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COULD NOT WAR ALONE
VENEZUELA AJfD COLOMBIA "WOULD
HAVE MANY FOES.
Even if the Present Disturbance
Continues, the United States
May Hare to Take a Hand.
"WASHINGTON, 'Aug:. 2. The political
situation in the neighboring republics of
Venezuela and Colombia, and the possi
bility of -war between these states, Is at
tracting much attention In diplomatic cir
cles. Should war actually result, the au
thorities in both countries would not have
to deal with only foreign enemies, but also
domestic foes, as each of the countries
has what amounts to civil war on its
hands. Neither the Venezuelan nor the
Colombian Legation here has much direct
information, the cable reports being ex
ceedingly conflicting. The officials at the
Colombian Legation are at a loss to un
derstand the report of President Castro'a
declaration of martial law dn the ground
that his country is being invaded by Co
lombia. The revolution, headed by Dr.
Calvleras, who crossed the Venezuelan
border from Colombia, where he. had
taken refuge, Is said to be In no sense an
invasion by Colombians. Dr. Calvieras
belonged to the party of Andrade, who
was overthrown by Castro, and It Is said
In diplomatic circles that he Is simply
heading a rebellion of Venezuelans against
Castro's authority.
No definite Information has been re
ceived here regarding the whereabouts
of General Urlbe-Urlbe, who, in turn, Is
heading a movement against the present
government of Colombia from the Vene
zuela side. The last news of his where
abouts "was that he was at Maracalbo,
and had not crossed Into Colombia, where
It w& supposed he would attempt a junc
ture with Narln, a noted guerrilla, who
is still carrying on a vestige of the last
revolution in the mountains of the central
range of the Andes. At the Colombian
Legation here, the movement headed by
Tribe a not considered at all serious, thus
far. The report received here, July 26,
gave news of a projected simultaneous
invasion of Colombia from Venezuela,
Ecuador and Nicaragua. Nothing has
been heard of the movement since.
United States May Be Affected.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. A cablegram
has been received at the State Department
from the Consul-General at Colon, stating
that if the present revolutionary troubles
In that section become more aggravated
the traffic across the isthmus will surely
become interrupted. The United States
Government is bound, by a treaty, to keep
this traffic open to the world. No request
frf a warehlp to be sent to the scene of
ihe troublo has been made.
WAR MAY BE DECLARED.
Probable Result of the Resignation
of the War Minister of Venezuela.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug. 2.
In consequence of the resignation of
Senor Pulldo, Minister of War, it Is
feared that President Castro, of Vene
zuela, as proposed to the Cabinet, will
declare war against Colombia, notwith
standing public oplnon is against such a
move. The President, it is understood,
suggested that passports be handed to the
Minister from Colombia. It is feared
that the most serious complication will
follow the present situation.
COLOMBIA IS AGAINST CASTRO.
It Thinks He Aided the Revolution
ists of That Country.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Venezuela is
again on the eve of a revolution, and not
only is that unfortunate republic ap-
I complications will, in all probability, arise
1 between the Governments "of Venezuela
land Colombia, says the Port of Spain,
JPTrinldad, correspondent of the Herald.
President Castro, while facing the upris
ing against his own authority, Is also ac
cused of furthering directly the revolu
tion against the Colombian Government.
Arms, ammunition and the other acces
sories of war have been quietly smuggled
into Venezuela through the "waterways of
the republic, and the first engagement is
expected to be the signal for uprisings in
several widely separated districts.
General Castro is expected again to
assert "his power by placing a strict cen
sorship on all telegraphic dispatches from
that country as well as Ordering a close
scrutiny of all mall matter passing
through the general postoffice In Cara
cas. To add to the seriousness of the situa
tion in Venezuela Itself, It is well known
that In the adjoining republic of Colom
bia a very strong feeling of resentment
against the Castro Government exists on
account of what Is considered a serious
breach of international law on the part
of Venezuela for its alleged recognition
of, if not actual assistance to, the leaders
of the revolutionary party of Colombia.
It Is even said that not only has the
Venezuelan Government permitted Its
ports to be used by the Colombian revo
lutionists as a base for the collection of
supplies, but It has winked at, if not
actually assisted, the Colombian revolu
tionists with certain articles of war.
A report has been current here that
General Rafael Urlbe-Urlbe, from Antl
oqula, Republic of Colombia, arrived In
Caracas several days ago under the name
of "Senor Victor Toro," and had an In
terview of about three hours with General
Castro. He went to La Guayra soon after
ward and proceeded on board the Vene
zuelan gunboat Augusto, the name of
which had been changed to Zumbador.
He found it well supplied with munitions
of war. and started Immediately for
Maracalbo, where he met about 3000 troops
on the frontier between Venezuela and
Colombia, ready to act at once In the In
vasion of Colombian territory.
Within 24 hours another dispatch was
Tecelved here saying the Colombian
Government had discovered the plan laid
down by General Uribe-Uribe after his
consultation with General Castro and
6000 Colombian soldiers had been sent out
to meet the invaders.
He Thinks Colombia Will Keep Out.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2. "The men who are
trying to overthrow the Venezuelan Gov
ernment by exciting a revolt In the
western mountains and by trying to draw
Colombia Into the trouble are friends of
ex-President Andrade," says Pedro Al
vlzua, Venezuelan Consul In Chicago.
"When the ex-President was expelled,
some of the mountain people were still
In sympathy with him, but they are few
In number and can accomplish little.
They are trying to Induce Colombia to
take their side against President Castro,
and the Government now in control In
Venezuela. I do not think they can suc--ceed
In that. The heads of the two
governments are on the best of terms,
and there is not the slightest enmity
between the people. Dr. Cariveros, the
leader of the revolution, may possibly be
able to find a few recruits among the
Colombians, but they will be so very few
that they will not add materially to his
forces.
"There Is another reason why Colombia
will not Interfere with affairs in Vene
zuela. Colombia Is herself engaged In a
revolution at the present moment."
Revolutionists Defeated.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 2. The
Venezuelan Government reports that the
revolutionists have been defeated near
San Cristobal.
Censored Cablegrams Arc Inaccurate
SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, Aug. 2.
Mall advices received here from Venezuela
and Colombia say the censored cablegrams
which the Venezuelan Government allows
press correspondents to forward from
Caracas are Inaccurate. President Cas
tro's army. It Is added, does not exceed
3000 soldiers. General Urlbe-Urlbe Is re
ported to be a month's march from Bo-
gota, the capital of Colombia, with less
than 3000. men. Battles are said to be Im
minent. The Venezuelan revolutionists
are at San Cristobal, and the Colombian
revolutionists were at Cucula when the
mall advices were forwarded.
.American Party Put in Prison.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. 2. Pro
fessor Riddle, of the San Juan Normal
Schoo, who has been sojourning In South
America in the interests of the United
States Fish Commission, has arrived here
from Venezuela. He tells a storv of Im
prisonment. "While ascending the Orlnoco,-
accompamea oy an asphalt official, his
launch was held up at Tukuplt by a small
Venezuelan gunboat, which made pris
oners of the passengers and crew of the
launch. They were held in custody at
Ciudad JBolivar for six days, and were
then released.
Revolution Feared in Costa Rica.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 2. Letters
received here from business men in Costa
Rica report considerable public dissatis
faction in that republic with the govern
ment's Increase of import duties in con
sequence of the abolition of export duties.
It is feared that If the government con
tinues to Increase the duties a revolution
will follow. Already precautions have
been taken to protect the leading govern
ment officials. The new taxes have re
sulted in a general decrease In wages.
Nicaragua Friendly to America.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 2, via Gal
veston, Aug. 2. The Congress of Nica
ragua assembled tonight, when President
Zelava read a message advocating
the Monroe doctrine, welcoming the as
sistance of the United States against
European colonization in South America,
and setting forth that Nicaragua Is anx
ious for the construction of the Nicaragua
Canal by the United States.
American Minister Wins His Point.
RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. 2. Owing to
the efforts of the United States Minister
here, Charles Page Bryan, proposed tariff
changes prejudicial to American com
merce and favored by British, Italian and
Argentine Interests, have been defeated
In the Brazilian Congress.
SCHLEY COURT OF INQUIRY
Proceedings in Open Court "Will Oc
cupy but a Short Time.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The proceed
ings, in open court, of tho Schley Court
of Inquiry will probably not occupy more
than two weeks, or a month at the most.
This comparatively short time is based
upon the expectation that it will be
necessary to call only a few of the per
sons who participated in the West Indian
naval campaign. The officials do not care
for repetitions of the uncontroverted testi
mony, and they feel that few of tho naval
officers who were on the fleet really know
anything of the motives which moved the
commanders. Judge - Advocate - General
Lemley will leave Washington tomorrow
morning for a month's vacation along tho
St Lawrence. During his absence tho
Judge-Advocate-General's office will get
In touch with the witnesses whose testl
monyis desired, so they will be all ready
to appear before the court when wanted,
NO SUCCESSOR TO KIMBERLY,
The First Time in 05 Years the Ad
miral Asked to Be Excused.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The Navy De
partment did not announce today the suc
cessor to Admiral KImberly on the Schley
Court of Inquiry. The following cor
respondence with Admiral KImberly rela.
tlve to the tatter's declination was mado
public today:
"West Newton, Mass., July 29, 1001.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge tho
receipt of the precept of a Court of In
quiry, which is to convene on the 12th of
September, in which I am named as a
member. I regret to have to request that
I may be detached from such duty, owing
to disability from a weak heart and its at
tending complications. I am under medi
cal treatment for the same. Much to my
mortification, this Is the first department
order that I am unable to honor during a
naval life of 55 years. I am, very re
spectfully, your obedient servant,
"J. A. KIMBERLY,
"Rear-Admiral U. S. "N.
"John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy,
Washington, D. C."
The Navy Department replied as fol
lows: "Navy Department, Washington, D. C,
Aug. 2, 1301. Sir: The department is in
receipt of your letter of the 23th, ex
pressing regret on your part on being
obliged to ask that you may be detached
from the duty of serving on the Court
of Inquiry, convened the 12th of September
next. The department learns with regret
that you are suffering from a weak heart
and Its attending complications, for which
you are under medical treatment. Such
being the case, the department is re
luctantly compelled to grant your re
quest. "Let me hasten to assure you that there
Is no cauM for mortification at this in
cident. On the contrary, it affords an
opportunity of which the department
gladly avails itself to congratulate you
for a record so loyal to the service.
Moreover, this record amply justifies the
wisdom of the Secretary of the Navy in
assigning to you the grave and conspicu
ous duty of serving upon the court.
"Permit me to express the hope that
your health will continue to Improve so
that In future should a less arduous duty
be required of you you may be fully able
to respond. Very respectfully,
"F. W. HACKETT.
"Acting Secretary,
"Rear-Admiral J. A.. KImberly, U. S. N.
(retired). West Newton, Mass."
Capriles Compliments Schley.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. A dispatch to tho
Journal and Advertiser from Madrid says:
Lieutenant Enrique Capriles, ex-Governor
pf Santiago de Cuba, who wae on board
the Spanish cruiser Vlzcaya during the
battle of Santiago, in an attempt to es
cape with the city records and treasure
of Santiago, In an Interview regarding
Admiral Schley said:
"I was on the bridge of the Vlzcaya
and saw the fight. I saw the Brooklyn,
and from an excellent position observed
the movements. The Brooklyn attacked
us, and it is ridiculous to eay the Brook
lyn kept too far away or stayed out of
the fight. There cannot have been cow
ardice where one ship engaged three o ti
ers. Eyewitnesses of the battle are dying
off, and It Is better to finally settle tho
question now, while enough witnesses are
living."
Verinont Will Not Be Destroyed.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2. It is stated at tho
Brooklyn Navy-Yard that the idea of
destroying the old frigate Vermont, which
for the past 40 .years has done duty there
as a receiving and training-ship, has been
abandoned. All that Is of value on the
vessel will be removed and the hull pre
served as a relic Just what disposition
will be made of the ship will be decided
by the authorities at Washington. At
present she la infested wltfh water bugs
and fleas, and is believed to contain mi
crobes that are productive of disease.
Appointed to the Indian Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The following
appointments in the Indian service are
announced:
George Butler, superintendent of Irriga
tion; John Charles, Wisconsin, supervisor
of construction; R. M. Prlngle, Missouri,
superintendent of engineering. Cleave
Hastings, Minnesota, has been appointed
a special agent of the Land Office.
Smallpox Among Indians.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The Interior
Department was notified today that 50
cases of smallpox among Indians are un
der quarantine at the Flathead agency
In Montana. Steps have been taken to
prevent its spread, and to stamp out the
present epidemic
THE MORNING
PROTOCOL IS FINISHED
MINISTERS OF' POWERS AT PEKIN
NOW HAVE IT.
All Questions "Will Be Signed in
Fevr Days, Unless a Hitch
Occori.
PEKIN, Aug, 2. The protocol committee
of the Ministers of the powers have vir
tually finished the draft, and submitted
the same for approval to the other Min
isters. All questions will be signed In
the course of a few days, unless there
should be some- disagreement as to the
phraseology, resembling the discussion
that arose over the word "Irrevocable"
in the early stages of the negotiations.
Should such a hitch occur the signing
may be indefinitely postponed.
Snnctloned by Foreign Ministers.
BERLIN, Aug. 2. A dispatch received
hero today from Pekin says the Foreign
Ministers have sanctioned the marching
In of a division of 3000 Chinese regular
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troops to a camp situated a few II from
Pekin about August 8, preparatory to
the evacuation of the Chinese capital by
the allied troops on August 15.
German Squadron From China.
CADIZ, Aug, 2. The German squadron
from China arrived here today. Rear
Admiral Gelssler and his captains re
paired on board the flagship of Prince
Henry of Prussia, Prince Henry, in the,
name of Emperor William, warmly wel
comed the. returning officers in a brief
speech. The squadron -of Rear-AdrnTral
Gelsfeler an$ the one commanded by Prinqo
HenTy of Prussia, whfch arrived some
days ago,' will--remain ? here ior'. several
days.
British Evacuation of Pekin.
LONDON, Aug. 2. The Under-Secretary
of the Foreign Office, Lord Cran
bourne, in the House of Commons today,
announced that the official date fixed for
.the evacuation of Pekin by the British
troops was August 15, subject to a few
days' extension If necessary. The evacua
tion of the other portions of China de
pended on circumstances.
Nankin J? to Be a Treaty Pprt.
HONG KONG, Aug. 2. The commis
sioners of customs have left Wu Chau
for Nanking, Province of Quangsee, to
open tho latter as a treaty port. The
British warships Glory, Eclipse and
Daphne arrived unexpectedly today at
Amoy. All is quiet there.
! BANKERS COMMIT SUICIDE.
American Company Having; to Pay
Policies in Berlin.
BERLIN, Aug. 2. The Breslau banking
concern that was yesterday reported In
difficulties on account of Bourse attacks
upon the bank in Eastern Germany, Is
the Jacoblaender-Nachfolger Bank, In
which Herr Eugene Landau Is a partner.
Herr Laudau Is president of the board of
directors of the National Bank, and in
consequence of embarrassments of the
Breslau bank, he today resigned the pres
idency of the former institution. The dif
ficulties of the Breslau house, which have
not yet been surmounted, are due to the
fact that Its resources are locked up in
unsalable securities. There is an inti
mation that rich family connections will
come to the rescue.
Cases multiply where banks and manu
facturers deny in the newspapers having
had business relations with bankrupt and
shady concerns. The correspondent of the
Associated Press is Informed that one
of the leading American Insurance com
panies In Berlin has, since the present
crisis began, paid policies aggregating
250,000 marks on bankers who have com'
mltted suicide.
RUINOUS STAGNATION OF TRADE.
Forty Thousand Artisans Deported
in Southern Russia.
LONDON, Aug. 3. "As evidence of the
ruinous stagnation of trade In Southern
Russia," says a dispatch to the Stand
ard from Odessa, "a government factory
Inspector asserts that 70 per cent of all
the industrial works of the great manu
facturing government of Ekaterlnosk
have suspended, and in order Jo relieve
distress, and to prevent disturbance 40,
000 artisans have been deported to their
homes in the interior at the expense of
the government. Conditions in the Indus
trial centers of Russia are similar."
Explanation of Brodcrlck's Course.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. The effect of tho
death of Lady Hilda Broderlck on tho
quarrel between the newspapers and the
Secretary of State for War Is explained
by the London correspondent of the Trib
une as follows:
The Secretary of War has been exposed
to general criticism for lack of tact in
deallhg with tho press. Even the Dally
Mall Is now moved by generous im
pulses, since death has suddenly dark
ened his home. Iady Hilda Broderlck was
an accomplished woman with a large cir
cle of devoted friends In London society.
While her husband was a plodding official
and a politician, with an Insatiable ap
petite for public work, she was a wel
come guest In country houses, and he
often accompanied her against his will.
Her death has occurred after a short ill
ness, due to blood poisoning. It Is chari
table to conclude that Mr. Broderlck's
recent errors of judgment have been
causea Dy domestic anxiety ana distrac
tion. To Examine the Holland.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-Captaln Tromp.
foreign representative of the Cramps, has
OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY,
received a .cablegram from Holland in
forming him that Queen "Wllhelmina has
ordered the Secretary of Marine of Hol
land to send' a detail to the United States
to examine and report on the submarine
boat Holland. This detail is composed of
Rear-Admiral Tadema, chief of the gen
eral staff, of the Holland Navy; Captain
Wentholt, chief of tho torpedo bureau, and
Naval Constructor Sir H. Rappard. These
officers will arrive about September 29.
Emperor's Portrait Unveiled.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 2. The large
portrait of himself which Emperor
William of Germany presented to the.
Naval Club here, as a token of His
Majesty's appreciation of the condolences
of the club at the time of the loss last
December of the German training ship
Gnelsenau, was formally unveiled yester
day. The officers of the United States
cruiser Atlanta participated in the cere
monies. Gave to the Victoria Memorial Fund.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. It was learned to
day that each delegate from the Cham
ber of Commerce of New York to the re
cent London dinner contributed 51000 to
the Victoria memorial fund.
Boer Official in St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG Aug. 2. Mr. Van-
t M i . t
ORMAN.
derhoven, secretary of the Transvaal
Legation In Brussels, Is now in St. Pe
tersburg to attend a wedding, after
which he will visit his mother, who is
a Russian, He declares that his journey
has no political significance, despite the
reports that Mr. Kruger and Dr. Leyds
are coming here.
Count Cassini to See the Cznr.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2.-Count Cas
sini, the Russian Ambassador to the
United States, who arrived here recently,
will be received in audience by the Czar
on Wednesday next. The Ambassador
vfly remajn, here a. fortnight, will spend
tff) yreeks at Marlenbad and wllj then re
turn to Paris. He has not yet seen the
Finance Minister, M. DeWitte, and it Is
unlikely that Count Cassinl's pres
ence in St. Petersburg will substantially
change the situation respecting the sugar
duties. It Is understood that the Ambas
sador Is unable to throw light on the
question whether Russia would recognize
the decision of the United States Supreme
Court, should it decide against Russia.
There Is a disposition In several quarters
hero to hope for a settlement through
a. new commercial treaty.
Wants to Serve "Without Reward.
LONDON, Aug. 2. There is a curious
announcement in tonight's Gazette to the
effect that King Edward has accepted the
resignation of Major Karri Davies of the
Companionship of tho Bath, "that officer
having expressed the wish that ho might
be permitted to serve His Majesty without
any reward." Major Davles received the
decoration for conspicuous services In
South Africa, especially In connection
with the relief of Mafeking. Such retro-cesslon-
of a decoration Is unprecedented.
More Annrchlsts Arrested.
PARIS, Aug. 3. According to the Rome
corerspondent of the Figaro, who alludes
to the recent arrest of Amiel Galllottl, the
anarchist. In Switzerland, Qulntivallo and
Lunl, of the Paterson anarchist group,
wno recently arrived from the United
States, have also been arrested In Geneva
The correspondent repeats the rumor that
Galllottl is an accomplice of Bresci, who
killed King Humbert, and came to Europe
with a mission to kill Emperor Nicholas.
LI Huns Chang: Has Recovered.
PEKIN, Aug. 2,-Ll Hung Chang, who
was taken with sudden indisposition yes
terday, called in a foreign doctor to con
sult with his personal medical adviser.
The malady proved to be a temporary
attack, such as he has frequently suf
fered from during the last 12 months. To
day he seems to have recovered.
Topedo-Boat Sank.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 2Torpedo boat
No. 81 sank off the Alderney breakwater
In the English Channel while taking part
In the naval maneuvers. There was no
loss of life. All guns and stores on
board were saved. The boat will be
raised. She struck the submerged ruins
of the old breakwater.
Sljrnor Crlspl A'uont the Same.
NAPLES, Aug. 2. Signor Crispi, ac
cording to a bulletin Issued tonight, suf
fered no change for the worse during
the day, except that the nervous prostra
tion, which characterizes his malady, is
sieaauy increasing.
Indian Mohammedan Honored.
BERLIN, Aug. 2. The Relchsanzelger
this afternoon states that the order of
the crown of the first class has been con
ferred on Aga Khan, of Bombay, the spir
itual head of the Indian Mohammedan
Koja sect.
Velvet Factories Will Shut Down.
BERLIN, Aug. 2. The velvet factories
In the Crefeld district have decided to
shut down August 5, on account of the
protracted strike of the shearers.
Bremen "Will Honor Von Waldersce.
BERLIN, Aug. 2. The Senate of Bre
men has voted to confer the freedom of
the city upon Count von Waldersee on his
return from China.
New Rector of Berlin University.
BERLIN, Aug. 2. Professor Reinhard
Kekule von Stradonltz has been elected
rector of the Berlin University.
9100,000 Fire in Indiana.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Fire in Hammond,
Ind. destroyed the plants of the Simplex
Railway Appliance Company, the West
ern Rawhide Tanning Company and the
.Hammond Buggy Company. Loss, $100,-
000.
AUGUST 3, 1901.
BIRTHDAY OF COLORADO
ITS TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
WAS CELEBRATED.
Roosevelt Spoke on the Growth
the "West During the Last
Quarter Century.
of
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 2.
The principal feature of the Colorado
quarto-centennial celebration In this city
today was an address by Vice-President
Theodore Roosevelt on "The Growth of
the West During the Last Quarter of a
Century." On his arrival this morning.
Colonel Roosevelt was welcomed by1 Gov
ernor Orman and staff, war veterans,
school children and many others. At 10
o'clock he was escorted to North Park,
where he spoke in the open air to an as
sembly of 10.000 people, In part, as fol
lows: "This anniversary, which marks the com
pletion by Colorado of her first quarter
century of statehood, Is of Interest not
only to her, not only to her sisters, the
states of the Rocky Mountain region, but
to our whole country. With the excep
tion of the admission to statehood of
California, no other event emphasized In
such dramatic fashion the full meaning
of the growth of our country as did the
Incoming of Colorado.
"It is a law of our Intellectual develop
ment that the greatest and most Impor
tant truths, when once we have become
thoroughly familiar with them, often be
cause pf that very familiarity grow dim
In our minds. The westward spread of
our people across this continent has been
so rapid, and so great has been their suc
cess In taming the rugged wilderness,
turning the gray desert Into green fer
tility, and filling the waste and lonely
places with the eager, thronging, crowded
life of our industrial civilization, "that we
have begun to accept It all as part of
the order of nature. Moreover, It now
seems to us equally a matter of course
that when a sufficient number of the citi
zens of our common country have thus
entered into and taken possession of some
great tract of empty wilderness they
should be permitted to enter the Union
as a state on an absolute equality with
the older states, having the same right
both to manage their own local affairs
as they deem best, and to exercise their
full share of control over all the affairs
of whatever kind or sort In which the
Nation Is Interested as a whole. The
youngest and the oldest state stand on an
exact level 4n one Indissoluble and per
petual union. To us nowadays these pro
cesses seem so natural that It Is only by
a mental wrench that we conceive of any
other possibility. Yet they are really
wholly modern and" of purely American
development.
"When, a century before Colorado
became a state, the original 13 states be
gan the great experiment of a free and
Independent Republic on this continent,
the processes which we now accept in
such matter-of-course fashion were looked
upon as abnormal and revolutionary. It
Is our own success here In America that
has brought about the complete altera
tion in feeling. The chief factor In pro
ducing the Revolution, and later In pro
ducing the war of 1S12, was the Inability of
the mother country to understand that the
freemen who went forth to conquer a
continent should be encouraged In that
work, and could not and ought not to be
expected to toll only for the profit or
glory of others. When the first Continen
tal Congress assembled the British Gov
ernment, like every other government of
Europe at that time, simply did not know
how to look upon the general question of
the progress of tho colonies save from
the standpoint of the people who had
stayed at home. The spread of the hardy,
venturesome backwoodsman was to most
of the statesmen of London a matter of
anxiety rather than of pride, and the fa
mous Quebec act of 1774 was in part de
signed with the purpose of keeping the
English-speaking settlements permanent
ly east of the Alleghenles, and preserv
ing the mighty and beautiful valley of
the Ohio as a hunting ground for savages,
d. preserve for the great fur trading
companies, and as late as 1S12 this pro
ject was partially revived.
A Most Extraordinary Feat.
"More extraordinary still, even after In
dependence was achieved and a firm union
accomplished under that wonderful docu
ment, the Constitution adopted in 1789, we
still see traces of the same feeling linger
ing here and there In our own country.
There were plenty of men In the seaboard
states who looked with what seems to us
ludicrous apprehension at the steady
westward growth of our people. Grave
Senators and Representatives expressed
dire foreboding as to the ruin which would
result from admitting the communities
growing up along the Ohio to a full equal
ity with the older states; and when Louis
iana was given statehood they Insisted
that that very fact dissolved the union.
When our people had begun to settle In
the Mississippi Valley, Jefferson himself
accepted with equanimity the view that
probably It would not be possible to keep
regions so infinitely remote as the Mis
sissippi and the Atlantic Coast in the
samo union. Later, even such a stanch
Union man and firm believer In Western
growth as fearless old Tom Benton, of
Missouri, thought It would be folly
to try to extend the National limits west
ward of the Rocky Mountains. In 1830 our
then best-known man of letters and his
torian, Washington Irving, prophesied
that for ages to come the country upon
which wo now stand would be inhabited
simply by rcvlng tribes of nomads.
"The mental attitude of all these good
people need not surprise anybody. There
was nothing In the past by which to Judge
either the task before this country or the
way In which that task was to be done.
As Lowell finely said, on this continent
we have made new states as Old World
men pitch tents. Even the most far-seeing
statesman, those most gifted with the
imagination needed by really great states
men, could nt at first grasp what the
process realty meant. Slowly and with In
credible labor the backwoodsmen of the
old colonies hewed their way through the
dense forests from the tidewater region
to the crestn of the Alleghenles. But by
the time the Alleghenles were reached,
about at the moment when our National
life began, the movement had gained won
derful momentum. Thenceforward It ad
vanced by leaps and bounds, and the fron
tier pushed westward across the continent
with ever-lncrcaslng rapidity until the day
came when It vanished entirely. Our
greatest statesmen have always been
those who believed In the Nation; who had
faith in the power of our people to spread
until" they should become the mightiest
among the peoples pf the world.
Impossible for Other Nations.
"Under any other governmental system
which was known to Europe, the problem
offered by the Westward thrust, across a
continent, of so masterful and liberty
loving a race as ours would have been In
soluble. The great civilized and coloniz
ing races of antiquity, the Greeks and the
Romans, had been utterly unable to de
vise a scheme under which when their
race spread It might bo possible to pre
serve both national unity and local and
Indlv'lual freedom. When a Hellenic or
Latin city sent off a colony, one of two
things harrened. Either the colony was
kept In political subjection to the city or
state of which It was an offshoot, or else
It became a wholly Independent and alien
and often a hostile nation: Both systems
were fmught with disaster. With the
Greek race unity was sacrificed to local
Independence, and as a result the Greek
world became the easy prey of foreign
conquerors. The Romans kept national
unity, but only by means of a crushing
centralized despotism.
"When the modern world entered upon
the marvelous era of expansion which
began with the discoveries of Columbus,
Vhe nations were able to devise no new
plan,
AH the great colonizing powers.
I England, France, Spain, Portugal, Hol-
land and Russia, managed their colonies
primarily in the interests of their home
country. Some did better than others
England for example, did far better than
Spain but In no. case were the colonists
treated as citizens of equal rights in a
common country. Our ancestors, who
were at once the strongest and the most
liberty-loving among all the peoples who
had been thrust out Into new continents,
were the first to revolt against this sys
tem; and the lesson taught by their suc
cess has been thoroughly learned.
"In applying the new principles to our
conditions we have found the Federal Con
stitution a nearly perfect instrument. The
system of a closely knit and Indestruct
ible union of free commonwealths has en
abled us to do what neither Greek nor
Roman In their greatest days could do.
We have preserved the complete unity of
an expanding race without impairing in
the slightest degree the liberty of the in
dividual. When in a given locality the
settlers became sufficiently numerous they
were admitted to statehood, and thence
forward shared all the r.'ghts and all the
duties of the citizens of the older stares.
As with Columbus and the egg, the expe
dient seems obvious enough nowadays;
but then It was so novel that a couple ot
generations hart to pass before we our
selves thoroughly grasped all Its features.
At last we grew to accept as axiomatic
the two facts of National union and local
and personal freedom. As whatever is
axiomatic seems commonplace, we now
tend tto accept what has been accomp
lished as a mere matter-of-course Inci
dent, of no great moment The very com
pleteness with which fhe vitally Important
task has been done almost blinds us to
the extraordinary nature of the achieve
ment. Tribute to Colorado Men.
"You, the men of Colorado, and, above
all, the older among those whom I am
now addressing, have been engaged In do
ing the great typical work of our people.
Save only the preservation of the Union
Itself, no other task has been so important
as the conquest and settlement of the
West. This conquest and settlement has
been the stupendous feat of our race for
the century that has just closed. It stands
supreme among all such feats. The same
kind of thing has been done In
Australia and Canada, but upon a
less Important scale; while the Rus
sian advance in Siberia has been
incomparably slower. In all the
history of mankind there Is -nothing that
quite parallels the way In which our peo
ple have filled a vacant continent with
self-governing conmmonwealths, knit Into
one Nation. And of all this marvelous his
tory, perhaps, the most wonderful por
tion Is that which deals with the way In
which flie Pacific Coast and the Rocky
Mountains were settled.
"The men who founded these commu
nities showed practically by their life
work that It Is Indeed the spirit of adven
ture which Is the maker of common
wealths. Their traits of daring and hardi
hood and iron endurance are not merely
Indispensable trairs for successful pi
oneers; they are also traits which must
go to the make-up of every mighty and
successful people. You and your fathers
who built up the West did more even
than you thought, for you shaped there
by the destiny of the whole Republic, and
as a necessary corollary profoundly In
fluenced the course of events throughout
the world. More and more, as years go
by, this republic will find Its guidance in
the thought and action of the West, be
cause the conditions of development In
the West have' steadily tended to accen
tuate the peculiarly American character
istics of its people.
"There was scant room for the coward
and the weakling In the ranks of the ad
venturous frontiersmen; tfhe pioneer set
tlers who first broke up the wild prairie
soil who first hewed their way Into the
primeval forest; who guided their white,
topped wagons across the endless leagues
of Indian-hunted desolation, and explored
every remote mountain chain in the rest
less quest for metal wealth. Behind them
came the men who completed the work
they had roughly 'begun; who drove the
great railroad ' systems over plain and
desert and mountain pass; who stocked
the teeming ranches, and under irrigation
saw the brfgni green of the alfalfa and
the yellow of the golden stubble supplant
the gray of the sage-brush desert; who
have built great, populous cities, cities In
which every art and science of civilization
are carried to their highest point, on
tractts which' when the 19th century had
passed its meridian were still known only
to the grim trappers and hunters and the
red lords of the wilderness with whom
they waged eternal war.
"Such Is the record of which we are so
proud. It Is a record of men who greatly
dared and greatly did; a record of wan
derings wider and more dangerous than
Wiose of the Vikings; a record of endless
feats of arms, of victory after victory
In the ceaseless strife waged against wild
men and wild nature. The winning of the
West was the great epic feat In the his
tory of our race."
Cnllom Confers With McKlnley.
CANTON, O., Aug. 2. Senator Cullom,
of Illinois, spent the day with the Presi
dent. His object in coming here, he said,
was to confer with the President on two
or three matters, none of which was of
general public Interest. "I talked over
the Legislative work for the next Win
ter," said the Senator. "I do not look for
any general tariff revision, and hope
there will be none. I think we can make
the few needed tariff changes without
much trouble and without the disturb
ance to business that would follow gen
eral revision."
The Senator said he did not expect
much legislation on the Philippines this
season. He expects the ship subsidy bill
may pass.
Impure Milk to Be Dumped Out.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Adulterated milk
and cream are to be confiscated In future
at the receiving depots of all railroads.
The discovery of formaline at the receiv
ing depots will result In the seizure of
the cans and the dumping of Its contents
Into the nearest gutter. In order to stop
the entrance of drugged milk and cream
Into Chicago, Commissioner of Health
Rellly has adopted the plan of testing
the milk as It Is unloaded from trains and
before it is distributed to dealers.
$7500 Fire at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2. A Are that Is sup
posed to have been caused by a spark
from a passing locomotive today com
pletely destroyed the building, machinery.1
sheds and several hunared thousand feet
of lumber belonging to Drummond &
Sons' Box Company, of Granite City, 111.
Loss, 57500.
Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Today's state
ment of the Treasury balances In the
general fund, exclusive of the $150,CO0,C0O
gold reserve In the division of redemption,
shows:
Available cash balances $177,351,031
Gold 100,275,,-'79
An Interesting: Romance.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. The announce
ment of the approaching marriage of Sol
omon Berliner, of this city. United States
Consul at Tenerife. Canary Islands, and
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color." Mrs. M. D. Gray
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SI. All dmzxlsts. J. C. AYER CO., Lowell. Mass.
Mies Jennie Ottenburg. of Washington. D
C, has brought to light an Interesting
romince. Mr. Berliner. In his mail one
day. at Tenerife, received a letter from
Miss Ottenburg. who was a student at
Columbian University. Washington, asking
thit he save her such used postage
stamps as came to the consulate. The
tone of the letter brought about a regu
lar correspondence between the Consul
and the school-girl. A few weeks before
leaving the Spanish Islands for America,
Mr. Berliner wrote for and received a
picture of his correspondent. During Mn
vacation he visited Washington, and the
announcement of the engagement has fol
lowed as a sequel.
CRASHED INTO A COAL CAR.
Fourteen Passengers on a Trolley
Car Seriously Hurt.
SPRINGFIELD. oT Aug. 2. The Day
ton, Springfield & Urbana trolley car.
scheduled to arrive In this city from Day
ton at 9:30 o'clock tonight, crashed into
a coal car which stood on an open switch
near Donnellsvllle. Fourteen persons
were seriously hurt, four probably fatal
ly. Among those most seriously Injured
are: E. L. Linnenwood, motorman; C. D.
Brandon, conductor; Mrs. Richard''
Schutte; George Conrad. Springfield; Mrs.
William Honefinger. Springfield; S. H
Brandon, Pleasant Hill, O
Three Railroad Laborers Killed.
LAS VEGAS, N. M., Aug. 2. Three la
borers were killed and one fataSly Injured
In an explosion that occurred on tho
Rock Island extension. 23 miles east of
Santa Rosa, yesterday. The four men
were engaged In blasting rocks on tho
railway right of way and did not get
away soon enough after igniting tho
fuse.
Accident to Baseball Umpire.
DENVER, Aug. 2. At midnight Fred
Jevne, an old-time ballplayer and umpire,
who has been umpiring the Western
League games here this week, fell from a
third-story window of the Victor Hotel
and was probably fatally Injured.
PInnnccs for Nciv Russian Warship'.
NEW" YORK. Aug. 2. Four pinnaces for
the Russian war vessel being built by tho
Cramps, Philadelphia, will sal today from
the Nixon shipyards, Elizabeth, N. J., for
Philadelphia to join the battle-ship. Tho
boats have had their trial trips and de
veloped a speed of 13 knots. They will
act as convoys to the warship. Each car
rjes a torpedo to be shot from tho bows.
Their draught is four feet and length 60
feet. Captain Willis will have charge of
the fleet.
Iloujch Riders Elect Olilcers.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Aug. 2.
The Roosevelt Rough Riders' Association,
which is holding Its reunion here, elected
the following officers: Captain Frederick
Muller, of Santa Fe, N. M president;
Lieutenant Dave Leahy, of Raton, N. M.,
first vice-president; Quartermaster-Sergeant
King Henley, of Winslow, Ariz.,
second vice-president; Captain W. E.
Dame, Cerrlllos, N. M., secretary and
treasurer.
Cruise for North Atlantic Squadron.
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 2. The vessels
of the North Atlantic squadron will leave
Newport next Monday for a month's
cruise, Rear-Admiral Hlgglnson proposes
during that time to continue the land
drills at Nantucket. The squadron Is ex
pected to return to Newport early in Sep"
tember to participate In the maneuvers.
Many Horses Have the Influenza.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Ninety per cent of
the horses in Chicago are now suffering
from influenza. The disease Is proving
fatal In from three to five cases out of
every 100.
Grain Elevator Damaged by Fire.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. Fire tonight In ttia
Grand Trunk grain elevators at Flfty
flrst street and Central avenue did ?55,000
damage.
Safi Rheum r
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Bat no matter what you call It, this skin
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scale, owes Its existence to the presence ot
humors in the system. ,
It will continue to exist, annoy, and per
haps agonize, as long as these humors
remain.
It Is always radically and permanently
cured by
Hood's SarsapariIa
which dispels all humors, and Is positively
unequalled for all cutaneous eruptions.
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