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THE MORNING ORBGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1900. THE TRANSPACIFIC CABLE CONGRESSMAN JONHS' STATEMEXT BBFOKS HOUSE COMMITTEE. His Arcwment Wm in Favor Northern. Rente, Thongh Bill Decs Net Locate Line. of WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Congressman Jones made & long statement today, before the house committee a Interstate and foreign, owamercs, -while the Pacific cable bills -were under consideration. His bill on this subject provides for a commission to locate the cable, and does not point out any particular mite. Ia his state ment, however, Congressman Jones fa vored the northern route, because It la shorter, less expensive and Is shallower. In the senate, several Pacific cable bills are before the committee on naval affaire. In all there are some eight or ten bills in both houses on this subject, most of them favoring government ownership, some .favoring subsidies, and all, except Senator Foster's, either favoring the southern; route, via Honolulu, Wake, Guam and Midway islands, or etee not specifying any particular route. Senator Foster's bill favors the northern route, via Dutch har bor and touching at porta la Japan, China and Siberia. In the Mils providing for commissions to locate the cable, prevision is made for a salary for each similar to that provided for the Nicaragua 'canal commission. A government cable seems to be favored by most members of congress, and many openly favor American-made cable mater rials, even if some slight delays result- Congressman Jones' statement follows: Congressman Jones Statement. "The importance of a trans-Pacific cable has been greatly emphasized by the events of the last two years. Until Hawaii was annexed, little was thought of it. This annexation directed the attention of the people to the needs of such communica tion. Business interests began to think of quicker communication, and this could only be had by cable. The apparently natural route was from San Francisco to Hawaii. No one thought of any other route. Manila became ours, and the Phil ippines were ceded to us. Gold discoveries multiplied in the Klondike and Alaska. Thousands -of our people hurried to the northland and thousands more are going. With expansion in territory and explora tions there has been a broader inquiry as to the best means of cable communication. Not only Hawaii must be reached, but also Alaska, Manila, China and Japan. Which is the best, cheapest aad quickest way to do this? This is the question to te determined It should be free from partisanship and local prejudices. "I do not appear before this committee as an expert on cables. I am simply in terested in the growth and development of my country, and especially of the Pa cific oast. I feel that we must have the cable. We must have it as cheaply and as quickly as possible. I have given the matter considerable thought and investiga tion. I may present some facts with which some members of the committee are not familiar, or I may not. I have no Interest save the interest of a citizen of our coun try, as one of the representatives of the people. "It is hardly necessary to discuss the Importance of a trans-Pacific cable, es pecially to the United States. We have the trade of Hawaii. We want the trade of the Orient. Rapid communication will quicken that trade. Along the Asiatic shore there is now imported $1,000,000,000 worth of products. We furnish but 10 per cent of it, while we should furnish at least one-half. Will we hesitate, delay and lose our opportunity? I trust not "How shall a cable be laid? Shall the government own, lay, operate and main tain it' Shall we subsidise private cap ital to do it? Or shall we wait until pri ate capital does It without assistance or encouragement? By the latter plan there will be delay. We will lose our opportu nity, and England will lay the cable and take the trade. I am unalterably opposed to subsidy of private capital for this pur pose The cable can be laid for the amount of subsidy desired. The govern ment should own the cable, lay, operate and maintain it The objections to gov ernment ownership of railroads do not applj The force In operating it is very small, and the expense comparatively slight The object of private capital In operating and maintaining a cable is gain, Mhlle the prime object of the government would be to furnish rapid and cheap com munication to and from the Orient The government, after it has placed this ca ble, should simply charge enough to main tain and operate It and also to reimburse Itself within a reasonable length of time for the outlay In the original construction. The government wants no interest on its money invested. When it has been reim bursed to the extent of the original cost it can further reduce the cost of mes sages so as to simply cover the cost of operation and maintenance, and thus make this a great common highway of cheap communication between our people and the Asiatics. I do not believe it would be xong be fore this communication would be ren dered so cheap that the great mass of Oriental cablegrams would come over this line "I have introduced a bill which Is now before this committee that Is In fact cop ied after the bill Introduced by the gen tleman front Michigan (Mr. Corliss). It differs In one important respect. It does not determine the route. It provides for a comminute n. to operate the cable, and provides that this commission shall deter mine the route upon which the cable shall be laid. This is the Important dis tinctive feature of my bill, and It is to this matter I most particularly desire to c ul the attention of the committee. His b.ll provides for the laying of a cable f-om San Francisco to Manila by way of Hawaii. I do not believe this is the best route from an standpoint While I have not provided for Its definite location by another route, I am satisfied that this committee would be warranted in re porting a bill to locate this cable along another route If they desire to determine vhat this route shall be. I believe, however, that It would be better to leave this matter to the com mission, so that the question of routes shall be carefully investigated, and, If iiecessary. further soundings be made, as the question of route is the most import ant point The cost of laying, maintain ing and operating a cable, and the facil ities It wMl afford after it has been put Into operation depends largely upon its length and the depth at .which it is laid. Its entire length between terminal points and also the length of Its links affect the cost Argues fer Northern Route. "As I said before, at first there was but one route thought of. now there is another, known as the northern or great circle route. In traveling along the earth's surface we do not go la a straight line. We move in a circle, and, as the shortest distance between any two points upon a plane is a straight line connect ing these two points, so the shortest dis tance upon the earth's surface between any two points is that portion of the great orcle passing through these points. This must be clearly understood in order to comprehend the comparative distances be tween duToreat points on the earth's sur face. If you will take a globe and pass strings around It through different points you will very easttr see the truth of the statement I have made. The southern route is from San Francisco to Manila by way of Hawaii. Midway and Wake Islands. The northern Is from some point on the Straits of Fuca or Puget sound by way of Alaska, Siberia and Japan, and its course is wonderfully near a great circle "The distance from Saa Francisco to Manila, by way of Honolulu and Guam. Is 6W8 miles. There are four links of 2090, vm, 380 and 1172 miles In length re spectively. It is proposed to run a link from Guam to Yokohama. This would be 1232 miles long. It would be necessary to connect Manila with Hong Kong, ana this would be 62S miles more, making a total length of SS62 miles. "The distance from Puget sound to Una laska, or Dutch harbor, is 1700 miles. From Unalaska to Yokohama, S00 miles, and from Yokohama to Manila, 1770 miles, making the total distance from Puget sound to Manila 5970 miles. Adding 62S miles from Manila to Hong Kong, would make 6598 miles to connect Puget sound with Japan, Manila and Hong Kong. The difference between this rute and the route from San Francisco is 2264 miles. The distance from. Unalaska to Hawaii Is 2070 miles, and, therefore, with this dis tance you could lay a cable from. Una laska to Hawaii and still have 194 miles of cable left In other words, with the same amount of cable by the southern route you can connect San Francisco, Hawaii, Manila, Hong Kong, Yokohama, while with the northern route you can connect Puget sound, Dutch harbor, At tou, Yokohama, Manila, Hong Kong and Hawaii. ".The southern route Is a route of very long links, none of them being less than 1000 miles in length. Two of them will be more than 2000 miles In length, unless Wake island should be made a terminal, which Is hardly possible. This island is nothing but a coral reef rising a few feet above the surface of the waiter. The ap pearance of the vegetation proves that the waves frequently beat over the whole Island. The northern route can be con structed of links of almost any length de sired, and none need be more than 10W miles in length. "The southern line would be laid In wa ter of an unusual depth, the average be ing almost 3000 fathoms. According to a survey made by Commander Belknap, of the United States steamer Nero, a chasm more than 4900 fathoms deep exists about BOO miles eastward of Guam and a short distance westward of the Midway Islands, the floor of the ocean rises to within about 82 fathoms of the surface. Each of these obstacles would require a detour of un certain length. The northern route can be laid almost Its entire length in water at a depth of 1000 fathoms, or less, if de sired. "The line from San Francisco would connect Hawaii and its business interests with the United States, but there would be no further Valuable business connec tlons until Manila Is reached and thenca to Hong Kong and Yokohama. "Along the entire northern route and at almost every terminal link there would be valuable business connections, and con nections of great Importance to the gov ernment Alaska is teeming with people. They must have connection with the out side world. With a government cable laid from Puget sound to Dutch harbor con nection could be made with almost every point in Alaska. It would not be expect ed that the government would do this, but private capital would soon connect Dutch harbor with Sitka, Skagway, Ju neau, Cape Nome and Cape York. A tele graph line already extends from Skagway to Dawson. At Juneau there is the great est quartz mine In the world already In operation, together with numerous other mines now being developed. Skagway is the entry port to the Klondike, and, as I said, has connection with Dawson by tele graph, and by the middle of summer a railroad will extend 140 miles to the In terior. Sitka Is the capital of Alaska, and Dutch harbor is the great coal sta tion of the Pacific ocean. Here all ships to the north touch, and the whaling and sealing vessels put In for many different purposes. Cape Nome and Cape York, destined to be the great gold fields of our continent, lie but a short distance away. Thousands of American citizens will be found along these shores. Many of the other islands of the Aleutian group are said by those who have visited them tj be most valuable for grazing and stock purposes and in the near future will bfc teeming with flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. "From Attou Island two short lines, If deemed necessary, will connect with all the important points of Asia. Connection will also be made with Yokohama, Hong Kong and Manila, and with Hawaii by a line from Dutch harbor. In any trans oceanic cable, It is almost absolutely nec essary that a cable be duplicated In ordei to Insure uninterrupted service; this dou bles the advantages of the northern route. "It is also desired that transmission shall be as rapid as possible. The longer the line the slower the transmission. The northern line gives shorter links and would, there fore, do much greater business than the southern route. It i conceded that the working speed varies Inversely, more or less, with the square of the length. This rule would give the northern route a very decided advantage over the southern route from San Francisco, as the links are com paratively short It is estimated that a cable with links of 800 miles has a speed of S5 words a minute, while one with 1100 miles has a epeed of only about 26 words a minute, the standa wire being 107 pounds of copper and 140 pounds of gutta percha. If you desire to keep the speed of a long link equal with that of a short one you must use more copper, and, in doing that. Its construction would be much more expensive. "Long links also require much more material in the construction of the cable itself, thereby rendering it much mere expensive than when there are shorter links used. In this, the northern route would have a very great advantage over the southern' route. "One objection has been urged against the northern route because of the long, cold winters. This simply shows the lack of knowledge which many of our people have regarding this northern country. It is for gotten that the Aleutian Islands are only about 150 miles north of the northern boundary of the United States, and that the climate of these Islands Is greatly modi fled by the Japan current. "Henry W. Elliott, In his book on 'Our Arctic Province." page IBS. In speaking of the climate of these islands, says: "Sum- I mens are mild, foggy, humid, the average temperature being about 50 deg. Fahren heit The winters are also mild, foggy and humid, with a slightly colder average of 30 deg. Fahrenheit The thermometer no where in the Aleutian chain ever went much below zero at sea level. There Is no record of a consecutive three or four weeks lower than. 3 or 4 deg., and the tem perature seldom falls as low as 10 deg. The average annual temperature at Un alaska Is over 3S deg.' "Summed up the advantages of the northern route over the southern route are: Shorter length, shorter links, shal lower depths, less amount and cheaper material In construction, more commerce connections, less likely cost of mainte nance and Tepalrs, less cost in duplicating, and. In doing this, it secures all the objects of the southern route as well as those of the northern. From a mechanical stand point it is the best, being the easiest laid, operated and maintained. From a geo graphical standpoint, it Is the best, being the shortest and having the best terminal stations. Electrically, It Is the best, as It can be constructed so as to make most rapid transmissions, and commercially, It Is the best, as it connects with the most business and the most people. "The Importance of Immediate action I need not urge. The Brltisn will not much longer delay putting in a line, and unless we act soon we will miss a great oppor tunity. The construction of the Siberian railroad will have a tendency to divert business along its lines and to Russia and we cannot too soon 'Increase our foot hold In the Orient "There should be no rivalry between points for the location of the terminus of such a cable. This, of Itself, Is of but little advantage. The employes are few. Many of the Atlantic cables start from the bleak and barren rocks of Newfoundland. The business of the cable can just as well be conducted from a lighthouse on some rocky cape as from the most populous city. Hence, this committee should not be em barrassed by the claims -of different sec tions, but should simply determine what is the best, cheapest and most feasible route for the laying of the cable. This should be determined only after a careful investigation of all the different routes." in k yr WA I J BOKHARA LITTLE IMPRESSED "WITH RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION. More of the Original Dirt and Splen. dor There Tana la Other Caa- tral Asian Cities. BOKHARA, July 28. Bokhara has re- ' tained its characteristics of the days be- fore the Russian occupation In much great- er degree than the other cities of Central Asia. Left to a condition of seml-lnde- pendence, with the authority of the emir still paramount In interior affairs, it has not been as tempting a location for Rus- slan investment as have the cities of Sir Daria, Ferghana and even the Transcas- plan province. The Russian population of the khanate is infinitesimal except in the . towns along the railway. Immigrants pre- KEEPS ANCIENT KEKELAM1 MODRESSH, BOKHARA, DATING FROM 1420. ferring to enter the regions where the au thority of their country is that of gov ernment rather than "sphere of Influence." Russian merchants have their shops In the new town at the railway station, where, they sell to their countrymen who have in the stagnant pools of the city. Bath settled there and to the Bokharlot mer- ing, washing and drinking without caution chants of the native city. Trade with as they do, the people receive this para- the markets of Moscow and St Petersburg is Increasing constantly as the riches of the khanate are more and more developed. Nevertheless, the Bokharlots show little change in their manners of life and deal ings. For the traveler, the foregoing condition Is not a disappointment He finds one of the great capitals of Central Asia in Its original "dirt and splendor," offering him fair Illustration of what these realms must have been in the days of their his torical magnificence. This city seems to me much more populous than Samarkand, and it is certainly more crowded and bueler. What the facts or the population are, however, It Is very difficult to as certain. Various Informants have given me figures all the way from 70,000 to 170, 000 for Bokhara, while the information regarding the number of people living In Samarkand has varied almost as much. People agree fairly well, however, as to Tashkend, the largest city in Central Asia, which seems to be properly credited with about 160,000 residents. Tho bazaar of one of these cities seems the best test of Its size and affords the chief sights of Interest In the modern life of the place. Here in Bokhara the bazaar has been a never-failing delight to me. It has all the crowd and activity of a country fair at home, the narrow, crooked streets of the most tangled part of old London, and the gorgeous costumes and colors of a comic-opera chorus. Occupy ing a large area, the bazaar is crossed by a maze of streets and alleys which radiate roughly from a common center Most of these are so narrow that they are roofed from side to side by awnings, as are the narrow streets of Havana. This shade is almost essential in such a cli mate. The rays of the sun at this season are very trying, no less oecauso of tho glare of light from the cloudless sky than for the extreme heat Itself. Here under the awnings the Bokharlot merchants sit In dignity in their little stalls, while the buyers pass up and down, stopping to chaffer over the wares exposed for sale. Shopping takes the form that It does In most Oriental countries, both as to the style of the shop itself and the manner of trading In it A Bokharlot store Is not apt to be more than 10 feet square, tho front wide open to the street and the floor raised a foot or more from the street level. On another terrace in the floor, about the same height, sits the merchant, and behind him on rough shelves are the wares he has for sale. The customer loit ers at the first step and perhaps sits on the floor. If his Interest Is sufficiently .aroused, or the merchant is urgent, he enters the shop and sits on the platform with the proprietor while the trade is In progress. Of course, it Is policy to show no interest In the things one really wants and to devote all ones direct attention to the things which one does not want at all. The process of "dickering" usually is carried to Its ultimate limits, though I iouna one siik mercnanx wno wouia not waver .opi. iui uu mat ircmanu. In every other instance the merchant made a high demand from the start. I made a low offer, and the bargain was flnnlWf .1vcarl rerVion Vile ierATlrtlTl rr1 mxr ....cm..j t,.vv.v ,..... ... vww..v....0 -.- ., ascending bias met. Refreshments to Shoppers. When Abdul and I found a more preten- FAVORITE SUMMER PALACE tious shop, or one where it was desired to make a special impression on us, refresh- ments were offered. This meant that we were given seats, someumes on me upper terrace of the floor and sometimes on cush- I lons. Then little cups of thin, weak, un sweetened green tea were served, of which we were expected to drink three or four each. The cups themselves were of thin china, very shallow and flaring. It proves how little the Russian occupation has In fluenced the BokhariotR that nothing but Indian teas were ever served. Elsewhere In Central Asia, although the native popu lation drinks green tea only, Russian tea Is usually on hand to be given to stran gers when hospitality Is tendered. With the tea we were given various ikinds of sweetmeats and confections, of which the Asiatics are so fond. One novelty about the scene among the f HalnKgnnTa iwnWMfT'W'WWn1 ' '" " "li'nnlTlTiiTi IHiffi Tu ' Tin n , I shops of the bazaar is that it Is men and not women who are doing the shopping. .11 UL U1U1U IUCU1 CWW UL LU1CC L11UCZ7 JilJi A C- women asking Juo be shown the newest thing In styles, and then they were warily veiled, guarded by their husbands and dressed in the dullest of gowns. But the men, in gaudy robes of the figured silks, girdled with belts of silk or velvet stroked their beards in salutation and then pawed over all the goods that the merchants would drag down from the shelves, quite after the fashion of the traditions related of the other sex. It Is in the bazaar, too, that the stranger sees another of the sights of Bokhara which has helped to make the place fa- mous. For at least 340 years, or ever since the visit of Anthony Jenklngon, the first English tourist here, travelers have Deen warned, and for a very good reason, "cot to drink water that has not been tolled, and to be on. their guard against blls, ulcers and contagious diseases." No system of sanitation .of any sort exists here an at U the deth rate lsex: travagantly high, even when no actual epidemic can be named, The pest of Bokhara is the reshta worm. scientifically known as filarla medlnensls, or bukharlnensls, which was described by Jenkinson and has abated Its ravages but little since that time. It Is a para- site found in Impure water, which abounds site, which after several months within the system develops In the muscles or just under the skin as a long, white worm. Sometimes several of these are dwelling In the muscles of the victim at the same time, and there have "been summers when one-half the population were afflicted. It Is a rare thing to And a Bokharlot who has not been attacked. The parasite is local to Bokhara, and the city enjoys an unsavory reputation for It, not only among travelers but among the people of the neighboring khanates. It is in evidence in the bazaar because the barbers of Bok hara maintain the ancient custom and unite the profession of surgery with their tonsorlal profession. Thoy act as the ex tractors of the worm, and patients gather about them at all times for relief. In the days of the construction of the rail way not a single case of "reshta" oc curred among all the Russian soldiers and workmen employed on the line. They were positively forbidden either to drink the water of the Zerafshan or to eat fruits and melons grown here. Boiled water and filters were furnished In abundance, the rule was severely enforced and the Russians were immune. The Emir's Slimmer Home. Sayid Abdul Ahad, emir of Bokhara, has another palace, his favorite summer home, a little way out of the city, and there Abdul Hamid Beg and I paid a visit during one of our drives in the sifburbs. The emir is away at present, so, as Abdul Hamid is an Intimate friend of the chamberlain In charge of this; pal- , ace we w6re neaPtlly recelvefJ and they took pride in showing me every detail of its splendor. The palace Is a large one, built In several wings, and I judge at different times. Its exterior is Persian in style of architecture and decorations. The interior has been marred by an effort to graft Western Ideas upon Eastern condi tions, and the result Is not happy. Chairs from Paris and "Vienna are mixed vlth the most Oriental of couches. The pal ace Is lighted with electricity, which la perhaps incongruous, but excusable. It is in the wall and window decorations, how- that the loudest clash of harmony occura The greatest pleasure of the visit was in examining the carpets of his majesty, though my escorts paid no attention to them at all, devoting their homage to the empty ohalr which serves as the throne when the emir is at home. All the car pets were taken up to be cleaned during his absence, a precaution which is In variably necessary after the departure of an Oriental potentate, no less when he . vlslts a Western monarch at some Euro pean capital than when he vacated his own palace. The carpets were rolled and stored In great closets devoted to the purpose, 1 with the intention of leaving the floors bare until his approaching return should demand that they he replaced. Abdul , Hamid told his friends that I was more J interested In carpets than anything else i on earth, his common practice whatever . sicht was to be attemnted. so the closets were thrown open for my pleasure. Roll after roll of the most magnificent carpets of Persia, Turkey, India and all the notable -i i , i t-t-i.-t x , weaves ui ieiurai jnaia. were exniDiiua io me. When we finished I am sure that at least 40 of the choicest had been dis played. There was not one of them that OF THE EMIR OF BOKHARA. I would not have ranked as the finest In any collection of Oriental carpets that I had even seen before. The palace grounds include a consider- able fruit garden of peach, apple, pear and plum trees, grape vines and melons. After we finished the palace itself we went out "by way of the emir's door Into the garden, and there under the shade of a pretty grape arbor regaled ourselves -with the choicest fruit of the orchard and vine yard. 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WHITE. GOSPEL OF DESPAIR. Goodness and Greatness Seldom Are Revealed to Contemporary "Vision. New York Commercial Advertiser. It is the avowed conviction of a consid erable body of people here and ir. other lands that the world Is In a very bad way, chiefly because their advice has not been followed. This view is snared by virtually all our anti-imperialists in thiis country because their warnings In regard to a national policy have not been heeded, and it will be shared by Mr. Bryan, so he Informs us, If he be not elected to the presidency in November. It Is shared also by Gustav le Bom, the French psychol ogist, whose studies of the crowd, of peo ples and of socialism are among the most searching and entertaining of current con tributions to philosophic thought In fact, tt la doubtful if the world, has had for many years a larger body of contributors to what Goethe called the "literature of despair." Few of them seem to realize that tfhey are merely echoing the laments of a line of Jeremiahs that steetohes back into the very nlgiht of time. Writing many years ago of Oarlyle, whose walls of despair were then the shrillest to be heard anywhere, Lowell said: If ho would only recollect that from the dars 6f tho first grandfather, everybody has t!f!tSJflrVn.i Adam depreciated the apple which tho little Cain on his knee was crunchlnsr by comparUwn with those he himself Mad tasted in Eden. Lowell was indeed very fond of "touch ing up" the preachers of the gospel of despair, and his works abound in delight ful passagps relating to them. In his ad dress on "Democracy," delivered at Bir mingham. England, in 1884, he said: I have ETOwnlo manhood and am now grow ing old, with the growth of the democratic system of government in my native land, have watched its advances, or what eome would call its encroachments, gradual and Irresistible ao those of a glacier; have been an ear-witness to the forebodings of wise and good and timid men, and have lived to Bee those forebodings belied by the course of events, which Is apt to show Itself humorously carelesa of the reputa tion of prophets. I recollect hearing a sa gacious old gentleman say in 1840 that ths doing away with the property qualification for suffrage 20 years before had been the ruin cf the state of Massachusetts; that it had put pub lic credit and private estate alike at the mercy of demagogues. I lived to see tho common wealth 20-odd years later paying the Interest on her bonds in gold; though It coat her some times nearly three for one to keep her faith, and that while suffering an unparalleled drain of men and treasure in helping to sustain the unity and self-respect of the nation. And, again, in the same address: Not a change for the Better in our human housekeeping has eVer taken place that wlsa and good men have not opposed it, have not prophesied with the alderman that the world would wake up and find Its throat cut in con sequence of it The wwld, on the contrary, wakes up, yawns, stretches Itself, and goes about its business as if nothing had happened In a deeper philosophic vein Is this from anotlher of his works: The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning' of events, that are near him, as the true poet Is he who detects the divine in the casual; and we sometimes suspect the depth of his Insight Into the past who cannot recognize the Godlike of today under that disguise in which it always visits us. Lowell's remark about the opposition of wise and good men to changes recaHs the anecdote of Luittrell and Samuel Rogers, The two men were passing in a wherry under old London bridge when its destruc' tlon was contemplated, and Rogers said: "Some very sensible men think that the (removal of these narrow arches will cause such a rush of water as will be very dan gerous." "My dear Rogers," answered Luttrell, "If some very sensible men had been attended to, wo should still be eating acorns." Oarlyle's works abound not merely with walls, but with shrieks of despair, which could be quoted In sufficient volume to All an entire newspaper, were it worth while to do so. He has said nothing any where, however, more c&eHghtfully charac teristic than two remarks which he made to Tennyson, and wWoh are given In the Tennyson biography. Speaking In 1873, he said of England: "We are to be ruined by a government of party, headed by a gentleman Jew who sits ex the top of chaos. Two years later he said, ia speaking of the time of Charles II.: Those days were very like the days now no real strong ruler, all just a confusion of Jack assery. None of our contemporary prophets of despair can match Carlyle for plcturesque ness of language, but many of them match him in their foreshadowings of im pending ruin. HI Proposed Pension Legislation. Senator Hansbrough, of North Dakota, has introduced a bill providing that all pen sions suspended by reason of enlistment in the army or navy during the war with Spain, shall be renewed, the renewals to run from the dates of discharge. A man physically fit to be accepted In army, navy or marine corps in the war with Spain was no proper subject of an- invalid pen sion. Why should he be returned to the pension list as an Invalid after confessing, by his action, that he was not an Invalid by a legal Action? 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This Is the list of "wars"; Florida and Georgia Seminole war, 1817-18; Favre River Indian war, of Illinois, 1827; Sac and Fox Indian war, 1831; Sabine Indian war, 1836 37; the Cayuse Indian war, of 1847-48; Flor ida wars with Seminoles, 1842 to 1868; Texas and New Mexico Indian war, 1849 to 18&5; California Indian disturbances, 1861-52; Utah Indian disturbances of 1850 to 1863; Oregon and Washington territory Indian wars, from 1831 to 1S6S. The bill Includes as pensioners all who served whether in United States, state or territorial troops. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, has Intro duced a bill to make pensionable all mil itiamen who served in the army or navy for 60 days. Commissioner Evans has pro tested against further increase in the pen sion list in the general army and says or, the effect of Senator Cullom's bHl: "It is safe to assume that from 50,000 to 100,000 cases would receive favorable action each year under the operations of this bill, and that the annual value of the pension roll, after making due allowance, would be increased by at least J20.000.000 each year for the next 10 or 16 years. "Take, for Instance, the cases of the militia organizations of the different states, many of which served under the command of a United States officer tor more than 60 days, and yet very few of them ever left their states or were exposed to any hardships, except those ordinarily Incident to a summer encampment I ap prehend that many of these troops would be Included In the bill, and It would ap pear almost unnecessary to discuss the inequality between their services and those who rendered service at the front for three or four long years In active campaign." m Asrulnaldo the Victim of His Own Losic. Chicago Tribune. La3t September Agulnaldo wrote a pamphlet of 10,000 words, in which- he gave an elaborate and clear presentation of his case from 1896 to the date of writ ing. This has been translated and has recently appeared in full In the Spring field (Mass.) Republican. Among other things, Agulnaldo explains exactly what he and the Spaniards agreed to in the treaty of Blac-na-bato. He was to re ceive $800,000 Indemnity, but he says he received only $400,000, while the Span lards likewise failed to keep the rest of their agreement. About the time when Dewey was sailing for the Philippines Agulnaldo was threatened with a suit In Hong Kong by Isabelo Artacho, his for mer secretary of state, who claimed $200,000 as his share of the indemnity money. Agulnaldo says thi3 was greedy and wrong of Artacho, since the gentle man had given only a few days' service to the revolution. So Agulnaldo evaded blm by fleeing to Singapore, where, he says. Consul Pratt at once sought him and promised that the United States would "concede tho greatest advantages to the Filipinos" if he would go to Manila and stir up the insurrection anew against tSie Spaniards. He undertook the commtesfon with alacrity, and after Spain had surren dered he promptly asked that the whole DMUnTv! or-irvQior, n,ri nv- n him. 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The richest man in the world and be head of the greatest trust is so broken in hcoMii thai he is prematurely oW. and gray, ami with ail his ratHtoos can only eat bread and milk, while he must nurse biraeett with increasing watchfulness. The rauW milMooaJre is consequently moved unrwiK ingiy to abandon his task of heaping, up his vast riches and Imitate in a way What K was Goidsmitti's dearest wish, to do: To husband out life's taper to Its cteee And keep the flame from wasting by repose. v Mr. Rockefeller may lay down all Ma burdens of business, but his spirit will ga marching ob. He has no more power to still She monster he has created than did the unhappy raea whose Insatiable curios ity resuHed in 1fee fabrication of Frank enstein. He who first successfully demon strated the tremendous powers to be found in industrial combination has taught the world a lesson that it can never forget and suppMed economists with a problem which is absorbing their best -thought and energies, but so far wtth lit tle effect As Mr. Rockefeller btmeeh said in his testimony before the Industrial com mission on January 10 "It is too late to argue about the advantages of industrial comMnaHons. They have come 1 stay " Mr. Rockefeller always defended the trust principle, but he admitted that dan gers to the public arose from them. Hla definition of the advantages as given ia testimony to the commiseion is notable. He said they are: First Command of necessary eapttal. Second Extension of limits of busmem. , Third Isereaes C number of petsims interest ed la the feHsmeas. Fourth Economy ia the boetneM. Fifth Improvements and economies which are derived- from knowledge of many Interested persons of wide experience. Sixth Power to give the pabHe Improved products at less prices and still make a profit for stockholders. Seventh Permanent work and good wages for laborers. The dangers, he said, were that the powers conferred by combination rortgfot be abused; that combinations might be formed for speculation hi stocks, rather than for conducting business, and thwt for this purpose prices might be temporarily raised instead of being lowered. Exactly. Such abuses as these are practically in separable from the possession of the al most WmiOess power given these great combinations. Mr. Rockefeller has played a conspicu ous part in life, and while he retires hi the plenKude of his powers, he leaves In delibly fixed upon the public mind the im press of an extraordinary and original personality. 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