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JDWTLAX1. TXTHSDAY. SEPTEMBER, 10.
TIIK XTOV ItBPPBUCAN PABTT.
Smtbern politics sAace the -war have
not been eteeerful to contemplate. Car-pet-btMr
rule nupported by nesro votes
wsib m exceodittgly corrupt that most
tapU eacc iwed. if they could not jus
tbe Sotttbem whites for going even
to tbe extreme of Kuklux eccentricities
to be rM of it. Kor have many North
erners aeon -with bitterness or deep re
icre: tbe lneentous amendments to the
Southern state constitutions adopted, by
hie Isnonuit negro domination is
made forever impossible. The trouble
l tbmt la their long light aga4nst black
roatrol the Southerners have -warped
then aainds. They have taken little or
no Interest In the questions which the
rest of the Nation debated and divided
upon. The negro question filled their
whole mental horizon and shut out
everything eke.
This sjnestion has become with them
what alienists call a "fixed idea." Their
thought upon it te of ttie nature of a
monomania; their feeling hysterical.
To them negro rale is a "becKonins:
aludow dire," a chimera, a nightmare.
To SoaKberners thus strangely oos-
an ed Mealed negro is necessarlly
nosro politician. A darky in good
la a darky aeekinc office, nosasl-
Wy aapfa-ing to a "white marriage.
Hebre the Idea of any sort of progress
r colored race is Intolerable to
them. So long as there was eerlous
oana-er of negro rule, nobody could,
blame tbe Southerners for resorting to
extreaaos to prevent it; but that danger
warcerjr exists today. The disfranchis
ing cbuieee in the state constitutions.
Tor one thing, render It illusory. A still
better safeguard Is the new aspiration
of the negro race for other and more
taithl prosperity than comas
through o&ce-holdtae. During the first
yean tMlowlng the -war. to get an office
was tbe only way a negro could con
ceive of to rise In the world. Now he
haaava of many ways, the chief one be
lay to become a heavy taxpayer accord
ing to Booker Washington's beneficent
evangel; hot be may become a novelist,
a poet, a college professor, a mathema
tician. PolHtcs is no longer the soli
tary hope of aspirnig negroes. There
1b so longer any good reason why
antegro politics should form the
olhaur public activity of the Southern
white man.
While the negro figured weightily in
Soother pontics, the Democratic party
cottM pose as the champion of white
rale and Anglo-Saxon civilization, and,
with some show of justice,' could accuse
any white man who went over to the
Kflfnmllcaiie of being the enemy of his
own raee. As a. matter of fact, during
that lamentable period which has now
closed, few Southern white?, compara
tively did join the Republicans, and
certainly not the best of their class.
Tbe Republican party in the recon
struction area has existed to hold the
Federal offlcoe, and for nothing else.
Its imntbers have been small, its intel
ligence mediocre, and its character,
upon the whole, discreditable. Still
more is no good reason, the negro
cMmera bcUng exorcised, why Intelli
gent and upright men below Mason and
Dixon's line should not differ on public
qasitions and join different political
parties; while, on the other hand, the
long and almost undisputed domination
of the Damocrats has resulted In many
and great evils. It is not a good thing
for any party to rule too long without
viggosus opposition.
'According .to a correspondent of the
New York Evening Post, the Southern
ers themselves are beginning to see
this. The j'oung men. -especially, are
Browing restive under the political con
trol of the oW-style Democratic bosses,
who, so long as the negroes are kept
from voting, care nothing for educa
tion and very little for honest elections.
The tricks and wiles, which were so
efficacious against the negroes before
tbe disfranchising amendments were
adopted have been found equally useful '
against those whites who seemed dis
posed to question the -omnipotence of
the Democratic bosses within the party.
In Richmond, for example, tbe discon
tented element were counted out at the
primaries in the orthodox Southern
stgyle, though, the victims being white
men, seven of the election manipulators
wore Indipted by a grand Jury.
mbe 'DemraUcparty does-riot shines
either North or South, as the promoter
of education; but in Virginia Its record
Is "making excellent campaign material
for the new Hrhite man's Republican
party, which is displaying singular
vigor in that venerable and decrepit
commonwealth. Tbe educational ef
forts of the Democrats in Virginia have
made the common schools a nest of ex
travagance and corruption. For exam
ple, a certain book which sells else
where for 25 cents costs -the Virginia
schools 75. -With a population 400.00
less than Virginia, Kansas enrolls 14.000
more children In her common schools,
and employs 2600 more teachers. Vir
ginia employs one teacher for every 40
pupils; Kansas, one for every 33. In the
year 1900 Virginia had 100,000 Illiterate
natH'e whites born of native parents;
In the same year Kansas had almost
exactly one-tenth as many.
Its educational record in Virginia Is
not the worst the Southern Democratic
party has to show. North. Carolina, for
example, has IS per cent of its white
males born of native parents Illiterate,
and 20 per cent of its white females;
but tbe Virginia statistics are bad
enough. No. wonder intelligent whites
are revolting from the rule of such a
party. The present Republican nomi
nee for lieutenant-Governor Is Captain
William A. Kent, whose father, a Dem
ocrat, held the same office In 1BS9. And
not merely Intelligent whites are leav
ing the Democrats, but, what must
surely be much more fiattorlng to the
Republicans, members of the first fam
ilies, real F. F. V.s, are Joining them.
George A Revercomb, Republican can
didate for Attorney-General, Is such a
person. Surely, with, men like him
coming over, the Republican party In
Virginia can face the future with com
placent confidence.
A LINE TO PUGET SOUND?
The Tacoma Ledger takes the view
tbat the "almost absolutely certain re
stilt" of construction of the North
Bank Railroad will be extension of "the
Harriman line from Portland to Puget
Sound." Perhaps. We hope so. If Mr.
Hill has violated; the "gentlemen's
agreement" between himself and Mr.
Harniman by crossing the Columbia
to Portland, the latter Is certainly Jus
tified in causing the oW Union Pacific
dream of moving on to Puget Sound to
be realized. A-Union Pacific line from
here to Seattle would doubtless pay.
But, under the Harriman scheme of
things, that Is no real incentive for
building a new road anywhere. If so,
we should long ago have had the wheat
and other products of Central Oregon
rolling into Portland over a Harriman
railroad; we should have had a railroad
to Coos Bay; another Into the Wallowa
country; another into the Klamath re
gion, and yet another, perhaps, to Til
lamook. 1
The Harriman Idea Is that the way to
build up a country, and make Its popu
lation contented and prosperous, though
not numerous, is merely to prevent the
other fellow from building into k. The
Harriman Influence will be busy for a
while trying to prevent the Hill road
from coming down the Columbia. Of
course It will avail nothing; but Mr.
Hill will know that Mr. Harriman Is
still alive and kicking. Meanwhile it
will not occur to Mr. Harriman that
the true strategy of the situation Is for
him to make a bold flanking movement
to Puget Sound.
A RAILROAD AND ITS PROMISE.
Completion of the shdrt line of rail
way from The(Dalles to Dufur. a dis
tance of thlrtj- miles, is an event of
much. Importance to the farmers and
tradespeople of that section of Wasco
Counts. It may seem insignificant to
those unacquainted with conditions that
have handicapped the endeavor of these
settlers; but It Is In reality a matter
of great Importance, present and pros
pective, to the people of that and adja
cent sections of the state. While the
vast and resourceful region known as
Central Oregon, of which The Dalles Is
the sunly and market point. Is barely
touched by this short railroad line. Its
building is but the beginning of what
is to follow the entering wedge, so to
speak, that will soon drive the road on
and out to the yellow pine district but
twenty-two miles farther on, and in due
time into other sections of Southern
Wasco Qounty and into the famous
Bend country.
Settlers have been, during all of these
years, dependent upon the stagecoach
as a moans of travel and upon freight
teams for moving their crops to market
and the return of their merchandise.
Many are able to recall conditions sim
ilar to this in tbe Willamette Valley
prior to the coming of railroads, yet
we had the Willamette River and from
a very early period used It for trans
portation purposes. Still there are those
among us who recall the long process
of hauling wheat from some of the
middle counties to Portland and the
return, camping one, two or three
nights on the way, according to the dis
tance and the state of the roads, with
the Wlnter'6 .supply of groceries and
dry goods.
Such conditions meant Isolation, ex
pense and a waste of time that were
discouraging and Irksome. . So far re
moved are we from th-is period,' how
ever, that it Is difficult to appreciate the
disadvantages -untffcr which the people
of Southeastern Oregon still labor In
this line. The situation is to them more
than tiresome it has long been exas
perating. This little spur of railroad
thirty miles long is the first indication
to them that relief Is at hand. Natur
ally they are gratified at the promise
that the building of this road conveys,
and look forward with assurance that
the good time so long coming Is at last
in sight.
THE GREATEST STOCK SHOW.
This Exposition Is a wonderful place.
It undergoes more changes than a ka
leidoscope. A day or two ago we were
welcoming Missouri and her Governor.
'The air was full of history, and of poli
tics, past, present and future. Presto,
the scene changes. Today the Interest
Is centered at the other side of the lake.
A weary way It is, by the Bridge of
Nations, past the Government build
ings, across the Northern Pacific track,
and Into the stockyards. All the world
was going there yesterday, and today
the show will be crowded. It deserves
to be. The arena and Judges central
box, with Its tiers of seats on cither
side, replace the auditorium, and ac
commodates a great assembly. There
will be paraded. In full dress, horses
from Indiana and Ohio; from California
and the other Pacific States; cattle of
eevry name and quality. Here Oregon
Is tound to shine. The long rows of
stalls are full of sheep and nogs. Xret
us-iot forget the donkeys. In such an
assemblage it Is hard totake them-serl-ously.
1 Their 5 great .ears flap at fcaelr
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visitors, while their deep-set eyes posi
tively wink at one.
Last night the animals were In disha
bille, being curried and rubbed, and
stroked and petted, by their various at
tendants. Cross the lake, and one was
In a new, old, world. Hay was per
vading, carrots being sliced for supper,
nlghtclothes and blankets being put on,
lest a breath of cold air might bring on
cough and fever, and poor coat, and
loss of condition. What did these peo
ple care for peace In Manchuria, or
Secretary Taft's Journey,. or Philadel
phia's revival, or grafts In municipal
life, or any of the other topics on which
we think we know .the world revolves?
The great questions were when the
Judging was to oegln, whether suoh a
cow or bull that beat us at SL Louis
was here, whether the long Journey
was not too much for one's pet sheep
In short, the world, this world, revolved
on an animal axis. So, by this eager
absorption In one thing, the best that
there is In it is got out and the world
gains. These aristocrats of the stable,
larn and pen, should they not be wel
comed, for they surely are worth It?
The sight of them is good for Oregon
eyes, and will fill. many "with a. quite
wholesome ambition, even If all cannot
aspire to own one of these creams of
the cream. But if fortune has favored
us with good prices for our wool and
grain, and with just enough for our cat
tle to give a show for more than bread
and butter for the next year, why, then
let us throw prudence to the. winds and
venture high enough to take' one home.
Good luck to the stock show!
RIVER MUST BE rMFROVED.
At Celllo and the Cascades the Co
lumbia River, bearing seaward the ac
cumulated waters of a thousand
streams, pours through gorges so nar
row that the depth of the channel Is
practically unfathomable. The streams
which pay their tribute to this mighty
river are fed by everlasting springs or
by the eternal snows on many a moun
tain peak of Oregon, Washington. Ida
ho, Montana and British Columbia.
With its upper reaches and tributaries
draining an empire of such vast extent,
the Immensity of the stream as It nears
the ocean Is more easily understood
and accounted for. The waters of this
wonderful stream, when unconfined by
natural barriers or by barriers erected
by the hand of man, will wander at will
over wide stretches of sand or marsh
land. Where distributed over such
great areas, they naturaly show but lit
tle depth.
At Celllo and the Cascades are nu
merous places where soundings fall to
show the great depths reached. At
Coffin Rock, below Kalama. the channel
Is over 1O0 feet deep, and below Walk
er's Island for many miles there Is a
channel from 40 feet to 75 feet In depth.
These are natural channels, where arti
ficial methods for deepening the river
have never been nor ever will be neces
sary. At St Helens the- jetty built
many years ago penned up the waters
of the river until It scoured through
from fourteen feet at low water to more
than thirty feet At the mouth of the
Columbia River the nineteen-foot chan
nel of 18SS was deepened by the Jetty
to thirty feet in 1895.- The results se
cured, wherever the waters of the river
have been confined, are so satisfactory
that In the minds of those who have
observed them closest there has never
been doubt as to the practicability of
securing a permanent channel of any
desired dopth In river and on bar.
The water Is In the river In abundant
-olumr and the problem of a deep chan
nel rests entirely on confining It within
proper bounds. It now seems that It Is
an absolute necessity that the Jetty on
the south side of the mouth of the Co
lumbia River be supplemented by a
similar improvement on the north side
of the river. When the south jetty
dammed up the old south channel, the
"swash" channel and numerous other
shallow channels through which the
waters of the Columbia wandered un
trammeled. It received some assistance
from the rocky precipices of Cape Han
cock. As the structure continued sea
ward it soon cleared the Cape, and,
with no barrier west of the Cape on
the north side, the river again widened
out and the thirty-foot channel that
had been scoured out In 1895 began fill
ing up.
The Government engineers now rec
ommend the construction of a north
jetty, which. If built on the same lines
as the south Jetty, can confine the. wat
ers of the mighty Columbia In any
width of channel desired, and, as ex
perience elsewhere on the river has
proven, the narrower the chan
nel the deeper the water in It will
be. Portland and the entire Columbia
basin are on the eve of a remarkable
era of industrial and transportation ac
tivity. The beneflst resulting from
this activity will be partly nullified un
less the Columbia River is kept open
at its entrance with the best channel
that can be secured. Such a channel
will float the largest vessels built, and
an earnest effort should be made to se
cure the appropriation of a sum suffi
cient to carry out the engineers' plans
for the imprpvements needed.
NEW MAIiHEUR IRRIGATION IDEA.
Prompted by desire to reduce the
Hen on their lands below the $42 per
acre Government estimate, residents In
the Malheur country have evolved the
scheme described In the Washington
report of September 1L These land
owners petition theGovernment to con
struct the enormous dam which Is to
form the artificial lake 12 miles long
at the head of the canyon, and to
charge the cost on all the lands "cap
able of being irrigated from it by a
pro rata Hen";- then to leave such
landowners as may desire to Irrigate
their lands by water there stored to
unite In such groups as should be
agreed on by them, and at their Joint
expense, to construct canals and lateral
ditches to lead the water onto their
lands. The petition Is reported to have
21 signers, but the acreage they Individ
ually and collectively own Is not stated.
The plan of the Government Engineers!
as shown on the published maps. In
volved construction of two canals, one
on either side of the Malheur River, a
costly, but seemingly necessary work.
Whether these landowners propose to
build these canals, or what plan Is
suggested In substitution for them, Is
not reported. The whole plan, dealing
Apw'lth half measures, as .far as the
original project Is concerned, seems'
open to such objections as usually rise
In efforts to divide up what Is essen
tlaUy one connected whole. Whether
the cost of piece-meal work. In hands
of those to whom the saving of every
dollar in construction Is admitted to
be of the first Importance, will be either
substantial or cheap In the long run,
may admit of serious doubt The whole
suggestion seems to haye. arisen from
the fact that a large .part 'of -the acre
age to- be tacludedln the." Government
plan would not stand the 542 per' acre
extra cost. If so, then It seems to
follow that the acreage of suitable
lands to be benefited by irrigation un
der the new proposition would be 60
largely reduced that even a lessened
total expenditure could hardly be borne
by them. It Is- hard o 'distinguish ele
ments of success In this novel project
The New Tork World Is mournful
over the fact that a suitable fusion
candidate to run against McCIellan can
not be found. It suggests half-heartedly
the hope that Jerome may yet be
Induced to 'change his mind, because
Roosevelt .had to change his mind In
1900 and accept the Vice-Presidency;
but the World knows that Jerome
wants another place and the people
want him to have it the District At
torneyship. That Is the difference be
tween the Jerome situation now and
Roosevelt's In 1900. Continues the
World:
"Scarcely halt a dot en names bare to much
a been mentioned In connection with an of
fice of more power, and Importance than the
Goverorahlp of most of the state. Of the-e
names not mere than balf btleng to men vrbo
could be considered even available la the
loosest political he of that ward. Yet the
City of New York bs a population xreater
than that of the entire country at the time
the Constitution of the United StatM teas
framed. In the convention that drafted the
CoBstltuUen were George "Washington. Ben
jamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton. James
MadUon. Roger Sherman. Raftm Kins. Rob
ert Morris. Thomas Mifflin. Charles C. Plnck
ney. Gouveraeur Mortis, Jared Ingersoll and
Ed m and Randolph.
Yet none of these men was ever
Mayor of New York; nor was Theodore
Roosevelt, though he tried to be. Per
haps the New York that wouldn't have
a Roosevelt deserves a McClcilan.
Chicago Is lawless and reckless. Ac
cording to the city statistician's report
for the first six months of this year, 81
persons were killed and 995 'Injured by
personal violence. During the same
period last year 45 were killed and 390
Injured from the same cause. This
alarming increase Is charged against
the protracted teamsters' strike and the
laxity of the police department. In the
first six months of 1905 there were 352
accidental deaths and 3715 persons in
jured by accident, as against 93 killed
and 553 Injured in the same period last
year. Most of the casualties were due
to recklessness In the running of rail
road trains, street-cars and automo
biles and criminal disregard of life and
limb by drivers of vehicles. The gory
record Is In large part a natural conse
quence of the anarchic and intolerable
traffic conditions which have so long
been permitted to exist For personal
safety, Chicago Is perhaps the worst
managed city In the world.
The Uintah reservation lands, re
cently thrown open to settlement and
eagerly sought by some thousands of
land-hungry Americans, must for the
most part be Irrigated before they be
come productive In a profitable degree.
This condition was well understood by
the landseekers, but It did not In the
least cool the ardor of their desire to
possess them. Neither did the fact
that all of the land lies at least 40
miles from a railroad discourage them.
They had only to look at what has
been accomplished, first In production
and next in railroad building In other
semi-arid sections of the great plateau,
to see what the result will be on the
Uintah reservation a few years hence.
The land Is there and some 1600 heads
of families have entered Into formal
possession of it. Industry and Irriga
tion will .do the rest.
Secretary Taft thinks the recent riots
In Japan had jio anti-American motive.
A few churches were destroyed, but
they were not all American. Mr. Har
riman had a little trouble, but he sim
ply happened unfortunately to be
caught In a storm center. The Secre
tary traveled over a good part of
Japan, but he had no trouble whatever.
This Is doubtless the true situation.
The mob was angry and wreaked Its
vengeance where It could. Whenever
an American got In the way he had to
get out as best he could.
Renewal of Dr. Gladden's fight
against "tainted" money gives point to
a remark by Phillips Brooks, the fai
mous Bishop of Massachusetts. This
distinguished preacher was offered a
sum of money. by a layman with the
predatory observation: "If you don't
mind money won at cards, doctor. It Is
yours." to which Brooks replied: "My
dear sir, when this money has done the
work I mean to put It to. It will have
redeemed Itself," which remark seems
to be based on sound sense and excel
lent morality.
President Palma, of Cuba, stands for
re-election on his record, which Is ex
cellent Present prospects favor him,
but the election Is four months away
and his opponent Is a Rustler. Palma
has had enough of office, so he says,
but yielded to the wishes of his friends,
at the same time challenging his ene
mies. So long as he remains at the
head of Cuban affairs, his official 'influ
ence may "be depended on toward main
taining the amicable relations, between
the island and the United States.
Sir Thomas Lipton has been heard
from again. He fell from his horse yes
terday while parading In front of King
Edward. We are not suspicious, be
cause there is a welf-grounded belief In
this country that Sir Thomas never
drinks anything stronger than tea. But
it is something of a shock, all the same,
to learn that Sir Thomas rides a horse
just about as well as he sails a yacht
The Navy Deparament Is to Invest
515,000 for literature to equip several
new warships soon to go Into commis
sion. It Is Intended for men as well as
officers. Jackles as a' TUle are fond of
reading, especially Action. Such vol
umes are so constantly thumbed that
they soon get beyond repair; yet reports
agree that this predilection docs not
lessen the men's efficiency on deck.
That times have changed since authors-
starved In garrets Is proved by
the case of the woman who wrote "Mrs.
WIggs of the Cabbage Patch." She has
started a National bank.
Rain has fallen In Kansas City and
vicinity every day but one in Septem
ber. Hence the raging: Kaw. Here In
Oregon we had almost forgotten that
It ever rains anywhere.
Three Japanese commissary agents
have been discovered to have swindled
the government out of 5160,000. Now
we. know It was a real war.
Dufur, Wasco County, may now con
sider itself on the map of Oregon, and
nart. and. parcel of the. activities of the
. , :OIG0N0Z0NE ;
Crops of Two Kinds.
The hen How- Is the corn crop agoing
to be this year?
Farmer Ben What's that to you?
The henWell, I should cackle!
Don't you know that I am Interested
in corn because I have a "crop" of
my own to look after?,
The Joko Was on Him.
'"Mother, who is that gay gentleman
across the car who looks so happy?"
asked the Inquisitive kid".
"Reginald, dear, that Is Mr. De
Wagg, the famous Joke writer." '
"But, mother, I have always read
that Joke "writers are very sad and
solemn-looking persons."
"So they are. as a rule, my dear,"
replied the parent, "but Mr. De Wagg
has Just received word that his wife
has presented him with twin babies,
and he Is trying to play a Joke on him
self by looking happy."
Cruelty to Tramps.
Those who believe .In the enforce
ment of the law should get after the
Chief of Police of Brookllne, Mass.,
with a big stick. The chief steaJfastly
refusc-- to obey a state law which
provides that no person shall bo per
mitted to sleep at the police station
In his day clothos: that each visitor. In
short shall bavo a bath before re
tiring and shall be provided with a
clean nightshirt Many tramps apply
for shelter at the police station, and
the chief has determined that ho will
coase providing dainty "nighties" for
thorn. They must sleep In their clothes
or sit up," says tho chief. This is get
ting to bo a harder and harder world
for the poor tramp. But perhaps the
Brookllne hoboes may be able to effect
a compromise with the Chief of Po
lice. No doubt they will be willing to
let the chief keep the legal bath if
he will provide them with tho legal
nightie. How can a hobo be expected
to preserve his dignity In tho vicinity
of Boston without a nightshirt?
AdtTcd An Ad.
A little old man In a little old town
(His namo It was Johnson, or Smith
kins, or Brown.
Or Somothlng-or-Other) conducted a
store
Where weeds grew up tall in an inch
of the door.
A dapper young man came along there
one day
And said: "If you'll let me I'll make
this store pay."
"Go ahead," said the little old man
(Mr. Brown
Or Somethlng-or-Other), "and "don't
you fall down."
This dappor young man had Ideas to
spare;
He poked them In here and he put them
In thore;
Ho stuck them all over that store and
Its stock
Whereat Mr. Brown iiad a fit and a
shock.
But when he recovered, the weedlets
no more
Grow up to within half an Inch of the
"door;
That house was the Rome of that l!t-
tlo old town.
For all roads ld straight to the store
of old Brown.
"Well, how Old you do. It?" ho asked
of the man
Who'd eased up the pressure, who'd
lifted the ban.
"'Twos easy enough; 1 but added an
adr
Said tho easer, "and told this old town
what you had."
tAnd now thero's , a store in this little
old town.
Conducted by one who Is called
MISTER Brown:
And no one forgets now, the name of
this man
Who runs his old store on a new
fangled plan.
ROBERTUS LOVE.
SIMPLE LIFEJOR OFFICERS.
Gen. "Corbln Again Argues Against
Luxury In Array.
WASHINGTON. Sept lS.-knly the
"simple life" Is possible for young army
officers, according to Major-General Cor
bln, commanding the Philippine Division.
In his annual report General Corbln says'
there Is too frequently evidence that there
are officers In the service not mindful
of their obligations. The number of com
plaints on this point, he says, calls for
drastic treatment The General then laj3
down these principles:
"The moment an officer begins living
beyond his means he should be subjected
to discipline, xoung officers Joining the
service should be admonished that for
them only the simple life Is possible. The
moment, an officer is possessed with an
uncontrollable desire for any other Ufe.
he, as a duty to himself as well as to his
regiment should separate himself from
the service and enter the fields from
which the material rewards admit of
more luxurious living."
There are now 1S.375 troops In the
Philippines, including 5181 natlvo scouts,
and General Corbln recommends theri be
no reduction of this force. He says the
conditions as to peace In the Island are
better than any time since the American
occupation, with the exception of Samar.
A reduction in expenditure amounting to
51.500.000 Is reported as having been ac
complished during the administration of
General Corbln.
Fled -Twenty Years Ago.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept 18. (Special.)
Tho suit of Alexander Melville to recov
er his share of the estate of his parents
has been settled.' Melville committed a
crime 20 years ago and fled the country,
forcing his bondsmen to pay up. After
the estate- was settled, he suddenly put
In an appearance and demanded his por
tion, which had not been allotted to him.
The settlement avoids a long suit at
law. All the parties reside In Montesano.
Propose to Erect Big Brewery.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept lk (Special.)
Portland capitalists who are associated
with Councilman Rudolph Kocrner,. of
this city, arc negotiating for a desirable
business property In this city where It Is
proposed to erect and operate a large
brewery that will Involve an outlay of
about 5120.000.
Carmcnclta to Be Sold.
VICTORIA. B. C, Sept 18. The seal
ing schooner Carmencita will be sold on
Thursday to satisfy tho claims of her
crew for wages. Six hunters had libeled
the vessel In the Admiralty, Court for
51094. The vessel was 'fined JltOO by the;
Victoria . t-ustojns ,a. few daysago
TO AVOID JTARIFF WAR.
vPlea for Reciprocity Made at Berlin
Banquet.
BERLIN, Sept 18. A farewell -dinner
under the auspices of the American Asso
ciation of Commerce and Trade In Berlin
was given at the Hotel Kalserhot tonight
to Frank H. Mason, the retiring American
Consul-General, who has been appointed
to the same position at Paris. All the
prominent people of the American colony
and numerous representatives of the Ger
man commercial Interests were present
besides many American Consuls In Ger
many, In behalf of whom Frank S. Han
na. Consul at Madgeburg, presented to
Mr. Mason a silver loving cup. A hand
some testimonial of regard was also pre
sented to Mr. Mason on behalf of many
of his Berlin friends by P. Herrzenberg.
Charlemagne Tower, American Ambas
sador, presided. He proposed, the health
of Presledent Roosevelt and then that of
Emperor William, and that of the mem
bers of the Imperial family.
Director von Koener, head of the De
partment of Foreign Commerce In tho
Foreign Office, who was delegated to rep
resent the imperial government made the
first address. He said that the relations
between Germany and the United States
Government were manifold and rested on
a firm basis. No two countries In the
world had made such progress In the past
few decades as Germany and the United
States- Ho closed by wishing all pros
perity to the United States.
Desires McKlnley's PpHcy.
Privy Councillor Goldberger. who Is ono
of the close advisers of the German gov
ernment In commercial matters and tho
author of a book on the United States en
titled. "The Land of Unlimited Possibili
ties." Insisted that the United States and
Germany belonged together economically,
each supplementing the other. Ho dis
missed the Idea of any militant customs
policy, which, he said, could only please
the commercial rivals of both countries.
He admitted that the majority of tho
American people desired at the present
time to maintain the high protective tar
iff and were opposed to commercial treat
ies with unconditional most-favored-na-tlon
treatment for long periods. Germany,
on the other hand, as a consequence of
her present policy, must terminate Its
existing agreement with the United
States, otherwise It would be 'quitting the
paths of Its commercial policy as already
constitutionally determined on, and would
be acting contrary to the spirit If not
the text of tho treaties already concluded
with seven European countries. Those,
the speaker said, were economic facts
which must be understood and which
could be dealt with without acrimony.
Herr Goldberger pleaded for a reciproc
ity treaty in the senso of McKlnley's last
political utterance, but said that so far
as possible equal advantages must bo
given. He urged fair play In exchange
and administering whatever arrangements
might be made and added that he hoped
the forthcoming negotiations for a treaty
would bridge over all economic differences
between the two great nations.
Tower Hopes for Reciprocity.
Mr. Tower, after dwelling at length on
the personal aspects of Mr. Mason's de
parture, said:
The present time la most favorable for the
purpose of commercial Intercourse, boeause
there Is a Very strenfr Interest felt by Germany
In the affaire of the United States. It Is
a frrowln-r and friendly Interest, constantly
tendln-f toward sympathy with the United
States and to a good understanding-. The
relations of the two countries have never been
as -rood as now.
Mr. Mason Is leaving us at a time xvhen
his further assistance would be most useful
here. I regret especially his departure at thla
time, for a discussion Is likely to take place
within the next few months Involving tbe
subject of the trade relations between the
United States and Germany. In which very
great Interests are concerned, and I feel no
effort should be spared on either side on the
occasion to protect them from the unfortu
nate consequences of a disagreement between
the two nations.
For my own part I hare been most earoful i
to keep the Government of the United States
Informed regarding the situation In Germany,
my slncle hopo and "desire being that an
ultimate agreement will be reached whlca
shall be fair and Juot- to each of the coun
tries and beneficial to the trade of both.
Both Must Mako Concessions.
Mr. Mason said that the present har
mony In tfie commercial relations of Ger
many and the United States was credit
able and profitable to both countries, and
how to presarve It was a subject near to
the hearts of all present The speaker
continued:
The problem is a serious one and a ooroelex
one, and let us frankly recognize Its diffi
culties. Its solution will probably Invite con
cessions on both , sides, and may be very dif
ficult, especially on the part of our govern
ment, to harmonize with ex le ting lawn and
established economic principles; but we all
hope that, with patience and good will on
both side, a satisfactory arrangement raay
ultlmately be reached.
I cannot forbear to express my ferveHt
hope that the present flourishing reciprocal
trade, which we have all labored to buikl up,
may expand, and that the ebb and flow of
scientific education, enthetlc and literary
thought between Germany and the United
States in the instinctive touch of Intellectual
brotherhood between two great and progrefBiTe
nations may never be broken by any dispute
over the tariff schedules or the valuation or
merchandise. "Ve hope it will not prove to
be necessary that the precious heritage of a
century of peace and mutual respect shall be
sacrificed to a disagreement over duties on
Imports.
Working Under Atlantlfc's Bed. H
Exchange.
The Levant mine, which has just de
clared a big dividend, Is situated near
Land's End, England. It goes down
virtually for 2100 feet, and there It is
worked laterally usider the bed of the
Atlantic. The works are now over a
mile from the base of the cliff. It has
produced tin, copper and arsenic for
85 years.
Farm for Jim Brldger's Daughter.
KANSAS CITY. Sept 18. An SO-acre
farm In the Uintah "reservation. Utah, has
been awarded, at the xdIrection of Presi
dent Roosevelt to Mrs. Virginia Hahn
of this city, daughter of Jim Brldger, the
famous scout who discovered Salt Lake.
Mrs. Hahn's mother was a Ute Indian.
Senators to Visit Centrallu.
CBNTRALIA, Wash., Sept IS. (Special.)
Judge Dysart received notice today that
Senators Piles and Ankeny would bo in
Centralla next Friday afternoon, and that
they would probably hold a reception
whllo In the town.
Floater Found In the Harbor.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. IS. (Special.)
The body of an unknown man was
found floating In Gray's Harbor this eve
ning. He Is thought to have belonged to
some ship, though no person has been
reported missing.
Bidding on Fraser River Salmon.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. Sept IS.
(Special.) Fffty thousand sockeye sal
mon, at 10 cents each, were shipped to
night to the Blaine canneries. The Fraser
River cannerymen are hostile and have
agreed to raise the price to 125 cents.
Emporia Cut Off From World.
TOPEKA. Kan., Sept IS. A special to
the Capital from Emporia states that
railroad tracks- and telephone and tele
graph lines have been washed out In all
directions from that city.
Kalama School Opens. ,
KALAMA, Wash., Sept IS. (Special.)
The Kalama School opened this morning
with a total enrollment of 224, Six teach
ers 'are employed
GREAT STIMULUS TO TRADE.
Reduction of Russian Tariff "Creates
Demand for 3Iachinery.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept 18. The re
moval of retaliatory duties on American
Impofts has already proved a great stim
ulus to American .trade here. The agents
of American houses have wired directions
f for the shipment of engines, pumps and
rescinding the duties takes effect
This prompt action of the agents Is
1 necessary in order to land goods at Cron-
stadt before the close of navigation, so
as to avoid the heavy costs of railroad
transshipment from the ice-free ports In
the Southern Baltic, and also in order
to take advantage of the favorable rates
under existing treaties, as before naviga
tion Is reopened tho new and higher scale
of duties based on the treaty recently
made with Germany will be in effect This
treaty provides increases ranging from 10
to 20 per cent on machinery. The result
of this Increase, however, will . be less
purejudiclol to American trade than would
equivalent retaliatory duties, as the In
creases arTect all nationalities equally,
and as Americans, since the opening o
the peace negotiations and the favorable
reception received by the Russian: mem
bers of the peace mission in the United
States, ase rapidly regaining their old
status In commercial and Industrial cen
ters. The- Baku disasters will Indirectly be a
benefit to American commerce, as it will
stimulate the trade In American pumps,
which are largely used In the oil dis
trict TARTARS ATTACK NEW POINT
Surround Ellzabe'thpol and Kill or
Capture Armenian Fugitives.
T1FLIS. Sept. 18.-General Shirlnkln.
commander of the troops, today received
a telegram from the officials of the cop
per works at Ellzabethpol. requesting him
to send Cossacks to that district The
telegram says that the district Is sur
rounded by bands of Tatars and that
property and the lives of the employers
are In imminent danger.
Five wagons filled with Armenian
refugees from Shusha wero attacked by
Tatars. Most of the refugees were killed
and women were carried off. Similar out
rages are occurring In various districts.
POLAND TO BE REPRESENTED
Commission Divides People of Trou
blous Kingdom Into Classes.
ST. PETERSBUlfG. Sept. IS. The
Solsky commission has elaborated tho
conditions governing the representation
of the people of Poland in the National
Assembly. The voters will be divided
Into three classes, the first to Jbe com
posed of landed proprietors, the second
of members of cantons owning from
three to 20 acres and tho third of urban
electors. Thirty-six members will be re
turned from Poland.
Armenians Denounce Russia.
BOSTON, Sept 18. The Armenian
American citizens of Boston and the vi
cinity held a mass meeting last night to
protest against the massacres of Armen
ians In the Caucasus. Resolutions were
adopted denouncing the Russian author
ities and holding them responsible for the
death of thousands of Innocent persons.
The local officials were charged with hav
ing actually incited the disorders and en
couraged Moslem fanaticism.
"By seizing the weapons of the Armen
ians," the resolutions declared, "the Rus
sian authorities deprived our compatriots
of their means of self-defense, and. fur
thermore did not use their military power
to protect them against the attacks of
Tartars, but on the contrary, allowed
the leaders of tho Turks to go unpunished.
"The Russian government, in entire dis
regard of International law, permitted
the entrance Into Its territory of armed
Kurds to Join the Tartars in their mur
der and plunder.
"We protest against this barbarous state
of affairs In the Caucasus and appeal to
the humane sentiments of tho American
people and government, to bring pressure
to bear, upon the government at St Pe
tersburg and put an end to the
bloodshed."
Russia Will Have a Cabinet.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept 18. Tho pro
ject for the formation of a cabinet, which"
Emperor Nicholas ordered the Solsky
Commission to examine, contemplates tha
formation of a body to be called the
Council of Ministers, which would be un
der the presidency of a Premier. The lat
ter will be the Ministers of War. Marine
and Foreign Affairs, and the court offi
cials would have the sole right of report
ing to the Emperor. The ministers would
be appointed on the nomination of the
premier, and no administrative measures
would become effective without the per
mission of the Council of Ministers, sanc
tioned by the Ejnperor.
Cholera Shows No Advance.
BERLIN, Sept. IS. The official bulletin
issued today says there were 10 fresh
cases of cholera and five deaths from
noon Saturday to noon Sunday, and
three new cases and one- death from
noon Sunday to noon today, making the
totals 202 cases and 71 deaths.
The new cases are one each at Rasten
burg. Lebus, Posen, Schubln, Czarnlkau.
and ' Breslau; two each at Stettin and
Grauden: and three at Marlenburg.
A certainty seems to exist now In the
Health Office that the danger of cholera
spreading has been overcome and that
the number of new coses announced from
day to day will dwindle until the Infec
tion ends.
State of Siege In Polish Town.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 18. The Em
peror has ordered a state of siege to be
proclaimed . In the town and district of
Blelostok owing to the disturbances there.
Outrages Continue at Baku.
BAKU, Sept IS. Serious outrages con
tinue here and many of the shops remain
closed.
LIPTON KICKED BY HORSE
Yachtsman Injured at Great Review
by King Edward.
EDINBURGH. Scotland, Sept IS. Sir
Thomas Upton, who Is honorary colonel
of the Second Lancashire Engineers, was
thrown from his horse during the review
of Scotch Volunteers today by the King.
Sir Thomas was leading his regiment be
fore King Edward, when his horse sud
denly became unmanageable and he was
thrown heavily to the ground. Sir Thomas
was klkced In the face by his horse.
'Sir Thomas Injuries consisted of a cut
In the mouth and a bruised arm. He
was unseated owing to a sudden swerve
of his horse, although he Is a good rider.
The King sent an equerry to Sir Thomas
hotel to inquire about his condition.
The troops comprised the greatest mus
ter of soldiers "under arms in Scotland
since the battle of Flodden Field.
The King arrived at the Scottish capi
tal this morning and proceeded. to Holy
rood, Palace, whence, attended by tha
Duke of Connaught and a brilliant staff,
he rode to the parade ground In Klng'3
Park, where nearly 40,000 Scotch Volun
teers marched past His Majesty. Enor
mous numbers of visitors from all parts
of Scotland and the north of England
witnessed the review, which Is expected
to assist in counteracting the extreme Ir
ritation felt in volunteer circles over re
cent worrying regulations of the-. War
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