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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1904
PORTLAND, OREGON
THE OREGON DAILY
AN
C S, JACKSON
Ihibllshedi '".mrf ntnf "?i (except Sunday ) t The Journal Building. Fifth
OFFICIAL, PAPER OP THE CITY OP
. . . ' A LOCAL PUZZLE.
A N EXTRAORDINARY case Is on trial before Judge
f Sears In the circuit court. The proprietors of a
: gambling house which is being run in defiance of
lawbut with the full knowledge and consent of the city
administration, are bteing sued by Lewis W. Robertson for
$1,480, double the amount he claims to have lost 1ft games
of chance at this establishment. This is offset by the
claim of the f ambling house owners that during a specified
period Robertson won 81,245 and they in turn ask that he
be forced to return them double that sum.
And herein Is found a puzzle not quite so puzzling as
some . others the public has been invited to tackle. In
the Oregonlan's report of the case is given a sketchy
statement of the personal" histories of the principals in
the case. ' The puzzle is to find which side the Oregonlan
'upholds and to which side its sympathies leant Here is
the literal quotation: "Mr. Robertson flourished for a
time as chief of police under the Pennoyer administration.
He is Democratic politician of some importance, at one
time seems to have been a banker at Independence and
on the witness stand confessed that" he .had. dallied with
most every old game of chance during the past JO years.
He is over 0 years old, gray as a badger and should
know better,' , The positions of Messrs. Grant and Solomon,
owners of the gambling ,house, who were much in evldenca
at the trial, la too well known In Portland to require fur
ther exploitation.' By thrift and frugal industry they have
succeeded in placing themselves in the front rank of their
profession on the Pacific coast."
Now how old is Ann?
- NONE BUT JAPS IN THE WAR
"THE ASSURANCE of Captain Hill who brought the
I Japanese cruiser Nlsshon from Genoa, Italy, to
- Yokohoma, that every man from the highest to
the humblest on board every Japanese warship is a Jap
anese, that every bit of credit for their superb gunnery is
due to native marksmen and that they have in reserve
qualified men ready to man double the number of war
vessels now In commission,, is interesting as demonstrat
ing the task which lies before Russia in their subjuga
tion. It is now manifest that Russia' with all the means
of Information at its command had no adequate concep
tion of the quality of the Japs as fighters. They had and
expressed for them the most, profound contempt not only
as military adversaries, but as men. They apparently
found it impossible .to believe they would ever have the
hardihood to face the Russians in open warfare and that
If they were' so carried away by ttieir own conceit they
would be gulped down In a mouthful the moment the
Bear got ready to do business.", The rest of the world was
little better Informed, though in some countries the Japs
t were given credit for greater skill and bravery than Rtis-
eTawaS T disposed Ttoallow them.'- '
With a great war in progress on which la staked their
national entity what strikes the outside observer most
forcibly is that the Japanese are such complete masters of
themselves. They foresaw what was before them years
ago and since then they have been unostentatiously pre
paring for the great event which is now
they have met that emergency like men
i uey are annra tti ui nun ttnu apparently renoj iu meet
any contingency that may arise." They know the theatre
of. war even better than the Russians.- They have struck
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Prosperous Hibernians. ,
Portland, March II. To the Editor
of The Journal One of the largest and
most enthusiastic meetings recorded in
the latter day history of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians In this city was held
Wednesday evening ln...thelr hall, Sec
ond and Stark streets. ' Several new
members were received into the order.
The degree work is one of the cardinal
features which reflects credit on those
who Impart its moat impressive cere
mony. The Hibernians have increased
their membership SO per cent during the
past three months. This Increase may
in a great measure be attributed to
the untiring efforts of President K. H.
Deevy. On the 26th of last November
a prise competition was Inaugurated in
Hibernian circles for the purpose of
acquiring membership, which today
bears strong encouraging evidence of
success.
The competition was closed Wednes
day evening, and prises awarded. J.
Farrell received first prise, a gold badge,
with the ensign of the order emblasoned
on its crest. J. Far r el I had the honor
ary distinction of placing the names of
it members on the roll, B. Farley re
ceived second prise, a large picture of
Ireland's immortal patriot, Robert Em
met . 4 .
At'nder remarks for the good of the or
der Dr. A. C, Smith was called on. He
said: ."Brothers, I remember when the
Hibernians were a strong factor In the
makeup of Portland's many societies,
but dull times caused a depletion In
tho ranks by sending to a more prosper
ous field old and faithful members. The
upbuilding of this order- of late causes
me .to think "Our record of other days
will soon be eclipsed, as we can be soon
classed amongst the largest and best or
' ranlsations in Portland.".
. J. r. Cavanaugh's remarks were up-to-
date, both. in high Ideals and Originality.
The rendition of the degree work with'
out the aid of books was a surprise to
him, as well as a credit to those whose
uiiRlincatioo permitted to admlniHter.
Professor Cameron spoke In Gaelic. It
was sadly noticeable that a blush of
regret marked the brows of some Of
Mm listeners as he delivered some puz-
sllng quotations from "01ln s" echoed
lay, but he hoped ere long every Irish
men in Portland would comprehend the
tongue of their fathers Immortalized
history's brightest page.
- D. W. LANE
X.OCAX. OPTXO IS KIOKT.
From the Pendleton East Oregonlan.
The East Oregonlan believes that the
local option amendment to be voted upon
at the coming election should be ac
cepted. It is but Just that every com
munity Should be at liberty to accept
It own surroundings and make Its so
cial atmosphere, if one community
should happen to be composed of peo
ple to whom the liquor traffic Is of
fensive, that community should enjoy
freedom ' from the presence of the sa
loon, The aelection of such vital things
in moral surroundings should, remain al-
ays (n the hands Of the people. There
la no tyranny worse than the tyranny
of lews. which communities did not make
ir cannot unmake, .and yet which are ob
P'cttonalile, limmiich as they create ob
l. i'tiiuisbl. surroundings. Every voting
l.rednrt should ha va right-to choose
lis inMP.Himni, within the bounds of
L;w and order.
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO,
their enemy at their
water, and since then they have been following out the
plan of their campaign with a deliberation and success
that are little less than extraordinary. The manner in
which they have concealed their movements, keeping from
the world everything except that which they wanted
known, must raise them in the estimation of fair-minded
people a tid give an entirely new and much higher estimate
of their capacity to take care of themselves under condi
tions which would have tried the resources and tested the
skill and courage of any civilized nation. w
VALUABLE
T
high standard
"fact that the
appropriated $100,000 to install and operate a locomotive
testing plant at the St. ' Louis exposition.. At least, JJ.
modem locomotives will, under the supervision of a com
mittee, be put to various tests under precisely the same
conditions as though they were, in operation ojvfiTrp'llroad.
Two locomotives of foreign make "will be entered In the
test . . -
In many respects
experiments ever attempted in the country. The Chicago
Times Herald in a spirited review of the question goes on
to point out that the value of the undertaking from a rail
road standpoint can hardly he over-estimated, for In the
Increased train load lies the hope of the railroads for con
tinued net earnings commensurate with the investment.
Accordingly, the motive power department of every big
railway system has in recent years , been carrying on
various tests to determine what type of engine is best
for passenger service, what type brings the best results in
freight traffic and also what types do the most economical
work under varying conditions of weather, roadbed, load
and track. To the public the locomotive tests are bound
to be fascinating owing to the spectacular features which
will attend them. For example, to witness a locomotive
running from 80 to 100 miles under its own steam and
without moving from the spot will be a novel sight, and to
accomplish this feat safely will also be an engineering
triumph of no mean sort.
E
VER since the
was begun
of a good,
series of articles on this great question which Is now agi
tating, so many people. To meet this want The Journal
has arranged with a Bait Lake special correspondent to
write a series of six articles to cover the ground and give
the Information which inquiring people seek.
The first ofthese articles iwijl appeat. tomorrow and
one thereafter each Sunday morning until the series is
completed. The real meaning of the present senate In
vestigation will there be made clear and In addition will
be given a character sketch of Senator Smoot which is
written out of the fullness of.knowledge of the man. The
purpose of the series
upon them. That
as they are in Salt Lake and Utah, without fear or favor,
nd yet without bias for or against Mormonism as an in
none. "will .deny.
stitution! v 'We 'feel' thai the 'articles are Wall worth close
perusal by every person who wishes to keep intelligently
informed on questions that are agitating the public mind,
tmxmm noma son now,
Portland, Or.. March . To the Edi
tor of The Journal Will you please
print for me the answers to the follow
ing questions:
I, Who are the most distinguished
members of congress in both parties? ,
2. Who is . the lieutenant-governor of
Oregon T
3. Who represents Portland in the
legislature of the state?
4. Who are the Judges of the loeal
district court!
i. -Who are the selectmen of Port
land?
6, Who is the clerk who keeDS the
public records?
7. What are the Important depart
ments of Portland?
8. Where Is the county seat?
- 8. Who Is the lawyer who prosecutes
Offenses?
10. Who is the registrar of deeds?
Who has the records of property?
11. Who is the probate Judge?
IS. Who has charge over wills? -
13. Who is the clerk of the court?
14. Who are the county commission
ers? Yours truly. FREDA GOETHE.
411 East Alder street, City.
1. On the senate side Frye, Fair
banks, Allison, Bpooner, Lodge and Aid
rich would probably be considered the
Republican leaders; Gorman is the reg
ular Democratic leader; in the house
Speaker Cannon, Republican, and John
Sharp Williams, Democratic leader.
2. No such office in Oregon. F. I. Dun
bar, secretary of state, would hold the
office of governor in case of Governor
Chamberlain's death until the next elec
tion. 3. Multnomah county has 12 repre
sentatives in the house, and five state
senators and two Joint senators, one
with Clackamas county and one with
Washington and Columbia counties.
. 4. The Judges of the state circuit
court are: John B. Cleland, department
3, presiding; Arthur L. Eraser, depart
ment 1; Alfred Sears Jr.. department 2,
and Melvln t . George, department 4.
S. No selectmen. This is a New
England term.
. County and city records of prop
erty are kept by County Clerk and Re
corder Frank 8. Fields.
7. A council makes the city laws, an
executive board serves as the mayor's
cabinet and directs the operation of most
of the city departments, which are those
common to all cities.
8. Portland.
9. "L. A. McNary Is city prosecutor.
John Manning prosecutes in the state
circuit court '
10. County Clerk Fields. Department
of records In charge of James S. Mc
Cord, chief deputy.
11. L. R. Webster, county Judge, offi
ciates In probate matters unless appealed
to state circuit court.
12. Judge Webster "has charge of
wills.';
13. Fields is clerk of both county
and state circuit oourte.
14. County commissioners are Barnes
and Showers, Judge Webster being ex-J
nffinln a evtAmhAt fT the Krtn v1 I
officio a member of the' board.
' Oettlnf Even.
From Lippincott's Magazine.
"My cook, an old- darkey, informed
me one morning) 'Miss Annie, 1'se gold'
In W married tonight is you - got a
present for me?
"But Marths," I said, "you've got a
husband alive and haven't been divorced;
It would be bigamy."
v "V'ell, M Ibs Annie, 1 don't care J he's
done blgotted lust.
JOURNAL.
JNO. P. CARROLL,
and TamhiU streets, Portland, Oregon,
PORTLAND
3. -
which is on the
. weakest point,
LOCOMOTIVE TESTS.
HE INTELLIGENCE in management as well as
- in methods is demonstrated by the
Pennsylvania railroad company has
it will be one of the most interesting
MORMONISM AS IT IS.
senate Investigation of Mormonism
newspaper readers have felt the need
square .and authoritative article or
is to give a clear picture of things
.9 JAPAWBSB SIT,
The Saoriflee He Hikes on the Altar of
' Patriotism.
From the Chicago Tribune,
Who js this, wearing garments not his
own, and speaking a language not his
own, who eats at the table of his blood
enemy and carries back that which has
been said to the land of his birth? Who
Is this that dies, not on the ramparts
with the eyes of his shouting comrades
upon htm, but alone In the dead silent
chamber of Asia unmentioned and un
mentionable? 1
It is part of his sacrifice to his coun
try that he is not mentioned and that
he cannot be mentioned. 'He gives up
not only life, but that which most men
are willing to take In exchange for life,
fame. Disowned and ' repudiated, he
swims the Oxus, burrows through the
passes of the Hindu Kush. sinks into
the vaie of Kashmir, crawls fiat along
the plateau of Thibet, and lies damp In
the steaming rice fields of Burma, the
outcast accomplice of the Mikado or of
tho cxar. While we are held at gaze by
Mutsu-Hlto and by Nicholas, by Ito and
by Wltte, by Togo and by Alexleff, let
us. look beyond them now and then to
see the sneaking, undaunted, dishonora
ble ahd glorious partners of their great
ness. On the eastern slope of Asia a new
kind of spy has wriggled himself into
the bosom of the Mongolian population.
It Is one thing to traverse a strange
land with a prospect of return to your
own folK. It in another thing to bid an
eternal farewell to your own folk and
to establish yourself without hope In a
strange land, which Is to see your mar
riage with the daughter of the stranger,
your dally commerce in the markets of
the stranger, and your burial in a tomb
consecrated to strange gods. This Is the
service which the mikado expects and
receives from the descendants of the
two sworded samurai.
All through Manchuria today there
live Japanese who have taken their last
look at Japanese skies. Their wives are
Manchus. Thlr children, in whose
veins runs the blood of Japan, are
traitors to that blood. The father must
see his own son alien to him. He will
have no posterity to venerate his tomb
with Japanese rites and to follow him
in putting every drop of Japanese blood
at the service of the mikado.
The mikado's Imperial rescript of
18li0, read aloudeln all schools, does not
say, "Bisk your lives for your country,"
It does not contemplate the possibility
of escape. It is concerned not with
risks, but with certainties. It says:
"Courageously sacrifice yourselves to
the public good." It demands not only
effort, but immolation.
The rising sun on the flog of Japan
Is the sun of the empire. That the sun
of the empire may rise the sun of many
a Japanese nobleman must set. What
does the Japanese nobleman care? Al
ready burleU quick as a coolie in Man
churia, his communications to Janan
carry his soul with them, and when he
dies what is lost? Simply a vessel
Which had cotrlileted Its work by drain-
j. ...... i .
Ing its contents into the reservoir of the
future, of Japan. ' : '
Promise and Perfonnanoe.
From the Detroit Journal.
."Every arrangement has beeq made,"
says Gen. 1 Kuropatklhr en route to the
far east, "that no Japanese, after having
landed, shall return to his couiftry." It
was Oen. Buller who. on his way o
take command in South Africa. an
nounced that he would cat his Christ
mas dinner in rretoria.
1 Oregon Sidelights
The Dally Eugene Guard appears much
enlarged and improved.
Hall Columbia county. It is the first
one to pay its state taxes in full.
- The biggest thing about Russia, next to
its area, is its foreign debt $3,200,000,000.
Bam Pace may run for sheriff of Wal
lowa county, and If so expects to strike
a rapid gait
Don't growr too loudly at March. It
has two rainless days to its credit al
ready and only one-third of the month
gone, .',t.,: '
A breakfast food plant In La Grande
is talked of. The food Is to be made of
Oregon, wheat and not sawdust or beet
refuse. ' .
Banker rrobert left some money In
the safe, but only because it was in
pennies; he disdained to appropriate sueh
cumbersome dross. i , -:;
1 Even the eastern Oregon desert Is
made melodious by robins, bluejays, Juniper-Jays,
blackbirds and grosbeaks. It
is not a desert to them. f
Judge Boise holds that the courts have
no authority to regulate the expenditure
of state money by the superintendent of
the penitentiary; but the next legislature
can exercise some power in that direction
If it choose to do so. ; -
: The folding bed Joke Is not always
'only so. A folding bed in a Spokane ho
tel' that badly injured Mrs, J. B. Roche
of Pendleton is no Joke in her estima
tion; neither will be the damages that
the hotel proprietor may have to pay.
The Long Creek Light, whose editor
has been bound over on a charge of
dynamiting a rival editor's office. In
dulges in a "roast" of Detective Sel
vage, who worked up the case against
the Light man who professes innocence,
and still essays to shine, albeit for a
time luridly.
Thousands of homeseekers will arrive
In and scatter out over Oregon during the
next few weeks, and they will find plenty
of room and a large variety of opportuni
ties in this state. They are mostly in
dustrious, thrifty people,, who will help
develop Oregon and add to its products
and prosperity.
A La Grande Observer reporter com-,
plains of too many vagrants in that city,
and observes that "it is very annoying
to be stopped two or three times a day
and asked for the price of a meal." The
other fellows doubtless think it "very
annoying" to be hungry and broke.
Grant county is 1180,000 In debt,
which is a large amount, considering the
comparatively small population of the
county,- -eyeral- Oregon counties have
set the others a good example by get
ting entirely out of debt. It is a good
scheme for a county, as well as for a
person, to pay as it goes. -
Salem saloons were so tightly closed
last Sunday, says the Journal, that "a
flaxseed couldn't be forced through a
keyhole with a sledge hammer." But
this imperviousness of key-holes did not
necessarily prevent back doors from
slyly swinging which, however, let it
be supposed, they did not
The Malheur Gaxette says the reports
of high water along the Malheur river
have been exaggerated, no stock being
lost, and little damage to property being
done, though the water covered the
streets of Vale a short time. Just enough
to irrigate them a little. One young
man named Tureman was drowned at
Westfall while trying to ford Indian
creek.
PLIASAJTT assBTDras.
A Phenomenal Orowtk.
From The Dalles Mines Mountaineer.
In the history of newspapers in the
northwest The Oregon Journal, pub
lished In- Portland, has been a record
breaker In the matter of growth. . Two
years ago The Journal started as a four
page, seven-column paper, with a lim
ited telegraphio report. Now it pub
lishes from 12 to 24 pages dally and
gives the news of the world. Not con
tent with six publications weekly, it has
determined to Issue a Sunday morning
paper, which will be Issued the first
time on March 20. '
New appliances will be added to the
press rooms of The Journal, whereby
it will be enabled to print four colors
at one Impression, and increase the
capacity of the press 3,000 copies of a
32-page paper per hour.
Truly The Journal has made a phe
nomenal growth. The secret of its suc
cess is that it is up to date, and fills
the demand for a modern newspaper.
Kaay rrlenda la Eastern Oregon.
From The Dalles Chronicle.
The Dally Journal of Portland in twe
years built up a circulation that is truly
wonderful. Entering the field of Journal
lam where It was ably filled by a great
paper, it has won public confidence by
an honest and fearless course, and by
supplying the public with the latest tele
graphic news. On March 20 it will Is
sue a Sunday edition, and we have every
reason to believe this venture will be
successful. Throughout Eastern Ore
gon The Journal has many friends, for
It has pursued a liberal policy in at
tempting to advertise and develop the
whole state, and" has not selfishly and
greedily confined its efforts to the cliy
of Portland.
One of the Marvels.
From the Albany Democrat.
. The growth of the Portland Journal
is one of the marvels of northwest doings
the past two years. Starting in a field
strewn with failures it has made a won
derful success and now has secured a
foothold of a permanent character. It
will be two years old on the 11th. On
the 20th it will begin the publication
of a Sunday edition, issuing it on the
morning with -a full staff of writers,
many of national fame. It proposes to
make it the finest Sunday edition on the
coast 1 . .
1 Oregon's Bess newspaper.
From the Eugene Herald.
Portland's popular evening paper, The
Oregon Dally Journal, has announced
that, beginning with March 20, it will
hereafter Issue a Sunday morning edi
tion. The Journal, since its advent into
Oregon newspaperdom. two years ago,
has grown beyond all expectations of Its
many admirers, and Is now Oregon's best
newspaper. Its Sunday edition Is bound
to prove popular. ,
Has Made Xspld Strides.'
From the Ashland Tidings. .
. Beginning with the 20th of this mouth
the Portland Journal Will Issue a Sun
day morning edition, making a seven-tlmes-a-week
issue for that paper. The
Journal U now two years old and has
made rapid stiidee In .tho newspaper
world. Typographically, barring Its
lurid headlines, It Is one of the neatest
papers in the northwest .
DIAMONDS WORTH $20,000,000
From the Chicago Tribune.'
A bucketful of diamonds, worth 120.
000,000, andhldden by old Chief Magato
who long years ago ruled the Kar tribes
of Rhodesia, has put all of South Africa
In a turmoil of feverish excitement -a In
every . part of Cape Colony and the
Transvaal in Capetown and-Kimberly,
Pretoria, Mafeklng. Johannesburg,
Swartzman's kop, Ladysmltb, and Poch
efstroom venturesome jnen are making
up expeditions to search Rhodesia and
the - mysterious wilderness lying far
north of the Limpopo river to the Zam
best for these diamonds. Newspapers
in South Africa are full of the excite
ment, Nothing else is talked of in that
end of the world but Chief Magaie and
his bucketful of diamonds.
Chief Magato is not a myth. Neither
is the bucketful -of diamonds. Cecil
Rhodes saw the big bucket filled, to the
brim with diamonds of the finest 'color
and perfect luscer. With Cecil Rhodes
at the time were Sir John Wtlloughby,
Justice Lange, and p. C. de Waal. But
With alt Bis craf tineas, CecltRhodes
was unable to make a bargain with the
old chief, who was willing to give away
his kingdom, larger than the state of
Texas, but who clung tenaciously to
his bucketful of diamonds.
The existence of this almost fabulous
weoiyi of precious stones became known
In January, at Johannesburg, In a trial
before Chief Justice Sir J. Rose-Innls,
and the details of hidden treasure, in
cluding stories of the discovery of a
skeleton, with a pocketboak filled with
golden sovereigns. : burled bullion, .and
secreted diamonds, set all of Soiith Af
rica agog with their bloodcurdling sent
sationallsm.
The story of the now famous meeting
between Cecil Rhodes and old Chief Ma
gato of Rhodesia dates back to 1S90.
when Rhodes, accompanied by Sir John
Willoughby,' Justice Lange, and D. C.
de Waal, M. L. A., came to the Trans
vaal from the newly acquired territory
now called Rhodesia. The party trav
eled via Fort Tull, and entered' the
Transvaal at a point near the posses
sions of the then great Kaffir chieftain,
Magato, known from his power and con
tempt for the Boer regime, as "the lion
of the north." :'
Magato long was the terror of the
venturesome Boer pioneers. - To set .foot
In his realm was to court death. Across
Rhodesia his fearless black warriors, a
living hedge with bristling spears, barred
the way to the Zambesi river. But If
Magato was fearless, so was Cecil
Rhodes. The empire builder who had
not feared to go alone to the heart of
Lobengula's country and make a treaty
with that black scourge of the dark
continent dld.net hesitate to pay a visit
to Magato,
Almost alone Cecil Rhodes ascended
the mountains of Rhodesia, at the top
of which Magato had built his rude but
almost impregnable fortress. Almost
alone '4Ue empire builder threaded- the
maze of crooked paths that led to the
wily old chief's dwelling place, passing
hundreds of semi-naked warriors armed
with spears, shields, and War clubs with
the -fte-eontempteus-tBdln'erenee he
always Bhowed to savage soldiery.
Finally Cecil Rhodes and Magato, the
'Hon of the north" and the "lion of the
south," were face to face. A long and
earnest talk followed. Cecil Rhodes
explained to Magato why the white men
wanted to come to Rhodesia. He told
him of the railroad to be built, of the
cities to be started, of the farms to be
laid out. His own personal magnetism
communicated itself to the old chief and
long before the interview was over Ma
gato and Cecil Rhodes had come close
to an understanding.
During the conversation Magato. who
knew all the great men of South Africa
by reputation, and who was daizled by
the fame of the great white chief from
Klmberley, who had become the ruler
of the powerful Matabele nation, and
who, moreover, was the chief owner of
the wealthy diamond mines of Klmber
ley, where thousands of Magato'a men
used to work from time to time, be
came confidential, and, as the story has
CANADA BECOMING RESTIVE.
The question of the day in Canada,
writes a correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, .Is the Quebec attitude on im
perial relations. To what extent, it is
asked, does Henri Bourassa, one -at the
secretaries of the Joint high commission,
member of parliament for Labelle, and
his anti-Imperial associates represent
Quebec sentiment. Bourassa's propa
ganda, seems to be gathering fresh
force with the threatening clouds com
ing out of the far east, and among his
active supporters are a dosen French
Canadian members of the house of com
mons, a number , of platform orators,
editors of French Canadian newspapers,
and prominent public men who have
been on terms of close personal friend
ship for years with ministers of the
crown of French-Canadian birth.
A good deal has been said and written
by the antls during the Boer war that
was regarded as frothy effervescence,
better uncorked than bottled up. Bour
assa himself was believed to be honestly
friendly, as he said he was. to British
connection, whilst opposed to Imperial
kirns calculated to endanger Canadian
autonomy, a common ground on which
French and British constitutionalists
alike could meet. Some of the strongest
Imperialists. Indeed, had frankly con
ceded it might be a fairly debatable
point whether Canada's future would be
best within or without the empire. .
Bourassa's advanced position at the
launching of his "Canadian National
league," changed all tbat the moment it
was understood. Bourassa ' came out
flatfooted against Chamberlain's Impe
rial preference scheme, because it would
bind the empire closer' together. He
declared Canada, as a British colony was
born of the sweat and blood of free
settlers from all the countries of Eu
rope, and owed nothing to Britain, and
that Britain was no longer capable of
defending her territories, but had become
dependent on the vigorous young blood
of the colonies to keep life in her veins.
The respeot he had formerly expressed'
for a strong Britain had given place to
contempt for a decrepit nation, which he
regarded as a decadent, wornout, would
be blood sucker. The temper in which
the birth basis argument was received
In English speaking Canada may be
gathered from the following comment:
"We think that this colony was born of
British bullets on the plains of Abra
ham." .
Mr. Bourassa's verdiot ' on Imperial
preference, summed up In a sentence. Is,
let the colonies "ask nothing of England
and give her nothing.;' But he expects
the army and navy of, the decrepit,
wornout nation which wants to suck
the fresh young blood of the colonies to
Parke 114 Wotalng-.
From the Boston Herald-
At Wit Judge Parker of New York
has- been to dinner. There was copious
hospitality, music and smllax.1 lAlso a
letter from Orover Cleveland but not
a word from Judge Parker, who ate,
drank and listened. Parker lies low.
It asked Mr. Rhodes if he had ever seen
a bucketful of diamonds.
Mr, . Rhodes- to - whom the question
brought memories reviving the history of
tne amalgamation or the jumoeney
mines (De Beers), answered that he had
on one occasion.. -.rv;:! .v-';?v -. ': ...
.Magato thereupon spoke to an Induna.
and within a few minutes 'two natives
arrived on the scene carrying 'a bucket
filled to the brim with precious stones of
the finest color. ; f:-
The bucket was placed in front of Mr.
Rhodes, who, having-examined some of
the stones and found them to be valu
able diamonds, asked where Magato had
got. them. '..'." :
The reply was that he had received
them at various periods as presents from
his native 'subjects, who worked in the
De Beers mines.
It Is stated that after an Intimation
from Mr. Rhodes as to the diamonds
having been Btolen, and the response of
the. chief that it . would require more
than the Transvaal police to recover
them, Mr., Rhodes again earefuHyT-re-garded
the diamonds and estimated their
value at from f 15,000,000 to $20,000,000.
The story was noised abroad, and sev
eral private syndicates were afterwards
formed to try and obtain the diamonds
or a portion of them from Magato, but
notwithstanding a large outlay of money
none of these syndicates could get Ma
gato to sell the stones, if he bad them,
which he invariably denied, or find out
what had-become of them.
As a matter of fact, the narrative
Itself began to be regarded as a myth,
but It was resuscitated when. Just be
fore Magato's death, a large and valu
able diamond Was sold by the chief him
self to a local trader. Renewed efforts
were then made, 'to get hold of the dia
monds, but Magato himself denied hav
ing them or ever having had any. There
are traders in the Spelonken who have
stated more than nee that though they
never saw these diamonds themselves,
they had often been "told about them
by Magato's indunas. '
But that spart one fact which nearly
every trader in the Spelonken can bear
witness to stands out prominently, and
that is that every native who returned
from the Klmberley mines gave, the
storekeepers diamonds In payment for
goods bought. Moreover, it was an es
tablished custom for natives coming
from spy outside places to present to
the chief (Magato) on. return some of
the minerals or parts of the minerals
which' were unearthed by their labor;
and as each would secrete at least five
or six diamonds for their king, and as
this process had been going on for years,
it is not inconceivable that the statt
ment that Magato had at one time a
bucketful may be correct.
So far the -theory has merely demon
strated the possession of the diamonds.
As to the date of their being hidden, of
how they were hidden, and possibly
where here is the connection with the
hidden treasure which has started-the
various expeditions on their earnest
search.
Just before his death Magato, who
hated his nephew, Mpefu, the heir to the
chieftainship, and who hoped- to see one
of his indunas installed Instead, deter
mined, at any rate, not to leave him
any riches. So when he felt that his
death was near he sent for four of his
Indunas, and, addressing them solemnly
on their duty and loyalty to himself, re
quested them to divide 'the diamonds
into parcels and take them . far away
and bury them In some wilderness. This
they promised to do, and the diamonds
having been distributed ampng . them,
two indunas set out for Matabeleland
and the other two trekked towards the
Selatl, in the direction in which the re
mains of the murdered man. Van Nle
kerk, were subsequently found.
The facts leaked out in one way or
another after Magato's death, and there
must be many of Magato's people,, as
well as a few persons who know these
details perhaps even there are some
traders in Zoutpansberg today who may
remember two of Magato's indunas going
on a special mission .towards the loca
tion of Majijt, the mysterious "she
king," as the Kaffirs termed her. .
continue in the meantime to protect
Canada and maintain the relations Which
have existed the last hundred years or
more, uvi lr that does not suit then.
he says, ."rather than consent to bleed
ourselves, to Impoverish ourselves:
rather than consent to lessen the treas
ure of liberty that we have- conauered
after so many efforts, I say, let us run
the risks of a rupture." He prefers
secession, separation, to oloser ties.
The platform of the Bourassa league
comprises planks .inconsistent with the
maintenance of political unity between
Canada and Great Britain. One of these
is abstention frqm all participation by
Canada in imperial wars outside Can
ada territory. This cuts to the heart of
the matter. The French-Canadian lead
ers fought hard against Canadian troops
being sent to South Africa Brltfsh feel-
ng was stirred up to a dangerous pitch.
The cabinet was- divided, but the British
preponderance prevailed. In the end and
the contingents went. What the Bour
assans are now after is-. to fetter the
British of Canada once' and for all
against any future voluntary assistance
being offered to the mother country In
time of war. ; , .
The Montreal Witness, which reflects
the views of the influential section of
the British element in the province of
Quebec, calls the Bourassans the "lit
tle Canada party,", i political minority
whose opinions are entitled to respect
because of the sincerity and patriotism
witn wnicn tnese are held.
Observe the connection between the
Quebec league and the war in the east
It ibthe almost universal opinion in
Canada that the great powers, Great
Britain included, must be drawn into the
vortex. In Quebec, where the French
Canadians press draws more largely for
Its war news and Inspiration from Paris
than from any other source, British par
ticipation in coming events Is regarded
as well nigh unavoidable. ,
The Parisian reports of the prospec
tive mobilization of the French and
German armies have helped to unsettle
public opinion, which sustained another
Shock from panicky rumors of the de
parture or count Benckendorff. the Rus
Sian ambassador in London, for St. Pe
tersburg. The count according to a
Paris report, had been requested by
King Edward to make it thoroughly un
derstood at St. Petersburg that any
move by France outside the strictest
neutrality would bring Great Britain
Into the field alongside Japan.
The 'effects of such statements, cabled
day after day, on the French-Canadian
population may be realised when the ex
citement the last time war threatened
between France and Great; Britain is re-
mem Derea.
Senatorial Dignity. ;
From the Chicago News.
Senator Tillman, being playfully ac
eused of, carrying a bottle into the senate-
chamber. Hghtly'.retorted upon his
assailant with a chares of netting oorned
i iiaiiuuni,., ot-imiuiiHi umiiuv. iv pvems,
must be maintained at all hazards,
I Small Change
But are not the Republican primaries
too early for the groundhog to come out?
If General Ma goes out to fight', the
Russians . he wont use a slipper or a
strap.. -
Alfred Austin says poetry is no longer
read. Is the emphasis to be placed on .
read," or on "poetry? ' "
Port Arthur is getting a great deal of
notoriety, but probably wishes it was
somewhere else on the map, where it
would not be' noticed so much. .
Vormonters manifest a disposition to
change back from high license and local
option to prohibition. Under prohibi
tion they can probably get bigger drinks
and get them easier. . . -
Dollar wheat .'Is very fine for the
farmers who have any to sell, but to the
city worklngman. with a long, hungry ,,
family the five-cent loaves of bread look
small and i eel light
Another Ohio community has disaualt-
fled itself from casting stones at south
ern lynchers.. The excuse of the Spring
field. Ohio, mob is that the law against
murrifr la nnt irnutari . hut th MAmar!
to have become incensed at this state
of affairs only when the murderer was
a negro. - - ' . . -- . ' - -.
. WilJ the proposed 'increase of official
salaries secure better men or better ser
vice? Unless this question can be an
swered in the affirmative the people will
not look with approval upon the proposi
tion. They do not object to liberal sal
aries, but they do demand faithful, val
uable service,.
Russia depends upon a long war for
ultimate success, but possibly the rst
of the world will agree on preventing
the war from dragging, on for years.
The times of "thirty years," or even
"seven years" wars have passed. The
civilized world will not tolerate a war
prolonged merely to exhaust the com
batants. It is announced from Washington, D.
C, that President Roosevelt has selected
the Republican candidate for Vice-president,
to-wit Senator Fairbanks of Indi
ana, so the next national convention will
have nothing- to do but to go through
the form of declaring the president's
orders. This was not exactly McKln
ley's way, else some other man would
now be president.
What relevancy or materiality to the
merits of the Smoot case the number
and age and sex of President' Smith's
children have is not apparent; but Sen
ators Hoar and Burrows and the rest
"go after" all these details of the Smith
sonian domestic life with as much avid
ity as would be displayed by a society
of scandal mongers.
The fight between supporters of Rep
resentative Williamson and those of ex
Representative Moody in eastern Oregon,
especially in Wasco county, seems to ex
ceed -In- vlndletlvenese - even-4hafc-he-tween
the adherents of Senator Mitch
ell and ex-Senator Simon, respectively,
in Multnomah county. As for General
T T U 1 , I.UI..J
nuriiiuiim ii ! wuiib asu unn .ivnru
clear out of sight, into the snowdrifts.
Mr. Carey will use 'a column or two
flany in tne oregonlan . until arter the
primaries, perhaps longer, . to explain
that the faction of which he is the
leader is "all right." The other faction
Is also using a large amount of valua
ble space to prove that Mr. Carey's fac
tion is all wrong. All of which, if not
of great practical Interest to the pub
lic, will be so to the owners of that
paper, which can afford to remain astride
the factional fence.
An eclipse of the sun is due on March
10, but as It is not visible here it is
not supposed it will have any apprecia
ble effect on the Mitchelllte or Simon
Ite primaries. Our somewhat benevo
lently assimilated brethren of Guam and
the Philippines will be given a free
sky-show, however, and easting aside
any former superstition tn eonnectlon
with eclipses should appreciate the favor
of our great and good government in
providing this exhibition for them free
of cost
Advice to the Lovelorn
BT BXATKICX lAntraX
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young man
not yet 20, and have been going with my
cousin steadily. Of late my young men
friends have been Jeering me about
keeping company so regularly with her.
I should like to know if you consider it
any serious impropriety on my part for
me to keep company with the young lady
in question? If so, what would you ad
vise me to do? B. R. J.
I think you are very easily swayed by'
the opinions of your friends. If you
like the girl what difference does It
make what the young men in question
say? I would not advise first cousins
to marry, but there is no reason why
you should not be the best of friends.
Dear Miss Fairfax I am a young man
just 21 years old and am' deeply in love
with a young woman two years my Ju
nior. I adore her above everything else
in the world and think pf hep so. much
I can't eat or sleep, but she does not
love me. When I call on her she makes
fun of me and ridicules me before her
gentlemen friends. I asked her to be
come my wife, but she lauahed at me
when I told her I was only earning
110.60 a week, and she said she could
earn more than that herself. Please ad
vise me how to act, for my heart is
broken. Would you advise ma to
threaten suicide if she refuses to marry
met . HEART BROKEN.
I would advise you to try and become
interested in some one else. No. girl
who is worth anything makes fun of a
man who loves her, I also would advise
you not to do anything so silly as
threaten suicide. If you talk like that
she would have good cause fdr making
fun of you.
Dear Miss Fairfax.' I am a young
man. twenty-seven years of age, engaged
to a young lady of twenty-four, to be
married In the near future. I sincerely
love her and think she loves me . the
same, nut sne once ioia me mat sne.
is not in love witn me. is it proper ror
her to ask me to tske her to the theatres
before I get a chance of asking her? I
do take her to weddings and to all sorts
of amusements., : - :
She once Invited me to. go to a wed
ding with her and her family. Was It
right for her to ask half for the present
she sent, the value of the present was
II. Iwould like lust one kind word of
advice from you whether I should marry
this lady or not. . DISCOURAGED.
Jt is not exactly her place to ask ytm
to take her to the theatre, dellcaey of
feeling should keep her from doing thMt.
However, f tn not a great , fault. Did
you say anything td cr about sharing
the (expense of the wedding" gt? If
not. sne ia n no right to expect ynu t
I pay iwii. ji erriKcs me She q a young
1 woman with Very, little pride.' .
I