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PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1900.
NO. 12,460.
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PART TWO
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WAS A GOOD YEAR
American Shipping Enjoyed
Great Prosperity in 1899.
SAYS NAVIGATION COMMISSIONER
JTon-nn.ee 'Ham Greatly Increased,
Oue-Fonrth of Which Is Credited
to Pacific Coast.
'WASHINGTON', Nov. 18. The report of
Commissioner of Navigation Chamber
lain, made public today, says the past
fiscal year has been the most prosperous
period known to American shipping for
some years. Returns for the current fis
cal year promise an even more satisfac
tory condition.
For the first time since the Civil War,
the documented tonnage of the United
States exceeds 5,000.000 gross tons. On
June 30, 1909, American documented ton
nage comprised 23,333 vessels, of 5,164,849
k gross tons, an increase of 300,000 tons over
'the previous year. Our maximum ton
nage -was 5,530,813 tons In 1861. Our ship
ping, the report adds, In 1861 was larger
than that of France and Germany, and
nearly equaled that of the British Em
pire. American vessels are almost "whol
ly confined to the coasting trade, which
employed, last year, 4,338,145 tons, or
more than the total tonnage of Germany
end France.
British shipping now amounts to 14,261,
C00 gross tons. Our tonnage In the for
eign trade was only 816,795 tons, and car"
ried this year only 9 per cent of our ex
ports and Imports. A century ago, Amer
ican shipping registered for foreign trade
was 639,921 tons, while this tonnage now,
In the 13 original states amounts to 482,907
tons.
The report says that for serious com
petition with foreign nations In the
ocean-carrying trade, we are practically
restricted to 97 registered steamships ot
over 1000 tons, aggregating 260,325 tons.
Single foreign steamship corporations
own greater tonnage. Japan has S3 ocean
steamships of over 2000 tons, aggregating
88,200 tons. Besides these steamships,
we have 135 registered square-rlgged pah
vessels, over 1000 tons each, for the deep
sea trade. More than half of these are
over 20 years old, and as such vessels
disappear their places are not supplied
by construction.
Our tonnage Is distributed as follows:
The Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 2.727.S92
cross tons; Great Lakes, 1,565,587 tons:
Pacific Coast, including Hawaii, 612,901
tons; Mississippi and tributary rivers,
258,456 tons. The increase In our shipping
during the decade was 740,342 tons, of
which 184,512 tons was On the Pacific
Coast, and was due mainly to Alaskan
and Hawaiian trade. The effective car
rying power of the world's merchant
fleets has Increased 60 per cent.
The most notable change In the world's
shipping has been in the size of steam
ships. In 1890, there were 112S ocean
steamships of 4000 tons or over, while now
9S0 such steamships, aggregating 5,600,003
tons, constitute one-fourth of the world's
ct&m tonaaga, .l8ara&fltf speed, though
great, has been Tess noteworthy. Con
centration of the world's ship-owning has
been notable. The 90 principal steamship
companies of the world own 1600 steam
ships, or one-fourth In tonnages, and
more than one-fourth In carrying power
of the world's ocean steamships. Of
these, only nine of the 1000 tons owned
by the Internatlon Navigation Company
are American.
It Is estimated that during 1S99 the gross
earnings of steam and sail vessels In the
foreign carrying trade of all nations
amounted to $700,000,000. The export trade
of the United States requires about 20
per cent of the world's aggregate tonnage
of the steamships.
The problem of ocean transportation at
this time, the report says. Is essentially
cne of transportation by steel-screw
steamships. The purposes to which wood
en fore-and-aft vessels are adapted are
Important, but restricted. The Suez Ca
nal reduced opportunities for sail vessels,
and the Nicaragua Canal, It Is said, will
further reduce them.
In the past 10 years. Great Britain has
built 42S8 steel steamers of 9.987,000 tons,
while the United States has built 465 steel
E'cam vessels of 743,000 tons, of which 198,
of 450.000 tons, were built on the Great
Lakes. Our entire construction for the
decade is not much more than half of
Great Britain's output of 1.340,000 tons
during 1889. We have built for the for
e'gn trade, since 1800, only 24 steel steam
ships, of -80,000 tons, and of this total, IX
steamships, of 6S.O0O tons, were built as
mail steamers under the postal subsidy
acta.
On August 25, 1900, 6S merchant steel
steam vessels, aggregating 27S.000 tons,
and 47 naval vessels of 13,000 tons dis
placement, were building or contracted
for. Contracts since that date bring the
merchant total up to 350,000 tons, includ
Irg about 100 000 tons on the lakes. Con
press has authorized 179.SO0 tons displace
ment of naval vessels not yet contracted
for. The current year will record much
the largest amount of steel ship-building
in our history. The report says the coast
ing law and its recent extensions, our
heavy expenditures for -aaval construc
tion, and the building of vessels to re
trace those bought for transports and
the postal subsidy law, have given steel
shipbuilding its recent stimulus.
.Mr. Chamberlain reviews In some detail
the Mils reported to the Senate and
House of Representatives known as the
P'-bsldy bills, and gives Illustrations of
the difference in cost of building and op
erating American and British steamships
at the present time. He says that the
subsidies proposed generally equalize
those differences. A freight steamship
cDTTving 5000 tons cargo now costs $275.
CX In the United States, compared with
C:4 000 in Great Britain, though steel Is
rrh cheaper here than abroad. Besides
lbor cost, the British advantage lies In
tvc enormous scale of production. Great
r'tiln being: the world's "department
F"rc" of shipping. Monthly wages on
t-t American vessels are $1200, against
$C' on the British ship.
Comparisons are made with foreign
s' vsMIes to fast steamships, which ag
FTrnte $.000,000 annually, and the re
port holds that the subsidies proposed
f r similar American steamships are not
CTi than adequate to oecure American
c-an mall services to the great conti-r-nts
equivalent to those of Great Brlt
pln Germany and France. In the past
60 vears. Great Britain and her colonies
hse spent over $?. 000 for British
ocean mall steamships. On the basis of
foreign voyages actually made by Amer
ican ve-eels. aggregating 803,600 gross
t -ms during the year 1898, the report says
tvi expenditures under the Semite sub
s!"v bill -would have been $2,907,000, and
under the House bill $2,790,000. Details
and estimates show that, with the addi
tional shipping eligible, the cost during
t-e first year of the bill's operation
wu'd be about $4,500,000. The maximum
cf r 000 009. it is said, probably would be
attained during 104-5, when a reduction
of subsidy rates would be necessary. By
that time, the building of 500.009 tons of
orean steamships and the necessary in
crease in number and extent of our ship
yards, the report deolares, would have
materially reduced the cost of shlp-bulld-
ing in the United States, compared with 1
Great Britain and Germany. Under tho
bill, In five years, American steamships
in foreign trade, it is stated, would
doubtless reach 1,200,000 tons and sail ves
sels 650,000 tons, sufficient to carry about
one-third of our ocean trade, v
Tonnage taxes were $8S0,482. In view
of our great expenditure for labor im
provements and lighting the coast, the
report declares there seems to be no rea
son why our tonnage taxes should be so
much less than corresponding foreign
charges.
STEAMER. IK DISTRESS.
Robert Dollar, Bound for San Fran
cisco, Called In at Astoria.
ASTORIA, Nov. 18. The steam schooner
Robert Dollar, from Seattle for San Fran
cisco, with a cargo of coal, came inside
late last evening In distress. During her
run down from Cape Flattery her main
steam pipe began to leak and as her top
sides had been taking In some water her
captain did not consider It advisable to
proceed farther in the face of a heavy
sea. She will be repaired here. "While
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the work will take several days, the
damage is slight
Retnrn of Whalinf? Steamer.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. The whaling
steamer William Baylies arrived from the
north today with 13,000 pounds of bone
and 400 barrels of olL
Domestic and Foreign Forts.
San Francisco. Nov. 18. Arrived,
schooner Pearl, from Kadlak; schooner
Queen, from Port Gamble; schooner Co
qullle, from Coqullle River; steamer Uma
tilla, from Puget Sound; steamer Dis
patch, from Astoria, Soiled, steamer San
Jose, for Nanalmo; steamer Rainier, for
Seattle; steamer Mandelay, for Coqullle
River; schooner Maria E. Smith, for Port
Gamble; schooner Western Home, for
Coos Bay; ship Star of France, for Port
Townsend; schooner Repeat, for Willapa;
schooner LUllebonne,. for Gray's Harbor.
ON THE EDGE OF WINTER.
Stray Snow Storm Pays Portland a
Flyln? Visit.
Portland was only on the edge of the
snow belt yesterday. All over the Puget
Sound region there was bitter cold weath
er and a heavy fall of snow. What Port
land got was a drenching of cold rain,
which changed later Into a mlxturo of
snow and sleet, covering the hills with
rather a heavy fall of snow that woula
pass muster by any snow connoisseur,
while that falling In the city had only a
transient existence, melting away when
It fell on the city's streets and pave
ments. Seattle, Walla Walla and Salt
Lake City all had snow feasts. But the
storm is coming southward; Its center
Is now off the mouth of the Columbia
River. Cold, snowy weather Is the out
look for Portland, accompanied by a wina
that will whistle and bite while it scat
ters its frozen freight, over the city.
The sun had a hard struggle to show
Itself yesterday. For barely 20 minutes
It succeeded In casting a warm, rich
light over the drenched city, and to re
lieve the somber, sullen appearance of the
clouds. While the glow was on every
thing was bright in the sunlight, and
hope was stirred in the breasts of the
hurrying citizens that the backbone oi
the storm was broken. But the sun's
rays grew more and more fleeting. Tha
clouds grew thicker. The Isolated sun
beams that did burst through the threat
ening sky were lured into dark corners
and killed. The storm king was deter
mined to reign supreme. Colder and cold
er the day became, and at last came the
rain in fitful showers, drenching the un
fortunate or reckless ones who ventured
out without several thicknesses of cloth
ing and the protection of umbrellas.
The merry patter of the rain drops op
the roofs were only equaled in swiftness
with the way the mercury fell in the
thermometers on the back porches. On
its wayward Journey the perverse and
elusive quicksilver did not stop until the
36-degree level was reached. Then It fell
no more. Its work was done. Over the
city was falling a soft, mushy sleet, hall
water and half snow, that glided easily
down the pedestrian's neck, made the
way slippery and set the blood tingling
through the veins, as hurry alarms from
all over the body called for the warming
fluid. It was Portland's first snow this
year, and most people, .said it was a poor
excuse for snow. Most of them had seen
better snows. It was not beautiful, nei
ther was it white nor crystalline. It
couldn't be made Into snowballs. It melt
ed bfore frisky youngsters could wasn
each other's faces. It was not thick
enough to run sleds on. The youth oi
Portland were disappointed at the feeble
efforts first put forth. In the warm In
teriors were vented the yearnings fov
"real white snow" that could be rolleo.
Into balls and modeled Into fantastic
snow men.
But on the hills the cool, white covering
was thicker and less watery. One flake
stuck on another. The steady fall count
ed. By the concerted effort of the myr
iad of frozen particles, the hills were
given a soft white carpet, delightful to
the eye and satisfying even to the ad
venturous youth of the city.
All day the wind whistled and howled
like Its sighing in Hark Twain's story of
"Who Stole My Golden Arm?" Pedes
trians hurried to get out of its grasp as
it caught them with full force rounding
corners and crossing streets. Few people
ventured out of doors, and those thaVdla
sighed for the warm hearth-fires left.
Winter had only shown, however, one.or
its many variable moods.
DENIED OLD HOME
Why Joseph and Tribe Can
not Return to Oregon.
REPORT OF INDIAN COMMISSIONER
Clear That Change Would Promote
Neither Welfare Nor Happiness
of the Petitioners.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Chief Joseph
and his band of Nez Perces, of Eastern
Oregon, come in for more than their
share of attention in the annual report
of "the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
who, In discussion of the treatment that
has been accorded these Indians, says:
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"Last March Chief Joseph visited this
city and submitted to this office a peti
tion to be allowed to leave his present
location on the Colvllle reservation In
Washington and return with his band of
about 150 Nez Perces to Wallowa Val
ley, Oregon. This, ho claimed, was the
home of his ancestors and was his own
home until he and his people were re
moved from Idaho to the Indian Terri
tory In 1877, at the close of the, Nez
Perces war. By department reference the
office also received a communication, dated
April 7, 1900, from Major-General Nelson
A. Miles, U. S. A,, recommending that
Joseph's request be granted.
"April 21. 1900, the office submitted a
report to the department on the history
and status of this band of Nez Perces,
the condition of the Wallowa Valley,
and the treaties with the Nez Perces
tribe, and It was recommended that Jo
seph's request to be removed to the Wal
lowa Valley or elsewhere be denied. Jo
seph, having been informed of this action,
requested a conference with the office,
which was granted May 1 last. On the
3d, of that "month a report of the con
ference was submitted to the department,
with the recommendation that an Inspec
tor be instructed to accompany Joseph to
the Wallowa Valley f" the purpose of
ascertaining whether land sufficient and
suitable could be found therein for mak
ing allotments to him and his band. May
24 Inspector James McLaughlin was so
Instructed, and June 23, 1900, he sub
mitted his report, of which the following
Is a resume:
"The country south of the Wallowa
Lake Is rough, broken and worthless, ex
cept the lower portions of the mountains,
which are grazed by cattle ad sheep
about three months of the year. This is
true of the country east of Wallowa
Lake and of the town of Joseph, through
to Snake River, about 30 miles, except In
the narrow valleys of the Imnaha River
and its tributaries, wnlch are from 2500
to 3500 feet lower than the plateau levels
of the surrounding country. Every spot
In these narrow valleys Is under Irriga
tion and In a high state of cultivation,
devoted chiefly to fruit orchards, even
tropical fruits being successfully raised,
protected, as they are. by the high can
yon walls between which the creeks run.
"In Wallowa County the lands are held
at from $5 to $75 per acre, and In the
Wallowa Valley at from $20 to $75 per
acre, according to the quality of the soil
and the nature of Improvements. The
assessed valuation of realty and livestock
Is about $1,100,000, to which should be
added 60 per cent on realty and 331-3
per cent on livestock to arrive at the
actual value of such property.
"The county has a population approxi
mating 6000, mainly located in the Wal
lowa Valley.
"It Is therefore evident that Wallowa
County is well populated, and that prac
tically all desirable agricultural lands in
the county which control adjacent graz
ing privileges are owned by whites and
mostly occupied by the owners. The set
tlers are an Intelligent and prosperous
class of farmers and stock growers, who
have their farm lands nearly all under
irrigation and well fenced.
Settlers Opposed to Indians' Retnrn.
"Unless some portion of WaTiowa Valley
were Included, suitable agricultural lands
for Joseph and his band could not be
found in the county, and It would be
very expensive to secure any portion of
Wallowa Valley upon which to locate
those Indians. Even the two upper town
ships, less valuable than any others in
the valley, could not be purchased with
their improvements for less than $150,000.
No one with whom the inspector con
ferred manifested any desire to sell his
holdings; while all expressed themselves
as opposed to Joseph's band being brought
into that country.
"While a majority of the settlers of
the Wallowa Valley retain no 111 will
against the Nez Perces for the trouble of
1S77, yet there are some whose relatives
were ravished and killed by Indians on
Salmon River and Camas Prairie during
that outbreak who vow vengeance against
all members of the band, and more par
ticularly against Joseph, and many of
the settlers predict that should the In
dians be returned to this valley to stay
permanently Joseph would be assassin
ated within a year.
"Joseph's band would now hardly rec
ognize this valley as the one oVer which
they roamed 23 years ago. with an abun
dance of game in the mountains and fish
in the streams. The game has almost en
tirely disappeared and fish are fewer
every year. Moreover, it was the custom
of the band to remain In Wallowa only
J fluxing tho Summer months and to return
into the valleys of the Imnaha and Snake
Rivers about the end of October; remain
ing there all Winter.
"In the Nespellm Valley, Washington,
where Joseph and his bandohave been
located for 17 years, the climate Is much
milder in Winter than in the Wallowa
Valley. The lands are equal to the
average lands In the mountains of Ore
gon, and superior to the greater portion
lying outside of the more fertile valleys.
In fact, it Is quite equal to the Wallowa
Valley, except that the area of the bot
tom land is not so extensive. The Nes
pellm Valley also equals, it is not better
than the Wallowa Valley for both hunt'
Ing and fishing. The Nespellm and Little
Nespellm Rivers are both good trout
streams. The San Poll River, about CO
miles east of Joseph's settlement, and
entirely' within the south half of the Col
vllle reservation, Is eald to be one of the
best salmon fishing streams In Eastern
Washington. There are Immense quanti
ties of huckleberries' In the mountains,
from which the Indians derive quite a
revenue'. The soil is a rich loam, the sur
face Is well sodded, and native grasses
are luxuriant.
"The Nespellm River has excellent val
ley lands on both sides for some 15 miles
in length and averaging about one mile
In width. The Little Nespellm, a few
miles east of the main river and run
ning nearly parallel with it, Is similar
except that the stream and valley are
smaller. Both of these rivers have their
sources in the mountains and are swift-
running, never-falling streams of excel
lent water, sufficient to irrigate the lands
of their respective valleys. The valleys
alone afford ample tillable land for twice
the number of Indians now located upon
that portion of the Colvllle reservation.
Excellent pine timber is plentiful on the
uplands and along the foothills of the
adjacent mountains. The Indians can ob
tain all the lumber they need free of
cost If they will but fell the trees and
get the logs to the Government mill.
The main Nespellm River furnishes a
good water power which runs a flour
mill and a sawmill, both in good condi
tion and capable of doing first-class work.
They are used exclusively for grinding
into flour the wheat raised by the In
dians, and sawing for their use the logs
brought by them to. the mill.
"Chief Joseph has a large tract of ex
cellent land inclosed with a good fence
and situated on the west bank of the
main Nespellm River. A portion of It is
very good meadow land, and there Is also
some timber and all the .land is tillable.
On this tract he bas a small house In
fairly good condition, but a poor barn.
He is nof living here, but upon another
tract near by, upon which he has built
another house, situated about one-quarter
of a mile south of the subagency.
The fields occupied by his band are near
ly all fenced and include both meadow
and pasture.
"Joseph is regarded as a nonprogressive
Indian, one who will not work, and It is
alleged that the advancement of his peo
ple Is greatly retarded by his Influence,
which offers no encouragement to indus
trial pursujts. The Inspector Is convinced
that he does not represent the wishes of
his entire band regarding his desired
change of location, but that a considera
ble number of them do not wish to leave
Nespellm.
"From these facts It seemed clear that
neither the welfare nor the happiness of
the Indians, nor the good of the service,
would be romoted by allowjnr Joseph
and his band to remove from their pres
ent locat,lon,.toithe Wallowa-Valley, nnd
this office reported accordingly to the de
partment July a last. This opinion was
concurred In September 4, and the United
States Indian agent of the Colvllle agen
cy has been Instructed to advise Joseph
of that decision."
IMPROVING THE UNION PACIFIC
To Abandon 10S Miles of Track Be
tween Cheyenne and Ogden.
Extensive Improvements are In progress
on the main line of the Union Pacific In
Wyoming that will result in the abandon
ment of about 198 miles, or 38 per cent,
of the old track between Cheyenne and
Ogden. The ruling. maximum grade will
also bo reduced from 76 to 43 feet to the
mile, and excessive curvature will be
eliminated. The Railway Age has com
piled the following table showing what
new track will be constructed and the
saving made, all but the Buford-Laramle
line to be completed this year.
Saving over
old line.
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Buford and Laramie.
Howell and Hutton..
29.63
.37
3.11
.38
54.38
86
254
280
2.790
9S4
138
705
431
L370
15.34
3.2
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10.6
32.
6.9
Cooper's Lake and
Lookout
3.90
Lookout and Medicine
Bow
Hanna and Dana
Edson and Walcott..
Rawlins and Tinton.
25.94
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8.15
.94
.04
42.83
1.441
.45
26.92
Green River and Bryan.
10.64
23.37
Leroy and Bear River
Increase.
a.a
9.56
25.3
During the past year a vast amount of
brldgework has been done, largest Items
being the rebuilding throughout of 76 tim
ber and pile bridges, aggregating 4707
lineal feet; the replacement with embank
ment of 114 timber and pile bridges, ag
gregating 6070 lineal feet; the replacement
with steel girders of 37 timber and pile
J bridges, aggregating 1522 lineal feet; the
replacement with heavier structures of 13
Iron and steel truss bridges, aggregating
1923 lineal feet; the building of 44 spans
of steel girders, amounting to 1852 lineal
feet, and the building of 17 spans of steel
trusses, amounting to 2833 lineal feet.
The effect of these betterments, together
with the abandonment of a number of
bridges by reason of the changes of line
In Wyoming, has been to reduce the ag
gregate length of timber bridges 8876 feet,
and to increase the length of permanent
bridges 3009 feet
While these extensive improvements in
way and structures have been In progress
the equipment has not been neglected.
Of the new rolling stock contracted
for before June 30, 1899. 30 locomo
tives, two dining cars, 15 chair cars,
15 coaches, six baggage cars, 1000
coal cars, 72 Roger ballast cars,
and three derrick cars were received in
the past year In addition to this, 60 loco
motives, five dining cars, eight composite
cars, five mall cars, six baggage cars and
one Lldgerwood rapid unloader were or
dered during the year, and all this equip
ment, except the locomotives, has been
received. The company expended for
equipment at the cost of capital during
the year $1,676,000. in addition to which
approximately $1,000,000 worth of better
ments appears to have been put Into the
rolling stock.
Northwest People In Ifetv Yorlc
NEW YORK. Nov. 18. Northwestern
people registered at New York hotels to
day as follows: From Portland G. A.
Warren, Miss Warren, at the Albemarle.
From Seattle J. Furth, Mrs. F. K.
Shrewe. at the Arlington. From Corval
11s J. Wlthycombe, at the Albert.
Constipation, which gives rise to many
graver troubles, is cured and prevented
bv carters Juuue xaver .nus. u.tv tnem
i and; you wiu je oonvjncea.
C. E. MACRll HERE
Ex-Consul at Pretoria Talks
About the Boers.
HE STILL IS FULL OF SYMPATHY
Regrets That the United States Did
Not Assist the Transvaal Re
public In Its Trouble.
C E. Macrum, who was United States
Consul to the South African Republic
when the late war broke out with Great
Britain, is at the Portland. He is a com
mercial , traveler, connected with a large
glassware establishment at Pittsburg,
CHARLES n. MACRUM, EX
Pa., and Is on his first trip to the North
west. Consul Macrum attained a' good deal of
notoriety by his protests to the home Gov
ernment about the way the British .au
thorities kept opening his letters, as they
passed through the English mails on their
way to Pretoria, and he does not think
he was sustained In his protest by the
Washington authorities as he should have
been.
"Of course I sympathized with the
South African Republic," he said, last
evening., "as I am a republican and the
republic was being attacked byTamon;
arcny, dui my protest to tne Aaminisira
tion did no good, and Lord Salisbury
simply made a little apology about the
matter when he got ready. Great Brit
ain would not dare to fool with Russia's
mall that way, but she presumed a good
deal on what she chose to call the very
amicable relations existing between Eng
land and the United States. These re
lations England cultivated during our war
with Spain, as she had the Boer war in
view and knew what she was about."
"Do you think the Boer republic was a
real republic, in fact, or was it simply
an oligarchy where freedom of religion
was not tolerated?" was asked.
"I think the South African Republic was
liberal In the highest degree," he replied,
"and all the stories about Jews and Cath
olics being persecuted were of purely
British origin. The American people had
no other source of Information than
through Great Britain, and so were de
ceived. The story about aliens being com
pelled to pay all the taxes was another
English yarn, started for effect. To Illus
trate, one English company capitalized at
90,000, operated mines near Pretoria, and
the annual tax did not amount to 300.
This was In the form of license paid to
Oom Paul's government, for the privilege
of operating the mines, the title of which
remained with the South African Re
public." Mr. Macrum was at Pretoria 16 months,
and at the end of that time asked leave
of absence. When he reached Washing
ton he found that a son of Secretary of
State Hay had been appointed to fill his
place, though Mr. Macrum had not yet
resigned.
"Did the Intelligent Boers have hopes
of victory when Oom Paul delivered his
ultimatum to the British Government ana
the Boers advanced on Mafeklng and
Ladysmlth?"
"They certainly did. If any one had
suggested the danger of defeat to Oom
Paul or to any of those In authority at
Pretoria he would have been laughed at.
While the Americans and tho world -at
large considered the outcome a foregone
conclusion, the most highly educated
Boers wero confident of success. Many
of these people had been educated In
Europe, and Oom Paul himself had been
to England several times. Still they ap-
peared confident of their ability to drive
the British troops out, and they antici
pated a good deal of sympathy from the
American Government, which never ma
terialized." "How long can the Boers continue to
harass the British troops?"
"Oh. If they desire to do so, they can
keep up trouble a long time. There- can
be but one outcome, however, and that
is British domination, ana the Boers will
be as well off then as they were when
they were free.
"Pretoria Is a pleasant place to live In.
It has a population of about 20,000, and
was fortified very strongly before the war
broke out, but the guns were taken down
and carried to the front, and so were
not available for defense when the troops
of Lord Roberts arrived. This Is the rea
son no resistance was offered when the
British soldiery approached the South Af
rican capital."
Mr. Macrum does not think Oom Paul
has so much gold with him on his trip
to Europe as reported, but Kruger is a
wealthy man and had heavy Investments
in European securities before he left Pre
toria. Seised Woman's Jeivelry.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. On the arrival
of the American line steamship New York
today, a squad of special agents of the
Treasury Department and some secret
service men hurried on board, and asked
to be shown the stateroom occupied by
Miss Dorrance. She had left her room
when the special agents reached it, and
had succeeded in having two trunks and
a large portmanteau passed. The bag
gage was again overhauled. Subsequent
ly one trunk and the portmanteau were
sent to the Appraiser's store, while the
other trunk was sent to a hotel. It was
said that Miss Dorrance has brought In
much Jewelry, and about $5000 worth of
unset diamonds, for which, she had an ln-
4 voice, showing that the diamonds had
I S- iZsi"sjf I
been sold to her by a Parisian firm. Miss
Dorrance declined to 'discuss the seizure,
and the Treasury officials were equally
reticent.
STATE PRESS OPINIONS.
If Agulnaldo desires, to continue the
fight he. will have his wishes granted,
but now he will have to fight. The elec
tion is now over and politics no longer
in the road of a vigorous campaign.
Agulnaldo will have his stomach full of
such fun and may expect no mercy when
Anally captured. He should be treated
as an outlaw and a reward offered for bis
head. Aurora Borealls.
Bishop Turner, a colored man of note,
supported W. J. B ran b:cause he thought
the latter would stop the practice of
lynching so prevalent In the South. But
since Tuesday, j1 last week the bishop
has disappeare',' ttxtm public view, having
gone, probably, Into the hole In which
Mr. Bryan now finds protection from
public view. Portland New Age.
The great victory in the recent election
- CONSUL TO PRETORIA.
belongs to no political party. The sober,
Intelligent thought of the Nation Is ap
parent In the returns, and the overwhelm
ing plurality with which the Republican
candidates are elected signifies beyond
doubt that the votes, not only of Repub
licans, but of Democrats and Populists,
contributed to Mr. Bryan's defeat. iStay
ton MalL
Some trusts are beneficial and sell ne
cessaries much cheaper than ever before
known. Department stores .have reduced
prices wherever established. Croker, Just
before the late election, issued a procla
mation to make votes, declaring that tho
Democratic party stands for better wages
and equal rights to the laboring man,
while the Republican party stands square
ly against labor. Can any one of sense
bellove that? How long has It been since
labor ousted the Democracy from the Gov
ernment because of Its dissatisfaction
with the rule of that party? Salem Senti
nel. Now that the election is ever the great
West can prepare Itself for the Increased
trade that Is bound to come as a result of
our westward expansion, a poilcy which
the people set their seal of approval upon
November 6. Prlnevllle Journal.
Tho frantic efforts some of the little
fistey. jealous, poverty-stricken sheets
throughout Oregon are making to Injure
The Oregonlan and other well established
and prosperous newspapers In the field
reminds us of the candidate away back
in old Pennsylvania who was running for
Sheriff, and who, by the way, was elected
by an overwhelming majority. During
the campaign a little local paper opened
1 up Its batteries of abuse and mud-sllng-Ing
against the candidate In great shape,
keeping it up with vigor, but without at-
I trading the least attention from any one.
I Growing anxious, the editor went up to
the candidate and said: "Why, I'm a
fltln' you." The candidate didn't even
then notice him. Again the editor
i roared: "Say, Mister, I'm fltln' you."
"Well, well," said the Sheriff, "I'm glad
you told me, for It's the first time I hav
heard of It." Heppner Times.
The result of Tuesday's election is a
splendid Indorsement by the people of th
principles and policies for which the Re
publican party are sponsors. It Is cause
t for congratulation that the returns are sa
overwhelmingly decisive In favor of the
National ticket. It Is fortunate also for
the country that a harmonious and
I largely Increased Republican majority Is
insured in Congress for the next two years
to enable the President and his party to
work shoulder to shoulder In solving the
problems before the country. They are
now In a position to prove by practical
legislation the falsity of every arraign-
ment of Republicanism that the Ingenuity
of Bryan was able to Inject into the cam
palgn. They must take up these ques
tions and deal with them wisely or be
prepared to answer to the people four
years hence. Oregon City Enterprise.
In athletics this is dstlnctly the football
season of the year. The game holds sway
all over the United States with a rigid
hand, drawing crowds that no other con
test can command. There are a number
of reasons for this. It is not all because
of the brutal character of the game, for
when analyzed it Is not as brutal as ap
pearances Indicate, but because of the
rough-and-tumble character of the con
test and the energetic character of every
thing about iti Criticise it all you please,
it has attractions for young men that no
other game possesses, and though bones
are broken and heads crushed and there is
an occasional death, it will continue to be
played by ambitious school boys. Albany
Democrat.
L Extra Fares Reduced by the Penn
sylvania Lines.
Beginning with Sunday, November 23,
New York Express Train by the "Fort
Wayne Route" of the Pennsylvania lines,
now leaving Chicago at 12:30 P. M., will
leave Chicago Union Passenger Station at
12 o'clock noon, every day, reaching the
new Twenty-thlrd-Street New York Sta
tion next day at 3 o'clock P. M. It thus
becomes a 26-hour train from Chicago to
New York, and the excess fare will be
reduced $1 on each point, making Phila
delphia 4L New York $2. VPan Handle
Route" differential fare 9:30 A. M. train
will, on and after November 25, leave
Chicago Union Passenger Station at 10:03
A. M. For particulars call upon or ad
dress H. R. Derlng, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, 24S South Clark street,
Chicago, ri
Decaying vegetation at this season
breeds disease. Hood's Sarsaporilla will
keen you well.
DIED IN A CHURCH
Startling Event In First Presby
terian Auditorium.
MRS. 1 D. GUSTIN STRICKEN IN PEW
Death From Heart Failure Came.
Quietly and Few ot the Wor
shipers Knew ox It.
Unknown to those who crowded the pewa
of the First Presbyterian Church last
evening, without the knowledge of Dr.
E. P. Hill, who continued the service,
Mrs. Sallna D. Gustln dropped dead in
her seat in the first row of the gallery.
Quietly and peacefully death came from
heart failure, and the sad and affecting
event took place without causing tho
slightest stir or commotion among tho
large congregation gathered in tho
church. No wave of consternation passed
over the audience, listening to the.. sing
ins of a church hymn, at the realization
that death had come to one of the hear
ers. The worship continued, the service
went on.
Mrs. Gustln was accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Dell Stuart. Not one sign
of the approaching dissolution was mani
fested to her friends and relatives yester
day. Although 71 years old, she was a
hale, strong, well-preserved woman. Not
one day's sickness had she suffered since
her arrival in Portland last July, on &
visit from her home in Omaha, Neb, As
was her wont, she spent Sunday in a
quiet, religious manner. In tho morning
she was present at the services of the
First Congregational Church, and in the
evening sho manifested a desire to at
tend the devotions of the First Presby
terian Church.
The service was opened; the prayer
ended; the first hymns sung, before (Mrs.
Gustln was seen by her daughter to fall
forward, as If In a faint. She was as
sisted by her daughter and those sitting;
near her to the rear. Physicians were
summoned from the audience, among
them Dr. A. S. Nichols, the family physi
cian. But their efforts at resuscitation
were early seen to be futile. Heart fail
ure was pronounced to be the cause of
her death. She was then quietly taken
to the family residence. Thirteenth and
Hall streets.
Dr. Hill sold last evening! "I was not
notified of the death until after the even
ing service was concluded. It camo as a
severe shock to me. I did not notice the
slightest stir In the congregation, and X
should Judge that very few saw Mrs.
Gustln fall over as if In a faint Those
that did were not aware that the ovent
was anything more serious."
As she lived quietly and religiously, so
she died. Since sho was 12 years old she
was a faithful member of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church. The end came happily,
without one moment's pain. Mrs. Gustln
was a widow, with four grown-up chil
dren, three daughters, Mrs. R. P. Hunter,
of Ogden. Utah: Mrs. O. T. King, of
Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Dell Stuart, of
Portland, and one son, P. A, Haroer. of
L Wallace, Neb.
AGAINST MOB METHODS.
Mass Meeting: of Denver Citizens
Deplores Burninir of Negro.
DENVER, Nov. 18. A mass meeting
was held here today for the purpose ot
protesting against the action of the mob
at Llmon, Colo., which on Friday last
burned at the stako John Porter, who
had confessed that he murdered U-year-old
Louise Frost.
C. M. Hobbs, president of the Young
Men's Christian Association, presided.
Speeches were made by prominent citi
zens, Including Governor Thomas, Mayor
Johnson, of Denver; President Blocura, of
Colorado Springs: Rabbi Freedman and
Rev. Mr.Coyle, of Denver;Mrs. Sarah Piatt
Decker, prominent in National Woman's
Club circles, and others. They ail spoke
In strong terms condemning what was
termed the "Llmon atrocity," and de
nounced the sensational display of write
ups concerning It In newspapers. The au
dience was stirred to almost riotous dem
onstrations of approval at times.
Resolutions adopted admit the difficulty
of adequately characterizing the crime
for which Porter was punished, but de
clare that however much the negro by
his crime merited death, no crime can
Justify recourse to such barbarian
methods, and while the action of the
people of Lincoln County is attributed to
excitement and passion, It is none the
less condemned and discountenanced.
Hope is expressed that a law will be
speedily enacted In Colorado providing ef
fective punishment for crimes such as in
cited the torture of Porter, and also that
hereafter each and every one will be
punished for taking the law Into their
own hands. The remarks of Governor;
Thomas were, in part, as follows:
"I do not believe the people of this
state are worse than the people of any
other state. This Is as civilized a com
munity as any state In the Union, and inr
all of them we hear of occurrences like
this, when the people have been suddenly
aroused to some such terrible act when
an awful, horrible crime, as this negro
committed, cries to heaven for vengeance.
For the agonized parents and whatever
they have done, I have no words of
blame or censure. Put ourselves in their
places and we can understand their de
sire for vengeance.
"My remarks today are addressed, not
so much to the fact that death has been
inflicted, as to the manner in which it
was done. I do not by this mean to Jus
tify lynching law. No well-regulated citi
zen can ever Justify a departure from
the law. But every state has these af
fairs, and we are not an exception."
The Governor then disclaimed any re
sponsibility for the affair, saying that ho
understood that Sheriff Freeman had
agreed to leave Porter in Jail for eight
days. He had gone out of town, and re
turned to meet the announcement that
the Sheriff and his prisoner were on the
way to Llmon.
"This awful offense has been committed
by an entire county," he continued.
"There Is no way of reaching these peo
ple. As Lord Chatham said once, You
cannot indict an entire nation.' In Lin
coln County these offenders would have
to sit on the Juries, Indict themselves,
pass on the indictments, convict them
selves, and then the chief offender of all,
the Sheriff, would have to conduct them
to the penitentiary. So all we can do Is
to declare that we as citizens of the same
state deplore and condemn this act of
barbarity."
Compelled to Take Up Arms.
PRETORIA, Nov. 18. It Is alleged that
Commandant Louis Botha has established
a government at RosandaL north of Mld
dleburg, and that with the 150,000 which
he has available he is paying the fight
ing burghers a crown per day.
From Heidelberg it Is reported that the
Boers are compelling the burghers who
had surrendered to take up arms again
under pain of death.
The merchandise houses of Lewiston
have ordered one car of sugar from the
beet sugar factory at Waverly, Wash., ia
itordes to sample the product