THE MORNING. OBEGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUAKY 9, 1900.
THE ORIENTAL OIL FLEET
PORTLAND'S WHEAT TONXAGE SUP
PLY IS VISIBLY :LESSE.EB.
Shortage of 'Fitty Ship Compared
Wltli Lakt'Yenr MunkoUn Makes
a Fast Kun Marine 2Vete&.
The oil fleet from the Atlantic coast for
the Orient has in the past three yeara
heen quite an important factor in the
grain freight situation from the Pacific
Northwest, during that time fully nine
tenths of the ballast tonnage required for
this port being drawn from the fleet
which carried oil to the far East. Dur
ing the year 1897 there was shipped from
New York and Philadelphia 16,342,787 cases
of oil. In 1898 this was reduced to 14,493,
92S cases, and for the year just closed,
the total Shipments were but 10.S80.S5J
cases, or 3.512,972 cases less than during
1898. As the average cargo was about
75,tK cases, it will be seen that the fleet
for 1899 was about 50 Bhips smaller than
that of the preceding year. This undoubt
edly is one of the strong factors in the
present freight situation in the Pacific
Northwest. Fifty ships would carry 5,000,
000 bushels of wheat, a greater amount
than was shipped foreign during the first
half of the year. Two years ago at this
time, there were over 100 oil ships in or
en route for Oriental waters, available
for the Pacific Northwest This year there
are but 18 sailing vessels in the fleet,
which left the East since September 3,
that would be available for wheat from
this coast. The list is as follows:
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year, Portland has already had a few,
and two or three others are listed for
here. The Muskoka, Crown of Germany,
Sofala, St. Ivlungo and Wandsbek, which
were in the 1S99 oil fleet, have all loaded
and departed from Portland, and the Man
chester and Queen Victoria, from the
Sound. The .Magdalene, now in port, and
the Clarence S. Bement and Chili' fully
due, were in the oil fleet, as also was the
Allegiance, Englehorn, May Flint and
Brodick Castle, which are on the en xoute
list to Portland or Puget sound.
RESCUED THE CREW.
German Steamship Founders, but All
Hands "Were Saved.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. The new British
steamer Georgian, which arrived this
morning from London, rescued, at sea,
January 6, Captain Strange and crew of
SO m&Jt; also the captain's wife, two chil
dren and nurse, of the German steamer
Ella, which foundered at sea game dale,
while on a voyage from Perth Amboy for
Halifax.
The -Georgian sighted tho Ella at S P. M.
January 5, latitude 41:35, longitude 42:03,
the German steamer being 'waterlogged
and with a heavy list to starboard. The
sea was too Tough to permit of the re
moval of those on the vessel until the fol
lowing morning, when the Georgian's life
boat was sent to the assistance of the
disabled steamer and brought oft all on
board her, three dangerous trips being
made. Captain Strange'e children were
transferred to the Georgian's lifeboat se
curely strapped to the oacks of sailors.
who then sprang into the sea to be picked
up by the rescuers. All hands were al
most completely exhausted on reaching
the Georgian's decks. Captain Strange,
who was thrown down by a heavy sea on
the bridge of the Ella. ras severely in
jured about the head. At 11 A. M. of the
6th, all "hands being safely transferred, tne
Georgian proceeded on her course. At this
time the Ella was fast settling in the
water, and shortly before noon was seen
o sink, bow first.
The Ella sailed from Perth Amboy De
cember 50, under charier to the Munson
line, with 1600 tons of coal for Halifax,
N. S. The Ella was a steel vessel, built
at Newcastle In 1888, and was formerly
named Abydos. She registered 2117 tons
gross and 1340 tons net. Her hailing port
was Apenrada, Germany, where she was
owned by M. J. Abson. She had been for
some time under charter to the Munson
line in the fralt trade with the West In
dies. MTJSKORLVS FAST RUN.
Bl&r British. Ship Sails to Falmouth
in 112 Days.
The British ship Muskoka arrived out
et Falmouth yesterday, after a rattling
passage of 112 days from this port. With
the exception of the Semantha, which has
made the season's record run to date, this
is the fastest passage of the season, and
shows the Muskoka to be a clipper, with
plenty of speed. The Muskoka is the ves
sel which sent to San Francisco for men,
and, according to a San Francisco paper,
there were only two sailors In the lot,
tho rest being green bands, who had never
been to sea before and which, in shipping
parlance, are rated as -'Stiffs." When the
vessel sailed, this matter was discussed at
a, water-front resort, and an opinion was
expressed that with so many green hands
a slow passage would result
Peter Grant, who Is a pretty good judge
of the good or bad points of a. sailor,
then ventured the opinion that the Mus
koka would make a fast passage, and in
support of his prediction, mentioned a
number of ships which had started out
with full crews of the best men that ever
sailed before the mast and which made ex
ceedingly long -passages, while other ships
which were obliged to ship men when sail
ors were scarce, and liad to take nearly
all green hands, made passages down close
to the record. By a singular coincidence,
the masters of the Muskoka and Seman
tha, the two flyers of the fleet today, are
loth named Crowe.
THE SAILOR ESCAPED.
One of Edcnballymorc's Crerr Jumped
Overboard Off Sauvle's Island.
There was some excitement on the water
front yesterday over the report that a
sailor on the British ship Edenballyanore
had been shot by the captain as the
ship was towing down the river. Ac
cording to the story told by some of the
crew of the towboat which was taking
the ship down, the man jumped overboard
as the ship was passing Sauvie's Island.
tho channel at that point running very i
cipse 10 tne orczuswaier. iie swam ashore
without much difficulty, bis movements
accelerated by several shots from a re
volver In the hands of the captain. The
latter kept on firing until the sailor
reached the shore, and as soon as he was
safe -on the breakwater, he dropped either
from a wound or to escape the lively fire
from the ship. It was reported yesterday
that the sailor had worked his way back
to this city and was unhurt, but diligent
search failed to locate him, and it is prob
able that he will keep in hiding until the
ship gets out of the river.
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en him and make him return to the" ship.
This was rather a singular method of per
suasion to adopt, and would hardly be
justified In the case, no matter what the
offense t)f the man was.
ANOTHER IffARtJ ARRIVES.
Xo Passengers From Honolulu on Ac
count of the Plague.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. The steamer
Hong Kong Maru arrived today from the
Orient, via Honolulu. Between Yokohama
and Honolulu, the vessel encountered a
succession of gales, with heavy head seas.
At Honolulu no passengers were taken
for this port, owing to the plague. The
cargo for Honolulu was discharged by the
ship's crew, and no residents of e place
were allowed near the vessel. The pas
sengers on the Maru were allowed to
land, and the vessel joined the Algoa
at the quarantine grounds at Angel isl
and, where she will' be fumigated before
docking.
Among the passengers who arrived on
the ifaru are Captain G. Maercker, a Ger
man army officer, who is accompanied by
his wife.
Ueutenant Romanoff, of the Russian
army, was another passenger.
NEW BARKENTINB SUNK.
William Carson Lost in Collision Off
Diamond Head, Honolulu.
HONOLULU, Jan. 1, via San Francisco,
Jan. 8. The "barkentine William Carson,
with coal from Newcastle, and the Island
steamer Claudlne met in collision off Dia
mond head, on the night o December 29.
The Claudlne struck the Carson bow on,
and the sailing vessel commenced to sink
In a few minutes. The hulk of the Carson
was recovered by tugs. Nothing was saved
from the Carson. The crew had barely
time to get aboard the Claudlne before
the barkentine sunk.
The Carson was launched at Eureka,
Cal., last June. From there she went to
Port Blakely, taking lumber from that
port to Australia. She .left Newcastle 53
days ago, with 1350 tons of coal and a
crew of 13. The value of the Carson and
her cargo was about 560,000.
Algroa's Big: Cargo.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. S. The steamer
Algoa, from the Orient, brought the larg
est cargo ever received at this port It
consists of 89,535 packages of general mer
chandise. An important part of the cargo
consists of 521 cases, containing 21.CC1
pounds of opium. The shipment Is valued
at $341,776, and the deputy surveyor of the
port has figured that the duty will amount
to $128,166.
The Algoa is the largest vessel that ever
entered this port.
Put Into Port in Distress.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. S. The Chilean
ship Hindoostan came Into port today In
distress. She sailed from Port Blakeley
for Valparaiso. December 8, with 1;SS2,000
feet of lumber, valued at $10,772. Soon
after leaving Puget sound she sprang a
leak, so Captain Walsh decided that it
was better to put In here for an overhaul
ing. Wreclcace Washed Ashore.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 8. The steamer
Queen City, arriving from the West coast
today, reports that considerable green
lumber and part of a beech-wood hatch
was washed ashore near Carmanah. The
probability is that the wash-up Is from
the old Jane A. Falkenberg and not any
recent shipwreck.
British Conster Sunk.
LONDON, Jan. 8. The steamer Glas
gow, which was reported Saturday to
have sunk oft Dungeness, In connection
with the British steamer Ormui, proves
not to have bpen the British steamer
Glasgow, Captain Leslie, from Buenos
Ayres, for Hamburg, but a coaster.
Another Overdue Safe.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. The French
bark General Neumayer, which was con
sidered a Verdue, arrived today, -after a voj
age of 186 days from riwansea. Twenty
per cent reinsurance was offered on the
Neumayer. She was delayed by head
winds.
Marine Notes.
The German bark Hyon finished loading
last evening, and will clear today.
The Galena is the next on the list, and
will be ready for sea this week.
The condition of the sunken steamer
Mascot remains unchanged, the quicksand
on which she Is resting making the task
-of raising her a difficult one.
The steamer Dalles City was hauled out
at the Portland Shipbuilding Company's
ways, in South Portland, yesterday, to
undergo a thorough overhauling.
The Arab will finish loading some time
today, and will probably clear In time to
leave down tomorrow morning. She Will
go down the river drawing 24 feet of
water.
The German ship Aldebaran arrived up
from Astoria yesterday. She was one of
the feVer-slrlcken fleet at Panama, and
went through the usual routine at quar
antine at Astoria.
The British bark Ancyra Is on the 'way
down the river, and will Teach Astoria
today. She is in tow of the steamer R.
R. Thompson, which will return with the
German ship Nereus.
The American ship Tillie E. Starbuck,
commanded by Captain Eben Curtis, of
this city, arrived at San Francisco last
Friday, after a fairly good passage of 132
days from Philadelphia. '
The transport Lennox, which was re
ported as sailing for San Francisco, pro
ceeded from Manila to a coaling port in
Japan, and is now en route for Portland
direct She will probably take another
load of animals and forage from Portland,
or. If she is turned back to Dodwell &
Co., will load for the Orient.
Domestic and Foreigrh Ports.
ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. S. Arrived Schoon
er W. F. Jewett, from San Francisco.
Sailed, at 8:10 A. M., steamer State of
California, for San Francisco. Condition
of the bar at 5 P. M., Tough; wind, west;
weather, cloudy.
San Francisco, Jan. 8. Sailed Steamer
Columbia, for Portland; steamer Newberg,
for Gray's harbor. Arrived Steamer Ar
eata, from Cccs hay; ship Hindoostan,
from Port Townsend.
Eureka Sailed, Jan. 7 Steamer Alice
Blanchard, for Coos bay.
Seattle, Jan. S. Arrived Steamer Cot
tage City, from Skagway.
Falmouth, Jan. 8. Arrived British ship
Muskoka, from Portland, Or.
Hllo Arrived, Dec 22. Schooner Helen
N. Kimball, from Tacoma; 27th, schooner
Lottie Bennett, from Port Gamble: 2Stb,
schooner Jennie Wand, from Gray's har
bor. Tacoma Sailed, Jan. 6 Ship Charles E.
Moods', for Honolulu.
Port Angeles, Jan. 8. Sailed British
Steamer Bloemfontein, from Seattle for
Honolulu.
Honolulu Arrived, Dec 18 Ship Jabea
Howes, -from Tacoma; 29th, barkentine
Klickitat, from Port Gamble.
Brisbane Arrived, Jan. 7 Warrimoo,
from Vancouver, B. C
Kobe Sailed, Jan. 5 Goodwin, for Ta
coma. Glasgow, Jan. S. Arrived Ethiopia, from
New York.
X"erpooL Jan.
from New Tork.
8. Arrived-Georgic,
Hbtmlam, Wash. Sailed, Jan. 6. Schoon
er Defiance, from. Aberdeen for Honolulu.
Arrived Steamer Sunol, from San Fran
cisco for Cosmopolis.
Boulogne, Jan. 8. Arrived' Rotterdam,
from New Tork, and proceeded.
Which Watta?
Sir Algernon West's Recollections.
JThe Cosmopolitan Club is housed in
Watt's old studio, on the walls of which is
a fresco of a nude woman. It was a
standing Joke of Stirling-Maxwell's to say
to any inquirer Into the subject of the
picture: "You have no doubt heard ol
Watt's hymns; that Is one of his hers."
ENGLISHMEN AND- WAR
THE NEW STAKE AXD THE ANSWER
OF THE COUNTRY.
Calmness, Quiet Resolution and
United Self-Suerince Suspension
of Discussion.
A Christmas letter from London, In the
New York Commercial Advertiser, dis
cusses the temper of the British people A
few persons still talk with perverse per
sistence, the writer says, of the eause3
of the war, though the question of their
Justice and sufficiency, of "the wisdom ot
Mr. Chamberlain's, negotiations, and of
the alleged misleading of public opinion
in England were now vital matters. But
the great, sensible body of Englishmen
are busy with much- more personal -ana
practical matters. They need no encour
agements but their own adversity ana
their own resolution. Even the poetasters
have been subdued to silence.
Therefore now, defeat and stalemate in
the field have ended, except among, a rew
politicians and fanatics, this temperate
discussion. There is'no room -for it, even
in private talk in clubs or over the dinner
table, when the prestige of British &rnto,
,the fullness of British resources and the
fiber of British character are in test. Tne
grievances, Teal or alleged, intolerable or
wisely bearable, of the Uitlanders haa
been gradually passing out of men's view
of the war, somewhat, I imagine, as did
the wrongs of the Cubans In America dur
ing the fighting with Spain. The contest
in South Africa had been similarly becom
ing in the public mind a struggle for bu
premacy, as it had really been from the
first, between the English and the Dutcn.
English supremacy assured, the redress
of the Uitlanders' grievances would follow
as a natural, almost incidental, conse
quence Then, with the defeats of list
week, this struggle for supremacy in a
single quarter mounted into a struggle for
the unimpaired prestige of Great Britain
as the protecting mistress of her colonies
ahd as a power of the first rank.
Every Englishman that reflects and
more that do not by the simple working
of the imperial instinct, knows now that
such momentous issues are at stake In
the war in South Africa. The bazaarb of
India, for example, are already buzzing
with vague tales of the defeat in remote
lands of the British raj. From the streets
of Cairo similar reports will pass from
mouth to mouth up the Nile. Caravans
will carry them into Central Africa, where
a half-new, half-old fanatic Moslem sect
Is rising in succession to the Dervishes.
Menelik watches from Abjssmia; the dow
ager empress from the sacred city in Pe
king. I have seen a dozen letters that
tell of the general popular rejoicing on
the Continent, from Lisbon to St. Peters
burg over the hews of Buller's defeat at
the Tugela. A fundamental aim and desire
of the Continental governments is to make
head against Great Britain in the eco
nomic struggle for trade and colonies. A
hundred opportunities would open to them
in an enduring decline of England as a
power of the first rank. Englishmen
vaguely or clearly realize all these things,
but they make little talk or fuss over
them. In the last week I have seen more
signs of hysterics over British prestige in
fragments telegraphed here frbm editorial
articles in New York newspapers than In
the words of Englishmen or in the "lead
ers" Of the English press.
The answer of the country to the govern
ment's call for volunteers has been wide,
quick, spontaneous, even ardent. In the
militia whole companies are ready for serv
ice. Among Individuals, especially for duty
as mounted infantry, where the war office
seeks Its hundreds, it could easily gather
its thousands. Those that cannot serve in
the field are equally eager to pay the way
of those that can. Tne commercial mid
dle class that has been watching the war
too much as cohHdent spectators is now
giving of Its sons. Its employes and its
money, beyond reproach. Men know that a
war that they thought -would cost 7,000,000
Is likely to cost 70,000,000 or more. The
elders recall how the campaigns In the
Crimea raised the income tax from 7 pence
to 14 pence In the pound. Yet there are
no replnings. Rather in the outpouring of
offers of men and money, private initiative
and the work of the government are be
coming momentarily confused.
At such a moment as this the spokes
men of English politics, as Individuals and
as sharers In the continuing traditions of
English public life, are not the men to
attack the war office, however many and
grievous the Tniscalculatlons and misun
derstandings, or the generals in the field,
however evident their unfitness for their
task. English newspapers, except a few
that cultivate the shrleklngs and the tall
lashings of the "new journalism," are con
tent to write of the "fossilizing influence
of departments," and of "excellent per
sons who are only competent to make a
respectable appearance in time of peace,
or, perhaps, in the conduct of a punitive
expedition against barbarous neighbors."
When English political leaders are reti
cent and when English newspapers unite
in this vein, they know that their hearers
will fill out their reticence and that their
readers will apply their generalities. Both
know how Englishmen speak man to man
of the blunders and the Inflexibility of the
war office and of the Impotence and m's
carriage of the operations In the field. Not
since British troops fought against Napo
leon In Spain a struggle that laid a far
greater strain upon the resources of Eng
land and brought far darker days than has
this war have Englishmen been so justly
proud of the rank and file of their army,
and of their subalterns. That Is the side
that they turn to the world. At the same
time they are keenly and deeply disillu
sioned as to the control, the organization,
the training and the adaptability of their
army and the military capacity, beyond
pluck, of too many of its officers. It and
they have been preparing to fight while
the rest of Europe has been cultivating the
art of war. That is the side that English
men would keep to themselves. Careless as
are democracies, quickly as the lessons of
defeat pass Into the forgetfulness of vic
tory, It is difficult hot to believe that the
end of this war will bring a far-reaching'
and deep-going reorganization of British
military methods and perhaps a just met
ing of praise and blame to those that have
been responsible for the conduct of the
present struggle. All that, however, be
longs to the future. For the moment, it
is enough, at least for the foreign ob
server, to watch a community that bears
unexpected defeat so calmly and resolutely
and that sets about the repairing of it,
not with divided criticism ahd oomplaimV
but with united resolution and self-sacrificing.
A few well-intended persons are
whining about the need of a day bf na
tional humiliation. The time for that was
two months ago. This is the time for just
national pride.
Corn as Kins of Industry.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
One of the reasons why the French of
Canada could never hope to maintain
themselves In tho contest for supremacy
with the English and the residents of the
IS colonies, was that corn could be grown
north of the Lakes and the St Lawrence
In limited quantities only. This valuable
American product, which the Indiana with
their stone implements could" plant , be
tween the stumps of their Tude clearings
or on the prairies, could be utilized to an
Important extent by those Indians, only who
resided in what is now the "United States.
The more Northern tribes could grow
it only in trifling quantities, and their I
.trench allies were thus deprived of a val- 1
uable aid in the maintenance of their
power. Corn was one of the factors which
gave the victory to the English and the
Americans in the war which expelled -the J
French from North America in 1755-63. It
thus reserved the better part of th,e con
tinent to the younger and more progressive
branch of the Anglo-Saxon race, who ap
propriated It a dozen years after the
French were driven out. Here is an addi
tional reason why Americans should take
an Interest in the expansion of the market
for corn, and happily they are introducing
it to a larger and larger portion of the
world. The exports In 1899186,000,000 hush
els have been four times as great as they
were five years ago.
EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.,
Attempted Burglary of a Blacksmith
Shop Other Matters.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
rob the blacksmith shop at 308 East Clay
street Saturday night, but why the at
tempt failed J. Howatson, the proprietor,
cannot understand. There seemed to be
nothing in the way, and, the burglar had
placed In a sack between $30 and $10
worth of tools, preparatory to carrying
them off, but dropped them and left the
shop by the same way he had entered.
On the east side of the shop Is a Win
dow some distance back from the Blde
walk and reached "by means of a plat
form. TShls window was forced open by
a jimmy and entrance effected. The bur
glar gathered the most expensive and least
weighty toojs. He also took a pair of
gum boots; and placed all this plunder
under, the window In a sack, but for
some reason It was not taken away. It
is supposed that the burglar must have
been alarmed by something On the out
side and thought it the best thing to get
out as soon as possible, without taking
his plunder. Mr. ilowatson said he was
very glad that the sack was nottarrle8si
away, as It contained some of his moat
expensive tools.
Declined to Accept Resignation,
A the Sunday morning service In the
St. Paul German Lutheran church, East
Twelfth and Glinton streets. Rev. August
Krause, the par-tor, surprised his church
by offering his resignation, and the res
ignation was very promptly rejected by
the congregation, but he was granted
four months' vacation, to commence some
time in April, when he and his family
will leave for Germany xn a visit to the
old home. Mr. Krause has been a very
successful missionary, having established
churches at Tacoma, where he erected a
church building; Salem, Oregon City, Au
rora, Sherman, Harrlsburg and other
places In the state. His central work,
however, has been in Portland, on the
East Side, where he commenced with a
membership of six only six years ago,
without property. The society has now an
elegant church and parsonage, the latter
having just been finished at a cost of
$1300, and a quarter block. There is a
school in connection with the church, in
the basement, and a large congregation.
The parsonage will be dedicated with sol
emn services one week from next Sunday,
according to the practice of the Lutheran
denomination. On that occasion there will
be both German and English services.
Ministers of the other churches in the
city and vicinity will be present and take
part After the formal dedication of the
parsonage, it will be occupied by Pastor
Krause and family. It was Mr. Krause's
desire that the church should act as it
saw fit regarding his resignation, but is
pleased that his people are anxious to re
tain him as pastor. He feejs thathls work
has been very successful, and after his
vacation, he will again return to Port-
. land.
Albinn Second Oregon Cnmp.
Summers camp, of Alblna, which took
charge and has kept the Second Oregon
employment agency open In the Chamber
of Commerce building for the past two
and a half months, with Commander "W.
C. North in charge, has closed the rooms
and turned the books over to Adjutant
General Gantenbeln. Mr. North fcald that
ho had given as much time to the agency
as he could spare, and had placed a
number,, of ,the ex-volUhteers, some per
manently and others temporarily. He also
reports that his camp has changed the
place of meeting from the Manley block,
on Williams avenue, to Gomez hall, and
the time of meeting from Friday to Tues
day night. The state organization gave
the local organizations the name camp,
hence the Alblna post will assume the
name "General Summers camp." It will
be necessary also to change the officers,
somewhat to conf6rm to the state con-"
stitutibn, but this will not make any ma
terial difference with those who are In
office now. From all that can be learned,
the claim of the Alblna camp to be the
first association of volunteers of the Span
ish war to be started is well taken. It
was certainly the first camp in Oregon
to start and adopt a constitution, and a
New York paper, in giving an account of
its organization last summer, said at the
time it was the first. It has a membership
of 78.
"When Wtirlc Clin Begin.
It is estimated that work can begin on
the repairs of the Bast Mbrrison street
elevated roadway by the first of next
month, all things moving 'forward smooth
ly. The property-owners have until next
Saturday to file remonstrance, but there
J is no sort of probability that there will
be any remonstrance, as there is now
nothing in the way. The proceedings
will grind along quietly until the contract
has been let in the usual way, and It is
expected that -the contract can be let so
that work can begin the 1st of February.
While there is no occasion to cross a
bridge until the river is reached, still the
residents of Central East Portland would
like to serve notice in advance on who-'
ever gets the contract that he is expected
to push the work through to completion.'
The condition of the Belmont roadway
Is getting very bad, but the repair de
partment is doing its utmost to keep it in
a safe condition by constant patching..
IDast Side Notes.
Multnomah camp. No. 77. Woodmen of
the World, will pay the Vancouver camp'
a iranernai visit tomorrow evening. The
run over there will be on the steamer
G. W. Shaver.
Thompson Van Fleet, an old resident
of the neighborhood of Pleasant Home,
died Sunday, and the funeral took place
yesterday. Mr. Van Fleet was an old
and respected citizen. The funeral" was
well attended.
Mrs. Anna Stevens, wife of J. H. Ste
vens, tit La Grande, Is in the city visiting
at the home of Mrs. William Cottell. She
is the daughter of G. W. Webb, a pioneer
resident of Eastern Oregon, and formerly
state treasurer.
R. P. Bukey, aged 77 years, died yes
terday at the home of A. Farley, 547 East
Fifteenth street. He was a retired min
ister, and was formerly of San Fran
cisco. The funeral will take place this
afternoon from the home of Mr. Farley.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Terry, of SterihonR
addition, who left for Aurora, 111., about
three weeks ago, were present at the grand
Reunion of the Terry family, who are wide
ly scattered In the United States, and an
of whom -fathered around the old home
table on Christmas night and to spend
tho holidays.
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Dan Stearns Cabin, No. lO, Native
Sons.
Dan Ste&rns' Is the nartie of a cabin or
ganized at Oakland, Or., on the 21st of
December by District Deputy Grand Pres
ident V. C. XiOndon, of Roseburg, assisted
by Harry McClallen, C. W. Parrott, p.
M, Matthews, Elmer Damotta, F. M.
Wright, John W. Moore and Frank
Brown, of Joe Lane's cabin, of Roseburg.
The following officers were elected and in
stalled: iDwight Reed, past president; S. J. Jones,
president; Zopher Agee, first vice-president;
Phil Beckley, recording secretary;
C. H. Brown, financial secretary; Roy
Stearns, treasurer; L. S. Dimmlck, mar
shal; John Crouch, Inside sentinel; James
Crouch, outside sentinel.
Dan Stearns' cabin gives promise of be
Ins? a leader in the order, and will have a I
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BIBLICAL CRITICISM.
Opinions of Snce nml Dr.' AVestcOtt
on Old Testnniettt.
PORTLAND, Jan. 8.-(To the Editor.)-
xnere is just one ijuuil m iu. vtuiu.
last letter which I
ask to be allowed to
briefly consider. We are told that I have
given "little, misinterpreted extracts"
from the writings of Dr. Westcott and
Professor Sayce to support my position,
viz , that the Bible contains legends, er
rors and contradictions, and is, there
fore, not sufficient to prove supernatural
events.
First, of Dr. Westcott! Mr. Veazie says
that this writer "Is simply arguing for
the removal of prejudice against the ac
ceptance of the revised text" of the New
Testament, and that he Is "a vigorous
defender of the reliability of the text is
self." How utterly without foundation is
this assertion Is plainly seen from the
quotation from Dr. Westcott here given
in full: "If, indeed, there were anything
in the circumstances attending the first
publication of the New Testament which
might seem to remove It from the ordi
nary fortune of books, then it would he
Impossible not to respect the pious senti
ment which accepts the early text as the
immediate work ot Providence. But the
thlstory shows too many marks of human
frailty to admit .of such a supposition.
The text itself contains palpable and ad
mitted errors in every way analogous to
those which occur in the first classical
texts. .The conclusion is obvious, and it
is superstition rather than reverence
which refuses to apply to the service of
Scripture the lawB which have restored
so much of their native beauty to other
ancient writings ' (Quoted in Cone: "Gos
pel Criticism," page 22.)
As to Professor Sayce, Mr. Veazie says:
''When this learned investigator writes
that 'the fragments of Hebrew literature
contained in the Old Testament are the
wrecks of a VaBt literature which extend
ed oyer the ancient Oriental world,' the
context shows plainly that he means that
the Hebrew writings were not the only
literature of the time, and is very far
from saying, as Mr. Sargent would have
it, that the Bible is made up of the
wreckage." The context shows nothing
of the kind. It was "the Bible account of
creation" which I said was made up of
the wreckage, and this is exactly what
Professor Sayce means, as will clearly
appear from the following interesting pas
sages of his work:
Speaking of the "first chapter of Gene
sis'.' "he says: "The Bible writer, It is
plain, 1s acquainted, either directly or in
directly, with the Assyrian and .Babylo
nian tradition. With him It Is stripped
of all 'that was distinctly Babylonian and
"polytheistic (doctrine of many gods), and
is become 4n his hands a sober narrative,
breathing a spirit of the most exalted
inpnothelsm .doctrine of one god). In
passing; from the Assyrian poem to the
biblical narrative, we seem to pass from
romance toi reality. But this ought not
to blind lis to the fact that the narrative
Is ultimately of Babylonian, origin."
("Higher Criticism and the Monuments,"
pages 77-78.)
And still more interesting: "Enough has
been said to demonstrate the close de
pendence of the 'Jehovlstic' account of
creation and the fall of man (Genesis il-lli)
upon Babylon. ... As we have seen,
not only the conception, but even the
name of the cherubim who guarded the
tree of life, has a Babylonian origin, and
besides the tree of life there are refer
ences In the cuneiform tablets to another
tree, which might be described as that of
knowledge." (Ibid, page 103.)
The acknowledgment of the Intimate de
pendence of the creation legends of Gene
sis upon the legends of ancient Babylon
and Assyria is the result of the sober
judgment of the greatest Bible scholars
of the age; and to say that Professor
Sayce does not hold and advocate this
obvious fact is flatly to contradict what
is clearly asserted and demonstrated by
his own pen in language the meaning of
which no juggling can change.
As to whether there are contradictions
ahd inconsistencies in the cosnel record
ls evidently a question upon which Mr.
Veazie and myself cannot possibly agree.
Suffice it to say that there are eminent
scholars on both sides of the question,
and that my friend belongs to that class,
nrhlth, by a supreme act of faith, accepts
the record as a statement without error,
while I do not. H. K. SARGENT.
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Prudent Mr. Ooehcl.
'William Goebel, of Kentucky but for
merly of Pennsylvania) has two strings
to his bow. In his native state political
Improvidence is as rare and as Unpopular
as other forms of thrlftlessness. If the
governorship proves to be beyond his reach,
he will still have his seat In the Kentucky
senate. Some persons in his place would
have Teslgned it when they accepted the
nomination for the executive office. Net
so the prudent Mr. Goebel.
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School of Expression.
Tho recital of the school of expression
of 'the Portland university took place last
evening In the chapel, and was very pleas-
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' ing to all present. The following pro
gramme was rendered
"Searching for the Slain," Mrs. Patter
son; "The Mourning Veil," Miss Gould;
"Lady Maud's Oath," Mrs. Bock; "The
Declaration of Independence," Mrs. Al
len; "The Message," Miss Lucky; 'The
Tni Pntpfnt " 'XtV TJIi-h-iinn- Ttii TIi
j podrome Hace," Mrs. Skelton; "A Boy's
Revenge," Miss Allen; pantomime, "The
Bridge," Misses Lucky, Wilson and Peter
son. Tho schools of expression and music al
ternate in giving these recitals, and they
are proving highly enjoyable to the atu-
j dents ftnd theh. friends.
DEMOCRAT AGAINST FUSION
Only Chance of Victory Is to Indorse
Free Trade ryid Expansion,
TOLEDO, Or., Jan. 7. (To the Edlfor.)
One by one the old-time democrats are
getting back to first principles. Hon.
William Colvig, the democratic warhorse
of Southern Oregon, recently voiced his
opinion in no uncertain language; and
"Hon. George E. Chamberlain is oredited
by the East Oregonlan as saying: "I be
lieve the democrats of Oregon had better
go it alone next year, and stand or fall
under our own banner. We have tried fu
sion, have fought shoulder to shoulder
with the populists tmd free-silver repub
licans, and where do we stand? With no
party except In name; with the task be
fore us of again building up an organi
zation, just as though we had never had
a. democratic organization In Oregon."
This is good, sound dootrine, and if the
democrats of Oregon follow along these
lines, they may In the course of a few
yeara hope to have an organization
worthy of the name.
In our late war the very best blood of
the land w,as represented In the army and
on the battle-field. It was our boys from
North, South, East and West, fresh from
tho public schools, and will we dare to
stand up and tell these bos, who fought
our battles for us, that they were wrong,
and In the face of American history that
they have not been taught to be for ex
pansion? We might as well argue that
this government never started out with
only 13 small states.
If the democrats put out a platform
denouncing trusts and Indorsing free
trade and expansion, they may hope to
win In the coming national election.
B. F. JONES.
Rnlnlnpr ZicechcM.
Chicago News.
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sacks containing 15.000 leeches each. All
that is now necessary is to provide for
the crop plenty of water and plenty of
blood. The usual method of providing
the latter Is to drive old horses and cat
tle Into the inclosure; but sometimes fresh
blood from a slaughter-house is supplied.
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