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THE" MOKNINO OT?F.GOyx X vWEDNES$AY, MAY , 1, 1901.
OUR NEW DUTIES ABROAD
KKSPOSSIBItilTIES BROUGHT TO US
BY HECEKT EVENTS.
Vice-President Roosevelt's Speech at
the Annual Dinner of the Home
"Market Club, of v Boston.
BOSTON, April 30. An Imposing array
of speakers, headed by Vice-President
Roosevelt, held the attention of 1600 mem
bers of the Home Market Club at Its
twelfth annual dinner at Mechanics' Hall
tonight. Vice-President Boosevelt was
seated on the right of the president of
the club, George R. Draper. Among the
others near President Draper were Sena
tors George F. Hoar and Henry Cabot
Lodge, Joseph H. Manley of Augusta,
Me.; Bishop William Lawrence, of Mas
sachusetts; William F. Draper, ex-ambassador
to Italy, and Bear Admiral Samp
son. Previous to the dinner, a reception
was held in honor of Mr. Roosevelt. The
immense hall was hung on all sides with
a mass of color, numerous political mot
toes and pictures. Mr. Roosevelt was
greeted with a storm of applause and
three cheers. When he could make him--self
heard he said:
'In reading the profoundly Interesting
and suggestive biography of the great
scientist Huxley, one cannot but be struck
by his constant insistence upon the need,
not merely of telling the truth, but of
doing it. That is, of facing facts rec
ognizing actual conditions so as the bet
ter to grapple -with them. One way of
facing facts is to remember that funda
mentally what Is needed for success and
righteous living in the Individual is also
what is needed for the nation, which is
itself but an aggregate of. individuals. Of
course the analogy cannot be pushed too
far, because there is a vital difference;
for thB individual forms part of a com
munity which he and his fellows have
agreed shall be governed under certain
Jaws; "whereas the nations of the world
have not yet come to any such agreement,
and Indeed, cannot come to any agreement
that shall affect all until all are on a
more nearly common plane of civilization.
But the underlying fact remains that
with individuals and nations alike success
of the kind which is alone worth having
must come from obeying the laws ,that
tell both for our moral and our material
well being. We cannot afford to follow
that sordid teaching which would bid us
pay heed only to the body; nor on the oth
er hand, can we afford in any way to
neglect the questions of material pros
perity. In 6hort, we, as a nation, must
act much as each man here tries to act,
while seeking so to do his life work as
to leave his children better off and to
win and keep the respect of his fellows.
No man here has any business to be
"weak, any more than he has any business
to be wicked. He must do no wrong;
and he must also show that he can hold
his own in the hurly-burly of life. Each
of us wishes Ms son to earn bis living, to
support himself, to prosper materially;
and of course as a nation we must so
strive to shape our governmental pollicles
In matters of finance, of tariff and of for
eign relations as to bring about the high,
est material prosperity which can be ob
tained by legislation. Some excellent per
sons seem to think that the argument of
material prosperity is a base argument;
whereas of course such is not the case,
any more than it Is base In a man to
teach his son that it Is a prime duty to
be self-supporting. But to argue only
from the standpoint of material prosper
ity would be base. A good man always
hopes to see his son do more than eary his
own living. In addition to doing well as
a merchant or mechanic, farmer or labor
er, doctor or lawyer whatever his pro
fession may be he also wishes to see him
do his duty before God and man, his duty
to those dependent upon him, his duty to
his fellows individually, and his duty to
his state as a whole. Even so, each -of
us should desire to see America become
more and more a name cf pride,, not
merely because It "symbolizes vast- -material
prosperity, but also because it
stands for lofty arid generous aspira
tions, high effort and" unyielding resolu
tion., "In dealing with our new duties abroad,
we must approach them In the same spir
it necessary for the solution of the prob
lems that confront us at home that is, in
a spirit which shall combine business ef
ficiency with the highest standard of
fearlessness and integrity practical com
mon sense "with resolute devotion to duty.
"As regards China, I need say but
tut little, for it 'is "hardly worth while
wasting breath on the very few who
criticise our Chinese policy. We have
simply performed our part In a bit of
international police duty; we, at any rate,
have never sought aggrandizement as a
result of our action, and whoever feels
we were not Justified in what we did ought
logically to object to all exercise of the
police power at home. There was no
more 'militarism' in what was done by
us In China than there Is 'militarism'
"when a policeman arrests a highway rob
ber or murderer. We would 'haie been
branded with, infamy had we not taken
Immediate measures to put a stop to the
unspeakable cruelties of the Boxers, and
to protect our accredited representatives
at Pekln from the half-official attack
-upon them. All civilized nations were a
unit in this matter, and It is greatly to
the credit of our Government that -we
were among the few who were ready to
act In time; that the gallant force under
gallant General Chaffee "was a part of
the expeditionary army which reached
Pekin In the nick of time to avert a fear
ful tragedy." Proud, Indeed, should -we
be as American t$iat the stars and
stripes fluttered among the flags whose
approach meant safety from torture and
murder and -worse than torture and mur
der to the hunted women and children
and despairing men who stood at bay be- 1
hind the crumbling legation walls. We
should be proud of the signal gallantry
of our General and his troops; and we
t,hould be even prouder because that gal
lantry "was unstained by murder and cru
elty. Under the greatest provocation, our
Government refused to yield to the clamor
for mere revenge, and refused to take
part In, or connive at, any effort to parti
tion China, while our soldiers have so
borne themselves that their camps have
been crowded by Chinese refugees of all
sexes and ages, who flee io them because
they have learned that though our people
are terrible in battle, they are gentle in
victorj', and that the helpless are sure
of protection under the American flag.
"In Cuba we have had to face a harder,
because, a less simple task. We were
pledged to bring peace and freedom and
independence to the Islands, and we have
been resolutely bent on keeping that
pledge, not merely in the letter, but in
the spirit. To have driven out the Span
iard and then immediately withdrawn
our qwn forces, would have meant the
brealdng of our own pledge, for it would
have meant the absolute certainty of our
being speedily forced to Interfere again.
We would commit a grave wrong to our
own people if we permitted the great
island which Js our neighbor once more
to become a plague-spot of civilization; a
still graver wrong if we permitted the
possibility of its ever being used against
us by some strong alien power. Our bus
iness was to help In the development of
those qualities in the Cubans which would
render them able to solve the difficult
problem of self-government; to further
every movement for decency In the Island,
and to give our aid to the new Cuban
commonwealth as It strove to walk alone.
It is everywhere necessary to have good
laws; but It is even more necessary to
have good men to execute those laws.
Something can.be done under a bad law
by a first-class man; but the best law
ever put upon the statute books Is use
less In incapable or dishonest hands. The
President chose in Leonard Wood." exact
lv the man to put this policy Into effect.
We "ask that it -be judged by Its fruits;
compare the peace and order and justice
of today with the unspeakable misery,
the bloody jumble of -anarchy and tyran
ny of three years ago. Think of the
strides made in the school system and
the courts; think of what has been'
done toward the cleansing of the cities,."
toward stamping out disease. Remem
ber that the change is solely due to the
fact that we dared to go to war -for a
righteous cause. If ever in history an
action has justified Itself, our action in
Interfering in Cuba has thus furnished Its
own justification.
"Finally, we come to the Philippines,
where the difficulties were greatest pf all.
Perhaps few better tests of our worth as
a Nation have ever been offered than"
this Philippine problem. The temptation
was great to shirk it altogether. Such a
course would have appealed not only to
many thoroughly honest and excellent peo
ple who were Imperfectly informed, or
who -were misted by false analogies or by
sentimental considerations, but It would
also have been greeted with enthusiasm
by all short-sighted people and by all In
-whom the legitimate dislike of needless
effort and worry tends to become an un
healthy fear of all risk and trouble. But
as we look back we can now see that the
National duty was really plain. We could
not give the Islands back to Spain; we
could not see them taken away by some
other European power; and, least of all.
could we turn them over to be scrambled
for by insurgent leaders, most of whom
were but little above the level of ban
ditti, and the success of any of whom
meant destruction to the peaceful .and
law-abiding portion of the Islands, and
-a more or less swift relapse into bar
barism of the entire population. The first
thing to be done was to restore order by
putting a stop to the insurrection. This
has at last been practically accomplished
in a succession of campaigns which have
brought out into bold relief the daring,
the skill and the indomitable resolution
of our officers and men. The campaigns
have been wearing and difficult beyond de
scription, both because of the nature of
the country and of the character of our
opponents. After the first few months
the insurgents ceased to oppose us In
regular warfare, their methods becoming
more and more such as by any stern ap
plication of the laws of war would have
forfeited their right to be treated other
wise than as assassins. For the last 18
months our chief difficulty has been not
to beat the Insurgents in the field for
that was easytout to grapple with the
difficulty caused by their conduct in visit
ing murder and torture upon all the
friendly natives who were anxious to see
our rule made permanent Tet under
even these circumstances the Administra
tion has seen to It that the almost in
tolerable provocation given by our ene
mies should not result In their 111 treat
ment. Our Army has been most merciful
In Its dealings. With equal wisdom and
clemency, we have refrained from exact
ing the penalties which by every princi
ple of military and international law we
had a right to exact from our foes. The
record of the struggle in the Philippines
for the last two years and a half Is one
which should make all Americans proud
because of the firmness and the mercy,
the justice and the fearlessness with
which their representatives In the Islands
have acted under as trying conditions as
have ever been faced in a similar case.
From Lawton to Funston, many a name
has "been added to the honor roll of the
Republic Moreover, as soon as we began
to get the upper hand of the Insurgents,
steps were Immediately taken to establish
a civil government In the Islands. Here,
again, as in the choice of Leonard Wood,
the President showed far-sighted wisdom
In selecting out of the whole country the
man best qualified to perform the task,
in the person of Judge Taft. whom he
made the head of the commission. . It Is a
great and solemn responsibility to frame
a new system of government out of such
a welter of confusion, and to start the
Filipino people on the first "stages of a
career which we earnestly hope and be
lieve will in the end result in their show
ing capacity to stand alone a capacity
which there is no chance of their show
ing save by the patient following out on
our part of the policy on which' we have
already embarked. The progress made
by Judere Taft and his associations 'has
beenjwon&erful. There Is no adequate reward-which"
we can'glve to-ihen like Judge
Taft and General Wood for what they
have done for us; but let us at leastpay
them the homage of a thorough apprecia
tion of their work. After all, any re
ward that we could give them would be
but little compared to the priceless re
ward of doing so well the work itself;
for each of these two men has drawn the
highest prize we have to offer ori this
earth the prize of doing In the best pos
sible way a service that is of vital Im
portance to mankind.
"In developing these islands, It is well
to keep steadily In mind that business Is
one of the great levers of civilization.
It is immensely to the interest of the
people of the islands that their resources
should be developed, and, therefore, it Is
to their interests even more than to ours
that our citizens should develop their in
dustries. The further fact that It Is our
duty to see that the development takes
place under conditions so carefully guard
ed that no wrong may come to the isl
anders, must not blind us to the first
great fact, which is the need of the devel
opment. "No greater strides toward securing
prosperity for the island folk can be
taken than to make the conditions such
as to invite business enterprise. But In
our own Interest and for the sake of our
own honor, we must steadily Insist upon
one point. Our public men, the represen
tatives of our Nation, whether In civil or,
In military life, whether in Congress, in
the colonial service, or in the Army- or
Navy, must understand that their rela
tions toward the islanders are those of
trustees, and that no trustee Is allowed to
make any gain because of his relation
with his ward. It is to the advantage
both of American and of the Islands to
have any merchant or business man start
and develop a legitimate business enter
prise of any kind in the islands; but no
public man should have any share In such
a business, and public opinion should not
tolerate for a moment such action among
our public men. As for the offenses that
are at times bound to occur in connection
with the public service in the islands, we
should on the one hand see to it that the
most prompt and severe punishment Is
-visited upon the offenders; and In the next
place we should remember that It is sim
ply silly to treat such an offense as In
any way a condemnation of our policy. It
is exactly as in private life. It is highly
necessary to punish with" severity any de
faulting bank cashier, but to treat such a
defalcation as a reason for abandoning
our banking system would be preposter
ous. In organizing the new governments
it is Impossible to prevent an occasional
unworthy man from being put in some
position of trust which he may abuse.
Probably the best way to prevent it is to
clve as much power as possible to men
like General Wood and Judge Taft men
whose appointment by the President has
put all Americans who are zealous of their
country's reputation deeply In his debt.
All that can be done In- addition Is both
by law and by the force of public opin
ion to visit with crushing severity any
such offense when it occurs. It Is an in
famous thing for a man to be guilty of
dishonesty here in our own country; but
It is doubly and trebly infamous when he
is guilty of dishonesty in connection with
the public service in Cuba or the Philip
pines or Porto Rico. In the first case, he
sins against Individuals; in the next case,
he not only sins against individuals, but
he blackens the good name of the entire
Nation. In every man who serves our
Government, from the top to the bottom.
In military or in civil lifet in these distant
islands, we have a right to demand the
highest standards, the most unblemished
record of public conduct, and woe to us if
we lower this standard, if we relax our
just and Jealous severity.
"Now, In conclusion, let me ask you to
judge the future by the past. Look back
over the last three years and see what we
have done. Think how infinitely better
off Cuba and the Philippines are because
of the policy upon -which this republic
has acted. Mankind Is our debtor for
what we have done, and the doing- of it
has raised our national character to a
higher standard than ever before. We
have made mistakes, or course; let us"
profit by them, an avoid them -hereafter;
but at home, and abroad let usftjontinue
on the course we have marked out We
talk-jnucb, and on the whole we talk.
truly, of the future greatness of our peo
ple. Let us see to it that our deeds make
good our words, that we take advantage
of our manifold opportunities and do with
out flinching our manifold duties. We
are not to be excused if we fall to do all
that is required of a great nation, stand
ing as, one of the great powers of the
earth, and least of all are we to be ex
cused If we fall tokeep In mind the prin
ciples that underlie all real greatness
the principles of justice and of mercy of
courage and of honesty, that go to make
up a national record of clean living and
true manliness."
At the conclusion of Mr. Roosevelt's
address he was given three more cheers.
The next speaker was Senator Hoar,
who- eulogized President McKlnley and
defended the proposed conferring of the '
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LONDON, May l.--The Leyland line deal
provokes unusual discussion in the morn
ing papers, -which recalls the existence
of not a little apprehension as to the pos.
sibllity of- the 'United States-dominating
the Atlantic carrying trade. The general
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ittls understood that, the American line
has also been In conference with Messrs.
Morgan and Baker, with the idea either
of joining or making e. -working arrange
ment. Liverpool shipping circles, seem
ingly In Ignorance of this "phase of the
affair, predict sharp competition between
the Morgan people and the American
line.
.Aside from the new combination,
there Is general activity among' the At
lantic steamship lines. Two conferences
win be held- in the .near "future. The first
will be held with the view to bringing
the White Star and Cunard lines into the
Continental pool. The second will be a
conference for the purely Continental
lines to fix a uniform steerage rate. It
will be- held in Paris this week. It is
said that overtures have been made to
certain, Manchester engineering firms for
the purchase of their concerns by an
American syndicate.
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JOHN P. HASSON, OF VANCOUVER, WASH,
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VANCOUVER, -Wash., April 30. Lieutenant John P. Hasaon, who has
been appointed to a Second Lieutenancy In the regular Army, Is a son of
Captain Patrick Hasson, retired, of Clark County. Though but 23 years of
age, Lieutenant Hasson .has seen more active service in the Army than
many officers twice his age. He- was born In Fort Douglas, .Utah, April 10,
1878. He received his education chiefly in the schools of this city. He
would have graduated from the Vancouver High School In 1508, but for the
breaking' out of the Spanish-American War. Enlisting at the first call for
volunteers in the JUrst Washington Volunteers, he accompanied the regi- '
ment to San Franqlsco,., where, "before It was ordered -to sall,1je was trfcns-
.f erred to thle. Fourteenth Infaiitry as a CortToraU' With the Fourteenth-he
saw several months' had service In the first part of the Philippine war.
He took part in all the principal battles In which the regiment was en
gaged, and was one of the five men who volunteererd to go with Lieu
tenant Perry L. Miles in the, perilous undertaking at Block House No. 14.
In the early Spring of 1890, he was sent to the United States in charge of
insane soldiers, and during his leave of absence received his appointment
as First Lieutenant of the Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry, theh being re
cruited at Vancouver 3arracks, In April, 1000, he was wounded in the hip
while commanding a detachment of itacabebe scouts, and spent three
months sick leave at his home here. Instead of being sent home with his
regiment. Lieutenant Hasson. was given command of a detachment to
guard prisoners, and Is still In the Philippines.
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degree of LL.D. upon him by Harvard.
Senator Lodge and General Guild also
spoke.
LAW STOOD IN THE WAY.
Why
Two Chicago Aliens Did Not
Fight a Duel.
CHICAGO, April 30. A local paper says:
"A duel was to have been fought next
Saturday, the place to be decided upon
by the seconds and remain unknown to
even the principals until the nour or
combat. The principals were Maurico
Heilmann, French Vice-Consul of this
city,and Dr. Hal Schwegel, Austrian Con
sular attache and an ex-Lieutenant in the
Austrian Hussars.
"The trouble grew out of an early
morning1 canter in Lincoln Park. Herr
Heilmann's horse, did. not act properly and
he resented Dr. Schwegel's Interference.
When Schwegel returned to his quarters
he decided to challenge Heilmann to
fight, and requested Architect Hertz and
Lieutenant Faulblnger, of the Austrian (
Army, to act as his seconds. The chal
lenge was written and dispatched by the
Lieutenant. Heilmann accepted and chose
as his seconds .Professor Ange, of the
"University of Chicago, French depart
ment, and Harry J. Furber, Jr., a law
yer. "All the details had been arranged
when the matter came to the ears of
Baron Deflelsh, the Austrian Consul. He
decided to try to bring the affair to a
termination. He acquainted Henri Merou,
the French Consul, with the preparations
being made for a combat by his attache,
and the two cast about for a reasonable
way out of the trouble. They decided
finally to call on Heilmann's second,
Furber, and he In turn called a meeting
of principals and the seconds. This meet
ing took jjlace. Hardly had the men seat
ed themselves when JFurber announced
that duelling In Illinois was a crime "and
if the affair. proceeded any further, he
would notify the proper authorities. Tho
principals were dumfounded at the un
expected turn of affairs, "and protested
vehemently and Indignantly. Mr. Furber.
however, was firm. He cited to them the
law of the state, and finally peace was
agreed upon." "
Too Much Killing: In Africa.
A St. Hill Gibbons In Geographical Journal.
I have one thing more to say, and I
say it in proof of my' opinion that there
has been a great deal too much killing
in Africa. During -the last 10 years my
routes, added to those ot my colleagues,
exceed 20,000 miles beyond the reach of
railroads, and mainly in the most remote
parts of Africa of today, yet no one of
us has found it necessary to take a single
human life, and for my own part I would
have no compunction In traveling again
unarmed over any part of those 20,000
miles.
A new process, known as Lawton's,
has been invented for the preservation of
fresh fruit in a sterilized atmosphere, by
which, at or before maturity, It can be
stored without suffering deterioration. By
means of a fan -air Is forced through a
stove containing red-hot coke, -whereby,
the oxygen Is consumed and th'e germs
or anlmalculae are destroyed. The gases
are then filtered and cooled.
the United. States Senate of a subsidy
bill. It is considered that the terms of
the transfer are so profitable to the Ley
land people that there is believed to be no
question of their acceptance, and the
other shipping companies would gladly sell
on the same terms.
The effects of the transfer are discussed
In all their bearings. Sir Christopher Fur
ness, who contributes to the Daily Mail a
long article dealing with .the steel and
other trusts in-the United States, insists
upon the necessity of the country wak
ing up to meet the new competition. The
Dally Telegraph asks editorially whether
the whole British Empire to be bought up
or bought out by American millionaires.
It calls J. Plerpont Morgan 'the Bona
parte of trade," end thinks the British
public "will be very foolish if ifc is lulled
by statements that there is no Intention to
withdraw the vessels of the Leyland line
from the Union Jack. "Thie is a serious
situation," says' the Dally Telograph,
"which calls for concerted action on this
side, and especially looking to the enor
mous growth of the American export
trade and the increase of the American
and German shipping tonnage."
A circular was issued today by
Chairman Ellerman, of the Ley
land line, In which he says that he
has contracted with J. PlerpOnt Morgan
ror tne sale of nls entire "holdings of or
dinary shares in the steamship line, name-,
ly, 71,000 shares, at 14 10s per share for
each 10 share, and that Mr. Morgan
agrees to purchase on similar terms all
ordinary shares offered before May 26.
Holders of a great majority of the or
dinary shares have, according to the cir
cular, Intimated to Mr. Ellerman that
they will avail themselves of the offer of
Mr. Morgan, and the effect -will be that
the purchasers will become owners of
practically all the ordinary shares of the
corporation at a cost of upward of L750,
000. Mr. Ellerman binds himself not to
engage either directly or Indirectly in the
North Atlantic trade either with the
United Kingdom or the Continent, except
between Antwerp and Montreal, for a
term of 14 years, on condition that the
purchasers sell him the Mediterranean,
Portugal and Montreal fleets and the
business connected therewith at an agreed
price.
Mr. Ellerman adds that he proposes to
retain his entire holdings In preferred
shares, amounting to over 180,000 and
his codlrectors will retain all their' pre
ferred holdings, amounting to 120,000,
Mr. Ellerman also offers to buy any pre
ferred shares at par and their accrued
interest.
A circular Issued by the secretary of the
Leyland line accompanies Mr. Ellerman's
circular. It explains that the directors,
including Mr. Ellerman, 'hold SS6,6S0 out1
of 1,200,000 ordinary shares capital, and
314,900 out of 1,415,000 preferred In cap!-
tal. Several of the directors also control
a large amount of other shares, and all
the directors intend to vote In support of
Mr. Ellerman's arrangement at all the
meetings called In connection therewith.
The secretary adds:
"It Is anticipated that practically all
the ordinary shareholders will accept the
offer and the effect will" be that the Mor
gans will hold 1,200,000 ordinaries at a
cost of over 1,750,000."
A meeting of the shareholders has been
called for May 7.
The shipping combine absorbs the In-
terest of the commercial world. Though
Moving Steel Trust Offices. '
NEW YORK, April 30. It Is learned
that the National Steel Comnany will
soon remove Its office In this city to
Youngstown, O.. where its most important
plant Is situated. It has been here for
two years. Jt Is reported that the ajlled
companies, the American Steel Hoop Com
pany, the American Sheet Steel Company
and the American TInplate Company
would remove their main offices from this
city by order of the parent company, the
United States Steel Corporation. The last
named wishes the main offices of the sub
sidiary companies to be near Its princi
pal mills. F. S. Wheeler, who is the
treasurer of all the subsidiary companies,
would not talk last night about their re
moval. FREE SEED DISTRIBUTION.
Recent Experience Emphasizes Fact
That It Is a Bis Farce.
WASHINGTON, April 29. There is a
forcible argument connected with the
Congressional seed distribution as con
ducted this year, which should appeal to
Congress when It comes to authorize the
next appropriation for the purchase of
free seeds. There has been general dis
satisfaction expressed with the manner
in which the recent distribution has been
conducted. Members of Congress filing
tneir orders were obliged to wait per
haps a month, and sometimes more, be
fore the seeds were even placed In the
mails. As a consequence, thousands of
farmers have received seeds weeks after
their planting was done. The good will
of the Congressman was there just the
same, but as far as practical results are
concerned, such distributions amount to
absolutely nothing.
The Department of Agriculture has not
been to blame for this delay, for these
annual seed distributions are carried on
by private contractors. This year it was
the Market Gardener's Association of
Philadelphia which secured the contract
for garden seed, and It Is responsible for
the delay. The trouble lies in the fact
that the contract was taken at such a
low figure that the work could not be car
ried out expeditiously.
But the delay In time Is not the cause
for general complaint. Other seed firms
of the East have filed charges with the
Secretary of Agriculture and with the
Treasury Department, setting forth that
the contractors have furnished inferior
grades of seed and short weights in the
respective "packages. The specifications
call for the best quality of seed and a
certain weight to the package. In an
swer to this -charge the contractors are
reported to have stated that at the con
tract price they are practically obliged to
supply an Inferior grade of seed and re
duce the quantity per package.
And yet,In the light of past experience,
this year's distribution Is but a repetition
of the old, old story. Low bids naturally
result in slow distribution and a poor
quality of seed. The Congressional seed
distribution has been held up to general
ridicule year after year, and the "seeds
'that will' not grow" have been the sub
ject of many and many a jest. As a mat
ter, of fact, the Congressional seeds are
practically always poor in quality and
slow of distribution.
The whole matter of a free seed dis
tribution as carried out is a farce from
start to finish. Members of Congress ad
mit this, and If the facts were known,
90 per cent of the men in both House and
Senate would so confess their belief.
They look upon the seed distribution as
a necessary evil, however, and as the
proposition for seed distribution comes up
each year, they fall In line and vote the
necessary money, because "they want the
rural votes." And what Is more, they
are steadily increasing the amount of the
seed. Last year members had 5000 odd
packages of garden seed. This year they
had SOOO or more packages, and it is es
timated that next year each member will
have from 10,000 to 12,000 packages of this
almost worthless seed to ship to his con
stituents, in the hopes of strengthening
his vote.
When Congressmen are willing to go
before their own constituents on their
own merits and do not depend upon pat
ronage and generally distributed favors,
such as this ridiculous seed distribution,
the senseless practice and yearly outlay
may be dispensed with, but that day will
not come before the long-looked-for mil
lennium. Instead of curtailing the seed
distribution, Congress will yearly Increase
Its volume, and In consequence Increase
the amount of good public money that
Is wasted In this matter.
Restraining Order Issued Asalnst
Spencer, Traalc & Co. The
Burlington Deal. '
NEW YORK, April 30. Judge Brown, In
the United States Circuit Court, signed
an order today restraining Spencer, Trask
&. Co. from carrying out the proposed
consolidation of the Rio Grande Western
Railway, of Utah, and the Denver &Rlo
Grande Railroad, of Colorado, and en
joining the firm from selling any of the
stock of the proposed consolidated con
cern. .
THE BURLINGTON DEAL.
An.
Directors Official Circular
nonnces Details.
BOSTON, April 30. The official circular
Issued by the directors of the Chicago,
Burlington & Qulncy making announce
ment of details of the offer of the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern compan
ies to purchase the capital stock of the
Burlington Railroad, was mailed to stock
holders today. The circular Is an amplifi
cation of facts previously made known
concerning the deal. Besides the offer to
purchase the Burlington stock on the
basis of $200 in bonds for $100 in stock, the
circular says that the bonds are to be the
joint obligation of the Northern Pacific
and of the Great Northern companies.
Such stockholders as desire a part pay
ment of cash will receive $160 In bonds
and $40 In cash. As previously stated, the
bonds are to bear Interest at the rate of
4 per cent Per annum from July 1, 1S91,
and are to mature July, 1921, but are to be
redeemable at the option of the two
Northern companies at 105 per cent and
accrued interest on July 1, 1901, or on
any coupon day thereafter. The pur
chasing companies reserve the right to
pay off part without paying the whole
of the bonds; the number of bonds to be
paid will be designated by lot.
tiOW TO FIND OUT,
Fill a bottle or common glass with, your
water and let it stand 24 hours; a sedi
ment or settling indicates an unhealthy
condition of. the kidneys; If it stains the
linen It Is evJdencs ,of , kidney trouble;
too frequent desire to pass it. or pain in
,the back is also convincing proof that the
kidneys and bladder are out of order.
,lJ ' "WHAT TO DO.
There is. comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed that Dr. Kllmer3 Swamp
Root, the great kidney and bladder rem
edy, fulfills every wish in curing rheuma
tism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver,
bladder and every part pf the .urinary
passage. It corrects inability to hold
water and scalding pain in passing1 It, or
bad effects following use of liquor, wlno
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the ex
traordinary effect of Swamp-Root Is soon
realized. It stands the highest for Its
wonderful cures ot the most dlstresslmr
cases. If you need a medicine you should
hive the best. Sold by druggists in 50
cent and $1 sizes.
Tou may have a sample bottls of
Swamp-Root and a book: that tell3 more
about It. both sent absolutely "free by
mall. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Blng
hamton, N. Y. When writing mention
that you read this generous offer in The
Portland Dally Oregonlan.
WILL SETTLE TAXES.
Northern Pacific Accepts Proposition
of Clark: County.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 30. The
Northern Pacific Railroad Company has
agreed to settle Its delinquent tax account
with Clark County. The County Com
missioners today accepted the offer of the
company to square the account by paying
70 per cent of the delinquent taxes, less
"the penalty and Interest due from de
linquency. The total ammount standing
on the rolls is about $34,000. Of this,
about $11,000 represents penalty and Inter
est, leaving about $23,000 of which the
company will pay 70 per cent. The set
tlement was made upon the basis of the
proposition made by the Commissioners to
ine company two weeks ago.
COAST-KOOTENAY ROAD.
Company Offers to Proceed, Exclus
ive of Dominion Subsidy.
- VICTORIA, B. C, April 30.--It Is under
stood that the government today received
an offer from the Vancouver, Victoria &
Eastern Railway which, If accepted, will
involve the immediate construction of
a portion, at least, of the Coast-Koofenay
road. It Is said that the company men
tioned agrees to proceed at once, exclus
ive of any Dominion subsidy, provided the
local government gives It the subsidy
provided In the railway act. The offer
provides that 30 miles of railroad should
be constructed at each end during the
present Summer. The question of terms,
of course, would have to be arranged
between the contracting parties.
passed the county government act. and the
law tp provide for an income tax. The
latter assesses 2 per cent on all over $1000
on the income of every person or corpora
tion. The two bills have now gone to the
Senate, where It Is stated there are many
amendments in prospect, and the passage
of the county government act Is doubtful.
The Senate has again- postponed consid
eration" of the Governor's appointments.
The home-rulers are holding many cau
cuses to consider various lists of officials
as they would have them, but they have
not been able to agree upon a slate. They
will carry a refusal to confirm several of
the Governor's nominees, but the matter
has now been postponed until the 53th
day of the session.
The Joint session, held on the 23d. for
the purpose of selecting Senators who are
to hold over for four years, resulted in a
defeat for the home-rule party, except
as it Is affiliated with the Republicans.
The Republicans and home-rulers who
voted with them carried a motion to ad
journ the session until the 58th day ot
the legislative session, by a vote of 31 to
13, against a hard fight at the pure home,
rulers, whose party seems to have been
disintegrated.
The Lower House has adopted a mem
orial to Congress asking that a commis
sion be sent here to investigate the pub
lic lands question, and protesting against
repeal of the clause in the organic act
which prohibits any cqrporatlon from
holding or acquiring more than 1000 acres
of land.
Change in Union, Pacific Control.
NEW YORK. April 30. The Evening-
Post today says:
"Evidence that the control of the Union
Pacific Railway has undoubtedly passed
is seen in the recently extraordinarily
active market for the shares. Even
Union Pacific interests today admitted
that the buying could be explained on no
other theory than that an effort had been
made to get control of the property. It
was declared that cqntrol had not yet
actually passed, but it was admitted that
in the next few days It might be develop
ed that new Interests had secured enough
of the shares to place them In control
of the property."
In addition the Evening Post says that
Wall street has held very generally to
the theory that the Union Pacific has been
acquired by W. K. Vanderbllt."
FINE PLACES FOR A PARK.
Seme ef the Advantages Possessed
by Mount Tabor.
SOUTH MOUNT TABOR, April 29. (To
the Editor.) A few days ago there ap
peared an article in your daily regarding
a park at Mount Tabor. I believe this
idea meets with hearty approval of all
Taborltes. The crest and slopes of Mount,
Tabor are not suitable for building pur
poses, but would be an Ideal park If suf
ficient land could be acquired 100 acres or
more.
The "park 'Is easy of access to all classes
of people. The City & Suburban line
runs well up on the north side; a good
wagon road of easy grade winds to the
summit, and the East Side Railway Com
pany talks of extending its line along the
south side. In the Springtime Mount
Tabor is a beautiful spot. We Taborltes
are never weary ot it. -From the summit
the view Is magnificent. Looking to the
north we see Vancouver, Mount St. Hel
ens, and fellow the Columbia to Jts gorge
through the Cascade Mountains. Stretch
ing away to the east as far as the Sandy
we see a level, productive, farming sec
tion, then the blue foothills of the Cas
cades standing guard for old Mount Hood.
Grand Trunk Meeting:.
NEW YORK, April 30. The Herald
says:
The new interests in control of the
Mexican Central will elect directors at
the annual meeting In Boston Wednesday."
It was reported again that St. Louis &
San Francisco owners would be found to
have acquired the property. W. L. Stow,
who represents the new Interests, said:
"It is true that the St. Louis & San
Francisco and associates of Mr. Gould
are in the Mexican Central. I do not
think, however, that you will find that
they have a majority of the stock."
There Is a widely prevalent belief In
Wall street that the purchase of the Mex
ican Central is one step to the develop
ments of a greater Missouri Pacific.
Sues Canal Traffic.
New York Journal of Commerce.
We print below the comparative state
ment of the traffic through the Suez Canal
for the years 1SS9 and 1S00. forwarded by
James Burness & Sons, London. While
the totals show no appreciable changes. If
we examine the table In detail, a consid
erable shrinkage will be noticed in Brit
ish tonnage, with a corresponding Increase
in German tonnage. France and Russia
also show rotable gains. As all of these
nations wer. active participants in the
Chinese troubles, some of the fluctuations
may be attributed to transport service and
supplies. How the curtailment of trade
may have affected the decrease is proble
matical, but it is a more than reasonable
assumption to credit Great Britain's- losses
to this account:
1S99.
Gross Net.
Flag Tonnage. Tonnage.
American lOl.lMa
Argentine
Austrian 571,384
Belgian 16.753
British 9,046.031
unmese ...
Danish " 76.105 5S.061
Dutch x. 5S3.010 41S.S67
Egyptian 2.891 1.920
French 940.124 598,313
German l,492,657r 2,070,767
Greek , ,. 11.223 S.433
Italian :.."..... 2C0.624 132.765
Japanese : 321,127 224,366
Norwegian :. 165,738 123,756
Portuguese 2.2S0 13?
Russian 266.444 171.5S0
Siamese - 775. - 533
Spanish 164,202 , 114,149
Swedish 1,020 591
Turkish ."..' 52,384 36.669
67.6S9
2G6 359
r-',41t
6.5S6.310
Total ,'.... ..13,815.991
9,835.630
Flag
1900..
Gross Net-
Tonnage. Tonnage.
Mexicnn Centralj,ArairJi.w
LONDON, April 30. The semi-annual
meeting of the shareholders of the Grand
Trunk here today was largely attended.
The directors' report showing decreases
In the receipts and an Increase In the ex
penses were accepted without criticism.
The retiring directors were re-elected.
Heavy Colonist Travel.
CHICAGO, April CO. Between 30.000 and
40,000 departed from Chicago today for
points on the "Pacific Coast. It was the
last day of the sale of the $30 tickets.
On nearly every road special trains were
required to handle the business.
AFRAID OF. SMALLPOX.
Hn-rrnllan Authorities Fumigate
Mails From America.
HONOLULU, April 24, via San Fran
cisco, April 30. Owing to the danger of
Importing smallpox from the mainland,
the Honolulu Board of Health has decided
to fumigate all malls cominsr here by
stpamcr from Snn Tirnri.la TTntU ha
caaes suinuing guoru iur oiu Mount ilOOd. V , --... w... ....
Looking south the view near at hand is health, reports from Washington show a
equally rood. Turning to the west we
behold from the base of Mount Tabor to
the Heights, the metropolis of the Pacific
Northwest. We .see schools, churches,
substantial business blocks, hospital,
foundries, all nestled together In peace
and quietness, as If to belie the mad ru3h
of business and activity unseen from the
summit. What a gleam of sliver catches
our eye? It Is our own Willamette carry
ing upon Its bosom the trade of the world.
We may never have a park at Mount
Tabor; but I believe the. City of Portland
would never regret having purchasedland
at this place for a public breathing spot
for Its citizens. It will cost money, per
haps" considerable, but It ought to be
worth all the time and money necessary to
acquire It. MARTIN L. DEAN.
Chinese TVIt.
&. History ot Chinese Literature." Herbert
A. Giles.
A doctor who had mismanaged a case
was seized by the family and tied up. In
the night he managed to free himself and
escaped by swimming across- a river.
When he got home he found his. son, whe
had just begun to study medicine, and
said to him: "Don't be in a hurry with
your books; the first and most Important
thing Is to learn to swim."
different state of affairs in many states
as regards the disease, it Is the intention
of the Board to have all malls fumigated
for at least four hours. The rule resulted
today in a strange contradiction of quar
antine rules. When the transport Logan
arrived from San Francisco she had a
clean bill of health, and was therefore
passed by the Federal authorities. Hun
dreds of her soldiers came ashore and
strolled about Honolulu, while the mall
was being fumigated-
The steamship Zealandla arrived here
April 21 with. S50 Porto Rlcan immigrants
on board. During the trip six infants died
and were burled at sea. The Porto Rlcans
were placed on island steamers and sent
to various 'plantations. '
The transport Kilpatrlck, which came
here from San xranclaco with smallpox
on board, sailed for the Philippines April
22. She left behind 33 soldiers suffering
with measles, and two who were afflicted
with smallpox, all of them being now on
Quarantine Island here. It was charged
that while here a number of officers of
the Kilpatrlck violated the quarantine
rules by coming ashore at night in a
launch, said to have taken them to Wal
klkl beach. The vessel left" before Investi
gation of the charge was made.
The House of Representatives has
American 73,314 54.499
Argentine 1,777 1,147
Austrian 467,605 341,326
Belgian. .' 16,895- 12,375
British 7,771,346 5,605,421
Danish i. ..:.... 97,239" 72671
Dutch 704,458 503.976
Egyptian ' ....-.
French 1.167.9S6 751,759
German 2.047,229 V.66,391
Greek 214 96
Italian 247466 158,564
Japanese 351,854 245,679
Norwegian 90,205 68,186
Portuguese .-.:.... 6.424 i'2
Russian 451451 307.172
Siamese
Spanish 153,247 109,984
Swedish 2,996 2458
Turkish 43,131 29.490
Total .13.699;238 9.738,152
For the corresponding years the number
of ships passing through the canal, the
dues and total receipts are as follows:
1899. 1900.
Number of ships 3.7 3.tt
Canal dues, francs 88,712,100 . 87,243.ots
Total receipts. francs....92,515,232 "91,819,25a
Democrats Charsed Jthiyraud.
ST. LOUIS, April 30C Thet Globe-Democrat
today says: " " "I
"The April grand jury, whichVhas been
in session since the first of the month,
made a partial' report yesterday, return
ing. It is said. 17 Indictments against
Democrats, charging them with fraudu
lent voting and repeating.
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