Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1903)
THE OltEGON DAILY JOTTRNAIi, rOPTLAKPs SATDHDAY". EVEXINGr MAY- 0, 1003. . . Tes Oregon Djuly Journal - o ' 3cr&XAfc ntuamsa COUPANT. ", ' ProprWtor. '' "'" Addressi THt OftrttON DAILY JOURNAL. t Yamhill street, Mwna ourth fifth f 9rt!n. PcsflCJ , INOAPgNDgNT DIMOCKATIC PAPg OF OREGON. '- Entered f th Petofflc of Portland Cresosv for transrrUefoa tiiroufh th mail a MOMUI-ctaM matter. roatag ft single sopta Per an 8. 1. or 12-pag paper, 1 aant; 1 to 18 P , I aeu awar 21 page. I oents. ' ; A''- v Telephones! ' Busfneae Office Oregon, Main 100; Co lumbia, 708. Editorial Booms-Oregon Main 104. Cttp Editor Oregon. Mai a 80. UBCRITION RATES. Th ?utimm, rear ,...W Tha Journal, alx montha Tha Journal, Utraa montha lb JauraaJ, by tbs waak i.6 it n bv MaUl Th Journal by mail. ca yr H J Tha Journal, bv malL Six months.... 2. St Tha Journal, by mail three montha. ! 1 Ta iut of power, the love of gain. The thousand lurea of sin Around him had no power to stain Th ferity within. II felt that wrong which wrong . partaksa, That nothing stands alone, That whoso glv the motive, 1 tnakea Bla brother's aln hi own. Wblttler. J A LITTLE OF THE EGO. :, Tha Journal la to a particularly happy tram of mind. Thla content come from a fine digestion, a youtn ', ful spirit and a good circulation, which la steadily Increasing, with strong evi fence that It la going to rlae to a very healthy atatat ' Tha Journal has no. tale of woe 4o relate, for tt alone should take ears of Its own trouble, and not Inflict them upon others. There. Is too much to do: too much of Interest in this community, for a lire implement of publicity and promotion. Cor this newspaper to have time to devote to its own wounds and scars, woe and disappointments, 'Work is a great medicine for a bad . Wverl'. :' ' , There appears to be a great opening here for another paper, one that will not go "money grubbing" and one that will not give all of its attention and energy to. building a halo around its owr velled : head. The Journal ap preciates , the spirit of the people of the Oregon country,, of those of Port land, toward It tor it la this on which it depends la going forward with the work of making a newspaper, which shall always I true and loyaf to the public interest and AN UPHOLDER OF EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL MEN. v As the people become better ac quainted ' with this newspaper their onfldenc In'tt WlH Increase and in the proportion that It does, The Jour nal will be betjer able to accomplish something in their behalf and prove its worth by its works. The Journal, in thanking the people for their support, also assures them that the purpose and spirit of "live and let live" are in its blood. Having a mission in life, to be of servios to the advancement of a com mon cause, and a work to perform, it proposes to keep everlastingly at it, until the close, with malice toward bone; with charity to all! avowedly friendly to the Fair and an ious for Us slice mat Governor Chamberlain gave them -represents tlon upon th heard which was to disburse the funds contributed by the state. It was not until long after th ad Journment of th Legislature that the movement was- inaugurated to- amy the unions against the Fair. It had Its origin in the labor, troubles in Portland and was th unfortunate out come of th fefllng which had been aroused between the parties to the controversy. The arbitrary aUtud of the employers excited a desir for re taliation and a determination to com pel them to accede to tha demands of the ifhlons. Then came the action of the local and state labor organisations. Neither of these organisations Is In fallible. Like all other bodies of .men they are liable to rr and at times they fall to reflect th Views of those whom they represent Th Journal believes that In the attempt to array labor against the Fair a very serious blunder haa been made and that th working men .themselves are not In sympathy with It. The prosperity of the work Ingmen is bound up in the prosperity of the community in which they live, and of the state. The benefits which will accrue from th Fair t Portland and to Oregon can scarcely be exag gerated. The failure or the abandon ment of the Fair wbuld be fraught with evil consequence which must be felt for many years. The real friends of labor should not sign the referendum petition. Every man who gives It his signature Is ar raying himself against an enterprise as beneficial to the worklngmen as to the capitalists, and which was as strongly endorsed by one class as by th other only three months ago. Worklngmen themselves should re member that homely old adage "Don't bite off your nos to spite your face." It fits the present case. THE EASTERN CRISIS. The war clouds are gathering omin ously over Manchuria and It will not be strange If diplomacy should Anally glv way to "armed force. Russia's aggressions are so bold that it seems evident that she is fully resolved to carry out hr echem of conquest, even though it involve her In war with the ther powers. - .. The chief opposition must come from England, Japan and the United States. China Is helpless and her utter Inabil ity to defend her own possessions la pitiable and humiliating. Already she1 has appealed to , this government for aid In the hour of her extremity. It i remains to be seeri how President 1 as declaring that a oood Republican for office la preferable to a bad Demo crat, as so Is a good Democrat, Ketones, preferable to a bad Republican, Her mann, for a Congressional office," "a Bill ot the people." Prof, Monuftsea, the Oennan scholar. think that the Monro Dootrtn do, not reat on a logical basis, but the! heavy guns on out battleships thing differently, and. their arguments ari Usually quite convincing. England's victory over th Mad Mullah reminds one of the American humorist who violently pulled his n- tagonlst down on top of him and then: firmly Inserted his nose between th scoundrel's teeth. y Anton Griywinski, a San Francisco cltlxen, has changed his last name to Winter. Nine cases' of lockjaw oc curred before th necessary legal pro ceedings were completed. Mrs. Thaw seems to have clearly ea tabllshed the fact that she did not pay any more for her titled son-in-law than she considered him worth. Th absorbing question with th Portland citlsen now Is whether his stock of collars and cults will ktat until the laundry strike Is called off. Dean Swift always kept his birthday as a da of mourning. Is the Lewis anMC)ark anniversary to be observed In the same way? It is painful to discover ttmt the laundry bill collectors did not go on strike with the other laundry employes. There Is no particular hurry about putting up nag poles for the two base ball pennants Portlund Is trying to win. Is the washing of our municipal dirty linen to be postponed on account of the laundry strike? Roosevelt's administration will meet ' ORGANIZED LABOR AND THE FAIR ' , Many persons are being requested to ' sign th petition for a referendum on the' Lewis and Clark Fair, and tho -argument most commonly used is that they will thereby be showing their friendship for the labor unions. The , argument is based, of course, upon the fact . that the Stat Federation of Labor has endorsed the demand of the Federated Trades of this city for a , referendum, and it Is not unnaturally . assumed by many people that this Is expressive of the general Bentiment of URioa orkiAgjnen. . f fh Journal believes this assumption t h mistaken. There is strong rea . son , to challenge the Idea that the . rolutfons adopted by the local and . th stat organization are a true re flection of the attitude of union labor toward the Fair, .Jio public enterprise ever undertaken , ' in Portland or In Oregon has been so 1 productive of benefit 'to all classes as the Lewis and Clark Fair will be if it is carried to a successful consumma tion. Intelligent worklngmen appre- r date this fact and they were outspoken la jtheir expressions of satisfaction ha the Fair appropriation was passed by the last Legislature. They realised that b the preparation of the grounds, the ftreotion of buildings and th iastellatlton of exhibits the Fair would glv i employment to thousands of Skilled and unskilled workmen, to say toothing of the Impetus which it would glv to all lines of industry and which would be felt for yars to come. ' Those member of th Legislature who had been most closely Identified with, organized labor and who were , looked upon as its chosen representa tives were among the most active ad- i vocates of the Fair appropriation, and not On of them uttered a syllable of protest against the passag of the bill. If any one of them had declared that labor was opposed to the enterprise, the unions themselves would doubtless have been the first t refute the asser tion, i 1 ; : It was In recognition of the fact that th Worklngmen of th suit were the grave problems which the crisis presents, but national pride forbids that the sppeal should be Ignored, is almost inevitable that th United States should take a firm and deter mined stand In demanding of Russia that she observe the argreement entered into by the powers at the conclusion of the Boxer war. Japan would welcome a conflict with Russia. Her dogs of war have long been straining at the leash, eager for th fray. For four years the Japanese ovrnment has been preparing for war and the army now numbers 150, 000 men, thoroughly equipped ana trained to the point of perfection. The Japanese are splendid fighters, as they proved in their war with China and in the campaign for the relief of Pekin The war spirit runs high and hostilities against Russia would , be welcomed with delight throughout the empire. Probably one of the cnief difficulties of the present crisis will be to Indue Japan to pursue . that policy of mod eration which affords -the only chance of a peaceful solution. So far as England Is concerned, It is reasonable to assume that she would be very reluctaht to become Involved In an actual -conflict with Russia at this time. The Boer war was an enor mous burden upon the people of Great Britain and they are eager for an in terval of peace. Furthermore war In the Orient Is fraught with serious perils, for there are many points of at tack upon the , Britisn Empire, and Russia would be quick to seise upon them. For a generation Russia has been silently menacing British India and it Is well known that everything ; has long been, In readiness, down to the slightest detail, for , instant Invasion. An even more vulnerable point of at tack would be found In Turkey. War with Great Britain would give Russia the long coveted opportunity to force her way to Constantinople and to gain a foothold upon 'the Mediterranean. Russia, would enjoy the great advant age of being able to carry on the war on land, and England's powerful navy would be comparatively innocuous. Should Russia persist in her forcible occupation of Manchuria, it is difficult to see how serious conflict can be . avoided. Formidable as 'such ft war would be, it would be le'fes formidable than to permit Russia to trample under foot her promises to the other powers and to set at defiance all the laws of International honor and comity. THE JOURNAL'S ATTITUDE The Journal's attitude toward Mr. Hermann in the race for office In the First Congressional district is not one of personal dislike, but of mistrust of the man. The Journal does not op pose the election of Mr. Hermann be cause he is a good Republican, but be cause he is a bad one, an incompetent and unfaithful offl-hol8er, as proves by his record. In short, Mr. Hermann has never considered in practice that a "public office was a public trust," nor shown In any way that he was a 'good Republican." ' If Mr. Hermann's record was what J it la known to be and he were the Democrats "nominee,; 1 The Journal would oppose his election just the aama Th Jouivaal will go on record Bobsea's &at Bays. Before his mental vitality drifted from hUn Mr. Robson declared 'that his fam ous play, "The Henrietta," the master piece of his repertoire, woiild die with him that he would tear tha manuscript and that it would never again be played on any stage. The piece had won for him a golden raward ami . contributed largely to the great fortune which Mr. Robson Is thought tq have left to his heirs. It is believed he carried out his purpose. Tba closing days of his career were marked by a struggle to keep up bis work that wan no lees dramatic than It was heroic. Knowing that It was dan gerous for him to prijreed with his tour, the aelor .refused to abandon bis work, saylug this would work a hardship upon the members of his company by throw ing them out of employmenteat a season when stags positions were few and ap plicanta many. Although suffering intensely, Mr. Rob- con went before his audiences night af ter night, and seemingly put the Are and charm and rollicking fun into his roles that had characterised his former ef forts. But human endurance was ex hausted at last, and on Sunday the comedian was brought back to New York to die. Stuart Robson was known among his stage friends as a tireless worker. He had played the role of Bertie, the Lamb. J, 1100 times, before no less than S.OUO.OOO people, and the piece had earned no less than 13,000,000 during Its long Ufa His second greatest work was done in "A Comedy of Errors," in which he had the role of the Dromio of Syracuse. He opened his last season in Brooklyn In September, at the Montauk Theatre. He then took his company for a tour of the South and West, and late in Feb ruary worked back to Boston, going from there to Philadelphia. In that city serious Illness compelled him to forego further work, and he returned to his home at 7J8 West End avenue, for a rest Daniel v. Arthur, his manager, and his physicians advised him to abandon the tour for the remainder of the season. It was then that Mr. Robson said he would be willing, so far as he was con cerned, but that he could not place the members of hlB loyal company in a pre dicament to which they had not con tributed. Against urgent appeals of friends and business associates, he started out in March, beginning his engagement at the Harlem Opera House with "A Comedy of Errors." Prom there he returned to the Montauk, and three weeks ago ap peared at the Orand Opera House la The Henrietta," playing "Bertie, the T.ainb." for the last time on Saturday, April IS. Admitting that It was tempting fate to do so, Mr. Robson then ventured on series of one-night stands through Con necticut, and In this State Mr. Arthur heard repeated reports of his illness, and frequently called the comedian over the Inng-distance telephone and protested against nis going on with the tour. "Never was so well in my life," was Mr. Robson's persistent reply, "Just stop worrying, old man. I'm all right." The crisis came at Auburn on Satur day night. Mr. Robson was pla,ylng Dromio when he broke down, and had to be carried to a dressing room. "Let me die on the stage," he said to the players, "I want to die with the footlights and the happy faces before me." But this was not to be. On Sunday morning the patient was started for New York, and arrived there on Monday morning. He was taken to the Savoy and the family was summoned. The act&r rallied and plans were made to re move him te his beautiful summer home, Waterwltch, at the Highlands of Nave slnk, whoae broad piazza commands a fine view of the Narrows. Mr. Robeoa's condition became worse. Tuesday afternoon, and 'his physicians resorted to hypodermic Injections to sus tain vitality. The patient sank rapidly and died at 7:16 o'clock, :New York American. 6 X TOlXtldJi FORECAST." .....1,,.. A" subject of frequaat comment by the Eastern press is to growing, strength; f the. sentiment in- favor of making O rover Cleveland th XMrnoorati nom-j Inee for Prealdent In Many in-f fluentlal newspapers are now urging hi nomination. -Th Hmw Tork World was; on of th first to to so, boldly avowing th bUf that . Mr. Cleveland Is to k only man uader whose leadership tb uemocratio party ; en be rlptortoas. This utterano round strong approvaf throughout th Southern stats and att traded widespread" attention. More re centiy th Boston Herald, one of th most Influential rs of New England; haa com out with emphatic endorsed ment of the Cleveland candidacy, and this is undoubtedly significant of the at- Editor Journal; I had an inkling jf th raaoallty that 1t seems has. prevsllad 14 our county, administration. hav looked intently : i 'that , lrtuout and apslghf independent organ." ;th ''Or, gonian, to get further Information. Nf discovering it there I was eurloas to s if Its evening edition bad aught t say, tltude of many thousands of Independent Incumbenoy , of the rsldsncy. This " wuum cummana ror me Democracy. Republican and Independent Ta Wag of It The lilac blows and gleams and glows along the garden fence;' the bulldog scoots and blithely toots with rapture that's Intense. The grass is green where blue-birds preen and robin readbreasts hop; the baseball , fliea along' the skies, the circus is oa too. The lively moth de vours the cloth and circles round the lan P. and terrapin set all agria the features of the tramp. The gutnlhr pill doth gayly fill the farmer to the brim; amid the gush the whitewash brush be gins to sip and skim. The 11 vein oolt begins to bolt the pasture with hi dam; the oyster skates and aMieate i favor of the clam. And so we-cayly skip snd trip and somersault all day, and put to rout all care and shout, "Hip, hip Hoe ray, hooray." Judge, Republicans in, Massachusetts and the neighboring states. Muny other prom-" lnent papers la the Kast and Middle West have declared him the logical nom inee. - The argumentsrin favor of nominate Ing Mr. Cleveland are forcibly presented in th following editoilal wuich ap peared In the Brooklyn Eagle; Minions or Amerlc-une again desire to make O rover Clevelnml Preelrfent of the United Btatea lie is today regarded as the only man who could beat Theo dore Roosevelt., This reduces the to those Who would like to beat Roosevelt and to tho"' who wou lie can be beaton by Orovcr Cleveland, In our present opinion.' but lie might not be by any other Demount. Therefore, thoae who would not Uuve Cleveland may, by the support of any other Demo crat, fall to beat Mr. RooHevelt anct would thereoy indirectly contribute to! Mr. Roosevelt's election. They may dis like Cleveland more than they dislike Roosevelt, but If they preter Democracy to Republicanism in the preHldcncy, thoy should support Cleveland regnrdle;a of their prejudices agulnet him or of their preferences for some other Democrat. 'Were the contest an fven one between the two parties, the fluid of nomination could be open to all und rretricted to none within the Democracy. But the contest is not an even out.. Republican-: Ism is In power, Th Democracy has been out. of power for a long tlnif. Clro-. ver Cleveland Is the only man whom the Democracy has been able to put Into power, since the war between the stages. In late fears, the Democratic party has used tip" many - otiwrwtee available Democrats for presidential purposes, by factional war within the party and by tha wanderings of the party Into paths of error and of folly. "All of the Democratic aspirants for the presidency could ground the arms of their ambition at the feet of Orover Cleveland, but they could do so at tho feet of no other Democrat. It would be no humiliation' for them to give place to him, for he has been the elect of the people, and they have not. Moreover, he haa taken no part In the mistakes which have cost the party public confidence aT.d which have made-for nearly every other Democrat of, presidential elze a vulner able record. - It, might be difficult for many Democratic eta tenmen and politi cian to overcome their envy or their enmity toward Mr. Cleveland, but diffi culties of that kind have to be overcome. If the party prefers victory to defeat in American life. It would not be difficult for the Democratic rank end file to vote for Orover Cleveland again, for they like him and truet him and they ere already, aa many evidences show, demnnding of their leaders and of their editors his nomination for President next year. "The great things Mr. Cleveland did as President remain. The splendid things he has done and said since he left the presidency are appreciated. His career In office and his career out of office ut)lto to make him the most trusted and re spected of living American". The Very fact that the Democratic party numbers him among the men on whom It can call, is the greatest element of strength and hope now posseesed by that party. To day the propoeltlon plainly Is Orover Cleveland for President of the United States in 1904, or only a nominal Demo cratic opposition to the election of Theo dore Roosevelt then. Events may, but are unlikely to. change this. The time to nomination is not long. The chance for the discovery, within that time, of another great Democratic availability is slight. "The nomination of Cleveland would end all quibbles about recent or future platforms. He would b the platform. His career and character would be the guarantee of the restoration of repose. of strength,' of consistency, of dignity, of wisdom and of trained experience to the chief magistracy. Men would n6t go to bed with anxiety or wake up with apprehension, were he again the Presi dent Of the United States. The func tion of shock would be retired from ex ecutive action. The capacity for sur prise would not be dally strained to ex haustion were he In office again. The dangerous tendencies of plutocracy on the one . hand, and of proletariatlsm on the other, would be stopped by the very fact of his presidency. To the Demo cratic party his nomination would mean rejuvenation and to the country at large reassurance. It would fix the center of business security above the, head of the Democracy and afflict the new Re publicanism with responsibility for the cohorts of spoliation with whom It ha been coquetting of late years. 'We know that If will be said that there should be no third term for any American President - It will be said. But what of it, if it be said? There is nothing in It, when the three terms are not consecutive. No one eould accuse Mr. uievei&na or tne use oz toe presi dential office to promote his nomination, for he will have been out of it for eight years before a vacancy will occur In that office. Eight years in private life, eight years' absence from Democratic conten tions and divisions, eight years given to the study of national and international subjects of high importance and ig nallsed by unselfish solicitude and can did counsel for Democratic and Amor' lean welfare create for. Orover Cleve land an unmatched estate of publlo cbn- tldenee and for the Democratic party. With him as its nominee, not only a great, but, in our opinion, well nigh the only opportuuity for "a return to power. ''' ' "Mr Cleveland's fitness for the presi dency cannot be questioned. His para mount Superiority as a candidate to any other Democrat has Ween made by no arts of politics, by no drleee of, ma chines, by no agreement among manag ing politicians, but by the simple fact of his consistency, Ms etvic courage, his practical sense, his elevated patriotism and his unique ability to see, to sense and to say what the-people need, what they would have, what they should do and what should be -done, lor them and with them, in pursuance of their order, by those to whom they' intrust the po litical action which will Express their political will. """ "There is no 'organisation' for Orover Cleveland. There never was,' there never will be, and there never could be any 'ori ganixation' for him. ' There is gravita tion for him and toward Ma He has now is unmistakable. It Is crowing hourly and daily. The East attests it. The North recognises-it The West is sUreed by it. Th South is sllv with it - Th Democracy of th whole nation IS not only conscious of it, but is vlvlfled by It. and sends Its hopes . and its prayer 'forward ta tts. behjr.' - ,..:! . -J -, ; .',, i m - ;':, .' i Moreover, .h is far stronger than his party. And his party, . with, him . and with th Independents, who pillar and bulwark he- is, would prova to b far i stronger than it Republican adwsary. Ther Oould be no Damoeratia errors maSi!,.?.!?!! and there ltm,as It ad-hs oblkr. rsponslbUltr.s4 when h laid down auv alao- WavaUaTh developments thr presidency. Ther could-he no Re- uy vu' vpm ntf publican achievements quoted In favor you made and ire making, and the manljf o pi opponent wtiieh would noah on- i ton of ..jtouf .editorial,-nay meue me serby a record in his ease that would fa patron. of your paper. Not only the county, but the city government ar open to graVe suipfcion as to the man cement of Its fiduciary affairs, and when tha people gat above the mephltic fog that envelope them In the folda of th Republican party they will relegate theories to tha hack seat v Under the Influence . of the shibboleth Of party this olty In th' past would glv a majority pf 5,000 in favor of the reversal of the ten commandments If tt seemed to be the requirement of the Re ,"1. . a, '!; , S h V: t . ."fill fc ,'.,M ' . INDEPENDENCE A BLESSING III CUBA'S ENORMOUS RESOURCES - t mor than match, them. And th great and th signal mistskes into which Re publicanism has fajlen and la dally fall ing would be brought to an end by hi remrorcements on a lars acaia. in short Oreve Cleveland 4a today the only Democrat Uy alternative to Theodore RoosevelU- as the assured. Republican presidential oandldnte in 1904, and those who do not aDDreclata tha fant will mn. preclat ttY the moment they glye their publican party bosses whom they did thought to the situation as K exactly la, not know existed. It may not always and as It la daily becoming more and he so. The Oregonlan's pretenses of more apparent ' virtue and honesty Is a figment be- . In our OSinlon Orover CIvUnA atnmul mi tha t.atraot It la alwava In at CMr" ?rdhwU'lLbe "omlnat" tor president In for publio pap, and generally gete Its m ZJt I I I: ' ' l""u emocrstic national Con- I share. l "mron tne only man who can aa. I i u, i i... Bltr . D. . I iia iuvv ui nuuur any iihcih --""j im fan iv victory toen. Socsevelt Meets CleyeUnd. 'Tlow' do'V'ou do, Mr.; Cleveland?" . "Veny ..wall, and am, pteaaed to meet you, Mr. Roosevelt." With theaa, aalstwtlons 'two men who snare largely the affections of the peo ple shook hands. "This Is a pleasure to which I am In debted to my friend. Mr. Francis," con tinued President Roosevelt. "Rather. I am Indebted to two presi dents, for he Is a presffient, too," replied Mr. Cleveland. President David ' H. 1 brands stood by beaming.- Reside him were Secretary Root. Secretary Shaw, Oscar Straus and k. u. Boitedlot of New York; Mayor Wells of St. Louis, and John Davis of the reception committee. The scene was President Frnnels heme, on Maryland avenue. . Prealdent Roosevelt had Just finished one of his strenuous dyx. It had been about equally divided between country and city, and th nation chief was per spiring and tired eut The meeting took place Just before dinner. Then the man who was twice President and the man who hopes to b twice President sat down together and broke bread. It was a remarkable meeting. One feature 'was a complete elimination of politics. It was ood citizen Roosevelt and good citlaeti Cleveland getting to gether on th plane Of pure American ism. The subject discussed at the dinner was the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The burden which President Francis was carrying, which the two great men humorously exaggerated, was dwelt upon and he was Informed that his position wss greater and fraught with more im portant results than that of any poten tate on earth. Thla gave Mr. Francis a chance to describe his hopes and to as sert that Parla was great, Chicago greater, and St. Louis greatest. The sub ject drifted to Mr. Francis' trip abroad in behalf of the Exposition. "How did you make such a hit?" asked President Roosevelt. "I cannot answer that." he replied, "I Just went at it In a business way." "Can't you see. Mr. President, it waa due to his diplomacy along the same lines as this entertainment," said Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Francis related some humoroua In cidents of his trip. Secretary Shaw was asked to repeat "Go Ask Papa," but he declined, and even went so far as to repudiate his poem. After dinner President Francis and his guests formed a jolly party In the li brary, where literature, art and the good growing out Of international expositions were discussed. President Roosevelt and ex-Fresldent Cleveland occupied apartments on the second floor of the Francis home. The rooms were spacious and were divided only by a small bedroom, which has been transformed into a smoking-room The two gentlemen have been given an opportunity to enjoy a quiet smoke to gether and discuss whatsoever they please. Mr. Cleveland's reception in St. Louis was the warmest and most enthusiastic he has received since he left the White House. The truth is the Cleveland reception, In the 'matter of popular expression on the streets, rather outdid the Roosevelt reception. There was but Tittle shout ing and less enthusiasm for the' Presi dent on the streets. The heartiest wel come he received was st the Good Roads Convention; where he talked for 15 min utes. New Tork-World. into poems In building Up a theophany tor the distant future, but tha affairs of the present are not on such an ex alted plane. It. too, likes showers of cake, and will not "steal awhile away" while It Is be ing passed around. A. LOOKER ON. WXBU SAXOZB ZTEB, Sleeping Toleanots 'lB th TTnitsd States There are 18 volcanoes in the United States and 11 In Alaska. There are none In the Eastern States that la, none that have been active In modern times but several of the Western volcanoes have shown life within the past two centuries, and may not now be dead. Cinder Cone, near Lassen's Park, ' Cali fornia, was in eruption about 200 years ago, and again about 60 years sgo. There Is a distinct cone at the summit of Cinder mountain, sod the aspect of the place suggests that it baa been In ac tion lately. ' Mount Hood. In Northwestern Oregon, was ascended In 19. 8 by M. W. Gorman, and he reported that there are still rifts in the earth's surface from which sul phurous gases arise, and that silver was tarnished at a distance of half a mile from these. Arnold Hayne, however, ex amined the summit and states that there has been no eruption in the memory of man. Mount 8ti Helens, In Washington, is said by scientists to be an extinct vol cano, but frontiersmen say that It haa been active In the last SO years. It is recounted that in tb winter of 1841-2 settlers living within a radiua of 20 miles of It could pick up plus from the grass because of the light from the ex ploding mountain. M. W. Gorman climbed Mount St. Helens In H8, and found that it had been active in recent years, and that lava had flowed northward for a distance of 20 miles, passing through forests, and in places cooling about large trees so as to make a east of their charred and seamed trunks. The most northerly of the volcanlo piles and the' nearest to the present eruption Is Mount Baker. On clear days it can be seen from Paget Sound. George Oibbs wrote in 1872 that he had been told by officers of the Hudson Bay Company and also by Indians that Mount Baker was In eruption In 1848. and that "it broke out simultaneously with Mount St Helens, covering the whole country with ashes." It was reported that the neighboring river, the Skagit, was obstructed and that the country for miles around was covered with fire. Scientists, however, are skeptical, and say that th flames were only forest Ores. The volcanic belt broadens In the northern part of Mexico and in the United States, but is unmarked by ac tive craters. From there north It con tracts and approaches the ocean shore. In several instances marked by island volcanoes, and ttfen follows the coast or British Columbia and Alaska and ex tends westward throughout the length of the Aleutian Islands New Trk Times. Eleven Teat Tarsus Slaves Minute. A copper-mining engineer says! "I consider John D. Rockefeller one of the most underestimated men In this coun try. The man who has don what he has done must possess brains that are not easily compared with tha ordinary mind. Mr. Rockefeller can no more miss the point ft a financial problem than an artist can fall to see a picture when harmonious 'lines or colors fall under his eye. I will illustrate the Rockefeller financial -capacity by something which occurred within my personal knowledge. JohirD". Rockefeller a few years ago was enjoying his bread and milk in the Adirondack upon a large dairy ' farm. An ordinary business ' man might have asked 'What is the profit on this mllkr or What does it cost, and what do you get for itt Jjfot po, however, with Mr. Rockefeller... 'Ha asked, the farmer: 'Whit do you pay for your silo? What do you pay tor labor r and a few other Innocent questions. Then he took pencil and -paper, - and. In a few minutes . he looked tip- from his figures and 'said: 'Mr. Smith four joailk costs yau cents -' quart" And 'Farmer Smith re plied: Thunder and guns! It took us 11 years to "find that out,-"and you have found it out to a dot in 11 minutes.' "Now," continued the mining engineer, '.'if you will Aak -r 'w iead pencil and figure the. relative efficiency .of that Rockefeller lead pencil as compared with most farm lead pencils, at 11 minutes vs. 11 years, and (multiply the organisation ability behind that iead pencil, as ex pressed In the tens of thousands of brati units it has organized and efficiently dl-nected,- yoa will get the mathematical answer to theprclem of why one mas distances all competitors in the race for the bllllon-dollar oal, although Starting from th base of a IT-a-waek elerksbip." Accommodating SSnaio. tt was at the typical musical comedy. "What are: taey singing now?" he asked. . "Tou sea, I've lost my program" T. seven X a program, either. But, ty the character of the music, I would Judge that jrs either mat beauuiui poetic Dum ber. Son d Twilla-htror that lnter- owned all the honors wnd responsibilities f.POlatcd ;Cpc&,dty, Wo tlse, to' Pull- l , , . . ., i M,bti vnrr,r Y n- Haa ' I a Miuav Nnw mai nare ever come to mm municipal, - state and national offices to the gravlta- 1 m u'teBUr? !t 8 ther one from the tlon OT l nermle tnaairi tlm. Itl a. matt- I lwu. n,iu. ner which has wrecked All precedents, i ?o,T".M baffled machines, confounded politicians and executed the moral mandate of the people. The gravitation toward him Child's Fstttrtlo Letter, There are many pathetic appeals for help in the dally mall received at the Treasury Department, but a letter the ether day . from a . little girl brought tears to the eyes of the old clerk, whose auty it was to open ana read it it was as follows: Dear Mr. Treasurer Inclosed you will And a very old 11 bill, wblch my papa gave ma wben he died, it was the first he ever made when be first went into the dental business He told m to keep It until I got hard up and needed it. . Papa has been dead two years. I need it very much how.. , I took it to the bank and they said It was too old, but, .papa once toia me u unttea states money could be exchanged ; at Washington. Papa was all through the Treasury about four years ago with mamma. - Maybe you met papa ho was a thirty-third de gree Mason. V' We had lota of-money then, but papa was sick two years, end "Artie" was sick two years, and it took , nearly all our money. So now I must send this to you to exchange for a new dollar bill. as I need U, Poo papa would feel so bad If ha knew we Were in seed of that dollar. It Is not wo old for you to ex change, is i7 now, gooanye. irrora LITTLE . A new bjJl .was sent U exchange, and there was a hint' that something else went with itWashjugton Correepon deuce New Tork Times. ' ' , ... 1 , T ' !.9 '": '' ' eits from th Varagsapher. Pension Commissioner Ware has proved his ability. The Union Veter ans' Union has denounced him bitterly. Atlanta Journal, " By ..giving $l,6p0,!)p0 fof a peace pro ject, Mr. Carnegie has doubtless earned the contempt of our strenuous President" Detroit Kewa ... . , , Two men were shot and killed at Tou Bet Cai, recently. The noma of the town would seem , to indicate that there might be something doing there now and then. Minneapolis Times. ' A weekly c paper advertises, among other attractions, "a hitherto tinpubjlshed photograph of Miss Alice Roosevelt." Astoundinai We will wager they cannot and an unpublished one of her papa. Indianapolis Sentinel, There Is plat mum famine, and in- dustry demaf'iaudly the diseovry of new aoposits i tne precious metal. Xamarksbl Diagnosis. "I suppose," said th physician smiling and trying to appear witty,, while feeling the pulse of. a jady patient, t'l suppose you consider roe an old humbug?" "Why, doctor," replied the lady, "I had no idea you could ascertain a woman's thoughts by merely feeling her pulse!" J Uinc th date of my last Istter tt Th I Journal T have gon Ky rallwaj over th Island of quha' froroHavaw i.6 Santiago,, besides making some oh servstions oh horseback and gvttlng sorw "view afoot''71nthe Province of 8anti P.r.';;'.,- r .' ' I am mor than-vr impressed wltl th wonderful natural resources of thi Island, and I am thoroughly persusdei that Its future will ha oni of great pros parity. i J saw stalks of wild cottdh .Of extra ordinary height and white with "tin fleeey staple." One stalk I. took palm to measure, and I was amased to lln It having a diameter of over thrvt Inches st the' ground and a height ol above 14 feet It was said to be foul years old and wss still bearing fruit, al- though the staple was rather short 11 had not been cultivated, but sprang Uf In a rich spot and grew without atten tion from human hands. I met a gentleman who has . already made .a successful experiment on small scale with cotton growing, and Is so pleased with th results that he has bought a larga tract of land and will enter at once Into the business ot cotton growing In Cuba. ,. He told me that on 4nd which' cost him from fl to t an acre he had gath ered four bales from one acre, and thai the staple measured two Inches. From observations Of my own I was prepared to believe bjs story, though to many peo ple It will doubtless seem Incredible. This gentlsmaa Is now returning to the states to supply himself with Implements' for cultivating and ginning the product, and to hire hands to make his next erop. He Is convinced that one planting In five years will make cotton of good staple and that It will be necessary to replant In order to prevent deterioration. Of this I am not so sure. I think two or three yesrs will be aa long as the plant will grow and do well. But even If It runs a period of only two years, pro ducing, ss It does, so enormously this long stsple lint. It will bring fabulous profits. Again I say, as In my former letter, that cotton of superior quality will be grown in Cuba at aa early day. and it will be grown In large quantities. Not far from the larga cotton stslk wblch I measured I saw a coffee plant growing. Many years sgo a French rolonv grew eoffee on a large scale In the Province of Puerto Principe, but the ravages of war broke up the colony and destroyed th Industry. But now a few people are beginning to grow, coffee sgaln, and with years of peace the plant ing will Increase. Of course tb great Industries of to bacco and sugar will continue, as In former years, to engage muoh capital and labor. e e e Th grazing lands are the best X ever saw. Before the war Cuba had over 8.000,000 head of cattle. At It do ther were less than 400,000 head. Mr. Wilson told me Uiet at th out set of th year 1809, when he was In charge of th Matansas Province, ther war not 00 cows in the entire prov ince. Riding yesterday from Matansas) to Havana X counted from the car win dow on on side ot th railroad 088, and they were a fat as the richest pastur age could mak them. A friend saw a many mor in the fields in sight on th other side of tb railway. It Is esti mated that ther are now about 1.000, 000 head n th entire Island. But not less than 2.000,600 mor are required, and the pasturage Is sufficient to sustain MOt.000 to T.000,000. Her Is room for another great Industry. Then ther are th tropical fruit and th vegetables. Never bitten by frost nor blighted by drought they can be shipped from Havana to New Tork in four days. The railroad now running from on end of th Island to th other can carry 'them quickly to th north ports for shipment Look put for Cu ban vegetables and fruits in Savan nah, Macon and Atlanta next winter. Do not expect strawberries, howsvsr. for none are grown la Cuba. The peo ple say the strawberry does not de well here. I believe the raspberry would flourish, however. Of that the native seem to know nothing. Th hard wood timbers will glv rise to another profitable line of Investment The mahogany, rosewood and other growths have scarcely ben touched. And the reaaon of their neglect is not far to aeek- Until the new railroad penetrated the region In which they grow most abundantly there was n means of haul ing the trees out If they had been cut AH that will change now. From all these source of wealth it is evident that Cuba will aoon be enor mously enriched. But some on may be disposed to dis count these statements by asking some such questions as these; If Cuba has such resources, why did not the Spaniard find It out and enrich himself? And why A1A nnt Americana, alarava kpen-Avaa1 to turn a penny, nna an these things before? T the first question I answer the Spaniard did find out what Was here, and notwithstanding his want, of skill and enterprise of the highest character he made his millions here. EJse whence so many large and wealthy cities. Be sides Havana with 80,000 people; I men tion the following cities, none of which have less than 2,9,000 inhabitants, and soma ot which have above o.ooo; Ma- tanzas, Cienfuego. Cardenas, Santa Clara, Puerto Principe and Santiago, A page of the paper upon which I writ would not suffice for the names of cities and towns having 8.090 te 10, inhabi-. tants. I write a few, as Pinar dl Rio, Guanaiay. Remedios, Saeua la Grande, Colon, Placctas, Cruces, Rjapchuela, Hol quin, Caibarteu, Neuvltas, Manxanillo and Ouantanamo. Now beit remember ed that Cuba lacks over 10,000 juate mile of being as large as the State of Georgia. Could so small an Island sus tain so many cities of such wealth as these if it were net rich beyond all pos sibility of exaggeration. And It must not be forgotten that less than one fourth of Cuba has ever been brought under cultivation. No wonder the Span iard fought so hard to retain it; it was pne of his best assets. No wonder he expended so much life and treasure in its defense; It was well worth defend And It was no wonder f that Ameri cans, since tna carriers rectea by Spain around their island (isolated ss it was by barriers of commerce, gov ernment religion and language have been measurably removed, are ''rushing In from every direction. Senator San- gullly. speaking in the Cuban genate on the treaty of reciprocity today, declared that since the war Americana had in vested to Cuba over 8,6oo,e. If these figures of .the Senator are correct it It entirely within reason to predict that at the end of the next 10 years Ameri can Investments In Cuba will aggregate more tfcan. $800,000,000 or above th value of aittb real eetateJLn the island at the cloeeof the war. But I must end this letter now. In another communication A. ' may give a treatment of some other phases ef In dustrial .Cuba. Bishop Warren A. Cand ler in Atlanta Journal. i '1