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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, MAY u, 1900. t.i! orj m mi Crltlsb forces Are Advancing on the Boer Strongholds. fuzz sunns go to kronstad Mafeklas; Is Keduet to 8tarratltt0 eratloas of the CaTalry Brigades ' ' , '.-.-'. " f Lr4 Roberts." CONDON, May, a Four thousand British cavalry watered their horses at the Zand rivet cm -Monday, twenty-five miles beyond Smaldeet, where Lord .Roberts continues to date his dispatch- es. : - Scouts, who have been searching the country for miles along th stream, have found. no Boers south of the river.! Tbs enemy arc laagered in an unknown force on the north bank. Thus the British advance guard is within forty-ve miles of Kroon4ad. The Free Starters, in expectation that Kroonstad will speedily. become unten able, arc, according to information from Ixmrcnco Marques, preparing to trans fer their government to Ilcithbron, a little more than fifty 4ni!es northeast Every fann is found deserted, except Jy the women and children. All men are away fighting. Some exasperation is expressed at the case with which the Boers escaped from Smaldect, with their -(transports, before the very eyes of British. The tidings from Mafcking arc gloom ier than ever. Everybody there has an empty stomach and a pinched face. The natives are no longer given porridge, and the whites now have nothing but a quart of that substance and a pound of borse meat daily. K very thing' else eatable has gone. Insufficient 'food, wet titnehes and cold nights are deadly to tite health of the garrison. ROBERTS OPERATIONS. London. May J?. The war office ha issued the following disjxatcb from Lord Roberts. -.dated "Smaldcel. May 8th: deneral Mutton with the mounted infantry rcconnoiiered yesterday to the Zand river and found the enemy in considerable force. General Broad wood's brigade of cavalry with General I art Hamilton's force, crfrmed the s;me operation with much the same re suit. Genera! Hunter reports that he occupied Fourteen- Streams yesterday without 'oppoi'iion. owing, in a great measure, to the able disposition mi-le by General Paget on the left bank of the Vaat river at Waircnion. where his I 'It a . . m 4 artillery, the enemy retired precipitate- ly-, abondonirrg their clothing, ammuni tion and personal effects. KKUGER TALKS. Pretoria, 'May 8. The official closing of the i3 Volkraad. which broke up unopiciaHy in Septemler last, took plarie today. The vacant seats of Gen eral! Joubert. ami General Decock and others were filled with flowers. Presi dent Krugcr safd, he was pleased to say that the relations of the Transvail with foreign states, with the cxccptiin -of Great Britain,, were gojd. President Kruger said: VVe have proven iy legislation and by our dealing with Great Britain the last ,year, jthat- rt was our desire to Vrescrvc peace, and now that the war has broken out we will do everything to restore peace. "I am glad, to s.-iy that our finances .will enable us to bear the great expen.se of the war, and that mines are flourish ing,' A COLD-BLOODED MURDER JOHN GRAHAM. A MONTANA -LABORER. SHOT TO DEATH 'While in a Crowded lodging Ilotise The Criminal Walked Out and Esaped. BUTTE. Mont.. May 8 J.din G'a nam. a laborer. , was shot and .instantly Kuwa n one rooms of the of the neneral sleeping Free Coinage ' a cheap longing house, on Galena street, lie had been drinking, at a saloon opposite, with three men, had a row with the n on the sidewalk, die got tlie best of the trouble and left, going to his house. The man he hail knocked down follow ed him jnd. going to the room, shot atvl killed him. After committing the Meed, the man coolly, walked out through the room full of people and escaped. ; A FATAL WRECK. I Several 'Men Killed Through an Open owncn in Wyoming. -Omaha; Neb;. May 8 A soecial to the Bee. from Cheyenne, Wyo., saVs On. O Neill's sidetrack, sixteen jn-Jes west of Rawlins, a wreck occurred ion the Union Pacific 'today, when ihe eastbour.d fast freight train, drawn jby two locomotives, dashed througfi jan ojen switch and down a high embank ment; The dead are: Louis Ban ta. fireman, of Rawlins: James Johnson, rfireman. Rawlins; two boys, aged about 20 years, who hvere stealing a ride, names unknown. ; The engineers. Frank Rehemeyer and Andy Sholer, jumped from their engines and escaped with a lew injuries. POPULIST JOURNALISTS. Meet and Draft 'Resolutions' for the Party s Guidance. j Cincinnati. O.. 'May 8. The mem bers of the National Reform Press As sociation, the editors and proprietors for the most part of weekly PopaKst papers throughout the South and West, met here tedav and. after a lengthy! de bate, adopted the following resolutions, which will. fee presented to the Nation al Committee! of the Middle-of-he-Roaders: ! " :. L j f 1st Initiative and referendum. V ad? Honest money, which is govern ment paper money. . 7 I t 3d- Nationalization of our "railroads. 4th Public ownership of public fran- ehises. - .- s , fu 'Knt'on f private trusts. oih An elective judiciary of a short ariinery lire TemiercO; tlie enemy s pom- I " inree icains ana two men ana a tion practically untenable. A 6-inch I lolaf force of thirteen men is now en gun wa. found most -useful. As tlu ! Puffed " making the excavation. Bent sixth, and half of the fifth brigades 01 :! & Co began the work on Wednes iniantry. advanced under cover of- the f day. April .25th.. and have thirty days tenure of office. 7th Compuloy arbitration of labor disputes. 8th The principle of graduated in come taxation. -; J The ninth article , was submitted in the" original report of the resolutions committee, which contained these words and nothing more: "Philippine Inde pendence." HELD A LOCAL TRY-OUT. Team of Athletes That Will Represent the State University at the June Field Meet. A The local contest of the state univer sity at Eugene to decide on thet selec tion ! of representatives " of the coHege in the team to be entered in the inter collegiate field athletics of the present season, was held on the grounds of the UrHversity of Oregon $aturday after noqn. resulting as follows: 1220-yard dash Redmond, first; Bis hlopi second; time 25 seconds. - 1 UMile run Payne, first; Shives, sec ond; Casteel. third; time, 5:23 2-5. . f- 440-yard run 'Redmond first, An gell ndi Russell tied; time. 59 seconds. ; 1 2o-yard hurdles Williams. first; Thayer, second; Dillard, third, time, 19 -2-5- ' 1 ' Two-mile bicycle iMcElroy, first, not given. KJ?o-yard run Payne, first; Russell, second: Doge .third. ; . Broad jump Smith, 19.09; Lewis. 19.08; Knox. 19.0a 160-yard dasbj-tBishop first; Lewis second; Redmond, Ihird; time, it sec ond. ' ) Shot-put Smith, 34.04; Wagner, 34 01- 220-yard hurdle Smith, first; Jack son, second; time, &:47lA. Discus Wagner, 87; Smith, 86; Grider, 85. ' The judges were. Professor I. M. Glen. Professor C. A. Burden and C. M. Young. REDUCED FORCE DOES MORE ttOBK. Progress of the Work of Excavating' at the I. O. O. Fi Building Will Be ; Completed in 30 Days. . ( From Dailv Statesman, 'May 9-) , The fact of a strike, thich temporarily errbarased the work, will net prevent D.i S. Bentley & Go. from completing the excavation fox the I. O. O. F. building within the thirty days, in which they contracted to perform the labor. By the mode of removing the dirt from the excavation that has 4een sub stituted for the original plan of shovel ing, greater progress is being made. Formerly on an average of 120 loads were removed ocr day. but th? present modus operendi accomplishes the daily removal of between 160 and 170 loads. The fifteen shovelers. who went on a strike a week ago today, were replaced V. il . . oy tnree teams ana ,n '.which to make the excavation. Mr. Bemley expects by Saturday nicht to have, the work pretty "well underway. The plans of the building call for a o-foc-fc excavatiori for ttp oroatw nirt r.t ! the site but there is a section of the oasement the north 22 Uct that will be; excavated but 4 feet and this part of the work has been finished. THE REGULAR POPULISTS. Cincinnati, O., May 8. At a pro tracted meeting.ttonight. of the Nation al committee of the 'M.iddle-of-the-Road Populists, plans were perfected for the routine business of the National Con vention, which will be called at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Former Con gressman Howard, of Ala-bama. will be recommended to the convention for temporary chairman. After the ap pointment of the credentials committee, the convention will resolve itself into an "experience meeting." This will be for the benefit of the members of the com mittee on resolutions. If will be the endeavor of the leaders to 1iear an.c.x preon m opinion on the part of ev ery state, represented, before the reso lutions committee goes to work. On Thursday morning the .resolutions committee will report, and the nomin ations wiil then be taken up. I Tonight it was asserted that Ign.v.ius Donncliy has made a definite announce ment of his candidacy for the Presiden tial nomination. ,'noinfr surnnse was . t the presentation of the names of -former Congressman M. W. Howard, of Ala- oaui.i. tor 1 Tcsineni. anq u. c weaver, L of Nebraska, for Vice President. I Nearly 700 delegates have already ar rived in the city. Every state in the Union, with the exception of Arizona N'ew Mexico, North and South Caro lina, and Vermont, will be represented. Secretary Parker's report in the matter of expenses, showed that the work of organizing the Middle-ot-the-Road convention, which has been carried on since the split at Lincoln on February 10th. has cost less than $800. This sum ificlt'dcs all expenses of the convention in this city, and shows the smallest out ia 01 any .national convention of its size m the history of the country. At Bed Time I take a pleasant herb drink, the next morning I feel bright and my com plexion is better. My doctor: says it acts gently on the stomach, liver and kidneys, and is a pleasant laxa- ! tive. It is made form herbs and ! is prepared as easily as tea. It is ; called Lane's Medicine. All drug I gists sell it at 25c. and 50c. Lane's ; Family Medicines moves the bowels each day. If you cannot get it. send for a free sample. Address. Orator ' F. Wood-ward. Le Roy. N. Y. 5. FOR RENOVATION, Constantinople. May 8. An Imperial rade. just issued, orders contracts to he signed with foreign shipbuilders for renoving eight antiquated ironclads. j Forever singing, as they shine. The hand that made us is divine.: i V- Add 'son. CU LT IVATI NO A DESIRE FO R r BEAUTY. . The superintendent of parks in Glas gow is preparing a number of window boxes, with earth of the proper kind, and seeds and some growing plants, to be rented to dwellers in the poor qvar ters at a shilling a box. the fhilling to be returned m th- fall when th tw is returned to tlie park, commissioner.1 HEAL -A -SPLIT Idaho Silver Republicans Back In the Urand Old Party. CONVENTIONS IN SEVERAL STATES The Tanner.Haacej- Faction Defeated In - Illinois fojr Senator Co Hon and Ilia Followers. LEWISTON, Ida., May 8 The state Republican convention, for the election of delegates to the National Convention, was held here today. There was a large attendance of delegates. The gather ing was noteworthy because of the large number of . Silver Republicans among the delegates. The disposition appear ed to be to treat them as though there had been, no split! One of them was permanent chairman of the convention, and another is onp of the delegates to the National Convention.; The tem porary chairman was Judge W. B. Hey burn, and the permanent chairman, ex-Attorncy-General George (M. Parsons. The delegates elected are: Senator G. L. Shoup. Judge W. B. Heyburn. J. F. Ailihie, L. L Ormsby, State Senator Frank R. Goodiag and Geo. A. Ro bcthau. The resolutions commeod the admin istration of President McKinley. IN ILLINOIS. Peoria. 111., May 8. The state Re publican convention met today, effect ed a temporary organization, appointed committees ami adjourned until tomor row. Senator Cullom and his follow ers, by electing Charles G. Dawes tem porary chairman, defeated the Tanner Hairey faction in the initial contest. There is much sacculation tonic-lit to. the effect of the unexpected result of a 1 - 1 . r .1 . today's fight for the temporary oreani zation of the convention, on the chances of the various candidates for the nom ination for governor. ONE MA N- OUSTED l airmount. W. Va., May 8. Th slate Republican convention today eiecTcu delegates to tl:e National Con vention. and instructed them to vote for tre renomination of President McKin ley. The committee on credentials ousted from Ins scat in the convention Dr. J. J. Haptonstall. the man who. a a Republican member of the legislature held out and .refused to vote for United bu.tes Senator Scott last year. FUSION POPULISTS Sioux Fans. May 8. The Populist National coVnmittce met tonight, and decided tlrat V. I,. Kincrdell.. ot. Minne sola, should act as temporary chairman of th; convention. The committee then went over, the list of state delegates which had been submitted to Secretary Kdgerton pi the National Committee and raised m several, instances the num ber ot delegates allowed. The total number of delegates in the convention was raised troa 960 to 1000. C1I0II Oil PORTO DICO Chairman of Appropria tions Discusses the Bill. TARIFF ONLY PRACTICABLE PLAN Islanders Are Not Yet Fitted for Citi zenship and Laws Which Are Ap plicable to This Country Cannot at Present Be Applied to Them Objections to the Internal Revenue Taxation Idea Charit Funds Would On-ly Retard Progress of People. In answer to a question as to the reasons which influenced the Republi can members of the house in voting fo- the I'orto Kico. tariff bill, says the Washington Post of a recent date. Representative Joseph G. Cannon said iast night: "I can tell you' why I voted for the bill. The Republican party has full power: the house, the senate and the President. It is Hpon that party that the lead in the enactment of the best legislation practicable for Porto Ri;o, as well as for the United States proper, devolves. It is idle to legislate unless the legislation fairly meets the condi tions of the people to which it applies. The population of the states: compos ing the United States is homeogeneous, Anglo-Saxon, Irish, Scotch. French, German, Scandinavain constitute what we caH the American people. Federal legislation, which is apt and proper for the citizens pf New York and Illinois, is apt and proper foe the citizens of California and Oregon. .The popula tions of the various states might ex change places with those of other states without any j considerable detriment to the best interests of the whole country. "As a result of the war with Spain, we acquired , Porto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, and have cast upon us the responsibilities of working out the best results for Cuba. - The populations of all the newly acquired possessions, including Porto Rico. have, in al times been under a different civilization from ours. tThey speak different languages, and are, from our standpoint, not so competent, if competent at all, for self government. By their acquisition they are deprived of their form of govern- mtt, iti are not as yet competent far our form of government. Legislation i -..,,1 ,.,. thintn !,- on taxation and many other thines that would be entirely apt 6x New York or other states, with a JiomeogeneodS population, would be either a dead let ter or tyranny for the newly acquired possessions. . Intelligence is the excep tion with the population of rorto Rico. Less than 12 oer cent of its people can read and write. They are like, though inferior, to the people of Mexico. Mexico lias a constitution almost iden tical with that of the United i States. Under our Constitution the people of the United otates i govern themselves. Under the. Constitution of Mexico its people, have an absolute despam. Diaz is the government. Force is law. Yet this is "the only government that Mexico has ever had. Before " Diaz there was anarchy Sand revolution, I bare no doubt but that in the fullness of time 'Mexico will icvolute froft a mil itary government, in! ract. toward a real government by the people. ISLAND IN'A BAD CONDITION l orto Kico was subject to' severe taxation for, the ocnefit of Spaing When she! came tinder the dominion of the United States she was relieved from thii taxation. Added to the change m hcrl political conditions, she w?s sub ject to the ravages of 5torm an-l kurri carte that destroyed practiciily jH , her coffee plantations and the Jailer por tion, of the property of her p?ODle. The sugar and tobacco, which was riot de stroyed passed into the hands of the merchants and its; product w.s eaten up by the people j of v Porto Rico. So bad lias been the condition of this peo ple that the President ihe LTnited states has expended hundreds or M'.cus ands ot dollars trom . the emergency fund placed at ,1ns,- disposal for thesr re lief, it was this br starvation. ' ihe duties paid upon imports oi sugar and tobacco from Porto R.co 10 the United States since the eva ruatin of that island by Spain 'has amounted to over $2,000,000. Congress has al ready placed every dollar '! th-'s. money in the hands of the President for the relief of the inhabitants, of lrto K:ri for ihe construction of roads land chool houses and other necessiry public im provements; and the same s now be ing eixpended in Porto Rico, giving that population needed improvements and at thje same time giving its people tm- ployfnent and pay for the same. , "Kut this money will so in be cx- hausfed ; . 4 The practical miesti ii thtn presents itself to Congress. What leg islation will best take care of he peo ple of 'Porto Rice? The United States ought not to permanently support that population by charitable diso'irsments from its own treasury. It would lie an improper burden to place .pon the Treasury of the United State. It is one that would benefit :he people of Porto Rico at first, but vtsuld in the end keep them from ;:fforl ioT their own support and pauperize them. It is not feasible to extend the internal rev enue laws of the United Spates ove Porto Rico. It is a little island, sixty by a hundred miles, and. has a Million of population. Its people are ftrmscrs to the internal revenue laws of the United. States. They grow their own tobaco and some for export, aid make and consume their Own cigars and cigarettes. They also mike the rum which they consume, and; 'while It may be wicked to drink rum. yet it -s im possible even in the United States by sumptuary laws and severe '.ax .it ion" to prevent the use of intoxicants. Much more would it be impossible to change the habits of "the Porto' Ricans :n the twinkling 01 an eye. So if the tax of $1.20 upon the rum that they, make am consume and our interna' revenue5 Jaws upon the sugar and tobacco they make and consume would not yield revenue for our benefit, but would mean revo lution. J "They have never been subjected to taxation upon realty as wc ate r.ubject to such means ot revenue in the United States, and in the devastated condition of their small ' homes' a tax at ihi tiime upon their iands would be :m imssi-yle and a burden that would iiot yje'd tor then benefit.' WILL TEND TO STIM ULATE. PRODUCTION. j up 10 mis time .the lmport.it-ons irpm forto Kico into the United states have, as heretofore stated, yield ed $2,000,000. ihe importations into Porto Rico in its present condition would not yield anything near cuffiei- ent revenue to carry on the gowni- ment of the island for the feason that they have but little with which to "ny So that the best legislation for Porto Rico is that legislation which will tend to stimulate the production of sugar and tobacco there and other products lor export, and in stimulating" ihts pro duction will, at the same time, at oiice begin to yield" something in revenue f sustain the government 01 the is land. Up to this time the sugar and tobacco coming from the island to the United States has paid the lull Ding- ley tariff rates, and all the :-ugir and tobacco now in the island has pas.std from the hands of the reople into the hands of the merchants or' : p'.vulitor and is held by the sjeculat rs for-export to the United Stat-?. It vas bought by them for-fale in the United States with 1 the Dingley tariff late to be imposed upon it. bklt it but ;t. has been-held by the owners in the hope that it would be admitted free to our markets." 'The bill that I vojed fori today, as tentative measure, lets substantially all the necessaries of life that go from the United States to Porto Rico go without one cent of taxation, and re lieves the sugar and tobacco that' fur the next two . years f shall come from Porto Rico of 85 per cent, of the tariff which they have heretofore And now bear. In other words it lets those ar ticles and all other articles .rome in at; 15 per cent, ot the Dijngley tariff rates heretofore paid instead , of at 100 per cent., and further provides that all the duties accruing upon products enter-i ing Porto Rico front everywhere in the world, the iy per cent, oi the Dingley duties just referred to, shall be .de voted to Porto Rico for the government of the island and for ; its relief. . This legislation will not perhaps provide, for the next two years sufficient monev on the government of the island. The bal ance will have to be contributed from the Treasury pf the United States. But while the reduction iof the duties from too per cent, to 15 per rent, will stim ulate the production vf the principal products of the island, it will at :he same time throw a bart of the burden of carrying on its- government upon ts Own people. It is the onlv taxation that can be imposed upon the people 01 1 orto Ktco at tois time which can j be collected- ? The bill, with the Sen . t . M,4 m . ...t...t. ... , ' - . . . ate" amendments, which was passed through the . House today, and which I have no' doubt the President will sign, thereby making it law, so far as its taxing provisions go, i in any event a law only for two years. But it also provides for a civil government for Porto Rico, with such safeguards as it is hoped and believed will enable that people to try the experiment of ?elf-. government without injuring them selves uponUhe cne, hand or inflicting damage upon the United States in th; other. This legislation also provi Its that if the" government provided orf in the jaw for the island shall enact "leg islation that will produce revenue suffi cient to care for the people of the it land and its government before the expiration of the two'ycars, ;he Presi dent, upon ascertaining that such leg islation has been enacted, may issue his proclamation, giving iabsli:e free trade between. the. island of Porto Rico and the United States. THINKS IT THE BEST . PRACTICABLE NOW. ; "In . my judgment this is the best legislation that ipracticable at this tim. All legislation, requiring a ma jority of the House of Reprc'entativt-s. 357 members, and of the ' Senate, 00 members, and which must receive the approval of the President, is necessar ily, a matter of compromise.,, and from the standpoint of any one individual no legislation can be in every inspect sb soltitcly perfect; but I an"" perfectly clear, taking into consideration the condition of the people of the island, that this legislation is the best legisla tion practicable. "It is perhaps unfortunate" hat we are on the evC of a general election in the United States covering the election of a President, a Senate in part, and A House entirely. Much criticism torch ing this and an legislation covering our newly-acquired possessions arises from, the desre of the minority, which is not charged with the responsibility for legislation, to make real or sup posed capital for use to the people in the. approaching contest. If it were proposed to enact the Ten Command ments into law.' the minority wonld object at this time, and under these conditions. ' "As to the power of Congress '0111 act such legislation, I have no doubt about our power to do anything xawf everything that the conscience, intelli gence, and patriotism of the people of the United States may find it necessary to do to wo-kout the best results for 1 a . r u' t T . r': me ocnriit 01 111c iichuic i iuiiu and of all other parts of our new pos. sessions, i do not care to go mt heJ constitutional argument. SufVi.e it to say that when we have hereto! ire ac "ired: territory we have enacted "egi- lation .for-its government suited to its needs: legislation that governed its pco pies . anq dia not govern ihisc o the United States as theretofore es id lisbed. This was true ot tche Lo'i'iani purchase, gf Florida, acquired e.nder Monroe; as to the territory tliit we acquired from Mexico, and as o A!ar ka that we acquired from Russia. To say that the same taxing laws would apply to the people of the state form ing the United States and at he 'anic time apply to the people of Por'o Rico and at the same time apply vT the ;eo ples of the Philippines. 12.000 miles away, with different languages, cm toms, and religions from ours ,inl from each otjier, would le to say that we attempt- the impossible. Taxation that would be humane and praci'c-tblc to the people of the United Mates prop er would be tyranny for aom: pirc, if not all. the peoples ot our ie.vly ad quired possessions. The iare stat.i ment ot the conditions is suthrient to answer the question. MANY PROBLEMS TO WORK OUT , - s a logical sequence 01 our war with 'Spain wc have acquired these new possessions," We could not get rid of them, if we would, and wc cannot work out their salvation and our well-being without enacting legislation from time to time that i suited to the conditions of; these various peoples, many of them strangers to each other, with, dif ferent customs, living in different latitudes- and having different religjons and different interests. At the end o two years, it not oetorc. l have no doubt that we may have to modify our legislation touching Forto I 1 -. wx this may have to-be done time and again. When the insurrection in tin? Philippines has been put. down 'and wc attempt to - legislate for that popula tion sucn sen-government as :t ca pable of taking from time to time, we will have to modify such legUlfi m wc wilr ltave to enact covering the archipelago in whole or in part. "And. in'eonclusion. in my judgment the United States is as competent .and has ps m"ch power to meet all these - t.i: . . 1 ; nt oiMauon inrown uprni :ne t -public as "any nation upon the earth ha ii ueai -wiiii similar conditions, and 1 !iai-e no" doubt' that we will wo.'k c'ut Uhe problem wfh; profit and incre iins irosperily to all the . peoples of the new possessions, nd with luiur tj t'lc rrp-bhe. BLOODSHED HAS RESULTED STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS HAS FA TAL CONSEQUENCES. Several Men Shot on the. Street in the Effort to Run Cars, on the Motor Lines. - 1 ST. LOUIS. Mo. May 8 Blood shed has resumed from the strike of the empKyes of the -St. Lcuis Transit Co, A boy was shot today by a non-union conductor, who was trying to push his car through the crowd. In a fracas fur ther down, a motorman was seriously mjured by a brick, thrown by some one in the crowd.' -A man -was shot at Grand and Franklin avenues, tonight, and, another ner the crossing of the Suburban tracks on Taylor avenue, a big crowd gathered. Some one in it pulled the troHey from the wire, and this action so enraged a passenger, at the present unknown, that he drew;. a rtvolvcrxand fired three hots into the crowd. .'Hurt Gilbert, a barkeeper, re ceived a bullet in his lung. His wounds were pronounced mortal. The police were powerless today in the face of the mob. About 3600 men are out. and street car, traffic is completely paralyzed. STC ar tiia I rf Ila Kind Yoa Haw Alwais Boq"' i The idol is the measure of the wor shipper. Lowell. THE JOINT CANVASS COCKTY WILL. BE THOROUGHLY COV- KB CD BY ITINERARY. The Initial Meeting Will JU Held t Turner on Tneadajr, the ZXd InU' ; f Ym rtons Appointment. -- , . '- t S A joint canvass olf iMarion, county by the Republicans and the Democrat Populists has been arranged to "open at "turner "at 10 a. m. Tuesday the 22d inst, and concluding with an all-day meeting in this city, on the Sa turday bcforc election- June 3d. I : Frapk T. Wrightman and Dr. V. S. Mott, cliairmen. respectively of tlie Re publican and (Democratic-Populist or Citizens' County -Central ComiMittees, held a conference yesterday anddeter- minea upon a joini ninerary Campaign as follows: I .Tuesday, May 221I. f 10 a. m.-Turner. or the 2 p. m. Marion. 8 p. to a. 2 p. 8 p. 10 a. an. Jefferson. Wednesday, 'May 23d. m. 'Aumsville. m. 'Sublimity, m. Stayton. Thursday, May 24th. m. Gates. 8 p. m.' Mehama. Friday, May, 25th. 10 a. m. Macleay. 8 p. m. SUverto'n.: Saturday, May 26th. 10 a. m. Scotts Mills; 2 p. m. Mt. Angel. - 'Monday. May 28th. 10 a. 2 p. 8 p. 10 a. 2 p. 10 a. 2 p. 8 p. m. Gervais. m. iMonifor. '. j m Woodibu r n . Tuesday, May 29th. m. Brooks, m. Howell. Thursday, May 3is-t. m. Aurora, m. Hubbard, m. 'Butteville. Friday. June 1st. 10 a. m. Champoeg. 2 p. m. St. Paul. Saturday. June 2d. 2 p.-in. and remainder of l;iyJ-Salem. At least two hours will fe spent at each place and as much miirCikime as can be spared. The tinic is. to jio divide' ed equally between the opposing forces: Each party will Use its allotted time in the manner that it may elect utiliz- in St a single speaker or by addresses, by all of the candwlates. Chairhu-n Wriglrt- '-ii. ,1 w t, . , -.ii . r . ,li;ri --p. . ..... J . . ...... . Lirt points. It wilf be seen that the itinefarv has been so arranged as not to conflict with the usual observance .of the Sabbath an.J on the afternoon of Tuesday, tin- 2)th, after the meeting at Howell, ihe can-, vass will be adjourned until Thursday morning, to return home and!, partici pate in the. Decoration Day exercises. SIX WILL JIANG. Jefferson City. 'Mo . May ! 8. The Missouri Supreme Court , tiday sen tenced six 'murderers to he hanged on June 15, 1900. They arc Erinit Cicav eringer, Robert Cuhen berry, John A Holloway, Sam Waters, Davikl MHlir and Jack Bradford. j MOU N T V ES U V I US A CTI ' L. Pome, May S. Mount Vcswviu? ha 1ccn in a tate oi eruption forj the pa't three days, and the explosions within the crater have thrown lava "aiid nia-ses of rock to a great height. ' J RECENT INVENTIONH. " For cutting cheese n new device hi a circular table 011 whieh the ehees : re volves, with a liorizontal bar supported 011 two Kst seemed to the counter to carry tie cutting bar, which in nioiHif- 1 on a lever to descend and cut the cheese. . A Californinn has pafpntcd a small bat to le lined in playing handball,. which has a curved wicker-work basket against which the ball fetrikes, with a glove at the back which Is drawn over the hand and fastened to hold the basket in position. ' For lifting hot cakes tins and other kitchen utensils a new implcnx tit is formed of a single piece of wire I -u I double at tb center to form a handle, with the ends curved Into semi-circular shape-for use in engaging the ophite sides of the tin. ! There has beon patented by & w'oman the combination of a chair nnd lat.lc, the back of the chair being pivoted on " two arm attached to the front of the seat, with - adjustable legs to support the bac when it is swung into a hori zontal position. Lamps can Ie oetied for filling without the necessity of unscrewing the burner by using a new attachment Which has the burner, collar rmonnhd 011 a hinge support, with alojt-kiiig de TiceopiHwile the hinge, which holds the Ituruer when the Tamp is lighted. Chicago News. i "PI CKAN I N N Y" PEQ U E NOS." Tlje etymology of the y.rd "pick aninny" is discussed by a writer in the current number of the American An thropologist, who says that -lis posijl le derivation was pointed out by Sir Hah iSloanc in 1707 in bis "History of Jamaica." "Piganinnes." said .Sir Hani, "is a corruption of pequenos 'pinos, v -plied to the black or slave babies of Jamaica." v - - .. ' " i ..""''.' Never before in the history of the United States.. has there been such a great demand for watches of all kinds. Nasal CATARRH la all iw Uks there should be cleanlioeML - Elj's Cream Balm cleanse, soothes and heals the diseased membrane. It cores catarrh and drives away a cold ta the bead ouicklv. Cream Balm Is Disced Into the nostrils, spread over the uesab-aae sad is absorbed. Relief Is Im mediate and a cure follows. It Is not drying-d ot produce sneetine. larje Size, 60 cents at Drug gists or by maU; Trial Size. 10 CenU by nail. Iiiy mr r? VI 1 M ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren Street, Jew -:..'..