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THE JOURNAL
LUCIAN SWIFT, j J. S. McLAIN,
• manager. | editor. V .
Hanna's Strange Persistence ..
The persistence with which Mr. Hanna
continues to urge the ship subsidy bill
upon the senate, and the stubborness with;
which he resists . the consideration of
other matters of great importance until
that bill- is disposed of,* is subjecting
the! confidence of ' the public in the
chairman of the republican national
committee to a pretty severe strain.
Here is a measure for which there is no
general public demand, which seems to
have been born out of the . embarrass
ments of the International Steamship
company, whose line has not been a
great financial success; which gives
much the largest share of its benefits
to that company, whose president is an
Intimate friend of Mr. Hanna, and when
In Washington almost constantly asso
ciated with him; a bill which, in its
original shape, conferred no benefit of an
appreciable kind upon the foreign trade
of the country, and which, even in its
amended form, fails to receive the ap
proval of the business Interests of the
country as a whole; a measure which
pleases neither the shipbuilders nor the
people who use the ships, and the ne
cessity for which, according to so high
an authority as Mr. J. J. Hill, does not
exist.
Such is the measure which Mr. Hanna
ls Insisting shall keep its place before
the senate to the exclusion of other im
portant business. Since there is no gen
eral public demand for this measure,
since the shipyards of the country are
crowded to 'their full capacity without
the stimulus of any such incentive as
proposed here, since, upon the . testi
mony of a man who is engaged in build
ing ships for the carrying trade, no
subsidy is necessary to make shipbuild
ing in this country profitable, it is
difficult to avoid suspicion as to the
real purposes and origin of this
measure; especially when the benefits
to be conferred pass in large measure
so directly to those whom Mr. Hanna
would be inclined naturally to favor.
The effort in behalf of the bill seems
less profitable, too, from the fact that
the prospects for this measure in the house
afford no reason to expect that it will ever
become a law. The opposition there is
more pronounced than in the senate,
where the amer and the chief support
er of the measure are able tp control votes
by their personal influence.
There is no reason" to believe that
this bill will ever become a law at this
congress, but if there-are any grounds
upon which the government should aid
the construction and operation of Ameri
can ships, it would seem to be the part
of wisdom to abandon this measure, which
has become so objectionable to the pub
lic, and take up the proposition anew* in
the \ next congress in such form as will
certainly commend itself at the outset to
the' approval of the intelligent business
Judgment of the country.
The argument for raising salaries of
city officers and city hall employes is that
It costs more to live than it used to. . Per
haps it does, but how much were salaries
reduced and by the . suggestion of what
employe when living was so cheap a few
years ago? >•■
A Name to Be Revered
In his speech to the privy council, yes
terday, King Edward VII., giving the
reason why he had chosen for his royal
title his second name instead of the first,
as is customary, said he had a respectful
desire to leave the memory of his father's
name, Albert, the exclusive treasure of his
beloved mother, and while he could not
hope to do justice to the renown and vir
tues associated with Prince Albert's name,
he would do his utmost to be worthy of his
great position.
This ,was a fine tribute to the prince
consort, who was in every respect worthy
of the high position he held. It is possi
ble that his part in the making of Vic
toria's reign glorious, he has always been
too much obscured by the prominence of
the queen. Prince Albert really did more
to influence Victoria's character and tastes
than any other influence which was
brought to bear upon her. During the
nearly twenty-one years of her married
life Victoria was under the Influence of
one of the most refined, one of the best
educated, one of the most accomplished
men in Europe. Victoria did not inherit
great intellectual gifts from her forebears.
The four Georges -were not models of
refinement and intellectuality. It was
George 11. who remarked to one who was
trying to interest him in a work of art:
"I hate bainting and boetry." And no
doubt he did. "Bainting" and "boetry"
were things foreign to the royal taste.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was
not built that way. In the first place. he
left, by his character and mental habits,
a standard of conduct far above all pre
cedent in the annals of English "H. R.
H's." He came among the English peo
'; pie a foreigner, ignorant of their language
and speedily acquired the art of speaking
the purest English which was heard in
•England. He met prejudice with urbanity
and entered quickly into the spirit of Eng
lish institutions. 7 The year after : his mar
riage he became a leader in every philan
thropic and useful public enterprise. ~ He
was recognized as the champion of prac
tical and rational sociology and a profound
student of the complicated state of civi
lized society. He was continually and
actively " interested in bettering the con
dition of the working people and set a
good example of sincerity by looking after
the conduct and welfare of the employes
of the royal.household, even the most ob
scure. ,
It was he who insisted upon pure and
righteous conduct by every member of the
royal household. 7Y7""*'
To him, more than to any other man in
England, Is due the promotion and success
•of the first great world's fair in 1851. .
He, was an expert in military science,
so much so, that the Duke of Wellington
*.. recommended him to the queen as his suc
cessor as commander in chief of the army.
: His favorite recreation was in the study
and practice of the fine arts. He had a
profound knowledge of the history and
condition of art and, an artist himself, he
was in deep . sympathy with the artist
mind. , ■':*
He had a fine enthusiasm for music and
-wide •acquaintance with the works of all
- the great masters and was a composer" of
7 music himself. 7 •'
A man gifted among the gifted and'
learned- among the learned, and exquisitely,
refined and. : withal, a devout Christian and
devoted;husband; Prince Albert could not
help influencing the queen into the pos
session of those - characteristics which
have most endeared her to her subjects.
He was the stronger, in intellect and ire-.
finement and her wifely' devotion to him
led 7to her .'assimilation of his superior
qualities.
General Clapp says that he has favored
the election of senators, by popular vote
from way. back, but we understand that he
is : hot unalterably. opposed to ;the* election
of senators by the legislature under cer
tain circumstances.
A Concert Out of Tune
Never since last July has that "concert"
in China been absolutely in tune. First,
second and third violins, French horns
and German cornets have paid little atten
tion to the maestro's keynote. Here they
are to-day Jangling out of tune. and . the
way. has not even been cleared for the ne
gotiations.
7 There Is the obtruding Chinese note
asking the powers to stop carrying on war
by those "punitive expeditions," which are
nothing more than looting forays,- and are
certainly not very conducive to a calm
series of negotiations for peace. Then
comes the question'of withdrawing the
foreign troops.
Here is a split. Germany won't with
draw for the reason, apparently sound,
that, if the allies withdraw their troops,
there is not the shadow of a guarantee
that the Chinese government will carry
out the peace conditions. Students of
history may recall that all precedent as to
China justifies the German distrust of
China. For instance, in 1858, the Chinese
government, through its commissioners,
Kweiliang and Hwashana, signed a very
positive engagement with Great Britain
to permit a British resident in Peking and
to protect British traders in any, part of
the Chinese empire, together with other
commercial privileges. In less than a
year the Chinese government flatly repudi
ated this treaty and in 1860 Great Britain
and France had to spend many millions
capturing Peking and bullying the treach
erous Celestials into other engagements.
The Chinese nature is the same to-day,
and it is not improbable that, if the troops
are withdrawn from Peking and the old
dowager empress comes back with the
unfortunate Kwang-Su from Singan-Fu,
there will be progressive evasion of any
engagement Earl Li and Prince Ching may
make. .7 77 i ■
As the matter stands now, not the first
step toward a settlement has been taken,
for the protocol Is yet under dispute
through Chinese objections after that In
strument was signed. It is hanging in
the air. The negotiations have not been
reached. If they are ever commenced, it
is easy to see from the preliminary an
tagonisms that they will be indefinitely
spun out, so that the dowager empress will
have time to mobilize a large army of
resistance. The question of indemnity
alone embodies a fierce quarrel, for
Prince Ching intimated yesterday that
his government would certainly present
the enormous value of the savage lootage
by the powers as an offset to the claims
for damage by the powers. The Chinese
would certainly be justified in such off
setting. .
The outlook to-day is not very favora
ble for unity among the powers, which
is to be regretted, for a split means in
dividual action, a scramble and "the
devil "take the' hindmost." - -*' ••*- -
It was seventy-eight degrees below zero
in Alaska the other day but we have the
assurance of an old settler who has been
there since 1897 that it was so dry they
didn't feel it.
Reapportionment
The problem of redisricting the state,
in accordance with the new congressional
reapportionment, is one which is likely
to afford the members of the legislature a
good deal of trouble. In the first place,
all the congressmen and their friends are
sure to resist vigorously anything that
would be likely to redistrict them out of
oflice. The new lines must be drawn so
as to leave each of the old congressmen
a district by himself, and at the same
time make such distribution of the demo
cratic vote of the state as not to have
it become a source of danger to republi
can success in the future. This is a frank
statement of the problem, but it is the
real thing.
The .alternative is to do no redistrict
ing at s all, and to elect two congressmen
at- large. This is opposed on i the part of
some of the country members on the
theory that Minneapolis and St. Paul
would be very likely to get the extra
congressmen. The Minneapolis district
would start out with an excess of thirty
odd thousand of population, and would be
entitled to some consideration on that
account. St. Paul, with a congressman
and a senator, might have the assurance
to ask . for another congressman, but the
probabilities are that her request would
not be granted. -
One difficulty about redisricting is the
division of such a district as that made
up of Hennepin county. There would be
objections to setting off a part of the city
with any considerable area of country
districts, because what really should de
termine boundary lines is community of
interests. Nor would it be convenient
to separate Hennepin county, outside of
the city, from the '. city itself, although
that would pretty nearly meet the re
quirements of the case as far as popula
tion is concerned. . V
Certainly the simplest, and, perhaps,
from the standpoint of party success and
the maintenance of a solid delegation, the
easiest way to solve the problem, is to
provide for two congressmen-at-large. '...
■ , *'Y. In the argument over the
The Repub' Philippine and Porto Rico
lie Is Safe. case, in the supreme court
the other day, occurred one
of those little incidents that prove the dem
ocratic simplicity of that most remarkable
Judicial tribunal. While Mr. Carlisle was
showing how the constitution followed .the
flag de facto and de jure, a court messenger
whispered :to Justice Harlan. The justice
nodded and produced a silver box, which the
court messenger delivered ,to Justice White.
Everybody.. in 7 the; courtroom knew' that
Justice White had asked Justice Harlan for
a chew of tobacco, and that Justice Harlan
had sent Justice White his box.
Seeing the -eyes of the; entire courtroom
upon him, Justice White. carelessly concealed
the box under a law book and leaned back
and listened intently for ten or fifteen min
utes to; Mr. Carlisle's drone. 7Then the de
mands of nature again asserting themselves,
he reached out . carelessly/ and abstracted a
pinch of the delicious condiment, I which ,he
placed in his j mouth without .< changing: the
judicial severity of his , countenance. y He
motioned; the court, messenger, who • returned
the box to Justice/ Harlan, who took ;it in
"an absent-minded manner, deftly 7 extracted
a chew for himself before replacing the • box
upon his judicial person. 7 7" :
1 This simple i little "• incident is pregnant in
ti suggestion, that the foundations of the
THE MINNEAPOLIS 4<=)t!KNAL.
republic are unshaken and ; that the sim
plicity of the fathers is still preserved. YY.
r An oldiCumoan.saying r from the ,Sybilline
books runs something like this: V
' "When i the • lawgivers ? who sit in ( the seats
'of i the mighty cease "to borrow their, eating
tobacco,; let the . people beware, for: the - foun
datlone of the nation are.shaken."
,V ■The ,; Icy Sidewalk " met his old . friend,
P.fe Neumonia, yesterday on Twelfth street.
7"Ah, there," said the Sidewalk, "what's
your score?"" 7"""" '-**"'■.'
"Oh," replied P. N., carelessly, "1 got two
children ; and half ; a dozen ' elderly people this
week.' What are you doing?" ' >
The > Icy; Sidewalk. smiled devilishly.
"I tossed two pioneers of 185. yesterday and
threw a prominent citizen, lam laying for a
250-pound miller to-day/ * • <
The two smiled knowingly and passed on.
New York wants a vigilance committee of
5,000 to watch the police and see what partic
ular dives are allowed to run, and why. In
'Minneapolis the ' mayor ] proposes |to take 1 the
court along and look over the winerooms per
sonally. What are you smiling about?
One Indiana and one Illinois town have.lit
tle.' Carrie' Nation movements .in saloon,
smashing organized. Between the slate J and
the smasher, . the poison venders, are finding
the new century a strenuous one. - .
, Australia and Canada are preparing to lay, a
Pacific cable 7,986 miles long, from Vancouver
to Queensland. The interest on the sum re
quired for the work will prevent any cheap
talk between the colonies. ..
There has been 7so much to take up the
world's attention of late that no letters from
Andree have been discovered, nor has any
body jumped seriously from the Brooklyn
bridge. - 7.V.7
Mr. Addicks has gone to see the president.
He wants that official to help him prevent the
Delaware legislature from blowing out the
gas when his senatorial boom is asleep in the
room. -.•' ' 7
There are some advantages in being King
of England. For instance, you '' could; get
money, enough to have the finest collection
of first editions in London. ' 77VW7
If the egg was laid in the! nineteenth cen
tury will tho chicken born this month \be a
twentieth century product? Break your brain
on this! -
If you are going to build next spring, now
is the time to "do" the real estate man and
get a flne tract of land for a mere song.
There was no vulgar display of idle wealth
at Miss Rockefeller's wedding. Papa always
keeps his wealth busy. '».,'>*.
The Snake Indians threaten hostilities.
Tarns Bixby will have to take out accident in
surance on his thatch.
, We tremble for the results of the queen's
demise on Mr. Austin's already stricken
muse. V 'y7
The vice president-elect got a mounted lion
yesterday. Of the taxidermist, probably.
Professors without public opinions.
Apply Stanford university.
We would freely wager $5 that Mr. Nation
is using the side door. • ,'V . ,
AMUSEMENTS
Foyer Chat.
If laughter is the standard of success, then
must the achievement of the Rogers-Broth
ers and their associated players at the Met
ropolitan be considered great. Few audiences
in the course of an entire season show equal
pleasure. - Laughter begins early and con-'
tinues with increasing frequency until the
final chorus. Manifestly it is the kind of
show that a great many people like, and
what a great many people like must be con
sidered highly meritorious.
"Brown's in Town,' a merry farcical pro
duction from the pen of Mark Swan, jis the
Metropolitan's bill for next Sunday, night..
The play was seen here last season and made
quite a hit. The engagement Is for one night
only. £-: _;. '. ■ ■-yy-
fe Wilson - Barrett's 1 great \ historical drama
will be presented' at; the Metropolitan all
next week, beginning Monday. The play will
be given by practically the same company
seen here last year, headed by the young
heroic actor, Chales Dalton. The sale of
seats is now on at the box office of the Met
ropolitan. YY*YYY7 .■ iY'-'Y
The three concerts given by the Strauss
orchestra have given immense satisfaction^
and as one of the most pleasing programs of
the Strauss repertory has been selected for
the concluding concert this evening, the cozy
auditorium of the Lyceum will unquestiona
bly be well filled to-night. . Y'Y-£
"The Gunner's Mate," with its thrilling
scenes of life aboard ship, is making a splen
did impression at the Bijou. The play is
one of the "live" type, full of incident, of
action, of sentiment, of realism. The audi
ences are large and enthusiastic, the special
feature of the scenic equipment coming In for
a deal of praise and applause.
The scene of "A Hole in the Ground," the
Bijou's attraction the coming week, is laid
in an out-of-the-way railroad station, where
a number of passengers and a few others
while away a few hours waiting for a late
train. The cast is said to be of unusual
strength and enlivens things not only"with
a correct interpretation of Playwright Hoyt's
quaint ideas, but with their clever special
ties. The musical numbers, some twenty
six in number, are all new, bright and catchy
and were arranged by Alex Spencer. The
electrical effects and costuming are said to
be magnificent.
A dispatch to Manager Scott of the Metro
politan from F. S. Webster, . manager of the
leading Helena, Mont., theater, says that the
"Belle of New. York" engagement there has
broken all records. The show .is underlined
at the Metropolitan after "Sign of the Cross."
VICTORIA
We did not know we loved the queen
Until they said "The queen is dead!"
Then, through the heart of motherhood, 7'..Jt
And with the strength of womanhood,. *: :
The fountain of our tears gushed forth.
"The queen is dead!" -The queen is dead!"
Thou woman! O, thou woman! Thou -
Hadst not one title like to this,
We give thee for thy steadfastness.
Who dare to claim thy kinship now!
"Uncrowned!" "Dethroned!" Nay and thrice
Nay! ■'•'.:. "777:'' ■ 7
There is a realm untouched by death -'
Thy regency. encompasseth: ' .
There doth thy scepter sway!
There doth* the sun forever shine,
Within that empire, free and far
As east is from the farthest star;'
Where Truth doth reign by right divine!
Until they said "The queen is dead!''
We did not. know we loved the queen— ~
We hold thee, by thy womanhood,
In the great heart of motherhood,
There is no death! Long live the queen!
—Clara Bushnell Castle. 7
. Mr. Ryder'a Vote. 7
To the Editor Of The Journal.
nr,ii fi f..? t issue, there appeared in your
political column' a statement to the effect
Jw was understood to be a Lowry = man
ftir «,; Ch 0- Ter- . .There is absolutely -no , basis
ror such a statement. Neither - Mr. Lowrv
nor any one for him even ■ talked .» J me of
voting for him at any time. y General Clapp's
managers knew they could depend on me
under any condition that might arise. , While
not proclaiming my preference from the
housetops, for reasons that were not personal
the record of the vote stands for my choice.
it also, in my opinion, stands for the choice
of a majority of the people of the Red river
valley, who know that Senator- Clapp has it
in him to be one of the big men of this na
tion. Respectfully, ;—J. J.- Ryder.
Senator ' Ryder appeals to the record. It
probably shows that he fe finally^ voted for
Clapp,at the finish, but it should show, for
there are plenty of witnesses,'that Mr. Ryder
changed from s Clapp to Tawney for some rea
son ,when the stampede to Clapp commenced,
but afterwards; went back Clapp when it
wffs apparent that Clapp would win then and
there.- -.What; he voted for Tawney for, if not
to help ■ prevent ' the nomination at that * time
of the man he had previously] been, voting for
is;not;apparent. " " ' " yryy
New York Daily Letter.
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7 .BURRAU OFTHE^TOURNAL, :
.[-{"■■ ■ .jr-^y- fe 4 ** No.. 21 Park Row. 1
Harvest of the «'Clau-i*i«£>**-!!iV
7 Jan.- 24.—-More than half of the. clams sold
in *• the markets :of this city come from the
lower &d& * Sandy : bays'." Mxftept when
freezing weather prevails, 'hundreds, of boats
daily drag their^big rakes/alowllts bottom,
and it is safe to say that there is hardly a
square foot of this sandy area which' has not
been ftjM-ovred by the clam diggers.* Among
the "Inhabitants of the north shore of New-
Jersey. j£ere Is no 'more interesting individual
than the "clammer." The', most yaluable
catch ever made .by one of tbe_^ men was '. a
canvas belt containing 500 sovereigns, which
a Keyportifclanimer, brought up, to the surface
with a fake full of clams in the main ship
channel' two" years ago. Closely following
this, ■ an. old sword,- crumbling In its scab:
bard, was brought t67ligbt,''and:* still later a
stiletto of wonderful beauty and design was
added to the scanty adornment of the - modest
little home of another clammer. Two 500
--pound™ anchors, each at the end of thirty
fathoms of chain, Was the result of a haul
made by a clammer dredging just inside the
point of Sandy Hooka month, ago. He sold
them at,' Fulton market the. next day for $60.
Coal,;.dishes, pans, pots, kettles, oil stoves,
lanterns, ', hammers, monkey wrenches and
cables, , oilskin j suits? old trousers and wo-i
men's dresses are among the other articles
which,have .been frequently" brought ,to the
surface in the' clutches of the clam rake.
A Beer Bottle Harvest.
AU'clammers agree that, next to the succu
lent bivalve, their richest I harvest, numeri
cally, is,. one of beer bottles. On the fishing
flats off the point of Sandy Hook beer bottles
thrive in greatest abundance, mute witnesses
to the habits of the "all-day! fisherman." A
rake, when .brought to the surface a day or
•two before the last election contained ten
clams snuggling closely up against five empty
beer bottles. Much which is raked up from
the bottom of the bay' is of little use to the
clammer, because it is found in all stages of
decay. - But often the men 3 are 8 fortunate
enough ."to hook on to, something" soon after
it has ; gone to the bottom. 7 Five hundred
pounds of the best .steel wire cable which was
lost overboard from Sir Thomas Lipton's
Shamrock when the yacht was anchored in
the horseshoe two years ago, brought to a
clammer _ who recovered and . sold , it, enough
money to pay for extensive, and much needed
repairs on his boat. Jewelry and pieces of
money ' are sometimes 7 caught in the rakes.
Not long ago a boatman brought [up a pen
knife and a 50-cent piece in one haul. A
gold watch and a purse containing three val
uable" rings and $0 in silver are among the
articles which made the" heart of afe certain
clammer glad during last summer's busy sea
son. .Of ter the clam' rake helps the sea to
give up its dead. Scores a>nd scores of times
have its sharp teeth caught in. the clothing
of some unfortunate ,man: or 'woman and
brought the body once more to the light of
day. V , ...-.• - . jj :' { . y-ly.
Great Wrestling Match.
A wrestling match is to be decided in Mad
ison Square Garden Feb. 6, the contestants
being Paul Pons of France and Earnest Roe
ber of New York. Pons is a giant, over six
feet tall, and weighing 200 pounds. Roeber
is a squatty German, standing about 5 feet
8 inches and scaling 175 pounds. The French
man has all the physical advantage and, in
addition, is a good wrestler. Roeber has
shown himself to be a scientific wrestler, but
his two matches with Yousouf left a very
bad impression in the minis of New Yorkers.
The Turk was a remarkably powerful man,
and also knew . the wrestling game thor
oughly. In both matches with Yousouf, Roe
ber was on the defensive from the start to
the finish. He never attempted 'to take a
hold, and devoted all his time to sprinting
about the ring and eluding the-Turk. This
so enraged the sultan's favorite that he* sud
denly pushed Roeber out of the ring, dis
abling the German and bringing the contest
to an abrupt termination. They were matched
and met in the' Metropolitan opera house.
Again Roeber pursued runaway ; tactics and
again the' Turk,- being unable- to catch up
with his fleet-footed opponent, lost his tem
per. In reaching a neck hold, Yousouf's
heavy hand collided violently with Roeber's
jaw. The German made a -quick shift from
Gfaeco-Romah' to , London '* rules, 1 landing
heavily oh the" Turk's ~ chin. This' precipi
tated a general battle^ and the wrestling
match was over. This -time Roeber ' should
sedulously . avoid the foot-race scheme, of de
fense, , for If he fails to take hold of the
Frenchman, and begins to. sprint, his treat
ment at the hands of the spectators may be
chiefly noticeable for its informality.-
The .Murray Hall; Incident.
Shades of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton! It has taken a member of
Tammany Hall to solve the problem of wom
an's suffrage! To have been, a member of
New York's democratic organization for a
quarter of a century: to have done business
as a man; to have voted and acted as a ward
politician, and to have twice taken wives
such has ;been shown to have been the novel
experience of Murray : Hall, always believed
to have been a man, but who, by death, was
revealed as a woman. -Hall was a. little,
dried-up, weazened-faced individual, who
kept an employement bureau for household
servants. Strangely enough, she had trouble
with'each of her 1 "wives" because of her
habit of staying out late at night In saloons,
drinking with the boys and spending'money
for liquor for other women. Now her daily
associates in business for thirty years are
completely astounded at the revelation of her
sex, and the secret would not have become
known at Hall's death had not the coroner
been called in because of the quandary in
which the attending physician had found him
self. At the time of her death Hall was a
"widower" and was worth several thousands
of dollars. Anyway, she gave the woman
suffrage enthusiasts .a demonstration of how
woman could get her rights and-privileges
from cruel, man. , ■'• •-'.-■■'
Chinese Literature.
Professor H. A. Giles has put the world
In his debt. . He has produced the first his
tory of Chinese literature that is known in
Anglo-Saxon annals. Native ' scholars, with
their endless critiques and appreciations of
individual works, do not seem ever to have
contemplated anything of the kind, realizing
no doubt, the utter hopelessness,:from a Chi
nese point- of view, of achieving even com
parative success in a general historical sur
vey of the subject. The voluminous charac
ter of a literature which was already in ex
istence some six centuries before the Chris
tian era, and has run on uninterruptedly
until the present date, may well; have given
pause to. writers aiming at completeness.
The foreign student, however, Is on a totally
different footing, It may be said-that a work
which would be inadequate to-the require
ment of, y, native public may. properly be
submitted to English readers as ■■ an intro
duction into the great field which lies beyond
' . - -■-..' "'feY-YY;;7 7 -N. N. A. :
TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS
The Four Make * Fifteen f Children
Born to Arbuckle.
-Ye» Tor& Sun Special Service
Gainesville, Texas, Jan. 24.—Mrs. Ar
buckle, living at P _o; Indian'" Territory,
seven miles north of Gainesville, to
day after giving birth to four babies, two
boys and two girls. The babies are doing
well. This ; makes fifteen children - that
have been born to Mr. and/Mrs. Arbuckle,
of "whom all are living. Mr. Arbuckle is
a prominent business man of Pijo.
SHOT THROUGH THE^BRAIn'
Yet ', the Tennessee Man' la Still
7 Alive. ' ."-,-'. :'
Chattanooga. Term., Jan. 24.—Although
a bullet 'was sent clear through his brain
and : the doctors have since probed the
whole length of the brain,- John Bird, who
was accidentally shot* by a -woman, 1 is still
living.'-; This "is < said .toj be the ; second; or
third ; instance on record 'where';' a man
has lived : after a • ball ; has passed clear
through' his brain.; ! ' " 'Y J *-*' *■
ALGER'SJJIG MILL
Hi* Syndicate la About- J to i Build in
"yyi}* Florida.V '^yiVy.':
Pensacola, Fla.. Jan. 24—The Sullivan-'
Alger* syndicate Is ,preparing _ to < erect in
the northern part: of. Escambia* county the
largest sawmill in the south. It will have
a capacity of cutting 3,000 feet -per day.
Several thousand ,acres, ■> thickly: wooded;
have been acquired; by the syndicate. ; ' ,
THUKSDA if EVENING, JANUAKY 24, 1901.
IT'SAGREATCHANGE
From Queen to King: Will Affect All
Classes in England.
NEW STAMPS FOR THE MINTS
Change 7ln 7 Legal Paper*-Quet-tlon
7 of Royal Revennen-Effect
x on Trade.
mow York Sun Saoolal Service
7 London, . Jan. 24.— seems almos-t Im
possible to exhaust the list of persons
and institutions that are affected by the
demise iof v the "crown.". It, will . have, a
serious! effect "on the members 7of the
queen's household, a majority of whom
are personal j officers, ! whose offices end
with ; the - death of the sovereign. King
Edward will doubtless retain «.■■ some of
those long attending him while he was
the Prince of Wales, and will give them
promotions in rank. 7 . 7.
The death of the queen opens the whole
question of the royal revenues.' For in
stance, in the time- of George • 111. the
crown lands were valued at £89,000.an
nually. 2 He surrendered these lands to
the public, receiving in exchange an an
nuity of £800,000. When the queen sur
rendered them similarly in 1837 they were
worth £124,744 annually, and she received
in exchange an annuity of £385,000. The
arrangement, ends with her death. The
lands are now worth £530,000 annually.
Therefore, when . parliament, makes pro
vision for the king it is , likely that he
will receive far more than the queen for
the lands, or he may elect to retain them
tinder, his own management.
God Save the King.
There are innumerable smaller changes
affecting phraseology. It will be some
time ; before expressions used thousands
of times daily- throughout the realm will
take readily to the new form, such as
"God Save the King," "Soldiers of the
King, w The - King's English," "King's
Bench," and "King's Counsel."
An interesting point in regard to the
king's counsel is that the queen's counsel
have returned to the. ranks of ordinary
barristers and will not be entitled to
again "wear;silk".and be called king's
counsel until they have renewed their
oath of allegiance. ' fe77 •"
The stamps at the mint must be. new for
next year's coinage; So, too, with the
•postoffice and revenue stamps, mail carts,
mail bags,- military buttons and the
myriad of things stamped "V. R. I."
Henceforth "E. R. I." will be on all these
things. 7 .
The form of all legal procedure must be
altered. The "queen's writ" no longer
runs, and a bailiff cannot summon to the
debtors' court with what is often horribly
familiar and always avoided—a blue sheet
s.heeted "Victoria,, by the grace of God,"
etc., until fresh forms are. authorized and
printed. ■■' > yy.yyy2y:l:y
The very prayer book of the established
church is obsolete in its form of prayer
for the royal family. 7?^,rY
' Trades-men Affected. •
Tradesmen priding themselves on the
warrant. "By special appointment to her
majesty," ; must seek reappointment.
Even such great ones as ambassadors are
on a level with them on this point. They
represented the queen. They will not rep
resent the king until they are reappointed.
Certain tradesmen will sustain heavy
losses. - Entertainments' will be few and
quiet. Paris has been flooded with tele
grams countermanding orders for colored
goods. There is a heavy demand for
black goods, which to a certain extent will
recompense some.firms, but the chief off
set to many West End tradesmen affected
in this way will be the heavy insurance
money of the far seeing ones long ago
effected on j the . queen's death. , This in
surance represents an enormous sum of
..money, the payment of which would have
'a noticeable effect in the city.
77 VICTORIA 1. ..,..,;:
Alfred Ant-tin, the Poet Laureate,
Publishes a Poem.'
New Tork Sun Special Service '■'[. :..'.
London, Jan. , 24.—Alfred Austin, the
poet laureate, I publishes a long poem en-,
titled "Victoria," in which he traces her
life. He thus describes her character:
Queen, empress, more than empress or than
. * • queen, . - - ■
The lady of the world on high enthroned,
By right divine of duties well fulfilled.
To be the pattern to all queens, all kings,
All . women . and the consciences of men,
Who look on duty as man's only right.
• Having referred to the .queen's widow
hood and the experience of her later life,
Mr. Austin continues:' 7 , ■
And long and late this happy season wore
This mellow, gracious .autumn of her days,
This sweet, grave Indian summer, till we
'.- - grow ; .V- ~Y:Y'VYi.-Y
To deem it limitless and half forgot 1
Mortality's decree, and now there falls
A sudden sadness on our lives, and we
Can only bow disconsolate heads and weep ■
And look out from our lonely hearth and see
The homeless drifting of the winter mist.
And hear the requiem of the winter wind.
]'■ CEREBRAL FAILURE
London Medical Journal Gives the
Cause ■ of Death..
tfete York Sun Special Service 7'
, London, Jan. 24.— Lancet states that
the death of the queen was due to cerebral
failure. It adds: •
Transient but recurring symptoms of atro
phy and torpor, with aphaslc indications, gave
great uneasiness to the physicians before the
final Illness. From Jan. 19 until the end
these symptoms grew steadily graver, but
the heart's action was maintained through
out and the temperature was normal.
The cause of • the queen's death as offi
cially given was "senile decay." The doc
tors attribute the paralysis which attacked
her as secondary to the - general weakness
of her condition. - ;• ■.*■.-,
: f,-; :y. -.;.;:—— ■ ' ■ , I
BRAVE EMPRESS FREDERICK;
Condition of Victoria's ' Daughter
Continues Satisfactory.
Homburg, Jan. 24.— condition of the
Dowager Empress Frederick continues sat
isfactory. Lately she has not suffered any
pain, but this does not, imply improve
ment. However, her majesty's sorrow and
personal loss owing to the . death of. the -,
queen has been borne with comparative
fortitude. .■■ . N .
Sign* of Mourning:.
' London, ; Jan.; 24.—Beyond the half masted
flags the outward and visible signs of mourn-,
ing ; in; London, as . throughout the kingdom,
are confined to the shuttered shop windows.
In London shops a black: plunk eight inches
wide is fixed in the center of every window,
, In. the country, where rolling or iron shut
ters are very uncommon, one of the ordinary
narrow wooden I shutters is placed down the
middle of -the window. ..-, ■: ;.
f Private houses, unless they have flagstaffs,
do ■ not display : any sign.: On the day of . the
funeral doubtless the blinds will be lowered
in accordance with the universal custom in-
England, where lowering the blinds on the
day of the funeral is the only way the fash
ionable residents of private houses make a
demonstration. • . ■-.
XeTv Haven Italian a Protect.
* New Haven, Conn., Jan. 24.— Some of the
leading' Italians of this city made a loud
protest against • half-masting the city's • of
ficial flag for Queen. Victoria. . Donate Voco,
prominent sin the «Italian, colony, ■■ declared to
Mayor Driscoll:that it was a shame to lower
the flag for the queen and not to do so ', for
King ■ Humbert, as was requested when the
Italian monarch-was assassinated.*
Insurance on Qneen'i Life. ■'.■■■■■
London, Jan. 24.—According to the Daily
Mail, there are - about eighty insurance • poli
cies •> on the queen's life, reaching 'a > total
of £250,000. . .'. y. i; y - ', . . .
| " Colorado > Legislator. Proteata. .-•>
'. Denver, Col., Jan. -24.—Barney O'Connell,
of Clear . Creek • county, ; made a loud speech
in the house . against a , resolution 7of sym
pathy, on! the I death of ; Queen Victor .. Mr.
O'Connell characterized the talk about the
queen as mere twaddle. The resolution was
adopted by a large majority.'* It contained a
long: eulogy ot .Victoria as a queen, and as a
woman, wife and mother. __Sk_-______&l
I Trapped But Saved
BY EVALINA RASBURY.
Author of "The Child of Faith," etc.
7* . 7 ..Copyrighted, 1900, by..Author's Syndicate.
The autumn" sun, setting .in fa < bank of <! orange clouds, threw a warm light over
the peaceful landscape, 2 tingeing to a 7 soft cream .the open snow-white \ bolls of the h
cotton which stretched like a milky, unruffled sea miles to the front. Directly above, 7
three "thunderheads," their dusky sides changed ;to molten gold by the sun's ex
piring rays, hung like a gilded tragedy over an unsuspecting victim. '
7." 7; So still was the figure of the solitary woman leaning against the old rail fence '
i bordering the field, her back to the dusky road- that? meandered ! like a' wind-blown rib
i bon in and out along the bank of the dank, dark old cypress swamp, that she seemed
;a' part of the landscape. A long quivering shaft of orange light, with : arseemingly 7
! coquettish intent, searched out the golden glints in the woman's disordered brown :
hair and softened the angles of face and figure into curves of exquisite beauty. .7
;•• The one touch of life and animation In the scene— regiment of bull-bats circling «
up ln the orange riveted " the woman's upturned gaze but held no place'; in* her
thoughts. Neither her attitude, marble-like features, nor concentrated gaze gave in- :
timation of the seething, bubbling cauldron of heartache l-lmd memories of wormwood
bitterness that engulfed her. v In' her tightly-clenched hand was a letter the' con
tents of which were seared Into her heart and brain in gigantic characters of fire., Like
a mirage arose the seven years that had elapsed -'since she stood at an altar, an un
loved, and unloving bride, the pitiful victim of a mother's unholy ambition. . -.
Every hateful detail of her wedded life stood out before her mind's eye in gainful 1
and startling distinctness. Again came the memory of the transition of the lukewarm
attentions of the suceesful j suitor into the indifference of the careless husband, fol
lowed by -.a seemingly' endless period of positive cruelty, taunting .acts,'- stinging, j
rankling, bitter words, and once—a blow—a blow delivered "to test the air of meek
ness which she habitually assumed." 7 7
"In her pride and reserve she had isolated herself from the curious multitude, at -
her sensitive soul had loathed the look of wonder in men's eyes and pity in women's. 7'
But her destiny had found her when he, the writer of the letter, the man whom her •'
husband had chosen as his bosom friend, not through congeniality of temperament, but
from the forceful but inexplicable attraction that opposites have for each other,' had
crossed her path. And while no word of love was spoken, eyes had revealed for'both
what lips had refused to utter." r*.
.;. The consciousness that she had within herself the power to arouse the divine flame '
within a heart lent a new element of happiness to her life, but she resolutely closed
her eyes to hope's beacon light. and redoubled her efforts, womanlike, to win a word or
glance of approbation from him whose name she bore. 7 A fruitless effort! Equally <
futile the effort to revolutionize human nature so as to obliterate the heart's propen- •
sity for happiness! When her nervous tensions seemed strained to th© utmost the ">
letter had tome, saying: L . . 7 *
.-'■■ "If your love for me is without a shadow of fear, I will send you to my mother -
in the far west, and when practicable,. when you are free, we will wed, and I'll devote '
my life to blotting out your painful past. I love you! I love you! and one word,
'Come,' will bring me to your side." v . *
This was the manna for which her starved heart had craved; this was the answer ■
to her unbreathed prayer. Of the emotions that held-high carnival In her heaving"
breast was born the glad word "Come." That was yesterday. Now for the first time .
the full significance of all that her answer had meant for. both burst upon her. Like a
mask the look of rigidity, fell from her face, and without removing her gaze from the
circling birds, she reached up with a graceful freedom of motion foreign to her and
released the rippling masses of her brown hair. She was no longer an automaton, but
a woman, with a woman's inalienable right to love and happiness. She had exchanged "■
blows for kisses, curses for melodies, and flowers would henceforth bloom where this
tles were wont to grow.. Surely, far away from the theater of her misery, in the full
glow of his love, the memory of the dark epoch of her life would vanish like the deadly
miasma of the swamps in the sunlight' of a perfect June day. Yes, her once much
vaunted beauty would return when her heart was properly attuned to the happiness :
the future held for her. • : V • YY "
f. Thank heaven! "she could bestow on him a live that dreamed of no fear. Perhaps ■
children would one day crown their bliss- little child, his—hers. The sun dropped
below the horizon and the somber shadows of night seemed to have entered the
woman's soul. - Her eyes no longer followed the flight of the birds; looking to the
right her gaze singled out on the hillside, beneath a mass of tangled wild' grapevine, a :
lonely little grave, where slept, the fruit of her loveless marriage. Through the heart
so,lately palpitant with happy expectations shot a violent spasm of pain. A sense of
suffocation came over her; clutching the fence with one nerveless hand, the other flew
to the lace at her throat as she turned a white, despairing face to the road. -.V
Two horsemen, coming from opposite directions, drew rein in front of her. She saw
them both, and the agonized cry, "Walter!" brought both men simultaneously to the
ground and to her side as she swayed and fell. They both bore the name "Walter," but
their emotions were antipodal as they helplessly watched her features settle into eter
nal calm. To one it meant the removal of hated obstructions to larger liberty; to the
other it meant # the shattering of loved and cherished dreams.
"I've long suspected a heart trouble," said one.
"You did, and yet you dared be cruel," said the author of the letter in the still
white hand, and he felled the other to the ground. Kneeling beside the lifeless form
of the woman, "the social reef, the Intentional despoiler of a home," Imprinted his first
and last kiss on the cold, unresponsive brow. .*•-,"
. "Little white dove," he cried, "it is best thus,- for every touch on your white plu- '
mage left its polluting mark; even so, perhaps, would mine, though the touch of love
itself. Though my love tempted you, a kind Providence has saved you; but I loved _
you, oh, I loved you." - */- ''.-..
Night's fast descending shadows drove the bull-bats nearer the earth, and their
whirring wings made echo: "Tempted, but saved! Tempted, but saved'"
LAST PLEA IS PEACE
King and Kaiser Make a Promise
to the Dying Queen.
PROMOTE PEACE IN ALL LANDS
There Ia Much Speculation an to the
Political Effects of the
Change.
Mow York Sun Special Sorvloo
London, Jan. 24.—1n her last lucid rally
before death the queen summoned the
Prince of Wales and the kaiser to her bed
side and besought them, as they loved her,
to^void.war and maintain peace.
The prince and the kaiser knelt and
swore to do all in their power- to reign In
peace, never to allow England and Ger
many to clash and to endeavor to induce
all other nations to do likewise.
Berlin, Jan. —Concerning the rela
tions between Emperor William and King
Edward, the Cologne Yolks Zeitung, which
admits that there was "a- distinct cold
ness" until four years ago, says: " j
-"Repeated meetings and: conversations,
however, cleared up matters,- and their re
lations are now cordial. King Edward's
predilection for France has cooled off,
owing to the Fashoda incident, and it is
probable, therefore, that the new monarch
! will not throw his influence with France
against Germany." fe YifeYY7Y7Y'Y;
AMNESTY SUGGESTED -
Proposal Might >o« Hasten the Re
turn of Peace/
Pretoria, Jan. 24. —It has been suggested
by influential Burghers that an amnesty
proposal now would have the effect of
greatly hastening the return of peace.
GLOOMY VIEW IX FRANCE
Lockroy Says the Last Element of
Peace Ia Removed.- * */ **
A'eto York Sun Special Service
Paris, Jan. 24.—M. Lockroy, the former
minister of marine, said to-day:"
"The death of the queen is most unhap
py, as it destroys the element of peace in
European politics. 1 The J Prince 7of Wales
has been entirely dominated by Emperor
William and* influenced by i Colonial Secre
tary Chamberlain and his friends."
He did not believe that the new king
would be politically anti-French. He
thought, however, that King Edward VII.
would try to escape from the South Afri
can imbroglio by a maritime war. 7-7
EFFECT OX IRELAND
: Justin McCarthy Hope* Little From
the New King.
.London, Jan.-24. —Justin McCarthy, the
historian, in referring to the effect -King
Edward VII. accession will have on
England and 5 Ireland,, said: 7 : - _ V
j I do not think the substitution of the Prince
of Wales for the queen as sovereign will have
much, :if any, effect; on.the Irish national
cause. The effect would be rather injurious
than otherwise. The feelings of ... the queen
were known to be, on the whole, friendly and
favorable to Ireland. The prince's surround
ings would seem likely to 1 be favorable to "an
Imperialistic policy and not sympathetic with
Irish claims. 7 ;' ■■'":■' " .
DUEL WITH A HORSE THIEF
St. Louia Mounted Policeman la -Shot
in the. Arm. yl>'-\7>isl
St. Louis. Jan. 24.— Sergeant t . James
Hickman of the mounted division, had a
pistol duel with a | horsethief j before day
light to-day in the western: city limits.
Hickman had arrested the i horsethief. and
the robber drew a 7 revolver and 7 shot
the sergeant 7in the ,7 left arm, which
stoppeda bullet ; intended * for. his V heart.
Both shot until fe their weapons were
emptied and then they came to close quar
ters. Hickman's7 strength' gave out and
the robber escaped. " .
OBJECT TO THE TROOPS
CHIXESE WANT THEM REMOVED
German and French Minlatera Are
Opposed ,to Letting the
: ' Soldier* Go. *!*■
Peking, Jan. 16. (Delayed in transmis
sion.) —The note, which accompanied the
agreement delivered by the Chinese pleni
potentiaries, reiterated the Chinese objec
tions already published, adding a request
for the immediate return of public build-'
ings and complete cessation of military
expeditions and the withdrawal of the
troops as early as possible. V ' |
The German and the French ministers';
seem to think it unwise for the troops to
leave Peking for some months. The French
especially object to what they call the
"cowardly behavior of other nations in not'
protecting the Chinese Christians.".' For
that reason they believe it will be neces
sary to keep the troops at least another
year. 7 ..;••>' 7-.-."7Y
The English, American and Russian en
voys seem to think a gradual withdrawal
can be begun if public feeling remains
settled when the river opens about the be
ginning of March.
- The Chinese want the indemnities ad
judged before an international commission.
A majority: of the envoys here seem to
think their governments may make sep
arate arrangements about indemnity.
Rnaaia'a Hit; . Claim.
Moscow, Jan. 24.—1t is stated here-that-
Russia will demand $200,000,000 from China as
indemnity for damages done to the Manchur
lan railway. ijyyy.:yy '-YY7 ;-y
GRAND FORKS NUPTIALS
I Erneat C. Cooper Finds a Bride in
Illinois!
Special to The Journal. Y-7rl.-
Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 24.—Last evening,
at 8 o'clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. _
C. R. McHugh, the latter being the sister of
the bride, at Oak Park, 111,, occurred the
wedding of Ernest Clifton Cooper of this
city and Flora Katheryne McGilltvray, Rev. *
C. 3. Hoyt of the First Presbyterian church
officiating, j The bride was attended by -Mis-
Grace Montague of Cairo, Mich., and Sam
uel McDonald of this city acted as grooms
man. The ceremony was. a very pretty one,
little Miss Katherine Wright-' and Master -
Clifford McHugh acting as oflwer carrier and
Madeline Briggs and Earl McHugh being the
ribbon-bearers. •
There were about sixty Invited guests pres- '
ent and the wedding was one of the most
elaborate ever witnessed in Oak Park. Among '
those from a distance who were present were
Senator and Mrs. McGillivray of Dickinson,
N. D., the bride being, a niece of the sena
tor, and -Robert-Brownlee of this city. After.
a sumptuous wedding supper the bride and
groom left on | the 11 o'clock | train over the
Rock Island for Dcs Moines, lowa, wherj
they will be the guests of the bridegroom
parents for a few days, before returning to v
this city, where they will be at home to their.
friends after; Feb. 1 at the Hotel Dacotah.
.'The bride is well konwn in this state, as 7
she: was 'at, Bismarck during the legislative
session two years ago, where her beauty and
accomplishments made her the center of at
traction in; society circles. " The, bridegroom,
E. C. Cooper, j is well known throughout j the j
state.. 1i He came to .■ North Dakota in t April, 1
1884, and engaged in the lumber business, lv
1895 he was appointed state agent of the St.
Paul Fire and"' Marine insurance company '
for North 7 Dakota, -which position he now
holds. He has been prominent in both state
and local politics, having been ' chairman of;
the j republican state central committee from
1896 till- 1898, and during| the session j|of the
legislature two years ago was;.a candidate
for the United States senate. Mr. Cooper has
also been very prominent in j, lodge: circles.
He was the first grand; chancellor -of the
Knights of Pythias for North Dakota and -
is at the present time serving his third term
as:representative'; from this state to the su
preme lodge, Knights of: Pythias of 'the
World. * v , . ■ .
*.',;- Freeman Propoaea Reaoiationa.
* Copenhagen, Jan: Upon motion of John
C."* Freeman, 1: of Wisconsin, the • United •■ States
consul, the. Dano-English Club, of 600 mem
bers, adopted resolutions of condolence rela- '
t.ve to the death of Queen Victoria. V,