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.
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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-'
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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,
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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
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