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TRF, MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900.
MASONS' CATHEDRAL
Its lExtorkw May Be of Pure
White Marble.
PERFECT INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS
It Will AcceraiBedate All Tortlnnd
Bedies e ManoHX and the Orc-
gB Grand Lodcrc.
have the creamery oompleted and in oper
ation within a few weeks at the least.
Doubt was expressed as to -whether ho
could secure the milk and proceed -with
the work, but he has set at rest all doubts
on that subject. Mr. Kern has succeeded
in contracting for the milk of over 200
cows in that neighborhood, which Is con
sidered sufficient to start with, and he has
no doubt but he wllj be able to gft murh
more :n the course of a few months. He
is thoroughly familiar with the business
The fanners in that district express them
selves: as greatly pleased over the pios
pects of a near market Tor their milk and
a steady cash income. Some time during
the present month the plant will be in
shape to commence taking milk from the
farmers.
i e
AN IRISHMAN SPEAKS.
A Inmnlr of spotless white, fashioned
with armboHc art. and affording every
convenience for the work of the most po
tent secret and fraternal order of the
country, is the project Scottish Rite Ma
sons of Portland contemplate in the new
structure at Morrison and Lownsdale
street. Already the Pacific Coast Marble
Company has offered to donate sufficient
of the pure marble found in their quarries
near Spokane, for the building, and the
-watte will be ele?ntly set off by the use
of material equally spotless for coverlag
the great dome. Aluminum has been sug
gested for the dome, and will doubtless be
ueed In connection with the marble. If
constructive science is able to utilize the
plates advantageously.
But It is not in the exterior that the Ma
sonic cathedral of Portland will command
widest attention, although beautiful as.
planned. Spacious halls, well-appointed
property rooms, social quarters, balconies
for orchestra, hidden lofts for "profane"
choirs, quarters for grand officers, libraries
and. every other accommodation for ob
servance of the mysterious rites of the
Maeonlc order, together with ample pro
vision for purely social functions, is where
the proposed cathedral will surpass all
other;. This splendid adaptation of envi
ronment to order work is not the idea of
a. firm of architects, whose knowledge of
what is wanted consists of hasty inspec
tion of needs poorly communicated. The
whole is the slow, gradual growth of ex
perience, of life-long work by one whos&
devotion to the end has been proven by
years of constant, unremitting service.
Religtoos worship commands many
stately edifices in Portland. Ardor of
devotees enlists large capital in the work
of adorning the temple where souls com
mune, and where the principles of correct
living are expounded. The growth of se
cret orders, most of which have some car
dinal element of human ethics for corner
stone, naturally inspires those enjoying
this modern method of social instruction
to attest their loyalty in similar manner.
What the Masons propose is a structure
expressing their devotion. The strength
of the order, both in numbers and finan
cial power, leaves but little doubt that
whatever is undertaken will be pushed to
completion.
After determining upon the building, one
of the most important features in such
an enterprise is the location. Fraternal
orders meet In all parts of the city. Some
have top-door halls of office buildings.
and some are more thoroughly separated
from the uninitiated. Convenient ds
tanoe. freedom from noise, pleasant sur
roundings and sightly grounds are the
conditions sought. In the location at Mor
rison and Lownedale streete they seemed
admirably combined. It is the heart of
the resident district, and not dis
tant from such as are tied to the busi
ness center. A quieter spot could not be
found near street traffic. It is in the direct
path of business extension, so that as an
Investment it is commended. Like the b'g
churches, the cathedral that promises so
much for Masonic life of the state, has
sought a beautiful retreat.
The guiding genius of interior arrange
ments Is Philip S. Malcolm, who has long
stood at the head of Scottish Bite Ma
sonry In the state. This signifies to these
acquainted with the order that he started
from the bottom rung of the ladder, and
has missed none in the upward cl.mb. In
choosfng those for the top. Masonry does
not Invert natural order of things, which
permits no skips in upward progress. Mr.
Malcolm adds to his long experience a pro
found love for the order, that has led
him to study every need in every depart
ment through which he has parsed, until
he now embodies Masonry as none other
wise situated could. The plans of the
cathedral are h. and in them, perhaps-,
will be found a more devout labor of love
than is often given to fraternal work.
Ample provision Is made for the Masonic
orders on the Wort Side of the river,
besides the grand bodies of the different
branches found in the state. The Scottish
Rite bodies, blue lodges. Royal Arch
Chapter and Commandery of Knights
Templar on the Portland side of the AV.l
lamette all will have space. Then there
will he provision for the grand lodge A.
F. & A. M. and the grand chapter of the
Royal Arch Masons of the state. In every
respect the symbolic side of art will be
illustrated, and any Mason looking at the
cathedral will not need a transparency
wttk wo-te across It to inform him to
what purpose the building is devoted.
The entrance Is through a wide portico
by one, two and three steps into a ves
tibule. Thence by five steps to the land
ing, opening into the apartments on the
first floor. From this landing rises the
grand staircase of Ave. seven, nine and
16 steps up to the anteroom, of the main
halt. Entering the vestibule on the
left is the office of the grand
secretary of the grand lodge of
Oregon, and behind that the grand lodge
library. Back of the office and library
extends the banquet hall a very large
room, with a fireplace at the rear, over
wMch Is a balcony for musicians. On the
right of the first floor is a large reception-room,
back of which is the library
of the Scottish Rite, these Jtwe rooms be
ing separated from a cardroom and a
smoktog-room by a brick partition.
The main hall is two stories in height,
with a dome ceiling, and adjoining this
Is another hall, separated by sliding pan
els, so both may readily be turned into
one. The main hall te,4x72 feet, and the
adjoining hall 21x72. "There is a passage
completely around these two halls, which
Is divided Into property-rooms for the
various bodies. The second floor also
has an armory for the Knights Templar
and Scottish Rite. Over the secondary
hall, winch is but one story high, is an
additional hall KxS7 feet, intended to be
ueed as a wdgeroom when the main hall
is occupied. This lodgeroom also has the
nice ary ante-rooms and property-rooms.
Plane of the building have been sub
mitted to eminent Masons all over the
TnKed States, with the result of being
universally approved. More than one in
authority has pronounced them superior
to anything of the kind In the country,
for It Is believed no other structure af
fords equal facilities for the workings of
all deatita of Masonry.
Immediate construction of the cathedral
hs not contemplated. Structural material,
particularly iron. Is very high at pres
ent, and those in charge feel that a delay
of a year or so will be fully Justified.
The generous offer of the Pacific Coast
Marble Company rests upon but one doubt
as to whether it will be accepted that
betas; freight rates. If they are not pro
hibitory, the cathedral will be a monu
ment to the beaut) of Northwest marble.
Other matters of the same nature will
be adjusted before work commences, fot
a building Intended as a type for national
admiration cannot be hastily begun. Light
ing will be by electricity, and so arranged
as to give one person complete control.
Toattlatton wfll be of the latest indirect
A Relative of John Mltchcl, and an
Upholder of Enprlfiml.
MEHAMA. Or., Feb. S. (To the Editor.)
I have read the letter of Mr. D'Arcy in
your issue of today with much pleasure.
BANKRUPT PREFERENCES
TEXT OF A RECEXT DECISION
JUDGE HANFORD.
BY
Xo Difference Between Preference
Given and Received Ueiiclit
Determines the Effect.
A recent decision by Judge Hartford, of
the United States distriot court of "Wash
ington, on preferences in bankruptcy. In
tent of parties giving and receiving pref
erences, and the rights of preferred credi
tors, having several distinct claims, Is of
great Interest to bankers, business men
and ethers, whose affairs are affected by
, the bankruptcy act. It was rendered in
the case of Charles Conhaim, a bankrupt.
The decision follows:
SyllnbuH.
The attempt to draw a distinction be-
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FROJkT ELEA'ATIOX, PROPOSED MASONIC CATHEDRAL.
the amounts of the several payments made
by the bankrupt on account of his indebt
edness to said bank. The facts of the
case are as follows: On January 1, 1SS9,
the bank held four promissory cotes, gven
by the bankrupt for loans made to him by
the bank. Between January I and Feb
ruary 20, 1E99. the bankrupt made several
payments to the bank on account of his in
debtedness on said nutes, amounting In
the aggregate to 53150. the last payment
being on February 14. The petition to be
adjudged a bankrupt was filed In this
court on February 20, 1899. The payments
when made were not applied on all of the
four promissory notes', but were so ap
plied as to extinguish two of them, and
the surp.us was all applied on one of the
notes now held by the bank, leaving a
small balance unpaid, and the fourth note,
amounting to 1500. with accrued inter
est, remains wholly unpaid. At the time
the payments were made the bankrupt
was in fact insolvent, but there is no evi
dence tending to prove that the officers
of the bank had any reason to suppose
that he was in that condition, or that
they were receiving a preference over
ciner creditors.
THE PROGRESS OF MAN
the very prince of dreamers Jesus of
Nazareth. He pictures a. humanity so
ideal, a life so unselfish, a eatheitctsm so
broad, as to make all the world mte-
' read his thought and to believe he must
EVER HELPED BY DREAMERS AND . " "J111 toT othjr world than
l this. Not so, however, for his dream was
THEIR DREAMS. j or tjje multitudes who moll and sweat and
j battle In field and market, and Mood-
t drenched plain. The place for its reallaa
Road Has Eccn Lone and Toilsome , tlon was rlsat here in this stern and rug-
bcu niiuciticea fc nw, j& jrvu wH iTUi
and Bloody, Bnt Results Have
Been Achieved.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 8. (To the Editor.)
In the evolution of the race, it must have
always happened that improvement was
made In spite of strenuous opposition. Be
ginning with the ftem.haman types, we
may faintly conceive the antagonisms
which the innovations of the more ad
vanced members of the race-wou'd arouse
In their slower and more animal kin. They
would be met with tooth and claw with
blind unreason. Every step toward the
only is his dream of this humanity and
of this earth; but it is the forecast of the
things to coma, and he himself is its pro
phetic voucher.
If one man may rise out af selfishness
into a perfectly spiritual that Is, a per
fectly unselfish life why may not hun
dreds or millions so rise? If one such
finds more real, profound, Immeasurable
satisfaction, more joy, in such a life than
In Us opposite, why may not multitudes
find like fullness of joy In thus living?
He !s the crown of evolution, its finished
product, a perfect man, and beyond all
controversy he proclaims in his own per
son what the race is to become. The
"Will you kindly give me space for a few! tween preferences given and preferences
remarks on it?
As a native-born Irishman and a rela
tive of John Mltchel (not Mitchell), I be
lieve I am qualified to speak. To almost
all of Mr. D'Arcy's indictment of Eng
land's attitude towards Ireland in the pat
I make no defense, nor can I wonder at
the lretense hatred of England manifested
by the exiled Irish or their descendants.
But I do claim that England's attitude
has entirely changed within the last 50
years, and the present British nation
should not be judged as if it were acting
a did Lie Tory government of the famine
yar! For a fact, the Irish tenant-farmer
of today has more security and oppor
tunities than anj' European peasant, and
more than a tenant in Oregon. An Irish
landlord nowadays has merely a rent
charge on the property, and that rent Is
fixed by a court notoriously favorable to
the tenant In fact, all rents have been
reduced about 50 per cent in the last 20
year.". Whatever may have been the out
rages committed by her in the past, Eng
land's present attitude towards Ireland is
fair and square.
Bui what of Ireland's attitude towards
l.r.gland? Read the nationalist press and
learn. Open and avowed treason preached
to the more Ignorant people! Racial hatred
stirred up on all occasions! were an
Oregonian to speak of the United States
army as these foul-mouthed agitators
speak of the British army, what would
be th result?
Mr D'Arcy does General BuPer an in
justice. General Duller resigned his post
In the south of Ireland because it wa.
distasteful to him as a man and a soldier
to asfisl In harrying a distressed peas
antry That was nearly 20 years ago.
Why cannot Mr. D'Arcv and educated
men like him take a broader view of the
matter? England's downfall means the
setting-up in her place of some other
EurtiTEn power. "Will Imperial Germany
and her war lord be an Improvement? Or
a-itrcratlc Russia and her seml-barbarlan
hG-dos? O- hstcrical France? As a
sptwdor of civilization, England has led
the way No country has she touched
without it bpcomlng better.
Now the he Irish are no longer op
pressed and have gained their proper po
sition as the equals of the rest of the
kingdom, such language and behavior as
that of the Redmonds, Healys. Dillons et
al. is out of dace and makps the name of
Irishman a by-word for all that Is sedi
tious and "ag'ln the the government."
Not all those born in Ireland are an
tagonistic to Great Britain.
J. TV. IRVINE, B.-A., I. C. D.
received, saying that when an insolvent
debtor disposes of Ills property so as to
benefit one creditor and knows that his
other creditors must suffer a loss, the ben
efit so given Is as to the debtor a pref
erence, but if the creaitor who receives
it does net happen to know that he Is
gaining an advantage over the other
creditors of the same debtor, then as to
him there Is no preference, cannot be sus
tained, for the word "preference," xas used
in the bankruptcy act, must be given Its
full and ordinary definition, and it means
exactly the same thing whether connected
with the word "given" or with the word
"received."
Seotion 57 (g), providing1 that "the
claims of creditors who have received
preferences shall not be allowed, unless
such creditors shall surrender their pref
erences," was not Intended to impose a
penalty, but merely to give creditors who
receive such preferences an option to
keep what they have received and to take
no dividends from the estate, or to sur
render their preferences and share equally
with the other creditors in the general
distribution.
It Is the benefit or advantage which one
creditor obtains over the others and not
the purpose or Intent of the parties,
which determines the effect and consti
tutes the transaction a preference.
When the creditor on January 1, 1899.
held four promissory notes, given by the
bankrupt for loans made to him, and be
tween January 1, and February 14, 1S99,
the bankrupt made several payments to
creditor on account of his Indebtedness on
said notes, aggregating $3150, the last pay
ment being on the said 14th day of Feb
ruary, and the petition in bankruptcy was
filed by debtor on February 20, the pay
ments having been so made as to wipe
out two of the notes and the surplus
being applied on one of the others, leaving-
a small balance unpaid, and the
fourth, with Interest amounting to $1500,
remaining wholly unpaid, the creditor
should be deemed, under section 00 (a), to
have received a preference, a payment be
ing within the term "transfer," and the
payments having been made after the pe
titioner became insolvent, leaving other
creditors unpaid, the ease is brought
within the purview of section 57 (g). and
the creditor is, therefore, required to elect
whether to account to the trustee for
the $3150 received in payment and share
with other creditors, or to retain said
amount in lieu of any dividends from the
estate.
Where a bank holds several notes of a
bankrupt, and payments have been made
within four months before the filing of the
petition In bankruptcy and after the pe
titioner became insolvent, and those pay-
goal would be hotly contested. This an
"Section 57 (a-) of the bankruntcv act tagonlsm to the new Is so prominent in forces that wrought so thoroughly and
proviaes mat 'tiie claims of creditors
who have received preferences shall not
be allowed un'.ess such creditors shall sur
render their preferences.'
"The attempt is made to avoid the ob
jection to allowances of this claim, by
insisting that the bank has not received
a preference, and in the argument there
is an attempt to draw a distinction be
tween preferences given and preferences
received: that is to say, when an Insol
vent debtor disposes of his property so
as to benefit one creditor, and knows that
I1I9 other creditors must suffer a loss, the
benefit so given is, as to the debtoi,
preference, bu if the creditor who re
ceives it does not happen to know that
he Is gaining an advantage over other
creditors of the same debtor, then as to
him there Is no preference. This appears
to mo to be in truth a hair-splitting ar
gument; it seems to me that when a pre
lerence Is given, there is necessarily a
preference received. The word prefer
ence as used in the bankruptcy act must
be given its usual and ordinary defini
tion, and It means exactly the same thing,
whether connected with the word given
or with the word received. This section
of the act was not intended to Impose a
penalty, but merely to give creditors who
leceived preferences options to keep what
they have received and take no dividends
from the estate, or to surrender their
preferences and share equally with other
creditors in the general distribution. It
is the benefit or advantage which one
creditor obtains over others and not the
purpose or intent of the parties which de
termines the effect. Section 60 (b) pro
vides that, In cases of preferences re
ceived within four months before the til
ing of a petition, or after the filing, with
reasonable cause to believe that it was
Intended thereby to give a preference,
such payment or transfer of property
shall be voidable by the trustee and he
slons the dreamer : he mnj
Uc and unreal dr ims' Over as
wild fantasy has be?" wttten m
less, man being in honor and ur
tag not. te Hbo the be 3 tha
Surety, we might concent oir
retegace here and thero one
lions to the ranks of the dream -
that the arena to crowded nigh
cation already. It can hardi. b
fruitless employment of time an
to dream splendid, iridescent i
what man may become, and he r
as may be toward such, becon "S
te join la the bead-splitting . '
claw" chaos which engages th zr .
m hot emulntlen of their man-e i
of the rrimv oast. B J RaUl
EUROPE'S ALARM.
HI o k- r--? I 7 I
MAIN HALL, MASONIC CATHEDRAL.
modern life as to argue Incontrovertlbly
Its pronounced and aggressive activity in
the earlier stages of development. The
student cannot fail to note its presence In
recent times among the most advancsd
people, and will be forced to recognize it
as indicating the dull and obstinate Ignor
ance that must have greeted the first in
ventors, discovers and reformers. Yet,
from the first, there must have been in
dividuals of this type, men more alert of
brain, keener-eyed, mere progressive than
well In hie behalf are as potent in ours.
And If in our behalf, why not in that of
all the race? Surely It is not as far
from the mass to Jesus as it is from that
same reeking, sweltering mass back te
our anthropophagous fathers.
The road hither baa been a long one
and needlessly toilsome and bloody, yet
It has been traversed, and we are now
somewhat clothed, and if not altogether
sane, still giving hints and traces of san-
mav Miwr tC lrtvTrh.inV tho mass. whose thought would quite out- " i." e y no means discouraging,
may recover the property or Its value. ,-', ,1,,. rAiwB ,, p,rrv th May we not then "thank God and take
thinker into a region of fog and fancy courage, seeing tlmt we are really placed
that would lender him to his contempo- i a,an appreciable distance from our un
rarles nothimr less than a vls.onarv . savory ancestry? In view of the progress
Inqnlrc of Juclcre Boixe.
DALLAS, Feb. 8. (To tho Editor.) Is
P H. D'Arcy, whose eloquent letter, de
picting the wrongs done to Ireland, ap- the notes is left wholly unpaid, the bank
r
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lljlll tr:l iH Ufa
This is a distinct provison of the law
and in my opinion it does not control the
Interpretation of section 57 (g). The law
which docs govern is found In section 60
(a), which provides that a preference shall
be deemed to have been given when an
Insolvent person ehall have made a trans
fer of his property, and the effect of such
transfer will be to enable any one of his
creditors to obtain a greater percentage
of his debts than any other of such cred
itors of the same class. Referring to the
first section of the act, we find that a
definition is given to the word 'transfer,'
giving it a comprehensive meaning, in
cluding a payment. So it is made clear
by the express terms of the statute that
In making payments to the Washington
National bank, after the petitioner had
become insolvent, and leaving other cred
itors unpaid, the case was brought within
tho purview of section 57 (g), and the bank
is therefore required to elect whether to
account to the trustee for the ?3150 re
ceived In payment, and stand upon a
plane of equality with other unsecured
creditors, or to retain said' amount in lieu
of any dividends which it would otherwise
be entitled to receive from the estate,
"The argument that the bank may as
sume the position of an unpreferred cred
itor as to the ?1SOO promissory ,note and
retain the payments which were applied
on the other votes, is, in my opinion, con
trary to the spirit and letter of the stat
ute. The prohibition contained in section
57 (g) Is not limited by the terms of the
section to the particular debt or chose m
action on account of which a preference
has been received, but it refers to cred
itors who have received preferences, and
provides that the claim of such creditors
shall not be allowed, unless they shall
surrender the preferences received. In
the very excellent treatise by Frank O.
Loveland, the following commentary is
made upon this section of the statute:
TTe language of this provision is much
broader than that .contained In. the fornrer
bankruptcy acta Under the act of 1867 such
creditors were prohibited from proving only the
debt or claim on account of which the prefer
ence w made. Under that provision the court
held that where a creditor had. two disconnect!
debtf, and had receied a fraudulent preference
as to one only, he might prove the other and
roceUe dividends upon it. It may be doubted,
however, under the present statute. If a. creditor
who has received a preference can prove any
claim until he has "iurrerjiered his preference.
"Let an order be entered disallowing
the entire claim of the Washington Na
tional bank as to both of the promissory
notes mentioned unless said bank shall
elect to surrender to the trustee the en-
f tire amount of payments which it has re
ceived, and present a new claim for the
amount which the bankrupt owed, on Jan
uary 1, 1S99."
dreamer.
The man, for Instance, who first thought
of roast pig as a substitute, more or less
satisfactory, for human flesh as an article
of diet, what a dreamer he was! The
probabilities are that his friends quietly
dined off of him a few days later, In or
der to discourage any such foolish notions.
There probably followed, also, a numerous
company, first and last, of h!s followers
whose minds were somewhat poLsoned by
his dreaming before the danger of his
thought was discovered and he was duly
baked. To the practical men of his age,
that was the only use he could be put
to. To them he was an Impractical and
probably devil-possessed lunatic, who, if
permitted to run at large, would overturn,
or at least seek to overturn, all the ven
erable and praiseworthy customs received
from the fathers. To us he hardly seems
so very much out of the way, but we
perhaps are enjoying some of the harvest
from his eed-sowlng the harvest for
which he was thoughtfully baked.
Nothing "but the customary, the usual,
the long-established, seems obviously
true to the nonreasonlhg mass. Any sug
gestion of possible improvement Is met
with 'ronic derision, and. If persisted in,
encounters force and bloody antagonism.
That has been the reception accorded the
dreamer In all history, and it is safe to
assume was his experience before history
was born.
Now, if all must consent to the dead
level of the practical man, who is intent
only en getting the most possible out of
today, with scant regard for any one but
himself, we had as well double-lock the
doors of advancement and drop the keys
into the deepest abyss of the Pacific, for
out of his thought will come nothing for
the "betterment of the race; Progress in
the future, as in the past, must come
out of the lives, the dreams, of men who
see, where their fellows are altogether
sightless. Nor need these dreaming vis
ionaries expect any different treatment
from that accorded, their fellow-servants,
the prophets. The world's real advance
ment hitherto has bpen by way of its
dungeons, its headsman's ax, its Calvaries,
and not otherwise. That the dreamer of
made thus far. are we altogether wrong
in concluding that If so much has been
achieved with such slight vantage at the
beginning, we may fairly hope to see much
more rapid advancement, now that we are
actually under way? If from the hideous
nightmare of the unrecorded past. In ut
most blindness and with scarce conscious
groplngs, we have attained the present
height, what may not be reasonably ex
pected when conscious, purposeful effort
is being made tirelessly for the produc
tion of the Ideal?
Nor may It be lightly assumed that p-rs-ent
social conditions are ideal. No one
has the hardihood to affirm that such a
conclusion would be to consent that th
crude thinking of the past had produced
a perfect state from the antecedent chaos
Our institutions, our social structures, are
of yesterday, and bear plainly enough the
marks of inexperienced workmen. Not
to their discredit, for they wrought doubt
less quite up to their possibilities. But
to assume that forms of government, so
cial economics, and all the interlacing
relationships of men have received their
final and perfect adjustment is so utterly
gratuitous and foundatlonless as to ad
vertise the utterer incapable of any valu
able thinking.
Now, if the dreamer sees more in hu
manity than mere self-seeking, if he real
ly sees, what some of prominent name, it
seems, have not seen, that the most per
manent work is not done for self-interest
at all, and that thp moat mighty impulses
are not born of self In any sense, may be
not give forth his dream? May he not
proclaim it on the housetop, that sooner
or later perchance. Inter, God pity us
all the race may come to know the su
preme glory of doing Its best work under
the stimulus of unselfish love?
True, in the past, when such dreamer
voiced his thought, there was no lack of
sturdy hands to throttle him. It seemed
the proper thing to stone and beat and
shamefully entreat. Nor yet may be
quite unscathed set his hand to the taek
of stimulating the dormant natures around
him, that they may open wide eyes to the
possibilities within their reach. Not yet
Consorted Aetlon te Arrest
Growth Weald Not e Strang;
Baltimore Son.
Tho increase of oar exports of mi
tures In the calendar year l9 t & v
ee, together with the expert .o
000.000 worth of agricultural proiv-'
ttfr.OM cf minimi products and $1
of forest products, cannot bu. impr:-":
rope with our productive vigor ar 3 ca
some soUctt-de as to our ability
Europe's place In the world s
kets. We have virtually reductd t - vi
of agricultural land throughou i:l
by one-half or more. Our g: a n m t
sell at prices which Vhc cruen? 1 ri
of the Old World cannot meet "U o rr
said to have ruined the agricultu"
rope and to have impoverished ar r
influential class of the landed ar -Thjs
in Itself tends to produ " r
conscquences, which are he ped f r
the spectacle of our prosperity una -ocratle
institutions. The weak g
landed aristocracy tends to wet.c
forces pledged to monarchy W :
agncnlture was impoverished b V
competition the European sa I .8
their attention to manufactur s a
ping. They have given great jf
these provinces of Industry, no - f
left in und'sturbed possession
United States. Canada, Arg '
Australia supply- the world v
grain, meat, wool, hides ard -
products. 2UTcpean labor . ap p
ably employed in manufactuiirg a-
porting the finished articles of na
ture. There Is something left D L
to live upon even if trs farrru- 1 z
deserted. The crowding of the 3
farm laborers has signified tn i r
m which It was hoped that futi ' " i "
was to be made. Europe was :
American farmers with all sorK " !
factured articles, to the advantacr
continents. Feverish effort- v.
a'so to win a living on the wi 1
Irg the Investment of cap ta
Norway. France, Austria. Cemi.
and England have all locked t
as a field upon which the Amei. a vf
not soon be competitors A? r :
markets. Russia. France and Gr-
have looked to China as a rrg'oi
they would obtain more or less ex
advantages.
Now the United States rom 3 t;
front a a power likely to sicu - tl
hopes. Our Increase of export
factures to over W,flC00 show- t" zi
may soon inflict on Europe s mi" 'j
the same defeat we have Lrifl t I
agriculture. Is Europe to st.j " L
and see Its occupation gone7 Cjrg'
before it a proposal to ha. n Air
competition in the shipping f 1
means of subsidies and. as if t :
not enough, our state depart me1 ' 1 :
cently asked ail the great powers c"
rope to pledge themselves not t c
exclusive privileges in Chinese f
possess great natural advantages a
reaching out for others, so t tia' a
rope especially the Contlnenta r
may well look upon our dev?1 r
apprehension. An Austrian c'
a year ago gave expression to a :
which is becoming general on f"
nent namely, that there should ;
eerted action to ptaaerve the H ! t
ing Continental Industries from ex'
by ruthless American competi r
suecess seems to portend their ml II
para.yae Europe s manuf in
shipping Irt3rests as effort
have paralysed her agriculture h v
crowded population to live' I
strange, therefore, that Europe s'
disposed as It undoubtedly is
come any event that will arrest o -
perlty and deprive us of fr n Ts
the nations. The attitude auwr l r
outbreak of the Spanish Ha- v. as c
expectancy, but the disaster d.d r
thanks to Spain's weakness TI
necessity for us to walk war!!; k :
that our existence Is regarded as a
ace and that our downfall would .' '
many nations a joyful deliverance
4 0-
PHELPS IN ENGLAND.
FLAX OF FIRST FLOOR, MASOXIC CATHEDRAL.
peering In this morning's Oregonian. the
same D'Arcy who attempted to "queer"
the Judgeship of the third judicial district
in Oregon during the last election?
C. STANLEY.
Building: the Creaiuerj.
Mr. Kern, who had been looking over the
Meaaant Home d-rtrtct for several week,
wtth a view to estabttsalng a large creamer.-
plant at that place, nas succeeded In
wouarlna. a central location on the Powell
road, ad has tho binKHngc for the estab
MMMftORt voder construction. He hopes to
ol
Cnffcry's Loplc, nnd Its End.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Men of the intellectual equipment
Senator Caffery should leave defense of
the proposition that congress lias no con
stitutional power to create a legal status
for conquered territory to the Masons and J
cannot assume the position of an unpre
ferred creditor as to this wholly unpaid
promissory note, for the prohibition con
tained in section 57 (g). Is not limited to
the particular debt or choice of action
on account of which a preference has
been received, but it refers to creditors
who have received a preference, and pro
vides that the claim of such creditors thall
not be allowed unless they shall surrender
the preference received.
Judge Ilanford'n Decision.
Judge Hanford's decision follows:
"This is a case of voluntary bank-
the Pettlgrews. Senator Spooner and Sen- . ruptcy, in which the referee has certified
ator Piatt yesterday forced him to admit . to the court for decision a question as to
iimv m iirc i i, jjui7tvu m rut,. .i wM.m- , iw ligut uj. me a5iiii: urn raiionai
skm, would have left Californ'a outaide of t Bank to prove against the bankrupt estate
the United States, and would leave Puerto and have allowed debts due to -the bank.
Rica out now. They were merciful and upon two promissory notes, one of which
did not press the point home to Louisiana, has been partially paid. The trustee con
None is caught so fatally in the web of a tends that the claim of the bank as to
logical dilemma as the incautious possessor both of said promissory notes should be
of a logical mind. rejected, unless the bnk will surrender
As Minister He Did Sot Rench the
Level of James Russell LoTrell.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
E. J. Phelps, who has been having such
a hard struggle with pneumonia lately,
has received a very gracious message
from Queen Victoria, expressing regret
for his Illness. Mr. Phelps left many warm
friends in England, and th!s message re
minds one of the fact. As minister of the
United States, he did not reach the level
of Lowell In distinction, or vogue, yet
he made a place of Ms own that was
worthy of American diplomacy and cul
ture. Robert Browning said he liked
Phelps, but in a different way from Lowell.
"If a man marles twice," remarked Brown
ing of the two ministers, "you don't neces
sarily expect his second wife to remind
you of his first wife, do you?" Lowell
once carried literary and aristocratic Eng
land by stcrm although he was a firm be
liever in democracy by a brilliant impro
vised epigram on Gladstone's sudden turn
about to Irlrti home rule:
His greatneso not so much in genius lies
As in adroitnrro, when occasions rise.
Lifelong convictions to extemporize.
They were not seriously meant as a final
criticism of Gladstone, but to the tory
mind the lines said the last word of the
great commoner. And' such things made
Lowell, who was a brilliant wit and lit
terateur, distinguished in English society
as such men as Phelps, cr Bayard, or Hay,
or Choate, could not hope to be.
i e
Suez Canal Improvements.
The Suez canal is being constantly Im
proved "by widening it and adding sidings
so that ships can pass each other. It re
sults that the pacsage can now be made
in 17 hours instead of 4S hours. The elec
tric light enables progress to be made by
night as well as by day. There is to be
an immediate increase of depth to 27 feet
10 Inches, and an ultimate deepening to
C2 feet 9 inches, so that the largest ves
sels may use the canal. There has been
rapid Improvement in the management
since the English still In a minority ?ot
the'.f directors increased from three to ten.
Lord Beaconsfle'.d gave the khedive $20,0 0 -000
for his 176.6C2 shares, which are now
worth In the market $132,500,000.
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A Crittcnton rescue home is to be opened
In Spokane this week. It cost about $jooo.
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PLAX OP SECOND FLOOR, MASOXIC CATHEDRAL.
today Is less hardly dealt with than his
prototype, is due to the emergence of the
race, thanks to its scorned dreamers, from
the rank animalism of Its beginnings.
may he prophesy of some golden age, hid
den In the cloudland of the future, with
out being hailed a babbler of strange
things, a dreaming visionary, an imprae-
It has come to pass, from time to time. , tical thinker, or worse.
a ureamcr naa scmeu sume iimgui. un
trodden by the mere plodder .n the plain
below, and has thence caught a glimpse of
the infinite beauties and poss'bliitles of the
race, and has, perforce, reported as clear
ly as he might the' vision thus unfolded.
Some kindred natures have fel the stim
ulus of his thought, and have, wi h grater
or less success, essayed to embody the
thought In their lives; to incarnate and
render visible some of the beauty the
dreamer dreamed. Thus the dream has
become a vital, an Integral part of the
race's heritage.
Such extraord'nary men are more than
mere dreamers; they are the prophecy of
that Ideal to which they point; the cer
tain index of the future of the race
i Contrast is drawn between the dream
er's unbusinesslike Utopia and the stal
wart realism of the man of action, who to
day bends himself to the prosaic task
of doing. He, it is assumed, makes con
tributions of enduring value to the sum
of the world's possessions. But ts not
this weighing with a false balance? Who
are the men whose lives prove a perpet
ual enrichment to the race? Are they
these practical, hard-headed men of ac
tion? Are the princes of commerce, the
' mighty men or war, or the consummate
organizers, the men wboeeworks live af
ter them? In downright truth, are they
not one and all the sorrkat lot of foeHsh
, dreamers the world ever held? Are they
AmerleaR Seheel In Itonir,
New Terk Times
It Is some five years now 3lnrp t'iT
established the Amer'can schon rf r a"
studies In Rome. As It is not f1'
of cur country to support lnstit -.
-his sort at the expense of tho pu1
ury a wise policy undoubtedly fi ?
was necessarily something oc a ci
ment, and planned on a modest '-
has been singularly succesrul in t r qi
lty and extent of its work aM a
Its graduates are ergaged in am
In more than a dozen cf the college "
land, Including Columbia. Tale M "
Dartmouth, Bryn Mawr and C-iig
It Is now proponed by the irrha 3
Institute, with which the school -, r
affiliated, and by the president ? o"
various colleges that have enc ura I
aided In the work, to raise a fund t j t
the school on a solid and nermann
The following statement Is suffle
doraement of the school, and evldn
the contributions asked for will sr
proper purpose:
It la our belief the th pchnot rt r i-,
rtudiee m Bonce sttppnes a nrftlvA -ifeT -n
its companion schocl m Xt'i'ns It 1- j
bond of anion ta the Wfrtie't pursuit
our American unlrerp'ttes' and priiog 3
offer opportunities ft"" advai"- stur'lcq i
! of claseka. Christian archaeelogv 1 1
Kenalseence, soeh as crniwt be pro 1-1
this country L-cltl Mt sMidy m
student and tener Of myje nranr lf3
learning cannot eqoal - of Knfrlai
the Continent. We believe It to be an rv
tant addition te the urces of the i .
etiaea ttea m America.
Charles "W. IMot, prwdent of Harvarl
verelty.
Arthur TwMk Madr. president of TS
untveralty.
Francis L. Fttn president of Prince
university.
Daniel C Olhnaa. president of the Joli
Horktns wnlwltj.
Wlltta-i R. Harper, pnetdent of the
verstty of Oite-wo.
Scth Low. pcpdet ef Cchrabla ttnK?rlj
Ctmrle- C. Hani-m, provost of tl-e univJ
sity of Feaaaytvaala.
James B. Angell. praeHent of unHerslt
Mteftfean-
Jacob O. Sfclmiw. president of C jn 1 j
varsity.
Facts and Flcure Abo at the Ieal
agraa Canal.
Here are a few Interesting facts aboi
the Nicaragua canal, concerning wh h t3
British-American treaty has been s gn
at the state department. The figures ai
gathered from various official report? aii
from private sources of in'ormaf.on
Total cost of canal (estimated) $125 HO CI
Vcumr lry "Mat or Jiarttlrae
Canal Company 3 136,4
Total distance from ecsoa to ocean,
miles
Length of proposed ditch, mi In
Length of natural water way, miles U
Proposed width of canal, feet
Proeceea depth of canal feet
QoantHy of earth to he xcaated
and dredged, cable yards. 1'- 41
Excavation proper, cwbtr yards Jit JOT
Highest elevttloa of canal from lev
el of awe. feet ... .
Plata nee saved for ships sotng from
coast to coast, miles 8.
Time saved .'at wainhip Oregon 0
rate of sailing) daj . ..
Increase lit ocean traffic since 1881,
tn .. 16 000
Distance from New -rk mites 2 1
Distance frr 1 an frin aco mtl9. 2
Distance from Tii i jp'a-t islam?.
mile
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Take the foremost man among them all, not the ylotlma ol the; mot t stupid lllu- I Thne required r oo-tructlon. years