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Jttomitw -mk Q txmnmtm VOL. XL. NO. 12,493. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Any Size Any Quantity MACKINTOSHES, RUBBER AND OIL-CLOTHING Rubber Boots and Shoes, Belting, Packing and Hose. Largest and most complete assortment o I all kinds of Rubber Goods. Goodyear Rubber Company R. H. PEASE. President. P. M. SHEPARD, JR., Treasurer. J. A. BHEPARD. Secretary. FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE. LA LITA Best of Clear Havana Cigars. BOUQUET EXTRA BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 144-146 FOURTH STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON. Shaw's Pure Malt The Condensed Strength and Nutriment of Barley and Rye BlUmaiier & HOCh, IOS and HO Fourth Street Sole Distributers for Oregon HOTEL PERKINS Fifth and Washington Sts. . . . PORTLAND, OREGON EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms Single 75c to 51.50 per day First-Class Check Restaurant Rooms Double 5L00 to $2.00 per day Connected With. Hotel. Rooms Family JL50 to $3.00 per day J. F. DAVIES, Pres. St. Charles Hotel CO. (INCORPORATED). FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS PORTLAND, American and European Plan. Making the Piano Complete Every owner of a piano should ask himself If -he is getting the pleasure and satisfaction out of his piano that he should. Every man about to buy a piano should ask himself whether any piano Is complete without a method of playing everything upon It. The Pianola settles these questions. It enables Mm to play everything nptm tho piano. M. B. WELLS, Northwest Agent for the Aeolian Company Aeolian Hall. 353-355 Washington Street, cor. Park, Portland, Or. We are Sole Agents .for the Pianola; also for th WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS The President' Programme for Kew Year! Day. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Secretary Oortelyou today announced the arrange ments for the President's New Year re ception. The President will receive at 11 o'clock A. M. the members of the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps. 11:15 A. M. Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; the Judges of the United States Court of Claims, the Judges of the Court of Appeals, the Judges of the Su preme Court of the District of Columbia, ex-Cabinet members and 4X-M3nisters of the United States. 11:25 A. M. Senators, Representatives and Delegates In Congress; the Commis sioners of the District of Columbia. 11:40 Officers of the Army; officers of the Navy; officers of the Marine Corps; commanding General and general staff of the militia of the District of Columbia. 12 M. The Regents and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute; the Commissioner of Fisheries; the Civil Service Commis sion, the Interstate Commerce Commis sion the Commissioner of Labor, Assist ant Secretaries of departments, Assistant Postmaster-General; the Solicitor-General, Assistant Attorney-General, the Treasurer of the United States, Commissioner of Pensions, Commissioner of Patents, Con troller of the Currency, the heads of the bureaus In the several departments, the president of the Columbian Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. 12:15 P. M. The Associated "Veterans of 'the War of 1S16-47, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Military Order of tho Loyal Legion of the United States, the Union Veterans' League, the Union "Vet erans' Union, the Spanish War Veterans, tho members of the Oldest Inhabitants' Association of tho District of Columbia. 12:S5 P. M. Reception of citizens, which will terminate at 1:30 P. M. THE SCRANTON STRIKE. More Imported Men Induced to Turn Back. SCRANTON. Pa.. Dec 26. Fifty-three more men recruited In New Tork to take the places of the strikers on the Scranton Railroad Company arrived tonight, but before the train had come to a full stop the strikers and their sympathizers board ed the car, and by using arguments and exhortations Induced all but IS of them to agree to return to New York. They are being cared for at strikers' headquar ters, and will be furnished transportation heme There was no violence and no angry words, although not Infrequently the company's agents and the strikers' missionaries would be working on the same man at the same time. The company had only 12 men left to run the cars today. Five cars were run out. but few passengers were carried. The company Is fitting up an Improvised hotel In the Llndeu street-car barn for the' accommodation of the Imported men. The .hotels refuse to receive them, and the merchants refuse to furnish supplies. Three men were coaxed off the cars this afternoon and sent away by the strikers. General Manager SUUman says the com pany will have cars running on all the lines tomorrow. Christmas Presents Burned. HOUGHTON, Mich., Dec 26. Fire early today comptetly destroyed the Young block. In which was the Western Express office. Several persons escaped with dif ficulty. The express company had heavy consignments undelivered from Christmas day, which were destroyed. Any Style 73-75 FIRST ST. PORTLAND, OR. -w Packed Twenty Five In a Box. C. T. BELCHER, Sec. and Trens. OREGON American plan ........ $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 European plan 50c, 75c. $1.00 Steinwar. ths Chas and tie Emerson THE SPANISH STYLE. Porto Rico's Legislature pllshes Nothing-. Ac com- SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec 19. The Legislative Assembly of .Porto Rico has been In session since December 3, when the House of Delegates was duly organ ized. The House sessions are harmoni ously conducted as one could wish, and the predicted clashes and split-up of the Republican party have not materialized. The House has been holding dally four hour sessions, over 45 bills having been In troduced and no end of motions and amendments. But one bill has been passed. By law the Assembly is allowed 00 days In which to complete each session. Fifteen days have passed, and next to nothing has been accomplished, and the local papers are suggesting that it Is about time something had been done. The House Is badly in need of a competent force of translators and clerks. There seems to be no system. Bills are prepared and Introduced covering most common mat tens, and In a manner most unbusiness like. Few of the bills are in proper form, and many havo been filed written In pencil on a sheet torn from a scratch pad. Instead of getting down to the crying need of Porto Rico a revision of the laws bills to enact such laws as those are drawn up and Introduced: To estab lish woman's suffrage and to give women preference over men on puublic positions for which they are competent: relating to salaries of school teachers; relating to contracts made In provincial currency; governing the profession of pharmacy. A resolution was presented "to legalize tho sport of cock-fighting" by the same mem ber who Is the author of the woman suf frage bill. The Chamber of Commerce of Porto Rico yesterday petitioned the House ask ing for an appropriation for a Porto Rlcan exhibit at the coming Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. The petition was referred to a special committee for report, A representative exhibit by the Insular government at Buffalo would prove of Immense benefit to the island. Capital Is needed here to develop tho Island's un bounded resources, and In no way could Porto Rico's possibilities be better pre sented. KIPLING'S TRADE MARK.- Jndge Lncombe Says He Has No Ex clusive Right to Its Use. NEW YORK, Dec 25. Judge Lacombe, In the United States Circuit Court today, denied the appeal made by Rudyard Kip ling's attorneys to restrain E. W. Fen yon from publishing and editing sections of his work upon which an elephant's head had been used. Judge Lacombe said Mr. Kipling had not established a common-law trade mark, and there was no suggestion of a statutory trade mark. "The proposition advanced," said ths court, "Is that an author whose mental productions, prose, verse and title, have been given to the world without copy right, so that any one Is free to reprit and sell the whole or any part of them, may nevertheless regulate the manner In which such printed matter may bo grouped and entitled, and may restrain any application of the title selected, other wise than as he used or uses It. It would seem that the measure of relief which authors may obtain against unauthorized publications of their works must be found In the copyright statutes." The Khedive to Visit America. CAIRO, Dec 26. The Kaedlvo will visit the United States next year. KITCHENER'S TASK Unable Yet to Drive Boers From Cape Colony, DISTURBED AREA GROWING Rumor of Capture of Yeomanry Kear Brltstown Disaster to Brabant's Horse Clements Unable to Force Boers From Magalies Berg1. LONDON. Dec 27.-2:30 A. M. The pau city and obscurity of the dispatches from South Africa give rise to renewed anxie ty. Apparently, the disturbed area of Cape Colony extends further south than It did last December, and Lord Kitchener does not appear to have had much success as yet In driving back the Invaders. The "War Office had received no news last evening of the reported capture of Yeomanry near Brltstown. A Burghersdorp dispatch has a myste rious reference to an "unfortunate mis taking of the enemy for Brabant's Horse, which resulted In the sounding of 'Cease firing and enabled the Boers to occupy all the commanding positions, the British retiring from a difficult predicament." General Clements' success against the Boers In the Magalies' Berg region Is also doubtful, the last dispatch reporting that "It was considered advisable not to forco the Boers from their position." The British press continues In the main optimistic, but the condition of affairs brings home the enormous difficulties that will face Lord Kitchener in patrolling ana policing such Immense tracts of country, even when the Boers shall be finally sub dued. The Dally Mall, which makes a strong appeal to the government to "face the facts and send Lord Kitchener more troops," says: "There Is a real risk in being lulled to sleep by carefully censored messages." Lord Kitchener, according to a dispatch from Johannesburg, has Issued a procla. matlon, dated Pretoria, December 20, an nouncing that burghers who voluntarily surrender will be allowed to live with their families in the government laagers until such time as guerrilla warfare has sufficiently abated to admit of their r turning In safety to their homes. The proclamation also promises that all prop erty and stock brought In at the time of surrender will be respected and paid for. If requisitioned by the military authori ties. WHY CANADIANS RETURNED. Considered the War In South Africa as Over. TORONTO, Ont., Dec 26. Colonel Otter and a number of officers and men of the First CarradMan-cbnUngent which did such excellent service in South Africa have reached here, after an absenco of 14 months. Colonel Otter said that Royal Canadians reached South Africa 1030 strong and after six months' service were asked whether they would continue In the service or desired to return home. To a man the regiment, then reduced through arduous service to 750 men, decided to serve six months longer. At the end of the 12 months' service the Canadians were again asked to make a choice. Three hundred of the 600 on duty decided to re turn, as the war was then considered over by those In the field, and their old situations were, in almost every Instance, awaiting them. The others decided to re main some time longer, and did remain until It became apparent that the cam paign had reached a guerrilla stage, when they also decided to return. The present operations in South Africa, the Colonel said, will not last long." In spite of the alarming reports and the operations of a guerrilla nature, he does not consider that there Is any room for a serious view of tho situation. In con clusion he pointed out that from first to last there were 947 casualties In his command, out of a total of 1030, but many of the men were able to resume service after a few days' treatment In the field hospitals. Yeomnnry Captured by Boers. CAPE TOWN, Dec 26. A squadron or Yeomanry, which had been following the Boers from Brltstown. Is reported to have been entrapped. There were several cas ualties. It Is said, and the remainder of the force was captured. General Kitchener has left Naauwpoort and has gone northward. The rapid con centration of troops In the disturbed dis tricts through the personal energy of General Kitchener has allayed the local uneasiness. taorls for Kitchener. WELLINGTON, N. Z., Dec 27. The sixth contingent of New Zealanders, 200 strong, half being Maoris, will sail for South Africa in three weeks. LONDON, Dec 27. The decision to in clude Maoris In the New Zealand contin gent is extremely Interesting, as at the beginning of the war the government promised not to employ blacks. Roberts at Madeira. FUNCHAL, Island of Madeira, Dec 28. The steamer Canada, with Lord Roberts on board, arrived here last evening, re ceiving a salute of 19 guns on entering the port. This morning Lord Roberts was tendered an official reception by the au thorities, and at noon, aboard the Can ada, he will proceed to Gibraltar. Boer Capture Christmas Luxuries. ZEERUST, Transvaal, Dec 24. The Boers captured two wagons containing Christmas luxuries destined for the camp of Lord Methuen. Dcivet In tadybrnnd District. MASERU, Dec 24. The British are pressing Commandant Dewet In the Lady brand district. THE CASTELLANES' SUIT. Further Argument Before the Paris Court. PARIS, Dec 26. Before the first civil tribunal of the Seine today, Maitre Bon uat resumed his speech, begun December 20, when the case was adjourned for a week. In behalf of the Count and Count ess de Castellane, In the suit of Charles Werthelmer, a London bric-a-brac dealer, to recover payment for art objects sold to the defendants. In an elaborate argu ment counsel set forth the counter-claim of the Casteilanes, who demand a reduc tion of the debt provisionally estimated to be at least 2,000,000 francs, and the res titution of objects taken In exchange by Werthelmer, under the penalty of 1000 francs for each day's delay In the resti tution from the day of Judgment, finally claiming damages to the amount of 300. 000 francs. Counsel suggested that ex - perts bo appointed to appraise the arti cles Involved, and suggested that these experts be chosen from, an ordinary list or from among the presidents of the ex position Juries. He explained that George J. Gould, of New York, In aldnlg the Cas tellanes In this suit, desired to accomplish a duty which the court had previously confided to him, while the Casteilanes. after throwing off Werthelmer's yoke, brought the case Into court because they thought" the publicity of the hearing was better than the mystery of the suspicious facts and equivocal arrangements. In so doing, counsel asserted, they did an act of dignity and. courage. Maitre Fouca'ld, counsel for Werthelmer, replied, saying that the authenticity of only five articles of the value of 500.000 francs could possibly be questioned, and while Werthelmer affirmed their genuine ness, he would consent to another expert examination on the understanding that. If the articles were declared spurious the 500,000 francs was to be stricken out of the bill; but if they were declared genu ine, the Casteilanes were to pay the full price, no revaluation being admitted. "Werthelmer, counsel added, opposed the restitution of the art works which the Count do Castellane gave him in pledge for payment of the total of the bill on the eve of his departure for America. Halt re Bonuat again spoke, asserting that the Casteilanes only secured delays In payment and the withdrawal of Wert helmer's suit by fresh purchases of ar ticles for 250,000 francs which were barely worth 15,000 francs. This, counsel claimed, was selling delays , at usurious rates. The Casteilanes, counsel contin ued, demand an expert valuation of all the purchases, and not of a few objects. The case was adjourned until January 8, when Judgment will be delivered. INFLUENCE OF AMERICA. Effect on the Economic Situation of Europe. BERLIN, Dec 26. In its yearly finan cial review, the Frankfurter Zeltung points out that one of the most important facts of the last 12 months has been the growth and influence of the United States upon the economic situation of Europe. "In the first months of the year," says the writer, "when German Industries had not the remotest fear of reaction. It was the report from America regarding the Iron market and the fear of flooding the German market with American manufac tures that terrified our markets and agi tated our bourses. This was the case even when there were no Important changes In the business situation In the United States. In short, all the incidents relat ing however remotely, to that coun try's competition were discussed In their bearings upon our business situation and they thus became very .important factors In determining the attitude of the Ger man bourses and the quotations of secur ities. "Wall Street quotations frequently breathe a standard for all other exchanges. The entrance of the United States into the ranks of creditor nations signifies a change In the times. Ever since the war with Spain, the United States Govern ment has pursued undevlatlngly a world policy of world conquest. European states must familiarize themselves with the thought that the United States will have a very weighty word in determining the new .political constellations amongr-tlre- leading nations. American action In Un dertaking the Nicaragua Canal also proves that the military and still more the dip lomatic participation of the United States In tho Chinese troubles shall bear fruit." A Swindling; Monk. PARIS, Dec. 26. An appeal court has confirmed tho sentence of seven years' Imprisonment Imposed on an Ingenious swindler named Goffray, who posed In clerical circles here In April last as "Car dinal Bishop, of Washington," soliciting funds to convert the young Indians of New Mexico. Several times Goffray suc ceeded In celebrating mass, and once was nearly arrested when on the point of cel ebrating mass at Strasburg. Finally he appeared at Montellmar, in the Depart ment of Drome, where he lectured to the Traplst monks on his terrible adventures In the Rocky Mountains, where he said he was scalped by the Indians to whom he was preaching the gospel. The fraud was discovered by Goffray pretending that tha Indians of the Rocky Mountains were Eskimos. Invitation to Royalty. LONDON. Dec 27. "The New York Yacht Club," says the Dally Express "will Invite Emperor William and the Prince of Wales to witness the cup races, and President McKlnley will also send notes expressing the pleasure their visits "would give." Sir Thomas LIpton, who has been Interviewed on the subject for the Dally Express, said he thought It within the range of possibility that the Prince of Wales would accept such an Invitation. Rumor of PadereTrnlcl's Death. PARIS, Dec 27.-5 A. M. Inquiries Into quarters most likely to be correctly In formed on the subject show that nothing Is known In Paris to Justify the report, circulated In the United States, that Ig nace Paderewskl, the pianist, has been killed In a duel In France. The Czar Well Aprnin. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec 26. The Rus sian Minister of tho Interior, M. Slgiag ulne, who arrived hre today from LI vadla, where Emperor Nicholas is conva lescing, reports that the Czar Is now com pletely restored, being able to take long walks and drives dally. Russian Students Arrested. LONDON, Dec 27. Three hundred stu dents have been arrested In St- Peters burg, according to a dispatch from Berlin to the Dally Express, for propagating So cialist doctrines. Beresford Is Worse. LONDON. Dec 27. It Is announced that Lord William Beresford, who has been suffering from peritonitis, but whose con dition Christmas day was somewhat Im proved, has bad a serious relapse Andree's Brother Gives Up Hope. LONDON, Dec. 27. The brother of An dree. the missing aeronaut, says a dis patch from Copenhagen to the Dally Mall, despairing of his return from the Arctic regions, has finally opened his will. YounK Rockefeller's Generosity. NEW YORK. Dec 26. It became known today, through a report made by the Baptist Churches of New York, that John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. son of the president of the Standard Oil Company, has sub-, scribed 5250,000 for the founding of an In stitution for learning for poor boys and girls. The school Is now In course of erection on Tenth avenue, between Forty seventh and Forty-eighth streets, and will be completed and ready for occupancy March 1 next. Objected to FootbalL LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec 26. Tho resig nation of Professor D. A. Watson, dean of Kentucky Wesleyan College, at Winches ter, was accepted by the board here to day. His retirement Is due to his opposi tion to the football team playing on other gridirons. He asked the faculty to expel tha members of the team. It refused, and J be resigned. TOLD HOW IT FEELS Defeat Not So Bad After Says Bryan. All, HE WOULD RATHER BE EDITOR Believes He Will Get More Satisfac tion Out of Running: His "Weekly Newspaper, But Will Listen for His Party's CalL LINCOLN, Neb., Dec 25. The annual banquet of the Jeffersonlan Club of Lin coln, held tonight at the Lincoln Hotel, brought together nearly 300 representative members of the Democratic and Populist parties of Nebraska, together with a num ber of leaders from other states. The dinner afforded an opportunity to W. J. Bryan to make his first appearance at a NEW MINISTER CHARLES S. FRANCIS, EDITOR public gathering slnco the election and the greeting accorded him was never sur passed in point of heartiness In his home city. His address received the closest attention, and the applause was great. Aside from the ovation to Mr. Bryan and his speech, the event of the evening was the speech of John W. Kern, the defeat ed Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana, who aroused the banqueters to a high pitch of enthusiasm, not only by his laudation of Mr. Bryan, but by the out spoken criticism of those Democrats whom he accused of contributing to Mr. Bryan's defeat. His denunciation of those Democrats who offered "gratuitous coun sel to the Democracy," though he men tioned no names, was accepted by the crowd as a reference to ex-President Cleveland. Brynn nnd His Defeat. It was after 10 o'clock when the dinner was finished and the speaking began. Mr. Bryan, whose subject was "Principles Live." said In part: "At this banquet, surrounded by neigh bors who have been my friends for years, I may be pardoned for saying a word of a personal nature. Five times you have voted for me for public offices twice for Congress, once for the United States Sen ate and twice for the Presidency and no candidate ever received more loyal sup port than you have given. "Whether I shall ever be a candidato for office again Is a question which must be determined by events. No one can speak with certainty of the future, for our destiny is not known until our life's work Is completed. I shall be content If It Is my lot to aid the triumph of the principles while othera enjoy the honors and bear the responsibility of office. The holding of public positions should be an Incident and not tho aim for the citizen. It should not be an end, but the means for the accomplishment of a purpose. "The Presidency seemed desirable be cause it would have enabled me to give effective aid to certain reforms which I believe to be necessary to the public wel fare, but defeat even a second defeat does not lessen my interest In this re form, and time may prove that my work Is to advocate, rather than to execute. The Commoner will give me an opportu nity to participate In public discussions, and I am sure that an editorial position will furnish as much Intellectual enjoy ment as I could have found In the White House, and In addition thereto, give me more time for home pleasures. "The principles for which we contended in tne last campaign still live, and we who believe In them must continue to fight for them. An election does not change prin ciples. It only determlns what principles shall be for the time being applied. "The believers In tariff reform did not abandon their faith when the high-tariff doctrine was Indorsed at the polls; nei ther did protectionists when their cause suffered loss. The advocates of the gold standard continued the fight for mono metallsm for 25 years, in spite of the platform declarations of all parties In favor of a double standard. Shall we, who believe In blmetallsm, lose courage because our opponents have profited by an Increased volume of money, thus ad mitting the economic plea for which we have been contending? Tho defenders of trusts did not lose heart when all parties denounced combinations in restraint of trade. Shall we give up the fight be cause monopoly has triumphed by stealth? "Must we now advocate an Imperial policy because our opponents have won a victory by denying that they are impe rialists? A colonial system Involves a surrender of our theory of government, and the people will understand this as 4 soon as the system is put into operation. If we were to consult our immediate con venience and comfort, we would never op pose wrong of any kind, for all warfare involves a temporary sacrifice, but this la our Government, and must be transmit ted unimpaired to posterity. We have no choice, therefore, but to stand steadfast, come what may. If we are successful In reversing political tendencies and in car rying the Government back to Its old foundations, we shall rejoice- In the vic tory and profit by the reforms secured. I am confident that we shall ultimately win, but if the trend toward plutocracy cannot be checked, it Is still better that we should be defeated In a righteous un dertaking than that we should Join hands with those who are Ignoring the Inalien able rights of man." Kern on the Rank and File. John W. Kern spoke to the toast, "The Rank and File." He said In part: "The Democracy of Hendricks was the Democracy of the Kansas City platform- If living, his voice would have rung out In the last campaign In behalf of those principles always dear to his heart. But while the Democratic party Is still the conservative party, as It was In the daya of Hendricks, and Is ready now, as then, to strive to find common ground upon which all Democrats who believe In con stitutional government may stand In com ing conflicts. It Is today holding no parley with deserters. Its ears are closed against words of advice gratuitously offered by alleged Democrats who vote the Repub lican ticket, or by those who In the great struggle of 1S0O withheld both vote and voice from the cause of the people, and TO GREECE. OF THE TROY, N. Y. TIMES. could see In that mighty contest only a painful and distressing situation. "There Is no occasion for crimination and recrimination as between Democrats, but there should always be generous and patriotic rivalry as to who will render the most effective service in the work ot building up the party organization and strengthening the party lines for the com ing conflict." He spoke In praise of Olney, Hill, Cock ran, John DeWltt Warner, Patterson, Mc Clure, Gorman, Watterson and other Gold Democrats for their course In the late campaign, and "their patriotic protests against the advance of the hosts of Im perialism," and continued: "It Is in no spirit of bitterness, how ever, that I add there were a few men onco prominent in Democratic ranks who, In the midst of all the stormy scenes ot tho mighty contest, remained unmoved and silent, except that now and then they took occasion to furnish aid and comfort to the enemy by making public denial that they were In sympathy with the cause of the people or to express their regrets that such 'painful and distressing Issues were before the people. For the sake of tho future welfare of the party. I shall attempt no harsh criticism of the course of these gentlemen, but I will not forbear saylnir here and everywhere that they need not be surprised If any gratui tous counsel which they may seek to thrust upon the millions of loyal Demo crats who fought the good fight and kept the faith shall fall upon reluctant ears." The speaker asserted that the rank and file of the party In 1900 was the same rank and file voting for blmetallsm and tariff reform in 1SS4, 1SSS and 1S92. "It Is tho rank and file." he continued, "which, tired of the domination of a few men In 1SS5, literally took possession of the Democratic party and made it In ev ery sense a party of the people. "3peaklng for the Democracy of Indi ana, and I believe for the rank and file of the Democracy everywhere, I want to say to all men who are Interesting them selves In party organization or reorgani zation that any attempt In any quarter at any time to belittle the splendid and he roic service rendered by that magnificent leader and grand tribune of the people, William J. Bryan, In the campaigns ot 1S96 and 1900 and try to cast stigma or re proach upon him in any degree, however slight, will meet with quick and stern re buke from the millions of Democrats who followed his banner in these memorable contests. While the rank and file of the great Democratic party has honored oth er leaders. It loves William J. Bryan, and will tolerate no action which contemplates his humiliation or looks to his retirement from the field of active politics." The Other Speakers. The other speakers and their toasts were: "Commercialism and Menace to Liberty," W. M. Morning. Lincoln: "The Press," R. L. Metcalfeof Omaha; "What Fusion Has Done for Nebraska," Gov ernor W. A. Poynter; "Our Friends at Home and Abroad." Rev. T. W. C. Cheese man, Ashland: "The Drama of Politics," Congressman Shallenberger; "Reorganiza tion," David Overmyer, Kansas, and "The Reorganization Hypocrisy," J. R. Ladd, Illinois. Mr. Bryan will leave tomorrow for a tour of Kansas and Texas, combined with which will bo a hunting trip along the Gulf of Mexico, near Galveston. He will return In time to speak at Omaha, Jan uary 7, and at Chicago, January 8. Roger Wolcott's Estate. BOSTON, Dec 26. The estate of the late Roger Wolcott represents, according to the Assessor's book of Boston and Milton, about 5245.000. The real value would bo much, more than that amount. NEW CANAL TREATY There May Be a Substitute for the Hay Document, IF ENGLAND REJECTS LATTER The General Tendency- la Such Case Is to Postpone All Canal Legislation Until the Next ' Session of Congress. WASHINGTON, Dec 26. In the event of Great Britain rejecting the amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty, which now seems to be the probable outcome, It Is very likely that a new treaty will be negoti ated embodying most of the features of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty as ratified by the Senate, but with such, modification and changes as will not make the agree ment humiliating to Great Britain. It la extremely doubtful whether anything will bo done with, the Nicaragua Canal bill until some treaty arrangement Is made made with England although tho bill could be passed and tho proposed new treaty laid before the Senate In the spe cial session to be called Immediately after the inauguration of President Mc Klnley. However, the general tendency In case the Hay-Pauncefote treaty Is early rejected will bo to postpone all canal leg islation until the next Congress convenes. INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL. Senate Committee Disposed to Aid the Plmas. WASHINGTON, Dec 26. The Indian appropriation bill today received from tho Senate committee on Indian affairs tha first attention that has been given to it by that committee. A subcommittee, con sisting of Senators Thurston, Piatt (Comt), Stewart, Jones (Ark.) and Pettl gew, took up the bill, and after exam ining many of the provisiona decided to consider tho petition from the Pima In dians, of Arizona, for improved facilities for securing water for Irrigation. Hy drographer Newell, of tho Geological Sur vey, end others were heard as to the util ity of a proposed dam for a storage res ervoir on San Carlos River. It was stated that tho Indians had been deprived of their -water supply by the construction of an irrigation system by white men, and that, whereas they had been self-supporting up to that time, they were now on the verge of starvation. It was esti mated that the proposed dam will cost about 51,000,000. The committee Is ap parently disposed to make some provision for the unfortunate Indians. Legislnii-1 Appropriation BID." WASHINGTON. Dec 26. The subcom mittee of tho Senate committee on ap propriations having In charge the prepara tion of the legislative, executive and Judi cial appropriation bill, which has been sitting dally since the holiday recess, has practically completed Its work, and prob ably will not meet again until after the reconvening of the Senate. Tho bill will then be reported to tho full committee, and as soon thereafter as possible to the Senate. It will not carry a much, greater total than tho bill carried as it passed the House. There have been few Increases of salary made by the subcommittee. In creases In the clerical forces' in certain branches of the War, Interior and Post office Departmemts have been provided for. These changes have been made la response to urgent representations by the heads of bureaus. Window Glass to Be Higher. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Dec 26. The Independent glass combine, recently or ganized, will January 1 advance the price on all window glass 15 per cent. SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS. Federal Government. A new canal treaty -may be negotiated. Page 1. . Senator Davis explains the Senate's rea son for amending the canal treaty. Page 3. The hazing court resumed the taking of testimony at West Point. Page 5. Philippines. There are said to be 30,000 lepers In the Archipelago. Page 2. Whltmarsh, the rew Governor of Ben- guet. Is a British subject. Page 2. Fentela, a Philippine refugee, talks of tho hopes of the Islanders. Page 2. China. A French detachment routed a Chinese force. Page 3. Conger reports the delivery of the note. Page 3. Massacres of native Christians continue. Page 3. Boer War. Kitchener is making little progress in driving Boera from Cape Colony. Paget Clements cannot force tho burghers from Magalies Berg. Page L A squadron of Yeomanry Is said to hava been captured by Boera. Page L Domestic. Bryan talked of his defeat at a Lincoln banquet. Page L The grandson of ex-Attorney-General Mil ler was abducted by his mother. Pago 2. Omaha police are unable to locate Pat Crowe. Page 2. A receiver was appointed for the Old Town Bank, at Baltimore. Page S. Pacific Coast. Three children at Olympla were cremated alive. Page 4. The Oregon State Teachers' Association, western division, convened at Albany yesterday. Pago 4. Robert Taylor, a well-known resident of Ashland, committed suicide. Page 4. The lumber Industry In Eastern Oregon 13 rapidly growing, .rage . Commercial and Marine. Stocks of wool In the United States ex ceed 350,000.000 pounds. Page 1L New York stock market 13 still feverish. Page 1L Ship Cromartyshire badly disabled at sea. Page 5. Ship Challenger dismasted off the Oregon coast. Page 5. Steamship Kalsow coming- to Portland for wheat. Page 5. Portland nnd Vicinity. Columbia Southern has sued D.C O'Reilly for 514.S40 unpaid assessments. Page 8. Principal city departments call for 5244,003 for next year. Page 12. Cumulative evidence to show that J. J. Hill has control of the Northern Pa cific Page 8. Odd Fellows of Alblna contemplate build ing a hall. Page 10. Portland labor organizations worklna- lor Japanese exclusion. Page 10. Multnomah Club wins billiard match frojij. the Commercial, Paga 7.