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v 2 THE SUNDAY OEEGONIASf, PORTLAND, JANUARY 7, 1900. rropoFmpt Incidents of the Present Con flict in Solith Africa. BATTLES UNDER,A: BURNING SUN Graphic Description of nn'Early Sor tie Prom 31afeltlng; Hour the People of Ladysmith Live. LONDON", Bee 30. "The men -were crowding around the engines In line, of fering the drivers- fabulous prices for a cup of -water," -writes the Globe corre spondent ?3esci3blng ihetclose-of the bat tle at EnsMn, "but it -was useless. The drivers had been theratened with court martial If they supplied any, as there was great difficulty in keeping a sufficient sup ply for itiie engines. I saw one soldier lying -fiat on the line under an engine, catching a few drops in his, mouth from a steam pipe." Such extracts as this firom-the mailed descriptions of the fighting in South Af rica give some faint idea of the conditions under which it is betmr carried on. Be lated s these letters are by the time they J tenfcon than that of November 17, at they happen, daily elsewhere tharLin be sieged tow&s, tand make tf best of a inelancholygsltuatlon." " & Soldlera'JFlsS't at Mo'dSer Rigpx. ' Of the hard fight at Modder River, the Globe correspondent says; "On the plain were numerous., jwhlte crosses which we subsequently discovered were marked -ranges set out by the Bocks previously. The fighting line on both sides extended six miles, and there was inces-r: sant fusillade and cannonade for 12 hours. The Boers were never seen by us; none of the officers and men to whom 1 have spok en since, saw a Boer. It is certainly mar velous how they always manage to hide themselves." Of the same battle the Daily News correspondent writes: "Modder River was a soldier's fight. Grit, doggedness and pride of caste made us masters of the trenches. For 16 hours ,the battle raged. For 16 hours, on a bar ren plain, thelnfantry advanced by short rushes in the sweltering heat to shoot and get shot. For 16 hours the artillery. Inno cent of. that shejte? which tacticians in books lay down as absolutely necessary, pounded away at their invisible'' foe. The wounded fell out and were, in most cases, left, for the stretcher-bearers did not dare to enter the zone of Arc. Each wounded man was made a mark for the enemy's riflemen. The wounded were useful for the Boers. They took sighting shots at them and got the range perfectly." Criticism of the British. Artillery. Among the many criticisms of the Brit ish artillery, none has attracted more at THE .HEARING IS. CLOSED FDTAL ARGUMENTS IN' THE ROBERTS WTVESTIGATIOtf . -TolcinET of Testimony .Begnn in- the Case of - Senator Clark, of ' . . v .Montana. appear in English papers, they throw much needed light iipon the situation so barrenly reported over the censored ca bles. It was the heat that drove the British soldiers to drink gratefully from the oxh-autet pipe of an engine after seven hours fighting at Ensiin, where they lost 175 killed and wounded. Surgeon MaMns, formerly of St Thomas hospital, writes under date of The field hospital at Orange River; "Dur ing an eight days stay, some COD wounded men have passed through the hands of the Royal medical army corps here. In one night alone 300 patients arrived from the fight at Modder River. Yesterday the thermometer registered 125 degrees in some of the tents. "The distance from here -to the main hospitals at Wynberg, Which'- takes 2S hours, emphasizes the difficulties due to the immense length of the line of com cnumowtion. The majority of the wounds have been inflicted by the "Mauser or Lee Metford bullets, and a small proportion by "Martini bullets, and large projectiles. A wounded Boer referred to the Xee-Met-ford as a 'gentlemanly bullet," and this remark is equally applicable to the Mau ser. The weunde made by them are small. dean, and little disposed to suppurate. Those bullets met with have been little deformed tialess they have struck stones before entering, and I "have seen no single instance which wouM suggest either flat tened or so-called explosive bullets among the wounded here." An Early Sortie From MafoJtln;?. Prom MafeMng, tinder date of October 26, the Times correspondent in that be leaguered plaoe vividly describes a night eortig by Captain Ftzolarence, with 55 men of the Protectorate regiment, and Lieutenant Murray, with 25 men of the Oape police. "Shortly after 11 o'clock," writes the correspondent, "Captain FItzclarence and his men. started on their perilous under taking. In the faint light of the night we could see their figures silently hurry ing across the veldt. In the blue haze of the distance a black blur betokened the position of the enemy, and it seemed that at any moment the hoarse challenge of the Boer outposts would give the alarm. The Tuen crept on, slightly in extended form, holding themselves in readiness for the supreme moment. The silence was in tense. The heavy gloom, the wistful noises of the veldt at night, the shadowy patches ,in the hush, all seemed to heighten the teii&Dri of one's nerves. In a little while our imon were witiiin a few yards of the enemy; then each fixed his bayonet to his rifle, and as the blades rang home upon their sockets the gallant band raised a ringing cheer. "Instantly the Boer position was gal vanized into activity; figures showed ev erywhere; shots rang out, men shouted, horses stampeded, and the confusion which reigned supreme gave to our men one 1 vital moment in which to hurl -themselves across the intervening space, Ladysmith, by the Standard's war corre spondent Summing up, this correspon dent says: "The disadvantages under which we have labored have been demonstrated re peatedly. At Eland's laagte, two officers and two men of the first field battery were wounded at a range beyond that at which they could fire shrapnel. Except In rec onnaissances, our field guns are useless as long as the siege lasts. The Boer shrap nel is fused for 500 yards, whereas our fuse ceases to be effective at 400 yards. "The meaning of this will be clear when I say that for 1100 yards, or nearly three quarters of a mile, our artillery are ex posed to the fire of a practically invisible enemy without being able to fire a really effective shot in self-defense. Our equip ment is unduly heavy. Our guns carry too much weight, The double teams that brought the Twenty-first battery to Eland's laagte, a distance of 15 to 16 miles, had not an ounce left In them. This Is the first time that the British army has faced modern artillery, and the lessons to be learned will be of the greatest value. Al ready we have discovered that with the aid of smokeless powder and long ranges the enemy may be invisible, and that when he is raining shells and shot upon us days may pass without disclosing the po sition of some of his guns and howitzers. The Boer has an advantage, if not in his Mauser rifle, which many experts in our rmy now declare to be more accurate and trustworthy than the Lec-Metford, at any rate in the possession of field glasses." BELGIUM'S REatlEST. Ignorance of the Traditional Atti tude of the United States. NEW YORK". Jan. 6. A special to the Tribune from "Washington says: It is pointed out at the state,department that the4)opuIar movement ".reported in press dispatches "from "Belgium", having In view a petition to President McKinley, ask ing him to offer mediation to the belliger ents in South Africa is altogether misdi rected and exhibits a painful ignorance of the American policy of abstention from Intruding in matters which are none of this country's business. It is suggested that sucn a petition could have no direct Influence in the direction of terminating "hostilities If it ,1s proposed to j Induce the United States to take the initia tive toward securing an American cable settiement'of the quarrel. .Both belllger- j ents are already presumably aware of the historical attitude of the United States, shown as late as the war between China and Japan, in always being ready to use Its good office to avold'or end strife when the invitation comes from both disputants, not from one alone, and not from a mere outsider. Great Britain and the South African re publics are aware that the president will accept promptly and with pleasure any Then there ' suggestion of mediation that came from WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. When the Rob erts committee resumed its session today, Roberts went on with his argument, be gun yesterday. He reviewed the action of the constitutional convention of Utah, urging that this carried out the require ments of congress for the" admission of Utah as a state, namely, that polygamous marriages should no longer be contracted. In particular, Roberts contended there was no requirement by congress or In. the con stitutional convention that previously con tracted matrimonial associations should be interrupted. In the course of his argument, Roberts said he had observed that the ladles in volved in this question of plural wives were quite generally received in the circles of Gentile ladies in Utah. He vehemently denounced what he characterized as the sensational crusade made against him, and also the effort to arouse public feel ing by saying the American home "was in danger." "If necessary," he exclaimed, "I could call attention to ten thousand evils which threaten the country without going to the state of Utah." In closing, Roberts said that the pa triotism of the Mormon church toward the country could not be questioned. When a fund was raised for the survivors of the battle-ship Maine, the Mormon church had contributed one-fifth of the entire amount. When the country's authority in the Phil ippines -was questioned, "Utah's guns, han dled by Utah men, had been In the fore front of the fray." Schroeder, the Gentile representative, stated that no further point would bo made on .Roberts' naturalization papers, as it was desired to exclude him from congress specifically and solely on the ground of his being a polygamlst. After the arguments closed, members of the com mittee attached some importance to the question asked by Chairman Taylfcr, of Roberts, relative to the latter being amen able while In the District of Columbia to the Edmunds act It is understood special attention may be given by the committee to this feature. At 12:30, the arguments on both sides were closed, and the committee went Into executive session. At the executive ses sion it was decided to close the hearing and tho testimony, unless ex-Secretary Carlisle desired to be heard further. The committee then adjourned until 10 A. M. next Wednesday. There was no vote or other action on the final disposition ofthe case. He was a student at the Texas state uni versity, and. claims to have wealthy rela tives'in 'Mason, Tex. He denied all knowl edge of the hold-up. o p RAILROAD COMBINATION. QOEBR PARTY- RULES was a loud crash, for, as it happened, many of our men were nearer the en trenchments than had been anticpated, and their" charge had precipitated them upon eome sheets of corrugated iron which the Boers had torn from the grandstand of the race course for protection from the rain. "With our men upon the parapet of the trench a few rapid volleys were flred into the enemy who, taken completely by surprise, Tvere altogether demoralized. Those in the first trenches seemed to have "been petrified by fright. Where they were, they remained, disabled -with, bayonet, knocked senseless with the rifle butt, or shot dead. Captain FItzclarence himself, wdth magnificent gallantry and swdrds manship, killed four of flie enemy with his sword, his men plying their bayonets strenuously the whiie. "Th's was the first trench, and as the lighting grew "hotter some little memory of their earlier boasts inspired the Boers to make a stand. They fought well. Commandant Botha told Lieutenant Mon crieff, who had charge of the flag party that arranged for an armistice this morn ing, that lie thought at least 1000 men had been moved against his position. "After the .first fury had been expended our men charged at the -bayonet point right across the line of trenches. It was In this charge that the Boers lost heavily. As. soon as the squadron reached the extrem ity of the Boer position their movement -was covered by the flanking Are of the Cape poHce, which added still further to the perplexities of the enemy. The galling fire of the police disturbed them for some time longer than was required in the actual retirement of the force. The Bpers Iwd been unnerved by the onslaught of the men, and a feature of the hours w&Jch elapsed between the nnal withdraw al of our force from the scene of conflict and the advent of dawn was the heavy firing of the enemy, who still continued discharging useless voHeys into space. The loss to us in tho encounter had been six killed, ten wounded and two of our men taken prisoners, bat the gravity of the loss which the enemy sustained can be most surely measured by the fact that until a late hour this afternoon thev o.aulA not find the spirit to resume the bombard ment. It is said in camp here that 300 Beers will have reason to remember the charge of the Protectorate regiment." They Live In Caves at Ladysmith. The doings of the besieged at Ladysmith Jiavo been fully described by recent let ters. If the Boers continue seriously to hem -in and continuously to bombard "White's force, the besieged promise to become full-fledged cave-dwellers for, ac cording to the Daily News' correspondent at Ladysmith, the prevalent tendency there is to burrow. "Some people," writes the authority, "having spent much time and patient la bor in making burrows for themselves, And life there o Intolerably; monotonous that they peeler to'take hie 'chances above ground. Others pass wacijo days with -wives and farmiies-'-or In -solitary misery -where there is not light -enough to read or work, scarcely -showlnga 'head outside from sunrise to sunset They may be seen trooping away from fragile, tin-roofed houses half an hour before daybreak, -carrying children in their arms or a cat or monkey or a goose or a cage of pet birds, and they come back similarly laden when the night gets too dim for gunners to -go on shooting. These would be a touch of humor 4n all ibis 1 jt1 were not so deeply pathetic2nrfts-glQse association with possible teageflieg.'-One never, Imows where or at what hour a stray shell or ephnter will fall, and it is pitiful some times to hear cries for dolly from a prat ting mite, who may herself be father less or motherless tomorrow. We think as little as pos3b!e of such things, putting them from us with the light comment that both of them, but up to this time neither of these governments has given the slight est intimation that it desires anything but strict neutrality from the United Stages. It is true that just before hostilities began, President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, through his consul-general at New York, Mr. Pierce, desired the friendly Interven tion of President McKInley In the hope of averting war, but no concurrent request of a similar nature came from England, and the president therefore abstained Srom volunteering his good offices where they apparently would have been unwelcome. Since that time no suggestion of a desire to arbitrate or put an end to fighting has been manifested, however guardedly, to this government by the countries con cerned, and reports to the contrary are au thoritatively characterized as false. It 's probable that should Great Britain indicate her wish to have the president at tempt a peaceful solution of the difficul ty, the American consul at Pretoria would promptly ask President Kruger if he de sired to unite in the request. This pro cedure is made possible by President Steyn's earlier request, and by the state department's declination to receive Gen eral O'BIerne, who was understood to be charged with powers .from Pretoria to ask for mediation In the event of England's be ing willing to leave the dispute to ar oitration. Officially, it is said, the United States cannot bring to the attention of the British government a Boer request for me diation, though It is not doubted that Eng land would become aware of such a re quest as soon as it was made, and would immediately have an opportunity to mako an identical proposition. A PORTUGUESE STATEMENT. Diplomatic Understanding: With. Eng land and Germany. LISBON, Jan. 6. A semiofficial note to the press regarding the Anglo-German agreement has just been issued. It is as follows; "The British and German governments, having previously reached an agreement between themselves, informed Portugal that in the event of her contraction of a large loan for the purpose of reorganizing the finances, the two governments were disposed to guarantee the success of the operation. At the same time the govern ments of Great Britain and Germany as sured Portugal that the basis of .the agree ment between them was the recognition of the integrity of the Portuguese colonial dominions and the legitimacy of Portu guese sovereignity over the Portuguese possessions. "They further suggested that In the event of Portugal accepting the proposi tion concerning the loan, the latter should be guaranteed the colonial and customs re ceipts. The Portuguese government then declared that it had no need of such a loan, and, according x to our information, has no such need to the present day." British Columbia's Offer. VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 6. The British Columbia government and legislature unite in indorsing the decision to proffer a company of 20Q mounted scouts, equipped and delivered at Halifax, or any other named place of debarkation, for South Af rican service. Each will be provided with a picked saddle-ihorse, first-class saddle, uniform, rifle and revolver, the outlay in volved being $250 per man, or 50,000 for the J corps. At the reassembling of the legislature on Monday J. H, Turner, the opposition lead er, win present a want or connaence mo tion, upon which it is hoped to defeat the Semlin ministry. All depends upon Pren tice, of Llllooet If he votes with the op position, as Is generally anticipated, the government is doomed, as It is now carry ing on business, solely by the speaker's vote. THE CLARK INVESTIGATION. Speaker Stiff, of the Montana House, Was the First Witness. WASHINGTON, Jan. C Henry C. Stiff, speaker of the Montana house of repre sentatives, was the flrstr witness in the Clark case before the senate committee on privileges and elections today. Repre sentative Campbell, of Montana, ques tioned Stiff, and his questions were direct ed to showing that the embarrassed finan cial condition of State Representative McLaughlin had been taken advantage of by Senator Clark to approach him to se cure his vote, and also that Stiff's own vote had been Improperly solicited. Stiff stated that he knew McLaughlin was in distressed financial circumstances prior to the meeting of he legislature. He also stated that he himself had been approached by William -Bickford, as a representative of Clark and his support solicited for the latter. - v The questions bringing "" out this infor mation were all objected to by "the de fense, who insisted" that Clark must be directly connected with all transactions with which it was sought to connect his name. The reply was that his connection would be shown, over Clark's" signature. The questioning of Mr. Stiff was direct ed toward showing that Blckford had sought to secure Stiff's services to exam ine the title of property to be purchased by Clark from McLaughlin for $5,000, part of the consideration qn McLaughlin's part being, BJckfprd specified, that Mc Laughlin should support Clark for the senate. Stiff testified to the correctness of this outline, and added that Blckford had told him that he (Stiff) should re ceive $500 for his Individual services, when $5 would have been a good fee; that his own vote was wanted for Clark, and that he should be put on Clark's list of at torneys for a number of years. Blckford had, in this connection, exhibited a list of property to be sold by McLaughlin, with the prices to be paid, which were in excess of the value of the property, and this property was afterwards conveyed to Clark. Stiff also stated that the agree ment with McLaughlin provided that he was to be employed by Clark for two years at $2400 per year, and that Mc Laughlin had since been employed In this connection. He also stated that Mc Laughlin had voted for Clark. The witness stated that in another con versation with Blckford a week prior to the meeting of the legislature, the latter had offered him $10,000 if he would with draw from the contest for tho speaker ship and support Clark for the senator ship. Stiff also detailed a conversation with A. B. Cook, ex-state auditor, who had offered him 520,000 to vote for dark. "I made no definite reply' said Stiff, "because I wanted further to Investigate what was going on. I told 'him that if Clark really wanted to secure my vote, he could afford to pay more than $20,000, and suggested 550.000, saying I did not want this to be understood as an offer on my part. Cook said he would see Clark, and we agreed to meet again that day. I did not, however, see him again on this subject." He also said that, as the speaker In selecting the committee on investigation In the Clark matter, he had not known all the members selected were unfriendly to Clark. Replying further to questions con cerning his suggestion of $50,000 aS the price Clark should pay for his vote, he said: "I believe I was perfectly justified in doing what I did. I considered that a most outrageous crime was being perpe trated, and I was willing to act the part of a detective " Fred Whiteside, Montana state senator, testified that he had been approached prior to and after the meeting of the legis lature In the Interest of Clark's candidacy by John Nelll, John B. Wellcome and Charles W. Clark, a son of the senator. He had seen Wellcome by appointment in a room at a hotel at Helena, and had met there others of Clarke friends. He had also met Senator Clark, who told him that Wellcome had spoken favorably of him (Whiteside). The first Intimation he had had that his support of Clark would be to his financial advantage came from Nelll. Afterwards Wellcome had told him that his vote for and support of Clark would be worth $10, 000. He had co-operated With the support ers of Clark for the purpose of exposing the corrupt methods which he" was satis fied were being used to secure Clark's elec tion. He exhibited a list of the members of the legislature whom Wellcome and Senator Clark's son had requested him to see. They had told him they were willing to pay $10,030 for any democrat and more for the vote of J. T. Anderson, of Mea gher county. Rumor of a Gigantic Deal Pending in the East. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. The Tribune says: An important railroad conference has beenln progress" In this city for the last two days at the Waldorf-Astoria. M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio systems; Henry Fink, president of the Norfolk & Western, and A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsyl vania system, have all been in attendance. John K. Cowan, president of the Balti more &; Ohio, is also said to have been present. One important matter disposed of .was the rate for hauling coal for the coming year; but this is said to have been only an, incident of the meeting. For some time It has been known that the Vanderbllt-Morgan interests were in control of the Big Four and the Chesa peake & Ohio. There have been persistent rumors, too, regarding a combination be tween the Pennsylvania and the Balti more & Ohio systems, and of these two roads with the Vanderbilt systems. A man usually -well Informed said that ho had been given to understand that in the near future a great combination would be effected and that the following roads would be in it: The Boston & Maine, which, as it owns the road, also means the Maine Central, north 6f Boston; the New York, New Haven & Hartford, which on account of its intimate traffic relationship with the Pennsylvania could not woll stand aloof, and the Boston & Albany, now controlled by the New York Central these roads practically covering the field of New Eng land. Besides these the speaker named the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore & Ohio, the C. & O., the Big Four, the Norfolk & Western, and the New York Central system, Including tho ' Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, and the Michigan Central, as well as the Nickel Plate and West Shore. He added that he was not Informed as to what the exact form of the combination would be whether it would amount to actual consolidation or not but it would certainly be of such a nature as to prevent future competition and a consequent cutting of freight and passenger rates. This, he thought, how ever, was only the beginning, and it was his" conviction that other roads may be taken in later, both in the South and West For two or three days there have been persistent rumors in Wall street that a railroad combination of the first magni tude was Impending, but there has been much mystery as to the identity of the roads concerned. A year ago the New York Central interests secured control of tho Rutland railroad. The Rutland road Is intimately connected with the Fltch- hurg, and later the New York Central made overtures toward obtaining a' lease of the latter property. These negotiations were not successful, and the Central made an arrangement whereby it obtained con trol of the Boston & Albany on a long lease. Advices from Boston quote the president of the Boston & Maine as ad mitting that his road-was in negotiation for the leasing of the Fltchburg. With the Fltchburg, the Boston & Maine would have a western outlet from Boston. But Wall-street opinion has coincided with the view of the Tribune's Informant, that the Boston & Maine was soon to pass under the control of the New York Central. There remains in Nrew Eng land the big New York, New Haven & Hartford road, which, although it may not be taken .over by any other company is still not likely to be a disturber of har mony, for J. Plerpont Morgan and Sena tor ,Depew are among Its directors, and another is William Rockefeller, who re cently entered the New York Central, Doard"eMqreover, 'the 'New "Haven road 1" in ' close" business relations with the Pennsylvania, between which systems and the New York Central a compact of amity exists. i O-fr RUN ON A BANK. - ADOPTED BY THE UPPER HOUSE OF THE., KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE. Resolution Adopted Providing: .for ..Contempt Proceedings. Against , ,"VVhallcn and Ryan. Small Goncern In New Jersey Forced to Suspend. NEW YORK, Jan. 6. The Union County bank, of Rahway, N. J., today placed a notice on its door announcing that it had been compelled to suspend, "owing to the "unusual demand made upon it by depositors, but that there is good reason to believe that depositors will be paid In full soon as the bank can realize on its Investments," The bank has been paying S per cent dividends on a capital of $40,000. It Is a state institution, and has a sur plus of $25,000. After the difficulties of the Middlesex County bank, of Portham, N. J., which was robbed by Its cashier, George VM. Valentine, there was some evidence of timidity on the part of the depositors of the Union County bank, as-President Ed ward F. Savage had been Valentine's law yer, and the vice-president of the Union County bank, Mulford D. Valentine, was an uncle of the defaulting cashier of the Middlesex County bank. It was known .for several days that the bank accounts -Were under investigation, and this brought on a run. It Is said about $30,000 was paid out yesterday, and there were still many depositors waiting to draw out money when the bank closed for the day. i . . The directors held a meeting late, ys terday, and as an outcome it was decide not to open the bank today. To all in quiries the officers of the bank stated that the notice Issued by Deputy Commission er Johnson contained about all the in formation that at present could be madp public regarding the suspension. q-0 ANOTHER "NATIONAL PARK. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 6. The senate was tho only branch of the. legislature in session today, but what promised to be a dull session proved to be "the liveliest yet held by that body- After adopting a reso lution providing fofr contempt proceedings against John Whallen and Charles Ryan for alleged attempt to bribe Senator Har jell, the rules for. government of tho two houses in 3oint session, prepared by the democratic steering committee and fath ered by the committee on rules, were re ported and adopted after a bitter fight. The antl-Goebel democrats In the house so .far have not shown their hand, and have acquiesced In everything proposed by the majority, but the republican leaders say the combined antl-Goebel forces will stand together qn the fight against the rules as proposed by the senate, and the light will at least be made interesting. The chief feature of the rules Is that the speaker of the house is made the presiding officer In the Joint assembly, a right which Lieutenant-Governor Marshall declares 4s con ferred op Mm alone by the constitution. Senators Thomas and Greenshaw jointly filed the information citing J. H. Whallen and Charles Ryan to appear before the senate on a statutory proceeding charging them with attempting to bribe Senator Harrell. The penalty upon conviction la a fine of $15,000, confinement In jail during the session of the legislature, and for feiture of, suffrage. A similar charge will be filed in the house, and a joint commit tee to Investigate the charge Is asked. Senator Barrett (rep.) moved an amend ment to Investigate whether Senator Har rell or any other member promised to vote on the contests or other questions before the senate in consideration of promises of appointment to office for himself or other persons. The resolution providing for tho investi gating committee, with the amendments Included, was- adopted unanimously. Senator Howard (rep ) offered a resolu tion for a special committee ta- investigate J Senator Harrell. In support of the resolu tion he said that "if the charge of agree ing to accept a bribe 'is proved, Harrell is ineligible to a seat in the senate, and Is no gentleman." He asked that a non partisan committee be appointed, so that Harrell might be vindicated If he Is inno cent and not whitewashed by a committee created for that purpose. Senator Carter (dem.) said the resolu tion already adopted, providing for the Whallen-Ryan investigation, carried with it an investigation of Harrell. The point of order was made that In order to inves tigate" Harrell separately, formal charges iriust be filed, as in the case of Whallen and Ryan, and Howard withdrew his resolution. Tho senate took up the report of the joint committee on rules, which provides that the speaker of the house, and not the lieutenant-governor, shall preside at all joint sessions. This arrangement, if adopted, will mako Speaker Trimble (dem ) the presiding officer when the gov ernorship contest is heard. The senate adopted the report of the committee. The vote was: Ayes, 20; noes, 14. Lieutenant-Governor Marshall, before he put the vote, said: "I deem it my duty to state to the senate that I very much doubt whether It is in the power of the senate to limit or prescribe the duties which devolve upon me as a constitutional officer." v ,The joint rules are yet to be adopted in the house. Judge Caritrjll today entered ans order granting the injunction prayed for by Election Commissioners Poyntz and Ful ton, restraining Mackay and Cochran, Governor Taylor's appointees, from quali fying and acting. The court, after grant ing the Injunction, entered an order set ting it aside and giving the right to ap peal, stating that he thought the case of such importance that It should bo passed on by a'court of last resort. This gives the democratic commissioners the selection of the Judge before whom the case shall be heard? in the court of appeals. tired of Catarrh After 20 Years rtKjjijljyjfjjjjx MRi POLLY EVANS, A LIFE-LONG FRIEND OF PE-RU-NA. The Society of Friends embraces a ; hospitable, sweet-spirited and gentle peo membershlp of about SO.00O. At present ,, p!e. They universally wear plain, unob- xrusive cioimng. not so mucn for uniform- Hold-Up in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. G Martin van Leaaven, a Ninth-street drygoods dealer, was held up and shot by a robber Qn -Mission street last night. Two shots were flred, but without serious" results". The alleged highwayman was captured by two men on horseback, wbo were passing at tho time. He is a soldier, giving the name of Frank Moody. Ho says he fought in the Philippines and recently re-enlisted. Plan for a Reserve at Headwaters of ' aiisssisolppi. ST. PAUL, Jan. 6. General C. C. An drews has prepared a bill "to bring about an arrangement with the Chippewa Indians for obtaining certain reservations, for the proposed Northern Minnesota National Park, at the headwaters of the Mississippi river. The territory proposed to he taken comprises 611,592 acres of land, and 214,470 acres of water, the Cass lake, Chippewa, L-eech lake and Lake Winnebago reserva tion. Under the act of qongress of January 14, 1SS9, the Indians ceded the reservation to the United States with the understanding that the reservation would be surveyed, that the "pine lands" thereon should be established and offered for sale to the highest bidder, in 40-acre tracts, and that all other lands except such as might be allotted to individual Indians should be regarded as agricultural lands and sold to actual settlers, the proceeds of all sales to be paid into the treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians. If the reservations shall bo perpetually held a3 a national park. It is expected that' the forests thereon will be managed on forestry principles that the mature timber will be cut and sold from time to time, thereby promoting the water supply of the Mis sissippi river. The bill authorizes the president to ap point three commissioners to negotiate with the Indians and agree upon a sum to be paid for the land. , s c Suicide of a. Newspaper Man. ST, PAUL, Jaiu'C A man bqlineved to be Charles Sutton, editor of theiLogans part, Ind., Dally Reporter, committed sui cide tonight by shooting himself In the head. He was en route home from a trip to the Pacific coast No reason is known for the suicide. JACKSON DAY BANQUET. Bryantlxe Chief Orator at the Chl- cago Dinner. CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Six hundred demo crats gathered in the banquet hall of the Tremont house tonight to observe "Jack son day" in an appropriate manner. Hon. William J. Bryan was the honored guest and chief orator of the occasion. The commencement of the banquet was late, and it was nearly midnight when tno orators were In full swing. Mr. Bryan's address was the last on the list. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, acted as toastmas ter. On the pending currency bill, Mr. Bryan said: '"The currency bill fastens us to tho financial systems of the Old World, ana subjects us to all the disturbances which affect them, while It places the control or the volume of paper money in the hands or a bank trust, which will 'be as merciless to the people of this country as" Weyler was to 'the reconcentradoes. The fight for bimotallsm at the ratio of 16 to 1 has not been lost. The increased production of gold has shown the advantage of more money, and has answered the arguments so often made that the parity could not be maintained because of the overproduc tion of silver." He declared that tho republican party is unable to enact and enforce sufficient anti-trust laws, and that the democratic party, when in power, will meet the issue with a plain and positive remedy. on the subject of "Imperialism" he said: "The question of Imperialism wjll occupy a prominent place in the next campaign. It 'matters not whether the war in tne Philippines ends lnthe near future or con tinues until election. The people must determine the policy to bo pursued in re gard Ui tho Filipinos. That policy must contemplate the ultimate independence of the Filipinos or their permanent retention under American sovereignty. ' Who de sires to admit them to share and share alike with us in tho destiny of this re public?" Tho entire policy of the administration n relation to the Philippines ho declared to be utterly wrong. His speech was re ceived with great enthusiasm. the body of Friends consists of small congregations for worship and discipline, and varldus scattered Individuals in New England. NeW York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Now Jersey, and a. few in England. The following letter, written by a ven erable old Quaker, Mr. John Evans, liv ing at South. Wabash, Ind., tells in his quaint language his experience with the national catarrh remedy, Pe-ru-na. He says: "My wife (Polly J. Evans) says she feels entirely cured of sys temic catarrh of twenty years' standing. She took nearly six bottles of thy excellent medicine Pe-ru-na, asdirected, and we fee! very thankful to thee for thy kind ness and advice. She did not ever expect to be so well as she is now. Twelve years ago it cured her of la grippe. I want to tell thee there has been a great deal of Pe-ru-na used here last winter. Pe-ru-na does not need praising. It tells for itself. We can and do recommend it o anyone that is afflicted with catarrh. "As ever, thy friend, John Evan3, "South Wabash, Ind," The Quakers have always been charac terized by their untiring care in relieving the suffering of their own poor, and are ity, as to escape the ever-changing fash ions in dress. Their honesty and veracity is well known. Hence this letter will bo read with Interest by all classes. Could any words be moro to the point, could any evidence be more convincing, than the above persuasive, direct, sin cere letter? Systemic catarrh is a con dition in which chronic catarrh has per vaded the whola system. Catarrh first begins by localizing Itself in some one or more organs of the body, but very soon it shows a tendency to spread to other organs. If it Is not checked, the wholo system becomes invaded by this insidious disease. When catarrh has reached this stage, of course it has gone beyond tho reach of ail local remedies. Nothing but a systemic remedy can reach it. Pe-ru-na is the only remedy yet de vised to meet such cases. Pe-ru-na eradicates catarrh from tho system. It does Its work quietly but surely. It cleanses the mucous membranes of the whole body It produces regular functions. Pe-ru-na restores perfect health in a. naturafVay. "" "" - No one should neglect to procure one of Dr. Hartman's free books on catarrh, sent to any address by The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co.. Columbus, O. Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru-na almanac for tho year 1900. PENSION ABUSES, Old Soldier "Who Would Have Strictly a Roll of Honor. It Daily Treasnry Statement. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Today's state ment of the condition of the treasqry shows: Available cash balance i 5282,905,790 Gold reserve , 233.373.471 GEAR'S RE-ELECTION ASSURED. Result of the Caucus for Speaker of the Iowa House. DES MOINES, la., Jan. 6. At 10 o'clock this evening there ended one of the most oxcitlng'contests for sneaker of tho hnn 'of representatives in the history of the iwwa legislature, wmoh the friends of Senator Gear say practically settled an equally exciting contest for United States senator to succeed John H, Gear. The speakership contest was decided in favor of Dr. D. H. Bowen, of Waukeon, the candidate of the Gear forces, he receiving 43 votes as against 38 for W. I,. Eaton, of Osage, the avowed candidate of the sup porters of A. B. Cummins, of Des Moines, sor unnea states senator. The caucus was held in the house of representatives, beginning at 8 o'clock, and was secret, no one but republican members-elect of the house being admit ted. Tho vote shows that there was no wavering in the lines as drawn up 24 hours previously, signed list1 oT support ers of each candidate having been pre pared as early as midnight last night. The caucus on United States senator Will probably ,not be held for a week yet. the Vote in the general asseinbly" being taken January 16. The friends of A. B. Cummins, the other candidate for senator, concede Gear's ma jority of the republicans In the senate, so the result on the speakership In the house caucus will determine the speakership. INDEPENDENCE, Jan. 4. (To the Editor.) As I have read your many animadversions on the G. A. R. and Its connection with the pension roll and pen sion legislation, r have been pleased and glad to think that the G., A. R. had a friend that was able and b'old enough, to point, not only to its virtues, but to its dangers, defects, etc. On the other hand, when I read the criticisms by members of the G. A. R. of those slf-same edi torials, I wonder whether I have soft ening of the brain and do not really understand tho meaning of language. There is something wrong somewhere. If I can make myself understood I shall think that I am all right. In the first place, I am a member of the G. A. R. I think it is my duty to recard my post as my family. If there are any who gain admittance to its prop er domain or benefits that are unworthy. It Is our duty to point them out, that we may deprive them of all the honor or usufruct. I think that we should regard the pension roll as a roll of honor, as a just appreciation of patriotism; that it is as patriotic an act of the govern ment to come to our assistance, in the hour of need, as ours In going to the assistance of the government in its hour of need was patriotic, and it Is only a reward for patriotism. But what patriot ism was there In the man who waited until he was drafted, or the one that went out as a substitute and obtained from $400 to $2000 for so doing? Yet that mercenary may draw more pension than the genuine patriot, who only received $13 to $16 per month. Then, again, was the officer who re ceived from 550 to $400 or $500 per month any more patriotic than the common sol dier? If not, then why the difference in amount of pension? They are both in civil life. Is it right that tho government should pay one man thousands of doHars a year salary, and $1200 a year pension. and another for the same quality of patriotism tend- mayhap more heroism) only $100 to $300 pension per year and no salary. Again, I think the wife I had when I enlisted should have been pensioned Inde pendent of my services, for she was Just as patriotic as I was, and was willing to endure the privations consequent upon my absence. But the connection of my services In the army 30-odd years ago and my wife that I married in 1SJS I fall to see; yet the laws are on the statute books, and I think that most of them are wrong, and stand In the way of thousands of deserving and needy old comrades. In fact, I think the time has come when every old soldier who has not suf ficient Income to support him ought to have a pension, and every one who has enough ought to be stricken from the rolls. There are not many who are able to work and make a living that served In the ranks In '61-.5; so let us work to get every old, needy comrade on and every other one off. I think that is about the way The Oregonian views IL The way to do it is to "speak right out in meeting." There was a bill Introduced in the senate by J. H." Mitchell to pension a man by petition. The man at the time was not even a naturalized citizen. He had been an employe of the Hudson's Bay Com pany, but had never been in the service of the United States. He has since died. But I see that Senator McBride brought It forth again a couple of weeks ago. I suppose he had not heard of the man's death, and he thought he was still a voter. The meanest pension I ever heard of was a banker who drew $72 per month for blindness. One of the inspectors -caught him. weeding and thinning young onions. The loudest-mouthed one I ever knew was always abusing the commis sioner. Ho enlisted in March, 1835, for $400, of course, and has got a pension, but not for patriotism, but Blmply because It is the law. Comrades, our friends are those who point out ours and our country's enemies. I can't say that I am an Iconoclast, but I have no idols. M. A. BAKER. a An Unprecedented Proceedinsr. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6. Judge Mor row, of the United States circuit court, has granted Attorney Horace W. Philbrook a writ of error to the supreme court of tho United States in his suit for $300,000 dam ages against the justices of the supreme court of California and several lawyers whom he accuses of "conspiracy to libel, oppress and ruin him." Chief Justice Beat ty and Justice Harrison state that this proceeding Is unprecedented in the history of American Jurisprudence. Mr. Phil brook has been disbarred by the supreme court for making charges of unprofessional conduct against Justice Harrison, and claims that the action of tho court has im poverished him. A writof error to the United States supreme Trourt has also been granted by Judge Morrow in the application for a mandate to compel the supreme court of California to restore Mr. Philbrook to his right to practice his profession as attor-ney-at-law. a Blown, to Pieces. BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 6. Mike Pino and Thomas Pillow, miners in tha Never Sweat, were blown to pieces by a prema turely exploded blast in a drift on tho 1S0O foot level. n 0 German Actor Killed. CLEVELAND, Jan. 6. Hans Ravene, a well-known German actorj who had been playing here, was Instantly killed today by falling from a stairway at hi3 board-lncr-house. Tricfe Goetfi $&. "Before a Fall1 Some proud people ihhk ihey are shongt ridicule the idea, of disease; neglect healthy tei the htoodrun down, and stomach, && neys and Uver become deranged. Taht Hood's SarsaparHIa. and you twUt prevent the fall and save your vride- 3WM&$QMaPwit& Cured In Ten Days. ' Dr. Darrin, 265 Morrison street, Port land. 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