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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8.
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ONE RAILROAD "MAN'S WAY.
The railroad man who Is really de
sirous of building up the terminal with
which his road is Identified has many
'opportunities to shotv his faith by his
works. Such a man is Mr. A. B. Stlck
ney, whose reputation as a thinker and
publicist is National, and whose road,
the Chicago Great Western, is always
a factor in traffic that must be reck
oned with by its competitors. It is not
scared out of territory by rivals, and its
policy is offensive as well as defensive.
Mr. Stlckney has determined upon the
development of Omaha, his western
terminal, as- a grain market He has
therefore inaugurated through rates on
grain originating west of the Missouri
River which are sums of the local rates
Into Omaha and from Omaha east. The
effect of this will be to permit all grain
to 3top in Omaha to be there ware
housed and dealt In, the .same as it Is
in Kansas City. By many it is consid
ered a master stroke by Mr. Stlckney,
who has gained great prestige for his
railroad at Omaha, whose commercial
Importance Is likely to be enhanced to
a marked degree. But, like all of Mr.
Btlckney's master strokes, it inflicts a
deep wound upon some of his competi
tors. When Mr. Stlckney goes into a fight
he throws away the gloves and shows
that he means business. In a recent
pamphlet argument before the Inter
state Commerce Commission Mr. Stlck
ney paraphrased the golden rule as fol
lows: "Do unto your competitors what
you know they would do unto you, but
do it first." The carrying out of this
policy has caused Mr. Stickney's com
petitors to call him "pirate," and has
gained for him a position of triple emi
nence in railroad, financial and legal
circles. In each he has become an ora
cle and a power. In 1884 Mr. Stlckney
built 120 miles of railroad from St. Paul
to J-iyle, expecting to sell it to the Illi
nois Central. Failing in this, he deter
mined to build a big system for himself,
which he has done by extending his line
to Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, St.
Joseph and other gateways.
In an admirable article in the Chi
cago "Record-Herald we find an inter
esting summary of some of Mr. Stick
ney's recent exploits. When threats
were made to ruin his road financially
he placed the company beyond harm
from Wall-street manipulation by ex
changing all Its stock for debenture
stock and preferred A and preferred B
stock. Thus at a single bound he gained
reputation as a bold and competent
financier. Later, when his company
.was not securing what he thought to be
its share of the packing-house traffic,
ne secured from every big packer a
seven years' contract at a 20-cent rate,
which was 3 cents below normal tariff
and 1 cents above the alleged secret
rates. This will net his company fully
$7,000,000 revenue.
It has always seemed to TheOrego
nian that if the Harrlman management
were disposed to pursue such a policy
as this concerning Portland, the gains
made upon this city by Puget Sound
cities would not have been so large.
Portland has never had the zealous
transcontinental undertakings In Its be
half that San Francisco enjoys from the
Southern Pacific or the Northern lines
from Mr. Hill. The Southern Pacific,
especially, seems afraid that it may de
velop Western Oregon too "rapidly or
advance Portland at the expense of San
Francisco. Great sums have been spent
on the O. B, & N., but f little on the
Southern Pacific lines In Oregon. Prob.
ably these, being local lines, are the last
to be reached in the stupendous scheme
of betterments the Harrlman system Is
undergoing. Doubtless one difficulty in
the way of aggressive action like Mr.
Stickney's on behalf of the O. R. &. N.
lies In the fact that the O. R. & N.'s in
dependent position requires a larger pro
rata of earnings than the Pacific divis
ion of Mr. Hill's roads, for example,
receive on the long haul across the con
tinent The danger that the HHI-Mor-gan
combination may force Its way to
San Francisco is also given weight by
some observers, in explanation of the
reluctance to combat it in competitive
Oregon and Washington territory.
Wheat and flour shipments from
Portland on the steamers Ascot and In
dravelli, clearing Saturday and yester
day, amounted lit wheat measure to
bushels. This was an
greater than the shipments to the Ori
ent for an entire year two decades ago,
and it would have required at least six
of the vessels of the type coming: to
Portland twenty years ago to have car
ried It There is something eloquent In
the figures on such manifests as were
filed at the Custom-House for the Ascot
and Indravelli. They tell not only of
the growing trade across the Pacific,
but of the wonderful river that can float
in safety such cargoes over the 100-mile
stretch between Portland and the sea.
ASPECTS OF THE MESSAGE.
The discerning reader will lay down
the President's message with the im
pression of a significant change In the
Presidential mood. Here is a state pa
per deserving to take a place of honor
in our annals. Here is a certain con
servative balance, or dignified self-restraint,
by which the writings of Theo
dore Roosevelt have not been hitherto
"characterized. The President Js grow
ing. He is the same gallant knight and
strenuous fighter as of yore, but he has
been sofiered by responsibility, chas
tened by criticism, uplifted and
strengthened by the influences of great
minds with which he has been associ
ated. The Educational facilities of the
Presidency are very great Given the
right sort of raw material, the fierce
light of friendly counsel ""and hostile
criticism that beats upon that throne
Is certain of an admirable product Be
hold the New York politician, called to
the White House by Garfield's death,
rising to the level of statesmanship!
Behold the Buffalo Sheriff, nowperhaps
the first private citizen of the Republic
In his retirement a Princeton! Behold
McKlnley climbing from almost noth
ingness In 189S to the nedestal, he occu
pied when a Nation mourned his un
timely end in 1901!
A Panorama of Achievement.
The message is largely a record of
events; and in this aspect its force is
tremendous as an exhibit in achieve
ment Here is reminder piled on re
minder of the results that have been
crowded one upon the other in the past
two years. Arrogant corporations have
been brought to book; the Alaskan
boundary dispute has been settled;' the
Army has been reorganized; purifica
tion -has, been put to work in various
departments of the public service; a
treaty has been negotiated with China;
land thieves and owners of illegal
fences have been called to account; a
new chapter has been written in the
controversy between labor and capital
and a new standard set up of equal jus
tice for trust and union, and for the
first time decisive and promising steps
have been taken in the direction of an
isthmian canal. We have a President
who does things. He is anxious to get
results in every field of achievement
where difficulties need to be overcome,
wrongs made right and long-needed en
terprises brought to pass. His initiative
Is very great His administration
means progress. In results it compares
most favorably with Grover the Stub
born or William the Drifter.
Moral Questions.
The President has been largely con
cerned with problems that affect the In
tegrity -of the public service and the
faithful observance of law. The serious
nature of the man Impels him to moral
questions as irresistibly as the needle
turns to the pole, and he instinctively
turns to the conscience of the people
for approval -and support "In this spirit
he explains the operations and purpose
of the new Department of Commerce;
the Administration's settled purpose
that labor and capital shall be Impar
tially required to obey the law of the
land; the determination to protect the
public domain from spoliation; his re
lentless hatred of bribery; his desire
for renewed appropriations to prosecute
all offenders against land laws, postal
laws and naturalization laws; his hope
to recover lands that have been fraud
ulently obtained. There Is food for re
flection here for every good citizen that
has suffered himself to be beguiled by
the animosity of boodllng politicians or
frightened corporations. Is there a sin
gle one of these unfinished undertak
ings that the conscience of the Nation
wants suspended by a change at the
White House? Is there a single dis
contented voice among all the sufferers
by the President's vigorous policies of
reform that Is entitled to recognition
and support?
Definite New Proposals.
Recommendations of a new character
are modestly made. The President has
learned wisdom by experience and does
not make so much ado over a sugges
tion that its ignoratlon by Congress
will excite remark, as was the case with
his proposed tariff commission, which,
fell flat, or the constitutional amend
ment agahist trusts of which noth
ing came. He proposes a commission
to study and report on the best method
of rehabilitating the merchant marine;
a law authorizing the Treasury to de
posit Its customs receipts in National
banks; the endeavor to recover to the
Government such public lands as have
been obtained by fraud; an undertak
ing for an International agreement pro
tecting private property at sea during
war; the extension of rural free deliv
ery; aid to roadbulldlng; "recognition
and support" for the Lewis and' Clark
celebration; amendment of the timber
and stone act; a general staff for the
Navy; greater authority for promotion
In the Army regardless of seniority;
treaties for making bribery extradit
able; delimitation of the Alaskan
boundaryand continuation of the work
of the international gold-standard com
mission. Of Doubtful Practicability.
From some of the President's conclu
sions we are compelled to dissent His
defense of favoritism in the Wood case
and plea for general extension of the
principle of great promotion for signal
services appear to us specious in view
and pernicious in effect There is no
question but special services In the
Army should be rewarded with ad
vancement; but the morale of the Army
Is put In peril every time a man of In
adequate training Is jumped over offi
cers of experience and fidelity. Bril
liance Is often the mere child of oppor
tunity. The President renews his rec
ommendations concerning an elastic
currency, made a year ago a demand
we think the country has outgrown.
He is equally unfortunate, we 'should
say, in his weak attempt to placate the
advocates of a- shipping subsidy.
Though he does, not openly champion
this iniquity. Ire suggests a commission
of inquiry which can find out nothing
which informed persons do not already
know and whose dictum will weigh
nothing with Congress. No commission
whose function is purely advisory to
Congress is worth its salt If it has
authority to do anything, like the
Alaska Boundary Commission, It may
reach results. There is probably no
great merit in the professed reform of
4W.000
amounfc-Lprotectlng private property. at sea In!
war. So humane an authority as Cap
tain A. T. Mahan holds that the anni
hilation of food and coal is often more J
merciful than otherwise, as it hastens '
war, to a close. The effort to render
war as enjoyable aa a Sunday school
picnic is of doubtful feasibility or
merit
The Isthmian Caaal.
It is with fine discrimination that the
chapter on the isthmian canal Is aimed
directly at the weak point of the anti
canal complainants. In all the argu
ments against the Administration's pol
icy the hostile critics act on the as
sumption of a duty on our part to treat
Colombia handsomely, and Ignore alto
gether the craven and offensive nature
of the Colombian proceedings. The
President wisely concentrates his fire
upon this fatally weak point In his an
tagonists' position. Whereas the antis
assume tfiat we are under heavy obli
gations to Colombia, the fact Is that
the Bogota blackmailers have forfeited
every claim upon recognition. As the
President says, their very offer now of
carte blanche on 'the isthmus shows the
absolutely indefensible act they corn-,
mitted In treating our proposals so cav-"
allerly What reckless effrontery it is
In the antis. Indeed, "to propose to hold
us to the obligations under the Uay
Herran treaty when that convention
was contemptuously spurned by the
Colombian pirates, with the frank
avowal that they could hold us up for
more money! In breaking off negotia
tions with them and turning with relish
to the overtures of the new Republic of
Panama, the President has shown the
true spirit, and the spirit which Is cer
tain to command the approval of every
man of self-respect and of a decent
pride in his country's dignity. The de
mand that we proffer ourselves now
for fresh Insults from Colombia Is one
in keeping only with that despicable
sentiment which hoped the Tagalog
hordes would drive the 'American Army
into the sea. " v
A Becoming: Reserve ,
The moderate and subdued tone of
the message Is something due, no doubt
to the consciousness that no consider
able amount of new legislation and no
radical departures in Governmental
policy 'can be expected of the present
session; but in addition to that may be
recognized a knowledge born of chas
tening experience that Congress will do
as It likes anyhow, and that the part of
wisdom in the Executive consists In not
taking Its office too seriously. When
the President went Into office he enter
tained rosy hopes of being able to ac
complish almost anything by cramming
up on the subject and imposing his im
pressions unpn an obedient Congress.
He has- learned better. He will tell
Congress what ought to be done, but he
will do ft. In such a self-respecting' way
as to throw the responsibility on Con
gress and in the event of failure lose
nothing of credit himself by reason of
failure. It Is better so. It is better for
Congress to stand convicted before the
country for failure to do the necessary
thing than for it to pose as a practical
joker with the President as the trust
ing and then discomfited victim. He
does not, accordingly, urge action In
such eager terms that disappointment
will leave him exposed to taunts. He
merely points the way and turns to
something- else, conscious of having
done his duty and of leaving the re
sponsibility where It belongs. Congress,
It is safe to say, will do little or noth
ing at this session. But the President
has neither dug a hole for it In that
event nor laid the foundation for his
own humiliation. This is one reason
why his latest message lifts him upon
a higher plane of sagacious states
manship than he has hitherto occupied.
He Is gaining In the qualities of depend
ability which men have thought they
missed In him, and which the Judicious
demand in their Presidential Ideal. We
shall hear less after this of supernumer- I
ary impulses and Wall-street trepida
tion. "MORAL EDUCATION OF THE CON
SUMER." Taking the above subject as a text
and quoting Professor Charles GIde, of
France, as authority for the statement
that we are upon the threshold of a new
epoch which It defines, the secretary of
the Consumers' League of this city has
given to the public some very cogent
reasons for the general dread with
which thousands of persons approach
the Christmas season, coupled with
plain suggestions of a remedial nature.
The Christmas season, with Its sacred
memories and grand significance, has,
It is asserted, degenerated into a season
of drudgery, of excessive weariness, of
perplexity and of anxiety for a large
majority of our people. Once a day de
voted to the pleasures of the children,
to family reunions, to quiet social and
domestic festivities of which the chil
dren's stockings hanging by the chimney-piece,
or the dainty Christmas' tree
with its wonderful fruitage born of love
and thoughtfulness, was the center, It
is now a season of unrest and out
reaching and rivalry, and, alas, too
often of heartburnings and extrava
gance andcllEplay.
"Behold, I br.lng you glad tidings or
great joy!" proclaimed the -Jaeavenly
herald of the first Christmas. '"Behold,
I bring you weariness of the flesh and
vexation of the spirit!" would be a fit
ting proclamation of the herald of the
twentieth-century Christmas. This, at
least is the legitimate conclusion
drawn from the expressions of dread
and perplexity that are heard upon
every hand at this time of the year, and
especially during the week preceding
Christmas. The general salutation dur
ing this latter period Is, "Won't you be
glad when Christmas Is over?" And It
Is within bounds to say that nine times
out of ten a fervent answer In the af
firmative is received.
Clearly, tills is not as It should be.
The condition Is partly due to what we
are pleased to term the growth of the
Christmas spirit as demonstrated In
promiscuous gift-giving, and partly to
a dilntorlness which crowds into a week
the work of a month in every line of
what is termed holiday business. It" Is
upon this latter point that the Consum
ers League comes out strong In a plea
for the "moral education o the con
sumer.'' It appeals to the public to do
its Christmas buying early In the month
of December, Instead of pushing it
(with a neglect of the welfare of those
who serve that Is. seriously reprehensi
ble and utterly foreign to the Christmas
spirit) up to the vers last hours of the
very last day preceding the great holi
day. It appeals further to women who
comprise the great majority of Christ
mas shoppers women whose time in a
commercial sense Is their own to do
their shopping early In the dayThus
preventing the otherwise unavoidable
crush toward evening In the stores,
markets and on street-cars.
There is common sense and humanity
in these suggestions. 'The time is short
lor acting upon them. It is doubtful.
of course, whether they would be acted
upon at all generally If the time were
much langer. The moral education of
the consumer has not progressed to a
stage that warrants the supposition,
still less the belief, that a plea of this
nature will be generally heeded. But
as a preliminary lesson In the educa
tion needed to bring back to the Christ
mas season its old-time peace and good
will, imbue it with the 'essence of kind
ness and diffuse its spirit over all, in
cluding those who serve as well as those
who are served, the appeal of the Con
sumers' League Is pertinent Education
of this nature represents processes slow
and subtle, and results so gradual that
only those who have faith In human
nature that is patient, and in a sense
boundless and sublime, can await them
In serenity and confidence. It Is cer
tainly true thai "as soon as the shop
ping public "becomes willing to do Its
share toward retrieving the Christmas
season from the perversion which It
has suffered" the flrsj; great step In this
direction will have been taken. For not
until the significance of the words
"Christmas rush" shall be eliminated
from the perltf&pf Christmas buying by
extension of time can we hope for a dif
fusion of Christmas cheer that will
reach the homes and hearts of the toil
ers of the cities and enable the high
and the lowly alike to find In the com
ing of Christmas rest peace and pleas
Ve
ure.
Recent disclosures show the lot of
European Princesses of the blood to be
anything that Independent or ordinarily
self-respecting womanhood in any land
might envy. Here but recently was the
distraught, misguided Crown Princess
of Saxony, who, as late reports have It,
made pretense of eloping with the
music teacher of her children In order
to escape the brutality of her husband
and who is now practically a prisoner
In a remote castle, deprived of the priv
ilege of even seeing her children. More
recently Princess Alice, wife of another
petty German Prince, left her husband,
unable to endure his brutal treatment,
and was grossly vilified for the act, and
now a Princess of Austria Invades an
apartment In the palace at Prague in
which were her husband of a year, for
whose sake she had renounced her im
perial rights, and an actress of whom
he was enamored, and shot the woman.
The weaker sex seems capable of at
tending to Its rights upon occasion, and j
few will quarrel with these exhibitions
of womanly spirit J
United States Senator Hoar, in his
"Autobiography," has a chapter on the
"Credit Mobllier," In which not a-word
Is said about the fact that James A.
Garfield was proved to have received
some stock in that cprporatlon from
Oakes Ames and to have prevaricated
about the matter on the floor of the
House of Representatives. Mr. Hoar
offers no defense of Garfield's conduct,
but never loses a chance to eulogize
him. Evidently Mr. Hoar did not un
derstand Garfield thoroughly or he
would have found out that there was
much In his character and conduct un
worthy of eulogy. Mr. Hoar is not a
lawyer of the first rank, but he is. law
yer enough to know that James A. Gar
field never had standing enough as a
lawyer to warrant the payment to him
o a $5000 retainer. Edmunds or Conk
llng or Thurraan In those days never
received more 'than 51000 as a retaining
fee, and they didn't accept retainers In
matters that were likely to be the sub
ject of legislation while they were In
Congress, like the De Golyer pavement
Grover Cleveland was right in 1897
when he vetoed an Immigration bill
which Imposed a so-called "educational
test," which now forms part of the res
urrected Lodge bill for the restriction of
Immigration. There is still working
room for able-bodied immigrants in this
country, for our population is less than
one'-twenty-fifth in density to the
square mile of that of Belgium. Every
able-bodied immigrant Increases our
productive power and consumption of
products. An "educational test" en
forced to exclude an able-bodied immi
grant Is In violation of common sense
and justice, and Is contrary to sound
National policy. Grover Cleveland was
right In 1897 when he refused to ap
prove an Immigration bill which made
illiteracy operate like crime as a reason
for the exclusion of an able-bodied man
from this country. The President's
message confirms this view when it
says that of the right kind of immigra
tion we cannot have too much,
Senator Hoar tells us In his autobiog
raphy that he declined the post of Am
bassador to England, which was offered
by President McKlnley, chiefly because
he could not afford the expense that
acceptance of the honor Involves. The
post necessarily requires an expenditure
in living that far exceeds the salary of
an Ambassador, and the statement of
Senator Hoar Is Interesting as adding
to the weight of the contention that the
salaries of our accredited representa
tives at foreign capitals should be made
adequate to the legitimate demands of
the service. As It now Is, It Is not
enough that a man chosen for Impor
tant diplomatic service must be a man
of culture, dignity, urbanity and tact
fulness. He must also be wealthy.
This Is at variance with the spirit of
our Institution's, and it should be cor
rected by making the compensation of
officials In the diplomatic service equal
to the outlay incident thereto.
It is gratifying to note, from the re
port of the Secretary of War, that the
state militia is no longer an aggregation
of tin soldiers, drilling for amusement
merely, and Ineffective, without reor
ganization, In case of war. The total
strength of the organized militia In
seven states of the Pacific Northwest
section Is 7027. Of this number, Oregon
furnishes 1252. California leads with
34S0, and Washington follows Oregon
with 822. Montana Is fourth in the list
with 538; Nevada furnishes but 140 of
the number. These men are to all In
tents and purposes soldiers, and will
speedily be found on the firing line If,
unfortunately, the Nation should be
come Involved in war.
The output of gold at Johannesburg
In October last was 284,544 ounces,
against 1S1.439 ounces in the October
preceding, a gain of 103,105 ounces,
worth $2,167,78L This output Is to be
compared with that of September, 1899,
when 426,556 ounces were produced. At
present the production "is Increasing at
a rate of about 10,000 ounces a month,
pointing to a restoration of the former
output after some fifteen or eighteen
months. Notwithstanding tbfe reaction
In the Transvaal just now, trade is
growing rapidly In South Africa at the
present time, about 80 per cent of the
Imports being drawn from Great Britain.
NORTHERN REMEDY FOR LYNCHING
New Orleans Picayune.
It Is far away to Oregon. There Is
scarcely a place In the United States fur
ther away from the Southern States than
Is Portland la that state, but human sym
pathy counts neither time nor space, for
its Impulses are transmitted with light
ning swiftness. Portland in Oregon is the
second city in population and importance
on the Pacific Coast of the United States.
The Oregonlan, its chief paper, offers the
following as a remedy for lynchlngj.
"North and South are greatly stirred up
over the lynching question. Negroes are
burned at the stake, and then we have
conventions and petitions, warm words In
books and magazines, from pulpit and
lecture platform, remedies without num
ber. Some say the remedy for lynching
Is to punish the Sheriff; some would mulct
the offending county in damages; some
would indict the mob, and others would
rely on the main strength and awkward
ness of the press.
"There Is one remedy for lynching that
is little discussed, but which would prove
effective, and that Is for these negro rav
ish era to let white women and girls alone.
If they will stop this one crime, justice
will be permitted to take Its measured
way with their other offenses. This it Is
which sets every woman In the country
against them, and is rapidly .losing for
them the sympathy and forbearance of
erstwhile denunciators of the lynchlng
bee. The negro can stop lynching tomor
row. Let him let white girls alone.
"The beauty of this remedy Is that the
sufferer will be his own emancipator. It
will take the press and the pulpit the
lawyers and the sheriffs, a long time to
mako any headway against the people who
rise up in an hour of righteous wrath, and
inflict a punishment that approximately
fits the crime, or at least comes as near
doing so as an enlightened age permits.
But the negro can apply this remedy In
stantly". If he will forbear this one moat
foul- and unnatural crime, lynching will
be a thing of the past Let him let white
girls jilone.
"And It Is the only way. We have heard
enough of pleas for the poor negro burnt
at the stake. Let us hear something now
for these helpless children, In virgin Inno
cence and the beautiful freshness of
youth, who are condemned to a fate infi
nitely worse than death by one whom they
never wronged, and for whom. In their
thoughts, nothing ever came but prayer
that God would bless 'all the world.' Lynch
law Is Irregular and burning Is unnatural,
but neither Is more Irregular and unnat
ural than the crime avenged.
"It Is the only way. So long as white
girls, are outraged by black brutes, so
long will negroes be burnt at the stake.
They say that the spectacle does not
deter. Mavbe not; so much the worse for
them whe refuse to take warning; for
every sucn crime win De ionowea By just
such penalty. Lynching must be stopped,
but first this unspeakable crime must be
stopped. And It will be stopped. Until
the negro stops lynching by his own absti
nence from rape; burning will go on, so
long as there is a black ruffian left to feed
the flames. His remedy Is in his own
hands, Let him let the white girls alone!"
This is in admirable tone and temper, and
it shows an honest, human understanding
of the atrocity and fiendishness of the
crime that Is now arousing the American
people to the highest pitch oflndlgna
tlon, rage and Implacable demand for due
and Immediate retribution. The people of
every part of the country ore coming to
realize its unspeakable horrors. They are
no langer able to contemplate and calmly
Criticise at a long distance the Southern
mobs that have wreaked their fury on
negro ravlshers. They are having It
brought home to them In every part of
the country. .
As The Oregonlan well. says, there is no
way to stop the lynching except to stop
the crime that has "made it necessary In
every part of the country. It Is certain
that attempts will be made to enact
stringent laws against lynching and even
to make It a special crime punishable by
Federal laws, but no power In the United
States Government, with the Army to
back It can force the.American people to
submit to the outraging of their wives and
daughters by negro monsters, while the
matter is juggled over in the courts until
the criminal Is enabled to escape to some
other scene where he may repeat his priv
ileged atrocities.
IN MEMORIAM.
Whereas, In view of the los3 we have
sustained by the decease of our friend
and associate, Byron Z. Holmes, and of
the still greater loss sustainedx by those
who were nearest and dearest to him;
tnerefore be It
Resolved. That it Is but a just tribute
to thp memory of the departed to say that
In regretting his removal from our mljjst
we mourn for one who was In every way
Worthy of our respect and regard. And as
an honored member of the Oregon Hu
mane Society, could not witness an act
of cruelty without prompt remonstrance.
And that In his demise we have sustained
an Irreparable los3, and extend to his
family our sincere condolence.
Alfred F. Sears, Rev. T. L Eliot, Fred
erick iw. Townsend, C. H. Woodard, W.
T. Shanahan, A. L. Mills, George H.
Hlmes, Ruth E. Rounds, Mrs. Cleveland
Rockwell. Otto J. Kraemer. Board of
Trustees. W. T. Shanahan. corresponding
secretary Oregon Humane Society.
Mr. Cleveland's Wise Choice.
New York Evening Post
Mr Cle-eland has chosen the better
part In taking himself definitely out of
the list of Presidential possibilities he re
nounces no honor which he has not al
ready had In full measure, but confirms
himself In the admiration of his country
men, while insuring an old age enriched
by dignified leisure and troops of loving
friends. Instead of being embittered by
strife and trouble. Cobden wrote, apro
pos of Lord Palmerstone, that "all men
of the age of 72 with unsatisfied ambitions
are desperadoes." The saying Ib true of
some men at other ages say, 45. But
Mr. Cleveland has shown that his am
bitions are satisfied. Not even the ex
traordinary turning to him at thlB time
of the hearts and hopes of thousands
among the best in the land can move
him again to risk health and happiness
In political turmoil. The third term tradi
tion he does not mention, but undoubt
edly respects, though In strict form It
would not be- operative against him. Old
enmitlos would be, however, though he
could doubtless have ridden them down
as so many times before. But as we say,
his decision is it wise one. The vllllflca
tlons of a few yeara ago have given place
to praise; his party Is returning to his
feet; uis counsels are sought with all the
old confidence. What better ornament of
his declining years could he hope to have?
Wanted--A Cotillon Leader.
New York Press
Once more the question of cotillon
leaders comes up and the dearth of these
much-needed men Is emphasizd by the
withdrawal of that "standby," Elisha
Dyer, Jr. Mr. Dyer has been retiring grad
uallygracefully, too, since he Is the es
sence of grace. - He has delivered his
ultimatum, and not even Mrs. Astor can
tempt hlro to reconsider. He has led his
last cotllldn. Robert L. Gerry comes to
the rescue. Although a trifle young, he
soon will be pdring over diagrams. He has
the wealth and family to Justify, hia as
pirations, but he has neither the pulchri
tude of Djer nor the originality of Harry
Lehr. H. Pelham Bobbins, of the South
ampton set, led Mrs. Gerry's cotillon la3t
Winter, but did not repeat his success.
Wprthington Wbltehouse, It Is said, is
weary, of leading. He was Mrs. Ogden
Mills' official master o the dance. Alex
ander Haddcn confines his talents to the
subscription dances, and unless Craig
Wadsworth" should return, from England
to his old post hostesses tills Winter will
I be In a sad plight
GUNBOAT TO INVESTIGATE.
Evans Will Learn the Truth of the
Attack on the Crew of the Sewall.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Rear-Admiral
Robley D. Evans, Commander-in-Chief of
the Asiatic fleet has dispatched the gun
boat Annapolis to Tarausl, Formosa, to
make a thorough investigation Into the
attack on the crew of the American ship,
Benjamin Sewall, which was abandoned
October 5. about 40 miles southeast of the
Island of Botel Tobago. Upon the result
of the mission of the Annapolis will de
pend the decision of the State Department
as to whether an Inquiry of the Toklo
government will be necessary.
Official details of the search for the
missing boat's crew from the wreck of the
Benjamin Sewall. made by the Don Juan
de Austria and the Wllnfington. are con
tained In reports received at the Navy
Department On the arrival of these
gunboats at South Cape, Formosa, the
Don Juan de Austria was ordered to pro
ceed to Botel Tobago, where, it was
learned, three Japanese shipwrecked
sailors from the Benjamin Sewall were
to be found. One of these told the story
of their experience to Lieutenant-Commander
Denfield, commanding the Don
Juan de Austria, briefly to this effect:
"The Benjamin Sewall shipped from
Singapore for Shanghai with a cargo of
teak. When three days out she was
struck by a typhoon and lost all three
'masts. The captain gave the order for
alhands to abandon the ship. Aokl,
who tells the story, went In a boat In
charge of the chief officer, together with
the third mate and his wife, two Japanese
seamen, two Manila seamen, an Ameri
can negro, a Chinese cook, a Chinese car
penter and a Russian seaman.
"Shortly before sunset of October 10,
when five miles from the north shore of
the island, they were attacked by four
canoes, each manned by about 12 savages
armed with knives.
"At this time," says Aokl, "we were
rowing with three oars, and also had a
sail made by piecing together blankets,
etc. For provisions we had three cans
of pineapple? and two or three cans of
milk and some salt meat and ships bis
cuit the last bad. The savages ran
alongside us and as many as could
clamboredon board and stripped us to
our skins, not even sparing the woman.
We all had some money and the chief
mate, the cook and one of the seamen
had watches. They pried off all the
brass work, took out the bow plug and
capsized the boat. After this, they made
off, having been with us about an hour.
It was now quite dark and we could not
see where they went"
Aokl says the negro and the Chinese
cook drowned ten minutes after the boat
capsized, and later the chief mate, who
was an old man. All of the remainder
made for the shore except the third mate,
who was an American, and the Japanese
woman, whom, as she could not swim
to the shore, the third mate refused to
leave. When the three Japanese reached
the shore, they hid among the mountains
fearing another attack from the savages.
After remaining In hiding five days, they
were rescued by "a party of natives and
brought to the police station.
The Japanese government has ordered a
thorough search made for the five miss
ing persons on Bote! Tobago Island.
FEWER PEOPLE GO BANKRUPT
Attorney, in Charge of These Matters
Files His Annual Report.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. The annual re
port of E. C. Brandenburg, attorney in
charge of bankruptcy matters in the De
partment of Justice, shows that 14,303
voluntary petitions In bankruptcy were
filed throughout the United States for
the year ending September 30, 1903, which
Is more than 2000 less than were filed dur
ing any of the preceding years since
the enactment of the law, on July 1, 1S9S.
The states showing the largest number of
cases filed during the year are:
Alabama, 1717; New York, 1545; Illinois,
1439; Massachusetts, 123S; Maine, 703; Ohio,
5S5.
In each state, except Alabama, there
was a material falling off in the number
of petitions filed from the previous year..
Seven hundred and sixty-two petitions
were dismissed, while tie petitioners In
the remaining cases were adjudged bank
rupt The total net assets realized in
11,663 cases closed during the past year
were $8,051,471. and the liabilities were
5106,147,378. Of the cases closed there were
6S39 with assets of various amounts. In
466 of which they were less than $500,
while In 4S24 cases there were no assets.
The large number of cases where there
were no assets is an Indication that ad
vantage of the voluntary feature of the
law, as a rule. Is taken only where the
debtor has become almost hopelessly In
solvent The report shows that of those persons
who became voluntary bankrupts 961 were
farmers, 4582 wage-earners, 3305 mer
chants, 2C8 manufacturers, 473 professional
men and 1974 contractors, hotel-keepers,
real estate men and others of a miscella
neous character.
Under the provisions of the law author
izing a .creditor to file a petition for the
purpose of having a debtor adjudged
bankrupt 2567 petitions were, filed during
the year, which is a substantial increase
overany preceding year during the exist
ence of the law.
ACCUSES THE PRESIDENT.
James Fullerton Wants Congress to
Investigate National Park Affairs.
. New York Sun.
OMAHA, Neb.. Nov. 30. The national
president of the Sportsmen's Game and
Protective Association, James Fullerton of
Red Lodge, Mont, was In Omaha today on
his way to Washington in the Interest of
ablll which ho Is seeking to have passed,
ordering a Congressional Investigation of
the alleged abuses which exist In the Yel
lowstone Park. Mr. Fullerton says that he
has been working on the matter for sev
eral months and has taken It up with
various associations and Individuals dur
ing that time. He says he Is now ready
to go before Congress and prove all his
allegations. He addressed the following
letter to the Montana Congressmen:
"Dear Sir: We have for a long time
been trying to get an Investigation into
the rotten condition of affairs in the Yel
lowstone Park. I now ask you to bring
the matter publicly before the House or
Senate, that a committee may be ap
pointed that will impartially investigate
the charges of venality and corruption
against the officials who have charge of
the park.
T stand prepared to furnish indisput
able proof that the President, the As
sistant Secretary of the Interior and Major
Pitcher, superintendent of the park. hae
been In collusion for a year to allow H.
W. Chllds to run a lot of Illegal saloons
In Yellowstone Park."
" Victory for Time in Postal Case.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 7. In the United
States District Court today, in the case
of Columbus Ellsworth Upton and Thomas
M. McGregor, on' -trial for conspiracy to
defraud the Government on inailpouch
contracts. Judge Morris overruled the
prayer of the attorneys for the defense
lo "take the case from the jury on the
,ground that the Government had failed
to prove a prima facie case against the
accused. Judge Morris also refused the
motion of the defense to make the Gov
ernment elect upon which of the counts
in the Indictment It relied for a conviction.
Argument will be heard before the jury
tomorrow.
Failed of Confirmation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The following,
among other Postmasters, failed of con
firmation at the extra session:
Montana Louis V. Bogy, Chinook.
Washington William M. Clemenson,
Clarkson; John Black. Fairhaven; Rich
ard Connell, Odessa; Grant Cangle, Shel
NOTE AND COMMENT.
A dealer In this city has received- an
order from Tacoma for a barrel of ml3tel
toe for Christmas decorations.
The crocer deals in desert dates.
And figs and Oriental spice.
And currants troxa Ionian Isle,
And clean, white, bridegroom-hated rlco;
The grocer's Is 4i pleasant trade.
And has Its own romance, I know.
But must I choose to buy and sell
I'd deal in sprigs of mistletoe, k
Mistletoe, mistletoe, hanging on high.
Cunningly hid from the maidens
bright eye.
Do not be shy, what harm If she spy.
Maid never lived that your presence
would fly.
The intner deals in giowing wines,
Brought from the storied hills of Spain,
His wares rekindle wasted suns
That wanned the Ineyards of Champagne;
The lntners is a pleasant trade.
He deals In liquid joy, I know,
But must I choose to buy and sell
I'd deal In sprigs of mistletoe.
Mistletoe, mistletoe, hanging on high.
Cunningly hid from the maiden's
bright eye,
Do not bo shy, what harm if she spy,
Maid never lived that your presence
wculd fly.
Progress of a Camp.
From Vol. I, No. l.ot the Poplar (B. C),
Nugget we take the following specimens:
Royalty Expected.
The king Is expected to strike camp this
week
A Cow Town.
A dairy Is being 'established at Poplar,
and It will no longer be a condensed milk,
town.
Piking Just Now.
Draw poker has been discovered In Pop
lar. A Uttln development will be done this
"Winter, and by Spring It is expected that a
chute of blues will be tapped.
" A .Tree Lunch Counter.
The C P. R- has a freight shed in Pop
lar. It Is always open and would be a
great graft for the cows If we had any in
this progressive community.
"Whooping Her Up. '
A band of ladles from the half world
struck camp last week and ever since the
moon has looked like a piece of ruby silver.
Wild Kumar.
It Is reported that a temperance society
Is to be organized in Ferguson
Damp and Chilly.
E. L. Masterson spent a few days in Trout
Lake this week.
Float, but No Ledge.
The agents of God have not yet made a
location in Poplar, although a parson pros
pected the ground a few dais ago. Ha
found a little Stfat.
H. M. S. Flora piled up on the rocks
In the Gulf of Georgia. Flora has lona
heen the goddess of flowers, but it is
safe to say that she gathered more of
speech on this occasion than ever before.
Th German "impressionists" have de
cided against sending their paintings to St
Louis. If the exhibition management
keeps the news dark and splashes some
ink and whitewash on the walls no one
will notice the absence of the impression
ist paintings.
Natives In Southeastern Africa have an
enjoyable time. By dint of excellent
sprinting they manage to beat German
soldiers to the British line, only to dis
cover that there are British soldiers wait
ing to shoo them back to their German
friends. The natives still have the sea
to try. They might make a stab at
swimming to another continent if they
don't mind sharks.
Literature, literature, always literature!
Gravely sent by cable to the Saturday
Review of the New York Times from
London was this item:
The Dally Mirror, the new publication de
voted to woman's Interests, has acquired the
right of publication of Kipling's poems on tho
motor car.
Now we may expect to hear that tho
Athenaeum has acquired the right of
publication of Kipling's poems on tho
sewing machine: the Times those on the
typewriter; the Ladles Pictorial those on
threshers; Ally vSloper those on bathing
machines; the Quarterly Review those on
roller skates; and the Dally Mall those
on the linotype.
It revolts us even to mention the young
scoundrels who are now in jail, awaiting
the day when they must pay the penalty
of their fiendish crimes, says the Chicago
Post, but we cannot refrain from apolo
gizing for previous slurs on whiskers when
we read what Nlcdermeler said about the
farmers who surrounded him In the corn
field. "I looked over that corn shock and
saw those rubes with chin beards coming
after us, and I thought what's the use of
slaughtering those poor innocents. Their
beards saved them." In the face of such
testimony as this we must not only with
draw all objections to beards, but must
earnestly recommend them now that the
hold-up season has fairly begun. If we can
melt the heart of the street thug or the
bandit by a profusion of chin whiskers,
let us resort to those hairy appendages,
even If they are false and temporary. Let
us become a community of Dowies, and
give the whistling winds a chance. It is
much better to collect germs than collect
bullets.
WEX. J.
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR.
"What type of man Is he?" "Oh, one of
the kind ou can read as easily as print."
Cincinnati Times-Star.
He Yes. It's only the man with a pull that
gits ahead. She But It's the man with the
head that gets a pull. Life. '
Muggins How do you manage to keep your
wife In suchjgood humor? Bugglns I pretend
to be Jealous of her. Philadelphia Record.
"What a frightfully loud, far-carrying voice,
that girl has." "That's her opera xolce. You
know, her father has a box this year."
Judge.
She And I am theonly girl you ever loved?
He "Well, you" are the only girl that eer
worked mo ftfr $17 worth of flowers. Ex
change. ""What's a stadium, pa?" "It6 a placed my
boh, vhero other football clubs show that
they are better than the home article."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She I felt sorry for a vrpman I me on the
street this evening; she was so icantlly
clothed. He Indeed! "Was she on her way to
the workhouse or the opera? Tonkera States
man. "Dear me," said Mrs. Ka FHppe, as she and
Dr. Pellitier met at the reception, "I hao
such a cold on my lungs." "Why don't jou
try havinr something else "on them?" to
asked. Chicago Record.
Maude Mis Passay has volunteered to get
up a booth at the Christmas bazaar and sell
kls&es. I3n't It awful? Marjorle Dreadful,
my dear! I never thought that girl had the
faceto do It. Smart Set.
"Don't jou feel proud since your daughter
married the Duke?" "Proud " echoed Mr.
Cumrox. "Not a bit of It; I'm worried to
death for fear I'll forget to approach the
Duchess wltn proper formality." Washington
Star.
Annojed Lady (at the theater) Beg your
pardon, miss, but I didn't come here to h
people talk. Miss Glib Of course, not; nobs
does that. I suppose you came like the r
of us. not to listen, but to talk joursel
Boston Transcript.
Lawjer "What was the thing that led
jour financial downfall? You seemed to
doing a good business. Bankrupt I was; b
one day I started out to see If I could borro
some money. I "found it 30 easytbat I ke
en borrowing. Scmervllle Journal.
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