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s THE MORNING OKEGUNfAN, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1901. Entered Tic the Postofflce at Portland. Oregon, ' as second-class matter. TELEPHONES. Editorial Rooms 100 J Business Office.. .007 REVISED SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By Mall (postage prepaid). In Advance Da'lr. with Sunday, per month $ S5 Daily, Sunday excepted, per year. - 7 CO Daily, with. Sunday. peraearT. O 0 Sunday, per year j -w 2 00 The "Weekly. pR.year :....T. -1 5ff The Weekly, 8 months ...i,.V...; 50 To City Subscribers Daily, per week, delivered, Sundays excepted.ISs Daily, per-jFeek, dclncred. Sundays lncluded.20c ' POSTAGE RATES. Tnlted Suites, Canada and Mexico: 10 to 10-page paper.... ........ ............lc 10 to 32-paee paper........... 2c Foreign rates double. News or discussion intended lor publication In The Oreconlan should he addressed invaria bly "Editor The Oregonlan," not to the name oJ any Individual. Letters relating to advertis ing, subscriptions or to nny business matter should be addressed simply "The Orcgonlan." 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Second South street. On file in 'Washington, D. C, with A. W. Dunn, 500 14th X. W. For sale in Denver, Colo., by Hamilton & Kendrick, .900-912 Seventh street. TODAY'S "WEATHER. Partly cloudy, with ehowers; variable winds, i PORTLAND, TUESDAY, APRIL. 30. GREEK CHRISTIANITY. The plea of such as Tolstoi for free dom of opinion in. Bussla will probably be urged la vain for a long time to come. Here isan extract from Tolstoi's recent letter to the Czar, for which the writer was sent into banishment: I speak not from my own standpoint, but from yours. I look at the matter from your point ol view as Tsar ... and take the liberty o giving your Majesty the following advice: (1) To revise and repeal all the exist ing stupid, repugnant and shameless laws en Joining religious" persecution, which have long eased tp xlst In every civilised country but Russia, (2) To stop all prosecutions on ac count ot religious belief, and restore to lib erty all those who have been exiled or impris oned for their faith. (3) To seek a means by which a conflict may be avoided between the religious bellet of the individual and the de mands made upon him by the stae. The constitution of church and state in Russia suits the constitution of the mind of the great masses of the peo ple. There Is maximum of faith and minimum of doubt. So the "skeptics," the "free-thinkers," the "Infldels," in religion! and politics, have a hard time of it. Limitation of the power of "or thodoxy" is what is needed In Uussia. It will come in time, as it came to the "Western world. Though dissent is not wholly sup pressed. In Russia, there is -no little per secution of dissenters." The policy of the government towards them has been at times severe, at olher fimes tolerant. At different times government has seemed 'to be actuated by various mo tives; now acting simply ih" defense of political and social interests, and again solicitous "foF'the welfare of the church and for support of Its system. Yet at bottom church and state are one. The chief complaint is that dissenters -of every creed and denomination, subject ed to disabilities oV regulations of which they" are often left in Ignorance until enforced, become a prey to the cupidity of government employes and to the rancorous hostility of the lower clergy of the national church. More over, it is held not only a crime against the law, but a sin against the church, to attempt to make proselytes among the members of the orthodox communion, and it is strictly forbidden. Chrlstiaxifityiij Russia is not merely a" creed or &rellgI8n. .It is above all a national Institution, thefirstr-the most venerable, th'e j-most popular. The church, as such, is never assailed, sel dom doubted. It preserves its ancient creed, "without change or corruption, as it origlrially came from the shores of the Bosphorus. Despotic as it is, yet the church is representative and even democra&cv The Greeks refuse allegi ance to";anyeneral authority ' other than that of the whole church in coun cil assembled, and they deny the exist ence of any permanent, living and per sonal head. Since they recognize no visible head, there is no need of any local center, of any holy city, of any spiritual monarch, vested for his safe guard with temporal power and raised as a representative of divine right, by common consent of the faithful, above potentates and people. Between Latin and' Greek Christian ity the difference in doctrine is not great. Of the Trinity, the conceptions are somewhat different; but no two churches in .the world are at this day so much alike, and yet so averse to each other, as the Oriental or Greek and the Occidental or Roman. Historically, the v later is a development out of the for mer. In -the first six or seven centuries the Eastern or Greek Church repre sented the main current of the life and progress of nascent Christendom. It took the lead in theology and the Latin Church gladly received lessons from it All the .great councils of the- early church were held on the soil of the By zantine Empire, and carried on in the Greek language' TBe antagonism and separation of the churches were due chiefly to the politico-ecclesiastical ri valry between the Patriarch of Constan tinople, backed by the Byzantine Em pire, and the Bishop of Rome, in con section with the new German Empire. Then, owing to the stationary charac ter of the Greek and the progressive character of the Latin'Church, the Latin daughter soon outgrew the Greek mother. The 'Byzantine Empire was finally overwhelmed by the Seljuklan Turks, and the Greek Church was Iso lated from the world, among the Sla vonian races, where it is working out its destiny. JTrom .the prodigious ex pansion of Russia great increase of its growth and" avelqpment "may be ex pected, and modern ideas must in time liberalize it. Greek Christianity now represents perhaps one-half as many adherents as the Roman, and probably through the. advance of the power of Russia will 'be an .increasing force lri the world. "" The death of Prof essfcrJStubbs, bishop: of Oxford. W .notable event in 'the current history of England. But It is not on his work as a churchman, but as a historian, that his fame will chiefly rest. He probably was without a peer in the knowledge of the early history of England; and his great work, the "Constitutional History of England," In three volumes. Is not likely "to be su perseded. Bishop Stubbs has gone Into the sources of English constitutional history, as no other writer has ever done. His work has been, ever since it appeared, the basis of all thorough study of the subject PRESIDENTIAL JAUNTS. The tour of President McKInley from Washington to the Pacific Coast in its extent and the methods of transporta tion is in violent contrast with the tour which President Washington made to New England. Transportation was by stages in those days, and Washington was obliged to make the passage from New Jersey to New Tork City In a barge, for there was no steam ferry. Washington visited the leading city of New Hampshire and spent a number of days in Boston, which was then the largest city of the country. When James Monroe visited New England In his Presidential term, he went as far as "Vermont, and the meth ods of transportation were not greatly advanced beyond those of the days of Washington, for while the steamboat had been Introduced, the application of steam to land transportation of passen gers was not made in America until 1828, the last year of the Presidency ot John Quincy Adams, the successor of Monroe. When President Jackson vis ited New England, the application of steam to land and water transportation had made considerable progress, so that his Journey from Washington to Bos ton and return was made more rapidly and with more comfort than that of President Monroe. President Lincoln did not leave Washington durlnj? his term of office, save when he went to Gettysburg and pronounced his famous speech over the dead soldiers of the Union who fell where they fought and were burled where they fell. President Johnson made a speechmaking tour through the leading cities of the Middle West, which was made a butt for political satire and described as "swinging 'round the cir cle." President Grant visited Boston within his term of office; President Hayes visited New Enjrland and was present at the centennial celebration of the "battle of Bennington," August 16, 1877, and also visited the Pacific Coast President Cleveland made a tour of the Southern States, and President Harri son made a visit to the Pacific Coast, which is memorable for the admirable quality and felicity of his speeches on every public occasion. The advance in the quickness and comfort of tourist travel has been enor mous within the present generation, for until 1869 there was no transconti nental line of railroad completed. When President Lincoln was Inaugurated tourist travel across the continent found no railway transportation beyond In dependence. Mo. From that point the overland stage carried passengers and the "pony express" was the only "tele graph." If the same modes of travel across the continent prevailed today that existed in the Administration of Lincoln and Johnson, it Is probable that no Presidential tour would have ever Included the Pacific Coast&States. The journey from Washington to San Fran cisco today does not take more than five days, while by the most rapid stages possible to President Monroe in 1825 he could not have reached Boston in less than ten days. , ASTORIA MISREPRESENTATION. An Astoria paper leads Its editorial columns with the following: To make the play come right, the Astoria correspondent of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer should submit his copy to The Oregonian be fore causing its publication in the Sound paper. Then, perhaps, the Portland channel would accommodate those big ships. The above scholarly and convincing argument against the use of the Colum bia River for shipping was undoubtedly called forth by The Oregonlan's mild protest against the publication of a de liberate lie aent to the Seattle Post Intelligencer by its Astoria correspond ent Ten days after the arrival in Portland of the steamship Adato, the Seattle paper printed, over an Astoria date line, the statement that the Adato went "fast aground while on her way to Portland yesterday morning, and at last reports was still sticking on a sandbar." When the newsDaDers of Astoria tacitly indorse the circulation of such falsehoods by slurring those who object to them, it jolgjit not be a bad policy to have tnefirstibmit their copy to some one who could distineuish truth from falsehood. The "Portland channel" has already this month floated In safety and without delay to Astoria seven foreign bound steamships and sixteen sailing ships. The steamers ranged In size from 4000 tons to 8000 tons' capacity, and not a moment's delay was experi enced by any of them between Portland and Astoria. Some of these steam ers were drawing nearly 25 feet of water, and the Adato, mentioned as .going fast aground, was one of the lightest draft of the fleet and could not have been runs aground anywhere on the route without deliberate effort. The Immediate cause of the publica tion of this latest Astoria He and its prompt Indorsement by the Astoria pa pers was undoubtedly the highly suc cessful trip of the Indravelli, the pio neer vessel of the Portland and Asiatic line. This shiD. which is a larger car rier than is regularly employed in any of the Oriental lines running out of Puget Sound, made the trip from As toria to Portland and return with no more difficulty than would have been encountered by a river steamer. This experience was so much at variance with what had been predicted for the big liner by the Astorlans that it must have been paintful for them to con template. Excitement prevails in Boston politi cal circles over the question whether Harvard University ought to confer the degree of LL. D. upon President Mc KInley. The anti-imperialists oppose conferring a degree, because they do not like the political course of the President, and they accuse the Presi dent's friends of seeking to play poli tics with a great university and get it to conferva degree which would not be conferred were aot the conferee the President of the United States. It is said that the corporation has already decided to issue the degree, but its ac tion must be conferred by the overseers, and the effort now is to prevent the overseers from .giving their consent A circular has been sent to every alumnus - and a strong pressure will be exerted to -prevent the university from giving this honor to which it is urged the President has no technical claim. Gro ver Cleveland, when President, declined the degree on the ground that he had no technical fitness for a doctorate of laws. United States Senator Hoar earn estly and successfully opposed the pro posal to honor Governor Benjamin F. Butler with a Harvard degree of doc tor of laws in 1882, and yet Senator Hoar, who will preside at the June din ner of the alumni association on Com mencement day, is credited with leading the movement for the degree; in fact, he is charged with having "sprung iVl auite unexpectedly UDon both overseers and corporation. It is true that Har vard College many years ago conferred the degree of doctor of laws upon President Andrew Jackson, and Dart mouth College conferred a degree upon General Sherman; nevertheless, it is an abuse of university honors to confer them upon persons who have no spe cial technical fitness for a doctorate of laws. A New England fresh-water col lege once conferred the degree of doc tor of philosophy upon a veterinary surgeon, upon the ground, we assume, that he was distinguished for "horse sense." THE GREAT AMERICAN OPTIMIST. At the celebration of his late 67th birthday. Chauncey Depew, the great American optimist, said: "I have no sorrows or anxieties, no unsatisfied am bitions, no jealousies, no disagreements with anybody." Probably Mr. Depew speaks the truth, and, assuming that he does, we need not go far to seek the explanation of the fact that Mr. Depew at 67 finds himself without any sorrows or anxieties or unsatisfied ambitions or disagreements with anybody. Given by nature an excellent physique, imposing personal presence, a strong stomach, a coarse, rank wit, with voice and fluency enough to make him a popular "stump" orator and professional after-dinner speaker, and we have Mr. Depew, a large, coarse, healthy, good-humored man, who doesn't care what happens so long as It. doesn't happen to Depew. For such a man a fellow without angles like an ees, who can roll any way he Hkes throuch life because he has no particular personal convictions or prej udices strong enough to Interfere with his comfort or his sense of self-interest, it is an easy task to avoid making ene mies, to have few' sorrows or anxieties or unsatisfied ambitions or disagree ments with his fellow-men. A man of the world, who loves pleasure, who Is fond of the pleasures of the table, who is fond of company where salacious stories, well told, make the teller pass for a great American humorist, a man good-natured, because he has an excel lent digestion and is too indolent and selfish to feel any emotion concern ing public questions or lead the forlorn hope of a noble cause, such a man ought to be able to reach 67 and felicitate him self upon what Mr. Depew does today.. Nevertheless, Mr. Depew has had to pay dearly for what he regards as present felicity, for, chiefly because he Is the sort of man we have described, he is utterly without real National weight today in American public life. Depew began life as a lobbyist at Al bany for old Commodore Vanderbilt, who was prepossessed by- his personal advantages, for the Commodore, who was a man of noble physique, always liked to have men of fine presence about him.- Vanderbilt saw that Depew was a fine-looking, brilliant young man of the world, who had the good nature, the coarse wit, the social tact, the elas tic conscience and adroitness that was necessary to make a successful lobby ist The Commodore was true to Depew and Denew was true to the Commodore, so that Depew gradually rose to the head of the great railroad whose great founder had persuaded him that It was better to be a successful lobbyist than an ambitious politician. He has become United States Senator, and he has won a deal of "a certain kind of superficial popularity as the prince of good fel lows, but, In spite of his fame as a serio comic orator on all sorts of occasions, great and small, Mr. Depew Is without any real political force or consequence. He has delivered public addresses on Hamilton, Washington, Grant, Seward, Lincoln and many other statesmen, and all of these addresses are disfigured by historical blunders, and are character ized by exceedingly tawdry thought His fine presence, his excellent voice, his good nature, his "meat-ax" wit and coarse humor always please "the crowd," whether he talks to farmers in a politi cal campaign or to a fashionable audi ence at a club dinner. The reason we need not go far to find. He Is nothing when he 13 not amusing. His stories are most of them so old that they ought to be disinfected, but they are told with sufficient art to make them acceptable. He never thinks to any serious purpose, or, if he appears to be thoughtful, his audience are incredulous and believe it is only part of "Our Chauncey's'' ad mirable fooling. He "does not tire him self thinking or tire others by trying to make them think. The average man who attends a political meeting, a the ater, a club dinner or public function of any kind, which Involves listening tc an address, wants to be amused, and he does not care to be instructed. The fel low who thinks and tries to make him think to some decent public purpose always "makes him tired." Depew himself would consider life too short to be wasted In listening to a pub lic address that did not at least amuse him, and so, like a true man of the world, because" he feels good" himself most of the time, he believes In fram ing his speech on the lines of the as sumption that the average man is a cheerful idiot who does not wish to be challenged to change his mood Into that of a thoughtful man. Mr. Depew has succeeded in what he has tried to do, but It does not seem to us that what he has tried to do was worth doing, for It has left him at 67 years of age perfectly satisfied with himself and his situation, with a good digestion, without any ene mies, without any sorrows, and, he might have added, without any per sonal weight of Influence commensurate with his public position and lifelong pursuit of political honors. Mr. Depew has more than once taken himself seri ously and desired the Presidential nom ination at the hands of his party, but his party refused to take him seriously. Everybody laughed because everybody could not help it Macaulay says of Sir William Temple that "he was no -profound thinker; he was merely a man of lively parts and quick observation, a man of. the world among men of letters, a man of letters among men of the world." That is about the size of "Our Chauncey." He has obtained as much success as he deserved, but few men who have really lived .anything will think any the better of him that at 67 he is without sorrows and without ene mies. No strong man, who, living In a great time and among a great people, Is able to say that he Is without sorrows and without enemies, has done his full duty. He has shunned it. To be with out friends is not pleasant, but a public man who at 67 is without enemies and without sorrows Is sLn" indolent, selfish man, for strength comes through suf fering and strong men are loved be cause of thn onfimles thev have matle: Vi t Is almost Incredible that an int gent community will allow conditions to come to pass such as are said to prevail in Snohomish County, Washington. This county Is just north of King, the most populous county of the state, and containing Its largest city. Yet It is said that smallpox has become epidemic there, and rages, without the simplest precautions to check it Persons suf fering with the disease mingle freely with the public, and patients leave the pesthouses at their will. So serious has the situation become that the Governor has been asked by the Commissioners of King County to establish forcible quarantine against the Infected county. We read of obstreperousness of this character among people of foreign parts, who, blind with superstition and sodden In Ignorance, accept disease as a visitation of God and regard all at tempts to shut it out by quarantine or sanitation as flying in the face of the Omnipotent, but for the people of a pre sumably intelligent American commu nity to exhibit such a lack of prudence and common sense is to present reck lessness or fanaticism In a new quarter If not In a new role. These conditions cannot, of course, be allowed to con tinue. Snohomish County will be quar antined, if .It takes several hundred guards with trusty rifles, duly empow ered by the state to use them, to guard the roads leading aoross Its borders, and especially those that lead to Seat tle, to do It. The situation as reported Is simply astounding, and would dis grace a "cracker"' community of an Iso lated mountain district of Tennessee. Des Moines feels an honorable pride In Minister Conger, and will give him a fitting welcome. While his statesman ship may not be of the highest order, it is well for the entire Nation to remem ber that he. In his official capacity as its representative, has passed through a most trying ordeal in Pekin and acquit ted himself as a brave man. Recalling the anxious days of last Summer, when he with other Americans and foreigners were literally sealed up in the hostile capital of a barbarous nation, it would be strange were he not welcomed home almost as one returned from the dead. He will return to his charge in a few weeks,' refreshed for his responsible task by the kindly feelings of the people of his home city and the considerate attention of his fellow-countrymen and the approval of his Government- Mr. Conger may not be the most suitable man in the country for the delicate of fices of the Chinese mission, but he is the Chinese Minister, nevertheless, and deserves the honor due to his station and his conscientious endeavor to dis charge its duties as became an Ameri can, y I Henry A. Castle Postofflce Depart ment Auditor, in the April number of the North American Review ejxposes the weakness of .the plea,for postal savings banks. Thetrouble would be that there are no securities in which the deposits could be Invested with perfect safety at even 2 per cent. The United States 2 per cent bonds are now only yielding 1,77 per cent, and If the Government once began paying 2 per cent It could never reduce. England pays 2 per cent on postal savings deposits. When consols were at 114 they did not yield this. Consols are now below par. But while they 'were higher they yielded Jess than the interest the government paid The result was a deficit reaching in some years $150,000 annually. The same difficulty confronts the French postal savings banks. "As a business proposi tion there is nothing to be said for postal savings, forthey are sure to end in the payment of a part of the inter est by taxation. The Patton Home, of this clty estab lished and maintained for the benefit of women whom homeless age has over taken, commemorates the name and bounty of an honored pioneer of Oregon, who gave the site upon which it is built, and represents in its maintenance the self-denying endeavor of many charitable women arid the kind regards of the public. It is gratifying to note that this Institution was generously re membered at Its annual public recep tion a few days ago. It may be hoped that it will continue to receive generous support so long as there are aged ones who need its kindly shelter. Among recept deaths is that of Major Joseph Smith Bryce, of New York City, the oldest graduate of West Point He was born In Georgetown, D. C, in September, 1808; he was graduated from the United States -Military Academy In the class of 1829, ranking third to Rob ert E. Lee's first. His service In the Army was brief, and he became a law yer. At the outbreak of the Civil War he , re-entered the regular Army, but saw but little field service. His grand son, Hamilton Fish, was killed before Santiago in the war with Spain. Sir Thomas Llpton sends a klndly warning across the water to the defend ers of the America's cup, saying: "I have the best challenger ever built, and my American friends will have a big job this time." American yachtsmen no doubt received the notice smilingly, firm as ever in the determination that if the challenger wins the trophy he will know he has been to a race. The desire to become possessed of as noted in the Increased business of' the Oregon City Land Office, is an indication of what may well be called "abiding" prosperity. Attach people to the land through ownership homestead ownership and a most substantial surety of good citizenship Is thereby gained by the community. The success of the new British war loan isso sudden and complete as to suggest that old Mr. Kijuger has put into it some pai't at least of that fabu lous sum In gold which he was said to have fetched from South Africa with him. Money will be required to pay ex penses of the reception of the President. Note the call of the committee In local columns, A CENTER OF INDUSTRY. Louisville Courier-Journal. Mr. James H. Anderson, of the Pitts burg Chamber of Commerce, called atten tion during-hls testimony before the Feu eral Industrial Commission last Saturday to the fact that the Pittsburg district is the seat of industrial empire. He estimat ed that within a radius of sixty miles from that city were 150,000 workmen employed in various Industrial plants which used a capital of ?2,O3O,O0O,O0O. These plants and workmen, he said, gave this district "a career of prosperity on Industrial lines un- equaled in the world." As these men are probably the highest paid labor in the world and their productions are of enor- ous value. Mr. Anderson may be rignt. NThis career of prosperity began, he said, wun tne ouuaing ot tne nrsi raurouu i 1S52, but he admitted that much was also due to the facilities for water transporta tion which Pittsburg enjoyed. It Is an enticing picture Mr. Anderson draws. Ordinarily one would think Pitts burg's industrial pre-eminence due to the mineral resources of the district In which that city Is located, but iron ore is brought from Minnesota by water and rail and worked up at the great steel cen ter. This could not be done without the admirable transportation facilities pos sessed now. The Pittsburg district will al ways be the greatest Industrial empire in the worifl as long as it holds the su premacy In the manufacture of steel. Steel, according to Mr.. Carnegie, is either prince or paurep. It is now the Industrial monarch, and so rapidly growing are the uses of steel that It is impossible to see at present how the prince can be de throned and impoverished. This district has one powerful factor which alone insures its permanent supe riority over foreign rivals, but which is not peculiar to any one section of Amer ica. This is the unrivaled energy of the American people which makes the Amer ican mechanic and manufacturer the lend er In the world's Industries. Experts say that nowhere Is such hard work done as In America. People take life easier in Europe, and while they may be happier they do not accomplish the same results. As long as Pittsburg can maintain its lead over the other Industrial centers ot the United States it can maintain it over the world. STINGING REBDKE FROM A PULPIT Chicago Record-Herald. The rebuke administered to Professor George D. Herron by Rev. Newell Dwight HIIlls, pastor of Plymouth Church, Brook lyn, was sucb a masterpiece of scathing excoriation as to excite public scrutiny of the manner of man that should invite such an attack. It was popularly supposed that the re fusal of a number of clergymen to meet on a public platform with Dr. Herron was due to his reckless and ridiculous at tacks upon the churches. But those who know the tolerant, broad-minded Hillis could not ascribe his attitude toward Dr. Herron to any views the latter might en tertain regarding the Christian church. Dr. Hillis never flinched In the face of an assailant of Christianity. The mere fact that the professor was a skeptic or a blasphemer would not deter Dr. Hillis from 'appearing on the same platform with him. In a published statement Dr. Hillis shows that his declination was based on more serious grounds than Professor Her ron's attacks upon the churches. He re fused to appear with Dr. Herron. "not because of his politics or theology, or the vagaries of his intellect, but because of his deeds." Because of his scandalous and brutal desertion of his wife and four children for another woman, who Is re puted to have offered the lawful Mrs. Herron a large sum of money to renounce all claim to her husband. Professor Her ron has. in the opinion of Dr. HUH", for feited all claim upon the recognition o decent men who believe In "the Integrity of the home and the supremacy of right eousness." Says Dr. HUH?: If he -will publicly renounce his young woman friend, rinse out his mouth with sul phuric acid .and cleanse It of the foul pledges he has made, and ask hla deserted wife to re marry him. I will, after I am convinced of his penitence, meet him upon any platform. In the light of the disclosures by Dr. Hillis his firm stand in the matter will commend the approbation of all right minded men. Many men differ In their views concerning politics and theology, but on the question of the brutal and in decent conduct of Professor Herron there can be no disagreement among men who respect the integrity and sanctity of the home. a Asnlnnldo'M Address. Boston Herald. Wbile we may rejoice If Agulnaldo's ad dress to his countrymen has sufficient in fluence with them to bring the blessing of peace to his distracted country, it has to be confessed that its wording is not heroic. He must considerably lower him self in the minds of those who have put him on a pedestal when he describes the cause of peace as having "been joyfully embraced by the majority of my fellow countrymen who have already united around the glorious sovereignty of the United States." This is fulsome, and a reflection upon himself which discloses an Inferior cast of character. It stamps him as having been but a cheap agitator, who, on his own confession, has Incited men' to action against a "glorious sov ereignty" that he now certifies them to be "joyfully" accepting. Our anti-Imperialist friends have apparently Idealized their hero. Roosevelt Doom Beffnn. The friendly "Washington corespondent of the New York Mall and Express re ports that the organized booming of Vice President Roosevelt for full Presidential honors "in 1904 is in progress. Here are the details: "As Colonel Roosevelt Is especially strong in the West, his friends In that section have started an organization to secure delegates to the National conven tion. Trusted men have been put in charge in various Western States and within the last week or 10 days efforts have been made to get together an or ganization in New York. A well-known Republican, who Is Interested In the mat ter, has paid one or two visits to New York City and held consultations with Republicans in that place. The work al ready done In the West was laid before the New Yorkers and they were apked to organize a Roosevelt boom in the Em pire State. Another Hero Gone "Wrons. Chicago Record-Herald. One by one our National heroes per form the useful act of kicking their ped estals from beneath their own feet. Gun ner Morgan, who was elevated Into pub lic attention by Admiral Sampson's silli ness, has brought a suit against his wife for divorce on the, ground of desertion. A sailor who charges his wife with de serting his floating bunk and board has no place In the pantheon of our naval heroes. Sport That Is Hot Murder, New York Tribune. In a few weeks It is likely, an inter national series of matches In the shoot ing of clay pigeons between the smart est experts of Great Britain and the United States will be decided. How much cleaner arid saner that tournament of marksmanship will be than any possible meeting of crack shots who Insist upon the old fashioned, objectionable butchery of live birds! . 0 Worth the Money. Baltimore American. England has received one signal ben efit from the Boer war. Her tramps have all gone to South Africa and she Is, con sequently, free from one of the great problems of modern society. A tramp less condition is worth all the money that has been spent to bring It about, however inadvertently. CUBA'S FOREIGN TRADE, WASHINGTON,' April 29. In a recent statement given to the press by the Divis ion of Insular Affairs of the War Depart ment, a considerable loss was Indicated In the trade of Cuba with the United States for the first eight months of 19C0, as compared with the same period of 1SC9 It Is now explained by the Division of In sular Affairs that In that statement the value of gold and silver coin and bullion was Included In the total value of com merce between Cuba and the United States. Eliminating the coin shipments. It Is ascertained that Instead of there be ing a decrease In the value of Imports Into Cuba from the United States, there is an Increase of $1,220,205 for the first eight months of 1000 over the same period of 1SS0. It is stated that while there may have been an impulse of sentiment at the close of the war on the part of the present Cuban importers to buy from the country that had Just secured to them their liber ty, there Is no evidence of It to be found in the subsequent statistics. There are Isolated oases of Cuban merchants who tried to substitute American products for Spanish on sentimental grounds, but that their efforts proved very successful can not be shown. One extensive dealer in footwear tried to Introduce American shoe", but his customers preferred the Spanish last, even though It was coupled with inferior leather and poorer work manship, and during the last six months of 1900 Spain furnished $620,096 worth of shoes and the United States $160,768 worth. Unless the form of American shoes can be made to suit the Cuban taste and Cu ban custom, the American shoe manufac turer, it is stated, cannot expect to dom inate the Cuban shoe trade. .The same Is true of cotton goods. It costs no more to bring a cargo from Bar celona than from New York and the Cu bans, like the Mexicans, have come to prefer goods of European .make, and the European manufacturers, through long application, have come to know what these people prefer and make the goods expressly for that market. The United States sells a great deal of raw cotton, but comparatively little of the manufac tured. The apparent loss In the exportations from Cuba to the United States during the 1900 period, as compared with the 1S90 period, as shown by the figures In the press statements hereinbefore mentioned, is accounted for by the division as fol lows: "The greater part of the tobacco shipped to Europe goes by the way of New York, and during the first nine months of 1S99. when heavy shipments were made, the reports to the Division of Insular Affairs did not disclose the final destination of this commodity. It is not possible now to determine the exact amounts that should be credited to the United States and to the rest of the world, Europe almost exclusively; but, judging the exportations of 1S99 by those of 1900, it Is reasonable to assume that at least 57,000,000 worth of tobacco, chiefly cigars, destined for Europe, more particu larly Germany and the United Kingdom, were credited to the United States." The statement Issued by the division. In conclusion, says It, therefore, appears that. Instead of there bein&a loss In thi export trade of Cuba to the United States, the same Is not only being maintained, but Is Increasing:. yield of the War Tnx. Up to March 31, 1901, the war revenue act of June 13, 1S9S, has produced $6S9, 504,447. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes has held that express receipts for goods and merchandise to be trans ported from the United Sta'tes to a for eign country are not exempt from tax un der decisions of the Supreme Court in the matter of export bills of lading. Explanation Asked For. Assistant Secretary Spaulding today wrote a letter to the Secretary of State asking him to request of Lord Paunce fote an explanation by the Canadian Gov ernment of the seizure April 23 at Na nalmo, B. C, of the barge AJax, belong ing to a firm in Seattle, and which was. sent into Canadian waters to raise the wrecked steamer Willametto, which Is said to be In violation ot the Canadian laws. Smallpox on Indian Reservations. The Bureau of Indian Affairs today re ceived an official report from the Tulallp Indian Agency, Washington, announcing that smallpox exists not only In commu nities adjacent to the Tulallp reservation, but In other reservations within the Juris diction of .Tulalip Agency. Vaccination has been going on at the Port Madison. Swlnomlsh, Lummi and Tulalip reserva tions and a liberal additional supply of vaccine points will be sent to the agent at Tulallp. Dewey Wnnti a Neutral Canal. NEW- YORK, April 29. A special to the Herald from Washington says: In agreeing to Insert In the proposed Isthmian canal treaty a provision estab lishing the neutrality of the projected waterway, Secretary Hay has taken ac tion which meets with the full approval of Admiral Dewey and the majority ot the Naval officers. When told that the President will pledge the United States to observe the principle of neutrality in the convention under negotiation, the Ad miral ejaculated: "Splendid. More than a year ago 1 said that the canal should be neutral. I am more convinced today of the neces sity of such action. Erection of fortifi cations would make the canal one of the prime objectives of our enemy's oper ations in time of war. Besides their construction would entail enormous ex pense and necessitate constant expendi ture to keep them manned and in proper condition. I see no necessity for them. The neutrality of the canal can be guaranteed by our fleet. The canal 13 to be a commercial waterway, and neutrali zation therefore will mean its preservation." Ioiva Lieutenant's Accounts Short. DES MOINES, April 29. Lieutenant George A. Reed, acting commissary of the Fifty-first Volunteer Iowa Regiment, Is charged with being short $22,442 In hl3 accounts with the Federal Government, and ault was instituted against him to day by United States Attorney Miles In the name of the United States. It is charged In the petition that Lieutenant Reed, while on duty In the Presidio at San Francisco, received stores aggregat ing over 522,000 In value, for which he has not accounted and for the value of which he still owes the Government. Being un able to collect this amount by other meth ods. Attorney Miles was instructed to bring suit. Cofflilan Objects to the Assignment. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 29. Captain J. B. Coghlan called on Secre tary of the Navy Long here today and re quested that he be not assigned to the Mare Island navy-yard. The captain Is troubled with pleurisy and is afraid the low altitude will be prejudicial to his health. In one year more he has the privilege of retiring as a Rear-Admiral on half pay. An Indian Chiefs Appeal. WICHITA, Kan., April 29. Chief White u,dii et tVio Crtne. Tnrilnns In Oklahoma. onnooiori tn tho United States officers to day at Guthrie to protect his people from the demoralizing mnuence oi waiany peu dlers in his reservation. e Harvard Dejrree for McKInley. BOSTON. April 29. At a meeting of overseers of Harvard University today the question of granting the degree of 1 mtnr nf Laws to President McKInlev was taken up Informally, and the senti ment expressed was unanimously in ravor of the step. The matter will come up for formal action In June. Trust Buyinjy Suerar Estates. SAN JUAN, April 29. It Is reported here that the American Supjar Reflnlnjr Com pany Is getting options on large estates here. NOTE AND COMMENT. ' Dramatic note. The war drama "Im South Africa." is enjoying an unlnterr rupted run. The blue laws of Omaha seem touber designed to prevent the public from paint ing: the town. red. If some apprentice hlghwaVmnn wns to achieve sudden fame, let him held u the President's train. Agulnaldo has purchased a typawritar. He Is evidently determined to economize: . by acting as his own press agent. Frlck has been buying farms near Cam- 1 den, and It is expected that he will soa begin to set out his young steel plants. The fact that Senator Hanna Is not a. member of the President's excursion party will be a cruel blow to the editor of th Commoner. So many prizefighters are retiring from, the stage that it is feared that soon the only representative of the manly sporvt will be a few fights. It would be worth considerable to sev eral authors we know of to be excommu nicated and exiled Just before the publi cation of a new book. Chicago Is paying for grand opera at the rate of $11,000 a night And yet there are people who say Chicago, cannot ap preciate crand opera i Mrs. Nation is now trying to convert the Police Judges. The lady if she suc ceeds, will make the labors of Hercules look like falling oft a log. Mr. Schwab is said to be satisfied with his mlllion-dollar-a-year salary. Ha ought to be. It Is large cnougn to enable him to spend a week or two every year at a Summer resort hotel. Business Card. : J. Plerpont Morgan. ; : Poseidon Neptune. : r Morsan & Neptune. : : Dealers In Assorted Oceans, Seas, : : Bays, etc. : Main Office, 20 Wall St., N. Y. : : "Write for Catalogue. : The life of a master disliked by Byrom cannot have been easy. The poet carried, a loaded pistol, he tore down gratings headmaster's property, "because they darkened the hall"; he refused invltatlonst to dinner, because "he should never think of asking Dr. Butler to dine with, him at Newstead"; in fact, he behaved in a rebellious, high-spirited, poetloaE fashion, but through the excellent good sense of his master, he did little harm at the time, and he generously confessed himself sorry for it afterward. The private kitchen of the Sultan of Turkey is a veritable fortress, consisting of a small chamber situated to the right of the great entrance, and Is guarded by barred windows and an armor-plated door.. The cook officiates under the ever-wateh-ful eye of the kelardjhl bachi, one of th most weighty functionaries in Yildlz Pal ace, at Constantinople, for the health, tha very life even, of the ruler Is at his mercy. When cooked, each dish Is fas tened with red wax, bearing the official seal of the kelardjhl, and remain her metically closed until the seals are brokanj In the Sultan's own presence. Hla majes-. ty's life Is passed In a long series of elabo rate precautions. However, in spite eC the care he takes of his health. AbduR " Hamid, after a reign of 25 years, looks prematurely old and broken. His weak ness Is extreme, and his body so thin that It Is little more than a skeleton. PLEASANTRIES OF PARAGUAPHEUS A Lens Time Between Doees. "A dollar bottle of cod liver oil lasts me two weeks.,' "Well, you're a green hand; a dollar battle oC cod liver oil lasu mo a year." Chieago Record-Herald. A Philanthropist. She (haughtily) I happnai to know that you have already proposed to. two other girls thlo year. He Yes. dear, hue I assure you It was only out ot compassion. Detroit Fre Press. Culture In the Outskirts. "How Is your Shakespeare Club coming on. Nancy?" "Oh we have to postpone It nearly every time he cause somebody wants to give a euchrej Chicago Record-Herald. The following request, written on a scrap, of writing paper, was sent In through the deliv ery station of a large city library: "Pleasa, send me danlel bone or lettlu Lord founder rold." The Library Journal. Mrs. Godfrey I think It's about time wa be-" ga.n to send Willie to Sunday sohool. Mr Godfrey I think so, too; ho asked me only yesterday 1 I believed that fairy story oC Jonah and the whale. Brooklyn Life. A Girlish Ignorance. Lady Hlldegarde, who Is studying the habits of tha democracy, de termines to travel by omnibus. Lady H. Conductor, tell the drlvfrh4.,hllVO-"'10't Berkeley Square, and theruhomtS: Punch. Unfortunate. "That was a terrible typo graphical blunder your paper made," said th foreign nobleman to the editor. "What was It?" "You referred to the heiress I am about to marry as my nnanceel" Washington Star. The Tables Turned. Mrs. Meek Bridget, I am greatly grieved because you will not work for me lonzcr; why are you going? Bridget Well, yez wint an' got a hat lolke molne, anf faith. I won't stand it at all, at all." Ohio? State Journal. To a "Withered Wild Flower. L. F. Brown In Field and Stream. Didst "waste" your "sweetness on the desert air," Because you lived as born, "to blush un seen," Tour subtle fragrance, hues so blue and fair, Gladdening no human eye? O floral queen. Moose-bird and thrush were with you In thla glade I The earth, the air and sky, the brawling" brook To these your vivid bud and flower displayed; Made your life perfect In your sylvan ndok. You did not need a glance from human eye To make your mission and your blushlngf swet; Something that else- were wasted 'noath the sky. Yes. in yourself, all rounded and complete. You lived and budded, blossomed,, withered, here, A gladsome, fair creation of your Godi Your mission well performed. And oh; how dear ., The wild-flower's life and death on this lonsi sod! ' Gently the angler lifts your sodden bloom, Notes the faint fragrance from your dying leaves; , But Joys to feel that here. Tn light and gloom. You acted well your part. The Hand thatf weaves The mystic Nature-Web through all the earth, O'er your low bed wilt pass In fond caresst And on the spot that saw your modest birth And faithful life will stop to doubly bless. "Wayfarers. C. H. T. in Good Words. Wayfarers w?! from dawn to distant dawn. . Treading the route unnumbered feet havl trod. , The sunn'd and shadowed highway leading oni Thro' flowery fields, o'er tangled wastes, to God. From early Spring, with blossoms overhead, To Summer's fullness bending on the tree, Neath Autumn's embers, falling gray and red. And Winter's chllllnff snows, wayfarers we I Aw aym' &jc a