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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1900.
LOSS OF $17,000,000
Seven Lives Were Destroyed
In tfce Ottawa Fire.
7000 PERSONS LEFT HOMELESS
Government and Ottnira Council
Vote Montr for Ilellcf, and
Other Aid Forthcoming.
OTTAWA, Ont.. April 27.-Orer Ave
square miles o territory burned over,
more then 2000 buildings desuojed, seven
lives lost, 7000 men, 'women and children
homeless, and a property loss of J17,000,OCO,
according to the latest estimate. Insured
Xor about half Its value, are the results as
viewed ton.ght of the destruction vhlc
swept thin city and Hull yesterday and
today. Although under control for many
hours, the flames were not entirely ex
tinguished until about noon today.
Lilt of Casualties.
The dead are:
Miss Minnie Cook, aged 40 years, cre
mated In her own house.
John Pumple, car repairer, W5 Somerset,
suffocated In Canadian Pacific Railroad
yards.
George Peeley. shoemaker, 121 Queen
street, west, suffocated.
John Hare Hull, fireman for E. B. Eddy
& Co.
Unknown man, found dead In Meyer's
house, Wellington street, Hull.
Mrs. Carron. Wellington street, Hull,
died of fright, aged SO.
A. Bawdin, 8 years old, son of Charles
Bawdln, Duke street, Hull.
Question of Itcllef.
A relief committee has been formed by
the citizens, and this, together with the
Catholic archbishops of Ottawa and Mon
treal, will make an appeal for relief to the
country. The "most serious problem that
confronts Hull Is that of work. The ma
jority of householders who were burned
out are poor and have large families. It
Is not expected there will be employment
.or a considerable period, and the way In
which many of the poor are going to live
In the meantime Is doubtful.
In Path of the Flames.
On the Ottawa side fully two-thirds of
Dalhousle Ward Is devastated, and an es
timate by residents of the district paces
the number who were without roofs of
their own last night In this district at
E000. The destroyed property in this dis
trict Included some of the finest residences
in Ottawa, as well as a great many of the
humblest. In tnl9 section the fine bouses
of the Hon. Mr. Foster, Dr. Scott, Levy
Crannell and Mr. McLauren; Martin &
Wet-necks' flour mill, Ursklne Presbyterian
Church, Somerset-street bridge, the Im
mense lumber piles along Division, Pres
ton and Rochester streets; the residences
of John PInney, James Murphy, Mrs.
Catharine Plnkey, Alexander Coulter, Mrs.
A. Rochester, Thomas A. Cook, Edward
Foxton and A. J. Warneck, the French
Presbyterian Church and Victoria brew
cry, all have disappeared.
The Ottawa Electric Company will be a
very heavy loser. An approximate value
of their property destroyed Is placed at
$300,000. The Ottawa Electric Company
lad six power-houses. There was one
central or distributing power-house, and
the other Ave were auxiliary or sub
stations. Of these substations only one,
that operated by steam, remains, the
other four being destroyed. The central
power-house and the steam auxiliary, sta
tion were only saved after a hard fight
by the directors and employes.
Destruction Waa Complete.
The fire area was viewed by hundreds
of people this afternoon and evening. One
of the most remarkable things about the
scene was that no smoke was to be seen.
There were no half-burned "buildings or
smouldering logs anywhere. All of Hull's
principal buildings, with the exception of
the Catholic Church, are things of the
past.
The buildings and land In the place were
valued at C.000,000, and of this amount
over U.000,000 may be put down as a loss.
Then in Mocks, fixtures, equipment, house
hold effects and wearing apparel there is
a loss of nearly 13,000,0m. The vast piles
of lumber which went up In smoke may be
reckoned at 1,000,000 more.
Money for the Sufferers.
OTTAWA, April 27. The government, at
a cabinet meeting today, decided to give
$100,000 to relieve the sufferers of the Otta
wa and Hull Are. The city council has de
cided to give $10,000.
MONTREAL. ApriTr7. The Bank of
Montreal has telegraphed $100,000 to the
Ottawa sufferers.
CHICAGO, April 27. Mayor Harrison to
day opened a subscription for the Ottawa,
Ont., fire sufferers.
The Lnrjcer Loae.
CHICAGO. April 27. A special to the
Jleccrd from Ottawa, Ont., says:
In yesterday's Are the heaviest losses
so far are, approximately: Booth Lumber
Company, J2.CO0.O00; the Eddy Paper Com
pany, $1,500,000; the McKay Milling Com
pany. $003.0:0; Hull "Lumber Company,
IXtt.OOO; the-Cordlte Company, $250,000; pub
lic buildings in Hull, $250,000.
Great Britain May .Aaalat.
LONDON. April 27. The newspapers are
unanimous in expressing the opinion that
it is the duty of Great Britain to prompt
ly and substantially assist In repairing
the losses incurred by the Ottawa Are.
CARNEGIE ON TRUSTS.
Says Idea That They Are Not Bene
ficial la a Popular Illualon.
NEW YORK, April 27. Andrew Carne
gie in an essay on the May Century en
titled "Popular Illusions About Trusts."
advocates great aggregations of capital as
of benefit both to rich and poor. He says:
"Every attempt to monopolize the manu
facture of a staple article carries within
Its bosom seeds of failure. Long before we
could legislate with much effect against
trusts there would be no necewity for leg
islation. The past proves this, and the
future Is to confirm It. There should be
nothing but encouragement for these vast
aggregations nf capital, for the manufac
ture of staple articles.
"As for the result being an Increase of
price to the consumer, beyond a brief
period, there need be no fear. On the
contrary, the Inevitable result of these ag
gregations Is flnajly and permanently to
give the consumer cheaper articles than
would have been otherwise possible to
obtain; for capital is stimulated by the
high profits of the trust for a season, to
embark against It. The result is very
soon a capacity of production beyond the
wants of the consumer, and as the new
works erected are of the most improved
pattern and capable of producing cheaper
than the okl works, the vulnerable trusts
are compelled to buy and capitalize at
two or three times their cost. There Is
thus no danger ahead to the community
from trusts nor any cause for fear.
"Competition In all departments of hu
man activity Is not to be suppressed. Al
ready the ghosts of numerous departed
trusts which aimed at monopolies have
marched across the stage of human af
fairs, each pointing to its fatal wound.
Inflicted by that great corrective compe
tition. The only people who have reason
to fear trusts are those who trust them.
"We conclude that this overpowering,
Irresistible tendency toward aggregation
of capital and Increase of size in every
branch of product cannot be arrested or
even greatly Impeded and that. Instead
of attempting to restrict either, we should
hall every Increase as something gained,
not for the few rich, but for the millions
of poor, seeing that the law Is salutary,
working for good and not for evil.
"Every enlargement Is an Improvement,
step by step, upon what has preceded.
It does not tend to make the rich poorer,
but It does tend to make the poor richer
in the possession of better things and
greatly lessens the wide and deplorable
gulf between the rich and the poor.
"Superficial politicians may for a timo
deceive the uninformed, but more and
more will all this be clearly seen by those
who are now led to regard aggregations
as injurious."
REMOVED A BAD SNAG.
Sample Work; Done In the Willam
ette by the Mathloma.
The Government snagboat Mathloma,
which has been doing effective service In
Improving the navigation of the Upper
Willamette for several years, has been
brought down here to be laid up at the
Government boneyard, the appropriation
for defraying her expenses being practi
cally exhausted. Yesterday Captain Lang
Att, United States Engineers, sent her
over to Oceanic dock. In charge of As
sistant Engineer D. B. Ogden. to remove
a snag which was an Impediment to navl
gatlon. and on which some time ago a
largo ship was stuck when going to the
dock.
W. K. Scott, superintendent of the dock,
had engaged a diver to be on hand and
locate the snag for the Mathloma, but he
had missed his way and gone to the Port
land flouring mills, by the long way
round. Captain Galbreath was therefore
Instructed to drag for the snag, and the
Mathloma was run up In front of the
dock, a huge grapple thrown out, and the
boat backed down stream. In a moment
the grapple caught hold of something
heavy, and the cable tightened, but tne
grapple slipped, and, after backing a lit
tle further, the boat was stopped and the
grapple, being hauled up. a chain, such
as Is used In fastening log rafts together,
was found attached to It. The operation
was repeated, but the grapple slipped on
the snag again and brought up a long,
heavy plank. The operation was again
repeated, and the grapple brought up
some light Iron rails, twisted Into double
bow knots by the action of Are, and held
together by flsh bars. These were depos
ited on deck with the other trophies, and
all hands began to enter into the spirit of
the thing and to look forward to making a
collection worthy of presentation to the
city museum.
Mr. Scott stated that at the time the
coal bunkers and elevator were burned
two boxcars were lost In the river there,
and the grapple was drawn again in hope
of bringing these up, but Instead part of
a large hawser was added to the stock
of curios. The next haul the grapple
caught something heavy, and brought up.
roots first, the trunk of quite a large ash
tree, or rather of two ash trees grown
togother at the butt. The prize was care
fully hauled on board, and, with axes and
saws, cut In sections convenient for han
dling. On one side of the mass of roots
the large roots were broken oft. and the
stubs all broomed up and daubed with red
paint, showing that this was the obstruc
tion on which the ship had been hung up,
and everybody was pleased that It had
been secured and would be put out of the
way of creating further trouble.
At this Juncture the wagon arrived with
the diver and his outfit, the snagboat was
tied up to get him and It on board, and
while he was donning his armor and the
air pump and hose were being connected
with him, there was time to admire the
beautiful view afforded of the distant hills
and tho city bathed In the glorious sun
shine, the columns of smoke and steam
rising perpendicularly Into the air from
the mills and factories along the liver.
They had also a chance to admire atlne
four-masted ship, which, loaded to the
Pllmsoll mark, was being pushed down
the harbor by a hoarse-breathlnr tur. and
which politely saluted the Mathloma by
uipping ner nag. ana in reply was saluted
with blasts from her whistle.
When the diver was ready, he descended
to the bottom of the river and meandered
around looking for more snags, but found
none. After he had made several excur
sions In different directions, and found
nothing, the search was abandoned, and
the Mathloma ran up to Alder-Street
wharf, where her passengers were landed.
She Is a powerful snagpuller. and is so
well fitted for her work that the largest
kind of snags are handled with ease,
sawed Into sections and cast ashore, and
through her use the channel of the Upper
Willamette Is now In better condition than
ever before.
DEMOCRATIC POSSIBILITIES.
With the Chicago Platform They
Are Simply XII.
Baltimore Sun, Dem.
The total vote of the electpral college Is
117. and It requires 224 for the election of
President and Vice-President. Before for
mulating their platform and selecting
their ticket. It would be wise for the
Democratic leaders to give careful atten
tion to the table of the states. The solid
South. Including Delaware, has 154 votes,
and In order to elect 'their candidates the
Democrats must carry all of these and
70 votes In the North. These 70 votes have
heretofore, until 1S3G, been looked for In
New York. New Jersey, Connecticut and
Indiana, which, together, have 67. Before
the admission of states between the elec
tions of 1S33 and 1S97, this number was
sufficient. But now It Is necessary to
carry still another state.
The makers of .the Chicago platform of
1SD6 deliberately abandoned all expectation
of earning New York. New Jersey, or
Connecticut, and hoped to make up for
their loss by carrying states of the Middle
West, the Rocky Mountains and the Pa
cific Slope. In this they were disappoint
ed, and not only this, but for the flrst
time since the South threw off the carpet-bag
government the solid South was
broken. Delaware. Kentucky. Maryland
and West Virginia, with an aggregate
electoral vote of 26. gave 25 of them to
McKlnley. Bryan's total vote was 176.
Of this vote 130 came from the Southern
States and the remainder from the Rocky
Mountains and "the Slope." These states
which went for Bryan were Colorado,
Idaho, Kansas. Montana. Nebraska, Ne
vada. South Dakota. Utah. Washington
and Wyoming. All these states combined
have an electoral vote of 45. or one less
than New York and New Jersey. Besides
carrying these states, Bryan got one
vote In California and one In Kentucky.
bringing up his total vote to 176. or 95
less than were cast for McKlnley. Mr.
Bryan lost 25 votes of the border Southern
States, which had always been regarded
as certain for any Democratic candidate.
If the silver question Is to be pressed
to the front, to the exclusion of the living
issues now before the people. It may be at
the expense of the vote of these border
states, 26 In all, as well as pf the 52 votes
of New York. New Jersey and Connecti
cut If the Democrats carry this Fall
all the states they carried in 1896, 174. ex
clusho of the two odd votes, then 50
more votes must be found somewhere In
order to succeed. Upon the straight sil
ver Issue the struggle for these will be
In vain. The questions growing out of
the Spanish War will be the Isrues this
Fall. The Democratic platform cannot
change them. But It can drive enough
votes out of the party to decide the re
sult. Spanish Xevra From Cuba.
MADRID. April 27. A commercial house
hero has received a dispatch from Cuba
saying that Jesus Rabl. the Cuban leader,
has headed an "insurrectionary" move
ment in the Province of Santiago, which
the sender of the dispatch "believes to be
supported by the chief towns of the prov
ince." Don't Let Your Head Spilt
With aches and pains. Wright's Head-
acne ana neuralgia cure wui relieve It.
IN MEMORY OF GRANT
nis birthday; OBSERVED "WITH
NOTABLE FESTIVITIES.
The "Widow Wai a. Guest of Honor at
a Pittsburg? Banquet, and "Was
Visibly Affected.
PITTSBURG, April 27. The Hth annual
banquet of the American Republican Club
of this city In commemoration of the birth
of U. S. Grant was held at the Hotel
Schenley tonight, and was In many re
spects the most successful dinner yet given
by the famous organization. The guest
of honor was Mrs. Julia Dent Grant,
widow of the great soldier and statesman,
and among the distinguished personages
present were Postmaster-General Etuory
Smith. Congressman R. G. Cousins of
Iowa, Senator M. A. Hanna. Governor G.
W. Atkinson of West Virginia, Colonel J.
E. Barnett of Pennsylvania, Charles F.
Dick of Ohio.
Thirty-eight tables, with covers for 600,
were arranged a"bout the speakers table,
which occupied the center of the room.
Seated in the balcony at the north end of
the hall was Mrs. Grant and a recep
tion committee of 23 prominent Pittsburg
ladles. When she entered the room she
was enthusiastically welcomed, the ap
plause lasting several mlntes.
, The flrst speaker was Postmaster-General
Smith, who responded to the toast,
"National Developments." After paying
tribute to the memory of General Grant
the speaker turned to the country's recent
territorial acquisitions. Speaking of the
Inhabitants of these possessions, the
Postmaster-General said:
"We shall give our new peoples liberty,
good government and enlightenment be
yond anything they have ever before en
Joed." When the applause following his address
subsided. Congressman Robert G. Cousins
responded to the toast, "Grant." The re
sponse was a glowing tribute to the mem
ory of the great man, and during its de
livery the listeners were moved to tears
and again to outbursts of patriotic ap
plause. The venerable widow. In her
rather secluded position, was visibly af
fected. When the point In the programme was
reached where President McKlnley was
to respond to the toast, "Our Country."
Toastmaster Burleigh announced that It
was Impossible for Mr. McKlnley to be
present, and Instead of the toast "Our
Country," he proposed that the health of
Mrs. U. S. Grant be drank In silence. -The
scene which followed was one of the most
Impressive of the evening. Following this
Senator Hanna spoke on "The Greatest
Century." Mr. Hanna's address closed
the programme, and at about 1:45 In the
morning the banqueters dispersed.
RECALLED CIVIL WAR DATS.
Problem Then Greater Than Those
That Scare Men Today.
NEW YORK, April 27. The annual ban
quet of the Grant Monument Association
to celebrate the 78th anniversary of the
birth of General U. S. Grant was held at
the Waldorf-Astoria. Hon. EUhu Root,
Secretary of War, presided. The speakers
besides Mr. Root were Rev. Dr. W. M.
lrycker. Congressman McPhcrson, of
Iow-a; Hon. Albert S. Berry and General
James Grant Wilson. Secretary of War
Root eald in part:
"It Is well now, when walling and lamen
tations of men are heard, who grow faint
hearted before the tasks that face the Re
public, to recall the days of lS6J-'64 the
tasks greater than those which confront us
today.
"No one who reads the papers can fall
to see that the course of the nations of
the world is the stretching out for ter
ritory, and be wjll fjHftpb' be brought to
say that the AmeHflKpeopte ."will be
forced to abandon the Monroo Doctrine un
less they exhibit more Interest In compell
ing them to keep off by preparation. Un
ices the people prepare to fight for It. they
will, when tho emergency arises, be found
unprepared.
"We will never abandon the Monroe Doc
trine. When the hour of trial comes, how
they will cry for one hour of Ulysses 8.
Grant. Let us keep him as an ideal.
and let us pray when another emergency
arises that the good God who watohts
over us and the deetlnles of the American
people will raise up another man like U.
S. Grant to preserve lto liberties and free
Institutions."
AT GRANT'S OLD HOME.
Governor Roosevelt Paid a Magnifi
cent Tribute.
GALENA. III., April 27.-GeneraI U. S.
Grant's birthday was observed here to
day. The event has been celebrated an
nually for 10 yeans, with some speaker of
National reputation as orator, but the
celebration today was on a more elaborate
ecale than heretofore. Governor Roooe
velt, of New York, delivered the principal
oration. Nearly every buslnera block and
hundreds of private residences were ablaze
with flags and bunting.
A special train bearing Governor Roose
velt, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris. her son.
Captain Sartoris, her daughter, Vlvla Sar
toris. and other distinguished visitors, ar
rived from Chicago shortly before the ex
ercises began at Turner HalL After a
few Introductory remarks by President
Spare. Rev. Dr. J. W. Spensley, of Albany,
N. Y., delivered the Invocation. Then,
after a song "In Liberty's Name," by a
male quartet. Governor Roosevelt was In
troduced amidst great applause. His
flpeech was fall of Interesting anecdotes,
and was a magnificent tribute to the mem
ory of General Grant.
GOLD NUGGETS IN JAPAN.
"Welcome to Skilled Miners Here
after Examination for Emlirrants.
-YOKOHAMA, April 7. The discov
ery of gold In Hokkldlo, the northern
most of the main islands of the Empire,
Is assuming more and more Importance.
The total length of the river beds con
taining gold dust is put at SjOO miles.
and the total productive area at 1.750,000
acres. Nuggets weighing over halt a
pound have been found. Since the re
striction upon foreign, ownership and man
agement of mines has been removed by
this Government, companies have been
formed among the foreigners In Yokohama
and in one case a. tract of 37 acres "has
"been purchased and an expert from Call-
iorna engages ana an arrangements made
to begin operations.
It Will be a boon to the Japanese to
have skilled miners from the West take
a hand, as the native methods of work
ing gold diggings are said to be exceed
ingly wasteful and destructive. The re
moval of restrictions upon foreigners In
the matter of mining Is held to be a good
omen for the final granting to them of tho
privilege of land ownership In genet al.
News has been received of a fight In
Banzhlzan, Formosa, between a party of
soldiers and a number of bandits. It is
stated that a number of soldiers were
killed or wounded.
Hereafter all steerage passengers for
America will be required to undergo a
medical examination before leaving Japan
ese ports. A fee of one yen each will be
collected from the emigrants to defray the
expenses of examination.
The approaching wedding of the Crown
Prince is arousing considerable Interact.
Among the wedding presents already an
nounced are a gold Inkstand valued at
2000 yen, presented "by the court nobles,
and a golden Incense burner, valued ,at
10.000 yen, presented by the Toklo city, offi
cials. Emperor Gets Ilia Battle-Ships.
BERLIN, April 27. The budget commit
tee of the Reichstag today adopted by a
vote of 20 to 8 a motUu of the Centrists
granting the battle-ships asked for by the
frtwrnmit hut l!m!nnt!nir th nmvfInn
for an increase of the foreign-service fleet
and reducing the Increase demanded for
mo reserve neeu
SLAVERY TO WORDS.
An Example In Our Sympathisers
"With So-called Republics.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The slavery of thought to mere names In
the Intellectual life Is a common enough
subject of philosophical diversion. We
have frequent enough reason to deplore it
in the domestic politics of a government
by public opinion, where the vast and con.
fused ruling mind In often strangely ex
cited by names that lve no true relation
to the things they are attached to. It
took the American people some little time
to rccosnlze the old fact of national ex
pansion, familiar since U04. under the new
and horrifying name of Imperialism, with
which Pettigrews and Atkinsons decked
it out. Men that have been clamoring
all their lives for a tariff for revenue
reject and deride the best example of It
ever seen in American legislation, because
the hated named of Dlngiey Is connected
with It to the extent of 15 per cent. This
slavery to names would be a fatal Influ
ence In the delicate "relations of the In
ternational politics of republics, did not
the instinct of the sounder sort shield
these from direct Impact of the flrst rash
outbreaks of public opinion.
Mr. Thomas G. Shearman has a brisk
article in the North American Review on
"Mistaken Sympathy With Republics." Of
course. It relates to matter of current
controversy, and there are Americans who
would dissent violently from his adjective.
But putting the Boers aside, though there
Is no better illustration of our popular
habit, and considering only the cold his
torical examples of Mr. Shearman's Intro
duction, what servitude to mere names
the American people has endured through
Its history In Its International sympathies!
Beginning with the French republic, and
ending with the South African, it has only
been needful to give this alluring name to
a political organization to draw American
sympathy as molarses draws Ales. Be
ginning with the British monarchy and
ending with the German empire. It was
only needful that a nation should bear one
of these hated names to draw down on It
Instinctive American suspicion and dis
like. The republic might really be an
oligarchy and the monarch) might really
be a representative democracy: it did not
matter. The republic might be bloody and
brutal. Intolerant and reactionary, feeble
and theatrical, unable to control its own
baser class or to sustain a place among
nations; the monarchy might be enlight
ened and generous In its policy to strang
ers at home and abroad, strong for civil
ization and tolerant of thought and creed.
careful for the happiness of Its own peo
ple and stem toward all that makes for
social cboon, there might be more freedom
under its nominal sovereign than citizens
of any but two or three republics enjoy;
still we could not restrain our sympathies.
One was blessed and the other hateful,
because one name pleased us and the
other repelled.
Mr. Shearman Insists. In the extract
we printed the other day, that there are
only two real republics out of the 20
nominal, and yet Switzerland, the other
of these. Is probably the only one sym
pathy with which has not been spread
upon our Congressional Record. We en
couraged tho French to carry military
despotism to Madagascar, while we risked
war to keep British civilization out nf
Venezuela, he says, and we have used
our moral Influence to maintain seml
barbarlsm In South America because It
masqueraded as republican. He overlooks
that this was a case where deeper Na
tional policy ran with surface popular
feeling, and that the Monroe doctrine has
a practical as well as a sentimental side.
More Instructive examples of our Na
tional foible that escaped blm were our
gratuitous expressions of sympathy with
forced and ephemeral republics In Europe,
like the Greek and Hungarian, that so
soon gave place to firmer and freer con
stitutional government.
It la Ane proof of the fundamental
soundness of American political Instinct
that these sentimental sympathies, drawn
after servitude to .words, never have led
us far out of the path of prudence and
reason in our International relations.
From our greenest youth of Jay treaty
times, we never have been diverted from
the natural fellowship of civilization by
the odium of names, and our sentimental
companionship with undeveloped republics
has really been a sort of guardianship In
the Interest of clvlllzarlon as well as
their own. The nation Is Intensely prac
tical and Anglo-Saxon at bottom, and the
world has learned to look through Its
froth of sentiment to Its fund of hard
senso In foreign relations, as govern
ments have learned to do In domestic
politics.
THE LAW'S DELAY.
Savannah Harbor Conspirators Still
Flfchtlnir In the Courta.
Engineering News.
The frauds in the Savannah Harbor
work, for which O. M. Carter, formerly a
Captain In the Corps of Engineers, Is now
under sentence of Imprisonment, are again
brought Into public notice this week. A
United States Grand Jury at Savannah has
called the attention of Congress to the
astonishing delay encountered In the at
tempt to bring to Justice the members
of the contracting firm with whom Cap
tain Carter was convicted of conspiracy.
In New York. Judge Addison Brown, of
the United States District Court, handed
down n decision April 4, refusing to order
the transfer of the indicted persons to the
Savannah District.
Shakespeare makes Hamlet, in his fa
mous soliloquy, speak of "The oppressor's
wrong, the proud man's contumely, the
law's delay, the Insolence of office and the
spurns that patient merit of the unworthy
The whole quotation was never more
graphically exemplified than It has been
In the history of the Carter case; but It
Is "the law's delay" on which attention Is
now deservedly concentrated. The object
of Carter's co-cor.splrators is hardly con
cealed. By taking advantage of every
legal technicality, and Injecting delay Into
every Mage ot the proceedings against
them, they are so prolonging these pro
ceedings that long before they can be
tried and convicted the statute of limita
tions will have run, and they can snap
their fingers at courts and Juries.
In the light of their evident success thus
far. it Is a matter for sincere congratula
tion to every supporter of honest govern
ment that Carter himself was tried by
a military court. As matters stand, there
can be little doubt that, despite his at
tempt to get free, by appeals to the higher
courta on technicalities. hc will eventually
have to undergo the full penalty for his
crime.
Captain Carter was convicted before an
able and impartial court of the crime of
conspiracy. The same evidence that
proved him guilty, logically, though not
legally, proved guilty thoe who conspired
with him. If they now escape all punish
ment for a crime thus publicly proven,
what a precedent It will establish! If the
United States Government Is thus power
less to punish those who conspire to de
fraud It, those who engage In river and
harbor work, the construction of public
buildings, or such great enterprises as the
Itshmian Canal, will take notice and gov
ern themselves accordingly. If the prec
edent Is established that wealthy and In
fluential contractors for public works can
thus rob the Government and escape pun
ishment, the way of every honest engineer
and honest contractor Is made more diffi
cult. The English-speaking people number at
the present time 116UOO.OO0: while those
speaking French total 5S.COO.000. or exactly
half the English-speaking people.
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FOR THE ST. LOUIS FAIR
MATTER PRESENTED TO COMMIT
TEE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Affair to Be International, and to
Cost lC,0O0,O0O CongreM to
fay One-Third.
WASHINGTON, April 27. The house
committee-room on Insular affairs was
Ailed to overflowing today with a distin
guished body of representative men irom
the West and Southwest, who appeared
to make formal presentation of the pro
ject for an International exposition at St.
Louis In 1903, to commemorate- the Lou
isiana purchase and the resulting devel
opment of the Mississippi Valley and Us
vast tributary sections. Bills already
have been Introduced in the Senate by
Cockrell, and In the House by Lane, giv
ing a National aspect to the enterprise,
and providing a $3,000,000 appropriation In
Its aid. The dclesutlon was made up of
Governors, ex-Governors, Mayors of lead
ing cities, former Cabinet officers, and
men prominent in public and business uie.
The hearing was given under thai aus
pices ot the special committee on the
centennial of the Louisiana purchase, con
sisting of Representatives Tawney (chair
man). Steele. Sherman, Joy, loruss.
Burke, Williams (Miss.), Bartlett and
Otcy.
Ex-Secretary Francis, of Missouri,
opened the hearing in a long speech.
After tracing the development of the
project. Francis proceeded:
"St. Louis, as the largest and wealthiest
city In the Louisiana purchase, was se
lected as tho location for such an exposi
tion, and the scale upon which It should
be held was defined by the convention of
states and territories in the purchase.
That convention decided that a sum lesj
than $15,000,000 would be Insufficient prop
erly to launch an exposition of the char
acter named, and that J5.0U0, thereof
should be furnished by the Government.
The bill before you pledges to the expo
sition Government aid to the extent of
$5,000,000, which, however, is not to be ap
propriated until the City of St. Louis
shall have raised the sum of J10.0W.OU).
and when the $3,000,000 Is appropriated, it
is not to be made available until the $10.
OO'.OOO furnished by St. Louis shall have
been expended to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of the Treasury. I submit to
you as fair-minded men whether St. Louis
Is not doing her full duty In agreeing to
furnish $10,000,000 ot the $15,000,000 re
quired." Governor Shaw, of Iowa, made a witty
and felicitous speech, concluding with the
statement that Iowa supported the project
and desired It to have a National and
International scope. Governor Jones, of
Arkansas, followed, urging the opportuni
ties of the exposition as an object-lesson
to the world on the vast development ot
tho Louisiana purchase.
Lieutenant-Governor Gilbert, of Nebras
ka, stated that, while the subject had' not
been widely canvassed, yet It was gener
ally approved, and added hla personal In
dorsement to the exposition. Colonel J.
R. Pitkin, of New Orleans, president of
the Trans-Mississippi Congress, spoke for
the extended Interests represented by that
organization. Governor Prince, of New
Mexico, strongly emphasized the National
character of the enterprise. Attorney
General Campbell, of Colorado, expressed
the sentiment of that state, which, ho
said, was favorable to the exposition.
In the absence of Governor Stanley, of
Kansas, who was unable to be present.
Judge Sloenecker. of Topeka, presented
the views of that section.
Mr. Leech, of Oklahoma, and Mr. Doug
lass, of Indian Territory, added the strong
Indorsement of those sections. Ex-Uov-ernor
R. B. Hubbard, of Texas, force
fully urged the vast, resources of Texas
and the Southwest, and the desire of that
section to bring together the whole coun
try and the world In an exhibition of this
kind.
W. H. Thompson, of St. Louis, chair
man of the finance committee of the pro
posed exposition, briefly outlined the
financial status of the organization. He
stated that the assurance of Congress
to co-operate was absolutely essential to
the success of the enterprise. It Is ex
pected, that the committee will take early
action on the subject.
MAY WEATHER.
The following data, covering a period of
25 years, have been compiled from the
weather bureau records at Portland, Or.:
Temperature Mean of normal tempera
ture, 57 deg.; the warmest month was
that of 1SSS. with an average of 62; the
coldest month was that of 1S99, with an
average of 51; the highest temperature was
99, on the 23th, 1SS7: the lowest tempera
ture was 33, on the 23d, 1S7S: average date
on which flrst "killing" frost occurred in
Autumn, November 26; average date on
which last "killing" frost occurred in
Spring, April 11.
I'recipitallon (rain and melted snow) Av
erage tor tne montn. z.39 Inches: average
number of days with 0.01 of an inch or
more, 12; the greatest monthly precipita
tion was 6.30 Inches, in 1S79; the least
monthly precipitation was 0.5S Inches, in
li&Sz the greatest amount of precipitation
recorded In any 24 consecutive hours was
1.C0 Inches, on the 19th and 20th. 1S79.
Clouds and Weather Average number
of clear days, 8; partly cloudy days, 10
cloudy days, 13.
AVInd The prevailing winds have been
from the northwest; the highest velocity
of wind was 37 miles, from the south, on
th0 5th. lfSl. EDWARD A. BEALS.
Forecast Official, Weather Bureau.
Station. Portland, Or.
Date of Issue, April 27. 1900.
Automobile Vernal Trolley.
Automobile Magazine.
Street railway men have long declared
that the average American Is In too much
of a hurry to take time to climb to the
second story of a double-deck car. but
there Is every reason to believe that a
type ot automobile, built after the fashion
of a tailyho or an omnibus, with seats on
top, will ultimately find favor with subur
ban and lorg-dlstance passengers.. Tho
possibilities In the matter of speed may
be realized from the recent record of an
English machine, which made the Journey
from Coventry to London, a distance of 92
miles. In four hours, an average of 23
miles per hour.
The cheapening of the motor vehicle will
naturally prove an important factor in
the extension of Us use as a competitor
of the street car. Indeed, it will reach
its fullest development in this direction
only after the price of an autocar Is ap
proximately that of a street-car fitted with
an electric motor. Once started, the en
croachments of the automobile on the field
of municipal transportation will be rapid.
The new vehicles may also "be expected to
displace street-cars In many auxiliary
services, such as the conveyance of the
malls and the transportation of farm
products in the rural districts.
The Man at Mafeklnsr.
Collier's Weekly.
Colonel Baden-Powell, who. at the out
break of the Transvaal War, asked to
be placed In "a warm corner," has now
held his "little corner" long enough to
break all British siego records, including
that of Lucknow. The place he has held
so long, by the. way. Is pronounced Mahf
klng. not Mafe-klng. In regard to the
Colonel himself. Dr. Halg Brown, his for
mer headmaster at Charter House, has
this to say:
"I notice that the name is Invariably
mispronounced," said the doctor. "The
'a' In Baden Is generally given the sounJ
of 'ah,' but it should have the usual sound
of 'a as In 'Bathing Towel. which was
bis nickname among the boys at school.
The boy was essentially the father of the
man; he. yvi&jcsnr acilve. UxcJ& lull of
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fun and amusement, and exceedingly pop
ular with his school-fellows."
The Colonel's father was the late Pro
fessor Baden-Powell, and he lj descended
on his mother's side from a family which
achieved distinction In the naval service.
He was educated at Charter House, and at
tho ago of 19 he Joined the Thirteenth
Hussars, serving as Adjutant with his
regiment In India. Afghanistan, and South
Africa. Thus he made the acquaintance
of the Cape very early In his career, an
acquaintance to be resumed on more than
one memorable occasion afterward. He
was dispatched to Cape Town ai;aln In
1SS7, as Assistant Military Secretary to
General Sir Henry Smith. He held this
nppolntment for two years, and durisg
that period he served In the Zululand op
erations, and came In for mention In the
dispatches always an honor, but even
more so In those days than now.
Then he was appointed Military Secre
tary to the Governor of Malta, who,
though he had no power to do so. gave
him the local and temporary rank ot
Major. His Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, wan Commander-In-Clilef at
the time, and by his command Badcn
Powcll had to substitute two ctars for the
one crown on his shoulder cords. His
next step mado him tho youngest Colonel
In the British army.
Burjrlara Cot Five Thonaand Dollar.
RICHMOND. April 27. The vault of the
Mossanutten Bank, at Strasberg. Va.. was
blown open by burglars this morning and
COM taken. Tho burglars escaped on a
hand car.
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tariff imposed upon Alaska's products.
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