion, by the way, to commend the good action of PresidentrCIeveland la standing for sound money in the face of Democratic clamor, but pointing out how the Democratic promises and attempts to legislate on economic subjects generally resulted in such disasters to the country. As every one knows end It was pointed out very clearly In the message of Presi dent Harrison to the session of Congress which convened in December, 18S2, th United States has never been In a raore prosperous condition than lt was In that year, when lt decided to turn the entire Gov ernment over to the Democratic party. What f olIowedTn the. four years, beginning in 1S93 and ending In 1S97, when a Repub-. Hcan President was Inaugurated, ls still stored in the mind of every business mait and many of the working men and farm ers throughout the country. Representa tive Lacey accentuates this by showing from the newspaper accounts what took place In those years and what, followed under Republican rule, making a con trast In favor of the Republicans which should certainly continue them In power. More than this, he takes from Bradstreefsr tho monthly reviews of trade and prints them side by sde. comparing 1S33 with 1S57. 1S34 with 1S9S. 1S95 with 18S0, and 1SD5 with 1S00, as far ao this year has pro greteed. Those years in the early 303 show constant shutting downs, men out of employment, millions of people In pav erty ?nd the worst poes.ble conditions for the laboring men and the farmers. The . other four vears show the opening ot mills, employment of men everywhere, better prices for farm products and in every other way a most prosperous condi tion of affairs While lt might be necessary. In being absolutely fair, to say that perhaps these conditions were not wholly due to politics, yet It ls well known that the Wilson tariff bill did close down many factories and retard business all over the United States, but the threats of what the Democrats would do If they had an opportunity caused even more damage than what ac tually took place in the bill as lt finally passed. More than this. It was known, that the Democratic ascendency In all brarches of the Government seemed & menace to everything In the way of Indus trial development, as the Democratic party has always stood In tho way of pro gress. At the same time.. In taking the conditions of the preset'. It would be absurd to say that In passing over to Bryaniero, free silver and all the other Isms which he stands for, the country would be better off than lt ls now, wheaf lt 1s certainly on the top wave of pros perity. The lesson of 1893 ought to fee fresh enough in the minds of the people to convince them that they should not make another mistake. NEEDS OF THE CHURCH. Aew York Minister on tbe Effect el" Higher Criticism. SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. Rev. T. J. Wills, of New York, read a paper be fore the Presbyterian ministers of this city today on "The Greatest Needs of the Church." He deplored the tendency of ministers to try to hold thelrx congrega tions by preaching materialistic sermons. Speaking of the higher criticism, he saldx "We ministers dare not contend against higher criticism dare not contend against lt for fear of being spoken of as unlet tered men. What shall we have left It this work ot unbelief continues? We need nothing so much as a thorough revival of Pentecostal religion. Science, In its most erratic and irreverent days, never did one thousandth part as much to un settle confidence In the divine revelation as the Immature, half-digested and un demonstrative theories which our critics have been putting forth have done. It Is not the Bible which Is suffering at their hands, but lt is the faith In the Bible which Is Imperiled. They might as well shoot peas at Gibraltar with a child's popgun as to try to undermine the good book." Dally Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, May 14 Today's state ment of the Treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance fl43.402.61t Gold -: 74,730,143 (Concluded oa Second Page.)