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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1504
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OFFICIAL. PAPER OF THE CITY OF
BRAKES ON THE WHEELS
IHIS dear old comfortable . fatalistic philosophy
which accepts every evil v' as beyond remedy
simply because It exists, of course suits the fos-
, sllixed Oregonlan In school and other affairs which are
' beginning: to feel the quickening: touch of modern ln
k t lences and progress. It Is so much easier to let things
' drift, so much more comfortable to accept things as they
are, so much more lascinating to niae our neaas in me
sand and, not seeing ourselves, fancy we are not seen, to
' live as a vegetable rather .than as a human being and to
placidly anchor In the eddies of, life rather than to develop
muscle and strength and character through the rude but
fetlngs with the waves of progress and advancement.
"" It is the Spanish spirit of the manafia, the putting off
till the morrow which never comes, which, transplanted to
' American shores breeds paralysis, arrests development
- and cripples enterprise. It Is the spirit which rests con
tent with the progress which the last generation has made
' and accents what was then done as the high water mark
. oi numan acmeveineni. il is wie bjjhh which wuuiu
measure what It has done by Itself rather than to measure
'.it by the highest point, of human achievement realized
: elsewhere. It Is the spirit which Is Impervious to the In
tellectual evolution of modern-life, which, terror stricken;
" regards every new idea as revolutionary if not actually
. anarchistic, which would draw- a deadline about the state
and say to human progress, "Thus far shalt thou go and
1 no farther." ,..-' , ,
i It Is for this spirit which the fossilized Oregonlan news
. spirit For 60 years It has stood in the way of progress,
It has hamstrung enterprise, it has levied tolls at , the
threshold of the city and It has throttled every generous
.impulse, enterprise and undertaking. The harm which it
' has done to Oregon, the false impressions of Its people and
' their purposes which it has scattered broadcast, the
miasma of its hatred, its bigotry, its narrowness, its moral
and mental delinquencies and obliquities can never be
measured In words or mitigated by a lifetime of devotion.
Wa have here one of the verv grandest of all the nt.atea.in
the American union, a state of almost measureless
natural resources, but after half a century of effort the
surface of it has been scarcely scratched and Us population
Is less than a third of what It legitimately should be.
And why? Every progressive man and woman In this
' to the monopolists Oregonlan which, fearing rivalry and
the keen competition which goes with it, has sandbagged
and disheartened men of substance, character and enter
prise so that no resident until' within the past few years
mentioned Oregon or , Portland without an apologetic
preface.. ,'.; ". . . ' , - ! ,
But happily for everyone the specter.;, that so long
haunted the -pathway of progress no longer appals, The
bold, enterprising and progressive 'spirit of the American
people is beginning to assert itself here in Oregon, The
time has gone by never to return when any incident may
be regarded as closed because the Oregonlan has Anally
pronounced-upon it. The time for free
public questions came with the advent
it has come to stay, .Each and every man is now en
j titled to his hearing and what each man has to say Is
, discussed upon its merits. The progressive man need
no longer hide his diminished head. He may come out into
.the open and have his say. He may even criticise the
.public schools without being ostracised from human so
ciety and perhaps drawn and quartered for. his temerity.
He may say that there are public school needs that have
'not yet been recognised and boldly uphold his theory.
i He may, too, suffer defeat but it is with him as it Is with
The Journal defeat no longer means annihilation. If he
, believes he Is right he will arise and go at It again,
knowing that sooner or later his sincerity will count
, and that there Is a great body of modern people here In
j Portland who are not willing, indeed would shame to rest
upon their oars,' In a matter of such grave consequence
t as the public schools and who will never be satisfied
.until the modern spirit has touched that great institution
' and brought it In fact as well as in claim up to the highest
' attainable standard.
Even that hitherto sacred subject, the Oregonlan Itself.
;o longer escapes merited criticism and thrice merited
, demulatlon. Better than ever before are appreciated
its malign influences upon the state and upon the indi
t vldual character of its people. Better than ever before is
realized that policy of aelflsh repression, that lack of sin-
cerlty and Intellectual conviction which at one time or an-
other has put It upon every side of every public question
. that has ever been up' for discussion. Better than ever do
' they understand the erratic inconsistencies of Its course
, in so often flying in the face of decency, In Its malignant
i j vi ,iiaij nuiiz wuitii i cBjjeciuuie people
hold sacred, in doing for pay so many lowlived and des
picable things which the very scavengers of the public
press would turn from in disgust and loathing. The
SAKHA BTZZJb rVBXEO , TOIWAXO,
; Sockefelltc Is Back of Him and a Tea-
Million-Dollar Campaign Tana.
Washington Correspondence N. Y. Press.
Positive evidence of a Hanna-ROcke-feller
bureau at work s gainst the nomi
nation of President Roosevelt has come
to light here by the receipt by most
.Republican senators and members of
congress of copies of editorials from a
Cincinnati newspaper declaring against
the expediency of the president's candi
dacy. All these clippings came from
Indianapolis, but they bear no name ex
cept that of the Press Clipping Bureau.
The last batch to be distributed at
i the., capital contains t a two-column edi
torial from the Cincinnati paper, and
their wide distribution has caused much
comment today. Eehelby, the editor
who Is credited with writing these edi
torials, declared against the president
several weeks ago, when his first edi
torial was reprinted tar and wide. This
newspaper Is a Republican paper, so
called, although it is known to be con
trolled by .John R. McLean, who. by the
way, also controls the flnancpg'of pprry
Heath's newspaper In Salt Lake City.
Heath formerly held a position with the
Cincinnati paper. Other evidences of
the strength of the Hanna movement In
(Ohio have been en besides the activity
of the mysterious clipping bureau there.
. It Is evident1 that Henna's friends still
are seeking to have him announce him
self as a candidate for the nomination
' for president.
., A prominent Republican Is authority
for the statement that he would take
m contract to raise a campaign fund of
, r.t least $10,000,000 fur Hanna's candi
dacy should he be nominated for nresl
dent. 'Wall street 1 pretty poor Just
now, too," he exclaimed, "but we would
know where to go for ' all necessary
funds."
It Is recalled In this connection that
there was -an Important conference of
prominent 1 financiers in Newt York
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER'
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OF PROGRESS
public realizes now as never before the distinction be
tween occasional mild denunciation of vices in public,
which are secretly and powerfully sustained In private.
It may take them longer to understand how, for Instance,
HarvpW. Scott, editor of the' Oregonlan and president
of the Lewis and ciaric lair, can nave tne xace 10 go De
fore the senate and house committees, pleading for an ap
propriation, while at the same time confessing, as he. has
done privately In Washington, that he is opposed to the
whole scheme of the fair. But after all there Is nothing
very remarkable about them. Now as always the Ore
gonlan and Its editor may proudly claim that If they have
been Inconsistent they have at least been consistent In
their inconsistency
may freely demand
OREGON'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
IT IS AT LEAST indicative of the new, aspiring and
' courageous spirit of the Democratic party of the state
that It puts Itself in the very forefront of the national
political movement by announcing a local choice for the
presidential nomination. Fortunately, too, " that choice
rests upon a man who so singularly enjoys the respect,
admiration and good will of those who know .him, re
gardless of their politics. ' ' .
Governor George Earle Chamberlain has behind him a
record of unbroken
no one else cared to tackle that have usually come to
Chamberlain. ; In the line of what be considered to be his
duty he has never avoided an emergency or shrunk back
from a forlorn hope. In the face of it all he has never
failed in a, political battle and on the very heels of the
achievement of the apparently impossible, when he grasped
the district attorney prise in this county; he gathered him
self together, at the behest of his party, and landed him
self in the governor's chair which he now so ably fills. '
It is not surprising, therefore, that his friends, and ad
mirers believe that he has reached the national stature
In the great game of politics or that the mention of his
name in that connection should arouse ; the hearty en
thusiasm and stimulate the fighting spirit of a. party which
has existed since the organization of the government and
which is destined to live until the far distant day when
popular government perishes from the face of the earth.
""A better time could not Te chosenT" There Is ho man
anywhere who stands forward so conspicuously the choice
of the national party
There are favorite
the whole nation. It
and pen field to which representative men everywhere
may reasonably aspire and where friends of men of the
character, achievements and Intellectual qualities of Gov
ernor Chamberlain are presented with opportunities which
may well Inspire them to prodigies of valor and new
heights of intellectual endeavor , - -
discussion of all
a matter of
of The Journal and
Oregon country, .
engineers for some
river and harbor
fa man without prejudices and who is ready to consider
every project on Its downright merits. 1 He recognizes
that there 1 a west as well as an east coast to the
country and we venture to say that there are few men
more familiar with the river and harbor conditions of
the 'Pacific coast, more fully alive to the importance of the
majestic Columbia as a vast artery in the expanding
westward trade or who has a broader grasp of the in
creasing significance of Pacific coast harbors in the light
of the building of the interoceanlc canal and our ter
ritorial expansion In the orient.
Oregon has every reason to be pleased with this pro
motion and it extends the new chief the assurances,' of
Its moBt distinguished consideration.
The pension bill to come before the house and senate,
Introduced by Dolllver of Iowa and Calderhead of Kansas,
provides that a pension of f 12 per month be given every
survivor of the civil war who served in the army 90 days,
or to his widow, provided she was married before June
27, 1890.
I If this bill goes through a large slice of public money
will be paid out monthly to men and women who have
done absolutely nothing to deserve It.
No man or woman who can be shown to have adequate
means of support, and no man or woman who is strong
and able bodied should be allowed a pension from the
government. , Charity, whether disbursed by the govern
ment or from a private source, Is demoralizing to the
self respeot and self
man must vote for the party who gives him a pension, and
It Is therefore in the nature of a bribe. The next step
will probably be to- pension all sons of veterans, alT5
grandsons, who are over 21 years of age. ' '
about two years ago, when It was de
cided to weaken the Roosevelt adminis
tration In every possible way. That the
president might be held responsible for
party defection, it was agreed at that
time not to make any contribution to
the Republican congress campaign last
year, as It was desired that the Repub
lican should lose the house as a fur
ther reitection upon the administration
in power.
Perry Heath at that time was the
accredited representative of the Hanna
boom with the Rockefeller interests.
Fortunately, however, a Republican ma
jority was elected in the house with
out Wall-street contribution, and the
president s popularity in other ways has
been so clearly attested that Hanna has
withheld his personal indorsement of the
on m pa iff n of his friends and business
associates In his favor. Only Hanna's
tefuaal to announce his candidacy ' has
kept these interests in check.
One of the paragraphs in the editorial
in iuetion Is a statement made by
Jhhips O. Blaine. It refers evidently to
Hanna, and Is as follows: "It Is the
law of American politics that no man
can make himself a candidate for presi
dent, and no man can prevent hltneelf
from being a candidate for president.'
xotsi oar bxsss.
In the little Island of Laysan of the
Hawaiian group, which has no human
inhabitants, bird life Is so dense that
the various species have ecpnomlzed
space by building their nests one above
the other. The similarity of these tiers
of nests to the flats In tall apartment
houses is quite marked. For example,
the petrel and the wedge-tailed shear
water live in burrows which compare
with an apartment house ' basement.
Above them dwell the gray-backed tern
and the sooty tern. Higher still in
bushes the red-tailed tropic bird and the
Christmas Island shearwater have their
apartments. Higher still In shrubs the
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and such praise as this deserves they
as they Tlchly merit. ' .
political success. It is the jobs which
as to obscure all other aspirants.
sons of states but no favorite sons of
is therefore, as seldom before, a free
THE NEW CHIEF OF ENGINEERS.
TAHE CONFIRMATION, of Col: Alexander McKenzie
I as brigadier-general . and chief of , engineers, Is
great personal moment to the whole
General McKenzie,. as acting , chief of
years, js perfectly familiar with the
conditions of the whole country. He la
reliance of the recipient. Moreover a
Laysan finch and the miller-bird build
their homes. The loftier branches of
trees are filled with the red-footed booby,
the man-o'-war bird and the Hawaiian
tern. Naturalists who vlBlted the Islands
last year frequently crushed through
the roofs of the petrel burrows, sinking
to the knees in these subterranean bird
homes. It was necessary in walking
about to exercise great care lest nests
and eggs and young of all sorts of birds
be trampled upon.
, A writer in the Scientific American
says: "In collecting bird skins I have
found Innumerable air. cells, forming a
most delicate and wonderful network,
between the body and the skim In the
pelican, one or our largest birds, this
network of cells practically .covered the
whole body and was very noticeable.
Nowf these cells work automatically,
like uie lungs or like the circulation of
the blood, being filled with or emptied
of hot air, according to the purpose of
the . bird to rise, float or descend, then
surely we can : better , understand the
ease with which birds seem to sustain
themselves in the air during their long
nights." . ,
The white tern has the curious habit
of never bringing less than two fish at
a time to Its young. It carries the flsh
crosswise In Its bill and sometimes re
turns from Its excursions with no less
than four flsh thus carried. It l 'easy
enough to understand how it captures
the first fish, but naturalists are unable
to -comprehend how the bird manages
to retain it while securing additional
ones.' Its ability to hold three flsh In
Its bill and still capture a fourth la
particularly puzzling.
Everything Bald.
From the Washington Star.
Having already declared Mr. Rocks
feller the superior of Hhakeepeare, It
is difficult to see hew the Chicago unl
verslty is going to find anything to say
as a suitable recognition of his further
gift or 12,000,000.
Famous Sermon From the. Bible
St. Matthew 14:1-83. .
Herod's opinion of Christ. Wherefore
John Baptist was beheaded. Jesus
departeth into a desert place, where
lie feedcth five thousand men with
Ave loaves and two fishes. He walk
eth on the sea to his disciples, and
' ' landing at Oennesaret, - healeth the
' sick by the touch of the hem of his
garment.
' At that time Herod the tetrarch heard
of the fame of Jesus,
And said unto his servants, This Is
John the Baptist; he is risen from the
dead; and therefore mighty works do
shew forth themselves in him.
For Herod had laid hold on John, and
bound him, and put him In prison f oi
Herodlas' sake, his brother Philip's
wife.
For John said unto him, . it is not
lawful, for thee to' have her. r ,
And when he would have put him to
death, he feared the multitude, because
they counted him as a prophet. .
But when Herod's birthday was kept
the daughter, of Herodlas danced before
them, and pleased Herod.
Whereupon he promised with an oath
to give her whatever she would ask.
And , she, ' before Instructed of het
mother, said, give me here John Bap
tist's head in a charger.
And the king was sorry: neverthelesi
for the oath's sake, and them which aaf
with him at meat, he commanded it to
be given her. ,
And he sent and beheaded John In
the prison. t
And his - head was brought In a
charger, and given to the damsel: and
she brought It to her mother. .,. ,
And his disciples came, and took up
the body, and buried it, and went and
told Jesus
When Jesus heard of it, he departed
thence by ship Into a desert place
apart: and. when the people had heard
thereof, they followed him on foot out
of the cities. . ,
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great
multitude, and was . moved with com
passion toward them, and he healed
their sick,
And when It was evening, his dis
ciples came to' him, saying, This is a
desert place, and the time is now past;
send the multitude away, that they may
go Into the villages, and buy themselves
victuals.
But Jesus said unto them. They need
not depart; give ye them to eat.
And they say unto? him, We have here
but five loaves, and two fishes.
He said, Bring, them hither to me.
And he commanded the multitude to
sit down qn the grass, and took the
five- loaves, "and "the "two " fishes, " and
looking up to heaven, . he blessed, and
brake, and gave the loaves to his dis
ciples, and the disciples to the multi
tude. And they did all eat, and were fitted:
and they took up of the fragments that
remained 13 baskets full. '
And they that had eaten ""were about
5,000 men, beside women and children.
And straightway Jesus . constrained
his disciples to get into a ship, and to
go before him unto the other side, while
he sent the multitudes away. -.
And when he had sent the multitudes
away, he went up into a mountain apart
to pray: and when the evening was come
he was there alone. .
But the ship was now in the midst of
the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind
was contrary. . .
And in the fourth watch of the night
Jesus went unto them, walking on the
sea. ' ..
And when the disciples saw him walk
ing on the sea, they were troubled, say
ing. It is a spirit; and they crHd out
for fear.-
But straightway Jesus spake unto
them, saying, Be of good cheer; it Is I;
be not afraid.
And Peter answered him and said.
Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto
thee on the water. .
And he said,: Come. . And when Peter
was come down out of 1 the ship, ; he
waiaea on tne water, to go to Jesus.
But when he saw the wind boisterous.
he was afraid; and beginning to sink, hi
cried, saying, Lord, save me. v
And immediately Jesus stretched
forth Ijls . hand, and caught him, and
said unto him, O thou of little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt?
And when they were come into the
ship, the wind ceased.
Then they that were in the ship came
and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth
thou art the Son of God.
And when they were gone Over, they
came into the land of Gennesaret.
And when the men of that place had
knowledge of him, they sent out Into all
that country round about, and brought
unto him all that were diseased;
And besought him that they might
only touch the hem of his garment; and
as many as touched were made perfectly
wnoie.
SIVOVXAXXTZSS.
What' are presumably the largest
string beans 'In the world may be seen
growing In the gardens of a resident
of Pasadena, Cal. They range from 30
ta 42 lnnha In tAiith nnA ,v,nn half
an inch in width. They .are not onlyK
- ..w.hbv .,
enormously large, but they make a de
lightful table " delicacy when cut and
stewed and prepared with cream and but
ter. The vines bear profusely, and the
beans are so large that one of them
is more than a single person can com
fortably manage. These beans are of the
aristocratic species, and ' do not claim
alliance with the common string bean.
California botanists class them as be
longing to the genus Dollchos, but owing
to their great length they are more pop
ularly Known as "yara beans." The
plants are natives of China and Japan
and the seeds were sent to California
from Japan.
Fear of microbes seems to have spread
to the possessors of old furniture, which
during a long life and unknown experi
ences may have colleoted the germs of
disease, : Recently a cautious lady in
London who had been studying the medi
cal warnings Inherited a Sheraton table.
She would not . admit It to her house,
but sent It off to a cabinet maker's with
orders that an exact repliua be .made,
the original table being offered in pay
ment. If this lady's craze for new and
Innocuous furniture - spreads, v there
should be good times In store for the
cabinetmakers, as well as for collectors
who prefer the risk of microbes to the
certainty of shoddy. . T
.Professor Lombroso, as the result of
his observations On left-handed and left
sided people, finds that among 1,000 sol
diers and operatives the proportion of
left-handed people is 4 per cent among
the men and 6 to 8 per cent among me
women. .Among criminals the quota of
left-handed was found to be more than
tripled in men and more than quintupled
among women.
Genesis.'
Arthur Gibson Hull in The Reader.
Between his palms the Potter twirled
The patient clay. . .
Damp'wlth his splttje, lightly hurled :
It then awsy. .
Far down the void of black-brenisted
' Night;
Betwixt the lean Moon and the sodden
' light
Of a chill, dead Dawn, it fell. Ptold,
, tne woriat .
AOS OUT or WALL STKEET.
Clerk Suing for a Check Which Bags Oot
But Forgot to Tun Over.
From the New 'York' American. '
Wall street practically has lost one of
its most Interesting characters. Rus
sell Sage, although still Insisting upon
visiting hts office once or twice a week,
has departed from his lifelong habit of
arriving there dally with clock-like reg
ularity, . regardless of weather condi
tions, and in face la now seen in Wall
street at infrequent intervals. He has
gradually withdrawn from participation
in great financial affairs at the earnest
solicitation of' His friends and Mrs.
Bage, but the trusted employes who have
served him many years still handle the
loan business on the stock exchange.
Mr, Sage, who Is 87 years old, spends
most of his time In his new Fifth avenue
home, and is said to be In his usual
state of health.' . '
With the news of Mr. Sage's retire
ment . comes the statement, that he is
determined to fight a judgment for
12,840 rendered in favor of K. CM.
Rand, a former clerk of his, by Justice
Dugro la the supreme court. - Techni
cally, Mr. Rand's suit was against the
Iowa Central railroad, of which' Mr.
Sage la the principal stockholder.
Three' years ago, when Rand was In
Mr. Sage's office, he performed valuable
services for the Iowa Central and' put
in a bill for 12,000. According to Rand,
Mr. Save was at the meeting of the
board of directors that passed on his
claim. , . ( :V,i , , t v'.
"Certainly we will allow it." said one
of the directors, 'Mall Rand a, check;
he's a good fellow."
"Make out the check in my name,"
Mr. Saga is alleged to have said. "Rand
works in my office, and I'll, give It to
WBl," s ' ; . , f
At any rate, Mr. Rand never got the
money. Mr. Sage does not deny he got
It. All that he affirmed In his defense
was that Mr. Rand was in his employ;
that he was well paid for his services;
that his time belonged to him; there
fore Mr. Rand was not entitled to money
from his company.
"Uncle Russell" never told Mr. Rand
that the directors had voted favorably
on his bill. Rand alleges that when he
mentioned the little item to Mr. Sage,
each time the reply was:
"Yes, yea. To be sure, Rand, I naa
almost forgotten about it . But you'll
get it Don t worry." He continued to
work for Mr. Sage and finally wrote to
the officers of the Iowa Central, asking
why his claim wasn't paid. The answer
was that long ago Mr. Sage had received
the check. Mr. Rand then confronted
Mr. Sage.
"That $3,000. What about ltT Tou've
bad it for months. Shell out!"
"Oh let's see? That's right. Rand.
I did get the check and I guess I'll keep
It. It wasn't due you; you were working
for me 'at the time and getting paid
every week."
Next day Mr. Rand went hunting for
another Job and found one in the presi
dency of the Securities Protective as
sociation. Then he walked Into - Mr,
Sage's office and resigned. '
"Aha, what's your hurry V observed
Mr. Sage, with his mollifying smile,
"Hope you will reconsider this."
"It la useless to talk," said Rand.
"I want what Is coming to me, and in
addition I want that 13.000. I could
have you arrested and could prosecute
you criminally. Fay ma or suffer the
consequences.
Mr. Sage was too full for utterance.
Finally he spoke. "Now, Rand," he
drawled with ascetlo rigor, "get out
of here. You haven't any money com
ing, and you ought - to be glad that I
have kept you at work. Good day!"
, That day Mr. Rand saw a lawyer and
a suit was filed. The case was fought
and defended with vigor. Mr. Rand gets
a verdict not only for the 12,000, but
Interest and costs were added. ...
The verdict is against the Iowa Cen
tral railroad, and as the road has paid
the claim its directors look to Mr. Sage
for restitution in the event the verdict
stands. ,
MAKY.
From the New York Sun.
I.
The old world's rolling on
Beneath Its weight of. years, :
Deep covered by the dust of man
And watered by his tears.
But Mary's omy :
. Ten years old, .
And Mary's hair
Rtpllng gold.
is
II.
Above the patient plains
Old Cheops lifts his head.
A nation's sombre monument
Among Its sleeping dead.
But the weary years
- - - Might never be -,When
Mary looks and '
Smiles at me.
' IIL
Old Sorrow stalks abroad,
' And Worry's always here.
The Big Blue Devils leap and play,
And Trouble's ever' near. a .
But all these things
Are naught to me, .::
When Mary's sitting
On my knee. ,
PIS N'T WATT TOM OXSXB8. '
From the Chicago News.
Senator Hoar says that at a dinner
where General Grant and other distin
guished men were present Commodore
AlUen remarked that there was nothing
he disliked more than a subordinate who
always obeyed orders. "What is that
you are caylng, commodore?" said -President
Grant across the table. The com
modore repeated' what . he had said.
"There is a good deal of truth In what
you say," said General Grant. "One of
the virtues of General Sheridan was that
he knew when to act without orders.
Just before the surrender of Lee, Gen
eral Sheridan captured some dispatches,
from which he learned that Lee had or
dered his supplies to a certain place. I
was on the other side of the river, where
he cjuld get no communication from me
until th next morning. General Sheri
dan pushed on at once without orders,
got to, the place IS minutes before the.
rebels and captured the supplies. After
the surrender was concluded, the first
thing General Lee asked me for was ra
tions for his men,. I issued to them the
sumo provisions which Sheridan had
captured. Now, if Sheridan, as most
men would havo done, had waited for
orders from mo,' Lee would have got
off,"
HOT SO BIO AS XT X.OOXSD.
From the New York World.
A naval officer who has just returned
from Colombia is showing a check he
was given in a restaurant In Cartagena,
lie went in one morning and got a cup
of coffee and a roll. The waiter gave
him" a check for $4,600. i "Good Lord!"
spluttered the naval officer, in the best
Bpanlsh he knew, "what do you mean
by this? ..Mors than four thousand
dollars for a cup of coffee! 'It's an out
rage.,;;, I can't-pay it and I won't!"
The proprietor came around and
suavely1 explained that that price was
In, Colombian paper currency, for which
the ratio that morning was $23,000 to
$1 In gold. "
The bill was 20 cents lit American
money.
Russia and England Flaying a Caiae cf Intrije. for
Control cf Thibet
Eliza R. Scldmore's Fekln Letter in Chi
cago Tribune. i.- .:
Tibet, the mysterious land of Central
Asia, is destined to pass under the con
trol of either Russia or England. Al
ready the two powers are engaged ; In
military and diplomatic intrigue to gain
the supremacy In Lhassa, the sealed city
of the dalal lama. Russian surveyors,
guarded by troops, ; t are ' In Northern
Tibet, and are building permanent bar'
racks. Apparently they have gone there
to stay. The English are assembling a
large military - expedition, -which will
march perhaps to Lhassa itself in the
spring. The game of Intrigue is on,
China, the protector of Tibet, Is not only
helpless ,. but indifferent. The lamas,
themselves are only awakening to the
wonders of the modern world, . .
The temple, in the far north quarter of
Pekln is a dilapidated old place, highly
disenchanting, now that the mystery of it
and the difficulty of access are in the
past. It was formerly the palace of the,
prince who became the Emperor Yung
Cheng. He endowed It richly and his
successors made annual visits, liberal
presents and allowances until the year
1900. In that season the lamas took
fright and left Pekln for Mongolia, re
ducing the company of 800 or 800 pious
folk to only 200.' Fortunately for the
lamas and the treasures of the temple,
that ouarter of the cltv fell to the Jap
anese to administer, and there alone the
temples were not 'pillaged and used as
military quarters, Guards stood at the
gates for months before1" the Japanese
general visited the temple ' and r was
Shown through Us dreary stone courts,
its halls of Images, and lecture rooms of
priests. i
When the tourist had to bribe largely
to get In. and pay more and fight des
perately to get out, there were torment
ing tales of the splendors of the altar
ornaments and images, the magnificence,
of the successive fonts. One found but
dingy quadrangles, dilapidated r build
ings, commonplace Images, and, over all,
such dust and litter that the effect was
depressing.
There are some fine old bronte Incense
burners of the Kieu Lung period in one
court, one good set of altar vessels of
the same 'period In cloisonne enamel on
one altar, and a painted enamel set of
beakers, flower vases, urn, and incense
gilded ."Images and the tiny arhats and
rakans In the fantastlo rock work para
dise of another pavilion are net equal to
those In other temples. .
The head lama of this temple was cu
rious about Buddhism in . Japan, and
used to ply bis visitors with many ques
tions. Had" they any temples as targe
and splendid as this in Japan? Were
the altars as richly ' furnished, the
priests as many and as well robed and
supported In Japan?
The Buddhist1 chaplains of Japanese
regiments sent word home, and the
Hongwaujl temples In Kioto Invited the
head lama over as their guest, v He went
over with a chaplain on a troopship, 'was
entertained at those magnificent temples
In Kioto, and at famous temples all the
way up to TOKto ana imikko, wo was
shown schools, museums, gardens, ar
senals, shipyards, and hospitals- In fact.
everything in the way of spiritual and
material development ' and progress in
Japan.
It was too late In the summer for the
emperor to grant an audience, but . the
dased lama was shown through and en
tertained In the palace, and when he was
to leave Toklo some 800 priests and a
great company of :; Japanese officials,
military and civil, made a formal fare
well at the station. .
It was a sight worth, braving an
August noonday's heat to see the dull
railway ; platform and ' carriages enliv
ened by (hose hundreds of superbly glit
tering brocade priest closks, and the
group of white and gold uniforms. ' -
The lama was duly Impressed with
Japan's greatness, her higher civiliza
tion, and spiritual condition, and he
spread the wonderful accounts of his
travels far and wide through the region
of Lamaism. The lamas, who come in
from Tibet and. Mongolia, stay at this
temple or the yellow temple outside the
walls, and there Is a great going to and
fro of the tonsured brethren, i The
lama delivered a continuous lecture on
the greatness and goodness of Japan to
his colleagues and acolytes, and when
the court returned to Pekln and the em
peror so entirely - : neglected him the
chagrined lama could not endure the
situation. . Having lost face and lost
heart, 'he withdrew to Mongolia, ' seek
ing (for consolation the living Buddha
at Urge. - -
At the Yellow temple, Just north of
the city wall, there are many Tibetan
lamas, and the Tibetan merchants, who
come out, from Lhassa and return there
each summer make It a general head
quarters. One, most Interesting Tibetan
lama was in at the Japanese photog
rapher's place the other day the Rev.
A. Wau Karasau, a Kotnpo lama, who
came a few years ago as an official
tribute - bearer from the dalal lama to
the Chinese emperor.. This annual
tribute is not a serious thing, consisting
of carpets, drugs and Incense only, since
the money tribute prayers and . masses
for the special prayers . and masses
which the Tibetans offer up for the wel
fare of China,
The Kompo lama was a stalwart old
soul, with a strong and kindly face,
with a red button of -rank in the yellow
crown of his turban hat, and while he
sat for the photographer to make ready
for him, he ladled snuff out from a lit
tle silver and turquoise stoppered bot
tle to the side of his thumb and sniffed
it vigorously. He told me that ha liked
pekln better than Lhassa, and he also
told me that in 1800 a Burlat Mongol
came to Lhassa and excited the lamas
with the news that the Chinese em
pire had fallen and that the Chinese em
peror had fled. The lamas had been
told Of a war at the time the boxers
began operations, and had been asked
to pray for the success of Chinese arms.
: There was. great consternation, and
the Burlat easily persuaded the chief of
ficials and many lamas to sign a paper
asking Russia to protect the Tibetans.
Then soma merchants arrived direct
from Pekln and brought word that the
government . of China still lived, that
Imperial proclamations were posted on
the walls as usual, that the emperor
was In Shansi, to be sure, but Prince
Chlng and LI Hung Chang were in
Pekln and' had driven away all but a
few foreigners. The angry lamas turned
upon the burlat In wrath and he fled
to Mongolia.
As to recent foreign travelers In
Tibet and Lhassa,. there have been Rus
sian surveyors in the north part of
Tibet for f year, but the lama said the
only foreigner actually In Lhassa was a
Jo pun e e doctor, who studied the sacred
books for a year in Sera university and
suddenly disappeared. It was not until
this doctor wrote back letters i from
Nepad that all Lhassa learned that a
Japanese had .been In their midst- un
suspected for all that time..'
The merchants who came up from
Lhassa this June had many stories to
tell about this, Japanese doctor, and the
Kompo lama was a little dosed when
we cried out that all the world knew all
fbout him--tho ; famous ; priest, Ekal
Kawaguchl, whoa travels In Tibet and
long tay In Lhassa 'ha ve been the talk
of Japan for some months.
Since all other travelers after Abbe
Hue had failed to enter Lhassa. it re
mained for a Japanese to attempt it and
succeed. The priest Kawaguchl. went
on a purely religious errand, his object
being to see and search for , certain
Buddhist writings, supposed to be
treasured In the great temple of Tibet
He spent a year in India. NStudylng
Tibetan, some months in Nepal and on
the Tibetan border, and a year traveling
western xiDet oerore he ventured into
the capital. . , ,.,
Representing himself ' as a Chlneso
doctor, he had great vogue among the
dropsical, . whom he was able to, cure.
One of his grateful patients, the .minis
ter of flnanco, took him into his house,
and under his proteotlon the doughty
Japanese continued his' Sanskrit and
Tibetan studies at the great lama uni
versity attached to the Sera temple, . ,
Kawaguchl had an audience with the
grand lama, who offered him a position
as one of the court physicians. Some
Tibetan merchants from Darjlllng recog.
nlsed Kawaguchl in Lhassa, but before
they could follow and denounce him he
fled for the.' Indian frontier with his
horse load of saered books. It was not
until he wrote back to his friends in
Lhassa that the mystery of his disap
pearance was explained, and it was a
sensation cf many months when the
lamas learned that a foreigner had been
living among them for so long. ,
' Chinese are permitted to go and come
freely in Tibet, and also the Burlat Mon
gols, although they are now under Rus
sian domination and their country a
province of Siberia. All other travelers
are warned oft. held at bay by Tibetan
soldiers, and refused provisions and pack
animals until they turn back. Ptejeval
sky's, expedition, which was more truly
a diplomatic than a scientific mission,
was turned back as relentlessly as any
other, and the. presents Intended to ce
ment the friendship of the czar and the
grand lama were abandoned In the sno
wastes. ," ' , '
Russia has not rested during these 33
years since Prejevalsky failed. If Eu
ropean Russians could not succeed, Asl- -atlo
Russians might do so, and the
Burlat Mongols were made much of.
Promising young Burlats were educated
In Russia, and the' Burlat of whom the
Tibetan lama told me might well have
been the Zoubikov who In his lecture
before European geographical societies
says that he resided in Lhassa for a
few months during 1900.
The tutor of the dalal lama In his
minority was a Burlat Mongol, WHO Since
his return to his own country has been
made much of by the Russians, and has
several times gone back to Lhassa and
made rich presents to the different uni
versities and temples and higher officials.
Presents more wonderful than anything
the lamas dreamed of before hare come
from Russia, and one of the dalal lama's
chamberlains went : to St. Petersburg
to thank the czar, and to make a secret
compact with the ciar. ,
All the efforts of the Russian emis
saries have been to thoroughly alarm
the Tibetans as to the Intentions of Eng
land in India. Until the year 1900 the
Tibetans were secure in the belief that
China would always protect them. Since
then the Russians have besought the
lamas to lean on them, and have painted
the English bogey in more ; terrible
colors.
The present expedition, : which" Lord
Curson and Lord Kitchener are organ
izing to make rapid advances in the
spring, has already spread' panic , in
Lhassa, and there will be great news
when the next lot of Tibetans come into
Pekln. . ,
By imperial edict last May the em
press dowager bade the Tibetans receive
the English expedition kindly, and Indi
rectly warned them that if they put
obstacles in the way or 'made trouble,
they need not look to China to help
them in their straits. By the wording
of the edict China atave notice that she
would not be responsible for any rep
rehensible conduct of the Tibetans, that
Tibet was none of her concern, and that
the lamas must look out for themselves.
During the summer Lhassa made com
plaint Of the Russian surveyors and en
gineers accompanied by troops, who were
going where they pleased in northern
Tibet, and the lamas were curtly advised
to chase them out, to drive them across
the borders of Mongolia. ;.;..
Poor Tibet and Its problems. Its timid
ity, blindness and weakness, its inability
to distinguish between the wolf and the
lamb, and Its certainty of doing the
wrong thing in the end. about parallels
Cores, which so long leaned on China
also.
Tibet is dependent on India for Its
most necessary supplies, and there is an
increasing trade over the border at Dar
jlllng. Although China hast for ages
furnished the brick tea of the Tibetans
from the Yangtse valley, much tea now
goes from India, together with all the
cotton goods they consume, much bar
ley and foodstuffs. When Mr; and Mrs.
George Ltttledale were held In enmp
only 40 miles from Lhassa they sent
In for supplies and the tobacco was in
tins from Bristol, England, the matches
came from Japan, and some other things
had been made In Germany,
While no foreigners are permitted to
cross the boundary, Tibetans go back and
,A,(h Aal,r. ThBr la .a. iinhnnl for
Tibetan boys at Darjlllng, maintained
at government expense, and many of the
graduates have taken positions as teach
ers and surveyors and clerks In 'India.
ih. niinth., nt Tlhatttn frariiintftai from
this school, the Tibetan traders who '
regularly visit Darjlllng and the coolies
who work in the tea plantations for a ,
season and return, all help spread the
advantages of England's ways and gov-
.The Russian emissaries have' worked
upon, won over end showered their gifts
upon the lamas and higher officials. The
Tibetans themselves would welcome the
English, the officials would oppose them
at the prompting of the Ruslans, so
that there Is every prospect of an in
ternal Struggle when the affairs of Tibet
become a matter of world's Interest. .
These are stirring times, mis is a
strenuous century, that Eastern Asia :
fln.la horaelf - thi-iint . Into. Rptter a.
longer sleep than such a fevered awak
ening, some of the poor old easy going
peoples must think. , , .
WET ALX.ISOH MISSED XT,
From the Washington Post. -.
Senator Allison of Iowa, .famed for
his conservatism and his compromises,
was at a dinner party a few nights ago.
Along in the evening, after the game
had been served and the glasses filled
several times, an admirer of the senator
came ever to him,, put his hand on the
senatorial shoulder and said, between
sobs: . ' '
"Alllsoni if- you had ever In your life
hit a man a good stiff punch in the
slats and called him ont of his name a
few times you 'would have been presi
dent of the United States," ,
. Philanthropic After All.
Charley Schwab shows a disposition to
do the right thing, He has a lot of
stock which he Is willing to surrender1
If lie can get the price quoted when the
stock came into his possession,