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J ' 10 TttE irOTWJIffG OftEGONtAK. WEDNESDAY, JU7 20, 1000, THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON (Copyright. 1900. by THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: FAMOUS ART GALLERIES OF THE WORLD FAMOUS AJtT GALLERIES OP THE WORLD. I. BT ROGER RIORDAN. There are few great masterpieces, but. on the other hand, there are many good examples of the historical schools of painting, in the London National Gallery. A visit to It Is a good preparation or the best possible substitute for a tour of the great Continental galleries. For this reason, and because the present paper w to be the first of a series on the famous art galleries of the world, I will follow the historical method: but instead of aim ing (ae is customary) tio distinguish the various National and local schools. I wilt try so to arrange what I have to say as to elucidate tho general movement In which the career of each of these schools was but an Incident. To do this It will be necessary to mention paintings which are technically inferior, but historically Important, and to pass oer in silence many clever imitative works; hut, as 1 have said, the collection Is one that lends Itself to this treatment, and. It will ap pear. I think. In the end that the epoch making work, though crude and faulty, offers more of genuine interest than tho accomplished but unprogresslve work of a.' more advanced period. Tho National gallery is rich in exam ples of the Italian!. Flemish and Ger man primitives, and. we should not be deterred by their Incomplete technique from giving them the-attention which is their due. Even as regards technique, they show wonderful development In spe cial directions, and their Importance aa the first fruits of modem art needs not be insisted upon. Their painters were tho first, after a. ions' period of formal ism, to return to Nature, but, it should be added, tho best of them did so with a purpose in view which binds them close ly to the preceding Byzantine school and which long remained the dominant pur pose in painting. These were the relig ious, symbolical painters of the Middle ages, of whom there ore many examples In die collection. A symbol to bo more effective than words written on av scroll must have nat ural significance: to be effective at all ytfe must not have grown tired of it owing to constant repetition. But the Byzantlno symbolism was largely of the nature of written signs to whicM arbitrary mean ings had been attached, and the worlo bad begun to be indifferent to It ae &. whole. Gradually the painters of the Middle ftges abandoned the more mean ingless of these signs and put new sig nificance into the stiff figures, themselves little more than, plctographs. They gave movement to the llmibs, animation to the features, variety to tho grouping. In the search for new and. more effective means of expression they made a new conquest of the natural world, and this was in Itself a source of pleasure, to ex press which became a. new motive for art. Hence wo have In the works of the primitives ingenuous worldlineas along with religious exaltation, scrupulous ren dering of fact, together with every arti fice of suggestion known to them; exam ples of genre, the portrait, the story pic ture, still life; in short, the whole realm of art in outline. There are even, among tho Germans especially, a sort of deca dent prottlness and a love of labor for labor's sake, which we generally think of as vices of much later periods. To take In the whole of this wonderful time at a glanco compare the so-called Clma bue, a Madonna, austere, rigid and III drawn, or the more Interesting triptych by Ducclo, which, however. Is as flat as a Japanese print, with the "Paradise" cf Fra Angellco, where all the saints are real persons living in a world of three dimensions, or with Jan Van Eyck's por trait group of the quaintly dressed Arnol flnl, man and wife. In their well-furnlsheo chamber, with the landscape reflected In the round mirror and the taper still burn ing In the chandelier suspended from the celling. It is a mistake to ascribe tho renaissance of art wholly to the revival of classicism. 'A great Impetus was doubtless given to the study of Nature by classical learning and attention was drawn to the beauty of those works of antiquity which were with in reach, but the "painter's motive to ex press the actual feelings and Interests of the time, worldly or religious. In such way as his art permitted remained the same. Thai "painters of tho early renaissance preserve all the more charming qualities of the Middle ages, their simplicity, fresh ness, candor. Tho new knowledge and grace did not overshadow the old inten tion. Tho period Is, therefore, one of the most interesting in art. It is well represented In tho National gallery, par ticularly on the Italian eido. Vittore Plsano Is better known as a medalist than as a painter, but two of his rare paintings are here. "St. Anthony and St. George," with the Virgin appear ing in a mass of bright clouds over the plno wood in tho distance, and "The Vis- Ion of St. Eustace," Illustrating tho well known medieval legend of tho hunter who was surprised in a forest by a vision of a stag bearing a crucifix between his horns, are both good and characteristic examples. TJccello's "Battle of St. Egldlo' Is noteworthy for the painter's bold at tempt at foreshortening and for his decor ative use of values. The gallery contains many genuine works of Carlo Crlvelll. one of the most .important of the early .Venetians; his great Gothic altarplece In which 13 distinct pictures are set, is one of the gems of the collection. "The Natlv ity" of Piero della Francesca, in which tho stable Is represented by a small pent house and angels like a band of strolling musicians strum their guitars to amuse the Child laid upon the ground at some dlstanco from his kneeling mother, was probably suggested by a scene in a mira cle play. Domenico Veneztono's "Virgin Enthroned," a fresco transferred to can vas, indicates a return to the Byzantine type, but though badly damaged It is still impressive. There Is. unfortunately, bo example of Albert Durer, and only one or two mediocre heads by Lucas Cran ach. Readers of Georgo Eliot's "Romola" will remember the eccentric painter. Plero dl Coslmo. His "Death of Procrls" is a fine example of the classical story picture. The wounded huntress lies at full length on a slight elevation near the sea, her dog, Laelaps, at her feet, and a pitying satyr kneeling at her head. A more Im portant painting of the kind is Plnturlc chlo's fresco. "The Return of Ulysses." Penelope Is at her loom, with one of her handmaidens near her; Ulysses enters, smartly dressed as an Italian navigator or me period; the suitors draw aside and appear to be taking counsel with one another: through the open window Ulys ses ships are seen, safe In port, with sails furled, and near by is Circe's island, with her metamorphosed victims prowling about In the shrubbery. It is evident that the painter would not understand the fuss which our art editors and such folk make about Illustrations that do not follow the text. He went to Homer for material for & picture which might convey the sound moral lesson that there Is no place like home: ho selected his material here and there In the "Odyssey" and combined it to suit himself. In the like spirit he has taken grbat pains with his perspective, not for the sake of being scientifically correct, but with another purpose In his mind. The architectural lines, the frame of the loom, the spars of the vessel, all lead the eye Into the distance and so meas ure up the space as to make us conscious of it. We can go on a voyage of dis covery of our own within the bounds of his picture. When we read of the paint er lying awake at night thinking of per spective problems we may know that the Seymour Eaton.) DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON j I science was not to him as dry "Jj nPf. It today, but -was simply A means by which he could make space relations &p- parent and harmonious From this time forward and until Ihe end of the renaU- perspective of tones and values is to the painting of today the principal means of expressing distance and suggesting in finity. It Is one of the most essential eic- ments In the compositions of Perugino and Raphael. Note This studv by Mr. Roger Rior dan, art editor of Art Amateur, will bd concluded on Wednesday next. BRYAN AND HIS VAGARIES. . A,.. .. , He Ha JVo Set Views Except to Bo President. j ,-.v , , , , .. ,.. ... EUGENE. June 18. (To the Editor.) Owe of the nonsensical Ideas, which a good many people have. Is that V,. J. Bryan Is a typical American, more 0 than most American public men, and that he represents all the homely as wtll ae National virtues. The late election in this state Is an evidence that such be lievers In Bryan are growing teas. Wou'd a typical American go out on the etump Tind publicly advocate the election of such a scoundrel as William uoeoel, or lven lucky, to a high office This is what Wniiam J. Bryan did1 last Fall. No man of high eense of honor, not to speak of common decency, would do s-Jch a thing, Yet this man Bryan poses as a repre- THE AXXUSCIATIOX. (By Crtrehi. A. D. 14SC. ln the National Gallery.) sewtative of the highest National Instincts end virtues, and a candidate for the . Presidency, an office which should bo I to keep the French Canucks from eat filled by a man of known and tried in- j jng it.' he eald. To my look of inquiry tecrltv and conscience, as well as the I necessary ability and experience. Many I people had a fair opinion of Bryan, per- eonally, a few years ago, though they differed with him, politically, but his ( ptinnp campaign, last year, for the dis honest trickster and murderer, Gocbel, blasted Bryan's reputation in this regard forever. Bryan is reafly only a cheap, shifty, windy politician. He has very lit tle practical sense, or sense of the Na tion's needs In legislation, or its true po sition and aspirations as a future power ln the world. See how Bryan shifted cm ithe Philippine question. Ho was opposed to takireg in the Philippines, or even an nexing Porto Rico. Then at the last, he goes to Washington and urges Demo cratic Senators to vote for the treaty, knowing that the treaty meant taking in theso lslanda The reasons he turned about bo quickly was that he saw there was nothing for him in thrashing over the money question again, and that ho must have a new lesne If he was to get the Presidency this year. The Philippine question, or imperialism, appeared to ba tho only one. If the treaty was not rati fied, we would not take the Philippine Islands, and there would be r.o Imperla'- Ic rw Til1lTT'rw lectin fnr him tn r m" on this Fall. So he rushed to Wash- Ington and prevailed on his blind devotees I to vote the treaty in. In 1S92, Bryan said free trado was tho remedy for our National ills. In 1S36. he said the gold standard act of 1S73 was the cause of our National woes. Why does he not urge freo coinage this year? If it was the rem edy then, why should It not be now? Faker Bryan wanted free silver for pol- ltics and tho White Housa only. If our THE NATIONAL GALLERY, FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Nation cannot put better statesmen than United States Is about 3000. Taking a more Bryan at the helm In these days, when striking comparison, the vhole Japanese its population is getting so large, and Its system. Government and private, in 1S9S responsibilities are getting vast, we aggregating 2SS miles, carried S4.O40.9C3 ihad better call ln Agulnaldo as emperor passengers, while the New York Central, and admit we are blind fools worshiping In the same year, with 2393 miles or al bilnd gods. W. 9l DAVIS. . most exactly the same length carried 34.- ; 074,254 passengers, giving a relative density What Will Snve Bryan r i In favor of the Japanese of more than New Tork Commercial Advertiser. tree nft: a"d ,thJf ln sI,,te of tne fact Only a day or two ago the foremost $,hat,the " lork Cent" h30 th bene Bryan organ In these parts declared that 5j ' lnlualcB amdng its paieengers all the Oregon election meant unmistakably " ? JK,vedu from eftern; ew that Bryan must abandon all hope of car- EnSland and the other connecting Ilnea. rylng a single Pacific Coast state. As to " the prospects for him ln Kentucky. Mary- j What Kentneky Mlfcht Do. land and Delaware. General Simon B. I Kansas City Journal. Buckner, the Gold Democratic candidate The Governor of Indiana still refuses to for the Vice-Prcsid-ncy in 1S?5. who lives surrender W. S. Taylor to the vengeance in Kentucky, says he believes the Repub- of his Kentucky enemies. The Frankfort Hcans have a "fighting chance" in the grand Jury may have to Ind.c the Gov latter, two, and adds of Kentucky: "I ernor of Indiana as an accessary to the firmly believe that Kentucky will murder of William GosbeL give its electoral vote to the Republican ticket. There la a very strong feeling among many Democrat that GoeBellsm deserves a rebuke, and Mr. Bryan ln- Jured himself with that class of Dsmo l train ns- pHtertfic our state and takinr an active part In the campaign in the inter- est of GoebeL" nTViot trlll nvA T?rrnn. rin? Knthlner teccflt the antl--imp&rialist Vote In NUw ,.Xr A r.o-K.,,, t,, f at B f ubllft or free institutions 'nout th world ,3 ln the hands of winslow. Ghe&t God, on what a slendeF thread Banff everlasting things! ,,,, - .TT-Tr t.rfT m UA11UWlO La H.QYT jiHUJiAi They Must Xow Be Considered From Political Standpoint. Alnslee's Magazine. '"The Canadians who have come to this country have also to a very great extent nocked togethen We have a total of SSO.MS, and of these 490,23 afe In thb VrtT.,.' ..,., ,,,,.,, 'A , IR , x0rth Central division. In the South Atlantic there are 5412, In the South ., z- .. , fV- n-t- -r.c, v. ... nf tT, -, known French Canadians. They ar prench of tne Jcst century, and are ver --mnl,, nnA It-nrvrnnr Tn th nlnrw whom they have EetUed they work as woodsmen. Hctl m hands thoueh In Now Emr. iana Verv manv damMile servants come trom this source. When they come to this countl1 thei- da not brinir ahv ldefla gf luxury of living with them: but they quickly fall Into our wavs. Once I was m a cotton factory in Fall River. There were many barrels of mutton tallow at a certain place In one of the rooms. I no- tlced that holes had been bored in the tal- low, and these were filled with petro- leum. I asked tho foreman the reason for this. h inv thic ovninnotinn- 'Wtion ihv nrt como here they are half starved, and coming from a cold country, are natural- ly fond of anything that Is fat. If that tallow were not tainted with petroleum they would cut great chunks of it and eat it for dinner. If wo did not treat it this way we would have to lock It up. But when they have been here a year Or so they get as nice in their taste as the others and want beefsteak three times a day.' "Politically, ln New England particu larly, the French Canadian have to be taken into account, and a candidate for political office In any or the mill towns j must be persona grata to these foreign ers or carry a neavy nanuicap in tne race. This Is a large number of people to be Incorporated Into a country, and they have not had many advantages for many generations. In Canada they have been what might be called 'native-aliens,' for though they were English subjects, they were still French to the core. Here they will hve a chance to expand and develop, and as they are sturdy and Industrious, there Is no good reason why they should not be a valuable as well as an Interesting ! ?ddit,0n to th country. Massachusetts "lc uuiuc Ui u. 811511I.T HUUJUer Ol a- "nd.lars ta?. anV other sta,,J. harboring 207.COL Michigan comes next with 1S1, 415." Railroad Travel in .Tnpan. Engineering Magazine. On tho 660 miles of Government lines ln Japan" for 1S93 there were carried no fewer Sthan 2?,000,000 passengers, an average per mue oi 1AV.V. xne average number of passengers per mile of railway in the jfyfjSp B -rj5Z2E2 STrrrrm EUROPE'S MOORISH PERIL A GREATER DANGER THAX EGVPT, OR EVEX CHINA. Likely id Involve Eurdpcan i'o-ivers In a War of Unparalleled Prd- portions at Any Time. Many years have lapsed since Lord Salisbury, who at the present moment is ihe dean of all European statesmen in his wide experience and profound know: edge -of diplomacy and foreign affairs, de clared In one of those odd bursts of con fidence which are denounced by his foes as "blazing indiscretions," that the ques tion which would bring on the long-expected and much-dreaded outbreak of a war between the great powers of the Old World would be ln connection neither with China, nor yet Asia Minor, but Mo rocco, says "ex-Attache" lri ihe Pitts burg Dispatch- Of far graver import than the much discussed Eastern question was the Moor ish problem, so he declared. And It would seem that now, when his public career Is drawing to a close, the. pre dictions which he made a quarter of a century ago are on the eve of realiza tion. There Is no doubt that the English Premier had this ln bis mind when at the annual congress of th Primrose LeagUe he referred to the necessity of Great Brit ain being prepared for a conflict of fat1 greater magnitude than the Boer War. All sorts of speculations were indulged in at the time by the press as to the na ture of the peril that threatened the British Empire. Some expressed the opin ion that he had In view the troubles in China, others that it was Russia's move ments in Persia which alarmed him. while some even went so far as to insist that he was haunted by the dread of what the United .States might do It Bryan were elected President and called upon to put Into execution his menaces against Engand. It now turns out that it was the Moor ish crisis that he had iti his mind, and that he regarded the death of the power ful Premier of Morocco, occurring at a time when the present French Govern ment is In a tottering condition, and destined ere long to be succeeded by an administration committed to a warlike poJlcy, as entailing serious danger. For I have excellent authority of an official origin from London for stating that a "very vigorous correspondence" Is pro ceeding between the British and French Governments concerning the affairs In Morocco, while It Is a fact well known, not only ln the official wor.d In London, but likewise in foreign capitals, that Eng land has determined upen occupying Tan glers In tho event of France carrying out her intentions of seizing Tafllet. There is r.o doubt that this action on the part of one nation as of the other would bring them face to face in such a manner that it would be impossible to avert war a war which the German, the Spanish and the Italian Governments have had ln contemplation for some time Not Likely. In tho case of most great International conflicts there Is usually a pass'.blUty of averting actual hostilities by means of medation, of negotiations and of arbi tration. In fact, when the Muscovite Army was at San Stefano, In sight of Stamboul, and was only kept from en tering the Turkish capital by a threat, on the part of England to move up her nee to trre tfospnorus, war between Russia nnd Great Britain was avoided solely by ans of arbitration at the Berlin Con -a of 1S78. But In the case of the MoorVh problem there can be no question of an international conference. For the only practical proposal to sub mit to a congress of this kind would be the neutralization of the Straits of Gib raltar, a matter which It. would be pre posterous even to consider unless Eng land consented to rellrqulsh her rocky etronghold of Gibraltar, which is, of course, out of the question. That Is why an international conference on the Moorish Issue Is so impracticable tha. the very Idea thereof Is being scoffed at by Old World statesmen. If Ergland is so determined that France should not seize Tartlet without such drastic action on her own part at Tanglers" as would Involve the two na tions ln war. It Is because the posses sion of Tafllet, commanding, as It does, all the great trade and caravan routes of the Moorish Empire, would place the latter at the mercy of the French and would entail either Its occupation In tho same manner as ln Tunis or ebse its an nexation pure and simple to Algeria. The Commercial Vlerr. British trade ln Morocco surpasses that of all other natlona ln importance. More over, the Suhnnate constitutes a valu able market fcr English manufacturers and exports a large quantity of grain and other products to Great Britain. Yet the latter, sooner than embark upon a war with France so ruinous to both na tions, from an economic point of view would prefer to have the Moorish mar kets closed to her trade In the same way as thorn of Madagascar and of Tunis, were It not for the fact that her supremacy at sea Is at stake In the mat ter. France's possession of Tanglers, and of the const lino at that northernmost point of Africa, which almost directly faces Gibraltar, would almost. If not entirely, destroy the strategic value of Gibraltar, which Is one of the principal links of that remarkable chain of naval stations and strongholds by means of which Great Britain retains control of India, and. In fact, of the whole of her vast trans-pon-ttme empire. France possessed of Tanglers would have virtually realized that fantastic dream which is the theme of so many French writers and public speakers, name ly, the conversion of the Mediterranean Into a great French lake. The powerful colonial movement at Paris makes no secret of Its object to secure possession of Morocco, and Its leaders, several of whom belong to the Nationalist party ln France, have been reviling the present Cabinet for not having already turned to better advantage in the Moorish Empire the difficulties of England ln South Africa. Some day or another there Is to be a submarine tunnel connecting Southern Eu rope with the northernmost point of Af rica, and the French are resolved that the African end of the tunnel, at any rate, shall be ln French hands. French Influence at Worlo The death of the Grand Vizier of Mo rocco at the present Juncture is calcu lated, as stated above, to bring the Moor ish question more speedily to a crisis. An able and unscrupulous man, Sldl Ahmed Ben Musa. unquestionably managed to keep the decaying empire together. With foreign Intrigue ceaselessly at work and aggressive purpose almost openly displayed by France, he contrived to play off one foreign power against another with as much consummate dexterity as the Sultan of Turkey. Disorder and dis turbances are naturally following the demise of the all-powerful Premier, and these, fomented for obvious purposes by France, are affording her a pretext for moving large bodies of troops onto the western border of Algeria Moorish warriors are assembling at Ta fllet for the purpose of defending It against French invasion, while the Gen eral commanding the French troops on the frontier has received orders to suppress the Insurrection, and to take oteps ror protecting French life and property with in the Moorish borders. "While the major ity of the Moorish papulation may be relied upon to oppose any Invasion on the part of the French, the latter would find powerful auxiliaries among the so-called Riff Arabs, who constitute the finest fight ing stock In Northern Africa, and from among whom France has for a long num ber of years past largely recruited her Al gerian Army, so that it is estimated that iat least 50 per cent of the ruffians have! completed short terms of sefvlee under the tricolor, are ln receipt df a periodical bounty or pension and would respond to a French call to arrris. England ln opposing the absorption of Morocco by France, has enjoyed until now the diplomatic support of Germany, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Germany's commercial stake In Morocco Is already very large, added td which her acquisi tion of great cOloriiai dependencies in East Africa and Id Chliia, with the pro-1 peci. ui ine ereniuai pcesessiuu ui iuu Dutch East lndie. renders her quite at anxious as England t6 keep opert the en trance to the Mediterranean And Of the international highway id the Orient. Ger many Is Just as well aware as Sngland that a French protectorate Over Morocco, or the annexation of the latter, would be promptly followed by the closing of Moorish, doors to all foreign trade save that of France, while Great Britain would no longer be ln a position to guarantee to the civilized world free entrance to the Mediterranean as she has done for near 200 years past. Italy tVlll Opriose. Italy, especially ihc6 ih seizure Of TUnld. where both her commercial Inter cats and the number 6f her citizens far surpassed those of eVery other nation, has been the most uncompromising oppo nent of the extension of France's territory ln Northern Africa and of her power In the Mediterranean, while It Is not so long ago that the present Prime Minister of Spain, during the course of a public speech at Madrid, announced that French intrigue ln Morocco wan being carefully watched, and that Spain, which still pos sesses Ceuta find A few ether settlements oil tho northern. coas?t Of that Morocco where formerly some of her most beauti ful cities were situated, will oppose any attempt on the part of France to annex the Moorish Empire. And Spain would prove a powerful ally to England in the event of a war with France, since tho latter would need at least a couple of hundTed thousand men to defend" the long line of the Pyrenees. Russia's sympathies would undoubtedly be with France. But whether they would go to the length of armed resistance Is a matter open to question. The Russian Government ha., however, given France ho little aid ln a diplomatic sense ln Mo rocco. For, although there Is but one Rumaln subject In Morocco, yet the Rus sian Government maintains there a full llcdgcd legation, with a numerous staff, at the head of which is Baron Bas-Il Bacheracbt, whose entire energies seem to be devoted to fostering French Inter ests, so much so, Indeodv that it is claimed that It is the French Govern ment whict pays the entire expenses of the mission. The Trail of the Serpent. Still more active, however, than the Russian Envoy Is hlo clever and fascinat ing wife, who Is prompted, not only by her desire to serve ncr husband and France, but likewise by her bitter anl mofc.ly against everything English. Par ticularly venemous Is her hatred of Queen Victoria, her isentlments toward the latter being due to the part which Her Majesty played In breaking off the morganlc mar riage which she had contracted with the late Grand Duke of Hesse. For the Baron, ess de Bacheracht .s no other than thu once notorious Madame de Kalomlnc, who, after being the heroine of several sensa tional duels at Berne while her husband was Secretary of the Russian "Legation there, secured a divorce from him after his appointment as Charge d'Aftalrea at Darmstadt, lri crder to contract a mor ganlc and secret union with the late Grand Duke of Hesse, whose wife. Princess Alice of Great Brl.ain, favorite daughter of Queen Victoria, had died under particu larly .pathetic circumstances only a few months previously. Queen Victoria happened to be staying at Darmstadt for the wedding of the Grand Duke's daughter, Elizabeth, to Grand Duke Serglus of Russia, when this secret marriage took place. On becoming acquainted therewith the Queen sum moned her son-in-law to her presence In the middle of the night, and under threat of depriving him of ll the financial as sistance which she had until that time so generously accorded both to himself and to his family, she forced him then and there to sign an order for the immediate expulsion of the lady from the grana- duchy, which was put Into execution without his seeing her again, madame be ing bundled into a carriage and dr.ven to the frontier under a strong escort of mounted police before daylight. A few weeks later the marriage was annulled by the Supreme Court of the em pire on the pretext that the Grand Duke, ae a General of the German Army, had failed to previously ask the consent ot the Commander-in-Chief, namely, o'd Em peror William, to the match, and by way of providing for the future of the lady, she was created by the Hessian Crown a Countess Romrod, while an allowance of $10,000 a year was settled upon her. Later on she married the Russian diplomat, whose wife she now Is, but still draws her annuity, which Is Delleved to come from the purse of no less a personage than Queen Victoria, Pnlmerston Wanted to Fight Uncle Sam. W. J. Stillman ln the Atlantic x I sailed for England, en route for Italy, Just when the capture of Mason and Sll dell had thrown the country Into a new agitation, for It was foreseen that Eng land would not submit to this disrespect to her flag, though the step was In strict accordance with her own precedents. I left New York before we had heard ot the reception of the news In England, and found the agitation there Interee. The Consul at Liverpool told me that he could not go Into the Exchange for the Insults offered him there, and American merchants were Insulted on the streets. In London, at the restaurants where I dined, the conversation turned altogether on the Incident, and the language was most violent. As I was ln the service of the Government, I waited on Mr. Adams, the Minister, and remained In London un til the question was settled, In dally com munication with him. He thought that the danger of war was great, and that war hod not already become inevitable he considered due entirely to the attitude ot the Queen, who resisted any measure cal culated to precipitate a hest'le solution, nnd had refused her assent to a dispatch demanding the release of the envoys and worded In such peremptory terms that Lincoln could not have hesitated to repel it at any cost, which. In the opinion of Mr. Adams, was that Palmereton. Glad stone and Lord John Russell wanted, and on the Insistence of the Queen the offens ive passage was struck out. Mr. Adanw did not consider that even In Its modified form the demand of the English Ministry might not be rejected. As the crlsle was etlll undecided. I waited until the solu tion was definite. The favorable reply came by the next steamer. To the peace loving heart of the Queen mainly, and next to the tact and diplomatic ability of Mr. Adams, the world owes that the war most disastrous pccslblo for the civiliza tion of the West was avoided. FiRht ln Sibley's District. Pittsburg Dispatch. The formal nomination of Lewis Emery, Jr.. for Congress by the Independent Re publicans of the 27th Pennsylvania dis trict was accomplished yesterday. The nomination was at once ratified by the Warren County Democratic Convention. No doubt It will be slm'larly Indorsed by the Democrats of Venango. McKean and Cameron, and then a merry fight will be on. The district was .formerly represented For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hate Alwajs Bough Bears tho Slgnaturo of ' by Hon. C W. Stone, of Warren, who wae honored at Washington by appoint ment as chairman of the committee on coinage, weights and measures, he be ing regarded as one of Pennsylvania' ablest members ln the House. Some of his recommendations for Postmaster were distasteful to a, clique, and when Hon. J. C Sibley was nominated two years ago by the Democrats these dissatisfied Re publicans supported the Franklin man for election. The flop of Sibley from the free silver ranks to the Republican party Is recent history- That spectacular perform ance disgusted his Democratic friends, of course, and they proposed a fusion with the stalwart antl-Stbley Republicans, which Is being effected upon ex-Senator Emery. Both Emery and Sibley are well known outside their district. Emery was long a leader among the independent oil pro ducers, while Sibley's business affiliation aro with the Standard Oil Company. The campaign Is bound to be full of political and personal bitterness, one of the fiercest Contests In the state. Emery has one ad Vantage. He hae always been a consist ent independent. Sibley is most widely known as a political contortionist. DELAWARE'S POLITICS. Factional Rottb a Great Obstacle to Rcpnblican Success. Philadelphia Ledger. On a full and free vote, the State of Delaware Is now Republican, but the suc cess of the party at the coming election is threatened by the efforts of the Addlcks faction to secure control. It Is the ambi tion of Addlcks to become a United States Senator, and In pursuance of that pur pose he and his followers persist in a dog-ln-the-manger policy. By united ac tion the Republicans In 1SS3 obtained a majority on joint ballot ln the General Assembly, and elected Anthony Hlggins to the United States Senate. The regu lar Republicans chargo that ln 1S90 Ad dlcks contributed a large sum of money to the Democrats to be used in defeating tho Republican state ticket. In 1835 the Legislature was composed of 19 Republi cans and 11 Democrats. On the last day of the session 15 Republicans voted for Colonel H. A. DuPont for United States Senator, and four Republicans, who were supporters of Addlcks, declined to vote with the majority. Acting Governor Wat son, a Democrat, who had been elected State Senator, Insisted upon participating ln the voting, so that there was a total of 20 votes, of which Colonel DuPont re ceived 15. The Democrats and Populists having a majority In the Senate, Colonel DuPont was denied admission by a vote of 32 to 3L But for the recalcitrant action of the four Addlcks men. Delaware would have had a Republican successor to Sen ator Hlggins. In 1S56 there was a split In the Repub lican ,. state convention, and rival dele gations were sent to the National con vention. That body decided the contest In favor of the Hlggins or antl-Addicks element, the vote In the committee on credentials being 31 to 17. Mr. Yerkes. of Kentucky, on the floor of the convention, charged that the small apparent majority which Addlcks had ln the Delaware con vention was secured by the use of money, by bribery and purchase of votes at the primary. Irt the ensuing campaign thero were two Republican tickets ln Delaware. The regulars. In order to prevent the loss of the electoral vote of the state. Indorsed the Union Republican or Addlcks elect ors, who were elected, although the Dem ocrats carried the rest of their ticket. Since then the division has prevailed. There Is at present a vacancy In the United States Senate from Delaware, caused by the Inability of the Republican majority In the Legislature to come to an agreement. The regulars submitted three propositions to the Addlcks faction, but all were rejected. The first was that the regulars would furnish the names of 10 Republicans to the Union Republicans, from whom the latter could select one. who thereupon should receive the votes of all the Republican members of the Legislature. The second was that the Ad dlcks people should submit 10 names to the regulars. The third was that Ad dlcks should be eliminated from the con test and all the Republican members as semble In caucus and abide by the re sult. It is clear that Addlcks Is a stumbling block to Republican success in Delaware. His methods are not appreciated by the conservative Republicans of that state. No Emptj Stomacli Co-operation. Colfax Gazette. In tho campaign of 1S96 the Democratia ticket had the co-operation of tho empty stomach. Thanks to Republican legisla tion. It will cut no figure this year. soap is not only the best in all the world for toilet and bath but also for shav ing. Pears was the in ventor of shaving stick soap. All sorts of people use Pears' soap, all sorts of stores sell It, especially druggists. The Key to Health Beecham's Pills A Gentle Cathartic Beecham's PSESs For Sick Headache,etc. x BeechaiiVs PiSSs Annual Sale, 6,000,000 boxes. 10 cents and 25 cents Druggists. FAKE HAIR PREPARATIONS Do Hair No Good, but Often Cause It to Fnll Out. Many hair preparations are "fake" he cause they are merely scalp Irritants. They often cause a dryners. making the hair brittle, and, finally, lifeless. Dau druff is the cause of all trouble with hair. It is a germ disease. The germ makes cuticle scales as it digs to the root of the hair, where It destroys the hair's vi tality, causing the hair to fall out. To cure dandruff, the germ must be killed. "Destroy the cause, you remove the ef fect." Newbro's Herpicide Is the only hair preparation that kills the, dandruff germ, thereby leaving the hair to grow luxuriantly. IODIDE OF IRON forANEMIA.POORNESSof theBLOOD, CONSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESS SCROFULA. Etc. No&e genuine unless sijjned "BLArCAzi" ALL DRUGGISTS. B. FOUQERA&CO..N. Y. Agts. lor U.S. t .T. Pears' pBLANCARD THE PALATIAL OREGON! BMll Xdffifr ft ' Ifot a Carfe office In tne tmtldlagt bsolntely fireproof; electric lights and artesian -water; perfect sanita tion and thoronsb ventilation. Ele votors run day and nisat. Rooms. AIXSLIE. DR. GEORGE. Physician. ...COS-COS ALDRICH. 8. W.. General Contractor 010 ANDERSON, GUSTAV. Attornpy-jt-Lar...eia ASSOCIATED PRESS: B. L. Powell. Mkt..80 AUSTEN. F. C. Mnaager for Oregon arxJ Wcshlcgton Bankers Life Aoorelatlon. of Ds Molnen. la , C02-50 BANKERS LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DE3 MOINES. IA.-.r. C Austen. Manager. C02-5OJ CEALS. EDWARD A., Forecast Official U. S. "Weather Bureau 910 BENJAMIN. R W.. Dentin 3U BINSWANGER. DR. O. S.. Phys. & 8ur 410-411 BROOKE. DR. J. L. Phys. & Surff 703-700 BROWN. aiYRA. If. D 313-314 BRUERE. DR. O. E.. Physician 412-413-41 BUSTEED. RICHARD. Acent Wilson & Mc- Callay Tobacco Co. 602-OOi CAUKIN. G. E.. District Agent Travelers Insurance Cot. ............711 CARDWELL. DR. J. R 009 CARROLL. W. T.. Special Agent .Mutual Reserve Fund L'fo Ass'n ,. 60 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE- COMPANY 0O4-C05-CCC-C07-613-14-Ca CORNELIUS., C. W.. PMsl and Surseon 2Cil COVER. F. C. Cashier Equitable Life 30 COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGulr. Manager 413-410 IAT. J. G. i L N. 31& UAVIS. NAPOLEON. Prceldent Colombia Telephone Co. CfT DICKSON, DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714. DRAKE. DR. H. B.. Phys'clan B12-B13-61 PWTER. JOE. F.. Tobaccos" 40S EDITORIAL RCOMS , Eighth floor EQUITABLE LIFEAFSURANCE SOCIETY: L. Samuel. Manager; F. C. Corer. Cashlr.30 EVENING TELEGRAM 323 Alder rtreet FENTON. J. D..PhyMclan and Surgeon .809-S1O FDNTON. DR. HICKS C. Ey and Ear OIL KENTON, MATTHEW F.. Dentist ...BC8 FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION; E. C Stark. Manager 601 GALVANI. W. H.. Engineer and Draughts man coe GAVTN, A., President Oregon Camera Club. 214-215-210-217 GEART. DR. EDWARD P.. 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