THE MOUSING OEBGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1900.
PORTLAND CARGO ONLY
ORIENTAL IAXEB. ABEIU5ELDIE HAS
NO OVERIaAND FREIGHT.
Heavy CoBJtlcnmeat for Tkli Clty-
Stcamer Warn Belayed by Head
"Winds Marine Notes.
The bis Oriental liner Abergeldle, -which
arrived up about midnight Saturday, en
tered at the custom-house yesterday and
commenced discharging about 2500 tons o
cargo lor this city. The Abergeldle
brought no overland Irelght this trip, and
her cargo lor Portland is much larger than
is usually received at this port lor local
distribution. It includes nearly 14,000 bags
of sulphur, 9000 sacks of rice, 500 casks of
Hong Kong cement, IdOO bags of paper
makers' clay, 81 packages of -curios, 51
Vales of gunnies and several hundred
packages of wine, -cocoa, sugar, nut oil,
tea, tobacco, dried vegetables, flsh, fruit,
sauce, rice, flour ,eoy, bamboo shoots,
paper, dried lilies, dates, medicine, rat
tan, root flour and a lot of other miscel
laneous Oriental merchandise. There -was
CO tubs of shoyu lor San Francisco and
20 packages of miscellaneous freight for
the same port New Tork and Chicago
were the only Eastern ports favored, and
a small consignment of straw braid and
paper napkins were the only articles on
the manifest for these ports.
The Abergeldle's long passage was due
to a succession of very strong gales,
against which it was difficult to make
headway. The worst of these were en
countered Just off the coast, and the
Steamer was hove to for two days await
ing better weather. "While a little short
on inward cargo, thert fs more outward
freight awaiting the Abergeldle than she
can handle, and by tht end of the week
she will be getting out with one of the
big flour cargoes that have made Portland
famous the world over.
FRENCH FREIGHTER OVERDUE.
Steamer Pauillac Missing- "Wlta a
$3,000,000 Cargo.
NEW YORK, March 19. During the
passage of the French liner Ia Gascogne
from Havre to New Tork, a special look
out was kept lor the French line freighter
Pauillac, which is long overdue on her
trip from this port to Bordeaux and
Havre. There was not much hope of
sighting or learning of the Pauillac dur
ing the Gascogne's trip, for her course lay
considerably to the north of the route the
freight steamship would take on ner
eastward trip.
The Pauillac lelt this port February 5,
under command of Captain Gicquel. She
was the pioneer of a new freight service
In connection with the regular passenger
service of the French line. Her crew
numbers 45 men, all natives of France.
She carried no passengers. The only time
she was sighted, so far as known here,
since leaving port, was when the Uer
mania, of the White Star line, exchanged
signals with her on February 1L She was
then 450 miles southeast of Cape Race,
a position slightly north of the New York
and Havre route.
The Pauillac has a cargo valued at
$3,000,000, Including several cases of ma
chinery for the Paris Exposition. There
Is also on board a shipment of copper
from Boston valued at $400,000. Other
Items In her cargo include lard, coffee,
cotton and case goods. "While anxiety lor
the safety of the Pauillac has been mani
fested in (shipping circles for more than
a month, hope has by no means been
abandoned by the local agents of the line.
One theory on which these hopes Is based
Is that the Pauillac may have met with
a mishap to her machinery and drifted out
of the track of trans-Atlantic travel. Dur
ing the recent trips of the French liners
between New York and Havre the com
manders have been instructed to keep a
special lookout lor the missing freighter.
TOWDOATS' GOOD WORK.
OcUlsliaraa. and Tljoiniisoa Have
Givea Fine Service This Season.
The British 6hlp Poseidon arrived up
yesterday morning and docked at Victoria
dock to discharge ballast preparatory to
taking in wheat- The Ocklahama, which
did such good work with the Isle of Arran,
duplicated the performance with the
Poseidon, coming through In less than 20
hours. The towing done by the steamers
Ocklahama and R. R. Thompson, In
charge of Captains Colson and Bailey, has
been remarkably satisfactory this season.
The largest ships that ever entered the
Tiver have been moved up and down the
river in faster time than ever before. Not
only has there been no detentions, but
there has been no accidents to ships in
charge of either of the masters mentioned.
January Marine Disasters.
The administration of the Bureau Veri
tas lias just published the list of maritime
disasters, reported during the month of
January, 1900, concerning all flags, as fol
lows: Sailing vessels reported lost
Seven American, 1. Austrian, 1 Brazilian,
33 British, 1 Danish, S French, 3 German.
1 Greek, 2 Italian, 15 Norwegian, 1 Rus
sian, 1 Spanish, 4 Swedish; total, 78. In
this number are Included 6 vessels reported
missing. Steamers reported lost One
American, 7 British, 1 Chinese. 2 Danish,
2 French, 4 German. 1 Italian, 3 Nor
wegian, 1 Russian, 2 Spanish; total, 24. In
this number are Included 2 steamers re
ported missing. Causes of losses: Sail
ing vessels Stranding, 37; collision, S; Are,
2; foundered, 4; abandoned, 8; condemned,
13; missing, 6; total, 78. Steamers Strand
ing, 15; collision, 2; foundered, 3; aban
doned, A; condemned, 1; missing, 2; total,
24.
Disenerasred Grain. Ship.
The British ship Achnashie has arrived
at Victoria, with a 4000-ton cargo, from
Europe. Included in the cargo are 2303
tons of tin-plate for canneries in British
Columbia and GOO tons of tramway rails
for Vancouver. She also has a lot of
firebrick, liquors and miscellaneous freight
lor Puget Sound cities. The arrival of
the Achnashie gives Victoria the distinc
tion of being the only city on the Pacific
Coast which has a disengaged grain ship
on spot. The Achnashie Is offering" at
high rates, but as she Is such an. enor
mous carrier, and there is so little wheat
selling, exporters are not inclined to take
her up.
Wrectaise Off Cape Blanco.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19. The
steamer Coqullle River, which arrived to
day Irom the North, reports that when
she was off Cape Blanco she spoke the
British sealing schooner Allle Alger, and
that the latter vessel said she had passed
through a quantity of lumber and also
picked up a white mattress when near the
Cape. The Coqullle River also passed
through the same wreckage after leaving
the Alger. It Is feared the lumber Is Irom
the brig Tanner, which is now 20 days out
from Tacoma. The Tanner was lumber
laden, and has been anxiously looked for
lor some days.
Steamboat Inspectors Busy.
Local Inspectors Fuller and Edwards
yesterday made an official examination
of the new tug Resolute, which has just
been completed at Supple's yard for Frese
Bros. The new steamer Is a strong little
craft, and will be used in towing on tha
river. The inspectors leave tomorrow for
Astoria to inspect the steamer E. L.
Dywer, which George & Barker, the can
nerymen. are taking to the Sound. The
steamer will leave out this week. Thurs
day the steamer Canby will be Inspected
in this city. r
Sickness on the Glade.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19. The ship
H. F. Glade, which arrived today from
Honolulu, had a case of sickness on board
among her sailors. She has been ordered
into quarantine, pending an examination.
It is reported that the case Is merely one
of malarial lever.
Marine Notes.
The Lighthouse Department needs an
engineer for the San Francisco lightship,
and will receive applications until Apru
16. The pay Is $1000 per annum.
The Strathgyle made a good run down
the river, reaching Astoria Sunday after
noon. Everything was favorable and ehe
passed on out to sea two hours later.
The British ship Drumburton, hence Oc
tober 23, arrived at Queenstown yester
day, alter a passage of 147 days. It Is
reported that the ship has been sold to
San Francisco parties since leaving- Port
land.
The British ship Deccan, from Hamburg
for this port, was spoken March 2, In lati
tude 48 north, longitude 9 west. The
Harlech Castle, from Liverpool lor Port
land, by way of Honolulu, was spoken
February 15, in 43 south .59 west.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Or., March 19. Arrived
American barkentlne Arago, from Hono
lulu. Arrived down and sailed Steamer
State of California, lor San Francisco.
Condition of the bar, at 5 P. M., smooth;
weather, cloudy; wind, north.
San Francisco, Mar-ix 19. Sailed Tug
Samson, towing barge Waahougal, lor
Grail's Harbor; schooner Monterey, lor
Coos Bay. Arrived Steamer Areata, Irom
Coos Bay: steamer Mackinaw. Irom Se
attle; ship Spartan, Irom Seattle; brig
Tanner, Irom Tacoma. Sailed Steamer
Geo. "W. Elder, lor Portland; steamer Mat
tewan, for'Tacoma.
Seattle Arrived, March 17 Japanese
steamer Idzuml Maru, from Yokohama;
March IB, bark Northern Light, from Hon
olulu. Manila Arrived, March 15 British
steamer Port Albert, from Seattle.
Yokohama Arrived, March 17 British
steamer Pathan, from Tacoma.
Queenstown, March 19. Arrived British
ship Drumburton, from Oregon, and sailed
for Grimsby.
Cherbourg Sailed March 17 Now York,
from Southampton for New York.
New York, March 19. Arrived Taurlc,
Irom Liverpool; Cambrian, from Liver
pool. Auckland. N. Z., March 19. Sailed
Steamer Moana, lor San Francisco.
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
Events of the Week at the State Uni
versity and Elsewhere.
At the State University, the corporation
of the Laurean and Eutaxlan Societies has
arranged to present the play "Henrietta,"
in Vlllard Hall, during ApriL Professor
S. M. Glen has charge of the affair, and
will be assisted by Mrs. Emma Thomp
son, the Misses "Wold, Johnson and Ren
shaw, and Messrs. Blythe. Goodrich,
Bishop, Frazler, Hooker, Angell and
Jackway.
Arrangements have been perfected with
the University' ol "Washington, whereby
representatives of the two institutions are
to meet each year, in a joint debate. The
first contest will be held In Seattle, next
May, and in the following years the con
tests will alternate between Eugene and
Seattle.
Owing to the Impossibility of securing
the opera-house on the desired dates, the
Glee Club has decided to abandon the
proposed Southern trip. Arrangements
are now being made to visit Springfield
and Cottage Grove.
The Treble Clef has postponed Its con
cert until after the Easter vacation.
Professor S. M. Glen has been selected
as baritone soloist at the musical festi
val to be held at Salem early in May.
Dr. Strong will address the Inland Em
pire Teachers' Association at Pendleton
next Tuesday.
Friday afternoon the Eutaxlan Society
gave an open session, the programme be
ing devoted to the study of Kipling.
B. C. Jakway, the" U. O. orator, was
tendered an informal reception and ban
quet by a number of his friends -Tuesday
evening.
The Monthly- for March came out on
the 15th. Jakway's oration, "The Reve
lation of Science," an original and inter
esting account of a walking trip through
the Harz Mountains; poems, short stories,
the usual editorials, departments, etc,
made up a very creditable and attractive
numoer.
Commandant Edwards and several ca
dets came up from the O. A. C. last Friday
to attend the funeral of Captain Geary.
They were given an Informal reception,
at the home of Mrs. H E. Ankeny, on
Friday evening.
"W. O. Tune, who has trained the four
victorious U. O. track teams of former
years, will take charge of the Spring
athletics on March 26. Mr. Burden has
already been getting them into shape,
with preliminary "gym" work. Nino
weeks of training, under one of Tune's
ability, ought to send the Oregon team
to Salem, In condition to do its very best,
and just a little more.
Pacific University.
The quarterly rhetoricals of the junior
and senior classes wero held In Marsh
Hall Friday evening.
Dr. McLean, of Oakland, CaL, gave the
students a short address Friday afternoon.
The last meeting of the Current History
Club will be held Monday evening. Hon.
I. A. Macrum will address tho club on
"The Nicaragua Canal."
The tennis club met "Wednesday even
ing and elected officers for the Spring
term.
Great Interest is being taken In Spring
athletics, four track teams having al
ready Deen organized by the different
classes.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Real Estate Transfers.
Karl Koch and wife to Herman Blae
slng, lots 21, 22, block 7, Brainard
Addition; March 19 ; 500
The Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to
E. R. Brown, 6V4 acres, sections 13, .
14, T. 1 S., R. 1 E.; also tracts 16,
17, 18. 19, 20. Melvln; March 16 1
Richard Williams and wife to Fan
nie Harrison, tract of land. Tabor
avenue; March 10 500
C. J. Dammeier et al. to Robert Bug
dahl, lot 2. block L Klnzel Park;
May 23, 1S99 .7. 1
S. S. Hatch and wife to Eugene Gers
tle, lots 10, 13, block 27, Sunnyside;
February 10 2000
C. A. McClure to S. S. Hatch, lot 10,
block 27, Sunnyside; March 6 2
A. F. Flegel et ux. to Wm. "W. Thomp
son, lots 3, 4, block 16, Central Al
bum; March 17 500
James Mackenzie and wife to A. W.
Moore, lots 17. IS. block 4L Tremnnt-
March 23, 1S9S 100
O. O. Benson, assignee, to Rebecca T.
Vance, lot 6, block 8, Mayor Gates
Addition; March 16 i
Sheriff for Wm. Kerron et ux. to
Fanny L Loring, guardian, tract of
land, section 18, T. 1 S R. l B.;
March 15 1S50
Addle Harman and "W. L. Harman to
Clayton R. French, lots 17. 18, block
14, Good Morning Addition; March
16 95
Building: Permit.
M. E. Beard, two-story house. East Sal
mon, "between East Twenty-second and
East Twenty-third streets; $1200.
Births.
March -16, boy to the wife of Frank J.
Schuldt, 375 Cable street.
March 15, boy to the wife of Grant C,
Bushnell, 574 Tillamook street.
Deaths.
March 18, Hazel Grace Jones, age 3
months. National Hotel; pneumonia.
March 18, Infant of Joseph S. and Jane
Allison, age C hours, 630 Mississippi ave
nue; cerebral hemorrhage.
March 19. Wayne Girt, age 39 years, St.
Vincent's Hospital; valvular disease of
heart.
Con t a Rio tin Disease.
Son cf S. Thirkell, age 3 years, 101
North Thirteenth street; scarlet fever.
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The Price for Yoangr Steers.
Fossil Journal.
Twenty dollars per head Is being freely
paid lor "short" yearling steers that have
never eaten a bite of hay. There is big
money in the cattle business at this rate.
THE HERO OF MAFEKING
BADEN-POWELL LOVED BY HIS MEN
AND POPULAR WITH ALL.
As Good an Actor as He Is Soldier and
Also Proficient in Secret Service
Work Incidents of the War.
There Is probably no man -more popu
lar In England today than Baden-Powell,
the defender of Mafeklng. By his friends,
whose name is legion, he Is usually called
"B. P." The man In the street, though
he has now learned to call a kopje a
koppi, and knows that Mafeklng Is pro
nounced Maffyklng, is still at fault when
he speaks of his favorite hero. One gen
erally hears the Baden pronounced as
though It wero the famous German watering-place,
and often the "w" In Powell
Is overlooked. His school nickname at
Charterhouse, "Bathing towel," gives the
vowels their proper sounds.
Baden-Powell Is so versatile that he
seems to charm all with whom he comes
in contact. He was famous as an actor
long "before he was as a soldier. "When
in India, whispers that he was going to
act in the "Area Belle" or one of the
Gilbert and Sullivan operas traveled with
amazing rapidity from station to station,
and every performance In which he took
part -was attended by all the Europeans
for miles around.
A few months after the selge of Kan
dahar he arranged for a performance of
"Patience" in that barbarous city, making
himself responsible for the entire manage
ment. The dresses were excellent, the
stage and scenery very good, and the
opera was received with Intense enthusi
asm; and there was not a single Euro
pean woman there; all the dresses and
costumes wero the work of Baden-Powell,
who himself appeared In the character of
Ruth.
"As a lecturer on military subjects," a
correspondent writes in the Pall Mall Ga
zette, "Baden-Powell Is very nearly as
popular as he Is an an actor. The fol
lowing story attests his hold over the
men as an Instructor. He was delivering
a course of lectures somewhere In Ireland,
and the room had always been crowded
with soldiers, noticeable among whom
was a very smart, intelligent young ser
geant. Toward tho close of the series
Baden-Powell was astonished one day to
And this sergeant brought before him
charged with drunkenness. 'Whatever
made you get, drunk? he asked. "Well,
sir, I got to your lecture lato last night,'
sold the sergeant, 'and tho room was full
and I couldn't get In, so, of Course, I
had to get drunk.' There was no artful
ness In the excuse: the man had never
been known to get drunk In his life.
"Mention of scouting touches the most
picturesque side of Baden-Powell's char
acter. There Is nothing he loves more
than ranging over the world discovering
the weak spots In the armor of our ene
mies. If tho story of Baden-Powell as a
scout ever comes to be written In detail.
It will astonish the world. Here, lor ob
vious reasons, it Is Impossible to do moro
than suggest, and no mention can bo
made ol nations and places. The fol
lowing story will explain what wo mean.
At the maneuvers ol one of the great
armies, while tho accredited representa
tives of the British Army were watching
everything by the side of the officer com
manding, Baden-Powell, perfectly dis
guised, was moving about at the back of
the army, Beelng things that were not
intended for foreign eyes. It was en
tirely on his own inltlatlvo that he went,
but the report he sent to the Horse Guards
of those maneuvers and there were use
ful details about other things, such as
forts is 6ald by a very high authority to
be one of the most perfect things in its
way that ever- reached the War Office.
He Is forever wandering over 'the globe,
oftentimes quite alone, storinc up In his
mind knowledge of the most advanced
European nations and tho most backward
of African tribes. In 1SS3 he made a recon
nolssance, unaccompanied, of 600 miles
of Natal frontier in 20 days. He was tho
Intelligence Ofllcer In the Zulu operations
of 1SS7. and was mentioned In dispatches.
A year later ho was acting as Secretary
to the British Commission to Swaziland.
He probably knows more about Ashantl
than any other European; and there is
very little about Continental armies that
Baden-Powell does not know. Wherever
he goes his mind is at work, and It is
almost as difficult for him to look at a
man and not know all about blm as it
was for Sherlock Holmes, whom, by the
way, he greatly admires.
"But while It Is as a scout that Baden
Powell Is most picturesque and romantic.
It is as a Tegimental officer that his char
acter can be best judged. I do not think
it probable that any soldier would con
tradict tho statement that Baden-Powoll
Is the ideal regimental ofllcer. Some ser
geants In the Thirteenth Hussars were
once asked if the men liked Baden-Powell.
After a pause, one of them said, hesitat
ingly: 'Like him? Well, I shouldn't say
they like him'; then. In a burst, 'why.
they worship him!' And this is a fact.
The men love him. Their love Is prompt
ed not by any leniency or coddling on the
part of Baden-Powell, but by his tireless
devotion to their service and by his faith
in their Intelligence and good sense.
Tommy Atkins Is not the childish boy
that the British public are apt to think,'
says Baden-Powell, In 'Aids to Scouting,'
and then ho goes on to say: 'He is, on
the contrary, a man who reads and thinks
for himself, and he Is keen on any in
struction in really practical soldiering. "
It seems strange to be told that Baden
Powell had no early desire for a soldier's
life. The writer quoted above says:
"Ho never expressed a liking or prefer
ence for any particular profession, and
seemed to Imagine that his only mission
in life was to go about acquiring know
ledge of everything on the earth. When
it was proposed that he should join a
brother In the Indian Civil Service, he ac
cepted tho Idea quite cheerfully, but with
out any particular enthusiasm, and It was
only when another brother suggested that
if he wanted to see India he might just
as well go Into the army that Baden
Powell thought seriously about the serv
ice." The following anecdotes show another
of Baden-Powell's many sides:
"He celebrated his arrival In India by
marshaling all the European children he
could And and marching them up and
down tho streets to the tune of 'The Girl
I Left Behind Me,' played with consid
erable feeling by himself on an ocarina!
This performance is a fair example of
his overflowing good spirits, but there
is another story which better illustrates
his love for pure foolery. He was walking
with a friend on the esDlanade of some
English seaside place, and tho day was
piping hot. Suddenly, without explana
tion of any kind, Baden-Powell sat him
self down on the curb, placed his billycock
hat solemnly on his knees, and buried
his face In a flaming red handkerchief.
This unprecedented sight stirred the
depths of the one and only policeman's
heart, and he strode valiantly across the
road prepared to do his duty at all costs.
Touching Baden-Powell upon the shoulder
with his white cotton glove in the regu
lation manner, the constable demanded,
in a deep voice: 'Arnd, whaat's the mat
ter wi you, ehr Slowly removing the
handkerchief from his eyes, and with a
perfectly solemn face. Baden-Powell ex
plained that he had just at that moment
tumbled out of his nurse's arms and
that the silly woman had gone on without
noticing it."
Loss of Life In Marlboronuh'ii Battles.
The Spectator.
The English contingents during the wars
of William III. of Marlborough, of Prince
Ferdinand of Brunswick, were never
large, and yet we hear of 70 lieutenants
killed In Churchill's Brigade at Steen
klrk, while the victorious French lost
620 officers killed and wounded. Thi to-
tal number of killed and wounded on both
sides was over 6000. And this was- by no
means an extraordinary case. Take the
very next battle In the book, that of Ian
den. The allies lost about 12,000 In cas
ualties, the 19 British battalions losing
133 officers. These were unsuccessful bat
tles, but at Blenheim we lost 670 killed
and 1500 wounded; at -Malplaquet, out of
20 battalions, 1900 men, and so on. The
conclusion would be forced upon us that
the older lighting at close range with
clumsy guns, was far more bloody than
the work of our modern weapons of pre
cision at enormous distances.
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HERE IS IRISH WARMTH.
We Are to Go In and "Do Up" Great
Britain and Save Onr Liberties.
PORTLAND, MarciTlO. (To the Editor.)
Tho Oregonian persists in believing that
the British Government Intended an honor
to the Irish by the St. Patrick's day
edict. Few intelligent people will regard
It Id that light, and we may rest assured
the Irish are not likely to be deceived
as to the true meaning of the "honor."
If the British Government were capable
of doing an honor to itself or any one
else, there is no evidence of it in those
papers captured at Glencoe, which show
that for the last six years that govern
ment has been wantonly plotting, deliber
ately preparing to destroy the Independ
ence of the two little republics of South"
Africa- There Is no evidence of it in tho
action of her delegates to the peace con
ference, nor Is there evidence of It in her
refusal at all times to arbitrate the diffi
culty with her .small antagonist, some
thing she has ever found it advantageous
to do, when dealing with her equals.
If the British Government be capable
of one honorable motive, there Is no Ink
ling of it in the replies to several appeals
from the venerable President Kruger, nor
is there any trace of it in Salisbury's
"brushing aside" the offer of mediation
made by President McKlnley.
If Queen Victoria were prompted by
lovable Intentions, she has had ample op
portunity ere this to exercise them with
more propriety, sincerity and credit to
herself; but she availed herself not of
the opportunity. One word from Her
Gracious Majesty would have Insured llfo
and peace to the little republics now be
sieged by her mercenary minions, had
sho heard the appeals of the young Queen
of Holland, or tho entreaties of the aged
President, who besought her to not "close
her life upon this scene of blood and un
equal srrugglo"; but no, her government
had obtained a "free hand," and that set
tled It. There are fewer Irishmen in the
British Army today than ever before, and
I refuso to believe that there is one true
hearted Irishman whose Intelligence Is so
dense or whose just instincts are at such
a low ebb as would allow him to enlist
his services in this, as shameless and
cowardly a crime as will be found in all
British history. Yet Her Majesty issues
her "edict de honor," and now prepares
to pay her first visit to Ireland, well
knowing the result will bo disturbance and
bloodshed. No other Christian eoverelgn
would attempt It at such a time, and on
such am occasion. The action of Her
Majesty, together with the edict, plainly
refutes tho aspersion they are intended to
convey.
If tho "habsent-minded beggars" be pos
sessed of an ordinary quota, of reason or
Intelligence, we fail to perceive It im tho
alacrity with which they htrrl themselves
against the unfortunate burghers of the
Transvaal. Two hundred thousand of
them were not sufficient for the British
Government to send against that pastoral
community, but contingents had to be
taken from Canada and Australia, sowing
alike dissension and besmirching those
nations as accessories.
Never before has the whole world" so
realized the necessity of shelving this" Ac
tion "British civilization." It remains
to be seen whether or not civilized govern
ments will allow Britain to return un
punished from the scene of this crime; it
remains to be seen whether or not the
powers of this earth can afford to nourish
a political abscess under their very nose.
If they do, then will Irreparable Insecurity
have been worked, to the disadvantage of
government In any form and everywhere.
A swift and distinct rebinco alone will ac
quit all of participation or approval ol
this parody on our civilization. France
would not be found wantjng but for the
fact that England has seemingly obtained
a "free hand" from all her neighbors,
with the possible exception of Russia.
Very naturally the whole world expected
that this republic should make the first
move, but It looks as If "England's friend
ly attitude" has secured a "free hand"
from Washington also. Judging from the
attitude of tho Administration; "together
with England's conduct toward the Boers,
It looks, Indeed, as if the "friendly atti
tude" was now serving Its cut-and-drled
purpose. It looks as if the colls wero
tightening; it looks as if a considerable
portion of the spectacle which unfolds with
the Maine disaster was arranged for us in
London in advance.
It behooves those who are ready to rise
or fall by the fortunes of. this Republic
and the purposes for which God ordained
It, to be on their guard, especially now.
There are a while raft of "titled Ameri
cans" in London, rearing their young in
that royal atmosphere, surrounded by un
natural Influences, their minds saturated
with royal ambitions. Some day this
young crop, especially, will be a menace
to our free Institutions. Already we
perceive the results of their machinations
In the affairs and diplomacy of this Re
public. Already they aro familiarizing
and arranging "alliances" and "ententes"
with the "mother kentry." This Is tho
influence that has censored and throttled
tho treaty of reciprocity with France,
while perpetrating that masterpiece of
British diplomacy, the Nicaragua canal
treaty. This Is the influence that is creat
ing for us dangers that do not now exist,
weaning us from the Ideals and friendships
of our forefathers, and leading the Re
public into un-American ways and paths
for tho purpose of shaking republicanism
to its very foundations. This is the in
fluence that stays the hand and stifles tho
voice of tho Administration at the present
hour, while republicanism Is being ex
terminated in South Africa and the Philip
pines. Here Is tho influence that has cor
rupted a vast portion of our press, for
the purpose of lowering the standard of
Intelligence and morals among our people.
Nowhere was Lord Roberts' report, that
"the British flag now floats over the lato
presidency," received with more compla
cent satisfaction than among our Ameri
can royalty In London, and it was coupled
with the hope that some day those words,
"the presidency has fallen," will be of di
rect and immeasurable Importance to
themselves or their titled progeny. Today
these titles and vast International prop
erty Interests are an excuse for those huge
embattlements at Esquimalt, within 18
miles of our shores. Tomorrow they may
bo the pretext for mobilizing a British
army acrross our northern border. It
should be as plain as daylight to any In
telligent being that British royalty, to
gether with our international royalty, are
paving the way for empire on the ruin3
of this Republic Could they wield suf
ficient influence through any branch of
our Administration toward Isolating us
Into tho company of England, or work dis
union among us, or both, they will have
made a great 6tep In that direction. This
Administration should relieve those be
seiged republicans of the Transvaal. It
should dispense with star-chamber maneu
vering and stand out for liberty, humanity
and republicanism. If McKlnley is en
compassed in the meshes of a plot, ho
should lose no time in letting the people
know It England may be able to raise
$50,000,000 from a coterie of American
bankers for the purpose of wiping out
those little republics: but the President
can raise 15,000.000 men for the purpose of
wiping out England. He could depend
on every able American, but the few who
profess to believe in the "friendly inflic
tion." To those I would commend the
views of the German philanthropist, who,
speaking of tho recent American flour
seizures and the Macrum "Incident," ad
vises England that, "since establishing
such cordial relations with the Americans,
she should do nothing to disturb them, and
bring down the disgust of the whole world
on herself. M. W. O'SHEA.
THE CODES FOR ALASKA
SHORT HISTORY OF LAWS PASSED
AND PROPOSED.
Statutes of Oregon Taken for
Basis N'cvr Criminal Code Was
Enacted Last Year.
"WASHINGTON, March 12. When the
Alaska bill was being read before tho
Senate, Senator Chandler took occasion,
in his characteristic style, to enliven the
dull monotony of the proceedings by an
tagonizing Senator Carter, the author of
the bill. The result of this was that Sen
ator Carter felt called upon to make a
statement in his own behalf, and In ex
plaining the purposes and history of the
Alaska bill, said:
"The rapid development of the mining
Industry in the district of Alaska caused
the country, and the Congress as well,
to realize the necessity lor a code of
laws for that district. For over 20 years
the district of Alaska has remained a
neglected spot under the Jurisdiction of
the United States. At the beginning or
the last Congress a commission, known
as the Code Commission, were requested
to prepare a criminal code, a code of
criminal procedure, and a code of civil
laws for the district of Alaska. That
commission proceeded to perform the task
assigned them, accepting as tho basis of
their work tho laws of the State of Ore
gon, which had heretofore been applied
generally, In so far as applicable, to the
district of Alaska.
"The criminal code was flrst prepared.
It was referred to the Judiciary committee
of this body, as was the civil code. I be
lieve. That committee concluded that the
laws, the machinery of the courts and the
government of the district of Alaska more
properly came within the jurisdiction of
tho committee on territories; and the bill
was, upon the suggestion of the chairman
of the committee on the judiciary, re
ferred to tho committee on territories.
That committee, with painstaking care
that rarely characterizes the work of a
committee, went over every section of the
report of the code commission, and under
took to make such amendments and addi
tions as were necessary to adapt the
criminal code, the code of civil procedure
and the civil code to tho conditions exist
ing In Alaska. t
"This task was not & slight one. We
wore attempting to adjust the laws of the
State of Oregon to a vast area, the Dis
trict of Alaska, embracing over 500.000
square miles, sparsely settled, without
counties, townships or other minor aivi
slons, or any of the geographical adjust
ments and arrangements existing In a
state such as Oregon.
"Wo undertook to secure consideration
at tho last session of Congress not only
for the criminal code, but likewise for
the addltinal codes referred to. The re
port of the committee was made at a late
day m the session. It was iouna quite im
practicable even to read the entire mass
of matter reported by the committee In
a single bill. It being imperative that
the criminal code should be put In opera
tion at the earliest dato possible, we, on
the floor of the Senate, while the bill was
under consideration, detached the criminal
code and passed that, leaving the code of
civil procedure and the civil code without
consideration.
"The criminal code which was passed
at the last session of Congress has been
in operation in Alaska for about one
year. Nearly every lawyer practicing at
the bar in Alaska has been heard from
concerning the operation of that code. The
Governor of the territory, who Is charged
"by law with the interests of the United
States In that district, and wno is zurtner
enjoined to see that the laws of the United
States are executed there, has been before
the committee during the present session
of Congress.
"From all sources, without a dissenting
voice, so far as I am . Informed, it Is
agreed that the criminal code has proven
highly satisfactory to the people of Alas
ka, with the exception of some minor
items embraced In the license provisions,
concerning which Items some amendments
will have to be made. But In so far as
the practical operation of tho criminal
code as a code of criminal law is con
cerned, it has proven eminently satis
factory. Indeed, it Is very remarkable
that, all the lawyers being consulted, the
Governor being consulted, all parties In
interest being consulted, an amendment
has not been suggested to that code, ex
cept In some few details of the license
provisions which it contains.
"The bill now before the Senate, Senate
bill 3419, as reported was, It is true, intro
duced on the 1st of March and reported
on the 5th of this month. That bill has
been under consideration from the open
ing of the session. It was introduced at
an early day In the month of December
by the chairman of the committee, the
senior Senator from Idaho (Mr. Shoup.)
That bill, thus Introduced by him, was
very carefully considered, which resulted
In a series of amendments proposed and
adopted by the committee from time to
time.
"The bill as thus amended, with addi
tions mado thereto, was Introduced by mo
at the request of the chairman as Senate
bill 2927, on the 5th day of February. This
new bill, thus Introduced, has been before
the committee from the 6th day of Feb
ruary. The bill was very carefully con
sidered, section by section, chapter by
chapter, and division or title by title,
with the result that numerous amena
ments wero made.
"It was deemed by tho committee best
not to consume the time of the Senate by
reading the numerous amendments that
were mado in conjunction with tho text;
and to avoid that process, which would
consume much time in a bill of this vol
ume; we concluded that it was better to
introduce the bill anew; and so It was
presented hero as Senate bill 3419, on tho
1st day of March, as a new bill, not show
ing the amendments in Italics, as an
amended bill would If presented with a
report, but reading with tho text unim
paired in any manner by Italics, amend
ments, or words stricken out, except to
a very limited extent. After tho bill was
introduced, on the 1st of March, the com
mittee again went over it, and certain
amendments were made, which will ap
pear In tho bill as tho reading proceeds.
"The measure primarily flnds Its origin
in the statutes of the State of Oregon.
It has been carefully adjusted section by
section to conditions existing in Alaska,
and I doubt when all the facts are con
sidered and tho bill carefully scrutinized,
If any objection can bo found or any se
rious defect discovered in tho measure.
I do not discern any reason for Its refer
ence to the committee on judiciary. It
does not Involve any great or profound
question of Constitutional law, but merely
the statutes of a state adjusted to a dis
trict of tho United States where the Con
stitution and laws are In a measure made
applicable. Tho present reading of tho
bill la purely formal. It being understood
by the unanimous-consent agreement that
no amendments would be offered, no
amendments would be acted upon, and no
action taken with reference to the bill
during tho session devoted to its reading
by tho unanimous consent of the Senate."
Xatnrnlizntlon of Alien Minors.
BALLSTON, March 18. (To the Editor.)
Is not a person 21 years of age who
came to this country when a minor several
years after his father's death, but his
mother yet living, a full-Aedged citizen, or
must he be naturalized in order to regis
ter? GEORGE MacFARQUHAR.
Minor children who come to this country
with their parents become citizens if their
father is naturalized while they aTe
minors. A child coming here with his
mother would become a citizen If his
mother was naturalized before he was 21
years of age. It is very seldom, that wom
en do become naturalized, except through
the naturalization of their husbands, or
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by marrying American citizens, but tho
law provides for the naturalization of
women. Tho inquirer in this case does
not state that his mother came to this
country with him, but It is inferred that
she did, and unless she was naturalized
(not by marriage) he is not a citizen, and
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PERSONAL MENTION.
J. B. Seely, of Woodburn, is registered
at the Perkins.
Dr. H. Logan, of The Dalles, is regis
tered at the Imperial.
S. May, a Harrisburg merchant, is reg
istered at the Perkins.
Percy N. Todd, a New York railroad
man, is at tho Portland.
Henry Doyle, of Vancouver, B. C, la
registered at the Portland.
S. N. Wllkins, a Corvallis business man,
is registered at the Perkins.
Dr. B. S. Stevens, of Huntington, is
registered at the Imperial.
D. M. C. Gault, newspaper man, of
Hlllsboro. Is at the St. Charles.
Rev. Isaac Peart, pastor of tho Astoria
M. E. Church, 13 in Portland.
Robert Burns, O. R. & N. agent at
Walla Walla, Is at tho Imperial.
C H. Callender, lumberman of Knapp
ton, is registered at the Portland.
C. H. Abernathy, hopraiser, of Cham
poeg, is registered at the St. Charles.
E. L. Somers, a prominent railroad man
of Chicago, is registered) at the Portland.
Samuel Aplln. flouring mill man, of Cor
nelius, Is registered at the St. Charles.
D. W. Ralston, a well-known cattlo
dealer, of Sheridan, Is registered at tha
Perkins.
Sofus Jensen and wife, of Astoria, are
guests of the Imperial, on their return
from the East.
D. Cathcart and family, of Winnipeg,
are registered at the St. Charles, on their
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G. M. "Woodford, representing the Weber
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NEW YORK, March 19. People from tho
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