Union gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, January 26, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVNIOIt Eatab. July, 1897. GAZETTE Eatab. Ic., 1862. (Consolidated Feb. 1899. COEVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, lAOO. VOL. NO. 5. I HEWSJTTHE IEK From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS Comprehensive Review of the Import mnt Happening- of the Past Week Called From the Telegraph Columns Senator Gear was re elected in Iowa. ' New York has let a contract for an other subway to cost $ 35,000,000. ; Many Americans will be needed Lb the government plans for the Filipinos. Robert M. McWade has been ap pointed to succeed Dr. Bedloe as con sul at Canton.-: The Farmers' Alliance 'wants the proposed ship subsidy money spent foi export bounties. Boers attacked ' French's advanced post and were repulsed with 20 killed and 50 wounded. ' -.-'' Landlord Whitten, of Skagway, fell from the gangplank of a steamer at Seattle and was drowned. Over 20,000 drivers of all kinds oi vehicles are on strike in Rio .. Janeiro. Troops were called out to maintain or der. .... Great floods of $1,000 bills are said to have been a prominent feature in the campaign of Senator Clark . of Mon tana. ; , , . I . . Thomas B.. Reed says he finds selfish ness is master of the human race and the world must work to better condi . tions of the people. In the senate Senator Pettigrew de clared that "the blood of every soldiei who has fallen since the war began it on the hands of the administration." Miss Hlen Gould has given $50,000 to aid in the building of the new horn for the naval branch of the'' Young Men's unristian Association in .Brook lyn. -'' : " A London paper is authority for the statement that the powers have de manded knowledge of the United States' policy in China and the Philip pines. The special committee of the house to investigate the case of Roberts of Utah, finds that Roberts had three wives. It is said he will not - be, al lowed to remain in congress and a ma jority favors not allowing him to be seated at all. Kosciuaco'a friend and close ' asso ciate, Haym Salomon, will be given a medal by congress. His' relatives claim that he . loaned this country money during the revolutionary war and it was never repaid. The meda.' is a compromise of their claim. ; Denmark is coming down to out price. She now asks only $4,000,000 for the Danish West , Indies." The price first demanded was $13,000,000. It is likely the deal will be closed be fore many days. The islands will b valuable to us in the event" the Nicar agua canal is bunt. ' - Dawson was visited by another large fire. . . - General. -Joe Wheeler is coming home.-. " v ' China is buying heavily of cotton cloth. 1 ' Iron and steel shipments are taking all available shiproom to the Orient. , The Northwestern Fruitgrowers' As sociation met in Tacoma in annua meeting. x -Congressman David J. Colson, shot and killed two men in a Frank fort (Ky.) hotel. r ; s ' have failed. They tried to carry too heavy a load of mining stocks. .A Wall strnAfc Tnmm- biivh tViht. fVie Southern Pacific may buy the Galves ton, Houston i& Northern. The British ship Reliance and the British ship Annie Thomas are long overdue at San Francisco. The French admiral dined with Pres ident Jimines, of Santo Domingo after the troublesome claim was paid. The third annual couventionn of the National Livestock Association of America met in Fort Worth, Tex. Senate committee on interoceanio canals will favor the bill tor the con struction of the Nicaragua canal. A negro who was supposed . to have aided two negroes to escape near Hend- gm, xenn., was lyncnea Dy a moD. Negroes have appealed to the United States senate for national legislation that will protect them from burning and lynching. The treasury department is consider ing a recommendation to move ths United States custom house from Mary Island to Ketchikan. All the leading manufacturers of men and women's woolen felt hats have raised prices as a result of the advance in prices of wool. Secretary Long and Rear Admiral Bradford have appeared before the sen ate committee on naval affairs in ad vocacy of the Pacific cable. Trees and shrubs are being planted along the Suez canal to keep the sand from drifting'. James R. Garfield, son of the mur dered president, announces himself as a candidate for congress in the Twen tieth Ohio district. Congressman James C. Needham, from the Seventh California district, was born at Carson City, . Nev., in an emigrant wagonjwhile his parents wen pressing acrossthg plains to California. Extensive additions are being made to the United States, naval stations at Newport, R. I.- - - - For continuous service A. E. Burr, of the Hartford (Conn.) Times, is prob ably the oldest editor in the country, having been in the editorial harness for 61 years. , Charles E. Moody, a millionaire of Bath, Me., asked the city council a short time before his death to erect a lamppost in front of his residence. The request was refused, and now his will shows that lie revoked an intended be quest of 970,000 for a sew city hall. LATER NEWS. The com sing of rabbits was stopped In Chicago by humane officers. Jn a great battle which lasted all day Sunday the Boers held their own. Mines at Johannesburg have made impregnable that city from an attack ing force. Methodist missionaries will begin active work in the Philippines to con vert the Tagals. Count Boni de Castellane says he is going to use his cane on the editor of the Paris Figaro. ... '" Tue pope warmly praises the work of an endowment for a Catholic univer sity at Washington. The Duke of Teck is dead at London. He died from pneumonia after, an ill ness of several days. The sugar war is to be oontinued on the same lines as heretofore, and no settlement is in sight.'' : At Butte, Mont., Dominick Massa, a painter, mounted a ladder to paint a building. He grabbed a live wire and fell dead. ' i Colonel George M. Randall and Col onel James Bell, have been narped by the president for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general. George D. Herron, formerly pro fessor of Iowa college, says that the effect of socialism on religious dogma will be to change the whole attitude of human belief. Half a million dollars is the esti mated cost of repairing the Olympia according to the report - of the naval construction board. The work will be done at the Boston navy-yard, and will occupy about a year. According to the New York Herald's Washington correspondent there is an excellent prospect that the Nicaragua canal bill will go through this session without waiting for the report of the Walker commission. Mrs. Annie Ellsworth Smith is dead at New York.- She sent the first tele' graphic message, "What hath God wrought?" from the United States su preme court room, Washington, to Bal timore. ; . Two negroes were shot to death and two white men desperately wounded as the result of an attempt to arrest a ne gro murderer at Macon, Ga. J. H. Butler, colored, is the man who did most of the shooting, and who was himself shot to death. - A long-time resident of South Africa, now in New York, says the Boers are not brave; that they will fight from cover, but in the open, man to man, the Boer is no match for the Briton, or other white antagonist. He predicts the British will via soon. Hepburn believes the house will pass the canal bill. . , General Buller cables that he thinks he is making progress,! The news of the success of the Mexi can troops is confirmed.; The second detachment of London volunteers has left for the cape. Count and Countess Castellane. nee Gould, have arrived in New York. The United Mineworkers voted dowD a resolution of sympathy for the Boers: John Ruskin, the great art critic and writer, passed away in his 81st year at London. General James F. Wade has taken temporary charge of the department of the lakes. Motormen and conductors of Troy, N. Y., are out for more wages and shorter hours. A deadly quarrel in the Italian quar ter of New York resulted in the killing of three of ono family. The Baldwin, locomotive works, of Philadelphia, has received an order for 30 large locomotives from France. Danish farmers have sent the Prin cess of Wales 12,000 boxes of choice butter for the British soldiers in Africa. - The reason for the close censorship is now being appreciated in London, and the people are willing to await the esults. ' An Indiana volunteer, writing home, says that Joe Wheeler gave tired sold iers his horse and, taking their gun, marched with the boys. Owing to dangers threatening the commonwealth of Frankfort, Ky., clergymen set aside Tuesday as . a day 3f humiliation and prayer. Rev. Mr. Sheldon will have absolute control of all departments of the' To- peka (Kan.) Capital for one week when he will demonstrate how a Chris tian . daily should be conducted and edited. The 16 th annual report of the United States civil service ,. commission has been presented to the president. It shows an increase in the number of persons employed and more examina tions of applicants last year than in any previous year of the commission. The Ashland woolen mills, one of the oldest industrial establishments in Or egon, representing an invested capital of over $65,000, and regularly employ ing 30 to 35 hands was totally de stroyed by fire, which is supposed to have originated in the weaving-room. The insurance amounted to $13,500. Total expenditures at the Charleston (Mass.) navy yard for the last fiscal year were $137,465. The Ninth regiment of Pennsylvania celebrated the one hundreth anniver sary of its organization recently. Daniel S. Ford, for 40 years propri etor and editor of the Youth's Com panion, who died recently in Boston, made it an invariable rule that his name should never appear in the col umns of his own journal. New York has twelve times as many churches as Berlin. ' Pnhliahnrfl in Finland Irvfifi from $6,000 to $10,000 a year due to sup pression oi dooxs Dy tne government. China has lust received a cargo of sewing machines from- America, and Chinese women are said to be taking kindly to the innovation. C. P. Huntington is the only survi vor of the great Southern Pacific Quar tette, composed of Stanford, Crocker, Hopkins ana himself, . ana tie now owns, or holds, an option on three fourths of the stock of the road. , - IfOFllWr1 Clearwater Country Goes the Northern Pacific. to O. R. & N. PRESIDENT TO RETIRE The Northern Pacific It to Have Track. are Down the Colombia and the Union Paaifle to Paget Sound. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 22. A special from New York says: . The dispute between the Northern Pacific and the O. R. & N. Co., ovei the right of the respective roads to ex tend their lines in the Clearwater terri tory in Idaho, has been settled, and the Northern Pacific is master of the situa tion. The O. R. & N. Co. has with drawn its claims to the Clearwatei country, which is left in undisputed possession of the Northern Pacific, and the next move will be the retirement ol A. L. Mohler from the presidency ol the O. R. & Co. and his transfer to the presidency of the Kansas City, Pitts burg & Gulf. Formal announcement of the twe roads will be deferred until - February 6, when the official time of the six months' truce between them .will ex pire, but the papers in the matter are practically ready for signature, the fight is ended, and there will be no more trouble. :-The terminatioi of the Clearwater difficulty marks the end of one of the most bitter railroad wars ever waged in this country. Every phase of rail road politics, diplomacy and force wat brought into play by the lines inter ested. The Union Pacific took up the question in dispute. In order to facil itate an amicable settlement the North ern Pacific offered the use of its Port land Tacoma line to the Union Pacific in exchange for similar track privilegee on the Columbia, and the Union Pacific was offered the alternative of accepting the proposition or having the Northern Pacific parallel the line of the O. R. & N. Co. from Lewis ton to Portland. The Union Pacific has had the offer under consideration several months, and it has finally decided to accept it, and to refrain from extending the O. R. & N. lines in the Clearwater dis trict. - SPOKE FOR THE BOER. Senator Hale Ienonneed Great Brit . aln's War. , Washington, Jan. 22. A speech, sensational in its interest and interna tional in its scope, was delivered in the senate today by Hale, of Maine. The occasion of the utterance was the simple question whether a resolution introduced by Allen, of Nebraska, call ing for information as to the recogni tion by this country of the diplomatic representative of the Transvaal repub lic should be directed to the president or secretary of state. Hale made the question the subject of an impassioned speech in which he declared that nine tenths of the American people sympa thize with the Boers in their gallant struggle for liberty against one of the greatest powers in the world. He de clared that the war which Great Brit ain is waging is the most fatal blow at human liberty that has been stiuck iat the century. He declared "that the American people are not in sympathy with Great Britain in the South Afri can war to stamp out the liberty of the people," and when Mr. Balfour, in the house of commons, made such a state ment, "he should be met with some disclaimer from this side of the Atlan tic" He declared that the English people themselves were not in favor of this war, : which "had been brought on by a sharp cabinet minister engaged with gold speculators." Hale spoke with unusual force, decisiveness and earnestness, even for him, and his pas sionate eloquence claimed the closest attention of every auditor. The resolution, which previous to Hale's speech had caused a sharp col loquy between Allen and Spooner, of Wisconsin, was passed finally as amended. Morgan of Alabama ad dressed the senate briefly on the finan cial bill. Innoeent Han Hanged. St. Paul, Jan. 22. A special to the Dispatch from Redwood Falls, Minn., says: A report has just reached here from relatives of the deceased that old man Slover recently died in California, and that he made a confession to the effect that he killed Moses Lufkins, in Gales township, this county, some 12 years ago, . instead of William Rose, who was afterward hanged for the crime. Concession to Americana. Victoria, B. C, Jan. 22. The pro vincial government has declared its in tention of amending its alien exclusion law so as hereafter to permit Ameri cans to hold claims purchased from Canadian locators. Such a concession quite satisfies the Americans in Atlin. Will Aid Oom Paul. Portland, Or., Jan. 22. A number of Boer sympathizers in Portland have united to form a society for the purpose of raising money to assist Oom Paul and his followers. ' Arrangements are now making to secure a hall and speakers for a meeting. Firing; at Ladysmith. London, Jan. 22. The Daily Mail publishes the following dispatch, dated Thursday, from Spearman's camp: it is rumored tnat the Boers have evacuated Colenso in order to reinforce their troops here. "Heavy gun fire was heard from Ladysmith this morning. "General Buller's order instructs the men to heed the white flag of the Boers only when they lay down their arms. It also instructs them to beware ol false bugle calls." Liable to Legacy Tax. - Port Townsend, Jan. 22. According to a ruling received today from the treasury department and made by the commissioner of internal revenue, a be quest of money for a priest for the pur pose of saying masses for the repose of the soul is liable to legacy tax. The case came before the commissioner from Illinois, where a bequest had been made for that purpose. Linen was the first fabric woven. Cincinnati motormen get 16 2-3 cents MOPES OF TRANS VAALERS. Getting: Used to War and Have Ceased to Ulna It. New York. Jan. 22. An idea of the high hopes entertained in tne Trans vaal republic of the outcome of the war witn ureas tsritain is given in a letter written by E. Houthakkor, as sistant stationmaster at Johannesburg, to his sister in Brooklyn. The letter was sent in November by way of Lo renzo Marques. The letter ' 'says in part: "We are getting used to it a bit now. Since October 15 no more letters reached us from beyond the Transvaal. A solitary cable dispatch manages to come through occasionally, but then it is a week old. At first ' I still .. main tained correspondence with Cape Town, but that is no more possible now. The Boers are scoring an enormous success, and they have already conquered the biggest part of Natal. They are push ing already into Cape Colony, whjre they are joined by the burghers. Kim- berley is likewise completely surround ed, as well as Mafeking, while in the northern part of the Transvaal the Boers are already beyond our bound aries. On every Bide the British are getting a good thrashing. "The internal arrangements here are excellent. All the English have left the country. Order is beautifully maintained. The Boers still remaining may be seen daily leaving for their various commands. "Johannesburg now ; is . fearfully quiet. All the male population has been drafted into a special constabu lary. No one is allowed out after 9 P. M. '- With the exception of 10 mines, which are being worked . by the government, all the mines on the rand are shut down. "Up to the present 1,500 English are prisoners, among whom are 50 offi cers, and 6,000 are slain. Our loss doei not amount to 200, including the dead and wounded. It sounds like a mira cle. It still looks doubtful who will come out ultimate conqueror, but as things look now the bughers stand a good. chance. No fighting has occurred in their own country. The supply of food is plentiful. The English sol diers are not worth much and surren der easily.' Already two of their' gen erals are dead. Cape Colony will re volt. "No doubt it will surprise you tc see me having changed thus, but that could not -be otherwise, after having witnessed everything. It is now clear that Chamberlain's sole aim has been for three years to make war against the Transvaal and obtain possession of its territory."1 -. Taqul Nation to Hake a "Last Stand. Chicago, Jan. 20. A special to the Record , from El Paso, Tex., says: "The Yaqui Indians of Sonora, the only race in all Mexico that r was able to survive the Spanish invasion and preserve its individuality, are making their last stand against the Mexican government. Thus far it seems the Mexican soldiers have -been found in adequate to cope with the Yaquis.. A proclamation has been issued by the ruler of the Yaqui nation, ad dressed to "The American People," and in part is as follows: "The Yaqui nation has begun its struggle for independence. It will no longer tolerate the Mexican army in Sonora. "The nation has established a provisional government, the offices of which are at Babispe. In the event of the success of the Yaqui people ovei the Mexicans, no foreigners except na tive born Americans will be allowed in Sonora for several years. The property and persons of Americans in Sonora will be protected by the Yaquis in every way." Scheme for Hawaiian Electric Road. San Francisco, Jan. 22. L. P. Mat thews, of Cleveland, O., representing an Eastern syndicate which proposes to construct electric railroads in Ha waii, is en his way home. He says that $5,000,000 may be expended, and added: . . - "In the near future ' more than a million dollars' worth of ties and lum ber will be shipped from Puget sound points to Hawaii for the projected roads. . Plans already perfected call for the construction of some 810 miles of electric- lines. Most of the roads will be in and around Honolulu and elsewhere on Oahu island. Ferryboats will be run between the termini of these roads and the various islands." American Soldier Attempted to Kill Otl Chicago, Jan. 22. A special to the Record from Victoria, B. C, says: J. P. Molera, who arrived from Manila, tells of an attempt on the life of Gen eral Otis. In conversation in reference to the situation there he Baid that Gen eral Otis once appeared on the firing line, when a shot from the rifle of one of the soldiers whizzed uncomfortably close to his head. As to who fired the shot no clew was discovered. ". Brews Were Burglars Bold. Vancouver, B. C Jan. 22. John and Thomas Brew, supposed to have been lost in a storm off the northern coast, are said by the police to have left behind, in a shack formerly occu pied by John Brew, a quantity of odds and ends, which the police claim to have identified as having been stolen from various Vancouver stores and res idences which had been entered by burglars. There is a collection of tools sufficiently large and varied for a well equipped carpenter shop. ;.r Opening for American Fruit. Berne, Jan. 22. The bundesrath to day abrogated previous regulations and granted permission for the importation of dried American fruits, and also fresh fruits, on condition of their examina tion at the Berne custom-house. - Osman Digna Caught. Cairo, Jan. 22. News was received here tonight that Osman Digna, prin cipal general of the late- Khalifa Ab dullah, has been captured: -.;-; '' Hard Trip of Bark Agate.' San Francisco, Jan. 22. Advices from Honolulu state that the bark Agate, 48 days from British Columbia for Honolulu, arrived at her destina tion in a distressed condition. The vessel was long overdue. On the voy age the Agate encountered severe storms. The staterooms were filled with water and much of the provisions Rruined. The fresh water gave out, and the crew was placed on short rations. A ship was sighted, and furnished 200 gallons of water to the exhausted sea men. .. British Slowly and Cautious ly Moving Ahead.' BOERS FORCED STEADILY BACK Seem to Be Short of Ammunition The British Took Three Boer Positions on the Mountain. . J Spearman's Camp, "Jan. 1 23J After 10 hours of continuous and terrible fire yesterday, Generals Hart and Clery ad' vanced 1,000 yards. The -Boers main' tained an irregular fire during the night, but the British outposts did not reply. This morning at daybreak the Boers opened a stiff fire. The British stood tohe guns where they had slept and an engagement was renewed vigor ously. The field artillery poured shrap nel into the enemy's trenches. 'A rumor that Ladysmith had been relieved enlivened the British, who sent up a ringing cheer. This was taken for an advance. The first kopje was carried at the point of the bayonet, and the Boers retreated to the next kopje, which, like most others, was strewn witft immense , boulders, sur mounted by mounds on the summit. The British advanced steadily 'and the Boers relaxed sightly. The latter did not show such tenacity as pre viously. Their . Nordenfeldts fired, at long intervals, and their cannon fired but seldom. Apparently the " Boer. were short of ammunition. All day the roar of musketry fire continued. The British took three Boer positions on the mountain and round sneiter De- hind the boulders. Ex-Transvaal Consul Arrives. WasLington, Jan. 23. Mr. Montagu 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 lomatic representative of the republic here, arrived in this city today, from New York. ' . Letter From Kragsr;' London, Jan. 23. A special dis patch from Naples says that Mr. Ma- crum is reported to be the bearer of a letter to President . McKinley. from President Kruger, in which the latter proposes peace terms based on the status quo, with complete independ ence and a seven years' franchise. WALL OF GOLD ORE. Thousands Upon Thousands of Tons v in Sight. ; Prairie City, Jan. 23. What is in some respects the ' most .phenomenal gold find in Eastern Oregon, ia 7 miles south of Prairie City, in Grant county. The width of the ledge is 600 feet, and the valis are broken away for a distance of more than 3,000 feet, leaving the ore exposed 150 to 200 feet in the air. It is said that 'nowhere in the world has such a body of ore been found, standing, as this does, where no tunneling is necessary. The value of the ore runs from $3 to $63 per ton in gold, and it is free milling. Thousands upon thousands of tons of ore, unin cumbered by mountains of dirt and valueless rock, stand uncovered. Battle With Yaquis. Nogales, Ariz. , Jan. 23. News was received irom the south this morning that General Lorenzo Torres had en gaged the Yaquis at Macoyata, killing over 200 and taking 500 prisoners Father Beltr.' n and 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 expected that this last important victory -of General Torres will have the effect of scattering the Yaquis and will result in ending the war. Killed by Earthquake. City of Mexico, Jan." 23: News ia arriving from the interior points affect ed by the earthquake Friday night and Saturday morning. Much damage was done to property in Guadalajara, and the city of Colima, capital of the state of the same name, was . the scene ot terrific experiences, accompanied with the loss of seven lives. The City of Mexico' came off comparatively un scathed in the earthquake, few acci dents occurring here or in the suburbs. The church of the Three Kings, in the suburbs, was cracked, and will be closed for repairs. ' . ' ;. : . . . 1 How Men Were Ambushed. Manila, Jan. 23. The escort of 60 men of company C, Thirtieth infantry. Lieutenant Ralston commanding, which was ambushed near Lipa, con sisted of 50 convalescents' from the hospital, who were going to rejoin the regiment. The insurgents hid in the bushes along the road and opened fire upon the pack train from three sides. The Americans, in addition to their casualties, were compelled to abandon the train, which consisted of 22 horses. The latter, with their packs, fell into the hands of the insurgents, who. pur sued the retreating escort for three miles along the road, until the Ameri cans were reinforced. Nicaragua Objects to Merry. Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 23. (Via Galveston, Tex., Jan. 3.) The Nica raguan government will appoint Jose Ed Rodriguez an l Bruno Bruitaze as arbitrators for Nicaragua in adjusting the differences with the Maritime Canal Company. It is understood the government will object to United States Minister Merry and : Rudolph Weiser, the company's agent, as repre sentatives of the company in theTarbi- tration. ' - - Mrs. Tevls Gets S7.00O.O00. San Francisco, Yan. 22. Mrs.' Susan G. Tevis received nearly all of the es tate of her late husband, Lloyd Tevis, y a decree ot distribution from Judge Joffey yesterday. The : property dis tributed to her . is valued at about $7,000,000. The whole estate was be quested to her,- and she is to make pro vision for the Tevis children. Suakim, Jan.' 23. Osman Digna; principal general of . the late Khalifa Abdullah and who was captured last Thursday in the hills near Tokar, wai brought here today and imprisoned. RELIGIOUS MONOPOLY. -. Professor Herron, of Iowa, on the Effect of Socialism. . New" York, Jan. 24. George D. Herron, formerly a professor in Iowa college, who is on his way to Russia to visit Count Tolstoi, said in a lecture last night before the Social Reform Club that what Protestant Christen dom termed religious authority was es sentially a monopoly. - - - "There is no difference," he said, "between the oil combination that says 'Pay unto me so much tribute, or else go without oil,' and that of the church that says 'Whorship as I say or be damned.' It is exactly the same prin ciple; that -which lies back of the Standard ' Oil combination and the Protestant church. , . "Socialism has come to us 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 stag where human need is the only recognized coin Of the realm for a decent society. The central idea of .socialism is tnat of j every human - being an equal inheritor oi worldly benefits. And in this day all things objective and 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 of the human soul. The element of fear has been dominant in man for centuries. They are afraid ol the gods they worship, and must propi tiate them. They must sacrifice to their unknown gods more fruits of one kind of monopoly or another; perhaps by founding universities or theological seminaries. - "If we really had democracy if It were a fact instead of dogma in the state 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 ing. All imposed authority is essen tially atheistic. The man who seeks to coerce another into accepting his views is atheistic and cannot believe in a God. What you call religious au thority is essentially a monopoly. "It is too late to reform society in America. ' It is no longer a question whether you will have social revolu tion or not, it is simply a question oi 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 of faith that is offered at the present- time." More About the Fight. - 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 5 o'clock in the morning along the irregular sides oi Tabamyama mountain, which ends at pionkop. The artillery positions wer ehind and on the plain. The Britit jarefully worked along the hills unti. within 1,000 yards of a commanding kopje, on which the Boers were concen trated, concealed behind immense boul ders 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 rooky fastness with greatest tenacity, and at the con clusion of the day the British had only advanced across a few ridges. The Boers apparently have few guns, and they did little damage. ' ' ' Captain Honley, of the Dublin fusi liers, fell mortally wounded while lead ing his men to seize a fresh point of vantage. A Pietermaritzburg Bumor. Durban, Natal, Jan. 24. The state ment comes from an excellent source in Pietermartzburg that Lord Dundon- Id has entered Ladysmith with 1,60" en. This is not confirmed from ai other quarter; but it is known tha. Lord Dundonald's flying column ' has been acting well to the left of the line of advance. ' " Eight Men Rescued. . Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 24. Eight of the 11 men who were entombed in the Third-street tunnel by the caving in of earth yesterday, ' were rescued uninjured today. John Dejoe is still entombed, 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 of the tunnel caving in is that a sewer broke over the place where the men were working, and ' water, saturating the earth, caused it to become.: heavy and fall. Street Inspector Lombie, who was so badly injured, died this morning. - Almost a Centenarian.' Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 24. Dr. Robert H. 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 irst .Washington volunteers, is dead in this city, the result of disease con tracted in the Philippines. Colorado Convicts Escape. Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 24. A special to the Chieftain from Canyon City, Colo., says Anton Wood, Thomas Reyn olds, , W. Wallace and . Wagner, four convicts in the 'penitentiary, stabbed Wlliam O. Kooney, captain- of the night watch, to death tonight, captured and bound two other guards and made their escape. Hawaiian Publie Totes. Washington. Jan. 24. The house committee on territories todav cava a hearing upon the subject of the dispo sition ot the public lands of Hawaii. Mr. Hermann, commissioner of tl general land office, favored niacins tht lands under the public land office, and his attitude was opposed by William U. Smith, attorney-general of Hawaii. and other Hawaiians. Washington, ! Jan. ! 24. Secretary Gage has sent ' to congress an estimate of $7,872,000 as the cost of collecting the customs during the next fiscal year. Defeated Force of Eight Hun dred Insurgents. MARIETTA SHELLED THE PLACE General Sohwan's Troops Entered Santa . Cms, Finding the Rebels Had Aban doned the Town. Manila, Jan. 24. Two companies of the Forty-sixth infantry, under Ma jor Johnson, and three. ' companies of tne Thirty-eighth infantry, commanded by Major Muir, defeated 800 insurgents at Taal, province of Batangas, Satur day, taking , the . town. , The gunboat Marietta also' shelled the place. . The insurgents had four 'cannon, two of which were captured. Two Americans were wounded, and 10 dead insurgents were found on the field. " v . 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 Laguna de . Bay, Laguna province. It was re' ported many insurgents were concen trated there, but the town was found deserted. The military - regulation requiring the streets to be cleared of natives at 8:30 P. M. has been changed to 10 o'clock. The Official Report. Washington, Jan. 24. General Otis informs the war department of rec ent military operations in the Philippines in the following dispatch: "Manila, Jan. 24.' Major Johnson, commanding a battalion of the Forty sixth infantry, General Whea ton's bri gade, reports from Lemeri on the 18th and 20th inst. that he drove the enemy through Batayan, eastward, on the morning of the 18th, capturing 17 rifles and one field piece. A few hours later, in Calaca, he captured four 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 Muir's battalion of the Thirty eighth infantry were sent to Taal, the insurgent 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 was ably conducted, and important in ie Bults. : "The enemy is reported in large force and entrenched at and near Santa Cruz, Laguna de Bay. General Schwan is swinging his troops on that point, hi 'ft at the town of the Bay, a few mil 1st of Calamba, his right consisting oavalry at the right of Tayabas." ; FOR TAGAL AND BOER. Senator Turner Arrainged the Admin istration's Policy. Washington, Jan. 24. This was an other day of 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, his remarks be ing addressed particularly to the pro posed amendment to the constitution of North Carolina,' which, if enacted, be said,, would disfranchise a large mass of 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 ainutes today, and nothing of public importance was done except to refer to the speaker for settlement a dispute between the appropriations and mili tary affairs committee over jurisdic tion of the estimates for 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. Election of Senators. 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 conditions which have oc curred in Kentucky, Idaho, Delaware and other states under the present sys tem. The bill, as reported, leaves it discretionary with the legislature to continue the present system - or adopt the system of choice by the people. ; To Reconsider Samoan 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 was ratified. Fell Two Thousand Feet. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 24. Two miners, named Kratt and Swett, drop ped nearly 2,000 feet in D shaft of the Atlantic mine. Both were horribly mangled. Both leave large families. Base-Ball Flayer's Crime. Worcester, 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.. lynched In Jail Yard. Fort Scott, Kan., Jan 23. George Silbee and Ed Meeks, half brothers, who were convicted of murder here arlier in the week, were lynched by a ,ob in the county jail yard tonight, it' a late hour their bodies were dangling from two trees in the yard, the authorities having been so com pletely surprised that no effort had been made to remove the ghastly evi dences of the mob's work. Justice Potts, of Jersey City, N. J., has decided that it is unlawful for Jer sey City saloons to have storm doors. SPECULATION WAS SLACK. Payments Through Clear! rig-Houses Less Than a Tear Ago. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Whether the new year will surpass or keep pace with the old is the ques tion which ' gives special interest to every week's returns. Comparing now with business by far the largest and most prosperous ever known a year ago, more than 40 per cent larger than in January, 1898, which, in its turn, had shown heavier business than in any preceding year, it cannot be ex pected that such a gain will be repeat ed. But the decrease of 9.6 per cent in payments through the clearing-houses is wholly due to great speculative ac tivity at New York last year, with sales of 12,031,832 shares against 6,518,920 to the same date this year, for payments outside this city have been 4.3 per cent greater than a year ago, and greater than in the same part of any other month. . This week one contract of 10,000 tons for a Western road, and two for bridges requiring 11,000 tons, are the only big transactions reported in iron products. Perhaps the most important indus trial event is the marketing of woolen goods at prices averaging 18.4 per cent higher than last year, many makes be ing promptly sold up and withdrawn, . while others sell so well as to give great encouragement. Business in cotton goods begins to increase, though in staples it is still moderate. ' - The market for breadstuffs is not ac tive nor have changes in prices of ele vator wheat been of any consequence, but the aotive May option shows a sharp decline. Atlantic exports con tinue far below former years; in throe weeks, 6,093,325 bushels against 13, 224,082 last year; Failures for the week have been 242 in the United States, against 248 last year, and 40 in Canada, against 82 last year. ' J . .. PACIFIC COAST TRADE." Seattle Markets. Onions, new, $1.501.75 per sack. Lettuce, hothouse, $1.25 Potatoes, new, $1620. Beets, per sack, 75 85c. Turnips, per sack, 60c. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. Cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen. ' Cabbage, native and California, 75c 6 $1.00 per 100 pounds. . Apples, $1.251.60 per box. Pears, $1.001.25 per box. Prunes, 60c per box. Butter Creamery, 82o per pound; dairy, 1722c; ranch, S4o per pound. Eggs 2021c. Cheese Native, 16c. Poultry 13 14c; dressed, 14 15c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.00(319.00 : Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $21; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel,- $3.80; whole wheat a eo nn. o daaj nn Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.50 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, a & n r n i per ton, $ou.uu. . Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef ' steers, 7K8c; cows, prime, 7c; pork, 7c; trimmed, 8 c veal, 80slOc. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13Ki breakfast bacon, lZc; dry salt sides, 8c. . ,- ' '- ; Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 60 51c; Valley, 50c; Bluestem, 52o per bushel. Flour1 Best grades, $2.90; graham, $2.25; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choice gray, 84o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15 16.00; brewing, $18.0018.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shortB, $18; chop, $16 per ton. TTnv Timofhv. Sft.KflOll: clover. $78; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, oucgbDc; seconds, 4245c; dairy, 3037c; tore, 22K27o. Vxroa 1 7 C3 1 7 MZa ner dozen. - - -.- x Cheese Oregon full cream, 12 )kc; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo . per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.60 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs, $2. 50 3.50; geese, $7.00 8. 50 for old; $4.506.50; ducks, $6.009.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1517o per pound. Potatoes 55 80a per Back; sweets, t 2 Ko per pound. VmretaMes Beets. SI: turnips. 90c; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, lHo per pound; ., parsnips, $1; onions, $1.151.50; carrots, $1. ' Hops 710o; 1898 crop, ooo. Wool Valley, 1213o per pound;. Eastern Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mnttnn best sheen, wethers and ewes, 8 Mo; dressed mutton, 6 7o per pound; lambs, 7eC per pound. Hoes Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; litrht and feeders, -$4.50; dressed, . $6. 50 6.00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.ou(g.uu; cows, $33.50; dressed beef, 6i 7J40 per pound. Veal Lanre, 67o; small, 8 8o per pound. : Ban Francisco Market. Wool Sorine Nevada, 1215o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val ley, 2022c; Northern, I0iao. ' Hops 1899 crop, lll2o per pound. - - Butter Fancy ; creamery 25o; do seconds, 2324o; fanoy dairy, 21 22c; do seconds, I8zuc per pound. Eggs Store, 18 20c; fancy-ranch, Milistnffa Middlings. $17.00 20.00; bran, $1314.00. Hav Wheat $6. 50 9 .60; wheat and oat $6.609.00; best barley $5.00' 7.00: alfalfa, S6.00O7.60 per ton; straw, 80 45o per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 85u; Ore gon Burbankfl, 85c12.0; river Bur banks, 6085o; Salinas Burbanks, $1.00 1.25 per sack. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75c$1.50; do choice $1.762.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60 2.60 ner bunch: pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66o pex pound.