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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1897. 2 aress with the statement that he could teach those before him nothing in the technique of their trade, but would speak to them as one who believed that even every scratch of the pen in the Navy De- vartment should be directed toward the upbuilding of the navy. He said: A century hss passed since Washington wrote, “To be prepared for war is the most effeciual means to promote peace.”” We pay to this maxim the lip-lovalty we 6o often pay to Washington’s words, but 1t has never sunk deep into our hearts. Indeed, of late years many persons have refused it even the poor tribute of lip-loyalty. and prate about the in- iq . 8s f, somehow, that was & jus for retusing to take the steps WLich alone can, in the long run, prevent war oravert thedreadfu! disasters it brings in its train. The truth of the maximis so obvious 10 cvery man of really far-sighted patriotism that its mere statement seems trite ana use- less, and it is not ove-creditabls to either our intelligence or our love of country that there should be, as there is, need to dwell upon and smplify such a truism. In this country there is mot the slightest danger of sn overdevelopment of warlike spirit, and there never has been any such danger. In all our history there has never een a time when preparedness for war was | any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were not prepared for wa nd fo the only contest which we have had with a European | power since the Revolution, the Wer of 1812 the struggle and all its attendant disasters | were due solely to the fact that we were not prepared to face and were not ready instantly 1o resent an attack upon our Lonerandin- while the glorious triumphs at sea, hich redeemed that wer, were due 10 the few arations which we had actually made are a great and peaceiul Nation; a Nation rchants and manufacturers, of farmers a Nation of workingmen, who | with head and hand. Itis ch & Nation ever being ied d mechanice neessant! idle to talk of s in10 a course of wanton aggression or needless hm itary powers by the possession | of precisely the opposite ch ar- we forget that in the lest resort we ready and nay some uay hay that a rich nation | or unwieldy is an auy people which still retains valusbie of all qualities, the | es. We but keep to the tradi- | Washington, to the traditions of all Lie great Americans who struggled for the veal greatness of America, when we strive to 1 up those fighting qualities for the lack | inanation, as in an individual, no lture, no wealth, no material can atone. ration for war is the surest guarantee | Arbitration is an excellent thing, hose who wish to see this | iry at peace with foreign nations will be | if they placs reliance upon a firsi-class | fieet o first-class battle-ships rather than on eny arbitration treaty which the wit of man | can devise. Nelson said that the British fleet | was the best negotiator in Europe, and there | wes much truth in the saying. Moreover, whil we are sincere and earnest in our ad- cacy of peace, we must not forget that an 10b1s pesce is worse then any war. A rea great people, proud a:d high-spirited, would | 1sce all the disasters of war rather than pur- e that base prosperity which is bought at ice of national honor. the great masterful races have been ng races, and the minute that a race | fighting virtues then, no mat- | may retain, no matter how | ed in commerce and finance, in science or thas lostits proud right tostand as the | equai of the best. Cowardica in a race, asin | an individual, is the unpardonable sin, and a | willful re 1o prepare for danger may, in | | to rea ful, ti wis ter what else i &ki iis effects, be as bad as cowardice. The timid man who cannot fightand the selfish, short. sighted or foolish man who will not take the steps that will enable him to tight stand on 2imost the same plane. 1t is ool only true thats peace may be so gnoble and degrading as to be worse than any war; it s 2150 true that it may be {raught | with more bloodshed than most wars., Of this | there has been melancholy proof during the 188t two years. anks largel eof the me in the mou every subject from ¥; and tnan v market, and who approach the financial standpoint s quite as much to the cold. { In most recent wars t | and who labored und | be adequate prepaca | effictent fighting nav blooded bratality and eaiculating tim:dity of | iropean rulers and siatesmen, the 1 Kurope has been preserved, while the | ss been aliowed to butcher the Arme. | hideous and unmentionable bar- | ias actually been heiped to keep | very. War has been averted at the | cost of more bloodshed and infinitely more gradation to wretched women | 1 than have occurred in any Euro- ruggle since the days of Waterioo. No of Tecent years, no mattsr how wanton, been so productive of horrible misery as the peace whicnh the powers have maintained ug the continuance of the Armenm:an | butcheries. The men who woula presch this | peuce, aud, indeed, the men who have | preached universal peace in terms that have | prepared the way for such a peace as this, | have inflicted & wrong on humanity greater | 1 could be inflicted by the most reckless | o Better & thousand | err on theside of over-readiness to tthan to err on the side of tame submis- sion to injury or cold-bloodel indifference to ihe misery of the oppressed. i We of the United States have passed most of our few years of Natjonel life in peace. We honor the architects of our wonderful material Prosperily; we appreciate the necessity of thrift, energy and enterprise; and we know that even these are of no avail without the civic and social virtues. Hus we feel after all that the men who have dared greatly in | war, or the work which s akin to war, are those who deserve best of the country. The men of Bunker Hill and Trenton, Saratoga 2nd Yorktown, the men of New Orleans and Mobile Bay, Gettysburg and Appomattox, are those 1o whom we owe most. None of our herocs of peace, save a few great constructive statesmen, can rank wilh our heroes of war. The Americans who stand highest on the list of the world’s worthies are Washington, who fought 10 found the country which he after. ward governed, and Lincolu, who saved it through the blood of the best and bravest in tne land; Washiogion, the solaier and the statesman, the man of cool head, dsuntless neart and iron will, the greatest of good men and the best of great men; and Lincoln, patient, kindly Lincoln, who for four years toiled anda suffered for the people, and when his work was done laid down his life that the flac, which had been rent in sunder, might once more be made whole and without & seam, Iis on men such &s these, aud not on the ndvoCates of peace at any price, or upon those 50 shortsighted that they refuse to take into sccount the possibility of war, that we must Tely in every crisis which deeply touches the true greatness and true houor of the Republic. The United States have never once in the course of their history suffered harm because of preparation for war or because of entering into war. But we have suffered incalculable harm, again and again, from a foolish failure 10 prepare for war or from reluctance to fight when 10 fight was proper. The men who to- day protest against a navy, and protest also against every movement to carry out the traditional policy of the country in for- eign affairs and 10 uphold the hovor of the flag, are themselves but following in the course of those who protested against the ncquisition of the Great West, and who fniled (0 make proper preparations lor the War of 1812, or refused to rupport it aiter it had been made. They areown brothers to the men whose shortsightedness and supine in- diff rence prevented any reorganization of the personuel of the navy during the middle of the century, 50 that we entered upon the Civil War with captains 70 years old. They sre as close kin to tha men who, whien the Southern States seceded, wished ' to let the Union be disrupted in peace rather than re. plored through the grim agony of armed con- ot 1 do not believe that any considerable num- ber of our citizens are stamped with this timid luck of patriotism. There are some doctrin- aires whose eyes are so firmly fixed on the golden visiou of universal peace that they cannot see the grim facts of real life uniil they stumble over them, to their own Lurt, and, what is much worse, to the possible un- doing of their fellow<. There are some «du- cated men in whom education merely serves 10 soften the fiber and :o eliminate the higher, an s 20d | in conai some hidden way a substitute for love of their own countrv. What is of more weigat, there are not a fuw men of means who have mads the till their fatherland, and who are always ready (o baiance a temporary iuterruption of money-making, or a temporary financisi snd commercial disaster, against the self-sacrifice necessary in upholaing the honor of the Na- tion and the glory of the flag. But after a\l, these people, though often | noisy. form but'a small miuorily of the whole. They Would be swept like cinff before the gust of popular fury which would surely come if ever the Nation rea.ly saw and felt a danger or an insuit. The real troubie is that in such case his gust of popular fury would come too late. Unreadiness tor war is merely renderea more disastrous by readiness to bluster, to talk de- fiance, and advocate s vigorous policy in words, while refusing 1o back up {hese words by deeds is cause for humilistion. It has aiways been true, and in thigage it is more than ever true, that it is 100 late to prepare for war when the time of peace has passed. The short-ightedne:s of many people, the good- humored indifference to facts of otaers, the sheer ignorance of a vast number, and the seli- ish reluctance to_insyre against future danger by present sacrifice amoug yet others—these r tacles in the way of buiiding navy and carcying out a proper -ship can be built inside of two years, under no matter what stress or circume- Stances, for we have not in this country the plant to enable us to work faster. Cruisers weuld take almost as long. Even torpedo- boats, the smaliest of all, could not be put in first-class form under 'ninety days. = Guns availabie jor use ageinst e hostile invader would require twoor three months; and in thecase of the larger guns, the ouly ones really availabie for the actual shock of batile | could not be made und reight months. Rifles and military muuitions of every kind wouid require a corresponding length of time tor preperation; in most cases we should have to build not merely the weapons we need but the plant with which to make iu_any large quaniity. Even if the did “not interfere with our which they uudoubtedly would, therefore, ~ take irom three to months aiter the outbreak of a war i which we are unprepared before we coul thesiightes tee remedy our unreadiness. During thi months it wou.d be impossib 10 overestimate the d e that could be done 1t by a resolute and puweiful aniagonist. Even at the end of thattime we would only be be- ginniug to pr parry Lis attac would be two years we could atte return it ce in military con- ditions i modern t mes there has never been an instance in which a wWar between any two Dations has iasica more than xbout two years, ninety days have d flict. " All that effort 1o st courses by do was useie We must therefcre r what it ¢ minas once ap o for ail, to the iact 100 Iaie 1o make ready ior war when the fight has osce begun The aration must c belore the case of the Civil W tions appiied. In 1561 and the Soutnern Conted We were able to blockade t atonce, and we a war mor » put sgainst those of an_enemy who a1so had 10 improvise them n more serious was got Merrima , vone of 1hese con we had & good fleet, thern porus advantages. The Mo; the nick of time to m ady in because | the Confederates had to plan and build the latter while we were planiug and building the former; but i ever we have to go 1o war with a modern power we shall find 1s Merrimacs and it will t be altogether ¥ s to meet them. It can be taken for grauted that there must n for conflict, if con- saster. Furthermore, take tue shape Of an We have o foe able flict is not to mean d ihis preparation mus 10 couquer OT Overrun our terriiory. O small army should always be kept in firs class condition a.d every actention shouid be paid to the National Gusrd, but neither on the north or the south have we neighbors capable of menacing us with invasion or long resist- | ing a serious efforton our part to invade them. The enemies we have to face will coms from oversea; they may come from Europe or they may come from Asta. Events move fastin the West, but this gen- eration has been forced o see that they moyed cven faster in the older East. Our interesis are as great in the Pacific as in the Atlantic, in the Hawaiian Islands as in the West Indies. Merely for the protection of our own shores We need a great navs; and what is more, we need it to protect our interests in the islands from which it is possible 10 command our shores and to protect our commerce on the high seas iame subm any kind isa mean and unworthy thing, but meaner and more unworthy 1o blus- nd ihen either submit or eise refuse e those preparations which can alone obviate the necessity for submission. Lbelieve with ali iy bear: in the Monioe docirine, and 1 believe aiso tnatthe g msss of the American people are loy toit; but it 1s worse than idle to annouice our adherence to this doctrine, and yet toc. cline to take measures 10 show tLat o not mere lip-logalty. We had far be mit to interferénce by foreign powers wi affairs of this comtinent the that we will not toierate and yet refuse to make ready wiiich alone we can prevent i u private life, & bold jront peace and not sirife. 1f we possess & formid- able navy, small is the chauce indeed that we shall ever be dragged 1nto a war Lo uphold the Monroe docirive. 1f we do Dot possess such & navy war may Le forced on us at any time. It'is certain, then, that we need a_ first-class navy. It isequel n tuat this snould notbe merely a navy lor defense. Our ek harbors snould, of course, be fortified and pu jon 1o resist the atiack of an en my's fleet, and one of our prime needs is an emple force of torpedo-boats 1o use primari ior coasi defense. But in war the mere d fensive never pays and can never result in anything but disaster. It is € surest way to prevent iis Tepetition is tore.urn il. No masier of the rize-ring_ever fought bis way to supremacy y mere Gexterily in avoidiug punishment. He had towin by infliciing punishment. If the enemy is given the choice of (ime and place to attack soouer or later he will do irre- parable damage, ena if he is &t eny point beaten back why, sfier all, it is merciy a re- pulse and there are no means of following it up and making a rout. We caunot reiy upon coast protection alone. Forts and heavy land guns and torpedo-boats are indi-p:nsable, and the last, on an occa- sion, may be used for offensive purposes alone But in the present state of naval and miliiary knowledge we must reiy mainly, s all great nations aiways have relied, on the battle-saip, the fighting-ship of the iine. Guuboats and light cruisers serve an_exceilent purpose, and we could not do without them. In time of pesce they are the police of the seas; in time of war they would do some harrying of cota- merce and a great deal of scouting and skir- mishing, but our great relisuce must be on the great armored butile-ships, with their neavy guns and shotproof vitais. In the last resort we must trust 10 the ships whose business it is to fight and not to run, and who can themselves go to sea and strike &t the enemy wheu ihey choose, instead of weiting peacelully to receive his blow when and where he decms it best o Oeliver it It in the event of warjour battle-ships can destroy the hostile fieet, then our cossts are safe fiom the menace of serious attack—even a fight that ruined our fleet would probably so sna ter the hostile fleet 85 10 do uway with a chance of invasion; but if-we have no fleet wherewith to meet the enemy on the high sens, or 10 anticipate his stroke by our own, tken every city within resch of the tides must spend men and mouey in proparation for an attack that mey not come, but which would cause crushing and irredeemable disaster if it did come. Stili more, it is necessary to have a flcet of great buttie'ships i we intend to live up to ihe Mouroe doctrine, and 1o iusist upon its observance in the two Americss and the islands on either side of them. Ifa icreign power, whether in Europe or Asia, should de- termiie to assert its position in ihose lands wherein we feel that our iufluence shou d be supreme, there is but oue way in which we can effectively interfere. Diplomacy is ui- terly useiess where there is uo force behind the meoans b In public, as tends to {nsure it; the diplomat is the servant, not the mas. | ter, of the id.er. The prosperity of peace, commercial and material prosperiiy, gives no Weight whatever when the clash of arms comes. Even great naked strength is useless 3 there is no finmediate means through which that strenght can manifest jtself. If we mean to pro ‘Who 100Kk 10 us for ect the people of the lands Us for protection irom tyranny and aggression; il we mean to uphold our interesisin the ieeth of the formidable Old World powers, we can only do 1t by being Teady st any time, if the provocation is suffi- cleni, W meet tuem on the seas, where the Dattle for supremacy must be fought. Unless We are prepured 80 to meet them et us aban- don all talk of devotiou to the Monroe doctrine or to the honor of the American name. A nation shouid never fight unless forced to, but it shou.d always be ready to fight. The mere fact that i1 isTeady will zeneraliy spare it the neeessily of fighting. 1f ihis country now had a ficet of iwenty batle-ships their existence would make it all the moro likely that we shonid not have war. It is very jm. tha’ we as & rece keep the virile fight- ities, and shouid be ready 10 use them but it is not at all important to use there is need. Oue of the surest Ways (0 a.(ain these qualities is to keep our navy in firsi-class trim. There never is and never has been on our parts desire to use n weapon oecause of its being well tempered. There is not the least danger that the posscs- sion of a 200d navy will render this country overbearing toward its neighbors. The direct contrary is the truth. An unmanly way 10 avoid a quarrel is often steruer qualitics which teil for National grestuess; 2nd these men prate about love for mankind, or ior another country, as being in & the surest way to preci.pitate one, and utter unreadiness to ficht is even surer. If,at the time of our trouble Witk Chil¢ six years ago, fon to foreign aggression of | not encugh to | | we had not already possessed the nucieus of the mew navy, we wou.d almost ceriainly bave been forced into fighting; and éven os it was | trouble was on y averied by the resvlute stand taken by the President end the officers of the navy who were on the spot. 1f, at that time, | tne Chileans had been able to get ready the | battie-ship that was build:ng for them, & wat | would almost ceriainly have followed, for we had no baitie-suip to putagainst it. Itin the future we aave war it will aimost certainly come becanse of rome action, or lack | of action, on our part in the way of refusing to accept mpmmfimm at the proper time or fa1ling 1o prepare for war wnen war does not tnreaten. An ignohle peace is even worse than an unsuccessful war; but an unsuccess- ful war wouid leave behind it & legacy of bitter memorics which wouid hurt our Na- tional development ior a generation to come. It is true that uo naiion could actuel'y con- quer us, owing to our isolated posiifon, but we would be seriou ly harmed, even mater ally, by aisesters that stopped far short of con quest, and in these maiters, which ure far amore' important than things material, we could readily be damagea beyond repsir. It ever we had to meey defeat at the hands of a foreign foe, or had to submit tamely 10 wrong or iusul;, every man among us worthy of the uame of ‘American would fesl dishon- ored and debased. On the other hand, the memory of every triumph won by Americans 5180 much helps 1o make each American r aud beuer. Every man among us is more fit to meet the dutiesand responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which in the past the Nation has triumphed; be- cause of the blood and sweat and iears, the iabor and the anguish, through which, In the | duys tnat have gone, our forefaihers moved o | | to triumph. There are higher things in thislife than the | roft and easy eujoyment of material comiort. It is through strize or the readiness for strif that & Dation can win greatness. We ask for a great navy, parily because we think that the possession of such & navy s ine suresi gusr- antee of peace, and partly because we feel that no natioual liie 18 worth having it the nation isnot williug, when the need shall arise, to stake eversthing on the supreme arbiirament { of war, and to pour out iis blood, iis treasure and tears like water, rather than submit 1o the luss of honor and Tenown. in closing, let me repeat that we ask fora k for an armament fit for the eds, not primarily to fight, but to avert fighting. Prepareduess deiers the foe und maiutains right by the show of ready mig w.thout the use of violence. Peace, like freedom, is a0t & gt that tarries loag in the hands ot cowards or of those tco feeble or and we ask to that honorable 100 shortsighted to deserve it; be given the meaus 1o insur pesce which is alone worth hav At the close of the spesch Commodore Wallace congratulated Roosevelt in behaif of those present upon his very able ad dress. In bringing the exercises fermaly 10 & close, Commander Goodrich said ik sddress would tend to make ull present | stronger as Americans, aud could not fail | to convince them that the affairs of the navy were in the hsndsof competent men. | Later Roosevelt made a stirring address | to the boys at the iraining station. This | afternoon he went to Herreshoff's works | the torpedo- left for New | on the Cushing to inspect boat Dupont. To-night he York. THE DERELICT GENERAL SIGLIN. Captain Phiilips of the Revenue Cutter Perry Writes to the Treasury Department. WASHINGTON, D. C., June | Another installment of the story of the | General Sigl. the American schooner seen in a dismantled condition in the North Pacific with a corpse lashed to her wheel, was received at the Treasury De- partment to-day from Captain Phillips of | the revenue cutter Perry, one of the ves- | sels sent out to find the derelict. Phillips’ | letter is dated Kitch-i-kan, Alaska, May 1. He sighted the Siglin on the evening of May 20, ten miles off the west coast of Grabam Island. She miles northeasterly since previously re- ported. When the letier was written the Siglin was out of the track of vessels and Phillips said : “With westerly winds and swell now | prevailing she “will drift ashore on | Grabam Island in a couple of days. The o, wreck was found with the bow and stern just out of the water, the dismantled | decks swept and the bulwarks gone, the | jinboom and stern davits being the only | littings remaining in place. The vesscl was boarded and searched for bodies, but none were found. Fastened to the strong back of the aflter davits were several | handkerchiefs, apron-tronsers and under- shirts. It was not ceemed necessary to tow the vessel anv closer to the beach, the coast being rocky and dangerous of approach, and there was no harbor within reach where the vessel could be taken. The wester:, coast of the Queen Charloite islands was thoroughly examined by skirting the land as closely as possible for any indication of survivors. dian villages were visited, but we could learn of no one landing on tie islands. | Being short of coal it was not deemed ad- | visable to cruise longer, but to proceed to Sitka for fuel.” e gE | OF INTEREST 10 IHE COAST, Californians én Washington—Postal and Pension Notes, WASHINGTON, D. C., June2—Cal- ifornians in Washington: W. A. Beli, | St. James; Olive Day, Berkeley, Wil- !lard’s; D. H. Haskell and wife, E. | Haskell and Mrs. L. J. Chapman, San Francisco, Howard House. | M. C. Beem was to-day appointed Post- | master at Fort Jones, Siskiyou County, | Cal., vice Louis Heller, removed. | Pensions — California: Original (spe- | cial May 25)—William S. Barnett, Los An- geles; Bradiey A. Herrington, Soldiers’ | Home, Los Angeles; Alexander W. Cham- | bers, Lorin; Wiiliam Schumacher, Ful- {lerton; William A. Young, Guinda; | George P. Cornell, San Francisco; Henry W. Davis_ Santa’ Ana. Reissue (special | May 25)—Witliam Wilson, Clayton. Orig- | inal, widows, etec.—Anna Covey, mother, Elsinore; minors of Fiederick R. Cope, | San Francisce. | Oregon: Original—Levi Jones Wil- lard. Washington: Original—Charles W, Sis- son, Orting; lssac Ridout, Sprague. In- 2 e—George W. Baker, Hockinson. Original, widows, etc.—Rachel C. Jones, Kalama; Amelia J. McMannus, Everett. e IHE ADAMS COMING HERE. Baltimore to Relieve the Philadeiphia in Hawaiian Waters. WASHINGTON, D. €., June 2.—The Navy Department has directed the with- drawal of the Adams at Honolulu and she is now on her way to Port Angel Cal, The Pbiladelphia will be the only American ship retained at Honolulu for the present, but it is Secretary Long’s in- tention to order her home and assign the Baltimore as the flagship of the fleet as | soon as her repairs are completed at Mare | Island. The Department of State has been in- formel by the steamer Peru that oraers have been given estaolishing a garrison in Perene district, specially charged to protect the lives and interests of foreign settlers. An American wal Tecently killed in this district by Indians. e i Nominations Sent to the Senat WASHINGTON, D. C., June 2. —The following nominations were sent to the Senate to-day: Miguel A. Otero, to be Governor of New Mexico; George H. Wa: lace, to be Secretary o! New Mexico; Wil liam M. Jenkins, to be Secretary of Okla- homa. Otero is the first natve of New Mexico appointed to the Governor's chair of that Territory. He served as clerk of the District Court of New Mexico under Harrison’s administration, and also as County Treasure; —— Ins and Outs of & Strike, NEW YORK, N. Y., June 2.—The strike of the chiidren’s jacket-makers will be de- clared off Friday evening, and the strikers will return to work on Tuesday next. The trousers-makers, 2000 strong, will go out to-morrow if the programme is carried out. et Sam Burson Is Now Dead. MONDATA, Tesw., June 2.— While leaning with his head out of an excursion train, Sam Burson, son of a Bristo! clergy- man, was struck by a switchpost and ine antly killed, ite ek 2. had drifted 100 | Two In- | THO ADDAESSES BY MekINLEY Wise Talk on Commerce and the Tariff at Philadelphia. Museum of Trade Formally Opened Before a Notable Audience. | { The President Says Confidence and | Commerclal Activity Wil Yet Come. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 2—Phila- delphia’s Commercial Museum was for- mally opened to-day by President Me- | Kinley, in the presence of notables from Washington and represehtatives of the leading trade bodies of the United States, Mexico, Central America and South | America, The President ana Mrs. McKinley, at- tended by Messre, Wilson ana Me- Kenne of the Cabinet and accompsnied by a number of members of Congress and Minister:al represantatives from Mexico, Chili, Argentine Rerublic, Brazil, Vene- zuels, Korea and China, arrived shortly | before noon. They were welcomed by the | Mayor and a commttee of citizens. Gov- {ernor Hastings, who was at the Hote! Walton, did not aprear at the railway, | station. After the formal inspection of | the museum luncheon was served: At lunch Governor Hasting« appeared, but no sign of recognition passed between him and the Pres dent. The opening exercises were held in the Academy of Music. Later in the after- noon the President at the Academy of Musie delivered an address at the opening {of the International Commercial Con- | gress. i The International Commercial Congress | was formally opened at 2:30 this after- | {noon with about 350 delegates present, representing commercial and industrial | bodies in all sections of the United States and many foreign countries, the foreigners coming principally from Mexico and the Central and South American states. | Among the speakers, 1n addition to Presi- | dent McKinley, were Dr. W. A. Pepper of | this city, Ministers Calvo of Costa Rica | and Romero of Mexico. The President in | his address said Ladies and gentlemen: To have assemblea the representatives of great commercial and strial interests at home and abrosd in such large numbers is so unprecedented as to his & most memorable event. Chambers rce and Boards of Trade, Mayors of | cities ar.d Governors of Ftates, together with officiai visitors from fifteen’ other nations, unite in testifying the importance attached 1o | | this undertaking. Every one of our sister republics of this con- | tinent is here represented through its special | | Minister, and in a numbcr of instances large delegations of prominent citifens have made eys at great personal sacrifice to ipate in this significant occasion. Toall | We give A hearty welcome. No ordinary olject could have produced such an industrial convention. Interstate | and international interesis and courts have contributed to its success, but nothing less | t eep conviction tn the minds of people | represented here that the movement here be- | gun will eventusily efiect permanent gains in their commercial relations account for its wide and disungu shed character. The avowed object of the Philadelphia mu- seums s to ald in the development of com- | mercial and indusirial prosperity. No | | worthier canse can engage our energies at this hour. Itisa most praisewortny purpose—the | extension of trade to be followed by wider and | better Ids of employmentand easier condi- | Such au_effor1 com. mands the instant approvalof all lovers of | mankind, for with it 1s linked the prosperity | { of the humblest tofler and the weltare of every | home and fireside. | Toe moverent is inaugurated on broad and | | progressive lines, Itsauthorsand promoters | believe that the conditions of international | commerce cau be direcily promoted by sys- | tematic study and demonstrated by scientific | ods. e distingnished boly of gentlemen whn} | have planned thi: zation have grasped | great economic truths zud are prepared to pursue them to their successful conclusion. Its generous support will increase its useful- | ness. One National industrial undertaking prepares the way for ancther. A great exhibit ¢ this is an education and an inspiration. | 1t concentrates the at'entio nL}chim‘n!.{ | | 1t broadens their {deas, strengthens their con- fidence, promotes the spirit of friendly co- operation and rivalry, awakens a_commenda. ble ambition and etcourages effort in the | utilization of all the forces aud processes of production. i The ~Columbian World's Exposition at | Chicago was the forerunner of this less gen- eral, but more permanent, contribution to the | world’s economic edvanc:. Many of the Chicago exhibits here remain intact and have been intelligently supplemented to such an | extent that the management of the Philadel- phia museums make the proud claims that | their exhibition possesses the most complete | and exiensve exhibit of its class now in exist- ence. Not only has & wonderful demonstra- tion been made of the products and advance- | ment of eur country, bul those of ail the | American republics. A spirit of friendly and | mutually advantageous interchange and co- | operation has been exempl fied. which is in itseli an inspiring help not only to trade and commerce, but (o international comity aud good wlil. The producer and consumer of both conti- | nents are here brought togetherin close touch and aro taught to work together or the com- | monweal. [norder thatthe new markets may | be opened and a larger trade profitably con- ducted, the manufacturer must have the op- portunity of becoming familiar with the char- acter of the goods desired by the consumer. And so, too, the consumer should have the opportunity to_examine the goods which the manufacturer is anxious to dispose of to him. It follows then that a recoznized central in- stitution such as this is, of rea. integrity, whose management cannot be questioned with ample means, can be made of in esiimable adventage, not only 1o a genera- tion in a single country, but io a whole continent and_for the vast future. Ability as well as capital is essential to the success of trade, and fortunately with both of these the musenms are well epuipped. It is said that the data which cun here be found for quick and accurate reference is obtainable | 1o dexree not even attempted anywhere else in the world. Uunder tnese circumstances and at this early date, it 1s not 100 much to say that & movement'of this kind is, in its general £cope national—aye, more than that, interna- tional in cheracier, and [ predict that iis suc- | cess, if wisely conducied, will surprise even | its enthusiastic {riends and founders. Resting upon business principles, looking solely to | the wellare of the country at large, benefiting otuer nations as well asour own, the infent And realization of this world’s industrial ob- ject lesson is in accord with the best spirit of ihe age end worthy of the good will and help- fulness of every patriotic American. 1 assure the promote:s of this enterprise of the deep interest of our Government and the people in its success. 1 congratulate the citi- zens of Philadelph:a, justly renowned for the Centennial Exposition, which first demon- strated to the world the marvelous develop- ment of our resources, that to them have been intrusted the care and completion of this great work. Philadelphia contributed im- measurably to the triumph of liberty—she would now aid in the triumphs of laber, Who can doubt that the deiiberation of these sble snd public-spirited men, acting together freely and cordially, animated by a common impulse and a common interest, will Tesult in siill closer relations of international comity and a higher prosperity for all. May God's biessing rest upon this worthy enterprise and upon those who shall labor for its welfar:. I now declare the Philadelphis museums formaily opened. A big bunquet (o-night closea the cere- monies. President McKinley referred to meeting Philadelphians in more prosper- ous times. He saia But let me tell you, my countrymen, resus- citafion will not be promoied by recrimin tion. The distrust of the preseat will not be removed by distrust of the future. The patriot mak-s & better citizen than the pessimist, and we hi EOt 10 be patient. Much as we may | strawstack, | dence to warrant | three children and hims doituntil the new one is finished. A tariff law half made is of no practical use except to indicate thatin & little while the whoie law will be done. It is making progress. It is reaching the end, and when the end comes we will bave business confidence and industrial sctivity. Letus keep stont hearts and steady heads. American energy has not been de- stroyed by the's orms of the past. Itwill now {riumph through wise sud beneficent legisle- on.. HISTORIC TuMBS MUTILATED. Shatis in M:mory ot Poul Revere, John Hanccck and Increase Sumner Chipped and Desecrated. BOSTON, Mass, June 2—The hand of a vandal has been at work in the old Granary burial ashes of the forefathers of the country. Some reckless relic-hunter has desecrat- ed the tombs of Paul Revere, Jobn Han- cock and Governor lncrease Sumner. The vandal in each case has chipped frag- ments from the tombs of the heroes and patriots. The enormity of the desecration cannot be measured. In the case of the Hancock tomb the mutillation is not upon the white shait erected over the grave of the revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence. The vandal chipped pieces from the timeworn and far more priceless stone, from the antiquarian standpoint, bearing the words “Tomb of Hancock,” that had formerly been the only index to the grave. The Paul Revere tomb is marked by a shaft several feet high and the relic- bunters chipped from one corner near the granite base a Jarge piece of stone. The white spot that tells the story of the mutilation is just below the wreath hung on Memorial day. Mutilstion is just as plainly seen upon the tomo of Increase Sumner, who was | the grandfathec of Charles Sumner and rd Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The vandal's work is very recent. ROBBED, MURDERED, CREMATED. Shocking Fate of a Young lllinois Farmer Who Was Guarding His Father's Proper y. STERLING, ILL., June 2.—Robbed, mur- dered and cremated. That tells the awful fate of George Kauffman. Hestoo! cuard over his father’s granary to protect it from | thieves, who kiiled Lim at bis post and soughtto wipe out theevidence of their fiendish cruelty with fire. To-day all that remains of him is a corpse, with its throat cut, its skull crushed and its head bullet- pierced—a charred lump of flesn. There is noclew to tiue fiends who committed the crime, but bloodhounds are on the trail. orge Kauffman was the son of Tobias Kauffman, & prosperous farmer living about five miles north of Sterling. He was 22 years old. Farmer Kauffman has two dwelling-houses with about a quarter of a mile between them. He left Lis old bome for his present dwelling adout a year ago, but still used some of the build- ings attached to the former residence. Lately Kauffman discovered that thieves were raiding Lis granary located uear the old residence. He asked his son George to take up his night quarters in the deserted home and waitch for the plunderers. 5 George Kauffman began his vigils two weeks ago. He was unsuccessful, and regularly went back to the other house for s breakfast. On Tuesday morning he did not come atthe usual hour. The family waited some time with- out concern. alarmed and started for the old house to investigate, accompanied by Charles | Shrader, the bired man. They went to | the house, but there was no trace of | oung Kauffman. They soon scented the | which had been nearly | burned down and was still smoking, and went to examine it. They were horrified to find on the top of the smoking stack the body of young Kauffman burned to a crisp, and with theclotbing all consumed. The victim had been clubbed and his skull crushed. His throat had bsen cut and the head was nearly severed irom the body. A bullet hole showed that the murderer had shot the young man. Several persons in the neighborhood are under suspicion, but there is no evi- their arrest. Blood- hounds were put on the trail, but so far without success. The surrounding coun- 1ry is intensely excited over the work of the brutal fiends, and friends of the young man are demanding vengeance at the end ofa rope withott the quibbles and delays of the law. —_———— CRAZED BY GLIEF, Baltimore Lettar-Carrier Kille Thres Childran aud Himself. BALTIMORE, Mp,, June 2.—S. 1. Ha ris, a letter-carrier, shot and killed his tais morning. | Not long ago his wife died. Harris| thought the world of her, and ever since | her death he has brooded over his loss. | When he would return home at night | from work be would shut himself up in | his room and not say a word to any of his children. He became very morose with his fellow letter-carriers, and it was ot very long before they began to call him “Crazy”’ Harris. He changed, too, toward his children. When his wife was aliva he was a devoted father and hus- band. He would give up anything for his children. | Recently, however, he has been vosi- tively brutal toward them. At times he would _strike them, and _frequently he would not give them enough mouney to | proper.y clothe or feed themseives. The people of the neighborhood are .nomé‘ at to-day’s tragedy and they unite in saying that Harris must have been crazy. 093 e e e e ek e e e S g e e e fe e A g e e de e ke de SR e e | | SR SILVER EEPUBLICANS, Thedr Future Organization Said to De- pend On a Chicago Conference. CHICAGO, ILr., June 2.—Fature organ- ization of the Silver Republioans is likely to depend upon the result of the confer- ence to be held in this city next Tuerday, ostensibly by the friends of mlver in the Republican party. Representative Hartman of Montana, who boltea the St. Louis convention, is prominently mentioned for chairman. Otbers who have announced they will be present are Charles A. Towne of Duiuth, enator Teller, Thomas Pattison, Charles Thomas of Colorado, Senator Cannon of Utab, ex-Eenator Dubois of Idaho, ex-Gov- ernor Altgeld of Illinois, and Isaac N. Stevens of Denver. W. J. Bryan bas been invited to _be present but he sent word that he will be too busy lecturing. Senator Jones of Arkansas, the Bryan National Committee Democratic chair- man, may attend. W.J. Strong, silver Republican of Chicago, intimated tuat the object of the meeting is to talk over plans for fusion in connection with the next nominations for Congress. e ol CRIBBED 1RE CEEVASSE, Successful Repairs to the La, Minsinnippi Levees. NEW ORLEANS, La., June 2.—The en- gineers have succeeded in reducing the width of the Conrad leves crevasse by cribwork to 200 feet, although the depth of the channel grows from seven to over thirty feet. The engineers believe they will soon be able to close the crevasse en- tirely, relieving the overflowed supar plantations. Planters filty miles distant have sent men to the scene of the break to belp in the work. It is thought tha crops on the plantations now flooded are a total Break of ground, where lie the | Then his father became | BOSTON PRIEST'S WILL 1§ DISPUTE TwoSan Francisco Heirs Contesting an Estate Worth $50,000. | Daniel and Hannah Corcoran Allege Undue Influence and Weak Mind. They Were Left Only $100 and Are Far From Satisfied With Thelr Small Share. BOSTON, Mass., June 2—The hearing in the contest over the will of Rev. Wil { liam G. Corcoran, pastor of St. Vincent’s | | Church, South Boston, was begun in-.the | Probate Court this morning. The tes- | tator died a few weeks ago, leaving an es- | tate valued at about §30,000. The buik of | the estate was lef. fo Carney Hospital for the purpose of establishing a con- | | valescents’ home. Daniel and Hannah Corcoran of San Francisco, Ual., uncle and aunt, respec- | tively, of the deceased, were left only $1C0 | in the will, and they contest both the wili and the codicil on the ground of undue influence and unsoundness of mind. The first witness called wes Rev. J. H. Lyon, a curate at St. Vincent’s Church, a witness to the will and codi He de- scribed how the testator sizned the instru- ments, thus: “Mr. Jordan held the pen | }»M Father Corcoran made the mark.” | The witness knew nothing of the will until called in to sign it. He had seen liquor in the house; also in Father Cor- coran’s room. He bad seen two barrels | | brought into the room and supposed each | | contained liquor. | William J. O'Brien, sexton of the| | church, testified that the will was not | read to him beiore be signed it. While | talking with him Father Corcoran would | RO to sleep. | Father Corcoran was a generous man. | | Michael J. Jordan testified that he | | drafted the instrumen:. Being cross- | | examined he said: *Father Corcoran said | that his aunt Hannan, who lived in San | | Francisco, was old and that the $100 he | lett in the will for her was enough. He | did not say that his aunt was then being | | supported by charity or that she brought | [8 | him up and paid for his education.’’ | | _This concluded the case for the will | | The hearing was continued until June 23, when the case for the contestants will | Pack4GE or $13,000 mMISsING, Eeceiving Teller of a 5t. Paul Bank 4r- | rested on Suspicton. | ST. PAUL, Mixx., June Charles R. | Zachan, one of the receiving tellers of the National German-American Bank, | has been arrested and accused of taking a | | package of meney amounting to $13,000. Baturday morning ths other receiving | teller, Gustav Zanins, brought the money | from the vault and laid it on a shelf on the cage, preparatory to handing it to | the paying teller before the bank opened. Leaving the cage a few minutes in Zachan’s charge, he returned to find the | package missing. Zachan told him he | had not seen it. None except the bank | employes was aboul as the time. As only the two tellers were in the cage it is believed that one or the other of them | | must have dropped the package out of the | | window to & confederate. KEW TO-DATY. SRR A AR AR ARk ok ok Kokeob | The Mild-Eyed |¥ Goddess.2 | * * £33 of the home—the loving wife and mother—drinks Blatz wei-Beer Milwaukee tc give rieh, nourishing quality to her baby’s food ani to keep herself in the pink of health. VAL BLATZ BREWING CO. Mitwaukee, Wis., U. S, A, LOUIS CAHEN & SON, Wholesale Dealers, 416-418 Sacramento St. e e e e e ek e e e e ek ek ek ek ek e A e e A 4Ok Rode e de ok e ek y Estate of Alex. hi;cka NOTICE. For the purpose of reducing | stock and adjusting the affairs | The entire and enormous | stock of | ALEX. 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