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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, .TUESDAY, JUNE 5,- 1900.
FILIPINO WAR CLAIMS
LIABILITY OP TnE TJXTTED STATES
CLEARLY DEFINED.
Xature and Location of the Demands
Error Exists as to Amoant
Involved.
MANILA, P. L, April IS. Special cor
respondence.) Much has oeen said relative
to claims against the United States Gov
ernment arising: from the American occu
pation or the Philippines, the Impression
being conveyed In the articles coming un
der the attention of the "writer that such
claims are of vast magnitude, and that
they must necessarily be paid by the peo
ple of the United States. The demands
thus far submitted to the Board of Claims,
a tribunal convened for the purpose of
passing on such claims, arise from three
causes:
Xestructlon of property caused by what
Is known as the Tondo flres; loss of prop
erty by Are at the copture of Ho 116, by
the military and naval forces of the United
States; losses sustained at different times
and places as at the taking by the Ameri
can forces of the town of Caloocan.
In a general sense, the same principles
of International law control In all the cases
presented to the board, for damages sus.
talned by private parties In any and all
these cases, whether arising from the
capture of Ilo Ho, or the attempted burn
ing of Manila or a portion thereof, or In
miscellaneous cases arising from the vari
ous collisions between the United States
troops and the insurgent forces during the
entire Filipino campaign.
The case of Ong Queco vs. the United
States Illustrates the general character
of the demands against the Government
arising from the prosecution of the Fili
pino "War. Ong Queco Is a Chinaman, or
Chino, -as called here. He was, at the
breaking out of hostilities, the owner of
a distillery, situate In the town of Malo
los, the whilom insurgent capital after the
capture of the city by the Americans.
A guard was stationed at a bridge across
the Tiaglag River, by the side of which
the distillery was located. The guard so
stationed served to protect the building
and its contents; the protection, however,
being merely Incidental, as the soldiers
were stationed there simply for military
purposes. There was a very large quan
tity of vino in the building, the vino, or
high wine, having accumulated owing to
there being little pr no market on account
of the existence of hostilities. In a few
days the guard was withdrawn, the with
drawal being part of a general movement
ordered by General MacArthur. In the
meantime the distillery had been deserted
by the owner and his employes, all of
whom fled at the appronch of the Ameri
cans. During the time the jruard was
stationed at the bridge in tne vicinity, the
building and Jts contents were open" id
the world, the soldiers on guard duty per
haps preventing a wholesale carrying
away of the liquor, and the wanton de
struction of the distillery. After the
withdrawal of the soldiers to a distance
of some three miles, so much of the vino
was drunk that the unprotected condition
of the distillery became a menace to the
community. The commanding officer. Gen
eral Kobbe, was requested to take some
measures to abate the nuisance. The
padre of the barrio called on him request
ing protection. The General had no
troops to spare for a guard. The appeal
was not to be disregarded, so he !ok the
most summary, and, perhaps, under the
conditions, the only way to suppress the
evil, by sending a detachment of men with
orders to destroy the liquor. The order
was executed and the liquor destroyed.
This act was not only a. proper exercise
of the war, but clearly authorized under
the police power. The peril to the com
munity was so great that in time of peace,
and under civil rule. Vac liquor should
have been placed under guard, or. If that
was Impracticable, then It should have
been destroyed. The hundreds of gallons
of intoxicating liquor, and vino is an
intensely intoxicating drink, left open and
free to every man In the community, was a
constant menace. The ladrones, murder
ers, thuss. the criminal classes generally,
all classes and descriptions of raci, weie
free to all the vino they could drink or
carry away. Vats and barrels were brim
mlng over with the seductive liquor, which
is said to have a drunk power that puts
our commonplace w hisky way In the shade.
"Whether to protect his own men from
the temptation to drunkenness, or the com
munity, at the request of the parish priest,
or for the maintenance of law and order
in the civil community, or of good order
and military discipline among the troops,
for any of these purposes or for all of
them combined, the General commanding
had the right, and It was his bounden duty
to destroy the intoxicant, in case he was
unable to otherwise control it, as by plac
ing it under guard, which he testified the
Interests of the service forbade, as he had
not the men to spare. "Whether as an act
of military necessity or an exercise of
the police power the vlm was destroyed,
there Is no legar remedy against the Gov
ernment. In this particular Instance, both
the public welfare and the best Interests
of the service imperatively demanded its
destruction, and for its loss, under unlver-
sally acknowledged principles of lnterra
tional law. the United States incurs no
legal responsibility.
The claimant. Ong Queco, aLo asks dam
ages for the loss of his distillery, which
was destroyed by fire, under circumstances
which leave Jts origin in mystery. The
testimony taken before the Board of
Claims showi, that shortly after the de
tapjjrrjent, detailed to destroy the vino had
lcfirthe distillery, smoke was seen issuing
from the building, the appearance of the
smoke being preceded by an explosion.
The testimony falls to explain the origin
of the fire. Counsel fur the claimant. In
his brief, suggests that spontaneous com
bustion might have caused the explosion,
smoke, fire and consequent destruction.
This virtual admission that the building
was not burned by act of the troops elimi
nates the question of acts of unauthorized
wantonness b7 the sole-.ers, the question
being: Is the Government legally liable
to the private owner for loss of property
in time of war, destroyed ns an incident of
military operations. In the course of the
prosecution of the war?
"When In time of wnr a government
reaches out Its hand and takes for Its use
the property of one of Its citizens, or of a
friendly alien within its borders, compen
sation should be made the owner of the
property so appropriated. To refuse would
be gross injustice. It would be virtually
so much greater rate of taxation Imposed
on such individual; but where the prop
erty of an individual, citizen or alien, sit
uate in a country in circa of war. is de
stroyed in the track of the war. by either
of the opposing forces, then, in such case,
there is no legal remedy for the owner.
Neither of the states Involved In the war
is accountable to him or his government,
Ong Queco Is a Chinese subject, resident In
the Philippines. He possesses the rights
of on American citizen. As to this, thero
may be some dispute, nut I would not in
any degree sanction, the doctrine that the
alien of any country Is not entitled to
the same rights as the citzen of all orhf-rs,
and no more. For the property of a sub
ject of the United States, destroyed during
the Filipino hostilities, as an incident of
the war. there lies no legal claim against
the Government. For the property of a
friendly alien resident, destroyed under
like circumstances, no cause of action lies
against the United States.
"We have noticed allusions made to the
claims against the Government arising out
of the war, the impression being given
that the indebtedness incurred thereby
was immense. There Is not a large in
debtedness, comparatively speaking, were
all the claims, so far presented, allowed,
one prominent anti-Administration journal
stating that the claims from Ho Ilo alone
amounted to SIS.OOO.COO. This is a slight
error, the total aggregate of the claims
thus far presented from Ilo Ilo being about
5650.000 In gold. It Is fairly presumable
that the Ilo Ho claims are pretty well
before the board by this time, the city
being captured the 11th of February, 19,
and the Board of Claims having been
convened the 18th of April of that year.
The Ilo Ilo claims may amount to more
than all others from all other sources.
The Do Ho claims do not, we think, pre
sent a cause of action against the Gov
ernment, like the matter of Ong Queco,
and every demand of any magnitude arts
ing from the Filipino insurrection. The
property was destroyed In the track of
war, and, as has been decided by the
Supreme Federal Court, as well as by dip
lomatic utterances, time and jaln. no
legal responsibility has been Incurred by
the United States, or any civilized Govern
ment for property lost under such con
ditions. TV. F. KUKRIS.
CHANGEFUL MILLIONS.
"Bravo" for Roberts; Xot a Cheer lor
the Luckless Gatacre.
London (England) Express.
Nothing succeeds like succeas. The very
Impetus of Lord Roberts" victorious march
has carried him Irresistibly forward, so
that triumph has followed -triumph with
abundant promise of more and better to
come. That so much has been achieved
at such trifling cost by no means detracts
from the merit of the performance. Great
battles are best won with small
butchers' bills and the finest gen
eralship Is to secure decisive re
sults by strategical skill. From the
moment Lord Roberts left Bloemfon
teln he has worked out the problem before
him with unerring Judgment, and yet at
headlong pace. Brandfort, "Win-burg Sid
ing, the Zand River. Boschrand, and final
ly Kroonstad are so many milestones
passed on the once seemingly Interminable
road to the far-off goal.
General Gatacre's arrival at "Waterloo
Station on Saturday evoked no demonstra
tion. There was no crowd to cheer the
gallant but luckless officer, whom Lord
Roberts had, in "War Office phraseology,
"relieved of his command."
But there was one cheery greeting from
an old soldier, who recognized him. "Keep
up your heart, Gatacre; better luck next
time!"
The General doffed hjs tweed cap and
smiled an uphill sort of smilel Two gen
tlemen shook his hand heartily; several
policemen looked sympathetically on; two
porters bundled a hold-all, a deck chair
a sword, and white helmet Into a four
wheel cab; the driver took his directions;
and the General left the station amid no
cheers.
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HELD IN GILDED CAGES
XXGLAXD HAS A PLETHORA -OP
STATE PRIS OXERS.
Escape of Oem Paal-Krager Might
Have Been Taken, Had He Been.
"Wanted Arabl Pasha's Fate.
State prisoners are a nuisance, says i
the Chicago Tribune. The BriUsh Gov- '
ernment has experienced so much of un-'
pleasantness of one kind and another with
General Cronje that one can readily un-'
derstand the extraordinary escape from
capture of the Presidents of the two "
Boer Republics at Kriegsfonteln the
other day. The English had no. desire
whatsoever t6 take cither of them, and
any British officer who had brought them
to Lord Roberts' headquarters as prls- .
oners of war would have been cursed
rather than blessed for his pains. In-
VIVE'lE
TKU5T.'
Boss Crokcr as "Dr.
deed, there Is every reason to believe
that the English deliberately avoided tho
opportunity whjch presented Itself to
them of capturing not only Steyn, but
also Oom Paul Kruger. The fact of the
matter is that the British Government
would have been more embarrassed than
pleased If they had fallen Into English
hands. Lord Salisbury would have been
forced to ship them off to St. Helena,
and to house and board them there on
a still more luxurious and costly scale
than General Cronje with the by no
means pleasant conviction that by con
fining the Boer chief magistrates on the
Island It was endowing two men wltn
not only a species of halo or martyrdom
but likewise with some of the romantic
Interest which the great Napoleon de
rived from his captivity In St. Helena.
From an English point of view. It would
be Infinitely preferable that the Presi
dents of the Orange Free State and of
the Transvaal should escape capture and
become mere fugitives, which would de
prive them of the prestige which they
would Inevitably acquire as prisoners or
State.
Unless I am much mistaken, directions
were secretly Issued from "Washington
at the close of the Civil "War In this
country to avoid capturing Jefferson
Davis. Time and again he could have
been taken by the Union troops, who,
however, made no attempt to arrest
him. He was finally taken prisoner by
a blundering officer, who either had not
received or who had else not under
stood the confidential Instructions from
the Secretary of "War, and who was
roundly abused Instead of rewarded for
hi"? pains. The President of the defunct
Confederacy was Imprisoned for a time
at Fortress Monroe, and then was quiet.
lv let go without further punishment
There Is 'no doubt that the cause of the
Ulnon would, however, have been better
Frved had Davis effected his escape to
Europe 'without impediment.
Gordon Episode.
The first time I met old Zobehr was
on the night that Gordon left Cairo on
his last journey to Khartoum, from
which he was never to return. I had
Just seen the General off at the Boulac
station, and had dropped In at the Is
mail ia Palace, where Khedive Tewfik
was residing at the time. As the cham
berlains on duty were aware of my re
lations with their master, which datea
for a long time before he succeeded to
the sovereignty of Egypt, one of them
conducted me to the Khedive's room
without previously taking his pleasure
on the subject. Jfy advent was mani
festly not only unexpected by his High
ness, but also regarded by him as Inop
portune. For as I passed through the
eulte of rooms I caught sight of Zo
behr In earnest conversation of the most
animated character with the "Khedive,
tho ordinarily lmpasslx-e features of the
old King of the Soudan being lighted up
with an exultant smile. The moment
Tewfik became aware of my approach
he quickly muttered something to Zo
behr. with manifestations of considerable
perturbation, and Zobehr slipped oft
through a side door In a manner that
showed that he was a frequent visitor
and habitue of the palace. The Khe
dive, after having addressed a few sharp
and rasping words in Turkish to the un
fortunate chamberlain, began to talk
with me In his usual affable way. evinced
the greatest Interest in my account of
Gordon's departure, and was quite ful
some in his praise of the General a
praise that eounded somewhat queer,
coming from a man who had but a mo
ment before ben engaged In confidential
conversation with the person of all oth
ers who was Gordon's bitterest enemy,
and who had" sworn In the mnt solemn
manner never to rest until he had avenged
his sons by Gordon's death.
Gordon's Hltrh-Handednens.
Zobehr. a.i I have stated above, had
been the all-powerful monarch of the
Soudan, and the king of the slave-traders.
And there is no one living at the present
moment who Is responsible. for the de
nTuelon of so many lives-, of M much
property, for the devastation cf such Im
mense tracts of country formerly covered
by prosperous towns and villages, and.
above all. for the rending Into slavery
of such multitudes of men. women and
children, as Zobehr. Somehow Gordon,
while Governor-General of the Soudan, be-
tift -?r ?
it? ?n5Hi
k wmz?&sn u. f .i
Js&X
came hnpreei-ed with ilia Idea that he
might be able to convert Zobehr Into an
ally of the Egyptian Government, and by
means of a large pension: to persuade him
to abandon his pestilenUal commerce In
ebony that Is. slavje trade. A conference
between the General and Zobehr was sat
isfactory save on certain points which
Gordon considered could best be settled
by Zobehr himself at Cairo with Khedive
Tewfik. Accordingly, Gordon not only
gave him a safe conduct, but secured a
telegraphic guarantee to. the latter from
the Khedive in person. In spite of this,
Zobehr, on arriving in the Egyptian capi
tal, was placed under arrest and detained
In quasi captivity, the Khedive being
clever enough to lead Zobthr to believe
that It was not he, but Gordon and the
English Government, who insisted on "his
detention. Before bo had been long at
Cairo he learned of the death of his two
favorite sons at the hands of Gordon him
self. They had been caught red-handed In
the act of slave-tradjng. and had shown
themsdves so obstreperous that Gordon
felt himself compelled to blow their brains
out -with his own revolver. The step was
Imperative. But Gordon evidently felt
that his action required explanation, for
he wrote a little volume setting forth all
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Denver Times.
Jckyll and Mr. Hyde."
the circumstances and Justifying his ac
tion by the necessities of the case. It is
In Arabic, and enjoys the unique distinc
tion of being the first book ever printed
in Khartoum. Only three copies are
known to exist, one of which is in the
Oriental book department of the British
museum and the second In the possession
of the Queen, at "Windsor.
Zobehr's grief for the loss of his sons
was intense, and he made no secret among
his acquaintances of his Intention never to
rest until ho was revenged upon Gordon,
not only for his sons' death, but for hlo
own captivity. Zobehr, while at Cairo,
wag not only one f the- principal agents
of El -SenussI, the Grand Master of the
most powerful religious fraternity of the
Mohammedan religious faith, but likewise
In constant communication with the
Mahdiv and there Is not the slightest
dcubt 'that It was through Zobehr that
the Mahdi obtained all his information
as to the movements both of the Egyptian
Government and of the English. If any
doubt should cxfctt on this point. It is only
necessary to point out that when the
French communist. Olivier Pain, left
Cairo secretly for the purpose of Joining
the Mahdl, he obtained from Zobehr not
only letters to the latter, but also a safe
conduct through the dervish lines. It was
not until the officers In charge of the In
telligence department of Lord "Wolseleys
Nile expedition had obtained at "Wady
halfa evidence of the fact that Zobeht
wan Irt constant communication with the
Mahdi that the English Government
finally decided to act. an accordingly
seized Zobehr at the Senuasl agency, at
Alexandria, and shipped hlnx off to Gibral
tar, where he was detained as a prisoner
of stato for three years, without any form
of trial or even court-martial.
In Gilded Cages.
I have In my life known three prison
ers of state. As a boy I accompanied my
father lo "Wllhelmshohe In 1S70 and was
presented for the first time to Emperor
Napoleon III, who was In gilded captiv
ity there. I have known both Arabl
and Sami Pashas, In Ceylon, to which
Island they had been deported after the
close of the Egyptian Insurrection of 1SS2,
and the bombardment of Alexandria, and
the battle of Tel-el,-Keber, and last, but
not least, I have enjoyed a something
more than ordinary acquaintance with
Zobehr, the former Emperor of the Sou
dan and the representative In Egypt of
the Grand Master of tho. SenussI, who,
during the course of Lord "Wolseley's Nile
campaign to rescue Gordon in 1SS4-S5. was
suddenly seized one night at his residence
In Alexandria by English soldiers, hurried
on board a British, cruiser lying Id port,
which within a quarter of an hour after
his arrival quietly slipped its moorings
and steamed off to Gibraltar, where Zo
behr remained In captivity as a prisoner
of state for several years, until permit
ted to return to Egypt, I hear that he
has lately even gone back to Khartoum.
My recollection of Napoleon at "Wll
helmshohe Is somewhat dimmed by time.
Thirty years have elapsed since then.
But. being fond of my father, he was
kind to me, amazed, me hy the excellence
of his English and his knowledge of the
great public school which I had recently
left, and gave me the Impression of being
an exceedingly sick and weary man, who
was resigned to his fate, and, on the
whole, rather relieved tljat his troubles
and worries as a sovereign were over.
The palace which served as his prison
was tho magnificent abode which had
been the headquarters of his uncle, Jer
ome, .husband of Elizabeth Patterson, of
Baltimore, during his reign as King of
"Westphalia. The cuisine was perfect,
and. Inasmuch as the Emperor was sur
rounded by the officers of his household
and. waited upon by his own French body
servants, there was nothing to convey
the Idea that ho was undr restraint, save
the German sentinels and patrols which
kept watch around the walls and en
trances of the grounds at every point.
Napoleon disappointed me by his absence
of majesty and by hH abbreviated stat
ure and short legs, and Z. could not help
comparing him. to his disadvantage, with
his couIn. Prince Jerome Napoleon, who
was tall and stately, with the head and
features of a Roman Caesar, and a cyni
cal, humorous, sarcastic and sometimes
coarse way of discussing things, which
was extraordinarily amusing. Jerome had
a, trick, however, which was most dis
concerting, and which was due. I was- In
formed, to liver trouble. 'It was this: He
yawned ou an average every two minutes,
no matter with whom, he was conversing,
and this used to set me, as well as many
other persons, yawning in sympathy. The
Emperor's trick was that of dropping his
eyes to such an extent that one almost
thought he was asleep, and then suddenly
raising them to stare at one.
Troublesome Pashas.
With regard to Arab! and Sami Pashas,
I had known them both In Egypt prior
to the insurrection of 1!S2, and before Be
ing deported to Ceylon. Arab! was a great
hulking big fellow, with rounded shoulders
and the most honest pair of dark brown I Government, It has been sat upon. Reso
eyes that It was possible to conceive. He j lutlons are presented at each session,
was a typical Fellaheen, or Egyptian peas, t however. Just the same, and possibly eome
ant, with a dash of the Arab, and pes
bessed of all the obstinacy, the narrow
ness of intellectual vision and the bigotry j
of his claps. He had been taught from j
his childhood that the terrible oppression
to which the Egyptian peasantry was sub
jected by the revenxle officials taxes be
ing extorted often twice over by means of
the kourbash and the bastinado was In
order to pay the Infidel (Christian) bond-
holders and usurers, and that if the
latter were driven out of the country, not
only would a service be rendered to
Allah and to his prophet, but likewise the
peasantry would be relieved of all fur
ther financial obligations, of all mort
gages and taxes. That was his- under
standing In heading the insurrection, his
zeal being fostered by gross injustice to
which he personally had been subjected
by his superior officers.
Sami was an entirely different type of
man a falr-halred, blue-eyed, blond-mus-
tached and polished scoundrel of the I
deepest dye, who was the real Instigator
of the rebellion and who made a tool of
poor, elmple ArabL Having reason to
suspect his wife, he not only killed her,
but likewise her mother, her chief eunuch,
as well as the friend whom he regarded as
his betrayer, and likewise had his hands
stained with the blood of the poor Mouf
fetlsh, Khedive Ismail's famous Minister
of Finance, Ismail having learned through
the treachery of Blum, the Austrian Sec
retary of the Mouffetlsh, that the latter
was about to make a clean breast of the
somber mysteries of Egyptian finance to
the International Comm'esion of Inquiry,
assembled at Cairo, invited the ill-fated
minister to a supper on board his yacht,
which was moored on the Nile Just off the
palace of Gezlreh. The Khedive and his
sons left the vessel when the supper was
over. "The Mouffetlsh remained behind,
and was strangled by two of the Khe
dive's chamberlains, one of whom was
Sami. who had his own throat lacerated
by the nails of the dying man. Sami has
recently been liberated and permitted to
return to Cairo, thanks to the fact that
he Is a relative of the present Khedive's
mother. But ArabI still remains a pris
oner of state In the Island of Ceylon, by
virtue of no decree of any English court
of law. Indeed, his detention there Is
of doubtful legality.
Other Noted Prisoners.
Among other state prisoners of Greav
Britain have been the Maharajah Dhu
leep Singh, ex-King of the Punjab, to
whom the English Government paid an
annuity of $250,000, his captivity taking the
form of not being allowed "to travel east
of the Isthmus of Suez. Then there has
been King Theebaw of Burmah, who died
some time ago In the neighborhood of
Madras, where he waa detained as a pris
oner of state. The ex-King of Oudh re
ceived as a. prisoner of state an annuity
of $300,000 and had his liberty restricted
to the city limits of Calcutta. The last
of the grand moguls died as a state pris
oner at Rangoon, to which he had been
deported at the close of the great Indian
has had several other deposed
Indian and South African rulers under
moro or less costly detention as prisoners
of state, including the Kings of Banin and
Ashantl from the west coast of Africa,
while France has a whole batch of Orient
al and African potentates In gilded cap
tivity. Including the ex-Queen' of Mada
gascar, the ex-Emperor of Anam, both of
whom are detained In Algeria, while the
ex-King of Dahomey Is. I believe, under
restraint on the Isle de France, a. burden
to the treasury of France, which, al
though a republic, still has monarchs on
Its payroll.
Soon the United States will be con
fronted with a similar problem. For,
when Agulnaldo Is ultimately caught, he,
too. will have to bo treated as a prisoner
of state.
ARMY AND NAVY ETIQUETTE
Nominally Only Nominally, Aealnst
Lobbying; In Congress.
"WASHINGTON, May 30. While there Is
no restriction upon Army and Navy offi
cers appearing before Congress and urg
ing Senators and Representatives to enact
certain legislation for their benefit, there
seems to be a well-defined objection to tho
attempt to work up influence from outside
sources. This was demonstrated in the
case of Commander Todd, who tried to
Influence legislation by bringlmj pressure
to bear upon Chambers of Commerce and
many other outside organizations to se
cure the passage of some pending bill for I
the benefit of the Navy. Secretary Long
sat down on Commander Todd for this
act, which he styled a breach of naval
etiquette, and also charged the officer with
going outside of his legitimate functions.
It is well known that Army officers often
times appear before House and Senate
committees, but usually that is on public
questions. But Army and Navy officers
are always lobbying about Congress for
their own special benefit, and it Is known
that the staff officers of the Army have
taken particular pains to defeat the reor
ganization bill so far as the staff Is con
cerned. The naval personnel bill was put
through by pressure of naval officers, sup
plemented by officers of the Marine Corps,
the result being that nearly the entire
force of naval and marine officers se
cured a substantial advancement, many of
them being promoted two grades.
As to Junkets.
Junkets are not very popular, and there
has only been one in recent years, that
of a sub-committee of the Senate commlt-
The New York
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tee on relations wth Cuba, which went
to 'that Island for the purpose of Inves
tigation. Of course, the committee did
not find much, not even an Inkling of the
serious difficulties that afterwards arose
in that island over the pcstal revenues.
Yet the Senators who went on the trip
say that they secured information that
will be valuable for them in future leg
islation. But during the last few sessions
of Congress, whenever a proposition has
been advanced to send a committee of Sen.
ators out. through the country during the
vacation to make an investigation Into
this or that or the other affair of tho
may go through. There has been quite
a desire on the part of several commit
tee to visit Alaska, and the suggestion
is mado that a co-operative committee
consisting of sub-committees from terri
tories, public lands, military affairs and
Indian affairs, should be named to visit
the big Territory of Alaska for th& pur
pose of making a thorough Investiga
tion as to it needs, on the several sub
jects on which the committees have Jur
isdiction In the Senate. Although this
has been proposed several times, it never
goes through, and it Is doubtful If it will
pass at this session.
TVhartoH Barker's Claim.
"Wharton Barker, who was nominated
by the MIddle-of-the-Road Populists for
President, on the same day that Bryan
was nominated at Sioux Falls, was In
"Washington paying his respects to Presi
dent McKlnley. An Interesting feature
of Barker's visit was the fact that he told
some newspaper men that he would poll
from 1.500,000 to 1,750.000 votes votes which
went to Bryan four years ago. Mr.
Barker says that will be sufficient to de
feat Bryan. Barker says that the trouble
with Bryan Is that he Is fighting for a
dead Issue, and that he ought to make
the Issue something else besides silver.
Speaking further on thte big mass of
votes, he says that the l,5O),O0O Democratic
votes which left Bryan four years ago on
the silver question will not return to him,
because he still Btands for silver, and
those Democrats left him on that Issue,
which is of more Interest to them than
any other. Now no one can tell Just how
many vo.es Barker will get, and he may
be right in his estimate. Democrats all
differ as to where these votes all come
from, and what effect they will have on
the Prebldentlal election. If they are cast
in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Nebraska and Kansas, they
would make It an easy walk-over for Mc
Klnley. But the Populists of theso
Northern states generally are assistant
Democrats, and that Is what the Popu
list party which was represented at St.
Louts in 1S96, and at Sioux Falls in 1900,
seems to stand for.
Barker a Great Man.
Another thing that has been discovered
by Barker is that he Is really a very
great man. After SO years he comes out
and gives away facts in relation to the
nomination of James A. Garfield fcr
President In 1SS0. Strange to say, Barker
did it, according to his own story. He
also gives the information that the move
ment for Garfield was started In 1S79, and
that he and his father were managers
of the scheme. In this same connection
he makes a statement that Is likely to be
refuted, saying that Hayes was working
in the scheme, although John Sherman
was a me7aber of his cabinet, and waa
ostensibly Hayes candidate for Presi
dent. Everybody supposed that Hayes
threw the whole weight of the Adminis
tration, which was not very strong at
that time, in favor of Sherman, and It
was only because Sherman could not be
eleoted that the Administration forces
turned to Garfield. Barker wants people
to think that be is considerable of a man,
and he says that he "foresaw that there
would be a great struggle between the
friends of Gneral Grant and James G.
Blaine In the convention of 1SS0." This he
foresaw In 1S79. He ought to have maae
himself rich out of the scheme if he
knew it was going through, because Gar
field was about the last guess that any
body made up to the time of the conven
tion. A Receiver's Enormous Fees.
New York Letter to the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
"When Hugh J. Grant was made receiver
of the Third-Avenue Railroad, it was ex
pected that he would continue In that
position for a long time. But the purchase
of the control by the Metropolitan, and
Its subsequent lease to that -system, has
changed the situation, and to day, by
THIS
is familiar In thous
ands of homes. For
half a century it has
had a permanent
place as a family
medicine.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH
BITTERS
"WILL CURE
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
Flatulency, Biliousness,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness
and Kidney Disorders.
Sold by druggists and dealers generally,
with a Private Revenue Stamp over the
neck of the bottle.
Dental. Parlors
All Graduate Dentists.
plates $5.00
2f STOMACH
i
general cons-ant. Judge Lacombs' dls-
charged Mr. Grant as receiver, and- to
morrow the payment of the floating debt
of $23,730,000 will be begun, that amount ..
of money having been deposited with the
Morton Trust Company for that purpose.
The quick restoration of this property to
a position of solvency Is a remarkable,
feat of financiering. It Is estimated -that
Mr. Grant's fees as receiver will amonnt
to $3,0CO. The receivership lasted threa
months.
DAILY MEfTEROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. June 4.-8 P. 1L Maximum
temperature. 71; minimum temperature,, 52;
river reading at 11 A. 31.. 14.1 feet: change In
the last 21 hours. 0.4 foot: total precipitation,
S P. 31. to S-P. 3L. 0.00: total precipitation
from Sept. 1. 1S00. S0.5S inches: normal pre
cipitation from Sept. 1, 1S00. 44.13 inches: de
ficiency, 7,55 inches: total sunshine June 8,
12:13: possible sunshine Juno. 3. 15:34.
"WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Heavy rains have occurred along tho Stralta
of Juan de Fuca and light rains at stations
on Puset Sound, while elsewhere no rain of
consequence has fallen during the-last 2J hours,
althoueh the weather .is cloudy and threaten
ing over much of this district. The tempera
ture has remained nearly stationary in Ore
gon, and a slight chango to cooler weather has
occurred In Washington, and a corresponding
change to warmer in Southern Idaho. The in
dications are for showers Tuesday in Wash
ington, and generally fair weather la Oregon
and Idaho.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for tho 23 hours
ending at midnight Tuesday. June Sr
Oregon Generally fair, except showers near
coast: warmer In northwest portion; winds
mostly westerly.
Washington Fair, except showsrs near th
coast and Sound; warmer west portion; winds
mostly westerly.
Idaho Fair; cooler south portion: westerly
winds.
Portland and vicinity Showers in early morn
ing, followed by fair and warmer weather;
westerly winds. .
EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official.
AUCTION SALES TODAY.
At Central Auction Rooms, cor. Alder and
Park sts. Sale at 10 A. 31. Geo. Baker : Co.
auctioneers.
At salesroom. 411 "Washington st, 10
- L. N. GHman, auctioneer.
A, 3L
MEETING NOTICES.
A. & A. S. RITE. No meet.
Ing this evening. Reunion oa
3fonday next. 4th, 3th and 6th
degrees at 2 P. 3L. 14th degre
at 8 P. 31.. 18th degree Tues
day morning. 30th degreo Tues
day 2 P. 3L, 32d degreo Tues
day 8 P. 3L By order
PRESIDING OFFICER.
ABERNETHys CABIN. NO,
1, N. S. O. Regular meatins;
this (Tuesday) evening. Elks'
Hall, 3tarquam building, at 3
o'clock. Hyla mamook.
J. P. 3IOFFETT. Pres.
F. 3T. DEWITT. Rec, Sec.
DIED.
RIGBY -Jaao S, In this city, Laura A. Rlgby,
aged 13. years, 11 months, daughter of John
and Emily Rlgby, of "Woodstock. Interment
at Oakland. Cal. Seattle papers pie jo copy.
EDWARD HOLMAX. Undertaker. 4ta
and Yamhill sts. Rena. Btlason, 1&t.
assistant. Both, phoaea No. 007.
Finley, Kimball A Co., Undertakers.
Lady assistant. 275 Third st. Tel. 9.
F. S. DUNNING, Undertaker, 414 East
Alder. Lndy Assistant. Botn phones.
Floral pieces; cnt flonrers. CI ark a
Bros. 289 Morrison. Both phonei.
CREMATION.
Odd Fellows' 'Cemetery Association
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
It deceased was a member of any erga&lza
tloa having a presiding offlcer and secretary,
the charge for cremation, a copper receptacls
for the ashes and organ service Is $30. Ths
came for members ot the family of such de
ceased. GEORGE R. FLETCHER, Supt.
NEW TODAX.
PETTICOATS
Today we offer two prime bargains la
ladles' petticoats: the price Is $1.63 eacih.
Lot 1 are fine black Italian cloth, double,
flounces, two clusters of fucks, and velvet
bound, fairly worth 52.50.
Lot 2, black wool moreen, with a nlne
Inch flounce and velvet binding; our usuaT
$2.23 grade.
OLDS & KING
Lace Curtain Sale
A beautiful lace curtain, 3 yards long, with
Brussels pattern, rich lacy effects: regular ft
curtain $2, today only. L Gcvurtr, the Home
furnisher. 173 First st., N. "W. cor. YamhllU
Warrants
Bonds and stocks bought and sold. J. W
Cruthers & Co., 314 Chamber of Commerce.
MORTGAGE LOANS
Oa Improved dtr and farm property.
K. LIVINGSTONE. 22 Stark at.
j
Sheehy Bros.
"V7all paper; contractors for painting, paper.
Ing' and kalsomlnlng; first-class, work; moderate
prices. 106 Sixth street, near "Washington.
Mortgaged Properties
Both city and farm, at bargains. Loans at Itrtr
rates. Bonds purchased. Estates managed.
W. H. FEAR, Chamber of Commerce,
Mortgage Loans
On Unproved city and farm property, at lomjs.
current rates. Building loans. InstsllatM
loans. Maemaster Jk Blrrell. Sll Worcester Mk.
Mortgage Loans
On Improved city property, at lcnrest rates.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
7 Chamber of Commerce.
IRVINGTON.
PRICES OF LOTS REDUCED.
The undersigned la now prepared to traHS
bouses In Irvlngton, Portland's meet desirable
suburb, on the Installment plan, whereby the
monthly payments will be ACTUALLY less
than rental charged for similar residences.
If you cannot call, send for circular. I
C. H. PRESCOTTr'
212 and 213 Chamber of Commerca.
. i
Baker's Adjustable Bedside Table
AU InvaUds will welcome Baker's adjustable
bedside table. The discomfort usually experi
enced by Invalids while taking meals or la
trying to read are reduced to the minimum,
and with this excellent table, that ought to
and will In time find a place In every slckrora
the patient wUl be relieved of a constant sourca
of annoyance. Tho table Is entirely independ
ent of the bed. and can be adjusted to any
angle with the least possible expenditure ot
physical force. It will be found indlspensablo
during sickness, and once it is used you woujd
not do without it for many times the amount
of money it cost. It should be In every home.
Call and examine them at "WOODARD,
CLARICE & CO.'S. cor. Fourth and" "Wash. sts.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
GOOD 8-ROOSI HOUSE. FURNITURE AND
stable. Tioga, Long Beach, "Wash.; also two
lots. 0 and T, block 2. First Peninsular ad
dition, city. F. Hacheney, City Treasurer
ofllce-
FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL SUBURBAN HOllH
of 7 acres; 5 acres In prunes, good houso,
barn; on electric car line; city water. Apply
Griffith. 143 nth st.
TIMBER LANDS
And forest reserve scrip for sale. Govern
ment and state lands located. J. D. Wilcox
A Co.. 202 Stark at.
THREE LOTS. CORNER. CHEAP. MOUNT
Tabor "Villa, one-half block car line. Joseph
HoTer, Merchants Hotel.
PERSONS "WANTING REAL ESTATE ALONO
or near the coast, wilr please write to Marios,
Ruble. "Waldport. Or.