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AKTOUIA, OltEOON, FKlDAY, JANUARY 2K, 1900
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Confidence Excited by His Report
That thf'Men Are Splendid."
SPI0NK0P A GREAT GAIN
Commands the liocr I'osltlon fur Miles
Towards Ladysmith and Menders
Entrenchments Untenable.
LONDON. Jn. 2, 1 a. m.-At mid
nUhl the war office announced that
nothing further had been received
from the front for publication to
night. MNDN, Jan. 2t, 415 a. m. Gen
eral Hullcr'n phra "the men are
rplcndld" thrllla England with pride
nnil roinlilcnce. Ill taking and hnld
li 4 Hplonkop were onnldered perma
nent -ilvimlnsi'd.
Kir Chm. Wnrrrn'a opinion ihut
iiiih1 of tlK- adjiirent lux-r i-ntrcnch-tii
tim th'iH nuil inl.'tmblo In ac-
n-plrd hy tliv moot rxp rt ohtt-rri-rn '
.1 i lnluly trni" Iktiiuhi? nf the
hciKl't of tlu- ignition, ulth.iuh nun j
mint or t I lint It muy hick an nl-'UAt (
Knn pint form to rcnlHt arillh-ry fire,
tri.ni the two cxt'-ndi-d nldcu.
It Ih not likely that tit-iieral Warrm f
tlll h'l ko of Mnvlhliiff he h"lla and
new. of further euccsf In calmly
II wit I ted.
Tl military authorities trco,nlte,
of course, that In the twelve or fft-en
ttillin bi-twi-vn Splonkop and I.ady
niiilth there are continuous defenalve
piikltlona and many ruiwd h 11 In and
laMm-K which far outrunife plonkop,
but they are aure th.it th troop who
have turn -il the ltoers out of other
dlillcult places can do It again.
The Klldonan Caatle reached Durban
ye5t-nliy (Thurailuy) with 2,000 addl
tlomil trix'pi for (leneral Huller, and
three troopKhlph have a!io arrived
from India.
The aituatlyn In the neighborhood of
the othr urml'-a In unchnnd, but a
forward movement hy (Icn-rnl French
In daily txpected. A illxratch to the
Staixlitrd from Kennbnrg deicrites
'leiieral Krench'a uHltlon aa now form
ing a Kroat aeml-clVilo tround the
ItiM-r positions. One coneap indent
xa) he could take Colcvburg, two
nni-'s tiv.uy nt any time.
WARREN'S SUCCESS UUIUOUS.
Ho Muft Prepare ti Hold Splnnkop
Against Strong Effort to
Recapture It.
LONDON. Jan. IT., 2:2& p. m.-Jubl-latlou
over Oeneral Warren's achieve
ment In cupturlng Splonkop Tuesday
nil'ht is chastened by the realisation
that his success 1 only provisional, a.i
Is appeals clear from Iluller's dispatch
that thj lloen fully realise the strate
gical Importance of Splonkop and at
the time his message was sent off
they had not abandoned hope ot re
capturing the position. Nevertheless,
a he.ivj load ot anxiety has been re
mowed from the nation! and there
Is general expectation that as the Brit
ish have succeeded In keeping th hill
all day long, they will maunge to re
tain It until Warren plums guns
enough on It to dominate the Rocr
trenches right and left.
There Is the usual disposition here
to exaggerate the Importance of the
point scored, but it Is realised that
Bulh'r still has a task before him call
ing for most dogged persistence and
untiring attack and that dillk-ultles
will Increase as the position dewlopes.
The relief of the tension on the stock
exchango was very marked, lsusl
nes began more cheerfully all atound,"
and with an upward movement under
the Influence of now at the war of
fice. At the clubs and other resorts
there was little notable change from
the gloomy fear of yesterday.
The appearance of news placards on
the btrects sent crowd of people to the
war ofice and the lobbies were soon
filled to suffocation. Those near the
notice bourd read out the new at fre
quent intervals for the benefit of late
arrivals who were unable to approach
and each successive reading led to a
renewal of cheering. In' the ladles
lobby there were signs of the sad side
of tho victory. The question often
asked was, "When will the casualties
be received?"
GENERAL WOODGATE DEAD.
LONDON, Jan. 26. Advices have
been received 'mm Spearman' camp
that General Woodgate ha succumbed
to the wound he received In tho at
tack upon Splonkop.
PRAY FOR MEDIATION.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 26,-Nearly 100,000
Blgnntt'rcs have been appended to the
rd'-'r'pv proTioted hy r. ! Juone and
other member of the Universal Peace
Society, hmIcIiib President McKlnlcy to
moJItate, which will he forwarded to
VHhlnton In the course of a fort
night. lU'LKl) BY COMMISSIONS.
Probable Tlan
pine
for , Governing Philip
Possesion. NKW YOltK. Jan. M.-A apeclal to
the Herald from Wanhlngton ay:
The proportion made by the Kiilplno
ladcr, Semr Mablnl, for a civil com
tnlmiion to treat with the Filipino, will
not Im cnlderd by the administra
tion until Agulnaldo aurrer.dera, and
In official circle tha general dlapoltlon
la tj regard Mablnl'a reiuet aa anoth
er play for delay.
It la the purpoae of I'realdent Mc
Klnle, to Inaugurate a civil govern
ment to aupemede military rule In the
Philippine! at the earlieat poaalble mo
ment, and he la favorably Inclined to
ward a ton, trillion in lieu of a govern-or-,--
neral, and la dincuaalng the que
tion of available men for auch a com
n'lNhlon. If hi prevent plana are car
ried out the FlKllpinoa will have all
of the toiiiniiMtlona they want to con-f.-r
tilth, for In audition to a comnila
ah u for the government of the inland,
It h not unlikely that congreai will ap
point a Joint commliodon to inveatigate
the inl.ini'a next summer and report to
the next m-miiiiii aa a guide for future
let- hiation.
A great (h-al of Interest was inanl
fenied In coiiKreanlonal clrclca In the
cm uiiunii atlmi from Henor Mablnl.
Tlifi In aoine dlvemlty of opinion over
the proposition and Ita ' feasibility.
rVmit.jr Hiar, leader of the antl-ad-n
l.in-tiat'on force in thin fii:ht, waa
dee ly Itilerenied In the proKnillon.
That unds fair and Junt," aaid he,
"and I do not nee how nuch a proposi
tion can well be declined. An I under
Htnr l. all the Filiiino ask la that
corgreitii IIMen to them before deciding
their fate."
Senator l.oli;e, who reprenents the
Hdiiilnlsliaiioii'H vlewa of the Phtllp--li'e
qili-atlon, nttld:
'It will be time enough to talk of
conin mnlona when thene people lay
down their arma and atop llshtlng our
noldlera."
Senator Iteveridge, a mit pro
nounced annexutlonlnt, regards Mabtnl
i. the eqwil, as a constructive states-
... n n. n In mil.llA llfA !n Amef.
"""" '"r" h. i
Icn. Of his pronorltlcin, however, the i
senator said:
"I would have to study It more close
ly before giving an opinion that would
be -f any value, but If I were to an
swer of hand, I would say that It
Mfi-.iR to me his suggestion has been
iinti- ip.ited by the appointment of the
civil commission which visited the
islands and which did everything pos
sible to bring about an understanding
.vith the natives." j
John Barrett, former minister to
Slan, says. j
" hatever comes from .Mablnl Is .
mi ning's London paper is on the in-1
cllned. however, to think it is too late .
for unvthlnK to be done on the line he I
stmgests. The only thing to do is to'
go In and complete American victory '
and then get to work and help the ,
Filipino develop the largest amoiiit of i
self-government ot which they are i
capable." I
COUNSELS MODERATION.
Cuptain Mahan Talks of American
Sympathies in Boer War.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Following Is
the letter of Captain Alfred T. Mahan,
whli h has caused discussion
Ilritish press:
In the '
I
"May I suggest to your citizens gen- !
orally-, and to the Boer sympathisers '
especially, the Ina lvlslblllty of public
nie-tlngs on this question. There are 1
very many among us, myself certainly (
one, wno reel strongly in ravor ot
Ort at Hiiiain as others do of her oppo- j et-ii whites. Chandler's refutation ofj
nents. Let us all be careful not to pro- 1 th, statement was made with his char- j
vokt o:ie another by immoderate ex- ' ncteristic vehemence and aggressive
prensions of opinion, to which public 1 ness, but as no reply was offered, the '
met tings tend. Those on one side pro
vole retaliation on the other; nay,
they may make It necessary, for in the
problen.s of the near future a good
understanding with Great Britain is ' Jones, of Washington, voted against
too important for us to permit the im- j the minority resolution to seat Rob
pfer3slon that we are all against her , erts and then expel him and in favor
here and we may find ourselves in the of tho majority resolution to exclude
unseemly state of party division for him. Cu.mman, of Washington, was
and against foreign states, as In the 1 absent.
beginning of this century between the j Wilson, of Idaho, voted for the mln
French and British rartles. I avail j ority resolution to seat Roberts and
myself of this opportunity to say that then expel him, and against the major
(n my Judgment not only is the cause Ity report to exclude him.
of Great Britain Just, but to have
fal'ed to uphold It would have been to I
fail in national honor,"
THOSE WHO FELL AT SHILOH.
Movement to Erect Monument
Honor Iowa's Dead.
to
DES MOINES, IA Jan. 23.-The
Iowa Shlloh batt'efleld commission,
after a hearing before the appropria
tion committee of the houses of the !
legislature, has Introduced a bill to1
appropriate 63,000 to erect monument J
to the Iowa troops who fought at
Shlloh. The hill Is practically certain ;
of passing. Tt provide for a $15,000
state monument and a 14,000 monu-
mcnt at the point where each IowaJ
-"l'".'t t d'd I1' 1-i-,et Pghftnsr.
ROBERTS HAS
BEEN BOUNCED
Majority Report Adopted by a1
Large Majority.
MARTYR TO "PREJUDICE"
He Is Going Home Light-Hcarted, '
But Kill Not Kun for
Congress Again.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. The case
of Prit,ham II. P.o'jerts, the Mormon
represeniatlve-el.?ct from Utah, which
har occupied ao much attention of the
hoUie since the assembling of congress,
wait decided today by the adoption of
the revolution to exclude him by a vote
of 27g to 60.
expel Roberts
Tnr. amendment to
wi'h iut sealing him, offered by Lacy,
w tt rul"d out on point of order and
the houiK- only voted on the resolutions
f majority and minority of the com
nditee. The latter to neat and then
expel floberts -was def.-ated by i'44 to
61.
An analysis of this vote shows that
t"0 republicans, 72 democrat and two
popblifcts voted against It, and Tl
der'iotnrts. 6 republicans, 2 pipullsts
and ! silver republicans voteii for It.
Majority resolution to exclude P.ob
e;ts and declare the seat vacant cas
.-t loptc d, 2TS to 50. The affirmative
vote was divided as follows:
Itcpublkuns l&t.
Democrats .
Populists 4.
The negative vote was:
l-ieniocrats 47.
Silver republicans 2.
Populists 1.
Ilooerts was present throughout the
day and only left the hall after the
loniilt -if the last vote had been an
nounced. As he did so he gave out a
statement Justifying his -etentlon of
his plural wives on the ground that
hit moral obligation was more bind-
In? upon his conscience than a technl-
n vhedi-nce of the statuory laws, and
'
sajlng that there -n-as little excuse for
the extraordinary efforts to crush a
sy.-.tcm already abandoned and practl- !
cally dead.
He said that he was a martyr to a
Vj asm of prejudice." He would not.
i he said .attempt to run for congress
I nv.ihi, although he would go back to
hl home with a 'Jght heart and confl
i dent of the future.
REVIVING SECTIONAL STRIFE.
Southern Senators Accused of Harping
on Dead Issues.
-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Just at
'he close- of today' session of the,
sci-ate a speech delivered by Money, '
of Mississippi, on the race question ,
m the South precipitated a heated
coloqay between him and Chandler,
oi .ew iiimpsnire, in wnicn
j the latter alleged that the Southern
senators were reopening the whole
Southern question in the senate after
" ' supposed to be dead
The charge which Chandler particu
larly noticed was made by Morgan, of
Alabama, who was absent, but us It'
had been reiterated substantially in
Chandler's opinion by other senators, ,
he Jeclared he did not purpose to per- !
ivit it to go unrefuted. !
The charge was that the civil war'
had been precipitated by designing !
politicians ot the North tor the pur-i
poso of putting the slaves on a polltl- j
cui ana social equality with the South-
incident ended there. J
Tho urgent deficiency bill, carrying
about 9,000,000, was passed.
Tongue and Moody, of Oregon, and;
TO REPEAL THE STAMP ACT.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 23,-Amongthe
Important bills introduced in the sen
ate today was one to repeal tho war
revenue stamp tax.
SERIOUS TROUBLE BREWING.
Armed Kentucklans Gathering to Pro
tect Taylor From Deposition.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 25.-A spec
ial trafn bearing more than 1,000 men,
carrying Winchester rifles, arrived In
Frankfort this morning. The men!
hail from the counties of Bell, Allen,!
hnox, Harlan, Whitlcr, Mctcalf and
Edmondson. Frankfort Is overflowing
with visitors, but none except those
nrrivlnr today enrry prunn. Governor
Taylor alated to an Associated Press
representative that the men were not
soidiT. He disclaimed any knowl
edge of th Identity or purpose of the
v Inltorn.
The men marched to the atate house,
ntwked their guns and took up posi
tions in groups ah.jut the building.
They wer all provided with badges
liearlng a portrait of tJovei nor Taylor,
which they pinned on their breasts.
Adjjlant Oneial . 'oilier states he
had no knowledge that the men were
coming. Many of the visitor are
member of the state guard. The total
number which arrived on the special
train cannot be stated exactly, but the
train had 17 cars.
Ex-Secretary of State Finlcy ad-
dresbed the visitors from the etcp of
the statehouse. He said the object of
gathering waa to see Justice done, A
committee was appointed to draft reso
lutions. Stephen Sharp, of Lexington,
was chosen chairman.
The lower house of the legislature
met at 11 o'clock, and on motion of
C'antrell (democratic leader), a resolu
tion was adopted excluding all but
ladles fiom the chamber and galleries.!
Catron (rep.) anked jonscnt of the !
houi to permit non-members to pre-i
snt a resolution, but Beaker Trimble!
,b.t n00oJr out a mmr couij'
d0 Jeaths to aate, including one woin
A rumor is In circulation, but per- v'0"lan'
sUh ntlv denied, that Judj C'antrell, I . tfter-Wand trade is described as
of the local circuit court, has .urn-1 lwlxe.l. and Hilo has so erfecluaUy
mon-d all democratic deputy hherlffs hj-'i'a'l l J against the intro
of the state to Frankfort. Common-' ,lu' t;u" ot disease that 1U pro-
wealth Attorney Franklin
.ays' he
knows of no such order.
LATER.
Tlie armed men from the mountains,
contrury to expectations, on the advice
of the lep'ibllcan authorities, hera left
Fraukfoit at 9 o'clock tonight.
The concensus of opinion here Is that
th
on
visitors mistook this for the day
vhlch the ccntest hoards vere to
ineir rei,ui i. a ne men nerri hq
hour getting aboard their train, andj
an uited themselves during the delay
by discharging their guns. The people '
of the city gave them a wide berth. j
They are expected to return when
the contest ends.
FOR THi: FALL CAMPAIGN.
Significant Meeting of Col. ttryan and
National Committee.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2). Wllaam J.
Hrjaii will leave this city for Harris
burg. Pn., over the Pennsylvania rail- j
road at i:J5 this niorniug.' At liarris
turg he will meet the Pennsylvania j
state democratic committee vhlch will ;
1 In session for tho purpose of ar- purposes, make the 4S canneries on
ranging fur tho fall campaign. The ! the Frazer river one big Institution,
committee wilj submit a draft of Its All the canners signed the agreement
platform to Mr. Bryan for his appro-: exc-pt two, and these represents four
val In thvt evening. Ml. Bryan will 1 canneries, the directolrs ot A'hlcta re
address an open air meeting from the i sit'e In England,
balcony of his hotel. On the evening; The compact involves the price ot
of Feb. 7. Mr. Bryan will speak at j salmon and the slw of the pack. A
Carnegie hall. In this city fcr tin.: committee will be chosen to set the
charity fund of the Giund Army Post ! nri. or. salmon for the season. After
In the afternoon of the same day he
will deliver an address at PlainAell
N. J.
SCHLEY IN BUENOS AYRES.
! Orand Reception Tendered the Gallant
American Admiral.
BUENOS AYRES, Jan.
.Rear
brilliant Admiral Schley was given a
i entertainment by the American resi-
dents here last night. Manv British
j and Argentine residents w ere present.
President Roca has been invited to
dire with Admiral Schley on board the
Chicago today.
Suggestions
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This great store large, airy and elegant abounds
w ith many Novelties in Boys' and Young Men's Clothes
There is not a style in any article of Man's wear
that is not shown here in miniature for Boys.
Suits Underwear Neckwear
Reefers Hosiery Gloves
Overcoats Shirts Legglns
Hats and Caps Sweaters Fancy Vests
ft
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SPLENDID TOYS GIVEN WITH
SUITS, OVERCOATS OR REEFE
A B STEINBACI1 8 C0 ,
LARGEST
IX THE
Mail Orders Solicited.
Corner Fourth and .Morrison Sts., PORTLAND, OREGON.
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PLAGUE WORSE
AT HONOLULU
Trade Paralyzed an! Armed
Guards Protecting: Towns.
PANIC IN THE CAPITAL
Ten Blocks of Buildings tSurocd to
J top the Disease by the
Health Authorities.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 25. Th
steamer Mlowera of the Canadlan
Au.itrilla line, although she did not
make a call In the usual sense at
Honolulu and brought neither mail or
paengcr from that plague-rlddea
tU 'earned while at anchor off that
prt trat lne but,onle visitation rew
moie aerlously dally. There had been
i tect.vc force have orders to snoot any
ono attempting to dock steamers from
tho capital. Immigrant steamers con-
tin-je to arrive from Japan and quar-
. ar.tine accommodations are taxed to
i more than the capacity. In Honolulu a
panic prevails and the danger Is vast
I ly interallied by the popular terror.
I)r CiMiner. tif the board of health.
, Hom.lulu nag nad w bl(X.ks burned.
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Irln nr. In rtinlTMntino
FRAZEU RIVER COMBINE,
Salmon Packers Have Finally United
in a Compact to Regulate the
B'jylng and Selling Price.
ANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 23. A
l.rittsh combine was formed today oa
tho Frazer river canneries, superseding
the pools which had been arranged In
default of a general plan of co-operation
t The arrangement made la regard
ed as of the jreitest Importance to
the cenners.
Arrangements have been made,
which for protective and operative
the fishermen's price has been regu
lated, the canners will be bound each
ore by the deposit of a 11,000 certified
check, not to offer more than the set
price for fish.
fchuuld any earner put up a larger
pack than has beeu usigned to him,
his surplus must be dividud pro rata,
among all the other canners,
BIG FIRE IN VICTOR tA.
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 25. The big
gest fire Victoria has known for years
Is now raging.
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