THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1900;
ALL LINES POOLED
Consolidation of Railroads East
of Chicago.
CHANGES TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Object Is to .Maintain Rntc and Be-
dcce Expenses Slay Be Extend.
cd to Western Iilnes.
CHICAGO, Jan. IS. The Chronicle to
morrow "will say;
"As a result of the recent consolida
tions and agreements among the owners
of the great trunk railways east of Chi
cago, the entire transportation system be
tween the Mississippi river and the Atlan
tic seaboard is to be reorganized, involv
ing these changes:
"The abandonment of city ticket offices
of all the roads in the syndicate in Chi
cago, New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Buffalo, Baltimore, "Washington, Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Indi
anapolis, Peoria and St touts, and the
substitution of Joint offices in each city.
"The discharge of all city, general, trav
eling and district freight and passerfger
egents and solicitors of the Eastern roads
in all parts of the "United States, Canada
and Europe. This will affect nearly 50,000
men.
"The abolition of all forms of commis
sions heretofore paid for the sale of tick
ets over these roads. This will affect the
incomes of 10,000 agents and eliminate the
ecalpers.
"The establishment In Chicago and New
York of joint auditing agencies that will
apportion to each road an agreed percent
age of the total competitive business.
"The discharge of all superfluous assist
ants to the heads of departments of the
individual roads. Later the heads of these J
departments may be abolished, and the
work done by clerks, who will report to
the two joint agencies.
"The establishment in New York of a
board of control made up of persons rep
resenting the Vanderbllt, Pennsylvania,
Morgan and Harriman properties, the rul
ings of this board on all questions to be
final.
."The abandonment of a number of
through fast passenger trains put in serv
ice In the last few years as the result
of sharp competition.
"The establishment of common sched
ules for passenger trains between Chicago
and New Jfork and between all principal
terminals Of the combination's roads in
the territory east of this city and St.
XrOUiS.
"The abandonment of all fast freight
trains, and the fixing of common time for
these trains between competitive termi
nals. "Following are the roads now in the
combination: New York Central, Penn
sylvania,, Boston & Albany, Boston &
Maine; Fltchburg, New York, New Ha
ven & Hartford; Erie & Lehigh Valley;
Lackawanna; "West Shore; New York, On
tario & "Western; Rome, "Watertown &
Ogdensburg; Lake Shore; Michigan Cen
tralj Nickel Plate; Baltimore & Ohio;
"Wabash; Big Four; Chesapeake & Ohio;
Lake Erie & "Western; Monon and all!
auxiliary lines of these systems.
""When all details for the future man
agement of the roads in the Eastern com
bination have been perfected, the leaders
in the consolidated movement will turn
their attention to the territory west of
Chicago, and attempt to bottle up the
Chicago-St Louis-Rocky mountain coun
try in like manner- The combining pro
cess may extend ultimately to the Pacific
coast. The JHarriman-Vanderbllt syndi
cate owns and controls the Illinois Cen
tral, Union Pacific, Northwestern, Oregon
Short Line and Kansas City, Pittsburg &
Gulf. Alt the big competitors of these
systems are In with the combining move
ment, and stand ready to go into any deal
that will maintain stable rates and reduce
expenses. Several small independent roads
in the West and Northwest territory are
to be purchased. The failure of congress
to legalize pooling is given as the cause
of the consolidation, as the owners are
determined to pool if the purchase of
every road in the country Is necessary to
obtain that end."
The Passenger Pool.
CHICAGO, Jan. IS. The Tribune tomor
row will say:
"Ifc -order to carry out their anti-commls-sion
agreement, it is proposed now to com
bine ail the railroads of the country Into
a big passenger pool and operate it in sucn
& way that each road will get an agreed
percentage of the earnings. By such ac
tion no -possible profit can possibly accrub
to any of the roads by ignoring the agree
ment. Any road that should manage to
get more than its allotted proportion wquld
have its labor for Its pains, as the profits
would go to the competing roads, which
Jiave failed to carry their proportion of the
business. The Eastern roads have all
voted in favor of this scheme, and a com
mittee of "Western executive officials :s
now at work to get all the Eastern lines
into the combination. This committee la
composed of S. M. Felton, president ot
the Chicago & Alton;. Paul .Morton, vice
president of the Atchison; J. M. Hanna
ford, general traffic manager of the Nortn
ern Pacific; J. T. Harahan, -vice-president
of the Illinois Central, and J. Ramsey,
jr., general manager of the Wabash.
"The railroad magnates do not admit
that the formation and maintenance of a
passenger pool would constitute a viola
tion of the law. It has always been the
contention -of the railroads that the section
of the interstate commerce act forbidding
pools relates only to freight traffic, and
does not affect passenger business in any J
way, ana it now seems to be their deter
mination to act and fight it out on this
presumption. The fact that President
Felton. of the Alton, Is chairman of the
committee, insures the co-operation or
the Alton and Union Pacific roads, which
have been opposed to pools heretofore. The
Great Northern, which always has been a
stumbling-block in the way of pools, and
steadfastly refused to join combinations
of that kind, is said to have been won
over."
TARIFF IS SATISFACTORY.
Pacific Retail Hardware Association
Plneex Itself on Record.
CHICO..Cal., Jan. IS. The Pacific Re
tail Hardware Association, consisting of
over 60 leading retail hardware dealers
of California, in convention today, after
thorough discussion, unanimously adopt
ed the following resolution:
"Whereas. We recognize that the Inter
ests of the producing, manufacturing and
commercial communities, both wholesale
and retail, of the Pacific coast, are so In
dissolubly bound together and dependent
upon one another, that any condit'on
ui;uu uxi; anvufci. 4.iiii iinv nnnnirmn
which works a hardship upon one of these
Interests must necessarily, either directly
or mairecuy, oring narflship upon the oth
ers, be It
"Resolved. That we, the Pacific Retail
Hardware Association, in convention as
sembled," do hereby express our satisfac
tion with the present existing transconti
nental railway tariff principles and condi
tions in, this state, and desire to place
on record our satisfaction with the dif
ferentials, and schedules that have been
In effect since June, 1S9S, and that this
association will do Its best to uphold these
differentials and trust the efforts of the
manufacturers and wholesale merchants
of the coast will be successful in maintain
ing them."
Headqnarters of the Gnlf Road.
, CHJCAGO, Jan. 18. The Tribune says:
It has been decided definitely to estab
lish the general offices of the Kansas City.
Pittsburg & Gulf road in Chicago. It had
been expected generally, though no official
announcement on the subject had been
made, that the headquarters wou d be at
Kansas City, which is one of the termi
nals of the road.
An arrangement has been made be
tween the receiver of the Gulf road, the
reorganization committee and the attorney-general
of Texas for strict compli
ance with the- Texas law in .regard to
maintaining offices for the Texas branch
in that state. A complete reorganization
of the Texas property will be made and a
new charter secured for as much of the
system 'as it operated In Texas in order
to comply with the law.
Pnllmnn Conductors' "Wagres Cut.
t CHICAGO, Jan. 18. In a circular which
has been posted on the walls of the Pull
man suboffice at the union depot, a reduc
tion in the wages of sleeping-car conduc
tors is announced. The amount of the
cut Is said to be In many cases as much
as 20 per cent. "Whether the reduction
Is to be made among all employes of the
company or Is to be. enforced only on
some lines is a question.
Missouri Electric Road.
CHICAGO, Jan. IS. A special to the
Tribune from Kansas City, Mo., says:
E. B. Kratz, one of the promoters of the
Missouri electric road, who Is trying to se
cure a franchise from this city, Is author
ity for the statement that the man be
hind the project is Charles T. Yerkes, of
Chicago. Several well-known local capi
talists were supposed to be the Interested
ones.
SOME SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
Men "Who Have Served More Tlian
One FInsr lor Money and Rank.
PaU Mall Gazette.
In the Transvaal today the .soldier of
fortune is making his last stand. No other
country In the world is likely to offer the
alien adventurer of the future the same
positions and profit that have hitherto
been the portion of Schlel, Von Albrecht
and the other merchants of Krugerdom.
And in these very facts we may
see the decline of the soldier of
fortune, if we compare his gains
with the colossal harvests of his
predecessors In history. Perron, the won
derful Frenchman who commanded the
Mahratta army, arrived in Hindoostan a
penniless petty officer from a man-of-war,
and in nine years had amassed between
1,000,000 and 2,000,000. Even more rapid
was the progress of Colonel Hannay, who
had to leave "John Company's" service to
avoid the bailiffs. He entered the service
of the Nawab Wazir of Oude in 1778 and
left it after three years with a fortune of
300,000. Many other French and English
adventurers were nearly as lucky.
In spite of the chillipg effect of modern
Ideas, the soldiers of fortune of the ISth
century form a" picturesque gallery he
roes and rascals, Fenians and royalists,
Poles, Englishmen and adventurers of no
country. Some of them, like Lord Coch
rane and Hobart Pasha, have established
themselves on a higher plane than the
mercenary can usually hope to occupy.
The revolutionary wars of the Continent
have naturally attracted many of these
adventurers. Count Illnski was a Pole
who fought the Russians In his native
land, and when all was lost took service
under Schmayl, prince of CIrcassia. The
Hungarian war of Independence in 1848
next employed his desperate valor, and at
Temeswar be had three horses killed un
der him. Finally he became colonel of a
Turkish cuirassier regiment and was
known as Iskander Bey. In the Hunga
rian revolt. General Guyon, an English
man, was a famous figure, and at Tyrnau
he held his ground until he had lost three
fourths of his battalion and the village
streets were streaming with blood. A less
attractive personality is General Cluseret,
who served as captain In the French army
in Algeria, then under Fremont, in the
American civil war; was next a Fenian
general and then war minister under the
commune. Dombr6wskl, another general
in the commune and a far abler and
braver man than the ex-Fenian, had
fought in Poland and under Garibaldi.
He was killed at the barricades in 1S71.
Among Continental forces of aliens one
ought to mention the French foreign le
gion, which still Includes the runaway
aristocrats and broken men of half Eu
rope, and the Irish brigade which fought
for the Popo In 1800, under the command
of Major Myles O'Reilly, M. P. An old
soldier of papal zouaves, another Irishman,
is now General Copplnger, of the United
States army. Garibaldi himself is, of
course, entitled to a niche in this gallery
of fame, and his son, Rlcclottl, has since
his Italian campaign fought for France
in 1S70 and for Greece in 1897, in both
bravely fighting for a lost cause.
The new world offers us condottlerl of
a new type, like Walker, the filibuster,
who became dictator of Nicaragua, and
might have ruled Honduras but for a
British, man-of-war. General Carroll-Te-vis,
who served In the Franco-Prussian
war and a good many South American
struggles, was a Fenian hero. So was
Captain John McAfferty, who served In
the Mexican war of 1855, and was then an
officer in the Confederate army. He was
in all the Fenian plots of 1S66-G7, and was
twice tried here tor treason-felony. He
was acquitted at one trial and amnestied
after the second, a leniency which he re
paid by renewed activity In the ranks of
the Clan-na-Gael. He was said to be the
real "No. 1" behind the Phoenix Park
murders.
Egypt has employed many aliens: Mu
zlnger Bey was a Swiss, who had been
British consul at Massowah; Gessl Pasha,
an Italian, who, after serving as inter
preter to the English army In the Crimea,
became Gordon's lieutenant in the Soudan
and smashed the slave-hunters revolt In
Darbur. Lorlng Pasha was an American
soldier; Lupton Bey, governor of the Bahr-el-Gazel,
who died In the Mahdl's dun
geons, an Englishman; Slatln and Eniln
were both Austrlans.
In more recent years we have had Gen
eral Kohnes, an ex-major In the German
army, who landed a cargo of Mannlicher
rifles for the Chilean congresslonallsts,
drilled their troops and defeated Balma
ceda. General Ronald Mclver, a Scots
man, who has served under 14 flags, from
the Confederate to the Carlist, Is another
roaming Brltan, like Kald McLean, an
ex-lleutenant In our service, who Is now
commander of the army of the Sultan of
Morocco. General DIgby Wllloughby, who
commanded (In blue and silver) the Hoba
army, has since fought for the chartered
company In Rhcdesia, but has now turned
to the arts of peace.
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Freight Elevator Fell.
NEW YORK, Jan. IS. A freight elevator
in a storage warehouse at One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street and St. Nicholas
avenue fell today, killing two persons and
injuring three others. The two persons
killed were Michael McLean, 22 years o:d;
Patrick Leddy, 27 years old. The Injured
were Bernard Cahlll, C3 years old; James
Kiiey. ;' years old; Richard Burns.
M
yoars old. They were taken to a hospital.
Thomas Berry, manager of the storehouse.
aV tht- tlmP
At the time of the accident the elevator
was at the ninth floor, and had just been
loaded with five wheelbarrowB filled with
firebrick. There were five men on the
elevator. Just as the elevator started
downward one of the cables broke, letting
the elevator loose, and it went down to
the basement with frightful rapidity. On
the way down thp cage tore out the brick
partitions, and did so much damajre that
,the iron counterbalance weights were
loosened, allowing them to fall on top of
the elevator. The weights killed the men
In the elevator. The Injured men were
all unconscious and were removed to a
hospital. They are In a precarious condl
tlon. The superintendent of the build
ing claimed that the elevator was regular
ly Inspected by licensed Inspectors, and
that no warning was given of the parting
of the cable.
;
"Good luck grows not on bushes," but
good health Is assured If you take Hood's
Sarsaparilla.
HEART OF TURKESTAN
TASHKEXD, A LARGE
BUILT CITY.
RXJSSLltf.
Visit to the Governor-General of the
- Province A Drive Through-,
the Native Quarter.
TASHKEND, Russian Turkestan, July
17. Some tinva before reaching Tash-
IraTt A T VlQrl ftVmeA O Dllbr-n.AtyiAnlAnri r11t
ance with one of the commercial travel- I Plainest or undress uniforms, with no sign
ers who was with me on the train, and of hla rank Dut ht3 shoulderstraps. By
we disembarked together. He was sell- , hla courtesy the call became purely, in
ing wines, liquors, mineral waters and i formal, and as a result of the hospitality
vodka for a Moscow house, and Tash- ' which he extended was prolonged for at
kend was one of his best points. He had ' least two hours. He had made one Jour
been "making the town" for 15 years, I ney to the United States, traveling from
when it took aN10-day drive by post from ! Vladivostock to St Petersburg by way of
Orenburg to reach it, and . knew every I San Francisco and New York in the year
one. It was midnight and we were nun- I of the world's fair. His memories of Chi
gry, for there had been no eating station - cago were lively, being particularly defl
slnce we pased Chernayevo In the middle nite as to the hotel bills he had to pay
of tho afternoon. I had been promised for his" family and servants at the largest
by Mr. Hoffman, who was a German- 'hostelry on the lake front. But he added
Russian from the Baltic provinces, that a that he held no animosity against the city
surprise was waiting for me in (he rail-
way station buffet. That proved to be
true, for it was a big, fine room.where
they served us a meal long to be remem-
bered for excellence. Indeed, the station
Itself was a surprise, a fine structure of
STREET Hi THE NATIVE
stone, well planned and built, its archi
tecture creditable, Its rooms lighted by
electricity.
After supper we bundled our baggage
Into one carriage and shared another to
the hotel. It Is a Russian habit to put
railway stations as far as possible from
the cities they are Intended to serve, so
it did not seem strange to find that we
had to drive three or four miles here.
The night was one of brilliant moon
light, the roads were perfection
Tashkend Is a big city to find In tho
heart of Turkestan, with a population of
nearly 160,000, of which perhaps one-fourth
may be credited to the Russian quarter
itself and the garrison. It is almost 35
years sdnce the Russian occupation of
this region' was complete, so that the
northern power has had plenty of time
to build a city of its own at the side of
,the native city. This is the seat of the
general government for all Turkestan,
with an administration which has been
almost Independent of control .from St
Petersburg until the completion of the
railway, so remote was it from the capi
tal of the empire. Tashkend always has
had a large military force stationed In
the city, and Its buildings Include public
offices and barracks of all sorts, In addi
tion to the palace of the governor-general.
General Serge Mlchallovltch Duhovskoy,
governor-general of Russian Turkestan,
has distinguished himself for many years
In the extension of Russian authority in
Asia. He shared the conquest of Turke
stan Itself, assisted In the exploration of
remoter Siberia and then for several
years was the governor-general of the
Amur region, with headquarters at Khab
arovsk. His excellent administration of
that post gained him promotion to the
far more Important station of the Turke
stan governorship, which is at times al
most a vice-royalty.
I had been favored with a personal let
ter of Introduction to General Duhovskoy
from Mr. Alexis Yermoloff, the Imperial
minister of agriculture and imperial do
mains at" St Petersburg, which I sent
the day after my arrival here, with a note
asking when I might present myselfi The
flrst result was an Immediate call from a
gentleman who had been named by more
than one writer who has studied Russian
affairs In Central Asia. Mr. William de
Kleirm has been Identified with the ex
tension of Russian authority most closely
for almost 20 years, and yet without high
authority himself. Officially his place Is
that of agent of the Russian minister of
foreign affairs, attached to the adminis
tration of the governor-general of Turke
stan. It may not be exactly clear why
the foreign minister of the Russian em
pire should keep an agent In the office of
the governor of a Russian province, but
here he Is, and beyond doubt he fills
many a valuable function, one of which,
I presume, Is to deal with foreign travel
ers "who come sufficiently accredited to
justify official hospitality. Before his
transfer to Tashkend Mr. de Klemm filled
a similar office with the governor of
Transcaspla. at Askhabad. Prior to that i
time he was for many years the secretary
of the Russian embassy at Bokhara, and
often acting political re:rtdent at the
court of the emir.
Visit to the Governor-Gcnernl.
It was arranged that I should pay my
flrst visit to the governor-general the
next day at noon, Mr. de Klemm kindly
promising to call for me and accompany
me to the official residence. I am unable
to remember a more courteous and kindly
welcome from any official in any country
that I have visited than the one I had
from the fine old gentleman who repre
sents the power of the emperor of Russia
in Central Asia. General Duhovskoy must
be more than 60 years of age. He is of
medium height. Inclining to be slender,
rather than heavy. Except for a close
cropped military mustache, he Is clean
shaven, and mustache and hair are as
white as snow. His long life as a cam
paigner .and his present service under the
sun of Turkestan have tanned his com
plexion to a fiery red. Altogether. In
looks and manner, he reminded me strik
ingly of Senator Morgan, of Alabama.
In the ante-rooms of the governor's res
idence I found myself In the midst of a
crowd of young Russian officers and of
ficials, aids and attaches of the governor
general, who displayed a frank but cour
teous curiosity as to my v errand. The
fact that I was an American seemed to
make me welcome, Irrespective of my In
troductions, and the Introductions were
merely an additional guaranty. Many of
them had traveled In America and were
able to ask questions about persons and
pjaces they had seen. One had been at
tached td the Russian legation In London
and spoke English with every mannerism
and accent of the English gentleman. I
could not detect a flaw In the perfection
with which he used that alien language.
Now he had come to take charge of
the Russian Immigration of Turkestan,
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which is growing rapidly and must be
wisely directed.
Tb'ese were not callpts nor officers from
the other administrative buildings of the
Turkestan government, but were In effect
the personal official family of the governor
making their hedqua-ters In his house,
subject to prompt orders or consultation
there. They represented almost every dc-
I partment of the general government at St.
Petersburg, each branch of which main
tains its agent at the headquarters of the
governor-general. The acquaintances which
I was able to form without delay under
such circumstances are proving of the ut
most value to me.
"We waited but a few minutes, when
word came that General Duhovskoy was
ready for us. His excellency wore the
for that, and that the sights of the ex
posltion and the city itself were cheap at
any price.
Now that peace has settled down upon
I Turkestan, the governor-general Is able to
' Indulge his tastes-in two directions which
QUARTERS OF TASHKEND.
appeal particularly to him the cultivation
of his grounds about the palace and the
collection of the art treasures of the Oil
ental provinces under his jurisdiction. It
was discovered promptly that my curiosity
ran In the same channels, and with the en
thusiasm of a far younger man he spent
an hour showing me the remarkable em
broideries, the rich tapestries, the luxu
rious carpets and the exquisite work of
gold and silversmiths that he has gathered.
Never before had I seen Oriental rugs
which compared with these in perfection
of texture, color, design and workman
ship, many of them of great size and age.
Some of the best of these had histories
as thrilling as romances In connection
with the emirs or begs from whose palaces
they had come as gifts. Indeed, I do not
think that his excellency would have de
nied very strenuously that Russian con
quest and even Russian loot may. have
had something to do with some of the
more notable acquisitions.
From the house we went to the garden,
and there In the grounds, which formed a
park of several hundred acres, I saw a
demonstration of what can be done In Tur
kestan If time and money and Irrigation
are employed faithfully. We explored
what seemed miles of paths and avenues,
always coming upon a new display of fruit
or flower or foliage to be shown with pride.
Clattering streams fell from terrace to ter
race In waterfalls that were as unconven
tional as art could make them. Where
swans and fountains were there was no
pretense of wildness, but through most of
the park, the effort was to let nature be
the pattern and. avoid formal conventions
of design. General Duhovskoy knew that
I was going to cross Siberia and would
reach his former post at Khabarovsk, so
he warned me with a smile that I must
not expect to see any such display when
I called on his successor there.
"But this climate is. better for an old
man," he said.
Ride Through the Town,
When that visit was ended I was aston
ished to find that the governor-general had
ordered his own carriage and driver to the
door, and that the afternoon was to be fin
ished by a drive with. Mr. de Klemm In the
equippage. His excellency apologized for
the press of business that kept him at
home, but put me In the hands of my flrst
acquaintance In Tashkend. The courtesy
was great, but the drive was more con
spicuous than I would have chosen for
myself. Of course, the horses and car
riage of the governor were known by every
one in Tashkend. Russians did not pay so
much attention, but to the native popula
tion the equippage personified the power
of the governor himself, and was a guar
anty of rank for any one in it. The result
was that Mr. de Klemm and I were kept
ralshig our hats and bowing, parade fash
Ion, from the moment we drove into tho
native town till we left It
The driver shouted continually to clear
the narrow streets through which we
drove, and the pedestrians, shoppers, mer
chants, donkey boys and the donkeys
themselves crowded into crossways and the
doors to let us pass, as they would have
done for no other carriage In all Tash
kend. Then, as they turned to stare at
the occupants, they saluted In every way
known to Central Asia, and we had to
oarry the dignity worthily or disgrace
the governor. Even Mr. de Klemm ad
mitted that he didn't much care for that
sort of "drive, but I trust we made no
blunders, and as an experience it is all
right.
At any rate, we covered the streets of
Tashkend more rapidly than we could have
done in any other way, saw the bazaars
and the manners of native life, high and
low, to drive home through the poplar
shaded avenues of the Russian quarter
In the late afternoon, and decided that the
day had been well spent.
TRUMBULL WHITE,
Ilenrliisr of Cnrter'M Contractors.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. When the ex
amination In the cases of ex-Captain Ober
lln M. Carter's alleged favored contrac
tors, the Gaynor brothers and B. D.
Greene,' was resumed today before United
States Commissioner Shields, the question
of the validity of the Indictment was
raised by counsel for the accused men.
Commissioner Shields said that as a com
mitting magistrate ho had no power to
pass upon the validity of the Indictment,
as that was a matter for the courts. He
declined to pass on the question, and the
hearing went over until tomorrow.
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The End, of the Nineteenth Century
Witnesses the unprecedented success of
G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry; imports In
1899 being 109,303 cases, pr 72,495 cases more
than q" any other brand. ' These facts
speak, not misleading figures bid at auc
tion sales - - - - -
CASTELLANE'S LOSSES
HIS UNFORTUNATE SPECULATION'S
ARE THE TALK OF PARIS.
Bought Stocks in Anticipation of a
British Victory Coming to Amer
ica to Repair His Finances.
PARIS, Jan. 18. The alleged heavy
losses of Count Bonl de Castellane on
the boucse were made a sensational
feature by some of the papers here to
day. Both the Temps and Figaro spoke
In a guarded way of the collapse of a
bull speculator whose position Is said to
have been badly shaken at the last set
tlement by the decline of certain stocks In
which he Is said to have plunged.
The Figaro also Indicated Count Bonl
fairly and clearly by describing the spec
ulator as a member of the chamber of
deputies and a prominent society man
who had not disguised his sympathies for
uncompromising nationalism. Moreover,
It was added, he had started on a long
voyage "to find resources to repair his
broken fortune." The Figaro added, per
haps a little maliciously, that his friends
hope he will not meet with disappoint
ment, saying "some patriotic cases are
very expensive, and, for want of a better
excuse, this pretext can always be put
forward to those who. owing to distance,
are ignorant of many things."
.The Matin openly mentioned Count de
Castellane's name, and nothing but the
disastrous speculations, the losses reach
ing as high as 20,000,000 francs, were talked
of yesterday. Respecting the count, the
Matin says:
"But our own Inquiries show his losses
do not exceed 3,000,000, he having suc
ceeded in getting 'straight' on seven or
eight transactions. Count Boni de Cas
tellane left for New York a few days
ago with his wife, and It is probable the
assistance of brother-in-law will not be
found" wanting and that he will tide over
the situation of monetary embarrass
ment." The Marquis de Castellane, father of
Count Bonl de Castellane, denies most
emphatically the story that Count Bonl
has failed to meet his obligations, for
the simple reason, he adds, that his son
has never taken part in the alleged spec
ulations. In the face of this denial by the marquis,
It "Is remarkable that papers of the stand
ing of the Matin, Figaro and Temps
should give currency to such allegations,
and some explanation on their part will
doubtless be forthcoming. The Matin took
the opportunity to make some interesting
remarks concerning Count de Castellane's
position here. It Informs its readers that
his wife's "dot" was $15,000,000, which gave
an income of over $500,000, and that even
at Paris he could cut a figure with that,
adding:
"All Parisians, know the grandiose man
sion on the Avenue du Bols de Boulogne,
which Is the hobby of his wife, who
dreamed to out-vie the Vanderbllts' place
on Fifth avenue, by a perfect reproduc
tion of the celebrated castle of Blols.
Count Bonl's well-known generosity part
ly explains his contribution of 15,000 francs
to M. Deroulede, which figured In the
police chief's report on the anti-republican
conspiracy."
Count de Castellane has not been posted
on the bourse, and he is not a member.
If the allegations were true he would be
simply a private speculator, acting through
a broker, and unable for the moment to
meet his obligations.
The Marquis de Castellane has written
to the Matin the following:
"Your good faith has been abused.
My son, Count Bonl, never Indulged in
any bourse speculations, and consequent
ly cannot have been proceeded against.
If he were In Paris he himself would
dispose of this Invention. In. his ab
sence his father begs you to repair the
involuntary wrong you have done him."
Inquiries made at the best sources of
information, which, however, are not will
ing to be quoted, are that Count de Cas
tellane was involved In speculation In an
ticipation of a rise in stocks on the ex
pected British victory in the Transvaal,
and the reverses caused such a deprecia
tion that it was impossible for him to
meet his losses with ready money. The
speculations are understood to have been
through private sources, and, therefore,
It Is difficult to secure absolute confirma
tion of the reports. The matter probably
will be settled privately.
The Matin's assertions were the lead
ing topic of conversation at the clubs and
other social meeting places throughout the
day. The evening papers reproduced the
story, although without in any way guar
anteeing Its accuracy. The count's father
gave a fresh, turn to the affair by writing
a letter to the editor of Figaro, Bernard
de Rodays, intimating that he must be
prepared to flght a duel with the count
on the latter's return, or even with the
marquis himself. In the course of the
communication, after denouncing tho
statement of the Figaro as "canaille rio,"
the marquis says:
"If my son were not on the sea for New
York he would undertake to demonstrate
for you the emptiness of this tittle-tattle,
and would require from you reparation on,
grounds he would choose. In his absence,
I take his place. Your scandalous Insin
uation is a mere political trick, which
others would describe as 'Dreyfusard.' "
The Solr, which was previously owned
by the Castellanes, and which Is a strong
nationalist organ, bitterly opposed to the
Figaro, which champions Dreyfus, after
speaking In fulsome terms of the count's
character as a gentleman and a patriot,
says:
"It Is not difficult to see the origin and
motives of M. de Rodays' maneuver. This
is a vile political vengeance, which all
good men will denounce."
ORDER OF THE BLACK EAGLE.
Now Members Initiated at the Castle
in Berlin.
BERLIN, Jan. 18. A chapter of the
Order of the Black Eagle was held In the
castle today. Among those who partici
pated were: Prince Hohenlohe, Count von
Waldersee, Princes Frlederick Leopold and
Albrecht of Prussia, Prince Bernhard of
Saxe-Melnlngen, Prince Henry VII of
Reuss, Prince Anton Radzlwlll, Field Mar
shal Count Blumenthal, now 6 years of
age, and Herr Adolph Menzel, now In his
85th year.
Emperor William, as grand master of
the order, headed the procession, wearing
a purple velvet cloak over the embroidered
uniform of a general, with the chain of the
order upon his shoulders. Fanfares were
blown during the procession, reaching
fortissimo as the kaiser ascended the
throne. The new members were then ini
tiated, including Dukes Albrecht and Nlc
olaus of Wurtemburg, and General von
Bulow. The chapter was behind closed
doors, the 'table being of horseshoe shape,
with 'the emperor occupying the center.
Germany and the Open Door.
BERLIN, Jan. 18. Referring to a Wash
ington dispatch concerning the "open
door" In the Philippines, tUnlted States
Ambassador White Informed the co-respondent
of the Associated Press today
that in all discussions with Count von
Bulow regarding the "open door" In the
East, it had been assumed that such a
policy would be reciprocated in the Philip
pines, although no formal request for a
promise had been made.
Corea B&rrotvs From Russia.
LONDON, Jan. 19 A Shanghai special
says:
It Is reported here that .an agreement
has been concluded under which Russia
will lend Corea $12,000,000, of which Sa.OOo,
000 will be paid immediately, Corea hav
ing unsuccessfully applied to Japan for a
loan.
RuHslnn Ironclnd Ashore.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. IS The Rus
sian ironclad, Poltavaj of 10.90 ton3
burden is dangerously ashore near Llbau,
on the Baltic sea. The vessel was con
structed at St. Petersburg, in 1S94, at a
cost of $5,495,000.
State Ball at the 'Kalserhof.
BERLIN, Jan. IS. Many members ot
the diplomatic corps, including John B.
Jackson, secretary of the United States
embassy, attended the principal ball of
the season at the Kaiserhof this evening.
TONGUE IS COMMENDED.
Speech
on the Financial Bill That
Passed the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The New York
Commercial, one of the leading papers of
the great metropolis. In a recent Inter
view, published the following comment
upon the speech of Representative Tongue
on the gold-standard bill, which passed
the house Just before the holiday adjourn
ment: "There Is a good deal of truth In the
language of the Hon. Thomas H. Tongue,
of Oregon. He said In his speech on the
currency bill before the house that only
one member out of 254 who were entitled
to seats on the floor was really represent
ing the people of the United States. That
member was asleep. His repose typified
the passlveness of 75,000,000 of citizens.
The time for real, earnest discussion of
the principles involved In the bill, a dis
cussion which, is aimed to convince the
reason and influence action, passed long
ago. The senate would do well to take
Mr. Tongue's view of the master and
hurry up."
That part of Mr. Tongue's address
which brought forth this comment Is as
follows, and was the opening paragraph:
"When the debate upon this bill had
reached a most exciting period, while ora
tors upon either side, for and against It,
were scattering wit and wisdom, logic,
sarcasm and eloquence in great profusion,
a distinguished member of this house,
one who had rendered valuable services
to his country both on the' field of battle
and in the halls of legislation, was seated
quietly In his chair, his hands folded
peacefully upon his breast, reposing quiet
ly In the arms of Morpheus, utterly un
conscious of the tempestuous storms be
ing waged around him. "The distinguished
gentleman typified the attitude of the peo
ple toward this debate. For the time
being he represented 75,000,000 of his coun
trymen. The time for real, earnest and
serious discussion of the principles in
volved In this bill, a d!scussIon which' Is
aimed to convince the reason and influ
ence the action, long since passed.
"The people of the United States have
passed upon every issue involved In this
debate. They have made up their minds
upon every question discussed. Their
opinions have been Intensified and fixed
by the course of current events and busi
ness conditions. Expressed emphatically
In 1S96, 'these have been reaffirmed when
ever the opportunity has been presented.
They expect of this congress not reasons,
but action; not discussion, but legislation.
Our duty is, as promptly as possible, to
record the verdict of the people, enter up
their judgment, and give expression ta
their will In the laws of the land. There
is little that Is now proposed by this bill.
We have been practically and legally un
der the gold standard for more than 60
years. The Issue presented in 1892 fairly
and squarely before the people was
whether we should maintain the existing
gold standard or go to the silver standard.
There was a time when people advocating
the free coinage of silver might fairly and
conscientiously believe that it would re
store the parity between gold and silver
at the old ratio, and would not disturb
their existing financial standards."
May Extend Time.
Representative Lacey, of Iowa, chair
man of the committee on public lands,
has reintroduced his bill which provides
that the time' for the completion of the
classification of lands within the land
grant and Indemnity land grant limits of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
authorized by an act of congress of 1S95,
shall be extended to October 31, 1900. The
bill also appropriates $30,000 or so much
of that amount as may be necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of his bill.
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LIVESTOCK CONVENTION.
Passed a Resolution Recommending
the Leasing of Grazing Lands.
FORT WORTH. Tex., Jan. 18. The de
liberations of the national livestock con
vention today were mainly on the follow
ing resolution:
"That such of the public lands of tho
United States as are adapted for grazing
should be subjected to lease by stockmen
who are citizens, at a reasonable rental
and under such conditions as will tend to
preserve the grasses from destruction and
improve the value of the grasses there
on." Action was first taken on the amendment
of Mr. McKay, of Utah, that the resolu
tion be voted down. The subject was dis
cussed throughout the morning session
and the amendment was lost by a vote
of 32S to 277. The original resolution was
then passed. Sheepmen and cattlemen or
smaller means, It Is said, will continue to
oppose the passage of the bill now In con
gress, and It is believed they will send a
delegation to Washington in advocacy or
their interests.
The convention unanimously indorsed
John F. Hobbs, editor of the New York
Provisloner, as United States commis
sioner to the Paris exposition, in the in
terests of the dead-meat and provision In
dustries of this country. ,
Tho convention adopted a resolution of
fered by Mr. Robb, of Texas, against a
chance by the railroads for tho carload
rates to 100-pound rates. It also Indorsea
a resolution asking the department of ag
riculture to Investigate the parasitic dis
eases of sheep. A resolution was passed
demanding the restoration of the feed In
transit rate privileges, recently abrogated
by the roads. It Is claimed that by the
abolition of this rate, stockmen all over
the country are losing hundreds of thou
sands of dollars annually.
Several interesting papers were read at
today's session, among the speakers being
T. F. B. Sotham, of Missouri, presldeit ot
the National Hereford Association; J. H.
Pickeroll, of Illinois; Mortimer Levering,
of Indiana, and Colonel R. Edmondson, ot
Missouri. Colonel Edmondson spoke on
"The Western March of Thoroughbreds.'
The convention will hold its closinz ses
sion tomorrow, when many papers will be
read.
"TEARS" FOR THE IRISH.
An English "Woman to Sympathizers
"With the Boers.
PORTLAND, Jan. 15. (To the Editor.)
Seeing In The Oregonlan of January 12
how very astonished, pained and grieved
poor "D," of Salem, has become, I cannot
refrain from shedding a few tears of sym
pathy for him poor thing. He needs
them as badly' as an old horse does a
currycomb, and as he calls himself an
Irish-Americans, and Is such a bitter hater
of the English, I say let us loek at both
sides of the question.
First, If "D" Is an American and be
lieves in the flag of liberty for all. why
should he not be willing to defend the cit
izens of the United States that are In
Southern Africa today, and perhaps some,
of his beloved Irishmen, too; or does he
feel, because he Is safe, that the poor un
fortunate beings there must look out for
themselves?
Again "D" says that from 1S37 to 1S37
a million persons died of starvation in
Ireland. If that is true, and it needs a big
grain of salt to digest it, I say "It was
their own fault; for the Irish and the
Boers are too much alike they want soma
one to do the work and pay the taxes for
them, while they eat the bread, buttered
both sides and on the crust, too. I do not
mean by that all Irishmen are lazy that
would be untrue; but when such tender-
hearted men as surely "D" must b speaks
of English tyranny, I .say let him go to
Ireland one year and he will ftnd the
people as free to do as they like as In the
United States? and If they don't Hke that
country, they may go to another, where
they may be suited. When they star:
fighting and knock each other's teeth out
and blacken each other's eyes, they are
imprisoned or fined; which, in the sight of
"D," of course, would be a burning- injus
tice; but thenv youknow there .Is nothing;
new under the sun.
Then "D" speaks of the brutal English
keeping the poor Irish in chains and of
Parnell and his lieutenants as thrown in
prison. What else was to be expected?
If you put a lighted match to gunpowder,
you expect It to explode, and Parnell
might have done more harm to the poor,
hot-headed Irishmen' if he had been left
alone than even he meant.
Then "D" says the Irish must never
forget England's Injustice and oppression,
and how they are kept down as slaves.
I believe If England saw it would be for
their benefit, she would gladly give Ire
land her freedom tomorrow. But let a
stronger power than their own take them
In hand, like Paul Kruger, In South Af
rica, and the Irish then would And out
what true slavery was, and themselves
compelled to speak and teach, their chil
dren the language of their oppressors,
and not dare speak their own. Then with
truth we should soon be hearing the poor
Irishman say, "Be jabers, they have aven
tolken my own frae tongue from me,"
and the scales would soon drop from the
eyes of "D" and others like him.
I firmly believe. If the Irish ruled the
world tomorrow. It would be but a very
short time, before the French reign of
terror of 1790 would be repeated, and the
Irish would not be as generous as England
was, for she says, "Believe In any church
you like." But let the Catholics get in
full swing. It soon would be "you must
join our church."
"D," C. E. Eman and others have such
a bitter hatred of the English aid such
devoted love for the Boers, it looks
strange they do not offer their valuable
services. Who know3 but they might get
a shot at the bullying English, especially
if they had a big hedge to hide behind?
ENGLISH WOMAN.
SHEEP AND POLITICS.
Snggestlon That Republicans 3Iay
. Lose Support ot Flockniasters.
WILBUR, Wash.. Jan. 12. (To the- Edi
tor.) I notice in a recent issue of your
paper that C. U. Vandevert, of Crook
county, Oregon, discusses with a reporter
the question of an open range for sheep,
by lease or otherwise. In the Cascade re
serve. It Is perhaps needless for me to
say that Mr. Vandevert, though he is not
himself a sheepowner, voices the unani
mous sentiment of all flockmasters in
Eastern Oregon, as well as those (like
himself) who are dependent upon the
sheep Industry for a livelihood.
The statements, so often made, that
sheepmen set the forests on Are, in order
that the areas thus burned will 'produce a
new and tender growth of grass the fol
lowing year, and that the sheep them
selves are destructive of forest growth,
are so wretchedly absurd and untrue that
any one, though a rank novice, should
know better. Ask any resident of the
Upper Deschutes river who is not Inter
ested in sheep in any manner, and he will
tell you that fire totally destroys the
grass kills It, as it were, for a number
of years. I know of a burnt district in
that locality, over which a Are swept
four years ago, and no grass has grown
upon It since. Then why should sheep
men burn the range? Truth Is, they don t,
and their accusers know It, or they are
willfully Ignorant of the fact3 as they
exist.
Mr. Vandevert has herded sheep in the
Cascade mountains for years, and is still
engaged In that pursuit, and when he
says that sheep will not eat fir or plna
trees, he utters a familiar truth with
which every other sheepherder In Eastern
Oregon Is acquainted. But it seenr that
I am only traveling over an already well
beaten path. These matters have been
sifted discussed from every point of view,
both by the local press and through the
columns of your own peerless paper.
Therefore, why should I repeat a thrlce
told tade? It appears plain that certain
favorites and pets of the administration
have It In for the sheepmen, and that
Eastern Oregon Is to be deprived of its
greatest industry. Meantime nearly every
available acre of saw timber outside of
the reserve Is already bought up and
owned by nonresident capitalists. So tho
settler who has depended upon stock
raising for a living, and who Is about to
be deprived of his means for carrying It
on longer, has the alternative of starving
to death or moving away, since he can't
even turn his attention to lumbering,
about the only recourse left him.
What effect the threatened deprivation
of stockmen's rights In Eastern Oregon
will have on the approaching election, I
shall not pretend to say; but If I were a
republican, which I am not. I should be
gin to be afraid of results. No matter
whether those people who own sheep, or
those like Mr. Vandevert who herd sheep,
expect anything better from a change of
administration or not; they are not In
clined to keep on petting- the dog that
bites them. And It is not impossible for
Oregon to be lost to th republican party
not at all. D. W. ALDRIDGE.
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French Expreis Trains the Fastest.
Scientific American.
The French railroad system, which in
point of size and Importance ranks about
fourth among those of the world, stands
easily at the head of the list In respect
of the number and speed of Its express
passenger trains. A recent tabulation ot
these trains shows that Le Chemln de Fer
du Nord operates no less than 45 trains a
day, with an average running speed, in
cluding stops, of from 50 to 80 miles an
hour. Of these. 11 have a speed of 50
miles an hour, 9 of about 51 miles, 11 about
52 miles. 3 of about 53 miles, 10 of from
54 to 57 miles, and one train has a timed
running speed of 60 miles an hour.
While this country and Great Britain
have a few trains of from 50 to 54 miles an
hour speed, and the United States runs
two summer trains at a rate of about 60
miles an hour, such speeds are not char
acteristic of the whole of the express
service. Mr. Charles Rous-Marten, who
Is the best-known expert abroad on the
question of express trains and their per
formance, states from personal knowledge
that the trains are not by any means
mere racing outfits, but weigh fr.om 150 to
in some cases, as high as 300 tons.
Running Fight With Robbers.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. Three safe robbera
early today bound and gagged the watch
man at the picture-frame factory of E.
R. Clark & Co.. 156 to 170 Mathers street,
blew open the safe, and at the point of
a revolver held off a police officer who
Intercepted them, as they were leaving tho
factory, finally escaping after a running
battle of nearly three-quarters of a mile.
Other officers Joined the chase, and nearly
50 shots were fired, but no one was hit.
The amount of money secured was small.
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"Wanted In Montana for Forgery.
ST PAUL, Jan. 18. Governor Llnd to
day honored the requisition from Mon
tana for A. E. Reek and wife, who are
charged with forgery in Butte. Officers
are here for them and will return with
them at once. They express their willing
ness to return and stand ferial.
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Jfot for Publication.
Exchange.
Correspondent Can I write to my paper
that the commander of this army 1b a
drivelling idiot?
Censor No; we are not allowed to per
mit military secrets to pass us.
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A Cennan Appointment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. WHam Wal
lace, of Chicago, was today appointed ex
pert special agent In the coneue bureau
in charge of the collection of lumber man
ufacture statistics.