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The Laic Chris Magcc j
After a protraeUd IMamm CbrUWlrtw
ItfiuHn lAiYjvt of Pittstwrg, t w"'
known anti-Quay l&4er, died at hi
(temporary howe In Harrisburg, Pa.,
(he other afternoon. He wa alillet!
with h canorous dlseuee which devel
oped about two years ago,
Mr. Mag" was strong enough to take
part In tho roeent election of I'nltod
HtaU Konator, Mod ft bis vote
against M. H. Quay, If supported
Congressman John fMlzeli of Pittsburg
for the position Wlnl- ) t death
would douWIns ul'iwiaji)ly Iiavo ru
tultd row the malady whr h 'J long
CHRIHTOPHER L, MAOICU.
mndo lilin it Kro.it sufferer, It whm liur
rlod by the passage of legislation glv
lng lif m dty Pittsburg a new charter,
"ripping" Miikoc'h friends put of olllco.
Honolor Magoo wiih born In Pitts
burg, April 1 1, 1818, mid nunc from a
family long prominent In western
I'eiuiHylviinlii. lie wan thrown on IiIh
own rcHponslblllty when he was ithout
in ycui'H old, At the (lino of hU death
ho wiih win l!i between 11,000,000 and
13,000,000. At the ago of 21 he wiih
cashier of tho I'lttabuig elly treasury.
Two yearn later he was oloclod city
treasurer. 11m wiih ro-oleeted In 1871
by n largely InereaHed majority. Ho
early became Intonuiled In the devel
opment of natural gait, from which he
reaped rich returns. He wan largely
concerned In tho ownership nnd nian
ngumont of Ktioot rallwuyH In Pitts
burg. In 1881 Mr. Magoo puroli;iHd the
Pittsburg Times, In JK'JO he founded
tint Dally Ni'wh, nn afternoon paper.
Iln wiih InlPicHted In varloua ImnUIng
mid liimiriinni and other companion,
lie ropreHi'iited IiIh eongredxlonul dl
trlct In the national convention of
J870, 1880, 1881, 1888, 1892 mid 1890,
In 1888 hoiwaa nominated by his party
for Hliito renator, and elected by nn
ovnrwholtnliiK majority, and again In
J HUO,
Mr. Magpe wa married twenty-Hlx
yoarH ago to Hloanor I, aillimplo.
'inoy una no children.
A Million a year Salarv.
If tho reports uro correct Chariot M.
Hchwnb Ih to rccolvo n Halary of jl,
000,000 n year for live years as ores!
rtent of tho United HtntCH ateel corpora.
tion. I hlti Is hoyond comparison much
ho greatoHt imhtry ever paid except
to moil who havo hecomo Icings or em
porors. What Is mill more icmarltahlo
is tho fact that tho dlrcctoiH or tho
corporation aro practically tinnnlmoiiH
In the opinion that Mr. Hchwab will
more than earn tho million n year,
which ho In to ho paid. .1. l'lerpont
Morgan In quoted us declaring that Mr,
Hchwab will save for lilt oniployora
nt leant ?n,000,000 a year by noiiHolldat
lug oltlces uuil cutting down runnlui
nxponsca In other wiivh, In thut view
of the ciiho It would itppvar that the
million dollar president la rathor under
than over paid, If u man Is ithlu to
Have 15,000,000 a year, It Ih certainly as
legitimate to pay him omi-lirth of his
mivliiKH as to pay $1,000 u year to n
im pi
Girt Follohu a Plobv.
ttyv-l'';.-!...l'iil''7ll)tf 4-'.''vv''v"v.l..:.
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l.M.I.S'eede !:
Mlsb Kutu Tljomiien, a protty Hlxteeu-
yoar-olil girl, Iiuh boon Trend from
M . t . k .
mrm worn iy mi oiuci cn cuun, imyo
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un umaim um'grnui. juiiitu insim
Imlor has uppolntinl John l' Otlefoy
hor RiianUnn, LhhI full Mlsa TIioiiihou
robolled iigalnut liurd work on hor
lather's farm mid csuita to Onmhn, ho
curlng tho poslttnn of companion of
Mrs. Odofoy. Tho Klrl'H father demand
ed hor return or tho j:i alio received
weekly. Odofoy npplloil to tho court
to bo innde tho girl's guardian, claim
ng that her father had forced her
umn tm erjlg cavaHty I Sre
times that aisouut. A f"w year ago
Mr. Jkbwat; w working for 2 a day
a a rodman tor the Carnegie com
pany. HU rise lnw that time has
h-f.n weVorlc. With w b ttp In tie
consolidation of the eteel Iu4utrle
of the country Me warning capacity hi
bourn-. greater, and his salary has cor
respondingly increaaed. In bis pro
nt position h will not only enjoy the
largest salary ever peJd In the bualnoM
world, but lie will have the largeit
possible field In which to Jsbow his
ability a an organizer and manager.
Strange KetfUCJt of Vorto
Hican-i.
In view of the congressional policy
toward 1'orto Hleo we cannot pretend
aatmlHhment at the extraordinary
"protost" made to the I'nuldent by a
delegation of iKlandeia reprinting a
nana meeting held at Juan early In
I'ehruary. The delegates asked the
rresldent to dlrw.l Governor Allen to
(sill u hpoclal M.tHtlon of the Uirrltorlal
JeglMlatwe for the jwrpose of repeal
ing a tax law pa) only a fevr weeks
ago by that body and signed by Gov
ernor Allen. 'Jh patitloMers had a
long list of objection V the Nw
which Iniposea a Ux on property and
on Jncomea, Thy and thos for whom
they apolso prefer the continuation of
the old nystem of Insular and munld
pul luxirt, couphyl with the custom
dutle collocted under the I'oraker act
and covered (In part, at least) Into
the I'orto Itlcan treasury, Tlie new
lav, they apprehend, will work great
mischief. It will withdraw money
from circulation by collecting neml
nnnually, In advance, 1609.000 or more.
It will ho neither uniform nor fair,
wince the only standard of valuation
will ho the personal opinion of the
aHfcesxortf, vho may be appointed by
political favor, The amount of the
tax Is wholly uncertain, since no valu
ation of property haa ever been made
In the Inland, And so on.
IZx-A. rnbeujodor Jhl.
Kdwln K. Uhl, vho was Unlto-l
Htatwi nmbasaador to Gormany during
the closing months of I'realdunt
ileveland'n second administration, is
Korloiixly HI at his home In Grand
Itaplds, Mich., and considerable alarm
s felt by IiIh friends and his family.
Mr. L'hl had only recently recovered
from u nevere Illness, and wan con
valoHcent when the present relapse at
tucked him. lie Is one of Michigan's
most prominent lawyers. When ap
pointed ambiiHKador to Germany he
was serving as aaslsLant secretary of
ISDWIN K. UHL.
Hlato, and his appointment was highly
HatUfuctory to the people of Michigan.
Ho Iiuh been the acknowledged leader
of the bar of Grand Rapids for many
yearn, and Is a very wealthy man. Ho
haa boon ono of the prominent men In
the Don Dickinson wing of the Dem
ocracy, and nerved a term as mayor
of Grand Rapids. It wiih hellevcd that
Mr. Uhl would get n cabinet position
In 18X1, and ho wan highly Indoraod
hut wan given tho Herllu mlHslon.
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from hor homo by cniol trentmont.
Kho pnrfonned, she unys, tho work of
u civmnon farm laborer, Hiich us fol
lowing tho plow and making and
Htaeklng hay. The Judgo doclarml
that If this was tho custom ho would
givo no oncouragomont to making
rami nanus or isoiirasktv girls.
Montana's New Senator
1'
J'aris GlUon, who has Jvat bees
elected United ffUien Bsiator lor the
short teria of the Mostana LegUlaiure
lc the tmuitT of the Uvra of Grit
l"aU, Mont., and ose of th leading
capJtailsU of the state, lie vras born
at Urownfield, Me., on July 1, 1830.
His father was a farmer and lumber
man. He graduated from Bowdola
College In J Ml and soon thereafter
was elected to the Maine Legislature.
In W he remore4 U Minneapolis,
Minn., where In aavxlatlon with W.
W. Kastman, he built the Cataract
flour mill, the first In the city, and
J'AHIS GIllSOK.
operated the North Star woolen ailllt.
He met with revers during the panic
of 1873, and in 1879 removed to Fort
llenton, Mont., where he engaged In
sheep raising. He was among the firxt
In that region to take up the Industry
and has continued the business with
profit. In 1882 he visited the falls of
the Mbwwurl river, and. on examining
the resources of the surrounding coun
try, was Impressed with the advan
tage of the place for a city, because
of its unlimited water power, its de
posit of coal, and extent of agricultur
al and grazing lauds. With James J. j
Hill of St. Paul, he acquired title to j
the town and named It Great Falls. Ily ;
the completion of th St. Paul. Mlaae-
spoils and Manitoba railroad to that J
point In 1S7 a great stimulus was
given to the town, which increased j
to a city of li.OOe Inhabitant.
ffQ 1
Mr. Gibson is due its splendid public
park system, the first in the Northwest.
He was organizer of the Great Falls
Water Power anil Town Site company
and has been active in the support of
every enterprise In the city. He baa
uch of his wealth Juvested In the !
m
gold, silver, Iron, and coal Industries
of the surrounding regions.
He was a delegate to the Montana
Constitutional convention In 1889 and
was Senator from Cascade County to
the first legislature, where he advo
cated the consolidation of all Btato
Institutions for liberal education under
the name of the University of Mon
taua. lfls library Is the largest In the city.
His wife Is active In literary and ed
ucational circles and Is the founder of
the Valleria Public Library of Great
Kalis. She Is a daughter of J-eso
Powell Sweat of Urownfleld, Me. They
have four children.
A Ticturcsquc Cuban.
Benor Salvador Clsneros, who Is the
most prominent figure in the constitu
tional deliberations now going forward
In the Havana convention, has been
conspicuous In all the revolutions of
the Island against the rule of Spain.
For A loHE time he had been out of
sight and of mind, but suddenly re
upptared In the 'COs to throw himself
BI3NOK CISNRltOS.
Into tho agitation then going nn In
Culm. He was mndn proHldeut of tho
provisional government, but waa
forced to submit to tho Inevltablo
When the Cuban deputies voted to dls
li'ind. In 1879 ('interns went to Now
York, whore he made hU living as a
retail cigar merchant. F.urly In tho
last revolution, while ho was still
Abiding with frieuiU In Now York, ho
was eloctod provlxlonal ptiwldiint.
Tho old Oiilmn patriot la said to ho of
110I1I11 HpanlHh birth. Ills title Ih al
leged to ho MiirquU do Ilolancourt, hut
not a great deal Ih known of bin per
nonnl hlHtory owing to the secluded Itfo
ho Iiuh boon forced Jo live while work
ing for IiIh country'H freedom. Ho Ih
now about 7U yearn old.
VicK.pocKt.r Xjc Garlic llrcath.
In a crowded street car tho garllo
breath can bo used by plckpoekobi to
advantage, Several witnesses In Jof
furiion Market court recently told how
offoetlvo tho garllo breath was In tholr
eases. Tho plekpneketH, they assort
ed, crowded ngnliiHt them In tho cam
and blow nauseating blatitH In their
faces. Naturally tholr hmulH went
hack and up, anil tho pickpockets
could opornto with Icsh danger of be
ing scon. This trick him long been
known to the police, hut It Is ntw to
tho public-Now York Lattor,
ATBOMT
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MAP SHOWING THE IlICH
Nearly one-fourth of our export to
China go to the province of Man
'hooria. In 1899, the latest year for
which complete figures are obtainable,
we sent to China products valued at
tr3.013.013, of which 22 per cent went
to Manchooria. American goods, cspc-
tally cottons, are in growing demand
there. To that province In 1899 went
fully 30 per cent of our exports of cot
ton goods to China. These facta show
why the United States would neces
sarily oppose any such closing of the
Manchoorian market.
There is, however, no reason to be
lieve that Russia has any such inten
tion. As a matter of fact Russia had
oegun negotiations for the cession of
Manchooria a year before the Peklu
riots begun. The transfer of the terri
tory is therefore a matter that con
'Ttu only Russia and China. The
Czar's government haH given positive
asirurance that the occupation of
Manchooria, made necessary to protec t
railway anu otner uussian intorcHts
'!nr!n- (ho IlnyAP rtiiMirnn if la Inmtin.
iary and solely for the purpose of re
storing order. The folly of tho Lon
don report that Russia ha bribed
the Chinese court to consent to the
permanent alienation of Manchooria Is
vident upon the ullghtcst consideni-
tlon of the facts.
Russia's Interests In Kastern Asia
demand that commerce with and
through Manchooria be ntlmulated by
every possible means. Supplied of
every kind aro needed for the devel
opment of Siberia. Trafllc from the
st as well aa from the west Is
needed to make the Siberian railway
pay expenses. For these reasons Rus
sia was the first to agree to our re
quest that, no matter what tho futuro
political control of any part of China,
our treaty rights should remuin unim
paired. It was evidently to Russia's
Interest thut commerce across the Pa
cific be facilitated. Unable hersolf to
supply the growing needs of Easlorn
Siberia and North China, Russia had
to rely on foreign supplies. For these
reasons Russia guaranteed our access
to the Manchoorian market, and also,
gave many of our products free entry
to Siberia.
The sugar complication evidently In
spired Russia's traditional foe with the
Although Hngland has rofused our
proposals for 11 Nicaragua canal, tho
problem In hand Is visibly nearlng a
solution. For this progress In a great
cause tho American peoplo aro Indebted
to the United States Senate, which, by
Its action on tho Hay-Pauncefoto
treaty, lias made clear to tho world tho
following vital points:
1. That tho American peoplo will
never consent to tho abrogation of tho
Monroo doctrine by admitting tho Eu
ropean concert to partnership In a
purely American enterprise.
2. That the American people under
stand tho canal will bo In fact what
ever the territorial sovereignty of Its
shores-a part of their coast lino and
miiHt be treated as such.
3. That tho American people, whllo
perfectly willing to guarantco to all
nations equal commercial privileges
with their own In peace, will novor
consent to a neutralization of tho canal
that will open It to their enemy in
war.
4, That tho Amorlean peoplo will
not accept England as a partner In tho
control of tho canal.
The first nnd third of theso Tour
polntH the Senate mado clcnr by strik
ing out Mr. Hoy's Invitation to tho
European concert to Join In tho guar
anties of neutrality. Tho second nnd
third It emphasized by tho Davis
amendment. Tho fourth It declared In
MAftCHOO'RIA.
ASIATIC I'ltlZH AI.MiGUD TO I1AVH
hope that tho United State could bo
deceived Into regarding Russia's neces
sary measureB In Manchooria as hos
tile to It Interests.
Our State Department promptly de
nied "secret negotiations" with nny
power regarding Chlnu.
Hy tho Chinese Manchooria Is called
the country of tho Manchows, or Mun
c.hus, an epithet moaning "Pure," chos
en by tho founder of the dynasty
which now rules over Manchooria and
China as an appropriate designation
for his family. Manchooria oh It has
existed for upward of two centuries
that Itf to say, kIiko It tins had an his
torical exlHtencc la n tract of country
wedged In between China and Mon
golia on tho west and northwest, and
Corca and tho Russian torrltory on tho
Amur on tho cast and north. Sponking
more definitely. It Is bounded on the
north by tho Amur, on tho cast by tho
Usurl, on the south by tho Gulf of
Leaou-tiing, the Yellow Soa, and Corca,
and on the west by tho river Nonnl ana
a lino of palisades which stretci from
Kwnn-chiing-tszo to the Great Wall of
China. The territory thus defined Is
about 800 miles In length and 500 miles
In width, and contains about 390,000
squaro riillcH. It Is divided into threo
provinces, viz., Tsltslhar or Northern
Manchooria, Klrln or Central Man
chooria, and Lcaou-tung or Southern
Manchooria. Physically the country la
divided into two regions, tho ono a
series of mountain ranges occupying
tho northern and eastern portions of
tho kingdom, and the other a plain
which Ktretches southward from Mouk
den, the capital, to tho Gulf of Leaou
tung. Speaking generally, tho moun
tains run In a direction parallel with
tho lay of the country, and aro Inter
persed with numerous and fertile val
leys, more especially on tho southern
and eastern slopes, whero the summor
sun brings to rich perfection tho fruits
of tho soil fertilized by tho showers of
tho south monsoon.
Moukden. or 113 It Is called b tho
Chlneso Shlng-yang, tho capital city
of Manchooria, Is situated In tho
provlnco of Leaou-tung, It occupies a
flue position on tho river Shin, an
ndluent of the Leaou, and la a city
with considerable pretensions to grand
our. Tho city wall presents a hand
tho proposal that this compact super
sede tho Clayton-Dulwer treaty.
England, so far as can be learned,
rejects our proposals on tho following
grounds; '
1. That os "trustee for all maritime
nations" alio cannot consent to a canal
In whoso neutralization all nations do
not Join. This is, to speak plainly,
simply a pretense and may bo dis
missed as such.
2. That tho Davis amendment Is
objectlonablo because It gives us tho
right to control tho canal completely.
Aa tho canal will bo essentially a part
of our coast lino wo must so control It.
3. That in tho Clayton-Uulwcr
treaty England surrendered for a cer
tain consideration "vested rights" in
Central America, and that our pro
posals destroy tho consideration with
out restoring tho rights surrendorod
In exchange therefor.
In this last Is plainly the gist of the
whole matter. England most likely
hopes that the United States will offer
concessions of American soil In Alaska
or olsewhero In exchange for her
"rights" In Central America.
In a word, England falls back upon
tho Clnyton-Ilulwer treaty, sits down
on tho canal routo, nnd demands to ha
bought off.
As tho Clayton-Rulwor trenty Is
still In forco the United States is thus
confronted with the alternative of fore
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HKMVAi 11Y RUSSIA.
IJHHN
some appearance, and Is pierced b7
eight gates, Llko Peking, tho town
possesses u drum tower and a huge
bell, Tho streets are broad and well
laid out, and tho shops are well sup
plied with both native and foreign
goodB. Tho population Is estimated at
about 400.000, Including that of tho
suburbs, the richest and most exten
sive of which aro on the western and
southern faces of the city. Lcaou
yung, which was once tho capital of
the country, also stands in the provlnco
of Leaou-tung, but It is not now 11
place of much Importance. Tho pop
ulation of the whole province of Leaou
tung 1b estimated to bo about 15,000,000.
The province of Klrln, or Central
Manchooria, Is bounded on tho north
and northwest by the Sungarl, on tho
south by Lcaou-tung and Corca, on tho
west by the line of palisades already
spoken of, and on tho cast by thn
I'surl and the maritime Russian prov
inces. It contains an area of about
133,000 square miles, and Is entirely
mountainous with tho exception of a
stretch of plain country In Its north
western corner. This plain producos
largo quantities of indigo and opium.
Tho local trade is considerable, and Is
benefited by tho presenco of largo Junk
bulldlng yards, which, owing to tho
auundanco and cheapness of wood,
havo been established there, and from
which tho place has derived its Chl
neso namo of Chuen-chang or "ship
yard." Tho town has a well-to-do np
poarance, and In summer tlmo tho
houses and shops nro gayly decorated
with flowers brought from tho sunny
south. Ashohoh, on the Ashe, with its
population of 75,000; Petuna Slnlco
Slng-chung, on tho Sungarl popula
tion 50,000; San-sing, near tho Junction
of tho Sungarl and Hurka; La-lln, 120
miles to tho north of Klrln, populntlon
40,000; nnd Nlnguta, aro tho other
principal cities In the province.
Tsl-tsl-hnr, or Northern Manchooria,
which contains about 195,000 squaro
miles, Is bounded on tho north and
northeast by tho Amur, on tho south
by tho Sungarl, and on tho west by tho
Nonnl nnd Mongolia. This province
is thinly populated, and is cultivated
only along tho lines of Its rivers. Tho
only towns of any Importanco aro
Tsltslhar and Mergen.
Ing England off or buying her off. As
wo aro not ready to risk a war with
England, our obvious policy is, whllo
steadily preparing for tho other alter
native, to try to buy England off.
No surrender of tho Monroo doctrine,
no territorial concessions In Alaska,
howover, can wisely bo Included in our
offer.
Tho Senate has greatly assisted Mr.
Hay's futnro negotiations by making
It plain to all tho world that tho
Amorlean peoplo will havo an Ameri
can cannl or none. Tho belief thnt tho
American peoplo would ever nbdlcato
their supremacy In this hemisphere
must now hnvo been dlspolled from
the European mind.
To havo that belief dispelled Is nn
advantngo which Mr. Hny should ex
ploit promptly. In tho meantime an
impression is glvon out from Sandow
to tho effect that Britain's chief ob
jection to tho canal conies from tho
fact that vast financial resources In
our transcontinental railways (chlelly
held In England) would bo greatly
depressed hy tho assurance of n canal.
Or to bo brief Englnnd Is not nlming
at tho American cannl but Is merely
carrying out tho time-honored
Hrltnln policy of protecting British In
vestors by seeking to delay a program
which when assured will Injuro tho
market valuo of their holding. Inter-Ocean.
