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THE MOUSING OEEGONIAN, FHIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1903. If ASKFQRNEWBUREAU Congress May Create One of Public Koads. A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED j James W. Abbott Speak of Probable Legrlhlatlon for the Advancement of Movement for Better Pub lic HlKhvrays. "It is Quite poselble that Congress will create a new oureau In the Department lot Agriculture," said James W. Abbott, Ithe good roads official, who has for some time been advancing the movement for letter highways throughout the Pacific Northwest. "The new bureau, should it ae created, will be known as the Bureau Jf Public Roads, and will have charge of the work of obtaining the co-operation jf state and local authorities in the per- lanent Improvement of the public thor- 3ughfares. A bill to this effect hae been Introduced already. "In Oregon, aleo. It Li probable that the state Legislature will be asked to pass borne laws on this subject at its next jsesslcn. The oncers of the Good Roads association or tnis state are deeply lm- jressed with the necessity for a radical bhange In this regard, and I am told that several bills are in course of preparation ?hlch will be presented to the Legislature later on. 'Our public roads are as much com mercial highways as our railroads. Seven- y-five per cent of the commerce of the K'orld starts upon the public roads of the tountry, and if there is a steep hill, a ludhole or a bridge, these of necessity Regulate the loads- that are to be hauled. It seems useless to build railroads cover- ik different Darts of the state unless I roper public roads can be built to the tations eo that products can be hauled t a reasonable expense from points in le interior. There le no reason why roads mid continue to remain in poor con- litlon. I do not believe in legislation for ly but Governmental purposes, but, from Ime Immemorial, governments have un- ertaken to provide the highways. Sad Roads Mean Immense Lonn. "The general contention is that the Jst of bad roads to the farmera of this untry annually amounts to $000,009,000. fad roads cost more than good ones do. lot only the farmer Is concerned about iod roads, but the city man the banker. le clerks, and all have to contribute to ae loss of the farmer. Another statement that It costs three times as much to iuI a ton on a bad road as on a good ae. These are the conclusions reached men who have studied the question in II of its details. ''The following' are interesting comparl- ns of the draft on perfectly level roads different kinds: If it requires 40 horses draw a certain load on a sandy road it til require 20 on a dirt road, 13 on a Ibblestone, three and a half on the best Elgian Triock, one and a half on thef best tphalt, and one horse to draw the same id on iron rails. On a sand road to lul two tons at a speed of three to 12 st per second requires an expenditure about S9C pounds of tractive force. lereas on asphalt It would require 34 lunds, or In general the same power 5Uld haul nearly 27 times as much, or would take 27 horses to haul on a sand id .what one horse could haul on asphalt what six horses could haul on the best icadam. t The tractive effort on a good rt road Is leea than on a poor macadam in. Basis of All Transportation. fNow, the question of good roads is Imarily an industrial question. It is at very basis of the transportation ques- jn. Its solution means larger, broader. "better commercial and social condl- Ins, and the people of this district can nothing wiser than to Improve "the bhways over which are transported all elr commodities before they reach the it railroads. It is necessary for the jple of each locality to work out these bblems, according to the conditions In- Ived. Communities should Join to- Iher in the construction of the common hways. It will not do much good to Id a short stub of a road . if you plunge tne mud at the end of it on reachlntr founty line. Che .New Jersey system requires the Ite to pay a third of the cost of bulld , the county a thlru, and the com- inlty through which the road runs, a ra. jlhis seems to be a good method. California convicts break up the rock it is soiu to tne farmers who want the Ids. Might Use tbe Convicts. ivery . county should enter upon this puiicins as a ousiness. It should use ry available convict sentenced by the ror oi tne city or by tne County Mairis- tes or County Judges, or by the Circuit Iges In that county, where the term of pence does not exceed ten years. It laid prepare portable stockades, so that be prisoners can eat and sleep on the as near as possible to the nolnt rre xney cease working each day. Thev Ft De supplied with suitable tools and Elements, so that they can labor to the possible advantage. mere the number of prisoners avall for road work in any county Is less ten, an arrangement of mutual ex- lge can be made with another Mimtr ireby the combined large force can in each county alternately nr the short-term prisoners and hsncn leasily guarded ones may be thus em- tea. tnese being supplemented by hired r, tmd the superintendent acting as ONSTITUTION A GONER. ir a Christmas Dinner, Mr. Hns- n of Washington Sees Things. ILLSBORO, Or.. Dec. 29. (To the ar.j i nave read with much interest editorial of yesterday on the Oregon constitution, and I heartily indorse words of commendation Of that ln aent and of the men who mad it- hut (pears to me that you had not taken laccount the recent amendment to the -uution. lfor Instance, you say: "We in the failure of n.mv nttomnto n Eiy thlB constitution a positive asser of the respect people entertained for iworK or tne pioneer constitution Again: "The people of Oregon y are satisfied with their constitu fcreferring to suffer such trifling an- aces as are inseparable from its 11ml is than to risk the dansrers of no to kmental law." certainly overlook tho fart Vin !.- e of Oregon have changed that con- iion most radically, in fact, the Ore- tun&uiuuon nas undergone the great lange that any constitution ever did. ow have an Insinimant iin lion which limits 'thf llature, and that is about all there Is ii it. we are no longer living under puiuuonai government, but under a (nment by majority. prime object of a constitution is to St the rights of those who may hap b be at the time in thp minnHt.- Thi institution no longer does. The only puun wnicn tne minority has lies fn uroearance or tne majority. If the ? legislature snail pass a law to ichlse everv man who hno WW ICU ef in free sliver, or who hue -,-.a OPUlIst ticket, or anv othpr ninn which it might see fit to make, and my oi tne people under the opera the referendum shall indorse thnt iio Populist or the free sllverite has ieay unoer tne constitution. Similar aay do enacted to confiscate the property of Jews, Catholics and free thinkers, to deprive them of the right of suffrage, to deprive them of the right to give evidence In court, or to deprive them of any other rights or privileges. If the people of the state by a majority of opin ion will so vote, the privileges guaranteed by the bill of rights have been swept away. Section 2 of the bill of rights now reads In effect: "All men shall be secured in their natural right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience" unless the majority of the voters of the state shall otherwise decided. Section 3: "No law shall, in any case whatever, control the free exercise and enjoyment of religious opinions, or inter fere with the rights of conscience" unless a majority shall decide otherwise. Section 4: "No religious test shall be re quired as a qualification for any office of trust or profit" unless the majority shall decide otherwise. Section il: "In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to public trial by an Impartial Jury, etc." unless the majority shall decide otherwise. .If it be said that the people can be trusted not to destroy these safeguards handed down to us by our forefathers, then It Is the good Judgment of the people that protects us, and not the constitution. "Whether or not it was the part of wisdom to adopt this amendment It Is now too late to dlscuro, but let us hear no more of the great protection afforded by the constitution. It has been destroyed. S. B. HUSTON. FOREIGNERS CUT PRICES British and German Plglron Men Try to Hold Market. CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. L The Iron Trade Review this week says: The new year opens upon strong conditions in the Iron trade, and sentiment generally op timistic The prospect that producing ca pacity will expand as the new year ad vances is an important factor in the at titude of buyers toward future commit ments. At the same time there Is no the ory, but an actual condition, behind the plglron buying that comes up every week for early needs, and the continued scanti ness of stock in the hands of molters of iron. The future of the Import trade in pig iron is something wfth which furnace men have to reckon. English and German sellers have come to look upon the Amer ican demand as a thing to be cultivated, and as famine prices on this side are dis appearing, leading to the belief that for eign Iron can soon be dispensed with, there is a disposition on the part of the makers abroad to shade prices to hold their American trade. In the Central West less Is heard of foreign Iron, though in Pittsburg sales are still made. No. 3 Mlddlesboro being obtainable at $20 SO in carload lots, while $19 25 Is a possibility on a full cargo. In the East foreign iron Is likely to hold a place for months, being considerably cheaper than domestic brands, and furnacemen are not so sure that the prices will not have much to do with fixing domestic prices throughout the country In the next six months. While plglron markets have not been really active in the past, there Is Inquiry and buying enough to Indicate a better tone than in early December. In finished material business has been active enough to affect sentiment all along the line, and Central and Western plglron prices are rather firmer. The recently reported sale of 5000 tons of Southern gray forge at $14 Birmingham seems to have had a manip ulative purpose, and producers generally aro unwilling to sell within $1 50 of that level Freight rates from Virginia fur naces North and West advance 50 cents on January 1, and from Alabama and Tennessee furnaces to Northern points 1 to 20 cents. The steel market shows considerable ac tive inquiry at Pittsburg, and 200,000 tons are reported under negotiation. Prompt Bessemer billets are quoted at $29 to $30. with the range for contracts over the next six months about $1 less. A sale of 10,000 tons of open-hearth billets is re ported at $31 C3, Pittsburg. Independent sheet and tinplate manufacturers con ferred at Pittsburg this week on the sit uation as affecting their Interests. No ac tion was taken in view of the slight rep resentation present, and a further confer ence is expected. In both sheets and tin plates, particularly the latter, there Is an Improved outlook, and several idle mills are being started up. No Inroad has been made as yet by do mestic mills Into the drawbar trade under the recent arrangement with the Amalga mated Association. NO NEPOTISM ALLOWED. Missouri Pacific Officials Mast Xot Employ Their Relatives. FORT SCOTT. Kan.. Jan. 1. An order to the effect that no relative of an official shall be employed in a position subordin ate to that official -on the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain system went into op eration today. The order has resulted In a number of changes at every division point on the lines In Southeast Kansas, many men holding subordinate positions having been transferred to superintend ents to whom they are not related. The motive of the order is to place all em ployes on an equal basis in the matter of advancement Shipping Deal nt Norfolk. NORFOLK. Va., Jan; 1. It was an nounced today by an official of the Vogc man Steamship Company that arrange ments had been perfected between his company and the Seaboard Air Line for the direct shipment of foreign freight from the port of Norfolk on bills of lad ing Issued from point of shipment, and that a regular schedule of weekly sail ings would be maintained hereafter. Up to this time the railways have not been Issuing to any steamship lines through bills of lading, and most of the export trade of Norfolk has been barged to New port News and cleared from that port. End of Rio Grande Western. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 1 At 12 o'clock last night the Rio Grande West ern Railroad, ceased to exist. Beginning today, the Gould property between Den ver and Salt Lake, of which the Rio Grande Western formed a part, will "be known as the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The lines were practically con solidated -over a "year ago, when the head quarters of the Rio Grando were removed to Denver, but with the death of the old year even the name faded out of ex istence; and the road now forms the west ern division of the Denver & Rio Grande system. From Rnilrond to Stockyard. DALLAS, Tex., Jan. L The resignation of H. W. Weeks as general passenger agent of the Cotton Belt road was con firmed last night, when Mr. Weeks an nounced that he had accepted the position of general agent of the Kansas City Stockyards Company. J. F. Lchane, at present general freight agent of the Cot ton Belt road, will assume the duties of general passenger agent, also effective January 7. Rnsklntr Work on the Orient. KANSAS CITY, Jan. lConstructlon is In progress on the Orient road In Kansas Oklahoma, Texas and Mexico, and the road is to be completed as rapidly as possible. President Stllwell says. The track contractors in Woods County, Ok lahoma, are laying more than a mile of rails per day. Xo.ve Illinois Central Official. CARBONDALE. 111.. Jan. L-Bcginnlns-today. W. H. Shaw, of Chicago, afsumef the duties of superintendent of motive power of the St. Louis division of the Illinois Central, with headquarters in Carbondale. He replaces W. C. Mitchell resigned. ' Derangement of the liver, with consti pation, injures the complexion, induces pimples, sallow skin. Carter's Little-Liver Pills remove the cause. FUNSTON'S CHIEF AID MAX. WHO CAUGHT AGUINALDO A LIFE-PRISONER. Filipino Scont Who Took Leading Part in Capture Is Xoir a Con victed Murderer. DENVER, Jan. L Manila dispatches re ceived at the headquarters of the Army of the Colorado, In this city, state that Hilarlo Placldo, a Filipino, who aided Gen eral Funston In the capture of Aguinaldo, has been sentenced to life Imprisonment for murder. Details of" the crime arc lacking, but General Funston and other Army officers here, who know the scout, believe that the crime was committed since they left the Island, a3 it does not seem probable that Placldo could have been called to account for something done during the time that he was engaged as an active participant In the revolution. In speaking of Placldo, General Funston said: "He was never my spy, and the only money he ever received from the "United States was for the part he took In the capture of Aguinaldo. He fought against the Spaniards, and then took up arms nrnlriit thr TTnltn-1 Sfatno t inn v. ., severely wounded, being shot through the ' OREGON PIONEER OF 1845. Claiborne C. Walker, of Polk. County. lung. He recovered and again, took an active part In the war. The following year he surrendered at the same time that General Garca did. He was a prisoner for about three months, and then I released him. He took the oath of allegiance, and often times of his own volition gave me Information regarding the enemy. He wa3 not a spy in the sense of the word that he was in the Government's employ, nor did he ever go Into the enemy's line for Information for our use. "When I arranged the plan for the. cap ture of Aguinaldo, I took him along. He did not know the object of the expedition until we were well under way. I then explained my plan to him, and he agreed to help me. In order to carry out the scheme, he became the nominal comman der of the expedition, as It was neceseary to make the natives believe that we were prisoners. When we reached the camp of Aguinaldo Placldo ruehed In and threw his former chief on the floor of the hut and held him there until we made him a prisoner. For his part In this work he was paid by tbe Government." RAVAGES OF CHOLERA. Returned BuninesN Man Snys 30 Die Dally In Manila. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 1. When R. G. Case, a stationery dealer In the City of Manila, left that city for Seattle, the aver age number of deaths from cholera was 30 a day. Cholera is raging in the Phil ippines in a more aggravated form than at any other time since American occu pation occurred. Mr. Case says of the epidemic: "There has not been such an epidemic of the disease in the islands, the natives say. In many years. In 1SS7 they had their worst siege, and then, they tell you, the death rate reached 10 a day. However, for a week or 10 days It did reach 40 a day In Manila, and what It was in the other parts of the Island they are unable to say." SAWMILL SELLS FOR $200,000 DlcCormick Comnnny nt Chehnlla Sells to Chicago Firm. CHEHALIS, Warh., Jan. 1. (Special.) The McCormlck Lumber Company has sold the Rock Creek mill to Walworth & Neville, of Chicago. A hundred and fifty million feet of timber Is included In the transaction. The price paid was. $200,000. The sawmill has a cutting capacity of about 00,000 feet daily and has crossarms manufacturing plant In connection. Wal worth & Neville have another sawmill at Port Blakcley, where they make cross arms. ROBBERY IX A PULLMAX. Passenger Lowes $30, HIb Tickets and $500 in Diamond. SALT LAKE, Utah., Jan 1. J. Luther Glasgow, a business man of St. Louis, who, with his wife, is en route to Seattle, reported to the police today that he had been robbed of $50 In currency, two round trip tickets from SL Louis to Seattle and diamonds valued at $500. The theft oc curred In a Pullman car at some point qptweon Grand Junction and Provo. Ab solutely no clew has been obtained lead ing to the Identity of the thief. Notes From Mc311nnvlllc. M'MINNVILLE, Jan. L (Special.) The section gmg of the railroad at this place had a very close call yesterday. The work train ran down the hand-car, throw ing it off the track and smashing It up -badly. The section hands barely got off the car in time to save themselves. The work train came up behind them, and the wind was unfavorable for hearing. The business houses are generally closed today, observing the new year. The New Year's Orogonlan went like hot cakes. Professor Charles Redmond, of the Ash land Normal School, who came here to spend the holidays, today underwent a surgical operation In a Portland hospital. Charles, as he Is known, Is a graduate of the class of 1502 of the University of Oregon, and was one of the most popu lar men of his college. He was very prom inent in athletics, holding at one time sev eral Northwest records. He was also prominent In the literary societies of his college. His hosts of friends will regret to learn of his serious illness. Vancouver Barrack Xoten. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Jan. L (Special.) MI3 Pauline Eastman, eldest daughter of Major and Mrs. Frank E. .Eastman, was married December 2-f at the home of her mother. In Vancouver to Lieutenant Harry E. Mitchell, artillery. The wedding was a quiet one, only the immediate relatives being present' Miss McBrlde and Miss Nannie Rice were the guests ' of Colonel and Mrs. Goodale for the dance on December 26. Mrs. Eastman left December 2S for San Francisco, where she, will spend a day with her son, Clyde, before taking the trans port for Manila to Join Major F. EL East mant, who has Just spent his fifth Christ mas in Manila. James Hayes, of Walla Walla. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) Jamrs Hayes, one of this county's most prosperous farmers, died suddenly last night at his home, eight miles south--west of Walla Walla, of heart disease. The deceased was 61 years of age. and left a wife and four daughters, and a son, all residents of this city. A grandchild of the deceased died three days asx, and Mrs. Hayes Is an Inmate of a local hos pital, suffering with a fractured ankle. The deceased was born In Ireland and came to the Northwest a cuartor of a century' ago. Colonel Phil Shenon. BUTTE. Mont.. Jan. 1. A special to the Miner from Salmon, Idaho, says that ' Colonel Phil Shenon, a pioneer of Mon tana, and one of the best known mining men of Montana, was thrown from his wagon yesterday and killed. Mr. Shenon was Idcntlfiffd with Millionaire H. L. ! Frank, of Butte, In a number of mining ventures. Pioneer of Wlxltman County. COLFAX, Wash.. Jan. 1. (Special.) Ed- : ward M. Burch, one of the pioneers of Whitman County, died at his home in South Colfax today, aged 75 years, after 4 tl SALEM. Or., Jan. 1. (SocIal. Claiborne C Walker, who was to day burled at Zena, Polk County, was a pioneer of JS45. Ho was born In Virginia, March 1. 1810. V.hn 7 years of age his family removed to Missouri, and there he- xrew to manhood on the farm of his father. In 1645. In company with his broth er. W. B. Walker, he crowed the plains to Orcron. leaving the old home April 20, and reaching Van couver on November 1 of that year. Shortly after reaching the West he settled on a donation land claim In Spring Valley, Polk County, whei. with the exception of & few years, ho resided until his death, December SO, 1C02. July 4, 1830, he was united In marriage with Mlsa Louisa Purvlne, who atlll survives him. Mr. and Mrs. Wsflker were the par ents of two children, both of whom are now deceased. C. M. Purvlne. a nephew, has resided with them since early infancy. an Illness of eeveral weeks. Mr. Burch had been a resident of Colfax fllnce ter ritorial days and was prominently known throughout the country. He was an ex pert decorator and preserver of fruits for exhibition tind had charge of tbe Wash ington exhibit at the World's Fair In Chi cago and the St. Paul Exposition. Child Svrallovrn Carbolic Acid. INDEPENDENCE, Or.. Jan. L The 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mr3. Frink Ttonnott In enmn mnn..n.. 1 i ... uu.i.u uiaunci (UlIICU JIUEHCS- slon of a vial of carbolic acid, swallowing me contents, ana fearfully burning Itself. Recover' Is possible. Dean Fcrrin Returns. FOREST GROVE, Jan. 1. (Special.) ' Dean W. N. Ferrln, of Pacific University, 1 returned last night from a two weeks' f trip to Chicago, to see Dr. D. K. Pearsons ' In the interest of the college here. Elennora Duse'a Gracloua Mcnaagre. New York Press. Eleanor Robson has reason never-to for get her first meeting with Eleanora Duse. The great Italian had heard of her clever namesake in America. At the request of a mutual friend she sent to Miss Robson her portrait. In New York this season they met for the first time and had a chat In French. "She took both of my hands In hers," said Miss Robson, "and looked Into my soul with those wonderful eyes. Her presence was magic. I was lifted to the clouds, and did not come to earth until long after I had left her. She was much interested in my dobut in 'Au drey.' On the opening night in Richmond, fancy my delight at receiving a telegram In Italian, 'Congratulations of Eleanora Duse to Eleanor Robson.' " ' "V,- .;'! r v Ml V '--.-V THE WILSON DISTILLING Baltimore itd. GREAT LAKE LIFE-SAVERS THEIR DUTIES ARDUOUS AS THOSE OF CREWS OS THE COAST. A Typical Lake Life-Saving Station la Tknt of Milwaukee on Jones Islnnd The Sadden Clianges. On Jones Island. In Lake Michigan-no comely place-wlth Ita rank vegetation, its yellow clay, sand and dingy fisher men s -huta-the heart of the wandering stranger long accustomed to the salt sea and the sights anU sounds thereof leaps tor Joy when ho suddenly encounters a very familiar kind of a structure, over the door of which Is painted In bold let ters "U.S. Life Saving Station." It brlnp the Easterner to with a jump, as suming that he is Impressionable, and tnat the great mysterious Inland sea has bad the proper effect on him. Smilln yet omnlous. kindly yet implacable, with the saffron mist arising from the washed out blue of the waters, you feel that this body oA water, so different from anything in the world, save its four gigantic sister lakes, is the gateway, the entrance to some abode of fantastic horrors, and you rather tremble for that snub-nosed, pre posterously uncomely steamship, veiled In Its own black smok heading out toward a horizon filled with swift-moving, un gainly, Brobdlgnagian shapes which the unromantlc might call clouds, says the New York Evening Sun. Breasting the shores in baby ripples, you think llttlo of the. material harm this sea can bring to the vessels that fare thereon, because, as has been suggested, the first emotions it produces are meta physical ones. You might at the first moment be less surprised to see yonder vessel disappear Into the maw of somo great, shapeless, intangible leviathan of the Imagination than to be pounded by tho winds and waves of a sudden gale, until her back was broken. In place of the boom of the Atlantic or the moan it makes at the turn of the tide, you get a sort of a hiss on the lake shore, a hiss that sometimes rises with a snarl or a scheechlng wail. Of course, the Western environment does not help the Eastern er's state of mind to any great extent, and, as a consequence, he discovers tho life-saving station with a feeling of Joyful recognition. Nor do the llfe-savcra differ In any respect from those of the Coast, savo that perhaps they are ywunger, r t so angular and raw-boned more full blooded lusty, curly-haired young fisher men, with hearts as brave and fearless and spirit as superb as are to ba found In any station in the world. All the ap pliances used In the Coast station are here, and It Is an exception, even In tho Summer months, when some one. If not all of them. Is not put Into practical use for tho salvation of life and property. Sometimes when storms sweep the lak6 in all their fury the waves break com pletely over that nortlon of Jones Island upon which Is the llfc-savlng station, and then tho men have to worry about saving themselves: but that Is another story, and It does not occur very often, anyway. In a storm on the lake the surf breaks on the beach like a storm of hall, not six feet separating the breakers, and conse quently It Is more difficult to launch a lifeboat from the beach than It Is on tho ocean, where the surf, if heavier. Is long er, giving a boat more of a chanco to find Itself after a smashing wave gives the savers a chance to hustle Into the water on the backfiow. They find It much bet ter at the Milwaukee station to lower their surf boat down the back way, un der the lee of the island. Into tho Mil waukee River, where a tug Is ever ready to draw It down the ship canal leading from the lake to the river, and thus out beyond the breakers. The ship canal, by the way. Is nothing more than two huge breakwaters extending In parallel lines about 30 feet apart far out Into the lake, through which all vessels bound for Mil waukee enter. Then they stpam right up through tho center of the city, while draw bridges open and traffic aw.alts, with all the patience of long-suffering. But this. also. Is another story. x You will find the Hfcsavers playing cards, and If tho signs arc threatening you must look for Captain Oisen up In the observatory platform, along with the look out. Captain Oisen was a Norwegian once, and before coming to the lakes ho sailed every quarter of the seven seas; but he has none the less respect for Lake Michigan prowess in time of storm for that. A gale on this lake, smiling so pleasantly, so sweetly, will spring up In the time It takes to snap your fingers, and In a few minutes the smilo has given way to the contortions of anger; and the baby wavelets to snarling, rippling cross seas. And then, Just as quickly, the anger will vanish, the sun will appear and the lake will smile again this time over the harm that it has wrought. The smile of the Established 1823 WIL CO. WHS I "The Stretched Forefinger of all Time" is on the dial of an Elgin Watch the world's standard for pocket time pieces. Perfect in construction; positive in performance. Sold by every jeweler in the land; fully guaranteed. Booklet free. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. Elgin, Illinois. Great Lakes Is as deceitful as even the smile of Judas was. And so. windjammers on the lakes are ever ready to get their canvas, and when necessity for such ac tion arises, the dirty sails disappear from the masts with such expedition as would make the salt-water sailor rub his eyes. In the vernacular of Captain Oisen, the fresh-water jackles have their brethren of the salt spindrift "skinned to death In this particular." "We are chiefly occupied In rescuing yachts and yachtsmen here," said Cap tain Olscn, striving to hide the contempt which he felt for the question as to whether they ever had any bad wrecks hereabouts; "but frequently we have to go out after bigger game than that. A. steamshlp ashore, or leaking, or plunging aboyt with broken steering gear, or a schooner going to pieces In a gale. Oh, yes, there Is plenty for ub to do here; but the yachts keep ua more busy than any thing else. After they venture outside the breakwater thero Is never any telling just what will happen to them. It takes a gale about a minute to spring up here: then they get into trouble and we have to go out and bring them In. Yachting Is Indeed quite strenuous up on the lakes. At ono time we had 13 vessels showing dis tress signals off here. That was the day we all came near getting wiped out. I guess you heard about that the storm of May, '95." No, the Easterner had not heard about it, but it Is well remembered by tho thousands who gathered along the Milwaukee bluffs that day In May and witnessed one of those tragedies which the lakes produce with such terrible fre quency. It waa a warm, bright May morning, and the lake never smiled more sweetly. There was barely a cloud In jthe sky, and several schooners in the offing were drift ing along lazily with all canvas set. Even the lookouts at the llfesaying Btatlon saw nothing that gave hint of what was to follow. Warm and bright. May, who could guess how quickly the change was to come? The lake never heeds a gale It self, but it 13 ever ready to become the fiercest and most screeching part of one. And so, when the dark cloud of wind and snow booming northeast from Michigan hit the lake, It translated May lntp De cember and peace Into fury In the twink ling of an eye. Down the lake it swept with a great roar. The sailors saw It and made for tho lee of tho great Government breakwater. Some reached It; others did not. Among those that did not was the schooner Cummings. from Cleveland. With all canvas doused save a staysail, she tried to claw offshore, toward which she was hurtling like a projectile from a gun. The air grew bitter cold, and the spindrift flying over the doomed vessel froze to the masts and covered the hull with a sheath of crystal. The captain, his wife and the crew took to the masts and lashed themselves thereto, but ere It was accomplished she struck, not 100 yards from shore, lying over on her port side. From shore the frozen, writhing figures could be seen in the rigging, and tug after tug put out In the teeth of the gale, only to be driven back. Finally, after successive efforts, .Cap tain Oisen and his crew of hardy lifeboat men reached the wreck, but before they could move a finger to assist the dying sailors a succession of trip-hammer waves crushed the lifeboat against the schoon er's side, smashing It and throwing the crew Into the lake. They all managed to cling to what remained of tho boat, and clinging thus for half an hour, they were hurled up on the -beach, still grasping the wreck of their boat. Undaunted, the life savers made another effort to reach the boat. But It was not to be. The elements were not to be defied. And thus perished. In tho eyes of thousands, eight human beings, but a handful of the many whom the Great Lakes claimed In that storm. But it Is the exception when Captain Oisen and his Ynen do not succeed in the arduous task which the Government lm- That's All I SON SKEY. I peses upon them to save lives and" prop ; trty in times of stress, which are only too ! frequent thereabouts. SCHURMAN ON PHILIPPINES Believes In Ultimate Independence and Criticises Government. LINCOLN, Neb. Jen. 1. Jacob G. Schurman. president of Cornell, spoke to night to 1200 members of the Nebraska. Teachers' Association on the subject of "Our Philippine Policy." His address In part was a reiteration of h!a views here tofore expressed, but he was probably more outspoken in his declaration for the ultimate Independence of the islands. At his request the teachers by a rising vote expressed their opinions, a majority in dorsing h!a views. He said the problem In the discussion was a manifold one of a military, politi cal, economic and ecclesiastic nature. On the political side he Indorsed the rec ommendations of the Civil Commission and declared the Filipinos In three years , would be enjoying as much political lib erty as Americans, as the rights of the Constitution have been extended, except ) trial by Jury and the bearing of arms. The first they did not want and the latter would be forthcoming. In regard to the economic aspect, he thought the United States had grievously sinned by neglect. He criticised Congress , for not providing for a stable currency, declaring the Philippine nation has lost Jl.000,000 and Individuals as much more through the lack of It. "It will be a burning shame," he said, "if the present Congress adjourns with out enacting a currency law for the- isl ands." Other noteworthy shortcomings of this Government, he said, were In keeping up trade barriers and sending so many teach ers from this country at an expense to the Filipinos, and In the face of the nro- test pf many. De.iirnuillty of Cremation. Louis WIndmueller in Municipal Affairs. Cremation merely reaches In a shorter period the same final results. a3 burial. Fleshy-parts of the corpse decompose In the earth in five or 10 years; during the whole period of decomposition they consti tute nothing but a putrid masa of carrion. ( Bones which take centuries to crumble are unceremoniously carted from one cemeterjr to another when necessity compels their f removal, and increase the horror of death after they have ceased to be Identified and j claimed. If they are converted, with tho I flesh, into ashes In one hour they are ln- sured against desecration. The volume and weight of bodies are reduced by the pro cerus of cremation some 95 per cent. If aohes were placed In the grave of an urn cemetery, as occasionally Is done, the dead , would leave more room for the living than I their Intact bodies demand. Two hundred city lots are now required to bury In the old-fashioned way the 70,000 persons that annually die in Greater New York. We , probably could save more than 150 of these precious lots If ashes of the 70,000 were placed In urn cemeteries, preserved In nichefl of a columbarium or strewn on the waves of a river. As cemeteries are ex . empt from taxation, the municipality ' would derive an Income from the lots which the living then would use, and from j tho improvements they would make upon THE FOLKS AT HOME "Would Enjoy a Visit From Yon Why Sot Take Itr January S. 9 and 10, the O. R. & N. places on sale tickets, Portland to Kansas City and return, at the low rate of. $60, good for CO days, with stop-over privileges on re turn passage. Call up O. R. & N. ticket office. Third and Washington, and learn particulars. ' 'if