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That' when tb sho (u something to
do with it lt'i Mjy to be bin oa a poor
ho hard to b hard on a good one
How tnucb longtr wlil on bo (food)
tut than another (bad)
Jut iwlc in wwl cmw That porkpt
urprlM roa.
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too.
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9t tho pudding m m tbo (lnf
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IS IN SAMPLING
Tbtt't an arrumtnt that's con
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SPAIN WILL
WITHDRAW
Recall of Her Troops From
Mindanoa and Sulu Will
Complete Evacuation.
BORDERING ON MUTINY
Refused Doty on tbeLadroneind
CaroHoe Islands and Are
Ordered Home.
MINNESOTA BOYS ENGAGED
Tbe Betels Were Scattered After a
Short EBfafement-Our Loss
Wis One Killed.
MANILA. Afrll .- p. m.-Spaln-i
-viu ui.,ii of th I'hlUlplne Inland, wl.l
lx- irj-(t. ully f'utni!ftfil by the wllhilr.w.
ul of tho 8.anlith gunvn trta Zambu.
", laUiid f Mlivlknao, .nil frum the
KuU UUikI, and U tlir I'nltrd rtt.tt. a.,
urn.-, cuiilrnl of MlN'luniio nl th 8u!u
lliinlx n the Knlirlii' withdrawal,
ihu mlliury authurltlra mui. In order to
lf.irrliri iluriiji, !tninliti lh fori
ut the Anwrkan trK.. which are alrrady
t'.i nm!.
Tlire an atmiH mutiny atnong the
HiuiiikIi irix.pi In th l.i nl her.une
thi-y i-re :iM-.nrd to .roie.-d to lh Li
ilnni Nluihl. and Caroline liiamlj). Somo
of them ri'fum'd to Ij claiming that
th-tr eiillntnii'iit had i iplrrd. ""lie UtUr
er rxnitti'd and will te llord to
ri-turn to rtiln n lxatxl lha tran.port
Alava.
The nallve Iro-'ti In the 9anlih gar.
rlfuim are In a .) (dlifht. They rnu.t
aix-utiipany the Hsiilard or risk the vea-Itram-e
of their x)niM.trint. Tli Si'nlh
grrton nv"iti-d to dlHlund them hut
thoy refuse to lv up thflr arm.
The nallvf of Ziuiitxiiinitn. entoldenrd
by the uplci"U rapture of the arma.
mwit nn jtard the Hitantxh t;untu;
whloh were purclia.rd there by Krar.cl".
i-o Keye. of thin place, as raided to the
I'Mlted 8tte. Ajirll 13. are likely to
ne tnuuldcnonie 1wl Sno iljiaiiMl
Karrlwn are withdrawn fntn the coast
toKim of the Inland of Mindanao.
It la believed that (lie (mouldering rll'l
war. will then te resumed, anarchy will
prevail, and th liiliaidtantu of neurty
every village will llKht with their neigh
bor.. A tripartite exvhango of prisoners
will be arranged If It la potulble to ne
gotiate with the Filipino a If they
were a clvillied nation.
If the Filipino, convent to release the
Spanish prisoner, the Americana tnlrht
release the Taitalo they now hold as
prisoner, In return for which Spain
would free her political prisoner.
The provl.lons of the Pari treaty would
thus be carried out. The Spanlnh com.
mission, however, hesitate to enter the
Filipino line., fearlnic treachery, although
Agulnaldo has guaranteed the safety of
the commissioners.
The release of the Filipinos held by the
Anierli'iins mliiht Ih distinctly advantah-e.
oua. us tiiey all claim to have been eon.
vert.-d to the American cause by tne RiVl
treatment they have received, and an.
mmmv theniselve to te anxlou to In.
Ilueiiee their friends In favor of the poll y
of the 1'nlted Stales.
A sxinitltiK party of tho Minnesota
regiment between Malolos and Digua met
a superior force of Filipinos this nvrnlng.
Tho Americans repulsed the enemy's at
tack until. Just as rlu-lr ammunition was
faillUK'. the Mlnnesolans were retnforoed
bv two companies of Ann rh'an troops and
the rebel were svattered. One aoldler of
tho Minnesota reirlmmt was wounded.
A body of wtiout b rbel tried to
break through the lines of Price's bat
talion of the Fourth regiment at Pnslg
last lilitht. but they were repulsed without
lows on the American side.
ASIC RF.OALL OK OUKOON TROOPS.
PlUtTIAXD, April SV-The call for a
meeting of mothers and other kindred of
the Oregon volunteers In Manila. In the
chntH'l of the Unitarian church this after.
noon, was attended fcy 59 women and 50
gentleoen. No action was taken other
than to refer to a committee a set of
resolutions asking the recaCl of the sta'.e
troops. mmm
CEXSl'S TO EH TAKEN
UNDER CIV1H SE5RVICR RULES.
Plreclor Merrtam Promulgates the Rules
Under Which Applicants Will
Ha Examined.
NEW YORK, April 20.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says; Di.
rector Jlerrlam has promulgated rules
for tho examination of applicants for
positions In the census to any grade
higher than that of laborer. The effort to
Incorporate In the law providing for the
taking xt tho twelfth census a civil ser
vice provision were unsuccessful, and D'
rector Merrlam found himself threatened
at ithe outset to ibeeomo surrounded with
evils which might render unsuccessful
his most earnest and devoted efforts to
have the boat work done within the
shortest pratlcable period for 'the benefit
of the country, as well as to sustain and
add to his own high reputation us a bust,
ness man and as an administrative oftl.
cer. In the hope of averting such a
disaster the most stringent rules within
the scope of executive authority have
been established.
Under the law such rules cannot apply
In the case of enumerators of special
ageftts, or to employe below the grade
of skilled laborers at $600 a year. The
rule rwgnita two Hut of applicant,
ellgtbl to appoint of all th'4 wVi earn
a marking not belowr 72 and "a Hot of
extra eligible," u n a familiarity with
the e)rl'l counting ma bine iiv d In
(h eleventh cersu. Ability to mnke
calculation by th taMea of logarilhami,
other adding and calculating machine.
and a familiarity with arlthomoier or
All applicant for appointment arc to b
examined In orrhgrp!y, copying, pen
manship, arithmetic, element of English
lanKuage, letter writing and element
of geography, history, and alio subjected
to the iractleal e "above denorlbed."
Applicant for appointment a tenog.
rapher and typewriter will tn required
lo pa a tupplemental examination
wlileh 'will fairly te.t their ahtlUy for
imh work. In marking profrlency In
arlthmetkal oak-ulatlon, th count will
fc CO; in orthography and penmanehlp
and h mmalnlng uJect .
The tint allowed for enoft examlnail'a
(hall not exceed Ms and on half hour
In each cave. Th applicant who rceiv
a marking below 75 will be placed on the
rejected list and be Ineligible for ap.
wlntment; other will be placed In th
list rrf eligible.
Atgd'anu who are left out on first
examination cannot reappear for exam.
Inatlon for at least 0 tfay, or until they
have .attained the permission of th dU
rt"r of the censu fr auoh re-examlna-
tlon.
THK I '" M. RIGHTS
OP LABOR UNIONS.
Suit Drought In Chicago o Tet the
Question of Enforcing Strike by
Ordering Out Workmen.
OlIIOAOO. April ).-The legal right
of the labor union to order strike for
the purpoie of enforcing their demand.
Is called In question by a hlH filed In the
superior court. The complainant la the
ornamental Iron commetlr firm of
Wlrwlow Brothers Company, who have
the contract to supply the ornamental
Iron work on ihe Iake Side building,
where there la a general .irlke.
Tho building trade council, the an.4ii-
ttctural Iron workers union and Ivl Z.
Letter are made defendant.
Ttie bill eek lo enfAn Mr. Lelter
from' cancelling the contract with the
complainant on account of the delay due
to the strike, and also pray, that the
defendant 5abor organization be enjoined
from Issuing orders preventing the men
from working, and punishing by fine
or otherwise the men who choose to
work. The -otnainant further desires
protection by Injunction for non-union
men and freed' m for them from the
threats, arguments and force used by the
unions to prevent their working.
Th arch;ectural Iron workers' strike
was du to rhe refusal of the firm to
sign the new scale of wages, which calls
t"T to lnlead of 35 cents an hour.
Other men were procured, but before
the wvrk had proceeded far the building
trades council called a general strike
in aid of the Iron workers.
The bill lil.ves that since th n Intim
idation has been used against the men
who desired t i Work and that police pro.
tocllon has been necessary.
It is said tho. tiling of the bill will pre
cipltate a bitter legal fight, as the com.
plalnant Is determined to get a final
ruling of the court on the power of labor
organizations to put a stop lo business.
NEW ASSOCIATION.
CHICAGO. April .-6uperintendeiK of
transportation and car service officials
have Just organised In Chicago a new
association to be known as the Railway
Transportation Association. The article
of the association set forth hat Us ob
ject Is "the development and solution of
problems aiTeetlntr transportation In the
mutual Interest of railway clmpanles."
The first officers of he association are:
President. J. M. Daly, superintendent If
transportation, Illinois Cenfa'.; vice pis
hlent, C P. Adams, superintendent of
transportation. Wabash; secretary and
treasurer, G. P. Conrad. OftVial Railway
Publication Company, New York. The
executive committee wlB be composed of
representatives of the following roads:
Central railroad, of Now Jersey; Mobile
& Ohio; Canadian Pacific: Chicago. Mil
waukee & St. Paul; St. Louis & South
western, and Atcihlson, Topeka & Santa
Fe. It is proposed to hold semi-annual
meetings, the first of which will be in
July, at a place to be chosen by the x
ecutlfo committee.
HOSTILITIES IN LUZON
WILL BE CONTINUED.
Government Preparing to Dispatch Every
Available Regular ito Manila
Immediately.
NEW YORK, April 20.jorw1,h3ta.d.
Ing the presence of the hot season and
the Imminence of the rainy season In
the Philippines, there Is to be no cessation
of the active hostilities against the Fil
ipino. This fact developed today at a con
ference between the president. Secretary
Alger, Secretary Long and Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln. It was also again decided
not to Issue a call for 35,000 volunteers
authorised by the army reorganisation
bin. It Is the purpose of the administra
tion to send to the Philippines almost
as many regllars as there la to be vol
unteers returned.
There are 13 volunteer regiments which,
ft'ocordlng to General Otis, will return
home, commencing May 5. Six regular
regiments are now on their way to Ma
nila. With their departure only three
Infantry commands wilt remain In the
country available for service In the east,
lit Is understood that If conditions con.
tlnue satisfactory In Cuba, a couple of
regiments of Infantry will be withdrawn
from that Island and tho Eleventh from
Porto Rico.
There Ls also talk of dispatching cav.
airy to General Otis.
JIl'RDRRED lira COUSIN.
MISSOURI CITY. Mo.. April 20. Miss
lell Clevengor, who was shot by her
cousin, Ernest i'levenger, on the night
of December 8 last, Is dead of her wounds.
Ernest Clevenger Is In Jail at Liberty,
where he was recaptured after having es
caped a week before. There Is strong
talk of lynching, and the authorities at
Liberty have been notified to be vigilant.
Clevenger also shot and killed George
Allen, who accompanied Mis Clevenger
to church. Clevenger was enamored of
his cousin and Jealous of Allen.
QUAY TRIAL
IS ENDED
Case Given to the Jury Yes
terday Evening: and They
Are Locked Up.
ACQUITTAL IS EXPECTED
Such Opinion Is Expressed, tot
Many People Look for a
Disagreement.
NO EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE
MiiySuoif Points Brought Out la
Fivof of tbe Ex-Senitof Before
Close of the Trial.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April .-The j EXISTING LEGAL SYSTEM,
case of ex-Unked State Senator Quay I -
was placed in the hand of the jury at 1 Public Opinion In Cuba Opposed to th
o'oiock ibis afternoon and no verdkt be- Existing Spanish System Many
Ing reached at 10 o'clock tonight, the Jury Reform Proposed,
was locked up until morning. I
There was no Intimation other than ' NEW YORK, April . A despatch to
mer rumor as to the attitude of the 11,8 Tribune from Havana says: That
Jury. The generally expressed opinion of Public opinion In Havana does not airp
those who have followed the trial since Prt ,h Spanish and Spanish speaking
It beginning Is that the verdict will be lawyers, who have organized to defend
axqulttal. Many, however, Ur ic for drs. 'he excellence of the Latin law over the
agreement. Saxon and retard the legal reform now
There are but few who express a belief 'n contemplation by the military author,
that a verdict of guilty will be given. I it-s. Is demonstrated by the appearanca
in La lAicrwj today of a vigorous editor-
NO EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE. ll advocating radical changes In the
PHILADELPHIA. April JO. The de.
fens In the yuay case opened the pro.
ceedlng today by moving that the court
withdraw the case from the Jury and
render a verdk t of not guilty. In .upport
of this motion David T. Watson made a
long argument. He said that early la the
trial ih nriiset'ittion rrntf) an nftr
o produce evidence connecting Quay with'
1 a eorwmrarv n.e.t ... w h.. .mere
into with Cashier Hopkln. for misuse of e postponed until a certain period when
ihe state funds deposited in the People's tl1 n1 Permanent " of Kovern
bank. He said the diarrkt attorney had mM fha11 Jec,anJ rxMfnt '"i,lba
utterly faKed to prove a case, and moved This timely expression of opinion is
that th court strike from the record the encouraging to the American au
siatements produecd from he bo-ks be- "writ lei. who aee the need of legal
cause they failed to connect Quay with revision, but hwltate to set up a new
the conspiracy. f ,aw- Mg purel?
Another point raised was that Gold. ; mHX"T Interregnum powers,
smith, the commonwealth's chief witness.
is not an expert, and Instead of testify. 1 CHOCTAW INDIAN
ing to what the books disclosed, erved ARRESTED FOR MURDER,
a theorv from Inferences and partly from
outside information. iglmon Hfi(mt Conf(8 ffl ,ne Kmng
atson made the point that the prose. of Tree p,, Befatl8e of
cutlon admitted that not one cent of In-, EvH practices,
terest on state funds had ever been paid
to Quty, and that the cnranonwealdi had
failed lo show that Quay had anythlrg
to do 1rh inducing Haywood to deposit
The auorney quoted law relating to the
duties of the state treasurer, and said
there was nothing to prevent him from
. . , t . ..... .. .
he pleased. The law prohibits him from
gaining profit by such deposits, but does
not prohibit depositors from gaining
profit.
District Attorney Rothermel. In reply to
Watson's argument, declared that the
commonwealth had proved the conspiracy
eomnletelv nirhin Ihe lln t.l which tbe
Quay to Hopkins were proof of conspir
acy, as was also the fact that for the
six months ending October 31. 1S97. Quay
had received JlNi.tW without Interest.
Judge Riddle said there was presented
to him first, a demurrer to the Indict.
ment: second, a ilemurrer to tne evi
dence. As to the first, he would say noth
ing, as the second question has already
been decided by a Judge of a Philadelphia
court. Regarding tne seconu demurrer,
the Juitge said he was not In a
pOSitlOn
to discredit the testimony offered by tho
Anm-iAHwAatih .nil a'otitil therefore nt.
low the case to go to the Jury. There was
a bun of conversation In the court over
the decision adverse to the defense, and
the Quav lawyers got together for w
ine wua je
At the conclusion of the consultation,
vr- chiitt mail, the Announcement that
the defense would offer no testimony and
would proceed to address the Jury.
Attorney Shields waived the right to
make the opening speech, and iMr. Roth. '
ermel at once started. In a calm, quiet
manner, his attempt to convince the Jury
that he has established tbe guilt of Quay.
OREGOXEAN ELECTED
TO THE CHAIR OF TALE.
Dr. J. L. Wortman Sdcceeds Professor
MarshHas Been Engagtd In Many
Scientlflo Researches.
NEW YORK, April 20.-Dr. J. L. "Wort
man who has been elected to the chair
at Yale, made vacant by the death of
Professor O. C. Marsh, ls assistant cur
ator If vertabra pallintolosy of the Amer
ican museum of natural history In this
city. At tbe time of Professor aiarsn s
death he -was under contract to go to
Yale a bis assistant this fall with the
V Adscluitly PWIE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
evi sms
ultimate end In view of becoming til inc.
oestor.
Dr, Wortmart wa born in Oregon City,
Oregon, on August U, 1KA. Ill early
life w aperrt In the west and thrt h
wa educated, being graduaited from th
University of Oregon In 1S71 It u whlta
In eollef under Professor Tbomaa Con.
don, profeor of geology that ha flrl
became Interested In the study of pallotu
totogy and whH undergraduate he ac
companied th professor on several cln
tlflo expedition to 4 he bad huida of
Wyoming. Immediately after graduation
ha cam east and becatn associated
with Professor E. D. Cope, of Philadel.
phla. From 177 to VM he conducted tx
proratlona In tb western fossil bed for
Professor Cope during The summer. In
the winter he studied anartomy under Dr.
Joseph Lledy at the Philadelphia acade.
my. In 184 Dr. Wort man appointed
anatomist for the United State medical
museum at Washington. While 4her h
studied medicine at the Columbia medi
cal college and in 1887 took the degree
of M. D. The same year fat became denv
onstrator of anatomy In th Georgetown
medical college, h appointment of as
sistant curator of rertebra pallsontology
of th American museum of natural his
tory was tendered htm In 1891 and he
ha since that time been In New Tort
During the time of hi association with
the museum Dr. 'Wortman has conducted
all th field work; It collection of foist'.,
whlcli I th II next In (he world, I prac.
. tlcally all til work. He also hat writ.
' ten a large number of article and hook
along his chosen line, both In colabo ra
tion with other scientists and alone.
Professor Wortman has also contribute
td a number of article to scientific Jour,
nal.
RADICAL CHANGES IN
exlm'ng legal system.
! lA ,'ucha w"nt tKth ,he cr"nlnal n',
rtv" Vrocttdun revised, and condemns
not onl" ,h r-T criminal praotke.
,lk Inmmunlcado and the Imprisonment
'' a'0 the ,h
'Wwmtlon " cost""" of civil
Justleft.
Reform in legal process. H argues
should be. undertaken at once and not
ST. LOUIS. Io April J0.-A special
to tbe Republic from Antlers, I. T.. say
Slm0n Hofwn4 ,he fuJ
Indian who was arrested on the charge
of murdering a man and two women
last Friday near Cold Springs, has writ
ten a confession of his guilt In which
he attributes his actions to tho teachings
of his peculiar creed. In his confession
he states hat he killed 'the Three person
because of their "evil practice of magto
among the Indian people."
A prevalent sickness had been ascribed
to these suipoe,l witches, and he took
'their lives. In bis confession he said he
committed these murders to sacrifice his
life for the Lord's cause and the love
of his people. It Is thought that re
Itpton unbalanced his mind.
REET SUGAR CONSOLIDATION.
VENTURA. Cal.. April .-The Oxnard
Heel Siirar Factory and three thousand
acres of land In this county have been
transferrer! by the Pacific Reel Sugar
. . . . 1- . t 1. TV . 0..--
- : "
UlNJ'ftiiJ . I nf it, evi wrnia ir,rn
stamis inuicating a cons-uerauon ox 9L.
ortl'sK'. The step Is one of the most Im-
Pr,"' ,h consollda-tlon of the four
"
The American Beet Sugar Company re-
organlxed In New York with a
capital stock of 30.flM.0fl0. now owns the
factorles at Norfolk and Grand Island,
Neb., besides the T30 ton factory at Ox.
J" conveyed.
TED SLOAN'S RIDING CONDEMNED.
XEW YORK. April 20.-A dlsipatch to
the World from London says the feel.
Ing Is growing among English racing
men that Tod Sloan's method of riding
; will resuk In some nasty accident before
!the season ls far advanced, as he Is un
able to steady bis mounts.
! Sloan's health continues Indifferent and
, bis physical weakness ls apparent,
THE PATTERSON TO GO NORTH.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 20.-The coast
survey steamer C. P. Patterson Is under
going repairs. She will be put Into com
mission ami fitted up for a trip north.
She will be In command of Captain Pratt,
who will continue the survey of tbe
mouth of the Yukon river and Behiimr
sea. The Patterson has been laid up
in Oakland creek for nearly a year.
soww eo srwvow.
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