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Pa g(3.'; 0''J to T2IUr.2DAY. IIOVEMrR -13. V 1EC3 PORTLAND. -OREGON. T THE O R EG AN . a. jacxjo Publish mrr TAif Ki)t 8tndi7- iod wrr Sunday- mornliuf- lTha Journal' Bufldtof, Ttflh . Ymhfll ,t . : FROM "ASHLAND TO TTfc TURNING.".lhe Portland L Douglas county and several among which, - its foUnty seat,, is. Koseburg. Doug'las is a very irregularly ' formed , county, being about 100 miles in its extreme length from east to west, " and 75 from nortlTfdS6U,th, though-less-along-any straight line either way. , It extends from the summit o! the Cascade mountains, on -the east,"! to the 'Pacific ocean, where schooners are able to ascend for some dis: tance the Umpqtia river. Its more thickly settled por tion lies in the Umpqtia valley, a fine agricultural, horti cultural and stockraising region. The county is vastly rich in timber, both , in the" Cascades and the Coast range, and in farming, fruit raising and dairying lands. The resources of this magnificent county have as yet been utilized but comparatively little. Its population is now rapidly increasing, one proof of which is the growth of Rosebnrg, Drain, Oakland and the other towns of the county. The Southern. Pacific. branch railroad to Coos bay will connect with the main line at Drain, on the aquthern edge of the county, and another branch, from Rosebnrg ,to the coast in the near future is not improb able. The .climate, like that of Jackson and Josephine, is very nearly perfection, winter and summer, a little rnore rain falling in winter. than in the counties farther south, but not' so much as in the Willamette valley. Douglas county will 'eventually sustain easily several titiies its ( present . population, and there are few if any better places for the homeseeker to go. .. Crossing the Calipooias, a low mountain or high hill range separating, the Umpqua from the great Willamette valley, our excursionists enter Lane, the second largest of western' Oregon counties,., also., extending, from 'the summit of the Cascades to the ocean, and also with one entrance for vessels, at the mouth of the Siuslaw river. Lane is moreof an agricultural county than those farther " south, for it embraces the upperTehd oT the "Willamette valley. But it is excellently adapted also, to fruits, hops and dairying, and -yet contains, we believe, the greatest amount, of timber of any Oregon county a wonderfully resourceful county, with rich soil, mild . climate, and growing and multiplying industries. Its principal town is Eugene, m beautiful city, of some 7 XX) people, noted particularly as life home of the State University. The other larger towns are Cottage Grove, Junction City, Springfield and over on the coast, Florence. .-. . .Gliding down -the great valley the Portlanders next enter one of Oregon's celebrated agricultural counties, Linn, but also noted for 'its fruits, hops, livestock anpl timber. Its capital and chief town is Albany, the prin cipal town on the Corvallts &' Eastern railway, the seat of a college, a thrifty, conservative Oregon city, situated ni.thc. midst of ; great. agricjulturaLJesourcea. .Lesser-but interesting and growing towns in Linn county, are Har risbnrg, Lebanon, Scio atlid Jefferson. V The excursionists have visited and are visiting wonder, ful regions in respect of resources, producing capacity, not yet one quarterrwtilired, not yet oncAtuarterfrlled-ufr with people, and throughout which, ' the metropolis,-thoratch word isDevelopment.- ' ' It is in order for some one to prove that the Rogue river valley was the original Garden of Eden. Vi J f ' 11 11 '' ';'';:;'?'' ; -'- 6n THE VERGE OF ANARCHY ; ! T HE REPORT that Witte i breaking down under the tremendous strain ot his position is credible. .He needs to be a Bismarck, or perhaps stouter and tougher yet, to handle the terrible situation in which , he sees Russia to be. The country as a whole is appar ently on the verge of anarchy. To wholesale mas sacres' of -Jews and others is added mutiny in- various quarters at Odessa in the south, at Kronstadt' in the north, at .Vladivostok in the east, and next, likely, at Warsaw in the west First it was only sailors; now it ii soldiers also, and the horrible spectacle is presented of "loyal" soldiers and sailors shooting down their mu tineer brothers in arms, i Nowhere can and will the local authorities .maintain order. A great army may be re quired to subdue. Poland, '' Bessarabia, with Kishineff as the vortex, is all aflame with riotous, murderous revolt Throughout the slopes and.,, heights jof the' Caucasus sweeps ' fitfully the insurrectionary storm: Even at Moscow and St Petersburg nobody longer feels secure. And all this after the czar r had yielded everything asked of him; had consented to a representative, assembly, had proclaimed freedom of speech and of the press; had practically abdicated his powers and turned them over " to" the'Tiiosl democratic member uffiis po"litfcst-"fSm"iTyT What is it then that tha people want more? Is it land and mbney at once? Or do they know wnat they' want, or' what they are doing? Russia thick clouds , are around about her. - .Evidently the "friends of protection" .don't mean to revise the grossly inequitable tariff at all. There are too many. friends of the trusts among them. t 1 MISREPRESENTING OREGON WEATHER, ; MR- J. K." LINBARGER of ' Delaware, Illinois, who recently, reached his home after, six . months' stay in Portland, -where he represented an industrial concern at the Lewis and Clark fair, tells the Delaware Advertiser that "Portland is a great place for rain and mud, there being showers almost every other day while he was there, and at times continuous rains- for a week or more at a time." What occasion Mr. Linbarger had to make this state- ; Ian Maclaren Xauds Catholics. ''-From the Glasgow MalL t ' ' .The Rev.' Vt. Watson (Ian Maclaren)), Whose ministry In Liverpool elosed on . Sunday, paid . remarkably warm trib ute to the Roman Cathoilo clergy. In proposing a vote of thanks to Lady Lovat for opening the Father. (Berry's ' homes basasr In St. George's hall, Liver pool, ho said ho desired to take that opportunity - of paying his tribute- of sincere respect to the high Ideals and national patriotism of the Catholic church in Scotland. There had not been In Scotland any more devout and ear ntsU any more urbane and loyal than Iho Soots' priests. "I yield to none," sdded Dr. Watson, in my respect for Die hlgk virtue of your church in other lands, end mot least. In Ireland and Eng land. It seems to' mo that no min ister of religion has been more true and faithful to tho poor and suffering people through every trial than the Irish priest, and no body of people during thrte cen turies made greater asorlfloes-for re ligion, or have, according to their prin ciples, contributed more to sacred .and oiher learning thin the English Catho- ii.-e. - . .-. ... . - - . It Js to me a very grateful, and it has tMn ell my life a very welcome habit to stii1y and appreciate the excellences of thoee from whom I fnsy be separated br S"me differences In creed or In party, but I am thankful that during my min ON D AIL Y INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BY ' JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. streets, rorusna, union. ALBANY. excursionist visited ment to his home of its towns, chief buy them on his tobcr, inclusivej was as follows: September. 11; practically rainless, T tunity at their choice for the legislature . . r and to reply atnrmauveiy win go sown iu iiu The people have Will they exercise Thc'itate should make sure that it joy forever to all Portland; as well as here in T HAT, there were .conquered.. J UDGING by. istry n Liverpool. Iwhlch 1 drawing to a close, I ' have had many dear.1 friend ships amongst- tho ecclesiastics of 'the Catholic .ohuroh, - end atlll have such friendships, and that, this .'Is not the first time that In your generosity you have received mo a a - Catholic function. My-warmest prayer la that-prejudices which have been too warmly treasured In Liverpool will gradually die down into the grave of dust and be forgotten and that all who lova our common Lord will strive together in the cause of charity. In whose interests we are met today, to rescue ths , fallen and to cast a, shield over the. helpless.". , . . . ...U'l'J , I - ,i .; ,, , ..JLxMrd Cursojn's Future.- . From the Calcutta Statesman. -' Lord Curson may bo driven to seek Liberal support if he Is to enter Par 1 lament, and WO are by no means' cer tain thst h would, hesitate to do so. Many of the most distinguished of Eng lish statesmen have found It necessary , In the course of tbelr career, to change aides In olltice. - Ubrd Curson is not likely to forget those precedents. . .. A Modern Epitaph. ' From, the Detroit Free Press. ' ' A chauffeur lies beneath this stone. Beware' If you'd not follow hence, . , To ripe old age t might have grown ' , ilad I not tried to ride a feooe, . , JOURNAL no. t. OABBOU paper we have no means of knowiagr but if he can come no nearer telling the trutn aDoui tne wares he has to sell than about the weather in Oregon during the six months of his stay here, nobody should sayso. s . -4: ,' "- "'.' ' : Here is the official record of the weather as to pre tinitatlnn . durine- the six months from May to Oc- - TH'e number of. days on which rain fell May, ?0 days; June, 11 ; July, 2; August, 5; October, 15. But the precipitation on many of thtse days ; was very7 small," the total for the several months being as follows, in inches: May 2.56, June 2.12, July 0.12, August 0.17, September 279k Oc tober 4.73. And while much more rain fell in October fhan is usual for that month.' November so far Jias been only .03 of an inch having fallen. The fact is that about three montns were aimosi ram less, rather more so than was .desirable, and if the Del ware, Illinois, man were here at all, he must have manu factured his own moisfure and mud. i PEOPLE TO NAME THE SENATOR. ' HE PEOPLE OF OREGON will have oppor the primaries next - spring to make of United States senator. Whether this expression of the will of the voters will control the legislature in the election of the senator is a question that has occasioned much, anxious debate' among the policyholders. The bosses' who have been accustomed to manipulate Republican politics in this state are ex ceedingly reluctant to let the reins slip from their hands and it is well known that they are casting about for some plausible pretext for nullifying the action of the people. Their scheme has been to name a Portland man of their own -choice for. the office, but it is apparent that the popular choice may fall oa A 'es'dent of some other part of the state. ' - . ' -- -' -- " -.. ? " ; T The grave ueitTolTTs'wTjelfa primary law, whch plainly intended the people's will to be decisive in the selection of the senator, shall be fol lowed by the legislature.' The answer of the slatemakers and the machine politicians, if they answer, candidly," is in the negative. .But the people can exert to the full the mwtr beatowedunon them by the law. Every candidate may be required ty place himself on record and to state whether or not he purposes to be guided by the popular will in casting his vote for United States senator. If the people are alive to tne importance of the issue at stake, the candidate.who refuses to reply . . i j . i -i Li. . the power to name tne next senator. it? aca'uire Multnomah falls, and so will remain a thing orbeauty ahd beholders. - ;' Seattle and alaskat is big trade in . Alaska everybody knowsr-It-nas-been-tha-greatest singlc-iactot in the ffrowth of Seattle in the last seven years. In 1897 Seattle was m the dumps, dead-and-alive. Ever since the Klondike : discovery it;- has been booming More tftan anything Alaska made Seattle what it is.".. That Portland can get to Alaska points nearly as quickly and easily and quite as safely as Seattle is undis puted. The difference in time for a round trip is not more than a day. - Here are the rivers; there is t the ocean; up yonder is the trade; why not go after it? The A'a tde not temporary, ephemeral. It will continue , permanently," and instead of decreasing "will grow to still v larger , proportions. Dawson, Nome,' Tanana and others are - apparently, long-time camps. And doubtless other mining districts in that vast territory will be opened. Besides, there will be development and progress in other directions "- besidet mining. A , large strip of southeastern Alaska is almost as good a region to live in as Oregon. v ; . Then why not go after' that trade? " The wonder is that this has not been done more persistently before Three or four steamers," or even two to begin with, would handle a considerable fraction of it But of course it must, be worked up first. This requires some effort and expense. But look at the benefits for years to come. It. is up to Portland's, big business men to move'lri this matter, There seems no reasonable doubt that they can get a large 'share of the Alaska trade if they go after it determinedly. Will they do it? If not, why not? " The'Portland 'mn'wnf tn onlhitra..nrgnlir mranA MR. RUSSELL' AND THE RAILROADS, the ''foreword" which appears in the current number of Everybody s Magazine, the series of articles by Charles E. Russell which is to begin in the December issue wwt .be of profound in terest to every -American citizen who is interested .in the welfare and the future of his country. Broadly and comprehensively Mr. Russell states the great economic problems which confront the nation, and the perils which loom before it ' "; . . He makes it plain that the dangers which threaten our national existence are neither fanciful nor remote, but immediate, real, menacing. Mr. Russell writes as one who has made a deep study of his subject 'and whose view is sufficiently broad to take in all sides of the dif ficult questions presented. ' If the Subsequent ' articles fulfill" the promises, of the prelude, the series will richly repay' the" most studious reading. , .: To Test Hia Will Power. . From tho Milwaukee Sentinel. : "Have you heard about the last state ment old Wllklna madeT" i ' j ' "No; what Waa Itr f ' ' "He told" ma in confidence that be waa going to quit drinking December 2S, but didn't' want me to say anything about If "Why notr ' - - "Walloon see. bo thinks that If he can get- along from that time to the first of ths year without It ho will then feel warranted la making tho statement public." i ' ' Th ReaL i , From Puck. The great actress brings a dress over from Paris. It costs her I1.00S. She has to hi - foor maids to help her get Into It When she comes out on tbo stage th publlo at once exclaims In rapture: "This Is Indeed real lam I" . . What Is she representing 1 ' - Why, afllclllaa peasant girL V' ' What It Ha Shown. From the Detroit Free Press. .' . At least the Insurance Investigation ties shown thst opportunity Is more Inv portent than ability in making personal progress, and that relationship Is oppor J tunny, - v Li SMALL CHANGE The principal business of an A'tneri ran ambassador to England Is to sttsnd banquets and make nics spesenss. Ths city must kesp a grip on Front street - - . 5 .; . -. , .. . . ..v...... : , Tb Russian premier 4s almost at his wits' end. - .'....;,. , . -Prlnes Louie wouldn't llks to com mlt himself as to the question whether the Amerlcsn people are civilised or yet savages. ... - v J ... .... .. e . ' - - Tom Lawson Jiss been sued tor Jlbel, which is just tns inoiaeni 10 cause biro thrills Joy.. "Murphy must go!" reiterates the New York World many times. , And Mc- Clellan with Win. c i .',....,, .m . .".. i The esar Is beginning to reel that a change of climate might b beneficial to him.' Thfl. weather la Russia la severe in ine wimer. . ,, These ar the mornings when a reso lution to get up early Is hard to keep. ' The New York Tribune admits that Ivins wasn't elected. . , ; Only two weeks till turkey day.' ' " e e Mayor McClellan mother is very sure that be has made and will meka a very nice, good mayor. And nobody doubts or deslrea to .doubt that Mrs, McClellan thinks so. e A Chlesgo priest argues that pedes trians are Justmed In killing autolsts who are reckless of life and limb, and a great multitude will say amen. -. .- - v ..i-.' . - e - - Having it "In for" soma' of his late fellow gratters, Jimmy Hyde la dis posed to tell quite a lot. of truth. '.The aides, of Jhe ;. Portland harbor must not bo dug. out that's flat, Where's Mary McLaneT She might go and bug that statue of Satan that a Detroit men baa erected. And Senator Seed Smoot, as a boas, was also punctured. ' - - , e 'e.,' Chairman Wank C. Baker's "attention was called" to something In the As torlan. We are pleased to know that Mr. Baker thus had the opportunity to peruse something-In ao good a paper as the Astoria n. ...... - v '' . . - ' - New York Xlfe Is too gay for "Mis- souri. , - ' v ; .... e . e . . . . Mr. Brysn'g Commoner remarks that "the wonder la not that Oregon has sentenced a eongressmsn- to Jail, but that about'St other-stater-haveir't--done the same thing several tunas." . . , OREGON SIDELIGHTS ' Kerby.. tho old pioneer mining town. that has held Its own and no more In tho 4S years' sine It ceaaed to be a booming mining camp, has taken on new life and la growing this year In' a manner that gives the assurance that it will, become one of ths most pros-, peroue towns In Southern' Oregon. -'. ." ' ';'''.'.''';' ...... -' "' !.-'. - Hardman expects a railroad. ' . . . . . -..", A Lincoln county man raised two pump kins, ons weighing 86 and the other 7J pounds. ,'. . ., . 'Much building in Springfield. ' ' '.' e ' ':. , 8. M. Cook, a ploiieer preacher who died In Jefferson, aged it, waa a Methodist minister 7. years. ; -Seeding nearly finished In Umatilla county; acreage about tho same as last year. . ;'.; ' ..' - . . " ,.. ,.. ; . ..... . -, , vi-; . . i- A Umatilla reservation rancher raised 1M0 bushels of Ane . potatoes , without irrigation. . . , :,. . , .; . e ., e Ths recent Greek outbreak at Olendale coat Douglas eounty f 1,150. e '. e r ' Klamath county has been named the sportsman's paradise. " The countless flocks of wild ducks and geese that In- habit 4to-lahes"si nd lUeis. tligtrnestH nahlna- In the world and tho many species of largo game that still, roam over' Its Ahllla and valleys warrant all that the name Implies. The numerous not springs In this eounty will make It a- health re sort, while Its richness In natural scenery will make It an attraction to tourists.. - Cucumbers are being picked near Ash. land. . .'.' . ;. ..' ' Artesian well project being Investigated In Harney valley. ;'.. . .. : . . Farmers' ready for rain. ; " Wallowa. News: So many new settlers have come in this year that there Is a great demand for lumber. Tho present sawmills are unable to till the demand. V. - e " e - ''.'j ; ' Myrtle creek la famous for tomatoes. One man raised. 000 bushels this year. T ., ,' ;" e :: e .... -. Population ot Wallowa county Increas ing rapidly. , ; . , r. . Medford orchardlsta will Irrigate. ' ' e , e . . .Roseburg has good factory sites. u. - Jv e e .'. ,-. ,;; f Prlnevllle U building up substantially.! Pendleton Tribune: Rain at thgfWht time Is a habit of "Umatilla county climate.- A dry summer until every bead of wheat was threshed, then copious rains to prepare .summer fallow for fall sow ing. ' Could snythtng more bo deal red? Next year's crop prospects are already good. ... , - -h Cecil. - Morrow'', county, , needs a creamery. . ...... 1. ... A large olltank will be built at Junction Clty,,..-.- - ... '-. . .... -.. - e e ; - " ' Eleven schooners and a steamer were taking on lumber at Coos Bay the past week. . - . . .. . Rand and Chinese. . From the East Rand Express. We do not like the Chinese, but we like ruin still less.' The district has advanced by leaps and bounds since the srrlvsl of the yellow man, the popula tion has doubled snd trade never' been so good. HundrffcJs of whites have se cured employment as the direct result of the arrival of it he Chinese, and many mines which hitherto could hVlt be worked have started development . ,- , . LETTERS FROM TE - PEOPLE rraotioaX Aavloo oa Sehoot kaaaa. Lafayette. Or, Nov. . To the Editor 6f 'The Journal It la sUted In your paper that ths state land board Issued deeds to le.SOO acres of state lands on fraudulent applications, i As the law now stands, limiting tho purchase of state lands to one individual to one quarter or one half section, such deeds ought not to have, been issued in diocbs of S.ooo acres and more to the same party, and I am pleased to see that our governor did not agree with the othr members of the board, ir tne inienuon of thi state In selling its lands is to get settlers on them, It surely la wrong to sell them as has been done, according to this last decision. But, to my unaer-atandlne-. the state land laws are very wrong and stupid. v The state has re ceived the lands to furnish , a fund to assist tho district schools, as well as tho higher schools, and It seems to me tho duty of the legislature, as well as tho land board, "to sell these lands t tho highest possible price. - Other states htv, nut a nremium. price on state lands, which was tl in Washington d laced on it shortly after the territory became a state. Minnesota used tb have a minimum Dries of ti psr acre, with s 15 . per . cent cash paymsnt down. . the bslanee payabut after ZS years, nm s 7 ter cent. -afterward C per cent and now 4 per cent on deferred payments. ' In recent years the unsold state lands have been reappraised and the selling price has frequently been raised.- Every year sales of state lands naveineen neia in counties of ths state, whore there was a demand for these lands, and they nave then been sold after duo advartlsing to the highest bidder, bringing mostly eoni slderably more than the minimum price or .appraleed value. Where no ocman.i exlated the stste waited until Increase! copulation would cause a demand .and tho hinds could be aoia proniaoiy. Where the state owned timber lands. such -timber waa appraised and sold to the lumbermen, also st puoilo sale, very hiaV prices being sometimes obtained. Mineral "lands-tir Mtnntnota; of which there are many, containing mostly Iron ore, were sold on a royalty for every ton mined, being mostly la cents a ton. bringing In large " sums. - Tho money which became' available waa loaned as much as possible to school districts. Incorporated cities and counties, - on a certain percentage of tho assessed val uation. It is now tho universal rule of tho country school districts tn Minne sota. ' If they want to build a school house, Improve one, or need money. for other purposes, ' to apply to the state school funds - for the money . needed. Thus a' largo sum has accumulated, and tho Interest therefrom is distributed to each school district of the state, ac cording to the number of school children and amount of days they go to school. Thus far In Minnesota. - - ' I North -and Boath Iakola have pot n minimum valuation on their school lsnds of 10 and are no doubt also acquiring large school funds, and are leasing their unsold lands to adjoining settlors where possible. .; . . v . , ... - mow, where is Oregon, wltn its pe culiar land laws.v-whloh seem to have been made only to benefit the few, not the many ?What did It get for Its mag nificent resources In ttmberT What an enormous sum would tho state get or have gotten for Its timber if It hai w-iited until tho proper time camel - As I , understand . It, most every . acre has been sold for $1.25 per acre, and It is only recently that that price has been raised to 13.10. And this state boasts of ths best fruit lands,, the finest tlm bar. and . a climate unsurpassed in this country, excepting parts of California. Thus It appears to me to be .'ilgh time that tho state mends Its ways and try to get tho most out 6t the remaining lands In using business methods in dis posing . of them. : H. W. KOCH. OivU gervioe Appointments. Portland. Nov. IS. To the Editor of The Journal The question of civil service appointments having been opened for dlsousslon bya local newspaper, we presume thst every good cltlsen Is as much Interested In the proper applica tion of, that law as every other cltlsen. or the said newspaper. Wo therefore drop a few lines and hope that they will be appreciated tn the spirit in which given, that of fairness and publlo wel fare. ....' Not every person who believes In elvll service knows tho real motive or rather the cause which prompted President Orant to promulgate the rules through his commission in 1171, and which went into effect January 1, 1871. The writer Veiilv belleVes that Judre Williams and Tthoselnstrumentai Tii enacting IhlsTbcaJtTecorntsed 1 by " tBgaefecUve as "stolen law In this city had before them Gen eral Grant's purpose and plan, only on a smallsr scale. . Many questions are discussed in tho local as well aa the national law affecting tho qualifications of the commissioners, but when it cornea to the question-' of the service to be reached or affected by the law. It seems that the efficiency of the service is ths whole question of Importance. It Is also well known that only such offices as are mentioned tn such law are gov erned by it, thai new off tees must be Included by amendment. But as to' the purpose, it In true that one aim was to place and keep certain positions out of politics and make them competitive. but thla Is seconds ry, merit being the true measure governing the appoint ments. -Where special services are re quired, and technical - knowledge de manded, the spirit of no law would be violated If the service were supplied by competitive testa by application and ex amination, by persons qualified to per form such service, no matter, where they lived. There Is but small chance or danger of political Jobbery!: when the appointees and appointors are strangers and are supplied only -.by competitive tests. . For instance Our present chief of f Jre department Is 'competent and may' hold his office as long as he desires, but suppose he should die ana nis orrico wss to ot filled under the elvll service commission, would it be improper or wrong to have the place filled after a competitive test by applicants All must acknowledge that the fire department requires expert knowledge to battle conflagrations as successfully ss Dave doee. Would it be wrong to fill such position from the best the land affords after theyhave shown, their qualifications T Manifestly no. The people are entitled to the best the market affords for their money and when one peteon or official la more com. potent - to fill a certain position than another person and ths eompensatlon Is not commensurate with their ability, then tho best man should fill the posi tion, nos matter where ho ha lived, nor how old his parents are, so long aa he la an American cltlsen. The police department requires expert knowledge and eseoutlve abilities and If such can be supplied from cttlssnt outside . the present ' police . force. It should be done even if there bo some toe old members wearing the laca Cap tain Bruin s is a esse In point. He hss technical knowledge and general abilities as a police officer and a f ltnee for the ponltlon which he occupies not recognised , In any other officer on the force before him. ' Portland Is entitled to the beat the country affords, and la rmtain Rruln aha has the beat In slant. or course, older men and selfish ones, too, who are. In the same department will object to this merit system when they are passed or demerlted, but ebov. this greed end selfishness let us all rise, pot because of any political affilia tions, but for a better publlo service snd for a. better, cleaner and greater city. r J. A, MiCAKS. ROOSEVELT CHARMS v THE PRINCE - -.. , ...... y ,,.,. - .- . . Waahlngton Correspondence New Tork 1 - i World. - f - Prince Louis of Battenberg ended his thret-day stay here with a visit to Mount Vernon and a farewell luncheon given him by the president at the White House . . ' ' . - -t . - Before hie departure for Annapolis Prince Louis said to the correspondent Of the London Morning Post; ... - "I have. thoroughly enjoyed my too brief visit to Washington, and I appre ciate highly the courtesy, cordiality and kindness that have been shown us by tbo president, members of the cabinet and of tlcs pf the army and navy. I had long looked forward to knowing the president, and he was good enough to give me that opportunity at dinner at tho White House on Saturday. I was greatly impressed with his strong per sonality, his intellectual strength, his comprehensive knowledge, his democ racy, but at the same time bis dignity. He looks what -be la the masterful ruler of a masterful people determined, cour ageous, bold. - I am only sorry that I cannot see and know more of an ex traordinary aa well as a very charming man. .-: - ' ' ' " - "The simplicity, but at tho same time the dignity, at the White House waa very pleasing. It waa exactly tho bouse and the surroundings that one concelvea to be In keeping with republican Institu tions.' There was never extravagance nor ostentation, but everything was In such quiet1 taste and so perfectly ar ranged that It -waa delightful. - X shall always remember with pleasure my din ner at the Whlte House, and the very Interesting conversation I enjoyed with tbo president. "Now. I should like to see an Ameri can president received by the king , in London. I am sure nothing would grVe greater pleasure to tho British people than to welcome- the -president of the American republic oh British soil. "As a seamaa I was much Impressed with the American' fleet as It lay at anchor off Annapolis. Ita appearance, tho smartness of the officer and the discipline of the men all gavo evidence that .the .vessels, were . In the highest state of efficiency. And equally im pressive was tho review of tho cadets, which showed the thoroughness of their training and the magnificent esprit de corps that prevails there." ,,-.., ' - The prlnca and his party, escorted ny Rear Admiral Evans and half dosen American naval officers, went to Mount Versa on the Dolphin. All of. the party aboard' the Dolphin wore -. citlsena' clothes," this being the first time the prince and his staff have discarded their uniforms. The prince - was shown about , the grounds at Mount Vernon by Superin-. tendent Dodge, and was then taken to Ih tomb of Washington; The prince and the members of his party stood un covered before the tomb. Prince Lou Is asked. If he. might he permitted to take away, with him a euttlng 'of ivy.- and,' permission being of course given, he himself 'snipped off a branch and' handed It to his orderly. -The prince said he would - take It homo with him aa a souvenir of his visit .' - i r ;; k Detectives' Clerer Ruse. K : , V From the Glasgow Mall. . . What is regarded by the police aa the most Important capture on record In the history of Clerken well has Just taken place atlhe premises of a Arm of gold. silver and platinum refiners In Goswell rood. Clerkenwell, London, -X. C, 11 men being arrested aa the outcome of a clever detective ruse. Early In the even ing Detective-Inspector . Kyd of King's Cross, accompanied by several detectives, visited the .premises in Goswell road armed -with warrants and arrested the two prlncipala on a charge of being receivers of stolen property. Tho men were conveyed to the Bbepherdess Walk police station and one of tho detectives at once took charge of the shop and aa aumed the role of asststsnt. Hardly had hs taken- up his position behind the. counter and . his comrades concealed .themselves about the shop than a - man entered and. producing several -gold and silver articles valued at- a. considerable sum. unsuspectingly offered them for sale. The articles were goods" -and, giving the preconcerted sig nal his comrades leaped from tbelr hiding-places and arrested tho man. lie was secured and taken Into the back part ot the shop. The detectives concealed them selves again and waited., -Their patience waa not tried, for in rapid succession ne fewer than eight other men came In and tried to sell goods believed to. have been stolen. - They were arrested one by one and in the evening the 11 captives were brought under escort to the police station. ' Some time later, In the presence of curious crowd, ths police, who hsd "com mandeered" a local provision merchant's van for - the , purpose, removed several thousand pounds' worth of gold and silver plate and other valuables, , which were believed U be the proceeds of many suc cessful burglaries from mansions all ovst the United Kingdom. The two principals In the ease have for some ttme past been suspected of aetlng as receivers of stolen property on a stupendous scale. During the evening the ' police station In Shep herdess Walk waa besieged by persons who atteded at the request of the police for the purpose of Identifying the al leged stolen property. The accused men were brought up at the Clerkenwell police court, wnen rormai eviaence or arrest was given and demand asked for. The alleged receivers carried u business In Ooswell road a purchasers' of a varietv of goods. Among the articles they -advertised their willingness to buy for cash were gold and stiver plate, dental alloy, false teetnV glK lace,' ail? wood and dis used and broken- electric lampa Menellk a Banker. ; ;' ' From the New .Tork Sun. Baring, Magoun at Co. are Inviting subscriptions to tho capital stock of the ftnnk of. Abynelnla, which wss estab lished under a decree of the Khedive of Egypt on May to. The bank will have a praotical monopoly of . all banking business In Abyssinia and will be the government bank. - Emperor Menellk is the honorary president. The eonoesets-n for the new Institution was obtslned from Menellk by tho National Bank of Egypt.. Tb main office will be In Addis- Abeba. - 1 , ...... - Big Price for Cotton Seat. . From the New York Tlmes The lsrgest price ever paid for a seat on the cotton exchange has. been given by E. F. Hutton Co. It 1s tH.OOO. A seat was valued at 115.000 not m.my months sgo, snd at only 1 19.000 a year ago. The next to the last ssst sold brought f 20.000. - v . . . a THE YELLOW PERIL IN THE -RAND - Portland, Nov. 15 To the Editor f -The Journal The Transvaal region, as ' - -we all know, waa the cause of the wkr that was so dlaaatrous to Boer and '.)' Britoii,, causing the Ultlanders to seek a new clime and become more civilised. . Before the war, a Kaffir waa looked down on and fit only to be underground; and going out on the reef of a cold, frosty morning, one could find thoa ,, '' poor, benighted animals sleeping on the frosty ground, getting up before day- break and working like dogs the, rest . of the day, only ceaalng their labor after they were so fagged Out that they could ao longer -wovet.-wt-with l the coming of the Englishmen, and their soft-beartedness, the Kaffir learned""' from tbem that they were a Boer'a 1 equal and also equal to any white man. They cam out of the compound and mines at the first blast of an English bugle and headed into the British lines, telling fale of cruelty, moat of which " were true, and the British received them with open arms. " The Kaffir, before fh English so " Journ in the Transvaal, waa Ignorant,, knowing only two or three words. In -English, and they were: "Thlrty-flv i bob"---or' shillings. , But with an in nat desire to become wealthy, "thirty five bob" looked a big a a gold m!n ' -on the reef, and they worked bard for their IS.7S In American money a month, ' saving nearly all of It, and. when their V savings amounted to -150 or they went to their krael and bought a wife. They then went back and tolled until . they eould buy another,. for the more' wives a' Kaffir bad tho higher wa hi standlna- in hi krael. and If he gave . one to bis chief he became an "adviser" ', br -"headman." vBut h war ended alt Kaffir romance and also Kafrir work. , ; Befor the war, -a Kaffir would walk : In th road and If h waa caught on the sidewalk be was horsewhipped. Now, ther walk on the sidewalks and push a person off, and If on remonstrates with - them, - or - resent sucn treatment. -n r -"Bobby" com along and arresta them . "in tho name1" of the klng." This ba brought th Kaffir to reallsa his equality with the whit man. A whit man on th Rand will not , go underground, and tt baa reached a crisis, ao th next step wss to tntroduc Chines to do th work, and they came without much coercion and would still, be digging and laboring but for th . i brutal ovrer In charg of them. -Many of : the overseer ar Boers or . Australians and neither have anyv lov - -or pity, for'a Chinaman, and aa far as I am concerned. I have no lov for them myself and now because of brutality they are hounding those .who ar th cause of it. . Baden-Powell's famoua South A fries n . constabulary hi unable to cop, with 'the situation. - It 1 because thy do not v, want to. 'Wa eould take our Chinatown . quads out of Nw Tork, an Francisco . and Chicago, and 4n. ryahor tiim e, run th Chines back to. the compounds . or mines, and by showing tho China- . men that brutality would not no tol erated, they would work right along and serve out thelr bondage. - j Every whit man. on hearing ot jo- hanneaburg, or South Africa, ha lllu- slonsor-weatth. gold and dla while not considering that fortune ar net made In an-hour. Such. men dlssatiafled If offered positions as book keeper tr' clerk and leave by the first steamer for noma, tail lac of how It la a "bleed In' fake." ., , . 'tr"? . While I wa at Cap Town, awaiting a steamer for home. I saw posted pn bill boards, "Men wanted on th Cap to Cairo railroad:" Th British South -African company, was paying a bonus of 1100 sterling for men to - act , as guards and stay there-three years, and a great many Americana a re doing guard duty ther now. " Lord Balfour ha a-aeriou problem to contend with at home the labor que, t Ion people ar dissatisfied with eon dltlons, and- ther ar th colonies of fering every Inducement to them mln Ing, agriculture, sheep raising nd ther la a great deal to be don In th- Orang River colony, or Transvaal; so If South Africa will Import her own people who ar suffering for want of work, and furnish vessels for tbem. as they did for th Chinese, they wilt be doing a charitable act and also down th yelow peril. ' SOUTH AFRICA. On Baker' bay. " -.'-v ' '.-'. '-'':.. - Novmbee 11, The morning wa tlear and beautiful. W therefore put out all our baggage to dry and. sent several ot our party to hunt. Our oamp is in full view of the ocean, on th bay laid down by Vancouver, which w dis tinguished by th nam of Haley's bay, from, a trader who visits th Indians her, and I a great favorlt among them, Th meridian' altitude. ot this day gave 4 degrees; It minute and It eoond as tho latitude of .our, camp. Tho wind was strong from the south west, and th waves were very high, yet th Indiana were passing up and down th bay in canoe, and several of them camped near -us. W smoked with them, but after our recent experience of their thievish disposition treated them with caution. Though so much axpoeed to th bad weather, none of the party haa suffered, except one, who ha a violent cold In consequence of sleeping) for sev eral nights In wet leather. The hunters brought In two deer. ' a crane, noma geese and ducks and several brant, three of which (snow geese) were white, . cept a black part of th wing, and much larger than thee) gray brant, which 1 Itself a sis beyond the dack, : LEWIS. AND CLARK ' . . - . - .. .- ' ; A Dotora Perplexhjr.; - ; " From th Weston Leader. , !' "To wed or not to wd, , -t.-v. ' That Is th question; 5 . ':-' Whether 'tis best for mn to suiter Tb ill and-, sorrows for a' lonely ..... u. widower, v .-.. ... .. - Or by espousing, end theni.'-.rr"T'""t Some such soliloquy a this la agltat ' Ing th mind of Dr. J. H. Logan Just ' nbw. ' A reported tn last week's Leader ' he went to Chehalls, Washington, on , ths expense fund provided by the woman - : who wantsd to marry him back In Iowa -. yeara ago., He found that aha I now ti year old, has snow-white hair and no teeth.-- But- h owns II 1,0 worth- af property and would make a husband comfortable for th - remainder of - his ' life, besides giving him 14.000 in cash. ' Well may Dr. Logan ponder. He aays frankly that It. is wrong for a man - -' to wed' a woman undess he love her, . but but and at "this Junctur he re- 7 news his thinking. There are points. In this matrimonial proposition that p ' real to him. The. woman, is yet .a -V ialdn although . an. aged maiden. She wants to marry him. and mlghUh vw not he Justified in making her happy ' although his on and only lov is burled? ' Dr. Logan remains la a brown atndv. , -H talks of going to Oklahoma. If ii does. It Is en ven bet thst he will tsk ' a wife with .. him from Chehalls. He ' declares that If be main be 11 Sever sg sia stt ioot la Wsstoa, . t ft I Hi X it" i
