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PSW$7 THE MORNING (VREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1000. hz toflommi i3otesa st the Poetofllce at Portland, Oregon, as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms.. ..160 I Business Office. .687 REVISED SUBSCRIES10N "RATES. Br Mull CDostaxe repaid). In Advance I Daily, with Sunday, per month... -. :. .... . ?0 85 Dally. Sunday excepted, per year.......... 7 CO sxmuy, with Sunday, per year........... v w iBunday, per year 2 00 iTfte Weekly, per year ...... .... 1 SO I The "Weekly, 8 months........ 00 I To City Subscribers , Dally, per week, delivered, Sundays exeepted-lBo 1 Dally, per week, delivered, Sundays lncluded.20o POSTAGE RATES. United States. Canada and Mexico: 110 to 12-page paper ......lc 116 to 24-pago paper ,.2o 23 to SG-page paper .....................So jroreign rates doubled. News or discussion Intended for publication In I The Oregonl&n should be addressed Invariably ("Editor The Oreconlan." net to the name of Iany Individual. Letters relating to advertising, subscriptions or to any business matter should Ibe addressed elmply "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories I from Individuals, and cannot undertake to re gturn any manuscripts ent to It without eollctta- itJon. No stamps should be Inclosed for thla purpose. Pugst Bound Bureau Captain A. Thompson, loSce at 1111 Peclflc avenue, Tacoma. Box 855, I Taooma postofiiee. Eastern Business Office The Tribune build- I tag. New Tork city; "The ftookery," Chicago; tho S. C. Beckwlth special agency. New Tork. StJr eale In San Francisco br J. K. Coooer. 7a Market street, near the Palaoe hotel, and Bet Goldsmith Bros., 236 Sutter strett. For sale In Chicago by the P. O. News Co.. 1217 Dearborn street. TODAY'S WEATHER. Generally fair, with jwinds mostly northerly. IPORTLAJiD, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 100O T SMS WW I BM " "We have sent to China both a mlli- Itary force and a naval force. The sole object is to rescue citizens of our own I country in peril there. There are about 2500 Americans in China, of whom 1000 Sare missionaries of various denom inations, Protestant and Catholic Sthough the former predominate. Near lly all other civilized nations have ! their "colonies" in China, and all are ln equal peril with our own. The na- Stlons are in co-operation for rescue of ! their people, including their several embassies; and the United States, too, must act. Yet no doubt this will be de nounced as a new effort of an aggres sive "imperialism." Kansas City may be expected to turn this incident to what use it can as "a Sworning against the tendency toward imperialism," which the leaders of a party are trying to convert Into a nightmare, for the purposes of a politi cal campaign. But it is silly to assume that this country is about to join in any conquest of China, Whatever the nations of Europe may or may not do, the United States Is acting and will act solely for the deliverance of its citi zens, whose lives and property are in jeopardy: and it will act no further. Our country will not throw itself Into the vast welter of the so-called Chinese question. We want none of the terri tory of China, none of her population: but we should be a nation of cowards and dastards if we were now standing back and refusing to make an effort for deliverance of our people, includ ing the members of our official em bassy, who, if not already murdered, re assuredly in gravest peril. was fortunate that we had soldiers land vessels of war so near the coast lof China as to render it possible for 3ur Government to take quick and ef fective action. Though the worst may )e feared from the ferocity of the Chi lese mobs, there remains a chance that may rescue our people, or some of lem. A country that would abandon own citizens, and the official repre sentatives of its own government to massacre, in obedience to a senseless jutcry against "militarism" and "im- jerialism," would have no cause or ex cuse for existence on the face of the Even if it be true, as many allege, the work of the Christian mlssion- ies has produced the existing fer- lent In China, it may be well to re lember that the founder of Chrlstian- ls credited with the remark that ie came not to send peace, but a sword. Never perhaps has there been so ab- ;lute a party boss as W. J. Bryan. 2very Democrat great or small, dances his pipe. To one he says "Go," md he goeth: to another, "Come," and is cometh; to a third, "Do this," and doeth it He calls Hill to see him. id Croker to see him, and Jones to see and Altgeld to see him; and sorge Fred Williams, of Massachu- and Jim Ham Lewis, of Wash ington, and they trot The platform to be just as he wants it and in his ra good time he will let them know is to be the candidate for Vice- President Here is bossism, in all its sower and glory. In comparison, "mil itarism" isn't In It Kansas City Is to produce a declara- ion in behalf of the Boers, coupled Ith denunciation of a craven admln- stration that has not commanded Sreat Britain to desist from the war in ;uth Africa, and to concede the ln- iependence of the Boer states. Ha- persons might fear that such DUrse would lead to that "militarism" rhich our Democratic brethren so inch, dread, or our country to the hu- lllation of being told by Great Brit- that she felt entirely competent to lanage her own affairs, without intru- . from this quarter. It is probable, that a declaration in behalf of the :ers will be made at Kansas City; It is certain that a formal alliance fill be declared between the Bryan arty and Agulnaldo. Mr. Bryan doesn't care what the lsas City convention says or does ibout bimetalism, just so it declares :r free silver, and he doesn't care irhat ratio is adopted as long as It's IB toL The tragedy log of the Nome fleet is formidable, though few lives appear to :ave been lost The bark Hunter was wrecked and her passengers and crew launched on the Siberian coast The rhallng bark Nome was lost opposite tome on a sand reef, and Is a total loss. The scnooner Eclipse was caught in the ice arfd abandoned. It is not m what became of her crew. The irkentine Catherine Sudden collided ith an iceberg and sustained a loss $75,000. Schooner Catherine Knowles picked up at sea with her masts me. Tfte bark Mercury went ashore Nome during a storm, but may be red. The sloop Seattle capsized near "opkuk, and five or more persons re supposed to have been drowned. r vessels sustained more or damage by collision with the ice xe steamer Ohio, Tvith 092 passengers aboard, and the Santa Ana, with 300 passengers, are quarantined near St. Michael with smallpox aboard. Six violent deaths at and near Nome City are already reported. Two men com mitted suicide on June 13. In a dispute over a claim two men killed each other. Two prospectors were drowned In. Nome harbor. Otherwise all is well at Cape Nome. HOW IT WOULD HURT. It is probably true that the Bryan party, if successful in the coming elec tions, would be unable for a considera ble time to repeal the gold-standard act, and to substitute silver "for gold, as the money basis, through free coin age. Nevertheless, the success of the Bryan party would most certainly inr trQduce caution, timidity, hesitation and distrust, in financial and commer cial affairs. Curtailment of business operations would be a certain conse quence, with restriction of credits, on which large part of the activity of business depends. All this was set forth by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, in his speech delivered upon taking the chair in the Republican National Convention. "Business confidence," said he, "rests largely upon sentiment Do you think that sentiment would be a hopeful one the day after Bryan's election? Busi ness confidence is a delicate plant, Do you think It would flourish with the Democratic party? Do you not know that If Bryan were elected, the day after the news was flashed over the country the great argosy of American business now forging ahead over oalm waters, with fair breezes andwlth swell ing canvas, would begin to take in sail and seek the shelter and anchorage of the nearest harbor? Do you not know from recent and bitter experience what that arrest of movement that fear of the future, means? It means the contraction of business, the reduc tion of employment, the increase of the unemployed, lower wages, hard times, distress, unhappiness." .The country has passed through all this so recently that it should scarcely be yet in need of new proofs pf the consequences of tampering with the conditions on which business confi dence depends. EJfD OP A GREAT STRIKE. The great Chicago building trades strike has practically closed with vic tory for the contractors. An agree ment entered into June 27 by the Ma sons' and Builders' Association and the Bricklayers' and Stone Masons' Union restores peace between the employers and the strongest of the labor bodies affected, and makes the collapse of the Building Trades Council, the directing agent of the strike, a certainty. Every thing that the bosses were willing to concede to prevent the strike, to con tinue peace and good-will between em ployer and employed, to assure them control over their own business affairs, and to end the Intolerable interference of "business agents," or walking dele gates, is now gladly accepted by the bricklayers and stone masons. Noth ing for which the men gave up their work, and entered upon a long period of enforced Idleness, Is gained. A conspicuous feature of the agree ment, which Is to be effective until April 1, 1903, is the provision for a joint arbitration board, whose decision in disputes shall be final, and the umpire, United States Judge tJrosscup, shall cast the deciding vote on all points of difference. The work day -shall be eight hours, the minimum wage 50 cents an hour, with time and a half for over time and holidays, and Saturday half holidays, in June, July and August There shall be no limitation of the amount of work a man shall perform during his working day, and no restric tion of the use of machinery or tools, or of any manufactured material, ex cept that made In prisons. No person shall have the right to Interfere with the workmen during working hours. The employment of apprentices shall not be prohibited. All workmen shall be at liberty to work for whomsoever they please. Employers shall be at lib erty to employ or discharge any man. These are the working rules which the bricklayers and stone masons rejected a few months ago, and to which they now assent The strike was one of the greatest on i record. It began February 5, when all, the men walked out but its influence" was felt as far back as last October, when the contractors began to Btop building preparatory to the struggle. Its prolongation paralyzed the real es tate business and stagnated building. Street railway companies lost $30,000 a month, and the trade of the large, stores declined 15 per cent With the excep tions of the Haymarket riot of 1886 and the railroad troubles of 1877, more men were killed and hurt than in any other labor demonstration in the history of Chicago. The strike involved 60,000 la borers and 2500 contractors. It result ed in a wage loss to the men of $187,000 a day for twenty weeks, the startling total of $22,440,000. Building contracts aggregating $50,000,000 were delayed. As usual in strikes, the severest loss fall3 upon those least able to hear It the men themselves and the small store and shopkeepers dependent upon their trade. Many of the storekeepers have permitted the men to run bills for months, and they are now staggering under the burden of this Indebtedness. The men, denied benefits by the Build ing Trades Council on the specious ground that the trouble was a lockout and not a strike, were reduced to the verge of poverty. No money was dis bursed for their aid except where it was shown that there was no food in the house and no money to buy it "Perhaps what was noticed most of all by the families of the Idle men in every case where actual hunger was not felt" says the Chicago Times-Herald, "was the denial of every comfort In the hpme and in dress. As a rule, the good wages paid in the building trades enables the men to live fairly well and enjoy many luxuries. From the time the trouble began all this was given up, and the table fare was re duced to the plainest of food. Refusal of the labor leaders to co-operate last Fall with the contractors in a mutual agreement which would be fair to employer and employed, dis place all agreements and rules of sep arate unions, and end the arrogance and dictation of walking delegates, was the direct cause of the strike. Falling to get an agreement or even decent treatment from the Building Trades Council, the contractors in February issued a set of working rules to the men in their employ. Thereupon, the men, preferring Idleness to working under rules not of their making, and -in the making of which they had declined to participate, went on strike. The Chicago Building Trades Counoll and its walking delegates are responsible before the world for the blood that has been shed, for the distress in the fami lies of the unemployed, for the tremen dous, wage -loss, and for the damage done to the city by the disturbance of business and the delay of building1 op erations. They rejected a fair and Just offer for harmony and cordiality, and the blame rests upon them. They wanted exclusive Jurisdiption over their business and that of their employers, and they have suffered a merited defeat- AS" ASIATIC 3IOB, OR A REVOLUTIOX The murder of the German Minis ter at Pekln by a mob of Boxers and soldiers is not without terrible prece dent in the history of Asia. Sir Alex ander Burnes, the British resident at Cabul, Afghanistan, was murdered with 23 others by a mob, November 2, 1841, and on the 23d of the following De cember Sir William McNaghten, the British Envoy, was treacherously as sassinated at a peace conference by Ak bar Khan, the leader of the revolt "who persuaded the British Envoy to meet him and then assasslr ited him. Just as Captain Jack and his liodocs did Gen eral Canby. In 1878-79 rt BrltlshArmy under Sir Frederick Roberts (now Lord Roberts) made war on the Afghans and captured CabuL A treaty of peace was signed May 30, 1879, and on June 8 Gen eral Roberts retired from Cabul. On August 13 following a mob, aided by some Afghan regiments from Herat murdered Sir Louis Cavlgnari, the Brit ish resident; his secretary. Mr. Jenkyns; Lieutenant Hamilton, Surgeon Ambrose Kelly, and their escort, composed of fifty infantry and twenty-six cavalry of the Anglo-Indian Army. Cavlgnari, who was a gallant officer of the Eng lish Army, fought heroically to the last with his little escort but was overcome at last by numbers. As soon as the news of this tragedy reached General Roberts -he at once marched his army on Cabul, which he captured October 12. He promptly hanged five of the leaders of the mob that murdered Cav lgnari, and subsequently hanged eighty-seven for participation In the massacre. General Roberts found that the Cabul Government was really in se cret sympathy with the murder of Cavlgnari, and he was obliged to fight another severe Afghan war to a finish before peace was secured in 1881. The situation in Pekln today closely resembles that In Cabul in 1879, for it is probable that the Pekin Government is in secret sympathy with the Boxers and military mutineers that murdered the German Minister. This murder by a mixed mob composed of Boxers and Chinese soldiers doubtless will add greatly to the gravity of the situation, for It clearly shows that the antl-for-elgn craze which is peculiarly affected by the Boxers has become so far con tagious that it possesses a portion at least of the soldiers that the Pekln Gov ernment ought to have used to pro tect the foreign legations. Whether the nominal Pekln Government ap proved, if it did not Instigate, this anti foreigner crusade and its consequent murders, may perhaps never be abso lutely known, but even if it did not ap prove it or Instigate it it is quite pos sible It was powerless to prevent it It looks as if the anti-foreigner crusade was a movement of the Chinese people, regardless of dynasty or government The encroachments of the powers of Europe during the last five years have produced a widespread belief that It is their policy to dismember China, and this belief has produced a condition bordering on frenzy. The real name of the so-called 'Box ers" is "League of United Patriots." The flag carried by them is said to bear the device "Uphold the dynasty, drive out the foreigners." This explains the fa vor extended to the society and Its members by the anti-foreign party at Pekln. The late Governor of Pekin, Tu Hsien, not only took no action to sup press the society when first Instituted, but Indirectly favored Its development and his successor, Yuan Shlh Kal, with his foreign-trained troops, has done likewise. The Chinese commander, who, with his Kansuh regiments, attacked the engineers of the Pekln Railway about two years ago, has openly avowed his entire sympathy with the policy ex pressed by the motto of the Boxer flag. All these facts point to complicity on part of the Pekln Government with the anti-foreign movement among the peo ple. The regiments from Kansuh, who are the best fighting men in the Chi nese Army, and are distinguished for their hostility to the foreigner, are largely composed of Mohammedans, which illustrates how completely all creeds of religious belief in China are in accord with their antipathy to the foreigner. Under these circumstances it is not remarkable that the great Italian statesman, Crlspi, urges the powers,, to hasten slowly, lest they become saddled with a costly war with the fanatical and superstitious millions that compose the people of China, The Tal Ping war lasted fifteen years, and was only sup pressed by the aid of the powers of Eu rope, who contributed trained officers and military supplies to help the Chi nese Imperial Government crush the rebellion. LOCAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE. A meeting like that held in Linn County, about five miles from Albany, last week, demonstrates the fact that haphazard, go-as-you-please methods In farming have been outdated by in telligence in that section of the state at least The programme of this local farmers' institute covered a wide range. Men and women especially fitted for the work presented papers and made addresses upon the various sub jects chosen by the committee of ar rangements. The attendance was large, and Intelligent interest was manifested in the various topics presented. Diversified agriculture is the hope of the farmer of the Willamette Valley. It means something to sell at all sea sons of the year, and community pros perity, even if the wheat yield Is short or the fruit crop Is small by reason of late frosts or unseasonable Spring rains. It means that the farmer no longer takes the risk implied in "car rying all of his eggs in one basket"; that while plowing and sowing dili gently, he also plants and hoes, Bprays and prunes. His wife takes new lessons in the "care of milk," and hl3 daugh ters learn of "success in the poultry business." His sons recejve instruction in "diversified farming"; In how to battle with "fruit pests,'' and in the "care of farming machinery." All of these topics, and others bearing upon "home," "home furnishings" and "woman's sphere," were presented at the farmers' Institute held at Grand Prairie, Linn County, last week. It is safe to assume that the children of that farming district will 'attend the school sessions of the year welLclad and fully I .supplied with-books;-that the young men and maidens are thriftily looking forward to and planning for homes of their own; that the farm taxes will be paid and the farmhouses renovated in due season, and that good cheer and hospitality will prevail throughout the region. The "empty bag" cannot bo made to stand upright now", any more than in the time of "Poor Richard" of almanac fame. But the bag will no longer be empty, because, mayhap, there is not wheat to fill it Poultry and dairy products, fruit and hops, flax ior seed or fiber, beets for -sugar, gar den products for the cannery, milk for the creamery, cowa for the dairy, horses for the Army these are a few of the products that supplement the value of the wheat crop when it Is abundant and supply the wants and add to the wealth of the agricultural population of the state when it is short The means that tend to promote a di versity of agricultural Interests may well be encouraged. Foremost among these stands the local farmers' Insti tute, with Its diversified programme, every number of which has direct bear ing upon some special phase of the sub ject The "hexagonal phalanx" is a new naval formation recently tried by the French fleet in the Mediterranean. There Is one vessel at each angle of the hexagon, with the Admiral's ship in the center. Tbelr bows all point one way that in which the squadron sails. The flagship is equidistant from all and seen by all with equal distinctness. Every one Is 400 yards from the next but the space can be reduced. In case of more vessels under the command, the excess would form a reserve, with torpedo-boats added to It This new order of battle Is held to require fewer signals than others. The formation Is certainly a picturesque and Impressive one In peace, though It Is but reasonable to assume that the emergencies of bat tle would destroy its precision. Pride in and admiration for the navy are greatly enhanced by maneuvers and po sitions that Indicate its strength and mobility. The sight of the French squadron disposed in hexagonal pha lanx on the placid waters of the Medi terranean must be an Inspiring one. At the June election the Prohibition ists polled 4537 votes for Bright, their candidate for Supreme Judge. This Is high-water mark fqr the Prohibition cause In Oregon. In 1884 the party cast 492 votes for President Two years later Its candidate for Congress made an active canvass, and the vote for Secretary of State rose to 2775. In 188S the vote for Representative in Con gress was 1974, and for President 1S77. In 1892 the Congressional ticket got 2463 votes, and the Presidential ticket 2281. In 1894 the nominee for Supreme Judge polled 2312 votes. In 1896 the party stood solidly for water In June and split on finance In November. In June the candidates for Congress re ceived 2131 votes. In November the vote for President fell to 919, over 1200 Prohibitionists voting the Republican. or Democratic ticket, the majority supporting McKInley. In 1898 the party gave Bright, for Attorney-General, 3071 votes, which was its best rec ord in Oregon until this year. It Is doubtful If societies to limit and restrain too much drinking, or promote temperance, or to put teetotallng in practice, work many specific reforms. So far as they Inculcate princi ples of sobriety, and teach sound mor als, they are a good thing. Few real reformations are made by pledges, or mutual agreements to swear off. They are made when a penitent tippler Is convinced that he must correct his habits for his own sake alone, and not because In a moment of excitement or excessive good nature he promises somebody he will "brace up." There fore, The Oregonian is not greatly im pressed by the suggestion of a corre spondent that a "sober society" be formed. The meager triumph at the ballot box of H. R. Klncald Is threatened by his oppponent He was declared elect ed as County Judge of Lane County by one vote, his adversary being O. F. Knox. The latter, with callous disre gard of the feelings and needs of a man to whom office-holding is the breath of life, has disturbed the seren ity which succeeded Brother Klncald's gasping anxiety while the vote was e lng counted, by filing notice of a con test The idea of thus placing a good man again on the rack is reprehensi ble, and should be frowned upon by all humane people. The loss of the Oregon, If it should come to that, will be more than the cost of a battle-ship. Not only can she be illy spsired from our fighting force, but with her record behind her her name Is a synonym of prowess which a new vessel, even though it might outclass her in the Navy, would not possess. News that she had been safely floated and towed to Port Arthur would' produce a feeling of delight among our citizens only second to that caused by the story of her achievement in doub ling the Horn in 1898, and of her part in the victory at Santiago. At Walla Walla a man murdered a woman because she would not marry him, and then turned the pistol on himself. He lingered for some hours, and it "was thought he might not die. But die he did, and it was well that he did. His act has shown that the woman's intuition that he was a brute and a coward, and not fit to marry,, and therefore not fit to live, was sound. Sulzer, the yellow statesman, and Lewis, the ptnk statesman, offer too bright an array of colors to suit Mr. Bryan The blacker and bluer things look the better he 13 satisfied. The subcommittee Is divided as to the respective merits of the Clark-Daly contention. "Virgin soil there for the powerfully persuasive Montana method. The War Out of a Tijrfct Fix. New York Commercial Advertiser. Why, the antl-lmperlallst party has split! There aro two of 'em now. One portion, say 23 for convenience led by the Hon. Carl Schurz, Is In favor of "con demning" McKinloy in tho most effectivo way possible by voting directly for Bryan, plumping for him the entire anti-Imperialist vote, or, in other words, losing it in the shuffle. The other portion, about 17 strong, led by Mr. Atkinson and a few pusillanimous souls, who dread the com mercial consequences of openly support ing Bryan, favor tho old "tariff dodge" of the Greeley campa'gn. "Let us," they say, "relegate the question to the Congressional districts. In that way a timid antl-lmperlallst when nobody is watching him, can vote for McKInley on the National ticket and rebuke him on the Congressional ticket put htm Into the Presidency again, but tie his hands with an.anU-imperjaUst Congress," There are people to whom that plan will seem lack- ting la virility and courage, but then you must consider me stress, or weatnor un der which it is evolved. Can an anti Imperialist majority bo secured in Con gress through this device? What a silly question. Of. courae, it cannot; It would be a safe bet that not a slnslo Congress man could be elected on the issue; but consider the device as the way out of a "tight fix." Ah. thdn you see what a noble product of tho human Intellect it Isf IiATJOR SETTIiEMENT IN CHICAGO. Basic of the Agreement Between the Builders' Association and Brick layer' Union. An agreement was signed yesterday, says the Chicago Inter Ocean of Thurs day last, by the Masons' and Builders' Association and ratified by the Bricklay ers' Union last night which will put SOW or 4000 men to" work Immediately, and eventually result In breaking the back bone of the lockout in the building trades. Following the withdrawal of the Brick layers' Union from the Building Trades Council Tuesday night a conference was held yesterday between the arbitration committees of the union and of the con tractors' organization. Tho negotiations were successful, and the agreement which was concluded, will probably serve for similar action on the port of other unions and contractors' organizations. The first principle of the new agree ment of the bricklayers is that all subse quent strikes and differences shall be set tled by arbitration. No strike la to be recognized unless it is called by the union, after having been properly referred by the officers. The working rules recog nize all the specifications which are regarded by the contractors as being es sential to the establishment of peace, as follows: No limitation of a day's work. No restriction on the use of machinery or tools. No restriction on the use of material, except prison-made. No interference with the workmen dur ing working hours. No restriction on the use of apprentices. The foreman to be the agent of tho em ployer. All workmen to bo at liberty to work for whomsoever they see fit Employers at liberty to employ and dis charge as they see fit The arbitration committee of the two parties shall consist of five mtmners. They shall meet not later than the fourth Thursday of each year In joint session, when they shall organize a Joint arbitra tion board by electing a president secre tary and umpire. It Is provided that the members of the arbitration committee shall not be officers of the union, except the president and the vice-president and shall not hold political office. The decisions of the arbitration board are to be final and no Btrikes or lockouts can be declared pending the decision of the board. Tho contractors are not pro hibited from hiring any apprentices they please, and the agreement Is not to be come effective until tho union withdraws from the Building Trades Council. Brains on the Prairies. New York Tribune. This year less of brains has been shown in the skyscrapers and more of sound sense in the prairies than in any other year for a long time. It has been a year of strong contrasts, in which all the time the big speculators of tho cities and the gigantic corporations have been making it easy for other folks to get rich. The biggest failure of the year was that of tho wildest bull in cotton, the product which has risen most prominently to the profit of tho planters, who were holders. The most startling industrial change was in prices of wire, barbed and fence, and wire nails, which an absolute monopoly was said to be compelling farmers' and other consumers to buy at over $20 a ton above cost but the farmers cut off their buying and the corporation reduced Its price $20 a ton: and now we have railroad stocks averaging $7 50 below their best in April, while the farmer gets 12 cents a bushel more for wheat than ho received on April 4. Confiscatory Taxation. Many rich people are leaving Ohio be cause they claim that no honest man can live in that state without sacrificing al most his entire Income from personal property: that the tax laws are framed to Induce perjury, and that people who own stocks and bonds are compelled either to surrender their dividends or commit perjury or move away. For example, the tax on personal property for 1S5S at Cleveland was 3.27 per cent and for 1S99 It was 3.25 per cent and the law requires that personal property shall be returned at Its actual value In money. A man who Is fortunate enough to own 5100,000 worth of Lake Shore bonds re ceives a dividend of 3 per cent from them, or $3571 42. If he declines to com mit perjury, and obeys the law In return ing these bonds at their actual market value, he Is compelled to pay $3270 per sonal taxes In 1S93, and $3250 in 1S99, leav ing his net Income from an Investment of $100,000 In Lake Shoro bonds $30142, for 1S33, and $321 42 for 1S09. The Tammany Ice Trust. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dem. The Tammany tjger will take no claws to Kansas City. It will ask no questions. It will swallow with or without a grim ace the Kansas City platform, without any reference whatever to Its character. It will applaud and accept a plank de nouncing trusts. Had Republicans In stead of Democrats been caught red handed in New York, with the goods in their possession, a special place in tho Kansas City trust plank would have been reserved for the American Ice Company. Under the circumstances, reference to that corporation will be omitted. Not a word will be said about either the com pany or the Mayor or the dock commis sioners or John F. Carroll. Neither will a word be said about the company's some what dismal failure to make the poor pay excessive tribute. All this will be studi ously Ignored, though trusts generally will be savagely attacked. Whoopee I Kanknkeet The Chicago Inter Ocean says that the Prohibition convention, after it had nom inated Its candidate for the Presidency, broke into singing tho following, which had been prepared for the occasion: Have you seen our nominee 7 He's tho roan they call John G. President Woolleyl "Woolleyl i Who la no? He's the man they call John G., And ho Is our nominee. We'll elect him. don't you seo? VThoopeol MEN AJfD WOMEJT. Miss Ada Lillian Howard has received tho de gree of Doctor of Literature from Mount Holy oka College. Miss Howard was graduated from Holyoke In 1S50, and subsequently taught there. She was the first president of "Wellesley College. Frank Rockofeller, a brother of John D. Bockefeller. has been, spending several weeks on bis big- ranch at Belvldere, Kan. The ranch has about 13.000 acres of pasturo, and Mr. Bockefelfer raises a largo number of Shorthorn and Hereford cattle. Ho has cattlo Interests also In Arizona and New Mexico, where he ba recently been. Though Senator Morgan, of Alabama, and both the Connecticut Senators are older in years than Senator "William B. Allison, of Iowa, tho latter holds tho record for services in that house (23 years), and is. therefore, the father of the Senate, where there aro men who were mature when he was a, boy at school. Mrs. C D. Harmon, of Emporia, Kan., is the possessor of a lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, which was cut from his head Just before his death. The lock was given by Mrs. Lin coln to her sister, and In turn by the sister to Mrs. Harmon, whose husband was an asso ciate of the martyred President when both were young ' lawyers in Illinois. The loci Is Ions and straight and black, with a gray hair here and there. GOSSIP OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WASHINGTON, June 23. The fact that the Worm. Sprints! reservation Is here after to bo without an Indian agent whllo apparently wondng to the detriment o tho Indians will, as a matter of fact, work to their benefit The Indian Ofllco has long appreciated tho fact thac there was no real necossity for an Indian agvnt at Warm Spring3j that tho demands ot the Indians did not warrant the reten tion of an agent and tho force of em ployes that always Attend an agent. It was therefore decided to place the Warm Springs agency under the control of what Is known as a bonded superintendent, whose first and fcrenu.st duty is lo con duct tho school at Warm Springs, and, co-operatively, have the general Interests of the entire Agtmcy at heart It haa been pointed out. in many instances, that small reservations, such as the warm Springs, with .i comparatively few In dians, have be in ploced under a bonded superintendent and the results have been even more gratifying than when an agent was in charge. The better results are brought about through the school. For Instance, when a superintendent is in charge, all the Indians having a griev ance, or a favor to ask, have ro ,fo to him with their tale. If It 13 an old In dian, the superintendent asks right away: "Have you any children ' If the reply Is In tho affirmative, he asks if they are In school. "No." will be the reply. "Well, 'then, before you ask any favors, you go back and place your children In scnool, and then we will talk about this other matter which concerns you," will bo the alternative offered him. Wherever this has been tried It has resulted In swelling the schools, and while it does not ma terially benefit the old Indian, it does work well on the rising generation, ana those are the ones with whom the most can be done. It Is in this way that the Indians at Warm Springs will bo bettes off than they ever would under an agent, and the change is regarded a3 the best move that could be made. Although Congress at tho recent ses sion refused to make appropriations for contract Indian schools, there is a great deal of doubt whether those schools will suspend or not As a general thing, tho contract schools were those run by some denomination, and known as sectarian schools. The facts of the case are sim ply these: Tho regular Government res ervation and boarding schools are amply large to accommodate all the Indian chil dren that are now being educated by the contract schools; but these schools make the point that it is a part of their mis sionary work to care for and educate the Indian children, and they ore, therefore, reluctant to give them over to the Gov ernment While the Indian Bureau feels that It can at any time take the chil dren from the contract schools, it is not Inclined to withdraw the pupils from tho schools by force or compulsion, but rather says to the promoters of thoso schools: "Godspeed in your good work. We cannot assist you In your noDie cause by money, but we will in every other way. We realize that you aro doing a good work, and we are only too glad to assist" Of course, tho Indian Bureau is without authority to lend any financial assistance to contract schools hereafter, but it can assist In other ways, and expects to do so. The Indian chil dren educated at contract schools are well cared for, well educated, and In the end make Just as useful citizens as thoso who pursue a course in the Government school. Parties who are decidedly prejudiced against contract schools have been rais ing tho cry, since the appropriation for contract schools has been cut off, that tho Indian children should be taken by force from the contract schools, and placed Under Government instructors. Such a course as this would prove very unwise and detrimental. In the first place, the Government has no schools in localities where these contract schools aro run, and to take the children away. It would be necessary to construct new school buildings for the purpose. That would mean that one of the two build ing would stand idle. If the sectarian schools saw that their children were to be taken by force, they wonld refuse to sell their property. On the other hand, where such school cannot be run without Government assistance, the Indian Bu reau stands ready to purchase the schools at reasonable figures, and thereafter op erate them, educating the Indian children Just the same as If the school had always been under Government supervision. As as matter of fact, up to the present time there does not seem to be the slightest Inclination on the part of th.e contract schools to suspend, and turn their schools over to the Government and it Is hardly helleved that they will do so. They will. of cours"e, be handicapped by having their appropriation cut off. but they do now, and always have, looked upon their work for the Indian children as a part of their missionary work; a righteous work, into which they have thrown their souls, and they will not allow a lack of Government funds to curtail their eirort3 ana laDore among the Indians. More Pay for Lctter-Cnrriera. By an order of the Postmaster-General, which takes effect from the commence ment of the new fiscal year, July 1. 1200, all carriers in the rural free delivery service, who have heretofore been paid at the rate of $400 per annum, includlns horse hire. will, from and after that date, be paid at tho rate of $300 per an num, including horse hire. Carriers who havo heretofore received less compensa tion than $400 per annum will receive an increase of pay In like proportion, namely, S per cenffrom the date above named. It Is further ordered that from and after July 1. 1200, rural carriers shall make their deliveries, and collections, either in person or by bonded substitute, on every day of the year, Sundays alono excepted. Sheep-GrnEinfr on Forest Reserve. The Crop Bulletin, a monthly publica tion of tho Agricultural Department, con tains the following paragraph on sheep grazing in forest reserves, which will Interest the sheepmen of tho West gen erally: "One of the most Important matters concerning the forest reserves of tho West with which the Government at Washington has to deal is that of sheep grazing. Hitherto, sheepowners have been allowed to drive their flocks Into various reserves without restriction. Re cently, however, there has been a move ment against sheep-grazing in the forest reserves, on tho ground that the young forest growth is killed by the sheep and the future forest seriously damaged. The soil also Is ta!d to be trampled down to such an extent that Its absorbent quali ties are materially affected. "The possibility of excluding sheep from certain reserves has called forth vigorous protests from various woolgrowers, who assert, that no injury whatever Is done by tho sheep, provided the range Is not overstocked. As a matter of fact, it is probable that the effect of sheep-grazing varies in different reserves and frequently In different sections of the same reserve. "In view of the controversy over this subject the Secretary of the Interior has made a request upon the Department of Agriculture for a thorough and impartial investigation. Such an Investigation will be undertaken during the coming Summer by the Division of Forestry. "It is expected that representatives of this department will be sent to the re serves In Arizona, New Mexico, Califor nia and Washington, the Big Horn re serve, In Wyoming, and the Uintah Moun tain reserve, in Utah. Mr. Glfford Pinchot forester of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. F. V. Colville, bot anist, of the same department left Wash ington for the West last month to or ganize the work. They will personally J examine ono of the reserves in Arizona, where public feeling is most intense, and where, consequently, the necessity for an early settlement of the question is of great importance. The investigation will be strictly impartial, and It Is expected that the effect of sheep-grazlng on for est lands In the various reserves will be settled beyond dispute NOTE AND COMMENT. This 13 the1 glorious third. It 13 a pretty safe bet that it will not rain till tho Fourth. Mahomet would not go to tho moun tains; so tho Hill went to Lincoln. What a pension list China will have when sho gets through with this war! Bryan will not have to go around with a lantern this Fall to see his finish. We are beginning to wonder how soon 'wo shall know how many of us thero are. The Democrats are looking for a stren uous man, and what's tho matter with David B. Hill? Rev. Charles M. Sheldon Is still seeing shocking things In England, but he has not yet reported any clergymen In the newspaper business. Admiral Dewey ha3 prophesied Bryan's election, but the Admiral has not proved himself a very astute politician. Fortunately for tho youngsters, and fortunately for the rest of tho world, the price of fire works is not prohibitory. The Reverend Charles M. Sheldon says he has seen more drunken men In .Great Britain in three weeks than he saw in Topeka in 12 years. If he keeps on making statements of that kind he will get in disfavor with the Topeka Board of Immigration. However, it may be said that thero aremoro men in Great Britain than there are in Topeka. Several Eastern papers have recently contained mournful articles about the disappearance of Mulr Glacier. No au thentic word has come that anything se rious has happened to the great Alaska phenomenon. Doubtless "the old thing Is running yet," as some one said about Niagara Falls. Tho glacier has recent ly been shedding many icebergs, and tha waters adjacent are full o floating ob stacles. But Mulr Glacier goes on for ever, just tho same. Visitors to Corsica alwaysgo to see tht houso where Napoleon was born. A so journ in this Napoleonic mansion seta tha Imagination working when one remem bera the children that were born therein. There was Joseph, the eldest son; Na poleon, the second; Luclen, Louis, Jer. ome, Caroline, Ellse. Pauline all the chil dren of an abscure notary, and in tho course of time (and not so long, either) they wore crowns torn from the heads of Kings, wore them defiantly, too, In tha sight of the whole world, and caused themselves to be embraced as brothers by Emperors and Kings, and great na tions fell at their feet and delivered tho land and people to a band of Corslcaa adventurers. Napoleon, as Emperor of Franco; Jo seph, King of Spain; Louis, King of Hol land; Jerome. King of Westphalia; Pau lino and Ellsc, Princesses of Italy; Caro line, Queen of Naples all of these re markable people were born and educated in this modest house up a back street by a woman unknown to fame, Letitla Ramollno, who, at the age of U, married a man equally obscure. There is scarce ly a tale In the famed "Arabian Nights" that sounds more fabulous. There Is plenty of food for reflection in a visit to the Casa Buonaparte. BACHELOR. HYPOCHONDRIA. ' There nerver was e. man who centerapJated matrimony wbc didn't Btay stogie. Marriage is all right for the mant-wiho knows what troubia ho is gettlne into; but be never In an old maid's opinion, the things that cover tbo greatest multitude of sins aro cloves and salted peanuts. Lota of women reveal what isn't in their minds by dlvulglcs what is. The woman who pleads for her eex generally does It least eloquently by pleadlnsr with her mouth. X&atippa was the most famous woman who ever lived, merely because ehe was such a peerless shrew. Seiflshueaa and aUntfsan meet where mer mln4 tfceir own business and women, each other's. Many women Just too lovely for anything are more appreciated aa esteemed friends than as termagant wives. "Women do not trail skirts to mop the streeUs, but to make men believe they are heiresses. It's always a secret when a woman eats an onion, but not too deep a secret that she does not fear her friends will discover it before she can ten it Every woman may be worth her weight in gold, but by the law of supply and demand ste goes for much lees par value. "Women say It's not every man that can conceal wfcat he doesn't know, but women's trouble 13 that they don't know what they can conceal. It always exasperates an esthetic young god dess, who ia recelvtntr attentions every even ing, to hoar her mother prescribe mustard plas ter for the carbuncle on her father's neck. The only time an old maid is supremely happy Is when she sees Bmlth. with aJag- en or hears Jotves swearing with baited breath, or sees tha stubble-bearded hired man ajbuee the cat. Durxnssnio. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHERS Barber Does da razzer pull, boss? Victim Yes; but ono of tho spiral springs in tho chair seems to bo screwed so deep Into my back that I don't think the razor can drag ma out onto tho floor. Judge. A Palliating Circumstance. "Do you mean to tell mo that Mr. Glltlngton refused his wife pin money?" "Well," answered Miss Cay enne. "I don't know that ho Is wholly to bo blamed. You see. Mrs. Glltlngton didn't want anything but diamond pins." Washington Star. Too Tamo for Him "No," said the St Louis man, "I didn't enjoy tho street-car ride you gave me. The scenery was all right, and tho roadbed good, but it was too tame." "Tamo?" "Yes. At homo I'm used to being blown up at every second street corner." Cleveland Plain Dealer. A gentleman, while walking along a road not far from tha side of which ran a railway, encountered a number of insane people out for exercise. With a nod towards the railway lines, ha said to one of the lunatics: "Where does this railway go toV The lunatic looked at him scornfully for a moment, and then re plied: "It doesn't go anywhere. We keep It here to run trains on." Tit-Bits. Queer Names. Baltimore American. Tho man from Punxsutawney, and the man from Kokomo, Discussed the Chinese troubles, and the first said: "Don't you. know. I think these Chinese- names are queer enough to stop a clock." "That's right." replied another man, from fair Caucomgomoc The man from Kokomo observed: "By ginger, that's a fac. That's what my brother says ha lives down here In Hackensaok." And. still another stranger ea:d the man's com ment was true. And added, with a smile ot pride: "My homoa in Kalamazoo." Another man took up tho strain: "Now, down Skowhegan way. And up at Ypellantl wo speak of It every day. The names are all uncivilized and heathen in their ring. That's what I told my uncle, yesterday, in Ishpemlng." "Hohokus Is my native town," another stranger said. "And I think all these Chinese--names tha worst I ever read." "Quite true," igrted a quiet man, they're cer tainly uncanny. That's what my neighbors all assert. In Tali Holt, Indlanny." i- - -ir