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IIILLHHOKO, OUKOON, THURSDAY, XOVEMJSEK 30, 1899.
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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 CuUn want the troop withdrawn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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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