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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
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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
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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!
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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.. Physician and
Surgeon 212-213
GEEBIE PUB. CO.. Ltd.. Fine Art Publish
ers: M. C McGreevy. Met 318
GIEST. A. J.. Phslclan and Surgeon... 700-710
GODDARD. E. C. & CO.. Footwear
Ground floor. 120 Sixth etreet
GOLDMA'N. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan
Life Insurance Co. of New Tork 209-210
GRANT. FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law 61?
HAMMAM BATHS. King & Compton. Props.309
HAMMOND. A. B 310
HEIDINGER. GEO. A. &. CO.. Pianos and
Organs 131 Sixth street
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phys. &. Sur..C04-503
IDLEMAN, C. M.. Attoroey-at-La-w. .410-17-13
JOHNSON. W. C Jlt-310-31t
KADT. MARK T.. Supervisor of Agents
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n 004-003
LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen
eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co 601
LITTLEFIELD. H. R-. Phys. and Surgeon. .20
MACRUM. W. S.. Sec. Oregon Camera Club.214
MACKAT. DR. A. E.. Phy. and Surg.. 711-711
MAXWELL. DR. W. D.. Phys. & Surg. .701-2-3
McCOT. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law 713
McFADEN. MISS IDA E-. Stenographer.. ..201
McGINN. HENRY E-. Attorney-at-Law.311-3J3
McKELL. T. J.. Manufacturer Representa
tive - 50
METT, HENRY 218
MILLER. DR. HERBERT C, Dentist and
Oral Surgeon 003-GO
MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-31
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., oX
J.w York: W Goldman. Manager.... 200-210
MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N;
Mark T. ICady. Supervisor of Agents.. G04-COi
McELROY, DR. J. O.. Phys. i Sur. 701-702-703
McFARLAND. B. I3L, Secretary Columbia
Telephone Co. C0
McGUIRE. S. P.. Manager P. F. Collier.
Publisher - 413-41
MeKIM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law 60
MILLER & ROV.'E. Real Estate. Timber
and Farming Lands a Specialty.. 700
MUTUAL LIFE INCURANCE CO.. of New
Tork: Wm. 5. Fond. State Mgr. .404-4U5-40
NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law .715
N1LES. M. L.. Casnier Manhattan Life In
surance Co.. of New Tork. 209
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY;
Dr. L. B Smith. Osteopath 40S-40J
OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-210-21T
POND. WM. S., State Manager Mutual Life
Ins. Co. ot New York 404-405-404
PORTLAND PRESS CLUB 601
PORTLAND EYE AN DEAR INFIRMARY.
............. ..Ground floor. 133 "Sixth street
PORTLND MINING & TRUST CO. J J. H.
Marshall. Manager Bl
QUIMBY. L. P. W.. Game and Forestry
Warden 710-717
ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and Min
ing Engineer 515-518
REED U MALCOLM. Opticians. 133 Slxst street
REED. F. C. Fish Commissioner. 40T
RYAN. J. B.. Attorney-at-Law 417
SAMUEL, L.. Manager Equitable Life 303
SHERWOOD. J. W.. Deputy Supreme Com-.
roander. K. O. T. M. 317
SMITH. Dr. L. B.. Osteopath... 40S-4(Jr
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUT1ON.300
STARK. E. C. Executive Special. Fidelity
Mutual Life Association of Phlla.. Pa. C01
STUART. DELL. Attorney-at-Law 617-013
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist. 704-705
SURGEON OF THE 3. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO 70
STROWBRIDGE. THOS.- II.. Executive Spe
cial Agrtit Mutual Life, of New York 40a
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 201
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist 610-011
U S WEATHER BUREAU... 0O7-9OS-0OO-UIO
U. S. LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS. 12TH
DIET.. Captain W. C Langfltt. Corps of
Engineers. U. B. A. S0
U S ENGINEFR OFFICF. RIVER AND
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W.
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WATERMAN. C H.. Cashier Mutual Life
of New York -.. - 4C
retary Native Daughters 716-717
WHITE. MISS L. E.. Assistant Secretary
Oregon Camera Club 211
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phys. & Sur.30-3
WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg. .706-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phju. & Surg.C07-30S
WILSON & McCALLAY TOBACCO CO.:
Richard Busteed. Agent C02-C0J
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Ploslclan 412-413-414
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