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THE MOHNINCf OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 5r 1901.
WiARGHWHEATSHIPS
Five More Arrivals Since
Last Saturday.
FAMOUS SWANHILDA IN PORT
Alaska Packers' Association Has &
DIET Fleet of Ships Tacoma Paper
Slakes KIdlcnIous Assertion Re
garding Portland Snipping;.
The March grain fleet is coming along:
sufficiently early in the month to guar
antee a good round shipment before April
1. The arrivals Saturday and Sunday, in
clude five vessels of nearly 10,000 tons
net register, and with a carrying ca
pacity of about COO.000 bushels of wheat.
The Comllebank, which arrived in Sat
urday, was not delayed long at Astoria,
but continued her journey up the river,
reaching Portland yesterday morning.
The arrivals Sunday Included the Swan
hllda, a ship made famous the world over
about a year ago, on account of her
bringing Butler, the Australian murderer,
to San Francisco. His crime was one of
the most fiendish on record, and Austra
lian detectives chased all over the world
before they finally arrived in San Fran
cisco and awaited the arrival of the
Swanhllda, on which he had shipped as
a sailor. The other arrivals Sunday were
the Forrest Hall, and the Dimsdale, all of
the vessels, as well as their masters, be
ing well known In this port.
PACTS SLIGHTLY MIXED.
Misrepresentation of a Tacoma Pa
per ItcRrnrdinj? Shipping; Matters.
The Ledger, a paper printed at Tacoma.
a Puget Sound city located about 28 miles
from Seattle, prints the following:
"Another of those slight indications that
Portland is losing a little of Its prestige
Is the fact that two sailing vessels, des
tined to load grain at Portland, are now
at Tacoma, and will be loaded here by
their charterers. They are the British
bark Zanita, Captain McDonald, and the
Scottish Glens, Captain Johnson.
"The Scottish Glens, a vessel of 20G1
tons, arrived at Tacoma last night in
tow from down Sound, 61 days out from
Jquiquc in ballast. She Is under charter
to the Portland Grain Company."
"Destiny" seems to have run to seed
at Tacoma, and it would be interesting
to know by what line of reasoning the
Ledger figures out that the two ships men
tioned were "destined" to load at Port
land. Neither of the ships were chartered
for Pontland loading. In fact neither of
them had the option of loading at Port
land. If they had been taken with the
Portland option, they would have come
here to loud, as the Wilhelmina did. This
steamer was chartered to proceed in bal
last from ITacoma to Portland, to take
on a cargo a wheat, although she had the
option of loading at Tacoma at the same
rate as she received from. Portland. Quick
dispatch and light port charges at this
port Induced the owners of the "Wilhel
mina to send her away from the City of
"Destiny" to one of business, and the
time lost In .steaming from Tacoma to
Portland was more than made up in the
saving made in the loading time.
BIG ALASKA FLEET.
AlmtJLlcn. Packers' Association Has
Nearly Fifty Vessels This Year.
The Alaska Packers' Association has
gathered together one of the largest fleets
Of vessels of the Pacltlc Coast and with
the possible exception of the California
Shipping Company they own more
full-rigged American ships than are
owned by any other firm In the world.
The 1901 Alaskan salmon fleet included 15
ships, seven barks, t2iree schooners, and 22
steamers, the Portland-built steamer
Kvlhak being the flagship of the steamer
fleeet. The names and tonnage of the
vessels are as follows:
Ships Tons.
V. H. Macy .- 220'
Star of Russia "19S1
John Currier .1945
Tacoma "17335
Omental 1GSS
SIntram 1656
Bohemia I633
Eclipse 1594
Isaac Reed 1541
Santa Clara 1533
Indiana 14S7
Columbia 1471
Llewellyn J. Morse 1392
Two Brothers 13S2
Centennial 12S6
Barks
Wlllscott 1S56
Undaunted 1764
Fresno 1244
Coalinjra 996
Electra 985
Nicholas Thayer 3Si
Will W. Case 5S3
Schr oners
Okanogen 721
Premier 207
Prosper 241
Steamers
Kvichak 1200
President 377
Chilkat .. 140
Jennie 123
Alitak 120
Kyak 120
Kadiak 114
Thistle 102
Hattie Gage SI
Gertie Storey 73
Afogi ak C6
Elsie C6
Ella Robins . 64
Pacific 63
Royal 63
"Wigwam CO
Polar Bear 5S
Novelty 57
Quinnat 55
Reporter 50
Lillian 45
Aleut 3S
Tlic Rio Investigation.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. The Fed
eral Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers re
sumed their investigation this afternoon
into the causes which led to the wreck of
the steamer Rio de Janeiro. Among the
witnesses examined was Freight Clerk
Englchardt. To him Captain Ward said. In
the captain's cabin, that he would not en
ter the harbor until the fog cleared. The
steerage steward gave evidence which
showed that every effort was made to
save and to warn passengers. Chief En
gineer Herlihy admitted that he was not
at his post, and did not call his men, for
the first time since he has been an "engi
neer, 28 years. He showed the Instruc
tions of the company, which direct him to
be in charge of the engines on entering
port.
Astoria -Marine STeTrs.
ASTORIA. Or., March 4. The lighthouse
tender Manzanita left this morning for
Puget Sound, to Inspect the aids to navi
gation in that district. On her way up
the coast the vessel will etop at Destruc
tion Island and land Assistant Keeper
Jackson and wife.
Captain Kllgore, of the revenue cutter
Commodore Perry, has completed a three
years' commission on that vessel, and Is
awaiting orders to proceed to some other
command. He is 5S years of age, and
will be retired in two years.
Investigation Bcffan.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 4. Major
Blakeney, superintendent of the Life Sav
ing Service for this district, today com
menced an investigation of the conduct
of Mark Ellingsen, the coast guard, who,
it has been reported, failed to notify the
Port Point llfesaving station that the
wrecked steamer Rio Janeiro was in dis
tress. E. N. Borg, storekeeper of the Rio, tes
tified that he had heard the captain call
out to take to the boats and care for the
women and children. Some of the passen
gers will be examined tomorrow.
Wreck on Algerian Coast.
ORAN, Algeria, March 4. A vessel re
ported to be named Chill, but which is
probably the Sclllan, has been wrecked in
this vicinity. Six of those on board were
drowned. The Italian bark Sclllan, Cap
tain Palazza, sailed from Pensacola, De
cember 19, for Genoa.
The OreKonlan Launched.
CHESTER, Pa., March 4. The steamer
Oregonian, built for the American-Hawaii
Steamship Company, which stuck on
the ways on February 19, was launched
today at Rich's shipyards. The vessel
will ply "between New York, San Fran
cisco and Honolulu.
Mnrine Notes.
The transport St. Bede sailed from. Ma
nila for this port February 24. The Kin
tuck Is expected from Seattle tomorrow
or next day.
The British bark Comllebank and the
schooner Occidental, in tow of the Har
vest Queen, arrived up yesterday fore
noon, the towboat bringing them up
against a stiff current In less than 21
hours.
According to the Marshfleld Sun Hol
land Bros, are constructing at their
shop a large lifeboat for the ship on the
stocks at North Bend. Heretofore it has
been customary to purchase these small
craft at San Francisco.
The Coqulile Bulletin says that Arthur
Ellingsen has a force of men putting up
a shed over his shipyard at Roy's above
town. He has the contract to build
a new river boat for Captain T. W.
McCloskey, the dimensions of which will
be C5 feet In length and 16 feet beam.
The German ship Brunshausen, the first
o the March fleet to leave, cleared yes
terday for Queenstown or Falmouth for
orders with 77,560 bushels of wbeat val
ued at 544,209. She was dispatched by
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and will leave
down the river this morning. The Profes
sor Koch, which finished loading a few
hours earlier than the Brunshausen, will
not clear until today.
Domestic and Foreiarn Ports.
ASTORIA, March 4. Sailed at 9 A. M.,
steamer Geo. W. Elder for San Fran
cisco; at 12 noon, British ship County of
Dumfries for Queenstown or Falmouth
for orders. Left up at 9 A. M., British ship
Helga. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.,
moderate; wind northwest; weather clear.
San Francisco, March 4. Sailed, steam
er Columbia, Astoria. Arrived steamer
Jeanle, Astoria; steamer Rival, Wlllapa
Harbor: steamer Empire, Coos Bay;
schooner Gem, Coos Bay.
Liverpool Arrived March 2. British ship
Clan Mackenzie, from Vancouver.
"Valparaiso Arrived prior to March 2.
Steamer Yang Tse, from Tacoma for St.
Vincent.
Port Townsend, March 4. Arrived
Steamer Olympla from China.
Port Hadlock. March 4. Arrived steam
er Robert Dollar from Seattle.
Hong Kong Arrived prior to March 2
Steamer Victoria from Tacoma.
Seattle, March 4. Arrived Steamer
Port Albert from Tacoma.
San Pedro, March 4. Arrived Schooner
Stlmson from Ballard; schooner Lucy
from Umpqua.
Sydney, March 4. Arrived Ship St.
Nicholas from Port Hadlock.
Coos Bay Sailed March 3, schooner
Emma Utter for San Diego.
Brisbane March 2 Arrived Aorangl,
from Vancouver for Sydney.
March 4. Arrived Nordland from New
York.
Liverpool, March 4. Arrived Saxonia,
from Boston.
Gibraltar, March 4. Passed Fuerst Bis
marck, for Hamburg.
HILL WILL BUY IN MINE.
Owners of Crow's Nest Property in
St. Paul to Close Deal.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 4. The Pi
oneer Press tomorrow will say:
"Robert Jaffrey, William Bath. Peter
Ryan and G. T. Lindsay, of Toronto,
were in the city yesterday. The first
three named are the principal owners
of the Crow's Nest coal fields of British
Columbia, and Mr. Lindsay Is their at
torney. They arrived Sunday and drove
to the residence of J. J. Hill. They came
to St. Paul for the purpose of closing a
transaction with Mr. Hill, by which the
latter comes into possession of a large
interest In their mine. Mr. Hill professed
ignorance of the entire matter whenap
proached by a reporter.
"One of the interested men said yes
terday that the deal was consummated
on the lines recently announced in a
Toronto dispatch, which were that the
syndicate transfer to J. J. Hill $500,000
in stock and give him control of the mine
for a number of years, together with an
option on sufficient stock to control in
the case he desired to buy. In return for
these concessions, Mr. Hill, It Is reported,
agrees to build new lines to each of the
coal fields from the south and west and
to purchase the output of coal up to
COOO tons per day. The reason assigned
for offering Mr. Hill an interest is that
the Canadian Pacific, by charging ex
orbitant freight rates, restricted the out
put of the mines and there was no profit
in their operations."
Xotes of Oresron City.
OREGON CITY, March 4. At the Fire
Department election today Chris Hartman
was elected chief engineer; S. J. Burford
assistant engineer; J. H. Howard, August
Asmus and C. W. Pope, Fire Commission
ers. A. L. Hardman was arrested today for
knocking down and kicking the 12-year-old
son of J. A. Moore. The boys were play
ing in an alley, when Hardman nrdpriri
thorn away, alleging that they were mak
ing too much noise. The boys did not
move readily, and the assault resulted.
Hardman will have a hearing Wednesday.
Russia Withdraws a Part.
PEKIN, March 4. Russia has with
drawn a portion of the Russo-Chinese
agreement regarding Manchuria, and
China has appealed to the powers In the
matter.
Excursions to the East.
The most popular way ;o cross the con
tinent Is In one of the Rio Grande West
ern Railway's tourist excursions, to
Eastern cities, which leave Salt Lake
Utah, daily, making close connections
with all trains from the West,
Passengers from Portland have the
choice of going via the O. R, & N and
Huntington, or the Southern Pacific and
San Francisco, with a day's stop-off in
the latter city, if desired, also the privi
lege of a day in Salt Lake City, via either
route to that point, and on all classes of
tickets.
Excursions leave Salt Lake as follows:
Sunday. S:20 P. M., via Denver &. Rio
Grande and Illinois Central.
Monday, 8:20 P. M., Denver & Rio
Grande and C. R. I. & P.
Tuesday. S:20 P. M.. via Denver & Rio
Grande and Burlington.
Wednesday, 8:30 A. M., Colorado Mid
land and C. R. I. &. P.
Wednesday. 8:20 P. M., Denver &. Rio
Grande and Missouri Pacific
Thursday, 8:30 A. M.. via Denver & Rio
Grande and C. R. I. & P.
Thursday. 8:30 A. M., via Colorado Mid
land and Burlington.
Thursday t 8:20 P. 1L, via Denver & Rio
Grande and C, R. I. & P.
Friday. 8:30 A. M., via Colorado Mid
land and Burlington.
Friday, 8:20 P. M., via Denver & Rio
Grande and Burllnrrton.
Saturday. 8:20 P. M., via Denver & Rio
Grande and Missouri Pacific.
For rates and reservations, apply to J.
D. Mansfield, general agent, 253 Washing
ton street
RIVER AND HARBOR WORK
EVERYTHING IX OREGON PUT BACK
A YEAR.
Available Funds for the Various
"Work Sufficient Only for Pro
tecting the Property.
The failure of the river and harbor
bill to pass Congress is very much re
gretted by the United States engineers
who have charge of river and harbor im
provements, as it in most places prac
tically puts a stop to work on all such
improvements and throws thousands of
worklngmen out of employment for a
year or more. Just why Senator Carter,
of Montana, worked so hard to. defeat
the bill Is not definitely known. Some
people say that because some Irrigation
scheme he favored did not pass, and be
cause there are no rivers nor harbors In
Montana to be Improved, he was de
termined to defeat the river and harbor
bill. Others say that there were appro
priations in the bill which are clearly
Jobs, and In order to defeat these tho
meritorious appropriations had to be done
for also.
Captain W. C. Langfitt and Captain
W. W. Harts, Corps of United States En
gineers, who have charge of river and
harbor Improvements In this state, while
sorry that the bill was defeated, endeavor
to take the matter philosophically. They
will not be able to do much work on any
of the Improvements under their charre.
"but will endeavor to keep up the organi
zation of their forces, and get plants re
paired and In order for resuming work
when appropriations are available. Of
course everything will be put back a
year, but Captain Langfitt feels consoled
with the thought that the works in his
charge are in a good deal better shape
for such a contingency than the works
in many other sections, as he has been
husbanding what funds he had until the
bill went through, so as to have money
enough to do work effectually and rapidly.
He has learned that large enterprises or.
works cannot be carried on successfully
with money coming In In driblets.
For Improvements In the upper Wil
lamette, Yamhill and Cowlitz Rivers, he
has practically no money.
For the Lewis and Clatskanie River
improvements he has small unexpended
balances.
For the lower Columbia and lower Wil
lamette Rivers there Is an unexpended
balance of $80,000.
There is a balance of about $125,000 on
hand for the mouth of the Columbia,
which was to have been expended In get
ting things in readiness for proceeding
with the extension of the Jetty. Now
that there Is to be no extension it will not
be practicable to expend all the money.
A certain amount of necessary work
will be done and then operations will
be closed for the year. The funds on
hand arc not sufficient to do anything in
particular, but things will be kept mov
ing. The force will be kept organized,
plants and machinery looked after, etc
There will be funds to keep the
dredge W. S. Ladd at work in the Colum
bia, and, as there Is about $100,000 avail
able for the Improvement of the Silvia
de Grasse reef at Astoria, and Contractor
Johnson has not abandoned the job, this
work will probably proceed.
Captain Harts, who has In charge the
improvement of rivers and harbors on
the coast of this state and the upper
Columbia and Snake Rivers, has pretty
well expended the appropriations for
most of these works.
For improving the Columbia at Three
MHe rapids in the dalles, he has $216,400,
but this money Is completely tied up until
Congress takes action on this improve
ment. He has also $12,800 provided for im
proving the Clearwater River, Idaho, but
this Is tied up until It can be ascertained
whether this river Is ever likely to be
navigated by boats.
For the operation and care of the locks
at the Cascades, there is $13,000 on hand.
This will allow the completion of some
projected work there, which will be fin
ished by the end of June.
For the Improvement of Yaquina Bay
there is $13,000 available which will be ex
pended in blasting rocks in the outer
channel about two months' work and
In making general repairs.
For the Improvement of Coos Bay
there Is $12,000 on hand, and for the
mouth of Coqulile River $3000. which It
will be necessary to expend In repairing
machinery and doing a lltle extra work.
There are small unexpended appropri
ations for Improving the Columbia at the
Cascades, for improving the upper Col
umbia and Snake Rivers, for the Hayden
island dike, for improving Tillamook Bay,
improving the Siuslaw River, Coos River
and Coqulile River, ranging from $1000
down to $50. At some of these places
there are extensive plants to be taken
care of, and the funds will be barely
enough for current expenses In looking
after this property, providing watchmen,
etc
HARRISON ON THE BOER WAR
Americans Should Not Sympathize
"With British AKgresion.
NEW YORK. March 4. In the North
American Review for March ex-President
Harrison has the second of his papers on
"Musings on Current Topics," treating on
the British alliance and the Boer War.
General Harrison says:
"Is not the Inevitable tendency of any
attempt to put Great Britain and the
United States in relation of allies to raise
up and strengthen an antl-Brltlsh party
In the United States and an antl-Amerl-can
party In Great Britain? If a friend
ship between Great Britain and the United
States that will make their immediate re
lations cordial and unite their Influence
for peace and human progress. Is to be
maintained to become a status must It
not have been laid down on a moral
Instead of a commercial basis? Morals
abide; commerce interests shift. The
friendship must not be of a party here
with a party there. Upon that basis we
shall have racking alternation of gush.
"Is the friendly co-operation of the two
nations to be rested upon the abandon
ment or modification of her traditional
policy or upon the abandonment of ours?
In the prosecution of the 'open-door' pol
icythat Is. equal commercial privileges
to all nations we have, perhaps, found
a common basis of, diplomatic action. To
use this means, I think, the recognition of
the autonomy of weak nations and their
right to regulate their own internal af
fairs as opposed to dismemberment or the
paramountcy of one of the great powers.
Does Great Britain accept the 'open-door
policy In that sense?
"Is it not possible that If suitably urged,
GreatvBrltain might come to stand with
us against the forcible absorption of weak
states and for open doors everywhere?
She has lost her monopoly of exanslon.
She has found that her most loyal cron
ies buy in the best markets. The in
creased expansion and competition in the
business of expansion are suggestive.
"The American people gave generous
ly of their love to Queen Victoria. Her
death was felt here to be a family sorrow.
She was not associated in the American
mind with this aggressive feature of the
British character and foreign policy that
other nations have so much resented. The
American love for her as a Queen was
largely based upon the belief that her
influence was good, so far as It might be,
to ameliorate aggression and promote
peace.
"The insistence of many individuals and
of a very large section of the newspaper
press that as a matter of 'reciprocity' we
must give our sympathy to Great Britain
In the Boer War and the frequent refer
ence to certain crude and illiberal things
In the Dutch army of the Transvaal as
matters justifying armed Intervention
by Great Britain have very naturally
turned my vagrant thoughts to the con
sideration of the question of whether
these alleged faults In the Internal ad
ministration of the Boers furnished a jus
tification of the war made by Great Brit
ain upon the Boers.
"The Boers did not seek war with Great
Britain. They retreated to the wall.
British Intervention In South Africa was
not a response to any appeal from so
much, as a fragment of the Boer people.
They were not only content with the gov
ernment they had instituted, but passion
ately devoted to It with a readiness to
die in its defense that took no account of
age or sex
"The political conditions in Cuba when
we Intervened were the very opposite of
those In the Transvaal. Our Intervention
was In behalf of the Cubans. We co
operated to free them from the power of
a government whose oppressions and
cruelties had many times before driven
them Into rebellion. Great Britain's in
tervention In South Africa was against a
united people living in content an Ignor
ant content if you please under a gov
ernment of their own construction, and
th eground of the intervention was osten
sibly the Interests of British subjects so
journing there.
"There was plainly no call for armed
Intervention by the United States In
South Africa, and perhaps our diplomatic
suggestions went as far as usage would
Justify. But has not the public here been
somehow strongly perverted, or put under
some unwonted representation? If we
have lost either the right to denounce ag
gression, or the capacity to weep when a
republic dies, it is a grievous loss."
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A GORY PRIZEFIGHT.
Erea Spectators "Were Nauseated and
Had to Leave the Hall.
LOUISVILLE. KyTT March 4 Tommy
Ryan, of Syracuse, tonight was given the
decision over Tommy West, of Brooklyn,
after 17 rounds of a 20-round contest.
West's second threw up the sponge. The
fight took place at the Auditorium, un
der the auspices of the Southern Athletic
Club, and was the bloodiest and most des
perate ever seen in Louisville. The men
entered the ring at catch weights, and
each weighed in the neighborhood of 157
pounds. After the 10th round. West was
assisted by Terry McGovern.
In the first round, honors were about
even, though both were right In for busi
ness. Both landed often and hard. West
getting In several hard jolts on Ryan's
nose. In the second, Ryan was knocked
down twice, and seemed all but out when
the gong sounded. At the first knock
down Ryan took almost the full count.
The third and fourth rounds were West's,
and th efifth Ryan's. In the sixth West
landed on Ryan's nose, and there was
more blood. Ryan was the aggressor In
this round, but West blocked and landed
at will, and but for the gong, might have
finished his man.
In the reventh Ryan's Up was split,
and West's nose was broken, his right
eye closed, his forehead laid open in two
places, and his cheek split. Blood poured
from his wounds as time after time Ryan
landed on the injured places. He played
continuously for the broken nose, and
for the next half dozen rounds made a
veritable choplng-block of West. The pun-,
ishment West took was wonderful, blood
pouring from nearly a dozen of his
wounds. West's corner looked like a
slaughter-house, and the fight announcer
actually had to wipe the blood from the
floor with a mop. So bloody. Indeed, was
the fight, that several persons near the
ring were nauseated and had to leave the
hall. Still, during round after round.
West came up only for more poundings
on the nose, eye and cheek. In the sev
enteenth lound, when It was seen that
West was fighting a hopeless fight, Terry
McGovern threw up the sponge for West,
and the referee gave the decision to
Ryan.
THE DAY'S RACES.
"Winners at Tanforan.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. The re
sults today at Tanforan were:
Seven furlongs, purse Cougar won.
Fondo second, Klngstelle third; time, 1:23.
Six furlongs, selling Saintly won, Par
menlon second, Redwald third; time,
1:13.
Four furlongs, purse Lady Bird won,
Loulette second, Ursula third; time, 0:49.
Six furlongs. Inauguration handicap
Kenllworth won. Gonfalon second Sad
Sam third; time, 1:13. .
Races at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO., March 4. The re
sults at Oakland were:
Six furlongs, selling Homage won, Irate
second, Catherine third; time, 1:15.
Mile and 50 yards, selling Tom Calvert
won, Alarla second, Sam Howard third;
time. 1:45.
Three and a half furlongs, 2-year-olds,
selling Maraschino won. Water Scratch
second. Torso Maid third: time, 0:42V5-
Seven furlongs, selling Torslna won, Al
leviate second, Gibraltar third; time, 1:28.
Pool-Selllnj? Permitted.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4. The Board
of Supervisors of this city and county to
day finally pas3ed an ordinance permitting
racing with pool-selling on the grounds
where the course Is situated for 36 days
in each year. This will allow the Imme
diate reopening of the Ingleslde track,
now controlled by the San Francisco Jock
ey Club, of which Prince Ponlatowskl Is
president. The same club won another
victory today in San Mateo County, where
the Tanforan track is located. The Su
pervisors of that county rescinded an ordi
nance previously passed by them limiting
the number of racing days at Tanforan so
that the season on that course Is now un
limited, so far as legal restrictions are
concerned.
Great Trotting Race.
BOSTON, March 4. Probably the great
est trotting race ever seen will be ar
ranged this season for the largest purse
ever hung up. The proposition Is con
tained In the following letter. Issued last
night, by Thomas W. Lawson, owner of
the champion gelding Boralma.
"As there Is considerable controversy
about the merits of Croesus, Charlie Herr
and The Abbott, and there seems to be
much trouble In getting on a match be
tween all three or any two of the three,
perhaps I may be able to assist, now that
I have concluded, on account of the cup
race, not to send Boralma to Europe until
next Fall. To that end I will agree to
race Boralma against the three, each
entry to subscribe $10,000; and, further
agree that the association Holding the race
will add a purse of $20,000, making $60,000
In all, the first horse to take $40,000. second
$15,000, and the third $5000, all minor con
ditions to be arranged on a mutually sat
isfactory basis to all."
Mount Tabor School Elections.
At the school election held In Montavilla
district No. 18, last night, unusual Inter
est was manifested and a large number
of the voters was present. The meeting
was called to order at 8 o'clock by Chair
man Schwabauer, and Miss Alice M. Dav
idson read the call and the reoorts. By
direction of the chairman she also read
the school laws bearing on elections, and
it was decided to proceed with" the election
on the basis 'that the district had under
1000 population. This largely Increased
the number of voters, as It admitted many
who were not taxpayers. Arthur Slsley
and J. A. Schwabauer were nominated for
Director, with eloquent speeches. Mr.
Slsley was elected by five majority over
Mr. Schwabauer. Albert Ehleer was elect
ed Clerk over B. F. Kyle, The meeting
then adjourned.
In district No. 5, Mount Tabor, a quiet
election was held. L. S. Normandln was
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WAR OFFICE BLAMED
"WOLSELEY ATTACKED ENGLAND'S
MILITARY SYSTEM.
Lansdowne, In a Heated Reply, As
sailed the ex-Commander-in-Chlefs
Military Conduct.
LONDON, March 4 The Duke of Bed
ford, in the House of Lords, today started
a discussion of army matters by asking
for information on the military adminis
tration and the War Office. Lord Wolse
ley arose after the Duke of Bedford had
done speaking and for two or three hours
he attacked the military system of Great
Britain in a carefully written speech
which it is understood he had long medi
tated and revised in consultation with his
friends.
"My arguments," he said, "are not di
rected against individuals, but against the
military system which I have honestly
tried for five years and have found want
ing, and which entails many great dan
gers not realized by the people of this
realm."
Lord Wolseley outlined the present sys
tem, which he said was entirely unsulted
for the army, under which It would never
be eSicfent, and he doubted much if they
would ever have a contented army. Lord
Wolseley pointed out In detail how the
distribution of responsibility disorganized
and Impaired the war machine. It was an
unworkable and impossible system. The
commander-in-chief had no effective con
trol. Neither had the heads of depart
ments, and the work and cross-references
in all branches had been largely In
creased. "My Lords, I need scarcely tell you,"
said Lord Wolseley, Impressively, "that
our soldiers do not love the War Office
nor its civilian rulers. You cannot flout
the sentiment of the army without injur
ing its morale. It might reasonably be
asked. If the system is so bad, how It was
that such a large army was dispatched
to South Africa In so satisfactory a man
ner. The answer Is simple. No army sys
tem, however bad, would be allowed to
stand In the way at such a time by offi
cials like those .composing the 'headquar
ters staff In 1S99."
The Marquis of Lansdowne, ex-War
Minister, replied to Lord Wolseley Imme
diately. He said he was constrained to
say that Lord Wolseley, during his term
of office, had failed to understand his du
ties. He might at least have warned the
government that one army corps was not
sufficient to crush the Boers; he might
have enabled the government to turn to
better use the auxiliary forces of the
country; he might have told the govern
ment before the South African War that
Ladysmlth was not a suitable military
station; he might have prepared schemes
for defensive and offensive operations.
Lord Wolseley had restricted his duties;
he had not taken advantage of the oppor
tunities at hand. The War Office system
might' have been changed to advantage in
details; but the main principle of enabling
the Secretary of State to get advice at
first hand, he was not willing to give up.
The mistakes and failures In South Af
' rlca were not due to the system, but to
the fact that it was not carried out as it
might have been.
" The debate will be resumed tomorrow.
Lord Wolseley had a notable audience, in
cluding Mr. Chamberlain. Sir William Ver
non Harcourt, Sir Charles Dllke. Mr.
Asqulth, Mr. Broderlck. Mr. Wyndham
and other prominent men, while Lord
Rosebery, who Is credited with being In
the strongest sympathy with him. was
especially prominent during the sitting and
constantly flitting about, speaking to the
chief actors -In the scene. He will prob
ably speak himself tomorrow, when, judg
ing from Lord Lansdowne's unfinished
personal attack on Lord Wolseley. the de
bate will be still more dramatic. The sen
ration of the debate was Lord Lans
downe's attack revealing the strong fric
tion existing between the two men. Lord
Wolseley will meet with much sympathy
In the editorials tomorrow, but opinions
are .vrlously divided concerning his views.
and It Is admitted that Lord Lansdowne
made a very damaging reply. Very few
papers approve Lord Wolseley's proposal
to appeal to the country.
The Under Secretary for Foreign Af
fairs. Lord Cranbourne, In the House of
Commons today. Informed Sir Ellis Asn-mcade-Bartlett
that the Russo-Chlnesa
agreement on Manchuria Is engaging the
earnest attention of the government and
is the subject of diplomatic communica
tion between the powers. Any statement
or discussion of the matter now, he said,
would be inexpedient.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach, replying to a ques
tion as to whether the government pro
posed to recover from the British Char
tered South Africa Company the claims
of the Transvaal. resulting from the
Jameson raid, said the claim for 1.000,
000 for a moral and Intellectual damage
was Illegal. Regarding the balance, 627,
93S of this claim, the Colonial Office was
taking the advice of the law officers of the
crown. He, as Chancellor, would be de
lighted to find there was a chance of
obtaining money from this unexpected
source.
Frederick VIHIers' Views.
NEW YORK. March 4. Frederick VH
Hers, the English newspaper correspon
dent was among the passengers on the
Lucanla, which has Just arrived from Liv
erpool. Until recently he has been at the
front In South Africa.
"I think It will all be over In another two
months," said. Mr. Vllllers, In speaking of
the Boer War, "although I do not expect
any spectacular denouement of the
war. The defensive which now consists
mainly of Dewet will fizzle out slowly as
the men fall away under stress of an en
tirely chance commissariat. Notwith
standing what has been said about the
British officer and the 'Tommy' In the
war, I can only say that both have be
haved magnificently throughout and I was
at the front during all the Important en
gagements. No one who has not seen the
country can realize the difficulty for an
Invading force. I .tell you It needs far
greater courage to march on repeating
rifles behind trenches today than was nec
essary to charge a position In the Franco
German War, for Instance."
Duke of Cambridge III.
NEW YORK, March 4. The Tribune's
London correspondent says:
It is is stated that members of the royal
family are very anxious about the
condition of the Duke of Cambridge. His
Royal Highness, who was born just two
months 'before his cousin. Queen Victoria,
was very much upset by her death.
Since the funeral at Windsor the
aged Duke has alarmed his relatives and
medical advisers by his loss of appetite.
He has a magnificent constitution, but
owing to his advanced age. the symptoms
whlcfh have shown themselves are consid
ered serious.
King Edward has promised to go to
Hamburg later In the Spring, but owing
to the serious state of the health of Em
press Frederick, nothing definite has been
fixed. Professor Danvers of the medical
attendants on the Empress, says that
quite possibly she will live for many
months," though her Illness may take at
any moment a turn for the worse, in
which case the end would probably come
suddenly.
Mobbed an Ex-Monk.
LONDON, March 4. An Infuriated mob
at Shanklln, Isle of Wight, yesterday
stormed the platform from which the ex
monk, Victor Ruthven. was delivering an
anti-Catholic lecture. Ruthven drew a re
volver and kept his assailants at bay for
a time, but Anally turned and fled. Dur
ing his flight a bullet was discharged,
which traversed the neck and Issued from
the cheek of one of his pursuers. Ruth
ven was arrested. Ruthven explalnts that
he was alone In the midst of the crowd,
and did not Are until he was forced to
do so in self-defense. The mob bombarded
him with chairs and all kinds of missiles,
and there were yells of "lynch him." He
begged to be allowed to escape, but some
one tried to grab his revolver and another
person struck him. Then he fired.
Germany Objects to Iaandirrabblnir.
BERLIN, March 4. Ambassador
White's conferences with the German
Foreign Office continued the past week.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press learns that these conferences are
due to fuller and more definite instruc
tions just received by Mr. White from
Washington concerning the threatened
landgrabblng In China. Germany agrees
fully with the United States that no
secret concessions should be made by
China to any foreign power, but that all
concessions should be strictly confined to
grants for diplomatic and ordinary com
mercial purposes and made aboveboard
and through the treaties signed by all
the powers. It Is believed In German of
ficial circles that .Russia will not insist
upon China's signing a secret treaty,
since the other powers have so vigorously
protested against the action.
Devret Headed but Not Captured.
LONDON, March 4. A despatch from.
General Kitchener, dated Pretoria,
March 4, says:
"Dewet was moving on Phlllopolls, but
was headed by our troops, and Is now
marching on Fauresmlth. Babington ha3
dug up a Krupp, a pom-pom and some
ammunition at Landfonteln. Sixteen men
of the Victorian Rifles have captured 33
Boers and 50 horses at Seacow river. Gen
eral Dartnell has captured a Hotchklss
near Pletertleff. Surrenders continue in
that district. Our Infantry with a com
mandant came in March 2."
Return of the Emperor.
LONDON, March 4. The FeWn corre
spondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, tele
graphing March 2, says:
The Emperor will return to Pekln at the
end of March. A bodyguard is already as
sembling at Slnan Fu. The foreign Min
isters have demanded the death of 12 ad
ditional high officials, and the punishment
of 90 provincial mandarins. Smallpox has
broken out among the allied troops.
Montagu "White the Delegate.
CHICAGO, March 4. Dr. Montagu
White has been appointed by the Ameri
can Transvaal League Its delegate and
envoy to represent the league and
branches In the United States at the con
gress to be held in Paris, March 12, of all
societies and associations existing In any
part of the world to befriend and aid the
Boers.
Disorders at Villadolld.
MADRID, March 4. Disorders have re
sulted at Valladolld, capital of the prov
ince of that name, owing to a number of
storekeepers refusing to close, as they had
agreed to do. A crowd stoned their win
dows. The police charged and dispersed
tho mob, several of whom were Injured.
New Unitarian Cabinet.
SOFIA, March 4. A coalition Cabinet of
the two Russophlle parties has been
formed. M. Karazloff takes the Premier
ship and Finance portfolio; M. Daneff,
the Foreign portfolio, and M. Raprlkoff
that of War. The Sobranje has been sum
moned to meet March 7.
The Frankfort Loan.
FRANKFORT, March 4. The firm of
Lazard, Speyer & Ellison has taken over
the Frankfort municipal loan of 15,000,000
marks, at 3" per cent, repayable at par
by drawings within 35 years. The loan
will be offered exclusively In New York
through Speyer & Co.
Vill-werde Gives It Up.
MADRID, March 4. Last evening Sen
or Vlllaverde conferred with the Queen
Regent, informing her that he had failed
to construct a cabinet, and must decline
to pursue the endeavor further.
POPE'S CIVIL PRINCEDOM.
Sole Solution of the Roman Question,
Says Ireland.
NEW YORK. March 4. Archbishop John
Ireland, of St. Paul, Minn., In the North
American Review for March, writes of
"The Pope's Civil Princedom." He says
in part:
"The situation with which the pope is
now confronted Is Intolerable. In the
streets of Rome insult has been offered to
the cortege conveying to its last resting
place in San Lorenzo the dead body of
Leo's predecessor. A statue has been
erected in one of the parks in honor of
the excommunicated monk whose sole
merit was that In his day he had been
the enemy of the papacy. The head o
the municipal government has been dis
missed from office by Ministerial decree
because, on an occasion when the Catho
lic world was honoring Leo as a man and
as pontiff, he dared to send to the Vati
can the exnresslon of his good will and
that of his colleague. The charitable
Institutions of the city, legacies of the
Catholic charity of ages, have been wrest
ed from the control of the church and
handed over to the secular authorities;
monasteries and schools have been closed
and the buildings confiscated. By veto
of the Italian Government, Leo XIII has
been forbidden to send an envoy to an
international peace congress, where he
would have been welcomed by non-Catholic
sovereigns, where the pope by all the
prerogatives of his office and all 'the tra
ditions of his see was entitled to be rep
resented. "The sole solution of the Roman ques
tion Is the pope's civil princedom; and
until this Is recovered, the prelate's pro
test will continue. The barriers are by
no means so insuperable as at first
glance they may appear. Italy took from
the pope his civil princedom. Why can
not Italy be expected to restore it? To
do so would mean for Italy peace, pros
perity and glory.
"The situation is today no less intol
erable for Italy than It is for the pa
pacy. The court of the King is ob
scured by that of the pope, Rome per
sists In being papal. In deriving its life
and grandeur from the papacy. Through
out the kingdom Italians are divided.
The adherents of the pope's temporal
power are legion. They are, too, the most
conservative elements of the population,
and when they refrain, In obedience to
the pope's order, from active participa
tion in national politics, the peril dally
grows that the socialistic and revolution-
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