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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.
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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!
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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.
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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