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THE HORSIXG- OREGOXUlX, THUKSIXAT FEBRUARY i, FULTON'S VIEWS "I HEfflSTCMGN WILL THAT LIFE RAFT CARRY THEM THROUGH THE STORM? r.4i A Remarkable Log of Mahogany secured for WEBER PIANOS THE TCEBEK PIANO CO., in accordance with its policy of putting: into its pianos the very best of material and workmanship, has lately secured what is pronounced by experts to be the most remarkable- log of Santiago mahogany ever seen m this country. It is wonderfully rich in color and figure, there being scarcely a square foot of this veneer which is not fairly ablaze with that finely mottled roe figure so highly prized by the connoisseur but,so rarely found in quantity. It has probably taken more than two centuries and a half to grow this remarkable tree. The leading firjn of dealers in imported fancy woods from whom the log- was obtained describe it as follows: N TIMBER LAND Candidates for Assembly Are Springing Up in Russia. Wants Provision in Law to Make It Private BOYCOTT )S NOT EFFECTIVE Property. THAT OREGON MAY GROW Senator Opposes Continuing Land in Tublic Domain After Sale or Timber Would Give Coun , ,ties'Part of Proceeds. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. SI. The Senate committee on public lands today gave further considera tion to the bill repealing the timber and stone act, but took no action. Senators from the mountain states were requested to frame a section of the bill authorizing the entry of land valuable chiefly for stone. It Is understood that the bill will be reported when this section is agreed to. The bill will absolutely repeal the timber and stone act, will authorize the sal of nubile timber at auction or other wise at not less than the appraised value J ana proviae some mannur vi cam ui civuv land Senator Fulton, who attended today's session. Is'not in entire accord with the bill being framed. He today gave an in terview defining his position and answer ing a recent editorial in The Oregonian. Hi. said: Fulton Opposes Bill. I am opposed to the repeal of the timber nd tone act unlfi-s some provision shall bo substituted whereby timbered land may be come prlvatt property. Oregon Is to be dv e!opfd by men, not trees. What we want are industries, population and revenue-producing properties. Land owned by the Gov ernment and withdrawn from entry or settle ment -furnishes neither revenue nor oppor tunity for Industrial development. 1 am frank to-ay that I do not want the general Government , to retain a foot of land In Ore gon outside of what Is necessary tor it-s public buildings, fort, military reservations afid kindred objects. When land passes Into private ownership it at once begins contrib uting to, the public treasury. Wants Land Open to Purchase. The Oregonian editorial refers to Clatsop and Tillamook Counties, saying that their unsurpassed forests arc already In private ownership. I am glad of It. Ask the people of those counties if it Is not Kicatly to their advantage that tuch land Is held in private ownership. If it were still public land It would contribute nothing In the way of taxes. Now it is bearing its proportion of public burdens. I .am opened to retention in the public domain of land that is suitable i'or any character' of private enterprises. Mountainous land that is unfit for any pur pose other than pasturage may well be re tained. To that I have no objection, but in Western Oregon, throughout the coast coun ties, there arc vust areas of timbered laud which, denuded of timber, will be valuable for grazing and dairy farm;. Why should wc continue such land In public ownership rather than convert It Into revenue-producing properties? Would Retard Development. If the timber and stone act shall be re pealed, there wlll remain but the homestead act whcreCy 'public land may be acquired. .Everybody in Oregon know that heavily timbered land cannot be honestly acquired under that act It is not possible to reside on and cultivate such land In accordance with the spirit of the homestead laws. As a result a great portion of such counties as Curry, Josephine. Douglax and other West ern Oregon counties -will continue withdrawn from private entry and the growth ahd de velopment of those communities severely re tarded. But ypu will -say on the other hand, if the timber and stone act be not repealed, tim bered land will pass into the hands of syndi cates. That, I doubt not, is largely true, but if taxes shall be equitably assessed against and -""Heeled therefrom, as is now being done in Tillamook and Clatsop Coun ties, the timber will foon be devoted to nome commercial and industrial enterprise, for the owners will not be content to hold it and pay taxes without some return on their in estment. I have not opposed the repeal of the timber rnd titono act absolutely, but have opposed, its repeal unless some other plan for the dis posal of nUch land should be substituted. I have stated that. If ample provision shall be made for the alc of matured timber and for a reasonable .share .of the proceeds being pt)id to the counties in which the land Is located, I would be content. As a result of that question. Senator Hansbrough has al tered his. repeal bill so as to provide for the dale Of matured timber at public auction, 10 per cent of the proceeds to go to the counties in which the land is located in lieu of taxes lost to such counties by reason of the re tention of. the land by the Government. I am contending for a larger percentage for counties. Am I wrong? Klamath Bill Not Passed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Jan. 31. It was erroneously stated ia these dispatches yesterday that the Senate passed Fulton's bill ratifying the treaty with the Klamath Indians. The bill .was called up. but on objection of Aldrich. was passed over without aetlon. Wagon Roads for Alaska. 0RB30NIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington, 'Jan. 31. Senator Nelson today In troduced a bill appropriating $150,000 for the construction of wagon roads in Alaska. LOVE UNDER SEARCHLIGHT ALFONSO VAINLY TRIES TO Avoid Prying Eyes. Ru6q-Secures Quiet Walk With Prin cess' lEna, but Is Surrounded - by Crowd on Return. BIARRITZ, France. Jan. SI. King Al fonso returned to" Biarritz at 11 o'clock this morning. After discharging all the automobiles and carriages belonging to him and his suite, with - the object of misleading the newspaper representatives, he left the Villa. Mouriscot at 11:30 with Princess Ena, Princess Henry and Prince Alexander on foot -for n view of the coast scenery. The party returned through the town, "where each of its members" was respectfully saluted. The King stopped at the store of a jeweler, where he bought present for his friends. Then, as the crowd following them increased, the members of the party entered a carriage and returned to the villa for lunch', after which an automibel trip-was taken. During the trip the King took a photograph of Princess Ena. The Party returned to the villa at 433 o'clock and took tea with numerous distinguished guests. King Alfonso left for San Sebastian to Jlsht by train; 'Qe .JMillioa Japanese Starving. TOtciO, ' Jan. 3T. The Emperor has donated $25,000' for the veljef of the faxiltte ufrerers. Accpr4inB:ito-the lat est returns, nearly l,03o,000 persons In Japan arc on the verge of starvation. 1 MUST REPAY ERftFT Equitable Begins Suit Against Hyde and Others. WANTS PROFIT OF LEASES All Who Made Money on Equitable Buildings Must Disgorge Com mlttee Will Investigate Claims of Counsel. NEW YORK, Jan. 3L President Paul (Morton, of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, announced today that suit has been started against James H. Hyde for the recovery of approximately ?7C,0. rep resenting Sir. Hyde's profits in syndicates which sold securities to the society. Mr. Morton also announced that suits were in preparation against various men who had profited by leases of the spaces in buildings owned by the Equitable to the so-called subsidiary companies, and that these and other claims of the society growing out of the acts of the old Equita ble administration were being pushed as rapidly as possible At a meeting of the Equitable directors today several of the counsel employed in the factional, troubles in the society last year and before the reorganization pre sented their bills. Objections were made that resulted in the appointment of a special committee to consider whether the legal charges were excessive, and "whether in certain instances the society ought in any event to be liable for their payment. Insurance Men Pursued by Wolves. CHICAGO, Jan. 8L At a banquet of the Lifo Underwriters Association, held last night, Paul Korsch, of Rock Island, 111., referring to attempts in many cates suc cessful, to influence State Legislatures and secure favorable legislation, said the in surance companies are in much the same position as travelers in Russia who throw pieces of meat to the foremost wolves to keep the pack from attacking them. Charles W. Scovel, of Pittaburg, presi dent of the National Association of Life Underwriters, said he believed comparison of companies by dividends is erroneous, and is the outcome of the "high pressure" under which the business world lives today. Frank E. McMulIen, Rochester, second vice-president of the National Associa tion, addressed the women who were pres ent at the banquet. Insurance Convention Opens. CHICAGO. Jan. 3L The National Con vention of Insurance Commissioners, culled -under the direction of President Roosevelt, began today with representa tives from all parts of the country In at tendance. Today's session was devoted to the examination of the credentials of the delegates and to the appointment of a committee to consider the suggestions which have been submitted to Temporary Chairman T. C Drake. Insurance' Com missioner of the District of Columbia, and 'the accredited representative of President Roosevelt. Insurance Men Indicted Again. MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. SL W. F. Bech tel, ex-preslderit of the Northwestern Life Insurance Company, and Elmer H. Dearth, ex-State Insurance Commissioner, were arraigned today on two new Indict ments charging briber. Both pleaded not guilty. New Rule for Accident Companies. JEFFERSON CITT, Mo.. Jaa. dent of State Insurance Vandlver that after today no identification .or registry company, or agents thcreor. will be al lowed to write accident insurance for any accident company licenred to do business in Missouri. Superintendent Vandlver con tends that the law does not allow acci dent companies to place insurance through these registry or identification companies. Dcpew's Resignation Accepted. NEW YORK. Jan. 3L Henry R. Win throp was elected treasurer of the- Equit able Life Asruranco Society today and the resignation of Chaunccy 2L Dcpew as a director wa formally accepted. Presi dent Morton announced that tbo Society has ceased to write new busineas in Aus tralia, Russia. - Norway and Sweden where the business showed no profit. NO SHIP AT HAND. (Continued From rage 1.) aboard the wrecked vessel, and one of the nlno persons who reached the shore Foon after the ship struck the rocks', declared that he wanted to re main on the shore and attempt to res cue other passengers. -Mr. Bunker," he satd, "appeared to be the leader of the party, and when T suggested that wc stand by the ship, he said: I have iot my wife and CU1b X. E. Cestsla. Captain N E. Cousins, master of the steamer Queen, who Is blng ac cused of cowardice for his part ' played In th awful Valencia disaster, .n his own behalf that he simply obeyed orders. He thought it his dutr to obey orders no matter what be came of the miserable beings who wero dinging to the rigging of the crumbling wreck. In an interview he says his orders were to stand by un til relieved by the - Cty of Topeka. He "rtood by." but at a safe distance, and in tht meantime formed the opin ion that the sea wa too boisterous for a well-equipped lifeboat. J. E. Pharo. axsletant manager of the Pa cific Coast Company, who is accred ited with having Irsued the Ironclad order to Captain Cournr. has re igad his position after some 25 years in the rervice. Captain Cousins is spoken of as a competent navigator of many years' experience, but even his fellow shipmasters admit that he made a bad blunder. According to Captain Cousins Interpretation, the orders meant the loss of his position with the corporation steamship com pany or the death of the victims of his employers' greed, lie choie to cling to his job. leaving those in dis tress to cling to the tottering rigging as best they could. T . . . .......... . . . . . T I SAYS HE OBEYED ORDERS. two children, and now I am going; to save my own life.' " The witness said that the entire party of nine then struck Inland. ,nnd when they reached the telegraph line he again urged Bunker to turn bark, but that the latter refused and the party started away, leaving; him standing- where he was.'" "I was without shoes," said Belog ous, "and becoming- afraid, I followed the rcsL" t A majority of ten witnesses exam ined this afternoon were members of tho Valencia's crew. Each testified that the captain's orders were to low er the boats to the paloon deck rail, and that passengers were responsible for the boats being placed In the water. . . ' George D. Haraden. a passenger, says the ropes broken when an at tempt was made to lower the middle starboard boat. His mother went In one of the first boats launched and was lost. Tie was of the opinion that a lifeboat could have approached tho wreck from seaward. He staid that a passenger aboard the boat, whoso name is unknown, was the first to suggest that a shelter be erected to protect the women and children. Pharo and Pcarcc Quarrel. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 31. (Spe cial.) J. E. Pharo. assistant manager of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany, has resigned because, it Is un derstood, of serious differences with General Manager W. "E. Pcarcc. The original quarrel came several weeks ago. Pharo, still with his company, is now on the west coast directing final searches for Valencia bodies. Pharo and M. J. Hency. one of the largest railroad contractors In the Northwest, are said to have secured the contract to build the proposed North Coast Road Into Seattle. Hency Is now here, but will not talk. It was slated this morning that final papers calling for the construction of tho North Coast will be signed In this city some time next week, and that as soon as the official signatures are attached Heney and Pharo will commence work. At the Pacific Coasi' Company's of fices the rumor is In clrculatlpn that F. C- Ballantlne., now in the office ot Manager Pcarcc, at San Francisco, will succeed Mr. Pharo in that com pany. It was only recently that Mr. Ballantlne was promoted from purser ,of the steamer Humboldt to agent at Jier- B. Later he was transferred to San Francisco to a responsible posi tion In the general offices. SCORN TO TAKE A DIME Footpads Hold Up 3111k: - Wagon Driver, but Refuse Little Mltc. At the muzzle of a cocked revolver a milk-wagon driver for V. D. Smith was held-up by two men at Twenty sixth and Thurman streets at 9 o'clock last night, but having only 10 cents In his possession, his money was counted and returned. In giving the, dime back to their victim, one of the high waymen remarked that the amount was very small, and that as there were "othacs" they would not compel lilm to give up such a small amount. The hold-up was reported to Po licemen Galbraith and Endlcott by a street-car conductor, and the matter was turned over to Captain Slover. Detectives were sent to the vicinity of the hold-up to look out for the foot pads. Move to Settle Houscsrhlths' Strike. - NEW YORK. Jan. 3L Eteht of the larg est unions In the building trades, headed by the bricklayers, have made an appeal to the general arbitration board of tho employers and the unions to call a special meeting to end the present building trades trouble. This was agreed to. and the meeting will be held tomorrow. Propositions to b submitted, it is baM. will be that the housesmlths shall return to work pend ing arbitration, and waive their conten tion that Post & McCerd arc In the Amer ican BrMge Coaapaay. Liberals Register Despite Protests. Democrats Split on Female Suf frage and Polish Affairs. Framing Constitution. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. SL The pre election activity has reached an acute stage, although the date of the convoca tion of the National Assembly, or even the date for holding the elections, is un known. Candidates of various parties are daily coming Into the open and all fac tion In public life are taking an active Interest In the campaign. The only effec tive boycott of the preparations seems to be due to tho apathy of the commercial dajes and other conservative and unpro grcMive elements. The most eligible members of the Social Democrats, the League of Leagues, and other extremist organizations, in spite of their fulmlnations against the National Assembly, are registering as Individuals and intend to exercise the franchise. The main center of political activity at pres ent Ia Motcow. whoro the six moderate or ganizations, following the example of St. Petersburg, have established a political club and urc planning to publish a paper under the editorship of Prince Eugene Troubetskol. Split Among Democrats. The defections from the ranks of the Constitutional Democrats are now assum ing the character or an open split, with female suffrage and the autonomy of Poland as the two principal points of dlf fcrence. Among the candidates at Mos cow are Prince Gallltzln. M. Guchkoff and Dmitri Shlpoff. representatives ot the moderate faction. This faction condemns the putting forward -of M. Golovin and M. okorhklnc. Professor McuronetzefT and M. Krurcvan. editor of the notdrlous Jew baiting Droug (Friend) and also the an nounced candidacy of Father Gapon. who has returned to St. Petersburg to push big plaits for a moderate labor organization which contemplates the establishment of a newspaper. The project for giving Russia a const! tution by making alterations in the funda mental laws of the empire to as to har monize them with the imperial manifesto of October CO will bo taken up for consid eration tomorrow by the Solsky commis sion, which Includes, besides the cabinet ministers, other leaders? of the government and men prominent In public life. Revolt nt Vladivostok. The censorship Is now being raised on prcs dispatches from A'ladlvostok, but the telegrams received are of no later date than January US and cover only tho development of the mutiny. The tele graph strike, which cut Vladivostok oft from direct communication with Russia since the end of November, was a great service to the Revolutionism as It allowed tho circulation of the most nsatlonal rumors and accounts of events here for over a month before the collision was pre cipitated. On January 22 the garrison at Vladivostok was practically in a state of open mutiny. Tho few loyal Cossack3 were intlmldatod and even attacked. Revolutionary organizations were formed and meetings were held in the barracks, on board ihlpe and in the forts, In open defiance of the repeated prohibitions of General Sellvanoff. the commander of tho troops. The encounter of January 23 was precipitated by the arrest of the leaders of the movement by General Sellvanoff. RETURNS TO BOIETALISM. Russians Only Remedy for Continual Drain of Gold. ronnAGO. III.. Jan. 51. (Special.) The Dally News St. Petersburg correspondent says: "Russia Is reviving blmctallsm. An cx MJnister, and one of tho country's great est authorities on financial and agrarian question?, speaking to your correspondent today, said: "The steady fall of state securities, while transportation and Industrial secu rities remain stationary, docs not Indi cate a revolution, but a defective financial system. The recent loan of 10X0CO.CO) rubles (J30.C00.CO)) In gold and similar ruin ous loans, made with the object of adding millions to the gold reserve, will only precipitate bankruptcy, because the war and our internal troubles have impaired our credit to such an extent that, despite the largest legal reserve In the world, creditors reject our greenbacks and de mand gold. "The drain of $30.CCO,X30 a month and the replenishing of th reserve require sacrifices, and ultimately bankruptcy will be Inevitable. We being agriculturists and borrowers, the sacrifices to the gold standard are useless. Most of the public and private debts were contracted under bimetallism, but Count Wltte. in Increas ing the public expenditures from J230.000. ( to J1.S50.CC0.CC0 necessitated periodical loans, to facilitate which he introduced the gold standard. By this move he has given profit to the foreign bankers, to himself and to other bondholders, and has sacrificed the Interests of nine-tenths of the Russian population, whose farms were mortgaged before the introduction of the gold standard. "Even In rich industrial America, after a decado of prosperity. Jacob II. Schlff predicts an unprecedented panic How can starving Russia, paying 1 per cent on loans, without banks, credit or Industry, stand a gold standard necessitating con tinual sacrifices and restricting the cir culation? Wc therefore propose to re turn to bimetalism. except in the case of bonds specifying gold." NEW RACE WAR IX CAUCASUS Hunger and Typhoid Kill Survivors or Massacres. EL1ZABETHPOL, Trans-Caucasia. Jan. 31. A race war has again broken out in the region between Ellzabethpol and Shu sha, where the Armenians and Tartars arc massacring each other. Theso horrors are added to by the fact that the population of the region Is starv ing, and that typhoid is raging. It Is Im possible to send food Or medical assist ance. BOMB FACTORIES IX CITIES Hosts of Seizures of Rebel Arsenals. Civic Guard Created. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 3L The gov ernment is finding ample Justification for Its severe policy against the revolution ists In the constant discoveries of bombs, bomb factories and depots of armsand munitions in all parts of the empire, which are now so commonplace that such matters scarcely obtain individual men tion In the papers. The Novoe Vremya today, however, prints a halt column of statistics of last week's captures, showing the seizure of bombs in a score of cities- and the dis coveries of regular bowb laboratories, ex- J?cw York. October. 19th,- 10)5. The WEBER PIANO COMPANT, Now York City. Gentlemen: Answering your Inquiry regarding the wonderful log of mahogany veneer which w recently sold to you, we- beg- to state that this tree came from the estate known as The Esmeralda, a tim ber property In Santiago de Cuba, which has produced the finest fig ured wood wc have ever known. lit only one ln.-tancs and that some IS years ago, have wc ever seen a log of mahogany which approached its beauty in point of color, character of grain; figure and texture. Tours very truly. ICHABOD T. WILLIAMS &. SON. Among- the trade, as well as by the public, it is recognized that xhe highest artistic standards are maintained in Weber Pianos, both as applied to exterior and interior construction. No detail is overlooked which is cal culated to add to or sustain the world-wide fame enjoyed by the Weber for over half a century. A section Of this beautiful wood, one end of which has been finished and polished at Ellers Piano House, factory here la now on exhibition In one of the windows of Ellers Piano House. EILERS PIANO HOUSE " Quarter Block of Fine Pianos" 351 Washington cor. Park St. plosives and filled and unfilled bombs at Ekaterlnoburg. Samara. Riga. Suwalki and Ekaterinoslav. Terrorists having In their possession two to twenty bombs naVo been arrested at Warsaw, MInsK, Vitebsk. Lodz. Oderfsa. Gomel and Tints. There have been attempts to kill police, military or civil officers at Warsaw, Plnsk. Riga. Gomel, Tiflls, Minsk and oth er cities. Though not ipcluded in the Novoe Vremya'a list, bomb factories have ala been disc- vered here and at Moscow. Searches of the Prokaroff and other fac tories at Moscow still result in finding ex plosives and weapons. To curb the revolutionary outbreaks and enable estate owners to defend their property against further peasant upris ings, tho government is distributing the arms captured on the British steamer John Grafton, sunk in the Gulf of Both nia, Finland, In September last, and rifles And revolvers captured elsewhere to re sponsible applicants, and is also permit ting the organization of armed stato guards, which are often composed of vet erans and commanded by former non commissioned officers' of tho regular army. REVENGE FOR REPRESSION Murder of Griaznoff Caused by De feat of Caucasian Revolt. TIFLIS. Caucasia, Jan. 31. The assassi nation of General Griaznoff. who was killed by the explosion of a. bomb thrown at him January 29 by a man disguised as a painter, has brought to a head the discontent among the faction of the mili tary which regards with disfavor the pol icy of the Viceroy of the Caucasus, Count von Verontroff-Dashkoff in the war be tween the Tartars and Armenians. The two racer, it Is said, wilt appeal directly to St Petersburg for the removal of tho Viceroy, and they are secretly supported by high officials ot the Viceroyalty. It Is established that the murderer of General Griaznoff. who has not recov ered consciousness from the terrible beating he received from the soldiers who arrested h!m Is a student of Imerltla, Government of Kutaleff, named DJoyarh vlll, a member of the fighting organiza tion of the Social Revolutionists. Ho was selected by lot to carry out tho sen tence of death imposed on Griaznoff in retaliation for the latter's ruthless re pression of tho revolutionists of Kutais. and the policy proclaimed by General Allkhanoff. who was dispatched there to "pacify" the province. Allkanhoff has not spared the revolu tionists. He has reopened the railroad, to the Black Sea, which had long been In the hands of the revolutionists, and for the first time for months the entire Caucasian line is In operation. The whole revolutionary movement in the Caucasu? was an echo of the move ment In Russia proper. It was conducted by workingmen of various nationalities, under the leadership of Russian Social Democratic agitators, and is being grad ually stamped out in Kutais, Mlngrclla and the Black Sea littoral. t Th"e Armenians, with their powerful rev olutionary committees, who formerly se cretly supported the movement, have now withdrawn. The restoration of their church property and the reopening of The Jar of Coughing Hammer blows, steadily applied, break the hardest rock. Coughing, day after day, jars and tears the throat and lungs until the healthy tissues give way. Ayers Cherry Pec toral stops the hard coughing. Con sult your doctor freely about this.. . Wc have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. UaAi by the J. C. Ajc? Co., XoweU. 3Uss. All 9 3Ca&actBrara of ATZJt'S EAIR TI60R T or tke luir. ATEJt'S PILLS Tar csastiyiti&i. ATWt'3 SaXSAPAkHLA-Fw the Mtl. ATIX'S ASTO CUM-For aaUria aai igie. their schools, closed since 1S03. have been great victories for the Armenians, and their leaders profess themselves satisfied, disclaiming any nationalistic or separa tist aspirations. The fears of a renewal of the Armenian-Tartar butchery following the as sassination of General Griaznoff happllv did not materialize. Both, sides were ready, but the troops were everywhere In force, and no collisions occurred. Two Armenians, however, were shot during the capturo by the police of one of their strongholds, where arms 'and munitions were concealed. . . On account of the disturbed conditions In the Viceroyalty the extension ot the Zemstvo system to the Caucasus in con formity with other parts of the empire has been postponed. In Kutais the cap tured revolutionists arc being tried by field court-martials on the pattern of those adopted in the trials of revolution ists in the Baltic provinces. CAUCASUS AGAIN IN REVOLT Rebels Bombard Village and Troops Call for Reinforcements. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1. It is re ported here that the village of Silugordor: has been bombarded . -by the artillery In conseauence of the refusal of the; Inhabi tants to give In to the organizers of last month's disorders. The Caucasus Is again Itr a state of re bellion. Mobs arc plundering in Kutal Shusa and Ellzabethpol. and there hav been many fierce encounters between the Mussulmans and Armenians. Thch troops are unable to quell the disturbances, ami have demanded that reinforcements be sent to their assistance. GERMANS MURDER CANADIAN Wanton Shooting of Dr. Donaldson Enrages Capetown. LONDON. Jan. 31. A dispatch to th? Central News from Capetown, published here today, says: The Canadians here are enraged at an alleged outrage by German soldiers a. Swakopmund, German Southwest Africa, who are said to havo shot and killed Dr. Anson Donaldson, of Brockvllle, Canada. According to the story. Donaldson was walking peacefully In the streets, when a soldier fired at him. and. while he was lying wounded on the ground, other sol diers riddled his body with bullets. BROCKVILLE, Ont.. Jan. 31. Dr. An son Donaldson was a member of- on&of the wealthiest families here. "He "went to South Africa at the outbreak of the Boer War as surgeon. He was 3S years old end unmarried. Chinese Make Farewell Calls. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. The members of the Chinese Imperial Commission spent their last day in the capital by paying farewell visits to the different officials who have entertained them and by visit ing the Senate and the House of- Repre sentatives after an inspection of the- Con gressional Library. They left tonight for New York.
