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THE ITEPPXER HORROR.
The news columns of The Oregonlan,
presenting a record of the events oT
the Pacific Northwest for more than
half a century, have never chronicled
a more terrible tale of disaster to our
own people than that "which is now
coming in from the ruined and desolate
Temnant of the pretty and prosperous
City of Heppner. Full details of the
catastrophe-are as yet unavailable, ow
ing to all modern methods of direct
communication being paralyzed or
sadly crippled, but enough has come
to hand to Indicate the loss of hundreds
of lives and the destruction of an im
mense amount of property. So swift in
its coming and bo terrible in its conse
quences -was this heartrending tragedy,
which has stilled forever the voices of
go many of our fellow-men, that we .sit
dumb and appalled in its shadow.
Fire, flood, shipwreck and other dis
asters' have in the past claimed their
victims from our midst, but, except in
a few Instances, the number of lives
sacrificed has been small. The greatest
loss of life ever before recorded in -the
Northwest was when over 250 people
went down with the steamer Pacific in
the Straits of Fuca. This tragedy of
the sea brought sorrow Into many a
home in the then sparsely settled North
west, but its victims were drawn from
a large number of communities and
states, and the attendant horror was
softened accordingly. In the case of the
Heppner horror, the awful blow has
fallen within a limited circle. Scores of
families have, without a moment's no
tice, "been hurled into eternity, and the
homes which a kindly fate spared from
a direct loss are darkened today by sor
row for the dead neighbors and friends.
The hand of death lies heavy on an
entire community, and on the state of
which that community less than two
days ago was an active, vigorous part,
pulsating with energy, prosperity and
liappiness. .Even as individual surviv
ors in the stricken city mourn the loss
of friends and loved ones, so does the
heart of the people of the state go out
In sympathy for all the victims and the
survivors of the appalling disaster.
The Immutable laws of life compel sor
row for the dead to give way to duty
to the living. That duty at this time
Is to extend immediate relief to those
who have lost homes as well as friends
and relatives. The City of Heppner
was rich and prosperous. It is situated
In a region of great natural resources,
and will in time recover from the stag
gering blow it has just received. For
the Immediate present, however, assist
ance will be needed, and there will be
no hesitancy In extending It
The disaster, coming like a holt out of
the blue, is of a nature so entirely for
eign to anything previously experienced
in this country that no human fore
sight could have guarded against It
The topography of the Northwest shows
occasional spots where centuries ago
similar wild orgies of nature caused
like results so far as forest and earth
were affected, but not since civilized
man wandered into the Pacific North
west have the elements combined to
leave such a trail of destruction in their
path as now marks the banks of Wil
low Creek. The tragedy Is without an
equal on the Pacific Coast. Let us hope
it will never be paralleled.
The Oregon display at Kobe, meager
as it Is to what it might and should
Tie, is attracting much attention, and
it can hardly fall to be of considerable
commercial value to the state that it
represents. The Japanese are an imi
. tatlve people, and, though -the devices
of Western civilization were entirely
new to them until within very recent
years, they have come to look upon
many of them with favor. This Is es
peclally true of the educated portion
of .the people, and the -ruling element
The masses in Japan move away from
ancient customs and traditions slowly.
They are not, as In China, distinctly
hostile to innovations,, but they are
plodding, inert and wedded to ways
that, like the nonprogressive class In
all countries they are wont to think
good enougn. i tlrey think anything
about it. The Japanese-American trade
has, however, grown rapidly since the
scar between China and Japan- This Is
especially true as to machinery and
some textile manufactures. Oregon's
opportunity lies In establishing a mar
ket there for flour, fruits and other
food products that can In time be made
to take, to some extent, the place of
rice, a staple food In Japan, as it is
in China, This market will have to- be
"worked up," of course. Commerce
when once established flies with its own
wings, .but it must first be given an
impetus that can. only come from In
telligent, persistent effort, Oregon is
fortunate in having at Kobe during the
present fair a. man who is a good talker
and knows what "he is talking about
when, it comes to Oregon products.
HEPPXER.
The story of Johnstown, In miniature,
has been brought to our very doors.
The flood by which the town of Hepp
ner, the county seat of Morrow County,
suffered so severely Sunday evening
is, in its extreme suddenness, a phe
nomenon very unusual in Oregon, and
thus far unknown in Its western sec
tion. The sudden onset of the flood was.
appalling and its force was resistless.
Willow Creek, a sleepy, shallow stream
in Autumn, and not at any time for
midable as ' a water course, furnished
the channel through which a tremen
dous volume of water descended upon
the town, carrying death and destruc
tion In its train.
The country of which Heppner is the
local business center was, until in rela
tively recent years, a grazing country
exclusively. Latterly, or slrice It has
been demonstrated that the alkali lands
of Eastern Oregon are wonderfully pro
ductive, both In grain and fruit, the
stock ranges have been limited to meet
the demands of agriculture and the
homes that follow Its development It
is thus that the lonely expanse of the
stock range, dotted at long intervals
by the sod houses and grass-thatched
cabins of the stockmen, has been di
versified by wheat fields and orchards,
while schoolhouses have sprung up in
the wake of homes. Heppner, a strag
gling little post town of fifty Inhabi
tants twenty-flve years ago, a ren
dezvous for cattlemen at certain sea
sons of the year, and the social center,
as represented by the annual Fourth
of July celebration and dance, of the
wide expanse known at that time as
Umatilla County (Morrow County being
a later Legislative creation) had grown,
to be a smart town of 1500 inhabitants.
Its trade in wool and wheat had
brought In a railroad spur, and from
a frontier outpost, without promise of
growth or permanence. It had become
a town of active business energies, of
pleasant, even elegant, homes, and com
modious public buildings. It was all
of this on Sunday afternoon; on Sun
day evening It was torn and wrecked
by the flood; hundreds of its citizens
were killed outright or drowned after
a futile struggle, and the rest, horror-
stricken, were unable to rescue th
perishing or relieve the suffering of the
unfortunate. The calamity that has be
fallen this town and Its people Is one
that calls for prompt material aid. Al
ready the purse strings of benevolence
have been loosened in this city, and a
substantial fund for the relief of the
terribly stricken people has been
'pledged. Selfishness, the inspiring ele
ment of all accumulative effort quickly
becomes sublimated In the presence of
a calamity that destroys life and prop
erty and makes generosity and sympa
thy its disbursing agents.
FUTURE OF ALASKA.
President Roosevelt in his speech at
Seattle, predicted that Alaska would
become a great state of the American
Union, with millions of people.
It was not an extravagant statement
The climate is milder than that of Nor.
way, the area is so vast that that of
Norway will bear no comparlsoriLwlth
It and the resources. In minerals, tim
ber, fisheries and possibilities of agri
culture are incommensurably greater.
Norway, with an area of 125,000 square
miles, contains more than- two mil
lions of people. Alaska, before the
end of this century, will have more.
because there is room for them, and
resources to employ and support
them beyond those of the area of
Norway. Three-fourths of Norway Is
uninhabitable. In Alaska there is a
far greater area p habitable country.
which has, on the whole, a milder cli
mate. Statistics show that In the last
twelve months Alaska's commerce, ex
cluding gold, aggregated 520,000,000.
Canned salmon was shipped from
Alaska in ten months to the value of
5S.401.124. While the Canadians prac
tically destroyed the valuable sealing
Industry, that has not affected the de
velopment of the country, as the work
of catching seals was principally con
fined to a few islands of no other ap
parent value and far from the main
land. The surface of Alaska has been
"scratched" for gold In only a very
small part and there Is every reason
to believe that valuable minerals will
yet be found In many parts of the
country not yet touched by the foot of
man.
The facts as to Alaska are fast ob
taining attention in our Eastern States.
Extensive experiments made by the De
partment of Agriculture and by settlprs.
have demonstrated that vegetables, ce
reals and some kinds of fruit can be
grown there with success. The prod
ucts of the fisheries, both of the rivers
and of the sea, will be a source of con-
lnual wealth. So, as tle Philadelphia
Press says, "what was once ridiculed
as territory of no value will sustain a
population of millions, and will yet
nrove a very important addition in
everv way to the -United States. In
fact, that has already heen demon
strated."
THE XEW KJXG OF SERVIA.
Prince Peter Karageorgevlch was yes
terday elected unanimously King of
Cam-In TVio norr TTInc- flf ServIrL is
about fifty-three years of age; has hlth-
erto borne an excellent character; he
was in Vienna when the murder of
King Alexander was committed, and Is
reported to have personally denounced
it He is not known to be responsible
in any way for the conspiracy which
resulted in his election to the
has
throne, but he will be expected to urge
the punishment ol tne murderers or nis
predecessor, and he cannot afford to
Include In his Cabinet any persons privy
to the murder of King Alexander. Em-
oeror Paul of Russia was murdered by
a conspiracy that Included several lead
ing members of the Russian nobility
who were friends of the Emperor's son.
Alexander. Alexander, on his acces
sion to the throne, did not punish his
father's assassins, and one of them.
General Bennlngsen, rose to high dls-
tirtion rommandlne the Russian army
in the great oarues oi iiyaau ana r neu-
land, but Russia of a century ago
Is not Russia of today, and public
opinion in Europe will not recognize
the-new Servian government if It does
not energetically punish the murderers
of the late King. If Alexander had
become intolerable, he could have been
forced to abdicate!- could have been
driven into exile, as was his father.
King Milan, and several other Servian
sovereigns before him. The murder of
King Alexander was an act that Rus
sia, of all nations in Europe, cannot af
ford to treat lightly. If the King of
Servia may be murdered without any
punishment being meted out to his mur
derers, why not the Czar of Russia?
Russia cannot afford to recognize the
new Servian government if it extends
clemency to the murderers of KJng
Alexander or in- any way indorses their
crime.
King Peter, above all other men In
his government. Is bound to punish
these murderers; he Is not to blame for
his name being the watchword and war-
cry of the conspirators, if he was the
unwitting beneficiary of their crime
but he must clear his skirts of all sus
picion of knowledge of or sympathy
Kith this foul crime by energetic pros
ecution and stern punishment of Its per-
petrators. The British government has
promptly said that if the Cabinet of the
new King includes any of the assassins
diplomatic relations with It would be
at once dissolved. All the other gov
ernments of Europe will take the same
position, because they cannot afford to
do otherwise. No civilized government
on earth could afford to say to its, peo
ple that if the head of another govern
ment should be murdered the govern
ment erected by the assassins was a
proper subject for recognition.. King
Peter will show soon -his quality by his
action in this matter. If he is a wise
man, he will make Servia too hot to
hold the murderers of King Alexander;
he will show these conspirators no
mercy If they are arrested, tried and
convicted. Probably their conviction
.might be difficult tp obtain, but In that
event the King could show his personal
abhorrence of their crime by refusing
to recognize them personally or offi
cially in any way, and by creating such
an atmosphere of political and social
exclusion at his court that they would
be forced to leave the country.
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
"State Experiments in Australia and
New Zealand," by William Pember
Reeves, Is a welcome book, for it treats
from first knowledge of the compulsory
arbitration system and the more nota
ble experiments in law and adminis
tration that have been made In Aus
tralasia between the anti-Chinese acts
of 1SS2 and the adoption of the women's
franchise by the Australian common
wealth in May, 1902. Mr. Reeves writes
with authority, for he has spent his life
In Australian politics, and is today a
colonial officla'. What he has to say
concerning compulsory arbitration Is
particularly interesting. Before com
pulsory arbitration was enacted by
New Zealand, optional arbitration laws
had heen tried In Australia, but all had
failed to deal successfully with Indus
trial conflicts. The New Zealand arbl
tratlon act came into force January 1,
1E95. The aim of the lav.- Is to adjust
labor disputes between labor unions on
the one side and employers on the
other. Of disputes between Individual
men and their masters or between em
ployers and bodies of men not legally
associated, the acttakes no notice.
Under this compulsory arbitration
act, the Court of Arbitration and the
conciliation boards not only have juris
diction over all employers and all
unions registered under the arbitration
act but over all trade unions. Any mas
ter or any trades union could be brought
into the Court of Arbitration, if he or
it were a party to a labor dispute, but
only the unions and associations that.
registered under the arbitration act
could vote in the election of the con
dilation boards and the assessors of the
Arbitration Court
Thus far the act has heen productive
of good; It has prevented strikes of any
magnitude;' it has caused questions re
lating to the Increase of wages and to
other matters In dispute between work
men and employers to be settled with
out the friction and bitterness of feel
Ing which might otherwise have ob
talned. It has enabled employers to
know with certainty the conditions of
production and to make contracts that
were sure to be fulfilled. A very large
majority of the employers of labor have
declared themselves lh favor of the
principle of the law. Thus far the
awards have generally been in favor of
the working men; the unionists to a
man believe in the act, while the non-
unionists find no fault with It
The compulsory arbitration act of
New Zealand gives preference to unions
In certain trades, so long as they can
supply men qualified and ready to fill
vacancies. In 1S9S Mr. Justice Will
lams, speaking as president of the Court
of Arbitration, said that the court
would give weight to what appeared
to be the custom of each trade, but
would reserve the right to decide each
case strictb on Its merits. Preference
has been granted to unionists In more
than fifty cases, but It has often been
refused. When refusing It, the court
has been satisfied to order employers
not to discriminate against unionists.
Wherever it cannot be shown that the
existence and alms of a union are a
help to other workmen In Its trade
as well as to Its town members, and par
ticularly where union men are but a
fraction of those working at a given
trade, no preference Is given to union
ists by a court of arbitration. Mr. Jifs
tlce Edwards in 1S9S. in giving an
award, said:
The claim of the union to a preference In em
ployment. In my opinion, necessarily rails
when It is ascertained mat me union is no
really representative of the greater number
of workmen employed In the trade, and the
claims of the union have not resulted In any
practical benefit to tho Tulk of the -work
men.
The unions in New Zealand to whose
members preference In employment is
given are obliged to have rules and
entrance fees that are ngnt ana reu-
sonabie, otnerwise no preterente
be given; the court requires that the
union is practically open to each per
son employed In the trade who desires
tn loin. The result Is that a union
which may not strike' and may not shut
out any decent wononen m us iraue
who asks to join it Is a union left with
small power for mischief.
Mr. Reeves replies to critics who pre
dict that the compulsory arbitration
act In a time of public passion and ex-
citement must break down through the
refusal of either labor or capital to
obey it It Is Indisputable that a law
cannot enforcean employer to carry
on his business if he refuses to do so
except on his own terms: neither can it
oblige a thousand men to work if they
refuse to work. Mr. Reeves grants air
i ua, u r" '
employers will give up business rather j
than accept the award of a court whose
honesty Is unquestioned, upon some dis
pute or some detail of a dispute?" Em
ployers will not ruin themselves be
cause they do not like the judgment
of the court As between accepting a
decision of the court or being taken
into court and fined, the employer will
generally accept the decision. A court
of arbitration cannot coerce trades
unions, but under the law, a penalty
not to exceed 506 can be exacted for
breach of the award of the arbitra
tion court in the case of any Individual
employer or trade union. If a union's
funds are insufficient to pay the .pen
alty, each member of the union is lia
ble to the extent of not more than 10.
Mr. Reeves says that' unions com
posed of penniless workers are always
glad to accept the decision of a .state
'tribunal, for they cannot hope to starve
out a court of arbitration. Whether
they altogether like the decision of the
court or not they know it is all they
are likely to get The Arbitration
Court Is as potent to deal with trades
unions as with employers. Rich unions
it can fine, while poverty-stricken
unions are unable to fight it Further
more, In Australia behind this compul
sory arbitration act is the force of pub-
He opinion, which is sick of labor wars
and determined that this experiment of
judicial adjustment shall have a full
and fair trial.
Mr. Reeves does not say that com
pulsory arbitration would be equally
successful in Great Britain or the
United States, but believes that it Is
likely to be adopted in any country
where public opinion has been educated
up to wish for It as an Instrument of
relief, and trades unions have become
sick of Industrial warfare.
Sir Robert GIffen, the great English
political economist holds that a prefer
ential tariff or any form of protection
against foreign countries In. favor of
'trie raw materials and foodstuffs pro
duced by the colonies would work to
the disadvantage of the United King
dom. The only tolerable argument for
such a scheme, he says, Is "the plea of
political necessity." Sir Robert GIffen
has shown the economic fallacy of the
preferential tariff Idea as applied to
British industry and trade. His fig
ures prove that the great bulk of the,
kingdom's trade Is not with the colo
nies, but with foreign countries. Great
Britain imports annually $2,070,000,000 In
goods from foreign countries, and only
5550.000.000 In goods from the British
colonies. The bulk of those imports
are foodstuffs and raw materials for
manufactures. Great Britain must tax
herself If she increases the tariff on im
ports from foreign lands In order to
give the colonials a preferential position
in her market With Canadian wheat
preferred, the price of the British work-
Ingman's loaf would rise. If tariff du
ties are levied on raw materials for
manufactures, Sir Robert GIffen holds
that their Imposition on a 10 per cent
basis for the special benefit of the colo
nies would for the most part destroy
the British export trade to foreign na
tions, while the consuming capacity of
the colonies Is not sufficient to absorb
the exports thus sacrificed. Higher du
ties would mean dearer bread and beef,
which would necessitate higher wages;
Industries having to pay more for raw
materials and labor, would need higher
prices and a greater volume of exports.
This Is Sir Robert Giffen's answer In
substance to Mr. Chamberlain's scheme
of preferential tariff for the benefit of
the colonies.
The spectacle of an unsubsldized
American steamship plying between
two foreign ports and carrying freight
for one of the few subsidized British
shipping lines is a remarkable one. Yet
this is what Is happening just over the
line, and the "Vancouver Province men
tions it as follows:
Tho Boston Towboat Company's steamer
Hyades arrived in port last night from Ta
coma. She had Just come from Muroran,
Japan, and her Vancouver freight consists of
2500 tons of coal for the Canadian Pacific
Railway. She berthed alongside the Empress
of Japan this morning, and coal was rapidly
being transferred to the bunkers of the big
liner, which nails for the Orient next Monday.
The most remarkable part of the
transaction, however, lies In the fact
that, while the American steamer was
bringing coal across the Pacific for the
British vessel, a large British freighter
had been lying Idle on Puget Sound
unwilling to accept the business at the
rates at which the American vessel
handled It This Is an incident that
should not be forgotten the next time
the shipping subsidy graft comes up in
Congress.
The last man of a large number of
prominent Seattle citizens who were
Indicted by a grand Jury has been ac
quitted, and for the time being Seattle
Is without a sensation of extensive dl
menslons. While the famous grand Jury
was In session. It ground out more
first-page stories for the newspapers
than were really needed, but, as subse
quent developments have proved, every
one of them proved a flash In the pan.
The next body of representative moral
wavers who assemble on the shores of
Elliott Bay to make a horrible exampl
of their fellow-men should follow that
precept generally credited to Davy
Crocket: "Be sure you are right, then
go ahead." It is highly probable that
there are fully as many men In Seattle
who should be in the penitentiary as
can be found in any other community
in the West but the grand jury did not
find them. It was hunting for ele
phants and bagged chipmunks and
even the chipmunks were lost In tho
shuffle.
Investigation of the Postofflce frauds
has thus far brought out but one name
that has aroused public compassion
James N. Tyner, with a record of many
years of honorable public service be
hind him, was, it Is thought the sport
of younger men in the questionable
transactions that are connected with
his name. An aged man, he should
long ago have heen relieved from offl
cJal responsibility. His apparent laps
from noneaty causes sincere regret
rather than a desire that he may be
punished.
Nature Is pitiless. Oysters freeze at
low tide; a bear paws-out an anthill
a cloudburst sweeps a town away and
drowns Its population. 'Tls all one to
him
Who ses with equal eye as God of all
A hero perish- or a sparrotr fall.
Atoms or systems Into, ruin hurled.
And now a. bubble burst and now a. world.
Durlng the past twelve months the
vessels passing through the Suez Canal
have numbered 2733, with a net ton
nage of 8,01,483. Of 'the vessels. 69 per
cent bore the British flag. The tonnage
j of the canal has doubled In twenty
years, and the British owsers are well
i "- ..
OPENING THE COLUMBIA.;
Boise Statesman.
"With the rapid development of the In
land Empire the necessity for the open
ing of the Columbia River becomes more
and more pressing. There Is probably no
other section of the country where such
a great river reaching such vast resources
would be so long left unimproved. The
Columbia. Basin is one of the most im
portant of the country. If the stream
were Improved through the short reach
where it Is not navigable, all the vast
territory it reaches would be afforded
water communication -with the sea. If
such conditions existed in any other por
tion of the country the river would Jong
since have been opened, but for some rea
son the Columbia remains closed while
vast sums are expended elsewhere on pro
jects of far less Importance.
Given the same kind of a stream, the
same wealth of resources, and the same
population, such a basin in any other sec
tion would be promptly given the ad
vantage of water transportation, but for
some inexplicable reason the Government
overlooks the Columbia River Basin as
though it were a desert Is it because our
representatives in Congress are not suffi
ciently diligent? If not what Is the rea
son why this great work remains undone?
With one man to make a determined
fight In and out of Congress for the im- j
provement of -the Columbia, the necessary
appropriation t could be secured. If one
member from the Northwest, having the
necessary ability and force, should deter
mine to agitate the subject In season and
out of season until the improvement were
brought about he would succeed in get
ting it within four years. If all these
Northwestern members should take hold
of tho problem In such a spirit tbfey
should be able to carry it through in a
single session.
"MOST WONDERFUL OF THEM ALL."
Senator Loci re on the Preaideat
Praise for Governor Bates.
Interview at Greenfield In Boston Post.
"what Is your opinion
Roosevelts chances, in
case that the
trusts' oppose his election?" Senator Lodge
as asked.
"There is absolutely no doubt in my
mind," he replied, "as to President Roose
velt's nomination and election. He cer
talnly has given the country a splendid
administration taking hold of affairs at a
crltlcal time, when President McKiniey
was BtrlCken down right in the midst of
important duties, then unsettled. Presi
dent Roosevelt has continued that policy.
and by so doing did not disturb condi
lions, as sometimes follows In the case of
change in governments. The President
will have no opposition in the convention.
and he is able to take care of any dlffl-
onltv -n-Vilch Tnlch- nreent Itself frrtm the
sources now Quoted as against him. He
has the great masses of the American
people -with him, and there is no fear for
Republican success with such a following.
"I have seen many Presidents m my
time, and numerous candidates, but Presi
dent Roosevelt is the most wonderful of
them all. In my experience. He has tact.
ability, and is a thorough-going Amer
lean. His Administration has been clean.
diimlned and statesmanlike, and the
frTve ihat Dm tit -wnrlc nealnst him can-
not succeed."
Senntnr. Tyide. -when asked if he
hniichf thnt thire. -re-nuld be a chantre in
the chairmanship of the Republican Na-
tnr.ni rnmrrHttee thnt he thoucht
Senator Hanna would remain at the head
of the organization.
nn th niiMInn nt the Vlre-Presldencv.
Rpnntnr T-ndpe Knid he had heard Senator
Beverldge's name prominently mentioned,
nd hnt n "Western man -would surelv be
the nominee. The Senator did not think
Governor Crane would accent although
he nfwM- throusrhnift the Nation admired
lds executive ability.
When asked his opinion of Governor
Bates' administration. Senator Lodge
said: "I think that Governor Bates is
giving the state an admirable admlnlstra-
tlon. Certainly he shows a Knowledge or
legislation, determining what is good and
what is had. His. vetoes have had the
right sound to them, and that 'the Legis- hope the public will condone their past
lature has confidence In him is shown by robberies and acquiesce in the contlnua
the fact that all his vetoes were sustained, tion of those robberies. Their gifts are, as
I think that next Pall he will be stronger
than ever, and certainly his admlnlstra-
tion has gained the confidence and esteem
of the people, irrespective of party. He
is doing his duty well, as we have all ob-
served. He has solved many problems
before him In a business-like manner, and
enjoys the confidence of the state in wnat
has transpired."
Mrs. Stnyvesant Fish's Jferr Friend.
New Tork Press.
From the Riviera comes the" news that
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has "taken up the
Maraulso dl Rudlni. one of the most pic-
turesoue women in Europe. Mrs. Fish
and the Marquise have been inseparable
in Monte Carlo, and the pair will Join
the Drexel yachting party that wiu soon
begin Its cruise. Mrs. John It and .urs.
Anthony J. Drexel make up this quartet
of women who are central figures in gay-
etles in Southern France. They will go
to London for the June season.
In all the European capitals Mme. dl
Rudlni is known well. She owns great
estates In Italv and has much wealth.
She belongs to that claes of women who
always do something to excite attention.
In Paris the Marquise occupies a posi
tion similar to that of Mrs. Fish here.
Her styles of wearing her Jet black hair
are many and bewildering, and she
dresses in extreme fashions. Her even
ing gowns are more like fancy costumes.
Her most noteworthy gown was worn ai
a hall eiven bv the Duchesse de Rohan.
The Marquise wore a flowing gown that
represented a trellis work by Interlaced
bands of broad ribbon. Clustered at in
tervals were embroidered blue grapes. The
most original detail was the bunch .of
natural grapes In her hair.
Will Ottier "Gun" lor ItT
Boston Advertiser.
When President Roosevelt went gunning
for the next Republican nomination so
openly, some good Republicans in the
East said that they were unspeakably
shocked at such a spectacle. Of course
they knew that every President tries to
succeed himself, but their ideas of the fit
ness of things were that a President
should pretend all the time that he did
not care a hang about another term. j.ney
were afraid that by going after the nom
inatlon so publicly President Roosevelt
would lose it
On tho contrary, it looks now as If
Roosevelt had set a new fashion in Amer
ican politics. By coming out before the
public so ope'nly and so early he has made
it certain that the nomination win De nis.
He has caught the faction in the party
that was working secretly against him at
a disadvantage. All the state conventions
will now go on record in favor of his
nomination next year. Unless something
unexpected happens to lend astonishing
strength to the boom of a new candidate.
a vear from now. the nomination is
already settled. After this, the temptation
on other Presidents win De strong to toi-
low the successful Rooseveltian way of.
going after the office while the conditions
are favorable.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
New Tork Press.
A woman has Ideals till she gets mar
ried; a man after he gets married.
The ' average man saves money one
place so as to be able to put it where he
is sauanderine it somewhere else.
It takes a woman to convince herself
that what is a scandal for some other
woman to do is 6n!y an indiscretion when
she does It
The man who couldn't guess tp save his
life what kind of stockings his wife wears
can always tell what kind any woman has
on that he sees get on a street-car.
A girl has sdeh will power about some
things that she will let a man go on, mak
ing love to her when a mosquito is biting
her knee without ever letting bus smw iv.
BRYAN RIGHT FOR ONCE.
' i.
' Kansas- City Star.
Much that "William J. Bryan has to say j
about public affairs Is at variance with
public sentiment and logical reasoning.
but his article on the unfitness of accept-'
ing gifts for Teligious and educational Institutions-
from men who have made their
excessive millions by doubtful practices
Is to the point Mr. Bryan has joined
with those who do not believe that uni
versities, colleges, churches and mission
ary societies should seek or receive boun
ties at the hands of those who have in. a
way robbed their fellow men. The mere
ly practical man, or set of men, will scout
the Idea that the money of a -Rockefeller,
a Carnegie or a Morgan Is not as clean
and as acceptable as that of any other
possible contributor to public institutions
But the man of sound morals will meas
ure the acceptance of such favors with
reference to their- Influence on society, on
politics 1 and on the character of the Na
tion generally. '
There are several ways of looking at
this problem. From the- standpoint of
ways and means, pure ana sirapie. iv
might be argued that a division of super
fluous wealth is better, under almost any
conditions, than Its concentration in the
hands of one man. Churches and schools
are prone to welcome contributions with
the argument that the purposes to which
the aid is to be put justify its accept
ance, and that If the giver has tne legal
right to bestow there should be no moral
obstacle to acceptance. But there are
other things aside from ways and means
to be taken into consideration.
A few great fortunes such as run lntoj
tno tens ot millions nave oeeu iuauo
honestly. Some of them have grown out
of tho discovery and development of gold
lands or oil lands, from Inventions or
through the natural appreciation of val
ues In property honestly acquired, and
some have even grown out ot traae, ex
tensively but honorably conducted, nut
as a rule the fortunes that mount into the
hlch altitudes denoted by modern stand
ards of wealth are the products oi ille
gal practices or practices legalized by pur
chase. Within the past few days Kansas city
Instinctively asserted Its Indignation
against those merchants who were dis
posed to take advantage ot a crisis In
the flood situation. A shotage was
threatened, and the prospect of outside
supplies was so bad as to create a xeir
thnt there micht be a fankne. The un
usual demand created by this feeling of
uncertainty prompted some of the aya-
ricious to advance prices. No outside
products could be obtained to put Into
competition with tne local supplies.
Most of the greedy merchants were
shamed Into reasonable dealing, while
others were influmced bytan emergency
ordinance making it uniawiui to cnarge
excessive prices. This situation is
called to show how keenly the people feel
at times thB iniustice Of monopolistic CX-
tortion wnen it is oiougut ucmic iuuu
in -unusual and vital transactions, nut
the wnolo country has become so accus
tomed to the same system of robbery, on
a very much larger scale, that the gen
eral burdens and exactions put upon ine
people have been accepted with compara
tive complacency.
Admlttlnsr that the principle of protec
tlon mav have helped American industries
when they needed help, the time long
I since nassed when the sturdy, enlightened
and skilled American people have any fear
of foreicn rivals. Yet the high tarllt sys
tern Is maintained, and retail prices, rep
resenting tne cost ot .living, are cjn. uV
I to the hlehest standards that the duties
on competitive Imports will permit And
why? Not for tbe sane oi tne aeveiop
I ment nf the Industries. lor tney can eas
iiv take care of themselves; but for the
j abnormal enrichment oi me large slu...
I holders in those industries at the ex-
pense of the- mass of American peopie
hthe consumers. These facts are Indlsput-
I shie
Why, then, should the schools of the
I people, the churches, missionary socieurs
and other public Institutions, wmcn are
I founded on correct principles of morality,
j accept as generous concessions the money
taken from the peopie contrary m m
laws of God and the doctrines ot justice:
I -Manx- who are now giving bountifully
they come from the hands ot some oi
j these conscienceless mercenaries, merely
"hush money, boldly otierea to me pud-
nc through the medium of public instltu-
tions, In the hope of Justifying and making
secUre the schemes of extortion that have
Deen carried' out against the laws, or with
the sanction of laws purcnasea. xnrougn
political subscriptions, or worse.
A Plunger in Statesmanship.
(Prof. Goldwin Smith in the Toronto Sun.)
Mr. Chamberlain's statesmanship, though
marked with great ability in its way, is,
to borrow a elang phrase, that of a
plunger: but of a plunger apt to pause
suddenly in his plunge. He once plunged
into socialistic radicalism: told property
that it must pay a ransom for its existence-
and worked up Birmingham into
such a state of democratic fervor that It
was deemed hardly prudent for royalty
to visit the place. But suddenly he
paused in his career". He plunged In the
direction of home rule; but again paused,
and refuoed to follow Gladstone: It was
siinnosed- nerhaDS wltTt truth, not with
out same personal views to the leader
ship. Then he plunged in the Jingo direc
tion, and attacked tne maepenaence ot
the Transvaal, the Inviolability of which
he had before most solmenly proclaimed;
though It la perhaps uncertain whether he
would have taken the final plunge had
not Lord Miiner forced bis hand. Now he
is olunginsr in the direction of an Impe
rial zollvereln, and It will be very Inter
esting to see whether, when he finds him
self on the brink, and eees into what he
is rushing, he will draw back once more.
A great and sure-footed statesman may
change his" course as new lights DreaK in
upon him or as circumstances vary; but
he does not plunge. He can always re
view his own course, and, if he ha3
changed, see when and how the necessity
for change came in. The plunger has
never attempted such a review. He may
thus be truly called a "unique personal!
ty," If that is a guarantee for practical
wisdom and sure guidance of the state.
Doubly Punished.
Chicago Tribune. '
A Missouri court has sentenced a man
who led a negro lynching expedition to
ten years in the penitentiary, and as a
further uunishment places him in the
boodle gang of convicts.
A Terror Tamed.
Denver Post-
Dick. Deadere was & bandit bold, a bandit
fierce was he-, who, held up stages, trains
and things here In the west countree.
He'd He In waiting in a place where chaparral
grew thick and when the stage came oi
apace would turn his little trlcK,
His name would cause a thrill of fear to
sween the country o'er, ror rumor said
he ouenched his thirst on naught but
rurellnx store.
The many men that rumor said he'd downed
in gun disputes would fill a graveyard
to the brim with stiffs yet in their boots
The cash and treasure he had got from tour
ists m & loan was heap times more
than waa reaulred to ransom Ellen- Stone.
"Hands up!" he yelle4 one day; the man who
drova chewed not the rag: ne xnew ieaa
eye xould give him ten-percentum or tn'
"Climb down, an git In line!" unto the pas
sengers he yelled. Thejr. quick obeyd as
tanrists do when tney are upward neia.
cvnm out the- stage a. female came. Dick
rvadeve auaked with fear, as near hla
drew the ancient dame and. seized him hy
the carl
Ton cood-fur-nothln wretch!" shs cried.
"you relic of the past, I've- sought you
far, I've sought you near, and here you
ho at last!
"I'm all impatience now to hear what story
tou kin tell!" And then she pulled him
by the ear into the caaparrall-
Ar!n th wheels began, to hum, the driver
scratched hla head. "That mils' ba Dead
v' wife. Jcs cciae 'yc from th
States," he aWL
. i , NOTE" AND COMMENT.
The weather man certainly has it in for
us.
Summer suits and Panamas seem to
have gone out-of fashion.
It is about time for the Foreign Mis
sionary Society to report a scandal In its
midst
What's the matter. with the Police De
partment? There wasn't a hold-up yes
terday. . . .
The new King of Servia seemed' very
Groverllke about his acceptance ot tho
position.
Three-Pendleton m,en sought shelter la
a barn, and they were'driven out by the
owner with a club. Seems like the dog la
the manger.
East Portlanders are kicking about pay
ing their water rent If the present
weather keeps up, they will have, all they
want without paying f6r it
In April 9763 Immigrants of British ori
gin entered the Dominion, while 15,911 en
tered' the United States. In the four
months ended April 30 the immigration of
native Britishers was: To Canada, 21,643;
to the United States. 29.S97. In April,
moreover, the united States got mora
British-born Immigrants than the whola
British empire outside tne United King
dom.
Among the thousands of gifts received
by the Czar on his named ay from loyal
Russians in all parts of the empire none
touched him so deeply as- a small nutshell
case, from remote Siberia; containing a
chessboard and a complete set of pieces,
all exquisitely worked in miniature from
bone. The author ot this little marvel ot
ingenuity is a convict Inquiries havo
been set on foot as to how far the cir
cumstances of tho man's case will Justify
the Emperor's merciful intervention.
Russell Sage Is in his 89th year, and. is
generally referred to as a "veteran finan
cier," but Edward B. Wesley, a trader In
the New York stock market, is his senior
by four years in the matter of age, and
has been nearly a quarter of a century
longer on 'change. Mr. Wesley began
speculating when only 9 years of age, his
first venture being in pins, when he made
a profit of about a. From that day to
this he has made his living as a specu
lator. Five, days in the week he is a reg
ular in attendance in Wall street and un
til recently, when rheumatism began to
bother him, he never was 111 a day In his
life.
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, is
very found of a joke, and In spite of his
"multifarious duties finds time for many
amusing quips. When Bishop Spaulding,
of Peoria, visited the archbishop soma
time ago it was arranged that the West
ern man should be entertained by a lady
prominent in social and charitable affairs.
The archbishop wrote him, giving him
some details regarding his prospective
hostess, and ended his letter thus: "Tho
lady who has all these virtues treats her
husband like a brute. P. S. She Is very
fond of brutes, being an officer of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals."
In chronicling the marriage ot Mr. Van
derbllt and Mrs. Rutherford in London M.
A. P., T. P. O'Connor's paper, says: "The
middle-aged millionaire looked a quietly
happy bridegroom, and was dressed as
accurately as the smartest wedding would
have necessitated." The marriage was
solemnized at an unusually early hour.
and M. A. P. adds: "Seldom has an
American millionaire been married -with
such an utter-lack of ostentation; seldom
have an English Duke and Duchess at
tended d bridal function so small and
early; seldom has smart St Paul's, North
Audley street witnessed a ceremony so
severely unadorned."
"Not long ago," says Marshall P. Wild
er, !an old rriena ot mine, wno nas a die
of temper, heard, while he was sitting in
his reception hall, the unmistakable sound
of a kiss coming from the front room, at
that moment occupied by his youngest
daughter and her young man. Naturally
this made the old gentleman pretty angry.
so up he bounced and hopped into the
parlor. "So Pve caught you kissing my
daughter, have I?" he demanded testily.
The young man was a thoroughbred all
right, and he replied: "I trust there Is
no mistake about it sir. The light here is
none too bright and I should be greatly
disappolnted If it should turn out that
after all, I was kissing the cook." -
The Christian Church Baseball League.
Is an organization composed of members
of Christian churches in St Louis or
pupils in Sunday schools connected with
the same. There are six clubs in tne
league, and the pastors occasionally ap
pear on the diamond. Instead of receiv
ing a salary, each player is required to
pay so much to belong to a team, month
ly assessments being made to pay ex
penses. In addition to this, each player
was required to buy his suit and pay for
the letters on the shirt Indicating tho
church which holds his. membership.
Players severing their connection with a
team are not allowed to take their suits,
they being the property of the club-
Willlanr A. Perry, a "colored lad of
Tarboro, N. C has been chosen sal
utatorian of the graduating class of
the Hopkins Grammar School, a pre
paratory school for Tale. Perry is
the son of the Rev. J. W. Perry, a colored
preacher. The appointment was made for
excellence In scholarship. He is the third
colored student to win scholarship honors
in Tale collegiate circles recently. The
others were William Picken; Little Rock.
Ark., Tale, '04,. and George W.' Crawford,
03, Tale Law School, Birmingham. Ala.,
the former taking the Ten Eyck prize in
the junior class and the latter the. Way
land prize. Crawford has also been se
lected as a Townsend prize speaker at the
law school commencement
PLEASAXTRD3S OF PARAGRAPHERS
T care not who makes the autos ot the
nation," said the man who 'Had Just received
a check, "provided I make the repairs!"
Puck. ,r
Ted What makes- you think this isn't as
rjveil a place as you thought? Ked The
waiter hasn't kept us waiting more than 20
minutes. Judge. ,
Percy Everwy time I call on Miss Wisely
I aw find her out, doncher know. Jack
Why don't you call around some time when
she isn't expecting you 7 Chicago Dally news.
Johnny Pa, what Is the law ot supply and
demand the papers tell about7 WIso Pa-It
is a universal law. my son. that when a man
is well supplied with this world's goods ha de
mands more. Boston Transcript.
Miss Terne Her complexion Is Just lovely.
t wish I bad it. -Miss Pepprey Well, you
know, the advertisement says: "Xf your drug
gist doesn't keep It write direct to the man
ufacturer." Philadelphia Press.
"Poor man." she said, stooping over the
' victim who had Just beea dragged out from
under her automobile, "have you a wife?"
"No." he groaned, "this Is th worst thing
that' ever happeoed to me." Chicago Iteconi-