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TORTIjAXD. MONDAY, JULY 22, 1001.
. APEACE-MAKIXG WAR.
There Is an opinion that the war in
South Africa is demonstrating a fact
that will be of great interest and use
to mankind. That is, It tends to prove
that under modern conditions great
-nations cannot afford the risk of war
with each other. Modern arms give
"thejJefense an advantage bo great that
-fao nation can take the risk of attack
ing another. Military critics assert
with confidence that neither France nor
Germany could now send an army
across, their common frontier; in other
words, that neither could now make
an attack, though either could stand
successfully upon defense. It is con
sidered certain that If Germany should
now attack, after the manner employed
in 1S70, her armies would be virtually
destroyed; for the tactics then followed
differed JIttle from those of Frederick
or Napoleon, which now could not be
employed. In the face of modern arms.
Hence the war In South Africa, If it
snail accomplish no other good, prom
ises to be a great peacemaker. The
resistance which even a small force
can make, as the Boers have shown, Is
a, revelation of the new forces of war,
Which nations hesitate to evoke and
employ, on a large scale.
Even China, under organizing sol
diership, might prepare, In time, to de
fend herself; but events press so rap
idly upon her that she will scarcely get
time and opportunity. The other na
tions, except Russia, would give her a
chance, but Russia will not. But Rus
sia herself, wherever she may enter
tain designs upon any nation of modern
civilization, will be held at bay by the
new equipment of war. It has long
been believed that the time was com
ing when Russia would attack England
in India, But upon such a line of
defense as the Indus and the moun
tainous regions of the north of India,
a few thousand English soldiers would
be able to thwart the efforts of all the
armies of Russia. The modern equip
ment of war has increased to an incal
culable extent the -power of defense. It
has made aggression, upon land, vir
tually Impossible: or at least It has
changed all the old relations of aggress
ive and defensive power.
When, therefore, a Russian prophet
announces that, "in less than ten years,
Russia may complete her task of enter
ing India and establishing a Russo
Indlan empire, adding 350,000,000 new
subjects to the Czar's dominions," it
may well be concluded that he has no
60und basis for his assertive confidence.
Aft JHt(5fI6r. line of defense always had
an advantage. Now, infinitely more
than ever.
SO CALL FOR ANOTHER. RIG RE
SERVE. The project to establish a new forest
reserve in Southern Oregon "may be
based on a commendable idea, but this
Will not justify so large a withdrawal
!of the public lands of that region as
is now proposed. Preservation of tim
ber supply or protection of river sources
does not demand so large a reserva
tion. There are many reasons why it
Ehould not be made. It would include
a large area within the Congressional
grant to the Oregon & California Rail
road Company, and this corporation
and other private owners would require
compensation of some kind. It would
Include thousands of acres of land val
uable for minerals and for nothing else.
A good deal of arable land would be
Within the borders outlined. The abil
ity of Curry County to maintain a
county government would be seriously
crippled. Mining and agriculture In
that section would be greatly retarded,
and thelumbering Industry would not
be encouraged by the creation of a
forest reserve of such extravagant di
mensions. All this, of course, is upon
the assumption that the project Is con
ceived and promoted In good faith.
But the recent history of forest re
serve manipulations is not such as
would inspire the utmost confidence in
a scheme to set aside a large, unnec
essary area In a new reserve. It is
strange, perhaps, but nevertheless true,
that friends of politicians have grown
Into the habit of getting possession of
lands that are remote and valueless,
upon the private understanding that
those lands would at a convenient time
be taken into a public reserve and thus
made available for exchange for other
tracts that are valuable. This is a
pleasing species of speculation. An
other way In which those fortunate
enough to be advised long in advance
can turn their information to profit is
to use eligible reserve lands, for "base"
in school land purchases. And then,
after all the changes have been rung,
popular sentiment against Including so
much arable land in a Government tim
ber reserve will prove to be so strong
that modifications of boundaries "will be
made and the net result of the labored
processes of. reserving and restoring
land th.at ought to have been let alone
In the first place will be the profit which
political favorites may derive from
shrewd manipulation of the lands and
the laws.
"Wo have had enough experience with
these reservations and kindred enter
prises to have gained some degree of
wisdom, and It is time the public should
do something to protect its heritage
In the unappropriated resources of the
country. From all the information thus
far submitted, there appears no call or
warrant for a reserve of the proposed
dimensions In Southern Oregon. The
scheme is attended by too many sus
picious circumstances. The Govern
ment can do better with its land and
its timber.
"THE REAL AGUINALDO."
i
In the Independent of July 11, from
the pen of James A. Le Roy, at Ma
nila, we have a sketch entitled "The
Real Agulnaldo," which even our "an
tls" may now be prepared to read with
appreciation, since even they have
found, since his surrender, that he is
a man of no spirit. This article is a
discriminating one, yet it is decidedly
a contemptuous view of the character
and achievements' of the Filipino lead
er. "We discover," says Mr. Leroy,
"that Agulnaldo's services, thanks first
to Funston and second to the oath of
allegiance, will be of the highest value
In working out a full civil regime for
the Philippines; unfortunately, this an
ticipation Is shattered by the discovery
that he Is not fitted to be an ordinary
clerk. He Is. It would seem, the popu
lar Idol, a statesman, a patriot, a man
who should fill the best office available;
and yet he has demonstrated himself
to be a mere figurehead, a dullard, a
cruel tyrant and a man too tricky to
be trusted."
This is followed by analysis of his
character and actions. The writer does
not talk at random. He has seen
Agulnaldo and talked with him. He
also has talked with Filipinos who
know the man well, and he has their
estimate of him. He finds that Agul
naldo has been only a figurehead, a
name, and nothing more. He has sim
ply been the ape of Mablni, an able
man, the same who was transported
some time ago to Guam. Such Ideas
as Agulnaldo has, Mablni drummed
into him, and he speaks them like a
parrot, Mr. Le Roy writes:
After declining to talk to me on political
matters, "because of the circumstances In
which I find myself placed," he did venture
upon the assertion of his belief that "America
could only rule successfully In the Philippines
by ruling strictly under the Constitution."
"But would you. Senor Agulnaldo, consider
It advisable to establish trial by jury In these
Islands?"
Though the question was repeated several
different times, In as many different ways, the
only answer was the stereotyped: "America
can rule successfully here only by ruling strict
ly under the Constitution."
The Incident was repeated to a prominent
Filipino, who knows Agulnaldo well through
having been connected with him In the days
when his "government" was being constructed,
and who Is often consulted by Agulnaldo since
the letter's recent return to Manila. His
prompt explanation was:
"He got that Idea literally from Mablni. and
he gave It back to you just as a parrot would.
He did not meet your question as to trial by
Jury because he does not know what that
means; he has never learned It by study, and
he is incapable of appreciating it any way."
Mr. Le Roy was further Informed
that "Mablni became infected with
French socialism, and he Inoculated
Agulnaldo with some of the same no
tions; but, while Mablni may have
some Idea of the broader principles un
derlying the socialistic doctrine, or any
other of his abstractions, Agulnaldo
has no comprehension of them at all."
Agulnaldo has the education and
standing of the ordinary escrlblente,
or clerk, among the people of Manila.
But he has considerably less readiness
than the average man of that class.
"Among the great majority of the best
informed and most Intelligent Filipinos
In Manila (Including In this array
Amerlcanlstas of long standing, ex
officials of the Insurgent Congress and
Cabinet and ex-Insurgent officers In
the field business men, physicians and
lawyers)," says Mr. Le Roy, "Agulnaldo
Is set down as an Ignorant man, by
some of these as an 'Ignoramus-' " A
few of them say that he is bright but
undeveloped. His prominence began In
1896, when, as the head of a small body
of natives, he defeated some Spanish
troops, and became "a little god among
the Cavlte peasantry." After this the
real Filipino leaders used his name and
prestige to advance their own plans.
His capture, together with his conduct
since, has completely dispelled the
tenuous nlmbub of his glory. Mr. Le
Roy quotes a prominent Filipino as
saying:
It seemed to some of us, after General Fun
ston captured him, that the American Govern
ment was about to make another mistake with
him. He was taken to the old Governor-General's
palace at Malacanan, and treated as no
other insurgent politician or General had been
treated. Had the policy of treating him as a
great man, greater than any other of his peo
ple, been continued, and had he, for instance,
been taken to America as the representative
Filipino, it would have been a serious political
mistake for the United States Government in
the Philippines.
He is a shallow little fellow, and in
the absence of his leading mentor, or
of advice upon which he would venture
to act, he doesn't know how to make
up his mind. Everybody lapghed at
the phrases of his proclamation in fa
vor of the United States. Issued after
his capture. Mr. Le Roy says that en
thusiastic and fulsome as they are,
yet "for warmth, glowing rhetoric and
enthusiasm they do not for one moment
compare with the proclamation signed
by Agulnaldo in praise of Spain and
her generosity, etc., and Issued to his
people on the eve of his departure for
Hong Kong after Spain had closed out
the revolution of 1896-7 with the Treaty
of Biac-na-Bato, and had paid over
part of the shekels.'' But his latest proc
lamation did a deal of good. It com
pletely "knocked out" Agulnaldo's ad
mirers In America Atkinson, Garrison,
Winslow and Senator Hoar, who have
been too utterly ashamed of the man
ever since, to repeat a. word of their
former encomium. and adulation. George
Washington has had a rest, ever since.
Mountain-climbing, like many other
things that look easy on paper, Is in
reality a severe test of physical fitness
and personal endurance. Wise people
regulate, their ambition In this direc
tion in accordance with this fact. That
Is to say, if they are not physically
able to make the ascent they content
themselves with the less arduous but
by no means Inferior pleasures of a
Mazama outing, while their more ro
bust comrades toll up' the steep elopes
I of the mountain and planf the banner
of their clan upon Its icy summit
While congratulating those who reached
the goal of the mountain-climber's am
bitionthe topmost peak of hoary Hood
It Is well also to congratulate thpsc
who prudently estimated their strength
and powers of endurance and remained
in camp.
IN THE HANDS OP THE WORKING
1 PEOPLE.
Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, of Pennsyl
vania, Is a man of some National repu
tation. He was Garfield's Attorney
General; he has for years been a con
siderable figure in affairs; he la a
writer and speaker who possesses supe
rior, powers of expression, and yet he
is not a sound thinker. The other day
at Harvard he predicted that Ameri
can politics soon would become a strug
gle between those who have and those
who Jiave not. This Is a mischievous
generalization. If It is true, It fore
shadows the destruction of the Ameri
can Republic. Of course, we are not to
conclude that It Is untrue, merely be
cause It Is disagreeable. Unquestion
ably there are some signs that give
apprehensions of such a struggle, but
in fact power is still in the hands of
the American people, and to doubt that
they will know how to use it "is to de
spair of their Intelligence and. moral
rectitude.
For, notwithstanding the progress
and. growth of wealth In monopolistic
forms, In our country, there Is no coun
try of the world today where a man
who Is fit to handle the tools that is,
the man who Is able to do things Is so
qulokly recognized at hlB true worth
as In America, There Is no country In
the world where mere wealth without
sterling merit can so seldom obtain any
position of Important responsibility.
The Institutions of this country and Its
laws generally favor labor, and If the
laws do not do justice to labor, it Is
the fault of labor if they are not re
dressed, for In the hands of the 20,000,
000 wage-earners of this country Is
placed the ballot. The labor vote Is
the real sovereign In this country. It
makes the Jaws, for It elects the legis
lators who make them, and, directly or
Indirectly, creates the courts that con
strue those laws. It makes all the ex
ecutives of the laws, from President
down to County Sheriff. Jf labor suf
fers any continuous wrongs through In
stitutions and laws of this country, it
suffers through its own neglect, for
labor is so overwhelmingly In the ma
jority that it can enact its own pleas
ure whenever it really knows what It
wants and Is agreed upon the remedy
for the evil situation.
It is the fashion of doctrinaires and
socialists to denounce the present com
petitive system. But labor does not op
pose this systom; it opposes the abuse
and misuse of that system, the aberra
tions from Its integrity. American
labor knows that nowhere else has the
laboring man risen so fast and so well
as under our American Institutions.
The present system for the distribution
of wealth can only be altered by taxa
tion. Mr. MacVeagh knows that land
In this country Is today taxed heavier
than anywhere else; he knows that rail
roads already pay a heavier tax than
In Europe or England. Street-car lines
are beginning to have a like tax. The
present movement Is toward a heavier
taxation of Industrial and business
plants and various forms of corporate
property. Legacy taxes exist In New
Tork and Massachusetts, and are like
ly to Increase. Legislation Is steadily
Increasing the burden ImRQsed on capi
tal, and lightening the burden on the
wage-earner. Interest falls, wages rise.
The English Income tax Is drawn chief
ly from men whose incomes perish with
them, but our system, which places, In
consequence of the absence of an In
come tax, a heavier tax on land and
corporate capital, Is fairer to labor. Oc
cupations from labor up are taxed in
Europe, while here there are no such
taxes, but the main burden is shifted
to capital. With the tariff abuses re
moved which play into the hands of
trusts, labor would have no need to
complain of ''the present system for the
distribution of wealth," no need to drift
with Mr. MacVeagh toward his Implied
remedy of state socialism.
3IONEY, MARKETS AND TJIADE.
With the harvest season fully two
weeks later than that of last year,
midsummer trade has not yet passed
the dull season, and the last week In
July will hardly show the activity that
was noticeable a year ago, at a cor
responding period. Bank clearings for
the past week show some reflection of
this delay In the grain movement: That
they are smaller than for the corre
sponding week a year ago, however,
cannot all be attributed to the late
ness of the grain season. The appar
ent shortage Is due In a measure to
the remarkably healthy condition of
the country banks, which are so well
supplied with money that they will not
be obliged to make the usual heavy
demands on the Portland, banks for
funds with which to handle the crops.
Despite the fact that it seldom proves
profitable, there is a growing disposi
tion among farmers to speculate with
their crops after they are ready for
market, and, with plenty of money In
the country banks, they receive con
siderable encouragement to carry their
wheat past the time when they usually
sell. It Is, ot course, too early to learn
whether they will or will not follow
this plan the present season, but with
so much money obtainable from the
country banks at moderate rates of
Interest, the incenjtlver for such specula
tion is greater than usual.
A decidedly encouraging factor In
the trade situation last week was a
marked Improvement In the wheat mar
ket. This was In a measure due to un
favorable weather which seriously dam
aged the corn crbp In the United Sta'tes,
causing a boom in corn' and a par
tially sympathetic rise In wheat. The
advance, fortunately for the American
i farmer, was not all due to the crop
damage In this country, for there is' a
growing belief that European crops
have suffered sufficiently to make a
large deficit in the available supplies
abroad. It is perfectly certain that
America will be called on to make up
the major portion of this deficit, and
even the record-breaking crop which
the bears are expecting from the
United States may not prove too large
for the requirements that will be made
upon It, The flour trade, which has
been in a badly demoralized condition
for many weeks, shows little or no Im
provement, and the outlook for the com
ing season indicates that a much.small
er amount of wheat will go across the
Pacific in the form of flour than was
exported last year.
The Increased salmon run noted a
week ago held'ua throughout the week,
and, while it came too late In the
season to pull the pack up to average
proportions, if is having a good effect
on lower river trade, and the fishermen
are all doing well. Lumbering and
logging are active, but there Is some
complaint of a car shortage, and, with
high-priced logs and low prices for the
manufactured product, the profits of
the manufacturers are cut down to very
small proportions. Building In the city
and suburbs continues, creating an act
ive demand for lumber, sash, doors, etc,
and also for skilled labor. The de
mands of the harvest fields and the
fruit farms have made further drafts
on the ranks of the unemployed, and
any man In quest of employment will
have no difficulty in finding It.
Wool, which comes along pretty close
to wheat as one of the great staples
of Oregon, Is still moving freely, and
practically all of the chglce grades
have been disposed of, and the seconds
are being picked up at fair prices. Ore
gon orchards are now competing with
the Callfornlans with early peaches,
apples, apricots, etc., and by another
week or two we shall be independent
of the Southern growers. BerrlPs and
cherries, after a long and successful
season, are disappearing, except for
blackberries, which are now coming In.
In butter, eggs and .poultry there was
a little more weakness toward the
close of the week, on account of liberal
receipts" and only a moderate demand.
The preliminary skirmishes of what
may prove an interesting sugar war
afforded about the only feature of In
terest In groceries.
July 29 Is the date selected for the
launching of the new battle-ship Maine.
If all goes well, therefore; this latest
and greatest addition to the United
States Navy will glide from the ways
Into the waters of the Delaware River
a week from today. Miss Mary Preble
Anderson, of Portland. Me., will
christen the new ship with the old and
doubly honored name. No launch In
the past will, It Is said, equal In cere
monial effect that of this vessel. The
builders and the Navy Department will
combine their efforts to this result,
making the occasion alike commemo
rative of the vessel that lies at the
bottom of Havana harbor and of the
magnificent growth of the Navy since
the War with Spain. The Cramps
have pushed the work on the vessel
with all speed, notwithstanding the In
tense heat, which during the first ten
days of July caused the great Iron
vessel "to be one of the hottest objects
Imaginable. The builders' would have
been forced to suspend operations but
for the willingness of the men to begin
work at 4 o'clock In the morning and
continue until noon. When It is con
sidered that sleep during the seething
hours of the 'afternoon and evening
was- almost Impossible, and that many
men had to leave their homes at 2
o'clock In the morning In order to reach
the shipyard by 4 o'clock,, the sacrifice
that they made Is well worthy of the
appreciation and more substantial ac
knowledgment of their employers.
The reported conspiracy to overthrow
the French Republic and Install Prince
Louis Napoleon as Emperor September
14 next Is undoubtedly without any se
rious foundation. The head of the Bo
naparte family Is Prince Victor Napo
leon, now an exile In Brussels, the
grandson of Jerome, the youngest
brother of Napoleon the Great, and son
of the late Prince Napoleon, who Is re
membered chiefly for having shown the
yrhlte feather In the Crimean War.
Prince Louis Napoleon, whpm the con
spirators are said to have selected as
Emperor, Is the brother of Prince Vic
tor Napoleon, was born In 1864, is a
General in the Russian Army, and Is
unmarried. His mother, the Princess
Glotllde, was the daughter of King Vic
tor Emanuel, and sister of the late
King Humbert, of Italy. If there is
ever another successful revolution in
France It will not be to place a Bona
parte on the throne, for of all the po
litical factions In France the Bonapart
Ists are the weakest. Furthermore, the
Czar of Russia In the Interest of the
peace of Europe would not permit
Prince Louis Bonaparte as a soldier of
high rank In the Russian Army to al
low himself to become the leader of
a conspiracy against the government of
a friendly power. The majority of the
French people are strongly devoted to
the republic, and those who are not
attached to It are Socialists or Orlean
lsts rather than Bonapartlsts.
The South African medal has recently
been awarded to a relative of King
Edward who Is confessed to be respon
sible for the disastrous and Inexcusable
defeat of the British troops at Sanna's
Post. This Is not the way that mili
tary misconduct on part of men of royal
blood Is treated In the German Army,
for the most popular Bavarian Prince
was recently forcibly retired as a bri
gade commander because he displayed
his Incapacity when drilling his troops
under the eyes of his immediate supe
rior. This officer, a man of the plain
est bourgeois antecedents, demanded
and obtained the honorable discharge
of the Prince In question, despite the
fact that the people of Munich desired
the latter's retention. This stern, "un
alterable insistence upon merit and
ability keeps the German Army up to
the standards of Von Moltke, who cre
ated It, and makes It, therefore, the
most formidable military machine In
the world.
Recently it was stated in The Ore
gonlan that "the Portland School Dis
trict had turned over to certain per
sons, unknown to the school laws, a.
sum of money for support of kinder
gartens." An error was implied in this,
statement; for, though It was voted at
the school meeting to turn over $5000
to outside persons for kindergarten
.work, the directors of the district have
not done It, holding that they have no
legal power to do so.
The number of persons killed in rail
road accidents makes a prodigious list.
No less than 86.277 "were killed In the
United States during the thirteen years
ended June 30, 1901, while no less than
409,027 were injured. This is one of
the striking facts shown In the recent
report of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Every year the destruction Is
greater than the loss In both armies
at the battle of Gettysburg.
It Is seldom there is so much sym
pathy throughout the country with a
strike as that now manifest toward the
strikers against the great steel trust.
The reason Is that labor organization
Is the only present check upon so vast
a monopoly, the only available obstacle
to colossal and otherwise unrestrained
power.
Since the mills of the steel trust are
all, unionized, why should not the labor
in them be unionized, too? . :
.MISSOURI'S DROUTH OF 1854.
And yet this, is not the first time that
drouth has sadly afflicted Missouri. The
following from Macon, in that state, tells
some interesting Incidents of a water
famine 47 years ago:
"The present drouth In Missouri recalls to
many rioneers the one that existed In the
West and South during the year 16W," said
J. H. Wright, president of the Callao Bank,
today. "I was about 10 years old. A large
rarty of us left Missouri for Texas In April.,
On the 10th or 17th of June, while In camp
on Red River, near Preston, a heavy rain fell,
which was general throughout the country,
but It was the last one that year. Up to that
time the weather had been unusually favor
able, and there never had been better pros
pects for crors.
"As the Summer went on without rain we
began to get discouraged, and movt of us de
cided to return to Missouri. There were seven
covered wagons in our caravan, containing as
many families. As we slowly drove up
through the Indian Territory the scarcity of
water became a serious problem. 1 remember
one day we traveled 40 miles with only Ave
gallons, the heat and dust were awful, and
toward the afternoon our thirst became Intol
erable. At nightfall. Instead of camping, we
resolved to preis on to a place where a spring
was said to exist. Some of the teamsters were
In an uziy mood and nearly delirious. My
heart nearly failed me In thinking what would
hapren should we not find the spring, or If It
should be played out. But we rtach-d 1: at
10 o'clock In the night, and such a yell and
scramble for It you never saw. Men, women
ami children fought for places, and accldenU
were only averted by the men In charge taking
their stations between the crowd and the
spring and passing the water out In moderate
quantities. They were so thirsty they would
have killed themselves had they been allowed
unrestrained liberty at the water.
"All along our route was the dreary picture
of the drouth fields of stubble, Jeaftss trec3
and dust-white roads. There were no birds
singing In the.trees, and very llt'.le sign of ai 1
mal Ufa anywhere. There was no relieving
spectacle anywhere along the whole 700 mtlek
of our homeward Journey, which showed the
absence of rainfall had been general.
"We Teachcn Missouri about the middle of
August, and found vernation on every farm
burned up. The cbrn that looked so promising
In the early Summer wss cut for foddr, and
that Is all that saved the Mock. There wer
no railroads, and it was lmposslole to get anj
thlng In the way of vegetable", fruit or csreals.
Cornmeal cost $1 53 a bushel when brought
In from Glassow or Hannibal. We llvtd on
bacon, cornbread, coffee and molasres pur
chased at those places. Farrner3 moved their
stock over to the Charlton River, which ran
vntll late In the Fall. The rtock too far back
In th$, country to reach the river pcrlshea.
There was nothing to be done on the farm
and people just sat around and looked at the
sky. Some of the emlrrarrts who had taken
up large tracts ot land aband)ncd It and re
turned East, jinder the Jmztresslon that a
drouth was a regular thing In Missouri.
"Toward the latter part of tho Summer a
great meeting was held at Antloch Church,
and three ministers, who had come a long way
for the purpose, prayed for rain. It was on
this occasion that Uncle Jlmpa Dysart madj
use of the expression which has since become
famous, He said: 'Brothers, I telf you ther
ain't a1 bit of use prajlng for rain,, becau.e
the wind Is In the wrong direction.'
"I guess he was right, for the rain never
came. Af last Winter st In. and It was
hoped early snowfall3 would furnish water,
and one rlsrht good storm came up. But the
snow was dry and It bl w away with the dust,
without even dampening the earth. '
"The dust on the rlkes was frightful on a
windy day. You could hardly see a vehicle
Just ahead of you. The old Glasgow stage
coach would roll Into Callao with everything
about It passengers, driver, horses, harness
and all nearly as white as snow. Sometimes
travelers' throats would become so badly
choked that they couldn't talk until they took
a drink of water. I guess In those days most
of us ate our allotted pck of dirt or more.
"The Spring of 1853 was seasonable and
crops sprang from the ground with renewed
vigor. I can keenly remember our first meal
wjth home-rrown vegetables on the table, and
I've never tasted anything since that was
quite so. good."
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CHANDLER'S XAMIOW ESCAPE.
A Virginia Woman Wits Bent on
Marrying Him.
Washington letter In Boston Transcript.
Seeing William E. Chandler sitting up
solemnly as a Judge and weighing the
merits of questions ral'ed betore ifte Span
ish Claims Commission recalled to an
old acquaintance the other day an ad
venture wjth a crank which Mr. Chandler
had while Secretary of the Navy, and
which sadly damaged his dignity of ap
pearance for a little while. The crank
was a- Virginia spinster from the rural
back districts, extremely uncouth In ap
pearance nnd speech. She had tramped
to Washington In mid-Summer, having a
mania for marrlgc and hearing that Presi
dent Arthur was a widower. She frankly
announced her errand at the Executive
Mansion. The President wbb out of town,
she was Informed, and would not be back
for some days.
"Is any of his Cabinet men In taown7"
she demanded.
The White House doorkeeper was a wag,
and suggested the name of Secretary
Chandler. He also pointed out the Navy
Department to her. She hastened In that
direction, and by rare gopd luck crossed
the Secretary's path as he was alighting
from his carriage.
"Be you William Chandler?" she ex
claimed, planting herself before him.
"Yes, ma'm," he answered politely.
"Secretary of the Navy?"
"The same."
"Then, William, I am yours! take me!
I come from Vlrglnny to marry a big
man, but I reckon you are big enough for
me." And she advanced upon her victim,
with arms outstretched.
Mr. Chandler, who Is a devoted and
most exemplary family man, waited to
hear no more. He darted to one side so
quickly that he nearly lost his hat, and
ran Intothe lower hall of the department
as the cowhide boots of his fair pursuer
clattered up the walk behind him. He did
not emerge from his office until evening,
after he had been assured that the police
had the woman In charge.
Rubbing? It Into Sickles.
Augusta (Oa.) Chronicle
Just before Lincoln gave him the com
mission of Major-Geperal, Sickles was
perhaps the most rampant secessionist
and Southern sympathizer at the North.
He surpassed Ben Butler, who, at the
Charleston Democratic convention, voted
a number. of times for the nomination of
Jefferson Davis fdr the Presidency. It
was the kind- of Northern Democrat like
Sickles who precipitated the war. We
believed that he and the men like him
would prevent invasion or make It dif
ficult and dangerous. But we were vlc-r
tlms of misplaced confidence. General
Sickles Is verging on his SOth year, and
yet hie latest appearance Is pot only
discreditable to himself, but to the old
soldiers who seem to have turned what
they once called patriotism Into looting
the country they professed to haye saved.
One Wny to Get a "Wife.
The accidental dropping of a dime down
his pack secured a bride for George Hoj
den, of Scranton, Pa. Holden Is 23 years
of age. One night at the theater a 10-cent
piece slipped from the hand of Miss Hatty
Sturgls. Although a thorough search was
made by Miss Sturgls and a girl friend,
It could not be found. The girls were dis
mayed, for they had no money and their
homes were nearly two miles distant.
Holden, although 5 cents was the extent
of his belongings, and he an entire stran
ger, gallantly offered to escort them home.
His offer was accepted. In bidding adieu
to the young women, he explained that
the lost coin had slipped down his back
and was then reposing in his left sock.
Captivated by his neat speech, Miss Stur
gls encouraged his attentions, and the
other day they were married.
3Ir. Bryan Poor Appetite.
Washington Poet,
Mr. Bryap tld the Knoxvljle people that
he would rather talk than eat. It Is up
fortunate for the Democratic party tht
I Mr. Bryan has such a poor appetite, -
ADAH ISAACS MENKEX.
A statement In The Oregonlan about
"Orpheus C. Kerr" R. H. NeweU and
his marriage to the noted, or notorious,
Adah Isaacs Menken, brings an Inquiry
about "The Menken," as she was com
monly called, and the time and place of
her death. A subject of this kind Is cne
in which a class of persons not a small
class either takes a singular Interest.
Of this remarkable woman estimates differ
widely. It is certain that she was an
accomplished and singularly fascinating
woman, but impetuous, erratic, wayward
and fitful In her moods. Sympathetic and
open-handed m her generosity, she was
indifferent to conventional moralities. As
an actress she gained a good deal of fame.
Her last appearance on the stage was at
London, In May 1S8, and she died at
Paris August 10 of the same year.
Born In the year 1S35. near New Orleans,
she managed to crowd Into her 23 years
of existence a larger amount of experi
ence than ever came to any other Ameri
can woman whose personal history Is a
matter of public knowledge. Her father
was a Spanish Jew; her mother a French
woman. Her maiden name was Dolores
Adios Fuertls. At the age of 7 she made
a sucessful public appearance as a
dancer with her sister Josephine, and this
seems to have determined her to make a
career on the stage. She mastered French
and Spanish anrj very early In her life
as an actress wtnt to Havana, where she
became very popular, and was known as
the "Queen of the Plaza." This was be
fore she was 20.
At Galveston, In 1S56, she married Alex
ander Isaacs Menkcp, a musician by whose
name she was ever afterwards known.
Her association with Menken lastfd only
a year or two. Divorced from him, she
reappeared as an actress at New Orleans.
Her engagements then extended to Louis
ville and Cincinnati. A year "or so later
sne tnought of becoming a sculptor, and
at Cincinnati entered a studio, to pursue
that art. But this cotUm could not long
detain her, and she soon went to New
York, where the next Incident in her
varied ard eventful life was her mar.
rlage to John C. Hecnan, the noted nu
giltet. This occurred In April, 1S59. Two
months later she made her flm appear
ance on the stage In New York, where
sne causca a great sensation during that
season and the following year Then she
played in the Southern and Westerri the
aters for a season, and In 1S62 procured a
divorce in Indiana from Heenan, after
which she returned to New York. Shbrtly
afterward she married "Orpheus C. Kerr"
Robert H. Newell but this connection
was as brief as the former ones. In her.
It is said, were latent all the possibilities
which In the soul and life of Robert H.
Newell had been wrought Into character
and conduct. He represented to hir
much that she brokenly or Intermittently
wished she had realized. He believed that
he could reclaim and redeem her and vhu
dlcate his love and confidence In her. She
believed, but for only a brief while, that
he could do so They were honorably mar
ried, and he hoped and she hoped for hap
piness as well as honor. Of course, tnt
hope w"as fallacious. Fate or the predomi
nant inclinations in her proved stronger
than his powers or her will, and they as
peacefully parted as they had confidently
come together.
In 1S63 she came to California, where
she was received with Immense favor In
her favorite character of Mazeppa, In
which she appeared nearly nude, strapped
to the back of a splendid horse. In this
act It was the perfection of her person
rather than any skill she evinced that
constituted her drawing power. In 1S64
she won a London triumph as Mazeppa at
Astley's Theater. Returning to America,
she was seen on the stage at New York
for the last time In 1S66, and the same
year she married a New Yorker named
James Barclay, Before- the end of the
year. she was back in London, and the
short remainder of her life was spent In
Europe. In 1SS7 she published In London
a volume of poems entitled "Infellcla"
an attempted expression of the moods of
her own erratic spirit. Again she went
to Paris, and after a brief Illness died
there, as stated above, and was burled
at Mount Parnasse cemetery. The stone
above her grave bears the simple inscrip
tion, dictated by herself, "Thou Know
est." It would be a mistake on the part of
the reader of the present day to suppose
that she was attractive only to the lovers of
the vulgar sensations of the lower drama;
for she had power In a remarkable degree
to attract and to fascinate Intellectual
men. A fine critic says: "She was a
wonderful woman. Hers was a surpassing
beauty of person, voice and manner. Hers
was a distinctly charming, original and
versatile dramatic capability. Hers was
a conversational gift and a poetical gift
which Charles Dickens and Alexander
Dumas appreciated and unfelgnedly
praised. Hers was an experience of un
regulated friendships and attachments In
America and Europe which contained In
them excitement, variety, stimulation,
tragedy. Along with all of It. underneath
all of It, was a nature essentially spir
itual, but perverted, an Imagination tine,
subtle and fragrant, but trained neither
by high associations nor by uplifting
studies." Certainly It was a remarkable
woman, about whom such things are said
after such larse of time.
MAJOR FOXTAIXE'S SHOT.
A Story of tne Denth of General
Sedgwick,
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
It Ib merely a question of the relative
perfection of firearms that has led Major
Lamar Fontaine, of Lyon, Miss., who has
been In Memphis for the especial purpose
of "buying a new model of rapid-firing
pistol." to disclose the fact that it was
he who killed the Union General Sedg
wick, May 9, 186i.
Major Fontaine, as he bought his pistol,
discoursed on questions of range with a
reporter of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Yes, there have been rifles before
with a range as great as that of the Krag
Jorgensen or the Mauser the old Whit
worth, for Instance. The proof? On the
date just mentioned Major Fontaine was
a goldler In the Confederate Army, lying
at Spottsylvanla Courthouse. Va. Every
body saw, at a distance Of 2200 yards, a
Federal officer of high rank engaged In a
reconnolssance. As he sat on his horse
the glasses of the Confederates made him
out to be none other than Grant. He was
stocky, like Grant, and had just such a
beard.
Fontaine saluted and asked General Ar
mlstead, who was present on the Confed
erate line, If he might ''shoot Grant."
"No," said Armlstead. The soldier asked
again and again. Discipline might have
beep lax In the Confederate camp, for
after the soldier had ventured to repeat
his request five times the General said:
"Try' it. If you wapt to." There was no
other firing going on; everything was
still. Fontaine took aim through the
telescope Bight on his Whltworth rifle,
fired, and the Federal officer fell to the
ground, his neck broken by a bullet. It
turned out to be Sedgwick, not Grant, and
It also turned out that his neck had been
broken by a Whltworth bullet just 2203
yards away.
You do pot believe this story? Then
you had better not let the news of your
Incredulity get as far as Lyon, Miss., for
Major Fontaine took home with him from
Memphis his new rapid-fire pistol, and has
probably been practicing with It since.
t
Reminder of That "Plain Dntr."
Providence Journal.
Protectionists and other apologists for
President McKlnley's evasion of "plain
duty" last year who say the tax on our
imports from Porto Rico was necessary to
set the Island on Its feet, will hereafter
have to explain away the fact that the
J600.000 thus collected remains still Intact
In the Island treasury, Treasurer Hol
lander says It hao not yet been touched.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Mazamas come high; but ws must
have them. t
M S
The seaslders will soon becoming home
to cool off.
A tip to the Tacoma team; Next tlms
you have a good thing, follow It up.
The only way to dispose permanently ot
Bryan Is to elect him Vice-President.
The Ohio Democrats may never elect a
ticket, but they certainly did ,thelr plain,
duty by Bryan.
Hawaii Is progressing In the art of gov
ernment. Already an extra session of the
Legislature Is talked of.
The Ice man and the seaside hotel
keeper must have failed to send the,'
weather clerk the customary chepk.
When Boston hears San Francisco al
luding to herself as the Athens 'of Amer
ica, she will elevate her eyebrows.
Agulnaldo Is beginning to weary of pris
on life. However, he would probably have
been just as unhappy had be been hanged.
It Is all very well to buy hats for horses
In Summer, but It will be no joke to
their owners when the glad Easter comes-
around. '
Kansas Is having another '.run of hot.
weather. The elements are clearly deter
mined to do what they can for the Popu
list cause.
And once again the gentle rain
Doth fall from eve till dawn.
Juet to remind all humankind
That this Is Oreson.
In this favored section of the country
there Is no lightning, thunder or other
bluffing of the elements. It Just get3
ready to rain and rains.
With hay selling nt a cent1 a pound In
Kansas, It begins to look as If the Popu
lists ha-e been supplied with1 a new ma
terial from which to coin money.
When Hamlet spoke of that, "undiscov
ered country from whose bourn no trav
eler returns," he must have been reading
reports of recent polar expeditions.
The Chinese Government wljl not re
turn to the capital because the dragon Is
left, but the partaking of a little Chinese
gin will restore the animal td his ac
customed place, and all will be well.
The Nashville American says that If
the Democratic party cannot win on Its
own strength nnd merit It cannot win
through fusion or alliance or combination
with other and weaker parties. It must
be admitted that the outlook Is discour
aging. The only states to elect Governors this
year are Ohio. Virginia, Massachusetts,
Iowa and New Jersey. In New York,
prior to the separation of municipal from
state contests In 1S01, the Governor. Lieutenant-Governor
and members of the As
sembly were elected in one year, and. In
the'year following, the other state officers
and members of both branches of tho
Legislature. This year in New York there
Is no state ticket to be voted for.
Last year the consumption of lager beer
In the United States was 1.220.000.0CO gal
lons. The consumption of beer is Increas
ing In Chicago and In New York. New
York, Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Louis,
Newark and Cincinnati are the six chief
bcer-drlnklng cities of the United States;
New York.ijt. Louis, Rochester, Toledo,
Milwaukee and Philadelphia are the six
beer-producing cities. The popularity of
lager beer Is Increasing In the South,
where heretofore there has been little de
mand for It. There were, by the last In
ternal Revenue, returns, 11 breweries In
Texas. 4 In Tennessee, 7 In Virginia, 5 In
Alabama, 1 in Florida and 5 In Georgia.
Her Divorce Celebration.
New York Sn.
"Did you ever see anything like this?"
said the stationer, ,
"This," was an announcement got up
In regular wedding, card style on heavy
whlte paper. The stationer read It aloud:
: MRS ISRAEL '.MURRAY :
: requests the pleasure of your prejence at :
: the celebration of htr divorce from :
: MR. ISRAEL MURRAY. :
: Wednesday evening. July 10, 1001. :
: At 0 o'clock :
"Surprise you?" asked; the stationer.
"Well, rather " returnel the customor.
"It's the funniest th!ng I ever heard of."
"It's a new one on me, too," said the
ctatloner. "I've printed a' good many odd
Invitations and announcements in my
time, but this thing of cejebratlng a di
vorce Is a decided novelty. 1 don't
know whether the custom 1$ ever going
to become popular or not, but If there,
are many people In New York as glad
to be released from matrimonial entan
glements as ie Mrs. Israel Murray. I will
probably print a good many such notices
In the course of the next few months."
Qnny Not Omnipotent.
Boston Herald. .
The report that the President will not
remove Postmaster Hicks and Internal
Revenue Collector McClaln. of. Philadel
phia, at the request of Senator Quay, Is
good news In one sense. We welcome any
assurance fhat Quay's power Is not om
nlrotent. The fault of these officers is
reported to be that they are not abjectly
subservient to Mayor Ashbridge, the head
of the Philadelphia Republican machine,
who approved the acts of the Philadelphia
Council giving away to Quay politicians
for nothing franchises for whiclt John
Wpnamakcr had offered to pay the city
$2,500,000.
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PLEASANTRIES OF FAHAUHAJ'HEKS
Mother I am surprised, my dear, that you
suffer a man to kiss you! Daurhter-But,
mamma. I don't call it suffering. Tit-Bits.
Decidedly Different. Penneld What makes
you think that last poem of mine wa different
from anything else I've written? Merrltt-It
was published. Judge.
Very Recherche. Ml Roche So your play
was a success, was t? Both financially and
artistically?. Mr. De Swell Oh, bless me. nei
ther! Merely socially. Brooklyn Life.
Knew His Books. Van Croke But. my dear
fellow, you can't afford to marry a girl like
Ruth RIchlinsr. Van Broke On the contrary,
old man. I can't afford to marry any other
girl. Town and Country.
Remarkable Success. Ascum I hear you'v
started ymir ion in business for himself. How
Is he doing? Rlchman Splendidly. He's been
In. business nearly two months now, and he
hasn't failed yet. Philadelphia Prcus.
Topper So you don't altogether like the new
pastor's sermons, eh? Dapper No, they are
too profound. They necessitate too, much head
work. Tapper Quite true. I noticed you were
nodding through his entire discourse yesterday.
Fun. 4
Cousin Ethel Did Santa Claus bring you
everything you wanted. Freddy? Freddy (In
disappointed tones) N aw; he only brought me
a sled, an a bicycle, an a goat, .an' a foot
ball, an a gun. an' a sojer suit, an' soma
marbles, an' a horn, an' a pair o" skates, an
a whip, an some books, an" that's all! Glas
gow Evenlns Time. (
Propor Feellng.-'Maelstrate I am told that
you have already been convicted 14 times on
this same .charge. Aren't you ashamed to have
to acknowledge to that? Prisoner Xo, your
Worship. I don't think no man oughter be
ashamed of 1 conwlctlons. Magistrates-Two
months, without- the option pf fine, Plclc-Me-Up.
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