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ME JnllLLBBare VOL. VI. IIILLHHOKO, OUKOON, THURSDAY, XOVEMJSEK 30, 1899. NO. 37. i I 1 i. Hi tM j Mi "- "Li a aatt4- EVENTS OF THE Ml Epitome of the Telegraphk Newt of the World. TKKHK TICKS FROM THE VVIR1CI fta ltwll OolUetleaef ! roj Ik Twm HmuMM rtMMiU4 la a 0ede4 Perm. Fuiallpox la prevalent in Indian ter ritory. CuUn want the troop withdrawn lut no American civil governor. A new ttnaiM lilt oulr consid eration by the Itapuhlleaa committee. Eastern Oregon steer aril fur $70 apiece. Wool IP mi at lt cent per Ituu4. Secretary Wlleoa will try to reform Mil pruafUt practice o( freo oed distri bution. , , An orgsnlllort to control tho out (nit il eleetrla tnu ha beeu perfected iu New York. England ha given notica to ths rsiwer of Europe that a tate of war stlsta in the Transvaal. A portage nwd at The Dalle on the epper Columbia ti uuder ooustruuttuu. Thl la part of a large transportation system. A representative of the Itusslan go ruuieut 1 in Chicago buying hornet fur tha riuir. Over ,000 bead hav u far been purchased. Admiral WaUon reports that the tn tire province of Zsmtwmnr , island of Mluilanau, hui aurruudurw) to Cow wander Very. The widespread 0wmtlnni of ths Boer demon t rate ttiat they have greater treugth tlian hal been esti mated, my a London dispatch. A private of tha Twentieth, Kansas wyi tha Filipino whom Colonel Mat rail l accused of murdering was killed by tha culonal In Mil defense. Filipino troops are scattered tn rroall companies and am committing fright' fut atrocities. Tlmae of the native who have welcomed or tolerated tlie Amrt cant are nmiorsolensly cut to piece, Mr Francis Wlnegte, In tha battli with tha khatlfa'l force, near Gedld, captured 9,000 men. women and chil dren, Osmau Digua, the principal general of tha khalifa. Id till at large, Dr. von Hollahon, German amliaaiia dor to tha United State, In tba pre- tice of 2,000 Gorman, presented flat aunt by Emperor William to th United German Koldior' Kocletic la Chicago, Itepreaontatives of the American English ivndlcate have leen lu Moo tana all lummar and fall, securing op tion an the Ixwt sheep ratirhnN sn belt watereil land for the purpose of consolidating them Into one large com pany. Many koudi are twlng porobaaed by the government now. The Unltod State crnUer Muntmim try ha arrived at Moutevlritto. In couaeqnence of Lord Palltrimry'i tieroavement, diplomatlo umtUm will be delayed. It la laid that the Iloen move m fart and ofu-n that the ItrltUh cannot keep track of them. Hie Amorlian are tn eontnt vmtly greater territory In LuaoB t&M they were a month ago. Agulnalilo, with a few men, and carta, wa aneu Ix'tweeu Suu t and Baa Fernando on Friday, Jame D. ltlohardion wlllv""' ably U the leader of the f the neit home of repreienta,' Ai a matter of convenlaue-"m. Wwtern buiineaa, the Pullman pany will build repair ihop In Df A Brooklyn court hai rendorf ciilon that lohool board eanui forced to admit negroc la The Vancouver (B, 0.) chief, Hoe believe ho hai the loU(4t Taioott, the murderer of Mlllli Buell, of Chicago. ,.!, The BrltUh court of appeal hi vented the lower court and will pt the Mexican International rullra proceed with It plan for fuudU per cent bond. The navy deiartment ha awt. the coutraot for a drvdouk a League Iiland navy-yard, I'hllaT w Adinubiu, iuii w i aui pany, for 1783,000, A report hai been received torla of tlie drowning in Ala Mr. Dumliieton, another worn throe unknown men, They we: rled under the Ice lu a imall Beoanie he tramferred hi ton homo, the gift of patriotic cl flrnt to hi wife nd later to haiaci. Admiral Dewey 1 the inbjoot of JrTCi$ oenaure, ana oontriouton w m i -will accept no explanation. . ii Congrea will be potltlonoJ to breatt poxltlona for Fltahngh Lee and "Old How" Wheeler. A fund will alio bt itarted to purchase each of them a word. The movement in lioing engi neered by young Indies, who want tholr idol to bo major-gonorala. The lira meeting wa held la Chlcngo, The defendants of Queen Victoria now number 71. She hui aeven aoui and daughter! living, 88 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Friti Eloff, one of Prealdent Kruger'i 00 grandchildren, bean the honorary title of lieutenuut, doapite the taot that he la only 4 yean old. Mr. Koger Wolcott, of Boiton, hai ven an tmpoatng monument , to Pen perell, Ma., in memory of the men that town who fought at Bunker "a 4 boat WhI LATER NEWS. Rtohard Croker aayi Tammaay will upport Bryan. . h Chicago 1 after the Republican na tional convention. Admiral Dewey believe war In the 'blllppluei 1 practically over. New Zealitnd'i government 1 itock- Ing up the Inland with American game bird. Ureal Britain now reallami that the war 1 real aud eeka exprnwdon of neu trality, . , Bert Replneff, of Kaiihvllle, Teiin., won the ilx-uay wbnel rme at ht. Lou I. Tha tranaporU KIder and Belgian King are now out of the government ervloe. It 1 expected to have an all-trollny line from Portland, Me., to Bontou oiu by aprlng. If Goebel fa given a certificate of election martial law will be declared la Keutucky. Whaler are preparing tfl go out again. F.xpnnao of the bualunM hn lucre and 40 per cent over lait year. Oeunral Mothuen' ewmd battle In the advume to relief of Kliuberlcy re lulled In the Iom of nearly SOU BritUh aoldler. The Pacific Mall Company I charter ing tramp tteamer to replace tln .e chrtert. by the goverumout for traua port aervliw. The Knlghta of Labor will depart from their time-honored cunUim ami take a hnud In politic. It alao con template eatabliahlng K-hoola for 1U member. A manufacturer of wine aaaerted be fore a annate commttUw tlwt 00 per cent of the Imported wlnee are Anted- rau wine auut abroad, docbired aud Dt bade. The Puget Bonnd Can Company hai Incorporated under the law of New Jentey, capital f 200,000; Oregon Can Company, 121)0,000, aud California Can Company, 1300,000. , a II. White'! Burean," a "gt rlch-uulck" concern, located In the cotton exchange building, ew lork, hai oloaed It door and the promoter! have decamped with over l'JOO,000 ol other people'! money. General Mllea ha returned (mm hi trip to the Wert and South, lie re porta the defenae of the Pacific in good condition, but think more men are needed. He favor a regular army of one aaldler to every 1,000 of popuuv tlon. Major-General Otl will come home aooa. la Fjtgland, the "antla" are not lowed a free proa. al Three hundred bpeulih prlaoner are now at .Manila. Much aamage ha heen done to po tatoe by the recent rain In Oregon, Hundred are dying weekly In Chin from the plague, aud the government refuaea to take lanitary precaution. The United State ihlp Hanger at Mare laland, I iupoed to be fitting for some eecret mlaalon France 1 hoatlle to Cathollo order. Seven blahoprlc and laliirio of 700 vicar are to be luppreaeod. TnHip will continue to go to the Philippine. They will be needed, aa other Ulaud tluin Luaou are requiring attention. Roliert will not be able to retain hit neat, a a majority are against hiny He ha tome supporter who will luslut ou a bearing. Tlie rebels evacuated Mangalaron lit a hurry. They did not Are a hot an( -KS!3gLa ft t lueruy uurson Ikjpd report on the famine in India aayi that 80,000,000 people in the area are now affected. Relief work up t? the present time has cost the government $8,000,000, aside from losses of revenue and loam. Governor Leary aayi he mut have an ice machine in the Isle of Guam. Water i unlit to drink. With a cold storage outfit and aa occasional supply of frosh beef, he can furnish lubaist once for a larger garrison of men. Mrs. MoKlnley has made over 4,000 pain of kult slippera for charitable in stitutions. Former Senator Davis, of West Vir ginia, i to present the itate with an orphan asylum. Hiram Cronk, of Ogdensburg, N. Y li 00 yean old and the last lurvlvor of the Mexloan war. Harry J. MacDonald, who died In New York reoently, was the ion of a native African king. FUNERAL OF IIOBART Impressive Religious vices at Paterson. Ser NRRM0S BY KEY. I) 11. MAG IK UUIininl.aed M.a of the Nation I'r..-at-lUnialna I'U.ail In a Vault at Cvilar l.atvn VmrnaUirj, Fateraon, N. J., Nov. 28. With the Impreaalv religloua ceremonlna of the Preabyttsrlan church, and with the dig ttlty due to hi lilh offlco, all that waa mortal of ti e vioe-preaideut, (inrrett A, Hobart, waa committed to tins eurth. The rmwldeut. Si'cretarr of Sute John Hay, Chief Juatleo Fuller, ex-Vlce-1'renident Ievl P. Morton, ex- Secretary of Wr Ali(er, Fo:rtary of the lnhrior Hitchcock, the aupreine court judge, mmljem of the senate, member of conriMia and the vlre-pn tleut' iicriKiUJil friend filled the beau tlful Church of the lleduemer, and with molateued eye and bowed bead toettfled silently and eloquently to hi worth aa a sutomuan. frieud and Uelifhljirr. Through the went wlnlow fnm the center of the stulnod glaa Maltese croaa plerceil a sluilt of crimson light that shed it light around tlie cata falque aud bathed tlie orchids, nar ctnaus blossom and white rose In bright tlut. Tlie eye of the clergy man, Dr. David Magie, traveled along tho alia ft of light to the croa a he re prated the words: "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord." The chief maiflstrate of the country www ui muni to nu hand, lie was visibly agitated. There wa scarcely a dry cheek In tho crowded edifice and tlie widow wa comparatively the most composed. All the pomp of an official pageant, which waa omitted in deference to the wshea of the doceaed could never have caused the lmpre' sivenes of this scene. Tlirough a long Isue of thousand of uncovered heads, the cortege wended Ita way to Cedar Lawn cemetery, where the body was placed In the receiving vault. THE KHALIFA IS DEAD KIII.4 la a ItattU With (he Angle- Kgrptlaa Arroj. Cairo, Nov. 28 Lord Cromer, the British minister here, ha received the following dispatch from General Kikh oner: "Wlngato'i forcei caught up with the khalifa'i force 77 milea southeast of Gedll aud attacked it.. After sharp light he took tlie position. The khalifa, who wa surrounded by iMMty-guard ol emirs, wai killed, am: all the principal emln were killed captured except Oman Digna, who ea caied. The dcrvirhei were utterly do tea ted, tlieir whole camp waa taken and thousand! aurrendered. A Urge number of women, children and cattle alao foil Into the hands of the Anglo- Egyptian force." General Kitchener also wires: "We took tlie entire dervish camp, All the dervishes not killed aurrvu dered. I cannot speak too highly of the excellent behavior of the troops, and their enduring the long, tedious marches preceding the flual action, from 4 o'clock tn tlie morning of No vejaber 21 until 6 o'clock in the morn tag of November 24 they marched 00 talle and fought two decisive actions. 1 . "The Soudan may now be declared to be open." REBELLION BROKEN Troops am now Scattered In 8mnll I'oiupanlea. a, Nov. 38. The last Filipino 11 of war waa held by the retreat- trj leaden at Bayanibang 'November 11, i tlie house now occupied by Gen sjnil IaoArthur. It was attended by A-aldo, Plo del Pilar, Garcia, Ale kr LAiw and some members of the so- ;;e154 cabinet. Information haa Ki3il General Mac Arthur from gov rat ourcs to tlie effect that the conn i C rigiilsed the futility of attempt ' id totlier resistnnoe to the Ainorlcuns ' w "l Suited forces, and agreed that the T o troops should scatter and t4 hereafter follow guerrilla meth yl, The disposition of tho generals, It J Uelr approximate lorces, is as 1 Conceplon, with 840 men, Kglja province; General Maoa- With 825 men, at the town of province of Tar lac; General Pilar, with 800 men, northeast bIob; General Aquino, with BOO Arayat; General Bun Miguel, men, in Zitmboloa province; Mascardo, with 1,100 men, in talus west of Angeles, and the largest force, probably under Gen eral Trias, in Cavito province. f rV. Train Struek a Slide. Troutdale, Or., Nov. 28. The O. R. & N. eustbound passenger No, 2 ran in to a small slide near Booster Book at 9 p. in. The engine was derailed and slid down the embankment, instantly killing Fireman Milor and injuring En gineer Robert Hunter, how seriously la not known. The mail car was de railed, but the passenger coaches re mained on the track. The train crew and passengers showed great heroism In the work of digging the doaa and In jurod men from tlie wreck. Tlinnk.f Ivln lu Berlin. Berlin, Nov. 28. Rev. Mr. Dickie, pastor of the American ohuroh in Ber lin, delivered today a Thanksgiving discourse before a large congregation. The church was hung with American flg. ' Rusty marks can he taken out o linen bv dinning it in hot water and njueesinjj the juice of a lemon over it. sWa If, 0 i .--Jan BATTLE OF OR AS PAN, Iom ltoe4 MM Aftlltovr rire, n aa Infantry Attack ftVnnWd Tb.m. Orange River, Nov. 80. The British arm have achieved a brilliant victory. The enemy, atrongly entrenched, held range of hill commanding both side the railroad at I tool Laagto, near rspan. The Lauicaalilree, under tawia, reoonnoltered In an armored train Friday. The Boer shelled the train, killing Lewi and a private. iennral Methuen thea advanced. Hi column made a detour and bivouacked it the night at Bwlnk'l Pan, three mile from the Boer position. At dawn the advance began, the guard forming the reserve. The column debouched on the plain eastward of the Boer kopjes. The Doer gun opened fire. The bat teries of the British artillery, posted on each fide, shelled the Boer, thj prso- tlce being good on both sldea. ' The I'.oers stack tenaeiously to their posi tions, firing steadily and accurately. The duel, which constantly became hotter, lasted three hour. The Boer shells wounded several men of the na val brigade. Finding It impossible to displace the Boers by artillery, General . Me thuen resolved upon an Infantry attack. brigade of Infantry, Including the Yorkshires, the Northampton, the Northumberland and the' Lancha- shires, with the naval brigade on the right, gallantly stormed the Boer posi tiona, lu the face of a withering Are, and carried hill after hill, the brigade under Colonel Money capturing the main position against a tcrriflo fire, but uffuriug terribly. , CunaltlM at Oranpna- London, Nov. 80. A dispatch has been received here from General Boiler, giving a list of casualties among the troop engaged In the battle of Graa- pan, but which t now otllcially desig nated a the battle of K.natin. It proves, a waa anticipated, that the British mccesa wa heavily bought. The losses announced today, added to the naval brigade casualties previously reported, make a grand total of 198, the cost of General Methuen second battle. In the engagement, the Y'orkihlre apparently bore, with the naval brigade, the brunt of the fighting, as there were in addition to three oilicers, 48 of the rank sud file killed, wounded and miss ing. The fact that the list contained the casualties of the Ninth Lancer seems to dispose of the fear that the cavalry waa surrounded and captured, especially a uono of the lancer are re ported missing. THE ROBERTS CASE. III Opponents Not Settled on a Finn for (letting Rid of Ulna. New York, Nov. 80. A special to the Tribune from Washington says No plana have yet been matured for the exclusion of B. II. Roberts from membership la the house. Mr. Rob erts' credential are regular In form and he Is as much entitled to be sworn In a a member as any other represen tative-elect who may present himself at the bar of the house next Monday Ilia riv'ht to take part In the election of a speaker will not be questioned by the hold-over clerk, and It is doubtful if any precedents can be found to sus tain the speaker thereafter in refus ing to administer the customary oath, Precedents made in dealing with former delegates from the territory of UUih are conceded not to apply to the full-Hedged representatives whom Utah as a state now sends to congress. Both democratic and republican leaden are seeking some method of dealing with the Kolierta case which will take it wholly out of partisan politics. Un doubtedly the fairest and most aatisfac torv procedure would be to ackuowl edge the legality of the Utah member's rundeutials and to refer his disputed qualifications, as the constitution pro vides, to the subsequent judgment of the house. A resolution to expel him on the ground of his polygamous lelations would require a two-thirds vote, and In securing the majority the co-opera tion of the two parties in the house would be more coulvnclngly demon strated than In any Irregular effort to juggle him out of his eligibility on a point of order requiring only a major ity vote. It is felt by the man exper ienced managers on both sides that the Issue raised by Mr. Roberts' election, to be met effectively, should be met in deliberate, dignified and altogether regular way. Major Howard's Funeral. Omaha, Nov. 80. Major Guy How ard, who was killed in the Philippines last October, was buried here today with military honors, interment being In Prospect Hill cemetery. The funeral was strictly private, and waa con ducted at tlie residence of Judge J. M. Woolworth, father-in-law of the de ceased, and Including only the cere mony of the Episcopal church, road by Bishop Willlamns, assisted by Dean Fair. Military funeral rites had been observed in Manila, October 25. The transport Manannose, with three companies of the Thirty-first infantry has arrived at Manila. She narrowly esoaped disaster. The omoera and sol diers were for 12 days balling with buckets. The steamer was unsea- worthy, undermanned and short of pro visions. Her engines broke down and she rolled three days in a typhoon. Used His Pen Too Freely. Washington, Nov. 80. N. F-. Daw son, a clerk In the office of General Miles, has been dropped from the rolls on aocount of letters he has written to officials of , the government reflecting upon the presidont. A company of capitalists has pur chased the entire village of Smlthvllle, Mass., inoluding a three-story brick faotory, a machine shop, storehouses, a country store, 13 dwellings and other buildings. RETREAT OF BOERS Joubert's Forces Fall Back on Ladysmith. BUITISn POSITION TOO 8TR0XO lllldrard's Vlrtorr Kvld.ntlr Tamed the Tldn-OnUh Dwtrsjrnd the Brldf at Frarn. London, Nov. 29. The colonial office ha reoelved the following dlipatoh from the governor of Natal, dated Pietermaritxburg, Sunday, November 23 "The Boer are retiring on Weenaa. Our troop are occupying a ridge three mili! northward of the Moot river. It appear that the Boers have found our position too strong, and are retiring toward Ladysmith with the loot they have collected. The river la in flood l'.uller has arrived. Telegraphic com munication with Estoourt waa restored early this morning. Frara Bridge Destroyed. Estoourt, Nov. 29. The railroad bridge at Frere, spanning a wide stream, has been destroyed by the Boer, who are reported to be retiring rapidly. A general advance upon Colenso ha been ordered, and a flying column ha left here to intercept the Boer raiding par ties. Boers Drift. Back. London, Nov. 29. The war depart ment has received the following dis patch from General Buller, dated l'ietermarltzburg: Hildyard, going from Estoourt, made a successful attack November 25 with three battalions, one field battery, a naval gun and 70 mounted troops on the enemy, ocenpving Beacoa hill, which dominated Willow Grange, and had interrupted his communication Aa a result of operations the enemy is retiring, and the railway and telegraph lines have been restored between Est- coort and Weston. Our loss was about 14 killed and (0 wounded. Uilayard ha advanced to a position near Frere, as be hopes to cut off the enemy, who is believed to be retiring on Colenso. via Wee nan. "Barton, from Weston, has advanced to Estoourt. A soon as communica tion is restored, I will telegraph par titulars. - So far as I can make out the operation is one for which Hildyard aud the troops deserve much credit. The railway Is now omen to Frere." For the moment Boer Invasion southward In Natal seems not only to have spent its force, but to have devel oped into a retrograde movement. Though with forces so mobile aa those of the Boers, It is difficult to surmise where thev will appear next. Appar ently General Clery's advance to the relief ol Ladrsunth has really com menced. So far as ascertainable Hildyard'i force, which Is alreadv t Frere, must number 1,000 men, and should be able to reoccupy Colenso, when It may have to await reinforcements of artil lery and cavalry before joining hand with General White. General Barton now occupies Estoourt, and the Mooi river will be occupied by reinforce ments from Petermaritxburg. The whole situation has been distinctly cleared since the arrival of Buller In Natal, though doubtless the British will have many difficulties to overcome before White is relieved. The biir battle is likely to occur at the passage of the Tugela river, and it may be expected that the Boers will make a stand there, in any case, wherever they elect to try to stem the British advance, there will be desper ate fighting and of a sanguinary char acter. Th outlook in Cape Colony is dark for the British. That General Gataore has no easy tusk Is proved by the latest dispatches from Queenstown and else where, showing that the majority of the population on the frontier have openly declared themselves on the side of the Boers. Bands of Boon an do ing immense damage over a wide ana and they have now appeared south of Stormberg. Gatacre, however, moves to the front today, so it Is hoped by the British that the invasion will soon be stemmed. Dr. Jamleson, leader of the famous raid, has arrived in London from South Africa. - General Hllilyard's Losses, Durban, Nov. 29. The latest reports of General Hildyard's losses at the Beacon hill engagement show that 15 men were killed and 72 wounded. The West Yorkshire regiment Buffered heavily. Major Hobba was captured and several men are missing. Dis patches from Krnger and Joubert, found on a Boer prisoner, said the Boer losses at Belmont were 10 men killed and 40 wounded. Castro Takes to the Warpath. Caracas, Vcnesuela, Nov. 29. Gen eral Castro left here this morning foi Valencia, where he has assembled about 4.500 men, to attack General Hernan dez. He will return immediately, leaving General Petrie in command. General Ilernandes has dynamited bridge on the German railroad so as to retard Castio's advance. Upton's Contributions. London, Nov. 29. Sir Thomas Lip ton, in view of the fact that his steam vacht Erin cannot be utilized by the government as a hospital ship, sent 10,000 to the Princess of Wales to be used at her discretion for the benefit of aoldlen and sallore. The executive committee of the American ladies' hos nital-shlD fund has received an anony' moua gift of 48,000 from the United States, together with a promise of as much more if tt should be needed. CENSUS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS. I Boanlrevaat a-f tit. Law la Bef ard to Statistics. The law requires the statistics forth 12th census of dairy products (farm and factory) to be taken oa separate achedulef. The division of agriculture will take the amounts of milk and cream pro duced aid sold, and the amount of money received from their tales; alio the quantity and value of all the but ter and cheese made n the farm. On the manufacture. schdule will be taken the quantity of butter and cheese made in factories, co-operative and oth erwise, together with the quantity and cost of raw material (milk and cream), cost of labor, capital invested, charac ter and value of plant and machinery. etc. After the two forms of schedules shall have been returned to the census office In Washington, the like statistic of dairy products on each will be con solidated, and thus show, what never heretofore haa been shown, the total yield of milk in the United State and the amounts and values of ita several porducta. This assertion is based on the as sumption that the farmers shall fur nish to the enumerator, fully and ac curately, the Information which the schedule may call for. la tome sections the records of cheese factory and creamery operations for the current year are destroyed, agreeably to previous vote of directon or patrons. For 1899 they should vote, instead, to have prepared and preserved for the use of the census enumerators, who will appear on June 1, 1900, the statistics which the law says shall be gathered. In many eases s failure to do this will prevent the enumeraton from se curing any returns, because new man agers, or new secretaries, or new boards of control mav be in charge on June 1 1900, who will know nothing of the factory statistics of 1899 and the fig urea for 1899 are the ones which the law says shall be taken. Farmers who keep no records of their transactions will find themselves In ths same dilemma, on the arrival ol the census enumerator, as a factory which destroys its records. Therefore, Chief Statistician Powers is appealing to all of them to prepare in writing, while the necessary facts are fresh In mind, such a statement of milk, cream, butter and cheese products as will enable them to reply promptly and accurately to the inquiries which the law says the enumeraton must make. If they shall fail to do this, the sta tistics of dairy products in their coun ty will be incomplete, and will com pare unfavorably with those of counties wherein the returns an more accurate. THE POPE WORKS HARD. Haw tha Supreme Pontiff Pasaaa Each Day at th Vatlosn. Rome, October, a, 1899. (Special Cable.) Pope Leo is an early riser, and by that I mean a man who is out of bed and at work at five o'clock in the morn ing. He takes a light breakfast a little very weak coffee with plenty of milk, and a piece of bread. ' He works, reading or writing and receiving some visits, until lunoh time. In the after noon he takes his walk, and when in ordinary health spends some time la the gardens of the Vatican; then he returns to his apartment, where he says his rosary. He may then receive a few visitors, after which he takes a nap and dines. At ten P. M. he reads the newspapers and then retires for the night The Pope thus really works all day long, and Utterly he has taken nourishment four or five times a day, but always of a light character a lit tle meat, soups, bouillon, a glass 01 two of Mariani wine and a good deal ol milk, which forms the larger part ol his diet. During hit recent illness very little medicine was given him; the physicians relied principally upon rest, nourish ment and stimulants every now and then, but always in small quantities, The Pope s nervous energy, aa al ready noted in a previous letter, is something remarkable in one of his ad vanced years, and when he comes out of his apartment he almost runs welk ins so fast that his attendants can hardly keep up with him. When he is to be carried in state into the Sistine Chapel, to attend or preside at any ceremony, the clanking of the sabres of the noble guard on the marble floon can be heard a long distance off, and several minutes be fore the procession reaches the chapel, The Pope, it seems, although sleeping well, and enjoying his afternoon nap, which he takes every day, does not sleep so much at night, during whioh he may get up several times, and sven jo to work. A house to house secretary Is the lat est employment which an enterprising woman has devised for her sex. She declares she has found scores of women unable to write their social note and letters creditably, while othere an sim- ilarly unable to attend properly to their business lettera, and by employing t secretary for these purposes they mt only escape blundere, but add some- thing to their prestige by the fact that theonly sign theifletten, and an, therefore, known to have a secretary. ' , 7 DEFENSES OF PACIFIC General Miles Found Them In Good Condition. SAYS MORE ME ARB SEEDED Tot Enough Artillerists to Maa th Great Onas Wnnte Larger Kegalar Army. New York, Not. 80. A special to the Herald from Washington says: General Miles, who has just returned from a long tour of Inspection la the far West and Booth, said tonight: The fortifications along the Pacific mast and the Gulf an in very good con dition. The engineers have done good work. While the labor are only part ly protected, it would not be safe for a hostile battle-ship or flees, to enter them now. None of the harbors an com pletely fortified. The lour great har bors of the Paciflo coast at which de fensive works an being erected an Puget sound, the mouth of the Colum bia river, San Francisco and Baa Diego. "Then an only enough artillerists stationed on the coast to take can of the guns not to man them. Ths guns are great pieces of machinery and re quire very skilled artillerists to take can of them and to handle them. More artillery is lodged along the en tire coast of 4,000 miles, including ths Atlantic, Pacific and Golf. The garrisons wen not sufficiently strong at the posts I visited. This is due to the fact that most of ths army la out of the country at present. Con gress authorised a regular army of 85, 000 and 35,000 men for the existing emergency. For a good many year I have been in favor of 004. soldier for every thousand of our people. 1 think 65,000 men should be skilled in the modern art of war and the use of mod ern appliances. That would be a very small number aa compared with other armies of the world, yet sufficiently large to keep abreast of the improve ments in warfare which are being made. Of course, the size of the army should be to some extent commensurate with the population and wealth and po sition of the government. A country like Mexico would not require aa arsuy as large aa that of Germ any. or Russia. Our country is nearly twice as large as Germany or France, and a small force of comparatively skilled, well edu cated, trained aoldier would not only be wise and judicious, bat would be la the Interest of safe and good adminis tration. "The best illustration of disregarding the necessity and welfare of a nation in this respect, is China, which pos sesses the greatest population and has been repeatedly whipped and overran and placed under indemnity, and in fact her very existence is threatened at present simply because she has become a nation of noncombatanta." Great Game Pieaitra. Washington, Nov. 80. Acting super intendent Brown, of Yellowstone Na tional Park, in his annual report to Secretary Hitchcock, announces a total of 9,579 visitors to the park during the year. He recommends an appropria tion of $300,000 for projected Improve ments, including many new roads and bridges. Legislation is recommended to make the forest reserves bordering on the southern limits a part of the park. It is believed the antelope la the park have increased within the last two years; bear are increasing and con stantly breaking into buildings; deer are increasing; elk are rapidly- Increas ing, and now number from 85,000 to 60,000, but scouts report that 8,000 Idled during the winter. Then are probably 50 or mon buffalo In the park. Coyotes an far too numerous, and poisoning them will be tried. The report says that as s game preserve the park is probably the greatest in the world. The Tim to Strike. Berlin, Nov. 80. The Deutsche Zei- tung publishes the following dispatch, dated Pretoria, November 9 T, received through Boer diplomatlo channels: , 'President Kroger and President Bteyn have instructed. General Joubert and General Cronje not to split their forces into small detachments, but to strike vigorous blows. General Joubert has three corps, one holding Lady smith, the second commanding the Tugela, and the third east of Estoourt, in order to cut off the British re treat. General Cronje's forces an di vided into three contingents, one at Kimberley, another at Modder river, and the third in the rear of General Methuen." Steamer Tram Valdea. Seattle, Nov. 80. The steamer Ex celsior, Captain Downing, arrived from Copper river tonight, with 15 passen gers from that section. Captain Down ing reports a toot of snow at Port Val dea. He lays leas than 100 people will winter at that point. - , Antl-Chrl.tiam Blot la China. Shanghai, Nov. , 80. The North China Dally Mall has a dispatch from Che Foo, province of To Shang Tang, which reports a serious anti-Christian rising among the natives in ths Chi- Nan-Foo. Ho Fear of Cuban tTfri.lag. Washington, Nov. 80. Nothing la known hen in official circles to war rant the published predictions to the effect that an uprising oa a large scale ta "et Thanksgiving day UtCuba, ' directed against Amerioans. On the ,uiMX' dvlof fflotf uro to toe w" dfJBrtT. J "how th,t the g?"dtt0M ? , Cu mtt'my ! "Jl Mscontented embs ' of the late Cuban war party. r'