WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, JULY: 20900.
P W " LODGE Ilffii
Three Citizens of Salem
Honor by the
frsnk D3vcy Is Grand Overseer,
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cntaflv an IVm ArMtrnr?l fiMni TrrKtrr
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iFrom'I'JaTry Stafesinan. July 111.)
The Grand Lodges, Ancient Onler
United Workmeu and Degree of Hon
or, of Oregon, 1 nt In a bard lty s work
yesterday and tin-ir business was no
near flnlahed, as to warrant the pre
diction that fdjournnient will le ef
fected at an early hour this afternoon.
Much legislation was itassed, officers
were elected for the ensuing year,
and the way pared for a thorough or
ganization for work in- the Interest of
the order in this state.
ITotertlon Lodge No. 2, of this city,
bad. offered a. cash prize of flOO, to le
given to the best drilled Workmen de
gree team, tEe exemplification to be
bad In the Supreme Court room last
evening, before the Grand Lodge, and
jt was expected that several teams
would appear, thus furnishing enter
tainment for the Grand Lodge, but no
teams apiearcd to compete for 'this
liberal prize,' and,-to the great regret
of the local Workmen, who bad count-
ed on keen competition on this occa
sion, the money remains in the treas
uryThe team of Protection Lodge,
It . wa decided several months ago,
was not to couqiete, so as to give all
visiting lodge an equal 'chance.
At 8 o'clock' last evening the Grand
Lodge, Degree ofjlonor, visited Salem
Ixnlge No. 19, in. the State Insurance
building, where an exemplification of
lhe work was bhown. and an -entertainment
of rare excellence h:td lieen
provided for tlie visitors, concluding
wllli a ln liquet to the Visitors by the
local members. The two entertain
ments were much enjoyed by the
ladies.
GBAND lodge a. o. u. w.
The Graml Ixslge A. O. U. W. spent
the day in considering, resolutions and
projiosed changes of laws, and elected
officers for tlie ensuing jenr. tyhlle
tlie -matter of selecting a place of
meeting was made u special' order-for
' o'clock this morning. It fs'prolmblu
-That Portland will Ik selected, though
'-Astoria is an active crfiididate for this
honor. , During the day, Wui. Reeder.
one of the trustees of the Grand Lodze
who bad one more year, to serve, i-
- signeu. ana His successor was elected
later In the flay. The officers elected
. were as follows:
' . Grand Master Workman. '"'Ralph'" Wj
, vi x unu UN ; ruuu r orema n-
' G. C. Hogne, -Albany; Crand Overseer
Frank Da vey, Salem; Grand Recorder;
f Newton Clark, " Portland ire-elet-tedij
'..Grand Reelver.' IL L. Durham. Port-i
uu ire-eiecteu; uranu till Hie. . U. 114
lye, Oregon City; Inside Watchman.
J. E. Mellinger, Dayton; Outsid
Watchman. Wui. J. Clarke. Gervaisj
tlrand Trustees Wm. Armstrong, Sa4
lem. 3 years; J. IV Iodge, Asblaud. I
year. Supreme Representatives D. C,
Herrin. I'ortland; S. A. McFadden, Sa
lem; -Ed. Werlein. Portia nd. 1
The matter of making a contract for
the publication of the official organ,
; was referred to a committee, to secure
bids, the publication to be awarded to
the lowest acceptable bidder, he to be
a memljer of the order. f
A proposition to divide the state Into
districts for organization and exten
sion work was lost, and the matter
referred to a committee consisting of
- - & 11 vi auiiu, lilt
Grand Receiver and the Finance Com
mittee, with power to act In thi mat.
ver or extension work. j
1 Tlie committee on state of the order
brought In a rcprf , commending the
excellent work of the retiring Grand
Master. D. C. Herrin, in the matter of
extending the order, a ntfreeom mended
the continuance, in the field, of men
of that character and ability. The
report was adopted.. , j
The claim of Mrs. Joseph Flshbnrn,
,-of Craig. Arizona, for f200 on lhe life
of Joseph Fishburn, a deceased
memlier of the Oregon jurisdiction,
was referred to the Finance Commit
tee, with authority to demand proofs
of .the claimant's marriage to the de
ceased, and. In ease her Interest could
not be established, to pay the amount
of the policy to the legal heirs. f
Minor changes In the laws' were pro
posed and will lie acted upon this
mornlnz.
During the afternoon Supreme Mas
ter Workman W. A., Walker, of Mil
waukee. Wisconsin, was called borne,
and before leaTlnit be made a stirring
address to the Grand Lodge, wbcre
uion three cheers were given for the
Supreme lodge and for Mr. WaIker.
This gentleman, one of the most emi
nent fraternal onler men In the rnited
States, has done much to enthuse the
Oregon Workmen, and hi Tislt will
long lie rememltereil by the members
of the Grand Lodge, v At p. m. the
tlrand Lodge adjourned to 9 a. m. today-
' -'.. 'n: .'h-
DEGREE OF HONOR. i
The second , day'g session of the
Grand Lodge, of . the Dgree of Honor
conveivcd with the full membership
present. A number of resolutions
were Introduced and will be aeted up
on liefore adjournment today. A reso
lution was passed, ordering the Incor
iMiratUxi of the Grand Ixlge D. of II,
under the state laws of Oregon. 1
: Tle execBtive "committee, composed
of the: Oram! Chief of Honor, the
Grand Recorder and the finance com
mittee, was given full power to act in
ap!Hlutlng deputies for field work
and pushing the -order. .
At 10 o'clock the election of officers,
being a special order'of business, was
begun, and this part of the work pass
ed eft very harmoniously, there belns
Cliosen for Positions of
A. 0. U. V. -
S. A. Mcfadden Supreme Repre-
"
! hues which VP "liar, evolved after
i Cfrcfnl ltIInn
i ouuvtoiui tiibvkiuij.
no great competition, and the officers
were nearly all promotedor re-elected.
The following are the officers chosen:
Past Grand Chief, Miss .Maggie Bark-
er. Albany; Grand . Chief - of Honor,
Mrs. OHie F. Stephens. The Dalles;
Grand Lady of Honor, Mrs. Wilda Bel
knap, Irineville; Grand Chief of Cere
mouies, Mrs. Laura Smith. Baker City;!
Grand Recorder. Mrs. Margaret Her-1
rin, Portland; Grand Receiver, 3Irs.Jaud opieals to your sense of justice
Minnie Mason. Dallas; Grand TTsber, t are of no avail, we find ourselves face
Mrs. Anna Colvlg, Jacksonville: Grand
Inside Watchman, ;Mrs. Ilaltie Mc-
Coriuac, MarshflehL Superior Repre-
isentatives Ilss Maggie A- Barker,
Albany; Mrs. Mamie Briggs, Thelllgion, upon the, main principles of
Dalles; Mrs. Maggie Houston, -Junction which they are bitterly divided among
City. -
Supreme Master Workman and Past
Grand Master V.". D. Hare visited the
it'raiid lxige during the afternoon,
and made fraternal addresses, suggest-
Ing and advising the members in sev-
eral Important matters. The Supreme
blaster .Workman said he had not met
with any Grand Lodge of the D. of, H.
in which th order. was u well repre-
.entel and the work so systematically
conducted, aa he found here in Oregon,
and wished the order continued pros -
perity. . . , -:,
The action of the Supreme Ivlge. in
broadening ts memliership limits, .was
apiixivid, and a number of minor res-
olntions were passed. The 'Grand
adjourne! at 5 jt. 111. to D o'clock; this
iiiuiiiiiik, nun wm proiwmy complete
is work by noon tolay.
GOOD AS A SURGEON'S KNIFE.
Woman Curetl of Appendicitis by
Severe Jolting in a Wagon.
Cleveland rough pavements bare
proved better than the skill of a sur
geon In a certain case. Mrs. O. I
" wy was a victim -of ntmendicitis.
Iniring the early stages of her illness
it was hnicd that she might lie spared
from the raieratinir tnl.l
tion iNH-ame more serious with time
ami her attendimr iiii-iinn ir-
It. i pson. tinally -onchnUHl that an 00-
era tion would be neeessarv. ;
;Tbe lwtient .was made as mmfnrtn.
ble as lossili1 in nn nm1nitfinw anl
taken to a. hospital, oil arriving t herd!
nr. 1 pstm noted a remarkable
of some kind in his patients lie could
iMt atrcount for it and made an exam
ination. -Then .Irr
to tlH great surprise of alk that ;nfIWlu,t ,,,,! bappened?
operation neel not be ncrfortm.,1 rr
Clay.. be said, would ;soon le perfectly
well., i he jolting the patient! bad re-
-'ivei m l.euig niovwl to. tlie. hospital
nau jarrel out the obstruction of the
appendix.-)
THE OPINIONS
tit m UUttaralahed Chlnanaa Beltlv to
- the Trouble In II U Natlr Coaatr jr.
There Is living in Indon, Eng.. in I
fact, be holds a high position in a firm
of caster trw.r. i,,. nt PMoi,
... .
rru.au ituu.jwa lor many years ne-
longinl to the Boxers' secret society In I
V.1UIU1. anu wuu wnom a representa-
tive of the Buffalo Express has bad a
most inten-sting Interview.
"You English," be observed, speak
ing our language with remarkable flu
ency, "only look at Chines' matters
from your own point of view. Ah, if
rou could only look at them - from
ours! ' - - - '
"Western civilization Is to us a
mere mushroom. It Is a thing of jes-
terday. Chinese civilization Is unnutu
bered thousands of years old. We con
aider . ourselra ' at least 2,K)0 years
ahead of yon. ; . .
"There was a time when we had
use you, our -struggle for Jire, our
race for wealth, our ambition for pow
er, our haste and hurry and worry.
W e, too. had your clever Inventions-
gunpowder. ; printing
and t lie rest
but we have lived long enough to flndlTor Ju,ment for JISS.,! with 10 per
out how essentially unnecessary all
these things are. it
-"We have also bad onr perloils of
doubt, fanaticism, ami dissension In
matters of rellcion. We have had onr
martyrs, our reformations, our non-
conrormists, our Intolerance, and final-1
ly. our toleration. Yes. thousands of I
years ago. - , ;
"But, as I say, we have outgrown It
all. From the experience of past wn
tnrles we have learned wisdom; from
the mistakes and disasters of our an
cestor We bavt. learned tliat none of
the things for which we strove were
really worth striving for.
Our itassions and ambitions hare
llf l
happiness In this world; our religion Is
reduced to a philosophy of life which
the test of : the last 2,000 years has
proven to lie aisointely sound.
settletl down into a calm desire fori""1 P-Taiue on OcrtoK 1st of. tlie
We -lietlere that the liest thing to f, w ,, ln tacned. The plain
sue In this life Is happiness, and attorney is s. T. Richardson.
pursue
we teach our children that their hap
piness can only be secured by tlie per-,
fornianee of duty, by the oliservance
of moral and business obligations, ami
by surrounding one's self with a cir
cle of equally happy friends and rela
tives. "If a Chinaman prospers bovnml thi
lot which falls to bis kindred. he finds
his greatest happiness In sharing his
good fortune with them. And In Chiua
we never cease to work. There is no
such thing as 'retiring from business.
Work Is part of our pleasure, because
It Is part of our dutv.
"We Iielieve In making the best or
this life, wblch Is the only one we
know anything about for certain. That
is the Be All and End All of Chinese
philosophy. HI J ' ; v 1
"All through China you rlll find the
game lerel, uniform spirit of Content.
"You may think we live lives of Ig
norance and squalor and idleness; dut
I . assure you It 1 not so. . We are as
well off as we want to tie, and no man
can improve on that.
'Now, these being our circumstances
you of the western world come to us
with what you call your new Idea s.
I You bring us your religion, an infant
of IO00 years. You invite us to build
! railways so that we may fly from
nine to nlnee at a sneed which' for tin
nether nity nor eimrm you
I want, to build mills and factories so
as to debase our IieantlfuJ textures
lape of experiment.
"Against all this we protest. -We
want to le free to enjoy our beauti
ful country, and the fruits of our een
turies of i experience. When we ask
you to go away yon refuse, and you
I even threaten us If we do not give yon
lour liarltor. our land, our towns.
And now. having earefnlly Conskl
ered the matter, we of the so-called
Boxers' soefetj-, bare.-decided that the
only way to get rid of you is to kill
you. We are not naturally- blood
thirsty. We certainly are not thieve
But when persuasion ,and argument
to face with the, fact tliat the only
resource is. to put j'on out of existence.
"Consider " your missionaries. They
j eome, as I Lave said, with a new re-
j themselves. They tell ns that Unless
I we accept their doctrines r we sliall
suffer eternal punishment. They
rrignten our cnlhiren and the more
weak-minded of our older people, and
create all kinds of dissensions between
faniilies and individuals. No wonder
that we will not tolerate them: '
si If we wanted your railways, and
machines, , we could, - of course,. buy
them;'bnt we do not We' have no use
for them. We hare learned to do wit h-
j out them. Yet you nay you will force
J 11s to.bpy. tfcem. whether we will or
not. Is that just? I say it Is an im-
pertinence an outrage.
"A gocnl deal is made of the fact
that 'we are not' soldfers. Well, we
have ceased to be soldiers, liecanse we
I nave oecome civiuzei. war is. a
liarbarism. The effect, of our having
arrivel at our present stage of civil
ization is that we have Increased and
multiplied beyond every other race
on tlie face of the earth. In spite of
our great morality (which seems to-be
very shocking to you, although we
reeoanize 111 it only a wise provision
of nature, the Chinese race is in
creasing at a greater pace than aiij-
otber iHopie in the world. , 1
Wo i-ould If we chose .overwhelm
the rest of mankind. That we do not
no so is one 10 tne perrection or onr
t",ri"Wn. our philosojdiy. and our
1 morals, we mi in per 4XUit)0,Hi -nu-
",au ,H t,l!, auu wuo eouia witnstami
Jos we chose to assert pur power?
IM -To" t"'k we are unconscious of
it? On the contrary, we understand It
tmly to Let the white races of
i ' ni-evi.ue ine i.ici tliat we
and not thej- are Its masters.
'There ? have In-en twenty so-called
snccessrul inrasions of China. Burt
nave ine in
1 raders dominated the
Chines? Xo
1 ne coniuereI have absorlteil their
conquerors. All. have became Chi
nese. ' The very Jews who have conn
among u have leen alisorlMnl by our
race-a ming-wineii lias never 'ha ppn
eti eisewnere. 1 - : 1
ixt me repeat that all the' forces
which divide men In the' west have
practk-aiiy no existence In China. Pol
mis. religion, private ambitions, the
necessity for expansion, land-hunger
goia-nunger an these have no exist
eme tn China. You think that lie
cause the Chinaman Is inert, careless
and simple, he is a ehild. There never
was a greater mistake.
'"He lias learned the secret of lein?
,,appy- Iff iK P'acbl. and nothing
iroumes mm so long as nis conscience
ig clear..
"There von Imve o.,r in n
sentence. Iet us alone ml n o w-ni
let you alone."
RARE AND CURIOUS.
Bnbhies made of filtered Cast 11
soapsuds and glycerine will last for
, uays.
,The finest shops In a i Chinese citv
are. tlios? devoted to the sale of cof
It IIS. .: - . i ; j . , .
two hzw sms fiiio.
Both Are Actions for Money and
iu
t i une instance'SoMie Real Kstate i
s ta Attached. '
tFrom Daily Statesman, July 10.)
Two new- notions for, monev .suits
were yesterdar instituted In Depart
ment No .1, of the Marion County Cir
cuit court.
John Stormey of Lane conntr. sues
J' A' McFa"1 ami Nettle AIcFadden
,T . IB,iere1 au attorneys fees.
'",,u. "e niununi is uue on a
promissory note for r?:J0 executwl on
T em r "" by the defenllnt
,n r f J- L. Dennis, who after-
V?n re1 !t the ..rl,la,nt,ff-
i"r an auomey or jine
eo!lntr' Presents the plaintiff in the
suit.
The other suit Is entitled Walter s
lAMiman. vs. Frances Kavs and 4. J
Kara. 1 Judgment is asked for $ 188.
w un hi per eent Interest from June 20.
1S!9. and the costs and disbursement
of the suit. The amount Is ailcs! tn
lie uue on a nromlssnrr nnt inui
by the defendant on June 20,
. - . - "
.year, in iavor or Jolui Ilnehes.
who wnbsequently transferred the note
10 tne plaintiff. A tract of Inn.i in
cluding 270 acres and located In t 7 a'
At Bed Time ''' ' f
I take a pleasant herb drink, the next
mortnng4I feel bright, and my com
plexion is better. My doctor says
it acts gently on the stomach, liver
and kidneys, and is a pleasant laxa
tive. ; It is made form herbs and
it prepared as eily as tea. If is
called Lane's Medicine. All drug
giststscll it at 25c. and 50c. Lane'i
ramily Medicines moves the bowels
each day. If yon cannot get it, send
fr?r fr5e nip'e- Addresi. Orator
F. Woodward. Le Roy, N. Y. 5.
Pacific Jf loaiestead. .Salem. Or. Ret
farm paper.., s Issued weekly. $1 a year.
MCETIKG OF NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT ST. PAUL.
Stfiriu? Addr:ss by President Stone
at tbe Openlcgr Session -The
Party V Record, r . t
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 18. The National-league
of Republican Clubs Is
In session here, with a large attend
ance.. ACol,.ib?orge Stone, the 'presi
dent. In bis oiM'iiIng address, created
great enthusiasm. He paid In part:-
"Gentlemen of the National Republi
can Leaguef During flie brief ptriol
of two yearj since la si we met hi Cbn
ventiod, many "piiges Have leen nddKl
to the history, of tlie American Rejml
11c. whlcli so long as that -Republic
shall exist i-wilL; evidence the wisdom
and loyalty of the Republican party i a
party knowing" ' bow to govern ' the
country for the security, welfare and
glory of Its people. Inseparably con
nected with and forming .a part of
that record is the name of tliat wise
and iatriotie statesma newborn Reptile
licans delight to honor and whom all
Americans can safely trust, Iresident
McKinley. ' : i ; . ' :' .;
"We. cannot soon forget, the paraly
sis in business and industrial ruin
wrought by the disastrous- financial
policy as exemplified under the last
Democratic rule; nor should We e'fer
forget the marvelous change that Im
mediately followed the election of Me-r
Klnley in A cliahge that lroug:ht
prosperity to the producer and laborer,
to the Democrat and Republican alike.
Confidence waXwstorNI; the wheeisTof
trade and commerce moved again and
the -world ,wa:notified that the people
of the United States would not alow
its credit destroyed, nor its currency
made a commodity. ; ;
"TIkj searching test of application
has proved the wisdonv of the position
taken by the Republican party 011 : ev
ery National -Issue. Every pleilge lias
been redeemed, every opiort nnity i for
the advantage of the; people has lien
grasped; every crisis, unshrinkingly
met and the unbroken record of- Its
successes at the minimum cost of
treasure and blood Causes . tlie heart
of the true American' to swell with
pride. .
"Clouds have- gathered on the Jibrl-
xons of the great nations. Human
fWHSight-;: cannot -: prophecy wlietlicr
they will spread or disperse. It Is our
tntty asTT peb-pIB to be "wa tchfnl- Tind
pepaijetl ,pr jwrhateYer . complleat ions
iday ari.e.' or dangers threaten our
I- Igures are stubliom facts-rand
convincing not figures of speech; these
we will leave to our Populist friend
from, Nebraska,. He Jis, had 'fonr
years cninstant pracrivJnnd doubtless
has Inventeil others, as- startling as the
Cross of Gold upon which the hap
less American working nian was to be
emclned., Tlie figures to our purpos
are the gixxl ohl-fashloiied kiwi learned
at schod and which were clearly ' pre
sented tor the consideration of ' the
American voter iu a masterly manner
iy the lenders of our party in the Phil
adelphia Conrention. Tlie ineontest
able facts which the" Democrats will
not se. and to which the Itepublicari
triumphantly points, that under the
present financial policy, we have the
I A a. a a . . i -; - !
lariiesi; circumnon 01 money, pencapl-i
ta, in tlie history of the Nation' am
that the -ountry under the gold stand-
aru. is proserous toa. degree i that
commands the atteritlonot other nai
tlons, has caused the Populist-Deimv
cratic party to subordinate the shiltoi
leth of four years ago to other fore
castings of Impending disaster. Willi
prodigious effort, in solemn conclave,
it brought forth this ; la
the brain and named it imperlalisin.f
placing it upon a platform whlcli-they
fondly believed to .Ik? an impressive
arraljrnment of the ltcrtubiicnn iarty
"It Is a senseless cry ami has not
been, nor ever will he lustifimt n-nl
t-oniitron. of onr body polftlei We Ii
uoi ser rnn onr itoumiaries uncliangei
ably. Expansion has Iieen our oppor
tunities and possible rmr ": Kjilr.-iHond
The iossesskin of Ihe'Philipirfni's' was
me natural sequence of eventaj iromi
mencing with the destruction of th
riuuisii nier in 3ianiia Hay: events
followed each other with startling ra
pidity, making a brilliant enoch for
Americans, in the closing years of the
century and shall we think so lightly
of thos who asked only of srlory the
privilege to sustain their country's flag
on these distant islands, and who- now
In the flower of their manhood fill the
nu m tile graves of a. soldier? jWhat
those lives have won shall f we- cast
aside as of no consoqiionce? People
from foreign countries enter our "gates
oy thousands, rejoieing to ixisst .ap
honies and blessings, under our; A no-
denied them in their native lamlj We
still have unbounded faith, that wher
ever that flag Is raised, whether on thle
mainland or island of the a. It car
ries to all lilierty. protection and peacf.
"It Is. not enough to have able lead
er, ft is not enough to hare.ifnmortal
principles set forth I in our pfatfonn.
We must hare loyal and patriotic citi
zens who value the privileges of Amer
ican citizenship; men who will lav
aside partisan feeling and rote along
the lines of patriotism. l 1' 1
I atrlotism does not alone constat in
shouldering the rifle or girding on the
twora. ana a readiness to follow the
fluttering flag to far-off fields of rtrvr
It la a sentiment ininlante,! tn th
heart of every loyal man that will im.
pel him to study his country's everT
Interest in peace as well as war, to rote
r-icri.t ,.. 'Ju.oie
pjppF site:' therefore it lieliooves :s
t:contire'h the helm ottK pilot ti led:
ism wTli dicatrtonehont 'lti01""11?' th
can roter that hi. uTl:i!lttra-'. " n fine con-
.nd Industrial questions wbicb w V .w.
submitted for bis consideration, with
an eye single to bis country's welfare
with a heart Inspired for his conntVyji
glory; Then we ran have no fear that,
when the principles' et forth in our
platform are understood and the worth
na merits of the men who carry our
standarJs are fully estimated, tbe re-
mlt will be the overwhelming election
of McKinley nnd Rooserelt
- "Of the duties of public men the Im
mortal Lincoln said: They should lie
men who. know and realize tliat the
first ami greatest duty of this nation
is to extend individual Ulierty to ev
ery-foot of soil where tlie fortunes of
jieaee or war may plant the Stars and
Strip". Such men bare we iu the
Republ tea n pa rt y, a nd such n re t he
men whose imines are presented to the
voters of our country for election to
the high offices of President and Vice
President of the Unltetl States; whose
names are synonymous with honesty,
ability, loyalty, courage ami qualities
that make men great; whose ability In
the highest council chambers of tbe
land Jias been amply proved; whose
courageous loyalty bntle them throw
aside the, pursuits and pleasures ol
busy, liappy existence ami hasten to
the. battlefield ; at their country's call;
and with the unswerving moral cour
age einally great to bid defiance to
criticism and follow the path of high
est dutj' and Hinder whose leadership
tlie grand 'old party will in Novemlter
sweeji the land for bonemf government,
Iwniest money ami honest principles."
WASrilNGTON J
(From the Tewspajier Corresiiondeuee
Division of E. G. Siggers.)
Tlie agricultural lciartment gives
the following from recent exierl
hients: As a means of destroying the
root I lee. and iwrticuLnrly the woolly
louse of tLe apple, the most generally
recommendetl measure hitherto is the
use of hot water, ami ths, while 1'm
ing' both simple a nd inexpensive. Is
thoroughly effective, as has been dem
onstrated . by ' practical ; exiierieiic-e,
Water at nearly f he- boiling point may
be applied : abont the base of young
trees without tlie slighteKt ' danger of
injury to the trees, and should be
used in sufficient qtiantitj- to wet the
ground to the deith of several Inches,
as the lice may penetrate to nearly a
ftiot below the surface. To facilitate
the wetting of the- roots and the ex
termination of the lice, as much of the
surt'at-e soil as Kssible should lie re
moved. ' -; ' ,
The statistical report of . the inter
state commerce commission for the
last fiscal year shows that the total
single track mileage of the United
States increased 2,8.H miles during the
j-ear. now lieing LS!.2J4. Tlie aggre
gate mileage, including tracks of all
kinds, was 2."..1j4. The numlHr of
hx-omotlves In service is ;iS7(W-'au iu
creas of 4tK; the numlicr of cars of
all classes lI7..in, an Incren's? of
4t.742; persons cmployi-d t2Sjrj4. a 11
increas ot4 ?A.tVUi-' uuinlKr of casual
ties" ;74.i,, t hosv TcIII.hI iK'ing 7.123
and tliose 'iujurtMl 44.U20. Of these
oiuy, 2y!-;and f4i2. .reNpiH-Mvel.v jwere
passi'iigers. tuie. pa.ssjnge-r w:is'
killed- f or '.VW.irj:! esrrieibivl-me
Injurtnl tor every lil,!Ks carriiHl. i
Ex"iorts of fnivisioiis fronf tie j
VnjttHl stiltesf during the, fiscal jt-ar
just embtl 0xfded those; of "any pre
yious "ycaf.Tl total ijwasj. jmjihi.
m: averaging 'lirrlt tnljlton" ?bflars
a day. ami surpassing the'. phenomenal
record, achieved br that record-breaking
year.V!K.
Consul Mprfibj .writes front Madge
burg to' the state" department as fol
lows: "Attention haw been ' nttra'ctcil
In Germany to a new method of pack
ing butter whiea has been tried-, with
satisfactory results in conn -t ion with
shipment, from MellMiurue 'to Kiinber
ley. It consists in placing the butter
in n Ifcox formed of six plates of ordi
nary window glass wluse edges are
closinl witii gnnimiMl paiHr; the glass
lox is covereI with a layer of plaster
of pnrls one-fifth of Jin inch thick, ami
wraplHl In water-proof packing' pa
per. As the plaster Is a bad conduct
or of heat, a regular tcmiHTrture Is
maintained within' tlie lx. Mr. Mnr-
pliy recommends the method for hot
weather shipments.
A good illustration of the way In
which funds raised for a given cause
are often wasted, has lxn-oiiie mani
fest in the publication of .the. accounts
of the ier funl fur wlnws and
oiih.ms. ; I'ntrick .O'Farrell. treasurer
of the ftfnd. has stateil th.-tt fll.'li
was subeniHil. of which all lvit .fis
was sient for expenses. On the night
the meeting was held here,' a large
sum was collected, nut an was used
iu paying the expenses of entertain-J
mcuts. lireworks.Hlet.-ora tlons. the use
of ' carriages, t lie hotel bills of the
envoys - while In Washington, etc., - to
the extent of $t.t20 out of the 1.1:14
contributed. The r wine bill was !f140.
carriages ?127, band -S7, de-ora tlons
hotel bill $Tsr, and so on.-
It is a curious ; fact, which may or
may not Ih related this year, "that
in every election for President In
which the same candidates confronted
each other twice In succession the
nominee who was beaten In the first
instance won In i the second. Jiffer
son. who was defeated by John Ad
ams hi 1715, defeated Adams iu MMi.
Jackson, who was left behind- 1-
John Qutncy Adams in IS2I was far
aneaa or Adamf In 1S2S. William
nenry iiarrisonr. who was easilv
lieaten by Van -fluren In -lXSfi, Just
as easily defeated Van Buren In 1H40
twipiaiKi. wno was . in tire minor
ity In 18SS against Benjamin Ilarri-
u. nan a majority or more thau tluit
figure, over Harrison in ISO-j.
Minister Wn of China has called
the attention of the state department
to the possibility of attacks npou Chi
nese, residents in this country, and it
Is likely that steps will lie taken to
protect as far as possible Chinamen
who .are residing temporarily Iu the
t nited States. The Chinese legation
Is being guarded by the policed " -
TIm navy department has receivel
from : Admiral Farouhar n
against taking the cruiser New York
oui 01 commission. The admiral
writes the department that a report
has reached him throueh the
paiiers that it Is intendel to place the
New York on the reserve list. Noth
ing of tbe sort, however, is lt
platlori. The New York will probably
? , flaJS,1,I of
North Atlantic station, esbeci.illv
JJJ-
The sultan has promised to mr th
$100.ono. Indemnity within, three
months. ; This cheering intelligence Is
sent by Mr. Oriscom. United States
charge d'affaires at Constantinople,
who says that he believes that tbe
promise Is genuinely meant this time
and will le carried out. and is not In
tended as a mere pacification, like
former promises. The state denirt.
nieni nas replied instructing Mr Grk
com to keep a close watch 011 the stil
tan and to Insist, on. the pavmpnt
Within the- time siHitl.tL '1
Consul General Gueiithcr writ.'s to
the state department from Frankfort
as follows:, "According to the Swim
press, the protective tariffs of Fiuo,
IM'an countries exclude the product
of Switzerland, whose Industries fin I
supjKirt only In : free ' trade England
Slrttesuien are luclhled to Meek tor '
alliance of Switzerland with soiti"
foreign country.. In this connection
the Allegemclue Schweizcr Zeltunc
suggests tlie . United .States. It navs
"In spite of dark sides -which are aW
found there," the-United States in full
01 ine air or ireeiiom. Switzerland
would lose .nothing Jf .slie should in
come a) state f the United States of
Anierien. AH she would have to Uo
would Ik to send her representatives
to Washington. ; E-ououih-ally aud
)NiIiti"ally she would gain everything
It remains to 1h si'n wliat the'.ViiK-r-icans
would say alsnit au allian-e
with Switzerland. For aj long time
they have tried to' gain a fooih.,1,1 in
EuroiK.". ;:l .--:. ..
v WAR IS NOW DECLARED.
CHINESE MINISTER DISlflSSFD
BY RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
The Czar's Army Cau Now Act Inile-
lendently of the Other PoMers
In the Chinese Trouble.
NEW YORK, July 19. a dispatch t
the Journal and, Advertiser f font Lon
don says: Tlie Chinese Invasion of
the Amur Iroviuc-e is epilvaleut to a
declaration of war against Russia,
which, construing it as such, 'lias Ii.-uid-ed
the Chinese" envoy at St Petersl.urs
bis passports toilay and ro, nested
him . to leave the country,! along with
the members of his mission.
Tbe Importance 6f this Chiuese d
claration of war.agninst Russia, and of
this liold Invasion of Russian territory,
lies' in- the fact, as the matter now
stands, that it virtually release . the
Czar from his obligations to the foreigu
lowers to act tn concert with them iu
China,. lie is place V thereby in a jios
ltion to act. independently, not onlv
with reference to tlie defence of LiV
dominions against the Chinese Invas
ion, but also as regartls tlie -carrying
of war inf o the enemy's country anil an
eventual march uimhi IVkln.
Should Russia's army . ' prccceding.
from Silieria, reach Pekin ami canture
It before the allies could get to it from
the Pacific Coast., the Czar would le
able to dictate; terms to China inde
pendently of the other powers, and
without any regard to their wishes, yir- .
tunlJy estabishing; himself as master
of the country. t "I
The British' and German' Govern
ments., alarmed at - the. i,l,l 4,f t,is
c.-intualiiy. have today decided to
nTihr.floti tlie 'policy - which tliev ha ve
pursued 'until now and to vledare Mar
upon iie- Hinese-ifovermm-nf. fhus
pbtcing.-tlieiiisclves i!i line with Knssi.i
and.-France and the United States is
expected to follow "sn!t iiimuvluilelv.
ii'ra.aee. .Iia , rideed..ia lri if j issintl.
today.'n Heciu-e rurbiJil'iig ' i he 'sale, of
arms or vav, material ,f?nnr kin I to
the Cli frieze. Mt.Il r.NVuuVrty has af -
ready projiibife-l the f Iiiiiese envoy n I
t"-:-i'i"n fiotii coininnniesit ing with his
riiVf 1 :::iu if e-epi ihouslti the Germau
for',!;.n tTiPic .ml Is prepnrhis ti give
I 'ii! -lily iKstoris. . llei"e.in Louilotl. .
tl'if i'slittK'.uiinister has aln-si ly ck
d' s l-'i!niig3. r iiHysV his lmys
from f he sc1imIs' nsnT cancelled all his
ngagi"nientV. ' so -a to be- ready for
mintic.it dfmrfiire. ' - i .
" In; addition to the' corps of the Im
perial Chinese Army, which has mva-.l-
ed Siberia with irders to drive all
foreigners out of if. there-., are-,
five other corps, one of 'which is en
gaged in destroying the Russjan Ilail
road in Manchuria and .In driving nil
the foreigners; especially the Russian,
f 1-. .in the northern' iiot-tion of the f in-
pi re: another Is 40 occupy tlie nnl
lietween I'ekin and Sham I la I Kwan:
yet another is to coneorntratc at Nank
ing, while ciilumus are being dim-tel
in hot haste to Tien Tsin. to the Jud
ders of Corea and to the noichborhood .
of Shanghai.. ,
Altogether the Pekin government to ,
estimated to have arms at. the pre
ent moment no less llian l.oorMK men.
splcndilly eiulppel with Mauser
rifles, smokeless powder nd quick
firing ordnance, and ca refill! v traimsl
under the direction of Danl.-ili andte-r- .-;
man olfieers. This huere armV Is un
der the orders of 'Prove Tnaii.
"In addition To this, there' is the Chin-
cse fli-ct, reconstructed ami riHtrganiz
(d since the war with Japan, and coin-
prising ' in first-class cruisers of the
very latest tyiK. These are cruising
about the Yellow scawlth their dfk.
cleared for action. 1
Inasmuch as five vessels of the albV
fleet, inclnding the British batth-sliiii
Terrible, are cruising aliout in tl
same waters, riH-onnoitering various
towns and forts ami invitihg the lat- .
ter. to open. fire uimui them, news may
lo expx'ted at any moment of a naval .
battle.
I Nine other foreign men-of-war arw
at anchor off Shanghai, witii tlie object'
of assisting in the defense if tliat city
In the event of Its being attacked by ;
the big Chinese' nrmy. whh-l.rls.un'
within one, day's march of the pLn-e.
IT HAS A COMMERCIAL VALl'K.
The China lierry tree is leing !'
cussed for Jt. MK&ibki-4,-ouitiiei'ciul val
ue, which seems to lie of the -first
eolor.; W-fI Wood., of Darliurtv"'
Si tU nnaUiorfty.-M tree. preset t
some, of j Its! extraerdinary qualitie.
"As a soil" renovator. he says, "it
has no equal In this country, the ber
ries which it liears lelng very rl-
in ; fertilizing, "elomeats.,", '' In addition
to this these lKriIes'are "a uioxt ex
cellent tonic for-liorscs." The tnf
develojis very quickly, suriiassing
other trees In this country in the
rapldity of Its growth." New
Commercial. '
"I have yonr consent then to mat"
suit to your danghterT
' joti bare, young man. but- lu
forced to tell you Ix-fore lianJ tl"1
It will not nrail you." '
''Whysnot. prayr J ; : J
'Because she is pleased with not&-
Ing." - .: - . '- :
"Alt, but I am certain I can please
her." Richmond Dispatch.
"My wife." boasted the ImPPJ"
young lieiiellck, "la 'an" open book jo
tne." "Mine, too." d.-Iarel tbe d
married man, "1 can't shut her up. "
Philadelphia Press.