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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, AUGtfST 26, 1901.
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TURKEY WILL NOT BUY
CONSIDERS THE FRENCH QUAYS A
" ' BAD SPECULATION.
Given Until Today to Issue an Irade
Grunting the Comnnny J$ull
Rights and Indemnity.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 25. 3.1. . Con
stans, the French Ambassador, sent a
note to the Porte last Thursday to the
effect that he -would leave Constantinople
August 26 unless the French claims were
settled. Thereupon Tewfik Pasha, the
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs,
called at the French Embassy and in
formed M. Constans that the Porte had
abandoned the idea of purchasing the
quays; first, because convinced that the
purchase would-' be a bad speculation for
Turkey, and. secondly, on account of the
financial difficulty involved, as the Ot
toman Government had no hope that the
Paris market -would take up a loan to
cover the purchase. M. Constans then
gave" the Ottoman Government until
Monday (tomorrow) to issue an irade
granting the quays company full rights
and indemnity for two years during which
the company has been deprived of its
Tights.
France's Paper Victory-
LONDON, Aug. 26. Although the
French papers hail Turkey's 3'leldlng as a
great triumph for France more especial
ly as it was largely believed that the Sul
tan's obduracy was due to the supposed
friendship between Germany and Tur
keyit is felt in London, despite consid
erable satisfaction over the outcome, that
There is grave doubt as to whether France
has achieved more than a paper victory.
The British theory is that M. Constans
really wished to force Turkey to pur
chase quays which are notoriously un
remuneratlve. The Sultan has avoided
this thus securing the practical results
while leaving to M. Constans the empty
con gratula ti on s.
YERKES' LONDON RAILWAY.
Westlnghouhc Company Will Pro
vide Machinery for the Line.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25. George Westing
house, who on his return from England
refused to discuss the affairs of the Dis
trict Underground Railway of London, of
which Charles T. Yerkes is in control,
changed his mind today. He said that
In view of some statements which had
appeared In prtnt he thought the pub
lic might as well have the matter straight,
and then he went on to say that there
were no differences between Mr. Yerkes
and himself, and that Mr. Yerkes has
awarded to the British Westinghouse
Company the contract for 30,000 horse
power engines and generators for his
Metropolitan District Railway enterprise,
and will require much more apparatus.
the manufacture of which in England J
will be advantageous to his interests.
On the question of a certain spirit of
hostility which, according to some Lon
don dispatches, is said to have developed
in that city against the American con
trol of the Metropolitan District Railway,
and against the improvements on the
same by American companies, Mr. West
inghouse had this to say:
"While it Is true that some hostility
has been displayed, this really does not
amount to much. The public wants the
improvements that are now under way,
and,' while they might prefer to have
them as a result of a British enterprise,
they are glad to have them, regardless
of tho source."
BOERS IN CAPE- COLONY.
Town of OndKchcrn Threatened Dc
larey's Counter Proclamation.
LONDON, Aug. 26.-South African dis
patches show that tne "Boers continue ac
tive in Cape Colony. Sharp skirmishing
has occurred near Uniondale, a day's
ride Irom the sea, while Commandant
Scheppe's cammando is threatening the
Important town of Oudschern, 30 miles
from the Indian Ocean.
In Brussels it is asserted that Commandant-General
Botha has ordered the
Boer commanders in future to retain all
captured British as hostages in case
Lord Kitchener carries out the threats
of his latest proclamation.
The War Office has received the follow
ing dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated
at Pretoria today:
"Delarey has Issued a counter procla
mation, warning all Boers against my
latest, proclamation, declaring that they
"will continue struggling."
The Boiler-Testing Race.
LONDON, Aug. 25. The report Issued
Iby the Admiralty regarding the boller
lesting race between tho cruiser Hya
cinthe, fitted with water-tube boilers, and
the cruiser Minerva, having cylindrical
or Scotch boilers, is the theme of ex
tensive comment. It Is general' admit
ted that the contest was not under con
ditions that would enable the formation
of a decisive opinion. On the whole, the
press considers the Admiralty over
hasty In adopting the Belleville boiler
"without further experiments of an ex
haustive character.
Fires Attributed to Jews.
LONDON, Aug. 26. "The total losses
from the recent forest fires, which have
partialis' (destroyed several towns, are
estimated at 10.000,000," says a dispatch
from St. Petersburg. "The fires have
heen mostly Incendiary, and are attrib
uted to the Jews. It is estimated that
,250,000 acres of forest have been destroyed
and 1S7 villages completely or partially
wiped out."
Authority to Sign Protocol.
LONDON, Aug. 25. "Li Hung Chang
Ihas notified the Ministers of the powers,"
says a dispatch to the Times from Pe
Itin. dated yesterday, "that edicts neces
sary to -the signing of the protocol by the
j Chinese plenipotentiaries are now en
xoute from Slngan Fu, and are expected
to arrive here Wednesday."
Prince Chung at Basil.
BERLIN, Ang. 25. Prince Chung, broth
er of the Emperor of China, and the mem
bers of the Chinese mission on the way
to Berlin to apologize for the murder of
3aron Ketteler. Germany's Minister to
Pekin. have arrived at Basil, Switzer
land. Japan Flics a. Protest.
' LONDON, Aug. 26. "Japan has lodged
a protest at Washington." says a dis
patch to the Times from Tokio, dated
Saturday, "against the system of medi
cal inspection at Hawaii, declaring that
Jthis is incompatible with the friendly in
tercourse between the two peoples."
Fatal Duel With Pistols.
LONDON. Aug. 26. According to a spe
cial dispatch from St. Petersburg, a duel
-with pistols was fought between Prince
Alexander of Sayn-Wlltensteln and
Prince Anatole Bariatiskl .the Czar's ald-de-camp,
the former being killed.
Strnthconn. in the Joint Commission.
LONDON, Aug. 26. Lord Strathcona
and Mount Royal, the Dally Chronicle
believes, will be appointed successor to
the late Lord Herschel as head of the
delegation representing British interests
Jn the Joint High Commission.
Work for a Military Commission.
BERLIN, Aug. 25. An unconfirmed
yumor is In circulation in Berlin that a
military commission has gone to Prussia
to reinvestigate the charges of murder
"brought against Sergeant Hickel and Ser
jeant Marten.
Reducing Sugar Bounties.
PARIS, Aug. 56. The sugar bounties
having occasioned a deficit of 14,000,000
francs, the Minister of Finance has is
sued a decree reducing them by 55 per
cent with a view of covering the
deficit.
Cznr's Start for Denmark.
LONDON, Aug. y25. Emperor Nicholas
and Empress Alls, according to a dis
patch to the Daily Mail from St. Peters
burg, w'ill start for Copenhagen Wednes
day, August 28.
Queen Augusta "Victoria Regiment.
BERLIN. Aug. 25. Emperor William
has ordered that the Empress Frederick
Hussar Regiment shall henceforth bear
the title of Queen Augusta Victoria Regi
ment. CAUSE F CONTROVERY.
Captain Forsythe Discusses
son-Sehley Matter.
Samp-
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Aug. 25. Captain
James McQueen Forsythe, U. S. N., who
had charge of the naval station at Key
West during the Spanish-American War.
spent today in Kansas City, while en
Toute from San Francisco to his home in
Philadelphia. To a Times reporter Cap-
j tain Forsythe talked of the Schley-Samp-
.son controversy, and that paper tomor
row will quote him as saying:
' "While we have been instructed by the
Navy Department not to discuss the
merits of the case, every one knows that
the Navy looks upon the controversy as
an unfortunate affair. We believe there
was plenty of glory for all concerned.
"The fact that a Junior man was placed
in command above his seniors Is responsi
ble for the whole business," continued
Captain Forsythe. "Sampson was a Cap
tain and the 17th ranking officer of the
Navy. No one ever thought of him as the
successor of Admiral SIcard, and I don't
believe he ever thought of It himself.
But he was familiar to the people of
Washington, and they decided to place
him in command. Of course, the officers
who outranked him did not like it. It is
not to be expected that they would. But
Washington said Sampson, and that set
tled the matter. Schley was among the
officers outranking Sampson, and as he
was thrown directly under the Junior's
command, he naturally felt the promo
tion more than any of the others.
"The battle of Santiago was one of the
most brilliant in history. Regardless of
who was responsible for the plans or who
was directly responsible for such effective
execution, there was glory enough for
both Sampson and Schley. The present
controversy serves to diminish the brill
iancy of the victory, and It Is to be
greatly deplored. That any one should
question r the bravery of either of the
men Is particularly unfortunate, and I be
lieve wholly unjustified."
Captain Forsythe, who will be retired
September 25, under the 40 years' service
act. has been associated with Admirals
Schley and Sampson at different times
during his Jong life in the Navy. When
he left Key West he took command of
the battle-ship Indiana. Later he was
chief of staff to Admiral Watson In
charge of the Asiatic squadron and for the
past several months has been second in
command at the Mare Island yards at
San Francisco. Captain Forsythe left to
night for St. Louis, where he will spend
a few days before proceeding to Phila
delphia. A LISTLESS MARKET.
London Stock Exchange Waiting for
Something to Turn Up.
LONDON, Aug. 25. The end of the
holiday season finds the London Stock
Exchange listless and waiting for some
thing to turn up. On the whole, condi
tions are more healthy than at any time
for some months. Money has not been
more plentiful since 1897. Accordingly, in
the open market rates are gradually de
creasing, touching 2 per cent for short
bills and 1 per cent for call loans. The
professionally fostered booni in stocks
has developed nothing. The abundance of
money leads to considerable investment in
high-class securities, but the principal
activity centers in Americans. This leads
to some 1 rather -sour comments In the
financial press regarding the "philan
thropy of American magnates who en
gineer deals and combinations for the sole
purpose of letting the public In on the
ground floor." In spite of this adverse
comment there have been generous pur
chases of American railway stocks for
Continental account, while British rail
way stocks are still on the down grade
to the tune of over 2& points. Foreign
government securities have been station
ary, rather than depressed on the Franco
Turkish squabble, so that little reaction
was anticipated on the close of the inci
dent. Confident Feeling in Berlin.
BERLIN, Aug. 25. Business on the
Bourse continues restricted, but on the
whole a confident feeling prevails, owing
to the almost complete absence or sellers.
The tone of the market last week was
firm and such changes as occurred were,
tor tne greater part, in favor of holders.
Americans and Canadians were steady,
both Canadian Pacifies and Northern Pa
cifies maintaining a good tone.
ABSORBED BY THE ERIE.
Chicago, Hamilton & Dayton Road
Will Be Taken Over.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 25. The Sentinel
tomorrow will say:
.- "Railroad officials high in rank made
the statement here last night, on what
they said was authoritative Information,
that the Erie system has finally taken
over the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad, and that' the negotiations,
which have been in progress for some
weeks, have at last been closed. On the
same Information, it is said that formal
announcement will be made tomorrow or
next day. The final steps are to be taken,
it, is said, at a meeting to be held in New
York the first of this week, when the
transfer will be made. The merging of
the two properties, it is said, has been
very closely guarded, and this Is the first
announcement of the consummation of the
deal. It is stated also that President
Woodford, of the Indiana, Decatur &
Western, may turn over that road to
the Erie owners, as the system is the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton's West
ern feeder."
SIberlnii- Slowness.
New York Tribune.
The Hussian railroad across the Euro
pean and Asian 'continents Is now so far
completed as to make possible the run
ning of trains from the shores of the Bal
tic to the shores of the China Seas, and
in a short time the running of such trains
on a regular schedule will begin. Be
yond doubt it Is a great achievement,
for which Russia Is entitled to much
credit and from which she will probably
gain much reward. It will open up enor
mous regions to colonization, it will aug
ment Russia's power In the far East, and
it will provide a new route to travel
around the world. All of these assur
ances have hitherto frequently been heard,
and the supposition is that they are now
about to be realized. The realization will,
however, be qualified In a way which to
many will be disappointing. Compari
sons have been drawn between this Sibe
rian road and our own transcontinental
lines, often to the disadvantage of the
latter, and we have been told that in
her "trains de luxe" across Siberia Russia
has spoken the latest word in railroad
ing. But the fact is that Instead of rush
ing across the continents, as our trains
do, trains on the Russian road will, in
the most favorable conditions, consume at
least four weeks in going from Moscow
to Port Arthur. That will be the Sum
mer schedule. In Winter, and for nearly
half the year, the officers of the road
will decline to guarantee the transit in
less than six weeks. The explanation
is that over a large part of the road a J
speed of from seven to nine miles an
hour is the best that can be made.
ANOTHER NEGRO BURNED
SIX THOUSAND PERSONS WIT
NESSED HIS HORRIBLE FATE.
A Tennessee Fiend Declared He Mur
dered His Victim Because He
Had Nothing Else to Do.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Aug. 25. Hen
ry Noles, the negro who shot to death
Mrs. Charles Williams, wife of a promi
nent farmer-near Winchester. Tenh., last
Friday, was captured early this morning
at a water tank near Coan, Tenn. Hq
was taken to Winchester by his captors
and placed In the County Jail. Sheriff
Stewart made haste to try to barricadn
the Jail and protect the prisoner. Soon
an angry, mob of several hundred men
gathered about the Assistant Attorney
General, N. M. Whlttaker, who appeared
and made a speech to the crowd. He
appealed to them to assist In allaying
excitement and upholding the majesty
of the law. He promised to reconvene
the Grand Jury promptly to Indict the
negro and have him speedily tried at the
present term of court, assuring the crowd
that his conviction and legal execution
was a foregone conclusion. This appeal
was supplemented by Judge Lynch, Cap
tain Tolley, J. M. Littleton and others.
ro sooner had their appeals bpen made
than several hundred citizens from tht-
neighborhood where the crime was com
muted augmented the crowd to thousands.
They swept forward upon the Jail, over
powered the Sheriff and his deputie's, took
the prisoner and started for the scene of
the crime, 12 miles distant at 10:15 A. M.
The mob was orderly, but determined.
It seemed that the whole population for
miles around had turned out to see the
fate of the wretch. A procession, three
miles In length, followed the mob to the
Williams home.
The Murderer's Statement.
Arriving at a point In sight of the scene
of the crime, the negro was placed upon
a stump and given a chance to make a
statement. He mounted the stump stolid
ly and laughed as he began his state
ment. He said:
"Tell all my sisters and brothers to meet
me In glory. I am going to make that
my home. Tell my mother to meet me
where parting will be no more."
He was then asked as to whether anyone
else was 'Implicated In the crime. Noles
stated emphatically that there was no one
Implicated but himself.
"Why did you kill Mrs. Williams?" he
was asked.
"I Just done that because I had nothing
else to do."
He finished his statement at 1:35 P. M.
He was taken from the stump, carried
to a tree nearby, bound to the tree by
chains and his body saturated with oil.
At 1:40 P. M., a match was applied and
instantly the quivering body, was en
veloped In flames. Fence rails were piled
about the burning body and soon llf
was extinct. The negro made no outcry
at any time, and died as stolidly as a
stole. There were no disorderly scenes
about the burning body. At least 6000
people witnessed the horrible fate of the
negro. Many remained until nightfall,
augmenting the blaze until the body was
entirely consumed. Then they departed
for Ihelr homes quietly.
The Negro's Crime.
Lying on the floor of the family room,
her face splashed with clotted blood and
the planks stained with the same drops,
Charles Williams found his devoted wlfa
Friday afternoon, when he returned from
marketing hi3 wheat in the little town
of Maxwell. A heavy bullet had gone
through her head, life was extinct, and
two baby children were crying alone In
their grief and fear. The oldest boy, aged
5, told what had occurred. The young
mother had been shot and killed by Hen
ry Noles, a negro hand upon Williams'
place. As the mortally wounded woman
sank to the floor, Noles shot at the boy,
the bullet grazing the child's head. Then
he fled to the woods. The motive, it is
believed, was robbery and $20 was ob
tained ny the assailant. Mr. Williams
is a farmer, well-to-do, and one of the
most prominent residents of his section
of Franklin County. The dead woman was
a member of one of the oldest and most
respected families in the county.
Indicted for Swindling.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 26 The special
grand jury has returned an Indictment
against W. G. Marshall, of Boston, charg
ing him with selling and disposing of bo
gus stock In a deal with W. B. White,
general manager of the American Vehicle
Company, ana con of ex-Congre3sman W.
J. White. It is alleged that White was
given bogus stock in a St. Louis Lead
Company, In exchange for a tally-ho, a
$2000 horse and four notes of $2000 each.
Probably a Lynching.
MACON, Ga.. Aug. 26.-It is possible that
Henry Stewart, a negro hackman, of this
city, has been lynched. Stewart, It Is1
6aid, went Into one of the suburbs and
offered an Insult to a young white woman.
Some of the men in the neighborhood got
after him, and It Is said they were seen
at a late hour tonight with the negro
bound, going In the direction of the
swamps.
Accused of Killing Three Men.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Aug. 25. W. H.
Ward, who la chargd with the murder
of the Shepherd brothers at Pluma, was
captured near Devil's Tower, across the
Wyoming line. Ward agrees to return
without requisition papers. He will be
tried for the murder of three men.
ST. LOUIS FAIR BUILDINGS.
Plan Agreed Upon Said to Be Abso
, lately Novel.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25. Director of Works
Taylor, of the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition, said today that the ground plans
for the exposition are practically com
plete, and that no time would be lost in
submitting them to the executive com
mittee for formal approval. As soon as
this has been done each member of the
committee will be allotted one of the
principal buildings to design, and the
actual building of the fair will have
begun.
"The plan upon which we have agreed,"
Mr. Taylor said, "Is absolutely novel, and
will present to the visitors at the fair
something which has never been seen.
All the members of our commission be
lieve that the ground arrangement Is
greater and more attractive than at any
previous exposition. It is absolutely
novel, and hackneyed features have no
part In It."
Advertising in England.
Syracuse Post-Standard.
An odd newspaper war Is on In Eng
land. It is between the publishers and
the advertisers, and the contention of the
latter Is that they should be allowed to
use the columns of the papers for dis
play advertising, which privilege tha
heads of the leading publications refuse
to grant. It Is another evidence of how
American Ideas and methods are gaining
hold In England. So pronounced has the
movement become that the advertisers
are organizing to force the publishers to
grant their desires. The editor of the
Advertisers' Review Is quoted as express
ing this sentiment:
"The great London papers treat their
advertisers with contempt. They lay
down stupid principles respecting the kind
of type that shall be used, and adhere to
them, in spite -of the fact that this course
is an idiotic failure, so far as advertis
ing purposes' are concerned. When asked
why they persist In these methods they
simply reply: 'It Is our rule.' There are
merchants of long standing who have
"been compelled to quit business because
the newspapers have prevented their ad
vertising effectively.
"Thousands of us concede that the fer
tile American mind has produced the clev
erest advertising conceits known, and we
shpuld be glad to adopt them did not fatu
ity and stagnation, misnamed conserva
tism, block the way. The retail mer
chants intend to break the backbone of
the big dailies If It -takes all Summer."
Display advertising, when kept within
proper limits, Is not only profitable to
the merchant and to the publisher, but
to the reader, and it Is rather surprising
that the English newspaper managers do
not recognize the fact.
MARINE NEWS.
Old-Time Bottle Pnper Found.
VICTORIA, B. C. AMg. 25. Harry
Barnes, a prospector, who has arrived at
Cape Nome, tells a story to the Gold Dig
ger of- having found a ship's medicine
bottle, tightly corked, on the sand spit
on Hagenmeister Island, in the northern
part of Bristol Bay, which contained a
sheet of paper containing the following
message In faded ink:
"July 24, 1879. The schooner Albert
wrecked In Unlmak Pass, 18 hands aboard;
storm still raging. C. M'LOUD,
"Ship's Master."
Steamer Mexico Sold.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 25. Captain E.
E. Caine, of tfhls city, has sold the steam
ship Mexico, which he purchased last
April from Captain Goodall and others,
of San Francisco, for Jio.OOO, to J. A.
Lindsay, of Victoria, who will operate her
under the British flag, and will rechristen
her the Manauense, the old name, which
she had 25 years ago. She will operate
between Comox and San Francisco as a
collier
Fever on a Steamer.
NEW YORK. Aug. 25. The Mallory liner
Neuces. from Galveston, arrived today. A
steerage passenger was found to be suffer
ing with malarial fever and was removed
to the fever hospital at Swinburne Island.
Three of his companions were taken to
Hoffman Island for observation. All are
from Vera Cruz. After fumigation the
vessel was allowed to come up to her
dock.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 25. Arrived at 3 P.
M. American bark .Mohican. Condition
of the bar at 5:30 P. M., moderate; wind
southwest; weather hazy.
New York, Aug. 25. lArrlved 'Rotter
dam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne;
Mesaba, from London; Trojan Prince,
from Genoa and Naples.
San Francisco, Aug. 25. Arrived Steam
er City of Pueblar-from Victoria, Sailed
Schooner G. W.fWatson, for Port Town
send. Lizard, Aug. . 25. Passed Kensington,
from New York, for Antwerp; Vaderland,
from Antwerp, for New York.
Liverpool, Aug. 25. Arrived Umbrla,
from New York, via QueehsCown.
Bremen Sailed Aug. 24. Barbarossa, for
Southampton and New York.
Queenstown, Aug. 25. Sailed Campania,
from Liverpool, for New York.
Malta, Aug. 25. Passed Glensk, from
Tacoma, via Yokohama, Hong Kong and
Singapore, for London.
Glasgow Sailed Aug. 24. State of Ne
braska, for New York, via Moville.
Movllle, Aug. 25. Sailed City of Rome,
from Glasgow, for New York.
St. Johns, Aug. 25. Arrived Siberian,
from Glasgow and Liverpool, for Halifax,
N. S., and Philadelphia.
Southampton, Aug. 25. Sailed Bar
barossa,. from Bremen, for New York.
THE POSTER PLAGUE.
A Compensating Revenue tq Be Ex
' acted From the Nuisance.
", '" New York Tribune.
England, like the United States, is sufc.
fering from the plague of posters. Nei
ther of the Anglo-Saxon peoples has yet
learned to derive some compensating
revenue from the nuisance, but the Eng
lish have anticipated us somewhat in the
serious discussion of a tax, and they
certainly have gone far beyond us in
the matter of municipal regulation of
advertising signs. June 24 the TribUne
published a detailed account of the
French law levying a stamp tax on post
ers, from which, It Is believed, New York
might learn how at once to raise Indi
rectly much-needed revenue for state
purposes, to the lessening "of the general
property tax levy, and at. the same time
to exercise a wholesome restraint upon
the senseless multiplication of advertis
ing signs and direct the sign-painters to
mode moderate and more rational but not
less effective displays. Today the account
of the French law Is supplemented with
,a record of the recent progress made In
.England toward the regulation of post
ers.
It must Impress anybody who considers
what has been done In the one .country
and what Is being done in the other that
the movement for regulation and taxa
tion here is not a mere fad, but a step
in the advance of civilization which Is
being forced upon progressive communi
ties everywhere. France, having a far
more centralized government than Eng
land, a quicker appreciation of artistic
considerations in the decision of public
questions, and a greater need to raise
money by stamp taxes, has done already
what England has only talked about, or
merely turned over to parishes and
County Councils, or regulated after tho
true Anglo-Saxon fashion by Judicial leg
islation under the fiction that property
rights are being Interfered with by sign?
the removal of which Is desired for es
thetic reasons. We In this country are
not so much given to sumptuary legisla
tion as tho French, but we aro not bound
by the English conservatism In dealing
with such problems, and our federal sys
tem offers us a chance to abate the nuis
ance by laws which will be more ef
fective than the local ordinances of Eng
land, and at the same time will not in
volve the Interference of the National
Government In the every-day affairs of
the people, as in France.
China Needs Able Men.
Translation from Sin Wan Pao In Shang
hai Mercury. '
Menclus said: "If you have a disease
of seven years standing, you must seek
three years' old mugworts. But if you
do not nourish the plant you will never
obtain It In a lifetime." So 'It is In China
today. If the Government does not nour
ish men of ability, how can It obtain
them upon emergency? If there are any
hitherto they have either been neglected
or given trifling matters to attend to.
Now there Is a man, Shen Tun-ho, whohi
two high officials are both after, put
ting In claims for his services. The Brigadier-General
of Tsakhar, north of .Slmn
si, Wants him, and so does Ts'en
Ch'unhsuan, Governor of Shansl. He Is
familiar with English and when the al
lies went to Kalgan It was owing to him
that they retired. The former Governor
Hsi' Liang also desired his services, and
when Ts'en became Governor Shen Tun
ho recommended him to Invite Mr. Tim
othy Richard to Shansl, a suggestion
which was acted on. Shen had been ban
ished from the taotalship of the Foo
chow arsenal by Kang I's recommenda
tion, after his -famous trip as grand ex
tortioner to the South. Yet In extremity
he Is again raised to honor. This Is ah
example of the duty of the Government
to see that there Is a supply of such
men. For, when in difficulties, such men
are all too few.
Collided on n Curve.
PADUCAH, Ky., Aug. 25. An Illinois
Central accommodation train from Ful
ton, Ky., and a light engine collided on a
curve near this city today. Engineer W.
C. Eubanks, of the light engine, was fa
tally hurt, both legs being cut off. Sev
eral trainmen and passengers were In
jured, none seriously. Both engines were
demolished.'
' Jin
EDUCATION OF INDIANS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DEFEND
THE SYSTEM NOW IN USE.
Still, They Realize That the Indian
Has No Future as an In
dian. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. A recent edi
torial In the Oregonian, holding up to rid
icule some of the ludicrous features of the
Institute of Indian teachers at Tacoma,
was widely read by officials in the Indian
office in this city, and for the most part
heartily indorsed. Unfortunately, Miss
Reel, the "National" superintendent of
Indian schools, was on her way to Tacoma
when the editorial arrived, hence could
not be seen. The Indian office thoroughly
agrees with the Oregonian In saying the
American .Indian "has no future as an
Indian." The humor of the editorial was
everywhere appreciated.
But the -Indian office does take exception
to the remarks of an Indian Inspector,
quoted at the close of the editorial, which
are as follows:
Tou find the Indian a savag-o and of the men
tal stature of our children and you try to
cram into his mind at once what It has taken
civilized man 4000 .ears- or more to learn.
You teach him history that he doesn't believe.
If not a religion that he doesn't want. Tou
teach him to run gang-plows and reapers be
fore he has learned to guide a horse with
reins. You teach him blacksmlthlng and car-'
penterlng when he as no use for either. You
teach him shoemaklng when Its product Is fui
Inferior to the moccasin, in hla mind. You
teach him tallorlnz when you know that a
full dress suit for an Indian Is an iridescent
blanket and a breechclout. He doesn't appre
ciate those arts, the gap Is too wide for him
to span. Better devote your energies to teach
ing what he can and will practice. That la
the only way really to elevate the Indian.
"This 19 an entirely wrong view to take
ot the system of Indian education," said
one of the leading officials of the Indian
office. "We are not endeavoring to give
the Indian a classic education, nor cram
into his head all that it has taken civilized
man 4000 years to learn. We are merely
endeavoring to give him sufficient practi
cal education to enable him to become a
successful and practical farmer or to fol
low up some other pursuit by which he
can earn his dally bread and not look to
the Government for support. We teach
him history, to a limited degree, It Is
true, and It Is history that he does not
believe. But does the white child study
a history he believes? It is through our
teaching that the Indian comes to appreci
ate and believe.
"To say we teach a religion he doesn't
want Is entirely wrong. We teach no re
ligion in the Indian schools. Nor do we
teach him to run gang plows and reapers
before he has- learned to guide a horse
with reins. We teach him blacksmlthlng
and carpentering, not to make him a pro
fessional blacksmith or carpenter, but that
he may have aufllclent knowledge of tools
and their handling to mend his own
wagon, repair his fence and do many odd
jobs around a farm, which are ever re
quired of a successful farmer. As to the
blacksmlthlng, we endeavor to teach him
enough to shoe his own horse, If he be so
Inclined, or to at least know how his horse
should be shod.
"The same thing applies to shoemaklng
and tailoring. There are many Indians
going through our schools who pass out
able to make shoes of good quality, and
for which they find ready market. The
harness, for example, made at the Salem
school, Is equal to that on the Salem mar
ket, and can enter Into competition with
factory work and command equal prices.
We turn out tailors In a way; not makers
of dress suite or elaborate clothing, but
who can andido make as neat abuslness
suit as they would buy were they thrown
into the market. r
"But, withal, It mustibe understood that
the Indian office is not devising or operat
ing a school system for perfecting Indian
children in any one of these branches, but
rather to give all ample opportunity to ac
quire such knowledge as will be valuable
to them In their home work. The whole
Indian school system centers around the
one Idea work."
Educational Policy Outlined.
The educational policy of the Indian of
fice is explicitly outlined in the following
paragraphs from a pamphlet of Instruc
tions to school superintendents, recently
prepared by the Indian ofllce:
The educational policy adopted by the Indian
Ofllce comprehends at all schools, where it Is
possible, that the pupils should be given thor
ough Industrial training. A) a part of that
policy the Indian school rulea require that
one-half of each school day shall be devoted
to the literary department, and the other half
to Industrial training ot the character and de
gree commensurate with the appliances of the
particular school. Higher education. In the
sense ordinarily used, has no place In the cur
riculum of Indian schools. A thorough ground
work In the English branches, carrying a pu
pil to about tho sixth or eighth grade of the
common schools of the United States, Is the
extent of literary Instruction ordinarily to be
given In Indian schools. Any extension of tmch
a curriculum must be by special authority of
this ofllce, setting forth full reasons for any
Increase.
As Intelligent theory should, as it always
doeB, precede Intelligent, practical application,
so should the theory and practice of doing the
practical necessities of life be an Integral part
of tho Indian pupil's life at school. For boys,
shoe and harness making, tailoring, carpenter
ing, wagon making, blacksmlthlng, masonry
work, plastering, brick making and laying,
farming, gardening, dairying, etc., should be
taught at all those schools where facilities
are provided, not with the elaborateness of
special tralnlnff, as by great polytechnic insti
tutions of the country, but on a scale com
mensurate with the appliances, the ability and
future enxMronment of the Indian. There Is
not an Indian boarding school in the coun
try which cannot teach some one or more ot
the above Industries.'
The practical training of the girls for future
usefulness and entrance Into civilized life
should receive as much care as that bestowed
upon the boys. At every' boarding school there
should be classes of girls practically taught
In the art of preparing a decent, wholesome
meal, such as that which usually appears on
the tables of persona of moderate means. It
Is not Intended they should be taught the
hotel or restaurant style of cooking, with a
consequent education to look forward to sala
ries similar to chefs in sucn Institutions; but
they should themselves be required to actually
prepare, under proper instruction, the menu
adapted to the means and necessities of an
average family of persons. The dignity of
work should be Inculcated, and these girls be
led to understand that the Government does
not ove them anything beyond a qualification
for the actual duties of real life. Nursing,
laundering, sewing, butter making and othr
kindred pursuits which go to make up the ex
cellent American housewife, should be Incul
cated by practical teaching and example.
Thfe Instruction In Indian schools necessarily
Is different from that In the white public
schools, In that there Is added the element of
home training. You are therefore directed to
pay especial attention, so far as the girls are
concerned, to neatness, cleanliness and order
In their rooms and general conduct. The In
culcation of these desirable elements Is as es
sential as any other In your curriculum, un
less an Indian girl Is properly taught she will
be unable to make a home for herself or futurs
husband.
The trend of all education given in the
schools should be away from the Idea of a
continued leaning upon the arm of the General
Government for support In after life. Pupils
must understand that the schools are laying
the rroundwork upon which they themselves
must build their future character; that the va
rious states, by their splendid public school
systems, are educating the vast masses Of
boys and girls: not with the intention of here
after supplying them with high-salaried posi
tions, but in order that they may be in a po
sition t6 compete with their 6wn fellows m
the great race of life all must enter upon after
leaving the walls of a school.
These are practical matters of-great moment
to the Indian school method, and will remove,
if carried out sincerely, one of the severest
criticisms sometimes heard that the educa
tional system of toe Indian Office is defective,
that Eractlcal studies are not lven that
attention which are bestowed upon the higher
branches of music, art. stology and astron
omy. BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION.
British Consul on the Industry In
the United States.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The growing
belief that the United States will snoruj
be able to produce from beets the jlOO.ooo.
000 worth of sugar which her people now
annually import seems to be shared by
British Consul Wyndham, who has given
the subject close attention and reported
upon It to his government. The follow
ing is an extract from his report, which
has just reached the Treasury Bureau of
Statistics,
"Th Droductlon of beet sugar In the
United States !s rapidly Increasing, and
In the Chicago Consular district there are
four factories in the State of Illinois, three
In VaHvioVh onrf f-ViT.rt In f'nTni-n fin? thOSe
,n Nebraska and Colorado belong to the
American Beet Sugar Company, and are at
Grand Junction, Rocky Ford and Sugar
City, and when fully completed will em
ploy thousands of hands.
"Statistics indicate that the United
States consumes more sugar than any
other nation, or approximately one-quarter
of the whole of the world's product. The
conditions of soil, climate and other ad
vantages are quite as good In. the United
States, and especially In Colorado, Ne
braska and Illinois, for the development
of the' beet as In any of the countries of
Europe or Asia. The world's production
and consumption of sugar Is now about
8.250,000 tons per annum, two-thirds of
which Is produced from beet and over one
third from cane, whilst the normal con
sumption Is estimated as Increasing at the
rate of 250,000 tons yearly.
t"The success attending the cultivation
of sugar beet In this district has proved
that It may be made a profitable and suc
cessful Investment. A large factory has
been built at Rocky Ford. Colo., which
cost 200.000 to build and equip. It is
proposed to have It ready for the crop
of the coming season. To supply it the
farmers in the vicinity have contracted to
grow S000 acres of beets a year for five
years. From tests made, they estimate
their beets will yield 15 to 18 per cent of
sugar. The factory, when running at its
full capacity, will consume dally 1000 tons
of beets, which It will convert Into about
100 tons of refined sugar of the highest
purity. The beets reach maturity with a
high percentage, and seldom go below 15
per cent; 12 per cent is taken as the
basis of buying beets at the factory.
"The beets are grown by the farmers
under contract with the factory, and paid
for according to the saccharine contents
determined by chemical tests made ot
samples taken from the wagons at the
time of delivery. In addition, the factory
controls about 5000 acres of land. Most of
the land will be farmed by tenants, but
only a Dortion of each farm Is devoted to
beets each year. Growers sell their beets
based upon the sugar contents. The tests
somewhat resemble the assaying of ore
from the mines. Selling upon this basis
encourages better farming and the raising
of better beets. It Is the- only fair way,
both to the raiser and the manufacturer.
"At Sugar City a farm of 12,000 acred
hasbeen cultivated for raising sugar beets,
and a sugar factory has been built with a
capacity of 500 tons every 24 hours. On
the farm 1000 men and women have been
employed during the Summer, and this
season's crop will be converted Into sugar.
The establishment of the sugar factory
at this point built the town, which a few
years ago consisted of a hut or two and
thousands of prairie dogs. Next year fully
4000 acres of beets will be In cultivation.
The output will be Increased as rapidly as
possible, and every day the demand for
workmen Is Increasing.
A general estimate of the cost of con
struction, cost of operation, and general
results to be counted upon, ot beet sugar
factories In this district as taken from the
Rocky Ford-plant places the general aver
age of sugar in the beets at 12 per cent. So
far as the Arkansaa Valley In Colorado
is concerned, this percentage Is being
largely exceeded; the minimum percent
age of sugar being about 14 per cent, while
the maximum has reached 23 per cent,
with a coefficient of purity ranging from
0 to 95 per cent. In stating these results,
reference Is especially made to the factory
at Rocky Ford, built and worked by the
American Beet Sugar Compnny. a New
York corporation, which works, two fac
tories in California and three in Nebraska,
the one at Rocky Ford being its fifth. The
experts In charge of this last factory all
express surprise at the results of this
first campaign, and they have become
thoroughly convinced that this valley, Ar
kansas Valley, Colorado, is the ideal
sugar-producer, thanks to Its equable cli
mate, ample supply of water for Irrigation,
cheap fuel and limestone, and an unlim
ited extent of available land for beet cul
ture. It Is expected that the same com
pany will erect one or more factories In
addition to the one at Rocky Ford, one to
be built further east and the other west
of Rocky Ford.
"As an example of the quality of the
sugar beets produced upon this land. It
may be mentioned that so far six car
loads of beets from one field have been
tested, with the results as follows: One
carload, 16.3 per cent; three carloads, 18.S
per cent; and two carloads, 20.4 per cent."
VIRGINIA'S PAYING GOLD ORE
Rich Dcponlt Within Easy Walking
Dirttance of AVashlngton.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Washington Is having a little attack of
gold fever, though with more apparent
reason than Is usually the case with
most gold crazes In the East. The Gov
ernment geologists. It is said, have lo
cated eight distinct veins of gold-bearing
rock within easy walking distance of
the city. The gold belt is about eight i
miles wide and runs northeast and south
west, following the bends of the Poto
mac River. It Is part of the auriferous
deposits of the Appalachian Mountains,
known in the Virginia section, particu
larly about Spottsylvanla County, since
Colonial days.
Between 1S29 and 1S54 the records of the
United States mint show about $1,500,000
of gold to have been sent from Virginia
mines. The Civil War Interrupted all
mining operations. After the war there
was an effort to reopen some of the gold
properties, but uncurbed speculation
worked their failure. Since then it is
said that hardly more than 515,000 a year
has been sent to the mint from this re
gion. Several Senators who understand
mining are now said to be taking an in
terest in seme of these Eastern proper
ties, and there may be a revival of the
Industry there.
Professor S. F. Emmons, of the Geo
logical Survey, says that the conduit
road which leads out of Washington to
Cabin John bridge, and part way to Great
Falls, Is macadamized with quartr most
of It gold-bearing, and some of It assay
ing as high as $16 a ton. The quartz
was taken largely from the adjoining
farms. Several stamp mills are working
in this neighborhood with fair results.
The assays run from $7 to $27, and aver
age about $12 a ton. Nuggets of three or
four ounces have been shown as coming
frdm the bed of Rock Run, a tributary
to the Potomac. In the Civil War, Cal
ifornia volunteers who knew gold when
they saw It, are said to have discovered
rloh deposits near Great Falls, where
they were encamped, and they planned.
"after the cruel war was over," to re
turn and work it, but they never did so.
Perhaps those who made the find were
killed In war.
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough!
Bears the
Signature of
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TEMPLARS AT CHURCH
IMPOSING RELIGIOUS EXERCISKS
HELD AT LOUISVILLE.
, Coinmnnderles Still Pouring Into th
City Reception of Visit
ors Tonight.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 25. Commanderies
of Knights Templar poured into Louis
ville today and tonight from the four
corners of the United States. The city
is rapidly filling with its plumed gwsts.
although the triennial conclave proper
does not begin until the grand parade
starts Tuesday morning.
Imposing religious exercises were held
this afternoon, and this was the only
formal event today. At 1 P. M. the
Knight.i assembled at their various com
manderies. and at 2 o'clock marched to
the Gait House, where the general for
mation was made for the march for the
Broadway Methodist Church, where tho
services were held at 3 P. M. The col
umn was led by the Templars of De
Molay and Louisville Commanderies, of
this city, and the entire body formed an
escort for the grand master of the Grand
Encampment, Reuben H. Lloyd, and other
grand officers. The ground floor of the
church was reserved for Knights Tem
plars In full uniform. The ground floor
of the Sunday school room was reserved
for ladles of visiting Knights and for
Knights In uniform accompanied by la
dles. The form of service had been prepared
by Sir Knight the Right Rev. Thomas L'.
Dudley. Episcopal bishop of Kentucky.
With a few changes It was the form of
worship used by the Grand Commandery
of Kentucky. The services opened with a,
special musical programme. At the open
ing of the anthem the Knights rose and
stood while It was being sung, and while
Grand Prelate J. C. W. Coxe, of the
Washington (la.) Commandery, delivered
the ritual exhortation. This was fol
lowed by prayers, the "Gloria" and "Te
Deura Laudamus" and the reading of
Bible passages. The most striking part
of the service then came when the grand
prelate delivered the faith of the Knights,
who with swords uplifted recited with him.
the apostles' creed. After the "Corona
tion Hymn" Grand Prelate Coxe deliv
ered his sermon, his text being, "What
Think Ye of Christ?" After the taking
of a collection to be delivered to the
almoners of the Louisville commanderies
for distribution to the poor, the hymn "St.
Hilda" was sung, and after prayers the
services closed with the benediction.
Tomorrow will be taken up with the
reception and escorting to their quarters
of arriving commanderies. From S P. M.
to 12 M. tomorrow the Grand Command
ery and the subordinate commanderies
of Kentucky will hold a reception at
Kentucky headquarters at the Custom
House In honor of the officers and mem
bers ot the Grand Encampment and their
ladles.
Hon. W. C. P. Breckenridge. of Lex
ington, Ky., will deliver Kentucky's wel
come to the Knights Templar at tho
opening meeting of the Grand Encamp
ment Tuesdaj- afternoon.
Banuto Sayings.
Chambers' Journal.
The Basutos are addicted to metaphor,
and their metaphorical sayings are nu
merous and Interesting. The following
are a few in common use, and are given
as specimens: "Men may meet, but
mountains never"; "Do not prick an
enemy with a two-pointed needle, as
that hurts yourself quite as much as
It does him"; "A mother is like a cow
which sustains the family In time of
drcuth"; "A sitting hen never gets fat."
an answer to our "rolling stone" aphor
ism. When all Is quiet In the land they
say. "We are sitting down building
houses." Another saying is: "A mnn
who Is patient eats fatted beasts, but an
Impatient man has to content himealf
with the flesh of a lean goat."
General MncArthnr's Movement".
CHICAGO. Aug. 25. Major-General
MacArthur will leave for Washington
Wednesday to report to the War De
partment. He expects to stop at Canton
to pay his respects to President McKln
ley. September 11 he will return to his
home In Milwaukee. Seventeen members
of General MacArthur's old regiment, the
Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteers, paid
their respects to their old commander this
afternoon at his hotel. It was their first
meeting with General MacArthur since
the close of the Civil War in ISfio.
Fourteen Pernonn Hurt.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 25. Fourteen per
sons were Injured. thref seriously. In a,
collision between a Greentleld interurban
car and a train on the Belt railroad toitoy.
The electric car was partlj demolished.
There were 12 passengers on the car.
nearly all from Greenfield. These aeri
ouoly hurt are: Emery Scott, motorman;
Oba Fox, of Greenfield, and Charles Dal
rymple. Headache, biliousness, heartburn. Indi
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