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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1905. Entered tt the FoetoKlce at Portlaafi, Or., as aecon6-clafls matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCH. (By Mall or Ex pre.) Dally and Sunday, per year 9.W Dally and Sunday, alx months a.oo Dally and Sunday, three months w Dally and Sunday, per month Dally -without Sunday, per year. Dally -without Sunday, eix months Dally without Sunday, three month Daily -without Sunday, per month.... Sunday, per year - i5( Sunday, six months. ...... J? Sunday, three months Br CARRIER. Dally without Sunday, per week Dallr, per week. Sunday included M THE "WEEKLY OREGONIAN. (Issued Every Thursday.) Weekly, per year i Weekly, six months 'v, Weekly, three months ' HOW TO REMIT Send POBtotflco money order, express order or personal clioc on your local bank. Stamps, cola or currency are the aender risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The S. C. Beekwlth S9W Aceacy .ew York, rooms 43-60 Tribune butldlBR. CBicato, rooms S10-S12 Tribune bulldlne. 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Cooper & Co., 740 Market street: Goldsmith Bros., 236 Sutter md Hotel St. Francis News Stand; L. E. Lee. Palace Hotel News SUnd; F. W. Pitta. 1008 Market; Frank" Scott, 80 Ellis; N. Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Mar net and Kearney streets; Foster & Orear, Ferry News Stand. WafchinRton, D. C Ebbltt House. Pennsyl vania avenue. . PORTLAND, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. WASHINGTON-COLUMBIA. A reader of The Oregonlan at North Yakima -writes: At whose suggestion or how did It come about that this state (then a territory) was named Washington? Don't make a bother-jtome- matter of it. but answer in a line or through the paper. I thought you could, tell "right oft the reel." I don't believe a doren men In the state know. "Why, certainly; It Is easy; no need to make a bothersome matter of It Joseph Lane, Delegate from Oregon, acting on petition, introduced a bill for the creation of the Territory of Colum-. bia, north of the Columbia River, in February, 1853. It -passed the House February 10; but Just before its passage Richard H. Stanton, a Representative from Kentucky, moved that the name of the new territory be changed from Columbia to "Washington, and the mo tion prevailed. The bill was sent to the Senate, .passed that body March 2. 1853, and was Immediately signed by President Fillmore Richard H. Stanton, who caus-eu the name of "Washington to be substituted for that of Columbia, which the people of the new territory had selected, was a native of the City of Washington. He was a Representative in Congress from Kentucky, from 1849 to 1855; was one of Kentucky's Democratic Presi dential Electors in 1856, and a delegate to the celebrated arm-in-arm conven tion of 186C at Philadelphia. This con vention was an effort to "Johnsonize" the Republican party; and Stanton was a member of the Southern -part of the undertaking. It was through Stanton, therefore, that Columbus was deprived of the honor. No doubt the name of Stanton's place of nativityWashington, D. C. had an Influence with him. But George Washington did not need this addi tional -honor. The capital of the United States -bears his name; almost every state has its County of Washington or town or city of Washington, or both though the State of Washington has not. Columbus has been unfortunate. The Western world that he discovered i bears the name of another navigator; and through the freak of a member of Congress from Kentucky the state of the American Union that should have borne his name the name selected by its early settlers was given to Wash ington, as the name of the Western Hemisphere, which ought to carry the name of Columbus, was given to Amer igo Vespucci Tiie accident that de prived Columbus of this honor and gave It to Vespucci Is one of the most curi ous chapters of history and In Us con sequences the most pathetic of all. So great a name as that of the Western Hemisphere, not borne by the genius who discovered it to the civilized world! The irony of hlstor3' It Is here! Strange fatality that reproduced It, on the lesser scale. In naming the subdivision of the Oregon Country! INTERIOR, DISTRIBUTING CENTERS Chairman Falrchild, of the Washing ton Railroad Commission, announces that he has received a complaint from the merchants of Walla Walla stating that the City of Spokane Is enjoying more favorable, distributive rates than are granted to Walla Walla. This, of course, is a grievance that must be ad justed. It 1b not apparent to the aver age disinterested outsider why Spokane should be granted any better rates than are given Walla Walla. .Neither is it clear that either Spokane or Walla Walla should have any better rates than Colfax Is entitled to. None of these points Is located at tidewater, where the influence of water rates can be felt in the establishment of freight tariffs. The fact that granting to a Railroad Commission power to fix rates might deprive Spokane of 'the advan tages which she has long enjoyed over other cities -which, by geographical lo cation, were Just as much entitled to favored rates as Spokane, did not ap peal to the Spokane jobbers until the Railroad Commission bill was too far on Its road to final passage. At the .last moment a large delegation of Sno- Ikane jobbers was dispatched post haste to Olympia to head off the bill, and lhe ' Spokane Review, chief sponsor for the measure, became strangely silent. Now. If the law proves to be constitu tional, the Commissioners cannot refuse to give Walla Walla, Colfax, Pullman, Garfield, Oakesdale, Farmlngtoa or any of the other Eastern Washington cities and towns the same .rates as are en joyed by , Spokane. Strictly speaking, Walla Walla has a'.better claim for dis tributive rates than Spokane ever had, for the reason that she la much nearer to tidewater than Is Spokane. If the expected changing of rates In Wash ington takes place, there will be some very interesting and perhaps not alto gether pleasing commercial develop ments to record. Meanwhile, the Spo kane Review' Is dumb regarding the claims of Walla Walla and Colfax for distributive rates. COMING OF TIIE ST. PAUL. The long-expected official announce ment that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul -would extend its line to the Pacific Coast has been made. In view of the fact that numerous surveying parties In the Northwest hae long ago been traced directly to the St Paul head quarters, there is not much surprise over the announcement. So far as known, the St. Paul has secured no terminal holdings in Portland, although It has secured considerable water front age at Tacoma and Seattle. This, how ever, does 'not Indicate that Portland will not receive her share of the benefits arising from the coming of the new line. The sawmills of Portland cut more lumber than is cut in any other city on earth, and the amount of standing timber tributary to these mills, and to other mills In Portland territory. Is greater 'than that which can be found in any similar area any where. The lumber business now sup plies more traffic for the railroads than is secured from any other Industry In the Pacific Northwest, and It is in creasing In volume so rapidly that It is certain 4to reach enormous propor tions -within the next five years. The lumber from the mills in Port land and Portland terrltorj" cannot be loaded on cars at Seattle and Tacoma, neither can the logs be hauled to those northern ports for manufacture into lumber. For this reason, the St. Paul, like the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, will be forced to find terminal -connections at the port where the greatest volume of traffic originates. Lumber is mentioned in this connection because It Is one of the moBt Important factors In the freight traffic out of North Pacific ports, but it is far from being the 'Whole thing. Right down here in exclusively Portland territory are produced more hops than are grown in any other country. Wool, livestock, fruit, salmon and a large number of other products have made Oregon fa mous, and they will continue to be hauled out of the territory In which they are produced by the roads -which go after them. According to reports, which are in a measure verified by the presence of sur veying parties In the field, the St. Paul will enter the Pacific Northwest by way of Lolo Pass, which offers the best grade of any route yet discovered by the Northern transcontinental lines. This comparatively easy grade will give the newcomer a slight advantage over the older roads lying farther north, but will still fail to place it on even terms with the O. R. & N.. which has the most economically operated route of any of the lines leading out of the Pacific Coast ports. The coming of this new competition will undoubtedly result In a still further lessening of grades by the building of a line down Snake River from Huntington. The saving In oper ation, even with the present volume of traffic, would be enormous if the grade over the Blue Mountains could be aVoIded, and, as the traffic is Increasing so rapidly that it Is difficult to secure "equipment fast enough to handle it, the building of a water-level route will not be much longer delayed. The Northern Pacific, while It was under the management of townbuilders and real estate boomers, refused to rec ognize the Importance of Portland, but has since discovered the costly error, and is hastening to rectify It by build ing a line to this city. There will be other roads that will follow the St. Paul Into this territoryt hut there Is .no likelihood of their failing to make proper connection with the city and territory which supplies such an enor mous traffic as is now pouring out of Portland and immediate vicinity. THANKSGIVING. It Is a nice question among casuists what things a man may fall to be thankful for on Thanksgiving day with out sin. For example, is it the rigorous duty of Mr. John D. Rockefeller dur ing these mystic twenty-four hours to feel thankful for Miss Ida M. Tarbell? Or. a,aln. is Mr. McCurdy bound to rejoice before the Lord because of Mr. Hughes? Probably one must answer yes. Miss Tarbell and Mr. Hughes are crosses which these 'eminent saints are compelled to bear for some inscrutable but wise purpose, and In each case be yond the cross, If we could see far enough, we might discern a crown. Since the crowns will be all the brighter for the crosses, it seems as if Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. McCurdy ought to be thankful for theirs. Such light af fllctl&ns as Miss Tarbell and Mr. Hughes will be more than .made up when the two saints get home to slory, and no doubt even now they often for get their crosses In anticipation of the joys of the happy land. Each, of them naturally pictures heaven to himself according to his Inborn tastes. The home of the blest "which the fallen in surance president sees Ju his vl3lons and dreams is, of course, a land inhab ited by simple-minded men of means, all eager to insure their lives and never caring what becomes of their dividends. Mr. Rockefeller's paradise flows rwlth rivers of oil and has railroads without end all eager to pay over fat rebates. It is said that he often sees himself seated on the bank of a limpid stream of kerosene, -paddling his feet in the placid current while a choir of minis ters and college presidents play upon their harps and sing of his earth'y ca reer. Thifs our crosses may be made sources of thankfulness. At least some of them may. Others offer more diffi culty. The creature who may not be named, the nightmare of civilization forsaken of man and God in her rayless misery how shall we be thankful for her? And what has she to be thankful for? lAt the National feast year after year this skeleton sits; and there are others, not quite so ghastly perhaps, but ghastly enough to temper the exu berance of Joy. There are our National crosses, not sent to be borne patiently and rejoiced over, but for humiliation and tears because they mean failure. The slums, with all they contain, are the failures of Christian civilization. In them lies the problem which so far religion and philanthropy have not been able to solve. They contain the task of the future, and Just as a man in taking his pleasure must never forget hlsiduty, so the'eountry In .giving thanks should remember that fall rues are not matter for rejoicing, but for penitential sorrow. That will be a day of mighty thanksgiv ing when all these failures have been made successes, when the plague-spots of civilization are healed, and when In all the world there lives not a man who is dehumanized by want or vice and not a woman who Is a thing of shame. May that day "soon dawn. TIIE SEATTLE GAME. We do not wonder that Seattle Is much excited over the Adams defalca tion In the-United States Assay Office. Seattle should be excited. Nothing so se rious In the way of menace to its Alaska trade has yet happened. Thousands of Alaska miners brought to the Seattle Assay Office their gold dust, depending on the guaranty or the United States Government to pay them full measure of value. Hundreds of them have been swindled. They arc greatly Incensed and outraged against Seattle. They find that the Assay Office has been in no sense a Government Institution con ducted by Government officials of char acter, experience, expert knowledge and entire loyalty to the public interests. On the contrary, the Alaska miners learn that the Assaj' Office has been used merely as a banking and commer cial agency to rope In Alaska trade to Seattle. The Alaska miner has been Jobbed, for years through the Seattle Assay Office, and now he knows it. No wonder he howls. The Adams defalcation has stirred the whole public Into complete knowledge of what the Seattle office Is and has been. It has been run by a Seattle pol itician, with the aid of criminals and of other politicians. This Is the truth, very harshly stated, but it ought to be harshly stated, because of the Indiffer ence the whole Seattle public has mani fested to the real interests of their patrons and customers from the Nbrth who have been systematically swindled through a series of years without the slightest Inquiry on the part of any body in Seattle as to how well or how badly the miner was belnjf treated, and without the slightest anxiety as to whether he was being well treated- or being badly treated, so long as he didn't "squeal" Where in the world -except In Seattle could an employe of any Institution, drawing 5150 per month, have for years lived In the extravagant fashion followed by Adams without ex citing public comment and suspicion? Individually, the Seattle people are Just as honest, no doubt, as the people of any other place in the world: but col lectively they have long subsisted on the Alaska graft; and that is the reason the Assay Office is the wretched thing it is. It helps along the Seattle game. FOOTBALL. Among the circumstances which in cline the hearts of the American people, not to thankfulness exactly, but rather to penitential musings, the current football news ranks up well with life Insurance and what Judge Grosecup calls "the game of grab." It Is an In teresting comment on our ways of thinking and feeling in this land of en lightenment and Christian civilization that of our two recreations most enthu siastically pursued, one aims at empty ing our neighbor's purse and the other at breaking his bones; and both, we must allmtt. succeed admirably. Our grafters wax fat and our football heroes go down with shattered tlbias and fractured clavicles like mighty pines before a devouring cyclone. The news reports dish up the horrors of football .dally for our mental repast, and we have fed upon them until we take not unkindly to the savor of blood, such Is the power of use and wont; but occasionally a sauce Is Invented which burns the tongue of the most seasoned epicure and now and then an Item of football news appears which startles the conscience of the most indurated apologist for these gladiatorial combats. The other day. for example, came an account of a death upon the bloody arena. The reader, the fair reader, turns up a scornful nose. "Death! What of that? Football players expect death. It is an incident of the game." So It Is; It cannot be denied; and so It was of those gladiatorial combats in de generate Rome, which the squeamish and slssylsh Christianity of those days finally suppressed. Death Is also a frequent Incident of that other college game called hazing, and, though much less frequent, of the manly game called prizefighting. Death Is also a common Incident of war. Had It been our intention, therefore, to dis parage this game of school and college boys merely because they kill one an other in playing it, we should be driven to confess that such disparagement be trays an effeminate soul. But we had no such Intention. The death men tioned above as somewhat shocking, even to a hardened lover of football, was not a plain, ordinary, every-day football death, not the kind of death fond parents "encourage their sons to rlsk-and sweet maidens cheer their hir sute heroes on to Inflict or suffer. It was a grisly death, though the same might happen In any game of football, and as the play becomes more and more scientific Its repetition becomes more and more likely. For "scientific foot ball" means deliberate mayhem of the opposing players and the use of all the wiles and all the violence necessary to that end. The boy whose death Is in question was essential to his team. S.uch boys, or men. as they like to call themselves, are always In the most seri ous danger. The opposition concen trates its force upon them with Intent to malm or kill, and to win the game by slaughtering their opponents, exact ly as the Roman gladiators did. And Just as the elegant Roman dames clapped loudest with their lily palms when a dextrous stroke did Its work instantly, so the modern football crowd, both men and women, tends to thrill most dellclously at the craunching of shattered bones, and the spurt of blood. The appetite for cruelty grows with feeding. The stimulus must be a little more poignant at every game, just as the dram-drinker must Increase his dose and the opium fiend hla potion. To return to our "boy. His ribs were broken and one of them driven through his heart. Likely his mother Is still sobbing over him a foolish way moth ers have, eve:i when the glory of a death upon the stricken football field has been vouchsafed their sons. Who was to blame for the boy's death and his mother's tears? Not his team mates; they were victims,' like himself, of a psychic force they could only obey. They could neither question nor resist IL Not the opposing team. If they worshipped Moloch. It was by a ritual they did not Invent. The American people are to blame for this death and for the continuous slaughter upon the football field, because they have not learned and will not practice the virtue of temperance in business or sport, but must egg on the passion for success to hysterical frenzy. As long as foot ball crowds applaud foul play, -as long as alumni secretly encourage It, so long It will be practiced. The lust of yell ing crowds for cruelty and blood has made football, once the rough and wholesome play of gentlemen, a gladia torial combat and nothing else. The spirit of the crowd dominates the spirit of the fighters: the game Is play no longer, but deadly earnest. More than the crowds, college facul ties are to blame. All their arguments for football as physical, training, the culture of manly courage, teaching obe dience, co-operation and hardy habits are mere subterfuges. The one argu ment for football which tells with fac ulties Is that a winning team adver tises, the college. But for that one fact not a faculty In the country would per mit the game as it is played. The lust of faculties for a big enrollment, the lust of young men to win, and the lust of mobs for cruelty and blood, all co operate and interact to make football a National scandal. The automobile, on account of Its cost and the expense of operation; has as yet made no serious inroads on the horse Industry except In the caseof high-grade animals. The Old Glory sale of trotters and pacers, now on In New York, shows, however, that the price of these select-bred animals has been affected. Miss Kinney, one of the most promising daughters of McKin ney, sold a year ago for $4650. although she had a record of but 2:17. This year, with a record of 2.10M and still a younsr mare In fine condition, she was knocked down at $2050, or less than half her value one year ago. Bertha K., an other good trotter, with a record of 2:13. sold for $815. These prices Indi cate that some of the competitors who in the past have had money enough to pay several thousand dollars for a fast horse are now turning their attention to the more fashionable automobile. Even a two-minute trotter Is slow compared with the death-dealing bubble wagons. The Merchant Marine Commission Is holding a meeting at Washington for the purpose of revising the; ship subsidy bill and getting it Into presentable shape for the coming session of Con gress. If Senator Galllnger and the other eminent tlnkerers who are in charge of the graft would devote as much time to aiding a measure that would release American shipping from the bondage of antiquated navigation laws, they would be doing the country a, much greater service than they can accomplish with a subsidy bill Our In fant Industry, the American merchant marine, is not In any serious need of subsidy pap, but It would like to have Its ancient tethers slackened, so that It could do a little growing on Its own ac count. The mutineers at Sevastopol are un willing to surrender, nnd the govern ment has Issued an ultimatum to the effect that, unless they do surrender, armed force will be used. With the Russian reputation for magnanimity and kind treatment before them, the mutineers have probably decided to continue the mutiny for the same rea son that the man retained his hold on the bear's tail. It Is a case of death If they let go, and there is not much as surance of long life if they hold on. Now that McCurdy declares himself definitely out of the Mutual Life, we await with what calmness we can sum mon to our aid the news from his mother-in-law. his son-in-law, his wife's sec ond cousin and his grandmother's grand nephew. . The Alaska miners who have been robbed by Cashier Adams, and other Alaska miners who luckily escaped be ing robbed, want a change In the Se-. attle Assay Office. Gracious! And Se attle discovered Alaska and made It what It Is! We judge, from reports from Wash ington, that nothing remains to be done for the Columbia River except to get the favorable consideration of Chair man Burton and both houses of Con gress. , It Is Just possible that after the game with Oregon the Multnomah Club, too, will Join the ranlcs of the football re formers. When a man Insults you. and you kick him for the Insult, his dog is likely to snap at you, or to utter a yelp, at least. Senator Burton knows that it Is one thing to sentence a United States Sena tor and another to get him in jail. Minister Squiers found out to his great surprise that he wasn't sent to Havana to tell Cuba what to do. McCurdy has resigned; but McCallis still there. And Murphy, too. Russian Red Tape Up to Date. Exchange. A story of Russian red tape Is told by W. T. Stead. General Llnlcvltch. while In supreme command of the Rus sian army In Manchuria, once used a rubber-stamp signature for the papers which he had to sign every day beforo he could draw forage for his own horses. The Commissary-General re turned the rubber-stamp-signed pa pers as out of order and every day the General commanding an army of 500. 000 men had to affix his autograph to the requisition for his horses' oats. The Heathen In Ills Blindness. Exchange. The American Bltfle Society has de cided to publish an edition of the Gos pels and Acts in Chamorro, the language spoken by the people of the Island of Guam. The translation will be made by the Rev. Mr. Price, a mis-, slonary of the American board, and the edition will be printed In Japan. A Bunch of Grapes for Xou. Atchison Globe. If you want to know your standing as the guest at dinner, wait till the grapes come in. If they are home-grown, you are not regarded as of much Importance; It they are imported dark, ones, your opm Ing was an event, and If the grapes are green, the hostess Is hoping nil the neigh bors saw you come in. St. Cecelia of the Piano. Atchison Globe. November 22 la St. Cecilia's day, ob served by every girl who has a picture of St. Cecilia on her piano. It Is not a day the neighbors enjoy, as the common mode of worshiping St. Cecilia, and observing her day, la to practice several hours long er than usual. ' -From Grass to Sod. Exchange. A Philadelphia woman recently died and left a sum of money.- the Income from which was to be ucd to keep the graves of "her four' husbands in good condition. - J SILHOUETTES Most of those people who take advan tage of a newspaper column to express their gratitude at Thanksgiving time boost their business or expose their own selfishness. Down in Arkansas yesterday a man .was fined $30 for carrying concealed weapons, and $1 for smashing the Governor over the head with tho butt of a revolver. The Arkansas courts seem to have a correct Idea of crime and Its proportions- but still a dollar seems a pretty big price to pay for striking a Governor. I have a deep-seated suspicion that Alice Roosevelt would like to break into the show business. I wonder" why those insurance investiga tion witnesses don't take something for that Ioss-of-memory feeling. Naturally, Mayor Lane feels that, since Multnomah County pays a third or the Utxes of the State of Oregon, he has a right to butt Into Inconsequential places like Mllwaukle whenever he needs exer cise. How are the war, dogs become as suck ling doves! Captain Bruin says he Is most thankful that this country is at peace with all the world. Perhaps, however, he figures that the lull -gives him and the local Democracy a better chance to get action. When a preacher of the" Gospel goes Into politics or takes to writing "signed communications," the devil laughs and calls all the boys up to have another brimstone cocktail Out at Estacada they have a brand-new brick factory, it Is rumored that St. Johns has placed an order for the full output of bats for use In the town row. If you will take the trouble to visjt the violent ward at the Salem asylum, you can hear the same line of high-class col lege songs that will be in evidence at Multnomah Field today. ' Watkln Mill-, the English ballad sing er, deserves a great deal of consideration for not boasting of his resemblance to the late Cecil Rhodes. No wonder Mrs. Astor has reduced the number of New Tork's smart set to 79. Theodore Hardee, of blessed memory. Is now In Gotham, and she proposes to take no chances. It would be much easier for Portlanders to boom our town as a jrreat Pacific nnrt If we had some way of finding out th pronunciation of the names of vessels that trade from here. The Mayor has decided that "actresses" must not rustle drinks In saloons. Maude Adams. Mrs. FIske and Eleanor Robson take notice. Gre-oham seems to be the male St. Nich olas of Western Oregon. ' My sympathy goes out to those vege tarians who will dine sumptuously today on imitation turkey made from' excelsior and zwelbach. . Richard A. McCurdy has resigned as president of the Mutual Good-bye, Dick: take keer o yourself. Gardner, the alleged timber-land swin dler, refuses to worry. He Is right. Real swindlers always let the other fellows do the worrying. I very much fear I shall never see the funniest sight In the world-a debate be tween the woman suffragists and the new organization of anti women. A Sentiment Tor the Day. For nil the blessings manifold . Which we who strive upon this world of thine - Have in the past received: And for thy long enduring patience With our grievous faults Which make a mountain of misconduct. We humbly thank thee. Lord, and do en treat That our unworthiness thy pity may In - cite. And of thy great forgiveness receive a share. When Mabel Plays. Just because our little Mabel Has never been quite able To look after the housework or to care For the strenuous life of the female athlete. Or to shine with the giddy beau monde. We decided that she A musician should be And tackle the-classic technique; To play the piano and interpret to beat The best of the girls who live on our street. i Well, Mabel attempted to keep up the bluff. And she played 'till we hollered enough; We insisted 'twas fine. But were forced to incline -To the fondness we have for the genuine stuff That they give us n "Pllsen" and similar guff. Which begins and which ends In a rip pling rhyme. So debasing and tuneful That wccail it ragtime. Crises in Russia are becoming as com monplace as stewed prunes In a-boarding-house. ARTHUR A. GREENE. Graft "Under Prohibition Law. TOPEKA. Kan.. Nov. 23. C. C. Cole man, Attorney-General, has filed in the Supreme Court, an amended petition In the ouster proceedings against James S. Gibson, bounty Attorney for Wyandotto County, As In the original petition. Mr. Coleman specifically charges Gibson with violating his oath of office by permitting tho "Joints" to run with his knowledge and consent. He alleges that Gibson de manded and received J3 for each "Joint" keeper In the county as a bribe. These payments, it Is asserted, were made as Immunity from arrest and prosecution. But in this amended petition the Attorney-General says even the brewers were taxed $3 for each saloon owned and oper ated by them in the county, and that gamblers were allowed to run openly by paying a stipulated sum to Gibson quar terly. The amended petition goes much far ther than the original In that it gives a list of "Jolntlsts," -who, it is alleged, paid Mr. Gibson for Immunity. Municipal Court Kcvenucs. As a result of fines, forfeitures and costs In city and state criminal cases the city and county Is richer by $1932 for the month of November. During the month Clerk Hennessey, of the Munici pal Court took in $1824.30 for the city and $167.50 for the state. Judge, Caai eron assessed the fines. v POLITICS AND JOURNALISM. William P. Haldeman. editor of the Louisville Times, who has announced him self a candidate for theyUnited States Senate from Kentucky, Is a son of the late W. N. Haldeman. for many years chief proprietor of the Louisville Courier Journal, which now Is largely the prop erty of the Haldeman estate. The paper notes the candidacy of W. B. Haldeman for the Senate, but says It will take no .part in his behalf, adding, how ever, it Is only fair to Mr. Haldeman to saythat he will carry with him to Frank fort the entire confidence, good wishes and regards of his immediate business associates, who, better than any others, know ' his great capability for useful public service, his lovable personality and his arlvatc worth. The Sacramento Union makes the can didacy of Mr. Haldeman for the Senate the occasion for the following remarks on the thought of combining or of the attempt to combine a political ' with a Journalistic' career: - "The operations of Journalism and of politics are totally dissimilar, calling for distinct types of mind and for different methods of thought and action. It is the business of Journalism to speak out upon the moment and without diplomacy. The exigencies of journalism do not Justify or permit silence or reserve In the treatment of public questions. Whatever else he may be the editor must be read and will ing to say what he thinks at all times. In political life, the successful method is directly the reverse. Your average Sena tor or member of Congress gains quite as much or more through his reserves as through his utterances. He has to do with complex conditions largely involved with personal and party considerations. The best way for him to get on prac tically is to affect a discreet diplomacy, not so much with the public, which likes, frankness, as with those with whom he. is associated In official life. The way to enforce principles in practical legislation, the way to set appropriations from Con gress, the way to get the thousand-and-one things for which Senators and mem bers of Congress are always striving. Is 4he way of diplomacy and compromise. "The man who goes from the editorial chair into Congressional life finds that he mnst learn a new trade. He must learn to hold his Judgments subject more or less to personal or political policies. He must learn that it Is practically less Important to convince his colleagues than to enlist them: he must learn the value of diplomatic arrangements. He must, above all learn to be content with the most that he -can get from any given situation as distinct from all that he wants: and he must not insist upon the. Ideal out come. If we may borrow a simile from the billiard game, he must steadily play for "position." whereas his training as an editor has Inevitably taught him to play for the Immediate stroke. "A newspaper whose editor Is In politics Is subjected In the nature of things to the worst form of gag rule Your Senator or your Congressman Is always making his campaigns, for no sooner has he gained one contest than he must turn to that which Is next to come. It Is not enough that he shall once get himself elected; he must so carry himself as to be available for future elections. His newspaper, if it Is not to destroy his political interest, will studiously avoid any course calcu lated to irritate any political or social element: It will be blind and deaf to po litical or social abuses: It will be at all times conciliatory., nnd to be this it must not be vigorous, prompt or severe. It will seek to "make friends" for Its editor, and In doing this It must be faithless to all of Its higher obligations as a public journal "The effect is commonly that of com plete emasculation. Its courage. Its force, its character, steadily ooze out and are lost in the effort to play the political game. It becomes timid, feeble and. in a severe analysis, positively corrupt In Its subserviency to the tactical requirements ofUts politico-editor. Whoever will watch the course of any newspaper operated by a politician, and therefore subordinated to personal and political motives, will fall not to mark Its progressive degeneration from month to month and from year to year. There never yet was a newspaper attached to the wheels of a personal po litical chariot which did not exhibit a supine and groveling timidity and cow ardice at every turn of public .affairs. If there be doubt upon this point, let there be careful scrutiny of politically domi nated newspapers at home and abroad, in their attitude toward President Roose velt's rate proposals and other Issues now pressing upon the attention of every newspaper for examination and jugdment. "If Mr. Haldeman's widely-known and influential paper at Louisville Is to main tain its character for frankness. Integrity, courage and Initiative, either Its editor will have to abandon his political ambi tions or he will have to dissolve his con nection with his paper. No man can at the same time carry forward In the face At the public two different courses calling for two differing methods of thought and action." "WILL TAKE 3IIS MEDICINE- Dougherty Arrives at Jollct, Dis guised by Shaving. -JOLIET, III. Nov. 23. Newton C. Dougherty arrived at the penitentiary here today unnoticed. He had nothing to say beyond the statement that he "would take his medicine.' PEORIA, 111, Nov. 29. Newton C. Dougherty, former Superintendent of the Peoria public schools, who was re cently convicted of forgerj. was taken to the Jollet penitentiary today to be gin his sentence. The preparations of the trip were kept a secret, and there were not half a dozen persons who knew' of Dougherty's presence on the train. A clever disguise had been effected by shaving off his mustache, and old friends who saw him did not recognize him. The prisoner's wife and daughter had their last meeting with him at mid night. His sons, Horace and Ralph, visited the Jail at 6 o'clock this morn ing, but did not accompany him to the train. Their parting was-affecting. Modern. Jail for Josephine. GRANT'S PASS, Or. Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) The construction of a brick jail to replace the wooden structure, that has dono duty since the county scat of Josephine County was moved from Kerby to Grant's Pass. IS years ago, is now well under way. The new building, when fully fitted up. will cost about $7000 and will be one of the best Jail buildings in Orogon. It will have two apartments for cells, so prisoners may be separated when necessary, and a separate ward will be provided for women prisoners. The floor- is of concrete and the build ing will be fitted with lavatories, toi lets and a scrubblng-down room, where hobos and .other unclean persons may be freed of their dirt and vermin be fore enjoying the free board df Jose phine County. There will be a room for the jailer's use. and the building will be lighted by electricity. Will Fortify Antwerp. BRUSSELS. NoV. 23. The Chamber of Deputies tonight agreed to a proposition for the erection of an Inner line of forti fications at Antwerp. The erection of an outer circle of fortifications will be the subject for a special measure. The com promise disposed of. the ministerial controversy. NO FEAR OFMASSACRE Sultan Would Not Brlnjr Allied Fleet to His CapitaL CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 2.-The paragraph in the Sultan's note in repls to the ultimatum of the powers contain. Ing a warning that the action of the powers in resorting to a naval demonstra tion might participate an Internal upris ing against the Christian population ol Turkey, has created no uneasiness here Well-informed persons iy that such a clause was to be expected. There may tw disturbances In the provinces when the occupation of Mytlleno becomes known, but it is not likely that anything seriou? will occur. The Sultan is too clever to permit any net that might bring the fleet to Constan tinople. It is again persistently rumored that Ferid Pasha, the grand vizier, is about to be dismissed. This is taken to mean that the Sultan is seeking an excuse for giving way. a change of policy being fre quently preceded by a change in the head of the temporal government. NO OPPOSITION TO ALLIES Occupation or Mltylenc Is Mosl Peaceful Affair. MITYLENE. Island of MItylene, Nov 23. All is quiet here today. The landing of the International contingent " Sunday with the subsequent occupation of tht customs and postal buildings, was carried out without arousing any demonstration on the part of the Turks. So peaceful U the population that $00 out of the 600 met landed from the allied fleet subsequently wero withdrawn, their continued presenct ashore being deemed by the commanders quite unnecessary. Many Murders of Bulgarians. CONSTANTINOPLE, via Sofia. Bulga ria, Nov. 29. The occupation of MItylene by the allied forces has had no effect or the population of Constantinople, whlct is celebrating the Baintm festival, but advices from Adrianople and Salonlca re port apprehensions of trouble in the event of the prolongation of the present situa tion. There has been an alarming In crease In the number of murders .of Bui garlans by Mussulmans in the Vilayet of Salonlca during the last few days. The Ambassadors aro doubtful whether they will receive any further communication from the Porte on the subject of the de mands of the powers until the celebration of the Bairam festival is concluded. Says Porte Will Accept Scheme. LONDON. Nov. 29. The correspondent of the Morning Post at "Vienna says: It is stated that at a diplomatic conven tion today Count Goluchowski. Austrian Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the Porte may be expected tc accept the scheme for the final control ol Macedonia and thus relieve the interna tional fleet of the necessity for furthei action. UNEMPLOYED HOOT ROYALTY Curse Charity Offered Them in Place or Work. LONDON. Nov. 29. Egged on by thi Social Democratic party, the unemployec mustered In strong force around th church army tents off the Strand todaj and jeered and hooted the Princess Royal, tho Princess Louise. Duchess of Fife, eld est daughter of King Edward, who per formed the ceremony of opeplng of thi tents, which were presented by the King and endowed with $3C00 from Queen Alex andra's fund to house and feed grea numbers of the unemployed, who are tc chop wood for this relief. 'Shouts of "Religious sweaters" ant "Curse their charity" greeted the Prin cesses, and the crowd became so bolster ous that a large number of police had tc be summoned to disperse them. The names of the members of the roya! commission appointed to deal with th problem of the unemployed of Great Brit ain by an inquiry into the workings of the poor law. named by Premier Balfour anc sanctioned by King Edward, were pub lished yesterday. Three women are in cluded among the IS members of the com mission. PLAGUE SCARES YOKOHAMA Four Deaths nnd Many Cases Cause Stampede. SEATTLE. Nov. 29. Bubonic plague is raging in Yokohama, according to officers of the steamship Dakota, arriving today, and possibly no more vessels will be given a clean bill of health until the scourge Is wiped out. Four deaths had resulted from this disease before the steamer Dakota sailed and many reports of sickness were received. William H. Lopp, surgeon on the steamer, stated that few, if any, more vessels will be allowed to leave Yoko hama. "The Japanese authorities are taking every precaution to' prevent the spread of the dread disease," said Dr. Lopp. "but In spite of all they can do many deaths will result. There is little doubt but that the city will be quarantined. In fact, it is the only way to stamp it out. The Jap anese physicians are among the finest In the world. They go Into everything thor oughly and take elaborate precautions to prevent the contagion from spreading." Other officers on the vessel stated that the inhabitants of Yokohama are terror stricken at the outbreak of the plague. Families are leaving the city as fast as possible in order to get away before the rigid quarantine is enforced. WANT TO BECOME JAPANESE Polish Prisoners Prefer Land oi Mikado to Czardoni. VICTORIA. B. C. Nov. 29. Failing to secure Japanese citizenship when released, Russian Poles and Jews captured by the Japanese, when fighting for Russia, ar rived here today by the steamer Iyo Maru. They came to Canada seeking employ ment, having refused to return to Rus sia. The return of the Russian prisoners in Japan commenced on November 13. the day before the Iyo Maru sailed. Then 1300 Russians were sent from Yokohama to Vladivostok on the Russian steamer Ekaterlnoslav. Four German setamers were at- Kobe and two at Nagasaki, em barking Russians for Vladivostok. The Poles who arrived here say 13.000 of the Russian prisoners applied for Japan ese citizenship, when released, preferring to remain in Japan, but the Japanese government refused to naturalize them. Japan Will Send Ambassadors. TOKIO. Nov. 29. It has been formally decided to elevate the Japanese legations at London. Washington. Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg to embassies. The rescindment of martial law and the restrictions placed upon the liberties of the press, has been passed by the Privy Council and will bo promulgated within a few days. The vital items of negotiations between China and Japan have been amicably set tled. Battle Between French Regiments. BIZERTA. Tunis. Nov. 29. Two tirail leurs were killed and 2S wounded today In the course of interregimental disturbances between Algerian and Tunisian native troops during the feast of Ramadan. Only One Wire to Vienna. VIENNA, Nov. 29. Vienna" is cut off from communication with Russia except by way of Cracow, Gallcla, and- thence by mall.