Morning Oregonian., May 05, 1900, Page 3, Image 3

THE MORNINGr" OEEG02s7IAN, SATURDAY, MAT 5, 1900.
S.
OTIS' HOME COMING
He Will Leave Manila for the
United States Today.
MACARTHUR WILL BE HIS SUCCESSOR
Wheaton. Take Command of the
Sontliern Department of Lbzoh
The Captured Archives.
WASHINGTON. May 4. In accordance
with General Otis request to be allowed
to return to the United States, the War
Department today lesued orders to relieve
him, to take effect tomorrow, the date
fixed by General Otis for his sailing. The
orders designate Major - General MacAr
thur to succeed General Otis In command
of the division of the Philippines. Brevet-Major-General
"Wheaton Is designated
as commander of the Department ot
Southern Luzon.
May Come oh the Meade.
MANILA, May 4. The Unites: States
transport Meade has been ordered to be
ready to sail tomorrow. It Is supposed
that Major-General Otis, with his per
sonal staff, will then start for the United
States.
The insurgent archives captured by
General Funston Include papers implicat
ing prominent foreign Arms at Manila In
unlawful dealings. It Is reported, that
evidence has been obtained that some ot
them furnished munitions of war to the
rebels, and It is also said, that the Amer
ican authorities are in possession from
this source of a detailed plan for attack
ing the American forces, written by
Agulnaldo, in the Tagal language, Janu
ary 9, 1S99, and translated Into Spanish.
AFFAIRS IN GUAM.
With a Little Ice and Heading Mat
ter Life "Would Be Pleasant There.
WASHINGTON, May 4. Governor
Leary has sent to the Navy Department
another of his characteristic official re
ports about affairs In Guam, including the
results of a thorough census taken under
his direction, and a financial statement
of the first six months of his administra
tion, which shows a'gratlfylng and grow
ing surplus of Mexican dollars in the
Island treasury.
American money has jiot yet entered
into circulation in Guam, and the figures
in the balance sheet represent the silver
currency left there by the Spaniards. The
amount in the local treasury on July L
1SS9. was 52171. The receipts from July
1 to January 1 last were $9415, and the
expenditures for the same period were
$6767, leaving in the treasury on January
L 190). $1819. The receipts will not be
60, large for the remainder of the fiscal
year, as the tax on marriage licenses will
not be so productive, but the expenses
will be proportionately reduced, as many
of the Improvements have been completed.
The Governor reports that.the evaporat
ing plant Is in excellent condition, but
he is still without an ice machine, with
the hot weather almost at hand. The
steam sawmill has been erected, and was
ready for work. A telephone system had
been lnstalle'd. and was In successful oper
ation between Agana. the capital, and
PitL the port. The officers of the Yo
semlte were still engaged on the topo
graphical survey of the island, which
would have been finished In a few months.
In fact, all was well at Guam, and life
there would be perfect with a refrigerat
ing plant and a good library.
Governor Leary explains to the Depart
ment that his request for a library did
not contemplate a circulating affair of
fiction. He needs an encylopedla, a set
of revised statutes, some law books and
other reference works Indispensable to his
office. Some books of this sort were in
the library of the Yosemkc, but that ship
was seven miles from the capital, over a
ehadeless road, and It was exasperating
to make the trip whenever a question of
local administration arose.
The tabulated enumeration of the popu
lation otr Guam has been forwarded by
the Secre'tary of the Navy to the Direc
tor of the Census, to be Included in the
total of the United States, ft shows that
Guam had a population of S661 persons on
January 1, 1900. Of these 5249 lived in the
capital city of Agana. In the District
of Agana are five villages, which, with
their population are: Antra. 146: Asan.
255; Tehungan, 200; Sinahana, 144, and Car
olinas, 90. The five towns on the Island
outside of the District of Agana, with
their totals, are: Agat, 744; Sumay, ECS;
Umatta, 23C; Morlzo, 491; Inarahan, 51S.
Of the total population of the island, 312S
are males over 7 years old, 36S0 are fe
males over 7 years, and 1S53 are children
under 7 years.
Governor Leary says nothing about the
state of health on the Island, but from
his requisitions for medicines and surgi
cal supplies, the natives are evidently
patronizing the naval medical officers
with an astonishing variety of complaints.
PROLONGING THE REBELLION.
AuuInaldo'M Death "Would Have Lit
tle Effect on the "War.
NEW TOl tay .4. A special to the
Herald from" Washington says:
Whether Agulnaldo be dead or alive, it
is evident to officials In the War Depart
ment that the Insurgents are pursuing a
policy of warfare best adapted to prolong
ing the rebellion. Assistant Secretary of
War Melklejohn voiced the sentiment of
the department when he expressed the
opinion that Agulnaldo Is alive.
There Is a disposition now on the part
of the officials to discredit AgulnaldoVs
abilities and Mr. Melklejohn said that
the capture of Mablnl, who was the civic
brains of the insurrection, and of Filipino
leaders who were its military minds, were
greater losses to their cause than Is gen
orally appreciated. It has been the Im
pression of the officials that the capture or
death of Agulnaldo would mean the death
knell of the revolt, but It is now apparent
to them that whether Agulnaldo be dead
or alive, the guerrilla fighting will con
tinue, and probably continue for some
time.
While In some quarters the belief Is ex
pressed that the Insurgents will attempt
to reorganize during the rainy season,
Lieutenant-Colonel Barry, who was Adjutant-General
on General Otis staff,
pointed out that the troops are now well
distributed in Luzon, and within striking
distance of any point where the Filipinos
may congregate. Lieutenant-Colonel Barry
added that wherever the Filipinos could
go the American trocas had demonstrated
that they could follow.
To prevent the success of the guerrilla
tactics of the insurgents. It Is likely that
the military commanders will direct that
only detachments be sent on expeditions
which are sufficiently strong to cope with
any band of Filipinos that may be met.
The last mall from Manila contains a
report from General Otis giving the sta
tions of troops in the Philippine islands.
The 63.000 men under General Otis' com
mand are distributed among 250 stations,
about 210 of which are In the island of Lu
zon. John Chinaman and the Telephone.
From "Flame. Electricity 'and the Cam
era." George Ilea.
In circumstances where the telegraph Is
debarred from the direct conveyance of
word symbols, the telephone enters with
peculiar value. Until Professor Bell per
fected this Invention a Chinaman was de
nied by the structure of hie language any
immediate transmission of it by electric
ity. Chinese has no alphabet, and its writ
ten signs are so numerous and Intricate
as to defy reduction to a simple tele
graphic code. Two methods proffered
themselves; first, to translate a Chinese
message Into an alphabetical tongue, tel
egraph this, and at the receiving station
run the risk of error In retranslating Into
Chinese. Or. in the original More meth
od, giving a number to each word in a dic
tionary, and telegraphing numerals, to be
matched as received with their appropriate
signification.
With the telephone all this hazard and
trouble vanish at once. A ChlnamAn
speaks his message; It Is received exactly
as spoken, either by his correspondent or
his correspondent's scribe. Lous Glas, ot
tho Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany, San Franclco, states that his com
pany has a substation in San Francisco,
employing three Chinese attendants.
"Their ejaculatory language gives pecu
liarly good telephonic results. The Chinese
do a very large long-distance business
throughout the whole Pacific Coast, and
wwenuy wun more satisfactory results
than English-speaking subscribers.
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WHAT IS A COPYRIGHT?
Richardson's Marvelous AaaHrauee
Bring "Up the Question.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. James D. Richardson, of Tennessee.
present leader of the Dmflmti i.
itj in the House of Representatives, is
the compiler of the 10 volumes of "Mes
sages and Papers of tho Presidents." and
now privately sold by hhn Is the copy
right mark on the last seven of the ten
volumes. This practically announces that
Mr. Richardson has the sole right tp re
produco the messages of the Presidents
of the United States from Washington to
McXinley. Nobody knows who gave the
Democratic minority leader this valuable
monopoly in documents supposed to be
long to tho. American people tor all time.
He does n.t state on what he bases his
claim to a copyright on a Government
publication, but he and his partners do
say on the floor of Congress that they ob
ject to the Government's Issuing any
more free copies of its own publication.
The story of how this enterprising gen
tlemen was eet up In business is fujly as
interesting as that of the subsequent pro
ceedings of the "Committee of .Distribu
tion." in 134 Mr. Richardson volunteered to
compile and reprint the messages of all
the Presidents as a part of his regular
duties ae a Congressman. He was at that
time chairman of the committee on print
ing. In due time Congress authorized the
project and fixed the edition at 6000 copies.
Two years later Mr. Richardson an
nounced that the first volume was ready,
and put through a resolution ordering
the Public Printer to deliver the work for
distribution through the Senators and
Reoresentatlves. No provision was made
for disposing of the surplus sets of the
work, but when Mr. Richardson s rniti-
tion came back from the Senate it con
tained an amendment providing that "the
fraction shall In each case be delivered
to the compiler." From this point dates
the evolution of the extensive business
now conducted by tb "Committee of Dis
tribution." In the following month May. 1SS6 an
other resolution passed the House and
Senate authorizing the printing of 15,000
additional copies and providing that the
"fraction" of this larger edition should
aho go to the enterprising compiler, Mr.
Connolly, of Illinois, objected that this
would probably be giving the Tennessee
Congressman books worth at least $5000.
and Mr. Hepburn was inclned to think
that they would be worth nearer $7000,
but Mr. Richardson brushed the question
aside by remarking that he had not yet
sold a copy "and did not know that he
ever should." Nevertheless, the commer
cial aspect of the project became appar
ent In, that same month, when ho intro
duced a resolution authorizing the print
ing of 1000 copies "for sale." This resolu
tion was referred to Mr. Richardson's
own committee, but was never reported,
for a larger scheme seems to have dawned
upon his mind.
From that time Mr. Richardson sudden
ly lost Interest in the printing of issues
for free distribution. Between January
5, 1S97. and January 28. 1SSS, no less than
six distinct resolutions calling for new
editions of "Messages and Papers of the
Presidents" were referred to the commit
tee on printing, and were there promptly
smothered. The reason for this sudden
loss of Interest Is sufficiently clear Jn the
light of a provision injected into the sun
dry civil bill by some friendly Senator in
the Spring of 1S97, .directing the Public
Printer to "make and deliver to James
D. Richardson, the compiler of 'Messages
and Papers of the Presidents.' without
cost to him, duplicate electrotype plates."
This remarkable piece of generosity
passed the Senate without attracting at
tention, but in the House there were
pointed inquiries as to whv the rmttoman
should be presented with plates costing
$3600 in payment for regular committee
work. It was also asked whether Mr.
Richardson meant to copyright the book.
Representative DIngley. foreseeing some
such scheme ae that In which Mr. Rich
ardson Is now Involved, offered an amend
ment in these words:
"And provided, further. That no publi
cation reprinted from such stereotype or
electrotype plates, and no other Govern
ment publication, shall be copyrighted."
Mr. Richardson accepted this amend
ment, remarking that he did not believe
a Government publication could be copy
righted by any one, and adding: "I would
not be In favor of making It a monopoly,
or of selling it to one person, or allowing
him to copyright It or put his own price
upon it." This took place in September.
1SS3, and the Richardson Idea, with the
Dngly amendment, was finally enacted
In the public printing act of 1S95. Tet the
next volume Issued from the public print
ing office bore the legend. "Copyright,
1S97. by James D. Richardson."
Thus was the enterprising Democratic
leader placed in exclusive possession of
an important and valuable Government
work. Nothing remained but to associate
himself with Mr. Alrasworth R. Spofford
and the shrewd and willing Mr. Barcus,
to announce the firm name on official
looking letterheads as the "Committee of
Distribution." and to proceed to distrib
ute the work to all persons willing to pay
$34 a set. The great organizers of trusts
are evidently not all found In New York
or New Jersey, for Mr. Richardson Is the
first man to organize a trust in which the
United States furnishes the capital, while
he and his companions take the profits.
This raises the query whether the copy
right is not being abused in other ways,
and whether it has not been allowed to
lapss Into a farce. The present Librarian
of Congress recently stated that many of
the books claiming to be copyrighted were
not entitled to the claim, because all the
provisions of the law were not complied
with; yet -nobody has ever been punished
for abuse of the copyright privilege. Con
gressman Richardson's example is not ol
a kind to encourage respect for the law.
How She Loved Her.
Talk about .delightfully put compliments
I heard a girl at a supper deliver herself
of a perfect jewel the other night She
leaned across the table the table next
me to say It. and she jpeant well.
"Oh, Miss Dumdum" she said cordially,
"I've got a trade last for you."
"A swap," asked Miss Dumdum, beam
ing with anticipatory delight.
"Uhhuh," answered the other. "Lieu
tenant Bulbul said It."
"Oh. do toll it!" pleaded Miss Dum
dum, eagerly.
"It was an awfully nice one." said the
first girl, "and Lieutenant Bulbul meant
It, too. He said you waltzed divinely. He
said he was awfully surprised to find it
out. so I know he meant it. Ho said he
wouldn't have, thought from seeing you
walk that you could dance at all."
Washington Post.
Women Drnfflstu.
Apothecary shops with women clerks
are not only becoming more common Is
Russia, but they are said to be specially
favored by physicians and the public.
TAKING OF BRANDFORT
BRITISH OCCUPIED THE TOWN
WITHOUT MUCH OPPOSITION.
Boer Army, Under Command of De
lareyv Retired, In a North
easterly Direction.
LONDON, May 4. Lord Roberts reports
to the War Office as follows, under date
of Bloemfonteln, May 3:
"We occupied Brandfort today without
much opposition, and without. I hope.
many casualties. The First Brigade of
Mounted Infantry covered the left flank
of the Fourteenth Brigade of the Seventh
Division, and the right flank was support
ed by the Fifteenth Brigade. Pole-Ca-rew's
Division advanced directly on Brand
fort. The Boer army, which was under
command of, Delarey, retired In a north
easterly direction."
This Is considered the most Important
communication received from the front
since the capture of General Cronje's force
and the relief of Ladysmlth.
- The fact that the position gU-es the key
to one of the main roads leading to the
Drakkensburg passes, which possibly may
be the means of co-operating with General
Buller later, provides an advance base of
supplies, etc., and at the same time men
aces the Boers now southeast of Bloem
fonteln, Is obviously the -eason for the
Importance attached by all hands to tho
Intelligence. The Boer army, which was
at Brandfort, commanded by General De
larey, Is presumably retreating on Wln
burg. which will possibly be the next Im
mediate objective of the British.
Brandfort Is 35 miles nearer the Trans,
vaal capital than Lord Roberts' head
quarters. What particularly gratifies tho
British public Is the evidence that the
army of Lord Roberts In the Free State
has recovered Its mobility and Is again
capable of undertaking a general advance,
so long retarded.
It is hardly expectea that the Boers will
make much of a stand south of Kroon
stad, and possibly not there If Lord Rob
erts succeeds in capturing Winburg. thus
Interposing between the main Federal
army and the Boer forces In the neighbor
hood of Thabanchu and Houtnek, In which
case the latter would be forced to move
farther to the eastward. In which direc
tion their mobility would probably enable
them to reach the Bethlehem and Harri
smlth line of safety. The enly opposition
which the British encountered at Brand
fort seems to have been an Irish-American
command.
The Central BTltlsh army Is now In har
mony with the extreme left at Boshof, un
der Lord Methuen, and the extreme right
at Eland's Laagte, under General Buller,
so that movements of these wings In co
operation with the main army may shortly
be expected.
Boer Defeniie Line Intact.
NEW YORK, May 4. A dispatch to the
Herald from Brandfort, dated Wednes
day, says:
Today was full of fighting, with an oc
casional lively skirmish. The Boer de
fensive line remains Intact, and the Brit
ish attempt to cut off Dewet and scatter
the Boer force which is threatening Rob
erts' flank and rear has been a complete
failure so far.
There was heavy fighting yesterday
along the Thabonchu-Sannas Post road,
the British being slowly driven back.
Dewet coming from the south, and Groeb
ler and Lemmer, from the north, on Mon
day caught the British reinforcements for
Thabanchu In the apex of the angle,
forcing their withdrawal.
In yesterday's fighting the Boers had
the better positions, but the British were
superior In numbers.
Tho Boers' attack was begun on Sun
day, under Dewet. Groebler, Lemmer
and Botha, they attacked a large Brit
ish column near Thabanchu, which was
trying to Intercept Dewefs retirement
from Wepener. The battle raged all day
Sunday for several miles along the Bloem
fonteln road. The general result was In
decisive, but the British were apparently
retiring In the direction of Bloemfonteln.
The Boers captured a number of prison
ers. Skirmishing along Modder River Indi
cates that Lord Roberts' main army Is
advancing northward.
Bperji Evacuate Thabanchu nill.
THABANCHU. May 4. The Boers have
evacuated Thabanchu Hill and are be
lieved to be still trekking, though one
gun has shelled the camp Intermittently.
Scouts report that some of the Boers re
tired from Wepdner. They believe th6
Boers evacuated tho position during the
night, trekking northwardly In three di
rections. General French left today. General
Rundle Is In command here. It Is expect
ed General Brabant will effect a Junction
at any moment.
nart Occnplen Smlthfleld.
ALIWAL NORTH. Cape Colony, May 4.
Smlthfleld was occupied by General
Hart's Brigade. Out of 150 Boers In the
town. 25 were captured and the rest de
camped. Ladybrand was recently full of the Boer
wounded, who have now been removed to
Ficksburg.
ENGLAND'S CRITICAL TIME.
Ex-Secretary Foster on the Anelo
Boer War.
NEW YORK. May 4. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
That disaster threatens Great Britain
as a result of the war in the Transvaal
Is the belief of John W. Foster, of Indi
ana, ex-Secretary of State. Mr. Foster
has followed the military operations In
South Africa, making a close study of
them, and at the same time giving keen
scrutiny to affairs In Europe. To a re
porter Mr. Foster said:
"It Is much to oe" feared that England
Is engaged In a protracted and. In the
end, an alarmingly edstly enterprise. In
her armed contention with the Boers. It
Is to be anticipated that In the end,
through the weight of numbers and supe
rior resources, England will win, but that
will by no means end the struggle. At
the present rate progress Is not only slow,
but every day's delay must Increase the
difficulties of the situation from a military
point of view, and the same may be said
with respect to a solution by diplomacy.
"It has been the history of all such
struggles, and England bos been no ex
ception, that the disturbance of commer
cial relations and other questions, more or
less Involved, very soon make nations
restive. There might be no desire to in
terfere on general principles, but the In
fluence of the financial. Industrial and
commercial Interests often compel govern
ments to act from economical considera
tions. "No one can tell what is going on at
this very moment among the maritime and
military powers of Europe. At any time
there might be a surprise. They sur?ly
cannot be looking on, s.mply as indifferent
spectators ot a possible difficult Interna
tional problem
"The trancTvortcUon 0f the largest army
England -ias eve had In a single theater
of warlike operations more than half the
distance between the two poles of the
earth Is In Itself an expensive undertaking,
and a very difficult one. But this !s the
least element of consideration. The sup
ply and maintenance of such a large force
In the field over CO00 miles away from
home. In a region difficult of access and
with most Inadequate means of transpor
tation. Is a problem to occupy mature mil
itary minds. Then there Is the element of
wasto and destruction incident to an army
in the field and in action. This necessi
tates constant replenishment, all of which,
by an Increasing ratio, adds to cost. Ae a
military enterprise the end Is -evidently
not In sight.
"But even If the fighting were ended,
there would be a discontented people to
keep under control which would require
an expensive military establishment. The
experience of the war thus far has very
effectually established the preotige of the
Boere as fighters. They may be able to
continue. If they do for a few months,
other developments are not improbable.
England, not perhaps exhausted, but em
barrassed by protracted demands upon- her
fighting material In men, supplies and mu
nitions of war, her army thousands of
miles away, might find It difficult to head
off foreign interference by substantial
methods. They might not be In the nature
of overt acta of military aggression or
diplomatic Inquiry, but such a lining up
of forces as would be difficult to engage.
"The navy of England, It Is true, is free
to act, but what would become of British
commerce, and commerce crippled,
what would become of British
manufactures, which signify Industry and
means of living? The time for diplomatic
settlement In the first stages having
passed. It Is difficult to see how It can
come In now without great loss of pres
tige. The Brit'-sh Government Is natural
ly sensitive. Some decisive action might
open a way, but that way Is not now in
sight.
"The United States would be the most
natural intermediary. The leading Eu
ropean Nations have their 'spheres' in Af
rica. For that reaeon any suggestions
from that quarter would be out of ques
tion; In fact, have been warned against.
"This war In such a remote quarter of
the globe Is a more momentous affair than
the casual observer supposed. It may re
sult In some very grave upheavals In tho
world's conditions, as we now have them."
ADMIRABLY PUT.
Situation In St. Paul Exact Parallel
to Situation In Oregon.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press, election day.
There Is a certain responsibility resting
upon the shoulders of every Republican
today apart from that Involved in his
vote on local issues. As a believer In
the principles and policies of his party,
and In that party s the safer guide of
the destinies of the Nation he cannot
overlook the effects that a Democratic
victory might have upon its fortunes in
tho Fall. Irrational as It doubtless Is
that National politics should be consid
ered in local elections, tho stubborn, un
avoidable fact Is that they do play a large
and important part therein. Desirable
as It would be for city officers to be
chosen solely on their merits as municipal
administrators, the time has not yet come
when they are so chosen. They are the
nominees of the local organizations of Na
tional parties and their success or failure
is Interpreted as the success or failure
of tho party whose candidates they are.
This Is the case even when National Is
sues are practically unmentloned, when
the contest Is confined to local questions
and Is decided upon that basis. Every
citizen may be aware that sound money,
the tariff or any other matter of National
concern has played little or no part in the
local campaign. But so long as the can
didates represent the National parties,
that fact will be carefully hidden from
tho outside world, and victory be heralded
as a triumph for the Democrats or Re
publicans, as the case may be. It may be
all wrong, but until It Is otherwise the
voter who appreciates how disastrous to
National welfare would be the ascend
ancy of Bryanlsro and how important It la
that no crumbs of comfort for disorgan
ized Democracy should be found, will be
chary of so casting his vote that such
an Interpretation will bo possible. It Is
"Presidential year." and It Is doubly Im
portant that St Paul should be found In
tho right column, not only because of the
moral effect, but because of the practical
effect upon the contest that Is to take
place In the Fall.
Were the Republican candidates, or any
ono of them, notoriously unfit, there
would be some justification for the man
who casts his ballot for Democracy. De
cent, honest municipal government would
demand it. But In the contest to be de
cided today no such Justification exists;
The choice is hardly such as to warrant
the sacrifice of the advantages to the Re
publican cause to be had in the triumph
of the local Republican party.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Real Estate Transfers.
A. B. Manley to E. C. and Helen
Loorais, lot 16. block 27, Lincoln
ParkVnnex; January 29 $ 200 00
S. R. Vincent to Theo. Courier and
Albert Courier. SE. of section
34, T. 1 N.. R. 6 E.; April 13 SCO 00
Sheriff for William Looney to J. D.
Kennedy, lots 1. 2, 3, 4. block 4.
Kennedy s Second addition, tax
deed: April 12
Sheriff for Ella Bloom to same, lots
15, 16, block 14, Kennedy's addi
tion; April 11
Sheriff for Ella Bloom to same,
same; April 11
Sheriff for Wm. Looney to same.
434
350
623
lots L 2. 3. block 4. Kennedy's
Second addition; April 12 6 83
Sheriff for A. E. Borthwlck to same.
iot xs. diock l, woodiawn Heights;
April 13
Robert G. Sleberts to Christina Sle
berts. lot 2, block 1. Smith's sub
division to East Portland; No
vember 24, 1897
Nellie Cora Feaster to The Sisters
895
100
of the Good Shepherd of the Mag
dalen Home, lot 10. block 7. South
ern Portland: August 12. 1899 400 CO
J. P. Menefee and wife to E. Stop
penbach, block 7, Piedmont Parkr
May 3 450 00
Martha M. Taylor to Albert S. Pul
len. 64 acres. Thomas Cullv D L.
C; April 13 2300 00
Bnildiitjc Permit.
E. A. Bohran. two-story house. East
Oak street, between East Twenty-second
and East Twenty-third. $1500.
Births.
April 10. girl to the wife of Robert
HInes. 291 Sacramento street.
April 17. girl to the wife" of Oliver O.
Walling, 4S2 Union avenue.
April 5, girl to tho wife of Albert Schuls,
302 Stanton street.
April 20, girl to the wife ot Edward C.
Brathers. 256 North Sixteenth street.
April 20. boy to the wife of Francis
Crete. 417 Morri. street.
April 10, boy to the wife of B. Versteeg,
Thirty-fourth and Tillamook streets.
April 20, girl to the wife of Robert
Ford, Thirteenth and Johnson streets.
Death.
May 2, Jane E. Skinner, age 91 years
1 month, 1232 Union avenue; old age.
Contagious Disease.
L N. Smedley, 415 East Clay street;
scarlet fever.
MarrlaRe License.
Paul Zimmerman, aged 30, Magdalina
Spcls, aged 20.
Coaching: Himself.
Gentleman's Magazine.
Bernadotte was certainly not devoid of a
certain Southern shrewdness. One day at
table, with his staff, the conversation hap
pened to fall upon Malta. "Malta!" said
Bernadotte, turning to his aid, Adolphe
Marbot, the elder brother of the more
famous memorlst, "and pray, what do you
know about Malta?" The young man an
swered, really very creditably, that It wao
an Island In the Mediterranean, between
Sicily and Africa, formerly governed by
knights. "You should add," said Bernu
dotte, "that It was granted to them by
Charles V, that it Is eight leagues long,
five across, rocky, -with Imported soli. It
Is strongly fortified; It surrendered to the
French In 1793; It Is fertile In oranges
lemons, melons, pomegranates, apricots,
wine, cotton and honey. It has S3,C0d In
habitants, who speak Italian, French, mod
ern Greek, and Arabic: the climate Is ex
cellent, the sky always serene. These ar
mere elementary facts, which every ch-Id
knows, and which an officer Is Inexcusable
for having forgotten. Study, young peo
ple, study!"
The whole staff was struck dumb at Its
chiefs erudition. But Marbot contrived in
the course of the evening to be sent on a
message to the General's bedchamber, and
there he found on the table this very de
scription. In the hand of a teacher of
geography, who was privately coaching
Bernadotte, and thus qualifying hlmvta
play the part of the learned, hut otherwlsa
WteMr. objectionable, cim&
GREAT FUNERAL TRAIN
STARTED FROM THE SCENE OF THE
UTAH MINE DISASTER.
Story Told by One of the Rescuers
Hovr the Dead Were Found
Relief Fund.
SALT LAKE, May 4. Tho greatest
funeral train In the history ot Western
America started on Its sad journey from
Scofleld today. The train had upon it the
remains of about 35 or more of the vic
tims of the Winter Quarters disaster. Ac
companying the bodies wera many rela
tives, who are bowed down with the
severity ot the blow that they have so
suddenly sustained.
About 1 o'clock this afternoon the body
ot young Lanstaff was brought out of No.
L It was found with four others in a
part of the mine known as Pike's Peak.
One of the miners who was In the mine
at the time of the explosion and who
was one of tho first rescuers who went In
to recover the bodies, tells an interesting
story. He was in No. L In the first raise,
when the explosion occurred, but so far
away from It that the sound did not reach
him. He suffered a moment with the air,
but thought It the result of a cave-In,
worked on a quarter of an hour, when his
miner's Instinct told him that something
was wrong, and he came on down to the
main entrance. A door had been fitted In
here to keep the current of good air from
going above, and to direct it into the ma.n
workings, where it would meet the damp
and either weaken It very much or drive
it back. This door was guarded on the
outer side. Passing on to the mouth ot the
tunnel, this miner, with others, joined
Superintendent T. J. Parmeley, and went
to No. 4, where the greatest danger ex
isted. Outside of the mine those working
had all been Injured, so the party was
small.
"Going In," said the miner, "we massed
a number of dead, but, of couro, our
object was to find if any were alive first.
I simply stopped to see If these men were
dead and passed In. We only found three
alive, and two of them have since died.
No. 4 was so blocked that progress was
alow and very dangerous, and we had to
carry the men out on stretchers, as the
cars could not be used. A good many In
No. 4 were "badly bruised and mutilated.
When a man was caught by the full force
of the explosion he was hurled against
the wall or floor with the same effect
that would follow the throwing of a piece
of dough against the wall. After working
a while In No. 4 we went to No. 1, where
nearly all the men who died from the
after-damp were asphyxiated.
"A great many people have ah-eadv
asked If the men who were killed from
the damp suffered much. I can say that
they did not. and know that to be the
case, because I have gone through the
experience to the stage of unconsciousness
during the past two days. Many of us
In the rescue parties were overcome by
the damp and were carried back into the
purer air by our companions. This damp
contains carbon dioxide, and Is very pois
onous. A whiff of It almost paralyzes a
man, and a good breath of It renders him
unconscious. Then he falls as If In a
sleep, and dies unless Instantly carried
Into the purer air. What struggles take
place after that flrst breath are the strug
gles that Nature puts forth automatically.
I have seen our men fall and struggle,
but they know nothing of it. Going along
in the workings we would hear one of our
party commence to cry eut and waver.
We knew at once he had the damp, and
were generally to him before he fell. So
far we have not lost a man of the rescu
ers, but when we first commenced work,
before the ventilation was restored, It was
a desperate game.
"We found the dead in every conceivable
attitude. One man had filled his pipe and
sat down to light It. The damp struck
him and he died then and there, with the
filled pipe In his outstretched hand. On a
box where a dead FInlander was picked
up was bis watch. It had stopped when
the explosion occurred, and the hands
marked 10:28 o'clock. We found men In
groups who had evidently sat down to
consult. Other groups had been over
taken as they rushed ahead of the damp.
In these groups the men were mostly lying
on their backs, but where the single men
were found scattered throughout the work
ings they were face down."
The total amount of the relief, so Tar Is
$36,505. Governor Heber M. Wells has
Issued a proclamation to the people of the
State of Utah, urging prompt and ener.
getlc action for the relief of the grief
stricken families of the dead miners of
aconeia. ana appointing a central sub
scription committee.
The bodies that are supposed to be yet
In the mine are probably burled under tons
of rock In what is known as the Ferris
level. One of the resquers, who came out
this morning, said It might be several days
before these bodies could be reached.
At 7 o'clock this morning a crowd of 53
volunteer gravedlezers from Pmim i
lowed hy the Rio Grande Western section
men, 100 all told, marched up the hill to
the little cemetery, where 100 graves are
being dug under the direction of Surveyor
Snow. Preparations for the funerals to
morrow are going on actively.
The Royal Army Medical Corps.
Blackwood.
Several officers of the Royal Army MedL
cal Corps have met a soldier's death in the
-field. The first to give his life for his
country was Major Gray, who fell whtla
ministering to the wounded at Eland's
Laagte. Then Captain Hughes, one of the
most brilliant young English scientists,
died by Bullers side at Colenso. Even
that unemotional commander telegraphed,
"We had all learned to love him." and It
has been written of him In a great profes
sional Journal: "His untimely death is a
loss, not only to the Royal Army Medical
Corps, but also to the profession at large
and to medical science." And, alas! there
are others.
A very spirited ditty has come before us.
It was published In the Morning Post, and
It Is no discredit to it to sj.y that It Is evi
dently Inspired by the study of Rudyard
Kipling. Its last lines seem to sum up
very perfectly all that we think about
the Royal Army Medical Corps in the
field.
But here's to the men of the R. A if. C,
Buzzlns about on the fleM like a bee.
Tending the wounded where lead's flying' hot.
Biting- his lip when he gets hlsself shot;
Brave as the bt of us, hurt and not tell.
Doctor he may be he's soldier as well.
Stranded Near Port Townsend.
VICTORIA. B. C., May 4. The steamer
Victorian, did not get in until noon today,
having been on a sand bar near Port
Townsend for six hours. When coming up
the Sound this morning It was very thick,
and In a bank of fog she suddenly came
upon the steamer Angeles, which was
not whistling, and narrowly escaped col
lision. It was In the effort to escape her
that the Victorian stranded. She floated
at high tide without damage.
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