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2 THE MORNING.. OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MAY; 19, 1902. M BALLOT OP B0ER8 Whichever Way it Goesf May End the- War. SURRENDERS WILL FOLLOW Then Brltinh Force, Released Prom Those Points Will Be Able to- Crash Opposition "Where It May Still Show Itself. PRETORIA, May 18. The Boer dele gates -who are assembled at Vereenjging, Transvaal, held prolonged conferences Thursday and Friday of last week. LONDON. May 19. A dispatch to the Times from Pretoria says that about ICO Boer leaders are assembled at Vereenlg ing, and. that their demeanor leads one to suppose they will vote In favor of a continuation of hostilities, but the' fact that the .voting Is by balloting may turn the balance to the side of peace. What ever the direct result of the confer ence may be, says the correspondent, the end of the war Is not distant, because the conference "Will probably be followed by numerous surrenders In various di rections, enabling large bodies of Bri tish troops to be liberated and poured Into the resisting districts. ChlneHc Foreign Office Wenlc. LONDON, May IS. The Times corres pondent at Pekln, referring to the diffi culties which have arisen regarding the railway agreements, says the dispute is Instructive as showing the hopeless weak ness of the Chinese Foreign Office un der the irresolute guidance of Prince Chlng. Prince Chlng, on Saturday, tho correspondent says, requested Sir Ernest Satow, the British Minister, to consent to a revision of the last agreement, in order to appease Russia, but this request the British resolutely refuse to consider. A Million Roubles Stolen. LONDON, May 18. A dispatch from "Vienna to a news agency says It is reported from Cracow, Galicla, that a million roubles have been stolen -from the headquarters of the general staff there. Two Generals and several civil staff officers,' says the -'dispatch, have been arrested in connection' with the rob bery. Servian Cabinet Resigns. BELGRADE, Servia, May 18. King Alexander has accepted the resignation of the Servian Cabinet. M. Passlos, for merly a Radical, has beenl entrusted "with the formation of a new Ministry. NO FRAYED THEOLOGY. That's Not the Kind the "West Will Listen To. NEW YORK, May 18. The pulpits of the Presbyterian churches In Greater New York were for the most part filled today with preachers from other places. Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, the newly elected moderator of the assembly, preached the assembly sermon at the Fifth-Avenue Presbyterian Church. This is the largest Presbyterian church in 'the country, and Its capacity was taxed. The moderator's sermon was an appeal to Presbyterians to come from behind their denominational barracks and db battle for God. "There Is good fighting," he said, "all along the line on Fifth avenue as well as on the Lower East Side.' Dr. Van Dyke Continued: "Faith In Christ rewrites the old motto of the French Revolution not "liberty, equality, fraternity,' but first fraternity which lifts men into equality and fits them for liberty. Faith In Christ makes us ac knowledge brotherhood with all who are trying to cast out devils and help the sick, whether they follow us or not. Faith in Christ says, 'He that is not against us is for us. I have no confidence In that sort of Christianity which will not join hands with an honest Hebrew to relieve suf fering and enlighten ignorance. I have no confidence in that kind of Protestant ism which refuses to take hold of one end of the litter in which a wounded man is lying because a Soman Catholic has hold, of the other enu. I have no confi dence in that kind of Presbyterlanlsm which lives in hostility and hatred toward Christians having other creeds and forms of worship. I have no confidence In that kind of a church which resembles a pri vate religious club, caring only for tho comfort and respectability of Its mem bers, unreasonably sure of its own salva tion and Indifferent tp the salvation of the world. "I believe In that Presbyterlanlsm which is evangelical and evangelistic, which, loves the old gospel so much that it can not keep It to itself, and which has no rivalry with any other, church except to try who can do the most good In tho world. I believe In a church which goes out through Christ and with Christ to seek and save the lost; I believe in a Christianity which is a giving, forgiving, sympathizing, self-forgetting, and there lore happy, life of ministry to the soul of others, and I believe that the perfection and everlasting continuation of that life is the joy of heaven." At a meeting held in the Flfth-Avenuo Presbyterian Church for the purpose of stimulating Interest In evangelistic work, and at which tho great church was crowd ed to the doors, the Rev. Dr. . Coyle drew a somber picture of religious con ditions In the West. He said the people there were Irreligious when they began life, and by education were prejudiced against all sorts of Christian work. He Implored the common evangelistic work ers to go into the Western fields. He said of the evangelists needed: "None of your heavy, soggy, water logged gospel preachers cant ride on our Western waves. We want no pyrotech alcal preachers, nor do we want any sen sationalists, nor do we want any gospel platitudes. We do not want any theol ogy which Is frayed at the ends and moth eaten in the middle. We in this Western 3and want the lightning, not the aurora borealis. The people of the West, I am sorry to say, are not anxious to have any preaching at all; but if you want to preach to us, you must preach straight, direct gospel with 20th-century trimmings and up-to-date illustrations. Wo want this or nothing." Further along Dr. Coyle said: "I do not think even Paul the Apostle could have accomplished much against such hardened Indifference as we find. There is hardly any Sabbath, and ab solutely no observance. Sinai no longer smokes and thunders. In my church at Denver we have dismissed as many mem bers as wo have received in recent years." BOMBARDMENT AGIN; - Venezuela Forcos 1V11L Assault hef., Seaport of Carnpano. TRINIDAD, B. W. I.. May 17 (Satur day). The (seaport of Carupano, ia the State of Bermudez. Venezuela. will be bombarded again today at o'clock by the government forces. The town will be at tacked from both land and seai.- The Ven ezuelan Government notified -thjo forelgp Consuls at Caruoano 3 ihours in advxnet of the time Intended tp attack? the pqrrK. at is eupposea ,nero uitu. -me uniiei oijuep Minister at Caracas', H." W, Bowen, wns the only foreign representative there who Tecelved notification of the bombardment of Carupano. and it issaid that Mr. Bowen urged that an unfortified town of Venezu ela be not unnecessarily bombarded. The German cruiser Gazelle is the only foreign warehip et Carupano. She will p'rotect the French as well as the German residents there. It is reported here that an engagement will be fought tomorrow between the rev olutionary and government forces which will decide the future of the President of the Republic, General Castro. RATHBONE'S NEW TACK, "Wants "Witnesses Held in Havana, but "Wood Refuses. HAVANA, May 18. It was erroneously announced last night that counsel for Estes . Rathbone, who was convicted of complicity in the Cuban postal frauds, had filed a petition for a new trial under the amended procedure order issued by Secretary of "War Root, which was re ceived here yesterday. It transpires that Rathbone's attorney only filed a petition to secure the retention of the records and witnesses here so that he might be able to introduce new evidence under the amended rule of procedure In his motion for a new trial now pending before the Supreme Court. The witnesses whose re tention is asked for in addition to the Army officers, are Chief Clerk Stelrihart, Postofflce Inspector Francis, Chief Clerk of Posts Bristow and Messrs. Wilson and Wlimot General "Wood has decided to Ignore the demand of Rathbone's attorney to issue an order to retain tho witnesses here. He says they are all in the service of the Arrny or Government, and can be ordered here if necessary after their return to the United States, The records, he says, will remain here Jn any event. Today, Rath bone's counsel made another demand upon the Governor to hold Mr. Bristow, who is to sail from here for home tomorrow morning. The fact of tho Issuance of the order to amend the rules of criminal procedure Is not generally known here, but among those whb are aware of It, much adverse comment bas been aroused. This is not because It gives Rathbone an opportunity to present new evidence, but because It changes the whole procedure for the fu ture, and practically affords an official charged with criminality two trials on tho evidence submitted. Under Arrest for Kllllnff Stockman, PHOENIX, Ariz., May IS. Deputy Sher iffs William Voice and Charles Howell, of GHa County, arrived here this morning with Vcrdunce Gonzales, who on Thursday evening shot and killed Eugene Packard, In Tfnto Basin. Gonzales was captured at Fort McDowell settlement last night. He says that the shooting was in self-dcfene, though Packard was shot through the heart and evidently from the back of his horse, his rifle being found in its scab- -bard. Gonzales was a roustabout at the "eheep camp, and Packard -was a cattle man. 1 Pence Af?ain in Georgia. ATLANTA, Ga., May IS. Perfect order and peace pYevalled today in Pittsburg, the negro settlement, south of the city where the desperate battle between offi cers of the law and negro outlaws oc curred yesterday. The only evidences of the terrible struggle are the heaps of ashes which mark the spot where former ly stood the buildings sheltering Will Richardson, the negro desperado, and his companions, and the detail of military patrolling the cene of the disturbance. Dor Killed Motlierj Says Self-Defensc CASTROVILLE. CaL, May IS. John Mc Carty, aged 22 years, shot and killed his mother this morning, and then gave him self into custody. He fired four pistol balls Into her brain at close rangq. His story Is that the murder was committed In self-defense. He Is the son of a highly respected veteran of the Civil War. Charged "With Cattle-Stcalingr. PHOEXIX, Ariz.. May 18. Arizona ran gers have captured WaltCT Brlce, John Vanwlnkle and Robert Vanwinkle, near Dos Cabezas. They are charged with slaughtering cattle on the range that did not belong to them, and selling the beef. MOUNT PELEE AGAIN. (Continued from rirst Page.) says x Fort de France special to the World. This gives 28,000 as the number of people burled In the ruins of St. Pierre. Six thousand persons were res cued by steamships or went to places of safety. Three thousand were probably drowfled. This is the most complete estimate made so far. The relief steamers now on the scene are the American ships Cincinnati, Ster ling, Potomac and Longfellow. The French cruiser Suchet and the British supply boat Madiana. Owing to red tape. It has been found impossible up to the present time to unload the sup plies sent by the Chamber of Commerce of New York. The bodies of Thomas T. Prentiss, American Consul, and James Japp, Bri tish Consul, have been identified and will be brought here for shipment Both bodies ar;e bruised by the fall of lava and stones, almost beyond recognition. AID FOR THE SUFFERERS. Collections Taken in French Churches Circus Contributes. PARIS, May IS. At the close of high mass In all the Roman Catholic churches In Paris this morning, funeral psalms were chanted and prayers for the dead were said In memory of those who per ished in the Martinique disaster. The congregations in tho churches were large ana a goodly collection for the aid of tho West Indian sufferers was taken up. A special service In connection with this will be held in St. Augustine Church tomorrow by Bishop Corment, of Marti nique, who is now in Paris, and who will pronounce" absolution. The commemora tive service for the Martinique dead, which was to have been held at Notre Dame, will be postponed because of the absence from France of President Loubet, as this service was intended to bo a high religious and state function. Appropriate services for the Martinique victims were held in all churches throughout France today and collections to aid the sufferers were taken up. The performance of Barnum & Balleys Circus, at Toulouse, yesterday, added 25.0M francs to the Martinique funds. Senator Knight's Report. PARIS, May IS. Senator Knight, -who accompanied Acting Governor L'Huerre to the northern part of Martinique, has Bent a telegram to M. De Crals, the min ister of the colonies, in which he de clares that the inhabitants behaved with much calmness and dignity during the sad events. The senator says also that the sugar plantations at Maccuba, Basse Polnte and Lorraln are In good condition. The estates at Basse. Polnte are Intact and have not suffered from the volcanic eruptions. The crops In this district were not harmed and the people are ready to resume -work. The Bank of Martinique has reopened Its doors, says the senator's dispatch, and is giving credit to all who are able to give satisfactory guarantees. Earthquakes In Portugal. LTSB6n, May IS. Earthquakes are re ported from the Southern part of Portu gal, buUno fatalities occurred. The dis turbances are supposed to be connected with the upheavals In the West Indies. "Whooplnjj CourIi. This la a very danccrous disease unless properly treated. Statistics show that, there are. more deaths .from It than from scarlet Jexert AU danger may be avoided, how ever,, by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedyv It liquifies the tough mucus. inaMnff if easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes the paroxyms of roughing lebs frequent and less severe. It has been used in manv enlflpmirR nf ihic disease with perfect success. For lc by all dcusslstt.. OUR TRADE REACHES FAR MUCH ACC03IPI.ISHED IX EAST IX D"lES AXD PERSIA. One Year's Increase to British India 400 Per Cent Methods to Intro duce Wares. WASHINGTON, May 18. Frederick Emery, chief of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce made public today an Inter esting extract from "Commercial Rela tions of the United States for 1901," show ing what this country accomplished in trade last year In the East Indies and Persia. Consul Fee, of Bombay says that the Imports of shoes from the United States into British India are growing, the ship ments last year being four times those of the previous year. There is a marked de mand by the wealthier classes for a su perior shoe in quality as well as in work manship and style. The American last is advancing-in favor. There also Is an in crease In the Imports of furniture, and our roll-top desks are being ordered in large numbers. American bicycles, on ac count of their lightness, strength and rea sonable price, are well received. We also send a good proportion of clocks and watches, and, In spite of the decrease In Imports of machinery and mill work (due to the failure of crops and the Chinese troubles), our shipments showed a decided increase. The same causes-, continues the Consul, contributed to the decline In Imports of cotton piece goods, but the bulk of this fell to England, and Imports In the line of gray and colored goods Increased large- DID YOU EVE'R STOP TO THINK Why It Is, that all the yellow Journals In supporting the Democratic party, cater to the lowest passions, and are Insidiously corrupting and debasing American youth and womanhood? Is It not because the moral natures of their proprietors have become so stuntea by long partner ship with fraud, defiance of law and the Tillman sand cure that the next step lower was easy? YOU CANNOJ AFFORD To affiliate with that party as- at present constituted. ly over tho previous year. Again, owing to the financial stress to which the coun try has been subjected by repeated calam ity, neither government nor private enter prise CQUld invest much capital in railway extension, and" there" is a heavy drop in railway materials. There has brtn much discussion, says Mr. Fee, of the relative merits of the British and American locomotives which have been supplied to the railroads of In dia. According to information obtained from railway men and engineers, the Con sul Is unabje to discover any of the dis satisfaction with the American locomo tives which newspaper articles have as serted to exist. He declares rather that thoy have been "fully up to expectation." Conrul Ralrdan, of Batavla, reports a notable increase In the Imports of Ameri can goods into Dutch India. Our canned goods are advancing steadily, and are ac knowledged to be superior to this line of goods from Australia. The contract for providing new water works for the City of Soerabaya has been gained by an agency for machinery in Central Java under the management of a pushing American. Com mercial travelers from the United States are visiting Dutch India in increasing numbers, and the results have been satis factory. Vice-Consul Taylor, of Teheran says our clocks, watches. Jewelry, phonographs, electric fans and other curiosities of use ful or ornamental kind always are sala ble in Persia. Good American padlocks are In demand. Stationer)' commands a good sale, as does wall paper, and canned goods, whether meats, sweets or pickles, find a ready market. Some air motor pumps have been im ported from America and erected In vari ous parts of Teheran. Persian agricul tural methods and implements belong to a distant past, and there Is a disposition at the present time among landowners to try the simpler methods of 6ur machinery and appliances. The Persian Government has given a practical proof of its Interest by establishing an agricultural seminary In Teheran. The Institution is under the management of a Belgian who has spent some years in the United Stntes and Is consequently well acquainted with the de tails of modern agriculture. He thinks that if some enterprising firm should send a complete threshing machine to be worked by four animals as a specimen and advertisement. It would lead to the introduction of others and the undertak ing would be a commercial success. TO FIGHT MEAT TRUST. Jeirish Women of Xcw York Organ ize For It. NEW YORK, May" IS. Five hundred East Side Hebrew men and women met today and formed Ladles' Anti-Beef Association. They elected Mrs. Caroline Schatzborg, president, and she appointed Mrs. Pauline Frickel, treasurer. A 'com mittee of seven wpmen was appointed and the members Instructed to visit all the tenement houses on the East Side to persuade the Hebrew women not to buy meat until the price shall be re duced to the point of a year ago, that Is 0 and 12 cents per pound. They are not to create any disturbances, but when they see Hebrew women coming out of a butcher shop with meats, they are to argue with them. If the women be un willing to throw the meat away, but willing to Join the organization, the committee of women are to buy it from them and throw iti into the street To gether -with this committee, another of nine men was appointed as an auxiliary to tho women. After tho work of placing the boycott throughout the East Side shall be com pleted, the committee will continue Its missionary work In other parts of the city, visiting1 the labor and benevolent societies, Jewish and other labor union meetings and lodges. They are to se cure the co-operation of such bodies and secure delegates to attend the meetings of the association. The association, which had a temporary organization be fore, has expended $500 In paying fines up to date. The secretary said he was unable to state how much money the organization has as it is coming In from collections taken up In different parts of the East Side. "Unless the price of meat comes down," said Secretary Klrschberg, "we will start co-operative stores, buying meat In Philadelphia, where the beef combination does not control the mar ket." Value of Tissue Paper. The tissue paper in which parcels are rolled up should never be1 crumpled and thrown away, but carefully smoothed out, rolled up and laid away In some drawer or handy place where you know where to find It when you want a nice, soft, clean piece of paper. A few drops of eau de cologne on a soft pad of tissue paper will give a bril liant polish to mirrors, the glass of pic tures and crystal. The pad of tissue paper without the eau de cologne Is also -used for burnishing steel, rubbing grease stains off grates or furniture, polishing silver and innumerable other things. For packing glass ornaments and fine china that are not In dolly use n, roll of soft tissue paper is simply Invaluable, All upstanding ends of ribbons! osprsys and wings on millinery should have a wisp of tissue paper twisted around them to prevent crushing, and in the jam way ribbon loops should be kept In po sition by a small pad of paper. Tho sleeves of dresses and blouses are the better for a paper stuffing, and a sheet of paper should be placed between every fold to prevent the material mark ing. Silk handkerchiefs, mufflers, ribbons, laces, etc, should all be Ironed between a layer of tissue paper. Steel buckles and fancy hatpins of every kind may be cleaned with the homely polisher tissue paper. CIVIC FEDERATION IN IT. Its Secretary Investigating Coal , Strike Situation. HAZLETON. Pa.!"" ay 18. The visit of Ralph M. Easley, secretary of the Na tional Civic Federation, to strike head quarters and his conference with Presi dent Mitchell, of the United Mineworkers, last night, was the only Incident of any lmportance that claimed the attention to day of the labor leaders and others around the Valley Hotel. As neither Mr. Easley "nor Mr. Mitchell would say anything re garding their meeting there was much speculation as to the object Q the visit of the secretary of the Civic Federation. Mr. Easley laughed at tho stir which his ar rival caused, and said there was not the slightest significance attached to his trip here. He reiterated that he came here merely to look over the ground and to keep himself Informed of the general sit uation. He denied that he brought any pian for a settlement of tho strike or mes sage from Senator Hanna or any other member of the Civic Federation. Mr. Eas 'ley also said he carried no message back with him from Mr. Mitchell. Mr. .Easlcy's talk with the miners' Na tional jpresident last night lasted two hours. He again saw Mr. Mitchell for a few minutes this morning, and left for New York at 10 o'clock this morning. 1 Despite- the denials of the labor leaders, the members of the Civic Federation and the coal operators, all of whom have thus tfxr rigidly adhered to the policy of -absolutely refusing to anticipate- any move ment In connection with tho strike, It Is believed here that the federation Is quietly prsparing to receive any proposition that might possibly be offered by either side. This belief la strengthened by the fact that only 24 hours had elapsed from ihe time the conference was held at Washing ton between Senator Hanna, President Gompers, of the American Feedration of Labor, who is also a member of the Civic Federation, and Mr. Easley, and the lat terg arrival here. Absolute quiet reigned at headquarters and throughout the Lehigh Valley. Cler gymen of nearly all denominations today In their sermons touched more or less on tho strike. The trend of remarks was that of forbearance, frugality and tem perance; tho great struggle was gener ally deplored, and the hope was held out that, though the strike may cause much suffering for a time. It may In the end re sult In great good 'for both capital and labor. There was an Impressive scene at each of the masses at St. Garbrlel's Ro man Catholic Church, in this town. This Is the church Of. which the late Rev. 15 -S. Phllllps, the miners' champion In the r-ll.- , iev . .V- . Following out President Mltchell'e re quest that all mineworkers abstain from visiting saloons, Re James V. Hassle asked all the members of the parish to take an oath abstaining from the use of intoxicating liquors during the period of the strike. Few, If any, refused. At the principal service at 10:30 A. M. every per son in the church, which was crowded, stood up and took the oath. At vesJSera the oath was administered to those who were not present at the morning services. Father Hassle delivered a strong sermon to the mineworkers. He told them that, now that they have struck, they must stand together for the cause. The strike now enters upon Its second week. The week Just ended was the first, it Is said, in the history of the hard-coal trade that no coal was mined in any part of the region. No disturbance of any consequence has been reported anywhere. President Mitchell will establish head quarters at the Hotel Hart, at Wllkes barre, tomorrow afternoon or evening where he will probably remain until th6 strike shall be ended. President Mitchell said today that ho could not yet say when the special Na tional convention to be called for the pur pose of considering the advisability of in volving the bituminous miners in the an thracite strike will be held. He has not yer received the consent of the two dis tricts still needed to; make up the five necessary under the ;ru!es to call a con vention. r ; All the locnlades-uplona In this region met today and decided' to stand by the miners In their struggle. ROUGH SEA OFF CATALINA One Man Swept Overboard, Another Leaned, but Was Saved. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 18. The roughness of fhe sea, caused by a, gale which prevailed all day, caused a panic among" the 150 passengers on the steamer Warrior, which was returning from Santa Catallna Islah'd to. San Pedro this even ing. During tho excitement, . S. Knight, a condtfetor 'In. the employ of the ialt Lake Railroad, was washed overboard and lost. K. C. Herrick, of Sptfkarie. Wash., Jumped overboard, under the impression that his v?lf e had been swept Into the sea. He kept 'afloat untir rescued by a boat's .crew. ARRESTED FOR. KIDXAPIXG. Sam Hewitt, of Portland, Detained at Wocdburn. WOODBURN, Or., May 18. Sam Hew itt, of 185 Third street, Portland, with his sister, Mrs. Ellison, were arrested today under a warrant Issued from Judge Ho verton's court for kidnaping little Alice Hewitt, 5 years bid, at the home of J03eph Van Cleave near Woodburn. Sam Hewitt was divorced from his wife, Mrs. Hewitt, about one year ago, and the court awarded the child to the wife. Hew itt came to visit the child today, accom panied by Mrs. Ellson, and, finding the child among strangers, he took her and .started for Portland. Marshal Black made the arrest at Hubbard, and the trial will be held tomorrow. May Xotv Punish Crimes on Sea. MANILA, May 18. The United States Philippine Commission has passed an act conferring marine Jurisdiction upon the courts of first instance, which permits the courts to punish crimes on the sea. The military orders and acts of the pro vost courta referring to such crimes, pre viously indorsed, are repealed by the act passed by the commission. i Girl Killed Automobile. TOLEDO, O., May lSWames T. Brailey, a well-known Independent telephone mag nate, while speeding In his automobile to--day, collided with May Schopk, a 13-year-old irl, riding a bicycles The girl was almost Instantly killed. ' Women, from their sedentary habits, ata often subject to headache And constipation. -These are quickly removed by Carter's J lttl Liver PVJ. EQUITY OF THE CLAIMS EQUITY OF THE CLAIMS' OF THE ' SMALLER BANDS. Special Commission Ceased in 1S51 "Since Matter Has Rested "With, Interior Department. WASHINGTON, Mayrl3. The Secretary of the Interiof; In response to a resolu tion offered by Senator Piatt, of Con necticut, has forwarded to Congress an extended report on. treaties negotiated with tribes of Indians In Oregon, and giv ing considerable information as to ,the .equity of the claims .of the smaller bands of Oregon Indians for lands which have been taken from them from tine to time. The bulk, of tthe data submitted shows conclusively that there Is considerable Justice in the claims of these Indians. Under an act of June 5, 1850, the Presi dent appointed a commission to negotiate with the several tribes of Oregon for the relinquishment of their claims to lands lying west of the Cascade Mountains, and, if practicable, to persuade the Indians to remove to the e,asl; side of the mountains. The object of that legislation was to leave the rich lands west of the mountains free for settlement by the whites. The Commissioners were successful In negotiating six treaties before their func tions were cut off. Under these treaties the Indians agreed to relinquish title to their lands. In consideration of stipulat ed payments to be made them In 20 annual Installments', of which the major portion was to be in merchandise and the bal ance In cash. Four of- these treaties were with band3 of the Callapooya tribe, as fol lows: The Sanjiam band, for a considera tion of $50,000; the Twalaty band, for $10, 000; the Luck-a-ml-ute band, for $20,000, and the Yamhill band for J2S.000. Another treaty was made with the Mollal-le tribe for a consideration of $22,000, and a sixth treaty with the Santlam band of Mlllal-les for $20,000. The functions of the commission ceased early in 1S5L ahd officers pf .the Indian Department in, Oregon Territory were In structed to continue the negotiation of treaties. November 7, 1S51, Anson Dart, superintendent of .Indian affairs for Ore gon, sent to the Indian Offlpe 13 treaties, ceding more than 6.O0O.O0Q acres of land ly ing on both sides of the Columbia River, upon, the Willamette River and upon the Pacific Coast, III erich rtf which wa3 In serted a .nrovision tha't the amounts to be paid for' he lands should be apportioned in 10 annual installments, the greater por tion being in merchandise, as in the other treaties These treaties "were as follows: Wlthithe Glafsop, tribe, fdr a considera tion of'tlS.OOO; Naaiebt band of Tillamooks, $10,500;YJTil!am9ok Jrtbe. 510,500; Nuc-que-clah-vje.-wua .tribe- $1500, Wau-kl-kum band of Chmopks; $7000;. Konnaack band of, Ct-nQOks, $10,500; Kathlamet band of Chlnooks, $7000; Whe,efappa band of Chl nooks; $5000; Lower band of Chlnooks, $20, 000; I Klatskanla,-na band of Chinooks, $4300; Ya-su-chah-bans, $3500; To-totan, You-quee-chae and ,Qua-tou-wah bands, $25,000, and the" Clackamas tribe, $5000. The then Commission of Indian Affairs transmitted these treaties to the Secretary of the. Interior, with the opinion state ment, that he was not prepared to recom mend their rejection, although he believed all but one contained provisions of doubt ful expediency. July 30. 1852,' Alex H. H. Stuart, Secretary of the Interior, pre sented the 19 treaties to tho President for consideration. In doing so he stated: I have carefully examined the correspondence ot the. commissioners and the treaties, and have corno to the conclusion that it some of their provisions are objectionable, they are greatly 6verbalanced by the positive heneflts to be de rived irom others. By these treaties the Indian title to a very larse and valuable territory is extinguished on terms beneficial to the Indiana and' ery ad vantageous to the United States. The provisions referred to by tho Commis sioner as being of "doubtful expediency" I understand to be those relating to the reserva tions of particular districts forthe residence of the Indian, near tho settlements of the whites. It Will Toe seen, however, that these reservations are. of limited extent, and in lo calities which will Interfere but little with the future settlement of the country. They were, moreover, indispensable features in the treaties, because the Indians were unwilling to negotiate on any other conditions. They manifested a strong attachment to the graves of their fathers, and refused to listen to any provisions which contemplated their removal to mor( remote dlstricti ot the territory. The alternative was, therefore, presented of not treating at all or of setting apart small tract3 of country, embracing the habitations of the Indians, for their future abode. It is proper to remark, also, that the tribes with which these treaties have been negotiated are small in number, and -that they are harmless hi their disposition, with a strong desire general ly to adopt the customs and habits of the whites. Many ot them are now employed by the settlers as laborers on their farms, and they are represented as faithful and efilcicnt in the performance pf the- ordinary duties ot farmhands. Under these circumstances, -while the price of labor continues as high as It now Is in Oregon, I am inclined to the opinion that the interests ot the settlers would be In jured rather than benented by the withdrawal of the Indian population from among them. Upon a full review of the treaties in all their bearings on the public interests, I deem it my duty to recommend that they be ratified. The treaties not having been ratified by the Senate, the Indian Office In 1S53 sug gested the colonization of the Indians in different parts of the territory, although such a plan would entail the expenditure of a large sum of money. July 31, 1S54, an appropriation of $68,000 was made for ne gotiating treaties with the Indian tribes of Oregon Territory, and a year later a treaty was concluded with the various tribes inhabiting the Pacific" Coast from the mouth of the Columbia southward to the California line. This treaty included the Tillamooks, Coos Bays, Coqullles, Too-too-to-neys, Chetcos, SlUslaws, Clat sops and Lower Umpquas. One of the stipulations of this treaty was the reser vation of a certain quantity of land for the occupancy and use of tho Indians along the Oregon coast. The treaty was never ratified. Before this treaty was re ceived in Washington, the President, by executive order, set aside a reservation known as th- CoaBt reservation. Under the terms of the above-mentioned treaty there were collected on this reservation all the tribes party to said treaty except the Tillamooks, Nehalems and Clatsops. The records ot the Indian Office show that five treaties with various Indian tribes in Oregon for the cession of lands west of the Cascade Range have been ratified. The treaties are with the Rogue River Indians, $75,000; Cow Creek band of Umpquas; $12,000; Quil-sl-I-ton and Na-al-ye band of Scotons and Grave Creek band of Umpquas, $30,000; Umpq;ua and Calapoola tribes, $30,000,, and the Willam ette Indians, Including numerous bands, $200,000. The things stipulated to be done on the part of the Government In these ratified treaties are believed to have been carried out In good faith, as the Indians are making no claims under them. Careful investigation of the records of the Indian Office has failed to Indicate that any payments have been made in conformity with the stipulations of said unratified treaties other than the pay ment of $10,500 to the Naalem band of Tillamook Indians, authorized by the act of June 7, 1897. It is quite possible that presents were made to the Indians at the time thq treaties were negotiated, and that they were supplied with provisions at sundry times, but beyond that It Is thought that the Indians, with the excep lon of the "Naalem band of Tillamooks, have not been compensated in any way for the lands relinquished by them. It 13 presumed that the lands agreed by the Indians in the unratified treaties to be ceded to the United States have been oc cupied as public lands, but whether or not such was the fact can be determined only by the General Land Office, and then Only, It Is thought, by the survey of the several ceded tracts la. tho field. Whether the Indla trlbti who- werf parties to the unratified treatlesare now In existence, and. If so, the' numbers of Indians belonging to said tribes, respect ively, and their present location, are questions that may not be answered with absolute definlteness. In concluding his report to the Secre tary, Indian Commissioner Jones says: As to whether the Government Is equitably bound to compensate said tribes, or any ot them, I can only state that if the Naalom band of Tillamooks were entitled to the money paid to them by Congress and I have no rea son to doubt that they were then tho other tribes or bands who were negotiated with at the same time by the authorized agents ot the Governments and who did not subsequently become parties td ratified treaties, viz , the Clatsops, Tillamooks (proper)t Chlnooks and three other tribes, now probably extinct, are equitably entitled to remuneration. The same might be said of those tribes who were par ties to the Unratified treaty of August 11, 1S35. It Is probably the fact that had these tribes consented to relinquish all their lands on the Pacific Coast and remoe to localities east of the Cascade Range, no objection would have been presented to the ratification of the trea ties of 1351 and 1833, and the Indians would long ago have received the sum stipulated to be uald them. THE DRY SUNDAY. It May Be a Source of Trouble to New York Republicans. Chicago Tribune. "Dry" Sundays In New York City pri marily concern only policemen, saloon keepers, and thirsty souls. Persistence in the policy of dry Sundiys mayr however, be fraught with the most serious polit ical consequences as regards the state and tho Nation. It may lose the Repub lican party the State of New York. It may bring down upon the party a Na tional defeat two and a half years hence. It Is not difficult to see that the question as to who shall be the next President of the United States may be wrapped up In the decision of the purely local question as to whether saloons hall be open" or closed In tho City of New York on Sun days. The salqons Tvere nOt closed last Sunday under a munlclpil ordinance, but under a state law. The Legislatures which is Republican, has refused to modify thit law so as to allow of a partial Sunday opening. The" Governor, who is a Repub lican, has declared hlnfSelf hostile to any modification. Therefore the legal respon sibility for "dry" Sundays inevitably will be fastened upon the Republican party. The political consequences are the mora likely to be serious because there Is an element of bad faith In the New York Sunday dryness. This is the worst fea ture of the case. The saloonkeepers of New York and those of their constitu ents who wish to. drink on Sunday will consider that in this instance they have been fooled, tricked, lied Jto. They will resent the bad faith quite as much as they will the actual closing of the sa loons. The public was given to under stand quite distinctly before the election of Mayor Low that, in the event of his success, the 'saloonkeepers would be let alone on Sunday, provided they carried on their business quietly and decently. On the strength o'f the understanding Mayor Low was elected. Now the Implied agreement has been violated apparently at the Instance of fanatics reckless of consequences, always ready to do what seems to them right, though fully aware a great evil may follow the doing of It.' The, Sunday closing question Is one not of principle, but of expediency. There is no more reason why the saloons should be closed Sunday, except during church hours, than there is for closing them on ether days. Certainly the English people, who lay claim to as high a degree of. civ ilization as any other people on earth, and to superior moralltyv allow their salqons to be open during certain hours of Sun day. It seems as if the, Sunday closing of thesaloons In New York la a concession to extreme and Ultra fanaticism in some quarters, and hypocrisy In others. By truckling to the fanatic the municipal au thorities of New York City violate prom ises of a nature which gentlemen and astute politicians always look on as bind ing. These municipal authorities also violate reason and logic. If It is expedi ent that' the saloons should be closed on Sunday, It I3 expedient that they should be closed every day In the week. It Is manifestly more expedient that they should be closed on Saturday evening than on Sunday. There Is to be a Gubernatorial election in New York next Fall. At that time the Republican party may gather the bitter first fruits of the impolitic, promise-breaking municipal authorities of New York City. The man, deprived of his Sunday beer in that city may, in the words of the political song of 18-10, "raise a great commotion-motion-motion, the country through." ' DOMINATED BY NEW YORK German Bourse Was Quite Without Initiative Through "Week".' BERLIN, May 18. During the past week the Bourse was quite without initi ative and wholly under the Influence of New York and London. Transactions con tinued to shrink, and quotations were un usually sensitive to the effects of the smallest buying and selling orders. ThW Inactivity, it is explained in the financial reviews, Is due to the waiting attitude of London regarding peace negotiatiors In South Africa, and particularly to the un certainty concerning the future movement of Wall street. The writers In the finan cial reviews continue their gloomy fore bodings as to an American crash, which they say has already had a paralyzing effect on the Bourses. The continuance of stiffer money rates Is partially explained aa resulting from the American situation, and the Immediate cause Is the heavy of ferings In bills for discount, much of which is being done for foreign account. Canadian Pacifies were the most active railroad shares during the past week, but wero bought wholly for London and New York account. Industrial securities were without uniform tendency during the week. Coal shares were mostly higher, while Irons were lower. A good American report buoyed the quotations of the latter, but this was offset by the publication of a plan for the reorganization of the Dort mund Iron Company by which two-fifths of the company's capital Is written off and lest. The exception of the shares of tex tile concerns, breweries, "and those of some chemical companies, almost all the other industrials were fractionally lower. The shares of machinery concerns had a downward tendency. The shares of Lud wig Lowe & Co., rifle and machine tool manufacturers, lost 12& polnfes, Shares of electrical companies had a varied tendency during the week, and those of the Schukert Company, of Nurem burg, again lost 5V& points. Sew Biography of Corbin. Kansas City Star. Corbin, Henry Clark, Adjutant-General of the United States, and best known as "The Niagara of the Army," owing to his appalling magnificence. Born In Ohio, but has won his way to public preferment In spite of this. Is 60 years of age. Served In Civil War and on the plains. Also at the White House. Has endured perils of Washington life since 1S77. During the Spanish War was unusually active In defense of the real frontier line extending from the banks of the Potomac on one side, three times around the Washington monument and thence to the Baltimore & Ohio railway-station on the other. Is known as "The Man of Wire." or CASTOR I A For Infknti. and (Hiildreiu Tie Kind You Havi Always Bouffct .Bears the frk Long Hair Ayer's Hair Vigor doesn't make every one's hair grow to a remarkable length. But it does sometimes produce the most marvelous results. This is because it is a hair food. .It feeds the hair, nourishes it; hence stops falling of the hair and always restores color to gray hair. "Ayer's Hair Vigorstopped my hair from falling and made it grow, until now it is 45 inches long." Mrs. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans. 11. All dranulx. J-. AYES CO., Lowell, Mua. tho central office of the army telephone system. Has a brow of marble, the fig ure of Adonis, a nerve of brass, and the ear of, the. War Department. Is our chief defense in time of trouble, and cart make a General out a deserving pri vate in five minutes. Was Secretary Alger's right and left hand man. and showed unusual ability in keeping hte right .haiid from knowledge of what his left was doing. His most valuable service to the country was In assisting: Rear-Admiral Evans in piloting Princo Henry from the terrapin of Chesapeake Bay, through the perils of Virginia ham, served at Chicago, to the haven of safety and canvasback at the Waldorf Astoria, New York. His present rank In the Army Is that of Major-General, In which high office) he carries off his uniform and respon sibilities with a dignity comparable only to that of a past grand master of eti quette. Has a supurb digestion and fe&rs neither criticism nor gout. Hla trained stomach obeys the slightest orders of lt3 chief on the Jnstant, show ing his marvelous capacity for organiz ation, Has been mentioned as probable "Duke of Easy Street." In American peerage. Is not a graduate of West Point, and as such Is regarded as an Inspiration to those who hope by personal pulchri tude and assiduity, and cultivation of the beautiful quality of friendship, to work .their way into a position of power and consplculty. Is hard worker along his own lines, and has never shirked a difficult problem. In spite of critic isms has probably earned present posi tion on basis of hours of effort. Is reputed author of a poem beginning: I cannot help my beauty alnct Nature gav e it, aure. j. I think but of my duty and seek no sinecure. I know my own position, and I shall never shirk, Whatever the attrition, what I consider w ork. There may be folk who know not the troubles of my past; I telf them now, I'll go not! no matter what they ask; Fob I've been delegated to rule the Army set. And they'll be relegated to strictest etiquette; And If they do not like it, and go to rebel-ling. Why, let them go and strike it and do the other thing. CAPITAL CITY ATHLETICS Field-Dy Baseball Games and Ten nis Matches to Be Held. SALEM, Or.. May 18. In the failure of the Capital City Amateur Athletic Club to reorganize Its football team last Fall. Interest in local athletic sports disap peared in a large degree. Athletics at Willamette University, however, have been alive all Winter, indoor baseball, basket-ball and handball engaging the at tention of athletes In addition to provid ing interesting entertainment. Great preparations are being made by Willamette University students for the annual field-day meet to be held Friday afternoon, June G. The membership of the university has been divided Into two sec tions. The "cardinals' are captained by E. K. Miller, and the leader of the "old golds" is R. B. Wllklns. The competitive games will prdbably.be held at the state fair grounds, and great Interest has al ready been aroused in the coming meet. Willamette University thiS season has two newly organized baseball nines, and. while this Is their initial season, both teams are playing, good ball. Saturday, May 24, the first team plays the Oregon Agricultural College nine at Corvallls, and Decoration day Is scheduled for a game with the University of Oregon at Eugene. Return games will be played with both teams at Salem. Interest Iri the Invigorating outdoor game of tennis has been greatly revived in Salem this year. The Salem Tennis Club has a membership of over 50. The Club has three fine courts on the univer sity campus, and may arrange a tour namerit with tennis clubs from other Wil lamette Valley points. A Well-Developed Caic. .Baltimore Herald. "Hello, Jlnke! Why. I haven't seen you for several weeksl How's jour health?" "P.oorly; every little thing-thong sems to affect me lately. Well, at any rate, you" are looking like a klng-kong." "Feeling that way, except for a slight touch of Spring fever." "Yes, spring-sprong always affects me, too; makes my head rlng-rong." "What in thunder Is the matter with you, old man, the way you've got to talk ing?" "Nothing-thong," said Jinks, making a swinging movement of his arm through empty air, as his friend Jaacked away in nmnipment and alarm. "I hear that you have become a great devotee to the fashionable fad of table tennis." "Yes," he said "Wildly, "I like to have my fllng-flong and enjoy the banjo sing song of the game of ping-pong dt every racquet's swlng-swong, while the cellu loid sphere is on the wlng-worig I know that game's the thing-thong" Gently the keepers from the asylum led him away to his padded cell, the flf?t victim of Jthe omnipresent game of ping pong. ; The Non-Irritating Cathartic Easy to take, easy to operate - Hood's Pills - Ttitf s Pills Cure AH Liver Ills Tried Friends Best. Forthirty years Tutt's Pills have proven ablessingtothe invalid. Are truly the sick man's friend. 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