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THE MORNING OUEGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1906. FfGJIT AT CATUBIQ Heaviest Loss Sustained in Any One Engagement NINETEEN KILLED, FIVE WOUNDED Samar Rebels Were Reinforced hy Insurgents From Luzon Hun dreds of Them Killed. "WASHINGTON". May 16. The officials of the War Department, after waiting for nearly a -week to hear something from General MacArthur at Manila confirma tory o the press report of the blocdy three days engagement at Catubig, -which resulted in the heaviest loss of life the American army has sustained In any cno engagement In the Philippines, yesterday cabled General MacArthur a request for information. The answer was received today, confirming the press reports, and edding some interesting details. General MacArthur transmitted a report from Henry T. Allen, a Major of the Forty-third Volunteers, who commanded the United States forces on the island of Samar- It appears that this force was divided in Several posts on Samar, and while details are still lacking, it is be lieved this particular force, which was besieged at Catubig, was commanded not by a commissioned officer, nut by a' Ser geant, either George or Hall, both of whom were killed. Catubig, where the engagement occurred. Is a seaport town of about 10W inhabitants. General Mac Arthur's cablegram Is as follows: "Manila, May 14. With reference to your telegram of the 14th, the rumored engagement in Samar reported In the cablegram of General Otis, May 4, has been confirmed by reports recently from Henry T. Allen. Forty-third Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry, com manding Samar Island. The detachment of 31 men stationed at Catubig were at tacked April 15 by 605 men with 200 rifles and one cannon. Our men were quartered in a convent, which was fired next day by burning hemp thrown from an adjoin ing church. The detachment attempted to escape by river. The men getting into the boats were killed; the remaining men intrenched themselves near the river and held out two days longer, facing most adverso circumstances until rescued by lieutenant Sweeney and 10 men. Over 203 of the attacking party (many of them are reported having come from Luzon Island) aro reported killed, and many wounded. Lieutenant Sweeney reports the streets covered with dead lreurgents. Thie killed: "Sergeants Dustin L. George, William K. Hall, Corporals Herbert H. Edwards, John F. J. Hamilton, Cook Burton E. Hess, Musician R, Wagner, Privates Trcf. file, Pomstloe. Otto Bluse. Stephen Ap perti. Joseph Loell, John E. Kuhn, Ra!ph H, ZIm, Edward Braman. Chester A. Conklln, W. E. Collins. J. J. Kerins, Henry Dumas, Philip Saling and George A. Slack, all Company H, Forty-third Regi ment, United States Infantry. "Wounded Privates Lester Ruchworth. Harry C. Lee. Michael J. Faroon. Jams H. Clancy. Company Y. Forty-third Regi ment; Corporal White, Forty-third In fantry. "A copy of Henry T. Allen's report was forwarded by mail yesterday. The Ilo Ilo (Panay) cable Is broken by an earth quake. It is difficult to procure more definite Information. MACARTHUR." PHILIPPINE CENSORSHIP. Correspondent Hope for n Change From the New Commission. MANILA, April 12. The Manila editors and the correspondents of American .news papers here are hoping that the arrival of the Civil Commission will result in a reform of the present censorship methods. Cablegrams announcing the appointment of the commission were received by two of the Manila newspapers, but the censor forbade them to print this news. He has asserted that he suppresses only that news "inimical to the interests of the military government." Frequent friction arose between the correspondents and the previous centor while the Schurman Commission was here, over messages relating to the com mission, and there was sometimes much trouble In getting through news which the commicaon had given out for publica tion. The editors of the local newspapers complain bitterly and unanimously that the censorship, as it is managed, inflicts upon them wholly needless hardships and great financial Iocs. The only Filipino paper which supported the American Ad ministration has suspended publication on account of the censorship, and the editor of the oldest and most respectable and t friendly Span'.sh journal announces that he Intends to close his business and leave Manila because it Is impossible to publish & newspaper under the restrictions im posed by the present government. The edlton? argue that the publlcat'on at newspapers which support the Gov ernment's policy, as all of the Manila pa pers do. is an enterprise that should be encouraged rather than harassed; that they pay almost prohibitive rates to se cure cablegram?; that they are served by reputable and conservative press agen cies, and that their own financial Interests lead them to instruct their correspondents not to throw away uiomrj on cablegrams which could not be published. They argue that no correspondent could possibly fore see that such news as labor strikes or the appointment of a commlcolon to the Phil ippines would be considered inimical to the Interests of the Government, and that moreover the news which comes to them is not suppressed, but merely postponed, because the Filipinos recclvo the leading jiewspapers from the United States and xead them with the greatest care. The Americans are just beginning to real ze that in the Island of Mindanao, until recently merely a big blot on the map, they have a wonderful empire, poten tially the most valuable of all the Phil ippine possesions. Although nearly as large an Island no Luzon, with a much bet ter climate and capable of being made a second Cuba In commercial value, the Spaniards never really controlled nor even explored It. They lived In deadly fear of the natives and frittered away enough lives to have made the conquest of an empire without gaining possession of more than a fringe of coast towns. With two regiments, the Thirty-first, which he recently distributed among the towns on the southern and eastern coast, and the Fortieth, which he has Just estab lished In the north, General Bates ac quired for the United States as much ter ritory as Spain held, and what Spain never could get, the friendship of ail the tribes which the Americana have encoun tered. tempered with wholesome fear. The most sensational of the events of the past week has been the general distribution by the Jesuits oi a pamphlet in which is set forth the -Truths Which Christians Must Ob serve." Among the things most strongly condemned by the Jesuits in this pam phlet are religious tolerance' and the rec ognition of civil marriages. Consequent! j. this act of the Jesuits Is considered oy many to be an attack upon the American Administration. The pamphlet in question says: "First The commancs of the church must be obeyed in the same manner as the law- of God. "Second You must subject jour own judgment to that of "fhe church and think exactly as the church thinks, for the church cannot be overcome. "Third You must reject and condemn the Masonic sect so frequently rejected and condemned by the supreme pontiffs. "Fourth You must also reject and condemn liberty of worship, liberty of the press, liberty of thought nd the other liberties of perdition, condemned and re jected by the church. "Fifth You must also reject and con demn liberalism and also modern progress and civilization as being false progress and false civilization. "Sixth You must- utterly abominate civil marriage and regard it as pure con cublnage. "Seventh You muEt also condemn and reject the Interference of the civil au thorities In any ecclesiastical affairs, so much in vogue nowadays. "Eight Finally, you must hold the be lief that the church, by its origin, has a divine and supernatural authority, and is moreover superior to the civil authori ties, and reject and condemn tho doc trine that the church should submit to the state, or that the church Is inde pendent or ought to separate itself from the state. Children murt be brought up In the above views, condemning whatever the church condemns. And children must be educated solely In Catholic schools by genuinely Catholic teachers, and not on any account in unsectarian or mixed schools, wblch are strictly forbidden by the church." The foregoing commands are backed up by many quotations from the Bible, en cyclicals, syllabuses and letters from dif ferent popes. This pamphlet was issued without duly expressed church authority, and until the organ of the Roman Cath olic church In Manila, a. Spanish ncwi paper called the Libertas, admitted the fact that the Jesuits had published, and with every right, the pamphlet in ques tion, considerable doubt was entertained as to Its authenticity. CASUALTY LIST. MacArthnr's Latest Report to the Department. WASHINGTON. May 16. General Mac Arthur's latest casualty Hot Is as follows: Manila, May 14, 1900. Deaths: Drowned, May 1. Third Cavalry. John E. Adams; May 6. Twenty-fourth Infantry. Elizha Forche. Jaundice, May 9, Seventeenth Infantry, Sergeant Frederick G. Lade. Pneumonia, May 9, Forty-sixth Infan try, Jay W. Cohen. , Typhoid fever. April 14, Eighteenth In fantry. Israel Cork; May 6, Twenty-sixth infantry, Frank L. Blgos; May 5, Forty second infantry. Frank Bauer; April 27, Forty-fifth Infantry, Matthew Mikauw; April 7, Forty-eighth Infantry, James K. Helde;. Malarial fever. May 8, Seventeenth In fantry. Roy SayerB; May 9, Seventeenth Infantry, Thomas Sullivan; Forty-sixth Infantry, Napoleon L. Baudette; May 10, Twenty-first Infantry, Alfred Tollek. Chronic diarrhoea. May 10, Twenty-first Infantry, Willla.ii Londrlgan; May & Twenty-first infantry, Michael J. Farrell. Tuberculosis, May 4, Forty-ninth In fantry, Willie Bowman. Nephritis, May 9, Fourth Infantry, John Farman. Variola, April 7. Sixteenth Infantry, Robert N. Hoofer, April 24; Sixteenth In fantry, Corporal Abraham Cross; April 23. Forty-third Infantry. John C. Hand; April 30, Forty-fourth Infantry, Ferdinand Nicholas; May 3, Forty-ninth Infantry, Edward -Greenleaf ; Forty-eighth Infantry, Elijah Sears; May 4, Peter Halrstod. Dysentery. May 6, Battalion of Engi neers, Frank W. Lehman; May 7. Twenty second Infantry, Sergeant Patrick Maione; May 5, Thirty-fifth Infantry, Henry Ham burg. Peritonitis, April 23, -Forty-fifth Infan try, Edward M. Baker. Abscess of liver, April 26. Sixth Artillery, Fred Wllhelm; April 30. Twenty-sixth In fantry, Robert Ed Laird. Pyaemia. May 4, Twenty-ninth Infantry, Sergeant William H. Clayton. Gastro-enteris, April 16, Eighteenth In fantry, Alonzo Henley. Died of wounds received in action. May 2. Twenty-third Infantry, First Sergeant Guy A. Wyeth; April 2L Forty-third In fantry, Charles Olloff; April 1. Forty third Infantry, Oliver M. Pendergrass; May 3, Forty-third Infantry, Thomas A. Bates. Accidental pistol shot by comrade. April 22. Robert Stickles, 'Forty-ninth Infantry. Prison Frauds in Manila. WASHINGTON. May 16. It appears from late mail advices from Manila that the prison officials at Blllbld prison, at Manila, are "under Investigation on a charge of exchanging and releasing pris oners and receiving bribes. Blllbld prison, the largest in the Orient, contains thou sands of prisoners. The Americans were obliged to continue Alcalde Benito, and other officials In charge, because they themselves knew nothing of the prison methods, or the Filipino language. It is alleged that prisoners were exchanged, that natives with money were allowed to employ substitutes to serve their terms, and that various other forma of corrup tion existed. Transport Logan Sails. SAN FRANCISCO. May 16. The trans port Logan sailed today for Manila, via Honolulu. Among the- passengers on the Logan are a number of Army officers, 15 assistant surgeons, 10 postal clerks, 76 re cruits. 73 hospital corps men and 7 con tract nurses, as well as a number ot civil ian employes and the wives and children of officers now serving in the Philippines. Body Picked Up tit Sea. VICTORIA. B. C, May 16. The schoon er Ocean Belle returned to port this morning, having on the way picked up the body of D. V. Van Buren. of Juneau. drowned from the schooner Dora B. In mid-April. It was landed at Yakutat for unai. The Seattle schooner Cecil is reported helplessly short-banded off Clo-Oose. two of her crew having landed and belnc unable to regain the vessel, which was left with but one man aboard. The steamer WHlapa is expected to pick her up. The steamer J. L. Card this morn lng was fined $100 by Collector Milne for carrying Japanese between Active Pass and Steves-ton, she being certificated as only a freighter. "With the Dnrk On. Boston Herald. There's point and potency to the New York Times' story of the man who wanted to buy a dog, but who objected to its bark. The man who had the dog for sale reminded his customer that all dogs DarKea. ana tnat if ne wanted one that wouldn t bark he ought to buy a giraffe. This ended the negotiations, and the man who wanted to buy the dog is now in very much the same state of mind as these earnest patriots who want to see Mr. Bryan nominated with a muzzle on hla mouth. Roberts "Will Be Retried. SALT LAKE. May 16. County Attorney Putnam today decided to retry B. H. Rob erts on the charge of unlawful cohabita tion. Tuesday. May 29. The matter whs called to the attention of Judge Norrell upon the opening of court this- morning, and he ordered that the case be set down for-the date named. Immigration at New York. NEW YORK- ifav 1G. Arrnr1lnp tn Acting Commissioner McSweeney the larg est numoer or immigrants e-er received at an American port in one day arrived at the barge office today. They came In six ships, and numbered 55S2. Boers Repulsed at Mafclclnsr. LOURENCO MARQUES, May 16. A Portuguese official dispatch says an en counter has occurred at Mafeking, and that the Boers have been repulsed with heavy loss. Death Penalty in Maasnchnactts. BOSTON. May 1C. By the narrow mar gin of two votes, the House today decided agalnsjt abolishing the death penalty In Massachusetts. Gold Exports Today. NEW YORK. May 16. Over $3,000,000 In gold has been engaged for shipment to Europe by tomorrow's steamers. STAND BY THE PRESIDENT FRVENDS IN THE GENERAL CON FERENCE WILL KEEP JCJP FIGHT. Minority Report on the Temperance Question "Will Be Presented To day O'D ell's Resolution. CHICAGO. May 16. The friends of President McKinley in the temperance committee of the Methodist Conference, who made a losing fight against the adop tion of the leading paragraphs in the re port which criticises the President and censures him for his acceptance of the Griggs decision on the anti-canteen law, will-take the fight to the floor of the con ference in the form of a minority report, substituting other paragraphs for the ob jectional sentiments. Dr. Price, of the New York Conference, who submitted a minority report from the subcommittee, will present the matter to the conference tomorrow. It will be signed by over a score of the members of tho committee, and. It is said by its champions, will have strong support in the conference. The majority report of the subcommit tee on all matters before It, including the criticism of the President, was adopted by the General Conference today, after a long fight on several paragraphs which re ferred to the attitude of the church on the license question. In regard to the liquor traffic, it indorses the sentiment of the episcopal address that "it can never be legalized without sin" and declares that licensing it legalizes it. Among the recommendations made by the report is the following: "Ministers and members of our church should not become nor remain members of social clubs which keep a bar or pro vide intoxicating liquors for the use of their members and others." Delegate William O. O'Dell, of the Ore gon Conference, Introduced a substitute report to the effect that the energies of the church should be bent only to the salvation of souls. It was voted down. The result of the ballot taken yesterday for the election of two additional mem bers of the board of general superintend ents was announced today as follows: Joseph F. Berry. 213 J. W. E. Bowen (colored) 211 J. W. Hamilton 1S3 David H. Moore 130 H. J. Spellmeyer 57 Thomas B. Neely 53 Charles J. Little 40 W. V. Kelly .; 77 A. J. .Palmer 45 H. A. Butts 34 Over 30 others received from two to 20 votes. The second ballot resulted in no choice. Berry received the highest num ber of votes and Hamilton was next hlgh- The Methodist Paper. A meeting of the Pacific Northwest del egates has been held and they have taken action regarding tho proposed consolida tion of the Pacific Christian Advocate, of Portland, and the California Advocate. In the first place they oppose the consolida tion scheme and in the next place they have expressed a preference for a new editor. Dr. Henry Brown, of Eastern Washington, was the unanimous choice of the delegation. The name of Dr. Fish er, the present editor, was considered, but It was thought beat to have a change. This action on the part of the Pacific delegates Is not final. It is in the nature of a nomination. Complications may arise within the next .week or before the elec tion of editors is reached that may change everything. There are some phases of the situation that are quite Interesting. For Instance, Bishop Cranston, as resident b'sh op, will have a great deal to say about the selection pf an editor. He was one of tho Western publishing agents for 12 years and has nruch influence with the powers that be in such matters. Dr. Cranston's word will practically settle the matter, regardless of the views- of the delegates. Ho is committed to Dr. Fisher, for the reason that he is a neutral man. He does not belong to any of the Northwest conferences, and therefore will not be so apt to arouse Jealousy as would the se lection of some man from the patronizing territory. Furthermore, Dr. Hammond, the San Francisco manager, and Dr. Ho mer Eaton, the senior publishing agent of the church, are firm friends of Dr. Fish er. These men. In company with Bishop Cranston, may hold the present editor In his place. The friends of Dr. Brown urge in his favor that he has had experience as an editor, having edited a Methodist paper in Eastern Washington, and that he Is tho author of the measure securing the exemption of Washington, church property from taxation. His nomination was made by Dr. Whitfield and seconded by Dr. Gue. New President for Willamette. A special committee Is here searching for a new president of Willamette Uni versity. President Hawley handed In his resignation some time ago to take effect practically whenever the trustees could make suitable arrangements for his successor. They have taken advantage of the present gathering of leading Meth odists from all over the country to gather all the information they can about prom ising teachers who might make good prcs idento. The committee appointed for this purpose consists of Dr. Walters, General Odell, Dr. Ford and Dr. Grannls, all of whom are here. They will conduct the search with the aid of Bishop Cranston and Blsnop Vincent. They have seen Dr. Little, of the Garret Biblical Institute, who has furnished the names of two men, either one of whom would fill the place If he could be secured. The com mittee Is trying to find a progressive young man with a reputation to make, who Ls willing to give the best of himself to the university. These gentlemen think the university ls In a condition to enable the right man to push It to the front and make a great success. Portland Unlver plty has been absorbed by the Salem Institution, and Puget Sound University Is so far away that It ls practically not a rlvaL The members of the committee find, however, that university professors built according to the Ideal they- have formed are not very numerous. Still they propose to keep on hunting for him, and when they get enough names they will sit down and consider the matters Of course. It would be an affront to suggest to them that they might find an excellent presi dent in the Northwest. One of the prac tices of the church authorities of the Northwest Is to import men for the schools and the big churches, regardless of the qualifications of home talent. Dr. George C. Wilding, formerly paetor at Vancouver, is among the Eastern vis itors at the General Conference. He has not changed much, except perhaps that he has become "trimmer" in appearance. Rev. J. W. H. Miller ls en route from Boston University School of Theology to take charge of the church at Sheridan, Or. Mr. Miller graduated at the Portland University and then went to Boston. Rev. Frank Moore, of Drew Theological Seminary, has gone to Fores Grove, Or., to assist Rev. T. L. Jones for the Sum mer. Demoralization of Infantry Under Fire. Captain Zalinekt in International Monthly. In battle, it ls not the number of men who are disabled in the course of a day's fight that tells upon the morale of troops, but it Is the losses which may be Incurred within a comparatively short time that tend to demoralize and unnerve them. For example, a corps of 20.000 men may lose in a day's light 10.000, one-half Its number, without being demoralized, but should they lose one-fifth of their number, say from 30M to 4005 men. In the course of half an hour, their morale would surely be destroyed. The British military operations, espe cially their battle tactics, have ben freely and even virulently criticised by the mil itary experts of other European nations, ccpec"ally the Germans. It Is not. how ever, at all assured, that they would not have suffered at first, from, the- indulgence in the same faulty "shock" tactics, by dc Uverlmj frontal attaclcs on intrenched troops. CHICAGO EOTEL FIRE. Three Lives "Were Lost aad Four teen Persons Were Injnrcd. CHICAGO, May 16. Three 'persons are dead, one ls missing and 14 were Injured as the result of the fire which early this morning destroyed tho Hotel Helene at 110 to 114 Fifty-third street. Five of the Injured will probably die. The dead are: Charlotte Peterson, dining-room girl. Lena (surname unknown). a. C. McHadden. The missing man. Patterson, was last seen in the hotel office at 11 o'clock last night. The seriously Injured are: W. E. Horn, terribly burned, will die; E. E. Tar vl2. burned, recovery doubtful; Eliz abeth Florence, Internal Injuries; E. B. Allen, Internally injured in jumping from a third-story window; Mrs. T. D. Allen, back broken and Internally injured. Jumped from third story, will die; Miss Helen Joseph, badly bruised and overcome by smoke; Stella Neilwolskl, chamberma!ur Jumped from the first floor, injured Inter nally; L. J. McNeil, porter, burned about the face; Mrs. Sarah Hutchinson, school teacher, injured in falling from the second floor; James Costln. fireman, cut by fall ing glass; Mrs. Bruce, overcome, by smoke; Thomas Morgan, policeman, back Injured; Mrs. Adelia Lawson, badly bruised. The loss to the building and furnishings was 54,,00. James McNeil, the hotel porter, was tho first to warn the sleeping occupants of their danger. He carried Helen Joseph down a swaying ladder from the third floor, and then, amid the cheers of onlook ers, returned to the second floor, where a woman was lying unconscious, her cloth ing on fire. He carried her to tho window and dropped her Into the arms of Police man Wolf. McNeil staggered back Into the smoke. A policeman mounted to the shoulders of a brother officer and, clam bering over the window ledge, caught Mc Neil by the feet and dragged him from the room. He soon recovered conscious ness. Mrs. Bruce, with one arm around her Infant child, was clinging with the other Infant child, was climbing with the other arm to the ledge of a second-story win dow. The smoke was pouring out In smothering clouds. Three policemen, car rying blankets, rushed Into the flames which were darting from the basement windows, just in time to catch the woman and her child when they dropped. Mrs. Bruce was badly burned, but had suc ceeded In protecting her baby. The rescues, were nearly all accom plished before the firemen arrived. The blaze spread so rapidly that had the peo ple In the hotel been compelled to wait the arrival of the hook and ladder com pany, more lives would have been lost. The Are started In the basement and epread with great rapidity. But for the heroic action of Porter McNeil every per son In the building would undoubtedly have perished. There was only one en trance to the building, and the great num ber of guests had to escape as best they could through the windows. Soldiers "Widows Home Burned. ' PITTSBURG, May 16. Fire this after noon destroyed the Grand Army Home for Soldiers' Widows at Hawkins Station, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, near here. The 40 Inmates, ranging In age from 50 to 95. escaped without injury. Tho loss ls $20,000. Cycle "Works Bnrncd. . ST. CATHERINES, Ontario. May IS. Fire today destroyed the works of the Canada Cycle & Motor Company and the Welland Vale Company. The loss ls nearly $500,000, partly covered by Insurance. Fire in Greenwich, Conn. GREENWICH, Conn., May 10. Fire to night destroyed five business blocks, the Catholic Church, one of E. C. Benedict's stables, and a few other buildings, caus ing a total loss of $150,000. ASSOCIATED PRESS. Annnal Meeting Held in Chicago Ycsterdny The Banquet. CHICAGO, May 16. The annual meeting of the Associated Press today war. very largely attended. The directors reebm mended'the amendment of the by-laws so as to make them conform to the laws of Illinois as laid down In the Tecent decision of the Supreme Court. After considerable discussion a motion ot John Schrocrs, of the St. Louis Westllche Post, to reject the amendments, was agreed to. there be ing but two votes in the negative. The four vacancies In the board of di rectors were filled by the .election of Charles H. Grasty, Baltimore News; E. P. Call, New York Evening Po3t; Edward Rosewater, Omaha Bee, and George Thompson, St. Paul Dispatch. The members from the different divisions chose advlsoiy boards. The following were chosen for the Western division: H, W. Scott. Portland Oregonlan, chairman; H. G. Otis. Los Angeles Times; P. H. Lannan, Salt Lake Tribune: K. G. Coop er, Denver Republican; Alden J. Blethen, Seattle Times. The annual banquet was given at the Auditorium this evening. President Victor. F. Lawson presided, and Clark Howell, of the Atlanta Constitution, was the toast master. The loving cup was passed by General Manager Stone, whose facetious Introduction of the members provoked much laughter and clapping of hands. Mr. Howell, In a brief speech, said that so far as the "Southern contingent" was concerned, they were willing to leave the future of the Associated Press in the hands of the men who had guided it "to the magnificent position -which it occu pies today as the greatest newsgathering organization in the world." He Introduced General H. G. Otis as the first speaker. General Otis spoke to the toast, "Where Should Patriotism Begin, and Where End, In the Conduct of a Newspaper." He said: "We of the journalistic profession, and especially we who publish partisan polit ical newspapers, may well bear In mind at every Juncture in a National political contest the effect of our utterance and of our teachings upon the Government un der which we live and to which we owe supreme allegiance. This attitude, when rightly taken. Is entirely consistent with the strongest advocacy and the firmest adherenco to the political party which we happen to espouse, for we take sides In party contests, not for the sake merely of helping our side to win, but for the sake, as. we are wont to claim, of the final effect upon the country as a whole of the policies which we advocate. To take any lower position than this would be Indefensible, and it cannot be main tained. The whole science, then, of life. of journalism, of politics and of govern ment Is to be right. Let that be our aim. Let the Constitution of the United States 'and the flag be our guide and in spiration, and we will make no mistake." General Charles H. Taylor, of the Bos ton Globe, spoke about the organization of the first Associated Press by James Gordon Bennett, and of modern newspa pcrs. St. Clair McKelway. of the Brook lyn Eagle, spoke about "Political Report insr." Tornado at Weiser. BOISE. Idaho. May 1C A storm struck this section at 6 o'clock this mornmg and assumed the proportions of a tornado at Weiss?, causing damage to the town amounting to J5O0O. The roof was torn from the Vendome Hotel, the Courthouse and schoolhouscs were damaged to the extent of $1000. and several other build ings were more or less damaged. Happy Ignorance. "For mercy" salce. how many pancakes have yoa had. Grsle?" "Mamma, you know I've only learned v count as far as ten." Cleveland Plain Dealer; HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLE Nominal Fee System in Vogue at the opeland Institute the Strongest Standing Indictment of the Boodle Spirit in Medicine $5 a-.. Month, Treatment and Medicines Included, the Limit of Expense Allowed by Doctor Copeland. DISEASE OF HEAD AND THROAT "Is the voice husky?" "Do you spit up slime?" "Do you ache over?" "Do you snore night?" all at "Do you blow out scabs?" "Is your nose stopped up?" "Does your nose dis charger "Does the nose bleed easily?" "Is this worse to ward night?" "Does the nose itch and burn?" "Is there pain In front of head?" "Is there pain across tho eyes?" To thAfa l.lrllric- yy the throatf Mr' W F' Helm 34r "Is your sense of Portland, Cared smell leaving?" Head Noises. "Is the throat dry In the morning?" "Do you hawk to clear the throat?" "Aro you losing your sense of taste?" "Do you sleep with your mouth open?" "Docs the nose stop up toward night?". It's the Limit. The total expense to patients of the Copeland Institute is $5 a month, treatment and medicines included. That's fae limit. Pa tients not permitted to pay more, even If they so desire. CONSULTATION THE COPELAND MEDICAL THE V. H. COPELAND, M. D. J.H. MONTGOMERY. M.D. THE PLAGUE IN JAPAN DltEAKS OLT AGAIN IX THE CITY OF OSAKA. Chinese Murderers of Missionary Droolts Punished Arms Intended for Rebels Seized. VANCOUVER, B. C May 16. The steamer Empress of India brings the un welcome news that the plague has again broken out in Japan, this time in Osaka. The Kobe Herald says there were four cases of the disease hi Osaka during April, all proving fatal. Plague germs were positively located in the blood of the vic tims. There is grave apprehension that the pest may spread at this time, the be ginning of the wet. warm season, when climatic conditions will be specially favor Mo tn h cultivation of the bacillus. The Nippon states no rewer than 11 per sons died from tne pest lasi muuiu, uak their remains were cremated and their property disinfected, but that the public was carefully kept In Ignorance of the renewal of the plague. Punishment was meted out to the mur derers of Missionary Erooks. Fifteen men were tried for the crime before the Provincial Judge at Chlmanfu, and C. W. Campbell, British Consul. It was devel oped at the trial " that only three were guilty of the actual killing, and one of these dealt the final fatal blow. This one being most culpable. In the Chinese crim inal code, was beheaded In the presence of the British Consul. Another, who was only a shade lighter in guilt, was sen tenced to strangulation at the Autumn assizes. A third was sentenced to life imprisonment, and four others to 10 years' imprisonment. Four neadmen from the villages to which Mr. Brooks had been taken, having failed to protect him, have been flogged three times in public and dis missed forever from office. Two village elders of the hamlet near the scene ot the murder are to pay' the cost of a me morial tablet to be erected at the scene of the murder, at a cost of 500 taels. The Governor of the province has paid SOOO taels for the following purposes r To build a memorial chapel at Ftngyin, Mr. Brooks' station; to place a memorial In his school at Cantonbury. England, and to cover the less of the Episcopal church's natlye Christians In that district, at the hands of the "boxers." In connection with the punishment of Brooks' murderers, the North China Daily News has a startling story to the effect that the condemned were allowed to pur. chase substitutes, and that for $1003 two men were procured who agreed to pay the penalty of death imposed upon thosa Ttinf fUrpr.tK- concerned In the murder. The man who was to be beheaded paid $GC0 for his substitute, a dissolute opium smuggler, who had Squandered all his property, but who wished to provide for his family. The murderer condemned to be strangled had to pay only $400, as he had several months more to live, and as his form of execution was considered more dignified than beheading. Hong Kong papers say that the police have confiscated large quantities of fire arms and ammunition Intended for dis tribution among the lawless classes n China. Piles of Mauser rifles, hundreds of revolvers, and bayonets, 20.000 pounds of gunpowder and 100,000 rounds of ammu nition have been captured near Chin Wan. Twenty-five men in charge of this Illegal arsenal have been arrested. The Buddhists have sent delegates to welcome the relics of Shaka, which are being sent from Slam to Japan, and 200, 000 yen will bo expended In giving a fitting reception to the bones of Bhudda. The wreckage and cargo of the Ameri can steamer Iranian were sold at auction and the cargo brought 3000 yen, S0 yen being paid for the ship. No trace of the wrecked vessel is visible, so that the pur chase Is entirely speculative. From the Chinese papers comes the story that secret Instructions were recent ly sent to Li Hung Chang from Peking directing that Admiral Yeh, of the Pel Tang squadron, should proceed with two of his fastest ships In order to assist the assassins sent to kill Tang Tu Wei. It Is said that despite I-l's objections the cruisers were sent. French property-holders of Tokobama have Jointly addressed a protest to their Consul against certain parts of the income DISEASE "Is there nausea?" "Are you costive?" "Is there vomiting?" "Do you belch up gas?" "Have you water brash?" -'Are you light headed?" "Is your tongua coated?" "Do you hawk and . spit?" "Is there pain after eating?" "Aro you nervous and weak?" "Do you have sick headaches?" "Do you bloat up after eating?" 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He is tho first European to be granted a privato interview with the Corean Emperor. AMBASSADOR'S CHOATE'S SPEECH At the Sinner of the Ancient Com pany of Fishmongers. LONDON. May 16--Joseph H. Choate, the United States Ambassador, was the special guest at a dinner this evening of the Ancient Company of Fishmongers. The assemblage, which was very distin guished, included the Chinese. Swiss and Servian Ministers, Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson, permanent Under Secretary ot State for Foreign Affairs, and other for eign officers. Early in his speech, Mr. Choate remarked: "Forget your wars and Internal commo tions and look quietly In the faces of the diplomatic representatives of the world who are bringing you only messages ot peace." The applause that greeted this appar ently commonplace remark could only be appreciated by those who knew that the principal topic of conversation had been the cordial reception of the Boer dele gates In New York. Later, Mr. Choate. amid vociferous applause, after humorous ly referring to the fact that Americans Joiew London better than Londoners, said: "From people who have such mutual Interests you do not need loud professions of friendship. It would bo hard, indeed, to dissolve such ties. We are pursuing the eame ends, and actions speak louder than words." He then went on to refer to English aid In the hour of certain American, calami ties, like tho Chicago Are, with their re flex American aid In the day of Irish famine. "And last, and not least," he said, "I would refer to the shiploads of food now leaving the United States for India." (Loud applause.) The speech was one of the most suc cessful and humorous made by the United States Ambassador. Mr. Choate rather took the audience by surprise when he declared that "In Westminster Hall and other homes of oratory In England there ' have been as many noble blows struck as many pregnant words uttered on behalf of ' tho Independence of America as there have been for the Integrity of the British I Empire." Major-General Alfred Turner, in a re ' markable speech, frankly admitted that . Great Britain was not able to support an army adequate to her defense, and he said: "There la a danger nearer home and more immediate than we think." In Favor of the Crown. LONDON. May 15. In the Queen's Bench division of the High Court ot Jus tice today. Judges Ridley and Darling gave Judgment in favor of the Crown in the.case of the Government vs. the Jew ish Colonization Association on a claim for succession duty amounting to 1,230. 000. on property valued at upwards of ! 8.S00.0C0. settled by the late Baron Kirsch I in 1S92 upon the colonization association. Payment of Delasoa Award. LONDON, May 17. The Lisbon corre spondent of the Daily Mail says: "A eeml-offlclal government organ de clares that the Delagoa Railway bonds form part of the guarantee of a loan which the Paris committee of the Portuguese Tobacco Company has granted to Portugal to pay the Delagoa award." Massacres in China. TIEN-TSIN. China. May 16. More "boxers" outrages are reported CO ml'es north of TIen-tsin, where a number of native Christians have been massacred. A British Admiral has arrived here and proceeded to Peking. Taxation of Bonds. SAN FRANCISCO. May 16. In the case of the Germanla Trust Company against the City and County of San Francisco, the Supreme Court today decided that the bonds of railways and other quasi-public corporations cannot be assessed for the purpose of taxation. By the decision the city ls deprived of taxes on bonds amount ing to over 520,000,000 and the state of taxes on securities amounting to several OF THE STOMACH djsEi: jmSJS, WW41 W V With slime?" 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During the coming Summer the L1chthouse'"B&&dsi will investigate the various llirhthouse and log signal sues recommended for Alas kan waters by shipmasters and others. The appropriation of $300,000 proposed for this purpose by Senator Foster was cut to $200,000 by the Senate committee on. commerce, although the Treasury De partment favored the larger expenditure. Thore Js little likelihood of any appro priation being made during the present session of Congress. There Is a dispo sition in the House, where Conprpssmnn Jones has been active in endeavoring to advance legislation of this kind, not to allow any sum. to be expended for Alas ka lighthouses until next Winter. The reasons given for this Is that appropria tions amounting to J700.000.0CO "have aXrenrtv been arranged for, and that it is Inju dicious to allow any additional sum3 to be approved. However, it is practically certain that an appropriation will be made during the second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress both for the lighthouses and fog signals for Alaska, and also for a system of sub marine cables for that district. A survey for the proposed cable. In accordance with Senator Foster's bill, will shortly be In stituted. The desirability of the cable and lighthouses and fog signals is ad mitted quite generally. W. W. Astor's Taxes. NEW TORK, May 16. The Commission ers of Taxes and Assessments have filed their return to the writ of certiorari obtained by .William Waldorf Astor for a review of the assessment made by the Commissioners on his personal property for the year 1S99. The assess ment was fixed at 52,000,000, and Mr. Astor appealed against It on the ground that he was a nonresident. He has since be come a Britleh subject. 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