THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900.
FIGHT IN THE WOODS
Small American Force Routed
a Band of Filipinos.
SIXTEEN REBELS WERE KILLED
Amone Them Were the Deader AtI-
lar and an American Jicero -Tat
Commission Passed Manila
License BUI.
MANILA, Dec. 5. A dlspitch has been
received from General Funston giving an
account of a two hours' fight In the
woods of Santo Domingo between an
American force and 300 rebels commanded
by Sandlco. The American force, con
sisting of 30 native scouts, emmanded
by Lieutenant Jolnlgan, attacked the reb
els, who retreated, leaving on the field
16 men killed. Including the rebel leader
Aullar and an American negro. It was
at first thought the latter was a man
named Fagln, a deserter from the Twenty-fourth
Infantry, but this turned out
to be a mistake. Not one of Jolnigan's
men was wounded.
The hall occupied by the United States
commission was crowded today, the oc
casion being the public discussion of the
Manila liquor license bill. The section
providing for banishing saloons from the
Escolta and down-town plazas was
strongly criticised. Judge Taft explained
that the United States courts had set
tled the right of the police and the power
to limit the sale of liquors, and yet the
places where they were sold were unlim
ited. He declared that the condition of
the Escolta, owing to the presence of
saloons, was disgraceful. The Judge ad
mitted that it was a hardship to some,
but denied that injustice was being done.
The licenses will expire In January, and
the section of the bill requiring removal
will take effect in April. The bill provides
for a license of COO pesetes annually for
a regular saloon; f00for t theater, and
EOO for a hotel, besldrsa bar license. Non;
of these will be Allowed to 5el a native
Intoxicants. Plaeeji?are licensed separate
for the latter. They are prohibited from
selling to soldiers and Sunday closing is
required, but hotels can serve liquors
with meals. Licenses are imposed on dis
tillers, brewers and wholesale dealers.
The commission has passed an act re
quiring wholesome rood supplies for ani
mals used in transportation and Impos
ing penalties for cruelty to animals.
THE GERMAN REICHSTAG.
Von Bnlovr Objects to the BUI for
free Exercise of Rcltfrlon.
BERLIN. Dec 5. In the Reichstag to
day, the Imperlil Chancellor Count von
Bulow, informed the Cen'r'sts that their
bill In regard to the free exercise of re
ligion was not acceptable to the Federal
Government," who, while respecting the
conviction whereon It was based, saw In
the proposal an intention to restrict the
constlutlonal Independence of the states
In matters reserved for their Individual
legislation. Count von Bulow said that,
speaking from a personal standpoint, he
hoped the disparities possibly listing in
the laws of the different states would be
remedied, but as Chancellor, his first duty
was not to allow the federal character
of the empire and the autonomy of the
members of the federation to be preju
diced without consent of the Individual
Btates.
SEEING THE SIGHTS.
Canadian Volunteers Visited the
House of Pnrllnmcnt.
LONDON. Dec. 5. The visiting mem
bers of the Royal Canadian Regiment, pi
loted by the Duke of Argyle. Joseph
Chamberlain. Lord Lorsdale, the Duke of
Aberdeen. Lord Lansdowne. and others,
visited the House of Parliament today.
Mr. Chamberlain, in the course of an ad
dress, acknowledged the Indebtedness of
Great Britain to the colonial tro-ps.
The Canadian c-ntlngent was most cor
dially welcomed in the House of Lords
by Lord Lansdowne and the Duke of Ab
erdeen In brief speeches. Colonel Otter,
In thanking the speakers, denied allega
tions of bad treatment of the Canadians.
He said the only complaint he and his
men had to make was that they were
being killed by kindness.
The Canadians were afterward enter
tained at luncheon by the Duke and
Duchess of Argyle at Kensington Pal
ace. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal,
the Canadian high commissioner, was
among the guests. At the request of
Princess Louise, the Canadians sang
"Land of the Maple."
Austrian Comment on Mcssajre.
NEW YORK. Dec. 5. A dispatch to the
Herald from Vienna says:
President McKinley's message does not
meet with a very friendly reception In
the Austrian press. The Neue "Winer
Aageblatt says:
"Imperialism In deed has developed no
Into Imperialism In word. It is easy to
satisfy Americans with the one solitary
restriction with regard to China."
The Neue Frele Presse says:
"The message gives the Impression that
there Is a much better understanding be
tween the United States. Russia and Ja
pan than there Is between these three
and the other powers."
The Presse finds It surprising that Pres
ident McKinley should speak of America
secKlng to confer the benefits of freedom
upon the Filipinos, seeing that the Fili
pinos are fighting for that freedom.
The Czar's Convalescence.
LIVADIA, Dec, 5. The following bulle
tin regarding the condition of Emperor
Nicholas was issued today:
"The Czar has passed the last 24 hours
very well: His convalescence Is follow
ing generally a favorable course. Last
evening, his temperature was 9S.1 and his
pulse 7S. This morning, the former was
97. and the latter 6S. His Majesty ex
pressed no Ill-effects from sitting up in
his armchair at meal times and Is so
much better that the court Is discussing
the probable time of its return to St.
Petersburg, which, however. Is stll unde
cided. The Senl Arbitration Case.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec 5. H. D.
Pierce. Secretary of the United States
Embassy, has secured 30 days' extension
of the period within which evidence may
Te submitted In the Russian-American
seal arbitration case before Arbitrator
Asser at The Hague, to permit the ar
rival of evidence fiom San Francisco. Mr.
Pierce expects to submit the American
case before January S.
Jlorocco Grants German Demands.
BERLIN, Dec. 5. A dispatch received
here from Tangier says the demands of
Baron von Mentzlngen, the German Min
ister to Morocco, for the payment of thre
claims of Injured Germans and the pun
ishment of the offenders, have been yield
ed to by the Sultan.
Short Speech From the Throne.
LONDON, Dec 5. The Queen's speech
tomorrow will be the shortest on record.
It will consist of a single scntenc. an
nouncing that pariament Is summoned to
provide supples for the army.
Sot -the Time for Arbitration.
THE HAGUE. Dec 5. During the de
bate on the budget In the Senate cham
bers today, the Premier, Dr. Plerson, de-
dared he could not at present foresee
the actual moment when the Nether
lands would be able to propose arbitra
tion between Great Britain and the Transvaal.
KrBBer Still at Cologne.
COLOGNE, Dec. 5. Mr. Kruger walked
today in the rain from his hotel to the
Cathedral. He was cheered enthusiastic
ally by an assemblage of people who had
long waited to see him. He will depart
at 10 A. M. tomorrow on a special train
connecting with the Dutch express at
Zcevonaar.
DISFRANCHISEMENT OF NEGRO
Thlnldns People of South Realize
That Coarse Has Been Too Severe.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. The Demo
crats of the South, or, more properly
speaking the thinking people of the South,
have become alive to the fact fhat they
have been overdoing the matter of dis
franchisement of the colored men. Prob
ably they might have got along all right
by passing a simple law or adopting a
pi o vision of the constitution making it
impossible for Illiterate persons to vote.
Of course, that has been the basis of al
most all of the constitutional and legis
lative work of the Southern States to re
strict negro suffrage, but now comes
North Carolina, where the grandfather
clause was placed In the elector Illiteracy
provision, and it was made plain that the
white persons could vote, even if they
were as Illiterate as the negroes.
Mississippi made a provision which was
strong enough on simply the subject of
Illiteracy. Not only was the voter obliged
to be able to read a section of the con
stitution, but he must also be able to in
terpret it. And he had to Interpret it to
a Democratic Judge of election. This
would seem to have been strong enough
to cut out all of the dangerous element
among the negroes, but the Mississippi
politicians wanted to build, still stronger
and they made a provision that a voter
must pay a poll tax of 12 a year, and the
voter had not only to pay this $2 before
every election, but he had to show a
receipt for the payment of the poll tax
two years previous. Thus a voter to cast
a ballot at a Presidential election was
obliged to pay $4. Very few negroes would
pay $2 two years previous to a Presi
dential election on a chance to be priv
ileged to vote two years hence by paying
$2; consequently the poll tax provision
has practically wiped out all negro votes
In Mississippi.
At the last election for President there
wero cast 59,103 votes. Seven members
of Congress received an average of a little
more than, 7000 votes each. In the state
there are 320.COO male residents of tho
legal voting age. The provision against
llllterites cut out half of that number,
and the poll-tax provision has cut out
more than half the remainder. Not only
do the negroes refuse to pay the poll
tax, but many white men, knowing that
the election Is going their way, anyway,
refuse to pay the poll tax, and disfran
chise themselves.. Gradually the control
of the state and 'the election machinery
has got into the hands of a very few
men. This sort of thing cannot
continue and be successful. It
M one of the conditions that is
urging legislation In the new apportion
ment to allow representation upon the
votes cast rather than the population.
Already many papers of the Southern
States are calling attention for a reform
and denouncing In vigorous terms the
men who disfranchise themselves simply
to avoid paying the poll tax. The fact
of the matter Is that the poll-tax pro
vision for voters Is a bad one all around.
In Delaware it leads to a great deal of
corruption, as It does In most any state
where there are many negro votes. No
particular complaint Is found with the
educational qualification for voters. It
would seem that that alone would be a
fair basis upon which to arrange the
qualifications for voters, especially where
ignorar-ce Is so rife as among the colored
natives. The reason that this Is not sat
isfactory to the Southedn white Is be
cause they fear that the negro In time
will become educated and will possibly
under the educational restriction be able
to secure control of a great many, com
munities, if not entire states, in the
South. The poll-tax provision is therefore
a guard against the negro. Even the edu
cated negro will not pay $2 a year In
order to cast a vote which is worthless,
because of the big majority against' It It
looks as If the Southern lawmakers had
built a little too strong.
STILL INDECISIVE.
Kitchener's Report of Operations
Affttinst Guerrillas.
NEW YORK, Dec 5. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
Lord Kitchener's report of Knox's, Set
tle's and Paget's skirmishes show that
the operations against the guerrillas under
the system are still Indecisive. While
Dewet has been headed off In one direction
he has doubled in another.
The text of Lord Roberts' farewell or
der to the army is eloquent enough to
stir to enthusiasm today's leader writers.
It Is the stroncost possible summary of
the sufferings and heroism of the British
Army In a campaign unexempled for se
verity, more than 14.300 officers and men
having died from wounds, fever and ex
posure. General Clery, who commanded a divis
ion under General Buller in the Lady
smith campaign, has returned to London,
and Is enjoying the hospitality of his Al
dershot friends. While he did not redeem
his reputation as chief strategist of the
staff college, he escaped the fate of Gen
erals Gatacre, Methuen and Warren In
the early period of the war.
Dr. Jameson still remains In retire
ment at London.
Knox Enprnpred Dewet.
LONDON, Dec. 5. The War Office has
received the following from Lord Kitch
ener, dated Bloemfonteln. December 5:
"Knox engaged Dewet near Bcthulle,
on the Smlthfleld road, yesterday. He
drove the enemy from all their positions
before dark, when they retreated north
ward. Colonel Pllcher assisted by a turn
ing movement on Knox's left."
Lord Kitchener reports also several mi
nor affairs.
Snjrs the Dntch Are Alienated.
LONDON, Dec 5. J. M. Robertson, who
has Just returned from South Africa, in
a speech at a meeting of the League of
Liberals, said the people here knew little
or nothing of what was going on in South
Africa. He further asserted that he him
self saw an order of Lord Roberts in July
for the burning of 40 farms. The Dutch.
Mr. Robertson added, are now absolutely
alienated.
Roberts at Dnrbnn.
DURBAN. Dec 5. Lord Roberts, when
he arrived here, was acorded a tumultu
ous reception. Members of the Irish As
sociation dragged his carriage to the
town hall. The streets were profusely
decorated and crowded to suffocation.
Numerous addresses were presented to
the Field Marshal.
His Ashes Scattered.
NEW YORK. Dec 5. In the presence
of a number of his lifelong friends, the
ashes of the late Justice Albert Hoff
man. of'Hoboken. were scattered to the
winds. The body was incinerated at
Fresh Pond. L. I. When the work had
been done the ashes were taken, charge
of and thrown Into the air. This was In
accordance with the wishes of the late
Judge. He had expressed a wish to
be cremated and said he did not want hlB
ashes taken home to be knocked about.
He wanted them to return to mother
earth.
Suit the people, because they are tired
of bitter doses, with the pain and griping
that usually follow. Carter's Little Liver
I PUls. One pill & dose.
LAWYER SHOT PREACHER
STREET DUEL IN A WEST VIRGINIA
TOWN.
Sirs. Castle's Deathbed Statement
Admitted as Evidence at the
Trial of Jessie Xorrlsoa.
WILLIAMSON. W. Va., Dec 5. This
afternoon David Stokes shot and killed
Rev. Dr. Wohl in a street duel here, Mr.
Stokes being also Injured seriously. To
night the whole town and even the coun
try districts are greatly excited. Mr.
Stokes was one of the most prominent
young lawyers in Mingo County. He left
his office this afternoon immediately after
dinner and pleasantly greeting friends on
the way, walked with quiet and firm
step In the direction of the house occu
pied by Rev. Dr. Wohl and his house
keeper, Mrs. Levlne, Dr. Wohl's family
being in Kentucky. Mr. Stokes stopped
at the gate to talk with Mrs. Levine, who
stood in the doorway. Within a few min
utes the minister came out of the house.
He seemed to be greatly excited about
something, and said to Mrs. LeYlne, as he
passed her at the door: "You would be
much better at -present in the house."
She laughingly replied that the day was
far too pretty to be spent entirely within
doors, and Mr. Stokes Interrupted by re
marking: "Yes, don't think of leaving us
for the house."
An altercation followed. Both men ran
to the sidewalk directly in front of the
house. Something was said, almost ln
dlstlngulshably, that drew from Wohl the
sharp retort: "You are a liar," and In an
Instant the report of a revolver was
heard. Stokes stumbled, tried to regain
his footing, but fell In the street Wound
ed as he was, he drew his revolver and
covered the minister, now within 10 feet
of his fallen foe. Again Wohl fired and
simultaneously a shot from the pistol In
the hands of Stokes followed. When the
smoke cleared away the two men were
lying in their own bliod upon the side
walk. A crowd ran up to tho scene. Dr.
Wohl was dead. Chance had carried the
bullet from Stokes' revolver through the
head of the minister, killing him as ho
felL The preacher's bullet had entered
Stokes side below the heart and passed
entirely through his body.
In the hall of the minister's home,
facing the fearful duel to the death, fallen
across the doorway, was found Mrs. Le
vine. It was first thought she was dead
and had probably been shot, but an In
vestigation showed that she had only
fainted from fright. Up to a late hour
this evening Mr. Stokes has refused to
ay anything concerning the terrible trag
edy, and Mrs. Levine Is too excited to
talk.
Rev. Mr. Wohl was recognized as one
of the most forceful and eloquent Pres
byterian ministers In this state. Mr.
Stokes Is an ex-Vlrglnla University
president, and comes from one of the
best families of the Old Dominion.
The tragedy was the outgrowth of
strained relations between the two men
for a week past on account of a cartoon
Illustrating a german given by the Cotll
ller Club, which Dr. Wohl had used in a
sermon.
ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE.
Mrs. Castle's Statement at the Morri
son Trial.
BL DORADO, Kan., Dec 5. Mrs. Cas
tle's deathbed statement of accusation
against Jessie Morrison was today ad
mitted as evidence In the case.
In the final argument of Judge Redden,
one of the prisoner's attorneys, against
the admission of the statement, he said
that Captain Waters, of the state, had
depicted the horror of the wounding of
the bride, had painted the scene of sor
row at the deathbed, "and "now," said
the attorney, "I understand the purpose
of this thing. It was an attack upon
this defendant here to Intimidate her and
cow her, and, If possible, to break her
down and then point to It when this case
goes before the Jury as evidence of her
guilt, or If she could brace herself against
It and by her will-power not break down,
they would point to that as evidence of a
guilty conscience."
As Judge Redden talked he looked at
the prisoner, whose eyes were wet with
tears. She gulped down a sob and hid
her eyes with her handkerchief. Miss
Morrison has steadfastly maintained com
plete control of herself as she sat through
the tedious examination of the state's
witnesses and this was her first show of a
breakdown.
Judge Redden continued at length. He
charged that the dying declaration made
by Mrs. Castle was a concoction of men
who sought to convict an Innocent girl.
She was a frail girl, against whom vin
dictive men had conspired. All the evi
dence on which the attorneys depended
for a conviction, he declared, was circum
stantial, excepting the dying statement of
Mrs. Castle.
Notwithstanding that Judge Shinn had,
at the morning session, held that Mrs.
Castle's statement, practically In full,
should be accepted as evidence, he an
nounced at the opening of the afternoon
session that the jury must hear the evi
dence connected with the making of the
statement and decide themselves whether
the statement introduced by the prosecu
tion contains the actual expressions of
Mrs. Castle. So It became necessary that
all the witnesses who testified yesterday,
while the Jury was excused from the
room, be examined again.
Dr. G. F. Ambrose and Rev. H. C.
Wharton testified that a fund had been
raised by subscription' by persons In El
Dorado to assist In the prosecution of
Jessie Morrison. Dr. Ambrose testified
that he signed the subscription list.
Mrs. G. F. Ambrose testified that her
husband. Dr. G. F. Ambrose, secured an
other section of Mrs Castle's statement,
and that It was made supplementary to
the statement already published. Mrs.
Ambrose Identified the following state
ment, which Is dated July 6 and properly
signed, as the supplementary statement:
"I never knew of any razors being about
the place on June 22, except the one Olln
used. I never at any time had a razor
In my hand. I never on that day saw
any razor, except the one with which
Jessie Morrison cut my throat. I make
the above statement supplementary to
what I have already made, fully believing
that I will not pet well."
When court adjourned the examination
of witnesses who testified yesterday was
not finished.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Old Trnmp Kills His Yonnsr Comrade
and Stabs nixnself.
DE SOTO, Mo., Dec 5. Last night two
men. supposed to be tramps, asked per
mission to sleep in the boiler-room of
C V. Segal's sawmill at Blackwell. Mo.
Gne was about 50 years of age and the
other about 20. Early this morning the
young man, was found dead on the rail
road track with his skull crushed In and
part of his clothing missing. It was evi
dent that he had been murdered in the
sawmill and dragged to the railroad
track and laid across the rails. A posse
of citizens started In search of his com
panion, who was caught about five
miles out and brought back to the scene
of the murder. When accused of the
murder, the old man drew a knife and
stabbed himself In the heart, death re
sulting Instantly.
A Broker In Jail.
NEW YORK, Dec 5. C. W. Morgan,
tradlus as C. W. Morgan &. Co., stock
brokers, and Morgan's bookkeeper,
Michael Hart, were today arrested on the
charge of conspiracy and grand larceny.
The men were locked up at police head
quarters. Nevrport Bank Employes Indicted.
CINCINNATI. O., Dec 5. The United
States grand Jury at Covington. Ky., In
dicted Frank M. Brown, assistant cashier
of the German National Bank of New
port, Ky on four counts, and Robert
Wlnstell. the Individual bookkeeper of the
same bank, on one count. The counts In
Brown's indictment are for embezzling
$191,700 of the bank's funds, for making
false entrj'i for raising a check from $343
to $2343 October 4 last, and for raising
two checks October 31 last- Wlnstell was
prepared to give bonds, but Brown has
not yet been found.
Battle With Footpads.
' CHICAGO. Dec 5. Fred T. Gilmore, of
Baxter, la., was knocked senseless late
last night, near Michigan avenue and
Marmon Court and robbed of $11,229 in ne
gotiable paper, $23 In money and a watch
The robbers, William CummlngB and
George Hayes, after a desperate battle
with detectives, were captured, and all
the booty save the watch and money was
recovered.
Gilmore came to Chicago to exhibit cat
tle at the livestock show. The detectives
saw Gilmore with Cummlngs and Hayes,
whom they followed to the scene of the
robbery. When the officers approached
the robbers sprang behind a garbage box
and began shooting at them. The detec
tives lined up behind a telegraph pole and
returned the fire. Twenty shots were ex
changed at a range of not more than 50
feet, but no one was wounded. Having
emptied their revolvers, the detectives
made a rush upon the bandits, and caught
them as they were trying to reload their
weapons.
Denies That He Is a Defaulter.
FORT WAYNE. Ind., Dec. 5. E. P.
Hay, late clerk of the County Court of
Hancock County, O, arrested In thla city
last night on a charge of defalcation of
$12,000 to $15,000 of county funds, returned
with Ohio officers to Findlay today, waiv
ing formalities of a requisition. Hay de
nies guilt of any wrongdoing.
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Europe Is slopping over in gush for Oom
Paul. But gush and sympathy are cheap,
poor substitutes, at best, for the substan
tial help he hopes to receive and cannot
get. The old man should buy him a gun
and go home, or return the money he has
absconded with. Stayton Mall.
That .a large number of Boers who ad
vocated war with England were ignor
ant of the resources of Great Britain is
self-evident, and, coupled with the fact
that it was firmly believed that It would
be no trouble to drive the English out of
the country, It is not surprising they felt
thunderstruck when the war went In the
opposite direction to what they expected.
It Is plain to see, however, how misin
formed they were, believing Implicitly In
what the leaders and agitators told them.
Tillamook Headlight.
As an excuse for Krugers leaving his
country to Its fate, his supporters are
claiming that he has gone to Europe to
secure intervention in behalf of the Boer
republics. The truth or the matter Is that
President Kruger wishes to look out for
his own safety, which Is natural. He
has had some of the ablest men of the
country In Europe during the entire strug
gle, and If it were possible to get assist
ance In any way they would have secured
It ere this. Wallowa News.
Oregon can't afford to be unrepresented
at tho Buffalo exposition next year, even
If some ambitious Portlanders want to
have an exposition in 1902. Let the Leg
islature next January take hold of the
matter and make a liberal appropriation
for showing off Oregon's resources at
Buffalo. Money can be spent more profit
ably In this way than in paying off politi
cal obligations of Legislators by employ
ing an army of high-salaried' clerks to do
nothing. Athena Press.
The Oregonlan has started a crusade
against the present plan of conducting
primaries. It is hoped that something will
be done to make It easier for the voter
to express his views on the selection of
candidates. Wallowa News.
The Democrats, Populists, Free-Silver
Republicans, antl-Impcrlallsts and anti
evcrythlng else, will have to hunt up
another Moses to lead them to National
power and pelf. Great as his admirers
claimed him to be, Mr. Bryan's greatness
was of a quality which was not calculat
ed to Inspire a great deal of confidence
from the masses. In many ways he was
a great man. He was great In his ego
tism, in the flow of high-sounding but
meaningless theories, which were mis
taken by many for statesmanship, and in
physical endurance. The latter was un
surpassed, and would have been a credit
to a Fltzslmmons. a Corbett, a Jeffries
or any other stellar attraction of the fistic
arena. There is a vast difference be
tween demagogy and statesmanship. Mr.
Bryan doubtless will take occasion to
ruminate on this potent truth from the
quietude of his Nebraska farm for many
years to come. Lawton Standard.
It Is absurd to talk of the reorganiza
tion of the Democratic party. It can
not be done. The distinction between
Gold Democracy and Bryan Democracy
ls so radical that their association in the
same party is impossible. As well talk
of "reorganizing" fire and water Into one
homogeneous compound. The idea of
Cleveland and Altgeld. of Carlisle and
Bryan, of Bynum and Sulzer standing on
the same platform, or of any declaration
of principles being framed 6n which they
could unite Is inconceivable. Bryanlsm,
which Is only another" name for Popu
lism, Is In the sauuie. and there's the rub.
For no scheme of reorganization will ever
be acceptable to the Gold Democrats that
does not provide for the renunciation of
Bryanlsm and all Its works. And this Is
precisely what Bryanites will never con
sent to. They are Joined to their idol
and may as well be let alone. As a mat
ter of fact, It Is not reorganization the
Democratic party needs, but regeneration.
The Dalles Chronicle.
Must Pay Laborers' Taxes.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Dec 5. The Brit
ish Columbia law making any one em
ploying Japanese responsible for their
taxes has been sustained. Last season
$000 Japanese were engaged In fishing on
the Fraser River. The salmon canners
employed them for the purpose of break
ing the strike of the white fishermen.
When the tax collector made his rounds,
howaver, the Japanese had disappeared.
The government at once demanded of the
canners $3 a head taxes on all Japanese
employed. A test case before Magistrate
Anderson has resulted in the Magistrate's
ordering the payment by the canneries
concern of the taxes of every Japanese
who caught fish at any time during the
season for those canneries.
The legislation making such a verdict
possible was passed at the suggestion of
labor unions here.
Shingle Mills Close Down.
SEATTLE, Dec 5. To prevent a gen
eral demoralization In the prices of shin
gles, fully three-quarters of the shingle
mills In this state have closed down for
a period of CO days. The. action has been
taken in response to a ballot sent out
some days ago by the Washington Red
Cedar Shingle Manufacturers' Associa
tion. There is no demand for shingles In
the Eastern markets at present, and the
manufacturers are afraid of a raid of the
bears, which will put prices down too
mucn. So they have decided to cut off
the supply for a time.
He Nearly Caased a "War.
PARIS, Dec 5. M. Schnabele, whose
imprisonment by the Germans at Metz
In 1SS7 nearly led to war between France
and Germany, died at Nancy today of
appoplexy.
L. B. Works, a resident of Portland for
14 years, and of the East Side for two
years, died suddenly yesterday morning of
heart disease at his residence, corner
.Weldler and East Sixteenth streets. He
leaves six grown children.
A LESSON TAUGHT
BY THE CROWDS
NOT THE $5.00 RATE GENEROUSLY GIVEN FOR ALL DISEASES
But the Skill and Faith and Fame of the Practice Account for the
Throngs of People and the General Interest Doctor
Copeland Gives the $5 Rate for AH Dis
eases, Medicines included.
It would be a very simple-minded per
son who would attempt to account by the
$5 rate In and of Itself for the crowds
thronging the Copeland offices, for the
public Interest, for the general grati
tude and for the very avalanche of letters
from sick people
The fact that an Institution was giving
medical treatment for $3 a month would
certainly account for none of these things.
Of course, sick people like to feel that
they are receiving medical care at a small
cost, but that Is only a minor considera
tion. What sick people want to feel and
know, what their loving ana anxious
families and friends want to feel and
know, is that they are receiving the very
best medical treatment that can be ob
tained. If the Copeland practice were a mere
money-making venture Instead of being
a public blessing, an offer of $5 or an offer
of "free treatment," for that matter,
would be received with indifference.
If some horse doctor offered to treat
consumptives at $5 a month, or if the
devil himself or somo devilish person of
fered to teach etiquette and mathematics
to little boys and girls at $5 a month, it
would not Imply any great humanity to
DISEASES
CATARRH OF HEAD AND THROAT
The head and throat become diseased
from neglected colds, causing Catarrh
when the condition of the blood predis
poses to this condition.
"Is the voice husky?"
"Do you spit up slime?"
"Do you ache all over?"
"Do you snore at night?"
"Do you blow out scabs at night?"
"Is your nose stopped up?"
"Does your nose discharge?"
"Does your nose bleed easily?"
"la there tickling In the throat?
"Is this worse toward night?"
"Does the nose itch and burn?"
"Do you hawk to clear the throat?"
"Is there pain across the eyes?"
"Is there pain In front of head?"
"la your sense of. smell leaving?"
"Is the throat dry In the morning?"
"Are you losing your sense of taste?"
"Do you sleep with your mouth open?"
"Does your nose stop up toward night?"
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FOR A LARGER ARMY
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regular Army without regard to age or
grade, but In the line volunteer officers
could not be appointed above the grade
of first lieutenant, and then only when
below the age of 30.
Hepburn asked if Hull would object to
an amendment providing that vacancies
below the grade of Colonel could be filled
from the list of volunteer officers and
declaring It to be the purpose of the act
to place volunteer officers, commissioned
since April 19, 1S3S, upon the same footing
with officers of the regular Army.
"I should say," responded Hull, "that
to appoint volunteer officers to the grade
of Major would do a great injustice to
regular Army officers who have served
20 or 25 years in the Army."
Cochran -(Dem. Mb.), who followed
Hull, charged that the avowed purpose of
tho Administration to use an army of 60,
000 to enforce Its mandates In the Philip,
pines was the very essence of imperial
ism. In his opinion, no army that
marched on the face of the earth could
accomplish the subjection of the Philip
pines. Their geographical position made
them practically Independent of out
side control.
Kleberg (Dem. Tex.) announced his un
alterable opposition to an Increase of the
stand'ng Army. Its only use could be the
establishment of a military government
in the Philippines and he appealed to his
colleagues to stand unflinchingly against
the subversion of the Constitution.
Parker (Rep. N. J.), a member of the
military committee, in support of the
bill declared that lodging discretion in
the President to expand the Army was
not an innovation and he cited several
historic occasions, notably during the
administrations of "Washington and Jef
ferson when Congress conferred upon the
President discretionary power to expand
the Army.
Shaforth (Dem. Colo.) offered some
figures to show that the retention of the
Philippines, for which this proposed large
increase in the standing Army was to be
made, must prove a disastrous Invest
ment. He stated that It would cost the
people of the United States ?6O,O00,0O0 a
year to earn 5133,000 for the American
manufacturers and exporters.
McCall's Speech.
The sensation of the day then occur
red when Sulzer (Dem. N. Y.) who had
charge of the time on the Democratic
side, yielded to McCall (Rep. Mass.)
This was the first intimation the House
had that the Massachusetts member was
opposed to the bill. Members who had
retired to the cloakroom flocked back
Into their seats and keen Interest was
shown In his remarks. McCall said he
did not believe in the principle of giving
the Executive authority to multiply al
most by two the regular Army, although
President McKinley would doubtless ex
ercise that discretion patriotically and
wisely. The objection was one of princi
ple. Such a grant of power could not
be paralleled In the constitutional mon
archies. It was not conferred with any
limitations as to time.- The bill proposed
a standing army of practically 100,000 men.
Such a number, he said, was not neded.
A temporary provision should be made
for the Philippines and the character of
the bill made It Important to discuss
what the ultimate policy of the country,
with reference to the Army, should be.
The government should' have declared at
the outset a policy In the Philippines
similar to that declared In Cuba. Our
system of government, he said, was mani
festly unfit for a colonial policy -and that
proposition has been so frequently dis
cussed that he would consider the prac
tical question whether it was for our
Interest to remain In the Philippines.
There was no community of Interest
between the people of those islands and
the United States, said he, and they were
almost as far as the poles asunder. No
advocate of retaining the Philippines had
been daring enough to maintain that they
should be a part of our political system.
iIn fact, the great argument In favor of
the consumptives or to the children. Bad
treatment and bad teaching are bad,
even if "given free."
No, the throngs of patients, the Interest
and the gratitude are accounted for not
by the $5 rate, but by the fact that all
these people know that under this rate
they are being admitted to the benefits of
a practice that has commanded for years
the respect of the profession and the
public
They know that under this fee, low as
It seems, they are obtaining care and
treatment that they could not obtain any
where for any fee, high or low.
They know that under this opportunity
they may be relieved of diseases which
no other method of treatment has ever
been able to benefit.
They know that under this opportunity
they obtain the best treatment and the
best professional skill.
They know that under this opportunity
they are going to be cured.
And it is this that accounts for the
throngs of people, the interest and the
gratitude and the avalanche of letters
and (what is of more Importance than
anything else) for the warm and hearty
commendation of right-thinking people.
DESCRIBED BY
SYMPTOMS OF EAR TROUBLES
Deafness and ear troubles result from
catarrh passing along the Eustachian
tube that leads from the throat to the
ear.
"Is your hearlnr falling!"
"Do your ears discharge?"
"Do your ears Itch and burn?"
"Are the ears dry and. scaly?"
"Have you pain behind the earsT
"Is there throbbing In the ears?" '
"Is there a buzzing sound heard?"
"Do you have a. ringing In the ears?"
"Are there crackling sounds heard?"
"Is your hearing bad cloudy days?"
"Do you have earache occasionally?"
"Are there sounds like steam escaping?"
"Do your ears hurt when you blow your
nose?:
"Do you constantly hear noises In the earsT
"Do you hear better some days than others?"
"Do the noises la your ears keep you
"When you blow your nose do the ears
crack?"
"Is hearing worse when you have a cold?"
"Is roaring like a waterfall In the head?"
of New Home Treatment, Sent
FREE.
DR. COPELAND'S BOOK
DEKUM. THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS
OFFICE HOURS From 9 A. M. to 12 M.; from 1 to 5 P. M.
EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays. SUNDAYS From 10 Af M. to 12 M.
the principle of the Porto Rican tariff
was that If we could not apply that prin
ciple in Porto Rico, we could not
retain the Philippines. Upon what the
ory, he asked, are we to remain In that
country?
"The motive that had been most widely
put forth." he said, "is that it is for our
advantage, and especially our pecuniary
advantage. As a part of the cost of this
policy we are to include the great ex
pense under this bill, which Is the first
born and legitimate offspring of the
policy.
"Those who compare our standing army
with the standing' armies of Europe usu
ally are careful not to compare the rela
tive costs. The French army costs $125,
000,000 a year; the German, 5130,000,000; the
British, $100,000,000, and the Russian $153,
000,000. The figures Include positions and
fortifications. If this bill passes, the
War Department will need $113,000,000.
There, is another cost not included in the
figures which Is a necessary incident to
an army, and as much a part of Its cost
as the nay of Its soldiers.. That is the
pension system. We are appropriating
for that purpose $143,000,000 .a year. Our
total charges, therefore, for military pur
poses are $260,000,000 per year-an amount
greater than the entire military expenses
of those two military rivals, France and
Germany."
In conclusion McCall pleaded that in
dealing with the Philippines we pursue
the American precedents and said:
"The time has come wnen we can frank
ly declare our purposes. Let us give
these people those assurances which our
history Inspires. Let us tell them that
we will aid them for one year or five. If
need be, in setting up a government of
their own, symbolized by their own flag,
and we will leave with them that which
Is most glorious In the meaning of another
flag liberty, Independence and self-government."
'
Cheered by Democrats.
There were no demonstrations through
out McCall's speech, but when he finished'
the Democrats gave him a rousing cheer.
Cummlngs (Dem. N. T.) criticised the
bill on the score tnat the cities of the
seacoast states had been overlooked, and
no adequate provision made for manning
the seacoast defenses of the country.
Cox (Dem. Tenn.), a member of the
military committee, concluded the gen
eral debate on behalf of the minority
with a 20-minute speech against the gen
eral principle of increasing the size of
the permanent army.
"If you are to create an army to shoot
down the Filipinos, who are flghtln? for
-what we fought for," said he, "I will
not vote a nickel for such an army."
Hull, In closing the general debate, de
clared that McCall had misapprehended
the purpose of the bill. The President,
under the treaty of Paris, must assert
the sovereignty of the United States over
the Philippine Islands. As long as the
Islands are ours, we must enforce our au
thority or disgrace ourselves in the eyes
of the world. The people of the United
States must decide how long our authority
there shall exist. So far as he person
ally was concerned, he believed that our
sovereignty over the Philippines would
continue as long as the republic endured.
"Why do you seek to provide for a per
manent army?" asked Williams (Dem.
Miss.). "Why do you not limit its ex
istence to the Philippine War?"
"Because we desire the Army of the
United States to do whatever necessity
may require," replied Hull.
"Honestly, now," persisted Williams,
"Independently of the Philippine question,
do you not want a permanent army of
96,000 men for other purposes?"
"No; most emphatically no," answered
Hull.
General debate was then closed, and the
bill was read for amendment under the
five-minute rule. The paragraph author
izing the Secretary of War to prescribe
regulations as to fitness of volunteers or
civilians appointed to the regular army
under the terms of the bill were stricken
STEER CLEAR.
Steer clear of patent cure-alls! To try
to attack a hidden disease by means of
a secret cure-all nostrum Is the same
giece of insanity as for an Invalid to go
Undfold Into a drug store and eat medi
cine from the shelves, without guidance
to what is good and without warning
against what Is bad. Nor is there any
abuse or folly against which the Copeland
nominal fee system is more directly aimed.
With expert Individual treatment at $3
a. month, all medicines included, where
Is the temptation or necessity to tamper
with secret cure-alls?
STEER CLEAR.
Steer clear of the boodler In medical
practice. Do not stand in awe of tho
doctor who feels your pulse and then
shakes his head to frighten you over
your condition and make you pay 10 times
over what his services are worth. The
medical profession, like every other pro
fession, has its pretenders, Its mounte
banks, its merciless lmposters. The nom
inal assessment system In vogue at the
Copeland Institute is the invalid's protec
tion from the wolf and the boodler in
medicine. Five dollars a month, medi
cines included, for the most effective treat
ment known.
SYMPTOMS
CATARRH OF THI STOMACH
This condition may result from several
causes, but the usual cause Is catarrh,
the mucus dropping down into tho throat
and being swallowed.
"Is there nausea?"
"Are you costive?"
"Is there vomiting?"
"Do you belch up gas?"
"Have- you waterbrash?"
"Are you lightheaded?"
"Is your tongue coated?"
"Do you hawk and spit?"
"Is there pain alter eatlng7"
"Are you nervous and weak?"
"Do you have sick headache?"
"Do you bloat up after eating?"
"Is there disgust for breakfast?"
"Have you distress after eating?"
"Is your throat filled with slime?"
"Do you at times have diarrhoea?"
"Is there rush of blood to the head?"
"When you get up suddenly are you dizzy?"
"Is therr gnawing sensation In stomach?"
"Do you feel as If you had lead In stomach?
"When stomach Is empty do you feel faint?"
"Do you belch material that burns throat?"
"If stomach Is full do you feel oppressed?"
Free on application.
FREE TO ALL.
INSTITUTE
out. Hepburn offered the following
amendment:
"Provided, That any vacancy In the
Quartermaster's Department may be filled
by appointment from civil life."
Hepburn made this amendment tho
basis of some severe criticism, of the
Shatter expedition before S-jntlago. The
scandals which existed in the Quartermas
ter's branch of the service on that oc
casion, he sld, might have been obviated
If competent men from civil life had been
in charge.
Hull defended the Quartermaster's De
partment, saying that when the war broke
out the Quartermaster's Department was
inadequate to the task, a result of the
refusal of Congress to do its duty years
ago. Without action upon the amend
ment, the House, at 5:10 P. M., adjourned.
Marionette In New Torlc
Yiddish and Chinese theaters consid
ered In the balance, America can hardly
show a stronger and more picturesque
playhouse than this, the dramas of the
dolls (for great dolls, they are), of Pa
lermo and Naples brought Into the heart
of New York, writes Cromwell Chllde, in
the Metropolitan Magazine. The great
Italian colonies of the metropolis causa
the marionettes to flourish. "Marionette
Hall," in the great Southern Italy quar
ter of Brooklyn, Is but one of these
strangly romantic Thespian temples,
though the largest and the scene of the
most realistic attempts. New York ha3
four or five of the puppet shows, and
scarcely one fails to draw, seven nights
a week, its enthusiastic crowds. That
marionettes may be a great enterprise
the "hall" on Union street, Brooklyn,
proves. Though his actors, from their
woodeny natures, demand no pay. Im
presario Pulverdlente has a weekly sal
alry of $75 for his "helpers." His rival,
Camarda, a block away, has carried on
his show in this country for over 15 years,
having brought bis first marionettes over
from Palermo.
A marionette stage la like no other. It
is smaller than that possessed by the
tiniest theater of vaudeville. The flies
come down within six fet of the floor,
even lower at most times. A man of
average height, walking across -when the
scenes are set, has hi3 head hidden.
Heroes, vllllans, all principals of the pup
pet stage, it must be remembered, are
seldom, from tip of helmet to metal toe,
over four feet high. The fair sex among
marionettes measure an average of three
feet. A figure that is larger represents
a giant or some huge pagan, and in the
scenes in which he apeans the "sky line"
may have to be raised a trifle.
Bulgarian Cabinet Resign?
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 5. The Cabinet
has resigned, owing to ministerial differ
ences. She Knew Boys. Sunday School Teacher
Marjorle. what elfts did the wise men bring?
Marjorle (aged 7) Oh. something Iron, I sup
pose. Boys do break things so. Judge.
You're Cheating
And you're cheating your
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make yourself Believe that your
cough doesn't amount to much.
What about that family history
of weak lungs ? Stop cheating
and take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
It soothes your throat, quiets
your cough, heals your lungs.
The frst dose relieves.
Three dses: 36c., encragb for aa ordinary
cold: Kc-. J tut light for athm, bronchitis,
hoarseness, -irhooplnjr-conh, hard colds;
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