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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1901)
THE. flioRNING OREGbftlAir, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1901. a Jhe rmomtm Entered &t the Post office at Portland, Oregon, us second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Booms 100 I Business Office... CG7 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mail (postage prepaid). In Advance Dally, with Sunday, per month $ S3 Doily, Sunday excepted, per year......... 7 50 Sally, with Sunday, per year.......-... 9 00 Sunday per "year ........................ 2 00 The "Weekly, per jear 1 50 The Weekly. 3 months 50 To City Subscribers Dally, per week, delivered, Sundays cxcepted.ISc Daily. ier week, delivered. Sundays included.20c POSTAGE RATES. f United States, Canada and Mexico? 10 to 18-pace paper....... .................. .lo 16 to 32-pasre paper.... ................... ...2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion intended for publication 5n The Oregonlan should be addressed Invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the .name of any individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to any .business matter should be addressed simply "The Oregonlan." The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories xrom Individuals, and cannot undertake to re turn any manuscripts sent to It without solici tation. No stamps should be Inclosed for this purpose. Paget Sound Bureau Captain A. Thompson. eCJoe at 1111 Pacific avenue, Taeoma. Box 355. ffacoma Postoffice. Eastern Business Office 17. 48. 0 and 59 Tribune building, New Tork City; 4G3 "The Rookery," Chicago; the S. C. Beckwlth special Rgency, Eastern representative. For sale In San Francisco by J. K. Cooper. j4C Market street, near the Palace Hotel; Gold smith Bros., 236 Sutter street: F. W. Pitts, 100S Market street: Foster & Orear, Ferry Sews stand. For sale in Los Angeles by B. F. Gardner. 259 So. Spring street, and Oliver & Haines, 100 So. Spring street. For Bale in Chicago by the P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. For sale In Omaha by H. C Shears, 105 N. Sixteenth street, and Barkalow 3ros., 1012 Farnam street. Tor sale In Salt Xake by the Salt Lake News Co., 77 W. Second South street. On file to Washington. D. C with A. W. Dunn, 500 14th N. W. For sale In Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & gendrick. 906-012 Seventh street. TODAY'S WEATHER. Showers during the xorenoon, -probably clearing during the after noon; fresh to brisk- squally southerly winds. PORTLAyp, SATURDAY, APRIL G. THE DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY. The elections are Democratic. In geniously as the Republicans try to minimize the force of the exhibit and talk about offsets In isolated cases, the fact stands out that the country is a good deal more Democratic and less Re publican than it was five months ago. The testimony Is unmistakable and the causes are not far to seek. The notable Democratic victories in Chicago and St. Douis were achieved in face of the opposition of Bryan and his leading lieutenants. The Commoner was urgent in its opposition to the reg ular Democratic candidate for Mayor of St. Louis, and Altgeld even left Chi cago to go to St Louis and take the stump for the same purpose. Yet in spite of this opposition, and that to Harrison in Chicago, Democratic May ors are elected in each city. In Ohio, Cleveland, Columbus and To ledo not only elected Democratic May ors, but showed Democratic gains. Michigan goes Republican by 40,000, whereas in 1900 it went Republican by 104,000. Democratic Mayors are elected also in East St Louis, Kansas City, Kan., Topeka, Racine and Da Crosse, in Wisconsin. What is the meaning of this reaction? Well, it simply means that the motives that have held men to the Republican rty are falling. One by one they have served their time and go on the shelf. Bloody shirt, high tariff, gold standard, expansion are all In this procession to the political garret, some in advance of others, but all on the inarch. There has never been a day since 1872 when the Republican party could carry the country on its war record. There has never been a day since 1888 when it could carry the country on the issue of so-called protection to American in dustry. The money question was deci sively settled in 1896, partially reopened in 1900, but all the efforts of the Dem ocrats to fan its embers with shrieks for silver, and all the plans of the Re publicans to heap on fuel by postponing real currency reform so as to keep the issue open for service are futile. Bosses can't make new issues, and they can't keep the old ones from going. Events make issues", and events are bringing on new questions every time a trust is formed and every time a band of wealthy corporation pirates bear down on the Treasury with demands for sub sidies. Even the expansion issue is passing away. Every surrender in the Philip pines and every new town government set running over there Impairs the availability of the expansion issue. It is soon coming on that the Democrats will have very Jittle to propose regard ing the Philippines that would compel rejection -of them at the polls, if they should be in charge of greater matters here at home. They can't declaim against the war, for the islands will be pacified. They can't demand our surrender to Aguinaldo, for Aguinaldo will himself be working for Uncle Sam. They can't impugn our title to the Phil ippines, for the anti-Imperialist conten tion has at length accepted the title as a basis for alienation. As to our withdrawal from the archipelago on the ground of expediency, this is a matter to be debated without heat, and one concerning which opinions will differ regardless of party lines. Manila and its environments we are certain to hold for some time to come, and we think unquestionably forever; and the, exact , degree of control enforced or latitude allowed throughout the widely diver gent communities and tribes of the islands, can no more be made a party issue than can the width of the Nica ragua Canal or the Alaska boundary. There is an opening for the Demo cratic party to assume control of the Government for the purpose of destroy ing the hold of protected corporations upon Congress, so as to give just tariffs to the dependencies, restore the mer chant marine, give our manufacturers cheap raw materials and take from consumers the burden of iniquitous tariffs that enable our great protected industries to monopolize the home mar ket while selling abroad at lower prices. Will the Democratic party do this? Unfortunately, Its history affords little ground for such a hope. Providence may raise up some vile Jthing for it to champion in 1904, as it raised up dis loyalty in 1SG4, rotten money in 1895 and recreancy to the flag in 1900. Even now we can fancy the Democracy ly ing awake nights in fear that it may find no passports to defeat so absolutely trpstworthy as the Chicago or St. Xrouis platforms, in fear that it might find a. man like Cleveland who could he elected, or fall for once of a match less leader like Bryan who can lead it to the rear with unerring skill. Demo crats, hypocrites; to pretend ye are-af-N ter the offices, when to be elected is to incur your enmity and to lose Is to be come doubly dear! Fortunate Bryan, whp by talking himself out of two elections has made every Democrat his slave! Unhappy Cleveland, to- have chosen the fate of being twice elected, but thereby to have Incurred every Democrat's lasting enmity! There Is always a reward -at Democratic head quarters for an issue that Is guaran teed to lose, there is a crown of re joicing for the candidate who cannot possibly be elected. There Is only one obstacle to the De mocracy's return to power, .and that is the Democracy. Can no one help it to get itself out of its own way? " IMPERTIXEXCE OP FANATICISM. The Ohio Woman's Christian Temper ance Union has addressed a formal note to the women of the Ohio Society of California protesting against the use of wine at the banquet which the soci ety Is to give Mrs. McKinley and the ladies of the Presidential party at the launching of the battle-ship Ohio. This note pleads that the example of the California society "shall be for right eousness in the Nation and purity in the home," and Is signed, "Yours for the honor of Ohio." This is another illustration of the gross impertinence of fanaticism. It is in exact line with the quadrennial appeal to the President of the United States to refuse to attend the Inauguration ball, and not to serve wine to the guests of the Nation at state dinners. This appeal was made to President Harrison, who treated it with deserved contempt upon the sound ground that he Was old enough to settle for himself the question of whether he should attend a state-ball or serve wine at a, state dinner. The Impertinence of fanaticism was silent when Mr. Cleveland became President; it had already exhausted Itself upon him during the Presidential canvass, and did not court the severe snub it was sure to receive at Mr. Cleveland's hands, since he was known to be a man very prompt to resent any public intrusion upon his personal business. The fanaticism of impertinence, however, made a loud ap peal to President McKinley to refuse to attend the Inauguration ball and to refuse to serve wine at his state "din ners. President McKinley bowed and smiled compassionately, and then pro ceeded to order his official conduct in entire disregard of the Impudent ad monitions he had received. During his first term President McKinley, who has all his life been a very abstemious man at home or abroad, was periodically de nounced bitterly by the representatives of the Impertinence of fanaticism, be cause it was known that he did serve wine at his state dinners, and that he did not pretend to be a total abstainer. The stupidity of all this impertinence of fanaticism lies In the fact that these folk do not seem to be able to suffer the President o the United States and his wife and those who entertain them to mind their own business. The Ohio ans In California'should be left to their taste and judgment and their knowl edge of the social code of the President and his party to serve such a banquet as they see fit The question of "right eousness in the Nation and purity in the home" is, of course, not involved, whether wine is or is not served at this banquet; neither is the "honor of Ohio." President McKinley and his party are not total abstainers from wine, either In theory or practice aad. to serve a cold water banquet at the call of the Im pertinence of fanaticism would be an act of weakness and discourtesy, since it would be an Implied criticism on the home life of the President as not mak ing for "righteousness in the Nation and purity in the home," and as not redounding to the "honor of Ohio." The State of Ohio is not a prohibition state. At the Presidential election of November, 1900, out of a total vote cast of 1,040,073, but 10,203 votes were cast for Woolley, the Prohibition candidate, standing on a platform which Included a denunciation of President McKinley's "conspicuous example as a wine drinker at public banquets and as a wine-serving host in the White House." In spite of this indictment and denunciation of President McKinley, less than 1 per cent of the total vote of Ohio was cast for prohibition, and despite this denun ciation McKinley received a larger plurality over Bryan and a trifle larger per cent of the popular vote than he did In 1S9G, when he had not been In dicted as a wine-bibber by the Prohi bition party. It looks very much as if "the honor of Ohio" is hardly at stake. The statutes of both Ohio and California recognize the liquor trade as lawful." In California, at the November election of 1$00, out" of a total vote of 303,793, there were 5024 votes cast for the Prohibition denunciation of Mc Kinley as a "wine drinker at public banquets." The production of wines in the United States in 1890 was 24,306,905 gallons, of which California produced 14,C20,000, New York 2,528,250, and Ohio 1,934,838 gallons. The figures for today are much larger than they were ten years ago. Here we have the imperti nent fanaticism of the third greatest wine-producing state in the Union, in which prohibition cast less than 1 per cent of its total vote, appealing to Cali fornia, .the greatest wine-producing state in the Union, to banish wine from a banquet tendered to the wife of a President who has been insultingly in dicted by the Prohibition platform as a wine-bibber and a corrupter of youth "by bis example. To mind one's own business is sound social morality. Whether the President or the President's wife drinks wine or refuses it at a public banquet is no 'body's business but their own. No body has any business to read the Pres ident a lesson as to his choice of food and drink. Nobody pretends that the President has ever set .other than an example of a most abstemious and pure life all his days. To pretend that the public and private life of an abstemious President is other than an upright ex ample to his fellow-men is an outrage on truth and justice. We can get up a Lewis and Clark centennial very easily. We can pass around the hat for a collection, hire a brass band, march in a parade, spout a few orations, say a few prayers and finish the job ina. single -day. We can make such an event a Lewis and Clark memorial. It would be very little trou ble and would save a lot of work. We had this kind of a celebration in 1892, the centennial of Gray's discovery of the Columbia. But If we want to cele brate with a grand exposition, and to signalize the acquisition of Oregon with lasting impressions, we shall have to do a great deal more. Let us decide, there fore, now and at once what we shall do. Shall we have a' centennial only, or also an exposition? If the latter, the exposition feature must be made prom inent in the title and in every other way. The event will carry the histor ical significance we wish, because its foundation will be a' centennial. The Oregonlan has suggested alternative titles. If the occasion is to be only a memorial, It has proposed "Lewis and Cl&rk Centennial." If the celebration is to be of the grand character mentioned, "American Pacific Exposition" has been offered. It may be said with confi dence that the present dilemma will persevere until we shall decide this elementary question. ASSISTED EVOLUTION. - Pendleton is making, preparations for another big horse show in May. The exhibit of high-grade horses made by that thriving city ayear ago was a revelation to all who witnessed it. Ten years ago about the only representative of the horse world found in Pendleton was the cayuse of the Umatillas. This native of the country had good stay ing qualities, but was not heavy enough for pulling combined harvesters over the hills and dales of the 'wheat farms. He also lacked speed and shape to rec ommend him to the men-who pay big prices for fine carriage horses. A few thoroughbreds had 'been brought into Eastern Oregon, and the cross with the cayuse blood had produced some very good running horses, but fast harness horses were very scarce. About 1892 Mr. Frank Fraser, of Pen dleton, decided that the rich grass, pure water and lifegiving air of Eastern Oregon were being in a sense wasted in producing common horses. He came down to Portland and purchased a two-year-old scfn of Altamont and Tecora, two animals which carried the best blood of the Bluegrass state in their veins. This colt was Chehalis, 2:044. and his marvelous work on the race track set Eastern Oregon agog. Every man with any show of fondness for a fine horse was anxious to have a Che halis colt. In a few years 'there were scores of the Chehalis family around Umatilla and Walla Walla Counties. Men who had always been content to jog along behind a $50 horse discovered that more .money and more pleasure could be had in driving one that would sell for several hundred dollars. Naturally, the growth of interest in the' industry resulted in bringing other stallions into the field, and the crossing of blood of the best equine families has made Eastern Oregon famous for its fine horses in Ipss than ten years. Men who cared nothing for speed and shape In the horse were quick to recognize the advantages of correct breeding, and the lightweight cayuse began to give way to heavier draft horses. The farmers soon learned that the cost of raising a team of 1500-pound animals was no greater than the cost of raising 800 pound cayuses, while the value of the former was five times as great as that of the "scrubs." High-class draft horses were then brought Into the coun try, and for the past five years breed ing for heavy draft purposes has been as important an industry as that of breeding for speed and style. Chehalis, after winning a fortune for his owner on the racetracks, was sold for $7500. The opportunity for demon strating their greatness has" not yet fallen to all of his descendants. Scores of them have" been sufficiently devel oped, however, to find a ready sale at several hundred dollars each, and with the increasing interest which Is fos tered .and encouraged by horse fairs, parades and race meetings, they will continue to add to the wealth of the section in which they are produced. It is impossible to estimate the Indirect value of Mr. Fraser's experiment with Chehalis, but it is a certainty that it has directly resulted in adding at least $250,000 to the value of Eastern Oregon horses in the past seven years. The day of the scrub animal, whether it be horses, hogs, sheep or cattle, is rapidly passing, and the horse shows and other exhibits of high-grade stock are of great value in calling attention to the advantages and profits which will fol low breeding and developing on scien tific and business-like principles'. IMPROVED PUBLIC ROADS. New Jersey has already 532 miles of improved country roads. Under her road law all road taxes must be paid in money. Under the New -Jersey road law a township road is made a smooth stone road wherever the owners of two thirds of the land fronting on the road will agree to pay one-tenth of the, cost. The township may then Improve the road, paying 67" per cent of the cos,t, and the state will pay the remainder, less the 10 per cent paid by the abut ting property-owners. Urfder the county state-aid law the state pays one-third of the cost of road improvement and the county pays twothirds, less one tenth assessed on the abutting property-holders. As the county roads usually connect at the county line, New Jersey has obtained in this way a con tinuous improved road from Camden to the seashore,, and will soon have them running up and down the state In every direction. This system is pop ular in New Jersey, for the farmers 'do not begrudge paying one dollar to an improved, road in front of their farms when nine'' dollars come from other sources. The money expended on these roads is raised by the sale of bonds. the payment of which is distributed over a term of years. These improve3 roads give the farmers not only In creased comfdrt, but profit, because of the very much larger loads tliey can draw to market with the same number of horses. In his last annual report, State Roa'd Commissioner Budd says: The people, seem to be so -wonderfully im pressed with the Idea that by good roads the, alue of lands will be Increased, transporta tion cheapened, ravel and business attracted, schoottiouses and churches filled and civiliza tion adanced, that they are praying as earnestly for them as for great riches. Conse quently the pressure for new roads Is so great It seems almost Impossible to hold the .people back. They are so anxious that they are not willing to confine themselves within the limit of the state and county appropriations. They are consantly Insisting upon building ahead of the state japproprlation, in order that they may enjoy them now; therefore, although the law, on account of the Increased expense of construction, will not allow for the payment this ear of more than SO mllea of roads, there hae been and are about 140 miles under construction. Louis Brown, one of the promoters of and for many years a partner In the Oregon City woolen mills, is dead in San Francisco at the age of 70 years. This pioneer manufacturing industry has survived the business and finan cial vicissitudes o'f more than a third of a century, and," besides being a source of large legitimate profits to its owners, it has furnished employment to a multitude of men and women and made possible the building and main tenance of many homes. The commu nity of which it has so long been the Industrial center .heard with sadness of the d.eath, of one of the early pro moters of; the enterprise, while, very properly the flag floated at half-mast over the factory and its" ponderous looms andying spindles were"stopped) fpr several hpurs out of respect for the deceased merchant-manufacturer,r , Consul-peneral Guenther, of "Frank fort, sorne., weeks ugb informed the State DepaEtment'vof a report from St Petersburg"Xf the Immigration to Can ada In large numbers of Russians be longing foreirgfbus feecVcalled Ducho borkers.Tlhi Molukanes,tanother relig ious sect frowned upon by the autocrats of the Greek Church, residing in Trans caucasia, also wish to emigrate to North America. These people number about 50,000 and are known as indus trious agriculturists. -The policy othe "Holy Synod" is to tax them 'Out3of financial existence, literally speaking, thus forcing them into exile. Why, having crowded the men of the first-named- sect out of the realm, the au thorities refuse to allow the wives of the exile emigrants to join them', is known, only to themselves. That this is true, however, the eloquent plea of Tolstoi t,o the Czar, lately published, asking that the Duchobonker women be permitted to join their husbands In Canada, proves. Religious intolerance that derives men out of the country but retains their wives is stupid in an eco nomic sense, and -distinctly evil in a moral view. Only a man such as is described by Tolstoi as "evil-minded, obstinate and born out of his time," could originate or pursue such a policy. Benjamin Rist, Fruit Inspector of Pa cific County, Washington, appears in the role of prophet of disaster. He pre dicts that cutworms, which caused such ravages in field and garden last year, left a numerous brood that will this year repeat the gastronomic feats of their progenitors. Forewarned is fore armed in a matter of this kind, and such destructive measures as have been approved by experiment will be marshaled against the pest, early and often. Mr. Rist has ordered all the fruit trees within his county to be sprayed within the next thirty days. Intelligent vigilance has come to be the price of perfect fruit, and abundant crops. The declaration, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap," must be extended to include spraying as well as sowing if the farmer would be certain of gath ering into bins and barns. The country will have cause to re gret most sincerely the lack of the essential quality of firmness in the President's make-up if he allows u clamorous pension constituency, backed by an army of pension attorneys, to force Commissioner Evans out of the Pension Bureau, in order to give place to ex-Representative Peters, of Kan sas, whose record on liberal pension legislation makes him perfectly satis factory to the "Grand Army people and the pension attorneys, who have long been trying to crowd Evans out." The pension system of the Government, or dered upon a purely legitimate and just basis, would be costly, but Its cost would be cheerfully home. Loaded Uiu oe cneerxuiiy Dome, ojuuueu wn by padded clcfamssvurgested in-sthe rfn "liberal pensions," it becomes ob- down term jectlonable both on economical and on moral grounds. General Fltzhugh Lee is ill with la grippe in Denver one of the worst places on the continent for acute affec tions of the respiratory organsi While wasting lung diseases are frequently, in their earlier stages, checked by the high,- dry air of Denver, pneumonia is more fatal there than in lower alti tudes, and la grippe, justly dreaded at all times and in all places by persons who have passed middle age, has added terrors in the high altitudes, where more steam is required to keep the hu man engine at vital speed. General Lee Is a well-preserved man, but his youth Is far behind him. Hence the apprehension that Is felt in regard to the attack that sent him to bed in Den ver when he expected to be en route for California. Sound Currency, which has heretofore been published as a inonthly, comes out with its March number as a quar terly, in a new dress The new form of publication is a distinct improve ment. This issue contains a compre hensive article on the "Currency Ques tion in the Philippines," by L. Carroll Root, an interesting descriptjqn of the "Currency Legislation of the Fifty sixth Congress," by Jules Guthridge, and an , article octr the "Deposit and Clearinghouse System in Austria-Hungary," by Parker Willis, professor of political economy in Washington and Lee University. There is also a short note on the redemption of National bank notes.' The periodical Is published by the Reform Club, 52 William street, New York. ' United ''States-'Senator Galirnger, of New Hampshire, says that if Congress should enact the scheme of pension legislation advocated by a committee of Grand Army men, the annual pension bill yrould run upftdl.Odtf.bOOOOwhich Isone, and one-third rtlities the ex penditures of lEhe Government for all purposes at the 'present time. There has been a net increase of 1500 names on' 'the .penslqn roll since last July, and yet the . pension attorneys and their I clientage are feverishly anxious to get rid of Pension Commissioner Evans. Aguinaldo wants to come to the United States. Perhaps he could get a job on the New York Evening Post, or J an engagement from the Boston Lecture Bureau. His admirers shoiild"be able to do something for him, providing the minions of the Government,- political and military, would consent to extend to a traitor the consideration due to a patriot and give them a chance. The Sheriff of Yakima County, Wash ington, .is chagrined over the escape from his custody of a prisoner with a dislocated hip. The latter must be one of the survivors of the "Prisoners of Hope,' since nowhere in real life and seldom, indeed, even in fiction, do men amble off with broken limbs and gap ing wounds, defying pursuit. The late course of the working peo ple at Newcastle, Pa., Jn offering In dignant protest against the acceptance by then town of a $50,0Q(Aibrary from Mr. Caruegle is suggestive of the qual-, Ity of independence shown by the Cu- bans in resisting the attempt to pro vide them with sanitation and schools. I KNOX IS NOW ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, April 5. The President made the first announcement that Mr. Knox had accepted the post of Attorney General to the Cabinet today. His com mission, which is dated today, was signed immediately after the President had in formed his advisers of their new col league's acceptance. Secretary pay submitted .to the Cabinet Jhej Rypslan communication, and this was accepted ag an indication that the ten sion in the far East would be relieved. . The major portion of the time of the meeting was consumed in a discussion of the civil service in the various depart ments. This matter came up apropos of the President's conference with members "Of the Civil Service Reform League yes terday. Each of the Cabinet officers gave .Tils experience with the law. The Secre tary of the Treasury said that the law gave satisfaction in his department, and that it was strictly complied with, al though some difficulty was experienced on account of the fact that under the law officers, selected for one position could not perform the duties of other positions. The trouble 'In the Agricultural Depart ment; Is ! that, there are no ellglbles for technical work: on the Civil Service Com mission' list. Secretary Root reported that it was the intention of the War De partment to place semi-skilled laborers at arsenals and in the Engineer Department under a 'registration system similar to 'that now in vOgue In the navy-yards. This was the original Intention when the President took these men, of whom there tare several thousand, from within the civil service rules, where they had been placed by the blanket order of President Cleveland, but the inauguration of the new system has been delayed for one cause or another until the Ipresent time. In the other departments various (sugges tions were made looking to the better enforcement of the spirit and letter r-,of the law. and each Cabinet officer) will nbe expected to see that the lawjs not-fabued in his department. No new regulations or orders by the commission are expected. There was an Informal discussion of the report that Governor Alien, of,' Porto Rico, Is to resign upon his arrival here, but no one appeared to have any definite Information as to Governor Allen's inten tions, although the opinion seemed to be that his resignation would cause no sur prise. Artillery Regulations. a Secretary Root has been considering the subject of artillery regulations for the corps. The reorganization act provided that the Secretary should p"rescribe"reg ulations and under this clause he has sought information from the Army offi cers qualified to make suggestions. He has requested the views of Colonels of Artillery, and most of these have been received and are now being considered. When the regulations are.formulated and adopted, a chief of artillery will be named and two additional officers select ed for members of the ordinance and for tifiteatlons board. Several Colonels of Ar tillery have indicated their disinclination to serve as cfilef of artillery, as the selection carries with It no additional rank or pay and every Colonel Is now In command of some post, a more pleas ant duty than can be found as chief" of artillery stationed in Washington and di rectly subordinate to the officers in the department with the whole responsibility of the corps on his hands. Assignments of Majors. Major Ammon A. Augur. Twenty-fifth Infantry, has been transferred to the Twentieth Infantry. Major Eugene F. Ladd, Quartermaster. United States Volunteers, has been or dered, upon the completion of his duties as Treasurer of the Island of Cuba, to pro ceed to New York for further instruc tions. Major Morris C. Hutchlns, Quartermas ter. United States Volunteers, has been ordered to transfer his accountability re lating to the transport McPherson to Ma jor Chauncey B. Baker, Quartermaster, United States Volunteers, at Havana, and, upon the completion of the transfer, to proceed to New York to await further Instructions from the Quartermaster General. Major Baker, in addition, will assume charge of the transport McPher son. and, under his supervision, place the master of that transport in charge there of, pending further orders. Powerful JVerr Gun. The first of the new type of five-Inch naval guns designed for cruisers of the Denver class, was tested at the Indian Head Proving Grounds today, with very satisfactory results. A projectile weigh ing 60 pounds was fired with a powder charge of 26 pounds. The muzzle velocity reached the exceptionally high figure of 2990 feet per second, showing a muzzle energy of 3724 foot tons. This is 65 per cent more muzzle energy than guns of the same type have made heretofore. It is sufficient to pierce seven Inches of Krupp armor at the muzzle and five Inches of Krupp armor at 2000 yards. Osborne Dclgnnn Revrnrded. The President today made the following appointments: Rush R. Wallace, Jr., to be a First Lieutenant In the Marine Corps; John S. Doddridge, to be a Lieutenant; Thomas L. Stitt, to be an. Ensign; Conrad W. L. Jungquist, to be a Gunner; Clayton P. Hand, a carpenter; Frederick R. Hazzard, a Boatswain; Arthur Smith, to be a Boatswain; Osborne' 'Deignan to be a Boastwaln. Osborne Deignan, who Is appointed Boastwaln, is one of the sailors who ac companied Naval Constructor Hobson on the famous Merrimac expedition into San tiago "Bay while the harbor was being blockaded by the American fleet. It was the desire of the President to reward Deignan for his bravery on that occa sion by appointing him a naval cadet at Annapolis, but it was found that he was not eligible. Failed on Her Trinl. Captain Hemphill, president of the naval trial board, telegraphed to the Navy De partment from Annapolis, under date of yesterday, as follows: "Second two-hour trial of the Thorn ton failed today, on account of the carry ing away of some pipes due to vibra tions. Will try the Shubrick tomorrow." Return of Minister Loomis. The State Department has been in formed by Minister Loomis that he, will sail for La Guayra on the Scorpion Sun day. 'This should, bring ilHm at San Juan about Wednesday following, andat Hamp ton Roads about April IS, if he makes close connection at San Juan. Copies of the brief prepared by the Warner-Quinlan syndicate as the basis for their proceeding in the high courts of Venezuela and against the New York & Burmedese AsDhalt Comnanv have 'been received here. The brief is substan tially the same as that laid before the State Department by Senator HIscOck, of counsel for the Warner-Quinlan syndi cate. It was submitted March 1, and the expeqtation was that' the court will issue Jlhe necessary citations to secure the ap pearance of the New York & Burmedese Company within a few days. v -Tribute to Ramsdcn. Thq Navy Department recently sup plied to Lord Pauncefote a photograph of the beautiful bronze tablet which it was about to place upon the house In San tiago occupied by the late Frederick W. Ramsden, the British Consul who exerted himself so benevolently in aid of the American residents and prisoners during the siege. The State Department has Just received a letter of acknowledgement from, the British Embassy, In which Lord Pauncefote says: "I am forwarding'the photograph to His Majesty's Government, who will, I feel sure be highly gratified at this generous recognition o'f Mr. Ramsden's services to American naval prisoners during the Spanish-American War, and at the expres sion of appreciation with which you and Mr. Long were kind enough to 'accom pany it." 1 Senator Mitchell Is Mending. Senator Mitchell is mending slowly. The grip has made him a weak man. He has suffered no complications, however, and his recovery Is merely a matter of time. i CORBIN'S OPINION OF FUNSTON. WICHITA, Kan., April 5. The Eagle tomorrow will publish an extended inter view with Congressman Chester I. Long, of -Kansas, relative to the appointment of Frederick Funston to a Brigadier-Generalship in the regular Army. Mr. Long has verified the interview for the Asso ciated Press. "When I read of General Funston's he roic deed," says Mr. Long, "I went straight to General Corbln's office and said: 'Well, General, you see what Fun ston has done?' " I have seen it, replied Corbin, not too pleasantly. " 'Well,' I said, 'don't you think you ought to make Funston a Brigadier-General in the regulars?' " 'No,' said Corbin; 'he has done noth ing to warrant that. " 'But, I insisted, 'it seems to. me that he has done a very daring thing that he has almost concluded the war. " 'Mr. Long,' said Corbin, 'I am making Lieutenants out of better stuff than Fun ston every day. Funston Is a boss scout, that's all.' " 'We want him made a Brigadier-General,' I insisted. " 'Mr. Long.' said Corbin, 'the Army has become a great scnool; we want teachers. for Brigadier-Generals we want men who can teach, and not those who can be taught' " 'But the President may want to ap point him,' I said. " 'The President can do so, of course, said General Corbin, but it was plain to be seen," added Mr. Long, "that the President would never do it on the rec ommendation of General Corbin." , . CAKE WASHINGTON CANAIi. Navy Board Will Inquire Into Its Advisability. WASHINGTON, April 5. Secretary Long has appointed a board of naval officers td Inquire into the advisability of utilizing a large fresh-water lake in the State of Washington for the purpose or accommodating vessels of war. The board consists of Captains Perry and Burwell. Lieutenant-Commanders Peters and Wll lett, Naval Constructor Hlbbs and Lieu tenant Jensen, recorder. It Is proposed to dig a canal connecting the Sound with this lake, to be used for commercial pur poses, but the board Is to Inquire whether th nlan should not be enlarced so as to take into consideration the needs of the Navy. The President's Western Trip. President McKinley towk a long walk after breakfast this morning, accompanied by Representative Meyer, of Loul3iana,who had called to talk Ith him about his visit at New Orleans upon the occasion of his Western trip. The "President is looking forward to the long tour through the West with great pleasure, and speak3 of it with enthusiasm. . General Meyer told the President that the plans for his stay in New Orleans had been practically completed. An elab orate demonstration is being arranged. The city will be decorated appropriately In honor of the visit of the chief, mag istrate. According to the present sched ule the Presidential party will reach New Orleans at 4:30 P. M.. May 1. That even ing a banquet will be given in the President's honor. At the banquet the President probably will make a brief speech. On the following morning there will be a carriage ride through the city, which will Include a stop at the Cablldo, the old Government building during the Spanish and French regimes. After luncheon, the party will be given a sail along the river front. The depar ture from New Orleans will be made at 6 P. M. May 2, Gracing on Forest Reserves. Upon the supplemental recommendation of Forest Superintendent Sheller, Com missioner Hermann will recommend to the Secretary of the Interior that horses and pnftif hf allowed to enter the Washing ton and Mount Ralhier reserves June '1. 1 instead of July 1, as previously suggest ed. The number of horses and cattle to be allowed In these two reserves has not been determined. MncArthur's Way and Sampson's. Chicago Chronicle. "The army under my command sends to the country an Easter present. Agui naldo, the Insurgent chief, as a prisoner, and his captured property." If General MacArthur had resembled Admiral Samp son that is the form of dispatch that he would have sent from Manila to Wash ington announcing the capture of the fa mous Filipino chieftain. When Admiral Schley smashed the Spanish fleet at Santiago July 3, 1S93, Sampson being from 12 to 20 mlle3 away out of sight of the battle, the report sent by Sampson was to the effect that the fleet under his command presented Cerve ra's wrecks to the country as a Fourth of July present. He did not mention the name of Admiral Schley, who fought the battle and won the victory of Santiago Bay. General MacArthur reported to the War Department that General Funston had planned and effected the capture of Agui naldo, and recommended his promotion as a reward for the brilliant service that he had rendered. If Admiral Sampson had been actuated by a similar spirit, giving Admiral Schley credit for his part ir the great victory at Santiago, a naval and National scandal of three years would have been averted, and both Admirato would have received their proper rewards. Q The Panama for Sale. Pittsburg Dispatch. There is considerable discord in the Panama Canal Company, but it ia quite apparent a majority of stockholders favor disposing of the enterprise to the United States, if possible. According to the Walker commission report, if the Panama ditch could be secured at a fair price it would be a better Investment than thB Nicaragua outfit On that subject there can hardly be any doubt Moreover, the Panama route can be made to accommo date a much larger traffic should it de velop. It could be reduced to one lock should the traffic reach enormous propor tions. Undoubtedly, the- Panama route has advantages from a political point of view. It lies wholly within the territory of one nation, and can be put on the right sort of a basis as to privileges an guarantees. The work that has been done on it is considerable, so it might be com pleted at least two or three years earlier than the Nicaragua ditch a point of some import. Wanted A Peace Preserver. Chicago Chronicle. China is considering a scheme to carry out her promise that Christians shall have security and liberty In the empire. Prince Chlng favors giving to the Protestants and Catholics the right to appoint a com missioner for each, the official to rank with an inspector of customs, to be paid by the empire, to look after church law suits and to have deputies of his own choosing. Any plan to preserve the -peace between Christians and heathen in China is to be commended. But who Is to pre serve the peace among the Christians themselves? When the doctors of divin ity disagree who shall decide? t An Unwarantcd Practice. Atlanta Consttlutlon. The practice of carrying a pistol is a relic of barbaric times, and has no war rant In these days, when society Is prop erly organized for Us own protection. It would be appalling to read a list of the tragedies due entirely to the pistol thoughtlessly carried In the hip pocket The South has suffered dreadfully from chis altogether pernicious habit. Valua ble lives have been taken, families robbed of all chance of happiness, and Southern civilization, regarded in the abstract, has been and Is being- in jured by It. NOTE AND COMMENT.? Did any one suggest a name for the 1905 fair? " The white-winged dove of peace.and the army mule are foes to the death. Admiral Dewey, Julius Caesar and Min chin have passed alike into- obscurity. To borrow from Mark Twain, the re ports of Kruger's death seem to be great ly exaggerated. The Chinese are a musical people, but they are utterly unable to dance to the tunes the powers are fiddling. The American yacht-owners are using their hammers on each other when they should be nailing down the cup. Jeffries and Ruhlin seem determined to light In as many towns as Andrew Car negie Is going to place libraries in. The difference between Kruger and Dewet is that one is saying things to the British and the other is doing them. A news Item headed "Overcome by Gas" was not, as might have been ex pected, an account of a Populist con vention. McKinley has come Into the possession of an Ohio theater. As he always did khave a good show, he will know what Pto do with It If King Edward were not a very tolerant potentate, he would cause the arrust of every subject who rides a wheel of dif ferent make than his own for lese ma jeste. The Kansas women are going to drop the hatchet-throwing business and go to work at the polls. Their strenuous natures are In need of larger oppor tunity. Delaware Is getting her name into th papers because of her politics, a transfer. ent ruse to call attention to the spnea devoted to her until the report of th failure of the peach crop is ready. The San Francisco Chronicle advls the substitution of California wins tor Kentucky whisky as a beverage in Nw York. It should remember that the teopli of New York drink whisky because. thy do not care for water. Backward, turn backward, oh time, in iur night; Make me a child again, juat for tonight: Let the Spring drive away every trouble, and sorrow. As I plan In the woods to play hookey tomar- row. In her "Stage Reminiscences," just pub lished by the Scrlbners, Mrs. Gilbert hua this to say of her training as a stag dancer: "Some lo years ago, when Mr. Daly's company first played In London, we were all out at Sir Henry Irvlng's h was plain Henry Irving then in Hamp stead. and Mr. Toole asked me how I came to-be bo perfectly natural and easy on the stage. I forget what I answered, but in the course of conversation I said, some moments later: 'You know I was trained as a dancer.' 'That explains it, cried Mr. Irving. Explains what?' some body asked. 'Everything. The ease and naturalness and all.' I had never thought the dancing responsible for so much, but I do attribute to that early training my splendid health and spirits, and my long life. You know the famous dancers, Tagllonl and the rest, lived to be SO and over. I was taught In the Ballet School of Her Majesty's In the Haymarket, the old Her Majesty's Theater that was pulled down only a few years ago to make room for Mr. Tree's present theater, and the new vCarleton Hotel. We were taught In return for such service's as we could give, going on in the crowd from our very be ginning. There was plenty of use for children on the stage In those days of real ballets. I think I was about 12 when I began. There was some opposition at home, but my mother finally consented, on condition that I neglected none of my home duties. We were carefully brought up, and from the first each had some household work to perform. But It was the training at the theater that I loved. It was a very serious profession, danc ing." - PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGRAPHEnS She (pining for pleasant words) Oh, George, I cannot understand- It. Why do you lavteh. this wealth of love on me when there are to many cirls more beautiful and more worthy than I. He-I'm blowed if I kndw. Tit-Bits. Hard Lines. "Hard luck?" said the aou ,.tt oarnestlv. "Why. we hadn't been on the road two weeks before we had to pawn the magnificent diamond which was to be pre sented to the star by her admirers at every town." Indianapolis Press. A LoglcIan.--"Llttle boy," said the kindly old gentleman, "you must not cry. You know It is a waste of time to cry." And the little boy who Is from Boston dried his tears long enough to remark: "And It Is also a waste of time to tell anybody It is wast time to cry." Washington Star. Her Fate. Mnr. Clubton. I flee that the Slmptons have another boy. Mrs. Clubdom Yea. It seems so unfortunate that Edith Simp ton, who received such a fine education and was so accomplished, should, after all. have developed Into nothing better than the mere mother of children. Life. Taking No Chances. "Year he has proposed by letter." she explained. "Now. do you think I ought to mall my answer Immediately or keep him in suspense for a while?" "Malt It!" exclaimed her dearest friend In a tone that had a trace of, spltefulness In It. "If I were you I'd telegraph It," and there was an emphasis put on "If I were you" that eame near breaking a friendship that had extended oer several years. Chicago Evening Post. i Fame. Washington Star. There once did live a wondrous man; So general was his fame To cheer, the world straightway began At mention of hla name. And straightway literary folk Began, In accents sweet. To tell what was his favorite Joke And what he liked to eat. They told of golf and other Joys By which his leisure sped. And of his little girls and boys And what bright things they said. About bl3 ancestry they told And all Its doings proud; And whether, when he'd taken cold. He ever sneezed aloud. Of things like these we read a lot. And the result must shame us; ' "We read until we quite forgot What really made him famous. Long-Delayed Invention. Chicago Post, We have the folding bed. The folding bathtub, too, And folding chairs. It's said. Are nothing very new. Some hat racks shut up tight In most ingenious way; A couch for use by night ' A sofa Is by day. The folding table's found Wherever man may roam, And folding doors abound In every modern home. But one thing now we need. And soon we will have that. For In brief time. Indeed. There'll be a folding fiat