THE MOBNING OBEGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1900.
RELIEVING! HE PRESSURE
EXECUTIONS PREVENT OVER
CROWDING OF CANTON JAILS.
Japanese Papers Charge Allies "Wit a
Crnelty Escape of Prince Taaa
Under Disguise.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec 13. Mail ad
Tices by the steamship Empress of India
are as follows:
As the Canton jails are overcrowded,
the China mall states that the number of
prisoners is periodically decreased" by
executions of 19. The prisoners are be
headed on a vacant common, in the pres
ence of vast concourses of people, who
applaud the spectacle after the custom
prevailing in Paris during the days of
the French revolution. The executioners
have been so busy of late that the usual
remuneration of half a dollar a head has
been reduced to 25 cents, and yet there
are many candidates lor the job.
Professor Hiram, of the Imperial Uni
versity of Japan, is said to have dis
covered two new planets, which he has
named FF and FE. They are said to
be very small bodies.
The Chiuo Shlmbun tells a remarkable
6tory to the effect that 60,000 Chinese re
siding In Java have decided to become
Japanese subjects, as their treatment by
the Dutch is intolerable. r
A disastrous lire is reported from Can
ton. It broke out In the vegetable mar
ket and In lour hours 500 shops and dwell
ings were destroyed.
The charges against the allied troops
of cruelty and outrage have lately been
renewed. A Japanese paper says that
the doings of the Mongols under Genghis
have found their counterpart in the Vil
lainous acts of Christian soldiers at the
close of the 19th century. The Mongols
boasted openly that the right sleeves
of their tunics were dyed" In tho b'ood
of Chinese- women and children, and It is
declared that the same language might
truthfully be employed regarding some
of the allied troops today. The Asahl
asks what evil destiny willed that Japa
nese soldiers should fight shoulder to I
shoulder with the perpetrators of such
deeds. The Nlroku states that the Japa
nese War Department Is debating whether
any duty devolves upon Japan to send
her troops to fight In the van of troops
encompassing the partition of Cna, or
to avenge the deaths of men Lit med
dled with the Chinese domestic adminis
tration and sheltered malefactors, or to
march in line with soldiers that treat
human beings like beasts, shed the blood
of the innocent and helpless like water,
and impose no restraints except satiety
upjm their own lust.
"According to tne xsorih China uauy
News. Prince Tuan escaped from Tung
Kuan pass under the disguise of a Bud
dhist bronze, with shaven head, bound for
Western Mongolia, to Join the assistant
Dalai Lama, at Kokonor. He was traced
to Lan Chou, capital of Kan Su, through
which city he passed In the garb of the
Buddhist pilgrim. He was last heard
from at Ting Hsla, the native city of
General Tung Fu Slang, under whose pro;
tectlon he Is alleged to have traveled.
The Japan Dally Mall say w that a short
cable from Adjutant-General Corbln, of
the United States Army, to the civil
commission at Manila, announcing the re
election of President McKlnley, was
transmitted in the record time of 49
minutes. The route from New York was
as follows: Nova Scotia, coast of Ire
land, Cornwall. Gibraltar. Malta, Alex
andria, Suez, Aden, Bombay, Madras,
Penang. Singapore, Hong Kpng to Manila.
The line had been cleared two hours be
fore the message was handed In' at New
York and was sent through without de
lay. At each of the points mentioned it
had to be retransmitted.
Knclnnd Willing: to SIprn.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. The latest
advices from Pekln from official sources
are that England has signified willingness
to sign the agreement reached by the
foreign Ministers with a slight amendment
which Is said to be In the nature of a
.mere change In form rather than an
amendment of the scope of the agreement
at any material point.
Mr. Conger's latest advices to the State
Department indicated very clearly that
the German Minister at Pekin, Mumm von
Schwarzensteln. was living up to the
spirit of the promise of the German Gov
ernment to abate Its demands for the
Imposition of the death penalty upoR
Princes Tuan and Chwang, Duke Ian and
other Boxer ringleaders. It was upon
this very point that the United States
made Issue with Germany and England
and was said to have prevailed, so that
If any demand Is still made by Germany
in the line Indicated, it is contrary to
Mr. Conger's reports and would be dis
tinctly a surprise to the State Depart
ment here.
Empress Asrrees to Terms.
LONDON, Dec 14. "Information has
reached the Wu Chang Viceroy," says, the
Shanghai correspondent of the Standard,
"that the Empress Dowager has agreed
to accept the following peace negotia
tions: An early return of Kwang Hsu
to power. Indemnity to the amount of
40.000 000. the right to each legation to
maintain a guard of 2003 troops, and the
appointment of a foreign adviser to earn
province of the empire. Director-General
Sheng has received a telegram from SInan
J?u asserting that the Empress Dowager
Is about to start for Cheng TI Fu. In the
Province of Szechuen. Li Hung Chang
and Prince Chlng have received the Em
press Dowager's permission to take the
Imperial ,seal from the forbidden palace
ai d to use It In the negotiations."
"Vott n Trlpnrtltc Agreement.
LONDON, Dec. 13. The correspondence
relating to the Anglo-German agreement
has been laid before Parliament. It re
veals, the fact that the agreement is now
tripartite. Japan alone of the powers In
vited ,to join made special Inquiries of
Germany and Great Britain respecting
the agreement. Japan then replied that:
"The Imperial Government having re
ceived assurances from the contracting
parties to the effect that, according to the
agrment. they will be placed In the
same position they would have occupied
If they had been a signatory, instead of
an adhering state, does not hesitate for
mally to declare she will adhere to such
agreement and will accept the principles
embodied therein."
Chinese Emperor Converted.
BERLIN, Dec. 13. During today's ses
sion of the Reichstag, Dr. Stoecker. for
merly court chaplain, remarked with ref
erence to the situation In China that he
had received private letters asserting
that the reason the Empress Dowager
hates Emperor Kwang Hsu Is that the
latter has actually become a Christian,
having been converted by British and
American missionary books that came
under his eye. Dr. Stoecker gave a num.
ber of corroborative details. His inform
ant is supposed to have been Count von
"Waldersee. with whom Dr. Stoecker Is
on terms of Intimate friendship.
Search for Hidden Gold.
PBKIN. Dec 13. A few days ago the
British troops were notified of the exist
ence of a large amount of treasure 20
miles northwest. Colonel Tullock and 100
men left today to Investigate the truth
of the report. Colonel Tullock requested,
however, that 50 extra men be detailed.
It Is "believed that a large amount of gold
and valuables were buried at that point
by persons connected with the Chinese
court during the recent flight. The In
formation regarding the treasure was re
ceived from a former court official.
German "Warships Escnpe- the lee".
BERLIN, Dec 13. An -official of the
Navy Department says the German sec-
ond-class cruisers Hertha, Hantha and
Irene have escaped being frozen at Taku.
and all the other German war vessels are
In Ice-free harbors and waters. Only the
hospital ship Savoya and the transport
Palatia were ice-bound at Taku.
Anti-Forelfrn Plot la Bong Kongr.
HONG KONG. Dec 13. The city was
placarded today with statements Inciting
the people and the members of the secret
societies to unite and rise during the
month of January and drive out all the
foreigners. Crowds gathered around the
placards, but no actual outbreak is re
ported. I
STORIES OF HUXLEY.
The Attraction of Great Men for
Cranks.
New York Evening Post.
One of the smiling pages In the recent
life of Huxley Is that wherein his son
gives a condensed account of the various
kinds of folly that used to press Into the
professor's presence. Huxley often vow
ed that "suffer fools gladly" was a "pet
aphorism" of his; though It sometimes
did look as if he read the Injunction,
"gladly make fools suffer." At any rate,
they pursued him as assiduously and re
lentlessly as Wellington complained that
they did him. The man who could dem
onstrate that the world is fiat; the in
vestigator who could prove that the at
mosphere has no weight; people with ten
thousand pages of manuscript which they
would like arranged and published in the
proceedings of some learned " society
Huxley was fair game for such mighty
hunters, of course. Among the more re
markable applications of the sort made
to him was a communication 'by cable
from the United States in 1S92. It ran
as follows:
Unless all reason and all nature have de
ceived me, I hare found the truth. It Is xny
Intention to cross the ocean to consult with
those who have helped me to find It. Shall I
be welcome? Pleace answer at my expense,
and God grant we all meet In life on earth.
Mr. Leonard Huxley does not tell us
whether his father took advantage of th;
tempting "reply-paid" to answer a fool
according to his folly. Darwin had a
printed form for use In such cases,
though his son admits that the great
man was so greaUln gentleness and kind
ness that he rarely had the heart to re
turn it even to the most starkly crazy
correspondent. He gave a civil answer
even to the wonderful young man who,
being exceedingly busy, and having to
maintain the doctrine of evolution In a
debating society, would, as he was with
out time to do any reading himself, be
deeply Indebted to Darwin if he would-
write out a handy little sketch of his
views. It Is but the common lot of great
men. The unbalanced, the feeble-minded,
the buffeted and disheartened, are drawn
like moths to the flame of a brilliantly
successful Intellect. Think of the poetry
that Tennyson had to read (or look at)
and keep a grave face! Hallam Tenny
son records one "pathetic incident of
this kind," as his father thought it:
A Waterloo soldier brought 12 large cantos
on the battle of Waterloo. The veteran had
actually taucht himself In his old age to read
and write, that he might thus commemorate
Wellngton's great victory. The epic lay for
some time under the sofa In my father's study,
and was a source of much anxiety to htm.
How could he ro through such a vast poem?
One day he mustered up courage and took a
portion out. It opened on the heading of a
canto: "The anrels encamped above the field
of Waterloo." On that day. at least, he "read
no more." He gave the author, when he called
for his manuscript, this criticism: "Though
great Images loom here and there, your poem
could not be published as a whole." The old
man answered nothing, wrapped up each of
the 12 cantos carefully, placed them In a
strong eJc case, and carried them off. He was
asked to come again, but he never came.
This attraction which men of distinc
tion have for aspiring but cracked brains
has Its admirable and even useful side.
It Is often a kind of instinctive hero
worship. Sometimes It runs Into dog-llks
devotion. The wife of a fervid New
England reformer once asked him, ac
cording to Colonel Hlgginson: "Why Is
it that you seem to have such a strong
fascination for crazy people?" Perhaps
the theory of Dryden that great wits
aro sure to madness near allied partly
accounts for it: but there Is a deeper
truth in It. namely, that certain kinds
of desperate work can be done In this
world only by men who wreak them
selves upon It with a species of fanatic
fury. Appearing almost lysane in their
absorbing life-passion, it Is not strange
that the completely mad sometimes hall
them as fellows. At several removes from
the lunatic, we have the plain ass who
hangs upon great men. Now if he hap
pens to be, not merely an ass, but what
Disraeli called "a clever ass." he may
prove a kind of Boswell to help perpet
uate the fame and name of the hero
upon whom he dotes. Lord Rosebery
thinks he has found In Gourgaud, chron
icler of Napoleon's last days at St. Hele
na, a serviceable donkey of this sort.
The other memoirists and letter-writers
are obvious liars, but Gourgaud makes
himself out such an ass that it must be
he tells the truth. But there must be a
vein of -cleverness in the ass. Carlyle
was quite right In contending, against
Macaulay. that a fool, qua fool, could
never have produced Boswell's Life of
Johnson.
Doubtless another reason why the poor
routed leavings of humanity have such a
fondness for the society of the great Is
that they think eminence and recognition
the result of luck. It Is only chance,
the' say. that our theories of gravitation
have not been accepted In place tof New
ton's: It Is only because Helmholtz hap
pened to get the ear of the world that
his iewa on optics are preferred to ours.
This datum firmly fixed in their minds,
their motive In approaching the successful
raa. Is two-fold. In the first place, they
count upon tolerance and sympathy.
Huxley will have no Illusions about his
own distinction: he will know that It
wa- a piece of pure good fortune. So
he will naturally be kind to a crank from
New Mexico with a revolutionary doe-
trine of astro-physics In his pocket. As
distinguished men usually are, in fact,
exceeding kind to the fools who devas.
tate their day, the fools go away more
strongly than ever of the opinion that
they are right and all the world wrong,
and that nothing but an unkind fate has
prevented them from directing the course
of thought for mankind. If they could
only get a hearing, all would be well yet.
That Is their second main object In
storming the doors of the great. If Dar
win would only help the wild-eyed man
from Tasmania to get his refutation of
Pasteur published, biology would be re
created, and the learned world would
recognize Its new master. So the foolish
besieging goes on, and will to the end of
time. As long as Intellectual eminence
exists, so long will It be a shining mark
for folly, and so long will the Intellec
tually eminent be subject to such alarms
as the one which Huxley described In the
last year of his life:
I had a letter from a fellow yesterday, to
the effect that he had been reading my essays,
thought I was Just the man to spend a month
with, and was coming down br the 5 o'clock
train, attended by his seven children and his
mother-in-law!
- Frost being over, there was lots of boiling
water ready for htm. but he did net turn up.
Wnpe Scale Renewed.
PITTSBURG. Dec 13. The 3000 employes
of the Jones & Lauchlln Iron and steel
plants have been notified that the in
dividual wage contracts made two years
ago will be renewed for the ensuing year
with no reduction In pay. It Is believed
that similar action will be taken by the
Carnegie Company, and the workmen .are
jubilant.
Motherhood
and the dally household cares demand a
mild tonic for the housewife and mother.
MALT-NUTRINE Is best and easiest
taken. Made by the Anheuser-Busch
Brewing As'n. That assures its merit.
Sold bjr'ail druggists.
IT WAS ONE-SIDED FIGHT
2TGOVERN KNOCKED OUT GANS IN
THE SECOND ROUND.
Colored Man Pnt Up a Very Poor Ex
hibition McGovern Fought
Hard and Fast.
CHICAGO. Dec 13. Terry McGovern Is
now the undisputed light-weight cham
pion of the world. He knocked out Joe
Gans, of Baltimore, after two minutes
and five seconds of 'fighting In the second
round. Gans put up a very poor exhibi
tion, and was never in it at any stage
of the game. McGovern started rushing
at the sound of the gong, and never let
up until Gans was counted out. Gans
never delivered an effective blow, and
for a man of his reputation, he made a
fight which will gain him no friends
among lovers of true sport In the ring.
Referee Slier said after Gans had been
taken to his corner: "Gans put up a
very poor fight. That's all I have to
say." McGovern put up a clean, fast
fight from start to finish, and is en
titled to all the credit of victory. He
fought hard and fast, and his blows went
home straight to the mark. During the
first round Gans never attempted to
mix up. He never made an eftort to use
his left counter, for which he Is so fa
mous, and did nothing but back away
with a scared look on his face. In the
second round he attempted to fight a lit
tle at the opening, but soon resorted to
his backward march, attempting no re
turn blows, and making no effort to
block the hot ones which McGovern sent
In on his mouth and face. As be was
rolled down on the floor time and again
after every rush McGovern made, he
looked around with a helpless expres
sion. On the last knock down, he was
on his (back for six seconds, rolled over
on his face, rose to his left knee and re
mained in that position until Slier tapped
him on the shoulder, telling him that the
fight was over and that he was a loser.
He was lifted and was able to walk In a
feeble manner to his corner.
As McGovern, smllllng and waving his
hand, turned towards his corner, he was
picked up in the arms of his manager
and seconds and carried bodily to his
chair. In an Instant the ring was
thronged with wildly cheering McGovern
adherents, who gathered around the
Brooklyn man's corner and cheered him
again and again as McGovern, panting
a little from his exercise, but with no
marks of any kind, started to put on his
clother. "He only hit me once," said
McGovern, "and that was In the first
minute of the first round. He poked his
left Into my mouth good and hard, but I
knew I had him on the next exchange."
Gans had no excuse to offer for his
quick defeat. His seconds, however, said
that Gans was over-trained and that his
stomach had been bad all day.
There was a long delay after the pre
Hmlnry fights In order that the ring
might be spread with fresh canvass and
the picture-making device set In opera
tion. The ring was lit up by 6S arc lights
and four enormous reflectors, the whole
giving candle power of 200,000. Despite
the great heat generated by the lamps,
the hall was uncomfortably cold, the win
dows and doors having been opened on all
sides to permit the breeze to blow through
and the 15,000 people, the largest
crowd ever assembled In Tattersalls, shiv
ered and stamped their feet to keep
warm before the fighters made their ap
pearance. After the fight, which was under strict
Marquis of Queensberry rules, there were
many vigorous expreslons of diatl6fac
tlon among the crowd. It being openly
assorted by many that Gans made a de
liberate fake of his fight. Gans weighed
134. McGovern less" than 133. There were
numerous stories last night and today
that the fight was fixed for McGovern Jo
win, and the betting set steadily In that
direction during the last 24 hours. Wed
nesday night It was one to two that Mc
Govern would stay the limit. Just prior
to the fight It was even money that Gans
would bo knocked out. The fight by
rounds follows:
Round 1 McGovern led with his left.
He rushed Gans to the ropes, pounding
him very hard on the ribs with his left.
McGovern missed a right and a left. Mc
Govern sent Gans back with a left to the
jaw. Gans acting on the defensive. Mc
Govern rushed, landed a hard right and
left on the ribs, Gans uppper-cuttlng un
der the heart. Gans put his right and left
to the face. McGovern put a left and a
right to the Jaw, sending Gans stagger
ing with a right and a left, following
him up closely with a right and a left
left. McGovern sent Gans to the ropes
with a right to the ribs and a left to
the face. McGovern landed a right to
the jaw, staggering Gans. Gans was
nearly floored with a left to the face.
Gans was knocked down with a left to
the Jaw, but was up at the count of
seven. Gans was knocked down again
one second after the bell rang, and was
taken to his corner In a groggy condition.
A claim of foul was made.
Round 2 As soon as the men came
from their corners, McGovern made a
rush and put two lefts and a right to
the jaw. Gans went down flat, rose
slowly to one knee and took the count
of seven. As he rose, McGovern came
on with a fierce rush, sending his left
to the body and whipping his right
across to the Jaw on the breakaway.
Gans kept backing, but twice swung at
McGovern's Jaw. The blows would not
have Injured a baby, and McGovern, pay
ing no attention to them, came In with
a hard right on the ear and a left to
the mouth. He kept right after Gans,
who kept backing around the ring. When
the colored boy stood his ground, Mc
Govern was at? him like a flash, landing
twolefts on the Jaw and a right on the
Jaw Immediately after, sending Gans
sprawling on his back. He took the full
count of nine, but was very unsteady
when he rose. McGovern caught him
flush on the Jaw, and down he went once
more. Up he came again, and down he
went faster than he arose. A left and a
right to the Jaw did the business this
time It was all over now, and Mc
Govern was a sure winner. He sent a
right to the Jaw as Gans wobbled to his
feet again, and the colored boy went
down again. He came up almost gone,
without a chance In the world to win,
and as he lifted his knees from the
floor. McGovern settled him. It was a
left and a right to the Jaw. then a right
again, and Gans lay on his back, the
blood oozing from his mouth the beaten
man In a fight which had no share of
credit or glory for hire He rolled over
on his face, got upon one knee, and re
mained in that position while Slier called
off the 10 seconds. He was able to walk
to his corner with the aid of his sec
onds, and with the exception of a bleed
ing mouth, showed no signs of hard
punching.
George Slier will make the following
statement In tomorrow's Tribune:
"Gans put up the weakest article of
fight ever witnessed In'Chlcago. His ev
ery effort was weak, and he acted as If
he was not trying. His blocking, how
ever, was all right, but his hitting, of
whloh so much had been said, was not In
evidence. I do not like to accuse a fight
er of faking, but I will .say that Gans"
wo.k had all the earmarks of a fake.
Terry fought as usual. .He sailed into
Gans at the tap of the gong, slashing'
away with both hands at head and body.
His body blows were the most effective,
even though Gans went to the canvas re
peatedly from head blows. The knock
out was a short right jolt under the chin,
and may have been hard enough to put
Gans down for the count, but It did not
strike me so"
"Whistler Won on Points.
BALTIMORE Md., Dec 13. In a 20
round bout here tonight between Billy
Whistler, of this city, and Kid Broad.
of Cleveland. Whistler who was the ag
gressor throughout, was awarded the de
cision on points.
"Walcott Knocked Oat Hanrahnn.
HARTFORD, Conn., Dec 13. Bill Han
rahan, of New York, was knocked out in
the twelfth round tonight by Joe Walcott.
NATIONAL LEAGUE MAGNATES.
No Action Taken on the Demands of
the Players.
NEW YORK, Dec 13. The National
League magnates, who have been In ses
sion fcr the past three days at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, put in another busy day
today, holding two sessions. The prop
osition made to the league by the com
mittee was the first business taken up.
After the magnates had been In session
for about an hour, word reached the cor
ridors downstalrsj that the players' de
mands hnd been thrown out, part and
parcel. There was a hurried conference
between "Chief" ZImmer, Clark Griffith
and Hugh Jennings, representing the
players' organization, with the result
that a note was sent upstairs asking the
magnates to grant the players another
audience The magnates laid it aside for
future action. The magnates passed an
amendment to the constitution reducing
the number of directors from six to four.
Incidentally a new board was elected, and,
for the first time In many years. New
York Is represented on the board. The
new board now will consist of Soden. of
Boston: Brush, of Cincinnati; Dreyfus, of
Pittsburg, and Freedman, of New York.
The entire National board of arbitration,
consisting of Young, Soden, Brush, Hart,
Roblson and Rogers, was re-elected. The
committee on constitution will be com
posed of Rogers, Brush and Hart.
SIX TEAMS REMAIN.
Msdlson-Sqnare Bicycle Race Is a
Contest of Nations.
NEW YORK, Dec 13. Narrowed down
iO six sore, battered and strained teams,
the six-day bicycle race in Madison-Square
Garden has now become a contest of na
tions. At midnight, the beginning of the
fifth day, only one American team Is left
in the race, Elkes and McFarland, who,
with Pierce and McEachern, -the Cana
dians, had at that hour covered 1827 mllea
and four laps. Babcock and Aaronson
and Turvllle and GImm had to withdraw
as teams In the early hours of Thursday
morning on account of the serious Inju
ries received by Aaronson and Turvllle.
GImm and Babcock. however, were al
lowed to re-enter the race yesterday af
ternoon to fight for seventh or last prize.
The score at 2 o'clock:
Miles. Laps.
Elkes and McFarland 1SG5 3
Pierce and McEachern 1S65 3
SImar and Gougoltz 1S65 2
Fisher and Frederick 1S64 ' 7
KIser and Ryser 1S64 7
Waller and Stlnson ISM 4
Babcock and Aaronson 14G6 5
Turvllle and GImm 1456 8
THE ARMY'S NOBLE RECORD
Facts for Consideration of Its Unpa--"Ttotlc
Mallfmers.
New York Journal of Commerce.
There are persons so constituted that
the work of the Army In establishing
modern civilization makes no Impression
on them, while an Intoxicated soldier Is
an object so vast and so appalling that
they can think of nothing else. Persons
of reasonably well-balanced minds will
read with the greatest satisfaction the
report of Secretary Root, showing what
the Army has accomplished in our in
sular dependencies. In the Philippines,
the Civil Commission and the Army co
operating, courts of high character have
been established, the Spanish criminal
procedure has been reformed, and for
the first time there Is real protection
for persons charged with crime in the
islands. It was posible, and not infre
quent, under the Spanish authority, for
persons to be arrested, carried to Ma
nila, kept long in prison, and finally de
ported, without trial, and without even
a specific statement of the charges
against them.
Municipal governments have been es
tablished, by which real local self-government
has been attained. This Is more
than the Insurgent Filipinos asked of
Spain. Civil marriage has been legalized,
burdensome taxes removed, schools ex
tended and Improved, and the public reve
nues increased, with a decrease of the
burden on the people, and high-license
and early closing laws Imposed upon the
saloons of Manila. The Taft Commission
is improving roads and bridges and the
Harbor of Manila.
In Cuba there have been reforms In
legal administration. In education, In
sanitation. In the first six months of the
calendar year the number of pupils in
tho primary sschools Increased from 37,
995 to 143,120. The charities and the hos
pitals have been Improved. The Insane
have been taken out of filthy Jails and
placed In an asylum where they have
proper care. Tho prisons have been
cleared of the hundreds who were crowd
ed Into them and held Indefinitely with
out trial. The writ of habeas corpus
has been Introduced Into Cuba. In Porto
Rico the administration has been Im
proved, education has been advanced,
public works undertaken, and the system
of taxation rectified.
American administration is less than
two years old, and In the Philippines It
Is obstructed by the guerrilla warfare
maintained by a small portion of the
Islanders. But wherever the American
flag has been raised there Is more edu
cation, more protection to life and prop
erty, more public works, more sanitary
conditions, more business and more reve
nue, with less onerous taxation, than be
fore. It Is certainly not the least trib
ute to our military administration that In
the year 50,000 Spaniards have immigrated
into Cuba, and since 1896 the population
of Hawaii has Increased over 40,000. The
American flag does not lose its power of
attraction when it Is raised over the
islands.
Correcting an Extradition Treaty
WASHINGTON, Dec 13. A treaty has
been concluded between the United Stat.es
and Great Britain amendatory of the ex
isting extradition treaty and intended to
correct certain imperfections In that in
strument, developed by recent experi
ences. The changes do not materially
affect the scope or principles of the exist
ing treaty, the chief Item in the list be
ing a provision classifying as a crime
subject to extradition the obtaining of
money under false pretenses. At present
the treaty makes extradltionable the re
ception of money obtained under false
pretenses and omits the principal In the
crime, constituting a manifest absurdity.
To correct this the amendment is made.
Trial Trip of the Alabama.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13. The United
States battle-ship Alabama sailed today
from League Island navy-yard for New
York, where she will await further or
ders. She will make a trial trip on the
run. which will begin as soon as she
passes out to sea. After the sea trial Is
completed the vessel's course will be
shaped further out to sea to avoid ship
ping, as "all of her guns and turrets are
to be tested. If the report Is satisfactory.
It Is probable that the battle-shlp will
be ordered to Hampton Roads to Join
the North' Atlantic squadron.
Receivers of Loan Association.
NEW YORK, Dec 13. This afternoon
Justice Maddox appointed Captain Joseph
M Dickey, of Newburgh, and Edward B.
Dickinson, of New York, receivers of the
Anglo-American Loan Association.
Civil Service Reform Leognc.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. The 20th annual
meeting of the National Civil Service
Reform League began today in this city.
There was a Joint meeting of the gen
eral and executive committees and a pub
lic meeting this evening. 'V
RADICALS TURNED DOWN
CONSERVATIVE ELEMENT CON
TROLS FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Resolutions Denonnclng the Trasts
and in Favor of Government
Ownership "Were Defeated.-
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec 13. The con
servative element in the American Feder
ation of Labor was dominant throughout
today's proceedings of the convention.
Two resolutions championed by the rad
ical element were voted down by over
whelming majorities. One was a bitter
pronouncement against trusts and monop
olies in general, and the other a declara
tion in favor of the co-operative common
wealth and government ownership and
control of all means of production and
distribution. For both of them much
more moderate substitutes were adopted
after long debates. Throughout the de
bate the proponents of the resolutions
claimed socialism as the only solution of
the industrial problems; trade unionism,
they said, would last a long as the com
petitive system prevails, but the com
petitive system should be done away
with and the co-operative commonwealth
should take Its place. President Gompers
and his colleagues, who opposed the reso
lutions, took the ground that the federa
tion should not bo committed to any po
litical party, and that the government
ownership proposition is at this time an
Impracticable theory with no definite plan
for development into a working system.
The prospect is that the business of the
convention will not be terminated until
Saturday night. The substitute for the
three" resolutions favoring the co-operative
commonwealth was as follows:
"We cheerfully accept and desire all the
assistance and usefulness which may or
can be given the trade union movement
by all reform force's. The aspirations,
hopes and alms of trade union members
are very similar to the expressed wishes
of the greater body of socialists, namely,
that the burdens of toil may be lighter
and that each worker shall enjoy tho
complete benefit of that which he pro
duces; that men and women shall receive
a greater amount ox liberty; that the
years to come may be made brighter
than the past or present, are the ideals
of us all, but we take the position, never
theless, that because of personal, local.
National or other reasons, the workers
of our country reach different conclusions
as to the methods of reaching the desired
end, even though there may be little dif
ference among us as to the desirability
of reaching that end, we assert, as forcib
ly as we are capable, that the trade
union movement Is the true and le
gitimate channel through which the toll
ers should seek not only present ameliora
tion, but future emancipation. We hold
that the trade unions throughout our
country and Canada do not now, nor do
we believe they will In the future, de
clare against the discussion of any ques
tion in their meetings, either of an eco
nomic or of a political nature; but they
are, and we think justly, committed
against the Indorsement of Introduction
of race prejudices, religious differences or
partisan politics. We declare It to be the
Inherent duty of our several unions to
publish In their journals, to discuss in
their meetings and the members thereof
to study In their homes all questions of
a public nature which have reference to
their Industrial and political liberty, but
we as firmly declare It Is not within the
constitutional or any other power of the
American Federation of Labor to legis
late, enforce or specify to which polit
ical party members of our unions shall
belong, or for which party they shall
vote."
Delegates Nelson, of Philadelphia; Aus
tin, of Chicago: Dennis Hayes, qt Phila
delphia; McCarthy and Duncan, of Bos
ton; Furuseth, of San Francisco; KIdd, of
Chicago; Lenney, of Bloomlngton; and
John Mitchell, of Indianapolis, spoke for
the committee substitute and against the
original resolutions. Earnest arguments
against the substitute and In favor of the
original resolutions were made by Dele
gates Slayton, of Newcastle, Pa.; Brack
en, of Columbus, O.; Thomas, of Cleve
land, and Hayes, of Cleveland, O. Mr.
Hayes, In hi remarks, made reference
to Eugene Debs, whose name was greet
ed with an outburst of applause. The
substitute of the committee was adopted
by an overwhelming majority, the vote
being 4169 affirmative, to 6S3 negative.
A spirited but short debate was pre
cipitated by a resolution advocating that
members of organized labor shall patron
ize only such wine, liquor or beer deal
ers as sell products bearing the union
label. Many delegates opposed action,
which, as they claimed, would place the
convention on record as affiliated with
any liquor dealers' association, and the
resolution was lalh upon the table. The
special committee on eight-hour law
turned over all resolutions on that sub
ject to the incoming executive council.
FOR THE STATE'S GOOD.
Eastern Oregon Vlerr of Mr. Cor
bett's Candidacy.
Baker City Republican.
There is much discussion In Eastern
Oregon regarding the filling up of the
mouth of the Columbia River. The lead
ing shippers and freight receivers are be
ginning to talk in no uncertain terms as
to the' damage and inconvenience they
would sustain should large vessels be pro
hibited from entering the river on ac
count of Insufficient depth on the bar.
No remedy can be suggested or applied
except the extension of the jetties, and
that must be done with appropriations
from Congress. To secure this aid Is the
question.
It is useless to ask for these appropria
tions by our United States Senators un
less they possess the right kind of ability
and Influence. Mediocrity In these quali
fications cannot benefit the people In any
degree: therefore, regardless of partisan
ship, the Legislature should select a man
of parts for the next United States Sen
ator from Oregon. Owing to the present
conditions, we are In favor of Senator
Corbett, True, there are those who op
pose his election because he is a man of
wealth. In fact, that Is the only objec
tion ,we have heard raised. It Is a silly
mania, emanating from Populism, that
the successful men shall not be eligible
for an office. But with the death of Pop
ulism and Bryanlsm, this foolish. Incon
sistent and worthless mania should be
burled In the same grave. .
Senator Corbett has a firm footing in
the commercial world and among those
who are financiers. That Influence would
bring us needed appropriations for the
Improvement of the Columbia River and
other harbors In this state, matters of
supreme Importance. Prejudice should
not Interfere with our duty to the best
Interests of the state In selecting a.
United States Senator.
Material benefits are derived from ma
terial force; therefore it is highly proba
ble that urgent needed aid from
Congress cannot be secured unless we
use the forces such as are Inherent and
acquired In the life of such men as Sen
ator Corbett.
The AnTocrnt of the Paper.
Good Words.
If the newspaper office were surround
ed by an Inavdlng army, or fiercely bom
barded, the autocrat of the composing
room would Insist on the locking up of
the forms and the stereotyping of the
pages as usual. There Is no limit to his
devotion to duty. One night, for Instance,
In a provincial pewspaper office, the composing-room
was suddenly enveloped In
smoke and there was a cry of "Fire!"
"Fire or no fire, we must get to press."
snarled the overseer, giving out a late
telegram to the compositor, out of copy,
at the desk side.
The type was brought, galley after gal-
ley, pushed upon the lmposlng-stones, ar
ranged in pages and screwed into the
forms, ready for transit to the foundry.
Meantime evidence was abundant that
the adjacent building was In flames. The
smoke became denser. Outside the office
there was the shout of people, the clat
ter of horses' feet, the rattle of fire en
gines; Inside the heavy tread of firemen
on the stairs, the bursting open of the
composing-room door and the hurried en
trance of two members of the fire bri
gade dragging a hose pipe.
The overseer, glaring at the Intruders,
sprang from his seat, bubbling with in
dignation, and shouted: "Here, you fel
lows, what the are you doing?"
"We are taking the hose through to
p'ay on the burning building." Jerked out
one of the firemen, astounded at the over
seer's belligerent attitude.
"Then go and play somewhere else!"
hoarsely exclaimed the overseer, trying
to shoulder them out of the room.
"But the place Is on Are!" exclaimed
the men. In amazement.
"I don't care If the whole city's en Are
we must get to press!" roared the over
seer. And he did, though the first edition
had a narrow squeak of publication, for
the office windows blurred and cracked
with heat, and the composing-room wa
deluged with water.
POTTER ON THE DOLLAR.
The Good Bishop Has Misconceived
the American People.
Kansas City Star.
The drastic attack made by Bishop
Potter, of the Episcopal Church, on the
mercenary character of the American
people. In his address before the Church
Club of New Haven. Illustrates again
how a man's opinions may be influenced
by his environment and by the charac
ter of his opportunities for observation.
Bishop Potter has lived all his Ufa
in New York. He Is the ecclesiastical
head of the richest church corporation
In America. He has never known any
thing in his Individual experience but
ease and affluence. His daily associa
tions are among the richest people of the
richest city In America. If there is any
place on the Western Continent where
the lust for gain, which Bishop Potter
arraigns with so much severity, Is preva
lent. It Is New York.
It is fair to assume that Bishop Pot
ter does not know that In this country
the passion for money Is stronger In the
East than It Is In the West, but that 13
the fact. For example, a dollar In Kan
sas City does not look as large as a dime
in New York or New England. The same
difference prevails between America and
Europe with an affection for money pre
ponderating In the Old World though
Bishop Potter implies in his address that
the reverse is true.
In the international marriages, which
have become fashionable, the European
Is the fortune-hunter. American young
men do not go abroad to search for rich
wives, nor do American girls marry for
eigners for their wealth, but for the
titles which they obtain with their hus
bands. This empty distinction is dearly
purchased in many instances, but the
practice, with all that may be said
against It, proves that the Americans care
much less for money than the Europeans,
who are willing to give even themselves
for it.
In accusing the Americans of an in
ordinate greed for money. Bishop Potter
has made a lamentably superficial diag
nosis of the National character. As a
person having everything about him to
minister to his comfort and gratify his
taste, he falls apparently to understand
the value of the dollar to the great
body . of Americans who are dependent
on their own efforts for a livelihood. In
a country like this, the chief aim of the
people Is to gain a competence and be
come Independent. Only under extraor
dinary circumstances Is there any other
strong Inspiration to action. But when
the incentive comes to lift the peo
ple above the level of material acquisi
tion as In the case of war and the de
fense of the flag Bishop Potter will not
attempt to deny that the response is al
ways noble and spontaneous.
Again, when a great and overwhelm-,
lng calamity overtakes any American"
community, could anything be less In
dicative of greed and a sordid spirit than
the spontaneous sympathy with which
the country rushes to the rescue?
It Is to be deeply regretted that the
American people should be so sadly mis
Judged by a man of Bishop Potter's
great ability and his genuine friendship
for his fellow-creatures. What he de
nounces as lust for money Is, In fact,
merely the development of the. National
Instinct for achievement. The American
Is ambitious, but he is not wedded to
the worship of gold. To the great bulk
of the population there is no field of ef
fort open but Industry. This creates the
natural desire to get on In the world
and to achieve success by the means .t
hand. This is what Bishop Potter char
acterizes as lust for gain. It is as far
from that as one pole Is from another.
In no country under the sun do the peo
ple make money as serviceable to their
enjoyment as In America. They give It
up freely for anything they desire. They
do not attach to It a value superior to
any good or wholesome thlrfcT In life.
They would cheerfully rbanr"on Its ac
quisition as they have done whenever
the occasion has demanded for any mis
sion requiring such a surrender.
The esthetic development of this coun
try has not yet reached a point to era
ate a large leisure class to center Its at
tention on art and the higher refine
ments of life. When that time comes
as it will, and that right early Bishop
Potter will discover that materialism has
not destroyed the appreciation of the
beautiful In this country.
The men in America are not given over
to money-worship. The woman are not
mercenary. Above all, the children, who
are most unjustly Included in Bishop Pot
ter's pronunclamento against the dollar,
are not tainted with ambition for gain.
"Whatsoever things are Just, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of goad
report," these are the things that axe
prized and esteemed by the American
people above money, and It I? to be pro
foundly deplored that a public taacher or
the exalted station of Bishop Potter does
not comprehend it.
CAR JUMPED THE TRACK
In the Smash-Up a Section Hand's
Collar-Bone "Was Broken.
A freight-car jumped the track on the
O. R. & N. Railroad, about four miles-east
of the city, last night, and caused a wreck
of several freight-cars. A section work
man, A. A. McClure, who was on board
the train, was the only person Injured.
He managed to make his way to the East
Side frleght station of the Southern Pa
cific Railway, where he met Watchman
Lovert. The police officials were notified,
and McClure was taken to St. Vincent's
Hospital, where it was found .that his collar-bone
was broken, and that he is in
'jured Internally. v
Mnnlclpnlltlen Leajrue Convention.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Dec. 13. At the
League of American Municipalities con
vention, interesting papers were read by
President Johnson, of Denver, and the
Mayor of Fargo, N. D., on the "Contract
System for Street Improvement"; Mayor
Weakley, of Florence, Ala., and Lawson
Purdy. of New York, on "Tax Reform
Association on Municipal Taxation"; by
City Engineers Crabbe, of Fargo, and
Tllson. of Brooklyn, on "Street Paving,"
and by Mayor Driscoll, of New Haven,
Conn., on "Shade Trees."
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Brplre College Record.
CHICAGO. Dec 13. Fred L. Dlndham
mer, or Northwestern Academy, yester
day brokf all the Western college records
In a strength test taken at the Evanstdn
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, under the su
pervision of Director Dass. Dlndhammer
scored a total of 4632 points. The best
Do You 7
Cornc, nov, tell tac honest
truth. Yoo don't like those
gray hsirs iayour head, do you?
And your husband don't like
them, either! Then please him.
hy buying a bottle of Ayer's
Hair Vigor. It restores color
to gray hair every time. It takes
out all dandruff, too, and keeps
the scalp clean and healthy.
If yon do not obtain tho benefit yoa desiro
from wo of the Visor, -write the Doctor
about it. He will tell yoa juit the right
tningtoao. Acuresi,.ur.,i.v;..a.YB,.Loweii,
JOSS.
previous" college record In the West was
423S. made by Alfred W, Place, of the
University of Chicago, on February 16
last. The marks scored by Dlndhammer
were as follows: Arms. 11S9; legs, 2S04;
trunk.' 639; total 1532. Dlndhammer is 23
years o fage. weighs only 159 pounds, and
is 5 feet 7 Inches high.
Von Schroeder's Snlt Ag-alnst Call.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 13. The trial
of the libel suit of Baron von Schroeder
against the Morning Call, In which dam
ages to the amount of $250,000 are asked,
commenced today at San Rafael. The
Call printed an article commenting upon
the conduct of Baron Tron Schroeder at
the fashionable Hotel Rafael, of which
he is the owner. The names of a number
of prominent and wealthy society people
of San Francisco will be brought into the
case, which Is expected to be one of the
most sensational ever tried on the Paciflo
Coast, Today's proceedings were devoted
to the selection of jurors.
Rnn on a New York Bank.
NEW YORK. Dec. 13. The. run on the
Harlem Savlnss Bank was continued to
day. At S o'clock, two hours before tha
time for the bank to open for business,
there were 350 depositors In line. The
crowd was kept In order by a polico
squad. President Charles R. Tooker, of
the bank, said today:
"We will so right on paying Just as
fast as our force will permit, until 3
o'clock this afternoon, the closing- hour
for the day. We will pay again tomorrow
and as long as the run continues."
For the Henley Regatta.
NEW YORK. Dec 13. At the annual
dinner of the Dauntless Rowing Club last
night. It was decided to send the senior
elght-oared crew of the club to Eng
land to compete In the Henley regatta in
1902. This crew Is still in training and is
confidently expected by the club to win
the National championship In the senior
class during the season of 1901. It will
then spend another year training for the
Henley event and will attempt to capture .
that biue ribbon of the aquatic world In
the following Spring.
Dickens to Command the Oregon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. Captain F.
W. Dickens, U. S. N., will 3all tomorrow
for the Asiatic station on the steamer
Rio de Janeiro, to take command of the
Oregon. He expects soon to bring the
battle-ship to this port for permanent re
pairs to her hull, which was seriously
Injured when she struck a submerged
rock In Chinese waters. The Kentucky
will replace the Oregon In the Orient.
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"Wisconsin's Vote.
MADISON, Wis.. Dec. 13. The total vote
of Wisconsin, as officially canvassed, was
425,151. McKlnley's plurality was 106.3S1.
LaFollette, Republican, for Governor, has
a plurality of 103,745.
To the Khedive of Egypt
A strolling player cams
With an accomplished parrot
Which well deserved It fasm
But wfcea tfce parrot started
It cleverness to Juw,
instead of iU accustomed rile,
It snouted forth H-O.
Por on th vsyso ovofv
Each meal aboard that u
The rraJcw H-O wer foeas
O eYorybed. U.
Asd when the startled rule
The reason came to know.
He laughed a lot and straightway bought ,
A package of H-O.
AH who eat M-O
(Hornby' Steam Coofcad OatrnsaT)
Know that it Is far superior
to any sort of oats
and are not afraid to say so.
No matter where you arew
In whatever part of the world
you can gtt H0 .
by slcsply asking for the
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