The Heppner Gazette
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1900."
CHARGES AGAINST A CONSUL
Lieutennant Burritt Makes Them Against
. Him.
PLOTTED TO SECURE MINING CLAIMS
; ;' - o
The Funeral of Frank H. MorrisAuditor in
; . the War Department, Occurred In
s . Washington Today.
""' Washington; ': Dec. 24. Lieutenant
Burritt, of the Eleventh cavalry, in
charge of the mining bureau in tire
Philippines, in his annual report to
MacArthur, intimates that Oscar Wil
liams,- the former consul to Manila,
Should explain h is connection with
Spanish plot to obtain title to certain
mining claims. The state department
omciais claim ignorance of the matter,
Tho funeral of Auditor Morris. .
. ..Washington, Dec. 24. The funeral
, service of: Auditor Frank II. Morris,
was held at 2:30 o'clock jn tho New
York avenue Presbyterian uhurchf in
this city, anil, was largely attendodjjby
, ins lriends and prominent officials,, in
eluding Secretary Gage. The coroner's
" jury rendered a verdict that Morris
died from wounds inflicted , by
a pistol fired by Samuel MacDonald.
BIG CEREMONY AT ROME.
The Closing of tho Jubilee Doors at St
. Petors by the Pope.
Rome,.,Dec. 24. Tho . ceremony of
closing and sealing the central doors of
t. reters, which were opened a year
. ago in houor of the holy year, began
at 1L o'clock today. The pope at the
v head of an imposing procession o'f
cardinals and other high dignitaries
caine irom the vatiqan with bishops,
priests, tnarn ana Vatican , guards par
ticipatmg. Tho , clergy were present
from all parts of tlio world.. The
portico of St.'' Peters whs converted
into an immense' hall and the walls
were decorated with tapestry of bril
nant coloring, racing tlio door was
, the magnificent throne from which' the
pope recited the ritual and 'offered
prayer. Then he descended and began
' inclosing the jubilee doors, placing in
position tiie first brick.- Ihe square in
front of the Basilica -was crowded with
people. All ot the foreign princes
present were guarded by detectives.
CUDAHY KIDNAPPING CASE.
Chief of Police at Omaha Says Arrests
. Will Soon Be Made.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 24. Chief Dona
hue at noon said that neither Cudahy
nor the police has information concer-
mg a suspect alleged to be under
arrest at tort Dodge, Iowa, charged
with beine'a kidnapper. The chief
also denied tho report of an arrest at
St. ram and tho alleged identillcation
of Crowe as one of the kidnappers by
means of photogrphy. He claims,
however, that important arrests -will
soon be made. '
MURDER v OF A WOMAN.
A Prominent Business Han Charged
With It.
South Berwick, Me., Dec. 24.
Edwin II. Knight, a sucessful busi
ness man, a former selectman, was
arrested here charged with murdering
Mrs Fannie Sprague last May. The
woman's body was found in a barn
and she had been clubbed to doatb.
Evidence against Knight is circum
stantial. Knight claims he is innocent.
,'.-.-. i Hounded to Prison.
San Francisco, Dec. 24. Albert Hoff
was sentenced to Folsom prison for
lifo ' this morning by Judge Cook foi
the murder ' of Mrs.' Mary Clute, on
December 15, 1897. His attorney with
drew the motion for a new trial much
to tho surprise of the prisoner and
the court. Hoff declares he' is not
guilty and says he was hounded to
doom by detectives. ,
".' BrltlshSteamer Ashore.
Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 24. The
British steamer Antilia, Captain M on
to! 1, with a crew af twenty-three and
two passengers went ashore in a fog on
Groat Egg bar this hioming. The life
savers reacuod all but the captain, who
refused to leave the ship, asking for
tugs. Tho ship will probably be saved.
" Called Judge "Little Cuss."
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 24. Governor
Pingreo was this morning cited to show
cause ou the 29th inst. why he should
not' be punished for contempt of court.
The order 'is based on the affidavit of
a Detroit reporter, to whom Pingree is
aleged to have' made the contemptuous
remark calling Judge Wiest "a little
cuss.""'1'
', Conger Signed Agreement.
, Washington, Dec. 24. Minister Con
ger cables that he has signed the in
ternational agreement and filed a note
explaining the position of the United
States, regardng the use ot the word
"irrevocable" and other minor matters.
He says the agreement today will be
presented to Li Hung Chang and
Shang.
"Hen and Boys Quit Work.
Shamokin, Penn.,. Dec. 24. Nine
hundred men and boys of the Excelsior
colliery, operated by W. L. Connell
and Co., struck this morning. They
are miner's helpers and claim to not
have received the advance of sixteen
per cent from the miners in accordance
with the Scranton convention.
Dense Fog In Brltlan.
" London, Dec. 24. A dense fog pre
vails throughout Great Britain. The
steamer Brunswick ia ashore in Bristol
channel and the . steamer Braemer
Castle on the coast of Isle of , Wight.
Seven of the Brunswick's crew are
known to be drowned.,
A Decision by Anarchists.
New York, Dec. 24. Anarchist
Emma Goldman, just returned from
the Paris conference of anarchists, to
day said the conference decided that
there should be no more killing of
kings "because it has done the cause
no good. '! i ,,,
. Girl Workers Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 24. Two
hundred and fifty girls of the Wyoming
valley lace mills, struck upon the
refusal of officials to reinstate a num
ber of operatives who went oat several
months ago. ,
1 . Supreme Court Adjourns.
. Wstshingon, Dec. 24. In the supreme
court the case of Crossman vs. the
United (States, involving duly collecta
ble on goods imported from Hawaii,
was advanced to January 7. The court
then adjourned to January 3.
Steamer Overdue.
New York, Dec. 24. Anxiety is felt'
here for the steamer State of Nebraska I
which left Glasgow for New York in
November. She is six weeks overdue. !
She has a number of passengers. I
Marine men think she is broken down. I
A Bank Is Robbed.
Fort Worth, Dec. 24. Robbers
dynamited the safe of the bank of
Alvord, wrecking the building last
night. A large sum of money was
taken.
Car Plant Burned, .i;
Joliet. Ills.. Dec. 25. A fire de
stroyed the Dlant of the Pressed Steel
Car'company this morning. The loss
is tlOO.OOO. .: . , , ,
, ' " French Amnesty BUI.
Paris, Dec. 24. The government
amnesty bill which passed the trench
chamber Wednesday, was adopted to
day by the senate by a majority of 180
Street Car Strike.
Scranton, Dec. 24. ITie street car
traffic of this city is paralyzed ' this
morning by a strike of ail employes.
iive hundred men are out.
STORM SWEEPS THE COASTS.
NORTHWEST GALE PREVAILS ON
ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH COASTS.
The Ocean Liner CuHc Disabled .and
'. . Narrowly Escapes Fury of Wind '
'and Sea. ,' ' ,
London, Doc. 21. A great northwest
gale continues unabated along the line
lish coast. A dispatch from West Bay
reports trie steamer omerhiil signal!
ing for assistance, but tugs are unable
to reach her. Hie Ked star line
steamer Westernland hag put into Port
land harbor with a broken propeller
Casualties are reported at many point
on the south ana west coasts ot Hcot
land by telegraph. The White " Star
line steamer Cnflc this morning was
reported riding at anchor safely off the
oKernes.
The Cufls Was In Danger.,
The White Star line steamer Cufic
becamo disabled and had to anchor in
a very heavy sea off the Skerries. For
tunatoly her anchors held and assifl'
tance was forthcoming. Tugs reached
her and succeeded in towine her safely
to Liverpool. Pier escape was a very
narrow one. ,.
ATLANTIC IS GALE SWEPT.
Several Wrecks Already Reported From
Vicinity Cape Henry.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 21. -The Atlantic
coast is storm swept today, a , gale
blowing at titty miles an . hour. Sev
eral wrecks are already reported , from
Uape Henry. A big , unknown , throe
masted schooner is stranded , eight
miles south of there and is rapidly
going to pieces. The liner, Rapidan, is
aground near Thimble Light. .... The
schooner Mary Hudson sank in Nor
folk Harbor. Her crew was saved.
The gunboat Annapolis ran aground in
the harbor this morning.
The schooner Jennie Hall, from
Trinidad for Baltimore, went ashore
eight miles north ot Cape Henry
Captain Lamson and one seamen of
the vessel were drowned. The
schooner Skinner is stranded near
Cape Henlopen and is a total, wreck
Her crew were saved.
CUDAHY ABDUCTION CASE.
A Number of Peculiar Stories Being
Cireulated.
Omaha, Dec. 21. A nuirber of
peculiar stories in connection with the
abduction of Eddie Cudahy are being
circulated today. One of them is to
the effect that Eddie was seen in a
questionable resort the night of his
disappearance. It also pointed out
that tne eider uudahy's second state
ment does not agree with the ' first, in
which he said he went alone to the
scene. Ho now says a trusted employee
went with him.
It is said that while young Cudahy
was a prisoner in a house near South
Omaha, from a conversation ' between
the abductors and himself the young
man learned that the abductors ' had
been seeking to abduct one of tho girls
of the family and had been planning
this coup lor tour months.
TIRED OF LIVING ALUNE." :
A Young Woman's Farewell Letter to
Her Brother.
"I am tired of living alone. Today
in the house where I board I saw a
young man. Ho lives with his two
sisters, lhey keep house for him. It
makes me sad to see how happy they
were and to think that I never hid
life like other girls; brothers to love
me and stay with me; but I never
was happy; I never had anyone to love
me, so 1 thought that in death 1 could
rest and have happiness."
TO oso sentences in a letter to her
brother Paul tell why Paulin6 ;Feste,
twenty-seven years old, shot herself in
the Grand Union Hotel, New York.
a few days ago. She ended the letter
with a pathetic request '.'Don t think
me a lool."
She had her life insured for $1500
and left a written request that part
of the money be used to cremate her
body. Ernest J'este, a theatrical
decorator in New Orleans, wired to an
undertaker to place the body in a re
ceiving vault until written instructions
arrived. In a letter to this brother she
asks that her mother who with her
married daughter, Mrs. Pollock, lives
in Paris, be informed that Miss Fes-te
bad died from a cold.
Up te Date Methods or Muscovites.
According to a St. Petersburg corres
pondent Russia is taking np the ques
tion of wireless telegraph with re
markable energy, and the successful
results of the Popoff system have in
duced the minister of marine to further
extend its use. Accordingly now all
lighthouses in the Black sea will be
provided with Popoff apparatus and
will on one hand be able to communi
cate with the coast, 'and on the other
with the warships in the immediate
vicinity. Recently 200 complete pieces
of apparatus, were shipped to
Vladivostok and Port Arthur in order
to fit out the Russian warships in the
Pacific with wireless telegraph, and,
further, to connect the two towns
mentioned by means of stations along
the Korean coast.
Scalded to Death.
Edward B. Quinn. 33 years old, edi
tor of the manar-ine Successful Ameri
cans, was so badly scalded that death
resulted. In a room at tne ueievan
Hotel, New York city, be turned cold
water in the bathtub preparatory to
taking a bath. During an absence from
the room the cold water was turned off
and the hot water allowed to rnn. On
bis return, Mr. Quinn, without in
vestigating, jumped into the tub and
was scalded all over.
Mrs. Rutb E. Conser. wife of Con
ductor W. S. Conser, of the Southern
Pacific, died at her borne in Portland,
after a long illness.
CHILDREN - PERISH
ASLEEP IN
BED.
i Gasoline Exploded, Setting Fire
to the Residence. . :
FOUR ARE DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED
Flames Spread So Rapidly tbat Rescue Was
Impossible, , and They Perished
, Without Awakening. :
San Jose, ' Calif., . Dec. 22. The
residence of Conrad Ruff, north of this
city, was destroyeu by nre this morning.
Four children perished in the flames'.
Two others, . together with Ruff and
a ltirt1 mail wnrn antrum) ir Vincnn1
The dead are: Carl, aged 11; Baibara,
o; r.aiie, iu; ana . uonrau, agea, o
years.
The iniured are: George, badlv
burned, but will recover; Marv was
fatally burned; Conrad ! Ruff, the
father, and B.- Valdei! are slightly
burned.
. Ruff conducts a dairy. A gasoline
stove, left burning while the men were
milking, exploded and set the' house
on fire, the -.family being in bed. It
seems that the ' flames ; spread so
any.assistance mat coma De rendered
the children, and t.tmv np.rinhud with.
out awakening. ..... . -i , . ,
TELEGRAPH STRIKE ENDS.
The Strikers Lose, the Railroad
Com.
pany Wins. . . '
Topoka. Dec. 22. President Dolphin;
of the Order of Railroad t Telegraphers
has declared the strike of the operators
on the Santa Fe off. . ;i . i
General. Manager Mudgo would not
express an . opinion as to whether . the
men would be re-employed. He said.
however, that the Order of Jlailroad
Telegraphers would not be recognized
under the present management, - ..
"Let the operators get new officers."
ho said, "and then we will talk to
them." ' '. ' , 1
The strike was begun in . Texas '. 15
days ago. No concessions were asked
by the men or onered by. the company
as a preliminary to the calling off ol
tho strike. ' ' ' :
POOLING RAILWAY INTERESTS
The "Railroad Kings" Hold an Im
portant Conference.
New York, Dec 22. An important
conferenco was held here last night,
which, it is believed, foreshadows a
British-American transcontinental rail
way. Those in the ..... conference were
Hill, president of the Great Northern;
representatives of tho Standard Oil
and the Morgan and Vanderbilt in
terests. The opinion in Wall street
this morning is that harmony of in
terests will be affected in the north
west between tho Great Northern,
Northern Pacific aiid"Canadian Pacific
and, through a connm;viity of owner
ship and arrangement, an eastern con
nection with the Chicago' Milwaukee
and St. Paul and Erie roads.
LETTER FROM EMILE ZOLA.
He Writes to President Loubet and
. Creates a Sensation
Paris, Dec. 22. Emile Zola has
written a letter to ' President Loubet
protesting against the amnesty , bill
just passed by the French chamber,
The letter created a. sensation. Zola
warns Loubet against tho danger of
following in Faure's footsteps in try
ing to whitewash the Dreyfus case and
tells him a page in bis life is being
besmirched. Zola then repeats the
charges against the general staff of the
French army and tho handwriting, ex
perts in tho Dreyfus case, and . insists
the charges have been justified. Then
he says: "A fifth act to the Dreyfus
drama may como at any moment and
that the uorman . emperor will be a
leading actor therein." , . i
THE B00Z HAZING CASE.
Cadets Testify That Hazing Is Resorted
to Take Conceit Out or Fellows.
West Point.' Dec. 22. At today's
session of tho hazing Booz inquiry ten
cadets examined testified that "brac
ing was resorted to make cadets carry
themselves with soldierly bearing;
lenied that plebes were made to eat
soap or drink more than fcur or five
drops of hot sauce. The principal
object of hazing they said was to make
a man out ot a cadet. Even if a son of a
general of the ' army or of the presi
dent of the United States wore to enter
the academy and show his conceit he
would be hazed. The son of a president
or anybody else would soon be taught
that no was no better ' than anybody
else. ' .
OMAHA KIDNAPPING CASE.
A "Mysterious Woman" Takes a Fart In
the Flay.
Omaha, Neb,, Dec. 22.The en
deavors of the police to locate the
whereabouts of Pat Crowe, the sus
pected leader of the Cudahy kidnap
ping gang, are without result. All the
noted criminal haunts here and in
South Omaha have been visited, but no
information tbat might lead to the
arrest of Crowe has been gained. The
detectives are absolutely at sea for a
line to work on to ascertain who the
mysterious woman is, who has entered
the case. The morning has" passed
without any development in the affair.
BOUTELLE'S CASS HOPELESS.
The Brilliant Congressman Has Com
pletely Lost His Mind.
Washington, Dec. 22. The exact
condition of Congressman Bontelle's
health has been given in writing by
Dr. Edward Cowles. superintendent
of the McLean hoenital, Waverley.
Mass., in connection with the proposi
tion to place him on the retired list of
the navy. , ,
Dr. Uowies says that Mr. Boutello's
"mental disturbance and disorder of
speech are eymtomatic of brain disease,
associated with chronic renal and
cardiac lesions," but "there has been
a decided improvement in the mental
condition.
'At the present time." he adds.
"the indications are not as favorable as
formerly for a degree of recovery of
which there has appeared reason for
being hopeful ; but his mental , itn-
Erovement is likely to continue, and
e may bo expected to become well
enough to return to his own home.
in my opinion be should never resume
the cares of active life, nor undertake
any business responsibility, and he
may live but a few years."
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
Oregon and Washington Are Quite
Liberally Provided for.
Washington, Dec. 22. The rr ?er and
harbor bill, which carries $60,000,000
appropriation, contains the following
items of interest to Ureon and Wash
jington: . ... .
I Oregon Tillamook bay and bar,
cash $27,000. ,
1 ' Washington Olympia , harbor, cash
$25,000; Tacoma, cash $30,000.
The Columbia river at the Cascades,
cash $30,000.
The mouth of the Columbia river,
cash $400,000: contracts $1,500,000.
The lower Willamette and Columbia
rivers below Portland, cash $225,000.
., The Willamette river above Portland
and the Yamhill river, cash $70,000.
The Coqulile river, general improve
ments, $40,000. ...
. The. mouth of . the Siuslaw river,'
cash $26,000. . -1
Examinations, , surveys and con
tingencies of rivers and harbors, in
spection of bridges, etc., cash $200,000.
DUEL BETWEEN COUSINS.
They
Fight With Pistols and Knives
Over One Little Woman.
Kokomo. Ind., Dec. 21. Frank
Jones and Emery Cooper,' prominent
oung men of the Kussiaville neighbor
lood and first cousins, met while drlv
ing at night near the home of a young
woman for whose hand thev were
rivals. Both reached there at the same
time, expecting to' accompany her to
church.
They sprang from the buggies and
drew revolvers. .
Thirteen shots were fired, five taking
effect in (Jooper's body and one in
Jones' arm 'When their revolvers were
empty thev "went at each other with
knives, and Jones' scalp was split
open in nine places, and he was badly
cut m the body.
They fought tor twenty minutes,
until both were unconscious anc
covered fr)m head to foot with blood,
The roadwav for rods looked like i
slaughter pen. Cooper will die, and
Jones may not recover. Cooper is a son
of Dr. Cooper, of Groomsyiile. Jones
is in care of a doctor at Russiaville
The young woman Witnessed the
tragedy. ' 5
' Tie Between Gun Clubs. . ' "'
Wnlln'Wftlln TW 99 Thft tnnm
bers of the Walla Walfa Gun club who
competed with teams from the Dayton
club in u shoot at that place Thursday
returned home Friday evening, 'rue
event terminated in a tie, the Walla'
Walla team winning the shotgun con
test, 1 and the Dayton' aggregation
carrying off the honors in the rifle
shoot. 1 '
Will G. Campbell and John Smails
of the Walla Walla team and Stevens
and George B. Baker of the Dayton
team tried tor hrst honors in the shot'
gun contest, each receiving 35 points,
C. D. Ellis of Dayton secured the
highest score of 88, and H. O. Feck of
walla Walla second with a score of 87,
in the rule contest, i '
The teams were composed of the fol
lowing members:
Walla Walla, riflo-Ott McKinzie,
V. J. Walker, H. O. Peck, William
Keeney, John Kelly and John Smails,
Shotgun win u. Uampbell, Wil
liam Keeney, O. Peck, Ott McKinzie;
.bred Martin and John Smails. -
Dayton, shotgun Stevens, . Godman,
Hendill, Day, Knettle and G. B.
Baker. Rifle Montz, C. D. Ellis,
Thompson, W. W. Ward, J. D. Smith
and C. i. Miller.
The date of the return shoot to be
herd in this city has not yet been de
term i nod.
Arrest of a Jewelry, Thief.
San Francisco, Dec; 22. E. Kane, of
JNew York, was arrested this morning
n his sumptuous apartments in this
city, charged with stealing $5000 worth
of jewelry from merchants here. Much
of the jewelry has been pawned, only
a little of it being found in his posses
sion. He claims it was given him by
an unknown beggar woman whom he
met on the street and one whom he
had befriended.
President o Visit the Northwest.
Wasnington, Dec. 22. Senator
Foster and Representative Jones of
Washington called at the White House
and invited the president to extend his
trip to San Francisco in May so as to
include Portland, Tacoma. Seattle.
North Yakima, Spokane and other
towns in Washington. The president
readily consented providing nothing
occurred to prevent it.'
Americans Always Gentlemen.
London,. Dec. 22. The Times today
quotes letters from Japanese merchants
and others concerning the conduct of
the foreign corps in China, in which
all the writers agree that the Ameri
cans are by -far the best. "They are
always gentlemon, several of the
writers declare.
The MeDonough Launched. .
Weymouth, Mass., J Dec. 22. The
torpedo boat destroyer MeDonough was
launched here this morning. The new
craft was christened by Mrs. Lucy Me
Donough Reed, a direct descendant of
the hero of lake Chatnplain, whose
name the boat bears.
Rebellion In Cape Colony. ,
Do Aar, Cape Colony, Dec. 22.
Banks here are sending their specie
to the coast. - The wildest rumors of
rebellion against : British rule prevail.
Torrential rains have fallen and
military operations have been practi
cally suspended for the time being..
' Applied for Protection.
Vienna, Dec. 22. Christians In
Northern Albania, who are being perse
cnted by Mussulmans, have appliod to
the governments of Servia and
Bulgaria for protection.
A Noted Louisville Crook.
: Louisville, ' Ky., Dec. 22. John
Owens, the mysterious murderer, who
was hanged at Paris, Ills., yesterday,
has been identified by the local police
as Shiner Sullivan, a noted Louisville
crook.
A Bank Robbed.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 22. The
Coffe county bank, at Manchester, was
entered by four burglars last night and
robbed of $5000. One robber was
captured. , ,
Martial Law Proclaimed.
Cape Town, ! Dec. 21. Martial law
has been proclaimed in Northern Cape
Colony. The situation is regarded as
grave. , , ... .
Kimberly Threatened.
London, Dec. 22. The Evening
Standard prints a report that Kimberly
is seriously threatened by the Boers.
Bank of Dalton Robbed.
Dalton City, Ills., Dee. 22,-The
Bank of Dalton City was entered by
burglars last night and about $4000 in
cash taken. '
German Field Marshal Ded.
Berlin, Dec. 22. Count Von Bloem
enthal, tho . oldest of German field
marshals, is dead here.
WAR1 DEPARTMENT'S
SECOND AUDITOR
MURDERED.
Sam McDonald, a Discharged
Clerk, the Assassin.
M'DOHALD ALSO KILLED HIMSELF
Charged 111 (be Blame for His Misfortunes to
Morris Had Been on a' Protracted
. Spree for a Week Past. ,
Washington, . Dec. 22. Frank H.
Morris, the second auditor of the . war
department, whosetfiome is in Cleve
land, was shot and killed in the office
window of the building at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon, by Sam McDonald,
formerly the disbursing olerk in the
department. McDonald tried to cut
his throat with a penknife; imme
diately after the shooting. ; Failing to
oo a good job , with the , knife, Mc
Donald went to the door, descended
the steps and sat on the lowest one.
At the moment the officers - arrived he
shot himself in the stomach, saying:
"I did it; I'm finished." .Watchman
Cusick, who ran to the scene, was so
badly beaten about the head with a
revolver by McDonald that he
is thought to be mortally wounded.
McDonald was, discharged from
the department a year ago, and
was later re-employed in a lower posi
tion from which he was again dis
charged this morning. He was strongly
addicted to drink and a week ago en
tered upon a -carousal, and brooded
over his troubles, charging all 'the
blame for his misfortunes to Morris.
. . Great Northern Tunnel Open..,
Seattle, Dec.; 21. Yesterday after
noon the Great Northern train No. 4
east bound, . entered the . Cascade
tunnel. . Eleven mintesi later , it
emerged on the eastern side. . This was
the first passenger i train to o through
the big tunnel. , The tunnel is 13,813
feet long. . ,,,
Fire in Toronto.
Toronto, Ont., Dec. 21. A fire de
stroyed the picture frame factory of
Matthews Bos. , this morning. The
loss . is $40,000. Forty men , jumped
from the windows and seventeen of
them were injured. ., , , .
Mrs. John Russell Dead, j .
Walla Walla, Dec. 22. Mrs. John
Russell, sr., died in this city Thursday
morning at the age of 70 years. , '
The funeral occurred today ; at 0
o'clock a. m., from St. Patrick's
Catholic church. , ... , . .
Deceased was born in Kilkee, Clair
county, Ireland, in 1830. She came to
Walla Walla in 1880, and returned to
her old home for a visit in 1896, re
maining one year. She then returned
to Walla Walla. She leaves a husband
and one son, Jack; to mourn her loss.
AN ' EX-PRESIDENT'S VIEWS.
Benjamin Harrison Leetures Before Stu
dents of Michigan University. .
Ex-President Harrison . delivered a
lecture before the Students' Lecture
Association, of Michigan university
I. .. : e ii .. i l
uuuu joinuuii ui wiu unueaeu terri
tories and their civilized inhabitants to
the United btates. It was, Gen. Harri
son declared, not intended to be a legal
argument on questions brought into
discussion by the Porto Rican bill, but
rather a popular discussion of some of
the views that have been expressed in
relation to the status of our annexed
territories.
The ex-president declared that we
had done something out of the line
with our historical precedents not in
the way of expansion, but in the char
acter of it. . ;r
He said we had taken over neonles.
rather than lands, as heretofore.
lie held the view that the civilized
inhabitants at thn territ.nrin
citizens of the United States and that
the revenue provisions of the oonstitu
tion relating to taxation - for federal
purposes applied to the territories.
The occasion for the reoent departure
from precedents was found, he said,
in : the character of the inhabitants of
the Philippines. As to Porto Rico and
Hawaii, ' there would probably have
been no occasion for treating them
otherwise than we have usually done,
The competition of our home products,
and especially the : freedom of the
Fjlpinos to settle in the states, were
causes of alarms The considerations.
he said, might very appropriately
have had influence when the question
of taking over the Philippines was be
fore us, but it was now too late.
He argued that the provisions of the
Spanish treaty and of all treaties 'were
subject to the constitution and could
not impair It, and if these islands be.
came part of the United States, in the
sense of the constitution,' their people
became citizens, 'and the-; revenue
clause, which was especially under dis
cuesion in tho i'orto Kican case, ap
plied. He argued that the limitations
in me constitution upon the powers of
congress, whether expressed In the
affirmative of negative form, applied
to the exercise of that power in all
places: that the very object in the sec.
tion requiring duties to ' be uniform
throughout the United Stateswhich
was to prevent congress to establish
anywhere under the jurisdiction of the
United States ; favored ports would be
thwarted if foreign goods might be ad
mitiea to rorto Kico free and thence
into the United States free.
Gen. Harrison further said:
"If the constitution relates only k.
the states and their people then all
things prohibited in the states mav be
done in the acquired territory, and
this view of the constitution is shock
ing. . And if it could be done in Porto
Rico, why could it not be done in Okla
homa, Indian Territory and Alaska? A
government of unlimited powers is tin
American government.;
It is one thing to tolerate a condi
tion that already exists and another
to create a wrong condition. Why
should we make use of one tariff law
for the states and another for the
territories? There is only one door of
escape. It is to deny . that the terri
tories are a part of the United States
but that region which is governed : for
the general welfare of the United
States must be a part of the United
States. If the act of acquiring terri
tory does not extend the constitution
to it nothing will do it except its ad
mission as a state. -
'That we give back to Porto Rico
all the money we . get from her is not
excusable. It is given as a benefac
tion, and that is only to declare it in a
state of vassalage,
it is said that expansion is the law
of the natural life, but expansion may
be dropsical. I do 'not argue against
expansion, but the old coach may be
a safer vehicle for the folks than the
bicycle.. , . : .
"For one who has gone out of the
service, but who still loves his coun-
of lands at the cost of abandonment of
tne old American idee, that govern
raent by absolute power Is intolerable.
Under the constitution of the United
States it is an impossibility."
WHOSE FAULT WILL IT BE?
Ella Wheeler Wlleox Writes on Elevator
Manners.:' .
What is the use of talking about liv-
irig in a Christian democracy, when
every day of our lives we are silent
witnesses to or aiders and abettors in
acts of petty Injustice and tyranny
which belong to a heathen monarchy.
For Instance, you occupy the seventh
floor of a large apartment house. You
prefer to be high np above the dast
and noise, and near the air and light.
You have many telegrams and C. O.
D. parcels. There is but one elevator
for passengers, With a freight basement
compartment, and in the rear of the
house a dumb-waiter. .
The owner of the building has in
structed the elevator boys to bring up
no messengers and no parcels in the
passenger elevator.
This is understood to be a rule
formed for the comfort and convenience
of tenants.
But why has he not had the human
thought to Bay to these elevator at
tendants: "Tell boys who have collections to
make to send parcels up by the dumb
waiter, and to return and take the
freight elevator: treat all who coma to
this house with1 consideration and
politeness, whether Jdri vers of wagons,
laundrymen, or the president of the
United States? "
The man who wonld make one re
quest of his employes of this kind
would be aiding" the march of Chris
tian civilisation far more than by large
subscriptions to-church and 1 mission
work. . 1 ' -
I called1 recently 1 ftt an aDartrhent
house on Fifty-seven street, New York.
A pale, anaemic, ill-fed and delicate
looking white boy. with a basket of
groceries, was being berated ' by a
lusty colored elevator attendant.
"Just you ring the bell on the sixth
floor. and see if the ladv is home."
the small boy was saying. "I went tip
ali them stairs onct, and couldn't get
no answer.' . .
"Go up yerself there's the !stalrs."
responded the bronze lord of the ele
vator. "I'm not here to do your
work." - '
"But just ring de bell it won't
take a minit" pleaded the bov. "If
she ain't in sure, ' I'll take the basket
back." '
"Why don't vou take the hov nn?"
Tasked, "Put his basket In the dumb
waiter and let him ride ud. Five
flights is a long Climb for the little
fellow to take again." '
1 "Them's my orders, lady;" the ele
vator king replied. No delivery boys
allowed in heah."
, He seemed to feel the vast difference
in his social status as he referred to
the delivery boys. . '
in at is one of the worst features of
this thoughtlessness on the part of the
proprietors of such buildings. Not
only ia there no consideration shown
the army of delivery men and mes
senger boys, but " the sprit of the
sycophant and bully is fostered in the
apartment attendant. He is taught
to bow and Bcrape and be courteous to
tenants and callers. but allowed to be
brusque and brutal to people whom he
looks upon as nis interiors.
It is the spwit of the old worldt of
monarchial tyranny, from which
America revolted, set free and rampant
uniu, j ii uur Topuuiic, -
It is all wrong un-democraticun
Christian uncivilized.
It is on a par with the inhuman
architecture in most of our houses and
apartment buildings, where the room
intended tor the prop, of the home.
the domestic, is only fit for ' a dog's
aennei cramped, uncomfortable and
unventilated.
And all these ' unjust conditions,
placed in appalling contrast with the
princely luxury of the wealthy and
idle classes, are little streams which
flow into the great rjver of righteous
aisconient which is sweeping through
our land. If it rise and inundate the
whole social structure some day,
whose fault will' it be?
' Sd tnany ffodn, onmny creeds,' '
: So many path! that wind and wind.
While )ut the art of being kind
I all the Had world needs... . .
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. :
INSTRUCTIONS TO CATHOLICS.
The Pops Issued Them for Use at the
' Close of the Century.
Official instructions have boon re
ceived in ftew York from Rome detail
ing how Roman Catholics are to
observe the ceremonial closing of the
year and. the century on the night of
December 31," T(ie decree Is from the
pope and is addressed to all the world
"Now that the present age is draw
ing to a close," It begins, "and a new
one is about to begin it ' is highly
roper that all' who have been re
eemd by Him in every part of the
world should be solemnly consecrated
to the King of Ages, Jesus. Christ, in
order that this irratituda mav ho shown
for the special favors from Him in the
past. .
"What our Holy : Father ' granted a
year ago by antiefpaton he also permits
by the same decree of the sacred con
gregaton of rites,' vis:
"That at midnight which nshora In
the January of the year 1901, the most
august sacrament of the Eucharist
may be exposed - for - adoration in
churches and chapels and that in its
presence one mass of the feast of
circumcision of our lord and the octave
of the nativity may be read or sung ;
and tbat, moreover, the faithful by
special privilege receive Holy Com
mnnion either , during or outside of
the mass. r. . ;
"While thinking of some new means
o increasing the piety of the faithful in
connection with an event so solemn,
the i Holy Father learned that many
prelates and pious sodalities anxiously
desire that the faithful of Christ,
moved by an eagerness to participate
in the rich treasury of spiritual in
dujgences.should everywhere be invited
to come and adore the most blessed
eucharist.
"As this was in most perfect accord
with his own wishes, the Holy Father
has benignly granted that a plenary
indulgence may be gained by all the
faithful of Christ who, having properly
aproached the sacraments of penance
and received holy communion .in a
church or chapel where the most holy
eucharist is reserved, shall spend any
full hour they please ' between mid
night of December 31 and the noon
of January 1 before the most august
sacrament exposed to public adoration
and shall moreover offer prayers to
God for the Intentions for his holi
ness." Cracksmen broke open the safe of
the Blue Mountain Ice company Jn
Portland Friday, and looted the strong
uox vj ihb mne oi arxrot zoo. i'heru
is absolutely no elew to the bnrirlar.
The office of the company ia only a
block and a half from the police sta
THE PRESIDENT WILL
"STAnTif ESION:.
- i - lit 1 1 A t .
MAY 1.
Minister Conger Jnstrflcted to
Sip. Agreement.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS TILL JANUARY 3
Richard L Wise,' lepreseritatle From Vlr-
. glnla. Is Dead Senator Frje's Wife :
Found Dead In Bed. , '' ,',
Washington Dec. 21. President Mc
Kinley today decided to start from
Washington about May 1 ' on a trip to
the Pacific coast to attend the ' launch
ing of the battleship Ohio. '' Represen
tative Jones, of Washington state,
called at the White House this morn
ing and begged the nresident to Innlmln
Washington in . his itinerary, and ho
promised to do so ..if possible. '
Minister Conger Instructed,
Washington, Dec. 21. The state de
partment this morning cabled instruc
tions to Minister Conger at Pekin i au
thorizing his signature to the agree
ment of the representatives of the
powers at Pekin, including the
"irrevocable" preamble.-' .
Senate and House Adjouru. -
Washington: Dec. ' 21. It was ' an
nounced in the house that Richard A.
Wise, republican '-member ' from 1 the
becond district of Virginia, died at
hid home at Williamsburg today, and
adjurnment was immediately taken ' as
a mark of respect. , ,' , ' 11
ine house will again meet on Janu
ary 3. The chaplain referred to the
death of the wife of Senator Frye. "
In the senate "the attendance Was
small and on the motion of Hoar the
senate immediately adjourned out ot
respect for Senator Frye, in the death
of his wife. r: - ,.;.,,! ,.m ,...) .
The River and Harbor Bill.: . '
Washincton. Dec. i ' 21. The house
river and harbor bill, "Which: comes p
after the holidays, will authorize a
$60,000,003 expenditure; of which 23,
000,000 will be extended to next ' year
and 137,000,000 will be - provided for
under the continuing contract plan. '
, Senator Frye's Wife Dies Suddenly.
' Washington, Doc. 21. The wife of
Senator Frye died suddenly this morn
ing at their hotel. The senator 'who
was in the next room thought she was
asleep. ' ', " '.. " '"' 1 ' '.
'. President Has Slight Cold. ;
Washington! Dec. 21. President Mc-
Kinley is confined to his rooms with, a
slight cold. , , . i
HE GAVE HIS WIFE UP.
Love With Wealth Was Better for Her
' Than Love With Poverty. 1
Benton Harbor, Mich.', Pec. 21. At
the home of C. D. . Pease, a dry goods
clerk, of this city,' a strange romanco
culminated, with the mnrriage of. the
clerk's pretty daughter, , Mrs. Sadie
Pipp, to Roger Morgan, the only sur
viving son and heir of Elisha Morgan,
multi-millionaire, , president of the
National Envelope trust. Off in Kansas
City the brid's former husband,
Henry Pipp, struggled to down a love
he had sworn to conquer. , . .
Ten years ago the same little' parlor
was the scene of another marriage.
Then Sadie Pease, the 18-year-old bollo
of the city, gave hor heart and hand to
Henry Pipp, who resigned as pitcher
on the Baltimore baseball team, to be
come her husband. , For . nino years
the couple lived in Bonton Harbor,
and were declared by neighbors
to always act as schoolday swcftheartB,
A year ago the wife mot Roger Mor
gan. Before she know it he was deeply
attached to In t. Her love for him de
veloped as suddenly. Her husband.
noticing the attentions - which tin
millionaire was showering upon" his
wife, volunteered to release her from
her marriage vows, because he believed
that Morgan i with his millions could
make her happier tbtTi he could with
his limited salary. Tho woman was
sent to California at the joint expenso
of Morgan and Pipp, and ' during her
absence a divorce wps secured on the
ground of non-support.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan will make
their homo in Springfield, Mass. t;
PRESIDENT'S POPULAR VOTE.
McKlnley'i Majority Over All the Caiidl
... dates 468,066. i , ,,
New York. - Dec. 21. The Times
publishes a table allowing the popular
vote for presidential electors in ' the
recent election. Minnesota was tho
last state to declare its vote, this , not
having been done until yesterday, i In
some states, . as , in 1 Louisiana and
South Carolina there were the nomina
tions of but two parties, republiuan
and democrats upon the .ballots; in
other, states there were three and four
and in some eight. ' . . , , ,
I he total ( vote, Including 6211
scattering, was 13,907,200. Of this
McKinley received ,7,217,077 and Bryan
6,357,853. i The prohibition vote was so
tar as reported 20l,aj8 ; liarker, middle
Of the road,, a populist, 5118 Debs,
social democrat 04,552 and Maloney.
social; labor, 83,450. McKinley's ma
jority was 408,055, ... , . : '
in addition there were votes returned
in five states for the candidates of tho
national .union reform party (Seth 11.
Ellis of Ohio for ' president, and
Samuet T. Nicholson lof i Pennsylvania
for vice president) and In two states
for the:, candidates of . the United
Christian party (J. F. It. Leonard of
Iowa , for president , and John G.
Woolly of Illinois for vice i president),
these votes being as fol lows i National
union reform, Arkansas 341, Illinois
672, Indiana 254, , Maryland 147 and
Ohio 4248. Tho United Christian,
Illinois 82, Iowa 160. ; ,
GBRMAN BAMK FAIIUKES.
Great Losses Reported In Mortgages
and Bonds Held by Them.
Berlin, Deci 21. The Orundeschuld
bank which recently failed js said to
be a complete wreck. Of 95.000.000
marks worth of mortgages . and bonds
held by the bank, only live uer centum
of them are good. The failure of the
Breussische Pypothnken bank will not
be as severe, as the other, the maloritv
of the 35,000,000 marks worth of bond's
ft holds will probably be saved by the
intervention of the Deuschn bank. The
bankruptcy proclamations coverins both
banks are expected in January.
The Cudahy Kidnapping Case. ' ;'
Omaha. Neb.. 'Dec. 21. Pat Crowe.
well known in local police circles, is
the man the police suspwt as being
the leader in the gang of Cudahy ab
ductors and a posse is now looking for
mm.