Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1898, Page 11

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L., Sketch of Wisconsin Election Return Woodford, Stewart L., Sketch of World, Wheat Crop of Wyoming Election Returns. Years, Ancient and Modern Young, John R., Sketch of and Sketch of In what other way can so much knowledge be bought for so little money? PRICE, 25 CENTS. Mailed Out-of-town Upon Receipt of Price. OUR NEED OF HAWAII Frosh Indioation of Its Strategic Importance. : LINE OF ALASKAN: COMMUNICATION Demand for Its Protection in the Future. RUSH TO THE YUKON Correspondence of The Evening Star. HONOLULU, December 24, 1897. The present and coming rush to Alaska places in a new and most impressive light the strategic necessity of Hawali to the United States. That necessity for the prop- er defense of the Pacific coast has aiready been abundantly demonstrated by Capt. Mahan and others. It now appears also that immediate provision has got to be miade for the protection of your line of ecmmunication with Alaska, which will be fatally flanked by any-enemy in possession of Hawaii. The enemy in such possession, as you have already seen, would be in po- sition to push his well-coaled armament against California ports. Without such possession he would have no practicable base of operations, there being no possible coaling stations within available distances. With this subject you are already familiar. The occupying of the Yukon valley by a large colony of Americans creates a new problem of defense 1o be provided for, which had not been anticipated as calling for present ettention. An immense stream of American ocean traffic now suddenly springs into existence. whose protection must be well provided for. Upon the safety of that Ine of traffic depend the vital in- terests of the supply of the great Yukon eclony with the necessaries of life, and of the trar sportation of the reinforcing armies pushing thither. Should an enemy, in case of war, be able to interrupt and break up that crowded line of communication with Alaska, the towns and placers of the Yukon valley with their tens of thousands of inhab- {tants, would be condemned to starvation, and the present hopeful colonization of that important territory would be disastrously interrupted. The United States are mani- festly bound to protect themselves at a point where so injurious.an attack might easily be made by any enemy occupying Hawaii in force. A New Subject. This subject 1s a new one, and does not appear to have received much considera- tion, although Serator Morgan lately made a brief allusion to it, which awakened the writer's attention as a novel idea. Per- haps even the senator has not been led to consider the enormous dimensions of the ling of ocean: traffic which will have to be protect The result of a little use of plain fizures on the subject is stimulating. A recent official estimate appeared at Washington that 100,000 men were prepar- ing to go to the Yuken and Klondike in the summer of 188. Guesses of the prob- able number have been published, ranging as high as 200,000 and even 300,000, figures manifestly far beyond possibility of trans- portation and supply, and beyond any pos- sible resources of capital to move them. I should regard even 5y,000 as an imprac- ticable number. But consider what is meant by taking 50,000 emigrants there in one summer. Possible Havoc by Enemies. ‘The larger class of ocean steamers on the Pacific might be fitted up to carry 800 pas- sengers apiece, besides the $00 tons of sup- plies necessary for a year's sojourn on the Yukon, together with the coal for the round trip from Seattle to St. Michael's, a distance of 2,500 miles. Thus to trans- port 50,000 men would occupy sixty trips of such steamers. Only eighteen weeks of next summer will be available, say -from the middle cf May to the middle of Septem- ber. The round trip of four weeks each might be made in that time by each boat. Thus a line of twelve large ocean steamers would be required, a boat leaving Seattle every other day, and seven ships being at Sea all the time upon the route of 2,500 miles. What enormous havoc a couple of active British or Japanese or Russian cruisers could make with such a Iihe of steamers, with a coaling station at Hono- lulu to fall back upon. This, however, is only a part of the story. The emigrants have to be taken up the Yukon river another 2;500 miles. The round trip will occupy eight weeks, or twice as leng as the ocean passage. Each river boat may carry one hundred men and their supplies, thus calling for sixteen times as many as the twelve ocean steamers, or nearly two hundred stern-wheelers’ of lightest possible draft. These two hundred boats will all have to be built im sections and transported from Seattle and other coast cities to St. Michael's, and there put together. Hach boat will require, say, two hundred tons of coal for the round trip, or for the 480 trips 100,000 tons, all of which must be delivered at St. Michael’s by coal ships sent for that purpose, amounting to thirty arrivals of large steamers or their equivalent tonnage of sailing ships, mak- ing another ocean fleet nearly equal to the former passenger ships named. But there fs still more figuring to do. In addition to the ton apiece of necessary pro- visions and blankets for cach emigrant, he must have housing and fuel provided to | carry him through the fearful rigors of the arctic winter. The sparse timber of the Yukon valley will fail to suffice for those purposes. One ton of coal and 500 feet of lumber will be necessary for each man, or 50,000 tons of coal and 25,000,000 feet of lumber, forming cargoes for 100 more large sailing ships or fifty steamers arriving at St. Michael's. Our figures thus amount to the equiva- lent of not less than 16@ arrivals at St. Michael's of large steamships during the five months available for;the river traffic in order to move and supply the necessities of the army of 50,000 emigrants whom we have very conservatiyely imagined as likely to seek passage up the Yukon to Dawson in 1898. I do not see whence such an immense fleet of steamers or their equivalent in sailing ships could be collect- ed in time for the work. Possibly some of the large Japanese mereantile fleet might be enlisted, or some of the numerous tramp steamers on the Chnid’ coast, But to em- ploy any but American ships between Se- attle and St. MichaePs would necessitate special legislation bygCongress permitting it. One is led to suspect that so large an emigration to the Yukén as 50,000, or even more than 20,000, during next year will prove impracticable for lack of facilities for transportation, even if the twenty mil- lions of money requifed. for such an army as 20,000 were forthcoming. Possibility’ of Traffic. The foregcing figures as to the num? of ships necessary to be employed in rein- forcing and maintainmig the new Amerizan colony in Alaska are,‘ however, useful as indicating the enormous dimensions of the ocean traffic on that réute which is certain te come into existence within the next five years, and for properly protecting which Congress must at once provide. I say “certain, ing that the richness of the Yukon lds fe! aD bitable fact. For many years they }wil! ings, ag Cal- ifornia and Australia did, to attract ad- venturous and enterprising men in great nugbers. Within five. years: doubtless a Population of 100,000 ite men will be in occupation of the Y¥1 valley. Their wants must be almost supplied from ebroad, the country nothing but minerals, possibly coal. Several hundred thousand tons of provisions, clothing, lumber and coal must be imported annually to supply their necessities. And with a large number of people going and coming from so desolate a region, the ocean traffic must soon attain the great dimensions above figured out. That immense line of American ships steaming back and forth between Puget sound and the Yukon mouth is completely flanked by Honolulu and Pearl Harbor at a distance of only 2,400 miles to the south- west. With the Hawaiian Islands in the possession of an enemy, such flanking post- tion will be fatal. That line of traffic will inevitably be broken up, with ‘hot only loss of ships and cargoes, but what will be in- ealculably more serious, the complete de- struction of the inhabitants of the Yukon valiey through destitution of supplies. Occupy Pearl Harbor. It would therefore seem to be incumbent en Congress at once, and taking no chances, to proceed to occupy Pearl har- bor in force. Holding that point, they will hold the key of the group and the key of the whole North Pacific. Failing so to occupy this strategic center, the great line of communication with the Yukon will be liable to destruction, in- volving the destruction of the population of that region. ‘The topic of the above remarks has been confined to the Yukon valley. It is in place here to note that in occupying that region much of the great stream of immi- gration will inevitably be diverted to the intervening district of southeastern Alaska, which, in consequence, is certain to have its occupation greatly expedited. That ter- ritory abounds in the richest resources of timber, mines and fisheries, as well as having much agricultural capacity. It is fully capable of sustaining a prosperous Population of one million. Is it not rea- sonable to expect that within ten or fifteen years at least 100,000 people will become settled in the Sitka region in consequence of the Yukon excitement? Thus it ap- pears that a new and prosperous American state is Ikely soon to be formed in the far north, whose lines of ocean traffic will cross those of other states at this central meeting point of Honolulu. Sitka is one of our nearest neighbors, and her growth will be most welcome to Hawaii. Outlying Possessions. Many of your papers and public men ex- press a strong aversion to any extension of national bounds beyond the limits of the continent, which, they say, is large enough for all national wants, while any outside Possessions, like Hawaii, can only bring cmbarrassment and be a burden. But it is now made to appear in a most emphatic and conspicucus manner, that in Alaska, you already hold a vast possession, which for all practical purposes, and to all actual intents, is a long way outside of your con- unent, and as far remote from the rest 0: your territories as any part of western Eu- rope. You own Alaska; you mean to keep and enjoy it; you would deride the idea of surrendering it to any other power. In fact, it constitutes a most important ele- ment in that empire over the North Pa- cfic which belong to the United States. Yet how far away Alaska is! Hawati, which some of you would reject as remote und alien, is much nearer than the Yukon, nd far easier to reach, besides being the strategic key to the ocean-defense of your Pacific coast, as well as the key to your commercial domination of the North Pa- cific, and now appearing most conspicuous- ly of all as the key to the protection of ygur line of communicution with Alaska tself. What is of great importance, while Ha- wall stands as your outpost of defense to make impossible any naval attack from the father Pacitic, this group is not, like Alas- ka, separated from the United States by an alien dominion. It is separated only by the no longer “unplumbed, estranging sea,” for cel are now fathomed and bridged by clectric cables and steamship lines, and the sea has become a bond of union. Bat betwen your Canada line and the Yukon stretch 2,000 miles of not too friendly Cana- dian territory. Canada owns the Klondike itself, and is likely soon to open railway ccmmunication with it. Then Canada wiil hold a short and swift inner line of transit to the Yukon, to which you have only an outer iine of greater length by sea, and of a difficult river infested by shoals, and open only five months of the year, while the railway can be used the year round. The Alaska Boundary. In case of your loss of communication with Alaska by war, Canada will supply the necessities of the upper Yukon settle- ments by railway. That means that she will practically own them, by means of their absolute dependence on her and sever- ance from their own government. That candition of things should never become possible, and it is hardly conceivable that Congress can fail to prevent it by so obvious a means of securing the ocean route as the occupation of the great Hawaiian harbor, which flanks it. ‘The Canadians are our blood cousins, yet politically, hardly our friends. My geo- graphical figures used above I am getting from Black's Atlas of 1867. In it I find the boundary between the diminion and the Sitka pan-handle of Alaska just where all maps have always placed it till lately— that is, running at ten leagues’ distance from the heads of the salt water inlets of the inner coast, leaving all that deeply indented short line and thirty miles farther inland intact as the possession of the United States. But of late in Honolulu our eyes have been offended by beautifully executed Canadian maps of Alaska paraded in our news rooms, on which the boundary is made to run ten leagues from the outer shores of the islands outside. This cuts off the heads of all the inlets and makes them British territory, with their valuable fish- eries. It takes more than half the best agricultural and grazing lands, with their timber and mines. This preposterous and impudent altera- tion of an ancient and long-agreed bound- ary appears to be seriously proposed by Canada as a well-founded claim. Of course, it cannot for a moment be seriously con- sidered by the United States. But it weil illustrates the methods used on the Ven- ezuela boundary, also the hostile and grasp- ing temper of the dominion, which inter- venes between you and your great and valuable, but remote, territory in the north- west. You have that disposition to deal with and make account of. Congress will hardly fail to adopt every necessary meas- ure for securing your connection with Alaska. Our reports from your Senate come to us in varicus shapes, and our sugar and other stocks are a trifle agitated in conse- quence. One week the annexationists are elated, and the next the little royalist sheet emits venomous exultations. The City of Peking is due at any how, and may bring us, before the Miowera is off with this, fresh news, good or otherwise, of what the Senate decides to do, or is likely to do, about the treaty. On the whole, we have little or no expectation of any decisive news before the middle of January at the soon- est. We wish we had a cable, but that wouki keep us more in a ferment than we are now. KAMEHAMEHA. ——— HER FATHER’S WORK. Miss Mende to Deliver the Late Ad- miral’s Lectures. ‘The late Admiral Meade, a year or two #go, prepared several lectures which he in- tended to deliver before the National Geo- graphic Society and the Army and Navy Club, and was arranging to do so at the time of his death. The lectures were on “The Caribbean Sea, the Mediterranean of Our Western Work “A Winter Voyage Through the Straits of Magellan” and “Commodore John Paul Jones. Miss Annie Paulding Meade, daughter of Admiral Meade, and granddaughter “of Commodore Richard Meade, and of Admirai Hiram Paulding; who was deeply interested in her father’s work, will deliver these tec- tures shortly in New York. The lectures will be handsomely illustrated with stereop- ticon views, many of which were made from Admiral Meade’s coliection of photo- graphs. . OLD HFADS FALLING Tammany Guillotine WorkingSteadily in Greater New York. AQUEDUCT” COMMISSION A VICTIM This, Too, in Spite of a Clause in the Charter. CROKER’S MANY SCHEMES Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 8, 1898. The immense municipal machine over which Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck nomi- nally presides has operated during the first week's trial without scrious friction or rub- bing of parts. So perfectly is the ma- chinery under control that it could not do otherwise. If this first week's operation of Tammany rule in Greater New York has developed anything it is the desire on the part of Richard Croker and his nominal ruler to “deliver the goods.” During the past week there has been a carnival of spoilsmen in all the depart- ments of the new city. The mayor's ax has swung with persistent regularity and at each fall of the blade a reform head has rolled in the dust and one of Croker’s faith- ful been made happy. It is impossible to mention all the changes—one or two will suffice to show the trend of Croker’s mind regarding removals. The mayor has re- moved the aqueduct commission, although the framers of the charter inserted a clause exempting that board from the mayor's power of removal. He appointed instead of the two republicans removed two machine republicans and friends of Louis F. Payn. The dock board has summarily removed George S. Greene, the chief engineer, after a service of twenty-two years. No reason can be found except that he was a witness before the commissioner of accounts in 1895, when he testified that in order to re- tain his position some years before he had sent certain checks to Richard Groker, then chairman of the finance committee of Tam- many Hall. Mr. Croker apparently has a good memory. And so on, wherever there is a chance to work private ends; to strengthen Tammany’s position or to avenge old hurts, the ax falls without re- gard to fitness or other consideration. Some Plums Falling. There are some plums falling, too. For instance, “Andy” Freedman, Croker’s base ball friend, and the manager of a Balti- more security company, with offices here, is having his cup of reward filled. He has already bonded Patrick Keenan, city cham- berlain, for $300,000 in his company. He has also given assurance for $100,000 that John J. Sceann be an upri commissioner, mpany has guar- anteed the twelv to Sheriff Dunn 100 each, The rapid transit underground scheme is squelched, and Croker makes another de- livery of goods, as pred’ in t respondence. The mayor in his first mes- sage does exactly what might have been expected of him. He pronounces strongly in favor of rapid transit between the lower portions of Manhattan Island and Harlem and the Bronx countr He says that in no matter has the verdict of the people of New York city been so unmistakably enun- ciated. He declares that the Manhattan elevated roads ought to be compelled to equip their lines with electricity. Russell Sage himself could not have writ- ten this section of the mayor's message more to his king. Sage and the magna’ of the elevated railroad have always de- clared their intention of equipping the road with electricity or compressed afr as soon as their experiments indicated which is to be preferred. Their experiments are near- ly completed, and the mayor's message, in- spired by Croker, who was in turn inspired by Sage, may be taken as a tip in favor of electricity. Goes Beyond Sage's Dreams. But Russell Sage in his wildest dreams— and the dreams of Sage are generally never wild it 1s worth mentioning—never imagin- ed for one moment that the new mayor would be in favor of giving up additional streets to the Mankattan. Mayor Van Wyck is in favor, however, of inducing or, as he puts it, compelfing the Manhattan to build to the various ferries. The one hope of the people’s elevated road in this city is along the water front, since it is a matter of physical impossibility to utilize north and south streets for a road of this char- acter. Mayor Van Wyck, with one fell swoop, gives the Manhattan people all that it asks in this direction, and at the same time he kills all possible future popular clevated roads which might be constructed in connection with the reconstructed and reorganized dock systems of the city. Mayor Van Wyck also favors allowing the Manhattan to build across the main streets of the borough of Manhattan from east to west. It is safe to say, however, that the railroad people will never again get across Broadway or 5th avenue with their noisy trains without a fierce fight. Of course there is a compensating pro- vision in the mayor's m put in to “fool the people.” He declares that the Manhattan people ought to be compelied to extend its structures to the sections of the city, even where the receipts will not arrant it. Mayor Van Wyck has been on the New York city bench, and he ought to know that there is no law which can compel a corperation to construct its lines in a section and a direction where loss seems inevitable. It is doubtful whether any measure of this character would not be branded as confiscation and pronounced as unconstitutional by any court in the country. True, there may be a beating of tom-toms and a lot of dust thrown into the eyes of the people, but it is safe to wager that the Manhattan elevated people wili never build any extension in any section of the city where they cannot see a possible profit. This portion of the message may be set down as pure buncombe and an at- tempt to “jolly the rapid transit fellows. If the message means anything it means that the Manhattan will get what it wants from the city administration—no more, no less. Croker’s Club Booming. Croker’s “National” Democratic Club is booming along merrily. “The Boss” spends hours there talking over the “wonderful” boom he has started and superintending the furnishing of the rooms he has already begun to occupy. It is purely Croker's club and he wili be the court of last resort in passing up applications for membershi, All the members are expected to be activ ‘memvbers—the honorary list at present con- tains one name, that of Grover Cleveland. The Tammany boss designs to make his pet club the headquarters of the party in the state and in the nation. It was a shrewd move of coker 1D Pro- se Harry Payne Whitney, son of Presi- Sent Cleveland’s Secretary of the Navy, as a member of the organization. To those who think of the strained relations in other years between the present leader of Tam- many Hall and the representative of the Cleveland wing of the party in New York, this means a great deal. Some political ex- perts profess to see that the father will follow the son into a place under the ban- ner of Croker, just as the son followed the father into the democracy. Around the club it was freely stated that his son's entry into the organization with Croker'’s indorsement could not be anything else than an indication that the former Secretary would fall into line with Tammany; that the Cleveland democrats who bolted would flock to follow his lead, and that the out- come of all the plans of the Tammany leader in taking up the Demo ie Club would be the turning of Bryan and silver over to the populists. If this is the program, Mr. Croker’s troubles may be slated to begin with its completion. Eryan is the Tammany danger signal, and the it closely, Words of Political Wiseacres. Thomas E. Crimmins, a man on the Tam- many inside, has been quoted as saying that the presidential campaign of 190) be- gan with the reorganization of the Demo- cratic Club by Croker. Another member of ed as follow: ming here means that he fs ple will do well to watch “roker’s c soing to let y Hell, so far as the ke care cf itself. The Men responsible for the political success of that organization he will bring mp hero with him. He wants to break uway from the odium attaching to the name of Tame many. The odium might be an obstacle in his new role of politica democratic party of the nation. In future ‘ammany will be merely an aid to the up- building of his greater and broader hopes.” Only two names have 1 dictator of the so far been couple with the office of president no One is Arthur Pue Goyman, his, by Y, May explain Crok it to Washington and Gorman’s call 8 house; and the other ts E of Both men ar en proposed and seconded b dore W. Myers and Richand Croker. In connection with the Democr and its position in state polities, rep it that Croker has bis old enemy, D: on the hip so far as regards ex, to Hill from Hugh MecLaughli man across the river.” According to report, & treaty has been made betw. Croker and McLaughlin, by which the two political organizations will act in harmony and ex- tend the power of Tammany cratic party of the state. It is said to mean the loss of Kings county to David B. Hill and the domination of the Croker- Murphy element. Tammany to Be Supreme. In brief, the treaty is said to be as fol lows: The democratic organizations in the boroughs of Brooklyn, Richmond and Queens shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all matters of patronage and details of government; that they shall have complete autonomy in the administration of the seve eral departments, including the power of appointment and removal of all the bor- ough officiais. and that in return for this iom the of Tammany nd national affairs shall be accepted as the policy of the party in the greater city. The reo ization of the Democratic Club is meant to bring about unity of pos litical opinions in the several boroughs, and it is clearly understood that all assem= bly district leaders in the new y shall become members of th spective boroughs Hugh James Sheviin for rooklin, Nicholas Mul+ ler and John L. Feeny for Richmond and County Clerk Sutphen and John den for Queens will be rec sole distributers of pows club. In their re+ McLaughlin and r in the several bore questioned The alleged deal has gr: significance for former Senator Hill. B has al- ways stood by him in the state conventions and in the te commi filths the voting power of ‘I en Island and Queens wer: in all things. Now tbis is to be ch: the report be t wnless there is | among the mei wood alliance. ator Murphy is to control the northern tier of “Norman E. Mack to give assistance in Nie agara. Former Senator Hill cannot suc- cessfully tight such a great political combi- nation. He will have to come into it and be one of many, or he will have to meet defeat and reorganize Tammany as the controlling factor, McLaughlin is Not Plensed. It fs known that Hugh McLaughlin does not like his new political partnership. He never did like Senator Murphy, but he has been forced into the combination and has ssible bargain for his fol- lowers in Kings. And right here your cor- respondent has the ex¢lusive information that Croker will spike Hill’s guns in an- 1 three- other direction. The new move will be nothing more or less than the indorsement ot Perry Belmont fer governor. No man knows What tie binds Belmont and Hill, but that there is a tie ample evidence was furnished during the last presidential cam- paign. Belmont will be ac bi that goe hout saying, and re will thus be removed at least one opportunity for joining issue with the Tammany boss. _>— THE NATIONAL RIF) Resumption of Reunion Featurea Satardey Evening Lust. The Satur ening reunions of the Na- ticnal Rifles resumed Saturday even- ing, the armory ball room on G street be- ing filled by a merry Mrs. W. A. Morsell chapercned the party, and among those present re Misses Mamie Anderson, Jarvis, Blanche Brenner, Mae Griffin, Margaret Conner, Jennie Con- ner, Bessie Burch, Johnson nocmaker, Nel- throng of dancers, lie A. Leonard, Mamie Lee, Florence Bart- lett, K. Miller, Brazerol, N Lb. Law; Bianche Fogarty, Sallie Fogu! Edith Warner, Annie Lee, Frances Biackistone, ice Gowan, Lillie Gowan, Manic Gintner, Lula Watkins, Carrie Hatameriy, Cora El wood, Emma Thompson, M , Mat- amie Huriey, a Hart, field, Miss Jarvis, Peiersburg, ate V. Page, Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. Messrs. M.S. Bearman, I Harry R. Sisson, A. S. Titus, Guy Stelle, James E. King, Ge James Manier, J. V. Skeen, 1 L. D. Erner, George E. Hu: Page, Roscow Searle, Mr. Libbey, James 8. Copeland, Springman, James Farrell, George L. Wal- do, J. A. Oattis, Charles G. Roberis, C. W. Thompson, Frank Blue, Richard ‘Taylor, J. Lewis Johnson, Mr. Young, L. H. Phelps and E. A. Nelson. ee A FATAL FALL. James A. Irving Reed’s Death Results From Effects of Accident. Irving Reed, twelve years old, son of Wiliam R. Reed, who lives at No. 712 8th street southwest, met with a fatal accident about 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon while playing in the street with a number of companions. The boys were engaged in a game known as “kick the stick,” and Irving slipped on the wet pave- ment and fell. fis head struck the curb- stone and he was unable to get up. Several of his badly frightened companions went for assistance, and among those who col- lected on the street was Policeman Jen- nings. He called for the patro! wagen, in- tending to send the boy to the hospital, but when the wagon arrived life was ex- tinet, and the body was taken to the home of the lad’s parents. Dr. Hammett was summoned te the house, but he could do nothing. Coroner Carr gave a certificate of dcath in accordance with the facts stated. a Rathbone Sisters’ Installation. At the last regular meeting of Rathbone Temple, No. 1, the foliowing oflicers were installed by Deputy Annie V. Lewis: M. E. C., Mrs. Francis Brummigin; £. S., Mrs. Georgia E. Brotherton; E. J., Mrs. Cora B. Williams; M. of T., Mrs. Mergaret Harlan; M of R apd C.. Mrs. Susie G. Van Horn: “Soni Mitchell. The retiring M. E. Mrs. Bushby, was presented with a P. C.’s M. of F., Mrs. Emma Zurhorst; P. Mrs. Eliza Lewis; G. of O. T., Mrs. C. Agnes Woltz, in behalf of the tem- by P. ple.