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hi 1 LI I L I L Li LU JSHlPlSlfL mini 1 1 111 I ill rJI I L -- "W VOL. XL. NO. 12,409. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. f ,Any Sire Any Quantity MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL-CLOTHIING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest and most complete assortment o f -all kinds of Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. PEASE, President. T. SI. EHEPARD. JR.. TreasursT. J. A. SHEPARD, Secretary. THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF ographic Goods In the City at Retatl and Wholesale. Newest, Best and' Up-to-Date Goods Only Agents for Voigtlaender CoIIInear Lenses. BLUJMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO 144-148 Fourth St, Near Morrison ERS & IMPORTERS "WHOLESALE AKD 'Chioa, Crockery, Glassware LAMP GOODS AND CUTLERY Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Supplies a specialty. XIX THIRD STREET 267 "WASHINGTON STREET Shaws Pure Malt , fc. The Condensed Strength and Nutriment of Barley and Rye flUOiaUer & HOC!) HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon Established 1E70 Q. P. Rummelin & Sons Our complete fine of ladles' fur garments now ready for inspection. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE Alaska Sealskins Our Specialty FUR ROBES FUR RUGS Highest price paid for raw furs. Oregon Tel. Main 491. 126 SECOND ST near Washington HOTEL PERKINS Hfth and Washington Streets ; ;.- i.KRtlLAHDj dEGQ& . , . EUROPEAN PiAti First-Class Checlc Restaurant Connected AVItb Hotel. HISKEV w WINP French Colony, Port, Sherry, per gallon: S yeara old, 65c; 5 yyillt. ycars old. SOc: 8 years old, 95c - - - We ship"30-gallon kegs, -barrel, 'SS gallons, or barrels, 45 gallons.- "BestCryEtallzed Rock and Bve, per case, 12 bottles., . 16.30 Kingston Whisky, per case, 17. full, quart bottles , 17.90 McBrayer Whisky, per case, 12 bottles j 6,25 French Colony Brandy, per case. 12, full quarts ,...(12 00 - When desired we pack so that nothing on package Indicates con- tents.- Letafe. quote you prices on all liquors granted. No charges for cooperagepr drayage. " tF. EPHRAlM 6TCO., Arents French Celonj Ylneyard Co., T8 MeBtgeaery Street, Sw Ffwclite, Ctl. ' Exclusive uniform cash price house on the Pacific Coast. -? J. F7DAV1ES,sj. a. J "v-JEJ- g -. I I x . - - w is m jb m m it 8L .9 VilUI lO 1 IUIU CO. ONORPORATBD). - - FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND. OREGON American and European Plan. it Orepn Agricultural College A jmbflc Institution maintained by the United States and the State of Oregon. Ttdtlon &ee &"d no charges for incidental expenses. Agriculture, -mechanical engi neering, electric engineering, household science, pharmacy, echool of "mines, two yrare -of. .modern lirguares; two years of Latin allowed.- New buildings, new ma chinery, military drill for xaen, physical culture for women, newly equipped gyra nasium for all. -- , Th Next Term Will Begin September llf 190G "ot catalogue address Thos. M.'Gatch, President, or John.D. Dly Secretary Board of Reccnts. Corvallls. Oregon ' 'Carnival Visitors -Sfocleiakef Repository One of the points of Interest ki r city. Qm" .friends and customers are inritod 'to roa oaf bouse Iwcdtiuarters while attending the Caratral ' STUDEBAKER 4 .' 1 Gcrri&sreK. "VTsj-onjL. B:necE,.aeie ssi Wlttpc ' i1 ' ' i . i .I 1 1 Goiiw.to stay all Winter? " Tou have returned home and expect to stay here all Winter. Now, think & minute about "buying" a Pianola, so that you can play brilliantly on the piano and delight your friends. Drop In and see the instrument. All are welcome. We also i soil hlgnest-grado pianos the Btelnway and A. B. Chase. JW. B. WELLS, Northwcjt AjcrnVferthe Aia' Cwnptny j 353,355 Wjh1nftor,-Street,x:orne-rrk, Portland, Of. TiVejirajedle agents for the Pianola. f 5 tXtftsjxxbibited onlr'at our wareroeeiB. Any Style 73-75 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. PRAEL CO. RETAILERS IX Incorporated 18S8, Jackets, Etons, Capes, Victorias, Collarettes, Muffs, Fancy NecKwear, Alttki Mil Sukets. FURS Rooms fcttdgie .;..... 7Seto ?Lf per.'us Rqonis Double .....TL-OO Jo $2.00. pec day Rooms Family .$1.60 to $3.60 per day Everybody should order direct, Kingston, Ky. Double Distilled, $1.60 per gullon. McBrayer, $1.80 per gallon. C. T. BELCHER. Sec. and Trcns. ,- l-ls-tJknl . u m m b mi m American plan $1,25. 0.60, JL7S European plan 60c. 75c, $1.00 --; 320-335 E.Mo!son 9b l REBELS WAITING Their Only Hope is in the Success of Bryan. OBJECT OF DISTURBANCES Kept Up Solely to Influence the November Election. PHILIPPINE COMMISSION'S REPORT Last Remnant of the Insurrection Will Disappear If the Present Policy Is Maintained. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. August 17. Secretary Root cabled, the Philippine Commission for a report of its- operations to date. Following is the dispatch and the reply of the commission, cabled Au gust 21: War Department. Telegram, August 17, 1900.1-To Philippine Commission, Manila: The President wishes you to report by cable the views of the commission on the gen.eral condition of the islands as to peace and Industry; business and revenue conditions prevailing; progress of oppor tunity for education; disposition of the people toward the United States; what improvement in this particular; the pres ent extent of the Insurrection; how much of the Archipelago is tranquil; how much is still in a disturbed state; the .probable continuance of guerrilla warfare, an.d the influences operating to prolong it; how it can best be brought to a close; conditions and requirements of civil government. ROOT, Secretary of War. Manila, August 21, 1900. Secretary of 'War, Washington: Replying to your dis patch, the commission reports: It has for two months and a -half made diligent inquiries into the conditions prevailing. The massof thepeoplejias aptitude for education," but is ignorant, superstitious and credulous in a remarkable degree. Hostility against Americans was original ly aroused by absurd falsehoods of un scrupulous leaders. -The distribution of troons in 300 nosts has by contact largely dispelled the hostility and steadily Im proved the temper of the people. This Improvement, furthered by the abuses of the insurgents, afllrms that a large- num ber of "the people Jopg for peace, and ari Salting1 to accepts government Hinder the njted States. Insurgents not surrender ing after defeat have divided Into Ismail guerrilla bands under general officers or become ladrohes. 'Nearly all the pronil nMrt''Gennral6 arid' politicians -of the ln- feUrrectlon, except Aguinaldo, HaveJ since oeen captured or nave- surrenuerea anu. have taken the oath of allegiance. Varaorrfv. Iins Tinil n. Tnrlrpl effect to Induce surrenders Hntll'tHe.deMn fnjc of pelltlcnl iastics in the United) 1 Siaten, reporteel "he're. in full, t gave hope to insurgent offlcers tlir in arms of a changed policy and stayed surrenders to.aTrait the resnlt of the ejections. Disturbances in parts of island, kept up and avovred by the 'nsurgrent .proclamation- and orders to influence the' election, do not show- .an unfriendly attitude of a majority of ihe people of the provinces vrserc they occur., Only activity is among small Insurgent bodies in mountain fastnesses, whence theyissue ior usually narnuess nignt at tacks, or murderous ambush of small American squads, or to collect contribu tions or recruit from the people, terror ized ,by cutting out tongues, cutting off limbs, burying alive, murder and plunder. Difficulty of detection enables insurgents to maintain surveillance over people even in some, garrisoned towns. Uncertainty as to future policy of United States and defenseless .condition of people without arms largely prevent -them aiding Amer icans In suppressing outrages. .Despite these difficulties, the mainten ance of the 'status quo makes for more peaceful" conditions. All Northern Luzon 'except In Nueva Ecija and Bulacan, are substantially free from Insurgents. The people are busy .planting, and are asking for municipal organization. The railway and telegraph "lines from Manila to Dagu pan, 122 miles, have not been molested for five months. In the excepted provinces and parts of the provinces of Southern Luzon, insurrecto bands dodge from ond mountain refuge to another and give oc casional trouble. Tagals, alone active In leading the guerrilla warfare, have suc ceeded in recruiting bands among the Visayans in Samar, Leye and parts ofj Panay, which maintain themselves by the method described. In Negros, Cebu,,Rom blon, Masbate, Sibuyan. Tablas, Bohol and other Visayan Isla,nds, little disturb ance exists, and civil government is eagerly awaited. Near Cagayan, in Min danao, the old Tagal penal settlement, 'a considerable force of ladrdnes makes the neighboring country dangerous, and dis turbance exists at. Surigao, but lit the south' of this large, sparsely settled isl and, at Zamboanga, Cottabatto and other points, the country is tranquil. Four years of war and lawlessness in .parts of the Islands have created unset tled conditions., and the unguarded lAmer- 'ican or foreigner traveling ordinary" trails far from 'garrisons ana attracting cupid ity, runs the risk of violence, even .in, the pacified provinces. The native constabu lary and militia, which should be organ ized at once, will end this and the ter rorism to twhlch defenseless people are subjected. Natives desire to enlist in' these 'organizations. If judiciously se lected and officered there will be a suffi cient force for the maintenance of order and-It "will permit an early material -reduction oT United States -troops. , It is conceded by all but men in .arms' ana is implied in their proc lamation, that If the election con firms the present policy, the remnant of the insurrection -will disappear vrlthin sixty days by surrender of (thc leaders and fading out of the ran 15 and stle. Ladrones, in part a, heritage from Span ish rule, will continue, 'but can be sup- jpressed by measures. The existing Insur recto organization is. now maintained w.lth the greatest difficulty for -the pur pose stated. The effort Is to mass enough insurgents to crush one of our small gar jrisons for political effect, but hitherto without result. '- - "' AtCBKBgc of policy, "by turning:, the, Islands over to coterie ef Taiicnl politicians win tuig-ar . tueir lair I prospects ef enormous 'improvement, V -1 strive out capital,'' make life 'and propertysecular- and rclig-ieH& most insecure, "banish, by fear of cruel proscription, a considerable bodyv of conservative Filipinos who have aided Americans in. the well founded belief that their people arc not now lit for self-government and reintroduce the same oppression and corruption -which existed in all provinces under the Slalolos InaHrn Kent Government during- the eight months of Its control. " Tho result will be factional strife be tween jealous leaders, chaos and anarchy, and will require and justify -the active in tervention of our Government or some other. Business, Interrupted by the war, is much improved as peace extends, bqi in vestment of new capital is retarded by doubt concerning the policy of the United States. In Negros, more sugar Is in cul tivation than ever before. New forestry regulations give an Impetus to the Umber trade and reduce the high price of lum3 ber. Cultivation of- rice In some jprov--, Inces is retarded by loss of draft cattlo through disease and war. Meat Is now IB cents a pound. ' Customs collections for the last quarter were 50 per cent greater than ever In Spanish history, and August v collections show further increase. The total revenue, for the same period was one-third greater than in any quarter under Spain, though the cedula tax, the chief source of Span ish revenue, has been practically abol ished. Economy and efficiency of mili tary government have created a surplus fund of 56,000,000, Mexican, which should be expended in much needed public works, notably improvement of Manila harbor, the conditions of which, with consequent delay and expense in landing goods, Is a greater embargo on business than iriany nearly prohibitory tariff rates Inherited from Spain and still operative. With a proper tariff and facilities Manila will be come the great port of the Orient. Span ish revenue laws, throwing tho-Jourden Of taxation on the poor, give the wealthy comparative immunity. The tariff now prevents importations from America of canned goods, machinery and other nec essaries. The Spanish inland revenue was chiefly derived from the poll tax, tax on small business, fishing license and the like, but no land tax. We are f ormulatintr laws remedying these evils, and. confident . that by judicious customs laws, a reason able ad valorem land tax and a proper corporation franchise tax, the imposition of no greater rate than that in the aver age American state will give less 'annoy ance, and, with peace, will produce a rev enue sufficient to pay the expenses 6f an efficient government, including the mili tary vand constabulary. The bad jjonditlon of the currency hinders business.- Steps should be taken towards early resumption 'of the gold standard. We are preparing a strin gent civil service law giving- equfl opportunities to Filipinos and Amer icans, with preference 'for the former, where qualifications are equal, to enter at tho lowest rank and by pro- , motion reach the head of the department. Municipal corporations are being organ ized on. a popular basis. A much-needed f reform in the civil and criminal proced ure. tne criminal coue Ana. judicial sys tem, favored by the Filipino bar, will be effected, , -Railroad franchises should atiqnce be granted. Railroads yrlll revolutionize Ufa and business In these wonderfully' rich, beautiful and healthful ironical ..islands. :t Forty-frta -miles of railroad xt;wton -un- aer. -negouaiion. wiu giveT access to a large -prbvin6e rich in valuable minerals, ,a mile high; with a strictly temperate climate curing tropical.dise&ses. Railroad construction will give employment to many, and communication will furnish .a market to vast stretches of rich agricul tural lands. Calls from all parts of the Islands for public schools, school euppjles and Eng lish teachers are greater than the com mission can provide until a comprehen sive school system Is organized. Night schools for teaching English to adults are being established in response to a popular demand. Native- children show aptitude in learning English. Spaijigh Is spoken by a small fraction of the people; and in a few years the medium of communica tion in courts, public offices and between different tribes will be English. The crea tion of a central government within 1? months, like that of Porto Rico, under which substantially all rights described in the bill of rights in the Federal Con stitution are to be secured to the people of the Philippines, will bring to them con tentment, prosperity, education and polit ical enlightenment. WILLIAM H. TAFT. "" DEAN C. WORCESTER. LUKE E. WRIGHT. HENRY C. IDE. BERNARD MOSES, SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS Political. Rooiievelt spoke in Pocatello on trusts and labor. t Paso 1. The primarj election law was tested in Min neapolis Page 2. Montana Democrats split in state convention. Pajje2. Bryan closed hla Kanaas-Misaouri tour. Pago. B. China. Tho powers are divided on th Chinese ques ! tion. -Page 8.- Gormony's reasons for .Issuing the recent aoto are announced. Pago 8. , Sir Claude MacDonald has been transferred to Japan. Page 3. - ' Philippines. The Philippine Commission reports condition in the islands. Page 1. .Twelve Americans were killed in a fight with , rebels in Luzon. Pages. Hobson says the Spaniards in Manila Bay , scuttled their own ships. Pego 3. ' Domestic. The number of strikers in the anthracite- re gion la increasing Page 2. .Governor Bayers says 12,000 persons were killed by the storm in Texas. Page 2. (The annual meetinjrof tne Municipal League opened in Milwaukee. Page. 2. . " Gnoral McClernond is dead. Pogs.1. - , Pacific Coast. , Fred Kane, of Sumpter, murdered his young, stepdaughter and burned remains; shot h3' . wife, and then attempted suicide. Pags J. iWoshins-ton Middlo-of-the-Road'PapuHH$s hayo decided.- to nominate a1 full state, tlckot. . Pago 4.' Business men of Tacoma tendered, Senator , Fairbanks a reception Page 4. Oreron Press Association holds ip annual ,' meeting at Ashland. Page 4. "oreeon Conference of the M. E. ChHrch ap points a committee to conduct theatric! pf , Bev. S A Starr, of Portland. Pags 4, Commercial and Marine, 'Bain la causlnc serious damoso to hops and . prunes. T Page 11. "Wheat markets are firm and higher. Page U. -Sweden looking for a loan from America. Page- 5. Long-range chartering for oil cargoes. Page o Captain J. D. Tockaberry dead in Alaska. Pa--e 8 , The Jupiter to sail trom Portland with the . crew she hrought here. Page S. Local. John "Wilson bequeathed his fine cdllocton of ' books to the Portland Library Psso' 12. Oregon1 has contributed more than ?2000 to the Galveston-fund. Page 8. aty Council will hold a special sejsalon next i lT.J JM ? ...-I --. -Y .. Yvcojiesuay --k-io --mo -oiansei license. 1 Ejre-12. , ROOSEVELT IN IDAHO Spoke Irj Pocatello on Ques tions of Labor and Trusts. HOW WAGES. HAVE BEEN RAISED "expansion, Kot Imperialism, an Issue of the Campaign Nntlon's Honor and Destiny. POCATELLO, Idaho, Sept. 19. The Roosevelt special train arrived at Poca tello a few minutes after 6 o'clock this evening. During the day stops were made at Rexburg, St. Anthony, Idaho Fall3 and Blackfoot. Governor Roosevelt addressed two meet- BISHOP EDWARD G. ANDREWS. Bishop Andrews, who presides over the Oregon M. E. Conference at Ashland, was born Attrnst T, ISSS-ln-sjIflW .Hartford5. Qneids, County, 2C T. Ha pursued his acad'smla studies chiefly In, Cazenovia Seminary,, and, subsequently entered ths -Wealyan -University, where he graduated Ahfeust 7i 1847. He .became a. communicant In his; 10th year; was licensed to preach early in 1844, and after his graduation was cmoloyed for 11 months as assistant preacher on the JMorrtsvllle circuit. In 1848 he Joined the Oneida, conference, and was or dained.deacon by Bishop Janes; was received into-full connection and ordained elder by Blsh fop Scott in 1850, at Utlco, Subsequently he was stationed at Stockbrldce. His voice be coming affected by ministerial services, ho accepted, a- situation as teacher in Cazenovia Seminary in -1854.- In 1855 ho became president of Mansflold (Ohio) Female College. In 1850 he was elected principal of Cazenovia Seminar'. Eight years later he re-entered tho pas toral' work ;1 was transferred to New York East Conference, and stationed at Stamford, Sand street, Brooklyn, St. James and. Seventh aventie. He was a member of the general confer ence of 1804, and later years.-and in 1872 was elected to the episcopacy. Under the arrange ment or episcopal residences, he removed to DesMo(nes. la., and has since been constantly engaged" In his official duties. In 187G he visited Europe and India,-organizing the confer ences of Sweden, Norway and South India, and visiting .Germany, .Switzerland and Italy. Slnco then he has been transferred to New York City, lngs here -this evening, one at Pavilion, and the other at Lewis' Hall. Both were largely attended. 'At Pavilion Hall, Gov ernor Roosevelt said, in part: "I have been traveling all day along the eastern border of your great state. I have been seeing what you have done in turning the wilderness into fruitful fields. "Inspeaking toyou this evening, I want to talk especially' from the standpoint of, the -wageworkers and on the question of trusts. Four years ago,-1 am Informed, that jthe amount of , wages paid the wage workers here was much lesB than they are recelvlngnow. r I learn, that you had some, 600 men -employed four years ago, whereas you have, 800 employed now. In the shops here. -With trainmen four years ago the average wage was $60 a month whereas they npw.ge,t an average. of $S5 a month. InJlS9G many mechanics had to be set at a lower grade of Tvork or do nothing, whereas now men are employed at the h!ghest,kInd.of work at the wages I have named. Your engineers four years ago received anaverage of $S0 a month, and -now from $160 to $200 a month. Fire men four years ago did not get but about $& a month on an average, whereas now they get from-$90 to "$150 a month. Con ductors were receiving in 'the neighbor hood of $90 a months and now they get about $170 a month. The wages of bag gagemen - have gone from $40 to $60 a month, then to $100 a month now. If I am In- error about the figures you can look them up easily enough. But, sub stantially, what I havo told you Is the feet - "We have seen In four years what .has been the Increase In wage-earning here. ;AU I ask. Is that In your effort, to cut down the trusts you do not also cut .down .the .wageworker. You .should, not vote so as to bring ruin upon the wage worker's wife and children, for when hard 'times come, when disaster and pan- ic are abroad inthe land and times are' hard, it may be hard for the men, but it 'Is harder still for. the women and chil dren; it isr harder for those dependent upon him. Do not vote to injure your selves. In your endeavor to get at -the ' man you would like to - get at, for I think we can get at them If we go hon estly, rationally and quietly about It. The man of the trust will be hurt a good deal less than you by any great commercial-disaster. The speculator can do more to protect himself than you can, though It may hurt him. He may be badly off, but he will not be as badly off as the others. "We will find out how to get at the trusts. It Js not easy to point out how It can be done, but it 13 very easy to point out some way In which It cannot be done. .The worst or these ways Is to go Into hysterics. Nobody ever gained anything by going into hysterics yet, and it is bad for the person Indulging In them. Sometimes; we have legislation that verges on the hysterical. Just think of tho amendments to tho anti-trust laws that have been passed during the past six or eight years and think how little most tof them amount to. Comraro the ac complishments with the promises on tho 'part of the people who promised the most. Mr. Bryan said . four years ago again and again that unless you elected ilm you would have harder experiences. 'I ask you if wool did not sell at about 9 cents five or six years ago and whether It .(does not sell for about double that now? You may remember the story of the farmer who voted for free wool eight years ago who said he had come within 6 cents of getting it. Compare the prices you got four years ago with those you get now; compare the earning of tho wageworker now with what we got then, .and see what It Is for your Interest to do now." Expansion Is Our Law. At Rexburg Governor Roosevelt in his speech said: "Imperialism you hear talked of. What does It mean? It means nothing. .There is not an Imperialist in the country "that I have yet met. Expansion? Yes playing the part of a great nation. Why am I speaking to you? Because you and your forefathers expanded Into this country; because you moved in here In your white topped wagons and came across the plains and over the mountains of Utah to be come miners and ranchmen, and when you got here you began to irrigate the soil. And that is one of the problems of the Nation, and the Nation has got to help In solving It. Your forefathers came here to make' the wilderness blossom like the rose, and as I" came along this morning I saw the rising sun throw Its light, not against the sagebrush, but against the green alfalfa fields that have been Irri gated, and I saw the houses you have built here because you have expanded. "Expansion has been the law "of our National growth. It Is a great thing to have matorlal prosperity. It Is a great thing to be able to establish railroad, fac tor,' and farm. It is a greater thing to be able to point to men of the Nation who did the deeds of the Nation. What is It we look back to with the greatest pride? It Is the mighty Seeds done by men of American name. It Is the fact that the wilderness here has been conquered by you men of the West. It Is the way our people have moved forward and suffered death, -enduring risks and Hardships be cause they were the mighty men of the people who have inherited the earth. To each generation is allotted its task. No generation is without its duty to perform, and if they flinch and turn their backs on their tasks, what shall we say of them? Now, Is this giant of the West, those who have-conquered the frontier, to sit down idly now with folded hands and say, 'Our fathers worked, we rest: our fathers toiled, endured and dared, and we stay at home-to avoid troubles; our fathers con quered the West, but we are a feeble folk, and we cannot hold the Philippines.' Are we to sit down and do that? Base is tho counsel and base will be our people If they, take that counsel. Wo must go on and play our part among the nations of the world." -At St. Anthony, the Governor was .driven to tho Opera-House, where he said in part: "A'great'nation must do its great work. When it stops doing its work it is be cause It has stopped doing things that mako It a great nation. We have got to stand In the forefront of the nations of the earth at all times. You have come so far across the Continent that you look towards, the west; that you look towards Puget Sound and the mouth of the Co lumbia and where the Golden Gate looks through, the long, heaving waters across the greatest of all oceans. There, across the greater oaean, lies the chance for us to double, treble and quadruple our wealth and our power and our National renown. We have taken Hakali; we have the Philippines. It Is not now a question of expanding, b.ut it is a question of whether we are going to contract." "What Makes the Country Great. i At Blackfoot, Governor Roosevelt made a speech in the Courthouse square. In which he .said: "Some 17 or IS years ago I was here. I lived In parts of the West where It was middling rough, and where a man would occasionally escape a licking If he accept ed a kicking. He could get peace on those terms, but it was not a permanent peace; because, when it was discovered that he took a kicking easily, other peo ple took a part In the exercise. Now, if we had let the Southern States go, we would have had war after war, and we would have trodden a bloody path in con sequence. Exactly as the generation of the past did Its great work well, so we have got to do our lesser work well. When the men of our Nation cease to glvo aid and comfort to our enemies, peace will qome to the Philippines." "It Is a great thing that the law of progress doe3 obtain. For the last 40 years this country has gone steadily for ward, and through the most of that time f -1 (Concluded on Third Page.) A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY Fred Kane Shot His Wife and Young Stepdaughter. BURNED CABIN AND GIRL'S REMAINS As a Final Chapter to Terrible TJeed He Attempted Suicide Dement ed Man's Crime. SUMPTER. Or., Sept. 19. A terrible tragedy took place near here today, the particulars of which are blood-curdling-Fred Kane, who resided with his wife and stepdaughter, a child about 7 or 8 yeara of age, about six miles northwest of this f place, at what Is known as Mcculloch's Fork, In a fit of temporary Insanity shot his wife and daughter and burned tho body of the latter by setting fire to their cabin homo. He then attempted suicldo by shooting himself. Persons passing on the road betweea this place and Granlto found Kane and his wife a short distance from their homo in a dying condition, and brought them, to Sumpter. Both are thought to be mor tally wounded. Kane shot himself through one lung, and his wife was struck by a bullet, the ball entering the chest just below the heart. Both are In the hospital at Baker City. The tragedy took place some time about 7 o'clock this morning. It is thought that Kane became of unsound mind, and his crime was that of a demented man. The murderer Is a son of Mrs. Dan Kane-, a respected widow lady residing with other members of her family near Au burn. He was married only a few months ago. His wife was formerly a Mrs. Toney, and is a daughter of Charles Nicholson, a pioneer of Baker County, engaged in farming on Muddy Creek, In Powder River JValley. Kane had always been jealous of his wife since their marriage, and this la supposed to have unbalanced his mind. He was her third husband, and she mar ried him within six months after the death of her previous husband. They are both well known In Sumpter, and the tragedy took place In the cabin that was built on the mining property owned by Kane. GENERAL M'CEERNAND DEAD Passed A way at His Home in Spring field Early This Mornin-r. SPRINGFIELD, IIW Sept.-19. General John A. McClernand died at 12:10. Hl-J death was the result of old age and a general break-down. He had been In fee ble health four year3. and two years ago suffered an attack which nearly ended fa tally. About two weeks ago he was at tacked with dysentery, and though th!" was cured, he never rallied. He had been unconscious for the past 24 hours. John Alexander McClernand was born. In Breckenrldge County Ky., May 30, 1812, Th 1$32 he began the practice of law l Shawneetown. I1L, and In 1S35 established! the Shawneetown Democrat. From 1836 to 1S42 ho was a member of the State Legis lature, and from 1843 to 1S31 served In Congress. In 1859 he was again chosen to Congress and served till the beginning of the Civil War, when he resigned and waa appointed Brigadier-General of volunteers in the Union Army. He was made Major General in 1862. and took part in the at tack on Fort Donelson, the battle of Shi loh and the capture of "VMcksburg, He was relieved of his command of the Thir teenth Army Corps In July, 1S63, and re signed from the Army In November 1364. Belle Archer-Dead. WARREN, Pa., Sept. 19. Belle Archer., the actress, died at the Emergency Host pltal here tonight. APPOINTED A SENATOR. Acting- Governor of Utah Took Ad Tantncc of "Wells Absence. CHICAGO, Sept. 20. A special to the Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah, says: While Governor Wells and Secretary of State Hammond were in Idaho last night to meet Governor Roosevelt and escort him to this city. Judge O. W. Powers, of Salt Lake, a Democrat, was appointed United States Senator. The appointment was made by Aquila Nebeker, President of the Senate, who Is acting Governor, according to the constitution. It was signed a little while before midnight, at which time the train bearing Governor Wells was expected to cross the line Into Utah. The last Legislature was Demo cratic, although the state officers are Re publicans. There was a little fight for the Senatorshlp between A. W. McCune of Salt Lake, and Congressman W. IL. King. An adjournment wa3 taken with out breaking the deadlock. The seat has) remained vacant. The Democrats discovered last night they had the Acting Governor. Mr. Nebe ker consulted a lawyer, and was told ho had tho power to make the appointment. He accordingly did so. The state seal was locked up and could not be obtained, but Mr. Nebeker's legal advisers maintain his action was valid anyway. The ap pointment was drawn carefully In legal form, signed and witnessed. A formal ac ceptance will be filed with the Secretary of State. ATTACKED CHINESE FORTS. Allies Began the Bombardment at Daylight This Morning. . TAKU, Sept. 20. The allies attacked the Pe Tang forts at daybreak. Heavy can nonading is going on. THE ANGLO-BOER WAR. British Occupy Kelspruit. LONDON. Sept. 19. Lord Roberts tele graphs from Nelspruit, Vaal River Colo ny, under date of September 18, that the town was occupied the previous day with out opposition. He adds that he Is In communication with General Buller and Is able to send him supplies. Lord Rob erts further says General Buller reports that the bulk of his opponents are now mercenaries and Cape Colony rebels. "Vlljoen on the March. SPITZKOP. Sept. 18. General "Vlljoen, who succeeded Louis 'Botha in the su preme command of the Transvaal forces. Is reported to be moving northward in the direction of Hectorsprult, with 3000 men and SO guns. He is known as "the firebrand," and will endeavor to protract the war. Lost Salnklava Survivor. UPPER SANDUSKY, O., Sept. 19. The last of the Balaklava survivors, James A. White, Is dead. Ha had lived near this place since 1857. t