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VOL. VI.
IIILLSBOUO, OREGON, TIIUItSDAY, JANUAKY 25, 1900.
NO. 45.
NTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
Newt of the World.
TKRSH T1CKM FUOJC THK WIItEB
Am Interesting Oellaetloa nf Item Tram
the Ta Il.ml.ph.r. r rMtd
la Coad onset Fares.
Hepburn believe thn huuwi wilt pawl
the canal lilt, ... '
General Bailer cable tint lib think
be is making prioress. ,
The new of the aut'cfti of the Mexi
can troops 1. continued. - ' ,
The second , drliichiiif lit. of Loudon
VuhiDtoiij hut lull lot the atpo.. ..
Count and Countess Cutallana, on
GorUd, have arrived la New Yurk, ,s
fb United HI lie workers voted down
a resoliilloa o tr tup tar tut tho Ikwr.
Juhu liUoliu, tho gieut art critic and
writer, iimvJ away in liln 8 1st year at
London,
General Juim- 1". Wade has Uknu
temporary ehaigu of tliu dujaituiuui of
tha lake.
Motormeu and conductor of Troy,'
N. Y., mo uut lor j more ag and
shorter huur. , J ; ;t i ; 7 t j
A deadly quarrel In the lulinti quar
ter u( New York resulted In the killing
o( three) o( olio family.
The Paldwiu htcoinotive work, ol
Philadelphia, him received mi order lot
111) lurB locomotive front France.
Danish former liit vi sunt tlm Prin
ces of Wales 12,000 hoie ul rhuiiMi
butter (ur tlm llrltUli nulilii-m lu
Africa.
V Tbt rvii Mm (ir the close censorship
It now being appreciated In London,
and Mia people are willing to await Ute
results.
An Indiana volunteer, writing home,
say tlmt ' Wheeler gave tired antd
ler hi horse ud, taking their gun,
luarvhml with the boy.
Owing to" danger threatening the
commonwealth o( Frankfort, Ky.,
clergymen set aside 'f uesday a a day
of humiliation mid prayer.
Rev. Mr. Sheldon will have absolute
control ul all department of the To
pek (Kan.l Capital lur (iu wk,
wbttti h will duitiuitriit how a Chrir
tiau daily alioulil be i-oujiu-tt'd , and
iMtsd. '
Tha 10th auuuat r)iirt ol tlm UnltiJ
Btatva civil nor v too coniiiilulon hai
ba pruMitilml to tha (irwlduiit. It
ihowa an Inrreaxe in thn tiumlior ol
(rfrwiina ciuploynd and more eamiini
tloua ol apiilli'tttil taut ytur tlmu ii
any jirevioui ynar ul the cnuinUloti.
TIib Aahland wm.i ii niilln, oiiboI tin
olilimt iudimtrlal iliil)lilum'iil In Or
oii, rforiMniiiUuti au lnvtd capital
ol ovr il5,000, and regularly employ'
tug 80 to S5 hand waa Pitally do
tniyel by fire, which la nmuxwtHl to
have originated lit the Mi'ttvitiu-Mom
The luaurauce auinuuttvl to $I3,&00.
Senator Clear waa re-elnctml in Iowa
New York haa let a contract (or au
other aubway to ourt f3S, 1)00,000.
Many Americana will be needed In
the goveruinvut plana (or the Kilipiuoa
Jtowrt M. MoNade ha litwn ap
polntixl to iiicceed Dr. lledkie an ouU'
ul at C'autou.
The Fariiiein' Allimica wanta tha
propoaed ihlp aubnidy uiouey Bpeu tot
Mpnrt uomiUe. ;w .4 a-
Buera attacke.! Frunch'j , adt-aucod
pout and won repulned with killud
aud 60 wouuded.
, Landlord Whltten, ol Kkngway, loll
from the gangplank ol a ateamor at
Heattle and waa drowned.
, Ovtr50,000 driwmi of
all kliida of
vohloloa are on atrike in
Hio Janeiro
Troopa were called out to nmlntiiiu or
dor. ...
tireat flooda ol f t ,000 bill are aabl to
Imve beau a promlnout (future in thi
ciinipaign ol Honntor Chirk ol Mou
tana.. ; .
" Tbmnaa D. Itoed aayn be (hula aolflah'
iii'hh ia inaHter ol the huinau race and
tha world mnat work to hotter coudl
ttona of .the jyple.
'In the aeuato Senator reltlgrew de
clared that "the blood ol every aoldiei
. who haa fallen ainoe the war began ia
on the huudi ol the administration."
Mini Helen Gould haa given $50,000
to aid iu the building o( the new honii
(or tho naval branoli ol . the Young
Men'i Christian Aaaoulatiou in Brook
lyn. Tho apeolal eommittee of the houM
to iuveatlgate the oaae ol Hoberta ol
Utah, Hilda that lioberta had three
wives. It ia aabl he wilt not be al
lowed to remain in oongrena and a ma
jority favoia not allowing him to In
eated at all.
Koaoiuaoo'i friend and cloae iihso
oiate, Haym Haloiiion, will be given
medal by oougreaH, Ilia relativei
claim that he loaned thin country
money during the revolutionary wai
and it waa nevor repaid. The medal
ia a compromise of their oliiim. ,
lierlin, Oermany, la to contract an
underground railway coating $25, 000,
.. 1)00...
Jwenty-three yeara ago Senator Tel-
' ler entered the senate. Only three
aenatora who saw him aworn In ar
Jtia colleaguea Atliaou of Iowa,
Uookirall ol Missouri, and Jonea of Ne
vada. in tne intervening 8 yenn
over ' hundred aeuatora have died
Uut Mr. Teller, although nearly thre
icore and ten, ia (till strong and vig
proua. :,
laicr Niws,
A majority of the aeuatora la agalnat
the aratiug of Quay.
Another revolutionary plot In Yenea-
uula haa Uen nipped ia the bud.
Mlllinna in war munition were im
ported through ' Dutagoa bay by the
lioera.s
A' Poer patrol, mUtaklug algnala,
waa UJIy cut Up by a hut Ore from a
lirltUh kopje.
'Tha headquarter of (jennrala White
and Hunter wa amanhud by a abut
(rum a "Long Torn." ' .. i
IVapite report to the contrary, Web-
iter fiaiv i to be iKtalued aa awlatabt
oretary ol the interior.
The ateatner Townnend, rdying lie-
tweeii Heattle and Ahmkiiti jioiuta, i a
total lo. niiur lliiliiu't Mlwiou.
Ilontaga WbiUt will be reoeiri-d at
tha ooiMular and diplomatic repreaeut
atira of tha Houtu Afiican wpablio. '
Kecretary Hoot ha inntied an order
apjxiiuttng a coniplete new Itoiird ol
ordnauce, with the exception ol Gen
eral Mlli-.
Governor Viatte will call an extra ae-
lon ol the L'aiiloruia legiHlature. A
I'uiled Ktate aeuator will probably
be elected.
('aptuin I, l'rii'dmnn, who died in
Kan i'rauoliHw ruoeiitty, left thre-uar-ten
til hi (ortuue, amounting to $76U.-
000, Us charity, , .
'Hie new aliip now being built lor
theOieuulo Htmumihip Coiiiiwiiy will
t without ecr in the I'acillo, and
will greatly Improve the aervice.
Matt llilatrnm, who killed Luke
MiNier. the ClaUou uuuuty logger,
w adiiulL;l inauue. The evidence
(ilioweil the iuwnity to be hereditary.
The overdue t'tty of Seattle, baa been
rnirtcd (nun Jumau, where (lie waa
biwed by the . (Hittage City. .The
Keattlu'a delay waa canned by the
breaking o( her propeller.
Hie trannport reniwylvania, which
ail (rout Kan r'rancinco, will carry
funda for jiayiug off the United Htate.
troop now in the l'hilipplue. About
1,'.'A0,U00 will lie taken,
The ca.t;tln and crew of H of the
ISrltUli lU-anicr . Snttou, ahicii went
anhore on Keiiwick aboaU, iu ladaware
bay, have arrived in 1'hiladeplhia. It
la Itelieved the Sutton' Will prove a
total loi.
In the aenata Pettlgruw 'olTered a
remit ution calling nu the prealdcnt to
end the MUiate the report ol General
ltatea relatlnit to the treaty with the
ultail of Hulu. Ameug other thinx
the re dm Ion atk whether tho aultan
and hi odlclal are uuder the civil er-
vice.
The conning of rabbit waa aUiped
In Chicago by humane omcer.
In a great battle which hutted all
day Sunday the tiocri held their own,
Mlnea at Johanneaburg have made
impregnable that city from an attack'
ing force.
McthodUt mlaaioiiarlea will begin
active work in the l'bilippiuea to oou
vert tha Tagal.
Count lloui de Caatellane aay he ii
going to uae hia cane on the editor ol
the 1'aria Fbaro .
Toe pope warmly prainea the work ol
an endowinuiit for a Calbollo nuiver
aity at Washington.
The Duke ol Teck la dead at London.
He died from pneumonia after an ill
ueaa ol aevoral day.
The sugar war ia to be continued on
t)ie name line aa heretofore, and no
eettlemeut i in eight.
At Butte, Mont., Domlnick Maaaa, a
painter, mounted a bidder to paiut a
building, lie grabbed a live wire and
fell dead.
Colonel George M. Randall and Col
onel J a m en Hell, have been named by
the preaideut for promotion to the rank
of brigadier-general. -
George D. Herrou, formerly pro
feaaor of Iowa college, aaya that the
efTeot of aoclallHtn on religloua dogma
wilt be to change the whole attitude of
human belief. '
Half a million dollars ia the esti
mated coat of repairing the Olympia
according to the report of tho naval
conatruction board. Tho work will be
done at the lioaton navy-yard, and will
occupy aliout a year,
According to the New York Herald'
Washington correspondent there ia an
excellent prospect that the Nicaragua
oaual bill will go through thin aeaaion
without waiting (or the report of the
Walker commission.
Mrs, Annie Ellsworth Smith ie dead
at New York, She aent the first tele
graphic message, "What hath God
wrought?" from the United States su
preme court room, Washington, to Bal
timore. Two negroes wore shot to death and
two white men desperately wounded aa
the result of an attempt to arrest a ue
pro murderer at Macon, Ga. J. II
Butler, colored, ia the man who did
most of the shooting, and who was
himself shot to doath.
' A long-time resident of South Africa,
now in JNew York, says the Boers are
not brave; that they will fight from
cover; but in the open, man to man
the Boer is no matcn tor the Briton, or
other white , antagonist. He predicts
the British will win soon.
Brigadier-General Greely, chief of
the signal corps, is steadily recovering
from the injuries inflicted on him by a
druukeu expressman.
The resemblance between Roberts,
the polygamlst, aud Senator Pritchard
of North Carolina, is romarkablo. They
might be twin brothers. Both are of
the same build, have the same cast of
features, wear mustaches trimmed
vlike, and their ourly hair might bo
'uplioate wigs.
ISRITISII ADVANCING
Slow and Cautious, But Keep
Moving Ahead.
IIAUD F10HT1NU OS TIIK HILLS
Uoar Pureed Klmllljr llit.k from Kop-
) in K,,iJ-ni lu Ho Kberl
of AuiMiuulllua.
Spearman Camp, Jan. 23. After
10 hour of continuous and terrible (ire
yesterday, General Hart and Clery ad
vanced 1,000 yard.' The Boei main
tained an Irregular fire during the
night, but the British outpost did not
reply.
This morning at daybreak tho lioer
opened a stiff lira.. The Hritinh -atrxwi
to the gun where they hud slept and
an engagement was renewed vigor
ously. The field artillery ured shrap
nel into the enemy's trenches. -
A rumor that Ladyuntth had been
relieved enlivened the British, who
sent up a ringing cheer. This wa
taken for an advance. The first kopje
wa carried at tho point of the bayouet,
and the Boer letreatud to the next
kopje, which, tike most others, wa
strewn with immense boulders, ur
mouuted by mounds on the summit.
The British advanced steadily !and
the Boer relaxed sightly. The lattet
did not show such tenacity aa pre
viously. Their Nordenfeldta lire.! at
long lutcrvuU, and their cannon fired
but seldom. Apparently the Boers
were short of ammunition. All day
tha roar of musketry f, re continued.
Tbe British took three Boer position
on the mountain and found shelter be
hind the boulder.
El-Trsn.tasl Cuu.nl Arrl.rs.
Wasllngton, Jan. '.'3. Mr. Moutagn
White, formerly consul to the Trans
vaal republic at London, and who, it
is understood, is in this country to en
deavor to obtain recognition as the dip
lomatio representative of the tepublio
here, arrived in thi city today, from
New York.
tetter rrom Kruger.
London, Jn. . 23. A special dis
patch from Naples say that Mr, Ma
crum is reported to be the bearer of a
letter to Freaident McKinley from
lreident Kruger, in which the latter
proposes peace terms baaed on tSe
tatus quo, with complete indepeud
enoe and. a seven years' ranchlse.
WALL OF GOLD ORE.
Thousands
t'pun Tboii.snds
of Tons
In High.
Prairie City, Jan. 23. What is In
some respecta the most phenomenal
gold find iu F-asteru Oregon, l 7
miles south of Prairie City, in Grant
county. Tho width of the ledge is 600
feet, and the walla are broken away for
distance of more than 8,000 feet,
leaving the ore exposed 150 to 800 feet
in the air. It ia said that nowhere in
the world has such a body of ore been
found, standing, aa this does, where no
tunneling ia necessary. The value of
tho ore runa from $3 to 6 per ton In
gold, and it is free milling. Thousand!
upon thousands of tons of ore, unin
cumbered by mountains of dirt and
valuelesa rock, atand uncovered.
Battle With VaquU.
Nogalea, Aria., Jan. 23. News was
received trom the south this morning
that General Lorenzo Torres had en
gaged the Yaquis at Macoyata, killing
over 200 and taking 600 prisoners.
Father Beltr. n aud several sisters of
charity who have been held as prison
ers of war by the Yaquis for the last
six. months were rescued by the victor!
ous Mexican troops and are now .with
General Torres. It is expeeted that
this last important victory of General
Torres will have the effect of scattering
the Yaquis aud will result iu ending
the war,
Killed by Earthquake.
City of Mexico, Jan. 23. News is
irriving from the interior points affect'
ul by the earthquake Friday night and
Saturday morning. Much damage was
done to property in Guadalajara, and
the city of Colinva, capital of the slate
of the same name, was the scene of
turrillo experience, accompanied with
the loss of seven lives. The City of
Mexico came off comparatively tin'
scathed iu the earthquake, few acci
dents occurring here or in the suburbs,
The church of the Three Kings, in the
suburbs, waa cracked, aud will be
closed for repairs. ...
Huw Hen Wor. Ambushed.
Manila, Jan. 23, The escort of SO
men of company O, Thirtieth infantry,
Lieutenant Ralston commanding,
which waa ambushed near Lipa, con.
aiBted of 60 convalescents from the
hospital, who were going to rejoin tha
regiment,; The insurgents hid iu thi
bushes along the road and opened fir
upon the puck train from three sides.
The Americans, in addition to their
casualties, were compelled to abandon
the train,, whtob consisted of 22 horses.
The latter, with their packs, fell into
the hands of the insurgents, who pur
sued tho retreating escort for three
miles along the road, until the Amerl
cans wore reinforced. ( vs
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T; Nlearaau Oh.leOtt o Merry.-'
Managua, Nioaragnft,, Jau.!28: "(VU
Galveston, Tex., Jan. 8.)-The ,,'Niqa
raguan government will . appoint Jose
Ed Rodriguez and Bruno Bruitat mi
arbitrators for Nicaragua lu adjusting
the differences with the Maritime
Cannl Company. It is understood' tte
government will object to United
States Minister Merry and Rudolph
vYeiser, the company's agent, as repre.
sentatives of the company iu the arbl
tration
RELIGIOUS MONOPOLY,
Prsfewar Herroa, ef laws, the Effect
of aaclallera. ' V
New York, Jan. 24. George V.
Herron, formerly a professor in Iowa
college, who Is on his way to I'.ussia to
visit Count Tolstoi, said in a lecture
last night before the Social lie form
Club that what Protestant Christen
dom termed religion authority was es
lentially a monopoly.
"There la 110 difference, he said,
"between the oil combination that says
'Pay unto me so much tribute, or else
;o without oil,' and that of, the church
that says 'Whorship as 1 say or b
damned.' It is exactly the name prin
ciple; that which lies back of the
Standard Oil combination and the
Protestant church.
"Socialism haa coma to ua not as an
economic change, but it stands for a
new spirit and a new world, From the
various forms of individualism, through
capitalism and the various forms of dis
tribution, from what a man is sup
posed to earn and what he really needs,
we must finally reach that stagi where
human need is the only recognized coin
if the realm for a decent society . The
neutral idea of socialism is tftatof ever;
human being an equal inheritor o:
worldly benefits. And in thU day all
things objective aud subjective are
tending toward the socialistic Idea.'.
"One of the grave questions is the
effect socialism will have on religion.
What will be the effect on the general
mental attitude in human life if social
Ism should predominate? What will
be the effect of the creeds and the dog
mas, the gods and the temples? -The
effect of socialistic idea possessing the
world would change the whole atti
tude of human life toward the future
Protestantism stands by, menacing
the integrity ol the human soul. The
element ol (ear ha been dominant in
man (or centuries. They are afraid of
the gods they worship, and must propi
tiate them. They must sacrifice to
their unknown gods more truits ol one
kind ol monopoly or another; perhaps
by founding universities or theological
seminaries.
"II we really had democracy if it
were a fact instead of dogma in the
itate and industry, we could not escape
democracy in ethics. No human being
has the right to impose ethical or relig
ious authority on another human be'
lug. All imposed authority ia essen
tially atheistic. The man who seeki
to coerce another into accepting his
views is atheistic and cannot believe in
a God. hat you call religloua au
thoritv is essentially a monopoly. ;
It is too late to reform society 'in
America. It is no longer, a question
auiether you will have social revolu
tion or not. It is simply a question of
what kind of a revolution you are gO'
ing to have. A revolution you are sure
to have. Socialism is the only living
religion, the only programme ol faith
that la offered at the present time.
' More About the right.'
Spearman's Camp, Jan. 24. Early
Sunday morning General Warren com
menced a flanking movement on the ex
treme left of the Boer position. The
infantry advanced at 6 o'clock in the
moruiug along the irregular sides ol
Tabamvama mountain, which ends at
plonkop. The artillery positions were
belaud and on the plain. The British
carefully worked along the hula until
within 1,000 yards of a commanding
kopje, on which the Boers were concen'
(rated, concealed behind immense boul
lera strewn thickly over the hill.
The artillery opened the attack, and
the batteries worked continuously,
pouring tons of shrapnel among the
Boers, who devoted their attenton to
musketry firing on the British infantry.
The Boers stuck to their rocky fastness
with greatest tenacity, and at the con
elusion ol the day the British had only
advanced across a lew ridges.
The Boers apparently have few guns,
and they did little damage.
Captain llonley, ol the Dublin fusi
liers, full mortally wounded while lead
ing his men to seize a fresh point of
vantage.
A rietermarltsburg Rumor.
Durban, Natal, Jan. 24. The state'
ment comes from an excellent source
in Piutermarteburg that Lord Dundon-
ild has entered Ladysmith with 1,600
men. This is not contlrmed from auy
ather quarter; but it is known that
Lord Dundonald's flying column has
been acting well to the left of the line
if advance. '
'Eight Men Rescued.
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 24. Eight
jf the 1 1 men who were entombed in
the Third -street tunnel by the caving
in of earth yesterday, were resoued
uninjured today. John Dejoe is still
sntombed, and is injured, but it is not
known how seriously. Foreman Craw
ley is dead. Many tons of eaith fell
in the part of the tunnel where he was.
The theory advanced for the cause
af the tunnel caving in. is that a sewer
broke over the place where the men
wore working, and water, saturating
the earth, caused it to become heavy
nd fall. Street Inspector Loinbie,
who was so badly injured, died this
morning.
Almost a Centenarian.
! Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 24. Dr. Robert
Hi Dalton died suddenly in this city
yesterday, while in his chair. He
was in his 04th year, and had been in
usual good health. The day before his
death he wrote an epitaph for his own
tombstone.
: Edward M. Brown, a member of the
Fitst Washington volunteers, is dead
in this city, the result of disease con
tracted in the Philippines.
' ' Colorado Convict. K.cape.
, Puoblo, Colo., Jan, 24. A special
,tothe Chieftain from Canyon City,
Colo., says Anton Wood, Thomas Reyn
olds, W. Wallace and. Wagner, four
coqviots in the penitentiary, stabbed
Wlliam O. Rooney, captain of the
night watch, to death touight, captured
and bound two other guards and made
their escape,
LOWER LAKE REGION i
Large Force of Filipinos De
feated at Taal.
JOH.NS0SS BRILLIANT EXPLOIT
OenersI Irhwin'l Troops Entered Santa
Cms, rinding the lUbele Had
Abandoned tbe Town,
Manila, Jan. 24. Two companies
of the Forty-sixth infantry, under Ma-
lor Johnson, and three companies ot
the Thirty-eighth infantry, commanded
by Major Muir, defeated 800 insurgents
at Taal, province of Butangaa, batnr-
lay, taking the town. The gunboat
Marietta also shelled the place. Tbe
insurgents had four cannon, two of
which were captured.- Two Americans
were wouuded, and 10 dead insurgents
were found on the field.
The plague statistics now show a to
tal of 14 cases and 11 deaths.
Americans Occupy Santa Crus.
Manila, Jan. 24. The Americans
have occupied Santa Cruz, on Lagona
de Bay, Laguna province. It was re
ported many insurgents were concen
t rated there, but the tow n was found
deaerted.
The military regulation requiring
the streets to be cleared of natives at
8:30 P. M. haa been changed to 10
o'clock.
The Official Report. '
Washington, Jan. 24. General Otis
informs the war department of recent
military operations iu the Philippines
in the following dispatch:
"Manila, Jan. 24. Major Johnon,
commanding a battalion of the Forty-
sixth infantry, General Wheaton's bri
gade, reports from Lemeri on the 18th
and 20th inst. that be drove tbe enemy
through Batayan, eastward, on the
morning ol the 18th, capturing 17 rifles
and one field piece. A lew hours later,
iu Calaca, he captured lour prisoners,
four horses and equipments, six rifles,
and killed three insurgents. He ad
vanced toward Lemeri that afternoon,
captured the enemy's outpost, three
men and six horses.
"He advanced again at 5 P. M.
and, finding the enemy strongly en'
trenched, sent by a navy gunboat to
Batangas. for assistance. Three com
panies of 51 uir'B battalion ol the Thirty
eighth Infantry were sent to Taal, tbe
iustirgeot headquarters. Johnson drove
the enemy through Lemeri on to Taal,
where he attacked the southern portion
of the city and Muir the northern por
tion. The enemy dispersed, retreating
in many directions. Johnson's casual
ties were one killed, one seriously and
two slightly wounded. Four field
pieces and a quantity of rifles were cap
tured.
"This movement of Johnson's waa
ably conducted, and important in Je
suits.
"The enemy is reported in large force
and entrenched at and near Santa Crus,
Laguna de Bay. General Schwan is
swinging his troops on that point, his
left at the town of the Bay, a few miles
east of Calamba, his right consisting of
cavalry at the right of Tayabaa."
FOR TAGAL AND BOER.
Senator Turner Arrainged tho Admin
1. tration'. Folley.
Washington, Jan. 24. This was an
other day ol oratory in the senate, lit
tle beyond routine business being tran
sacted. Pritchard delivered a long and
carefully prepared address on the race
question in the South, bis remarks be
ing addressed particularly to the pro.
posed amendment to the constitution
of North Carolina, which, if enacted,
he said, would disfranchise a large
mass ol voters, both white and black.
He was followed by Turner, of 'Wash
ington, in a speech on the Philippine
question, in which he arraigned the ad
ministration's policy as set out in the
president's message, and the speech
of Beveridge. Turner was given close
attention by his colleagues.
The house was in session only 40
minutes today, and nothing of public
importance was done except to refer
to the speaker for settlement a dispute
between the appropriations and mill'
tary affairs committeee over jurisdic.
tion ol the estimates lor the approria'
tions for the manufacture of small arms
at the Rock Island and Springfield
arsenals. A few District of Columbia
bills of minor importance were passed.
Klectlou of Senator.
Washington, Jan. 24. The report
filed today on the house bill for elec
tion of United States senators by the
people reviews the arguments made in
favor of this change and refers to the
unfortunate oouditions which have oc
curred in Kentucky, Idaho, Delaware
and other states under the present sys
tern. The bill, as reported, leaves it
discretionary with the legislature
continue the present system or adopt
the system of choioe by the people.
To Reconsider Sainuan Treaty Totes,
Washington, Jan. 24. In the exec
utive session of the senate today Jones
of Arkansas, gave notice that at the
next executive session he would call
up his motion to reconsider the vote on
which the Samoan treaty wag rati Ilea
Fell Two Thou.and Feet.
Houghton, Mich., Jan. 24. Two
miners, named Kratt and Swett, drop'
ped nearly 2,000 feet in D shaft of the
Atlantio mine. Both were horribly
mancled. Both leave lavge families
Base-Ball Player's Crime.
Woioester. Mass., Jan. 22. Martin
Bergen, a member of the Boston base'
ball team, shot and killed his wife and
two children, and then himself, at his
home in North Brookfield today.
POLYQAMIST'S FATE.
Opening of the Debate la tke Robert.
ta.e.
Washington, Jan. 25. This has been
an oratorical field day in the house over
the case of Brigbam H. Roberta, the
Mormon representative from Utah.
The galleries were packed to suffoca
tion, chiefly with women, and the
spectators, after listening attentively
to the argument of Tayler ol Ohio and
Llttlefleld of Maine for the adoption of
the majority and minoirty reports, re-
pectively, of the special committee)
that investigated the case, remained
long after nightfall to hear the impas
sioned words of the accused as he faced
the house, like an animal at bay,
knowing that every hand was raised
against him.
Roberts was very adroit in the hand
ling of his case and at times exceeding
ly dramatic. Taking advantage of the
issue raised by the division in the com
mittee as to tbe method of ousting
him, he appropriated to himself the ar
gument ol the minority that he was
constitutionally entitled to be sworn
in, and the argument of the majority
that once sworn in, he could not be
expelled. He defended the action of
the Mormons in fighting the authority
of the United States for years, because,
fie said, they believed tbat sentiment
would change, and dramaticaly stated
that in those days he had rather have
bis flesh hewn from'hia bones than to
have renouncedhis religious tenets. He
concluded with au eloquent peroration,
In which he said he had never been
conscious of a shameful act, and if be
was sent forth he would go with head
erect and undaunted brow.
Strange to say, most of the applause
he won was from women. But while
they appeared to be hia only partisans,
other women manifested their bitter
hostility by hissing him at every op
portunity.
Turner and Ross.
'ain today the senate's session was
devoted entirely to speechmaking
Turner of Washington concluded his
address upon the Philippine question.
He was followed by Boas of V ermont
with a thoughtful and carefully pre
pared speech, in which be also dis
cussed resolutions which he had
offered. His presentation of the ques
tion was given thoughtful attention by
hia colleagues. McEnery ot Louisiana
delivered the concluding speech of the
session on the race question in the
South. He-took strong grounds in sup
port ol the constitution of Louisiana,
and ol the proposed amendment to the
constitution ol North Carolina, which
it is alleged will disfranchise a large
class ol voters.
ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY.
Wealthy Tenetnelan Plotted Agalnat
the OoTernment.
New York, Jan. 25. Advices from
Caracas, Venezuela, announce the im
prisonment there of Manuel A. Mattos,
who was minister of finance under
President Andrade, and is one of Yen'
ezuela's wealthiest men, by order of
President Castro, on the charge of con
spiracy against the government. Doc
uments found in his possession show
that he was in communication with
General Jose Manuel Hernandez, the
rebel leader.
A few weeks ago an export firm of
this city received from Senor Mattos an
order for 20,000 Mauser rifles and 6,
000,000 cartridges. It waa presumed
at the time that they were for the Ven
ezuela government. His arrest, how
ever, has caused the belief that the
war supplies meant were for the use of
the revolutionists.
Senor Matttos is well known here
and was at one time a member of the
firm of Scholtz, Sanchez & Co., of this
city.
FLAMES RAN HIGH.
Standard Oil Company' Warehouse
at Portland Was Consumed.
Portland, Or., Jan. 25. What
threatened to be the most destructive
fire in years laged all yesterday after
noon in the warehouse of the Standard
Oil Company, on East Water street,
near the Madison-street bridge, and
was brought under control toward
night with a loss of about $20,000
That the flames did not communicate
to the immense oil tanks whose sides
they almost licked, explode them and
set millions of dollars' worth of prop
erty on fire.ia solely due to the almost
superhuman efforts of the fire depart
ment, who, in the (ace of what for
time appeared to be suicidal, stood at
their posts and ought the fire with an
euergy that was only equaled by their
heroism.
"Open Door" Assured.
Washington, Jan. 25. The Bucoess
of the negotiations instituted by Secre
tary Hay with a view ot insuring an
"open door" lor American trade in
China may now be regarded as assured
The last phase ot tne negotiations was
the reduction ol the arrangements
reached informally to the shape of
what are kuown as definite notes. This
work has been going on for some
weeks, with the result that every one
of the powers that participated in' the
negotiations has returned to the state
department this written agreement,
with the exception of Japan and Italy
There is not the slightest doubt in
these cases, for Japan was one of the
first of the nations approached by the
United States to welcome our over
tures, while Italy voluntarily entered
the negotiations, without waiting for
advances from the United States.
National Guardsmen In Session.
Indianapolis, Jan. 25. Represent
tivesjof the National Guard of nearly
every state in the Union are here in
session, with the purpose of proposing
a bill to be submitted to congress that
will give the National Guards of the
United States a larger appropriation
and greater recognition by the federal
government.
Germany has 856 municipal savings
banks.
GRANTED AN AUDIENCE
Montagu White Received by
Secretary of State.
HOUR WITHOUT IXTEHRUPTIOJI
Acknowledged HI. Vl.lt to Thi. Country
la to Work l'p Sympathy fnt
the Boer Cm..
Washington, Jan. 25. Montagu
White, consul-general of the Sonth
African Republic in London, called at
the state department this afternoon and
had a conference with Secretary Hay.
At tbe beginning he put himself on
safe footing by informing the secretary
that be had no credentials and no offi
cial character whatever. He frankly
admitted, however, that he waa in th
United State for the purpose of aiding
bis countrymen to enlist the sympathy
of the American people. The secretary
accorded him an hour's audience with
out Interruption.
AT A STANDSTILL.
Bailer I
Unable to Make Furthei
Headway.
London, Jan. 25. Contrary to the
announcement made shortly before
midnight by tbe war office that noth
ing further would be issued, the follow
ing dispatch from General Bailer,
dated Spearman's, January 24, 6:50 P.
M haa just been posted:
Warren holds the position he
gained two days ago. In front of him,
at about 1,400 yards, ia the enemy's
position, west of Spionkop. It is on
higher ground thau W arren'a position.
so it ia impossible to see into properly.
' It can be approached only over bare
open slopes, and the ridges held by
Warren are so steep that guns cannot
be placed on them. But we are .shell
ing the enemy's position with howitzers
and field artillery, placed on lower
ground behind infantry.
"The enemy is replying with Creusot
and other artillery. In this duel, the
advantage rests with us, as we appeal
to be searching hia trenches, and his
artillery fire is not causing us much
loss.
"An attempt will be made to seize
Spionkop, the salient of which forms
the enemy's position facing Trichord's
and which divides it from the position
facing Potgieter's drift. It has consid
erable command over all the enemy's
entrenchments."
General Buller's great turning move
ment of which so much was expected,
has come to a " standstill. His care
fully worded message to the war office
telling this, after a silence of two days.
reads like an apology and an explana
tion. General Warren holds the
ridges, but the enemy's positions are
higher. The British artillery is play
ing on tbe Boer positions and the Boers
are replying. The British infantry is
separated by only 1,400 yards from the
enemy, but an approach to the steep
slopes, across the bare open, would ex
pose the British to a fatal rifle fire.
General Buller's plans have reached
their development. He declines to
send hia infantry across this zone
against formidable positions by day
light, and disclosed his purpose to as
sault the Spionkop heights during the
night. This appears to be the key to
the Boer defenses. If he takes it and
thus commands the adjacent country,
an important and possibly decisive step
will be accomplished.
Ordnance Board Reorganised.
Washington, Jan. 35. The secretary
of war issued an order today almost en
tirely reorganizing the board of ord
nance, general Miles, who is ex-officio
chairman, is tbe only member of the
former board retained. New members
Brigadier-General John M. Wil
son, chief of engineers; Brigadier-
General W. R. Burlington, chief of ord
nance; Colonel John I. Rogers, of the
Fifth artillery, and Thomas J. Hender
son, of Illinois.
Mr. Henderson, who is the only civil
ian on the board, succeeds Mr. Thomas
J. Outhwaite, of Ohio. The military
members of the board who have been
relieved from further services are Col
onel R. T. Frank, formerly of the First
artillery, retired; Captain Charles B.
Wheeler, of the ordnance department,
and Captain Joseph E. Kuhl, corps of
engineers.
It is said that there is no special sig
nificance in the action of the secretary
of war in this matter beyond a desire
to recognize the supreme importance of
the board which is charged with the
duty of protecting our extensive sea
coast from foreign attack, and to in
clude in its membership the best mili
tary talent possible under existing con
ditions of the service.
Alaska land Office Changes.
Washington, Jan. 25. Commis
sioner Heraann.ofr the general land
office, has recommended that the two
land offices in Alaska be abolished aud .
one established.-'The effect of this
will be to plaoe Western Alaska in two
districts instead of three. By this ar
rangement the offices at Feavy, on the
Koyuka river, and at Circle City, on
the Yukon, will be discontinued and
an offiioe at St. Nicholas will be cre
ated. The offlice at Rampart City will
temain.
Lea. Than Half a Million.
Washington, Jan. 25. Tbe president
has sent to the senate in response to a
resolution of inquiry a report from Sec
retary Hay as to the portion of the
$50,000,000 defense appropriation ex
pended by the state department. The
total amount was $493,860, the princi
pal items being: Paris peace commis
sion, $155,102; Philippine commission,
$126,420; transportation of destitute
refugees from Cuba and Puerto Rico,
$14,840; pay of special agents, $10,
828; cablegrams, $8,624.