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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

The. democrats in the. matter Of locating
their national convention are preparing to
Law great Strcs, on n point which the repuo-
Iicans in locating theirs took but lightly into
account. This years battle is to be Wased
with unusual vigor in the middle states
and the northwest. ard hence the ambitious
cities Of those TWO sections are urging their
respective claims to consideration diligent-
~ They had no luck with the republican
ttionaI committee. and so they VIII work
all the harder now. They are certain that
the dcbataF,Ie ground has something sub
siarti.tl to offer in return for the honor OF
entertaining the convention
1t is wise, always to cultivate to the ut
most doubtful political territory, but al
ways of course on promising lines Ore
hears with a degree of surprise therefore
that especial play is to be made by the
Bryanitcs this year for the support OF what
i called the foreign vote" Anti-imparial-
ism Il expected To catch the German vote.
and the administrations alleged alliance
with England. with the Boer war
fresh text is expected to influence sucn
portions OF the Irish vote as may hereto
fore. have. for one reason or another. been
cast for the republicans
Is this a good year for the hyphen? Does
the use of it. on the subject of either the
Philippines or South Africa, promise any
thing to those who would halt the country
in its progress or embarrass ii with its
true friends abroad? Who will profit more
by the continued upbuiding of the manu-
featuring and commercial interests of the
United States than the men of German
birth or descent who have taken so con-
Asptcuous a part in the progress already
mal,. and who have 50 large stake in the
, game? Are they Of the kind to be fright
cred by 4 sPook? Is Il mere catchpe1ny
phrase to drive them into one camp and
vote them like sheep?
In the matter of the Transvaal. what
sharper criticism of the Boer government
ccu.d he formulated than that contained in
oar reception and treatment of worthy i'm
migrants" The fruitful northwest is the
home of hundreds of thousands of men of
foreign birth They have helped 70 make
it tF.. garden spot that it is. They are
Isr.s wcGIth-pruduccrs and wealth-own@rs,
s,li1 pay enormous sums in taxes. But they
cuyoy citizenship. They vote. and are elsi
lie Ia office. AMI many of them nave held
high office II these men. in leaving the
homes Of their birth. had headed for the
Trarisyaal instead of for the United States
y la, would be their condition today so far
. participating in government is con-
cerHedT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

The Philadelphia Ledger says.
The. nomination for Vice President APP
pears 10 ice open again to the field. The
n,u who have been mentioned prominently
for It 10 not seem to want it. else. for
on reason or another, cannot have it. As
a tentative suggestion. why not mention
Thomas l. Reed The chief function Of
;tc Vie President l. 20 keep the Senate
in "a I!-r as nearly is may he. and Reed $
!, cord in the House shows that he could do
that if anybody could
The Ledger for@atS rhay the Senate does
TIT offer me same opportunities for vigor-
"I- presiding tina; The House does 1t
requires no keeping in order. and it oper-
ats under rules by which the chair is as
CIr~"ly bound as are senators themselves.
Nur t-en Mr. Reed. with his conceded ge-
Illus for exp-ditins parliamentary business.
could administer tho rules of the Senate
- as TO change the situation or quicken
III. pace there. \ change may one day be
rlad.--thcre would appear to be full rea-
son why cne should be made-but it will
b. he work of the Senate itself and not
Of any presiding officer. no matter how ca
ps.E,le and well-fitted for his office.
X Is erroneous. too. to suggest that for
this years campaign the office is going
begging. On the contrary, everything
points to the likelihood that the contest for
ran
Mr.. Hobart's best service to his party
and to the country-dwelt upon at the
time of his death, and again on Wednes-
day when the Senate paid tribute to Ills
nemory-was to lift the office of Vice Pres
ident OUT of the colorless consideration into
which somehow 1t had descended and to
demonstrate its opportunities for national
usefulness He was not content with being
arl excellent presiding officer. but occupied
himself with all the important public ques-
tons, and was one of the Presidents most
trusted advisors. His successor. therefore,
the point is being made. should measure
up to this new standard.
The gossip at the capital here about
this office includes number of highly con-
sidered names. and the Ledger may he
Of a fcllnw-townsman. What does ii think
OF the Hon Charles Emory Smith for Vice
President? 1t IS said of him that his large
experience in political affairs. and his wide
acquaintance with public men would make
lin strong as Il running mate for Mr. Nc
kinlry- His relations with his chief are
quite as cordial We're those of Mr. Ho-
bart. and he has good deal Of Mr.. Ho-
bart's suavity and general agrceableness
The fact that the Postmaster General. the
Attorney General and Gov Roosevelt, are
among those whom the gossfps are consfd-
ering is evidence enough of itself tina; ex-
pectation at least Is high in connection
with the place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

From the New York Journal.
The canal certainly will affect English re-
lations with America to more than IA GER
tain extent unless our English friends
clearly understand that it is to be an eX-
ciusvely American affair. 1t will he an eX-
tremey important strategical waterway,
profoundly affecting our national Interests
both from the naval and from the CONNER
cial points of view. We propose to own, for
t.fy and control it permanently. No other
CO untry in the world will have anything
to say about 1t.
We may call Englands attention to the
fact that there is i small waterway, made
not by British capital, but by nature. called
the Straits of Gibraltar. England stands
guard there, behind the greatest fortifica-
lions in the world, and tells the nations
who may and who may not pass between
the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. In time
of peace she let's the world use the water
way freely, we should at Nicaragua,
but in time of war she bars 1t to her enc
mics. as we should. Before she talks to US
about neutraliZng the Nicaragua canal.
built with our money, on our continent, 1t
would be well for her to dismantle her
guns d t Gibraltar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Congress should not neglect further the
duty of inquiring closely into the public
construction methods. which seem TO have
reached a elimination of the wrong kind
In the new post office building recently
finished in this city. Last winter an abor-
tive attempt was made by the Senate to in
G'Iire into the history IF that construction
the session closing before any real progress
had been made. but not before enough had
been disclosed to show the vital necessity
oil thorough Overhauling of the whole
subject. Yesterday a slight accident &C.
CURED at the building to bring the matter
once more to acute attention. a portion ~
a skyhght falling because Of sheer weak
ness ard narrowly missing the proportions
oil serious disaster glance at the walls
VIII reveal bright galvanized iron str;ps
tackled over certain places below the win
dows. originally meant for the outer open-
ings of ventilation chambers. II has baar
found that owing to faults in the designing
OF this system the building has been flooded
with cold air and during the recent cold
snap II was impossible to keep the rooms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

at safe temperature, even with the eX-
penditure of enormous quantities of coal.
Now the costly system has been abandoned
and the building is without any ventilation
apparatus.
These faults which have from time to
time developed in the new structure are
known to be mainly if not wholly the re-
suit of faulty planning. ineffective super
vision and an inexplicable failure on the
part of the department to hold some con-
tractors to their obligations. A suit is now
pending before the Court of Claims involv-
ing the relations between the contractor for
the steam heating and the architects Office
the trial of which will doubtless reveal d
large fund of information concerning the
manner in which the public construction
work has been done in the past few years
The court case. however, will not have
remedial effect such as an inquiry by a
competent congressional committee would
ensure. and it is in the line of remedy
Father than punishment that the govern
ment should work. The post Office building
should be an inspiration to Congress to
seek means to prevent repetitions of similar
plumbers elsewhere and in the future. 1t is
reasonably to be supposed that the public
building bureau would be moved to do its
best here in Washington, under the eyes of
Congress. If the postal headquarters may
be taken as sample of the best work pos
sible under the present system the imagi-
nation shrinks from the task of conceiying
the worst.
The falling skylight and the galvanized
iron weather strips might therefore, profit
ably be made the text of an investigation
now, along the broadcast possible lines and
aimed at the disclosure of ways and means
to correct such evils as only too plainly
exist in the governments building bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

From the Philad. lphia North American
South Carolina having abolished the sa-
loon and substituted the diSpensary, she
now proposes to establish hospitals for
drunkards, where thirst will be treated as
a disease. If along with bromIdes and
tonics the cat-o'-nine tails should be pre-
scribed for inebriates who neglect or abuse
their wives and children, the innova ton
would work wonderful cures. The one
danger of dealing with drunkenness as a
disease is that 1t may be forgotten that
drunkenness Is also a vice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

who is to blame for this fighting? Upon
whose shoulders does the responsibility for
war rest?'
We'll" answered the Filipino general, as
he sat down and famed himself I'VE may
be in some sense held to blame for the war.
hold US responsible for any fighting that
occurs"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
The Public Masher,
From the New York Press.

A masher in New Jersey who firted with
a young woman on railway train was I'M
pleasantly surprised to receive a sentence
who make themselves obnoxious to women
in public places, but to whom taste of
Jail is salutary lesson. The public mash
deserves no grace from anybody. He
has no excuse for living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Senator Hoar will scarcely make any ob-
lection 10 Senator Beveridge because he wa,
once boy orator. Some Of the very ablest
Of anti-expaEsion advocates have been boy
orators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Mr.. Bryan has finally got around to the
point of favoring the extension of the
United States whenever the people of the
territory to be acquired are sufficiently in
telligcnt 20 become American citizens This
opinion easily prepares the way for the
discovery by Mr.. Bryan that the Filipinos
are much more advanced morally and in
tellectually than he has been led to be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

No one seems disposed to initiate the af-
fcctionate familiarity shown in calling Gen
Roberts Our Bobs' to the extent of call
ing the gentleman in the Philippines Our
Otes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
The Debtors soIiloquy.

'Twere sweet to be a merry bird
And carol, day by day;
He sings his notes. as you have heard
But hasn't one to pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

From the Philadelphia Press.

Senator Hoar will not be pleased that so
well-informed a man on the PhilipDine
problem as ex-Minister Barrett definitely
charges that 1t was the address of the
senior Senator from Massachusetts, that en-
Outraged the Tagals to continue the insur-
rection. And yet there can be no question
that Senator Hoar and the other anti-im-
perialists must face the responsibility for
their own ill-judged acts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Capt. Dreyfus con be depended upon TO
keep out of public life, but EsterhaZy may
reasonably be expected to come to the
front any minute with some and pictur-
e%que roguery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Mr. Bryan is too busy to make speeches
and free silver does not seem strong enough
to do anything whatever for itself in the
meantime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

MANY man." said Uncle Eben.. "gits de
reputation O. bein' wise an solemn simply
because he ain smaht enough to know
when it's time to laugh"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

The Kentucky taxpayer will presently De
gin to wonder when some of the contesting
statesmen will get time to earn their sal
aries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

Don't you think it's very rude to talk
during an artists musical performance?
said Willie Washington
Yes answered Miss Cayenne; ''espe-
cially when one considers that the music is
designed to give relief from the stupidity
of conversation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

The Boer officers set good example in
not letting any dissensions which may &C.
cur among them break into print.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

President Kruger is something of ar
orator, but in addressing his constituent.
he studlously refrains from offering any
hard-luck arguments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

The olive crop in Italy is failure. but
this fact has not been made the basis of
any free silver arguments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
An Unconscious Confession.

Was the play shocking" asked one
blase theatsr-goer.
Pc Not a Bit" answered the other. Il went
home before 1t was half over"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

1t seems that whenever there is lull
someone feels called upon to suggest Mr..
John ]. Ingalls, for an office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

The London stock market does not an.
pear to pay much attention to patriotic
poetry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

China has given up hope of providing
against being hit with insidious dum-dum
diplomacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15
SHOOTING STARS,
Mysteries of Memory.

Arithmetic destroys his glee:
He fain would not begin it..
If it were set to rag-time, he
Could learn it in a minute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

IT'S sweet to dream on transcendental things
And leave this sphere of dull, unwieldy
clay
Behind, while fancy's iridescent wings
Lift US and bear us skyward far away.
But he who gaZes on some distant star
And bids his thoughts upon its mysteries
dwell
Is bumped. perchance, by some rude trolley
And sworn at by the motorman as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-15

UIn order to avoid delays. on ac-
count of personal absence, letters TO
THE STAR should not be addressed
tn any individual connected win inc
office. but simply to THE s1AK. or 10
the Editorial or business Depart
ments according to tenor or purpose
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-15
ages, and the thing for foreign resi-.
dents to do is to leave the country.

In ali account cf a dismissal from the
census service Of an enumerator who
had resorted to profanity, after reach
ing the end Of patience in Interview
ing woman. the New York Tribune
says; Census Supervisor Wilbur says
the well-to-do people give his enum-
orators more trouble than the poor.
Time after time the census taEer is
directed to call again, as the mistress
Of the house IS in her bath, or sleeping.
or lying down with headache or
eating or entertaining company. and
must not be disturbed. II these peo-
pie would remember that the enumara-
tor is paid at the rate OF only "a cents
for each name he gets they would
perhaps put themselves out little to
meet him on his first call, or at least
ask him for an individual census blank,
All It out and have It ready for him
when he calls the second time. Re-
qulring the enumerator to call again
and again for he names Of a single
family increases mis- work many fold,
and also delays the completion of this
great government undertaking. II
all families asked the census enumer-
ator TO 'oall again" the cost of the
work would be greatly increased. Not
withstanding the provocation to the
enumerator caused by such people.
mostly well-to-do women whose hus-
bands are downtown at business. Mr..
Wilbur is determined that they shall
not resort 10 rudeness or profanity
in order to pursuade the people to be
enumerated promptly" The federal
laws surely should cIo;he the census
enumerators. to certain extent. with
al biuary powers. The work Of taking
the census has grown TO be a serious
matter with our government inasmuch
as upon its accuracy largely depends
the value of important vital statistics.
Under such regulations, the census
taker would not be obliged to call
again" to oblige a rich mans wife
or any other mans wife. for that mat
ter-who might at that particular mo-
ment be pleased to prepare a pot of
tea or take nap. With the United
States government, business is busi-
ness or, surely, it ought to be.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-15
AMERICAS POSITION IN CHINESE
DISTURBANCES.

1t is difficult to keep track Of the
baleful Russian in these times Of ORR
entail storm and stress Inspired by
tales Of his craft and omnipoienee the
Washington correspondent Of New
York paper has put two and two to-
gether with genuinely diplomatic
shrewdness. Observe. he says. that NJ.
de valiant. the Russian charge
d'affaires. called at the state depart
ment observe that Immediately
thereafter the cabinet declared that
the United States would not participate
in joint demonstration against Chi
nese troops or Boxsrs-conclude then
with the ergo that our government has
bowed TO a Russian decree that it
must not permit itself to be used by
Great Britain in China"
Such twaddle is the natural culmina-
ton OF the absurd guesses about Russia
which have appeared in the papers re-
Gently. But consider its import for a
moment. A charge d'affairas or subor-
dlnate officer in an embassy to a nation
Of seventy eight millions of people
commands the executive Of that nation
that il must not allow the country to
play second fiddle to another power.
II the correspondent had not lost his
sense Of humor in the manufacture of
yellow scares he would have stopped
half way and tried again. Or he
might have made the fiction symmet-
rical and complete by describing the
exit Of the dictator on the toe Of a
boot. rS
A much more intelligent and wholly
rational view of the situation appears
in dispatch to the Astorian. which
forecasts the American policy at Pekin
as follows:
Minister Conger IS given authority
to act coneUrrently with the diplomatic
representatives of the other powers to-
morrow and thereafter. 1t is intimated
to him that the traditional policy Of
the American government to act in
dependently must be observed wher-
ever it is practicable but he may him
self he the judge of when emergencies
require slight departure from the
rule"
There has been no submission. then,
to Russia. and some form of joint ac-
ton is probable in which we will take
part. How far both action and parti-
cipation win go may be judged pretty
accurately from the attendant condi-
tions. The powers have a common pur-
pose, the protection Of their official
representatives and Of their subjects,
ami they will compel the Chinese gov
ernment to afford them protection if it
should appear that it was encouraging
the Boxer uprising. If on the other
hand it is dealing with an actual re-
bellion it can only be held in dam
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-15
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department OF the Interior. Land OF.
nee. Oregon City. Oregon, May Z,
1900.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been illed IN this otilce by w. q, Howell.
contestant, against Homestead Entry,
No, a,66i. made November u. 1891, for
Ma or NWA, Section IL, Township N.
Range 10, by Cory q. Adams. contcatee.
IN which Il II alleged that contestant
Knows the present condition OF the
same, also that said Cory y. Adams
mas wholly abandoned said tract OF
land and changed HIS residence lhore-
rom, FOR more than four years since
making said entry and next prior 90
date OF this affidavit. and that he has
failed to cultivate and improve said
tract OF land as provided by law and
thAt said alleged absence from the said
land was not due 10 his employment IN
the army. navy, or marine corps OF the
United Stotca as private soldier, oifi-
cor, seaman or marine. during the war
VITA spain. or during any other war Ia
which the United States may DO on.
gagged. said parties arc hereby notified
10 appear. respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
a. m. on
June 20. 1900.
before the register ana receiver Rt the
United states land Office In Oregon
city. Oregon.
Tho said contestant having, In a prop.
or affidavit. filed February |, 1900. aet
forth facts which show that after due
diligence personal service OF this notice
cannot be made. Il IN hereby ordcrr A
and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper publication.
Signed. WM. GALLOWAY.
Receiver
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
derslgned has been by the county
court Of Clatsop county. Oregon, duly
appointed executor>of the last will and
testament Of Evellne Siferte, deceased;
and that said Will has been duly prov
en- and admitted TO probate by said
court.
All persons having claims against
the estate Of said deceased must pre-
sent the same. duly verified, to the
undersigned, at the Office OF Harrison
Allen, attorney at law, room 7, Page
building, in Astoria, Oregon, within
six months from this date.
ALBERT +. sIFERTE,
Executor OF the Last VIII, and Testa-
ment of Eveline Siferte, Deceased.
Dated this 11th day Of June, 1909.
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TIMBER LAND NOTICE.


United States Land Office. Oregon City.
Oregon, April IS. 1900.
Notice Is hereby given that IN COM
plIance with the provisions OF the act
OF congress OF June 3, 1878, entitled
An act for the sale OF timber lands
In the states OF California, Oregon,
Nevada. and Washington territory o
as extended to all the public land
states by act Of August 4. 1899. Sarah
L. Bottom. OF Jewell. county OF Clat-
SOP, state OF Oregon, has this day filed
In this office her sworn statement No.
5i79. for the purchase OF the NWK Of
section No. 18, In township No. 9 N,
range No. W., and will offer proof 10
show that the land sought Is more val
liable for its timber or stone than for
agricultural purposes. and to estab-
llsh her claim TO said land before the
register and receiver OF this Office al
Oregon City, Oregon. on Saturday, the
7th day Of July. 1900. She names as
witnesses:
John corcoran, OF Vine Maple, Oregon
James w. Walker OF 'ewell, Oregon,
Isaac N. Foster. OF Jewell, Oregon,
Bernard A. Johnson OF Jewell Oregon.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the described lands are
requested 10 file their claims In this
office on or before said 7th day OF July.
1900. CHAs. B. MooREs,
Register.