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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER '13, 1900.
NEW IRISH LEAGUE
Declares for the Abolition of
Landlordism.
TIM HEALY IS NOT DISTURBED
A London Journal Drgei the Govern
ment to Take Steps for the Buy
ing Out of the Land
lords. DUBLIN, Dec 12. The Nationalist con
vention resumed Its sessions today, John
Redmond presiding. After resolutions had
been adopted amending- the constitution
of the United Irish League and making
the Nationalist convention an annual fix
ture. "William O'Brien moved a strongly
worded resolution in favor of the aboli
tion of landlordism in Ireland and the
transfer of the soil to the occupying pro
prietory. Ireland's struggle, he declared,
should continue without ceasing until the
landlords are forced to abandon their
present intolerable system of dual con
trol. One branch of the Irish League,
continued Mr O'Brien, will devote Its
time to bringing to the doors of landlords,
landgrabbers and their castle allies the
Inconvenience of landlordism. The reso
lution was adopted amid the utmost en
thusiasm. Resolutions appealing for funds from
America and elsewhere, to be used against
Jury-packing ard for the propagation of
the Irish language, were adopted. The
convention invited Thomas Sexton and
Jdichacl Davltt to return to Parliament.
The subscriptions announced to the Par
liamentary fund Included 100 each from
Edward Blake and the Freeman's Jour
nal. Henlr Not Disturbed.
LONDON. Dec 12. Timothy M. Healy
Is not disturbed a whit by his exclusion
from the Irish party. He has neither the
Intention of resigning nor of forming an
opposition section." He Is avowedly hos
tile to Mr. Dillon, and still more so
toward T. P. .O'Connor, who, Mr. Healy
alleges. Is behind the whole movement, j
and he is utterly hopeless of the cause
of Ireland.
Commenting upon the convention reso
lution to abolish municipal ownership,
the Dally Now says: "This practicabil
ity of dual ownership is too hastily as
sumed; but the union of William O'Brien
and T. W. Russell makes a formidable
combination which may bring the Ulster
Protestants into an agreement with the
home-rule Catholics."
The Daily Chronicle, which urges the
government to take steps for the buying
out of the landlords, says: "The time
must come when the plunge will be in
evitable, and just now It would come as
one of those graceful concessions for
which. Lord Salisbury's foreign policy Is
much more noted than his domestic"
The Standard expresses the belief that
John Redmond will decline the leader
ship at the next session of Parliament.
IX THE HOUSE OP COMMONS.
Treasury Cominisloncr to Investi
gate the Assets of the Trnnsvnal.
LONDON, Dec 12. Considerable irrita
tion was aroused during today's debate
in the House of Commons on supply.
Sfr Robert T. Reld, Q. C Liberal mem
ber for Dumfrlesburgh. painted a gloomy
picture of the conditions In South At
rica. He said that after 14 months of
war, costing 5.000,000 per month, an
archy was prevailing and famine threat
ened, and this may be followed by a na
tive uprising. An attempt to place the
colonies under military rule, he said,
would imperil the very existence of the
empire. He thought the time had arrived
for offering the Boers terms not Inconsist
ent with British dominion. All Ideas of
unconditional surrender should be dis
carded. James Bryce, Liberal, followed on sim
ilar lines. He suggested granting gen
eral amnesty to the Boers now In arms
as legitimate combatants. The negotia
tions, Mr. Bryce also said, should not
be entrusted to Sir Alfred Mllner, who
was the object of almost universal dis
trust including at least half the Queen's
subjects in South Africa.
Mr. Broden k. the Secretary for War,
hotly challenged Mr. Bryce's statements
regarding Sir Alfred Mllner. Sir Robert
Reld's speech, Mr. Brodcrlck asserted,
was lmoracticable, unwise and mischiev
ous. The government was perfectly will
ing to offer terms for surrender, so long
as they could not be Interpreted as proof
of weakness, and thereby cause a prolon
gation of the guerrilla warfare. After
further recriminations the report of the
supply was agreed to.
During subsequent discussion In the
committee of ways and means, the Chan
cellor ot the Exchequer. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, promised that a consider
able proportion of the cost of the war
should bo obtained from the Transvaal.
He admitted that a treasury commissioner
was about to proceed to the Transvaal
to ascertain its assets and their taxable
capacity. Sir David Barbour, continued
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had
been selected for this task. The resolu
tion was then agreed to and the House
adjourned.
Sir David Miller Barbour, K. C. M. G.,
was a member of the Council
of the Governor-General of India, 1S77
1893 was Royal Commissioner to inquire
into the conditions and prospects of sugar-growing
colonies. 1S96. and latterly
commissioner to inquire into the finances
of Jamaica.
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
The ship subsidy bill should not pass.
It is a piece of legislation Intended to help
out the large shipbuilding concerns, and
would be of little benefit to the public
A lot of these measures are likely to be
pressed, but Congress should take up the
canal bill and see that it passes. Oregon
City Enterprise.
Attorney-General Blackburn has recent
ly rendered a decision sustaining teachers
who open school with scripture reading
and prayer. The Eagle believes that while
this practice is perhaps lawful, it is not
expedient. It will antagonize a large per
centage of school patrons, cause division
and strife, and thus defeat the ends de
sired. There is said to be a time and
place for everything, and to many it does
not seem that the public school is the
place to propagate sectarian ideas. Mil
ton Eagle.
It is hoped that something will be done
to make it easier for the voter to express
his views on the selection of candidates.
Lostine Leader.
The City of Portland is bestirring Itself
toward having a world's fair, or probably
an Oriental-Occidental exposition In 1P02.
A good move and should be carried to a.
successful ending. Let Portland adopt
some of the hustle exhibited by Buffalo
for the Pan-American exposition next
year. Enterprise Chieftain.
The Legislature of Oregon will meet in
Salem on January 14. What it will do,
no roan can flretell: what it ought to do
there should be no diversion of opinion.
It ought to lessen taxation by reducing the
expenses of the state and counties. This
can be done without lessening, in any
way. the efficiency of the public service.
The management of the penitentiary has
long been running in deep worn ruts, all
of which are far more emcaclous in drain
rain-Corm-it
Is
ing the State Treasury, than in perform-
ing its constitutional xuncuons, and it Is
time that expensive institutions be
thoroughly investigated and placed upon
a business basis of doing their work.
The judiciary that now takes thousands
of dollars from the pockets of the indus
trious taxpayers to provide courts, where
in the contentious can have their spites
and grievances and grab games adjusted,
should be pruned down and a lot of super
numerary Judges and other unnecessary
officers, and much of the useless and
expensive formalities and antiquated
mummeries of judicial proceedings ellm
nlated from our "practice."
The pruning knife of economy can be
used to a righteous purpose, In almost
every branch of public service. La
Grande Observer.
There is but a poor demand for Oregon
wheat. The world grows all the wheat
it wants, and to spare. There are more
fields to produce than people to feed from
them. Against this cold, hard fact the
farmer who constantly grows nothing but
wheat continues to butt his head. But
one result is to follow, and that is in
evitable bankruptcy to the man who re
fuses to be warned. No man, young or
old, can afford to waste his energies and
spend his life in producing nothing but
wheat at 50 cents per bushel.
Oregon wants eggs. Perhaps half the
eggs she consumes come from the East.
In what field is there a better profit for
farmers than In supplying this Oregon
demand for" eggs? California wants not
only eggs, but chickens. Approximately
500 carloads of each she Imported from
Kansas and Nebraska during the past
year. If Oregon farmers will produce
poultry products, Oregon consumers ana
California consumers will buy them, buy
at prices that will make thrifty the men
who supply them. Shall not renewed and
Increased attention be given the poultry
business on every Benton County farm?
Will it not pay evety Benton County
farmer to attend the coming poultry show,
to get new ideas to be taken home, there
to bo put Into execution? Corvallls Times.
Kruger tours Europe while his heroic fol
lowers fight a hopeless battle for- freedom.
Contented to remain at home so long as
his personal security is unhampered, he
"pulls his freight" for other territory
when the enemy triumphs and his friends
need his services most. "He who fights
and runs away may live to fight another
day," but he can never go down in nis
tory alongside that small gathering of
patriots and heroes who have stood un
flinchingly by their followers and went
down to defeat In the number of lost
causes which adorn the pages of hlstoiy.
Independence Enterprise.
If a bill ever deserved scuttling In Con
gress It Is the ship subsidy bill. The big
ship owners are no more entitled to be
subsidized than the dairymen of Tilla
mook. Should the bill pass and a large
appropriation be made, it will be Just like
finding that amount of money, to say
nothing about the iniquitous system of
robbing the country through the legisla
tive process. Tillamook Headlight.
MET HIS OWN DAUGHTERS.
Invited by Friend to n Carousal With
His Ovrn Daughters.
OMAHA, Neb.. Dec S. The police
havo Dr. J. J. Boloman, a well-known
Omaha physician, on the rack, try
ing to force him to tell what he knows of
a sensational tragedy that occurred in
this city last night. The affair is the
sequel of a visit of a Council Bluffs man
to Omaha at the invitation of a gentle
man acquaintance to meet two so-called
swell society girls for a good time
The man came and .was met by his
friend. Together they entered a house at
Sixteenth and Harney streets. Immedi
ately a shot was heard, and the Omaha
man staggered out with a bullet In his
breast. The Council Blurts man had been
treated to a horrible surprise. The two
swell Omaha girls he was to meet proved
to be his own daughters, each party be
ing ignorant of the other's identity until
the dramatic climax.
The father, enraged beyond all power of
control, drew a pistol and attempted to
kill the man who was flirting with his
daughters and had gone so far as to in
vite a father to meet his own daughters
for a carousal. The wounded man was
driven to the residence of Dr. Soloman.
This much the physician admits, and he
also tells the stoTy of the dramatic oc
currence leading up to the shooting, but he
refused to furnish the police with the
name of the injured man or the man who
did the shooting. The doctor's house was
searched, but the victim was not found.
The physician says the man Is badly
hurt, the bullet entering just above the
heart, but says he has been taken from
the city by friends.
The doctor further Insists that profes
sional courtesy excepts him from divulg
ing, even to the authorities, the name
of the man he treated. The police are ac
tive in both Omaha and Council Bluffs.
A well-known Omaha commission man is
missing on this side of the river, and a
railroad man of considerable prominence
is said to be the Council Bluffs father
who did the shooting.
m
HO BUSINESS IN THE SKNATB
Members Toole Pnrt In the Centen
nial Celebration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. In accordance
with the agreement reached yesterday
relative to the celebration of the Wash
ington centennial, the Senate did not meet
today until 3 o'clock. Under the agree
ment reached, no business was transacted
except thnt having direct relation to the
special order of the day. After the read
ing of the journal it was agreed, upon
motion of Lodge (Rep. Mass.) that when
the Senate adjourned today it be tc meet
at 11 o'clock tomorrow in order that Hanna
(Rep. O.) might have pportunlty to ad
dress the Senate on the ship subsidy bill
before the consideration of the special or
der of the day the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
In executive session. After a brief delay
the Senate was Informed that the House
of Representatives awaited Its coming to
proceed with the exercises of the day.
On motion of Hale, the Senate, as a body,
headed by Colonel Daniel M. Ramsdell,
Its Sergeant-at-Arms, Frye, the president
pro tem, and Charles G. Bennett, the
secretary, proceeded to the House of Rep
resentatives.
At 6:20 P. M. the Senate returned to
Its chamber and the session was resumed.
Without preliminaries the Senate then, on
motion of Hale, adjourned until 11 o'clock
tomorrow.
The Canteen System.
WASHINGTON, Dec 12. In connection
with its consideration of the Army re
organization bill, the Senate committee on
military affairs today listened to an argu
ment by Adjutant-General Corbln for the
continuation of the present canteen sys
tem in the Army. The committee has
taken no formal vote on the subject, but
that there has been more or less exchange
of opinion among members, the result of
which has been favorable to the reten
tion of the present system nnd the elimina
tion of the House canteen provision. The
committee expects to conclude its hear
ings on the bill tomorrow.
Tortured br Small Boys.
SAN JOSE. Cal.. Dec 12. Alfred Kern,
a 10-year-qld boy, was caught by three
young boys this afternoon as he was on
his way home from a kindergarten school
and subjected to a terrible torture with
burning matches. His face was burned
almost beyond recognltoln, and his con
dition Is regarded as serious. The police
are searching for his assailants, who have
thus far succeeded In ecaplng.
Western Union Dividend.
NEW YORK, Dec 12. The Western
Union Telegraph Company reports that
for the quarter ending December SI
the net earnings (pirtlally estimated)
will be about $1,700,000. The dividend of
14 per cent, which was declared today.
calls for the payment oi 71,217,000.
FAR BEHIND THE RECORD
SIX-DAT RIDERS CANNOT KEEP UP
THE PACE.
Spills Make the Contest Exciting
Meeting of Baseball Magnate
Other Sporting; News.
NEW YORK. Dec 13. With over 1400
miles clicked off in their pursuit of prizes
in the six-day bicycle race at Madljson
Square Garden, which ends Saturday,
seven teams were still represented on the
track at midnight or the beginning of
the fourth day of the contest. The men
have not been able to keep up the hur
ricane pace jumped Into at the outset,
but they have struggled to do as much
as their strained and enfeebled bodies
would allow them. The first two days
they were ahead of the record, but now
they are far behind the record for 1SS9.
From Wednesday midnight until last
evening, there was no special incident
attending the riding, except the with
drawal of Muller and Accourtrier. There
were the occasional fruitless attempts
made by the different men to gain a lap
on their opponents. To prevent the loss
of a lap, Fisher performed perhaps the
hardest task of the race. In the after
noon he got a puncture just as the old
riders were preparing to spurt. The
other men noticed Fisher's misfortune
and tried to take advantage of it. Fisher
pedaled along with the bunch despite "of
the ajftenlng tire and kept up the pump
ing on his crippled machine for a full
mile, at the end of which time Frederick
relieved him. When Fisher dismounted.
his tire was perfectly flat.
The accident which put Aronson out of
the race occurred shortly after 9 o'clock.
Klser and Ryser were relieving one an
other during a try to gain a lap. going
at a tremendous pace. Gougoltz and Si
mar were almost behind them with Mc
Farland Just on. the inside. The French
men, who were also alternating, came
together with a crash and went down in
the track. Waller was at their heels
and he crashed into the fallen French
men. Turvllle followed Waller into the
mix-up and went on top of the other
bodies. He was thrown clear of the pile
and into a box among a crowd of spec
tators. Fisher was the next man and
after riding over the others was thrown
violently to the boards. McFarland, Ry
ser and Klser spurted, but the referee
would not allow their gain. Turvllle was
picked up bleeding and unconscious and
with a growing lump on one knee. He
was rushed to his training-room and ex
amined. He had sustained contusions of
the right thigh and many bruises of the
body, as well as the shock. The doc
tors brought him back to consciousness
after a little. Aaronson had a badly
cut eye and face and bruises on the
back. Fisher was battered. The two
Frenchmen escaped better than any of
the others, getting only a shaking up.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Aironson was
declared out of the race at 1 o'clock this
morning. When Babcock heard that his
teammate was sent to the nospital he de
clared he would ride 12 hours and give
Aaronson a chance to recuperate. He
kept on his wheel until 1:55 A M., when
he fell exhausted. Gougoltz and Kiser
fell on top of him, but none was seriously
hurt. The referee ruled that no losses,
should be marked up on account of the
accident. - Turvllle returned to the track
at I A. M., rode slowly until 1:50 A. M.,
and then dismounted. He had to be car
ried to his training-room. The score at
2 o'clock:
Miles. Laps.
Elkes and McFarland 1441 4
Pierce and McEachern 14U 4
Slmar and Gougoltz 1411 4
Turvllle and Glmm 1434 0
Waller and Stlnson 1441 1
Babcock and Aaronson 1441 1
Fisher and Frederick 1440 9
Klser and Ryser .1440 - 9
DEMANDS OF PLAYERS.
Matter Before the Baseball Mas-
nates' Meeting.
NEW YORK, Dec 12. After trying for.
two days, the National League magnates
finally got into session at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel tonight. When the meet
ing was called to order by President
Young, there were present A H. Soden,
W. H. Conant and J. B. Billings, Boston;
W. W. Kerr, Barney Dreyfus and P. L.
Auten. Pittsburg; A. J. Reach and Colo
nel John I. Rogers, Philadelphia; F. A.
Abell and Charles Ebbltts. Brooklyn; Fred
Knowles, New York: James Hart. Chi
cago; J. T. Brush, Cincinnati, and F.
Dehaas Robinson and Stanley Robinson,
St. Louis.
The committee appointed by the league
to hear the grievances of the Players'
Protective Association went into session
in parlor D. The committee is composed
of Messrs. Rogers, Soden and Brush. The
meeting was opened by Mr. Soden, who
stated that as a result of correspondence
betweeen Mr. Taylor and the league mag
nates, the commmlttec had been appoint
ed to listen to the demands of the play
ers. The commmlttee. he said, was ap
pointed last September, out for various
reasons could not meet the players' com
mittee until the present time. Mr. Soden
said -that the committee had no power to
act, but would report the conference back
to the meeeting of the league.
In stating the demands of the players'
association to the league, Mr. Taylor said
that there were three defects in the pres
ent form of contract that the players
wanted corrected. These were -a modi
fication of a reserve clause, an entire
elimination of the "farming-out" clause
and the modification of the clause relat
ing to the power of the clubowners to
buy and sell players or claim them with
out first getting the player's consent. Be
fore he would consent to present the play
ers' demand to the league committee,
Mr. Taylor exacted a promise that the
commmlttee would report the matter to
the league immediately, and that some
action would be taken by the league at
its present session. Mr. Taylor demurred
to treating with the committee at first on
the ground that It had no power to act.
Ho asked that the matter be left over
until it could be presented to a full meet
ing of the magnates. Both Chairman
Soden and Colonel Rogers assured Mr.
Taylor that the matter would be expe
ditiously treated if presented to the com
mittee. "This matter is a serious one to us,"
said Colonel Rogers. "Contracts are
nine-tenths of the assets of a club. This
committee will make a fair and truthful
report to the league of what you say to
us."
Mr. Brush said that officially the mem
bers of the league had not been Informed
as to the purpose of the players' organi
zation, and they looked upon it as a se
cret organization, into which many play
ers playing managers had not been
taken. Mr. Taylor denied this, and after
recelvinr a promise of immediate action
he presented his case. Afterward he
submitted a memorandum of the players'
demands as follows:
First Clubowners not to have the right
to "reserve" players at a salary less than
that provided for the ensuing year, and
no more than three years.
Second Not to buy. sell, assign, trade
or accept the services of any player in
any way without his written consent.
Third Clubowners to pay physicians' fee
for injuries received In action.
Fourth No player to be suspended with
out pay more than three times in a sea
son, or two weeks at a time
Fifth Committee of arbitration, one
member to be chosen by owners, one by
the players, and a third by these two,
such committee to pass on all differences
between players and owners.
At the conclusion of the hearing Mr.
Taylor submitted a draft of the contract
I the players wanted to put In vogue. The
committee promised the players to' con
sider the matter at once, and give them a
decision tomorrow.
Immediately after tne hearing, the
league's circuit committee, composed of
Messrs. Brush. Rogers and Soden, went
into session. Their session lasted until
5 o'clock when the meeting of the league
was called. The magnates adjourned at
8:30 tonight. After the meeting broke up
President Young said:
"There Is nothing to give out for pub
lication. The magnates took up the sub
Ject of the demands of the players and
discussed it. Nothing was done, how
ever. The matter will be taken up at to
morrow's session, and then something
may be done The players' demands was
the only matter taken up at tonight's session."
"WILL PREVENT THE FIGHT.
Principals In Gans-McGovern Con
test "Will Be Arrested.
CHICAGO. Dec 12. Warrants will be
served at the ringside in Tatterssall's to
morrow evening on the principals and
promoters of the McGovern-Gans fight.
Captain Hayes, of the Thlrty-flfth-Street
Station, says McGovern and Gans will be
arrested, charged with disturbing the
peace. B. H. WInton, agent of the build
ing; Lou Houseman, matchmaker, and
Sam Harris, manager of McGovern, will
be arrested on charges of carrying on a
boxing exhibition.
"The warrants are in my hands and
must be served." said Captain Hayes this
evenln. "It would be foolish of me to
chase after those who are named In the
warrants until Thursday night when they
are all together. I am going to give the
papers to some of my men Just before
the fighters go Into the ring. Every
fighter and the promoters of the exhi
bition will' be put under arrest."
The Coming Cincinnati Fight.
CINCINNATI. Dec 12. Mayor Flelsch
mmn today refused to recede from his
promise to grant a permit for a prize
fight at Saengerfest Hall between Febru
ary 1 and 14 between James J. Jeffries
and either Gus Ruhlln, Tom Sharkey or
Bob FItzslmmons.
THE DAY'S RACES.
Raves at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12. Favorites
went down to defeat at Oakland today.
The weather was cloudy and the track
fast. Campus and Koenlg ran a dead heat
In the fourth race. Free Lance finished
second In the mile rice, but was dis
qualified for fouling, and Opponent was
given the place. Coburn, who rode Free
Lance, was suspended for the rest of the
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meeting ior ioui nuiut,. juwcj ": i
Mo.iln oni Tz Pnco lha VinnlrTrinVpr. nr !
to be given a rehearing next Tuesday
evening. Results:
Five furlongs, selling Slsenvlne won.
Intrepldo second, Estelada third; time,
1:03.
One mile, selling Topmast won. Oppo
nent second, Whaleback third; time, l:41tt-
Six furlongs, selling Bernota won. Sad
Sam second, Galanthus .third; time, 1:14.
Mile and a half, soiling Campus and
Koenlg dead heat; Gauntlet third; time,
2.344-
Mile and a sixteenth, purse Bangor
won, Wax second, Alice Turner third;
time, 1:46.
Seven furlongs, selling Lothian won.
Dunlane second. Monrovia third; time,
1:2 ,
Races at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12. Weather
cloudy and cool, track fast. Results:
Mile and 20 yards, selling Mitt Boykln
won, Dan Cupid seoond, Yoloco third;
time, l:43?i.
Five furlongs, handicap Money Muss
won. Admiral Pepper second, Fake third;
time, 1:02.
Six furlongs Charlie O'Brien won. Mas
ter Mariner second, Alex third: time. 1:13.
One and one-slxtccnth miles, handicap
General Mart Gary won. IdaLedford
second. Mint Sauce third: time. J:4S.
One mile and 20 yards, selling AdmetuB
won. Petit Maitre second, Linden Ella
third; time, 1:44U.
Seven furlongs Tom Klngsley won,
Dick Furber second, Castlne third; time,
1:2S.
Saratoga Racetrack Sold.
NEW YORK. Dec 12. The Herald says:
Once more has the Saratoga Racing As
sociation property at Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., changed hands. Gottfried Wal
baum, representing the stockholders, met
representatives of the new purchaser by
appointment and received the purchase
money, which amounted to o cents on the
dollar of the original stock subscribed, or
243,750. Among the stockholders who- still
hold stock In the new syndicate are John
Eagan and Jacob Fields, and their shares
are so few that they have no voice in the
future of the new racing association. THc
new syndicate Is composed of William C.
Whitney, Perry Belmont, Alfred Feather
stone, F. R. Hitchcock, T. Hitchcock. Jr.,
John Sanford, R. T. Wilson, Jr., J. H.
Alexander and P. J. Myer. Although
nothing has been definitely settled, it is
expected that the new president of the
Saratoga Racing Association will be Wil
liam C Whitney, and the treasurer will
be Andrew Miller.
Oxford Beats Cambridge.
LONDON, Dec 12. The annual Rugby
football match between Oxford and Cam
bridge took place today at the Queen s
Club. A magnificent game was won by
Oxford by two goals to a goal and a
try. There was a large and fashionable
attendance.
Smallpox In Nevr York.
7CEW YORK. Dec 12. In consequence
of the cases of smallpox which have oc
curred in this city lately, the demand for
vaccine virus by physicians, to use la
their private practice, exceeds all de
mands in previous years. The corps of
vaccinators sent out by the health depart
ment has been increased, and the scope
of their labors widened. After today
they will visit the better class of apirt-ment-hbuses
and private dwellings up
town, and satisfactory proof muBt be
presented to them that the necessary
precaution has been taken. If it has not,
they will take It themselves It Is esti
mated that by the end of this week more
than 1.000,000 persons will have been vac
cinated in the Borough of Manhattan
alone
These measures are not intended to
create alarm, but to allay It, and the
physicians of the health department as
sert with confidence that the result of
the present advice that all persons,
young and old. .submt to vaccination,
will be made entirely manifest in three
or four weeks.
Senator Davis Will.
ST. PAUL. Dec 12. The will of the
late Senator Davis, who died November
27, was filed for probate today by Mrs.
Anna M. Davis, the widow. The will,
made during the Senator's last illness,
leaves all his estate to Mrs. Davis. The
estate Is valued at $25,000 In personal and
$40,000 In real property.
Alger and a Burglar.
DETROIT, Dec 12. General Russell A.
Alger, ex-Secretary of War. was awak
ened early today by hearing some one
prowling about In his house, and started
to Investigate. The burglar grappled with
him and then escaped. An investigation
showed S300 worth of silverware had been
taken.
Condemned the Subsidy Bill.
EAU CLAIRE Wis., Dec. 12. The Wis
consin State Grange today adopted reso
lutions favoring state aid for good roads
and condemning the ship subsidy and irri
gation canal bills.
Dock Strike in Callao.
LIMA, Peru, Dec 12. The dock laborers
at Callao have gone on strike, and ail
work has been stopped. ' As yet there has
been no breacn of the peace.
TESTED BY TIME
IT IS BY THE NATURAL LAW THAT THE COPELAND PRACTICE
SURVIVES ALL OTHER METHODS.
Endures While Others Pass Away That Which Is Best and Which Is
of Greatest Service to Mankind Abides
Always.
-Tho wonder that seven years ago fol
lowed the presentation of such cures as
these In manifold forms of serious disease
and sickness, by the Copeland treatment,
has passed away. The wonder that fol
lowed the presentation of such cures as
these In deafness, under the Copeland
discovery, has in a "great measure passed
away.
In the place of this wonder there Is now
that which abides and will always abide
the everlasting faith of the people. The
people know the skill and truth of this
practice, and of the physicians it includes.
They know that the cures published In
these columns are real cures of real peo
pleof persons living In this community
and surrounding territory: grateful and
truthful people, who may be seen and in
quired of.
In such unreserved measure has this
faith of the people been given to this
practice that it is the wonder of the med
ical world. Without any sensational feat
ures It has steadily grown and is today
numerically greater than seven years ago,
the time of its earliest work in this com
munity; greater than seven years ago,
when the most intense public interest was
aroused by the announcement of the Dis
covery of the Cure for Catarrh. It has
that quality stronger than sudden popu
larity; the quality of abiding faith. It
has survived all competition in similar
methods. It has triumphed over every
kind of method to reach the sick. Why?
Because the truth always survives. It
Is the natural law of things. The best
always survives: that which Is of service
to mankind always survives.
HOME TREATMENT.
Doctor Copeland requests all who are ailing,
all who feet a gradual weakening, or all who
realize that their health is being undermined
by some unknown complaint, to cut out thli
slip, mark the question that applies to your
case, and he will diagnose your case for you.
"Is your nose stopped up!"
"Do yon sleep xrlth month wide
open?"
"Is there pain in front of bead?"
"Is yonr throat dry or sore?"
"Have yon a bad taste In the
mornlngf"
"Do you couch?"
"Do you cough -worse at ntgbil"
"Ik yonr tonRnc coated V
"Is your appetite failingr"
"Is there pain after eating?
"Are you light-headed?"
"When yon get up suddenly are
you dizxy?"
"Do you have hot flashes?"
"Do you have liver marks?"
"Do your kidneys trouble you?"
"Do you have pain In back or
under shoulder-blades?"
"Do you wake up tired and out
of sorts?"
"Are you losing flesh?"
"Is your strength failing?'
REDUCING THE FLEET
ONLY TWO AMERICAN WAHSniPS IN
NORTH CHINA "WATERS.
To Avoid the Danger of Having the
Vessels Caught in the Ice Joint
5fote Agreed To.
WASHINGTON. Dec 12. With a view
to avoiding the danger of having any of
our war vessels caught Tast In the ice of
the Gulf of Pe Chi LI, at the mouth of
the Pel Ho River, during the present Win
ter, the Navy Department has reduced
Its representation In that quarter to two
ships. One Is the Monacacy, which has
been ordered into a mud dock in the
Pel Ho River, where she will serve as a
station ship. The other vessel Is the
New Orleans, which has been turned Into
a dispatch-boat for the time being, plying
between Shanghai, Che Foo and Taku
at regular intervals. The Army trans
port service has landed all of the sup
plies that are deemed to be necessary to
carry General Chaffee's troops comfort
ably through the Winter, so that it will
be unnecessary for any of those ships
to enter the Pel Ho.
CHINESE QUESTION SOLVED.
The "Work of the Powers Is Xovr One
of Detail.
NEW YORK, Dec 12. A special to the
World from Washington says that Herr
von Holleben. the Imperial German Am
bassador, discussing the Chinese situation,
said:
"The Chinese auestlon, bo far as vital
Issues are concerned, may be treated as
solved. The .work of the powers In China
is now one of detail. Controversial ele
ments and units must be grouped and ad
ministrative functions must be made se
cure. Granting the postulate that Chinese
integrity must be preserved, there Is noth
ing left of the Chinese situation but care
ful labor to ascertain the relative rights
of all parties concerned. The vital ques
tions from this time will be the disposition
of the various treaty rights and conces
sions. Germany stands for open ports
and free access to the Oriental trade. If
new treaties are negotiated Individually
by the powers with China or collectively
by the Congress of Ministers now in ses
sion at Pekln other questions of detail
and administration may obtrude them
selves. In this connection each power
will carefully scrutinize the situation for
Its own interest. There is no reason,
however, to apprehend any disagreement.
So far as the relations of Germany and
the United States are concerned, it Is only
to be said that they could not be more
cordial. The freedom of trade and Inter
course in the Philippines, encouraged by
the United States under the difficulties nt
present existing, ara an exceptional guar
antee and example against unwise selfish
ness throughout the Orient.
"The sentiment so carefully fostered by
certain Interests that Germany is hostile
to American progress or trade, is to be
regretted. The two countries have simi
lar policies of protection to domestic In
dustries and prosperity. In detail theiie
Interests may sometimes clash. Various
regulations of the customs and imperative
laws of the United States weigh heavily
upon German commerce. Americans hold
that the German laws regulating the Im
portation of meats to Germany are detri
mental to them. These are necessary se
quences of kindred policies.
"On the other hand, the parcels post fa
cilities, the desire to maintain the Ger
man steamship lines profitably and a
kindly German desire to trade with the
United States, make the Atlantic com
merce between the two countries practi
cally reciprocal. In such circumstances
mischievous attempts to prejudice public
opinion may be Ignored. The trade world
is not sentimental. It understands rela
tive situations."
Joint Note Agreed To.
LQNJ2Q2, Esc JiThs negotiations of
CATARRH !5 YEARS CURED
BY THE COPELAND SPECIALISTS.
Mr. "W. H. Patterson, City Found
master, address 530 Market street, Port
landI have been a sufferer from that
dread disease, catarrh of head and
throat, for 15 years. My head was con
tinually stopped up, so much so that
most of the time T had to breath through
my mouth. There was a steady dripping
of mucus Into the throat, which caused
a hacking cough, and kept me hawking
and spitting. I would have to get up
two or three times during the night to
get rid of it. which made good, sound
rest out of tho question. There was a
bad taste in mv mouth and my breath
was awful. My voice was very weak.
At times It failed me altogether, making
It difficult to speak or use my voice.
All this was very annoying to me, and I
was continually trying some kind of pat
ient medicine cr "Catarrh Cure," but got
no reuei. and, like many otners, came to
Mr. W. H. Patterson, City Poundmas
ter, C30 Market Street, Portland.
the conclusion there was no cure for ca
tarrh. Within the last year or two my
stomach became Involved and my condi
tion was soon so serious that I felt I
must do something. I had heard a good
deal about the Copeland physicians, and
so placed myself under treatment with
them. Everything I ate caused great dis
tress and my stomach was sore and ten
der. ." felt miserable, without life or am
bition. All this was soon changed, for 1
began to Improve almost from the start,
and now feel 90 per cent better. I have
gained 15 pounds and feel so well that I
can cheerfully recommend the Copeland
treatment to all who suffer as I did.
the powers in regard to the Joint China
note were concluded satisfactorily yester
day, all agreeing to the conditions Identi
cally as outlined by Count von Bulow,
the Imperial Chancellor of Germany, 'No
vember 19, with the exception of "the in
troductory clause, saying the demands are
Irrevocable, which is eliminated.
To Regnlate the Conferences.
LONDON, Dec 13. The Pekin corre
spondent of the Daily Mall, wiring Tues
day, and confirming the reports of the
agreement as to the collective note, says
that a committee of representatives of
the powers has been chosen to regulate
the conferences with the Chinese plenipo
tentiaries. Fire at Pekln.
BERLIN. Dec 13.-;The Lokal Anzelger
has a special dispatch from Pekin saying
that fire has destroyed the quarters of a
number of officers about 1000 paces from
Count von Waldersee's headquarters.
THAT WARNER VALLEY CASE
The Question That Commissioner
Hermann Had to Decide.
PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 12. (To . the Edi
tor.) Commissioner Hermann has been
criticised by several newspapers in this
state for his decision in the case of the
Warner Valley Stock Company vs. J. C.
Morrow et al. These criticisms are not
based upon the theory that his decision
was wrong, for they know nothing about
the facts of the case, but because he
decided against "working people.-" N Any
one would suppose from these articles
th,at If "working people" were Involved
In litigation they should win, regardless
of the merits of the case.
The question that Mr. Hermann had
to decide waa whether the land In con
troversy was. a permanent lake or swamp
land on March 12, 1SG0, the date of the
swamp grant. He found that this so
called lake was 32.35 feet lower at the
north end than at the south end, being
a distance of 29 miles. The settlers had
levels run by two competent engineers,
and the swampland claimants also had
levels run by a competent engineer, and
they all arrived practically at the eame
result. Would these people have him
Ignore this evidence and without evidence
hold that It was perfectly level, or would
they have him decide that there was a
lake in Oregon that was 32 feet lower
at one end than at the other?
There were a number of the best citi
zens ot Oregon, who belonged to the
First Oregon Cavalry, and who were
in the vicinity ot these lands In the years
lS&i-o. and who testified that during those
years the land in controversy was not
a lake, but a tule marsh covered with
a rank growth of tule, swamp grass and
swamp weeds. Would these people have
him Ignore this evidence when there was
nothing to controvert it?
It was established by the evidence that
every Winter since that valley was first
settled, in 1S70, thousands of cattle and
hogs would range upon this so-called lake
and feed off the tule roots, grass and
seeds. Would they have him decide that
Oregon produced cattle and hogs that
lived on the bottom of a permanent lake
and subsisted upon the vegetation grow
ing thereon?
These contests were commenced in 1SS9
by the settlers filing affidavits at the
land office at Lakeview to the effect that
the. lands In controversy were not on
March 12, 1SG0, swamp lands, but on the
contrary were dry. arable lands, and upon
this question evidence was taken. The
result of this was that the Register and
Receiver decided that the lands were at
the date of the swamp grant swamp
lands, and upon appeal to the Commis
sioner and from there to the Secretary of
the Interior this decision was affirmed.
When Hoke Smith came into office he
set aside the decisions of the former
Secretary, and held- that the land was on
March 12, 1S60, the bed of a permanent
lake.
Just think of it! One party had Intro
duced evidence that the land was dry
and arable, and the other that it was
swamp, and from this evidence the Sec
retary found that the land was a perma
nent lake This is a sample of the way
CATARRH OP HEAD
AND THROAT CURED.
Cleve Purrlsh. son of Mr. E. E.
Parrlsh, of Albany, Or., Is a bright boy of
j 16. In speaking of his trouble his mother
j said:
'We first noticed that Cleve had ca-
tarrh about four years ago. The most
noticeable symptom was a complete clos
ing up of the nostrils. He could not
I breathe through his nose at all. breath
1 ing through his mouth entirely. This ne-
cess'tated keeping his mouth open, giving
i him a stupid and dull appearance. There
t was a foul discharge from the nose, and
) his breath was very offensive, making It
j very disagreeable to go near him. His
i throat was red and Inflamed, and when
he had a cold the tonsils would swell and
almost fill his throat.
"His entire system seemed impregnated
with the catarrhal poison, and this added
to the fact that he was never able to
fill his lungs with -good fresh air, told
terribly on his general health. He had
no appetite and was without spirit or
life. He was so puny and weakly that we
felt greatly alarmed over his condition,
fearing that he was going into consump
tion. "His grandfather and other relatives
had been successfully treated by the Cope
land physicians, and urged us to place
him under their care. We did so, with the
most happy results, for he Is now entlrely
well. He has no sign of catarrh now.
Any one to look at him could hardly be
lieve that he Is the same boy we took up
to the Copeland Institute but a short
time ago." '
CONSULTATION FREE.
DR. COPELAND'S
BOOK FREE TO' ALL
The Copeland Medical Institute
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W. H.
COPEIiAXD, M. D.
J. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D.
OFFICE HOURS From O A. M. to 13
M.; from 1 to 5 P. 31.
EVENINGS Tuesdays nnd Fridays.
SUNDAY From 10 A. 31. to 13 M.
contests were decided by Smith while Sec
retary of the Interior. This decision of
Hoke Smith's was so absurd that Sec
retary Bliss set it aside and ordered an
investigation, and at this investigation the
settlers who had at a former hearing tried
to establish the fact that the lands were
dry lands, now attempted to prove that J
they were a permanent lake, and no won-J
der they failed.
The present owners of the swamp title
purchased them after the Secretary had
decided that they were swamp and when
it was supposed that all controversy was
settled, and all they ask. Is that If they
own the land they be protected 'in their
rights, and that It be not taken from
them simply because "working people"
want it.
The question of the ownership of the bed
of permanent non-navigable lakes has
never been decided in this state, but they
either belong to the owner of the banks
of the lake or to the state by virtue of
Its sovereignty. In this case, the Warner
Valley Stock Company owns the banks of
the so-called lake, and have a patent from
the state for the land. So I do not see
what benefit it would be to the settlers to
prevail In their contention. It would cer
tainly lead to expensive litigation, In
which they could not win.
The settlers are entitled to sympathy for
having been induced to settle upon these
lands by Commissioner Sparks and his
special agents whom he sent out here
who told these settlers that they would
get the land even If It was swamp. But
this would not authorize Mr. Hermann to
take land which legally belonged to
others and give to them. It Is very easy
to sympathize with people when it does
not cost anything. Now let us have prac
tical sympathy. Let those who sympa
thize with these settlers state the amount
of their sympathy in dollars and cents,
and they will find that the,pft9ple compris
ing the Warner Valley Stock Company are
not behind any of them in that respect.
C. A. COGSWELL.
President Warn.er Valley Stock Company.
Separation From Union County.
BAKER CITY. Or.. Dec. 12. Separation
from Union County Is becoming the sub
ject for an active campaign In the Pan
handle section. The talk heard for the
past year has materialized into some
thing more substantial. A meeting was
held in Richland. Eagle Valley, last week
and plans perfected for work. Precinct
meetings were recommended throughout
the Panhandle to discuss what should be
done. The result of these Is expected
to be circulation of the necessary petition
to gt the legislators to act.
In Favor of Revision.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12. At Its 63d stated
meeting the Baltimore Iresbytery has
gone on record as favoring a revision of
the confession of faith by a vote of 47
to 24.
Messrs. Foote, Lind and McKee, pro
prietors of the Caldwell Flouring 31111.
have completed a machine for removing
the outer hulls, or bran from wheat. The
machine does away with what is known
as breakers and bran dusters.
Two Nothings
There is nothing so bad for
a cough as coughing ; and there's
nothing so good for a cough as
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i .4
think, if you had only known
this a long time ago, how you
could have saved that long ill
ness. Buy a bottle today, so
that your cough will be better
tomorrow.
Three flzec 23c, enough for an ordinary
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