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TL. Uvi--kt--i- o 'if f'i I "dangerous incendiary and a menace Ine Heppner oazeite u t.. military mtuo,,.- Th. lapjiuars to have been nothing to justify ill 1H cnaracuen.aiiou iMiyumi mi: cir , I ciuiiHtaiK'.iiH recited above, (Senator '.'Teller ha done well in bringing, the lease to tlm attention of the country. It T1IUKKDA Y, MAKC1I 7, PMJi. T0PIC8 OF TUB TIMKS. In these times there Is an increasing tendency to turn to the- iuvernmeiit for every reform. It in through the state that a dmiiwcracy naturally chooses to tlnd expression. The old notion of a federal government f I i initial rstwers belonged to the last century; it has no place in tbii. it seems, hut yesterday when Hoiithern statesmen opposed gov r n niiuit appropriations for expositions on the ground nt their uncniintitiUiou. ality. A liltlu later internal improve- HKifllS by icac-Hii Sg-- iF.U--;;f :y cried down. All that is pant. ' Orleans. Charleston, St. Louis, have asked govern inch t aid for expositions, .... ...i . in.; i,. .. ,,,i k, 11 . i,. 1 itW Willi II V'H II. '"mini on' w'Jimiv. No 'jno thinks of raiding the constitu tional p'dut against them now. '1 he MiiliMiily bill ia opposed an a matter of policy, not ari unconstitutional, an it would have been a decade ago. tireatly to tlio Borrow of tlm few strict coustruo tioniMtn that are left, tlm modern notion appear to be that anything can tie done under the cuiiKtitution. Heiia tor Mallory of Florida elisibmcd in a public speech that senators had said to him in conversation that the const i tution wan "practically a dead letter." An extreme Mtaieiiiiint ; tlm eoimtitu tion live, but no onu doubt, that it in more elastic: than it ever was before, that the spirit of the times is to adapt constitutional interpretation to events, not to forte events, to conform to tlm constitution. This faith io and dependency upon Koi'urnnient, which haw swept away obi ielials, inevitably lead to growth K paternalism ; but, fortunately, the paw-rnalisrn of our day and generation n:kt not the iinjtiMHill. but tlm prac ticable. The tendency in not toward "utiiashiiig the rich," but toward makinc wealth help lift up this "sub niergod txritb ; " not to n-k the stale to do everything, but to do Home things never Imfure regarded an a part of the state''", duty. Cie might predict that tlm ieople of this country will insit that wealth shall have foil protection, Sict tfi.it it shall Itear a greater purt of tiie burden of taxation; and that u part, at lea, of the revenue thus servos to reveal the autocratic methofls of our military aulhoriticH in Manila, and to HiiggeHt tho poHHibilitieH of tyranny wliicli are embodied in Mr, McKinley'n policy of "Uoievolent anHimilation." IjoiiIh 1'ont'a paper, 'The I'nhlie." A PROSPEROUS IRim. The par value of a nhare. of xiock in tiie Standard il company ih l'X . ioic4i the republican victory of iH'.Mi, the market vuliin ol Mr.nnaru Oii ack ban been Hteadily iiicivaHing. Hoon after the election of lsuo ttiin Htoc-k wan ij noted u -'iK) r Hhare. In I'cb ruarv, 1M19, it Hold fur 43U per Hhare; in Kehruary, l'.XK), it Hold at $'12 per ihurt"; in September of I'KJO it dropped buck to f"oi) per share. Hut alter "con lidence" wuh once more rentored by a rejiublicftn victory, thin htock went up to tW per nharo. In January, 1901, it wold for 7iH. On February 4, it Hold at IS'J'i, and t.h. latent quotation at haii'i im ifHl-j. When one r"ad.H the record ol recent dividenda declared by thin great con cern, it in not dillicult to understand why the market value of the Htock haH incnuifed ho rapidly. The capital ".lock of the Standard Oil company is lUt),iK)0,(X)0. In lH'.tl, H'.l'J, IH'CI, IS'.li and IH'.t'i. the Standard Oil company paid dividend amounting for each year to ftli on each nh.ire ol htock. In IH'JO the dividend, umoijiited to ier nhare: in iv.)7 they were $!.'! per nhare ; in the month of Jan uary, VMM. they were per Hhare ; in April, I',), the dividend: amounted to $.'U p.-r uliart-; in July, ti p-r vliare: in November, flu per nhare; and the company has now declared a dividend payable March l"i ol t-U per nliare. riil nhad l nned in discharging an- ol!nr obligation of the Htate in giviio; prot(H:tiull to itH distilled r n peranuunU'd industrial worker". The trerman par.'tament recently panned an act of the utuio't impnrtsnce known a the dinability and nld-a'e innura:nt law. in ire?it Hritain A tiimilar iliiita Hon ban f.ir nome time heen a burning mnue. U in due next in this country. There are liberal petinionn for all wlio nerve the -tale in army or navy I'.ut the nerioiin bilninenn ol nation in (hew time, in indut ra I im, not viar. Fighting men are well nigh o!.-ole!e : tli tiynli'tn in lut-iiaeval. I'.'lt wcrk ingmen are the hacklioiie of ever nati iii; they are the army that im;H a modem nation grea'. ae.d pojerin!. Why nbonld not ntemtM",n i the n -dilni'rial arioy huve old-age pem-n.r:-'.' ( mrniany'n nnnwer ;n that l e y nal! : airl i-v the t-fninin plan, which Ain-nao-vidor Wliiti- ban recei.tly exdaiie-.i in ft. report l bin goventuient. every wagi'-eitr!er who ban compb-trd h:. iiit,titli year iH enro!l"l under ae.in- tut, wiry jn-nsion law which efiirc din againnt want in bin old age. ,t m a cnrioim fa. t that this idea i aioe iroiu llinmari k. the inont effective of All the io;iHlint(i rif the la I I'ctitary Thin latent dividend ineann the pay ment ol f JU.INKl.lMKJ upon the ldU.nut), nun ,,i ( apiial Htock. lb" Votal dividend- paid hy thin company for the entire year of 1KIKJ .mount''' ! to $S;u.H),imh. " The di v i lendn to be pain on March I l.'i bringn the aggregate tip to f'X.IHKl.- i oiiilo; divideh'ln paid upon a capital Int.M'k of fllKl.lHKI, mill during a period of! fourteen nionthH :t'id ti.wen daya. j I l! will be readily understood from li.e liuren why Standard Oil htock in, (ijilot4..i . o high til the iiijii ketn. I Itiit where will we ti:,il an explana- j Itioii of a condition tiiat within a : i m-rrrwl of .'! t):,iii (it teen tnontbc al conieru le-. working rapital in(f!tN),- IRBICAT10N IN CONGRESS. If the leading, iiiiiida of the country were anked to HtiriouHly dincUHH the tjpic, : "What iH the greatent quention in the United HtaleH awaiting hoIu tion?" it in probable that a very few men living east of the MiHHiHHippi would think of "national irrigation" in tliiH connection. To moHt of audi the Hubject ia new anil unntudied. It will U'ur Htudy ; it will bear the moHt Hearcbing Hcrutiny, and the more Htuilied the more it io Keen to he a qucHtion of exceptional breadth and of truly great ponnibil it ie and far-reaching iiiiMrtaiice to the nation. The query that many Kantern people are now making ih: What i thin irri gation problem before congreHH? Ih It a legitimate one for the government to coiiHider? In II one whose eupijoii will be a benefit to the country? Along what Iiiich iH it drawn? In Hhort, in it a question of really national iwiport? Uh Wentern advocaten, regarilleHH of nditical alliliationn, claim that it in the moHt important national queH tion today. Kantern legislators regard Ichh of party, are Inclined to HUlile broadly at tliis assertion. If the internal history of the Ameri can republic is studied carefully, how ever, the conclusion will be reached that national irrigation, properly wrought, is likely to shortly come to the front as one of the most important national qiienlions of the day. It em Ixidies, in its truest sense, the question of home-build ing, and the American eoplo have been, up to the present time, essentially a nation of home builders. In no country in the world is the desire for home-building so strong. The wish to own and have and live in homes bus led thousands of Americans to endure trials and hardships, and brave dangers almost beyond concep tion. This controlling wish of tht American people has conquered a con tinent. The hardy pk neer, with his family and his earthly belonging, stowed i iv bis wagon looking for a home, has accomplished this. The locomotive has only followed the prairie schooner. .Now, what has this to do particu larly with irrigation? Simplv that the opportunity for homo building under the old order ban disappeared. New cheap homes, within the means of the hardy settler, are, nnder favor able conditions, no longer available. The opening here ami there of a strip of good land to settlement, such a; Oklahoma, and the following rush of immigration, attests to this and also to the fact that the country is still full of homeseekers. Where, then, will they now turn'.' like Hcnator Hoar, actually shedding tears Ixjcauwj the character ol their government is gradually changing, be cause cherished idcaln are being swept awav, because the procession the mighty procfeHsion of man going fdrth to do the world's work in the byways as well a upon the highways sweeps past them, ignoring their protest, disregarding their warnings, leaving them to stand alone, tearful, regretful, full of foreboding, helpless. The protest against thin change has been in paH moral and i nt- iHi tual . in part simply political and to some extent insincere. But in ali ways it appears to have been ineffectual. ' The nrocen- GKNPRAL NRVS. Urigdier Oeiii ra! 1 bi-Mlore S'chwnn ban been placed on the retired list on his own application, u::der the Vt years' service clauw. A bill wan introduced in the Illinois: Hen ate yesterday tor making hazing a felony, and providing for imprison ment in the penitentiary. Sleet and mow tell .Saturday night at Winnboro, Monroe anl Talitilah, f.a , and Viclchiirg. Yazoo City, Laurel and Water Vailev, Minn. .Nikola Tenia will lent hi system ol trann-At lanl ic w ireej telegraphy Hion IH moving, and whether we like itiaiong ine mm parallel from t'je eoa-t or not we cannot close our eyes to the j ' Jer-e to the . oa-t of I'ortcgal. facts. There is ttdl an' agitation; It i understood the Ai.b.-Uuniar. against "irnperialinn," it is true, and ; nyndicate n-eently formed in Ku ia "Tr- - l: iz oeioiiii to iii r roiein mi. w-ira nri. hid jinnci'ii i j a ojiirr, io iioej , rni'i.', rej : riii 01 v j ,- r nrt-?t nounus, to make it more interests. I he senatorial dea Ih ' k in the !.'.- vvnre !egisature c.i;itliiuen, , Tlf: f'er.teniiial bank at Anbly, li!.,! close.! ,- .i.iorn lue-day. No stat' ruent was :.t i . uat'li . The bank rarried . f.Jti'Oo rnj-'it---. i I! tore the Jalvef.fon, TexaR, A t hletic club Joe 'Jl.o-. nski, put J.'ick J'dinnon otit in the fjrt few necondn of third ro.it 'I Monday night. ' Wiilia.i, J. bryan det, wn th" r:ght of congren.n t ij - in the Ci)hn nn-t.t"-tion, and i i I I the hoid;i,.' ' an extra mrii-.n of eongr. . A di-fatcb to a latin li'l""'" f r i . i -nanghii "as it iieiieve, tue eva. u.it i N of the lore.gn tr's pn (r.n Chun, will begin at the end of March. I ,!!. II. flami'toii envirted of pacific northwest hvs. J. L. Sbute, a Miter, diil at hi iion in I'orllaiid a few dav ago alter a brief illness. Fd If. Shoemaker, a itch foretnan, Aae iiintaiitly killctl at I'ocate I Io Satur d'ly night while coupling cars". A st.ict of giant piwdiT was found tied to th." I r.u k fd the Northern I'acilic railroad near llatbdruin the other day. rim sbeir.i of Varion county ban j nt .-tfb'i the deiiuqoelit tax .! for tl e H'fi roil of that county. Tlm roll cn'rieil on.;, ;imi of delinquent tales out of an aggri ga'e of '17,n,.:i.0l. lie ma.--i Millie fi fSt (b gre to : ilt it within regular and considerate, less ru'hless and violent. I5ut despite tein)orary reactions and certain obstacles, the forward movement d-s not stop at all ; nor are there any signs of its stopping. At the I e-etiiig of the Jewi-b men's council, m New Orleans, NeAinan, of I'ortland, Or., ri ad port on liie condition of the -ocit her city. Minister Conger has started 1'ekin on bis n-'nni to the (' Mutes. e will , a e tin affairs at Fekin in the hum .v o Mrs. a re lv hi in .'. i o ,- was H-l.tel.ced tcntiary . Tumey can ii of the confederate veil rao- of vV incf tester, Teim., ha adoptid )!'.:t her resoin'Jon agahiSt i:n it :n ttie president o attend the J. A. I r hl ing the Ice coiiipai,', rii e ;. ear w ni n. r i"i at f l . : . .. pase f Ill Olll te.l conn i rv 1 of W. V, mtif paid are ha ve HV-i ,.ail lr v thin t' ( 'oio inoni-r. VOX POVERtY. the n ; r go Id :on round ball, in ti:e preamble of hi insurance tnat every n i- the state hilt',: and fai ien h. ' h ; iht lia.ni i. not as -io,arfi f ' TiJ inuiir'ini'jt fltut ,.'..rv Ihlli i .t. isrvc.: m t ,. S'tii i 1 invent tneiit paving . J I'm ii-'t "gly an "Till-- I have g..t :t Tsjtl-ring :n o m at Ii lor leaf I ve k t.-r i w bo 1,4 tbrotighiMit to jniverty in sniqxirt from t.- (harity, but as a rigtiw. (u Ins really notewnrti,, the aeriate. Mr. Tow tie of said: " 'Scratch a Russian ami . w ill tit d a Tartar. ' I often think you tae the veneer oil our mud. ciivliy.it urn von will In I underiieatl the cave man, violent. Vonn i"U -. cruel.'1 The country mi, nmUel when Mr. Towne applied tl i !" th ruth lennnenn of American rule n tl. I'bllipi'ilie". We een tali to let I'l'l indignation rme to a n-ry high tcii over the outrages which "eivili.1 nodic-n are coinmittme in Chum, where western armies are show t.g themnelveli t be an bad an the l'.oXe. where the I'hristian nations do tut profit inn. h m coiitrasl with Orientu1 pagans. The veneer in rubbeil olf ai d the "cave man" in ranuniiit in China'. but we do not care much about it And as for the "cave woman'' fr. i i out of the west, thin apo-lleof !!,. aboriginal idea that when ymi do i,. t like a thing you should grab up a c'ui and smash it, she is nly a i.aning joke. The American p,op'e. n short, decline to be thrown ell their halatne by nfw and mont jsiw.rlil combina tion of wealth, iv l i tlicu It ii'" ai d regrettable occurrences HI the l ln'ip nines, bv t he excrescent f civ 1 1 ii d I I t in savagery in China, by Mrs. Nation'- iW picturesque perf ortiianceu in katis.i-. ; I', or by anything else. We have strioii-j !J liiisinesn in haiiil, ainl we are ani n.i ing serious! v to it, without exclU ttient, nervoiincnn fir forebodings Collier's Weekly I i er:ai.!ed to roll Ui .rtits to: fhe new homes of the future must le the extent oi H.oon.otH)'.' (found on irrigated lands. There are, This certainly indn ater that the j according to accepted government re s'ockholdcrs of the Standard Oil com- j ports, some -,Mi,Uijo acres of rich prosperous, r.u j someone Western land capable ol irrigation if n, mill. mm. W ho ; the Western waters are nroiajrly con- seryinl. Irrigation is not an experiment in the I'nited States, ami there is no I quention raised as to the feasibility 'if jtbis reclamation, but irrigation de i velopnient in private way has reached itt limitn. Hut, since under irriga tion, yieMs are very large, a few acres of thin land would generously supjiort a family, so that with the lands irri- ; gated rural homes would le provioed i lor millions of citirens, waiting and j anxious to go upon them. The advocate of the national irri j gation policy urge that the government I should, where possible, build storage ! reservoirs to catch the Hood waters of ithe Western streams and thus provide j lor the reclamation of these lands. The I Newlands bill, now before the house ; iirigatic.ii committee, and its counter part, the I lannbroiigh hill on the sen i ate side, provide for the setting aside ot the procceilH from the sale ol public 1 lands ;n the arid states and territories an an "arid land reclamation fund,-' to he usml for building such reservoirs, ami that the cost of such construction nhall I put upon the land reclaimed bv them, and the land then offered for sale by the government in smal I trai ls, to Inina tide settlern, upon easy terms. I Who will cnie to the supjiort of surb a policy? More people and a greater diversity interests than supported the limne- act, and such legislation win; hi more popular than the free ntn. fiat other propo- the country upon which il can better unite bv. ""vV1 !inl'lM"". han.l in. n or jealousy. I nited States tiestioti has very com r nor'. it Heboid (Ih ve Win', b I lr ?. . ill fa-l Who have i o ott II a i They can of this ! Called Karlh : Ye, to whom the dearth i 'I aii) thing in gall A ud wormwood ; nay, 1 et onto Hie, I m I overt And I mil gay Wliiie on are glum , Hy gum. My money doesn't hot A nd hi brain i-n 't si ' ( chasing around to i SUPPRESSED A FRKE PRESS. r:i t k.. :t j I lia, .j- .n larv Ain't ir:gi., I m.,y die A nd li ne hat ' 'h I.". I am n That k Hid at aii. And I dot, t i are at l or I've tot n 'th.llg ha rtn . And panic- .1 n't b-tl.t V ii. I in l is d 'Ii 't . i:ii' t t he ;;i' i I v v pn r. I il -.n't get dr -v rie-1 I 'ruin tl," 'ei k of u -ii i crivt! k- a i n 'i alt. r I .T what I have g- i : lid ,'i l-ors,- , .h 'f f. nd b'eak .. ' n.ck nd hoi oily f fges iy I don't over-eat Kiiiinge to ki'l. tld kick li'-.e a si rr t a ilnctorV hi I ! . nd 1 d- n't w ar in Co a f-iw.Ic to shine th llll lnoolo I'.v a t li-mnatiil i li.an the onteo To maintain tin The trii-ln May bu.-t A let t i e i I, lopu l He perelll ( r 1 iv cha-eil away t it's :i.-th;iig t. r me, in the en ! a prize ten ;mt cent, houses to rent: I r 1 01 r and blue in; i i ion or t a revenue ought , and i nre at,,,, that tire e sena'e ciiialiotj Similar by the Surely a powerful but almost im perceptible change is taking place in American public opinion a change so sinning inai we nave to pun ourselves , Ktckhilln together once in a wmie to reali.e its j , . . ,, full significance. It appears that all ' r'JHl'' "n 1,rut ,1";,"r u" H" our mental fermentation is over out- Springs sh.i w itti a w.-ore of bd out ; ward questions ami that domestic j " l"":'-1'1' l'-.. '-db.-rt wan second .li,.!,.. Im. il,. Kr.i .;...; i.;. ranning th.r .1, Ibike- fourth tory, are almost wholly neglected. There is justification for this view in the well night universal discussion of Cuba, the Philippines, the Nicaragua canal, the forthcom ng supreme court decision on the constitution and the flag cases, the shipping subsidy bill, China. Hut is it true that these qnen tions have actually, as well as aji parently, enitrosse.l all the activity of the public mind? Is there no develop ment of note and promise as to our domestic concerns'.' We think there is, and thirt ia the second jihane of popular thought which it seems to us is work ing bo Btrongiy an!quietly under the placid surface fiat most of ns have failed to appreciate its importance. It is a demand for tax reform. While the demand springs first from the leaders of thought, from specialists and scientistB like Professor Richard T. Kly, they are playing upon a popular chord whose capacity for sound and outbreak even the)', perhaps, do riot fully know. This agitation, though rapidly gathering force, is as yet diffused. It has not taken detiriite form or direction. But there are un mistakable signs that it is nearing the ptage in which it will lw necessary for it to be co-ordinated that it may adequately express iiself. One thing we may fie pretty sure of, and this is that it will not take the form of an attack opon the protective tariff sys tem, save in an indirect or reflex way. That has been fought out. If this fermentation may be said to have al ready given indication of its' final ex pression perhaps we ni,all find it in a demand for tax upon wealth. Thin demand ia not only local, state and municipal but national. It found ex pression in the income tax legislation which the sti renie court overthrew and to whose fate millions of Ameri cans are not yet reconciled. Doubtless il is safe to assert that within a few years a new income tax law, framed to come within the constitution, will pans congress. Public opinion in rising for it. T:, ,j!i is rem. ion. re nil! b ; a to in 'Ol trial of fir. S. ,in-d mcusi-d of tli : murder of , ' Hevnolds in New York. In '.rial, ended a few days a.'o, nd I'armahe fifth. Mrs. Kinmonn iiiair.e, of Chicago, has turned over to the Chicago I'm-ver-itv, the l.'hiingo institute of pedagogy, representing an endowment of nealry f 1,1. mi.OX). In the legn-lature at I. tali t passed the anti-coinpulsioii va bill over the governor's veto, action wan taken on Me: l.i' boose some days ago. Both hou-en of the .New York legisla ture passed the New York city (tingle head police bill over the mayor's veto by a jtarty vote. It now goes to the governor for his signature. The eighteenth annual reunion of the Tom '.reeh Brigade Association oc curred at Hiilsljoro, Texas, Thursday. Many of the survivors oi this notable Inidy of brave men are in attendance. 1 tie alarming rein, rtn winch have ing the cou ampson are w ho in con be is not liiarining ropi been in circulation concern ditioii of Hear Admiral deplored by the admiral, lined in 'sii , but declare seriously ill. According to the Ntw York Mail ai'-i Express a copy of the charter ot the new steel coin pun v , w i t ii its capital placed at MJl.i"K.m.tHl, was. taken to the etlice of the county cleric in Jersey City Thursday. Woolen company's at Mav nard, Mass., operatives, are shut of the strike of :;o who are dis-satisl'ied In, k. tl.. ml !: Mi iir. Will )eruia n. nit ly i iv i in h t tber l.i til 'Mi 1 h:i ve a k : nd of so liianiiinch an Ocn. Mac rihei has j i'b.it nothing can n!.ak banished nn American citi.en fr u, , Vn ) l'i! be on deck the Philippines and "cut hi ni home a- j 1 1 tie v I .1. d irm d M, a prisoner.it in interesting to know tbej'ioes to wreik. breadth and depth of tl.i- .nan s i 1 'h . I'v e got ? snap. i.lTeii.llne . and f are indebted t.C And tnv p. ace of mind Senator Teller for information upon the subject. The fai t fur iiisbml by Mr. Teller will U- found in the Con gressioiial Kecord of I ebruary .', at page '.'I'VJ. Tin' offender in I ieorg" T Kice. lie was editor of the Hailv Hulletin, a maritime trade paper at aiila. In one of the i.MH' of the Bullet HI he criticinml the in.iuiie-t neglect of the captain of tin- pori . ill' American naval I leuteii int, w ith reference to pilotage and mooring regit I Hi ions. The criticism was lair and 11 ti n. iercil. but becausi' ol it Mr. Hue wa lorhiddeii i rminsioii in iuliire to enter the ollice ol the captain of the port. I't it In' notisl in passing that the whole affair related civ. I .1.. n.s. urit V t 1 ng ncitci I 1-' an j And why -I j , nt rent.- Th. v .1 'At tl I atnnt km.) e r lie uid I care It:.) rutin? t charge adn 1: l'ca: y c ijtc- III I' ViTV bmi V ' 1 't W illi.'im M igaA i ne. home nd ion is ; la bur and and h )fA hand w i ih nit r.verv labor nnnui v 1 w h ich has d h ciissini v 1 unauiinoiisly supsirtt binat urn ot -apital . ot w which has f msidereil it, ha n no na i i tied endorsement . 1 The ope&.tig of the vast ar, Western hiii. in bv irrigation wo, provide clteuj. hollies, certain of r-. turning the o m-rs a comfortable live lihiniil ft wotil.l create a valuable am growi'.g market for every kind and dr script:. ui of tuati ulact nrtnl product am would thus be favored by all classes o manufacturing and commercial in , teres; iii tin-country. It woiii.l iiisiir- : cheaper living in the West whit would r.'snlt in t he ci en ing of mini be less mining jiroperties whose grade of or,, js no' sntlicictit I y high to warrant development under present wage condi tions. I would create a demand for .transportation which would bring to its ' siipKirt every railroad interest. Can any pr.qioHitioii ever before the Atheni an people claim the tupnirt "I a greater diversity of interests- than the irrigation and reclamation of the vast and wast,, areas of arid land j under a a honest olhy, winch wti.l.l insure their sett leioeiit 111 sunC! tracts I v genuine heme builders'.' 01 y ki 1 iorr MiTcin i 1.. ro. ..vT"Vt: IW - V leads, th. ecH'tit : lie d recti . L strength am I it v-VN' ''''' that - the V'H) tot racy 1 press ,Vl",'f f are reav.i X " the tieid. .iVX'1 "eep it .(Uickly. now their ,,ndeticy is t. ward m Ii ate, ncn i. 1 16, s'lai ini . 1 :iev wn .. r- tax wealth, a, Ta vh-ntroy it Men I Vir...,g!. the :r :,, :- ..mv,.,;. t,e - -in; m . 1 1 :ie 1 i e ;u . if V..a sav'. a: ! a;. V M. r. ..- i mi! les. M 11 " . ill 1 In all tliis it is not ditncuU to see the principle of action and reaction. Americans are piling up wealth at a rate never before known. Probably there never wag in the history of the world so rich and prosperous a nation as this. ireat fortunes are an common as blackberries, una'.! fortunes almost as numerous as the sand ol the sea shore. It is lieconiing almost axiomatic that there is something wrong with the man who in these days fails to amass at least a comfortable com petency. Many deplore this rising tide of wealth. They fear we are ,1,. ing down before the golden caif: that we are in danger of becoming too ma feral iMic. National expansion, gov ernment of subject rn'Oples.tbe subsidy bill, the great standing army, arc all lcniked tijnin by the sentimentalists an part of the orgy id brute tor.-e and mighty dollars which ban taken' possession of the world. But here comes the reaction. In a great tlein.. cracv the i.wo controlling force -s are the eaders oi: thought the large and happily increasing iinndn-r nt thinker-, philosopheis. students and writers who rest-ail le their ancient proto!ve in caring little for the llesh-pot- of accniiiulat ii-t and the great mass the people who prosper onlv 111 ately and are not so taken up w:; money getting that they h.tve no tin for thinking. Between the-etwoeic ments there is a natural arhnitv other ltd low s : one g v. on. t he ot her fn rn !;, 1 the Votes. It is the can stand agnir-! a ill the ' mouthpiece. When hel ve the can ii 1 1 ; bi-t I. r- Tbe Artier'.'..;. Assa!s.tt miiis, I employing ! i'M 1 down on account I women employes j with their wages. ; The new list of officers "f the . American Meel ami Wire company an ! nnunced shows that John W. Mates in Istiil at the bead ol ti.e board i dircc 'tors, as well an lea-ling member of the executive Coiu'liittee. A cont rii. ut ion oi a quarter of a million dollars by John 1. Rockefeller to Brown university wa. announced at the annua! dinner oi lite B-ovvn um versty a'umni association of New York held at the miivei---,'.y ciub. Cadet liolisou. hroti.'er .,!' Lieutenant Hohgon, lias b.-en promoted to the post ot quartermaster ot the W, nt Point battalion. w!ii!e Cadet Phil Mieridan, sou of the famous cava!- i-'ivb'r. has t the the jury il;-a,.'M 1 il. Ir. Ci arl.-s p. Ann t, oin e a t o, oriel in the i i.ite.l ft! a lea army ai:i a par ticipant in the early campaigns in tin-, west, died at Waukegan, fl! , Monday, aged H year-. J. P. Morgari states tliat tiie ca-etal issue of the 1 piled States nte, cor poraUon would lie t k0,t)ijo,iss Ixue's, fj loo uoii.O 0 of preferred .-toca and iq-io. ). i) CUM of lomrnon stock. i 1 ooti-e and senate has struck t nt tie- provision for the building 01 two crtii-ers and two battleships, rutting tlow 1 the naval appropriation to the extent of the cost of then: vesceis. Of tain i. I.. Jones, treasurer tA th.; li--our: (.'oniederate Monument as-noc :at ion ha- received a check tor to K) !' m Senator Vest, a giit from Mr- pi:oetie.. Hearst of California. A vl.ite child tlied at Cap Town, So, t.'i .-lima, of bubonic plague Sun day and three white children have been attacked by the disease. A white man is suffering with the plague, at. ''.VooilsttX-k. Colonial Secretary Cl:anil-riain will give a dinner at bin London hou-i to ward the end ol the week in honor of Adeihert Hay, late 1'cited States cotstil of Pretoria. Yourig Hay is the s..n of ecretary of State iiay. In "The Saving of the oldier the Sailor" Helen liould makes first appearance a:' an antlntr in March number of Succe: is a idea for l-tter cial oi,vicf,.i in Portland of e of the Bine Mountain i an been sentenced to e j eintent lary where he ,irs' term once before. " 'I Anton has irdii arieR t-'s iir-ieTT : ?T' ' : of M cents per month on eneh tele I rione instrument operated in that city, Co tax to go into effect March I. Ju-t before ad 11 hrnit.eiit of the leg islature Saturday night, prior to the l.tnt ballot tor senator, James B. Put nam wan re-elected .itate librarian ami Ivan Lrancisc ovitch boatman at Astoria. 1'ieil, lehruary S-i, of pneumonia, at Seattle, vVa-h., Arch Wilson, aged f:$ years and Hi months. He was a resi Jii C ni 1 lift I'allen for about sixteen years, arid left for Seattle about three yearn ago. I.li frank, who hat been living in Portland tor tie: pant six months, has been arrested on a charge of em iie..! m:.' about $ii,t,M) belonging to the !irm i f Li n o. Lciner, merchant of Vancouver, H. C. Ir. h!i: P. V'if.tr Portland physician ngeies a lew .lay ago .'..he lor his heajth. ae,l '.am" t-t Oregon in lniv,. v :'t irri ., heart tn U nle. ni. 11 Mni'h, ag"l 17 years, f..U from the te-k d the steamer Lurliue a prominent ied in fx w here he bad '1 yearn. He 1 1- wan the arc w a- drow i.i-ii. He wan a salesman :r. Mvrrrm 's nieycle store ia P urtland an J ! the time i f the accident wan re turning from a bunting trip. Circuit cc.11 rt in in session at Baker Citv with Judge M. 1. Clifford, of n Lanv place of borne ir: Will I. let Sheriff C'iry, innipying the ber.cti in Judge Kakiri who is til nt hi f':.ioti. The term of the court g'sitit ten days longer. Lurbin has notified oijeratom of nickel-in-tb -slot machine in Salem to eo!nj..y w ith tbe-tiew law on that subject and a number of machines were taken ff the counters today. The r niainder w ill follow in a few days. The article j An attempt wa? made to burn the surroundings : school house at Iiavton, Wash., Sun- arid iter the ' dier and tiie sailor. been pr-'moted to a lieutenancy A b! .Vard ban prevail! n rt I) and extend , nmrs up to mi, rth int-i t'anai ght oi atu abandoned I hati-te The young pe.ired 2.': Kr.ti I Jallte ! for 4,1 ilav. I ra.nn liave ot ;-:i j north .f Carrihgtoti. Mn w h: . no.'n ! ' places is higher than the ! x cars, l.i Hung Chung as-rt., says the cr-rt-n-ond'-nt of tin- .Morning o.-t at Pckin, that the 1 un isi, itic-i. t ' 1 e im posed upon Prince Ci.a'ing and Fn Sua I. as been carried out in accordance with t he demands of the foreign envoys. . mop p.,. reter i.errviiian. a desperate negro, out of the c;tv jail a: 1 and liangt.l him to a ne of w in. h Berryman was an assault .n a iL' w le .- 1 on.) it ion in cr i t i- t .r th The "imperial speciai" train, carry ing about 175 ineuibt-rs of the Mystic Shrine to in Kraucisro en n ute to HoDolnl'i where the Shrir.ers will in stall "A iitaha'' temple of tiie order left i.ranl Kaj id. Mich.. Moinlay. The Ijondon Telegraph, eoriiriieiiting on w b ich it calls "the gravity of tha menace to Ei:giia,i trad. " of (. formation r.f the Cn;ted states Steel c-rs.ration, says it understands Mr. Carnegie as Nuigbt out for ab-::t O.INHI,i.HlO, Senator Stewart favor- li.e cr-ati.'ti ! A si; preiiie c -our- int'.e Phil:;;.! i.es. with a chief just Ve, at a salary .,t '.". 0"i a year, and four associate ji:s;pvs at ff Jc,tHKi a vear, ciaimmg tl through filch a court c :: secured ill the islands 't-r t".:l hour - under ground at 1 iustit e great the 1. tn ine. inru- tlieV r t art -t the tune in '. iici r-en caught in al T.is.-ioo. .-a, A ia.. w at-ttte by :i 1 lied . 'ev Ho-l .t v y. - rk.. I he cr :l 't used id girl. M. tree. v a v ear c a i . "tatenient t iiat I ict.era -.eK'Iig the sioln-r. iel denial ..f th ' I.eV W ere VV . havng llarriso olii.'e .-:' el It 1 t 1 pubiicat thou l a s .1. 11 b.'ill ( " is .1! t t below l: gin 's -rg; K-iw., i l-.-ttvr ii is sop . - the r., -il,-!ec' -he lliade shoili 1 ti'.i At kief the tell pe : day night. A window was hroaen and ' di poured over the ibsr. The tire ; was extingii iniieti befor any damage j wan done. This is a se'ond attempt. i The North Yakima council has de ci ied to port ba-e a cru-her and roller I r grad.:.g the streets. A street cotn-niis-ioner iii. been aj.pointed. hM j 'erin beg.'Btnng March I and endi'ig N-.venii'er 1 eacii year. Ilis salary is '0 p r m.-i-th. Mrs. Lucy Howell, a pioneer o." the ! early ')?, died at the home of her j-ot,, Wiiiiam Howell, at Oregon City ! Monday, aged 71. The dec-anel wa, . a native of M i-onri. She ami her i late liii-i and. Henderson Howell, in. migrated to this .state from Iowa. C.a.andar Bandahaugh, oi Rosebnrg, ied in Salem Monday ni;:ht of bbssl j poisoning w hich bad us origin in a r ti,t. 1 felon on hie left hand. The remains I 1 of j were taken t-.t Rone burg for burial. J im i Th- deceased left four ciuldren at Kosns ' t urg and a brother. t. . Kandaoaugn. f -,i!er.i. i'::';" s"v n men em ployeil in tie i.niruc'ioti camp of K. J. I.i.ee : Co., .it I .; Canyon, on thett. K. ,t i;i.e. seven m:'".-east of Biparia. w jucanlined aturday evening v Ch.i'rmun lli'icliiitt. of the isiard f conntv civ in .ssioper. Ifiere 1 o;-- 1 v I be - 1' r. a: s'-PMeu S lien ' re ex- .: ;s.i;i-titK-r re, I -, :. s.iv : W of lltnla strtH'ts was a 1 -o s 1 1 1 1 1 1 g 1 1 1 a l bat .' t;ir:.t .1. A large 1 ; 1. 1. he 11 M - .1 leh uri. hi: ri.gr.- . i-era v a s . i 1 a mat s. 1 he I :i b -a. ' '.- o;.eh : ' : io ret n: . .o.' ' f ..ev ti !' .l.di- : ai! . itl.drawn a:i: .'". -;.. pt prosecute th. .,ict-ir-. . identity I.' di.. overed. iiiiss:a, -aturday nigi.t lire Wlks o I'tgr.-es be.iU rade. .!! tra:hc :i th. iispen-led. The w ind wan "llo, 1 ei!seS 4 .-VI I- IHll.ilH-r "I 1 le w i ri ch th- I'lit-i; :rtn . : T: ' t re. :ni- t lie 'i spni. : Y a k i : 1 1 ,s ,i,-e , hers ;- - :ee oW'tl l'i ".C 1 .ox aun Ulg them a WiKi'grow.-rs' ied to ask the increase the rs in order alr-adv usei 1 S.soc'i county coir, tax lew o, o a Id 'M i in paying each hut n s,-.i and pS o Wll.l mountain -lb'. .I.J. e ti n. is, i i.P be-Ii ." eg' t: CltV, a 1 i years ot d in a wtn-l- T'iered COIll- -. ca .'i I- sS. . an- nib. i per.' .c-r;.. -l.ee 1 ut It". :t is A ine-it at: ill l.gv Tie tens -i.o:ii. ,;,t ti The only military clement in it .i the naval cunnii ission belt! by tic: offended captain of the p. rt Mr.; Rice's retort to bin uuu arra nte, ex-, elusion (mm an oiluial sour, e .-( man-; time news was a statement in tlf: Bullet til o( the circnmstaiit is and an. adiiioiiition that be w ni l imt be de terred from telling bis readers ;!. truth alsmt the ma!alui in ist t at .t i o- tin ollice "I captain of the ,.rt , An ex-parte military invest igat .:. a tin 'i made by Inspector Cuiieia. M is, j a HTsonal friend .f the captain f tie j port, who cvoiicr.tc d the captau i , Ibe n.rt mi'l contradicted the mittor and the merchants from whom be bad obtained Ii m incriminating iiibrma-, tion. l'on l.o-l "'r Mills' rec"tn- iiiendatioii Mr. Rice wa tbcr.cipon throw n into jail and -iioseuu. nt I v ship!l to tin l'nit-1 Mate- a- a prisoner. A St.mnxo Accident. Albert ti. V, huff, unci' weadby and highly respec ted, wa at e 'idfiita! ' v li.lle.l While I' hg to I'olllllld s;,-,c Wednesday .1 .n 'he tinss r.s.m .-' the I --I eoiintv jail. Newark, !" .1 . Ilewa a t.ri.-oner br c.-i.temp, o court on a 1 mn'ii :t tin id from Judge .sknn.r. who sinleiued h in to j : I lint 1 sip h t.meas .e should pav to TIMKLY TOrUS OF DISCUSSION. What are the Anu ricai people think ing mo.-t aUiut " W hither tends tie conrs,. of tipinictp'.' What niK-ial or no!. t'.-al changes are inmiiiieiit as a re sult of !'. intellectual actvdv run. -tantlv going mi .ilnuit us, for the im st part silent and unobtrusive, hut a mightv iir for ginnl or ill in ibe end.' It mav be af;'lv said, we think, grow rich do m given them by not use its ove terierence v ith tl opportunity. Put iears eli-p. seil to nx. I'.rc'e. tual the uni' le the d. i !ar, rmt ti. teller, Morgan. Van'' llarriii'aii. Mill, liatt a much wealth as tin their genius will et-:i but they owe the si ,, the privileges which t must pav it. Be ni'initoriai asnirati There i cail for , i- the fact that this agitai 10: extreme or violent f. rni t an people- are n-.-d. . balanced. Tiny jnstilv ! h: all In bevers in a free a 1 i 1 dennvracv. A liierie':.:.- v I pansion. even rule i !. .. pies. I ti t thev insist I 1 1 .... 1 o.l 1 l I - Mllll 4.. I P.SMccis iL'.s't Ilt t he sell lelliehl id bin -inter's estate. Woodril!? was seventy one year- ..M and when be' ret r.'d fti.p (he bat inaniiia. te,r ng husonss. several years a-."., bis ior tuiie was ,-st iiiia't d at iLoo ttoo. lb is -aid to have .-s most ol thin in Wall str it si . . 'I iat 101 . ill attempt .eg to l,n:g hi'iiseif the rope broke and be i.-l . sii .lioig "it hi- hea l, frac turipg ins skill;, and eeuth re sulted. I x ponit ve Dtnirta Cars. T!"' i'.iii i 1 ::glo,i las piped a:i order wth the I lii'ioan company for live d'ti 't.k' car-. I he ,0-1 ..f e:n h c ar. 111, lie, ii ,.' 1 I .11.1. linen. si!,.r it cetera will be about I V.tsm. bach of th,. cam will ill, the t.cw empire ie. f. aid W i'l s. ,tt l.ntv pas-elti.er.n I he f urn 1 -1 1 i eg v. ! 1 1 be rich, vc t Hcverclv plain. instad of 11. ing mirror- and - : .rt !: "li'.ZJ Ji ,r- t-'ii'der- wil o .Tri.sts. p'tt ;nev mil -an. t i F nurt' to '.nierfereiii t with the r-gh t our gov- ,.rtv, ami thev are w dling t 1 r.rativ. lv sub's of the ',.-t),,. I. e.! f. The rh'r ol batiisbnti lit. ien. Mac trtlnir, deinbl s Ig lll'il III..' b e b III-. 1 1 ral 11 I a-. t!-e d.-s.r, I ! .Mieil tit I ,i... .... .. ..i.l : .. : 1 . I.. ni (.oi o,.,!...!, 1-a in- tnanii regulation ally ileve lop.ng aeuig two weli-detiin'd ; tri.sts. b'tt thev 1 tie-, cicli ol 1 In-ill to'eral lv bring at ut gre at c hange!. eniii.etital system tn the com pit 1. ear luture. i 'lie ol hi'c, ot cotirs,., in the moral npj.ort of Ihecoutitrv for that policy which would coisc:-'UfU pc-opn t Aiiu'riciii political cotitr. I over foreign ptsiples. it 1 snii.it have escapeed tltc- not :c- of all edone observer- t public opinion ihat the 'inerican pt-o-ple ar, Ih'i-oii: mg nn re and more favor abic to thin in.li. y. no nou li so tliat our legislator. nr e .'.neat -rn, even enr supreme judicial tr bcinals. a pi, -ear to have f.i'b n within the intbi nce ol t1 new order ot thing and to N proci-,.. ing a if with leave. first tl... new il0a came as a great -Inn k t i.ild i.hvl; it did leol -et ui sssibb the public opinion of thin lonntrv would ever -11-tsin a fto! icy hi.-h i. escice inieri.ilinttc." Itiit fan-1 1 lar it v bred .-:::L::::: . ;; I l. I l;a,,.l but for tl f , b!-f.sh o.lied llotloll ttl.te: -i.-sl iii th,- wa. W ber ot a.lmira bie and noli h-b ns puld ic ( ha-ai ters. M. La- . ba-ge ".IP' eg ! I'., j c.-r. et . a. I'll a v . . an e 1 : pros vet: l.i- t re,, It I t k - IVIel.el t :t h 1 r g-ni-ra . i . -: t . t . llava:,.. v'u: a ici.t m -c1..-,: iiag-. toii.-ra show, red with 11 ti.ev asst .! c nee p -ps. i.e.., - r.c' Hint i! n . t 0:1 rt ley t- :i V-.llder! naires. . " -rt ,- .'. -s- .pi : urn went to the -: 1 1 1 ! a : 1 1 1 iioiiol an. bv the distrii t against 1 tit-r ma a" .'e re v ,1- a -.1 ".oh :g . ol Mm 1 v W. t i.e a; t'r. - : ati II ' ni'. M-n 'U'.'ilJ.g '111 ,. m. re Uge . gr-- :at :. :, .li ne to t'bri r the - will be t rich men. 11 ! the the III...!. Wad. po.'ll.,t g ni.iri V. van : y with ' t!- at - , ' a .Is l' .!--!,; hi . I ;. pi ;i l'!itics as well as sue, Charles R. Flint, t! . ' "rn!." wliivse singular! lucid dcfctitv e. conuncrc a' tietis In attract! at'c-i 1 wide Ibe poopl,. ,., li'r ot acciininlati d :..? -wealth, and tbev d. n..,p I th: shall it taxes! m,.e that 1. but ct nti-.-ation t- im pi- .-t gram. They want an tn, the-v wan! it tMiini!iit:,-i,;e ate. Tie -k reform, r.-t t, Pi Ull'otl of lone irpco l- tb aiel ma-si - voter, i -res- a their rat-i! means ef c"jnmniin-:-t ; tat 1. .11. bring. ,,v. teliigent j'Teigrens ki -lr,..i. flfth,p Id ! g '-:u, neither .1 r. in r the rule f,,j ,.r'- Weekly. an i A.
