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IB 05. rHASES OF socialism; That there is increasing tendency throughout the world in the direction of socialism is an undoubted fact of the times.. Men differ, however, as to tie meaning: and scope of the term. When It takes the form of theory that pos tulates the collective ownership of land, and capital, with production and dis tribution under state direction, it pro poses what is now and probably will be elways Impossible, In a country like 6urs. where distribution of property. In cluding landed property, is general, and the rule of democracy, founded on the widest basis ever known, is sure to continue, offering equal laws to alL But if it is to be held to the limita tion of collective effort, under direc tion of the state, to those things which It Is demonstrably practicable for the state to undertake and carry on for the whole people as ownership and opera tion of "public utilities," in their ever widening scope and variety then so cialism in this sense is Certainly march ing on. The public schools, health boards, regulation and Improvement 'of streets and highways, water supply, street railroads, public and even pri vate lighting, control more or less of the great problem of railway transpor tation, close regulation and perhaps en tire control of Insurance by govern ment, postal savings banks, operation of undertakings like that of the portage railroad at The Dalles, fish propagation, regulation of forests and many more things already undertaken and yet to come, attest the continual extension of the functions of government, on social istic lines. In Great Britain It has reached the point of providing habita tions for large numbers of the poorer working classes, at smallest possible rentals. In our own cities the like thing probably is coming. How. far in these and In similar directions social istic effort will yet go, in our country, no one can guess; but the movement Is very marked, and agitation of the whole subject is certain to carry it for ward, with Increasing force and speed. A preface to a recent book undertakes this definition: "State socialism alms at getting for the direct use of the whole society an increased share of the Social values which arise from the closely and essentially co-operative work of an 1 Industrial society, taxing property and incomes so as to draw into the public exchequer for public expenditure the "unearned elements' of income, leaving to individual producers those incomes which are "necessary to Induce them to apply In the best way their economic energies, and to private enterprise those businesses which, do not breed monopoly, and which tha public need not or cannot undertake." "Within these wide limits there is an Immense field for reasonable action. But socialism cannot establish at present, nor probably ever can, a new form of social organization based on a fundamental change in the economic order of society. This would result from transformation of private and competing capitals into a united col lective capital, with all operations under direction of the state. Defini tions are changing continually. A noted writer on socialism remarks: "In point of fact, socialism is one of the most elastic and protean phenomena of history, varying according to the time and circumstances in which it appears and with the character and institutions of the people who adopt it." But the concentration of Industry and the growth of democracy force attention to problems in municipal life that can be dealt with justly, to the exclusion ol private monopoly, only by the state. It is Inevitable that the functions of the state, under such conditions and the conditions never are fixed, but are In perpetual flux shall be steadily ex tended, for protection of public and popular rights. Death seemed to hold high carnival in the Pacific Northwest on Memorial day. The lives of two men aweary of the world were suddenly snuffed out in Portland. A young woman and a man who attempted to rescue her from drowning perished at Astoria. A young girl at Olyxnpia and another &t Astoria gave up the struggle and drank car bolic acid with fatal results. A Deep River logger was killed by a falling limb, and a number of lives were lost by a cloudburst in Eastern Oregon. None of the tragedies was without pre cedent, but the occurrence of so many in a single day was unusual. TAX THAT PROPERTY. It has not escaped attention that the Supreme Court of the "United States, on a case appealed from the State of New York, has held that the special fran chises of street-car companies, gas and water companies, telephone companies, etc., may be taxed on their valuation. Taxes to the amount of J24.O00.O00 in New Tork, delinquent, must now be paid. And future assessments are to be paid, "without discount, defalcation or delay." This is a guide for proceedings in Oregon. Special privileges are to be taxed. Franchises, the basis of earn ings, have a value for taxation, and are to be taxed on their value. Here is the Consolidated Railway of Portland. The two companies, on which it Js formed, wre assessed last year at about 5S90. 000. But now the property is valued at $6,000,000, and the plutocratic organ says there Is fine prospect of selling it for that sum. The Assessor may not have legal au thority now to assess this intangible but highly valuable property at its value, but he ought to try to do it. Of course, it will be resisted by our monopolists and plutocrats, and their newspaper will attack the official who may have the temerity. But the tax will be laid on this property, neverthe less. Allow a valuation of $1,000,000 on the physical property, which Is one half what It is worth. This would pay a tax of $40,000. But here Is the vast unearned valuation of $4,000,000, which we are told is to be sold for that Bum. The Supreme Court holds that it is a property, subject to taxation. Cut the valuation In the middle. Then you have $2,000,000, which should pay an annual tax of $80,000 more. This, matter will be brought to the at tention of the Legislature of Oregon at the next session. But the highly dis interested gentlemen, whose newspaper thinks the rest of us bad citizens, will endeavor to control the legislature; they will try to elect the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, and to checkmate attempts at legislation to make them pay on the valuations of the most highly valuable property in the state. If Mr. Mills Is not to be the candidate for Speaker, some other, pledged to the work, will be. But let us see If we can't elect next time a legislature different from preceding ones. A HUNDRED YEARS OF OREGON. June 1. 1S05, will stand in every his tory of Oregon as the close of the first and the opening of the second era in the history of the fairest state of the North Pacific. A hundred years may stand for little in the slow progress of Nature's evolutions. It Is not even time enough to change the velning of a fern leaf, or modify the coloring of an insect's wing. But to mankind it marks the passing of three generations, and a lifetime for those 'who now Inherit the labors of the pioneers which their fath ers' wildest thoughts could never com pass. From 1805 to 1835 the page is nearly blank. Trappers and hunters of the fur companies pressed slowly up our rivers and streams, the only highways. Here and there the boldest chose for them selves a smiling prairie, and hewed the rough fabric of a wild woods cabin. The land was good, and yielded full re turn when- the primitive garden was put in, and the handful of wheat sowed. So settlement began, and rifle was laid aside for ax and hoe. Then came those who sought homes in Oregon, and they in turn were followed by the mission ary and the trader. Life was hard and primitive, but our history Is not stained by war and massacre, nor were our early settlers victims of pestilence or famine. Oregon has throughout been kind to her people, and as each decade passed It told a story of continuous, if slow, development. Slow it was, for. when Oregon was born, on May 2, 1843, to the urgent call to all the then Inhabitants to come to gether at Ohampoeg, only 102 responded. There are survivors yet of those who there laid the foundations of our gov ernment." All honor to them, for they bullded well. No longer, 6ald they, should each man do what was right In his own eyes, but the fabric of govern-, ment In all essentials was put together. The choice of officers of a primitive but sufficing system of law and order fol lowed, by instinct fully as much as by necessity, and the Territory of Oregon came into being. It covered a wide ex panse indeed. From It two whole states have been evolved, growing, prosper ous, ambitious, unsatisfied. "Writing of those times, imbued with their spirit, seeing as those men saw, how shall we mark the all but miraculous growth in these sixty years? Not -in boasffulness and vainglory will we chronicle the multiplying of the people of these states, from the little band of a hundred at Champoeg to the million of tbday. The way has been made plain for us for the increase of the fifty cows which Daniel Waldo brought in 1S43 from old Missouri to the fertile lands of the Willamete Into the hundreds of thousands which range the hills of Oregon and Washington and fatten on our valley lands. Seed time and harvest have not failed us since the Infant wheat fields of the pio neers have spread Into miles on miles of waving grain, from which food for the nations is annually reaped. Great causes, outside our own control, have been at work to convert access to our country from the horse trail and canoe to the thousands of miles of steel over which our visitors of today have made their rapid Journey. We have been and are grateful recipients of the benefits of a full share In the life of this great Nation. The National life pulses along the nerves of common Interest, symbol ized by the share of the Executive of the Nation's Government in the cere monies which mark this festal day. All this we are conscious of, and we take courage. But we are. after all, only a feeble folk. The great work of filling up this splendid state is, yet to do. Our lands are not yet half tilled. Deserts we have, which can and should be converted Into fertile fields. Our mountains should be unlocked and made "to yield up their hidden stores. Our cataracts must be harnessed and held to the use or man. Our life in city and country mu6t be widened, raised and purified, so made more worthy of the children of the coming generation. Our house is larger than we can fill, our fields wider than we can cultivate. As for the great opportunities ahead of. us. we cannot lay hold of them alL In this spirit the 3eople of Oregon have designed aad carried forward their Ex position. They Invite the best people to come in and associate with them in these great works ahead. By way of sample and of demonstration they have now collected and show to the wide world proofs of the possibilities of this great and goodly land. 1 OFEXTNO DAY. The lewis and Clark Exposition will open Its gates today. It Is altogether J the most monumental enterprise evetN undertaken by the people of Oregon. It does not detract from its Importance to say that Jt Is not alone in Itself a ma terial fruit of the Industry, enterprise, thrift and common sense of our people; but that it is. and Is Intended to -be, a conspicuous arid beautiful advertise ment thereof. It represents a vast out lay of energy, of money, of brains, of artistic taste and architectural skilL It shows in the most wonderful manner that, while our feet are on the ground, our eyes are open to the wonders of na ture and our minds alive to the mar velous achievements of man. It shows, and It Is intended to show, that we in the Northwest have thoughts beyond and above our dally toll and the hard struggle for mere livelihood, but that there Is within us both an esthetic sense and spiritual feeling that must be satis fled. Every citizen of Portland and of Ore gon must feel today a thrill of pride and pleasure when he enters the Expo sition grounds. He will see there a su perb realization of the doubtful dreams of a half decade ago. He will under stand now what he could not under stand then that we have here In this country the ability and the will to do great things. He will know that the mighty effort of the people of Portland to unite In a great project for the cele bration of the heroic Journey of Lewis and Clark a century ago was altogether worth while. He will be thankful that the interest of the entire state was so aroused that It gave freely and cheer fully a great sum of money to aid In the splendid scheme and he will real ize, too, that the magnificent endeavor of city and slate had so appealed to the fancy and compelled the admiration of the whole Nation that It, too, has. contributed of its wealth, good-will and experience for the purpose of rendering more complete the wonderful spectacle. If any one shall go today to the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds and say that his expectations have not been realized In the fullest measure, and that ho- Is not more than a thousand-fold satisfied and pleased, he is not a true citizen of Oregon. We shall not multiply words to de scribe the beauties and the marvels of the Oregon Exposition. The time for talk Is passed. The reality Is here. What the people of the state have done for the Fair may now be obvious to all. What the Fair has done for the people of Oregon Is likewise evident to every observing citizen of city and state. TirE PHILIPPINE SHIPPING EMBARGO. "Renewed Interest In the .coming em bargo which is to be placed on shipping in the Philippine trade is awakened by a discussion of the matter In the British House of Lords last week. The American Government will exclude all foreign vessels from the coasting trade of the Philippines after July 1, 1905. The matter was called up by Lord Mus kerry, a Conservative member, who asked for information regarding nego tiations which had resulted from the passage of the law. Foreign Secretary Lansdowne. In reply, said that he agreed with Lord Muskerry that It was unfair while the coasting trade of Great Britain and her dependencies was open to all coasting trade, that some countries should be closed to British ships. At the same time, he stated that the British government saw no prospect of relief from the United States, as this country considered that, under the most-favored-nation clause. It had the right to make special arrangements en titling any power to exceptional privi leges, such as Spain received, but such as are withheld from other nations. The suggestion by Lord Muskerry that Great Britain might practice re taliation by reserving her own coasting trade for British ships failed to meet with approval. Lord Lansdowne stating that the United States and Russia, which most completely excluded for eign ships from tber coasting trade, cut but an insignificant figure in Brit ish coasting trade. As a retaliatory measure from some foreign country was about the only remaining hope for easing the effect of this most foolish law it is now apparent that our only relief must come from the Spanish ves sels, which, according to the treaty, will be permitted to engage in this trade for ten years longer. At the ex piration of that period the disastrous consequences attendant on curtailing our transportation facilities will be so much In evidence that a repeal of the law will most certainly be demanded. This extension of the coastwise branch of our navigation laws to the Philippines will be exceptionally detri mental to the best Interests of the Pa cific Coast, There has been a rapid shifting bf the Oriental carrying trade from the old route by way of the Suez to the trans-Pacific route. This has supplied business for a big fleet of steamers. Coming from the "Orient there Is always a smaller amount of freight than there is going out from our shores to the Orient. This, at times, forces our shippers to pay higher rates to the Orient In order to equalize the expense of a ship coming to our shores with only a portion of a cargo. With the exclusion of foreign vessels from the Philippines, none of the big fleet of vessels which go out from Eng land with merchandise for the Far East. and. .after discharging, come across the Pacific to load back for the Orient, will be permitted to bring freight from the Philippines.- As a re sult of this embargo we must pay more for the outward freight to make up for the cost of the ballast trip across the Pacific, and on account of the lack of competition, everything we import from the Philippines will be subject to a higher freight rate than could have been maintained had we left the busi ness open to competition. The first settlement of the Jews in this country began 250 years ago this Autumn. The anniversary will be cele brated In the various synagogues. In the publication of a historical volume and In the erection. In New York, of a suit able memorial It Is cited In this con nection that there are more Jews In that city today than ever at any one time lived In Jerusalem. Fully one-half of the million and a half In this coun try are to be found there. The posi tion of the Jew In American life is. gen erally creditable and proportionately prominent Public Opinion saysi The last Congrees or tee United States included Ave Jews; the devotion of wealthy Jews to charitable and phUacthrcple work Is recognized; and the Jewish aptitude tor business may be learned from a study of the hop signs on Broadway. This wonderful people has persisted while other nations hTe rien and fallen, Though homeless, it has prtrved It national identity. It has given religion to the western world. It baa re ceived the buffets of centuries of persecutloa without becoming cowed. The peculiar ethical genius of the Jew bsi kept him poised In the midst of the moral changes of the peoples about him. and todsy he Is an Important factor In the social body. The record Is worthy cf respect. The cemeteries of Portland were crowded Tuesday with reverent multi tudes, throughout the entire day. Each visitant bore his or her tribute of flow ers to the memory of the dead, and when night fell the resting-places of the silent host were literally blanketed with flowers. There was nothing mourn ful or grewsome In the observances of the day; the voice of walling was not heard, but music sweet and low lent an echo of triumph rather than of grief to the scene, and the Incense of flowers diffused by the breeze pervaded all the air. Those who object to a continua tion of the observance of Memorial day on the basis that It serves to deepen sadness and keep alive bitter memories of a dead past could find nothing to support their position In the manner in which the day was observed in this city last Tuesday. Only such mem ories as are seemly were awakened by the Incidents and offerings of the day. The Camden manufacturers who placed Iron In their life-preservers in order to secure the weight necessary to enable them to pass Inspection have all been acquitted. It was through the worthlessness of these life-preservers that many of the General Slocum vic tims who were not burned to death, were drowned, and It was In connec tion with that disaster that the manu facturers were arrested. Human life is very cheap In the vicinity of New York as well as Chicago, but it was not generally believed that so small a price was placed on It as to permit those who needlessly sacrifice it to go unpunished. Justice wears blinders quite frequently In the West, but she has never yet overlooked such a flagrant violation of the law as that for which the Camden life-preserver manufacturers escaped conviction. Now that the wheat season Is draw ing to a close and farmers are raking their bins to secure the last kernel, some information as to the whereabouts of about 10,000,000 bushels of Oregon, Washington and Idaho wheat Is need ed. The Government figured out a crop of approximately 53,000,000 bushels In the territory mentioned, but, making the most liberal allowance for feed and home consumption, and taking the offi cial figures for all shipments since the opening of the season, there remains a discrepancy of from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 bushels which neither farmers, export ers nor millers can locate. The statis tical department of the Bureau of Ag riculture Is fully as valuable to the grain trade of the North Pacific as the fifth wheel would be to a wagon. The decision of the Government to purchase supplies in the cheapest mar ket Is said to be responsible for the dissolution of the notorious steel rail pool. If the report Is true, the steel material required in the canal work will hardly be supplied by the foreign ers. The steel trust recently sold a cargo of steel rails, delivered at a Red Sea port, for less money than was be ing charged consumers In the United States. As there was nothing to Indi cate that money was lost on the trans action, it is reasonable to suppose that the trust can deliver material at Pan ama at a figure corresponding to that which It quoted when It took the Red Sea business away from the for eigners. Olympia. the official headquarters of the lawmaking and enforcing power of the Washington state government, has just completed the prosecution of gam blers who have been plying their trade In the capital city. The law Is very strict, and makes gam bling a felony, but the best Olym pia could do with It was to fine the men $100 and costs. This is a new and decidedly easy standard of punish ment for a "felony" charge, and, fol lowing out the same scale of justice. It Is probable that a man convicted of murder would be compelled to spend at least thirty days In the calaboose. A Wisconsin chemist has produced a liquid which Is 11,000 times as strong as the best quality of been With the con tents of an ounce vial of this magical potion he can transform thirty gallons of water Into .an excellent grade of beer containing just as many weird drunks and dreams as the best hop brew. This is the story that comes from St. Paul, but as the Wisconsin brewers refuse to believe it. our prohibitionist hop growers should be In no hurry about digging up the vines or dissolving the pool which is waiting for hotyweather and the accompanying thirst to ad vance prices. A party of American steel magnates recently visited Sarnia. Ont,, a small Canadian port just over the border, with a view to establishing an Immense steel plant It is hardly probable that anything will be done In the construc tion line so long as the American tariff remains at Its present mark. The mo ment It Is reduced, however, there will be an opportunity for our patriotic manufacturers to show how cheaply they can make and sell steel products. Of course we .will have to forgive Togo, but the country would rather have had him postpone his scrap until after we had got through "hollering" over the result of the big yacht race. As It Is. Togo's victory has thrown Captain Barrs almost into eclipse. Dr. Lane's managers are careful to advertise him as the "citizens' " candi date. He Is not a "citizens' " candidate. He Is the Democratic, candidate for Mayor, and his name is on no other ticket whatever. And the. Atlantic wins the Kaiser's cup. Peace hath her aquatic victories as well as war. It would be all right, too, without' the Vice" in front of his name June 1. 0REG0N0Z0NL. . Commodore Perry Was Less Lacaic. Ready. ' Teddy! More Laconic Than Commodore Perr Admiral Rojestvensky has just wired to the Czar his fall report of the recent naval engagement, as follows: "All Insky." We are advised that "long cigarette holders will be exceedingly fashionable thl3 year." If somebody will invent a. cigarette-bolder guaranteed to hold the cigarette so Ion? that the smoker cannot get hold of It until he dies of old age. many years will be added to the span of human life. No matter what kind of life we may live whether simple, strenuous, un sheltered, rapid or otherwise life Is good so 'far as it goes. A Retraction. "There are Alps and Rubicons in every human life." says a. girl graduate of a Montana high school, in her cam mencemcnt essay as published by the home paper. We', therefore, take this accasion to retract what was said in our little commencement essay last Sunday, to the effect that Italles and Alps have disappeared from commence ment programmes. But we still ad herd to our statement so far as it con cerns the eastern half cf the United States. Wc arise to emphasize; In this humble retraction, the fact that thero are no Alps In high-school commence ments nowadays east of the border line of Kansas and Missouri. The last Alp that lingered lovingly above the horizon was merely a modest little Alp. a sort of foothill, that dared to show Its head in the high-school com mencement exercises at Greenfield, Ind., In 1901. Since then the Alpine range has entirely disappeared from all East ern and Middle Western states. The Man Behind the Times. Full oft wc dally bards have done Tho valiant man behind the gun. And laurels bound upon the brows Of sturdy men behind the plows: And also have we sung, we own. About the man- behind the throne. Now let us celebrate in rhymes The happy man behind the times. He dwells serene. In sweet content. Afar from all the world's foment; He hath no vain desire to mix In vulgar broils of politics; There Is no fatal charm for him In fashion's giddy swirl and swim; His life Is gentle, like the chimes Of bells this man behind the times. Mayhap the man behind the gun Imagines he's the only one; Perchance the man behind the plow Says: "I'm the real thing. I swowl" And thinks the man behind the throne. "The world was made for me alone.' But I'll bet dollars to your dimes The hapiest man's behind the times. Mr. Hardee, of the Special Events and Entertainment Division. Lewi? and Clark Exposition, has notified the la dles that they may wear hats and high- collared gowns with perfect propriety at the reception to Vice-President Fair banks this evening. While not men tioned In tho notification, it is perfect ly proper for the gentlemen also to wear hats and high collars. The gen tlemen may remove their hats, but they are requested to keep on their col lars. The Exposition may open now and run along. William Bernard, one-time stock actor In Portland, wires to the Oregonlan: "Succegs to the Fair; love to Portland." Lewis and Clark Journal Up to Date. PORTLAND, May 31, 1903. Our pros pects for discovering Astoria seem to be shrinking, as we have found this Willamette settlement of the Webfoot Indians so interesting that we have no desire to move on. Last night we tried to continue our journey toward the setting aurh about two hours after sunset but a big chief named Goode sent us a peremptory invitation to re main until tomorrow. As we have in structions from the President not to offend these natives In any way, we have found it necesary to remain over. Big Chief Goode, when we visited his handsome new tepee in response to his invitation, assured us that there were to be large doings In our honor on the first day of June. Through our Interpretor, Charboneau the Fifth, this chief Informed us that be is to open here tomorrow a spectacular sort of a continuous performance which these tribes call an Exposition; it is to be named in our honor, and if we should push on toward the site of Astoria we fear that these hospitable Webfeet would be offended and refuse to smoke peace pipes or hit any other sort of pipes with us. We heard rumors of this Impending affair the first night we spent in the lodges of the Webfeet, but we were given to understand by some practical Joker or perhaps he was a button shy on history that the Exposition bore the name of the firm which was supposed to be backing the enterprise; namely Messrs. Lewis and Clark, made up of the Hon. J. Ham Lewis and the Hon. Champ Clark. We regard It as a delicate compli ment that these natives have named their big show in our honor, and we shall take pleasure In occupying camp stools on the platform at the opening exercises with Mr. Fairbanks, the Great White Stepfather, who Is sent 'here to mingle with the powerful sachems of the tribe and show them that the Great White Father at Washington takes a filial interest in them. The Great White Father, by the way, is noted even out here in the Far Northwest Territory as the children's friend and the foremost advocate of an increase of population by the stork process as the plan of salvation for the race. We are Informed, by these braves that the Exposition in our honor is by no means a mere Indian powwow, but will have features of which older civilizations might be proud, Taere Is to be a grand gathering of the head chiefs of the various tribes tomorrow and as. they will come well supplied with wampum it is but natural to an ticipate that they will hit the Trail in lively fashion. This expression, "hit ting the Trail," may be frowned upon by the purists of future generations as slang, but to us it Is familiar lingo, as we first hit the trail ourselves a hundred years ago. We hope to meet some natives at the Exposition who can tell us eomathing about the location ot Astoria. X0BERTD5 LOVE. HEROIC COMMANDER McGIFFIN Wkea He and ToKo Fsat im. the Chhts-Japaaesc Naval Battle at the Yata U 184, the Jp MetTkelr Hatch. Togo's great naval victory over the Russians at tha Straits of Corea. nat urally recalls the other sea fight in which as captain of the Naniwa he took part at the battle of Hal-Yun-Tan or the Yalu. in September, .l&H, when the Chinese helped by American officers, fought far more fiercely than the Russians appear to have done this week. The survivors of the Chinese ironclads, after the fight, were able to steam to port. But the Japanese flagship, the Matsuahlma, was so seri ously damaged that she could not fol low. Thirty-five of her men were killed, and two other Japanese war ships, the Akagi and Salkio. were un fitted for further action. The Japanese lost 260 men killed and wounded; and the Chinese 600. but many of the latter committed suicide before they would surrender to their enemies. Two hun dred wounded Chinese managed to reach the shore. One of the important factors In vthat well-remembered battle of the Yalu was Staff Comraan'Jer Phllo Norton Mc Glfnn, an American, who graduated from the Annapolis naval academy and conimanded the Chinese battleship Chen Yuen In the fight. He was one of the real heroes of the war, but, poor fellow! his wounds in action 'were such tha his nerves, limbs and senses were shattered, and he died in this country three years afterwards. He had a warrior's soul, and like another Lawrence, his command to his men was: "Never give- up the ship." It was McGIffin's, firm conviction that the Chinese would have won the bat tle of the Yalu if their ships had been equipped with shells, instead of solid shot. The Japs won by their shell fire. a The Chen Yuen was 7430 tons dis placement, her speed 15.5. and she was built inGermany in 1S83. Although McGlffin was her commander, she was the flagship of Rear Admiral Liu Tal Tsan. Admiral Ting was in the sister ship. Ting Yuen. At that time McGlf fin was 34 years old, and through his love of adventure had served In the Chinese navy for ten years. The Jap anese used 26 warships in the battle, two of them built In France, 16 In- Japan and eight in England. They had no battleships. On the other hand, the Chinese had 22 warships, two of them battleships, four coast defense vessels, two protected cruisers, two gunboats, and the rest old Junk. Five o.f the vessels were built In Germany, four In China, four In England, and the balance came from the Junk shop of the nations. In a letter McGlffin wrote before the fight took place, he said: We are reinforcing our turrets by bags of coal piled around them, eight to ten feet thick. That is my own idea. Don't believe the sneers you hear against the Chinese sailors. They are plucky, well-trained, full of zeal and will tight better against the Japs, their lifelong enemies, than anyone. All our swords and cutlasses are ground to a razor edge. The Japs outnumber us in ships and have better ships save one or two and a great many more, but we won't growl at that. We'll make up tor It by firing faster and better. The Chinese were the first to open fire, at a distance of 6000 yards, and the Japanese replied at half that dis tance. The Japanese Matsushima was struck by a shell from the Ting Yuen and a large number of people on THE AWAKENING OF ENGLAND London Truth. The intellectual Invasion of England Is the most grave circumstance of the time in this country. We have surrendered our conscience, character and. customs to the United Stat e3 .and to France, while stren uously preparing to defend ourselves on sea and land against an attack that neith er the Americans nor the French even dream of making. t The following programme of the dally life of an ordinary Englishman win, de velop the thought simply: 8 A. M. He awakens in the flat which has been adopted from France or the United States. 3 A. M. Reads a newspaper which is conducted according to American meth ods. 9:30 A. M. Rides to the city on a tram car or a motor-car that has been Intro duced into England from America. 10:30 A. M. Transacts his business upon principles which he baa copied from the Americans. 11:30 A. M. Continually using the tele phone that has been perfected by an American. 1:30 P. M. Has for luncheon French dishes which have been cooked by a Frenchman. 6 P. M. Joins his wife, who is dressed In the latest French fashion and has spent the day as American women are supposed to occupy their time. 7:30 P. M. With his wife and his daugh terwho enjoys the liberty that Ameri can girls possess dines at a restaurant according to the" French custom, and dur ing dinner they talk with much of the Impropriety which is supposed to be com mon in France. 9 P. M. They attend a theater at which there Is performed a play that has been adapted from the French. 11 P. M. They end the evening by hav ing supper at a hotel which has been de signed on an American pattern, and 13 controlled by an American-trained man ager; having hurried throughout the day, as do the Americans, and devoted his whole attention to the pursuit of wealth according to their example. 12:30 A. M. He retires to bed, his wife being attended at the last by a French maid, who finally switches off the electric light that has been adopted from the United States. The conquest of the English Is complete; England, however, is safe! Five Great Americans. Flske's School History of the United States. The names of five great men stand be fore all others In the Government under which we now live: George Washington, for his services in winning the Independ ence of the United States and the weight of wisdom with which he set the new gov ernment in operation: James Madison, for taking the principal part in the framing of the Constitution; Alexander Hamilton, for persuading the- people to adopt the Constitution and for his bold measures, which gave shape and strength to the Federalist party; Thomas Jefferson, for illustrating the true principles of democ racy, and for the sagacity with which he conducted the first great change of party supremacy In 1S01; John Marshall, for his work as Chief Justice of the United States from ISOO to 1835, in interpreting the Con stitution and Increasing Us elasticity and strength by his profound Judicial decis ions. These five men. more than any others, have shaped the whole future of American history. Reflections of a Bachelor. New York Fresa. Popularity never begins at home. Some men are so lucky they don't die even If they have no Insurance. Hcrse-raclng Is a very enjoyable sport for everybody except the horses, the Jock eys and the bettors. What girls like about the schools, they go to Is all the things they can study without having to learn anything It Is pretty hard, for a man to figure out the difference between a woman's Sprfaj, hat and Fourth, cf July fireworks board were injured. When the battle became general, the Chinese vessels were In V formation, well led. witn the two battleships In the center, but at a critical time the shell fire of the Japs became so destructive that the V formation was lost, and the squadron separated. But still the Chinese fought, until 5:30 P. M.. when the Japs steamed out of action. The Japs as serted that they sunk four or five Chinese warships and did not lose one ship themselves. But the Chinese ships were able to proceed to Port Arthur, where they were repaired and made fit for further action. They then went to Wei-Hal-Wei, full of fight, but at that place the Japs were finally suc cessful. Admiral Ting proposed to surrender to Admiral Ito, and then ha and several of his officers committed suicide. It was only then that the surviving. Chinese warships fell into Japanese hands. McGlffin tells this story of the Yalu naval fight: The battle was a stubborn one and was lost to the Chinese chiefly because they had no sheila to use, but only solid shot. The Japanese were well supplied with shells which -did great execution. But the fight: No layman has any conception of the awful nature of battle In modern naval vessels- Even the cruisers have steel sides and the air of the enclosed spaces Is very confined. The din made by the Impact of heavy projectile? against these metal sides is awful beyond de scription. I wore cotton In my ears, but am still deaf. The engineers in the Chen-Tuen stuck to their work even when the tempera ture of the engine-rooms was above 200 de grees. The skin of their hands and arms was actually roasted off. and every man was blinded for life, the sight being actually seared out. As I groped my way around the protected deck to see how the enemy was delivering his fire a 100-pound shell pierced the armor about IS Inches In front of my hand. In a second the steel was so burned that part of the skin from my hand was left upon the armor. One shell struck the open shield of the Chen-Yuen early In the fight, and. glanc ing, passed through an open port. A Maxim In our roretop was silenced, and the holes made by shells could be seen from the deck. After the fight we found an officer on duty there and he was fearfully mml lated. The detonations of the heavy cmim and the Impact of hostile projectiles pro duced concussions that actually tore cloth ing. The Chinese sailors behaved with cour age and coolness under action. When the Chen-Yuen's forecastle was blazing with Jap shells I ordered seveVal of the officers to cross the shell-swept place and extinguish the fire. They shirked that duty, but when I called upon the common sailors to volun teer with me they did so promptly, and the ship was saved. It was xvhile I was on this duty that a shell passed between my legs, threw me aloft and then let me fall on the deck with such force that for the time being I became unconscious. Some of the officers were, however, not cowards. On my ship were several who had been educated in America and were as brave and devoted as men could be. Others were in the safest place they could find amidships. One of McGIffin's biographers writes about his friend: McGlffin was so near the first gun when It exploded that his clothing was set on fire, his eyebrows and hair burned, and althoughi his ears were rammed as tightly as possible with cotton, the drums of both ears were permanently injured by the explosion. He received, 40 wounds, many of them caused by splinters of wood. With his own hands he extracted a large splinter from his hip. and holding his eye lids open with a finger this heroic man navigated his ship, which had been struck. 400 times, safely to its dock, the Chen-Yuen being the only one of the Chinese vessels that came out of the fight with credit. M. JAPANESE NAVAL .SECRECY. London Telegraph. Nothing In modern warfare has been more remarkable than the success with which the Japanese have screened their fleet from the eyes of the world. For nine months we have had no authentic news of the warships on which hangs the fate of the island kingdom. They were in action off Port Arthur on August 10, and some cruisers fought the Vladi vostok cruisers off Corea a few days later, sinking the Rurlk. Since then not a word has the cable sent us of intelligence as to the condition of the ships, their organiza tion for the coming conflict or their move ments, apart from calls made by some scouts in the Southern China Seas. This silence is magnificent testimony to the complete success of the measures which have been taken to hide the fleet until it is needed. Throughout the war Admiral Togo has kept his forces dut of view until the moment for action has ar rived, and Chen they have arisen over the horizon, to disappear again as soon as the particular duty has been completed. Yet Japan Is in cable communication with Vladivostok, Shanghai and Formosa, and Is In within about 40 hours steaming of the China coast. Secrecy of preparation Is necessary to a surprise, and a surprise Is the essential factor in naval even more J than In land warfare. Admiral Togo, I wherever he may be and presumably he is still In the vicinity of Japan has this maxim In mind. President Is No Deadhead. Philadelphia Press. The dispatch from Washington telling of the payment by the President for his railroad transportation to Colorado and back will for all fair-minded persons end the gossip started in malice that the President Junkets as a deadhead. In this city it is well-known that he was, scrupul ous about obligations of that kind. When he was Governor of New York he re ceived a letter from Senator Depew In closing a pass over the lines of the New York Central for( Mrs. Roosevelt and the family. The Governor by the Consti tution was prohibited from accepting the pass for himself. Governor Roosevelt in a most courteous letter returned the yearly pass made out In favor of Mrs. Roosevelt and the chil dren, saying that he could not for an in stant consider the acceptance of a court esy of that kind, although he appreciated fully the kindly . spirit in which it was sent. It was his wish to observe faith fully the spirit as well as the letter of the law. While Governor of New York Roosevelt paid his railway fares as though he were a private citizen. Princess' Garter a Wedding Souvenir New York Sun. London. One of the most interesting of the ceremonies at the wedding of the German Crown Prince and the Grand Duchoss Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerln. will be the distribution on the wedding day of the princess garter. It Is a quaint survival of olden times.- when the minis ters and ladles of the royal household enjoyed the privilege of escorting the cou ple to the bridal , chamber. Now this ceremony takes the form of a torchlight procession around the ballroom to. the door where the pair make their nestl This procession will be beaded by Chan cellor von Buelow, and at the door strips of the same silk as the. bride's garter, specially embroidered with the date of the wedding, .will be distributed among the guests, to be treasured as mementoes. Taint Has Jfo Terms. Manhattan (Kan.) Nationalist. We are not prepared to settle this con troversy about "tainted money," but if any of oar subscribers are holding back their dollars for 1SSS-0S thinking that wa are likely to ask. embarrassing questions, as to whether they ever get a rebate. let rt be understood that this hooe Triloolon ary eeeeem & run entirely, independent of Ihv Washington Gladden-