THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1900.
NOME'S MARTIAL LAW
COMMISSIONER. RAWS O If COULD NOT
HOLD THINGS LEVEL.
General Randall Toole Cksrce oh Ac
count of the Insecurity! Prop
erty Rights There.
on some such unjust tax as that on our
franchise would make final the decision
of the directors to change their business
headquarters."
SAX FRANCISCO, July 10. News that
martial law had been proclaimed at Nome
City by General Randall, In charge of the
United States troops In that district, was
brought here tonight by the steamer St.
Paul, 13 days from St. Michael. The
necessity for martial law arose out of the
Jumping of mining claims and other acts
of lawlessness. The St, Paul also reports
a great man' cases of smallpox and ty
phoid fever at Nome. "When she sailed
It was thought, however, that the further
snread of the disease had been checked.
The St. Paul brought 54 passengers and
Jl,ea,0! in gold dust, the bulk of which
was consigned to the Alaska Commercial
Company. Of this amount, about 9125,000
was from the Cape Nome dlstriot.
Among the passengers there was distrib
uted about $300,000 in gold dust. The
largest individual holders were J. S.
Langf ord and Peter Johnson, who brought
about $30,000 each from the Rampart
district. Among the passengers from
Cape Nome there were some who returned
disappointed. These report about 30,000
men there, many of whom aro unable to
find employment. They say also that
money is scarce with many of these, and
that many will return by the next steam
ers. Concerning the establishment of mar
tial law, the Nome Gold Digger on June 19
says:
"The government of the camp was last
night, at a special meeting or the cham
ber of Commerce, given largely into the
hands of Commissioner Rawson. The
cause that led up to It was the conditions
of property, that people nad been led to
believe were insecure.
At the Chamber of Commerce, where
30 or 40 persons had gathered. United
States Commissioner Rawson made a
statement. He said the municipal govern
ment wasT no longer able to protect prop
erty rights. It had not the strength nor
confidence to enable it to carry out the
purposes for which it was intended. It
was absolutely necessary, he said, that
some means be taken for the protection
of property and the preservation of law
and order. He submitted two propositions,
and said he was going to do one of two
things, and with small delay.
"The first is, I shall take complete
charge of the town,' he said, so far as
my authority goes as Commissioner, ig
noring the existence of any other au
thority, and appoint a sufficient num
ber of well-selected officers, who will be
under the order of the United States
Commissioner and Marshal.
" The second is that I shall inform the
commanding officer of the detachment at
this place that the authorities are unable
to handle the situation, and protect prop
erty and lives of the people, and ask
that he take such charge as his orders
Justify him in doing.
" If you request me to take hold I
shall do it only on one condition that
the Chamber of Commerce raise funds
sufficient (perhaps 11000) for the employ
ment of 10 officers for two weeks, and I
will give my time and attention to it. If
not, you will certainly have the soldiers
handling your camp, and very Quickly. "
The $1000 was not raised, and the sol
diers were in charge of the camp when
the St. Paul sailed.
The steamer Santa Ana was still in
quarantine on account of smallpox when
the fitj Paul sailed.
"I never saw such a ctmp In all my
life," said Captain Charles Anderson,
who went North as sailing-master of the
bark Alaska. "It was a case," he con
tinued, "of Ishmael all over again, and
you could -never tell when your dearest
friend was going to strike you. There
were five shooting scrapes Inside of five
days. The next steamer from Nome will
be crowded with passengers, and tfce rush
coming homeward will be as great as
those which made up the stampede for
the frozen North."
"There will be a fearful epidemic at
KftniA this Pall." said "Dr. Z. T. Mallaby.
"There Is absolutely no sanitation, ana
when the swamp begins to dry up, the
men will die like files in Summer from
typhoid fever. Nome is rich, but no one
has done any prospecting, as every man
Is defending his claim with a shotgun."
900O,000 FROM KLONDIKE.
Mostly O-rrned by Banks Clean-tip
Progressing Satisfactorily
SEATTLE, July 10. The steamer City
of Seattle returned from Alaska this
morning with a gold contribution of $900,
000 to the world's wealth. The treasure
came from the Klondike. Of the total
amount, dust valued at $800,000 was ship
ped out by the Canadian Bank of Com
merce and the Bans 01 unusn isorcn
America, of Dawson, to the Seattle as
say office. The treasure was stored in 13
strong boxes and a, few sacks. Besides
this great wealth, there was not less than
$100,000 of individual gold. Jospeh Barrett
and P. Larsen. two well-known Klon
dlkers, each had substantial consign
ments. Dawson pasengers of the City of Seat
tle say the Klondike clean-up is pro
gressing most satisfactorily. Great gold
pack trains are arriving in Dawson dally
from-the creeks.
O'Brien to Be Tried for Murder.
Will Clayson. of Skagway, has received
a letter from his sister, Anna, now in
Dawson, stating that George O'Brien has
been formally charged with the murder
of Linn Wallace Relfe, of Seattle, on
the Skagway-Dawson trail last Winter,
and that the case will probably be tried
in September. The preliminary hearing
was to have been held me last of June.
O'Brien Is suspected of having klled Fred
Clayson and Lineman Olson at the same
time, and there are others suspected of
having been Implicated. O'Brien is to
be tried first for murdering Relfe, because
the evidence against him seems to be
stronger than in any of the other cases.
Death From Mussel Poisoning.
Death through mussel poisoning has
claimed George Cleveland, one of the old
est prospectors of Southeastern Alaska.
Cleveland died at Tonker Cove, July 2,
and Thomas Sherwood, another well-
known miner, came near death's door,
also from over-indulgence In Alaskan
mussels. The remains of Cleveland were
taken to Juneau for Interment.
Smallpox Skip From Cape Nome.
PORT TOWN6END, Wash., July 10.
The steamship Ohio arrived here tonight,
six days from Nome, with SO passengers.
The Ohio is the steamship which was
Quarantined on her arrival at the North
on account of a number of cases of small
pox among the passengers. She will re
main here until morning for quarantine
inspection. It Is expected that she will
be sent to the station for fumigation, ow
ing to the fact that she could not be
fumigated at the North. No one was al
lowed to board the vessel, consequently
no news could be obtained.
Misfortune Also la Nose.
ALBANY, Or., July 10. The uncertainty
of the seeking for gold in Alaska is il
lustrated In the experience of Frank Fro-
man. of this city, who left for rome
early in order to get In ahead of the
rush. He was wrecked on an island, and
saved after a thrilling experience, finally
THE OFF-SHORE LIGHT
HARD JOB TO' BUILD THE TUXA
MOOK' BEACON.
Description of tho Wot. . Given in
JIoClure Magaiine-Pjusase in
the Breeobe Buoy
to their organizing for their own protec
tion, shorter hours and better compensa
tion. The telephone girl's life is a hard
one small pay, long hours and it is she
who has to bear the kicks of a disgusted
public at a miserable service "for which
she Is no wise responsible. If there Is any
class of people that ought, to organize for
self-protection, it is the telephone girls.
for they put in longer hours for less pay
than any other class of wage-earners.
EFFECT ON PACIFIC TRADE
Northern Lines "Will Not Talco
Fpelskt for Interior Ohlnn.
Tn an article on 'The Sea Builders" In
McClure's Magazine for July, descriptions ST. PAUL. July 10. The, Great Ndrth-
of the difficulties attending tne construe- 1 ern nas given nouco m an 01 s aprnis
tion of various off-shore beacons are not to contract any freight for China
given, with the following reference to ( destined to the Interior points beyond
Tillamook light I Shanghai, Canton and Hong Kong until
Even more formidable difficulties and conditions in that Empire, have become
dangers were encountered In building more settled. .
Tillamook lighthouse, off the Coast of Tbo Great Northern and Northern Pa
Oregon. While Its foundation is not sub- ciflc will feel, to, some extent, -the lmme
merged, yet because of its exposed po- dlate effects of the Chinese antl-forelgn
sitlon In the ocean it belongs properly ' uprising. The trouble haa already had a
among the off-shore lights. The Island tendenoy to disturb both east and west-
PROVISIONS 5ENT ABROAD
EXPORTS "GREATER THAN THOSE
. . OF ANY PREVIOUS YEAR.
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TILLAMOOK ROCK.
catching a steamer and getting to Nome
only to ba taken down sick, so that he
was unable to do anything. He reports
the camp greatly exaggerated, and, like
many others there. Is thoroughly disgusted.
THE "MINER'S INCH."
It Is Tagae and Indefinite 4a Water
Measurement.
PORTLAND, July 10. To the Editor.)
A recent article, entitled, "Where Water
Comes High." discussing the quantity of
water commonly called & "miner's Inch,"
states that the General Government fixes
rock on which It rests rises a sheer SO bound trans-Padflo business. No Chinese
feet above a brawling sea. It is only one t exports In the Interior 'of the Empire
mile from the mainland, but the nearest are reaching the Coast cities destined for
harbor, owing to the precipitous shores.
is 23 miles away, at the mouth of the
Columbia River. So violent are the
waves that break around the ragged
edges of the Island, and It was only with
utmopt difficulty that the surveyors made
their first landings. One expedition was
headed by an experienced English light
house builder named Trowavas. When he
reached the rock It was edged with surf,
although the sea outside was almost
wholly calm. When the boat was swept
up close to the rock, he and one of the
sailors leaped for shore. Trewavas
stumbled and was carried out to sea, and
drowned In sight of his boat's crew.
the United States, and eastbound ships
must come with lighter cargoes In con
sequence. This means the two Pacific
roads leading into St. Paul will carry
a reduced quantity of Oriental imports,
including silks. With regard to silks,
nearly every boat up to date has brought
as high as four to six carloads of silks,
valued at from $1,000,000 to $1,600,000. Some
of this silk is, of course, from Japan,
but much of it is from China.
A railroad official said today, that the
Great Northern might temporarily lose
its trans-Paciflfi connections in case the
Chlnft "War reached An acuta Rt&ee.
I The Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamship
Even, of Canned Beef Earope' Pmr-
chases of the American Product
Slaoyr Large Increase.
WASHINGTON, July 10. Exports of
provisions from the United States during
the fiscal year just ended exceed those of
any, previous year. The total will be fully
$180000,000, thus averaging $500,000 a day,
and surpassing1 the phenomenal record
achieved by that record-breaking year,
1S99. For the 11 months ending with Mar.
1S00. the total exports of provisions, in
cluding meat and dairy products, was
I1C5.707.834, against $169,378,003 for 'the cor
responding period of the fiscal year 1S20.
Of this large sum, the principal items
are1: Lard, with a total export durlnir the
11 months of $3S,6SL000r bacon, with a to
tal of $35,478,000; hams, $13,192,003; pork,
$9,-459,000; oleomargarine, $9,400,000, and
beef, $7,635,000.
American beef Is finding an enlarged
market abroad, especially in the United
Kingdom, France. Africa and the Orient.
Comparing the exports of the 11 months
ending with May, 1300. with those of the
same months of 1899, it is found that the
United Kingdom increased her purchases
of canned beef .from $1,969,000 to $237,000;
France increased hers from $31,057 to $117,
254, while Germany showed a slight de
crease, the value falling from $281,943 In
1899 to $241,568, representing a shrinkage of
00,000 pounds In tho volume of exports.
To Asia and Oceania the increase was
from 4158,000 to $190,000, and to Africa,
from $437,722 to $1,033,700, representing an
Increase In quantity of export of more
than 6,000,000 pounds over 1899. In the ex
port of fresh beef, the principal Increases
are to the United Kingdom, with a total
of $20,113,370, as against $20,830,949 In 1899,
and to the West Indies, t which took in
1900 a total of $389,039, as against less than
one-tenth of that amount in 1SS9, when
the total was but $94,027.
In hog products. Including pork, hams.
bacon and lard, no marked increases oc
cur, the figures for 1900 scarcely equal
ing those of the previous year. It is
gratifying to observe, however, that our
export trade in cheeso Is showing evi
dences of revival, the total for the 11
months showing an Increase of 6,000,000
pounds, representing a value of over
$1,100,000 over that of last year. For 1899
the total was less than that of 1893, being
30,99o,6S2 pounds, valued at $2.70240; for
1900 the total is 35,795,124, valued at $3,809.
853. Of this increase practically the en
tire amount was in our exports to the
United Kingdom, whose share of the to
tal was 33,000,000 pounds, valued at $3,423,-
000, against 17,000,000 pounds, valued at
$1,500,000 last year.
The following table shows the total
exports of provisions In each fiscal year
from 1830 to 1300:
Fiscal year. Provision exports.
1890 ..,.... $138,962,278
1891 139.S58.64S
1892 141.240.834
1S93 130,855,703
1894 1 145,590,830
1895 135,250,579
1S9C 133.377.549
1897 138,652,735
1SS8 1G7.340.9GO
1899 175,508,608
1800 180,000,000
June, 1900, estimated.
had to contend, was an immense herd of "company, whose ships are subsidized hy
RICHER THAN WITWATERSRAND.
Report From Darrson of the Indian
River Gold.
VICTORIA, B. C, July 10. The steamer
Cottage City arrived today, bringing a
number of Klondlkers and $300,000 In gold.
They tell of great excitement at Dawson
over Indian River finds of conglomerate.
Assays give all the way from $S to $28 a
ton. The deposits are said to be 1000
miles In extent, and some think they will
surpass the Johannesburg mines. Trouble
has arisen from the fact that the miners
do not know whether to consider the
conglomerate quartz or placer. Some
staked quartz claims and others placer.
There Is a great difference in size of these
claims.
Alnska Packers May Change.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. There is a
report current in business circles here
that the Alaska Packers' Association may
remove its headquarters to Puget Sound,
if the assessment of its franchise at
$600,000 is insisted on. W. B. Bradford,
secretary of the company, says that the
directors have considered the matter, and
are aware of the advantages of the
Sound, where coal, lumber and freight
rates are cheaper. Sentiment keeps them
here, where their homes are. He added:
"All I wish to say is that the Insistence
Dr. Charles F. McDonald.
NEW YORK. July 10. The death is an
nounced at Hamilton, Ontario, of Dr.
Charles F. McDonald, aged 71 years.
While connected with the Postofflce De
partment in Washington, the Postal
Money Order System was organized
through his efforts. President Lincoln
appointed him Superintendent of the
Money Order Department, which office he
held until 1E93, when President Cleveland
appointed him Consul at Hamilton.
Through Dr. McDonald's efforts, also,
the exchange of money orders was effect
ed between the United States and the
principal civilized countries of the world.
He drafted 32 conventions for the ex
change of money orders.
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Bisley Rifle Shoot.
IONDON, July 10. Magnificent weath-r
favored the National rifle competitors at
Bisley today, the match rifle experts again
having the programme to themselves.
The Basa competition waa won by Color
Sergeant Hocten. of Liverpool, with a
total of 135. No Canadians competed. The
Hartford Memorial College cup was won
by Caldwell, of the Ulster Rifles.
Whist Tonrnnment.
NIAGARA FALLS, July 10. Chicago
won the Brooklyn trophy by the closest
scoro in the history of the American
Whist League. The Westerners were a
tie with New York, but on the highest
scoro by players Chicago had 20 plus,
while New York was 19.
sealtons. which defended their ancient
citadel with persistent valor. Before the
workmen were allowed undisputed
possession, they were compelled to arm
themselves and drive the herd repeatedly
into the sea. ,
Owing to the great difficulty In making
landings, most of the workmen were se.nt
to the rock in a breeches buoy. A thick
hawser was stretched from the summit
of the Island to the mast of a ship lying
300 feet away In calm water. Along this
trawled the buoy, which consisted of a
life preserver fastened to a stout pair
of breeches cut off at the knees. Some
times when tho water was a trifle- rough,
giving the ship a rolling motion, the haw
ser would slacken suddenly , let
the buoy and Its pasenger drop with
sickening velocity into the sea, and then
snatch them out, and hurl them fiercely
100 feet In air. Only men of seasoned
pluck could be persuaded to make this
trip at alL A large crew were finally
landed, with supplies enough to last them
several months, and at the coming of
Winter and rough weather the ship waB
compelled to leave them to their fate.
One night In January a tornado drove the
waves entirely over the rock, crushing
the tent in which the men slept, and
washing away most of their provisions,
and nearly all of their tools, clothing and
equipment. For dayB at a time, in the
coldest weather of & Northern
Winter, they were compelled to
lie clinging to the slippery rock,
drenched with Icy water, exposed
to swiftly succeeding storms of snow and
sleet, and cut by the sharp sea winds.
During all of this time tney had no suf
ficient means of warming themselves
practically no fresh water to drink, and
nothing to eat but hard-tack and bacon,
soaked in sea-water. Few Arctic ex
plorer have had to suffer the perils and
privations to which these lighthouse
builders were subjected. And yet they
lived,, and built a great lighthouse on the
summit of the rock,
Colonel G. Lw Gillespie, the engineer
who had charge of this wonderful work,
tells an amusing story of the difficulties
of the lighthouse establishment in" find
ing a cook who was willing to live on the
rock, cut off wholly for months at a
time from communication with the
outside world. Finally, a portly,
good-natured German named Greuber
agreed to acept the position. He
was promptly sent down to Tillamook,
but when he saw the tossing breeches
buoy In which he was expected to mako
the passage to the rock, he held fast to
the rail of the ship. 'Tm too fat," he
explained.
On his 'return to Astoria his friends
made so much fun of him that he de
clared he would go to the rock If It
killed him. He turned as white as chalk
when the buoy was strapped around him,
but he made the trip without even wet-,
ting his feet. After that, however, noth
lng would persuade him to venture again
in the perilous buoy, and he died recently
on the rock after nearly 16 years of con
tinuous service there.
the Japanese Government arid" can be
confiscated for service as army trans
ports. The Northern Paclflo operates its
own ships from China and Japan, and
would not be subject to'the same diffi
culty. However, If the war becomes
general, there will be Utile traffic mov
ing between the United Slates and China.
Alleged Rate Discrimination.
SAN FRANCISCO, July" 10 A suit
growing out of tho complaint of A. J. Gus
tln, of Kearney, Neb., was filed this
morning in the United States Court
against tho Southern Pacific, the
Union Pacific and the reoelverd of the lat
ter road. The suit wasr brought in be
half of tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission by United States District At
torney Coombs. Gusrtin alleged that the
railroad discriminated in the freight rates
on sugar to the detriment of Kearney
(Neb.) consumers. Tho suit; is for a res
toration of tho old rate and the payment
of a penalty of $500 a day for each day
that the defendants refuse to restore the
rate.
mo quanuty as one cudic idoi in W ec- . - ,. .,.ii. . AAt- Atm.,1-. CVirnrTttr tvfclMi In nnmiw-tlnn
?uf2ri. V!v!0Tf Li'J ties with which the Tillamook builders with the Great Northern, is a Japanese
LltUJJUCa JM IUS OUiJCti, UU t&li UUU UV
mention of the "volume of a miner's inch,
being fixed by the General Government.
In California, where the term originated,
it is a well-known fact that the miner's
Inch is about as definite a quantity as a
"pall of water," and hydraulic engineers
have been trying for years to have the
arbltary term discarded for the "cublo
foot per second" and "acre foot." In Cal
ifornia custom seems to have made the
miner's Inch as equal to one cubic foot In
50 seconds, but this depends much on
geographical location.
In Colorado the statute fixes the min
er's inch as equal to a quantity of water
flowing from an Inch-square orifice under
a pressure of five inches above the top of
the orifice, and assumes that the quantity
of water delivered Is proportional to the
area of the orifice; but this Is far from
being true. For Instance, if a flow of 144
miner's Inches be required, the volume ob
tained would be 8.3, 4.2 or 4.7 cubic feet
per second, according as there were 144
holes one Inch square, one opening one
inch deep and 144 Inches long, or one open
ing 12 inches square, the tops of all open
ings being five Inches below the surface
of the water. Weir measurements ore
much more accurate, and could amost al
ways bo substituted for the method by
orifices.
The science of hydrauhes has made con
siderable progress within the past decade,
but the multiplicity of detail necessary to
consider in the accurate measurements of
water renders many of the approximate
rules valueless, and the best methods ere
none too good. It is to be hoped that, in
view of the Increasing use and value of
water for power, irrigation and domestic
purposes, the miner's Inch, as a standard,
will be relegated to innocuous desuetude,
and the more definite measurement of
"second foot" used In preference. For ir
rigation purposes the acre foot is gener
ally coming into use. on account of the
convenience in making calculations. The
acre foot is one acre covered one foot
1 deep with water, or 43,560 cubic feet.
The article referred to also makes the
statement that a miner's inch (presumably
under a elx-inch pressure) serves to irri
gate 160 acres of land. The writer was for
some years connected with the Bear Val
ley Irriga.tion Company, of Redlands,. Cal.,
and under this system the highest duty is
one miner's Inch to 10 acres, the average
being one inch to four acres. The Jurapa
Land & Water Company, near San Ber
nardino, use one inoh to irrigate nine
acres; other parts of California use one
miner's Inch (six-inch pressure) for from
4 to 10 acres. J. H. CUNNINGHAM.
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
Three Billion War Indemnity.
NEW YORK, July 10. A dispatch to the
Herald from Lima, Peru, says:
Garland's new pamphlet, treating of the
war Indemnity collected by Chile from
Peru and Bolivia, since 1879, has made a
deep Impression here. Figures are given
which show that by 1933 Chile will have
received from nitrate and iodine from
the Peruvian province Of Tarapaca, 2,350.
000,000 Chilean dollars, and from Bolivia
$050,005,000. Thus the war Indemnity paid
to Chile will reach $3,000,000,000, a greater
sum than France paid to Germany.
Order of Foresters.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., July 10. Today's
session of the Supreme United Order of
Foresters was devoted to discussing plans
for extending the order Into new Juris
dictions. The election of officers will take
place tomorrow.
- ANOTHER GUESS.
Bryanlte Paper Thinks It flees
Tronble Ahead of Moody.
The Chronicle, a Bryan paper, of La
Grande, which professes a profound In
sight into Oregon politics contributes an
other interesting guess as to future con
ditions In the Republican, party, as fol
lows: "By the favor of an infamous gerry
mander, Wasco County participates In the
election of three Joint Senators and six
Joint Representatives. These members
of tho Legislature are all Republicans
and are Justly regarded as moro or less
tho chattels of Congressman Moody. Cer
tain it is that not ono of them could have
been nominated excepting by the aid of
Mr. Moody, for that gentleman has all
the characteristics of a boss. He brooks
no opposition where he is strong enough
to overcome It. By every principle of
gratitude these nine members will be
Joe Simon's nucleus of strength In the
next Legislature. He has done so much
for Moody that It is now the tatter's time
to come to the assistance of his chief.
Mr. Moody, therefore, becomes a much
more powerful factor In Republican poll
tics than his limited abilities would war
rant. He can como very near defeating
any candidate for United r States Senator,
even if his faction is in a hopeless mi
nority In the legislative councils of the
Republican party. In the parlance of
Kentucky, It Is up to Moody. He may
have the power to defeat the Mltchell
McBrlde coterie in their wish to elect one
of their number to the Senate, but he will
be forced to take Into consideration the
fact that If Mitchell can control the next
Multnomah de'egation to the state con
vention, it will be a cold day for Malcolm
A Moody's further Congressional aspira
tions. Yes, it is up to Moody."
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A Snlt Not Taken Seriously.
Salem Journal.
The humor of Oregon politics Is height
ened by a man's suing H. W. Corbett for
$100,000 for alienating his wife's affections,
when the politicians who have opposed
Corbett have had no other argument than
that a roan of 75 was "too old" to send
to the Senate.
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A Question for Husbands.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
A Portland banker is asked -to pay $100,
000 to the injured man far alienating the
affections of a wife. If ,the affection of
such a wife has a cash value of 5100.000.
what should be the market price for love
of a woman whose affections, cannot bo
alienated?
The Telephone Girl's Life.
Tacoma Evening News.
The "hello 'girls" In Seattle are on a
1 strike, the management having objected
Politician Gets a Job.
Klamath Express.
Joseph Lane, of Lakevlow, arrived Fri
day to tike a place In the Llokville Hotel
as barkeeper. He was chairman of the
Lake County Democratic- Committee, and
decided to come here when the Republi
cans got too thick over there.
Their Proposed Return Brings Ct&t
Some Sarcastic Remarks.
PORTLAND, July 0. (To the Editor.)
The patriotism of "Vet. Volunteer,"
whose letter you publish with comment,
is beautiful and touching. Not only that,
but he Is as pugnacious as when he cap
tured the flags "from the enemy at the
cannon's mouth," and goes for you, Mr.
Editor, like a Chinese Boxer for a mis
sionary. He says: "You know nothing of
tho feelings of a patriot who was willing
to sacrifice his life for his country" (but
didn't). Then ho fires this at you, and it
Is a squelcher: "Do you know anything of
capturing a flag from tho enemy at the
cannon's mouth"?
You bet you don't, Mr. Editor. How
could you, unless you were on the pension
roll? Pensions are the things that make
"Vets" patriotic and know all about cap
turing flags at the cannon's mouth.
I don't find a bit of fault with "Vet"; I
don't care anything about the flags or
about pensions; but I do not wish "Vet"
would let us alone about that charity ed
ucation Confederate soldiers got at West
Point. A parrot is always and forever
saying he wants a cracker, no matter
how many he has, or however much he
would prefer something else, but then he
is green and red and pretty.
Now, inasmuch as West Point was sup
ported by taxes collected in all the states,
Just as at present, and Inasmuch as the
Southern States paid their full proportion.
Is it not apparent that the South paid for
the education of her sons, even as she is
now paying her proportion of "Vet's"
pension? By the way, "Vet" says It is a
pittance (granted), but the pittances foot
up something more than $2,000,000,000 to
date, and threaten in the end to aggre
gate more than the whole country was
worth, so that it would have been money
In our pockets if "Vet" had not saved it.
As to the value of the education, I have
my doubts. What a soldier needs can be
expressed in three words brains, energy
and experience and these are not carried
in stock at West Point or anywhere else.
Still. I don t say a word against west
Point. I fairly worshiped West Pointers
when the war commenced. We all did
In the Army of Northern Virginia. But
when I saw them on both sides blunder
from Bull Run to Appomattox, 1 cnangeo
my opinion somewhat.
But, I say, let us have West Point and
brass buttons. They enable a very ordi
nary young man to settle himself very
comfortably in life with an extraordinari
ly rich young lady for a wife.
Now I suppose I ought to stop, for I
have done what I started In to do and
more, too. I have entered a solemn pro
test "agin" that hoary-headed old free
lunch chestnut, but "Vet" knows how it
is himself, for when we commence talk
ing about the war we never stop till some
fellow hits us with a brick. So I am
tempted, as "Vet" has told me all about
him, to tell him all about me.
I volunteered, too Just why, I don't
know, unless It was because it came In
fashion along with tops, marbles, kites
etc but I wasn't willing to sacrifice my
life, like "Vet." I used to run away once
In a while to save that precious article,
and I have seen old friends of the Army
of tho Potomac do the same thing on
many memorable occasions. A great many
people thought Hobson was willing to sac
rifice his life when he sailed down In
among the Spanish ships and forts, but
he wasn't not a bit of It. That fellow
had a sneaking Idea that he'd come out
all right, and get his rotrord In promotion
and kisses and he got 'em, too. I think
there were more soldiers like me than
like "Vet," for with excellent opportuni
ties every day for exercising the sacrl-
fical right, there are almost a million of
ms on the Denslon rolls today.
But I digress. Whon we volunteered
we did not think there was anything "In
it" for us. We never heard of bounties,
pensions, etc We got in somehow, and
after the novelty wore off. and rations
got short, most of us (I Included) would
have gotten out If we could have dono
so decently, but as we couldn't, we jus$.
stayed In. You see we only enlisted for
one year, and at the expiration of that
time I and a good many others wanted to
go home. We said we wanted to give
the other fellows a show, but Congress
did not know that, and, thinking to save
us the trouble of reenllstlng, just
declared that we "was in for
the war," If it lasted 400 years, and "we
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that anybody owes us anything, and I
think, had the Confederacy succeeded, the
funniest thing in the world would bo
"me" posing as a Savior.
Reverting to the flags, as they inspired
"Vet's" letter, I agree with him that
they ought to be restored.
The reason he gives that some little
people In the South, while silly enough to
parade, refuse to carry "Old Glory"
would indicate that "Vet" Is under the
impression the North holds a monopoly of
that kind. Such is not the case, dear
"Vet." They are scattered why, tho Lord
only knows all over creation; one even In
Oregon. I think "Vet's" real reason and
here Is where his modesty is In evidence
la that, as he took "these" flags from
the enemy "at the cannon's mouth." they
should be turned over to him, and I agree
with" him. "Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesar's," and "Let us
have peace" and pensions.
A PLAIN EVERT-DAT CONFEDERATE.
to this the flaccidity that follows the fac
titious excitement caused by the exhi
bition, and tho knowledge that the for
eigners who have this year been spending
their money in Paris are not likely to
return thither and spend more for a year
or two, and there seems little doubt that
by November all classes who work for
their bread In the Vllle Lunlere will ba
very angry Indeed.
was." But it has never occurred to me J of labor, who are soonest affected.
Paris Exposition a Financial Failure
St. James's Gazette.
The total number of tickets of admis
sion to the Paris exhibition of 1880, both
paid for and gratis, wa3 30.000,000. It
was considered that this would be so far
exceeded In the present year that 65,
000,000 of tickets were Issued. Up to tho
1st of this month., something like 8,000,000
of these have been presented at the doors,
and not more than 6,000,000 have been
paid for, the remainder being the tickets
of exhibitors and employes, and other
persons to whom free admission has been
granted. As the exhibition has been
opened for six weeks, and Is to close on
tho 15th of October, this foretells a total
number of 21,000.000 admissions paid for.
It Is not to be wondered at that the tick
ets, which last week! were quoted at CO
centimes, can now be obtained for 55, or
that there Is a talk of fetes being organ
ized, to which the prlco of admission will
be 10 or even 20 tickets, -so as to get rid
of the enormous load of them with which
the bankers and other middlemen have
burdened themselves. A writer In the
Slocle prophesies that before the end of
August it will be possible to buy tickets
for 15 or 20 centimes.
We are, therefore, face to face with the
fact that, miracles apart, the exhibition
of 1900 will be, from the financial point
of view, a failure. "When October comes,
tho French bourgeolse. Instead of the
handsome sumius for which they proudly
hoped, will find themselves presented
with the bill for a large deficit, which
can only be met by tho Imposition of fresh
taxes. Moreover, the year before an ex
hibition Is notoriously bad for trade, and
last year, thanks to the uprooting of the
streets, the mes3 caused by the exhibition
buildings and other causes, Paris was
comparatively empty of visitors. This
year tho English, who are tho great
spenders of money on such occasions, aro,
by reason of the war In South Africa and
other causes, both visiting Paris less and
spending less money when there than
usual, and "matters like the cab strike
show that the pinch of disappointment
Is beginning to be felt by the employers
German in Paris.
Perls Letter.
Ever since the opening of tho exhibition
the presence of large numbers of Germans
In this city has been noticed. The boule
vards and the avenues of the great
world's show are crowded with visitors
who speak the language of Schiller and
Goethe, and It Is generally remarked
that, so far, the Teutonic factor has been
preponderant among the different foreign
elements. The Germans, In point of
fact, have come and are still coming to
Paris in shoals, and it is rather significant
that even the most zealous of national
ists has not a word of objection to this
state of things to utter. On the con
trary, they are perfectly at home hero
though this must be the first occasion
on which the majority have found their
way to the French capital. They maka
no secret of their nationality, there i3 not
a hint about Alsatian or Austrian origin
as in the old days, and it Is clear enough
that they and their Freich hosts aro on
the best of terms.
Then, during tho past few days, Cap
tain Slegel, the German naval attache,
has been paying a visit to Brest, and
has been the guest of VIce-Admlral Bar
rera, the port Admiral, at an official din
ner. Time was when an outcry would
have been raised by Chauvinistic organs
against such proceeding", but all this has
been changed, and speculation as to
whether a German squadron, may not
make Its appearance at Brest In the
course of the Summer Is rife Instead.
"When, too. It was first Insinuated that
the German Emperor entertained soma
idea of visiting Paris during the exhi
bition, the bare thought of such a thing
was scouted as preposterous. Now. on
the other hand, it Is asserted at period- i
lcai intervals tnat .mis .Majesty seriously
contemplates spending a few days In thl3
city, and although this report is as reg
ularly contradicted, thoe who started It
return to the charge with the utmost
complacency, and nobody dreamy, of pro
testing. It Is clear enough that such a
visit would be popular. All this shows
the marked change which has taken placo
In Gallic feeling towards Germany of
late, and this Is all the more noteworthy
Inasmuch as when the alliance with Rus
sia was concluded there was. hardly a
Frenchman who did not Imagine that it
Implied the adoption of an active and
energetic policy.
Soreness in the Bryan llnnlcs.
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
If Mr. Bryan's supporters were as well
satisfied with his running mate as Re
publicans are with Roosevelt, conslder-
i able soreness would be eliminated from
Add tho coming campaign.
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