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THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTION.
The fourth "Year Book" of the Car
negie Institution of "Washington is one
of those volumes which the instinct of
self-preservation warns everyobdy to
shun. In outward appearance it resem
bles a Government document, but it
differs from most of those lethal pro
ductions in that it contains reading
matter which may be perused without
danger of sinking into permanent
Idiocy. The Carnegie Institution is
founded upon a donation of $10,000,000
from the great iron magnate. He got
the money from the simple-minded
American consumer through the benign
persuasions of the Dlngley tariff and
its . predecessors, but. according to the
usual custom in such cases, the Institu
tion, is named for the robber instead of
his victims.
It is incorporated by act of Congress
Htid ' managed by a self-perpetuating
board of trustees limited to twenty
seven members. On the -present board
one finds such names as Elihu Root:
Lyman J. Gage, once Secretary of the
Treasury; Seth Low. the frigid prede
cessor of Mayor McCIellan, of New
York; S. Weir Mitchell, the distin
guished physician and author: Senator
John C. Spooner and Carroll D. Wright,
John Hay was one of the original trus
tees, and the current "Year Book" con
tains a memorial to him prepared by
Elihu Root, his successor as Secretary
of State. The memorialpeaks of Mr.
Hay's "catholic interest in every cause
that makes for the good of mankind,"
and relates how he gave to the Carne
gie Institution "invaluable time -and
thought and the strength of his noble
character and his great name."
The trustees held a meeting on De
cember 12. 1905, and appropriated for
the coming yeiir $7S6.G00. This is a con
siderable sum of money. A fashion
able Xew York couple would almost
venture to marry on such an income.
How is it to be spent? For what the
trustees call their "large projects" they
have appropriated $552,600. Miscellane
ous projects absorb $134,000; and the re
mainder Is equally divided between
salaries and publishing books, reports
and the like. The Carnegie Institution
is not a university. It aims to do a
sort of work which American universi
ties with their great endowments ought
to foster, but woefully neglect that of
scientific research. The object of the
institution is not to teach what is al
ready known, but to enlarge the bound
aries of knowledge, to discover the un
known. 'It has no faculty and no stu
dents. Its purpose is to unearth the
"exceptional man," one who has a gen
ius in geological research, or a special
aptitude for studying the stars, or unu
sual skill and patience in plant-breeding,
like Luther Burbank, and aid him
with money to carry out his work fruit
fully. The beneficiaries of the institu
tion reside in all parts of the country,
and some in Europe. Three, for exam
ple, are connected with the University
of Wisconsin; one with the Columbian
Museum in Chicago endowed by Mar
shall Field; several are Independent in
vestigators. Possibly it may not be without Inter
est to learn what one or two of these
men are doing. Raphael Pumpelly. of
Newport. R. I., gets $26,000 to spend in
studying the remains of the ancient
races of men who dwelt east of the
Caspian Sea. An expedition visted
those -parts in 1904, making- interesting
discoveries, and now the report of their
adventures is to be published "with
many plates and Illustrations." The
scientific world is pervaded by a suspi
cion that somewhere in that region lay
the Garden of Eden, among whose
flowery dells our ancestral monkeys
changed Into men. Perhaps Professor
Pumpelly found the place. George E.
Hale got $150,000 to study the stars and
sun with. He has been trying to make
mirrors for his telescope out of melted
quartz crystals. 'He can melt them all
right in the electric furnace, but they
cool full of bubbles, which 6poll the
mirror. Quartz is a good material to
use, if he could avoid the bubbles, be
cause mirrors made of it do not spring
out of shape like glass ones under the
sun's heat. With the help of Walter S.
Adams, Mr. Hale is also making photo
graphs of star spectra. These spectra
show that some of the minerals and
metals nve have on earth do not ex"ist
in certain stars. Indeed there are
worlds composed of pure hydrogen gas,
balloons on a scale to make Santos-Du-mont
perish -with envy; while still oth
ers seem -to ,be formed of those ele
roritRry atoms which, mixed' one way,
are gold, and, another way. Iron, or
anything you like according ob you stir
them. If Ave only had the receipts for
mixing and stirring, nobody need go
to the Klondike we could make our
own gold.
Charles D. Davenport had $12,000 for
1905, which he used in experiments to
develop cows with six, ten or -twenty
teats. He has not succeeded yet, but If
he could it would be of marvelous ad
vantage to dairymen. A cow with
eight teats would, of course, give twice
as much milk as one with only four,
while she would eat no more hay and
shorts. Hence she would be worth at
least twice the money; while one cow
with a hundred teats would be worth
twenty-five ordinary plugs with their
paltry outfits for producing milk. Lu
ther Burbank tells how he is spending
his $10,000 in making new kinds of ap
ples, cherries, plums and other good
things. He has bred one cactus which
produces delicious fruit, and another
which makes enormous quantities of
cow-feed to the acre, though the latter
will not be needed when Professor
Davenport produces his multitple
teated cow. Thus the Carnegie Institu
tion reaches a helping hand to every
man who has a valuable idea and
keeps him from starving while he
works it out. In striking the balance
of good and evil for the Dlngley tariff
this noble foundation must go down
on the side of good.
THE QUARREL.
Mayor Lane and the City Council
have quarreled publicly. It was not an
edifying spectacle. The people of Port
land are not so much concerned about
trivial differences of personal opinion
or questions of personal veracity be
tween the Mayor and members of the
Council as they ore about successful
and harmonious municipal government.
It is not now so important to know
whether the Mayor is to blame or the
Council is to blame for the present dis
agreeable controversy as It is to know
what the future has in store for the
government of the City of Portland.
We should like to see somewhat less
of the you-be-damned pose by the
Mayor toward pretty much everything
and everybody who does not accord
with his particular views on some ques
tions and of some people. We should
like to see a somewhat less frequent
expression of opinion by the Council
that whatever the Mayor does is wrong
and whatever he thinks Is colored by
personal or political bias. There arc.
we think, other honest men in the city
government besides Mayor Lane. We
shall hope that the Mayor may be per
suaded to accept that view. There are.
we think, other public officials of char
acter and experience whose opinions
are worth considering and whose coun
sel is worth asking. We have not
given up hope that the Mayor will find
it ouu
The Mayor says that he appealed in
vain to the Council to revoke the Rich
ards liquor license. The Council says
that he made no appeal of any kii:d.
Undoubtedly the Mayor thought he did.
Undoubtedly the Council thinks he
didn'.t. The Richards prosecution
failed and the Mayor appears to want
to hold the Council responsible. The
Councfl says it had nothing to do with
the war on Richards, because it was
never invited to ha'e anything to do
with it, end it declines to be held re
sponsible. As we intimated before, there is a
mistake somewhere, and we do not pre
tend 1o say who made it. We think It
is not too latfc for correction, The Mayor
has now formally asked the Council to
revoke this license, and it will be
quite Impossible for the Council to
tvoid responsibility, if it should so de
sire. If it refuses Jt will be quite clear
who is blocking the way to the Mayor's
effort to retire Mr. Richards from busi
ness.
The same public that ast June elect
ed a Democratic Mayor elected a Re
publican City Council. That public has
a right to -expect that the legislative
department will strive to get along with
the execulive department, and that the
executive department will do the same
with the legislative department. Re
publican Councils have been known to
work with a moderate degree of har
mony with Democratic Mayors. ' It is
above all things to be desired that the
present Democratic Mayor and the
present Republican City Council will
not forget that their first duty is to
the public Portland did pot build a
beautiful nd stately City Hall in ex
pectation that any of its public offi
cials would use it for a bear garden.
A NEW-OLD TALE OF THE SjEA.
The horrors of shipwreck have so
often been told that little remains for
human woe to experience or relate in
repetition of the shuddering tale. In
this latest of many wrecks off the
rocky shores of Vancouver Island, mid
night and storm added their invincible
force to the mariner's mis-reckoning,
and a ship with its wealth of human
life speedily succumbed to the cruel
combination of forces. The result has
been given to the world In such details
of horror as could be heard above the
shriek of the winds and the thunder of
the waves a new-old story of the sea.
If the conditions in which the hapless
.passengers and crew of the Valencia
had features that -were worse or better,
the people who were swept overboard
and perished quickly though miserably
within the first hour after the vessel
struck1 may be said to have "had the
better part in the awful disaster. Bod
ily suffering combined with mental an
guish, scarcely conceivable to those
who are safe on shore, was the portion
of those who took refuge, such as it
was, first upon the wave-washed deck
and then in the swaying rigging of the
ship, hoping for rescue but meeting
death at last. It is conceivable that an
eternity of wretchedness can be crowd
ed in the dark hours of a single bitter
night under such circumstances. Hu
man pity can only survey such a scene
dumbly and helplessly from -afar and
breathe a sigh of relief whea word
comes that all is over.
The master'of the Valencia paid with
his life, as far as one life can be made
to pay for many, for the blunder or
the recklessness or the lgnorance'that
took him a score of miles and more
out of his course on the most dangerous
noint to navigation on the entire Pa
cific Coast line. Like the coal miner,
who, becoming accustomed to danger,
underrates it and takes one chance too
many for his own safety, and that of
his comrades, is the mariner -who
"takes chances" when navigating his
ship in the darkness on a treacherous
coast line. There Is nothing but cen
sure for one or the other, even though
the death, that he brought upon others
he himself shares. Unstinted pity Is
the ft lie meed of those who perished
in the "dread sweep of the iown
strsnl a sr seas" nvh the xeod hio
Valencia went to pieces tinder them in
the roaring waters, and censure Is just
ly added to "the man who took the
chance which caused the catastrophe:
TI.MHER LANDS AND CORPORATIONS.
It Is difficult to follow the line of rea
soning upon which Senator Fulton
bases his opposition to repeal of the
timber and stone act. According to the
dispatches, he is afraid that after this
loose law has been repealed a drastic
measure win be enacted making It dif
ficult to get public timber and thus re
tard the development of Oregon. To
those who know conditions In this state
there would seem to be no opportunity
for any one to get public timber In the
near future. Practically all the unsur
passed forests of Clatsop and Northern
Tillamook Counties are already In pri
vate ownership, and will furnish logs
for the mills that will need them In
the next half century or more. The
best timber lands bordering the tribu
taries of the Willamette and other
Western Oregon rivers are owned by
large lumber concerns. But for the
Government forest reserve policy and
recent enforcement olf land laws, all
the timber would be in the control of
big corporations and syndicates, and
the people would be entirely at the
mercy of the timber barons.
In response to popular demand, the
Government has called a halt and pro
poses to retain ownership of timber
land enough to supply, in some meas
ure, the needs of future generations.
Under the laws now In force the land
grabbers have been acquiring control
of the vast timber resources of this
country, and It Is a mistake, we think,
to oppose repeal of those laws or" to
assert that they are necessary for de
velopment of this state. The Govern
ment does not propose to withhold Um
ber needed for manufacture; It merely
proposes to retain title to the land and
sell the timber, whenever It Is needed
by the mills.
THE GOVERNMENT'S DELINQUENCY.
There is little or no occasion for sur
prise over the fact that the Government
telegraph line between Port Townsend
and Tatoosh was down during the
heavy weather which caused loss of the
Valencia. The line Is always down dur
ing a storm of sufficient severity to
wreck a vessel. In other words, the
only periods when It would be of any
special value to the shipping public are
those when It is out of commission. At
frequent Intervals during the past ten
years The Oregonlan has pointed out
necessity for cable connection between
Cape Flattery and Port Townsend, or
some other point from -which a land line
could be maintained with come degree
of regularity. Had there been such ca
ble connection with Tatoosh during the
storm which swept the Valencia on the
rocks, there Is a strong probability tha't.
many lives would have been saved.
At all times there is one or more pow
erful tugboats at anchor In Neah Bay,
the nearest American point from which
assistance can be dispatched to vessels
In distress on the west coast of Van
couver Island. Had there been any
means of communication between Port
Townsend and Tatoosh. or Neah Bay.
tugboats could have been hurried to
the scene and have reached there many
hours before assistance from either
Victoria or Puget Sound ports would
have been available at the wreck. Tugs
from Neah Bay, had they been notified,
could have reached the Valencia before
dark Tuesday, or only about eighteen
hours after the vessel struck. These
tugs are very powerful craft, easily
controlled In close quarters. They are
handled by men who are perfectly fa
miliar with every foot of the treacher
ous coast on which the Valencia was
wrecked.
These men, on account of their su
perior knowledge of the conditions and
through their skill in handling tug
boats In close quarters, could naturally
have approached In perfect safety much
closer to the wreck than it would be
possible to get with a large, unwieldy
steamship like the Queen or the City of
Topeka. There Is, of course, a question
as to how many lives they might have
saved, but, as the vessel remained
above water for forty-eight hours after
she struck, it Is almost a certainty that
the death list would have been materi
ally reduced. It Is useless, with the
present wild character of the country
traversed by the telegraph line after It
leaves Port Crescent, to expect to main
tain a land" line with any degree of cer
tainty. There are more linemen em
ployed now than on any similar piece
of wire maintained "by the Govembent:
but. In spite of their vigilance, every
big storm brings It down In a dozen
pieces, and not Infrequently more than
a day's work Is Necessary for a single
break In order to repair the damage
caused by a giant fir toppling over
on it.
It Is not alone for the Vancouver
Island wrecks that a cable Is a llfesav
Ing necessity, but that "terrible north
coast" between Cape Flattery and
Gray's Harbor has also claimed many
wrecks where life and property could
have been saved had there been any
facilities for asking aid within a rea
sonable length of time .after the disas
ter occurred. When we consider the
enormous sums of money that the un
derwriters have paid out for property
losses In this wild region, it ecms
strange indeed that they will make no
efTort to improve conditions. This Is,
perhaps, due to the general Ignorance
of the situation on the part of the for
eigners who carry the bulk of the In
surance. Vessels approaching the Co
lumbia River, regardless of the state
of the weather, can always get sound
ings -before they get Into trouble, and
wrecks are accordingly rare In compar
ison, and yet the underwriters demand
the same rates from the Columbia
River fleet that they charge on vessels
bound to the far more dangerous north
ern ports.
The Pacific Coast Company, owner of
the lost Valencia and a large number of
other vessels which run In and out of
the Straits of Fuca, should also take an
interest in the matter and endeavor, to
secure establishment of permanent
communication between Cape Flatters
and some permanent land telegraph
line. The results which will follow es
tablishment of a cable service will be
so satisfactory that in time not much
difficulty will be experienced In hav
ing It extended on down the coast to
Gray's Harbor. When this is done, the
Tlsk of loss of life and property along
the terrible north coast will be materi
ally reduced. An effort should also be
made to Induce the Canadian govern
ment to establish a' modern Hfesaving
service at some of the worst points on
the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Ancient, decrepit old China is at last
waking up te the necessity of getting In
line with ..the onward, march' of im
provement In the Far XmuL The Dow
ager Empress Tsi An has ordered In a
detachment of Princes on probation,
and from their number she will select
one as an heir to the throne. A Jap
anese naval attache Is going to Pekln
to look over the naval situation, with
a view to the creation of a new navy.
History is making fast in the Far East,
and by the titne Tsl An Is shifted from
the scene and a new power takes the
helm the Japanese will probably have
the laAd of Confucius so thoroughly
Japanned that the color of the skin
and the slant of the eyes will no longer
serve as Identifying marks by which
to distinguish a Chinaman from a Jap
anese. The Mikado's men are already
drilling the Chinese Into shape where
they are handy to Japanese possessions,
and it is only a matter of time when
the identity of China will be lost in the
prestige of Japan.
Announcement of the death of Mrs.
Persls W. Chandler, of Forest Grove,
will recall to many one-time residents
of that place the slender figure and
saintly countenance of one of Nature's
gentlewomen. A pioneer of Oregon, and
a resident of Forest Grove for more
than a third of a century: the widow
of a Baptist minister well known In
the religious and educational annals of
the state; a -womanly element In the
home and beloved by the community,
Mrs. Chandler lived to the age of 91
yearsand passed on painlessly. In ac
cordance with Nature's decree, to her
reward. Louise M. Alcott, in noting
the passing of her mother, the "Mar-i
mee" of her charming stories for girls
at a great age, wrote:
But e'er tbe secfte of loss our heart bad
wrung
A miracle wa wrought
And swift a happy thought.
She lived again, brave, beautiful and yeeng.
We thought to weep, but sing for Joy Instead.
Full of the grateful peace
That followed her release .
For nothing but the weary dust Is dead.
Those who knew Mrs. Chandler In her
failing, fading years will appreciate
these lines of Miss Alcott in connection
with her passing.
The building permit Issued for the
construction of the handsome building
now being erected by the Woodmen of
the World places the valuatlon'at $22.
000. This is the official value of the
structure, which will be sent out to the
world. As a matter of fact. $47,000 has
already been expended on the building
and it is far from completion. The cost
will be at least $50,000, and yet In the
official list of Improvements made In
Portland In 1D06 It will appear at Its
$22,000 valuation. Thirteen building per
mits were issued In this city Wednes
day, the total valuation given being
$50,950. The actual cost of the build
ings will be In excess of $100,000. And
yet at the end of the year we will be
wondering why the building operations
of Portland were of less Importance
than those of some other cities which
Issue permits on the true valuation of
the building. The valuation placed In
some of the permits issued would not
cover the cost of the plumbing, wiring,
heating and other "trimmings," exclu
sive of the actual cost of the building.
This system of misrepresentation Is a
discredit to the city, and should be cor
rected. Mr. Fred Marriott has succeeded In
'driving an automobile a mile In 31 4-5
seconds, and expects to make it even
time at 30 seconds under more favorable
circumstances. The exhibition took
place at Ormonde Beach, Florida, and
certainly shows much Improvement in
the course over which the time was
made. It will be remembered that when
young Croker was killed on this course,
about a year ago. his automobile was
crawling along at a speed but little
more than a mile a minute. In a num
ber of other cases where the census of
idle rich has been reduced by the auto
mobile the speed was much less than
the 100 miles an hour attained by Mr.
Marriott. Even the late Charley Fair,
who was killed In France while travel
ing at a speed of 70 miles an hour, was
a good deal of a slow coach In compari
son with this latest scorcher who Is
courting death.
The "Holy Rollers," after having been
disbanded in this state through the im
prisonment of their leader and placing
some of their more demented victims In
the insane asylum, have broken out In
Walla Walla. With rant and shout and
groveling on the ground, they have
driven one woman Insane and caused
her children to come to evil plight. The
authorities should not palter with the
leader of these unseemly antics, but
hould deal with him promptly as a
dangerous man. guilty of and Inciting
to disorderly conduct. The small colo
nies of these 'religious fanatics would
speedily disrupt If their leader was re
strained from mischief.
Unless It happened to be a poor day
for hazing stunts, the members of the
Imperial Chinese Commission must
have come away from the Annapolis
Naval Academy strongly reminded of
the good old times before slicing and
boiling In oil we're abolished In the
Flowery Kingdom.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has so many
dcar friends among her associates that
she Ib unable to choose from among
them for bridesmaids. Wise Alice! She
will be the attraction at her own wed
ding, without foils done in fairy cos
tumes beside her.
The prizerlng- maxim that an ounce
of punch Is better than a pound of sci
ence seems to have been exemplified toy
the Portland street-car conductor who
put the highwayman, to flight. His
punch did the business.
M. Sakatani, the Japanese Minister of
Finance, who proposes to raise $50,000.
000 a year by making certain of the
war taxes permanent. Is a "standpat
ter" after Uncle Joe Cannon's ' own"
heart.
The laconic comment made by the
parrot after his historic encounter with
the monkey aptly applies to the recent
interchange of courtesies between His
Honor the Mayor and the City Council.
The announcement of a merger of lo
cal ice plants is coupled with a promise
of lower prices. Let us hope the trust's
memory will not fall when the ther
mometer -begins to rise.
Police Captain Bruin gives out an In
terview In which he says he wants a
trial of his case before broad-minded
men of brains. Evidently the Captain
is tired of his job.
New "York. It seen, doesn't want Ari
zona and New. Mexico admitted because
It ebjcu to hetog placed on the same
level in" the Senate. tHiearea orHWl 1
THE SILVER LINING.
Thought for the Day.
Have I been in any place
That's likely to be raided?
Have I lately showed my face
Where It should have been shaded?
vMessrs. Rankin and Holman, now con
trolling the coal and ice output in this
city, are prepared to play a hot game of
freeze-out with all comers.
$ '
The suggestion of Jerome that Harry
Lehr thrash Colonel Mann must be a
Joke. What Harry Lehr could lick other
than a postage stamp would be difficult
to determine. If he were pitted in battle
with a sick pug dog. the odds would be
even.
Some doctors seem to be rather eager to
acquire this privilege of putting patients
permanently out of pain by the Styx
route.
"A little pot Is soon, hot." said Jack
Fuller, when the Frenchman kicked his
burglar down the stairs in the Yamhiil
street lodging-house.
.
Is it not true that the liquor dealers and
the preachers protest too much? The
preachers declare that the dealers are
planning traps. The dealers demand evi
dence that such is the case. We do. we
don't, you're a liar. I'm not such ex
changes of amenities are flying back and
forth. Are both parties guilty and there
fore hollering before they are hit, or are
we dreaming again? ,
With a" few billion crackling explosions
the Chinaman in our midst placates his
gods, celebrates the beginning of another
year, and allows himself the comfort of
entering upon another twelvemonth's ac
tivity in smiles that are dark and tricks
that are vain. As Bret Harte once men
tioned, the heathen Chinee is peculiar,
but he's useful we're bound) to maintain.
The excuse a man gives for Jalking in
his sleep is that it is the only chance he
gets.
The following Is the modest advertise
ment of a young man seeking employment
In London:
"I do not know everything, but I will
undertake anything, anywhere, any time.
T know America from pork-yarda to the
hub of culture. Australia from Kauri to
Bottletree; the Continent taught me
French. German and other things: fa
miliar with nil stocks, deeds and lawyers
genial ways: can draw and plan to scale:
reviewers say I can write; 25 and tough."
LOST A cabinet photograph, an old
lady, cracked In two.
It has often been said that funerals in
volving some of the oldest or best-known
Inhabitants, would be of great advantage
to Portland. Now the vicar of an English
resort who announces that he arranges
to bury people at reduced fees Is just the
man we arc wanting here. Still, it should
be remembered, he warns us that the
privilege may be withdrawn If It Is
abused. He Is In line with Artemus
Ward when lie reached over to the big
hatted woman in front of him and said:
"Iil appoint your "funeral tomorrow, and
the corpse will be ready."
The meanest man alive has been found.
He makes love to Summer girls In the
Winter time and to Winter girls In the
Summer time, because he figures that
they come a little cheaper when they arc
out of season.
Every man demands that his wife be
lieve everything he says, and that his
daughter does not believe a word any
young man says to her.
I think it's real mean. Alice has done
her best. She went around the world, and
finished up her education on naval popin
jays, greasers. Chinamen, counts. Amer
ican snobs and all the swell push In sight,
and now she is home and Is goln' to get
married. Her wedding gown "built"
by American builders, her" trousseau is
supposed to be indigenous to Uncle Sam's
country also, yet we needn't be too par
ticular about specifying the details of
these articles, and still they arc making
a howl as to' who Is to be invited to the
wedding. Let Alice and Longworth get
married in peace, or let's all get up an
indignation meeting and demand bids to
the nuptials. I haven't got mine yet.
even, and I'm sure there are several
high-steppers !n Portland who think they
arc better entitled to the favors of Wash
ingtonian excluslvcdom than I am.
Secretary Chase was not originally a
profane man. He learned how to swear
after he went into Lincoln's Cabinet. One
day. after he had delivered himself vigor
ously. Lincoln said to him:
"Mr. Chase, are you an Episcopalian?"
"Why do you ask?' was the somewhat
surprised counter-question.
"Oh! Just out of curiosity," replied
Lincoln. "Seward Is an Episcopalian, and
I have noticed that you and he swear In
much the same manner."
Great men do not drop out of the sky
In evening dress.
.
Puck was laconic when he gave advice
to the man about to marry. He said:
"Don't," and let It go at that. The Free
Press man is more explicit, as follows:
Don't ask a girl to marry you after dark
when shes Is dressed fit to kill. Call on
her, and when you leave Inadvertently
drop a glove on the piano. Return for It
the next morning at. 9 o'clock. If she
comes to the door with one shoe and ono
slipper on. her hair done up in curl pa
pers, dressed In an old mother hubbard.
our advice Is to take to the woods. But
If she appears In a neat house dres3, her
hair done up and a Tose In the top of her
hair, grab her quick.
Civil service Is something you tip a
waiter for and don't get.
Athletic Profits at Talc.
Providence (R. I.) Journal.
Simultaneously with the discussion at
New Haven regarding the practicability
of abolishing gate receipts at college ath
letic contests, Walter Camp makes pub
lic a report of the athletic finances of
Yale, by which It appears that during the
last ten years a fund of nearly $100,000, has
accumulated from the various branches of
undergraduate sport, Mr. Camp 'points
out that this is no larger a sum than is
required, however, because the crews
need a new boat house, which will cost
from $30,000 to $40,000. and. If football Is
to be continued, the grandstands must be
rebuilt, at an expense of more than $50,009.
It looks as if these outlays might have to
be made, whether gate receipts are abol
ished or not. so that It Is Just as well,
perhaps, that Mr. Camp and his friends
have saved so snug an amount during
tho decade, but the exercise of an exem
plary frugality. But the mere existence
of such a fund shows on what an exten
sive financial hauls the whole suaerstruc-
tare of intercottegtate iwrt rests. Xx it
wnrlh while?
ROBERT BURNS DAY.
(Note: Although the anniversary of the birth
of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, occurs
January 25. Scottish societies all over the
world Invariably celebrate the event on tho
Friday evening nearest such date, for the
sake of convenience.)
"And though thrice statelier names decay.
His own can wither not away.
While plighted lass and lad ahall stray
Among the broom:
Where evening touchea glen and brae,
with rosy gloom."
Although It Is one hundred and forty-seven
years since Robert Burns was born In the
"Anld clay biszln" near the banks o bonnte
Doon. his name cannot wither. The wor
ehip at Burns shrme continues with unabat
ed, volume, notwithstanding the years since
the area! Scottish bard passed away.
During the past year the number of vis
itors to the birthplace of Burns at Alloway,
Scotland, was W.COO. belne the largest num
ber that ever visited the cottage in one
year. An usual, the visitors came from all
parts of the world and It was noted that
Americans were more numerous the past
Summer than ever before.
"In every country. faror near.
His name Is lsent. his memory dear:
His worth, his wit. and words sincere,
Endear us all to Robin.
He dearly loved his fellowman.
And dared of rlcht the flame to fan.
We think kind nature crown'd her plan
When she bestowed us Robin!"
No poet, whatever his race or ase, has to
comDletely won the affection and proud ad
miration of Scotsmen as Robert Burps. AH
the circumstances of his life his lowly birth,
his early years of toll and poverty, his strug
gle In after life." and his premature death
will always keep his memory green In every
true Scottish heart. His name has been a
household word for seven-score years, and
his songs and poems are a powerful reality
wherever the Scottish tongue Is known. Burns
speaks not only to men of a certain age, a
particular school of thlnkern or a certain
kind of culture, but to every Scottish heart
first, and almost with equal power to every
human heart, brightening our hopes, voicing
our loves, broadening our charities, moving
us to laughter or to tears, or rousing our
souls to play the man and be free.
Bom January 25. 1750, In the lowly cot
tage near Ayr. where also he was well-nigh
burled ere he was many hours old. for It was
stormy weather, and the wind blew the gable
down. Burns grew up amid the pinching of
sordid poverty. But It was a thrifty, manful
life ther lived there. In the fear of God,
brightened also with clear Intelligence and
cheerfulness. There
"The mother wl her needle and her shears.
Gar auld claes look a moust as weel an new."
And
"The sire turn o'er wl patriarchal grace.
The blgha' Bible alnce his father's pride."
Burns was the most Intensely living man
modern time has produced. An active and
seething brain had he. a heart beatins In
big and almost audible throbs a "pulse's
maddening play," the most living and elo
quent Hps that ever opoke In Scotland. How
did It come to pass that such a man as this
grew up In poverty and narrowness of Scot
tish life of the eighteenth century? He cams
in the shape of a hard-handed ploughman.
Let us look at him for a moment with that
largeness of heart and earnestness of purpose
which such a subject deserves. We cannot
apply to him the rules which are exnected
to guide the actions of ordinary mortals.
Burns was no common man. Nature bestowed
on him great gifts. His hard and lowly lot
must at times have been terribly galling to
his lofty spirit. His passions were so strong
as to assert their supremacy over his better
Judgment. His temptations were great. He
had a strong natural tendency to enjoy the
things of tkne. and his melancholy tempera
ment often irrade him rush Into company to
drive away the gloom that hung over hit
soul.
Many snares were laid to lure Burns from
his own fireside. His character bore all
the nobler Qualities of our kind. He was
Intensely human. He had a true and tender
regard Xor the home circle, which Is the
first and greatest source of a, nation's ptos
perlty and power.
"Tae mak' a happy fireside ellme
For weans and wife:
Tbat' tbe true pathos and sublime.
Of human life."
After love of home comes Jove. of coun
try, and of Burns patriotism there Is un
bounded proof, both in his life and writings.
We remember his fervent wish:
"That I for dear auld Scotland's sake.
Some useful plan, or book could make,
Or alnc a sang at least."
Who has not felt that trumpet-like Inspir
ation of "Scots wba hae wl Wallace bled?"
This taken strong hold of our sympathies.
We feel some of the poet's enthusiasm burn
and surge through our veins. His poetry la
Intensely national. All Scotchmen arc proud
of him. He loved to sing of Scottish scenes
and Scottish story. In his songs Burns dis
plays more thoroughly than In any of his
cher productions the universality of his
genius and breadth of human svrasathles.
There la a fascination about Burns songs
not found In any other of the Scottish song
writers, although the tender lilts of Tanna
blil and Lady Xalrne are ever grateful to a
Scottish car. And what festive meeting of
the Scotch, in the anld country, or the back
woods of America, or anywhere In the wide
world, can part without singing "Auld Lang
Syne?" In all of his poems we find the
genuine spirit of the true poet. He wa
warmly Impressed with the beauties of na
ture, and visions of female beauty and tender
ness seemed to transport him.
The whole heart of Scottish life Is neflected
in Burns peems love and courtship, domestic
felicity and infelicity, humor, mishaps, vir
tues and vices, and the hopes and despairs
of his own bosom. In Burns songs, above all
others, the Joy Is heartier, the love more
enthusiastic, passionate and tender; the patri
otism more exalted, the conviviality more ex
pressive. They are the production of a
rare and gifted mind, whose various moods
are reflected in these songs. What so tender
and touching as the lines "To Mary In
Heaven"? What finer than the" beautiful
songs. "The onnie Lass o'Balloeamjie."
"Mary Morrison," "Bonnie Jean" and "My
Nannie's Awa." The essence of love may be
found in a hundred of his soasa.
Patriotism Inspired his "Scots Who Hae"
and the spirit of a thousand battles for lib
erty has breathed through the words. "Let
us do or die!" His "Jolly Beggars" and
"Willie Brewed a Peck o Maut" describe wild
conviviality. Manly Independence glows in
many a noble verse.
Burns glorlcn In humanity. His prophetic
eyo saw a time "When man to man the
world o'er, shall brlthers be for a that."
This Is a divinely Inspired thought, depict
ing the brotherhood of man. In bis ''Man
Was Made to Mourn." we have a graphic
picture of the poor, o'erlaborcd wight.
"So abject, mean and vile.
Who begs a brother of the earth
To glvo him leave- to toll.
And seo his lordly fellow worm
Tbe poor petition spurn,
Unmindful though a weeping wife
And helpless offspring mourn."
Burns' sympathy was as wide as the uni
verse. He even pitied the "pulr dell. In yon
cavern, grim and sootle."
Many are the gems Burns has left as a
legacy to a grateful world. He sang Scotia's
manners and customs, and ebed a glory and
a consecration on all. He sang Its scenery,
as no one but himself could sing It, The
Immortal part of Burns Is In his songs.
They cannot die. His memory recalls a
thousand associations, and awakens recollec
tions which ennoble and bless. The sower
of Burns songs lies In their expression of the
feelings" of the universal human heart. There
is a vigor, a naturalness, and a love of 'the
whole human race, displayed In $hem, which
recommend them to the latest generation of
men.
By a sure and generous instinct, ' the natives
of Scotland over all lands revert on the
birthday of Burns to all that Is worthiest,
best and noblest In the history and traditions
of auld Scotia. His name and fame will
never die The songs and poems of Robert
Burns win live and grow in popularity more
and more as onward roll the centuries.
ALEX. T. SMITH.
A Breakfast Dialogue.
Smart Set.
Mrs. Talkwords "Henry, you ivere
talking in your sleep last night."
Henry--"Pardon me for Intcrruuptlng
you."
Docs This Hit YoH? ,
r
AtchiOH Globe.
There rWHy Hrer was a man who
raHv Hied Ms wife's beet TfamaH f rtcsd. '
WILL OF MARSHALL FIELD.
Provides Liberally for Relatives and
Museum," JRest for Grandson.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-By the will of the
late Marshall Field, filed yesterday in tho
Probate Court, the City of Chicago is
made the beneficiary to the extent ot $S.
000.000, which Is to be used for the en
dowment and maintenance of the Field
Columbian Museum, now situated In Jack
son Park.
The entire bequest for a museum, how
ever, Is made upon the express condition
that within six years from the date of
the death of Mr. Field there shall be pro
vided for the museum, without cost to it.
lands which shall be satisfactory to tho
trustees as the site for Its permanent
home. If within six years the site has
not been provided, the $8,000,000 is to re
vert to and become part of the residuary
estate.
Nearly All to Grandsons.
In addition to the sum left for the
museum various bequests aggregating $17,
56S.00O are made to relatives and friends of
the testator. With these exceptions, the
entire estate is to be kept intact until
one of the two sons of Marshall Field.
Jr., grandsons of the testator, shall have
reached the age of 50 yearg. They are
now 9 and 12 years of age. respectively.
Marshall Field. Jr., died on November 27.
1S05. of a bullet wound accidentally in
flicted while handling a revolver. Stipu
lated sums are to be paid to the two
grandsons when they Teach the age of 23,
SO. 35. 40 and 43.
The executors of the will are the Mer
chants fioan & Trust Company, a bank
In which Mr. Field held a great amount
ot stock; Chaunccy Keep, an old friend
of Mr. Field, and Arthur B. Jones, who
has for many years been Mr. Field's
secretary and confidential man. The busi
ness of Marshall Field & Co. is to bo
maintained as a portion of the residuary
estate.
Because of the failure to file a petition
for the appointment of administrators,
the value of the estate was not fur
nished to the court, and even the execu
tors themselves are not able at this time
to estimate it with accuracy.
The failure to file the petition with the
bill is because of the great extent of
the property held by Mr. Field and be
cause much time will be required for Its
appraisement. It will probably be several
weeks before the Probate Court Is offi
cially Informed of Its value.
Among the bequests given by Mr. Field
are the following:
Daughter Gets S6, 000. 000.
To the Merchants Loan & Trust Com
pany of Chicago, in trust for Mrs. David
Beatty. of England, daughter of Mr.
Field, $1,000,000.
To the United States Trust Company of
Xew York, in trust for Mrs. David Beatty
and her appointees. $3,000,000.
To the Northern Trust Company, Arthur
D. Jones and Chauncey Keep, in trust for
Mrs. Beatty and her appointees. $2,000,000.
To Mrs. Marshall Field, widow, in addi
tion to the provision made for her in a
mnrriage settlement crated September C.
1003. $1,000,000. together with the Field
family home, at 1903 Prairie avenue, with
all Its furnishings and equipment of even
kind for and during her life. No mention
is made in the will of the amount given
to Mrs. Field at the time of the marriage
settlement.
All Itelatlvcs Remembered.
To tho Northern Trust Company, in
trust for Mrs. Laura F. Dlbblec and her
daughters, sisters and nieces, $500,000.
To Mrs. Dlbblee, $250,000.
To Bertha Dibblee, niece. $100,000.
To Frances Dibblee. niece, $100,000.
To the Northern Trust Company, . in
trust for Mrs. Helen F. James, sister, and
three children, $500,000.
To Howard James, nephew. $250,000.
To Philip James, nephew, $250,000.
. To Dwight James, nephew. $50,000.
To the Merchants' Loan & Trust Com
pany, In trust for Miss Nora Scott, sister
of Mr. Fields' first wife, $200,000.
To Miss Nora Scott, absolutely $200,000.
To the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank.
Chauncey Keep and Arthur B. Jones, in
trust for Marshall Filed, Jr., and de
scendants, $5,000,000.
To Mrs. Marshall Field, Jr.. absolutely,
and to the Trust Company in trust for
her, a sum sufficient to make, with what
she will receive from her husband's es
tate, an aggregate of $1,000,000.
To the Merchants Loan & Trust Com
pany In trust Tor Gwendolyn Field, grand
daughter. $1,000,000.
To Grace J. Gillette, niece. $100,000.
To Stanley Field, nephew. $100,000.
To the Merchants Loan & Trust Com
pany in trust for Mrs. Sophie Earhart,
of Denver, sister-in-law. $25,000.
To Frederick Skiff, director of the Field
Museum. $50,000.
To Arthur B. Jones, for many years Mr.
Field's secretary, and his executor, $100.
000. Bequests to Old Employes.
A number of employes of Marshall Field
fe Co., and personal employes of Mr.
Field are given sums cither outright or
In trust ranging from $0000 to $10,000. Be
sides these bequests, Robert M. Fair.
John G. Shedd and H. G. Selfridge. men
prominent in tho management of tho
business of Marshall Field & Co., are
given In trust for distribution among
such employes of Marshall Field & Co.
who shall have been in its employ for 25
years as may be selected by the trustees,
$100,000.
To the Field Columbian Museum for en
dowment and building fund, one-half for
each. $8,000,000.
Charitable institutions in Chicago get
$100,000.
IMPROVE SYSTEM OF TAXES
Moroccan Conference Will Draw
Rules Signs of Agreement.
ALGECIRAS. Jan. 2o!-(6:20 P. M.)
Spain at today's session of the Moroccan
conference presented the draft of a con
vention providing for a better return of
taxation In Morocco, and also for the
creation of new revenues. The conference
after some discussion expressed the opin
ion that nothing should bo proposed for
Morocco which may modify tho basis of
the present organization of the country
or bo In contradiction of the habits of tho
Moroccan people regarding land taxation.
The conference decided that the work of
drawing up the new rules shall be en
trusted to the same committee which ex
amined tfce question of the control of the
trado in contraband arms, with the addi
tion of Belgian, Russian and Moroccan
members.
Herr von Radowltz, head of the German
mission, and M. Revoil. chief of the
French delegation, had a long private
meeting today. Although the results were
not disclosed, the meeting produced a dis
tinct feeling of optimism among the dele
fates. GERMANY FEARS SOCIALISTS
Lords Want Government to Take Re
pressive Measures.
BERLIN. Jan. 23. Several members of
the Prussian House of Lords today in
temcllated Chancellor von Buelow re
garding the government's proposed line
of action against the Socialists. They
asked whether the government thought
the existing legislation adequate for op
posing the Social Democratic plans which
are hostile to the Fatherland.
' Count'Bulenbcrg, in supporting the in
terpellation, predicted an open struggle
with the Socialists unless energetic
measures were taken. If the Socialists
were let alone, he said, the downfall of
the empire must follow.
The Chancellor replied that the govern
ment did not think that special legtetatien
was necessary, but It weuld make' ener
geUcji of the powers ak-fedy bestewed
uion it.
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