VNIOIt 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.