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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1901.
BILL FOR DRYDOCK
Provisions of Act Authoriz
. ing $400,000 Bonds.
NEW COMMISSIONERS NAMED
Power of Board to Create Debt Lim
itedSpecial Tax for JTctt Dredge
Authorized Vacancies to Be
Filled by Legislature.
The Port of Portland bill, "giving - the
commission authority to issue $400,000
worth of bonds for a drydock, and also
amending- the acts estaollshlng and in
corporating the Port of Portland, Intro
duced by Senator Smith, of Multnomah,
and indorsed by the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, received its first reading In
the .Senate last Friday. The bill names
the personnel of the commission as fol
lows: Charles E. Ladd. Ellis G. Hughes,
John McCraken, T. B. Wilcox, M. E.
Banfield, B. S. Rellly and Ben Selling.
The three men last named were not pre
viously members, while five old members
of tho committee are not reappointed
Messrs. "Williams. Brown, Hill, Mc
Eachern and Flanders. The commission
is therefore cut from nine to seven mem
bers. The most Important provisions of the
new law relate to the drydock, and are
as follows:
"Section S. The said the Port of Port
land shall have power to, in Its discre
tion, acaulre. own and hold a sight for,
and to erect, hold, own and operate a
drydock, at and within the harbor at
the City of Portland, on the Willamette
Elver, on the terms and conditions fol
lowing, that is to say:
"L That the said drydock shall not be
less than of a sufficient size and capacity
to accommodate vessels of 400 feet in
length.
"2. That the same shall be constructed
of the style or pattern known as a float
ing drydock, that is, so as to float and
rise and fall with the water in the river.
"3. That said drydock shall be perma
nently located in or on a site to be pur
chased and owned therefor, and which
shall be so excavated as to allow of the
dock floating therein, which site shall be
on the bank of the Willamette River
within the harbor at the City of Port
land and adjoining or abutting on a pub
lic street of said city, and of sufficient
width or length between said street and
the established wharf line of said harbor
to admit of the whole length of said
dock being between said street and said
wharf line.
"4. That said drrydock shall be so lo
cated as to be easily accessible from
come one or more of the railroads op
erated to and in the City of Portland, and
as far as practicable central to that part
of said harbor now mostly used by ship
ping. "5. That said dock shall be so located
and constructed as that at extreme low
water in the Willamette River the same
shall admit vessels drawing 20 feet of
water; provided, always, that nothing
herein contained shall be so construed as
to authorize the said the Port of Portland
to carry on the work of repairing, clean
ing or painting vessels, but that under
such rules and regulations as the said
the Port of Portland may make as there,
to that said dock shall be at all times
open to the various mechanics of tho
City of Portland for the performing of
such work.
"Sec 9. That for the purpose of ac
quiring a site for a drydock, preparing
said site for the use of and constructing
said drydock, and in all manner placing
the same in condition for use, with the
necessary appliances therefor, the said
the Port of Portland shall have power
to borrow such sum or sums of money
as may be found necessary to purchase
and prepare a site for, and to construct
and place In operation said drydock In
manner as In this act provided to be done,
not exceeding In the aggregate the sum
of WO0.O00, and to issue Its bonds there
for. But other than to the extent of the
amount found necessary to be used In the
construction of said drydock, not exceed
ing the sum of $400,000, as aforesaid, the
Bald corporation shall not have power to
Incur any other or further bonded indebt
edness other than that already Incurred
and existing at the time of the passage
of this act, which bonded indebtedness
eo now existing is hereby recognized, rati
fied and confirmed."
The bonds authorized shall be Issued
for a term of 30 years, and bear Interest
not exceeding 4 per cent per annum, and
ore to be sold to the highest bidders after
due advertising In Eastern and Portland
newspapers. The commission is given
power to levy taxes for the purpose of
paying interest on the outstanding indebt
edness and for Its work in general, not
to exceed 1 mills, and also special taxes
to pay Interest on the drydock bonds, If
the Income of the drydock over and above
the cost of operation and maintenance
is not sufficient to meet the annual in
terest. A special tax for the purpose of
building a new dredge is authorized in
case there are not sufficient funds for
the purpose in the general fund of the
commission. The drydock and dredge
funds are to be kept separate. Money may
be paid from the general fund into these
funds but not from them back Into the
general fund, or into any other fund.
Sinking funds are provided for the dry
dock and. general funds. The provision
for a drydock sinking fund is as fol
lows: "Sec 19. In the event that the amount
received by the said the Port of Portland
from the operation of the drydock which
It is in and by this act authorized to
construct and operate, shall exceed the
current Interest on the bonds Issued to
build the same as herein provided to be
done and the expense of maintaining and
operating the same, the surplus up to an
amount not exceeding tne sum of $10,000
shall remain in said drydock fund 'as a
contingency fund from which to make good
from time to time any future deficiency
between the amount received from the
operation of said drydock and the amount
necessary to pay said interest and ex
penses of operation and maintenance, and
the remainder of such surplus, If any such
there be. leaving said contingency fund
of $14,000 in said drydock fund, shall go
into a sinking fund to be used to retire
the bonds issued. to build said drydock on
their maturity or in case of necessity to
be usd to replace said drydock."
The commission is given power to make
temporary loans to be repaid out of taxes
to be levied later, but the power to cre
ate any other indeottuness i absolutely
limited.
The power of the commission to make
contracts with its nr.T.b':rs is absj'utely
prohibited, as follow-:
"Section 23. The said Port of Portland
sliaH net make any contract of any kind
or nature, save only for the repayment
of money borrowed and had and used by
it with any one or more of the members
of Its board of commissioners, or with
any copartnership, firm, or corporation, of
-which any one or more of said commis
sioners may be a member, or in which he
or they may be directly or Indirectly in
terested, nor shall any such contract be
Implied by reason of any benefit or ad
vantage received or enjoyed by the said
Port of Portland, and any and all con
tracts which the said Port of Portland
may attempt .to make with any member
o Its- board of commissioners, or in which
any such member shall be directly or In
directly Interested, or with any copart
nership,' firm, or corporation, of which any
such member shall be a member, or 'n
which any member be directly or indi
rectly Interested, shall be absolutely isuli
and void, and that without regard to
whether the said Port of Portland may or
may not have recelved and enjoyed any
benefits therefrom."
Section 25 abo'Ishes the limited execu
tive committee of the commission. Such
a committee niy be provided, but every
commissioner shall be a member, and the
committee shall exercise only the powers
delegated to it by the commission. No
part of the commission's authority may
be delegated to any other committee.
"Vacancies arising in the commission are
to be filled by the remaining members by
election, until the next Legislative ses
sion when the vacancy shall be
filled by election by the Legisla
tive Assembly. It is made the
duty of the commission to report bi
ennially to the state Legislative Assembly
everything done under the act.
Ellis G. Hughes, member of the Port
of Portland Commission, was interviewed
concerning a rumor to the effect that he
owned the only site of land In Portland
available for the drydock, according to
the description of the site contained In
the act. Mr. Hughes said very emphati
cally: "Jn regard to this report I desire to
say that the man making It e'lther did
not read the bill or he Is- an ass. The
property required for the drydock must
be from 400 to 500 feet long from the street
line to the wharf line. Now my property,
which is "north of the Weldler mill site.
Is not available for two reasons: In the
first place It Is at least 100 feet too short,
and 100 feet too narrow. In the second
place, according to the provision- In sec
tion 23, the commission cannot make a
contract of such a nature with any of
Its members. I couldn't sell. my prop
erty to the Port of Portland If I wanted
to.
"The bill Introduced into the Legisla
ture is as I drew It up with a few alter
ations made by the delegation. In the
bill as I drew it up, I did not name any
members for the commission."
Y. P. S. C. E. CONVENTION.
Twentieth Annual Meeting? Conclud
ed Yesterday.
PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 3. With meet
ings in every Protestant church in Port
land today, the 20th annual convention of
the Y. P. S. C. E. came to a close. The
day opened with the usual qulot hour
services at the Second Parish Church, con
ducted by John Willis Baer, general sec-
retary of the society". Dr. Francis E.
Clark, of Boston, the founder of the so
ciety, delivered a sermon at this church,
and other pulpits were occupied by Bish
op 'Alexander Walters, of Jersey City;
Bishop B,. W. Arnett, of Ohio; President
John Henry Barrows, of Oberlln, O., and
others.
The principal gathering was at the City
Hall in the afternoon, when Dr. Francis
E. Clark presided over a union meeting.
An Immense crowd was present.
The special feature was the congrega
tional singing of the most familiar Chris
tian Endeavor hymns by a chorus of near
ly 2000.
The general exercises of the day were
concluded with two evangelistic meetings
for men and women, conducted respective
ly in the hall of the Y. M. C. A. and
the Friends' Church. The evening ad
dresses were delivered in different
churches by some of the visiting Chris
tian Endeavor workers.
AT' THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
A Kuhn, Colfax
P A Perry, Boston
S D Bowers. Tacoma
C A Hughes and wife,
Seattle '
C "W Cook. Tacoma
T T Crowe, Tacoma
DtLM Sims, Kalama
M L Hantlne, Balti
more, Md .
A J Lee, Astoria
E M Rands, Vancouver
IV B Starr, Brookneld
E D Rogers, Chicago
M J "Wax, city
C G Smith, city
A O Bowers, Tacoma
G R Hughes, Tacoma
H G Piatt, San Fran
L Bearwald. San Fran
F L Wheeler, North
Yakima
N L Brlnker, San Frn
L R Plechner, St Paul
H K. Wetcalf, N T
N K Blgelow. N T
H Growsage. N-Y
J Jacob, N Y
W F Thomas, San Fm
C W Hauxhurst. S F
C Greenberg, N T
B Schloss and wife,
San Francisco
Ed L Howe, and wife,
Chicago
S D Rosenbaum,
Stockton, Can
"W S Stttt. Chicago
H P Stow and wife
Forbestown, Cat
Mrs T B Reavdon,
Orovllle, Cal
C G Bertram. San Fran
E Beyfoss, San Fran
R Belaguard, Tacoma
THE PERKINS.
F Gerbel, La Grande
Win Ross, Astoria
J Thorburn, Astoria
J E Allison. Salem
H Jacobson. Astoria
A W'chher. Vancouver
J M Wells. Boise
t E Armstrong, (jngo
F Wood, Hay Creek
D Rice. Roseburg
Miss C Walling. "Star
'rtnlr,, rVimnnnv
A B Eastham, do I
Miss C Taylor, do
A Parker, Vancouver t
Miss s B Mead, do
Miss V Bennett, do
Chas H Boyle, do
Matt Smith, do
C F Hobart, Spokane
JJ Y Stipe, Astoria
P Jones, Astoria
H Easterbrook, do
W C Curtis, Astoria
H S McGowan, do
K Zelasko, Aberdeen
Mrs H S McGowan, do
A J Plckard, Eugene
C W Collins. B C
F H Kiddle, Island Cty
J W Knight, Canby
L CrabiU, Baker City
J W Warner. San Frn
W H Daughtrey. Ta
coma -C
Redmond, Chicago
F A Douty, Independ
ence Mrs Douty, do
A J Johnson. Astoria
J W Maxwell. Tilla
mook, Or
H A Taylor, Breston
J M Joseph, do
H C Harris, Astoria
B F Allen, Astoria
John Rlzer. North
E G McMath. Cincln
J R UDton. St Paul
C F Cunningham, Boise
u E smiri. Boise
S D Evans, Cleveland
D Dixon, Roseburg
J D Reed, Phoenix
Mrs J D Reed, do
A P Hodges. San Frn
E Shame. Tacoma
W J McConnell. Idaho
C H Taft. Petaluma
G H Hamilton, Seattle
E J Edwards, Minne
apolis J B Ross man. do
E M Lewis, Seattle
Mrs E M Lewis, do
W H StenkofC. Salem
L C Kinney, Astoria
Mrs L C Kinney, do
D C Conovar. Astoria
E P McDonald. Ala
G W Hayes, Burns
S H Gregsby. San Frn
H o shiny. Seattle
J H Klorstern, Seattle
P F Shaw, Baker City
THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowles, Manager.
T E Wilson. Salem
Mrs Wilson, Salem
J Newman, Burns
Geo Stevens, Astoria
L M Fisher. N P R R
L N Burrs, Chicago
D M Miller, Corey. Pa
Mrs Mably. Tacoma
Mrs G J Wilier. Se
I S Geer. Salem
Mrs Geer, Salem
E M Eldridge. city
W L Bradshaw. Dalles
Grant Mays, Dalles
R S Jackson. Hunt
ington. Mrs Jackson. do
ii &l xsyuee, xuituu rails
attle, wash
IC E wurinan, do
E M Rands. Vancouver! A R Mattoon, Looking
3 il Burcnert, uvereui uiass
Mrs Burchert. do
Mrs Mattoon, do
R D Gilbert, Salem
J W Hamakar, Klam
ath Falls
H F Hallenbeck, Eugeo
Mabel Burchert. do i
Master Burchert, do
C E Goodell. San Frn
L C Tamm. N X
G Chandler. Baker Cty Airs Hallenbeck. do
Mrs Chandler. do 2 F Moody, Dalles
J Crawford, Vancouverl Annie Donegan, Burns
Chas H Boyle, "Star J J Bell. Vancouver
Boarders" IMrs Bell Vaucouver
Sue Bell Mead, do S R Freeman, city
Viola Bennett, do F Gerbel. La Grande
Matt Smith, do W G Howell, Astoria
THE ST. CHARLES.
L B Rlnehart, Union
Fred Hogg, city
C A Burbank. Jr. city
J M Crall, Touchet
J A Benson, Boston
D I Lawton. Boston
W C Hally, Medford
I George, Woodland
J Rayle, Knoxvllle
Glen Howell, city
E F Shortledge. city
Mrs E F Shortledge.
city
J V Hottor. Butte
T E Brown, city
John A King. Spokane
D G Davis and son,
Arlington
TV H Bonser, city
C L Williams, Browns-
ville
Chas Eaton. Sauvle's
W H Chamberlain. Ta
coma Mrs W H Chamber
lain. Tacoma
M Morrow, Ocosta
Jas Feddler, Kelso
C L Williamson,
Brownsville
W Abornathy. Dora
Capt John W Brown,
Hood River
N Morrow, Ocosta
N Merrill, Clatskanle
D Altenberg. Stella
A J Finch, San Fran
W H Bowser. Port Es-
slngton, B C
B J Planvelt, Carroll
ton W J Hall, city
J Williams, Seattle
A B Nlnsop, Lebanon
Miss A Hanke. Cath-
lamet
M A Magone. Or City
C E Zlegler. city
H McBee. Eugene
E N Hudson. Carlton
A Denlsch. city
L C Palmer. Battle
Ground
N Phillips, City
Hotel BrnnstTlclc. Seattle.
European; first-class. Rates. 75c and up.
One block from depot. Restaurant next
door.
Tacoma Hotel, Tncomn.
American plan. Rates. $3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel, Tncomn.
European plan. Rates. SOc ,and up.
To Grndnate West Point Cadets.
WEST POINT, N. Y Feb. 6. Official
orders were received, from Adjutant-General
Corbln to take steps to graduate the
first class of cadets on Monday, Febru-
jary 1$,
IN MEMORY OF THE QUEEN
(Continued from First Page.)
then 32 years old, a volume of his' verse.
In the dedication we find these lines:
Take, madam, this poor book of song;
For tho the faults were thick as dust
In vacant chambers, I could trust.
Tour kindness. May you rule as Ions.
And leave us rulers of your blood
As noble till the latest day!
May children of our children say,
"She wrought her people lasting good;
Her court was pure; her life serene;
God gave her peace; her land reposed;
A thousand claims to reverence closed
In her as mother, wife and Queen."
After nearly half a century we look
back and find the words of the. poet to
have been the words of a prophet. Well
and- truthfully we say of her: "She
wrought her people lasting good."
First Victoria purified the royal court.
There Is no better cure for a pessimist
REV. A. A. MORRISON, RECTOR OF TRINITY CHURCH.
than a study of the conditions of the
royal household in England, comparing
the moral life there in the days of Will
iam IV, and his predecessors, the Georges,
with the present day. Drunkenness and
profligacy were the rule. The manners
were coarse, and the young Queen found
her first work to be nothing short of a
general cleansing of the palace. She soon
convinced those about her that she knew
no difference in the moral code that was
binding on a ruler and that which bound
tho humblest subject. The old adage,
"the King can do no wrong," was speed
ily changed to "the Queen will do r.o
wrong." Before her pure life and firm
stand for right the coarse and sensual fled
away. She gathered about her a court of
llko spirit, and It was not long till Eng
land knew that in the beautiful young
ruler she had an example to whom the
people could look at one worthy to be
copied In all the walks of life. It was
this that made her so suddenly popular.
Her coronation was the occasion for the
grandest display of enthusiasm that the
nation had known for a century. To genu
ine loyalty there was added true heart
love. The value of this to the world can
not be estimated. It gave power to her
among her best subjects. It reached the
homes of the common people. It- spread
to the courts of Europe, until, now the
crowned heads are of a higher moral type
than ever before In the history of the
world. I am not sure but this will be
the one great achievement of the Queen's
long reign, viz., to purify the royal courts
6f the world. She has done no one thing
that has startled the race. No one would
call her a rare genius, nor did she at
tempt leadership In any spectacular way.
but she set her face like a flint toward
the things that are good and pure, and
the result Is the transformation of many
of the notions as to what constitutes a
Queenly character.
It Is worth noticing here that In some
way God has wonderfully opened the way
for this woman's influence to reach royal
palaces. No sovereign has been so much
in reality the progenitor of Kings ann
Princes. To the Influence of the sovereign
of, the greatest nation of modern times
was added that subtle all-powerful in
fluence that comes from blood relationship.
Two Emperors bent over her coffin yes
terday, not so much in sorrow over the
death of England's Queen, as In grief over
REV. A. BLACKBURN, PASTOR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
the death of their loving mother. In many
a circle of those In whose veins flows
the royal blood the story will be often
told of the pure and noble life of the
good Queen Victoria. "She wrought her
people lasting good."
She exalted wifehood and
motherhood.
Her marriage, soon after being crowned,
to the man she loved, had a marked' in
fluence on her whole career. He was a
gentleman of refined tastes and Chris
tian character. To all Britain she was a
true Queen, to her husband she was a
true wife. Nine children were welcomed
Into that royal home, six of whom survive
her. WJih " all"he cafes of state, from
which she did not shrink, Victoria did not
forget that she was a mother. Her chil
dren and grandchildren knew her as other
children krfow their mothers and grand
mothers. Removed from the royal court
there was a circle that was not mis
named home: It was here the Queen was
at her best. She looked to the ways of
her household in most womanly fashion.
She shared their- joys and sorrows. She
cared for their education, and three gen
erates of her own have looked into her
kindly face. The younger of them will
remember hor best, as she shared with
them even In their childish romps. Eng
land has always been strong in her home
life, but that has gained new strength
In the Victorian reign. The humblest
mother in the pains of childbirth can re
member that her good Queen has passed
through the same experience. The one
worn with the care of little ones may feel
that her Queen had sympathy, and the
sid mother-heart that breaks because a
loved one has been taken can feel her
sorrow lighter when she remembers that
I the greatest woman' of the world has
burled her own children. What more
touching and sad widowhood than that of
the Queen, who from the day of his death
till her own, never for a day forgot the
memory of her husband? That this in
fluence has been real Is shown in the
homes of her descendants. Her grandson,
George, now heir-apparent to tho throne,
has a family of four children; William 11
of Germany, another grandson, has seven
children, and her granddaughter. Princess
Allx, Czarina of Russia, has a lovely
home with 'three bright daughters.
Such an example of wifehood and
motherhood does more to perpetuate the,
home life of the world than all the preach-'
ings of a thousand pulpits.
Third She illuminated Christian faith.
The first recorded words that fell from
her lips on that eventful morning at 5
o'clock, when her Ministers announced her
succession -to the throne, were: "I beg
your grace to pray for me." This spirit
of dependence on God followed her all
through life. She was devout before her
Gpd. The people knew her as a Chris
tian. It wa3 her custom to strictly ob
serve the Lord's day. The services at the
Queen's chapels were more than forms. In
deed she seemed to delight In the simpler
forms of worship in which there was
little ceremony. Her reign covered a pe
riod of the world's history that Is un
surpassed In the development of thought.
. mi of many has been shaken by the
sutble assaults of unbelief. In the great
English church, of which she was the
nominal head, there were drifts; on the
one hand toward a liberalism that falls
little short of infidelity, and on the other
hand toward the Roman Catholic. Yet
the Queen has not been moved from the
doctrines and worship of the great con
servative body of her church.
In that wonderful poem of Rudyard
Kipling's, written at the celebration of
the GOth anniversary of the Quoan's ac
cession to the throne, these words are
found:
The tumult and the shouting dies.
The Captains and the Kings depart;
Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
A humble and a contrite heart.
She saw her nation grow in wealth, and
empire, and power, she was crowned "Em
press of India." She heard tho echo of
the shouts of her loyal, loving subjects In
every part of the globe. Yet she was ever
the woman of "an humble, contrua
heart." She acknowledged herself Queen
by the grace of God, and the God of all
grace sustained her.
More than . four-score years had fallen
upon this Queen, this wife and mother.;
this Christian woman. These were sad
dened by the death of kindred, but most'
of all by the losses of her soldiers In
Africa, a war which she never approved.
The careworn face grew melancholy, and
the step grew feeble. News came that the
dreadful war was over and she rallied.
But when Lord Roberts told her that
the war was not over, and that more
Englishmen must be sent tfl the front, her
heart sank within her, and she was be
yond the skill of the physician. .
The great heart was crushed and bleed
ing for her children, her sons' under
African skies and her daughters sorrow
ing in their homes. The loving Father
saw it all and sent his angel to call his
child to the land of rest and peace: she
heard the call and like a child went home.
If It were mine to chisel the words on
her tomb at Windsor, where she sleeps
beside her husband,, they would be these
mole ones: Victoria 63 years England's
womanly Queen, and 63 years the world's
Queenly woman.
"Jerusalem, the Golden," was the next
hymn, and Judge George H. Williams
spoke next.
HON. GEO. H. WILLIAMS' ADDRESS.
"As a. Woman, She Was Empress of
the World."
One of England's great poets has said
that "the path of glory leads but to the
grave," but the path made glorious by
good deeds leads beyond the grave. All
alike, good and bad, must die, but death
consecrates the example of the good,
embalms It in the human sympathy and
preserves it for the use of the world.
When death severs the tender ties of
family it is natural Tor the bereaved ones
to mourn, but those not. so kindred to the
dead Queen have no occasion for tears,
for she came down to her grave like a
sheaf of corn fully ripe
Rich in the world's opinion and men's praise
And full of all he could desire, but days.
We have assembled today under the
semblance of mourning, but the real ob
ject and effect of this meeting are to
celebrate the virtues of Queen Victoria.
We honor the dead to help the living.
People here are not thinking about the
splendor of a crown, the scepter of power
or the trappings of royalty, but t hey are
thinking about the undying deyotlon of
a wife and mother and the unsullied
purity of an Illustrious woman. Queen
Victoria as a Queen was Empress of
Great Britain and the Indlas, but as a
woman she was Empress of the world.
Her throne of Imperial power has passed
into, the hands of another, bu though
dead, she reigns upon an imperial throne
in the hearts of millions of people. If
greatness Is to be judged by its good ef
fects upon mankind, then Queen Victoria
was greater In her death than in her life.
While she lived her wise and just admin
istration of public affairs excited admir
ation, but. when she died the best and
deepest emotions of the human heart
In all lands were envoked into strong and
active sympathy. Queen Victoria's ca
reer is an Incentive to rectitude of life
by all women, and her death an Inspira
tion clothed In the habiliments of sor
row. All women can not be as great as Queen
Victoria was, but all women can be as
great as she was In all that constitutes
the beauty of a character. Every woman,
however humble her sphere In life, If she
will, can have It said of her what can be
truthfully said of Queen Victoria, that
the world is better because she has lived.
Queen Victoria ruled In ,the political
world with her head, but in the moral
world she ruled with her heart. She
loved her people, and they loved her. This
was the secret of her long and sudcessful
reign. Her affections were as broad as
her empire. Every shot that killed a gal
lant soldier In South Africa wounded the
heart of Queen Victoria.
Memorial services are not held by the
people of this country so much because
Queen Victoria was a Queen as because
she was an, exemplary woman. No pub
lic demonstration would be made here on
account of her death If she had been a
bad or dissolute person. She was on a
throne and In the fierce light that beats
upon a throne the excellence of her char
acter was made conspicuous to the world.
Kings and Queens are generally surround
ed by sycophants and parasites who
sometimes draw their sovereigns Into Im
moral practice or the exercise of unjusti
fiable power, but no such seductive In
fluences drew Queen Victoria from an ex
alted and Christian womanhood. Scenes
around a deathbed are generally sacred
from the public eye, but the presence of
the German Emperor at the bedside of
the dying Queen Is an Incident of which
the world may take notice. Be it said to
his praise that he had the heart and
courage to sink the pride of the monarch
In the feelings of a man. I find in history
no parallel to this. While the angel of
death was hovering over the great Queen,
two emperors, her lineal descendants, were
kneeling at her bedside to take for the last
time a hand forever vanished, and to hear
for the last time a voice forever stilled.
It Is to be hoped for the sake of peace
that the ties of blood will prove stronger
than the ambition and Jealousy of states.
All of us know that the Influence of
Queen Victoria was for good, but how
much this Influence conduced to the im
provement of mankind and the peace of
the world no one can know until the re
cording angel opens his books, and the
accounts are made up for eternity.
I can not at this time dlsouss the events
of Queen Victoria's reign. They will
make a great and brilliant history, but
there Is one act of her administration
which may be appropriately noticed upon
this occasion. I am advised and believe
that during our Civil War the British
Ministry, with Lord Palmerston at Its
head, was disposed to recognize the
Southern Confederacy. If this policy had
been adopted the countries. of Continental
Europe would have followed suit and our
difficulties In overcoming the rebellion
would have been greatly Increased, If
not made Insurmountable. Queen Vic
toria and Prince Albert were opposed to
this policy, and their Influence prevailed.
It Is possible, perhaps probable, if Queen
Victoria and her good husbanad had not
taken a stand for the Union cause, the
United States might now be divided and a
Southern confederacy, founded upon hu
man slavery, be flaunting its flag in the
face of a civilized world. All Americans,
in view of this fact, can properly and
gratefully pay a tribute of respect to
the memory of the dead Queen. I can
think of no more appropriate epitaph for
the tomb of Queen Victoria than the bles
sed word "Rest."
Burdened with the cares of state and
with a mother's heart wrung with the
loss of children and friends: after more
than four score years of toll, trouble and
sorrow, death gently folded her to Its
bosom and In the possession of a reason
able religious and holy hope, she fell
Into an untroubled and endless sleep.
The weary was at rest. There Is a
heavenly radiance over a death like this.
Queen Victoria has not only left foot
prints in the sands of time, as the poet
says, but she has left a sweet and fra
grant memory In the great warm heart
of the world.
O Queen, farewell, still possessed
Of dear remembrance, blesslnc still and blest.
The first verse of the British national
anthem followed:
God save our. gracious King,
Long live our noble King,
God Save the King;
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious.
Long to reign over us;
God save the King.
The
triumphant notes of the
"For All the Saints Who
war
Fro m
hymn,
Their Labors Rest?' finished the service.
In addition to the clergymen who gave
addresses and took part In the ritual,
on the platform were: British Consul
Laldlaw, Rev. Dr. T. L. Eliot, Rev. W.
R.- Lord, Rev. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Rev.
W. T. Wilson, Rev. C. C. Bruce, Rev.
H. W, Kellogg. Rev. J. H. Gibson. Rev.
C. H. Lake. Rev. Ray Palmer, Rev.
Henry A. Barden, Rev. A. W. Acker
man, Mayor Rowe, Judge C. B. Bellinger,
Judge J. B. Cleland, Hon. W. D. Fenton,
Municipal Judge Cameron, French Con
sul C Henri Labbe, German Consul C.
Von Wlntzlngerode, Russian Consul Gus
tav Wilson, Swiss Consul Charles
Blrcher, G. G. Ames, Piper James Moon,
formerly of the Black Watch Regiment;
J. C. Robertson and John Latta,
A number of Benton County wheelmen
are. endeavoring to have their bicycle
taxes refunded, ;
SALARIES HIGH ENOUGH
marion comrrr against better
PAY FOR OFFICIALS.
Bill In Legislature Would Make Sev
eral Positions More Remunera
tive Discussion of Subject.
SATjEM", Or., Feb. 2. The taxpayers of
Marion County do not look with favor
upon the attempt of some of their rep
resentatives in the Legislature to in
crease the salaries of Marlon County offi
cials. It is a movement that has Its ori
gin in official circles, and has never re
ceived in any way the slightest encour
agement from the people. The officers
whose compensation the Marlon County
delegation proposes to Increase are the
County Judge, School Superintendent,
County Recorder, County Treasurer, and
County Commissioners. It is understood
that a proposal was made that County
Clerk Hall should also be a beneficiary of
this measure, but that he declined to
participate in what he regarded as a vio
lation of his pre-election pledges. The
bill provides that the salaries of the
Judge, School Superintendent, Recorder
and Treasurer shall be raised to $1200 per
annum each, and that the County Com
missioners shall receive $4 per day, in
stead of $2 50, as heretofore. The Judge
has been receiving 5900 per year; the
School Superintendent, $1000; Recorder,
$1000, and Treasurer, 9S00. In behalf of
the Recorder It is urged that his salary
had been reduced at the special session
of 1S9S, and should in Justlce.be raised.
The raise for the County Treasurer is
based largely upon the ground that he is
required to furnish a large official bond,
as well as to perform his official duties.
The 'only reason given for the raise In
the other salaries Is that the former sal
aries are not sufficient.
This Important bill has been given
scarcely a passing notice by the local
press, hence the people generally have
not learned of Its purpose. It Is safe to
say that not a taxpayer In the county,
having no personal Interest In the raise,
will give the measure his approval. That
the salary of the County Treasurer is too
low many will agree. But all the officers
concerned, with the exception of the Re
corder, asked for and accepted their offices
with the understanding that they were
to receive the salaries prescribed by the
law as it now exists. It is therefore said
that if salaries are to be raised, the In
crease should not take effect until the
close of the present terms.
The principal objection to the contem
plated changes would probably be In op
position to the raises In the salaries of
County Judge, County Commissioners and
School Superintendent. Recently the
County Court, composed of the County
Judge and Commissioners, cut down the
assessed .valuations of the county, thus
greatly reducing the county revenue. To
reduce the revenue and Increase their sal
aries at the same time would hardly be a
move In the direction of good business
policy. Two years ago a cut was made in
the salaries of nearly all the county offi
cials, but this cut did not reach the com
pensation of the School Superintendent.
One of the members of the Marion
County delegation said today that he can
not favor the measure because he believes
It contrary to the representations upon
which the officers were elected. He says
that In the campaign there was not so
much as a hint that a raise In salaries
would be asked for, and If the people
had been given to understand that such
a raise would be sought, not a man on
the ticket could have been elected.
A prominent and Influential worker in
behalf of the successful ticket in the last
campaign said today that the proposed
raise In salaries Is warranted neither by
the pledges of the officers nor entirely by
the requirements of a just compensation.
He thinks that the salaries of the Treas
urer and County Judge may be too low,
but that the salary of the County School
Superintendent is already higher than
that official could earn In ordinary school
work. The work of the Superintendent's
office Is easier than that of the teacher,
while the present salary is higher. The
office Is guaranteed for a term of four
years, while the term of service of a
teacher Is very uncertain.
It has been said In support of the meas
ure that Marlon County's expenses have
geen greatly reduced, and the county will
soon be out of debt and can afford to pay
higher salaries. In answer to this It is
urged that ll Is not good policy to cut
down expenses for roads and bridges,
support of the poor and needed Improve
ments, and use the money thus saved to
raise salaries.
The Great and Small of It.
New York Telegram.
During Bernhardfs recent engagement
in this city she had great difficulty In
finding children who spoke French and
at the same time had the peculiar Intel
ligence that fitted them to take the child
parts In her productions. She began by
advertising and got French-speaking chil
dren, and to spare fine children, too, but
hopeless for her purpose.
Almost In despair she went to a certain
school of languages, and asked If they
did not know In" all New York of one
French-speaking child a child of intel
ligence, temperament.
They did, and told her of a certain small
miss, the daughter of a French woman,
a teacher of the language in a fashion
able school. They had some doubts,
though, whether the mother would care
to have her daughter appear before the
footlights even In such exalted company.
Naturally, Bernhardt had small regard for
such scruples, and promptly wrote the
mother, requesting an Interview.
When the letter was received, the small
girl was Informed of - its contents and
asked how she would like to appear with
the divine Sarah.
"Mme. Bernhardt, mused the child,
Sciatic
The cutting, tearing, burning, piercing, excruciating pains of
rsciatica are among the most common and painful forms oi .nerve
irritation. Nerves that are overworked, irritated, weakened and
run-down until their strength is all gone, cry out in protest
against such misuse and neglect. Are the nerves hungry? They
must be fed. Irritated nerves must be quieted, weakened nerves
strengthened and tired nerves soothed and rested. Worn-out
nerves must be built up and the vitality of the whole system re
plenished before permanent relief comes.
'I was laid up all winter with sciatica, rheumatism and
nervous prostration. The pains were so severe at times that
I could not turn in bed, and I was so nervous and restless that
I could sleep but little night or day. After doctoring several
months without being benefited I began using Dr. Miles'
fferdne. It helped me from the first (for that night I slept
soundly until morning) and six bottles cured me."
Pbed Myebs, Bed field, S. D.
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ut Miles Net wme
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"who Is this Mme. Bernhardt? I don't
know her."
She was told, and later, when taken to
the hotel where madam was staying,
waited, solemn-eyed, while the latter rat
tled on explaining her difficulties and her
desires.
Then, smiling graciously upon the
woman the world has long delighted to
honor, this small expatriated daughter of
France said gravely:
"But, madam, you are a tragedienne;
I I am comedienne."
It is needless to say Bernhardt caught
that small child up and never let her
leave her during her stay In the city.
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