THE SUNDAY OEEGOMAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 30, 1900.
LETTER TO OUOAHY
Kidnapers -Again Threaten
the Omaha Packer.
BUT THEY THREATEN IN VAIN
Say They Will Steal Another of BU
Children Unless He WithdraTra
HI Offer of $25,000 Reward
for Their Arrest.
OMAHA, Dec 29. E. A. Cudahy, the
millionaire packer, has received a second
communication from the men who kid
naped his son. This time, as formerly,
the letter contains a threat, and says in
substance, that -unless he -withdraws his
offer of $23,000 reward for tne arrest and
conviction of each of tne three bandits,
they will kidnap another of his children.
The letter refers to the failure of the
police to get anything like a tangible clew
as to the Identity of the kidnapers, scoffs
at the idea of Pat Crowe being one of
them, mentions the ease with which the
"flrst Job was pulled off," and concludes
by saying that If Mr. Cudahy is a3 wise
as he showed himself in the first in
stance, he will comply with the request
and withdraw the rewards at once.
This letter is written with pen and Ink
on the same kind of yellow paper as the
first, and evidently by the same person.
It was found by a servant of the Cudahy
household early the morning of Thurs
day, December 27. Some one called up
the house by telephone and asked if Mr.
Cudahy was in. The servant answered
that he was not.
"Well," came the voice over the tele
phone, "you can go out in the front yard
and you'll find a letter there near tho
gate. It's addressed to Mr. Cudahy. See
that it's delivered to him personally and
to no one else."
The servant went out at once and found
a letter. It was in a plain white envelope
and was addressed: "Mr. E. A. Cudahy,
senior. Personal and Private."
Mr. Cudahy, who was then at his packing-house
in South Omaha, was sum
moned home at once. No one was per
mitted to see the letter at first except
Mr. and Mrs. Cudahy. Mr. Cudahy's in
tention at the time was to keep its con
tents to himself, as the bandits had re
quested, but later he thought better of it,
as he believes that in the hands of the
police It would prove a valuable clew, so
this afternoon he took Chief Donahue
Into his confidence. They held a consult
ation at the Chiefs office which lasted
nearly three hours. The Chief was seen
afterward, but refused to disclose jthe
nature of the subject discussed. Mr.
Cudahy says he has not withdrawn tho
reward, nor will he do so. The reward
offered stands as originally announced.
Police Aenin Oativitted.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec 29. For the
fourth time, the police and detectives of
this city have been outwitted by Pat
Crowe and the men who are alleged to bw
instrumental In keeping him from the
clutches of the police. Captain Henry
Franz led a squad of officers in a raid oi
a building this afternoon In which it was
supposed that Crowe and Ralston, alias
McGee, were in hiding, but the officers
found no trace of the men. Policemen
Dillon and Carson stated tonight .that
Crowe and Ralston were In the hulldlng
this afternoon, but that they had left
when the officers investigated, and they
thought probably they would Teturn to
night. Eddie McCee's Record.
OMAHA. Neb., Dec 28. Eddie McGee.
alias Burns, alias Ralston, the notorious
leader In the Beals kidnapping, at Kansas
City, nine jears ago, and who served a
term of five years in the penitentiary for
the crime and a term in the Jollet prison
for another offense. Is now wanted by the
police as the "dark-complexioned man" in
the Cudahy abduction. McGee is well
known In Kansas City, Denver and Illi
nois cities, and Is also known to be a
friend of Pat Crowe. The fact that the
abductors told young Cudahy he was
"wanted as Eddie McGee for stealing $500
from his aunt," is considered significant.
KANSAS CITY. Dec 29. Eddie McGee.
alias Burns, had as an accomplice in the
abduction in 1S91 of Banker Beals' son a
woman who passed as his wife, and went
under the names both of Lizzie Burns
and Lizzie Clevidence. She, as well aa
McGee, served a five years' sentence In
the Missouri penitentiary for the crime.
The real leader of the gang was known
as Ralston, who claimed to be a Denver
detective. Ralston secured $5000 ransom
offered for the return of the child, and
was never apprehended.
FIGHT AT A RAILROAD CAMP.
Man Who Tried to Hold Up a Saloon
Was Shot Twelve Times.
BISBEE. Ariz., Dec. 29. At Silver Creek,
& construction camp on the lino of the
Southwestern Railway, about 2S miles be
low BIsbee, a shooting occurred "Wednes
day, in which Jesse Johnson, better known
as Kelly, was shot 12 times by Clint
Mitchell and Louis Senetc. Johnson had
attempted to hold up Mitchell's saloon and
had shot the bartender, John Roberts,
twice through the hips, when Mitchell
and Senete appeared with Winchesters
and a double-barrelled shotgun loaded
with buckshot and took up the fight.
Johnson fell at the flrst volley fired. His
friends on tho outside sought cover and
a general fight took place. Mitchell and
Senete succeeded In holding the cowboys
at bay until reinforcements arrived, when
the cowboys left. Two of the cowboys on
the outside were wounded, but were not
brought to Blsbec Roberts was brought
into BIsbee on a litter and lies in a pre
carious condition at a hospital. A large
number of cowboys have been seen go
ing In the direction of Silver Creek, and
more trouble is expected from them. Jus.
tlce of the Peace Williams, accompanied
by eight Deputy Sheriffs, left early this
morning for the scene of the shooting.
MORRIS' SLAYER DEAD.
Samuel MacDonald Refosed to Take
XourlxHxnent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-Samuel Mac
Donald, -who one week ago killed F. H.
Morris. Auditor for the War Department,
died this morning at the Emergency Hos
pital from his self-inflicted wounds. Mac-.
Donald, after killing Morris, cut his own
throat and shot himself near tho heart.
It was thought he had a fair chance of
recovery, owing to bis remarkable
phjsique. but he was determined to die,
and so informed the attendants at the
hospital. He was carefully guarded and
prevented from inflicting any further in
juries on himself, but for two days he
refused to take nourishment as far as
possible, and this morning at 7 o'clock
died quietly and without a struggle. The
physicians say death was due more than
anything elso to MacDonald's determina
tion not to live It was a remarkable ex
hibition of will power. At the autopsy
held over the body of MacDonald, the
Coroner found tho Immediate cause of
death to be complete exhaustion, resulting
from the gunshot wounds.
Chinese Maltreated.
RIVERSIDE. CaL, Dec 29. At Casa
Blanca, five mllos south of here, an In
furiated mob of 15 laborers, composed of
white men and Mexicans, visited a Chi
nese camp and commanded eight occu
pants of a tent to throw up their hands
The request was prompt. obeyed, and
immediately the frightened celestials
were placed in a farm wagon and hauled
to the Santa Ana River bottom, several
miles distant, where they were subjected
to most brutal treatment. After they had
succeeded in beating their helpless vic
tims almost into insensibility, the ruf
fians hastily took their departure Sev
eral of the Cnlnese are seriously
wounded.
The origin of the trouble is due to the
discharge from a packing-house of sev
eral Mexican girls and the substitution
of Chinese help. George Dunham and
Andrew and Adolph Selvas have been ar
The Richardson Murder Mystery.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Dec 29. Mrs. Rich
ardson, widow of the millionaire mer
chant who was murdered in his own home
in Savannah. Mo., Christmas eve, did not
take the stand today and give the sen
sational testimony her friends had prom,
lsed the Prosecuting Attorney she would
give, but remained at home in bed in care
of the family physician. No one was per
mitted to enter the premises for an in
vestigation of the woman's condition. The
mystery of the murder deepens as the
evidence Is presented. Officers have in
vestigated Godle Whitehead's connection
with the case, and say they believe she
was not In Savannah the night of the
murder.
The Harlem Shooting-.
NEW YORK, Dec 29. Miles B. Mc
Donell, charged with shooting four men
during a fight in a Harlem saloon early
Friday, was arraigned in police court to
day. The technical charge was felonious
shooting, but later a charge of homicide
was made. George Price, one of the men
shot, having died yesterday. It Is charged
that McDonnel fired the shot. Edward
Courtney, alias "Slats." another al
leged victim of McDonnel's revolver, now
In the Harlem Hospital, with a se
vere wound in the right hip, is reported
to be improving. McDonnel was remand
ed to the custody of the Coroner.
Embezzled ?SOOO.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 29. Charles J. Brenner,
bookkeeper, cashier and confidential clerk
at the Walnwrlght branch of the St. Louis
Brewing Company, Is charged, in a war
rant issued today, with embezzling 5S000
during the past three or four years. Bren
ner, who is a years of age, and has
a family, has been connected with the
company In a confidential capacity for
nsarly 10 years.
Yonng Pettigrevr Assaulted.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Dec 29. Frank W.
Pettlgrew, son of United States Senator
Pettlgrew, of South Dakota, who was last
night assaulted in a local theater by an
usher, had so far recovered today that
the hospital physicians stated he would
Foon be able to resume his journey to
Phoenix, Arlz.x It was at flrst thought
tnat Pettlgrews cheek bone was frac
tured and that an operation would be
nccessarj.
Murdered and Pat on a Track.
JEFFERFONVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 29. All
night trains on the Baltimore &. Ohio and
the Big Four ran over the body of a man
near Ollsco, 20 miles east of this city,
grinding the flesh Into small bits. A
small memorandum book was found bear
ing tho name and address of William Fll
more, of Ottumwa, la. The man was mur
dered and placed on the track, presumably
by his companions.
Sheep Destroyed by Rangers.
MILES CITY. Mont., Dec 29. A tele
phone message from Otter, Custer County,
says 11 men stampeded 3000 sheep, killing
the whole band. The sheep belonged to R.
R. Selway, the largest owner in Eastern
Montana, and were probably driven over
a precipice There were "range troubles at
Otter all Summer, and many here look
for further deeds of violence.
Charged With Stealing Ore.
HELENA, Mont, Dec 23. Harry Cur
now. a saloonkeeper of Marysville; Rich
ard Tremback George Richard and George
Bedllckc, miners, are under arrest,
charged with stealing 1140 pounds of ore,
worth several thousand dollars, from the
Bald Butte mine.
INDOOR CYCLING.
Opening; of the Park-Squnre Garden
Track In Boston.
BOSTON, Dec 29. The Indoor bicycle
season In Boston opened tonight at the
Park-Square Garden. The track on this,
Its flrst trial, promises well for the six
day's race next week. The big event to
night was the 25-mile championship, in
which 11 of the 22 entries started. Sum
mary: One mile, professional handicap Final
heat won by Joe Downey, Boston, 90
yards; Will C. Stinson. Cambridge. 20
yards, second; Jean Gougoltz, Paris,
scratch, third; Earl Kaser, Berlin, 40
yards, fourth; time, 2:07 2-5.
International 25-mile unpaced cham
pionship of the worldWon by Archie
McEachern, of Toronto; Ryser, of Ger
many, second; Hugh McLean, of Chelsea,
Mass., third; winner's time, 1:05:01 2-5.
THE DAY'S RACES.
Races at Xevr Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29. The results
today were:
Mile and a sixteenth, selling Bright
night won, Nearest secsnd. ack Martin
thlra; time. l:57?i.
Six furlongs, sellng Gracious won.
Scrivener second, Sir Christopner third;
tlire. 1:10.
Steeplechase short cou.se-Izen won,
Harve B. second, Jack Hayes third; time,
3-3SH.
New Orleans handicap. even f irlongs
Moroni won. Alpaca second. Old Fox
third, time 1-JI4.
-,ne mile Donna Seny won Senator
Feenage second, Gray Dally third; t'mc,
1:464.
Mile and a sixteenth, selling Belle of
Oilcans won. Ida Ledford second, Phid
ias third; time, 1:55&.
ItacM at Tanforan.
SAN FRANCISCO-, Dec 29. The re
sults at Tanforan were:
Five and a half furlongs, purse Edna
Brown won Annello second. Companion
third; time, 1:0S.
Ono mile, purse Bill Garrett won, Mac
Gyle second, Wooster Boy third; time,
1:41U.
Handicap, steplechase, short course,
about two miles Credo won. MeEtor sec
ond. Lord Chesterfield third; time. 4:00.
Seven furlongs, juvenile champion
stakes Brutal won, Canmore second.
Rolling Boer coupled with Golden Age
third; time. 1:27.
Mile and a sixteenth Opponent' won,
Simtwood second, Edgar-io third; time,
1:H.
Sjc and a half furlongs PhonIsa
-.ton. Brenhllda coupled with PhoaamFsa
second. Onyx third; time 1:2115.
Horse Sale at Tanforan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 29 Horses be
longing to Edward Corrlgan and the
estate of the late Marcus Daly were eold
at auction at Tanforan today. The Cor
rlgan horses brought JGoSO. John Mackey.
of Rancho del Paso, was the principal
purchaser. Pat Dunne paid $1300 for a
gelding by Imp. Bassel-Miss Maxim. The
stallion Montana, owned by the Daly
estate, was sold to John Mackay for $1000,
and Primrose, another stallion, was se
cured by Mackay for $200. Other prices
realized were as follows:
Vassal. G. B. Morris, $300: Artllli, John
Mackay $500; Antich. John Mackay, $150;
Rathgar, Albert Simons. JfiOO' Carter H.
Harrison, Jr- A. G. Walsh $200: brown filly
by Imp Standrew-Camella. John Mac
kav, J176: Wallensteln. Dr. H. R'Rowell,
$375; black gelding by Indo-Edlth. P.
Dunne. $200 LHlv Simpson. G B. Mor
ris $100- brown fillv by Vassal-Imp.
HeTter Skelter. John yrkay, $1100; Yo
del Dr. H. E. Rowel, 5223
HAZING HEARING ENDED
MILITARY COURT WTLT. SOW EX
AMINE THE EVIDENCE.
One West Point Cadet Testified to
Having Javr Broken in Encoun
ter With. Upper Classmen.
WEST POINT. N. Y Dec- 29. The In
vestigation of the charges of brutal hazing
arising out of the death of ex-Cadet Oscar
L. Booz, which a coUrt of Inquiry appoint
ed by the Secretary of War has been In
progress with for the last two weeks,
was concluded at the West Point Military
Academy this afternoon. The military
court of inquiry, composed of Generals
Brooke, Bates ind Clous, together with
Captain Dean, the recorder of the court,
left for Governor's Island tonight, and
Monday morning at 10 o'clock they will
examine the mass of evidence which they
have listened to during the several ses
sions of the court, and unless something
unforeseen occurs, will make a report to
the War Department at Washington very
soon afterwards While the court of in
quiry has been an open one since it be
gan taking testimony, Monday's session
will be exclusive and of no public interest.
Superintendent Mills and Commandant of
Cadets Hein were the chief witnesses ex
amined today. They produced a lot of
extracts from the records of the academy
as to the efforts of the authorities to
abolish hazing of every variety in the in
stitution. Colonel Heln produced the superin
tendent's sick reports, which showed
that Cadet Booz had only reported slclc
once while he was at the academy. He
was excused on that occasion from one
drill, as ho was suffering from an acute
attack of diarrhoea. The records made
it clear that Booz had never been absent
from a meal while he was a cadet at
West Point. An extract from the records
was read by the witness, who said Cadet
Booz had availed himself of the Saturday
evening privileges of going anywhere
within the reservation on Saturday, Au
gust 6, the day of the Booz-Keller fight.
Booz reported his going away at 1:53 P.
M., and his returning at 3:13 P. M.
In reply to General Clous, the witness
said that in the Summer of 1S39. through
anonymous letters, the brutal hazing of
Cadets MacArthur and Haskell came to
tho knowledge of the academy officials.
An investigation was immediately or
dered, but no information as to the facts
could be elicited from any of those exam
ined, among whom were MacArthur and
HaskelL The regulations prohibiting haz
ing provide punishment for hazers and
hazed alike In telling of the agreement
made by the fourth-class men in 1899,
among whom were Cadets MacArthur
and Grant, not to submit to hazing. Colo
nel Heln said:
"I -called the class together (It was a
very large one) and explained to them
the rules and regulations prohibiting haz
ing. I told them if they would agree not
to submit to hazing and promise not to
haze any one themselves, they would rid
the academy of a foul blot on its repu
tation. Soon afterward they appealed to
be released from this agreement, but I
refused.
"I also heard," continued the witness,
"that candidates preparing at Highland
Falls were being hazed, and I made an
Investigation, the outcome of which was
the severe punishing of the guilty cadets."
The remainder of the commandant's
testimony was mainly an explanation of
the actions and measures taken to sup
press hazing at the academy. The pun
ishments were increased and the number
of cadets found guilty of violations of
the regulations In 1899, were greatly in ex
cess of the previous year. Speaking gen
erally of hazing Colonel Hein said:
"Hazing is traditional and I am sorry
to say Is thought by persons Inside as
well as outside of the academy to be
commendable, and as long as students
hear It spoken of In this way it will be
impossible for the authorities to stamp it
out."
"What methods do you think could he
used to stama out calling out of fourth
class men and subsequent fist encounters,"
asked General Clous.
"Why, I consider that a form of haz
ing, and as long as the cadets do not
live up to the agreement not to submit
to hazing and the upper class do not
cease Interfering with them, it will be
impossible to suppress it."
Ex - Cadet Smith, of Illinois, testi
fied that one night several of the witness'
class, including Booz, were called to cx
Cadet Harlee's tent to be exercised. Wit
ness did not remember any one having
fainted. He himself was very much fa
tigued, but not to the point of exhaus
tion. "Did Cadet Booz ever complain to you?"
"No. sir: he never complained of his
treatment."
Cadet Truman W. Caruthers, of Illinois,
the next witness, said he was called out
"for disobeying upper classmen and gen
eral freshness." His opponent was Mr.
Shanner, of the present second class.
"What was the result?" inquired Gen
eral Clous.
"I had an abrasion on the forehead, my
jaw was broken and I went to the hospi
tal for two weeks."
Colonel A. L. Mills, superintendent of
thii Academy was sent for and was
sworn. Speaking of "bracing," the super
intendent said:
"I do not consider 'bracing as hazing,
but It amounts to it when carried to ex
cess and causes physical pain."
For the protection of the fourth-class
men, the witness said that he had in
creased, the responsibilities of the first
class cadets In regard to this end. He
felt that these men, on the verge of grad
uation would use their utmost endeavors
to abolish hazing methods.
The superintendent told of his having
secured the oath of a society known as
the "Hod-Carriers," which existed among
candidates for admission to this academy,
who were at a preparatory school at High
land Falls, about two miles from West
Point. It was a society formed for haz
ing candidates. Witness said it was of
such a vile nature that he knew he had
a good weapon in his hands. He sub
mitted it to the cadet body with the
result that when they saw what hazing
entailed, the graduating class of 1900 de
clared that they would abolish hazing.
Colonel Mills read some letters which he
had written to the War Department in his
efforts to abolish hazing at tho academy,
containing such suggestive words as
"brutal treatment of cadets" and "secret
outrages," referring to the encampment
of IBM. Colonel Mills cited cases where
cadets had been dismissed from the West
Point Academy for hazing lower class
men. He said they invariably had gona
to Washington, where they brought a
great deal of influence to bear on the au
thorities there to brlnr about their rein
statement, and In every Instance, Colonel
Mills said, he was ably supported by the
War Department, and the dismissal was
ratified by the officials there
In reply to General Bates, tho witness
said:
"I don't think that hazing can be effect
ually stamped out as long as human na
ture remains as it is. Even in colleges
and schools and business centers It is
carried on. For instance the initiating
of a member of a stock exchange is
marked br rough use of the newcomer.
But I think by the vigilance of the author
ities at this academy and the co-operation
of the cadets themselves it can be
kept within such bounds that no injury
would result. I have been unremitting
in my endeavors in trying to secure the
assistance of the cadets to this end, and I
feel that my efforts have been successful
to a large extent." .
As to the abolition of fighting among
cadets. Colonel Mills said that where so
many young men were living together
under the same roof. It was natural that
f.ghts should occur. He suggested treat
ing the first case with severe punishment,
and if that did not act as a deterrent,
extreme measures should be adopted so
as to make it clear to the entire corps
that such violations would not be con
doned or tolerated. Referring to the case
of Mr. Booz. he said:
"The first Intimation that I had of the
case was in a letter I received from the
editor of the Intelligencer, of Doylestown,
Pa., in which he said that Booz was dy
ing from the effects of severe Injuries he
had received la .a fight at West Point, and
also from the effects of having swallowed
some liquid substance This letter was
dated November 27, 1900. I Immediately
Investigated the case and replied to the
letter November 23, saying Oscar L. Booz
had resigned on account of weak eyes,
and that he had received no serious in
juries in the fight mentioned. I wish to
call the attention of the court to the fact
that the resignation of ex-Cadet Booz
was dated September 29, 1S3S. In it he said
he resigned on account of weak eyes, and
the resignation was accompanied by the
written consent of hlsr father. At no time
since Booz left this academy until the
present time have the West Point authori
ties or the War Department received any
complaint or .reference to the case from
Booz' parents. I would also wish to make
mention of the necessity of establishing
the causo of the death of Cadet Booz."
Here the witness was interrupted by the
president of the court. General Brooke,
who said that the court would take care
of that matter.
"Have you any measures to suggest
which, in your opinion, would stamp out
hazing at this academy?" inquired General
Brooke.
"No, sir; I think that the present con
ditions are all that can be desired, and
that the continuation of these efforts will
accomplish everything that we can expect
to accomplish. I believe that it would
be most unwise for Congress to act either
by the requirement of an oath or by any
other provision than that of making the
superintendent's power absolute in a case
of hazing, so that he may act summarily
at all times."
OREGON AND INDIAN BILL.
Representative Tongue Points Ont
Ho-ir the State Fares Well.
WASHINGTON, Jee 25. In comment
ing upon the Indian appropriation bill
which recently passed the House, Repre
sentative Tongue said:
"Oregon, especially the First Congres
sional District, fares equally well in the
Indian appropriation bllL When I flrst
entered Congress, provisions were being
made for about 200 pupils at Chemawa.
Tho present bill makes provision for 500
pupils, makes provision for the construc
tion of new buildings, electric light plant,
steam-heating plant, and general repaira
at a cost of $18,500, giving to this school in
all $103,000.
"At the Slletz Indian reservation a -number
of the Indians whose lands had
been allotted them died, without children.
In this way the lands have gone to their
parents and some Indians have thus ac
quired lands to the amount of from 400 to
S00 acres each. They are unable to Im
prove or work 'it, or use it. The Indians
desire to sell these lands, which would
enable them, to cultivate and improve their
homesteads. White people desire to buy,
improve these lands, and Increase the
taxable property of the county. But the
laws prevent such sales. I Introduced in
the last session of Congress a bill to grant
patents In such cases to the heirs of de
ceased Indians and allow the latter to sell
the lands, retaining ED acres for their own
use The bill was recommended by the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Sec
retary of the Interior, the Indian commit
tee, but was not reached. 1 have secured
the incorporation of this law In the Indian
appropriation act, (and it will doubtless
pass. v
"There are unallotted landsyon various
Indian 'reservations in Oregon which be
long to -the Indians, but which cannot bt
disposed of under any provisions of exist
ing laws. An attempt was made to se
cure such a provision in the last Congress,
but when the bill was finally passed It
was found that the provisions were Inade
quate. I consulted with the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, who drew up a provision
and procured its insertion in the bill by
tho commltee, authorizing the Secretary of
the" Interior to negotiate with any In
dians In the United States for any portions
of their respective reservations or surplus
unalloted lands, and. report this agree
ment to Congress. Under these several
provisions If they become laws, as they
doubtless will, the title can be acquired
to all of these unallotted lands, including
tnoso of Slletz and Grand Ronde, and they
can be disposed of under the homestead
or pre-emption laws, and go into the
hands of actual settlers, who will improve
them, pay taxes on them, and assist in
building up the country."
ABOLISHED INDIAN AGENCIES
Course of House Explained Oregon
Slightly Affected.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. What may
have appeared to be a slight to a number
of Indian agencies in Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho, on the part of the House
when it passed the Indian appropriation
bill, just before adjournment, was, as a
matter of fact, merely a step In the direc
tion of making citizens of the Indians
on the respective agencies. The Indian
bill this year failed to make provision
for agents at the Slletz agency, Oregon;
the Tulallp, Neah Bay and Yakima agen
cies, Washington, and at Lemhi, Idaho.
A provision for $1000 was put in the bill
for Yakima, but the House struck eut
that appropriation. The agents In the
other Instances formerly received $1200.
This action by the House and by the
committee was taken at the recommenda
tion of the Indian Office. Each of the
agencies affected Is small in area, and
contains but a few hundred Indians all
told. Moreover, these agencies are situ
ated so that the Indians have been able
In the past to avail themselves of edu
cational facilities, and in most instances
they have done so. In fact, they have
now advanced to that stage where it is
-deemed expedient to do away with the
agency principle, applied to Indians when
flrst taken under the care of the Govern
ment, and they will be placed under a
bonded superintendent, who wjll receive
a salary slightly under that of the agent.
In general, where the superintendent of
the Government school at an agency Is
qualified, and gives satisfactory service,
he is bonded when the office of agent Is
abolished, and thereafter conducts gen
eral agency matters in connection with
his school work, for the duties of an
agent at places like those named are very
light n1 amount t. practically nothing.
The bonded superintendent, in turn, looks
after the general welfare of the Indians,
as well as their education, and disburses
whatever moneys may be owing the In
dinns by the Government.
Of course it is not a settled thing that
all of these agencies named will be abol
ished, for the Senate has yet to act on
the bllL In fact, it is very probable that
some will be continued, and provision
for the agent's salary will be Inserted In
the Mil by the Senate; but it will be
apainst the better Judgment of the In
dian Office. It has been found In the past
that where any band of Indians could be
removed from the old agency system, edu
cated to a fair point of Intelligence, and
allowed to mingle with the white men,
that they were the more apt and ready to
discard their old tribal ways, and tako
up the modern civilization. Thus the
abolishment of these small agencies In
the far Northwest is considered a step
toward making good citizens out of the
Indians at the respective agencies.
Evann' Ale Is the Correct Thing:
And ought to be, when you consider how
natural and perfect it is. To drink a
glass of a!e at one's meals is to add a
zest and relish that begets enjoyment.
NO FUSION OF ANY KIND
POPULISTS DETERMINED TO KEEP
IX THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
Proposal to Consolidate With the So
cialists Turned Doira at the St.
Louis Conference Yesterday.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 29. Members of the
Mlddle-of-the-Road Populist National
committee, and other leaders in various
reform movements, debated all of today,
at tho St. James Hotel, over the advisa
bility of forming a combination with the
Social Democratic and Union Reform par
ties. The tenor of the speeches made by
the committeemen was practically unani
mous in opposition to the plan and In
favor of carrying on the work ofthe
Populist party strictly along Its own lines.
It was decided to Issue an address setting
forth in detail the views of the committee.
Neither Wharton Barker nor Ignatius
Donnelly was present. The latter was
sick. Among those present were Jo A.
Parker, Thomas J. Reed and J. D. John
son, of Kentucky; W. S. Morgan, of Ar
kansas; Colonel- Frank Burkett. of Mis
sissippi, A. C Vantln and J. H. Ferris,
of Illinois; J. H. HUlls, of Missouri; Col
onel J. S. Felter, of Illinois; Colonel
Thomas Wadsworth, of Indiana, and Mls3
Clara Williams, of West Plains. Mo. A
representative of the Social Democratic
party was present in the person of George
D. Herron, of Grlnnell, la.
Chairman Parker, In an address, said
that he believed In divorcement from
both of the old parties, and declared that
the fight should be carried forward with
out any compromising. Mr. Parker said
he had issued a call to representatives of
all branches of the Populist party, but
that the "fustonists" had Ignored it en
tirely. The time was ripe, he said, for
a great political battle and he desired
to ask the representatives of other -reform
movements to stand with the Mld-dle-of-the-Road
Populists and make the
principles of the latter theirs.
Professor George D. Herron, of Grlnnell,
la., who had been Invited to be present,
was asked to address the .gathering on
"Socialism." He said that the reason
Bryan was not elected was because he
was not a radical man; that he represent
ed 18th century philosophy, and wa3 pro
foundly ignorant of the present political
needs. Before the last election a strange
condition of affairs existed. One-third
of the voters, the speaker declared, were
not sure how they would vote. They
were not In sympathy with the Repub
lican party, and. In their extremity, saw
no refuge in the platform laid down by
the Democrats. The reBult was they did
tho best they could. These voters are now
waiting for a definite, clear-cut, radical
programme of reform to be presented to
them, and this they will uphold.
Representatives of the different reform
movements present were listened to in
the presentation of what, in their opinion,
were necessary to bring about the reforms
needed.
A recess for luncheon was taken until
2 P. M., when the discussion was resumed
by the Populists. The majority of the
speakers favored a continued struggle for
the principles of Populism, and an ad
dress to this effect was prepared before
adjournment.
A resolution introduced by Chairman
Joseph Parker, of Kentucky, was adopted,
which will submit to a vote of the party
a proposition to change the name from
the "Peoples party," to the "Populist
party," and to effect several minor re
forms In the platform adopted at Cin
cinnati and Omaha, relative to the Gov
ernment ownership of public utilities. It
denounces the confiscation of property
and physical revolutions, and calls upon
the Populists of the country to unite for
a renewed struggle four years hence
Colonel Quay's Campaign.
HARRISBURG, Dec 29. The battle for
United States Senator will begin In
earnest within 24 hours. Colonel Quay and
hiany of "his lieutenants are on" the
ground. The stalwart Republicans be
lieve that if they can organize both bodies
of the Legislature, the election of Colonel
Quay will be sure Few of the Legisla
tors are here, and the majority will not
come in before Sunday night.
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A. D. Charlton, Asst. Gen't Pass. Agent,
255 Morrison street, Portland, Or.
Spreckels Gas Company.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 29. Claus
Spreckels Is preparing Incorporation arti
cles for a gas company with a capital
of $3,000,000. which he proposes to estab
lish In this city early in the coming yeat.
A site for the plant has already been se
lected. Mr. Spreckels recently construct
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Mra. J. Duke, 301 Ivon street, Port
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Captain W. H. Foster, of the
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and had lost 20 pounds. I am now in good
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3Ir. XV. Xj. Fnrrell, Knrrell's Addi
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months ago I was attacked by that ter
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words to express the suffering I endured.
I was confined to my bed for over a week,
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3Ir. W. H. Patterson, City Pound
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Mrs. W. 31. Mnfilt, ICenUvrorth,
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Captain Abe Tichenor, GOT Everett
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Mr. BT. R. Longr, Proprietor of the
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catarrh of the head and throat, from
which I suffered for 25 years. My hesxt
was always stopped up, and this, together,
with mucus dropping into the throat ana ,
the cough it caused made me miserable,
The catarrh extended to the ears, and i.
am sure if I had not had relief It woull
soon have destroyed ray hearing. AJLiwc
having doctored for years without a:vali,
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