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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
OPERA HOUSE RIOT.
Hlssers Resist Being Elected r light
Ensued.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. GA riot
occurred at the Grand Opera house to-
night which resulted in several arrests
for disorderly conduct Last week the
Gaelic League denounced series Of
Bouclcault's Irish dramas, now bel g
presented at the opera house, as un-
worthy representations of Irish char
acter. Tonight the opera house was
crowded. The bill was '"rhe Shaugh-
ran" AS the presentation proceeded
a number began to hiss. The police
jected 20 or 30 men who turn d on them
in the lobby where fierce battle rag
ed for several minutes. After the ex-
element subsided the play went on.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
Personal MENTION.

s. j. Hubbard is UP from Seaside at
tending court.
NJ. Sussman. who has been at Foley
Springs, has returned hone.
J. NJ. Turney was over from his home
on the West Side yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Dean was in the city
yesterday from Warrenton.
VIII Young left-up on last even ngs
train for a. VISIT to Portland.
John Johnson came over from his
home on Deep River yesterday.
Captain Reynolds, OF the Harry
Morse, was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. E. c. Jeffers and daughter.
Carol. visited the city yesterday.
Clark Loughery and Pat Kenney are
hunting for ducks on the West side.
J. w. Cawker and wife were over
from their West Side home yesterday.
August Kratz came down from Port
land yesterday to go on a fishing trip.
r. NJ. CASTOR. who has been attend
ing the Salem State Fair, has returned
home.
! Miss Amy Dean will leave soon for
Arizona, where she win remain indefi-
nitely.
Miss Nellie Halferty paid a brier vis-
it to the city yesterday from her home
/, in Warrenton.
Charles Malarkey is in Portland. He
is associated with the Universal Sash
and Door Factory.
Sam Harris has returned home after
some months absence at Foley Springs,
where he has been or his health.
G. B, Hegardt Joined the U. s. IN
gineering board at Fort Stevens and
accompanied the officials to Puget
sound.
Delbridge Moore, formerly associated
with DR., G. u. Hall in the medical pro-
fession in Warrenton. was in the city
yesterday.
j. H. Thatcher and wife, of Portland,
were in the city yesterday. Mr.. Thatch-
er is superintendent of the Oregon Tel
ephone Company.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
FIRE SUFFERERS ASSISTED.

VANCOUVER, Wash, Sept. 2O.--The
relief committee for the fire-strick5 n
settlers of Clark county has during the
past four days QUILTED about rs fam
lilies with food supplies, clothing, bed
ding and other necessary articles. The
committee expects to be able, with the
assistance of the county commission
ers and the military officials, to be able
to relieve the immediate necessities Of
all those needing assistance.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
Commanding General Of the
Army On His Way 10 the
Philippines.
Is On This Coast to Inspect Fort.
iiications- Was in Astoria 22
Years Ago In Charge Of
Departmei t Of Columbia.

When the Bailey Gatzert made fast
to the wharf last evening quite a num-
Der. Of spectators went down to the
wharf to see General Miles step
ashore, Major Humphreys, the COM
nlandant at Fort Stevens, with LIE.
tenants Brewster and Porter. as aide
de-campsfi received the commanding
general. They were accompanied by
numerous civilians. General Miles him
self was expert enough to evade The
crowd and got off to the occd dent ho-
tel at the earliest possible moment. A
reporter from the Astorian who had
known General Miles previously, was
the only one permitted to have an in
teresting chat with the general. The
plans arranged for his movements are
very simple, but exacting as regard
to time. After inspecting the for ia-
cations at Fort Stevens a return Will
be made to Astoria where GereraI
Miles has his private car waiting to
take him to Portland, from which
place he leaves for hurried tour cf
inspection of all the Pacific coast forts,
ammunition and general working order.
In response to a question regal ding
the order issued to General Chaffee to
pursue forceful tactics in that part o
the Philippines, the genral rerlitd: :"
will OF know anything nutil see it,
! Sitting quietly in his room reco lee
tions Of younger days naturally pre-,
sented themselves to the old veteran
1T is" said he "a years ago since
was stationed in this Tart Of the coun
4. try as commander Of the department
Of the Columbia. At that tine ther
were no railroads and We had the Wild
est kind OF stages or horseback ride
to make any certain point. But every
one knows about the time we had"
There was one question the general wa:
determined not to answer, even in {
private and confidential way. IRA
was in regard to the now famous xii
and burn business of his old comrade
General Jake Smith.
Naturally the general had nothing
to say as to his visit to the Philippines
except that he would complete hi:
! Western tour in time to leave for the
Orient by a transport that leaves or
the SOth.
General Miles appears to have ag d
little during the past two ears, al
though he claims to be vigorous and
healthy.
The party viii leave this morning at
o'clock for Fort Stevens.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
KNOX RETURNS FROM FRANCE.
Was There in Connection With Sale OF
Panama Canal.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2o.-A torney
General Knox, who went to France to
attend the conference concerning the
sale of the Panama canal to the I'm t
ed States arrived today. He wo II
say nothing of what passed at the con-
ference nor would he admit that the
title to the canal had been found all
right.
Judge Crales Wright the attorr eY-
generals assistant, said that the tie
of current concession of the Colombian
government, which extends from the
year 1898 to 1904, was all right, but
the concession to be substituted after
1904 had not been affirmed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
SHAW WANTS NO REFORM.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2o As the opponent
of tariff revision and as an advocate
Of reciprocity. Secretary Of Treasury
Shaw spoke to great crowd In Ma
son park tonight. Secretary Shaw did
not refer to the Henderson incident,
but evoked applause in the treatment
Of the issues which 50 closely knit to
the resignation Of the speaker OF the
house.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
HoLD-UP MEN ARRESTED.

WALLACE. Idaho. Sept 2O.- Two
men. known as Holmes and Smiley.
attempted to hold mp saloon fufl Of
men at Burk last night and shot and
wounded the barkeeper. They were are
rested tonight at the Custer mine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-09-21
RECOMMENDED BY CHAFFEE.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Lieutenant
Kenneth P. Williams, First infa try
has been recommended by General
Chaftee for a congressional meda' for
skill and bravery in leading relief
expedition to the rescue of q marine
detachment, which completed the fa-
nous march across the Island Of sa-
mar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21

The chief obstacle in the way Of let
ting the Postal Telegraph company go
ahead with its cable to Manila without
fear of competition from the government
seems to be a fear that the company is
acting in collision with the Eastern Elk
tension Gable company with view to
maintaining a monopoly Of cable COM
munication with the far east. But as the
company binds itself to give greatly re-
duced rates, gives government business
at terms fixed by the postmaster general
the preference, and agrees to sell out to
the United States at appraised value at
any time, the government ought not to
think Of building cable. This is said
with the qualification that it should be
assured that the Postal company will
build at once and complete its line within
a certain time. sS@:a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21

Copyright, 1902, by the S. S. Mcclure Co.
II don't see what you want gun for
said Tom Grossly. Tom was cleaning his golf
sticks, and it always makes him cross. Mar
garet lay in the hammock and watched him.
Il don't see what you want gun for,'' he
repeated.
ITO shoot with, she explained.
you're getting very sporty he remarked,
scowlng at his midron.
You're getting very slangy,' was her quick
response.
II can't lend you mine,' he went On after
pause, during which he pushed back his cap
and left a streak Of dirt on his forehead.
II can't let you have mine because it's too
heavy
II would not have thought of asking such
a favor she said. Mr. Gresham is going
to send me one.''
Gresham! That long cared Englishman?''
His ears are not long, and he's a Can
adan.''
"oh of course, If you are willing to ac-
cept"-
''You gave me my golf sticks"
THAT is very different
'Yes, they are rather dissimilar. Golf club,
hit, no go; gun, go, no hit Then Tom was
angry.
''Oh, If you wish to be fippant'' he began.
'Fllppant!' said Margaret. II wished to be
funny. It was rather good-eh, Tom?"
But Tom would not relent.
"My wishes are evidently nothing to you,'
he said, rising and standing very straight and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
Our Trip UD the Nile.

Cairo, Jan. 2.-For the last two or three
days we have been sailing up the Nile on
our Howadjis, which are strange little boats
with triangular sails. We put in several
days at Khartoum, where Lord George Cor
don was killed by the Arabians and where,
afterwards, Lord Kitchener fought the Mum
my boards to standstill until the plain
was streWn with their bodies. You may re-
member reading about the false prophecies,
Miss Ella Mahdi, or Ell Mahdi, as she was
usually called, who escaped at this time
and was afterwards rounded up by the Egyp-
tians and slain. We take it that Eel was q
sort of. Arabian Joan of Arc, or something
of that kind. Lord Kitchener, whose name
is still held in terror in North Africa, is now
at work with fire and sword in South Africa
Whatever he may do there he certainly made
this part of Africa desert, il appearances
may be believed. - "a 80
We have not yet seen any of the Mummy
natives, at least none who are alive. When
we ask for Mummies, they show us dead
ones. Possibly they were all killed off by
the English. .-s ,s=.-. s..s.
The dam at Assouan is a wonderful hi1
Of engineering skill. It%extends across tbs
Valley Of the Nile and is intended to hold
enough water to supply Lower Egypt during
the dry season. This is one of the ways the
English occupy themselves when they have
everybody in the neighborhood licked to .
finish.
We have decided, if the way opens, to cross
the desert with caravan to the French line
of railroad. You may possibly hear from US
next at Ijijijiijiji or Oar Fur. Lovingly,
Lucille, Mary H. and Margaret
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
WI THOUGHT IT WONDERFUL

Minister WI Ting-f had new expert
ence the other night at the residence of
Professor Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor
of the telephone. Professor Melina, sleight-
of-hand performer, was present. The Chinese
minister smiled affably when, he saw the per-
former began shut1iing pack of cards. Sew
eral of the guests selected cards, and Melina
then declared the cards were on the back Of
Mr. Wu's neck You are a bright young
man." declared the minister, as Meina took
the cards and several others from the diplo-
mats flowing robes. Next the conjurer re-
moved an egg from the minister's mouth. II
am not a chicken declared the minister.
Melina, to show that MI WI had other eggs
concealed, took seven or eight from various
parts Of his clothing. He then handed the
minister a $40 bill, and, cautioning him to
hold it tightly in his hand, stepped away from
him. ''Have you got it?' be asked. II have,
and it won't get away from me- answered
the minister. When he opened his hand he
was tightly clutching small piece of news
paper, and Melina extracted the bill from a
lemon which the minister was allowed to cut.
Wonderful said Mr.. WI. Tell me how
YOU do it?"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
A Logical Conclusion.

To the Editor of The Journal: =
A railroad attorney of St. Paul, speaking
before the Congregational club in this city
on Monday evening, is reported by h e
J ournal to have used the following Ian
guage: : ~, 20. e
In your city, few, days ago, distinguished
INDUCED in gloomy prophesies Of disaster,
based on recent alleged combinations of rail-
road interests centering in this state.
It seems to me, however, that the situation
is neither hopeless, nor serious. It is the
undoubted power and duty of the governor Of
this state to enforce the laws Of Minnesota
and to prevent their violation If the sd
called merger is a violation of our statutes,
there is simple and common-sense way Of
preventing this violation, and that is to re-
peal the statute forbidding the consolidation
Of railroads. 3
The speaker undoubtedly referred to the
Lincoln Day banquet of the Hennepin Re
publican Association, and it is fair to assume
that his remarks were directed more especially
at a speech delivered at that banquet by my
SELF. In that speech, while pointing out the
dangers of commercial despotisnl, the only
prophecy I made was one not of gloom and
disaster, but of hope and confidence that the
republican party, to which belong, and to
which the gentleman above quoted does not
belong, would, by its wise action, avert this
danger and destroy the modern trust. But
the remedy the gentleman suggests has the
merit of DOldness, and, while not entirely
original, it is the first time have heard of
its being seriously suggested to thoughtful
people. He calmly tells us that if the rail-
road consolidation is in violation Of law, the
common sense way to prevent this violation
is to repeal the law. Garry this suggestion
to its logical conclusion, and we would, at
the behest Of the defaulter, repeal the law
against embezzlement; at the behest of the
thief, repeal the law against larceny; at
Tho ~oho Of he nd
against felonious homicide; at the behest OF
those; seeking to exercise arbitrary power
over the people, repeal the safeguards of our
constitution and abandon the principles OF
the declaration Of independence and, as a
final browning act Of all, repudiate the deca-
logue and let license and anarchy reign SUI
preme. Eugene G. Hay.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
The NOTIFICATION TO RUSSIA

The note issued by Secretary Hay to
Russia and China is a corol1ary! Of the
Anglo Japanese treaty so far as that doc
ument insists upon the open door for
trade. It leaves the inference, of course,
that Russia may expect the moral support
which our government can give to the
alliance of England and Japan. It is a
reminder to Russia of her pledge to our
government on Dec. 10, 1900, in which
she stated that "as to the ports now
opened, or hereafter to be opened to for
eign commerce by the Chinese govern
ment, and which lie beyond the territory
leased to Russia, the settlement Of the
question Of customs duties belongs to
China herself, and the imperial govern
ment has no intention whatever of claim
ing any privileges for it's own subjects
to the exclusion of other foreigners 1t
Is to be understood, however, that this
assurance of the imperial government is
given upon the condition that similar
declaration shall be made by other DOW
ers having interests in China This
pledge was regarded as abundantly suffi-
cient by our government, and Secretary
Hay declared that he could find no eva
sion in the reply to our governments re-
quest to pledge an open door in China.
At the request of Secretary Hay the
other powers having interests in China
made answers Of the same tenor with
Russia's.. Russia is bound therefore, to
recognize the justice Of our position, that
we are entitled to have an equal share
for American merchants and capitalists
In the big market which is opening in
China.
Neither England and Japan nor our gov
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21

erhment can legitimately attempt to dis
turb the concession made by China in 1895
to Russia for railway construction In
Manchuria. China was not forced or
juggled into making that concession. She
was emerging from the ill-starred war
with Japan Of the previous year and was
glad to have Russia occupy Manchuria
and enter upon railway construction un-
der the protection Of Cossack troops, for
she feared Japan would follow up her
former successes with encroachments In
that quarter. Russia holds that conces-
sion for eighty years. II the Anglo Japan
csc treaty is construable as retroactive,
the two powers, to be consistent, VIII
have to notify Russia to withdraw from
Manchuria, notwithstanding her conces-
sion, and likewise notify Germany to get
out of Shantung province, where she has
established herself under exclusive con-
cessions from China. Japan holds For
obtained from China; France holds Ton
quin by conquest from China; England
holds Hongkong by what may be termed
conquest, and Russia has appropriated
about a third Of the original Chinese en-
pire; at least. as it stood a half-century
ago. The expression preserve the in
tegrity of the Chinese empire" would
seem to mean the preservation Of what
is left of it.
Our own government has consistently
held the position that our citizens must
be secured against any impairment Of
their treaty rights in China and that
the impairment of the rights Of the citi-
zens of one power would mean the in
fraction Of the rights Of all. The Anglo
German alliance of 1900 was designed to
preserve the integrity of the Chinese en-
pire and keep it's ports open to the trade
Of the world. Specifically has Russia
proclaimed her adherence to the open
door policy, and when three such powers as
the United States, Great Britain and Japan
are of the same mind as to the effectua-
ton of the policy, there is no doubt that
the pledge made by Russia in 1900 and
repeated since, will be, as to its strict
performance, insisted upon. The declara-
ton made by Secretary Hay to the powers
on July 8, 1900, is sufficiently explicit as
to our policy as to China, ''to seek So
luton which may bring about permanent
safety and peace in China, preserve
Chinese territorial and administrative en-
tity, protect all rights guaranteed to
friendly powers by treaty and in law, and
safeguard for the world the principle of
equal and impartial trade with all parts
of the Chinese empire This is the
American policy to-day and it is good
policy. -.=,-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
GOVERNOR VAN SAINTS MOMENTOUS
ACT

Early in his contest with the merger
Governor Van SAINT prophetically re-
marked that, in beginning an action
Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail-
roads, Minnesota had begun struggle
that had the. profoundest significance and
that would reach further than even the
most careful observers supposed. Events
are fulfilling this prophecy. The COVER
nor may have builded even better than
he knew, though his prophecy shows that
he had taken long look ahead and felt
that in daring to beard the colossal mer-
ger he was taking what might prove to
be the first effective step in the great
struggle for control of corporations that
than their creators.
\ The action which the president has in
structed the attorney general of the
United States to bring precipitates the
huge question of national power over
trusts. The action Is to be under the
Sherman anti trust law which forbids sc
contract, combination in form Of trust OF
otherwise, or q conspiracy in restraint
of trade or commerce among the several
states.'''
Thus the ''obscure western governor
of lordly Wall street appellation has by
simply doing his duty brought I'D fol
consideration and action by the nation
the whole question of the trusts. Realiz.
ing this fact, Wall street has already
ceased to scott. 1t may really have
thought IAN obscure western governor
scarcely worthy of notice, but the presi
dent Of the United States, especially
when that president is Theodore Roose
welt, is not to be disposed of with con
temptuous smile.
But If Van SAINT had not acted Roose.
welt would not have acted E.5 r.
OF course there is loud moan abou
the injury done to business interests by
this act Of the president, but in connec
tions of this kind business interests
may be translated to mean trust OF
monopoly interests" Railroad securities
are, of course, affected, and it is conceiv
able that the disturbance might extent
to general business, but the trust ques
ton must be settled some time And NJ
great question was ever settled wthou
disturbance Of some sort. -aa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAT.

It is conceded that the amended bill dis
pels all visions Of the possible taxation
Of all forms OF property and will result
in much the same treatment Of personal
property for taxation purposes that we
have now. But other parts Of the bill
are we'll worth saving. Members who
think that the Wallace amendments do
not eactly "tote fair as between city
and country will do we'll, in view of the
in6nitesimal difference it can make to
them at most, not to take a stand that
will distinctly set back the cause Of tax
reform.
There is no hope that the bill as origi-
nally reported can ever pass. The
amended bill is conservative and safe and
sets limit in tax legislation beyond
Which people are not willing to go.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
A PARALLEL

In explaining President Roosevelt's
motive in proceeding against the North
ern' Securities company, a Washington
dispatch says:
He takes the position that he is just az
much bound to act If public interests are
threatened and laws violated by the North
ern Securities company as he would be If a
grave riot were IN progress and disorderly
persons were destroying property Of Messrs.
Morgan, Hill and Hartman, in violation Of
the United States laws, and the state author
tiles, incapable Of enforcing public order,
should call on him for United States troops
to put the riot down. e,.ee~
Readers of The Journal will re-
call that 1t has used similar language in
defending Governor Van SAINTS course. 1t
was as much the governors duty to en-
force the law against consultations as
1t would be to call out the state troops
in time of public tumult to defend the
property and protect the lives of the
very persons who tried to persuade him
not to do his duty. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21

What is the use Of discussing the now
purely academic question of whether the
war with Spain was preventable? The
war brought about lot of improvements
that would never have come under Span
ish or unassisted local government. The
stamping out of yellow fever under
the American administration IN Cuba
may prove to be worth the whole cost
of the war. Not only has yellow fever
been driven out OF Havana for the first
time since it's appearance there, but the
source of the infection has been discov-
cred, and it is now known how to proceed
to avoid the dread disease.