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DEATH OF PIONEER
HBjRy 'wjjsslo'w corbeit passes
TO THE GREAT BEYOND.
Was One et Portland Porcmost Citizens
rather ol the Lewis and Clark Ex-poiltta-tlls
Life Was Crowded with'
Affairs of Business, State and Philan
thropy llnd Was Peaceful.
YAKIMA INDIAN LANDS.
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Ctfort Helng Made by Commissioner to
Settle Lone Standing DUputcj
Washington, April 1. Jteprveenta-
live Ctnhman ha Iwcn ndvlsvd by tlio
commitetloner o( l,udtan affair that
steps are won to bo taken looking to
negotiating n final agreement with tJtr
Indians of the Yakima reservation
whereby they will surrender all claim
to lurid Jjrine botneen tho weat Iwund
ry of their nervation and tho cret
of the Cascade mountains.
Portland, April l.-Hcnry Window E . u , . . ,8ft5 , fl
Corbett, for over half a century a fore- tK tho boundaries ol tho Yakima rte-
raest citizen of Pocrtland, Is ueaJ. ervation, there lias been a IlpUto at
The end ramo yesterday morning aa the "e un uall.r belonging to tho
i , . . ...(.m i.nu 'nuns. In that treaty their reserva
dawn crept over t'io eastern Mils. .. , . . . . , ,.
While the light of the now day was crwl of tbo Carado mountain. " hut
drawing- on the llfeofrsnoof Oregon's lu the subsequent survey marking the
greatest pioneer was ebbing away. boundaries of tho reservation the west
So slowly did the waning taper of Jtta o wm JU qff wnilderav
,,, . .. . .. . i , ,. " uiciure iu mo ran ui mo rauun-
life go out Uiat they who grieved at the un. ,. .. . ... .
maintained that they were, erroneously
ueprlvetf ol the Intervening tract, but
CREVASSE WIDENS
FORCES AT WORK: AT MYMIUA ARE
MUCH DISCOURAGED.
bedrido could scarcely perceive when It
flickered last. Tho angel of death
touched Mr. Corbett gently, and he ' wtlafsctory agreement has over been
went. be had wished togo.ea.l.y and JVfe 'llKK'.'He
painlessly. indif Mylog that was not a sulflclent
The end of Mr. Coibett'a life so soon . recompenee for their loss,
was quite unexpected. His health had Renewed efforts are to bo made
been falling for three months past, and trough a special agent ol tbo depart
.a.., . . J i went to procuro a mutually satisfactory
that he was on a downward elope- was . th!a summer, and In that
evident. Tba vital forces wera spend- event congres at the neat hjmIoii will
lag theratelve fast. Latt Saturday! bo atked to appropriate the. amount
tho family saw the first manifestation "! ,'or In such agreement to quiet
of Iht, .nnmachlna- end. "I'm verr !"". "" '-"' ucjriiin...i
very
com-Tho
sleepy," taid the patient, bnt
plained of no bodily suffering.
heart which for over 78 years had sup
plied the sentinels of the brain with
life's fluid was growing feeble and the
sentinels were drowsy.
I the Indians' claim. The
is thoroughly convinced that tho equi
ties or the rase are with Uie Indians.
TO SELL WRECK OH TIIU MAINE.
Cuban Harbor and Coast WUI He Cleared
of Wrecked Battleships.
Washington, April 1. The Coban
r&lilnnfc at . rwAnt mMitlni fl.u.ttMf tn
Uenry Win-low Corbett was born at i di for bW, bj .dvprtiremeut, both in
Weetboroogh, Mass., Feb. 18, 1827, 1 H. v.n n.! hfil. Uiii.n,nr.i
ana was uie youngesi eon oi a lamnj oi frorn nrana larlwrof the wreck of tho
eigni, six oi wnon reacneu nainniy. battleship Maine and - the removal of
His parents vroretlliah and Mollnda u,0 wrecks of tb9 KVCrt, SMM1ih
(Forbusb) CorbetU Mr. Col bolt's boy, TMh1s Irinif on the .onthern -..t nf
hood was pasied in Washington county,
' New York, w.here, until he reached the
age of 13 yearn he received an ordinary
common school education. At that age
he began his business career In a store
at Cambridge, remaining two years as
clerk and a part of the time attending
Cambridge academy. He then went
homo, and, after a short terra at school,
secured a clerkship at Salem, the coun
ty seat. After a year there he went to
New Yoik City and neenred a clerkship
in tbs dry goods ttoro of Williams,
Bradford A Co., serving there seven
years. During this period be firmly
established hims-lf in tho confidence of
his employers, so that in October, 1850,
they ornished him the necessary cap
ital to ship a general Una of mercban
dise to Portland, Oregon, by way of
Cape Horn on the bark Francis and
Louise, lie arrived in Portlapd March
4, 62 years ago (1W1). At that time
Portland contained about 400 inhabi
tants and five small stores.
Aa soon as Mr, Corbett had gained a
good financial start ho began to take a
prominent part in tboso entvrprirei
which he saw were needed to develop
the resources of the country. In num
erous business, public, church and
charitable enterprises 1. Corbett held
a prominent position, He was a
director of the X)regon Railway and
'Navigation company, always casting his
influence in behalf of liberal manage
ment and to secure the lowest rates of
transportation pooalble wltfy good and
julck service.
He was largely instrumental In th
original board of trade, and for neteral
years was Its president, and was active
in the chamber of commerce. In all
the important measures of these bodies
Mr. Corbett was foremost in counts!
and bearty co-operation. Mr. Corbstt
was chairman of the committee of one
hundred, which took a prominent part
' in municipal affalro during tho hard
times of 1803-05.
The Lewis and Clark centennial ex
position was the last great creation of
hlr, Corbett and was In .many respects
his favorite enterprise. Ills heart and
soul were In it, and he gave to the
management of Its affairs more time
and attention than to bis oan privato
business. It was his purpose to make
tho success of tho exposition tho round
ing out of bis long buil nets career, and
he would have succeeded if his Ufa had
been spared.
Mr. Corbetfts Justly entitled to the
honor of being the father of the expo
sition. Without his help and influence
the local company could never have
been financed, nor would the etaki have
been so generous In its treatment of the
undertaking.
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Will Be China's Banker.
New York, April 2, News has
reached official headquarters hore from
St. Petersburg to the effect that an
agreement either has been or is about
to be arranged between the Russian
and Chinese governments for keeping
all the funds of the latter at tho Rosso
Chinejo bank in Pekin. If this agree
ment is carried cut, aa (ho Russo-Cbl-nese
bank Is in reality a Rusaian gov
ernment institution, it la not impossi
ble that a protest will bo forthcoming
from Britjah institutions, which have
been keeping most of China's funds.
the iiland. Bids will also lw invited
for removing the wreck of tlio Merrimac
from the entrance to Santiago harbor
and tho Spanish crolrer Alfono XIII,
which is grounded on the north coast,
near Ilarana.
It is the expectation of tho Cubans
that a noat sum will be readied by the
transaction, as bidders will not be paid
for the work, but will bo required to
pay for the privilege, on condition that
the recovered ships and matorlai shall
pats to them. There are a number of
Didders awaiting tbe opportunity to
submit proposals, among thm C. F.
W. Neely, notoriour-ly associated with
the Havana postoffice.
it is reportod that the Spanish gov
ernment toeks to rocover tome ol the
ships now lying on the muthorn const,
but all bids must bo made by individ
uals or firms. Offers from the Spanish
government will not be entertained.
"THE OREATEST COUNTRY."
Czara Tribute to United States In DIs
cuialn; St. Louis Fair.
St. Petersburg, April 1. Tho cxar
today received Thomas W. Cridler, the
representative of the St. Lonls exposi
tion, at tho imperial residence at tbe
Txarskoe Zelo and expressed his per
sonal interest in, and sympathy with
tho objects of, the St. Lonis expori
tlon, tho scope of which be dibcussod
with Mr. Cridler for a considerable
length of time. Tho czar referred to
the friendship existing between Rus
sia and tho United States, and said he
hoped to tee that friendship more firm
ly cemented. He seemed much Im
pressed by the magnitude of the exhi
bition plans and said ho wished to con
gratulate America on Its marvelous de-
veloprofnt, saying to Mr. Crldlerr
"Yon have tho greatest country."
The czar promiied to caiefully examine
a memorandum submitted to him by
Mr, Cridley, showing tho economic
reasons or the participation of Russia
in the exhibition.
Miy Ulve Up Fight ol Trying to Clone Oup
In Levee Urcat Area Will lie Inun
dated and Vast Damage Done I'unds
Almont Exhausted and Private Con
tributions arc Coned for.
New Orleans, April 1. Tho carrying
away ot additional cribbing at tho lly
melia cruvaMe early this morning
brought tho force that have been at
work thero to thi vergo of abandon
ment of tbe attempt to close tho break.
Later In the day, however, it was
agrwxl to continue tho undertaking,
though all hands are likely to bo calbnl
off It tho terrific current waihss out tho
now lines of cribbing which were start
ed from both ends of tho lovce late this
aitornoon. In no event can tbo work
be completed inside of a week, and
unless ample money li given, tho nest
disaster to the nibbing Is likely to
mark the end ot the struggle.
The lovco board today let It bo known
that it was at the end of its resources,
and that, unless tho planters and rail
roads could asauru ubtcrlptlons
amounting to I50.0OQ, It would be com
pelled to throw up Its hands. Doubt
lets double that amount will bo re
quired to complete the Job.
lly evening it was nald the break was
close to 700 feet wide, with tho ends
steadily malting away. Two ridgrs bti
tween which the levtw caved have pre
vened tho water from spreading rapid
ly above and below, but the mighty
torrunt is filling the lake and bayous
to the rear and In the next fortnight
tbe wholo basin from La rourchlo to
the lowtr limits of cultivated land In
Plaqnemines is likely to to be under
water, canting Inestimable damago and
much suffering
tlio Texas A raciflo railroad Is now
hopelessly Invilved, with water running
over its tracks and with little hope of
an early resumption of traffic, If the
crevasse Js permitted to . run until low
water comes.
Tbe Howell crevasse is beyond con
trol, and this has suspended all traulc
over tho Napoleonville branch of the
Southern Pacific.
Tho river remained stationary today
In front of this city, marking 20.3 at
nightfall. The rise yesterday, how
ever, was .2 of a foot. An Inspection
ot tho local levees give no cause tor ap
prehension as to their safety.
UNCLE SAM GOVERNS MS CLOCKS BY
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TUB MAQUB PROTOCOL.
SIGN AMENDED TREATY.
President Palma Sends Orders to Cuban
Minister at Washington.
Washington, April 1. Ratification
ot the Cuban reciprocity treaty will
be exchanged at the state department
today. Honor Qucsada, the Cuban
minister, called upon Secretary Hay
and officially notified him of tho ratifi
cation of the treaty by the Cuban eon-
ato, as reported in tbefnows dispatches.
Aa mere la only ono copy of the treaty
in Washington, the other being en
route from Havana, the exchange of
ratifications will be constructive, rather
tuan actual, Secretary Hoy accepting
aa sulflclent tbe asturauco that the
Cuban treaty has been dispatched to
Washington. No data has been set for
the assembling of congress to take
action on the treaty.
Sliver Bought for Philippines.
Washington, April 1. Tho secretary
of the treasury today purchased or ac
count of the Philippine colnago 860,000
ounces oi silvor at an average of 40.8o
an ounce. The silvor is to be deliv
ered in , equal parts to tho mints at
Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Minister Bowcn WW Urge Quick Action
by AMcd Powers
Washington, April 1. Minister
Rowen hop to begin work during the
prewnt week with tho diplomatic rep
r,eintatlves of tho Venezuelan blockad
ing powers on tbo protocol for Mndiog
to Tbe Hsgue arbitration tribunal the
question whether tbcM nation- shall
have preferential treatment in the pay
ment of claims of their citizens against
Venezuela.
Mr. Ik) wen heretofore has snbmltted
to tho British ambassador the draft ot
a protocol for tho purpor stated, a
notable feature of which is that tho
Czar of Russia shall namo the mem
bers ot tho court. It Is known that
the allies Intend to offer some amend
ments to the draft prepared by Vene
zuela's representatives, but their nature
has not been rnado known, although
one of them Is believed to bo regarding
tho proposillon relative U the Czar as
there is thought to bo soojh objection
on their part to that monarch assuming
tho function of naming the members of
tho court.
Mr. Bowen Is anxious to have the
work completed as soon as poeilble, and
will urge this on the allies' representa
tives, According to tho terms of the
protocol of February 14, tho first pay
ment of the 30 per cent of the customs
receipts of La (Juayra and Puerto Ca
bello or the month of March are to bo
paid to the representative of the Bank
of England at Caracas on April 1.
This will form tho nucleus of the fund
with which Is to be paid the claims of
the various notions that are to bo ad
judicated by tbe mixed commissions
which are to sit at Caracas.
NO BIBLE FOR FILIPINOS.
Catholic Priest Objects to Circulation of
, flurried Translations.
New York, April 1. Father O'Brien
Pardow, preaching in St. Patrick's ca
Ibodral on "The Catholic Church and
the Bible," attacked tbe distribution
ot Bibles in the Philippines.
"It is looked upon as a great boon to
tho Philippines,"' he said, "that attar
we have rid them of Spain's rulo of
'superstition,' we are going to give
them 'the open Bible,' and aro ship
ping carloads of these quickly thrown
togother translations. Every ono
knows that persons who hnvo novor
had more than A year or two acquaint
anco with this almost unknown lan
guage aro Incapable of giving expres
sion in it to God's word as it should be
done, I tunnose those Bibles will tako
along with them Amorlca's heirloom,
tho institution and increase of dlvorco,
unknown as yet to tliceo pooplo."
Poor human nature It at lwt a ro
bust In the slums an It Is among the
brnwntunr frunta. Cood and evil go
together In the tenements, any Jacob
Rlla In -The Rattle With tho HIuiiih;"
nnd oftentimes the evil Is prominent
merely because It Is nearer the sur
face. Here, a a elsewhere, the good
outwetgba the tiad. Two or three sim
ple atoriw which Mr. Rlla tells are suf
ficient to make one accept his optim
um. I remember, be sny. n tenement nt
tho bottom of n tack allry, wherr I
once went vlslllug with the pastor of
a mission chapel. Up In the attic there
was a family of father and daughter
In two rooms tbnt had tcn ninde out
of one by dividing off tho deep dormer
window. It was midwinter, but tbey had no
fire. Ue was a ixnldler, but tho "now
hnd stalled bis puih-cart, and robbed
them of their only olher aourco of
Income, a lodger who hired cot room
In tbe attic for a few vrtita a night.
The daughter was not nhlo to work,
nut ahe nald cheeerfully tli.it they
were "getting along."
When It came out that she hnd not
tasted solid food for several day, wna
starving. In fact (Indent, she til ill with.
In a year of the alow starvation of tho
tentmenla that pnrndc on tho mor
tality returns under a variety of acl
entlc names which all menu tlio name
thing), she met her pastor's gentle chid
ing with the excuse, "Ob. your church
has many that aro poorer limn I. I
don't want to take your money."
I found that Iu their time of dlro
distress they had taken In a poor old
man who was past working, and kept
hi in all winter, sharing with him what
they had. He was none of theirs;
they hardly even knew him, as It ap
peared. It was enough that ho was
poorer than they, and lonely and hun
gry nnd cold.
It wan on the Knit HIdo that the chil
dren of Mr. Klstng's Sunday school
gave, out of the depth of their pov
erty, $M In pennies to bo hung on the
Chrlntmrui tree as their offering to the
persecuted Armenians. One of their
teachers told mn of a Ilohemlnn fam
ily that let tho holiday dinner she
brought them stand and wait, while
they sent out to bid to tho fenst four
little ragamuffins of tho nclghtiorbood
who would otherwise hnvo gono hun
Itry.
And here It won In "tho hard win
tea," when no one hod work, that Ilia
nurse from tho Henry Street settle
ment found her cobbler patient enter
taming a lodger, nitnoiigii there wna
barely bread enough In tho house for
himself and bis boy. Hu Introduced
the stranger with some embarrassment
nnd when they were alnno excused
himself for doing It. Tho man was
Just from prison a man with "a his
tory." "Hut," said the nurse, doubtfully, "In
It n good thing for your boy to havo
that man In the house t"
Thero was n passing glimpse of un
easiness In tho cobbler's glance, but
It went aa quickly aa It had come. Ho
laid his hand on tho nurse's.
"Tills," ho said, "nln't no winter to
let a fpllow from Sing Slug be on tho
street,"
A Ixver ofNioo Distinctions,
Tho Slameso differ from other Orb
entals In a kind of youthful curiosity
which has mado them reach out for
European Ideas, whereas most Eastern
races havo repelled tho Wost or been
Indifferent to It. A recent writer on
Slam gives an account of tho learning
of tho King of Slam who died Iu 1808,
Uo was p. trained Oriental linguist,
HIS t.nlled Htnteti government does not make uso of tho
'sun lit reckoning time, but Instead uv of tho 'fixed stnra" n
they nro called, livery clear iilifht mi imtroiiomor with a
big tehweupo looka nt certain of throw lnrs and innUes his
calculations, from which ho van tell Jtut when the. sun
would nM tlu 70th meridian. Olio of the (treat clookn
lu tint utwervntory Is called the trniiaiiilHer. became It trnns.
mils or sends out the tdgunl that keeps stniulnnl time. This
clock Is set nnd regulated by tho ainr-tlmo nntntien every
Uy nt a minutes nnd in cotid befeni 12 n awltoh Is
turned on nud the Ix-nts of the pendulum of this clock nro
sent by electricity ver tint win to lh telegraph offices
In Washington and New York. When the telegraph
operntors hear this sound on their Inslniinvnls they know
that the noon nlgiinl Is nhoiit to Ik ftent out nnd they nt
one begin to connect the telegraph wires with oilier towns nud cities until
In a minute or two the "tick, tick" of the clock nt Wnahlugtnn l licord In
hundreds of telegraph office. The iK-nt stop nt 10 seconds before 12 nit a
notice that the next tick will lie the nmut signal, nnd so n to give the opera
tor time to connect their clocks. There- niv time ball lu n grmt many cities
usually on tup of oiue prominent building, where they can easily Im seen.
The ono nt "Washington Is on tho roof of the Htate. Wnr nnd .Navy Depart
ment Rulldlng, at tho top of a high wle. ready to drop tho Instant the signal
route over the wire. Ill (he government offices at Washington and In many
places In other cltle there ore large clock connected with the obiervHlory
by electricity. These are so nrrnnged Hint when the 12 o'clock signal I
flashed over the wire the hand of eaoh ono of the clocks spring to 12,
no matter what time the clock mny show; lu this way hundreds of clocks are
set to the correct time each day.
Well, the moment the sun U supposed to cros the 78lli meridian the
telegraph Instrument give a single tick, the time-ball drop, the clocks
begin to strike and everybody lu the district knows It Is 12 o'clock.
and corresponded In fluent Kngllih
wlth many Englishmen of distinction.
Prom the lxk by Mr. Leouowea.
English governess at the Hlatnese court,
(he writer quote an account of hi
majrsty'a habit of study.
Before tny arrival In Bangkok It had
been n not uncommon practice to si-nd
for a missionary at midnight, havo
lilm beguiled or abducted from hi
bed, and conveyed by boat to the pal
lace, omo mile up tho river, to In
quire If It would not f more elegant
to write "murky" Instead of "olnctire,"
or "gloomily dark" rather than "not
clearly apparent." And If the wretch
ed man should venture to declare his
honest preference for the ordinary over
the extraordinary form of expression,
he ws forthwith dismissed with Irony,
arrogance, or even InsulL and without
a word of apology for the rod Inva
sion of his rest.
One night, a little after 12 o'clock,
as hi majesty was on the point of
golns to lcd. like any plain citizen of
regular habit, he fell to thinking how
most accurately to render Into English
tho Hlatneao word "phi." which admit
of a variety of luterprrtatlous-ghosL,
spirit, soul, devil, evil angel.
After puzzling over It for more than
an hour, nnd getting himself possessed
with tho word a with tho tr it
stands for, hut to no purpose, lie or
dered one of lit leaser state barge to
be manned and despatched with all
pc"d for the British Consul.
That functionary. Insulm! with Hti-
ly alarm by so sinning n aummons,
dressed himself with unceremonlou
celerity and hurried to tbe palace,
conjecturing on tho way nil Imagina
ble poaslhllltle of iKilliIc nnd diplom
acy, revolution or Invasion.
To his vexation, not less than to his
surprise, he found the king en desha
bille engaged wlih a Hlamene-lJugllsh
vocabulary, and mentally divided be
tween "deuce" and "devil" In thfr
choke of nn equivalent.
His prtKatcrnii majesty gravely
laid the mn lefore the consul, who,
although Inwardly chafing at tho sltua
Hon, hnd no chplro but to decide with
grace, and go hack to ln-d with phll
osophy. POPULAfi IN HAVANA.
Vlfo of American MlnlsUr f.r.ds In
lfoiUar at Ciitmn Cp!tM.
Mrs, Ilcrlwrt O. HiiuIitn, who Is the
wlfo of tho United mate minister to
Cubn, ha attained an enviable social
position at the capi
tal of the Island re
Publlc. Minister
Hqulers Is tho most
Influential member
of the diplomatic
corps at Havana
and vliltlng Ameii
can havo bcrrn
charmed by tho
hospitality xof tho
United Htate cm-
till HIV
ru,. ii,o. squieiu. mi Squlrn !
Now York woman. Hhe wus lu Poklu
during tho terrible Boxer uprising, her
husband at tho time liclng secretary of
tho United Htute legation. Hho herself
took nn active purt In defending tho
legation against the tcniblo onslaughts
of tho Boxers.
A Truo C iiTns-He.uk.
A good story Is told of Johu Aatloy,
n fellow studont with Blr Joshua Roy
nobis In Ixfadon and In Rome
Whllo walking In tho Cnmpagna
Reynolds nnd soino other students took
off their coata; but for a long tlnio
nothing would porsuado young Astloy
to tako his off. At last ho wns pro?
vnllod on to do bo, and tlio cnuso of
his unwillingness- to comply with tho
wishes of his friends was then rovenl
ed by nn oil sketch or n waterfall
painted ou tho back of tho urtlVt'a
wuUtcoat,