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PART THRfeE
VOL. XXI.
PORTLAND, OKEGQN, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1902.
NO. 51.
HIT LOSE BOTH
Routes for thq Isthmian
Canal in Danger.
MORGAN WARNS SENATE
Doubts Whether Title to Pan
ama Route Is Secure.
TREATY MAY,, FALL THROUGH
Alabama Senator Advocates Immedl
' ate Action on Klcaragruan Route,
Lest Xo Canal Be Built Appro
priation Will Soon Lapse.
After a cession of less than throe
hours, the Senate yesterday adjourned
until January O next. Today's session
was largely given up to an address by
Senator Morgan upon the question o
the construction ol an Isthmian canal.
The Senator declared that it would be
In the Interest of the United States to
resume negotiations with Nicaragua
and Costa Rica, with the view of util
izing the Nicaragua route, for the rea
son that, as he believed, If we should
continue to depend upon the Panama
route, we would never have a canal.
A number of hills were passed, and a
conference report providing for the pay
ment of the expenses of the anthracite
coal strike commission was agreed to.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. There were 20
Senators in their scats when the Senate
was called to order for the final session
before the Christmas holidays. They
heard a vigorous address by Morgan on
the isthmian canal negotiations.
Morgan contended for the making good
of contracts entered into by President Mc
Kinley with Costa Rica and Nicaragua;
The negotiation of these agreements he
characterized as a masterful act, and .said
they were -about to be trodden under foot.
Why this was true was not a question
lor a Democrat- to solve.-but-he'couLd, .at
any rate, say he did not agree with the ;
mind-readers and spirit mediums who had
since declared that Mr, McKinley did not';
mean what he said in the contracts.
He then went on to express apprehen
sion that if the United States did not
avail itself of the opportunity to build a
canal by the NIcaraguan route, none
would be built, and he said the appro
priation of $180,000,000 tor the construction
of the canal could be covered into the
Treasury about June 2S, 1904, if not used
before that time.
Attention was called to the fact that,
under the Colombian law, only the Con
gress of that country can ratify a treaty.
There had been no Congress there since
1S29, and there was not likely to be any
unless the Panama Canal Company should
pay its expenses out of the $3,000,000 on
hand 'or the $40,000,000 promised by the
United States. He therefore expressed ap
prehension that a treaty that might be
accepted by this government would fail
of action in Colombia.
After quoting from the concession
granted to the liquidations of the old Pan
ama Canal Company, which Mr. Morgan
said was also made a law of Colombia,
he said:
"It is a surprise- to jurists' and laymen
alike In our country that the Attorney
General, Jn his opinion given to the.PresI
dent on the right and power of the New
Panama Canal Company to revoke a title
to the United States of its property in
Panama, omitted to notice the prohibition
in the concessions and in the laws of
Colombia, through, which it derived all
its property rights in Colombia."
Allison, of the Senate conferees on the
coal strike arbitration bill, presented the
report of the conference committee. He
explained that the Senate amendment, fix
ing a definite sum for the expenses and
compensate i of the commissioners and
employes and taking the question ef fix
ing these out of the hands of the Presi
dent, bad been retained,, but that the Sen
ate conferees had yielded to the $15 per
day to the commissioners for expenses
instead of $10, as fixed by the Senate. The
report was agreed to.
Lodge, of the committee on Philippines,
reported the Philippine currency bill, and
gave notice that, as the measure is im
portant, he would call it. up during the
morning hour of the Senate at the earliest
moment. He expressed the opinion that
the bill would not lead to prolonged de
bate.
A bill authorizing the payment of Judg
ments amounting to $1,000,000, on account
of the destruction of property in Hawaii,
in connection with the fight on the bu
bonic plague in those islands, in 1S99, was
also passed.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr. Patterson of Colorado, requiring rail
road companies to, supply to the Inter
state Commerce Commission data as to
brakes, was adopted.
Shortly after 2 o'clock the Senate went
into executive session, and at 2:40 ad
Journed until Monday, January 5, 1903.
COMMISSION BILL PASSED.
House Adopted ' Conference Report,
Then Adjourned for Holidays.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The last ses
sion of the House before the holiday re
cess was -very brief. It lasted only long
enough to permit final action upon the
bill to defray the expenses of the Coal
Strike Commission. No other business was
transacted. The adjournment was until
Monday, January 5.
Immediately after the convening, Can
non explained that It was important that
the Coal Strike Commission bill and the
urgent deficiency bill be finally disposed
or before the holiday recesfi.- The cob
ference report .upon the former, he said,
was in the Senate, and he asked , that a
recess be taken until it was returned from
that body. A recess-was accordingly tak
end for 20 minutes. ...
'When the House reconvened, Mr. Can
non presented the conference report on
the Coal Strike Commission bill and the
report was adopted without discussion.
The House remained in session until the
bill was enrolled and signed by the Speak
er, and then adjourned until January 5,
1903.
PRESIDENT TAKES A REST.
With His FamllyHe Makes Visit to
Virgin!. Friends.
WASHINGTON, Dec 20. President
Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt
and four of their chiiuren,' left Washing
ton at 02:05 P. M. today for Rapldan, Va.,
to pass Sunday with Joseph Wilmer and
family. Not, an inkling of the president's
Intentions had been permitted to become
public; Indeed, the trip was not deter
mined upon until last night, at such, an
hour as rendered It Impossible to complete
arrangements for it until today.
President Roosevelt attended the funeral
of Mrs. Grant, and hurried directly from
the church to the White House. A few
minutes later Secretary Hay called to
discuss with, the President some of the
FUTURE HEAD
MAJOR-GEXERAXi
latesdevelomnents In the Venezuelan sit
uation. Through -xl private passageway
the Secretary was admitted to the White
House lor a brief talk- with the President
before the latter left for the railroad
station.- - '
President Roosevelt was accompanied
to the depot by Secretary Cortelyou, but
the latter did not go to Rapldan. The
President and bis family were accompa
nied, however, by' Assistant Secretary
Loeb, who will, keep in close telegraphic
touch with the White House during the
absence of the party.
It Is the intention of the President to'
return to Washington on Monday morn
ing, his desire being to obtain absolute
rest for a day or two. The strain upon
him, both mentally and physically, since
Congress convened, and during the crisis
In Venezuelan affairs, has been very great,
and he felt the necessity for some relief
from those cases. In addition to those
already mentioned, the only persons who
accompanied the President were two se
cret service officers. The trip was made
on a special train of two cars over the
Southern Railway.
Few people at the station had any idea
that the President was to leave the city,
and, in consequenoe, the only people about
the train when it pulled out were four
or five newspaper men and some of the
White House attaches. ' As the train
moved from the station the President ap
peared on the rear platform of the last
car and, in response to greetings from
the little coterie of friends, raised his hat
in farewell. - - .
Joseph Wilmer and family, with whom
the President, Mrs. . Roosevelt and .the
children will-spend Sunday, are old friends
of the Roosevelt family. ' Mrs. Roosevelt
passed a week with them lastjyear, and
they frequently have been the'" guests of
the President
For Reciprocity In Coal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Senator Lodge
today introduced in the Senate a bill axi
thorlzing the President to Tcmove. the
duty on coal coming Into the United
States from Canada, whenever the duty
on coal from the United States going: into
Canada shall be 'removed.
COAL DEPOT MOBBED.
i .
People Hangrry for Fuel Break Into
Offlce and Mob Clerk.
,
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 20. A crowd of
several hundred people broke through the
door of the Northwestern Fuel Company's
Robert-street office today, after a re
markable three hours' rush for coal, sav
agely beating a clerk, who had acted as
doorkeeper and admitted only one cus
tomer at a time. The company had re
ceived a few hundred tons of coal, which
was disposed of in single ton cash orders
at $8 75. After breaking into the office,
police had - to be called, and order was,
restored with difficulty.
Wipe Out Coney island's Bovrery.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20. The first Import
ant step for the acquirement for park
purposes of 132 acres of land at Coney
Island, thereby wiping out the Island's
Bowery and converting the island into a
National seaside resort, has been taken.'
At a meeting attended- by many prom
inent residents of Brooklyn and officials
the plan was unanimously approved. The
assessed value of the land purposed to be
acquired by the city amounts to. '$1,834,795.
It was stated at the meeting that the
land desired 'was all that portion of the
island lying between Seaside Park' and
Seagate and south of Surf 'avenue.
Would-Be Train Wreckers Foiled.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec 20. An attempt
was made to wreck the 'Frisco fast pas
senger train Irom Birmingham last night,
three miles east of this city. Just before
the train arrived before a high trestle,
three miles out. a farmer discovered four
men laying cross-ties across the track.
He advanced toward them and they fled.
A short distance .further on it "was found
that several spikes had been' drawn and
laid on the rails. The .train was'.flagged
and stopped within a' few" yards of the.
obstruction. . , ,
OPEN SOUTH HALF
Bill irl
Regard1 'to Colville
Reservation.
SURVEY TO BE MADE FIRT
Jones Proposes That Great Area In
Washington Be Thrown Open to
Settlers After ' Indians ' Have
Been Given Allotments.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 20. Representative Jones to
day introduced a bill, opening- to entry
the south half of the Colville Indian "res-
OF THE ARMY
ADNA R. CHAFFEE.
ervntion afte'r the .same shall have been
surveyed and allotments4made to the In
dians. The bill proposes to' restore all
surplus lands j-.to. the public " domain, so'
that entries can'.be-made under the pub
lic land' laws.
This portion of the original Colville res
ervation contains 1,500,000 acres. Each In
dian now properly residing upon the
south half of the reservation will be en
titled under the bill to an allotment of
SO acres, to be selected without restric
tion from any part of the present reserva
tion, only all allotments must conform to
Government surveys. Indians having Im
provements on any section of the reserva
tion will have preference right to select
the improved tracts. These allotments
must be made within six months after
the President's . proclamation opening the
reservation. All allotted lands are to be
subject to taxation. Where lands within
. the ' reservation are now occupied by
i agency buildings, schools or such strue
i tures, they shall be reserved, unless other
j tracts be selected In lieu thereof. But
i such reservations shall not exceed In area
two sections,
j The bill appropriates $50,000 to cover ex
l penses)f surveys and allotments.
RIGHT OF WAV. FOR IRRIGATION
Bill , Granatin?? -ji Over Reservation
and Public Lands.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, .Wash
ington, Dec. 20. A bill has been.' intro
duced In the Senate and House granting
to railroads and water companies right
of way through Government reservations
and public lands for reservoirs and .pipe
lines.
The bill provides that such right of way
shall "be ground occupied by the water of
reservoirs and 50 feet outside of the mar
ginal limits thereof and 25 feet each sldo
of the center line of pipe lines. It also
gives the right to. take from lands adja
cent to reservoirs and pipe lines earth,
stone and timber necessary for construc
tion. Railroads or water companies may,
within 12. .months after location of reser
voir and pipe lines, file In the local land
office a map of the same, and, upon ap
proval thereof by ahe Interior Depart
ment, the same shall be noted upon land
office plats, and' lands over which rights
of way pass shall be disposed of subject
to such right of way.
Companies, owning reservoirs or pipe
lines heretofore constructed are granted
privileges conferred by the bill.
TO CREATE -GAME PRESERVES.
Senator Perkins Would Set Tkcni
t Aside In. Forest Reserves.'
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 20. Senator Perkins, of Cali
fornia, today introduced a bill authorizing
he President to set aside areas within
forest reserves to be preserved as breed
ing places for wild animals, birds and fish.
Within these areas all hunting, fishing
and killing of game lsto!be prohibited at
all times. The Senator has drawn his bill
along lines recommended by. the Presi
dent, and with a further view largely to
doing away with state protection of game
within reserves.
FOR STEALIXG FROM IXDIAXS.
Mondell Proposes That Penalties Be
Largely Increased.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 20. Representative Mondell,
of Wy.omlng. bas Introduced a bill increas
ing the penalty , .to. be imposed upon per
sons' committing crimes 'against Indians.
Under the, present" law,-one year's imprls
oninent is the maximum'penajty for steal-
ing from, Indians, regardless of the value
of property taken. In mahy instances
large numbers of Indians' cattle and other
valuable ' property have been taken, and,
upon conviction, the guilty parties have
been required to serve; but one year's im
prisonment. " .
Under the Mondell bill,, the penalty Im
posed Is one year's Imprisonment 'if the
property taken is worth. less than $25;"lf
the property is valued at $25 or over, the
punishment shall be imprisonment for not
less than one nor more than. 14 years.
To Pay for Relief of Alaska Miners.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 20.--Senator Perkins ha3 in
troduced a bill making payments for serv
ices and supplies rendered in taking care
of destitute miners in Alaska over a year
ago. The bill proposes to. pay the Alaska
Commercial Company- $25,32S, the North
American Transportation Company $1550
and the Alaska Exploration Company a
smaller amount.
Extend Alaska Railroad Franchise.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec- 20. Senator Millard today in
troduced a bill extending for two years
the time within which the- Akron, Sterling
& Northern Railroad Company, may conT
struct Its railroad from the head of
Valdesy Bay, Alaska, by Lowe River to
Keystone Canyon and on to Thomson
Pass.
OFFICIALS UNDER FIRE.
Charge of Smuggling? Against Three
Americans in Porto Rlox.
SAN JUAN, P. R., Dec 20. Supervisor
of Elections Benjamin Butler, Captain G.
W. Mentz, United States Marine Corps,
and James Brenna, , an employe of the
Country Club, have been arrested on In
formation received by the customs au
thorities for smuggling two lots of wines
and liquors from St. Thomas, brought
here on the United States ship Uncas and
lighthouse tender Laurel, In all 64 cases.
The prisoners were bound over until Mon
day and Tuesday under $2000 bail, when
the preliminary examination will bo held
before United States Commissioner An
derson. It Is alleged that supplies for the
Country Club, which the Elite bought In
St. Thomas, were smuggled in through
the Navy and Army. Butler la managing
officer of the club and Brennan Is the
steward. The arrest of the other promi
nent persons will be made today, and it
is said that a large number more "will
follow, as the smuggling has continued
for a long period and goods are being
secretly landed throughout the naval sta
tion. Capture of "Cherokee BUI."
LAS ANIMAS. Colo.. Dec 20. "Chero
kee Bill" Smith, for whom posses have"
scoured the Southeastern part of Colo
rado in an effort to effect his capture, has
been captured by three Eent County Dep
uty Sheriffs In the neighborhood of Big
Cedars, a wild, unsettled district near the
southeast boundary of the state. Five
shots were fired at Smith before he sur
rendered. Smith was being pursued on
the charge of having robbed the postoffice
at Charlton, several weeks ago, In com
pany with two others. The latter, it is
believed, succeeded in reaching the Indian
Territory. Smith is a half-breed Indian.
Embezzler Wanted in France.
WASHINGTON, Dec 20J The Secretary
of State has terminated a famous extra
dition case by Issuing a warrant td the
French authorities for Louis Balensa,
who is charged with the embezzlement of
several million franca of the French cor
poration In whose employ he had been.
At present Balensa is in Sing Sing Prison
serving a sentence for forgery cdmmltted
in the United States, and the extradi
tion will not take effect until the Amer
ican sentence expires in the near future.
Citizens Kill a Highwayman.
ARDMORE, I. T., Dec 20. Two high
waymen, "heavily armed, were' attacked
by a posse of citizens .as they rode Into
the town of Provence, In the Chlcaksaw
Nation, last night, and an exchange of
shots followed. The horse was shot from
uhdor one ofi the men, George Slocum, and
finally he was shot and. captured. The
second man escaped. Slocum died later.
The men are supposed to have engaged In
a bank robbery near Provence yesterday.
Justice of the Peace In Trouble.
CLEVELAND, O.. Dec 20. Tho grand
Jury today Indicted Justice of the Peace
F. A. Truman.- E. A. Maxflcld. his clerk,
and ex-Ccnstable Philip Becht, on the
charge of forgery." It was shown that
officers from Truman's court had arrested
and fined persons without the formality
of a trial, while the court records indicat
ed that everything had been carried out
in' due legal form.
Claims Mine Was Mismanaged.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 20. A mining suit,
Involving many valuable claims at Victor,
some of which are estimated to be worth
$500,000, has been filed in the United States
Circuit Court. Perry Brown, of Lake
Milles, la., Is the plaintiff, and brings the
suit as a stockholder of the Mount Rosa
Mining Company. He alleges mismanage
ment of the affairs of the Mount Rosa
Company, asserting that Its property and
the money In Its treasury have been mis
appropriated. The Woods Investment
Company, of Colorado Springs, is the
principal defendant.
Flag-Day at St. Louis Fair.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 20. This Is Louis
iana Purchase flag day, and as such was
declared a holiday by Governor Dockery
and-Mayor Wells, it is also the first an
niversary of the breaking of ground for
the world s Fair.
It St. Louis the National ensign Is dls
played on public and private buildings
generally. The day Is being observed at
the exposition grounds with addresses and
luncheon at the Administration building.
Roosevelt Invited to Denver.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 20. The followln
telegram was sent to President Roosevelt
today by Mayor R. R. Wright. Jr.: "On
behalf of the City of Denver. I cordially
invite you to visit this city while on your
contemplated trip to the Coast the com
ln's Spring."
Catholic bishops Appointed
ROME," Dec. 20. The pope today signed
the appointments of Bishop James E.
Qulgley, of Buffalo, N. Y as archbishop
of Chicago, and Rev. J. F. Regis Canavln.
rector of St. Paul's Cathedral, of Pitts
burg. Pa., as coadjutor bishop of Pitts
burg.
Thank-OiTcrlng Fund Is Raised.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Dec. 20. Rev. E
M. Mills, corresponding secretary of i the
Methodist Episcopal thank-offering fund.
says that every dollar of the $20,000,000
called for three years ago has been raised
In cash and pledges.
Miner Falls Down Shaft.
PARK CITY, Utah, Dec. 20. W. H,
Ward, a miner who came to this city
from Butte about-two months ago, .was
instantly killed today by falling down a
200-foot shaft in the J. I. C. mine-
TALE OF TERRORISM
Nonunion- Miners Continue
Testimony.- .
FAMILY - DRIVEN FROM HOME
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Woman Says Her House Was -Burned
Union Produces Evidence Contra
dicting Charge of Expulsion.
From Society Holiday Recess. ,
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec-20. The Anthra
cite Coal Strike Commission held its last
session of the year today and adjourned to
meet , in . Philadelphia on Tuesday, Janu-
EEL MOCHO," VENEZUELAN REBEL LEADER
GENERAL JOSE
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ary 6. In order to permit the commission
ers and-others connected' with the pro
ceedings to. catch trains today's session
began at D.o'clock.
The attorneys for the nonunion mencon
tlnued calling witnesses' from Lackawanna
and Luzerne Counties for the purpose 'of
proving that violence, Intimidation and
boycotts were resorted to in order to pre
vent the nounlon men from continuing
at work. Everett Warren, counsel for the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company, filed the
wage statement of the company.
John Otto, the first witness called, said
all the merchants In Archibald, Pa., were
compelled .to boycott him because he
worked In the mlnto. The second witness
was a boy who was forced, to leave the
store he was employed In on account of
his father being a nonunion man, and the
next witness testified that strikers tried to
have him forced out of the volunteer fire
company to which he belonged because he
continued at work as a mine engineer dur
ing the strike.
Mrs. Rhoda Snyder, of Wllkesbarre, with
a baby In her arms, took the stand and
with tears running down her face told of
the burning of her home by strikers. Her
husband was In the mines and could not
come home because he" feared bodily harm.
She and her children were so abused that
they moved to another part of the city.
Her reception In the new home was hostile
and ehe decided to move to her mother-in-law's
home. Strikers prevented her
moving and the .same night the house and
all Its contents were burned. Her goods
were not insured. Her father-in-law and
mother-in-law corroboratedlher testimony:
President P. J. Mulhcln, ' of tho Father
Whitley Temperance Society, of Provi
dence, near Scranton, and the treasurer,
of the society were called by the miners
in rebuttal of testimony given yesterday
by J. P. Dugan, who eald he had been ex
pelled from tho society because he was an
unfair workman. The two officers of the
society testified that, he was expelled be
cause he had violated the total abstinence
pledge!. .
James D. Lewis, a mine foreman, who
testified yesterday that he had been held
up by a crowd near Ollphant, was called In
rebuttal by the miners and a photograph
enowlng him with a large crowd around
posing for a picture was placed In evi
dence. James Dolan told a story of persecution
because he worked during the strike. His
children were beaten and insulted on the
streets.
Before adjourning ' for the holidays
Chairman Gray requested all persons con
cerned to make every effort to hand In the
wage statements before the recess, so that
members of the commission could study
them.
ORGANIZE AGAINST UNIONS.
Secretary of Manufacturers' Associa
tion Sounds Note of Alarm.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 20. "It Is time
to organize," is the keynote of four cir
culars that are being sent to manufac
turers throughout tho country by D. M.
Parry, of Indianapolis, president of the
National Association of Manufacturers.
He has found his text in various resolu
tions of the recent American Federation
of Labor convention at New Orleans.
The circulars are directed more against
organized labor In general than against
the cghr-hour bllli which Mr. Parry has
attacked In circulars recently. Referring
to the Max Hayes resolution adopted by
the Federation, Mr. Parry says:
"John Mitchell's United Mlneworkers
organization cast 10S0 votes solidly for
this resolution. This is the organization
that evoke- so much maudlin sentiment
and brought the whole country to its
knees In the anthracite strike. It is con
fidently prophesied that the Socialists
will be in full control of the trades unionist
movement in the United States by the
next American Federation of Labor con
vention." The charge is made that the Hayes res
olution means an attack on the productive
wealth of the country, and that the So
cialists Intend to take possession of all
the money and private properties.
Oriental Exhibits at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 20. Kee Owegang.
representative of the Imperial Chinese
Court to the World's Fair, and Waicnl
ArakI, commissioner to the fair from
Japan, have arrived in St, Louis with
credentials from their respective govern
ments. Mr. Kee comes as a representa
tive of his government through the Chi
nese Legation at Washington. He is au
thorized to select the site for the Im
perial Pavilion, and arrange for space for
the, Chinese exhibit In the various depart
ments of the exposition. Mr. Walchl wljl
report the conditions and situation at
the- World's Fair to his government,
which will be considered as regards Ja
pan's exhibit.
POLITICS IN HAWAII.
Vacant Offices Are Filled McStocker
Boomed for Governor.
HONOLULU, Dec. 13. The special ses
sion of the Territorial Senate has ad
journed after filling all the vacancies in
the territorial departments caused by re
movals made at the suggestion of Gov
ernor Dole. The Governor nominated
Henry E. Cooper for Superintendent of
Public Works, A. N. Kepolkai for Treas
urer, and J. H. Fisher for Auditor, and
the nominations were all confirmed by the
Senate. Cooper is the present secretary
of the territory, and he is understood to
have sent hi3. resignation to President
HERNANDEZ.
Roosevelt Kepolkai waa a Circuit Judge
on the Island of Maul before annexation
Fisher was secretary of the Republican
territorial central committee and is a well-
known Honolulu business man.
Senator D. Kalaukalani, leader of the
Home Rulers, Introduced In the special
session of the Senate a resolution calling
for an Inquiry Into the acts of Secretary
of the Territory Henry E. Cooper in
Issuing certificates of citizenship to Chi
nese born in the territory, It having been
alleged that Cooper had retained funds
secured from fees for such certificates
The resolution was ruled out of order, the
Secretary's office being a Federal offlce.
The certificates In question were Issued
by Cooper under an authorization from
Washington, and the Secretary states that
his charges were in accordance with au
thority given him.
The Star says:
"A quiet little boom for Frank B. Mc
Stocker for Governor has been going the
rounds of Republicans In Honolulu, and
some of his frlende say he may be strong
ly backed for successor to Dole when the
latter's term expires.. In the same connec
tion It Is stated on good authority that
the Governor has expressed himself as
not wanting another term."
Mr. McStocker was at one time Collec
tor of Customs at Honolulu.
Rev. Gilstan F, Ropert, Catholic bishop
in charge of the mission for the islands.
Is seriously ill and grave fears are enter
tained for him. He Is now In Hllo, and
at last reporta was too weak to return to
Honolulu. The aged bishop has been fall
ing for some time, and about a month
ago. he sent to Rome .nominations for suc
cessor to himself as bishop, desiring the
appointment of an assistant with the right
of .succession. Bishop Ropert has had
charge of the Catholic church work In
the Islands for many years.
The Republican territorial central com
mittee has adopted resolutions which will
probably go forward to Washington today
Indorsing Senator George R. Carter for the
offlce of Secretary of the Territory, which
Is vacated by the resignation of Henry
E. Cooper. Cooper's resignation also goes
forward today, he having been appointed
Territorial Superintendent of Public
Works.
A suit by tho territory against William
H. Wright, the absconding Treasurer,
was heard last Monday before Judge Rob
lnson, and Judgment wa3 entered against
the fugitive for the amount o his defal
cation $17,1S9 91.
BELVIN BECOMES A CRANK
Former Northern Pnclflc Official Put
Under Peace Bonds.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. W. .Wayne Bel-
vln, a descendant of "Mad Anthony"
Wayne, and formerly vice-president of
the North Pacific Railroad Company and
president of the Washington Improvement
Company, of Seattle, was arraigned In
court yesterday, charged with disorderly
conduct In the offlce of a downtown firm.
where he wanted tc sell 10.000 shares of
National City Bank stock. He was held
in $500 bonds to keep the peace for six
months.
Mr. Belvln. it Is said, has figured In
many eccentric escapades here In recent
years, and in November, 1S99. was com
mitted to Bellevue Hospital for eramlna
tlon as xto his sanity, but was later dls-
cnarged.
Conl Oil In lovrn.
DES MOINES, la., Dec. 20. Oil has
been discovered oozing from the banks of
the Coon River, near Grant City, In Sac
County. A quart of the oil sent to Ames
College for an analysis Is said to have
been found to be SO per cent pure. The
discoverer,- a woman, has quietly leased
60,000 acres In the locality.
Commission Firm Fails.
NEW YORK. Dec. 20. Gustave A Jahn
& Co., commission merchants, made an
assignment today. No statement of as
sets or liabilities was made. A member
of the firm said he believed the liabilities
were about J25O.0CO, and that the assets
would prove more than sufficient to pay
all claims.
NT LOMA i
Inhabited by a .Dead
Theosophist's Spirit
SECRETS OF POINT LOMA
Mrs, Tingley's Former Book
keeper Makes Revelation.
SHE CALLS HERSELF A PROPHET
Last in Line Formed by Buddha,
Christ and Mahomet Hard Fare
and Despotic Rule-Worship
of the Rising:, 'Sun.
The secrets of the Theosophist religion,
as practiced at Point Loma, under the
rule of Mrs. Katherine Tlnglcy, are re
vealed by Louis S. Fitch, a former In
mate. He says:
Mrs. Tingley claims that, on the death
of Mr. Judge, the- former Theosophist
leader, his spirit entered Into her dog.
Mrs. Tingley is regarded as a prophet
ess la lino 'tflth Buddha. Christ and
Mahomet.
She Is the absolute ruler of every act
of tho members of her community,
gives them hard fare, rough clothing,
forbids Intercourse among members of
a family, but fares luxuriously herself.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Dec. 20. The formal
evidence was turned to what purports to
be a remarkable revelation of the Inner
workings of the Thcosophlcal Institution
at Point Loma at today3 session of the
pending trial of an action for libel, in
which Mrs. Katherine Tingley, head of.
the Universal Brotherhood, is plaintiff
against the Times-Mirror Company, of
Los Angeles, defendant. This evidence is
In the form of a depo'sltlon made by Louis
S. Fitch, of 200 Bond street, Hartford,
Conn.
According to the deponent, who says he
was omployed as a- bookkeeper by the
Universal Brotherhood, of -.which hoibe
came a member, and had privileges ac
corded to few, a dog belonging to Mrs.
Tingley was supposed to have inherited
the spirit of the former leader of the The-
osophist movement; that Mrs. Tingley was
regarded as a prophet In line of succes
sion. Including Buddha, Christ and Ma
homet, and that she had told deponent
that marriage relations as known to tho
world In her belief were wholly false and
perverted, and that people who lived tho
life at Point Loma would evolve so as to
reach a stage where marriage would not
be necessary.
In his deposition, Mr. Fitch said that
he Is 30 years of age; that he went to
Point Loma to live about August, 1S00,
and that he remained there until March,
1, 1901; that he went there as a bookkeeper
for the Universal Brotherhood organiza
tion. He said the pledge of the Esoteric
Society ofTheosophy was very binding,
all members taking oath to obey the lead
er in all things, the leader being Kafherlna
Tingley. Mrs. Tingley had absolute con
trol over everything and everybody, and
she exercised this In the minutest detail.
She regulated where every member should
lodge, what they should eat and where
they should eat It; whom they should
have conversation with, whom they should
walk or talk with, and whom they must
not speak to or look at.
The breakfast fare consisted of one or.
two slices of very hard unbuttered toast
and a portion of a cup of coffee, without
milk or sugar, and one case egg. On
-leaving the dining-room after breakfast
each member took from a tray four small
crackers and what else they might have
concealed, which was all they had until
the evening meal, which was fairly sub
stantial. All the eating was done In ab
solute silence, rib member being allowed
to speak to another while going to or
from meals or while at meals, byhe ex
press order of Mrs. Tingley.
Deponent testified that Mrs. Tingley had
a dog named "Spot," and further said:
"Mrs. Tingley told me that Spot was a
great deal more than a pet. 'I believe I
know,' said Mrs. Tingley, 'that ,Mr.
Judge's spirit entered into Spot at his
death. Mr. Judge giving Spot to me at
the time of his death, and at. that time I
assumed the leadership of the Universal
Brotherhood as his successor.' "
Deponent testified further that Mrs.
Tingley's supervision of the intercourse
of members extended to interference with
relations between members of the same
family; that she did not allow Mr. and
Mrs. Hanson, who were Inmates, to speak
with their own children; that the colony
was patrolled by armed guards, and that
restrictions were placed upon the entrance
of visitors.
Mr. Fitch described some of the cere
monies performed In connection with
some of the orders to which he belonged.
The costume prescribed for all meetings
and gatherings, except the Sunday morn
ing meetings, consisted of a cheesecloth
garment without sleeves, belted with a
cord about the waist, this garment to be
worn over underclothing only, and that
no stardhed clothing was to be worn, ac
cording to Mrs. Tingley's orders.
One of the most common ceremonies
was that of the morning sunrise gather
ing, when all the members marched to a
point just within the line of the sacred
gropnds, where the rising sun could be
viewed. They stood In silent meditation
until the sun topped the hill, when they
welcomed its appearance with song. The
evening gathering was held at 9 o'clock.
The members remained from three to five
minutes In meditation, sending thought
waves ' throughout the world. The aa
djesses at these meetings, says Fitch
were almost entirely laudatsry of the
sacredness of the organization and the
grounds upon which they were standing,
and especially of the sacredness of Mrs!
Tingley.
Mr. Fitch says that Mrs. Tingley showed
him a portrait of an Indian, with, the
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