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Porto tlico if outside the 'Coutitatlon bat it is inside the fJiuaiey tariff, sad the Dingley ljuirf la woree then tbo Spanish one , ) YC"!,'.'. The antiuuated Constitution will look like thirty cents when tbs republican leader get through with it. But then, as General MerriU declared, we bave Out grown the Constitution, II Conare-e will not siva Porto H eo tree trad with tbia country, it should at least 've it free necessaries ot life. It ll all right to make a precedent, per haps, bat it eeeme hard to s'arye women and children in order to do to. Toe imagination ebrinkt from concelv lug what tha adinlnittrat'on organs would say of Senaor Chandler, if he bailed from one of the weetirn abates it tead of from New Hampshire. Aoar cbiit and traitor wu'd be ibe niiltiett epithet that they could app'y to bim. Possibly (hero re many republicans who are opposed (o trnate. But Ibe par if at a wbu!e file supine and lets them work tbe.r will on the count rt, without an eflort to curb their destructive pow ers. It the party ie wise, it will trj to do ectnething tefore the next election. The fe that Queen Victoria, baa found it nwceeeary to call out I of bar old aoUiere for defence, tbowa that there ie eomething behind the asenes. Nothing of the tort it necessary if the Boart only are to ba cDnsidsrtd. Porto R'can mercbanta announce (La the ieland ie woree off now than under 8panibrole. There i no reason to doubt their alatemenla Tbe annexa tion bat cnt off tbe few retonrcet that the ieland bad under Spanish rule and bat given nothing in renrn. An Unjust Law. Ona ot the uioet atrtkina examples ol boat rale againti tbe interaata ot a peo nla waa the natMM ot tbe Porto Rlcan tariff bill. It wat dona in the Ua ot tb reoommendatlon of it he President in hi meiaage tbat there be no tariff on ll aland. Not omy that but to ad J to tbe mieervoflue case tbe President wat whipped into Hue and made to sanction the bill, the same he wat whipped luto line yeart ago on the money qui tion. The bill waa pasted directly agalntt tbe welfare of the people of thet Island tinaply bacautt the maahine that runt the administration demanded it Toe machine headed bv Mr. Henna de man ltd it because it waa asserted tba lre trade even with one cf our "colon lea" would ba Inconsistent with tbe main plank ia the republican platform lor lo! theaa many yeart. Tbe action on this or any other basis Is a disgrace to oar advanced civilisation, Porto Rico It now as uiucL a part ol the United Siatet, call it what rou please, at auy o tbe elates, and oudrr our constitution I entitled to be treated in. the tame way Aye more, with more privilege it there are.to ba any .distinctions, tor wil the not need help while getting a atart nn tier the near condition ot affairs. Iu atead of robbing her people we should asaut them. Whether 13 per root tariS or 25 rer cent or 50 per cent, lust the tame the act it uneonttitutionel and wrong. Tbia it not a statement biased bv nolitica but a tact every rettonable man will appreciate. Senator Gorman baa declared himself as standi ag for tbe nominee ot the demo emtio prrty. He doea not protest to be 'n favo-of Bryan but he will ttand fir him if nominated. So other men who held aloof or were cold in 1896, can now afford to return lo the old mother party aoda-dtoaave the country from the consequences of republican misrule. The republicans are in a bad way, Tbey all claim that McKinley will bare a walk over tbia lall, but nevertheless tbey are walking more gingerly than i . great party ever did nnder aimilar cir camatancee. Tbey are afraid to push tbe Hey-Panncelote treaty, the eubaidy bill or tba reciprocity treaties, all of which are party measure and tbey are in imminent danger ol being defeated on the Porto Riean tariff bill. Tbe Booth African aar bat abown clearly that the efficieccy of modern armt baa rendered war much lest bloody If it bad not been for British fco'bardi- cess and want of strategy, there woi'd bave been far fewer wounded tban tbeie are. Bat even at tbe worst there were fifty battle a in our civil war with moie casualties than in any yet fongbt in South Africa. The) casualties at Hull Run alone were over 4.CO0 balf of the en tire British Iota after bait a doxen dc leata. If reports coming through the British -censor are to be accepted ae true, the Britiab bave now began their first decis ive campa gD . At in all previout cam palgna tbey were defeated, those were not decisive ; for t ie one peculiarity tba British military character that noth ing it decisive but British victory, whether it ever comet or not. We mnst be prepared, therefore, to regard Lord Robert'! movement along the Modder river ae decisive or not according to whether be wini the fit-brine or tbe Boer win it. If the Boere win, another decisive eompafgn will be made by tbe "British. Ex. Mr. McBride thinks be will be re turned to tbe U. S. senate. Many of tba people ot Owon think be ought not to be regardless of politics. : . Puerto Rico and Free T.nde We do not hesitate to say that the sit uation constitutes a shameful and a tin later reproach. Washington Post. Spio by following a sIA.h policy fail ed aa a coloniser, and a liberal and en lightened policy it tbe wn est and moat profitable ia the long ran. Philadelphia Public Ledger We might jntt at well charge a duty a Oregonproducts brought into Wtsh- gton, at to make our Puerto Rico peo ple pay lor a market in New York. Ev erett Independent, Either give the. Puetro Ricana free trade with tbe rut ol the Uoit.d States territory or elee do not erect any barriers to their trade with tbe outside world Chicago Record. It it a narrow and mistaken idea that the development of Puerto Rico'a resour ces and the increase of desirable products are harmful to as. It is not too late lo do justice lo Puerto Rico. Ba him American. What a puerile policy it is for a nation like Ibis, prosperous, enteipriting and commercially atrong beyond comparison, to bold a tariff club over tbeee people New Tork Mail and Express. The adminiatratien party in congress ie making Ibe irott COD) ISO D welfare of tbe Puetro Ricaa a'contideration subor dinate to that ol rertain protected Inter cuts at borne, and if the president It re titling tbia course, tbe fact ia not genet al y known about tbeeapitol at Washing ton. Springfield R publican. SATURDAY WIGHT TIIOUOIIT3 The great, South African war standi like a colossus In tbe events ot the past week. Other thlnis are pigmies betide t In t ue publio mind. The people ot tbe entire world are watching the war with local interstt, hardly willing to watt for the papart to learn the lateet. This waak haa aaen the tide setting la favor ot the English. This is as certainly must heaiDMlad with 180.000 soldiers against 60,000. Tba showing so fa made by the Boers though has been phe nomenal, surorialnt the English more, if possible, than any one else. The sur reader ot Cronje alter a contest that was decidedly to ibejoredll of,ths Boer .troin a fighting standpoint, and tbe relit! o Ladysmith, alter many ol the Boers bad withdrawn from the siege to rath to tht ateistance of tba main eimy againti Roberts, have placed tbe advantage en tirely on tbe side of the Ebgllsh, brsldes baa given them confidence where at one time tbey were In dispalr. But the war la not ended, and the bardtat fighting ot the unjust couteet ts to occur in tbe fu ture. It tbe English win it will be alter a snuggle at fierce at that ol Waterloo. COUNTY BUSINESS. I Opera House Prospects. Mortgages filed lor f 700 and I5T00, Satisfaction ol mortgage tor $700. in circuit couit. New catet Jthn W OalneaagtS M Daniel at al. Suit toqulet title. U W Wright attor ney lor piaimiu. Probate court t Inventory filed ia estate ot Welch minors. Ia estate of L F Hammer, petition oieu lor mi. or rat property, Albany at least has the prospects of a new opera house. At a meeting ol the b'lka last night 12,000 waa pledged to wards a structure that will be a credit to the city and It la declared this will be doubled by the lodge. Booh a building as Is contemplated will cost f 13.000, be ing three stories blab, the third story being used by the Elks and the lower ones tor me opera uou.t. u ia earn mat A Silver Jubilee Offering. Petition of D E Berdeui and wtta fitful I W. II. Ifotran and otheit are Interested tor adaption ot Hermaun Kelloita. I and wilt help puh the work. It la to be Account filed in auardlanahlnnl Jnaanli I honed thla time there It nostrnnlnii un- Lee per. till the much needed building Is erected. In estate ol Jos Leepur, bond for $10001 architect Burggral It now at work on filed. I plana lor such a structure aa is in mind. VVbite no niece list been telecsad there ! ma iIahIiI it.at Ilia rnrnae hi Itritailala "Debt Is like a stone wall the. man btn ., Turj aUwi wouuj offer a site who runs into it is sure to got the worst generally acceptable to our cliUens. of the collision." .... vVlldlih Joy. "Soma men who are deaf to the call ol duty close at hand can hear the whisper am. "I oi uoiurt) a nam awoy. T Ai.,nu r.te O i.tA 1 M .TtrltMie. UVniRM tVa W iuv ante a wee feel that they are living In the pretence ni moinrtitout events, lornauoes oi pa trlotic f-xullement are whirling through thecountrD. Even the dullest soul "A a kxI character should be carefully must have been stirred by the emotions guarded. As for a bad character, the os yesterday, ana iAjnuon o.uw.uw wore police will probably run it in." Ia Congress tbe prlneipal event hat been the passing by the ilouse ot a tariff bill for PortoJRico, an nnjutt measure from any standpoint in which It is placed, hence entitled to a place in these Saturday night thoughts. Men may en dorae It from political reasons, bat from no other. A faiff on Oregon produott abiDDtd into other states would be at reasonable. The Danociur man bat jutt raid with great deal of pleasure that rapid thought and much of It leads to longevity These kngage(maihematlelans are in teretting fellow ij with twenty stoty heads. V Joaauin Millar, who has been in the valley tbia week has tbe wideet lama ol nyOregonian, stretching around tbe lube. . He ia known in the old world about at well as onjthit ride of tba big pond. In faU it ia said that ho stands igbsr lnEnfciand than in tbe united States, that Is, that be did . It la dou bt ful If they'woold shout for bim now very much after bis pro-Boer poem. He haa been placedfevsn betide Longfellow. In this country while be is considered genius bis poems are not very much read and be la looted upon as an oddity about as much aa anything, it is strange tbat men wl'.h bia ability should loae theirlbalanca wheel and fiy off Into long hair, Ireat cabins and rtrange per sonal maneuvers The thing tbat count e in a person it cbaracternot.cloihee, and yet it ie agree able toee good tasteXaccompany good character. ' If a man were as good as hit wife thinke he ought to be, heaven would immediately claim iin lor its own," raisod to a h.ult ttltali ol mvlrlotlo exult atlon. It was a wonderful sight. Old men have: nothing in memory with which to compare the day Getting Confident London.. Mar. 2. 6 A. M.-Tlie editor- Ik I in ilia tiuirnlnif nanara are not only ine amount oi aiyie a person pute on jubilant.but are written In a tone ol oou these days s about aa liable to indicate tidencel in the future which contrasts a big mortgage as a big bank account. strangely witn the gloomy forebodlngi pi tun pan aia. wvea. xjoimim uuwi ..... .. .. uiwiuiiuiiinriv miuiu. iuiiiuhwm, , ji win no. w many yeara ooioro the tnoUflh evtrf rHcoBnixod that iraweon uisinrv is a oeeerteii mining the relief of Ladyaumii is largely uue to camp, ine oniciaia tuere are uoing tie strategy of Urd Uobertt VTVIJT.IIIIIK ttlVIt I'V.VI IW umia I.I . x a AtiDKiiKKti, feb. sv it is unui'rttoou II.Al 9fhWI AM WlhMl.tMfllkH There is a big demand lor nati scales on th ij.i.i ronU The UriUsli cavaU lor artificial peails that cannot be told I ry is in touch with them to the eastward from the genuine. After all this It a tnlbkirmiii ng igan iuis morning. pretty shoddy world, excepting Albany, Mr. Pennoyer has been mentioned as tar eaat ss Connecticut Onl account ol hie recent fling at Bryan. There are different ways of keeping before the publio. March certainly struck ua like a lamb. Look ort for a lion later on. The Salem Journal characterises the recent exclusion ol Albany an I Ml Angel from tbo intercollegiate Athletic Association ae Ignorance, narroaneea, bigotry end duff eruin. A New York state minis! sr recently called tbo euchre players in bis church meamKiaaa eind wal n 1 1 aa t fta at eta SHasntSaia tenouncett bim as a won in abeepa cloth- i ."" ,w " a S llalli.l. log. its nas already resigned. i i The Editors. The basinets men of Albany should I Ntw Ohi xamu, Mar. I. Tlie National not narmii tha him hrlJoa la na i-ln...! KditorUI Aatociation beldt IU conven If n ankl In an int.lIl.ront .a a. that " reeiutnsMery raau gravel and dirt will sift through, and It appears that an action was about lo begin with the Boer reinforcements st the moment tl tlenerat Cronre s surren der. but Lord Rob rts larbaJe it until all the priaoneis should be In sale keep- tug. Fx PrcaldcntQeveland. Nw YosK. Mar. 8. The 'Journal and Advertiser save that exPrvtiiient CIcveH lane is seriously lil at liome In I'rlnce ton. He s not coiiOned to his bed but he seldom loaves bis room on the upper floor ol his home. He rarely sees vial tore and takes practically no Interest in any events ol the world at Urge. In tba Senate. WASumttToK. Mar. I The senate coa mlttee fallows the lead of tbe House committee in regard to rulr'o itlco and ma republican majority oi uie sonata III .!.L.kl . ..... . t. - - . 1 . .J Will rivhiui; TUl W "' BIIIVUUVU roraker bill through. The comments tb tbe hastorn papers general Miles is a level beaded man. He tbinka it was a big thing for foar thousand patriota to ttand off tor ten days fifty thousand Englishmen. Cronje ia certainly the hero of that contest. Bright Sayings. Ir it tha maoner of noble tools to fo nothing by halves. Weiland. It ia a part of goad breeding that a man bonld be enhte even to himself. Rich er. Nothing else is necessary to make yon wretched tban to fancy you.are to. In general tbose who bave nothing to eay eonlrive tn spend tbe loagett time In doing it. Lt well. The discussion at to what part Mark Henna will take in tbe next campaign would ba simplified ll some one should find out wbat part Mark wan's to take. The Ct icago Record . SEND U3 fESlS:l7 I "ll t tfcta gal, aHtft eaatl saratsl as) Sta tjriaai ft QUE DOLLAR m .u. at.ua. laraoru tkuam au aaUH, j snierM ymm tm4 it axaeUr a IOUS t arareM frrlrkt aeaat. aaa ITF I nnil fm Mr fm Mr n- RICC S39.50, hnxti.ai,ri, ui THIPAHOSCEM ttmillSt m ih lutia ' tolt aniM.nim imr mttn Vrntnth lllnmtl-Ta 'botoaraph yon a form l4a frmasotlia arirv 1-4 kn mbm, fkU hmI Imur, ana swamurr rmtM .i.n....,!. mr . tmm tha mmrulu ataowa, waieta i. -nrecj 4iraef from a ptMHograpa J on eaa form OBnan-i imi iuiwu . v I we. . aiaaa irattl aall aave4 aaAarwalaataae-lraa,Bana-4 ktraHfkU a laaHwa gin j aaa .anaj aaa wmrnr atanr l aiaaiaUt.. arf iiaianala. auklaa H Ika IUI UTUrTSirla. TSIPASLOU SiEMIaSIaef klrh,il Incaaa lon(, a Incha. vld.aiid welKba Xrt uoviku. uoatauu a oemvea, u aiopa, aa rouoaa t maaaaam, fr.lihiM Blllala TrlliTT. fti imif aaaieaaalar. TlMaCaaaU. aii.Mi rvaal'nlliaaii IMmCnfttn, ITaaa Sw-0, 1 flna. fla Baaa, acia T otahanral laal ill.lliil . vmantw ata., i aacar ai nn mhh a.waia aim, 1 a Caanakalr BrIIMaat Calaata laa, t Sal rt4 Btak UtUtw ateaana a.". 1 M a naad-a am amiiiM rum fta. THf PASLM CRM acttoa eonalataof CifcjnH nal Snai. whirs are onlf oaad la tha hittb mjl. f natramanta: flttad wlia Ittmal fw.l., mm ai Mini i. alao beat Dolm (alta, Inthan, ate, bellowe t tha baa. rubber cloth, S-plrlwIlAvf atiek aad floaat leather la Talraa. THE PfKlVB Li PJ untrabbail with a 10x14 berated piaM Tranch nfrrar, Bhrkal plated pedal frame., aaa arerjr modern Improretaent. We taiala. fcaa a lualiaa. argaa I I a4 tba iaa ila laaaaaii , QOABAWTEEP 28 mRg.'lTrAatoa fT laaua a writtaa binUs avyauaaaraiua, by the g-":"' tffrma and eoaaiuona nwuci ai aaj part aiaa eat are repair i. aaa af ttnaa. Try It one month and we will reraaS roar taoaeT u r rmapu. i i 4 i i ri4 iri- -.r7 tha .JF ""- t if .a ..?.---. s'r jau' i f W gtSAJt. gHf 1 I aAai,a I 1 S-flSt. I ifand Tour moo?. If eaa are aot perfectly aatiifiea. aa) of tbeae orcaoa win aa aoia aa ae9Grw. aaaaa AT QKCkTbOXT Dr LATC. OUH RELUBILITY 18 ESTaW-WHEP njm dealt with oaaak youraeijrhaor alxmt aa, write tha pabUabee of thla paper r MatrorolUaa S" JiatlonalBaak, orCornt.r!anll,of Catoaoi ar Oarmaa Xxehane Baak, w terfc; ae aa railroad ee expraaa eompaay ta Chleaera. wa f kateaaaeMalaf aae 7. ee.e, oecapyaatlre V one at the lanreet borlneee Hork.la c'hleae, I-Iaiios, sHi.ee aadapi alee ererythmg la am.Ual Inrtmmi l i--" mimirrrxM. aadreaa. CAR8, ROBUCK OO. OaaAFsHaa, DwpUUassaK lar-tatta CHICAGO. ILL. How quickly yon can tell tbe charac ter of a new comer by the company kept. A week will settle alnutt any persoos so :ial position. Bird of a leather will fljek together from'grooud birdt to pea cocks. Tbe man back east who t ild tbe stt dants ooder bim tbat ninety per cent of the marriages are failaree It get ting tome live solar plexea blows from tbs editors and others who are bapplly mated. The Dbmockat man Is glad to unite in telling bim wbat a big liar be is. And yet for a fact there are . too many unhappy couples because tbey bave nev er learned tbe golden role and place sell first. Ninety per cent though ie twice too large, and wa hope there are not forty, but perhaps there are. There ia nothing pinches ones toes more tban a flatiron of troth. But one dt bate to bave it fall on one in a crowd. The eott of relieving Ladysmith waa aimply enormone. Fonr thousand lives were sacrificed in the effort. From oca standpoint tbe effort was jottified on tbe part of the Englishmen, for it It natural tbat they thonld!eiire to mate the bat tle of their lives in order to sae their countrymen. Aodsoitis natural tbat Englishmen who have friends and rela tlves thsrs should rejoice over their ie lief from a distress not paralleled in his tory. As a war measure though it will not play a very important part, for moat of tbe Boere who bad been opposing tbs relief bad gone to join tbe geoeral Boer army in its supreme effort against tbe forces nnder Roberts. Those who re mained did so to barrass Its enemy and make tbe movement at difficult at pot tble. At disastrous at baa been tbit part of tbe war tbe battlea wblcb are to come will be Gettyaburgs in comparison. When tbe main bodice come together there nill be one of tbe greatest bsttles in modern warfare with al) tbe Lor rors Imagination can picture. bia annual report, ydvocating a uniform ad' tbe hauling of travel and ssnd over it 111 7""" . " ' W. stopped it would be good lor msny yers rrlffL without much Athae improvement. Tha baoolul effect in reducing newspaper brid.o ia one of tbe finest in tbe North- M wt'ln west. England is shouting hertelf hoarse over the. capture by General Roberta a ith forty or fifty thousand men Cron je's army with four thousand men. If the awful crash when the two big armies Lndyemith Relieved. T u.. i a, kh a if avvvn, mar. a., a .va a. eirei wa. offlcee baa received the following. Uit- yatctt from uenerai Duller: Lyttletoo's Headquarters, a. arch J. 9KK, A. M. Uenerai Uundonald. wltu the Natal Carblmeers (and a composite meet ia followed It proportionate reeulta I .i .,., ..i.m.1 tJ..i..mii.. i..t .,!,., I . .u. 'j: I -I !..! I " w.w- j vv",u'" "'"t"7 f,p . a I xne country rwjtween me and Lsuyemith around Kimberley the victory wUf be a u reported clear ot the enemy. I am ueciueu uoer one. Tbe smallpox epidemic ia Spokane cost the city treasury mora tban 1 4,000 for the month ending February 15. One member of tbe board of health received $676.50 for "visits" to patients and 1408.66 ol the money went to the dry goods (tore of which the maror is nart T - owner. xx. It now transpires tbst of the 9,000 men of Cronje all escaped but 4,000 with most of the guns. General Miles sava the cause of the Boers has been strength ened. Just wbat tbe English are crow ing about with Bailer's men in another trap atd many slaughtered in front ol Ladysmith, it an enigma, without it is being done to secure more recruits. From tha Times: An inquiry has come all tbe way from Stockholm,, Sweden, for Information about the Agricultural college. Tbe in quirer is a young man who contemplates coming 10 u. a. u to complete bis edu cation. His letter is written in English. in which so fsr tba writer baa apparent ly naa dui lnanierent inatruciiun. Among other quettiont ho ask "how many soils are there in an acre," of land. its at loweet wboleeele prleaL Write foe free epaelal taiee,Bii.ea.e.aiai.iiW.M., Sana! Tbe aggregate , capitalisation of com panies Incorporated in January amounts to $203,760,000 which compares with about $200,000,000, in December. "New Jersey charters in January amounted to 70,000,000,000," tays the Jonrnsl of Cpmmerce"nd tbose In Weft Virginia to 156,000,000. ' Delaware contributed ierYlr1ft -hll.rh.rtar. in other ataUa T"" ""V.,,f,"",.UI ,u" v- ' j..,,., - irom oratorical contests, and no one footed np to $66,750,000." . s aid naughty things about it, either." From tbe Roteburg Review : Tbe dispatches tell about tbe arrival in New Orleans of 300 newspaper men to attend the national editorial association. As a matter of fact , however, there are only about half a docen newepaper men ana women in the crowd and the rest are grafters, who never miss anything that is frte if they know it. Borne time the railroad companies wili find out that it is not a favor to tbe press of the coun try to continue to transport tbeae dead bea's free over their lines. Speaking of tbe rejection of Albany College from the Athletic Association tbe Corvaliit Oaxette makes tbe following excuse: "Tbe school at Albany would probably enter tbree or fonr indifferent men, and would receive as much percentsge of tbe gate receipts as would the O. A. U. Her part in tbe contest would not add any to its merits and have no Influence on tbe result, and tbete things are true alao of Mt Angel." Alto "it is not a far cry to tbe t'me wben Albany col!etre voted to exclude representatives of tbe O. A. 0. I a. a . . a moving on neitnorpe. Juetln Time. Lovdok, Mar. 1, 4 :00 A. M. General Buiier't tidings come weighted with bit long litt of catuaUiate. Hit loetet In tbe four attempts to get Uenerai Whhe out aggregate auuu. Ladysmith was In desperate straits. Cbarlea Williams the military expert sava be learna on verv h uh authority preeumablyy Jthat of Lord. Wolseler, that Uenerai White's force, wss almoet at its laat gasp. It Passed. WaamitOTOM, Feb. 28 The battle roy al over the Puerto Kican tariff bill ended in the House today in a sweeping vict ory lor tbe renubltrtns. The bill waa amended ae agreed npon at the confer enceel republicans Monday night so as to red are tbe tariff from a5 to IS per cent of tbe American tariff and limiting its life to two yeara and was patted by a vote oi ix yeas to 101 noes. The President to Blame. WasumoTOK, Fsb. 28. The change of auuuue ot me administrate, la no doubt responsible for the passage of tbe Puerto ltican bill in she House. Had the preatdenn stood firmly by bis mes sage there are at least 60 ranubllcans who never would have voted for the bill. Kaatcrn Weather. Washington, Feb. 28 Chief Moore, ol the We.ther Bureau today issued .the following srecial bulletin : fjnow haa fa'len to a depth of from 8 to 16 incbea in Illinolat Northern Indiana and eastern Missouri .and special reports received st noon indicate that tbe beavp snow and high winds will seriously in ter"ie with traflio from northern Ohio over western Indiana and the Lower Lakk region and the inferior of New York tonight. Rccelvtd Justice. Kansas Ciar, Feb. 28. Lon t'urrv. one of the train robbers who waa en gaged in the Wilcox. Wvo.. bold-no on the Union Pacific last Jnne, when some thing like $30,000 was secured, was shot and killed by otficert near here this morning wuue reaitving arrcsr. Mr. J. T. Blata died at Altea latt Tues day st the age of 87 years. He bad re sided tbere thirty yesrs, and was re spected by all knowing bim. Hs leaves three children, N.P. blate, of Tangent, Mrs. Vernon, of Alses and Mrs. Mo- Lagan, of Prinsville. Jotaoln Milter cams no from Bslem this noon where be lectured last nlsbt and left for Lebanon on the afternoon train to lecture tonight. Several will bo out from Albany to hear the famous ntlemsn, ons of tbe cdo genlntee o dsy. Onoot tba rapidly growing religious bodies ol ths country Is tha Christian ohurch, sometimes known as lha Dls clples of Christ, They number 1,118,000 In thla country, and made a gain latt year ol mora than 40,000 In their mem bership. Thlt church Is doing a very extensive work in foreign lamlt at well as in otr own country. His foreign society ol tha Christian church has planted suosesslul missions in Jsian, uiiuia, inuia, xursey. Airlca, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Cubat Their missionaries will soon ssll for Hawaiian Itlatdt and the Philip pine Islands. They nw bave 220 mis tlonar.es In different foreign lands. This foreign ork Is only twenty-four years aid. The society was organised in 1876. This the Silver Judlleeyoar. Tba lor elgn society is asking all the coogrega tlous ol this Mllgious body lor a Silver Jubilee UfTorlna the first Hundav In March. It la expecting, and no doubt will recelue, $10,000 tble year. I.att vear ba smounlad lo $162,000. The Christian church ol Albany will doubt- Ivtt do tit lull dity iu helping to ralie the $JOO.OOO. Captain William, ol Iowa, Chaplain of the Kiftyetxth iteglmeut ol the Un ited blate army at Manila, has returned lo this country euthiislastln over tbe missionary prospers ol that distant land, Ite baa bean appointed a missionary to Manila, and In company with oibar mis sionaries will soon sail. One gentleman ol the Christian church proposes lo give $6,000 tor this special purpose, and utt already given $6,UO0 to plant a mission In the Hawaiian Islands Bptaklng of the Christian church and thla part ol lis work reminds us ol the nailoual cuvsntlon held In Cincinnati lest October. Tli a sttandance was some thing pbeuomenal. Tbere were fully 16.000 present, tbe greatest attendance ol any rellgloua body In the history ol cur country, lt opened the ses ot the noky old town ol Cincinnati!, and made her realise that there waa something go Inc ou lu the aorld besides the beer bus lasts. tl. Using High Words. Having seen F. B. Allen A Co's sdvsr tlsemeot now running in lha Dxaoctur, Mr. Jonn Bwlkehaamar, M. A. 8. A. P. 8., the erudite wood chopper, who It In tba city today, tried bis band at big words with tha following result, and de flee competition: Bewaia ol anthropological dogmatical superfluous locantations sod agglomer ations lu proximity to gigantic aggrega .tone in weird hallucination ot complex maaladonlc ceotrallaation and complex ity ol nttervgenlty In opacity and tha verbratory rythm lo tha lunda elbogiv laa of the oreola process effective Inte grates the percepts influence ol the ep pigastriao and oillactory assimilations, becomes a almilwlolhe spiritual tlnctum and resolves Itself In the pigmeotuin and final cn logcrny. Ledeaoo, Or ; Feb. 27 . Willjut pleat a state through the eolumae of jwor paper the amount of the banded Indebtedness ol lbs United States snd tbs date of lis mstarltvT M.J. Mius. Tbe hooded debt December 1. wss ft, 0J7,0i9,ey), maturing all tba way from the present np to 182). The Treaemy depart meat will forward circular state mtnt on application, or taller Informa tion may be bad from any ol the stand ard almanacs. Do Mr. Miller Intend to pay off the debt or Invest in gold bonds ?-OraOolan, While Mr. Miller will not be able to pay tbe bonded Indebtedness tie pec pie will bave to. and tbo Morgans ol tba ountry are getting the mtereet Thirty men in Chicago ware arrested to the local pspers report, for eogaglog In a prise fl.ht. Thsy were cultivat ing the strsouou lift in tbe wrong state. Bad they been arrested In New York for tbat offense, Gov. Roosevelt would car talnly bave pardoned litem- Ua might have gone so fsr as to provide them with professional bruiser to air them in structions. Tbe Bethlehem Steal company lias do dared a dividend of 63 eents psr share, payable March 1, at rtglstered Feb. IS. A samplsof protection for an Infant In dustry London, Msrcb 2. Lord Roberts ex pacta to send relief to Mafeklng soon, aa reported today. WASttiNOToN, March 2. Preeiednt McKmley sends a special message to congrsss aeklng authority to use tha revenue of Puerto Uico for relief of tha Islanda. Thla and That Smiley 'a Clean Printing. In novelties Will & Stark lead. Open I III 12 o'clock p. m. at Stetter's. Dr. J. II. Krskine is now in the Fnaiae- Block, 2nd story. . Oysters cooked anv wav von wish at Stetter's. . Leave your orders for Fresh Deaiara at 8teiter'a. Orsters ooened eshavarvrla it ihm Leading Restaurant. Freah Bodavllle soda-water a hnatthfni summer drink, at Bnrkhart ALee's. v For sale, good carpeting, 83 cents per yard, by T. 8. Alexander, east end ot 8th street. There are Diamonds " Tn Atria besides South Africa. Will 4 istark ksen a choice Una of o-rwwla in mi. n. . , " ... nut, in rings, aar rings, studs, etc . . a m - It makes no dlffaranna n..a l.. i a M Z awwew a'gftU I, wwuuu . 7uu nee usee Kl't Vtch 11a a Salvtjitwillouickly beat and lea re m tear, i otbsji Mason.