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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:- - -
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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
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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.
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