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RE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBKUARY 14, 1000.
THREE STEAMSHIPS DUE
LB.VS8X, new marb ato state
AB MCrBCTOBD TODAY.
Orloatal and Slberlaa Basiaeas Ia
OrexviHR Bim BranoU Due In a.
Few Days Marine Notes.
Nflttihnr the Lennox nor the Doyu Ma.ru
ha afcawed upofftbe Bwtk f the river
up to a late bour last tjventeg. Their de
ter arrival will brine several steamships
lata port In a bunch, the two mentioned
and the State being due tomorrow. The
Kim Branch is due the last of the week
lor lumber, and before either the Doyu
Maru or the Lennox can get away, tht
Santa Fe'e liner Strathgye will probably
he alone. The latter ve&sel will have the
dhsttectlon of being the largest steamship
that has yet entered Portland, her regis
tered tonnage being nearly JW tons greater
than that of the Teenkat, which holds the
record to date. Dodwell & Co.'s regular
Uner. the Abergeldie, was tate la getting
away from the other side, but an extra
steamer will probably be substituted to All
to pending her arrival.
The Sees, w hich is how finishing & cargo
for Vladivostock, will probably return for
a second cargo as soon as the one now
loading is discharged. The steamship
Tyr, which was expected to take a cargo
from Portland, was diverted to San Fran
ctoco, and the second trip of the Ness was
thus arranged to handle the freight which
was intended for the Tyr. Mr. Henry
Mett. who is looking after the business
lor the Vladivostock house which has
chartered the steamers, expects to be In
the city for several months, and may fol
low the cargoes of the Ness with several
others.
THOBCASTQX'S LAST SHIPS.
Or at Ma4tc Shipping: Center Is
Wlthe-at a Vessel.
TfcoBMStoa, Me., for SO years the home
pott of an Immense fleet of sailing vessels
which carried the American flag around
the world, is at last a seaport without a
hlp. Way back in the '80s, when Amer
ican shipping was in the height of its
glory, the Thomaeton clippers were found
on every sea Whether plunging through
the seas under a cloud of canvas, or lying
snug under bare poles in sheltered har
bors, the symmetrical lines of the hulls,
the shining white decks and graceful, tow
ering pars, formed a picture of inspiring
beauty, the crowning glory of which was
the Stars and Stripes waving from the
masthead. The Thomaston clipper was a
beauty, but "utility's the gem for wear,"
and tat due course of time the Butltli be
gan iMriMtiig iron vessels, which lasted.
longer, carried more, were insured cheap
er, and In many other ways were superior
to the wooden ship. These iron tanks
were homely-appearing craft, but they had
so many points of superiority in their fa
vor Chat the Thontaston yards gradually
found that there was no demand for wood
en sMps, and ceased building them.
Arthur Bewail, America's most famous
shipbuilder, refused to go out of business
When the demand for wooden ships ceased,
but. Instead, changed hia plans to meet
the changed condition of affairs, and com
menced building metal ships. This action
resulted in keeping Bath, Me., on the list
as the home port of some of the finest
metal ships afloat, but old Thomaston
would not build metal ships, and the fleet
which she had built has been steadily die
appearing, until about a fortnight ago the
last of the race, the American ships J.
B. Thomas and J. B. Walker, were sold
to the California Shipping Company, and
will henceforth hall from San Francisco.
The Thomas brought $98,009 aad the J. B.
Walter $30,080. Local shipping men famil
iar with the vessels state that the prices
are excellent.
CKWIN GOBS TO ASTORIA.
Old Revenue Cutter Will Go on the
Cape Nome lleatc.
A&VQ1UA. Feb. 18. A telegram was re
oetvof tats morning from' Captain C. L.
Hooper, at Port Towneend, stating that
the Md of SMJM mie by C. J. Curtis,
Frank Cook and August Nelson, of this
city, for the purchase of the revenue cut
ter Thomas Oorwln. had been accepted,
and that he was authorised by the sec
retary of the treasury to turn over the
vessel on receipt of the purchase price.
Mr. Curtis will leave for Port Townsend
tomorrow morning to complete the details
of the transfer and take possession of the
vessel. It Is the intention to place the
Oorwta on the Astoria-Cape Nome route.
Testimony hi the esse of the O. R. &
N. Co. vs. the American Bark Harry
Morse was taken today before County
Clerk Whertty as referee. The suit wss
brought some time .go in the United
States court at Tacoma, and the bark
wss libeled for 4?. The complaint alleges
that on or about September 4, ISM, Cap
tain FuHertoa. master of the Harry
Moose, engaged the tug Wallula to tow
the hark from off the mouth of the river
to Astoria; that at the time the tariff of
the company for towing vessels like the
Harry Morse in and out of the Columbia
was Htt. with $16 additional for use of the
tug's hawser each way. This the captain
agreed to pay. When the bark was ready
for sea a tug came from Tacoma and
towed her out. Captain Fullerton refused
-to py the full bill of the O. B, & N. Co.
of W85 for towage and $15 for use of the
hawser one way. but offered to pay half
towage. The plaintiff asserts that, ac
cording to Its tariff, the towage bill was
4t. whether the tug was used one or
both ways, and asks for Judgment in the
sum of KM. together with the costs and
disbursements of this action.
SftLM BRANOII NHARLY B-EADY.
IMg Turret Steamship Will Soon Ar
rive to Lead Lumber at Portland.
The steamship Elm Branch is expected
to roach Portland Saturday or Sunday,
her repairs being about completed. Mo
ron's dock, at Seattle, this week, has
proved an Interesting field for admiralty
lawyers on the Sound, there being no less
than tour vessels there against which li
bels had been filed. The Kim Branch was
the biggest plum of the quartet, as she
was libeled by the Puget Sound Tugboat
Company for 9M,eft. The other trio oi
libels grew out of one accident. The tug
Tyee started seaward towing the British
bark Kaveneoourt and the American ship
Columbia, and there was a mlx-up off
Al-Kl potat. la which both the shio and
the hark were injured. Xach libeled the
other, and the Caiumhta. looking for a
Itttte the host of it. also ufeeted the- tug
Tyee. which furnished the motive power
for the colneton.
TW ORKW5 RESCUED.
Survivors at County of Edinburgh
ana Oatc City Brought Ashore.
KXV YORK. Feb. tL The life-saving
crew of Baybead this morning took oft
M m the crew of the ship County of Ed
inburgh, which went ashore last night
near Amaaeqnaa life-saving station. The
captain and officers, nine In all. remained
on board. The remainder of the officers
and crew, who had bean left or board the
Savasmah line steamer Gate Ctty, strand
ed near here, were taken off this morn
ing In a breeches buoy.
LIOHTSKIP MAY" KLOAT TODAY.
XVI Preparations Made and Weather
Is Propitious.
ASTORIA. Feb. IS. The most success
ful dmrt that has yet been made to take
the stranded lightship off the sands at
JacstaswW head was made this evening.
The opportunity was mast favorable with
the har and sea outside as owlet as the
rhror on a summer morning. The bar tug
Waltata towed the barge around with the
anchors, cables and ropes on board, and
anchored her within SCO fathoms of the
lightship. The Cape Disappointment life
saving crew was in attendance, and car
ried the steel wire from- the barge to the
lightship at low tide. With this the barge
will be brought farther in shore. In trie
morning, and the cables attached. Then
at high tide she will be kedged off Into
deeper water, where she will be in reach
ing distance of the tugs that will be in
readiness. The present weather conditions
are in full sympathy with the trial, and
it is expected that the lightship will be
in the Columbia by tomorrow night.
OOQUILLE BAR IMPROVED.'
Greater Depth of "IVatcr Than Has
Ever Been Recorded at That Point.
The Coos Bay News has the following
regarding a matter which Ts of very great
interest to Portland, as well as the entire
state of Oregon:
"The greatly Improved condition of the
CoquUle bar is due to a bank of sand
that has been thrown up in line with the
north Jetty. This has done more to dem
onstrate what can be done to the channel
than anything that could have happened.
It is fortunate that Engineer Carroll is
here, and that Engineer Harts' visit took
place at this opportune time.
"The CoquUle bar has maintained a
greater depth lately than has ever been
recorded since vessels ran into the river.
Last Sunday the tug crew found 24 feet
of water when they crossed the bar. This
is encouraging, and it is to be hoped that
this Tlver will soon have the proper
steamer transportation with San Francis
co and Portland."
Marine Notes.
American registry has been granted the
Norwegian steamship Michigan. The ves
sel was British bulilt, and was first named
the Surrey.
The steamship Ness moved over from
the flour mills dock yesterday to the
North Pacific mill, where she will take
on a deckload of lumber. She will finish
loading Friday or Saturday.
The ship Louis Walsh, which was sent
to Vancouver island to recover the cargo
of the wrecked collier Miami, narrow'
escaped destruction in last week's storm.
She lost an anchor and 70 fathoms of
chain.
The German ship Nereus and the British
bark Haddon Hall sailed from Astoria yes
terday morning. The steamer Harrison
crossed out for Tillamoou and the Homer
arrived from San Francisco by way of
Coos bay.
Captain Frederick Soarline. who at
tempted to take the hull of the old Wide
West around to the Sound, and lost her
on Destruction Island, a few years ago,
died In Washington, D. C, about a fort
night ago.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Feb. 13. Arrived and left up
Steamer Homer, from San Francisco, by
way of Coos bay. Sailed British bark
Haddon Hall, for Yokohama; German ship
Nereus, for United Kingdom; steamer
Harrison, for Tillamook. Condition of the
bar atli P. M., smooth; wind east; weath
er clear.
San Francisco, Feb. 13. Sailed Schoon
er James A. Garfield, for Wlllapa harbor;
schooner Neptune, for Gray's harbor;
steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Astoria;
steamer Brenmohr, Chemalnus. Arrived
Steamer Areata, from Coos bay; steamer
Sunol, from Gray's harbor; bark Kate
Davenport, from Port Blakeley.
Hong Kong. Arrived prior to February
10 Steamer City of London, from Ta
coma. Nagasaki. Sailed February 12 British
steamer Port Stephens, for Seattle.
Port Townsend. Arrived February 12
British bark Allegiance, from Nagasaki.
Port Townsend, Feb. 13. Arrived Brit
ish steamer Bloemfonteln, from Honolulu;
brig Courtney Ford, from Hllo.
New York, Feb. 13. Arrived Bo vie,
from Liverpool.
Gibraltar, Feb. 13. Arrived Werra, from
New York.
Hoqulam, Wash., Feb. 12. Sailed
Schooner Stella, from Hoqulam, for San
Pedro; Dauntless, from Hoqulam, for
Guaymas; tug Traveler, having In tow
new steam schooner Robert Dollar, car
rylng 1,200,000 feet of lumber, from Ho
qulam, for San Francisco, where machin
ery will be placed.
Gibraltar, Feb. 13. Sailed Ems, for New
York.
Plymouth, Feb. 13 Arived Bulgaria,
from Baltimore for Hamburg.
LINCOLN'S PRINCIPLES.
Father Sherman Narrates Events In
the President's Life.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13. A Lincoln dinner
was given at the Lakeside Club last
night under the auspices of the Seven
O'Clock Club. The speakers were General
John C. Black, Rev. Thomas E. Sherman,
Judge C. C. Kohlsaat and John Barton
Payne. Rev. Father Sherman, who Is a
son of General Wlll!am T. Sherman, told
of events in President Lincoln's life, es
pecially during the days of the war, a3
he had heard them told by his father.
Father Sherman concfuded his speech as
follows:
"At City Point Lincoln, late In the war,
met my father with Grant and Porter.
He said, 'If we could only end the war
without further bloodshed; do anything
In your power to bring about this end.'
When, after Lincoln's assassination, my
father accorded liberal terms to the de
feated Confederates under Johnston, he
was made a target for universal abuse.
But yet he bore In mind tha.t he acted
on the principle advocated by the great
Lincoln. The North would have grown
pale had It known how magnanimous L'n
coln would have been In the treatment
of the conquered South, and though the
honor of my father was eoon vindicated,
I make this statement still further in
Justice to his memory. Had Lincoln lived,
some of the pages of history would not
have been written. The promptings of his
kindly nature would have prevented much
of the bitterness existing after the war."
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Venezuela Revolution.
NEW YORK. Feb. 13. A dispatch to the
Herald from Port of Spain says: The
revolution under the leadership of Gen
eral Hernandez In Venezuela Is ga ning
rapidly. The revolutionists, under Gen-?
eral Medina, attacked and defeated the
governme'nt troops under General Cotlna,
near Coro, the capital of the state of Fal
con. The capital Is being held by the
revolutionists.
At Port Chlchlninrichl, which Is near
Puerto Cabello, a battle has taken pace
between the government troops and the
rebels, resulting in a victory for the revo
lutionists. This engagement has created
great excitement in Puerto Cabello. par
ticularly among the foreign residents.
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BoBtonlann New Opera.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. A large
audience at the Columbia theater wit
nessed the first production by the Bos-ton-xns
of "The Viceroy," a new comic
opera by Victor Herbert and Harry B.
Smith. The music is of a high order and
several of the songs are likely to be
come popular. The libretto Is clever, but
the critics agree that It will have to be
curtailed somewhat. The costumes are
original and decidedly p'cturesquc, and
the scenic effects are very active. It Is
conceded that the Bostonlans have made a
valuable addition to their repertoire.
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Major Carson's Assifrnnient.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 13. Major .
M. Carson, jr.. who came from Manila on
the transport Meade, has started for
Washington, where he will serve as chief
of the construction bureau of the quarter
master's department. On the way across
the continent he will stop at .Denver to
Join his wife, who is a daughter of Gen
eral Sumner.
Any one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pals, they are so very small. No trouble
to swallow. No pain or griping after tak-Ing.
VISIT TO ANCIENT MERV
IT WAS OXGE "THE Q,T3EEX OF THE
WORLD."
How a Slagmlflcent Scene of Absolute
Desolation Hint of Its Lone
and Varied History.
MERV, Transcaspla, July 30. The Merv
at which this letter Is dated Is not that
Russian town, which dominates the oasis
created here In the middle of tha Trans
casplan deserts, but the far greater city
not many miles away, no longer marked
on the maps, which is named in ancient
history, and is stKl remembered by the
Turcoman natives as Merv, the queen
of the world." New Merye Is a modern
Russian city and military post, the head
quarters of large bodies of troops, the cen
ter of great irrigation enterprises, and
more famous as the site of one of the
great fortresses taken by the conquerors
In their conquest of Turkomania than for
all older historical memories. Twenty
miles to the eastward, on the line of the
railway, Is the station of Bairam-AH,
which occupies a portion of the aite of
that older city.
I reached Balram-All with a letter of in
troduction from the Russian governor of
Merv, Colonel Lebedev, to the officer corns J
THE GATEWAY TO THE
mandlng the troops stationed at the for
mer station, Colonel Alexander Gregore
vitch Bek-Mellk Agamaloff. Colonel Aga
maloff has a lonesome post to fill, here
in the edge of the desert, next door to
the ruins of a city of 1,000,000 people, with
seldom a caller and never a disturbance
to break the monotony, so that for this
reason no less than his own .genial hos
pitality, he gave mo the heartiest wel
come I have had In all Central Asia. The
town is small and dull and shady, almost
the only activity visible being in the con
struction of a new government house,
which will be the administrative office and
residence for the district, with chambers
for high officials of the empire who may
travel this way.
Colonel Agamaloff Is an officer of Cos
sacks, and one of the finest-looking repre
sentatives of that body I have seen. The
picturesque uniform of the service hangs
gracefully upon his tall and erect form.
The cloak of heavy gray cloth Is belted
with a girdle which carries a splendid
sliver scabbard, elaborately chased, con
taining a poniard of the pattern adopted
from the Gregorians of the Caucasus, from
whom. Indeed, the entire costume Is bor
rowed. The striking features of the
dress, cartridge cases across the breast,
undersleeves of white falling below those
of gray, and the towering cap of exquisite
white wool of the Georgian sheep, all
come from the same sources, for Colonel
Agamaloff Is himself a Georgian and
proud of It.
For a home the officer has a low house
of masonry, covered with plaster, the wide
veranda In front giving access to a hall
which divides his office and bedroom from
the parlors, and leads to a dining-room in
the rear. This dining-room is at the
same time the room for all the social life
of the household, which consists only of
the master, his servants and his guests.
Here are the bookshelves most in use,
here the favorite pictures, here the door
and windows that lead to the garden, and
here, of course, the samover. It Is the
most homelike place that I have seen
since Tlflls. I have found a real bath
room at my service. The pictures on the
wall are reproductions of familiar paint
ings. The papers on the desk Include
Illustrated journals from Paris and Lon
don. I have even found Ensllsh and
American books, for the co'.onel is a great
sportsman, and, finding that the best
sporting literature Is printed In English,
he is studying the language. The garden
in the rear Is a shady grove of fruit trees.
irrigated from the Murghab. It Is full of
songbirds, and in the shadiest spot Is a
tent of mosquito net, which contains a
cot where the master of the house sleeps
through all these summer nights. The
shelter of this house, with plenty of Ice
and a cool and comfortable place to read
and rest and write, was a grateful thing
after the 20-mlle drive from New Merv
under the broiling sun of Transcaapla.
It was a proof of the good nature of
Colonel Agamaloff that he Insisted upon
going with me to visit the ruined city.
The journey is dusty and hot, and when
one has lived neighbor to one of the won
ders of the world for several years, with
the necessity of accompanying every su
perior officer who chooses to make a visit
to the sights, It may easily begin to pall
on one. Nevertheless It was of great
service to me to have for a companion
such an authority on the story of ancient
Merv, and no one else could have told me
so much of what I wanted to know in
such a short time.
Rnlns of the Old City.
The village of Bairam-AH lies to the
hsouth of the railway tracks. We drove to
a convenient crossing, passed a new col
ton mill equipped with American machin
ery, and in 10 minutes' drive northward
were facing the walls of the wonderful
city. A rampart of sun-dried brick, crum
bling In the sandstorms and wind of sum
mer, extended as far as we could see.
With sentry-boxes and towers onthe
walls, I was reminded of the fortifications
of Bokhara, though these were In much
more ruined condition. The only road led
straight to the west gate of the city, a
crumbling archway through which wo
drove. Within this gateway were the re
mains of chambers and rooms where
guards found shelter when the gates were
manned to keep out the enemy centuries
ago. Another wall like the first, and par
allel with it. blocked the way a few hun
dred yards beyond, and a similar gatewa
gave entrance through It. Once past this
TURKOMAN TENT NEAR MERV,
second barrier we were actually within
the gates of the city, and the ruins of
Merv were before us.
Merv Is the greatest of dead cities, except
perhaps some that are but names In his
tory," such as Nineveh and Babylon. Its
story is the story of Central Asian civili
zation, alternately rising and falling
through many centuries. The earliest
dates are doubtful, though the first town
hero founded Is said to have been named
Giaour Kala. Next came Iskander Kala,
founded by Alexander he Great, or one
of his generals, and when this town fell
into decay, it was rebuilt by Ar.tloch.us So
ter, In the third century, B. C, who re
named it Antlocha Martrlana. In the
10th century the city seems to have had
the name of today, "Merv-Shah-DJlhan," i -" X "Z, """ "" -"D "-
or "Merv. the queen of the world." At ifandard, bi" f1,,1!? end' 6me o
that time It was reputed the finest city in 'Potato of probable difference between the
Central Asia, notable for its fruits, and two houses of congress are emergUxs from
wlht a population considerably more than the financial gossip at the cap.tol Its
1,000.000. In 1220 the Mongols, under Tou- Pre" certain that the house w.ll not ac
lal.'Zrth son of Chlnllz 'iChan. took cent with good grace the extraordinary
the city. The surrender was made to tnem .
without resistance, and the conquerors
continued on their way to the attack of
other strongholds. As r-oon as they left
the citizens rose against the garrison that
had been left behind. The array re
turned to punish the revolt, and for four
days gave the cty over to massacre, with
the result that more than lOO.COO were
killed in the slaughter. In 1503 the Uzbeg3
took Merv, but they held the treasure but
flvc years! In ino bm.ll Sell, shah .
Persia and founder of the Sefavean dynas-
I ty of that realm, defeated Shelbanl Khan,
founder of the Uzbegs, at Merv, and the
ANCIENT CITY OF MERV.
city became a Persian po'sesslon, to re
main so for many years.
There is but one event in the later h'a
tory of the great city. In 1785 the Bok
harlots attacked Merv, meeting a fierce re
sistance for two years. At the end of that
time the ruler of the city, Bairam-AH.
was killed, and by order of the con
queror, the Emir Murad, the place was
devastated. The great dam and Irriga
tion system of the Murghab river were
destroyed, the water diverted from Merv
and the life of the people thus taken
away. Some of the exiled inhabitants
fled to Persia, but most of them were
taken by the victorious emir to Bokhara.
To this day the descendants of this cap
tive people are known in Bokhara as the
Mervi, and it Is said that some of them
still look forward to a return to the city
of their pride. Since that time the Tur
koman marauders of the desert have had
possession of the ruins of Merv until the
Russians came with the latest conquest.
Most Impressive Sight.
Of all the Impressive sights I have seen
In Central Asia this dead city of Merv
Is the most Impressive. Here lie the re
mains of a metropolis of a million peo
ple famed through the ages for wealth,
learning and power, with not a human
being In all the space dwelling where once
the multitude lived. Almost as far as the
eye can reach walls extend, encircling the
ruins, with gates on all four sides of
the city. Within these walls the space
Included measured many square ml.es. The
scene is one of absolute desolation. Most
of the area Is covered with rubbish no
better defined than ill-shaped piles of
crumbling brick, heaped In mounds where
the buildings fell, some large, some small.
On the larger ones fragments of highly
colored and glazed tile declare that orna
mented structures of some sort once stood
there. In some instances it Is possible to
traco the direction of the streets by the
position of successive piles of rubbish on
either side.
Letting the sight sweep over the great
expanse of undulating hillocks of broksn
masonry, It is arrested at Intervals by the
few well-preserved ruins that remain.
These stand like monuments to the dead
city, or sentinels on guard over the million
tombs. Some of these piles are them
selves great tombs, others mosques or pal
aces. It Is a study for the philosopher.
The few that are Identified with ,the
names of their builders or their occupants
are cither the ruined palaces of the po
tentates of the realm, the tombs wherein
the same men as burled, or the mosques
made famous "by Moslem prophets who
were equally powerful. No memory Is
preserved of the name or the work of one
of all the millions who lived here as dim
ple citizens, although it was they who
created the wealth, the commerce, the
fame of the city. Here Is the place where
each one who chooses may do his own
moralizing.
Of all the ruins the most notable is the
tomb of the Sultan Sandjar. Its salient
feature Is a great dome rising above crum
bling walls and pillars, the minarets gone,
the brick walls nearly bare of the glazed
tiles that once covered them. Scrambling
over the heaps of broken masonry on the
ground, we made our way through the
great arch that gives entrance to the
tomb from one side. Under the dome
stands the granite slab which marks the
grave, like that under the dome of the
tomb of Tamerlane In Samarkand. This
one antedates the other, however, by sev
eral centuries, for the tomb of the Sultan
Sandjar Is dated some 800 years ago. All
this faded grandeur is left to absolute
desolation. The only sign that any one
had "been there before us was a group at
bricks arranged In pairs, standing on end
and tilted together like a letter A, the
mark of deference from the Turkomans
who still take pride in the name of Sand
jar and come to worship at his tomb.
And this Is Merv. "the queen of the
world," of which Moore wrote In "The
Veiled Prophet of Khorassan":
And fairest of all .streams, the Murga roves
Among MeiVs bright palaces and groves.
TRUMBULL WHITE.
ETJSIXES5 ITEMS.
If nnhy Ia Cnttina: Teeth, .
Be sure and use that old and well-tried Ttzailj
Mr. TSinsloTT Soothln? Syrup, for children
tethinir It seethes the child, sottens th sum,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea.
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Pianos Organs. Wiley B. Allen Co.
THEGOLD-STANDARO BILL
POIXTS OF DIFFERENCE LnCELV TO
ARISE BETWEEN THE HOUSES. .
The Effect of the Refunding; Flan and
the Danger of Bank Note
Inflation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (Special to the
Jew York Journal of Commerce.)-A8
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as an amendment in the senate on Tues
day. The object of the amendment is ap
parently to "let down easy" certain re
publican senators from the silver sta.oa
who -v ould like to vote with the r parcy
for the bill If they could do so without
committing political suicide at home. If
the adoption or the amendment by the
senate pleases these senators sufficiently
to induce them to accept a conference re
Jj!!J
amendment, no great harm may be don
but It the republican managers in the
senate really propose to put such a' propo
sition on the statute books, they are
likely to encounter a stubborn resistance
from the house conferrees, whoever the
latter may be. The sentiment which Rep
representative Dolliver, of Iowa, so tersely
expressed in the debate In the house "I
have had my last whirl with, silver; 1
am tired of being humbugged" well ex
pressed the dominant feeling in the house.
The proposition for amendment submitted
with the approval of the finance commit
tee is of no legislative effect, and simply
reaffirms what the trimmers ia boih parties
have several times put on the statute
book notably In the act repealing the
Sherman silver purchase law. The evil of
the proposition, as has been pointed out
to Senator Aldrlch, is that it takes away
from the bill the clean-cut and courage
ous character which It possessed and gives
the best excuse for sound-money men to
desert the administration party in d.sgust
if tbey have good reasons for doing so on
other grounds.
The refunding plan Is not receiving much
discussion. There are republican membsra
who are opposed to it, but they do not
care to break with the party leaders, and
the sliver democrats as a rule seem to
have given no study to the proposition.
How the plan will work is still a subject
of some curiosity at the treasury depart
ment. Secrtary Gage, although warmly in
favor of a 2 per cent bond, did not origi
nally look for a large volume of refund
ing beyond the sum of about ?300,000,COO
In bonds held by the banks which fall
under the refunding provision. Recent
! statements by large holders of trust fund
Indicate that the proposition will Ue taken
advantage of to some extent by private
holders of the 4 and 5 per cent bonds.
There Is more doubt about the 3 per
cents because of the considerable differ
ence between the present market price and
the price offered in the refunding b 11. If
the banks fail to refund their bonds to
about the amount of private refunding
the net saving to the government to the
date of the maturity of the outstanding
bonds will be only a fraction of the J22,
000,000, which Is the saving estimattd by
Senator Aldrlch upon the whole transac
tion. Probably the sum of $10,000,000 would
cover the saving without regard to the
possible loss from the reduction in the
tax on bank circulation proposed In the
bill. There are a few republican mem
bers who are distrustful of the political
effect of the relaxation of the bank tax
and the small showing which they "beHeve
will be made in the way of saving to the
treasury under the refunding plan. They
may influence the action of the house In
dealing with the senate bill, but the sen
ators are so firmly resolved that the re
funding feature shall become law that
there Is general expectation that their cal
culation will be verified by events. The
treasury officials anticipate cons derable
work in arranging for the refunding w.th
out disturbing the money market, but ex
pect a final benefit to the treasury by get
ting rid of some of the excessive cash
balance In the payment of premiums.
A proposition which Is likely to be con
sidered by the conference committee of
the two houses Is the distinct separation
of the uses of money obtained for the re
demption fund from that obtained for the
ordinary expenses of the treasury. The
snate bill distinctly provides that the
proceeds of bonds which are sold to main
tain the gold reserve fund shall be paid
into the fiscal division of the treasury.
The fiscal division is then to offer gold
for greenbacks to the lssut division,
strengthening the reserve fund by replac
ing greenbacks which have been redeemed
with the gold obtained for bonds. The
purpose of this provision is to prevent the
piling up of money indefinitely in the Issue
division and the contraction of the money
In circulation which would result from
this accumulation in the issue division of
the proceeds of bond sales. This provis
ion Is a proper one, if the premise Is
granted that the legal tender paper of the
government Is not to be retired. Such a
system, however, is open to the criticism
which was made upon President Cleve
land and Secretary Carlisle, that the
money obtained ostensibly to maintain the
reserve fund might be used In fact for
covering deficits In ordinary expenditures.
This objection could be met by a require
ment that the proceeds of bonds sold to
maintain the reserve fund should not be
used for current expenses, but should be
employed exclusively in the redemption
of the debt. A deficit would then have
to be met by the Issue of the other form
of securities authqlzed by the war revenue
act of 1898. The secretary of the treasury
would have the opt'on, moreover, of hold
ing the proceeds of bonds sold to main'
tain the redemption fund until such time
as the money could be put back Into the
money market without creating a disturb
ance. When conditions were favorable,
he would employ It In paying matured
bonds or buying some of the new 2 per
cent bonds on the market. Th s proposi
tion has the approval of several of the
treasury officials and Is likely to be Incor
porated In the bill finally passed, with
a view to the complete separation of the
two funds for maintaining the security ot
the government paper and for meeting
the ordinary expenditures of the treas
ury. THE USE OF COUNCILS.
Pa Approves of Resolutions of Sym
pathy for the Boers,
"Georgle" in Chicago Times-Herald.
Paw and maw got to talking about the
Bores last nite, and maw sed She didn't
Beleave the sltty couns'.e had enny BIz-
ness passing resolooshuns for them.
"And yet," paw says, "they call wlmmen
the Gentle seeks. Look at the turrable
hardships the Bores haft to stand. Gen
eral Joobert says he was kep awake all
one nite, Becoz he thot the British was
going to make a nattack, and then after
he Lost all that sleep he found out they
were marching back the Other way all the
time and Had sent out a False report.
That show3 whats a tun-able thing war Is,
and yet you say the sltty counsles all
over this Brod land ottent to pass reso
looshuns of simpathy! You have a hard
hart."
"Well," maw sez, "mebby they mite be
some of the Ingllsh that was kep awake
all nite, too, becoz they were afrade Sum
thing mite happen."
"No." paw told her. "that's whare the
Ingllsh don't need to Get slmpathlzed
with. AH they haft to do is hunt up some
place whare they ain't enny rocks around,
and then go to Sleep, becoz they no the
Bores won't come out frum Behind.
"Another bad thing about this war."
paw says, "Is tho way it's Going to Bring
sadness to the harts of the onnust Bores
when they look out frum behind the Rocks
and seethe Duke of Marlburro sif.ir.g
down to meets and heelyografSng to the
butler to Bring up anuther bottle of Sham
pane and some mere grape Jeltta, while
the? baft to chew a peace oXdde soot
laigl That's one of the wotst horrors of
war. If they wouldn't ef lot the Buke
go down Thare to Torture th Botes by
eating before them I mite of Gtv ray shn-
pathy to the Iaglish, but now I say the
sitty oounsle is rite to pass Resolooshuns
-against them."
"But what Good does It do the poor
Bores to pass resolooshuns enny way?"
maw ast.
"Great hewuns." paw told her, "haven't
you got enny reesenmg powers a Tall?
Look at the way the resolooshuns keep
the Bores from Getting dlscursdged. When
the armored tran comes in from Sproots
kopje with fore Hundred and thurty-ate
ded Bores Oorn Paul can go down to the
Deepo whare the wlddcws and orfuns are
gathered and say: 'Don't weep- already
my children. Your husbands and Faw
thers are ded yet, but cheer up and Be
glad, the Sltty counsle of Bewsyrus. Onto,
past a resotooshun of sirapathy for Us last
nite.'
"And when the Bores haft to file the
resolooshuns of simpathy Come in bandy,
too, becoz it wouldn't do for their Gen
erals to always Get out in front of Them
and Say: 'Forty sentchewries are looking
Down at you.' No, that would be reag.
But their comander can step Out and Say:
'Fello sltaauns: I hold in. my Hand a
Reeolooshun of simpathy for us, from the
Sitty counsle of Weehawken.. New Jurzle,
and with Weehawken on Our side they
are no sutch words as fale.'
"So that's whare all this Sfmpatblzeu
does Good. They can have a new Reso
looshun of Simpathy for every morning in
the week, and when they are Holding
Kopjes and lawgers -aga.net the dediy foe
and when they ara Eating their dried
strfps of Harness they Can always no
in their harts that away Over here in this
Land of free jury Bribers they have the
simpathy of menny an aWermun who
owns a nottomobeel and a Fur trimmeo
Overcote, and so that will make them Go
on with new Curridge to try to be Worthy
of it."
o
The Magrader Murder.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 12. (To the
Editor.) In Mr. Flsk's Intensely interest
ing account of the Magruder murder, in
today's Sunday Oregonlan, Page seems to
be the only one whose earlier career is
unknown. Page was born, if I remember
rightly, in Leicester, England,- and came
to this country as an able seaman, land
ing in Portland either the last of 1856 or
early In 1S57. My father hired him in
Portland in the spring of 1367 to work on
his farm at this place, where he remained,
most of the year. In 1856, while at work
for Mr. Joslyn. at White Salmon, he was
bitten by a rattlesnake. That came near
ending his life. Afterward he worked as
deckhand on one of the river steamers,
finally drifted away, and was lost track
of until he reappeared as an actor In the
horrible Magruder tragedy. I met him
In Lewlston about a month prior to his
final taking off, when he broke down and
cried like a child, bemoaning the fate that
carried him away from the farm at Hood
River, and brought all this trouble on him.
I do not think Page was really a bad
man, and always believed that he told
the truth regarding the murder, and that
his part in that dreadful deed was a
forced one. I know that my brother. Cap
tain E. F. Coe, who knew him much bet
ter than I, believed him a vctlm of un
fortunate circumstances. H. C. COE.
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