Morning Oregonian., June 23, 1902, Page 4, Image 4

THE MOSSING' OBEGOSIAN. MOSBAT, TONE 23, 1902.
TWO '--TRAINMEN-. KILLED
FIVE OTHERS SEHIOBSLY HURT IX
AN IOWA WRECK.
Caused liy a MUplacea Svrltch Trro
Hotels Collapse In Dallas, Texas
Seeraiajro-TCiiliiss.
A .X.-
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ST.xfPAUti, Juno 22i-4A passenger train
on the'Siour City branch ot the Chicago
Milwaukee, Minneapolis & Omaha Rail
road, -dtie-to arrive In St. Paul at 7:25 A.
M., jUtppefl the:tralr near Ashton. Ixu,
early. jtdjlaSv Tp trainmen weo killed,
flva others seriously "hurt, and anumber of
passengers received -minor injuries. The
dead:
a J. RQBIKEON. Sioux-City.-mall clerk.
BARRETT, fireman, terrjblj scalded;
'died .shortly after being taken from under
the engine,
Thefinjured: " "- , t
James Erslrine, SL Faul. mall clerk, hurt
bout "baclrand head, serious.
PI Weston, St. Paul, mall clerk, badly
fccalded by escaping steam, serious.
a H. Hall, St. Paul, mall clerk, hurt
t&bout back and head, serious.
TT. S. Thompson, St "Paul, mall clerk,'
nrtirc about back and 'head, "serious.
The engineer of tho train, name not as
certained, was badly hurt, but will re
'cover. The passengers Injured were attended
S-by surgeons who were .brought to the scene
of the accident by a wrecking train, and
fell were able to continue thejr journey.
Tho cause of the wreck 4s sald'ta have
'"been a misplaced switch. The train was
'running at a high rato of speech, and when
it left the track tho mall cars and emoker
piled up on top of tho engine. The sleep-
Mng-cars also left tho track, but did not
overturn. Tho Injured mail clerka were
brought to a St Paul hospital, while tho
others were taken to Minneapolis Jor
treatment
DALLAS HOTEL COLUU?SED.
Many People in the. Reins, bat Xone
Were Killed.
DALLAS, Texas, June 23. At 2 03 this
morning tho center section of the St
James Hotel, located at Main and Mur
phy streets, collapsed without warning,
and 13 men were carried down TVlth' the
debris without a single fatality For a
few minutes after the crash it was
thought several lives had been lost, but
by quick work firemen and policemen
rescued all those who had not escaped"
through their own efforts. The escape of
those who were taken from the debris
was marvelous, as there were tons of
brick, nuortar and woodwork piled In
above where they were found.
Three men who were -on the third floor
are thought to be the most seriously in
jured. They are J. Fife, fell from third
floor to ground, badly lacerated and suf
fering from shock; J. F. Hoffman, seri
ously cut in leg -and suffering from shock;
J. Ross, thought to be injured internally.
Others injured, but not seriously are:
James Nolan, official scorer for tho
Texas Leaeue in Dallas and well-known'
In Galveston and New OrleanS; Bert f
Wlndrey, hurt about shoulders and head;
F. M. Sasche, bruised slightly .about legs;
H. F. Jenkins, hurt about head; :N. H.
Dillon, one leg slightly injured.
W. Ht Fletcher, manager of the St
James Hotel, his wife and two daughters
escaped unharmed.
The Sherman Lodging-house, which 1s J
next door to the St James, also fell, but
all the guests escaped. The proprietor.
named McDonald, escaped with a severe J
scalp wound.
THREE KILLED BY TRALV
In tousBT Driving Across the Rail
road Track,
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 22. Miss4 Helen
Stratton and Miss Emma Ramslead were
instantly killed by a Northern Pacific
passenger train at O'Brien, 13 miles south
of Seattle, last evening, and James Miller
was so seriously injured that he died three
hours later. The three, tIth Benjamin
O. Winkler, were in a buggy crossing the
rails when the train came upon them.
From the road the track was obscured
by the station building, and a string of
freight cars. The driver's attention was
further diverted by" a herd of cattle ob
structing the way.
Drorrned "by Capsizing; Rovrboat.
MILWAUKEE. June 22. W. F. Fable,
of Milwaukee, aged 46; Jacob Beyer, Chi
cago, aged 50, and Joseph G reels. New
York, aged 50, were drowned oday by the
capsizing of a rowboat.
Electric Trains Collide in Italy.
MILAN, Italy, June 22. Forty-nine .per
sons were injured -last night several ser
iously, as a result of a collision of trams
on the electric line between Beynslo and
Porto Cereslo.
Boat Carried Tv.o Over Dam.
TAYLORVILLE, 111., June 22. William
G. Brownback and Orvillo E. Waters were
drowned in the Sangamon River today.
Their boat went over the mill dam.
BIGGEST GUN IN WORLD.
Completed and Will Go to Sandy
Tioolc for Proving.
NEW YORK, June 23. A big- 15-Iiich
un, the largest In the world, JwiU be
completed at Watervllct Arsenal by
Wednesday and" sent to the United States
Cpvernment proving grounds at 'jSandy
Hook. Its operations are expected to as
tonish the world. It Is the mos powerful
weapon, yet devised by man, and Is ex
pected to revolutionize the art of gun
making. The work upon this gun has
been going on for jears. Monster cranes
have been constructed in order that the
-various parts of the record-breaking gun
may be conveniently shifted."
International Polo Match.
LONDON, June, 23. In the excitement
attending the approaching coronation, the
polo match between English and American 1
teams at Hurlingham Saturday, which wasn
the last contest In a series of three Iorl4
the American cup. and which was the
second game won by the English team, at
tracts less attention than It otherwise
would. The Chronicle, however, in an ed
itorial article, says that although the
Americans were beaten, they played" a
game little inferior to that of the British
team. -
"It must be remembered," says this pa-
Ser, "that our visitors were handicapped
y having la Import their ponies. If. ho;
polo cup once crosses the Atlantic we
should probably find it almost as difficult
to win It back as- we have found it impos
sible to regain the yachting, cup."
Fire Dylnsr Down.
TACOMA, WasX. June 22. A Hot
Springs, .BpjedaUto the Ledger says: -
Alhdahger from forest fires In tbls Te
gion seemsto have pa.ss.ed, and the loss
to the forests, it IS believed, will not
be increased to any great extent. The
fire near the summit, which made such
o beautiful display last iilght. Is dying
down, and this afternoon the sky Is
reasonably clear in the vjclnlty of the
hotel. Railroad men say no further pre
cautions are thought necessary, and the
fire is not viewed with apprehension at
arty point along- the line. It has receded
from the track and the extent of Its
ravages In the-forests js not being, great
ly enlarged. Fresh outbursts In large
areas' bf.forest are; of Course-, to be Scared,
but it is probable, thafnono will occur.
Situation nt Pavrtaelcet Still Tense.
PAWTUCKET, R.L, June 23.-Three
companiesCfihlantryand two "divisions?
of the naval reserves have been relieved,
after 11 days' duty In connection with the
railway strike riots. In their stead an
I iual number of militiamen have been
called into service. Brigadier-General
Tanner" and his staff also were relieved,
Thenj'-were a dozen cases of stone-throw-ins
Sunday, In which two employes were
Injured. With police police protection the
cars were run In Central Falls, but ob
structions were piled upon many of the
hncs. In Valley Falls a car was stoned,
and the conductor answered by firing a
shot into the crowd.
FILIPINOS QUICK TO LEARN
"Tvo-Tnlrds of the Civil Positions
Xott Filled by Them.
WASHINGTON, June 22. Hon. Leo W.
Pepperman. member of the Philippines
civil service commission. Is m Che city,
having .arrived pn leave of absence from
Manila. Mr. Pepperman today saia:
"The scope of the commission has been
extended gradually until It now covers
'GOTO positions, ranging In salary from ?15
per month to $7700 per year.''
Ho says the Immediate award to success
ful applicants has caused a change In
the old classical system of education under
tho old Spanish regime to one of more
modern character, based largely on prac
tical business lines. So great Is the In
terest of tho Filipinos In acquiring a
knowledge of English that 10.COO adults
are going to night schools in Manila.
Before the American advent in Manila
typewriters were almost unknown in the
Philippines, but now at every examination
held by the commission applicants are
qualifying In typewriting and steno-
graphy. Of the GO0O positions mentioned,
4000 are held by natives, the retaalnder by
Americans. The policy of the commission,
Mr. Pepperman eays, has been to replace
Americans by Filipinos as rapidly as pos
sible. "Under Spanish rule," ho continued,
"women were unheard of In the govern
ment service, but before I left Manila
three Filipino young ladles bad passed
Successful examinations and had been
given good positions. The Filipino makes
a splendid clerk. Shortly before coming
to America, I made a tour of the principal
provinces for the purpAse of conducting
examinations. It was surprising how much
good material was discovered, considering
the fact that the education of the islands
is centered In Manila."
Taking; Ambassador's Body Home.
NEW YORK, June 23. The cruiser
Brooklyn, which has been selected by the
Navy Department to take the remains of
the late Lord Pauncefote to England, is
coaling at the Brooklyn navy-yard. There
is no coal stored at the yard, owing to
the lack of room, and the strike has con
siderably Inconvenienced the warships.
Tho Brooklyn will have only enough coal
to take her to England, and It will bo
necessary to obtain enough coal at South
ampton to bring her back. The remains
pi the dead Ambassador will be placed In
the after cabin with a detail of marines
as a guard of honor. The Brooklyn prob
ably will sail on Thursday next
Rival Dlvekeepers Fight.
.MXDDLESBORO.Ky., June 22. In a fight
today at Cabin Hollow, five miles from
here, between rival dlvekeepers, Henry
and James Shackleford, brothers, were
killed and Smith Overton. Timothy Parlln
and another man, name unknown, were
fatally" Wounded. The Shacklefords aro
believed to have been killed by Luke
Hbpper, of the opposing side. Overton
belonged to the Hopper gang. More
trouble Is expected. No arrests have
been jnadel
'
SInrder and Arson.
. ENSLEY, Ala., June 22. The mutilated
remains of Odls Bunch, aged IS, an elec
trician, employed In the steel mills here,
wero found in the smoklnr ruins of a
boarding-house destroyed by fire today.
The rtutfibrltles believe the boy Was" mur
dered and the house fired to hide the
crime.- His head was almost severed and
his dismembered limbs were found In va
rious parts of the house. The lace was
badly burned. Bunch 1b said to belong to
a wealthy family of Pulaski, Tenn.
Press Clubs in Boston.
BOSTON, June 22. The International
League of Press Clubs will holds Its an
nual convention in Faneuil Hallf this
week, beginning Tuesday morning. MosCT
tjf the delegates are expected to reach
Boston tomorrow and are to receive many
courtesies. The incident looked forward
to with the greatest interest is the, ban
quet at the Somerset on Wednesday even
ing, at which President Roosevelt will be
a guest
Tried to Wreck: Circus Train.
DULUTH, Minn., June 22. Dynamiters
early today made what was thought to
be an attempt to wreck a circus train
bound for Duluth on the Northern Pacific
Railroad at a point between Maple and
"Poplar. In several places between these
two points the track was blown up by
dynamite. No trace of the perpetrators
has been found.
Sporting; Man Killed.
SALT LAKE June 22. A special to the
Tribune from Helena, Mont, says:
.Charles L. Dillon, one of the best
known sporting men of the Northwest
was killed tonight in a runaway accident
while driving a fast trotting horse in from
the track. Dillon was 46 years old and
came here from Deadwood many years
ago.
Baccalaureate at Tale.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 22. The
baccalaureate address at Yale was deliv
ered this morning in Battel Chapel by
President Hadley. There were many
graduates back for reunion In the church,
as well as the usual commencement
throng of visitors. Rev. Timothy Dwight,
D. D., former president, announced the
benediction.
Four Boys Drowned.
BT. IXUIS. June 22. Four boys, aged IS
to 18, wero drowned today by the capsiz
ing of a boat, at Fern Glen, 14 miles from
here. They were: Eddie Flynn, Robert
Egan, Peter Xakln and Alphonse Jerns.
Hundreds of picnickers on shore saw the
boys struggling ha the water, but were un
able to reach them.
r Rathbono Getting Back.
NDW YORK, June 23. The Ward Liner
Niagara, bringing Estes G. Rathbono, the
-convicted Director-General of Posts of
Cuba, who was pardoned from a 10-year
sentence by a general act of amnesty by
,tho Cuban Congress liberating all Amer
ican prEbners, has arrived here from Ha
vana, Damaged in Collls'lon.
, CAiiXlSs France, June 22. The bark
Due d'Aiimale, w'blch sailed from London
yesterday- In command of Captain Boju
for ,San Francisco, was towed into this
port today leaking from a collision. In
Tvhlch the vessel was considerably dam
aged. Good Harvest In Southern Russia.
. LONDON, June 23. A dispatch from
Odessa, published this morning in the
Standard, says that reports coming there
from ail the black soil grain producing
regions of Southern Russia indicate that
an abundant harvest Is assured.
Hefnre In Railroads, Too.
ST. PAUL, June 22. A private message
received here from Seattle states that F.
Augustus Helnze, the Montana copper J
magnate, nas oeen elected a director of1
the Central Alaska Railway Company.
PORTIiAXD-CIIICAGO.
Seventy hours and thirty minutes (70U)
Is the time of the "Chicago-Portland Spe
cial" from Portland to Chicago. Leaves
Portland every day at 9 A. M. Ticket
office Third and Washington, O. 2t & N.
Co.
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Bamboo In Java makes an efTectlre poison,
the fine hairs on the young shoots being mixed
with food.
LIGHT WhEAT TRADE
(Continued from Firat Page.)
40 cents per hour In Portland, being plenti
ful at Seattle at 20 and .25 cents per hour.
Landlords who are forced to pay enorm
ous rents endeavor to equalize matters by
reducing wages, and the poor clerks and
small salaried workers are mostly In bad
straits, for, with .high rents for living
rooms- and high prices for the necessities
of life, they are In no position to meet
the competition of a glutted labor mar
ket Underneath this froth and foam of ex
aggerated values, however, Is a current
of stability which will keep the wheels
of trade "moving through another period
of hard times with a much greater degrco
of regularity than was the case when tho
bottom dropped out before. The geo
graphical location of the city has limit
ed her participation in the wholesalo
trade of the Pacific Northwest with the
exception of Alaska, but It has not pre
vented her from making material progress
along: manufacturing- lines. The most
prominent feature of the city in this re
spect is the 'shipbuilding plant of Moran
Brothers, an Institution that has but few
equals in the country, and In up-to-date
equipment is probably ahead of the big
works in San Francisco. This Institution
is now employing nearly 1000 men, and
when active work Is commenced oa the
new battleship Nebraska will increase
this number to 3000 men. The company
now has contracts for a 13,000,000 battle
ship, a lighthouse tender, two new steel
tugboats, and rebuilding a third, a float-
lng drydock, repairing two government
transports, and building machinery for
twl big steamships, together with an
eaormous amount of work on smaller con
tracts. The main building of the works
Is S6S feet long, 86 feet wide and 80 feet
high, all under one roof, with two mam
moth electric traveling cranes running
the entire length of it There Is a draft
ing roqm 600 feet long, a complete saw
mill, planing mill and dry sheds, and
everything run by electricity, which Is
generated on the place. The Investment
In tho plant ruhs into millions, and
Robert Moran, who Is at the bead of It
and the principal owner, was a black
smlth'a helper and tugboat fireman and
engineer a little more than twenty years
ago.
While there Js an anxious look 'on the
faces df a good many men who are pay
ing out the most of their profits for rent,
meanwhile praying for another gold dis
covery, they find comfort in the belief
that Mr. James J. Hill will come to the
rescue and prevent anything like the dis
astrous -sluirfp from which they had Just
emerged when the Klondike discoveries
put them on the high road to prosperity.
The fact that some of the Oriental
steamships have recently been leaving
Seattle with hardly enough cargo to
keep them in good ballast" trim, causes
Seattle no uneasiness ns to flIHng up the
big ships wWch Mr. Hill is now building
for the Oriental trade. This confidence
Is hardly explainable, or at least the
Beattleltes are unable to state from what
TYRANNY IN THE PHILIPPINES. - , ,
And in Accordance With It We Should Cease-Efforts
to Educate and Uplift Them. ' ' "
Are we making a mistake in the Philippines? Mind you, I do not aslc
whether we are wrong in retaining possession of the islands, because
I cannot admit that there can De any question on the part of those who
know the actual conditions in the islands. As to our duty, disagreeable
though It Is, to retain possession until such time as It shall be certain
that the natives will be able to maintain a Just and stable government.
When that time will be no one can tell and It would be a great mis
take to make any promise now as to the fqture Independence of the
, v Islands, because such a course would result In constant agitation of the
subject on the part of a few who desired to play the despots. Certain
it 19-and no American needs any assurance of the kind they will be
given their Independence, with our blessing. Just as soon aa pur people
are satisfied that they can rightly use It Why, then, make any prom
ise when it is morally certain that the present generation will not be
fitted to conduct the affairs of a government of the people? Viewing
conditions as they are, not as we would wish them to be, or as some
good people think they are, it would bo a mistake to make any prom;
Ises as to future independence. We are not making that mistake nor aro
wo making the mistake of abandoning the islands to their fate be
cause we don't like the disagreeable duty thrust upon us.
My query refers to the subject of our policy of educating the Fili
pinos, and brings up a question that, to my knowledge, has not been
touched upon by tho public press, and one that has apparently been
ignored by those conscientious citizens who style themselves antl-lm-perfallsts,
and who are, so they believe, working for the advancement
and good of tho Filipinos. This latter fact is the more remarkable whon
it Is considered, as I think, that the policy of education that has been
pushed by our Government from the beginning Is sufficient in. Itself to
quiet all fears of imperialism and satisfy thinking men that the best in
terests of the Filipinos are being carefully and conscientiously advanced
as rapidly as Is consistent with actual conditions.
It is impossible to reconcile the policy of educating, tho Flllpnos with
any ulterior purpose of holding them in submission as subjects, serfs
or slaves. It is not possible to give any other explanation of tho policy
of sending hundreds of our bright American teachers to the Philip
pines than that It la the purpose to educate them sp that they will not
become In the fufurc serfs or slaves under any government What other
purpose could be sought for In following, such a course? Can It be 'point
ed out how the growth of the Filipinos into a free nation, a free peo
ple, can be more quickly attained by following any other course? Is
not the education of the masses the foundation stone-upon which free gov
ernment by the people must rest? None will be so rash as to assert that
tnev-massea of the Filipinos are half-educated. Before there can be a
etable government of the people inust there not be a language com
mon to most of tho people? The Filipinos have something like CO differ
ent dialects, but no language of their own, Spanish Is known to only
a comparative few. At a conference held near Dagupan, situated on
the railroad, about 123 miles from Manila, the remarks of the local
chiefs were translated Into the Tagal dialect, then Into Spanish, and then
into English. Can there be a better way, or Bpeedler, way to hasten
true Filipino Independence than that of giving them a common lan
guage and filling them with Anglo-Saxon Ideas? Would any other lan
guage serve their purpose eo well In fitting them for the most enlight
ened form of self-government? The fact that In making the Filipinos an
English-speaking people we are building for our own commercial Inter
ests, because they will naturally trade with people using the same lan
guage as themselves, does not take away from the fact that we are
working for their best Interests. That Is, and has been, the primary ob
ject In view. That and the satisfaction of knowing that our country will
pa the better for the carrying through to success of a difficult, and
In some respect disagreeable undertaking. Why Is It that the only
construction that can be put upon the policy of opening schools through
out the Philippines and crowding the education of the Filipinos Is Ig
nored by the educated and conscientious gentlemen who oppose tha
measures adopted by our Government through lack of personal knowl
edge as to actual conditions? In that policy they could read, It they
would, the refutation of the charge that this Government Is seeking to
enslave tho Filipinos and they could see. If they would, the certain
promise -of true Filipino Independence under conditions that will insure
Its endurance and at the same tunc result In glory, honor and good
to ourvown country. No promlsa given by Congress as to future inde
pendence ought to have the weight ,wlth thinking Americans or Fili
pinos that the policy of education in the English language and In Amer
ican ideas carries. Actions ought to count more than words. It la
strange, passing strange, that they cannot realize the true conditions and
awaken to the fact that the course they have been following -In ex
tending encouragement to the Insurgent Filipinos must delay the com
ing of the day they desire and places upon them a terrible . moral re
sponsibility for the indirect and direct results of such encouragement
- I was told a number of times In the Philippine by English and Ger
man residents' that we were making a great mistake In educating tho
Filipinos In English. It was said that "the Asiatic was' so constituted
that as soon as he could converse with you in your own language ho
felt himself to be your equal, and could not be handled." "Neither Eng
land, Germany, nor Holland tried to educate the masses in their Asi
atic colonies, and the course they pursued was the only correct way io
handle the people." The United States ha6 rnapped put for Mtself an
untried policy. My friends wero perhaps right In their opIrilOns from their
rtandpolnt. which was that the United States must Intend to hold on
to the Philippines and govern them as colonies. Had that been the pur
pose of the Administration, it is probable that these ideas would have
boon carried Into effect and ,we would not have been charged'with mak
ing that mistake. ,
It appears to me that we havo made no mistake in pressing tb'o
general education of the Filipinos, and that that course Is the only
one consistent with the motives thatv led us Into the war with Spain
and consistent with the purpose of upbuilding In the far East a.freo'and
friendly English-speaking nation.
Do our anti-imperialists agree with the English and Germans, that
we are making a mistake in educating tho Filipinos?
Would It bo better, do they .think, to cut loose 'and .let .them' go
to the devil, as has been recommended? F. W. VAILLsr
Portland, Juna 2L
particular quarter they are expecting this
increase in business. They all have an
abiding faith In Mr. H11U bowever,' and
if he was to drop a-hint that the pair
ot thirty-thousand- tonners were to carry
full cargoes of condensed milk both ways,
the ihlnt would be generally accepted as
a fact One Seattle nat who gpes a lit
tle deeper Into these matters than the
average boomer expressed the belief that
the big liners would carry corn and that
It was not improbable that emissaries of
the -Great Northern were already foaming
up and down the Far East; te&ohing the
sons and daughters of Confucius tho su
periority of the corn pone of the Ameri
can South over rice and similar provender.
Just, how long it will require to effect
this change of diet to a sufficient extent
to. work the business up to proportions
where it can be depended on to fill 30,000
steamers Is uncertain, but as Mr. Hill
has got away with about everything he
has yet tackled except the Seattle water-fronfc-7ia
will probably succeed in filling
his steamers with something: E. W. W.
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Domestic antl Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. June 22. Arrived down at
9:40 last night and sailed at 1 P. M. to
day. British steamer .Quito, for Manila.
Arrived at 5 A. M and left up at 8:10,
steamer Homer, from San Franolcco.
Arrived at 5 A. M. and left up at 9:20 A.
M., British steamer Indrapura. from
Hong Kong, via Victoria, B. C. Sailed
at 10 A. M., steamer G. W. Elder, for San
Francisco. Arrived at 4 P. M. and left
up at 5:40 P, M., steamer Sequoia, from
San Francisco. Arrived at 5 P. M.,
schooner Churcnll), from San Francisco,
tor Knappton. Condition of the bar at
5 P. M. Smooth, wind west, weather
clear.
Tacoma. Wash., June 22. Arrived
United States transport Dlx, Seattle;
steamer Charles Nelson. San Francisco;
steamer Evangel, Irondale.
New York, June 22. Arrived Bohe
mian, Liverpool: Cittldl Lorino, Genoa;
Columbia, Glasgow and Movllle; Staten
dam, Rotterdam: Umbria, Liverpool.
Boston, June 22. Arrived Merlon, Liver
pool. Philadelphia Arrived Corcan, Glasgow.
Beach Head Passed Grosser Kurfurst,
Bremen, for Cherburg and New York.
Cape Sparetl Passed Lahn, New York,
for Glbralter and Genoa.
Liverpool Arrived, 21st Eturia, New
York.
London Arrived Manltcu, New York.
Movllle Arrtvcd-r-Laurentlan, New York,
for Glasgow; Tunisian, Montreal, for
Liverpool, and both proceeded. Sailed,
ilat Fumessla, Glasgow,' for New York.
Hamburg Arrived Prlnzessin Victoria
Lulse, New York,
Queenstown Sailed Lucanla, Liverpool,
for New York. Arrived Chlng Wo. Ta
coma. Montevideo Sailed, 21st Wilhelralna,
Tacocna.
Pittsburg- "Ot ia. Tkls Trust.
PITTSBURG, June 22.-,The Post tomorrow-
will, say: t .
"Pittsburg wllL not be represented !n
tho new 535,000,000 strawboard combing,
chartered recently under the New Jersey
laws. This In spite of the fact that the
well-known firm nf Hart Bros, was among
the stronger concerns that were to havo
formed a part of tho combination. The
failure of the Pittsburg company to go
into tho deal is due to the fact that at
tho last moment the" promoters could not
agree to a cash transaction, covering tho
value of the Hart property, and the lat
ter declined to consider any other propo-
i sltion.
THE "JEWS OF 'JERUSALEM
DEJTSELT POPULATED QUARTER
XEAR THE niLIr-OF ZIOX.
The Modern Settlement I Filled
With Handsome and Comfortable
Hoaxes and Is Kept Clean".
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David, the psalmist, saldt "As the.
mountains are round about Jerusalem. ,""
Is the Lord round about His people." But
thla was not an exact statetcnt 'There
are, saS's W. E. Curtis In hts special "cor
respondence to the Chicago "Record-Herald;
no mountains in the nelghborh6du of
Jerusalem. There are several rocky, bar
ren hills, but only three Neby-Samwil,
Er-Ram and Tullel el-Ful rise- tetany
considerable elevation, atfd they are only
1000 or 1200 feet above the city, .-The
mountains of Moab, on the other side of
the Jordan, have the nearest peaks, and
'they are perhaps 56 miles distant The
Jews call them, in their picturesque lan
guage, "the Mountains of the OtherIde,"
or "the Mountains that are Acroes-vcry
expresrive terms, illustrating how the
Blver Jordan was Interwoven into the
poetry, the religion and the nomenclature
of Israel. The nearest mountain to Jeru
salem Is a considerable distance- away,
but I suppose that the psalmLst was using
the ordinary poetic license when he re
ferred to the hllja that are about the city
as mountain, for, as he suggests, they
Sre a protection, a shelter against nature
nd a, defense against invasion. If prop
erly fortified. Mount Olivet Is the highest
hlllln the Immediate neighborhood, and
It la oply ISO feet above the s"ummlt df
Mount ZIoh. although a deep valley lies
between them.
Jerusalem occupies the summit of a
limestone hill and Is divided Into two
nearly equal parts by a depression called
the Cheesemongers. Valley, which com-"
piences near the famous old JDamascU3 "
Gate In the north pari; of tfie ilty, shal
low and broad at first, but deepening rap
Idly as its course expends, -nnttt5 It reaches
the KIdron River, near the Pool of Sll
oam. The two rldgea thus formed are
nearly parallel and almost of the same
height. The. eastern, looking toward Oli
vet is called Mount Moriah, and la the
'site of Solomon's temple. The western
Is Zlon, the WJl Bacred to David, wnere
hls-palaces stood and where he offered
sacrifices. The Cheesemonger's Valley Js
well built overi Every Inch of the land
Is occupied.'
On the same ridge as Zlon, but lower
down the slope. Ilea the Jewish- quarter of
the city, where from E00O to 8000 peopler
men, women and children are packed into
the most loathsome tenements, reeking
with fllth and offensive to the eye and
the nostrils. This quarter' was"once cov
ered with palaces and synagogues, some
of the finest edlflces'ln Jerusalem, but In
any city of Europe or America the dis
trict would be condemned aa-a plague
spot and as a danger to the public health.
There aro now two synagogues', represent
ing the Ashkenazlro, who are of Polish
and German origin and under the protec
tion of their Consuls, and Sephardlm, who
come from Spain and Portugal, but are
Turkish subjects, sects of Hebrews, a hos
pice for Jewish pilgrims, a f ree odlspen
sary and a hospital and eeveral sohools.
Inhnnltants-Spealc Spaaisln.
A considerable part of tho population
of the Jewish quarter talk the Spanish,
language and retain the customs and
habits they have Inherited from their" ap
cestors, who were expelled from Spanish
territory by Ferdinand and Isabella. The
number of Jews now In Jerusalem Is a
subject of dlsnute. but it exceeds SO.OOjQ.
Some say that they constitute at least"
three-fourths and perhaps, f our-nf ths of
the population, although, theoretically,
they are forbidden to- live here. The
Jewish population of Jerusalem has
doubled during the last 25 years. Immi
gration has Increased rapidly of late, Jn
spite of tho regulations prohibiting It, and
the most of the newcomers are dependent
upon the charity of their European
brethren. Many who have been great sin
ners elsewhere come here to purge their
sou!s by fasting, prayer and devotion.
Within the walls to which I have Just
alluded a considerable majority aro en
gaged In business and are self-supporting.
Thero are more than 70 synagogues in,
Jerusalem, and even a larger number of
sohoola The lato Sir Moses Monteflore,
the several members of tho Rothschild
family, the late Baron Hlrsch and other
benevolent Jewish millionaires' have do
nated an enormous amount oO money to
ameliorate the condition of their poor
brethren in Jerusalem and gratify the de
sire of their hearts to be burled on Mount
Olivet, In the Valley of Jehosaphat,. or In
the sacred soil of Zlon. Theyhave .estab
lished hospitals, orphanages, training
schools which are said to ba the best In
the East and other institutions for the
care of the poor and afflicted.
Outside the city gates Is a modern set
tlement of Jews called the Zlon suburb.,
filled with handsome and comfortable'
houses, which offer a striking contrast
the ancient quarter In the city. Here
tho streets are swept dally, and are afe
clean as those of any village in New Eit
gland. The tenements are divided into
commodious and convenient apartments,
with plenty of sunshine and fresh air.
Gardens are frequent and are well kept:
There Is a Jewish hotel surrounded by
handsome grounds, and a eemlnary for
teachers which Is admirable In every re
spect Most of theso buildings are also
crowded, the increase in tho population
exceeding the accommodations. The oc
cupants of the tenements take in lodgers'
and pack them away as closely as possl
ble, until soon the Zlon suburb will be as;
densely settled as sanitary conditions will
permit A sharp line is drawn: between
the members of the different sects. They
are as bitter and determined In their ani
mosity as the Greek and Roman Catholics
and each regirds the other as an Intrud
er In Zlon.
If the legal restrictions were Temoved;
If Jews were able to come Into this coun
try, buy property and engage In business,
they would soon solve the Zionist prob
lem, so far as tho cities are concerned.
Already their mercantile instincts have
led them into the most profitable lines of
business and It Is asserted that they now.
occupy the majority of the shops on what
Is known as Christian street, which they
wore forbidden to enter a few years ago.
Altogether they are the objects of great
est Interest In Palestine, when you consid
er their present condition and surround
ings In the light of lilstory and their
Biblical connections.
The population of Jerusalem is supposed
to bo about 60.000, although there Is no
census, and this is probably a. low figure.
Some competent authorities assert that
at least 75,000 people Jive within the walls
and in the immediate suburbs. Of these,'
as I have already said, two-thirds or'
three-fourths are Jews. The Moslems
number about 12,000, the Roman Catholics
SC0O, tho Orthodox Greeks SQOO. tha, Arme
nians 00, the Protestants 1400, the Copts
100. the Abysslnlans 100 and ail the other
races and kingdoms of the earth are rep
resented, mostly by religious communi
ties. Great Place for Religions Cranks.
Jerusalem is a great place for cranks,
particularly those of religious tendencies.
People who have visions .and possess the
gift of prophecy, who have discovered
new ways of salvation and methods by
which, they may live without sin, seem
to flock here as the moths seek the light
Some come In clubs and associations,
others as individuals. Many of them are
'actually Insane and possessed of peculiar
delusions. There used to be an old sailor
here who went around through the prin
cipal streets day after day carrying a,
heavy ctoss. He was doing penance for
some great sin hehad committed,, and It
would be a satisfaction to know whether
he obtained absolution before he died.
Then there was a man who bought a
I lamb every morning and sacrifice It,
j
His place of sacrifice was on a rock out
side the walls, and a crowd was hero
awaiting him when he came, wth hLs
offering upon his back. " J
JThera is an old woman In, Jerusalem
now and she Is said to be rich, for5she
fives in a comfortable house and seems
to havo plenty 'Of monoy-rW-ho considers
It her mission to relieve the hunger iand
the distress of all tho Ishmaelltlsh dogs.
She .goes out dally with baskets of bread
and meat to feed them, and If she can
catch one of the mongrel curs with which
the streets are. haunted she takes "him
home, washes him, puts ointment upon
'his sores, oaks him with carbolic ncld
and other disinfectants and then turns
him loose. But she never gets the same
dog twice. Although they like tho food
she brings them they do not relish the
other attentions.
The Moslems, 'like the North American
Indians, consider a lunatic sacred, and
any man who comes here with marked
eccentricities Is absolutely safe, safer
than If he had an escort ot the Sultan's
body guard.
An Englishmamnamed Graybllr awns a
large estate upon the slopes of Mount
Olivet, where he has a handsome resi
dence and spends much 'of his time: He Is
opposed to Christian missionaries, and
cultivates the Mohammedans, although
he doe3 not profess their faith. He gives
his money frcoly for the relief' of Mo
hammedan miseries, but will not con
tribute to any Cnristlan cause. Not long
ago the Arabs in a neighboring village,
being deeply In debt, were a'bout to bo
sold out. a hey camo to him lor aav:ce
and assistance. He furnished- them suffi
cient funds to meet all their obligations
and to Improve their town.
Tho late Lord Bute, a famous English
nobleman, who Is supposed to have sat
for the portrait of Lothalr In Lord Bea
consfleld's novel, and was a Roman Cath
"ollc, also owned a line estate on Mount
Olivet with a little chapel attached to
his villa. When he died his heart was
placed In an urn, upon the altar and his
body was ouriea in scouana.
x Richest Man In JeruHalem.
Father Euthuynus, abbot of the Greek
monks. Is the richest man In Jerusalem,
and has somo ot the talents of Midas, ac
cording to the popular Impression, as
everything he touches turns to gold. He
Is a famous speculator and is credited
with making large sums of money upon
the bourses of Paris and Vienna. He owns
large tracts of land in tho neighborhood
of Jerusalem and blocks of houses both
Inside and outside the walls. Nearly all
of the tenements In the Zlon suburb and
the handsome residences around the Rus
sian hospice belong to him, and It is ex
pected that upon his death his entire es
tate will go to the Greek Church.
Father Euthuynus has recehtly had a
setback, however. Through the Russian
Ambassador at Constantinople he ob
tained a firman from the Sultan permit
ting him to place a steamboat upon the
Dead Sea for the accommodation Of tour
ists and for the transportation of freight
In competition with the camel trains. The
boat was bullj: jn Alexandria, transported
to Jaffa in sections by steamer, and to
Jerusalem by? rail. Thence It was carted
upon wagons to the shores of the Dead
Sea, where It was put together, launched
and found to be in fine working order.
But thp GuVernor of the' province forbade
the good "father to engage in the trans
portation business and. called his atten
tion tothe terms, of the firman granted
him by the Sultan. That document waa
perfectly -clear. It gave Father Euthuy
nus permission to place a steamboat upon
the Dead Sear but did not authorize him
to operate It, and the Governor asserted
that The latter proposition was. to be con
sidered solely by him. On the grounds
of, high public policy he ordered the little
Btenmhoat to he tied ud to a stake be-
Lcause, If It wore, allowed to. carry, freight
it wrouip. intenere -wiuj. jneuuueat com
ings of the camel-drivers of Moab and
the Valley of Jordan, and It it were al
lowed to be used, by tourlstslt would ruin
th!.Arab peasant who" now"" owns a little
s'allbpat which "will carryfour of flye per
sons at a time and Is used for that pur
pose. It was intimated to Brother Eu
thuynus that the Governor might possi
bly review and perhaps rever3o his orig
inal decision if suitable certain argu
ments were used, but the abbot tied up
his money bags and thus far has declined
to pay baksheesh. The Governor was
haturally offended at his Independence,
inrt if it hpHpved that this little trans-
Jictiqn was the beginning of a series of
JlnrMorit trhtrh flnallv culminated In a
yriot at the Church ot the Holy -Sepulcher
-last Winter between the Greek and the
r Roman Catholic monks. The Governor
was held responsible by the Sultan for
that row, and upon thB demand ot the
French Ambassador at Constantinople
was removed from, office, but was imme
diately promoted to a higher rank and
appointed to a more Important post
BLOOMS AND FOOLS.
Facts Which. Make Flovrer Girls of
London Cynic.
London Telegraph.
There are many cynics loose In London.
The cabby and the bus driver have lost
their belief in the wisdom of man over the
everlasting eruptions of the Strand. The
gentlemen who 3ell "extra-speshuls" by
shouting news which the extra specials do
not contain never had anyt The Honp In
Trafalgar Square, monuments of departed
greatness, look wearily and cynically upon
the present littleness that Harangues them
on a Sunday afternoon. There are church
wardens who have fd"und a bad franc. In
the plate, arid a. thousand others who di
vide mankind lbto 'knaves and fools. But
the cynicism of all theso Is thrown Into
Pthe flower glrL
Flower girls, of course, are not monu-
mental except by contlguIty.fThey haunt
statues the commanding Sir Robert Peel
who presides over"fCheapsIde, or the dirty
Mercury, who brings" from Qlympus to the
less heavenly regions of Piccadilly. In the
ory the flower girl Is highly poetical. In
practice she Is oynlcal jn excelsls. It Is
partly the fault ot the climate. "Carna
tion, lily, rose; is all- very well in a
picture or a poern. When you have to sell
thwa In a 20th centuryMay you do not
lookjPlctorlal. and. ypur language Is rather
expressive than poetlcat It Is hard to be
sentimental with a- blue; nose.. There are
degrees In tho trade. .The "button holes"
that cover some, square feet "belong, to a
different caste of vender and a different
caste of ,wearcr.from tlje eminently re
spectable carnations .4n rosebuds of Pic
cadilly But the .young lad(eswho "manu
facture for- the dwellers in outer darkness
Jungles ot maidenhair and narcissus are
not a whit less cynical than the artists
among flower glris who dwell In the
shadow of Mercury
They see the vanity of the lordly sex as
under a searchlight And the lordly eex
Is vain, whether the hat it wears with Its
frock coat Is of silk or straw. The silk
hat ponders deeply over the shade of Its
rose; the straw hat grasps greedily at an
other Inch Of green background. It Is the
same principle, and the same cynicism says
when It has gpne, "Lor', Polly, there's
a fool!" There are many strangers with
in our gates, strangers with clean-shaven
faces and a nasal drawl, strangers also
with floppy" ties and terribly neat mus
taches. The strangers come to the flower
girt and she aes them in. It Is all one
to her. The American Is brisk and
brusque, but- he pays all the more. The
Frenchman ls' profusely polite, but he
pays none tKe less. They are both mere
foolish meh to the cynical flower girl. Her
chlf Joy If she has a Joy Is th6 youth
who desires tto be made splendid without
counting the cost He is not only profit
able, but anmslng. Her chief sorrow, no
doubt Is her, own sex, who have a mean
and unsorupjous desire to pay Ju3t rrlces.
Her own sex, unlike the mere man, gen
erally bu$r In "bulk, for the decofitlon of
their homes, not' themselves. This Is a
disheartening practice, whfch confirms tho
cynicism of the flower girl. A few Inches
of wire will not suffice to make a bunch
J of flowers, and the exacting female pays
Just about as much for a dozen good
blooms as man does for one decrepit speci
men with a wire leg. Consequently, the
flower girl believes neither the brain of
man nor thcheart of woman, and sits In
the lee of jstatutco, cynical and blue. It
was a. lawyer who said that only fools
went to law. The flower girl knows who
buys flowers.
A FRENCH TRAIT.
Affection of Brother Sliotvs Close
' Union of Family Life.
London Dally News.
One of the ways In which the close
union of French family life shows
Itself Is the great affection ot brothers
for each other. There Is an Intimacy be
tween them In good and evil fortunes
which one does not find In othor coun
tries. A brother who. takes a high posi
tion by his talents loses no opportunity
to forward the Interests of One of lesser
ability or of no ability. He never treats
the latter as a drag on him, and, per
haps, scarcely feels that he is one. Mar
ried brothers often like to live In the
same house on different floors, and to hire
summer villas In close proximity.
Most of the famous Frenchmen whom I
knew had each a brother to whom he was
devoted. Louis and Charles Blaner though
so dissimilar in appctrance, tastes, dispo
sition and married to womeh Who dls-
liked each other, were, morally speaking,
Siamese twins until death severed tha
bond. Tho same might be said of the
Garnier-Pages, of Jules Favre and his
brother Leon, of Ernest and Arthur
Plcnrd, of Peuch, the sculptor, and his
brother, the Deputy, Paurartcf Hjfppolyto
Flaudrln, the painters, were known in
their student days as the Siamese twins.
It not Infrequently happens that brothers
go into literary partnership. Instances
that occur to me are the Goncourts, the
Rosnys, the Marguerites. It would be
impossible to discern the work of ona of
any of these brothers from that of an
other. What is very curious, each broth
er, a3 lri the case of Charles and Loul3
Blanc. Ernest and Arthur Plcard, Jules
and Leon Favre differed strikingly In
every characteristic from the other. The
dissimilarity of the Marguerites is so
great that, one wonders how brothers
could Be so'unllke. Alphonse Daudet wns
riot a. bit" like his: brother Ernest, an ac
complished novelist also.
The Senator Who Sings.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Is said that Senator Clarkrthe copper
king Senator. Is very fond of singing.
He .has a mild parlor tenor, and peoplo
who have heard It say they like It "When
he watbles "I am dreaming, ever dream
ing,' as the night wind croons its lay," It
is claimed that the listeners even go so
far as to murmur, "Isn't it sweet?" and
"What an exquisite method."
It's the same way, toe, when be throws
back his head and tackles 'She's left me
In the gloaming when the Summer nights
were young." with a neat little cadenza
on the "gloaming" and a sostemito' trill
on the "young."
And yet It can scarcely be admitted that
the tuneful Senator has put his talents' to
an honest test Let him disguise himself
and, casting his millions behind him, go
a-troubadouring where he Isn't known.
Then he'll soon find out Just whf ro he
stands as a vocalist and entertainer.
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policemen on guard this nqrrilng about
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