THE SUNDAY OBEGOKIAN, POXtfLA&S, NOVEMBER 25, 1900.
PLUMS IN CONGRESS
Who Will Get Positions at
Coming Session.
MANY VACANCIES ON COMMITTEES
Oregon and Washington Representa
tives Likely to Get Better Berths
Probable Shlftlngs.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-One of the
effects of the recent election will be to
make a number of vacancies In the first
class committees of the House, places
which will be filled from among the mem
bers who have served one full term or
more. Of course, vacancies win occur on
all committees, but only those on first
and second-class committees are sought
after. The plums that will prove bonei
of contention at the opening of the next
Congress will be one place on ways and
means, one on banking and currency, two
on foreign affairs, two on judiciary, and
one on appropriations, while military af
fairs. Interstate and foreign commerce,
public buildings and grounds, Indian af
fairs, postofnees and post roads, and agri
culture, will all be In more or less de
mand. It Is not to be expected that
members of but one term's service will be
able to secure such good places as ways
and means, banking and currency, appro
priations or foreign affairs, but the oth
er vacancies are possibly within their
reach.
This becomes all the more Interesting
because of the fact that both Oregon
and Washington have men who are seek
ing better committee assignments. Mr.
Tongue, having two continuous terms to
Ills credit, will be entitled to the highest
recognition among the four members. He
Is now well cared for on the committee
on rivers and harbors, where he is able to
do much for his state, but an extra term
of service entitles him to still further
recognition If he makes a strike for one
of the better committees. But rivers and
harbors Is too Important for him to give
up.
As to Representative Moody and Repre
sentatives Cushman and Jones, they can
not expeot very high places, but ought
to receive better positions. Among the
vacancies that are offered there are sev
eral places that would be of great serv
ice to thorn.
For Mr. Moody's Consideration.
The place on ways and means is unques-
tlonably beyond the reach of both dele;
gatlons. On the contrary two. terms of
continuous service Is sufficient to guaran
tee a member a place on foreign affairs,
banking and currency and any of the
other committees offered. A place on any
of these committees Is very much de
sired, because of the prestige it gives a
member. Perhaps the most congenial
would be appropriations, but pressure
for this place Is very great. Foreign
affairs is a very comfortable berth, and
judiciary is much sought after by men
of a legal turn of mind. Service on this
committee also gives a man standing In
the legal profession In after years. Mr.
Moody sought a place on the committee
on public lands for his first term, and
was successful in his quest. He will now
look higher.
It might be well for him to turn his
attention to public buildings and grounds.
From that committee he could do much
for his state. As a matter of fact. In
the past, Oregon has been shamefully
neglected in the matter of appropriations
for public buildings, and has had tile
hardest kind -of a fight every time it se
cured an appropriation, which was always
exit dawn Jto the lowest possible point.
Suiltary affairs affords 'n. desirable place
for a member entering on his tsecontt
term, and at this time Is the more desir
able, because of the probable expansion of
our Army, but possibly the committee on
interstate and foreign commerce would do
more suitable to the junior Oregon mem
ber. This committee deals tlth bridges,
among other things, a matter that Is
brought home to Eastern Oregon, and
the country around the Upper Columbia
and Snake Rivers. Not being a lawyer,
Mr. Moody would perhaps not seek a
place on Judiciary, and Indian affairs and
agriculture are not considered the most
desirable places now available. Of all
the opportunities offered, public buildings'
and grounds, or interstate and foreign
commerce, are the most suitable places
within the reach of Mr. Moody.
As to the Wnshlnsrton Members.
Both Rpresentatlves from Washington
aro lawyers by profession, and to one or
the other a place on the committee on ju
diciary may bo desirable. It is not possi
ble, nor Is It desirable, that both should
have places on this committee. Neither is
very well cared for In his present commit
tee assignments, but there is every rea
son to believe that they will be in the
next Congress. It is possible that one of
the Washington members might be award
ed a place on the committee on appro
priations, from whloh position he could
command much needed legislation for his
state. But It Is a hard place to se
cure. Like Oregon, Washington has been dis
regarded in the matter of public building
appropriations, and If one of the Wash
ington members could secure a place on
the committee on public buildings .and
grounds, the"slate'w3inb?De greatly bene
fited. Failing in this, the next best place
Is that on Interstate and foreign com
merce, a committee which every year
handles various bills that are of local
nature, both to Washington and Alaska.
Postoffices and post roads is also desired
by many members, because of the advan
tage It gives them In securing better
postal facilities for their state. With
rural free delivery being established quite
generally, and Washington being some
what slighted, It would be of great ad
vantage to that state to have representa
tion on this committee.
Possibly military affairs might be to the
liking of Mr. Cushman. It Is a com
mittee that frequently has dealings In the
Northwest, but Is always busy, and af
fords a member a good opportunity to
make himself useful and to gain recogni
tion. Banking and currency is one of the
few committees of the House which every
member strives for. It Is an easy berth
In some ways, yet a committee that for
merly had great power, and when a mem
ber secures a place on Its board he may
well congratulate himself. When these
are gone, there is agriculture, Indian af
fair., and a number of smaller commit
tees to fall back on, not to mention other
vacancies which will probably be made
on ether desirable committees due to the
promotion of senior members.
Will Be Xo Lack of Aspirants.
Owing to the number of big plums that
are offered for the opening of the next
Congress, early efforts will be made to
wards securing these places. It Is very
probable that Speaker Henderson will be
re-elected In the 57th Congress, and a flat
tering promise of support, given In an
unrestrained way, goes a leng way with
the Iowa statesman, much more so than
with his predecessor. Then the older
members, thse who have the shaping:
of the legislation of the House, have a
general say In the committee assign
ments although they are not supposed
to dabble In these affairs, and a good,
strong Indorsement from these members
Is a great help to a young member In
securing a promotion.
The? session will unquestionably be a
"busy one, and this lobbying will have to
be dene at opportune times. Much will
depend upon the way members solicit In
dorsement, and whether they strike too
high, or within the bounds of propriety.
Some members', at the beginning of the
present Congresr, wore cut off, because
they overstepped themselves --and sought
assignments that were altogether beyond
the reach of new members. So ltf Isjthat
some- few committees are beyond' the
reach of members entering on their sec
ond term. But If requests are -made for
committee places that can properly be
allotted to second-term members, and it
Is made plain, that they want "no more
than their just deserts, they are the
more apt to secure a fittings recognition
at the hands of the Speaker. In- a word,
it is a quest that requires the use- of
fine-handed diplomacy, not generally rec
ognized In Congressmen, but which goes
a long way towards pushing a caTfiful
and judicious man to the front.
A number of good committee places
will be vacated by Republicans In the
Senate, owing to the retirement of Sena
tors Carter, Wolcott, Thurston and Shoup,
and the death of Senator Gear. The places
made vacant hy the retirement of a num
ber of Democrats or Fuslonlsts win, of
course, be awarded to minority Senators
Tn the next Congress, and are not avail
able for the Senators from Oregon or
Washington. Senator Carter vacates .the
chairmanship -of the census committee,
as well as places on appropriations, tei
rltories, public lands and military af
fairs. Agriculture and forestry, and In
terstate commerce are the only important
places left vacant by Senator Gear, aside
from, the chairmanship of the cdmmltteb
on Pacific railroads. Senator Shoup held
the chairmanship of the committee on
territories, and was a member of mili
tary affairs, pensions and sundry other
committees of smaller caliber. The chair
manship of Indian, affairs Is made vacant
through the retirement of Senator Thur
ston, who hold places on irrigation, ju
diciary, territories and revision of the
laws. Through the retirement of Sena
tor Wolcott, a very desirable chairman
ship is made vacant, that of the commit
tee on postoffices and post roads, which,
like the committee on territories, car
ries with It a much-sought-after commit
tee room. Senator Wolcott also vacates
places on some of the most influential
committees of the Senate, among them
foreign relations, finance and interstate
commerce. All In all, there are a large
number of plums which will be In contest
when the new committee assignments are
made In the Senate.
Situation as Regards Oregon.
At the present time, Senator McBrlde
has the cream of committee places that
have been awarded to Oregon and Wash
ington. If he is replaced by some other
in the Senate, Senator Simon and Mc
Bride's successor would probably secure
all the places now held by the senior
Oregon Senator. If McBrlde remains, he
will naturally retain his place on com
merce, lnteroceanlc canals and Philip
pines, and possibly public lands, together
with Indian depredations and forest res
ervations. Senator Simon now has but one good
committee, judiciary, and is sure to be
given more fitting recognition, although
his chairmanship and committee room
will probably remain unchanged. He now
has a pleasant room, the only objection
being that It Is somewhat Inaccessible to
the Senate chamber. Finance and foreign
relations, because of hrs brief term of
service, may be yet beyond his reach,
but he Is almost sure to come In for
either military affairs or Interstate com
merce, unless, through the promotions
that are made, some more suitable place
Is made available. Senator Sfmon, as a
member of the committee on judiciary,
has shown himself to be a very valuable
Individual, especially when the deeper
questions of legal matters are under dis
cussion. His standing In that commit
tee will be of great assistance In securing
other good assignments for him.
Senator Turner, being a Fuslonlst, will
not be considered in -line for the places
ruade vacant by the retirement of Repub
lican Senators, leaving Senator Foster to
secure the entire benefits that accrue to
the Washington delegation in the Senate.
Senator Foster is not now particularly
fortunate in his committee assignments.
In the first place, he is not a member of
any of the really lmp6rtant committees,
being a new member, and his committee
room is over in the Senate annex, some
way from the Senate chamber. It Is very
likely that he will make a strike for one
or the other chairmanships made vacant
as above noted.
Then, too, he will cast about for better
places on committees. It would' be to his
advantage to secure a place on the com
merce commltte, but the fact that his
colleague Is a minority member of this
committee, will cut off that assignment.
Interstate commerce Is among the pos
sibilities that he may seek, while the
committee or. territories, which has such
extensive dealings with Alaska, will be
suitable to Senator Foster, because of
the Intense Interest he has displayed In
that territory during his first session. In
case he so desires, and turns his efforts
in that direction, he may be able to se
cure a place on military affairs, but in
no event will he be able to land all of
these places specified. That he will be
better recognized, however, there Is no
doubt, and In matters requiring the kind
of influence that secures good committee
places. It Is thought that Senator Foster,
now that he sees how the wires aro
pulled, win be able to get in and make
a few master strokes on his own account.
There Will Be Three Moody-.
The 57th Congress will be graced by
three Moodys. two who come over from
the present Congress, and. a new Moody
from North Carolina. Strange to say, all
are Republicans. The dean of the Moodys,
Hon. William H. Moody, first entered the
House during the 54th Congress, having
been elected to fill the unexpired term of
the late Hon. General William Cogswell.
Ho was re-elected to the 55th, and to the
58th Congresses, and at the recent elec
tion, was again chosen to represent the
Sixth Massachusetts district. Mr. Moody,
although a comparatively young member,
and of short service, has developed those
qualities which have stamped him as one
of the coming leaders of the House.
The second Moody Is the representative
of the Second Congressional District of
Oregon, and succeeded the Hon. William
R. Ellis. He has as yet served but one
term in the House, but In that time has
become known, as a steady, conscientious
worker, not a speaker withal, but a
man who has his alms, and works for
them in a telling- manner. His future
service will bring him out among the
members of the House.
The new addition to the list of Moodys
Is Hon. James M. Moody, who succeeds
the HbrK Richmond Pearson, from the
Ninth North Carolina District. He is un
known in Washington, but in the 57th
Congress he may develop as have the
other Moodys.
If any modern Diogenes Is looking for
an honest man he will find him In the per
son of M. T. Clark, at 1926 Wabash ave
nue, Chicago. Mr. Clark has written the
Secretary bf War a brief note, in
closing a postal order for $6 24. In the
note he states that this amount Is due
the Government fQr money overpaid him
as a soldier In the Spanish War. He said
that he enlisted In Company I, Fifth Mis
souri Volunteer Infantry, and that
through some mistake his enlistment was
made dated May 4. 1S9S. instead of May
16. the actual date of his enlistment. He
had carefully figured up the amount of
pay he drew for these 12 days and sent it
to Secretary Root. This Is the first in
stance of anything of this kind happening
In the War Department, and Mr. Clark's
money will be duly turned Into the Treas
ury and probably placed to the J'con
sclonce fund." or It may be credited to
the War Department as a part of the
money expended on the Spanish War. It
Is a small amount, butNyet It Is sufficient
to establish the honesty of this Missouri
volunteer. ARTHUR W. DUNN.
For a. Sepnlcher.
Althea Gyles In Saturday Rex lew.
Between the hands, between the breasts,
Down the whtte body 'twlxt the t&lghs.
The sword is laid until It rests
Upon the once kissed feet. Men's yes
Read "Oil et Ana" graven there.
Behind these eyelids now fast sealed.
Behind cold breasts that rose and fell.
With passion, what his life Tevealed?
The treat sword guards- her secret well,
"With "Odt et Axno" graven there.
Oh. was It Love that conquered Hate?
Oh. was It Hate that set her free?
To Death all questioners come late;
The8wrdana thr6meaallSiaaysee,'
And "Odl et Axno" craven there.
TRIP THROUGH SMNGflXF
IS BOTH A EUROPEAN AND A CHI
NfESECirV.' The Manx Sights and Oddities to Be
Ndtrced'Tn'a Tour Through Eat-1
teVBfteflreseriDedi- '
SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 26. European
Shanghai and -Chinese Shanghai are tw"o
distinct and entirely different cities. The
one is modern, clean "arid cosmopolitan;
while a tour through the other seems to
carry the visitor back into the dark ages,
if not bury one In the Augean stables be
fore the sanitary labors 6f Hercules.
European Shanghai constantly reminds"
one of the small, provincial Paris: Its
Bund is not unlike certain features of the
Champs Eiysees and the boulevards, anil
when one travels Into the French Quarter
the resemblances multiply a hundred-fold,
and the nilnd Is certain to revert to scenes
at the gay French Capital.
The foreign part of Shanghai has' a
European population bf 10,000 English,
French, German, American, Portuguese
and other nationalities, and possibly 30,
000 Chinese, mostly shopkeepers, artisans
and servants. This part of the city is
thoroughly up-to-date, with macadamized
streets, stpne sidewalks, electric lights
and stalwart Sikh policemen In flaming
red turbans. The buildings are hand
some brick and stohet structures, three
and tout stories in height, and the main
thoroughfares contain a lively and mot
ley procession of carriages, jlnrtkishas,
Chinese chairs and wheelbarrows, and
that ubiquitous perambulating- beast of
burden, the coolie, shouting, pushing and
dodging a veritable pandemonium of
squirming; perspiring humanity.
Native Shanghai Is a portion of the dry
that many foreigner visitors never see:
It lies to the west of the European, city,
beyond the French settlement, and Is sur
rounded by a high wall, which is
"pierced' as the Chinese put it, by north
south, east and west gates'. These gates
are heavy wooden affairs; covered with
Bheet iron, heavily studded with huge
rusty nails. Every night at 10 o'clock
the officials- close and bar these- gates
until the dawn a bad lookout for any
gay Lotharios of Chinamen whb wander
far afield late o' nights.
Trip Through the" Native City.
After securing an experienced guide
from tho Astor "House, the writer started:
on a tour of investigation through the
natlve city, in company with Mr. H. H.
Delano, of Portland. As we approached
the native city, at the west gate, we were
assailed by a variey of stenches that re
minded us forcibly of the old City of Co
logne, where It is said that 70 different
smells meet you on every corner. Passing-
through the old city gate, with Its
cumbrous doors, we found ourselves In a
perfect network of narrow, wet and filthy
streets, not more than six or seven feet
wide, shut in and semi-darkened by
strange, fantastic overhanging balconies,
banners, signs and lanterns. The streets
had no sidewalks, simply rough stone pav
ing, unevenly laid, which served both as
roaVlway and public sewer, and as a play
ground for ragged and dirty little Chinese
children.
It would be useless to attempt to give
a proper and adequate Impression of the
streets of this Chinese city, to those who
have never seen one, because there are
no mental standards with whlch-to make
comparison. It Is sul generis. No one
knows with anything approaching to ac
curacy, how many Chinese are crowded
into the native portion of Shanghai. It Is
said they number at least 1,000,000. Such
a thing as a census is unknown, the near
est attempt at enumeration being The
sporadic order of the Tao Tal that each
group -of 10 persons living; together shall
hang out a sign on the front of the build
ing they inhabit, giving the names of the
associated 10, and stating which of the
number is responsible for the other nine
a thoroughly Chinese Idea, more honored
in the breach than the observance. Like
the rat and the mole, the Chinese does
not like to have the "eye of the vox
popull" too closely fixed upon him as the
Western campaign orator once remarked.
To the Chinaman that could only mean
one thlng more squeeze.
All Trades Are Gronpcd Together.
One of the first things that attracts at
tention Is the grouping of all the members
of a trade or handicraft In one street or
quarter, much the same as in some old
European cities. The Ivory carvers are
all bunched together on two most Inter
esting blocks, and the prospective buyer
passes along from shop to shop without
loss of time, and easily compares variety
of workmanship and prices. One of tho
funny things incident thereto is that when
you stand at one open shop front, the
adjoining owners and their constituents
COME OUT
all join you and freely tell you all they
know about the owner and his wares.
Shopping Is a very public function In
Chinatown; all the neighborhood assists
nd crltldses. This Is partly because the
shop counter abuts Immediately upon the
sreet, and you stand In the thorough
fares when making your purchases. An
other reason Is that the Chinese know
nothing of privacy, the crowded condi
tion of their little shops and dwellings
rendering such a thing Impossible. When
the shop fronts are taken down. In the
morning, the whole city Is literally turned
Inside out.
One of the most Interesting visits that
we made was to the quaint "Willow Tree
Pattern" Tea House, which has been ren
dered familiar to the world by appearing
as tho popular pattern of the old-fash-lohed
blue china dishes of our childhood.
Who does not know the crazy stairway
that winds In such impossible and lnebri- 1
ated fashion all over the plate. In superb
disdain for Newton's law" of gravitation,
which, by the way, was not discovered
until long after this queer old tea house
was built, for It dates back to the days
of the Ming dynasty, more than 500 years
ago. Well, we saw It, but, alas; It was
not the clean and sparkling pagoda struc
ture of our childish fancy, but only a
shabby and very dirty ramshackle sort of
place, in the midst of a stagnant pond of
green slime. So fade the Illusions of
youth and give place to hard reality.
Never again can I., in fancy, follow the
Cruaoaelover up- and 'down that Impos
sible staircase, and lean pensively .pver
that rustic- bridge gazing dreamily "at
clear and -sparkling' water. No, I shall
only remember the dirt, the green slime
and the squalor of the -real thing, the"
"Willow Tree Pattern" Tea House as 11?
is.
fPossIblyt If some of our "armchair dip
lomats" In Washington visited China and
met John Chinaman at home, as he really
is, they, ' too, might find some discrep
ancy between fact and fancy, and might H
moairy tneir nne-spun ineones in conse
quence. The Willow Tree Tea House is
not the only thing in China to which dis
tance lends enchantment.
Mandarins Tea House and Garden.
Our next visit was to the "Mandarins
Tea House and Garden." Around these
grounds and structures twisted the "fa
mous" "Dragon Wall," winding about In
whatMrs. Partington called ""a turpentine
fashion,? and ending oven the gateway In
two fearful-looking dragon heads This
tea garden has some very peculiar and
arident -paving mosaic, worked into formsr
of fruit and foliage with consummate art1
Sfcrarjge-ldoldng rookeries and miniature
pdnds are 'placed In all sorts of Impossible
places: and widening-2 baths berid --unorr
themselves so very1 mucn hat:ither'!p6or'i
foot-passenger becomes confused even as
to his own identity. In place of jglass, a
thing unknown in China before" the advent
of the' foreigner, the quaint windows are
glazed with thousands of little pieces of
translucent mother-of-pearl shell, prbduc
lng dellgbtf ully soft-toned effects of light
and color;
The Chinese do not "drink tea-' as we
do; In fact, they consider our Ocddental
way crude and, barbarous. When we had
seated ourselves at a. small, square table,
tho old man in attendance brought little
cups of very thin china, each half filled
with green tea leaves and red tea blos
soms, The4 he brought a large bronze
kettle of boiling water and pbured the
bolting water upon the leaves in each cup,
quickly covering the cUp with another
slfehtly smallerv and thus preventing the
escape of; aroraau Then still another set
of cups Was brought, maklngthree sets in
use, and info these each guest poured the
steeped tea, using the other two cups,
pressed lightly together, as a, strainer. No
mflK or sugar is used in" Chinese tea
drinking they say they spoil the true
flavor, and In this they are -undoubtedly
righ't.- One strange accompaniment of oUr
tea drinking was that large saucers of-
peanutri were placed before each guest.
Tea and peanuts! An unusual comblna--
tlon. but "hot half bad' as -our English-
cousins say.
At a little distance beyond us, a- large
crowd of natives were clustered around
two performing jugglers and , mounte
banks, who were doing1 some really clev
er balandng; at .which they are -expert,
but their legerdemain was commonplace.
Occasionally one sees a really good "jug-
gler in ChTnarhut as a rule they are not
the equals of either the Japanese or tho
Hlndoostancse. Beyond this group, and
sheltered upder a little piece of bamboo
matting; Was that strange institution- of
both China- and Persia, "tho professional
story-teller," Wo have seen a number of
these In China, and always with Interest
The buslness'ls followed by old men who,
by long practice, have acquired wonder
ful mobility of feature and intonation, and
really seem icf so perfectly identlfythem.--'
selves with the characters In their story
as quite to lose personal identity, for the
time being. If any' one believes tho oft'
repeated tale that the Chinese are stolid
and unemotional he has hut to watch the
group gathered about one of these story
tellers, and he will quickly find reason to
change his opinion. As the story pro
gresses front sad to gay, each change reg
isters ltsejf In the faces of the audience,.
who laugh heartily at ail the humorous
parts, though I must confess I have nev
er seen them weep at recitals which were
sad. The Chinaman can laugh, hut ho
cannotf cry, at least I have never seen, a
native crying anywhere within the thou
sand" miles I havo traveled. Perhaps they
feef like the little boy in .Brooklyn, when
ho saw his mother weeping, and said,
JMamma, please do your sorr6w In your
own room."
Chinese and American Ways Opposit
In walking through the narrow streets
of a Chinese city the eye Is1 constantly
caught by strange and unfamiliar rever
sals of our Western ways of doing things.
The carpenter draws his saw toward him
only, without any reverse cutting mo
tion. The worker in metals rubs the ma
terial on the file Instead of the file on the
material. The shaving plane Is" also drawn
toward the body, not pushed away from
It. Almost everything is done "bottom-
side up." Ethics and morals seem as
much Inverted as manners and methods.
What Is wrong on the other side of the
world Is very frequently regarded as be
ing right here, and many things that we
consider "quite proper" would scandalize
a Chinaman or woman. One Is led to ask
whether questions of conscience are not
also questions of longitude, and morality
closely connected with geography. As I
hope to deal with this matter of Chinese
peculiarities In a later article, I will not
go into It more fully at present.
Although we had been told that a visit
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New Tork Tribune.
to the native city would expose us to
many indignities, and possibly to rough
treatment, our experience was quite con
trary to this, and though no spedalfriend
Hness was manifested. We were allowed to
go about unmolested. The large forces of
foreign troops now quartered In the Eu
ropean portion of Shanghai very effect
ually serves to overawe and control the
native population. The Chinese are great
cowards, and quickly submit to any show
of force; It Is the opinion of all who
have had long experience with the Chi
nese that they are amenable to no other
argument, and that it would be a serious,
and perhaps v fatal, mistake to introduce
any other element into the settlement of
this Chinese question. It is very difficult
for those who are many thousand miles
away from the sphere of action to rightly
judge the true conditions and needs of the
situation in China, especially when those
who have long resided here are in pro
found perplexity and doubt as to the true
solution of the problem.
FRANCIS R. WARDLE.
Time "Was Precious.
"How dy do!" said tho busy man. "Will
you marry me?"
"O er," she gasped. "This Is so sud
den; I must have time to think. I"
"Say, don't keep me waiting too long,"
orT won't have enough money, left to buy
a ring. I came in an auto-cab, and they
charge by the minute, 'you know.' Phila
delphla 'Press. "
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Be Provided Other Features
of Annual Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2a The Puget
Sound Naval Station is about the only
point on the North Padflc Coast that
comes in for any attention in the annual
report of the Bureau-of Equipment, Navy
Department. Of this station, the follow
ing Is said:
"The Bureau Is practically without facil
ities for equipment work' at this import
ant naval station. There Is a temporary
coal shed there, constructed during the
Spanish War, without a pier or other facil
ities for loading or discharging coal. There
Is also a cOal hulk, with a capacity for
about 2000 tons. An appropriation for the
construction of an equipment building was
made by the last Congress, and the work
has commenced. A small appropriation
exists for the construction of a coal-storage
house and pier, with conveying ma
chinery. It is totally Inadequate for the
purpose desired. As good coal must be
transported either from the Eastern Coast
or Great Britain to this station, it Is nec
essary to provide large storage facilities.
"The total expenditures at this naval
station during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1900f were $6353, $3319 being for labor
and $3034 for material.
"The only facilities for storing coal are
temporary wooden sheds to which tho
coal must be carried from the beach in
carfs, with the reverse operation when
coaling ships, and a coal hulk with a capa
city for 2000 tons. It Is especially Import
ant to provide at this station for storing
at feast 23,000 tons, with a pier to which
ships discharging and loading may moor,
and facilities for rapidly handling coal.
There are available, under the cognizance
-of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, $40,000
for the construction of a coal shed and
appliances at this naval station. This
amount Is totally Inadequate for the pur
pose desired, and It Is especially urged
that It may be Increased sufficiently to
provide as above Indicated.
Survey of the Pacific Ocean.
'The attention of the" Department is
respectfully called to a former recom
mendation of the Bureau concerning- the
necessity for a survey of the Western
Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of making
a careful examination with reference to
the great number of Imperfectly known
dangers to navigation therein. In con
sideration of the greatly Increased com
merce across the Pacific, and the prob
ability of a still greater increase in the
near future, this Is deemed Important. The
existence of many of the reported dangers
Is doubtful, and yet as long as -they re
main on the charts they are a menace to
navigation, and cause much solicitude on
the part of mariners. There are many
others, tho position of which is doubtful,
which seriously Interfere with navigation
from the fact that 'the mariner is unable
to decide precisely upon v a safe course
to steer.
"Captain B. H. McCalla, United States
Navy, commanding the United States
steamer Newark, which made a quick
passage from San Frandisco to Manila not
long ago, recommends that all vessels
crossing the Pacific be required to trav
erse certain lines for the purpose of decid
ing positively upon the existence of dan
gers now supposed to be on the direct
routes, and also for the purpose of assist
ing such ships as may havd been acci
dentally disabled. The Bureau Is very
favorably Impressed with this recommend
ation, and Is preparing , charts showing
the proper routes to pursue."
Submarine Telegraph Cable Survey.
"The Bureau, in Its last annual report,
referred to a survey by the United States
steamer Nero, for a trans-Atlantic sub
marine telegraph cable between Honolulu
and the Philippine Islands. An incident
of this survey was to discover, if possi
ble, a practicable route for a -branch cable
between Guam and Yokohama.
"In the prosecution of the above-mentioned
work the Nero had proceeded at
the time of my last report as far as the
coast of tho Philippine Islands on her
voyage to the westward, along a route
4812 knots In length, sounding at 853 sta
tions with intervals of 10 and 2 knots,
respectively, Including observations - for
temperature and for characteristics of
the bottom. As stated in last year's re
port, this voyage established the fact that
a practicable cable could be laid across
the Pacific
"An almost level plain of soft mud, at
a general depth of about 27(tt fathoms, ex
tends' from Honolulu to the Midway Is
lands on a route to the northward of the
line of reefs running about west-north-'
west from the Hawaiian Islands "tor a
point beyond Ocean Island. This" plain
affords an Ideal route for a submarine
telegraph cable.
"In general, the bed. of the ocean be-:
tweenMldway Islands1 and "Guam" -is-an
ETHICS OF DENTISTRY
MYSTERIOUS SACREbNESS-HANGS
OVER THE. PROFESSIONAL MA
The, hbdyVof dentists who eschew only one form of advertising, vix, in dally
newspapers, claim that thoso dentists who use only the dally newspapers aro
not only unprofessional, but unreliable. Thote dentists who use-directories, mag
azines, eta, in. fact," everything but dally newspapers, bide behind a self -concocted
ritual called a "code- of ethics.-' What mysterious sacrednesa hangs over
the professional man that he should not in operi daylight tell the public, through
dally newspapers, where: ho is located and what he "can do and will do and the
prices-f operations, as Veil as the merchant? He does this to comply with a
self-originated "code of dental ethics," and Is compelled with a limited business to
charge two or three times the prices of the dentist who shows the progresslve
ness of the enterprising business mn, who belleVes in reaching out for a volume
of business. The public, or at least the thinking public, must concede that the
methods of ddlng all kinds of business have changed and aro changing, and included
in this imperceptible change are the -methods of the professions. When the mod
ern style of advertising was adopted for stores keen opp6Sltion wa9 met from
thoso who were affected by the publicity. There are a few stores and profes
sions to Portland- today who still xling to- the anti-publldty doctrine. But the
public patronize the advertisers Advertising is recdghiied as a necessity in
point of economy to the masses. All the publle want is reliable- and reasonable
service. We believe In advertising In daily newspapers as "well as directories and
magazines, ahd we live, np to our advertising in every particular. We employ
nono but experienced and Bxpert dentists, and arebullding 4ij-ftn enviable busi
ness TUpon common economic principles. . ,,
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other great level plain from 3100 to 8200
fathoms deep. It is, however, somewhat
broken by submarine reefs .and mountain
ranges. The first thousand miles from
Midway, with the exception of one iso
lated mountain peak, net far from Ocean
Island, rising to within 82 fathoms of the
surface, is entirely levd. The remain
der" of the distance, however, whllo in,
general fairly level, Is Interspersed with
reefs and mountain ranges that required
much time to explore and avoid. Event
ually, a 'short distance to the eastward
of the great' submarine mountain range
running nearly north and south that
breaks through the surface of the sea
and forms the islands of the Ladrona
Group, and near the parallel of Guam,
this plain descends Into the valley of
the Nero Deep, with a depth of only 66
feet less than six statute miles. A practi
cable cable route to Guam was eventuaU
ly found to the northward of the deep.
The southern- limits of the deep are un
known, and it may present still greater
depths than those found by the Nero.
"Between Guam and the Philippines the
bed of the ocean Is less regular than to
the eastward. For the first 600 knots of
the route-selected the depths vary from
1400 to 2700 fathoms; there are, htfw
ever, no sharply defined ranges of hills
or valleys, the character of the bottom
being of an undulating nature. After 600
knots had been traversed, a low moun
tain fange was discovered sloping to
the westward, eventually forming a deep
er plain that extends unbroken to the
Philippine Islands. The last-mentioned
plain varies in depth from 3000 to 3500
fathoms and Is also of a gently undu
lating nature. There Is nothing, however,
to obstruct the successful laying and
working of cables', and the bottom of
soft .mud and ooze Indicates that a long
life to cables may be expected.
'This route between Guam and Yoko
hama lies to the westward of the La
drone Islands and to the eastward of the
Bonln Islands. An almost level plain
with a detfth of about 2100 fathoms was
found for a distance of 600 knots from
Guam. At that point a submarine moun
tain range was discovered which appar
ently connects the range extending from
the coaBt of Japan to the Bonln Islands
with that of the Ladrone Islands. While
crossing this range a submarine peak ris
ing to within 483 fathoms of the surface
was found and developed, which, If it
could be seen, would closely resemble
the farrious valcano Fujiyama, near Yo
kohama. Japan.
"To the north of this range the bed of
the ocean slopes gradually to the east
ward Into the great Japanese Deep, that
for many years held the record for oceah
depths. This record was Anally displaced
by the greater depth discovered In the
South Pacific Ocean by the English sur
veying ship Penguin, and thaX mnst now
give way to the Nero Deep.
"Between the mountain range of the
Bonlns and the Japanese Deep, a plateau,
from 40 to 100 miles in width and about
1700 fathoms deep, sloping gently from
the mountains to the eastward and then
dropping abruptly, was discovered, which.
extends to the Japanese coast.
"The greatest difficulty was experi
enced in finding a suitable pass to cross
the mountain range between the Ladrone3
and the Bonlns. This being accomplished,,
the plateau furnishes an excellent resting-place
for a cable for the remainder
of the route.
"The object o the surveying expedition
was most successfully and expeditiously
accomplished. A satisfactory route for
an all-American cable for the purpose of
connecting the Padflc Coast with the out
lying colonial possessions of the United
States in the Padflc, and with China and
Japan, has been discovered, thoroughly
explored, surveyed and mapped. In ad
dition, a great amount of data on ocean
currents, prevailing winds and tidal in
fluences, In parts of the ocean little
kriown, that will prove of great value to
navigation in the future, were collected.
The spedmens of the bottom collected
are now In the hands of the Smithsonian
Institution for examination. Undoubted
ly' they will prove of great Interest to sci
ence. "The route for the cable was selected
by the hureau after a careful and thor
ough study of all routes Available. The in
structions for the survey were also drawn
up by the bureau, and were minute in
detail. As many emergendes- as could be?
foreseen were provided for, and. In ad
dition, great latitude given to the com
mander of the expedition, who was at
liberty to change the route and extend
the survey if necessary, in order to
bring about the desired result. The only
portion of the route selected by the bu
reau that proved Impracticable was that
passing' around the south end of the1
Island of Guam, In general, the routes
followed great circles In order to decrease
distances.
"The rapid completion of this survey
nnmniinM'bv a thorough and nainstalc-t
lng' attention to details, was accomplished
only oy me uounng energy oi ujo om
csrs; and men of the expedition, working
day .and night without rest; except for
the brief period of two weeks "at Yoko
hama, Japan.
"A complete and thorough survey has
hwn mtiBp. of thJt -Jnawftv TaToTtdn. and
landirig-places have been selected for-a
cable at tne various, stations in Tne pa
cific: The bureau Isncw,'readyto. lay
n.uahl entlrelv across thn Pafclfle.orcsBv
portlon-of it, at any tlm-.
"The bureau- has only -to add - that it
t - ? r "! 5 V
I
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would. In its 'Opinion, be folly tolayanjp
cable across the Pacific except onetcoa
structed of the best materials and manu
factured by the best-cabto-toakers iah
world." ,-
AMUSEMENTS.
"A Divorce Colony at Cordrys.
Mr. Frawley and his company last night
at Cordrays Theater evidently Intended
to give something light tor dessert. "At
Divorce Colony," a three-act comedy
that might just as well have been called
"A Cake of Soap" for a cake of soap
plays nearly as prominent a part In tho
story as- the divorce proceedings, and
besides, a cake of soap suggests froth.
The style of play and the action through
out was anything but Frawleyesque. The
play Is a good one in the line of afford
ing the actors and actresses a little recre
ation at the end of a hard and consci
entious week's work.
Alice Johnson, as the vivacious widow,
made another favorable impression by
her clever depiction of the frivolous.
Harry Cashman made a very amusing
character out of. the South Dakota Judge.
Ha also introduced several songs In the
supper scene of the last act, which" he
sang very well Indeed.
The usual crowded house waa-outto
bring to -a close a- successful week' of
drama.
Avttrmn Glee.
'TIs all a myth that Autumn cxieves;
For watch the ram amid the leaves;
"With silver flnrers dimly seen
It makes each leaf a tambourine-.
And swings and leaps with elan xntrtb7"
To kiss the brow of mother earth;
Or, l&ughlri;, 'mid the trembling ffrkstf,' ' '
It nods a greeting" as you pass.
Oh I bear the rata amid the leaves ''
'Tls all a myth that Autumn grieves
"Its all a myth that Autumn grieves,
For lilt the Tvlnd among the sheaves: '
Far sweeter than the breath of May
Or storied scents of old Cathay.
It blends the perfumes rare- and rood- '
Of spicy pine and hickory wood;
And with a voice as gay as rhyme
It prates of rifled mint and thyme.
Oht scent the wind among the sheaves -'Tls
all a myth that Autumn grieves!
"Tls all a myth that Autumn grieves
Behold the Wondrous web she weaves! ' .
By viewless hands her thread Is spun
Of evening vapors shyly won.
Across the crass from side to side
A myriad unseen shuttles glide
Throughout the night, till on the height "
Anrora. leads the laggard light.
Behold, the wondrous web she weaves
'Tls all a myth that Autumn grieves 1
Samuel Mlntura Peck.
Extra Fares Reduced by pean-4
ylvanta Lines.
Beginning with Sunday, November 25,
New York Express Train by the "Fort
Wayne Route" of the Pennsylvania lines,
now leaving Chicago at 12:30P. M., will
leave' Chicago Union Passenger Station at
12 o'dock noon, every day, reaching the;
new Twenty-third-Street New York Sta
tion next day at 3 o'clock P. M. It thus)
becomes & 26-hour train from Chicago to
New York, and the excess fare will be
reduced $1 on each point, making Phila
delphia n, New York VL "Pan Handle
Route" differential fare 9:30 A. M. train
will, on and after November 25, leaver
Chicago Union Passenger Station at 10:05
A M. For particulars call upon or ad
dress H. R. Dering, assistant genera
passenger agent, 24$ South -Clark street,
Chicago, HL
Commissioner Wilson 111,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24-CommissIorw
er Wilson,, of the Internal Revenue Bu
reau, is ill at his hotel In this city with'
a complication of bronchial and kidney,
troubles. His condition is considered se
rious. Paris Exhibition, 1900,
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