-
PERMANENT EXHIBITS
FUND
)ver$ 10,000 Raised-! 15,000 In Sight
-$25,000 Necessary-List
of Donors.
The committee out for subscriptions to
he permanent exhibit fund is meeting
ith unprecedented success. No refusal
,ave been received by it and none are el
ected. fl'hiH committee, which consists
f W. M. Klllingsworth, F. V. Drake. J.
horburn JRoea, A. H. Devers and J. 1
leler. Is untiring In its efforts and has
heady raised over $10,000. The sum
ecessary is $16,000 for the exhibit and
10,000 for advertising. The $16,000 is al
eady to sight..' . .
f That th permanent exhibit at the
7nion Depot will fill a long-felt want
here Is absolutely - no reason to doubt,
s letters are; being- received dally from
eople who.v.vrlsh to come to Oregon.
.Vhen, they .cone here they must have
ne place 'Where they may ascertain for
hemselves (the resources of every county
n the state. The majority of the people
-ven In Portland, do not know what are
he resources ,of the various counties,
or this reason the exhibit will be in
valuable, hoth t Oregon people and out-
iders. . . : Z t-
The resolutions Which head the various
ubscxlption Ikrts state that a large num
ber of people' are toeing brought into the
i ate by v the railroads centering here,
a lthout adequate provision for Informa
lon on their arrival concerning the re
sources of the state, or any organized
method of bringing such settlers In touch
with suitable locations In accordance with
their desires., v
The resolutions further state that many
mch settler, for lack of Information, be
come discouraged and leave the state,
and that the Btate of Oregon possesses
natural resources and offers Inducements
to settlers such as -are nowhere surpassed
and that such resources would, if properly
brought to the Attention ot settlers, un
doubtedly secure their remaining and as
sisting In developing the state.
The soliciting eommlttee requests that
each merchant decide on a certain sum
and Inform any member of the commit
tee or the chairman, Mr. Klllingsworth,
at his office. 80S Chamber of Commerce
Building. ..,., .?
THE BOUNTIFUL, ONES.
Those who subscribed so far are as fol
lows: ' i .
TdU Tllton $900
H. W. Corbett fioo
Henry Failing Estate ., 600
Henry Welnhard ... I. 600
Portland General Electric Co.... 400
Security Savings Bank 300
Merchants' National Bank 300
U. 8. National Bank 300
Allen Lewis 300
Mason, Ehrman "& Co SOO
Meier & Frank Co 300
Flelschner, Mayer & Co ......... 100 .
City Suburban Railway Co.... 300
Haneyman, Hardware Co .. .. 300
Waitay "Burreii "'. ... . . ; . . . soo
C. H. Pnescott 300
' Portland "Gas Co ...... .-. . . soo
Title Guarantee & Trust Co 200
Lang 200
Eastern & Western Lumber Co .. 200
J. C Alnsworth 200
Isaiah Buckman .'. 200
Olds King , 200
The Oregon Real Estate Co 240
Portland Railway Co 260
Cloeaet ft Devers 160
Studebaker Bros 160
Woodard ft Clark 120
Neustadter Bros 120
Wadhams ft Co 120
. Loewenberg, Going & Co 120
" W, M. klllingsworth 120
R. L. Glisan 120
Jonathan Bourne? Jr 120
John McCraken Co 120
Heywood Bros 100
Rothehlld Bros 100
W, W. Cotton 0
L. Samuels CO
Mollne-Baln Co , CO
H. N. Scott 60
Fred T. Merrill CO
Lambert ft Sargent AO
; Everding ft Farrell 60
Htnkle & Baker CO
, Total $10,210
FOR EXHIBITION POKPOSE.
This exhibit Idea seems to have taken
It hold of the state at large. This morn
ins; a letter was received from Mrs. R. E.
goods for display purposes. These, goods
have., received the blue ribbon at the
state fair and medals at Omaha and
Charleston.
NEWSPAPER
. BUYS HO JOKES
maU Boy Is Seized With an Am
bition to Become a Humorist.
Yesterday afternoon a small boy in
vaded The Journal local room. After sur
veying the assembled reporters lie tackled
the nearest one. 'who wore a kindly and
benignant expression.
s "Do you buy Jokes he,e?" he asked.
iThfc. reporter hurriedly swallowed a
smile and asked, for further information
concerning the joke in order that the
purchase price might be urrairged.
.'. sou see it's like this," continued the
youthful Joke merchant: "A man was
going along the street and he said: "oh:
I wish I was dead:' Jut then a brick
fell down in front of hirn and said:
'Caii't you take a Joke?' "
'The reporter resurrected his smile and
the small boy looked hopeful. "Did you
make the Joke yourself?" asked the re
porter.
r ro, out j. neara Jt." said the Juvenile
humorist, as he leaned hard on the denk ,
for support. "And I thought you might
want it. "We take The Journal." he
added as an additional inducement why refused to support her unless she sub
t he Joke- should be purchased forthwith, mitted to his will. She alleged that at
The reporter cast around fr language In l.-mt. no longer able to endure the ordeal,
which to announce the sad fact that no ; she was compelled to leave her lord and
eash Could be forthcoming on the Joke. , master and flee to her parents for
and the small boy continued: "My name 1 sheter. .
is Joe Feldman and we take The Jour- Leila's testimony Was given between
naL so It will be all right. We live at 68 , SObs, and tears flowed freely down the
cjia-srreec. -.
A un later tne embryo Journalist de-
parted, saddened Bomewhat that the
newspaper never purchased Jokes when
it could Help It, but his gloom was mitt-
rated by the assurance that perhaps his
k'islt would be noted In the personal
milium."
TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.'
All druggists refund the money If it falls
to cure. JS. W. Grove s signature is on
tacu box, 25c,
IS GROWING
0
m HER PAST
And
Beautiful Carlo
Also Ran
Story From Reno, Nevada, Throws
Light on Sensational San
Francisco Suicide.
(Journal Special Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3-The sui
cide of "Carlo the Beautiful," noted ac
tress, and wife of P. F. Campigllo, of
Covington, Ky., who was her passing
as the bride of Robert Hemlngray, is till
a local sensation. The theory that .the
death of the woman was due to sugges
tion from Hemlngray has not been aban
doned. There is every Indication that
this may have been the case. Dispatches
from Reno, Nev., tend to lend strength
to this theory. The pistol with which
Mrs. Campigllo shot herself was formerly
the property of a woman who was mis
tress to Hemlngray, and It might 'have
been left handily about for the widely
Jealous woman to find.
The woman who was known here as
Mrs. Robert Hemlngray had a career
back of her final escapade that was lit
tle short of the sensational sky-rocketing
of her alleged husband.
The daughter of a New York grocer,
she married F.F. Campigllo of Coving
ton, Ky.,' and resided there some time.
Finally she went on the stage and be
came famous as a leading beauty. In
Cincinnati, as well as Covington, she
became widely known and was termed
"Carlo the Beautiful," because of her
first name being Car lot ta.
Just when she became Infatuated with
Hemlngray is not known. ;
KNEW HEM I NORA Y TO HER SORROW
RENO, Deo. 3 Miss ChrlsUne Towle,
who travels and performs under the stags
name of "Tony Powers," arrived here
two weeks ago, tU has since that time
been singing in the New Orpheum Thea
ter. . She has added another chapter to
the Ban Francisco tragedy that resulted
In the death of Mrs. Campigllo, who had
been posing as the wife of Robert Hem
lngray. 'I know Robert Hemlngray to my sor
row," she said. "The pistol that Car
lotta Campigllo used in taking her own
life was at one time my property, and I
believe it to have been stolen by Hem
lngray as a souvenir of his acquaintance
with me."
Hemlngray formerly lived with the
Towle woman, and she passed as his
wife, but because he was cruel to her
she left him some time ago.
After being deserted by his victim,
Hemlngray went to Portland. Ore., where
he Joined the Princess Chic Theatrical
Company, which later played an engage
ment here. At that time Miss Towle met
Hemlngray and openly charged him with
his perfidy.
It is supposed that Mrs. Campigllo
came into possession of these facts, and
that they led to her suicide after a scene
with her lover.
MARRIED TOO
OLD A HUSBAND
Pretty Mrs. Young Wants Divorce
and Tells Woeful Tale.
Leila Young, pretty, modest and IS
years of age, appeared before Judge
George this morning and asked for a
divorce from her husband, W. V. Young,
whom Bhe married only last June. Mr.
Young was there to defend his case, but
sat silent while his young wife recounted
as spicy a bit of testimony as Judge
George or anybody else In the courtroom
ever remembered having heard.
Leila was ery modest, as has been
told, and It was with difficulty that she
was made to tell her story.
YW. V. Young, the accused husband, is
IS years of age. and Ts employed as a
machinist In the Southern Pacific shops.
His side of the story will be heard yata
this afternoon.
When called to the stand the young
wife said she had been married since
June 17, 1902, and that she wished she
had never seen the man she had taken
for better and for worse. She alleged
that from the wedding night she had
i been submitted indignities that she never
knew went with connubial bliss. She
said that her husband was brutish, and
when she remonstrated he acted in a
cruel and inhuman manner That K-
childish face.
During a lull in the testimony a voice
was heard, audible through the court
room. It said: "Leila married too old
man.
8AY9 HE DID NOT STEAL.
Harry Thomas wa "arraigned "before
Judge Sears this morning and pleaded
not guilty to the charge of ."larceny from
the person" in stealing a diamond valued
at 176 from S. P. Hanawalt, Novum br
22, UtitZ. .
THE NEWS OF STAGELAND.
; fv A tkjCi (i asrtSeTtasw VHffl$Yr W
ntCHOMr F KATFIRLANtjUjgl VA ' 11? I
NEW YORK, Dec. S. Many fasofnatlng productions that must be classed among the big popular successes of
the season are to be Been here this week. Although the reception they are meeting with In this metropolis would
warrant an extended run In nearly every instance, the managers of many of them will stick to their date schedules
and embark on big road tours. In the near future. Thus, theater-goers, the country over, will be afforded an oppor
tunity to meet the winsome comediennes and clever impersonators whose faces are to be seen In the above picture.
w i) inn
inn now routiD
Courts. Asked to Decide
the Question.
Insurance Companies Refuse to Pay
Policies, Claiming They
Had Expired.
New York Sun.
Whether the word "noon," which marks
the beginning and expiration of all nre
Insurunce policies, means noon by stand-
ard time, or noon Dy solar time, is a
question which Is soon to be fought out !
In the courts of Kentucky, In 13 suits ,
which have attracted the attention of
Hr insurance neonle all over" the world. I
The suits are being brought by the Peas-
lee-Gaulbert Company and the Louisville
Lead & Color Company of Louisville, and
119,940.70 of insurunce money depends on
tile result.
The two companies mentioned occupied
three buildings at Fourteenth street and
Portland avenue. Louisville. These build
ings were destroyed by fire on April 1,
1902. The damage was about 1200,00(1. uf
this $1N.0U was covered by insurance.
All of the Insurance with the exception
of the amount mentioned was paid
promptly. This residue was held by 13
tire Insurance companies, the polWios In
which expired at noon on the day of the
fire.
Now. although the policies In these
companies all state that they were In
force from noon of April 1. 1901, to noon
of April 1, 190-. not one of them says
what kind of time that period of the day
Is to be reckoned In. In Louisville, the
solar noon Is 17H minutes earlier than the
standard noon, so that a fire occurring in
the neighborhood of noon on the day of a
policy's expiration may fisily be open to
attack.
STANDARD TIME.
The records of the Louisville fire de
partment show that the nre that de
stroyed the buildings of the two com
panies was discovered at 11:45 o'clock,
Louisville standard time, in tne forenoon
of ADril 1 last. The Are began a in the
engine room of the main factory and
upread to the two other buildings, which
were used mainly as warehouses. When
the fire department recorded the time of
the tire's discovery it figured, of course,
by standard time. Solar ' time" " would
make it Just two and a half minutes after
noon. If noun in .the (Killcles means noon
by solar time, of course the 13 com
panies are absolved from any responsi
bility for the loss. If it means noon by
standard tirnje, of course they must pay.
When the insurance people got the
claims of the companies they declined to
pay. and when asked for an explanation
declared that noon In the policies meant
ioon by solar time. The burned-out com
panies immediately began suit, and In
their affidavits they say that not only Is
standard time the official time of the
State of Kentucky and the city of Louis
ville, but It Is also the time upon which
all business engagements and all domes
tic and social engagements are reckoned.
They state further that they are pre- ,
Dared to show tnat in isau me cuy oi
Louisville passed an ordinance
making !
standard time the official time of the city,
.it lobulation is dated according to ;
standard lime and That the Oovernor of 1
the State is Inaugurated at noon accord
ing to the same measurement of time.
Solar time, state the companies, can
be found in use in Louisville by only a
few banking institutions which got char
ters many years ago that compel them
to ise olar time to "this nar- Most
banks, they say. operate on standard
time, although 'they keep clocks going at
solar time so as to do busines on that
basis If requested. Judging by standard
time, the plaintiffs allege their fir bftk
place IS minutes before their policies ex
pired. The suits will soon come to trial and,
of course, will be watched with great
interest by Insured people.
BUNCO MEN
ARRESTED
Notorious Safe Cracker Landed in
... - San Francisco . ..
Trix'e Johnson From Spokane Is
Fighting for Liberty. ,
Fred Rhynchnrt. better known to the
police as "Stuttering" Petersojl, one of
the most ;ieit safe crackers in tho
business, and one of the most desperato
men In the ranks el the criminals, lias
been captured in San Francisco. He was
caught In a building, where he had Just
blown ypen a sale i he case against
nim (g eomplete. He is well known to
the local lnjlice and has served two terms
In the Halem penitentiary. The first was
from IMS to lSs."., loi burglary. In March,
1. h wua captuied by Policeman Sand-
: strum, while blowing up Ihe safe in the
office of the Willamette Iron Works. A
revolver duel took place, in which the
policeman narrowly escaped death. For
this ottetiso Hhynchart was sent up for
, live years, and was released a year ago
last August. Whin a youth he served
a number of terms in the California
prisons.
T1"K.NK1 A lU'NCO TRICK.
Hugh Trainer, alias, John Harris, who
' but recently escaped from the clutches
of the ituffalo authorities, and "Four-
e. ye,a .oni-cnan, uvo ui ,hv top-notch Dun
' co men of theVounliy, were arrested this
morning tor tuniJug. a, D ick. , An .EBgiish
inan, who Is a hi ranger In the city, was
lured into the Stockholm Saloon, on Sixth
and Flanders streets, and fleeced of i0
in a dice fame Shei han is well known
on the coast, havii.g ln raised at Port
Townsend. He lias made his home at Se
attle for a number ot' yt ara, and has
been In ihe tolls of i he police there many
times. The two men w re only recently
in trouble in Spokane.
I TUYINM TO HIII'AK WAY.
j Detective McIMiee ot Spokane is In the
city, after a colored g;r called Trixie
I Johnson. She was arrested upon tefe
! graphic Instructions for larceny. Yester
, day morning she was released cn a writ
of habeas corpus, but was Immediately
rearrested as a fugiU. from, Justice on
a warrant 'issued by just lee Reld. She
, will have a hearing ibis afternoon, and
Is making a hard light to gain her lib
erty. -
Her ball has been t.x.d at i00. De
tective Mcl'hee. who is waiting for the
f. 'OuiSIUVin papers, says the case against
the woman is complete. That she went
Into a restaurant at Spokane with a
miner, flnd snatched tw 1 $100 bills from
, his pocket and ran nwnv There were a
, number of witnesses "i the act.
i Slloc iTIX'J TRIAL.
The case of Joint Johnson for shooting
i J. II. l!)o'j!n In the i,-ir n a row over a
gambling game, in whirl: a J10 gold piece
came into dispute, will i,,- heard .in the
Municipal Court this ' afternoon. Both of
, the parties are colored men. The Bhoot-
ing took place In a North End dive.
j POLICE COlItT TRANSCRIPT.
Cases In the police court today are:
! Drunks. Peter N ls.ni, . Kdward O'Brien.
William Cunningham. II. T. Wilson, Wil
liam Wilson. James Hughes. Torn Tlm
mons and John McUndev. Mike Murphy.
Ior. using proiane language. Arthur
ix-naman. jonn wraucn and Walter HI-
. for peeling tne Dark from some fruit
trees.
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Regulator line steamers from Oak-street
dock at 7 a. m. Pest and fastest line of
steamers for The Dalles, Lyle, Hood
River, Whtte 8nlmon, Sf. Maftmv "Hot
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Springs, and all Middle Columbia River
and Klickitat Valley points. Take this
line and get to your destination from on
to four hours ahead of other linos.
TWO LITTLE BLACK PRINCESSES.
Two ilttlo black princesses from Liberia
are guests at the house of Rev. J. E
Rawlins, 1717 Page street, this city. When
seen this morning. Princess Marvee, aged
6, of the Bundl tribe, was attired in a
blue gingham Mother Hubbard and busily
engaged in crocheting thread lace.
Princess DJaaga Wuttah. ayed 11, of
the Golah tribe, was wrapped in a brown
shawl and lustily trying her upper reg
ister. The tiny royalties were brought
to this country by Mrs. J. E. Sharp, a
returned missionary, who hopes to leave
Marvee at the Flske Institute to obtain
an education. The baby will return
with her. Marvee said she was "plenty
sick on big ship," and "Onerlca was ver
cold."
Her father. 'the "king of one vt the- bush
tribes, was killed In one of the battles
of an insurrection and the child was
found by government soldiers and so came
Into Mrs. Sharp's hands.
The baby's mother, who was a woman
of far-famed beauty, Mrs. Sharp says,
was beaten to death by her Jealous hus
band, dying only a short tlmo after the
child was born.
The father is the King of the Golahs
and has many wives, but is fondest of
the mother of Dyanga. They tried to
l-.cep the child alive by giving It rice
water, as they think It brings evil to
give the children cow's or soat milk, and
no woman would take It because of the
hellef that a child whose mother had
come to such an untimely end would
bung ill luck.
They brought it to Mrs. Sharp to die,
!.:. none of them wished it to die in their
house. It was so starved and stunted
that all the children exclnlmed that it
was a monkey. Mrs. Sharp fed it con
densed milk and It began to revive, to
the great amazement of all the tribe.
They called the condensed milk "Amerl
an bewitched milk."
Mrs. Sharp stiys there Is a great open
ing in Liberia for colored mth and wo
men of Intelligence and education. There
is a demand for dentists and physicians,
skilled laborers and those who would
tke on cotton-growing and ether plan-
lHtjin industries.
She is in nopes wnne
here to arouse suincien interest, in "--
'work among the bush tribes of Liberia
to raise-sufficient funds , to place her
school on a permanent basis. Philadel
phia Press.
WHAT THE SQUAW SAID.
(From the New York Times.)
Mat. Pratt, the I'nited States army offi
cer who is in charge of the Carlisle In
dian school, admits that many of his
graduates who return to tribal life fall
in Indian ways again. Therefore he is
doing all he can to prevent the educated
Indians from going bacfc to the reserva
tions. He tells of an incident he saw at a
Western Indian agency. A squaw en
tered a trader's store, wrapped In a
blanket, pointed at a straw hat and
asked: "How muchee?"
"Fifty cents," said the merchant.
"How muchee?" she asked again, point
ing at another article. The price was
quoted, nnd was followed by another
query of "How mucheeT"
Tben she suddenly 'gazed blandly at the
merchant andTasked; mildly : .'
"Do you not regard 8uch prices as ex
tortionate for articles of such palpably
and unmistakably inferior quality? D.o
you not really believe that a reduction In
your charges would materially enhance
your pecuniary profits, as well as be
ethically proper? I beg you to consider
my suggestion."
She was a graduate of the Carlisle In
dian school, .
IN BEARLAND.
Mother Bruin. In conclusion And so
you see. my dears, the wise bear will eat
but little and keep himself thin, while the
greedy bear becomes fat and Is killed by
the hunter.
Benjamin Bruin, who reads the papers
But, mother, the thin bear was tied to
a tree and killed, just the same, so what's
the use?
USED DISCRIMINATION.
(Town Topics.)
"It is appalling to think of the tempta
tions to which young men are exposed.
We women should do what we can to
lessen them."
"I do my share. For the last five years
I have made it an Inflexible rule never to
111ft except" : with' TnaTrted men."
FISHERMEN ORGANIZE.
Seven thousand fishermen on Puget
Sound have organised a trades union,
chartered by the American Labor Union.
CUBA MUST r
JOIN "US
Our High Tariff Means Her Finan
cial Rain.
RECIPROCITY IS ROT ENOUGH
The Cuban Government Is Looked Upon
by Cubans ss Only Provisional It I
Too Weak to Inipire Confidence at
Home or Respect Abroad Only Those
Who Took Active Part In the War
Against AnnexationAnd They Hold
the Offices,
This plea for the annexation of Cuba
to the I'nited States is made by Fran
Cisco Reyes Guzman, a Cuban. He
says:
"As a Cuban I wish to thank William
Allen White for .his article, published in
McCiure's Magaglne, on reciprocity with
Cuba. She Is in great distress and ruin
because of the failure of the bill in Con
gress. She cannot get along without the
American market. The present tariff is
prohibitive. Bugar pays 1.8S cents per
pouno; cigars manufactured In Havana
pay tt.00 per pound and 25 per cent, ad
valorem additional, and tobacco leaf pays
1.85 per pound on wrappers and 35 cents
per pound on fillers. The result is that
Cuba has no market for her sugar ujid
tobacco.
"But my belief Is that Cuba needs from
this country something more than reci
procity, and that is what I am golnir to
explain very carefully. I will state that
I have been doing business there for the
last 35 years, and that I have Invested
there today more than $500,000. Conse
quently I have had enough experience
to Know all the evils and the remedies
to be applied to them.
"I consider that the political problem
of every country ought to be solved at
the same time with the commercial one,
harmonizing them in all possible ways,
the political being the more important.
Tho Spanish government was always
consiaerea ty the Cubans a provisional
one. And why? Because Spain was di
vorced commercially from her colony.
She did not buy Its products. The to
bacco was monopolized by the eovern-
ment, and theduty on sugar was so Mgh'
tnat It was prohibited from entrance
there.
"And today the Cuban Republican gov
ernment is considered a provisional one.
Why? Because it Is so weak In every
wav that It does not Inspire confidence
at home or abroad, and because It is not
In accord with the wishes of three
fourths of the Inhabitants. The result
will be that money will leave. Instead of
going there. No emigrants will go there,
except a few Spaniards.
THE GOVERNMENT ADRIFT.
"Cuba ts today like a ship at the mercy
of a cyclone on the high sea and without
a pilot on board. The moneyed persons
turn their eyes toward Washington as
they behold with great sorrow their
properties losing value every day. The
republic was born on the 20th of May,
and since that time all values on the
island have gone down 20 per cent.
"There are 25,000 persons who' took part
In the revolution. They have monopo
lized everything there all the govern
ment offices, posjtlons..on. thp poilce forca
and the rural guard, and have declared
that the Cubans who did not go to the
revolution do not deserve to be consid
ered by them. They are crying out in
every possible way against annexation.
Any person who favors It there will be
severely dealt with by them, and treated
as a traitor. That Is the reason why It
appears that the country does not want
to be annexed. But these persons have
nothing to lose and are pursuing a policy
for their own personal benefit. The ma
jority of the other Cubans are disgusted
with their lack of true patriotism.
"The natural consequence la that there
is a material peace, but no moral one.
"The population of the lsfend Is com
posed as follows: 250.000 foreigners, 500,
000 negroes and 750,000 Cubans. All the
foreigners are anxious to be annexed to
this country and three fourths of the Cu
bans have the same desire.
READY FOR REBELLION.
"The negroes are waiting the first op
portunity to fight for a republic of their
own. If it was not for the Piatt amend
ment they would revolt very Boon, and
the whites could not prevent them from
taking the eastern part 6f the island for
themselves. Then the country would be
divided Into two republics like Haytl and
Santo Domingo. Today the negroes are
claiming the right to hold one third of
the government offices, because they form
one third of the Inhabitants, and declare
that they did most of the fighting in tho
last rftvolaUoo, at. the end af which three
fourths of .the fighting men wera negroes.
"For all these reasons I am obliged to
call the serious attention of the Presi
dent, the United States government and
the American people to my statement
that the best gift they can give to the
Cubans will be to annex the. Island as
soon as Congress assembles, on condi
tion that all the products of tho Island
are permitted to come to this country
without paying any duty. That is the
only thing that will solve forever all the
Cuban problems.
"This country needs Cuba for political
reasons, and Cuba needs this country for
commercial safety. By the Piatt amend
ment Cuba is morally annexed to ' the
I'nited States. One must be blind If he
does not see It.
"If the United States acts toward Cuba
In a weak manner there will alWays be
trouble between the two countries; but
if, on the contrary. It acts strongly and
annexes the Island, three fourths of the
Inhabitants .there will he deeply indebted
ta. this cpuntry -for havhur saved '.them
from sure ruin, and I am sure that there
will be no rebellion or revolution, be
cause nobody dares to oppose this coun
try. "In conclusion, I state that although I
did not go to fight, I did help the revolu
tion with some cash and by taking sev
eral thousand dollars of the Cuban Re
public bonds."
BRET HARTE'S MODESTY.
In an article of reminiscences Mary
Stuart Boyd says that the late F.ret Harte
never obtruded his personality. He also
had a dread of people regarding him for
his work only, not for himself. "Why
didn't you tell me it was Bret Harte who
sat next me at dinner last night?" walled
one of society's smartest young matrons
In a note to her hostess the morning
after & large dinner party. "I have al
ways longed to meet him, nnd I would
have been so different had I only known
who tny netghboi was." "Now, -why
can't a woman realise this sort ot thing
Is Insulting?" queried the author, to whom
the hostess had forwarded her friend's
letter. "If Mrs. talked with me and
found me uninteresting as a man, how
could she, expect to find me Interesting
because T was -an "-author. ?" Chicago
News.
RAT EXTERMINATED.
Rats are being exterminated at Sebas
topol to prevent the spread of plague.
WHY GIVE ,;, :
BANQUETS?
An
American Custom That Has
Become a Nuisance.
NOBODY WANTS THE SPEECHES
Those Who Can't Get Away Are Bored
Both Before and After Going, Whlls
Thou Put Down for Speeches Would
Much Prefer Being at Home and Tak
ing Their Meals at Regular Hours.
The banquet Is one of the fixed insti
tutions of public life in America, England
and other countries of Christendom.
Doubtless, too. It flourishes among the
benighted heathen In various lands. The .
Chinese and the Turks have banquets at
which distinguished persons are feasted.
Some banquets are affairs of national im
portance. The Lord Mayor's banquet In
London each year brings a notable gath
ering of celebrities before whom some
Cabinet leader says political nothings,
tediously or brilliantly, according to his
gifts of speech. Tammany's banquets
are worth half a column even In a San
Francisco newspaper. The regular or oc
casional banquets uf commercial or scien
tific bodies are generally of some per
functory local Interest. Consequently the
banquet as an Institution is worth five
minuies siuuy.
A banquet differs from a dinner in that
it is a public or quasi-public affair.
Whenever a great worthy comes to town
there Is nothing to do but give a banquet
in his honor. Those busybodles who de
light in taking subscriptions for one
thing and another, jump at every ex
cuse for getting up a banquet. They go
about talking up the project and bully
ing or shaming a sufficient number of
persons into agreeing to shore the ex
pense. They manage the business, con
tract with the caterer, send out the invi
tations and collect the per capita tax
levied on all the guests.
Now the average man of affairs dreads
and loaths a banquet. it pleases
neither his stomach nor his mfhd. Ha
would prefer his accustomed and substan
tial dinner at home to the multitudinous
courses of indigestible that are laid
helore him at the. banquet, table. If ho
has a speech to make later the thought
of It haunts him and kills whatever ap
petite he might bring to the festal board.
It Is safe to say that not more than one
man out of ten enjoys the food at a ban
quet. Most times tho gay banqueter finds
himself between two men whom ho
knows only slightly, and with them ho
must "make conversation" all evening.
"Making conversation" is a very exhaust
ing form of mental dissipation. Conse
quently the intellectual pleasures of the
banquet uro about as insipid as the de
gustatory pleasures. But If the indiges
tible food and the tiresome conversation
were the only drawbacks of the banquet
it would not be so bad. There are, how
ever, more painful tortures provided for
the banquet guests. These tortures are
the post-prandial speeches.
The speeches commence Just about tho
time when the middle-aged, domesticated
man of family at the board Is ready to
go home, and they continue long after
everybody wishes that all the speakers
and. toastmaster and the. committee were
ksccked on. t he head . and In one red
burial blent. Toward the close of a well
ordered public banquet a few of the dis
tinguished guests are more than likely
to show unmistakable signs of liquor
and some of them enliven the feast with
horseplay.
When it Is all over the sober guest -
wends homeward to bed, three or four
hours later than his wont. He wakes la a
the morning sour and surly and goes
through the day with dyspepsia In his
alimentary canal and anger In his brain.
Is modern Ingenuity so weak that It
cannot Invent some agreeable substitute
for that Intolerable plague and nuisance.
he public banquet? Is civilization so
backward that It must keep this stupid
survival of the barbarous orgies of tha
ancient pagans? San Francisco Bulletins
A FIREBRAND FROM ILLINOIS.
A hitherto unnoticed Incident of the)
Chicago convention deserves .publicity.
During tho hours preceding the making'
of set speeches the strife for recognition
from the chairman was particularly keen.
One long, lean fellow, dressed like a,
Methodist preacher, was even more per
sistent than the others. After many valnt
efforts to catch the chairman's eye, ha
began climbing over the benches, still
soliciting notice. He was, perforce, rec
ognized. "The gentleman from Illinois has the!
floor," announced the chairman, and
with, .a- jtap of Ms. , gavfcl, sUeoceA th
crowd. I'p marches Ichabod to the front
of the platform where stood a table with
a glass and a pitcher of water.
'Gentlemen of the convention." he be
gan, 1 and he halted and reached
for the water. A few hasty gulps and ha
began again.
Gentlemen of the convention, I
Again he lost his thought and dived mad-
y for the pitcher. The crowd was be
coming restless, and when for the third
time he cleared his throat and began
'Gentlemen of the convention," nerves
were on edge. The unfortunate was
struggling for utterance, but his tongue
would not obey him. He reached for the
water, but was Interrupted sadly by a
voice from Ihe gallery a slow, distress
fully sympathetic voice:
"Take him to the lake."
Immediately from every bench and gal-
ery rained unsuspected cups and buckefa
f water. The delegate from Illinois was
literally flooded out, and for the rest ot
the convention the flame of eloquence
wtls . effectively quenched, Saturday
Evening Post.
CLOSE TO THE YEARS OF PETER.
. (The Tablet.)
The Pope, on Tuesday. Nov. 4, had oc
cupied the chair of St. Peter longer than
ny of his predecessors except nui u.
Is a singular fact, cited Dy some aa
testimony to file Increased healthiness
of Rome, that th,e two longest reigns re
corded In he annals of the Papacy should
have been the two last, that of Pius DC..
whose pontificate lasted for 31 years and
7 months, and that of Leo .lli,, who nas
worn the triple crown for 24 years t
months, and more than a fortnight. Un
til November 4 he had not attained tha
years of Plus VI., who died at exile at
Valence In 1799. The tradition that St.
Peter had been bishop of Rome for 25
years was the origin of the saying ad
dressed to succeeding Popes on their ac
cession, "'Thou slialt not see the years
of--Peter." a. prediction falsified for tha
first time by the late reign, and likely to
be so In the present case. The reigning
Pontiff, despite his great age, has been
surpassed In longevity by two of his pre
decessors. St. Agathon. who died in 683
at the age of 107, and Gregory IX.. who,
at .the .date of his death in 1241, had at
tained toe age of 99.
VALUE OF OSTRICH.
A fine ostrich Is calculated to yield
$2,500 worth of feather,