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, .. gf - , -T&e!sslR--gVQf jf V-v -:?9-fZrff F" - ""'23W5f7raw' " f 9 THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1900. NOffAiTKFUIrTflATRUST YJR " vv poaTzwfcifu -wARBBtoqsiacAjr x in dicted. ' WHEUua E. Spicer duurgwi. Witk Re merlzxff a Oaatomer' Wheat Md ' . SsIUbs? It Court Note. William E. Spicer, 'who has been, en gaged lu the flour and grain business on the East Side for -a number of years past, hta been Indicted by the grand jury on a charge of removing- "wheat of tho value of $4050 from a vfarehouse -without the con sent of the owners and disposing of the same for his own benefit, fiplcer la at liberty on bonds, and will be called upon to plead before Judge George Thursday. The Indictment Is the result of a com plaint made by K. D. Miller, general man ager of the Spokane & Eastern Trust Company, having headquarters at Mos cow, Idaho. A statement made of the case by Mr. Miller's attorney is that Spleer bought wheat and drew on ""the company in mak ing payment. He purchased 7231 bushels of wheat, for which the bank paid $4050. Then Spleer shipped the wheat to Port land and stored it in his warehouse, and issued to the bank a warehouse receipt for the wheat, and subsequently, without the consent of the. bank, sold the wheat to the-Portland Flouring Mills 'Company, tollfhevef Accounted for ardollarbf the money to the Dank. The prosecution As brought under & spe cial statute, which makes the keeper of a warehouse liable to the owners for what .stored In the "warehouse for, safe Jceeplng-and-for which the warehouse man has issued a receipt. The statute makes the receipt a negotiable instru ment; and passes title to the -bolder of the receipt, the same as to the holder of a note. The witnesses examined before the grand jury were R, D. Miller, C. M. Mc Kittrick, J. B. Easter, and W. B. Spicer, -at his own request. Mrj Spicer was formerly of the firm of Soden & Spicer, butrecently divided -up things with his '-partner, and Is aowvdomg business on bis own account. REFUSED" TO UASH JNDICTMBNTS. Three Ken Mat- Stand Trial ior tho Killing of Iiunrat. The motion to quash the Indictment against H. J. and P. V. B. Epperson, charged Jointly with "W. A. Keutemeyer With the murder of, Wililani Lunrut, on the ground that they .were compelled to testify against themselves -before the grand Jury, contrary to- their constitu tional right, was denied by Judge George yesterday. The case of all three defend ants will be set for trial Monday. The court held that the motion for a dismissal did not come within the stat ute, which provides only that the indict ment must be set aside on motion of the defendant when It Is not Indorsed as pre scribed by the code, and when the names of the witnesses examined before the grand jury aire not Inserted at the foot of the indictment. Judge George1 stated that if the state, on the" trial of the case, undertook to use any evidence against the Eppersons where their constitutional right had been disregarded in Any way, then the court would have an opportunity to protect them from such action. His Honor said: "The -argument that the statute1 cannot Interfere with the constitutional right of a ma.ii does not hold here, as I do not believe this is a constitutional, but a statutory right. The defendants had a right to refuse to go before the grand Jury,, and it is presumed they knew the law. There were other witnesses before the grand Jury In this case, and the court cannot presume that the grand Jury -indicted the Eppersons trom their own testimony. If the rights of the defend ants were outraged before the grand Jury, their rights can be protected at the time of the trial." After the decision was rendered, "Will iam M. Gregory, counsel for the Epper sons, demanded that they have a sep arate trial, and Ed Mendenhall, attorney for Keutemeyer, asked that the trial of Keutemeyer follow that of the Epperson boys, and he made a long argument to convince the court that his client was entitled to this preference. Mr. Menden hall assumed the position he has previous ly taken in this case, that the Eppersons, who were eye-witnesses to the killing of Lunrut, cannot testify in favor of Keute rmeyer until they have been tried and ac quitted or the indictment against them dismissed. He read along affidavit signed by Keutemeyer, detailing the circum stances of the case, and stating that the Eppersons would bear out the assertion of -self-defense, and that Keutemeyer had no Intention of killing Lunrut when he went to meet him to warn him not to trespass on his land. Counsel said: "I ask that the trial be not set until the Epperson cases are1 heard" and disposed of,'- . - A District Attorney Chamberlain opposed the motion, saying: T concede the right Of either of the defendants to ask a sep arate trial, but the state has always claimed the right to designate the order in which defendants shall be tried. At common law it was the rule that acceg ijorles, -should not be tried until theprln cipal liad been tried and convicted? If the evidence at the trial of Keutemeyer shows that the Eppersons had nothing to do with Jt; -ihe court can order the case dismissed as to them, and they can "b used as wit nesses for Keutemeyer. Mr. Mendenhall In response, saldv "This is not a proceeding under common law, but tinder the code. They are all princi pals. They are Jointly indicted. How are you going to try the Eppersons when Keutemeyer Is -on trial, if the trials are separate"? If a motion to dismiss as to them was made, the answer would be, 'The Eppersons are not on trial.' This could he, done if they were tried together. It cpuld be said there ,1s no evidence against them, and the motion be made. The court cannot afford us a remedy un less the court delays this trial until the case against the Eppersons "has been heard. Are we to be deprived of our tes timony In "this way?" Judge George, In overruling the motion, said: "This question has always been a troublesome one. The proceeding at one time at common law was that .an acces sory be trled flrst, because on" the con trary practice It srasvlound. he, would say everything her could In favor of his ac complice, and then throw hlhreelT'upon his constitutional right and. refuse to ss tlfv against Tilmself." The court then took up the statute upon the suoject and construed, it that either the counsel for the state or defense could' aslc for the dismissal of the Indictment against the Eppersons at the Keutemeyer trial, and jsMd In that way the rights of Keutemeyer to use" them as witnesses If lie desired would be protected. It would be the duty of the court to dis charge them under the statute. Judge George said: "The court'-may alter its opinion on that matter, but I am very much of that view now." Ms. Gregory, attorney for the Epper sons, said, after hearing the court, he ,waswUl!ng to submit to , the; court who to try first. He was ready to so to trial now. There was only the evidence of William Layfield, and that would not con vict his clients. Probate Matter. Iee Gin Soon was appointed by the County Court yesterday administrator of the estate of "his father Dee Chung Duck, deceased, valued at $3350. The final report of C N. Johnson, ex ecutor of the estate of Cordelia John son. l deceased, was approved. He received $lI,C72.-and paid out $9189, leaving $2488 for distribution -among the heirs, 10 of whom 'receive $18C each, and five others $37 each. A. S. and Caroline Rosenthal, executors -of the will of Dewls Rosenthal, deceased, -filed their final report, showing $221 bal- anca onhand for distribution among the following creditors: 'Snow & McCamant, $1680; McDougall, Spencer & Jones, $1680; A. 8. Rosenthal, $5387, and Dolph, Mallory &-Simon, $2240. Five' thousand shares of stock of the Portland & Falrview Railway Company were sold forU&OO, and. ,the real estate, consisting of 102 acres of land, was taken on Judgments. Aalca $10,000 for Alienated AfiectioHg. Because he says the affections, of his wife were alienated, H. H. Goss has com menced suit against Oliver F. Hussey, driver of engine company No." 4, to re cover $10,000 damages. The papers were filed in the State Circuit Court yesterday by William. Held, plaintiff's attorney. Ac cording to the complaint, Hussey became acquainted with Reda- Goss, the wife of the plaintiff, August 1, 1900, , and shortly afterwards commenced to acquire an lnv proper influence over her. and, -under payment of money and promise of the payment of large sums-of money to her, did deprive the husband of the comfort, society apd assistance of his wife, "and" did seduce her affections and c&U3 her to remain away from him. Salt for Dsasse by False Arrest.. Henry Westerman, by his attorney, John Dltehburn, has filed suit In the State Circuit Court against Robert Irving, NEVER ADVISED Judge Williams Did AH He Could for Annexation of Santo Domingo. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 23. (To the Editor.) I am Informed that Mr Lewis stated in his speech last evening 'that I -had Joined Sec retary of State Hamilton Fish in 'a letter to President Grant, advis ing him that the Government had no constitutional power to acquire , the Island of Santo Domfngo. There is not a word of truth in the statement I never signed a letter to President Grant with Secretary Fish in my life; and I doubt whether, In the history of the Govern , ment, any letter can be found which was addressed to a President by the heads of two departments. On January 10, 1870, President Grant sent the following communi cation to the Senate of which I was then a member: I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to its ratification, a treaty for the annexation of the Dominican Republio to the United States, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the parties on ih;e mh.of.. November fast." On December.B, 1870, in his second annual message, he said this: During the last session of 'Congress a treaty for the' annexatldn '. of the Republic of San Domingo to the United States failed to re ceive ithe" requisite two-thirds vote of the Senate. I was thoroughly . convinced ,then.that he best interests of this country, commercially 0 i ' and materially, demanded its ratification. Time has only confirmed me in this view." ' ' I did everything in my power in the Senate to secure the ratifi cation of the treaty, but it was opposed by Sumner, Schurz and other Senators, and was defeated. k When I went into' the Depart ment of Justice,, in December, 1871, the treaty had been defeated and-was dead, and I had nothing to say or do about the" acquisition J'df 'SSrifo Ddmihgro while I was in that office. ' " GEORGE H." WILDIAMS. David. Chalmers, J. J. Johnson and James Irving for $10,000 damages for alleged false arrest and. imprisonment. .Westerman avers that' August SS, 1900, he was arrest ed on a complaint sworn to in the Mu- nlclpal Court by David Chalmers, charg ing him with larceny of eight tons of hay, the property of Robert Irving, and was held to answer before the, grand Jury, which body afterward returned not a true bllL The plaintiff states that" Chalmers acted for himself, and at the Instigation of the other defendants, In causing his arrest. He was Imprisoned, he alleges, for one day, and the fact of his arrest was published In the newspapers, and he suffered great anguish and distress. . Court Notes. Louis Burkhardt has sued Jennie M. Burkhardt for a divorce because of de sertion, -which he says occurred in July, 1899. He asks for the custody of a minor child: The parties w,ere married In Ohio InlSSO, "'.. . p. C. Countryman, a Portland laborer, ' yesterdays filed a petition In- bankruptcy In the United. States Court. His liabilities amount to $5707 He has no property, ano hls assets consist of $40 wages due him, which is exempt. He has no money to pay fees. Helen Watrin was before Judge "Cleland yesterday to obtain a divorce, from John Watriiva carrlage-malcer, on 'the ground of drunkenness, cruel" treatment, and abuse. The court took the case under ad visement. Mrs. Watrin testified that her husband made a practice of coming home Intoxicated and calling her, all sorts of vile names and beating her. The defend ant, on the other hand, testified that she was slovenly In her household duties. would not get him his meals, and that he had not experienced a happy day since their marriage, 82 years ago. -He stated that she falsely' accused hlnV b'f- associat ing witb other wpmen. t The'plalntlff asks for a division of the community property, valued at several thousand dollars. - AMUSEMENTS. Hypnotist Will Wake His Subject Up Tonlgrhti Another crowded house greeted Dee, the hypnotist, atvthe Marquam Theater last night. In many respects he" duplicated the performance of Monday night, but ln'last night's performance the hypnotist had more success in his test feat of puttlngj a-portlon of the audience to sleep. Ten people In Various' parts of the house suc cumbed to the soporific Influence; of the Hindoo trick. Tonight the subject who has been asleep "In a show-window down town since Mon day nlgljt will be brought upon the stage and awakened by the professor at any time specified by the will of the audi ence. Bryan. Has "Betrayed Himself. Tacoma Dedger. Time has exposed the quality of Mr. Bryan's honesty, and It proves to be only a thin, veneer. He Is a shallow trickster, a scheming, peanut politician. He care fully adjusts his arguments, to the sup posed sympathies of his hearers. Hfe trims Ills political sails to catch every shifting wind. He deliberately repeats assertions which he knows to, be false and mislead ing because he thinks they are effective to win. votes. He does not abandon "a false and foolish argument when Its falsi ty and folly are exposed. He persists In employing Jt and studies to present it if possible in a more delusive manner, xie has, for example, Tepeatedly declared that the United Slates Treasury Is even now, under McKlnley's Administration, coin ing silver dollars at the ratio of IS to 1. He'inslnuates that the Republican Admin, istratlon is doing Just what the Repub lican party condemns hlm-for demanding. But the coinage of silver dollars of the sliver bullon purchased by the (govern ment under the Sherman, silver law of 1890, the purchasing clause of which was repealed in 1893 by a Democratic' -Administration, is all that the treasury is'dolng, and this Is as different from the free and unlimited coinage of gold and sliver at the ration of 16 to 1 as black Is different from white, and Mr. Bryan knows it, but thinks his audiences do not. Hobos Arrested at Oregron City. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 23. Dast night Ofloer 'Shaw, assisted by , Constable Moody and the Chief of Police, located end arrested 19 hobos, they having con gregated here from the Incoming freight trains. The Boys Will East Green Apples. Mother gives Perry Davis' Paln-Killer. FIVE SfllPSARRIVE0UT4 JUNE FLEET PROM PORTLAND IS " MAKING VERY GOOD PASSAGES. Captain' Harvey, of tfe Bkenanfloam, Drowned Another "Waeat Steam er Chartered Marine" Note. The tail-enders of the 1899-1900 grain fleet from Portland arrived out at Queens town In a bunch yesterday, five of ths big grain-carriers reaching that port for. orders, with very good passages to their credit. The Mabel Rlckmera, which was the last of the old season fleet to sail, "made the best' run of, the1 fleet which re-, ported yesterday, having covered the dis tance In 118 days. The Argus came next, with a good passage of 122 days; the Lydgate was 133 days, the St. Mlrren 138 days and the Allerton 145 days. As none of these vessels are noted for speed, the time made would Indicate that they en countered very favorable winds, and ac cordingly some of the new season fleoc will be reporting out before October x. AGAINST IT. ee Of the K old, fleet but five vessels' remain on the way, and three of 1 them are spoil ing the average of the -May fleet. They are the Asplce, 159 days out, the Fortn bank, 153 days, and the Sylfld, 146 days. The'-two June ships not yet reported are the East African, 128 days out, 'and the Nesala, 119 days outt The fleet which arrived out yesterday carried a total of nearly 600,000 bushels of wheat, and the dumping of that amount of wheat on the English, market from .one port within ,24 hours undoubtedly had some effect on the market. The ships were well distributed among the Portland exporters, as Kerr, Glfford & Co., the Portland Grain Com pany, Glrvln . & Eyre, Balfour,' Guthrie & Co. and trie Portland Flouring Mills Company each dispatched "one of them, and G. W. McNear dispatched the John Cooke, which arrived out 24 hours earlier'. CAPTAIN HARVEY. DEAD. Former Mate of th4 George Stetson Committed Suicide at Sea. k Captain George Harvey, master of tht American ship , Shenandoan, -committee suicide by Jumping overboard from hu ship August 21 when four days out from Sydney, Australia, iort San Francisco. Captain Harvey' was pretty well known In. this city, through his arrest and triai here for alleged cruelty to a sailor while mate on the American ship George Stet son. He was discharged ,on account of there being Insufficient evidence,, and as a recompense for the indignities to which he was subjected by his arrest on a charge which waB not substantiated, the late Arthur Sewall gave him command of the Shenandqah, one of the largest and finest American ships afloat. Harvey made a good record with the snip, and Mb many friends in this city, will learn of his death' with regret. The Shenandoah reached San Francisco In' charge of the first "officer last Saturday, and-the Bulle tin prints the" following account of the tragic death of the captain: On the first day out from the Australian port Captain Harvey exhibited unmistak able signs of the nervous collapse thai follows protracted and copious Indulgence In liquor.' His orders" were given In a halt ing, uncertain voice, and were not. always Just what they should have been. The captain's condition grew rapidly worse, and the other officers and the crew bti gan to whisper that the ship was unsare In the hands of her skipper. On the tfrlra day" of the voyage the master of the Shenandoah was Induced to relinquish the duties of his position and go to bed, Mr. Tavlor, the first mate, assuming charge. In a few hours Harvey was raving. It was necessary to confine him to his cabin and maintain a constant watch on him. The, morning following he appeared quiet er and 'seemd. to recognize those of the men who 'came in to see him. Thinking 'his charge safe for a while, the sailor who was on watch In the cabin at the time stepped into the galley to eat his lunch. He returned 10 minutes later and found the captain's berth empty. At onqe the alarm was given and every man who could be spared from working the ship turned to and made a diligent search of the vessel. It' required but a short time to demonstrate the fact that Captain Harvey was not on-board. Beyond ques tion he had Jumped over the side and been lost. The, death of the captain oc curred, on August 21, four days out from Sydney. t . ' Captain George Harvey was a native of Nova Scotia, aged 45 years. He was form erly first mate of the Shenandoah and was well known In this city. ANOTHER WHEAT STEAMER. China Mutual Mner Ching: Wo Char tered, to Ioad -at Portland. r The China Mutual Steam Navigation Company, which helped clear up the wheat blockade "In 1897, and Incidentally added to the size of their annual divi dends by sending several mammoth steamers here to load, is again in this market -with tonnage. They chartered their big steamship Chlng'Wo. yesterday to load wheat In Portland in December. She receives the same rate as was paid the Glenlochy, but is a smaller carrier". The Chlng Wo Is not as large as the Hyson, Pak Ling and Teen Kai, which loaded here in 1897, but she will carry nearly 6000 -short tons of wheat. 'She Is now en route to the Orient from Europe. Exporters are unablo to secure sail ton nage at reasonable rates, and are forced to take up steamers In spite of the un satisfactory markets on the other side. Notice to Mariners. Notice Is hereby given that, on October 21 the three-pile beacon, from which this fixed light was shown, -onthe' lowerend of Said Island" Bar, Willamette 'River, Oregon, was carried awajr, and the light extinguished The beacon "and flight wjll be re-established as soon 'fes practicable. This notice affects, the Ust of Lights and Fog Signals, Pacific 'C,&aat, 1900, No, 129, page 30; also the Dlst of 'Beacons and Buoys, Pacific Coast, 11900,'. page 60. By order of the Lighthouse- Board, r, W. B. DAT, Commander, U. Br N.; 'lighthouse In spector. , The Overdue 'Bark. BAN FRANCISCO,. Oct. 23,-JTho rate of Insurance hasbeon increased on. the bark Alex McNeill out 174 days from Puget Sound, for Freemantle, the figures now being 60 per cent. Fifteen per cent Is now offered on the French bark Gretagne, out 230 days from Antwerp'for San Fran C Freak-Water Sailors. LYONS la., Oct, 234-JT 33. Knight, of Derby, Conn., and Frank Nohe and Owen Tally, of .Chicago, and Arthur Mullens, of Lyons, left here today in their 40-foot gasoline launch "Venice for1 a trip down the Mississippi, across, the Gulf, and up the coast to Connecticut, .California Steamer Barned. LITTLE RIVER, CaW Oct 23.-The steamer Sunol was destroyedby fire to day while lying at anchor in this har bor. The fire was caused by the explo sion of a lamp in the cooks galley. The Sunol was valued at $35,000. ' Marine Note. The coasting steamer Alliance arrived in yesterday from' San Francisco by way of the Oregon coast ports. The weather has' been very bad for the past few days, and much difficulty is Experienced in keeping steamers on scheduletime. The German bark Olga left up from As toria yesterday -morning at 8 o'clock, and passed St Helens , Just 8 hours" later. She "was In tow of the steamer R. R. Thompson, and made unusually good time up the river.' The . Britfsh ship Iplmory eteared yes terday for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders, with 89,667 bushels of weat val ued at $50,060. She -was dispatched by the Portland Flouring Mills (Company, and is the ninth vessel to clear this month. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Oct 23.-Arrived at 8'A. M. and 'left up at 10 A. Mi--Stcamer Alli ance, from San Franclscoand way ports. Left up at 8 o'clock German bark Olga. Condition of the bar at 5"EJ. M., rough; wind calm; weather plblldy. t v Seattle Arlrved Oct.-22.-r6tea'mer Al-Kl, from Skagway; steamer 'Excelsior, from KTodlak. i Port Hadlock-Arrlved. Oct. 22. Steam er Corwin. from Port Townsend. San Pedro Sailed Oct,- ' 22. Schooner Maewema, for -New Whatcom. San Francisco, Oct 23. Arlrved Steam er Warfleld. from Oyster Harbor; schoon er Motlja Nelson, from Tacoma; schooner San Buena Ventura, from Gray's Har bor; steamer Kodlak, from l Unalaska; ship Dashing Wave, from Tacoma; schooner James A. Garfield, from Wlllapa Harbor. Salled-Steamer Umatilla, for Victoria; schooner Mary E. Russs, for Vic toria; schooner Laura May, for Gray's Harbor: brig Geneva, for Port Gamble; schooner Ida Schnauer, for Port Gamble. Hamburg, Oct. 23. Arlrved-Belgravla, from '.New York? Deutsohland, from New York. . New York, - Oct 23. Arrived Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, from Bremen; As toria; Laurentlan, f roinv QlasgoW. Sailed Taurlc, for Liverpool. Southampton, Oct 23. Arlrved Kalser ln v Maria .-Theresa, from New York, for Bremen. ( ' tKobe Arrived Oct 21.Port Albert, from Seattle, for Manila. Queenstown, Oct, 23. Ai-rived Waes land; from Philadelphia, ' lor Liverpool; British ship 'St Mlrren, from Portland, .and Proceeded to Limerick; British ship iuierxon, irom .rortianu; .eutubh snip Argus, from Portland f British' ship Lyd gate, from' Portland. r Boulogne Sailed Oct 2 Bulgaria, from Hamburg, for New York. . .Sydney Arrived prior to(Oct 23. 'Bark Sonoma, from Port Townsend. ' Lizard, Oct 23. Passed German ship Maole RIckmers from; Portland, for Queenstown. ' , Java In port Oct 15. British steamer Royalist from Vancouver Hull Arrived Oct " 21.-German ship Rene Rlckmers, from Chemanlus. Sydney Arrived Oct 23, Ship James Drummond, from Chemanlus. Port Townsend, Oct 23.' -Passed In Schooner Queen, for Port Gamble; schooner Mary Ann, from ,Capo Nome. San Pedro Sailed Oct. 22. Schooner Me teor, for Portland. - Cherbourg, Oct: 23. Sailed Frlederich der Grosse, from Bremen and Southamp ton, for New York. Gibraltar, Oct 23. Sailed Kaiser WI1 lielm. H, from Genoa and Naples, for New York. " s Boston, Oct 23. Arrived Bohemian, from 'Liverpool. " Boulogne, Oct 23 Arrived Maasdam, from New York for Rotterdam, and pro ceeded. . A PARTY OF INJUSTICE. If the Colored Man Bmentbera, He Will Not Vote for Democracy. ' POR07LAND, Oct 23. Tfr the Editor.) In reply to, the editor of the Colored Citi zen in Kansas, I will Bay the entire Demo cratic party opposed legislation for the amelioration of the negro condition at every step, and opposed it, not with the mere registry of negative votes, but with an energetic hostility that too often as sumed the phase of anger and' acrimony. Emancipation from slavery, grant of cltl enshlp and civil rights conferring suf frage were all carried for the negro by the Republicans against a protesting and resisting Democracy. r would like to ask the Colored Citi zen, does he realise that these great en franchisements have been1 conferred on him by the Republican party, in spite of the efforts of an embittered and united Democracy? I would like to ask him does he know that In the South, Mr. Bryan- and his party haye crushed' out the political-power of more than 6,000,000 American citizens, and has transferred it by violence to others? Forty-two Presi dential Electors are 'assigned to the South on --the basis of colored population, and yet the colored population, with more than 1,100,000 loyal votes, has been unable to choose a single elector even In states where ilt has a decledd- majority of more than 100,000. The states that comprised the rebel Confederacy had by the census of 1S80 7,500,000 white population,, and 5,300, 000 colored population. The cojored popu lation desires to support the Republican party, but by a system of reckless Intimi dation, by violence and murder, it is ab solutely deprived of political power by Mr. Bryan's party. t I will say to the Colored,'tCitIzen in To peka, Kan., that Oregon is .a state where the law Is supreme and all men's rights are respected, but this cannot be said of the South, because Mr. Bryan's party has destroyed all fair election. In the South the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala bama, Georgia and South Carolina have an aggregate of 48 electoral votes. They hadln 1880 2,800,000 white people, and over 3,000,000 colored people. In the North the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota,- Iowa, Kansas and California had likewise an aggregate of 48 electoral votes, 'and they had a white population of 5,600,000, or Just double that of the five Southern States which I have named. Tbese- Northern States had In 18S0 practically no colored population. ItJs evident that Mr. Bryan and Senator Tillman's party work South ern States by usurping and absorbing the rights of the colored race. Every colored man who votes for Bryan and his party T ; iDVRAfWe MAGAZINE For fSo'Ocmhmr 10 Easy to "Read Hard to Forget For Sale by v A!i1(Nwsde&lers under these conditions has no race pride. I would like to refer my colored Demo cratic friends to the states that rejected the 14th amendment with scorn and defi anceLouisiana, Mississippi and 'Florida. It did not receive a single vote In South, Carolina; It received one vote in Virginia, one in Texas; it received five votes In Arkansas, , two votes in Alabama, 10 In North Carolina, 11 In Georgia. Only 32 votes could bo found In these states in favor of making the negro even a citizen. I have quoted what actually was done by Legislatures under the control of the Democratic party, and I am only recall ing facts when I say that those outrages were upheld 'by the Democratic party. I cannot see how any thoughtful negro, after considering these questions, can vote for the Democratic party.. HOWARD SPROULL. MR. WOOD WRITES A LETTER Eo Sets Forth Some of. His Ideas and Many of His Fears. . PORTLAND, Oct 23. (To the Editor.) I think you have no right to say of the Gold Democrats that had the Philippines been surrendered. Mr. McKinley would be- now assailed by them for so doing as vigoDously as he Is for not doing so. This Is a distinct charge of unprincipled partisanship, which Is Inconsistent with your praise of these same men four years ago as courageous patriots, preferring principle to party. You have named me as such & man, and I distinctly deny the Insinuation. What ever of present advantage to me, selfish ly, there Is In this situation, does not lie .In the course I am pursuing. My mo tives are precisely what they were four years ago the good of my country as I see It, regardless of party. But I be lieve Instead of an economic error which we could endure and recover from, we are now entering upon a political er ror, which will be in time fatal to thl3 country, as a government of the peopler by the people, for -the people. Can you And no other motive than bitter, narrow, party feeling to ascribe to the men you have named? What Is It then, which Inspires Justice Browor' of the Supreme Court of the United States; Governor Boutwell, Carl Schurz and so many Re publicans, to do exactly what 'wo Demo crats are" doing? What was It Inspired this editorial -In The Oregonlan of May 4, 189S?- Alreadjr" -wtt 'aifj't IrC'prt ot the gravest perils of war the clamor 'for. territorial aggrandize ment. The f even of conquest once In the blood Is hard torvallay. We have no further rightful use for the Philippines than as a base of present operations anffa hostage pending final settlement. A coallnctatlon let -ua retain there, but our professions In this war debar us from retention of even Cuba, which Is more naturally within our scope than the Philip pines. If'tha war 'ls prolonged we shall cer tainly see rapjd growth of vehement domand for acquisition of territory we should not take. It may be strong enough to turn the scale -of a Presidential election. The Oregonlan may be now convinced to the contrary, but why discredit those who are not? Is there. Indeed, no real ground for alarm? The Declaration of Independence has .passed away; yet Its principles are those which Inspired our growth, and which furnished Lincoln with tho strength to combat and destroy slav ery. Some men are horrified when The Ore gonlan, the New York Sun, the New York Tribune and many other public men unite In the sentiment voiced by Whltelaw Reld "resist the crazy ex tension of the doctrine that government derives Its Just powers from the consent of the governed" and by Senator Platt off Connecticut "governments derive their Just powers from tho consent of some of the governed." But If these word3 were never uttered, the fact would remain, we have taken subject colonies and Intro duced Into our National policy as a hard concrete fact the monarchical doctrine that the governed may be governed forci bly against their will by a government which they have no chance to correct save by armed rebellion. The Fourth of July Is apast-oecasion, exoept for fireworks. Undor present con ditions I defy any man to be such a hypocrite as to, read to the people In a loud, proud voice the Declaration of In dependence. Our conduct so belles its professions that the day and the docu ment have passed into the lumber-room of history. Some people have been horrified at the ' growlns sentiment voiced by Franklin McVeagh, "the constitution adopted by 13 weak, rescued colonies -cannot be expected to hamper the greatest Nation in the world"; but if these words had never been uttered, the historical facts would remain that the Constitution has been no restraint to the ambitions of Mr. McKinley and Mr. Hanna and the power which stands behind them. We have paid the Sultan of Sulu to fly 'our flag and acknowledge our "Jurisdic tion," yet within that Jurisdiction slavery exists in deflance-of the Constitution. We are mulcting Porto Rico at the command of two or three men, in defiance of our "plain duty" under the Constitution. We have been buncoed into a costly war without declaration by the people In Con gress assembled, in plain defiance of the Constitution. We have placed our flag over subject colonies, which never can or ought to become states or Its people citizens in plain violation of the Consti tution, and we answer all this trespass upon the people's right and our breach of our Implied promise as suggested In the above extract from The Oregonlan, by meaningless cries ot "who shall pull It down"? Never a word of which Is wise. What is right? Simply Jingo frothings, "Who'll pull-it down"? I, for one, don't like these things. I, for one, fear the power which has done It all. . The power which Senator Hoar expressed In the Sen ate as those men who already swollen -with unearned gains, have their greedy eyes on 'the lands, the rich mines and the hemp fields. It has got to such a pass lately that any man who expresses fear of the encroach ments which concentrated wealth Is mak ing upon popular government Is at once classed as a firebrand, an "anarchist," a malcontent, settlncr the poor against the rich. The very fact that this miscon ception or willful bulldozing exists is rea son, why some 'men, who do not envy the rich, should have the courage to express 1 their fears. I see sonde of my friends CENTS have attributed some of my remarks to a castigatlon of the trusts. They mistake me. I have never spoken of the trusts aB such. It is an economic question about which I am myself not wholly clear. What I am afraid of and what seems clear to me, Is the gradual absorption .of the powers of government which enor mous wealth closely concentrated Is mak ing. I don't care whether it Is hold and oporatcd under the name of a trust, a syndicate, a corporation, or In the name of the man himself. I fear a repetition of the old experience In all past republics, that the few who hold the bulk of the property will seek to control the people who own little or nothing.- I don't envy them their great wealth. I don't want to take It from them, but I do want to re strict the power they wield In political matters. I do want to hold on to the principles of a government of the people by the people, for the people. ''Corporations have been enthroned .and an era of corruption In high places will follow, and the money power of the coun try will endeavor to prolong Its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people till all wealth 'Is aggregated In a few hands, and the Republic Is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even In tho midst of war." Now the an archist and demagogue who said that was Abraham Lincoln. His wisdom and pat riotism I suppose we shall next see laid in the tomb with his beloved declaration and constitution. They say "empire" "king," "despot" was hurled against Lincoln. Therefore 'the present assaults on Mr. McKinley are unjust That Is the loslc of It Lincoln was abused, McKin ley Is abused. Lincoln, In every act and word, to the last syllable of recorded time will shine a lover of the peoplo and of liberty; therefore McKinley will also shine a martyr. That is the logic of It Well, so was Charles I abused; in fact, he lost his head because he said the Just powers of the government came from God, and the consent of "some" of the governed. He was a martyr, too. I know I am a biased critic, but I have been astounded at the lack of calm, ra tional discussion by Republican orators and writers. We are told that Jefferson was an ex pansionist When every man who knows anything and Is ,honest must say that Jefferson died glorying In the Declara tion of Independence,' and its principles; that he ever cast eye iipon a foot of1 land save to make a state of It and citizens of Its neonle. That he said of Cuba, ha would take It if he could get It, lncor-i porate It In our "Union" and erect on Its southern limits one pillar Inscribed ne plus ultra, and he wrote to the President of the United States. "Nothing should ever be accepted which would require a navy to defend It" I call it dishonesty or Ignorance to cite him for our present course. An army and a navy are coth re quired, and foreign entanglements and absolute despotic government Inevitable. We say to our opponents, the Declara tion of Independence Is gone, the Consti tution Is going. Foreign entanglements are coming. We have spent $600,000,000 and over already. The Army budget for this one year equals the presumed Colum bia River salmon pack for 100 years to come. Wo are slipping Into plutocracy and despotism. We have violated our National world as well as our National pqlicy. And the answer we get Is the shouts of a Rough Riders' Club rough riding over the Constitution, the hammer ing of the dinner palls, which are Jiot full, and sand In our eyes, with wild cries for dishonorable honor and Inglorious giory. C- E. S. WOOD. Bids Aslced for Surveys. Surveyor-General Habersham has adver tised for proposals for surveying. In ac cordance with official and existing regu lations, and such special Instructions as may bo issued by the Surveyor-General, the following tracts of land: Miles, Description of surveys. estimated. T. 31 S.. R. 9 W 67 T. 31 S., R. 10 W 61 T. 32 S., R. 10 W CI T. 32 S. R. 11 W 69 T. 33 S., R. 7 W 19 T. 32 S., R., 3 W 15 Bids will be received at the office of the Surveyor-General up to noon of No vember 21, 1900, and will be opened at that time. Any further Information In regard to the work will be furnished upon appll catlon. SHOWED THE MINISTER And Got Him in Line. "In a minister's family In Los Angeles, where I was visiting some time ago, the wife complained of serious Indigestion and dyspepsia. She admitted that she used coffee, and said she more than half be lieved that was tho trouble. I told her that I knew It was the trouble, fdr I had gone through with the experience myself and had only been cured when I left off coffee and took up Postum Food Coffee. "She said she had tried the Postum, both for herself and her husband, but they did not like It. With her permission I made Postum next morning myself, and boiled It full 15 minutes after the real boiling of the pot began. Then, when It was served, It was a rich, deep brown color, and had the true flavor and food value that every Postum-maker knows. It Is all folly to talk about trying to make Postum with one or two minutes' steep ing. "You can't get something good for noth ing. It must be boiled, boiled, boiled, and to keep it from boiling over, use a small lump of butter, perhaps twice the size of a pea. That morning the minister and his wife liked Postum so well that their whole lives were changed on the question of diet, and they abandoned cof fee at once and for all time. "Now, after a hard day's work, they are comforted, refreshed and rested by a cup of well-made Postum for supper. They are both enthusiastic In Its praise. The wife has entirely recovered from her dyspepsia. I will not go Into the de tails of my own case, except to say that I was a desperate sufferer with dys pepsia, and discovered by leaving off cof fee that coffee was the cause of It. I, quickly got well when I took up Postum Food Coffee. I earnestly hope many more coffee-drinkers may get their eyes open.' Name and address given by Postunr Cereal I Company, LtdU, Battle .Creek, Mich. REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN . IN BEHALF OT BKinley and Eooseie Th Republican State Central Committee ot Oregon announces the tollowlsff assignments of speakers for the Presidential campaign ot 1000: JUDGE GEORGE H. WILLIAMS. La. Grande .................. Thursday Oct. 23 Oregon City Saturday. Nor. S HON. J. H. MrrCHEM. Salem Monday. Oct 29 Jacksonville ......... .....-"Wednesday, Oct. 31 HON. WM. M. COLVIG. Portland Friday. Oct. 23 Eujtene Monday. Oct 29 Canyonvllle 1:30 P. Mi. Tueday. Oct. 30 Williams ................. Wednesday, Oct. SO Korby 230 P. M. Thursday, Nov. 1 HON. O. F. PAXTON. Fifth Ward Club ..Wednesday. Oct. 24 Sellwood Thursday. Oct. 23 Bridal Veil Friday. Oct. 28 Lenta Saturday. Oct. 27 Cottage Grove Monday, Oct. 29 Aiounj ....................... xuesuay, uct. 30 Mount Tabor ...Wednesday, Oct. SL Arlington Friday. Nov. 2 ROBERT F. BELL, ESQ. Stayton .Wednesday, Oct. 23 Brooks (Multnomah Co.) Saturday. Oct. 2T JUDGE J. C MOItELAND. Sylvan ....Thursday, Oct. 23 C. A. BELL, ESQ. Sylvan .Thursday, Oct. 23 J. F. BOOTEE, ESQ. Beedvillo Friday. Nov. 3 HON.- J. C. LEASURE. Scott's Mills Wednesday, Oct. 24 Heppner Thursday. Oct 25 Weston .Friday. Oct 2tt Pendleton , Saturday. Oct. 2T HON. CLAUD GATCH. Aumsvilla Saturday. Oct 27 HON. H. G. SMITH. Myrtta Point Wednesday, Oct 24 GOVERNOR T. T. GEER. Clatskanle Thursday. Oct 3 Astoria. ....Friday. Oct 20 Hood River ...Saturday. Oct 11 Union . Monday. Oct. 29 Heppner . Tuesday, Oct. 30 Brownsville .Thursday. Nov. X Myrtle Creek 1 P. M.. Friday Nov. 3 Medford .........Saturday, Nov. J HON. THOMAS H. TONGUE. Toncalla ......1-30 P. M., Wednesday, Oct. 24 Myrtlo Creek.. .7:30 P. M. Wednesday, Oct 24 Grant's Pasa. 2 P. M.. Thursday, Oct 23 Ashland Friday, Oct. 20 Medford 2 P. M.. Saturday. Oct 27 Jacksonville .....7:30 P. M., Saturday. Oct 27 Klamath Falls Tuesday, Oct 30 Salem ....................... Thursday. Nov. 1 Newberg Friday. Nov. 2 Hlllsboro 2 P. M.. Saturday. Nov. a Astoria Monday. Nov. 3 JUDGE S. A. LOWELL. Nowberj Thursday, Oct. 23 Woodbura Friday, Oct 26 Junction Saturday, Oct. IX Halsey Monday, Oct 20 Alsea .......................... Tuesday. Oct 30 Philomath Wednesday. Oct 31 Oswego .. Thursday. Nov. 1 Astoria. Saturday, Nov. 3 HON. RUFUS MALLORY. Independence Friday, Nov. 2 HON. TILMON FORD. Olex ..............Wednesday, Oct 14 Arlington Thursday, Oct IS Union Friday Oct 2 Baker City Saturday, Oct 27 Huntington Monday. Oct 20 Halnea Tuesday. Oct. 30 Elgin Wednesday, Oct 31 La Grand Thursday, Nov. I Milton 2 P. M.. Friday, Nov. 2 Pendleton .7:30 P. M., Friday, Nov. 2 Mount Angel ....Monday, Nov. 5 SENATOR C. W. FULTON. Prlnevllle ..Wednesday. Oct 24 Roseburg Friday. Nov. 3 Grant's Pass ..Saturday, Nor. 3 Ashland Monday, Nor. 3 SENATOR GEO. C. BROWNELL. Xugeno ..Saturday, Nor. 3 Oregon City Monday. Nov. 3 HON. C. B. WATSON. Looklng-Glass..l:80 P. M.. Wednesday, Oct 24 HON. S. B. HUSTON. Hlllsboro Tuesday, Oct 30 Forest Grova Friday, Nor. 3 Greenville ........v.......... Saturday,- Nov. 3 HON. C M. EDLEMAN. Gale's Creek 1 P. Ml. Saturday, Oct 2T Bourno ....... ................ Monday. Oct 29 Granite ...................... Tuesday. Oct SO Sumpter Wednesday, Oct 31 HON. G. W. STAPLETON. Scappooso Saturday. Oct St HON. ADAM KXIPPEL. (In. German.) Aurora Saturday, Oct 27 Lenox ........ Saturday. Nor. 3 COLONEL J. B. EDDY. Granits Wednesday. Oct 24 Sumpter Thursday, Oct 23 Elgin Saturday. Oct 27 Wallowa County Oct 20, 80, 31 COLONEL S. C SPENCER. Garden Homo ................Saturday, Oct 27 Sandy ...Monday, Oct 20 Eagle Creek 2 P. M.. Tuesday, Oct 30 Springwater 2 P. M., Wednesday, Oct 81 HON. WALLACE M'CAMANT. Lostlna ............Wednesday, Oct 24 Fossil Tuesday. Oct 30 Condon Wednesday,, Oct 31 HON. R. R, DUNIWAY. Palmer .-. .Thursday, Oct. 2S Rufus Friday, Oct 23 Lexington Saturday. Oat 27 Milton ............Monday. Oct 20 Helix Tuesday, Oct 30 Meacham Wednesday. Oct 31 Pilot Rock. ....Thursday, Nov. 1 Uklah Friday,. Nov. a JUDGE J. E. MAGERS. Condon - Wednesday, Oct 4 Grass Valley Thursday, Oct 23 Wasco 2 P. M.. Friday. Oct 28 Cascade Locks . Saturday. Oct 27 HON. WALLI3 NASH. Mapleton .....Wednesday, Oct 24 Elmlra Thursday, Oct 23 Coburg Saturday. Oct 27 HON. GORDON E. HAYES. Nwdy Friday. Oct 23 Marquam Saturday, Oct 27 Pleasant Hill Tuesday. Oct 30 Sunnyslde (Clackamas Co.)... Thursday, Nov. 1 Maple Lane Friday, Nov. 2 HON. A. D. LEEDY. Narrows. 2 P. M.. Wednesday, Oct. 24 Harney -. Thursday, Oct .3 Further assignments of speakers irfU ba made from day to day. GEO. A. STEEL, Chairman. WILLIS S. DUNIWAY. Secretary. I No More Dread of the Dental Chair TEETH EXTRACTED AND FILLED AB SOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN, by our lnto scientific method applied to tho gums. No slnep-producing agents or cocaine. These are the only dental parlors In Port land having PATENTED APPLIANCES and Ingredients to extract AH and apply gold crowns and porcelain crowns undetectable from natural teeth, and warranted, for 10 years. WITHOUT THE LEAST PAIN. 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