THE STOJDAY OREGONIAU, POETLAND, ATJGXTST 12, 1900.
IN THE SEVERAL COURTS
ABOUT C4fOOO ACHES RESTORED TO
PUBLIC DOtfAIX.
Part of Grant to Oregon. Central
Mi II tar j- Road Company In LnUe
and KLIaznath Cancelled.'
A decree restoring- about 300 sections of
land 1 Lake and Klamath Counties to
the Government was rendered by Judge
Bellinger in the United States Circuit
Court yesterday in the suit of the United
States against the Oregon Central Mili
tary Road Company. The decree "was
granted upon the motion of United States
District Attorney John H. Hall. The
suit was brought to recover the lands on
the ground that the defendant has not
conformed to the terms of the grant.
The decree states that the patents Is
sued by the United States purporting to
convey title to these lands be and are
hereby set aside, cancelled and declared
unll and void, and the title reverted to
the United States, and all deeds of the
Oregon Central Military Road Company
to the California & Oregon Land Com
pany, for these lands, are decreed to be
set aside and cancelled.
Ordered to Appear.
In the case of the United States against
600 barrels of beer and J. G. Wilhelm, the
dofendant was ordered to appear on Sep
tember S, by Judge Bellinger yesterday.
An Information was filed against "Wil
helm, who conducted the Sellwood brow
ery. by Collector of Internal Revenue
David M. Dunne, charging that on May
4, 1800, Wilhelm did fraudulently evade
the payment of the revenue tax, by re
using stamps on 20 half-barrels and 48
one-third barrels of beer. As a result
of this Information COO barrels of beer
were seized by the officers and tho brew
ery plant. Wilhelm obtained a release
by fillnr a bond with J. Frank "Watson
and R. W. Hoyt as surety.
Conrt Xotes.
D. W. Wakefield, administrator of the
estate of John K. Perlot, deceased, was
authorized to make a payment of $1000
on a $10,000 mortgage.
Notice of appeal to the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals was filed in
the United States Circuit Court yester
day In three land suits of the United
States ve. the Oregon & California Rail
road Company. The appeal is by the de
fendant. EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.
Grocery Store Robbed fiellvrood
Fire Company Want More Llehts.
The grocery store of Stone Bros.", cor
ner East Eighth and East Grant streets,
was broken into and robbed some time
Friday night. A large amount of tobacco
and cigars was taken, but many other
articles may also have been carried
away without being missed. The money
till was broken loose from the counter
and thrown on tho floor. No money had
been left in the till and hence the burglar
secured nothing for his trouble. The up
per portion of the building is not occu
pied and the burglar had clear sailing,
and might have carried away consider
able of the stock, but secured only about
$10 worth. Entrance Into the store build
ing was effected through a sldedoor which
opens Into a hall in the rear of the build
ing. Once in the hall the door leading
into the store was forced open. Burgla
ries have become frequent, this being the
fourth within a week.
Want Electric IAslxtK.
The Sellwood volunteer fire company is
making an effort to get electric lights
placed Jn the fire hall at Sellwood so
that the dangerous lamps used may be
done away with. It Is desired to get the
building wired as soon as possible. Large
coal-oil lamps are used In the hall when
public meetings are held, and several
narrow escapes from explosions and con
sequent fires, when the hall has been
filled with people, have shown the dan
ger. The hall is used for all sorts of
public meetings and the lamps are han
dled by careless people. A fire in the
building would be a serious matter with
the hall filled. Councilman Sherett has
promised to do all ho can to get the city
to wire the building. Foreman Reinkle
says the company will pay for the light
ing of the hall above the quarters of the
fire company, and will ask the city to
provide for the quarters below, where
only a few lights will be required by the
company. The Sellwood volunteers de
serve well the consideration of the city
If it is able to do anything .for them.
They maintain a vigorous organization at
Sellwood and always respond promptly at
fires.
Grand Avenue.
All efforts to repair or Improve Grand
avenue have ceased altogether, and the
conditions have grown even worse. The
recent storm floated pieces of broken tim
bers In the street and more and larger
holes have resulted. Every day the
planks break up. The worst conditions
ere between East Morrison and East
Stark streets, where the principal busi
ness is located. Here one business house
has closed and moved away within the
past 10 days. The proprietors of two
more state that they will have to so
very soon unless the street is repaired.
The storm showed how bad the street
really is. The conditions are really se
rious and unless some action is taken
before many months vehicles will have
to stay off the street between East
Morrison and Enst Stark at least. For
that distance the avenue should be re
planked and other portions repaired, and
The car company required to repair the
street between the tracks. It is believed
that it would pay rroperty-owners to
take hold of the matter, themselves and
fix the street, rather than permit busi
ness to be driven away entirely and tho
storerooms made ienantless.
Got Her Stove Back.
Mrs. Frank Stevens, living on the j
southwest comer of East Seventh and !
East Oak streets, whose heating- stove I
was taKen trom the basement or her
house Friday afternoon by an express
man, has recovered her property. The
expressman who took it away did so by
mistake. He was sent in from Woodlawn
bv Griffin Jfc Towell. painters, to get a
heating stove from the basement of the
dwelling of C. F. Packer on the side of
the street opposite the home of Mrs.
Stevens, and made the mistake of tak
ing the one from the basement of the
latter. The mistake was rectified yes
terday afternoon by the return of the
stove to the owner.
Shooting? Dosm With nn AJrprnu.
Complain is made concerning tho
rhootlag of docs by a man near Qulncy
and Clackamas streets with what seems
to be an alrgun. He has been making ,
a practice of sitting on his front steps
of evening" and shooting at every dog
that comes along. He alo calls dogs be- ,
longing to his neighborhood and then lets
drive at them, and takes a delight in
seeing them run away howling. In one !
or two instances dogs have been hit in I
the eye, but otherwise have not been in- I
Jured. His neighbors do not care to get
mixed m in a court case.' but he will
be catted to account unless he desists.
He might he arrested for cruelty to ani-
Cnnnot Bnlld Cycle Path. ,
The cycle path projected along East i
Twenty-first street from East Division
street to the Southern Pacjfic carshops
can not bo built at present. This path j.
was staked off along the west side of
Bast Twenty-first street and everything
-eras ready to begin -work of construction
when the test case came, and the Circuit
Court decided the law was unconstitu
tional. But for this fact the path would
have been built by this time, and the
employes of the shops, who number about
169 men. would have been provided with
a good path. It Is not the fault of the
County Commissioners and the Cycle
Council that this path has not been fin
ished by this time. It would have been
the first to be built Inside the city and
been a part of the city system. The
Commissioners will wait the decision of
the Supreme Court before expending any
more noney in building cicyle paths anywhere.
Repairing Rslliray.
Foreman J. E. Reinkle has had a force
of men at work the past week repairing
tho substructure of the elevated road
way on Hawthorne avenue between the
Madison bridge approach and East First
street for the East Side Railway. The
timbers of the bents and also the string
ers are decayed, and these will be placed
now before the water comes up and pre
vents work being done.
East Side Xote.
W. W. Gordon and family have re
turned from a five weeks outing.
R. N. MXcutt has gone to Glencoe,
Washington Counts', for about 10 days.
E. H. Bennett, living at 24 East Sixth
street, has gono to Elk City. Or., for an
I outing.
C. A. Morse. 11 East Fourteenth street,
has gone to Wllholt Springs for a few
weeks.
Charles Kadderly and family are camp
ing out near" Mount Hood and having a
1 fine time.
Charles Phillips, janitor of the Steph
ens School, has about recovered from his
1 recent Illness.
John E. Davis, living at The Brown,
has gone to Wllholt Springs, to remain
till August 19.
G. W. Miner and family, 445 East Clay
street, have returned from their camping
out tour at Salmon River.
Mrs. Ken West, of La Grande, is vis
iting friends on the East Side, where
she and her husband formerly lived.
Justice Vreeland will decide the case of
assault in which Mrs. Jane Darling was
defendant and A. W. Moudy prosecuting
witness, next Tuesday.
Miss Cora McAtee, of Salem, has been
visiting friends on the East Side. She
has been In Klickitat County or several
months. Today she returns home.
Rev. F. E. Dell, former pastor of tho
i First United Brethren Church, of the
East Side, who has been at the coast
since the close of conference, has re
turned to the city. His friends regret
to hear that his health has not yet been
restored.
Miss Emma Mlnslnger. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Minsingcr, 3(1 East
Thirteenth, north, who has been in fail
ing health since last January, was sent
out to the farm of her father at Marmot
about 10 days ago. At last reports she
was considerably Improved.
Miss Elsie Coe. formerly connected
with the Portland University, gave a
pleasing and successful recital at Fair
view, Friday evening. She is an accom
plished elocutionist and her efforts were
appreciated by the people of Fatrvlew.
Mrs. O. Dunbar. Mrs. A. L.. Stone and
Mrs. Andrew Monroe aided In the musical
part of the programme.
Dr. Wise, room 014. The DeUum.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Emil Waldman, of San Francisco, is
at the Perkins.
J. C. Cooper, of McMinnvllle, Is regis
tered at the Imperial.
A. E. Hawkins and wife, of Toledo, aro
guests of the Imperial.
E.'W. Conyers. of Clatskanie, Is regis
tered at the St. Charles.
Samuel White, of Baker City, is reg
istered at the Imperial.
H. C. Johnson, of Los Angeles, is reg
i istered at the St. Charles.
J C. Jacks. Jr., a lawyer of Hillsboro, is
I registered at the Perkins.
Judge Justus Wade, of Summervllle, is
i registered at the Imperial.
x nomas a nzgerain, oi apuR.iiu;, i i Gl
istered at the at. Charles.
Mrs. Homer a King, of San Francisco,
is p. guest of the Portland.
Alfred S. Donan and wife, of Tucson.
Ariz., are registered at the Portland.
E. T. R. Vail and wife, of Los An
geles, are registered at the Portland.
T. P. Lee, a prominent farmer of Jose
phine County, is registered at the St.
Charles.
M. A. Miller, of Lebanon, Democratic
National Committeeman, is registered at
the Perkins.
J. O. Booth, of Grant's Pass; Will It.
King, of Ontario: Charles H. Fisher, of
Roseburg, and William Smith, of Baker
City, prominent Oregon Democrats, are
registered at the Imperial.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. R. R. Rcld,
of Portland, Is In Washington.
Bonds and Bnnk Notes.
PORTLAND, Aug. 10. (To the Edltor.1
Wherein are National bank notes safer
In security than greenbacks of full legal
tender would be?
What essential difference In the secur
ity in bonds or direct?
Are the bonds additional security other
than the Government to the bank notes?
Is the bond's security the Government's
credit, or a deposit of money held by it?
"Why is credit behind the greenback
"flat,' back of the bond "sound"? S.
The Government's credit is a very loose
term too loose to apply in discussion cf
bonds and greenbacks for Its efficacy de
pends upon the way in which it is ap
plied. Bonds, certainly, are not money;
neither are they identical in character and
value -Kith a Treasury note. Government
does not stand In a vague way behind its
obligations, but in specific ways of greatl;
differing efllclency. An interest-bearing
bond, payable In gold after a specific term
of years, is of far more value than equal
denominations of Treasury notes. Treas
ury notes, moreover, require constant
pressure of applied machinery to main
tain them at their face or gold values.
A government's bonds may be in good
standing, like those of Mexico, while Its
currency fluctuates.
It is Government's business to borrow
money on its interest-bearing notes or
bonds, when it needs It. But it Is no
part of Government's business to issue
credit currency for the use of trade.
"Greenbacks of full legal tender" are a
most dangerous and iniquitous form of
currency. National bank notes are not so
objectionable, because hased on the Gov
ernment's specific undertaking to pay,
and if issued on the new 2 per cents, to
pay in gold. Yet even our present Na
tional bank currency is Indefensible, ex
cept In the light of our accumulated hib
lts and predilections, which cannot be dis
regarded. In strict truth, the corre
spondent's logic which shows the current
bank note closely allied In ultimate na
ture with the greenback, is unanswerable.
Mrs. Hedrlclc Tnrtcya.
BROWNSVILLE. Or.. Aug. 10. (To the
Editor.) In the prescriptions for Mrs.
Kedrlck's sick turkeys there were Im
portant sanitary conditions to look after.
Clcmse and fumigate their roosting
places, destroy the droppings, separate
the sick from the welL burn the dead Im
mediately and feed whole grain.
O. B. REESE.
FOR A GREAT BIG PARADE
TRAVELING HEN'S PAGEAJTT "WILL
" BE A WONDER.
Will Extend Oyer a. Half a Mile, aad
OVerflow "With Fie at 8 Vote
for Queen.
The enthusiasm of Portland people'over
the success of the great street fair and
carnival next month grows more intense
now that the great event is less than a
month in the future. This good spirit Is
more than characteristic of the several
orders which will contribute largely to
"" auraas 01 me carnival, itignt up in
the fore ranks of these untiring, con
scientious and enterprising workers is to
be found the Travelers' Elk Carnival As
sociation. Its members hold regular week
ly meetings to perfect plans, and learn of
the general progress attending their or-
e
REPLY TO PRESIDENT MELLEN
Traffic Manager Campbell Says That the O. R. & N. Has Never Charged
$1.50 Per Ton for Switching.
Following- is an official statement issued "yesterday by TrafficMan
ager B. Campbell, of the O. R. &N. Co., in reply , to a statement made
by President Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, and published in yes
terday's Oregonlan:
"The statement that the O. R, & N. Co. charges the Northern Pa
cific $1 50 per ton for switching- Its grain from the west to the east
side of the river at Portland is incorrect. The O. R. & N.. Co. has
never collected such a charge, while, on the other hand, it has han
dled, many cars of wheat from the Northern Pacific to warehouses
at Albina for 55 per car, which is the same as the Northern Pacific
charges tho O. R. & N. Cp. for switching freight at Spokane, and is
55 per car less than the charge made by the Southern Pacific and
paid by the Northern Pacific for switching cars to and from indus
tries at East Portland.
"Cancellation of the wheat rate via Wallula is not a matter of
importance to the O. R. & N. Co.. from the standpbint of revenue,
because the rate at which it hauled the business was so low that,
after paying mileage on the equipment, barely the cost of the train
haul was left, and It was less than the Northern Pacific can do the
business for a profit over the Cascades and into Portland via Ka
laira. "Tho O. R. & N. would prefer to handle the business across the
river at Portland at $5 per car. rather than haul it down from Wal
lula at the rate allowed4 it by the Northern Pacific, and will switch
all that the Northern Pacific has to offer at that rate.
"The O. R. & N. has never interested Itself in the question as to
what motive the Northern Pacific had for canceling the Wallula
rate. Since it is charged with having agitated the matter for the
purpose of injuring the Northern Pacific, It now states its belief that
the rate was canceled for the purpose of concentrating the business
at Tacoma, where the Northern Pacific has built large warehouses
and owns extensive terminal facilities. This would seem to be borne
out by the statement of Vice-President McCabe, of the Washington
& Columbia River Railway, who Is in a position to voice the senti
ments of the Northern Pacific Company, to which his line belongs.
"This statement and the article embodying it, as printed in the
Walla Walla Union of August 3, were as follows:
" 'The action of the Northern Pacific In rescinding its agreement
to transfer its wheat at "Wallula Junction to the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company promises to operate considerably to the behefit
of the ports of Washington as against Portland and San Francisco,
and thus help out the shipping points along Puget Sound.
" 'We ought to think more of the cities of our own state,' de
clared Vice-President McCabe, of the Washington & Columbia River
Railway Company. 'We have been doing too much in the Interests
of Portland, and not enough for our own Coast towns.'
"If it is untrue that the purpose of the Northern Pacific in can
cel'ng the tariff is to divert the grain business to Puget Sound, it
has every opportunity to disprove It by allowing the wheat to come
to Portland and be transferred to Albina under the low switching
rate at which the O. R. & N. Co. is willing to handle it. The O. R.
& N. Co. brings wheat to Portland the same as to Albina, although
subjected to a Union Depot expense equal to if not greater than the
cost at which it will handle Northern Pacific wheat to Albina.
"The O. R. & N. Co. is Interested in the development of the export
business from this port, and is glad to note the friendly feeling
which the Northern Pacific's President expresses for Portland, and
it hopes that there will be no restriction or limit placed by the
Northern Pacific on the amount of wheat that will come to Port
land from points on its lines."
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ders. The Hotel Portland was the scene
of one of these meetings last evening."
Little business of any importance was
transacted. The parade committee had
about formulated the line of march, apd
the announcement that It would extend
over halt a mlle met with hearty ap
proval. Tho 'committee was given au
thority to purchase the necessary robes
for the several traveling men who will
take part in the "evolutions" of the com-
meroial man from the 15th to the l$th
centuries. Pursuant to, a recommendation
by this committee, a grand marshal was
elected, Ed Lowell being selected for the
important position.
It was voted that the wholesale houses
ba interviewed, regarding the closing qf
their places at 12 P. M. on the day of th
parade. Many of the leading firms have
expressed such a willingness in advance,
and it Is desired that the movement be
general.
Contributions to the association's ex
chequer continue to pour In. although It i
was tho eense of the meeting that every j
member should continue soliciting funds. I
The liberality of the traveling men and
Z5 "Jn "V. "",, -"H
committee to fit up cosy rooms In the as-
soclatlon's headquarters In the Hibernian j
Hall, on Sixth and Washington streets.
where it is expected that the business j
men of the Northwest, with their fnmi-
lies, will find it both convenient and pleas- I
ant to spend a good portion of their time
while not engaged In viewing the many
promised sights. In short, the traveling
men will see that their customers are x
tended every courtesy while in the city.
And in this they will be assisted, by
every loyal Portlander.
Voting: for Queen.
The friends of the various candidates
for Queen are bestirring themselves. Mrs.
R. B. May now appears at the head of
the list, with Miss Alice Thayer a close
second, while Miss Emma Acme, who
was leading when the last count was
made, has dropped to third place. Inter
est In the contest Is plainly awakening,
and 'those who are at the head of the list
are by no means safe, for there is yet
more than a week In which to vote, and
the friends of many of the tall-endara
are preparing to come in with a rush this
week that will materially change the face
of the returns. The vote as counted yra
teterday stood as follows:
Mrs. R. B. May 1334
Miss Alice Thayer 1266
Miss Emma C. Aerne lisa
Miss Effle Bradley i...l011
Mrs. J. D. Now 932
Miss Ivy Vorbeck S10
Miss Helen Sundt 603
Miss Grace Walton 548
Miss Pauline Berham 1S5
Miss Ivy Barker 10S
Miss Laura Amend 81
Kot Afraid o "Imperialism."
The Louisville Courier-Journal, the
Democracy of which none can doubt,
warns Its friends of the party that there
is not so much strength In the antl-lm-perlallst
cry they have raised aa they
are disposed to persuade themselves. It
adds that they must be sure to draw
a sharp distinction between expansion
and imperialism. To which the New
port News (Va.) adds: "Expansion is a
settled fact. As Judge Culbertson, or
Texas, bluntly expresses It, 'We done
expanded,' and there Is no changing that
fact." Tho Courier-Journal says: "Haw
all Is an actual territory, Porto Rico Is
absolutely in our possession and under
our domain, as Is Alaska." It adds:
The Gulf of Mexico "will become the Medlter-
ranean Sea of the Western Hemisphere. Upon
Its borders the transcontinental lines trill fine
their terminals. We are bound to hold its
approaches. Of these, Cuba is as the keeper's
lodge at the entrance of a great estate. Wo
shall never surrender It- As well might the
master of a feudal castle abandon its estab
lished gateway, with lta portcullis, its bastions
and its bridges, seeking egress and ingress by
'ladder or tree top. No matter -what the Kan
sas City platform may say or may not say,
IC Mr. Bryan gets into the White House, not a
foot of land -win slip from the hand of tho
American occupant, not an Inch ot the flag
taff that carries th ensign ot the Republic
will come off. and net a soldier will be called
homo from either side of the world until tho
complete' supremacy of the Union is acknowl
edged. i
EASTERN MULTNOMAH.
Cheese Factory at Falrrierr
Chanced Hands-Other Items.
TERRT, Or., Aug. 1L R. Carlson, who
contemplated establishing another cheese
factory at Falrvlew. has made arrange
ments with John Thomas to operate the
exlstlng-factory for a limited time, and
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Mr. Thomas wl retire from the busi
ness. It Is Mft Carlson's Intentions to
put up another building soon and con
duct the business on a much larger scale,
having secured the milk product of the
leading dairyman along the Columbia
Slough. Mr. Carlson is a practical cheese-,
maker, lately from the East, and has
ample capital to push the business to Its
greatest limit. Besides making cheese, he
will put in a milk separator, and also
engage In butter making at certain pe
riods of the year, when butter making
will pay better than cheese
Brief Notes.
Mrs. John Overton has arrived at Terry
from Honolulu on a visit to her parents.
She will stay several months.
P. W. McLaughlin, agent of the S. P. R.
R. at San Leandro, Cal., Is at Gresham
visiting relatives. He is accompanied by
his wife.
James Schram is putting up a dwelling
house on his farm nar Bockwood. It will
cost about $500, and be occupied by him-
"If and family when completed.
Louis May has taken the contract to -cut
the cordwood on the Buckman property
at Rockwood. consisting of 190 acres. The
wood ,s DelnS hauled to Portland by
teams as fast as cut.
M. RIckert is building a new residence
at Hurlburt, which will cost $2000. The
concrete foundation has fbeen laid, and
work on the structure begun. It will be
the finest residence east of the Sandy
River.
Miss T. S. Bennett, teacher in School
District No. 8, has gone to Canada on
business, and has asked the Directors to
furnish a substitute for tho first eight
weeks of the Fall term, which will be
gin next month.
A valuable mule belonging to D. L.
Edwards was hamstrung the other day in
a, peculiar manner. Mr. Edwards was
using a scraper which struck a root,
throwing it over with much force. The
sharp edge struck the animal below the
hock Joint, cutting both tendons.
At a recent meeting of the Directors of
Gresham School District it was decided
to postpone the erection of a new school
building for another year. Lateness of
the season was the reason for the post
ponement, as the required building could
not be put up In time for this year.
The Mount Hood Poultry Farm Com
pany, on the Base Line, Is making exten
sive preparations for business next year.
Two large chicken-houses are being fin
ished and houses for the Incubators and
brooders will be put up. A good well
will be sunk to supply the poultry yard
with water, and several thousand feet of
fencing will be built. - - -
LOW RATB.
Vis Union Pacific Railroad to O. A.
R. Encampment, Chicago, 111.,
Aug. 27 to Sept. 1, 1000.
For the above occasion, tho Union Pa
cific Railroad will make a special rate
of $71 SO to Chicago and return. Tickets
on sale August 21 and 22. For further
details concerning this cheap rate, call
at City Ticket Office, 135 Third street,
corner of Alder, Portland, Or.
GEORGE LANG.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent.
J. H. LOTHROP.
General Agent
GENESIS AND CRITICISM
TWO NARRATIVES OF THE CREA
TION. Their Differences! Argument of Bib
lical Scholars to Sho-rr That They
Are ot Babylonian Orisln.
In the year 1753. Astruc aa eminent
French physician, a Hebrew scholar and
an. orthodox Catholic, published a book
In which, for the first time, appeared the
fact that at least two main narratives
enter Into the composition of Genesis, the
first book of the Christian Bible. He
pointed out that in the first of these, the
Almighty Is generally denominated In tho
original Hebrew text. "Elohlm" (trans
lated "God"), and in the-eecond "Jahveh
Elohim" (translated, "Lord God").
In speaking of Astruc. Andrew Dickson
White, late president and professor of his
tory at Cornell University, says:
"The fact which he discovered is now
as definitely established aa any in the
whole range of literature or science. It
has become as clear aa the day, and yet
for 2000 years the minds of professional
theologians, Jews and Christians, were
unable to detect it. Not until this emi
nent physician applied to the subject a
mind trained In making scientific dis
tinctions was it given to the world."
(Science and Theology, vol. 2, page 323.)
Referring to the two narratives of the
creation. Dr. Arthur Stanley, dean of
Westminster, In hla memorial sermon
preached at Westminster Abbey after tho
funeral of the great geologist. Sir Charles
Lyell, In 1S75, said:
"It is now clear to diligent students of
the Bible that the first and second chap
ters of Genesis contain two narratives of
tho creation, side by side, differing from
each other In nearly every particular of
time and place and order."
As evidence of this fact, a summary
of the two creation narratives is here
given. The first begins with the first
verse of the first chapter of Genesis, and
ends with the third verse of the second
chapter. According to the "King James"
version (the Catholic "Douay version"
is almost Identical), it is In substance as
follows:
"In the beginning God created the heav
ens and the earth," and said. "Let there
be light, and there was light." After call
ing the light "day" and 'the darkness
"night," "the evening and the morning
were the first day."
God then made the "firmament" In the
midst of the waters, which he called
"Heaven." and which divided the waters
from the waters, and this ended the sec
ond day.
Then God gathered the waters together
and caused the dry land to appear, call
ing the latter "earth" ahd the former
"seas"; afterwards, at God's command,
the earth brought forth "grass" and
"herb" and "tree yielding fruit." etc., and
this ended the third day.
Next God created the "sun," "moon"
and "star,r." and having set them in the
firmament to give light, and to rule over
the day and night, the fourth day's work
was finished.
"And God said, let the waters bring
forth abundantly the moving creature
that hath life, and fowl that may fly
above the earth in the open firmament ot
heaven." And having "created great
whales and every living creature that
moveth which the waters brought forth,"
"and every winged fowl," and having
blessed them, the fifth day was ended.
Next, having made the "beast" and
"cattle" and "everything that crecpeth
upon the arth " God s-iid: "Let us make
man In our own Image, after our own like
ness." So God created man ''In his own
Image," "male and female created he
them"; and having blessed them and
commanded them to "be fruitful and mul
tiply and replenish the earth and subdue
It;" and having seen everything tnaV e
had made. "and. behold. It was very
good," "the evening and the morning
were the sixth day."
"Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished and all the hosts of them." And
God rested on the seventh day and blessed
it "because that on It he had rested from
all his work which God had created and
made."
Thus ends the first narrative. The word
in Hebrew which has been translated,
"God." viz.. "Elohlm," Is the plural of
"Eloach": It Is said to be cognate with
Syralc. "Ilo," or "Bloho." and with the
Arabic "Allah." Its plural form shows
It to be of polytheistic origin.
The second narrative, in which the Al
mighty Is termed "Jahveh-Elohlm," and
translated "Lord God" begins at , the
fourth verse of the second chapter, as
follows:
"These are the generations of the heav
ens and of the earth when they were cre
ated in the day that the Lord God made
the earth and the heavens, and every
plant of the field before It grew; for the
Lord God had not caused It to rain upon
the earth, and there was not a man to til
the ground. But there went up a mist
from tho earth and watered the whole
face of the. ground. And the Lord God
formed man -of the dust of the ground,
and breathed Into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living soul."
This account goes on to say that the
"Lord God" planted a garden and put man
there, and made "every tree that is pleas
ant to the sight, and good for food," to
grow out of the ground, "tnc tree of life
also In the midst of the garden, and the
tree of knowledge of good and evil."
Then follows the statement that the
"Lord God" put man into the garden to
dress it and to keep it, and commanded
him that he might eat of every tree ot
the garden but of the tree of knowledge
of good and evil.
"And the Lord God said. It is not good
that the man should be alone; I will make
him an helpmeet for him. And out of the
ground the Lord God formed every beast
of the field, and every fowl of the air;
and brought them unto Adam to see what
he'would call them, and whatsoever Adam
called every living creature, that was the
name thereof. And Adam gave names to
all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and
to every beast of the field: but for Adam
there was not found an helpmeet for him.
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon Adam, and he slept, and he took
one of his ribs and closed up the fle3h
instead thereof, and the rib which the
Lord God had taken from the man, made
he a woman, and brought her unto the
man."
After the man and the woman had eaten
of the tree of knowledge the Lord God
said: "Behold man has become as one of
us, to know good and evil, and now, lest
he put forth his hand, .and take also ol
the tree ot life, and eat and live forever:
Therefore, the Lord God sent him forth
from the garden of Eden to till the
ground from whence he was taken."
As was pointed out by Astruc, and is
conclusively demonstrated by many mod
ern biblical scholars of standing, each of
these accounts has characteristics of its
own, in thought and in expression, which
distinguish it from .the other, and, by
separating these, two clear and distinct
narratives may be obtained, each con
sistent with itself.
Bishop Colenso, formerly fellow and tu
tor at Cambridge University, In his "Pen
tateuch Examined," published In 1862,
gives what he is pleased to call, "six
of the most noticeable points of differ
ence between the two cosmogonies."
Among them are these: In the first, man
Is created in the Image of God. In the
second, he is made out of the dust of
the ground, and merely animated with
the breath of life, and it Is only after
eating the forbidden fruit that the Lord
God said, "Behold, man has become as
one of us, to know good and evil."
In the first, "all fowls that fly" are
made out of the "waters." In the sec
ond, "the fowls ot the air" are made out
of the "ground."
In the first, man and woman are cre
ated together as tho closing and conv
pletlng work of the -whole creation cre
ated also, as is evidently implied. In the
same kind of way, to be the complement
of one another, and thus completed they
ire blessed together. In the second, the
birds and beasts are created between the
1 man, and the woman. First, .the man Is
made of the dust of the ground; he is
placed by himself in the garden, charged
with a solemn command, and threat
ened with a curse It he breaks It; men
the birds and beasts are made, and man
gives names to them; and, lastly, after
all this, the woman !s made out ot one
of his ribs, but merely aa a. helpmeet fo
him.
The learned bishop then goes on to tray:
"The fact is that the second account of
tho creation, together with the story of
the fall, is manifestly composed by a dif
ferent writer altogether trom him who
wrote the first." Indeed, one of the most
assured results of the literary analysis of
the Old Testament records by modern
scholarship has been the demonstration,
of the existence of documents of differ
ent age and authorship In Genesis. About
this general tact competent critics of alt
schools are now agreed.
The Rev. Professor Sayce, of Oxford
University, than whom on this question
there is no higher authority, has recently
told us that the creation legends In Gene
sis are the wrecks of very ancient Baby
Ionian and Assyrian legends. Ho pub
lishes two distinct narratives of creation,
taken from ancient Babylonian clay tab
lets, which are wonderfully like the two
leading narratives In Genesis, and dem
onstrates in a most scholarly and con
clusive manner that the Genesis 'narra
tives are ultimately of Babylonian and
Assyrian origin. This fact is today ac
knowledged as the result of sober judg
ment of ..ie highest Bible scholarship
of the age. H. K. SARGENT.
POLITICS IN COLORADO.
Prosperity Bns Made the State Re
. publican Cranston Views.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. "The people of
Colorado have at last awakened, and will
this year cast their vote In the Republi
can column," was the remark of Mr. Earl
M. Cranston, well known In banking cir
cles in Denver, and son of Bishop Cran
ston, of Portland, when In Washington
recently. He was asked If he sincerely
believed the frequent assertions that
-were being made that McKlnley would
carry Colorado by a good vote, and that
Senator Wolcott would be returned.
"Most certainly I credit those statements.
They are founded on pure fact, and can
not be disputed.'
"The people ot my state," he continued,
"are as bright as any people In the coun
try, but for nearly four years they have
been deceived and misled, and are just
getting their eyes opened. Up to two
years ago they could see nothing but sil
ver and 16 to 1: then a few of them began
to realize the narrowness of such a one
sided policy, and struggled back to the
party of sound finances and sound sense.
But in the last two months the flop to
Republicanism has been most marked.
The best feature in connection with the
whole affair is that the advances that
have b2cn made by the Republicans have
all been material and are permanent.
"Undoubtedly the most potent factor
In working this change has been the re
markable prosperity that has prevailed
all over the United States. The people of
Colorado looked about and saw that while
they were prospering, other states that
had dropped the one cry of 15 to 1 were
making more rapid progress, and this
object-lesson was enough to bring them
into line. They could not stand by and
see all the other states prospering, and
we alone lagging behind. So silver was
dropped as the dominant issue, and pros
perity was substituted, and prosperity
will carry the state for McKlnley and
Roosevelt this Fall."
When asked how the people of Colorado
stood on the question of expansion, Mr.
Cranston said:
"Oh, they are all expansionists. The
West is practically solid for expansion,
and the cry of 'Imperallsm' is held up
to ridicule. We have heard many cries
of 'Imperialism,' but the criers have
fail to convince any of us of the. ex
istence of such an Issue, and naturally
the people take no stock In something
that does not exist.
"There is one thing, though Colorado
Is naturally a silver state, and the people
of Colorado believe in silver along with
gold, although they favor sound finances,
as do the people In other prosperous
states. But even today you cannot call a
mm a 'goldbug' without making him
the object of ridicule. That is the worst
term you can apply to a man In Colorado
politics."
Mr. Cranston spoke very highly of Sen
ator Wolcott. whose return he strongly
advocates. "Mr. Wolcott, as a matter of
fact, Is the only man In the state that
the Republicans think of running for the
Senate," he said. "Wolcott is a man
among men, a politician among politi
cians, and has won for himself the well
deserved reputation of being one of the
foremost men of America today. Senator
Wolcott possesses strength, determina
tion and forclblllty, which go to back up
his most pronounced convictions. It is
this that has made him such a recognized
leader, and given him a distinction not
only in his state, but in the Senate and
in the world. The Republicans are all for
Wolcott's return, and return him they
will. Our majority in the stato may be
small this year, but. though small. It will
be a great gain over four years ago, and
along the lines of the gain that was indi
cated at the election In 1S9S."
This 'CredItorJfatIon.
New York Tribune.
All the talk about Great Britain being
the "creditor nation" of the world and the
United States a "debtor nation" where
fore, Mr. Bryan used to tell-us. we should
cut our dollar into halves, and so "spoil
the Egyptians" must now be revised. For
here is Great Britain actually placing a
war loan in the United States, and thus
borrowing money of us, and making her
self a debtor nation and this a creditor
nation. Would that have come to piss
had we clipped the dollar and degraded
our currency?
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