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ATrinityol Events Which Would Mass of Portland ,
'. the Mightiest City of the Pacific Coast
First Deepen the Columbia river bar. .
Second Open the Columbia river to unim
peded navigation at and above The Dalles.
' Third Dig an Isthmian canal
ANOTHER BtG HOTEL
WE ARE NOW In the midst of what should be
the dull season in the hotel business, yet with
the prospect of 3,000 visitors to attend the na-
comfortably accommodate them Is really a serious prob
lem. It Is not that there are not now good hotelB and many
roomlrtgr houses, but that they are well filled the year
round wfth their regular customers and crowded to over
flowing at certain seasons. Every large theatrical com
pany which reaches here ' experiences some of the same
trouble and it may be taken for granted even though they
Jo a good business the members of these troops will leave
here with no pleasant feelings for the city.
Portland's tendency is not to overdo things, which is
well enough in its way, but unfortunately it; sometimes
carries the theory too far. This is undoubtedly true in
the matter of ' hotels to accommodate the ordinary tran
sient travel while, it will be entirely out of the question to
adequately accommodate the national conventions, not to
mention the throngs which will attend such an undertak
ing as the fair. ; '
Among the immediate requirements of Portland 18 an
other first class and well equipped hotel. That should be
built without any reference to the particular needs of the
fair, but; for the purpose of caring for the constantly grow
ing number of visitors and transients and to accommodate
those who attend the national conventions which; in the
very nature of things, will increase in numbers es time
goes on. . Eeyond this problem is that of the fair, which Is
an altogether distinct proposition. That, too, must be
met and doubtless will be, but our present purpose is
simply to call public attention to the need of another great
hotel as a permanent-investmentHo meeta permanent
need. '
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL ON
SCALE.
ATHE FITTING UP of a room in the upper part of the
I city Jail for temporary quarters for a city emerg-
' ency hospital is a long move, in the right direction
nd City Physician Zan is to be, congratulated. At the
best, of course, it will be a long ways from what is de
sired and demanded, but it is a start In that direction
which will ultimately lead to the desired end.
Such an institution should have at its command an
equipment in the way of vehicles precisely as good as the
police department and kept 1n the same
spond to calls. It should be so manned
afford instant care and relief jo those
stricken In the streets and whose very
upon immediate surgical treatment. All
Will come in time. Meanwhile the start
In a modest way the need of the institution will soon
be demonstrated. Once it is the emergency hospital will
become a fixture among our other necessary public insti
tutions and command the support which
NONE SO POOR.
TT IS DIFFICULT to imagine what
1 the now absolutely certain event that Secretary
Hay's final note will prove unsatisfactory. Diplo
matic relations will be severed, but how much further can
It go and how much more can it do? It is literally cut
out of Panama by the concessions made to this govern
ment and the new republic of Panama Is beyond its reach.
Several of its own most important neighbors have already
recognized the new republic and the sympathy of the whole
civilized world Is against It.
When the game was in its own hands the government
of Colombia" acted the role of a highway robber. The
ED CI.OTJD.
Tke Tamous Old Indian Warrior Is
Bapidly JTearlag Death.
Red Cloud, once famous as the "ter
ror of the plains.'-is dying in a little
tepee near Pine Ridge agency. Eighty
years old blind, broken in health and
spirit, he is but the shadow Of his for
mer self. . '.-:-
Red Cloud first came into prominence
the leader of . .the red men In the
Ketterman massacre in Wyoming. That
tragedy, terrible alike in its conception
and execution, occurred December 22,
1866. near Fort Phil Kearny.
A detail of soldiers was sent to gather
wood on the Little Piney, when sud;
denly they -were attacked by the In
dians. Reinforcements went to their
rescue and they were safely brought
Into the fort. . '
- General Carrington resolved to chas
tise the offending savages. He sent out
100 men In command of Captain Fetter
man. After a quick two-mile march the
soldiers came Into view of the redskins,
who had wheeled around to the north
of the Old Montana trail. The cunning
savages led Captain, Fettermen and his
men to a high ridge, and there, secret
ing themselves on either side of H,
formed en ambuscade.
, Suddenly Red Cloud roue up on one
side with 1,000 braves, and on the other
wide was Red Leaf with nn equal mim
br. The command was taken complete
ly by surprise. Not a man escaped.
Realising that death in cruel form
awaited them. Captain Fetterman and
Lieutenant Brewn, after fighting valor
ousiy until their ammunition was ex
hausted, killed themselves.
The' massacre at enee brought Red
Cloud into great prominence, making
htm toy common, consent 'the leader of
the warrior Sioux. In a short time he
Iwd established a military dictatorship,
auraeting to himself all the elements
disposed to war and opposed to the gov-
t' br,A h. ami', nnt -tiAJTlEni lift a
-terror. Jo the 'whites throughout the re-
.I'dTtn nvnr whli'h hat ruled.
. After many months or atrocities, ana
following a council In 184, the Indians
I.. A w,,i ik. Vn.ih Piatt .fitntrv And
went to tne Reu Cloud agency, on the
White i Earth river, whence they con
tinued under Red Cloud to make fre
uuent raius. ? He continued a disturbing
factor wit the frontier until about . a
quarter of a century ago, when he
signed a peace treaty.. , v '
He then burled his tomahawk, and he
has never broken his rompect with, the
tovcnuj-ient. When he fought th whites
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ternis proposed to it were extravagantly Out of proportion
to Colombia's Just claims. Nevertheless It rejected them
with insolence, on the theory that whatever terms it might
propose this government could not deny. The sudden
flank movement in Panama changed the whole course of
events and left Colombla.a suppliant rather than a dic
tator. There was the further unpleasant realisation that
the "sympathy jifiha worldwaa agalnst It and whatever
face it might attempt to put upon tho natter; there could
only be one construction placed upon its past conduct;
Whatever may be
of the-case, there is
got precisely what
The chances are a
NEEDED.
consequence, that General Reyes thoroughly realises it
but that the severance of diplomatic relations is resorted to
simply to keep up appearances and' J satisfy public opin
ion at home.
A MEMBER of the Master Builders' association, in
the course of an interview yesterday, assumed
that an annual agreement between the builders
and employes would .not Work for the reason that there
Is too great a difference in capacity to produce good work
among the men. While some of them can earn in the
carpenter trade as high as $4 a day, many others are not
worth over $2.50 to 3 a day. The men, he thinks, would
demand a minimum scale of $350 a day, but how he knows
before the contractors and employes come together Is not
quite apparent. .''".''
A plan of this sort
series of trades Is apt to work well in another trade, al
though there are local conditions as well as trade con-
ditions which must
has long been in
jtrades. It is rarely
ually covers three years. In the case of St. Louis the last
eg"reement entered into covers five years. As a result of
this arrangement, with all disputes referred to arbitration,
strikes never occur during those periods when agreements
are in force and seldom at any time. Indeed strikes are
rapidly becoming a thing of the past in the printing busi
ness. As to one
agreements are always kept by the men. They want pre
ciseljrwhat the agreementsxall for, but, on the other hand,
so do the employers. But the terms are plain and there
are very seldom causes for dispute. When there are the
A MODEST
matter Is settled amicably by arbitration.
The aystem, too, is one under which the best men get
better pay than the poor ones. To reach the minimum wage
Bcale every man employed must show a certain capacity;
if he does not reach that standard the employer is under
no necessity of retaining him in . his service. On the
other hand the superior man is not only in line of promo
tion, but Is better paid, the quality and quantity of his
production governing the amount. In this way is met
the objection raised by the master builder and the same
principle applied to
category might solve
solved la the. case jotjhe printers
readiness to re
It Is not an easy
as to be ready to
who are suddenly
lives may depend
of these things
trade or combination
body knows what
has had only one
ment, the good that
has been made.
elimination of strikes. It believed it was its duty to do
everything It could to maintain pleasant relations between
employer and employe; the better the relations the better
for both as well as for the general public. The experience
it will require.
with the printing
agreement was a
lem, for it has practically removed the danger of strikes
and tended to introduce better relations all around. If
Colombia will do, in
the principle could be extended to embrace the building
trades then, it seemed to us, it was another long step for
ward. Acting on this principle we have suggested and
urged the adoption of the plan, with no other motive than
the public good. We still believe it Is worthy of more
consideiatlon than if has yet received at the hands of the
mnBter builders. It seems to us that it Is worth while dis
cussing with the representatives of the men when a basis
of agreement, now
builders themselves,
meet the other half
much can be done
he 'w.j so with terrible earnestness and
ferocity. Descending like a whirlwind
of death upon a settlement, he always
left a gory path behind him, but when
he signed .ae treaty of peace he did it
in good fa...), and for 23 years he has
lived in amity with his white brethren.
A VXEX FEKXXT CKSXSTXAB.
W. D. Nesbit In Chicago Tribune.
'Tls a veek pehlnt Christmas undt all
I trr Atf t mi a -
Der chiltrens lss keeblng so shy like a
mouse:
Dey vatch py der vlndows to see ven I
come,
Undt ven 1 am in, dey are saying:
"Keep mum:" ,
Chust like I can't hear dem undt like I
"don't see '
Dose chiltrens lss making Krlss Klngles
for me. "
Dere's llddle Katrlna she asks me so
schwcf-'t
If I don'd like shllppers to go by my
feet,
Undt vedder id's nicer If dey has some
bows
Of ribbon to make dem some, style on
der toes.
Undt now she Iks sewing as hart as can
be "
Undt I know Bhe's making Krlss Klngles
for.
Dare's Hans undt ils broder dot
Chullus dler bank
lss empty of pennies dot Uset to go
"clank!"
Dey ask me last veeka if I don't dink
It's fine
To ged h new pipe for dls old vun of
mine.
Undt now dey vlll vlsper undt chuckle
in glee
Dos poys, dey are making Krlss Klngles
for me.
'Tls a veek pehlnt Christmas trndt, O,
it Ins fine
To see all der drlcks of dose chiltren of
mine,
Undt dink how dose shllppers L f eel
by my feet. "
Undt how dot nk-w pipe vlll be pre&isant
undt schweet. .
Undt dey shall bat choost 'der best kint
st a tree .
Fecauso dey are making Krlss Kingle
. for me!
What Sonator Gorman eharges Is that
the protective policy has been extended
to cover isthmian revolutions. "
JNO. P. CARROLL
Yamhill streets. Portland, Oregon.
PORTLAND
said or thought about othe'r features
no difference of opinion thatColombla
It deserved. What can it now do?
hundred to one that it can do nothing of J
It will soon be Colombia's turn to make the next' move!
WHERE THE ANNUAL AGREEMENT
WORKS WELL. ,
if successfully tried in one trade or
be taken into consideration. The plan
operation - in the printing and allied
limited to periods of a year, but. us
objection - that has been raised, these
the trades which come under that
the labor problem as it has been
thing to apply new conditions to any
of trades. On the other hand no
he can do until he tries. , The Journal
motive in suggesting an annual agree
would result to the city through the
trades seemed to prove that the annual
happy solution of a very awkward prob
perhaps not apparent to the master
may be evolved. Each side should
way. It is oftentimes surprising how
In a spirit of mutual forbearance.
3,000 WORDS A MXHTTTE.
Transmitting and Xeoelvlng Apparatus'
Lightning Speed.
From the New York World.
Telegraph messages can be sent and
received at a rate of from 1,000 to 3,000
words a minute. A World reporter saw
and heard , recently a message trans
mltted and delivered at the former
speed. Some idea of this tremendous
speed is got from the fact that tho
present rate of commercial communica
tions is 14 words a minute.
The inventor of the new process ex
pects to change the whole system of
business communication.
Today, In the transmission of mes
sages, heavy "press" wires can, by the
use of the shortest code, with the most
expert operators, carry only an average
rate of 2,500 words an hour. The record
Is 3,300. Here Is an hour's work done
in a minute.
The inventor. P. II. Delany, who de
vised the multiplex system, has. been
working on his last device for 10 years
In South Orange. His most serious ob
stacle was-the Interruption of a static
current, as the accumulation that gath
ers while a message is being sent Is
called. Mr. Delany simply made that
static current work for a living, over
coming a difficulty by the most direct
method.
' The main purpose of the system Is
not for use in business dealing with
"Jones' Crossroads'' or "Wayback Junc
tion." but along the heavy trunk lines
between large cities, that are now
loaded with business, despite the qud
ruplex and multiplex Improvements. To
these big centers or communication it
would mean something ?tQ have mes
sages rushing In at a continuous rate
of even 1,000 words a mlrfute, and
adapted to the doubling possibilities of
the multiplex. These wires are how
being taxed to their utmost, as are
those of the, big railroads which handle
a tremendous accumulation of reports
and train business every day that clogs
the wires.. Mr. Delany recently demon
strated the utility of hls.system on the
wire of the ' Pennsylvania, railroad in
the Altoona division.
Confidence.
From the Ohio State Journal
When the Pittsburg bank which sus
pended business two months ago opened
its doors the other day the first man
at the window deposited 130,000. This
sur'ly looks like a restoration of con
fidence. . ' '
W, ,E. Curtis' Rome Letter in Chicago
' Record-Herald. 4
The appointment bf Monslgnore Raf
ael Merr del Val to. the post of secre
tary of state, the most important in all
the organisations of the holy see, cre
ated a profound sensation, 'for several
reasons.' It was characteristic of the
hew pope, for it demonstrated his indif
ference to precedents, his independence
of the sacred college, and his determi
nation to be-the actual as well as the
nominal head of the church. There can
be no question as to the ability and
other qualifications of the appointee. He
lacks only age and experience, and these
can be acquired. Some people are bold
enough to think, and perhaps Plus X
may be Included in the number, that
these defects areTnore to the advantage'
of the church than otherwise, because
neither the pope nor his chief executive
officer Is embarrassed by previous utter
ances or opinions of acts. Neither has a
record. - Other advantages are apparent
from a practical point of view. The po
sition has never been occupied by a man
of higher accomplishments, refinement
or culture, and Monslgnore, Merry is as
learned as any ma in Rome of his age.
It is not learning, however,, so much as
tact, common sense and executive abil
lty that is needed in the official who is
to administer the business affairs of the
holy. see. The secretary of state has
nothing to do with spiritual matters ex
cept indirectly, but stands between the
pope and the rest of the world to see
that his will is carried out, and all the
departments and subordinate organiza
tions of which the church is composed
are directly responsible to him. He Is
the vicar, of the pope in all relations with
the outside public, with nations as well
as with men, and is the general manager
of the greatest institution in the entire
world, whose affairs reach the uttermost
parts of the earth and concern directly
or indirectly every human being.
Merry del Val is a very young man to
carry such a responsibility. He is only
38 years Old. He was born October 10,
1865, when most of his fellow cardinals
were already bishops; hence It Is not
strange that those venerable men should
object to having him placed in authority
over them..--The only other cardinal un
der 60 years of age is Skrbensky, a Bo
hemian. The next youngest Is Vlves y
xuto, a Spaniard, who Is 50 years- old.
and the only man in the sacred college
who wears whiskers. Ferrari Is 53, all
the rest of them are over 60, more than
half of them are 70 years old. Ram
polla was considered a very young man
when he was appointed secretary of
state, but he was six years older than
Merry del Val, having Just passed his
44th birthday. There was no objection
The youth and Inexperience of the new
secretary was the chief objection raised
in Rome to his appointment. Germany
and Austria objected on other grounds.
The aged cardinals considered it a re
flection upon the sacred college that the
pope went outside of their number to
select the chief officer ef the church, as
If none of them were fitted for the
duties or capable- of being trusted. But
that is a mere pretext; the real ob
jection is that he is not an Italian. No
body but an Italian has held the office
for several centuries, and as 37 of the
64 cardinals were born In Italy, and
as every other important official in the
Vatican is and always has been of Ital
ian birth, . this departure from prece
dent should be commended by other
countries.- -
To remove another objection, the pope
promptly created his appointee a cardi
nal. It Was not necessary for him to
do so. There is nothing in the canons
of the church that requires the secretary
of state to be even a priest. HJs holi
ness mignt lawfully nave selected a
lawyer or a banker or a merchant or
any layman. Precedent, however, has
been observed without exception for
several centuries.
Rafael Merry del Val was born In
England, where his father was the am
bassador of Spain. His mother Is not
of English birth, as I have seen fre
quently stated in the newspapers, but
his grandmother was. The . family is
one of the oldest of the Spanish arlstoc
racy and trace back their ancestry for
several hundred years. For generations
they have furnished able diplomatists,
statesmen and generals, but more
priests. His younger brother Is one of
the tutors and aids of the King of Spain.
The. Merrys have been celebrated for
their piety, their devotion to the church
and their loyalty to the King of Spain,
but more than all for their conservatism
and rigid adherence to the customs and
traditions of their race. Merry del Val,
Sr., who Is now living at San Sebastian,
is described as the typical old-fashioned
Spanish aristocrat; he is catled a "retro
grande," which means that he looks
backward instead of forward, and the
son has partaken of some of these
characteristics. The father has been in
the diplomatic service of Spain all his
life, and Ms latest post was that of
ambassador to the holy see, where he
was so strict that he would not recog
nize his cousin. Count Benanez, who
was ambassador to the king. The son
has thus been born and reared in the
atmosphere of diplomacy; he was edu
cated at the Jesuit college at Stone
hurst, England, and at what Is known
as the College of Nobles In Rome,
where .the families of the papal aristoc
racy and nobility send their sons to be
educated foa diplomatic career.
The young man became acquainted
with Cardinal Rampolla when the latter
was papal niincto at Madrid and became
his protege, y Their relations have been
very Intimate ever since. Rampolla has
taken as much interest in his welfare
and advancement as if he were his 'own
son. Although the new cardinal took
priestly orders he has never performed
parish duties. He has frequently
preached in the churches in Rome, par
ticularly for Father Whltmer at St,
Sylvester's, which Is attended by the
English-speaking '.Catholics, and the
service Is conducted in that language.
He has quite a reputation for pulpit
eloquence, and , might easily have se
cured advancement and acquired fame In
that direction had he not been kept
within the walls of the Vatican perform
ing confidential duties assigned him by
his patron and the late pope. He speaks
five languages fluently English, French,
German, Italian and his native Spanish,
besides Latin, the tongue of the church.
He reads and writes all of them with
great facility, and has thus been able
to acquire a familiar knowledge of po
litical as well as ecclesiastical affairs
in alt the European countries. ' . .
His social position has been of great
advantage to him as well as his ac
complishments and personal attrac
tlons, and he has been very useful to
the Vatican for confidential missions to
thft different capitals. Handsome of
person, of polished manners, genial dis
position and charming conversational
powers, able, intelligent and keen of
perception, he was one of the most use
ful and most favored of. all the clergy
under, the last administration, and was
perhaps more constantly at the side of
the1 holy father than any other, man
during the last 10 years, ,y
, -.4 . '' '; '' 11 '
v In 1896 he was sent to Cannda ss a
special legate to settle a dispute over
what was known as the Manitoba school
question. lie remained for six or seven
months, visited the principal cities of
the United States and accomplished his
mission to the entire satisfaction of all
concerned. .; He then returned to Rome,
and was succeeded at Montreal , by Mgr.
Folconlo, now apostolic legate at Wash
ington. In 1897 he was sent to London
as a special legate to represent the holy
see at the diamond jubilee of Queen
Victoria, and In 1901 was honored with
a similar mission to the coronation of
Edward VII. In 1898 he was elevated
to the rank of titular archlbshop of
Nlcorsia, and Leo 'XIII continued to
heap honors upon him, ' making him
president of the College of Nobles in
Rome, at which he was educated. . The
official title of that institution Is Ac-
cedemia Pontiflce del Nobill Ecclesias
tic!. , Mgr. Merry was actively engaged
In the performance of his duties until
about a month before the death of the
late pope, when he was appointed nun
cio at Vienna, but the Austrian govern,
ment refused to receive him because ha
was considered the personal representa
tive of Cardinal Rampolla, who is hated
by the Austrian., emperor and govern
ment. - You will -remember that Ram
polla might have been elected pope but
for the protests of Austria. ' '' ' i.
The objection to Mgr. Merry's ap
pointment as nuncio were communicated
to the Vatican by Count Saecsen, the
Austrian ambassador to the Vatican,
who Is now labtfring ' under
the painful embarrassment of
finding ' the . ' gentleman to whom
he objected at the head of the
foreign department of the holy see. His
position' at Rome is practically unten
able. Neither the pope nor Merry del
Val has made any motion in that direc
tion but the Austrian government will
be compelled to recall Count Szecsen, If
it has not already done so. That gen
tleman has not been in Rome for sev
eral weeks. It Is stated. In the most
positive manner, although I have an of
ficial denial, that Count Szercsen alsc
protested against the appointment of
Mgr. Merry as secretary of state, which,
of course, makes a bad matter yery
much worse. ; i
Mgr. Taliani, the papal ambassador to
Vienna, was also used as a medium ..tit
communicating to the Vatican the pro
tests of Austria against Cardinal Ram
polla's election as pope and Merry del
Val'a appointment as nuncio. And it is
also declared that when the sugges
tion of the letter's appointment to the
office of secretary of state was drst in
timated he notified the popa that It
would be considered an eflront to the
Austrian government. ThlB report is
also denied, but there is some founda
tion for it, and when Mgr. Tallanl was
recalled from VlennarO dayangoweryr
body assumed that the business of re.
tallatlon had begun. Taliani has been
a powerful and popular figure at the
Austrian court for nine years, and has
enjoyed intimate personal as well ae
official relations with the emperor and
the Imperial household. He expected
to remain there Indefinitely, and had
made his preparations to do so. He
came to Rome to pay his respects to
the new pope, and was received with
great cordiality. His recall, therefore,
created a decided sensation, but, in
stead of rebuking him, he was honored
by elevation to a cardinalate. which
demonstrates that the .gossips of Rome
are often entirely wrong in their theor
ies. Nevertheless the new pope has
created a very remarkable situation.
He has begun 'his administration-toy a
defiance bf Austria, the most important
of the Catholic powers, and also Ger
many, which was even more positive in
its objections to the selection of the
new secretary of state.
It was confidently cpected that
Merry del Val would be appointed to
succeed Cardinal Vaughn as archbishop
of Westminster, London, end he un
doubtedly would have been but for the
death of Leo XIII. 'His selection ss
secretary of the conclave was entirely
accidental. You will remember Mgr.
Volplnl, the old secretary, died very
suddenly from apoplexy while Leo XIII
was on'his deathbed, and Merry del Val
was selected for the vacancy by Cardinal
Rampolla without consultation or re
flection, because be was the most com
petent as well as the most available per
son for the emergency. , At the close of
the conclave the new pope asked him to
take charge of the office of secretary of
state for a few days until he had time
to select a permanent incumbent. Then
no one dreamed that the young man
would be elevated to such honors and
responsibility. The position was first
offered to Cardinal Agllardl, who de
clined it on -account of his age, being
78 years old. It was then offered to
Father Carvagnls, an ordinary priest,
who is now professor of law In the
seminary of Bergemo, a little city in
Northern Italy, and he declined it be
cause he realized his unfitness, and the
duties and responsibilities were not to
his taste. Father Carvagnls is an old
and intimate friend of Pius X but has
never been outside of Italy, speaks no
language but Italian, knows nothing of
the world, has had no experience as an
executive or in diplomatic affairs, and
Is merely scholar, a bookworm and
perfectly contented In his cloister. He
is said to have told the pope that he
could not render him a greater servlcs
than by decllng the honor.
.Cardinal Batolll and Cardinal Vlii
cenzo Vannutelll were urged, for the
office. They are among the most active
and prominent men in the sacred col
lege, and are supposed to hold views
similar to those of the new $ope upon
matters of church policy. They are.
responsible for his election. They man
aged his campaign In the conclave, and
brought him out as a candidate, as we
say in American politics. Vannutelll
was himself the candidate of the liberals
against Rampolla, and when It was seen
that he could not be elected, he used
all his influence and energies in Sarto's
behalf. Hence it was supposed that
Sarto would reciprocate by making him
next in power and bestowing upon him
the highest honor in the gift of the
pope. But evidently Plus X came to
the conclusion that Vannutelll is too
big a man to fill a subordinate position,
and preferred to select for his chief ad
viser and executive one who is less posi
tive in his convictions, less eminent and
Influential, one who is outside of the
jealousies and intrigues,' and who can be
trusted to carry out the Idea's slid
wishes of the pope rather than his own.
But he has not taken the treuble to give
his reasons -for refusing to make Van
nutelll secretary of state, nor has he
considered it necessary to apologize for
or explain the appointment of Merry
del Val. . '
. Worries Some Ken. .
. From the Boston Advertiser. '
Connecticut takes up the. crusade
against married women Ss teachers In
the pitblio schools. Many a man who
has idled while his wife worked Is de
nouncing the school committee for its
narrowness. " '
i lynching on the Common.
' From the Boston Advertiser. . '
Holdups On the Comnton may hasten
the fulfillment' of Professor James' pre
diction; that Inside ef two years there
would be lynch law on that historic
ground.
''. ;
Eliza R. Scldmore in Chicago Tribune.
Dalny, Manchuria, Nov. 15,- The Man
churlan landscape differs in no respect
from the Corean, and we might as well
have waked up in any other port oxi this
north shore of the Yellow sea as at
Dalny, the far away. ,
x The same bare brown hills, with out
croppings of brown rock, - the same yel
low brown soil and sparse vegetation, al
ready thinned and tinted by autumn, met
us on the land side. , ? , .;
Within the arm of the Tallenwan
bay, where the Japanese fleet anchored in
the winter of 1894.5, when ell this pe
ninsula was won by Japanese arms, there
lay anchored, the fleet of eight Rus
sian cruisers devoted to the defense of
Dalny,. A1 were fresh from the Port
Arthur dockyards, where war paint of
the darkest shade of olive green had
converted them into evil, sinister looking
things, grim contrasts to an airy, white
-cruiser that came in during the: day and
ancnorea with them. ' ,
Where the Japanese camps were in
1894 permanent Russian barracks have
been built, and on all the heights are
evidences of the recent construction
of batteries and. land defenseS-T-M. de
Witte's peaceful commercial port now
absorbing as many millions Of rubles for
fortifications as Port Arthur. .
As we warped in beside the sea wall
only -Chinese were in -sight hundreds
and thousands of coolies, In blue cotton
clothes, employed on every kind of pub
lic works and harbor improvements. It
looked for the moment as if the Rus
sians had already evacuated Manchuria
and the Chinese had come Into their own
again. Top boots and belted blouses
finally appeared, and, later, uniforms and
flat topped caps. Construction trains
and gravel trains ran here and there
across the sere and yellow flats, and
coolies shoved and toiled under a bril
liantly blue sky in an air as sparkling
and exhilarating as the first approach
of frost makes that of our own Western
autumns. The fast passenger steamers
from Nagasaki and Shanghai, that bring
travelers from the bi-weekly tratns de
luxe for Moscow, were at the quay be-
.side us- the most modern and" up-to-
date vessels the Chinese Eastern
railway could have built in Eu
ropeand freights carriers -.were dls-
charging thousands of chests of TIan
kow tea that slid from the cranes into
the waiting cars. Our own little Japa
nese steamer was fast covering the
ground with barrels of cement, soda 'and
beer, boxea of glass, paper, cardboard,
matches, mineral water and photographic
materials. Mountains of coal rose up
beyond these latest 'importations and
mountains of flour, barrels were being
housed rapidly. Every ship was rapidly
discharging cargoes of food, drink and
construction materialseverjrahip emp
tied its hold and sailed away without
taking on a single parcel. All was In
coming on the harbor side, only, thin
bank notes golsg out. ..... "
Thousands and thousands of coolies
have come over from Shantung to work
until frost time, and as many thousands
are gathered in from 'Manchuria dis
tricts, and for public works and im
provements on a great scale there was
never such a showing as here at Dalny.
Every kind of cart and dray known to
the two peoples could bo seen moving in
long, lines over the dried clay levels,
where roads and streets are to be, and
drawn by horses, mules and men. A
Jlnrlkisha went one way, a victoria, a
droschky, a brougham, or a Siberian
went other ways, and one momentarily
waited for an automobile to pass. One
realizes himself In Russia the most,
however, 'when be sees a waiting dros
chky with a sleeping Isvostchlk Inside
the same fat, plg-eyed Ivan as adorns
Moscow or St. Petersburg, In the same
absurd crushed-down hat, the same red
shirt sleeves, and velveteen sleeveless
jacket. Horses with arching collars go
by, and through open doorways one sees
brass samovars steaming, and booted
men drinking tea from glass tumblers.
The smell of leather is in the air, and
the bootblack's is an undeveloped indus
try. Only Russian coins pass current,
or the well engraved notes of the Russo
Chinese bank. Since the adoption of the
gold standard in Russia the silver ruble
has a value about equaling that of the
Japanese yen or the Mexican dollar.
Exchange is always against one, how
ever, whether he sells or buys rubles
at the banks. '
K muddy road, dried In ruts, bordered
on either side with double rows of aca
cia slips, led for a mile to the fliwt
houses of the city. Already a change
of grade is contemplated, as the work
of macadamizing the highway has pro
gressed, and the infant acacias are
growing on mounds and terraces. Tht
commercial city adjoining the harbor It
admirably laid out on paper. The llnei
of the streets are Indicated, the rows
of acacias are there, the shrubs in the
public garden wee growing beautifully,
but the villas of the merchants of the
great eastern metropolis, the terminal
market for all Asia and Siberia, have
not risen. The great merchants are noi
amassing fortunes in Dalny. Only the
necessaries and simple commodities an
salable in Dalny, and, -wanted or not
wanted, the merchants have betaken
themselves-and their costly goods, their
luxuries and'- non-essentials, down to
Port Arthur, where money flies, con
tracts are let, and officialdom gathers
BEVEBXSCUB'S XDZA Or WOtX,
From a Harper's Bulletin.
. When Senator Albert J. Bevertdge
was gathering material in Russia for
his book, 'The Russian Advance," Just
published by the Harpers, he had an
amusing experience with a native In
terpreter. . Mr. Beverldge has the prime
quality of the successful man,, a ca
pacity for hard work. Having engaged
the interpreter, Mr. Beverldge started
in on a good day of American "hustle,','
with this result:. After first day's work,
from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.. Interpreter
somewhat exhausted, second day's work,
same hours. Interpreter gasping,' Mr.
Beverldge enthusiastically -planning the
work for next day. After third day's
work Interpreter requesting a day for
rest. Mr, Beverldge regretfully giving
his permission. But after that day the
interpreter never turned up again.
Iater .. the senator heard that he com
plained he couldn't work with a man
who wanted to do a year's work In a
Jay, Subsequent frequent relays of
fresh interpreters enabled Mr. Bever
ldge to 'accomplish his own work in his
own way.,-, . :;. ,';.,' 'rJ:.;
H'CiVUl SjTOtf Or CHILD.
From the Philadelphia Record.
' Col. A. K. "McCluro, the veteran editor,
who Is now the prothonotary of the su
preme court, loves dearly to tell a Joke
he ; once overheard concerning his r old
friends, the late George W. Childs. The
two men were at dinner one night, and
just across from them was a loquacious
Individual, -who constantly flung -questions
to Mr. Childs concerning journal-
.Ism. - Mr. Childs answered with such
good grace that the bold interviewer was
led to say: '"I suppose you editors get
many good things sent to you from out
side sources?" a Certainly;", smiled Mr.
childs. "Then why don't you . print
them?" was the next question that con
vulsed the entire .table with laughter.
around the eastern viceroy. : This leaves
the ground plan of the commerlcal city
an open and well ventilated space, and
the broad harbor road that one follows
toward the administrative city is bor-r
dered for a last stretch with low, one
story, mud, log or Chinese houses, whose
small windows give only the least indi
cation of the goods for Bale within
buildings intended to defend 'the in
mates from: the arctic-edged winds and
weather of the winter rather than from
the scorching, dry heat of summer.- All
signs are in Russian; but the gay, red
and white Japanese flag marks where a
colony of ' photographers, barbers , and
dealers In Japanese oddities abide. De
spite racial hostility and increasing war
prospects, v Manchuria.- swarms . with
small Japanese traders, and certain
trades are wholly in their hands. ' Every
railroad camp has Its Japanese barbers
and photographer, and the Russians sul
lenly charge that every barber and ped
dler la but a spy or surveyor in disguise,
A bridge across the railway track con
nects the commercial with the adminis
trative town, the latter a well laid out.
compactly built little .section of public
buildings and official residences Every
thing is built of the one blue gray brick
of China, or half timbered In German and
early English style, filled in with cement
or rubble. These villas of continental
cities and suburbs, with their half tim
bered walls of Dutch gables, are roofed
with Chinese tiles, tip tilted at -the end
nt Bflnh fiiliw ttnla in ti-iia Pt.li.aan naH-
ionv It gives one a queer sensatloh to
see these reversed and tilted roof forms,
as often ending with tilted dragons or"
guardian monsters, , over the bay win
dows, tower and balconies of Europe.
There are even roofs worked In with
blue and yellow tiles spoil of Pekln or
some nearer imperial construction. Dash
ing equipages, v with bearded and booted :
officers, roll over these macadamised
streets, and a few ladles, In hats and
gowns of long gone or provincial fash
Ions, ride, but more often the tew wo
men one sees have shawls or handker
chiefs tied down over their heads.
The travelers arriving by the Trans-'
Siberian trains are chiefly for Port Ar
thur, or else step immediately to the
waiting steamers that convey them to
Shanghai- and Nagasaki, None linger In
Dalny, end the promises of the place are
dwindling with its so-called trade, which
was chiefly the importation of railway
and building materials and foodstuffs for
the workmen. Bad prophecies are made
as to how much more Dalny wilt fall
away how the boom will burst complete
ly when Its own roads, harbor works and
fortifications are completed. A perma
nent station for the Trans-Siberian or
Eastern Chinese railway, as this Vssurl
branch Is called, has yet to be erected,
temporary wooden sheds now serving as
passenger station. As we mounted the
wpoden steps from the sunken tracks and
platform the Odessa citizen who was
with me, discovering Dalny, exclaimed!
"This is truly Russia. See! The clgaret
ends! All Russia is littered In Just this
way. Every station, every theater, gar
den, and concert hall." And the dusty
wooden steps, which a regiment could
have mounted In company formation,
were strewn with thousands and thous
ands of the tubular, paper ends of clgar
ets. "These and the acacia trees are the
certain signs of Russia's advance,' he
sighed. "It Is the same everywhere
Asia Minor, Central Asia and Eastern
Siberia I mean Russian Manchuria." '
Three years ago, when the Russian re
lief, force were so ostentatiously -withdrawing
from Pekln and the Imperial pal
aces which they were then occupying, there
was a great packing up and boxing of the
art objects and ornaments in the palace
apartments. The' superb vases, screens
and bibelots were packed as long as
boxes, straw, and wadding held out In
the winter palace, and then Cossacks
went around .and painted clumsy black
numbers on stain curtains, enameled,
embroidered and inlaid screens, on cabi
nets, on Jade and porcelain fish bowls.
To visitors who exclaimed enviously upon
such splendid loot the Russian officers
present fully explained that these were
not personal spoils or' loot they were box
nig up and numbering. They were not
as the officers of other nations; love of
country, high principles, and the benefit
of future generations were ail they sought
In thus making way with and number
ing the treasures of tne absent emperor.
"We are sending all these things to the
International museum at Dalny," said
one such to me. "Travelers of all nations
can there have a chance to see and ad
mire them," and I promised myself theu
to go to Dalny "some day If only to see
that International museum. When ques
tioned as to the mu seem, the bearded
landlord of Dalny hotel denied any such
Institution. When the antecedent Inci
dents were related the long beard threw
back his head and laughed. The idea
equally tickled the fancy of melancholy
officials at the railroad and telegraph
offices. A customs officer laughed still
more at the suggestion, and a German
merchant was most astounded that any
one should for a moment have believed
tho Russians. The fact remains that
there is no such museum at Dalny
crammed with the choicest Chinese art
objects nd the ' Immediate household
treasurer-of the emperor and empress
dowagerrand those splendidly unselfish
Russian officials in Pekln simply lied
about their loot. ,
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATHICS FAIRFAX.
My Dear Miss Fairfax Does a man
tire of his wife in time, even though
she's. all he expects, hfcr to be? Am keep
ing company with a gentleman for the
past four years and have seen each other
throe times a week during all this time,
We are as fond of each other as when we
first met. Now, Miss Fairfax, do you
think marriage will alter matters? Am
I wrong tn thinking we will not tire of
each other after marriage, because we
have not done so in four years' constant
courtship ? Do you think a young man
of 26 and a young lady of 22 know their
minds? MAGDALYN.,'
When a man and woman aged 25 and
2 years, respectively, have been friends
for four years, they; most certainly
should know their minds. To tell you"
that men invariably tire of their wives,
would be to acknowledge marriage a
failure and that is not my opinion, vi
think marriage the best thing in the
world and know from personal observa-
tk.l ... t Jt- -
vn wtai iiirie uiuuoaiiua Ui iiihi-
rtagea where love lasts until death parts
the participators. : '
: Magnificent Affair. ' '
From the Pittsburg Dispatch. :
Even Greenland's icy mountains have
their plutocrats. One Kor-ko-ya of East
Bafflnsland literally stupefies his fellow-tribesmen
with luxury. lie lives
In a wooden house, owns a table and a
paraffin lamp, and recently, to celebrate
the fortieth anniversary of the founda
tion of his business, he stood cod liver
oil all round to his employes,
U1. " 11 ; 1 i i i '.'
' toffs Bargain.
From the Atlanta Journal. , .
Taft has Just elosed a land bargain with
the Filipino friars. Eight million dollars
go out of the fryingpan into tho frlr
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