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'"THE ' MOEOTlfe" OREGONIAU, ' SATTJKDAY, " SEPTEMBEB 15, 1900.
IN THE SEVERAL COURTS
DATID MONICASTES MADE EXECU
TOR OF WILli OF ELIZA. J. STARR.
Savers! Portland. Heirs Receive Gca-
eroua Bejxiest8 Dlvorco dunes
Court Rotes.
David Monnastes was appointed admin
istrator of the estate of Eliza J. Starr,
deceased, with the will annexed, by Judge
Cake yesterday. Mrs. Starr died in Oak
lend. CaL, recently. The original will
was filed in California, and George E.
Starr, named in the Instrument, was ap
pointed as executor. Frank H. Winslow
Is administrator of the estate in the State
of "Washington. The property in Oregon
consists of $5000, deposited in the bank
of Ladd & Tilton. The estate otherwise
is large, and comprises valuable prop
erty in California, -Seattle and elsewhere.
Mr&t Starr and her husband, L. M. Starr,
formerly resided In this city.
The will provides that Frederick W.
Starr, of New York, shall receive 55000,
and his two sons $1000 each. To Henry
McMullln, a half-brother, residing in
Portland, $3000 is bequeathed, and to his
son Walter ?1000. Frank H. "Winslow, of
Seattle, is devised $10,000 in trust for him
self, he to receive the Income, ,nd his
children are to receive the bequest at his
death. To K. Geraldino Boughman, a
godchild, $1000 is bequeathed. The re
mainder of the estate is bequeathed to
Frank H. Winslow and the three eldest
sons of the testatrix. Mrs. Mary W.
Monnastes, the mother of the deceased, is
to be paid $50 per month during lier life.
Bach son is to receive $50 per month and
$10,000 on becoming 25 years old. When
"the youngest son reaches the age of 25
years, the estate is to be divided, $40,003
going to Mary W- Monnastes. There are
five sons all told, as follow: George 35.,
Sidney L. M., Everett H., Xiewis M., and
Claude D. Starr.
Indictments.
The grand Jury yesterday returned in
dictments as follows:
E. M. Martin, larceny in the saloon of
P, Loratl of $34, a watch and some cigars.
George Dixon, forgery of the name of
Honry Wilson to a deed to Emma Gillette
for lots 7 and 8. block 116, East Port
land. George Dixon and Mattie Frost, alias
Emma Gillette, making a conveyance
without title of lots 7 and 8, block llfi.
East Portland, with intent to defraud J.
M. Hodson. The consideration was $2200.
George Dixon, forgery of certificate to
the deed purporting to have been issued
by Henry Ackerman.
Isadore Wise, forgery of the name of
Leo Selling to a check for $25 on the
Security Savings &. Trust Company.
Emma Schmidt, alias Emma Ulrich,
polygamy. It is charged that having a
husband she did unlawfully cohabit with
William TJlrich.
Not true bills were returned in the fol
lowing cases:
William Speight, manslaughter, in ad
ministering morphine to Lillian Johnson.
Thomas J. Foley, perjury, in testirylng
falsely in the Justice Court on the East
Side that ho loaned Otto C. Rummel $20
In a certain roundhouse, when in truth
and in fact the roundhouse was so filled
with water that it was Impossible to
stand or be in It.
W. B. Cassll, obtaining money by false
pretenses from Eugene Hoch, by means
of a check for $20, signed F. J. Alex
ander. Ida Olsey and Bertha Edwards, larceny
of $35 from Oscar Lando.
Divorce .Suit.
Judge Cleland yesterday granted Bar
bara A. Baugher a divorce from Henry
E. Baugher, because of desertion, and
allowed her to resume her former name
Bailey. They were married 20 years
ago, and 12 ars ago the plaintiff ob
tained a divorce from the defendant, and
afterwards mairled him again. She tes
tified that In 1SS6, when they were living
on a farm, he told her he was tired it
her, and, alter telling the crop, left, and
has not lived with her since.
Joseph H. Jones has commenced pro
ceedings in the State Circuit Court against
Ida M. Jones for a dissolution of the
matrimonial bonds, and lie, also, asks to
be awarded the legal custody of the
minor children. The parties were mar
ried In East Portland May S, 1893. The
plaintiff alleges that they lived together
until August 2S, 1896, when the defendant
deserted him, and has ever since led .m
immoral life, and is not a proper person
to have control of the children.
Rose Grlswold has commenced suit
against Arthur H. Grlswold for a di
vorce, and she asks for an order of court
requiring The defendant to contribute $30
per month for her support during the
pendency of the suit and $100 for costs and
disbursements. The defendant, she says,
is well able to pay the alimony and costs
demanded.
Probate Matters.
TJie inventory of the estate of William
Bond, deceased, was filed, showing real
and personal property appraised at $20,039
The inventory of the estate of Augusta
Meyer, deceased, was filed. The property
Is valued at $2767.
C N. Johnson, executor of the will
of his mother, Cordelia Johnson, de
ceased, filed his final account, showing
$11,672 receipts and $2483 balance on hanL
The report recites that the Interest of the
estate in the estate of A. H. Johnson, de
ceased, is valueless. The heirs are the
children, nine in number.
Decisions.
Judge Sears will announce the following
decisions this morning at 2:30 o'clock:
Macbeth, trustee, vs. Day; demurrer to
complaint.
Tamerlane et al. vs. Kraemer, as Justice
of the Peace, et al.; mandamus on merits.
Chaperon vs. Portland General Electric
Company; motion for new trial.
Court XatcH.
Frank D. McCullough, of Woodburn,
was discharged from bankruptcy in the
United States Court yesterday.
t Maud Lewis, charged with larceny of
$200 from Andrew J. Payne, was "allowed
'to plead guilty of simple larceny, in the
Criminal Court yesterday, and was fined
$50.
A plea of guilty of petit larceny was
also accepted from Charles Whltsell and
Babe Brown, who stole a hat from the
store of H. Miller & Son.. They were
sentenced to SO days each In the county
jail, and have already been locked up for
five months.
Judge Gilbert, who has been sitting in
the United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals at Seattle this week, returned here
yeeterday. Judge Morrow will bo here
Monday and court will be opened, but it
1b not known that there wilL be any
business to come before it.
Of Interest to Engene.
Salem Journal.
Eugene, that lively village which is
the head of education and navigation,
has lost its hoss-car line, or rather one
mule car line, for it never rose to the
dignity of a street railway or the luxury
or having its citizens ride behind a car
drawn, by a real team of horses. It is
by jstll odds the prettiest city in the
state, but Its appearance was always
marred by that relic of down-South bar
barismbobtail cars drawn by shaven
tailed mules and nobody In the cars.
They went along tingling a ghost-like
boll through the quiet, Sunday-like
streets of a university city, the resi
dence part of which always bears the
air of a deserted village or a Summer
resort out of season. Between the pub
lic and private schools and the divinity
school and the State University there
ore not many people left but the women
who have to get the meals and the men
in their places of business. There is
only -one noisy man in the place. Father
Driver, and he has concentrated in him
the explosive force of all the whooping
and yelling that 7000 people -would at
times indulge in if they didn't think it
improper because they live at a center of
brains and culture. Well, to leave the
other people and return to the long
eared mules, they are to be no more.
The track is to be took up, and Ira
Campbell and Harrison Klncaid are to
lose their free passes over the mule
road, and will have to walk Just like
common people. They can no longer put'
on the swollen- air of a born aristocrat
while the boy goes through the cars
and makes the lower classes put up
their fares or bo ejected and, liable to be
kicked Into eternity by a one-eyed mule.
Eugene may lose its mules, but it will
never lose its editors, and so the town
will live and flourish with the intensity
and strenuousness it has always hereto
fore manifested. It had too much, any
how, to have a university, two such
editors, and a mule-car line besides. The
university city might have expected a
set-back some time, and it got it A
town where rich-paying gold mines are
found one day and a big Eastern timber
syndicate invests a few millions every
other day in the week is too speedy for
the rest of the state, anyhow.
INEQUALITIES OF TAXATION
Public Burdens Should Full Alike on
'All.
WASCO, Sept. 10. (To the Editor.) In
a recent communication I cited the great
prosperity of Texas and gave as one
reason for the phenomenal growth. and
development of the industries iof 'the
state the faot that the taxes were lim
ited for all purposes of law to 60 cents
on the $100 valuation. This, of course,
is upon an honest and equal assessment
of all' interests." ,
I have been much Interested in watch
ing the effect of the extremely low valua
tion in Portland, which is a town of at
least double the reliable wealth of
Seattle, doing probably twice as much
legitimate business as Seattle, having a
much larger population, and an assess
ment about $10,000,000 less. I think that
Portland, like all towns, "puts on airs,"
and assumes to be a great deal more
than it really is, but still It Is the main
city of Oregon, and, in fact, outside of
San Francisco, of the Pacific Coast, and
more than likely will remain so. Now,
you have passed a blanket license which
taxes the productive energies of every
one, from the highest to the lowest. The
blind man who Is led around by a child
peddling lead pencils, the child who sells
a few flowers, and the tamale man, have
to contribute from their scanty earnings
in order that wealth may escape its just
and righteous burdens.
Disguise the facts as you may, put
forth as many specious and plausible ar
guments as you please, the fact remains
that the poor and lowly are discrimi
nated against in favor of the wealthy
and cultured. This I consider one of tho
greatest dangers to our country, that
people are poor and do not occupy ex
alted stations In life. This does not de
prive them of common perception and
Intelligence, and cannot make them cease
to think and come to conclusions which
are generally correct ones. It Is this
condition of things that heads the an
tagonism of classes and socialism. It la
this that builds up the one class who
escape a large share of their dues to the
public purse and adds to their already
more than ample means. The burden la
carried by those in moderate or slender
circumstances. The results of a con
tinuance of such a course in such a coun
try as ours cannot be problematical. It
Is Inevitable, therefore, that ttie safety
of the country, as well as that spirit of
justice and fair dealing requires that val
uations for taxation shall be equitable
and right.
A recent news item In The Oregonlan
stated that the cash deposits In the
banks of Bolso exceed "by far the whole
amount of cash returned to the Assessor
for the entire state. I doubt not that
the same holds true for Oregon, and
many other states. This fact goes to
show the futility, of attempting directly
to tax cash and credits that should be
reached and taxed the same as other
property. In prder to make the tax at
all effective It has got to be done In an
indirect manner.
Money, while It exists 'in the hands
of Its owner simply .In cash, Is of no
more utility or value to him than a pile
of rocks, and, therefore, as Is the case
in some countries that I could name,
there is ho' special effort made to levy
upon It. It is only when It passes out
from the seclusion of the bank or other
hoarding place that It really has an ap
preciable value or performs useful ser
vice. When it gets in that condition it
should be taxed, but how will you reach
It? In other words, how will you tax
credits so as to make the law even rea
sonably effective? The way to do it Is
to tax it before it is loaned, the same
as the Government bonds are taxed, by
cutting down the rate of interest, and by
making the laws so effective that those
who extend credits will be afraid to
violate tliem.
The farmer and debtor generally want
the mortgage tax law replaced upon the
statute books and exemption from In
debtedness allowed, but if they could see
that an efficient law reducing Interest
would be all that Is necessary for their
protection y would be satisfied. Not
only would It have justice done them.
but when money could be loaned at low
rates not to exceed say 5 per cent, Im
provements would be made, people would
develop new Industries, labor would find
more employment, and 'prosperity would
become more generally diffused. With
n high rate of taxation and a high rate
for money material and reliable ad
vancement in the productive industries of
the state Is impossible. That persons re
siding In other states should be allowed
to come Into tho country, lend their
money and take their Interest away and
spend It, while our own people have to
pay heavy taxes. Is strange discrimina
tion against our fellow-cltlzens.
I have noted an article In The Orego
nlan of the 8th ult, calling attention
to the previous correspondence I sent
you. There are two typographical errors
In It which make It ridiculous; one where
you quote me as saying that the tax
rate is 35 cents on the $1 00, Instead of
the $100 valuation; and another where I
am made to say no "railroad man,"
which should have been no rational man.
And now. If you are really In earnest
in this matter, commence at the very
foundation of the evil and denounce and
expose the rotten assessments that are
made In Portland and elsewhere" In the
state. If a reform Is to be made, the'very
first element of success is to do rightly
and Justly by all alike. To illustrate
how far wrong these assessments are:
Not long ago I was from my homo, talk
ing with a man connected with. one of
your large firms. He told me that they
had a million and a half of capital in
their business, and yet your published
list not long ago had their assessment
considerably below $100,000. Is it right
that the blind peddler 6r the poor crea
ture that hawks a living from a wagon
should be taxed and perhaps bis family
deprived of some of the most pressing
necessaries of life that this wealthy firm
should escape from their Just dues to the
public purse?
If you want to curtail expenses make
those who have wealth, and with it that
power and influence which always ac
companies it, pay the public expenses,
according to their means, honorably val
ued, and you will soon see a mighty
change come over- the land. L.
Cnll for Two Per Cents.
WASHINGTON, Sept 14. Assistant
Secretary "Vanderllp today gave notice
to banks having old 2 per cent bonds on
deposit to secure deposits of public
moneys that these bonds must be sur
rendered at once and other bonds sub
stituted or their deposits will "'be corre
spondingly decreased. These bonds on
deposit amount to $2,118,600.
FRENCH FLEET IS GROWING
ELEVEN OF THE BOUXTT BARKERS
NOW HEADED FOR PORTLAND.
London Fairplay Discovers Sailor
Abuses in Otker Ports Than Port
land Marathon. Arrives Notes.
The generous French - Government is
spending a great many thousand dollars
this season In order, that there will be
ships enough to carry away the wheat
crop of Oregon and Washington. Of
course, when the rich ship-owning and
ship-bulldlng grafters saddled their ex
pensive bounty system otn the French
people they did not explain that 'he
subsidy was to be paid- to ships which
never carried cargoes to or from a
French port. Such, however. Is the case,
and the French fleet now headed ' for
Portland, under charter to load gram at
this port, will have cost the French
Government for the round --trip over
$100,000 In subsidies. There are 11 of these
bounty earners now listed for this port,
.and of that number but two are coming
TRUSTS AND WAGES
Have Not .Reduced Bui Rather Increased Value of Their
Services Results of Careful Investigation.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. In spite of assertions that may be-mado to the con
trary, trusts have not reduced, but rather Increased, the wages of the worklnsroen
of the country. The -Department of Labor recently prepared a bulletin giving; the re
sults of a careful Investigation of 41 trusts and Industrial combinations, prepared by
Professor J. "W. Jenks, of Cornell University.
As far as statistics were available, the report 'shows. In a general way, a greater
number of persons employed and higher wages paid In the same establishment after
combination than before. Owing- to the fact that the books of many corporations,
before they entered Into combination, were not accessible, only a portion of the firms
were able to furnish statistics of wages and persons employed before and after the
formation of trusts.
Of 14 establishments grvlng returns, 0 show an Increase In the average wages of
superintendents and foremen, 4 show a decrease, and In one there has been no change.
Out 'of these 14 companies. 10 were formed In 1S9S and 1800, so that the compari
son of conditions before and after Is a very direct pner
In 7 cases out of the 14 the wages of travollnr salesmen Increased,- In 2 they
decreased, and In 1 they remained the same. In 2 cases no traveling salesmen had
been employed by the companies entering the combination, whereas after the combi
nation "was made such men were put to work. In one case. In which traveling sales
men -had been employed by the separate companies, their services wore dispensed with
after the combination. One establishment reported none employed before or after.
The avcrase annual v.ases of r killed laborers have Increased In 10 cases, and de
creased In 2. The average wages of unskilled laborers have increased In 10 cases, de
creased In 1, and remained the'rame In 1 after the combination. ,
Taking the employesras a whole, the results show that out of 12 cases reporting
there had been an Increase of wages In 9 cases, and a decrease In 3. Taking all the
employes collectively In each of, the 13 combinations reporting, there have been but
2 cases of a decrease In the number of employes, and but 1 case, of a decrease In tho
total annual wages pa'd.
with cargo, the others receiving a bounty
to pay their expenses on the 17,000 mile
trip in ballast, while a good, fat char
ter rate, added to the per mile subsidy,
makes them highly profitable Invest
ments. The fleet of French vessels now
en route and listed for Portland includes
the following:
Name Tons. From
Alice 1133.... Havre
Amlral Courbet 17C0.... Nantes
Bossuet 1719
Cassard .-...1719.
Canrobert J.420.
Eurone 2070.
Nantes
.Antwerp
.Dublin
.Grimsby
General de Bolsdeffre.1710... .Swansea
General Mlllinet 1491.... Glasgow
Jules Verne i . .1240 Manchester
La Fontaine 1711 Santander
Louis Pasteur 1471 Dunkirk
The Cassard and the General de Bols
deffre are the ones which are bringing
eargoes.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Portland Not the Only Port Afflicted
With Sailor Abuses.
The current Issue of London Fairplay,
ar paper which Is rec6gnlzed the world
over as the organ of the British ship
owners, contains a couple of Interesting
Items regarding sailor abuses. Strange
to say, neither of them are from Port-
Hand. One written by a .captain of a
sailing vessel at New York contains the
following:
"As soon as we got alongside the wharf
yesterday morning a dozen of the board
ing masters landed on deck, and at once
ordered the men over the rail. They
naJd a license, thev said, for takintr men
out of ships, and intended taking mine. I
I don't think I ever got a worse black
guarding In my life. I told the mate that
If any of them attempted to go into the
forecastle, to turn them out, and it ended
with them going to put a head on him.
At the dinner hour they took all out
of the forecastle with them except four
A. Bs., ,and they expect that they will
have them yet When going ashore them
selves, one of the boarding masters told
me that for my d n Interference he
would have me hammered to death before
I got away from here."
The above Indicates that some of the
landsmen, who have been .endeavoring
to make the public believe that sailor
abuses are worse In Portland than In oth
er ports, are not fully posted on prac
tices In vogue elsewhere. The other item
mentioned in the same Issue of Fair
play was from San Francisco, and stated
that the Thalatta was delayed eight days
In securing U men, three of the crew
which he had secured being voluntarily
sent ashore, owing t their unfitness, one
being a cripple. The Manydown, at the
same port, was eight days' securing a
crew. A local shipowner at San Fran
cisco was compelled to pay 540 per man
for the run to Port Townsend, his ves
sel going up In six days.
These instances, do not dim the fact
that abuses exist in this port but they
indicate that seme misrepresentation is
indulged in when statements are made
at this la the only port on earth where
such work Is carried on. oN captains
In Portland thi3 season have been threat
ened with being beaten to death, and no
ships have been delayed, or cripples foist
ed off on them for sailors.
THE INBOUND FLEET.
The British Ship Marathon Arrives,
Forty Days From Nagasaki.
The British ship Marathon arrived in
. port vesterday afternoon, after a passage
of 40 days from Nagasaki, the flrst new
arrival in the river for nearly a week.
Southerly weather was reported off the
coast yesterday, and will probably blow
in a few more of the ships now due.
The French bark La Fontaine, which
sailed from Santander early in April, has
been out nearly long enough to be class
ed wich the overdues. She Is daily ex
pected. The British ship Portia is out
nearly 50 days from Acapulco, and there
are at least four of the fleet from the
Orient now fully due. .the W. J. Plrrle,
.Slrlus and Osterbek being daily expected.
The Kllmory is out about 15 days from
Honolulu, and the Dechmont is not far
behind her. The arrival of these ships
will give Portland" a pretty good nucleus
for an October fleet, as none, of them will
be here In time to finish In September.
Bosnia at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 14. Almost a
record trip from the Eastern coast was
made by the large steamer Bosnia, which
has arrived, 47 days and 10 hours from
Philadelphia. She belongs to tho Hamburg-American
line, and has been char
tered -by the German Government The
Bosnia is the largest steamship that, ever
came to this port She will take from
here over 1100 animals for the German
cavalry in China, in addition to all the
fodder they will require on the voyage.
Marine Notes. ,
The German ship Najade,' with a cargo (
of wheat from this port, arrived out at
Queenstown Thursday, after a good pas
sage of 127 days.
The British ship Genista arrived, down
at Astoria yesterday. The Orealla, which
was drawing about six Inches more wo
,ter than the Genista, will reach Astoria
today.
The Norwegian steamship Tyr has com
pleted her Hour cargo at the Alblna
Mills and shifted over to the North Pa
cific Lumber Mill, to finish off with, a
deck load of lumber.
The Gamecock Is bringing down some
of the largest cargoes of wheat that have
.reached Portland bjr river since the days
"bf the "O. S. N. Company, when steam
boats carried all the -tfheat
Domestic and Foreign Porta.
ASTORIA, Sept. 14. Arrived at 2:40 P.
M. British ship Marathon, from Shang
hai." Sailed at 4 P. 15..-, British steamer
Monmouthshire, for Hong Kong. Arrived
down a,t 5 P. M. British ship Genista.
San Francisco, Sept. 14. Salled-Schoon-er
Western Home, for Coos Bay.
Queenstown Arrived September 13 Ger
man ship Najade. from Portland.
Now York, Sept. 14.-Arrlved Fuerst
PlBmarck, from Hamburg.
Hamburg. Sept. 14. Arrived Pretoria,
from New York.
Glasgow, Sept 14. Arrived Norwegian,
OF W0RKINGMEN
from Boston. Sailed September 13 Sar
dlan, for New York.
Moville, Sept. 14. Sailed Parisian, from
Liverpool, for Montreal.
Southampton, Sept. 14. Sailed Kaiser
Frlederlch, from Hamburg, for New York,
via Cherbourg.
Astoria Sailed Se'ptember 13 BXrken
tlne Encore, for Melbourne.
South Bend Sailed September 13 Bark
entlno Omega, for Melbourne. '
Seattle, Sept. 14. Arrived Ship Ivy,
from Honolulu; steamer City of Topoka,
from Dyea.
Port Townsend Sailed September 13
German ship Armethusa, for Chemalnus;
schooner J. M. "Coleman, for San Pedro.
Queenstown Arrived September 13
Ship Najade, from Oregon.
Now York, Sept. 14. Arrived: Lucanla,
from Liverpool and Queenstown.
San Francisco, Sept - 14. Arrived
Steamer Mary D. Hume, from TJnalaska.
Sailed Schooner Western Home, for Coos
Bay.
Yokohama, ,Sept ll.-r-Salled Braemar,
from Hong Kong, etc., for Portland, Or.
Scllly, ' Sept. 14. Passed Southwark,
frotn New York for Antwerp.
St Michaels, Sept. 14. Passed Kaiser
WUhelm III, from Genoa, Naples and
Gllbraltar for New York.
Brisbane, Sept. 14. Arrived Aorangi,
from Vancouver, B. C, via Honolulu, for
Sydney, N. S. W.
Naples, Sept. 14. Arrived Ems, from
New York via Gibraltar for Genoa and
proceeded.
St. Vincent, C. V.. Sept. 14. Arrived
Luxor, from San Francisco via Monte-
video for Hamburg,
Brisbane, Sept. 14. Sailed Mlowera,
from Sydney, N. S. W., for Honolulu and
Vancouver, B. C.
THE RESTLESS CUBANS.
Much Trouble Incident to the Com
ing Election.
'HAVANA, Sept 14. There has been
considerable talk among the Conservative
and -Fuslonlst Leagues about not going
to the polls In the election for delegates
to "the forthcoming Constitutional conven
tion. Today, however, they say they have
decided to vote. The reason originally
given against such -a course was the
threats of violence alleged to have been
made by the revolutionary element In sev
eral towns of Havana Province threats
likely to frighten their constituents Into
remaining at home on election day.
The Conservatives now claim that the
National party has secured an unfair ad
vantage from the fa)ct that the principal
members of the Government belong In
Its ranks and from the further fact that
the election law, though excellent in it
self, is unfairly adhilnlstered by the Na
tionalists. Among other things the Con
servatives assert that many names on the
list of voters for the municipality of Ha
vana have been deliberately changed.
They point out that these lists, which
are handled by the various registration
boards for duplication, Are being falsi
fied and that when, on election day the
lists are handed to the Voting boards the
names mutilated will be found to be those
of members of the Conservative party.
As the municipality Is controlled entire
ly by the Nationalists, the Conservatives
say that this mutilation for the purpose
of preventing the 'legal Identification of
voters will be praotlceSd to a great "ex
tent. They also declare that the Civil
Government is privy to the falsification,
though the Military Government is not
aware of it; and they' demand an investi
gation under the direction of Governor
General Wood and the protection of their
rights. !
The Mayors of Marlanao, Santiago de
las Vegas and San Jose, de los Gatos,
where, the Fuslonlsts were recently
mobbed, still continue lri o'fllce and the
Conservatives publicly denounce, the civil
officials who were x sent there to Inquire
into the cause of -the riots as guilty of
whitewashing tho ringleaders.
A mass meetlng?o the Unionists, of
whom the Conservatives are an important
faction, was held at the Tacon Theater
last evening. '
Governor-General Wood' returned to Ha
vana last evening from the Isle of Pines,
having been absent since Sunday. He re
ports that he found, the Island politically
quiet and In fact Indifferent He was
much Impressed with the large undevel
oped mineral resources of 'the district
Five new cases of yellow fever were
reported yesterday,," 78 being now under
supervision.' The S mortality report for
August, Including deaths from all causes,
shows a lower total, than for any previous
August In 10 years, the figure being 559
as against 620 in 1899, and-1978 in 189S. The
death rate for August was 2.76, yellow
fever furnishing 47 victims, and tubercu
losis 45.
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Slenklewlcs, the Polish novelist, Is to have a
present of a -homestead on -the occasion, of his
author's Jubilee, next November. The fund is
now being colleoted byhlBmany admirer.
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RABBI IS INSTALLED
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they may be as devoted to their religion
and its observances as were their fathers
before them, it was thought best that
one more nearly of their own generation
and education and imbued with all that
Is best In American culture, should now
be called to assume tho spiritual leader
ship of Beth Israel. Our choice has fallen
upon a most worthy man; the son of one
of Israel's greatest teachers, with whom
I had the pleasure and honor of a per
sonal acquaintance; who, to the last mo
ment of his earthly career, was the be
loved rabbi of that New York congre
gation whose services I attended when
a boy. No purer, nobler character ever
graced a pulpit of Israel, and the son is
worthy of his sainted father. -
"His reputation for earnestness, for pie
ty, for strict adherence to religious prin
ciples, and his gifted oratory Is well
known to all, and these, combined with
his great energy and untiring Industry,
will assure for Beth Israel continued
greater prosperity. In his efforts for our
welfare I feel confident that I may pledge
him the hearty and united support of
Beth Israel, and- each and everyone of
its members.
"In the beautiful words of the Psalmist,
I bring these words of sincere welcome to
a close: 'Blessed be he who comes In the
name of the Lord. "
Dr. Jacob Voorsanger, rabbi of Temple
Emanuel, San Francisco, who had been
selected to deliver the Installation sermon
and charge to the rabbi-elect spoke In
part as follows:
"We meet tonight under the happiest
auspices. The most diffident among us
might well feel a thrill of enthusiasm.
We are to forge new links to an old bond;
revive the Illustration on an old title page.
Tho beginnings of the covenant this your
new teacher Is to consummate with you,
might suitably recall the obligations Israel
has always owed, and still owes. Its Illus
trious teachers. Dr. Wise comes from a
family of great teachers. His father and
his grandfather before him were eminent
expounders of the law, brilliant preachers
and God-fearing men. He, amongst his
brothers and sisters, became their heir
and legatee. Their spirit dwells in him,
their mantle has fallen upon his shoulders.
He has Inherited their responsibilities and
acquired their wisdom. Ho enters into
relations, the nature of which ho fully
understands, and ' to the discharge of
which he brings a tried capacity, a rich
experience, and a wealth of learning gained
by years of industrious application In
National and foreign schools. His name
has a good ring; his character Is estab
lished, and the standard of his Ideals Is
very high. ,
"Coming so well recommended, and now
ready for his work In the great Western
community, It will not be amiss to press
upon the attention of this community the
Importance of the office to which this man
has been called, and the powerful In
fluence that office has exercised upon the
history of the. Jewish people, a history,
every page of which Is luminous with the
mental and spiritual achievements of the
great rabbis, who, If the world had but
the moral courage to aknowledge their
deserts, were the flrst to mold society Into
God-fearing and law-abiding communities.
"The position and functions of the rabbi
are unique In the world. He Is neither a
priest nor what is commonly known as a
clergyman. He Is no member of a hier
archy, nor a mere hired official to attend
to congregational ministrations. He was
not, originally, appointed to ministerial
duties, as is part of his calling In these
lator days. He Is the. successor of the old
scribes, those marvelous conservators of
the spirit of law, not of the Aaronlc
hierarchy that passed away with the falL
of Jewish sovereignty. The Insignia of
his office are In his head and heart, not
on his breast. He wears no outward
distinction except that given by character
and learning. He has no powers, except
such as he can establish by reason of
his spiritual peerage; an authority of
love, reverence and affection, bonds a.
Jew recognizes much more willingly than
the moral cudgels of an hierarchical su
perintendence. "The word rabh, rabbi or rabban, stands
for master, my master, our master. As a
title or degree It came in vogue, amongst
Jews only after the collapse of the Jew
ish commonwealth, when some bold; pow
erful minds conceived a plan, that from
a meTe political point of view seems In
capable of execution. That plan, like Its
great executors, was unique. It aimed at
nothing short of endowing the scattered
communities of Israel with an lndestruct
able Individuality. The scheme was the
first and the last In the history of the
world. All nationalities disappear with
the decay of their sovereignty, and though
language, culture and religion may linger,
they ultimately perish, because nationality
I sthelr nourishing force, and they wither
without the protecting and sustaining lim
itations of national environment. Look
at Israel, still the world's great interroga
tion. You will have to explain why a
people, denationalized, shorn of all the
elements of sovereignty. Its language dead
and Its culture wrecked, Its worship up
rooted, managed to' survive the calamities
heaped upon Its devoted head. There Is
but one answer, Israel at the period of
its greatest decay was endowed with the
energies of an Individuality that proved
superior to the vicissitudes of time or
the enmity of nations. The creators of
that Individuality were the rabbis."
Dr. Wise's First Sermon.
At the conclusion of Dr. Voorsanger's
remarks, Dr. Wise arose and began his
address In response by referring to tho
quotation from the xxvl chapter of Deut
eronomy: "And lt shall come to pass
that when thou art come In unto the
land which the Lord thy God glveth thee
for an Inheritance . . . thou shalt say
... I give thanks this day unto ths
Lord thy God . . . (and thou shalt add
in prayer). . . Look down from the hab
itation of thy holiness, from the heavens,
and bless thy people Israel."To him It
was an Inspiration and a command, and
he returned thanks for being led hither
to be God's messenger-unto men. and for
the ability to arise from a bed of pain
and weariness to begin the work here
in renewed health and strength." Divine
blessing was Invoked upon the children of
Israel, and upon all the children of men,
of faith and of unfalth. "Keep ye there
fore the words of this covenant and do
them, that ye may prosper In all that
ye do." Above all, the charge rings out
to consecrate ourselves to the keeping
and doing of the covenant to be sealed
here. Continuing, Dr. Wise said:
"The rabbi Is riot appointed to perform
priestly duties. He has no altar fires to
guard, no mystic shrine to maintain. tHe
Is to keep and defend not alone' the lamp
of the sanctuary, but to keep alive and
aflame the torch of truth, of knowledge,
of reason; for Israel pillars its faith up
on these things, It welcomes the light,
It abhora darkness and mystery reason,
knowledge, truth, are tho mainstays of
Israel. The minister must be a teach
er, but only In a limited sense. Time
was when the teaching of 'men In all
branches of study and departments of
learning was .Intrusted to priests or min
isters. Today, teaching has become the
office of the countless educational agen
cies of modern life, the school and acad
emy, the college and university, the li
brary and press. The rabbi Is not the
keeper of a museum of antiquities or a
Palestinian archaeologist, but he must be
a teacher of the philosophy, the moral
philosophy, of history, Helping men to a
proper'understandlng of the past in order
that they, may live the better Jn the
present and unto the future. The min
lster"should be the shepherd of his peo
ple. What more sacred privilege than
to minister to the needs of our fellow
men, In the great trials and crises of life,
In hours of happiness and In days of sor
row, to bring solace and peace to the
sick and weary, healing and faith to the
bereaved and heavyladen, strength and
hopefulness to the erring and fallen
"Were tho minister to be merely a j
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teacher of religion or a pastor of his
flock, he would not need the divine com
mand, 'Whatsoever I command theu shalt
thou speak; be not afraid.' The rabbi Is
thus commanded, because he is expected
to be not a soothsayer, but the truth
teller; he Is to be the gospeller and fur
therer of personal and social righteous
ness, wherefore he needs the warning and
sustalnment of God's word, 'Be not
afraid. We" are entering upon a covenant.
I name but one condition. I ask it as ray
right; you will and must allow It. You
could not respect me If I should waive
it for a single hour. This pulpit must
be free. You have called me to be your
minister, your spiritual leader. I pledge
you that I shall be faithful to the truths
of Israel and the teachings of religion
as I understand these, but this pu.plt
must be free as It will be fearless. The I
question Is ofttlmes raised: Shall a min
ister take part in public life, shall ho
not rather keep aloof from civic strife?
For me there Is but one standard ami
one rule. Whenever and wherever a
moral Issue Is raised, this pulpit shall
speak forth without fear. We arc in
the midst of a multitude of problems,
social, civil, national and Industrial,
which press for solution. Shall the pul
pit say, 'These things do not concern
me; the Bible Is silent about them; these
questions are outside of the religious
world? Everything concerns me; the
Bible has a message touching every hu
man difficulty; the religious world em
braces the whole world. Wherever a
wrong remains to be righted or the right
to be championed, the suffering to be
helppd and the weak to be defended, this
pulpit shall speak, pleading with God's
help, in clarion tones, for justice, for
equity, for righteousness, for charity, for
love. Above all things, the pulpit must
be the guardian of the poor, the lowly,
the weak, the oppressed. In a world of
things it must cry out for Ideals; in a
world of shadows it must plead for reali
ties which are the eternalltles of life.
In a day of mad and ceaseless pursuit
af tert worldly possessions, of enmities be
tween the rich and the "poor, of prejudices
between people -and rpeople, of hatredTbe
tween creeds, the Jewish pulpit,, true to
the precept and example alike of prophet
and sage In Israel, must plead in the
name of the Fatherhood of God for such
toleration and love as shall bring ever
nearer the dawning of the era of the
brotherhood of man.
"Though the zealous advocate of social
righteousness Is apt to come Into conflict
with established opinions and deep-rooted
prejudices, the religious teacher is more
likely to encounter Ill-will and enmity not
so much In his upholding of the truth as
In his attacking of error and dislodging
of falsehood. Men will scruple to defend
wrong, whereas they are ofttlmes un
scrupulous In championing falsehood.
Hear the word addressed to Jeremiah:
Thou must 'root out and pull down and
destroy and throw downto build up and
to plant' To build up and to plant must
be the constant aim of the religious lead
er, even though It necessitate that he
root out and pull down, destroy and throw
down. Emerson, the sanest teacher of our
generation, Insisted aright, 'Nerve us with
affirmatives, cease your negatives.' And
still frequently affirmatives must be pre
ceded by negatives In more than the fa
miliar and grammatical sense does It take
two negatives to make an affirmative.
Judaism Is an affirmation of God's moral
governance of the universe, and still it be
comes necessary, not unseldom, to nega
tive error and deny falsehood ere the
simplest of truths can be affirmed and es
tablished. In every religion the conflict
rages between those who hold that final
and absolute truth rests with the past
and those who believe that true wisdom
belongs exclusively to the present and the
future. In Israel this conflict Is keener j
than in other faiths because of the In
born and Justifiable attachment of tho
Jew to. the customs and traditions, the
rites and beliefs, which were his father's
staff and solace during thousands of years
of hardship and exile. The truth-loving
minister must preserve a balance between
those 'who would unlock the gate of the
present with the rusty key of the past.'
and those who would exploit their Intel
lectual strength and pride by rejecting all
things commended of the fathers. Per
sonally, I confess to sharing the opinion
of Charles Klngsley respecting this ques
tion 'Better believe In ghosts than be
lieve In nothing but self; and the rule of
Maurice 'Never take away from a man
even tho shadow of a spiritual truth, un
less you can give him substance in re
turn.' The last words spoken to me by
a venerable brother in the ministry, when
I set out Westward, were: 'Nlcht ab
schaffen, sondern anschaffen.' And yet
the words of Jeremiah simply mean that
truth was not exhausted when the bib
lical books were canonized, and that God
did not withdraw himself from near com
munion with men 2000 years ago. A great
truth was powerfully expressed by a
canon of the Anglican church, who lately
said: 'An unprogresslve religion Is a de
cadentand dying religion; a religion which
refuses new light is a dead religion.' Such
forms of belief will Inevitably sink into
abject and priest-ridden superstitions or
into the cumbersome paraphernalia of ex
ternallsm which think that-God cares for
the murmuring of rites and ceremonies,
whereas he has again and again taught
us that he requires our hearts, and that
without heart-sincerity all else is but as
the small dust of the balance.' True re
form is constructive, true reform is con
servative. Reform, which Is reform, will
root out only when it must; will con
serve when it may; will build up alway.
I agree with the teacher of a sister faith,
who pointed out that the quarryman who
shatters the great rock-masses seem3 to
be a destroyer, but in truth Is an upbulld
er, for he quarries and supplies the mate
rial which Is used for building. When re
building of the religious structure of
Israel must be done, let It be as the sec
ond temple of Israel, erected upon the
site "and built from out the materials of
the earlier temple. I remember last year,
while traveling southward from this city,
to have noticed that a bridge swayed and
swung perceptibly while the train was
crossing over the deep chasm below. I
learned upon questioning that the bridge
Is made to away that is, to yield a little j
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under the great weight of a passing train,
and that, if built taut and rigid. It would
collapse under the flrst load. Is it a sur
render or aught of sacrifice If we, in order
to meet the exigencies of e passing age,
yield something, never the essentials,, but
merely the externals, of religion and re
ligious worship? I do not believe so, for
Judaism Is thereby enabled to pass safely
over the perilous places. Judaism is not
a rigid religious system, not an immobile
creed. Judaism lives and therefore grows
and changes t It 13 progressive, and there
fore ever young; It Is not truth absoluto
and ultimate, but a quest after truth and
righteousness, and therefore It Is everlasting-"
The musical programme arranged by
Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer, the leader ofi tho
choir, was rendered In a splendid man
ner' and Included the anthems: "Hark,
Hark. My Soul," by Harry Rowe Shelley,
and "Sing, 6 Heavens," by D. Tours.
The choir consisted of Mrs. Rose Bloch
Bauer, soprano: Miss Rose Lowenberg,
alto; William Belcher, tenor; Charles' H.
Hoeg, basso; Miss Leonora Fisher organ
ist Dr. Wise was the reclpent yesterday of
a number of telegrams from prominent
friends In New York City, conveying
the good wishes of the senders and in
voking blessings upon him and- upon tho
people of his new charge.
Dr. G. Gotthell, rabbi of Temple Eman
uel, New York City, wired: "Thankful
for your preservation. I invoke Dlvino
blessing on the covenant between you and
tho congregation." S. M. Stroock, secre
tary of Dr. Wi3c's former congregation
In New York City, telegraphed from
Rockaway Beach, N. Y.; "We extend our
best wishes fpr your successful mlniBtry
In Oregon." The following came from Ja
cob H. Schlff, a distinguished banker and
philanthropist of New Tork City: MMy
beat wishes for a succesful career upon
the Pacific Coast, and for every benefit
to accrue to our people from the new du
ties Into which you are to be inaugu
rated today."
Dissatisfaction at Fort Stereris.
FORT STBVEiNg, Or.. Sept-14 fXctho
Editor.) Owing to dissatisfaction among
the painters at work on the Govern
ment buildings at Fort Stevens In re
gard to their pay for August a. commit
tee was appointed to. wait on. Captain
Dawns and demand the amount due. Un
der the former contract the men .were to
be paid monthly. When Captain Downs
took charge of the work he informed
them that they would receive their wages
Including their back pay when the
work was completed.
On presentation of their- claims by tho
committee Captain Downs refused to con
sider them, notwithstanding the fact
urged that many of the men had fami
lies, and had no means of support other
than their wages, and had incurred ob
ligations which wore due on September
10, the Government payday. Captain
Downs admitted that he had something
over StLOOO of Mr. Conn's money, the for
mer contractor, but would not par any
thing until the work was completed and
accepted.
This did not suit tho committee, and
they Informed him that they could not
afford to continue work without pay,
neither could they get their families homo
without money.
Instead of looking at matters in a rea
sonable light. Captain Downs becama
highly Indignant, finally taking one mem
ber of the committee by the anra with
the intention of forcing him off tha res
ervation. He. however, thought better of
it, and dropping the man's arm, called
for a guard of three men, and had tho
committee driven off the reservation at
the point of the bayonet
The men are all very Indignant on ac
count of the arbitrary- action of Captain
Downs. They feel that they have been
very unjustly treated and do not know
whore to look for redress.
PETER BELL, Foreman.
Business Ahead of Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 The Supreme
Court of the United States will meet for
the October term Monday, October 8.
When the court adjourned. May 23 last
there were undisposed of 303 cases, of
which number 37 had been argued and
submitted. Since the adjournment of the
court to date there have been 111 cases
filed, making a total of 414 case? on the
docket, against 391 cases on the sam& day
in 1899, showing an Increase of 23 cases.
NEW USE FOR BUTTER
Prevents Boiling Over.
The effect of coffee frequently produces
biliousness and all of the accompanying
distress, suchas loss of appetite, dyspep
sia, "bowel troubles, etc. A lady from.
North Evanston, 111.. Mrs. Eliza J. Stuart,
232S Hartzell avenue, says: "I had used
coffee many yoars, and though I took
great care In making It. felt its ill effects
very seriously. It mado me bllldus and
robbed me of my appetite for breakfast
"I always had trouble with, dyspepsia
while I mbo It I was told by physicians
that I had catarrh of the stomach, and
came to believe there was no help for mo.
Two yeara ago I quit the use of coffee
and began to use Postum Food Coffee.
At flrst I missed the stimulant, although
the taste of the food coffee was delicious.
"In a few days I forgot all about my
coffee. In the satisfaction I derived from
Postum. and soon found tha my appetlto
returned, the bilious condition and dys
pepsia disappeared, so that now I am
proud to say that at the ago of 75 yeara
I enjoy my food as well as when young
and all my dyspeptic symptoms and
trouble of the stomach have gone.
"These troubles had been with me for
most of my life and it Is really remark
able that I am now so perfectly well. To
say that I am grateful does not express
It Once In a while I find a person that
does not like Postum. but I always find It
Is because it has not been properly pre
pared. There is but one way to mafce
good Postum, and that is to make It
exactly according to directions, allowing
It to boll full 15 minutes, not after it Is
placed on the stove, but after tho real
bubbling begins. Use a small piece of
butter, about the size of two peas, to pre
vent boiling over."
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