The Heooner Gazette THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1900. DOES CONSTITUTION FOLLOW THE The Question Submitted to the Supreme Court. - CONTENTION OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL Tbe Meaning or tbe Treat; or Paris Is One tbe Discoveries to Be Hade In De termining tbe Question. or Washington, Dec. 17. -Briefs in the cases involving the future political status of the territory acquired by the United States by treaty and conquest, the subject under discussion being the constitutionality of exaction of duties on goods brought from Porto Rico and the Philippines, were presented to the supreme court in this city today. The court will decide once for all whether or not the constitution follows the flag. Attorney General Origgs, in his brief, contended that within the meaning of the tariff act of 1H97, Porto Rico and the Philippines are to be regarded as foreign, belonging to the United States only in a domestic sense and part of the country, and that the language of the treaty of Paris did not Intend to make the Philippines and Porto Rico integral parts of the United States but did intend to reserve their final status of adjustment and regulation by act of congress. The opposing counsel in their brief flatly contend that, by the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, the Philippines became a part of the United States and hold that the government and citizens of the United States both entered the islands under the authority of the constitution and that the government exercises no power over the person or property of the citizen beyond what that instrument confers, nor can it lawfully deny to him any right which it reserves. THE GRIST OF CONGRESS. Amendment to Fortify Isthmian Canal Will Bo Defeated. Washington, Bee 17. Senator Xodge, in charge of the debate on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, this morning said, that the amendment proposing to etrike from the treaty the section which provides that no fortifications shall be erected commanding the canal or the waters adjacent, will be beaten by a majority of twelve votes. The senate went into executive ses sion immediately after conclusion of the morning business for further con sideration of the treaty. , Id the house the rules were sus pended and special measures on the calendar were taken up for passage. Bromwell's bill, giving preference to k civil service appointments to all honorably discharged soldiers of the civil. Spanish and Philippine wars, as defeated by a vote of 51 to 105. , Membership of Congress. Washington, Doc. 17. The house census committee this afternoon or dered a favorable report on the bill fixing the membership of the house at 357 ; for the next ton years. The minority report favors making the membership 373 and, as provided in the Crum packer hill, reducing the representation of the southern states. BXTBA SESSION OF CONGRESS. Some Big Bills Will Not Pass at the Present Short Session. Washington, Dec. 17. According to statement made by a republican member of congress, today, who usually is correct in his forecasts, 'resident McKinleyJias decided to call an extra session o( congress iu March, because several big bills will not have passed when the time limit of the present session expires. TROUBLES FOR MARK HANNA. publican Leaders In the Senate Ar : rayed Against Him. Washington, Doc. 17. Mark Hanna's troubles in the senate are multiplying rapidly. There is a determination anions: the older and real leaders of that iKxly to show him that while he may direct all the other affairs of the republican party, he nuiBt be a fol lower, not a leader, in the senate. ' There is a concerted movement against his ship subsidy bill, led by some of the most powerful republicans in the senate. There is a disposition to balk at the beer-tax reduction which ha dictated to the ways and means committee of the house as his pay mentof a hard-and-fast bargain with ,-4ha brewers, whereby the tax was to be reduced if campaign contributions .xt nlentiful. The men who are leading the revolt taiisiiwt the ship subsidy bill are Sena- .tors Allison, ispooner, Aicniman, -Thurston and Hale, passively, and sev tural others. Hanna has been told that the bill as stands is Obnoxious to many of the senators, and that it would be better to lot it go over than to pans it In Its present form, with its scandal ous bounties to a few ship corporations. THE BOER AND THE BRITISH. A Handful of Dewet's Men Surrounded on Orange Elver. London. Pec. 17. The Evening ttundard savsi Fighting began at dawn today between the British and 100 Boflrs, who were stopped recently Jrom going south. 1 hey wre stir .,n.l.ui t Granite river and after sev wral hours fighting were defeated with heavy losses. , The Boers reported defeated are be lieved to be a iwrt of Dewet's com nn,lA (ienerat Dewet bad H0UO men it, him when lmuimde a break for iKailnm at Thabanlchn. The Standard is supposed to have iMcial sources for war news, but jts ar.flt..hfl have not always been rs liable. MOB LAW IN INDIANA ara Murderers . Are tracked and a Baee War Threatens. Iti.liiinariolis. Ind.. -1HM. W. fjraor Mount this morning ordered an instigation of the uotKpori lynciuug, as reported by the morning papers. A telegram from Rockport says the negroes there are fleeing from the town on ac vount of the lynching. They fear a i;aoe war will break out aa a result 1 populfttion w,n beexter other towns near ttocKport. , It is rumored that a third negro is 'implicated in the Simmons murder and he has been captured and will be lynched tonight. Will Protect the Prisoner. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 17. Gover nor Mount has ordered the sheriff at Rockport to swear in a posse imme diately to protect the life of the third colored man, accused of complicity in the Simmon's murder, against the mob tonight at all hazards. The prisoner is Joe Rolla, whom the mob tried to lynch last night when the other two men were lynched. GENERAL LEE SELECTED. His Name Will Be Among Those In the Hall of Fame. New York, Dec. 17. Tew New York University Senate has decided that the name of Robert E. Lee shall appear in the Hall of Fame. It informs the Sixth corps veterans, who protested, that it believes in so deciding it ex presses the calm judgment and gener ous heart of the American people. Six More Victims. Dunkirk, N. Y., Dec. 17. The re mains of the last man missing from the Fredonia normal school fire, were found this morning. They are those of the janitor. Five bodies were found Sunday, making fifteen victims of the fire which occurred last Friday morning in the normal school. A GREAT L0SS"0F LIFE. OF 461 PASSENGHHS OF A STEAMER 271 ABB MISSING. The Thlp Gnelsenau Goes on the Boeki With a Dreadful Loss or Life. Malaga, Spain, Dec. 17. It is feared the loss of life occasioned by the loss of the steamer Gneisenau will prove much greater than as first reported. At this place 190 of the survivors are being cared for. The ships complement was 461, which gives 271 missing. Some of them may have reached the shore, but as yet no rescues other than those made by the harbor authorities here have been reported. Of the survivors forty are seriously injured. Among the officers saved is the nephew of Chancellor Von Buelow. It is reported that Capt. Kretchmann, commander of the Gneisenau, com mitted suicide when he saw his vessel on tbe rocks. The Lost Number 147. Berlin, Dec. 17. Dispatches received here, says the Gneisenau 's survivors number 314. This would make the fatalities 147.. Protests Against Wilcox. Washington, Dec. 17. George Gear, of Honolulu, who is here to prevent the seating of Wilcox, the Hawaiian delegate to congress, placed the matter before the house elections committee this afternoon. He prefers no charge against Wilcox personally, but holds that his election is illegal because of insufficient . authority for the holding of it. The Franchise Is Taxable. Stockton, Calif., Dec. 17. Judge i5uuu, ol the Ban Joaquin superior court, decided this morning that the granted right, given to the Stockton Gas & Electric company to string wires and poles, is a taxable franchise. The decision means thousands of dollars to the city and county treasuries of the state. A Sheldon Paper In London. London, Dec. 17. Dr. Joseph Parker's editorial management of the London Evening Sun began this morning. The first number contains a column of religious notes and three columns on the Boer war, one column of crimes, chiefly murders, and no sporting news. Big Fire In Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 17. The plant of the Brown hoisting and con veying machine company was dis- troved by fire this morning. A thous and men are thrown out of employment by the tire which caused a property loss of ?l,U00,00u. Vote of Confidence. Puris, Dec. 17. During the debate in the chamber today on the amnesty hill a vote of confidence in the minis try passed. This, it is believed, as sures the passage of the government's amnesty measure. PLOWING UP BUGS. Willamette Valley Farmers Believe Tbey Are the Grain Aphis. While plowing a Bummer fallow fieli) that was cropped this season in tall wheat, waiter rales oi i.inn county, in the Willamette valley, found that he was turning up millions of little bugs that are in appearance identical with the grain aphis, the plowing is six inches deep.and the soil thrown out is permeated with the bugs. Joseph Yates, who owns the farm and has farmed it (or 3U years, believes the bugs to be the regulation aphis, and he farther believes their work at the roots of the wheat to have been largely responsible (or the partial crop (allure on the same field this season. Up to a late period in the season the prospect for a splendid crop was very bright, but at threshing time but 16 bushels tor acre was realized. The same field in the past has alwavs returned from 25 to 30 or more bushels of wheat per acre. Two weeks ago Lon Locke, plowing on the J. Fred Yates farm, adjoining, discovered multitudes of bugs of the same kind, and all the farmers in the neigh borhoou declare - them to be aphis. After an investigation of a similar discovery a couple of years ago, a member of the experiment station staff announced that the bugs were not grain aphis. Smallpox at Colville. ' Colville is awakening to the tact that the disease which has been for a year past designated by the local physicians as Manila itch is in fact smallpox. In the past two months two deaths have resulted from this malady, and one victim has lost his sight. It is said that the state quarantine law is in operative except in seaboard and border towns, where invasion of In fee tions diseases from foreign countries is possible. The coming legislature will be asked to enact a law covering tbe case and provide severe penalties lor violation. There have been over 50 leases of smallpox in Colville within the past six months. The attacks have been light, but this is due to the gen era) practice of vaccination and the warmth of tbe reason. As the cold weather approaches the disease be comes more severe. Tn Case Matlock's saloon in Ilennner Mat Hughes bit off a piece of Claude lierrin'a ear. They Quarreled concern ing a horse, over the ownership of which they ha4 gone to law three times. liugltea Is much the larger man aud is under arrest charged with mayhem. THE BOERS AGAIN DEFEAT THE BRITISH. Fourteen Men in tbe Higher Ranks Killed. o- HISSING, 18 OFFICERS AND 555 HEN Tbe News Casts a Gloom Over London, and to Make Hatters Worse, Report Comes . Tbat Devet Got Away. London, Dec. 15. The General Kitchener had not worst when he ' eported fear that told the General Clement's defeat yesterday was con- firmed this morning by a from the commander. Lord Kitchener's report, telegram dated at Pretoria, December 14, says: "Gen eral Clements brought in his force to Commando Nek, unopposed. The casualties were, I regret to say, very heavy. Five officers and nine of the other ranks were killed. There are missing eighteen officers and 555 of other ranks. These latter were four companies of Northumberland Fusi leers, stationed on the hill, and some yoemanry and other details sent up to support them. The names of men and nature of their wounds are being tele graphed from Cape Town. The Boers suffered severely. Lord Kitchener also reports that General Knox drove General Dewet north to Thabanichu.on theLadybrand line, where the British frustrated sev eral attempts of the Boers to break through. Dewet's force is reported to have numbered three thousand, and, accord ing to Kitchener, their loss was con siderable. The British recaptured the fifteen pounder taken at Dewetsdorp, one pompon, and several wagons. The gloom is thick today in London. The Boers coup is stunning. A big crowd is at the war office looking over the list of casualties. Nothing short of the capture of General Dewet can offset the defeats of General Clements, and Kitchener practically admits tbe wily Boer leader has again got through the line at Thabanichu. Laughing Stock of the World. London, Dec. 15. In the commons today George Walsh, liberal, in re ferring to General .Clement's defeat, said: 11 The news is one of our severest reverses, also General Dewet has broken through the British lines for the tenth time, making us the laugh ing stock of the world. " THE SIX DAY RACE AGAIN. The Excitement Increases as the Bnd Draws to a Close. New York, Dec. 15. The last hours of the six days' race are characterized by no special feature, ihe men gen erally are in fair condition. MacFar- land disproved, the reports ot his collapse by appearing and riding in good form. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Kike's and' MacFarland's score was 2493 miles. Hard riding will come in the wind up tonight. The scores of the other contestants, at 2 o'clock were: Fierce and McEacher, 243 miles; ttimar and Goiiuoltz. 2493: Kiser and Rvsor. 2493; and Fisher and Frederick, 2492, the teams being neck and neck. WALLA WALLA CITY LEADS. It Is the Largest In Washington Under 25,000 Population. Washington, Dgc. 15. Population of certain incorporated places in Wash ington state, having a population of more than 2000 but less than 25,000 is as follows: Aberdeen, 3747; Ballard, 4508; Colfax, 2121; Dayton, 2,216; Everett, 7838; Fairhaven, 4228; Hoquiam, 2008; New Whatcom, 6834; North Yakima, 3154; Olympia, 4082 Port Angeles, 2321 ; Port Townsend, 3,443; Republic, 2050; Koslyn, 2786; Snohomish, 2101 Vancouver, 4000; Walla Walla, 10,049. THE MORRISON-CASTLE CASE. The Young Woman Will Be Released From Jail on Bond. Eldorado, Kans., Dec. 15. Tbe Morrison-Castle murder case will go over to the spring term of court. In tbe meantime Miss Morrison's lawyers will make application lor tier release on a bond, which, it is beleved, Judge Hhinn has already made up his mind to grant. It is not believed that another jury could be secured in the county to try the case. QUEEN VICTORIA'S SPEECH. Parliament Is Prorogued Until Febru ary War Loan Bill Passed. London, Dec. 15. Parliament was prorogued today until February. The queen's speech was as follows: "My Lords aim uentiemen: 1 thank you for the liberal provision for the expenses of the operations of my armies in South Africa and China." The war loan bill passed the com mittee stage in the commons yester day. BRYAN TO START A PAPER. It Will Be a Weekly and Be Named "The Commoner." Lincoln, Dec. 15. W. J. Bryan an nonnces his entrance into journalism and will start a weekly paper called the Commoner in January. He expects to lecture some, but will devote most of his time to the paper. STORM IN SAN FRANCISCO. The City Was Cut Off From Outside World for Ten Hours. San Francisco, Dec. 15. A storm of unusual proportions visited this ccast early yesterday, doing considerable damage in some sections. Telegraph wires were prostrated, and during the morning San Francisco was entirely cut on from telegraphic communica tlon with the outside world. The wind reached a velocity of nearly HO miles an hour in the city and was of irreater velocity in ex posed sections. Thunder and lightning was accomnained by rain and wind. During the height of the storm rain fell iu torrents and almost reached the proportions of a cloudburst. Shaking Up New York's Finest. New York, Deo. 15. As the result of Dolitical pressure brought on the police commissioners there was a big shakeup today of the force. , Chief detective McClusky was deposed and ordered on duty at central station. ' He was sue ceeded by George Titus, a yoang police captain, and there ara many other changes. Paddy Ryan If Dead. New York, Dec. 15. A special to the Journal and Advertiser from Albany, N. Y. says: Paddy Ryan, at one time champion pugilist ot the world, who was defeated by John L. Sullivan in their famjus fight in Mississippi, died at his home in Glens Falls, N. Y., this afternoon. John Addison Porter Dies. Pomeret, Conn. Dec. 15. John Addison Porter, former secretary to President McKinley, died this morn ing at his home in this place, of can cerous ailment. He was supposed to be convalescent. Arbitration Conference. Chicago, Dec. 7. Tbe national in dustrial arbitration conference com menced here this morning. Carroll Wright, United States labor commis sioner, is the principal speaker today. Failures for the Week. New York, Dec. 15. Dun's Review will say: The failures for the week are 240 in the United States against 218 last year and 26 in Canada gainst 36 last year. ; Bditor Ottendorfer Dying. New York, Dec. 15. Oswald Otten dorfer, the editor of the Staats Zeitung, this afternoon is said to be dying. Paris Exposition Deficit. Paris, Dec. 15. The Matin says the Paris exposition deficit is about $414, 000. . - FORECAST OF CONGRESS. CONGRESSIONAL WEEK BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS WILL BE A BUST WEEK. Wilcox, Delegate From the Territory or Hawaii Is Sworn In-War Tax In House. Washington, Dec. 15. The last con gresional week before the holiday recess will be a busy one. In the house the pension bill will be passed in a hurry. Thursday the river and harbor bill will receive attention and Friday will be devoted to claims. The senate will continue to consider the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in secret, while open sessions will be given to ship subsidy talk. During the week the army re-organization bill will , be reported and placed on the calendar. Wilcox Sworn In. Washington, Dec. 15. Tbe creden tials of Robert Wilcox, as the delegate from the territory of Hawaii, were presented to the house and he was sworn in. The house then went into consideration of the war tax bill. The senate went into executive ses sion soon after meeting at noon. The Hay Pauneefote Treaty. Washington, Dec. 15. The admin istration and senate steering com mittees have reached an agreement to accept the two amendments offered by Foraker to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty bill. The first etrikes out the pro vision requiring it to be laid . before and ratified by other nations; and the second makes the Hay-Pauncefote treaty superior to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty in all particulars, where the latter is inconsistent with tbe former. This agreement will insure the ratifica tion of the treaty by the senate it is thought. The Beer Tax. Washington,' Dec. 15. Bartholde's amendment to reduce the beer tax- was defeated on a vote in the house, 139 to 68. This leaves the beer tax reduction as recommended by the committee hav ing the war tax reduction bill in charge. ; No Special Tax on Express Companies. Washington, Dec. 15. The house, by a rising vote of 96 to 87, this afternoon rescinded tbe amendment of yesterday to the war revenue bill, providing for a special tax on express companies, thus sustaining the ways and means committee. The tax amendment was lost, by a vote of 76 to 55. Brewers' Lobby Gives Up. Washington, Dec. 15 The brewers' lobby has practically given up the fight and it is not likely that a great effort will be made to induce the senate to reduce the tax on beer beyond $1.60 a barrel. War Tax Reduction Passes House. Washington, Dec, 15. A motion to recommit the war tax bill to the ways and means committee was lost by a vote of 131-to 155. The bill then passed by a viv voce vote. The Pension Appropriation. , The pension appropriation bill was taken up, after the passage of the bill reducing the war tax. and in fifteen minutes it passed the house. Tbe sen- eral debate on the bill lasted less than ten minutes. It carries an appropria tion of 1145,000,000. , BOERS MAY COME TO OREGON. A Number of Them Have Their Bye on This State. A letter received in Portland asks for information about Oregon, with a view of settling a hundred or more Boers in .the state. mi r. .I .. , nie writer says mat ior odvious rea sons a hundred or more men in this vicinity desire to emigrate and settle in the West, as thev understand most of the land in the East is taken. Most of them, he says, are related to each other and would make good citizens, as they have a kindly regard for the American nation. He says tbey would not come as paupers as they are pos sessed of means, but that they would expect to get land at a reasonable tlgure, where they could keep stock and engage in general farming. ihe cheap settlers rates again goes nto enect February 5. and hold good ior every ltiesday during toe spring months.- The railroads expect a bigger stream of immigration than dur ing the preceding year, and are laying plans accordingly. It is through the settlement of the West that the rail roads expect to develop the country ana contribute to ther own prosperity Burned to Death. Mrs. Caroline Stegemver was burned to death near I'lnlipsville. California The woman was troubled with rheuma tism and applied kerosene to her leas, Tbe oil accidentally ignited and set her clothes on fire. She ran into the yard, where she was seen by two neigh bora half a mile distant. When tbey reached ber side she was literally roasted anvo. A physician was sum moned, but she died later. The wo man was aged 50 years and was the widow of tharles 11. Stegemyer, who was murdered tn July, 1899, by un known parties. Astors and Vanderbllts. For the first time in the history of New York's social life the houses of Astor and Vanderbilt were on Decern ber 10, united in marriage. Miss Margaret Louise Post better known to the MOO" as "Daisy" Poet-was married to James Lawrence Van Alen The bride is the niece of Mrs. Fred erick W. Vanderbilt, the bridegroom the grandsun ot Mrs. Astor. A FINANCIAL ; PANIC THREATENS IN 'GERMANY. There is Already a Slump in Mortgaged Bonds. TWO BANKS. HAVE CLOSED DOORS One or Them the Hjpotbek Bank, Wblch Wu i Big Concern A Financial Crisis Is Being Experienced In Berlin. New York, Dec. 14. A dispatch to tbe Journal and Advertiser from Ber lin, says: The pesimistic speech of Baron Fleischmann. secretary of the imperial treasury, in the Reichstag Monday, in whicb he told the country to prepare for a period of bard times, as the financial situation was gloomy, has caused a sensation in the money mar ket. There has been such a slump in the price of mortgage bonds that unless confidence is restored the economic stability of Germany will be im periled, some of the banks and bankers may find themselves in serious diffi culties and a financial crisis of un- paralelled gravity may be precipitated in Berlin. The First Preussicbe Ilypothek bank and Deutcbe Grand- schuld bank are unable to meet the strain and the government has ap pointed receivers in both cases. GEN. DEWET SLY AS A FOX. The Boer Geneal Is Leading the English a Merry Chase. London. Dec. 14. The Daily Ex- Sress publishes a rumor ol a serious isaster to the British arms. According to this report the Boers attacked the camp of General Clements in the Barbeton district, capturing the camp, killing a number of British officers and taking prisoners all the British troops, including fonr com panies of Northumberland fusiliers. The story is not confirmed. The Fox Dewet. New York, Dec. 14. A dispatch to the Tribune from Iiondon says : Dewet. tbe "fox," is still aheld and running to cover at Beddersbnrg, with his pursuers close behind. General Dewet instead ot following the direct road from Rouxville to Wepener, where he would have been headed off by the column sent to intercept him, has circled around Knox's forces, recrossed tbe Caledon river ahead of them, re gained the Smithfield road and doubled back upon his first track. It has been wonderful fox hunt and has not yet ended. Dewet Is at Bay. London,. Dec. 14. The Evening Standard says a telegram has been re ceived to the effect that General Knox has compelled Dewet to make a stand and an engagement is now in progress. Many of Dewet's men have been cap tured it is said. ' RADICAL ELEMENT DOWNED. The Conservatives in the Federation of Labor Control. Louisville, Dec. 14. The conserva tive element in the American Federa tion of Labor voted down two resolu tions championed by the radicals. One was a bitter pronouncement against trusts and monopolies in gen eral and the other a declaration in favor of a co-operative commonwealth and government ownership and control of all means of production and dis tribution. For both of them much more moderate substitutes were adopted after long debate. Throughout the debate the opponents of the resolu tions claimed socialism as the only solution of the industrial problems. COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED. Three en Caught In San Franelieo Making Bogus Money. San Francisco. Dec. 13. Wm. D. Frjch, Emmet D. Fritch, and his son were arrested this : morning while counterfeiting in this city. One hun dred molds, a large number of batteries, a full counterfeiter's outfit, andjt3220 counterfeit ten dollar pieces and a number of fifty cent pieces were taken. Tbe men made a full confes sion. Ibey bad intended to counterteit 150,000 and spread it through the state during the holidays. STILL UNABLE TO AGREE. The Jurors In the Morrison-Castle Murder Case Still Out. Eldorado. Kans.. Dec. 14. Judge Sbinn sent tbe Morrison jurors to their hotel at 9:30so 'clock last night and in structed tbem to resume their delibera tion at 8:30 o'clock today. They have iniormed tbe court that they are hope lessly of different minds as regards Miss Morrison's guilt, and that they have stopped balloting in the jury room. It is considered likely tbat the judge will let tbe Jury stay out tbe re mainder of the week. Morrison Jury Discharge. Eldorado, Kans., Dec. 14. At noon the iury in the Morrison case was called in and discharged by Judge bbinn. The jury stood nine for ac qulttal and three for manslaughter in tbe fourth degree. Miss Morrison broke down and wept at this announce ment. Troops From the Philippines. Washington, Deo. 14. The replacing of volunteer troops in the Philippines by regulars has been started by the war department, orders betas sent to General MacArthur today to send home the regiments until tbe force there was reduced to 60,000 men. The transport Sherman will leave on the 15th with 600 convalescent and the warren on the szd with the same number and the Sheridan will sail on January 15 with tbe remaining sick. The Six Day Baee. New York. Dec. 14. Narrowed down to six sore, battered and strained teams. the six day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden baa now become a con test of the nations. At the beginning of tbe fifth day of the contest only one American team is left in the race. Eikea and McFarland who with Bierce and McEachern, Canadians, have covered over 2000 miles. Stole Funds of the Order. Indianapolia, Dee, 14. Thomas lont was this morning appointed re. ceiver of the Order ot Choeen Friends. Tbe defaulting treasurer. W. B. Wit son. shortag is $36,000, all of which h toss ia stock speculation. Just be- fore his death, he made a clean breast of the story to Grand Recorder Linn, in October last. Hank Growth or Wheat. Wichita, Dec. 14. Wheat is growing bo rank In the Arkansas valley wheat belt, embracing a territory that pro duced oyer 40,000,000 bushels last year that the farmers are advertising to take stock free for tbe purpose of eating it down. Terrible Catastrophe. Canton, Dec. 14. The falling over board of a man from a passenger boat on the West river near Hokauld and the rush of some 400 passengers to one side of the vessel, which caused her to sink, was tbe cause of over 200 persons being drowned. ' Trainmen to Assist. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 14. -Secretary Perham, of the railway telegraphers, today said the trainmen of the Santa Fe have agreed to assist the strikers by refusing to take any orders from the non-union operators. Earthquake Shook. Joplin, Mo., Dec. 14. An earth quake shock occuired here at 7 :45 o'clock this morning, lasting a minute. Houses rattled and trembled, but no damage was done. Bicycle Manufacturer Dead. Los Angeles, Dec. 14. Adolph E. Schweninger, president of the Western Wheel company of Chicago, died here last night. M'GOVERN WHIPS GANS. HE IS NOW THE UNDISPUTED LIGHT WEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WOBLD. The Victory Came in tbe Second Round In Two Minutes and Five Seconds. ' Chicago'. Dec. 14. Terry McGovern is now the undisputed light weight champion of the world. He knocked out Joe Gaus of Baltimore after two minutes and five seconds of fighting in the second round here last night. Gans put np a very poor exhibition and was never in it at any stage of the game. McGovern started rusbine him at the sound of tbe gong and never : let op until Gans was counted out., Gans never delivered an effective blow dur ing the fight and for a man of his reputation he made s fight which will gain him no friends among the lovers of true sport in the ring. Woleott Won the Fight. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 14. Walcott knocked out Hanrahan in the 12th round here last night. . THEY HELD UP A TOWN. Four Masked Men Rob a Bank In an Ohio Town. Canaldover, Ohio, Dec. 13. Four daring men wearing masks held the town of Shanesville, a few miles west of here, under fire of their revolvers at an early hour this morning. They broke into the private bank of John Doerschuk, blew open the safe with nitro-glicerine. They secured between $3000 and $4000 and escaped on a hand car on the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad in a hail of bullets. The robbers are now being traced by blood hounds by a posse. i Congress to Adjourn. - Washington, Dec. 14. The senate concurred in the house resolution , to adjourn on tbe 21st instant to January 3. 1 . Mulhall Dead. London, Dec. 14. Michael Mulhall, statistician, is dead. G. NO MIDNIGHT MASS. Archbishop Christie Changes the Hour or Holding It. ' . Archbishop Christie has sent a circular letter to all tbe parish priests ; i i i i : t r. in toe aruii uiocese oi vreguu an nouncing that there will be no mid night mass held on Christmas eve this year, the time ol mass being changed to 6 o'clock on Christmas morning. As a reason, tbe archbishop states that holding high mass at midnight is most inconvenient, and be believes it will be best for all concerned if the hour be changed to early morning. It is believed, however, that the fact that the pope has given permission to hold high mass at midnight on New Year's eve, in order that the century may be fittingly closed by the church, has something to do with the present order to abandon the Christmts eve mass. , . . Cost or Our Army. Congressman McCall in speaking against tbe army reorganisation bill said: Those who compare our standing army with those of Europe usually :are careful not to compare the relative costs. Tbe French army costs $125,000, -000 a year, the German $130,000,000, tbe British 1100,000,000 and the Kus sian $152,000,000. The figures inclnde posts and fortifications. If this bill passes tbe war department will need $113,000,000. There Is another cost not included in the figures which is a nec essary incident to an army and as much a part oi its cost as the pay of its sol diers. That is the pension system. We are appropriating for that purpose $145,000,000 a year. Our total charges, neretoiore, tor military purposes are $260,000,000 per year-an amount greater than the entire military ex penses of those two military , rivals France and Germany. " ,, Cold Air on Draught in Next Century. Hot or cold air will be turned on from spigot to regulate the tempera ture of a house as we now turn on hot or cold water from anisots to reeulate the temperature of the bath during the coming century, central plants will supply this cool air and heat to city bouses, in tbe same way as now our gas or electricity is furnished. Rising early to build tbe furnace fire will be a task of the olden times. Homes will have no chimneys, because no smoke will be created within their walls. December Ladies' Home Jour nal. leonomy In Profanity. The English law of libel makes pro. fanitv a money saving vice. If yon call a man a thief, and can not prove onr assertion, you commit libel. If, how ever, you garnish your description by any of the adjectives usually deemed unfit for publication, any libel action brought against you will tall through, tor the law says yonr prolan uy proves tbat yon have lost your temper, and, therefore, yon ara not actionable for your words. A Fair for Portland. - If plans go well, the Native Sons, aided by the Pioneers. Indian War Veterans and members of the Histori cal Society, will give a fair in Port land next fall, the proceeds over and above all expenses to go toward tbe erection of a building - in one of that city's parks in which relics of the early history of Oregon may be permanently placed MOB IN CONTROL OF; STATIONS ON SAMIE.- Large'; Force of Detectives, Marshals and Police. . the! are doim guard : doty: Freight Traffic Demoralized on the Santa Fe In Texas, But Company Officials Insist - -Tbat tbe Strike Is Oyer. ! . Chicago. 111., Dec. 15. The Santa Fe stations at ' Lamont and Willow Spring, close to this city, are arsenals, today and a large force of detectives, state marshals and the city police are doing guard duty -because the new operators at these points were assaulted by a mob of ' citizens - sympathizing ' 1 with the strikers. ' The wires to these stations were cut and the new men have been badly treated. ; ' -Freight Traffle Demoralized. A Fort Worth dispatch says! "Freight traffic in Texas is demoral ized, notwithstanding the favorable' re . ports of the company. The officials in' Chicago insist the strike is over. ; ' ' - HOLDUPS IN PORTLAND. It is Not Safe to Be on the Streets of That City at Night. : t. j HoldupB and robberies are frequent at Portland. They occur almost nightly i and the police and other authorities of that city appear to be doing nothing to check the operations ot . these desperate men ;A few nights ago 'a' machinist named L. U. iortner was held up and resisting, was shot in the breast. He died from the wound on' Thursday. Thursday night O. C. Curchur was robbed by two men and ' after being despoiled was shot at twice, one ball going through his hat, barely missing his head, and the other going through the sleeve of his coat, It is strange indeed that such outrages can be so frequent and the police never mi the vicinity where the robberies occur. Can it be possible that the police .are sulking in their tents because of Port land's depleted purse from which thev have not been able to draw liberal pay for the services of a full force? The populace of Portland should' awaken, watch for and catch the high waymen, hang them to the. -nearest aiup post and boost the inactive slecnv police force from their positions. The'. enforcement of law always 1 rests with' the public. ' .:' THE HORSEMEN MEET. A They Organize at Portland ' the Paelne Northwest Racing Association. " Horsemen from Oregon and Washing ton, Idaho and British Columbia niet in Portland Saturday and organized the Pacific Northwest Racine Associa tion. The principal business done was to adoDt rules for the regulation rind control of racing within the (jurisdic tion ot the association for the coming year. t The following officers, were elected : President, W. H. Wehrung, Salem; vice president, W. A. Austin; Lewiston; secretary and treasurer, M; u. Wisdom, Portland: board of ap-' - 1 . I? f TV t . Ill J Washington, W. H. VahDevanter; Idaho, V. 8. Loveland; British Col-' umbia, E. Leighton. A board of di rectors will be chosen later by , the local associations. " " ' The dates of various race meetihers for 1901 and were chosen as follows: Vancouver, B. C.,' August 31 ' to September 2: Everett, Wash., Septem' ber to 14 : La (jrande. October 1 tof 8 : New Westminster, B. C, October l'to 5; Lewiston, October 7 to 12: Victoria, B.C., October 7 to 12: Spokane. October 14 to 19; Salem, September 23 to 28 ; Boise, September 16 to 21.' ' ; CLERGY HALF-FARE PERMITS.' ' Payment of Si Must Accompany Ap plications for Them. . ' It has been decided bv the mowlv formed Transcontinental Passenger As sociation to issue for- 1901 an annual interline clergy half-fare' permit; cood over the lines named in the body of tbe permit west of Cheyenne, Wyo., . AiDuerque, jm. m.. and isi raso.' Tex. To meet the extra expense because of the greater accommodation thus granted the maintenance " of " ' the clergy bureau, etc. a charge will be made of $1, which must accompany each appli cation. Such 'applications will be made through station aeents of o the roads, and addressed to James- Charl ton, chairman Transcontinental Pas senger Association, at Denver, Colo, i - i i ...'in .t A Girl's Best Counselor is . Her Father. "Trust : vour father's' Judgment vof your men friends rather than your own at first," writes .'Helen. Watterson Moody to girls." in tbe December Ladies' Home Journal. - "The gay, witty, responsive young man who will Drobablv most attract vou.'will not be the one who will be likely to' have his serious -consideration and respect. Talk over vour men friends with your father, and see what healthy, oh- emotional, sane iuan-smuuarus no i . . i i. will set up for you. 1 really think .'If a girl could have but one counselor in her love affairs,1 it would better be her father than any one- else. A man's mind is a great tonic to the: somewhat diluted intellect oi a girl in her first sentimental experiences." i . Wheat Shipments From Portland. Portland's wheat shipments for.; the week ending Saturday, December-.. 15, were over 95U,U0U bushels. ,JNo other port in the United States has shipped as much wheat in a single week dur ing' the present season, and no other port or other two perts in the Pacific Northwest ever chipped so much in two weeks. Portland : exceeded . this record once in i January, 1898, , by getting out something over 1,000,000 bushels in six days, but tbe figures, for tbe week just ended are believed to be tbe second best on record for . this port for a single week.. No attempt was made at record-breaking,' but. tbe ships were just hustled along because fortiand exporters bad bought toe wheat and chartered the ships: ... Will Telephone Around the World. Wireless telephone-and telegraph circuits will span . tbe world in the next hundred years. A husband in the middle of the Atlantic will be able to converse with bis wife sitting in her boudoir in Chicago. We will be able te telephone to China, quite as readily as we now talk from New York to Brooklyn. By an automatic : signal they will connect witb any circuit in their locality without the intervention -t - iuii- :-t i r, i t -.1 w. IUi J'BilU Kill. -AHXJiIJLM?r JKjrcm I Home Journal. - , f