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s"T'f ff " "" 1( THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1901. 3 MORLEY FINDS FAULT SAYS EDWARD WILL SO OX "JTAVE TO SEEK OTHER MINISTERS. Declare the Policy of Devastation ia Sonth Africa la a Mistake Reinforcements for Kitchener. LONDON, Oct 3L John Morley, M. P., addressing his constituents today at Ara broath, said: "The government Is aggravating the es sential mischief of the situation In South Africa by lta management of the concen tration camps. The death rate of chil dren, measure It as you will, Is hideous. excessive and appalling. The policy of devastation has been admitted to be a mistake. I wonder what Lord Palmer ston would have said of a government Justifying themselves by flaying that Rus. sla in Poland, and Austria in Bosnia, had done omethlng like the same. The war has entirely changed In char acter and Is drifting into a war of exter mination of a people fighting for their own land. The policy of unconditional surrender and submission means extermi nation and annihilation. The present atti tude of the government Is one of sullen desperation. There Is nothing worse than mettle in a blind horse. The King will. perhaps, at no distant date, have to seek ether Ministers with a better Insight and a moro pliant mind In the face of the dangerous and complex situation thlch confronts the country." MORE TROOrS FOR KITCHEXER. AH Available Forces In England Will Be Sent to Africa. ALDERSHOT, England, Oct. 31. It Is understood as a result of the conclusion arrived at by the Cabinet Monday cery available infantryman will be sent to the "ront in South Africa between now and hrlMmas. The departure of the cavalry brigade from Aldershot (orders to which effect were received there last night, the troopers being Instructed to start lor South Africa about the middle of Novem ber) will leave only a single regiment of regular cavalry, the Thirty-first Lancers, In the United Kingdom. Prince Arthur of ("onnaught, who Is a Second Lieutenant in the Seventh (Queen's Own Hussars), goes with his regiment to South Africa. Popularity of Duller. LONDON, Oct. 31. General BuUcr threatens to blosom into a British Bou langcr. lie does not appear to court prj acy or to discountenance demonstrations. He attended a theater In London last evening and when he was recognized and cheered he rose to his feet arid bowed his acknowledgements. Outside the build ing General Buller was surrounded by cheering crowds, and the police had to be called In to clear a way. General Buller speaking today to a re porter of the London Evening News re garding the telegram to Mr. White, at tributed to him by the National Review, said; "That is not my telegram." Jnnialca Wnnts Boer Colonists. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct. 7. The Brit ish ship Darlen, from Liverpool for South American ports, arrived here today from Colon, Colombia. She brought reports that business continues at a standstill at Colon. Merchants here are arranging a meeting for the purpose of requesting the imperial government to take steps to have a large number of Boers permanent ly settled on the Island of Jamaica. KING EDWARD'S HEALTH. Lancet Says the Recent Rumors Are Without Foundation. LONDON, Oct a. The Lancet today rays it has official authority to announce M ' H One ticket is now given FREE with 50c cash purchases at these stores. THE TICKET. HOLDERS PRESENT ON THAT DATE WILL DECIDE THE MANNER OF AWARD. 6 The BICYCLES AND LOCOMOBILES SSnell-Yale Cycle Co., 126 First street ' , CLOTHING A. Welch, The American Clothier, First and-Mqrri- son. ""V Salem Woolen -Mills Store, 85 Third street. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS Herman Bach, Fifth and Morrison streets. Imperial Cigar Store, 323 Washington street. DRY GOODS AND FURNISHINGS Shanahan's, 144-146 Third street. W. L. Dinsmoor, 389-391 East Burnside street that the recent rumora regarding, the health of King SRward are entirejy with out truth or foundation. The Lancet fur ther says tbeuKingJs Jn good health and has undergone no operation whatever. NEW YORK, Oct 31. The Lohdon cor respondent of 'the Tribune cables the fol lowing concerning the health of King Ed ward: "With a full sense of lta responsibility in the matter, the Medical Press and Cir cular print some alarming details on th subject of the King's health. It is elated that papillomatous growths have on thre occasions been removed from the King" left vocal chord, and that an immediate operation of another nature has since been rendered necessary. 'Under the circum stances, says the Medical Press, 'it seems right and proper that the natural anxiety should be at once met with a clear an nouncement as to the truth or otherwise of these distressing reports " RETDHN OF THE DUKE OF YORK. Ophlr's Passag-e Across the Atlantic Ended In a Gale. LONDON, Oct 31. The royal yacht Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on board, and tht escorting warships, encountered the full force of the severe easterly gale blowing today over the Channel, and the royal party was obliged to abandon .Its inten tion to put into Portland Roads, which was a great disappointment to the crowds lining the coast The flotilla proceeded up the Channel. YARMOUTH. Isle of Wlgnt Oct 31. The Ophlr, with the fleet anchored off Yarmouth at 4 P. M. King Edward and Queen Alexandra left London by special train at 5 P. M. for Portsmouth. The children of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York are with Their Majes ties. During the first night out from St Johns, while steaming about 15 knots, the Ophir sighted an iceberg directly ahead and about two miles off. The berg was first seen by the cruiser Diadem, which warned the Ophir, and the squad ron changed Its course and reduced speed. The searchlights showed a pale green mass 100 feet wide, with about 40 feet above water. The Ophlr's passage was tempestuous and ended in a gale. What Drink Costs Germany. NEW YORK, Oct 31. A dispatch to the London Times and the New York Times from Berlin sajs the Society for Com bating the Abuse of Spirituous Liquors has begun a conference at Breslau. Baron von Dlergardt said at the confer ence he believed that alcohol would one day be universally regarded as an enemy of civilization, but at present it was only possible to recommend moderation in its use. Seven hundred And fifty millions of dollars was yearly spent in Germany on intoxicating liquors. It was esti mated that the average German con sumed the equivalent -of five glasses of spirits a day. Baron von Dlergardt add ed that one difficulty In the campaign was that the state Itself was interested In alcohol, deriving as It did a revnue of $41,000,000 from spirits and $25,000,000 .from beer. One-third of the German exports to Togoland and one-seventh of those to East Africa consisted of alcohol. Llpton at Home. LONDON, Oct 31. Immediately after his arrival in London, Sir Thomas Lipton drove out to his suburban residence, "Oslge," at Southgate. An assemblage of friends and neighbors met him about two miles from the house, with a band, un harnessed The horses and took the car riage home. Responding to an address of welcome presented In behalf of the vil lage of Southgate, he said he had hoped to drink from the cup in Southgate, but it had stuck in spite of the Jerk he had given It "I mean to lift it yet" he said in conclusion. Queen Victoria Memorial. NEW YORK. Oct 31. The private view FREE! . . I , "Locomobile" ' -- -. K 4 y . a it x f of the designs for the Queen Victoria memorial at St James Palace was a consolation stake for the unsuccessful competitors, and also for the public, says the Tribune's London correspondent The accepted designs of Thomas Brock for the statuary and of Aston Webb for the Improvement of the Mall -and the land scape effects have not excited public in terest nor quickened subscriptions, but when the other designs are examined In detail It is evident that the metropolis might have done worse. One design, however, provided for a recasting of the facade of Buckingham Palace. The best feature of the designs is a series of arches for a processional road, representing Canada, Australia, In dia and Africa. Will Buy Up Siberian Lands. ST. PETERSBURG. Oct 31. The No vostl says the representatives of a great American syndicate have Just left St Petersburg for the purpose of buying or leasing all available land along the Siberian Railroad. The syndicate is pro vided with more than 15,000,000 rubles. Nothing Is known in American circles about such an undertaking. The Bourse Gazette devotes two col umns to an analysis of the project of Murray A. Verner, of Pittsburg, to invest 550.000,000 in electric traction in St. Peters burg. It calls upon the Municipal Coun cil to weigh carefully what Is offered against "what is asked and not to reject the American proposition without con clusive reasons. Mntlnons Demonstration In Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 31. A mutin ous demonstration was made In front of J the Admiralty othcee Tuesday Dy wu offi cers and non-commissioned bashi-ba-zouks, which caused dismay among the occupants of the Yildiz Palace. The pay of those who took part In the demonstra tion is several months in arrears and only a promise of prompt settlement prevented the carrying out of threats of further ac tion. All troops, with the exception of the marines, are paid with fair regularity, because they furnish the guard at the weekly selamllk and discontent among them might result In serious consequences to Sultan Abdul Hamid. French Railway Deficit. NEW YORK. Oct. 3L The Matin, quoted by the Paris correspondent of the London Times and the New York Times, says the French railways are about to ask the state to provide rather more than 48,000.000 francs, the jamount by which the railways' net profit fall short of the fixed charges. The corre spondent says the amount of the railway deficit will probably exceed 60 000,009 francs by the end of the year. He adds that the general budget deficit is likely to be 100,000,000 francs. Welsh Miners' Threats. ! CARDIFF, Wales, Oct 31. At a mass meeting of the Merthyr-Tydevel colliers today, the action of their representatives In agreeing to stop work last Friday and Saturday and threatening to stop on other days, in order to keep up the price of coal, and therefore wages, was confirmed and a resolution In support of the future action of the leaders was adopted. The situation Is critical, as the employers are strongly Inclined to resort to a general lockout Netherlands and the Vatican. NEW YORK, Oct 3L According to the Brussels correspondent of the London Times and the New York Times, diplo matic relations between Holland and the Vatican, which were Interrupted by the exclusion of the representative of the pope from The Hague Peace Conference, am ahmit to hft resumed bv the annolnt- f ment of a new papal nuncio at The Hague. Earl Russell Remarried. LONDON, Oct 31. Earl Russell anfl Mrs. Somerville were married at the Reg istry Office in. London this morning. W . be given away at Cordray's Theater, MARCH 3, 1902, by the well-known business houses whose names 9 iH be given away from Monday, March 3, 1902. For further information read tickets. WHERE , X C0AL AND WOOD ThePacifiV Coast Co., 249 Washington street. FURNITURE AND CARPETS 4 "H. E. Edwards, 191 First street GROCERS Vv F. Dresser & Co., Seventh and Washington streets. Shofner & Wright, 355 Yamhill street. Stehnken & Julien, 314 Burnside street JR. Schmeer & Co., 387 East Burnside street. HARDWARE Avery & Co., 82 Third streeL KIDNAPED BY A BOY MONTANA YOUNGSTER ATTEMPTED A BLACKMAILING SCHE3IE. He Tried to Work a Grocer lor Flf- teen Hundred. Dollars, but It Failed. GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct 3L Late this afternoon G. W. Ryan, a prominent grocer of this city, received a note direct ing him to leave 51500 at a certain olnt, as a ransorae for his 6-year-old son. Unless the demand was complied with by 9:30, the threat was made that fine pieces of glass would be rammed into the child's eyes and hla hands cut off. The police were notified and a search was mode for the boy and the kidnaper. About 6 o'clock the missing child walked into his father's store gagged and crying, but otherwise unharmed. He said he had been kid naped shortly after school by a boy named Southwick, who had first taken him to his home, and afterward to a spot he could not locate. The Southwick boy was soon found and arrested. He is about 12 years old, and at first declared that he had been told to steal the Ryan boy and write and deliver the note by two men. Afterward he confessed that he did the deed of his own volition, and that he had no accomplices. He expressed no repent ance and said: "I would have hit the old man for 5S000 if I had thought that he would have stood for it" He refused to tell where he had the child secreted, or how the boy got away. Little Ryan Is too nervous and scared to tell a connected story of his escape. LYNCHING IX KENTUCKY. Negro Taken From Jail by a Deter mined Mob. HODGENVILLE, Ky., Oct 31. A mob of 50 or 75 determined citizens came down upon this little town about 2 o'clock this morning and took from the jail Silas Esters, a negro, charged with forcing Granville Ward, a 15-year-old boy, near Upton, to commit a crime, and strung him to the Courthouse steps. So quietly and systematically did tho mob go about its work that the citizens of the town were In ignorance of the existence of the mob until the negro was In Its clutches. The citizens composing the lynching party Approached the Jail, and upon their demand the keys were surrendered to them. The cell In which the negro was confined was entered and the noose was adjusted about his neck. He waa dragged down the jail steps and out Into the street He managed to slip the noose from his neck and made a break for lib erty. The mob, crazed with anger, made for the negro, howling and firing at him with guns and pistols. The negro fell when about 100 yards from the Jall bolise, riddled with bullets. The noose was again placed about" the negro's neck and he was dngged to the Courficu c and swung to the tbpmost steps. The mob was formed in the neighbor hood of the crime. When the work of lynching the negro had been accomplished the members of the mob quietly dis persed and went to their homes. Dr. Burnet Indicted. CHICAGO, Oct 31. The grand jury to day voted an indictment against Dr. Or vllle Burnet, as an accessory before the fact charging him with murder. Dr. Burnet was with Mrs. Charlotte Nicol when the, latter committed suicide at a hotel recently, fulfilling an agreement with Burnet to die together rather than be separated. Robbers at a Fire. LARNED, Kan., Oct 31. Shell's big livery barn was burned early this morn ing, together with 25 head of hordes and a lot of buggies and harness. At the FREE! 6 the stage of Cordray's Theater, after TO GET THE same time thj Santa, Fe Railway safe was blown to pieces with dynamite and the depot badly wrecked. It Is believed the safeblowers set the livery stable on fire in order to attract the crowd to an other part of the town. Over a dozen shots were exchanged between the rol bers and citizens who rushed to the depot In the darkness and confusion the rob bers escaped. They secured no booty. Iowa Banks Burglarized. MATLOCK, la., Oct 31. Early today tho Bank of Matlock was burglarized by six men, who secured about 52000. Of this amount 5300 was in silver. Four of tho men acted as guards outside while the other two went Inside. The safe and vault were shattered by dynamite and the building badly wrecked. There i3 ab solutely no clew, and noN effort was made to follow the robbers, because all were so heavily armed. The total loss in money and damage to the safe and building is over 54000. DES MOINES, Ia6ct 31. The safe of the Bank of Orispe, in the town of Orlspe, in Union County, was blown open last night and 5300 in cash and a large amount of negotiable paper taken. No clew as to the robbers. Callahan Perjury Trial. OMAIHA, Oct 3L Attorney Sears, Mr. Cudahy's private counsel, was the first witness today in the trial of .James Cal lahan for perjury by his testimony given in the kidnaping trial. Mr. Sears testified that he withdrew from an Omaha bank 525,000 In gold, which he placed in tho hands of Mr. Cudahy with which to pay the ransom demanded by the kidnapers for the return of hl3 son. Samuel Bur rls, who sold the famous bay pony to th alleged kidnapers, identified Callahan art one of the parties to the deal. Mrs. Wlt tum, who lived In the vicinity of the al leged hiding place of Callahan and his companions, testified to seeing them fre quently and positively identified Callahan as one of the men whom she saw driving the pony. Oil Inspector and Assistant Indicted. CHICAGO. Oct 31. Robert E. Burke, formerly city oil Inspector, and Max Pra ger, Burke's former assistant, were named in indictments voted today by the grand Jury. They were charged with making false reports to the City Con troller. Detective Joyce Acquitted. CHICAGQ, Oct. 31. A jury in Judge Ball's court today returned, a verdict of not guilty in the case of. ex-Lieutenant Joyce, of the Detective Bureau. Joyce was charged with conspiracy to defraud the state by means of an alleged padded expense account. Moat Out on Bail. NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Johann Most,, the anarchist recently sentenced to the pen itentiary for the publication In his paper of an article entitled "Murder vs. Mnr iV' 'as Jcloascd toda' n bonds of 51500. He has been granted a certificate of reasonable doubt Contempt oj. Court. CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-Judge Elbrldge Hanecy, of the Circuit Court, Issued an order this evening summoning before him at 10 o'clock next Monday morning the owner of the Chicago American, William R. Hearst and six employes of the paper, to show cause why they should not be pnnished for contemnt of court. J The publications on which this action l was taken were news items, editorials and cartoons reflecting on the motives of i the Judge in a recent decision In which the People's Gas, Light & Coke Com pany, of this city, was interested. Porto Rlcnnn at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Oct 31. The delegations of merchants from Porto Rico who are vis iting the principal commercial centers of the United States arrived today and were entertained by committees of citizens. appear Agents for TICKETS JEWELERS A. N. Wright, The Iowa Jeweler, 293 Morrison. -The L. C. Henrichsen Co., 284 Washington. DRUGS ' . Aldrich Pharmacy, Sixth and Washington streets. A. W. Allen, Sixteenth and Marshall streets. , v Model Drug Store, 95 Grand avenue. MEN'S FURNISHERS AND HATTERS , Buffum & Pendleton, 94 Third street Robinson & Co., 289 Washington street MERCHANT TAILORS The J. M. Acheson Co., Fifth and Alder. OUSTING OF MARRQQUIN PARTICULARS OF THE RECENT COLOMBIAN CONSPIRACY. General Osplna, ex-Minlater of War, Was to Assume the Presidency Progress of the War. WASHINGTON, Oct 31. Mail advices received here contain brief reference to the conspiracy having for its object the ousting faf Vice-President Marroquln, the acting executive of the Colombian Re public. The coup d'etat was scheduled to take place September 23, and was 3ald to be the outcome of dissatisfaction with the existing government regime. It was to have been participated in by an ele ment of the Liberal party, and by two of the branches of the Conservative part, each of which was to have two repre sentatives of the Cabinet of six men. it was proposed that after Marroquln had been deposed, the ex-President was to be Installed in office, there to remain for a short time, after which General Osplna, who had resigned his position as Minister of War, and who was said to be Impli cated in the conspiracy, was to assume the office of President As shown by the press dispatches, however, the plot failed. General Oaplna's connection with the al leged lot, it is sala, was after his resig nation as Minister of War, resulting from the late Cabinet crisis, while he was in that office, as would be the natural infer ence from the press dispatches. The whole affair is regarded as very unfor tunate for Colombia in the present unset tled condition of affairs in that country. The Navy Department has made public the following extract from a mall report received under October 21 date, from Cap tain Thomas Peery, of the battle-ship Iowa, which has been lying at Panama watching the progress of affairs in that quarter: "I have the honor to report that at this moment activities are taking place on the part of the Insurgents who have, until recently, been in the neighborhood ot Ghorrera. Saturday, October 19, it was reported that Ghorrera had been evacu ated by the insurgents and several hun dred of them had marched from there toward Empire, a station on the Panama Railroad, about 12 miles from Panama. The government sent a force of about 150 men by rail from Panama, said to be destined for Empire and Culebra. Insur gents were seen October 20 in small num bers on the hlllswest and near Panama It Is said this move on the part of the Insurgents had been forced on them be fore they were ready by the prevalence of smallpox in their camp at Chorrera, the disease so decimating their numbers that they were obliged to go to sae their en tire force from becoming hors de combat. "In the report of Lieutenant-Commander McCrea, commanding the Machlas, dated October 13, 1901, a copy of which was re i elved by me, nfter the original had been sent to the department, appears the fol lowing statement: 'General Alban is build ing stone barricades on the outskirts of Panama, toward La Boca.' T;hl3 is a mistake, as no barricades have been built of any material on the outskirts of Pan ama." CRISIS IN VENEZUELA. Ministry Objects to Cnstro's Reply to Pnn-Amerlcan Congreii. WILLEMSTADT, Island of Curacao, Oct. 31. Advices received here today from Caracas say that a Cabinet crisis is expected there as a result of the word ing of the answer of the President of Venezuela to the resolution adopted by tne Pan-American Congress, expressing the hope that Venezuela and Colombia would reach an equitable and rational agreement FREE! This Elegant, Up-to-Date "Locomobile" Will be exhibited at the Imperial Cigar Store, 323 Wash ington St., for one week beginning Monday, November 4. After that date by the SNELL-YALE CYCLE CO. the "Locomobile' the evening performance, U. r MUSICAL GOODS H. H. Wright, 349 Washington street PIANOS AND ORGANS Allen & Gilbert Co., 209-211 First street. SHOE STORES Eggert-Young Co., 129 Third street E. C. Goddard & Co., Sixth and Washington. THEATERS 'Cordray's, "Washington street. UMBRELLAS John Allesina, 309 Morrison street regarding their present difficulty. The reply, which was received by Acting Pres ident Baigesa, at Mexico, Wednesday, was sent against the wishes of the Venezuelan Cabinet Although, President Castro has pro claimed once more that Internal ponce exists In Venezuela, this is taken as proof that in spite of his denials, civil war ex ists in the republic. Nobody at Caracas considers peace assured. The situation was never more critical. Situation In Colombia COLON, Colombia, Oct. 31 The Ven ezuelan troops at Tachirn have been or dered to withdraw, according to thp lasst advicoh received here from Barranqullla, where the aggression of Venezuela is waning. The Colombian Government, however, continues to strengthen Its po sition at Rio Quacha. Four thousand troops guard the Colombian frontier, and 1000 troops have been sent to Antoepiia. of which a division of 500 men recently arrlv ed at Barranqullla. They are short.y expected on the isthmus. The Colombian gunboat General Plnzon remains at Colon, In order to take part In the mobilization of troops from that direction in case of an accidental reinforcement being urgently needed on the Isthmus. General Osplna, the Colomhlan Minister of war, who was recently arrested on the charge of conspiracy to oust Acting Presi dent Marroquln from office, subbornly de nies that he has any connection with a conspiracy against the government. WATCHINGFOR AN ANARCHIST "Jaffei, the Red," "Will Be Returned to His Native Land. WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. Commissioner Powderly, of the Immigration Bureau, has sent notices to all Immigration officers to be on the lookout for a man known as Jaffei, an anarchist, otherwise known as "Jaffei, the Red," who is supposed to be on his way to the Unltrd States. If he Is found on any of the Incoming steam ers he will be detained, and if a proce- ' dent established about four years ago In the case of a well-known anarchist who attempted to &r.ter the country Is observed. Jaffei will be returned to the country whence he came. Jaffei Is said to be an Italian under 23 jenrs of ae and notorious for his anarchistic doc trines. He is described as a blonde, tail and with wide cheek bone Ordinarily dull and apathetic In oral expression, ho fires up quickly when dlcussirg the ques tion of anarchy. He Is said to bavo been in prison at Milan, Italy, and was suspected of being Implicated lit the as sassination of King Humbert Stricken Blind In a Trolley Car. NEW YORK, Oct. 31 The Rev. Charles Herald, who. since his ordination in 1889. has been pastor of the Bethcsda Congre gational Church in Brooklyn, was sud denly stricken blind while in a trolley car on his way to consult an eye spo--lallst. An operation became necessary and at the Lonp Island Hospital it was found that he would never recover his sight the soap which began its sale in the 18th century, sold all through the 19th and is selling in the 20th. 8ells all over the world. 9 126 FIRST STREET ;; i k w