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The Heppner Gazette
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1901.
NATIONAL CAPITAL STORIES..
Gen. Miles is a golf-player. He
went out to the Chew Chase links
the other day. near Washington,
dressed in a well-worn suit of
corduroys and wearing a somewhat dis
reputable sloucn hat.
A small negro boy stood by as he
placed his ball. The general lifted his
club high, swung and missed. The
small negro boy said: . "UmphI";
Somewhat nettled, the general
'steadied himself, swung and missed
again. The force of the stroke set him
spinning.' The small negro boy grunted
another disapproving "Uinphl"
Determined to win the approbation
of his dusky critic, the general made a
third desperate try. He missed again
and glared in speechless anger at the
little negro. '
That disconcerting person took his
hands out of his pockets and, pointing
a stubby sneer at the general, said
.Look yere, old man, that'll never
do."
Representative snattuc received a
letter from Private Maier.Company D,
Fourth infantry,. the other day. Maier
has been sentenced to three ye'ars' 1 im
prisonment in the Philippines for in
subordination. He appealed to Mr.
Shattuc to help him and wound up his
letter hy saying: "Kemember, I used
to black your shoes."
Mr. Shattuc remembered the young
soldier and laid the ase betore Secre
tary Root. Mr. Root reduced the sen
tence to one vear. As Maier has served
eight months of the sentence the re
duction is f practically a pardon.
this is irregular. It is un-Britisb it is
un-American, it is French. Without
this precedent Dreyfus could not have
been condemned. Of course Satan has
some kind of a case, it goes without
saying. It may be a poor one, but
that is nothing. That can be said about
any of us. As soon as I can get at the
facts I will undertake his rehabilita
tion myself, if I can find an impolite
publisher. It is a thing we ought to
be willing to do for anyone who it
under a cloud. We may not pay him
reverence, for that would be indiscreet,
but we can at least respect his talents.
A person who has for untold centuries
maintained the imposing - position of
spiritual head of four-fifths of the
human race, and political head of the
whole of it, must be granted tbe pos
session of- ' executive talents : of the
loftiest order. In his large presence
the other popes and politicians shrink
to midgets for the microBcope. I
would like to see him. I would rather
see him than any other member of
the European concert,
..The London Lancet,' a medical
journal of some repute, says ' that
tobacco used with ' moderation is of
value second only to food itself, when
long privations and exertions have to
be endured. ' It quotes the testimony
of many soldiers, on forced marches
when the rations were but two or three
biscuits a day, the only real physical
content in the twenty-four hours came
with the pipe smoked by the smoulder
ing embers of the campfire. Another
newspaper ' fellow, 1 referring to the
above, says. This may be true, and
yet the world got on quite well, men
tally and physically, before the dis
covery of the weed in ' America.
Alexander and Caesar made their con
quests without the help of tobacco.
lhermopylae was defended and the
Crusades were made without ' the
PLAN TO BHD BONN WAN.
I .t rsDUDD.t Mn.m 1 I '.'
Under the heading, ' "How Ameri
cans can Help tne uoers," a commun
ciatiou . has been sent to every daily
paper i in the United States by the
executive committee of the Transvaal
league ot the Eastern states. This com
mittee consists of ' Messrs. Wm. G.
Davies, Theodore; M. Banta, Frederic
J. de reyster, a. a. de Vos, Howard
C. Hillegas, Edward Lauterbacb, W.
Loring Andrews, E. Reeve Merritt,
John V. L. J'ruyn and Kiliaen Van
Rensselaer. It claims to be pro-Boer
without being anti-British, and to be
divided equally in membership as be
tween republicans and democrats.
Realizing that direct interference in
the South African struggle is not with
in the province of the American gov
ernment, this committee is of the
opinion that the people of this country
can . do what the government, cannot
do. It desires in any case to remove
the impression which prevails in Eng
land that Americans view with in
difference the threatened extermina
tion of the citizens of the two South
African Republics; and the means to
this end, which the committee of the
league has adopted, are certainly
novel. "We are convinced," its
members say, "that a very large num
ber of people in this country, if they
only knew how, would gladly help
the Boers in their struggle for freedom.
Heretofore, the question with most of
us has been', What can we do to help
them?.! ,-r--..': .:';,. - ...,..: . , , T
"It has been suggested to us recent
ly, and we heartily approve the sug
gestion, that we can best help the
Boers by influencing ' British public
opinion in favor of justice and peace
in South Africa. , It is evident that
so vast are the resources of the British
empire in
. , . . . , umjjiiD in uuuiuarinuu Willi inose 01
v, i hnnf Lth6f P pe' P?.(pymid8 wei? the South African republics, that un-chair-
built without finecut. The Odyssey and less the history of our own war of
independence soon repeats itself in this
Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
man of the democratic national com- the Divine Comedv were written with
mittee, is a member of the Humane out the inspiration of cigarettes, much
Society and wears a badge that entitles las this fact may astonish some of our
bim to investigate the condition of any modern genu ises. And that half of the
animal that appears to be ill-treated.
A day or two ago, as he came down
from the capitol, he inspected a team
that was standing by the curb.
"Here, vou I" shouted the driver.
what are you doing there feeling about
mat horse's neckf"
human race who as a rule still abstain
from tobacco, the :' women, are thev
not on the average as well nourished
and equable, and as well equipped
for endurance of pain and privations.
as the smoking men, besides being
vasiiy sweeter ano more wholesome.
I m an officer of the Humane Then another newspaper fellow, a poet and for the whole world.'
case, to me point at which tne ma
jority of the British people concluded
that there was neither gain nor glory
in its continuance, the republics
might, in the course of time, become
temporarily exhausted. , The ' sooner,
then; that the British people can be
crought to the point which they reached
in their war with us, , the better it
will be for them, for South Africa.
Society," replied Senator Jones.
mildly, and I want to see if this collar
lies this horse."
"Well," snarled the driver,"if that
collar don't fit that horse any better
than your collar fits you, you just run
aiong ana get a cop ana have me
arrested."
Senator Jones passed on
this time, takes a hand with:
When the Gods at their symposia "
Supped on nectar ,id amnroiia,
Surely aomething more was needed
' Than they knew.
"Tis quit true there was no lack o1
Food and drink, but no tobacco.
, For the only pipe thea known Pan
Senator-elect Joe Blackburn, of Ken.
tucky, who is a famous story-teller.
was talking in the democratic, cloak
room with Senator Daniel, of Virginia,
ana a nan dozen others. lieorge Wash
. ington was under discussion. Mr,
Blackburn contended that Washington
had been much overrated and was
, really an ordinary man.
Finally Mr. Daniel asked Senator
Clay : "Do you know why Blackburn
uiHiises Washington r -"No;
why?" said Mr. Clay.
"Because Washington could not tell
a He and Blackburn thinks he was of
no value as a story-teller."
lhe smallest claim ever presented
to congress came in a few days ago. It
was lor $ 1, and Secretary Root, in a
letter of transmittal, asked that it
De included In the general deficiency
U1H. 1
The claim is that of Mrs. B. N,
Keuter, of Pomeroy, 0. She says that
tne government engineers, wane blast
ing near her hpuse.caused an explosion
which hurled a stene through one of
her windows. The stone did 50 cents'
worth of injury to the glass and 25
cents' worth to a lace curtain. The
remaining quarter is for the services of
a Kiazier in putting in the class.
Mrs. Reuter first wrote a letter com
plaining of the damage to Major
oiiuy, me government
"With this end in view, it becomes
of the utmost importance to evoke such
an expression oi popular feeling m the
United States that the people of Great
Britain. Ireland, and tne British
colonies will be made to realize at last
that the large majority of Americans
look with extreme disfavor udou the
continued, slaughter and threatened
extermination of the citizens of the
South African Republic and Orange
rree otate. v ,,:,:..
"The British neoDla hav hn Aa,
of the press, speaks ot it as ceived in regard to public sentiment
i ne traveler from -New nere. ihey have been led lo believe
that they have the moral support of
America in their dealings with the
Boers, and Mr. Chamberlain - claims
that some sort of an alliance had been
entered into by him with this country
a claim immediately reiected hv t.h
administration here was made in
order to foster this erroneous belief.
ihe majority of the English news
Soltly blew.
iew eaiana is a little bit of a coun
try away over somewhere on the nthar
side of the equator, which has been
attracting considerable, attention of
late. A newspaper paragraph, making
me rounu
follows:
eaianu sixty years ago came trom a
vast wnuerness. overrun i bv savages
wno naa not lone betore been canni
bals. Hardly a vestige of civilization
varied the monotony of the primeval
lorest. ne couia nave described no
social institutions save those of the
wild tribes of islanders.. Todav the en-
thusiastic traveler from New Zealand
tells a different story. I live in a coun- papers are so bitterly an ti -Boer that
try governed in the interests of the they do not publish news that might
people. When I travel I ride on a gov- open the eves of their readers on thin
ernment railway, l am taxed, not on subject; they know that "the man in
tne improvements 1 make on land, but the street." upon whose suDDort Mr
: 1 , j I 1 I I 1 i . . ' .
'"o uuiuiyruveu vmue, ana on my vuamuenain aepenas leeis that in
income., ms taxation is graduated, Jc-urope he stands among enemies, and
wiereiore, in accordance with mv I is. tnererora. not nni inrmn.
aDiiny to pay, as nve families out of concilate and to , preserve the good
every seven own land I do not fear opinion of the Americans, but would
radical legislation. I can rent land be shocked to learn that lh oHntt nf
t , , . I . . . : ...... w.
irom tne government, hnrroir mnnav bis crovnrnmant hart ilraaria ulionaM
from it, or have it insure mv life. As and threatens to alienate atill fartkar
compulsory arbitration is in force, I do much of the friendly feeling for Great
uruaiii which at one time existed in
not fear the disturbance of trade hv
strikes. And in old age J do not need
to have the poorhouse stare me in the
face, lor 1 shall receive a pension from
me government oi f i.7o a week, which
with my own savings will keen" me
from want. Some of these experiments
this country.
'We purpose to "administer ' that
shock, so far as possible, by crystal iz
ing the pro-Boer sympathy of the ' ma
jority of Americans and by faking steps
' , , , r . ' ' lock anu cikhv iwt
do more than anything else could do at 1500 cubic feet of
pncinpftr . in
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umiea ui bun iMiiiri ivhii HniM . fii r. fim 1 iUuit 11 Li, h rHfiinm inp a in aiAnnrvn v i.. i.i n .1
SiStoil ih. ffitSS- -- - , m pf l-b,., our opml, .111
Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of n-
glneers, with the indorsement that the
claim was a just one and should be
paid. ,
(jen. Wilson,, after allowing the
claim to travel along the routine of
fits office, referred it through military
unanneis to tne secretary ot war.
1 . . .
was
ill effects upon the health, but few
seem to realize the extent of the danger
and the damage to health that these
devices necessarily inflict.
. In order to properly understand this
subject it is necessary to have a clear
idea of the nature of combustion, the
character of the fuel burned and the
products of combustion. Whether the
fuel used be coal oil, coal gasn char-
uoai or easoime, tne results are prac'
tically the same, so far as the genera
t ion of poison is concerned and its
effect upon the health, when no exit
is provided for carrying off the products
of combustion and , preventing their
escape into the room that is being
occupied. The ordinarywood fires and
coal fires that are in the chimney place
or in stove, with a large pipe con
necting with the chimney, have always
been thus provided with an exit for
the ' products of combustion, because
thejereosote, pyrogallic acid and other
irritants in tne wood compelled the
person using them to provide an exit.
as the eves and throat would be
quickly irritated long before the prin
cipal poisons produced could affect the
system. , , .
lhe same is true of coal.- Exit has
always been provided for the gases
anu products oi combustion from coal
fires, because usually the sulphur in
the coal manifests itself auicklv bv
irritating the eyes and air passages, so
tnat tne occupant of the room would
immediately become cognizant of the
presence of an irritating gas.and would
realize the necessity of providing for
its escape.. Mi . ,
-;' "T. '
, The most deadly poisons, however,
that are produced by the combustion of
the various kinds of fuel in use are not
irritating and are invisible, have little
or no perceptible smell, and conse
quently their , presence is least sus
pected. Now. since illuminating gas.
coal oil and gasoline do not produce
the irritants like wood or coat fires,
the idea has seemed to prevail that
there is therefore little or no poison
produced and little danger in allowing
the products of combustion to escape
into the atmosphere of the room. This,
however, is a grave mistake. The
most poisonous gas generated from
coal oil, gasoline or gas is known to
chemists as carbon monoxide, and
is invisible, colorless, odorless and
tasteless, and yet 5 per cent of it in the
atmosphere is absolutely fatal to ani
mal life in a short time. The other
most poisonous gas, carbon dioxide,
has a very slight odor, Its presence in
the room is scarcely perceptible, and
yet it is a deadly poiHon.- When the
monoxide and dioxide are mixed, as
they usually are in the products of
combustion, their poisonous properties
seem to be enhanced. "
When these poisonous gases are gen
erated from fuel, even when they con
tain irritantB, persons occupying the
room become gradually accustomed to
their presence, so ; that very often
poisonous gases are not detected by the
inmates of the room, even though a
person coming in from the fresh air
would find them almost intolerable on
entering the room. This inability to
detect the presence of poisonous gases,
of course, is especially marked during
GENERAL NEWS
the decision
Daly in the
The gases, being imperceptible to
the senses, are exceedingly insidious
poisons. In case of severe poisoning
by the inhalation of the pioducts of
combustion of fuel containing large
quantities of carbon, of course the
lungs should be immediately filled with
oxygen, or, it tu is is not obtainable,
pure air, ihe removal of the person
ironi tne presence of the poison and
the immediate summoning of a pbysi
cian, I,-, ., ., . . .!.,
What we are about to say of oil for
all practical purposes may be con
sidered as applying to gasoline and
coal gas or illuminating gas, so far
the production of tne poison and
effects on the system are concerned.
A quart of coal . oil contains
ounces of carbon, and during the pro
cess oi Durning produces about
cuoic ieet oi car Don ic . acid and car
borne oxide, or carbon monoxide and
carbon dioxide. Now. a room 14 bv 15
feet and eight feet high contains about
as
its
24
Oni-fl u nun a tim an Inrlion 1 this time to shake the blind mnfldanm'
-r - ... ... . .in mi, vii ,ui i . . . . .
thus sized up an American officer, with!01 man.y Englishmen In the righteous-
wuuin ne ..-naa come in , enntact. l cnuoe.
air,
"American, officer
good man. Drink
Drink me. Drink
Heap good man.','.
good
me.
he.
man. Heap
.urinif he.
Me . blind,
"That woman should he paid,"
the comment ot Gen. Grosvenor, in
L. -1 : i i ii . i . ... '
wuubw uimrici me claimant lives.
MOTE AND COMMENT.
homebody a long time ago made the
discovery that fire could be verv suc
cessfully fought with lire, and that for
the effects of certain poisons other
poisons would serve as antidotes. Mrs.
Nation seems to be making a practical
application oi these ancient discoveries.
Everybody's Magazine.
The February Everybody's Magazine
is a first rate number full of articles
with lite and vim in them. In ever
AnHA;i.-i: ii . ... . '
uiimr i iiuwoii mere is spirit and in,
dividuality. The stories are brisk
and stirring, the descriptive articles
notaDiy interesting and vivid. Noth
ing better in its wav. has been written
man Maximilian Fosters The Ron
OUeror Whlnh folia in ni.tna.n.
style the life of a bull caribou in the ?!10w Practically
An Eastern
on
dito
recalls these words of Hosea Bigelow
uii mo wr wim Mexico:
"Uur destiny higher and higher
dof wuiuimi f out x guess we ii all
stare waan she sends her account
Northern woods. The Curiosities of tne
A number of prominent rHiiIno
of the Eastern states have already
signed the protest referred to, which
is printed beneath for further sicna-
ture.,,. ; , , , , v! ...
As SOOn as a mifTicinnt nnmho nf
signatures to it has been obtained, we
luteuu to insert tne protest as an ad
vertisement in the leading British
newspapers, and to leave it standing
as long as our funds permit, with : a
statement beneath giving the number
wno nave signed and such names
from among them as are llknlv n ha
xno,wn in ting land. , , , , ,
in is is me oniy way Known to us
by which the American people can
their admiration for
in eastern newspaper, commenting Courage is a subject that appeals natu- can burShe 'or the great pi
the increase of the military expen- rally to Richard Harding Davis, who P1m ,or which the burghers fight
ares oi this country in recent years, narrates variety of entertaining stories . Thi communication is signe
allant struggle of the South Afri
princi
PROTEST.
is woman the head of the house?
is the somewhat delicate question
that Judge Purnell of the United
States circuit court of ppeals at Rich
mond, Va., had to decide recently and
he decided in the affirmative, says a
correspondent in the Toronto Globe.
it will be interesting to watch the
etv of entertaining .iria A"" communication is signed bv
illustrating various phases of the ose whose names have been given
virtue, an oi which make capital read- Allon "uows tne protest.
ing. rue Making of a Cmmtrv Hnm.l
1 Tn , . .- 1
uy j. r. Moworav. is a charminv I THE AMERirm nui
upcuiug hi a series oi articles which
win nave a wiue circle or rmiWa ito tha rani rn..., . .....
-pi i. . v , - r " r "rwm -ib, ini.na
xUCio ! IBwp oy w. j. Hampton, and the Irttlsb Colonial,
yiruD juiuression or tne nght at I We, the
xsiooay Angle m Uarl Hovey, together the United
nuiries OI Aaacni Klnnnnnba Inomu l
uadersigned, citizens of
states of America, in tha
Euaene P. Lvl. , Rhai Hah.T,7 "Z. ZS . ""feuy . protest
nJfh ni.il l'T: .rr.."'i W"" " wnwnoea. Slaughter and
TZr. 1 "L ,. " ig tnreatenea extermination of the citi
""ci uutciyii VlieBIlire. DV nut um nt tkn l J ti
Beaumont KnnHw U : mT" V. " . n-epuonc
jja n." " , . .... "uu Vr""K rree owte; na nrge the
mm .... - I .1 ji wm vaiiiiiju. tur Rtivura vnari u nnnn a a i . i- o:i.. t .
enacts oi this Virgin a dec is on. xava thc.r in p-.i:; r T KKi" y ireiana, and
one cynical newspaper observer, who
it is needless to presume is probably a
man, upon those wuO have heretofore
been considered the weaker vessels as
well as upon men who have followed
the precedents laid down so emphati
cally by St. Paul. The authority of
.Paul however has sensibly diminished
in the lapse of time. There have
been many bold women, headed by
IM.m 1.1! r ' . J
rara fliimun?.' MM. mitt and t ra
now with St. Helen's Hall in Portland,
academy and the British colonies, to refuse to coun
bring
How tie State Is Workad.
A few years ago some generous oiti
zens ot Linn countv donated to tha
state ot uregon the soda springs near
Sodaville, Linn . county. It coal the
state nothing to accept the gift. Now
the legislature will probably appro
priate ilOOO tn malra Imnm.omnr,,.
r oi 'l. 7 . " II.. : , . . .-""-cm an
it ' Dave not hesi-ltnese springs, mis having been ac
wiu w urn n i in nntirnhpinuo namaa iRnmmiHtitvi r am vug r. r,,it,n 4i.A
and he IS now OUlte gannralls raaarrla Will be asked tn malra fnrtha, ,m then CUt OUt the whole enlnmn
nnt i. "u . :r.,. . . '"-ii,i.k u -i j. -j ., i -rr
uu iogy, put as a wo- proveiuenis at mat place, and within
iuu uater. it is questionable, there- decade the state would have estab
uti wacmer tne raniina in nnt iinnnn at hrwiaviiia a n oi.n i
. . . ' . " .ujuiivuuuB I ' ' -' . " mm r.vaaU.O JCBUI,
ui uiuemo centuries ago wifl hold as pnat would cost the people at large
against the decision of a United States several thousand dollars annually, and
in A nt am K a . .1 ,L. . .... It i' . 1 1 l . .
u ,u, eve ui ilia twentieth cen- uenent tne residents oi a small com
munity to the same extent.
tenance a proceeding that can
them neither gam nor glory
Address. ,'.
Name .... .............. i. "
Address..
Name .... . ,
Address
Name ,
Address . ;
r ! 1 1 i ...
icaiw sign tne apove: obtain
many other signatures as possible, and
then cut out the , whole column in
which it stands and mail to the Secre
tary, Transvaal League of the Eastern
owes, care oi Kdward Lauterbach.
tsq., 22 William St., New York, K. Y.
n aa A .A i A L m
r v f" 1 mere wm be men un
doubtedly who will be eager tu learn
whether Purnell decided this case apon
its legal merits, or opon personal con
victions, impressed upon him by Mrs.
Purnell.
Mark Twain thus
fenaeofa certain individual against
whoaa tone very severe charges have
been made: "I have o special regard
for Satan but I can at least claim that
I have no prejudice against him. It
may even be that I lean a little his
way on account of his not having a fair
show. All religions issue bibles against
him, and say the mont injurious things
about bim, but we never hear the
otner side, we have none but the evi
dence tor the prosecution, and yet we
have rendered the verdict. To mv mind
POISON OF OAS AND OIL STOVES.
ine oil stove, the gas atova and tha
gasoline stove are generators of a dead
ly poison; and vet of late veara tha
custom oi neating rooms by these de
vices on oecome more and more com
mon. lbe practicing nhvs clan nf to.
Land Offlea Reversed.
The secretary of the interior h ra.
versed a recent ruling of the general
land office commissioner concarnino
location of claims across claim. n.i0. SI. T - Z.ITX. I'C.'f m l-
ously patented , The latter had refused ing' kh hdrvi"7or 'heTtTng
payment to a bilpin countv. Colorado, immi
imMn. n ti.., 7 "1 "77 -UIU1IK pome
r;,K.., suuuu llIBV uri oi I classes f tjeonla. for ' htin
fhAI, 1 rt a M , n 1 - : .1 :,l ' I , .. ... . . . " "p,
"--"'" " "i iiiu wuaiQ 1 rooms. The IntAlliunnt nhiin I.
TUJ:br..1 ew-tently obliged to take" immediate
rf-Ki-T-. Trfs .t.r .fM,r1 ,on w these deadly Jmrtro.
v., t,T T I . V "u"oie menta removed in short order.
. uK-i,, io a iwio lucaiiuu : mat l ' The nann a r nt -i
iuu i;n, t . i : . i . r J . "" "
. w--'ii am nut in stoves la due to foar tb ngs r First
themmlves T)roirtv hntmam Ui, ri
. , r j """" mii cuwunm aeonna. DO coal or
daries or instruments of dwrintm. L '.kii co": , r
and that the imior .r. 7k Z7 'V..' "r." ..m"IB
j . , . - ure, ami, luunil, DOrtaeilltV.
f S""-!'.. "7'.. P,ftce nJ . M "ho have used' them
a iiina iiii wr imi hiiiui niai rm a ...bv a . -
, ubvd ouinuiainea mora or laaa m thai.
which is norm
ally one-fifth oxygen and four-fifths
nitrogen, and therefore contains about
300 feet of oxygen. By the com
bustion of fuel we have not only the
production of a poisonous gas, but we
nave the rapid destruction of the
oxygen in the room, without which
oxygen life is impossible, It would
take about a gallon and a half of coa
oil to consume all the oxygen in tl)
room, proviaea no trash air was
admitted, and that the flame was not
extinguished for want of oxygen ; and
thus the 300 cubic feet oi oxygen
would be supplied by. about 30 cubic
feet of the poisonous oxides of carbon
gases. It may be readily seen, . there
fore, that it is only the constant, and
as it were, accidental admission of
fresh air into rooms that are heated
by these devices, which throw the
products of combustion into the room
that permits any one to come out
alive, for the reason that there would
be no oxygen in the room, and there
would be 20 per cent of poisonous gas
taking its place;, but experiments have
shown, as above stated, that , 10 per
cent and even less of these poisons are
fatal .to life, and a smaller percen-
A I li 1 sn 1
tage, , ii continueu a sufficient length
oi time.
' ,
So that it is no wonder, therefore.
when we consider these incontroverti
ble facts ot chemistry and physiology,
that the business or professional man
whose oince is thus heated finds him
self ' incapable of healthv mental
action, and vainly seeking for ideas
which do not arrive) until after be has
taken a walk in the fresh air; and the
Invalid, whose room is thus hatl.
sinking into a mere profound state of
prostration and debility, and frequent
ly the members of a household com.
plaining of various nervous disease!
and headache, and showing a nemiatnnt
degeneration of the constituents of the
blood and nervous system,
Intelligent persons who valnn thnir
health will not think of using a heat
ing apparatus which throws tha nrn,
aucts oi eomoustion into the room.
Dow I ing Benjamin, M. D,
High Llesasa for Walla Walla.
There is a high license movement nn
loot la Walla walla and it is likai.
the coming city election there will be
lought out along that line. The pro
ject does not seen to have been fully
matured as vet. bnt certain it ia that
the church element stroagly favors
the nominating of a ticket at the next
municipal election which, If elected,
will guarantee the raising of tha rit
saloon license from 350 a year, where
it stands at present, to $1000 per
annum. In this the reformers count
upon the aid and assistance ef the
more wealthy saloon men. who. It la
thought, will lend their mnnrirt in
order that they may weed out the
cheaper saloons and force the trade to
their own places of business.
William P. Hill, for ovw fin a
prominent New Kneland
editor, is dend of grip, at the home of
his son-in-law, K. K. Williams, in
lA'nver.
Joe Gans was awarded
over Wilmington Jack
fifth round at Baltimore.
A ,1. .... I. ' , . 1 .
Jin cnrmquHKe snocK passed , over
portions ot I ennessee Thursday night.
At Union City houses rocked and
crockery rattled. -
Seven miners, including the superin
tendent, were blown to atoms at the
Commerce mine in Graham county",
Arizona, by the explosion of the com
pany's magazine. ,,
The Schlitz Brewing company has
offered Mrs. Carrie Nation $500 a
month to recommend their beer as a
temperance drink in her lectures as
she seems disposed to do.
The Dutch say that the Boers have
decided if Christian Dewet's incursion
into Cape Colony is not successful
that they will treat with a view to
surrender, being tired of the war.
Alfred Stead, son of W. T. Stead, of
London, is en route to Indianapolis
to wed Miss Mary Hussey of that city:
The marriage will take place this
month at the home of Miss Husseys
uncle. .
In the senate of Nevada a concurrent
resolution known as the lottery bill
which passed both houses two years
ago, came up for a final vote. The vote
resulted 3 for and 10 against. This
kills the measure.
Marshall S. Pike, poet, singer and
actor, , is dead at his home in Chelsea,
Mass.- His name 30 vears ago was
familiar in most households as that of
a poet, singer, musical composer and
author of famous songs. . i
Senator Hanna gave a dinner to the
president Saturday night at his resi
dence in Washington. Those present
were President and Mrs. McKinley.
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius N. Bliss and
Senator and Mrs. Hanna. :
The threats made by Frye and
Hanna that the river and hartW bill
is in danger if the ship subsidy bill
is not passed, is having an effect "in the
house contrary to what the friends of
me uuip Huosiay expected.
J?rank Crawford, aged 16. was shot
and instantly killed by his . brother
Charley, aged 14 years, at Balingee,
W. va. Urank objected to Charley
going out hunting and held his dog
wnicn enraged the vounger bov.
George Hall, a white school teacher,
who, it is alleged, assaulted , Cora
rriicneti. a 1U vear old cir . was
placed on trial at Guntersville, Ala
bama, Tnursday, and there are fears
that he will be lynched before his trial
endB. , - ,. ,
The $10,000 Burns handicap was won
at Oakland, Calif., by the Fretter,
a 2-year-old son of Imp. Brutus, out
of Nerva. Time, 2:07. Favonius. the
favorite in the betting at one to three;
was second and Joe Ripley, , at 150 to
1 third.
The Kansas house Thursday ex
punged from the record the note of
King Edward VII., thanking the legis
lature for its resolution of svmpathv
over the death of Queen Victoria, be
cause the communication contained
the word loyalty. '
Jim Jeffries and Gus Ruhlin mav
fight for the heavv-weight champion
ship in Baa Francisco within a month
or two. The San Francisco Athletic
club wants the bout and has made a
big offer through its eastern representa
tive, George Mooser. v
For the first time in the history of
the clearing house banks of New York
city they report deposits in excess of
one thousand million dollars, standing
at $1,100,329,000. These deposits are
net, and include only actual items
entering into that definition.
The top price for a membership in
the stock exchange has been paid by
Charles I. Gates, a son of John W.
Gates, who is the nominal factor of
American Steel & Wire Co. The price
paid for his seat was $51,000 which i
exceeds the latest previous mark by $50.
Generals J. II. Wilson, ., Fitzhugji
Lee and Theodore Schwan are now re
tired, the last named on his own
application. Colonel A. S. v Daggnt,
Fourteenth infantry, will be promoted
to a briagdier generalship, succeeding
Schwan . and will be retired imnio
diately. ; j ,
The state of Kansas will take charge
of the prosecution of Mrs. Carrie
Nation and relieve saloon keepers of
that responsibility. Under a decision
of the supreme court, of the state
prosecute, Mrs. Nation can be tired
upon a charge of malicious destruction
of property. (
Captain Novico, the insurgent officer
who commanded the band- which cap-
turea lieutenant uuinoro and nartv.
has been sentenced to imprisonment at
hard labor for life, on the charge of
having permitted one of Gil more 'b
party to be buried alive. The victim
was a sailor named McDonald
Officers at the Quartermaster's de
partment have prepared a schedule for
the transportation to San Francisco of
the volunteer troops in the Philiniiiiie.
It shows that all troops can be brontlit
nome in time lor discharge by tho 30th
I . . T 1 ' I .1 , n .
ui uev Juno, wnicn is tne aato nxed
by law for the disbandmeiit of the vol
unteer army.
P. M. Kyan, a plumber, makes the
statement that he was an eve-witnetm
of the killing of Leonaid Day., in the
west notei in Minneapolis. He says
ue saw tne ngni start and saw an mi.
known man strike Hamilton with
It
He did not see the fatal
He says Hamilton did
billiard cue.
blow struck.
not kill Day
W. R. Crosby of O'Fallon. fll.. wn
nign gun in the 14 events that corn
prised the program at Indianapolis,
Wednesday. He broke 207 out of 210.
F.ach event was at 15 targets. Jack
Fanning of San Francisco. Fred Gil
bert of Spirit Lake. Iowa, and Ilarvev
Scone of Sidell, 111., were close up in
the money.
George W. Brentnall. one of the fa.
mous soldiers of the rebellion, is dead
at Lanscaster, Penn. When scarcely
more than 15 years old he enlisted as
a drummer boy. At the battle of
Shiloh he displayed remarkable cool
ness and bravery and was afterward
known by the sobriquet "The Drum
mer of Shiloh. "
The windows of the United Brethren
church at Winfleld, Kansas, were
smashed Wednesday night. The damage
exceeds $200. Warrants have been
issued for several persons. Th r,nni,r
of the church. Rev. Mr. Hendershot
is a strong prohibition wnrkar anil ho
participated in the destruction of the
saloon Tuesday night.
Joseph Choate. ambassador tn Groat I
Britain, refuses to deny or confirm
the report that President McKi
offered bim the office o' attorney gen
eral of the United States in succession
to Mr. Griggs, but in Washington it
is admitted that the offi WflH trn.
dered him and be expressed himself as
preferring to remain where lie was.
At Tanforan. Calif.. Saturday . tha
San Francisco handicap, a mile and a
Quarter, the richeat Hvnr run in Mali.
fornia, was taken, by Hildreth's
Waring, with Jockev McCno In t
saddle. Waring won easily bv three
lengths from Vesuvism, who was tho
same distance in front of Hpeciflc.
Ihe event was . worth $12,000. Thei judge expressed
winner's share was over $8000. 2:05. 1 bench that Mrs,
Bishop-John F. Spalding ' of ; the
rjiHauupai aiocese ot Uoloiado is suffer
ing from an attack of paralysis: '
It is -insisted in'government circles
in Mexico that there is no plan pre
pared for introducing a gold standard,
.Orders have been isRued .by, General
Otis directing the immediate enlist
ment of men for tho new; Twentv-ninth
infantry. ,-. " .
Bessie Safer, at Fort Wavne, Ind.,
aged 15, shot and probably fatally in
jured her father to save her , mother
trom death at his hands. . ,
At the international shoot at Hot
Springs, Gilbert was first, making a
total of 209 out of 225 targets. Fanning
was second, Irwin third. , t
Secret service officials are confident
they have captured three of the men
who robbed the internal revenue office
at Peoria, 111.', of $35,000 in stamps
in January. u , ; ; r
The total number" of cases 'of typhoid
fever among the 'British troops since
the beginning of the war in South
Africa to December 31'; is1 19,101 caBes
and 4233 deaths. ' ' .
i. Very . severe n weather prevails
throughout France. Snow falls have
been frequent. Snow falls are also re
ported in Aligers where several natives
have been frozen to death i, . .... ,
The Register in its . annual estimate
of South Australia's wheat crop says
it averages-, 8k' bushels per acre : that
the crap covers 1,600,000 acres and the
exportable surplus will be 2'o5,17b tons.
Spike Sullivan1 !of New1 York was
'given the decision over Torn Kearns of
Brooklyn on points after 20 rounds ot
rough fighting' before -tho Southern
Athletic club in Louisville., Kv.. Mon
day, night.. i.'. ti'f. i. ; ;;!
Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Lee. com-
manding at Fort Leavenworth.1 has re
ceived the official order of'1 the war de
partment to close the poHt' canteen in
accordance with the provisions of ' the
army reorganization act. :
Another of Andrew Carnegie's1 dreams
is nearing realization. ; That is the es
tablishment on Staten 'island of the
greatest shipbuilding- 'yards in1 the
world, right alongside the largest iron
anu aieei piant ever projected.
Colonel W. H. rope of Beaumont
Texas, Judge O. M. Carter of Fort
crth and others have received' per
mission irom the secretary ot war
sink on wells in the Gulf ot .Mexico in
tne vicinity pi tne "oil pool" near
Sabine Pass. " ; " ' ' '
' The lower house ot i congress 'has
passed the bill granting $5,000,000
the world'a lair to , bo, held at St,
Louis irj, 1903 to celebrate theliouisian
purchase., .The question, of closing the
exposition , on Sunday vas not men
tinned during the debate. ... j ,
. All of the big silk thread : nianufac
taring .concerns 'in .the. .United. States
are to be consolidated . The money
to be furnished by the Coates Thread
company, an English 'corporation.
will, it is said, be a cash transaction
and the capitalization will be $12,000,
000.. . ,: ,-,):-., ., ' .;:',!
The Danish government,1 has sudden
ly broken off all dealings iwith the
United States regarding the ' West
(Danish) Indies. This is duo to a sat
isfactory offer made by 'the : Danish
East Asian Steamship coriipanv
assist and in the future to administer
the islands. . ,
G. H. Wagner, general counsel for
the Missouri Pacific in i view" uf th
recent breaking, open of the Missouri
Pacific depot -at.Geoifs, Kan.,- bv wo
men temperance crusaders,, has advised
the company in protecting its depot
against jaiuors to treat tneni as coin
mon burglars., , ,,, ,
Colonel Marshal M. Murdock. editor
oi tne uany aagie, at Wichita, Kansast
is in a critical conditions A rnontli ago
ne was attacked by grip, - and during
him sicKiiess iwo or nis nrotners in law
died. ! He was much attached to thorn
they, like himself, being editors, for
over 40 years in Kansas.,. :i r v,
Fay Doyle, aged .28, fjOn of Dr. Doyle
was shot at Kansas ', City ' with i
revolver ! by Katherine' Davis, . who
says she is a professional nurse.' 'Ho
seriously wounded; The shooting took
place in the drug store owiied by' the
elder "Doyle. 'The woman says it was
accidental. ' They had quarreled.'
With a 'hammer, Mrs.,. Charles
ttn?des at 1'ort Huron, Mich.; entered
James Wilson's saloon' and broke a
the glass show cases -and about 10
bottles of whisky; The bartender then
put her out.1 Mrs.' Rhodes stated qhe
had served notice on the saloon keeper
noi w sen liquor to ner son. '
An article npoft Hie' silk industry ''of
me woriu, recently .ptiDiished in a
i- rench paper, Shows that ' the llnited
States is likely to' take the lead among
mo fig producers oi the world. iHir
ing the last tlrroe years tho coiisuinp
tiou of raw, silk in the United States
has exceeded 4,5iat of Franco.' ;
Mack Sulbette, a horwmian, left his
rootn in 'Versa! lea, Ky.," at 'midnight
in ins siocp, walked 'to W' father's
home, five miles south, where Jus
sister is ill, sat by his sister's bed
side talking with her half an 'hour,
left the house, walked back to
Versailles and returned to bed- with
out awakening. ' ' ' '. , . ;
The spread of the plague is ; increas
ing in India. There were' over '2000
deaths in Bombay during the past
week, of which' 923 are known to have
ueen uue to tne plague, l he govern
ment is devoting its attention ",' to
succoring the sick rather than to pre
venting tho spread of the, disease. . '
' Unfoiinded rumors 1 caused si run' 6n
the German National bank of 'Alle
gheny at Pittsburg, ''during' v'hich
$180,000 was paid out. Cashierllelms
said that every, demand would bo met
promptly tomorrow or any day within
an hour's notice, as. he savs. thv
have $2,000,000 ou Ifand for payment.
Ambassador Ornate has received in-
structiftns from Wash ington to impress
upon the British 'government tha nee
cessity for immediate action upon the
liay-I'aiincefote treaty. Mr. Choate
will call upon Lord Lailsdowne and
tell him the 'United States Moects a
decision on tho treaty before March 4.
KxecntorH of the estate -of Collin T.
Huntington, have drtiHjsited with Con-
troller Color a certified check for $700,
000, to cover the amount of tfte ' iu-
hentance tax which ; will be ctdlectfld
by the state. of New York. "The do-
posit indicates tho worth of the
at the time of the tBtator's death to
have been approximately $70, 0(X),000.
Tho I'reHbvtorian cotiimittert an.
pointed to consider the revision of the
Westminster confession of faith linn
concluded its labor and adiournnd.
Two reports will he presented to the
general assembly. The majority report
will recommend s supplemental ex
planation of the creed. The minority
report will recommend a supplemental
explanation of doctrine.' i
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NBWS.
Mrs. Nation, the saloon smasher, is
in jail at Topeka, Kansas, ami it is
not likely she will give tho bond re
quired because she declared . that nhe
will resume her smashing crusade
against the joints immediately upon
her release. Hor friends have Iteen ad
vised il:at Judge Hansen will ortUr - her
released only on -promise trr send ; her
to her home, at Medicine Lodge. The
, the opinion from the I Morris, , of Oregon,
Nation was insane. ' 1 with hitn. ,
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Harris, of Port
land, celebrated their golden wedding
Monday in their home in that city.
-t -A salmon trust is being organized on
Puget sound which will involve fifteen
nonnon168 nd l,e capitalized at $3,-
Representative Moody has secured an
additional allowance of $500 per
annum as clerk hire, for an additional
clerk at the Baker City postoffice.
E. J. Baeschbil, aged 47 vears, died
at his home on the Walla Walla river
Tuesday, death resulting from an at
tack of pneumonia. He was a brick
mason.
Mrs. ; Rachel A.. Van Patten, wife of
Rev. J. C. Van Patten, an elder of the
Presbyterian church, ,died at Dayton,
Wash., Tuesday, of pneumonia, aged
07 years.
The Seattle Y. M. C. A. basket ball
team at Seattle defeated the team from
the Portland Y, M. C. A. for the
championship of the Pacific Northwest
by a score of 37 to 20.
J.' Grace and H. Barreft, formerlv
United States soldiers,, were held to
the grand jury by Commissioner Kiefer
at Seattle, on the charge of stealing
$500 in cash and checks from Frank
Sprang, another soldier, on the trans
port Athenian while the vessel was in
the orient.
Nickels are more plentiful in Port
land for change since the suppression
of the slot machines. Street car con
ductors eay that when the machines
were running men passengers seldom
offered a nickel, for fare, but now they
see plenty of small money.
Con O'Neil, one of the pioneers of
Malheur and Baker cities, aged 87
years, died at Baker City Tuesday
after 20 , years' ; illness. O'Neil had
mined in all the camps of the west,
beginning in California in 1849 and
ending in Alder gulch and Boise Basin.
In the lower house of the Idaho leg
islature the bill to apply the principle
of local option to gambling was de
feated by a vote of 26 to 20. The
speaker refused to permit a report to be
made to the house from the committee
of the whole, so final action was not
taken. . . ;
The little town of Lyons, up on the '
Sahtiarn, boasts of a "joint smasher."
The report came to Salem that a Mrs.
Wilson, of that place, went into an
illicit saloon, ' dragged her husband
from a crowd of loungers, and then
demolished the establishment in
"Nation" style.,. " '
The war department, has issued an
order for the purchase of 500 cavalry
horses in Oregon. Over 7000 additional
are yet required, . and Senator Simon
is urging the purchase of Oregon
horses, both on account i of , their
quality ,: and the saving to the govern
ment in freight rates. ,
Nilie prisoners, at the head of whom
was Arthur Spencer, the spurious
Chinese inspector and alleged all
around crook and confidence man,
made their eBcape from the county jail
in Spokane early Sunday morning, and
up to a late hour Monday but one of
them had been captured.
Ben W. Merrill, a weir known in-,
surance man, lately with the Massa
chusetts lite insurance company, died
at the Good Samaritan hospital Port
land, Wednesday, from typhoid pneu
monia, after five days' illness, aged 40
years. He was from New York, where
he leaves an aged mother. '
John A. Miller, a pioneer of 1850,
died at his home at Albany," Tuesday
evening aged 70 years. His demise
followed an illness covering a period
of several , mouths, but the end was
hastened by a severe fall ho received
about ten days ago. General Miller
served in the Mexican war. ; .
Henry S, Woods, head salesman for
a sewing machine company, at , Spo
kane, , landed a right hook on the
month, of Rev. Dr. - Mclnturff. bishon
of tho People's United church in the
pastor's study just before Sunday even
ings service, The minister had , dn-
nounced Woods. in his morning sermon.
After being out four hours Thurndav
afternoon at Silverton, Marion county,
tho jury in the Boniamin Wise arson
case brought in a verdict of acquittal.
This verdict was a complete surprise to
all, for it was the . almost unanimous
belief' that the iury would return a
verdict of guilty within a few
moments.
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy
was hied in the United States court
at Portland by Sander & Co. and
Robert and . DAtliHfiriA flraufnnl if
Albany, asking that J. A. Miller, of
that city, be declared a bankrupt.
I'etltloners are all creditors of Miller.
and hold claims against him amounting
to moro'tbau $500.
Mrs. jNaney Cornell died suddenly at
ler home at Hillsboro Friday night
from neuralgia of the heart. Deceased
was born in New York in 1841. and at
the age of 14 moved with her family
to , Wisconsin. , She was married to
Lewis T. Cornell in 1805. That year
thev moved to Nebraska, where they
resided until 1888, when they came
to Oregon. .- ;
A. L. Craig took the helm of th
Oregon Railroad & Navigation com
pany's passenger business Monday
morning, and henceforth, Instead of
learmg the title of assistant general
msBonger and , ticket agent of the
Northern Pacific railroad, will bear
that of general passenger aeent of the
O. R. & N. Co.. succeeding W. H.
llurlburt. .
The British Bteamsbio Almond
Branch and the sternwheel tugboat
Vulcan were carried down against the
Morrison street bridge. Portland, bv .
the current in the Willamette river
Monday afternoon. One pier of the
bridge was knocked eight feet out of
place and the tug Vulcan had her
upper works torn awav for 40 - rnt.
The Almond Branch was not hadlv
amaged.. '
Homer Davenport, the cartoonist.
who has been visiting relatives in Ore
gon, has made arrangements to ship
from tho east several Reeves pheasants
to Miss Griffith, of Clymen, Marion
county. The onlv conditions that Mr.
Davenport has , placed upon his gift
ro that the birds shall not be sold out
f Oregon for a term of years, and that
soon as possible? after thev are
hatched they shall be released.
Ira Bell, the night watchman on the
O. K, & S. company's - steamer Ruth
overboard Sunday nieht iust
fter the boat had passed liumia VihI.h
luilow Salem. The water was quite
nign ami orntwood was floating in
large quantities in the current at the
time. Unless he reached the shore by
catching a timber, he was drowned,
as he could not swim. He was a son
of tho captain of the steamer, aged 30
years.
The Right , Rev. William Morris
Barker, bishop of the jurisdiction of
Olympia, died suddenly at his home in
Tat una Wednesday, of angina pectoris,
aged 4(1. Doath came , before physi
cians could reach his bedside. Ho
leaves a widow, who. is the daughter
of the late General Adair, of Astoria,
and little girl of 0 years. His mother.
Mrs. George Barker, sister to Bishop
made her ; home