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PORTLAND. OREGON,
OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPBK
evening ( except Sunday ) and e very. Sunday morning at
streets, Portland, Oregon.
OFFICIAL
IMPORTANT NEW WORK TO
"EREWITH is published below
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from Dr. Sterner ot Laheview wmcn ougnt to
W mil r.rfid K ,v,rv citizen of Portland.
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It is full of patriotism, common sense and generosity.
It ought to arouse every one to fresh efforts in behalf
f the portage road and when that work is accomplished
this cry from Macedonia should be giyen heed. How
few people realize that this portion of Oregon from
which Dr. Steiner hails comprises two thirds or more
4 its area and that it has practically no transportation
except the buckboard and the archaic six-horse team.
How few realize that It is an immensely productive
country with every variety of natural resource and a
limitless area. Geographically, it is part of Oregon,
practically it is part of California. Their "city" is San
Francisco, their business goes there. Except for the
purposes of taxation, it is hardly recognised by the rest
of the state.
The character of its people is reflected in the manly
and generous letter of Dr. Steiner. Let our answer be
equally frank and generous. The portage road must be
built Delays will only make our determination the
nore intense. If there be those who by technicalities,
narrowness or selfishness stand in the way, they will
have to suffer for their own shortsightedness. Then
when this work is started, let all unite in joining south
eastern Oregon with the rest of the state, and in helping
them help ourselves. Here is the letter:
Lmkeview, Or., Nov. 3, 1904. .Dear Sir: In reply to
your letter of the 27th ult, will say it will be impossible
o.r me to attend your "open river" meeting in Noyember.
.We live, as you know, 167 miles from the Southern
Pacific railroad, the way to which requires four days'
ravel over rugged mountains anu
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appe to attend the legislature as
will he glad to co-operate with you
Portland, Oregon and the Columbia river basin, al
though Lake and Klamath counties have nothing in
common (from a commercial standpoint) with Oregon,
as we do every dollar of business with San Fran
cisco and the east because of geographical barriers
which preclude Portland as a factor; a fact which Port
land has, from her infancy, overlooked, and which, judg
ing from the apathy shown by her people and her com
mercial bodies, much to our regret, she will continue to
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We are, nevertheless, glad to pay our portion of taxa
tion for such commendable enterprises as you repre
sent, and I will cast my vote in favor of the open river
or any other good Idea for the betterment of Oregon
as a whole. We are loyal Oregonians and proud of
Portland, our metropolis, in spite of the fact that they
do not let us buy from or sell to them. I sincerely hope,
in the near future, you may become interested in south
eastern Oregon securing railway communication with
and through our own state, instead of Nevada and Cali
fornia, and secure for Portland a field which belongs to
her from every standpoint. Hoping I may be of service
to you, I am, yours truly, R. E. LEE STEINER.
DECENT TREATMENT TO FAIR VISITORS.
THERE IS no more essential step to maintain the
good name of Portland than the organisation
of an official bureau, which has just been ef
fected, to provide rooms and accommodation at reason
able rates to next year's fajr visitors. There are two
essential duties which we owe to ourselves, first, that
the fair will be everything it is advertised to be, and
this feature of the case is already satisfactorily settled,
and second, that the whole community frown down any
attempt in any direction to hold up the visitors.
Many people will come here primarily to see the show,
because, owing to its compactness, its extraordinary ad
vantage in being ab)e to select without first cost the
cream of the exhibit at St. Louis, It will afford an oppor
tunity never before presented in this country to see a
great world's fair with the least expenditure of time,
money and effort. But the very great majority of peo
ple from abroad who come here, those from the middle
west, the east and the south, while they will want to
see the fair, will want even more, to see the country and
judge at first hand its resources and opportunity. If at
the very outset of their experiences they are held up
here. If they are charged wartime prices for everything
they need and given the very least for the money they
spend, they will start with a prejudice against the coun
try which It may be impossible to overcome. There
fore, we hold that Portland owes a duty not alone to
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rest enterprise and which might eventually profit by
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the greet influx ot people, 10 lrel ,n la" visum w,lu
something more than decency, to give them the ac
commodations which they seek and at rates which are
manifestly fair and reasonable.
This cannot be too strongly urged or too strenuously
If these is any one Ideal that a man
Should strive after more than another It
ts the Ideal of responsibility.
Lack of responsibility has been the
cause of more wrecks In the pest than
any other reason.
I employ a good many men, and one
f the first things I look lntp is their
Ideal Of responsibility. I do not wish
to have In my employ a man who has
to be followed up to see If he has done
what he has been told to do.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., addressed his
Bible class on the subject of the culti
vation of the Ideal of responsibility as
one of the most certain means to the at
tainment of success.
In his remarks to his class, Mr. Rocke
feller said:
"If there Is sny one ideal that a man
should strive after more thau another It
la the ideal of responsibility. A few
days aero a well-known financier called
me up on the telephone to ask me what 1
thought of the contents of a letter he
had sent me I explained that I had not
received any Such letter, and he replied
thst he had sent It by his office boy
three hours before Now, that office
hoy had no Idee Of responsibility. Let
us hope that such lack of responsibility
will be confined exclusively to office
boys in the future.
"it has been the eause of more busi
ness wrecks In the past than any other
reason. I employ a good many men, and
one of -the first things 1 look into Is
their Idea of responsibility. It is not
pleasant to have a men about you who
puts off doing things You tell htm to
do a thing today and tomorrow you have
to tell him the same thing and the next
day look out to see if he has dene It.
The men who win success today are
those who have and live up to an Ideal
of responsibility I do not wish to have
a man In my employ who has to he fol
lowed up to see If he bee done what he
has been told to do
The man I want, and the kind of
men In demand today, are the ones, who,
when told by hie employer to do a Ihlng,
the esnpieyer can remove the subject
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PAPER OP TH1 CITY OP PORTLAND
BE DONE.
insisted upon. Portland will make a record with hs
fair, because it will be everything that could reasonably
be expected of it, but it must also make a record as a
center of hospitality and show appreciation of ,the vis
itors by giving them value received for everjf dollar
which they spend while here.
THE CHINESE GAMBLING GAMES.
letter received
the officer charged
can make none.
With the Chinese lotteries it is different. They are
s pestiferous evil that ought to be ruthlessly snd thor
oughly extermineted. Thoussnds of people of small
earning capacity have spent a large part of their earn
ings daily for years buying Chinese lottery tickets, end
except in rsre cases getting nothing back, more than an
occasional dollar or two for twenty or forty dollars
spent. It becomes a mania with such people, snd the
law, intended to protect them against themselves, should
aBomunoit ruaua.
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a memucr, aim
in the welfare of
Lbe strictly enforced.
The Chinese nave always Denevea, ana were jusuhcu
in believing, that they could conduct any kind of an il
legal game by paying graft money; that the object of the
law was to enable some officials to get the benefit of a
graft. This has been the practice ever since they have
been in the country, and they are astonished that his
practice is no longer in vogue, that they cannot play by
paying for the privilege. But they are quick to learn,
and while they will no doubt gamble to Some extent
among themselves, their lotteries, and their regular
Chinese public games, can be suppressed. All it takes
is persistence on the part of the sheriff, and judgments
and verdicts in his support in the courts; and these, it
may reasonably be hoped, will be' forthcoming.
INCREASING
THE ELECTION of Democratic governors in
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado
mA UAntani the narrow esrane of Governor
Mickey in Nebraska, and the large Republican vote cast
for Herrick in New York and Turner in Washington,
states that went very heavily for Roosevelt for presi
dent, are evidence
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governorship is coming to be considered an office that
should be disassociated trom national pontics., wnue
the - people of n state may by a very large majority
mmtmm nan nf one nartv for nresident. thev may at the
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same time prefer a man of another party for governor.
This was proven in several of the states named this year
more noticeably than ever before. '
This is good sign. It shows n increasing Independ
ence among voters. It shows they recognize the fact
a a?l . A a t
that a governor Is purely a state oincer, ana except wncn
required to appoint a United States senator has' nothing
. An mtittt thm national administration, and therefore
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only the man, not
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electing this officer,
from his mind with the knowledge that
It Is done This high Ideal of responsi
bility should be carried Into every walk
of life. It shows Itself mors In small
things than In great things.
'1 heard a Sunday school superintend
ent say of a teacher one day, 'She will
be on hand unless she Is dead snd then
she'll send a substitute.' Now there was
a woman With a high Ideal of responsi
bility, a. woman who had made a success
in llfs In her sphere. If a person pos
sesses a high Ideal of responsibility you
will find that they possess all the other
qualities that go to make good men and
women. That Ideal carries with It hon
esty and a good moral character."
The Tains of geeweed.
It would hardly enter the head of a
person looking at the tangled masses of
seaweed which are washed up 011 the
beach at the seashore that It toukt have
any commercial value, r.n the British
ooast alone, however, four hundred thou
sand tons of this weed are collected
each yesr. It is burned Into We'n. fron
whlrh chemists manufnrturo Iodine snd
bronMne, besides valuable chlorides and
silicates. A great deal of It hi carted
Inland and used for manure, hundreds
of acres of cauliflower In Cornwall be
ing grown yearly with io Cher fertiliser.
Thousands of Japsnse and Chinese live
on eeeweed. France col leer a eli.lt mil
lion pounds of the alva yearly and u-es
It for stiffening msttressea. On the Irish
ecsst the carrageen moss affords a rich
harvest o the poor peasants yearly, and
is msde by them Into a valuable Jelly.
Bandoline and other preparations for the
hair arS also made from the seme ma
terial, and a slse essential to hat manu
facturers In the making of straw hats Is
made from carragre Two mll'lon
poi nds weight ts the vesjly c.-op. An
other valuable product of the seashore
Is shell. Wherever chaik Is not nnturallv
abundant the shells are collocted and
burntd Into lime for m.ik!ng sAcrler and
cement, and are also used is valuable
feitlllser fur heavy clav sills Certain
ehUs are also burnel lilt tnamel and
used for enameling clock faces.
Editorial
JNO. P. CAMOU.
The Journal Building, Fifth and Yasnbili
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THE CHINESE gambling games are the least ob
jectionable of any, for they are played almost
exclusively by Chinese, and are inaccessible to
white men and boys. Perhaps this is why the sheriff
first directed his attention to the games run openly by
white men by permission of the city authorities. He
first closed up the big gambling houses, next the suc
ceeding poker games, then the poolrooms, snd then
turned his attention to the Chinese fantan games, which
was about the right order in which to proceed. There
is less harm to the community in a dosed exclusively
Chinese fantan games, run behind closed and guarded
doors, than in one gambling room conducted by white
men easily accessible to men and youths of all glasses
and descriptions. Except for the purpose and on the
principle of enforcing the law against all offenders
alike and impartially, there would be no urgent reason
for battering down the doors to the secluded Chinese
joints. But the law makes no exceptions, snd
with the enforcement of the law
INDEPENDENCE OF VOTERS.
ot two things: rirst, mat rtooseveii
than his nartv: and second, that the
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his party, is to be considered.
the oftice ot governor, it tne peopie
rrl the man and not the oartv in
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how much more should this be the
case in offices stiu more strictly local snertn, district
attorney, auditor, county clerk, assessor, commissioner
and judges. What the people want, what they need, in
these county and district offices, is the best men for the
respective positions for which they are candidates, with
very slight ft any regard for their politics. The excep
tion, if any is to be made, is in members of the legisla
ture, and even then there is no really good reason for
sticking strictly and invariably to a party unless a
United States senstor is to be elected.
As to city offices, these remarks apply, if possible,
with even greater force.. A growing city like Portland,
with business problems constantly pressing for solu
tion, wants its best men for its public service, and
voters will best serve their own interests by laying
party considerations entirely aside when voting for city
officers. There has been entirely too much partisan
politics for the public health in conducting public affairs.
MAT IB WIST IS ion, IT-TWO.
From ths Brooklyn agle.
The gossip that David B. mil Is about
to marry May Irwin, ths versatile ac
tress, causes ae much surprise as the
announcement of the retirement of ths
senator from polities at the snd of the
year. May Irwin Is 41 years of age, and
has two grown-up sons. She was mar
ried at the age of It to Frederick W.
Keller of St Louis, but he died In 1886,
eight years after his wedding. Miss
Irwin was born at Whitby, a small vil
lage on Lake Ontario, east of Toronto,
and began her theatrical career at But-
i fai.i when she was a child of 14 years.
I As the mistress of Wolfert's Roost, the
large and sumptuous home of former
Senator Mill, situated three miles north
of Albany, among the clay hills that ex
tend to Bchenectady, the hearty actress
would be more popular than at any pre
vious stage of her career. She would be
the whole show, as she Is in every play
she undertakes. She would undoubted
ly create a literary salon such as Albany
never has known. She Is a rloh woman,
and has half a million safsly Invested in
New York real estate. Her boys ere
promising young men. Senator Hill has
been reported to be engaged to many dis
tinguished women, among them Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst, the philanthropist and
benefactress of the T'nlveralty of Cali
fornia. Hs wss believed to be a con
firmed bachelor. But he Is said to have
ordered taO.OOv worth of nsw furniture
for Wolfert's Roost
on rtjULT
The average family consists of a
father, a mother, two and a half daugh
ters snd two and a half sons Sir
Frsncls Oalton has Just completed In
vestigations on the topic, and announces
that each father or mother on the aver
age has two snd a half sons snd two snd
a half daughters, of whom ens Is a far
tils son and one a fertile daughter, and
he then calculates that the average per
son hss one fsther. ons mother, two
sisters, two brothers, four' uncles snd
tour aunts
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Space it the fair Is now the cry.
The Chlneee gamblers don't under
stand Word's new fantan game.
The Chinese samblere have discovered
that the law Is stronger than an Iron
door.
Collecting poll tax may be a harder
job for the sheriff than stopping gam
bling General Stoeesel has held out asalnet
a shell game longer than anybody ' on
record.
Mr Cleveland was not so badly hurt
that he eould not so hunting, and
shoot straight.
Russia will allow no mediation of
other nations, but It nay next time, be
fore going to war.
All unconscious of Impending fate,
the Thankssivlns turkey Is becoming
happy with fatness.
This fall's weather Is "a. record
breaker," too. (Don't draw any weather
bureau records on us.)
Judge Parker isn't like a man who,
though thrown out of office, is Inca
pable of making a living.
Three of the counties that went dry
lie along the Pacific ocean. They
thought they were already wet enough.
Now that the Oregon majority Is so
great, perhaps congress will give us
another half a million for the fair, with
out asking.
We shall see whether the two-to-one
Republican congress makes the appro
priations urgently needed for the Co
lumbia river.
The Salem Statesman says that Dela
ware 'literally belongs with the solid
south." When did the little Addlcks
borough mover
The Democrats have one small grain
of consolation, a prospect of future
gains when comparing returns with the
figures of the election Tuesday.
The weather Tuesday was fine
throughout the United States, but there
Is now reason to believe that Roosevelt
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stormed all over the country.
Since potatoes have become so high,
wouldn't It be timely to protest against
their use on account of the alcohol la
them? Why, In Germany potato alcohol
Is being used for power purposes.
After Missouri went for the president
he could do no less than visit the fair.
We hope he will have a very enjoyable
trip, and thst the fair will make a
bushel of money in consequence of his
visit
Emperor William has ooncluded to
consider less majests a trivial offense
hereafter In most cases -where It ts
really so. The emperor Is a man who
evidently Is acquiring wisdom along
with years.
One gratifying Incident In last Tues
day's avalanehe is the election or John
F, Shafroth as congressman-at-larg-e In
Colorado. He Is the man who resjgned
because It was proved that some Illegal
ballots had been east for him. He Is
an able and an honest maa.
Altogsthsr, for ths reasons we have
otted, there seems to he the beat of
foundation for the claim of the Demo
crats that the election of Parker Is as
sured. Atlanta Journal, November t.
Where are those reasons and that seem
ing nowt
Oregon Sidelights
New telephone line In the Soap Creek,
Benton county, region.
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One southern Oregon orchard produced
1,000 boxes of first class apples.
nn n m n t AAnntv man earned 1240
this season working In harvest fields
Farmers rushing thslr plows In east
ern Oregon. In msny fields the wheat
la up already.
A Cottage Grove man who stele 140
eggs has to serve TO daya in Jail Just
two eggs a day.
There will apparently be a greater
grain acreage In the Willamette valley
next year than ever before.
Grass wss never better on the Grant
wM.Mtr mmm thin of the nreaent time
and the fall wheat te looking fine.
Over too Umatilla Indiana are new tsj
Grand . Ronde valley, -engaged In harvest
ing the sugar-beet crop, which Is unusu
ally heavy this season.
Believing thst there is a combination
among buyers, Hsrney county cattlemen
are making a movement te pool their
stock and so try to force up prices.
A Paisley man closed up his saloon
for several days while he went away on
a visit. Blther the saloon business
must be dull or barbers scarce up there.
Albany haa a total Indsbtednesa of
tilt. 000. snd pays an Interest charge or
If. 800 ser year. The income rrom sa
loons Is t4,000. Albany went against
prohibition.
No mors salmon will be caught at the
!51h creek hatchery for the present. Not-
t(h.,.nffln Ik. f,.rm m,I nf t . u Mflflltl
was unfavorable, nearly f. 000.000 eggs
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were luen, nniui. vp. .. " w
otner naicnery in ine norwiweei.
Corvallls Times: Special effort ts to
he made to have the Benton county wool
and mohair exhibit at the 1906 fair of
surpassing excellence It Is a possible
proposition because or tne fact that Men
ton breeders have paid much attention to
Improvement of their strains, and the
county hss some ot the beat flocks of
sheep and goats to be found in the coun
try.
A Portland firm hss finished bonding
sll the ground along Burnt river from
Weatherbee to Dnrkee for dredging, and
expects ts put In e six-inch Keystone
drill Immediately and prospect ths
ground thoroughly, snd if the ground
comes up to expectations and previous
prospecting Is confirmed, will have three
dredges bealdes the one near Durkee In
operation by spring.
A Grants pass company will improve
Rogue river above Gold Ray for the pur
pose of floating and booming logs. There
are it trooky rsefs and hers, snd these
ths company will blast out and remove.
About HO miles from Gold Ray, tributary
to Rogue river, ere millions upon mil
lions of feet of the finest surer and ysl
low pine on the coast, snd this Improve
ment In the river is necessary to get the
timber out
Baltic Fleeti
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(Jsmes Crsslmsn in New York World.)
Not even the "Invincible Armada"
whloh Philip sent against Bngland car
rlsd with It a more tragic Interest than
the fleet ot battleships, cruisers and
torpedo boats which ths csar has sent
to the relief of his battered and despair
ing soldiers and sailors in the far east.
It is sober truth to ssy that this al
most 17.000-mlle voysge of the Russian
Baltic fleet Is the most tremendous and
difficult feat ever undertaken In the
history of naval warfare.
The etrateglo relationship of this
slow-moving fighting foros to the pres
ent ghastly struggle between Russia
and Japan for the mastery of eastern
Asia adds a solemn lmpresslveness to Its
progress through seven Seas and oceans.
It Is recognised that If the Baltic fleet
can reach Its destination before the des
perate Russian garrison of Port Arthur
Is starved into surrender or conquered
by assaults Russia will probably save
her great fortress snd win from her
enemy ths sea-command of Asia.
This Is the supreme moment In ths
bloodiest of modern wars, and upon its
success or failure ths lives of hundreds
of thousands of msn end ths control of
Manchuria and Korea will depend.
If Port Arthur falls before ths Rus
sian admiral and hla ships can reach
ths Yellow sea It la practically certain
that the great Baltic fleet will go to
Vladivostok In ths Sea of Japan, and
from that bass attempt to sweep ths
waters clear of Japansse ships.
But how to reach Port Arthur in time
to engage Admiral Togo's fleet In battle,
atkt thus let the Russian warships
bottled up In the harbor come forth to
Join In a decisive sea, fight that is the
purpose toward Which the 648 officers
and 8.830 aallore of the Beltlp fleet are
bending their minds and bodies, while
the world looks on and wonders what
ths result will be.
Seven battleships, five cruisers. 10
torpedo boats and 12 transports, colliers
and supply ships and a distance of
If, tOO miles to go, without herp or
haven, to engage -in a last death-grapple
for the supremacy of the far eastern
seasl
For nearly six months General Stoes
ssl end his heroic garrison have been
shut up in Port Arthur.
Fof nlns months ths Port Arthur
squadron has been kept In the harbor by
Admiral Togo's fleet.
Ammunition snd food are growing
scarce. Horses are being eaten. The
principal water supply has been cut off.
One hslf the garrison Is reported dead
or In ths hospitals. The Investing Unas
of the Jspanese on land are being drawn
closer. Several of the outer forta have
fallen and the Japanese artillery com
mands s part of the town snd harbor.
Disease Steals from the un burled dead
to the living. Night and day ths be
sieging Japanese continue their attacks.
The weak and worn garrison has to ex
pend Its strength in fighting the con
stant conflagrations caused by Japanese
shells General Stoessel hss said that
hs will nsver surrender and has sent a
solemn message of fsrewell to the csar.
declaring that Port Arthur will be his
grave.
Hundreds' of miles away the armies of
Kuropatkln and Oyama are drenching
the hills and plains of Manchuria with
blood. Mors than 600. onu soldiers ere
engaged .In the struggle In a single
battle, lasting nine days, at least 75,000
or 80.000 men wsrs killed or wounded.
No such forces havs contested in arms
Since Napoleon faced the armies of four
atlons at Lelpslc In 181t.
General Kuropatkln Is trying to fores
his way through ths Jspanese lines to
save Port Arthur. Thus far he hss
failed. A second army has been organ
ised under the command of the Russian
veteran. General Grlffenberg. to help
Kuropatkln. The Japanese have called
400.000 more men under their flag. But
It will take many months for these
forces to rsach ths front Meanwhile
ths Russian and Japansse forces in no
tion seem to be so nearly balanced in
strength and in position that the plan
td Save Port Arthur by land la not
likely to succeed.
The most reliable estimate Is that
General Stoessel and hla msn can hold
out for three months longer. But every
day Increases the uncertainty, end the
scene of suffering and death within tne
lines ot the fortress grows more hor
rible. There are two questions which no
an can answer: Can Port Arthur hold
out till March? Can ths Baltic fleet
reach the far east practically intact?
Russia naturally keeps secret the In
tended route of her ships, but as the
rules of the Sues canal prohibit the .pas
sage of vessels drawing more than St
feet 7 Inches, the Russian battleships,
which have a mean draught of 26 feet
are compelled to give up the short route
and go around ths Cspe of Good Hops.
An ordinary battleship cannot go
through the canal unless her coal bunk
ers are practically empty and her stores
low, without lightening a tedious snd
delaying operation which the Russians
would not bother with.
Of course, the Russians could send
thslr cruisers, destroyers and auxiliary
ships through the canal, but American
naval officers are of the opinion that It
would he better polloy to keep the whole
fleet together, as all of ths ships would
havs to take on coal and provisions in
the open sea. and ths danger from bad
weather is no greater ons way than an
other. Another consideration Is that If
ths smaller chips should go through
the canal It Is likely that ths Jspanese
would be welting for them off Aden, be
yond the eastern end of . the Red sea,
with fleet strong enough to destroy
them.
Ths tremendous task undertaken by
the command of the Baltic fleet can par
tially be understood by a glance at the
two routes to the far east Here are
sailing distances given In sea miles,
with principal coaling ports In tlms of
peace:
Around ths Cape Llbau to the en
trance of ths Bngllsh channel, 1,7.10
miles; to Funchal, 1,200 miles; to St.
Vincent. 1,050 miles; to St. Helens, 2.300
miles; to ths Cspe, 1.700 miles; to Mau
ritius. 2.200 miles; to Singapore, S.600
miles; to Port Arthur or Vladivostok,
1,000 miles; total. 16,800 miles
Through the Sues canal Llbau to the
entrancs to ths Bngllsh channsl, 1,710
miles; to Gibraltar, 1,000; to gues, 1000;
to Adsn, 1.300; to Colombo, .1,100; to
Singapore, 1,400; to Port Arthur or
Vladivostok, t.000; total. 12.160.
It Is approximately 100 miles from
Port Arthur to Vladivostok, but the dis
tance from Singapore to both ports is
practically the same on account f the
contour of ths coast line.
The Baltic fleet Is msde up ss follows:
jnnt-tnass nattleshlps.
Kfliss Souvaroff (Vice-Admiral Rojest
vensky7s flsgshlp), lt.tl tons, lf.000
horse power; II knots speed; carrying 4
11-lnch. 12 f-lneh and 10 1-Inch gnns.
10 t-pounders and 1 -pounders.
Borodino, 11,100 tons; same as Knlss
Souvaroff.
Jmperator Alexander HI; same as
Knlss Souvaroff.
Orel; same es Borodino.
Oslabya (Rear-Admlrsl Voelkerssm'a
flagship). 11.074 tons; 14.500 horse
power. It knots speed, carrying 10-
SATURDAY,
iaoh. 11 i-inoh. If 1-lnch, 10 l.l-lsch
and 17 1.4-lnch guns. .
The first four are practically sister
ships, all launched within "e lsst tlThse
years. Seen carries six torpedo tubes,
esoh hss' a complement of officers
s gig fphsip normal coai c-
SSJIU I IV IUCII. swes . k . SS
ptctty averar t.tftO ton., which ai
m -i 11 benta sri Vfnfl a
cruising speed 01
steaming radius of M00 miles The Os
labya carries 60 officers and 775 men.
Seoond-Olass BssUeehlps.
tt t a Ann tons- 8.600 horse
Kwsr; If knots; fl torpedo tubes 11
jh, 0 f-inch. 11 l.eUnch and 4 1.4-lnoH
"UNsvsrin, 10.200 tons; 0.000 bores
- 1, a ,.rn.1n tubes. 4 12-
inch. -lnch snd 14 quick-firing suns
Ths Slssol Veliki carries ev
and Itl men. She hss a ooal capacity
mn siktott vivas a steaming
capacity of 1,000 miles st a cruising
speed of 10 knots sn Dour. n is.......
carries 50 orflcers and asv
ooal capacity la 1,100 toss.
Armored Cruisers.
Admiral Nakhlmoff, 8.114 tons; 0,000
horss power; 10.7 knots; 4 torpedo tubes,
I 0-inch, 10 l-lnoh. 10 qulck-flrlng. 4
I -pounders and f machine guns.
ri rton.kni ft sss tons: 7.000 horss
power; lf.t knots' speed; carrying 4 tor-
pedo tubes, s s-incn. iv s.i-mvi, -quick-firing
guns. M
The Admiral Nakhlmoff carries 40 of
ficers snd 617 men. Her cosl capacity
is 1,100 tons The Dmitri Donskol car
ries 40 officers snd 670 men. She hss s
coal orsw 114 msn snd 10 officers
Aurora. Oleg and four of the Novlk
type. The Aurora hss a tonnage of
f.tlO; speed 10 knots; I 1-inch and 30
small guns and 4 torpedo tubes; orew,
680 men and 46 officers; coal capacity,
1,410 tons, giving a radius of 6.000 miles
st 10 khots. The Oleg hss s tonnage
of 0.076; speed, II knots; II 0-lnch and
It small guns and I torpedo tubes; crew,
610 men and 41 officers. Ths four ships
of the Novlk elsss havs a tonnage ot
1,000 and speed of 16 knots; 0 4.7-lnch
guns snd 11 smaller ones; crew, 110 men
and 10 officers
Torpedo Moat Pssfoyoss.
Seven vessels of about 160 tons snd
17 knots speed. Each carries 4 officers
and 50 men and from 00 to 10 tons of
coal, with an economical steaming radius
of 1.000 miles.
There ere s grest many torpedo boats.
The Baltic fleet Is accompanied by 11
or 16 auxiliary Ships, carrying coal and
other supplies. The warships are ac
companied by the big repair ship Kam
chatka. This vesssl is fitted with metal
turning snd electro-technical machinery,
Wagrejn smelting furnaces, a three-ton
American hammer worked by com
pressed Sir, boring and cutting Instru
ments and two steam cranes She le a
floating rectory, handled by skilled
workmen trom the grest private ship
yards. The fleet is also accompanied by
s hospltsl ship snd by severs! armed
transports.
There is nothing In naval history to
compare to the voyage which lies before
the Baltic fleet So prodigious srs ths
difficulties and perils which must be
faced that some months ego It wss se
riously argued by scientific men thst
Russia would do better to send her
ships through the Arctic ocean.
The coaling problem In Itself Is stag
gering. Taking the most economical
speed, it Is reasonable to assume that
the ssven battleships will burn 60 tons
of coal a day, the eight cruisers 40 tons
each, snd the destroyers eight " tons,
making a total dally consumption ex
clusive ot the military ships of 716 tons,
or 00.760 tens for ths whole trip. It Is
impossible to give exact data, for the
reports show, for Instance, that at a
reduced speed the Slssol Veliki burns
100 tons a day, while the Bordolno, with
twice the displacement burns only 10
tons.
It is well known thst Russia hss sent
out loaded colliers to meet the fleet at
various points on the voyage. But It
International law is followed the Rus
sians cannot even take on coal or pro
visions from thslr own supply ships In
neutral ports, hut must go outalde the
three-mile limit Under international
law a warship of a belligerent nation is
allowed enough coal at a neutral port
to carry her to the nearest home port.
The Russians might claim thla right af
ter they reached Singapore, but they are
not expected to do so. for the mission
of the fleet is well known, and to grant
permission even under ths shadow of a
technicality, would be a violation of
neutrality.
Ths fleet ts not a homogenoua one, and
its speed necessarily Is the speed of the
slowest ships. They cannot afford to
become separated. The slowest ships
all their colliers snd supply ships, which
cannot make more than nlns or ton miles
sn hour. Nsval officers say that ths
fleet will be doing well to cover lit
miles a day, which thsy consider a res-,
sonable estimate That would mean
II days to cover the furthest distance.
They allow 46 days more for coaling and
ether delays. According to these figures
the fleet would reach Port Arthur about
March 1, which Is about ths date fixed
by Admiral Wlrenlus, in command at
Port Arthur. Nsval officers do not be
lieve that It possibly can get there be
fore that date, and it Is likely to he s
week or two later.
All along ths way ths hostility of the
British will be felt Her ships are on
every see. snd her flag flies over most of
the coaling ports
The principal cause ot delay will he
In coaling at ses with green crews. In
ths American navy a seasoned crew haa
taken on 1,000 tons In a day, but ths
Russlsns will be doing well If they load
100 tons Many accidents td the ma
chinery also are looked for, as most of
the ships are untried, and in some cases
not even "shaken down," and practically
all of ths engineers are green.
Ths chief dsnger to the Russlsns lies
In treachery. A few Japanese spies Ju
diciously distributed among the colliers
could cripple the movements of the
fleet, snd possibly blegk Its progress by
sinking some or sll of ths colliers. They
could also dsmags the warships by dis
tributing bombs In the coal.
The American navy sent a torpedo
boat floatllla to the Philippines last win
ter. It lsft Norfolk on December It
and reached Manila on April 14. The
distance covered was 14,401 miles, but
this trip csnnot be compered with thst
of the Baltic neet. as tne torpeao ooais
coaled and took on provisions st ports
along the wsy, which ths Ruslsss can
not da
The only feat that In any way sug
gests the dangers and obstructions which
must be faced by the Baltic fleet Is ths
famous voyage of the American battle
ship Oregon during the war with Spain,
which broke all records. Just before
hostilities began ths Orsgon started
from Puget sound, oneths Pacific coast,
for Key West, Fia., by way of Caps
Horn. The Oregon left Puget sound on
Msrch 0 and reached Key West on May
It s voysge ot 17,401 miles In II days.
But the Oregon was an almoat perfect
ship, unhampered by the presence of
other ships, save whsn she wss Joined
by ths gunboat Marietta after passing
through the Straits of Magellan.
The terrific strain upon ths nerves
of the otneers and msn who are moving
across the seas' to ths relief of Port
Arthur was Illustrated by ths sudden
night volleys poursd Into the British
fishing vessels In the North sea.
Although the fleet may gradually
break down by reason of Its mechanical
problems, or may be ruined by treachery,
there Is almost no ehsace thst the ships
NOVfcMl
How Rogers
O 1XT 1 T
iftjaveaiTiarK x wain!
From ths Chicago Tribune
When Mark Twain, ths great Ameri
can humorist, awoke one morning nine
years ago, following ths failure of a
publishing house In which he wss In
terested, hs found himself 1160.000 in
debt Thst Henry H. Rogers came to
his assistance snd, violating previous
ly unbroken rule of his career, acted as
hie trustee snd benefactor- In recouping
the Tweln losses, Is one of his1 shining
monuments.
He hss never been known to Impart
sny market movements savs In this In
stance, whsn, fey , Investing the pro
ceeds forwarded to him by Mark Twain
during his lecturing tour around the
world, he enabled the American Cer
vantes not only to liquidate his debts,
but to store away a comfortable fortune
for hla dscltntng years.
As s contrast to his relations with
the eminent man of humor, a young msn
closs to ths Rogers family happened, in
a friendly chat 4 few weeks ago with
the oil king, who Is known to be In
terested also In the sugar trust, to
mention that be had several hundred
shares of sugar trust stock which, as
it stood, netted him sbout 1001 prom.
"I am told," he ventured, after stat
ing that hs had a profit, "that It Is going
considerably higher. What do you think.
Mr. Rogers T"
The magnate chewed the cud nf si
lence for a moment before answering:
"Well, ttOO is quite a aum of money
for a young man like you." The young -man
took what he considered to he the
hint conveyed end hurried to dispose of
his stock. All that remains to be said
Is that he sold out at the lowest price
since recorded of sugar trust stock and
It is now a dosen point higher. He has
since been wondering whet the oil mag
nate really meant.
Besides his Fslrhsven benefactions.
H. H. Rogers recently purchased the old
Morris homestead at a cost of 1160,000
snd gave It to the Messiah Home for
Children In the name of his wife But
In his benefactions, as In his home as
office, hs Is an enigma to all save the
initiated.
Besides being the big man In Stand
ard OH and the right hand of John D.
Rockefeller, he Is president of the Amal
gamated Copper company, the Hunting
ton and Big Sandy railway, the National
Transit company,' the Nsw York Transit
company and the Xmio River Railroad
company. He also Is vice-president of
the Anaconda and Arcadian Copper com
nanles Atlantic Coast Electric Railway
company, Cheabrough Manufacturing
company, Esst River Ges company. New
Amsterdam Gas eotnpsny, Federal Steel
company. International Navigation com
pany, National Dry Docks company, Na
tional Storage company. National Union
bank, Staten Island Electric company.
Rapid Transit Ferry company and trus
tee of the Atlantic Trust company, and
la probaly worth 176.000.000.
which so around ths cspe will be
openly attacked until they have almost
reached their destination. The Japanexe
must keep all of their powerful ships to
gether. They cannot arroro to aivioc
their forces, for the Russian squadrons
at Port Arthur end Vladivostok srs still
In fighting condition and muBt be kept
off the sea.
A distinguished American admit
who has been studying ths pressnt criti
cal situation says that If Japan should
loss two of her battleships now She
could not possibly hold the sea against
Russia.
To reach Vladivostok the Ruslans
shlDs would have to pass through the
Straits of Tsushima, between Japan and
Korea; the Straits of Tsugsru. between
Yssxo and ths main Island of Japan, or
the Strait of La Perouss. bstween Tesso
and Saghallen. American officers think
thst the Japanese would meet me Baltic
fleet In one of these straits.
FOB DUSTIKG.
From ths New fork Sun.
There Is no doubt that there are good
positions for those who want them. One
of the woman of ths Vandsrbllt family
employs a young woman, to dGst her
bric-a-brac. The young woman receives
s big salary for her work, and her hours
are short and her time Is practically her
own. In the Vsndsrbllt mansion she
occupies her own suite of rooms, and
when shs goes out to drive she has her
own hansom. A saddle horss is st her
disposal. .
The object of employing a high-salaried
young woman is this. In the draw
ing room there are rsre pieces of brlc-s-
brac that cost hundreds or dollars. jn
tiny cabinet In the dining room thcr.
rests a tiny cup snd ssucer that cost
11.000. It is a rare bit imported rrom
England. It ence belonged to Queen
Haabethi . r- :
"If I were to employ a green girl to
dust my bric-a-brac," reasons Mrs. Van
dsrbllt "it would soon be sll broken.
She would break more In a minute than
I pay her In a year. I must get a re
fined, cultivated young woman who will
realise Its importance, snd its beauty,
and its value ' And so she peys 15,000
a year to a college graduate to keep the
numerous pieces of brie-a-brac dusted.
The young womnn rlaes esrly to com
plete her task, and, again, in the after
noon she dusts. Indeed, she is busy
all over the house sll during ths dsy.
AS 1,104) FOUR-MAT OLO
From the Nsw York Herald.
Mrs. Millie Jackson Is probably ths
greatest gatherer of four-leaf clovers In
ths world- A Colorado woman whose
record was 777 specimens In seven yesrx
seems out of the race. Mrs Jackson
hss In her possession 1,100 of these In
teresting trophies which she gsthered
this season. She found thsm at
Menard. 111., where she has been tem
porary located while matron of the
Southern Illinois penitentiary. Mrs.
Jackson Is the widow of a soldlsr and
has served since 1107 ss postmistress
of ths legislature, having been chosen
four timee to this position. Shs Is a
candidate for the seme place st the com
ing session, which msets In January, and
looks upon her four-lssf clovers ss
omens of good luck.
dobs psosrsmos fbosibit?
From LeoTleV Weekly.
Kansas haa been under , constitutional
nmhihitinn for twentv-one vesrs. a
period long enough. It would seem, te
glvs the law s rair test, as to wns.
the test shows, statistics recently pub
llshed are Illuminating, In t of the 10
counties of Kansas ths prohibitory lew
Is generally Ignored. Thess ftvs coun
.... km IT nar sent nf the nooulatlon
end furnish over 10 per cent of the
crime Tne population in wicsc iwnw
one years has Increased from Olf.fllf to
1,470,401, while the number of prison
ers hss decreased from 017 to Tie. Ths
. i . I I .. .. ..n.r.l.v Mil not fftrl-
pritiiiijiiu'ii ....... , ...... . I
ently, enforced appesrs In the fact ' r v "M
he i nlted States still oollects a llo,ur
ta from Kansas of only 17.700 for each
100.000 Inhabitants, while In Nebraska,
not a prohibition state. It collects t!52,
000. In ths lsst ten years Kansas hss
nbied three cities of over 10,000 in
habitants. whUs Nebraska has lost three.
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