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diior ial" f age':. of to . JoisraaE . PORTLAND, OREGON J SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1904 TO THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL , AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER CS. JACKSON Published every evening (except Sunday) at The Journal BuUdlng, . Fifth OFFICIAL, PAPER OP TUB -CITY OF THE JOURNAL'S WORK JUSTIFIED. t " Vc--. , ! IT IS NOW f till five months since1 The Journal began Li to - make public the Jesuit Lot. its investigations of the Jetty work at the mouth of the Columbia river. Realizing the Vital Importance of that work to the whole Columbta Blver basin, and how essential to thr perma . neney of the work was the character, Quality and Biae of the rock which formed the Jetty, the investigation waa begun. Not a word waa printed'' until what we believed to be the absolute facts, backed by proof and the evi dence 1 of experts, were in our possession. It was then demonstrated that It Was beyond the power-of the con tracting company to live tip to the terms of the contract It could not' furnish the rock In the quantity, in the sises that is, the two largest, and therefore the most essen tial sizesor in the quality which must be had to finish the work so that it would be of permanent benefit. ; All of these facts were laid before the public; They aroused much Interest and created fwidespread discus sion. Many of the comments made were critical in tone, and some of them , frankly questioned' the "truth-of the statements. By others they were denounced as hiding some ulterior purpose,' for hitherto in Portland journalism nothing of the sort had ever been undertaken without some selfish motive to actuate it. The president of the contracting company came -.to Portland and. was alleged In a newspaper interview to have "smiled sarcastically" when the matter was brought to his attention.-' The es teemed Oregonian, In a ponderous way j it , has--a way which used to be much more decisive than it now ls- attempted to brush the matter aside and sneer It out of court. The chamber of commerce committee took up the matter for investigation. It reported . everythlijglovely, everybody all right, and the stone in every respect AL with several zs thrown in for good measure. , : In the face of all these obstacles The Journal continued to bring forward proof to sustain its position. The first public evidence to sustain it came when and smaller of the contracts was remitted, as It " was clearly within the province of the engineer In charge to do. The second came when, as a result . of the blasts fired at the Bugby quarry, it became apparent that the two larger, sizes ; of stone could not be furnished in the quantities required. The third and overwhelming proof came yesterday "when it was officially- announced that the government would advertise for bids to furnish 240, 000 tons of rock for Jetty purposes. , , 'In this whole transaction Major Langfltt has been con fronted with a succession of difficulties, out of which he has happily found a way,' which not only redounds to his credit, but which will, vastly raiser the ultimate esti-v mate whch will be placed on the great work on which he Is how engaged at the mouth of the river. , i . A CRISIS AT HOOD RIVER," . T"AHE WATER QUESTION at Hood River has ' - I reached an acute stage. As is well known the i :V great fruit and berry crop of ,1s dependent upon irrigation, and the velopment of the valley is measured sults of the crop. ' The Valley Improvement company, managed by Mr. Davenport, owns the irrigating ditch which furnishes the Water to the great berry-growers. For some1 reason its ten into bad shape and it has been announced that un less the land-owners come to the rescue there will be no water this year. This would be a public calamity and result in great loss and be a very serious setback to the entire valley. The company is indebted to Mr. F, L. Chambers of Eugene In about the sum of 123,000, to Mr. Frank Davenport about $4,000, and it will take about $4,000 to put It in condition to deliver water this year. Mr. Chambers is dissatisfied and has taken control of the' property and says he will advance no more water, and has proposed that the land-owners buy and pay for r secure, at the rate of $30 an Inch, before March 1, 1.000 Inches of water, receiving in return a 99 -year con tract for the use of the water, paying therefor in addl- ' tloir$2.60 an inch" each year. Thitf Would raise' $30,000 and practically put the company on velvet If this is not done, he says, the ditch will not be repaired and there wlll'be no water for irrigating purposes, a dilemma either horn of which is sharp enough to be unpleasant. t On the other hand, many of . the farmers now have Contracts which, It is said, the, company will not carry out, so they do not feel very enthusiastic about putting Up $30,000 without any guaranty. Under the contract proposed, the farmers can operate the ditch If the com pany doesn't; but this alternative, under the circum stances, is not very attractive. To most of them it looks as though they are being called upon to pay for the ditch and present it to the men now owning it. They cannot understand . why, when they pay the yearly , water rent, they should be called upon to pay the debts and to put the ditch in order. Unless some satisfactory adjustment LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE Jtenhardt Makes Reply. Portland. Feb. 8. To the Editor of The JournalReferring to an article published in your paper on Thursday, February 4, under the heading "Mort gage Home to Start Saloon," la Which article was quoted a letter Written by Dr. Ella K. Dearborn, addressed to the common council and remonstrating against the granting of my application for a liquor license, I beg, la Justice to myself, to correct several false - and erroneous statements contained in said letter of Dr. Dearborn's. In her letter she deliberately charges me with the wish, in order to start a saloon, of mort ' gaging my home, alleged to have been given to my wife at tne time of her marriage. This Is absolutely untrue and the facts are thene:.' ' , On August 7, 101, I was married to Anna Taylor and on February 26, 1902, I purchased from the Title Guarantee & Trust company lot 6, block 1, In North Irvlngton addition, paying therefor out of my own money the sum of. $100. Subsequently I built a house on said lot, costing $1,200. The house was built partly with money which my wife had received from the estate of her father, Samuel Taylor, who died on March 9, 1887. Neither the lot nor . the money for the house was received by my wife as a wedding present from her parents. This false statement '.was deliberately made by Dr. Dtarborn so as to prejudice me before the liquor license committee end to induce them to deny my appli cation for a license. , , .. ,.-.,.. , - The statement that I. Intend to mort gage my home in order to start a saloon la equally false and was made' for the same purpose. If my -'application were granted It was the Intention of myself and of my cousin, J.' Lcnhardt to pur rhue thi lot adjoining my house for 8760, erect thereon a building and es tablish a saloon.. I hud no Idea' of mnrtssglng my home In order to do it The'Rumry, would have been provided by PUBLISHED .BY JOURNAL PUBUSHINQ CO. is reached, and that it is, inconceivable to allow their crops and vines to be destroyed for lack of water through the failure of a public corporation to carry out Its contracts -reconduct Its business. "Today a meeting of the growers is to be held-at Hood River to - consider this problem. The outcome of the meeting will 1 be watched the valley depends HEN MEN' in today's issue of The Journal, to criticise not only the methods of street improvement; but seriously to question' whether the taxpayers are getting results in " anywise: commensurate to the financial' outlay, it will not do to meet, them with' the simple statement that the taxpayers get precisely' what they "pay .for. The vital part of the contention is that they do not. V ; The agitation of the 'matter was begun a few days ago in The .-. Journal. At that time attention was called : to the poor condition in which many of the recently repaired streets were found, and to what appeared to be official dereliction in the matter of railroad experimentation in Fourth street. It was then suggested that the best scien tific results were not being reached, and that ;he work should be placed under the coritrol of a practical man thoroughly experienced in undertakings ,of this char acter." The assistant city engineer, Mr. Scoggln, when seen about the? matter -said- it-lay wholly with -the taxpayers. Street improvements cost money; if, the taxpayers were willing to pay for them, they got them good; if they did not, they got them as good as the price paid.. But the explanation does not quite reach the heart of the matter. Admit Mr. Scoggin's premises and his con clusions are logical enough, but it is his premises that are called into question. The taxpayers say they do , not get what they pay for, and the result of macadamizing is a profound and dismal failure. Thus we get down to fundamentals, and It is up to the city officials to come forward and show the whys and wherefores. As the sub ject Is of profound importance to the whole city, it . is well to have it. thoroughly threshed over. We have un dertaken a great system, of street improvements; they have Involved .the expenditure of great sums., If these sums are wisely and Intelligently spent, they will be object-lessons ; to encourage similar improvements all over the city, so that we may look forward confidently to the day when the streets of Portland will be objects of pride and satisfaction. On the other hand, if the money. Is paid out and the results are hot secured, we may not only expect present dissatisfaction, but a grow ing disinclination to spend money when there is so little to show for it. The importance of starting right should therefore be self-evident. - ' part of the first that beautiful valley business and de largely by. the re fIE WINTER has been one of such unusual severity I in so many parts of the country that the weather reports and tables have been studied with greater assiduity and enthusiasm than for many years past The tables showing relative climatic conditions have attracted particular attention; for,' while people were feeling the severity, of zero weather In one section, they , were all anxious to see if people in other parts of the country were not even .worse ylt, and in this way make their own suf ferings' more bearable by comparison. I A! Portland gentleman "sends- us a copy of a Toledo paper' sent him by an envious Ohio friend, who has care fully marked the weather table. In Toledo on that par ticular day the thermometer, was '; degrees below aero; the maximum temperature in 24 hours had been 12 above. majority of the finances have got above 22 below, while mum, 46; and it for 'figure what it January, and what sero weather, to fully appreciate what the people of Port or New York. my cousin for his share, and the share necessary to have been put up by me was advanced by my father, Henry Len hardt 826 Grand avenue. No attempt to mortgage my home was 'made and none would have been made. Nor Is the sentiment in': the, immediate ' neighbor hood so strongly against the project as Dr. Dearborn-suggests. ; Whatever ' op position exists has been aroused by Mrs. Dearborn In her capacity as a profes sional agitator. - , ; ' , In, order that I may be placed in the true light before the community I ask that you give this communication space in your paper, v HARRT LENHARDT. A ZX-SOUkAX BOY. From the New Tork Press. " The other day I saw in a metal-worker's shop a boy using a file on some very small steel castings. He was about 17 years old, and the proprietor of the place said that his wages were $6 a day.. What 'do you think of that, oh youngsters, who clerk in offices at $7 a -week? ; That boy was born poor, has had no advantages and worked his way up. He helps to support his mother and Is attending night school. Put a notch In your , stick to mark a successful ca reer for him. Thirty-six dollars a week with a file! , , Over In the office of one of the most powerful financial institutions in tK world is a young man of 21, Whole sal ary is $100 a year,. $8.33 a month, or Jess than' $2 a week. In addition to this princely income he receives free dally a modest luncheon in the eating-room of the company's employes, It costs pos sibly 15 cents. Why do not well-born boys with brains go in for mechanics? .... ii H i i i vn i :t ' The President Hot a linger. Washington Correspondence of the Win chester Sentinel. Sunday morning, under the guidance of Mrs. Doliie Nelson, wife end. I at tended Grace Reformed church. - There is an absence of formality in the worship that Is pleasing,. The singing is done by the congregayon under the di JNO. P. CARROLL and Yamhill streets, Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND sbon, litigation is sure to follow, for that; hundreds of farmers are going with great interest, for the welfare of upon the water supply. THE QUESTION OF THE STREETS. of the standing of . Mr. Isom White, Mr. Goldsmith and Mr. Teal come before the public, over' their own" signatures, as. they do HE ENVIED US THE WEATHER. In Chicago it had ranged from 16 below to 2 below; in Milwaukee ' 24 below to 12 below f. In Duiuth and St Paul the mercury had fallen to 32 below and not gotten at Bismarck and Winnipeg the cold est weather registered that day showed the thermometer at 34 below, and never rose above 24 below. Omaha reached 16 below, Kansas City 4 below, Denver 2 below.' Portland's place in the column was very carefully' in dicated with a blue pencil, and this is what It showed: Minimum temperature for the 24 hours,' 36 above; maxi may be added that that is almost figure showed throughout the whole month of it usually shows It takes a .careful student of weather tables Vho plows through heavy snowdrifts and who is pierced; by land constantly enjoy, but usually do not appreciate as fully as they should, unless they have. Just returned from a trip to one of the famous winter resorts like Chicago rection of a leader. I have not attended a church in many years where the people were more moaestiy dressed.' The build ing, while new. is not at all nretentlmm. The seats are without cushions and Very plain. Every one appeared to feel at home, inciuaing tne president, who sat near ua. He sings loud and heartily the old time hymns, but I am inclined to think that he is a better president than he Is a singer. - , Bryan Shakes Hands With John V. , .' BookefeUer. From the New York World. When Mr. Bryan attended the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. In New Tork, it fell to the lot of John D. Rockefeller to pass the plate t6 him. Mr. Bryan put a dollar bill on the plate without look ing up. Those sitting nearest to the two men watched their movements Intently. When the service was over Mr. Bryan was introduced to Mr, Rockefeller In the lobby of the church. As they approached to .shake hands they eyed each other from head to foot The mutual scrutiny was so keen and significant as to at tract attention. . They exchanged com monplace greetings, t but continued to study each other's faces. The powerful features, eagle gate and burly physique of the radical leader contrasted strik ingly with the -pallor : and dyspeptic frailty of. the richest man in the world, the greatest genius among trust organizers. .-When .they parted tfuyH compressed his Jips and smiled In "an amused sort, of way. : -:i. -- Varket Basketball. - V' ',?lYam-thf-pitt8burg Dlsptach. - Basketball has become moat popular among the girls in some of the women's universities, but it usually gives place in time to the saner gams of market basket '- - . ' Cause and Effect From the Ohio State Journal - Poor General Reyes has lost his' nonu- larity in Columbia, Just because he war run over by the march of events. Truly, there is an ungrateful republic f amous Sermon From the Bible ,v (St Matthew 17:1-27.) - - I The transfiguration of Christ. He-healetb the lunatlck, foretelleth his own pas-J sion, and payeth tribute. : And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and brlng eth them up into an high mountain apart And was transfigured before them: and his . face did shine as the sun, and his raiment waa white as the light And, behold,, there appeared unto them Moses and Ellas talking with them. Then " answered Peter and said unto Jesus, Lord, It is good for us to be here: if thou wUt let us make here three tab ernacle; one for thee, and one -for Moses, and one for Ellas. ' While he spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which Bald, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased;, hear ye him. "v i ,, -.. 1 And when the disciples heard it tney fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid, :,-. And when they had lifted tip their eyes, they saw no man. save Jesus only. And as they came down from the moun tain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the . vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. And his disciples asked him. saying, Why then say the: scribes that Ellas must first come? ; And Jesus answered and - said ' unto Jthemt Ellas truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Ellas is come already, and they knew him not but have done unto hlmwhataoeverthey listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suf fer of them. . - Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist And when they were come to the multi tude there came to hint a certain man, kneeling down to him, and Saying, Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatlck, and sore vexed: for ofttlmes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.1.: '-: ' ' And I brought Mm to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, O faith less and perverse generation, how long Shall I be with yout how long shall I suffer you? bring htm hither to me. And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. ' Then came the disciples to Jesus apart. and said. Why could not we .cast him out? , And Jesus said unto them. Because of your unbelief r for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place: and it shall remove; and nothing shall be im possible unto you. Howbelt this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. , j And while they abode in Galilee, ' Jesus said unto them. The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: ' - And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry, a 'l. Ls'.. And . when they were come to Caper naum, they that received tribute money came to ePter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? ; He salth. Yes. And when he waa come Into the house, Jesus prevented him, say ing, What thtnkest thou, Bimon? of whom do the kings of the earth, take custom or tribute? of their own children or of strangers? .' v.--.::,, Peter ' said untohlm. Of strangers. Jesus salth unto him;. Then are the chil dren free. ; '' -'' Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first Com eth up; and when thoe hast opened his mouth,' thou shalt find -a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. : v AW IJTBIPID trPLAHATIOW. How the Opposition to Xoosevelt Was . ' Postered. ;. Walter Well man in the Chicago Record- - Herald. Now that the campaign against the president's nomination is virtually at an end, it is possible to tell an interesting story or the methods adopted by his op ponents in their efforts to compass his defeat .The opposition to General Wood in tne senate was a part or the plan to break down Mr. Roosevelt ' The op ponents of the president argued that if they could defeat confirmation of the president's nominee for major-general in the - Republican senate it might be a blow at Mr. Roosevelt's prestige, from which he could not hope to recover. It would not be fair to say that Mr. Han na's opposition to General Wood was based on this ground; he had other mo tives, as is well known. But other men who were anxious to defeat the presl dent Joined in, thinking this : the best way to encourage Mr. Hanna to become a candidate and to strike at Mr. Roose velt i-V-' It is a highly interesting fact that James J. Hill, who of all the great rail road men in the country was most bit ter against Mr. Roosevelt on account of the Northern Securities case, put his oar in the General Wood affair and tried his 'best to defeat confirmation. Mr. Hill Is credited by the knowing with vir tually owning three ve, four senators from the Northwest senators who SS' cured their election through Mr. Hill's favor.. , Some weeks ago Mr. Hill caused the word to be passed amongst these senators that he wanted them all to vote against General Wood. This in fluence waa sufficient to lead two or three senators from Mr. Hill's part of the country to turn against General Wood, thodgn they had hitherto been for . him. , One of the senators ap proached by Mr. Hill refused to be guid ed by that great railroad president and returned answer that he should follow his judgment as to the evidence, and so far as he was advised there was no evidence against General Wood worthy ofconslderatlon. ' r '.?.? I am informed that a careful canvass of the senate on the Wood Case discloses that while General Wood is sure of con formation, the majority in his favor is not as great as hitherto had been sup posed to be. At the present moment the majority for- confirmation Is about ten, 'although this number may : be in creased by the. time the vote Is taken. perhaps six weeks hence. . t As a club with which to break down the nomina tion of President Roosevelt for a second term, the Wood case has not been a suo cess. . ' '. , :'.:: '.- (; . . Opposition Assured. From the Detroit Free Press. . A railroad president in Oklahoma has been fined for swearing at a negro. . No body will ever convince Senator Tillman that a territory . in which - such out rages are tolerated is fit to become a state. . ' - Vanished Prestige. From the Washington Star. .' " ' "Who is that?" asked the bantam. "That" replied the brahmin, "is the famous goose that, lays the golden egg.1' "Welt, she needn't put' on airs. At current market quotations the hen that lays the plain old-fashioned egg is quite as valuable." . u . I .: THB SAT JHX WASKTSOTOJr. - Asked for lresldent,s Old ClothesThe Story of Miss .Week. i ':.' From the New Tork World. - A , soldier's widow who lives in Ne braska wrote a long letter to the presi dent telling about her troubles Over her pension. She asked him to do something about it and wound up by requesting him to send her some of histoid clothes, as she had a family of children to sup port, and found it bard to do. so on iiz at month. - Secretary Loeb read enough of the let ter to see that it referred to pensions, and Ahen sent it to Pension Commis sioner Ware, with the request that he look into .the matter. Yesterday Com missioner Ware sent the letter back jo Mr. Loeb with this Indorsement: "My Dear Mr. Secretary; This letter does not belong to the pension bureau, as we have none of the president's old clothes on file here. -1 suggest that you go over - the president's wardrobe and send this good woman something, only don't send his shoes. Hanna wants those." ' : - It is "Mr. Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court" in Washington, where they know the value of tltls and use them. .Justice Brewer is rrom Kan sas. A short time ago he went back tt his home state and took Mrs. Brewer, With him. 'Mrs. Brewer is from, the east and had never been in the west : . v After they had crossed the Mississippi river the people who knew the -justice called him "Judge," and Mrs. Brewer gasped. When they got to Leavenworth she was still more surprised to find that everybody hailed the Justice as "Dave." She rebelled at first, but finally thought the plan a good one, and now she calls him "Dave" herself. , Senator Clapp of : Minnesota. r"the Black Eagle of Fergus Falls;' as they 'call him out in his state, is dark-skinned and black haired and looks like a south erner. He Is a rabid Republican, He was traveling in the south a short time ago and was talking to the porter on the sleeping car. "What is your politics." asked the senator. ..' "Dey's some fool nhtgahs roun'.heah" the porter v replied, .looking' closely at Clapp, "who am Republicans; but boss, I ain't no fool nlggah." To illustrate a point in his speech in the houtfe on. Thursday, Representative J. Adam i Bade of Minnesota, told the story of Miss Week, who was wedded to Mr. Day. Mr. Bede's version of the tale was that the editor of the local paper began his account of the wedding with a verse of poetry that ran thiswise: A Wek we lose; a Day we gain. But why, prithee, should we complain? There soon will be Days enough To make a Week again. , WEATHXB ABO MOBXT. ."':- ". Hew Meaning for riuotnations of :';'':' Temperature. From the Wall-Street Journal. Wide fluctuations in money rates ar Inevitable in a country where the range of the thermometer is from 4 degrees to SO degrees below sero to 88 degrees, 'or even 101 degree above, aariatlonj)f 00 to 133 degrees.;;; . Living under such climatic Influences, it is. not surprising that the American temperature . is prone , to extremes of enthusiasm and of depression; that ad vances or declines of 3 to 4 points in active stocks should be Common; that money on call should be eagerly sought at to 10 per cent or even higher, in December, and go begging at 2 per cent or below in the following January; that rates of foreign exchange should rise, almost over night from the gold im port point to the gold export point, so that two ships might pass in midocean. one bringing gold to New Tork from Europe, the other taking gold from New York to Europe. , -, f t -- London and Paris are amased at the fluctuations of our money market, but if the financiers of London, and Paris could experience such a winter as we are now- enjoying, and In quick succession such a spring and summer as we must expect in order to bring up the mean temperature of the year to the annual average, it is probable that they would lose the faculty of adjusting money rates in fractions of eighths and six teenths of 1 per cent and adopt . our measurement of halves and quarters or units. -' When money is going out of New York tothenterlorat-the Tat of a net loss of $9,000,000 a month, as M did for the last four months in 1903, either dull ness must reign upon the stock ex change or call money must advance to the legal rate of 6 per cent and above It While money IsVeturning from the interior, as it has for the past two weeks, at the rate of a net gain of nearly $9,000,000 a week, concessions of 1-16 of 1 per cent on rates of Inter est would afford slight encouragement to borrowers, , at a time when 600,000 shares sold in a day is considered an active stock market It is doubtful whether the possession of capital equal to that of the financiers of London and Paris could overcome the climatic Influences of New York. There are some banks that never charge more than 6 per cent for loans, but that does not prevent the other banks from sup plying call money at the market It is the climate which makes men willing to pay any rate for money at some times and refuse to borrow at a mere nominal rate at other times. Merchants have to keep the goods that the people want at popular prices, ana Banners do like wise. ' WTXZ. OBT OH. From the Chicago Journal. "Willie" Thompson, the office boy to a large firm Of publishers, was a smart lad, and when recently he was sent to one of the operative departments with a message he noticed at once that some thing was wrong with the machinery. He returned, gave the alarm, and thus prevented much damage. The circum stance was reported to the head of the firm, before whom "Willie" was sum moned. - '. "You have done me a very great serv ice, my lad." said the genial 'chief, who had now recovered from the ef f eets of much enforced Christmas generosity. "In luture your wages will be increased by $1 weekly." "Thank you. sir." said the bright little fellow. " "I will do my best to be worth it 'and to be a good servant to you." The reply struck the chief almost as much as the lad's previous service had done, c : ' . "That's the .right spirit my lad," he said.1,. "In all the years. I have beetfin business no one has ever thanked me in that way. I will make the Increase $2, Now, what do you say to that?" "Well, air." said "Willie." after a mo. ment's hesitation, "would you mind if 1 said it again?" , . ... . , Isn't Exactly, From the New York World The Erie commuter who for 10 years has taken a 6:33 train to be at his work at 8 o'clock without fall is one of the martyrs of what Isn't exactly civiliza tion. : ' ;: ': : Hevert v From the Birmingham Age-Herald. General Urtbe-Urlbe should not think that a coupling. pin name will scare our noble marines, ' - An Intimate Picture of the Elisa R. Scldmore's Toklo Letter in Chi-, cago Tribune. ., ,: ? r During the Chinese war of '1894 and 1895 . the military headquarters for' the conduct of the war were established at Hiroshima on the Inland sea, close 'by Kure, the chief naval station of ; the empire, and VJina, the headquarters port of the transport fleet. . Within a month after the opening -of the war the emperor removed with the government to Hiroshima and remained there until the- successful termination of that affair. He Was quartered in the old castle, which retains stUI its citadel andtowerg, and "all .'Hiroshima was but a headquarters station. - Every tea house in town, all the temple guest rooms, and the empty houses were taken for official use, and there were no diplomats . and dally papers to ask for audience and interviews. Tourists were warned away. There was little room for them on the trains,' and the alien visitor, finding no place to lay his head, was forced to go away.5"'.;' !':.;"? j' - " -..- . .The foreign war correspondents,' who came condescendingly to bless the amus ing little empire with' their presence and expected at the least to be headquartei-s guests, finding themselves ! negligible quantities, vowed their praises and pres ence to the Chinese army but Were hut able' to get any nearerto the seat of war 'than the Shanghai bund, in whose hotels they sat at ease and wrote war news to measure. In., the evenf of another war on Korean. or Manchurlan soil, it is fully expected that the emperor will again re move the seat of government temporar ily to Hiroshima, where he will be in Itouch with the forces and free from any of the disturbing influences, or toe cap ital. , . ; During this last month the autumn maneuvers were held around the castle town of Himejl, half way between Kobe and Mtroshlma, ami the' emperor was quartered Id the old feudal fortress. The European officers who witnessed the maneuvers were much impressed by the dignified simplicity of all the arrange ments made-for the emperor, but much more impressed by the reverential si lence, the worshipful prostrations of the ! country people when their . sacred ruler passed by. No ,"bansals" (cheers) broke the silence when the emperor and his staff clattered through some village street or country lane lined with wor shipful rustics, who, bowing low as he approached, could not look upon the se rious but benign face of their sovereign. All the sacredness -remains with the emperor new ' that attached to him in those days when be was but an exalted prisoner in the Kioto palace, sitting within a closely curtained throne of white silk when he gave the so-called audiences. He has not parted with any of the attributes of divinity in the eyes of his people. - . , . Some years aro the Philistine for eigner used to have much to say about the emperor being a mere figurehead in the government) an automaton who nodded assent to anything the ministers decided upon; that not the sovereign but some one else far cleverer ran tne gov ernment . ' ' ' : Prime ; ministers and cabinets have changed with frequency since then and none has been permanent in the coun cils of the empire save the serious, hard working, unresting .. emperor. Marquis Ito. goes' abroad for six months and a year at a time, remains In his Olso villa for whole seasons without coming up to the capital, and others - or tne "nlriar ."ntnteaman" who have worked SO powerfully to help create modern Japan are as remote for long periods from the imperial presence, yet the government goes qn just tne same, come , u strong, Intelligent leader oi men is al ways present and an unvarying, con sistent course is followed no matter who holds the portfolios, and prooi sim ply piles upon proof that the emperor himself rules Japan; that the govern ment abides in that workroom of the palace paneled with satin gray cedar wood, the cedar wood of , a thousand years, the cabinet and study of Japan's admirable and adored ruler. Never was a situation calling for a great ana wise sovereign more fully met than when his majesty, Mutso Hito, emerged from se clusion to lead and enlighten his people, to choose the fit instruments to help him create new Japan. c: - Will the presehTcrbwn"Trtnce, when he comes to throne, enjoy the same sa cred regard as the emperor? Can this child of modern Japan evoke the same passionate patriotism as the sovereign to whom so mucn or me pia mystery and divine seclusion clings, who is the link between the bid and the new? One must often ask these questions, , and, recognising what the emperor has been to his people, wonder what will come when this wise ruler passes tne sacrea sword and mirror to a successor. Until the crown prince showed nimseir likely 'to outlive a delicate childhood the emperor's cousin. Prince Artsugawa, was looked upon ss the successor to the throne. Hani no Miya was watched over and no prince, could have been more fearfully treasured. . He had , the most careful training, diet, and exercise, and the German professor who directed the school of medicine in the imperial 4 rxmsxA's objbat mah aaimH,,, All Asksr Zs "the Mark Henn of the Shah's Domains." From the New York Times. Atabeg Asam All Askar of Persia, with his son, Mirsa Mahomet Khan, ac companied by a party , of nine, six of them from the Orient and in .no way related, but with: Khan at the end of their names, arrived at the Waldorf Astoria last night and were Immedi ately shown to an expensive suite ,of rooms on the eighth floor. . - Atabeg Aram Is the official title of All Askar, and, translated by English authorities, means the grand visler of Persia. Several ;.' Persians who had gathered to pay their respects to his -highness and bowed low when their cards were received, stated that Atabeg Aram means more than the - English translation would indicate. They Said that the proper translation In the Ameri can language was "the Whole . Thing; the Mark Hanna of the Shah's domains." When those who had come to pre-i sent-their cards had gone, several mem bers of the (staff of the distinguished visitor appeared In the Corridor, each one td present his card, with the word Kahn at the end of their names, to the reporters. They explained that they were not related, but that Kahn .was a title similar to the "Hon." of , Great Britain.:. ." v; "";' " - " Those who accompanied ' the great man of Persia were.Merxa Amend Kahn, the "Persian minister -. of education, iMchdl Guant Kahn . and private secret tary, Ahboul Kcrln Kahn, JIoubsi jtann and Abdulah Kahn. The last , three named are students. The party was in charge of Ju'.es Clerfayt Of San Fran cisco, special agent of, the Trans Siberian railway. ' ' - -When the presenters of cards had dis appeared Dikran Kahn Keleklan, the consul of Perla, at , 252 Fifth avenue, who was too busy to 1 explain how , he happened to have the Kahn in the cen ter of hi" name, Introduced the reporters to Mr, Clerfayt," who excitedly warned Meal Who RuUs Japan university was especially charged with his .welfafe. The Japanese, feel that they almost owe the life, certainly the more robust health of this once most delicate child, to the devoted and con scientious care of Dr. Baels. ' A a small boy the crown prince 'went for a time to 'the-, peer's school, and quite democratically played, with and sat in classes with other, boys, to the consternation- of " the conservative old Officials, who could never grow accus-! tomed to the" steady shock of novelties and innovations of , this reign of the meiji (enlightened) period.' The young prince proved to-be - so -modern, so ' advanced, that as ' his age and health increased, he was withdrawn to- quieter paths, and tutors completed his education' -in the. Akasaka and sea shore, palaces. ' He . was married at the . age of 20 to the Princess Sadako, daugh ter of Prince Ku Jo, and upon that occa- -sion all the court and diplomatic corps were invited to the reception at the pal ace which succeeded ,the private cere mony. . Since - then-' neither the : crown prince nor the crown princess has been met at court functions, and .they hold no ' large. i entertainments of their own, A new steel frame palace of modern design and construction has "been built for the crown prince on the site of the old "Akasaka palace, the Klusklu Yashikl of .feudal days, whose park is one of, the largest and most beautiful of those ' old dlamlo demesnes, and includes the chrysanthemum garden,, where t the im perial garden party is held each Novem ber. . The new palace is now ' in . the ' decorators' hands; and when the crown prince " has a fitting residence he may' ; lead a more active life socially. . : ;. ' : Because of Ms delicate health, -the -crown prince has been spared many de- , mands and aa there were no prece-. dents, no- real necessity for ''using" him after, the European manner Prince Henry pf Prussia , described,- "for funerals and corner"' stone-laying," he nas been left to his studies-i and his own quieter anSusementa. ' The .crown prince, has . been, eager to' -travel, to visit foreign countries, to go around the world, but it was denied. Among the many reasons for ' this denial, and all. our 'specula tlons, it is talked that the conservative members of the imperial clan draw the line of the crown prince's liberties and foreign- fashions there; that they , felt that such . a 'thing as foreign travel would rob him forever of all divinity and sapred attributes;- that, the peoplo could never reverence him when he came Co the throne as they do the emperor. ' Again, one hears that in a few years the crown prince will have his wishes gratified, and that after first visits, trial trips, to the courts of Korea, China and' 81am, he will - be permitted to visit Europe and America. The birth of two princes secures the succession of the direct line, and having sons to perform the rites and guard the tablets the crown prince, -In the Oriental sense, has dis charged the first great duty in life, ful filled the greatest obligation to his an cestors... ;;x'. '. ::' v; .. - The two baby princes. Prince Mlchl, born -in April, 1901. and Prince Atsu, born in June, 1903, are fine, healthy lit tle fellows, upon whom the most ex travagant care has been lavished. These precious heirs of the long line of em perors were not left for their ; young and Inexperienced parents to rear,-but immediately-consigned to the care ef the most able and devoted, of the old court nobles.' ':' .Vrt?" .. The Viscount Kawamura' hag the Un enviable responsibility!, of .acting ' as guardian to the infant prlncee, and (hey remain in his keeping at his house" -always, the parents- seeing them only as visitors.' Little Prince Michi spent his first! summer at Nikko.-and one often saw the nurse carrying the baby on a pillow and followed, by attendants, as she went between the crown prince's palace and the palace where the infant and his official guardian resides. His second summer was, spent at Mlynn oshita, and this last season, both the baby princes were at that mountain resort which is nearer the capital than Nikko. I once asked a Japanese, outside t court circles, why they were so cruel as to take these children away from the crown princess, since she could not . fail to grieve for them. "O, that Is our old custom. Those boys ars too useful to the empire,-The-mother Is too young to take care. Sup pose she should , let one . boy die! O, Too dangerous!" '',: He couldht see that It made any dif ference how the poor little mother might feel if one of her little ones died in stranger's care. When asked if one of the children had been a girl, would they then have admitted, the crown princess' right to ' her own child and ; let . her keep it, he. brightened up. i, . "O, perhaps I Maybe) Yes! It would not make any dlfferencet hen. She might have It if she wanted, I suppose. Girls do not count you know. Nobody cares so much for tnelr lives. They cannot keep tablets, burn Incense to father, or do any useful thing" which is the can did Oriental 'view of relative values, dearly as all Japanese love and pet their little daughters and array them like the flowers of spring. - , j . them to calm themselves before they should be ushered into tue presence of his highness. y.r -vv.-.t;, " Looking them over " carefully," " he seemed satisfied, and, with, a final In junction to be calm, led them Into the room where Atabeg Asam - All Akar awaited their coming. He bears a strlk- -lug resemblance to Richard Croker, To the left of the Persian, said. to be the most powerful man in his own land, was the Interpreter. About were the other members of the staff, wearing tall Per sian lamb caps. their superior's -t being of a shorter crown and in shape much like the sealskin caps worn in this . country a generation ago. v Atabeg Asam All Askar announced through the interpreter that he had been detained on his Journey, a pilgrim age to Mecca, where he must arrive on February 23. He had Intended to spend a month In America, and at least eight days in New York, v Atabeg Asam All Askar expressed himself as delighted with what he has seen of America. He said that the peo ple of this country were favorably, known all over the world, and particu larly in the far east He had found this sentiment particularly in China and Japan. ; w j :. -' . . ,-' He said he was very fearful that there would be war between the Japanese and the Russians, as he believed the form' felt themselves prepared, and the proper time was at hand. There was a chance, however, thit diplomacy would prevent the war. The chances were, however, , that it could not be avoided. - ' , At the end of the Interview the great man front Persia stretched hlS hand dot" to the reporters. As the last one shook ' It he laughed, looked at his Interpreter, and said in very certain English . "Be . good." - Another rireak Word.' ' From the Washington Post.' f Senator Spooner furnished a contribu tion yesterday to the freak words heard in debate. In connection with the Panama discuslon,' he. referred to "the 'r cheeves' of the government" i .'; 3