THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 30, 1900.
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MUNICIPAL REFORM
Theories Discussed at Eco
nomic Convention,
FORECAST OF NEXT DECADE
A Plan tor the Keeping ef Half on
Accounts and Statistics In tne
Interest of Good. Government
-Historical Asodatlon.
DETROIT, Mich., "Dee. a The Ameri
can Economic Association concluded Its
cessions today. The first paper of the
day, that of Dr. Thorsteln Veblen, of
Chicago, on "Industrial and Pecuniary
Occupations," was read by title.
Professor Frank A. Fetter, of Stanford
University spoke about "The Next De
cade In Economic Theory." He essayed
to forecast from present tendencies and
current theories the direction of further
development of economics. The years
since ISSS, he said, belonged to the util
ity discussion and to the marginal the
ories of value built thereupon. The mar
ginal principle as a device of explanation
and as a mode of thought has become In
dispensable. The old cost of production
theory Is discredited. As a result such
fundamental concepts as those of capital
and interest, land and rent need re-ex-amlnatlon.
The speaker critically re
viewed the development of these concepts
In economic theory, tracing the Influence
upon them of changes In industrial con
dltons, and concluded:
"The labor theory of value must be
thrown aside and the additional division
of factors of production must be aban
doned as illogical.
"The doctrine of rent and interest as
currently taught is hopelessly entangled
in these old and illogical distinctions.
Rent and interest should be regarded as
different modes of calculating the returns
to material goods, not as returns to dif
ferent agents In production or as different
kinds of return.
"The concept of capital must be given
en importance In economic theory ade
quate to the dominant place of capitalistic
enterprise in present industrial affairs,
and be redefined so as to correspond more
closely with commercial usage and the
needs of practical discussion."
4 The report of the committee on uni
form municipal accounts and statistics
was read by M. N. Baker, chairman of
the committee. It follows:
"Municipal economics is a field in which
comparatively little thorough and compre
hensive work has been done. The chief
reason why few efforts have" been made
and why the results have been disappoint
ing, 1b the genral lack of comparable
facts and figures. This, in turn, is due
to the haphazard and multifarious ways
in which municipal accounts are kept and
the meagerness and diversity of the mu
nicipal reports submitted to the public
year after year. The first principles of ac
counting are understood by only a few of
the men In charge of municipal records,
and even where those principles are
known, lack of co-operation between ac
counting, financial and technical depart
ments results in misleading figures, or
such as do not meet the needs.
"During the past six months a number
of societies, besides this association have
turned their attention to this subject, and
It fs notable that on the questions of
uniformity they have all agreed, which
shows a realization of the need for re
form In that particular before the most
effective work In the collection of sta
tistics can be done.
"Tho work in hand ,is really divided
into two parts, the second dependent on
the first: (1) Uniform accounting; (2) uni
form methods of summarizing accounts
and other Information for presentation in
city reports In order to give taxpayers a
comprehensive idex of the methods and
results of the various city departments
and In order to make possible compari
sons between different cities. The details
of what the accounts and reports under
each head should Include Is proper work
for tho societies specially represented In
the several subjects. We may say. how
ever, that tho accounts should show clear
ly the cost of construction, depreciation
and maintenance charges, should separ
ate ordlnarv from extraordinary revenue
am1 expenditures, and that the reports
should summarize these facts and glvo
in addition full statistical and descriptive
Information relating to the nature, ex
tent working and results of the various
municipal works and activities. The full
report of the separate departments should
be supplemented by condensed annual
summaries, largely statistical, for the
entire municipality.
"It has been suggested, and with much
force, that this association might address
Itself to municipal taxation, bearing In
mind that the investigation relates to the
recording and publication of facts on a
uniform basis, and not to theory, except
in so far as theoretical questions now at
issue help to determine what facts ought
to be recorded and published.
"Your committee submits, the following
resolutions:
"L That the Interests of good municipal
government, economics and public finance
demand the collection and publication of
state and National municipal statistics.
"2. That such statistics, to be of serv
ice, should be based on uniform municipal
accounting.
"3. That, as a rule, American munici
pal accounting Is in a most deplorable
condition, being unsystematic. Incomplete
and misleading. wlh lltle correlation be
tween different departments of the same
city, and the utmost diversity In the ac
counts of different cities, rendering com
parison of the working of different de
partments and cites always difficult and
often Impossible
"A. That certain mooted questions of
pubHc policy, like municipal ownership
and day labor, as compared with the con
tract system of executing public work,
can never be thoroughly and properly
studied until greater uniformity in munici
pal accounts and reports has been se
cured. "5. Co-operation between the various
economic, sanitary engineering and other
technical societies Interested In or devot
ed to municipal affairs, or some branch
thereof, should be encouraged, to the
end that uniform schemes for municipal
accounts and reports covering the va
rious municipal undertakings and Inter
ests, whether In public or private" hands,
may be formulated and adopted.
"C That after the formation and adop
tion of these schemes by such co-operative
effort. It Is desirable that steps 6hould
be taken to put them Into use by the
various municipalities of the country,
either under the direction of state boards
of municipal control, or special state com
missioners for different classes of under
takings and Interests.
"7. That a yearly comparative sum
mary of the municipal statistics of the
whole country, made and published by
some branch of the National Government,
would place much valuable Information
within the reach of Investigators."
The election of officers resulted In the
re-election of Richard T. Ely. IX. D., as
president; Thomas Marburg, of Baltimore,
first vice-president; F. N. Taylor, of the
University of Michigan, second vice-president:
John C. Schwab, of Tale, third
vlce-prerldent; Charles H. Hull, of Ithaca,
N. Y., secretary and treasurer.
It was decided to leave the matter of
the selection of the next meeting-place
to the executive committee and a prefer
ence was mentioned in favor of "Wash
ington, at Christmas time, one year hence.
Tne Historical Association.
Papers were read at today's session of
the American Historical Association cov
ering periods in the history of America
from 17C5 to the negro question as It
stands at the present time. The first pa
per was on "The Opposition In Parlia
ment, 1765-1775," by Professor "W. C Ab
bott, of Dartmouth College. The second
was "The Undoing, of the Reconstruc
tion," otherwise known as "The Negro
Question." This paper was read by "Will
iam A. Dunning, of Columbia University.
In brief. Professor Dunning said the men
who had handled the negro question In
the middle of the century were of strong
emotions and narrow In Judgment, labor
ing under the delusion that the abolish
ment of slavery meant the abolishment of
every other obstacle Immediately. In the
discussion which followed Professor Al
bert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard Uhlver
sllty, said that the removal of the negro
from the South by colonization elsewhere
would kill the Southern States. He de
plored the lynching of negroes, and as
serted that if the people of a community
demanded the burning at the stake of
negroes as a penalty for committing hor
rible crimes, the state would make burn
ing the legal penalty.
THE LATE OSCAR WILDE.
Regretful Reflections of His Closing1
Ilonra.
Paris correspondence London Chronicle.
About three weeks ago I was scouring
Paris to discover the address of a M.
Sebasteln Melnoth, for the purpose of
verifying a statement that he had been
unjustly deprived of certain dramatic
rights of authorship. At length a French
literary friend Informed me that the ob
ject of my search was lying ill at a littlo
hotel in the far-off Rue des Beaux Arts.
To save time he had called upon him In
ray name. M. Melnoth was Oscar Wilde.
On the same evening I received a let
ter in answer to my "petit bleu." I In
stantly answered this In person. The once
brilliant and adulated poet-playwright,
though in bed, looked well In the face.
The first part of the conversation on his
side was a mixture of defiance and bit
terness. I did my best to console him,
and he suddenly burst Into tears. I felt
deeply moved as he told the sad tale of
blight and misery through which he had
passed. Men who had been the recipients
of sterling generosity had betrayed him
and trodden him under their feet. Per
haps there was some justice in his wail
ing. Then he turned to religious subjects, and
muttered almost savagely: "Much of my
moral obliquity Is due to the fact that my
father would not allow me. to become a
Catholic. The artistic side of the churcn
and the fragrance of its teaching would
have curbed my degeneracies. I Intend to
be received before long." He spoke al
most smilingly of his operation, saying
that it would cost him 40, adding that
he owed nearly 2000 francs to the hotel.
The operation In question was Intestinal,
and then symptoms of cerebral meningitis
set in. Leeches were applied to the ears,
but the patient sank away rapidly. Two
kind friends, Mr. Robert Ross and Mr.
Turner, nursed him, while Father Cuth
bert Dunn, one of the British Catholic
chaplains from the Avenue Hoche, admin,
istered the customary rites of the church.
Oscar Wilde tried to artlcuate the pray
ers which accompany extreme unction,
and his deathbed was one of repentance,
Tomorrow morning the funeral service
will take place at the Church St. Germain
des Pres, after which the body will be
Interred in the Bagneux cemetery. A
small cross will surmount the grave, with
the following inscription: "CI git Oscar
Wilde, Poete et Auteur Dramatlaue. R.
L P."
TESLA TELEGRAPH.
The Kavy Department "Will Give His
System a Trial.
NEW YORK. Dec 29. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Nikola Tesla has been. Invited by Rear
Admlral R. B. Bradford. Chief of the
Bureau of Equipment, to submit for trial
a system of wireless telegraphy which he
has developed. Mr. Tesla says that he
will be able to provide the Navy with a
system which will be equal, if not su
perior, to that Invented by Signor Mar
coni. Before finally adopting any special
system for tho Naval service, Rear-Admiral
Bradford proposes to make a thor
ough Investigation of the various wireless
telegraphic systems In operation. No offi
cial proposition has been received recently
from Signor Marconi, and the department
Is not Inclined to accept his first proposal
to furnish his apparatus to the American
Navy for $20,000 cash and 510,000 per year.
Army Bill in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec 29. Senator Haw
ley, of Connecticut, chairman of the mil
itary committee of the Senate, had a talk
with the President today about the situ
ation of the Army bill in the upper house.
The Senator told the President that he
did not anticipate a prolonged contest In
the Senate. He will go ahead with the
bill as soon as the Senate reconvenes,
Thursday, and unless undue opposition de
velops wjll not ask the friends of the sub
sidy bill to give priority to his measure.
He Is of the opinion now that the time
before the expiration of the morning hour
each day will suffice to dispose of the bill
and send it to conference, but If the un
expected should happen he may be forced
to contest the right of way with the ship
ping bill. The Senator expressed confi
dence that there would be no filibustering
against the Army bllL
The Father of Lacrosse.
MONTREAL. Dec 29. Dr. W. G. Beers,
who Is dead here, was the father of
the modern game of lacrosse, which origi
nated In Montreal, and has spread all over
the Anglo-Saxon .domain. When a young
man he noted the possibilities In the
game, which was then played in, a rude
fashion by the Indians of the Caugh
n&wagha and St. Regis reserves, and
after reducing it to a system with recog
nized rules and a limited number of
players, he Interested the young men of
Montreal In It, and It sprang Into public
favor so rapidly that within a very few
years it was regarded as the distinctive
national game of Canada. He took a
lacrosse team to Great Britain and Ire
land In 1S76. and Introduced the game
there, where it still flourishes. The team
gave an exhibition before the 'Queen at
Windsor Castle.
Dr. Beers was a well-known contributor
on sporting and athletic matters to vari
ous magazines, and was at one time
prominently identified with the Canadian
militia.
For the Cincinnati Fleht.
NEW YORK, Dec 29.-It Is. stated that
champion Jeffries will In a few days be
gin active preparations for his cham
pionship battle with Gus Ruhlln, which is
scheduled to take place in Cincinnati on
February 15. It Is the Callfornlan's in
tention to do all his work down at his
old quarters at Asbury Park, where he
will stay for a couple of weeks. Then
he will go to West Baden. Ind., for a short
stay and finish his training near the bat
tleground. Reorcrarixe Educational Bureau.
DENVER. Dec 29. The Colorado State
Teachers Association, which has been In
session here for several days, adopted
resolutions requesting the Colorado Rep
resentatives in Congress to employ their
best endeavors to urge Congress to reor
ganize the Bureau of Education upon
broader lines, erecting It into an Inde
pendent department on a plane with the
Bureau of Labor and provide for proper
compensation for the Commissioner of
Education.
Bryan on a Hunting: Trip.
GALVESTON. Tex., Dec 29. W. J.
Bryan arrived here at noon, and left soon
after with Colonel W. L. Moody for the
private game preservs of the latter
across the Bay la Chambers County.
where he will hunt for several days.
ALGER DEFENDS EAGAN
A5D MAKES A JBlTTKJg. ATTACK OS
GENERAL MILES.
Array Beef Question Again Brought
"Dp The Commander-ia-
Chlex May Bely.
NEW YORK, Dec 29. In his article in
the North American Review, on. "The
Food of the Army During the Spanish
War," ex-Secretary of War Russell
A Alger takes up Generall Miles' brief
presented to the Dodge Commission on
December 2L 1S9S, relative to the beef
furnished to the Army, he says:
"Although the commission had been sit
ting nearly three months, the charges, es
pecially relating to canned and refrige
rated beef, were now made for the first
time; and stranger and more inex
cusable and more unsoldierly still, dur
ing all these months with this pres
ent knowledge of facts, which, if
they existed, should have been made
known to the Secretary of War for
the protection, of the Army, General Miles
never mentioned the subject. Nor did
I ever hear a rumor of chemically treated
beef being purchased for the Army until
the General's testimony was given before
the commission. The allegations that un
suitable food, not a part of the legal ra
tion, had been furnished to the Army,
under pretense of an experiment, and that
refrigerated beef, treated with poisonous
chemicals, had been and was being sup
plied to cur Army of 275,000 men, were
indeed serious, implying, as they did,
criminal incompetence on the part of the
Commissary Department, if not willful
negligence and dishonesty.
"Upon Commissary-General Charles P.
Eagan the charges fell with the sudden
ness and sharpness of a blow from an
assassin's knlfe out of the dark. Gen
eral Eagan had been an officer of the
regular Army for 36 years. He had risen
from a Second Lieutenancy to the high
est rank In the Commissary Department
to which his ambition could aspire. Gal
lant and fearless on the battle-fields of
the Civil War and the hostile Indian
plains of the West, he had a record for
soldierly qualities of which any officer
might well be proud. With energy, hon
esty and zeal he had administered his
department during the war with Spain, a
fitting climax to a long and honorable
career In the service of his country."
General Alger pays a high tribute to
the energy and fidelity of General Eagan,
saying he was almost prostrated from ov
erwork? He adds:
"The charges of General Miles, made
so publicly and so positively, and
the manner in which they were for the
first time made known, seemed to Gen
eral Eagan,. in his nervous condition, the
mor magnified and horrible Upon hear
ing them he pitifully exclaimed: 'Gen
eral Miles has crucified me upon a cross
of falsehood and misrepresentation.'
"General Eagan had already been ex
amined by the War Investigation Com
mission when General Miles' hearing oc
curred, but when the testimony of the
latter appeared In the newspapers, Gen
ral Eagan immediately requested a re
hearing. "General Eagan read his reply to the
War Investigation Commission from a
carefully prepared typewritten manu
script. Lathed to the quick by the alle
gations contained in General Miles' tes
timony, and In his subsequent Interview
which appeared on December 23 In a
New York paper, his indignation exceeded
the limits of his self-control, and In his
effort to deny the charges made his lan
guage became vituperative, extravagant
and highly improper.
"I believe that had General Eagon'a
healtn not been seriously impaired by
overwork and anxiety the two objection
able paragraphs of 300 words, out of an
aggregate of 2000 words contained in his
reply, would never have been written or
uttered. Even yet, divested of Its of
fensive adjectives In the two paragraphs
referred to, his reply to General Mlle&
remains unanswerable in Its logic and In
controvertible .in Its facts. The allega
tion that I had Inspired or had knowledge
of General Eagan's attack upon the state
ment of General Miles Is absolutely un
true. He did not make known to me the
nature of his proposed answer to tho
charges. Had General Eagan submitted
his manuscript to me he would undoubt
edly at this writing still be In full pos
session of the rank and power of the Commissary-General
of the United States
Army"
General Alger tells of upbraiding Gen
eral Eagan for his ill-advised utterances,
and says:
"His court-martial was not the outcome
of General Miles' charges, but the result
of intemperate and unmllitary language
conceived In an Indignation pardonable,
perhaps, in its existence, but unpardon
able In its mode of expression.
"General Miles seemed to be pleased
with the notoriety which his startling
statements before the commission and
his subsequent newspaper interview gave
him, for again on the 31st of March. 1S99,
in New York City, he published addition
al charges. This interview, which ap
peared on the morning of February L
General Miles was called upon to deny
under oath, and as he was unable to do
so, part of his statements in it were used
by the court of inquiry as a basis for in
vestigation." General Alger then treats General Miles'
allegations specifically and in detail, re
viewing the evidence brought out by th
investigation and declaring that the alle
gations were entirely disproved. In con
clusion, General Alger says:
"The Army had won its battles In Cuba
and the Philippines; Porto Rico had
peacefully come Into our hands after a
few skirmishes; the protocol had been in
operation for over four months and even
the treaty of peace had been signed at
Paris. Then comes the Major-General
commanding the Army of the United
States with his charges. While the alle
gations of General Miles were not based
upon facts, and were conclusively dis
proved by two separate tribunals, unim
peachable In their composition and meth
ods of Investigation, the irreparable dam
age had been done. A brave, honest and
faithful officer, suffering under tho lash of
cruel, unwarranted and unjustified impu
tations, while exonerated from the heavy
odium of those charges, was, as a result
of them, sacrificed on the altar of his own
passion, righteous in its existence, but
inexcusable in Its expression. Besides
this, a false Impression has been created
throughout the country as to the food
furnished the Army, which may never be
removed.
"The charges of General Miles, twice
proved false in spirit and substance, aro
therefore the more iniquitous in their
effect. Yet the present Congress promoted
General Miles to be a Lieutenant-General,
and has thus far failed to give General
-Suafter the rank of Major-General to re
tire upon In his old age, and this after
his magnificent campaign at Santiago, as
well as his former distinguished sen-ices."
What Miles Says of It.
GOL.DSBo.rtO, N. C, Dec 29. Lleuten-ant-General
Miles, who Is In the city to
night on his way to Washington, is re-
' turning from a hunting trip on the Trent
River. Speaking of ex-Secretary Alger's
attack, he said:
"I have not read it in Its entirety. Al
ger waited some two years to make the
attack, and I guess I need be in no hurry
to reply. The beef question has been
pretty well condemned already by the
press of the country. If need be I may yet
have something to say of the rottenness of
ithe whole affair."
Another Washington Miniature.
LONDON, Dec 29. There are few orig
inal pictures of General Washington In
t England, hence the discovery of another
miniature is Interesting. It is by Samuel
I Folwell, and is dated 1791. Another by the
same artist Is now In the possession of
the Historical Society, pf Philadelphia,
dated 1795. The new find is supposed to
be an excellent likeness. It represents
Washington wearing a pigtail.
In view of the prolongation of the war,
tho London Dally Telegraph has again
dispatched Bennett Burleigh. Its famous
war correspondent, to South Africa,
Sam Loales, the English jockey, who
was Reiffs closest competitor last season,
has started with his wife for New York.
He is going to California for the Winter,
and may be induced to ride.
D00LEY ON VICE.
Typical American Movement ESect
lvely Satirised.
Tho anti-vice movement in New York
and Chicago has attracted the attention
of "Mr. Dooley," and he takes occasion
to make some sarcastic reparks upon the
American propensity to crusade. He says:
"As a people,- Hlnnlssy, we're th' great
est crusaders that iver was rr a short
distance. .On a quarther-mile thrack we
can crusade at a rate that wud make
Hogan's frlnd, Godfrey th' Bullion, look
lolke a crab. But th tbrouble is th
crusade don't last afther th' first sprint.
Th' crusaders drops out lv th' proclsslon
to take a dhrink or put a little money on
th ace, an be th" time th' end lv the
line lv march Is reached th' boss cru
sader Is alone In th Job, an his former
followers Is hurlln bricks at him frm th'
windows iv policy shops. Th' boss cru
saders always gets th' double cross."
Tho police would not protect vice if It
wero not for the fact that "they've got
th money where it's comln' to thim, an
'tis on'y comln to thlm where th' law
an' vile human nature has a sthrangle
holt on each other. A pollshman goes
afther vice as an officer of th' law, an'
comes away as a philosopher. Th' theory
lv mesllf, Hogan, Croker an' other lamed
men Is that vice, whin it's broke, Is a
crime, an' whin It's got a bank account
is a necessity an a luxury." When the
purity crusade gets Into full swing, how
ever, all this Is changed. "Th polls be
comes active, an' whin th' polls is active
'tis a good time f'r daclnt men to wear
marredg certy-flcates outside lv their
coats. Hanyous monsthcrs is nailed in
th act lv hlstin' In a shell lv beer In a
German Garden; husbands waits In th'
polls station to be r-ready to ball out
their wives ' whin they're arrested rr
shoppln after 4 o'clock; an there's more
Joy over wan sinner rayturned to th
station thin fr ninety an nine thafve
rayformed." To quote again:
'Th' boss crusader Is havin the time
lr his life all th' while. His pitcher Is
In th papers lvry mornln", an his ser
mons Is a dlrecthry lv places lv amuse
ment. He says to himsllf, 'I am lmprov
ln' th' wurruld, an' me name will go
down to th glneratlons as th greatest
vice buster iv th' clnchry. Whin I get
through, they won't bo enough crimo left
in this city to amuse a sthranger frm
Hannybal Missoury fr twlnty minylts,"
he says. That's where he's wrong. Afther
a while people gets tired lv th' pastime.
They want somewhere to go nights. Most
people ain't vicious, Hlnnlssy, an' It
takes vice to hunt vice. That accounts
f'r pollsmen. Besides th horse show or
th football games or something else ex
cltln' divarts their attintion, an wan day
th' boss crusader finds that he's alone in
Sodom.
" "Vice ain't so bad, afther all. I no
tice business was betther whin 'twas ram
pant,' says wan la-ad. 'Sure, ye're right,
gays another. 'I haven't sold a single
pink shirt sinco that man Parkers closed
th' faro games,' says he. 'Th theayter
business ain't what It was whin they was
more vice,' says another. This ain't no
Connecticut village,' he says. 'So 'tis
no use thryln to inthrajoose soomchury
legislation m this lmpeeryal American
city he says, 'where people come pur
sooed be th Sheriff fr'm lvry corner lv
th' wurruld,' he says. 'Ye can't make
laws f'r this community that wud suit a
New England village,' he- says, 'where,'
he says, 'th' people ar-re too civilized to
be Immoral," ho says. "Vice he says,
'goes a long way tow'rd makln' life bear
able,' he says. 'A little vice now an thin
is relished be th' best lv men, he says.
Who's this Parkers, annyhow, intherfer
ln' with th' liberty lv th Indlvidooal,
an',' he says, 'makin' It hard to rent
houses on th side sthreets,' he says. '1
bet ye if ye Investigate ye'll find that
he's no betther thin he shud be himsllf,'
ho says.
"An th' best Parkers gets out lv It is
to be able to escape fr'm town In a wig
an' false whiskers."'
Society Influenced by Machinery.
Engineering Magazine.
The advent of the machine tool, with
Its endless reproductive powers, with its
yet unexhausted possibilities In the .way
of division of labor, and its Infinitely
greater accuracy and power, was bound
to revolutionize and transform the oper
ation on which It could be directed. But
this, of Itself, is perhaps the least lm
portant of the changes differentiating the
old from the new order. Close on the
heels of the machine tool came the ne
cessity for an altogether higher type or
Intelligence to control the Increasing com
plexity of Industrial operations. The "me
chanic" disappears; In his place we have
the "captain of Industry," with his keen
intelligence fully awake to the Interaction
of complex forces whose field Is the whole
world; he requires the capacity not mere
ly to manipulate Iron and steel, but a
much rarer gift to understand men ot
many capacities and of a number of dif
ferent social grades. Today, Indeed, th
manufacturer might be said, without
much exaggeration, to be the pivot on
which society at large revolves.
Oregon Accidents.
George H. Leabo, a sheepherder. Is re
ported to have been drowned at Sheridan
last week.
Tho little son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Marhews, of Roseburg, while at play
Thursday, got a fish hook imbeddedTh lis
cheek.
A man was found at Baker City
Wednesday night almost suffocated In the
mud at the bridge crossing on Bridge
street.
Two members of The Dalles football
team have been laid out this season. Rob
Murray has suffered fracture of the collar-bone,
and James Urquhart, dislocation
of the shoulder.
The Striking; Tohacco-Worlcers.
LOUISVTLLB. Ky.. Dec 29. The 1700
employes of tba Continental Tobacco
Company who struck yesterday are still
out, and there are no changes from the
situation as It was yesterday. The com
pany Is still working, though not with a
full force The strikers today decided to
hold a mass meeting Monday night and
draw up their demands, which will be
presented to the company Wednesday.
The Saloon-Smasher.
WICHITA, Kan., Dec 29. Mrs. Carrie
Nation, who smashed mirrors and pictures
in a saloon, has agreed to accept ball
which W. C. T. U. members are securing.
She declares she only accepted her free
dom that she may prosecute her work of
smashing saloons. She received CO letters
In today's malL
Saovr Storm in Ifevr Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Dec 29. The
heaviest snow storm that has raged In
this section of New Mexico for years has
been In progress the last 24 hours In the
Sandla Mountains, east of this city. The
thermometer has gone several degrees be
low the freezing point, something unprece
dented in Albuquerque
Major Mite.
NEW YORK. Dec 29. Major Mite, the
dwarf, died at the New York Hospital
last night of a complication of diseases.
He had been ill for some time He was
born in New Zealand, and had been ex
hibited In circuses for 14 years.
EARL LI IS PARALYZED
AGED CHINESE STATESMAN MAY
NOT RECOVER,
Prince Chins Tells Sir Robert Hart
That China Will Comply With the
Terms In a Very Short Time.
PEKIN, Dec 29.-SIT Robert Hart, di
rector of Chinese imperial maritime cus
tqms, frequently sees Prince Chlng. He
says Prince Chlng expects a definite re
ply from the court to the Joint note of
the powers before January 8. He believes
that the note will be accepted In Its en
tirety within a short time. The Chinese
will possibly make a few futile objections,
though he thinks both Prince Chlng and
LI Hung Chang will advise compliance
with the note as it stands.
It is doubtful now whether LI Hung
Chang will be able to attend the meet
ing of the diplomats. The signs of old
age are becoming more pronounced, and
the lower portion of his body Is com
pletely paralyzed. Though it is officially
announced each day that Earl Li's condi
tion 'Is Improved, it is a fact that he has
not appeared out of doors since he was
first taken I1L His friends say they be
lieve he will not completely recover, and
think another commissioner must be ap
pointed. The refusal of Dr. Mumm von Schwar
zensteln, the German Minister to China,
to return the buildings and grounds be
longing to the Pekln Club, lent as bar
racks for the German Marines, causes
adverse criticism at the legations. An
other building has been hired for the use
of the marines. The Minister recognizes
certain proprietary rights of the club,
but as tho buildings adjoin the German
legation, he thinks it may be necessary
to keep them for a possible enlargement
of the legation In the future, giving in
exchange for the premises another piece
of ground. The club has notified Dr.
Mumm that it would demand 00 taels a
month rental, beginning with November.
Chinese Resnlars Captured.
BERLIN, Dec 29. The War Office has
received from Count von Waldorsee a dis
patch dated Pekln, December 2S, report
ing that a company of the Third East
Asiatic captured BOO Imperial troop3, De
cember 24, In the mountains northwest of
Mant Cheng. The dispatch also an
nounces that a detachment under Lieutenant-Colonel
Pavel has been dlspatchea
from Pekln to Chlng Ping Chu and Nan
Nankau, respectively 37 and 43 kilometers
northwest of Pekln.
China Cable Opened.
NEW YORK, Dec 29. The Commercial
Cable Company has Issued the following.
"The German Administration announced
that, in concert" with the Great Northern
Telegraph Company, and the Eastern Ex
tension, Australasia & China Telegraph
Company, a cable has been laid for the
German Government between Tsln Tau
and Shanghai. The opening for Interna
tional service will take place January L
May Accept the Conditions.
SHANGHAI, Dec 29. Chinese papers
here state that the court has decided to
accept the conditions of the powers, and
this report Is gaining credence, but noth
ing has yet been officially announced.
It Is asserted that the Emperor has or
dered the Immediate decapitation of Yu
Hsien, formerly Governor Shan SI, who
was previously degraded and banished.
LEAGUE TO STOP KIDNAPING
St. Louis Man Has a Project to Deter
Lawless Men.
Special Dispatch to Chicago Chronicle.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec 23. Paul Brown,
a St. Louis millionaire, proposes that the
rich men and lawablding citizens gener
ally of the country organize an antl-kld-naplng
society for the purpose of shap
ing laws so that the criminal will be se
verely punished and for the further object
of establishing a permanent fund for the
apprehension and conviction of kidnapers.
He believes that the offer of a standing
reward would so stimulate detectives and
others that it would be almost Impossible
for kidnapers to escape. Ho says that
capital punishment would not be too se
vere a punishment. Whatever the penal
ty, It should be so harsh that It would
prevent schemers to concoct fake kid
naping so that schemers might get the
reward.
"Had there been a standing reward when
Charley Ross was kidnaped." said Mr.
Brown, "his abductors would have been
caught, and the same might be said of the
Cudahy case. When parents are robbed
of the children whom they love. It Is
worse than murder, and no punishment
In my estimation can be too severe for
the guilty parties."
Mr. Brown Is resident manager of the
Continental Tobacco Company, and a
prominent financier. He offers to con
tribute liberally to such a fund.
Acoldents to Wasblnsrton People.
A son of William Edgbert, of Arcadia,
13 years of age, met with a painful acci
dent on Christmas day. A shotgun shell
exploded, and one of the fingers of his
left hand was blown off. The palm of the
lad's hand was also badly burned.
Peter Seybolts, of the Moxee, met with
a serious accident Christmas evening. He
was on horseback on his way home, when
his horse became frightened and ran him
Into a barbed-wire fence. His right leg
below the knee was very badly lacerated
and was cut to the bone.
John Allan, the 7-year-old son of Hugh
Allan, of Marysville, was accidentally
shot by Harry Root, a boy near the for
mer's age, Wednesday, with a 23-callber
rifle. The bullet penetrated the intestines
In eight places. The physicians say there
Is about one chance in five of his recov
ery. Friday Martin L. Boyer, one of the
A owners of the Fowler-Boyer Lumber Com-
pany, of Centralia, met with a serious ac
cident. While engaged In the mill he got
his foot against the circular saw, and it
was so badly lacerated that .amputation
was necessary, and the foot was taken
off at the ankle.
On Christmas night a son of C, M. Mat
thews, 10 years of age, was severely
burned while playing Santa Claus at his
home, at Olympla. The boy had donned
a Santa Claus costume, and the cotton
used for whiskers became Ignited from
a candle on the tree. In an instant his
face 'was in flames, but they were extin
guished before he hod Inhaled any of the
smoke or his eyes were Injured. His face,
however, -was badly burned.
George H. Norton, owner of the lower
ferry at Kettle Falls, met with an un
fortunate accident while crossing the
river Tuesday. In midstream the guy
rope became entangled In one of the wind
lasses, and In endeavoring to free It he
gave the wheel a Jerk, which loosened the
rope, allowed the full force of the cur
rent to act directly upon the wheel, and
he was thrown over the seven-foot wheel,
entangling his right leg In the spokes and
breaking both bones below the knee.
Mrs. O. C. Thornburgh, Dead.
FOREST GROVE, Dec 29. Mrs. O. C.
Thornburgh died at her home here today,
aged SS years. She had been in falling
health for soma time, and death was not
unexpected. A husband and three chil
dren survive her R. C. Thornburgh, ot
Richmond, la.; Mrs. Rachel Mills, ot
Blue Jacket. L T.; and Ambers Thorn
burgh, of this place. John Mills, of Gold
endale, Wash., is a brother of the de
ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Thornburgh were undoubt
edly the oldest married couple In Oregon.
They were married in Tennessee in 1S29,
or 71 years ago.
YOU SHOULD NOT
NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS
Because at All Times' Tbey Have tie Most lm
portant Work to Bo:
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I ti$ki UDTTrirffR?
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Weak Kidneys Caiued by Ovcrwtrk, by Lifting Strain.
To Prove what Swamp-Root, tHe Great Kidney Remedy,
Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of the "Oregonian"
Way Have a Sample Bottle Sent Free by Wail.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for much sick
ness and suffering; therefore, when through neglect or other
causes, kidney trouble is permitted to continue, fatal results
are sure to follow.
It used to be considered that only urinary and bladder
troubles were to be traced to the kidney.; but now modern
science .proves that nearly all diseases have their beginning in
the disorder of these most important organs.
Your other organs may need attention but your kidneys
most, because they do most and need attention first
If you are sick or "feel .badly," begin taking Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, be
cause as soon as your kidneys are well they will help all tho
other organs to-health. A trial will convince any one.
The mild and Immediate effect of Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Boot, the great kidney
and bladder remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest for It3 wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases. Swamp
Root will set your wholo system right,
and the best proof of this Is a trial.
ST. IX3UIS, Mo., Nov, 20. 1900.
"X have used Swamp-Hoot for years when
ever I was troubled with my kidneys, with
constipation, or whenever I felt the need of
something to tone and brace ma up. This has
given me such relief that I do not find It
necessary to take medicine renilarly now, as
an occasional dose of Swamp-Root keeps mo
In shape for my work that of head cutter In
the Clothing- Co. of Rath & Jean. I am pleased
to Elve & testimonial fot- your splendid medi
cine, and I cannot say enough for what It has
done for me. I gratefully recommend it to
anyone needing a thoroughly reliable remedy."
Yours truly.
HARRY GIBBARD. 1S21 Papln St
Tou may have a sample bottle of this
famous kidney remedy, Swamp-Root,
sent free by mall, postpaid, by which you
may test Its virtues for euch disorders as
kidney, bladder and uric acid diseases,
poor digestion, when obliged to pass
your water frequently night and day,
smarting or irritation In passing, brick
dust or sediment In the urine, headache,
backache, lame back, dizziness, sleep
lessness, nervousness, heart disturbance
ALL ARE OFF AT BUFFALO
DELEGATES TO EXPOSITION" JOIT-
ED OYER THE COUNTRY.
Rode on a Special Train "Which: Had
tie Right of "Way oh. All
Side-Trades.
BUFFALO, N. T., Dec 23. (Special cor
respondence.) Here we are at last, Just
4 uuuid ucuiuu liiuc, aiju x tiauk iu Bay,
right here, that if any Oregonlan Is dis
satisfied with our climatic conditions,
just let him take a pleasure (?) trip across
the continent to the Atlantic seaboard at
this season of the year. "We had scarce
ly got out of God3 own country when our
troubles began enow, lea and blizzards
galore all along the line, and they axe
with us still.
Snow drlft3 all along Bear Valley, and
when we reached Granger, the San Fran
cisco train, which was to take us in tow,
had passed 12 hours before, as well as tho
next train, sp tho Union Pacific peopla
kindly sent us through to Chicago on ei
"special," bumming along at a "go-as-you-please"
sort of pace, dodging all
kinds of freight, passenger and cattla
trains, for we were a "special," and the j
only placo we seemed to have any rights
were on the side-tracks. Wo were out of
joint with the system, as It were, and did
not fit In ju3t right to make a harmonious
whole.
This somewhat disarranged our meal
hours, for we had lost our "diner" in the
shuffle, but as we had filled ftp (?) a la
carte, we were not hungry, anyway, so
when we were called at Laramie for
breakfast at S o'clock A. M., and found
the thermometer had gone down to 20 de
grees below zero, with a gentle 60-mllo
zephyr breathing across the prairie, and
as the "Pinch" gas had given out, we
were groping about In the gloaming for
our unmentionables, our happiness was
complete, and wo have been happy ever
since.
The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers are
frozen over solid; the horses, cattle and
hogs are standing In the fence corners in
fact, behind every available little shelter,
shivering, while their human brothers go
about wrapped In comfortable fur coats
and Arctic overshoes. The thousands ot
lightning rods on every dwelling, barn,
chicken-coop and even telegraph poles,
tell what kind of Summers they have,
and the people tell you they enjoy it, but
I presume that for people who like that J
kind of thing, tney certainly nave tne
kind of thing they like. Oregon, glorious
Oregon 1
The beautiful timber belts so familiar
to us are conspicuous by their absence,
but Mr. Johnson, the forestry expert,
pointed out a mill where we actually did
see a lot of "saw-logs" 10 Inches in diam
eter. Hortlculturally, there Is not much to
speak of; no new plantations of any kind,
only a few very old apple orchards, which
have not seen pruning shears for many a
year; If It were not for the absence ot
the moss they would look very familiar.
But we passed through miles of beautiful
-ri i
i i:
duo to bad kidney trouble, skin erup
tions from bad blood, neuralgia, rheu
matism, diabetes, bloating, irritability,
wornout feeling, lack of ambition, los3
of flesh, sallow complexion, or Bright's
disease.
If your water, when allowed to remain
undisturbed in. a glass or bottle for
twenty-four hours, forms a sediment or
settling or has a cloudy appearance. It Is
evidence that your kidneys and bladder
need Immediate attention.
It you have tho slightest symptoms of
kidney or bladder trouble, or if there Is a
traco of it in, your family history, send at
once to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. T., who will gladly send you by mall,
immediately, without cost to you, a sam
ple bottle of Swamp-Root and. a book con
taining many of the thousands upon thou
sands of testimonial letters received from
men and women cured. Be sure to say
that you read this generous offer la the
Portland Sunday Oregonlan.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
for sale tho world over at druggists, in
bottles of two sizes and two prices fifty
cents and one dollar. Remember tho
name, Swamp-Root, and the address,
Blnghamton, N. Y.
vineyards, which aro marvels of perfec
tion; there is not a spear of grass or
weeds, nor a single vine out of alignment.
Even on the Rhine, nor Burgundy, fa
mous the world over, are the vineyards la
better condition. These people want our
apples, pears and prunes, which wo must
supply.
However, there is one thing which can
not escape the notice of any observing
traveler from the Pacific Coast, and that
is the hundreds of smokestacks In every
city, town or hamlet; they aro not cold
either, even on this Christmas day, but
are red-hot and smoking, which means a
full dinner pall brigade, which speaks
volumes for tho reviving prosperity one
sees on every hand. In this particular wo
are weak, very weak, and our best efforts
at tho coming- Pan-American Exposition
must be directed In the securing of manu
facturing establishments for our state.
There aro a good many which can ba
conducted with financial success, for wa
have the raw materials. These facts mus
be presented and brought strongly, de
cidedly strongly, to the notice of capital
ists, and as thi3 is an ago of expansion,
manufacturers are looking for new fields
to operate in. Oregon must bo in tho
front rank, along the firing line, as it
were, to present Its claims, and no state
has a better right nor a Juster claim than
Oregon. HENRY E. DOSCH.
THE PORTLAND.
S R Davidson.Seattl
Syd Welnshenk, S F
Adam 9 Collins, S F
N Toddman, Seattle
C H Hanford, Seattl
W F Moran, St PI
J B Bourke, Chgo
I W Frankel, NY
S J Sternberg, S F
O G Labareo & wf,
Spokano
W B Dennis
J W Klley. Ban Fr
W A Blair. Kaa Cy
Mrs Stoneheker. city
A B Lamberson, city
W A Conley, Benlcla
N McCaffrey. N Y
Wm O'Donnell, Ba
ker City
E D Green & w, Chs
W B Brown, city
Alex Cohn, San Fr
H J Ottenhelmer, SF
G W Foreman
T H Hayes. N Y
V S Hardy, Salt Lk
Irwin Ritchie, KamO
H R wood & wife.
T Herbert walte,
Philadelphia
iionaon, nag
H.FBuller, SeatUo
E S Benson & wife,
-
city
Kot Apache Kid.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec 29. Captain J.
Nicholson, agent of San Carlos reserva
tion, has been furnished an accurate de
scription of the Indian recently killed
near Juarez, Mexico. He and several old
scouts assert positively that the dead In
dian was the noted Nash Ta Ka, and not
Apache Kid, as reported.
Sali Rheam
"You may call it eczema, tetter or mule
crust.
But no matter what you call It, tbi3 aWn
disease which comes in patches that bum.
Itch, discharge a watery matter, dry and
scale, owes its existence to the presence ot
humors In the system.
It will continue to exist, annoy, and per
haps agonize, as long ts these humors
remain.
It Is always radically and permanently
cured by
HootFm Smrmapmrilla
which dispels all humors, and Is positively
unequalled for all cutaneous eruptions.