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J THH MORNING OREGONIAN, 'WEDNESDAY. JTFNE 13, 1900. LlfT AGAIN, OPEN Raiding Boers Driven From the Railroad., BULLER-MASTER OEtXfiS&S NEK Xatal ColwaB, After a Bleody Flebt, Crosses Into the TrimTiiaI- Qnestion of the FaiHre'. -'it; XONJX5J?. Juno,. .13, 3:30. A..,1L Two "pieces, "of'Trews" encdu"ragmg"to-the British in tho officiI 'msi&rcif& re'hat the "broken cbm'oiuhlcatibris oT ord Roberts are In a fair way -to be mended by the forces moving northward and southward ,and driving off the roving commandos, and that Sir Redvers Buller is at last roaster of Lalng's Xek. Telegraphic communication with Lord Jtoberts is expected to be restored today, as n. dispatch from Bloemfontein, dated yesterday, says that the railway is in British possession again, and that the work of repairing the line Is going on rapidly wuth abundant material 'warehoused at Bioemfonteln. From the .subjoined tele gram it would appear that General Hun ter was In command of the.- troops rc ferxed 'tojy General Kelly-Cenny In his "dispatch from Bloemfonteirr ifune 12: ' "General Hunter is coming" tip rapidly JCrom. the northwest, having' severely de feated a large commando of Boers who had destroyed two miles of railway north of Xroonstad." The Boer Government is also issuing news cheering to its sympathizers. The followIng-buHetin, -the -Boer- version of tho disaster to the Derbyihlres, was post ed by President JCruger at Machadodorp: "On June 1 four divisions of burghers, commanded by Stecnkaamp, Frineman, Duploy, Fourle and Hel, attacked the British at Roodeval. killed 200, took 703 prisoners and captured immense stores of food and ammunition, a maxim gun and 1000 lyddite shells. Some food was taken by the Boer farmers and the rest was burned. The English mall was taken. The burghers attacked" from the open veMt, and gave evidence of unprecedent ed 'bravery." General Dewet was also fighting June 2, whether at Roodeval or elsewhere is not clear, but the Boer "War Office gives It out that he captured 3000 suits ot cloth ing, blankets, gloves, boote, etc Being unable to carry them with hCm in his rapid sweep through the country, accord ing to the Transvaal War Office, he burned the whole mass. General Dewet has also reported that he put 1000 British out of action, and destroyed property valued at 100.000. As Lord Methuen is officially described as fighting- Jifne 7, Jt la possible thathe to-j engaged by Gen eral Dewet. Accordipg to a dispatch to the Daily Express from Machadcdorp. dated June 10. via Lourenco Marques, those around Pres ident Kruger say that Louis Botha and JDelarey h.ive been offered indirectly 10.000 a year to lay down their arms, and President Kruger expects the same offer to be made to himself. President Steyn and Dewet. President Kruger be lieves that the British make these efforts to close the war on the principle that It would cost less than to fight It out. A dispatch from Lourenco Marques says that 1500 Boers arc reported to.be retir ing on Middelburg from various quarters, and that after weeding out the faint hearted, 20.000 men are still left. General Buller wae unable Monday to follow up the Boers, from lack of cavalry as well as water. The dispatches describe him as fighting a spirited advance over a rugged field under prolonged rifle fire. J The Boers had two guns, which they got away. Few dead or wounded Boers were found. It seems probable that the major portion of the Boer had withdrawn be fore the advance began. Lord Methuen, General Rundle and Gen eral Brabant are reported to have D003 snen and 50 guns engaged In enclosing the Boers in the eastern part of Orange River Colony. The War Ofllce casualty returns up to June 9 aggregate 23,664. besides 792 of ficers and 12.353 men sent home as Invalids, but not Including the sick in South Af rican hospitals. CROWX COLONIES. Plan for the Civil Government of South Africa. LONDON-- June J2. 10:05 P, L It Is learned by the Associated Press that the Government has at last decided upon a plan for the olvil- settlement-of South Af rica. The details are kept most secret, but it can be safely said'jhnt the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal will be come crown colonies. Sir Alfred Milner, It Is declared, is to be High Commissioner of South Africa, In spite of the oppo sition he has incurred. The crown colony form of government can "be best understood with reference to the system in vogue In the "West Indies, Sierra Leone and Ceylon. Endeavors will be made to put this In force as soon as pos sible in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, though It is scarcely expected that the details will be announced or some parts of the work begun for a few months. While the civil settlement will be drawn up so as to be eventually Independent ol mllltarycnforcement it is realized .that the Inital'worlc must be effected with" the co-operation of the troops. Sir Alfred Milner appears to believe that civil reor ganization and military pacification can proceed simultaneously, and that a possi ble scattered rising will not seriously re tard the progress of reorganization once it is begun. The Colonial Office is said to be .of-lhe opinion, however, that the raalntenanatfoodHsed-garrisons at oucunuia t5 .Diueiiii.oninnr"xvroonsiaa, Johannesburg and Pretoria will be necessary- -for- p. long time after the crown col ony system gets In working order. For this reason and others put forward by Sir Alfred Milner. the Idea of granting an autonomous form of government-has beeri abandoned. It Is believed Aough it' can not "Sk erlfied, that aTprtiqn; of- the Transvaal will be parUtroned.oft3LO Natal. The whole arrangement may be roughly described as coinciding with the views ad vanced by the progressives, as opposed to those held by the bondltes. -The final stepsjln this direction have been taken during the last few days. Chamberlain Bent -for P. L Fitzpatnch, author of "Transvaal From Within," who Is well knownjjn connection with South African affairs. "and spent a whole -day In consul tation with him. Mr. Fitzpatrlck will sail for Cape Town June 16. to Join the advisory committee which Sir Alfred Mil ner is forming. TJCE XE1VS" WAS KEPTJJACK. War;Sbnlee Suppressed. -information X of Disantcr. - NEW YORK, June 12. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Bad hews from the Free State- oozes out slowly -from the War Office- Tne line of communications was cut on Wednesday, the day after Lord Roberts entered Pre torla,jbux tho fact w"as not admit. ed until Saturday, nor the truth revealed until yes terday that there had been severe fighting at RoodevaU an'5 that the mliU-?atuUon of the. Derbyshire- Regiment and other details haabeun" taken prisoners. ThesQidetaffci we're guard4ng the, railway where the'B6er'-;niia'6rs struck the line ot, communications, and their casualties were severe, aBout a hundred being "killed and wounded. So far as reported, the defense of the, mUltta. was. learly vigorous, but the force Tyasjoptrimnbered. and the Boers were enabled tpdes.V"y the uJJwaj, for over jgmiies: ' " z Lord.Me:huen. after reaching Lindley by a forced marchfrom the railway, leit B garrison -Xhcre and headed for HeU bron to join General Coiviile, but was ( t . .' -fighting' with? a Boer force on Thursday .within 10 miles of his destination. "Wheth er this force was returning from Roodeyal with Its prisoners or vu an auxiliary col umn hovering about HeUbron Is unoarmin. Apparently the raiding column remained on the railway for several days, for a cas ualty list reached General Knox at Krocn stad under e flag of truce. General KeBy Kenny has. ordered General Knox to go north, but the direction taken by the raid ing forces Is not known. General Paget's garrison t Llndley would appear to be in Imminent danger. This unfavorable news has caueed keeu disappointment In .military circles here, but there is no disposition on the port of well-informed men to censure Lord Rob erts. The Free State forces have delivered an effective counter stroke, and have taken over a thousand prisoners at Lind ley and Roodeval. They have thrown the British campaign into disorder by their brilliant strategy, and have learned by experience how much mischief they can cause by harassing the British line of communications. The British forces will be massed against the Free State cbmmandoea as soon as Lord Roberts gets control of the wires. LAIXG'S NEIC ABAXDOXED. Buller. Reports That lie la In Trans vaal Territory. .LONDON, June 12. The "War. Office to--day- posted the following dispatch from Buller: "Headquarters In Natal, June 11. We forced AJpaond's Nek. ft Is not marked on the maD. but is the last defile to Charlestown Flats. Tht enemy --were In considerable .force, .with several guns In , position. The brunt of tho fighting fell -upon the Second Dorsets, who earned the position at the point of the bayonet, ana the Third Cavalry Brigade, who were heavily attacked on our right from the very broken country avound Ikelln Moun tain. I hope our casualties are less than 100, which, considering the extreme length of- the position, is much less than expected,- - t ''The whole attack was directed. by-Hlld-yard, whose dispositions were extremely good. The artillery. Tenth Brigade and Third Cavalry Brigade, did most of the work." The "War Office later Issued the follow ing from Buller to the Secretary of War: "Jouberfs. Farm, June 12, 5:12 P. M. TVe are encamped Xour miles, north of Volksrust JLaing's Nek and Majuba-were completely evacuated by the Boers last night. General Cleary. from Ingogo, Is now coming -over the Nek. I have had j camp here for want of water. A correct list of j'esterday's casualties will be sent as-soon as received." The foHowingxdispatch has been received at the War Office from General Forestler Walker, in command of the lines of com munication in South Africa: "Cape Town, June 12. Following is from Ktelly-Kenny: 'June 11. No com munication from Methuen since June 7. He was flchtlng on June 6 to the north f-Vet!cbkopl Steyn Is near Reltz. Pris oners have been sent to Vrcde, and are well treated." ' " , The War Office has received the follow ing from General Kelly-Kenny: "BJoemfonteln, June 12. Our troops from the north are at Honing Spruit (south of Roodeval, where the Boers cut the British lines of communication), having defeated the enemy. They will be at America Siding tomorrow at 8 A. M. Gen eral Knox moves out from Kroonstad to Intercept the enemy. Fuller particulars later." A plentiful crop of reports has been filtering through Lourenco Marques- Ac cording J.Q these. General DeWet, with 13,000 burghers. Is marching on Johannes burg, the Boers have retaken Bloemfon tein, where President Steyn again occu pies the Presidency, the British . having sustained a severe defeat at Elendsfontein, lost 750 killed and wounded and 150 prls qners in a light at Yredefort. Nothing from any other sources lends color to these stories, with the exception of the last, which is probably the Boer verelon of the disaster to the battalion of the Derbyshire Regiment t Roodeval. In regard to President Steyn being at Bloem fontein. a diepatch from Maseru, Basuto land. dated June 11, says Steyn was then at Vredevet, 200 miles from Bloemfon tein. General Buller appears to be making substantial progress, and ought soon to be occupying the railroad at Charlestown, whence presumably ho will advance on Heidelberg and effect a-junctlon with Rob erts. A dispatch from Llchtenburg. dated June 11, says GO Johannesburg mounted police men with a Maxim gun have surrendered to General Hunter. A probable explanation of the reports that a British force is moving through Swaziland comes in a dispatch from Port Elizabeth dated June 11. announcing the return there ot the British cruiser Doris from Koos Bay. whither she had taken a number of whaleboats with the object of landing an armed force, presumably part -of-a plan -to penetrate Into Swaziland. The.1 13lCn? JBJWCTCl t;Ul 1HI ML inc CAJJtUl" tion. ana tne rorce was noi lanaea. According to a Cape Town dispatch, the cab'net crisis continues. It Is added that should Premier Schrelner secede from the bund, as he threatens, his action would place Jthe bund In the -minority In the as sembly Among fhe members of tho Teomanry killed at. jpjpdl.ey was W. T. Power, pro prietor! p? the' Caifyon Ranch In North Texas and a son of Sir W. T. Power. STOPPED A STREET FIGHT. Kansari CItr Detectives Killed a Ne ;i Brq. .Man .and 'Woman. KAAS-G.TT. Mo., Juno 12. Two city detectives, Matt Kenney and Henry Sparks, undertook to stop a street fight between a crowd of negro men and women Tri"EasC Third street this afternoon, and as a result of an exchange of.s'hats, Rufus andjJhatles Jackgon,'pToin3erbrof a barber-shop, was seriously wounded. Two score men and women had mixed It up In the street with knives and beer bot tles, and when the detectives tried to In terfere. Jackson struck at Kenney. Ken ney; nromptly shot Jackson in the leg, uj!bnve df tho negroes bolted for Jack- sorfST basement barber-shop. The detec- .llves! followed tind. we met y rz JacKon with a small rifle ana Bennett with a revolver. A lively exchange of shots followed. Ken ney barely dodged a shot from Jackson's rITTe'thnt lSSged In "the breast of Ora ChHas. a negress. killing hef. A shot from one of the officer's1 guns struck Bennett- In the headland he fell dead be side Mhe -Chflds woman. Haff a dozen arrests, were'made. Jackson vesa taken to the hospital, and may die. GHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. AlleReU" Frauds la Supplying tke Government "With Boxes. SAN FRANCNSCO, June 12. Ernest Emmrich, chief ulerk in the Quartermas ter's Department, U. S. A., has been ar rested, charged writh conspiring with J. W. Bartholomew, also under arrest, to defraud the Government by approving bills for supplies that were never fur nished. He was released on $3000 bonds. On his person was found a note made payable to him from the American Box Factorj, which has been paid consid erable, money for supplies Jb.at it is claimed were never delivered tflhe Government- Bartholomew Is the secretary of the concern. The boxes were "used In pack ing guns and ammunition for shipment. Infantlno Released. SAN JOSE, CuL. June 12. Nick Infan tlno. who was brought back from Port land. Or., by the Sheriff, on a charge of grand larceny In the alleged stealing of 590J from Josle Wilson; Scho married him hejjciasjieervreleased-b- Justlo Rosea- OraSr'Snt'oK&rt 5enc:- - - tr Or. San ford's Liver In-rigrorator. The bert Liver Medicine. A Yerstable Cure for 1 Ltrer Bis. BUiin-tstcs. IndljraUcs, Coaa!fauoa. POLITICS IN .HAWAII SPECIAL SESSJIOX OF THE LEGIS LATURE TO COJfVEXE SOON. Republican Delegates . to Philadel phia Convention Llllaolfalaal Gives Up Her Fight. - HONOLULU. June 5. It may he taken I as almost a foregone conclusion that a handling four tons of milk per day, and special session of the Legfelalure will be one good hotel. At the mouth of the river called as soon as the Governor of the are located the Umpqua llfe-aavlng station Territory of Hawaii Is Installed. If 30 1 and the Umpqua lighthouse. Tjy have days' notice Is given June 14. the election 4 one church building, and a good school will be held July 14. and the members J house. Another church will be built this could assemble Monday, July 25. This will J Summer. Vnv . cAatrkn tn n p1nA iKrtilf tVta 0nH ! of September. The Republican Territorial convention I has elected the following delegates to the ' National convention: B. F. Dillingham, William R. Castle, Samuel Parker and I EDIN H. AMERICAN MINISTER TO CHIXA. A. N. Kepoikai. The .last two are Ha wallans. They .will Jeave soon for Phila delphia. Both Dillingham and Castle are now in the East. The transport Wyeflcld arrived from Tacoma on the 2d on her way to Manila. Ex-Quecri Lilluokalanl unexpectedly ar rived last night on the steamship City of Peking, defeating the plans of those who were preparing to give her a. recep- 3 tion upon, the arrival of the .Australia tomorrow. She was driven at onceoher-Bcretania-street mansion, where, 'late a3 the hour was, a few of her Intimate ad visers and friends were received. The ex Queen is quoted as utterly oppo-ed to taking any part whatever in local poll tics. When asked for an expression of her views, sho referred the Inquirer to Joseph O. Carter, who stated that It was certain that Lilluokalanl would not have anything to say about election affairs. The ex-Queen has had her fight and lost, and had been put down, and now Is ready to live her own life and give her attention to her private property inter ests, which are much in need of looking after. "As far as Washington Is concerned." said Mr. Carter, "the eX-Queen does not expect any action In her case at present." The steamship City o'f Peking" brought four Internal revenue officers, who are to take charge of the Internal revenue busi ness here under the Jurisdiction of the Sari Francisco district. On the Australia, two United States Treasury agents will arrive to look after the customs depart ment, assisting the Collector-General in the introduction of the American system In the customs bureau. It Is "understood that one "of them will remain here for some time, as the special agent of the Treasury Department. It was announced that as a result of a conference of the planters' and employers' convention, "it has been recommended by the plantation managers to thetrus tees of the Hawaiian Sugar Planter' As sociation that labor bureaus be established on each of the different Islands, ari'd that the passbook system be Inaugurated again: also that the plantat'ons should .uojpajojd lanwux jo; JaqiaSoj pucjs SETTLEMENT OF GARDINER. With Brief Record of Growth and Changes Vp to Date. GARDINER, Or., June 11. On the banks of the Umpqua. nine miles from the ocean. Is the town of Gardiner, whose history Is the history of the Lower Ump qua "Valley. The ground npon which" the town stands was originally owned by Hon. A. C. Glbbs. -who was at one time Governor of Oregon Territory. In 1S53 the settlement consisted of but one house. Governor Glbbs .was, jsepceeded by J. C. Cooper, owner of the steamer Columbia, which plied between the Umpqua and Portland, requiring two weeks to make the trlj. Scottsburg, In those days, was the com mercial center for all Southern Oregon. There was a Custom-House in the Immedi ate vicinity of Gardiner, with Mr. Burns as the pioneer Collector. Mr. Burns was succeeded by John Nicholson, during whose incumbency the Custom-House -was Temoved early In the 70s. It was re established, and the customs collected by Deputy Collectors, Messrs. Melvln P. P. Palmer and Joseph Butler, In succession, holding the position. In 1S31 the Custom House was abolished. In 1S64 the first sawmill was built by Gard Chism, George Bower, Dave Morey and John Cruse. In 1563 Mr. Hansen be came the owner of the mill and operated It for three years, when its ownership passed to A. M. Simpson. A few years later the mill was destroyed by fire. Mr. Simpson rebuilt it, and the property was afterward sold to the Gardiner Mill Com pany. About the year 1SG9 the lower mill was built by George Hinsdale, -and run by him for eight years or mom. Vhen It was de stroyed by fire, jis was also the little town. About this time the Gardiner Mill. Com pany was organized, to whom Mr. Hins dale transferred his Interest- The plant of this concern Is today one of the most Important on the Coast, and gives steady employment to many hands In the mill and in the logging camps. About the year 170 the late Senator A. W. Reed embarked in the merchandise business at Gardiner, Prior to this date, Mr. Reed had, been connected with the lumbering interests in various capacities, from common laborer to Buperrntendent of Jthe mill. He had been. Interested more or less In fishing. IjTlnal'r with others, he established' a cannery,, which In time passed to his sole ownership and he suc cessfully operated it during his life. Mr. Reed bought from Captain J. D. Leeds and Abe Frior the land? originally held by Governor Glbbs, paying therefor 510,000. which was 10 times the price paid by Messrs Leeds and Frior to Mr. Cooper. A large part of Gardiner now stands on this tract. Gardiner was named after Gardiner, Me., -as- many of the pioneers of the town, as well as many of its present citizens, hall from the Pine Tree State. Two large general "merchandise stores, two salmon 1 -ennnferles. one sawmill", canaeltv 10O.C00 feet n,r dftV one drUE. stort on ereamprv. Many of our residences are valuable, modern houses, and all are painted white. which gives the place, with Its high, green timber - covered hills for a background, a charming appearance. One billion feet of lumber per xndnth; CONGER tons of butter and cheese; several thou sand cases of salmon annually, grain, potatoes and apples make up the bulk of our chief exports. About 1000 tons of freight, chiefly merchandise for Gardiner, Scottburg and Elkton merchants, make up our Imports. Gardiner, as a lodge town, for Its size. Is the banner town of Oregon in this re spect. We have all of them nearly and all are prosperous and up to date. f - Mr. Bnlley'i Partner. ' St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Not many people know that ex-Gpv-ernor Francis, of Missouri, Is a law part ner of Representative Joseph W. Bailey, the Texas statesman. Mr. Francis dis covered the relationship In a manner which almost startled him. Mr. Bailey is a great horse-lover. Ha farms and breeds on an extensive scale. On several occasions .he. talked horse to Governor Francis, and found a. ready lis tener. But the Governor did not suspect that these conversations were leading to more than mutual Interest until one day "he was called upon to pay a draft drawn at sight by Mr. Bailey. The amount was 5375. While the Governor was wondering what "Joe" meant, along came a letter reading: "I have bought a mighty fine horse for 5750, and have let you in for a half Interest." India Famine Relief. NEW YORK, June 12. The committee of 100 on India Famine Relief has formed a committee for the distribution of relief funds in India, called the Amerlco-Indlan Relief Committee. Its nine members are. William B-Fee. United States Consul at Bombay, chairman; Dr. Ttobert A. Hume, executive secretary; three business men of India, American or European, and one native Indian; three" missionaries, one be ing European. The last 525,000 cabled to India by the committee of 100 has been put at the disposition of this committee in Bombay. Immigrants on Tramp Steamers. NEW YORK. June 12. Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury' Taylor may Issue regulations to exclude all Immigrants ar riving In the United States on tramp steamships, according to a Washington correspondent of the Herald. Under the law, immigrants who come within the classes not allowed to enter the United States must be returned when possible on the steamers bringing them. In the case of a tramp steamship. It Is very difficult to enforce this provision. President of Chile Is Dying. WASHINGTON, June 12. The State De partment received the following dispatch today from United States Minister Wil son, at Santiago de Chile: 'Santiago, June 11. Secretary of State: President Errazurlze had a third and dangerous attack of paralysis yesterday. His death is simply a question of time. Tho executive functions were transferred to Prime Minister Albano, as provided by the Constitution. WILSON." Senator Wetmore Re-EIectcd. PROVIDENCE, R. L. June 12. The general assembly today, by a separate bal lot, re-elected George Peabody Wetmore, the present Republican .incumbent as Sen ator. The House today voted to submit to the people an amendment to the Constitu tion providing for the abolishment of Newport as one of the state capitals. An Odds-on Favorite. St. Louis Republic. Albert Edward of Wales may be a sex agenarian all right enough, but with a iiecond winning of the Derby to his credit ho is still decidedly on the turf. New York's Censes. JfEW YORK, June 12. About one-fifth of tho census districts In the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx have been com pleted and the returns sent to the census bureau In -V ashmgton. Chilean Flying Squadron. LIMA. Peru, June 12. The powerful Chilean flying squadron of six vessels anchored oft Arlca Monday. They will remain for a week and will then proceed southward. Daily Treasary Statement. WASHINGTON. June 12. Today's state ment of the Treasury balances shows: Available cash balance ,...J14613.39 Gold 71,537,513 M'LEAN IS IN CONTROL (Continued from First Pace.) ternal revenue taxes, and especially upon those items of manufacture and commercial Intercourse that most seri ously affect and Injure the manufactur ing and commercial Interests of our coun try." The remaining paragraphs favor the election "of United States - Senators by dlrect vote of the people; favor tariff for rvenue ddk d wdk dwk lyq lyqupj for revenue only; oppose trusts and extend sympathy to the Boera. I I' REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE Meetlag' Will Be Held la Philadel phia Today. PHILADELPHIA, June 12. The city Is "rapidly taking on a National Convention aspect. A number of National Commit teemen and delegates arrived today, and the hotels aro beginning to fill up. Prom inent among the National Committeemen -Cow on the ground are Frederick S. Glbbs, of New York; Ambassador Powell Clay ton, of Arkansas; J. W. Yerkes, of Ken tucky, and it Fi' Hubbard; Of- Minnesota: Nearly all the other members of the Na tional Committee are" expected tomorrow morning to attend tber meeting of the committee, w'hich is called for noon. Chairman .Hanmi ra due -at 1 o'clock to morrow afternoon - The .old question of representation in Republican National Conventions, which agitated the National Committee at its meeting In Washington last December, Is. "more than Kkely to come to the front at the National meeting tomorrow. The res olution of Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, presented at last Winter's? meeting, nnd which was withdrawn before it was put $o a vote, will again be pressed, but not by its author. The strongest supporters of tho Payne measure 'come from New England. Colonel Charles E. Brayton, National Committeeman from Rhode Isl and, who is also chairman of the Rhode Island delegation, will make a. strong ef fort to have the representation changed. Henry "E. TIepke, Commissioner of In dustrial Statistics of Rhode Island, who will be Colonel Brayton's proxy In to morrow's meeting, said tonight he would endeavor to carry out the Colonel's wishes. Committeeman Brayton, he said, has been In communication with the National Com mitteemen of all states, and his replies include more than 20 who favor the Payne resolution. This resolution provides for four delegates-at-large for each state and an additional delegate for every 10.000 Republican votes, or majority fraction thereof based on "the returns of the last Presidential election. The meeting of the National Committee tomorrow will be devoted largely to the hearing of contesta from the various states. It is not believed that the com mittee will finish this part of its work in one day. The sub-committee of the National Com mittee held another meeting today behind closed doors. According to Chairman Manley, nothing but routine business was considered. The convention hall will be formally transferred to the National Committee tomorrow afternoon, although the ser-geant-at-arms will not assume control of the hall until Saturday or probably Mon day morning. Invitations have been ex tended by the Citizens Convention Com- 'mlttee to Senator Harma, the members ot the National Committee and a number of Invited gueets to inspect the hall. Speeches will be made by Mayor Ashbrldge and several of the visitors. President McKinleys picture is begin ning to appear on every harid, although the Presidential nom'natfon. is seldom mentioned by the throngs. The Vice Presidential gossip, however. Is taking" a Svide range.' The name of many prominent men throughout thecountry a.rementloned as" possibilities. So 'far therb h.as heeh no concentration of forces here on any ono man, and there probably will not be. until the National CommlUee gets together. SILVER BOW DEMOCRATS. Clark Faction Named a Delegation to the State Convention. - BUTTE, Mont. June 12. The Demo crats who left the Sliver Bow County convention yesterday and organized a convention of their own today named a full delegation to represent this county In the state convention. Senator William A. Clark heads .the delegation. The reso lutions set forth that the organization of a separate convention was necessitated by the action of the faction In control ot the party machinery, and the refusal of the convention yesterday to accord tho other side any voice In the proceedings. The Auditorium convention 13 denounced, its action repudiated, and the methods of those controlling it condemned. The fol lowing plank Is on the Senatorial ques tion: "We cordially and heartily Indorse the action of the Hon. William A. Clark. Senator of the United States from the State of Montana, In his endeavors to prevent the debasement of the ballot in this state. We regard with pride the rec ord he has made since his election to the Senate, and we condemn the action of those who, for the gratification of per sonal spite and contrary to the wish of the Democrats of this county, and of the people of this state generally, have at tempted, without success, to bring him and the Democrats of Silver Bow County and of the State of Montana into. disre pute." The piatform favors election of Senators by the people's direct vote. Congress man Campbell's course In Congress and In the Senatorial Investigation is de nounced. SCOTT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. California Delegates Favor His Boom. SAN FRANCISCO. June 12. The men tion of Irving M. Scott as a candidate for the Vice-Presidential nomination at the Philadelphia convention Is exciting considerable Interest In California. Ow ing to the fact that several members of the California delegation aro already In the East, no general expression of opin ion can be secured from the delegates. It Is stated that the delegates from the third Congressional district have been In structed to support Secretary of the Navy Long for Vice-President, but delegates from other districts have no hesitancy In saying that the California delegation should support a Callfornian if the name of a candidate from this state is pre sented to the convention. SACRAMENTO. June 12. The Republi can delegation to the Nationa) conven tion at Philadelphia passed through Sac ramento this afternoon. Several of the delegates who were Interviewed In regard to supporting Irving M. Scott for Vice President said the matter had not been discussed. They said It was too early on the trip 1o have, a .caucus of the dele gates. List of Contests Prepared. PHILADELPHIA. June 12. The sub committee of the Republican National Committee again met In executive session today, and continued the work begun yesterday, of preparing the list of contests to be taken up by the National commit tee tomorrow. After confirming a number of additional appointments made by Ser-geant-at-Arms Wbiwell, the committee ad journed to meet tomorrow. The Yaiul War. CHICAGO. June 12. A special to the Tribune from El Paso, Tex., says: W. G. Stephens, general agent in Mexi co for an Eastern manufacturing com pany, returned today from a tour of the State of Sonora, having visited the head quarters of General Torres at Torin last Wednesday. The Indians, he says, occupy the impassable Baccatete Mountains, a range 50 miles In " length. and It requires the utmost vigilance on the -part of General Torres' eocKVtroops to hold them 'in check. In a brush "on Tues day morning the Indians lost 12 -"men and the Mexicans 'had 15 killed and several wounded. HILL AGAIN ON DECK. How He Coaqaered In New Yerlc, and the Price He Paid. New York Times, Ind. ' It Is a. pity that David B. Hill's really remarkable talent for political manage ment cannot be employed in a worthier cause. He could not have faced the great odds- against him with higher courage, ho could not have employed greater skill or displayed more ability In leadership ft the goal -of his ambition had been the nomination of the wisest and greatest statesman In his party for President. It is a pity, we say, that such labors and such triumphs should be auxiliary to the cause of Bryanlsm. The task that confronted Mr. Hill on the morning- of the state convention was one that would have discouraged a less ex perienced tactician. A large part of the delegates from -up the state, a field in which he used to-be supreme, disliked and distrusted him for his attitude toward Bryan in 1SSS. Croker hates him, and that was sufficient to make all the Tam many -delegates hostile to his purposes. The-.Kings County delegates have often proved to be ahlghly Insecure reliance in a fight against Tammany. There was only his- own little group of personal fol lowers upon whom he could oount "for act ive and loyal support. Yet he was the dominating spirit of the convention, the only leaden It had, ana his was the only mind at work to save sortie shreds ot rep utation and standing for the New York Democracy. He had conceded In advance the Instructions for Bryan. Not even his strength was equal to the work of stop- I ping that supreme mischief. .But with his' view of his place end his duty In the campaign he still felt that even after the main point had been lost there were other points to be won. and he won them. The defeat of the Chicago platform affirmation was worth all the labor by which he ac complished It. And his capture of the control of the state committee makes him a man to be reckoned with until next year. That Is. worth a good deal to him, and we hope ho will make It worth something to the party. It Is evident that Tammany's complica tions with the ice trust put a potent weapon into -his hands and helped- him to his triumph. If Ills foes in the conven tion had not yielded he was In a posltlbn to lay on the lash with a fervor that would have raised welts even on their thick skins. But It required courage to defy and bully them. If they had had the courage to fight bfcck an ugly faction war would have resulted, and' Hill might havo been held responsible for the consequences to the state and the National ticket. It would have been said- that he precepltated the fight to Injure Bryan- But in what way will Mr. Hill's conven tion successes help at Kansas City or In the Presidential campaign? He goes as an instructed delegate, a novel position for him. He Is under orders. He must stand t-p when the State of New York Is called and cast her 72 votes for W. J. Bryan. Worse than that, when the plat form Is reported, and adopted, he must accept It and stand on It and swear by It. Is he audacious enough to hope that he can repeat In that wild assembly his vic tory over the Chicago platform men here"? The Chicago platform calls for the free, unlimited and Independent coinage of sil ver. The Kansas City platform will de mand that, too. unless Bryan Is converted during the next four weeks. Mr. Hill worked like a Trojana keep free coinage out or fhe New York platform, and ho succeeded. It does not appear to be gener ally understood that his financial plank In thrv Aeademv ot Music Dlatform Is'nOt at all a free-coinage plank. It -Is the ob solute' contrary. If 'calls tor gold and silver as the standard money" bf the coun try, but under conditions that completely exclude free coinage" ot the Bryan metal. The condition of parity in purchasing and dpht-oavlnsr Dower Is Insisted on, and that can b established only by limiting the coinage of silver,, as we limited it, under the Bland act. and tho Sherman act, and pledging the faith and credit of the Gov ernment to maintain the parity that Is, to make, tho dollars equal and current. This is the gold standard. It is open to anybody to say that the existing and es tablished gold standard is not appreciably strengthened by such a watery and In direct declaration. We have not been In formed, however, that Mr. Hill desired to strengthen "the gold standard. He "simply wanted to head off a declaration for tho free coinage of silver. He did It, and rather neatly. We have a right to assume, neverthe less, that he believes in his plank, and disbelieves In free coinage. What is ho going to do when Bryan shoves the free coinage plank under his fettered feet at Kansas City? He cannot support the can didate and Ignore the platform, for the candidate Is the platform. Besides. Mr. Hill has his orders to support that plat form, whatever it may be. He nas plunged Into the campaign, and probably Intends to stay In It to the end. But al though he should belabor the trusts and make more speeches against Imperialism than Bryan himself, he would still be sun porting and doing his utmost to give practical effect to a declaration for the free coinage of silver. In which he does not believe any more than he believes In tho income tax, free riot, and National bankruptcy. Mr. Hill's case Is typical of the caso of the entire class of sound-money Demo crats who burn with the desire to get back- Into politics or who want to beat McKinley. Their dear desires cannot be accomplished save at a moral cost so ter Tbile that we cannot believe that many of them will consent to pay It "Bobs" Never Smokes, and of Liquor He Uses Little. Julian Ralph In the London Mail. I have known a great many faces, but that of Lord Roberts Is a face apart To me his face suggests the front of a granite mountain, seamed, lined, battered by storm," strain and racking change. It records acquaintance with every trial to which mortals are put. all suffered In the solitude of undivided responsibility. Care, worry, sickness, danger, unceasing reflec tion, all had left their marks there, yet all were written across a gentle, sympathetic countenance, never gay or merry, yet sel dom stern and wholly Ignorant of passion. Lord Roberts never smokes tobacco, and with drink he has little to do. A. glass of wine" with two o'f the three meals suf fices for him. He preaches temperance to his soldiers, and they all know that he knowo no patience with those who drink to excess. He presides at meetings of the Army Temp'erance Association and extol3 aobrlety, but. like all broad-minded men, he refrains from advocating the -impossible ono vfonn of which is total abatV nence. Ho-has never been known -to use an oath, and, indeed, there must bo compara tively few men whose religion influences them so deeply as does his" In every affair of life. He never parades his piety, never forces it upon those around him. Yet on even Sunday since ho Joined his army he has attended divine service. ' Good men like him because he Is good; kindly men find a responsive chord In his nature, and those who are stern feel that he, too. Is etern upon occasion. He has complimented a Tommy on his soldierly nesa in such a way as to win the man's E&sy to Take Because purely vegetable yet thor ough, prompt, healthful, aatlsfactory Hootl's PHIm loyalty to the end and surrender of hlsi life, and on the very rame day ho baa ordered home a General, knowing that the order carried with it the ever - enduring disgrace of a man who meant as well aa nlmself, but had not the capacity to real ize his- ambition. He lives very plainly, asking for few comforts and no luxuries. When he vis ited Modder River he found Lord ite thuen established M the hotel and thac General had been at Jhe pains to clear out a part of the building and appoint it for the Field Marshal's lodgings. But Lord Roberts, thanking Trim, remarked, that he had ordered his tent to be set or tho veldt, and there he mernt to stay. DAILY CITY STATISTJCS. Real Eatate Transfers. John L. Haynes and wife to W 'T. Wllllsf 10x22. lot 13. block 10, subdivision of Proebstel'a addition; April 23 5 23 Guaranty Savings & Loan Associa tion to M. J. Higley. W. of lot3 '1 and 2. block 281, East Portland; June 4 -. S60 Sheriff for Portland & Puget Sound Railroad Co.. to Louis Gerlinger. lot 4. section 25, T. 2 N., R. 1 E.; June 11 Sheriff for same, to Louis Gerlinger, lot 4.- section 28, T. 2 N., R. 1 E.; June 11 - -i- Sheriff for Cortland D. McClure et IS U at. to W. B. Ayer. DlocK 29S. Eaitt Portland: June 6 12.C0O f B. M. Lombard to David Heppner. lot 3, block 2S, Fulton Park; May 14 1 Sheriff for W. L. Dudley et al. to Portland Trust Co.. 30 acres and 42 acres. J. Zimmerman D. L. C.. -also lot S. Palatine Hill: June. 7 Pac. States Savings, Loan & Build ing Co. to Wm.,. J. King, lot 10. block 21. Powers" Tract; June 4 405 1.10T Marriage LIcenNe. John Nelson, aged .27, Jennie Johnson, aged 25. Deaths. June 9, Lewis F. Nlermann,. age 33 years, Good Samaritan Hospital, typhoid fever. June 10. Mary Ann Mahne, age 39 years. Good Samaritan Hospital, phthisis pul monalls. June 9, James L. Rounds, age 34 years, Portland Hotel; suicide. June H. Go Fung Yang, age 25 year?, Astoria, Or..; heart disease. June' 10, George K. Dean, age 33 years, Perkins Hotel; suffocation. June 10, Frank Bewley. age 53 years. Hood River, Or,; tuberculosis. June 10. Florence. Amelia. Bailey, aga 29 years, Seattle, Wash; burns. Coatagionn Dlneaflen. . Frank Rayburn, 431 Tillamook street, scarlet fever. Births. June 4. "boy, to the wife of John O. Hare, 225. N. Thirteenth street. June 9, boy. to the wife ot E K Coughman, 363 Alder street. Nearest Way to the Hospital. London King. A friend Just back from Ireland assures me, writes a correspondent, that there ls not In the whole empire at this moment ai place whose loyalty can approach that oft Dublin. High and low, especially the lat ter, are never tired of giving vent to theia feeling of devotion for the gracious lady who has been moving to and fro in their midst winning their chivalrous Irish hearts by her womanly sympathy and so licitude. Such a change is the more start ling to any one who has known how differ ent it was In the recent past, and we. can all recall some misgivings of our own when the first announcement reached us of tha Queen's Intention to cross the Irish Chan nel. "The best hint I can give you," said my friend, "of the present state of Irish feel ing is a bit of my own experience there the other day. I was making my way to a hospital to see a doctor friend, and. not quite sure of my bearings, asked the direction of a rough Jovial-looking chap among the crowd who had been cheering Her Majesty on one of her dally drives, VIf ye want to find the hospital from -anXjPart o-Dublln, he rejoined, wjth a broad grin. Just ye stand out on tnecuro and shout, "Thray cheers fur Kruger," an ye'll be there In a. couple o' minutes." " Duel Fatal to Both. DALLAS, Tex., June 12. At Uvings tona, Polk County, Texas, Bruce Pounds and Douglas Hlnson fought a duel to death with pistols as a result of a quar rel. Eleven shots were exchanged - and both men died in their tracks. WHOLESOME ADVICE. For People Whose Stdmnohs Are "Weak nnd Digestion Poor. Dr. Harlandson. whose opinion In dis eases Is worthy of attention, says when a man or woman comes to "me complain ing of Indigestion, loss of appetite, sour stomach, belching, sour, watery rising, headaches, sleeplessness", lack of ambition, and a general run-down, nervous condi tion. I advise them to take after each, meal one- or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia, Tablets, allowing the tablet to dissolve in the mouth, and thus mingle with the. food eaten. The result is that the foo'd Is speedily digested before It has, time to sour and ferment These tablets will di gest the food anyway, whether the- stom aoh wants to or not because they con tain harmless digestive principles, vege table essences, pepsin and Golden Seal, which supply Just what the weak stom ach lacks. I have advised the tablets with great success, both In curing Indigestion and to build up the' tissues, increasing flesh in thin, nervous patients, CwHSSe tf eal trouble was dyspepsia. and!,-a's soon as the stom ach was put to rights, they did not know what sickness -was. A 50-cent package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can be bought at any drug store, and as they are not a secret patent medi cine, they can be used as often as de sired, with full assurance that they con tain nothing- harmful In the slightest de gree; on the contrary, any one whoso stomach !s at all deranged will find great benefit from the use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure any form of stomach weakness cr disease except can cer of the stomach. Dinner Sets 20 off. Come Just to Look. r- Great Ei&ra IiMs Tea Cs. 223 First Street, Portland. 32G Washington Street, Portland, 11C Grand Aveane, E. Portland.. Tutt's Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Prevention better than cure. 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