The Heppner Gazette
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1900.
GLIMPSES AT GOOD BEADING.
It is said that political parties in
China are the first step toward pro
gress. Of course contentment leads to
conceit, and that is a bad thing. One
often hears of a noble, discontent, but
again it is questioned if all discontent
is noble per se. Not long ago, before
political parties were known, China
was contented. One and all, prince
and pauper, young and old, declared
"all within the four seas brethren, and
all without the four seas barbarians."
None disagreed, and united China was
ferved in its hatred of "the foreign
devils."
Isaac Taylor Headland of the uni
versity of Pekin gives his views of
"Chinese Parties and Their Leaders"
in Ainslee's Magazine for November,
lie is a live man, associating with the
people in their everyday life and look-
ins on events through medium of a
human sympathy untainted by narrow
prejudice. He offers a popular ex
planation of the opprobrious title,
"foreien devil" !
"Once a red-haired,, red-whiskered,
hlne-aved British consul in Canton
asked a Chinese official why the
Chinese sneak of foreigners in this un
melodious manner. 'Whv is it,' the
consul said, 'that your people call us
foreign devils?
"The official, with that quiet, suave
Hivnitv Chinese officials assume so per-
fectly, at first hesitated to answer the
question.- The consul pressed him for
a reply. 'I cannot tell you,' said the
official at last; you would be angry if
I did tell vou.' 'Not at all.' the consul
reioined. 'On the contrary, I shall be
indebted to vou.' In all seriousness
then, and having in mind the red-
haired, red-whiskered, blue-eyed
imageB of the devils of his race, the
... ' i A i.i iL . i d.;li .
oniciai toiu uie cuiibui uuuiiuouwuij; .
'We call you devils because you look
like devils.' "
Hence, says this writer, "all without
the four seas are devils tor tne excel
lent reason revealed to the consul.'
All within the four seas, regardless of
political party or secret society, are
brethren. But in the light of recent
developments a schism seems to have
split even the ranks of the brethren
The old order mav have prevailed m
the dark ages before the agitation of
political parties began.
harm , to the health when people do
not realize it; that the person in good
health does not need alcohol and is
better off without it. Moreover, there
are business considerations which
should influence a young man to be
temperate. Alreadv many railroads
and business establishments refuse to
employ men who drink.
Great as the danger ot aiconoi is to
health, to the purse, the moral injury
t causes is incomparably worse, it
demoralizes the character. Temperance
inutrnpt inn should therefore be basd on
moral training. Rational reform will I ceasing loyalty to tne
regulate the saloon and reduce the
temptation to drink by estabiisning
tea and coffee houses and "temper
ance" placee of amusement.
Two narties contend in China, the
liberal and the conservatives. Selfish
and self-sufficient, the conservative
element is the outgrowth of centuries
of all Dowerful swav over eastern Asia
It believes in the full meaning of
China the center ofgthe earth and is
oblivious to what goes on in the, world
outside.
Emperor Kwang Hsu is the official
head of the liberal party. Professor
Headland describes him as "one of the
most remarkable- potentates, William
of Germany not'excepted, on the 9tage
ot the world today. The reform move
ment began with the founding of the
Reform Club at Pekm. Soon after it
was put on a running basis one of its
energetic members called on a profes-
sor to procure the names and addresses
of the leading magazines and
newspapers published in the United
. States. It was discovered that other
members had secured lists of English
German. French and Russian publica-
tions and subscribed for them. Hardly
had the proselyting influence of the
Reform Olub begun to work: when the
conservatives caused it to be sup
pressed as a menace to the govern
ment. Though the doors were shut, it
was too late. The eager minds of the
voung men had been opened to the
light of new knowledge.
During the summer of 1898 Professor
Headland was engaged with a noted
literarv graduate. Hans Lin, in the
task of translating a book on mental
philosophy into Chinese. News came
that the emperor had issued an edict
abolishing the literary eBsay as a part
of the great examinations. "What will
be the result of the edict?" I asked
Hans Lin."
" 'Some will and some will not,"
' he answered discreetly."
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.
Ethical substitutes for the saloon is
the question foremost in the minds of
rational temperance workers. A par
tial report of the ethical subcommittee
of the committee of fifty, that has
been investigating the problem, ap
pears in the American Journal oi
Rnninlnav fnr November. The locality
about the Chicago commons was the
fiM nf research. It is in the heart
nf t.hn industrial district ot the Seven
tHnnth ward, and has been adjudged
one of the very best laboratories for the
study of social propiems oi America.
All preconceived ideas oi tne saioon
were cast aside. Only actual facts on
t.hn hasis of nrecise observation ' were
taken. Pictures drawn by lecturers, of
places "where the sotted beasts gather
niuhtlv at the bar." and other lurid
popular conceptions intended to arouse
public sentiment, were criuciseu as iiov
being true to real conditions.
"The saloon is an institution grown
un among tne people, not oniy in
answer to their demand for its wares,
hut to their demand for certain ne
cessities and conveniences, which it
sunnlies either alone or better than
any other , agency, it is a pari oi uie
nuhhnrhood which must change with
the neighborhood; it fulfills in it the
social functions which unfortunately
have been left to it to exercise. With
keen insight into human nature and
into the wants of the people it antici
pates all other agencies in supplying
them, and thus claims its right to ex
istence. In some sections of the city
it has the appearance of accomplishing
more for the laboring Classes iroui
business interests than we from
philanthropic motives."
Of ton an absence of those horrors
which many associate with drinking of
liquors gives room for tne luea mat
the saloon mav be a' social necessity.
This is an equally false position, says
Royal L. Melendy, who makes the re
port. While the unicago saioon is
hedged in by .every law yet it sells
liquors to minors, keeps open door all
night and Sundays. - Certain down
town saloons do close at midnight, not
in obedience to city law, but in re
sponse to the law of demand. Their
daytime patrons have gone home and
joined the patrons of the neighbor
hood saloon.
EdictB came from the palace in such
rapid succession as to take their breath
away in surprise. In fact, as the pro
fessor says, they almost took Kwang
Hsu's breath away definitely. For
when the empress dowager returned
from her summer palace Kwang Hsu
was put in .confinement, from which
he has not yet been liberated. The
results of the reform movement were
marvelous. The emperor succeeded in
establishing a university which still
stands. The principal departments of
the university are for the study of the
languages of the allied powers. Law,
medicine and athletics have attention.
Other colleges have sprung up all over
the land.
It is a singular fact that the two
greatest men in China should be
named Chang and Li, which answer to
onr names of Brown and Jones. Li
Hung Chang is the greatest liberal,
thoagh not properly a reformer. Says
Professor Headland :
"Li Hung Chang is as great a states
man as Bismarck, as great a warrior
as Grant, as great a politician as Flatt
and as great a business man as Rocke
feller. A large part of his wealth lies
in pawnshops. He is probably the
greatest pawnshop owner in the
world. He is thoroughly
Chinese, 3n his general conservatism,
in Lis conceit, in his duplicity and in
the wav Bilver sticks to his palm."
Chang Chih-tnng is the next great
liberal. He is a viceroy and was en
gaged in writing one of the most re
markable books, regarding the new
learning, while the emperor was issu
ing his reform edicts. He urges that
knowledge of foreign affairs be scattered
broadcast.
Prince Ching is a reform nobleman
who risked his life to defend and to
send provisions to the imprisoned
' ministers in Pekin. He is a man who
favors foreigners, ye whom all the
Chinese love and respect.
Professor Headland traces all
present troubles to the last efforts of
tne conservatives to preserve the con
-ditions of 4000 years. Thev are in
capable of governing the country. The
one way for the allied powers is to
place the reform emperor, Kwang
llsn, on the throne and give him as
aids young officials who Lave secured
a foreign education; then, in ten
'years, China will stand beside Japan
as a progressive oriental nation.
Professor W. O. Atwater resumes his
discussion on "Alcohol Physiology
and Temperance Reform" in Harper's
Monthly for November. He says that
work in temperance reform baa gradu
ally ceased to be the propaganda of
the few, and has become tne creed of
the many. Criticism may be leveled
against school teii-oooas lor tne mis
leading statements placed before child
ren. No one sboold teach that alcohol is
a food in the ordinary sense of the
: word. Neitbei should it be called a
poison. But it may be taught that the
moderate use of alcohol is fraught
with danger; that alcohol often doei
At the close of the day's work the
poor, underpaid and unskilled laborer
goes into the room or rooms he calls
"home." A scanty, poorly cooked
meal is served, bv an unkempt wife,
to the sound of crying children. He
feels the same demand of mental
stimulus and social relaxation that
lead richer men to form , the great
clubs. Is there no place for him to
go? Yes; in the Seventeenth ward
brewing companies have seen and met
these needs.., Among 103 saloons, 111
offer free lunches,., 14L,arosiippied
with "tables where he may sit and
discuss politics and play penucble with
his friends, 139 supply newspapers to
customers, while six oi them are dance
halls and three permit gambling.
Each saloon is in reality a club. Its
character is determined by the kind of
men .who frequent it, and about the
same men having something in com
mon make a certain saloon their ren
dezvous night after night. The sign
above the door mav' hint of its charac
ter. as "Italian Headquarters." "Mil-
mans' Exchange," "Mechanics" Ex
change," etc. A stranger stepping
into one of these places finds a few men
at the bar, a few drinking, others read
ing or nlaving cards at the tables or
talking politics or neighborhood gossip.
Without rules, it surpasses in spirit
the organized club when it comes to
discussion. In fact, the saloon is the
social center of the neighborhood.
Ttovs are provided for. A nickle
charged for a game of pool, and a check
entitles the holder to a glass of beer, a
5-cent ciear. cigarettes or a soft drink.
About 27 per cent of saloons are tnus
equipped. Many have free shower
baths. handball courts, Downng aneys
and shuffle boards. An abundance of
free lunch is served and no Questions
asked, while in some instances the
saloon poses as a labor bureau, assist
ing men to nnd employment.
The data given was gathered by Mr
Melendv in the saloons, on street
corners, in the homes at an nours oi
the day and night and in various dis
guise. He was aided by sporting men
E of ice and professors, ministers anu
usiness men. His observations on
winerooms. beer gardens and suburban
saloons are interesting. In conclusion
he savs:
'The adaptability of the saloon to
the needs of a particular locality is
a source of constant surprise and ad
miration as it is also a cause of
genuine consternation among Christian
people who renect at an upon tne
cautious institutionalise) ot tne
churches."
If the proper study of mankind in
man science seems m a fair way to es
tablish a basis from w"hich to reason
Laboratory work in physiology and
anatomy has made great advances and
the investigating microscope is now
turned on the human mind. The hour
for purely thsoretical reasoning is past
Hard lacts areigaineo. uy tracing out
relations, causes, effects, laws and ten
dencies, the department 6f child stndy
is'acknowledged; chidren are studied
at home in school and at play.
Physicians measure them to deter
mine laws of development; and for
hygienic reasons the teeth, eyes, ears
ana skin are examined. Teachers and
psychologists watch day by day and
take note of mental peculiarities for
pedagogic purposes. The deficient and
frequently unruly child is found to be
so not from any'will of his own. He
is the victim of circnmstances.heredity
physical deformity and environment.
It is proved beyond a doubt that the
criminal is not like otiier men. Stu
dents of criminal anthropology and
criminal sociology have stndied many
thousands of convicts and have ob
tained positive information. Investi
gations have been carried on in
different parts of the world among un
like nationalities.
A movement is on foot to estabj ish
nriimn laboratories in the United
States and train young observers tor the
work. The scope ot the plan is out
lined in the current American Journal
of Sociology by Professor C. R. Hen
demon of the university of Chicago.
From the result of the investigations
ised better methods of preven
tion and reform and the enightenment
of authorities in criminal law and pro
cedure.
President McKinley attended the
"Founder's Day" banquet at the
Union League club, Philadelphia,
Saturday night and made the follow
ing speech :
"Gentlemen of the Union League
An after-dinner speech is to me always
a difficult performance, and an. after
election speech after dinner is a still
more difficult task, and I shall do little
more than make, acknowledgment to
this patriotic association for its un
government, xor
the earnest support it has given to the
present administration in the trying
vears through which it has passed, and
express mv sincere tnanKS ior trie
great honor this meeting and demon
stration brings to me, which should be
shared by my distinguished associate
on the national ticket, the vice presi
dent elect, as well as by those con
nected with me in the conduct ot
public affairs.
We are always in danger oi ex
aggeration on an occasion of exultation
over a political victory, and while the
result, is mainly due to tne enorts ot
our splendid party, there is sometimes
a tendency to give too nine creuii, ui
other forces which, silent though they
may be, however, are none the less
potential. We must not withhold gen
erous acknowledgment from that great
body of our citizens wbo, belonging to
another party, powerfully assisted in
the achievement of the result which
vou celebrate tonight; nor for that
other large body, former members of
our party, who, with honesty of pur
pose, separated from us a tew years
ago on financial issues, but have now
returned and. are home again to stay
Nor is any accounting for the victor
either iust or accurate which leaves
out of the calculation the almost un
broken column of labor, engaged in
mechanics and agriculture, which re-
jected the false doctrine of class dis
tinction as having no place in this re
public, and which rebuked those teach
ngs which would destroy the faith of
American manhood institutions. The
business men in everv part of the
country, typified by this great organiza
tion, were a mighty factor in the
recent contest. And may we not also
ascribe much to the influence of the
home, with its affiliations? In any
previous election was it greater or in
any way did the counsels of the fire-
ide determine more largely the vote
of the electors
"Nothing in government can be
more impressive than a national elec
tion, where the people delegate their
power and invest their constitutional
agents with authority to execute their
behests. The very character of the
transaction clothes it with solemnity
It is a serious business, its issues are
alwavs momentous. What a lesson in
self-government it teaches. Sixteen
million voters on the same day
throughout every section of the United
States depositing their mandate and
recording their will. Done by the peo
pie in their own communities, in the
very precincts of the home, under the
supervision of their fellow-citizens and
chosen officials to insure its freedom
and independence, the ballot a secret
one. God forbid that any citizen
selected for that sacred trust should
ever attempt to divert the will of the
sovereign people or tamper with the
sanctity of their ballots.
"Some disappointments follow all
elections. But all men rejoice when
an election is so decisive as to admit
of neither dispute nor , contest. The
value of a national victory can only be
rightly-measured and appeciated by
what it averts as well as by what it
accomplishes. It is fortunate for the
party in power if it understands the
true meaning of the result. Those
charged by the people with adminis
tration and legislation are required to
interpret, as well as to execute, the
public will, and its rightful interpreta
tion is essential to its faithful execu
tion. We cannot overestimate the great
importance and the far-reaching con
sequences of the electoral contest which
ended on the 6th of November. It has
to me no personal phase. It is not the
triumph of an individual, nor alto
gether of a party, but an emphatic
declaration by the people of what they
believe and would have maintained
in government. A great variety of sub
jects was presented and discussed in
the progress of the campaign. We may
differ as to the extent of influence of
the several issues involved, but we are
all agreed as to certain things which
it settled. It records the unquestioned
indorsement of the gold standard, in
dustrial independence, broader mar
kets, commercial expansion, reciprocal
trade, the open door in China, the in
violability of the public faith, the in
dependence and authority of the judi
ciary, and peace and beneficent govern
ment under American sovereignty in
the Philippines. American credit is
unimpaired, the honor of the Ameri
can Ha? unsullied, and the obligations
of a lighteous war and treaty of peace
unrepudiated.
of 130,000,000. In my opinion stamp
taxes generally should be removed. A
bill for the digging of the JNicaragua
canal will be the foremost proposition.
The Hepburn Dill passed by the house
will come before tho senate. I do not
believe the Clavton-Bulwer treaty can
be regarded as obsolete. Negotiations
of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty meant
that this government considered the
famous treaty to be in force. The
whole subject will consume much time
in the short session.
"The ship susbidy bill will be con
sidered. I believe that it will be
passed, although it affords the demo
crats more cause for opposition than
any other possible theme."
GENERAL NEWS.
LINCOLN'S PICTURE FELL.
It Alarmed the McKinley Household at
the White House.
The president and Mrs. McKinley
and all others in the White House
wore startled bv a tremendous crash in
the east room a few nights ago. The
room had been closed since the after
noon, and there were all sorts of con
iectures "as to the noise, ranging from
the explosion of a bomb to the collapse
of a wall.
Half a dozen attendants rushed into
the room and found the life-sized por
trait of Lincoln on the carpet. The
canvas was torn from the frame and
the frame badly damaged. Examina
tion showed that the painting itself
was not injured, and it was rolled up
and put away. It will be necessary to
get a new frame. The broken one was
a massive affair of gilt moulding and
measured 10x15 feet.
The portrait of Lincoln, with those
of George and Martha Washington and
Jefferson, bung in front of unused
windows on the east wall of the room
it was painted by Uogsweii and was
one of the most strlKing objects in the
famous room. It is considered a tine
ikeness and has boeu reproduced in
many different ways.
It is supposed the work of building
the new stairway to the president's
office loosened the plaster and caused
the cornice on which the picture hung
to give way.
"DIVINE SARAH" IN
NEW YORK.
Upon . Hep
She Is Full of Exclamation
Arrival There
"Oh! Mon Dieul So much bones and
so much boat."
With this exclamation, Sarah Bern
hardt stepped off the gang plank of the
French liner L'Aquitaine, a few days
ago, after what she described as "a
most tempestuous trip."
"Everybody was sick," she said,
"and Monsieur Coquelin is still so
sick he cannot talk.
"Oh, Mon Dieul Oh, my long, thin
bones 1"
Mme. Bernhardt was driven to the
Hotel Savoy. With her were three
maids, also two fox terriers, known as
"Mr. and Mrs. Dennis."
"I hope Dennis won't be my name
when I am touring through America,"
she said.
She began her repertoire with
"L'Aiglon" at the Garden theater
Monday, November 2(5. After a five
weeks' sojourn in New York she will
tour the country.
In "Hamlet" she will play the title
role and M. Coqueln that of the first
grave-digger.
The actress looked charming hand
somer, younger, plumper than ever.
It took all the strength oi half a
dozen policemen to clear the way for
her to the cairiage.
Queen Victoria is having her will
revised. Her fortune is estimated at
$30,000,000.
President Diaz s inaugurated for
the fifth time as the chief executive of
the republic of Mexico Saturday.
The German losses in China from
typhoid and climatic diseases generally
continue large, despite official denials.
The sales of Standard Oil shares in
the open market Wednesday aggregated
15j shares at$50,a new liiiili record for
the stock.
Eleven armored ships, to cost about
$00,000,000 when finished, are attract
ing shipbuilding experts to the navy
department.
Fireman F. J. Jones was killed in a
freight train wreck near Winnenincca,
Nevada, on Friday. IIu was caught be
tween the engine and tender.
The Vermont, receiving ship at the
Brooklyn navV yards, has been
abandoned. She has been -in this
branch of the service for sixteen vears.
The place of the United States in
ternal revenue commissioner, made
vacant by tho death of Geo. Wilson,
will bo tendered to Joseph Manley, of
Maine. .
The municipal council of Speyer,
Germany, adopted a resolution to place
a commemorative tablet in tne house
where the late Henry Villard was
born.
J. Thomas Baldwin, the famous
bandmaster, is dead in Boston, from
blood poisoning, the result of a simple
injury. He was born in Lowell, Mass.,
in 1832.
George H. Philips, the man who had
the corner in corn in Chicago laBt
week, is credited with having cleared
up $300,000 from the other gamblers
in corn. '
Senator Lodge will in all probability
be advanced to the chairmanship of th
committee on foreign relations to fill
in the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator C. K. Davis.
Twenty-four cases of smallpox were
discovered in a block on west Sixty
ninth street, near West End avenue,
New York. The disease is supposed to
have started from a negro actor.
The London Express publishes a
rumor that a gigantic gold mine trust
The First Made to Europe Via the Orient
and the Suez Canal.
Something strictly new in the wheat
exporting business came to light Mon
day, says the Oregonian, in the charter
of the British steamship liienturret by
Dodwell & Co., to load on Pugot
Sound for Europe by way of the orient
and Suez canal. The shipment which
goes out on tho Glenturret will be
the first that has ever gone, to Europe
by way of the orient. The Glenturret,
which is the first of a regular line that
will ply between Pacific coast ports,
will load on her first outward trip
about 3000 tons of wheat and will fill
up the remainder of her space with
freight for the orient. She will touch
at Yokohama, Kobe, Hong Kong, Ma
nila, Singapore and Uoloinbo. There is
always a large local traffic between
these ports and the steamers will dis
charge and load at each of them.
Freight offerings from Europe to the
orient are always heavy, and there will
be no ditbculty in securing lull out
ward cargoes for the steamers coming
this- way. They expect to Becure
enough through freight from Europe
to the Pacific coast to enable the
steamer to fill np her capacity when
she leaves the orient to cross the
Pacific.
"The republican party has placed
upon it tremendous responsibilities.
The party could ask no higher ex
pression of confidence. It is a great
thing to have this confidence; it will
be a greater thing to deserve and hold
it. To this party are committed new
and grave problems. They are too
exalted for partisanship. The task of
settlement is for the whole American
people, wiio will say they are un
equal to it?
"Liberty has not lost, but gained in
strength. The structure of the fathers
stands secure upon the foundation on
wbicn they raised it, and is today, as
it has been in the past and as it will
be in the years to come, 'the govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people."
"Be not disturbed, there Is no danger
from empire; there is no fear for the
Republic."
WHAT CONGRESS WILL DO.
Senator Aliiton States, In Hit Opinion,
the Business of the Coming; Session.
Senator William B. Allison, chair
man of the senate finance committee,
en route to Washington, unfolded his
mind as to what, in his opinion,
would constitute the business of the
forthcoming short session of congress
"There are some things," he said.
"that must be done in the short session
in order to avoid an extra session. The
regular approbations roust first of all
be passed. In these is included the
river and harbor bill which did not
pass at the last congressional session
I assume that these will all be passed.
"ifien the army bill must be passed
Exactly what, of course, I do .not
know, but the condition confronts us
of an army reduced by law to an extent
not equal to national necessities. The
lft of Jnlv, 1901, reduces the army to
27,500 men. Prudence at least suggests
that under existing conditions some
measure be taken against that date.
"There are also measures which will
present themselves as exceedingly ex
ix-dietit. First of these is consideration
of the war revenue bill. Taxes im
posed in war time are not appropriate
in time of peace. Neither is a large
surplos desirable in the treasury. The
h on He committee is already considering
the reduction, and the secretary of the
treasury has recommended a reduction
WHEAT SHIPM8NTS.
POISONED BT BEER.
Seventy Deaths and 18,000 Sick In and
Near Manchester England.
The beer poisoning epidemic at
Manchester, which has so worked up
the North of England, has now spread
to London. The county council an
nounces it is taking active measures to
protect the community. The working
man now empties his pewter pint with
more or less fear and trembling and
analytists are busy day and night on
the saccharine used so extensively by
the brewers. Many of , these were
found to contain arsenic.
In Manchester and other districts
there are already 18.000 patients, and
there have been seventy deaths due
to the peculiarly bad lot of glucose
supplied to the favorite local brewers
which caused perptioral neuralgia,
very slmilai to beri-heri. As the
result of the agitation the use of
glucose will probably be restricted by
legislation.
The public analytist suggests that
the mystery in tne Mayuricu case
might have been solved, had the facts,
now made public in regard to arsenic
in beer, been known at the time of
trial.
Sent After Flour.
Frederick White, of Coventry, N
Y., has returned to his home alter an
absence of sixteen years. One day in
the spring of 1884 his wife sent him to
the store, a short way otf, to liny a
bag of (lour, saying:
"Don't come home without that flour
dear."
White promised to do as she re
quested and started off. That was the
last seen of him until a few days ago,
when he returned, carrying a sack of
flonr on his shoulder."
"Here's yonr flour, Maria," he said,
"I didn't forget it."
White If ad been supposed to be dead,
but it seems that he had been in the
west, where he has acquired considera
ble property. He will return and take
his wife back with him,
has been formed, including John D.
Rockefeller, Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit
and Joseph Benjamin Robinson.
A dispatch from Paris to a London
paper says Oscar Wilde is dead. He
expired in an obscure house in the
Latin quarter, and was received into
the Catholio church on his death bed.
William Gibson, near Ashland. Ky.,
ran a red hot poker down the throat of
hia 2-vear-old stepdaughter in Cattle
burg. The child died. Gibson thon
set fire to an adjoining building and
fled.
The international live stock exposi
tion opened at Chicago Saturday. A
thousand head of fancy stock from this
country, England and Canada are on
exhibition, and $75,000 in prizes will
be awarded.
With official returns from every
county in Kentucky, the Courier
Journal announces Bryan'B plurality as
7975, and Beckham's as 3518. The
vote will be canvassed at Frankfort op
December 3,
Rear-Admiral Frederick G. McNair
died at his residence in Washington
Wednesday, from a stroke of apoplexy.
He waB the ranking rear admiral ot
the navy and the officer next in line
to Admiral Dewey.
It is officially fannounced in Berlin
that President Kruger will be received
there with all honors due the chief of
a state. The emperor, however, will
stay away from Berlin during the time
of the Boer president's visit.
Ex-President Kruger will arrive in
Berlin December 4, and will stay until
December 8. He will go to Cologne
December 9, and to Magdeburg Decem
ber 10. The government has been in
formed of his impending visit.
Henry Russell, ono of the most noted
composers of sea songo, is dangerously
ill in Chicago. It is now some years
since he appeared in public, and bo-
mg 70 years-ot age, it is leared that
the outcome of the present illness may
be fatal.
Miss Eugenia Washington, groat
grand niece of George Washington, -one
of tho founders of tho Society of.
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, and president of the Society of
l'ounders and 1'atnotB, died in Wash
ington Friday.
The goneral council of the Seine Wed
nesday at Paris unanimously adopted
a resolution that tho French govern
ment should take the initiative in the
endeavor to bring about the arbitra
tion of issues between Great Britain
and the Boers.
If an agreement concerning the rates
to the G. A. R. encampment is not
arranged between Western roads before
December 7, it is likely the encamp
ment will not be held at Denver.
Cleveland is making a strenuous effort
to Becure the encampment.
Contracts were signed in London and
ratified in Wall street for the equip
ment of the Charing Cross, Euston &
Hampstead underground railway With
electricity at a cost of about $20,000,
000. Americans will furnish all the
capital for the enterprise.
A feature of the Fasig-Tipmon horse
sale today was the sale of Attill, the
famous trotting sire. He was bought
bv G. H. Barlow of Bingham, N. Y.,
tor $14,700. Robert J., the world's
champion pacing gelding, was sold for
$025. His racing days are over.
Kx-Governor Joseph W. McClurg,
aged 88, died at Lebanon, Missouri,
Sunday of hemorrhage of the stomach.
He was elected Governor of Missouri
as a republican in 1880, and served one
term. lie served in congress from
1802 to 1808.
A jury to try Jessie Morrison,
charged with killing Mrs. G. Olin
Castle, her rival at Eldorado, Kansas,
was secured after more than three
weeks' examination of veniremen. All
of tho jury are farmers and married
men. None of them are under 30
years of age
The Union Pacific mail made a record
o more than a mile a minute for 150
miles from Grand Island to Omaha
Saturday. Tho train was two hours
late at Grand Island. After an excit
ing run it landed in Omaha just 27
minutes behind schedule time having
made 154 miles in 150 minutos.
Richard Novak, aged 14 years, was
found guilty of murder in Chicago,
Wednesday. Novak stabbed and killed
his companion, Albert Olsen. during a
quarrel, September 17. Novak is said
to bo the youngest murderer ever con
victed in Cook county. Ho will be
sent to the reformatory under the in
determinate act.
Smallpox cases are increasing in
New York city and the authorities are
uneasy, fearing an epidemic in the in
fested district.
The wheat crop of tho Darling Downs
district, Australia, is expected to beat
all records. In some instances if will
yield 52 bushels to the acre.
The Manchester Guardian says it un
derstands Queen Victoria has decided
to confer a dukedom on Lord Roberts,
and that parliament will be asked to
vote him 100,000.
A tunnel is proposed from Europe to
Africa under the Btraits of Gibralter,
a distance of 25 miles. The cost is
estimated at $23,000,000. If built,
trains will run through it.
The estimates for 1301 for tho war de
partment amount to $185,903,551 and the
estimates for 1902 amount to $171,773,
855. The appropriations for tho present
hscal year amount to $148, 205,935.
Governor I'ingree, of Michigan, has
pardoned both General White and Gen
eral Marsh upon the pavment of $5000
fine each, in the face of their recent
convictions tor frauds against the
state.
- "Four companies of -German troops
are reported to be seriously menaced 35
miles west of Pao Ting Fu. Eight
companies of French troops, with three
days' rations, have left to go to their
relief.
The cash balance on hand shown by
the report of Secretary-Treasurer Bram
wood of the International Typographi
cal Union is $27,009. The union
printers' home has a cash balance of
$8720 on band. :
Senator Frye who has charge of the
ship subsidy bill, announced that he
would call up that bill in tho senate
Tuesday, and move to have it made un
finished business, displacing bpooner's
Philippine bill.
The body of Colonel Liscum killed
in China, was taken from the transport
Thomas at San F'rancisco, and carried,
under a military escort, to the Presi
dio, where it will lie until conveyed
to Washington.
Senator Fairbanks introduced a, bill
in the senate to admit Oklahoma as a
state, with two representatives. The
usual proivsions for a constitutional
convention and the grants of land for
state institutions are made.
General MacArthur makes his week
ly death list to the department and it
is much longer than heretofore. The
American soldiers in the Philippines
are losing their lives from disease at a
rapid rate as these lists show.
The twenty-seventh convention of the
Woman's Christian temperance bociety
is in session in Washington City with
500 delegates present. The army can
teen question is to be one of the im
portant questions discussed.
The American-Transvaal league in
Chicago has prepared a message which
will be sent to President Kruger of tho
Transvaal inviting him to visit the
United States as soon as he has
finished his European tour.
Gibson, the man accused of killini
his 2 year old stepdaughter byf forcing
a red not poker don her throat, h is
been arrested near Ashland, Kontnekv,
and is now in the hands of a mob that
seems determined to lynch him,
A call has been issued by the
'National Livestock association for a
convention to be held in Salt Lake
city on January 15. The convention
will deliberate on the extension of the
industry and its general improvement.
The greatest livestock show ever held
in this country is open this week in
Chicago. Great interest centers in the
sheep exhibit, which is said by sheep
raisers to be by far tfie finest display
of the kind ever seen in the United
States.
Mrs. Charles H. Blow, wife of a
former Illinois game warden, swure out
warrants in Chicago charging her hus
band with attempting to chloroform
her and her three children and then
turning on the gns, so that suffocation
would finish the work.
Lnren W, Collins, associate justice
of tho state supremo court, has de
clined the appointment as senator to
succeed tho late Cushman K. Davis,
which was offered him by Governor
Lind. It is further stated that Judge
Collins will not bo a candidate for the
place when the legislature meets.
Li Hung Chang has received a dis
patch from the court, which has agreed
either to behead or otherwise kill Yu
Hsien, formerly governor of Khan-si,
who killed personally many Chris'
tians. Members of Li 'Hung Chang's
staff say the emperor will probably
send Yu llsien a Bilk cord, which is
an intimation that he must kill himself.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS.
The news that France, Germany
and Austria have reached a tentative
agreement for alandoning the exHrt
Umnty on sugar is attracting quite a
little attention at the moment in New
York sugar circles; and somewhat di
verse theories are current regarding the
effect of such change if made in re
finers' supplies there.
lonner Quartermaster Whito was
sentenced at Lansing, Michigan, Mon
day to ten years in the penitentiary
for frauds against the state. White fled
to tiouth Africa at the time of the ex
posure and recently returned to accept
the fate awaiting him. Hie states'
military supplies were sold to parties
in the steal and brought back again, at
heavy advances, with state funds,
The Jesse Morrison murder trial at
Eldorado, Kansas, is Hearing its end
The strongest evidence against the
young woman is the death bed evidence
furnished by Mrs. Castle, whom Miss
Morrison is accused of killing on ac
count of jealousy. Miss Morrison was
courted bv the man that Mrs. Castle
married. Mrs. Castle died from wounds
in the throat made with a raxor.
Pieparations for a prize fighting
carnival, to be held in Cincinnati in
February, are under way. The prelim
inary steps in the matter were taken,
when James J. Corbett, acting for the
Cincinnati promoters, signed Tommy
Kvan of Syracuse to box Jack Root of
Chicago 20 rounds for a percentage of
the gate receipts. The men will fight at
158 pounds, weighing on the dateof the
battle, February 15.
Secretary . of State F. I. Dunbar is a
very sick man at his home at Salem.
Henry C. Winters, a civil war vet
eran, died at the home for tho aged in
Portland, Thursday.
Frank Kimball, a La Grande busi
ness man, is hopelessly ill in St. Yin- :
cent's hospital in Portland.
Word was received from Cape Mears
light bouse that Capt. George W.
Boylington, assistant keeper, died
there Thursday.'
G. H. Elghert is under arrest at
Salem for obtaining money under false
pre!, iimn. lie bad been taking orders
for enlarging pictures.
Alouzo Thompson, nged 22 years,
died in the hospital at Baker City,
Sunday, of typhoid fever. His parents
live hi narney county.
Wasco comity warrants are "called"
to September 1, 1897. The county is
over threo years behind in the pay
ment of it obligations, ,
The O. R. AN. Co. is building a
stone lreight depot at Huntington. Tho
new structure will be 30x130 feet with
a 50-1'uot platform.
Mrs. Jane Aloore Hurley, mother of
the late Judge Hurley, died Thursday
morning at the residence of Mrs.
Montgomery in Portland.
Mrs. Mary Ann Buflington, a pioneer
of 1803, died Monday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs Judge C. Real, in
Portland. Her home is near Middle
ton, Washington county.
A contract has been awarded to the
Campbell Construction company, of
Chicago, for the erection of the Salem
postollice. The amount to be paid for
the work is placed at $70,000.
Andrew Snover, a well known
business man in Portland, died at
Fairview. near that city, Monday
night. He had been in bad health for
a long time. His age was 49 years.
Fred J. Ziegler, captain of the Uni
versity of Oregon football eleven, has
been honored by selection for an end
position on the All-Pacific coast team,
which was chosen by California ex
perts. '
John Sumpter was struck by a falling
tree at Berry, near Sanderson's bridge,
Satuidav. He was thrown about 15
feet and fell upon an ax. The left
side of his face received a gash five
inches long.
A. L. Friend died at the hospital, at
Astoria from liver troubles, after an
illness of several weeks. The deceased
was about 05 years of age, and a native
of Illinois. lie came to Astoria about
15 years ago.
Joseph Morri-sy, a well-known"
farmer, and formerly a resident ot
Waeco county, is dead at his homo at
Grass valloy, Crook county. His re
mains ill be brought to "The Dalles
for interment.
The North Yakima Commercial club
by a vote of four to one, reversed the
iovernino' hnard. whlpfi torn waulrs boa
resolved against the Nicaragua canal,
anu men discovered that it had no
authority to act for the club.
The official vote of Washington fol
lows.: McKinley, 57,456; Bryan, 44,
433. Frink, republican for governor,
51,944; Rogers, democrat, 53,574.
Prohibitionists polled 2345 votes, social
democrats, 1900, and social labor 10(i(!L
Governor Rogers today offered a w-
ward of $500 for the apprehension nt
conviction of the murderer of Cornelius
Knapp. and wife, the aged couple whn
were murdered Thanksgiving evening'
near Castle Rock in Cowlitz county.
A lot of 80 beeves were shipped from
Baker City Monday night for Frve A
Bruhn, of Seattle. The band averaged
1200 pounds, and it is said that the
owners realized 'i cents on foot,,
which makes the price per head abou.
Frank Wilson, a mure child. is in tb
Tacoma jail. The little follow saya
his parents died years ago at Omaha,
Neb., since which time he has lieen
tramping over the country, and, whn
ho could, stealing rides on freight
trains.
The two 0000-ton steamers char
tered by the O. R. A N. wilt leave
l'ortland in March and April, respec
tively, and these will bo followed
promptly by the other large steamers
for which the company is negotiating.
In the case of Drake C. O'Reilly v.
Columbia Southern, E. E. Lvtie, et
al., a demurrer to the complaint waa
sustained somo time ago and a petition
for a rehearing thereon was denied,
whereupon the plaintiff abandoned and
dismissed the suit. ,
Two weeks ngo James Haya missed
a yearling heifer, says the Enterprise
Chieftain. Eight (lays later he dis
covered that she had fallen into a
cellar. As tho cellar was almost filled
with potatoes, she was none the worse
for the experience.
Kiddle Bros. A Bidwell, of Island
City, have shipped this year 20 car
loads of horses, 80 of cattle, and 75 of
hogs, the total value nf which is $200,
000. Most of the stock found market
at Omaha. Last week the company
consigned seven carloads of hogs to
Seattle.
Large wheat receipts at lone, Morrow
county, continue. The deliveries
amount to 300,000 bushels. About 15
percent of the crop is still held by
farmers. The shipments aggregate 113
bushels. Receipts at Lexington have
been 90,000 . bushels, and at Junction
82,000.
George G. Van Wagner, an old and
highly-resnocted resident of faium,
died Tuesday, after an illness ot six:
months. Deceased was Iwirn January
2, 1831, in Diiuhtjss county, Now York,
He came to Oregon in 18ii5and was en
gaged in the furniture business until!
1890.
Shafroth's irrigation bill is now in
th hands of the committee on public
lands. It directs the geological survey
to make surveys of at leant four
reservoir sites and ditches therefrom
in each of the arid land states, which
are designated as Washington, Idaho,
California, Oregon, Nevada, Vtah,
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado. Kansas,
, Nebraska, South Dakota and North
1 Dakota.
' The Beauty Contest.
The Pan-American beauty contest
closed Saturday at New York and
awards were made. This was a compe
tition for the purpose of selecting two
of the most beautiful women in
America, a blonde and brunette, to
typify North anil South America on the
official emblem of ttie Pan-American
exposition in Buffalo in 1901. A com
mittee of 10, of which Senator Depew
was chairman, selected from thousands
of photographs sent to New York, Miss
Maude M. Coleman Wood, of
Charlottesville, Va., who was chosen
to represent Nortn America and Miss
Maxine Elliott (Mrs. N. C. Goodwin),
brunette, to represent South America.
Boy Dragged to Death.
Perry Kincaid, 18 years of age, was
killed near Comstock, Southern Ore
gon, Sunday, Accompanied by his
brother, he was beating his way south
on the railroad. He loHt his position
on the rods underneath a car of train
No. 15, on the Southern I'aeilic, and in
trying to regain it missed his hold
ami liecame tangled in the brakebeams.
He was drageod for more than a mile,
and his body was torn to pieces and
scattered along tho track. His brother,
who failed to get on tho train, followed
after on foot. He found successively
articles of clothing, then portions of
the body, and then the trunk. The
brothers were from Auburn, Wash.
Major Wood, commanding the Cana
dian mounted police in the Yukon,
territory, who collects the royal tion
on gold, reports the col lection's te.in.
year on tho Klondike output as
amounting to nearly $900,000, about
$100,000 more than was rocoiveoi lantt
year.
It is definitely announced that bothi
the Union Pacific and Oregon Short.
Line offices are to be withdrawn from,
O. R. & N. territory. Indeed, it is nn-.
derstood that the order has been givi
for both to cease soliciting businesit al
once and to wind up their affairs, ano)
close shop by January 1.
Ben Itrown, county assessor, inform
the Union Republican that, although,
he had an excellent crop of sugar beets
this year, on the Hutchison place,
west of Union, he lost money. The
yield was 12 tons per acre. The cost
of cultivation was too high. The price,
received was $4 per ton.
Charter for Railway.
Victoria, Dec. 0. A charter hnn been
applied "for the building of a railway
next year from Victoria nvrth, cross
ing tho Seymour Narrows to the east
through Yellowhcad pass. McKensie
and Mann are believed to bo behind,
the scheme.
Oltloers Reelected.
Washington, Dec (I-The Wmn
Christian Temperance Union this
morning re-elected the present general
officers.