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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, MAY 1U, 1906. 8 Entered at the Postorflce at Portland, Or., 'as Second-Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. KT INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. "Q (By Mall or Express.) DAILY. SUNDAY. INCLUDED. Twelve months F'.x month 4- Three -months.... . -J One month a'i rellvere(i by carrier, per year . Iellvered by carrier, per month -75 Lees time, per week Sunday, one year 2.?o Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday).-- Hundav and Weeklv. one year 3.50 HOVV TO REMIT Send postofflce money order, express order or personal check on yogr local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8. V. Iseckwith eipeclal Aeeney New York, rooms 4:-i-.V. Tribune build Ins;. Chi cago, rooms MO-IMli Tribune building. KEPT OX SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex, Postoffice News t:o 178 Dearborn street. St. Paul. Minn. N. Bt. Marie, Commercial Station. IXTnw-Hamllton ft Kendrlck. SOO-912 Seventeenth street; Pratt Book Store, J214 Fifteenth street; I. 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The passage of the rate bill by the Senate practically ends one of the most Interesting: and important episodes in American legislative history. That the amendments adopted in the Senate will be accepted by the House without seri ous controversy is certain, and we may assume that the Hepburn bill Is now the law of the land. The debate upon the bill in the Senate will probably rank among; the greatest forensic contests- in our history. Almost every Senator of prominence has delivered a speech touching upon some feature of rate reg ulation, and a number of the speeches compare favorably in eloquence and learning with the famous efforts of Webster, Clay and Sumner. Senator Forakcr attacked the bill on the broad and entirely untenable ground that rate regulation is unconstitutional. . Few or none of his colleagues accepted his views as a whole. The principle of rate regulation was regarded as constitu tional In itself, but opinions differed widely upon the scope and nature of the power which the courts might exer cise over the findings of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Perhajw the two speeches which at tracted most attention in the Senate and In the country were those of Sena tors Spooner and Bailey. Mr. Spooner contended with a lavish display of legal Uornlnff n nd jmlortHIrt tfilrifiilnre tbnt Congress could not restrict the power of the inferior Federal Courts to suspend the orders of the Commission by inter locutory injunctions; Mr. Bailey, of Texas, contended with equal eloquence and learning and with a cogency of reasoning which has never been sur passed in the American Senate that since Congress creates the Federal Courts It may restrict their powers at its own pleasure. The debate ha been an education to the people of the coun try in constitutional law, and possibly demonstrates that American statesman ship has not declined from the high standards of an earlier and, as we sometimes fondily assert, a better day. Technical in the extreme as some of the speeches were, nevertheless they were eagerly followed by the Nation. It may be believed that not a single point of importance made by any Sen ator escaped the comprehension and criticism of the readers of the daily papers. Though the fate of the bill was dubi ous when it came to the Senate from the House, still, from the weight of ar gument in its favor and under the pres sure of public opinion It steadily gained adherents and finally passed by a vote surprisingly near to unanimity. But three Senators Foraker, Morgan and Pettus opposed it final passage. The Democrats, who had favored the bill during the entire course of the debate, eemed Inclined to oppose it after the adoption of the Allison amendment, which settled the vexed question of court review by a compromise. Un pleasant charges of bad faith were ex changed between the Democratic lead ers and friends of the Administration, but these matters were overlooked at the end, and Bailey. Tillman and all the other Democrats except the Sena tors from Alabama voted for rate regu lation. The bill as it paused the Senate con fers upon the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to investigate the rateei charged by a common car rier upon complaint made, and if they are iouon excessive or discriminatory, to order them discontinued and fix new ones. The new rates are to go into ef fect within such reasonable time as the Commission may decide. The carrier may appeal to the Federal Courts from the orders of the Commission and the courts may set the orders aside by In junction or reverse them, but there are provisions against hasty or partial ac tion of the inferior courts, and the right of appeal Is given to the Supreme Court directly. Whether the rate bill will prove ef fectual or not depends, of course, upon the view which the Supreme Court may take of its provisions. If it is sus tained In all Its features It will rank as one of the great epoch-making chap ters In American legislation. THE PIONEER BANQUET. The annual reunion of pioneers under the auspices of the Oregon Pioneer As sociation Is near at hand. As usual, a banquet will be served in the Armory to all who wear the badge of the associa tion. The reunion will be lield on the afternoon of June 14; the banquet will be served at 4 o'clock on the same day. Having been taught by experience, the managers of the reunion will eschew the long addresses that were formerly a feature of the occasion. Though care fully prepared, vigorously presented and full of historical interest. It was found that the great body of pioneers, many of whom are subject to the in firmities of age, a common feature of which to Impaired hearing, did not en Joy these lectures. The opportunity to meet old friends", to exchange the ordi nary courtesies of neighborllness and to recall incidents of far-awqy years Jfl much enjoyed even by the most Infirm among the aged men and women who meet in annual reunion in this city in each succeeding June. The banquet, with its juicy baked salmon, spicy veal loaf, salad, bread and butter, cake and ice cream and strong hot coffee dedi cated to the memory of "auld lang syne" and typical of pioneer hospital ity is the crowning event of the occa sion, and Is anticipated with almost Ju venile delight. It may be said that for the money expended the pioneer re union and banquet are productive of more real pleasure than any other so cial event thft occurs in Portland dur ing the entire year. As time goes on, so rapid is its flight," these occasion seem almost to touch each other, and from ach one many faces are missed that were seen at the banquet board the preceding year. In the words of Mrs. C. M1. Cartwright, for many years president of the woman's auxiliary of the Pioneer Association, "the best is none too good for the pioneers." So say we, all of us. . - ' THE RUSSIAN'S LAST STAND. Spectators who have been frequent observers of that most brutal -of all sports, bullfighting, will recall some particular occasion when, great, diffi culty was experienced in provoking an amiable bull to the necessary degree of anger to make .the affair' interesting. Instead of making a direct and speedy attack on his torturers, the great beast would dart here and there in an effort to escape the stinging darts which the human brutes were fastening on him, and not until he was driven into a cor ner and goaded to the point of despera tion would the hitherto harmless ani mal turn on his pursuers. But when the climax of brutality was reached and the poor, dumb, hunted creature eaw no escape from cruelties which were being heaped on him, he would turn with a bellow of rage and almost in variably prove a more dangerous an tagonist than the animal whose bellig erency was so pronounced at the begin ning. The situation of the Russian people at this time is not unlike that of one of these mlld-dispositioned bulls so often butchered to make a Spanish holiday. Nicholas, the chief matador, and his predecessors and his aristocratic ban derilleros have been for years goading the mild-mannered Russian bull until they have apparently reached the con clusion that there i no fight in him. To be sure, the animal has made oc casional rushes toward freedom, and in the melee trampled to death an occa sional dart-thrower who failed to side step quickly enough. But these occa sional tragedies caused no relenting on the part of the men responsible for the cruelties Inflicted. Now it seems quite apparent that further retreat and fur ther dodging of darts is Impossible, and Russia has made a last stand against the inhuman aggression of the self-constituted masters. Life could hold but little pleasure or sweetness for a people who were continually the victims or the witnesses of such bloody crimes as have darkened so many pages of Rus sian history in recent yearsi It is the Ineffaceable memory of these crimes, committed in the name of the law, that Impresses the present demand of this Inhumanly treated people with a terrible earnest ness boding no good for the reign ing aristocracy. While the Czar and his ministers skulk and cower In the se clusion of their palaces, surrounded by armed guards and artillery, patriots who fail in their attempt to fight fire with fire go smilingly to death, serene In the belief that out of the present car nival of blood and evil will come some good for posterity. . The aristocracy term these men murderers andi assas sins. The people for whose rights they are fighting against such fearful odds write them down as martyrs and pa triots. Life under the regime of the aristocracy has become unbearable, and reports from St. Petersburg indicate quite plainly that nothing can stem the tide that is setting against the Czar. "Who can claim," said one of the rep resentatives of the peasants in Parlia ment Wednesday, "that ,it 1s illegal to strike against a government which for generations has struck against every duty it owed the people?" This is the universal sentiment which has perme ated all Russian society except that limited circle of bloodthirsty aristocrats who cluster round the throne and pull the strings which control the puppet Czar. This long-deferred revolution cannot be prevented. Too much blood has already been shed to enable it un der any circumstances which might now arise to be properly- termed a bloodless revolution, but if the Czar and his advisers are in possession of even a slight degree of common sense they will submit gracefully to the inevitable without executing or massacring any more innocent men and women, or In viting any more norrfbthrowing. The demands of the peasantry are couched in eloquently earnest language, which Is suggestive of the application of a dras tic remedy for their woes in case a reasonable one is not forthcoming from the Czar. The Russian peasant In Par liament pleading his cause In an earn est, respectful manner will prove an easier man to deal with than the Rus sian peasant running amuck with bomb and torch, and the Czar will not be overburdened with time in which to make up his mind which he will deal with. DOING GOOD I'OR OREGON. Nearly every clover field or field of vetches In the Willamette Valley is a living monument testifying to the effi cient work of Dr. James Withycombe for the advancement of the agricultural industry in this state. It is true that a very few farmers Taised clover in Oregon before Dr. WIthycombe's ag gressive work began, but it was the generally accepted theory that Western Oregon was not suited to production of that crop. Farmers had raised wheat on their farms year after year until the productiveness of the soil had been nearly exhausted. Then they adopted the scheme of bare Summer fallowing, thus losing one crop every two or three years, without permanently improving the condition of the soil. On the con trary, bare Summer fallowing permit ted the loss of some of the soil constit uents that are necessary for the pro duction of good crops. It was Dr. Withycombe who began the agitation which has resulted in the general adoption of the plan of rotation of crops In Western Oregon, in which plan the growing of clover and vetches is Included. Dr. Withycombe ham mered away In season and out of sea son, urging' the necessity for raising clover, which will supply nitrogen to the soil. One by one the farmers came to his way of thinking, and today very traveler upon the railroads in the Wil lamette Valley looks out upon- rich fields of clover that not only furnish unsurpassed food for dairy cattle, but preserve. jh, fertility-- of - the. - ebU- Whether Dr. - "Withy-combe shall be elected Governor or not, he will always be remembered by the farmers of Ore gon as one of their greatest benefactors 1 man who worked tirelessly for what he knew to be best until he made it win. THE DOCTORS CLASP HANDS. When warring sects unite the world rejoices. The millions who care little for abstract theories but a great deal for the healing of their bodies and the salvation of their souls understand a treaty of peace among opposing schools of medicine or theology to mean that some truth has finally, been discovered broad enough to include all minor dif ferences. The vote of the State Med ical Association to admit to membership the homeopathists and eclectics may have some such glad significance as this. The gulfs which had to be bridged over before the three principal schools of medicine could cease to hurl anathe mas at each other's heads were neither wide nor deep, but we must not imag ine on that account that they were easy to cross. The old magicians could keep the devil from near approach by draw ing a chalk line on the floor with appro priate ceremonies. For many years the distinction between' allopath and home opathlst has amounted to little more than a chalk line, while their mutual dislike has been a bountiful source both of sorrow and amusement to the out side world. It has been unethical for a regular physician to consult with a disciple of Hahnemann, even to save the life of a patient, for the reason, one may sup pose, that a person who was wicked enough to employ a homeppathist ought to die as speedily as possible. - But this queer rule of ethics has for a long time been more honored In the breach than the' observance,-and the action of the State Medical . Association probably means that it will soon be forgotten al together. So far as methods of treating the sick are concerned, the differences between the schools are exceedingly shadowy and vague. The allopaths, or regulars, as they somewhat vainglori ously call themselves, confessedly em ploy all the homeopathic remedies upon occasion; while the eclectics have near ly, if not entirely, converted all other physicians to their Idea that mineral drugs may easily be overvalued and that the best way to cure a sick man is not always to bleed him to death. Sam uel Thomson, the Yankee doctor, who founded the eclectic school, would very likely feel himself amply repaid by this action of the Medical Association, for all the bitter persecution which he en dured on account o his new and heret ical theories, if he could look down from the starry sphere where he has resided since 1843 and read the account of the unifying vote. Thomson relied mainly on "roots, barks, herbs, buds and berries" to ef fect his cures. Th regular physicians of his day. whose first step was to bleed the patient and the next to dose him with mercury, were horrified at his in novation. They persecuted him with relentless cruelty; they even had him arrested for murder when one of his patients died, just as they now employ the civil arm against the Christian Sci entists; but happily he w-as acquitted and lived to see his heresies in a fair way to become orthodox. .Hahnemann, who founded the homeopathist school, was also persecuted. His new ideas be gan to make headway in Germany about 1820, a period when anything in thought or practice which was not mouldy with antiquity frightened the ruling class entirely out of what few wits it possessed. The government for bade him to prescribe for patents, and after various adventures, he went to Paris, the mother city of heresy and revolution. Here he had better suc cess. He became the fashion. Louis Phlllippe, the citizen king, authorized him to practice homeopathy by a for mal decree in 1835, and since that time his ideas have made uninterrupted progress in the world of medicine. tip to Hahnemann's time the practice of medicine was purely empirical; that is, it was a matter of trial, experiment or guesswork. There was no underly ing theory based upon a rational con sideration of cause and effect. Of course much knowledge of diseases and their cures had accumulated, but It was not and could not be co-ordinated into a science. Hahnemann's great service to medicine was the Invention of a work ing hypothesis which professed to ex plain the process- by which remedies cured diseases. His hypothesis was that a drug which will reproduce in a patient the characteristic symptoms of a given disease will Invariably cure that disease. This seems absurd at first sight. One would naturally think that such a drug would intensify the symp toms and make the patient worse in stead of better; but Hahnemann sup ported his theory by reasoning which looked fairly logical. Every drug, he said, produces two sets of symptoms wnicti are exact opposites. If the first set which it produces are those of the disease, the second set w ill necessarily be contrary in every particular, and will therefore neutralize the ailment and cure the patient. What could be more conclusive on paper? In practice it was not quite so conclusive. Hahnemann's theory contained both truth and falsehood. Underlying it was the assumption that the symptoms are the disease, and that by neutralizing mem tne disease Is cured. This Is not so. Fatal disorders may exist In the body for a long time with no observa ble symptoms, while, on the other hand. an tne symptoms of any disease what ever may be produced by the power of me imagination in a man who is per fectly well. Hahnemann went still far-' ther wrong. He actually taught that we cannot know the causes of disease and that if we could know them our knowledge would be useless. This was. of course, a counsel of despair, like the doctrine of Socrates that knowledge of tne laws or Nature is not only Imnossi ble, but wicked. Medical science has advanced mightily since Hahnemann's time, and almost solely by seeking for causes: Dut, on the other hand, the more deeply investigation has gone into causes the more it confirms the theory of the great German physician that like cures like. Serum-therapy, the latest and most promising triumph of ma terial medicine, is nothing more than homeopathy made rational. The germ of a disease produces a poison which tends to kill both germ and patient. If we can inoculate the patient with this poison without killing him, thenceforth he can defy the germ. If it bites him it dies, like the unfortunate dog which bit tne lady m Goldsmith's poem. If. while the disease is actually raging, we can inject enough of the poison to kill the germs without destroying the pa tlenti again we triumph over our micro scopic foes. Thus like does cure like. as Hahnemann said, though in a way entirely different from what he sup posed. The father of homeopathy Is en titled to the same glory in medicine as Aristotle in philosophy; he invented Phrases which w.exe aheaaot bla know edge, but which fit -the developments of science so accurately that they seem prophetic. Andrew Carnegie is not a believer in socialism, and is .quoted In a New York dispatch as saying that "with health and good habits and the willingness to work, the chances in America are as good as they ever were." All of which the experience of Andrew Carnegie him self proves to be the sheerest rot. What show would Carnegie have In this day and age of gaining a foothold in the great steel industry with no more cap ital than the canny Scot possessed when he first began business? There are -still opportunities for both brains and brawn to earn good rewards if they are backed up with good habits and in dustry. It is Impossible, however, for the young man of the present day to rely on the same chances of making a fortune as were available to his prede cessor thirty years ago. 'This Is due to the wholesale thievery, under the law. of such men as Andrew Carnegie and others who enjoy similar special privi leges. If a bill intended) to aid the construc tion of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Introduced In the United States Senate in 1866, had passed, the road would have been built at. least ten years sooner. More than likely Jay Cooke & Co. would not have failed and there would have been no panic in 1873. Judge George H. Williams in the next chap ter of his recollections, to be published) tomorrow, set forth the attitude of the Senate toward the enterprise and the Pacific Coast in general. Senator John Sherman, of Ohio, opposed the bill, and among other things declared that one road across the continent was all that the needs of the country required. He did not see far. into, the future. Five prosperous : transcontinental lines are now in operation, not one of them in the busy season able promptly to han dle the traffic and two more are bundl ing the St. Paul to Oregon and Wash ington and the Western Pacific to Cali fornia. It is questionable whether any of the insurance companies which are alleged to be endeavoring to escape their re sponsibility at San Francisco by taking advantage of technicalities will be gainer by the attempt. A movement is already under way to have the licenses of the offending companies revoked in neighboring states. A blacklist of the companies which thus seek to shirk their duty in such an emergency as now exists In the Bay City should be given the widest possible circulation, and the offending concerns would soon discover that honesty ie the, best policy, even with an Insurance policy. There will apparently be a sufficient number of honorable insurance men to prevent difficulty in pdaclng the risks which should be withdrawn from the compa nies which seek to escape paying just obligations at this time. A Paris dispatch in yesterday's Ore gonian announced that Walter, Well man would start for the North Pole in June. A Winnipeg dispatch in the same paper stated that Chief Factor Anderson, of the Hudson's Bay Com pany had just started for the Arctic circle with newspapers and medicine for the crews of six imprisoned) whalers that have been in the ice at Herschel Island for two years. Both of the men have a long, difficult task ahead of them, but there is a "vast difference In the causes which induce them to make the trip. The Hudson's Bay factor is going in to assist men who were caught in the ice, and Wellman is going in to get lost and become the object of a re lief expedition. Meanwhile the North Pole will keep cool and not lose its posi tion. American mills have within the past fortnight booked orders for 1,000.000 tons of steel rails for delivery in 1907. This amount of business ought to be suffl cient to give the employes work for a few months without the necessity of disposing of a surplus of the output at cut rates to other countries. It is, of course, for the protection of the Ameri can laborer, and to provide him with employment, that the rails which sell for $28 per ton in America are sold for $20 in foreign countries. As his em ployment is now protected for a few months, it might be a favorable oppor tunity to try the experiment of remov ing the tariff. Chicago has a cleanlng-up movement that is not confined to any one day. One of the leading civic improvement organizations has proposed a set' of rules to be followed by the people of that city and they have received wide approval. They are appropriate for adoption in any city: Pick up at least one piece of paper from the street every day. Clean your own backyard and porches and try to interest th boys and girls next door. Keep at least one flower in your window. Be smiling- and clean, yourself and your neighbor will follow suit. "The worst deceived prophets In St Louis w-ere those who waited until after the world's fair to revel in a business reaction.' There is quite a tidal wave the other way," says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. And the experience of the Missourf metropolis has been re peated in Portland, where the Lewis and Clark Exposition has been followed by the greatest building boom in the history of the city. The National Association for. the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis has adopted the double cross as the em blem to be worn by those organized in the crusade against the deadly disease. This emblem has long been used with considerable effect by politicians whose convictions are based on the dlstribu tion of the usufruct. Mrs. ' Jefferson Davis . continues to make a brave fight for her life against the enervating forces of age and dis ease. People of the North, as well as of the South sympathize with her in the unequal conflict, and can. only hope that her passing will be peaceful. The most serious campaign charge yet brought against Mr. Hawley, Re publican nominee for Congress,, in the First District, is that he is a minister of the gospel. It happens not to be true. But what if It were? Having successfully passed the "liar" and "you're another" stage of debate in the most dignified deliberative body in the world, the rate bill goes back to the House slightly disfigured, - but . still in the hands of its friends. More sightly today after the clean up, yet we submit that Portland, taken far and by, was a fairly clean city be- lJ.tar Ike reform -was instituted. MARIE CORELLI BRINGS SUIT. Famous Novelist Objects to Private Life on PoataJ Cards. London Chronicle. Miss Marie CorelU has applied to Mr. Justice Swlnfen Eady, in the Chancery division, for an injunction to restrain A. & E. Wall, of Stratford-on-Avon. from publishing or otherwise disposing or pic ture postcards purporting to depict scenes In the private life of Miss Corelll. Mr. Eve. K. C. Miss CorelU s counsel. stated that the defendants produced sets of postcards called "the Distinguished Authors' Series." Objection to the cards was at once taken by Miss CorelU, and if his LordshiD would look at them and at a recent photo of Miss CorelU he would see what a gross libel had been perpetrat ed on her features. One card was styled Shakespeare and His Contemporaries. which looked as if the defendants sug gested that Shakespeare was a contem porary of Miss CorelU. Considerable an noyance had been occasioned to Miss CorelU by the publication of the cards, and the offense was aggravated by the fact tbatafter the stationers and W. H. Smith A Son at Stratford-on-Avon had stopped selling -the cards the defendants employed a large body of sandwich men to parade the dace. Including tne iront of Miss Corelli's house, with notices that the cards could be obtained at defendants' place of business or private house. This has made the private life of Miss CorelU Intolerable. The vacation Judge granted an injunction, and this the learned coun sel asked should be continued until the trial of the action. Wti to Boom Governor WarBeld. Pittsburg Dispatch. Overcome bv the eloquence of Governor Warfield. of Maryland, who made an ad dress at the sepulchre of the body of John Paul Jones, Representative Macon, of Ar kansas, the man who looks like Dr. Mary Walker has started a boom for the Gov ernor's nomination for the Vice-Presidency on the Democratic ticket in 1908. The Arkansan is sure Warneld would add strength to the ticket if for no other reason than that he can carry Maryland, something that has not been done during the last two Presidential elections. Macon has begun a regular crusade for Warfield. He preaches Warfield to all his Democratic colleagues, telling them that, while It is visionary to dream of a Southern Democrat as the nominee of tne party for first place, the election of War field ran and should be made on the soundest political grounds namely, that he can carry a pivotal state and neip, Dy his eloquence, to do as much with other states. A 100-Story Building; Promised Soon. Kansas City Star. A 100-story building covering an entire block probably will be the next develop ment of this age of skyscrapers, accord ing to Theodore Starrett, of the Thomp-son-Starrett Building Construction Com pany, one of:the leading builders of New York. -The- material used in the giant structure, .in-Mr. Starrett's opinion, will be reinforced concrete. He considers this the building material of the future. The conditions peculiar to' Manhattan have de veloped - the narrow, shaft-like "skyscraper"- to the highest point. These same conditions will create the first giant structure of' 50 stories or more. Progres sive builders , operating on a large scale in New York know it is coming, but are not quite ready to accept the new order of things, as builders in New York and Chicago were slow to accept the possibil ity and practicability of a 20-story steel frame building 25 years ago. . Mnnsflrld . Tarns - Doits Big; Offer. Chicago Dispatch in New York Herald. The Messrs. Shubert, of New York, have offered Richard Mansfield a bonus of $50,000 to sign a contract to play for three years, exclusively- in- the houses - con trolled by them . and the independent managers associated with them. ' The of fer has been declined. This information came from an --authentic .source, and is not denied by Mr; Mansfield or his representative- here." The negotiations took place several weeks ago. or about the time Mr. Mansfield left New York after his engagement at the New Amsterdam. The Btar took the matter under considera tion and decided that he preferred to con tinue, his present policy of Independence and friendliness toward all theatrical in terests rather than bind himself to a particular syndicate. New York City Well Telephoned. New York Journal of Commerce. The city of New York is by far the best telephoned city in the world. It is stated on excellent authority that there are now in use and under contract 256, 962 telephones. That the telephone serv ice is expanding is shown by the fact that 14,807 telephones have been added since January 1, 1906. New York has two and one-half times as many telephones as London, four times as many as Berlin and five times as many as Paris. High Prices Paid for Dogs in Paris. Cable Dispatch. Much comment has been caused among dog fanciers by the purchases which have been recently made by the Ameri cans. Miss Morgan, J. P. Morgan's daughter, has bought a brlndle toy bull dog for $1300. August Belmont has bought a 16-month-old dog for $3000. The creature, which is a white French bull dog, is the smallest of its breed In the world and weighs only 12 pounds. New Address: Third Limb, Front. Kansas City Star. "I overheard two men talking in Jef ferson Park." said Robert Maddoek. an Alaskan miner, who arrived In Kansas City yesterday from San Francisco. "One asked: "Where do you live now?' The other answered: 'Do you see that big tree over there? Well, I live on the third limb on the left side.' " Japan's f old Snnp Harts Silk Crop. Tokio Cable Dispatch. This is the second week of the extra ordinary cold weather that has prevailed throughout Japan. Further damage has been done to the mulberry trees, which will cause a shortage in the silk supply. It is estimated that this shortage will amount to millions of yen. MORE EARTH TREMORS - ,S?V if '. T.J' - FARM MORTGAGES. Companies Have Few Losses and Busi ness Is Good. Review of Reviews. , Western farmers have grown rather particular about their indebtedness. One of the common requirements of the mod ern mortgage is that the mortagee shall accept any portion of the principal at the time of any interest payment. This means that the harvesting of a good wheat crop, or the fortunate sale of a bunch of cattle, may wipe out the debt, and the loan agent must find another borrower. However, one insurance com pany has HO.OUO.000 in Western farm mortgage loans, and the Interest thereon is sufficient to pay all its death losses. Another company has J99.OO0.O0O in these loans, scattered over the Mississippi Val ley. The larger sums are in Illinois, with about '$28,000,000: Minnesota, with $10,000. 000: Missouri. $11,000,000; Iowa, $10,700,000: Ohio; $8,000,000. and lesser amounts in a dozen other states. It places approxi mately 4000 farm-mortgage loans every year, and has in its history loaned $250. OCO.0O0 in this way, with practically no loss. A report in the "Annals of the American Academy of Science" gives the amount of mortgages held by the life in surance companies at $490.632.o08, or 27. i per cent of the companies' assets. This, however, includes loans on city property as well as those on farms. The percent age Is second only to that invested In bonds. Indicating the partiality for this form of .Investment by the most conserva tive of investors. The insurance company loan Is safe guarded In every possible way. Ths Inter rogatories of the application cover four large pages, and include everything from the size of the borrower's family to the use he proposes to make of the money. They even inquire into his habits and his standing in the community; for the well- informed investor realizes that the best part of his security is the personality of the borrower. Thus it happens that the Insurance com panies have few foreclosures and practi cally no losses on this class of invest ments. Of recent years the value of land has increased so rapidly that every loan made, as these investments are, on a basis of 40 per cent of real value became gilt edged," and was the best possible secur ity. Holland's Queen Kxperts an Heir, North American. Expectancy hovers over th palace of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland. A rumor that the Queen expected an heir is -con firmed in court circles, and her people are looking -forward hopefully. Prayers are being offered In the churches. Four years ago the sa ne hope was aroused. The Queen lay in the shadow of death for several weeks, and, although her people were dlsappoitned by the loss of an heir to the throne, they were grate ful that their. Queen had been spared. Queen Wilhelmina's life has been one of disappointments. She has survived more tragedies than some rulers three times her age. Unwelcomed at her birth 26 years ago by her father, her -early life especially, was one of almost constant gloom.. It is said that Wilhelmina was se creted in a basket of flowers on the King's birthday that her presence might not dis turb him. On account of her sad life, every woman in Holland felt that she was mother to Queen Wilhelmina. and during her life she has been overwhelmed with advice from those in all stations of life. The Queen was married on February 7, 1901, to. Duke Henry of Mecklenburg -Schwerin, who then became Prince Hein- rich of the Netherlands. The villages of the kingdom celebrated the affair with pa rades and banquets. Her marriage was regarded as a love affair. Roosevelt Has John L.'s Approval, Pittsburg Dispatch. John L. Sullivan, fighter. Interviewed John Johnson. Governor of Minnesota, the other day. Mr. Sullivan said: "Say. Gov, I've heard of you before, and when I say I am glad to meet you I am not giving you hot air. You're all to the good when it comes to showing them in surance tellers wnera they get oft at." Sullivan was asked what he thought of president Roosevelt. He replied: "Roosevelt? Say, that guy is all to the good. He can't do nothing, but if he was allowed to have his own way this coun try'ud be fine goln'. The night that Peter Maher and Joe Choynskl fought at Coney isiana rtooseveit was at tne ringside. Just about the middle of the fight a fresh po lice captain thought he'd stop the fight. Roosevelt up and says: "Say. look here I'm Police Commissioner, and I . know when men are fighting each other, and this fight is all right. Go along now. and don't interfere again.' The fight went to the finish. Girl Received Snake Through. Mall Lebanon Cor. Pittsburg Post. Florence, the 12-year-old daughter of Charles R. Disinger, received a dainty package by mall. When she opened it a snakes six, Inches long, wriggled out and bit the child on the arm. No one is able to account for the incident, as the girl Is popular, and the parents have no known enemies. The species of snake has not yet been determined, and physicians have thus far been unable to decide whether the sting is poisonous or not. Court Rejects Marie Corelli's Plea.. London Cable Dispatch. Marie Cbrelli recently applied to the courts for an injunction to prevent pub lishers from issuing postcards purporting to depict scenes in her home life at Stratford-on-Avon. exposing her to ridicule and contempt. The court has just rendered a decision in the case, refusing the Injunc tion. The Third Incomprehensible. Columbus (O.) Herald. Robert Barrett Browning, painter and son of the famous father of the same name, has been chosen president of the Browning Settlement In London. When young Browning was born Lord Gran ville is credited with having remarked: "A third incomprehensible has come Into the world." i-W-,-- A From the Philadelphia Inquirer. SOME FEATURES OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN FlrM and fr"nio-it. U th worM'n nrws by A tutor la tM Prri, uprohil correspondent and member or The Orf-fronUtn sttttT, making the fullest and mt complete record of uy SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE NEAR PORTLAND It is less than-forty miles from the city "as the crow flies, ret isolated. Spirit Lake is the place, at the base of Mount St. Helens, soon to be made acces-. sible by electric railway. Its natural beauty, together with its wealth of fish and game, are-set forth by picture and story. MAXIM GORKY'S MATRIMONIAL IRREGULARITIES The social banlshmtuit of Rus sia's great novelist and polith-al reformer from this country and his complete failure In a mission that started so auspiciously, is the basis for sketches of other men distinguished in literature -who defied the moral law and still did not dim the luster of their fame. "SWEAT-HOUSE" OP THE CAYUSE INDIANS When anything alls a Cayuse In dian be steams himself and then plunges into cold water. In Umatilla County they follow this practice today, just as they did ISO years ago, when the mlsston--aries came. A Pendleton corre spondent tells how this "sweat house" was the indirect cause of the massacre of Dr. Marcus Whit-" man. HUMOR IN THE KITCHEN CAMPS OF SAN FRANCISCO Folks are still cooking in th streets of the strU-ken city by the thousands. Miss Marlon Al len, a wideawake reporter, sends a - description of the ovens and the kitchen paraphernalia, to gether with' the cheerful spirit that prevails and the manifesta tions of American humor which even the greatest of disasters cannot suppress. - AT JAPAN'S IMPERIAL CHERRY-BLOSSOM PARTY Annie Laura Miller, of Oregon, had a "big pink- ticket" and got a good view of the Emperor, as well as of the great war heroes. Togo, Nogl and Oyama, whom she describes as modest little men, almost as shy as birds. Fem inine royalty at this celebrated function discarded the graceful na tive garb and clothed itself with European dress, which, all things considered, is a misfit.. Miss Miller attended the party with Frank Plxley, who found material there which he seized .upon for a comic opera he is now writing. MAKING ORDINARY CHINA WARE FOR THE TABLE. Modern methods in the United States whose annual product is nearly J20.000.000. do not vary widely from the ancient Egyptians', who fashioned fine crockery 1500 ye:rs B. C. Every man' who pays for and every woman, whether mis tress or maid, who smashes cups and saucers, will be interested to learn the process of manufacture. EXCUSES FOR NOT BECOMING A CHRISTIAN This is the title of Dr. Hints' ser mon tomorrow. His utterances from the pulpit need no commenda tion to readers of The Sunday Ore-' gonian, but this sermon will appeal to all manner of men and women on account of Its universal appli cation. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF GEORGE H. WILLIAMS The chapter tomorrow deals with the action of the United States Senate in refusing to guarantee obligations of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which it vai proposed to do, the Government to secure itBelf by holding the mpney received for the sale of bonds. THE ROOSEVELT BEARS SEE THE WAX MUSEE At the entrance to the show they met Buster Brown and Tlge. Young Master Brown acted as their escort through the building and the bears did things as usual. Note to children readers of Tho Sunday Oreironlan: The death of V. Floyd Campbell, the artist who Il lustrated the Roosevelt Bears, an nounced by telegraph, will not Inter fere with future pictures. R. Kleth Culver has been engaged to take up this part of the work. How well ho does It will be shown in tomorrow's Issue. Pathetic interest attaches to the Illustrations In last Sunday's paper. Mr. Campbell drew his last picture . In bed. and the subject was the bears In bed. GEORGE ADE IN PASTURES NEW Tomorrow's letter is devoted tr guidea who represent the 33d degree in scoundreHsm in a land where partnership skinning of the tourist Is reduced to- an exact science. In cidentally he tells of Mr. Peasley's sweet revenge on Mr. Brewster, of Connecticut. BOOK REVIEWS AND NEWS OF LITERARY FIELD The Oregonlan's book page con tains reviews of the newest books, as well as news concerning people In the world of letters. Among this week's book reviews are: "Fenwlck's Career." by Mrs. Humphrey Ward; "What Would One Have?": "The Siege of the. South Pole." by Dr. Hugh R. Mill: "In Vanity Fair." by Eleanor Hoyt Bralnerd: "Books and My Food," by EUzabeth Luther Carey and Annie M. Jones; "Where Speech Ends," by Robert Haven Schaufflcr: "The Origin of Life." by John Butler Burke; "The In visible Bond." by Eleanor Talbot Klnkead; "The Joy of Life." by Lillie Hamilton French; "Child, hood," by Mrs. Florence W. Bir ney; "The Up-to-Date Waitress," by Janet McKenzie Hill; "Ldy Baltimore," by Owen Wlster: "The Childhood of Jesus Christ," by Dr. Henry Van Dyke; "Ideals for Girls," by Mrs. Frank Learned; "Childhood and Growth." by La fayette B. Mendel; "The Motor Pirate," by G. Sidney Paternoster: "Social Progress, for 1908," edited by Joslah Strong: "The Pretty Ways of Providence," by Mark Guy Pearee; "For the Soul of Rafael." by Marah Ellis Ryan: "The Opal Serpent," by Fergus Hume; "The Mayor of Warwick." by Herbert M. Hopkins; "Sand peep." by Sarah E. Boggs; "Poems." by Post Wheeler; "Meaner,- Teller of Tales," by C. Bryson Taylor, and "Hawaiian Yester days." by Henry M. Lyman M. D. SOCIETY, MUSIC AND DRAMATIC REVIEWS Society, music and drama are re viewed in departments devoted to these topics. With the San Fran cisco disaster growing dimmer In the public memory and the relief work well organized, society hag been restored In a measure to its even tenor, and many, events of social importance are .phronlcled this week. Sarah Bernhardt's ap pearance at the Armory and other dramatic happenings are reviewed, future musk-al events, announced and gosnin of the mu ' licians gathered.