Morning Oregonian., July 16, 1900, Page 8, Image 8

TTTE MOTWTNG- OKEGONTAN, SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1900.
YOUNG MAN OF PROMISE
REV. ALEXANDER. BLACKBURN
PREACHES OX JOSHUA.
Senaoa by Rev. I. E. Rockwell at
Centenary Chnplain Gilbert's
Address.
"Joshua, the Successful Man." was the
subject of a sermon by Dr. Alexander
Blackburn at the First Baptist Church
last evening, the text being Joshua 1:8:
"This book of the law shall not depart
out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all that Is writ
ten therein; for then thou shalt make thy
way prosperous, and then thou shalt hare
good success." Dr. Blackburn said:
"The man with no ambition to succeed
Is of little value to the world. Moses had
no desire that his successor should make
a failure of his undertaking, for he knew
that his own succers depended In no small
degree on finding the right man to take
up his work. He chose one whom he well
knew, and who had been thoroughly tried
his own lieutenant. Joshua, the son of
Nun
"Our text is Modes' recipe for success.
It might be studied by any young man.
It would be Interesting and Instructive to
analyze the recipe, to And how well it
Is suited to our times, but that Is not our
aim tonight. Rather let us study the re
sults than the methods. We are to ttudy
the man under the rule not the rule It
self. Mo!ps snld 'ro shalt thou have
good succesV Did he have It. end If so
In what did it consist?
"Joshua made the right choice. There
can be no real success unless there is a
right choice. A man may be brave and
honest and in many things an honorable
man In a wrong cause, but he .can never
be successful. Joshra was born about the
time "Moses ran away from E-rypt, so
that he was 40 yearn old when to every
young Hebrew the deciding time came.
See h'm, a member of the tribe of Ephra
1m. a descendant of Joseph, probably in
some sense his successor. There is little
doubt that he had some military training
In the army of Pharaoh. He has to de
cide. Shall he go with these poor slaves,
or shall he remain In Egypt with all the
chances of advancement' Ah. if he will
only repudiate Moses and offer his serv
Ices to the King, what an opportunity he
will have! All the daily papers of Egypt
will have headlines with the announce
ment: 'Joshua, the most promising young
man of all the descendants of the great
Joseph, refuses to be led by the fanatical
renegade. Mores. His military training
n.nd knowledge of the Hebrew people will
make hlmof great value to the King. It
Is rumored that he Is to be given a com
mand of Importance. U'e predict for him
rapid advance. But, like Moses, he
'chooses rather to suffer affliction with
the people of God. Look out for your
choices, young man. as you are counting
on the way to success.
"Joshua entered upon his career with
enthusiastic courage. The first we know
of him was when the Amelekites set them
selves In battle array against Israel.
Moses chose him for chief in command.
He won the day. and from this time on
ward he was the military man of the
nation. Indeed, he Is the first great sol
dier of the Kingdom of God. Other men
had commanded In single battles, but
Joshua was a soldier, and only a soldier.
Not a priest, not a prophet, not a preach
er, but a soldier Moses great war chief,
always ready for any emergency, and
often at his side. When he was one of
the chosen 'meji to spy out the lnd. he
was so much a soldier thot walled cities
and armed giants scarce attracted his at
tention. He was not afraid of them. As
a soldier of patriotic Impulses, he saw
an opportunity for his people, and to him
the giape clusters of Eshcol and the flocks
of the rich valleys were more than all
the enemies. Men would have called him
a foolish optimist, a dreamer. But It
takes a man of optimistic spirit to con
quer a world.
"He crossed the Jordan, and was in
the land of promise. The City of Jericho
was to be taken. The leader marches
toward it, when, lo. a man with a drawn
sword In his hand stands before him.
Soldier-like. Joshua walks up to him with
the question, 'Art thou for us or agiinst
usr Sublime courage. But when the an
swer came, 'As Captain of the Lord's
hosts am I come,' the soldier immediately
obeys. With unsandalled feet he receives
his orders.
"Follow our hero to Gideon. The five
Kings of the Ammonites are against him.
He Is winning the battle, but the shad
ows of evening begin to fall. He must
have time. Turning to the sun. he says:
'Sun. stand thou still upon Gideon: and
thou moon In the Valley of AJalonl' God
was fighting n that battle, and he can
call up his-reserves of time as easily as
a General can call up his reserves of men.
He has not quit his control of Nature.
What Agamemnon prayed, as related In
the 'Iliad,' to Jove, Joshua prayed to
Jehovah.
Jove, greatest Jove, most glorious, sky-dweller,
cloud bedlght.
Let not the sun nor darknees fall and wrap the
world in night.
Till Priam's stately palace I cant in ruin low.
"Joshua endured with patience. He
knew what discouragements mean. He
saw Israel dancing around that calf of
gold, he heard their murmurlngs and dis
loyalty, he heard the evil report of the
10 spies, he w'tnessed the cowardly retreat
before AI. and yet In It all we never hear
a word of discouragement or despair.
"He was a man of God. He Is at the
bond of a long list of Christian men who
enlisted against the hosts of oppression
and sin. I can name only a few to Illus
trate: William the Silent, Jn the Nether
- lands: Coligny. in France: Cromwell, in
England; ITavelock, In Ind'a; Washington.
In America: ;, and McPherson, and
Thomas, nnd Howard, and Commodore
Foote. and our own Philip, who at San
tiago commanded that heads be bowed In
prayer of thanksgiving for the victory."
THC XAZAREJfE.
Sermon by Rev. W. S. Gilbert at Cal
vary Presbyterian Church.
Rev. W. S. Gilbert, pastor of Calvary
Presbyterian Church, preached the last
sermon preceding his Summer vacation
last evening. He and his family will
spend about six weeks in Ohio, Mr. Gil
bert's native state, where his mother still
resides. Mrs. Gilbert has already gone
to Eugene,, wnere she will be Joined to
day by Mr. Gilbert, after which they will
go to Ashland, thence to California and
on to Ohio About the first of Septem
ber he will again resume the duties of
his pulpit.
The sermon' delivered yesterday was
from the text, Matthew xxii:42: "What
think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?"
Mr. Gilbert said, In part:
"And the world is still thinking of the
Nazarene. That strange character coming
suddenly Into the stream of human life,
after three years of labor, has command
ed the world's attention and study In
these centuries. Men neglected his trufh.
but it would not perish. Ridicule could
not laugh it away. The sword could not
kill it. It has moved on from conquest to
victory, and today more than ever before
this old world is thinking of that strange
life. With all that Is known of him every
one Is conscious that there is a vast deal
more to be known. Somehow, he has the
spirit of the infinite. His words are un
derstood by child and sire, by peasant
and scholar, and to all, it seems, he
speaks as one who has authority. Wheth
er we choose to be for him or against
him there is for us all a strange fascina
tion, a hallowed sacredness about the
man. Pharisee may call him devil, Sad
dncee may seek to entrap him with ques
tions, the mob may smite him. Pilate
may in fancied Innocence wash his
hands. Israel may crucify him, Rome
may persecute his followers, still all the
world, ia going out to see him.
"Now and then some fossilized soul, ren
dered unsusceptible to spiritual truth by
long-closed heart, may boast with Haeck
el and other that 'no man of ordinary in
telligence could be a Christian.' Still the
world's best thinkers and most earnest
lives are not ashamed to call themselves
Christians. Gladstqnc, the greatest of all
our contemporaries, dared tp say. In can
dor to all the world In his Triumph of
the Cross,' The Tellglon of Christ Is for
mankind the greatest of all phenomena,
the greatest of all facts. The art. the lit
erature, the systematized industry, the
arbitration of the fate of nations in one
word, the power of the world is almost
wholly Christian. And Balfour. In his
Foundations of Belief." clores his mas
terly work with an equally strong para
graph. "So through the centuries Christ has
come now to be a mighty factor In the
world's life. Through every opposition
conceivable, this man divine has won his
way, and of him still the world thinks.
" "What think ye of him? Whose son is
ho? Christ himself makes the answering
of this question, with alt that It Implies,
the crisis of every man's spiritual life.
Some may say he Is a myth, a great and
good man, a teacher, or one of the proph
ets: but Christ presses the question upon
every one: 'But whom say ye that L the
son of man am? "The very Spirit of God
listens for our answer.
"His claim was not that he was a son
of man. nor the son of a man. but 'the
son of man": of all men, of humanity, as
If the blood of the whole human race
were In his veins. Ho claimed also to be
the Son of God. Not a son of God, as
we all may claim to be. but the Son. The
many arguments need not be restated.
His life need not be reviewed. These
things are known. What think ye of
him? Has your heart made answer yet?
'He that Is not with me Is against ine."
'He gae himself a ransom for all. What
think ye of blra as a savior? What think
ye of the cross of Christ? Pilate testified,
"I find no fault In him.' Peter's great
confession was, 'Thou art the Christ, the
son of the living God " What think ye?
"As, a friend, what think ye of him?
In life who Is man's best friend? Ask
some one brought out of darkness and
storm, tempted sore, who is his friend.
Ask the slave set free. Ask the sinner
reclaimed who Is hi friend. Ask the be
reft, ask the aed whoe life Is done who
enters the evening bending upon his staff;
ask him who Is his friend. Ah, it Is ho
who 'tasted death for every man.' He is
our friend who Is the friend of sinners for
love's sake. He Is the vine, we the
branches: he is the great oasis In our
pathway, we are the weary pilgrims. To
us he is all In all. What think ye of
him?
WOMAN OF CANAAN.
Sermon by Hcv. L. E. Rockwell, D. D.,
Pnstor of Centenary Church.
Dr. Rockwell, pastor of Centenary
Church, East Side, spoke last night with
much force as he delivered his sermon
on the subject, "The Woman of Canaan."
He said in part:
"Here is a character unknown, but
unique. The woman of Canaan was not
of the elect, and in no way connected
with the Jewish race. She was only a
drop from the ocean of common human
ity. Judged by popular prejudice, she
was a dog, yet she proves that she is of
the human race, and not an orphan; that
the great Father of all cares for all the
most Isolated, the weakest and the most
despised. Every event and circumstance
seemed to be against her the prejudice of j
the disciples and what seemed to be the
cold reception and blunt denial of the
Lord.
"The true greatness of this woman Is
seen in her claim for recognition end
help when all things were against her.
Such self-surrender made Joan of Are
the savior of her country. Such courage
and faith made Maria Theresa Queen of
Hungary and Bohemia and Empress of
Germany. But the woman of Canaan did
more. She demonstrated a proposition
never solved. In that act of self-surrender
and faith she showed to the world
for all time that God Is no respecter of
persons, and that all are children of a
common Father.
"Acting as orphans brings most of our
troubles. Jacob thought God had for
saken him, when It was his own faith
that had forsaken him. God was as near
amid the silent hills when life's sun was
setting as at Bethel when in the morn
ing of life he cherished high hopes for
the future. Paul was a greater sufferer
from the 'slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune, yet he does not complain. He
does not say with Jacob, 'All things are
against mo or with Elijah, "It Is enough;
now let me die.' .Paul seemed to be left
alone to work out his own destiny; yet he
never acts as though he were alone. He
does not think like an orphan; hence he
does not act like one. Paul has every
reason to doubt, yet he trusts. Jacob
sums up most of his troubles, and most of
them are Imaginary. Paul Inventories
his, and they are all real. Jacob makes
himself, an orphan; Paul exults and
glories In his sonahlp. The difference be
tween petulant old ago and the cheery
soul that beholds God everywhere is seen
in that.
"The Woman of Canaan more than any
one has taught us that we are not or
phans, and that there Is not a burden
or a sorrow, however small or great, that
God does not know, and that he will not
take away or give us grace to bear. The
greatest exhibition of the patience of
faith and the victory of faith Is seen in
this remarkable woman. She makes plain
that In God's sight there are no orphans.
Jacob stands for tho worship of the one
true, living Ood. Paul gives us reason
for universal Fatherhood, but the woman
of Canaan gives practical demonstration
of both. In this particular she was great
er than Jacob and greater even than
Paul.
"How much it means to us In this prac
tical world to act In all things not as
orphans, but as children of a common
Father. This Is the secret of life, John
Kepler gave to the scientific world the
formula for calculation of eclipses, which
are used to this day. This woman of
Canaan has given us thoughts about
God and the relation of every one to him
which of necessity for all time must form
the basis of all correct thinking and enter
into all religion."
CLOSED HIS PASTORATE.
Rev. G. A. Blair Retires From Cum
berland Presbyterian Chnrch.
Rev. G. A. Blair, who has been pastor
of the First Cumberland Presbyterian
Church for over six years, closed his
connection with that church yesterday.
He preached morning and evening, and
took leave of the members regretfully.
When he took charge there were but
few members, and the first meeting
was held in the Hawthorne ,Hall. on the
corner of East Morrison street and
Union avenue, there being but few pres
ent. He leaves the church with a mem
bership of about 203. A handsome build
ing, costing about $6003 was put up, and
with the ground on East Twelfth street,
the property is free from debt. Mr. Blair
tendered his resignation on account of
the failure of his health. Two years ago
he was compelled to take a long vacation,
but this time when he felt that he was
breaking down, he at once filed his res
ignation. At first the church asked that
he recall It, but Mr. Blair, feeling that
the Portland church should have a strong
man at the helm. Insisted that the resig
nation be accepted, and his request was
complied with reluctantly. He will take
a long rest at the seaside before engaging
In work of any sort. The Incoming pas
tor, Rev. J. J. Dalton. D. D., of Hen
derson, Ky.. will arrive in Portland about
the first of September.
Up-to-TOate Decoration. "Ma. haven't
we got aji old doorplate or an old brass
knocker somewhere oround the house?"
"What do you want with it. daughter?"
"Why, ma, I need some kind of a stun
ning gimcrack to wear on the back of my
belt" Indianapolis Journal.
MEN WITH NEW IDEAS
NEEDED TO PROSPECT EASTER
OREGON MINERAL FIELD.
Formations That Old-Timers Pass
WIthoat a Taousht Frequently
Prove to Bo Rich. Strikes.
SUMPTER, Or.. July 14. Jimes Duck
worth, ono of the original locators of the
E. and E. mine, in Cracker Creek district,
and one of tho best-informed men in the
camp, says that what this country needs
is a thorough prospecting by men with
new ideas. The old-timers always look
for a certain kind of float, and are par
ticular ibout the formation. Now hardly
a week passes without some find being
mode on hillsides that have been run over
for years by the old-timers and pro
nounced worthless.
This week Mr. Duckworth visited a
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OKEGOK PIONEER AXD ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF HILLSBORO.
HILLSBORO, Or., July 15. Wheelock Simmon, a pioneer of 1S30, and one of the
founders of Hlllsboro. Is yet a resident ct this city, and Is hale and hearty at the age of
80 years. Mr. Simmons was born In Bradford County, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1SS0, and
emigrated to Illinois In 1841. He crossed the plains to California In 1840. and in 1650 came
to Hlllsboro, where, in Doccmber of that year he was wedded to the widow of David Hill,
the man after whom this city was named.
An amutlnr Incident Is connected with this union. Mr. Kill had originally surveyed his
land himself, and at the time of hia death many of the stakes of the line were lost. No one
had been able to resurvey the line to the satisfaction of the widow, until Simmons came
on the scene. He was employed to run the line, and the widow clozcly watched the pro
ceedings. As the surrey was being made the widow remarked to one of the two other
women of the neighborhood: "That gentleman is followlns the same line that David did,
and somehow I feel that he is going to take David's place in my affections." In two
months tlmt Ae and the charming widow were married. She lived until 18T0.
Mr. Simmons lived here continuously until 1SS7. In 1SS0 he was married to Lucy Ellen
Moore, a daughter of Michael Moore, a pioneer of 1844. To this union there were bom two
children. Herbert and Orvllle, aged 18 and 15 respectively. In 1803 he was again married,
this time to Mrs. Ellen Mcfcatd. of McMlnnvllle.
Mr. Simmons Is at his best when In the reminiscent atage, and many and rich are the
stories he tells of pioneer life. Ills SO years do not at all set heaxlly on him. and he is
as active as the average man of 50. When he first came to Hlllsboro there were but two
lot cabins as the nucleus of the present thriving county seat.
property at the foot of the mountain on J
the sumpter-uranue wngon roau, ana
found Ben Ycager and his partner, Mon
tana mining men, working on i 200-foot
ledge that he has been over many times
and considered worthless. Development
shows that the ledge Is filled with strata
of quartz of a bluish appearance, and all
of It pans gold. A number of assiys have
been made, giving ?3 to $13. The ledge can
bo traced for over two miles, from one
side of the mountain to the other, and It
prospects throughout. At prerent a 25
foot shaft Is being sunk, from which a
cross-cut will be run to determine If the
values go down. If favorable results shall j
De ODtainea, macninery win oe aecureu
and a shaft sunk 200 to 400 feet. There is
such a lirge body of ore that, with pres
ent values, $3 to $4 per ten. the property
Is another Treadwell. Facilities for min
ing and milling are excellent. At the
head of Bull Run Creek, running along
sldo tills ledge, In early days there was
placer mining.
There was little wash gravel In the
creek bed, and the diggings frequently
dipped to the hlllElde, where no gravel
was found, but rich dirt. At that time It
wis wondered where the gold cane from,
and no one ever thought the big dike was
guilty, but this recent discovery is almost
proof positive that the placer gold came
from the dike.
Thomas Besseler, who ha3 charge of the
wort; on tho Grand Trunk, hfts taken a
contract to sink 130 feet on the Ibex. The
shaft is 270 feet deep now. and when the
contract shall be completed, will be 400
feet. The management contemplates sink
ing another 100 feet as soon as this con
tract shall be completed. President Can
non, of the Sumpter Electric Light &
Power Company, and Paul Mohr, of the
portago railway, have secured a bond on
the Ibex at a price near the half-million
mark, and will present It to Chicago cap
italists. Ed Ralston, who owns an Interest in the
Last Chance, in Cable Cove district, has
commenced milling the ore. They are
using a Crawford mill and concentrator,
and the present work is to determine the
best method of treating the ore. The
Cove is a veritable beehive. Crews of
men are it work from one end to the
other, some underground and many get
ting out timbers for the mines and cord
wood for the hoists and other powers be
ing used. The present year will see more
development work In this district than was
done prior to January.
A carload of ore was shipped from the
Imperial group of mines. In Cable Cove,
this week, to Ban Francisco, to be smelt
ed. The ore ia rich, but very refractory.
the amount of lead being deficient for the
other spices. The property Is owned by
J. C. Lorlng and others, and is the most
extensively developed of any cove prop
erty. The ores extracted pay for the de
velopment of the property.
Development work on the Monday Night
and Noyo claims, situated a short distance
from Sumpter. on the old Bonanza trail,
is progressing. They arc down 25 feet,
and IS feet of ore Is exposed. While the
values ore low. they are increasing with
depth. The ledge is- between porphyry
and elate walls. The property Is owned by
D. B. McBrlde and M. Walton, of Port
land, and O. C. McLeod and C. A. Van
Duyn, of Sumpter.
The shipment of machinery for tho Gol
conda Company included 10 stamps and 10
vanners. It is very unusual to use so
manv vanners with the number of stimps
but the ores of the Golconda are heavy in
concentrates, about one In ten. The new
machinery will all be In place by August 1.
Colonel C. H. Peyton, of Chlcngo, is look
ing over the Chelan group, above the Red
Boy. on Congo Creek owned bv himself
and W. E. Hurd, of Portland. The prop
erty is being surveyed, and the "owners
aro much p'cased with tho favorable Indi
cations. The 10-stamp mill on the Don Juan prop
erty, near the Bonanza mine, has been
Diirchased for the Richmond Mining &
Milling Company, bv E. D L-Clare. man
ager of the company. The mill will be In
stalled on the property of the purchasers
at once.
Some work is being done on the Tam
arack claim, adjoining Analulu, on Mc-
Ccllock feet. r"bi3- fere thnroajrhly -pro-pectins
the raifcioe ta determine the ex
tent of the dmt. ard H favorable, a tet
Ttcl win ba Btsztzd. which will drain ths
lowest Jerri fci tho Analnln. ,
H. W. Northrop brought in some good
oro from the St. Patrick claim, located on
the hill west of Sumpter. about half a
mile distant. The ore assays $14. nd the
tunnol shows flvp feet of ore. Mr. North
rop will continue the tunnel for a short
dlstnnce, and then cross-cut the ledge to
determlno the extent of It. The surface
Indications aro strong, the ledgo being
traceable through three full claims. The
Importance of this And can hardly be ex
aggerated, as it is virtually In the city.
LAND BUSINESS HAS INCREASED.
Statement for La Grande District
Comparison 'With Last Tear.
LA GRANDE. Or.. July 15. Register
Bartlett. of the La Grande Land Office,
has compiled the following statement j
concerning tne lanas oi tne aistnci ana
the business transacted in the past year,
showing that the cash receipts of the
office for that period considerably more
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than doubled the receipts for the preced
ing 12 months:
Acres appropriated
and unreserved.
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In Umatilla County there 151,360 acres
reserved for the Indians.
The Dalles Military Wagon Road Com
pany selected 20,000 acres In Grant County
within the year.
Cash receipts of the office. Including
fees, commissions and all cash for the
year ending June 20, 1900:
Sales of lands $65,971 CO
Fees and commissions 159l 43
Total . $$LG63 03
Cash receipts of the office previous year:
Sales of lands I26.909 IT
Fees and commissions 11,025 07
Total .$37,934 24
pmn AT ASTORIA.
Destroyed Fishery Bnildlngr "Worth
JJSOOO to $10,000.
ASTORIA. July 15. A fire which start
ed about 9:80 o'clock tonight destroyed a
two-story frame building, occupied by the
Alaska Packers' Association. The build
ing waa situated on the water front, and
it was with difficulty that the fire depart
ment kept the flames from spreading.
The total loss is between $S000 and $10,000.
During the year ending on June DO,
Clatsop County paid for care of indi
gent soldiers, as required by the state
law, $226 10, and for burials of the poor,
$293. For charities $3014 10 was paid as
follows: For care of persons at the hos
pital, $107S CO; overseer's salary, $120; pro
visions and board for Indigent persons,
$1S45 0. This mad the total expendi
ture on account of the Indigent, $3563 20.
The committee has announced as the
dates for this year's .regatta August 13.
14 and 15. On these days the tides will be
exactly right for the aquatic sports, and
the Weather uBreau records show that
there has been good weather on those
days' for a number, of years.
The Astoria Central Labor Council has
been formed, as a branch of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, with temporary
officers as follows: J. H. Morrison, pres
ident; A. F. Parker, vice-president; D. R.
MacFarlane, secretary; V. Gardlna, finan
cial, secretary; L. E. DuPark, treasurer.
The permanent officers will be elected at
the first meeting In September, as by
that time the Fishermen's Union will
have an opportunity to elect delegates.
A story about little Prince Edward of
York appears In the British Weekly. Not
long ago he was taken over a -.British
man-of-war, and was much Interested in
a large, heavlly.bullt chest which was
shown him. "What does that hold?" he
asked the tall officer who accompanied
him, "Powder," was the reply. The lit
tle boy looked . sympathetically at the
stalwart figure and observed, "Then do
you take powders, too?" i
WEALTHY LI HUNG CHANG
3H3 FOB.TU.M5 AS ACCU2IULATI05 OF
MITES AKD .ITOIS.
Jlorr a Barefoot Orphan Boy Became
Oae ol the Richest and Most
Powerfnl Men oa Earth.
John R. Rathom. well known In news
paper circles all over the Coast t urrtt.
iqg some very entertaining letters on the
Oriental situation Iu his early days
Rathom was connected with the British
Legation at Hong Kong, and other points
in the Orient, and bo writes with a thor
ough knowledge of the subject. The fol
lowing from his pen appears In the Ta
coma Ledger:
People are apt to believe that America
has a rort of monopoly on the possibili
ties that exist for the friendless, help
less boy and that no land but a democ
racy can ever show such startling and
rapid evolutions from poverty and humble
surroundings to great wealth and powrr.
Let us turn to China the oldest mon
archy In existence today, a country sup
posed by many good peqplo to be an old
fashioned, empty comb that various na
tions are now rolling round the m.i
preparatory to shoving off tne earth alto
gether. Some day they will touch ihe
fuse. When they do the legend ol the In
quisitive youth and the buzz saw will
cover the resu't.
Li Hung Chang, the "old for .with the
gray goatee," as Vlzevona, the Italian
freebooter, once called him. Is a 'nan
whose wealth Is reputed to be on a k-c;
with that of the Rockefellers, Roths
childs and Vanderbllts, though students
of Chinese history will tell you that he
could buy up any two of them. In 1SK this
representative- of a "dead" "nation" -as
a puny orphan boy, working on a rice
boat in the marshes of Hwel Ling where
he was born. His life as bounded en
all sides by the rice fields.
Imagine this barefooted beggar lad
earning a few handf uls of food a lzy Tur
his labor, shut In the heart of a prov
ince crowded with poverty-stricken cool
ies a father and mother laborers before
him. The village settlement. 20 miles
away, was -a place that. In his wildest
dreams, he probably never hoped Ut bo
able to visit. Make a little leap and sto
this small, earth creature as he is tod'iy;
swaying millions of his countrymen with
his bare word, more powerful In reality
than the Empress If he choe ttf acT. th
friend and Intimate of the leading poten
tates and statesmen of the world, r.o
only channel through which the poa.m
can hope for the pacification of Ch'nz.
and the richest man In the world.
How many other Instances aro there to
day of vast wealth allied to statesman
ship, of millionaires being the uniues
tioned leaders of their fellow ciuntrj men
Not one. We are accustomed to see rrreat
fortunes made In a few years-, to hear
of half a dozen successful stock maninu-
latlons placing a financier In the "six
noughts' column, and to watch a busi
ness grow to enormous proportions, en
riching its founder in what seems to be
a twinkling of time.
Eut Ll Hung Chang's exchequer has
been built up in a different way. He nev
er gambles, for he has no need to take
any chances. "Many a mlckle mal'eo a
muckle" seems to have been his policy,
and the mild-mannered old gentlnrzon
has done fairly well by sticking to the
tenets of that homely Scotch nrovcrb.
To understand fully the manner In
which Ll Hung Chang has acquired his
enormous wealth it would be necessary
to understand the whole system and
method of life and government In China,
but In a general way a few farts may
throw some light on the subject. It may
be said in starting that Li Hung Chang,
though the greatest, is only one of
China's multi-millionaires. There are 20
or 30 of them, and having had the sa
gacity to acquire their wealth, 1hy
know pretty well liow to inke care or It.
The strongest European banking institu
tion and gilt-edged government bonds
and funds are the great storehouses of
these Chinese fortunes.
In 1844 Ll Hung Chang, ny som freak
of fortune that nob6dy has ever been
able to discover the truth about, re.iched
Canton, and a year later-", thanks to tho
way in which a ragged, friendless beu
gar lad can s'ek and obtain 'an education
while the state feeds and clotl es him
In that "effete" and "barbarous" land
he was admitted to the famous study
cells. In 1S49, after five years of hard
work, he had outstripped all competi
tors and became secretary to the Vice
roy of Kowloon Province. In the fol
lowing year this Viceroy led 50,000 men
against a rebel uprising. He was killed
In action, and Ll Hung Chang took his
place, pursued the enemy and won a
great victory.
In 1S51 he was called to Pekln. and be-
I came Secretary of War, and in the ten
i years following he studied and mattered
the whole Intricate system of his coun
try's government- The year 1SC5 saw him
still a poor young man, but whjn hu
was appointed Governor of Klang Su he
bear to accumulate money.
In Klnng Su are the great salt mlaes
of China, and the Governor of the dis
trict has the privilege of "farming" tho
monopoly. Then, too, be began to round
up the Mandarins Jn his province. They
tried to tell this young, ulet-minntred
Governor that they were only earning a
bare living out of their fees, but he as
tonished them by exhibiting complete
knowledge of their methods, and soon W
per cent of their emoluments went Into
his capacious pockets.
In 1W came the great rebellion, and
General Gordon began his trlurr.tl.pl
march against the Insurgents. Ll Hvns
Chang, the war genius of the empire, be
came his right-hand man, and after four
years of marvelous success on the field
his Emperor loaded him down with more
honors and emoluments. In 1SS5 he was
appointed Governor-General of the Liang
King Provinces, with four Viceroys and
1S00 Mandarins under his orders and ab
solute control of the salt tax, the rice
tax, the sampan tax and the house tax
all infinitesimal charges on the individ
ual; but when one directs the mulcting of
190,000,000 people. It Is the fractions that
count.
In 1S6S his wealth was estimated by for
eigners who knew him Intimately to be
$45,000,000. Still he remained In Imperial
favor, and In 1S72 came his culminating
triumph, when he was made Viceroy of
Pe Chi Ll, tho Imperial province, with
a palace In the royal city, and .practical
ly the collection of air the national funds
under his control.
Here he evidenced a peculiar method
of semi-moral squeezing. His emissaries
visited every province regularly and took
good care to guard the mass of the people
from extortion at the hands of the Man
darins. An officer found guilty of de
manding or accepting more than the set
amount of taxation was promptly dis
missed from his office In disgrace. Ll
Hung Chang saw that with such an enor
mous population there was no necessity
to crush the Individual with heavy taxes.
He Insisted on one-half of every tax being
turned Into his hands, and one-half of
these receipts he "handed over In turn to
the Imperial treasury, keeping the balance
for himself.
There was no false pretense about it.
The Empsror, hsppy in the fact that never
before had he found a man who could
drag such enormous sums out of the Man
darins, was 'more than satisfied with the
share that came to him, and he knew
very well that his Minister was dividing
equally with him.
As Viceroy of Pe Chi Ll, Ll Hung
Chang ' started to build a navy. He let
contracts for ships, armament and dock
yards, and, beginning to mingle with Eu
ropeans in this way, soon came to see a
vista of new possibilities for the acquir
ing of wealth. He was Chief promoter
and is today principal owner of the China
Merchants Sttam Navigation Company,
the only native steamship line In exist
ence, with a monopolv of all Internal and
most of the coast traffic.
The fluctuations in the value of silver
gave him a chance for the accumulation
of more millions by skillful manipulation
of deposits In the great Hong Kong and
Shanghai Bank, of which he Is now one
of the largest shareholders. In 1877 the
members of the Diplomatic Corps at Pe
kln presented a memorial to the Em
peror begging for the establishment of
an exact system of coinage. The Vice
roy told them blandly that he would see
about It. He has been seeing, about It
ever since.
The sale of titles and honors, a rec
ognized perquisite of the Viceroy of Pe
Chi LI, was In his hands for several years,
and his polloy was to charge "all the
traffic would bear" to merchants who
were able and willing to pay for handles
to their names or the right to wear
gold buttons on their caps. In 1E04, when
he became Commander-in-Chief of the
Chinese forces, he was "visited" by doz
ens of contractors, but It may be said to
his credit that he listened to none of their
advances, possibly because their "offers"
were so small In comparison with his vast
wealth that he chose to overlook them;
possibly, too. because he wished to give
them the Idea that he was not a man
who could be bought.
In addition to the many sources of
revenue mentioned, he has had percent
ages of very large customs duties, the ex
port rllk tax. tho Jade mines and the mu
nicipal earnings of many cities. No one
in the emnlre can approach Ll Hung
Chang In the hold he has on the com
mon people of China. They know of his
great riches, but they also know that for
40 years he has stood between them and
the extortions of petty Mandarins.
His fortune is an accumulation of mites
and atoms. JOHN R. RATHOM.
WHAT BECAME QF BOER FUND
It Went for Ilncks, Band, Fireworks
p.nd Wines.
WASHINGTON, July 11. The generosi
ty of Washington, in Its normal con
dition, has always been an object of com
ment outside the city, and an object of
regret and remorse to the citizens of the
Capital City. But when this normal
stinginess has added to It a scheme for
cutting down the generosity, then It Is
time for sincere Washlngtonlans to throw j
up iiieir niinui. ire worsi example ui
Washington generosity that has yet come
to light Is In connection with the Boer
testimonial given there some time ago.
when It was announced that a fund was
to be raised "for the benefit of the
widows of Boer patriots." The testimo
nial, or rally, or whatever It might be
termed, went off per programme, and tho
large sum of $1114 38 .was raised as a re
lief fund. This was the famous Boer
meeting at which such Illustrious lights
as the Hon. William Sulzer, late Demo
cratic aspirant to the Vlce-Presldentlal
nomination, and general calamity howler
and Boer sympathizer, were prominent
among the Instigators.
At the time the benefit was held tho
receipts were announced, and the matter
was generally forgotten. It being supposed
that the full amount would be shipped
abroad. Where It would be applied to
the purpose for which it was raised. One
of the restive citizens of Washington,
however, suddenly opened up the matter
by addressing, through the public press,
a letter to the treasurer of the enter
prize, calling on him to know what dis
position had been made of the funds so
raised. The request, made In this way,
could not be Ignored, and the following
day this gentleman responded through the
press, with a statement that the expenses
of tho meeting had been quite heavy, and
had been defrayed from the fund raised
on the occasion. He concluded with the
statement that "If no more bills were
presented, there would be a grand total
of $18 to be turned over to the Boers."
A glance at the list of bills that were
paid out of the fund of over $1100 showed
such Items as $127 spent for hacks, $85
for chairs, $S7 for a band. $34 for flre
norks, $565 for entertainment of the Boer
delegates at their hotel, and $140 for
wines, the recipients of the latter com
modity not being named. The Hon. Wil
liam Sulzer -was ono of the Congressional
reception committee which had to go
to New York to accompany the Boer
delegates to Washington, and the ex
penses of that trip were also taken from
the "relief" fund.
This entire Incident only serves to Il
lustrate forcibly two or three well-recognized
points: Washington hospitality and
Washington enthusiasm Is not what It is
cracked up to be; the sympathy with the
Boers in many directions Is, as In the
case of Mr. Sulzer, superficial, a mere
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Now the people know where Mr. Sulzer,
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ness, comes tearing into St. Louis on a
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road men by storm. We shall next hear
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