THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 19Q1.
FEW BILLS-TAKEN UP
Routine Affairs Had Day in
Legislature.
PROGRAMME IN WASHINGTON
The Features of Session Were the
Introduction of a Reapportion
ment and a Railway Com
mission BUI.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 15. The Senate
and House confined themselves to routine
busln-Ms at the morning session today,
and In the afternoon went into Joint ses
sion, engaged in the wearisome task of
canvassing the returns of the recent
election. The work was not completed at
5 o'clock, and an adjournment was taken
until -tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. It
will likely be disposed of before the noon
hour.
The features of today's session, of the
8enate were the Introduction of the re
apportionment bill by "Wllehlre, and the
Introduction of a railway commission bill
by Tolman, Democrat, of Spokane.
Tolman's bill Is similar to that Intro
duced yesterday by Preston, (Rep. King),
except that It provides for the appoint
ment of tho commission by the Gov-,
ernor. It Is well known that Tolman's
bill has the approval of Governor Rogers,
who Is opposed to the Preston bill be
cause the latter takes the appointing
power out of his hands.
"Wilshlre (Rep. King), Introduced Mb
reapportionment bill In the Senate to
day. A full outline of this bill has been
published In Tho Oregonian. Before the
introduction of the bill, however, the
original draft was changed to give Frank
lin County individual representation in the
lower House.
Cornwall, of "Walla "Walla, introduced a
hill allowing deduction of sentence for
good behavior of convicts in the county
Jail, prior to their confinement In the pen
itentiary. The law at present permits de
duction in the penitentiary only.
Senator Rands, of Clark, introduced two
bills to amend the practice act.
Wilshlre introduced a bill to permit ap
peals to the courts from any decision of
the State Land Commission. The law at
present permits appeals of this nature
only from acts of the commission rela-"
tlve to the prior" right of purchase of tide
lands. The features of the morning session of
the House were the scramble of the mem
bers to Lecure copies of the Balllnger
code and the session laws of 1S99, and the
resolution Introduced by Tucker of King
to reduce the length of the session to 40
days. The resolution to purchase the
codes was adopted after lengthy discus
sion. They will cost tho state $400, and
are supposed to be returned to the state
at the end of the session.
Tucker's bill to limit the present ees
Bios to 40 days was voted down almost
unanimously. It set out the fact that the
lawmakers had no Senatorial contest at
this session to occupy their attention, and
that therefore they should be able to dls
pose "Of all necessary legislation In 40 days.
Tho rules of 1S99 governing the House
were adopted and two new committees
added, one on reapportionment and the
other on Congressional representation.
The Secretary of State notified the
House that a number of bills passed by
tho House and Senate of the last session
were vetoed by the Governpr. The matter
was referred to a specal committee. One
of the bills referred to relates to the
schools of the state and its consideration
by the House and Senate Is likely to open
up the' whole text-hook question.
The committee appointed to act with
the Senate committee to notify the Gov
ernor that the House was ready for busi
ness repored that tho Governor desired
to meet the Legislature in Joint session
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The re
port was adopted and at that time the
message will be read.
"Within a few days Representative
Jones, of King, will ntroduce a bill for
the establishment of the direct primary
system. The bill Is on the lines of the
Minnesota act, with a few features bor
rowed from tho "Wisconsin act.
A bill will be introduced very shortly
by Representative Burch of King, pro
viding for the division of Yakima Coun
ty. It Is proposed to divide the county al
most in the middle, the boundary being
an imaginary lino drawn from north to
south. The bill will give the name of
Riverside to the new county, and will
make Prosser the county seat.
It is said that a strong objection will be
made to the division of the county by
many residents thoreof, and tho outlook is
promising for an interesting fight. Rep
resentative Rich, of Taklma County, is
sold to favor the bHL
Governor Rogers will be Inaugurated
tomorrow. He will deliver his Inaugural
rtfcssage to the Senate and House in
Jelnt session at probably 2 o'clock In the
afternoon. Tho new state officers will
also bo sworn In tomorrow. They are all
In the city. The Supreme Court has al
ready reorganized, and Justice Mount, of
Spokane, has been sworn in as tho suc
cessor of Justice "White.
The inaugural and Legislative ball will
be "given Friday sight. It will be preced
ed by a mlltory reception to be given to
the members of the Legislature by Gov
ernor Rogers and his staff. Both the re
ception and the ball will be given in the
Olympla Hotel.
Lieutenant-Governor McBrlde, who will
be sworn In tomorrow, will probably ap
point the following chairmen of the four
Important Senate committees; Railroads,
Preston; fisheries, Megler; appropriations,
Hammer: Judiciary, Warburton.
DEPORTED TO GUAM.
Thirty Insurgents "Will Be Sent Front
Manila Today.
MAJOLA. Jan. 15. Thirty Insurgents
who have been sentenced to be deported
to Guam boarded the transport Rosecrans
today.. She will sail tomorrow. The sen-,
tence of deportment has been suspended
1n tho cases of two priests who are
charged with collecting money for the In
surgents, but they will be kept In con
finement. The families of. the prisoners
bade them, farewell on the wharf.
Nearly 1300 men were arrested In cock
pits -in various towns south of Manila,
Sunday, on suspicion of beelng guerrillas.
Most of them were released.
CORBIVS MORO FLAG.
Sent to Him by an Officer In the
Salsa.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Adjutant
General Corbln has received a curiosity
from the Philippines In the shape of the
flag of the Sultan of Sulu. It was for
warded by Major O. G. Sweet, of the
Twenty-third Infantry, now stationed x)n
the island of Jolo. The flag is oblong,
about four by five feet. It has a red
ground, bordered with white ruffles, and
ornamented with various designs, Includ
ing a black field, with five white stars
end a krles and spear (Moro weapons) In
white, over which is a strip of black. It
Is described as the flag of the Mohamme
dans of the Sulu archipelago, and each
feature of It is symbolical. The first star
represents, rellslous knowledge: the sec
ond star prayers; the third star lndulgy
ence money; the fourth, star titles, and
the fifth star, pilgrimage to Mecca. The
center star contains Arabic letters In
black, denoting the flag of the Sultan of
Sulu. The stars further represent the
five provinces of the Sultan. The red
ground of the flag represents the subjects
of the Sultan; the Moro weapons, strength
and war; the black top border, the Moro
chiefs, and the black ground for the stars,
the goodness of the Mohammedan religion.
The flag was displayed in the Adjutant
General's office, and attracted consider
able attention.
PORTLAlfD'S PROSPERITY.
What Portland Has Done and "What
Portland Mar Do Yet.
PORTLAND, JanH (To the Editor.)
In his timely and pertinent remarks made
before the Commercial Club on the future
prosperity of this city, Mr. Scott would
have been Justified by the facts In put
ting some things even stronger than be
did. As, for example, he said that when
a poor village, many years ago, Portland
subscribed and paid $100,000 to start the
West Side Railroad. That was 30 years
ago, when Portland had a population of a
little more than 10,000; and the amount
subscribed and .paid by citizens of Port
land to start that road was $155,000. The
first subscription was made by 50 citizens,
each putting down $500. W. S. Ladd head
ed the list, and Captain J. C. Alnsworth
carried tha subscription paper up one side
of Front street and down the other and
got the money. With this subscription,
and some further aid In Washington and
Yamhill Counles, the work of grading the
road was commenced April 14, 1868. About
six months after that date, to keep the
grading force at work, Messrs. Alnsworth,
Reed and' Thompson advanced $30,000
more, and after Ben Holladay secured
contrql of the West Side Company, a pop
ular subscription of $100,000 was made and
paid to him to complete and put In oper
ation the first 20 miles of the road from
his city to the town of Cornelius. In ad
dition to this, Captain John H. Couch and
George H. Flanders donated 10 city blocks
of land where the Union Depot Is now lo
cated to secure the terminus of the road
to the north end of the city. In raising
this subsidy to Holladay, the committee
of citizens, appointed at a public meeting,
which had charge of this matter, made a
list of the taxpayers of the then limited
city, with their assessments for taxation
copied from the assessment rolls, and then
apportioned the $100,000 pro rata according
to the holdings of property as shown by
the Assessor's roll (and which, I think,
was about 2 per cent on each taxpayer),
and then called upon the taxpayers to
subscribe and legally bind themselves to
pay this pro rata assessment upon the
completion of the road to Cornelius; and
so far as I can recollect, every taxpayer
promptly and cheerfully met the demand,
and the money was raised In two weeks.
In those days, Portland had neither a
Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade or
Commercial Club to organize efforts to
promote the city welfare; but Its citizens
seized the opportunity with alacrity and
energy, and started an era of prosperity
which continued for many years. In mak
ing these subscriptions, the citizens were
moved with the Idea that it was not only
a patriotic duty to promote the general
prosperity In that way, but that It was
also a good Investment for each Individual
taxpayer. And so It proved to be, and all
the money paid out In that way was re
turned more than tenfold In the Increase
of business growth of the city and rise
In rents and land values.
Another like opportunity to promote the
prosperity of the city is now presented in
the necessity of extending a railroad di
rectly from this city Into and through the
Nehalem "Valley to the coal field at Ne
halem Bay. The Oregonian strongly ad
vocates this proposition, and urges with
reasons which I need not repeat, the im
portance of this road. But, after an In
vestigation of this proposition for nearly
a year, I may be permitted to say that
Portland city can secure all the heneflts of
a railroad Into this undeveloped region of
the Nehalem and direct access to Its vast
forests of timber, mines of coal and rich
soil, and 100 times the benefits accruing
from the contribution of that $155,000, with
an expenditure of one-half the sum that
Portland village put Into the West Side
Railroad 30 years ago. J. GASTON.
Telegraphic Brevities.
Two hundred mlllhands at Florence,
Colo., struck.
Mrs. Nation was released on ball from
the Wichita jaiL
Colombian rebels were defeated near
Panama Saturday.
The sentencing of Alvord, the embezzler,
was postponed until today.
Oscar Gardner knocked out Tommy Ho
gan in the sixth round at Memphis.
The debate on the law of associations
began In the French Chamber of Deputies.
Joseph Stepperd, a marine from the
Brooklyn navy-yard, was killed by a Bow
ery bartender.
"The will of the lata Lord William
Beresford appoints his widow executrix
and sole legatee.
The keel of Shamrock II was run while
Denny's yard, on tho Clyde, was closed on
New Year's day.
The big Texas gusher has caused a de
cline of 3 cents in the Eastern and 2 cents
In the Lima, O., oil fields.
No warrant has yet been issued for the
extradition of Neely. He has already
been Indicted in Havana.
Two carloads of Portuguese laborers
bound for the sugar plantations of Hawaii
passed through Chicago en route for Son
FrandBCO.
Chicago deteotlves raised a counterfeit
ers' den, captured J. P. McGarry, the sup
posed leader of the band and secured three
bags of spurious coin.
No fears are expressed that an attempt
will be made to lynch Will Snelley, the
negro who shot Charles Johnson, at
Wichita, Kan., Sunday evening.
Luther Potts, charged with a terrible
crime on a little boy at Girard, O., was
placed In jail at Warren ror safe keeping.
There are threats of burning at the stake.
Yesterday's winners were. At Oakland,
Del Vista, Kenllworth, Gusto, Topmast,
Nellie Forest, Flamero; at New Orleans,
Barilla, Silver Coin, Azlm, Varro, Lillian
Reed and Lady Contrary.
The German labor market statistics for
December 1900 show a considerable de
terioration. There were 162 persons de
manding work to every 100 positions, as
against 124 persons In December, 1899.
The session of the convention' of the
National Trades of America, at Cincin
nati, was almost wholly devoted to the
annual report of General Secretary-Treasurer
Stelnbiss.
Scott Wllke, who served in the lower
House of Congress two terms, beginning
with 1SS6, and who was Assistant Con
troller of the Currency during President
Cleveland's last term. Is dying at his home
near Barry; Pike County, 111.
The Jury In the United States Court at
Helena, that has been trying to reach a
verdict in the case against Aaron Hersh
fleld, ex-presldent of the State National
Bank, of Miles City, Indicted for misap
propriation of funds, was discharged,
Judge Knowles being satisfied that a ver
dict was impossible.
Municipal Ownership in Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. 15. The City Council
has adopted the report of the street rail
way commission and directed that
copies of the bill be sent to both Houses
of the Legislature for submission to the
Representatives and Senators. The bill
provides for municipal ownership of trac
tion lines.
Many Goats and Sheep Dying.
DALLAS, Jan. 15. Many goats continue
to die in the southern part of Polk Coun
ty, and in a few cases sheep have been
as seriously affected. U. S. Grant, an ex
pert on diseases of goats, says that the
aeatn oixDom me gosis ana sneep is aue
to worms.
LIVESTOCK CONVENTION
FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION' OPENS
AT SALT LAKE.
President Springer Delivered His
Address Five-MInnte Speeches
by Delegates.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 15. The fourth an
nual convention of the National Livestock
Assocatlon has been in session all day,
and 'fair progress was made toward the
transaction of the business to come be
fore the convention. When the delegates
were called to order at 10:30 this morning
In the assembly-hall, the building was
crowded to Its fullest capacity. During
the assembling of the delegates, music
was furnished by the Colorado Cowboy
band. After the Invocation by Bishop Or
son F. Whitney, the chairman introduced
Governor Heber M. Wells, who delivered
an address of welcome on the part of
the state. He was followed by Acting
Mayor Buckle, who welcomed the dele
gates to the city. A response was made
THOMAS M.
THE NEW UNITED STATES
by R M. Allen, of Nebraska. A telegram
was read from Vice-President-elect Roose
velt, sending "congratulations and best
wishes to the boys." President Springer
then delivered his annual address. He
said in part:
"From the confines of a country teem
ing with activity we have come up to this
modern Zlon to give thanks for con
tinued" prosperity in every line4 of the live
stock Industry. This magnificent audi
ence would Indicate that the people of
Utah have welcomed the stockmen of
the United States with open arms. Your
distinguished characteristics are easily
discernible. On every hand we behold the
tireless energy of your citizens. This
matchless city, its streets, temple,
churches, business houses, reclaimed from
the Great American Desert, speak in
praise of those who sleep in yonder silent
city, for they bullded wiser than they
knew. And to those about us America's
Western sons and daughters we congrat
ulate you upon your valor and worth,
which we assert are second to none In
this broad land. A redeemed wilderness!
A land now supporting 280.000 people,
where a generation back could number
only 85,000. Your broad fields of grain,
orchards, vineyards, sheep and cattle, fab
ulous mineral wealth In hill and moun
tain, with the Utah sunshine over all
and we sum. up a picture of Utah's pros
perity. You have had an abiding faith In
your country which Is Indicated on every
side. From Nature's chaotic ruins the
wilderness blooms and blossoms like a
rose, while your history reads like a
romance. May continued Buccess attend
your every effort Is the heartfelt wish of
all livestock men, this week your willing
captives.
"There Is no telling what we will ac
complish in the coming four years, judg
ing from the marvelous record of the past
four, when our Imports and exports ex
ceeded those of the hundred years pre
ceding. Let the American stockman be
prepared to lead In the gigantic enter
prises that await the progressive minds
of the 20th century. The doubter will ac
complish nothing. The man who dwells
continually In the days of Jefferson and
Jackson, or even Lincoln, will not meas
ure up to the demands of the successful
American In this age pulsating with com
mercial and Industrial activity. It may
be set down as axiomatic that this age
will have little use for pessimistic kick
ers and theoretcal platitudinarians. We
must all work, expand and broaden. We
must have the best, sell the best, keep
at the head of the procession, and allow
no other nation to excel In anything. Lit
tle wonder is it that the Western man
loves his broad expanse of verdure-clad
hills, prairies and mountains; he revels In
the gorgeousness of the sunsets; the
peacefulness of the valleys; the produc
tiveness of the soil; while the cattle and
the sheep graze over hill and vale. His
nature broadens wth his generous envi
ronment, while his soul attunes to the low
ing of the herds. From the eternal snow
capped peaks of the Rockies even to the
waters of the seas, his labors leave In
their varied courses golden wreaths of
plenty."
The delegates were slow in arriving for
the afternoon session, and It was 2:15 be
fore the call for order was made. The
first business was a call of the states for
flve-mlnute addresses by delegates regard
ing the condition of the livestock Industry
In their respective states. Under this call
addresses were made by H. W. McAfee; of
Kansas; H. H. Hinds, of Michigan; C. J.
Mellls, of Oregon; E. H. Calllster. of
Utah; D. N. Stlckney, of Wyoming; E.
A. Harris, of Iowa; J. Hagenboth, of
Idaho; J. P. Knoll, of Kentucky; M. A.
Daugherty, of Nebraska; John Ernest, of
Nevada; G. H. Davidson, of New York;
J. G. Gavin, of New Mexico; Samuel
Cowan, of Texas; Mortimer Levering, of
Indiana, and G. B. Van Norman, of Wis
consin. Several resolutions were present
ed by members of the executive commit
tee, one being by C. Baker, of Illi
nois, which was adopted, providing that
the holding of a convention can be de
termined by a majority vote of the execu
tive committee, Mr. Levering, of Indiana,
offered a resolution providing for associ
ate members, thu no longer confining the
memberships to associations, but allowing
prominent stockbreeders to become Indi
vidual members upon payment of $25. Mr.
Harris, of Iowa, doubted the expediency
of associate members, and, after discus
sion, the resolution was referred to the
executive committee for report. A reso
lution by Mr. McKenzle, of Texas, asking
that an effort be made to establish Fed-
Xerol Inspection in lieu of tho present state
L "
inspection, was passed. After some fur
ther unimportant business, the convention
adjourned until tomorrow.
A notable feature of the evening was a
largejy attended reception at the Knuts
ford Hotel by the Governor and his staff
in honor of the delegates.
WAR ON THE PACIFIC.
Panama Railroad to Make It Inter
esting for Pacific Mail.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. A dispatch to the
Herald from Colon, Colombia, says: Tho
Pacific Steam Navigation steamer Guat
emala, Captain Harris, left for San Fran
cisco Sunday, and will touch at Central
American and Mexican ports, inaugurat
ing the company's new service from Val
paraiso to California, Jointly with the
Panama Railroad and the South American
steamship companies In competition with
the Kosmos line from Hamburg and the
Pacific Mall from Panama. The Pacific
Mall will continue running on the coast,
offering to take freight and coffee espe
cially from Central America and giving
equal facilities to European ports by way
of San Francisco and the Southern Pa
cific road.
The greatest competition ever known on
the Coast Is now fully established. It will
be advantageous to the Central Amer-
PATTERSON.
SENATOR FROM COLORADO.
lean and Mexican coast trade especially.
The Royal Mall steamer Atrato, which
left Colon on Saturday, carried $500,000 In
gold. This Is said to have been shipped
in Cartagena for England by a prominent
Colombian General.
Advices from Cartagena say that Gen
eral Marcollna Velo, who only recently
was Governor of the Province of Bolivar,
has been called to Bogota to take charge
of the Ministry of War, in succession to
tho late General Plnzon.
TWO STEAMERS SEIZED.
Venezuelan Government Talces Pos
session of American Boats.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The State De
partment was informed this afternoon by
cable from Venezuela that tho Venezue
lan Government had taken possession of
two steamers belonging to the Orinoco
Steamship Company. No details of the
seizure are made public. The Orinoco
company Is understood to be an Ameri
can concern operating between Port au
Prince and points up the Orinoco River.
The head of the company is said to be
an American named Alcott.
The seizure of the two steamers of the
Orinoco Steamship Company .was re
ported In a cable dispatch from Minister
Loomls at Caracas, who says they have
been taken for the purpose of their being
employed against the revolutionists.
The company, It appears, has both Eng
lish and American stockholders, an Am
erican president and an English charter.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The State De
partment became satisfied on further in
quiry that the Orinoco Steamship & Trad
ing Company had a British charter and
flew the British flag over Its ships, which
appeared to make the seizure one properly
to be dealt with by the British authorities.
It Is stated that the presence of American
stockholders and an American president
In the company would not necessarily call
for action by this Government, although
It might warrant action under certain
circumstances. No Instructions were
sent to Mr. Loomls on the subject tonight.
PORTLAND'S DECEMBER CARS
Number That Arrived and Departed
for the Month.
The number of loaded cars handled In
Portland In the months of November and
December, 1900, compared with the num
ber handled for the corresponding months
of 1899. Is as follows:
1899 1900. Gain.
November 13.303 13,804 501
December 10,283 13,909 3,626
Counting each carload 30,000 pounds, this
shows an Increase of 15,030,000 pounds, or
7515 tons In the freight handled In Novem
ber over the same month a year ago, and
an Increase of 108,780,000 pounds, or 44,890
tons, for the past Deoemuer over the same
month a year ago. These figures do not
Include trolley-line business, nor do they
take Into account freight handled by
water craft.
Canadian Pacific Branch.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 15. The Can
adian Pacific Railway has begun the con
struction of a branch line from Abbots
ford to Chllliwack. It runs through a
fertile farming country, and will sub
sequently be extended across the moun
tains in the Interior, connecting with the
main line of the railroad near Midway,
B. C.
The Lion Share.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 190L Tho Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York
has made -to Its representatives through
out the United States and Canada a pre
liminary announcement as to Its business
on this continent during the year 1900.
As usual It leads all other companies in
assets. Income earned, amount paid to
policy-holders, new premiums (Including
annuities). Interest and rents received and
In volume of paid for new business, ex
cluding Impaired and vicious risks which
it does not accept. Accumulated funds
available for security are greatly In ex
cess of those held by any other company.
The bond and mortgage loan account, the
most Important In the assets of a life
company, is larger than that of any
other similar institution. ' The Mutual
Life Is till the pre-eminent company.
Van Camp's Soups, 10c at all Grocers.
THE WEST POINT INQUIRY
CONGRESSMEN SURPRISED BY CA
DETS', TESTIMONY.
The Code of Honor nt the Military
Academy One Yonng Man's
Veracity Questioned.
WEST POINT, N. Y., Jan. 15. Cadet
Joseph F. Barnes, of the District of Co
lumbia, who was one of Cadet Keller's
seconds, and who seems to have more
knowledge of the code of the corps In re
gard to the flstlp arguments than any
other cadet at the West Point Academy,
continued his testimony before the Con
gressional Investigation committee, when
the hearing was resumed today.
Mr. Driggs, of Brooklyn, took the wit
ness In hand and asked him mi
nutely about the Keller-Booz fight. While
listening to Barnes' knowledge of the af
fair, the Brooklyn Congressman Inter
rupted the witness and asked him:
"Under your Infamous and unmanly
code of fighting. Is It not understood that
an upper classman Is selected especially
for the purpose of administering a sound
drubbing to the fourth classman who Is
called out?"
"Yes, sir; It Is understood when a fourth
classman Is called out he Is to be
whipped."
"Oh, so that's the code," said Mr.
Driggs, as he shook his finger at the wit
ness, while he arose from his seat beside
tho chairman. Then leaning towards the
witness, he shouted:
"Young man, this dishonorable practice
you have described would not be toler
ated In any athletic club In the world.
The upper classman who Is a party to
the calling out of a fourth classman for
the purpose of having him thrashed is
a coward, and the fourth classman who
Is beaten is nothing else but a hero. This
morning I received four letters from Kan
sas, Massachusetts, New York and Brook
lyn, In all of which the mode of fighting
and hazing here is called brutal bully
Ism. That Is too mild a description. I
call It brutal cowardice."
"Suppose that an oath were adminis
tered to a cadet when he received his
appointment as a cadet to this academy,
the provisions of which prohibited fight
ing, do you think it would stop the prac
tice?" asked Mr. Wagner.
"Yes, sir; I presume it would, as I
don't believe any man would break his
oath. But, as for myself, I will say that
If I had to go back to the time of my
appointment and an oath was about to bo
administered to me which would prohibit
me from resenting an Insult, I would un
hesitatingly refuse to take It and content
myself In some civil occupation," replied
the witness.
"You expect to become an officer very
soon, do you not?" inquired Colonel Clay
ton. "Yes, sir."
"Then, after you have become an offi
cer, would you, In violation of your oath,
accept or send a challenge to a duel, fistic
or otherwise?"
"If the provocation occurred in well
defined terms, I would not violate my
oath but would resign and send or accept
a challenge. In the event that I could not
moot nniT shoot mv man on sight."
Speaking of hazing, Mr. Wagner, ad
dressng tho witness, saying: "Do you
r-nn-r,r t-hat on William McKinley. now
President of the United States, when a
member of Congress, saiu mat ne wouiu
favor the abolition of the West Point
Military Academy In case hazing could
not bo stopped there?"
"And the' late James G. Blaine had tho
some Ideas," said Driggs.
"And also did Zachariah Taylor," add
ed Judge Smith.
During the afternoon Cadot George M.
Russell, of New Hampshire, was asked
by Mr. Driggs:
"Do you think it is fair play to haze
fourth class men for the purpose of mak
ing them do things which are violations of
the academic rules and for which they
ore liable to receive punishment by tho
authorities of the institution?"
"Well, I do not think it was unfair."
"You, who have been three years in this
academy, say so?" said Mr. Driggs
angrily.
"Yes. I think tho ends Justify the
means," was the reply.
"Were you ever at any soiree where a
cadet fainted?"
"No, sir, but I saw Cadet Dean feign
ing to faint as he told us he was going
to fool the upper class men. He was my
classmate, and I was rather amused at
his success."
"Ho was not 'cut' for doing, this?"
"No, sir."
"Now, what is tho difference between
a man feigning fainting to escape exer
cising and a man feigning being knocked
out In a fight?" inquired General Dick.
The witness hesitated, and then said:
"There's a good deal of difference," but
he failed to explain it.
Cadet Fred L. Dean, of Texas, who,
when testifying before the military court,
said: "I hazed Booz just to make him
feel good," was then called and sworn.
The witness said that he had done 650
"wooden willies" himself in an hour and
a' half, and Mr. Driggs said: "You are
the most remarkable man I ever listened
to."
He handed a list of second and third
class men to Dean and asked him to name
all those h had exercised.
Dean mentioned the name of Cadet Sher
idan as the only one he could remem
ber. "Why la it you remember Mr. Sheridan
and don't remember any one else?" asked
Mr. Driggs.
"I do not know, sir; I Just remember
about Mr. Sheridan."
"What Is it? Is It a case of conveni
ent memory?"
"No, sir."
This answer was drowned in a storm of
hisses which began in the northeast cor
ner of tho room.
At the night session Mr. Driggs asked
the question In modfled form, saying he
did not mean to impugn the cadet's
honor. In reply the witness said he be
lieved that if fighting and hazing, with
the exception of funny forms, were done
away with It wuld be all the better, and
If necessary the unny things, which had
no injury, could be abolished also.
FIRED FIRST SHOT.
Minister Begins a Faal Quarrel nt
"Williamson, W. Va.
Williamson, W. V. The town Is still
feeling the excitement caused by the
shooting of Rev. John H. Wohl, the Pres
byterian minister, by the Hon. S. D.
Stokes, lawyer and politician, says the
Baltimore Sun. Mr. Stokes condition Is
still critical, though It Is now expected
he will recover. His escape was. Indeed,
narrow, as investngatlon shows that
there were no less than three b'ullets
which passed through bis coat without
penetrating his body. All day friends
have been calling upon the prisoner. This
morning a large party came In from
Bluefleld and a number from Huntington.
Should his bond be placed at $500,000 It
would be as easily given as one of $100.
Mrs. Levlne, who was the only witness
of the altercation which led to the fight,
this morning made an affidavit that tho
first shot was fired by Rev. Mr. Wohl.
In view of this it is predicted that tho
examining magistrate will discharge Mr.
Stokes. It Is now learned that Stokes
fired two shots, both wounding his as
sailant. After the approacnlng minister
was mortally wounded by the first shot.
he wheeled and the second took effect
In the loft shoulder.
It is stated positively that the fatal
affray grew directly out of supposed allu
sions to the young ladles of the city
made by Mr. Wohl In his last sermon
preached Sunday nleht There was not
standing room In tho church, for It was
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generally supposed from passing remarks
that the minister would not spare the
social functions which had lately oc
curred. "
After Introductory remarks ho said:
"You have read in the hiBtory of a great
people about the dance held In a European
city the night before the combined forces
of the world crushed the man of destiny
at Waterloo, and how revelry ceased at
the growling of the distant cannon. But,
my friends, that rumbling, though awful
It may have been, will be as the voice of
some sweet singer of old when compared
with the sounds which those who now
dance shall hear on the last day amid the
crash of worlds. .. , ..
"Voices that last night laughed with
gayety shall then shriek with the dammed,
and forms that a few days ago moved to
tho sound of the violins shall writhe In
the torture of eternal Are. Lips that today
may have clung In loving kisses shall
then forever be parched and dried; eyes
that now look love shall then burst froiu
their sockets and the fair hair that now
weaves about the marblo of a beautiful
brow the meshes of a net of gold shall
in that awful day be turned into flames.
Would that my tongue could picture and
in words paint the fearful scene
"Turn, my friends, before you die.
Abandon your evil practices. "
high-minded men and women. These ye
cannot be so long as you are sullied by
the touch of the dance. Again I say unto
you that the white light and glare which
illuminate the ballroom are the shrouds
of manly probity and womanly purity
and that when these die your life tea
living hell. Tou call It tho social whia
For it I have another name. It is tne
whirligig of the devil, and upon it are
riding the young people of this town.
Beware, beware!"
Mr. Wohl's remains were sent to Ken
tucky this afternoon for burial. Hundreds
of people followed his coffin to the train.
Notes of Eastern Oregon Mines.
The tunnel of the Diamond mine is
driven 320 feet.
A force of men went to the Gold Hill
group at Huckleberry Mountain last week
to sink a 100-foot shaft.
The crosscut tunnel at the South Cougar
Is now in 126 feet, and a heavy flow of
water has been encountered.
W. H. Johnson & Son, of Jlo
preparing to open up the ; Grover Cleveland
mine. In Quartzburg district.
It Is rumored that C. S. Miller has made
a rich strike at his Captain Martin mine
on Granite Creek, about five miles north
of Granlta
Dave Arthur has suspended w
his Lucky Boy property, in the Cable
Cove district, owing to the . Imv
ing the season three tunnels were driven
on tne ledge. 150 feet from each other.
The Rex Mining & Milling Company,
oneratlng the Lost Spring property, in
Susanvnfe district, will install a compres
Kr and machine' drill. The company
ons a group of 10 claims, through
which four distinct veins pass. .
The lower tunnel of the Little Giant
mine near Granite, Is now In 1000 feet.
Se 'upr tunnel has , exposed a-Ioot
KrswsrsaAS
lower depth.
i
Oregon Notes.
Scarlet fever has appeared at Wasco,
The receipts of the Huntington postof
flce last year were $2161 14.
The receipts of the city of Tillamook
last year were $1S4S 15 and disbursements
J1543 43. .
A petition from Tillamook County to
the Legislature asks for exemption from
the bicycle law.
Health statistics .of Baker City show a
great Improvement in sanitary conditions
since last Winter.
Ed Turk, of Sumpter, has given $1000
bonds at Canyon City for appearance be
fore the Circuit Court. Ho Is charged
with embezlement of $2575 84 belonging to
Ah Tow, a Chinaman.
A petition was circulated at Tillamook
City last week praying that the Legisla
ture prohibit shooting of ruffed grouse,
in that . county until 1804, also Chinese
pheasants until tho same date; 'that the
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open season for blue grouse be from the
1st of August until the 15th of October:
for cut throat and salmon trout from
March 10.
D. U. Buttler, of Scottsburg. was at
Marshfleld recently Investigating a
project for shipping steelhead salmon. He
handled about 75 tons of steelhead salmon
last season and made overland shipments
to Drain. The demand was good for tho
flsh, and his venture was profitable. His
plan Is to take the fish to Marshfleld from
Umpqua, and ship by boat.
New Trial of Damage Salt.
The damage suit of William Everett
Boyd, by his father, R. B. Boyd, as
guardian ad litem, against tho Portland
General Electric Company, sent back by
the Supreme Court for a new trial, was
taken up In Judge Frazer's court yes
terday. At the former trial the plaintiff
obtained a verdict for $5000. which Judgo
Shattuck cut down to $2500. The father
also sued the company and obtained a
Judgment for $900. William Everett Boyd,
Who Is a small boy, was Injured in the
head and his hand burned by a dangling
wire at Woodlawn on the morning of De
cember 7, 1S97. The wire blew down tho
night previous in a violent wind and rain
storm. It Is alleged that the Injuries were
of a serious character. The plaintiff is
represented by Dufur & Menefee, attor
neys of The Dalles, and the defendant by
J. M. Gearln and Rufus Mallory.
Oregon Spar for Lawson's Tncht.
BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 15. A fine stick
of Oregon sine 112 feet long has been
towed to Lawley's yacht yard and landed
at the spar shop. In a finished state lb
will be the main boom of tho Lawson
yacht. Workmen at once began to pre
pare It for trimming. The sallmakers have
finished two Jib topsails and have out oi
staysail.
New Oregon Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Vada Moore
was appointed Postmaster at Ironside,
Or.
Collecting His Own. Mrs. Manycrooks There
are only six sponge cakes In tho pantry,
Bridget. I thought you baked a dozen. Bridget
Well, mum. Officer Bronagan called an' Ol
had to give him some as our assessment for
police protection. Puck.
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