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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-12-07

In the current issue Of the West
Coast Trale correction is made to a
statement made by state Fish Commits
sloner Kcrshlw Of Washington in his
biennial report Commissioner Ker-
shaw Is quoted rs having said that the
iisheries industry takes the lead over
everything In the state, numbering and
coal mining ranking next, While adj
mittlng that Washington leads all 9TH
els in the fishery output stu II Is not
the leading industry Of the state, both
lumber milling and the production OF
wheat in the order named taking rank
above It as resources Says the Trade;
oLumber has supplanted wheat for first
place. with an output from three to
four times that of the fisheries, aggre-
eating total of from $25,OOOOOO to $685.
0OO0O in products the present year.
while the tidewater valuation Of this
years wheat crop viii range from si6,-
900 600 to Sl75O0OO or double the value
of fisheries,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-12-07

Conductress-Mr Chas, l.. Houston,
Pianist-NIiss Anita Trenchard,
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

dirt the men know. They talk free
" with the men of things forbidden
the decent and virtuous. They read
the worst French fiction. They see
the worst French plays.
The women Of this smart set no
longer pretend to recognize virtue,
even as a female accompaniment.
Innocence is a badge of delinquency,
a sign of the crude and raw, a de-
formity which, if tolerated at all,
must carry some promise of amend
ment, for among these titled cy-
prians the one thing needful is TO
know it all.
in London and in Paris and at
Monte Carlo in the winter and at
TrOuville and AK in the summer
they make life one unending de-
bauch; their only literary provender.
when they read at all, the creeds of
D'Annunzio and Bourget; their Nee
ca, the roulette table and the race
course; their heaven, the modern
yacht, with its luxuries and isola
ton. The ocean tells no tales, and
as the smart set knows no law. in
eXtTemis it can go to sea,
The 400 are rotten, through and
through. They have not one re-
deeming feature. All their ends are
achieved by money and largely by
the unholy use of money. If one of
them proposes 10 go into jingo poll
tics he expects TO buy his way, and
the Togues who have seats in con-
gress OF foreign appointments to sell
see that he pays the price. If one
of them wants to marry a lord she
expects to buy him, and the titled
rascals who wish TO recoup their
broken fortunes see that she pays
the price.
Must these unclean birds Of
gaudy and therefore conspicuous plu-
mage fly from gilded boughs to
boughs. fouling the very air as they
twitter their affectations o. moral
supremacy. and no one TO shy a
brick at them and say Scat. you dew
lisp"
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
CHARGES ARE DENIED
Schools in the Philippine Islands
Are Non-Sectarian.
Catholics Not Disseminated Against
and PROSECUTING Is Forbidden
Father MckinnOn's Educa-
tiOnaI Proposition

The bureau of insular affairs Of the
war department has made public the
report of Frank II. Bowen, acting gen
eral superintendent of public instruc-
tion for the Philippine islands, upon
the charges made in the United States
against the school system of the isl
snds alleging that il was used as a
proselyting agency against Catholics
and generally used to the prejudice Of
Catholicism.
These charges were forwarded to
Manila and the reply was made TO Act
ing Gov. Wright.
The report of Superintendent Bowen
is general and specific denial of the
charges. He says that of 20 persons.
who have been division superintend-
ents only one has ever been clergy
man. Three division superintendent
were appointed from list submitted
by leaders of the Roman Catholic
church in the United States.
In this connection the report says:
''The question of the religious belief
of applicants and appOintees was never
considered until late in 1901. At that
time a special lot Of applications,
gathered by the authorities of the
Roman Catholic church in the United
States. was sent TO the civil governor
of these islands and transmitted to
the general superintendents. From
these special lists three division super
intendents and % teachers were ap-
pointed. IN reporting these appoint
ments to the civil governor the gen
eral superintendent stated: I have
had much difficulty in finding people
in this lot of applications who are pos
sessed of the educational preparatiOn
and teaching experience which is re-
quired of other appointees in this de-
partment. Those who have not been
selected seem to be wholly insult
able"
The only departure from strict non
sectarianism in the conduct of the
schools was a provision of the Philip
pine commission, which made il law
full for priest or minister of any es-
tablished church in the pueblo where
a public school is situated 10 teach re-
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

the fogs in London. I told him how
people, standing on a street corner in
London, could not see the lighted lamp
on the post beside them; how people,
after leaving their own doorstep,
could not find their way back home.
until the fog had lifted, and a dozen
other stories all greatly embellished.
But il was no use-I could not even
faze him. This was the return got:
sonny, fogz may be pretty thick in
that town, but they amt half so bad
as I've seen right here on Long Island.
I remember once. bout ten years ago.
when l was shingIin' the upright part
Of my house, a fog rolled in from the
east fit TO put a manS eyes out. l
didn't take much notice Of il at first,
but kept on nailin' down shingles, an,
by and by. il lighted up some, and
what 90 you thiEk I'd been doin', SON
ny? I was a half mile away from the
house, and the shingles was lyin' on
the field all the way back. That
blamed fog was so thick I'd been nall
in shingles on il and didn't know it.
And that amt the worst fog I've seen,
neither"
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
s,nseless Negro Gathering.

The Alabama horror ought TO
serve as 8 warning against these
senssless gathering of negroes every
summerand autumn. WeaIerunn-
ing the thing into the ground.
Within as many months we have
had four immense gatherings from
all sections Of the country, under
one or another pretense OF doing
something for the race. Women
who imagine that they can create
q sensation, can find time and
money, to leave their idle lily kept
homes, and neglect children, to 90
about the country from conventien
to another, They can't find money
to properly educate their children
but can spend hundreds Of dollars
on railroads and ocean liners, OF
their own and other peoples money,
going about telling "the race" how
to rear their children. To tell the
exact truth these affairs are no
more nor less than pleasure excur-
sions, and the negrs, just at the
beginning of what promises to be q
seyere winter. with no coal in his
bankers ana none in sight, can
least afford to spend his money by
thousand Of dollars, riding up and
down the country in Jim Crow"
cara The Alabama horror ought
to be a warning to let go. The
spsaacle of two thousand negroes
stamping the lives cut Of 10 of
their race, shows how few cool
heads there are among them IN an
hour of danger, women too were
the principal victims. The resoln-
tions adopted az these gatherings are
never carried out. They are simply
high sounding, empty phrases Many
otthe speakers are animated mainly
By storing drink. The negroes who
do anything, Ike the True Reform
ers, are not holding windy conven-
tions, but are getting down to prac =
tical work, and results are being
exhibited on all sides. We have
had too many great? negro gather
ings of late, great only in Numbers,
and wind.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

ligiOn for one-half hour three times a
week in the school building TO pupils
whose parents have expressed a wish
for such construction.
Concerning proselyting, the report
says:
Not only is no proselyting allowed
or attempted in any Of the public
schools. but inquiry of the leaders Of
the four principal Protestant denomi-
nations here brings out the fact that
so far as is known by these leaders
there is not a native Protestant Sun
day school teacher in the entire arch
ipelagO."
The statement that not one-third Of
the Protestant teachers ever taught
a day before going to the Philippines
and that the Catholic teachers are sent
on 10 the distant provinces is emphat-
ieally denied.
Father NcKinnOn, priest officially
connected with the public school sys-
tenn in Manila. who went TO that place
as chaplain Of the First California
Il -AA-S IL al the Ou III cd VI lAt
ish-American war, has urged the au-
thorities of the Philippines church TO
send 400 of the younger native priests
10 America for couple of years train
ing in seminaries in the United States.
Father McKinnon says be discussed
this plan with the late President Ne
Kinley. who approved it. as it was be-
lieved that in this way Filipino clergy
men would become imbued with the
broad spirit Of American priesthood.
II is believed possible that money for
carrying out this project could be
raised in America. 1t is estimated thar
the seminary expense Of each pries.
would be about $50 a year. The ma
tives are favorable 10 the plan. The
fact that the native priests sneak a
different language from those in
America would be no hindrance. be-
cause all Catholic clergymen have a
common knowledge Of Latin. and be.
sides a nnm ber Of priests in the United
States speak Spanish.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

at least what 1 supposed was a con-
fidential report" said Maj. Garden
er, in speaking Of the much moOted
water cure administered to Filipinos
by American soldiers.
As governor of Tayabas, l was
asked 10 make a report on the con-
ditions there. Unfortunately my re-
port, or a part of it. cTept into the
newspapers and into politics-there
was a leak somewhere. In that re-
port l criticised the manner in which
some things were being done by GER
tain individual officers, whose acts l
believed contrary 10 what the gov
ernment desired should be the means
employed to bring peace and har-
mOny among the natives.
The Filipinos are hungry for edu-
cation. They have Ueen lied about,
and misrepresented. and misjudged.
but the fact remains they desire our
education and our civilization. Why,
I have here with me a young Fill
pinO. Emilia De Gala. whom / am
sending to the University Of Michi-
gan, where he will enter the medi-
cal department after taking a pre-
paratory course. He is not the first
that has gone to that institution
from the province Of which I was
governor.
There are a dozen towns in Taya-
bas province that are making up sub
scriptions 10 keep as many young
FilipinOs in American institutions of
learning as they can possibly afford.
That water cure business? Well.
the fact is, I made the reference to
the water cure practice among sci
diers and sanctioned by some officers
because l saw il made a bad impress
sion upon the Filipinos. They were
and are a much-abused people. I be-
came as intimate with them as anv
officer, and l tried to do nv duty
as an officer and a man.
Il belong to the army, and the
army has done glorious work out
there. The war is now over. and I
think we can afford to be generous
ss well as just with the Filipfnos.
Give them an equal chance at educe-
tiOn as in civilization and they will
surprise you"
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
SPEAKING ABOUT FOGS.
Rockaway Oysterman Proves Him
self King OF All Liars Along
Atlantic Coast.

81 have met a great many liars in
my time" said Pilot Josh Lane TO 3
New York correspondent the other
day, but John Lundy, Rockaway
oySterman, is far and away king Of
them all. II doesn't make any differ
ence what you tell John in the way
of 4 fairy tale, he viii always go you
one better. You may depend upon
him, for he never fails.
Two or three weeks ago I met John
in a saloon in Long Island city. We
got to talking about fogs, and tried
20 impress him with the thickness Of
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

ting American mails through 10 Lon
don from Queenstown. and II is ey-
pected that the new man will look
into the trouble. Furthermore. The
question of d parcels post with the
United States Is up for discussion.
and Mr.. Chamberlain is known TO bs
deeply interested IN that subject.
1t speaks well for the Younger
Chamberlain that his fathers bitter
est enemies-he has a wonderful col.
lection Of enemieS-haye had little
criticism 10 offer over the sons ap-
pOintment 10 succeed the marquis Of
Londonderry. The rich and ornate
marquis got the place because he had
a political pull, was rather sore at
the government, and had 10 be pa.
Gated. Even the conservatives admit
that he was about the most tls-f.
cient postmaster general ST. Mar.
's-le-Grand had ever seen.
Young Chamberlain. on the con-
trary, is a quiet, level-headed busi.
neess man, who can be depended
upon to make the fusty permanent
officials in the post Office 81, Up.
Their motto apparently Is: 81. must
be done thus, for thus il always has
been done"
Postmaster General Chamberla.,
who will be 40 next year Is about
the same age as his second step
mother-the third Mrs. Chamberlain
who was the daughter Of Judge
EndicOtt. of Massachusetts. He lives
with his father and is unmarried. Hei
is not at all a bumptious young mani
and is making his way largely o0I
his own merits He has q wonderful
opportunity for cutting out d great
future for himself by reforms ID
the post Office.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
Died for Her Baby Brother.

One Of the touching stories of the
season comes from a little town in
northern Wisconsin, where a six
vear-old child died for her baby
brother. The baby had been left in
the yard, sleeping in its buggy, and
the sister had been asked 10 90 out
and see TO him. There the little girl
saw a big rattlesnake coiled at the
feet OF the infant. and. realizing the
danger, seized a broom and tried 10
kill the reptile. The snake, dis
turbed, darted at the little girl,
coiled around the handle of the
broom and slipped down it, striking
its fangs into the, ,child's neck. The
infant boy was untouched, but the
motherly baby sister died in great
agony.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
PRAISES THE FILIPINOS.
Gaj. Gardener Says Natives Have
Been Abused and Some Day VIII
Surprise the World.

Il tried only to do my duty. l be-
long to the army and not to politics
or to those seeking the notoriety
that political speeches and intrigues
bring. l made reference TO the wa
ter cure, as l saw it had a bad ef-
feet upon the natives and l believed
it should be stopped"
That was the statement of Maj.
Cornelius Gardener, late military and
civil governor of the province of Tay-
abas, island of Luzon. and who re-
turned from the Philippines after
three years stay in the islands.
IN December I sent a confidential
report to the secretary of war, or
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
Monarch of the Fors.t

A few weeks ago there was dis
covered east of Fresno. Cal, in the
Sierras, the largest tree in the world
AT the time it was said that il meas.
ured $50 feet in circumference. John
Muir. the naturalist, has visited the
tree and reports that it measures at
the base only 100 feet, and at four
feet above the ground is only 81 feet
IN circumference. 1t is. however.
larger than Gen. Sherman" and
Gen. Grant" which heretofore were
the recognized monarehs of the for
est.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
The Negro Advocate.

The BEE welcomes to the field of
journalism The Negro AdrOoate, q
finely printed four page paper.
we'll edited and full of news ma
ter. TIE paper is published in the
interest otthe colored people in the
state of Virginia and an inveterats
enemy to the recently adopted un-
constitutional constitution. The
BRE wishes it success and it
cannot help being success when
such a talented writer as Attorney
James II. Havs is its editor. The
BEE sees his hand.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

an immensely wealthy seed mer-
chant Of Detroit and the head of
the largest seed concern in
America. He is also president of the
First rational bank of Detroit. of the
Union Trust company, of the Stand
ard Insurance company and Of the
Michigan Fire and Marine Insurance
company. The only prominent polit-
ieal work that Mr.. Ferry has done
was in his capacity Of chairman of
the state republican committee, a DO
sition TO which he was elected in
1896. He is a native of New York
state and Is 90 years old.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
THE "FOUR HUNDRED"
Rentucky Editor Says the Smart Sets
Distinguishing Trait IL ItE
Moral Abandon.

Henry Watterson in the Louisville
Courier-Journal makes a scorching at
tack on the New York 400" referring
to them again as flock Of unclean
birds. The editorial occupies two
columns OF space, and says in part:
The term smart set was adopted
by society to save itself from a more
odious description. The distinguish
ing trait of the smart set is its
moral abandon. 1t makes a business
of defying and overlapping eonven-
tional restraints upon its pleasures
and amusements. 1t sets itself above
the law. both human and divine.
"Its women are equally depraved
with its men. They know all the
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
New York Politics.

Governor O'Dell. of New York
and Ex bieut. Governor Woodruff
have given Senator Platt to under
stand that they have something to
say about the Stare Republican
ticket and who shall go on it. Mr..
Woodruff has been listening to
4r. Platt about long enough and
now hs intends to use his own
senses and follow his own jadg-
ment in State politics.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN
Son of British Colonial Sec-.,-
Who Has been Appointed Po.,.
master General

Austen Chamberlain recently ..
ceeded Lord Londonderry and nj
his father, Joseph ChamberIsrr -
colonial secretary, now ocguafa.
place in the British cabinet Hs =
e chip of the old block" and :
young man of great promise Il
was educated at Rugby and TrfD,+1
college, Cambridge, and has alraa5J.
served as civil lord Of the admfrsI.Jy
and as financial secretary n -,
treasury.
Mr.. Chamberlain's appointmeB. b,.
some direct interest for the T7f,s5
States, for there has been a lar -
complaint about the delay in %.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
Joke WAS ON DOCTOR.
Asked "A Question in school and Got
an Answer He Neither Expected
Nor Desired.

DR.. ]. L. NJ. Curry, special am5as-
sador t. Spain, tells the following an
ecdote. says Harper's Magazine:
In the discharge Of his duties ID
promoting the cause Of education lie
has been frequently called upon 70
address the pupils of schools he mas
been visiting. On one occasion ns
was 1T q rural school. and the usual
address was expected at the close Oh
the exercises. The children "tL'
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

through a number of calistheEIc exc
cises. which were, probably sOI. -.
what elaborated in honor OF INC =
tinguished visitor. and then cams - =
doctor. speech. Thinking THAI u In a~
a favorable occasion 70 impress T.
his youthful auditors the imP1r 'a-, d.
of drill and practice, the 60 .Ea,
after expressing the p'eas-Ie, - ,bs
the exercises had given him, to.l t-,-
children that they had done -ai o1dl
ter than he could have e"-''
then asked: rrby.
"Can some one of you tell nc 80
il is that l cannot do these ca.'s'-I -
ic exercises as well as you nave
them?" mali
After an instant's pause -, an
hand went up, and, On reee''5IS 5aeror.
encouraging word from the
q little boy stood up and saLa. .- tho
cause you are old and sun - tho
j'ints"-which was not eAa'-y "a
answer either expected or des"'
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
HIA WeaIIneas-

Albert-Why, don't you reconect
that girl? That's the girl you used
to rave over last summer-cau her a
''poem" and all that.
Edward-By Jove! So it is! I
never could commit a poem" to
memory.-Harper's Bazar.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
His Plans Made.

''What do you intend 10 do for a
living?" asked the old gentleman, in
disgust.
"I-aw-thought I'd marry" replied
Percy. the shining light of society
Chicago Post.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
Overdid IL.

'You promised me before marriage
that you would make every effort TO
make yourself worthy of me-"
~ know l did. and the, result was
that I overdid it, and made myself
better than you deserve. IN. Y. Sun.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
DEXTER MASON FERRY.
ceed the Late Senator MCMILLAN
in the Upper House.

Dexter Mason Ferry, who an
nounces that he is a candidate for
the United States senate 10 fill the
seat of the late Senator Mcmillan, il
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
Bad Boy.

Teacher-Why did you do that?
Pupil-0! Just for fun.
Teacher-But didn't you know il
was against the rules?
Pupil-Sure. that's where the fun
of it came in.-Philadelphia Press.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
T.ooEfne for SQUALLS.

She-Do you think two can live as
cheap as one?
He-Yes; but not as peaceably.-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
A Prize Winner.

She (proudly)-Oh. Henry, got the
prize at our women's club!
He-GOod!
She-YeS. ! blackballed more mem
bers during the past year than. a=y
other member-Ohio State Journal
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
On All Fours.

"Miggs is running for Office this year,
isn't hep"
Running? He's absolutely grovel-
ing for it.'-ChicagoT Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
The Long Green,

''Cast off by his father, he became a
landscape painter"
Why die he choose that work?"
He wanted 10 continue drawing the
green. Detroit Free Press.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
His Method.

Crawford-What nice homemade
bread you have.
Crabshaw-Yes. I make my wife
buy il at the baker's.-N. Y. Times.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

Secretary Shaw will resign it is
rumored. 1t will be a hard thing
TO keep aspiring men in office.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
An Opinfon.

'You wouldn't take Buskins for an
actor, would your"
"Well. you might when he's on the
Etage."-Puek.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
L nsafe.

-why didn't you tell Toughboy that
he lied?"
MY telephone is out Of order."-
Norristown Herald.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
AmuRnCR.
zrV rich"

ais her husband so very rich?"
Rich? Why, she can even afford 20
economic on her clothes! Brook
lyn Life.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

The President has returned q
wiser man no doubt thai he Tas
before he started.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
The Retort Courteous.

He-My dear, these biscuits don't
have the true ring.
She-Well, your teeth are false
n. Y. Times.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
The TIP of the To,-.

The most sensitive part of 4he bu-
man body is the tip of the tongue.
7ext come the lips and then The tips
IF the fingers.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

Ales Of the Treasury Department
has grown so big. ,
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

A person who pretends too much
christianity cannot be trusted.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

The officers club is quite fire.
qusnt now,
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

Bryan may be dead, but it is
so strange that he keeps kicking.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

public officials VINO pretend that
they are so religious and scantified.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

. Gov. Woodruff is not TO be
oiJta ed to by Mr.. Tom Platt.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

The Board of Education is doing
q great work.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27
1t looks like Alger.

The Administration, may have q
haAd in the fight in Michigan.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

Judge Klmball lectures don't t
seem TO have much effect.
The Washington bee., 1902-09-27

TIE Bee has not muchsfsith in
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