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Wheatley Movable News Stand, corner Market and Kearney streets; Foster Orear Frry News Stand. vVaarjsnerton, D. C. Ebbltt House, Penn sylvania avenue. rORTIJXD. TX'ESDAY. MAT 1. I06. CARL 8CHIRZ. Many men are born to be slaves; a few to be masters, and now and then one whose Inmost nature makes him a rebel. Carl Schurz could no more sub mit to established conventions and au thority In politics than Voltaire could 1n religion or Walt Whitman in litera ture. The fact that an institution ex Juts is to the inlnde of such men as these reason enough for attacking it; and If it has existed for a long time the j-eason is generally sound; for most hu man institutions become corrupt in the course of time and the. world is pre served from putrescence only by criti cism and rebellion. Carl Schurz com menced as a rebel in 1848, taking part in the general European convulsion which finally overthrew the domination of Austrian Influence and started the human race again upon that march toward detnocracy which began with the French Revolution and which the fall of Napoleon had checked for more than a quarter of a century. France, then as now the storm center of Eu rope, took the lead and ewpelled her Bourbon King, to make a place for Ixuis Napoleon. Schurz' part in the drama was played In Germany, and it .ended with his flight from his native land to take refuge in Switzerland, the common home of the oppressed, the per secuted and proscribed. From the land of Tell and Wlnkelried he returned to his native country to rescue his old friend Kinkel from prison, and. after, adventures, as dar ing and romantic as any ever Imag ined by Dumas, the two men made good their escape t-o Scotland. Thence Schurz returned to Paris, where he made his living -for a year in newspaper work. Then he taught in London for ft time, and finally, having married in Hamburg, he emigrated with a com pany of his friends to America and be fan that career as a politician, soldier, critic and man of' letters which has made for him a distinguished place in the history of this country. From Phil adelphia, his first place of residence in America, Schurz soon went to Wis conln. where, even- at that date, the Oermttn population was numerous. In telligent and politically influential. Naturally, he joined the recently or ganized Republican party, the party of human freedom and advanced thought, and in the state campaign of 1857 he ran for Lieutenant-Governor, power fully aiding the rising cause of Lincoln and liberty by his speeches in German and English. His ticket was defeated In that election, but when Lincoln was elected, in 1S60, Schurz was not forgot ten. He had already, by his surpassing abilities, made himself a National fig ure, and he was appointed Minister to Spain, only to resign when the Civil War broke out and Join the armies of the Union. He saw service in the great battles of the Rebellion. He fled with Hooker's defeated army from the disas trous field .of Chancellorsvllle; he was with Meade at Gettysburg. When the war was over Schurz re sumed his political career. Johnson sent him on a confidential mission to the South. The Chicago Republican Convention of 1868 made him chairman. He served a term In the Senate from Missouri. In 1872 he left the Republi can party and supported Greeley for President, but In 1876 he returned to his old allegiance In favor of Hayes, who made, him Secretary of State. In 18S1 Jk-hurz became for the third time in his life an editor, taking charge of the New York Evening Post, and in 1SS4 changed his politics again to support Cleveland. In literatureas well as journalism he did meritorious work. His "Life of Clay" is a valuable contribution to American biography; his - "Essay on Lincoln" Is one of the finest tributes to the memory of that'great man. Few careers present vicissitudes more varied and numerous than that of Schurz. Few men of any age have surpassed him In ability; none in cour age and, Integrity. And yet hta Influ ence during his most active years was less than his merits should have won, and in his later life It dwindled to nothing. That he felt disappointment Is certain, for he developed toward the end of hs career too much of the querulousness of the common scold and In Ms utterances was heard something of the despairing tone of the pessimist. That his political career was a compar ative faflure? we cannot deny. What was the reason T Certainly not his in dependence of character, nor was It his Integrity. Sebum was not more inde pendent nor more upright than Andrew D. "White, and yet White's Influence upon his countrymen has steadily in creased from year to year, while that of the brilliant and gifted German iad almost disappeared years before his death occurred. The qualities which Khrtuld have- made. Schurz a power of the first magnitude in American poll tics and crowned him with Increasing honor as his years multiplied were turned to an offense by the way he exercised, them. We have said that he was by nature a rebel. He could not work continuously with a party through good report and evil, and yet it is only by unflinching party loyalty that an American citizen can rise to great and enduring Influ ence. When Schurz disagreed with his party he deserted it; a wiser man would have maintained his allegiance. When new questions arose in public life he endeavored to organize new parties to solve them, failing to perceive how much more hopeful and economical it is to reform the old one. He seems to have believed that the experience of the Rpublican party could be repeated with each new. issue that -arose, but he learned that the American people will not array themselves under new polit ical banners for trifling or transient causes. The more Independent a man Is within party lines the more influence he may exercise; to change his party allegiance almost always Injures him In the esteem of his compatriots. Again, Carl Schurz displayed his in tegrity offensively. There was too much of the Pharisee about him. His was not the vital purity of the leaven which cleanses from within; he was an Irritant, an unfriendly critic, a thorn in the flesh. The Judicious pedagogue al lures to virtue by appeals to serf-esteem; Schurz sought to reform by per petually wounding It He sought to in culcate righteousness by acid rebuke and in a measure he succeeded, but his success would have been wider and more enduring if he had used honey instead or Tinegar. A great and good man, he failed of supreme influence through his Ignorance of human nature, or, perhaps, through his contempt ior it. ,A DEFINITION. Mr. W. M. Langley, whose letter ap pears elsewhere today, asks The Orego nian to tell him what constitutes a Re- publican. To answer his question is an y aim ueugntrui tasK. 'mere are some millions of voters in this country who by common consent call themselves Republicans. The measures and re forms which they wish to bring about are Republican policy. Any person who accepts this policy and votes to carry it out may properly call himself Republican. Others have not that privilege. Just at present Mr. Roosevelt ex presses the wishes of the Republican voters more accurately and clearly than any other man. He says precisely what they desire to have said; he endeavors to do exactliy what they would have done; and his aspirations conflict with tneirs in no essential particular. We may therefore say of the President that he Is a standard, or type, by which we may determine who are Republicans and who are not; and this puts us in a position to give Mr. Langley the defini tion which he desires without further parley. A Republican, then, is an American voter, whether native or foreign-born. -who stands with Mr. Roosevelt on the political Issues of the day. If this defi nltlon excludes certain Individuals like Aidich and Depew, who commonly call tnemseives Republicans, the partv will lose nothing by it. It is much better tnat such men, who habitually oppose Republican measures and whose re puted membership in the party is an injury to it, should be ranked where they belong. Mr. Langley Is mistaken in saying-that the President has de clared himself In favor of the nefarious ship-subsidy bill. That part of his last message which is sometimes thus mis Interpreted really refers to .the anti quated navigation laws which disgrace our federal statute-book and hinder the development of commerce under the flag. Upon this question there is no disagreement between The Oregonian and the President. We agree with Mr. Langley that it is the duty of the voter to ascertain the opinions of each candidate upon the Is sues which are before the people, and if his opinions are bad nobody should vote for him; but that Is not sufficient. A candidate should not only hold good opinions, dui ne should also belong to a good party, for his private opinions can never be made efficacious in public life without a party to enforce them. A good candidate with a bad party back of him is often even more pernicious than a bad candidate. In the long run it is the opinions and wishes r tv. party which prevail, and what the indi vidual candidate may desire counts for little. The only good party before the people In this campaign being the Re publican, it follows by Mr. Langley's own reasoning that all conscientious voters should vote for the Republican candidates, and we think it Is quite likely that they will do so BAIL-BY AND OREGON DEMOCRATS. Dispatches from Washington inform us that the brilliant work of Senator Bailey, of Texas, in. the United States Senate during the present session will make him a formidable candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1908. It is asserted that, notwith standing his far Southern residence, he will command the favorable considera tion of Democrats both North and South, and have an exceedingly good chance to win the nomination over any other aspirant. Perhaps there is good reason back of this estimate of the sit uation. The Democrats have not been very successful of late with Northern candidates, and might think It the part of wisdom to try a leader from the South, though it would seem scarcely advisable for them to go to the South ern limits. The theory in the past has been that the South will support the Democratic nominee, whoever he may be, and that, therefore, a Northern man should be nominated, who would be likely to find favor among the doubtful states this side of Mason and Dixon's line. The theory did not work out in the last contest, for Parker not only failed to carry a doubtful Northern State, but lost ground for the Demo crats in the South. As a consequence. Democrats have been scanning the South for available Presidential timber. The nomination of Bailey would prob ably be satisfactory to Oregon Demo crats, who have not the same feeling upon the negro question that prevails In the East. Two years ago Governor Chamberlain, though apparently favor able to the nomination of Hearst as the most available man with whom to de feat Roosevelt, took the position that the choice of the candidate should be left to the Southern States, upon whom the greater part of the burden must rest. If the South wants Bailey nomi nated, the delegation from this state would probably concur, and stand unitedly for his election. Not so much could be hoped for In the East, where it would be difficult for the Democrats to win Republican votes with a far Southern candidate st the head of their ticket. In the selection of Its favorite. for the nomination for President in 1908 the Oregon Democracy will undoubt ed:y be guided in no small degree by the advice of Senator Gearin. whose few months of service at Washington will enable him to size up the political situation and form an opinion of the best methods to be pursued in advanc ing the, .Democratic cause and opposing that of the Republican National ticket. JOBBING RATES IN THE NORTHWEST The early completion of the Tehuan tepee isthmus route and the establish ment of a frequent and regular steam ship service between the Atlantic and Pacific Coast ports are in a fair way to have very important bearing on the freight-rate question throughout the Pacific Northwest. The steamers of this new line have for several years been enjoying a lucrative business in carrying freight from New York to Portland and Puget Sound, at rates materially lower than are charged by the railroads for the same class of goods. Their rates on all lines of merchan dise are much lower than the rail rates would be, were there no water competi tion between the two coasts. This has resulted in the railrate on most mer chandise being based on the water rate. and Is the greatest protection a seaport jobbing center enjoys from the compe tition of Interior cities. Except In the case of a few staples which are manufactured, so far inland from New York or Philadelphia that they are barred from the advantage of the water route to the Pacific Coast ports, the rates to interior cities like Spokane are based on the water rate to Portland plus the rail rate to Spokane. This water rate accordingly forces the railroads to haul freight from New York to Portland at a lower rate than is charged for the haul to Spokane. Much has already been accomplished In the way of rate regulation by the old route around the Horn or through the Straits of Magellan, and with the short ening of the route by the opening of the Tehyantepec Railroad there will be an increased saving which Is pretty cer tain to be reflected in lower rates or an increased effort to divert the traffic to the ocean route. It is hardly reasonable to believe that the railroads will sit idly by and witness any great diversion of their business to the new route, and there is accordingly a possibility of a readjustment of rates and rearrange ment of interior Jobbing centers. Up to the present time Spokane has been the one favored point In the In tenor, out a numper or others are clamoring for recognition. The situa tion promises to produce some questions for solution by the Washington Rail road Commission, which is now enter Ing on Its second year of peace and prosperity. The Commercial Club of Walla Walla about a year ago entered a complaint which alleged that the City of Spokane was enjoying jobbing rates which were denied Walla Wralla. By the existence of these rates Spokane was in a position to do a jobbing trade within a radius of 100 miles of the city, a terri tory .which incidentally brought the Spokane drummers down quite close to Walla W alia. At the same time the limit In which Walla Walla merchants could Indulge in the jobbing trade to ad vantage was about fifteen miles. The "soreness" which existed over this un fair situation was due less to the in ability of Walla Walla to enter the jobbing trade herself than to the rank discrimination twhich permitted Spo kane to enjoy the special privilege. The location of both Walla Walla and Spokane is such that they are depend ent almost wholly on the w ishes of the railroad company for their prestige as Jobbing centers, and up to the present time Spokane has been accorded recog nition which has been denied Walla Walla. If the Railroad Commission is unable to force the granting of jobbing rates to the other cities which are as much entitled to them as Spokane is. It will fall Into very bad repute in Walla Walla and Colfax, two strong Railroad Commission centers. If it does secure the granting of the jobbing rates to these cities, Spokane, another Railroad Commission stronghold, will De up in arms over an invasion of her rights. Altogether, the rate situation in the Pacific Northwest is In a fair way to cause the Washington Railroad Com mission more trouble than it has yet encountered. If the changed conditions which the completion of the new water route from the Atlantic makes possible succeed in showing up the uselessness or tne ttanroaa Commission, some good will have been accomplished. FOrR YEAR OF PROGRESS. Every citizen of Oregon must feel laudable pride in the material growth of the state In the past four years, as shown by the tabulated reports of the Census Bureau covering that period. Compared with the slow development in industrial and manufacturing lines during a period covering many years. 'this growth is almost phenomenal. The charm of the pioneer era Is over the earlier of those years of practical stagnation. The people who came hither found themselves possessed of a beautiful wilderness over which soft airs brooded and rude plenty reigned. Many of them had come from portions of the Middle West -where pioneer con ditions had not been outgrown, and where climatic conditions were exceed ingly rigorous and exacting. The change to pioneer conditions in a coun try where the climate was mild and the land at least equally productive wrought In them a feeling of satisfac tion that, as homesickness wore off, grew Into contentment and later into a feeling that Oregon could not be Im proved upon or life within its limits made more enjoyable by progress. Slow-moving trains drawn by oxen brought hither once a year a few hun- Tlred people, and these.' partakina- of the quietude and peace arid easy plenty of the land, became absorbed In its few Industries without materially increas ing the development of the country's resources. It was over scenes and con ditions of this type that the sunny and the rainy seasons came and went year after year, producing little, if any, change in the industrial status of the state, but Intensifying, If possible, the loyalty of Its people and setting them more firmly in the habits that Isolation induces. All of this, however; was broken in upon when the first direct transconti nental railroad pushed its way and drew Its trains across the Oregon bor der. A change, gradual at first, but be coming more marked every year the change that results from the magic touch of the world beyond the horizon's rim began to be noticed, and later felt. The gulf between pioneer times! with their slowly moving events, and the opening years of the twentieth century was not bridged in a day, and it Is oniy in relatively recent years that we have come to realize that old things have passed wy in Oregon, and that prog-I ress full plumed is passing up and down the land. Though conscious of the strong mov ing impulse of growth that was around about us, we were, scarcely prepared for the statement of Its magnitude that . has recently been issued from the Census Bu reau at Washington. An increase of 50 per cent in manufactured products in four years; of 70 per cent in capital invested In manufacturing plants; of 28 per cent in the number of employes engaged, and 67 per cent in wages paid these are the evidences of substantial development in Oregon industries which are furnished by the latest census. Further details show that the capital Invested in lumbering the leading in dustry of the state has doubled in five years; that the output of the flour and grist mills has increased in value more than 12,000,000; that the output of slaughtering and meat-packing plants has nearly doubled in value, and that the product of the fish canneries has increased- in value from $1,788,809 In 1900 to ,2,577.746 in 1905. Beyond all of this, though the census reports have not been completed, we know that the commerce of the state has grown. Its trade has been quick ened, its agricultural interests largely developed; that its population has been materially Increased, its educational in terests advanced, its position in the great commonwealth of states substan tially promoted The decision of a court Which ousts thousands of families from tltelr homes and vests title to their property in some one who had asserted no claim thereto for many years, will strike the average citizen as containing elements of injus tice which the law should be made to avoid. An illustration of a decision of this kind was that rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States l cently,. declaring invalid the convey ances by which the residents of Chicka saw, Okla.. hold property valued at more than $1,500,000. These lands were deeded years ago and large business blocks and valuable residences have been erected thereon. The supposed owners must now vacate or meet the terms of the legal owners. While this decision seems unjust, and does in fact work a great hardship upon those who believed they had a good title but did not, it is in accordance with principles of law which are essential to the -pro tection of the right of private property. So long as organized society recognizes the right of individuals to own partic ular tracts of real property to the ex clusion of all others, this right must be protected in accordance with rules of law applicable to all. If, as a result of carelessness or mistaken judgment, some one purchases property to which the seller has no title, and the real owner has not forfeited his right by ac quiescence, the courts must enforce the principle that the private property of one person shall not be taken for the' private use of another. The law can not protect a man against the conse quences of his mistakes. The fleets of the world which roam the seven seas occasionally bunch up In some prominent port or passageway like the Suez Canal and make an im posing showing. But in point of mag nitude almost any of these marine pro cessions fall short of that unending commercial parade which Is forever steaming down the Great Lakes and through the canals. The immensity of this traffic is reflected in the official figures for April, 1906, for the "Soo Canal alone. During the thirty days of last month 1079 vessels of 2,006,640 tons net register and carrying 2.513,267 tons of freight, passed through this great highway. Nearly one-half of this traffic was iron ore, with coal to the extent of about 650,000 tons second in prominence, and grain and flour next on the list. That this is essentially a freight route is indicated by the figures which show but 729 passengers carried during the mon4h. The senior class of Butler College Indiana, threatens to strike in a body If certain classmen who were suspend ed for an assault on a member of the faculty recently are not reinstated. If the diploma of the college is worth the time, expense and energy that leads up to it through a course of four years' study, the strike would be the students' loss not that of the college. The atti tude of these senior classmen Is some thing like that assumed by the unruly boy in revolt against parental disci pline, who refuses to eat his supper. thinking thereby to "spite the old man." The Maharajah of Gaekwar, second Prince of India, has set foot on Ameri can soil and says he Intends to visit Yale, Harvard and Cornell. It Is to be regretted that he didn't come in No vember. Only at the football games can he -get mto touch with the true college spirit of America. All Oregon Is feeling the Impulse of new capital seeking investment in real industries. Its latest manifestation is ft railroad from Grant's Pass to a rich copper district forty-five miles away. And this is only the beginning of Southern Oregon's big development. One man at Mount Tabor talks about a 60 per cent crop of strawberries this year. It will take unheard of weather conditions the next two weeks if Ore gon doesn't have all the choice berries she needs, and at moderate price, too. Carl Schurz marred what might have been a career of great usefulness by lack of trust in the plain people. He could not, or did not. understand that the leader of a reform must work with his party, not with "the enemy. Hereafter any department employe at Washington who spits on the floor Is liable to dismissal. Cuspidore manu facturers ought to take steps to make this reform National in its scope. 'Death rate here is very low," say the Portland undertakers. But not too low to suit them, we hope, though the recent war among them raised the pub lic expectations somewhat. A timely rain has soaked the wheat fields, watered the gardens and washed clean the orchards and hopyards of the Willamette Valley. And It looks as If more were to follow. Two attacks on Withycombe by the Democratic managers have proved boomerangs. His political record and his character are not assailable. Hint to Democratic managers: Don't throw mud; a "glad hand" campaign is more effective in Oregon. From the Presidential point of view a pitchfork is just the same as a muckrake. NEW SCHEMES OF TAXATION. Measures Propoaeal by Oresom Craift for Actjaai of Voters, Two gross-earnings tax hills have been drafted by a committee of the Oregon State Grange and have been proposed by Initiative for adoption by the people of this state at the general election next month. One imposes a gross earr.Ings tax upon express, telephone and telegraph companies and the other a similar tax upon sleeping-car, refrigerator-car and oil companies. The rate of the proposed tax is I per cent upon telephone and telegraph compa nies and 3 per cent upon the others. Briefly summarized, the measure first, mentioned is as follows: Section 1 fixes the rate of tax at 3 per cent for express companies and 2 per cent for telephone and telegraph companies, which tax is to be comput ed upon the gross earnings upon busi ness transacted within the - state as shown by a sworn statement which the president, secretary and treasurer or other highest officials of the company In the state, must make to the State Treasurer by the first of March of each year. In case of failure to report with in 30 days after the time specified, or to pay the tax, the Attorney-General or a District Attorney must bring an action at law to collect the amount due, with an added penalty of 10 per cent, and In order to ascertain the amount due, the District Attorney may cal! the officers of the company before him and examine them under oath in the same manner that he does in the examination of witnesses in a crim inal proceeding. Section 2 makes it a misdemeanor punishable by fine of 4500 to $1000 or imprisonment from one to six months, for any officer to fail or refuse to make the report for his company which It Is his duty to make. Section 3 defines express, " telephone and telegraph companies. Section 4 requires that in addition to the statement of gross receipts re quired by the provisions of section 1 of this act. such statement shall also contain the following facts: First The name of the company. Second The nature of the company whether a person or persona, company or corporation, and under . the laws of what state or country it was organised. Third The location of the principal office of Buch business or company. Fourth The name, poatofflce address and place of residence of the president, secre tary, treasurer, superintendent and general manager. Fifth The name, poatofflce address and place of residence of the chief officer or managing agent of the company or business in this state. The provisions of the second meas ure mentioned 'above, applying to sleeping-car, refrigerator-car, and oil companies, are thus briefly stated: Section 2 defines a sleeping-car com pany. Section 3 defines a refrigerator-car company. Section 4 defines an oil company so that, the tax does not apply to an Ore gon concern selling oil produced in Oregon. Section 5 requires each company mentioned to make a sworn report by March 1 of each year showing the gross receipts upon business transact ed within the State of Oregon, which report must also show facts, similar to those required of express, telephone and telegraph companies, and also the amount and assessed valuation of all real property owfted by the company within the state. Section 6 provides a penalty of 10 per cent for failure to report or pay the tax when due, and makes It the duly of the Attorney-General or Dis trict Attorney to bring suits to collect taxes due and not paid, and authorizes District Attorneys to examine wit nesses to ascertain the amount due. Section 7 provides for the same pun ishment by fine or imprisonment as provided in the express, telephone and telegraph law, for refusal to make re ports as required by law. Middle Class People More Sober. Cincinnati Enquirer. That the use of liquor is decreasing among the middle classes while it is in creasing with the idle poor and idle rich, John G. Woolley. temperance advocate, traveler and once Prohibition candidate for President, considers the most import ant fact observed In a tour of the world, lasting 13 months. 1 Mr. Woolley, stocked with information on the liquor question gained in contact with many nations, said tonight: "Of the various countries I visited New Zealand is most addicted to the use of liquor. Taking all the countries together, my observations led me to the conclusion that the main body of people the great middle classes who do most of the busi ness and form the backbone of the people are drinking less liquor today than ever before, i am forced to, the opposite con clusion, however, with reference to some of the lower classes the idle classes among the very poor, and the idle classes among the rich." Office Boya Dabble la Wall Street. New York Sun. -' As the pages in the Senate sometimes hold an extra .session all by themselves, bo the office boys in Wall street conduct a lively market at times after the brok ers have gone home. They call up a number at random, it Is answered by an other office, and a conversation some thing like the following ensues: "Hello! This is Mr. Jones of Biff. Bang & Bung's. Kindly buy me 14.000. 000.000 shares of Amalgamated Copper Im mediately." "All right. This is Mr. Smith, of Hop, Skip &. Jump. But we will need more margin for that. Kindly send us a cer tified check for one billion dollars." A wordy argument ensues, and the of fice boys finally hang up their phones and go home content with the days' transactions. No Oslerfsra 1st Driver. Roseburg Review. Though 81, years of age. Rev. I. D. Driver, "D. D., prominent divine and ac counted by many as Oregon's leading student of theology, has purchased 320 acres of land six miles south of Albany, and will superintend the worjc of making a model farm. Dr. Driver paid $10,500 for the property. The aged minister says he will personally direct the development and improvement of the property, and expects to have not only a model farm, but a paying Industry. He recently sold 140 acres of land in the suburbs of Eu gene where he formerly resided, for $17,000. His Plaa to Stop the Blues. Kansas City Star. KEEP SMILING. William Clougb, City Clerk, one of the most . genial men around the City Hall, yesterday pasted on his light shade a card bearing this motto. I want to put that where everybody can see it." he sakl. "It is tha only- thing to do. I like the man with 'the smile that won t come off. Of rourse therr are times when the smile grows a little faint." WHY THE SHIPS WERE LATE. "Figrhtlas; Bob" Evans Disobeyed Or , sera for Ftrat Time. . Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The battleships of the North Atlantic fleet were due to raise Sandy Hook on the morning of April 20. The great white ships came racing home Thursday morn ning. nearly two weeks late. And the reason for this was that "Fighting Bob" Evans, for the first time In his life, dis obeyed orders from Washington. It hap pened in this way: When the men on the Kearsarge had cleared her forward turret of their dead after the recent ex plosion during target practice William King, ordinary seaman, was taken to the sick bay, where the surgeons of the fleet looked over his ghastly burns and silently shook their heads. "Bill" King had noth ing to say for himself. He knew he was in desperate straits, but he gritted his teeth and made no sound. It was time for the great battleships to break out their homeward-bound pennants and head for New York, but the surgeons went to Admiral Evans and told him that there was a man on the Kearsarge whom It would kill to put ashore and who must be kept in perfect silence. Evans asked if "Bill" King had one chance In -a thou sand, and the surgeons said that possibly he had. Then,- coolly. Evans replied: "This fleet will stay here at anchor in Guantanamo Bay until Christmas, or later so long as there is a fighting chance for that boy. I'm not going to let the ships annoy him by firing big guns for the best navy department that ever lived." So the white squadron rode peacefully at anchor, the big guns were still and the target practice discontinued until the stillness of the little cemetery overhang ing Guantanamo Bay was broken one morning by the "crashing volley of small armsi and bugles sounded tnps. Then the battleships broke out their homeward bound pennants and raced off to the northward, leaving Ordinary Seaman "Bill" King behind them. "Fighting Bob" has done a number of. thinas which people like to recall, but none which rings with a truer note.. KW Whartosi In New Role. Washington. D. C. Cgrr. New York Sun. Representative Charles S. Wharton, of ficially designated by Representative John Sharp Williams on the opening day of Congress as the "kid" of the House, and ever since popularly known as "Kid Wharton." appeared in a new role yes terday. For an hour he sat behind the cash register of a down-town resort, took In checks for drinks and rang up the receipts. A restaurateur announced sev eral days ago thathe would donate the entire receipts of his bar for the day to the San Francisco relief fund, and in vited a number of debonnaire and dille tante young men about town to act aa cashiers in relays. "Kid" Wharton was one of those who accepted the invita tion. . The "kid" has barely turned 30, but for a score .of years he has been in poli tics up to his collar button. Two years ago no Republican wanted the nomina tion for Congress in the Fourth Illinois district, which Is a part of Chicago, be cause the normal Democratic majority was something like 10.000. Wharton, who was an Assistant District Attorney, took the nomination. Everybody laughed at him. He started a canvass in the slaughter-house district. According to his own story, he went into one manufacturing plant to talk with the voters and was seven times kicked out of the place by seven different exits. He persevered, and when the votes were counted on elec tion night everybody except Wharton was surprised to find that he had de feated an old Democratic warhorse by a substantial majority. "Central" Innocently Cannes Arrest. Exchange. Sheriff Box, of Bedford, Ind., has ar rested Ralph McCracken, after a some what novel experience. He has had a warrant for McCracken. but was unable to locate his man. He was getting ready to indorse the warrant "not in my baili wick," when the telephone at the jail rang. . . ; "Hello." called the Sheriff. "What do you want?" "Tell Herschel to mail that letter," said 1 masculine voice. "Who are you?" asked the Sheriff. "This is Claude McCracken," was the answer. . "Where are you?" asked the Sheriff. "At the shops." . , The officer hung up the receiver and went to the shops, where he arrested McCracken. When Sheriff Box told him how he had located him McCracken's re ply was: "H 1: Central gave me the wrong number." Fevght to Hfa Death With Bees. Cincinnati Enquirer. Thomas Carlton, a well-known farmer around Gleason, Term., has died as the result of an encounter with bees. The bees had swarmed on a limb, which Carlton attempted to cut. He got too close to the bees, the whole swarm assailing his face and head. Death came in a few hours. Physicians think he probably contracted a hemorrhage fight ing the bees. Got as Good aa She Gave. Indianapolis News. Winston Churchill. British Under Secre tary to the Colonies. Is growing a mus tache, and lately when he was taking a lady in to dinner she remarked: "Mr. Churchill, I like your politics as little as I like your mustache." He replied: "Madam, you are not at all likely to come In contact with either." It's Now "Church Trust" Morgan. New York Press. . A broker said the other day that J. Pierpont Morgan owns 13 churches. Hetty Green once said that she held mortgages on 23. and they were of all denominations. About 90 churches in every 100 are in debt. Few pay out. FOSTER FATHER ALLISON'S LITTLE SURPRISE ill' 'V?yZ--- BOY MAYOR GETS TO WORK. Milwaukee's Executive Slaves Elgbteea Hoars Per Day. North American. Mayor Sherburn. M. Becker, better known as Milwaukee's "boy Mayor." has been In office three weeks, and to say that he has led a strenuous life since that time, working some days the full 24 hours and eating his meals In the executive office. Is putting It mildly. This is what he has accomplished up to this time, and he says he Is not yet fairly started: He has closed gambling-houses, and Milwaukee, after eight years of wide-open policy, is once more a closed town. He started a crusade against auto acorching. and by hia orders a score or more of scorchers have been arrested and fined. He has ordered the police to enforce the anti-spitting law, and all persons who are caught spitting on walks are promptly" arrested. He has cleaned out the City Hall and re placed a dozen Democratic office-holders with Republicans, all of them young men. He has started a reform in the manner of conducting the Health Department by cutting off a doren or more "snap Jobs" held by Mayor Rose's men. He has given the Fire Department a shaking up by serving notice on the mem bers and tho chiefs that politics and Jeal ousies must cease. He has informed the Chief of Police that hereafter the Chief will have full power to run his department without interference) from any source He has raised $SO.00O for the San Fran cisco sufferers, and was one of the first Mayors to offer aid to the stricken city. He has given orders to have the streets of Milwaukee put in decent repair, and served notice that it be done at reasonable prices. From the day that young Becker took hold of the city government he has been busy. He was inaugurated under the most favorable conditions. Ceremony over, he began to work. The Eairlea Weren't Birds. New York Times. Half a dozen animal dealers rushed to the dock of the White Star steamer Teu tonic yesterday morning with wallets bulging in anticipation of a lively strug gle in bidding fof "35 cages of eagles.'" which were listed among the liner's cargo. "Got to get about 40 of those "eagles." said one dealer to another. "Good busi ness in eagles on Broadway just now." "Sure," said the other, "the eagle mar ket is dead ripe." They nosed about the dock and finally found the purser. "How about those birds?" asked one. "What birds?" replied the purser. "Those eagles," said the dealers. "Oh! yes, the eagles," said the. purser with a laugh. "They're cuckoos, all right. Come on, I'll show you some of em." He took the dealers Inside and showed them 33 strong boxes loaded with gold eagles. . "Gentlemen, their face value is $1,000. 000," said the purser, witli a wink. "Now go ahead and bid." The dealers van ished. The confusion arose because the money had been listed as "eagles" instead of "cases." It was a shipment of gold for the Hanover National Bank from Liver--pool. ' Ship's Lost Like Jungle Book. New York World. The richly laden tramp plodder of the oceans, the steamer , Barenfelds, from Calcutta, slowly warped Into her berth at Bush's ptores. South Brooklyn, with a tale of valorous and tragic deeds at sea. Her log read like a jungle book. When Captain Sarang Hodah bin Hallal and his 53 orthodox Lascars left Cal cutta, the cargo consisted of two big sacred white elephants, one ordinary ele phant and 500 assorted serpents for a New York animal dealer. The white elephants were .objects of great reverence- to the Lascars, who painted them with half moons and rising suns. In a slant of Icy water in the Indian ocean the sacred elephants died and were thrown overboard. Three nights later a big python cl imped into the rig ging and embraced a Lascar. Captain Bin Hallal laid on with a belaying pin, while his crew hacked at the python with knives until they freed the victim. The man lay unconscious until Port Said was reached, and he was sent ashore with his ribs crushed. The Towa Kicker. Mitchell Sentinel. The kickers on the farms are not so hard to get along with as those In the towns. On the farm there is the kicking cow and our long-eared friend, the mul. while in town there is the old mossback. who wants all the privileges of municipal living without paying for them, and blocks, so far as he can, every municipal improvement. -The cow may be sold for beef and the mule traded for a shotgun, but nothing short of a funeral will get rid of the town kicker. , "Alice of Old Vlsresara" Pearls Vlncennes (Ind.) Corr. Indianapolis News. "Wes" Pierson. who found a 32-grain pearl while fl filing for mussels in the Wabash, within the city limits, sold the pearl for $315. It Is said that the pearl will bring more than $1000 in the East. George M. Paris cleared $150 in the pearl fishing last week, having found three that were worth $25 apiece. A a Aaslalaat Pastor A Dos;. Washington CD. C.) Dispatch. The Southern Railway Company has granted clergymen's half-rate privileges to "St. Patrick, the Presbyterian," a dog owned by Rev. A. W. Pitzer. pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church South, of this city. The dog is known among Mr. Pitzer's parishioners as the "assist ant pastor." From the Washington Post.