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-The Heppner Gazette
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1901.
Lit WIS AND CLARK CENTENARY.
Oregon must make preparation for
eelebration in a proper way of the cen
tenary of the expedition of Lewis and
Clark; and Portland must take tbe
',; lead in such preparation, truly says
th Portland Oregon ian.
We have not too much time in which tggfc.,, 0 jmmenseintereat not only
to prepare for this event. . Lewis and , t0 the 8tates of the old Oregon country
Portland must take a first place in
preparations in behalf of Oregon. How
this ia to be done and best done is
I matter for consideration.
Oregon moreover is now a mother o
states and celebration of this great cen
tennial event is a feast in preparation
as well as participation of which we
believe her daughters will be glad to
share. And in view of its national
importance, the United States should
be asked to assist and we think can be
induced to do so. It may be made an
NSW CENTURY TASKS.
Clark tame down the umumoia river
and passed the winter of 1805-6 near
its mouth at, a spot fully identified by
the Historical Society of Oregon. The
Hoot has been marked and it is hoped
the state of Oregon will purchase it
with sufficient body of land in addition
for a public park.
.. Lewi and Clark . were the first
Americans who came across the con
tinent to the Oregon country and the
Pacific ocean. Alexander Mackenzie
twelve years earlier had come from
Canada passing through the continent
and over the mountains lrom Peace
river which flows intr Athabasca lake
and thence discharges its waters
through the Great Slave river and the
Mackenzie into the Arctic ocean. From
the headwaters of Peace river
Mackenzie passed on west to the
.Won,, i which later took the name of
Frsr river and after following this
river for some distance struck directly
' west for the Pacific which he readied
in Jul v 1793. Mackenzie was the first
in An w hn crossed the continent to the
Pacific ocean north of the Spanish
possessions which at that time hud an
' indeterminate northern boundary.
This boundary was fixed afterward at
the forty-second parallel by treaty be
tween the United states and f-pam.
It was not the a.-qnisition of Louisi
ana that secured the Oregon country to
the United States; but the acquisition
of Louisiana was the hastening cause
of the exploration of tho Oregon coun
try and thereforo of the expedition of
Lewis and Cark. Our claim to the
' country rerv upon the right of
Grav's discovery of tho Columbia river
in 1702; but there had been no ex
ploration and the world's knowledge
of tho country was of the most limited
and meager description. Upon the ac
quisition of Louisiana it was perceived
how desirable it was that our people
should obtain knowlodge of tho country
belonging by the usage of nations to
the great river discovered by Captain
Gray. , President Jefferson saw this
perhaps more clearly than any other
man o' rh time. To his prescience of
thti importance of the country, to his
f erception of the necessity of establish
ng our claim npon it we owe tho ex
pedition of Lewis and Clark. On the
results of the expedition of Mackenzie
and of the voyage of Vancouver the
British government was already baaing
a large and general claim to bov
!. ereignty on the Pacific. Jefferson re
solved to start an exploring expedition
overland fom the United States for
the purpose of strengthening the
rights we had acquired through Gray's
' discovery and of anticipating fuither
expeditions and - claims of Great
'Britain. Lewis and Chirk were not
here too soon, for tho English already
had other expeditions in preparation
and their explorers were on the Upper
Columbia, but a little later than the
return of Lnis and Clark from the
month of the stream. Simon Fraser
in 180U-8 followed to the sea the river
that hears his name believing at first
that he was on the Columbia: and an
other Enlishman, David Thompson
' whose name is perpetuated in the wel
' known tributary of the Fraser was tho
first man who explored the upper
' courses of the Columbia which stream
he followed as far down as the mouth
1 of the Lewis or Snake river.
It was out of these conditions that
the controversy tietween the United
States and Great Britain known in our
history as the Oregon question arose.
Neither party ' was in truth able
wholly to exclude the other but it
was the expedition of Lewis and Clark
that guv us the strength of our argu
ment. The talk on our side of 'fifty
four forty or fight" whs merely the cry
of a party; sv rather the insolence of
partisanship for Great. Britain
claims rested on s basis too solid to be
disposed of in this wv; and besides
our claim of "h'ftv-four-forty" rested
merely upon a convention between the
United Stst's nnd Unssia through
which the latter hnd named fifty
fonr-fortv as the southern boundary nf
her American possessions. !ut to this
convention Hrr-nt Britsin was not
partv, and she jutlv declsred that her
rights could not tie concluded through
any negotiation in which she had not
participsted or In whose results she
lisd n-1 promised agreement. The
question therefore was still open as
.. between GreHt Britain and the United
States. Both uontitries had undonbtci
calm. Great (iritaln by recession
of Astoria to the tjniteil States afte
the war of 1812 hud conceded to ns
right in tlie country ; hut. that righ
was undefined. It was the expedition
of Lewis and Clark following Grav
discovery thnt gave us our main hold
Than the slow migration of our trad
ers and settlers to the Oregon country
grudnsllv established American in
fluence here: and finally tho consider
able migration of 184.1 gave Americans
decided preponderance especially in
the country south of tlto Columbia.
But the boundary question drngged
along, the British claiming as far south
' as the Columbia and " claiming as
far north as fifty four forty, till the
Anal settlement in the year UJ40.
- The national importance of the
Lewis and Clark expedition comes out
strongly through examination of the
' subject and t-vt-n i this brief recital.
It was that expedition that enabled
us to follow np the claim based on
discovery of the Columbia river and
nablixl us moreover to anticipate the
English in their further exploration
I and discovery. It enabled us to hold the
country west of the Rockv mountains
nd south of the forty-ninth parallel
to the United Htats. It gave us the
looting that enabled us to negotiate
with Spain for the southern boundrv
of the Oregon country which was fixed
, at the (ortv-second parallel. And as
w were already firmly placed on tho
, ' Pacific coast at the time of tho war
' with Mexico it was one of the direct
sources of our acquisition of California
' by the double method of cotiqeest and
purchase. Thus we have acquired on
the Pacific a vast coast lino; we
have established great, nnd, growing
' states supported hv a cordon of interior
, states from the Mississippi westward:
: we are In position for defense in war
and for defense and aggression In trade:
at o'ir Pacific ports we are nearest of
all the great nations of commerce and
olvilixHtlon tn the trade of tho Orient.
The Lewis ami Clsrk expoditin to
hl"h the grent results so plainly run
hack stands therefore as one of the
leading episode of our national his-
! torv. We must celebrate its centennial
it in
but to the entire United States.
A PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT.
Considered in the abstract, Governor
Roosevelt's Carnegie hall sermon was
sound doctrine. Envy, malice and
covetousneas are ugly vices, but more
odious in men of wealth and leisure
than in men of poverty and stunted op
portunity, and when Mr. Roosevelt re
sorted to concrete application of his
judgment to the poor, his discourse
rang false. It was suggestive of ihe
"pious" twang with which sleek and
luxurious chan!ains have always been
wont to harangue tho poor in times of
popular distress and discontent.
A recent address by former Mayor
Ahram S. Hewitt of New York has a
truer ring. It was an eloquent plea for
the poor, urging that great wealth in
volves great responsibilities and duties,
Mr. Hewitt said :
"Since 1840 our national wealth has
increased five times as fast as our
nnnnlntion. Who shall sav that with
that wonderful increase in wealth
there is not means in abundance to re'
move all the misery and all the evil
conditions among tho humble classes
which at present are stains and sores
on our body politic?
"Tho advance of industry which h
brought us this wealth beyond the
wildest dreams of avarice has also
brought on conditions which make it
an absolute impossibility for some
people to live decent, respectable
lives.
"The rich have not even begun to do
what thev ought to do. Men that
almost worship for their generosity
nnd solicitude for those that have less
are not giving in proportion to their
woalth tho half that was given by
their families a generation ago.
"Have wo tho right to take all this
wealth and do nothing to correct tbe
ovi s created in its production; an
you accept these millions and shut
vour eves to the evils which weave
themselves about the producers
"Can anv one he content with sucn
conditions? Good God! Is this the
end to which we have been working
all these centuries? For heavens sake,
is this the result of our industrial de
velopment, and must our prosperity as
a nation be purchased at such a stag
gering price?
"II tiiene terrioie tenements, ineee
overcrowded districts, these dark and
foul dwelling places and all tbe attend
ing miseries must go with industry,
then I would to God that every indus
trial center could be destroyed, as were
Sodom and Gomorrah of old, and men
driven baok to the land where they
can at loast have tho breezes and the
green grass and the sunshine and the
blue of heaven to look up to.
Is this an overwrought picture? We
think not. It is the hard, terrible
truth, and wnen set against it, Mr
Roosevelt's stilted lecture strikes as
drseord. 1
It our moral leaden must eneak o
the poor man's envy. let their word
be as pistol shots; hut let them speak
in tho rolling tones of thunder to the
groedy, grasping, scheming men
multi-millions, wno covet the scant
earnings and scantier savings of the
country's toilers.
At such a time, in the solemn sun
rise of another century, men's minds
and hearts are peculiarly adapted for
the reception of profound moral truths.
Ibis is the "psychological moment,"
when civilization gathers itself for the
ascent of higher realms. It is wished
that from every pulpit in America there
might he reached next Sunday sermons
pulsing with the spirit oi mr.
Hewitt's address. Spokosinau-Reviow.
to grow
lution"
by evolution and not by revo
TO THE POORHOUSE.
Tha Predicament of a Farmer Citizen of
Grant County.
Herman Worcester, aged 73 years,
has just becomo an inmate of the Mult
nomah county poorhonse. Ho had no
other placo to go in his old age. Mr.
Worcester settled in Grant county,
Eastern Oregon, where he obtained a
fair start years ago. Ho worked hard,
it is said, nnd when he came to Port
land in 1881 ho was independent, and
had an opportunity to profit by the
speculations in booming real estate.
He handled his savings cautiously and
placet several hundred dollars in the
Portland Savings bank, where ha sup
posed that it would always be sate.
Hut tho upheaval of the unnatural
conditions in the new community
came, and his savings, like ninny
others, wcro swept away. He never
recovered enough to pay for u month's
kooping. Tiie reflection that he was
among the old-timers and that the
chances of fortune went against him
tho most dismal portion of the old
man's lot. Ho has a brother whose
whereabouts are unknown.
Great Tasks for the New Century"
are outlined in the World's Work for
anuary. In these undertakings in the
United .States, in Europe, Asia and
Africa, the trade routes of the world
will be changed, and a new direction
given to social and political develop
ment which will profoundly affect
ivilization.
First in importance is the isthmian
canal across Nicaragua. Public senti
ment ls.unanimous in its tavor, money
aud plans are ready, and it is prob
able thattne nrsyear oi me new cen
tury will witness the beginning of the
greatest engineering task of the age.
The canal will be iuu.ui mnes long
and enable the largest vessels to pass
from Atlantic to Pacific and ascend and
descend a continental divide over 100
feet in height.
Other American undertakings will
open tbe great lakes to the Gulf of St.
Lawrence and the sea to the Hudson
river and New York.to the Mississippi
and the gulf; thus enabling Buffalo,
Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and
Duluth to ship unbroken cargoes by way
of the St. Lawrence, the Hudson and
the Mississippi. the sea.
Another curious water way is an in
land Atantic coast passage from Boston
to Galveston. Texas, and the Rio
Gnnde river, which forms our Mexi
can boundary. A series of canals be-
fins at Boston, cuts across the state to
uanton river and Narragansctt bay,
with an inside passage as far south as
Chesapeake bay. Interior channels
ohviate the necessity of coasting vessels
rounding dangerous (Jape Hatteras; the
Dismal Swamp is to be widened and
deepened; a ship canal cuts Florida;
Louisiana swamps ana uayuus are
dredged, short channels supply the
breaks in tne lexan miem uu me
Mexican boundary is gained. By
means of this system the United States
will have the greatest stretch of pro
tected water in the world, a powerful
stimulus to trade in times of peace,
and of untold value in war, when
small war ships and entire fleets of
tornedo boats could pass irom norinern
waters to the gulf without going out
side at all. , .
In England a new 28-toot canal ib
projected between Southampton and
London. France plans a canal con
ner.timr the Atlantic with the Mediter
ranean hv ioinintr the headwaters of
J j . i
the Loiro and the Rhone aud by
deepening the channels of these Titers,
I fi .1 . . a .1,.. Allaniin twnan
wmcn now miu mo iinauv v......
and the Mediterranean sea. This
canal will be wide and deep enough
to float ships of war and the largest
merchantmen. The voyago irom me
west to tho east and southern coast of
France would be shortened by 1000
miles.. England's control over the
Mediterranean, which had been as
sured by the possession of the fortress
of Gibraltar, would bo broken by
this new interior water way.
German has designed a syttem oi
commercial canals connecting all parts
of the interior of the empire. The
Kiel canal was primarily a strategic
work, but the new canal from L,auen
burg on the Elbe to Lubeck on the
Trave is for commercial convenience.
Russia is far ahead of ner neighbors
in her schemes. A 29-foot ship canal
is to connect Riga and St. Petersburg
on the Baltic with Odessa on the Black
sea. A second artificial channel of
equal depth will join the Black and
Caspian seas. The importance of these
water ways commercially and politi
cally to Russia will be of inestimable
benefit. Henry Norman has aptly
termed the trans-Siberian railway
"the greatest material undertaking the
world has Been since the building of tho
great wall of China." But Russia has
already in mind another railway line
leading directly from her trans-Caspian
possessions through tho heart of
Persia, giving her a port on the
Persian gulf, and still anotnor nno is
projected lrom the Caucasus west
ward to Constantinople, while a third
is to connect Mew in Central Asia
with Herat for Kandahar and the
Arabian sea.
Geat Britain, quick to recognize the
significance of Russia's moves, en
deavors to offset them by an all-British
railway to China from the Mediter
ranean to the Yang-tse. British fore
sight in the person of Cecil J. Rhodes
purposes to build tho (Jape-to-airo
railway 6000 miles long froai end to
end of Africa. France, not to be out
done, is interested in a scheme to con
struct a trans-Saharan load, which
would enable the French army to
travel in a fortnight from Algiers to
the uttermost limits of trench posses
sions in Africa.
Tho execution of most of these great
enterprises is either in .the hands of
the Anglo-Saxon or those of the Russians.
AMONG TBE MAGAZINES.
"Great Achievements 'in Modern
Bridge Building." by Frank W. Skin
ner, associate editor of the Engineer
! ing Record, appears in McOlure's
magazine lor January. vnne one oi
the oldeet of the "engineering arts,
bridge building is one of the newest
in the principles and methods which
it follows today. Modern methods of
construction developed with the first
metal truss bridge, which was put up
about 1840. llauy of the great bridges
of tho world have been built within
the last quarter of a century. In 1803
a bridge with a span of 320 feet
was thrown across tho Ohio river.
It was a remarkable feat at the time,
yet today a single span 1710 feet in
actual construction haB been extended
and a number of bridges have been
designed by ablo builders that have a
span of nearly auuu ieei.
During a single liietime uie an
of bridge building has attained to a
poriection anu a iiuai einuumu, dj,o
Mr.. Skinner, that is comparaoie who
the progress of architecture through
all tho centuries since the time of the
pyramid builders. It has reached a
point, however, where it musi await
the invention of some new material to
afford it scope for any marked advance.
Improvement in the manufacture of
steel is a great factor in the exten
sion of this branch of construction.
Other materials have been used, but
stone bridges have never extended to
spans oi more than zou ieei. vvooaen
bridges above 200 feet in length and
those of combined wood and iron have
not exceeded 300 feet. Cost is rather
to be a factor in limiting bridge spans
than mechanical difficulties. Steel
has no competitor as a material for
great bridges at the present day, and
even with steel the cost of construction
increases approximately with the
square of the increase of the span.
Every bridge is a problem by itself.
Each span is a separate engineering
feat. In a popular way the writer ex
plains some of the difficulties to be
overcome and the problems to be
solved by the coraputor of the plana
and the builder of a bridge A graphic
account is given of rearing the super
structure in the face of wnids and floods.
Thrilling hair-breadth escapes of
workmen recorded, and the story of the
four great bridges at Niagara, is told,
all by means of anecdote and well
selected illustrations.
The famous Forth bridge in Scotland
boasts of two 1700-foot cantilevers,
which are the longest trussed spans
in the world. This gigantic structure
weighs over 300,000,000 pounds, was
seven voars in building, cost $16,000,-
000 anil scores of human lives. The
workmen are interesting factors in
modern bridge building, and their
faithfulness, endurance and daring are
of an heroic order. Only in late years
has the great. increaso in construction
caused it to become a specialized call
ing, the men being trained to this
particular occupation, and they, as
well as the designers of the structures,
are entitled to high rank as engineers.
Nearly all the workmen employed in
replacing the Niagara suspension bridge
were floating mechanics and laborers
unacquainted with bridge work, yet
they did tho work well, so perfectly
was it planned and so skillfully di
rected.
William II. at home, as a man in
privato lite, ana nis personal interest
GENERAL NEWS.
Admiral Dewey is confined to hio
home in Washington by an attack of
la grippe.
A bill maki.ng kidnapping a capital
offense has been introduced in the leg
islature in Tennessee.
There is a famine in the province of;
Shanei, China, and it is said five
million people are starving.
A resolution was adopted by the
Missouri house of representatives
memorializing cnngrens to allow the
Filipinos to establish a government of
their own.
General MauArlhtir reports the sur
render of Delgado, commander in
chief of Iloilo province, Panay. He
also reports that other important sur
renders are expected during the next
few days.
On Tuesday a bill granting a pension
of $50 a month to Horatio N. Davis,
father of the late Senator Davis of
Minnesota, passed the senate. Mr.
Davis was a captain in the commissary
department.
The state department will be called
upon to act in the Neelcy case. Under
the law the warrant of extradition
must be issued by tho secretary of state
when he is satisfied of the sufficiency
of tho application.
A fine stick of Oregon pine 115 feet
long, has arrived at Lawley's yacht
yard in Boston. In a finished state it
will be the main boom of tho Lawson
yacht, one of the boats building to
compete for the America's cup.
, The interests in control of the New
York Central have under consideration
a plan of merging the Big Four rail
road into the New York Central sys
tem. The ownership of the Big Four
is vested absolutely in the Vauder
bilts.
A Cincinnati paper received replies
from 27 governors in regsrd to prize
fighting, and only one the governor of
Nevada states that he would anow tne
Jeffries-Ruhlin fight in his state if it
can not be pulled off in Cincinnati on
February 15.
Scott Wilke, who served in the lower
house of congress two terms, begin
ning with 188H, and who was assis
tant controller of the currency during
President Cleveland's last term, is
dving at his honm near Hurry, Pike
county, III.
William l Fishback died at lus
home at Indianapolis Tuesday. He was
one of the best known lawyers in the
Middle West, and had been prominent
in the affairs of Indiana tor halt a.
century. In 1861 he became the law
partner of ex-Presiaent Uenjamin
Harrison.
James Maloney, a well known
Chicago sporting man was killed at
Manila by an Australian prizefighter.
The murderer then committed suicide.
Both had fallen in love with the same
girl. Maloney s wne and tnree cnua-
ren at Ohicago are leit penniless.
After a protracted series of experi
ments, a Chicago physician is said to
have succeeded in perfecting a method
by .which human bodies may bo
cremated with the use of liquid air, at
a cost which is nominal in comparison
with the present expensive methods.
The confederate veteran camp, of
New York, will hold its 11th annual
dinner in honor of tho memory of
Robert K. Lee at the Waldorf-Astoria
January 18. Bishop Thomas U. Dud
ley, of Kentucky, will respond to tbe
toast. "The Memory of Kobert E.
Leo."
Congressman -Frank Clark died at p PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEWS, i '
bin home at Peterkboro, N. H., Wed-: '
nesday night, of quick consumption. Ex-Governor J. W. Leedy, of Kan
William Woolsey, a Maryland j fas, the last fusionist governor, is now
died and eft 150.000 a resident or Seattle.
MAO MOOSE RAIDS A TOWN.
Crazed Animal Injures Man and Kills
Cattle at Farrlf, Minn.
One man probably fatally injured,
three dogs and two cows killud and suv
tirai hundred dollars' worth ot prop
erty destroyed is toe result oi tho visit
of a crazy moose to the little town of
Farris, four miles from Cass Lake,
Minn., on ew l ear s dav. The am
mal appeared in tbe streets about noon
and charged directly at a little knot of
men standing In front of the only store
in town. Every one made a rush for
safety, John Olson failed to escape and
was bo severely tramped by the moose
that ho will probably die. After leav
ing tho man tho animal turned his at
tention to a lot of dogs that were at
tacking him and rapidly killed three
of their number, his sharp hoofs cut
ting them almost to pieces.
By this time several rifles had been
turned upon the mad animal aud manv
bullets found a lodging place in his
body, These seemed but to increase
the aimer of the brute, and he started
on a general raid. Two cows walking
along the street attracted his attention
and he attacked them, killing both in
short order. After the brute had
smashed things generally ho was
killed.
"A Wonderful teat of Advonture" is
also described in the January number
of the World's Work. A young bng
lishman, Ewart Scott Grogan, has
mado a journey the whole length of
Africa from the cape to Cairo. With
a friend, Arthur Henry Sharp, he
landed at Beira, tho port of Rhodesia,
ostensibly on a big game expedition.
Both wisely kept silent concerning
their secret purpose. Eighteen months
afterward Mr. Grogan sot foot on the
platform of the railway station at
Cairo.
Half the distance he had come
alone, Ins friend turning back when
tho deadlv Dinka swamps were
reached. Mr. Grogan followed tho
line of the projected railway to a cer
tain degree. His only guide was a com
pass, and tho worst foe he met the
awful masquito of the Dinka swamps.
Two of his negroes were litorally bitten
to death and sucked dry by them.
This traveler has brought back a vast
amount of scientific information
which he publishing in book form.
Sauerkraut For the Army.
A large quantity of sauerkraut will
purchased for the army in the
Philippines. Bids were received by
Major W. L. Alexander, purchasing
oimmissary officer of the department
of the lakes, on IWemher 20. for sun-
plying troops stationed in and about ' on its way and western ideas displac
Aiaiiiia with .'o.ixiu gallons ot saner
kraut, and it will 1 shipped from
Poutney Bigelow gives the renders
o! the New -Year's Harper's monthly
a peep into "My Japan," which be
says has just enough of the original
flavor left to satisfy the most jaded of
tourists. The sketch has a personal
tone, being tho result of his experi
ences, while visiitng his triend.
Kotaka, in Tokyo. Kotaka, who had
lieen educated in America, was a
grandee of Japan, a governor of one of
the great ports and ranked high in the
peerage. lie dressed as for
"Piccadilly" and his drawing-room
contained European furniture, but
Kotaka's wife was a remnant of old
Japan.
"She floated into the room like a
feathery whiff from a magical screen
or fan. There was no European
nonsense about her. I cannot tell
what she wore, but the general im
pression was one of exquisitely dainty
hands, nose, ears, mouth and chin";
eyes of infinite capacity, a gorgeous
broad sash and a single long silk gar
ment, open at the throat and of a
color suggesting th xqnistte Hteel
shades of the sky before a typhoon.
Like others who have iione before
in the colonies and commerce of the
nation, and its art and schemes for
education, ia the gist of a paper on
"The Kaiser as Seen in Germany,"
by Ray Stannard Baker, in the same
magazine. This writer finds that
American ideas of the Gorman emperor
are curiously colored by the influence
of comic papers. In fact, he ia not a
large man, neither tall nor broad in
tho shoulders, but it seems to be the
natural bent of the human mind to
aHEOciate majesty with physical
bigness. "And William, who' knows
the psychology of royalty to the
seventh shading, has built high on
this feeling."
Photographers state that when ar
ranging for groups the kaiser always
manages to have his pictures taken so
that he looms up in impressive dignity
above all the others. Even in smaller
pictures of tho cabinet size the camera
has been moved so close that Ihe
kaiser's face nearly fills tbe plate,
giving an impression of extraordinary
hugeness One thing the photographs
fail to record is a singular sternness of
the face in repose.
"Square, iron jaws, thin, firm lips,
a certain sharpness and leanness of
visage, a penetrating eye, all speak of
invincible determination, pride and
dignity. Indeed, herein lies the force
of personal majesty, for William, how
ever much one mav smile at his
passion for roval display, has many
of those splendid attributes of char
acter which would . make a man great
in any sphere of life. ihe
kaiser is ies a great king and more a
great man. I tie longer one remains in
Germany, and the more be learns of
William and his extraordinary ac
tivity, the deeper grows this im
nression."
Not long ago an American scientist
attended a reception given by the
kaiser in tho roval palace, in which
William appeared in robes of royalty,
preceded by chamberlains bearing the
crown and insignia. Afterward the
professor is said to have remarked
"I am a republican to the backbone,
but 1 heliove that if monarchs are nec
essary they should be monarchs to the
last bit of gold lace, just as William is
kaiser." The story was repeated to
the kaiser, who laughed heartily, s.V'
ing; "That is exactly what I believe,
Dom Pedro ot Brazil illustrated the
folly of trving to be a republican on
the throne."
His people criticise him for talking
too much. He expresses his senti
ments too frankly to suit the cautious
type of German "diplomacy. War any
where in the world excites him greatly
He cares nothing for social functions
unless they have some specific purpose,
II s navv and his desiro for commer
cial expansion are his greatest in
tnrests.
Express companies may fall into the
hands of the rid road financial powers.
third class trooper
per day.
Count
much in
airship,
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and
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Lin-
Mr.
"The World of Graft," or the realm
of the criminal, by Joslah Flynt and
Francis Walton, is represented by the
hrst of a series of papers which will
appear in McClnre'a during the year.
"The Revenge of the Four" is told as
a true story of the relations between
politics and ptunder, and Is illustrated
with drawings from studies of types
in the rogues' gallery. If a true story
from the "under world," it is , but
another proof that truth is as strange
if not stranger than dime-novel fic
tion. No doubt onnsnal interest will be
aroused in the criminal classes by
revelations such aa these, as the editor
says, but it is questionable- if they
educate the public taste for a higher
Mr. Biaolow felt tho fascination of ; prade of rtNdinvr., if they do not sow
uapnn. i n trmininuu periuti is well
ing many native customs, so he
serves, and "when we, therefore,
ob
de-
( loon, ami rnlohrntH it in h manner
and on a oomm-nsnrate with its ', Chicago. With it will be sent 150,000 j plore the fading away of old Japan, it
national and fii-forical iniortnce. I two pounds cans of roast Wef, ti0,lM:l ' may be a consideration to reflect that
Oregon of course, must take the lead in i pounds of bacon and (12,600 pound of in the fields of painting, music and the
the preparation for this event andjliain. 'drama, at least, the Jap is prepared
dime-novel mischief in the form of
so-called studies in sociology. Mr.
Flynt promises to make public the
criminal's side of how crime might be
suppressed which he incidentally
gained from original sources, Th
sooner the law-abiding classes gain
this Bwrot the better.
Preliminary steps toward such an ob
ject are said to have been taken under
the guidance of J. P. Morgan, James
J. Hill and others who are fighting
prominently in tho recently reported
railway deals.
As a portent to tho forced resigna
tion of Prof. George E. Howard, bend
of the department of history in Loland
Stanford, Jr. university, the resigna
tions of Prof. W. II. Hudson, of the
Knglish department, and of Prof. C.
N. Little, of tho mathematics depart
ment, were tendered Tuesday.
Announcement was made in Wall
street Saturday of the authorization
by the kingdom of Saxony of a new 3
per cent loan for 80,000,000. It is ex
nected that subscriptions toward this
loan will be received in New York in
much the same manner as. in tho case
of the Bavarian loan offered last week.
Thousands of people visited the im
mense oil well near Beaumont, Texas,
on Sunday. The Sabine & East Texas
railroad ran passenger trains to and
from the well every two hours So
far the flow of oil has not been gotten
under control. It is estimated thnt
00,000 barrels of oil has been wasted
on the prairio.
Mrs. Lulu Prince-Kennedv, who shot
and killed her husband, Philip H.
Kennedy, on Thursday evening, two
days after he brought suit to have their
marriage, which lie asserted had been
forced, set aside, has been bound over
to the grand jury, at Kansas (Jity,
with a recommendation that she bo
held for murder in the first degref.
Eliiah W. Blaisdell, one of
founders of the republican party,
who is said to have been tho hrst
to propose the name of Abraham
coin for the presidency, is dead.
Blaisdell had been a resident of Rock
ford, 111., for 47 years and during the
time was newspaper publisher, author,
lawyer, real eftate dealer and politi
cian. Louis Currier, at Albany, N. Y.,
cut his wife's throat with a razor,
crushed the skull of his 12 year-old
son with a baseball bat, then blew his
brains out with a revolver. The only
indefinite thing about the item is as
to whether he nsed a high-priced
wagon tongue, baseb&ll bat or just an
ordinary one, painted yellow, witn
black and green stripes.
Oriental advices state that the
Chinese viceroys of the southern prov
inces are paying American, English
and French indemnities for destroyed
mission property. The French have
received $275,000 for the burning of
Catholic missions in the Canton pre
fecture. Tho claims are being paid
with money raised by special assess
ments on rich gontry and the releasing
of gambling monopolies.
The recent retirement of Professor
Ross from the Stanford university is
now followed by tho resignation of j
Professor Howard, the head of the de
partment pf literature. It will bo re
called that daring the Ros incident!
Professor Howard took a strong stand
in Ross' behalf, asserting his dismissal
was duo to corporate influence. Pres
sure was brought to bear upon him
and he handed in his resignation. i
Copies of general orders from thej
Philippines received at Washington)
cbow that a large number of native!
Filipinos hae been convicted of mur-1
der and other crimes and sentenced to j
be hanged or to long terms of im-1
prisonment. In one case the accused ;
belouged to an orstanixed mob which, t
under the name ot ijuaruia ae iionor, gom)ern part
nau lor lis ciei'iarmi iiiieuuuii mu mm- ;
der of peaeefnl and unoffending vic
tims if found necessary to gratify
either a desire for revenge or a feeling
of envy against the rich. I
farmer, has nmt
to his county to Iniild good roads with, j
A barge with thirty men loading steel
Friday at , the Carnegie works, near
Pittsburg, colhipaKed and eeven men
were drowned.
The taking of tho Canadian census
will begin Monday,' April 1. All per
sons living at midnight,1 March .31,
will be conn ted.
The Wisconsin university law school,
which was closed on account of a
stnnllpox scare, was thoroughly fumi
gated and reopened Friday.
The mail from Deraarara brings a
report ot large nnds oi diamonds in tne
interior ot British (Jumna. A company
has been formed in England to work
the claims.
Kirk B. Armour, nephew of the late
Philip D. Armour, and head of the
Armour interests in Kansas City, is
critically ill at his home with pneu
monia in Kansas Uity. ,
John B. J. Lang, believed to have
been the oldest Free Mason ' in tho
United States died in Chicago Wed
nesday aged 100. Lang joined tho
order in Scotland in 1820. 1
Faced by tho prospect of total blind
ness and told she was beyond all
medical help, Margaret Donovan,', 26
years old, who resided, with her aunt,
Mrs. Mary Donovan in Chicago, com
mitted suicide Friday.
Kansas City physicians carrying on
tho crusado for" compulsory vac
cination begun recently, on Thurs
day began a house to house can
vass, vaccinating every ono who could
not display a good scar. .
Senator Daniels amendment, allow
ing volunteer officers the grade of cap
lain as well as those of first and 6econd
lieutenants, was adopted by tho senate
Thursday to the surprise of the war
department, who opposed it.
Tho army canteen is to be abolished.
The senate by a very decisive vote,
concurred in tile house provision rela
tive to the army ennteen. Only 15
votes could be mustered in opposition
while 34 were cast in favor of it.
" There is dismay in the camps of the
rival candidates for the fenntorliip in
Minnesota over a petition circulated
among the members ai-kinz them to
pledge tnemselvcs to vote for James J.
Hill, president of tho Gnat Northern
road., . . ' V ; ,
Director of the Mint George Roberts
in his annual report shows that the
coinage of the paet ' year was in excess
of any previous year in the history of
the service, aggregating f 141,351,n0, as
compared with $136,855,676 in the last
fiscal year.
The London Daily Mail publishes
a two column article, signed by Mark
Hanna, discussing the aspects of the
merchant shipping in tho United
States and giving his reasons for sup
porting the bill now before the United
States senate.
The Boursen Courier denies the state
ment in a dispatch from New York
that Germany is trving' to place a
loan of 600,000,000 markii in New York
and London, and also denieR that a
part of the Bavarian railroad loan will
uo placed in those cities.
Through rates ftom the twin cities
to the coast have been cut by the
Northern Pacific, Soo Pacific nnd Great
Northern. Tho north coast rate on 30
day transportation was cut from $60
to $50; between eastern terminals and
Spokane it was reduced from $50 to
$42.50.
Mrs. Mackey has paid 20,000 francs
arrears of taxes sinco I89S to save from
sale by the government the church of
St. Joseph, on the Avenue Hocho,
Paris, tho PaHSsionate : fathers and
chaplains having appealed to Ameri
can and British .capitalists for assis
tance. Mrs. Mackey is tho wife of Jqhn
W. Mackey, of Bonanza mine tame.
It is announced that tho Canadian
department of militia has completed
arrangements for recruiting 1000 men
for Baden-Powell's constabulary in
South Africa. Tho men will be paid
from the time of enrollment in this
country. The term of enlistment will,
bo for three years 'and the pay of a
Airship Possibilities
Zeppelin has , accomplished
the way of constructing on
but it is quite probable the
credit of solvjng the problems of aerial
navigation may be gained by this conn
try instead of Geimanj-, for according
to recent reports Professor Langley hag
a ship which he claims can carry six
men and travel at the rate of 100 miles
an hour. He is now waiting for some
one to turnish him with the money to
perfect it, and it is not likely he will
have to wait long, for good authorities
consider his machine much more prac
ticable than that of Zeppelin. The
race is evidently close, and 'tho end
may be reached much sooner than is
now expected. ,
The Marion county tax levy for 1900
is 16.3 mills. No sheep or scalp .
bounty tax was levied.
A $50,000 fire occurred at Dawson,
Alaska, on the 6th inst. It started in a
building occupied by Cribbs and
Rogers.
It is rumored that C. S. Miller has
made a rich strike at his Captain
Martin mine, on Granite creek, about
five miles north of Granite.
General Manager George J. Mohler,
of the Columbia Southern, has tendered
President Lytle his resignation, to'
take a better position with another
transportation company.
Quite, a demand is being made by
taxpayers in Lane county for an
amendment to the present laws regard
ing the collection of taxes, making the
taxes payuble in two installments. ,
Ed Turk, of Sumpter, has given
$1000 bonds at Canyon City for appear
ance before tho circuit court. He is
charged with embezzlement of $2575.84
belonging to Ah Yow, a Chinaman.
The foreign wheat shipments from
Tacoma for the first two weeks in Jan
uary aggregate 1,222,846 bushels,
valued at $674,661. This exceeds the
shipments during any one month in
1900.
Henry Carpenter, the son of Mrs.
Dr, Murray Blumauer.of Portand, died
at Long Beach, Wash., a few days ago,
of heart failure. His mother accom
panied his remains to San Francisco
for burial. . '
J. C. Miess, a well known resident
of The Dalles, died very suddenly
Tuesday night from acute congestion
of the lung, aged 60 years. He came
from New York to The" Dalles fifteen
years ago.
Mrs. Mary Smith, widow of the late
Green Berry Smith, and mother of
John Smith, Corvallis, died Tuesday
night, aged 71 years. She was ill only
since iaBt Wednesday. Her malady
was pneumonia.
I. G. Chapman, a saloon keeper at
Haines, Baker county, is under arrest
for selling liquor to minors. He sold
liquor under a government license
only, the people of Haines refusing to
allow him to have a county license.
The depositors of the defunct Port
land Savings bank may hope to see the
affairs of that institution wound up
within the next six months, and to
receive, if all goes well, within that
time dividends amounting to 15 per
cent on their claims. The bank failed
in 1893.
W. W. Carter, who worked as a
brakeman on the Northern Pacific
railway during the summei of 1898,
previous to which time he was a cook
in the Northern Pacific restaurant, in
Spokane, is reported to have made
$50,000 in a grubstake investment in
tho gold fields of Alaska;
Mrs. O. E. Farnsworth, of Heppner,
it is reported, h'as fallen heir to $100,
0H0 through the death of an old
bachelor uncle nt Akron Ohio. Hia
name was Smith, and he left property
valued nt $200,000, and Mrs. Farns
worth and ber sister were the sole
heirs.
William Caplinger, a veteran of the
Mexican and civil wars, died at his
home in WoodlaWn, near Portland, a
few days ago, after a lingering ill
ness, He was born in Shelby county,
Kentucky, December 12, 1822, and at
an early age moved with his parents to
Montogmery county, Indiana. .He
came to Oregon in 1890. '
One bent of the Southern Pacific
hridgo across the river at Harrisburg,
Linn county, gave way under a long
pawengor train, and as tbe train was
stopped ' one long coach spanned the
chasm.1 Part of tho train was pulled
on lo Junction Cityand part to Harris
burg and the one car left in its precari
ous situation.
A hand-to-hand fight for possession
of the count?, treasurer's office took
place at the court house in Spokane
between the forces of A. L. Smith, re
publican, and Goorge Mudgett, demo
crat. Smith's frienda took possession
early, locking all the doors. Mudgett
will be 5 shillings jumped in through the window and
let in his deputies, smith still holds
the fort.
In recognition of the O. R. & N.
Co.'s efforts to establish a steamship
line between Portland and Hawaii and
the Philippines, the directors of the
Portland board of trade appointed a
committee whose duties shall be to
call upon the merchants and induce
them to give to O. R. & N. company
the preference in the matter of traffic.
Treasurer-elect Mudgett scored a
point in the county treasurership
contest at Spokane. Judge Richardson
issued an injunction directing ex
Treasurer Smith and his deputies to
cease all interference with Mudgett,
to surrender all moneys, books and
public property, and quit all inter
ference with the plaintiff in the collec
tion of the public funds. (
At Starkey, near the line separating
Union and Umatilla counties, the
logging camps are all busy banking
20,000,000 feet of logs for the Grand
Ronde Lumber company. Lohrn's
camp will put in 4,000,000 feet, Rich
ardson's 7,000,000 feet, Combs' 2,000,-
000 teet, Sullivan's 2,000,000 feet,
Mike Nelson's 2,000,000 feet, Riley's
1,000,000 feet, Briggs' 1,000,000 feet,
Young's 1,000,000 feet.
A passenger train on the Astoria &
uoiumoia Kiver railroad ran into a
Clifton a about mid-
Where Are Smith's Heirs.
Ypsilanti Smith, the Terre Haute
recluse who left $10,000, may hae left
blood relatives hi New England, but
none has been discovered, says a Bos
ton dispatch. His wife was Caroline
Seale Davenport of Cambridge, and of
her surviving relatives only two have
been located. They are Mary C. C.
Goddard, a school teacher of Cam
bridge, who is a first cousin, and Wil
liam .Davenport, secretary of t'ie state!
water board, who is a' son of a first
cousin. Both announced that thev i landslide near
would filo a claim to the property and
it remains for the courts to decide if
their relationship is sufficiently close
to make them tbe legal heirs of
Smith's property.
Hid Hli Money Away.
Indications are that Michael Bick
ner, who died very suddenly at Prairie
Depot, Ohio, some days ago, was worth
$50,000 or more, though . at the time of
his death very little of his property
was in sight. He was a wellshooter and
dabbled in oil production. While at
work some days ago he was stricken
with apoplexy and died without re
gaining consciousness. The relatives
began to look around for some of the
money, and np to date have discoveed
about $3O,D0O in banks and strong
boxes about the country'. It is thought
that he concealed other sums, and a
search is being made about old build
ings on the premises.
The Way to Keep Cider.
Cider will keen if it is boiled, re
duced at least one-third, and then
bottled. A raisin, or a few mustard
seeds, may be put in the bottle
previous to pouring in the cider. The
corks must be fastened with wires.
and the bottles be placed in a
cool closet. January Ladies'
Journal.
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Home
Many goats continue to die in the
of Polk county, and in
a few cafes sheep have been as serious
ly affected. U. 8 Grant, an expert on
diseases of goats, says that the death of
both the goats and sheep is dne to
worms.
night Saturday night. The enigne was
dnraried and rolled into the river.
Engineer W. -M.Scott remained er
the enigne and was killed. . His body
has not been recovered and it ia sup
posed to be under the engine in the
river. Fireman James Davis was also
thrown into the river but was rescued.
He is now in the hospital at Astoria
Buffering from a broken hand and
several bruises about the body.
The westbound Northern Pacific pas
Bengor was wrecked- at 7:30 Sunday
morning at the mouth of Pelah canvou,
seven miles from North Yakima.
Seven coaches wero thrown from the
track and badly demolished. The in
jured are Hugh P. Hall, knee bruised
and leg sprained ; E. D. Burge, San
Fiancisco. leg. bruised Drabiiia
Endirne, Buda Pest, arm bruised; P.
McEIwIel, mail clerk, elbow dislo
cated; G. W. Turner, Seattle, colored
porter, knee cap smashed, and Harry
H.Collier of Tacoma, editor of the
Pacific Poultryman, bruised on body.
George Mohard, collcetor for the
Trades and Labor Assembly, left his
home in South Butte with $300 to turn
oyer to the treasurer. When a abort
distance from his home he wag ac
costed by two masked men, who or
dered him to throw np hie bands. In
stead of complying Mohard aturk one
of the robbers in the face with his.
knuckles and other robber fired a shot,
which pierced Mobard'a left long. As,
he fell to the grouud the men relieved
him of hia money. The injured man,
was able to get op and walk to a
saloon across the street, when the
polic were notified, bnt they have not,
caught the men.
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