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nishsd music and general god tims
was had. A treat that was fully enjoyed
was the playing Of several felsctions or
the piano BY Prof. Kotsschruar.
just before midnight this party re-
turned to the city proper. having deoid.
cd that the affair was one TO be rsmem'
bsred In the history of the good old times
Of the employees Of the Miiiiken- Tomlin.
son Co.
Mr.. William Knaut had charge OF the
arrangement which were oomplste. II
was voted that Landlord Smith IL q
prince Of entertainers. and an honor e
his profes sion.
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occasionally ason x with honey. The plant
never makes mistake The leaf that
grows upon an apple tree never brings to
t be plant the materials from which to
make peach seel. 1t always abstracts
from the air the right quantity and the
right quality of gases whereby to make
an apple, and the variety of apples which
should grow upon the tree. II 1t is a
sweet apple the materials are taken with
which to make swest apples and the pro.
PORTIONS Of sugar and starch and acids
are always correctly mixed. Net many
ever knew a tree to shift the quality.
Year after year we can feel assured that
the same colors, thu same fiavors, the same
surface markings, the same shapes will
be found on tie tree. Plums ara of the
same family as the peach, and while they
have many family relatives, they never
mistake themselves. The Damson plum
never bears Niagaras The leaf always
takes on the right quantities of food and
performs its operations in the proper
manner. But the bee will make honey
sometimes from flowers that are SO OBJ
nc xious as to make the whole colony sick
More brainy animals than the bee will do
as badly. sheep oftsn come home with
their tongues swellsd up from eating
the poison laurel. Dogs which ara looked
upon a. the most intelligent among the
lower animal creation, eat poison until
the dog poisoner has q place among the
Pests of the country. The fcx. the widest
Of the beasts of the forest, which will he
trapped in no other way, IL caught with
a bit Of poison as easily as q string of
suckers. But the plant leaf cannot be So
readily fooled. Yet 1t has no brains,
and no intelligence. IL Is no wonder the
plant leaf In the museum is an interest
ing thing.
Nature Is an economical mother In
a case not far from the plant leaf are
number of hands lat least let us call them
that) coming from the various animals.
While one is from man, and one from
fish, and one from a bat. and others from
other creatures, this skeletons which are
shown are so much alike that It is hard
TO imagine they are not all made from the
same plan. And they are. The plan In
simply changed to suit the convsnienees
of the animal which 10 to uFe it. And
the same holds true of the general princi-
pie of construction throughout the range
of entire skeletons, and the whole anato-
my. Hearts ana muscles and the entire
equipment are made after the same gen
eral design. 1t is q good one. and Ia mere
ly altered to suit IL for different surround
ings. The museum is a pretty good plaoe
for man to get acquain ted with creation,
of which as ts a part, and to ses that the
rest OF 10 is not much different from hun
self.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20
This Subsequent
Appointment.
Matter Had Not Been Brought
to Presidents Attention.

Washington, January 19.-The inveiti-
CATION into the polygamous status Of
certain presidential appointments was rs-
sumed tvday By the HOUSE COMMITTEES on
post Offices and post roads. In view Of th .
statements made at the last session ~
Mr.. Lentz Of Ohio, author Of the resolu-
tio7s Of investi cation. the committee had
requested Postmaster General Smith. j.
Addison Porter. secretary to the Prssi-
dent, and Representative Grosvenor to
be- present. Before the committee met
the members discussed informally the
right and propristy Of asking the Pres.
dents secretary to submit to intetroga-
ton, Chairman Lord maintaining that
such q course would In effect amount
to tho summoning II the President and
an inquiry Into executive affairs
Mr.. Grosv,nor made . denial Of the
statement made by Mr.. Lentz as to the
use OF the words. 1--WE have not let ths
grass grow undsr our feet" in refer
encs to the charges. The conversation
was informal, Mr.. Grosvenor said, aro
he would have as soon expected t. q
private conversation with q mem Der I
his family would bs brought before the
COMMITTEES as to have this talk bIorg ht
here.
Mr.Grosvenor said his statement to M.
Lsntz was In substance shat the invessi-
CATION would fail, that there was NTH
ing In thu charges and that he had taken
steps to learn the facts at the time o.
denying them on tho floor Of the House.
His denial wes based on his knowledge
of the character OF tho President. Re
said he had also said to Mr.. Lentz tt AZ
u search would show that there was cot
a scrap of evidsnoe to sustain the
ohargss. subsequently, during call at
the White House on another matter, Mr..
Grosvenor said the President remarked
to those present that he never had n sus-
picion that he was appointing any one
guilty of polygamy, and he had never
heard of the charge until 1t was made In
the HOUSE.
Postm nster General Smith detailed
the circumstances as far as they had come
to his knowledge, although the two ap-
point ents under consideration were
made prior to his administr alton. He
had found, however. that attention bad
not been directed to any charges prior
to the appointment, although subsequent
papers which had been submitted we've
brought to the attention Of the higher
officials. One Of these was . letter fro m
N. K. Clemenson. pastor of the Presby-
tsrian church Of Logan, Utah. addressed
personal to the President " dated To-
gan, November ~, 1897. In this Mr..
Clemenson states that "Mr. Smith, the
postmaster at Logan, Is a high ecclesias-
ito Of the Mormon church. living in o
polygsmous state"
MIR. Birstow, assistant postmastsr gen.
eral, stated that he made up a brief Iela-
tive to tho presidential appointments
to postmasterships and when these Utah
cases were briefed he had no knowledge
OF any polygamous charges against the
parties.
The hearing went over until next
Tuesday.
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THE CLARK HEARING.
Some Interesting Testimony Given
Yesterday.

Warrington, January 19.-The hearing
before the Senate committee on privileges
and elections In the case Of Senator Clark
of Montana, developed four new witnesses
and continued to finish the testimony
Of the accountant, Rector. who had been
on the stand when the committee ad-
Journed Wedn esday. The new witnesses
were Representative Cooney, I. E. But
Ter, a preacher named Warren, who was
chaplain of the Montana House Of Repre-
ssntatives and q lawyer named CaSoD.
The two last named testified to many in
cidental proceedings which lent excep-
tional interest to their statements.
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Ink Used in Barnet Letters Will Be
Analysed.
Testimony as to Cause
of Barnet's Death.
Many Hypothetical Questions
Asked a Witness.

New York. January lathe uuex-
pectsd happened today in the trial OF
Roland b. Molineux for the murder OF
Mes. Adams and the prosecution did not
rest Its slds OF the case az predicted by
Assistant District Attorney Osborne yes
terday. Court adjourned until Monday
after the prosecution had gathered up the
fag-ends OF the case, one reason for the
delay being the desire Of the state TO have
band writing expsrt Hagan Of Troy,
make q chemical analysis of the ink used
In exhibit F,consisting Of q letter signed
"H. @. Barnet" In response to which q
western medical firm sent book 10
"Barnet" ut Hsokman's letter box in
West 42i street. neckm had testified
nets name, and that after doing 30, he
made some corrections with pen to a
letter which he had in his hand. The
prosecution is Of the opinion that II Ii
can show that two different kinds Of ink
were used In writing this letter, It will
have strong evidence that Hickman
was telling the truth In this matter.
DIR. Heaman Douglass. being recalls d.,
psrsistently insisted that his patient. II.
Q. Barnet. had died from cardiac fall
ure, due 10 poisoning. caused by germs
on the left tonsil, these germ being the
treptooocci, and not from cyanide of
mercury poisoning. In response to In.
quiries from MIR. Osborne. DIR. douglass
finally said:
"Mr. Barnet told me that he had re.
ceivsd package of powder through the
mails"
"And that he didn't know where 1t
came fromS" continued the assistant dis
trict attorney.
This latter question was not allowed,
but Mr.. Osborne after trying for q
month, had succeeded In showing that
the powder had been sent through the
mail to Barnet
The last witness Of the day was DIR. An
drew IL. smith who, in answer to long
hypothetical questions said that In the
barnet case, II the symptoms were all
continuous, death would have resulted
from merourisl poisoning, while II the
symptoms were not continuous, and IL
the throat exduations were not Of q GER
tain character, then he would not ba
Justified In saying that death ensued as .
result of cyanide Of mercury poisoning.
At this point court adjourned until
Monday.
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AN OUTING AT RIvERTON
Empioys OF MiIiiken-TomIinson Co.
Have Good Time.

The employees of the Miliiken Tomlin-
son Co., had jolly good time at their
impromptu winter outing at Riverton
Casino last evening.
They went out In special cars at the
close of the days work. going direct
from the store TO the park, arriving there
at q. As p. m. After u few games OF whist
the party retired to the banquet room
where the jolly crowd was served with
oDs of the lest dinners they ever had on
such an occasion.
Assguest of the evening there had been
invited some OF portland's best musical
talent. namely, DIR. Harry NJ. Nickerson.
first tsnor; Ii. W. Barnard, second tenor /;
Harry Merrill, first bass; Frank Pierce,
second bass; and Prof. Herman kotzsch-
mar.
Msssrs. A. T. Laughlin and Frank b.
Milllksn Of the firm were alsO present.
MIR. q. o. Haskell was unable to be pres
emit on account of illness, for which all
felt deep sorrow.
During the progress Of the ban quet the
quartette rendered several selections most
approx riate to the occasion. DIR. Nioker-
sons remarks at the conclusion as vel
as those OF several other speakers, made
n great hit and were enthusiastically re-
celved.
The bass duet by Messrs. "Joe" Jones
and James II. Havis was particular
feature of the evenings entertainments.
Those seated at the tables were: W. K.
Miller, X. Il. Toule, W. K Huston, q.
A. Crockett, Will Lain, K. ID. Seldsn,
John q. Cobb, Jr.. l.. ]. b. Walker, Ii.
l.. Gay, +. II. Pierce. Harry +. Merrill,
II. W. Barnard, Jr., HIM. Nioksrson, NJ.
D., A. 1. Laughlin, Il. A. Carter, q. A.
Baker, J. Marshall Hobbs, A. @. Bsrtch,
Jas. Ii. Davis, q. K. Bangs. John p.
Craven, Fenton Tomlinson, Freeman
Gowen. q. X. Fletcher. W. +. Birnis.
j. L. Wood, VIM. Decker, J.Wise Brown.
W. II. Davenport. 4. g. Sterling. A.
W. Andrews, +. b. Milllksn. c. B. Rsy.
nolds. II. u. MoGsrt, Geo. Bailey. j. Z.
Cushing, Geo. W. Loveitt, A. A. Austin.
W. J.Knaut,.M M. O. Brand, Il. II. Wood.
bury, II. q. Coffin, Geo. W. Tenant. J.
II. Jones. A. p. Whittier. L. p. Huston,
Fl. KotzEchmar. y. W. Emery.
Later there was . crowded semi-oircle
In the card room around the central
speakers whose up-to-dats remarks were
not to be too highly appreciated.
reception hall where the quartetts fur
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are converted into n form Of starch,
W hioh In turn Is fed TO the tree, and FROM
which It builds It's foliage branches,
flo wers, fruits. and Its wood.
mot MUCH FROM THE ROOTS.
The idea prevails In some quarters that
the tree feeds from the m aterial that the
roots find in the ground. But that Ia a
mistake. The plant feeds upon the car
Dor dioxide and nitrogen and other gases
of the atmosphere, and they finl in the
earth q limitsd amount OF material.
among which are salts OF potash, lime,
t ne phoshstes, and other things which,
whils trifling In quality, are essen tial to
the growth and thrift of the pant.
Probably as much as 30 Pr cent. OF all
that the plant feeds rpon, and perhaps
even more, Is taken from the air by the
curious openings in the leaf, which are
shown In a rude way by the models in
the museum. by the intricate organs
Inside the leaf 1t IL made into the living
material which Is the growing plant, and
which In the course OF develo pmsnt,
| through being again food for those who
| live upon YES cable substances, becomes
the material Of which animal life Ii
made.
The plant leaf is the origin of all life,
excs ps that crude formation which Is not
yet highly enough organized to fed upon
plants, or which ia a primitive fern Of
plant lifs la it<elf. The plant leaf pro-
vides food for the vegetable kingdom ;and
the animal world. directly or Indirectly
lives upon the vegetable world Min
| veset alton wiped off tina earth, creation
would be followed by universal death
All OF 6hs other machines which the
models In the museum stand for have
their beginning in the plant leaf. which
| Is the interesting fountain or existence.
| We do not study the common things
about us as We should: The plant feeds
| the AMI NAL but the animal sustains the
plant. In another part Of the mnseum
| Is "a splendid model Of bee. The bee
makes honey, and provides the human
| family with u wholesome and app3tizing
| food. Honey is largely sugar, ana sugar
Ia chiefly carbon. But the carbon has
passed through peculiar chemistry, and
| iJ D possesses the properties Of taking on
| tbs life Of the human being and becoming
part of the living flesh and blood. Ths
| bee gathers the honey, from which We
get sugar as IL 10 eaten. Plants also
gather sugar and offer II in different
| form. But the bee IL a necessary visitor
to the plants. she comes with her re-
mark ole honey making machinery, anu Us
| she steals this sweets from the flowers
| she carries away with her the pollen OF
| the flower, which fertilizes another
| flower, and fruit ia the result. Without
fruit 20 pnp1tuate the growth Of the
plant the variety becomes extinct. With
out the bee TO distribute the pollen the
plant dies out. The bee, Instead OF being
a robbar, 10 q valued agent, and no
wonder the flower pays bin literally in
honey for his unintentienai task.
THE BEES GOOD OFFICES.
|. The bee In not AS Intelligent as tie plant,
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tbs subieot and ss nipe-tenths Of the
American people fesi.''
Mr.. Hale quoted from Q speech Of Mr..
Balfour In which the British statesman
had declared the Boer war had knit TO-
gether every branch OF the English speak
ing race.
az deny, air." declared Mr.. Hale with
great feeling, "thst the American section
Of that race Is In sympathy with Great
Britain In the South African war to
stamp out the liberty of people. I deny
that the American people are TO be tied
to the chariot wheels of war against the
South African republics And when the
leader OF the conservatives In the House
Of Commons asserts that he should be
met by some disolaimr from this side of
the Atlantic.
al do not wish International compl ica-
tions," said Mr.. Hale. 81 do not wish
war. 1 do not believe that the English
people are in favor of this war. believe
that the great Queen on Bonded knees has
prayed that the war might be averted;
do not believe that the great premier of
England favored the war. Il was the act
and movement of q sharp cabinet minis
ter, engaged with gold speculators which
favored the wal"
MIR. Hale said that we had had nothing
to do with bringing on the war and
quoted these lines;
"There IL weeping by
Erglnnd's hundred streams
BY Severu and Thames
And Trent;
And DER the graves Of
Her fallen braves
The Queen Of the sea 10 bent.
One lesson should serve
This naughty isle,
Grit around with stately towers.
Thank God, the blow that
Has laid her low
Was dealt by no
Hand Of ours"
At tine conclusion of MIR. Hals's speech.
the resolution as amended by Mr.. Spooner
was adopted.
These bills were passed.: To ratify an
agreement with the Indians Of the Fort
Hall Indian reservation In Idaho and
making the necessary appropriations; to
provide an American register for the
steam whaler Rowhesd; and to authorize
the Secretary of the Navy to change the
material to be used In ths construction
Of the dry docks at the Davy yards at
League island. Pa, and Mare island.
California, from timber to Generate and
stone.
The finanfcial bill was laid before the
Senate at two O'Clock Mr.. Morgan of
A alabama addressed the Senate IN opposi
ton to it.
At 2 30 o. look, ON motion Of Mr.. Al
drIch the Senate ad journsd until Monday.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20
PASSAGE OF THE TUGELA.
Boer Account OF General BuIler'i
Progress.

Boer Account OF General Buffers
Progress.
London, January 20.-The Boer &C.
counts Of the passage Of the Tugsla river
are given Ia the following two dispatches
from CommandaIt viijoen's camp. on
the upper Tugela via Lorenzo Marques,
January IS.
"January l6 -Buller's second move
was . reconnaissance In force with an
srmored train and large body, sup
ported by cannon, toward Colenso last
night. A heavy lombard msnt snsued ;
and thereupon, the british return ed,
having wounded one Of cur men.
"No reply was made. This move was
a feint to cover extensive movements up
the river. Kafflrs on this side Of the
Tugela have been warned BY the British
to leave their kraAls as the eight will
commence shortly"
The second despatch runs thus:
january 1.-THE night was untrokeu,
save for slight rifle ence tiers bet ween
outposts. whioh led to nothing. At day
break the enemy was located No before.
He had not brought single gun across
the river. Eut from the ridges Of Swsrtz-
kop battery and half of siege guns
opened on our positions at 8 n. M.
"Ihs bombardmen5 was probably the
most frightful ever witnessed on land.
Frequently five heavy naval guns fred
sim ultaneously at one entrenohmsnt. "
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20
Relief i'm Six Hours.

Distressing kidney aud bladder diseases
relieved In six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" II Is IA great surprise on ac-
count Of Its exceeding promptness In re-
lieving pain In the bladder. kidneys and
back In male and female. Relieves rsten-
ton of water almost Immediately. IL you
want quick relief and cure this Is the
remedy. Sold by @. Fl. GGrpy 81 Co.,
Druggist, 46S Congress street, Portland,
Me.
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neelareS kine.TenthS Of Americans
Favor Transvaal.
Speech International in
Importance.
The House Passed Pension APP
preparation Bill.

Washington, January IA speech,
sensational In It's interest and interpa-
tional In Its Importance. was delivered
In the Senate today by Mr.. Hale OF
Msins. The occasion of the utternnoe
was the simple question whether Ieso-
luton introduced BY MIR. Allen, Popu-
list of Nebraska, calling for Information
as to the recognition by this country OF
diplomat representation Of the Trans
vaal republic, should be directed to the
President or TO the Secretary Of State.
Mr.. Hale made the question the text OF
an impassioned speech, In which he de.
clarsd that nine tenths Of the American
people sympathized with the Beers, in
their gallant struggle for liberty against
one of the greatest powers in the world.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20

mans camp under date of last evenin q
% fo1lows'
Lord Dundonali with q body OF
mounted troops came into action this af-
ternoon with q force Of Beers west Of
Acton Homes. After q figtt he occupied
several kopjes which hs Is still holding.
Field Corner Heailbrum and 20 Beers
were killed and 10 prisoners taken. Two
British soldiers killed and two wound
ed"
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So small are bacteria that it would
take, in some cases. as many as 10000 OF
them arranged in a row to make an inch.
They have different forms, some being
round, some oval. some rod shaped. while
others are much the shape Of . cork
screw.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets. All
W. Groves signature Is on each box, ESQ.
The Portland daily press., 1900-01-20

THE BEES GOOD OFFICES.
|: The bee In not as Intelligent as tie plant,
for the bee will gather some abominations
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are converted into form Of starch,
which In turu Is fed TO the tree, and FROM
which It builds it's foliage branches,
flo wers, fruits, and It's wood.
The age-herald., 1900-01-14
MT. Farland's Appearance
 Next Thursday Eveninq

MT. Alfred A. Farland vii be, heard at OBrien's Thursday evening. MT. Far land will appear under the auspices of the Creche.
 Besides filling large number of engage ments in the east and middle west Mir Farland in the past five years has made two trans-c continental tours, appearing in nearly all of the large centers of p-pula- ton and many of the smaller cities and towns, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Canada to the gulf, and nGtwith- standing the fact that the majority of his audiences were inclined to coldness and douot. he has met with complete success, being repeatedly ranked with such artists as Paderewski, Ysaye and others, and his work pronounced even more wonderful and enjoyable than theirs.
 In view of this record and the fact that his rendition of the best works of the greatest classic and modern composers nightly holds audiences In rapt attention and charmed silence for upwards of two hours, it should go without saying that he is net merely great banjo player in the ordinary sense. but a truly grelt artist who has discovered hitherto unknown posslbii- ties in the only American instrument.
 In the words of one of his critics. ''he has taught the banjo a new anguage-7taught it to give voice to the sweetest strains that ever fell on human ears;" and it is as- serted, without fear of successful contra diction, that he gives the most wonderful instrumental performance known to mu- sical history.
The age-herald., 1900-01-14

this Beautiful entertainment were Mes- danes C. T. Ruff, Wm. BTicou, Allie Birch, Fred Hammond, J. Nj. de Cottes, Misses Rowan, Nina Wadsworth, Carolyn Hannon. frances Patteson, Mattie Bibb, Lille PeI- Ger, sara Cooper, Jean Lutz, Grove Marie White, Sallie Tyson, Annie Tyson Ala bama Brown, Julia Ashurst, Annie Baird. Annie May Howe, Addie LaTaste and No- mia Carter
 Miss Holt is of lovely blond type of beauty. She is charming girl who bids lalf 10 be a popular member of the swell set. Her father is a man of great wealth ana popularity; her mother, nee Miss No ble, delightful hostess.
 Another important event which occurre5 on Wednesday evening was the marriage ot Miss Mamie Greil, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Jacob Greil, and MT. Leon Well. q prominent young lawyer, a member or the firm of Lomax, Crum and Well, which was solemnized at the Jewish temple at s o'clock. The ushers were Messrs. Naham J. Greil. Ben Jamln Greil, Sidney J. Mohr, Clifford La nler, Edward Moyse, Tennent Lomax, Hen Ty Keen, Ike Simon, Emanuel Meertief, Henry Uhlfelder Bernard
 1ae groomsmen were Messrs Leslie Gill bert, Henry Greil, Fred Neuman. Charles Levy, Meyer Greil and Philip Baum,
 The brides maids were Misses Stella Gredl, Sadie Marks. Pauline Baum Emma Steiner, Esther Roman and Sadie Veil They We're beautifully gowned in white or candies, ribbon and lace, and carried large bouquets of white hyac.nths and maiden hair ferns.
 Miss Grefl is a young woman of rare intellectual attachments and personal att