THE MOUSING OREOONTAN. TTirRRDAY, FEBTCUAKY 21, 1901.
A INSURGENT SPY
Arrest of General Agent of
Tabacaieria Company.
Strong evidence against him
Belgian of Manila and the Bay Lake
District Implicated in a Plot to
Iilll Captain .Touch Xcvr
Provost Marshal.
MANILA, Feb. 20. At Pagsanjan. Prov
ince of Laguna, yesterday. Lieutenant
Vaughan, of the Thirty-seventh Infantry,
arrested Fernando Rustan, general agent
of the Tabacaieria Company, on the
charge of having aided the Insurgents.
Abundant documentary evidence against
the prisoner has, it is asserted, been se
cured. Rustan Is a French subject and
a close friend of the Insurgent General,
Cailles, and "was to a certain extent as
sociated with D. M. Carman, the Ameri
can contractor, who was recently taken
Into custody, charged with having fur
nished supplies to the insurgents. The
Tabacaieria Company is said to be further
incriminated.
It has also been learned that Rustan
furnished the insurgents with supplies, in
formation concerning the American troops
and their movements, as well as with
money. He dealt directly with the rebel
General, Cailles, who has been operating
continually in the district of Manila.
Mr. Webb, the bookkeeper of the Philip
pine Trading Company, has made a par
tial confession to the effect that certain
Belgians residing In Manila and the Bay
Lake district were Implicated in the plot
of January 17 to kill Captain Jones, com
manding the American troops stationed in
the town of Bay.
Another force of Insurgents will soon be
deported to Guam.
Many of the discouraged Insurgents in
the provinces are coming in Individually
and surrendering their guns.
Hilario Rubio, the alleged ringleader In
the Macabebe outrages, has been arrested
In Manila, for receiving much copra from
the insurgents.
At a conference held between the United
States Philippine Commission and TV. L.
Lawshe, the new Auditor of the Philippine
Islands, It was decided to establish an
office and perfect plans for increased ef
ficiency in the Auditor's Department.
Brigadier -General G. TV. Davis will
shortly take up the duties of Provost
Marshal of Manila, succeeding Brigadier
General J. Franklin Bell, who. as soon
as relieved, will proceed overland to
Vlgan, and there assume command of the
district of Northern Luzon, commanded
for over a year by Major-General S. M.
B. Young.
Captain Stern, of the Thirty-sixth Vol
unteer Infantry, has been appointed Col
lector of Licenses for the City of Manila,
to succeed Lieutenant Bishop. The collec
tions from licenses in Manila alone
amount to JSOO.000 in gold a year.
The members of the new Federal party
are preparing to celebrate "Washington's
birthday on a grand scale.
Reports from the gold-mining district
of Northern Luzon are lately more en
couraging. A find of $2500 gold was re
cently made in a single pocket in Lepanto
Province, about 173 miles north of Manila.
MacArthurVs Death Report.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. General Mac
Arthur reported the following deaths since
his last report:
Dysentery Third Cavalry, Farrier Ed
ward Canavan; Signal Corps, Elmer Reel
horn; Twenty-first Infantry, Corporal
Michael McCue; Twenty-fifth Infantry,
Corporal Ernest A. Sloanker; Forty-ninth
Infantry, William Parness.
Died of wcunds received In action Fifth
Infantry. William Heaps; Fortieth Infan
trj. John Jaksap; Forty-sixth Infantry,
Benjamin Johnson.
Tjphoid fever Eighth Infantry. Daniel
McCIeer; Fourth Cavalry, William Boden;
Jrtjeth Infantry. William R. Ford.
Heart disease Fortieth Infantry, Frank
Ott; Hos-pUal Corps, Frederick Schilling.
Tuberculosis Nineteenth Infantry, Gus
Anderson; Twenty-fourth Infantry, Homer
Patton; Thirty-fourth Infantry. Corporal
Floyd Dnkir.
Malarial fever Sixth Infantry, Charles
Polkey; Sixteenth Infantry, James A. Mc
Carthy. All other causes Fifth Infantry, Walter
Cooley; Forty-seventh Infantry, Samuel
TV. Hutslar; Second Infantry, Corporal
James H. Wilson; Twenty-second Infan
try, David T. Crossier; Thirty-fourth In
fantry, John Williams; Hospital Corps,
Charles M. Adams; Thirteenth Infantry,
DaUd Lober; Thirty-fifth Infantry. Will
iam Wells; Third Cavalry, Samuel Robert
son. First Infantry, Stephen J. Jones;
Ninth Cavalry, James T. Times.
Drowned, body recovered Thirty-sixth
Infantry, William Wiethern.
Not Responsible for Andre.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Count Lich
terveldt, the Belgian Minister, has ex
plained that the Andre represented to be
the Belgian Consul and reported to have
fled from Manila to avoid arrest on a
ciiarge of assisting the rebels, is not a
Belgian, nor is he a full-fledged Consul.
He was a resident merchant of Manila,
and acted as a sort of business agent for
the Belgian Government, which does not
feel that it should be charged with the
responsibility for his political actions.
MEMORIALS TO CONGRESS.
Those from Oregon Have Been Pre
sented at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1C Senator Simon
has presented to the Senate joint me
morial No. S of the Oregon Legislature,
favoring the passage of a pure food bill
by the National Congress.
Senator Foster has presented a petition
of sundry citizens of Alaska asking that
an appropriation be made for the comple
tion of a military road from Valdes to
Eagle City, and also for the completion
of the military telegraph lines between
those points. It is their desire that the
road, when completed, shall be used as
an all-American route for carrying the
mails, etc
Representatives "ongue and Moody
have presented to the House the several
memorials of the Oregon Legislature,
Senator Simon has presonted them to
the Senate.
Canadian Paper 31111s Consolidation.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. A special to the
Times from Montreal says:
There are prospects of great activity
in pulp and paper manufacturing in Can
ada during the coming season. Smaller
companies in the Province of Quebec and
Eastern Ontario are to be amalgamated
into one large company. The Consoli
dated Pulp & Paper Company, of Toronto,
Ltd., Incorporated under the On
tario "companies act," is about to seek
incorporation under the companies act of
the Dominion Government, with a cap
ital of $2,300,000. with the power to In
crease it to J5.000.000 if necessary.
The properties to be consolidated Imme.
diately are those at Newburg and Strath
cona, Ontario, the Metabetchouan prop
erty at Lake St. John, and the Indian
Lorrette mills, near this city. On the
Metabetchouan property are good pulp
mills, with a capacity of SO tons per day,
and a sulphite pulp mill with a capacity
of CO tons per day will be erected. The
Lorrette mills will also be rebuilt.
The provisional directors of this com
pany are John M Poole. Toronto, presi
dent; W. H. Mackay, Toronto; E. L.
Young. George Thompson, Newburg, On
tario, and J. H. Charles, Perth, Ontario.
GEILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Verdict of the Jury In the Hamilton
Case.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 20. The jury In
the case of Frank H. Hamilton, charged
with murdering Leonard R. Day, after 40
hours' deliberation, furnished a genuine
surprise this morning by reporting that
it had agreed upon a verdict of man
slaughter In the first degree, with a rec
ommendation to the mercy of the court.
Hamilton was brought Into court to
hear the verdict. He had enjoyed a good
night's sleep, and seemed in excellent
spirits. When the verdict was read Ham
ilton appeared dazed, and made no other
sign than to shake his head in mute pro
test. He was remanded to jail to await
sentence, and absolutely refused to see
any one except his devoted friend. Miss
Johnson, of Colorado Springs. The pen
alty is Imprisonment from five to 20 years.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Feb. 20.-Starr K.
Jackson, clerk at the Hotel Pfelster, who
was one of the wltnessqs for the defense
In the Hamilton trial, said:
"There are two men In Minneapolis
who, if they told the truth, could clear
Hamilton. Hamilton Is no more guilty
of that crime than any of the other men
who were In the billiard room that night.
There is something mysterious about the
trial. One of the state witnesses testi
fied that he first met Day a week before
his death, while 1 know positively that
the two men lived in the same hotel for
five years."
BEXT OX LYNCHING.
Officers Foiled n Mob of Bnllrond
Men in Topi'kn.
TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. 20 The vigilance
of the officers was all that saved "Slick"
Slater from lynching by an infuriated
mob tonight. He will yet be lynched If
he can be found. Slater assaulted 17-year-old
Lottie Gerberlck Monday evening, and
was captured by the Topeka officers the
next day In Carbondale. This afternoon
it became known that he was here, and
immediately the Santa Fe shopmen, of
whom the assaulted girl's father, George
Gerberlck is one, decided that he should
be lynched. They at once sent a com
mittee to watch the jail while they quietly
arranged the details of the expected
lynching.
By C o'clock there was an angry mob
of 1000 around the County Jail, demand
ing that the prisoner be delivered to them.
A brigade of sturdy bollcrmakers, armed
with heavy sledgehammers, stood ready
to make short work of the Jail In case
the demands were not granted. Sheriff
Cook told the crowd that the prisoner had
been removed, and offered to let a com
mittee search the jail. Ten men, headed
by George Gerberlck, made a thorough
search, but Slater could not be found.
They returned and told the mob, but that
failed to satisfy them, and twice they
started to break In the jail doors.
Early In the afternoon, the Sheriff, In
anticipation of trouble, ordered a deputy
to get Slater out of town. He was or
dered not to leave him in Jackson County
or take him to Leavenworth. The deputy
drove to Hoyt with Slater and entered a
north-bound Rock Island train. It is
thought that Slater Is now In Jail in Atch
ison. The Santa Fe shopmen are calmly
determined to lynch Slater when he is
brought back here for trial. They have
appointed a large vigilance committee to
be constantly on the outlook, and vow
that Slater will never leave Topeka alive.
The shopmen have past records In cases
of this kind. They lynched John OH
phant 12 years ago for a like offense.
PROGRESSES SLOWLY.
Work of Recovering Bodies of Mine
Victims.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 20. The work
of recovering the bodies of the victims of
the mine disaster at Cumberland, B. C,
proceeds slowly. So far eight bodies have
been found, four being those of whites.
The most recently recovered bodies are
those of A. J. Payne, D. M. Davis and"
V. Crosettl. These were found In the
main drive, lying face down close to a
cavc-ln. They at first appeared to have
been badly burned, but Investigation
showed that they had been blistered only
by after-heat. They had apparently left
their stalls, and were attempting to make
their way toward the shaft of No. 6
when overcome. Several of the Chinese
corpses were badly bruised. All the bod
ies recovered were buried today, after the
remains had been formally viewed by the
Coroner's jury. The Inquest was ad
journed for a week. Two shifts returned
without more bodied. Fire damp was very
thick ahead of the working party, the men
being in some cases almost prostrated.
Work was temporarily suspended In No.
5 shaft today to allow air to displace the
fire damp, and also that more water might
be poured into No. C. It was desired to
avoid any possibility of an inrush of air
which might result disastrously. It is
expected that the cave-in which the res
cuers reached In No. 5 shaft will cause
much trouble, although some bodies may
be burled under the debris.
A feature of the rescue work Is the
absence of widows and other bereaved rel
atives from the pit mouth. The lapse of
time since the explosion has operated
toward calmness and resignation, and the
wise counsel of friends seems to have pre
vailed. STRINGENT DECLARATION.
Lavr and Order Lenprne Announces
Principles for City Election.
DALLAS, Feb. 20. Today the Law and
Order Leairue of Dnllns mnrtn nnwin ,
following declaration of principles for the
coming cuy election:
First This organization shall be known
as the Citizens' Law and Order League
of Dallas. '
Second The co-operation of voters with
this league shall not affect their standing
with former political parties, except In
the municipal election of the City of
Dallas.
Third That It is the object of this
league to promote the enactment of good
and wholesome laws for the government
of the City of Dallas, and to assi&t in
and demand the execution of all the state
laws of Oregon, with reference to bawdy
houses, gambling and the sale of Intoxi
cants, as well as cigarettes and tobacco
to minors.
Fourth That this league Is in favor of
the strictest economy In the administra
tion of the city government of Dallas,
consistent with good service.
Fifth That licensed saloons within the
corporate limits of Dallas must be sub
jected to the following restrictions, name
ly: There shall be no screens nor sight
obstructions of any kind, and the prem
ises shall contain only one room, with
out chairs, benches, or tables, and there
shall not be allowed in or about these
premises any dice boxes cards, slot ma
chines, or any other games for fun or
gambling, and that no dice box. slot ma
chine, or other device for gambling shall
be allowed in any business house within
the corporation of Dallas, and that drug
stores must conform to the law In refer
ence to the sale of spirituous liquors.
Sixth Wc demand the enforcement of
the Sunday closing law.
These declarations are being circulated
for signers and many are Indorsing them.
Daily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Today's state
ment of the Treasury balance In the gen
oral fund, excluslre of the $150,009,000 gold
in the division of redemption, shows:
Available cash balance $145,117,657
Gold 76,021,980
VARIETY OF PUNISHMENTS
FOREIGN ENVOYS AT PEICIN AGREE
TO A COMPROMISE.
Lenders Sentences to Be Commuted
Strnnp;llnjr, Decapitation and
Sniclde for Others.
LONDON. Feb. 21. "At their last
meeting," says the Pekln correspondent
of the Morning Post, wiring yesterday,
"the foreign envoys agreed to a com
promise. They propose to permit the Im
perial court to commute the sentences of
decapitation in the cases of Prince Tuan,
Duke Lan and General Tung Fu Hsiang.
to life Imprisonment, and will agree to
the following punishments: Prince
Chwang to be strangled, Yu Hslen to be
decapitated, Chao Shu Chiao and YIng
Nien to be permitted to strangle them
selves and Chi Hslen and Hsu Cheng Wu
to be beheaded In Pekln. If the court
advances no new obstacles, the negotia
tions on the first point of the demands
of the powers may be cons.dered closed."
Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from
Pekln yesterday, says:
"The court has yielded and consented to
the Infliction of the punishment demand
ed, petitioning, however, that tfie sen
tences on Chao Shu Chlno and YIng Nien
may be strangulation instead of decapita
tion. To this the foreign envoys have
agreed. The question, therefore. Is vir
tually settled, and a raison d'etre for the
Tal Yuan Fu expedition ceases to exist."
It was learned that the government to
night is without any further official ex
planation of Von Wa'.dersce's action in
planning an extensive expedition. An ex
planation has been asked for In order that
the Cabinet, at Friday's meeting, may
have some satisfactory basis for Its de
liberations upon the Chinese question. The
action of British members of Parliament
and papers, especially the London Times,
in calling Von Waldersee's action a bluff
causes the greatest chagrin and has given
rise to the feeling that it Is Impossible
to meet Chinese finesse with similar
weapons.
TO PREVENT PETTY SEIZURES.
Object of Ambassador White's Con
ference ivltlt Von RIchthofcn.
BERLIN. Feb. 20. The correspondent of
the Associated Press understands that
the object of the recent conference which
United States Ambassador White had with
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was the
prevention of petty seizures of territory
and the obtaining of special privileges in
China by separate powers. The United
States Is seeking Germany's support for
joint action on the part of the powers m
order to obtain what is ceded for the
proper security of their diplomatic and
commercial interests in China. It is be
lieved the United States and Germany are
in full accord on this subject.
The German Foreign Ofllce says Field
Marshal von Waldersee's expedition is to
be confined to the Province of Chi LI,
unless the obduracy of the Chinese Gov
ernment makes an extension to Sinan Fu
of the military movement necessary. The
expedition Is intended to bring pressure
to bear on the Chinese court, in order to
bring about the full acceptance of the
demands made through the Ministers of
the powers at Pekln. The Chinese peace
commmissloncrs immediately telegraphed
news of the projected military movement
to Sinan Fu and the latest reports indi
cate that the step taken is having the de
sired effect.
No Protest to the Powers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The State De
partment has not yet found it necessary
to address itself to any of the European
Governments or Japan through their for
eign offices, respecting Its dissent to the
proposed military campaign in China. The
only influence brought to bear upon the
powers by the State Department In that
direction has been exerted through Min
ister Conger, who already has expressed
himself to the other Foreign Ministers at
Pekln. The State Department last night
sent a copy of the Instructions given to
Mr. Conger to our diplomatic representa
tives at each of the capitals of the inter
ested powers. But It Is stated that this
was done with the sole purpose of keeping
our representatives thoroughly Informed
of the progress of the negotiations.
The Next Problem.
PEKIN, Feb. 20. A representative of
the Associated Press was Informed by the
Foreign Ministers today that they think
the gravity of the situation over; but it
Is expected that difficulties will now arise
among themselves when some of the gov
ernments send their indemnity claims, and
particularly is there uneasiness regarding
the attitude of Germany, that her claims
must be paid In cash before the evacua
tion takes place. The other Ministers
resent this, saying it will be Impossible for
China to pay, as China has not a large
reserve, and the customs receipts go to
pay dividends upon former loans, and it
is not probable that she could borrow a
sum of great magnitude. United States
Minister Conger estimates the total de
mands upon China at SJOO.OOO.OOO.
Rumor of a Chinese Loan.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. There has been
some talk In Wall street of an attempt of
thvj Chinese Government to float a loan
In this country of $200,000,000 to meet the
expenses of the Boxer uprising, to pay
Indemnities, etc It is said that Minister
Wu has approached a number of bankers,
and has suggested that it would be possi
ble for the government to guarantee the
loan by an Increase of the customs above
the point upon which England has a Hen.
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
British Ofllcinls Not Alarmed Over
Proposed Congressional Inquiry.
LONDON, Feb. 20. The reported deter
mination of the House of Representatives
at Washington to Inquire into the question
whether the United States has broken the
treaty of 1871, by permitting the exporta
tion of horses, mules and other supplies
to the British forces in South Africa,
created more interest than practical con
cern In the government departments here.
The officials of the War Ofllce regarded
the possible effects of any future action
In the United States as being of small im
portance, as about all the mules and
horses required for South Africa had been
already secured.
During the course of the inquiries made
by the Associated Press representative the
interesting opinion was expressed that the
end of the war as an active campaign
was now In sight, and that within a few
months military operations In South Africa
would resume that stage which for four
years has marked the war in Burmah,
which wore Itself out without attracting
particular interest In Great Britain or
elsewhere. This opinion was expressed by
no less an authority than the Under-Secretary
of State for the Foreign Office,
Lord Cranbourne. He produced from the
files of the Foreign Ofllce a copy of the
treaty, where it has peacefully reposed
since the days when the Alabama matter
stirred both countries, and pointed out
that mules and horses had never yet been
classified as contraband of war. So far
as supplies go, the official maintained that
Great Britain has rot secured from the
united States anything which would come
under the head of "military sudpIIcs,"
which is the wording of article G In the
treaty. "As a matter of fact," said a
Foreign Office official, "we have found to
our cost that contraband is what each
nation chooses to make it. all treaties to
the contrary notwithstanding."
Boers Had the Snmc Chance.
WASHINGTON, Feb. '10. The answer of
the State Department to the House reso-
lution calling for' a statement of Its rea
sons for allowing United States, ports to
be used for forwarding American horses
and other supplies to the British Army
in South Africa, a privilege not allowed
to the Boers, will point to a well-established
section of international law war
ranting neutral nations in selling supplies
to belligerents, though those supplies may
properly be seized by a belligerent. It
will also be shown that no obstacle was
Interposed by the United States Govern
ment to the purchase of horses and mules
by the Boers, who presumablydid not do
so because they were unable to land them
in South Africa.
Telegrraphlc Brevities.
King Edward may visit Ireland In the
Spring.
Admiral Sampson Is sick at Boston, but
not seriously.
Rockefeller has contributed $250,000 to
Brown University.
The condition of Empress Frederick re
mains unchanged.
Lord Wolseley will defend his course in
the House of Lords next week.
Lord Roberts has been offered the Lord
Wardenship of the Cinque ports.
King Edward will go to Friederichof
Saturday. He will not visit Berlin.
The body of a native who had died of
plague has been found In a low quarter
of Cape Town.
New York poolroom keepers are said to
be organizing to enforce the gambling
law at racetracks.
j The stockholders of the Westinghouse
Electric Company decided to increase
the capital stock $10,000,000.
Charges of kidnaping and robbery were
formally filed against Callahan by County
Attorney Shields at Omaha.
President Schaffer, of the metal work
ers, denied that he was going to Ne"w
York to sec Carnegie In the Interests of
the union.
Thf famous observatory on the Zeburg,
at which the celebrated astronomers
Euckola, Sack and Linden worked, has
been burned.
The Dutch Government, fearing an at
tempt at annexation by some European
power. Is strongly fortifying the harbor
of Batavia.
The hearing of testimony In the trial
of Dr. Samuel J. Kennedy, for the mur
der of "Dolly" Reynolds was concluded
In New York.
A bill was introduced In the Illinois
Senate yesterday for making hazing a
felony, and providing for Imprisonment In
the penitentiary.
The United Mine-Workers, of Illinois,
voted to send $500 to the families of the
miners who perished in the explosion on
Vancouver Island.
Will L. .Wood, traveling salesman for a
Pittsburg, Kan., meat firm," committed
suicide In a Parsons, Kan., hotel. He
was short In his account.
At the meeting of the Jewish Women's
Council, In New Orleans, Mrs. Newman,
of Portland, Or., read a report on the con
dition of the society in her city.
The run on the German National Bank,
of Allegheny, was continued yesterday,
but there was an absence of excitement.
Depositors were paid promptly.
Thirteen negro miners were entombed in
the coal mines of the state insane asylum,
two miles from Tuscaloosa, Ala., by a
flood of water from an abandoned shaft.
Cold and stormy weather prevails
throughout Europe. At Leipsic the tem
perature was 13 below. Snow fell at
Madrid for the first time In eight years.
There was a repetition of the turbulent
scenes marking most of the recent sit
tings of the Austrian Reichsrath, which
compelled the President to close the ses
sion. Crosby won first honors at the Hot
Springs shoot with a score of 161 out of
a possible 165. Gilbert was second, Fan
ning third, Heikes fourth, Parmalee
fifth.
J. J. Jeffries' Injured knee threatens to
put him but of the pugilistic game. Jef
fries was examined by a surgeon and his
ailment pronounced to be floating carti
lage. It Is understood at St. Petersburg that
the Anglo-Russian syndicate formed to
construct railroads and exploit mines In
cludes representatives of the Vanderbilt
Interests.
A resolution was adopted by the Illinois
Legislature memorializing Congress to
amend the Constitution so as to make
United States Senators elective by a direct
vote of the people.
Both Houses of the New York Legis
lature passed the New York City single
head police bill over the Mayor's veto
by a party vote. It now goes to the Gov
ernor for his signature.
The American Sugar Refining Company
announced that guarantees will be with
drawn at the end of the 20-day contract
limit on any or all portions of contracts
not regularly taken out.
Madrid papers publish a rumor that
Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has
decided to abdicate In favor of his son,
Don Jaime, who Is supported by a ma
jority of tho Carllst party.
Cash slot machines valued at $2000 were
seized In Fort Scott, Kan., saloons, and
C. S. Hoyt, local manager of the com
pany, was arrested on a charge of gam
bling, which is a felony under Kansas
law.
Olga Nethersole sailed from New York
for London. Her hurried departure fol
lowed a conference of her physicians, who
say that a surgical operation is necessary.
The operation will be performed In Lon
don. Fire destroyed a four-story building In
Kansas City occupied by B. Holzmark,
wholesale liquor dealer, and the Jalmeson
Manufacturing Company, grocers' and
bakers' supplies. Loss, $100,000, fully in
sured. J. G. Lelshman, United States Minister
to Switzerland, who was recently selected
to succeed Oscar S. Straus, as the Ameri
can representative at Constantinople, pre
sented his letters of recall to President
Brenner.
Sheriff Gano, of Medicine Lodge, Kan.,
has fled to Anthony with Professor Ham
lin, to prevent him from being lynched.
Hamlin, a country school teacher, is
charged with criminally assaulting a lit
tle girl.
A mob took Peter Berryman, a desper
ate negro, out of the city jail at Mena,
Ark., and hanged him to a tree. The
crime of which Berryman was accused
was an assault on a 12-year-old girl, whose
condition is critical.
John P. Squire & Co., capital stock
$7,500,000, was Incorporated at Trenton,
N. J., to do a pork-packing business In
Boston and other Eastern points, absorb
ing about a dozen concerns, Including the
business of John P. Squire, at Boston.
Winners at New Orleans were: Pirate
Queen, Al Caskey, Lizzie Kelly, Hood's
Brigade, Zolo, Bohul; at Oakland, Peace.
Alzura, Victoria S., Sea Lion. Lcnnep,
Horton; at Tanforan, Racetto, Luclcn
Appleby, Impromptu, Vulcaln, Handlcap
per, Lamachus.
Consul Hill, at Amsterdam, has enclosed
a letter from the Colonial Bank, of that
city, asking for Information relative to
the price and terms of the best American
sugar machinery! and also American
tramway engines and appurtenances in
behalf of the bank's agent at Sorabaya,
Java.
Came First In 1S95; Not Here In 1SOC.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 20. (To the.
Editor.) For the purpose of settling a
dispute, will you umdly answer the fol
lowing: Did Willilam J. Bryan make his
first speoch-maklng tour of Oregon In
1S35 or 1S07, and was Bryan in Oregon
at all in 1S96? SUBSCRIBER.
The work of clearing out the channel In the
Jetty work below Myrtle Point Is going on.
The channel between the piling put In by the
Government had been completely filled up. and
the current broke through to the old channel
near the south side of the river.
HUMANITARAN
Nominal Fee System in Vogue at the Copeland Institute the Strongest
Standing Indictment of. the Boodle Spirit in Medicines $5 a
Monthjreatment and Medicines Included, the Limit
of Expense Allowed by Dr. Copeland.
STEER CLEAR
Steer clear of the boodler In medical
practice. Do not stand In awe of the
doctor who feels your pulse and then
shakes his head to frighten you over your
condition and make you pay 10 times over
what his services are worth. The medi
cal profession, like every other profession,
has Its pretenders. Its mountebanks. Its
merciless Impostors. The nominal assess
ment ystem In vogue at the Copeland In
stitute Is the Invalid's protection from the
wolf and the boodler In medicine. Five
dollars a month, medicine included, for
the most effective treatment known.
PROTECT THE WEAK
The fame of the Copeland medical sys
tem Is based on the two-fold service It
has rendered to society.
First, in the evolution of more enlight
ened methods of disease treatment, It
has added chronic catarrh, deafness, epi
demic la grippe, asthma, bronchitis, kid
ney trouble and incipient consumption to
the medical list of curable Infirmities,
while in less
virulent a 1 1
ments it has
perceptibly re
duced the period
of professional
Ends the Noruerue
of Lifclong
Doctoring.
attention requisite to their cure. It has
ended the nonsense of the life-long doctor
ing for diseases that promptly yield to
correct diagnosis. followed by correct
treatment.
Second, the Copeland system has given
the public Its first great lesson in medical
economy. By limiting the expense outlay
of patients to $5 a month, medicines In
cluded, until cured (and no patient Is ever
permitted to pay more). It has bared the
public eye of the devilish Iniquity and
crime of bleeding the unfortunate sick
with preposterous fees.
And, while exposing the boodler In med
icine, to the angry suspicion of the world.
It saves the Invalid from becoming their
prey, because .If there Is no statute law
preventing a dishonest doctor from charg
ing a dishonest fee. neither is there law or
necessity for the sufferer, with the Cope
land system before him, to become a dupe
and pay the fee. He don't have to.
CONSULTATION
THE COPELAND MEDICAL
THE
V. H. COPELAND. M. D.
J. H. MONTGOMtRY. M. D.
BLOCKED BY HENDERSON
HE WIMj SOT ALLOW PENSIONS TO
INDIAN "WAR VETERANS.
No Hope of Any Recognition From
Government nt This SeiMon of
Congress.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Scnators
Simon, Foster and Shoup, together with
Representatives from these states, called
on Speaker Henderson today with T. A
"Wood of Portland, representing the In
dian war veterans, and urged the Speaker
to give recognition to the bill for pen
sioning Indian war veterans. The Sen
ators returned after the conference and
all stated rather positively that they got
no encouragement from Henderson.
The Speaker said that there were a
number of other pension bills pending, 11
of them urged as strongly as this par
ticular bill, and some with the entire
Grand Army behind them. Including the
service pension bill, and to single out
any one bill would cause a great deal of
trouble, and he could not at this time
allow the service pension bill to be con
sidered. Every man that heard the
Speaker became convinced that there
was no hope for the Indian war veteran
bill at this session of Congress.
The belief Is expressed by a great many
Senators that President McKlnley Is
using the threat of an cxtra session for
effect In Cuba. It Is known that General
Wood Is trying to bring the Cuban con
stitutional convention to terms which will
be satisfactory to the Administration, re
garding the future relations of the coun
try. If Wood Is not successful, McKln
ley may call an extra session, but mean
while It Is understood that Wood is using
this proposition to Influence the Cuban
delegates to make such terms as the Ad
ministration desires, and which will not
force the President either to withdraw
United States authority from Cuba en
tirely or to remain In Cuba In defiance
of the so-called Teller resolution.
Farmer Boy Robbed a Bank.
RANTOUL, 111., Feb. 20. The private
banking institution of F. B. Vennum, at
Fisher, Champaign County, was robbed
today of $1620. .Arthur Hyser, a farmer
boy aged 22, entered the bank and In a
quiet tone said he wanted money, at the
same time covering the clerks with a
pistol. Cashier Vennum handed out the
money and the robber backed out of the
GOOD
DIGESTION
Walts on appetite. Lack of appetite turo
illy indicates weak digestion, Hostetter'i
Stomach Bitters, taken before meals, will
create a healthy desire for food, 07
cleansing the clogged bowels and stimu
lating the accretions of the stomach. It
tlso purifies the blood, strengthens and
invigorates the liver and kidneys. It i
undoubtedly the most efficient roedlcin
in the world for stomach troubles. A
private revenue stamp covers th neck of
the bottle.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH
BITTERS
Accent Na Substitutes.
THE COPELAND TREATMENT.
It cures.
It is mild.
It Is soothing:.
It restores health.
Its cost Is trifling-.
It Is praised by thousands.
It is within the reach of all.
It 13 given for a month for $3.
Its cured patients recommend It.
It Is taken at home successfully.
It drives catarrh from the system.
It demands no bis physician's fee.
It Is taken by rich and poor alike.
It is both local and constitutional.
It uses mild, antiseptic inhalations.
It reaches distant patients by mail.
It makes a radical and lasting cure.
It stops Innumerable aches and pains.
It costs but $5 a month, medicine free.
HOME TREATMENT.
Doctor Copeland requests all who
are ailing-, all who feel a gradnnl
weakening:, or all who realize thnt
their health is belnjr undermined by
some nnknown complaint, to cat oat
tUl slip, mark the question that ap
plies to yonr cntc, and he will dintr
noie yonr case for you.
"Is your nose stopped up?"
"Do you sleep with mouth wide
open?"
"Is there pain In front of head?"
"Is your throat dry or 6ore?"
"Have you a bad taste in th
morning?"
"Do you cough?"
"Do you cough worse at night?
"Is your tongue coated?"
"Is your appetite falling?"
"Is there pain after eating?"
"Are you light-headed?"
'When you get up suddenly ares
you dizzy?"
"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 falling?"
FREE.
DR. COPELAND'S BOOK
DEKUM, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS,
OFFICE HOURS From 9 A, M. to 12 M.; from 1 to 5 P. M.
EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays. SUNDAYS From 10 A. M. to 12 M.
door. The robber boarded a freight train
just pulling Into the yard, taking charge
of the engine. Several citizens caught
the caboose as it passed the depot. They
crawled over the tops of the cars and
exchanged several Ineffectual shots with
the robber. The train was stopped after
a mile had been covered, the robber was
captured and the money recovered.
Oregon Notes.
The Lostine Commercial Club Is work
ing on a creamer' project.
The La Grande Chamber of Commerce
will assist the public library project.
A lodge of Ancient Order of United
Workmen was organized at Wendllng Sat
urday night with 15 charter members.
Knights of Maccabees of Ashland cele
brated their eighth anniversary last
Thursday evening. Over 70 members were
present.
Saturday Levi Herren, of Turner, lost
a valuable horse under unusual circum
stances. The sudden appearance of a
push cart so frightened the animal that It
dropped dead in Its tracks.
The large Tipton ranch of about 6000
acres, lying on the north side of the North
Umpqua River, near Glide, has been sold
by R. S. Sheridan to W. G. Hughes, of
Los Angeles for $35,000, according to the
Roseburg Review.
Bird Farrier, an old mountaineer and
prospector, who has been making his
home with Baker Stewart, who resides 12
miles east of Cottage Grove on the Bo
hemia road, was found unconscious at the
bottom of a steep declivity last Saturday
morning.
Last Friday while employes of the
Southern Pacific Company were loading
railroad ties near Irving, they found the
box containing the papers taken from A.
Bond & Son's safe at the time it was
blown up by robbers, on the night of Jan
uary 11, says the Eugene Guard.
"While out riding Monday morning, the
14-year-old son of B. H. Crisp, of Ex
press, was hurt In a most shocking man
ner, either by the horse falling with him
or by throwing him. The boy's scalp from,
the forehead back almost half way across
the skull was laid bare. The lad made
his way to the nearest farmhouse.
Monday afternoon a man, evidently de
mented, entered the office of the uni
versity, at Eugene, and, addressing Miss
Nannie Paddock, the registrar, asked if
she had any money, and if she had, de
manded that she give It to him. He did
not press the matter, however, and soon
left. He is now In the hands of the au
thorities. The Central Point city election will come
off March 11. The tickets are: Peoples'
Trustees, Ell Mayer, W. H. Patrick, Frank
Amy, H. Coram, B. F. Peart; Street Com
missioner, W.' A. Owen; Treasurer, G. S.
Moore. Citizens' Trustees, J. W. Mer
rlt, W. C. Leever, W. J. Freeman, Eli
Mayer, J. TV. Jacobs; Recorder, H. H.
Rippey; Street Commissioner, W. A.
Owen; Marshal, W. Stidham; Treasurer,
G. S. Moore.
The body of A. B. Crooks, who for years
resided in Linn County, opposite Jefferson,
and who was drowned Sunday by reason
of the sudden freshet of the Santiam, was
recovered in an eddy in the main channel
of the river, not far distant from his
cabin. The rise in the river was phe
nomlnal, the stream rising at the rate of
four feet an hour. So rapidly did the
stream rise the man had no time to make
his escape before being entirely surround
ed by water.
Elsia Plckard returned to Eugene Sat
urday evening from the scene of the hore
drowning near Springfield. When the
party reached the slough near James
Ebbert's place all the occupants of the
conveyance except Plcliard got out and
Plckard started to drive across the slough,
which was a raging torrent. The current
took horses, hack and driver down stream
at a rapid rate, and they finally lodged
against a tree. Plckard succeeded In
climbing into the tree, but the horses
became entangled and were drowned. Mr.
Plckard says It was pitiful in the ex
treme to see the horses during their last
living moments. They would look up at
him with agonizing and almost human ex
pressions In their eyes, as If Imploring him
to help them out. Frank Shuman, one of
the party, plunged Into the swift current
to help save the horses, but it was all
he could do to save himself from drown
ing. Ho swam to the tree where Plckard
NQPL
STEER CLEAR
Steer clear of patent cure-alls! To try
to attack a hidden disease by means of
a secret cure-all nostrum is the same
piece of Insanity as for an Invalid to go
blindfolded into a drugstore and eat medi
cine from the shelves without guidance
to what is good and without warning
against what is bad. Nor is there any
abuse or folly against which the Cope
land nominal fee system is more directly
aimed. "With expert individual treatment
at $5 a month, all medicines included,
where Is the temptation or necessity to
tamper with secret cure-alls?
PATENT CURE - ALLS
Their Use Invariably Dangerous aid
Against Common Sense.
"When any person uses a patent cure-all
as a means of self-doctoring for any
particular disease la grippe, catarrh,
lung- trouble, for instance he assumes tho
risk of firing at random through his whole
body to take the chances of hitting the
diseased spot. He is
Simply Going;
It Blindfolded.
He is taking
medicine from
an imaginary
doctor who nev
Taking Medicine
Blindfold from an
Imaginary Doctor
er saw him nor ever heard of him-. Ho
Is driving at his heart when the disease
Is in his bowels, or driving at his lungs
when the disease is in his liver. Whether
he commit suicide er not, he commits
a blunder and a folly, and goes against
common sense at his own risk and hia
own expense.
It has been claimed that
It Is the Great Cost
of expert medical services that has en
couraged the sale of these patent cure
alls. Under the nominal assessment sys
tem In force at the Copeland. Institute,
however, invalids are fully protected
against the evil. With export individual
treatment In each individual case, at a
fee rate limited to $3 a month, all medi
cines included, there Is no longer either
temptation or necessity to tamper with
secret nostrums.
PREE TO ALU
INSTITUTE
was and they both were brought to the
shore with the aid of ropes. The party
proceeded to Wendllng on foot, reaching
there about 7 o'clock.
TVnJihingrton Notes.
The Wralla Walla artificial ice plant Is
being extensively Improved.
A saloon was held up at Granite Falls,
Snohomish County, Monday night, by two
men, and robbed of $30.
The Hoquiam ship-yard will be busy this
Summer. Two four-masted schooners will
be built, and also a large shed, which will
cost about $3000. This will be done to en
able ship-building to be carried on In the
Winter.
The Walla Walla Horticultural Society
has adopted resolultlons favoring the pas
sage of the rate reduction bill Introduced
by Senator Cornwell; also the establish
ment of a Winter agricultural course at
the State Agricultural College at Pullman.
Hoquiam people are enthusiastic over
the report that the Northern Pacific will
extend its road to North Beach in the
near future. A surveying party of the
railroad has now a line surveyed north
from Hoquiam some distance beyond
Gray's Harbor City.
Owing to heavy- rains and melting snow
In the mountains. Mill Creek, flowing
through Walla Walla, rose to such an
extent that considerable damage was
done. A stone bulkhead, built by the city
last Spring, was partially washed away,
causing a loss of about $1000.
John Crow has 1800 acres of Winter wheat
in, and will put In over 200 acres of Sprins
wheat, flays the Pendleton Kast Oregoniaa. He
says there has been no damage to crops from
freezing thus far In his neighborhood, eight
miles, southeast of Pondleton.
Scrofula
Is a disease as old as antiquity, and 3
young as the newest-born infant.
It has Infested the blood of humanity
from ancient times down to the present
minute.
It is hereditary, or may be acquired.
It appears In swollen glands, scrofu
lous sores, hip disease, boils, pimples,
eruptions, and, as believed by high au
thorities, even in the forms of catarrh,
and rheumatism.
It can be cured by taking Hood's
Sarsaparllla faithfully and persistently.
TVe know this, because Hood's. Sarsa
parllla has done it.
It will cure you If you give it a trial.
You should begin to take it today.
Hip Disease "I suffered from hip dis
ease; had 5 running sores; used crutches
and each Winter I was confined to my bed
for weeks at a time. Hood's Sarsaparllla
has accomplished a perfect cure saved
my life. I have a good appetite and feel
strong and well." Annie Roberts, 49
Fourth street, Fall River, Mass.
In Her Eyes -My little girl had scrof
ula and sores appeared In her eyes. A few
bottles of Hood's Sarsaparllla entirely
cured her, and she has never had scrofula
since." Mrs. Howard Pope, Alpha, Or.
N. B. If you decide to take Hood's Sar
saparllla, do not be Induced to buy any
other. vSarsaparilla
Is sold by all druggists. Prepared only by
C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
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